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VOL. V. THE POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE NEGRO. XIV. At the conclusion of the Lincoln and Douglas joint debate "The New York Tribune," "The Cincinnati Gazette," and many other Republican newspapers pronounced the policy of Congressional Prohibition worthless as a means of excluding slavery from the territories, and they openly advocated the admission of more slave states whenever demanded by a majority of the people residing in the states and territories. The Indianapolis Journal took the lead in declaring that Congressional Prohibition of slavery was "murdered by Dred Scott." Moreover those great Republican organs, urged the abandonment of the Republican creed, and to form a new comination composed of Douglas Democrats, Know-Nothings, Republicans and old line Whigs, and by the common consent of those parties the Republicans should be allowed to name the candidate for the presidency or visa versa. Those and kindred agencies were in no great maesure instrumental in securing the re-election of Stephen A. Douglas, to the United States senate. The policy of endeavoring to fuse and unite the Democrats, Whigs, and Republicans, was further carried out and adhered to by the leaders of the Republican Party, and when the leaders of that party assembled in National Convention in Chicago, May 16, 1860, they selected Hannibal Hamlin of Maine, who was a Democrat as vicePresident, and he was chosen as Abraham Lincoln's running mate for the purpose of conciliating the Northern and Southern people, and to persuade Democratic voters to vote for Mr. Lincoln. The platform which Lincoln and Hamlin stood upon was constructed by the extremely conservative leaders of the party, such as Andrew G. Curtin of Pennsylvania and Henry S. Lane of Indiana, and section 4, of that platform declares in the strongest and most positive language in favor of the "doctrn of states rights," and each and every state has the right to regulate and control her own domestic institutions. "That the maintenance violate of the rights of the states and especially the right of each state to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment, essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabrics depends; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of any state or territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes." So no ardent Republican can truthfully maintain that it was the design or the intention of Abraham Lincoln and the other leaders of the Republican Party to interfere with the institution of slavery in 1860, nor at any other time. Senator Douglas, after a long and very bitter contest was nominated to run in opposition to Mr. Lincoln. The platform adopted by the Douglas Democrats simply deplored the sectional agitation which was at that time stirring the country beyond precedent, but in no wise did its builders attempt to nationalize slavery and it did not differ materially from the platform adopted by the Republicans. There was no difference between Mr. Lincoln and Senator Douglas in their views on popular or state sovereignty, and as that question was subordinated by both parties it must be evident to all who are capable of reasoning from cause to effect, that there was no intention on the part of the Republican Party to espouse the cause of the Negro. The canvas in behalf of Mr. Douglas was prosecuted with remarkable energy and with much zeal, although he had been removed from the chairmanship of the Committee on Territories for refusing to change his views in relation to popular sovereignty, nevertheless he displayed great generalship, singular courage, audacity, and will power while upon the stump, and it cannot be gainsaid but what he was the great leader of his party and wherever he appeared upon the rostrum acre: of people flocked around him for they were anxious to listen to Senator Douglas, whose reputation as a great and profound or-ator spread far and near. Long before the close of the Presidenital campaign of 1860, the finger of denstiny pointed to the defeat of Stephen A. Douglas, and to the election of Abraham Lincoln, yet notwithstanding that fact Mr. Douglas continued his great and brilliant canvas to the end, and after the election of Mr. Lincoln, Senator Douglas threw his wonderful influence on the side of the Union, and he rendered signal service to his country and to Mr. Lincoln in endeavoring to restore peace and harmony between the North and the South and before expiring he declared that there are only two classes of citizens in this country, "Patriots and traitors, those who are on the side of the Union are patriots, those who are opposed to its continuance are traitors." It has been stated by one of the greatest historians that "The champions of slavery, even after the first great victory of the Republican Party were the undoubted masters of their own fortunes for indefinite years to come. That Abraham Lincoln and the other leaders of the Republican Party, so recoiled from the thought of sectional strife that for the sake of peace they were ready to forego their demand for Congresssional Pro. of slavery, in the territories. They were willing to abide by the Dred Scott decision and the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law. They even proposed a constitutional amendment which would have made slavery perpetual in the Republic; but the pampared frenzy of the slave oligarchy defied all remedies, and hurried it headlong into the bloody conspiracy which was to close forever its career of besotted lawlessness and crime. (To be Continued.) A SLAVE!?? FOR POSTERITY. tries must continue dependant on tariffs. Today our same infant industries are protected by a prohibitory tariff, in effect. And we have millions of our free United States workmen collected in mines and factories, the trembling serfs of companies: not a thing done by this people's government to protect these millions upon whose lives and welfare we all are dependent, but all done for the companies on their demand. Would any real government for the people stand idly by and permit individuals to organize on its soil systems that must become a menace to its people and to itself? Systems that collect yearly more and more men as laborers, the object being in some cases exploit all the resources of the soil, rifling its forests and mines of most precious deposits that ere the end of another century the hundreds of millions living here must deplore the want of? We are acting as though no people are to be living here at the end of another century. Instead of improving and making great roads and harbors and rivers in permanent systems, preserving forests, preventing wastes of soils and sewerages our policy has been from the start to waste and destroy in the interests of a few persons here and in England, who are carrying all the profits to England or the continent of Europe and there spending them in luxury and rioting. What will posterity say of us? SPEECH OF HON. WM. SULZER. Congressman Wm. Sulzer, of New York, who is more than likely to receive the nomination for vice-president of the United States delivered one of his more than brilliant orations before the Mohawk Club of Detroit, Mich., recently. The Congressman paid a high tribute to the Democracy of Michigan. In opening he said: "In victory or defeat, it has never faltered, never wavered, and never surrendered. With its face to the Sun of Democratic hope, keeping time to the music of the masses, inspired by lofty ideals, it is steadily marching on, and will do yeoman service in the great battle of the coming campaign to r-store the government of the people to the people." In referring to "Trusts" he said: "The Democratic party is unalterably opposed to trusts. This is an imperative issue and we must keep it to the front in the coming campaign. I want to see the Democratic party take an advanced position against the evils of the trusts and the sordid greed of monopolies. "Today about two hundred trusts control wholly, or in large part, every conceivable product and industry of the