The Broad Ax

VOL. V. OUR TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM J. BRYAN OF NEBRASKA FOR VICE PRESIDENT. ADLAI E. STEVENSON OF ILLINOES. ONE YEAR IN CHICAGO The latter part of July, 1899, the writer began the publication of The Broad Ax in Chicago, and at the time it made its appearance, Col. John F. Waters, Kedzie building, and Alex. McFec, commission merchant, 199 W. Randolph street ,were the only two regular subscribers to it in this great city. Both of these gentlemen had become familiar with its writings and were constant supporters of it while it was published in Salt Lake City, Utah. At the time The Broad Ax first made its appearance here, all the wise ones and those who were born wih a veil over their faces, predicted, that as the politicians would not stand for it or put up the money to guarantee the printer's bills, it would not run more than two or three weeks. This was the doleful song which they all joined in singing, and while they were engaged in singing it, we laid low and continued to saw wood. Then some of the prognosticators exclaimed, while others rushed into print, and declared, that, inasmuch as The Broad Ax continued to appear regularly each week, its editor must certainly be engaged in sandbagging the people. Some of the reports came to our ears, and we informed those who were enaged in circulating them, that The Broad Ax, from the time it first made its appearance in Salt Lake City in 1895, had never engaged in the strong arm act or business, and we again repeat that statement, and if there is one single individual residing in any section of the country, who feels as if he has not had the worth of his money by subscribing to The Broad Ax, we are ever ready to refund it. It seems hard for some people to understand why it has not been a failure, as so many other papers in this city, conducted by Afro-Americans which have sprung up and lasted for a month or two—then disappeared forever. The only reason that The Broad Ax has managed to exist so long is, that it gives the people something to read and ponder over, and today it has readers among all classes, not only of the very best citizens of Chicago, but also in other portions of the country. The following are a few of the most prominent Afro-Americans who have become regular subscribers to The Broad Ax within the last year: Prof. Booker T. Washington, founder of the Tuskegee Training and Industrial School, Tuskegee, Ala. Warren Logan treasurer of the same; Prof. W. H. Councill, president Training School, Normal, Ala.; Hon. W. C. Coleman, head of the great Coleman Cotton Mfg. Co., Concord, N. C.; Geo. E. Taylor, president Negro National League, Oskaloosa, Iowa; Frederick L. McGhee, attorney-at-law, St. Paul, Minn.; W. T. Scott, Cairo, Ill., vice president Negro National Democratic League; Dr. Allen A. Wesley, Chicago; Hon. Edward H. Wright, county commissioner: Llova G. Wheeler, marchant tailor, 119 Dearborn street; S. A. T. Watkins, assistant prosecuting attorney; W. H. Clark, corporation council; Louis B. Anderson, assistant county attorney; Dr. J. N. Croker, Dr. Geo. C. Hall, John G. Jones, the highest Afro-American Mason in the world; Dr. Joseph Jeffery, M. Freeman, Newtonville, Ala.; Prof. William Emanuel, Detective Geo. L. Braxton, Louis Bowie, Alderman Friday S. Moore, Col. B. F. Mosely and many others. United States Senator J. L. Rawlins, Utah; Congressman H. D. Clayton, Alabama; Ex-Uunited States Senator John M. Palmer, Springfield, Ill.; Congressman Wm. Sulzer, New York; Congressman Geo. P. Foster, Chicago; Mayor Carter H. Harrison; Ex-Mayor John P. Hopkins, Judges M. F. Tuley, Edw. F. Dunne, Wm. Prentis, Simon P. Shope, Capt. W. P. Black, Clarence S. Darrow, Geo. Mills Rogers, are a few of the many white citizens who are regular subscribers to The Broad Ax, and if there be those who are fearful that The Broad Ax will suspend publication in case they pay their subscription in advance, we wish to assure them that they need not lose any sleep on that point, that The Broad Ax, as we stated when it was six months old, that it was here to stay, and would continue to hew to the line and let the chips fall where they may. In conclusion The Braod Ax wants it understood that it has no religious creed. Its motto is, "Do not to those what you would not have them do unto you," and it knows no man on account of the color of his skin. It never hesitates in striking at blacklegs and dead beats, and those who put on false fronts, whether they be white or black. THE POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE NEGRO. XXIII. In moving onward we cannot give a detailed and minute description of the heroic and brave actions of the Negro troops who were engaged in the sanguinary and hard fought battles of Fort Wagner, Port Hudson, Millikin's Bend, Wilson's Wharf and Petersburg, but it's more than sufficient to state that they acquitted themselves better than any other class of soldiers in the world, and they crowned themselves all over with fame and glory. But notwithstanding their undaunted bravery, most desperate and gallant fighting, President Lincoln and all the members of his cabinet, except Edwin M. Stanton, were not in favor of paying the Negro (who had enlisted in the defense of the flag, which has ever failed to honor and protect him) any more than seven dollars per month, with board and clothing, while at the same time the white soldiers received the sum of thirteen dollars per month with board and clothing. But be it said to the everlasting credit of the 54th regiment of Massachusetts, which was the first to enlist, that they would not consent to fight for less than the white soldiers, which they finally received after fighting and waiting for almost two years. It may be permissible to ask this very simple question, namely, "If it is true that all the Republicans really and truly believe that there is no difference between a white and black Republican, and that one is just as good as the other?" Why did Mr. Lincoln and the other leaders of the Republican party who claim that the war was waged for the special purpose of freeing the Negro want them to work and fight for less pay than the white soldiers? No one connected with the war was more elated over the success of the colored troops than Edwin M. Stanton, who never failed to commend them for their worth as men, their loyalty as Americans, and their eminent qualifications for the duties and daners of military life. Whenever the various commanders of the Negro troops informed Secretary Stanton that they could not be excelled as soldiers he went wild with delight, for it verified all that he had said in favor of their enlistment, and after the great siege of Petersburg, in response to a letter which he received from General Smith, who lead the Negro troops during that fearful engagement, he declared that "when the last drum shall beat, the last bugle note shall sound, and the roll call of nations shall be heard, and the names of Phillips, Leonidas, Alexander, Hannibal. Caesar, Napoleon and Wellington are sounded on the lips of the worshipers of heroes, with equal praise shall be heard the names of Attucks, Peter Salem, Captain Cailloux, Col. Shaw, Sergeant Carney and Toussaint L. Overture. Any race with such indomitable courage, under such discouragements, must have under God a future inspiring and glorious." Mr. Stanton was subjected to many indignities for championing the cause and the rights of the Negro, and when the war ended that great Democrat staggered out of his office into his grave. and there was not one Negro throughout this broad land who was so poor to do him reverence or broad-minded enough to pronounce an encomium upon Edwin M. Stanton. Ex-President Martin Van Buren and many other leading Democrats also assisted Mr. Lincoln in bringing the war to a successful termination. John P. Hale, of New Hampshire, who was the third and last Democrat or person to run for President on the Free Soil ticket, served as Minister to Russia, under President Lincoln, and before HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, JULY 28, 1900. ex-President Van Buren passed away he expressed his faith in Mr. Lincoln and declared that the trebellion would end without lasting damage to the Union. Furthermore, the war records at Washington show that more than six hundred thousand Democrats fought on the side of the Union. Democratic Missouri furnished more soldiers than any other state. Some of the best and greatest generals were Democrats. General W. S. Hancock, who ran for President of the United States in 1880, was a conspicuous figure at the memorable battle of Gettysburg, and while that teriffic engagement was at its height and while shot and shells were falling all around him as thick and as fast as hail, that great Democratic commander, with his cap in his right hand rode up and down the entire line of his troops and gave forth his famous command, "Charge, gentlemen, charge." With all the foregoing and undisputed fects staring us in the face, the wily and unscrupulous Republican politicians have for the last 35 years succeeded in making all the ignorant and shallow