The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. VOL. V. THE POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE NEGRO. Shortly before the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, one by one the slaveholding states began to withdraw from the Union. But it must be remembered to the credit of President James Buchanan, that he denied their right to secede, and he insisted upon the right to enforce the execution of all the Laws in all the States, and he earnestly urged upon Congress the duty of arming him with the power to do this; but to its everlasting discredit it paid no attention to his wishes, requests or demands, but at the time Congress and the people even until this day never tire in condemning and upbraiding President Buchanan for his non-action in those dark and dismal hours. It seemed that when the people residing in the Northern States observed that the movement in the South was something more than wind and bluster, they became alarmed and bewildered. The "New York Tribune," "The Albany Evening Journal" and many other leading Republican organs, East and West declared that "coercion, if it were possible, is out of the question, and they condemned it as "madness," they counseled conciliation and further concessions to the demands of slavery. The "New York Tribune" disowned it and even after the cotton States had formed their Confederacy and adopted a Provisional Government the Tribune emphatically declared that "whenever it shall be clear that the great body of the Southern people have become conclusively alienated from the Union and anxious to escape from it, we will do our best to forward their views, for we hope never to live in a republic whereof one section is pinned to the other by bayonets." In the meantime, great meetings were held in Philadelphia and New York, and those who attended them strongly condemned the Abolitionists, and urged the most extravagant additional concessions to slavery for the sake of peace. On the 12th of January, 1861, William H. Seward, who became Mr. Lincoln's Secretary of State, made his great speech in the United States Senate, declaring that he could "afford to meet prejudice with conciliation, exaction with concession which surrenders no principle, and violence with the right hand of Peace." He was willing to give up Congressional prohibition of slavery in the Territories, enforce the Fugitive Slave law, and perpetuate slavery in the Republic by amending the Constitution for that purpose. The Crittenden compromise, which practically surrendered everything to those who were in favor of slavery, only failed in the Senate by one vote, and that was caused by several Southern Senators who refused to vote because they were so perfectly devil-bent upon destroying the Union that they would not listen to any terms of compromise or permit their adoption, but if they had it would have been much worse for the negro, and the chances are that our flag, the boasted emblem of liberty, would still be floating over slaves in every portion of the Republic. The Peace Congress, assembled upon the eve of the inauguration of Mr. Lincoln for the purpose of devising some means of national pacification, and it agreed upon a series of measures covering substantially the same ground as the Crittenden compromise, while both houses of Congress agreed to a constitutional amendment denying any power to interfere with slavery "until every State in the Union, by its individual State action, shall consent to its exercise." To the very last, the old medicine of compromise and conciliation seemed to be the sovereign hope of the people of the free States, and although it had failed utterly, and every offer of friendship and peace had been spurned by the advocates of slavery, nevertheless the great majority of the people living in the North—in fact all of them outside of the real true friends of the negro, the Abolitionists—fervently hoped and prayed that there would be no civil war upon this continent on account of the negro, for they considered that he was not worth fighting over. that with few exceptions the northern people cared nothing for the rights of the negro? and even today how many of them are perfectly willing to permit him to enjoy all the rights which they themselves enjoy? Yet at the very same time they loudly complain against the southern people for not according fair treatment to the negro; and does it not further clearly prove that the Republican party was not organized for the special purpose of interfering with slavery, and that neither it nor its leaders ever dreamed of liberating the negro? (To be continued.) OLD GLORY. "O Liberty, what crimes," etc. Teddy Roosevelt in a Century Magazine article would fain make us believe this is a government of equality, except, perhaps, in our big towns. Now, there is no nation on the earth where inequality has grown so rapidly as here. Everything favors the rich and well off at the expense of the poor and industrious. One class, the rich, can enjoy all the advantages of travel, growing cultured, refined and intelligent, and able to control all political movements at conventions and manage the legislation at State and national capitals, while the great masses are compelled to stay at home in one eternal round. And, bear in mind, these effects are cumulative in a kind of geometrical ratio—making the few more significant and powerful and the many weaker and more impotent. The railroad monopoly, by its enormous charges, has done more to divide us in two classes than all other influences combined. The average number of passengers carried and the receipts for the same show that the railroads receive about fifty cents per capita from each passenger, so that if the roads were to charge fifty cents per ticket, regardless of distance, say after the first thirty miles, they must have increased their receipts infinitely. It is evident, then, that the combine of rich railroad men has an object in preventing travel by the people. Many of them have openly declared their hostility to encouragement of travel among the people as tending to make them discontented. You see that already we have a governing class that affects to control us for our own good. This article of Teddy's reminds us of times before the war down South, where on Fourth of Julys at every village and crossroads liberty poles were put up, with "Freedom's banner floating o'er us," and every howling political demagogue boasted in roaring tones of our fair land of liberty and equal rights, and the loud cannons split the clouds, "bespeaking earthly thunder"—that, too, in regions where nine souls out of ten were slaves, bought, sold and driven like cattle, and full half of the one-tenth were degraded and brutalized by the slavery of the masses. Strange, wasn't it? Man is indeed a wonderful wild fowl. C. WHO FOOTS THE BILL? The argument for pensioning the disabled laborer has a thousand times more force in the eye of common sense than the argument for pensioning the soldier. Were the laborers in almost any department to abandon their places society must suffer and in some cases all traffic must cease. The daily supplies on which great cities depend would no longer be received and riots, arsons, robberies and murders would soon depopulate all the great centres of industry and populations. Yet the prospect to pension the laborer is laughed to scorn by the witless simpletons who eagerly favor such grants to those who enlist in armies. And now at last comes the proposition in Congress to pension the discharged civil servants on half pay—that is several hundred dollars per year, while even the war-worn veteran, crippled of a hand, gets barely two hundred and the ordinary pensioner barely one hundred dollars. This proposal comes from Mr. Boutell of Illinois, a man chosen by the people under our government of equality. The thing will be done in time. It is in the line of our march since our nation began. All is to be divided out among the idlers, while the millions who tail are to be kept down under military rule. Well, we deserve it for our tame submission. If you say this is going too far and people will CHICAGO, MAY 19. 