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Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
History of the Education of
Colored People in Alabama.

Editor Gozette.
l have been requested by DIR. j..
L. M. Curray, Agent of the Slater
Fund, to prepare for publication by
the Slater Fund Trust, History of
Education among the colored peo-
pie in Alabama since 1861 to 1893.
The publication is to embrace pub
lie school and State Education, and
educational work carried on by re-
ligions denominations. In order
that Justice may be done, | wish to
ak any persons having facts bear
ing on the subject to put me in
posses sion Of them as soon as posi-
BILE.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
Tuskegee, Ala.
August 1st.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
Miss Melton Is Satisfied.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-Reports 4. con-
cerning the mprderous attack on Miss
Annie Melton, of Bardolph. Ia, Pres
byterian missionary in Turkey, have
been received at the state department
from the board of foreign missions Of
the Presbyterian chnrch, but owing TO
the fact that apologies have been offer
ed and accepted by Miss Melton. and
that the Turkish government is doing
all it can to bring the guilty parties to
justice, the state department will prob
ably not take cognizance of the de-
mands of the board unless the sultan's
officers fail to keep good their prom
ises
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
Suspends the Sheriff.

Every moral sentiment will sus-
tain Judge Scruggs, of Memphis,
Tenn, in suspending the incompe-
tent and cowardly sheriff who per-
mitted drunken gang of boys to
lynch a colored man on Saturday
night in that city. Judge Scruggs,
to his credit be it said, strongly con-
demns the lynchiug and will endea
vor.to bring the guilty parties tojus-
tice. Infinite harm has been done
to the South by its liberation of
lynch law in well-settled c9mmuni-
ties. Capital shuns lawlessness. -
.Ex.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
SOMETHING NEWS SO NETTING
NEEDED.
Tuskegee Summer Assembly.

There are all over the South, many
tirea ministers and teachers who with
their wives want to 90 away this sum-
mer for a few days rest, recreation and
instruction. But up to the present there
has been no where to GO. During two
weeks in August, Phelps Hall at the
Tuskegee .nititute, (Tuskegee, Ala. J
will be thrown open as summer hotel
or Chatauqua Three courses OF lee
lures will be- given each day, one in
Theology, one in teaching and one in
domestic economy for ladies.
The social element will not be over
looked.
The rates will be three dollars per
week which will include board, rooms
lights ticket. etc The bill Of fare will
be excellent Lectures will be given by
ministers and teachers of acknowlt dyed
ability.
Those who expec. to attend should
write at once to
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON,
Tuskegee. Ala
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
A FAMILY AFFAIR,
Charles MaoAlister Swaps His Wife fOl
Walter Wilkinson's Sister.

Charles MacAlister Swaps His Wife TO,
Walter Wilkinson's Sister.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 4.-Miss Ollie Will
kinson, of Baltimore, and Charles Mac
Alister, of Philadelphia, will be mar
ried here next week. Walter J. vii.
kinson, Miss Wilkinson's brother, and
Mrs. Charles MacAlister, the divorced
wife of his prospective brother-in-law
will soon DO married in Europe, where
they are now travelling.
"Mr. and Mrs. MacAllster visited the
Wilkinsons here last winter, and later
Miss Wilkinson travelled south with
Mr.. and Mrs. MacAlister. An attach
ment seems to have grown up between
Mr.. Wilkinson and Mrs. MacAlister
the result being the divorce of the Mac
Alisters and the coming double mar
riage into the Wilkinson family.
The MacAlisters are prominent il
Philadelphia society, and the Will1in
sons In Baltimore's four hundred. Mr.
MacAlister is now at his shooting boz
in New Jersey.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
For Fals.fying the Payr lis,

AsHEvILLE. N. c.. Aug. "A. B.
Wheeler, superintendent of the Balti
more brick and tile works, is under ar
rest on arge of larceny preferred by
Charles Moname, agent for Gaorye W.
Vanderbilt. Wheeler's system of eal.
ing, it is alleged, was falsifyirg 2 pav
rolls. He came here in March, 1890,
from Monticello. N. Y, and began worl.
for Vanderbilt at salary of ,oO0 pei
month.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
Cost of the Borden Trial.