minded Negroes believe that all Democrats were traitors to their country. (To be continued.) The stringent argument against the gold money basis is that it makes us the commercial serps of Great Britain. Under that basis (practically as silver was then very scarce) in 1857, soon after the long hard times from 1837 to 1849, and the panic of 1852, we had an experience of this, when for no reason whatever in the nature of things, but simply to create a fall in cotton, then ruling very high, the London bank threw us into a dreadful panic by a call for gold. We were left literally moneyless. Cotton fell down to anything the indebted planters could get. In a few months it was all over. Again in 1873 it was tried for the same purpose—to break our high prices, but the greenbacks prevented success, as men could pay their debts. President Grant then called attention to the fact. Eternal hostility was then sworn against our greenbacks by the British monarchs of gold. They demonetized silver and have worked every way against the government acceptances of the revenues due from the people, viz.: greenbacks ever since. Our great rich money magnates are merely agents of the London concern, and are in terror lest they get the frown of the Rothschilds. Why will the people of all nations remain so dumb, so obtuse and unsuspecting under this great conspiracy to bring all things under the control of one house? The circumstantial evidence grows plainer as we come to our own day and country. He who cannot reason is a fool. He who will not is a slave. If one man of a little community owned all the metal on which the currency of it was based every man there would know that he held all their prices of labor and products in his power. All the paper must be payable in his coin, and when he refused his coin the paper would be worthless. No person could buy or pay a 'debt except that one man. So our nation has declared the metal owned by the London house is its sole legal tender. That house has only to press the button, as the 'saying goes, and forthwith all our paper is worthless. Just watch when our cotton and wheat go too high and see if a panic don't send them down quick. It is amazing that this fact is not put before our people plainly. No speaker or writer refers to it, except the president of the Bank of Calcutta, who has boldly declared it. Arrangements have been made by the Democratic County Central Committee to receive Col. W. J. Bryan and Adial E. Stevenson in this city August 7th. While they are en route to Indianapolis, Ind., where the notification committees will officially inform them of their nomination for president and vice-president of the United States. On that date many prominent Democrats from all parts of the country will accompany the Cook County Democracy to the Hoosier capital. Secretary R. E. Burke, Fred E. Eldred and the Hon. John P. Hopkins are perfecting all the details of the trip. SHOT NO.1. If reports are true, Perry S. Heath, Secretary of the Republican National Committee, is one of those pusillanimous, low-bred individuals, who entertains the idea that there is no difference between the men of the Afro-American race, that they all look and act alike. Several days ago, Rev. Wm. Gray and Editor Lincoln C. Valle, called upon Mr. Heath, presented their cards to one of the attendants, who informed Mr. Heath that "two niggers desired to see him." Mr. Heath replied by saying, "Let the coons wait until I get good and ready to see them," or words to that effect, and they waited for six or eight hours without getting to see Mr. Heath. In the meantime, dozens of white men, as ill and as low-bred as himself, had free access to his rooms. Lately both political parties have placed men in charge of their national and local affairs, with few honorable exceptions, who delight in showing their utter contempt for all Negroes unless they are willing to black their boots, help them on and off with their coats, fan them, with a big brick, and play the part of monkey. OLD FOLKS HOME PICNIC Wednesday, August 8, a picnic will be given at Peterson's Park, 59th street and Western avenue, for the benefit of the Old Folks Home, which is located at 610 Garfield boulevard. Mrs. J. P. Stewart is chairman of the picnic committee; Mrs. Dr. J. C. Bentley, secretary and Mrs. Gabriella Smith, manager. The park will be illuminated by calcium lights for the occasion. New amusements, never before introduced, will be rendered for all who join in the picnic. Armant's orchestra will be present and enliven the occasion with fine musical selections. Admission to the park, 25 cents. The park can be reached by taking any cross town car to Western avenue and transfer to its gates. This is a worthy cause and The Broad Ax commends it to the public and hopes that a nice sum of money can be realized from it for the benefit of the Old Folks Home. Oskaloosa, Ia., July 24, 1900. (Special to the Broad Ax. Chas. H. Wilson, G. K. of P. K. of R. and S., of Ottumwa, came up Thursday and spent the day at the Geo. E. Taylor home. Thos. H. Brown has bought the Patterson restaurant on South C. street. Tom has great expectations. John Simms, of Washington, D. C., is the guest of relatives and friends. Mr. Simms came to Burlington with the party in charge of Senator Gear's remains, and Thursday to this burg. Mr. Simms is quite popular among Iowa friends. Miss Jennie Hardy is doing nicely with her little musical class. Geo. E. Taylor returned Friday night from Peoria, Ill., where he was a guest of the Grand Lodge. Charlie Thompson is at the races in Des Moines this week. Mrs. Wm. Perno and daughter Breta of Sigourney arrived Monday noon to visit briefly with friends and relatives. The John Williams house on N. G street is moving along nicely, and will soon be ready for use. Mrs. Esther Dickens suffered a severe attack of lagrippe Sunday night. Henry Taylor, who has been a sufferer of kidney trouble, is much improved. Henry Cooper has been a sufferer the past week with stomach trouble. Geo. H. Woodson was a passing caller Thursday at the Geo. E. Taylor home. Jessie Jones, the 16-year-old daughter of Ed. Jones, took carbolic acid Monday morning, intending suicide. She had diluted the acid to such an extent that the desired effect was not realized. The prompt attention of a physician will probably save the girl's life. She will not talk, hence the cause is not known. Henry Stuckart continues to do business at the old stand, and by the first of September Mr. Stuckart will roll up his sleeves and fight for his election as a member of the board of review. CHIPS. Mrs. L. A. Davis spent the past week at Mackinack Islands. She will return to the city this evening. Mrs. Dr. B. W. Porter of Indianapolis, Ind., is visiting her friend, Mrs. L. A. Newby, 5014 Armour avenue. The Democratic National Committee have secured 14 rooms on the Wabash avenue side of the Auditorium hotel and the headquarters will be in running order Sept. 1st. Thos. F. Scully will be a member of the next board of equalization. Mr. Scully is very affable and approachable, and he is just the right man for the place. Mrs. Dr. J. N. Croker is visiting with her and the doctor's friends and relatives at Jeffersonville and Richmond, Ind. She will be absent from the city for two weeks. Michael Irrmann, 196 W. Madison street, dealer in cigars and tobacco, and candidate for county commissioner, is well and favorably known to the people of Chicago, and they have faith and confidence in his business ability. Miss S. Frances Lewis and her mother, of Cincinnati, O., have opened a restaurant and home bakery at 116 $ \frac{1}{2} $ 51st street, and so far they are meetin with very good success, and they deserve the patronage of both races. R. B. Organ, candidate for president of the board of county commissioners, continues to smile and smile, and extends the glad hand of welcome to all callers. Mr. Organ is an excellent man of affairs, and he will make a splendid county official. Friday night last meetings were held in the various wards for the election of officers of the ward organizations. Hon. M. J. Butler was re-elected president of the 30th ward club and M. J. Doherty secretary. The meeting was largely attended and everything was harmonious. Hon. Stephen D. Griffin, who was one of the best court clerks that Cook county has ever had, still remains true to the teachings of Democracy. Mr. Griffin is a steadfast supporter of Col. W. J. Bryan, and after the colonel's election Mr. Griffin may become secretary of the interior. A. H. Wittstein, wholesale jeweler and diamond merchant, 100 State St., is one of those men who is ever ready to relieve the sufferings of the poor. Mr. Wittstein is an active member and hard worker of the Ethical Culture Society, and he is a friend to all classes. The Western Negro Press Association convenes in Salt Lake City, Utah, August 6th and 7th. An interesting time is assured to all who attend its sessions. W. W. Taylor, editor of the Utah Plain Dealer, assisted by many others, are making grand preparations to entertain all the brothers of the craft who will visit the city of Zion. John E. Traeger, ex-collector