1900. object it only shows how blind you have been as to what has been doing the past forty years. If you put a new set in power, do you believe they will begin in earnest to deprive themselves of all the good things their predecessors have prepared for the next party that comes in to enjoy? The heir presumptive may growl at the usurptions of the king, but if he himself shall ever come into power—"Oh, that is another thing, entirely." Already great pensions and high privileges are granted by law to several hundred of our aristocracy. Who pays for it all? The man with the hoe and pick, et al. THOMAS GALLAGHER. Among the various gentlemen who have been mentioned or suggested as THE HON. THOMAS Vice-President of the Board of Education and elected President of the Board 1 Vice-President of the Board of Education, who is likely to be nominated and elected President of the Board of Cook County Commissioners. being eminently fitted to receive the nomination for president of the Board of County Commissioners, it is our candid opinion, that none of them are better equipped to serve or act in that capacity than the Hon. Thomas Gallagher, vice-president of the Board of Education, who is known throughout Chicago and Cook County. Mr. Gallagher has a clean record. He has honorably served in the city council, but he was no grafter nor did he play the strong arm act upon the people, like some of the chuckle-heads and humbskulls who preceeded him and who now occupy seats in that body. For many years Mr. Gallagher was engaged in the gent's furnishing business and by honest and square dealing he conducted an enormous business, and the name of Thomas Gallagher became familiar to every man, woman and child on the west side. As a first-class business man he succeeded in accumulating considerable means and we want to halt one moment and say, that no man is capable of conducting public affairs unless he knows how to manage his own affairs, and Mr. Gallagher has been successful in that direction, and that is the reason why The Broad Ax favors him for president of the Board of County Commissioners, and the further fact that he deports himself like a true gentleman. No member of the Board of Education has done more to advance and improve the educational facilities this great city than Mr. Gallagher, and he is friendly to the Afro-Americans and is interested in their advancement and improvement, and thousands of them would support Thomas Gallagher for president of the Board of County Commissioners. ```markdown ``` THE APRON BAZAAR A GREAT SUCCESS. It is no exaggeration to say, that the Apron Bazaar which was concluded last Wednesday night, under the auspices of the Phyllis Wheatly Club was the most successful of any similar bazaar ever held, not only in this city but in any other section of this broad land. Its success is attributed largely to the fact that women residing in all parts of the country, generously responded to the request of the club to prepare and forward their delicate and artistically made aprons for the occasion. Through the great amount of energy displayed by Mrs. L. A. Davis, president of the club, and the untiring efforts put forth by her able assistants 175 aprons were collected and exhibited MAS GALLAGHER, tion, who is likely to be nominated board of Cook County Commissioners. and the proceeds derived from disposing of the aprons was $53.00. Each and every member of the club desire to extend their warmest thanks to the following ladies and all others who contributed to the success of the bazaar: Mrs. Brister, Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Miner, Fredrick, Md., Mrs. Geo. Pick, Milwaukee, Wis., Mrs. T. H. Lyles, St. Paul, Minn., Phyllis Wheatly Club, Nashville, Tenn., Mrs. Julia A. Gibson, Peoria, Ill., Miss Della Vance, New Albany, Ind., Mrs. Nellie Solberg, San Francisco, Cal., Woman's Improvement Club, Louisville, Ky., Mrs. Ella Harris, Kingfisher, O. T., Mrs. Louise Owens, Zion City, O. T., Mrs. Ed. Smith, Mr. Charles Smith, Evanston, Ill., Mrs Nancy Pieruarl, Mrs. George Lewere, Mrs. C. F. Johnson, Miss Fannie Alexander, Knoxyille, Tenn., Mrs. Harry Shepard, St. Paul, Minn., Mrs. W. P. Jones, Muchakinock, Iowa, Sadie Jones, Mason City, Iowa, Mrs. Paulina Spradling, Eminence, Ky., Mrs. Williams, Lexington, Ky., Miss Georgia Nugent, Louisville, Ky., Mrs. Hettie Irvine, Kingman, Ala., Mrs. H. L. Lewis, Cincinnati, O., Miss Susie M. King, Lexington, Ky., Mrs. Coles, Italy, Mrs. Fannie Kennett, Elgin, Ill., Mrs. Alice Robinson, Pittsburg, Pa., Misses Sweety and Effle Greenway, Muscatine, Iowa, Miss Martha Carter, Milwaukee, Wis., Miss Nora Motts, Washington, Iowa, Miss Martha Lee, Washington, D. C., Mrs. N. L. Black, Washington, Iowa, Mrs. Emma Gray and daughter, Haddock Station, Ga., Mrs. Lizzie Enty, Philadelphia, Pa., Mrs. Kate Jordan, Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. I. E. Williamson, Des Moines, Iowa, Miss Emma Johnson, Peoria, Ill., Mrs. N. Lee, Van Wert, O., Mrs. M. Starkes, president Peoria Woman's Club, Mrs. Had- ```markdown ``` HOLT. ley, Kenilworth, Ill., and Mrs. Harris, Dwight, Ill. The last night of the bazaar was greatly enjoyed by the large throng which attended it. Mrs. Eliza Harris deserves much commendation for entertaining the friends of the club with a select musical program which was participated in by Miss Virgie Gibson, piano solo; Geo. W. Henderson, vocal solo; Miss Gertie Randall, vocal solo; instrumental solo, Miss Josie Prior; recitation, Miss Clara Green. Mrs. M. B. Jackson, Mrs. Anna Tucker, Mrs. Stella Collins, Mrs. Alice Flower and Mrs. Pearl Carlmore had charge of the refreshments and they performed their task to perfection, and all who attended the bazaar spoke of it in the highest terms and express the hope that it will not be long before they will have the pleasure of attending another apron bazaar for the benefit of the Phyllis Wheatly Club. CHIPS Dr. Morgan and wife, of Indianapolis, Ind., are visiting Prof. and Mrs. Emanuel, 6352 Rhodes avenue. Since Mayor Harrison has declined to run for governor there is strong talk of ex-Governor John P. Altgeld becoming a candidate. H. P. Williams, ex-secretary of war, of Libiria, will address the Men's Sunday Forum on "Life and Customs in Africa." Ladies invited. George H. Kriete, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Chicago, is winning new laurels every day, and if he lives he has a bright prospect before him in the legal and political worlds. Monday night the choir of Quinn Chapel and of Olivet entered into a singing contest at the first mentioned Church, and after a spirited contest the banner was awarded to the choir of Olivet. Congressman George P. Foster, so it is said by the wise ones, is bound to be renominated and elected, and we want to say right now that Congressman Foster can have the unqualified support of the Broad-Ax. The indications are that there will be a rough-and-tumble fight in the 30th Ward on the day of the primaries. Alderman Charles J. Boyd and B. H. Heide will rub up against M. P. Byrne and Justice John Fitzgerald, and we expect to see the wool and fur fly in every direction. Memorial services were held Monday night at Bethel Church to commemorate the birth and death of John Brown, who gladly and heroically gave up his life to advance the cause of liberty and freedom. Mrs. Ida B. WellsBarnett presided, and short addresses were delivered by some of the admirers of John Brown. John H. Cross, the saloonist of 222 West Lake street, knows a thing or two. He has long since learned that it is all nonsense for all Afro-Americans to belong to one political party, and he contends that if the negro is free he has a right to think for himself Therefore Mr. Cross marches under the banner of