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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-11-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph NJ. Brown, at
'deir elegant home on Whitlock Ave-
ap TT Nv evening gave 8
o'c Yutenant T. NJ.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-19
BUTTE News.
DEsP0|LER OF A HOME
Beautifully Thrashed by an Angry
Husband.
RIGHT KIND OF MEDICINE
Plunaley Had Hypnotic Influence Over
Mrs. Lawrence-The Husband Inter-
terred at Just the Right Time.
Commended by the Court.
RIGHT KIND OF MEDICINE

Yesterdays Standard contained
brief mention of the arrest of G. A.
Lawrence on a charge of committing
an assault on one c. A. Plumley. Back
of that arrest, it transpires, is a story
of more than ordinary interest. 1t is
the story of one man attempting to
ALLEVIATE the affections or another mans
wife and of just retribution visited
upon the head of the would-be despoil-
Ell of home by the injured husband.
Lawrence is a Woodworking, respect
ed citizen. With his wife he lived hap
PLY till in an unlucky moment she
became acquainted with Plumley. That
was some three years ago. He set
about making a conquest and SO far
succeeded that in a short time he had
brought the woman to the conclusion
that she was deeply smitten with him.
For a long time the couple kept up
their relations without the husband
discovering their secret. and matters
eventually went SO far that the woman
instituted divorce proceedings.
Before the case came to trial Law
renee, who was still devoted to his
wife, succeeded in convincing her of
the error of her way and that the step
she was about to take was dangerous
one. She withdrew the divorce case
and they lived happily together again
under the fulfillment of her promise to
see P1umley no more. Nothing came
to mar the happiness of the couple till
very recently, when Plumley again He-
newed his attentions to Mrs. Lawrence.
He seemed to have an hypnotic influ-
ence over the woman and was rapidly
weaving her from her husband again
when Lawrence became aware of what
was going on.
Day before yesterday Lawrence met
Plumley on Park street and took him
to task for his conduct. When Law
renee accused Plumley of paying his
wife undue attentions, Plumley, think
ing to bluff him, called him liar and
struck at him. 1t was very unwise of
Plumley, as he soon discovered. The
enraged husband sailed into him and
there was a battle royal for few
minutes. Plumley was given a most
unmerciful walloping before Lawrence
had finished with him.
When it was over Plumley at once
swore out warrant for the arrest of
Lawrence on a charge of assault in
rested.
rington, who issued the warrant, and
told him the story of his troubles, sub
stantiating all he said. In the first
place he entered a plea of guilty, and
hut for this he would have been dis
charged, for when Judge Harrington
became convinced Of the truth of his
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-19
Doomed to Disappear.

Doomed to Disappear.
So it seems we have people VINO
have never had any original c7ilza-
ton, literature, art or even religion;
who pay no heed to the laws of health.
for body or soul; who are dissilated;
who lack the power to acquire ami hold
property. or to hold to any steady
labor, and who have no thought VI APP
probation of the obligations of citizen
ship. Is it not a fair inference to draw
that no people, handicapped ii this
manner, can continue to maintain its
radical type in the midst Of cipiliza-
ton utterly at variance with its feredi-
tary instincts? But let us take another
look at the statistics of the census tax
err In the slave holding states ut the
beginning of the century the negro con-
stituted two-fifths of the population;
in 1880 he had dropped to three-fifths,
Notwithstanding the loss of nearly $780,
900 whites in the war. From 1860 to
1880 in the Is southern states the entire
negro increase was Al per cent, while
that of the whites was 40 per cent. For
the first 20 years of the century, count
ing from the decades, the negro in
crease was 66 per cent; but he has in
80 years lost II per cent of his increase.
If the same rate is maintained the
negro will be in a state of arrested de-
velopment before the end of the next
century, but as strong race breaks
quickly when once it begins, the likeii
hood is that the race will be at stand
still in SO years, and after that time
will gradually enter upon vanishing
career.
The likelihood of this disappearance
carries no joy to the hearts of the
southern whites. They do not want and
will not have negro domination or any
racial trouble. but neither do they
wish to bid goodbye to the race beside
whom they have lived SO long and with
whom the traditions of their country
are SO closely woven. They see the In
dams dying out without any special
regret; they will not watch unmoved
the fading of this other people who
have shared SO closely their domestic
lives.-Memphis Commercial Appeal.
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Other Cases of Disintegration.