for the town of Lake, and the peoples' choice for coroner, is in a very quiet way making new friends for the ticket each day. Mr. Traeger is a thorough campaigner, and he understands how to recruit the ranks of Democracy. If all the other candidates work half as hard as John E. Traeger there would be no doubt about the result next November. A grand athletic exhibition will be given by the Colored Democratic League of Cook County at the Watita Club rooms, 47th street near Halsted, Monday evening, July 30, at 8 o'clock. General admission, 50 cents. Reserved seats $1.00. Alderman Thos. Carey and the others in charge of the league have donated it free, and the object of the exhibition is to raise funs for the league, so it can open headquarters during the campaign. The colored newspaper editors, who are mortgaged body and boots to Senator Mark Hanna, who smells of boo-dle all over from the crown of his head to his little toe, continue to shoot off their mouths about the dead issues of the war, but they have nary a word to say against loud-mouthed, rattle-brained Roosevelt, who boasts of the fact that he considered it a great honor to be in a position so he could threaten to kill all "nigger" soldiers who refused to hide in the NO. 40. grass, the same as his cowardly white soldiers. Boys! tell us something about Roosevelt, who pretends to be Governor of New York, and who has persistently refused to appoint one Negro as cuspidor cleaner. Ain't he a beaut? We don't think. Ex-Mayor John P. Hopkins has become a member of the Democratic Central Committee of Illinois, and it has been intimated that he is liable to assume the chairmanship of the committee after next January. The state committee is sadly in need of some new and active blood and workers, and it is conceded that Mr. Hopkins is one of the best and most practical politicians and organizers in the country, and when he was in the traces before the party won some of its greatest and most brilliant victories, and if he should get hooked up to the machine it will do the same thing in the future. A ragged coat often covers a warm heart, while many an embroidered waistcoat has nothing better under it than heartburn. Queensland is being converted into a large orange orchard. The Australian orange ripens at a time when other countries cannot provide fruit. Telegraphic wires are better conductors on Monday than on Saturday, on account of their Sunday rest, and a rest of three weeks adds 10 per cent to the conductivity of a wire. Recent explorations show that Brazilian resources, if pressed, could turnish 50 per cent more raw rubber than at present. Investigations in Africa have disclosed a supply which is practically limitless. Gen. Andre, the new French war minister, had his measures on taking office cancelled pending military punishments and rescinded Gen. Galliflet's prohibition of the wearing of civil dress by officers when off duty. Enforced cleanliness prevails in the public schools of Copenhagen. Three times a week the pupils have to bathe at the schools, and while they are disporting themselves in the swimming baths their clothes are purified in steam ovens. There is a horse in Havana, Cuba, which probably has saved the lives of 1,800 persons. He is kept in Havana's bacteriological laboratory, which, like the Pasteur Institute of Baltimore, was founded by a newspaper. This horse was given to that institute in 1895. From that year up to date, it is said to have furnished 74,000 cubic centimeters of anti-diphtheria serum, with a record of 1,800 cures. The telegraph line, begun five years ago to connect Victoria Nyanza with the east coast of Africa, has been completed. One of the practical uses of the line will be to give warning to Lower Egypt of the state of water on the Upper Nile, information that will in some cases be worth millions of dollars to the people of Lower Egypt, who depend on the river for their irrigation water. The railway which is being built along the same route is now in operation to Kiu. about 270 miles inland. To complete the remaining 400 miles will require three years. Special trains on the Siberian railroad certainly possess everything for the comfort of travelers. There is a library, piano, writing conveniences, barber shop, gymnasium, ice water, hot water, dials which indicate the next station and the length of the stop, double windows to protect the passengers from dust and the extreme Siberian cold, and an observation car at the rear. There is no charge for medical attendance, but baths cost $1. There are attendants on the train speaking English, French and German. The time from St. Petersburg to Irkutsk is seven days. The famous Trans-Missouri Freight association decision of the Supreme Court was said to have thrown the railroads back into a "competitive" state. But a railroad passenger association has decreed that any road running a train between New York and Chicago in less than twenty-eight hours must charge $4 above the regular fare. That does not look like competition. An association sufficiently powerful to compel the rich and enterprising roads to forego the advantage of their enterprise is hardly the shorn, crippled and decrepit creature that its members have represented it as being. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Catholics, Protestants, Knights of Labor, Indians, 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 to THE BROAD AX, 5040 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. It is quite evident that the good Boxer very closely resembles the good Indian. Of course, those enthusiastically patriotic citizens who are mobbing Chinese laundrymen would hail with delight an opportunity to go to China. Recent studies of the ocean bottom near the coast line of continents have shown that rivers of considerable size sometimes enter the sea beneath the surface. Mummies manufactured in France are now being shipped all over the world. Prudent antiquarians, purchasing wisely, examine the mummy with the X-rays, for thus the spurious article is readily detected. The employment of women in the postal service is not an American idea. It was by no means uncommon in the old days, when postmasters kept post houses and were persons of some consequence. "In 1548, Leonard, of Taxis, appointed a woman postmaster at Braine-le-Comte, an important point in France." The Delaware & Raritan Canal Company is said to be mustering its mules out of service, and harnessing up the automobile to do their work on the tow-path. If this sort of thing is allowed to go on till the beasts of burden and of draft are let off from their present tasks, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will be tempted to relax its vigilance. Consul-General John Goodnow, the United States representative at Shanghai, whose dispatches to the government concerning the situation at Peking have been printed in the newspapers of the country, is a Minneapolis man. He used to own the Minneapolis Baseball club, and at the time of his appointment to his present post by President McKinley he was engaged in the coal business in Minneapolis. Besides being the seat of the Transvaal government Pretoria is the most beautiful town in South Africa. It nestles in a valley. Nowhere else in South Africa is there such a blending of new and old or are there so many contrasts in the way of architecture. There are quaint, low Dutch roofs, sturdy English architecture and the big government buildings completed ten years ago at a cost of $1,000,000. There are important distinctions between India rubber and gutta percha and in the majority of purposes for which they are employed, one can not replace the other. While the trees yielding India rubber are well distributed over the tropical parts of the world and may be cultivated with more or less facility, the tree which furnishes gutta percha is to be found only in Borneo, Sumatra and the Malay archipelago generally. A fat citizen of the seacoast town of Lubec, Me., went down a ladder at the side of a schooner to get a hammer that he had dropped overboard. He inserted his body between the rungs of the ladder, that he might reach down and get the hammer from the shoal water, and became stuck there. The tide was rising and he was rescued three hours afterward, just in time to save him from drowning, the water having reached within two inches of his mouth. In Abyssinia women are rulers and men are evidently the weaker vessels. The house and all its contents belong to the woman, who may, if she choose, turn her husband out of doors on the slenderest pretext. If, upon repentance, she consents to receive him again, he must bring as a peace-offering a cow or half the market price of a camel. The right of divorce belongs exclusively to the wife, and, though her husband must not leave her without her consent, he is obliged to go if she desires to be rid of him. In fact, a state of affairs exists in Abyssinia which might well justify a revolt of man. The instinct of animals in the matter of self-preservation is curiously illustrated by the fact that several dozen cats found refuge during the Ottawa fire in a wooden house