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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-03

travagance. All that can be said how
ever, against the fanciful summer mus
lin dress.
A revival OF the no-collared bodice is
rumored. Women with round white
Threats may be depended on to push
the fashion for all there is in it. The
cut advanced stops the neck finish at
the collar band The round must come
at the very beginning of the rise of the
neck; in other words, at the most try
ing place, To take out little more
runs the gown towards evening cut,
Some stage beauties have worn lace
covered gowns of delicate color and
strands of pearls were clasped about
the throat. The only dress seen of
black in this cut was rather trying,
though the woman's throat was lovely.
For receiving gowns the neck may be
squared down a little bit front and
back, but the line at the sides must
touch the rise of the neck
In selecting wash leather gloves never
mind the number you usually wear.
select the size that fits you. If you
usually wear a six and a quarter, prob
ably the wash glove marked seven or
even seven and a half will do. A
wash leather glove should slip on COM
fortably and be always perfectly
fresh The oftener a pair is washed
the softer and prettier it becomes until,
alas! hotes begin to come A new wash
castor in tan, gray and white is at
tractive just now. F'LORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-03

|
| When Webster Davis, assistant secre-
| tary of the interior went travelling in
| South Africa his movements made much
| talk. 1t was promptly and carefully
| explained that he didn't go in his "offi-
| cial capacity" but even that, eXplana-
ton didn't make his mission quite
clear. He has got back, and we now
know that whatever he went for he
was so impressed by the Beers that he
feels impelled to resign his office ct
Washington and become a missionary
in behalf of the Beers. This is the way
he talks: Had I not, a free Ameri-
can, decided to listen to their appeals,
my conscience would burn and the faces
as noble as God ever let live in any
land, would haunt me as long as
live. ] am, therefore, determined to do
everything in my humble way to assist
them. Their cause is just, and in God
is their trust, and in the light of the
past history of the American people,
who went through the same struggle, I
believe the Beers will win
Perhaps Mr.. Davis will not make
such an impression on his countrymen
as the Beers have made on him, but
If his mission is matter of conscience
ton. 1t is certainly better to be right
than to be assistant secretary of the
interior.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-03
FASHION NOTES.


Highly wrought effects in cloths have
about reached the limit in the light
weight dresses of white or delicate color
that are shown as summer models
There is not about them, Of course, the
airy f1ufliness that characterizes the
muslin gown. but the same standards
of elaboration prevail. An example is
shown here, white cloth gown deco
rated as the artist indicates with stem
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-03

Lorin Pease of South Amherst, Mass
achusetts, is one hundred years Old and
he has never smoked or drank. Noah
Raby of New Brunswick, New York, is
remember No moral.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants. Rents, and other small
advertisements, One Cent Word each in
Hertion. Five Cents a Word for full week
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Display advertisements, per inch, one IN,
cents: one week, SO. 20; one month. $40; one
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Obituary Notices. in prose or verse. 10
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nges, Deaths, and Funerals. so cents each'
Local Notices. 10 cents per line.
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unobJecticnable), and their contracts do not
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A study Of the grip has brought some
of the experts to believe that the germ
is egg shaped and propagates itself
with marvellous rapidity once it is To-
Gated in the mouth or nose" Marvel
GUS rapidity is fairly descriptive.
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Cling and embroidery, the latter in
white and turquoise blue. The fact
that goods in ruf1le widths all stencil
led and embroidered can be bought
ready made, makes easier and less ex-
pensive the construction Of such a
dress, but they are SO delicate and per-
ishable as to come closely upon eX-
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The citizens of Montreal, Quebec, are
raising a fund of 100000 for the pur-
pose of erecting there a monument to
the soldiers from the city who have
given their lives in South Africa for
the empire They intend that it shall
be the most magnificent monument in
Canada
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"A man in Boston has succeeded in in
ducing a beautiful being to be his wife
after she had refused him twenty-one
times. Good luck to him
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-03

