The Broad Ax

THE POLITICAL NTERESTS OF THE NERGO. For a generation past the great masses of the colored people of the United States have regarded themselves as bound to the Republican party by ties almost religious in authority; and for any Negro to waver in his allegiance has provoked his associates to regard him as a renegade, a traitor, guilty of that darkest of offenses—ingratitude. The great and good men who once led the Republican party and gave it dignity have died or changed their political faith; but the Negro has scarcely noticed the fact. The party has abandoned its old time principles of liberty and humanity and of late years has, in a most pronounced way, become the instrument of special interests, corporations and trusts; and is now waging wars of conquest and talking about "inferior races" very much as the slave driver used to talk but most Negroes seem to be unaware of the change, with their eyes fixed on the past rather than the future, and controlled by sentiment rather than reason, a great majority of our colored citizens are still clinging to a party name when everything but the name has perished. Whatever the Negro's debt to the Republican party may have been in years gone by, I insist that the debt has long since been fully paid. The Negro has loyally, and often unreasonably stuck to the "grand old party," not only when his loyalty met with no reward, but when his fidelity has cost him dear. He has helped to create the trusts which are now robbing him, and has voted for all the Republican financial schemes which are gradually separating the American people into rich and poor leaving the Negro, with few exceptions, among the poor; and he has sustained the Administration in an imperial policy that has had for its chief feature a barbarous business of "nigger killing" on the opposite side of the globe. Surely blind fidelity could go no farther! To me it seems high time that the negro should begin to look about him and consider his own interests rather than those of some suppositious benefactors—should begin to look into the future rather stand forever in the attitude of Lot's wife, looking backward! The Republican party has changed in the last twenty years, greatly changed! Is it not time for the Negro to change? Nothing is clearer to me than the proposition that today if they wish to subserve their own interests the colored people ought to be Democrats. For four years past, at least, the struggle between the two great political parties, at bottom, has been a struggle between plutocracy and the people, between capital and labor, between the privileges of the few and the rights of the many. This is not a fancy. All will remember that in the presidential contest of 1896 the great corporations-and millionaires with scarcely an exception were lined up for Mr. McKinley against Mr Bryan. The latter's support was derived almost wholly from the plain people. The bread-winners of the country. This year the line of distinction is still more marked. A colossal combination of wealth, of men who eat their bread in the sweat of other mens faces, are rallying to the support of the Republican party. Even Mr. Gates, the steel magnate, the man who a few weeks since gained a vulger distinction in Paris by throwing handsful of money to the mob from the top of the Elffel Tower—even he hurries home to join the Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, Elkins', Hannas and the like in nourishing the goose that lays for them the golden egg. Mr. Bryan, on the contrary, has no support but that of the common people. And the Negros belong with the common people! They always have; and, if our economic condition shall follow their present tendency, they always will. Once in a long while some unusually fortunate or specially capable colored person will fight up to competency in spite of conditions, just as fifty years ago a slave occasionally escaped into Canada in spite of the bloodhounds. But such cases have been rare and will be rarer. The Negro is of the common people. If the common people may reasonably expect to rise: If they go down, he too will go down, even to the bottom! The bread-winners of America are all in the same boat. They may attempt to make some distinctions among themselves, as pride or prejudice may suggest, but economics will pay little attention to such distinctions White, black or brown, the common man is just so much toll; and the business of plutocracy is to get the most toil for the least money. That the upper crust of society is rapidly rising in wealth and power everybody knows., but few know what is nevertheless true, that the lower crust is sinking—and, if this process shall continue no power on earth can save the Negro from becoming again a slave, a mere wage slave, all the more hopeless because, in addition to the economic pressure common to all the poor, he will have to struggle against two hundred years of race prejudice. The forgoing observations are made upon prevalent general conditions; but there are some special conditions just now confronting the American people full of interest to all of us—but especially so to the Negro. Apparently we are about to incorporate some ten millions of brown people into our industrial system. It is of no consequence whether our new "subjects' shall come to this country or labbr for our capitalists upon their own native soil—the result will be the same. American labor will be compelled to compete with Asiatic labor and upon such terms that the Asiatic standard of wages and living must more and more prevail all over the industrial world. The search of plutocracy for cheap labor in fifty years past has successively discovered the Irishmen, the German, the Pole, the Hungarian, the Italian and finally the Russian—Jew, is now about to find the swarming millions of Asiatic coolies. The British experiments in India are a fair index of what may be expected. British capitalists have developed India wheat and it has ruined the British farmer; they developed India cotton raising and manufacture and already the British weaver is feeling the pangs of such a hopeless competition. The "open door," so glibly talked about by Secretary Hay, swings both ways. Let