which although the buildings on each side were burned down, refused to catch fire, and remained intact. Cats have a peculiar gift in this direction, since, in addition to their reputed nine lives, there is a popular superstition that they will only eat what is good for them. This may or may not be a fallacy; but the instinct of self-preservation, which is common to all animals, except perhaps horses (who, being very bags of nerves, will during a fire behave with suicidal obstinancy), has SPORT DENIED AMERICANS. Cormorant Fishing in the Orient and How the Birds Are Trained Cormorant fishing is little known in the United States, but it is considered fine sport in some countries. The process of training the birds is thus: The long feathers of the left wing are cut and a wire mask is worn to prevent the untrained birds from lacerating the face of the trainer. Then to each foot is attached a leather thong, by means of which the birds can be held conveniently without risk. For two or three days each bird is fed carefully by hand at regular intervals, and at the end of this time complete docility is obtained, and the birds having become accustomed to their master follow him about like a couple of affectionate poodles. Several live fish are placed in a tank and the cormorant, having had a collar adjusted to his neck sufficiently tight to prevent him from swallowing the fish, is allowed to plunge for his prey. In a few seconds he reappears with a fish partly swallowed. He is persuaded easily to perch upon his master's finger and, placed on the ground, he is made to disgorge his catch, which immediately is put out of sight, the cormorant being rewarded by a small piece of fish or other suitable food. The sport is most interesting, and even fascinating, especially if the cormorant pits himself against a good-sized fish. The movements and maneuvers of the cormorant are of marvelous rapidity and grace. Cormorant fishing is practiced largely as a business in China and Japan. In these countries it usually is carried out at night and in boats. Each fisherman takes five cormorants, and to the prow of the boat is attached a brilliant light, which attracts the fish, of which enormous numbers are caught by the birds. These Chinese and Japanese fishermen attain great skill in the manipulation of the birds. They handle four or five cormorants, all retained by strings, and send them into the water at the same time. To juggle with the strings—which are held between the fingers of the left hand—while the birds plunge about in all directions, is a matter requiring the greatest dexterity.—Chicago Chronicle. TALLY-HO TRAVEL Two Thousand Miles for a Trip During the Summer Captain 'Jack" Phelps, of Hackensack, started off on a record-breaking drive of 2,000 miles Thursday with a tally-ho and four sturdy animals, says the New York Journal. A rousing send-off was given by his friends. With him on the front seat was Mrs. Phelps, who accompanied her husband on an 800-mile drive four years ago, and who, fifteen years ago, accompanied the captain when he sailed his steam yacht Brunhilde around the world. Colonel Sheffield Phelps and his wife were also in the tally-ho, and will remain with the tourists a week or ten days. Other friends will be picked up at different points to remain for stages varying from one to two weeks, which will do much to relieve the monotony of the long trip. Captain Phelps headed for Greenwood Lake, by way of Pompton and Newfoundland. Friday the party will be headed for Liberty. From there they go to Hancock, Owego, Birmingham, Ithaca, the lake region to Niagara, across to Canada to Toronto, along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence river to Montreal, the objective point. The return trip will be made through Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York. Captain Phelps is immensely wealthy. He is a son and heir of the late William Walter Phelps, former minister to Germany. Bandit's Hat. The hat that fell from the head of Grant Dalton, one of the bandits in the bank raid at Coffeyville, Kan., several years ago, has been presented to Sam Campbell, one of the proprietors of the Centropolis Hotel, and for years a well known and popular hotel clerk of Kansas City. The hat is a very fine, light-colored sombrero, and probably cost $12 or $15 when new. It is of the finest of felt, and, although large, is light in weight. The crown runs to a peak, like a haystack, and the band around it is a plain leather one.—Kansas City Journal. Home-Made Cartridges Not Good It would not pay to refill rim fire revolver cartridges, if indeed one should succeed in doing so. The percussion cap is made of fulminate of mercury or some similar preparation which a novice must not attempt to make on account of the danger attending the operation. Better be content to buy cartridges and leave the making of them to an expert. Rhode Island Slow to Change. Rhode Island was the last of the original thirteen states to enter the union. It was the last to abandon the English system of entailing property and confirming the suffrage to eldest sons. It was the last to allow foreignborn citizens not holding property to vote. It has held on to traditions and historical precedents with a firm hold. Razors can be conveniently sterilized by a new apparatus, which has a tank for heating the water or sterilizing liquid, provided with a hood which confines the steam, slots being cut around the edge of the hood for the insertion of the razor blades. Nutmegs are slight stimulants and when administered in warm water they make a gentle nervous sedative and a fair stomachic. SACRIFICED AMBITION ON ALTAR OF PATRIOTISM. Might Have Been Named with Bryan Had He Been a Self-Seeker—A Gold Bug Paper's Tribute to the Silver Champion. It would be difficult to discover, in the array of people politically prominent in America at this time, a character more worthy of respect and admiration than that of the Hon. Charles A. Towne, of Minnesota. True to his faith and principles, single-minded, sincere and unselfish, he stands before the people today an exemplar of simple, self-sacrificing American honesty and patriotism. No doubt Mr. Towne would have liked to be Vice President of the United States. If he had used his opportunities at Kansas City as a demagogue would have utilized them, he might perhaps have forced himself upon the ticket with Mr. Bryan, who wanted him as his running mate with all the intensity of his aggressive and determined nature. But Mr. Towne had aims and purposes higher than the gratification of a personal ambition. Already the Vice Presidential candidate of the Populists, he could have been named for the same office by the Silver Republicans at their Kansas City Convention. Thus re-enforced, his claims upon the Democratic National Convention, considering the circumstances of the year, might have been dangerous to ignore. But, rather than embarrass the great leader he hopes to see in the White House next year, or to bring any element of discord into the camp of the popular army which has been mobilized to fight for the people and institutions against the trust and monopoly forces who would subvert them, he refused to let his name go before the Silver Republican Convention, and has now announced his intention to decline the Populist nomination when he shall be formally notified that it has been given to him. Without a shadow of regret or soreness in his attitude, Mr. Towne appeared as one of the distinguished receiving party which greeted his successful competitor, the Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, when that gentleman reached Lincoln on Monday, to pay his respects to the Presidential candidate. If he concealed a wish that he might have been the nominee instead of the Illinois statesman and ex-Vice President, it did not show in speech or manner, and nothing of the kind could possibly detract from the earnestness and fixity of purpose with which he will enter the fight for the preservation of liberty and the Constitution. It is remarkable and a pleasant spectacle! Charles A. Towne, when he withdrew from the Republican party in 1896, because he felt that an honest man could no longer remain in it, notoriously resigned a political future as a Republican, which his striking ability and remarkable accomplishments as a public man and a thinker made it certain would be distinguished in an unusual degree. He realized the sacrifice, but did not hesitate to make it on the altar of his conscience. During the four years that since have elapsed, he has never swerved from the path of duty he then marked out for himself. He is one who, like the chieftain he does battle under, is incapable of conceding the least modicum of principle for the sake of expediency. He is of the stuff of which grand leaders of men are made. He cannot be Vice President next year, but, happily, he is young and may come to even higher honors hereafter. He thoroughly deserves the respect of friend and enemy alike. He is a Chevalier Bayard of American politics; a type nearly extinct. He has richly earned whatever the combined parties of the people can give him, in recognition of his devotion and service, should their cause be blessed with victory in November.