The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX VOL. V. WILLIAM J. BRYAN OF NEBRASKA FOR VICE PRESIDENT. ADLAI E. STEVENSON OF ILLINOIS. THE POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE NEGRO. THE XIII., XIV. AND XV. AMENDMENTS AND NEGRO SUFFRAGE. The question has been asked a great many times by the unsophisticated, and others, who do not possess any knowledge of this nor any other country, "that if President Lincoln did not free all the slaves, how did the others acquire their freedom?" Those who ask the question, and who suppose or think that the proclamation accomplished that object, display their unfamiliarity with the power and authority invested in the President. It is admitted by the very brightest authorities on Constitutional and International Law that each commanding general of the federal army, as fast as he advanced with the flag, could have offered freedom to the slave as well as President Lincoln. For a paper proclamation of freedom not backed up nor supported by the military arm of the government would not be worth the paper it was written upon, and it would have no more effect or validity than a paper blockade of the sea coast. As we have shown, the proclamation did not apply to the border states, which were loyal to the Union, and in which slavery was untouched. It did not pretend to operate upon the slaves in other large districts, in which it would have been effective at once, therefore we cannot escape from inferring that it was only a war measure, not universal in its scope, and void and of no legal effect whatever within the slave states, which were not under the control of the Union forces. But granting that the proclamation could have conferred freedom upon the slaves according to its scope, their permanent enfranchisement would not have been secured, because the status of slavery, as it existed under the local laws of the states prior to the war, would have remained after the re-establishment of peace, and all emancipated slaves found in those states or returning to them, would have been subject to slavery as in the past, for the simple reason that no military proclamation could operate to abolish their municipal laws, and nothing short of a Constitutional Amendment could at once give freedom to the slaves and forever prevent their reenslavement. Before passing on to the consideration of the Thirteenth Amendment it is necessary to pause for a few moments while we make several very important observations which will tend to prove that the leaders of the Republican party did not entertain any great amount of love for the Negro, neither were they greatly interested in his future welfare, for immediately after the close of the war an effort was made to repeal the Fugitive Slave Law, which was enacted by the Whig party, but that law could not be repealed without the aid of the Democratic members of Congress, although the Republicans were vastly in the majority in both branches of Congress, and as late as the 4th of April, 1865. Abraham Lincoln declared in a letter which he wrote to A. G. Hodges of Kentucky: "I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me." These two observations gives us a slight inkling of the conservative ideas which Mr. Lincoln entertained in reference to the outcome of the war. January 31st, 1865, the Thirteenth constitutional amendment to the constitution of the United States forever prohibiting slavery in all the states and territories, came up for consideration in the House of Representatives. The honor of drafting the Thirteenth amendment, and also the Civil Rights bill, belongs to Lyman Trumbull, of Illinois, who was born and raised under the wings of Democracy, and who died in the same faith. When the time arrived to vote upon the amendment much doubt was entertained as to its final passage; but after many negotiations, which never came to the ears of the public, a sufficient number of Congressmen were secured who were favorable to it, and some Democratic representatives were among that number, and we are informed by Mr. Trumbull that "when it became evident that the measure had prevailed, Congressmen embraced each other, and many of them completely surrendered themselves to their joy. It seemed to me I had been born into a new life, and that the world was one flowing with beauty and joy, while I was inexpressibly thankful for the privilege of recording my name on so glorious a page of the Nation's history." Abraham Lincoln disappeared below the horizon on or about April 14th, 1865, but the Thirteenth amendment did not become a part of the organic law of the land until it had been ratified by three-fourths of the various state legislatures throughout the Union, and it was ratified by thirty-one of the thirty-six state legislatures and proclaimed December 18th, 1865, which was two years, eleven months and eighteen days after the promulgation of President Lincoln's second proclamation. So it must be perfectly apparent to all that Abraham Lincoln has been given the credit of conferring freedom upon all the slaves, while it was not within his power to do so. O. CONSISTENCY! Reading in Hue's "Chinese Empire" how that the Chinese have lived in the highest civilization known to our race from a time long anterior to any recorded history of any European race, and how they have tried all kinds of governments and theories, their statesmen even 5,000 years ago having left on record their arguments showing as professed knowledge of the science of political economy as our greatest thinkers of today, and comparing their arguments and institutions with those of the Greeks. Romans, modern Europeans and our own Americans, we cannot help being struck by this reflection, and that is, that always, everywhere, the entire care of the state has been given to the interests and pleasures of the upper classes, the landlords, merchants, carriers, etc. No regard has been paid to the vast majority of the people. It will not be exaggeration to say that in exact proportion as the labor has been hard, dangerous and wearying, just in that proportion has the laborer been ill-treated, neglected and despised. Now, when we learn that the lower and harder the labor is, just to that extent is it necessary to the existence of society, and that but for such laborers the genteel and idle of the world must descend to do it or perish, this seems strange. Common gratitude alone ought to have made us do all we could to render the workman comfortable and contented. But on the contrary, often the ill-treatment has made them rebel and menace the very existence of the state itself in past times, and that, too, when they were as ignorant as brutes. Mighty insurrections have been made by them in all countries, and especially in France and England. But the upper class has ever made a kind of pet of its military institution, playing on the vanity of youth by gaudy uniforms and of idleness by promise of pensions and made these to shoot down the wild, foolish, maddened laborers in revolt. Thus a rotten peace has been restored. The pension itself shows the absurdity of the system. The military service is not one-tenth as necessary or trying and dangerous as is the labor service. Take the men in mines, on seas, in railroad service, and in some mills and the like. Accidents are very common. How many tens of thousands are disabled or lose their lives every year? On our coasts and lakes alone some thirty thousand perish yearly by shipwrecks and other accidents. Then the vast number maimed and destroyed by railway service and in the mines! Every soldier might withdraw at once and the Nation be the better for it. But were the men in the coal mines to strike and cease as one man, the consequences would be horrible. And yet if you assert in this model Republic that the labor army is as worthy of pensions HEW TO THE LINE. as the military you are regarded as a fool. And we as a Nation, or as a confederacy of many states, are no whit different in this respect from other Nations. From first to last all has been done for the few. Read the proceedings of Congress and State legislatures. John C. Calhoun said in the Senate as early as 1843 that "during all the long time he had held his seat in that Senate, the whole time of Congress had been occupied about matters of interest to Wall street, bankers, corporations and monopolists, not one day, not an hour, for the people." Look at our great publications, our magazines and newspapers, and books, at our railroads, telegraphs, even the advertisements, all are clearly for people well off, the rich and comfortable class. There are some forty or fifty million of us for whom they do not exist. To this condition it has come at last. Great strikes and small ones, terrible events such as the burning of Pittsburg (almost forgotten), the bomb at Chicago, and murder of the accused, the Homestead and Hazleton affairs, the Idaho Bull Pen rivaling the black hole of Calcutta, the forcible enslavement of Austrian emigrants by the Southern Pacific, and carrying them to Harvai, and hundreds of like cases, all growing more frequent, show that the millions are still disposed to resist. They will do so until terrorized by some great slaughter by our military. Then, like the French, they will subside for a long time. The Negro is being enlisted now on purpose to prepare for this state of things, and he will promptly fire on the white man. Out of our great black population an army of several hundred thousand men, material for the best soldiers ever known, can be enlisted. Already a deep, unconquerable hate exists between the blacks and poor whites. Moreover between the farming class and all farm laborers on one part and all the artisans, mill, mine and factory laborers there is neither sympathy or connection as there should be. They are taught to regard the discontented and striking people as a lot of degraded foreigners naturally hostile to our free government. A strenuous effort will be made by the Democratic party to win to their standard the Negro vote of Minnesota and plains are already being perfected in St. Paul looking to that end.—The Advance, Minneapolis. Let the leaders of the Democratic party of Illinois imitate the leaders of the party in Minnesota, and beneficial results will follow, from the effort put forth in that direction. Let them from now on to the close of the campaign distribute plenty of literature among the 30,000 colored voters of Illinois in opposition to Preident McKinley's policy in the Philippine Islands, and send a weekly newspaper published in the interest of Democracy for the race to each and every Afro-American voter within the State from now until the ides of November, and there is no doubt in our mind but what at least one-half or one-third of the colored voters of this State will cast their vote for Bryan and Stevenson, and the entire Democratic State ticket. John R. McLean, who ran for Governor of Ohio last year, received almost half of the 40,000 colored voters of his State, and the same thing can be repeated in Illinois in the interest of Samuel Alschuler if the leaders of the party will wake up and get a hustle on themselves, but they cannot expect to secure any of the Negro vote by standing off and looking at them and saying, "Brush by, Nigger, brush by." Lawyer Chas. K. Chamberlain, 125 La Salle street, is not only a first-class practitioner, but is an all-around gentleman. He is an active member of the Alschuler Club, which promises to become a power in the present campaign. Mr. Chamberlain assisted recently to organize the Bryan Nebraska Club, which is composed of Chicagoans formerly of Nebraska. THE BIG THREE. For some time past it has been our intention to turn the electric light on the big three of Chicago, commonly called or known as Revs. R. C. Ransom, A. J. Carey and J. F. Thomas. It is a notorious fact, which no honest man or woman can dispute, that these three preachers have openly and above board advocated and