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VOL. V. THE POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE NEGRO. Lincoln and Douglas Debate Continued. History fails to record wherein a joint debate between two individua s has ever attracted the attention of the people, to the same extent as the Lincoln and Douglas debate. The former gentleman said in his celebrated reply to Senator Douglas during their debate in Chicago, July 10, 1858, that he was an old line Whig and as such he was not in favor of making war by the North upon the South for the extinction of slavery. Mr. Lincoln also gave expression to these ideas that "each community or state has the right to do exactly as it pleases with the concerns within that state that interferes with the right of no other state, and that the general government, upon principle, has no right to interfere with anything other than that general class of things that does concern the whole. I have said that at all times." Judge Douglas has, I am sure, heard me over and over say and I have no inclination to take it back here, that "there is no right, and ought to be no inclination of the people of the large states to enter into slave states, and to interfere with the question of slavery at all." It has for years been asserted that only Democrats believed in and preached the doctrine of state rights, but it seems that Abraham Lincoln was a strong and firm believer in that doctrine, and John C. Calhoun, Jefferson Davis, or no other fire-eating Democrat ever advocated that doctrine as strongly or with more vigor than Mr. Lincoln. So after all, the great bone of contention between him and Senator Douglas and the Republican and the Democratic parties respecting the slavery question and the rights of the various states, was really so very small and undefinable that it was a great waste of breath on the part of Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Douglas to fight over them. To further demonstrate that Mr. Lincoln did not entertain an exalted opinion of the capabilities of the Negro, we will quote from his speech which he delivered at Charleston on Sept. 18, 1858, seven years before his death, after being twitted by Judge Douglas, who maintained that Mr. Lincoln was in favor of the whites and blacks inter-marrying; in replying to this charge or accusation Abraham Lincoln said: "I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races. I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to marrying with white people, and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality." Could any of the Negroes, most bitter foes and enemies arraign him as severely as did Mr. Lincoln? We think not. Could any rabid and fanatical slave-holder draw any stronger picture of the inferiority of the Negro? It's our opinion that he could not. The advocates of that infernal system were well pleased with Mr. Lincoln when he said he was not in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes. They, the slaveholders and their friends throughout the north, were highly delighted over his indorsement of the Fugitive Slave Law. Almost forty-two years have elapsed and passed away since Abraham Lincoln held his debate with Stephen A. Douglas, and how much better it would have been if he had possessed enough of moral courage to have stood up in the midst of those who participated in those memorable joint debates, and proclaimed to all the world that the Negro does possess the same capabilities as the whites. That there is no physical difference between the white and black races, which will forever forbid the two races from living in harmony upon this continent. Such sentiments as those expressed by him at that time we firmly believe would have left an irrefaceable impression upon the memories of all the American people if he had possessed the courage to do so then none of those who have come after him could regard him in any other light than a great and patriotic statesman who was ever ready to raise his sweet and gentle voice in behalf of the lowly and the oppressed. But Mr. Lincoln failed to do this while discussing the slavery question with Stephen A. Douglas, for he favored the continuance and the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law and he was not in favor of interfering with the institution of slavery. He also was in favor of amending the constitution of the United States, which was intended to make slavery perpetual in this country. He was unlike Thomas Jefferson on the slavery question, who exclaimed while speaking of slavery that he "trembled for his country and declared that one hour of bondage is fraught with more misery than whole ages of our colonial oppression." Such sentiments in the mouth of Abraham Lincoln at the time he was engaged in discussing those weighty questions with Stephen A. Douglas would have sounded as unnatural as a voice from the dead. SELF DECEIVERS. Merley, Life of Cromwell, says the people of England began to notice how Parliament desired to prolong the war as it gave to it more power, and how hundreds of patriots having become rich began to cool their first heat just as officials and generals in war beyond sea prolonged wars for like reasons and that the whole commonwealth was likely to become the prey of a few men. They rebelled against King Charles because he took their money for a year they had forced him into and now Parliament exacted a hundred where the king had begged for ten pounds cash. For one fool of a king with his dozen silly favorites to waste what they could even out of the House of Commons, now they had all Parliament, with its host of tools, retainers and captains sucking the blood and marrow of the state. They could but turn to one man at last or perish, just as later did the French to the Napoleons. What had saved this nation from a like ruin up to 1860? The men who founded the Republic told us what only could preserve us. They warned us in their speeches, letters and messages and continued to do so till the last survivor of their generation breathed his last. They told us that nothing but state power could save us from a monstrous and ever increasing central empire. Illustrious men from Europe reverend statesmen hearing of our freedom and equality and universal prosperity, visited us during the earlier decades of the century and