All these things initiate against the
permanence of the negroid type. But
there are other direct causes that re-
duce the increase of numbers If
nation is to resist the crowding- out
tendencies of a neighboring nation and
hold its own against entertainments,
morals must not be neglected No race
is born to perpetual life from unchaste
mothers These are the sins that are
visited upon the children unto the third
and fourth generation-physical penal
ties that mean natural determination.
The manner of life among the negroes
is careless. They are content to crowd
Of sanitation. In their personal habits
and in their diet they pay no heed to
the laws of health. Their lax morals
and methods make them an easy prey
to diseases which are communicable,
and diphtheria and kindred ills claim
numbers of victims. For years it was
thought that the race was immune from
consumption, but in recent years the
dread disease has found it's foothold
In their constitutions and already it's
devastating influence is appreciable. 1t
will probably be one of the saddest, yet
one of the surest elements of disinte-
grafton of a race whose physique SEEM
ed to claim exemption.
Another and a most deplorable thing
that is initiating against the negroes
is the cocaine habit This habit is
new acquisition and no greater curse
could have fallen upon this simple peo-
pie than this will prove to be. Two
years ago negro cocaine f1end was al
most an unknown quality. To-day each
city has its horde. AS yet the habit has
not reached the country negro, but his
brother of the city knows the drug
well. Unless something is done to
break up the custom one more nail will
be driven into the national negrOid cof-
fin. Arkansas last year made it mis-
demeanor to sell the drug without a
physicians prescription. and other
states will doubtless follow suit. OF
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-19
IN BILLINGS.
Blair Brings Suit Against Struck for
$4,000 Damages

Special Correspondence of the Standard
Billings, Nov. 1S.--Suit was instituted
to-day by Charles M. Bair, the we'll
known f1ockmaster, against Henry
Struck, deputy sheep inspector of Vel
ioWstone county, in which the plaintiff
claims damages in the sum of S.. co., The
cause Of action is based on the death of
SO merino rams and the injury of 81 more
of 4 herd imported by Mr.. Barr They
We're turned over to the inspector, in ac-
cordance with the law relating to. sheen
brought into the state. at the Billings
stockyards about Aug. 20 Mr.. Struck
proceeded to dip them and used, it is
aV9rred. too strong solution of car
bolic acid. Sixty-nine of the rams died
and 81 of the remainder were rendered un-
mt for breeding purposes, and the plaint-
iff seeks to hold Struck responsible O.
F. Goddard of this city and Clayberg.
Corbett & Quinn of Helena are the praint-
ifs attorneys.
II am inclined to believe there is some
thing more than mere superstition in
this belief in the bad luck attached in the
poular mind to Friday and 49," said c.
l.. Harris the attorney, speaking of the
case of William Brooks, the negro wife.
murderer, for whom Harris had ex-
hausted all the Fabian tactics known
to the law in order to free his client from
the doom which awaits him
Brooks quarreled with his wife on FRI
day and they agreed to separate on that
day." continued the attorney. t"rhe fol-
lowing Friday he returned to his house
and killed his wife. His trial commenced
on Friday; he was brought into court on
Friday for sentence and was sentenced to
be hanged on Friday, March II. I took
an appeal to the supreme court and the
number of his case was 1.413. The SUI
preme court decided the case adversely
on FRIDAY, July 49, He was re-sentencen
to be hanged on Friday, Nov. 2S. The
governor refused his petition for exec
utlVe ciemency on the 18th and 1t now
looks as if he would have to die and be
buried on Friday
BROOKS who is to expate his crime
next Friday, does not appear to realize
MS position. He still continues to act as
II insane, although the medical men who
We're appointed to examine him have
pronounced him of sound mind. The exc
cutloh will take place in the Jail yard be-
tween the hours Of a. m. and n. m.
on Friday Nov. "a. The crime for which
ne is to suffer was the murder of his
wife, Jennie Brooks, on Nov. IS, 1898.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-19
FADING OF NEGRO RACE
Statistics Show 1t Will Eventu-
ally Disappear From America.
FIGURES OF 1870 WRONG
Ratio OF Blacks and Whites Has Steadily
Decreased-Negro Bound to 60
Down Before the Onward
March of Caucasion.

