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La Junta tribune., 1900-10-03
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ic paper Il confident that Bryan Win
carry Illinois. stevenson was eonA-
dent In 1854 that his fellow KnightD Of
the Golden Circ3e would carry Illlneaa,
but the eIsction returns shows1 thas
he was mistaken. He ~ prey4Rink
sufpri1e party Tor himself ~ Nh
dupes this year. II he has any. EniAoas
y going to roll up its electoral vote fbe
Mckinley IN lsAj0, ~ Il dia = 1eoat-
La Junta tribune., 1900-10-03

o. goot rssuK q the eAnpal9n ~
~ ID eend .Bxyan 10 TIE D16oa 1ee III
~ ratAsf TN - - Kansas CITY
La Junta tribune., 1900-10-03

crowd him back into the little eggsheil
out OF which he was broken, as to try
to throttle this American race and
crowd II back into the thirteen original
thirteen colonies. Some OF the old
gentlemen ON that old soil of some OF
those old thirteen colonies, who have
never left 1t. may think II would be 4
good thing for our great cuntinent-ein-
brAcing people TO come back home. But
1t h impossible.
God has expanded us.
One mark OF the prophet OF our time
= In his ability to read events. plsn
and campaign IN the saddle. ana
change front In the presence OF the en-
emy. So far. President McKinley ~
the marks Of the prophet.
Long year, agc. back in the forbes.
Thomas Fl. Beutcn, United States pep.
ator from Missouri, standing IN IL
place In the Senate, pleading for ! Pa
cidc railroad, pointed toward the set-
ting sum and cried: '.fee there, gentle
men, there II the Eastr'
To-day we catch mp our papers and
look through the Golden Gate for the
East. the far East. The ages are rolled
together At our feet.
We are standing by the cradle OF
China: slae b ahkiug M for deltyerance.
She hos caught the vision of q North
EN- Bear that walks Ike Z man. ana
sho q aaktn9 AmefAca 70 save her.
II Mckinley can maintaln .sths open
door,y and thue prevent the dismem-
1eemeoe ~ China. be win secure lie
Christ1anixatien of China iu half CO.
t1ry, f9rnish = market for our over.
vrpduetpns and nake America u
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pe.IrnhIe MIIL Ennh.

Corn meal mush with SKINNED milk
makes q perfect and desirable food.
Cup custards may be made from
skinned milk Also milk soups where
butter and flour are used as thiekenfnP;
in such soups mix viii be found 10 one
Of the best Of conditions for digestion
sHd uogriehment. Some points to be re.
membered are. That cows mix must
be modified ghen used by infants that
milk is an admirable food for outdoor
iaborers. especially for those Who uae
little or no meat, bat IL il poison to
those Of sedeutary habits. from the fact
that ii j. difficult Of digestion. pro-
duciug biliousnesa and conFiipaifou.
Mixed with a third barley or rice wa
ter. il IL perfect food for the aged and
for young children who have teeth.
Skinned II Is good for the diabetie and
obese and those suffering from Er3ght's
disease. also for pueamoHia patients.
ih institutions where for seonoEny's
sake meats are rot used and other
nitfoaeaous foods are aeanti.y fur
niabts, milk Ia necessity. Bread ard
ulllk sboud forfa at least ore meal tash
aay. and whole. not fkfmmgefi. mix
shoala be ases. ladies Bone Journal.
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17
SMALLPOX DISTRIBUTORS.
How the Germs Are Nnrtnred and the
DInennn In smrrnn.


1t would seem that people will never
learn to be careful. The recent alarm-
ing spread of thnt dire epidemic,
smallpox throughout different sec
tions of the country has been traced
by physicians and sanitarians in many
instances directly TO the moldy and
rotting layers of paper and paste
which cover the walls of many houses.
The practice of laying layer after
layer of paper on n wall, using COM
mon flour paste, Is especially calcu-
lated to create homes for disease
germs. People could not do more to
effect such II result II they tried.. The
rotting vegetable matter affords caves
from which are ready to dart forth
the infection at every opportunity.
There Is no excuse for this practice.
as walls and ceilings can be coated
with pure. cleanly and sanitary ma
terial like Alabastlne, for instance, ut
no greater expense, Alabastine Ia n
rock. base cement. which Incorporates
itself with the wnll or ceiling. II is
easily applied. comes ready to mix
with cold water. requires no washing
or scraping before renewing or re-
tinting, Is beautiful. long-lasting and
safe.
For walls that have been infected.
nothing Is equal to Alabaatine aA n
| disinfectant to render them pure and
clean and the rooms once more hab.
table
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

