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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.

NAT. Turner Lodge, No. 2, X. of y.
Meets the second and fourth Thursdays
In each month. Brothers IN good stand
Ing welcome. At Labor Temple, Fourth
and Eighth avenue south.
r. r. PARKER, c. e.
RALPH WATSON. X. r. and s.
Pride of Minnesota Lodge. No. 4, X i.
of r..
Meets the first and third Thursdays In
ench month. MI brothers In good stand
inR welcome. At Plummer Pozt Hall
First avenue north and Washington.
JAMES ROBERTS, G. G.
W. g. JEFFREY. K. X. and s.
,. X. HIIyard Lodge.
Meets first Tuesday In each month at
Window Block. Second avenue South and
Washington. Masous In good standing
always welcome.
@. w. LILLARD, w. NJ
JASPER GIBBS. Sec. Guaranty Loan
Restaurant
Anchor Lodge, M. 7, 4. y. and 4. VI.
Meets the first and second Monday In
each month ut Window Block, Second av-
enue South and Washington Masons in
good standing welcome
J. A. SCOTT. W. NJ
A, u, LEE. 27Oi Aldrich avenue South.
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BIG LITTLE MEN CASE OUR
BURDEN.

There are a number oi societies in
town. which are nothing more than a
hTainlcss useless conspiracy ui too
many dcad-heads and rascals. trying to
live on the hard earuVd money OF 50
many unfortunate. poor. ignorant Nc
gro men aud women. led under the de-
fusion that they arc being benefited
The big niggefs IN these race dis
grazing. race rohbing and internal sou-
Germs. constitute What Is really the
black man burden. with due regard
for lack leg preachers heaters. poliil
clans dandy dudes and parasites The
bufly. lazy past grand raseals with a
string or alphahcts before and behind
their unrcputahlc names. know not
what honest labor Is. but SIT on their
do-nathing stool and suck the very toll
and life blood al their fellow creatures
We are not against Negro society. 81
lodge, but arc opposed 60 the eNtraVa-
eanee aud the burdens barn al these
ignoramases who head them and use
them Tor selfish ACKNOWLEDGMENT These
lazy blisieFs are paFrutless 20 anything
Of benefit to the order Right here IN
Boston where over fifty Negro soeieties
exist. not tao own a hall. az lot al
ground. aud the reason IS this. the big
ilttle men will not do anything them
selves and will not let anyone else 81
they can prevent il, but have paid rent
enough 10 buy a hnildsng almost a.
large as the new State House he
big niggeg ignoramous who msnage
or direct these orders are Responsible
Tor this peer excuse. For yeats AID
wears the poof wash woman aud sweater
has paid 10 enormous dues Which these
monarch spcndthEiits have run through
The only compensation dues When
sick. that IRE seldom gotten. very sell
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DEWEY SERVICE SWORD.
MT of steel Two Feet LONG for which
$500 Was Of
fsred.

A bit Of steel little more than two
feet IN length has been the attraction
for some time for the patrons Of fash
ionable tailoring establishment, which
does a large business with officers Of
the army aud navy, writes a Washing
ton spondent OF the Pittsburgh
Dispatch. Though very plain and in
significant in itself, IL Is fascinating
and important as having for long been
the companion Of the most notable and
popular hero of the late war with Spain.
Admiral Dewey, having been for many
years q patron OF this establishment,
left his sword there to have It's handle
gilded, and the tail0rs were allowed TO
please their patrons by exhibiting 1t 10
them. Many are the offers that have
been made for its purchase. In the
presence of she writer day or two
ago one gentleman offered $500 for IL.
The makers Of uniforms, etc. laughed
and remarked that the person would
have TO raise the ante several times
10 he up 20 the figures Of other would
be buyers of The famous weapon. A
gentleman who overheard the offer Of
$500 declared himself for $1,000, and
still another who was present counted
out 81 500 in the long green, or course
the proprietor laughed at these absurd
offers, rs II 10 say there was not money
enough In the world to purchase from
Admiral Dewey this simple weapon
that had been his side partner through
ont all the days Of anxiety and Of vic
tory during that passage Of his life
which gave him within few short
hours whatever qualification there was
In the consciousness that he had won
undying fame.
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Editorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

