The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX The formation of the Republican party, according to the best information obtainable, the Free Soil Democrats and a few followers of the disrupted Whig party residing in the state of Michigan deserves the honor of making the first attempt to organize the Republican party. It appears that those two factions that is the Free Soil Democrats and the Whigs met in state convention on July the sixth, eighteen hunderd and fifty-four, and formed a complete fusion into one party and adopted the name Republican. Their actions inspired others residing in different states who entertained similar views to do likewise, and in the latter part of 1855, the chairman of the Republican state committees of Ohio, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Wisconsin and several other states issued a call for a national Republican convention to be held at Pittsburg on the 22d of February, 1856, for the purpose of effecting a national organization and to make provision for a subsequent convention to nominate candidates for president and vice-president. All the northern or free states and the following slave holding states: Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, North Carolina and Texas were represented by delegates who had been duly elected. John A. King, son of Rufus King, who was a Democrat and the bosom friend of Ex-President Martin Van Euren, was chosen as temporary chairman, and Francis Blair, the eminent Democratic statesman of Maryland, who was the Long and intimate friend of Andrew Jackson, was selected as its permanent president, and before the convention adjourned it provided for the appointment of a national executive committee and the holding of a national convention in Philadelphia on the 17th of June, for the nomination of candidates for president and vice-president, and the organization of the party in all the states throughout the union. Right here it may not be inappropriate to state that the first three vicepresidents selected by the Republican party were Democrats. Name'y, Wm. L. Dayton, of New Jersey; Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, and Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee. So while the Negro is engaged in denouncing Democrats and the Democratic party he must remember that life long members of that party were the first to assist in the formation of the Republican party, and that after the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency many of the most prominent Democrats were elevated to honorable and responsible positions by him. The first work of importance performed by the members of the first republican national convention which assembled in the city of Philadelphia was to commit the new party to those self evident and eternal truths which emanated from the fertile brain of the immortal Thomas Jefferson, namely. "That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Another section of the platform which was adopted amid the wildest excitement was that Congress had the power and the right, and that it was its duty to prohibit and to prevent the introduction of slavery into new states and territories. John C. Freemont, "The Pathfinder," of Missouri, received the nomination for president and Wm. L. Dayton, of New Jersey, was selected as vice-president thus it will be observed that the Republican party promu-gated no new doctrine; that the principles which it set forth respecting the slavery question, and the authority of Congress to prevent its spread into new states and territories was the bulwark and the very foundation stone of Democracy which had been strictly adhered to by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson and by all the other fathers of Democracy and Democratic presidents excepting James K. Poik, Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, as we have noted before these same ideas and governmental principles were proclaimed by James G. Birney in 1840-44, by Ex-President Martin Van Buren in 1848, and by John P. Hale in 1852. So it must be evident to all that the Republican party at the time of its evolution simply re- voiced and gave expressions to sentiments and ideas which had always been uppermost in the minds of the leading Democratic statesmen. The Democratic national convention convened at Cincinnati, Ohio, June 2d, 1856, and James Buchanan was nominated for president and John C. Breckenridge for vice-president. The platform adopted by it recognized the rights of the people of all the territories, including Kansas and Nebraska. Whenever the number of their inh butts justified it, to form a constitution with or without domestic slavery, and to be admitted into the Union upon terms of equality with the other states. The issue between the new Republican party and the Democratic party were clearly defined. The leaders of the Democratic party contended that the people, themselves residing in new states and territories should be permitted to decide whether or not they were in favor of maintaining or permitting slavery to exist in their midst while the leaders of the Republican party maintained that Congress was invested with the sole right to control and to prevent the entrenchment of slavery in new states and territories but they were bitterly opposed to interfering with slavery where it then existed in the various states. Before the great presidential struggle of 1856, came to a close it became apparent that James Buchanan would be victorious notwithstanding the fact that over three hundred thousand Democrats, and many of the ablest leaders of that party openly espoused the cause of Freemont, but Richard W. Thompson and many other leading Whigs who in time became leaders of the Republican party declared upon the stump throughout the campaign that "the Republican party was a white man's party," and it is estimated that his utterances and the actions of other professed Republicans largely contributed to the defeat of Freemont and Dayton. (To be Continued.) GENERAL: JOHN M. PALMER GENERAL JOHN M. PALMER. During our short visit to Sprinfield recently, it was our pleasure to spend one hour with Ex-United States Senator John M. Palmer, who has become a historical figure in American politics. The ex-governor read to us one chapter in his new book, which will be ready for sale by May 1, covering his career while serving as military commander of the department of Kentucky. He seemed to take special delight in reading this chapter, for it set forth his acts in connection with the proclamation which he issued as military commander liberating the slaves of Kentucky on the 4th of July, 1865. The general says in his forthcoming book, that "when he rode to the edge of Louisville where between fifty and seventy-five thousand colored people had assembled he was lifted out of his carriage by them, carried upon their shoulders and placed upon a rude platform, and when he stood up and uttered these words, 'fellow-cit'zens! You are now substantially free." A mighty shout ascended up to the Heavens which could be heard for many miles around." His actions were ratified by Pres. Andrew Johnson and from thence forward slavery, ceased to exist in Kentucky. The ex-senator has always been a friend of the race. His council and advice was sought in the Alton school case. In our conversation with him he said that the Afro-American race can never expect to command the respect of the white race until it organizes, not in one state only, but in every state and it must also learn to support and maintain its own institutions and enterprises, and lastly, its leaders should not support any man for office be the Democrat, Republican or Populist who is known to be unfriendly to the race. Before bidding General and Mrs. Palmer goodbye, he paid his subscription to the Broad Ax and invited us to lunch. Louis B. Anderson, assistant county attorney, will address the Men's Sunday Forum at Bethel church on 3th and Dearborn, 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon on the "Disfranchisement of the Negro in the South." Mr. An'e son will contend that all acts with that object in view which have been enacted by some of the states leviatures of the Southern states are in violation to the 14th and 15th amendments. CHICAGO. MARCH 24. 