wrote about us. The most famous work was entitled "Democracy in America," by the profoundest thinker of any age, M. Tocqueville. In his last chanters he says, while contemplating the capitol, words like these: "This is the seat of government over a free, happy and equal people, living in some 24 states, with territory for making more states, a free and happy union of states today. But if ever the time shall come when centralization shall begin here and when from this capital the administration of the details of a government over such vast areas as the union embraces shall be exercised then Liberty will spread her wings for a long and farewell flight." The time came sooner than dreamed of. And now, today, ten thousand details of Gov Administration are being increased and extended as never before. Strange to say, we are rather proud of it too as a people. We boast of Imperialism. It has a grand sound. Our far off war and Island empires costing us a million every day. Fools! Don't be a crank! C. I. The young ladies' literary section of the Phyllis Wheatley Club conducted a most excellent program last Wednesday afternoon. Miss Amelia Scott gave several musical selections on the piano. Miss Clara Green, comic recitation; Miss Effie McQuann read a very able article from the National Association Notes, on "Where Shall Woman's Work; Begin," by Miss White. The program closed by the reading of the Chronicle by Miss Clara Green, in which she eulogized the life and beautiful character of the late Mary Jane HEW TO THE LINE. PRESIDENT McKINLEY. Presid McKinley, the greatest wobbler of the age, who has no more back bone than a banana, is a traitor to his record. Many of the warm admirers and supporters of President McKinley who love him because he exclaimed while visiting the south, "that the proudest day in his life was when he was permitted to ornament his breast with a confederate badge." There is also another class of his supporters, principally Afro-Americans and those who do not know any more about President McKinley's past record on the money question than a pig does about its daddy, are willing to forgive him in that direction solely upon the ground that he has always been in favor of sound money. The Congressional Record, however, conclusively proves to the contrary. It not only shows the fallacy of those who so contend, but it proves that President McKinley has spat upon and is a traitor to his past record on the silver question, which is as follows: Jan. 29, 1876, Major McKinley voted for the resolution offered by Senator Stanley Matthews, of Ohio, declaring that all bonds of the United States are payable, principal and interest, at the option of the government, in silver dollars containing 412% grains each of standard silver and that to restore to its coinage such silver coined as a legal tender in payment of said bonds, principal and interest, is not in violation of the public faith nor in derogation of the rights of the public creditor. This resolution passed the Senate by a vote of 43 to 22, and the house by a vote of 143 to 70; Major McKinley voted yea. November 5, 1877, Mr. McKinley voted for the Bland 16 to 1 free coinage of silver act. Feb. 21, 1878, he voted against laying the Bland bill and Senate amendment on the table. April 8, 1886, he voted against the bill to suspend the coinage of silver under the Bland Act. In 1888, at the Republican National Convention, Mr. McKinley reported the platform which declared, that "the Republican party is in favor of the use of both silver and gold as money, and condemns the policy of the Democratic administration in its efforts to demonetize silver." As chairman of the House and Wavs Committee, and leader of the 51st Congress, Mr. McKinley earnestly advocated the passage of the bullion purchasing act as the next best thing to free coinage. May, 1890, he said in one of his great speeches in the House: "Men are poorest when everything is lowest and cheapest measured by gold, for everything is highest and dearest when measured by labor." June 14, 1890, McKinley, while delivering one of his eloquent orations in the House of Representatives, said: "I am in favor of the biggest use of silver in the currency of the country. I would not dishonor it. I would give it credit and honor with gold." Let those who are so eager to brand the advocates of free silver as anarchists and repudiators, cut this record of President McKinley's out and paste it in their hats. It is easy to account for his conversion from free silver to the so-called sound money idea or theory, for Mark Hanna and several other odious and notorious characters have a mortgage on President McKinley and they compel him to dance to whatever tune they may elect to play upon their golden harps. POSTPONED Owing to Easter Sunday and the lecture room of Quinn Chapel being used for religious services until a late hour in the afternoon the Men's Sunday Club abandoned the idea of holding its regular meeting last Sunday. But on the coming Sunday afternoon, April 22, at 4 p. m., the Club will be addressed by Julius F. Taylor on "The Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson." James Todd,ex-assistant state's attorney, seems to be in the lead for the nomination of state attorney. Mr. Todd is a good lawyer and stands well with all classes, and if nominated there will be no doubt of his ection. THE HON. THOMAS BYRNE And family have returned from Texas, where they spent the greater portion of the winter and are now occupying their luxurious home, 909 Garfield blvd. While in conversation with Mr. Byrne at his home recently, he informed us, that it was his intention to depart with his family May 1, for the Paris Exposition and an extended tour of the continent. But he has been prevailed upon to remain home and assist in thoroughly organizing the 30th ward and it is his intention to form clubs in every section of the ward, including clubs among the Afro-American Democrats. For Mr. Byrne wants the Colored Democrats of the ward to make a good showing so that delegates can be selected from among them to the County, Legislative, Congressional, State and National Conventions. We hope all Colored men who are willing to assist in organizing clubs will fall in line without delay. Mr. Byrne does not hesitate in stating that if the members of the Old Hickory