proclaimed politics from their pulpits and have permitted their churches to be transformed into political halls and at the same time they have allowed such men as Perry A. Hull, Henry Hertz, Alderman Dixon, Congressman Lorimer, Roy O. West and many other political highwaymen and rascals to profane what we are taught to look upon as the house of God, in spouting politics within its walls. Shortly before the last election Rev. A. J. Carey advised his flock to vote against Alderman Fitch, for the simple reason we presume, because the alderman refused to permit Rev. Carey to pull his leg or to touch him for $15 or $25 and on the Saturday night before the election by order of Rev. Carey, the doors of Quinn Chapel were thrown open for political purposes and the reverend gentleman had the nerve to ask the Lord in his opening prayer to send down His blessings upon such unsavory characters and political free booters as Perry A. Hull and the others of his stamp, who were about to address them, and it is said that Arch-Bishop Hull and his political saints chipped $100 into the Lord's treasury for being permitted to debauch the brothers and sisters by preaching their low and dirty ward politics from the pulpit, and handing it out to them as the Lord's work. Bethel church on that same night under the sanction of Rev. R. C. Ransom, was used for the same purpose and candidate Dixon and his crowd of dead toughs and heelers held sway there, and we are told that the Lord poured out his bountiful blessings upon them to such an extent that the presiding genius of Bethel church, who had almost turned it into a theater before he left it to take charge of the Institutional church. Received $75 to $100 as his portion of the game. Rev. J. F. Thomas $75, and Rev. Carcy about the same amount and on Sunday morning, prior to the election, these three divines, whom we have designated as the big three, blessed and glorified the Lord for sending the Republican politicians into their churches to urge their members to vote for them, while they only had words of condemnation for Democratic candidates and Democrats in general, regardless of the fact, that whenever they want money to luxuriate and live off the fat of the land and wear fine clothes, they make no bones in sending their women members of the church out among the Democrats, and even go themselves and ask and receive aid from the despised, as they say, and unwashed Democrats. Our objection to ministers preaching politics from the pulpits are, that they never know what they are talking about, and then imagine if you please Perry Hull, Henry Hertz and Company assembling in their wine or club rooms, after they have succeeded in turning the churches into political halls as they have always heretofore done laughing and chatting among themselves, and declaring that "All darkies look and act alike to them." for the reason that they bought a church full of them and their empty-headed minister for $75. Such proceedings as these in our opinion tends to cheapen and lessen the influence of all respectable Negroes in the estimation of the whites and it tends to make the whites believe that all Negroes, including their ministers, are undignified, ungrateful and devoid of all principle. Still many claim that no protest should be entered against the big three, they will persist in dabbling in politics and that their political advice is sound. But we are not willing to accept them as infallable political guides, not until they are able to point out to us the exact location of Heaven and hell. We observe that these three reverend gentlemen have become vice-presidents of a common ordinary political club, and Rev. Ransom was anxious to get control of the Institutional church, so we are informed, so he could have more time to devote to politics, and less to preaching the gospel. Yet these three reverend gentlemen want and desire to be regarded and acknowl edged as the great leaders of the Afro-American race in the west. But they are blind themselves politically and are only leaders of the blind and in no sense can we regard them as leaders of the race, for they are nothing more nor less than political spouters and shouters. IT PROMISES TO BE A SUCCESS. If the weather is pleasant on Wednesday, Aug. 5th, the picnic which is to be given at Peterson's Park, 59th street and Western avenue on that day, for the benefit of the Old Folks' Home, will eclipse all former picnics. Many of our most representative colored citizens are engaged in selling tickets, and urging their friends to attend and assist in helping to swell the receipts. Only 25 cents will be charged for admission, and as we have stated before, the park can be reached by taking any cross-town car to Western avenue and transfer to its gates. Armant's orchestra will discourse fine music. Mrs. J. P. Stewart, Mrs. Dr. J. C. Bentley and Mrs. Gabriella Smith will be on hand to welcome the picnickers. Oskaloosa, la., July 31. 1900. Mrs. C. G. Lee, who has been confined to her home with kidney trouble, is able to be around again. Mrs. Ella Winston, of Evans, and Miss Douglass, of Macon, Mo., were Tuesday business visitors in our city. Miss Jessie Jones, who attempted suicide last week, is slowly improving. Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Wilson entertained a company of young folks in honor of their daughters. Misses Bertha and Effie, Tuesday evening, July 24th. Games, charades, music, (instrumental and vocal), were indulged in. Refreshments were served and at a late hour the company departed for their homes. Miss Buelah Cannaday is home from Ottumwa, where she has been visiting for several weeks. Mrs. Alice Flowers, of Chicago, who is visiting at the parental Jones home, in Muchaklnock, was in the city Saturday shopping. The Robert Johnson and the Ed. Jones families spent Sunday on Skunk river. Rev. A. O. Johnson is home from a four weeks' vacation spent in different parts of Missouri. Miss Mabel Green entertained a number of her friends Tuesday afternoon. The occasion was the little miss' 13th birthday anniversary. Westley Chapel Sunday School gives a picnic next Wednesday. Abe Hardy is the superintendent. Governor Theodore Roosevelt continues to crow and crow like a great big dung-hill rooster, and he shows his ignorance of history when he contends that there is no difference between the Louisiana purchase and the acquisition of the Philippine Islands. Every school boy knows that there is a radical difference, but Roosevelt is egotistical enough to think that he can palm off his rot upon the public. Roosevelt, who has insulted every Negro who possesses any race pride, with his fling at the colored soldiers, is belly-aching about a great many things which are entirely foreign to him, and the only reason why he wants to be elected vice-president is to preside over the Senate with his brace of revolvers on and blaze away at every black or yellow face which puts its head inside the Senate door. Tuesday promises to be a gala day in Chicago. Col. W. J. Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson will spend some time in the city on that day while they are on their way to Indianapolis to meet the notification committee. The Cook County Democratic Marching Club will act as the escort of honor to Indianapolis. Mayor Harrison, Robert E. Burke, Thomas Gahan, Fred E. Eldred and many other big leaders of the party will accompany Col. Bryan to Indianapolis. NO. 41. CHIPS. Attorney John R. Auter made a flying business trip to Minneapolis and St. Paul last Monday. The Colored Democratic League of Cook County have opened up headquarters at 3113 Dearborn street. A lawn fete will be given in the yard of Grace Presbyterian church Wednesday evening, August 15. The new officers of Chicago, No. 5, K. P., were installed last Thursday night by Grand Chancellor Wm. F. Taylor. Mrs. Beatrice Brewer, of Champaign, Ill., and Miss Mamie Shoecraft, of Detroit, are the guests of Mrs. Bowles, 4840 Armour avenue. John C. King, who has no superior at the bar, and who is one of the most thorough students of his profession, will make an ideal judge of the Superior Court. Mr. Alexander Ruffin, 5302 Dearborn street, who was so severely beaten up in New Orleans, was brought to the city last Wednesday, and is now at the county hospital. Dr. and Mrs. George C. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Wheeler, Miss Wheeler, and Mrs. John Keelan and children, are camping for a couple of weeks on the St. Joe river. Ernst Wedekind, attorney at law, 81 South Clark street, never tires in his effort in behalf of the grand old Democratic party, and before the contest is over Mr. Wedekind's voice will be neared upon the national, state and county ticket. Geo. W. Alschuler, of Aurora, visited this city a few days ago, and he informed us that some fifteen or twenty of the best Afro-American voters of his city have decorated the lapels of their coats with a button of his handsome brother, Samuel Alschuler, the next Governor of Illinois. The two leading white dailies of Florida in her two leading cities, Tampa and Jacksonville, have Negro editors and business managers, and an entire page in a prominent place of the paper given to the doings of the colored race. This is the kind of opportunity and co-operation that will solve the race problem.—Ex. The Democratic National Committee have gotten everything in shape long before they expected, and are now located in their new headquarters, second floor of the Auditorium hotel. Fourteen rooms will be used to conduct the most vigorous campaign ever waged in the history of the party. Ex-City Treasurer Peter Kiolbossa, who has been honored with the nomination for member of the board of assessors of Cook county, stands well with all classes. Mr. Kiolbossa was connected with the colored regiment during the rebellion, and he is well and favorably known to the Afro-Americans of Chicago. Melville G. Holding, of the 31st ward, who is connected with Sprague Smith Company, dealers in plate and window glass, 209 Randolph street, will be selected to supervise the work in organizing the Fourth district. No better selection could have been made, for Mr. Holding is full of progressive ideas, and his work in the district will count on the day of the election. Nick Chiles, of the Plaindealer, Topeka, Kan., has become furious, and is almost upon the verge of insanity, and he now contends that the National Negro Democratic League is composed of a gang of political gamblers. It is very strange that when such men as brother Chiles puts in half of his time in rustling with Kentucky red-eye or tangle-foot and the other half in hollering and shooting seven come eleven, it is no more than natural for him to think that all men do the same thing. "Will some good brother who is versed in statecraft tell us why it is that in making appointments of Negroes to office the President of the United States always, and invariably, appoints them to positions in the South and in communities where they are objectionable to the whites? Why not appoint a few Negroes to positions in Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts or Connecticut, where the good old abolitionists dwell, and would have no objection in taking a letter from the hands of a Negro postmaster?"—Ex. THE BROAD AX. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Catholics, Protestants, Knights of Labor, Infidels, 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. SUBSCRIPTIONS (advance); One Year..... $2.00 Six Months..... 