1900. ALDERMAN THOMAS CAREY. No member of the present City Council is more widely or extensively known or exerts more influence in that body, than Alderman Carey, who is a member of the finance and other important committees and his keen judgment and sound conclusions are accepted by his fellow associates, and his personality is stamped upon the City Council in such a manner, that the name of Thomas Carey will live in the ALDERMAN TH Grand Sachem of the Tammany Soe to the City Council ALDERMAN THOMAS CAREY member of the Tammany Society of Chicago, who will to the City Council from the 29th ward. 6 Grand Sachem of the Tammany Society of Chicago, who will be re-elected to the City Council from the 29th ward. hearts of the people, long after he is dead and gone. It can be said, without the slightest fear, that no member of the council stands closer or nearer to Mayor Harrison than Alderman Carey. In fact he is the leading representative of the Harrison administration and it goes without saying, that he is succe sful in securing more good fat positions for his constituency than any other alderman. This naturally increases and strength- Alfred A. Alfred Arendorf Alfred Orenderff ens his power and political influence and it causes all hands to believe that he has a strong pu'l with the powers that be. But notwithstanding the fact, that by his own exertions, he has risen to the prominent position which he occupies in the councils of the Democratic party, and the legislative body of Chicago. Alderman Carey never forgets nor --- goes back on his friends and you can always rely upon his word. Therefore he commands the respect of all classes residing in his ward and he has a strong following among the Afro-American voters of the 29th. For they know him, and he has served them and advanced their interests in many ways. Consequently on the 3d day of April many Colored voters of the old 25th will go to the polls and record their votes in favor of Alderman Thomas Carey. THOMAS CAREY Society of Chicago, who will be re-elected from the 29th ward. GENERAL ALFRED ORENDORFF. The Democracy of Illinois has no favorite son who is more worthy to have high honors bestowed upon him than General Alfred Orenderff, of Springfield, who has decided to enter the race for the governorship. The general's Democracy is unquestioned and possessing the requisite qualifications his nomination for governor would lend hope, courage and inspiration to the rank and file of the party Brendorff The general for many years past, has occupied a prominent position in the councils of the party and for several years he served as secretary and ch itman, respectively, of the state ce tal committee, and on two occasions when the state was overwhelmingly Republican. he led the race for state tre su.er. ```markdown ``` and each time he ran many thousand votes ahead of the ticket, which is an index of his popularity with the masses. He is an excellent lawyer and ranks with the best in the state and was unanimously elected to serve as president of the state bar association, a d while acting in that capacity he won the confidence and the high esteem of the members of that distinguished body. As Adjutant-General, it was his pleasure to muster into the state service the 9th battalion. It must be remembered that no Republican governor would permit the 9th battalion to become a part of the National Guard, and the brilliant and glowing report which General Orendorff made in reference to that Afro-American company, pularized him with the colored race throughout the entire state. For they regard him as being fair and broad-minded and too generous hearted to be controlled by race prejudices, narrow and bigotted ideas. It is an old saying that a prophet is not without honor in his own country. This being true it holds good in the general's case. For he is held in the highest esteem by all classes of citizens of the capital city, including the Afro-Americans, and many of them earnestly hope that he will be successful in securing the nomination for governor. He has been endorsed for that honorable position by many of the Democratic newspapers of Southern Illinois by the central committee of Sangamon county, and by other political clubs and organizations. In 1896 Gene al Orendorff made a tour of the state in company with Col. Wm. J. Bryan and he is therefore a familiar figure upon the platform and to the people of Illinois. RATIFICATION MEETING. Tuesday night St. Martin's Hall, 59th and Prinston ave, was filled to overflowing by citizens of the 30th ward who joined in the ratification of the renomination of Alderman Chas. J. Boyd and the town of Lake ticket. Robert J. Roulston, president of the Old Hickory club presided and he briefly referred to the untarnished record of Alderman Boyd since his election to the council, and he was satisfied that the people would reward his faithful services in the past by returning him to that body. Mr. Evans was the next speaker, and he urged those present to stand by the ticket from top to bottom. He was followed by Alderman Boyd who dwelt in a manly way on his past record, and he declared then and there that he had not departed from his declaration of principles which he set forth two yea s ago, and that if the people of the ward will honor him with a second term in the city council he will continue to stand by those principes and do everything in his power to further their best interest. Al. F. Gorman, candidate for supervisor; John L. Florish, candidate for collector, urged their hearers to go forth between now and April 3d, and endeavor to awaken an interest among the voters of the town of Lake, on the importance of winning out in the April election as a victory on that day, would strengthen the backbone of Democracy all along the line. The Hon. Thomas J. Nerney, who is one of the most popular and effective speakers, delivered one of his striking and characteristic speeches and he concluded by saying that the entire ticket would be triumphantly elected. Some four or five weeks ago Mrs. L. A. Davis contributed an article to The Broad Ax on "The Importance of organizing Clubs Among Our Afro American women." The National Association Notes, which is published by Mrs. Booker T. Washington, of Tuskegee, Ala., brazened-facedly and deliberately reproduced the article in full in its last issue without giving the Broed Ax the slightest credit or crediting it up to Exchange. In our opinion this is entirely improper and unprofessional and it simply shows that our so-called educated colored women have a great deal to learn yet before they are prepared to enter the field of jwrn'lm. National Association Notes please NO. 22. FREDERICK A. HART. The 30th ward has no better, more popular nor more successful man of affairs than Frederick A. Hart, who was raised and educated on the West Side, and who has grown up and spent his entire life in Chicago. Some twelve years ago Mr. Hart became a resident of the town of L ke and the 30th ward. He is a property holder and one of its tax payers and has won for himself a good name throughout the length and breadth of the ward. All classes and nationalities A. H. FREDERICK A. HART. Independent Candidate for alderman of the 30th ward. know him and they consider him a good friend in time of need or trouble, for he is big hearted, liberal minded and can always be relied upon to keep his word and perform any act which he agrees to. It cannot be denied, disguise it as we may, but what there are hundreds and hundreds of the most substantial and influential citizens of the ward who have urged Mr.Hart to become an independent candidate for Alderman and are doing everything in their power to aid his candidacy and to secure his election. There are also a large number of Afro-Americans residing in the different portions of the ward who are engaged in supporting Mr. Hart. Many of them have long regarded him as their friend. They claim that whenever they get in trouble or sickness overtakes them they can go to Mr. Hart, acquaint him with their difficulties and he is ever ready to render them a little assistance, and for that reason many colored men are with him in his fight for Alderman. CHIPS. Edward Maher, candidate for South Town supervisor is making a gallant fight and he is a sure winner. The Hon. Thomas Byrne, who has been spending the winter in the South, will return home within the next few days. Chas. Callanan, candidate for South Town collector, is clean, honest and straightforward and he is bound to be elected. Mrs. L. A. Davis after spending a week in visiting with her relatives and friends in Peoria, arrived home last Saturday evening. Sunday afternoon the Civic League met at Quinn Chapel and tenier d Mrs. Agnes Moody a farewell reception who sails for Paris shortly. The Mother's Council meet at Mrs. S. J. Hart, 4841 Armour avenue, Monday. A good meeting is reported and a large number of ladies present. Rev. Dr. P. A. Hubert, who has been absent in New York City for the past three weeks, returned a few days ago with his family. He intends to make Chicago his permanent home. George J. Terrell has opened a dancing school in Hannibal Hall, corner 51st and Armour avenue, and e ery Monday night he will instruct th so who desire to learn the art of dancing. The meeting of the Phyl13 Whe tly club Wednesday was well attended. The women in the neighborhood continue to