Club, or any other club, desire to elect delegates to the various conventions, they must affiliate with the ward organization. The other leaders of the party in the 30th ward and the 2d Congressional district, have decided that Mr. Byrne must be and will be selected as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. CHIPS. Mrs. Lawrence A. Newby, 5014 Armour avenue, has been quite ill but she is now in a fair way to recovery. The Mothers' Council met as usual Monday afternoon with Mrs. S. J. Hart, 4841 Armour avenue. President Margaret Bunday presided. Judge R. S. Tuthill, of the Juvenile Court, will address the Men's Sunday Forum, Bethel church, 30th and Dearborn street, Sunday, April 22, at 4 p.m. Miss Effie McQuann will sing at the exercises of the Men's Sunday Forum Sunday, April 22, at Bethel church. No one should miss hearing her sweet voice. Fred E. Eldred, the affable secretary of the Democratic State Central Committee, has a host of friends who would like to see him nominated for clerk of the Circuit Court. Remember the entertainment at Mrs. Dempsey Scott's 429 54th court, next Wednesday afternoon and evening. You will miss a swell affair if you do not attend. The Undertakers' and Liverymen's Association are exerting their efforts to secure the nomination of A. B. Perrigo for coroner, and it looks as though they would be successful. Mrs. J. C. Barry, mother of Mrs. Dr. J. Norman Croker, who has made an extensive and prolonged visit to Baltimore, Md., and other eastern cities, will return to the city next week. James Wallace, superintendent of water pipe extension, is making a cracking record pertaining to the affairs of his office, and if he continues he will set a lively pace for all of his predecessors. Terry R. Gillan, assistant prosecuting attorney, is the latest to be mentioned in connection with the nomination for states attorney. Mr. Gillan is way up in the law and well fitted for this high office. The Hyde Park Woman's Club held a business meeting last Wednesday night, President Mrs. M. P. Jackson presided. The club is preparing to give an entertainment on a high social order at an early date. Mrs. Dr. J. Norman Croker has for the past three weeks been confined to her room with a severe attack of pneumonia, but she is rapidly recovering and her many friends hope to see her restored to health soon. New York City is preparing to build an under-ground railroad and the Democratic administration has notified Mr. Edward E. Lee, chief of the Colored Democracy, that he will be allowed places for 2,000 Negro laborers—Ex. In 1896 George Washington Jones, of Hill City, was elected county attorney of Graham county by a fusion of democrats and populists. In 1898 he was re-elected by an increased majority. The strangest thing about it all is that Jones is a Negro. He has made a splendid record and has won the title of "whitest Negro in Kansas."-News. The Henry M. Turner Grocery and Provision Company, 3448 and 3450 State street, threw its doors open to the public last Saturday and so far the store has been well patronized by white and blacks, which is further evidence that the whites are not adverse to spending their money with Afro-Americans, if they know how to do business. Mr. J. H. Harris, a well known colored man of St. Paul, has been nominated on the Democratic ticket for constable. He is an employee of the Mannheimer dry goods house. He is intelligent, honest and industrious and a first class fellow in every respect. He is making an earnest fight to elect the ticket and his work will tell when the votes are counted.—Ex. The Silver Leaf Charity Club, of which Mrs. Anna Tucker is president, will give an entertainment and chance at a rocking chair Thursday evening. April 26, at Douglas League Hall, 5058 Dearboru street, for the benefit of the Old Folk's Home. Admission 10 cents. A good program will be rendered and refreshments served and a pleasant social time is assured to all. The first grand public installation of Syracuse Lodge, No. 15, K. of P., will be given at Butler's Hall, northwest corner State and 57th Court, Thursday night, April 26th, admission 25 cents. Its members will be assisted in entertaining the guests by Miss Lillian Price, pianist, Mrs. J. N. Washington, soprano, and Dixon's famous quartet. Good order will be enforced and a pleasant time assured to all who grace the occasion by their presence. The Thomas Jefferson celebration given in honor of Judge M. F. Tuley at the Palmer House the past Saturday night was a brilliant affair and a marked success. Judge Edward F. Dunne, Hon. Samuel Alschuler, of Aurora, Gen. Alfred Orendorff, Springfield, Ex-Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson, Bloomington, Judge Worthington, Peoria, Judge Owen P. Thompson, Jacksonville, Mayor Carter H. Harrison and several other distinguished gentlemen orated to the three hundred guests who occupied seats around the festive board. Prof. Emanuel, the noted chiropidist, who conducts the finest and most extensive parlors in this city in that line at 213 State street, constantly employs eleven assistants who are kept busy during office hours waiting upon his patrons who consist of many of the best people in Chicago. The professor's rooms are fitted up in first class shape and the attendants being polite and very courteous, it is a pleasure for his customers to frequent his establishment, and he has proven, by his business ability that the whites will patronize and spend their money with a colored man providing he can impart knowledge to them or perform any other service in a business like manner. The Colored American loudly proclaims "that President McKinley has placed so many colored men in office since he assumed control of the government that it requires six million dollars each year to pay them," or in other words, the colored appointees under President McKinley combined, draw six million dollars each year from the gov. for their services. We never did believe that story in the Bible which says "that the whale swallowed Jonah," or Jona hswallowed the whale, but if Editor Cooper can prove through the columns of his Colored American that the present administration pays out six million dollars each year to colored office holders then we will be willing to believe the story of Jonah swallowing the whale. SAGE OF SAWHAW