Experiments were recently made in
Germany as to the effect Of musketry
and artillery fire on the hearing of Of
flcers and soldiers-and the eardrums of
rlinety-six men were subjected to re-
peated and minute examination, both
before and after firing. In about half of
the cases changes had occurred in the
ear, while in thirty-seven there was a
widespread reddening of the eardrum
and in seven cases several small spots
of bleeding We're observed on the ear
drum.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-03

Elder Edwin Wright, Of Utah, who is
visiting washington, declares that the
exclusion of Congressman Roberts has
helped the Mormon Church. I'VE are
becoming understood" he says, land
our Church is adding to it's member
ship. Twenty-nne missionaries leave
this country on Saturday for our Euro
pean mission. They are all volunteers.
They will be scattered over different
parts of the Old World. Some will go
to England, others will go to France, a
few will be sent to Holland, and some
will go to the Scandinavian mission.
They will remain abroad for two years.
These volunteers must do what the ell
ders dictate. They are like soldiers.
They must obey orders. This trains the
young men and women for the work
cut out for them in this life. 1t gives
them self-reliance 1T makes them
thinking men and women. We have
missionaries right here in the city, and
they are doing good work. Taking all
in all, the Mormon Church is growing
rapidly and will continue to grow
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-03

Professor Cesare Lombroso, who
knows great deal that may not be so,
has written an article on bicycling in
Crime" in the Nuova Antologia, in
which he says. "Of all the mechanical
inventions of our time, none has OBJ
tained such extraordinary Importance
as the cause or instrument Of crime as
has the bicycle. If the somewhat ex-
aggerated opinion was formerly held.
that the cause of every male crime
should be sought in woman, as is ex
pressed by the too celebrated phrase
'Cherchez la femme!' to-day, with per-
haps less exaggeration. one might say
Seek the bicycle! The motive for
great part of the thefts and robberies
committed by young members of good
society, in Italy at least, is found in the
desire to possess a bicycle"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-03

Recent tests of the new briggs semi
automatic gun for the United States
navy show that remarkable improve
ments have been made in this kind of
ordnance. 1t can be fired as rapidly as
seventy-five rounds per minute, where
the best record previously for this form
of a gune was forty-two rounds: or it
NAV be used with deliberate aim and
with the same accuracy that character
lied the original briggs Schroeder
weapon. A six-pound shell is fired,
which explodes on impact, and is united
to the firing-charge in a cartridge. The
cartridge is inserted in the chamber by
hand. but as soon as it is in place the
gun closes, is fired, the breach opens,
and ejects the empty cartridge case,
leaving everything in readiness for
new cartridge. AS long as the trigger
lis held back the loading and firing are
continuous, the gun being perfectly
automatic in its action; but with the
trigger released the gun can be fired
whenever desired. The new type of gun
is being rapidly turned out to be used
on the gunboats.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-03
Special Corset
Offer.

A few odd sizes in our best, i'm
ported P. D. Corset are here, made
with real whalebone and os heaviest
satin, all handsomely trimmed. al
ways sold for $1,000. Offered to
close out the odd lot at A.98
Assortment includes white, black, pink
and blue.
The plaindealer., 1900-01-26

REPORT OF THE HISTORIAN OF THE l. S. L. A.

closing years the Nineteenth Century Oneund and
the Washington
Civil Negro
intellectual wonderful The
railroads built wonderful
in The Worlds n Philadelphia
intellectual the of
lin
literature world have
P c. N. the Womn have done much
humanity higher morally intellectually With
this American society culture background the Interstate Literary
with all the
stng of literary its
S. L. A.wa making initial bow its BIRTH
education smboHzed planted by rdIig little seed
which form and placed the soil See
terminates expands fruit The whole
o
root This literary planted ftng of the Kaw they who plant
il n o
that advance backward constantly being promulgated
n
ecua accomplishments capable coping with all the scientific liter
of As conceived bring
leading profound and the West
Thoughts and ideas with the opinions and of Others
and ST. d through which shall has this
The history to
The first under whose ruling the convention sat was George Gross
ruled
deed well that he like George Washington served second @ being the only p
around" pleased Age Literature ePe
sparkling satisfy and sui
oreaste of what ENJOY later
The plaindealer., 1900-01-26
Criminals in Leavenworth.