show a disposition to aid in making it the most progressive club in the city. It may be good politics to advise Democrats not to nominate Aldermale candidates in wards where Republican aldermen are half-way disposed to perform their just duties and advise them to lend their support to such Republican Aldermen, but if this is simply pure Democracy then it certainly cannot be any harm for anyone to speak a good ward for a Democrat who happens to become an independent candid te. (Continued on page 4.) Come to a certain percentage of all the people. Probably 75 per cent. of these people are cured every year by Hood's Sarsaparilla, and we hope by this advertisement to get the other 25 per cent. to take Hood's Sarsaparilla. It has made more people well, effected more wonderful cures than any other medicine in the world. Its strength as a blood purifier is demonstrated by Scrofula Salt Rheum Scald Head Boils, Pimples All kinds of Humor Psoriasis Slood Poisoning Rheumatism Catarrh Malaria, Etc. All of which are prevalent at this season. You need Hood's Sarsaparilla now. It will do you wonderful good. "Yes," said the man, after the nitro-glycerin explosion had scattered the remains of the well-shooter over a large section of the petroleum region, "Doyle always was a cool one. I've seen him rattle over a stony road with a load of glycerin with no more care than if it had been a load of hay." "Well," said the coroner, sadly, as he thought of an escaped fee, "he may have been cool, but he never will be collected."—Harlem Life. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucus lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is infamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucus surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Q. Sold by Druggists, 7bc. Hall's Family Pills are the best. What She Died Of A district visitor was talking to a poor woman whose sister had just died in a lunatic asylum. "Oh, it ain't in the family," exclaimed the mourner. "What drove sister crazy was the conduct of her young man; and when she died in the asylum they took her into the slaughter house, post-mortared her, and the verdict was love."—Globe. Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease? 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Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Catholics, Protestants, Knights of Labor, Inclides, Mormons, Republicans, Priests, or any one else can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial sight to speak its own mind. Local communication will have attention; write only on one side of the paper. One Year..... $2.00 Six Months..... 1.00 Advertising rates made known on application Address all communications io JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. CURRENT TOPICS THE CLAYTON-BULWER TREATY. The "Clayton-Bulwer treaty" derives its name from the diplomatists who negotiated it: on the part of the United States, Hon. John M. Clayton, secretary of state in President Taylor's administration, and on the part of England, Sir Henry Bulwer, British minister at Washington. The "treaty"—to use proper diplomatic language it was a "convention," and not a treaty—was concluded in 1850. Its purpose was to promote the building of an isthmian canal, to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. In 1849 the United States had made a convention with Nicaragua for constructing such a canal, starting at Greytown, on the Atlantic. But Greytown was occupied by British settlers, and Great Britain claimed a protectorate over the Mosquito Indians, who held the eastern coast of Nicaragua. The United States desired Great Britain to waive its claims, but as the request was denied, the next best thing seemed to be the establishment of a joint protectorate over the proposed canal. This was done by the "Clayton-Bulwer treaty," one condition of which was that neither power should secure exclusive privileges in the canal, and another that neither power should occupy or exercise dominion over any part of Central America. Since the convention was made, and especially during the last few years, the building of an isthmian canal has become increasingly important to the United States; but it is important also that the canal should be under the sole control of the United States. This could not be while the convention was in force. It has been sometimes suggested, but never formally insisted upon in diplomatic correspondence, that Great Britain has violated the convention by continuing to exercise dominion over British Honduras. So long as Great Britain did not take this view of the matter, awkward questions might arise after the canal should be constructed. THE EXPLORING HABIT. That royal explorer, the duke of the Abruzzi, is not, it seems, an exception to the rule that gentlemen who start out to find the north pole have to be hunted up themselves. The history of polar expeditions is almost invariable. The intrepid individual who fares forth to the frozen north always has to be rescued. His bark is scarcely out of eight behind the headlands before another vessel is fitted out for the purpose of saving him from polar bears and similar inconveniences. The Italian prince, who is to be hunted up by Mr. Nansen, is merely keeping up the traditions of polar exploration. Mr. Nansen will bring him home covered with glory and frostblites, and his highness will either write a book or take to the lecture platform to relate to an admiring world how he subsisted on a light diet of blubber and old boots for two or three months in the interest of science. They all do it. ENGLAND'S BOYCOTT ON PARIS. ENGLAND'S BOYCOTT ON PARIS. An English paper has this to say by way of encouragement to the Paris exposition: "If you are going to Paris get vaccinated before you start. According to private letters from that city smallpox prevails in an epidemic degree. There has been no statement of this fact through the foreign newspapers or by the news agencies. Even if it be true, there would be a disposition to keep quiet about it. It will be prudent to take precautions against this, and, as far as possible, against other infections and contagions which great miscellaneous gatherings of people from every quarter of the world are apt to contain and to propagate." KIPLING IN SOUTH AFRICA. Having arrived at Cape Town and mastered the situation within twenty-four hours, Mr. Rudyard Kipling has prepared plans and specifications for the speedy settlement of the entire South African difficulty. As nearly as we can judge from his cabled manifesto, Mr. Kipling favors shooting about half the population of Cape Colony and hanging the rest. The plan is probably all right, but it involves a needless waste of ammunition, says the Chicago Chronicle. Why not line the traitors up and read Mr. Kipling's poems to them? RUSSIA IS MOVING TROOPS. A St. Petersburg correspondent says: "Fresh alarm is spreading abroad from south Russia with regard to further suspicious military movements. Russian troops are being concentrated at Odessa. Perhaps, however, it is only in timely preparation for the grand maneuvers." A Constantinople correspondent says: "There is a rumor that Russia intends to ask Turkey for a coaling station in the archipelago, either in Lemnos, ambros or Mitylena." They Were the First to Put Into Operation the Idea of Irrigating Arid Regions—Has Grown Into Vast Proportions. (Bolse, Idaho, Letter.) Criticise the Mormons as you will, they must be credited with the wonderful system of irrigation by which the wastes of the western states have been redeemed. On July 24, 1847, Brigham Young and his little band of pioneers began the construction of the first irrigation canal ever built in the United States. Irrigation made of Utah's desert wilderness the garden spot of America. It is doing as much for Idaho, where the mountains are so located that ample valleys, and plains of millions of acres, may be easily and economically watered. On the Nile, in Italy, Spain and elsewhere in Europe, irrigation has prevailed for centuries. Indeed, 60 per cent of the world's breadstuffs and cereals are grown by irrigation. Where "the vine-clad hills and citron groves" around Vesuvius in sunny Italy are found, a great population has been sustained for many thousand years—and the land has never worn out—its wonderful vitality being due to underlying strata of lava which by some curious chemistry renders the soil immortal. Idaho's wonderfully productive soil covers lava strata deposited by volcanoes long ago extinct. The rejuvenation of the land results not alone from this lava, but from rich fertilizers annually brought to it by the irrigation waters. It is almost an aphorism that land is good where sage brush grows. Marvelous must therefore be the fertility of Idaho, for everywhere the green of the sage is