SAYS. Cash deferred maketh the heart disgusted. Angels are supposed to have wings without being flighty. Some musical aspirants confine thiemselves to a base bawl. Whom bunko man has done bunko man can generally do again. If you must take to drink don't think it necessary to take any one else with you. NO. 26. CHURCH AND CLERGY. Members of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian church, New York, have decided to demolish their edifice and build one of the best appointed churches in that city to cost $150,000. Pennsylvania Methodists are urging the claims of the Rev. Dr. Thomas B. Neely, pastor of the Union church, Philadelphia, for a bishopric, and those claims will be pressed at the general conference in May. The Rev. Judson Titsworth, pastor of Plymouth Congregational church, Milwaukee, is reading a novel of his own production to his evening congregations. It aims to preach the gospel in the story of a young man's conversion. The queerest church in the world is in Bergen, in Norway. It is completely made of paper, and rendered waterproof by an application of quicklime with curdled milk and white of eggs. Over 1,000 people may be seated in its interior. The Rev. Dr. Curtis, pastor of Mount Auburn Presbyterian church at Cincinnati, has been devoting his church services to the especial interest of street railway employes. The Cincinnati Street Railway companies grant free transportation to employes and their families to and from the church. Some of the Delaware Methodist conferences are advocating a cut of 15 per cent in the salary of ministers and presiding elders. Several quarterly conferences have notified their pastors that they need not expect to return from the Wilmington conference this week with their present salary in force. The Rev. Henry J. Callis, the pastor of the African Zion church of Syracuse, N. Y., was born a slave. He is a Hampton graduate, has studied law, once declined a nomination for member of the Virginia legislature, and since his entrance to the ministry has stumped the Pacific coast as a McKinlay campaign orator. PERSONALS. Queen Victoria has had a handsome automobile regularly attached to her stables. A movement has been started in England toward placing a $50,000 memorial on the grave of the duke of Westminster. Gen. Buller was honored recently by having a postoffice named after him in North Victoria by the Canadian postal authorities. Minnie Botha, the 11-year-old daughter of Gen. Botha of the Transvaal army, is a pupil in a school at Highgate, London. Gene Cronje's property near Potchelstroom contains over 6,000 acres. The farmhouse is a one-story building and is furnished with utmost simplicity. The will of the late Congressman Alfred C. Harner, admitted to probate in Philadelphia a few days ago, shows that he left only about $10,000 worth of property. The aged king of Denmark, father of the princess of Wales, is falling rapidly in physical vigor. He expressed a desire recently not to leave his home again, and he has asked all the members of his family to be with him April 8 on his eighty-second birthday. Two treasures belonging to President Steyn of the Orange Free State are safe in Great Britain. One is Mrs. Steyn, who is in Scotland with relatives, and the other is his private fortune, which the London Leader says he transferred to the keeping of a London before war was declared. Virtue unites man with God. Economy is of itself a great revenue. There is not a moment without some duty. The body is a vessel, as it were, or receptacle for the soul. I depart from life as from an inn, not as from my house. not as from my house. No man was ever truly great without some portion of divine inspiration. You must love me, myself, and not my circumstances, if we are to be real friends. An indutsrious husbandman plants trees of which he himself will never see a berry. If no use is made of the labors of past ages, the world must always remain in the infancy of knowledge. In discussing a question more reliance ought to be placed on the influence of reason than on the weight of authority. He is worthy of honor who willeth the good of every man; and he is much unworthy thereof who seeketh his own profit and oppresseth others. 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It is being overworked: It needs the peculiar tonic qualities and diges- tive strength to be found only in ‘The best stomach and blood remedies known to the medical profession are combined in the medicine, and thousands of grateful letters telling its cures prove it to be on genie meticine for all stomach trou! ever yet discovered. ——E_——_———————— Feeatics Harassed British On January 6, 1842, the British army left Cabul, Afghanistan, to return to 4ndia by way of the Khyber Pass, rely- ing on the promises of Akbar Kahn and his confederates of an escort for safe journey. None such was furnisa- ed. The severity of the season in- creased the misery of the retreat. The fanatical tribes of the district harass- ed the rear and flank of the army and slew women and children as well as men. Out of a host of 16,000, or if men and women are included, an ex- cess of 20,000, only one man, Dr. Bry- don, escaped to convey the dismal tid- ings to General Sale, who still held his position at Jelabad. 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The preliminaries have furnished the full share of drawbacks. First, Ger- many was slow to respond to the in- Vitation to take part. Since French pride was humiliated by the march of the victorious legions of Germany into Paris thirty years ago the conquerors have twice been ignored in the requests made to the world to participate in the colossal exhibitions in the capital of France. At last, however, Germany will be represented in a way that will appeal to the pride of its people. The kaiser wil] be among the guests, and ‘more Germans will patronize the show than those sent out by any other for- eign nation. The second setback was the siding of France with Spain in our war with the latter. While the gov- ernment observed neutrality, the peo- ple were openly and defiantly our ene- mies. It looked for a time as if the bitterness thereby aroused might pre- -vent the United States from making an exhibit at all. But the decisive ending of the war brought Frenchmen to their senses and led to a restoration of the