country. "These gigantic combinations constitute, in my judgment the greatest menace at the present time to our Democratic institutions they control the suppl yand monopolise the product and dictate the price of every necessary of life. The crying evil of the time is the power and the sway of the trusts and the battle cry of the Democratic party should be: Trusts must go!" Congressman Sulzer's address contains much food and thought and it is worthy of perusal by all true Americans. JOHN J. FEELY. As each day rolls around, the stock of John J. Feely for Congressman from the Second Congressional district seems to ascend higher and higher and some of his friends and supporters say that he is bound to be nominated and elected. For it is claimed by them that Mr. Feely is personally acquainted with more people residing in the Second district than any other single individual. He in company with the Hon. C. Porter Johnson in 1898 visited and spoke in every precinct and town throughout the entire district and he is therefore well known to all the hard and active workers of the party. The Republican Party of Cook County, have nominated Daniel McKee Jackson for County Commissioner. Mr. Jackson is a strong Republican, but broad and liberal minded and is ever ready to pay his subscription to The Broad Ax, which is more than can be said of some of the Afro-American Democrats holding positions under the Harrison administration. APRON BAZAAR CONTINUED. Th Apron Bazaar given by the Phyllis Wheatly Club has been such a great success that they have decided to continue it next Wednesday afternoon and evening, May 16, at which time a large and beautiful collection of aprons will be offered for sale. Refreshments will be served and good music will enliven the occasion. The public are cordially invited. CHIPS Mrs Henry S. Anderson has removed to Clinton, Ia., where she will remain during the summer City Clerk William Loeffler will in all probability be selected as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Mrs. S. J. Lindsey, mother of Mrs. L. A. Davis is in the city from Peoria, Ill. She will remain throughout the summer. Paul Lawrence Dunbar, the poet, recited from his own works at a benefit entertainment at Quinn Chapel last Thursday night. The Men's Sunday Forum will nominate officers Sunday for the coming year and on Sunday May 21st the election of the same will occur. John C. Russell, of the 29th ward, may be induced to enter the contest against ex-Alderman Robert Mulchay as a member of the city Central committee. Dr. Wm. F. Taylor, the druggist, returned Wednesday from a weeks trip in the Southern part of this state, where he was on business of the Knights of Pythias Some say that the Hons. Carter H. Harrison, Chas. K. Ladd, M. F. Dunlap and Robert E. Burke, will be the four delegates at large to the Demochatic National Convention. E. M. Cummings, of the 29th ward, has decided after being urged to become a candidate for the lower house, and they say his chances are exceedingly good to secure the nomination. Prof. Wm. Salter gave the closing lecture o fthe season for the Ethical Culture Society, Steinway all, 17 E. Van Buren street. Subject: The Religion and Ethics of Rudyard Kipling. Wm. J. Roach, chief clerk of the Bureau of Engineering and member of the Democratic State Central Committee is a candidate for Draftage Trustee, and he will be nominated and elected. The Populist party have nominated Col. Wm. J. Bryan for President and Chas. A. Towne for Vice President. But the Democratic party must select two straight Democrats at Kansas City Rev. John T. White, pastor of St. Mark's A. M. E. Church, Kingfisher, O. T., spent several days in the city this week. He was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Taylor. 541 West 54th street. Thomas F. Scully, who is one of the ablest assistant prosecuting attorneys of Chicago, has decided to seek the nomination for member of the Board of Equalization. Mr. Scully is all right and he is a sure winner. Thomas Dunn, of the old 29th ward, who is jolly and lively is in the race for member of the State Legislature, and Mr. Dunn has a host of friends in every direction who would like to see him receive the nomination. For if he does he is sure to win out. Walter T. Stanton we understand will be selected by supervisor Al F. Gorman to serve as Attorney for the Town of Lake Mr. Stanton is an excellent young lawyer and is capable in every way to look after the interest of the tax-payers and property owners of the old town. The Republican State Machine met in Peroia Tuesday, the 8th, and after a long wrangle it succeeded in nominating a weak ticket. Judge Yates and the others composing the ticket will be sent up the iriney deep to Yatesville or some other burg after the election next November, for this is a Democratic year. The Hon. Thos. J. Nerney, whose heart beats in sympathy for all mankind is constructed of the very best material to set in the lower halls of Congress, and since our mention of Mr. Nerney for that exalted position his candidacy is assuming large p. portions, and there are a number of citizens in the 30th ward and throughout the Town of Lake, who are willing to go ten on the green that Mr. Nerney will receive the nomination for Congressman from the second district. Last Wednesday evening, Mrs. Arthur A. Wells gave a vaudeville entertainment at her spacious residence. 5259 Dearborn street, the proceeds of which went into a fund to put Mrs. Mary Smith into the Old Folks' Home. Quite a neat sum was realized. The Democratic Primaries will be held Friday June 22. The County Convention at the North Side Turner Hall Saturday the 23d .The Sanitary District Convention at the North Side Turner Hall, Thursday, June 28. The Congressional Conventions Saturday, June 30, at 10 a.m. The Senatorial Conventions 3 p.m. same day. Mrs. Anna Parker, died at her late residence, 5302 Dearborn street last Monday night. Her death was sudden, and was the result of heart failure, which came on while Mrs. Parker was riding on a State street car near 47th street.The funeral occurred last Thursday afternoon, Rev. J. F. Thomas officiating. The interment was in Cakwood cemetery. Prof. Felix Adler of New York, the founder of the ethical movement in the United States addressed the society for Ethical Culture, Steinway Hall, 17 E. Van Buren street, last Sunday morning on "The Essential Difference between the Ethical Societies and the churches." Steinway Hall was filled from pit to dome with a highly cultured audience, who eagerly drank in every word uttered by Prof. Adler. W. C. Gunn died at the home of his brother-in-law, J. B. Hart, 4841 Armour avenue last Tuesday morning, Mr. Gunn had been in poor health for almost a year. He recently returned from Texas, where he went in search of health. His funeral was conducted from St. Mary's A. M. E. church, 49th and Dearborn, last Friday morning, Rev. J. F. Thomas preached the funeral sermon A large number of friends were present. Thomas G. McElligott, Miles J. Devine, A. J. Ryan, Granville W. Browning, Robert Redfield, P. J. O'Keeffe, James Todd, C. C. Stillwell, John F. Clare, Daniel Donahoe, John P. McGoorty, W. S. Forrest, John S. Butler, Jos. A. McInerney and several other eminent lawyers have been mentioned in connection with the States-Attorneyship and each one of them has a strong following and are entirely able to fill the bill. The South African war appears to have got its "second wind;" at least the generals down there are making a windy time of it. Affection is the confession of inferiority. It is an unnecessary proclamation that the individual is not living the life he pretends to live. In Paris it has been customary for cyclists to go to the nearest restaurant and to inflate their tires with the help of carbonic acid apparatus, which is used to give a head to the beer, but it is found that a pneumatic tire inflated with carbonic gas soon loses its resiliency, and the gas escapes with remarkable rapidity. Some idea of the American exports to Australia can be gained from the inventory of a cargo recently shipped from New York. It contained 6,000 packages of sewing machines, 1,100 tons of paper, many organs and planos, 8,000 cases of canned meats, 111 trucks for trolley cars, wagons, buggies, wheels, axles, barbed wire, typewriters, windmills, 1,100 tons of iron pipe, leather, shoes and dry goods. The men who manage the affairs of corporations are the only source from whom any information as to their condition can be had. That was well enough in the day of small things. It will not answer now, when the stocks of corporations are so extensively traded in and figure so largely in the wealth of the country. Better facilities for obtaining accurate information of the actual condition of corporations must be provided than those which exist now. There must be more publicity. NO. 29. LETTER TO THE FRONT, Wife Consoles Husband for Hardships on the Firing Line. Letters for the front are occasionally more interesting than letters from the front. The following is an intercepted letter: "197 Prince's Gate, S W.