TAUNTON, Mass. Aug. 4.-Tne cost tc
the Bristol county on the Borden mur
der trial is approximately placed at
$l4 900, or rather less than was ex
pected. Among some of the items are
the following: William H. Moody, foi
assisting District Attorney Knowlton
$500, by order of the court; Professor
Wood, Of Harvard college, 81 400: med
ical experts. $2,574; stenographers, 81.
587; expenses of jury, 1885, and dep
uty sheriffs, $l.760.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
The Colored Writer in Harpers
(From Boston Courant,)

According to announcement Harpers'
monthly for August contains, from the
pen of Mrs. Levi Brown, Southern
colored woman, an excellent article on
Southern superstition from a perusal Of
which ones eyes will smart with tears
Of JOY as well as sorrow. There is gIief
because such state of superstition
still exists at the south. TIE JOY arises
from the fact that skilliul writer in
the person Of Mrs. Brown has risen up
to take possession of those rich South
ern fields, regions which "are yet unat'
empted in prose or rhyme"
The article which is styled in the
Monthly, "At the Hermitage" opens
with scene at the Southern Gin House.
1t is getting towards evening and the
"hands" are troopiDg home from work.
Religion. the heroine of the tale. comes
in with her cotton to be weighed but is
compelled to wait until after the ginner
with his banjo and few companions
have tested their proficiency in the
famous Southern dance, the "break-
down." This over and the cotton
weighed, Religion drives her little mule
hastily home, but is met and fright ened
nearly to death by ghost on the way.
Both of these incidents described
most vividly features of the Southern
life and they show real artists power
but they do not form the real story.
They are the little ornaments which set
off the greater narration.
The real story begins with the meet
ing on the way and telling of Religion,
by her brother, of her sisters illness
He also hints that the sick girl has been
''tricked" and that "conjurer is known
The cause is imputed to jealousy which
is found to exist between two mulatto
half sisters. DR.. Blzzard, a quack
doctor, is sought and consulted, and
finally tells where and how the conjure
has been used; and all, it seems, Came
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
Do You Wear Clothes.

Now is the time to have
your clothes made to order
Call Oh w. A. Weeden agent
for the largest tailoring house in the
United States.
Good fit and perfect satisfaction
guaranteed, or money refunded.
Special attention given to orders
for odd pants. At
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
State Normal School.

ar j. D. Humphrey, Huntsville, AEa
DEAR SIR:
Having given your great blood
remedy fair trials among the teach
ers and students of this Institution,
with most satisfactory results in cases
of scrofula and rheumatism, ] take
pleasure in stating that it is all that
you claim for it, and | cheerfulIy
recommend it to all persons suffering
Of such diseases respectfully,
II % 1y. W. H. CoUNCILL.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
Ban-.oiS's Electric R,ad

WAsHINGToN. Aug 4.-The United
States vice consul at Bangkok report,
that an electric street car line three
miles long has been put into operation
by the aid OF American enterprise Th;.
IS the nfst electro street car in the ey-
IRENE Orient. The receipts of the Ii
nave already increased by 30 per cen
and the management is contem plati..
building M extension.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
n, st Deiive- Silver Promptly.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 4.-Secretary Car.
Isle has ordered the acting director OF
the mint to notify sellers Of silver buI
lion that from ard after this date de
liveries on sales TO the government mus
be completed within five days Of til
date of acceptance. The time hereto.
fore has been 10 days. 1t is expiaine.
that five days is sufficient time for sill.
yer deliveries,
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
Wages Reduced Ten Per Cent.

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Aug. 4-O'Drien's
wagon works, one of the largest of the
kind in the state, has made temporary
10 per cent reduction in wages. The
workmen accepted the cut in prefer.
ence to losing employment by the COM
pany shutting down entirely. One hun
dred employees are affected by the re-
ductiOn
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
Al;.baiii;t's First Ii.lo

MONTGOMERY, Aug. 4.-Ths first l.,
OF Alabama raised cotton Of this r..
was sold at Ozark "Wednesday f..r
cents pound. Il was shilp.a Il,
city. Another bale was received NJ /,
than, which sold fox st cents.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
A Professor Arrested.

LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, Aug. 4.-Pro-
fessor Fred Vanderberg has been arrest
ed by Deputy United States Marshal
Pickens, at the instance Of Postoffice
Inspector Mcclure, and lodged in Jail.
Vanderberg has been running business
college here, and. it is alleged, used the
mails for fraudulent purposes. Officer
Mcclure has several strong cases against
him.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
Estate of Clarissa Binford, deceased.

Notice is hereby given that On the 6b
day Of June, 1898, the undersigned was
duly appointed by the Honorable Court
OF Probate, for tue County of Madison,
State OF Alabama, Administrator With
Will annexed, of the estate of Car,a
Biuford, deceased. All parties having
claims against said Estate are hereby
required to present the same within
the time allowed by law, or that the
same will be barred. Persyns indebted
to said ESTATE are requested to make
prompt pay ment.
PHILLIP BINFORD.
Admir- wi. b the Will annexed, Of
Clarissa Binford, deceased.
Richardson & Pulley,
Attys for Administrator.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
Five Men Kil1ed by an Explosion.