1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications io JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Thirty-five hundred dozen goatskins are transformed into leather every day in Philadelphia. Mrs. Davis, the only sister of John Brown of Harper's Ferry fame, is still living at St. Johns, Mich. She was the youngest of a family of sixteen children. Herr Hauslian, a Vienese artisan, has arrived at Paris, wheeling in a barrow his wife, a woman of 28, and his child, aged four. The journey has been accomplished in a month. The lonely island of St. Kilda is to have a postoffice and other innovations. The postmaster, who is the pastor, the schoolmaster, doctor, etc., will not have a great additional amount of work, as the mails only arrive at the island two or three times a year. The word "compound" which is used frequently in the war dispatches from China, means an inclusion. In that country and Japan it is customary to build high brick walls around factories, business houses, banks and residences for protection, and these are the "compounds" mentioned. According to a statement made in the English parliament 91,000 horses have been shipped to South Africa during the present war. The cost of an English horse on arrival is from $350 to $375, and that of an Argentine horse only $130. Altogether England must have spent anywhere from $20,-000,000 to $30,000,000 on horses for South Africa. The deaths in 1898 in Havana numbered 21,252 among a population estimated at 250,000. The rate of mortality was 85 per 1,000. In the first month of American occupation, January, 1899, this was reduced to sixty-seven, and by December, 1899, to twenty-seven per 1,000. The decrease continued until in April, 1900, it was less than 22.4 per 1,000. The every-day vehicle in which a baby rides is variously named. In Philadelphia they are advertised as "baby coaches;" in the South they are often called "baby buggies," while in New England and in most parts of the West "baby carriage" is the name. It is doubtless all the same to the baby so long as he gets the open air and sunlight which the vehicle affords. Russia is considering a new mode for leasing the oil lands owned by the crown in the district of Baku, in order to reduce the price of coal oil, which within the last few years has been raised exorbitantly. It is proposed that after 1900 the lessees shall pay to the Government 40 per cent of the oil produced "in natura," so that the Government can become a competitor in the sale of the article. Heretofore the lessees paid a certain tax in cash. M. Ende has recently compared the figures for the motive power used at the different expositions which have been held in Paris. In 1867 the total horse power was 854, furnished by fifty-two engines averaging 16 horsepower each; in 1878 the total was 2,533 horse-power, given by forty-one engines of 62 horse-power average. The figure for 1889 is 5,320 horse-power; only thirty-two engines were used, with a mean of 166 horse-power. In 1900 the total power of the engines and dynamos used to supply the energy is 36,085 horse-power, supplied by thirty-seven machines, giving a mean of 975 horse-power. The French section has eighteen machines, with a total of 14,435 horse-power, or 802 per unit, and the foreign section supplies nineteen machines, giving 21,650 horse-power, or a mean of 1,140 per unit. Prof. Herman V. Hilprecht, the Babylonian explorer, who in the spring of this year went to the east to superintend the excavations in Assyria and Babylon in the name of the University of Pennsylvania, describes in a letter just received the important results of his journey. He says: "The results of our researches exceed everything that has so far been known about Babylon. We found the great temple library and priest school of Nippur, which had been destroyed by the Elamites 228 B. C. The library consists of 16,000 volumes, written on stone, and covers the entire theological, astronomical, linguistic and mathematical knowledge of those days. We also unearthed a collection of letters and biographies, deciphered the inscriptions of many newly discovered tombstones and monuments, and espied, finally, best of all, 5,000 official documents of inestimable value to the student of ancient history. The net result of our journey consists so far of 23,000 stone writings." MONEY TO BURN. Lit a Cigar With It and Stopped a Nux on the Bank. "A run on a bank is a funny thing," said the old banker, who was in a reminiscent mood. "They will start without the slightest cause, and you never know when to expect them. It may be only a rumor, it may be in the air, and the deed is done. Many a good bank has gone to the wall simply because there was no way to know that a run was in prospect, and there are times when the soundest bank in the world could not stand an unexpected run. "A number of years ago, when I was a young man, I was cashier of a bank in the interior of the State. The bank was in good condition and perfectly sound, and we did not dream that our credit would be questioned. But one day a run was started without warning, and inside of two hours there was a howling mob around the bank, and we realized that we had a serious situation to face. "It was simply impossible for us to meet all the demands, but I paid out the funds that we had on hand, knowing full well that it was a question of only a few minutes when we would be obliged to close. "Finally the president of the bank came to me and said in a low voice: "How much longer can we hold out? "Not over ten minutes,' I answered, wiping the beads of perspiration from my brow. "Calmly and deliberately he reached over to the money case, picked up a $10 bill, rolled it lengthwise, stepped to the stove and lit it. Then, without a quiver of an eyelid, he produced a cigar, bit off the end and proceeded to light it from the burning bill. "That move saved the bank. The man to whom at that moment I was handing his balance gasped and then, shoving the money back, said he would leave it. It was the turn of the tide, and the run ceased. We didn't even lose the $10 bill, as the president was careful enough to see that there was enough left to be redeemed."—Detroit Free Press. Some Sea Yarns. Among the officers was one most amusing old fellow, generally distinguished for his slovenly appearance and bad language. He had serve most of his time in brigs and small craft, and was not quite at home in a big ship. Some of his yarns are worth repeating. As midshipman of a brig on the West Coast, the gunroom officers were kept waiting for their pea soup, and, going forward to ascertain the cause, he found the black steward washing his feet in the soup tureen, preparatory to "dishing up!" The boatswain of the brig was challenged by the captain of a French ship for having insulted him, and a rendezvous was arranged on shore. The boatswain landed with a ship's pistol, and observing the Frenchman waiting with his second under a palm tree, he at once opened fire on him, and advanced loading and firing till the Frenchman took to his heels. The captain of the brig was much disliked by his officers, and being ill with yellow fever and likely to die, the first lieutenant used to drill the marines in the burial service on the deck over the captain's cabin, by way of cheering him up, the corporal giving his orders in a loud voice, thus: "The corpse is now a-coming up the 'atchway—reverse harms!" The skipper ultimately recovered.—From "Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor," by Vice-Admirai Sir William Kennedy. A Dog's Supplication. "Mike" is the name of a little gray, silky-haired spaniel, whose home is on Maryland avenue, and he is a most cunning and amusing animal, and as wise as it is possible that a little dog can be. His mistress has taught him many tricks. He can tell you what he does when the policeman comes, playing dead dog, and he can call his mistress when the telephone bell rings, and is altogether a delightful dog. He has been taught to beg for things, and his begging looks for all the world like coaxing, so cunningly is it done. The other day his mistress sent him up stairs to get her slippers. He came down presently with one, and she sent him back for the other, but again he returned without it. He was sent back, and this time he stayed so long that his mistress went up stairs herself to see what was keeping him. A heavy satchel had fallen upon the slipper, and the little dog, after trying in vain to move it, sat on his hind legs, with his little paws raised in suplication, hoping that he might persuade the satchel to get off the slipper. He was probably convinced that his prayer was efficacious when his mistress lifted the hindrance.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. An Irish Horse-Tainer It is no easy matter to quell "the fiery untamed steed." "The man who can break in a vicious horse is not to be met with every day," observed a horse breeder, "and when a really good man is found he may command a lot of money. "I suppose that an Irishman named Dullivan was one of the greatest of horse-tamers. His power was wonderful, and owners of vicious horses clamored for his services. He always performed his work in secret, causing himself and his fractious charge to be shut up together for about half an hour. "When the signal was given, the door was opened, and the horse, covered with perspiration and trembling violently, was seen lying down with the Irishman familiarly playing with him. The spirit hitherto so intractable was completely broken: the steed from which the boldest rider shrank to mount a child might have ridden with the utmost safety."—New York News. POSITIVE PROOF OF AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE Against the Dutch on the Part of Great Britain and the Administration That Misrepresents the People of Our Own Republic. By secretly circulating partisan English literature stating England's case against the Boer republics in South Africa the administration has become the partisan of England and the enemy of the Boers, and is guilty of a most serious offense. For quite a number of days the employes of the folding room of the bureau of education, which is a part of the interior department, have been busily engaged in sending out a large mass of pamphlets and leaflets, issued by the "Imperial South African association, No. 66 Victoria street, Westminster, S. W."(London). The strictest secrecy was observed about this work, which is quite natural, as it is in violation of law and decency alike. The strictest secrecy was also enjoined on all employes engaged therein, who, it is needless to say, are all Republicans, and when the chief of the bureau, Prof. W. T. Harris, who inaugurated the work himself, left for Europe a few days ago, he instructed his private messenger to carefully nail up the huge box, about five feet square, containing these pamphlets every night and keep out all intruders. Nevertheless, as "murder will out," it happened a few days ago that a former employee of the office visited the bureau on business and, as is his habits on such occasions, picked up one of the packages prepared for mailing and drew out its contents. This aroused the ire of the foreman of the folding room, who bounced upon him, snatched the papers from his hands, and said to him: "How dare you interfere with the work and business of the government in this manner? It is no business of yours what the contents of these pamphlets are, and furthermore it is the express order of the commissioner (Prof. Harris) that no one shall be allowed to handle or examine these pamphlets. Not even the empress who are at work on them are allowed to know their contents or examine them, and I. myself, do not know for what purpose they are being sent out. In view of these facts, it is a piece of gross impertinence for you to deliberately pick up papers which do not concern you and proceed to read them." The gentleman tried to explain that he was innocent of any intention to do wrong and had presumed they were public documents, but all was in vain and he was invited out. Nevertheless a set of the pamphlets were procured, and they were entitled as follows: 1st. "The British Case Against the Boer Republics." 2d. "Letter to Senator Hoar on the Transvaal War by John Bellows." 3. Boers and Blacks. 4. The treatment of the Cape Boers by the English Government, and the Treatment of the English by the Boer Government. 