—My Indescribably Precious Darling—The further you are from me the more I like you, but I will not waste time in reproducing my feelings, for there are only a few minutes to spare to catch the mail. Do not imagine that I am neglecting you, but while you men are fighting the enemy abroad, we women are fighting each other at home, and while you are making your reputation in South Africa, you would be pained were your little wife to lose hers in South Kensington, would you not, dear? Bazars, concerts, theatrical performances and dances literally tumble over each other, and I am straining every nerve and sparing no expense to keep my name continually before the public. I am convinced that when you return as one of the most famous men in the army, you will find me one of the most notorious women in 'society.' But the way some of the women are behaving is abominable. It is said that charity begins at home; I shall be astonished if in some cases it does not end in the divorce court. Tom Noddy, who was engaged to me before you proposed, and whom mamma would not permit me to marry because he had no prospects, has succeeded to a title and a fortune and has returned from Australia. He says that while the women are organizing entertainments for the widows, he considers it to be his duty to organize entertainments for the grass-widows, and he therefore takes me frequently to luncheon, dinner or t.e. play when I am not already engaged. Is it not kind of him? There is some good in younger sons, especially when they become elder sons. Mamma has taken a great fancy to him; she says that he has improved amazingly since he has inherited a title and a fortune. He is devoted to you and is using all his influence at the war office to have you pushed continually to the front, so that you may have frequent opportunities for distinguishing yourself. Your devoted wife, Fridoline Frisk. P. S.—Tom Noddy has just called, and has offered to have this letter sent to you through the war office, so that it will be certain to reach you." Which probably explains how it came to be published in the columns of Truth.—London Truth. BARBER'S PRICES IN DAWSON. "Flixin's" Brought the Cost of Haircut and Shave Up to $12.50. A Chechawko lodged a complaint against a Dawson barber, complaining that he had been overcharged, robbed, as he put it. The barber replied coolly that the man had not been overcharged. The man swore that the barber had taken $12.50 worth of dust out of his bag, and the barber acknowledged the dust. "Do you mean to say that you charged this man $12.50 for a shave?" demanded the magistrate. "No," said the barber. "His nibs had fixin's. Here is my bill," he added, passing a scrap of brown paper over to the court. This, according to the court's testimony, was what was written: Hair cut, $1; hair singed, $1; egg shampoo, $1.50; hair tonic, 50 cents; bay rum, 50 cents; shave, 50 cents; wild hair removed from nose, $2.50; mustache dyed, $5; total, $12.50. The man, being cross-examined, said all these operations had been performed, but he supposed they all went with the shave. "No," interrupted the barber, "fixin's is extra," and he produced other barbers who testified to the correctness of the bill. The barber was discharged, and the Chechawko cautioned to ask the price of fixin's in the future, which he probably did. Frame House Falls Six Feet While the families of A. P. Levy and John Pelesky were eating their Sunday dinner the two-story frame house they occupied at 210 Belmont avenue left its foundation of piling and dropped six feet to the ground. None of the members of the families were injured. When the structure toppled those at the table scrambled to the exits, but before the doors could be reached the house reached terra firma and settled in a position that was afterward found to be exactly level. Firemen who were called out say if a carpenter's tool had been used a better job could not have been done. All of the crockery and glassware was ruined, and damage estimated at $500 was done to the house. It is thought that the foundation posts had rotted away.—Chicago Record. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Catholics, Protestants, Knights of I labor, Includes, 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 right 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 "SMART SET" AT CAPE TOWN. Even war, it seems, has come to be regarded by the English "smart set" as a pleasant stimulus to jaded nerves and a social relaxation after a dull season. The speeches of Sir Alfred Milner and of Surgeon Treves as to the doings of the "smart set" at Cape Town show a natural and perhaps not unwholesome irritation with this species of English visitors. Surgeon Treves does not mince matters, but feelingly refers to "the plague of women." By this strong and uncomplimentary term the surgeon explains that he has no intention to reflect discredit upon the noble women nurses and attendants, but upon "woman idlers, the majority of them 'society' or 'smart' people, who, yearning for new excitement, had come to South Africa to make a holiday." These people, the blunt doctor says, filled the hotels, so that a sick or wounded officer could not get accommodations; they made dinner parties and junketings, invaded the hospitals and interfered with the work of the medical staff, and in one case a surgeon was unable to see any of his patients "owing to the horde of busybody women who had made his hospital the show place for the day." FORESTRY COMMISSION. It is highly probable that the creation by congress of a forestry commission to inquire into the practicability of setting apart a certain portion of the northwestern Indian reservations as a national park will result at least in some more stringent legislation for the preservation of the pine lands in the proposed territory. The necessity of this was unhesitatingly acknowledged by the party of congressmen who visited the proposed national park last October. With equal readiness the congressmen recognized the desirability of establishing such a reserve for the people of the northwest. The only question remaining in their minds was that which it is proposed that the commission shall decide—its practicability. FAST TRAINS It is reported that during the experiment with the cigar-shaped train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad a run of eighteen miles was made in sixteen minutes. This was a very satisfactory showing for a first trial, being at the rate of sixty-seven and a half miles an hour, but a greater speed is expected by the inventor, and it will have to be attained in order to establish a record over the old style of construction. The rate has been exceeded in this country and it is pretty nearly equaled for long distances in the regular runs on certain French railroads. It seems, according to the Pall Mall Gazette, that the French companies have passed all rivals on the continent and left their English rivals in the lurch as well. IS OURS A CREDITOR COUNTRY? The Boersen Courier of Berlin is forced to the conclusion that America, meaning the United States, has developed