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FINALE,

In conclusion the Executive Com
mittee desires to state that the Ma
.tional Afro-American Council was
never cared for like it was in St. Paul.
It has been compelled heretofore to
pay the expenses of it's meetings out
Of the money received from its dele
gates. The report shows that all
money for expenses including rail
road transportation, was raised in the
Twin Cities, and that all expenses
than a hundred dollars given to the
Council as a further contribution from
the City of st. Paul. We have more
than kept our promise and will be
glad to be advised Of any other city
that has or every will do more.
Never before were the delegates
treated so handsomely and we have
their words for it, and reason to know,
that they never attended such a
magnificent banquet.
The report speaks for itself and
shows fully the honest purposes of
the committee and the methods pur-
sued by them, and we do not fear
honest criticism, all other criticism
lis palpably hypocritical
We extend our appreciation and
gratitude to those who were in sym
pathy with US, and who did not at
tempt to hinder, hamper or impede
the successful elimination of the
work. Whatever may be your atti-
tude the fact remains that it was a
great benefit to the Twin Cities.
To the pusil1animous persons, who
were so unsuccessful in their afrimo-
NOUS conduct, we wish to say that we
are sorry for your present position,
but you have only yourselves to blame
and your behavior reflects no dis
credit upon the committee, but only
upon yourselves, If this cap does not
fit you readers, don't try to wear it,
if it does fit you it will settle itself
upon you without any further aid
from you and despite your efforts to
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throw it of.
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throWait of.
Sincerely your humble servants,
3' f. e.. McGHEE.
;ssA MRS. GEO. BARNETT.
@. ADAMS. !.
GEO. w. DAY.
O. d. HOWARD.
5zg GEO. w. JAMES.
TIMOTHY REEVES.
w. Il. FRANCIS.
GEO. B. LOWE.
w. D. CARTER.
y HARRY SHEPHERD.
Executive Committee.
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81. PAUL.
WEEKS RECORD IN MtNNESo-
TA'S CAPl -

The SANITY City and SANITY City Folks
Nawsy Items Of Social. Religious saA
General Matters Among the People, Boil
ed Down. ~
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Total receipts .1,O27.25
Total disbursements ....... 86785 !
Balance on hand. ........$ 159.40

Note-From the balance. on hand
must be deducted $40, due from Geo.
B. Lowe and $6 due from Miss Fannie
Dodd, a total of SIG, leaving an actual
cash balance on hand of $143.40,
which will be turned over to F. L..
McGhee, financial secretary of the
Council and by him forwarded to J.
W. Thompson, the treasurer, as a do
nation to the Council from the State
OF Minnesota. - IT. .>-.
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Mr.. w. M. Bell of Sault Ste Marie,
Mich, was in the city this week on
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-26

this city by means of making false returns
of overtime work performed by them"
Would you favor the amending of the
Philippine Civil Service law SO as to make
it identical with the Civil Service law Of the
United States2"
"As before stated, my unfamiliarity with
all the details of the Civil Service law In the
United States and with the practical work
ing Of all the details of the Civil Service
law here prevents me from giving my
opinion on the subject"
How do the men in your department
compare in efficiency and general ability
with men IN the customs service in the
United States9"
That is a very difficult question to an
swer. The conditions in the customs SER
vice here are very different from those in
the United States. AS far as the natural
intelligence of the two personnels is con-
cerned, there is no reason to believe that
any distinction could be made The United
States Customs Service is, of course, a very
through organization of long standing aud
its employees would naturally have more
technical knowledge of the subject than
would equally intelligent employees whose
familiarity in many cases, with customs
affairs dates from a much more recent pc
Rod"
How were the American and Cuban
civilians selected for the service in Ha-
vana?"
SO far as know, the power of appoint
meut and dismissal lay entirely with the
Military Governor of Cuba. subject of
course, to the approval of the Secretary of
War. AS matter of fact that authority
was generally delegated to the military
chiefs Of the different branches Of the gov
ernment, who were, as rule, officers Of the
Military Governors staff b"
This is very encouraging, I'VE should
think, to travel to the other end of the
earth and be sandbagged by some big chief
Johnson, whose bloated self-importance in-
creases in exact ratio to the distance from
Congress. Washington and the SUNDAY
GLoBEl If petty chief of division in the
Philippines can discharge peremptorily any
subordinate clerk on his mere fbse dirif,
and if the only protection the subordinate
clerk has lies in the character and honesty
of his chief, the GLOBE emphatically de-
clares that Civil Service employment in the
Philippines is a fraud a snare and a de-
lusionl
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-26
Beaver rail- SOUP.