seen. Wheat,corn, oats, barley, alfalfa, timothy, rye, flax, tobacco, broom corn, sorghum, sweet and Irish potatoes, beets, cabbages, hops, and fruits, such as prunes, apples, pears, plums, peaches, cherries, apricots, nectarines, grapes and all of the small bush products, grow profusely. Particularly do the apple, pear and prune attain to perfection in size and flavor. Alex. McPherson of Bolse City realized $600 per acre from apples. Geo. L. Hall of Mountain Home sold $800 worth of peaches from one acre. T. J. Phifer of Bolse City realized $900 from two acres of Italian prunes. Instances like these can be multiplied ad infinitum. But Idaho does not depend entirely upon agriculture. Its mountains are filled with mining camps which furnish a home market for far more agricultural products than the state is now able to produce. Snake River Valley contains about 3,000,000 acres and some of the finest pastoral scenes there presented are in the midst of gold placer mining operations. Many farmers there realize handsomely for work during spare hours—washing shining powdered gold from the river's bed. In a state having so many productive portions to select from it is hard to suggest particular locations, but settlers will find room for any number of new homes. Different state and private agencies are sending out printed information about Idaho. Perhaps the most conservatively prepared matter is that now emanating from the general passenger agent of the Oregon Short Line at Salt Lake City, Utah. This railroad permeates almost every agricultural region in the state and stands ready to furnish to homeseekers every courtesy in the power of its officers. At the present rate Idaho will soon be as thickly populated as Utah. It is in the same latitude as France, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain and Italy, and its climate is incomparable. Vast timber areas furnish lumber of excellent quality. Cyclones and destructive storms never occur. The winters are short and, people work out doors all the year. The annual death rate is the lowest of any state in the Union. Verily Idaho is a wonderful state and destined to become the home place of many times its present population. SECRETS OF LONGEVITY Are Plain Food, Good Air, and Eight Hours Sleep. "The Causes of Natural Death, and How to Attain an Active and Useful Old Age," was the subject of a lecture by Dr. Cyrus Edson before the Hundred Year club. "Farmers are of long lives," said Dr. Edson, "but men in the city who observe the rules of health live longer than the farmer. The reason is that the city man exercises his mental powers more than the farmer. The rules for a long life are: Plain food; plenty of good air; not more than eight hours' sleep; perlods of exercise, part of which should be of such a nature as to produce deep respiration and perspiration; don't worry or go to extremes or excesses." Dr. Edson said the average life of a brain worker was 57 years. "The cause of death," said he, "is failure of assimilation, the giving out of one organ and failure of the nervous system." Dr. Edson told of Thomas Parr, an Englishman, who lived to be 152 years old and outlived nine princes. Parr was supposed to have died because of a change of food and air, moving from the fresh country to London. He worked in a field until he was 120 years old, and married a widow at 120. A discussion of longevity was held. New York World. LADY OF THE STONE AGE What One Looked Like After Her Conn From Germany comes the statement that two remarkable attempts have been made to reconstruct the countenance of persons who lived in prehistoric times. Prof. Kollmann, a distinguished surgeon and anthropologist of Basle, was the last who attempted this feat. Being a gallant man, he selected a lady for the purpose of the experiment. She lived during the stone age, at a place near where Auvernier, near Neufchatel, now is. Either by accident or design her skull was broken before she had reached her thirtieth year, and her body was laid to rest at the bottom of a lake, near her home. This curious human fossil was discovered a short time ago, and Prof. Kollmann at once determined to reproduce, as far as possible, the features of this mysterious lady of the lake. Her skull was in an excellent state of preservation. The first act necessary was to reconstruct the head, and this he did by placing thin layers of clay or other soft material around the skull until the proper size and shape was reached. The next step was to gain an idea of how much flesh there was originally on the head and face, and to this end he experimented on the skulls of several women who had just died. He inserted a needle here and there in the faces, in order to ascertain the thickness of the flesh in each place. He thus obtained some idea of the manner in which the flesh may have clothed the head and face of the lady of the lake. Among the corpses on which Prof. Kollmann experimented was that of a young woman whose skull was exactly like the stone one. The professor did his work with extreme precision, making exact measurements of the flesh on the face of various corpses and only reproducing in plaster on the stone face the exact amount and thickness of flesh which were necessary. He portrays the lady of the lake as a rather modern looking young woman, with a small face, a broad forehead, a nose somewhat turned up, and lips thick and ruddy. Soon after Prof. Kollmann had completed his work, Prof. Merkel made a similar experiment on the skull of a man which he found in the graveyard at Rosdorf, near Goettingen. This skull is not as old by several thousand years as the one reconstructed by Prof. Kollmann. The face as reproduced by him is that of a sturdy peasant about 50 years old. The remarkable fact about it, however, is the wonderful resemblance which it bears to the very faces of the peasants living in that district today. Those who have seen it say that it is exactly the same type of face, and that it is a proof of the permanence and purity of race.—New York Herald. BLONDES AND BRUNETTES. In Germany the Former Number Nearly One-Third of All Women. The German Anthropological society has been collecting statistics relative to the comparative frequency of the blonde and brunette types and their distribution through the German empire. The observations were confined to school children, 6,000,000 of whom have been examined. For purposes of classification only those that had blue eyes and fair hair and skin were counted as blondes, and those whose eyes hair and skin were all dark, as brunettes. All others (for example, children with dark eyes and light hair or with blue eyes and dark hair and skin) were put in a third, or "mixed" class. In the empire as a whole, the blondes were found to number 31.8 per cent., the brunettes fourteen per cent., and the mixed types 54.2 per cent. In some districts the preponderance of the blonde element was much more marked—especially in a part of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, where there were only foliur per cent. of pure brunettes. The effect of the brunette Roman element was marked distinctly in the southern and southwestern parts of the empire. Near Worms and Speyer one often sees faces which strongly suggest those of central Italy or Roman statues and paintings. The Bear Came Out Harry Paige's Sacandaga Park bear, upon which money was wagered that it would or would not come out of its hut on Candlemas Day and decide the old tradition as to the length of winter, surprised its watchers Thursday by appearing, of its own accord, at the mouth of its den five days after the calendar date. For a month the bear has hibernated, and its only response to repeated prods was a grunt. It had not eaten anything during the thirty days, but gladly accepted a large quantity of cake from the owner. A photographer on the scene took pictures of Paige and the bear together, and bruin, whether he saw his shadow or not, returned to his hut and again fell asleep. Those interested in the bear's exploit are hesitating between the belief that the calendar is wrong or that the bears have lost caste as weather prognosticators.—New York Sun. The Trail of the Slouth. First detective—That was a very neat piece of work. How did you guess that man was a woman in disguise? Second detective—I asked him why he was sitting there and he said "because."—New York Press. Company for Dinner. Tommy Jones-"I didn't eat half enough dinner." Jimmy Brown-"What'd you have for dinner?" Tommy Jones-"Company."