When carefully made. baked suet
pudding is a most pastable aish 70
one eupfal Of boiled milk add three
quarters of a eupful II sifted yellow
corn meal and stir until smooth and
we'll scalded Add ore cupfui oi mo-
lasses one featpoonful of sBli and two
tablespooufnIs Of sugar. Make q mix
tare Of one cupful of suet chopped
fine. one quart If eoid milk ore cup
ful of currautk, seetlles. raislns or
dried berries and add be boiling milk
ard meal mixture Bake alp@lB for
ak hours, and let II stand Ia the oven
over night, or. II Psssible. upiil The
IRE goes out. seree aith butter and
cream - Boston budget
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

The brads ~ small fur animals
mounted fer hat pins. are a charming
uG iurci ~ The fuf.tfimmed turbaH
Ostrich feather fans are again mael
Affected ~ fashion.
The uea pIialle ailk-baeh veltets are
tucked quilted. kilted. aee9rdiob
plated aud machine stitched exactly
ike slFl or wool fabrics
Fine hid finished cloths In isory
white opal gray, turquoise blue and
old rose are In marked favor for
''tiressy'' ffoebs
Great numbers of black tutls
blouses. beautifully embroidered IN
jet, are seen One of tbeae, silgbtls
cut ouf al the neck. Ia worn With
long Transparent sleeves OF white lace
which are cifcied with bands Of black
velvet ribboii fafieued with tlny atecl
bueklrR Detroit Free Press
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

upon them as re- His Word Does Not
liable. count
"It is very seldom that we get beat
for a small amount by anyone giving a
bank as reference when opening an ac-
count. Not SO very long ago woman
requested permission to open n credit
account with us and gave one of the
prominent banks as reference. When
Investigated found that she had a de-
posit there of more than So 900, but that
her account with the bank was only of
few days standing. l notified her
that she could have credit of not over
5000 provided that her account was
paid the first of each month. She
bought the full 5000 worth in three
days. but when the first of the month
came around she was not to he found
and her account with the bank had
been withdrawn. That woman was
conducting profitable business on a
capital of $4,000 which she had never
expended, but utilized to secure credit
at the stores. 1t was certainly profit
able business for her.
another reference that | have
learned not to place much reliance in is
one from n politician, and the third is
that from a minister when presented
by woman. When a man comes in
with a reference from his pastor il is a
different matter, as his power of per
suasion is not so great as is a woman's
with the ministerial profession. \ poll
tician is too easily influenced by pos
sible votes to make his name good as a
reference"
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

prevents our extending the credit they
as. This class of people act sheep
ish' when they apply for credit, as
though they were asking for something
which they did not deserve, and often
mistake these actions for criminal in
tentions, and so lose what might have
proven good customer.
When a man asks for credit with
seemingly good intentions l askfor
references. and If employed, who he is
employed by. or il in business, the
name of his firm. That is all, but be-
fore l grant his request he is fully in.
vestigated If he is employed, the
amount of his salary is ascertained
from his employer; II he is in business
his financial standing is secured from
the commercial agencies, and il they
are satisfactory he is informed that he
has been placed on our credit books.
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17
81. r.n.rtsne. rl,h snnnd.

The man &ifh The piece II plaster
arrost the bfidRe u his Rose wasn't
going to Ray anything about II. but
the yoHnR man sh be Opposite seat
kept Gaokiug ai him 10 steaGiiy that
he finally said
Young man. DO j0a knew how fast
sound travels 9't
sSo. sir, Was the reply.
Then you'd better 81 the iIgRers.
Yesterday I called a man iat He
geaa 200 feet away thought "a base
,ltne 10 climb frHee before be could
reach ne. bnf be vas on 10 me itii ofle
On the nose before I could ssfok three
times. soHnd. ar. travels ~ the rate
sf 2Beg feet second. aed don't sou
never eaJ a taaa liar anlsss he's Mt
Ieaft q m3ls aNa5 ard Sua'fs got sour
rannfn' shoes On sn."e~taieaKo Egehiag
Sesz.
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17
fs,ronnaf Zee.