To secure the return OF unsolicited
manuscript postage should be enclosed.
Communications must reach the ONCE
by Wednesday morning, preceding the is-
sue in which they are To appear
All communications. enclosing news
mntter for publication. must bear the
writer's name. not for publication. but as
an evidence OF good faith.
Contributions md items OF news con.
corning the progress OF the colored race
are requested from our readers.
We reserve the right 20 reject any com
muntcation unsuitable for publication.
Subscribers ordering addresses Of their
paper changed are requested to give their
former ms well as their present address.
Address all communications and make
all remittances 20 THE AFRo-AMERI.
CAN ADVANCE
Ella Washington Az. So,
Tn Minneapolis, MINI.
J. c. REID, Ebrrou
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ST. PAUL.
ODD FELLOWS.


Mars Lodge. M. 22O2.
Meets second and fourth Wednesdays In
each month at odd Fellows Hall. s25
r r. nIGkMANN. p. 8. l22 ST. An
r. u PARKER N. O.. g95 Edmund st
Household of ruth, M. 56J, d. q. q.
of u. q.
Meets first aud third Monday In each
instruction. at Odd Fellows Hail. s25
WHbaahH.
Mrs SARAH c. KIRTLEY. M.NG
MRS. IDA JACKSON, w. H.. 35i sum
MOST woHsHIpFUL GRAND LODGE
OF MINNESOTA. 4. y. and A. ".
II. y. HOUSTON Grand Master
WM Il, NORRIS. Grand Secretary.
"a Guaranty Loan HdR., MlnneHpoiia.
81. PETER CIAvEH's sODALITY.
Meets the fret and third MONDAYS ri each
month. w. Gardner. Pres, j. y, tiar-
.Is bee a. Davis. Treas,
Pioneer Lodge, No. 4, \, u. and 4. VI.
Meets the FIRST Monday la each month at
Masonic Hall southwest cerner Firth and
g. tiADLEY W. NJ.
W. A. HtINAHD See. t2l Atwater.
Minnesota Lodge. No. :. a. y. aud
Meets on the fret ana third Tuesday In
each month NJ Masonic Hall southwest
CORNER ~ klfth and Robert streets. Mas
ter Masona In good standing always wei
come,
H. ~. HOWARD, w, NJ.
J 8 STRONG, Sec. 18th and Robert 81
Perfect ASHER Lodge, No. ., A. D.
and a. N.
Meets second and fourth Monday Ia each
month ~ Masonic Han southwest cor
corner Firm and Robert streets Master
Masons In good standing always welcome
ANDREW JACKSON W NJ.
II. r. BEASlENy Sec. Ryan Hotel
Perfect ASHER Lodge. NJ. 4. 4. n.
4. VI.
Meets the second and fourth Tuesday IN
each month ~ Masonic Han southwest
corner Ftfth and Robert street Master
MaHouH In good stAnding always welcome
JOHN Y. A. WILSON. W, NJ
y w. CRANCtM NJ, sec. rs Cedar
ucthei Chapter. No. ~. u. 4. ".
Meets the first aud third Thursday In
each month az Masonic Hail southwest
corner nt rim and Robert streets. Roy
at Arch hasops in good slRndlug always
welcome.
DANIEL ROY II. 4.
W T. GASsAwAY. Soc. state Capitol
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sOCIETYDIRECT0RY.