-Ohio State Journal. to try it. Please send me for enclosed amount the large packages as soon as possible. Next time I will order more. MARY ULRICH. This remarkable medicine, by removing disease germs from the blood, has an action that affects the entire system. It tones up the stomach and creates an appetite; works on the liver and has a mild, continuous effect upon the bowels, thus cleaning out the entire system. It makes new, rich blood, regulates the heart and kidneys and rids the body of all waste matter. It also induces a gentle perspiration, thus preventing fevers and congestion. Rheumatism, backache and headache, biliousness and all nervous diseases are rapidly cured as well as diseases peculiar to women. TWO WEEKS TREATMENT FREE! No one need trouble themselves to doubt whether this remedy will do all these things, as you can have a free trial package first and see what it does for you. Do not neglect to get in your application at once. The best way is to sit down this minute, write a letter to M. R. Zaegel & Co., Box No. 831, Sheboygan, Wis., and say that you want a trial package of Swedish Essence of Life. This will be sent you by mail and is large enough to convince you of the merit of this celebrated household remedy. A 2-cent stamp should be enclosed in your letter to pay the postage on this free sample. Write for it today. HE LIKES WESTERN CANADA Duhamel, Jan. 24, 1900. Dear Sir and Friend—We had a lucky trip, made good connections and got to Wetaskiwin Monday afternoon; stayed there all night, bought a pony and saddle for the boy and hired a three-seated rig for the balance of us, and got home to dinner next day; caught the boys cleaning up and getting ready to come after us. Wednesday the snow was all gone and we had bare ground and bright sunshine for a month, and it has been pleasant weather ever since. The ground is frozen about two feet and about six inches of snow—just enough for good sleighing. We had one cold spell in December. The thermometer went down to 32 below zero, but we did not suffer with the cold at all. We have worked every day all winter, are all well and feeling well; have built a log house 18x18, two log stables 16x18, and are now busy on a well. We have 10 cows, three other cattle and six head of horses. The boys send their best respects to Mr. Huchison, and say they will talk to him enough to pay for not writing when he gets up here; will write you again next spring and tell you all about the winter. We all unite in sending you and family our best wishes and respects and hope this will find you all well. Yours very respectfully, (Signed) THOMAS TATE. Duhamel, Alberta, Canada. P. S.-It has not been down to zero this month. It is 22 above now. The Savage Bachelor "Anyway," said the Sweet Young Thing, "it is the man who is the most scared at a wedding." "Of course," said the Savage Bachelor. "He has the most sense."—Indianapolis Press. Lane's Family Medicine. Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. Drunkards in State Prisons. Of 7,100 men who entered one of the state prisons in a given time 6,000 admitted that they were drunkards. ZAEGEL'S SWEDISH ESSENCE A LIFE PRESERVER REGISTERED TRADE MARK to try it. Please send me for enclosed a possible. Next time I will order more. This remarkable medicine, by removal action that affects the entire system. It appetite; works on the liver and has a m thus cleaning out the entire system. It heart and kidneys and rids the body of gentle perspiration, thus preventing fever ache and headache, biliousness and all well as diseases peculiar to women. TWO WEEKS TRI No one need trouble themselves to these things, as you can have a free trial you. Do not neglect to get in your app down this minute, write a letter to M. R. Reagan, Wis., and say that you want a trial. This will be sent you by mail and is large of this celebrated household remedy. A your letter to pay the postage on this fre WORK WORRY WASHED AWAY BY THE STERLING DUPLEX WASHING MACHINE. Has double "washboard" rubbers, runs easiest, lasts longest, does faultless work. Most practical clothes washer made. Don't druge. Use modern methods. If it's not at your dealer's write us. THE EUREKA CO., Dept. H., Rock Falls, Ill. TOWER'S FISH BRAND POMMEL The Best Saddle Coat. SLICKER Keeps both rider and saddle perfectly dry in the hardest storms. Substitutes will disappoint. Ask for 1809 Fish Brand Pommel Slicker—it is entirely new. If not for sale in your town, write for catalogue to A. J. TOWER, Boston, Mass. EXCURSION RATES FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE to Western Canada and particulars as to how to secure 100 acres of the best wheat-growing land on the continent can be secured on applicant on to Supt. of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or the undersigned. Specially conducted excursions will leave St. Paul, Minn., on the first and third Tuesday in each month, and specially low rates on all lines of railway are quoted for excursions leaving St. Paul on March 28 and April 4 for Manitoba, Assimbola, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. C. J. Broughton, 1223 Monadnock Blk, Chicago, E. T. Holmes, Indianapolis, Ind., or T. O. Currie, Stevens Point, Wia. --- Although the Transvaal is 1,000 miles nearer the equator the temperature averages much lower than at Cape Town. Dropay treated free by Dr. H. H. Green's Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropay specialists in the world. Read their advertisement in another column of this paper. The czar of Russia's army is the only one in Europe that can boast of feminine medical officers. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY, Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure 250. E. W. Grove's signature on each box. The world is calling for American manufactures at the rate of over $1,000,000 a day. FITS Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treatise. Dm. R. H. KLINE, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. You never know how good some men are until you read their obituaries. I never used so quick a cure as Piso's Cure for Consumption.—J. B. Palmer, Box 1171, Seattle, Wash., Nov. 25, 1895. A Liverpool physician has discovered the bacillus of pinkeye in horses. No man is considered smart after people discover how he did it. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. So a bottle Columbus was the son of a weaver and a weaver himself. Coe's Cough Balsam is the oldest and best. It will break up a cold quicker than anything else. It is always reliable. Try it. True friendship shows best against a dark background. Send for "Choice Recipes," by Walter Baker & Co. Ltd., Dorchester, Mass, mailed free. Mention this paper. The latest hiding place for microbes is in mustaches. Keep looking young and save your hair, its coles and beauty with PARKER's HAIR BALSAM. HINDERCOORNS, the best cure for corns. 15cts. Experience never teaches fools anything. When in doubt, don't do it. Could Not Eat. COLUMBUS, Kan., Oct. 26, 1898. With this letter permit me to thank you for what the free sample has done for me. It has greatly benefited my health and done me more good than all the pills and tablets I have taken. I was so bad I could not eat, and had a feeling in my throat as though I was being choked. After taking your Swedish Essence a short time I began to feel better. I recommend and praise this medicine on every occasion, and now a number of my lady friends desire amount the large packages as soon as MARY ULRICH. moving disease germs from the blood, has an it tones up the stomach and creates an child, continuous effect upon the bowels, it makes new, rich blood, regulates the of all waste matter. It also induces a vers and congestion. Rheumatism, back- nervous diseases are rapidly cured as TREATMENT FREE! I doubt whether this remedy will do all package first and see what it does for application at once. The best way is to sit R. Zaegel & Co., Box No. 831, Sheboy- nal package of Swedish Essence of Life. Large enough to convince you of the merit A 2-cent stamp should be enclosed in free sample. Write for it today. FOR 14 CENTS We wish to gain this year 200,000 new customers, and hence offer 1 Pkg. Citz Garden Beet, 100 1 Pkg Earl's Emerald Cucumber 150 1 " La Grosse Market Lettuce, 150 1 " Strawberry Melon, 150 1 " 13 Day Radish, 100 1 " Early Ripe Cabbage, 100 1 " Early Dinner Onion, 100 1 " Brilliant Flower Seeds, 150 Worth $1,00, for 14 cents. Above 10 Pkg. worth $1.00, we will mail you free, together with our great Catalog, telling all about SALIZER'S MILLION DOLLAR POTATO upon receipt of this notice & 14c. stamps. We invite your trade, and know when you once try Salizer's seeds you will never do without $800 Prizes on Salizer's 1900—rarest earliest Tomato Giant on earth, was—JOHN A. SALIZER SEED CO., LA CROSS, WI. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 & 3.50 SHOES UNION MADE. Worth $4 to $6 compared with other makes. Indorsed by over 1,000,000 wearers. The genuine have W. L. Douglas' name and price stamped on bottom. Take no substitute claimed to be as good. Your dealer should keep them—if not, we will send a pair on receipt of price and 25c. extra for carriage. State kind of leather, size, and width, plain or cap toe. Cat. free. W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE CO., Brockton, Mass. WE MISS FAST GRAMMY LEFTS. A Full Size 50c. Box of PERFECTION PILE CURE." sent on receipt of this ad and 28c. A guaranteed cure for all forms of Piles. Address Perfection Pile Cure Co. ST. CLAIR BLDG., TOLEDO, O. DR. ARNOLD'S COUGH KILLER CURES COUGHS AND COLDS. PREVENTS CONSUMPTION. All Druggists, 25c. PENSIONS Get Your Pension DOUBLE QUICK Write CAPT. O'FARRELL, Pension Agent. 1425 New York Avenue. WASHINGTON, D. C. PATENTS Write for the most liberal offer ever made for obtaining patents, 15 years practice; best references. War. K. Moore, Washington, D. C. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL USE FAILS. Illegit Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION --- WEAK WOMEN MADE HAPPY BY Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound — Letters from Two Who Now Have Children. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—It was my ardent desire to have a child. I had been married three years and was childless, so wrote to you to find out the reason. After following your kind advice and taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, I became the mother of a beautiful baby boy, the joy of our home. He is a fat, healthy baby, thanks to your medicine."—MRS. MINDA FINKLE, Boscoe, N. Y. From Grateful Mrs. Lane "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—I wrote you a letter some time ago, stating my case to you. "I had pains through my bowels, headache, and backache, felt tired and sleepy all the time, was troubled with the whites. I followed your advice, took your Vegetable Compound, and it did me lots of good. I now have a baby girl. I certainly believe I would have miscarried had it not been for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I had a very easy time; was sick only a short time. I think your medicine is a godsend to women in the condition in which I was. I recommend it to all as the best medicine for women."—Mrs. Mary Lane, Coytee, Tenn. Heart to Heart Confidences Pertle Goodwin—Don't tell anybody, for the world! See this ring! Art Smasher slipped it on my finger last night. Meena Zevver—Yes, it's nice looking, but it will make a black circle around your finger before you've worn it a week. It did on mine.—Chicago Tribune. Do Your Feet Ache and Burn? Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. A Sordid Age. "I gave my boy a bright new hatchet on Washington's birthday." "Did he hack a tree?" "Nop. When I got home at night he had traded it for a broken penknife, nine marbles and a sore-eyed kitten." GOOD NIGHT! Sweet Soothing Slumber Man's Greatest Blessing. Nothing Kills so Quickly as Loss of Sleep. Rest Needed for Repairs. How to Obtain it Without Fail. When you don't sleep well; look out for yourself. Nothing breaks down a person so quickly as loss of sleep, that boon of mankind which gives the exhausted system rest for repairs. No time for repairs means destruction of the machinery. It is so with the human body. You are nervous, have a load on your chest, are troubled with unaccountable anxiety and forebodings of evil, and roll and toss all night. Towards morning you have fitful naps from sheer exhaustion, awake in a cold sweat, unrefreshed, pallid, trembling, with a bad taste in your mouth and a feeling of great weakness. It's your stomach, your liver, your bowels. Keep your digestive organs all on the move properly and your sleep will be restful and refreshing and all repairs will be attended to. The way to do it is to use a mild, positive, harmless, vegetable laxative and liver stimulant—Cascarets Candy Charthic. They make the liver lively, prevent sour stomach, purify the blood, regulate the bowels perfectly, make all things right as they should be. Go buy and try Cascarets to-day. It's what they do, not what we say they'll do, that will please you. All druggists, 10c, 5c, or 50c, or mailed for price. Send for booklet and free sample. Address, Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago; Montreal, Cap.; or New York. This is the CASCARET tablet. Every tablet of the only genuine Cascares bears the magic letters "C C C." Look at the tablet before you buy, and beware of frauds, imitations and substitutes. The woman who can put on her shoes without sitting on the floor is about as rare as the man who goes to bed without hanging his necktie on the gas jet. From Factory to USER. ONE Profit. Our High Ann MELBA Sewing Machine has all the Up-to-Date Improvements, necessary Attachments, and Accessories with choice of cok or walnut cabinet. Is furnished with the latest improved AUTOMATIC SELECTION SHUTTLE. By one movement the shuttle is threaded ready for service. The MELBA has the patent TAKE-UP, Automatic BORRIN WINDER, and a COMPLETE set of best steel attachments, carefully packed in a handsome VELT lined case. Weight of the machine, weather wrapped and crated, is about 140 lbs. It is shipped at first-order rate. The freight will average about $1.00 within 80 miles of Chicago. The cabinet work is ornamental, the seven drawers and cover being HAND CARVED and highly finished, having the heavy NIICKEL-PLATED Ring Drawer Pull, etc. Each machine is carefully tamed before leaving our factory. A MELBA sale to us means a pair of customers for our general line of EVERYTHING you EAT, WEAR and USE; these drawers will be shipped in uniform and fully GUARANTEE it for TWENTY YEARS. We will ship this machine G. O. B. with an accompanying price to any point in the U. B. on receipt of $8.00 with order. Price of 1-drawer machine, all complete, is $14.25. OUR SPRING CATALOGUE of 1,000 illustrated pages will be sent prepaid on receipt of 15 cents, which pays part of arrows charges, and will be refunded on receipt of first order. This catalogue quotes wholesale prices on EVERYTHING you EAT, WEAR and USE. EST. 1871. *50-160 W. Madison St.* Drawn by this No. A 11 SHICAGO, ILL. MONEY for OLD SOLDIERS Union soldiers and widows of soldiers who most homestead entries before June 22, 1873 of less than 20 acres (no metten if abandoned or relinquished) if they have not sold their additional homestead rights, should address, with full particulars, giving district, &c. RESET C. CPP. Washington, D. C. Buddhist Buses Build Their Own Funeral Pyres and Are Consumed by the Flames While Chanting Sacred Hymns An Awful Spectacle in India. It is known that the Buddhistic monks or bonzes in order to move the hearts of their coreligionists, will inflict the severest bodily chastisement upon themselves, and even mutilate their members. Their fanatical zeal and their desire to enter into the bliss of the Nirvana at times drives them even to suicide. On the island of Patu is found a high cliff from which those priests and monks who are ambitious to attain the holiness of Buddha hurl themselves into death. Others seek to secure the same end by ascending a funeral pyre which they set on fire with their own hands. The majority of the bonzes consist of men who become clerics against their will. As children of poor families, they are sold into the monasteries to be educated for the priesthood. Sometimes, however, Chinamen enter the order, and these are the ones who, as a rule, furnish the candidates for self-cremation. Several years ago announcement was made that on a certain day a young priest from the cloister of "the mount of the spirits" would burn himself alive. The faithful of both sexes who desired to attend the ceremony were urged to be present in good time, and were asked not to forget to bring something along as a gift to the zealous 'ecclesiast. When the multitude arrived at the cloister, another bonze, jealous of the attention and gifts secured by his colleague, declared that he would burn himself alive and hastened to make his preparations. Two piles of wood were erected, one on each side of the temple, so that those who could not get a good view of the one ceremony could do so of the second. During the hours preceding the ceremony, the candidates for death were surrounded by their relatives and friends and a curious crowd of outsiders who had come to ask of them their influence in the world above. Magnanimously both promised to aid all in their power, permitted themselves to be venerated as true Buddhas, and thereby increased the finances of the cloister materially. Finally, the first of the two ascended the pile, erected in the shape of a tent, and lighted it with his own hands, using an ordinary match. Until the flames and smoke made it impossible any longer to behold the monk, he could be seen in the flames, singing a sacred hymn and beating the time with a skull carved out of wood. An hour later the second candidate for death made his debut. He had closely watched his predecessor and coolly entered his own tent of death, and passed through the ordeal as the other. The ashes and bones of the two were carefully gathered and deposited in the cloister of Wen-Chao, where they are preserved as sacred relics.