LEAvENwORTH, Kansas, Jan. 16.-I
Mr.. j. H. Childers, Topeka, Kansas,
Dear Sir: Your letter requesting
my views on the criminal prOpensi-
ties of the Negro" has been received.
In reply 1 shall say that l do not
believe the tendency of the Negro
toward crime is any stronger than
that of the white man, from whom he
has received his first impressions, and
from whom he has received most of
what he knows, be it good or bad.
But | regret to confess that as a
result of my observations in the past
25 or 80 years, that the tendency or
increase of crime among the cOlOred
people is far out of proportion to the
number.
The old Negro who came from
slavery Il years ago, though ignorant,
was well disciplined and anxious to
work, because that was all he knew.
1t is a noticeable fact that those of the
old Negroes who are now living are
industrious, frugal, orderly and law
abiding citizens. 1t is the New Ne
gro" who was born since the war and
since freedom that manifests such
unfortunate tendencies toward crime
The cause of his criminal tendency ii
largely due to the fact that he hai
not been disciplined and had proper
restraints imposed upon his freedom
So that with much freedom and many
privileges, together with enforced idle
ness, (by that l mean that most of tn
avenues of life being closed against, ant
prever eg him from learning a trad
end from earning a livelihood) h
drifts upon the sea 81 if''iS iS;ol.~, - O."
vice, TO the sink-holes of iniquity an
incubators Of crime, where, by eyi
associations, the young Negro
seduced to commit crime.
w. B. TOWNSEND,
Marshal City Court.
The plaindealer., 1900-01-26
The Passing of George Dixon.

George Dixon's friends and admir-
ers are issuing many excuses as to
why he was SO badly whipped in his
recent fight, but despite all Of them
the fact remains that he went up
against a much better mana man
who has youth, strength, ability and
agility to his credit. There is a
great deal of crying over split milk,
but it is as clear as the MONDAY sun
that Dixon carried his worn pail to
the dairy once too often.
We are surprised that he was not
knocked out in the first round. Dix
on had declared that he would retire;
he found man who willingly assist
ed him in his desire.
In late years George Dixon had
begun to brag and elbow" as much
as Sullivan. Jackson and Corbett did
in their final chapter; and when a
man begins to "blow" a great deal,
he fights little. When Dixon was
modest, he was invincible, never los
ing a battle; but lately he had accu-
mulated a great desire to talk and
drink, and neglected himself, and got
licked. 1t is the way of the fighters :
Sullivan did it, so did Dempsey, Car
diff, Fitzsimmons, Corbett and Jack
son. The only man who did not talk
so much, and who quit fighting in
the nick of time, was Jack McAuliffe.
Jack McAuliffe is the only fighter
who has exhibited common sense,
therefore he's the greatest fighter that
ever lived.
Dixon quits the ring practically a
very young man; he was good for al
least ten more years had he behaved
himself and taken care of his vitali
ty. He now quits with nothing save
d saloon, which he will probably
drink up, and afterward die pauper
neglected and friendless. He ha
thrice made fortune for Mr.. Ton
O'Rourke, but nothing for himself
He is married to O'Rourke's sister,
white woman, it is true, but she vii
shortly tire of him and seek freedom
through the divorce court. She vii
claim that he is now drunken brute
, that he beats and cuffs her about i
a shameful manner, and, of course
she will be granted a divorce.
The improvidence of the Negr
The plaindealer., 1900-01-26
Miss May Louise Lewis.

The subject of this brief write-up
is the daughter of the late Hensley
B. Lewis. She was born in Cincinnati
and received her education in the
public schools of that city. Miss
Lewis was educated for a teacher, and
has made especial preparation for
primary work by taking a short course
in normal and kindergarten training.
She gained experience and reputation
as a successful teacher in the city
schools of Atchison, where she is now
employed. Her connection with the
I. S. L. A. dates from December
1894, since which time she worked up
the interest of the association as
corresponding secretary for two con.
secutive years. She has contributed
in a literary way to several Negro
newspapers during the past seven
years.
The plaindealer., 1900-01-26
leaVenWOrth.