Although / am a Marylander and an
Eastern Shore one at that, " said an epicure
from that state, and consequently know
what good things TO eat are, want to tell
you that I'll have to take off my hat to the
lumber camp cook of the upper Michigan
peninsula as the discoverer, fabricator and
dispenser of dish that knocks the Eastern
Shore cuisine silly. And that rare lumber
camp dish is beaver tail soup.
II was with Colonel Park, of Columbus,
Ohio, deer hunting in the Rainy lake region
of Michigan one fall. We lived at a lumber
camp boarding shanty.
There were signs of beaver at the upper
end of the lake, and a trapper succeeded in
trapping one of the willy dam builders
when the beaver was brought into
camp, the camp cook went nearly wild, aud
so did the lumbermen when they heard the
news, all because they had been trying to
trap beaver for weeks, not for its fur, but
for its tail, as they we're pining, they said,
for beaver tail soup.
THE cook took that broad appendage of
the beaver mailed like an armadillo, took
FROM it the underlying bone and meat, and
from It made such a soup as never came
from any other stock at the beck of the
most expert and scientific chef that ever
put kettle on.
'We could do the same thing and per-
haps better on the Eastern Shore, but we
lack one thing. We haven't got the beavers
to yield us their tails"
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-26
The Grave OF Annie Laurie.

It has just been discovered that the grave
of Annie Laurie the heroine of the world
famous ballad, has remained for all these
years without tombstone. Many people
are under the delusion that Annie Laurie
was merely a 6gment of the poets brain,
but this was not so. She was the daughter
of Sir Robert Laurie, and was born at Max
weton House, which stands on the ''braes"
mmortaized in the song. Her birth is
thus set down in the Barjog Manuscript:
AT the pleasure of the Almighty God,
my daughter, Annie Laurie, was born upon
the 10th of December, 1862 years, about six
o'clock in the morning, and was baptized
by Mr.. George, minister of Glencairn."
Maxwelton House is still full of memories
of this winsome girl, and in the long draw
ing room there still hangs her portrait Her
lover who was author of original song was
young Douglass, of Fingal, but whether he,
as is common with lovers of poetic temper
ament did not press his suit sufficiently, or
whether she wished stabler husband, she
gave her hand to prosaic country laird,
her cousin, Mr. Alexander Ferguson They
lived the rest of their lives at Craigdarroch
House, FIVE miles from Maxwelton. and
when she died, Annie was buried in the
beautiful glen Of the cairn. Lady Scott
Spottswoode, who died early in the present
year was responsible for the modern ver-
sion of the song
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-26

"He was cured and returned to his family
in Mississippi. He wrote to the specialist
as soon as he reached home. He recalled
the conversation he had with the doctor
respecting his wife just before he went to
the operating table. He said he knew the
physician was anxious to know what he
thought Of his wife since he could see her
as she really was, and he added that
she was really prettier than he had ever
thought she was in the days Of his blind
ness, aud the vision had amply repaid the
pain to which he had been put while under
the specialists treatment"
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-26
"she Burns Green" +"

The greatest discovery of borax in the
United States was made in the terribly hot
region known as Death Valley and in a
most romantic way. The Chicago Record
tells the story.
In 1880 Aaron Winters lived with his
wife, Rosie, in a gulch known as Ash
Meadows, not far from the mouth Of Death
Valley. He was 50 fond of his wife that he
would not allow her to be long absent from
him, although their little hut on the
mountain was hundred miles from the
nearest neighbor, in a wild rugged, for
saken country
One day a desert tramp came along and
spent the night at the Winters home. He
told the hunter about the borax deposits Of
Nevada. When he went went away, Win
ters thought that he had seen deposits of
the same kind on his explorations into
Death Valley
Accordingly he and his wife went to-
gether to make the search, having pre-
viously provided themselves with certain
test chemicals which when combined with
borax and ignited would produce a green
flame.
Having procured piece Of the substance
which he believed to be borax, Winters and
his wife waited for nightfall to make the
test How would it buru2
For years they had lived like Piutes on
the desert, entirely without luxuries and
often wanting for the very necessities of
life. Would the match change all thats
Winters held the blaze to the substance
with a trembling hand, then shouted at the
top of his voice She burns green,
Rosiel We're rich We're rich!"
They had found borax. The mine was
sold for $4,000, and Winters took his Rosie
to a ranch in Nevada
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-26
The Finishing Touches.