—Milwaukee Germania. The Repose of Plants. Almost every observant child is aware of the fact that many plants fold up their petals or close up their leaves on the approach of darkness. The difference in the appearance of plants under such circumstances is remarkable. Scientists tell us that sleep is quite as necessary to plants as to animals, or at least periods of repose during which the raveled thread of exertion may be knitted up. A Norwegian experimenter was led to investigate the sleep of plants and to find out how much repose and what sort was most necessary for their well being. He subjected bulbs and twigs to the vapor of chloroform with the result that the plants showed the most remarkable subsequent developments. If it be true that chloroform takes the place of natural sleep in plants, the relation between plant and animal life in this particular must be very unlike. Sleep is supposed to be a gradual restorer. An anaesthetic produces a state simulating death. If, as medical science tells us, a very high grade of recuperative power is an evidence of great vitality as its absence is a mark of deterioration, is it proper to conclude that the temporary trance of bulbs and plants caused by chloroform may indicate that their vitality is far in advance of that of the human family? Several references are to be found in the Scriptures relating to the laws of the Medes and Persians. The phrases which have become so familiar to Bible and other readers regarding the unchangeableness of these laws are taken from the Books of Esther and Daniel. When the enemies of Daniel were afraid of his popularity they formed a conspiracy against him, obtaining an idolatrous decree, which Daniel was accused of breaking. They pressed the king to sign the decree, saying, "Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is that no decree or statute which the king established may be changed." It is not to be understood from this, however, that a royal decree was in every sense irrevocable or beyond the possibility of modification or repeal, but rather that edicts could not be capriciously altered, and that the despot was bound and regulated by past decisions and precedents. How a decree could be neutralized, even though it could not be reversed, is shown in the Book of Father. THE ARKANSAS HOT SPRINGS. Great Work of the Government in the Interests of the People. The United States government has thrown the protection of its power about, and draped with the mantle of its approval, the Hot Springs of Arkansas, and it is perhaps due to this exercise of paternalism that these wonderful waters have been preserved for the benefit and blessing of the public. Had the ownership of the property now included in the great National Park and Sanitarium been left to chance it might be at this time be difficult for the ordinary individual to secure the blessings which certainly flow with the waters from these hot springs. The interest taken in the property it had secured to the people for all time, has led the government to make valuable and lasting improvements there during the years of its control, and it is now at once a beautiful reservation and a healing place for the sick. Other interests have been attracted, too, and among them the Iron Mountain Route, which is the familiar name by which this favorite railway is known. It has established a picturesque line through the heart of Arkansas, to Malvern, which is the junction for Hot Springs, and has assisted materially in the development of the Springs. The heart of the wonderful Ozark Mountain country has been made as easy of access as other parts of the world and may be reached amid such comforts of travel as are found in the modern railway trains. The Government has established a National Army and Navy Hospital, which is the only institution of its kind in the country and the finest, largest, best appointed and most striking, architecturally, in the world. It is located on the southwest corner of Hot Springs Mountain, overlooking the City and Ouachita Valley. It is well known that the Government has already expended hundreds of thousands of dollars upon its park system and $500,000 more will be required to complete it. The springs are 72 in number, with a temperature varying from 72 degrees to 157 degrees Fahrenheit, and have in the aggregate a flow of 750,000 gallons daily. They issue from the West side of Hot Springs Mountain from the bed of the creek to a distance up the slope of 200 feet. With one exception they are all now inclosed in solid masonry, and the water conducted by a system of pipes into reservoirs situated near the base of the Mountain and above the bath houses. The one exception is a spring which has been left open and accessible to the public, which can here obtain a drink of the water direct from the fountain head. Whatever may be said of the merits of other hot water springs throughout the country, which, for the most part are lukewarm, merely, they have never received the support and endorsement of the United States Government, which fact must ever be a guarantee of the immeasurable superiority of the Hot Springs of Arkansas. At Hot Springs all seasons of the year are equally good. The best time to go there is when the discovery is made that it is necessary. The climate is fortunately, favorable at all seasons. The winters are mild; the summers are cool and for the ailing all time is season. It is, however, sensible where delay is not dangerous, to time the visit so as to avoid disagreeable climatic conditions at home. The St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railway will convey you comfortably, rapidly and safely, and you will find pleasure and recover health if you visit these notable springs. HOMESEEKERS EXCURSIONS. March 6, 20, April 3, 17, 1900, via B., C. R. & N. Ry. On above dates Round Trip tickets, good 21 days, will be sold at rate of a single fare plus $2.00 to all points on this line in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota, north of and including Shell Rock, Abbott Crossing and Waverly. Write to Mr. John Dows, Armstrong, Ia., for full information about Maple Hill and Luzon, Iowa, two new towns on our Armstrong-Estherville line, or to Mr. Thos. H. Brown, Sioux Falls, So. Dak., for descriptive matter about Reading and Wilimont, Minn., towns on our line now being built from Worthington to Hardwick, Minn. Special inducements are offered to all classes of business and professional men. Call on nearest ticket agent for tickets and see that they read via the B., C. R. & N. Ry., Jno. G. Farmer, A. G. P. & T. A., Cedar Rapids, Ia. "Oh! How Happy I Am." "HOW HAPPY I AM to be able to say that I am free from pain after five years of severe suffering from neuralgia," writes Mrs. Archie Young, 1817 Oaks avenue, West Superior, WIs. "I am so thankful to be able to say that your '5 Drops' is the best medicine I ever got in my life. When I received it from you last November, I used some of it right away. The first dose helped me. It is impossible to explain how I was suffering from neuralgia. I thought no one could get worse and that death would soon come. I was very weak, and I hardly thought I could live to see my husband come back from his daily labor. Now I can say that I am free from pain, my cheeks are red, my appetite is good and I sleep well all night. Many of my friends are surprised, and say they will send for some '5 Drops.'" Sample bottles of this wonderful remedy 25c, large bottles, containing 300 doses, $1.00. For information write Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co., 164 E. Lake street, Chicago. One Effect. Nodd—After a man has been married a few years things look different. Todd—Don't they? My bank account has wholly changed. The Chief Justice of Samoa Says Peruna is The Very Best Catarrh Cure. CHIEP JUSTICE CHAMBERS Court Room Scene where Judge Chambers maintained the supremacy of the United States in Samoa. In a recent letter to The Peruna Medicine Co., Chief Justice Chambers says the following cf Peruna: "I have tried one bottle of Peruna, and I can truthfully say it is one of the best tonics I ever used, and I take pleasure in recommending it to all sufferers who are in need of a good medicine. I can recommend it as one of the very best remedies for catarrh." SPRING HUMORS. Complete External and Internal Treatment $1.25 Consisting of CUTICURA SOAP (25c.), to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales and soften the thickened cuticle, CUTICURA Ointment (50c.), to instantly allay itching, irritation, and inflammation, and soothe and