5. The Witness of the Churches. 6. The Future of South Africa. ESSENTIALS OF SETTLEMENT. All these are published by said "Imperial South African association." Every package contained each of these publications. It transpires that this literature has been sent out to public school teachers in the Middle West and other states considered doubtful politically, and this work can have only one purpose, that of creating sympathy among those teachers for England and against the Boer republics, in order that the influence of these teachers may be enlisted to destroy the sympathies of their neighbors for the Boers, who are so heroically struggling for their liberty and independence, and thus justify the attitude of our adminstration. The administration, by thus prostituting the bureau of education, which more than all others should be free from political intrigue and partisan service, has committed a serious violation of law. Government employees have performed this work at the expense of the government, though it is stated that "some one else" has furnished the stamps to carry these pamphlets through the mails. But this is not all. The administration, by defending England's action and condemning that of the Boers, has shown that the pretensions to neutrality in this deplorable war were absolutely false, and that it has really sympathized with England from the beginning; this also explains why the administration has permitted England to do many things that should have been resented, being violations of international law, and injurious to the cause of the Boers, as for instance the seizure of articles of American production, not contraband of war, the purchase of war materials here by England, etc. It also confirms the charge that the administration has a secret understanding with England. These English arguments, used by the administration, have been controverted by the Boers and others; they are all based upon the assumption that the English queen is not only the suzerain, but actually the sovereign of the two republics, which, as it is well known, is not the fact. Representative James D. Richardson was asked if the above statements made were true. He said, "Yes, absolutely true. That not one word of the statement would be denied by any one." That he had positive proof of every fact stated, and they would not be controverted. WASHINGTON DEMOCRATIC LETTER. "The Cubans are accustomed to stealing," said Maj. E. T. Ladd, treasurer of the island of Cuba, who came back to this country as a witness in the Neely extradition case. "Their former officials did so much of it that the furore in the United States over the exposure of the postal frauds has created surprise rather than anything else. "The Cubans are a harmless people, in no way fit for self-government," continues this fatuous Administration employe. The announcement of the early departure of the United States troops which among the better element (the Spaniards) had not been expected for the next ten years, has aroused a strong feeling against the proposed step. "The finances of the island are in good shape. We have collected $23,000,000 since the first of last January and have expended $20,000,000," concludes this compiacent individual. The Administration ought to be more careful about allowing its employees from Cuba to express their real opinions in such an unguarded manner. The people are already pretty well convinced that the carpet-bag employees regarded Cuba as a country from which the greatest possible revenue should be extracted and spent for the benefit of the said employees. Treasurer Ladd's statements emphasize this notion. Of course, no autocratic despoiler ever thought his victims fit for self-government while they could be fleeced under military rule. Assistant Postmaster General Bristow's report on the postal frauds shows that Rathbone, Neely and their confederates exercised great industry in transferring postal receipts to their own pockets for the few months they were in Cuba. The report very conservatively estimates the amount stolen at $150,000, but it is very much more. Rathbone is let down easy. He is charged with taking $1,000 in money, a $5 per diem allowance to which he was not entitled and with furnishing his house extravagantly at government expense. The Administration limply suggested that it would have Rathbone arrested. It can afford to make a play of this sort, for under Cuban statutes he need only be punished by returning the amount of the alleged theft. Rathbone will not be brought back to this country. He knows too much about Hanna and the Administration. He will probably have no difficulty in settling satisfactorily with the Cuban courts. Meanwhile, Neely tarries in New York fighting extradition. The whole thing is an instructive exhibition of the logical results of imperial rule. The Republican platform commends the Administration for having selected officials for Cuba who had demonstrated their fitness by "training and experience." Chairman Jones of the Democratic National Committee has been conferring with leaders in the East. He feels very hopeful of Democratic success. He shows that the Administration has made a record which forces imperialism to the front as the paramount issue. Its colonial policy, the war in the Philippines and the strong pro-British attitude of the Administration oblige the people to decide whether they can risk another four years of drifting from every tradition and principle which has governed this country. The failure of the gold Democrats to even make a nomination is another indication of how thoroughly the various forces that have been previously divided are lining up to vote for Bryan as a protest against imperialism and trust domination. Boss Hanna is in New York. He is collecting some belated campaign contributions. He needs them all, because he is running a number of expensive side shows. He has a handful of self-styled anti-imperialists whom he is encouraging to put up a straw third ticket in order to divert the solid anti-imperialist vote from Bryan. The National League of Anti-Imperialists disclaims all connections with this exhibit. Then the Mid-Road Populists and at least two of the so-called Socialist tickets look suspiciously like Hannapromoted industries. If the alleged gold Democracy could only have vitalized to the extent of putting a ticket in the field it would have helped to round out the list of distractions to be provided for the heedless or unwary voter. There is prospect of a "nonpartisan" anti-trust show to complete the list. The traveling men furnish another instance. There is no doubt but that nine-tenths of the commercial travelers are Bryan men just as are a similar proportion of anti-imperialist, Populists and Socialists, because the great issue dwarfs all minor differences. But some of the trust concerns have served notice to their traveling men that they will have to fall into line and shout for the Republican ticket or lose their places. It's the same old game of coercion that was played in '96. The attempt to marshal the German vote into a Republican tent is making trouble. Roosevelt gets hold of a "prominent German-American, who is advertised to bring in all of his people. It was heralded in the usual strenuous, tactless Roosevelt fashion, and Hanna smiles a painful smile and pretends he wanted it done that way. The result is that the German-Americans all over the country have been serving notice on the Republican bosses that nobody leads them around with a labeled collar on and that they propose to vote their convictions against imperialism and militarism Roosevelt is to be kept out of the big tent by sending him to out-of-theway places, when he cannot be totally muzzled. Hanna is thinking of sending him into the Kentucky mountain district. "The committee will give the people any kind of a show they want," says your Uncle Mark while he chuckles over Roosevelt's chagrin at being sent to a place where people really know how to use guns. The Bureau of Statistics has out its regular bulletin of miscalculation. It makes queer admissions occasionally. This week it says that in 1898 the imports from Cuba, Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philippines reached $100,000,-000 in 1890, but fell to $60,000,000 in 1900, since passing under our dominion. Wonder why? Thought trade followed the troops. JACKSON DAY. July 28. REPUBLICANS REVOLT. Republicans throughout the West are in revolt against Mark Hannaism. Those who have not openly declared for Bryan and Stevenson are joining the ranks of the anti-imperialist league. At the league's "liberty" congress at Indianapolis almost 50 per cent of those in attendance will be Republicans, if indications point correctly. Men who have voted that party's ticket for years, who fought for the cause of liberty in Cuba and who were sent to the Philippines with the idea that they were to continue the effort to deliver sovereign peoples from bondage, are up in arms against McKinleyism as it is dictated by the greedy manipulators of the trusts and the stock exchanges. This protest against the McKinley war of conquest has been voiced in hundreds of letters received at the headquarters of the American Anti-Imperialist League. A letter received last night is typical of the scores which are coming in from all sections of the country. This letter was written by S. J. Shivel of Paola, Kan., who served as an officer of the Twentieth Kansas Regiment in the Philippine campaign. He went to the islands under the belief that the Filipinos were to be relieved of Spanish tyranny. When the veil was lifted on the policy of the Washington government—a course which favored the trusts and the men who sought to gain a grip on the islands for their own financial gain—he resigned his commission and returned to the United States. Since that time he has been stumping the Western states, teaching the people of the exact condition of affairs in the East. He will attend the anti-imperialist conference at Indianapolis, and his letter continues as follows: "I have been a Republican all my life and joined the army at the President's first call in 1898. I was a member of the Kansas regiment of volunteers that went to the Philippines. I was in all the engagements of that regiment. The greatest wrong ever committed by this nation is the forcible annexation of the Philippines. Those people ought to be free. They are entitled to freedom. They are capable of it." "This is but one of the many letters we have received," said Secretary Mize of the league. "We regard them as most important, because they come from men who know from practical experience of the actual conditions in the Philippines." THE "BLAINE IRISHMAN." Mark Hanna, having abandoned the hope of conciliating the "Blaine Irishmen," his organs are now sneering at Messrs. Ford, Egan, Finerty and their associates, as "renegades," and "tail twisters." Yet it is not these voters of Irish birth or parentage, but the Republican party that is renegade. Messrs. Ford and his friends are entirely consistent. When Cleveland, Bayard & Co., were using their high offices to maintain an unlawful and unrighteous alliance with Great Britain, the Irish Americans followed Mr. Blaine, who upheld the standard of independent Americanism. Now Hanna, McKinley and Hay have out-Clevelanded Grover and out-Bayarded Bayard in their truckling subserviency to the British empire. Cleveland never went the length of pulling British chestnuts out of South African fire. Bayard—the vivacious and gushing Bayard—was never guilty of placing the United States consular service at the disposal of the English premier or openly advocating the British colonial system for American use. But he was very bad. He is a supporter of McKinley this year. The Irish Americans who opposed Cleveland could not in conscience stand by McKinley. They find their natural alliance now, as they did sixteen years ago, with the party that believes in America for Americans, in the permanence of republican institutions, in consistent abhorrence of anarchy and all its works. They stand, of course, on the Kansas City platform. They were supporters of the Chicago platform of 1896 because it stood for an American monetary system as against the British gold standard. They are for the same monetary system this year. Big Army the First Step Some of our imperialist friends profess to believe that there can be imperialism without militarism such as weighs so heavily on European countries which are armed to the teeth. But those who know that imperial government rests on the army as a foundation know that building up a big standing army is the first step toward a permanent policy of foreign conquest and subjugation.