permanently from a borrowing into a loaning country. The Courier may be correct in its conclusion, but the conclusion does not necessarily follow from the premises. These consist entirely of the fact that the apparent balance coming to the country on account of trade for the nine months ending with last March is $421,000,000 and the estimate that the interest on European capital invested in the United States cannot exceed $250,000,000 annually, while tourists' expenses and all other items of outgo cannot consume the balance. MERRITT LEAVES ACTIVE SERVICE. Major General Wesley Merritt virtually retired from the service on Thursday when he entered upon a leave of absence which will not terminate until about the time when his age will make retirement compulsory. There are few general officers who can claim to have seen more years of actual active campaigning than can Gen. Merritt. He has been a soldier for forty-five years, and during most of that time he could with more truth than has sometimes been the case with others date his dispatches from "headquarters in the saddle." MONEY VALUE OF GOOD ROADS. The Maryland Geological Survey for 1899 has made a careful estimate showing that it costs the people of that state $3,000,000 a year more to do their hauling over poor roads than it would cost if the roads were good. This tallies with the report made in 1895 by the Department of Agriculture showing that the average cost of hauling a ton load one mile in the United States was twenty-five cents, whereas the same load cost only one-third as much in European countries where there REV. ARTHUR C. M'GIFFERT. REV. ARTHUR C. M'GIFFERT. "OLD CONFUCIUS." PETTUS, THE OLDEST AND WITTIEST OF SENATORS. The Famous Alabaman One of the Most Popular Characters in the Upper House-Also the Senior in Years of Life. Senator Edward W. Pettus, of Alabama, is one of the most interesting figures in Congress. He is the oldest member of the upper house, having passed his 79th year, and because of his wise look and deliberate manner of speech has been called the Confucius of the Senate. But the venerable statesman is more youthful in spirit than in appearance. Recently he convulsed the Senate by a speech on the Porto Rican situation, which sparkled with humor and satire, and stamped the aged Alabaman as the wittiest man in the Senate. To most of his colleagues it was a revelation, but to a few who have "sat in" small games with "Old Confucius" it was no surprise. Senators and representatives who know him well have started card play and have supplied the stock of chips just to be able to hear the running comments of Senator Pettus upon whatever subjects came into his mind. His vein of quaint and philosophic humor bubbles continually. Senator Pettus was born in Limestone County, Alabama, in 1821. He A. EDWARD W. PETTUS. was a lieutenant in the Mexican war and in the civil war rose from major to brigadier general in the Confederate army. A lawyer by profession and a natural politician, he was always a delegate to Democratic national conventions and frequently presided over state conventions, but had little inclination for office holding. A few years ago, however, during Cleveland's last administration, he concluded that he would like to end his days as a United States judge. There was a vacancy in an Alabama district and he went to Washington to secure the aid of Senator Pugh, who had some influence with President Cleveland. Pugh looked over Pettus' long petition, but hesitated about signing it. "The President," he said, 'wants young men on the bench. You are too old." "I am not too old to be a Senator," responded Pettus, hotly, and returning to Alabama, announced his candidacy for the Senate to succeed Pugh, whose term was about to expire. The contest was one-sided. Pugh tried to stem the tide, but it was too late, and Pettus took his seat in the Senate. For those who like a change in stationery a tan bordering toward fawn color is in vogue. It is edged narrowly with white, red, yellow or blue, the REV. ARTHUR C. REV. ARTHUR C. Rev. Arthur Cushman McGiffert, whose alleged heretical teachings in a book entitled "A History of Christianity in the Apostolic Age," created such a profound sensation in religious circles, recently retired from the Presbyterian church to avoid a trial for heresy. He says he still adheres to his views, the most startling of which is the assertion that the Savior did not institute the communion at the last supper, but ecclesiastical strife is ```markdown ``` monogram matching this in color. The wax used for the seal should be of the same shade as the border and monogram, and indeed, is sold with the paper so as to match exactly. Heliotrope is also in color for those who like a change from white, and is seen with a narrow white border of solid color with the monogram a shade darker. Oblong envelopes continue to be the most fashionable shape, the paper being folded once.—New York Press. SALVATION ARMY Hires Hand Organs and Encroaches Upon the Regular Grinders. The Italian residents of America have hitherto regarded themselves as holding a monopoly of the hand organ business. At first they doubtless recognized the fact that they held it simply because nobody else wanted to play hand organs. The Italians were the only ones who had the necessary artistic temperament and were also willing to work so hard. In time they forgot their monopoly existed, not from any inherent right to it of their own, but because everybody else was willing they shoul have it. So they came to think that it was an exclusive birthright. And if ever there was a monopoly that deserved the title of a grinding monopoly this was it. But now an anti-monopoly, or anti-trust, or non-union organ grinder has begun to grind, and the Italians are finding that what they thought was an exclusive franchise for the streets of New York was only a figment of their imaginations. All laws go by the board when an army has to be supported, and the Salvation Army does not mean to let the imaginary prerogative of the Italian virtuosos stand in the way of its needs. Captain Effe Keller has hired an organ, and has ordered a recruit of her compnay to go with her and help her play it, and in this way they forage in the downtown streets and collect much copper and some nickel, which the Italians regard as their own.—New York Tribune. WAS A BIG OLIVE GROWER. Rev. Charles P. Loop Spent Fortune in Olive Orchard. The Rev. Charles F. Loop, one of the pioneers of Pomona valley and an early American resident of Santa Clara county, who recently died at his home in Pomona, Cal., at the age of 75 years, was one of the largest land owners in Pomona valley. He leaves an estate valued at about $1,000,000, says the San Francisco Chronicle. Mr. Loop was the best known olive grower in America. He spent a fortune and years of study and toil in developing olives suitable for California soils and climate. He went all over southern Europe in his search for the most suitable varieties of olives, for propagation in California. He imported the first olive trees of the present popular varieties and he was the first American to engage in olive growing as an industry. Probably no man in California has written so much about olives as the deceased. Mr. Loop went to California by an ox team in 1849, and settled in Santa Clara county. He was an intimate friend of Gen. John C. Fremont, who only a few months before he died visited Mr. Loop in Pomona. Mr. Loop was a very charitable man. Ten years ago he presented to Pomona a $5,000 marble statue, copied from the famous statue of Pomona in the Uffizzi gallery at Florence. He was a retired Episcopalian minister. It takes a successful artist to draw a large bank check. C. M'GIFFERT. C. M'GIFFERT. so abhorrent to him that he does not care to defend his theories in a church trial. Dr. McGiffert has been regarded as one of the most brilliant young men in the Presbyterian church. He is a native of Ohio and is 39 years old. After completing his studies in Germany, he filled a chair at Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, and after a year of service there went to Union Theological Seminary, the famous Presbyterian institution in New York, where he has remained ever since. 