A girl who had been very clever at col.
1ege came home the other day aud said to
her mother:
Mother, I've graduated, but now I mnst
inform myself in psychology philology,
bibli"---
lust wait a minute, said the mother.
II have arranged for you a thorough course
in roastology, boilology stitchOlogy, darn-
ology, pathology and general domesti-
cology. Now, put on your apron and pluck
that chicken"
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-26
Burns and scalds.

In cases of burns and scalds, when the
skin is unbroken, cover the burn with white
lead paint, glyceriu, fresh lard, hnseed,
olive, sweet or lard oil, or soapsuds. II the
skin Is broken pour a mixture of oil and
limewater (either hnseed, olive, sweet or
lard oil) in equal parts over the injury.
Then place piece Of soft linen OF muslin
wet with the oil mixture on the wound.
Then loosely wind handage over this, re-
moving It from time to time to wet the
linen with the oil mixture. Never attempt
10 uncover the injury.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-26

cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
1t is the great medi-
caltriumph Of the nine
teenth century dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
DR.. Kilmer, the emil
nent kidney and bla6
der specialist, and y
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-26
A WARNING
To the Applicants for Clerical
Jobs in the Philippines.
NO CERTAINTY OF OFFICE.

The Civil Service No Protection to a
Subordinate Whom the Chief De
sires TO Discharge-The MANILA
American" Exposes the system and
Interviews Colonel Shuster, Who
Admits the Facts. and That He Re-
Gently PeremptOrily Fired Eighteen
Clerks-A Nice Place to Stay Away
From.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-26

wonderfully successful In promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou-
bles and Brights Disease, which Is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-RoOt is not rec
ommendedf for everything but If you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble It will be found
Just the remedy you need. lthas been tested
In so many ways in hospital work, In private
practice. among the helpless too poor 10 pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful IN
every case that a special arrangement has
been made by which all readers Of this paper
who have not already tried Il. may have a
sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how 10
find out fyou have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer In this paper and fcfg.
send your address to Ml REKTa 4 hss ss...Ii=s
Or. Kilmer g. Co., ,Bing- # y Fssls':s'I q
hamton. N. Y. The w lll ..ai' y y
regular fifty cent and Home Of svsmp-ROoe
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-26

Use pancake litter to place cookies ON
the baking tin and to remove them.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-26
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK /?
kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news.
papers is sure 10 know Of the wonderful
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-09

nouveau enameled clasps. The sleeves
reach to little below the elbow and
are slit to above the bend of the arm.
Some OF the neatest street parasols
are made of white silk, hemstitched
around the edge. The silk Is often en-
broidered In polka dots or small figures.
and the handles are Of wood.
A pretty blue muslin is the subject
of the sketch. The waist is made with
a very original arrangement in the
shape Of frilled bolero and a wide
satin collar. The sleeves are finished
with frills. The skirt is laid In fine per
pendicular tucks and has a graduated
fiounce finished with three narrow
frills.
Boas In High Favor.
The tulle bow at the back of the
neck is not seen SO much on gowns
this summer.
Boas OF every description are the
rage this summer. They come in chif-
fon. dotted and plain; net, feathers.
chenille. ribbon. and crepe de chine In
all the delicate shades as well as black
and white. White dotted net trimmed
with black and white ribbon Is very
pretty. The chenille boas are usually
of black, trimmed with white chiffon
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In THE HOTEL
CORRIDOR
By MARY WOOD
Copyright. 1905. By the
s. 5. Mcclure Company
By MARY WOOD