Officers and Standing Committees Of the
Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. r. and
A. NJ. of Minnesota and jurisdiction.
Grand MHBter-J0hu l.. Neal Minneap9.
Ifs.
Deputy Grand Master Wade H. Hamp-
ton. West Superior
Grand Senior Warden-H. b. Howard
Grand Junior warden-J. c. Garner. St
Grand Treasurer-Danlel Roy, ST. Paul
Grand =seeretary-wtlli Il. Morris.
NJ fneapolis.
Grand Lecturer-G. Y. Day 10. Mime.
apoiis
Deputy Grand secretary-o. ]. Howard
81 st Paul
Grand chaplain-fsaae Crawford 20.
Minneapolis
Grand Senior Deaeon-John Martin u.
st. Paul.
Grand Junior Deacon. De Leo %.
Minneapolis.
Grand senior steward-J. II. Dillingham;
a. st. Paul.
brand Junior steward-wm. Stevens 90.
ST. Paul.
Grand Tyler-T. Bush t51. stlPaul.
Grand MarshaIl-c.H.ZM Mcdonald ~.
Duiut h.
GRIND Pursuigant-G. .Duekett %.
Grand Sword Bearer-J.A Adams IL. ST.
Paul
Grand Standard Bearer-G. /. Charles
ton o. st. PA.
Grand Register-J. g. sterett teI. Min
ueapoiis
District Deputy Grand Maater-First
Dlstriet-James Woodfork IL 81. Paul
District Deputy Grand Mastsr-SecoHd
District-E. II. Hamilton g. Minneapolis.
District Deputy Grand Master-Third
District-J. X. Polk 20. Duluth
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Lawyer Curtis made quite an impress
sion al 81 Peter A. NJ + church We'd
nesday evening as dramatic disciple,
II has original oraturlcal productions
evincc the persuasive cloquentc that
the reproduction inspired within him,
he viii be a sure winner ~ Minneapolis.
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AhYerflnInr nnte.

Local Reading Notices. Zoe per line
each insertion.
Religious Notices mot over five lInes).
free.
Want and ITO Lot" advertisements.
cents per line for each insertion Dis
play. 10 cents per inch each Insertion.
Special rates will be given for space by
the year.
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We feel lust proud oi Miss Cert
rude Palmer, the wonderful Vtolinist.
She is a geniHs aud a valuable member
oi lhe race Her lame ere loug viii he
known III all sections oi this country
and abroad
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MINNEAPOLIS.


-. Anthony Lodge, No. 2s77.
Meets the first and third Wednesday I'm
each month for the transaction of bust
ness, LIST avenue ". and Washington.
4. II. MYRtCK. N. O.
JAMES A. SCOTT. +. 3. r. o. Box %.
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Special rates II ordered by the dozen.
Orders for current issue should reach the
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CHURCH DIR ECTORY.
MINNEAPOLIS.


cor sd St 9Th ave south
sunday services. FreaehinG. II 3o a.
m. Sunday SehuoL 3 80 y. m evening
services. 500 y. m, General prayer meet.
ing. Thursday evening. SEQ ., m Way
man Home Circle. Tuesday evening at
different residences. Parsonage, 22u5
Ninth avenue south.
nEruEsuA BAPTIST CHIHCu.
Hrtwcph Eleventh and Twelfth avenues
sunday services; Preaching II 20 a.
~. sunday Schoel 1881 D. m Christian
Eud"tVpF, $50 =. IN. evening services
- g. M, Wednesday evening general
prayer meeting. soo y, m Parsonage
llS Eighth street South
81. THOMAS MISSION.
Rev. John y. Fauae. Ia Charge.
ei5 Sixth avenue South.
SUNDAY service; t;oo 8, m. Sunday
Schupl % T. m
sT JAMES 4. VI. q. CHURCH.
Rev. .. ", King. Pastor.
letWeen First avenue and Second street
Southeast near Exposition Hldg
sunday serNtrps, Preaching at II % a.
m, sunday school See y. m evening
services, N,0l r. IN. General prayer meet.
ms Thursday evening. Weekly meetings
OF the Debating club
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Judging IRON or Xmas exchanges
received the Colored Press seems TO be
very prosperous.
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The otlice Boy-s'ouiy thrse more DAYS
before my vacation The Fixtare~''l au
ought rot - wish away youf time. The
Office Rey-tI AM. l m 0nly wishing away
the boss time - that ms time can bes,n.
-noslan 1Fanserinl.
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Pilgrim BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. ~. :. urnpF, Pastor.
81, PuII.IIP<. EPISCOPAL. MISSION.