6 BILE IN THE BLOOD A Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. 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Bowel trouble causes more aches and pains than all other diseases together, and when you get a good dose of bilious bile coursing through the blood life's a hell on earth. Millions of people are doctoring for chronic ailments that started with bad bowels, and they will never get better till the bowels are right. You know how it is—you neglect—get irregular—first suffer with a slight headache—bad taste in the mouth mornings, and general "all gone" feeling during the day—keep on going from bad to worse untill the suffering becomes awful, life loses its charms, and there is many a one that has been driven to suicidal relief. Educate your bowels with CASCARETS. Don't neglect the slightest irregularity. See that you have one natural, easy movement each day. 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For rates and full information apply to C. H. HAMILTON & CO., General Agents, 114 James St., Seattle, Wn. PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP CO. The Large, New Steamship SENATOR Built in 1888 by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco, constructed of steel throughout, equipped with electric lights, cold storage plant, bathrooms and all modern conveniences. WILL SAIL FOR CAPE NOME From San Francisco May 14, at 11 a.m.; from Tacoma May 19, at noon; from Seattle, May 19, at 9 p.m. This is the best ship for those who wish to make a safe and comfortable trip and be first on the beach at Cape Nome. She has carried 1,676 men on a single trip from San Francisco to Manila, but on this trip to Cape Nome will be limited to 450 passengers. Passage engaged and map folders or other informa- tion furnished as any railroad office or on telegraph or written application to F. W. CARLETON, Agent, 907 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, Wash. 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PE NOME. passenger Steamship, "TACOMA." passenger accommodations, 100 first-class, 900 based from the government service as a troopship, hence and is the largest steamship in the Cape of May. & CO., Ltd., Headquarters Building. BREWERY. PACIFIC BREWING and MALTING CO. Owning and operating PUGET SOUND BREWERY, MIKWAUKEE BREWERY. PACIFIC MALT HOUSE. Tacoma, Wash. HOTEL. THE IRVING.. 553 South C Street. PETER IRVING Proprietor. TACOMA, WASH. HARDWARE. HUNT & MOTTET CO. 1501-3-5 Pacific Ave. Tacoma, Wash. Capital, $100,000. Fully paid. MINING SUPPLIES OUR SPECIALTY. If you are going to Cape Nome, our twelve years of experience in outfitting will benefit you. Any information gladly furnished. OALDWELL BROS. Tacoma, Wash. Engines, Boilers, Pumps and Supplies. BANKS. A. E. JOHNSON. President. H. E. KNATVOLD. Cashier. Scandinavian-American Bank. Berlin Building, Cor. Pacific Ave. and 11th St. CAPITAL, $100,000. General Banking transacted. Pays interest on time deposits. 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The city's progress was slow at first, but she has now entered on an era of prosperity which will undoubtedly prove lasting. It is on the established highway of the nations, the shortest route between the Occident and the Orient. It is the terminus of one of the greatest systems of railroads—the Northern Pacific—whose magnificent shops, wharves and other terminal conveniences cost nearly $9,000,000. The system radiates from Tacoma, one line to British Columbia, one through the center of the state to St. Paul, one branch to Portland, Oregon, and two others to the Pacific coast and harbors in the state of Washington. The panic stopped the construction of the Great Northern and Union Pacific railroads to this city, but no doubt they will come, as they expended $2,000,000 on grades between Tacoma and Portland. Tacoma is situated on the shores of the sound, at an elevation of about 200 feet, and is covered by a forest of primeval giants, many of them piercing the sky to an elevation of 250 feet. This park is being intelligently treated to retain all its natural beauty possible. The scenery in Tacoma is unequaled in any city in America, and by but few in the world. The deep waters of Puget sound which encompass it on two sides are of a beautiful blue. Extending for hundreds of miles beyond is a range of snow-clad mountains, the counterpart of the Oberland Alps of Switzerland. Their serrated and snow-covered crests present in the morning and evening a picture of beauty which is indescribable. On the other side of the city is a lofty range of mountains and in front rises majestically, a high peak, whose entire proportion can be seen from this city so clearly that it seems only a mile or two away, though it is sixty miles distant. This grand monarch is eternally covered with snow. This mountain rises from the water's edge at Tacoma almost imperceptible for miles until it reaches the limits of perpetual snow, from whence it becomes a mountain peak nearly three miles high, which challenges the best class of expert mountain climbers to scale. The interesting features of Mt. Tacoma would take weeks to explore; Mt. Blanc, in Switzerland, can be exhausted in a few days. It is difficult to write truthfully about the state of Washington and the city of Tacoma without writing enthusiastically, but there is no statement made in this article which cannot be substantiated. No city of the same size in the United States has the same things, well established, which undoubtedly build great cities. Commencing at the very boundary of the city is a forest, covering 20,000,000 acres, of the most valuable timber in the world, because it can be used for more purposes than any other timber. Thirty miles from the city limits commence coal fields, as extensive as those of Pennsylvania. Tacoma is the wheat shipping port of the state. Wheat is shipped there as cheaply as it is possible to ship it at any place in the world. Trains and cars run by an easy grade, on solid ground, until they arrive above a four-story warehouse. Grain is discharged into these warehouses by chutes, and from there pass by electrically run appliances into the vessel. The wheat, and that which is ground into flour in this city, goes to China, Japan and Europe. Thirty miles from the city commences the mineral district, and from what is known at present, after a great deal of You know all about it. You are a perfect slave to your work. It's rush through the day and worry through the night. There's no time to eat and no time to sleep. Already you have nervous dyspepsia, nervous sick headache, and neuralgia. Your food distresses you. You suffer from terrible depression. The outlook is dark and forbidding. You feel sure there is but one termination to this— money has been spent in prospecting, little doubt remains but that the state of Washington will be the richest copper district in the world. There are also gold and silver mines which are giving indications of enormous richness. Iron, lead, gypsum, handsome building stone, sulphur and a great many other things which, indeed, make a combination in no place equaled, are found in paying quantities. The valleys on Puget sound are as rich as any in the world. Hope grow here wonderfully. Not far from the city are large hop fields, the product of which goes direct to England; anything which can be raised in a temperate climate can be raised in this part of the country and are unsurpassed. Apples are noted for their beauty and quality. There is no better country for dairies. Fisheries will in time be one of the greatest sources of wealth. The climate is the most healthful, as is shown by the government returns. Tacoma has had the last two years a death rate of six and seven in a thousand, which is the lowest rate of any in the United States. The city is well located for carrying on an extensive manufacturing and shipping business, at the same time affording such delightful places for homes so nearly adjoining. The