She sank into the depths of the vel
vet chair with a sigh of satisfaction.
The long hotel corridor was alive with
light and color. Women passed with
soft swish of silk and breath of per-
fume. Masses Of lilies and cleaning
palms merged with rich, dark hang
ings to form a fitting background.
This-this was the life for which
she was intended-richness and beauty
to delight her artists eye, luxury to
satisfy her love Of easel She had striv-
en- hard to attain it, giving the hours
Of daylight to her easel and the Ion
ger hours Of the night to feverish plan
ming. And yet she was where she had
started. With scornful smile. she glanc-
ed down at her modest dress. The only
mark which linked her to these sur
roundings was the great bunch of violets
rising and falling on her breast Her
face did not soften as they met her
eye. They were none of her procur-
Ing. He had sent them. and their wear
Ing only seemed one more link in the
chain by which he sought to bind her to
him.
He was late. or she was early
which? Never mind. 1t would give
her time to think and to decide.
The soft strains of a distant stringed
orchestra calmed her as her mind re-
viewed her five years of city life. The
first year, when labor was sweetened
by girlish enthusiasmsthe next, when
hope was wandering and grim necessi-
ty spurred her on; the next-but why
live over their pain? 1t was enough
to say that she had failed. And yet
she had worked. How she had work
ed!
The last four months had told a diff
ferent tale-she had tried to drown her
ambitions in the excitement Of life in
artistic Bohemia. That, zoo. failed her.
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Gowns of transparent material are ap-
here and there on the body of the
gown. Black velvet ribbon is often
used as a finish. Figured lawns.
swisses and dimities are very pretty
and are made elaborate.
The pretty French hat in the cut is
Of coarse ecru straw trimmed with
black silk flowers and green leaves.
Negligee That Is Elaborate.
Negligee attire is growing more and
more elaborate. Indeed fussiness Is
essential to almost every up to date
garment. At present 1t is possible for
tunately TO copy the most costly mod
els at comparatively small outlay, so
highly wrought robes and jackets are
the rule. A potent aid in much of this
copying is the abundance Of cotton
fabrics made In Imitation Of silk. All
the light mercerized goods have been
made available for house gowns, negli-
gees and the like, and while not few
of these are worthy of really fine trim
mings there is no end of inexpensive
things which will set them or nicely.
Many white fine materials are util-
lied for tea gowns. Most Of these are
made according to empire designs and
trimmed with dainty laces. White tea
gowns are stylish I'm dainty lawns and
muslins trimmed with valenciennes
lace and insertion. Some are made with
Spanish fiounces tucked or trimmed
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-09

On the road from Clifton downs to
Avonmouth the traveller will pass. In
the Avon gorge. a curious structure to
which a singular tradition is attached.
relates the London Tatler. The story
is that a person named Cook about
century ago was told by a gypsy in the
Leigh woods that his only son would
be killed by serpent before he reached
the age of twenty-one. To avert this he
built high tower and shut his son in
the topmost room with the intention Of
secluding him there until the fatal age
was passed. However. by accident q
viper was taken up in a fagot to the
room TO light the fire, and it crept from
the fagot and bit the boy SO that he
died. Therefore the tower was called
Cooks folly. and that is its name to
this day. whatever is the true explana-
tDn- "a
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-09
Old AMERICAN SPIRIT
IN COUNTRY DISTRICTS.