tsaF 18th and Cedar.
SUNDAY services PTeaVhtng AZ II d a.
~, and Is n IN. sunday school at L IA
O'Clock Wednesday evening genefal
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q klce atFeet. bet Aurora and IHiYsT-
sits
sunday services Morning pGayer lit
anR ana Sermon. II - q m SUNDAY
Sehoui and Chlisfen NespsFs "a II. m
h.NvBsonE and Sermon 30 u m. We'd
uestiaN Evening Prayer and lsaeture ~
L. m. Friday choir Rehearsal and
brotherhood OF ~ Andrew $50 D N
All are cordially Invited Seats free.
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EDITORIAL NOTES
We wish our readers happy New
Year
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mnTmEsnA nArrISr CutnCu,
81, THOMAS MISSION.
ST. PAUL.
ST. JAMES 4. ". n. CHURCH.
NrN. }. &. Anderson, Pastor.
TIE ItN N III 2
Father Petatou.

SUNDAY services II % a IN ia . II
" eanessiay n.asst meeting SO y. m.
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Cor Farrtn9teu and Aurara avenues
sunday HeFNteFs Mass. so "a. m. Hush
mass lee a. ~. Evening service at :
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10
knows How TO Keep Stl.l.

Says a writer in the New York Mail
and Express;
l came across an item in paper the
other day stating that Colonel Lamont
private fortune was "said to be- S5,
900, 600. The paper making this state
ment was the Albany Argus, and The
Argus supplemented it with the obser-
vation. This shows what a man can dc
by saving wood while other people are
anxious to talk.
1t is not so many years ago since La
mont was reporter on this same AL
bany Argus knew him very well in
those days and people who knew him
then and now will bear witness that
prosperity has not spoiled him. The &C.
tiyities which at present engross him
yield him larger returns than come to
him from reporting. rather. but
should not be surprised if he confessed
that he had more fun in the old days
than he has now
The Argus observation which quote
doubtless goes far to explain the secret
of Lamonts success. The colonel may
be said to have a positive genius for
keeping still at the right time, although
when occasion demands he can talk
duently and to the point.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10

with trouble. has not God taken Linn
to heaven IN all his beauty? Leave off
weeping and let me open n window"
So today am trying to open upon the
darkness Of earthly separation the win
dows and doors and rooms Of the
heavenly homestead I'm my Fathers
house are many rooms"
Rooms For All.
How would II do for my sermon to
leave you in that family room today
am sure there is no room in which
you would rather stay than in the Ell.
raptured circle Of your ascended and
glorified klnsfolk. We might visit 9TH
er rooms In our Fathers house. There
may be picture galleries penciled not
with earthly art, but by some process
unknown In this world. preserving for
the next world the brightest and most
stupendous scenes Of human history,
and there may be lines and forms Of
earthly beauty preserved for heaven
ly inspection in something whittier and
chaster and richer than Venetian
sculpture ever wrought-rOOms beside
rooms. rooms over rooms. large rooms.
majestic rooms, Opalescent rooms.
tLystine rooms. "ln my Fathers
house are many rooms
hope none OF us will be dlsappOint-
ed about getting there. There is a
room for us If we will go and take II,
but In order to reach II 1t is absolutely
necessary that we take the right way,
and Christ Is the way, and we must
enter at the right door, and Christ is
the door, and we must start in time,
and the only hour you are sure of is the
hour the clock now strikes, and the
only second the one your watch is now
ticking. | hold in my hand roll Of
letters inviting you all to make that
your home forever. The New Tesla
ment Is only a roll Of letters inviting
you. as the spirit Of them practically
says: "My dying yet immortal child in
earthly neighborhood, have built for
you great residence. 1t is full Of
rooms. | have furnished them as no
palace was ever furnished. Pearls are
nothing. emeralds are nothing. chrysO-
prasus is nothing. illumined panels Of
sunrise and sunset nothing, the aurora
of the northern heavens nothing. com
pared with the splendor with which
have garnitured them. But you must
be clean before you can enter there,
and so have opened fountain where
you may wash all your sins away.
Come now! Put your weary but
cleansed feet on the upward pathway.
Do you not see amid the thick foliage
on the heavenly hilltops the old family
homestead" In my Fathers house
are many rooms"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10
A Remarkable County.