Crate the white flesh of coeoanut
pretty flnely aud mix IL 10 a paste
with two sablespoonfuls Of CASTER
sugar and the sfi'fiy y hipped white of
an egg. run II Into sqanre tin aud
cat IL into bars ~ IL j. setting Put
away wrapped in grease proof paper.
In an afr.tlghi iin II preferred. half
the "lev's can te eal9red a delicate
piDk with drop OF two ~ earmiae
aud sst ln layers With the plain white.
--Phiiallelqhia Prsss.
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

Spotss His Chances Eiaiiee. anu "piia
for Credit. be censured as
quickly for turning away a customer
who deserved credit. and where credit
would prove profitable. as they would
fer granting credit to anyone who did
aot pay their bills.
There are hundreds of these latter
class vNho apply for credit privileges
at every credit-w granting store in Chi
cago every month. and some of them
are sharper than the credit men. and
then another item is charged against
the loss account.
\ credit man must be seemingly
eouseieneeiess, said the gentleman
whom | have quoted before. "To the
f'ersons applying for credit a. a matter
ot accommodation, and who intend 70
pay tn. silis they contract, it Ii seem
fagiY an easy matter 70 secure an ac.
count with ua. hgIt occasionally I run
aeross ease where nothing hut nerr.
sA~Eezz On the part Of the applicant I
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They Would Like do so if the mer-
Charge Account. chants would but
give thin the opportunity.
II @ould be practically impossible
to give anything like accurate figures
of the retail credit business done in
year in Chicago. l asked the credit
man of what is probably the largest
store in the city that does a credit
business if he could give me some
idea what the retail credit business of
Chicago would amount TO in year.
al would not even attempt to give
an estimate" he replied. II could of
course tell you wnat our credit busi-
ness amounts to each year, but that
would prove nothing. 1t is certain,
however, that the business that goes
onto the books of the retail stores of
Chicago that permit the running of
credit accounts would run well into
the millions.
''In our own case fully one-third of
the business we do goes onto our
books in the form of charges against
our customers. There are, | imagine,
other houses in the city who do n
greater percentage of charged husi-
ness than we do, but we are carrying
all the accounts that have been asked
for that | consider il safe to carry.
We could easily double our credit
business in a years time, but II is a
question whether we could do so with
safe accounts, or at least a sufficient
number of safe accounts to prevent
an increase in the percentage of loss,
and il is that little matter of loss that
the credit man must figure on If he
is to prove of any value 10 his employ
er. Keep down the percentage of loss
and profit will take care of itself
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lance in under
certain contli-
tions," continued
the credit man.
"One would natu-
rally suppose that
reference to n
bank would be the
very best that
could be given, but
| have been taken
in so often by re-
lying on such ref
erencesthat | have
ceased to ! O o k
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nection with cred
ii accounts. | asked him what the
percentage of loss was on the amount
of business done, and he replied that
1t was considerably less than one per
cent. Then | asked him if even so
small a percentage of loss as that
would not have some effect on the
prices charged for goods, and If not
Why it was that his concern, with the
two items of loss from bad accounts
and book keepers salaries to account
for. could afford to sell goods for the
same price as the merchant without
these two items to consider.
These are days of the keenest kind
Of competition. when profits are cut
TO the very lowest point at which it is
possible to do business at ALL" he
said, but you will find that. quality
Of goods considered, our prices are no
higher than those of any strictly cash
house in the city. The reason such a
thing is possible is because of the
larger volume of business that we do,
which we would not do if it was not
for our credit system.
There is probably one-half of our
Charged business that would 60 else
where were it not for the matter of
accommodation which we extend in
the matter of credit accounts. And
of this business which we would lose
the greater part of it is in articles
upon which there is the greatest per
centage Of profits. In other words
many of the people who do business
with us buy expensive articles and
have them charged when they would
not or could not buy them if they had
to pay for them at the time of pur-
chase. and the profits on this class of
goods are comparatively high"
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

Ali wires from The seat of var are
subjected to 3 strict as1ieial eensofs ! lp.
based matnly On tao niles, One fuie
il that 90 shtimsfioH n deaths In the
field sasli he allgeed 10 pars antii snet
deaths have been anneuneed by ths aa-
ahsrliies. The gthertffseilf forbsdf The
eat ng - auf information regsrfj IN z
the 'ageemetfn Of ireepss-N. + saE.
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

Tommy know now Why sou wear
only one eyeglass.
His Zig Sisters Beau-Why?
Tommy Brother Jack says yog
ought TO see with half an eye that sister
doesn't care anything about you.--
Jewellers Weekly.
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17
nj. unnIIty.