NEWARK, O., Ang. 4.-By the explo-
sion of the boiler OF a farm engine on
the farm of Louis Pierson, John Kittle
and James Bowers, married, and Frank
Bell, Peter Bell and Norman Sellen.
single, were killed. Joseph Schipp,
John Kittle, Thomas Edmunds and Lu-
ther Sellen were badly hurt. the first
two. it is feared. fatally. Low water
in the boiler caused the explosion.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
'EVERYpODYS LAW BOOK, "

Is the new 76S page work now in press prepared
by j., Alexander Koones, L. L. B., member OF
the New York Bar
1t enables every man ard woman to be their
own lawyer. 1t teaches what are your rights
and how to maintain them. When to begin a
law suit and when to shun one. 1t contains the
useful information very business man needs in
every State in the Union 1t contains business
terms OF every variety useful to the lawyer as
well ss to all who have legal business to trans
act
lncloSe two dollars Tor a copy, or inelose two
cent pastage stamp for a table of cont nts and
terms to agents. Address BENZ. w. HITCH
CoCk, Publisher, ass Sixth Avenue New York
80, st,
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
A Private Banker suspends.

CHICAGO, Aug. 4-Lazurus Silver
man, a well known private banker, sus-
pended. His liabilities are $500. .000
with assets in excess of that amount and
Sc, 900 cash on hand.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
Society MEETINGS
MASONIC.

| MASONIC.
Evening Star Lodge N :
Monday ? night ofeach mon,b c,u, aeyop3
Hall in Davis Grove ~ ~ at lien
ford W. NJ, Charles denjIrrC +. \ /, Bib.
SHARON COURT.
Meets at Masonic Hall IL \
Grove, 1st, 3rd, Fridav y; 7 DaVa
8 o'clock Mrs. Lucy b. pond8 nl81ls IA At
Winnie Donegan SecretsPpvv Pv M A.
ODD FELLOWS
Spring City Lodge No. 27e.
1st and 3rd Tuesday rigbi. 100 meets
month. Lucien Q. Jones 4, tach
J P K ice, Sec. ~ Gi
HOUSE HOLD OF RUTH, quo
Meets the first and tbird A I W
day nights in each month lVn.
K. Rice, M. w. @, Ms 'lH' M =
Gordan, Secretary. ii 1,
IMMACULATFs
Huntsville Lodge No. l4
every Friday night at their ISea It'S
Samuel Taylor, w. NJ; Emal, iial,
McCally Captain Of ceremoniaD'lqYs lallqsL
rion Moore &. S. ''Ih
PRINCES HENDERSON TEMPLE 10. n
1st and 3rd, Tuesday nights A..
G. A. Mcdonald w. p, Niss I SiF'
Hall, Sec. M Alla
The Opening Gems No. % n...
first and third SATURDAY. i nvy' a
month. Mrs. Winnie Donea.r' '1ya u
s., Frances Barnett K. S M,-:. \
Sue Tuner. w. ID. ''4
UNITED BROTHERS OF FRTENnsp,
United Brothers Of Friendsbi,
and 3rd Monday nights. A BI i
erts, W. M, William Bates, 's@ ~,
Queen Esther's court, No. 4
meets lst and Srd Monday NIGHTS 4
each month. Mrs. Maria Mc6ajJor
N. B, Q; Leah Martin Spie.; M,
Lou Kinchellow, Chron.
s M. T. NO. l.
1st and 3rd Tuesday nights. Mrs.
Lizzie Nelson W. p, Miss Sarst
Scruggs, Sec.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05

Senator Sherman has expressed
himself in favor of the repeal of the
Sherman law.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05

Rates to the Worlds Fair will
now be little more reasonable,
with the railroads in the cutting
business.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05

The House Of Representatives
which convenes Monday will con-
tain 146 new members.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05

Paper weddings, celebrating the
first marriage anniversary are now
very fashionable.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05

A round million dollars is set down
as the profit of the great Worlds
Fair for the month of June.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05

Reward comes eventually to the
faithful.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05

Mugwumps are not very much in
the politics Of today.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05

Table collections are hard to
down.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05

The wheat crop is said to be the
largest on record.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05

Congress c"nvenes Monday next
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05

Pork has taken a tumble at last.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
HeyfTOffysC FerSt/GS

And those troubled with nervousness resulting
srom careor oyerwoik will be relieved by taking
BrOsCn's IRON BitterS. Genuine
~ trade n ark and crossed red lines on wTappes
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
A Pension Companion.