Union county. Ga. enjoys the dis
tinction of being the driest county in
that state 1t has not had barroom in
1t for 80 years and in that time has not
had a local option election. prohibition
has never been an issue in politics. and
it has not habitual drunkard within
its confines A prominent citizen is
quoted as expressing the belief that ''if
q man were bitten by rattlesnake he
could not get drop Of liquor in Union
county to save his life - Union county
lies among the mountains Of the Blue
Ridge, about 100 miles on an air line
from Atlanta and about % miles from
the Tennessee line In this county 70
per cent of the peopleown their homes
Only one family in the county seat does
not own its home There is not dollar
Of bonds on the county. and with the
tax rate three times larger this year
than usual the total state and county
tax amounts to only 81. 10 on the hun
dred. Baltimore Sun,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10
CRAZY JOURNALISM.
NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED BY LUNA
TICS FOR LUNATlCS.

The Publications That Are Issued In
Madhouses and Asyiums Are Al
most Entirely Free From Gloom
and MeIanckolia.
Dotted here and there over the earth
are little colonies whose inhabitants
are cut Off from all intercourse with
the everyday world by their own
idiosyncrasies. Each individual lives
In a world Of his or her own creation,
which. in the majority Of cases, only
two outside interests ever succeed in
reaching-namely, the asylum doctor
and the asylum magazine.
In some cases the proof sheets are
lust glanced at by the head doctor be-
fore the magazine goes 10 press. but
they are written, printed and published
by the inmates themselves.
Although America produced the first
two lunatic journals. TO Scotland be-
longs the credit OF having started the
first paper Of this kind which has sur
yived its infancy. In fact the birth OF
lunatlc Journalism took place when the
first number OF The New Moon was is
sued from the Crichton Royal asylum,
Dumfrles, ON Dec. 3. 1874. Since that
date the following have been success
fully launched; The Morningside Mir
ror. from the Royal Edinburgh asy'
lum: The Excelsior. from James Muir
rays Royal asylum, Perth; The Fort
England Mirror Grahamstown. South
Africa: The Murthly Magazine, from
the Perth County asylum; Under the
Dome. the organ Of Bethlehem Royal
hospital, London. and The Conglomer-
ate. which belongs to the Middletown
asylum. New York.
These magazines touch the journal
Istlc ideal. as, being written by the
readers for their amusement, they can
not fail to hit the popular taste. We
find that those mentally deranged like
about four-ninths OF their reading to
take the form Of travel and heavy
prose articles Of a strictly theoretical
nature. The rest OF the contents comes
In order Of quantity as follows: HUI
NOR, local notes. poetry, chiefly In a
light vein: special articles on local the
atricals and fiction.
The most striking
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Paris Prodigiou. Gaming Bill.

The figures showing the sums depos-
tied in the pari-mutuel during 1895
show a total of 221. 665. 900 francs (eS,
500, 72O) OF this terribly prodigious
amount the department Of the Seine
has furnished nearly all, showing on
the face Of it that the provinces are al
most free from the horrible passion for
gambling But this is not really so.
Provincials came to Paris to play. Paris
has become the great gaming house for
the people of the departments, as she
has become. to the shame Of our c0un-
try. the great evil center where the en-
tire world comes to be amused. Paris
L'Autorite.
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A BEWlTCHEO BEEFSTEAK.
Inventor Trip,cr's Funny CnDer In
Boston Restnarant.