American capital go in and the products of cooley labor will certainly come out and such labor will fix the price of other labor in every quarter of the world. But we have no guaranty that the coolies, themselves, will not come to America. On the contrary there is every reason to believe that they will come. They, themselves, will desire to come from obvious interest; and just as obviously, American mill, mine and railroad owners will want them to come. Even now a phenomenal migration of Japanese is pouring into Washington and Oregon—some five thousand a month—the mere beginning of an endless tide. Will the American people be able to shut the gates? Yes, if they are able to defeat plutocracy at the polls next November—not otherwise! This threatened invasion is a serious thing to all our people but especially so to the Negro. At least ninety per cent of the colored labor of the country is unskilled and casual—that is, the great majority of Negroes work at the jobs which are most accessible, common labor of various kinds; and it is precisely there that the Asiatic will commence. All of our people will have to meet the coooley, directly or indirectly; but the Negro will have to meet him first and face to face. It will be no easy ordeal. The colored American has always been accustomed to a liberal regimen; and, for forty years past, he has increasingly aspired to live as his white neighbors live. To meet in the labor market an oriental who has been used to living upon mere fragments of the slightest HEW TO THE LINE. and cheapest character will be a struggle which mere gunpowder cannot express. The Democratic party is opposed to having cooley subjects, cooley labor and cooley immigrants. We want to let go of the brown man just as quickly as we honorably can—both for his sake and ours. We want to quit the empire business, reduce our army to a peace footing, repeal the war taxes, discharge our carpetbaggers, reaffirm our loyalty to the Declaration of Independence and again commence The Republican party wants the exact opposite of these things; and it seems to me that a Negro of ordinary intelligence ought to have no difficulty in finding a path for himself through the present political tangle. If he shall study only, the thirty years behind him he may support the Republican party; if he shall forecast thirty years before him he will be a Democrat. THE POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE NEGRO. XXVII. Reconstruction and Negro Suffrage. All men, be they Democrats or Republicans, now admit that Congress showed a lack of good judgment when it resolved to make Negro Suffrage as the only condition on which the revolted states could be restored to their places in the Union; for it intensified and renewed the hatred which the people residing in the rebellious states entertained for those who had reduced them to this condition. By imposing Negro Suffrage as the sole condition of their re-admission into the Union caused them to show their utter contempt for the Negro, and pending their decision of the question of their acceptance of the proposed conditions of restoration. They subjected the Negro to many hardships whereas his burden would have been much lighter if more time had intervened before the disobedient states were permitted to become clothed with the same power invested in other states. The scheme of hasty military reconstruction was favored by James G. Blaine, of Maine, Messers, Bingham, Banks, Roscoe Conklin and United States Senator Oliver P. Morton. Those five great leaders of the Republican party were in favor of settling up a contrivance at the mouth of the Mississippi river and by hydrolic action control all the States which bordered on its banks. Those same distinguished leaders of the Republican party favored and advocated the policy of letting in all those who had fought against the government and keeping out the Negroes who had been loyal to it. Therefore they were opposed to the adoption of the XVI., and XV. amendments, but in spite of their opposition they were passed by both branches of Congress, and the XVI. was ratified by 23 Northern states; rejected by Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, California and it was subsequently ratified by the other 10 Southern states under pressure. The XV. amendment was not acted on by Tennessee, rejected by California, Deleware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon and the great state of New York. and it was rejected by the Republican legislature of Ohio, and ratified by a Democratic legislature. There is one very important fact which we wish to impress upon the mind of the Negro, namely, that no legislation has ever been enacted for his advancement without receiving support from Democrats while on the other hand there has always been some Republicans who were eager to vote against such legislation. The Negro must also take into consideration the fact that if all the voters or even a majority of them residing in the various states had been disposed they could have refrained from voting for members of their state legislatures who were infavor of recording their votes for the three amendments. Therefore, the Negro is under obligations to the hio Polloi; or the common pople for the rights and the liberties which he and his children now have the privilege of enjoying. For it cannot be denied that according to the Democratic form of government under which we exist that the common people are supreme, and they have the undisputed right through their state legislatures to protest against the adoption of any and all amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Then it naturally follows that there was no possible way whereby the legislation referred to could have ever been enacted without the consent of the plain people, consequently the Negro does not owe a debt of gratitude to the Republican party, nor to any other party for the blessings which have been showered down upon his head by the American people. FALSE LEADERS AND FAKERS. Monday and Tuesday the Democratic national headquarters in the Auditorium hotel were overrun by ten to fifteen colored men who gave it out that they were summoned to appear there by order of Harvey