good feeling that has existed for over & century between the two countries. The present war in South Africa ranged France against Great Britain, and the résentment it gave birth to ¢ame near shutting out the latter power from the exposition. Only for the sagaciousness of the prince of Wales in frowning upon such a boycott Great Britain would have held aloof from the show. But the royal inter- position saved Paris from such a cost- ly blunder and thus what threatened to be a severe blow is happily averted. ‘RAILROADS AS ARBOR'CULTURISTS, » Some of the railroads, it appears, have decided to enter into a new indus- try, the successful prosecution of which Promises to be a great public advan- tage. Publicly and privately the wan- ton destruction of the forests. of the country has been commented upon, and stentorian protests have been sounded regarding the disasters likely to accrue from a continuance of the foolhardy policy that has been followed in this Tespect. Now, it is announced, a num- ber of the roads have decided to come to the country’s rescue, not in the way of the forcible stopping of the acts of depredation so loudly complained against, but by entering upon the re- Plenishment made necessary by the previous waste. They have decided to g0 into the forestry business on an ex- tensive scale, and are making arrange- ments to set out with young trees whole tracts of country, where soil and climate are best adapted to their cul- tivation, ROT AFTER WAR TAXER ‘The agitation for a reduction of the tax has started special interests all over the country to sending personal Gelegations to congress to plead for reduction or total abolition of the tax on their special products. . At the next meeting of the house ways and means &@ large delegation of druggists, liquor men and other interests will appear. Chairman Payne has held several con- ferences with administration officials, and it is understood that he will take the lead in resisting any attempt to de- crease the taxes. But a number of rep- resentatives have openly showed their tatention of bringing up the subject on the floor of the house, and threaten to carry the matter into the presiden- tial campaign if congress refuses to make the reductions. SOCIALIGH IN FYGT.AED. After municipal landlordism, what? ‘We have commentéd, lately on the promise of the Salisbury government to appoint a parliamentary committee for the investigation of the question of the housing of the poor. especially the poor of London and other great cities. Under existing law British municipali- ties have the power to tear down in- sanitary and unsafe tenements ahd bulid mew.ones. They can become landlords on a large scale, but they must acquire land for building pur- to purehase land and build ot she cy limits, aad bi wl te dowke be Y B = rR ee ee. EE? “sa Ca s EE: a Te - > : SF a °“(§\AZz oa \ oS aoe Bf Oe, * a i > a Gilli, id, > {WW Bags: n= wee OZ | AM, a Ie Sz 4 IO agnty Bia leea teeZ LA To ® AWA ek F mie SS Ee Z Jia Eee eZ ® SS — LU eet F =, \ a Feat \ ee \ a eee \ Se a eS Q \2 SSS Ee F r 92 JS WLS SEE i = LANDING ROCK BARRACKS AND INCLINED PAI’ Wit aT cT BF , ST. HELENA AWAITS THE FORMER SOLDIER. Where Napoleon Closed Bis “areer—The Dreary Isle, Situated im Mid-Oceas, Seems te Have een Designed by pote Model Prisea. (Special Letter) ee Nee Historic old St. Helena, the mid-At- tantic island where Napoleon Bona- parte spent his declining days as a prisoner of Great Britain, is to receive another notable occupant. The Brit- ish government having decided that there is no prison in South Africa suf- ficiently strong to contain General Cronje, the dauntless farmer-soldier, ts to drag out such an existence as Napoleon endured after the battle of Waterloo. On the map the island will be found in the South Atlantic ocean, in a spot remote from all the world— 1,250 miles from the coast of Africa, 1,800 miles from South America, the same from Cape Town, 4,059 miles from London, of which it has been a dependency for 250 years. Its ex- treme length is ten and one-fourth miles, its extreme breadth eight and one-fourth miles, its area forty-five square miles, its population 5,000 hu- man beings, three-fifths of whom are clustered in Jamestown—and innu- merable goats. The island is an an- cient volcano thrust up in fire from the Goor of the sea, long since dead and cold, somewhat enlarged by the slow processes of nature and garmented not alone with an indigenous flora so va- ried as to be the delight of the bota- nist, but also with exotics from ail climes, so that it presents the aspect of a botanical garden—the oak grow- ing side by side with the bamboo and banana, and date palms shooting sky- wird from fields of English gorse. Cronje and his 4,000 burghers will al- most double the. nepulation. The most notable prisoner who ever fretted away his days on England's prison isle was of course the great Bonaparte, and the spectacle called up by a conaideration of his imprisonment forms-one of the saddest things in his- tory. On Aug. 17, 1815, when the world was reverberating with the ech- es of Waterloo, a boat was rowed in- to Plymouth harbor from H. M. S. Bellerophon to H. M.S. Northum- berland, seventy-four guns, flying the pennant of Rear Admiral Sir George Cockburn, under orders for St. Helena. In the stern of the boat sat he who was designated in England's official pa- pers “Napoleon Bonaparte.” The an- chor was weighed and the Northam- berland stood out to sea, bearing for- ever from Europe the man whose am- bition her shores could mot confine. ———— - ae a, Sie eres) eee r " arm. v -< ewe, NATULZEUNS BEDi- DENCE. One month and ten days later the Northumbertand dropped anchor in the harbor of Jamestown. Napoleon was escorted ashore and found lodgipg, in el yey Sir George Cockburn se- as the exile’s residence Long- wood, the country seat of the leuten- aut governor. Thither next day the fallen emperor cantered - along the lovely road, escorted by his followers and a guard of English officers. On Dec. 9 the French exiles moved to Longwood. With Napoleon were tain Pionthowsk! and Doctor O'Meara i Irish surgeon whom Napo- leon picked from the British na- val’ as his private medical at- tendamt, Count and Countess Ber- trand and their three children were quartere@ in a little house at a dis- ‘tance. | Doctor O’Meara’s writings, some