—Washington Times. Our Imperator in China Public attention will be riveted upon this following part of Mr. McKinley's letter to his brother sovereigns through the secretary of state, Mr. Hay: "The purpose of the president is . . . to act concurrently with the other powers . . . fourthly, in aiding to prevent a spread of the disorder to other provinces and a recurrence of such disasters." "The purpose" not of the congress, not of the people, if you please, but of the president! "The president" and "the other powers!" Certainly no fault is to be found with this document, written by Mr. Hay and revised by the president at Canton, O., on the score of lack of frankness. That great imperial high-mightiness the president will co-operate with "the other powers" not merely in protecting American life and property, not merely in doing what the American people, hitherto supposed to bear the relation to the president of sovereign to servant, may have authorized, but in using American sailors and soldiers in "aiding to prevent a recurrence of such disasters." That is, Mr. McKinley will use the armies and navies of the United States arbitrary and without authority in pacifying China! What respect can we expect to command for the Monroe doctrine of noninterference by European powers in the affairs of this hemisphere if we are to join in wars of conquest and a "concert of action" to secure "spheres of influence" in Asia? Could there be a more complicated and dangerous for- eign "entanglement" than is that into which President McKinley is leading us in the East? If this step is made both inevitable and easier by the president's Asiatic adventure in the Philippines it is only further proof of the combined folly and fatality of his war of "criminal aggression." If we had followed the policy of true Americanism in the Philippines we should never have blundered into this Chinese complication. True Americanism required that we should stand aloof from European land robberles. Then China might have regarded the United States as her friend and arbitrator. By joining our interests and forces with the European monarchical military invaders we are identified in the Chinese mind with the other "foreign devils." Hence our minister—who might have been as safe and as helpful in Peking as Minister Washburn was in Paris during the dreadful and bloody days of the Commune—is besieged and menaced with the rest. This is deplorable, but the responsibility runs straight back to the question. What business have we in China? We do not want any part of her territory, and true religion and true Americanism are agreed in forbidding either propagandism or trade extension at the cannon's mouth.—New York World. Imperialism Is Flourishing: Little by little, and in the face of their deceptive platform, the Republicans are placing themselves squarely on record as favoring militarism and imperialism. Judge Day and President McKinley talk imperialism in Ohio. Ambassador Choate and Chauncey M. Depew bathe in the glamor of it in London. With a characteristic cock-a-doodle-doo, Roosevelt flaps his imperial wings in Kansas. Each of these typical Republicans dwells in his own way upon the fact that "we now belong to the family of nations." Not peaceful nations, not commercial nations, but nations of soldiers and blood and of trumpets and turmoil. At the Fourth of July dinner of the American Society in London Mr. Depew said: "We belong to the family of nations, and any one who does must have the manners of those who sit at the same table." By all means. Let us learn to do our "pig-sticking" properly. Let us learn to support vast armies without a groan. Might is right among those with whom we are now sitting. Again Mr. Depew: "We are now satisfied to have on one side Porto Rico (a McKinley colony) and on the other Canada" (a Victorian colony). This will give us superior facilities for imitation, and if we industriously rub garments and jostle elbows who knows but that the gloss of empire and the gilt of royalty may rub off. We are not more surprised at Depew than at Roosevelt, who calls our military operations in China "an object lesson in expansion." He says: "Expansion simply means that peace must be brought about. In the world's waste places it means that peace can not be had until civilized nations have expanded." Here is the old imperial cry of military force. In order to expand we must conquer other races by cannon and bloodshed. In the dismemberment of the Chinese quarry we shall probably grab a leg or something and hang on with the rest. This is "expansion" of the administration type. It would have been a laudable thing to have saved our legation and our missionaries. They have been murdered and China should be held responsible. But beyond a peremptory demand for honorable redress, including the execution of the de facto rulers at Peking, we have no business there. But from Porto Rico to Peking, along the length of our "far-flung battle line," it is a case of gradual good-by to the old republic, to the Democratic institutions of our fathers, and to liberty, the "eternal spirit of the chainless mind."—New York Journal. The Republican Party. The policy of the Republican party since it passed under the control of Hanna may be summarized as follows: 1. Pay the trusts and usurers the money advanced for the campaign fund of 1896. 2. Retire the greenbacks. 3. Make silver token money, redeemable in gold. 4. Put the banks in possession of all money-making functions. 5. Make the government issue bonds to redeem silver and to buy gold. 6. Increase the standing army to 100,000 (at first). 7. Conduct perpetual war in our colonies. 8. Continue indefinitely the war and Dingley taxes. 9. Increase all kinds of taxes generally. 10. Bury every year about 3,000 of our young men in the Philippines. 11. Enlarge pension roll indefinitely. 12. Gradually and quietly transform our Republic into an empire. 18. Keep Democratic military and naval heroes away from home or discredit their bravery. Omaha World-Herald: Congress declared that as soon as Cuba was pacified the American troops should be withdrawn. Cuba has been "pacified" almost two years. Yet five full regiments and two batteries of American soldiers remain in Cuba. A promise made by the Mc*Kinley administration is subject to heavy discount ```markdown ``` Boston Post Pays Tribute to Character of Democratic Leader. Suppose Bryan were elected President what would happen? What sort of a President should we have in him? In the first place, we should have a thoroughly honest man in the White House. This is a fact conceded by Mr. Bryan's political foes as well as by his political friends. And it is more than the Republicans can say of every candidate for President put up by their party. We should have a President of unquestioned ability. Mr. Bryan has shown himself a man of parts. He is not only a brilliant orator; he has demonstrated his possession of the qualities of statesmanship. We should have a President who is personally unselfish. Mr. Bryan is devoted to principles rather than to the advancement of his individual interests. He is a broad-minded man. We should have for President a man of tact and good humor. Mr. Bryan would enter the White House without enemies to punish or grudges to satisfy. He carries no "knife." And touching the policies and issues on which this election turns, we should have a President devoted to the republican as against the imperial theory of government; to the protection of the interests of the great body of the people as against monopolistic cabals. We should have a President who has pledged himself to what we at the East regard as a mistaken theory of finance. All in all, even from the Republican point of view, there have been many candidates, both Republican and Democratic, whose election to the presidency would be properly regarded with greater apprehension than that of William Jennings Bryan.—Boston Post. The Platform Is Straight. The New York Democratic newspapers are waking up to the true meaning of the Kansas City platform. Says the World: In its presentation of American principles and policies in opposition to imperialism and militarism the Democratic platform constitutes about as powerful a campaign document as was ever issued. It is self-explanatory. It needs no supplement of argument. It states the simple yet splendid truths in a way that carries straight to the mind and conscience of the man whose ideals are the traditional and time-tested ideals of his country. It is this direct appeal to the American conscience which must yet become the central thought of the campaign upon which we are entering. The safety of the American home, the right of the citizen are much nearer to us than can be the condition of any foreign country or the grievances of people at a distance. The Democratic platform so well states the whole issue that The World speaks truly when it says: "It needs no supplement of argument."—Atlanta Constitution. P. S.