Tacoma of today is a city built upon a bluff, terraced from the water to about 300 feet high. Then comes a level country for miles, which is as beautiful a natural park as one could desire. There is no street in Tacoma that is less than eighty feet wide. Its alleys are forty feet wide. It has noble avenues 100 feet wide. In the center of the city is a beautiful park of some thirty-five acres, which, though only some few years old, shows evidence of great care and is adorned with statuary. Five miles from the center of the city is one of the noblest parks in the world, of nearly 1,000 acres. This is essentially an educational city. Seventeen school houses, beside private schools, colleges and academies, and our public schools are noted for their excellence; seventy-one churches testify to the moral character of the city. This is the acknowledged music and art center of the Northwest. Tacoma is noted for its beautiful homes and for its wonderful wealth of flowera. The rose carnival is an annual festival here, and is made successful by the abundance of roses we have. It has sixty-two and a half miles of electric and cable roads. Tacoma has a large number of factories, employing 7,000 men. Tacoma has consular representatives from England, Germany, France, Chile, Peru and Japan. The Northern Pacific railroad has seventy miles of side track in the city, which is being increased to accommodate the rapidly growing trade of that road. The largest and finest docks and warehouses on the coast are on Tacoma's waterfront. Now these features are common to many places with fine harbors and trade established with foreign countries, but where is such a city on the Atlantic seaboard which has the crude material for manufacturing at its very door, and has abundance of coal and water power almost within sight of its walls, streams which combined will furnish power, almost, if not quite, equal to that of Niagara Falls? Tacoma is the only city that has this combination. The coal is a very fine bituminous coal of many grades. It makes as good coke, I am informed, as the Cennellsville coke. Coke ovens are established within fifty feet of the main lines of the Northern Pacific railroad. Trains can be run from any of the mines to the coal bunkers at Tacoma by gravitation. We have magnificent coal bunkers, run by electricity, with a capacity of 22,000 tons. 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The finest and best-appointed clubrooms in the Pacific northwest are those of the Bohemlan club at Tacoma. John J. McMillan always has on hand a fine line of imported Key West cigars, Scotch whiskies and Canadian ryes. The big store at the St. Paul and Tacoma Mill company is one of the big mercantile establishments in this city. A stock of $250,000 worth of goods is carried, and almost any article required can be found. Mr. W. E. Bronson is the manager. F. A. Kimball of Tacoma is a wholesale and retail dealer in guns, ammunition, fishing tackle, baseball, golf, lawn tennis, athletic and gymnasium goods. His store is the headquarterse for Snell, Imperial and Clipper bicycles; Morgan & Wright, Chase and Goodrich tires. Correspondence invited. You should not go to Nome without a tent. I. M. Larsen of 1519 Pacific avenue, Tacoma, carries a full line of tents, awnings and sails. Fawcett Bros., Tacoma, do a general business in farming wagons, implements and seeds. Besides their Tacoma store they have branch stores at Seattle, New Whatcom and North Yakima, and are also interested in the Fawcett Wagon company of Tacoma. If you are going to Cape Nome you should call upon or correspond with the Hunt & Mottet company, who will gladly give you the benefit of their experience in outfitting. 1501-1503-1505 Pacific avenue, Tacoma, Wash. The Puget Sound Iron and Steel works employs 200 men and its payroll is $10,000 monthly. Last year its force was sixty men and its payroll $3,000. Its output in one year has run up from $150,000 to $400,000. Another great manufacturing industry which is a source of continual profit to Tacoma is the firm of Wheeler, Osgood & Co. This company operates the largest factory for the manufacture of doors, sashes, moldings and house finishings of all kinds on the Pacific coast, and transacts annually a business the most extensive in its line. The products are shipped to all parts of the eastern and western states, to Australia, the islands, Japan and China, Central and South America, South Africa, England, Germany, etc. W. C. Wheeler, the president and manager, saw the promising location which the tide flats of Tacoma offered for any manufacturing enterprise, so in 1889 he established a small factory near the St. Paul and Tacoma lumber mill. The business at first was merely local, but grew by leaps and bounds, covering outside and foreign trade. The plant is now very large and complete in every detail, the door capacity being 400 per day, with everything on a corresponding scale. Malcolm E. Gunston is one of the leading real-estate dealers of Tacoma. He handles real estate in all its branches, collects rents and takes care of property for non-residents. Investments made, taxes paid and insurance handled. His offices are 502, 503, 504 Equitable building. The market of Frye, Bruhn company is the largest in Tacoma. They are the wholesale dealers in beef, pork, mutton, veal, tallow and neatsfoot oil, and curers of the "F. B. C." brand of hams and bacon. Address, 1316 Pacific avenue, Tacoma, Wash. The German Bakery makes the best bread, cakes and pies in Tacoma. R. Knabel, proprietor. In outfitting for Nome you should not neglect to supply yourself with warm underwear. Dr. Jaeger's Sanitary Underwear is carried in full line by Fleetwood & Co., 940 Pacific avenue, Tacoma. The Standard steam laundry is the leading steam laundry in Tacoma. Edith Moon is the proprietor. The Washington Machinery Depot carries a large line of stationary, portable and marine engines and boilers, centrifugal-pumps and wood-working machinery, and are dealers in mining and hoisting machinery, gasoline engines and mill supplies. Mr. C. O. Bosse is manager. The Standard House Furnishing company carry furniture, carpets, draperies, stoves, crockery also and kitchen ware. They are the agents for the St. Clair steel ranges and stoves. Goods sold on easy payments. 905, 907 and 909 C street, Tacoma. The Wm. B. Coffee Plumbing company is the leading establishment of its kind in Tacoma. The store they occupy at 1015 A street has a frontage of 25 feet and a depth of 125 feet. They carry a very large stock on hand and receive such goods as sewer pipe by the carload. They employ fourteen men the year around. The firm has the reputation of being the most progressive in the West. Dickson Brothers, coming to Tacoma in 1883, from Sacramento, Cal., have built up an enviable business and made a fortune for themselves by their untiring application to details and by their uniform courtesy and fair dealing with their customers. The name of Dickson Brothers is as closely connected with clothing, shoes and men's furnishings in Tacoma as that of Wanamaker in New York and Philadelphia with dry goods. Otto B. Roeder, 1209 Pacific avenue, carrles on a real estate business. He has business and residence property acreage suitable for additions and improved farms for sale. He makes a specialty of timber and farming land, and also has for sale coal, copper and gold mines. Edwin Miller Cornice and Roofing Co., 1114 Railroad avenue. Galvanized iron, cornice and composition roofing manufacturers. The Tacoma Carriage and Baggage Transfer company, office corner Tenth and A streets, does a general transfer business. Hand your checks for baggage to our messengers, who will meet you on all incoming trains. First-class livery in connection. That Washington is abreast of the times in musical education is attested by the fact that D. S. Johnston, of Tacoma, sold over one thousand pianos and organs in 1889. Washington is the state in which to raise and educate a family. Four years ago Ben Haverkamp put the State Seal brand of cigars upon the market in Tacoma. The cigar "caught