o which were published at the time and ether portions of which are only now being made poblic, give a graphic idea of the prison life of the Man of Des- timy. They show that Napoleon was @issatisfied with the treatment accord- ed him. He found fault with Sir Geerge Cockburn because of his seamanlike lack of ceremony which O'Meara en- deavored vainly to explain away. But this was mild compared to his hatred of Sir Hudson Howe, who in Apri, 1816, succeeded Cockburn as governor of St. Helena. “I am convinced,” he said, “that this governor, this chief of jailers, has been sent out on purpose to poison me or put me to death in some way or an- other, or under some pretext, by Lord Castlereagh.” ' In such manner, more indolent and fretful as the weary years passed, did Napoleon live, until in 1821 he died of a cancer of the stomach. The British military authorities are influenced by many considerations in sending Cronje and his soldiers to St. Helena. In the first place, Cape Col- ony, with its threatenings of uprisings of the Cape Dutch, and with the pro- nounced Boer sympathies of Afrikan- ders of Dutch parentage, was no long- er a secure place in which to keep pris- ers of the importance of Cronje and the men who defended themselves so heroically against Lord Roberts’ great army. The most secure place for Cronje upon his arrival at Cape Town was deemed on beard a British ship but this form of imprisonment prompt- ly called out continental criticism, and Possibly on that uceouat, but more Probably with a view to the greatest possible security against rescue, it was decided to send .the famous Boer. to Great Britain's mid-ocean prison, where escape will be impossible. Over @ Geyoer. The author of “A Ranfle Round the Globe” tells of some surprising ex- periences encountered im the region of geyvers and hot springs in New Zea- land. One day he patronized the pho- tographer in Whakarewarewa Being interested in photography, he went in- to the dark room, te, see the negative developed, and there experienced a new sensation. Just as the photog- rapher was beginning operations, the wooden floor, which was about a foct from the ground, seemed to get un- steady, and there was an ominous bump, bump, dump, directly under- neath, that was the reverse of reassur- ing. 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Ihave been troubled for years with serofula, causing open legs and swell- ings of the neck—a tumor weighing several pounds upon my neck caused me considerable worry and anxiety. | consulted several physicians for miles around, and the many scarson my neck show how often they felt obliged to cut and lance it. I had three holes in my right leg, and in spite.of constant treatment could get only temporary relief. A friend, i ee alias IN 3 OR 4 YEARS AN INDEPENDENCE ASSURED pamstetn Werte Gas. patho land of plen:s farmers who have = oe seer © grow: Sateen nn full rates can o- St Peete oe or to Monadnocs atc spaeeesniieneneinntiepreniaeediipaieettie=— DROP SY Sa —_ sn . a.” KENTUCKIAN'S LAUDABLE MISSION TO PARIS. Simon Peter Gross to Demonstrate to Europeans That Importation of American Corn Would Save Them Immense Sums Annually on Broad Account. The establishment of an American restaurant at the Paris exposition in which the serving of corn bread in all styles will be a special feature, may result in solving a problem that has baffled for years the corn growers of the country and ultimately result in replacing the hard, black bread now so much in use on the continent with the cheap and healthful, "corn pone." Major Simon Peter Gross, of Lexington, Ky., who will have charge of the restaurant, is one of the most unique characters of the state. During the World's Fair, he conducted a restaurant and bar in the Kentucky building, serving Kentucky dishes and drinks, and was unable to accommodate the crowds who flocked to his section of the structure to be fed on Kentucky fare. At the Paris Exposition he proposes to have jet-black negro waiters, negro cooks and to set the famous "Blue Grass" dinner, corn bread being the principal article of diet. He will take along one of the best corn bread cooks in America, whose business it will be to see that every piece of this kind of bread goes on the table just right. He will also have a noted negro chicken cook. If the Europeans take to the corn MAJOR SIMON PETER GROSS. bread as it is expected they will, it will mean a big call for American corn and thus great profit will accrue to the growers of the middle west who have been unable to find a ready foreign market for their crops thus far. Flowers in Mexico. The flowers of the City of Mexico are one of its chief delights. Roses, violets, forget-me-nots, marguerites and lilies bloom all the year round. There are few weeks when a quarter will not buy a splendid big bunch and when a silver dollar will not fill the vases in the house to overflowing. Flowers are sold not only at the flower market near the cathedral, that is devoted entirely to flowers, strawberries and birds, but at the other general markets and on the street corners. The "flower girls" of the capital are all boys and men. At some places in Mexico, particularly Guadalajara, little girls are to be seen on the streets all day and in the evening offering boutonnieres for which they will not set a price, but ask you to give what you please. It is hard to find a flower on sale anywhere after midday. The flower seller makes up bouquets in the most artistic fashion. The street venders never sell loose cut flowers, but arrange them upon a basework of green, so that each flower stands by itself, and the whole bunch is prettily finished with a garniture of green leaves or ferns. Set pieces are also arranged with a fine sense of taste and regard for colors. A pansy wreath three feet across can frequently be purchased at the market for $1. Flowers are very generally used at funerals, and it is not an unusual sight to see a casket, even of one of the poorer class, completely covered with flowers, wreaths, crosses and baskets in bewildering array, as it is hurried through the crowded thoroughfares upon an open street.