—Utica Observer. VICTIMS OF LIGHTNING LAST YEAR'S DEATH ROLL THE LARGEST EVER RECORDED. Five Hundred and Sixty-two Person Killed and 820 Injured - A Number Killed Without Any External Signa Injury-Five Victims of One Stroke THE facts collected by the Weather Bureau show that the loss of life by lightning in this country last year was greater than in any year since statistics began to be collected. Five hundred and sixty-two persons were killed instantly or suffered injuries from which death soon resulted, and 820 persons were injured, many of them suffering from physical shock, others from painful burns and others from temporary paralysis of some part of the body. The most common form of injury resulting from lightning seems to be the paralysis of the arms or legs In Professor Henry's report on the casualties of the year he says there were some remarkable escapes from death. In some cases the clothing of the person struck was set on fire and the body was scarred or burned; however, complete recovery followed. It is not easy to explain how these persons escaped death, and there is still much uncertainty as to the maximum voltage that can be applied to the human body without fatal result. In some cases of death the body of the person struck showed no external marks of the discharge, and death seems to have resulted from complete collapse of the cellular tissues. In many cases, however, the cause of death was made apparent by the discoloration and burning of various parts of the body. One singular case was that of two brothers who were killed while driving together in a dog cart. They were found lying side by side on the road just as they had fallen out of the back of the vehicle. The elder brother had no external sign of injury. The skin of the younger brother was burned in a number of small, circular holes over the chest and abdomen and the back was burned from the neck to the hips. The metallic collar stud was fused and the skin beneath it was deeply burned. The waistcoat and shirt were charred, but the coat was uninjured. No signs of disturbance of the ground could be seen It is usually supposed that the damage is done by a single bolt, but it is often difficult to explain the casualties on this theory. Thus, in one case last year a span of horses attached to a wagon and a man in the rear of the wagon were killed while the driver, who was sitting between the horses and the man, was not seriously hurt. This case and others of a similar nature seem to confirm the belief that not one but a number of discharges may reach the earth within a comparatively small radius inside which there may be small areas of safety. Photographs of the so-called ribbon flashes show that at times the discharge is from thirty to forty feet wide at the surface of the earth. There appear to be narrow lanes within these broad paths that are free from violent disturbance. A person standing in one of these lanes might escape serious injury while others near by might be killed. The greatest number of fatalities, or 45 per cent., occurred in the open, the next greatest number, 34 per cent., occurred in houses; 11 per cent. occurred under trees, and the least of all, 9 per cent., in barns. A dozen persons, mostly women, were killed either while taking clothes from wire lines or while near the lines during a thunderstorm. It is well known that in the cities many wire clothes lines are extended between the dwellings and trees or the back fence. Professor Henry says that this is a source of danger, and that wires should never connect a house with a neighboring tree. If wire is used at all, it should not be stretched within fifty feet of a dwelling house. Here are some precautions that are recommended during thunderstorms. Persons in a house should avoid chimneys and open windows. The safest place is probably the middle of the room. In the open, persons should never seek the shelter of trees. Wire fences and live stock should be avoided. If on horseback, it is wise to dismount and wait until the storm passes away. In one case last year five persons were killed by a single stroke of lightning. There was also one case of four deaths from a single stroke, two cases of three deaths, and several cases of two deaths. The greatest number of fatalities occurred in Pennsylvania, where there were fifty-six deaths, and there were forty-one in Illinois. In both these States there was an exceptionally large number of fatalities in the month of May. In the whole country, however, the largest number of casualties occurred in June, July and August. December was the only month without a casualty, though only two persons were killed in October, four in November, three in January, and one in February. The statistics of 1898 and 1899 show that the number of fatalities by lightning in any region is by no means in proportion to the number of thunderstorm days. In Pennsylvania, for example, where the increase in deaths in 1899 over 1898 was about 140 per cent., there were fewer thunderstorm days in 1899 than in 1898.—New York Sun. Bordeaux, France, buys about 40,000,000 barrel staves per year, all but two million of which come from Austria. MYSTERY OF THEIR PRESENCE IN LAND-LOCKED POOLS. Scientists Say That When There Are Fish in Such a Place Somebody Must Have Put Them There-Reasons Why This is Not Always True. THE scientists have failed in every effort they have made to cause the spontaneous generation of life, writes George Cary Eggleston, in the New York World. They therefore contend that there is no such thing as spontaneous generation. In this they overlook the fact that nature does many things of her own accord which the scientists are unable to persuade her to do at their bidding. Moreover, as the scientists deny the theory of direct divine creation and assert that all living forms have been evolved from protoplasm, and protoplasm itself from inorganic matter, their denial of the possibility of spontaneous generation is illogical. For if living forms were not brought into being by special acts of creation there must be somewhere back of them a history of spontaneous generation. Why should not that be repeated now under favorable conditions? The scientists say that wherever there is a body of water with fish in it and with no stream or other connection with other bodies of water somebody must have put the fish there. This I take the liberty of doubting, and my doubts are founded upon the lifelong observation as an enthusiastic fisherman. Let me cite some facts. In my boyhood I knew a "brick pond" out of which we boys used to catch thousands of "goggle-eyes" every summer. How did they get there? The pond was merely a pit out of which clay had been taken for brick-making. Rain water had filled the depression and made a pond of it. There was no other water near, and certainly none anywhere with which the pond was connected in any way. How then did the "goggle-eyes" get into it? Nobody in that region at that time had ever heard of stocking waters with fish, and had anybody been minded to do anything of the kind he would very certainly have selected some better fish than worthless little "goggle-eyes" for seed. Again: In 1862 I was encamped for many months near Pocotaligo, S. C., on the line of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad. There were many "borrow pits" along the line—shallow depressions made by the removal of earth for use in building the railroad. Rain water had filled them, and there was certainly no connection of any kind between them or between any other water and them. Yet every one of them within miles of my camp was so full of fish that I well-nigh fed my mess by angling in them. I have caught pike there that weighed several pounds apiece. It is simply preposterous to suppose that anybody went along through those woodlands putting fish into all the "borrow pits." How then did they get there unless by natural or spontaneous generation? Some people explain the matter by saying that fish "rain down," but that is not an explanation to satisfy an educated intelligence. A wiseacre not long ago undertook to answer my question by suggesting that fish-hawks flying over with female nish in their talons or their beaks might have squeezed out the roes and some of the eggs might have fallen into the little ponds. But apart from the exceeding remoteness of the chance that this could have happened in the case of all these ponds, there is the additional fact that the eggs of ordinary fishes are not fruitful at the time of their deposition in water, but are fecundated afterward. One might fill a pond with the spawn of any of our common fishes, and if there were no male fish of the same species in the pond not one single egg would ever hatch. Still again: If the presence of fish in land-locked waters means that somebody put the fish there, why is it that the species most universally found in such waters is about the most worthless of all species, whether for food or for sporting purposes? Who that cared enough for fish or fishing to go stocking ponds would think of selecting the "pumpkin-seed" (sunfish) for that purpose? Yet that fish is present in annoying abundance in every pond that I ever saw where there are any fish at all. An enthusiast or a practical fish culturist might put bass, trout, perch or pickerel into an artificial pond. But he would certainly never think of adding the worless sunfish, with its destructive habit of feeding fat upon the spawn of better varieties. Still less would he have selected that as the only fish to breed, yet it is often the only species in a pond. Neither is it conceivable that any man with a thimbleful of brains would put rock bass into water, as that species is not only worthless for food, but positively repulsive in taste and odor. The facts cited might easily be multiplied from my own experience, and the observation of others who have fished in many waters will bear them witness. They seem to me to show conclusively that fish do somehow get into waters into which they could not have migrated from other waters, and into which no human agency has put them. If they have not been spontaneously generated or developed or evolved in their present habitats—as all species must have been evolved somewhere at some time—then those who deny the possibility of such local evolution should furnish some explanation that better accords with the facts than any which they have as yet given us. If I succeed in this article in inducing discussion of a subject so interesting, science and sport will alike be benefited. MALF-RATE EXCURSIONS TO UTAH. While there are tourist rates to Salt Lake City and Ogden and return in effect every day, a special opportunity is afforded to visit the world's greatest sanitarium and health and pleasure resort through a series of cheap excursions to leave Chicago and St. Louis, August 7th and 21st. These excursions leave Omaha, St. Joseph, Kansas City, etc., etc., on August 8th and 22d. These dates are subject to change if found advisable. No place in the universe presents such a complement of attractions as Salt Lake City. It is the place of the great Mormon Temple and Tabernacle, the seat of ecclesiastical authority of the