—Of course it cannot be expected that the gold bug papers of the east will indorse the financial part of the platform. Yet there is no one part of the platform superior in clearness, and wisdom than another. The financial plank is the best ever written, being a step in advance of that of 1896, which recognized the redemption fallacy. The platform of this year throws the superstition overboard entirely and recognizes that paper dollars, when issued by the government constitute lawful money of the United States. The "Mother of Trusts." Three times during the past months the Sugar Trust has raised the price of sugar. The grocery stores and poor consumers have paid the advance without a murmur. They have no protection and they knew it was useless to complain. It has been learned, however, that at the present schedule of prices foreign sugars can enter this market at a profit. But the Sugar Trust must have protection or Republican principles will all be violated. Foreign sugar must not be allowed to enter our markets. It would hurt Havemeyer. Therefore, trot out the tariff, that fine old mother of trusts and let her protecting wings hover over the head of the sugar king. If necessary let President McKinley call a special session of congress. Whatever happens to the consumer the trusts must not be neglected.—Leadville Miner. What Imperialism Means Syracure, N. Y., Telegram: "Imperialism," as defended and promoted by the Republican candidate for president and the party behind him means a departure from the style of Republican government, government by the people, established by the constitution. It means the creating of a large and costly standing army to maintain a government of colonies in far distant points of the globe, to be ruled by satraps who are the stipendaries of a centralized power which enriches its followers by the conferring upon them of rich concessions at the expense of an overtaxed people. Not an Imaginary Peril. Dubuque Herald: Imperialism is not a myth. It is not a bugbear to frighten people. It is an actual peril which the nation must face courageously and fearlessly grapple with if free institutions are to be maintained and preserved. The fight on the Democratic side is for the people and their republic; on the Republican side it is for the elevation of the dollar above character. ```markdown ``` --- All the world over, wherever the Scottish Rite is a recognized institution, the name of Gen. Albert Pike, for 43 years sovereign grand commander of Scottish Rite Masons, is known and revered. Within the next few days in Washington, D. C., there will be erected in his memory a statue, the work of a celebrated Italian sculptor, which will be the second to mark a decided departure from the war and navy heroes which adorn every accessible corner and square of the city. The first representation of a private citizen was that of Daniel Webster, also by the same sculptor The new work will stand at the intersection of two streets and one square from the Supreme Council Building, where Gen. Pike lived for so long. It is to be presented to the city of Washington by the Supreme Coun- M. STATUE TO GEN. ALBERT PIKE. cil of the 33d degree, and the unveiling will be attended with Masonic ceremonies. Gen. Pike will be represented in bronze, colossal in size. The pose is extremely life-like and represents the great Free Mason standing addressing the people with one hand uplifted and a book of his own poems in the other. On the pedestal, which is twenty feet high and of the finest granite, sits a colossal allegorical figure representing Masonry spreading the Scottish Rite banner to the world. EARLY EDUCATION. Observing Educators Say Precocity Should be Checked. Scientists in Washington have concluded that children are sent to school too soon. It is beginning to be thought that schooling may perhaps be started too early for the health and welfare of the little ones, and this idea seems plausible when it is considered that infants of six years are compelled to seek book learning at the public cost in the District of Columbia and in Wyoming, while mere prattlers of 4 are allowed to take advantage of educational opportunities in Connecticut, Wisconsin and Oregon, if their parents so desire. In thirteen other states of the Union, including Pennsylvania, the minimum age of voluntary attendance is 5 years. Light is thrown upon this interesting subject by a study of the growth and development of the mind organ in children. In this line the most important work has been done by Dr. W. W. Johnson, a distinguished physician of Washington, who calls attention to the fact that the human brain attains practically its full weight when the individual is only about 8 years of age. At birth the brain weighs approximately a pound, but its development is so rapid that at the end of the first year it would tip the scales at $2\frac{1}{2}$ pounds. At 4 years it has reached nearly 3 pounds, but from that time on its growth is comparatively slow. Attaining to what is to all intents and purposes its full size at 8 years, it does not alter appreciably after 12 years, and after 24 years it begins to diminish slowly but steadily in avoirdupois. These facts, obviously, have a very important bearing upon questions of school training. So far as brain development is concerned, the first eight years are by far the most important of a child's life; the main growth of the organ takes place during that period. It is evident that the stature attained eventually by the mind depends largely upon the perfection of brain-growth during this epoch. Dr. Johnson urges that education ought not to begin during this period of brain-growth, and that children that are sent to school before they are 8 years of age are threatened with serious injury. Also, he contends, in view of the facts above stated regarding brain development, instruction during the first years should not be too exacting or too stimulating. Precocity ought to be checked, furthermore, and not fostered. Agree on Tariff Rates. The governments of France and Brazil have arrived at a modus vivendi regarding the coffee duties. France agrees to reduce the duties 20 francs per 100 kilos. Brazil agrees to admit French produce at the lowest possible tariff. JULIA HOLMES SMITH. M. Dr. Julia Holmes Smith, who was recently nominated for trustee of the Illinois State university, is one of the best known women in Chicago. For many years she has been a leader among women, and has been particularly prominent in club work of various kinds. Dr. Smith was born in Georgia and was twice married, her first husband being Waldo Abbott, the only son of J. S. C. Abbott, the historian. Her medical education was obtained in the Boston Institute, and she has done much for the advancement of the science, particularly among women. Many organizations owe their success to her intelligent and earnest efforts, says the Chicago Times-Herald. She was president of the Political Equality League, and was for three years president of the Woman's Club. She Prevented a. Panic. That peace has its victories as well as war and that not all heroes win their laurels with the sword has been more than once demonstrated by a modest young man named Frank Conlin, whose whistling sawed 5,000 lives at Coney Island a few nights ago, says the New York Evening World. Frank Conlin is neither very old nor very big, but he has proved that he has strenuous and quick-witted qualities. That the young man is really modest is proved by the fact that while thousands are today showering adulation on J. FRANK CONLIN. his head for his gallantry a few nights ago and are raising a purse for him, it all seems incomprehensible to him. He fails to realize how his simple endeavors at preventing the stampede of a frightened multitude in inky darkness should call forth so much praise. All this happened at the fistic contest between Terry McGovern and Tommy White at the Seaside Sporting club. The preliminary bout had just concluded when the great electric lights flickered, then went out, leaving its great arena in darkness. A hush fell on the crowd. Every one expected the lamps would soon relight, and there was little excitement. But as the seconds passed and there was no sign of the expected illumination fear and a sense of impending disaster spread fear over all. Murmurs of dread were heard on every side. A thousand excited spectators struck matches in an effort to find the exit. A panic was near. From a dark corner of the big auditorium came the notes of a popular air whistled by an adept. There were a thousand persons in that assembly who at once recognized that whistle. They had heard those some shrill but pleasant notes at all of the big sporting events ever held was also the organizer and the first president of the Woman's Medical Association, and is at present the secretary of one of the bureaus of the American Institute of Homeopathy. Other organizations of which she is a member and in which she has done excellent work are the Association for the Advancement of Women, Academy of Physicians and Surgeons and the Illinois Homeopathic Association. She is a director of the Illinois Training School for Nurses. Dr. Smith has contributed many valuable articles