WASHINGTON, Aug. At is stated at
the pension office that an inspection Of
the records show that during the months
of January, February and March, 1898,
the last months of General Raum's ad-
ministration of the pension bureau, 81,
939 original pension certificates were
issued, of which 8,T35 were certificates
under the general law, and 25.151 GER
tificates under the act of June 81, 1890;
while for the months of April. May and
June, the first three months of Judge
Lochren's administration Of the pension
bureau, II ,545 original certificates have
been issued, of which $500 were under
the general law and 1,541 under the
act of June 27, 1890.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05

Improve every opportunity.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05

Evening Star Lodge ~
Monday ? night ofeach mon,b T' : 'eyopt
Hall Hall in IN !, Davis is Grove. + a At Iaen
ford W. NJ, Charles denjIr.rO Il. \ Bib
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
SHARON COURT

= Meets at Masonic Y Hall, in y
Grove, 1st, 3rd, Friday MI. i .Dan
8 o'clock Mrs Lucy b. POM nlSals A at
Winnie Donegan Secretary rv w. A l.,
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05

Lynch law must down.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
WEEKLY GAZETTE
SATURDAY. AUG. 5 1898

Practice enconemy.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05

1st and 3rd Tuesday nights. Mrs.
Lizzie Nelson w. p, Miss SARAH
Scruggs, Sec.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-05
ODD FELLOWS

Spring City Lodge No. 27ss 4.
1st and 3rd Tuesday Gigbl. 100 meet
month. Lucien Q. Jones I t.ct
j P K ice, Sec. y. Z.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-11-23

land was gathering TO his burning I'll FRANCES,
and if He could spare Thomas Garrison
while yet millions of his fellow men had
chains rusting to the bone-then He can
spare any man, and He can spare any party.
That man who through cowardice or bind
idolatry of party forsakes the cause o. rlShte-
BUSINESS goes down. and the armed battaiIohs
of God march over him.
Christian men. take ont your Bible TINS
afternoon, and in the light Of that Wort
make up your mind ~ to what is your
duty as citizens Remember that the high
est kind OF a patriot is q Christian patriot
Consecrate yourselves first to God, then
YOU will know how to consecrate yourselves
TO your country. All these political excite
ments viii be gone Ballo. boxes and gu
bernatoral chairs and continents will smoke
in the final connagrdtlOn, but those VINO
love God and do their bost shall come to
lustrous dominion after the stars have
ceased their shining, and the ocean has
heaved its last biliow, and the closing
thunder OF tho judgment day shall toll at
the funeral OF world On, prepare for
that day
You may vote right and get the victory at
the ballot box and yet suffer eternal defeat.
After YOU have cast your last vote, where will
YOU go to? In this country there are two
narties. You belong to the one or the other
of them. Likewise in eternity there viii be
wo parties and only two. ''These shall go
way into everlasting punishment and the
iehteous into life eternal. ?" To which party
ill YOU belong? God grant that while you
lok after the welfare Of the land in which
cd has graciously cast your lot, you may
OF forget to look after your soul-blood
ought, judgment bound, immortal. God
I've the people
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-11-23
The woman VINO nas ract.

There is nothing that carries a
woman so far toward the goal n so
cial success as tact. she may not
possess those qualities necessary fol
leadership but she Will have no dit
ficulty in securing so firm foothold
that she need have no dread OF q
greater power dawniug upon the so
cial horizon. The reason for this j.
that in reality tact is but another
word for goodness Of heart and IN.
nate Kindness to all mus be the key.
stone that the woman OF the world
builds the castles Of her ambition
upon.
The tactful woman always says ana
does the right thing at the right
time. She never wounds by these
gaucheries which all unintentiOnally
yet nevertheless painfully, remind us
OF things we had rather have forgot
ten, or tells US unpleasant truths
that are no less bitter because we
know that there i no denying them.
Tact passes over every faux pas
and somehow manages to convert
them into something pleasant before
the embarrassed perpetrator has a
chance to raise a blush at his own
awkwaTdness All graCes Of mind
and body seem embodied in that one
word, for a woman may be painfully
plain, yet with this virtue she be-
comes radiantly lovely in the eyes OF
those whom her c5nsummate art has
rescued from some dire strait. She
may be poor. but TO those about her
the richness Of her nature atones for
the lack OF worldly wealth. Her
gowns may be dowdy. but as she
dwells among US she appears to be
clothed in garments OF radiant light,
and it would be a brave spirit indeed
that dared to caYil at the makeup Of
a woman whose gracious presence and
tactful spirit had spared them many
a period of embarrassment. Above
all virtues cultivate tact forin it lies
the secret of all Others.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-11-23