Rirers-That's the longest cigar
holder / exer saw.
Brooks-Yex. am using II on that
last cigar you gave me. thought dis
tance might possibly lend enehant-
ment to The favor, but IL aaesB ~
Chicag9 Tribune.
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

"May you take this lesson home with you
to might, dear friends concluded the
preacher at the end OF very long and weari-
some sermon. And may It's spiritual truths
tlnk into your hearts and lives to the
end that your souls may experience saliva.
iios. We will now bow our heads in prayer.
Deacon White, will you lead!'
There was no respunse.
Deacon White, this time in a louder
voice. Deacon White. will you ieadY"
still no response II was evident that the
good deacon was slumherns, The preacher
made third appeal and raised his voice To
pitch that succeeded in waking the drowsy
man.
Deacon White, will you please lead?"
The deacon rubbed his eyes and opened
them w0nderinEly.
''ls It my leadS No-I just dealt. De.
troit Free Press.
II won say that I'm proof against temp
tatlon,' said the peaceful citizen, but IN
hlest II ! wouldn't rather be right than he
governor Of Kentucky Puck.
Some men need time locks on theih imag
ination, Chicago Dispatch,
A hit.or miss policy usually has few strik
ing features Chicago Dispatch
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

e s I ! n q one. II
there is any man
engaged in { h e
mercantile bust
ness who must
keep posted on all
the latest tricks
of the sfarpers
the credit man In
til one. They
must be able to
4ead all classes of
human nature at a
H. uu1 IT.nfsI
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

as Chicago VINO
buy 90 d 5 on
credit than can
be found in SMALL
er place IS. But
" h lie this per-
centage may be
smaller there are
still thousands of
peo pl e who run
credit accounts at
the stores in Chi
eago. an d there
are thousa n ds
more who would
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

weeks salary in
each month. That, believe. is the rule
in force in practically every store in
Chicago.
'But, you know, there are exceptions
TO all rules, and one of these exceptions
cost nearly every store in the business
district of Chicago that extends credit
to patrons a large sum a few weeks
ago.
About six months ago "A woman
came to me with a request for credit
account. She was gowned in the
height of fashion. and was at the time
wearing jewels that were IN themselves
a small fortune. She represented her.
self to be the wife of d well-to-do board
of trade man. and said that her hus-
band was worth at least 500 900. As
she wished to make a few small pur
chases at the time complied with her
request at once, intending TO look up
the case later.
Something or other prevented until
the first of the month came around, and
found that ber account was little
0NFi F"Nps w HEftt "a bAit hS "ttN AfsI Ht'
rected. and almost by return mail we
received a check for the full amount.
That settled IT,, and that woman could
nave all the credit she wanted. The
next month we got a check promptly
for the amount OF her account, and
then we did not get another for three
months In that time her account with
as had grown To a little over $1,000
has gone to Europe with her purchases.
the husband, who was only one Of the
small fry on the board, has failed. and
we, like the rest Of the stores, are the
victims of a misplaced confidence"
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

limit the amount
of the credit eX-
tended to them.
In fact, ii is only
the well known
business men OF
the city who may
h We unlimited
credit on our
b 90 ks. In the
case OF salaried
employees we usE-
ally limit I h e
amount of. credit
extended to them
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

who sells for caSh
only can and does
sell goods cheap
er than the mer-
chant who does n
credit business. |
do not expect to
prove anything by
the following, but
there can be no
harm in quoting
what this same
credit man has to
say on the subject
of prices in con-
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

one II the Iafvett uatiouai eene.
feffes IN this ceHaff5 lf ideafed ~ Eat-
iai4ary y e There are sFef q a33 iiti-
Easwu dead In the - mssery which q
Espi 10 apIeHdld rePair BY the Resefn-
gnes4f
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

OTTAWA, Ont. has mayor named
Payiaeat. and an alderman san=c
Champagne.
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

There has always been difference
of opinion as TO whether the merchant
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

There is probably smaller per-
..ntage of people in a town as large
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

when opening accounts with par
ties unknown to us il is customary 10
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17
Good and nnd References.