to periodicals, among the best known being the series in "Common Sense in the Nursery." These were printed in the New York Ledger some years ago and have since been put into book form. She has been a resident of Chicago since 1876. near New York. They heard and paused in their search for the exits. It was an old tune that Conlin struck up, but it carried with it confidence. It was soothing and saving. Instantly thousands on the point of joining in a mad rush for the doors were stayed. "On the Banks of the Wabash Far Away," echoed through the great hall. The crisis was passed. A stampede had been averted. When Conlin finished he was greeted with rounds of applause. Loud demands came for an encore. There was absolute quiet as he rounded out the melody, "There's a Light in the Window." The crowd was insatiate, and song after song was demanded and given with a will in tuneful succession until the repertoire included the "Blue and the Gray," the "Moth and the Flame," "Il Trovatore," the Intermezzo from "Cavalieria Rusticana," and just as the light again gleamed forth overhead and McGovern made his appearance the whistler was warbling the "Wearing of the Green," to which the great throng was beating a heel and toe tattoo. Even Champion McGovern himself gracefully acknowledged that the applause which broke loose at this point was not for him alone and he bowed first to the throng and then in the direction of Whistler Conlin. After the battle Conlin received the congratulations of many who realized the merit of his prompt and quick-witted preventative of a panic. Land for Landless One of the last bills which passed Congress opens to settlement the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indian reservation in southeastern Oklahoma. The government is to pay the Indians $2,000,000, one-fourth in cash, the other three-fourths to remain in the Treasury drawing 5 per cent interest. The number of acres open to settlers will be over 1,600,000, which will give space for about 10,000 farms of 160 acres each, though not all the land is of value for farming purposes. The opening of this reservation is another step toward inducing the Creeks,Cherokees, Seminoles,Choctaws and Chickasaws to take up lands in severalty. When this is done the old Indian Territory can be united to Oklahoma and become a prosperous state. Washington Will Build in Washington. In the French Chamber of Deputies the government has just introduced a credit of 1,315,000 francs to erect an embassy building at Washington. The construction and furnishing are estimated to cost about 915,000 francs, and the purchase of the ground about 400,-000 francs. Demand for Old Badges. At the opening of every presidential campaign there is always a big demand for collection of campaign badges, state and national, used in the campaigns of the past. HEALTHY WOMEN. Mary J. Kennedy, manager of Armour & Co.'s Exhibit at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition at Omaha, Neb. writes the following of Peruna, as a cure for that common phase of summer catarrh, known as indigestion. Miss Kennedy says: A. "I found the continual change of diet incidental to eight years' traveling completely upset my digestive system. In consulting several physiciansthey decided I suffered with catarrh of the stomach. "Their prescriptions did not seem to help me any, so, reading of the remarkable cures effected by the use of Peruna I decided totry it and soon found my self well repaid. "I have now used Peruna for about three months and feel completely rejuvenated. I believe I am permanently cured, and do not hesitate to give unstinted praise to your great remedy, Peruna." The causes of summer catarrh are first, chronic catarrh; second, derangements of the stomach and liver; third, impure blood. Such being the case anyone who knows anything whatever about the operations of Peruna can understand why this remedy is a permanent cure for summer catarrh. It eradicates chronic catarrh from the system, invigorates the stomach and liver, cleanses the blood of all impurities, and therefore permanently cures by removing the cause—a host of maladies peculiar to hot weather. The cause being removed the symptoms disappear of themselves. "Summer Catarrh" sent free to any address by The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. Is the Queen an O'Connor? The queen is of the old Irish royal strain. She is not only a Guelph and a Stuart, she is one of the royal O'Connors. The last Irish sovereign of the whole island was Roderick O'Connor. His sons were slain. His daughter married Hugo de Lacy. Their daughter married a De Burg, earl of Ulster; from them descended Ellen, wife of Robert Bruce, king of Scotland. The granddaughter of Robert Bruce, the Princess Margery, married the lord high steward of Scotland, and through her the Stuarts claimed the Scottish crown. Thence it is easy to trace how the royal blood of Ireland, Scotland and England meets in the person of the reigning Queen Victoria.—Irish Tourist. Supreme Court Sustains the Foot-Ease Trade-Mark. Justice Laughlin, in Supreme Court, Buffalo, has ordered a permanent injunction, with costs, and a full accounting of sales, to issue against Paul B. Hudson, the manufacturer of the foot powder called "Dr. Clark's Foot Powder," and also against a retail dealer of Brooklyn, restraining them from making or selling the Dr. Clark's Foot Powder, which is declared, in the decision of the Court, an imitation and infringement of "Foot-Ease," the powder to shake into your shoes for tired, aching feet, now so largely advertised and sold all over the country. Allen S. Olmsted, of Le Roy, N. X., is the owner of the trade-mark "Foot-Ease," and he is the first individual who over advertised a foot powder extensively over the country. He will send a sample Free to any one who writes him for it. The decision in this case upholds his trade-mark and renders all parties liable who fraudulently attempt to profit by the extensive "Foot-Ease" advertising, in placing upon the market a spurious and similar appearing preparation, labeled and put up in envelopes and boxes like Foot-Ease. Similar suits will be brought against others who are now infringing on the Foot-Ease trademark and common law rights. Summer Food in China. Black dogs and black cats are the favorites in China in the line of food because when eaten in midsummer they will insure health and strength. The most important change made at the recent provincial chapter of the Congregation of the Holy Cross at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, was the transfer of Rev. James A. Burns from the head of the community house to the presidency of Holy Cross college, which is situated in Washington in affiliation with the Catholic University of America. Father Burns, who has been professor of chemistry at Notre Dame after brilliant work at Harvard and Johns Hopkins, is one of the ablest as well as one of the youngest of the Catholic educators of America, and as head of the post graduate institution in Washington he has a great field for further progress. Ten Chinese newspapers are published in Shanghai, and the success they have achieved has led to the establishment of others at some of the other treaty ports. Insist on Having Maple City Soap If you want the best. It is pure, and leaves the clothes sweet and wholesome. Some people put on airs because that is about all they have to put on. SEND 47 ots. New 71- guitar & organ best grade qh half price. UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, Notre Dame, Ind. We call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Notre Dame University, one of the great educational institutions of the West, which appears in another column of this paper. Those of our readers who may have occasion to look up a college for their sons during the coming year would do well to correspond with the president, who will send them a catalogue free of charge, as well as all particulars regarding terms, courses of studies, etc. There is a thorough preparatory school in connection with the university, in which students of all grades will have every opportunity of preparing themselves for higher studies. The Commercial Course, intended for young men preparing for business, may be finished in one or two years according to the ability of the student. St. Edward's Hall, for boys under thirteen, is an unique department of the institution. The higher courses are thorough in every respect, and students will find every opportunity of perfecting themselves in any line of work they may choose to select. Thoroughness in class work, exactness in the care of students, and devotion to the best interests of all, are the distinguishing characteristics of Notre Dame University. Fifty-six years of active work in the cause of education have made this institution famous all over the country. "Jim Crow" Cars in Virginia. The "Jim crow" car law requiring separated coaches for whites and negroes on the railroads in Virginia went into effect tonight at 12 o'clock, says a recent dispatch from Richmond. All the roads had their shop forces busy for some time preparing their cars ready to meet the requirements of the new law. Every train running after midnight will have separate cars. Local trains, where there are few coaches, will have these partitioned, giving one-half to the whites and the other to the negroes. The railroads made a tremendous fight against the enactment of the law and the negroes protested loudly, but in vain. The New Railroad to San Francisco. The New Railroad to San Francisco. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. has completed an extension of their route to San Francisco, and opened it up recently for passenger business, opening for freight business having been made several weeks ago. Heretofore, San Francisco and the other cities of central California have been connected with the east by only one transcontinental line, and the entry of the Santa Fe route to compete for public patronage may be expected to result in much better freight and passenger transportation for those cities. The Santa Fe road is now the only railroad under one ownership and management all the way from Chicago to San Francisco. A Welcome Announcement. It will be learned with universal pleasure that the management of the Temple Theater has made a special arrangement whereby Jessie Bartlett Davis will nil another engagement of one week at this theater at an early date. Many who thought Mrs. Davis would stay longer than one week during her last engagement were disappointed in not seeing her. Her coming appearance will give them another opportunity, but it must not be understood that Mrs. Davis is to continue in vaudeville. It is because of numerous and urgent requests from friends that she has consented to fill another engagement at the Temple. Marquette, on Lake Superior. is one of the most charming summer resorts reached via Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Its healthful location, beautiful scenery, good hotels and complete immunity from hay fever, make a summer outing at Marquette, Mich., very attractive from the standpoint of health, rest and comfort. For a copy of "The Lake Superior Country," containing a description of Marquette and the copper country, address, with four (4) cents in stamps to pay postage, Geo. H. Heafford, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ill. 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Age is venerable in man—and it would be in woman wege she to become old. Sometimes a man has no confidence in other men because he has none in himself. Medicine and advice are two things that it is always more pleasant to give than to receive. Joseph's brethren probably cast him into the pit because they thought it was a good opening for a young man. Ice cream and bon-bons may be the food of love, but bread and meat occupy important positions on the matrimonial bill of fare. Intuition is something that tells a woman her husband is lying when he comes home at 2 a. m. and begins to explain the whys and wherefores. Chicago News. RAM'S HORN WRINKLES. Real religion remedies religion. Doing is the proper end of doctrine. The way of life is the way from death. Loose living and fast living are the same. Deeds furnish the best answer to doubt. The truly spiritual man is always practical. You may oppress truth, but you cannot suppress it. A feeble faith is better than a mighty feeling. God has not cast the world adrift; it has wandered away. The gospel is the heart of God seeking the heart of man. It is always easier to forget bad habits than to forego them. Men need a Bible conscience more than a Bible commentary. Love, rather than legislation, rules in the kingdom of God. No song, or sermon, or sacrament is acceptable without service. A lie feels easy only when it forgets that it has a truth on its track. Crooked men cannot expect to agree with the straight truths of the Bible. The damp fogs of doubt are found only where the sun of love does not shine. IN THE BALDHEADED ROW. "Bald headed men generally seem so cheerful and happy." "Of course; they can't remember how they looked when they had their hair."—Indianapolis Journal. "Who was the scientist who made the discovery that baldness is a sign of intellect?" "I don't know his name. All I know is that he was bald."—Indianapolis Press. IN A NUTSHELL. There are about 100,000,000 sheep in Australia. Washerwomen in Vienna earn at most forty cents a day. Clinton Rose, the novelist, is seriously ill at Binghamton, N.-Y. Tennessee pays the chief justice of its supreme court a salary of $3,500. Public story-tellers still earn a good livelihood in Japan. In Tokyo 600 of them ply their trade. The Prince of Wales has again, at his physician's advice, given up for a time the use of tobacco. The Earl of Airlie, who was killed in action near Pretoria recently, boasted of a title 250 years old. All those who attend Queen Victoria are very well aware of the feebleness which has recently come over her eyesight. General Crönje has been seen by several newspaper men at St. Helena, but refuses to be interviewed for publication. The easiest man in the world to bunco is the man who has enough success to make him have confidence in his own judgment.-Life. A Cambridge (Mass.) councilman is endeavoring to gain an appropriation of $5,000 to buy the house of James Russell Lowell for a free library. A German syndicate will soon send an authorized representative to Canea, to put before Prince George a plan for the construction of railways in Crete. The average distance traveled by British engine drivers is from 30,000 to 50,000 miles every year. There are about 20,000 drivers in the United Kingdom. Gen. Lew Wallace has been in ill health of late and has joined a fishing party at Kankakee, Ill., for rest and recreation. He has just completed his autobiography. Three bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church are natives of the same town-Athens, O. They are Bishops McCabe, Cranston and Moore. Bishop Ames was also born near the town. BRIEF BRIEFLETS. The tiger's strength greatly exceeds that of the lion. Between the years 1871 and 1896 Germany lost 2,404,782 of her inhabitants by emigration. The Indian name of the Charles river at Boston was Mis-sha-um, which meant great highway. Bank deposits in Montana have more than doubled in six years, while in Wyoming they have trebled. In January next the body of Gambetta will be exhumed at Nice and taken to Paris, where it will be placed in the Pantheon. The lightest known solid is said to be the pith of the sunflower, with a specific gravity of .028, or about one-eight that of cork. Tampa is to have a sugar refinery. The raw sugar is to be brought from Porto Rico and Cuba until a sufficient amount of it can be produced in Florida. H. L. Barck, overseer of the poor in Hoboken, N. J., is very warm in his advocacy of a whipping post to punish inhuman fathers who desert their children. The new survey of the city of Natchez shows that City Attorney T. Otis Baker lives outside the city limits. He has been paying city taxes for twenty years. The timber supply of Georgia has been estimated by lumbermen of that state as sufficient to last only nine years at the present rate of sawing, 2,600,000 feet daily. Erskine M. Phelps, of Chicago, has presented to Bowdoin College a portrait of Chief Justice Fuller, of the class of '53, painted by Robert Hinckley of Washington. WILES OF THE WEED. Mr. Briggs—"If I were Vandyke I should get a divorce at once." Mrs. Biggs—"Why?" Mr. Biggs—"She won't let him smoke in the house." Mrs. Biggs—"Why, I thought you attended his smoker last night." Mr. Biggs—"I did. It was a smokeless smoker."—Ohio State Journal. McSwatters and McSwitters had sworn off smoking for three months. One day, about four weeks after the bargain had been made, the two met. Each was dying for a good cigar. "Say, John," said McSwitters, "kept your end of the bargain?" "You bet!" sighed McSwatters. "I can't afford to lose ten dollars." "Neither can I. But look here, I must have a smoke. Tell you what I'll do; I'll give you two dollars if you will call the deal off." "Done!" said McSwatters. He took the two and placed them in his vest pocket. "I'll buy," he said. Half an hour later he was on his way home, chuckling softly. McSwitters was the twelfth man who had bought him off on the cigar deal.—Syracuse Herald. Green and whitestripes are the fashionable thing for awnings. To whom it may concern: Julius F. Taylor, who comes to this city well recommended, has begun the publication of "The Broad Ax," which, I am informed, will disseminate Democratic principles and contend for the higher intellectual development of the Afro-American race and mankind in general. While he is thus engaged I bespeak for him the hearty support of all loyal and true friends of Democracy. Respectfully, RESIDENCE, 954 Turner Ave. Lawrence M. Ennis, Advocate and Counselor at Law, Suite 726 Opera House Block. S. W. Corner Clark and Washington Sts. TELEPHNNE MAIN 1782. Thomas F. Scully, Attorney at Law, 79 Clark Street, - - - CHICAGO. ROOM 14. JOHN E. OWENS Attorney at Law, SUITE 621 ASHLAND BLOCK. 59 S. Clark Street, - - CHICAGO TELEPHONE EXPRESS 472. JOSEPH A. 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