—Chicago Record. The Use of Grapes Grapes, say several authorities, act very much like mineral waters on the system, but they must be more beneficial than mineral waters because they nourish, and their effect on the nerves is greater through their agreeable taste. The grape is used in diseases of the most varied character, mostly, indeed, upon the ground of present experience, as also upon that of its ancient reputation. It is chiefly celebrated and effective in the treatment of affections of the digestive organs, namely catarrh of the stomach, heart affections and dyspepsia; also in affections resulting from alcoholism. 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An intent listener will discover that the birds are imitating the sounds they hear and some of them are repeating words which they catch in the general jargon of the place. Even Lecturer Rollins is imitated in some of his sentences describing the animals or the feats about to be performed. Alexander Day, assistant superintendent of the zoo,says that, like the wild animals which are capable of being trained, the parrots will early give evidence of their aptitude to learn to talk. The best way to train a parrot to talk is, he says, to keep it in a room away from other birds or animals, and with its cage covered when the lessons are given. This is to teach the bird to distinguish the sounds alone and not the individuality of the teacher. The gray parrots are said to be the best talkers, although the Amazonian or green parrot is a good talker and is the one most commonly seen. These come from South America and the West Indies. The rosellas and macaws, which also come from the West Indies, can rarely be taught to talk.—Baltimore Sun. A movement is on foot to put a one-half cent coin in general use in the United States. Several suggestions have been made to the government, and last week a document was presented, signed by the heads of the big department stores of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Pittsburg, showing the need for this money in making change where articles are sold at $3\frac{1}{2}, 7\frac{1}{2}, 12\frac{1}{2}c$, and at similar prices. The half cent coin has been in use in Chicago for the last two years, and last week one of the New York stores ordered 500,000 one-half cent coins. These coins are to be made of copper, size one-half inch in diameter, or just two-thirds of the size of the regular one-cent piece. Stamped in heavy raised figures and letters on one side will be " $ \frac{1}{2} $ cent," and on the reverse side will appear the name and address of the firm issuing the coins. Besides, being a convenient change maker, this new coin is considered an advantage from an advertising standpoint, as it carries the name and address of the merchant and would be carried in the purse sometimes for weeks, until the customer receiving it returns to the store where it can be used in making purchases. So far the United States government has nothing to do with issuing this new money. It is put out by individual firms and is only recognized at the store from which it is issued. The proprietors of the big stores are anxious, however, to have the government make and recognize the $ \frac{1}{2} $ -cent coin.—New York Herald. FOR M. E. BISHOP. At the quadrennial session of the Congress of Methodism, to be held in Chicago soon, it is expected that additional bishops will be chosen. Among the most prominent of the candidates for bishop is David H. Moore, D. D., of Cincinnati. 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TAFT, 105 E. 125th St. New York City. => -~) *2 FF f WITY THE s.0ces. ‘Quackery gives birth to nothing — Carlyle. ® : easels ‘most ~ALid- don. ‘The extremes of human emotion are mot so far apart as they seem.—Mrs. ‘Craik. A cheerful friend is like a sunny @ay, which sheds its brightness all a@round.—Sir John Lubbock. Some people look too much upon their religion as a varnish on life in- ‘stead of a fire within it—Dr. Storrs. No man can acquire the doubtful ‘wood of extreme wealth without sub- Jecting others to the undoubted evil of ‘poverty.—J. H. Hunt. Half the misery of human life might ‘be exfinguished by mutual offices of “compassion, -benevalence and humani- ‘ty—Joseph Addison. The superfluous blossoms on a fruit ‘tree are meant to symbolize the large ‘way in which God loves to do pleasant things.—H. W. Beecher. The héart where self has found no place and raised no throne is slow to recognize its ugly presence when ‘t looks upon it—Charles Dickens. We are all taught by interest. and if the interest be not merely selfish, there is no wiser preceptor under heaven, and perhaps no sterner.—R. L. Steven- ‘son. Man is greater than a world, than ‘systems of worlds; there is more mys- tery in the union of soul with the Physical than in the creation of a uni- “yerse.—Henry Giles. The Hfe of man upon this earth is ‘wade up for the most part of little pains and little pleasures. The great ‘wonder-flowers bloom but once in a Jifetime.—Longfellow. SHORT SERMONS. ‘The greatest sorrow of the world is @ue to what religion calls sin. —Rev. Dr. Williams. The Son of Man offers himself as the “bread of life” to keep the soul strong. —Rev. Dr. McConnell. ‘What is the essence of sin? Selfish- mess. Man is centered in self, instead of in God.—Rev. Dr. Rhoades. Whatever your circumstances may ‘de, God stands inside those ‘circum- stances. God is our father.—Rev. H. Cobb. ‘The church appeals for temperance son the ground that the moderate drink- mg custom drags men down.—Rev. ‘Charles Herr. Jesus demands that ail acts and thoughts shall square with the white lime that he drew through history.— Rev. R-H. Potter. Satan has access of mind to mind, spirit to spirit, and it is thus he -Feacees the affection and will of man. —Rev. Dr. Radcliffe. ‘Our Savior, although the acknow!l- ‘eiged Son of God, was touched with ‘the spirit of humanity while on earth. —Rev. C. P. Bridewell. Without social ‘service culture would wanish, knowledge gradually die away and the whole life shrink and be shut in—Rev. J. S. Penman. ‘The Bible exhorts us to that patient ‘continuance in well doing that is nec- essary to the building of Christlike \character.—Rev. John R. Shannon. ‘Disease has ever cursed man. It was ‘one of the penalties of his fall in Baéen. With man’s diseases comes man's remedies.