on." The business began to increase and as a result he employs more clear makers than any other factory north of San Francisco. The Fidelity Rent and Collection company, with offices at 115 South Eleventh street, Berlin building, do a general rent and collection business and handle property for non-residents. The Cape York cataract gold extractor practically saves all the flour and nugget gold, using only a small quantity of water, and needing only two men to operate it. For further information call or write Thomas McDonald, 109 South Eleventh street, Tacoma, Wash. The Pacific Cold Storage company of Tacoma, Wash., has branch cold storage plants at Nome City and Dawson. They own the refrigerator steamer Ellhu Thomson, which plies between Tacoma, Seattle and all Alaska ports. one of the largest concerns on Puget sound, and its goods are being sold all over Western Washington. A large number of hands are employed and a great quantity of sugar and syrups are used. FREE GOVERNMENT LANDS. There are still thousands of acres of government lands in the states of Washington and Oregon, also prairie and timber lands near railroad or water communication, that can be bought for $5 per acre and upwards. Finest climate in the United States. No failure of crops. If you wish to raise grain or the finest stock on earth, you will find locations in these two states where you can do this to perfection. Take your choice. I have no lands for sale,but if you want information where it is best to locate, call on me when in St. Paul or write me at corner Third and Rosabel streets, St. Paul, Minn. ONE NIGHT TO DENVER Via Chicago, Union Pacific & Northwestern line. "Colorado special" leaves Chicago 10 every morning, arriving Denver 1:20 the next afternoon, Colorado Springs and Manitou same evening. No change of cars. All meals in dining cars. Another fast train at 10:30 p. m. daily. New book, "Colorado," illustrated, mailed on receipt of four cents postage. 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LL kalsomines are cheap, temporary preparations made from whiting, chalks, clays, etc., and stuck on walls with decaying animal glue. ALABASTINE is not a kalsomine. EWARE of the dealer who says he can sell you the "same thing" as ALABASTINE or "something just as good." He is either not posted or is trying to deceive you. ND IN OFFERING something he has bought cheap and grles to sell on ALABASTINE'S demands, he may not realize the damage you will suffer by a kalsomine on your walls. ENSIRLE dealers will not buy a lawsuit. Dealers risk one by selling and consumers by using infringement. Alabastine Co. own right to make wall coating to mix with cold water. HE INTERIOR WALLS of every church and school should be coated only with pure, durable ALABASTINE. It safeguards health. Hundreds of tons used yearly for this work. N BUYING ALABASTINE, customers should avoid getting cheap kalsomines under different names. Insist on having our goods in packages and properly labeled. UISANCE of wall paper is obviated by ALABASTINE. It car, be used on plastered walls, wood cellings, brick or canvas. A child can brush it on. It does not rub or scale off. STABLISHED in favor. Shun all imitations. Ask paint dealer or druggist for tint card. Write us for interesting booklet. free. ALABASTINE CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. LOOK OUT! For your family's comfort and your own. HIRES Rootbeer will contribute more to it than tons of ice and a gross of fana. 5 gallons for 25 cents. Write for list of premiums offered free for labels. CHARLES E. MIRES CO. Malvern, Pa. Farmers: If you want the BEST and most RELIABLE goods in the market, ask your dealers for "AJAX DYNAMITE," and if not sold by them write us for prices and book on Dynamit and Stump Blasting that will be of value to you. Do not be deceived by what may be offered you as "Just as Good." Get our prices on Guaranteed goods. Postage Stamps in Books on Sale. The first consignment of postage stamps issued in books has arrived at the Chicago postoffice. The consignment consisted of 500 books of twelve stamps each, 200 books of twenty-four stamps, and fifty books of forty-eight stamps. These are now on sale at the postoffice, and will be distributed at once to the stations and substations in the city. The books are small and convenient for carrying in the pocket. At present the department is issuing stamps of the 2-cent denomination only. These are sold at an advance of 1 cent on the stamp value of each book, to cover cost of manufacture. The pages are of six stamps each, interleaved with paraffined paper to prevent premature adhesion.—Chicago Inter Ocean. Victoria in Military Costume In the earliest years of her reign the queen was accustomed to view her troops mounted on a charger dressed in military costume. Two months after her accession, mounted on a gray charger, she wore a trim blue cloth coat and skirt with a star on the breast, and a round cap with a peak ornamented with a deep gold band, in reviewing for the first time the Household troops at Windsor. Later on the queen was dressed in a long habit with a cutaway jacket and a large hat ornamented with military plumes.—Scottish American. Conjugating a Verb. A United States consul recently returned here gives the following account of how English is taught in the French schools. "Jean, you will stand up," said the master to his brightest pupil upon the occasion of the consul's visit. "Now conjugate the verb 'I have a gold mine.'" "I have a gold mine," responded the bright pupil, with scarcely an accent, "Thou has a gold thine, he has a gold hisen, we have a gold ourn, you have a gold yourn, they have a gold theirn." During the volcanic eruption in the Hawaiian islands last summer the smoke rose to a height of between five and six miles and then drifted away to the northeast. At a distance of 600 miles from Hawaii it settled upon the surface of the sea and was then carried back by the northeast wind to its place of origin, where it arrived a fortnight after its original departure and covered the entire group of islands with its heavy pall. Ring in Love and Witchcraft The ring has figured not only in domestic concerns—in affairs of love and witchcraft—but in church and state. The Greeks of ancient days elevated the ring from a mere bauble to a sentimental distinction, and ever since that time the ring has assumed a significance accorded to no other article of personal adornment. By them it was regarded as a type of eternity and became the emblem of stability and affection. Little Did He Think "Ah," sighed the long-haired passenger, "how little we know of the future and what it has in store for us!" "That's right," rejoined the man with the auburn whiskers in the seat opposite. "Little did I think some thirty years ago, when I carved my initials in the old country school house that I would some day grow up and fail to become famous."—Chicago News. Railway Accidents. There were 2,431 train accidents in the United States in 1899, against 2,228 in 1998. The killed numbered 589, and the injured 2,061. This exceeds the total killed and wounded in the Philippines during the eighteen months ended Dec. 31, 1899. the excess in killed being 24 per cent and in wounded 11 per cent. Membranous Croup Name as Diphtheria. Philadelphia physicians now must report cases of membranous croup. The Philadelphia board of health, considering diphtheria and membranous croup to be identical diseases, has adopted a resolution that all cases of this kind of croup be considered and recorded as diphtheria. Resources of South America Competent authorities assert that South America has greater undeveloped resources than any other section of the world. Any crop grown elsewhere can be duplicated there; and the country abounds in mines of coal, silver and gold, most of which have been only slightly developed. Reporter—"How did your assistant nappen to fall from the parachute " Aeronaut—"He belonged to the union." Reporter—"What did that have to do with it?" Aeronaut—"He was two miles up when he heard a whistle blow and thought it was time to quit work." Baltimore American. New York's Heavy Expense Account. Gross expenses of the state of New York, in the year 1899, it is computed, amounted to $25,000,000, of which nearly ten per cent was necessary to pay the deficit of departments which exceeded in 1898, or in previous years, the appropriation made for them. Four Stages of Lacemaking. Lacemaking, like its sister arts, has passed through four stages of designs—the medieval, geometrical, renaissance and rococo. It attained its greatest perfection toward the end of the eighteenth century. 