To large number of people In the
United States the assertion that the
negro race here is on the road to ex-
tinction will provoke derision as we'll
as to arouse indignation. But no amount
of interest, real or simulated, in the
dark-skinned people can stay the on
ward march of dissolution. The power
that destroys nations may be as silent
as night as slow as the transforma-
ton from the golden age to that of iron,
but it is stronger than the strength of
Titans and deadlier than the shadowy
pestllence that soWs destruction in
tropic climes. Sentiment in vain es-
says to check it. Poetry pleaded for
star-eyed Greece and majestic Rome,
but it availed not. The glory Of Israel
departed ana her seed was blown upon
the world. The empire Of Alexander
survives only in books. The spectral
ruins of the Alhambra tell the story of
civilization that is dead. Thus with
all their stately life. their pomps of
power, their gorgeous ceremonials and
their political splendors, peoples and
empires, creeds and civilizations have
Joined the phantasmal procession
which passes forever to the inane. Just
as no amount of external glory can de-
stroy the hidden uncleanness so no hui
man power can unsow the seeds of de-
cay.
And if such stable things can pass
away why should not an inferior peo-
pie die national death? Certainly in
view of all that has been written and
said about the danger of negro domi-
nation and the negro as a problem, the
Importance of ascertaining, as far as
possible, the probable permanence Of
the negroid type is apparent. Some
time ago there appeared in one of the
magazines a startling paper designed
to show that if the present ratio of in
crease should continue the South would
in so years be dominated by the negro,
and it would be but a question of time
before his numerical majority would be
so great that he would control the ma
ton. Dim visions of a negro In the
presidential chair, surrounded by a
negro cabinet, sending messages to a
negro congress, were suggested by the
article.
Based ON Wrong Statistics.
But this grim specter of negro domi-
nation was not hard to run to cover. Il
was born of a comparison of the cen
SuS of 1890 with that of 1870. A super
fetal investigator found that the negro
population had increased from 4,Ss6.3s5
in 1870 to 6,577 497 in 1880, or, in other
words, about 81 per cent, while tae
whites had increased only about 16 per
cent, and SO he sounded the alarm to
the world On the face it was most
startling, but the answer to his rropo-
sition was very simple. The negro cen
sus of 1870 was wrong. General Walker,
superintendent of census, himself do
clared the statistics were worthless.
And yet neither he nor his subordinates
were to blame; the trouble lay with the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-19

story he told Lawrence he was sorry
he had pleaded guilty, as he regarded
his course as thoroughly justifable and
he was indisposed to punish him at all
but under the circumstances he had
no authority to do anything but i'm
pose fine. He accordingly fined Law
renee the minimum fine of So without
taxing him any costs.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-19

In the rear is Circulating Flue that receives
the colder air near the floor and discharges it in
heated condition at the top of the stove This flu
riveed to the stove body and helps to sustain thu
weight of the upper top and stove pipe, hence the
body will n ever buckle.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-19

Portraits of Montana's LIST regiment
commanders and line officers in ION to
Manila" Only 25 cents each, when ac-
companied by a coupon,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-19

Gallosly's souvenir, a handsome ok
blood spirit house thermometer, given
Monday and Tuesday.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-19