Boston Restaurant.
Charles T.. Tripler, the famous expert
menter in liquid air. recently went TO
Boston to visit his friend, Elihu
Thompson, the electrical expert. He
took with him n can Of liquefied air.
1t was a simple looking can and might
have held baked beans or cold coffee.
so far as its outward appearance went.
But 1t contained a fluid so cold that a
cake Of ice acts on ii like fire on wa
that 1t freezes alcohol stiff and turns
mercury into substance hard enough
to drive nails with. IL was a quart Of
the coolest thing on earth that Mr.
Tripler had in his tin can. and he took
II with him to luncheon. where he put
it on the floor by his chair. They
lunched in a hotel cafe and ordered a
steak. After Il had been brought In
and while the walters back was turn.
ed Mr.. Tripler lifted it from the plat
ter, opened the can and exposed the
meat to the liquid air. When he put
It back on the platter, 1t was as hard
as a rock.
Waiter" called Mr. Trlpler, come
herew The waiter obeyed.
"What's the matter with this steak p
he asked anxiously.
And he lifted It from the plate by
two fingers and struck 1t with his
knife. The frozen meat rang like a
bell
II d-d-on't k-n-now. sir" be faltered,
and he started for the head waiter on
the run.
Mr.. Tripler. by the way. ls one Of the
fiercest looking men In the inyentng
business. His mustache Is Of the pi-
rate cut, and his eyebrows brlstle and
meet In the middle. Therefore the head
waiter approached him with almost
timidity.
"DO you serve your steaks like this
as rule?" asked Mr. Tripler as be
struck the time of day on IL.
ITS that fool chef" explained the
head waiter as he started for the
kitchen.
A few minutes later the chef ap-
peared with the head waiter. He rec.
ognized the steak by sight at once.
Then Mr.. Tripler took it up and made
It ring again.
Mercy. Gracious" calculated the
chef. piously crossing himself. Il did
not do II, sure"
Then Mr. Tripler smiled. and Mr..
Thompson laughed. A new steak was
ordered. and the frozen one was car
rled below tc fool the rest OF the kItcb.
en.-Philadelphia Evening Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10
A KEYLESS LOCK.
II Is the Latest Innovation Proposed
For Postofice Boxes.

II Is the Latest Innovation Proposed
For Postohice Boxes.
There Is more than 100000 Of the
peoples money locked up in postotice
keys. each and every keyhoder being
required to put up with the postmaster
n deposit for bis key. the amount de-
posted being returned when the box is
given up and rent paid. Postmasters
are required TO keep a strict account OF
the key deposit fund. while the post
office department here has a regular di
vision set apart for keeping this ac
count. AS postal official puts IL, there
is a great deal Of trouble and no money
in the transactions. and the final out
come Of the trial of the keyless locks
which are to be tried in the principal
offices of the country is eagerly looked
for. The department has long wanted
a keyless lock, but none OF the lock In
ventions until the present was regard
ed as in any way calculated to prove
acceptable Contracts have been made
for a supply Of the new locks. which
will first be tried In New York, Boston.
Philadelphia, Chicago and st. Louis as
the largest and most important offices
and then in st. Paul Cleveland. Hart
ford, Madison. Wis. and Rockford. Ills.
These offices will be fitted out as soon
as the factory can complete the making
Of the boxes. IL they prove In every
way satisfactory to the department
and to the patrons. they will be placed
In offices throughout the country. but
not to the entire exclusion Of the lock
boxes. 1t is the belief Of the postof5ce
department lock experts that the key
less box will prove blessing.-Wash'
ington Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10

"You asked me to bring you some pin
money this morning" said the young
husband.
Yes" she replied, with an air Of eI-
pectancy.
"Well," said he, Il thought might
as we'll save you n trip down town, so
brought you paper Of pins instead"
Chicago News.