Democracy. John Gray, brother of James J. Gray, by mistake took a dose of horse liniment instead of medicine to relieve a cold, and he died from the effect of the poison Tuesday night. His funeral was held Friday from the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The Broad Ax extends its sympathy to Mr. Gray over the loss of his sister and brother. Quite a few weak-minded colored people have been foolish enough to believe that Rev. J. E. W. Bowen would be selected as one of the bishops by the white methodists. But we didn't. As The Broad Ax has stated before, There is no room in Heaven for black, yellow or gingerbread angels, hence the white brethren(?) refused to elect Rev. Bowen. Hon. M. J. Butler and George E. Brennan will be pitted against each other by their numerous friends to see which one will walk away with the senatorial prize. Mr. Brennen's supporters feel confident that he will be successful, while the adherents of Representative Butler are resting on their oars, and they are equally certain that he will without a doubt receive the nomination. NO. 30. LAWRENCE A. NEWBY. The sentiment is growing very rapidly among the colored population of Chicago and Cook County and especially among those who affiliate with the Democratic party who Have in the past helped to fight its battles, and to win its victories, that the time has arrived in the history of Democracy when its leaders cannot perform any more graceful or befitting act, than to nominate a representative Afro-American Democrat for County Commissioner. Mr. Newby, who has been a consistent Democrat for a number of years past, after surveying the ground thoroughly has decided to enter the contest, and from now on, to the day of the county convention, he will put forth his efforts in a manly way to persuade and convince the leaders of the party, that it would greatly add to the chances of the entire county ticket winning out at the polls, if the colored Democrats were given representation upon it. This view is shared by many others who are not candidates and as there are ten County Commissioners to be selected from the city, it is the opinion of Mr. Newby, that the party managers would be acting the better part of wisdom by according this concession to the colored Democrats. Inasmuch as it would cause many colored men through race pride to vote the Democratic ticket, and it would be evident to all, that the leaders of the party are wide-awake and are willing to convince every one that they are as anxious and as eager to secure a portion of the Negro vote as well as the Republicans, who have for some years placed a colored man on their ticket for County Commissioner. Not only that. They always select one for the Legislature. Now, if the leaders of the Democratic party are progressive, and if they expect to make permanent inroads into the Negro vote of this city and state, it cannot be done in any better way than to select one for an elective office. As there is a disposition upon the part of the Negro, to break away from the old moorings of the Republican party and we believe it is the duty of the leaders of the Democratic party to encourage them to do so. This disposition was manifested at the last election of Mayor Harrison. The strong Republican wards and precincts wherein reside a great majority of the colored voters went strongly Democratic and it is estimated, that sixty-five per cent of the colored voters voted for Mayor Harrison, and we believe the same thing can be repeated if L. A. Newby is nominated for County Commissioner. He stands well with the race and holds a trusted position in the city water office and is in every way qualified to serve as County Commissioner. John E. Owens, Assistant City Prosecuting Attorney and President of the 12th Ward Democratic Club, is bright, genial and very active in behalf of Democracy, and many of his friends have urged him to wade out into the political waters and seek the nomination for member of the lower house. But Mr. Owens stands on the banks and declares that he is willing to contribute to the success of the party every way within his power but much absorbed in his law but think about going to the Leg Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Catholics, Protestants, Knights of J.abor, Indicets, 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; One Year..... $2.00 Six Months..... $.00 Advertising rates made known on application Address all communications to THE BROAD AX JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Dignity always begins where boasting ends. A pessimist is a person who believes that whatever is is wrong. When the state of Mississippi gets soaked she makes a thorough job of it. A man wisely makes use of the present when he sells a duplicate wedding gift. The woman who marries a blockhead doesn't care to celebrate her wooden wedding. The employer who works harder than his clerk evidently believes in the force of example. Naturally, the United States senate is in favor of electing itself in the old-fashioned manner. Grace will ever speak for itself and be fruitful in well-doing; the sanctified cross is a fruitful tree. The Boers would be sure to regard the recall of Buller as in the nature of taking a mean advantage. 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. 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 pianos, 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. Pedro Paterno, head of the Filipino national assembly, has been captured by the American troops, and General Otis' dispatch thoughtfully adds that he was too slick to escape when the troops pursued him. Senor Paterno should not go unrewarded for his consideration in thus permitting himself to be surrounded. If Aguinaldo would be kind enough to break a leg or contract a fever he might yet be captured, but it appears to be impossible for General Otis to overtake any of the Filipino leaders while they retain good health and active limbs. Among other features of the South African war the new developments in the use of the hellograph are worth noticing. The idea of telegraphing by means of flashes of sunlight first came into prominence during the Franco-Prussian war. The electric light was at once suggested to make the system independent of interference from clouds, but the difficulty of getting electricity in the field has thus far interfered with a successful combination of the two inventions. In the present war the British have made some use of the electric searchlights from their ships for purposes of optical telegraphy, but sunlight is still their main reliance. A writer in the Engineering Magazine for May states that the ordinary range of the hellograph is fifty-five miles, but when the electric arc light is used the range can be extended to 400 miles. The success with which the hellograph was used in communicating with the besieged garrisons of Lactysmith and Kimberley is a good demonstration of the progress made with this invention since 1870. The engineering world of Europe has not, it is said, recovered from the surprise over the remarkable performance at Antwerp of a big dredge-boat constructed in Belgium for the Russian government on plans prepared by an American engineer, a Chicagoan. Under the contract the boat was to have a capacity of 1,600 cubic yards of dredging per hour. She recorded a capacity of 1,800 yards on trial. So great was the interest in the trial that most of the foreign ambassadors were present, the Belgian cabinet, commissions from Australia, India, Germany, France, the Argentine Republic and hundreds of engineers from all parts of Europe. Trains were run at reduced rates to accommodate the people eager to see the American dredge, the most powerful in the world, and for six weeks boats were kept running at Antwerp to carry visitors to the point of operation. The immediate effect has been to cause orders to be placed for similar dredges for India, Australia and Russia. The facts