Mrs. T. Finley is the guest of her
brother, Berry Craig, of Omaha.
Cupid has been quite busy in our
city of late, and wedding bells"
continue to ring.
The Washington Johnson nuptials
were solemnized Tuesday night of
last week at the First Baptist
church on Broadway. Tie cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Banks,
in the presence of large number of
friends of the contracting parties.
Miss Hattie Walton, who has been
attending the State Normal, at En-
poria, is home on a visit.
They started out paying fashion
able calls, but wound up with a
"Please go home invitation"
Mr.. William Switzler died of pneu-
monia, on Tuesday of last week, at
the home OF his uncle, ID. White, in
North Leavenworth.
Mrs. Rachel White, who has been
removed to the State Protective
Home. is very ill.
Mrs. ]. Taylor is very ill at her
home on Kiowa St.
Mrs. Melvina Gray continues very
ill.,
There were no church members at
the Crawford Grand on last Sunday
night. Nit !"
He has weakened at last and sent
her his photograph. The game is
now drawing rapidly to a close.
Two of our young friends entered
into dark conspiracy recently.
We understand that the plot was
successfully carried out last Satur-
day afternoon. We are now await
ing developments.
The plaindealer., 1900-01-26
GENERAL NEWS.
Items as They Are Taken Off the Tele-
graph, and Presented to Our
Readers for Perusal.

prizehghter, the same as the poverty
of the Negro editor, is proverbial
he was never known to have money
save when the stakes were drawn
down, and he was declared the win
ner. There is no reason why George
Dixon should not have quit with
fortune, but in a few yearS-possibly
a few months-we shall hear that he
is arrested in a street brawl, locked
up, and scarcely a sport to be found
that would go his bail. This will be
George Dixon, once champion
fighter in the lighter class ! Shades
of Tom Sayers and Jim Heenan !
Poor Dixon. When Terry Meow
ern, lad only 10 or 20 years old,
shook hands with you in the last
round, a great majority of your
friends" also shook hands with, you
and bade you farewell. A prize
fighter, the same as any other indi-
vidual, has "friends" only when he is
successful To be sure, there will
occasionally be found few 'friends"
to pay for hall in which to give you
"beneft" whenever you get "dry,'
but they will grow scarcer as the
days grow older.
Dixon did we'll, however he fig
ured in something over an hundred
ring contests and had about fifteen
tights, which he won, the majority o.
which were sparring matches with
soft gloves.
The race has no gladiator now t.
represent it.. Jackson, who was abou
as graceful and as active as an ele
phant, is down and Godfrey
Izeen - Rssst daydrera.,o now we We ar
fair tt. .";ness, for Dixon's light ha
been put out.
There's Joe Walcott, did you say
Pshaw. He's licked before he starts
OLD SPORT.
The plaindealer., 1900-01-26

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las Civilization of the Literature Civil Rights and Social Privileges
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The plaindealer., 1900-01-26
A KANSAS OCTOBER DAY.

The sun o'erlows
And the warm flood pours
In golden splendor hill and vale and mountain top
The wearied wind folds its pinions
And. with gentle breath. whispers
A parting message to the falling leaves
And rustling corn.
The wide concavity Of the heavens ~
Holding in its outstretched arms
The feathered drapery Of snowy spirits.
Flights its troth to earth and seals the pledge :I
With the soft kiss Of the horizon.
The azure mantle Of the atmosphere '
Trails on the distant hills its hazy blue.
And the murmuring river.
With thousand sparkling CLEANS.
Laughs and dances with ecstAtic joy
And flashes back its answer to declining day.
zJoHS L4EesTos HAHElsor'n
The plaindealer., 1900-01-26

held in the city of St. Joseph,
At this meeting Mr.. Gross en-
enthusiasm again bursts forth
i BY the moralist, beginning with
Manners" and closing with
ion. During this age one
Conflict Between Religion and
There an Evolution in Religi-
"The Human Mind Is Gods
our first original poem, Goods
takes place in which the trium-
for Atchison had been admit
once became one of its strong
these people of literary taste
ri to revel in the luxuries of in
ems of Kansas. These meet
scholarly Prof. J. H. Sims, Of
poring over the relics of this
papers were read, but as the
The plaindealer., 1900-01-26
CRIMINALS
In Kansas City, Where They Dc Little
Else Save Sing and Play Pr
amos in BrOtheIs.