Swedish and French papers translate it all.
and peddle out the Internal stuf their sub
scribers.
Nothing but Christianity will ever stop such
a flood of indecency. The Christian religion
will speak after awhile. The billingsgate and
low scandal through which We wade almost
every autumn must be rebuked by that re-
ligion which speaks from itstwo great noun
tains. from the one mountain intoning the
command, ''Thou shalt not bear false wit
ness against thy neighbor,' and from the
other mount making plea for Kindness and
love and blessing rather than cursing.
OCnristian men. frown upon political false
hood Remember that political lie is as
black as any other kind OF d lie. cod has re-
corded all the faisahooIs that have been told
at the CITY. State or National elections since
the foundation OF this Government, and
though the perpetrators and their victims
may have gone into the dust, in the last day
judgment will be awarded.
The falsenoods that Aaron Burr breathed
into the ear of Blennerhassett. the ISLANDERS
that Lieutenant General Gage proclaimed
about George Washington, the misrepresen-
tations in regard to James Monroe, are as
fresh in Gods book to-day as the lies that
were printed last week about our local can
didates. And all liars snail have their part
IN the lake which purneth with fire and Drlm>
stone, which is the second loom
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-11-23
POLAR BEARS KEEP COOL.
tropical Animals in Captivity Suffer Most
During the Heated Term.

tropical Animals in Captivity Suffer Most
During the Heated Term
at will surprise most people" said
Superintendent A. Il. Brown of the
Philadelphia geological garden, to
Record man, "tO learn that the polar
bear stands the bot weather of the
dog days in this locality better than
the African lion. ON hot days the
lion will get oil his feed; the polar
hear will not The tropical animals
In the garden" continued the super
Intenden1, ''are the ones mostly af-
fected by the extreme heat OF mid
summer, strange as it may appear, l
suppose the reason Of il is that the
heat here is more moist than that Of
the tropics and, as it were, Of diff
rerent character. Whatever mortal
lty occurs among our animals during
Il heated term is mostly among the
tropical animals, especially the Alri-
can. In hot weather | have watched
the polar bear 90 into his tank, and
then, instead Of lying in the shade,
extend himself in the direct rays of
the sun, where the water on his skin
would evaporate. He found out for
himself, | suppose, that evaporation
causes low temperature. Again, it
is somewhat astonishing, at first, that
our polar bear should suffer sometimes
as he does from the severe cold of
winter, / have seen him shiverlng
OH one Of those bitterly cold days,
when the sky was oyerladen and the
air full OF moisture. The moisture
was evidently what affected him. Ia
the Arctic regions it is SO cold that
the moisture is frozen out of the air.
Birds do not like the heat. IL makes
them perch with dropped wings
Heat affects not only the animals in
the garden, but the finances OF the
garden itself A difference Of 10 de-
grees in the thermometer say If it is
b. instead of 50, means loss of sew
eral hundreds of dollars in our gate
receipts for the day"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-11-23
A Beautiful Wood.

One of the most beautiful woods
ever made into furniture is the COM
inc wood of South America. The
wood, which is very rare and therefore
very expensive, is Of medium golden
brown, very brilliant in appearance
and with curious, cloud-like markings
A piano of this wood inlaid with
ebony, satinwood, mahogany, tortoise
shell, and mother of pearl, is valued
at $40, 600. A second piano, nearly
as valuable, is Of curly birch dyed a
light green and combined with COM
ino wood. The top of the piano case
is inlaid with representations of
musical instruments and with the
names of musical composers. The
music rest is rare painting of the
muses.. A bench of the same WOOD.
made with Infinite skill, goes with
this piano to be used instead of the
everyday music stool.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-11-23
beware the site OF anger.

A Vienna scientist has made series
of interesting experiments with the
virus of such insects as bees and wasps,
and comes to the conclusion that the
effectiveness of the irritating substance
depends largely upon the mood Of the
insect. A drop of the fluid taken from
the poison bag of dead hornet, for
instance, produces u slight itching, but
nothing resembling the Inflammation
caused by hornet sting with much
smaller quantity Of the same virus.
The theory is supported by the curious
fact that under the influence Of rage
the saliva of all sorts of otherwise
harmless animals can become virulent
enough to produce alarming and even
fatal symptoms Death by blood pois-
oning has more than once resulted from
the bite of wounded squirrel, chip
mink or q Gagged rat.