LESSONS and counters and will go Into
the shops and factories and fields for a
living. What then is to become of the
negro, for white labor, being more re-
liable, will be preferred?
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course, this is not an entire preyenta-
tive, Tor. ways Will 6pe# found asfoS wade
the law, but it will arrest the ell in
a measure. s
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-19

Northwest Coal company dealers in
wood and Diamond coal Satisfaction
Telephone No. sos.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-19

Never saw such values O. X
Lewis black crepon sale.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-19

1900 yards black goods on sale, half
value. 0. K. Lewis. Monday and week
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-19

Black crepons on sale Monday. q. X
Lewis
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-05-11

conditions. There were planters ana
their families returning from an early
visit to the north; spectators by the
score who had been up to Memphis
and beyond to look over the crop; some,
like myself, from the north, going
down the river upon errands OF bust
ness or pleasure; not a few sporting
men, who frequented the bar, talked
loud and smoked long cigars, and there
was Virginian taking thirty slaves
Of both sexes to New Orleans for sale.
I had seen something already OF the
grand scale upon which the large river
boats were constructed; but the mag
nifcence Of this one amazed me.
Everything in the way Of gliding, dec
Grating and furnishing that could be
done was there, regardless Of expense.
Tall mirrors in the saloons and cabins
multiplied the crowd. Carpets of gor-
geous pattern and the first texture
were under foot Profusion and vari-
ETY. of viands were at the crowded
tables at mealtimes. walked about
and mingled with the passengers, hear
ing much talk of the immense cotton
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-05-11
CHAPTER TX.

--. AFLOAT ON THE MISSISSIPPI
1t was with deep regret that parted
that evening from good Mrs. Dorion
and her amiable daughters. In the
brief time that had been under this
roof I had enjoyed a sample of home
life at the south that was to me as
novel as it was agreeable. When these
kind ladies learned that had de-
termined to prosecute my journey to
Louisiana, they joined their husband
and father in urging me to delay. +.
1--WE are hardly acquainted with you
yet" said the matron. ssI'd have you
know, sir, it's not at all the Mississippi
way fora visitor to come one day, and
go the next.'' A.. %@ Il
MY curiosity isn't half satisfied
laughed Miss Celeste. IT supposed,
from what I had heard, that your New
England people were kind of
kangaroo. We see so little company
here that an interesting young man
like you is positive godsend.'
And then" added mischievous
younger sister, "Simon Basnet doesn't
come over more than once a week"
Perhaps can furnish you with q
good reason for stopping with us
awhile. You want to see slave life
down here; you can't half see it unless
you witness the cotton picking. We
shall begin in less than month, and
the sight will be well worth seeing.
I'm a southerner born and reared; yet
this is something that is always new
to me and always grand. The section
of Louisiana where you are going is ell
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THE PRINCETON UNION: THURSDAY, NAY II, 1899
raw ave,y from him, as did Others 81

draw, ave;5 from him, as did others Of
his friends. az
In less than tive years afuer the duel
he had alienated himsclf from all Of
us. His nature seemed to have
changed. He became cold, reserved
and naughty. He was very little seen
away from his home. When he re-
moved to Louisiana, he passed away
from all intercourse with his old
friends here. He has answered no let
ters. When bought this place, / ne
gotiated with him through an agent.
You can see, knowing all this, that
his life before he came here was cloud
ed with something fearful and mys-
terious. have wearied my brain in
conjecturing what it can be. His wife,
Conrad, Coralie, (which Of them does
it affect-or does it relate to all Of
them? :1s1 IA .qz.s 81
1fyou can guess, you are shrewder
than I. s., ,,,.jt'. d g,,: T%gal5:s
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CHAPTER x.
A STIRRING SCENE