were reported to the state department by Consult General Holloway at St. Peters 1 DEMOCRATIC LETTER. REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS ARE PANIC STRICKEN. They See the Signs of the Times in This Spring's Local Elections—Michigan, Indiana and Minnesota Are Lost. If the Republican managers had any doubt as to the prospects of Democratic success next November those doubts were thoroughly removed by the recent town elections in Indiana and Minnesota. The Democrats swept Indiana like a cyclone. Everywhere the Democratic majorities were increased; everywhere the Republican vote fell off. Towns which have been reliably Republican for years were engulfed by the Democratic tide. Through the gas belt, which has been a Republican stronghold, the Democratic gains were enormous. Anderson, the home of the Republican candidate for governor, always a reliable Republican city, was captured by the Democrats after a fierce battle. All the indications are that Bryan will sweep the state in November by the largest Democratic majority since the days of Hendricks and "Blue Jeans" Williams. In Minnesota, the city of St. Paul went Democratic by 1,500, reversing the majority of over 5,000 which it gave McKinley in 1896. Minneapolis elected a Democratic mayor in 1898, making even a more marked change from the vote of 1896. All signs point to this state supporting Bryan in November. In Michigan the Republicans are panic stricken. At their recent state convention they endorsed McKinley in the most perfunctory manner and adjourned with scarcely a single issue presented in their platform. A Hollander from near Grand Rapids was made chairman of the Republican state committee in some faint hope of holding the Dutch vote, which is very strong in the state, in line with the party. This will be impossible. The anti-Boer, pro-British attitude of the administration has completely alienated this powerful vote as it has that of hundreds of thousands of Americans in every walk of life. Out of the many elements which have led to this marked reversal of opinion in favor of the Democrats, two are especially noticeable at the present moment. First, the Coeur d'Alene investigation, now in progress in Washington, has shown the working men of the country the serious dangers of military control. The fact has been overwhelmingly demonstrated that neither the civil or military authorities in the Coeur d'Alene district had any desire to arrest, convict and punish the men who blew up the Bunker Hill mine. It was proven that the mine owners had numerous spies present at the time the mine was blown up and on the spot. Yet the criminals were allowed to escape, because had they been arrested and convicted the excuse of keeping the military in control of the district for over twelve months would have disappeared. The military are still in control, and the permit system whereby a workman must secure permission from an illegal authority before he can even seek work is still in force. The other cause for the change of public sentiment lately manifested is the action of the administration in regard to Porto Rico. Imperialism cannot be a success unless a people have been bred to accept the doctrine of the Divine right of kings. That doctrine holds to an extremely limited extent in the United States, and the general public refuses to accept it. McKinley too is already confronted with the difficulties of occupying an illegal and unconstitutional position. No sooner had the Porto Rican bill become a law than its ambiguities and crudities began to appear. So serious are its defects that the cabinet has been holding councils to determine what shall be done to remedy them, and further legislation appears to be imperative. Had a Porto Rican legislature adopted so crude a measure every administration organ in the United States would have pointed the finger of scorn and remarked that the Porto Ricans were unfit for self-government, since they were incapable of drafting a workable law. But the tariff feature presents even more difficulties. The treasury department has already issued a ruling directly contrary to the spirit of that law. It has ruled that goods exported to Porto Rico are not exports, and are therefore not entitled to "drawbacks" which are paid on certain manufactures to cover the amount of the duties originally paid on the imported material used in their manufacture. Judge Lochren of the United States federal court, sitting at St. Paul, has made an even wider decision in which he holds that Porto Rico is a part of the United States and therefore under the Constitution. He went so far as to assert that had Porto Rico not been under the Constitution congress would have had no power to legislate concerning it. The case which was before him related to the constitutionality of the punishment of a Porto Rican native by a United States military court in the island. Although the administration leaders put up the plea that an essential object in the passage of the Porto Rican bill was to enable the courts to determine judicially whether or not the Constitution extended to the island of its own strength. It has done everything it could to avoid a decision of the case by the supreme court before the November elections. But the people have yet some rights and op- HANNA IMPERIALISM M.SKINLEY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ANDRE DOWLES "I appeal from the President, drunk with the lust of empire, to another and a better age."—Senator George Frisbie Hoar, of Massachusetts, n U. S. Senate.—National Democrat. portunities, and McKinley is caught in the meshes of his own net. General Otis is coming home from the Philippines and another general will try to complete the impossible task which Otis has left behind him. One hundred and fifty millions of dollars have already been poured into the morasses of the Philippines, and thousands of lives and the health of tens of thousandus have been expended to carry out McKinley's fatuous policy of imperialism. This amount of money would have constructed and equipped the Nicaragua canal. It is gone and can never be recovered. Four years more of McKinley will mean five hundred million dollars more poured into the Philippine rathole. That is more than it cost France to change from a republic to an empire, and to change Napoleon from a successful general to an emperor in exile. Emperors come high. Students of history are comparing McKinley with George III. They have many characteristics in common. George III. was prosy, opinionated, a strange combination of weakness and obstinacy. He had a marked capacity for surrounding himself with the weakest statesman of the kingdom. He was equally inaccessible with McKinley to the influence of public sentiment. He made a marked pretext of religion. He had no small vices. He finally went crazy. Nearly all these characteristics are repeated in McKinley, and Daniel Webster said in a speech delivered in congress April 14, 1826, that any statesman who should propose to attach to the United States distant, unnatural and unassimilable territory would be a mad man. ITS NAME DOESN'T SIGNIFY. There were no insurgents in the Ohio Republican convention. That fact was adequately demonstrated by the wild and tumultuous cheering indulged in by the delegates—composed largely of feeders at the administration pie counter, and of "those 'as 'opes to be." to borrow from Mr. Weller's vocabulary—when the boss appeared on the platform. And when the leader of the Republican party rose in response to the demands of his boisterous parasites to make a speech, there was no fibrous growth in his voice to make him stutter in his unqualified indorsement of imperialism and the trusts. "I do not care whether you call it imperialism or expansion," he told his henchmen. "The destiny of this country is written, and any party, or combination of men, that attempts by subterfuge or makeshifts in politics to stop the power and progress of this nation, will go down under it just as the Democratic party has gone down." Observe how glibly the boss made use of the phrase "subterfuge or makeshifts in politics," as if it indicated highly immoral practices and methods to the use of which a person of Hanna's purity is totally a stranger and a foe. Of course, Hanna does not care whether it is called "imperialism" or "expansion." It is his policy and he has determined to have it carried out by electing Mr. McKinley, so that the process of "benevolent assimilation" can be consummated for the enrichment of the syndicates, for the fattening of carpet-baggers, for the slaughter of our soldiers by bullets and disease, for the spoliation of the tax payers, for the establishment of a large standing army, for the looting of the property and money of unconsenting peoples, for the benefit of the trusts, for the nullifying of the constitution and the stamping out of liberty in Porto Rico and the Philippines.