Saints and the home of their prophet. It is quaint, curious, and picturesque in environment. The summer climate is incomparable. There are cool mountain and like resorts near by, the greatest of which is Saltair Beach on Great Salt Lake. Here you can float upon the surface of the water almost a mile above sea level. Within the limits of the city are Warm Sulphur and Hot Springs, parks, drives and beautiful canyons. Furthermore, the trip to Utah by way of Denver and Colorado Springs over the Rio Grande Western Railway in connection with either the Denver & Rio Grande or Colorado Midland railroads is one of unequaled splendor. The scenery is the most magnificent in America. Send two cents postage for copy of "Salt Lake City—the City of the Saints," to Geo. W. Heintz, General Passenger Agent Rio Grande Western Railway, Salt Lake City. O-I-C When a preparation has an advertised reputation that is world-wide, it means that preparation is meritorious. If you go into a store to buy an article that has achieved universal popularity like Cascarets Candy Cathartic for example, you feel it has the endorsement of the world. The judgment of the people is infallible because it is impersonal. The retailer who wants to sell you "something else" in place of the article you ask for, has an ax to grind. Don't it stand to reason? He's trying to sell something that is not what he represents it to be. Why? Because he expects to derive an extra profit out of your credulity. Are you easy? Don't you see through his little game? The man who will try and sell you a substitute for CASCARETS is a fraud. Beware of him! He is trying to steal the honestly earned benefits of a reputation which another business man has paid for, and if his conscience will allow him to go so far, he will go farther. If he cheats his customer in one way, he will in another and it is not safe to do business with him. Beware of the CASCARET substitutor. Remember CASCARETS are never sold in bulk but in metal boxes with the long tailed "C" on every box and each tablet stamped C. C. C. CROPS IN NEBRASKA. There is a broad smile on the face of nearly every farmer in Nebraska, because of the satisfactory crop conditions in that remarkable state. In the northwest drouth has seriously injured the wheat yield. In the south again there has been more or less damage, but in Nebraska they have had seasonable, heavy rains, and not too much of them. A full crop of oats and wheat will, from present indications, be followed by a bumper crop of corn. During the past week heavy rains all over the state have put this crop in fine condition, and it may break the record. The expectation is that great numbers of people will go to Nebraska this fall, when the cheap harvest excursion rates are in effect, to investigate the country and confirm by actual experience the stories of prosperity so often heard. The tendency is on the part of renters, everywhere in the east, to seek homes beyond the Missouri river, where land is cheap ad so very productive. Darkness in Ocean Depths. When the sun is pouring down its rays upon the ocean at noonday none of them pentrate to a depth of over 200 feet. Could a diver descend below that depth he would find himself shrouded in darkness, as profound as though he were immersed in a sea of ink. 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. Connecting Europe and Asia. Britain and Russia have pushed their railway systems till between Herat and Kandahar there remains a gap of only 585 miles to be built to unite Europe and India. Education in Mexico is almost entirely under government direction. There are very few private educational institutions, and such are of minor importance. Don't be ashamed to begin life with a small show; you may eventually become the owner of a three-ring circus. Some 5,500 Germans, Poles and Swiss left their own countries last month to settle in England. Are Your Clothes Discolored? If so use Maple City Soap. It will restore them again. All grocers sell it. If you do not want your feelings injured cultivate due consideration for the feelings of others. COACHING THROUGH YELLOW- STONE PARK. To all lovers of outdoor life and to those fagged and worn out dyspeptics who need a bracing tonic in the shape of pure air and healthy exercise, we heartily recommend a trip to the Yellowstone. There you are carried back to the "good old coaching days," so charmingly described by Dickens, with the additional advantage of magnificent scenery, unsurpassed in any other part of the world. There are several so-called coach lines and camping outfits in the park, but the majority of them are a delusion and a snare. If you want to enjoy the trip thoroughly go via the Northern Pacific railway to Cinnabar and thence take the splendidly appointed coaches of the Yellowstone National Park Trans. Company for the drive through the park. These famous Concord coaches seat from five to seven persons, are drawn by four fine, well-broke horses, and are in charge of thoroughly experienced drivers. They are run on schedule time, and a late arrival on this line is a thing unknown. It is the largest stage line ever organized. At the present time they have 700 head of horses, 75 drivers and seating capacity for over 1,100 persons—representing an investment of over $200,000. The business is carried on with military precision. There is no rush, no hurry, or confusion. To any of our readers contemplating a trip to this "wonderland" we earnestly advise them to assure themselves when purchasing tickets that they read via the Northern Pacific and the Yellowstone National Park Transportation Co. ST. MARY'S ACADEMY, Notre Dame, Indiana. We call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of St. Mary's Academy which appears in another column of this paper. The 46th year opens September 4th, 1900. We do not need to expatiate upon the scholastic advantages of St. Mary's for the catalogue of the school shows the scope of work included in its curriculum, which is of the same high standard as that of Vassar and Bryn Mawr, and is carried out faithfully in the class rooms. We simply emphasize the spirit of earnest devotion which makes every teacher at St. Mary's loyally strive to develop each young girl attendant there into the truest, noblest, and most intelligent womanhood. Every advantage of equipment in the class rooms, laboratories and study rooms, every care in the matter of food and clothing, and exceptional excellence of climatic conditions—all of these features are found at St. Mary's, in the perfection of development only to be obtained by the consecration of devoted lives to educational Christian work, in a spot favored by the Lord.—The Fine Arts Journal. "Graft" Senate Pages. "Graft" is the proper name for all senate pages, especially if their real name is not known, or does not come to the mind instantly. It came about in this way: One of the first pages ever appointed by the senate was Grafton D. Henson. For a while Grafton was the only page in the senate chamber, and the calls for "Graft," as he was called, were very numerous and at times urgent. As new pages came into the senate from time to time the name Graft was given them and used until their names were so well known that they could be remembered. Homeseekers' Excursions via Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad. On the first and third Tuesdays of July and August the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad will place on sale Home-seeker's excursion tickets to various points in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas. One Fare (plus $2.00) for the round trip. Tickets are limited on going trip fifteen days from date of sale with stopover privileges in Homeseeker's territory. Returning tickets are limited twenty-one days from date of sale. Remember that we now have in service a new wide vestibuled train between Chicago and Waco and Fort Worth, Texas, leaving Chicago daily at 1:50 p. m. Through Pullman sleeping cars and free reclining chair cars. For further particulars call on or address any agent Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, or C. L. Stone, G. P. & T. A., Chicago. Great Painter Dead. Paintings by the Barbazon school are likely to become scarce, owing to the death of M. Trouillebert, who used to supply them to the market. He painted "Corots" and "Diazes" which it was almost impossible to tell from the genuine pictures.—Foreign Letter. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Japanese Collections Destroyed Captain Brinkley, the leading authority on all things Japanese, has sustained a heavy loss through fire. The whole of his library, his works of art and manuscripts of more than twenty years' collection have been entirely destroyed. Knowing the merits of the preparations of the J. & C. Maguire Medicine Company of St. Louis, Mo., we take pleasure in stating to the public that they have succeeded in furnishing the Army and Navy. Established in 1841 they have steadily grown in favor with the public, not having one failure to report in fifty-nine years. Their Benne Plant, Cundurango, etc., have become household words. They are now sold by all druggists. Ask for booklet free, and if you ever get the Diarrhea, Dysentery, or Cholera-Morbus, give Benne Plant a trial, and you will be convinced. Every article made by the Maguire Medicine Company is guaranteed to do what is claimed for it. The high note of a song bird may be due to a sore throat. COLORADO EXCURSIONS At Low Rates Via the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Visitors to the Farmers' National Congress, which meets at Colorado Springs August 21 to 31, 1900, will have a good opportunity to view the scenery of Colorado traveling via the Denver & Rio Grande railroad. The Rio Grande road, called the "Scenic Line of the World," will sell tickets from Denver, Colorado Springs or Pueblo to all points in Colorado at one-half the usual fare for the round trip. These tickets will be on sale August 28. Some are good for return within ten days and some are good for 30 days. On some of the trips stop-overs will be allowed. On August 30 and 31 tickets will be sold to Salt Lake City and return at $20, good ten days in each direction; stop-overs allowed; final limit, thirty days. A special excursion to the Royal Gorge will leave Colorado Springs on August 26 at 8 a.m. and arrive on the return at about 5 p.m. This trip will afford an opportunity to view Pueblo, "The Pittsburg of the West," and Florence, in the center of the oil and gas fields of Colorado. The D. & R. G. has some thirty-five or forty tours called "circle" trips among the mountains, one of which is the famous 1,000 mile tour passing La Veta Pass, Poncha Pass, Toltec Gorge, Durango—Dolores Canon, Rico, Lizard Head Pass or Las Animas Canon, Silverton, Ouray—Cimmaron Canon,Black Canon, Marshall Pass and the Royal Gorge. Another noted tour is from Denver to Grand Junction and return, going via the narrow gauge line,climbing Marshall Pass and winding through Black Canon of the Gunnison, returning over the broad gauge through Glenwood Springs and the Grand River Canon, over Tennessee Pass, through Leadville and the Royal Gorge. The shorter "circle" trips are all full of interest and wonderful scenery. Words cannot adequately describe the Colorado mountain scenery—it must be seen to be realized, and the more one sees it and gazes upon it the more wonderful and beautiful it becomes. The famous Manitou Springs are only five miles from Colorado Springs. From Manitou starts the "Cog road" to the top of Pike's Peak, 14,147 feet above sea level. In the immediate vicinity of Colorado Springs and Manitou the Cheyenne Canons, Grand Caverns, Cave of the Winds, Rainbow and Minnehaha Falls, The Seven Falls, Ute Pass and the Garden of the Gods. Tickets will be on sale via all lines from Chicago, St. Louis, St. Paul and all points east of the Missouri river on August 18 and 19 at one fare, plus $2, for round trip. Stop-overs allowed on going trip after reaching Denver, Colorado Springs, or Pueblo until Sept. 1. Tickets may be purchased to read going one route and returning another west of the Missouri river, and will be good for return passage until Sept. 3. Special tourist tickets, round trips, half fare, plus $2. Tickets good to Oct. 21. Sold Aug. 1st, 7th and 21st. Further information can be had by addressing any agent of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad. Marcotte 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. New Species of Petrel. On the island of Kauai (Sandwich islands), a new species of petrel has been discovered by a Stanford university graduate, Mr. Searle. He has also found on the same island a new species of sea gull. He is going to Guam to explore that island and to make a collection of birds and fishes for the famous Bishop museum of Honolulu. Best for the Bowels. No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. CASCARETS help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. CASCARETS Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. stamped on it. Beware of imitations. One Result of the Census. The census enumeration was a windfall for the fountain pen manufacturers. The enumerators all had to carry pens of this character, and nine-tenths of them have no use for them now that the count is completed.