All told, there were about fifteen
hundred people on the Cotton Queen
that night. They were OF all sorts and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07

came to me upon the receipt of the reso-
lutions of your post.
To you gentlemen, the sentiments ex-
pressed may seem but kind words due
one who was once your foe, but now
socks to serve the same flag that you
love SO we'll and defended so nobly, but
to me they are words of deepest kind
ness and cheer and make mo realize
still more fully the nobility of the SOL
diers who really fought for and saved
our nation. 1 had hoped in the Span
ish-American war to have done some
thing that Iowa might take pride
in, but was able only to work and
wait for an opportunity that new or
came. But my heart was in the service
gave my country, and l did hope, for
my family's sake. that it might forever
still the attacks l have 80 often suffered
Permit me with free heart to thank
you for your nobility of heart and action,
and may God watch over you and guard
you, and give you happiness and pros
perity in free measure, and the apprecia-
ton due noble men from their fellow
citizens. Respectfully,
JAMES RUSH LINCOLN.
Late Brig. Gen., U. S. V.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
KISSED THE BLARNEY STONE.
Dr. Hughes automatically Keeps His
Flock from BackslIdinC

Dr' hughes Diplomatically Keeps His
Flock from BacksIIdinc.
sort answer turneth away wrath; /"
addenda, soft speech removeth hats
When DR.. Matt 8. Hughes entered his
pulpit in the independence Avenue
Methodist church yesterday morning
the audience presented the usual flower
garden appearance due to the many
beautiful hats of the female portion.
i want to begin by thanking the la
dies" began the doctor, after prayer,
FOR the very kind manner in which
they observed my request in regard to
head covering last Sabbath" At sew
eral points In the audience delicate fin
gers could be seen searching deftly
about the borders Of lovely picture
hats for invisible hatpins. 1T Is a
matter Of great satisfaction" contin-
ued the pastor, ito one in my position
to find such kind consideration for one
another manifest among the members
OF his congregation" here and there a
posey or plume was seen to nod, in
dicatinG that a disturbance was going
on near its foundation. 1T is by these
little sacrifices from the pull
pit-"the sweetness OF human nature
Is brought out, and all are made to
feel the true neighborly spirit with
which we are endowed. Every woman
is made lovable by her own thoughts
for the pleasure of others"-all over
the house there was a culver among
the colors, delicate and bright as when
the first puffs OF rising breeze reach
the meadow grass, and the next instant
each sprig of artificial flowers and
bow Of lace and ribbon seemed to grow
momenta:lly taller and then move for
ward and sink out OF sight, and a flour
ish of soft hands followed smoothing
the stray threads of gold and auburn
and brown that followed as though
10th to part with the dreams" in mil
linery that had pressed them. The
women OF DR.. Hughes congregation
again; sat uncovered before hlm-Kan-
sas City Journal
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07

The value Of rubies below the weight
of l carat ranges from $40 to $40 per
carat, while stones of greater weight
than carats are OF such exceptional
occurrence as to command fancy
prices. When O perfect ruby Of s carats
Is brought into the market ten times
as much will be offered for 1t as for q
diamond Of the same weight, The sup
posed largest ruby known is one
brought from China, which now forms
part of the imperial crown Jewels OF
Russia. The two most important ru.
bies ever known In this country were
brought here in 1875. One was a dark
colored stone. cushion shape, weighing
81 carats; the other a blunt stone,
drop shape, OF AZ 1-6 carats. The
smaller stone. 1t is affirmed, sold for
about $4,000, while the larger one
found a purchaser on the continent at
$100.
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Reeds Narrow Feat

The comment about Speaker Reed
necktie when he sailed for Europe"
said a well-known shoe dealer of this
city to a Washington Star reporter,
brings to mind the size of shoe that
the speaker wears. He has the mar
rowest foot for a man of his proper
lions ever saw. and l do not believe
there is another man in the country
possessing the same kind of foot. We
have sold him a number of pairs and
know something Of his foot. His size
is No. II A. This Is a remarkably
narrow foot for an ordinary-sized man,
Our numbers are smaller than the
usual shoe. and measured in the gen
eral acceptance Of shoedom the speak
er wears about No. 10-not too long
for man Of his size. Mr.. Reed pre-
fers soft shoe, and we generally fur
nish him with kid"