social evil is eradicated, but a week
later, Phoenix like, this same "club"
will rise again. One of the peculiar
things about this "club" evil which
exists in such vicious form here in
Kansas City, is that those Negroes
who proclaim lOudest in private
against the dangers of these dives,
are, as a rule, too cowardly to appear
in court to prosecute the keepers of
these social cancers where they claim
their sons and daughters are being
ruined.
During the year 1899, fines aggre-
eating $50, ,83050 were assessed against
Negroes in this court, of which SO, ,233
were paid $15, 5,9S4.5O was served in
the work-house, while the balance,
SIT ,623.50, represents the amount of
stays of execution, remittals and APP
peals.
There are a number of Negro men
and women who can be relied upon to
turn up regularly at certain seasons
in police court, and when they fail to
appear, we simply telephone to the
county jail and invariably find thev
are doing time for some petty offense.
| can say with a great deal of
pleasure that less than one per cent.
of the Negroes brought before this
court for trial belong to that class OF
intelligent, cultured and progressive
men and women upon whose shoulders
rests the responsibility of uplifting
the race, and this is one of my
strongest reasons for being an advo-
cate of higher education for my people.
From this condition of things one
must deduce the fact that there is a
class of natural criminals. or, at least
class composed of individuals borr
of criminal tendencies, whose mora,
sense is so blunt as to deprive then
of a proper conception of the rights
of property or the individual rights
of men to life, liberty and the
exercise of those prerogatives which
insure peace and happiness among
their fellow beings. For this class
the prisons and so,called reformatoriet
have few terrors. Society then mus
do what it can to protect itself; mus
provide a remedy. What must b,
done? There is one thing, while j
may not be the specific needed, j
worthy of a trial. Parents ant
teachers must 60 earnestly to work
hand in hand, with the determination
that the child-heart as we'll as tn
child-mind shall be carefully trained
the rough edges must be removed
even though stern physical force b
f necessary, and then if each one of u
can be brought to realize the magni
tude of the task that lies before u:
the courage and correct determinatio
required of each of us to bring abOu
this successful fruition of our fOndes
, hopes, we can fervently join in tn
, song of the favorite American poe
, Whittier when he sings:
time like this demands great men. stror
hearts and willing hands;
Men whom the spoils of Office will rot buy,
I Men whom the lust for Office will not kill.
For while the rabble with its time-worn creeds.
Its loud professions and its little deeds. G
Wrangle on in selfish strife
. Lo freedom weeps and waiting justice sleeps
NELSON G. CREWS.
The plaindealer., 1900-01-26

The second meeting was
Mo-, Deccaef er 28-2o, 1892,
joyed his ,c-ond term. Hhe
and this ace is cEguoer than :
an essay on Morals and
" The Tyranny of Public Opin-
moralist asks, "Is There a
Science ?" Another asks, "Is
on ? " We were told that
Masterpiece" Now appears
Handiwork." A change now
virate no longer hold prestige,
ted into the association and at
est pillars. In December, 1893,
came back across the Missou-
tellectual Lawrence, the Ath-
ings we're presided over by the
St. Joseph. In digging up and
age, we find that a great many
The plaindealer., 1900-01-26

God give us nen
A time like this demands great men. strong
hearts and willing hands;
Men whom the spoils of Office will rot buy,
Men whom the lust for office will not kill
For while the rabble with its time-worn creeds,
Its loud professions and its little deeds, .
Wrangle on in selfish strife
Lo. freedom weeps and waiting justice sleeps!'
NELSON G.. CREWS.