—Rockford (Ill.) Republic. Ladies Can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen's FootEase, a powder. It makes tight or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. All druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Address Allen S. Olmsted. Le Roy, N.Y. Two lines of automobile communication will be opened for traffic in the neighborhood of Corunna, Spain, during the present year. The Great Labor Saver Is Maple City Self Washing Soap. Try it once and you will use no other. All grocers sell it. Take no substitute. When a noise loses its i there is nothing left but nose. BOOKLETS FREE SAMPLE BOTTLES BY MAIL TO J. & C. MAGUIRE'S EXTRACT 17 CURES Conc, Cholera Morbus, Diarrhoea, Dysentery and Bowel Complaints NEVER FAILS. In the market since 1841. Recom- mended by leading Physicians. Used by our Army and Navy. Sold by all Drugists. J. & C. MAGUIRE MEDICINE CO. St. Louis, Mo. RECREATION AND HEALTH. Like the young man in springtime, whose fancy "lightly turns to thoughts of love," when summertime comes we all turn our thoughts to the consideration of the important question of where we shall go for rest, recreation and health. There are all kinds of health and pleasure resorts throughout this broad land of ours, some of them, unfortunately, anything but what their names imply, and apparently operated for no other purpose than to relieve the invalid and pleasure seeker, financially. So much so is this the case that it is indeed gratifying to the one seeking rest and recuperation from the cares of the business and social world, as well as the pain racked invalid, who is fortunate enough to discover a place where to use a popular expression, he "gets his money's worth." One of the most interesting, picturesque and delightful places in this country is unquestionably the resort known as the Magno Mud and Lithia Water Cure, located at Indiana Mineral Springs, Indiana. Here come the overworked business man, the worn out devotee of society and the professional man on the verge of nervous prostration, as well as the sufferer from rheumatism, kidney and skin diseases for which the baths are especially beneficial. The place is also largely patronized by those who only seek pleasure and recreation, its location making it particularly adapted for this purpose. There are many romantic and beautiful spots and places of interest in the vicinity and it would be hard to find a section of country containing so many beautiful drives. The country is very hilly, but the roads are all graveled and kept in good condition. This is one of the things that makes the place especially attractive to those afflicted with rheumatism, as driving is about the only outdoor pleasure one crippled with rheumatism can indulge in. Some of the cures effected are really marvelous and many who have gone to the Magno Mud Cure as a last resort have returned home within a few weeks filled with renewed health and strength. The accommodations, service, table and attendance is all that can be desired and the rates very reasonable indeed. The Springs is under the able management of Major H. L. Kramer and a postal card inquiry addressed to him will bring complete detailed information as well as a copy of the "Mudlavia Magazine," a unique and interesting publication. Veteran Artist of Punch. Sir John Tenniel, who is affectionately known among his associates as the grand old man of Punch, has been on the staff of that paper for fifty years. Over 2,000 cartoons have come from his pencil, and an exhibition of the original drawings is now being held in London. Each package of PUTNAM FADELESS DYES colors either Silk, Wool or Cotton perfectly. Many little sins are committed because they have high-sounding names. Stop Your Hair from Falling. Coke Dandruff Cure will positively cure dandruff and keep hair from falling. $1.00. If some people were not in debt they would have nothing to worry about. When You Buy Soap Insist on getting the genuine Maple City Soap. All grocers sell it. The happiness of the husband often depends upon his wife's disposition. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. THOS. ROBBINS, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. Don't think a joke is old just because you never heard it before. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. The poor man who is going down hill needs a substantial check. Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c. Flattery makes people sick unless they are able to swallow it. 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. Give a pig plenty of milk and it will make a hog of itself. You Try Xi-Mi—you. Cures Corns and Bunions. No pain. No poison. Never falls. Drug stores. 15 cents. Sweeping chimneys is a business that soots any man. Remove the causes that make your hair lifeless and gray with PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM. HINDERCOHN'S, the best cure for corns. 15cts. No woman objects to embarking in a courtship. Baseball players; Golf players; all players chew White's Yucatan whilst playing. Flies cannot enter a closed mouth. BOOKLETS FREE SAMPLE BOTTLES BY MAIL TO J. & C. MAGUIRE'S EXTRACT J. & C. MAGUIRE'S Conc. Cholera More Complaints NEVER FAILS imended by leading Physicians by all Druggists. J. & C. MAG WHEAT AND CORN MARKETS. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by drugrists. CONSUMPTION Painful Periods are overcome by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Fifty thousand happy women testify to this in grateful letters to Mrs. Pinkham. Menstruation is a severe strain on a woman's vitality. If it is painful something is wrong which Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will promptly set right; If excessive or Irregular write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., for advice. Evidence abounds that Mrs. Pinkham's advice and medicine have for many years been helping women to be strong. No other advice is so unvaryingly accurate, no other medicine has such a record of cure. EDUCATIONAL Aerial view of a small town with a central square surrounded by buildings, roads, and open fields. The town is located in a valley with a mountain range in the background. THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME FULL COURSES IN C'lassics, Letters, Economics and History, Journalism, Art, Science, Pharmacy, Law, Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Architecture. Thorough Preparatory and Commercial Courses. Rooms Free to all Students who have completed the studies required for admission into the Junior or Senior Year, of any of the Collegiate Courses. Rooms to Rent, moderate charges to students over seventeen preparing for Collegiate Courses. A limited number of Candidates for the Ecclesiastical state will be received at special rates. St. Edward's Hall, for boy's under 13 years, is unique in the completeness of its equipments. The 57th Year will open September 4th, 1900, College Floor, Address CATALOGUES Free. ADDRESS REV. A. MORRISSEY, C. S. C., President ST. MARY'S ACADEMY Conducted by the Sisters of the Holy Cross. Chartered 1855. Thorough English and Classical education. Regular Collegiate Degrees. In Preparatory Department students carefully prepared for Collegiate course. Physical and Chemical Laboratories well equipped. Conservatory of Music and School of Art. Gymnasium under direction of graduate of Boston Normal School of Gymnastics. Catalogue free. The 46th year opens Sept. 4. 1900. Address, DIRECTRESS OF THE ACADEMY, St. Mary's Academy, - Notre Dame, Indiana SACRED HEART COLLEGE, Thorough Classical, English, Commercial and Preparatory Courses. Terms Moderate. Buildings heated by steam. Home comforts. For further information and catalogues, apply to REV. J. O'ROURKE, C. S. C., President. FARM MORTGAGE LOANS In amounts ranging from $300 to $10,000 on choice improved farms in the Western part of North Dakota. Write us if you have money to invest and we will be pleased to send you description of loans, rates of interest, etc. Personal examination of all loans. We have invested nearly One Million Dollars in farm loans in North Dakota since 1881 without the loss of a dollar. NORTH DAKOTA LAND & LOAN CO., Rugby, N. D. $83 33 Monthly Salary payable weekly with expenses. Men or Women to represent us in their own state, to take charge of solicitors and attend to collections. NO INVESTMENT REQUIRED. This is a strictly bonafide salary proposition. IT INVOLVES NO CANVASSING whatever. Expenses remitted in advance and salary forwarded from headquarters. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. Give references. Enclose stamp. Address. Mgr. CO-OPERATIVE CO., Star Bldg., CHICAGO PENSION JOHN W. MORRIS, Washington, D.C. Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Late Principal Examiner U.S. Pension Bureau. 3 yrs in civil war. 15 adjudicating claims. atty since. Use Certain Corn Cure. Price, 15c. BENNE PLANT bus, Diarrhoea, Dysentery and Bowel In the market since 1841. Recom- used by our Army and Navy. Sold GUIRE MEDICINE CO., St. Louis, Mo. Are active. Good time to make Money. Send in your order at once. Book on "Speeulation" sent free. afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water W. N. U. CHICAGO, NO. 31, 1900. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. BROOKLYN HOTELS 100 Quit fightfng the Negro newspaper, old fellow. It is doing a great work. It is today the most effective champion of the Negro's rights.—Ex. Gir's Work Not for Him. Everett Prior, of 159 Green street, Jersey City, N. J., rebelled against his father's orders to wash dishes, cook meals and perform other duties about the house, and ran away from home on June 23. He was arraigned before Magistrate Zeller in the Harlem police court. When questioned by the magistrate the boy said he had left home because his father abused him and wanted to make a "girl" of him. Magistrate Zeller told the boy he had done right. He then gave the boy into the custody of his cousin. Zola on Dreyfus Cases In conversation the other day with a Russian newspaper representative, Emile Zola said that, so far as he was concerned, the Dreyfus case was finished. He worked for the officer's liberation and that was obtained. At the same time the novelist said that he and his friends were still at the disposal of the liberated man if he wanted their help, but he did not see the necessity of the re-establishment of his innocence—that is to say, his rehabilitation. Reed on Reign of Peace Ex-Speaker Reed was invited to attend commencement exercises at the Friends' school in Providence, R. I., but was obliged to send a letter of regret. Among other things he said: "Although it does not seem a good time just now to so prophesy, yet the faith remains with many of us who are still of the world's people that the principles which gave the Friends their name will finally bring to the earth the reign of peace." Land for Siberian Immigrants. The Russian minister of agriculture will print new regulations regarding the allotment of land to immigrants to Siberia. This is a much needed reform. At the same time new rules for the transportation of immigrants over the great Siberian railway will be published. Among these is the allowance of 250,000 rubles for dining cars on all Russian railway lines for the exclusive use of immigrants.