"There are three different kinds OF
references that ! place very little re.
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

The life of a credit man in a large de-
partment store is certainly an inter
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

A hit.ormss policy usually has few strik,
ing features. Chicago Dispatch.
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17

Some men need time locks on theih rnag.
nation Chicago Dispatch,
The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-17
THE COOKS FIRST CRABS
the Had Never Tried to Cook the
"Beastx" before and Never
Would again.

s"Here. Bridget said the kind.heart-
cd boarder. "are some crabs..l heard
your mistress say that she was fond
of them. VIII you cook them for
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-01
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS.
Congress Making a Fight For Fair
Usage by Germany.
AMBASSADOR WHITES IDEAS.

Berlin. Feb 27.-The receipt of the
news from Washington intimating the
cessation of the commercial negotia-
tions with Germany has created a
sensation here Andrew ID. White. the
United States ambassador, said to the
correspondent of the Associated Press:
81 interpret the reported Washing e.
ton action due to the most recent
shape of the meat inspection bill If
the bill is adopted in its present shape,
it will cause bitter tariff war be-
in which I believe the latter will get
the worst of it. The United States
could cause the greatest trouble by
opening every bottle of German wine
and investigating every stocking etc.
OF course it would be u mere pretext,
but it would be no worse than they
have done with our meat, which the
German government officials already
express satisfaction with the American
inspection, and we have never objected
to a stringent inspection here, if it is
done for sanitary reasons, and not as a
hindrance to trade. / understand the
German government is opposed to the
present form of the bill
The correspondent understood from
| a member of the embassy that the for
status of the negotiations in Washing
ton, and asked the embassy a few days
since for information the subject.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-01
APIck upfor Operators.

Kansas City, Feb. 26.-The Fourth
of July is a holiday A telegraph op-
orator may be called upon to work on
any holiday, but he is always paid
extra The holding of the democratic
National convention on the Fourth of
July will affect not less than 20, 900
operators all over the country a good
operator gets So a day for day of
seven hours 1t would require two
shifts to take care of the business of
one day. The enormous expense the
holding of the convention on the Fourth
of J uly Will entail on the telegraph
companies viii be readily seen
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-01
Indian Territory Convention.

South McAlester, l. T., Feb. 81
With 500 delegates from every post
Office in the Indian Territory in at
tendance, the first representative
convention of the Indian Territory
citizens ever held aSsemb led at this
place to formulate resolutions
and take action to secure a betterment
in Indian territory conditions in a
business sense and in the sense of
securing titles to land and town lots.
The remarkable thing about the con-
vention is the attitude of the Indians
who are in favor of speedy allotment
and settlement of tribal affairs. They
say that treaties have been made and
broken and now they desire actual
possession of what is theirs and an
equal chance with the whites and with
each other.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-01
ASK CONGRESS FOR RELIEF.
Newspaper Publishers Plead For
Defense Against Paper Trust.
IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

New York, Feb. 26--The American
Newspaper Publishers association.
comprising most of the large nevvspa-
pers of the United States. for three
days in. convention in this city, gave
thorough consideration to the sudden
increase in the price of white paper
and the reasons therefor. Resolutions
were unanimously passed and a com
tnittee of the American newspaper pro-
prietors win personally present the
same to congress:
Whereas. The price of printing pa
per used by newspapers in the United
states has been arbitrarily increased
in price from 60 to 100 per cent with
out reason or warrant to be found in
the conditions of the industry itself;
and
Whereas. 1t is the common belief
that this increase is due TO the work
ings of d trust; therefore, be it.
Resolved. That the American News
paper publishers association. repre-
senting IN this case not only its own
members. but the -. 600 newspapers of
the United States, calls upon congress
TO make inquiry. by means of n special
committee into the condition found
above, to the end that suitable legisla-
ton may be provided to remedy this
condition OF affairs IN the interest of
the best source of public information
provided for the people, towit: The
newspaper press, whose interests the
founders of the republic held in the
highest regard
We believe you will accept the op
portunity and make this inquiry in the
spirit in which it is demanded.
1.-The newspaper, it is fair to say
unlike most other forms of industry,
sells at fixed price and has no means
of putting the increased price onto the
consumer In many instances it means
the complete confiscation of profits and
in many others creates an actual loss.
THE apparently sincere desire of all
parties to deal with the trust question
removes this inquiry from the charge
of craftsmanship and makes it what it is
intended to be. an inquiry in the pub
lie interest