—Kansas City Times. WATCH YOUR CONGRESSMAN. The late Mr. David A. Wells wrote eight years ago a brief and vigorous article on trusts, which first appeared in the New England Almanac. No one who has written upon the subject has grasped the situation with more thorough comprehension or exposed it more clearly than that wise student of public affairs and fearless champion of equal rights. He maintained then what has been proved beyond question since, that the duties were enacted or kept, on in order to maintain and protect a host of trusts in the United States which could otherwise have no existence. And he brought the question sharply forward, "How did your representative in the last congress vote?" That is the question which voters should now be asking. Did he vote protective duties to favor the trusts which have been bleeding the American people, and if he did, will the people trust him again? Will a new candidate vote to remove those favors, and, if not, will the people trust him at all? Other questions will enter into the campaign, but in the election of congressmen these are the test questions which should never for a day be lost sight of, for upon the answer to them will depend whether the next congress is to be the servant of the American people or the slave of the trusts.—Kalamazoo Gazette-News. The National Debt Made Permanent. In turning over the control of the paper money to the bankers, the Republicans have found it necessary to rivet upon the nation a national debt, which we were in a fair way to discharge. A huge sum of money is to be paid for premiums on unmatured bonds so that they may be canceled and 2 per cent thirty-year bonds issued in their stead. Why extend for thirty years a debt now almost payable and which the nation is amply able to pay as it matures? The Republicans tell us that it is done so as to furnish a basis for bank-note circulation. That is to say that a banker can buy $25,000 worth of these new bonds, deposit them in the treasury and get $25,000 in bank notes to lend out. He gets 2 per cent on his bonds and from 6 to 10 per cent on his notes, according to his locality and his skill as a financier. It is in order to effect this benevolent end that the national debt is to be made permanent.—San Francisco Star. "From present indications it seems probable that three questions will be specially prominent, the money question, including both metal and paper money; the trust question, and imperialism, including the question of militarism and entangling alliances. There are other questions which will cut some figure in the campaign, but these three will demand the largest share of public attention. Men differ as to their relative importance, but they are all important. The currency bill, which is now a law, has revealed the party's love for the gold standard and its hypocrisy in pretending to favor international bimetallism. That bill has also received the Republican plan to retire the greenbacks and turn over the control of the paper money to the national banks. The inaction of the administration on the trust question shows that the Republicans are insincere in their promises to destroy the trusts, while the Porto Rican bill reveals the imperialistic purposes of the Republican leaders. The Republicans do not now dare to unfold their plans. The Spooner resolution proposes that when the war is over the president shall establish a government which is to stand till congress acts in the matter, but this is superlatively uncertain. It simply means that after an indefinite continuation of the war, the president will establish an indefinite form of government, which shall last for an indefinite time, and then congress will substitute some kind of government, we know not what. While this uncertainty lasts, soldiers are dying in the Philippines or coming back insane, the expenses are increasing and the Declaration of Independence is being treated by Republicans as an outworn document. Against Republican uncertainty, the Democrats will offer a plain, simple, patriotic plan of dealing with the Philippine Islands, and that plan will be an immediate announcement of the nation's purposes; first, to establish a stable government; second, to give the Filipinos independence, as we had promised to give independence to Cuba; third, to protect the Filipinos from outside interference to work out their own destiny, as we have protected the people of Central and South America."—W. J. Bryan, Wichita, Kansas, April 24, 1900. A Change Needed. Hanna, in his speech before the Ohio state convention, referring to the administration of himself and McKinley, asked: "Do we want a change?" The general consensus of opinion indicates that we do; and the determination stamped upon the face of the average voter suggests that we will.-Springfield (Mo.) Democrat. Secretary Root fears that European greed for territory will make us abandon the Monroe doctrine or fight. Speaking of land greed, isn't Mr. Root living in a glass house?—New York World. Is that tired feeling—blood lacks vitality and richness, and hence you fell like a lagard all day and can't get rested at night. Hood's Sarsaparilla will cure you because it will restore to the blood the qualities it needs to nourish, strengthen and sustain the muscles, nerves and organs of the body. It gives sweet, refreshing sleep and impa new life and vigor to every function. Felt Tired—"In the spring I would have no appetite and would feel tired and without ambition. Took Hood's Sarsaparilla in small doses, increasing as I grew stronger. That tired feeling left me and I felt better in every way." W. E. BAKER, Box 96, Milford, Ohio. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the Best Medicine Money Can Buy. Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. Phya, or Baron Prasiddhi, the new minister from Siam, is one of the most eminent of the Siamese king's subjects, chosen to represent his government at Washington and at London because of his high qualifications, his tact and the knowledge he gained of their history, traditions and present condition in a previous visit to the United States and to Great Britain. The present Siamese minister is some forty years old and was intended while still a lad for a military career, although he has since shown marked ability in civil lines. Do Your Feet Acne and Burn? Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Travelling Speed of Sound. Sound passes through the air at the velocity of 1,142 feet per second; through water, 4,900 feet; through iron, 17,500 feet. Coughing Leads to Consumption Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dangerous. We hear much more concerning the chances successful men had than about the opportunities those who are down failed to take advantage of. Dropsy treated free by Dr. H. H. Green's Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy specialists in the world. Read their advertisement in another column of this paper. Two hundred thousand acres in Chihuahua, Mex., have been bought for 400 colonists from Missouri. Go to your grocer to-day and get a 15c. package of Grain=0 It takes the place of coffee at 1/4 the cost. Made from pure grains it is nourishing and healthful. Insist that your grocer gives you GRAIN-O. Accept no imitation. EARN A BICYCLE Or a 5 Piece Parlor Suit. By selling only 49 ORDERS Coffee, Tea, Spirits or Toilet Scoops, etc. DO HONEY REQUIRED IN ADVANCE. This is a genuine offer by a reliable firm. List of other Premiums sent; write today. Aaron Coffee Co., Chicago. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of Aaron Good See Foo-Simile Wrapper Below. Very small and as easy to take as rugs. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. FOR HEADACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION ORTHOPAEDIC MUST HAVE SIGNATURE. 25 Cents Purely Vegetable CURE BICK HEADACHE. PENSIONS Get Your Pension DOUBLE QUICK Write CAPT. O'FARRELL, Pension Agent, 1475 New York Avenue. WASHINGTON, D. C. Use Certain Corn Cure. Price, 15c. PISO'S CURE FOR THINGS WHERE ALL ELSE FAIL. Best Cough Syrups. Tasten Good. Use in time. Sold by druggist. CONSUMPTION Most wisely, the empress of Russia is her own among the splendidly used women of her court. She hasquisite taste and never looks to her advantage than when in even-gown. On the other hand, the imperial nurseries are conducted on a paraparatively simple scale, and to the row of the Russian attendants the see little grand duchesses are not alved to wear any jewelry whatever, though even the commonest pin used of pure gold. Luxury and Poverty Meet Russia is curiously constituted, for tremes meet in that country, and wandless luxury is seen side by side with a depth of poverty which would not be tolerated in any other civilized and on earth. When a great Russian noble entertains his emperor and emiss, to even an informal affair, heanks nothing of sending clear to the viera for $5,000 to $10,000 worth of ash flowers to decorate the apartments through which the sovereigns must pass, and before the splendors a Russian court ball the official actions of any other capital pale to insignificance. Story of a Yeomanry Officer They are telling a delicious story in Edinburgh just now at the expense of certain yeomanry officer, an imensely popular man, whose one weakness is his belief that the making of a great general was lost when he went to the business of keeping a shop, the militia regiment garrisoning Edinburgh Castle, in the absence of the Gorin Highlanders, contains some choice duties, and the other day, after a laying together of heads among the officers, a stripling rushed into the establishment of the officer in question. "Oh, Colonel So-and-So!" he called, "have you heard the news? You are ordered if for active service immediately!" the Colonel started to his feet. "Great savens!" he cried, "has Roberts been killed already?"—M. A. P. Chermside's Record. Maj.-Gen. Sir Herbert Chermside, who succeeded General Gatacre in the command of the Third division in South Africa, had been in command of the Fourteenth Brigade. He enred the British army in 1868, and was in the Royal Engineers before going to South Africa. He was a military attache in the Turko-Russian war in 1877-'78, and again a military attache at the Turkish capital in 1896, when he was appointed British commissioner in Crete. For his services in Crete he was promoted a major-general. He has been much in the field, having served with the Egyptian expedition against Arabi in 1882 and in the Soudan in 1884. He also served in the Egyptian army, being promoted for services at Saukin in 1885 and at Sarras in 1887. Pious Ideas. From "Lighter Movements from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How": The duchess of B——had an old Presbyterian nurse, who was once persuaded to attend the beautiful church they had built. The duchess afterward asked her if it was not very beautiful and she said: "Oh, yes; very." "And the singing?" said the duchess, "was not that lovely?" "Yes, your grace; it was lovely; but it's an awfu' way of spending the Sabbath." A Scotch lady and her gardener used to worship together, not agreeing with any form of church doctrine. A friend demonstrated with her and asked: "Do you really think you and your gardener are the only two real members of the true church on earth?" to which she replied: "Weel, I'm nae sae sure o' John." A Scotch minister from a large town once visited and preached in a rural parish and was asked to pray for rain. He did so and the rain came in floods and destroyed some of the crops, whereupon one elder remarked to another: "This comes o' intrusting sic a request to a meenister who isna acquentit wi' agriculture." Couldn't Afford It. An old gentleman who is well known for his benevolence had an amusing experience with a beggar not long ago, says the Philadelphia Times. He has a regular staff of "visitors," to whom he gives alms according to their needs and his ability. There is one old fellow whose calls are as punctual as the sun. On a recent occasion this man acosted Mr. G——, as usual, and received from him a shilling. The beggar took it, thanked the donor and turned toward the door. Before reaching it, however, he seemed to be considering a matter very seriously. He hesitated, stopped, and then turned to Mr. G—— again, saying: "Excuse me, sir, but I would like to ask you a question." "Well, what is it?" asked Mr. G——. "It is this: Every month, for years past, you have given me half a crown, but today I come and you give me only a shilling. How is that?" "Well, I'll tell you," said Mr. G——, smiling good-naturedly. "I have had some unusually heavy expenses this month. My oldest daughter got married, and the outlay for her trousseau has compelled me to retrench in every direction." "Ah, yes, I see," said the beggar. "But I really can't afford to contribute toward your daughter's wedding expenses." BATTLE or MANILA Wabash Ave. B. of Auditorium, Chicago. A wonderful reproduction of the greatest naval victory in history. Deney's voyage from Hong Kong across the Chinese sea. A tropical sunset. The Chine- ese typhoon at night with new and startling elec- trical effects. The American fleet engaging the Spanish batteries at the entrance of Mobile Bay. The Bay of Manila by moonlight. The wonderful lighting effects in Old Manila and Caville at night. Tropical sunrise. The discovery and complete destruction of the Second Battle of Manila. Will Add Four Million Troops to the Country's Fighting Strength - The Earl of Meath at the Head of the Gigantic Undertaking. England is about taking an important step in preparing material for future military service. It is proposed to make every public school boy in the land a semi-official adjunct of the British army, compelling him to take thorough military training under government inspection so long as he remains in the public schools, and providing for the establishment of school boy militia in the shape of cadet corps and battalions under the direct control of the war office. The schools are to receive therefrom $500,000 a year by way of support. Unless some unforeseen circumstance comes up to change present arrangements, the resolution will be presented to Parliament within the next few weeks. The new plan will affect about 4,000,000 boys in the United Kingdom. They are those in what are called the board schools—the schools supported by government and attended by the children of the middle and lower classes, as distinguished from the private schools patronized by "gentlemen's" sons, with which the Education Board has nothing to do. Most M. THE EARL OF MEATH. of the boys who enter English board schools do so at the age of 11 or 12, and leave at 14 or 15. Following the new plan, in these three years they will have learned the manual of arms thoroughly, as well as marching and formation, using dummy guns. When the boys leave school the cadet corps will be ready to receive them, anywhere between the