heal, and CUTICURA RESOLVENT (50c.), to cool and cleanse the blood. A SINGLE SET is often sufficient to cure the most torturing, disfiguring skin, scalp, and blood humors, with loss of hair, when all other remedies fail. Sold throughout the world. Perran D. & C. Coar, Propa, Boston. How to Cure Spring Humors, five THE CUTICURA RESOLVENT CURES SCROFULOUS CANGEROUS CANKER HUMORS LIVER KIDNEY DISEASES PURELY MEDICINAL PRICE 20 CENTS Cuticura Cuticura SOAP MEDICINAL TOILET PRICE 25 CENTS The mind requires not, like an earthen vessel, to be kept full; convenient food aliment only will influence it with a desire of knowledge and an ardent love of truth. Go to your grocer to-day and get a 15c. package of Grain=0 It takes the place of coffee at 1/2 the cost. Made from pure grains it is nourishing and healthful. Insist that your grocer gives you GRAIN-O. Accept no imitation. ENQUIRER COMPANY, CINCINNATI, O. Copyrighted 1899. Weekly Enquirer. Write today. This ad. appears but once. W. L. Chambers. SALZER'S 3 EARED CORN This new, earliest corn will revolutionize corn, growing, yielding in 1800, in Minnesota, 400 bus. per acre. BIG FOUR OATS yields 120 bus. per acre, and you can beat that! SPELTS 20 bus. per acre. Greatest grain and hay feed this side of the sturgei BARLEY, BEARDLESS, yields 121 bus. in N.Y. Wonderful RAPE 25¢. A TON Gives rich, green feed for cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, etc., at 10 a ton. We sell nine-tenths of the Rape seed used in the U.S. BROMUS INERMUS Greatest grass on earth. Grows to perfection in America everywhere. Salzer warrants it! THE MILLION DOLLAR potato is the most talked of potato on earth, and Salzer Mix Weeks; both will make you rich. Largest grower of Potatoes and Farm Seeds in the world. VEGETABLE SEEDS Largest, choice list in U. S. Union Seed, 80c. 1b. Everything warranted to grow. 35 pigs earliest vegetables, postpaid, $1.00. FOR 10c. STAMPS and this notice, we must grant Seed Catalog and 10 pigs Farm Seed Novelties. Catalog alone, 8c. postage, owns JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO. LA CROSSE WIS. DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY; gives quick relief and cure worms cases. Book of testimonials and 10 DAY'T treatment FREE. DR. H. H. GREEN'S SOILS. Box E. Atlanta, Ga. W. N. U. CHICAGO, NO. 12, 1900. Wednesday night the members of the Colored Democratic Lege held a ratification meeting at 3347 State str. Speeches were made by W. R. Crampton, Hannibal Carter, Mr. Howard and others. Harris F. Williams, aldermanic candidate of the 32d ward has got a big fight on his hands, but Mr. Williams intends to plunge into the campaign with all his might and main and he believes that he has a fair prospect of winning out. A large number of ladies attended a woman's meeting held in the rooms of the United Brotherhood Moniday night. The object of the meeting was to secure the co-operation of the women and get them interested in Fraternal Insurance. John E. Traeger, the best collector the Town of Lake has ever had, has been selected as chairman of the campaign committee of the Town of L ke. K. M. Cummings, secretary of the Watita League, will serve as secretary of the committee. Alderman Chas. F. Gunther, of the 2d ward, has for two terms honorably represented the people in the city council. He is easy to converse with and being the friend of both the white and the black, he should be returned to the council without any opposition. Syracuse Lodge, No. 15, K. P. has been instituted by Grand Deputy Scott, and it will meet at 5728 State street. S. A. T. Watkins has been selected as Grand Chancellor; Friday S. Moore, Vice-Chancellor; Rev. Robinson, P. S. Chancellor and L. A. Newby, Keeper of Records and Seals. John B. Ryan, the present S u'h Town clerk, who has been renominat d, is making a splendid canvas in the several wards of the town, and being well known and regardless of the fact that several papers have saw fit to fiht him. He will be re-elected to the office which he is now holding. Ex-Alderman Wm. E. Kent, of the 5th ward, who has been endorsed by most of the labor organizat ons has a dead cinch in winning out. Mr. Kent comes from the ranks of the labxing people and he knows their wants and needs, and there is no doubt of h's election to the city council. Ex-Senator T. T. Allain arrived home from Washington Sunday night and will remain here until the 29th then he goes to Philadelphia and will remain there in charge of the Republican convention hall until President McKinley is renominated to be knocked out by Cl. Wm. J. Bryan. The average salary paid to Methodist preachers in the United States last year was $473.85. The Rev. E. T. Spalm of Rochester, Ind., has sued the Methodist church to recover salary which he claims as his due. The Methodist Year Book, which has just been issued, shows in the United States 17,583 ministers and 2,871,949 probationers. President Anderson of the Southern Mormon mission field says that there are 1,300 Mormons in South Carolina and 10,000 in eleven southern states. Bishop Charles E. McDonnell of Brooklyn has asked leave to go to Rome, and about twenty-five prominent priests of the diocese will go with him. In 1899 the Young Men's Christian association erected new buildings in the United States at the rate of one every ten days, many of them costing from $50,000 to $200,000. The Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale has decided not to leave the South Congregational church of Boston, but will remain as the pastor emeritus, and as such will draw his full salary until his death. The Rev. Dr. N. D. Hillis, in a recent Sunday evening service at Plymouth church, Brooklyn, gave an exhortation of the evangelistic type, in which he called on all in the audience who had asked during the year nine non-church-goers to attend service to raise the hand. Not a hand was raised. The International Order of the Double Cross is a new organization just started in New York to extend Christianity by the combination of religious effort and medical service. The active members are divided into five guilds—physicians, students, nurses, helpers, cadets. They will serve in the army, the navy, and in medical missions the world over. An odd way of removing his glasses is practiced by Henry Clews, the New York banker. Instead of displacing them with his fingers, he gives a twist to his nose, and down the glasses drop to the limit of the string to which they are attached. Frank Gurlsy, of Stamford, Conn., has a pet dog that possesses an appetite for money. Frank was teaching the animal to fetch him little wads of paper which he tossed about the room. Then Frank rolled up a five dollar bill and threw it into a corner. The dog dashed for it, seized it with his mouth, thought it tasted good and swallowed THE BROAD AX. Published Weekly, will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, priests, infidels, farmers, single taxers, Republicans, Knights of Labor, or any one else can have the say, as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One year .....$2.00 Six months .....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to 5040 Armour avenue. Chicago. Julius F. Taylor Editor and Publisher. Mrs. Julius F. Taylor, Assistant Editor. (Entered at the postoffice, Chicago, Ill., as second class matter.) LETTERS OF COMMENDATION. Chicago, Sept. 16, 1898. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Editor Broad Ax Dear Sir-I am glad to learn of the work that is being done by your paper in behalf of Chicago platform principles. That platform stands for such a government as Jefferson and Lincoln favored, namely, a government of the people, for the people and by the people, and I believe that such a government will prove a blessing to the great majority of the people. Yours truly, W. J. Bryan. July 15th, 1899. Jullus F. Taylor, who comes to this city well recommended, has begun the publication of "The Broad Ax," which, I am informed, will disseminate Democratic principles and contend for the higher intellectual development of the Afro-American race and mankind in general. While he is thus engaged I bespeak for him the hearty support of all loyal and true friends of Democracy. Respectfully, Headquarters of Democratic State Central Committee of Illinois, Sherman House, Chicago, Oct. 5th, 1899. To whom it may concern: This is to certify that Mr. Julius F Taylor, editor of The Broad Ax—a publication of this city devoted to the interests of the democratic party, and an able exponent of democratic principles—comes to us highly recommended, and I therefore take pleasure in commending him to the favorable consideration of democrats with whom he may come in business contact. Walter Watson. Chairman Democratic State Central Committee of Illinois. NOTICE. 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