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 their 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 THE BROAD AX, 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, 1899. 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. July 15th, 1899. 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 mankind in general. While he is thus engaged I bespeak for him the hearty support of all loyal and true friends of Demo-essacy. Respectfully. Carter M. Harrison 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. Chairman Democratic State Central Committee of Illinois. NOTICE. All friends and readers of The Broad Ax, who have relatives or friends visiting 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 all such news items will find their way into its columns. But do not 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 no one should, marvel, if they fail to observe a notice in The Broad Ax. Ladies of culture know that the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow is the purest and best remedy to straighten the hair and make it pliable and beautiful. Sold over forty years and has never disappointed the most fastidious. Try a bottle and you will appreciate its superiority. Only 50 cenis per bottle at druggists. Beware of imitations. The genuine and original is made only by Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wabash avenue, Chicago. FOR SALE. A lovely six-room cottage, modern improvements, lot 25 by 125, located on Elizabeth street, near Sixty-Seventh, Price, $1,200. $150 cash, balance to sult purchaser. This is a bargain. Any one desiring to secure a cosy little home should avail themselves of this opportunity. For further information address Julius F. Taylor, 5040 Armour avenue. Jones—"Curry is an awful unfortunate fellow." Jackson—"That so?" Jones—"Yes; he snores so loud that he always wakes the baby; then the baby cries so loud he wakes Curry, so they have to walk together."—Tid-Bits. JOHN E. OWENS Attorney at Law, SUITE 621 ASHLAND BLOCK, 59 S. Clark Street, CHICAGO. ALBERT B. GEORGE LAWYER. 423 Ashland Block, Chicago. — Tel. M. 2025. — Tel. Wentworth 518 Office Hours: 8.30 a. m. to 8.30 p. m. BEAUREGARD F. MOSELY LAWYER BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS A SPECIALTY. SUITE 1 AND 2 6256 HALSTED STREET CHICAGO GOR. HALSTED & 63RD STS. DR. JOSEPH JEFFREY, Physician and Surgeon, 4858 Dearborn Street. CHICAGO Hours: 8-10 a. m., 2-4, 6-8 p. m. DR. WM. H. DAVIS, Chiropidist, TREATMENT PAINLESS. Promp Attention given to Calls at Your Residence or Place of Business. 5012 Fifth Avenue, Chicago CANDY... Try the inimitable fine and pure candies, the best in the city for 15c., 25c. and 40c. per pound. All put up in beautiful boxes, suitable for presents. GUNTHER'S CONFECTIONERY 212 STATE STREET. MRS. LAURA CAILEY. FURNISHED ROOMS FOR STRANGERS & TRAVELERS THEATRICAL HEADQUARTERS. Cheap rates and good accommodations. 506 State St., 2d floor, Chicago, Ill Room 28. P. J. FLYNN Wholesale and Retail Dealer in HARD and SOFT COAL WOOD AND KINDLING YARDS, Cor. 47th and Wabash R. R. 67th and Eastern Ill. R.R. Branch Office. 3301 Wentworth av. HORSES. We pay the highest prices for horses for killing purposes. Will call. Telephone South 1005. McDONALD. 3234 Wentworth ave. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE Forty acro chicken farm, 27 miles from Chicago, 1/2 mile from railroad stations. Fine grove 15 acres surrounding buildings, which consist of 8-room hous, frame, 2 baras, chicken house and poultry yard. Fine hog house and other outbuildings. 25 acres in crop this year. Hay, corn, oats, potatoes and beans. Price clear of incumbrance $4,000. Buildings alone cost $2,500. Will exchange for clear property in Chicago. If you have anything to offer, call or address The Broad Ax, 5040 Armour avenue. 94 ACRE FARM FOR SALE. Three miles from Geneva Junctiona, six miles from Lake Geneva. 94 acres in Walworth county, lies all in cultivation, good house, barn and outbuildings. 20 head milch cows. 20 head hogs. 500 chickens, 100 turkeys, 50 ducks, 3 hear horses, all farming tools and this years crops. Price $75 per acre. Crops last year over $1,200 net. Crop this year over $1,500. Sell cream $5 per day now. If you desire to purchase this elegant farm to indicate by addressing The Broad Ax. AGENTS WANTED. The Broad Ax desires to secure active agents and correspondents in all sections of the country. Liberal commissions will be paid. For terms and further particulars address The Broad Ax, 5040 Armour avenue, Chicago. 51st Street and Armour Avenue... Residence, 5045 Michigan Boul., CHICAGO. J. F. KENNY, 5533 Green St. Tel. Yards 663 KENNY & CO., Undertakers and Livery, Open Day and Night. Lady Assistant . . . 5438 SOUTH HALSTED ST. Estimates and Specifications Furnished . . . Prompt Attention Given to Jobbing C. J. BOYD, Practical Plumber and Gas fitter Steam and Hot Water Heating, Iron and Tile Drainage . . . Telephone Yards 914. 709 WEST 47TH STREET. Telephone Yards 797 Residence, 113 Garfield B4. JOHN FITZGERALD JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 4787 S. HALSTED STREET, .....CHICAGO H. C. McINTOSH, COOK COUNTY JUSTICE... OFFICE, ROOM 616, ASHLAND BLOCK, Telephone Main 2711. HENRY STUCKART HARDWARE, STOVES and FURNITURE 2511-2519 ARCHER AVENUE ONE BLOCK WEST OF HALSTED ST. JOBBING A SPECIALTY. ...TELEPHONE SOUTH 382... THE FALSE STAR. The agitation of the Mormon question has naturally aroused some interest in the minds of all classes of people throughout the United States, and much has been written lately, both pro and con, on Utah and the Mormons. The latest literary contribution in that di- THE FALSE STAR BY A D GANE rection is "The False Star," by A. D. Gash, which deals with Mormonism in all of its ramifications. We will send this wonderful book, which is printed by the W. B. Conkey Company, and sells for $1.25, and The Broad Ax for one year to any address in the United States, for $2.50. Agents wanted everywhere. Address all communications to Julius F. Taylor, Editor and Publisher of The Broad Ax, 5040 Armour avenue, Chicago, Ill. GOLD WATCH FREE Anyone sending us ten yearly subscribers to The Broad Ax, or 20 subscribers for six months, we will present them with this beautiful goldfilled watch, fitted with New York standard movement, and warranted for five years, either ladies' or gents'. NAPOLEON This is a splendid opportunity to catch on if you desire to obtain a gold watch free. In all cases the cash must accompany the list of subscribers. Send for sample copies of The Broad Ax, go to work and earn a watch. Address The Broad Ax, 5040 Armour ava, Chicago, Ill. ```markdown ``` Hon.W.J.Bryan's Book Hon.W.J.Bryan's Book ALL who are interested in furthering the sale of Hon. W. J. Bryan's new book should correspond immediately with the publishers. The work will contain Mr. Bryan has announced his intention of devoting one-half of all royalties to furthering the cause of bimetallism. There are already indications of an enormous sale. Address W. B. 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The results of the campaign of 1896. A review of the political situation . . Carefully prepared, placed in the proper medium, and regularly carried out are sure to bring success. Perhaps you doubt it Give it a trial in these columns and you will be convinced. S YOU ARE READING This "ad." this very moment, are you not? You KNOW it is an advertisement, yet you read it; we all read it. If YOUR "ad." occupied this space it would be read and bring you good results. Try it and be convinced. 105