ages of 12 and 19. They will then be armed with carbines, will drill once or twice a week, practice marksmanship, go to camp for a month in summer; in fact, be simply a pocket edition of the volunteer regiments that exist now. After that their natural destination will be those regiments—one of the great aims of this movement being to establish a reserve for the volunteers exactly like that which the army reserve and the militia constitute in relation to the regular army. The originator of the whole big movement is the Earl of Meath, and the man who has helped him most to bring his dream to reality is one Paul Kruger; for both Parliament and the people it represents were never so ready for just this sort of thing as they are to-day. Poison-Tinned Arrow Heads Two chemists of the University of Edinburgh have analyzed the stuff used in Africa as a poison for arrow heads and which never yet has been examined chemically. This poison is extracted by boiling the roots and stems of a plant called asocanthora shimperl, and the poison is named asocantherin. The plant belongs to a family of poison plants called apocynum, to which belong the oleander, strophantes, dog cabbage and many other varieties. The action of the arrowhead poison is powerful to an extraordinary degree, and immediately affects the heart, which in strong doses it quickly paralyzes. The chemists experimented in inoculating animals with the juice, and noticed that even when the heart became paralyzed the action of the lungs continued a little while longer. The poison, therefore, affects the muscles, but not the nerves, which explains that phenomenon of frogs which were inoculated breathing after the heart had ceased its action.—New York Press. An Effort to Explain. A gentleman who had engaged an intelligent French maid was at work in his library at one end of his house, when it struck him, from certain sounds, that something must be wrong in the drawing room, at the other end of the house. So he rang his bell, and the maid came. "What are those cries that I seem to hear in the direction of the drawing room, Marie?" he asked. "I do not precisely know, monsieur," she answered. "At one time I sink it is madame who sing, and at anozzer time I am sure it is ze cat and ze dog who fight, monsieur!" "Can you tell me what sort of weather we may expect next month?" wrote a subscriber to an editor; and according to the Cumberland Presbyterian, the editor replied as follows: "It is my belief that the weather next month will be very much like your subscription." The inquirer wondered what the editor meant, till he happened to think of the word "nasettled." A short time since a letter appeared in these columns signed by Mr. W, H. Kinkade of Alameda, Assinibola, Western Canada, which caused that gentleman to receive a great many inquiries, most of them anxious to know if the letter was genuine. To a large number of the inquiries answers were sent, but it was impossible to reply to all. We take pleasure in submitting to our readers a specimen of replies sent by Mr. Kinkade: "Yes, the letter dated December 22, 1899, supposed to have been written by me, which you saw in your local papers, was genuine and contained facts. I will say of the information received from the Canadian Government Agents prior to coming here, I did not find a single untrue statement. The Canadian Government is honorable and its Agents dare not misrepresent this country or they would lose their jobs. There is quite a bit of land for homesteading yet, a very little close to market, but mainly from 6 to 20 miles from stations. The country, hereabouts is a prairie, nearly level, slightly rolling, not a rough country by any means. Homestead entries cost $10: on land that has been cancelled there is a $5 cancellation fee extra and in some cases an inspection fee of $5 and where the former occupant has made any substantial improvements there are small amounts to pay for improvements. This is a poor place for a poor man unless he has brains and muscle and 'git and grit,' but with these requisites he can succeed. The population of this part of Assiniabola has doubled during the past two years. There has been as much prairie broken the past two years as was already broken previous to 1898. C. P. R. land (odd sections) joining homestead land sells at $3 per acre. Improved quarters within four to five miles of town sell at $1,000 this spring. This is not a Garden of Eden at all, no man need think he can come here and get rich in a short time without much labor, but if he will work and be saving he can soon be an independent farmer tilling his own soil and getting good returns for his labor. "We burn coal, which costs us $1.85 per load at the mines, which are 20 miles southwest of us. "People with stock and machinery should come in May so as to have all June to break in. Those who expect to work for wages for the first year or two should come by the end of July to work through harvest and threshing and then go to the coal fields and work all winter and by spring he could be ready to improve homestead. "A quarter section of railway land sells at $3 per acre. The interest is all figured up and a man has about $71 to pay cash, and if he breaks at least 10 acres first breaking season his $21 interest for the first year is thrown off and the second fall following purchase he has $60 tc pay and then $60 to pay for 8 more falls, which makes a total of $611 the quarter costs him, including all interest. Paying for a quarter of land that way is like keeping a life insurance policy paid, only it does not take so long to do it. By a man homesteading one quarter and buying another quarter gives him a chance to have a 320-acre farm all his own and have it paid for in ten years, and after that he is sure of an easy living if he is any good at all. "(Signed) W. H. KINKADE." IN THE LAKE COUNTRY IN THE LAKE COUNTRY of Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan, there are hundreds of the most charming Summer Resorts awaiting the arrival of thousands of tourists from the South and East. Among the list of near by places are Fox Lake; Delavan, Lauderdale, Waukesha, Oconomowoc, Palmyra, The Dells at Kilbourn, Elkhart and Madison, while a little further off are Minocqua, Star Lake, Frontenac, White Bear, Minnetonka and Marquette on Lake Superior. For pamphlet of "Summer Homes for 1900," or for copy of our handsomely illustrated Summer book, entitled "In The Lake Country," apply to nearest ticket agent or address with four cents in postage, Geo. H. Heafford, General Passenger Agent, Old Colony Building, Chicago, Ill. Teaches Royal Children The Miss Winter who has recently been appointed governess to the young children of the crown prince and crown princess of Roumania, is the same woman who had charge of the education of the young Queen of Holland. The Shrinkers at Washington. On May 19th, 20th and 21st the Big Four, C. & O. will sell round trip excursion tickets to Washington at one fare for round trip. For maps, rates, etc., address J. C. Tucker, G. N. A., 234 Clark St., Chicago. A favorite way of doing a lot of work is to lie in bed in the morning thinking about it.—Atchison Globe. The "Blenner Jacket" is the fad for spring of 1900. Pattern of this and 60 other up-to-date costumes are sold to Ledger Monthly readers at cost. Send 5 cents for May magazine and get pattern coupon. Robert Bonner's Sons, 100 Ledger building, New York. One trouble with girls who will not sing without being coaxed is that they always give in finally. A race may be won by a head, but it's usually the legs that land the money. SHE HAD NOT YET DECIDED. Other Half of the Sketch Might Not Want to Move. "Going to move?" asked the man with the fedora as he took a seat beside the man with the pale mustache in the smoking car. "I don't know yet," said the latter. "Why, I thought you were always kicking about that flat of yours?" said the man with the fedora. "Well, I was," assented the man with the pale mustache. "You told me the plumbing was all out of whack and you were afraid the family would be poisoned." "Yes, that's a fact." "And then I thought you said that flat was as dark as a pocket and you had to use artificial light at dinner Sunday afternoon." "That's right, we do." "And wasn't it you who was telling me about the fresh janitor who was a cousin of the real estate agent and couldn't be fired, that sassed your wife?" "I'm the man," meekly admitted the man with the pale mustache. "Well, then, why in thunder don't you move?" asked the man with the white fedora. "Well, my wife hasn't made up her mind yet," said the little man, and that closed the incident.