President Roosevelt in his speech to
Maize farmers at Bangor.
''The country districts are those in
which We are surest to find the old
American spirit, the old American
habits Of thought and ways of living.
Conditions have changed in the coun-
try far less than they have changed in
the city, and in consequence there has
been little breaking away from these
methods of life which have produced
the great majority Of the leaders of
this Republic in the past After all it
remains true that the countryman, the
man on the farm more than any other
Of our citizens today, Is called upon
continually to exercise the qualities
which we like to think of as typical of
the United States throughout its his
tory-the qualities of rugged indepen-
dence, masterful resolution and indi-
vidual energy and resourcefulness."
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She SAID.
Yet it had brought him to her, to her
feet. The thought gave her not even
a throb Of gratified vanity. She told
herself she was past even that. Since
love and hope were dead, why not let
this man buy their ashes? He could
at least give her the creature comforts
that she craved. Yes, she would mar
~ him.
She started and looked around fear
fully, as IL that yes" had been spoken
for the ears of greedy listeners. But
the stream of hotel life rolled calmly
on. AS she looked down the corridor
her heart gave a throb. Was that fig
ure n part of her dreams Of the past?
1t was an old lady In all the glory Of
new black silk and shiny gloves, yet
strangely old fashioned and out of
place among the throng. The girl start
ed to her feet. 1t was Aunt Milly.
She went forward breathlessly. her
eyes fixed on the dear face. her hands
outstretched almost appealingly.
The old lady saw her now. gazed
wide eyed and i'm another moment was
kissing her on both cheeks as she muir
INJURED brokenly. "0h, jamie. Janie"'
And then, In a minute. What happy
day this will be for Johnr'~
Tears had come to the girls eyes at
sound OF that childish name. Now she
flushed and paled as she said almost in
whisper: John! Does he remember
meT'
The old lady had hold Of her hand as
IL fearful of losing it. and Janet led her
gently to the big chair and nestled
down beside her.
Remember you? Haven't We spoken
of you almost every day since you
went away? You stopped writing after
awhile. and that was hard" There
was reproach I'm her gentle voice.
The girl interrupted brokenly: "Yes.
know. But there was SO little of good
TO tell"
.'Then you changed your boarding
place. and our letters We're returned
unopened by the postoffice. We did not
know where to find you"
The lowered lashes could not hide the
tears as jamie answered: when I left
the home you had given me so kindly,
SO generously, ! had high hopes ] was
going to become famous and repay ey-
erything. | promised you this. and
could not bear TO write until ! could
redeem the promise. Ii was all my
pride. But I loved you still You be-
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-09

A wealthy woman invited a younger
woman to go to Europe with her. Aft
er the plans had been made the youn-
ger woman's husband decided that he
would like to go too. "All right" said
the rich woman. but he will have to
pay his own expenses" 1t was set
tied that they should go together on
this basis. and the woman of means
was so much pleased that she Informed
her companions that before sailing she
had made her will. leaving a large
share of her estate To them. They had
been gone only Il short time. however,
when cloud appeared In the sky. The
man bought flowers for his wife and
paid her other attentions which the
older woman resented. A quarrel re-
suited. and the man and his wife re-
turned TO their home without the old
lady When she got back. she changed
her will and left her property to her
doctor. His refusal to give her a COW
eted plant caused her to cut him OF.
Her present will leaves the money to
the church. but the chances are that
she will live to disapprove of it.-New
York Press
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A neat little lesson was administered
in Broadway car the other day at the
hands of a tall, good looking young
girl
The seat was crowded, but her neigh
bor, fat. cross and middle aged, was
evidently bound to have as much room
as he considered he had paid for, SO
he wedged himself firmly back. then
jammed her with his elbow that he
might spread his paper to its utmost
width. She stood the erowding and the
Tapping Of the leaves in her face for q
few moments. then rose to her feet and
took hold OF the strap.
do take ii ALL" she said TRANQUILITY.
The car had stopped, and her clear.
courteous voice easily travelled its en-
tire length. There was a sympathetic
smile on every face. The monopolist
scowlrd, ratified his paper and stood 1t
for a few moments; then. ugly and re-
sentfui. he left the car.
He had learned nothing, but every
other man present read his paper In
sections no wider tran his shirt front
all the rest Of tbs way.-New York
News
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sFONTAINE LOGAN COUNTY OHIO TUESDAY,

nounces of chiffon (which should be
put on double), point d'esprit, net,
gauZe. etc. Grenadine Is too stif for
shaped fiounces. 1t looks best in
straight frilled fiounces. Killed and
box plated fiounces look we'll i'm glace
or foulard. Muslin frills are pretty.
They can also he shaped and edged
with narrow ribbon.
Alternate bands OF silk and lace in
sertion compose mauy handsome
gowns. Dresses of all over white and
beige embroidery are finished with
rows of tiny satin ribbon rufiies. Gen.
orally all the summer dresses are made
with elbow sleeves beautifully finished
with lace rufiies and ribbon bows.