—Rev. Dr. Broughton. WITH THE WEE FOLKS. “JT wish my papa wasn't a preacher,” said Jittle Willie after a painful inter- View. “Why do you wish that, dear?” asked his mother. “Because then peo- pile wouldn't give him so many slip- pers.” was the significant reply. “Please give me a dime, mamma,” -said 5-year-old Tommy. “Why should i give you a dime?” she asked. “Cause,” replied the youthful diplo- mat, “I know a little boy who has the measies, and if you'll give me a dime I ‘won't go and catch them.” Teacher—Who was the first man, “Tommy? *Tommy—George Washington. ‘He was first in war, first in peace, and first In—— Teacher (interrupting)— Wo, no. Adam was the first man. Tom- my—Ohb,well, if you are going to ring im foreigners, I suppose he was. —Den- ver Times. “It's impossible for you to lift your- self up by the bootstraps, isn’t it, Jounny?” asked the teacner of a small pupil .“¥es'm,” answered Johnny. “Now,” continued. the teacher, “can “you tells y it's impossible?” “I : s be i_wear shoes,” was the revily.~ # get 5; had two pets—a ca- mary, * h was a fine singer, and a 4 “the cat was discovered in sot pant pine. Nellie gered at | 3 - ‘then ae wa ‘ ‘SIDE VIEWS OF LIFE. "people discover how he did it. each of his mistakes never completes pounds | calliope. it seal Chat when : aee eo on ‘nee ae aes ow to fa +5 oe oe Wie Penn AY. all . prin: See tears Protestants, priests. infidels, farmers single taxers, ae eve Labor, or any one | ean he f on Bak ; : any, as as their language is ; er hee redbdnetty ts fired. * © _ The Bros Ax is a newspaper whose ‘is broad enough for ail, ‘ever ning the editorial right to speak ‘is-own- mind. . ‘Local communications ‘will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper...» : Subscriptions must be paid in ad- vance. 2 OBO FORT... ccendesoncsepcsaccsepeee Six Months .......ceceee-egereeee 100 Advertising rates made known on application. Address ail communica- thons to THE BROAD AX, 5040 Armour avenue. Chicago. Julius F. Taylor Editor and Publisher. Mrs, Julius F., Taylor,Aesistant Editor. (Emtered at the postofiice, Chicago, TIL, as second class matter.) LETTERS OF COMMENDATION. Chicago, Sept. 16, 1899. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Editor Broad Ax Dear Sir—I em-glad to learn of the work that is being done by your papet fm behalf of Chicago platform prin- ciples. That platform stands for such a government as Jefferson ané Lincoln favored, namely, a governmen' of the people, for the people and by the people, and I believe that such & government will prove a blessing te the great majority of the people. Yours truly, Ww. J. Bryan. euly soNe, souu. ‘To whom it may concern: * Julius 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 mankiné f= gemeral. While he is thus engaged I Despeak for him the hearty support ef all loyal and true friends of Demoe- Sacy. Respectfully, Carter M. Harrisca. Headquarters of Democratic State Cen- tral Committee of Mlinois, Shermas House, Chicago, Oct, 5th, 1899. To whom it may concern: This is to certify that Mr. Julius F Taylor, editor of The Broad Ax—@ pub- Hestion of this city devoted to the in- terests of the democratic party, and am able exponent of democratic princi- ples—comes to us highly recom- mended, and I therefore take pleasure im commending him te the favorable consideration of democrats with whom he may come in business contact. Respectfully, : Walter Watson. Chairman Descocratic State Central Committee of Illinois. NOTICE. All friends and readers of The Broad Ax, who have relatives-or friends vis- iting them, or if you give or attend social functions either at home or abroad. If you journey to other towns or cities on business or pleasure. If you know or hear of a marriage, birth or death. Or in short, if you know anything of interest pertaining to the doings or the movements of the people adduce such facts and figures as briefly as possible on postal cards or letters, and address ‘them to The Broad Ax, and ail such news items will Qnd their way into its columns. But do mot send ‘us anything in reference to cake walks or Jim Crowism. If you give swell parties and receptions and desire that the same should receive mention, send invitations or tickets and a representative of The Broad Ax will endeavor to be on hand, otherwise Ro one should, marvel, if they fail to observe a nétice in The Broad Ax. Ladies of culture know that the Origimal Ozonized Ox Marrow is the ‘purest and best remedy to straighten the hair and make it pliable and bean- Ul. Sold ove forty yearend has ‘Rever disappointed the most fastid!- ous. Try a bottle and you will appre- ‘ciate its superiority. Only 50 cents per bottle at druggists. Beware of iiwitations. The genuine and original 4s made only by Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wabash avenue, Chicago. , a ? Rem e£arze -& lovely six-room cottage, modern improvements, lot 25 by 125, located om Elizabeth street, near Sixty-Seventh. Price, -$1,200. $150 cash, balance to gait purchaser. This 5. bargain. Any one desiring to & cosy little home should avail themselves of this opportunity. For turther imforma- tion address Julius F. Taylor, 5040 ‘Armour avenue. eer wee pe ae tet ‘ 30 carted a@ native tke, gteeet by mie anne "Resibence, 953 Turner Ave. { “Lawrence M. Ennis, Ninos and Counselor at Law, Suite 726 Opera House Biock. S W. Corner Clark and Weshingted Su. . 8 Sparen: Mat 1782. bd: HARRISON 5t. Thomas F. Scully, Attorney at Law, 70 Clark Street, - - - CHICAGO. fp ae hig be ts Tnomas H. OWENS Jous E. Owens OWENS & OWENS, Attorneys at Law, Surre 6ar ASHLAND Brock, SO S. Clark Street, - - CHICAGO. | ALBERT -B. 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Three miles from Geneva Junctica. six miles from Lake Geneva. 94 acres in Walworth county, lies al! {a cultivation, good house, barn and outbildiags. 20 head milch cows. 26 head hogs. 500 chickens, 100 turkeys, 5@ ducks, 3 hear horses, all farming tools and this years crops. ‘Price $7 per acre. Crops last year over $1,200 net. Crop this year ovet $1500. “Sell cream $5 per day now. - If.you desire to purchase this ele- gaat farm so indicate by addressing ‘The Broad Ax. rr. _ The Broad Ax desires to secure active agents and correspondents in all sec- | “teiophene Yanda wa — Betabiabed JOHN J. DUNN, = Coal - and - Wood, 5iet Street and Armour Avenue... mean Sno ee J. F. Kory, 553 Green St. Tel. apes KENNY & CO., Undertakers and Livery, ioty Accents 5438 SOUTH HALSTED ST. 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