—Chicago Chronicle. FERTILE COLORADO. The Denver & Rio Grande railroad has just published a second edition of "THE FERTILE LANDS OF COLORADO," which gives a concise description of the vast area of agricultural, horticultural and grazing lands located on its line in the state of Colorado and the Territory of New Mexico, and full information as to the stock interests, the sugar beet industry and farming by irrigation. It is a truthful representation of the numerous and wonderful products of the soil in that portion of the country and is of especial interest to all who are interested in agriculture or kindred pursuits. Copies of this book will be sent free on application to S. K. Hooper, G.P.A., D. & R. G. R. R., Denver, Colo., or any official of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad. 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. Ticket offices, Chicago & Northwestern railway, 193 Clark street, and Wells street station. Ahead of the Usual Lateness. "How is the train this morning?" asked the commuter at the Lonelyville station. "Head of time, this morning," replied the station agent; "it'll be here in five minutes." "What are you talking about! Ahead of time! It should have been here ten minutes ago!" "Yes, but you must remember it is usually half an hour behind time."—Yonkers Statesman. Oh. Those Dear Girls. "Poor fellow,!" she said. "He proposed, but I had to refuse him." "Ah!" exclaimed her dearest friend. "Then that explains it." "Explains what?" "Brother Tom said the men at the club were all congratulating him on something or other last night." Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Just a Trifling Drawback. "I thought you were going to marry Miss Smithkins?" "Well, I would if it were not for one thing." "What is that?" "She won't have me."—Chicago Post. Moves the bowels each day. In order tobe healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. In the city of Bremen a tax is laid on all incomes over $150 a year. It is now proposed to raise the limit to incomes of over $225 a year. 1900 There is every good reason why St. Jacobs Oil should cure RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA LUMBAGO SCIATICA for the rest of the century. 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What! So early?—New York World. $20.00 A WEEK AND EXPENSES to agents selling our household goods. Sell on sight. Write C. H. Marshall & Co., Chicago. To understand human nature in general you have only to study yourself. I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds.—JOHN F BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900. For some people to make fools of themselves is a very simple task. Mrs. Winslow's Soothin~ Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 250 a botle- A married woman says that male is only a mistake in spelling mule. Is taken internally. Price, 750. President Harper of Chicago is the man to send to see the Sultan. Coe's Cough Balsam is the oldest and best. It will break up a cold quicker than anything else. It is always reliable. Try it. When All Else Fail. Try Yi-Ki. Cures Corns and Bunlions without pain. Never falls. Drug stores or mail 15c. Yi-Ki Co., Crawfordsville, Ind. 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ZAEGEL'S SWEDISH ESSENCE A LIFE PRESERVER REGISTERED TRADE MARK. that when I arose in the morning I frequently fell on the floor as soon as I left my bed. ANNA BLUM. that when I arose in the morning I frequen- my bed. This remarkable medicine, by remov- action that affects the entire system. It appetite; works on the liver and has a m thus cleaning out the entire system. It heart and kidneys and rids the body of gentle perspiration, thus preventing fever ache and headache, biliousness and all well as diseases peculiar to women. TWO WEEKS TRE No one need trouble themselves to do these things, as you can have a free trial you. Do not neglect to get in your appli- down this minute, write a letter to M. R. gan, Wis., and say that you want a trial. This will be sent you by mail and is large of this celebrated household remedy. A your letter to pay the postage on this free This remarkable medicine, by removing disease germs from the blood, has an action that affects the entire system. 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A 2-cent stamp should be enclosed in your letter to pay the postage on this free sample. Write for it today. BY MAIL OR AT COLLEGE 8 WEEKSTER COMPLETES. POSITIONS WAITING FOR 500 GRADUATES AT $60 OO MONTHLY IN CITY OR COUNTRY SHOPS, HOSPITALS, PULLMAN CARS, STEAMSHIPS, ETC. Write for Catalogue and Special Offer. SACRIFICE SALE First Class Music. 60 PIECES. $2. IN 3 OR 4 YE AN INDEPENDENCE 160 ACRE FARMS IN ERN For sixty days we will send FIFTY PIECES OF FIRST CLASS, FULL SIZE, high grade, standard Vocal and Instrumental MUSIC, carefully selected, including Solos, Duets, Quartets, Waltzes, Polkas, Operas, Negro Melodies, Hymns, etc., etc., charges prepaid by post or express to any part of the United States or Canada, upon receipt of two dollars in cash, stamps or money order. The regular price of this music is $20. Address FRANCIS WAYLAND GLEN & CO., W. L. DOUGLAS $3 & 3.50 SHOES UNION MADE. Worth $4 to $6 compared with other makes. Endorsed by over 1,000,000 wearers. 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For it thinks that if the Republican party can legislate to protect the foreigners from mobs it can do the same thing for the negro. But possibly within the next two hundred years the Conservator and many others may learn that the Republican party was not created for the special purpose of acting as the sole guardian of the negro. Do you see the point, Mr. Conservator? Congressman J. M. Robinson of Indiana has favored The Broad-Ax with a copy of his speech which he delivered in the House of Representatives lately on "Labor in the Hawaiian Islands." The Congressman in his speech dwells at great length upon the system of slavery which is in existence in those islands at the present time, and which is sanctioned and sustained by the national Republican administration. 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The songs in the night the young father hears are not the ones referred to by David. Mrs. Moon, ninety years old, whose photograph has been accepted by Queen Victoria, had a military bringing up. She was born at Gibraltar, christened at Malta, and was present, as a child in the baggage train, at the battle of Waterloo, where her father, a color sergeant of the Rifle brigade, was wounded. Cut Both Ways. In an interval in the drilling one of the volunteers belonging to a crack regiment stepped out from the ranks to light a cigar from that of his officer. The latter took this evidence of the democratic spirit of freedom in good part, but said by way of a hint: "In the regular army you couldn't have done this to an officer, Brown." "Right you are," responded the private, "but in the regular army you could not be an officer."--Collier's Weekly. ```markdown ``` 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. 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 Democacy. Respectfully, Carter H. 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. 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