—Feodor Romanoff in Chicago Record. A Lock of Lincoln's Hair. Mrs. C. D. Harmon of Emporia,Kan., is the possessor of a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair, which was cut from his head just before his death. The lock was given by Mrs. Lincoln to her sister, and in turn by the sister to Mrs. Harmon, whose husband was an associate of the martyred president when both were young lawyers in Illinois. The lock is long and straight and black with gray hair here and there. City of Distances. "The City of Magnificent Distances," as applied to Washington, D. C., is said to have originated with John Randolph. In the early days of the city, when the department buildings, capitol and white house, widely separated, constituted even more than now the chief points of attraction and business, Randolph remarked that Washington was a "city of splendid poverty and magnificent distances." Military Precision: Colonel—"Gentlemen, I have summoned you to tell you that one of your number incurred my displeasure the other day and just who he was and what he did I cannot recall, but something was wrong, I remember. So I must ask you to find out what it was for me that I may reprimand the offender."—Fligende Blaetter. Plush Uncomfortable in Hot Weather. One of the unexplainable things in railroad equipment during the hot weather is the use of heavy plush-covered chairs in the so-called drawing-room cars. Plush is the most uncomfortable covering for chairs that can be selected for hot weather. It collects dirt and it seems to radiate heat Exchange. English Lord Pleads Guilty. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., keeps on dragging through the mire the most honored name in England. He has just pleaded guilty to publising a disgraceful libel on his brother-in-law, and has been foiled in a caddish attempt to play a sharp trick on his own child.—Exchange. Foolish Parents Court Disease. The health authorities of Owen county, Indiana, are having difficulty in controlling an epidemic of measles, because many parents purposely carry their children to infected houses, believing that it is advisable for them to have the disease in infancy. Queer Money. The largest and most cumbersome form of money is found in Central Africa, where the natives use a cross-shaped ingot of copper ore over ten inches long. It is heavy enough to be a formidable weapon. The Christian Endeavor society now in the nineteenth year of its existence, has 50,000 local societies and 3,000,000 members, representing forty denominations, in every country of the world. TRIFLES WORTH READING. Chicago has 4,118 attorneys. A club in Salina, Kan., is called the "Dainty Darlings." Italy has conceived the idea of taxing titles by way of helping the revenue. Last year Kansas exported 3,700,000 dozen eggs, as compared with 151,000 dozen in 1895. The dikes of Japan cost in the aggregate more money than those of the Netherlands. It is estimated that the total wheat yield of Oklahoma will be 30,000,000 bushels this year. Cloves were at one time the only economic product supplied to foreign countries by Zanzibar. In Berlin an association of eminent physicians has been formed for the special study of cancer. Shears in a steel mill in Coatesville, Pa., cut a slab of iron four feet wide and two feet thick at one stroke. Systematic deep sea dredging has demonstrated that organic life is to be found in the lowest depths of the ocean. In the British army only three religious denominations are recognized—Church of England, Roman Catholic, and Wesleyan. Funeral services over Mrs. John Haskell of Abilene, Kas., were held in the orchard in which she had played with her children. It was her request. Judge E. G. Walker, who has been suggested for president on a national ticket of colored people, is a well-known colored lawyer of Boston. Both candidates on the middle-of-the-road Populist ticket, Barker for president and Donnelly for vice president, are natives of Philadelphia. "One great trouble wid dis yearf," said Uncle Eben, "is dat so many folks hab sech high ambitions combined wid such low principles."—Washington Star. "My wife," he said proudly. "has been known as the queen of hearts." "No doubt," they answered. "it was because she took the knave."—Chicago Post. The armament of the Taku forts consisted of very heavy Krupp guns, and the approaches to the forts from the Gulf of Pechile were extremely difficult. The Medical Record places the average income of a physician in large American cities at $2,000, in the smaller towns at $1,500 and in the rural districts at $1,200. FUNNYGRAPHS. McAlsy—I do be seein' that Misther Hardin' has quit findin' out things. O'Deer—But whin did he ever begin? It was the colored pugilist who said: "It on'y lasted one roun'. I landed on he chin and he fell unconscientious. "What's the difference between wrath and a woman who wants you to subscribe for something?" "I dunno." "A soft answer turneth away wrath." "Would you call a cat herbivorous, carnivorous or ominvorous?" asked the man who is learned, but tedious. "Neither." answered the man who yawns; "merely vociferous." "You've got your linen suit on a trifle early, Hopkins." "Yes; but my folks are interested in a rummage sale; and when I carry my clothes around with me I know where they are." A man smoking a cigarette boarded a Union traction car, and a woman handed him an anti-cigarette tract. "Thank you, ma'am," said he. "I'll take it home to my son."—Muncie Star. He—A live donkey, you know, is better than a dead lion. She—Yes. He Why are you looking around in that way? She—I'm looking for the dead lion that made the comparison pop into your mind. Thompson—Jones was around early this morning to borrow my snow shovel. Robinson—Great Scott! What does he want with it this time of the year? Thompson—He doesn't want to use it now. Brown borrowed it last fall, and Jones didn't get a shot at it the whole winter, and he is determined Brown should not get ahead of him this year. CHINESE INTERPRETED Hai—sea. Si—west. Tse—son. Pe—north. Pei—white. Chu—pearl. Tsin—place. Nan—south. Kin—capital. Yang—ocean. Tien—heavenly. Hoang—yellow. Kiang and be—river. Fu—provincial department capital. Kow—mouth (of river, as Hankow). Hein—signifies residence of district official.—Washington Star. There is something in being a poet or a woman that makes them hate to kill a mouse. July 15th. 1899 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, Carter M. Harrison. 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. TEL. HARRISON 51. 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. McINERNEY SUITE 706-708 CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE OHICAGO. ALBERT B. GEORGE LAWYER. 423 Ashland Block, Chicago. Tel. M. 2625. DR. JOSEPH JEFFREY, Physician and Surgeon, 4858 Dearborn Street. CHICAGO. Hours: 8-10 a. m., 2-4, 6-8 p. m. Telephone 185 South. Dr. Anna R. Cooper, Office Hours 9-11 A.M. 2-57-9 P.M Sundays 4-7 DR. WM. H. DAVIS, Chiropidist, TREATMENT PAINLESS. Promp Attention given to Calls at Your Residence or Place of Business. 5012 Fifth Avenue, Chicago MUSICAL INSTRUCTOR Thorough lessons given upon the piano at Studio or privately. Terms reasonable. 3341 State St., Chicago. CANDY.... Try the inimitable fine and pure candies, the best in the city for 15c., 25c. and 40c. per pound. All put up in beautiful boxes, suitable for presents. GUNTHER'S CONFECTIONERY 212 STATE STREET. MRS. LAURA DAILEY. FURNISHED ROOMS FOR STRANGERS & TRAVELERS THEATRICAL HEADQUARTERS. Cheap rates and good accommodations. 506 State St., 2d floor, Chicago, Ill Room 28. HORSES. We pay the highest prices for horses for killing purposes. Will call. Telephone South 1005. McDONALD, 3234 Wentworth ave. P.J.FLYNN Wholesale and Retail Dealer in HARD and SOFT COAL WOOD AND KINDLING YARDS, Cor. 47th and Wabash R. R. 67th and Eastern Ill. R.R. Branch Office, 5301 Wentworth av. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE Forty acro chicken farm, 27 miles from Chica/jo, 1/2 mile from railroad stations. Fine grove 15 acres surrounding buildings, which consist of 8-room hous, frame, 2 barns, chicken house and poultry yard. Fine hog house and other outbuildings. 25 acres in crop this year. Hay, corn, oats, potatoes and beans. Price clear of incumbrance $4,000. Buildings alone cost $2,500. Will exchange for clear property in Chicago. If you have anything to offer, call or address The Broad Ax, 5040 Armour avenue. AGENTS WANTED The Broad Ax desires to secure active agents and correspondents in all sections of the country. Liberal commissions will be paid. For terms and further particulars address The Broad Ax, 5040 Armour avenue, Chicago. 51st Street and Armour Avenue... Residence, 5045 Michigan Boul., CHICAGO. G. E. CARLMORE GEORGE HIGHT W. R. CARSON CARLMORE, HIGHT & CARSO Sample Room, 120 Fifty-First Street. WINE ROOMS. Corner Dearborn 15 BALL POOL. WINES, LIQUORS & CIGARS. CHICAGO Estimates and Specifi- cations Furnished . . . Prompt Attention Given to Jobbing C. J. BOYD, Practical Plumber and Gas fitter Steam and Hot Water Heating, Iron and Tile Drainage . . . Telephone Yards 914 709 WEST 47TH STREET. 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That platform stands for such a government as Jefferson and Lincoln favored, namely, a government of the people, for the people and by the people, and I believe that such a government will prove a blessing to the great majority of the people. Yours truly, W. J. Bryan. Headquarters of Democratic State Central Committee of Illinois, Sherman House, Chicago, Oct. 5th, 1899. To whom it may concern: This is to certify that Mr. Julius F. Taylor, editor of The Broad Ax—a publication of this city devoted to the interests of the democratic party, and an able exponent of democratic principles—comes to us highly recommended, and I therefore take pleasure in commending him to the favorable consideration of democrats with whom he may come in business contact. Chairman Democratic State Central Committee of Illinois. 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. Vance. 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.) --- Hon. W. J. Bryan's Book Hon. W. J. Bryan's Book ALL who are interested in furthering the sale of Hon. W. J. Bryan's new book should correspond immediately with the publishers. The work will contain An account of his campaign tour . . . His biography, written by his wife . . His most important speeches . . . The results of the campaign of 1896. A review of the political situation . . Mr. Bryan has announced one-half of all royalties to bimetallism. There are amous sale. Address W. B. CONKEY CO. 341-351 Dearb BARNEY House and MOVER of HEAVY M Smoke Stacks, Cup Erected. Hoisting kinds of Beams architect Office, 31 South TELEPHONE INSURE IN ...The Mutual Fund Life OVER $41,000,000 PAID IN Insurance for the Protec E. P. BARRY, M'g'r. 410 Roanoke Bldg., 145 La Salle St. AGENTS WANTED Mr. Bryan has announced his intention of devoting one-half of all royalties to furthering the cause of bimetallism. There are already indications of an enormous sale. Address Bryan has announced his intention of devoting all royalties to furthering the cause of there are already indications of an enor-Address B. 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