A. Thompson, who was formerly a hotel whiter at Louisville, Ky., and who put an ex-convict in his place at the Harrison street police station when he left for the Spanish war and J. Milton Turner also assisted Harvey Thompson to summons the contingent to the Democratic national headquarters so that they could tell what they did not know about the political conditions in the states which they were supposed to hail from. Nevertheless these fakers and false leaders assumed an air of importance, and perported to have held a secret confenence somewhere or other for the purpose of devising ways and means of raising some money or funds for themselves and not to secure any votes for Bryan and Stevenson. Sam Hauser, of St. Paul, Minn., who is known to be a toucher and grafter of the first order, was present and told what he did not know about Democracy for Mr. Hauser is a Republican or any old thing for money. Then Mr. Vashon, of St. Louis, Mo., came all the way from that city to get his nose and large hands into the national Democratic money bag. For it cannot be denied by anyone but what Dr. Vashon has the reputation of being one of the best all around graffters in the West. Mr. Armstead of Ohio was also present, and he represented nothing but himself and scarcely that, and before he could get out of the city he was glad enough to beg a couple of dollars from Mayor Thos. Taggart, of Indianapolis, to get him something to eat and we have been informed that in order to clear the Democratic national headquarters of these false leaders and fakers, Mayor Taggart secured transportation for four or five of them and sent them back to their homes. These are a fair average or sample of the men who attended the conference and it shows that J. Milton Turner and Harvey A. Thompson like to associate and consort with that class of Negroes, who are devoid of all honor and influence, and if the national committee can afford to load itself down with such notorious characters then it can expect to have a fight on its hands for such unprincipled individuals are not true representatives of the highest types of Negro Democracy. We have nothing to say against J. Milton Turner as an orator, but every member of the Democratic national committee who were connected with the campaign in 1896 knows full well that owing to Mr. Turner's loose moral character he was unable to fulfill his engagements in St. Paul, Minn., and the committee was compelled to call him in from that point. He promised in 1898 to address the colored Democratic league of Cook county here in this city, and after transportation had been furnished him from St. Louis to Chicago and after he had been telegraphed to come he did not come; did not respond to the telegram and did not return the transportation, and yet he aspires to be a great leader, not only of the Negro race, but also of Negro Democracy. But he is pure and simple a faker and a false leader. Harvey A. Thompson, who is afraid to tell anyone how he spent the time after he left the hotel in Louisville, Ky.; until he struck St. Louis and got tangled up with the steamboat and the officers of the law has become so big-headed that he now thinks himself a great leader(?) But he is utterly incapable of leading himself and this, empty-headed individual who delights to train and run with men of unsavory reputations and who delights to blow about how he has always been able to work the campaign committees for $25 to $125; who has took special pride in endeavoring to blacken the characters of honest men in order to cover up his own rascality was the most conspicuous faker and false leader at the conference and around the Democratic national headquarters, and if the members of the Democratic national committee like or are in love with such characters they are welcome to them. CHIPS. Not for the whole world would we intimate that Harvey A. Thompson was ever accused of getting away with another man's clothes, but we do know that Mr. Thompson does not like to pay his subscription to the Broad Ax. Richard E. Burke, attorney for the Cook County Democracy, continues to practice law in his old haunts, Hartford building, although this is the vacation season, but in spite of it Mr. Burke is constantly busy with his clients. John E. Traeger candidate for county coroner, will give up campaigning for at least ten days, and take to the woods for a much needed rest. Within the past month Mr. Traeger has attended 21 pic-nics and he now feels that he must take a short lay-off. Col. A. D. Gash, Attorney at Law, Oxford building, has been resting up preparatory to taking the stump for Bryan, Stevenson, Alschuler and the entire State and county tickets. The Colonel is an eloquent orator, and is every ready to work for the success of Democracy. Gen. Adlai E. Stevenson of Bloomington, Ill., came to the city Thursday night, and we had a pleasant chat with him at the Palmer House. The general feels highly encouraged over the political situation and he believes the Democratic Party will rout the host of imperialism. John Green, one of the leading colored men of Capegradaue, Mc., spent several days in Chicago the past week. Mr. Green runs a lunch counter next door to the postoffice in his live town. He is a Democrat, and while in the city he paid his subscription to the Broad Ax. The law firm of Flanagan, O'Keeffe, Hunt & Litzinger, Ashland block, have split right square in the middle. Mr. P. J. O'Keeffe and Mr. Edward R. Litzinger have formed a partnership under the firm name of O'Keeffe & Litzinger, and Mr. P. B. Flanagan and Mr. M. E. Hunt will go it alone. All four, or both firms still occupy The Alschuler club, of Cook county met at the Sherman house Monday night, and it was addressed by James Todd, candidate for attorney-general, and S. A. T. Watkins. On the same evening Captain H. C. Carter addressed the Alschuler Travelling and Commercial Men's club at the Great Northern. The Topeka, Kansas Plaindealer admonished the Negros "To eliminate sentiment from politics," while in the next breath it brands all Negroes "as traitors to their race who refuse to cling to the Republican party out of pure sentiment." Verily the Plaindealer is as unfamiliar with logic as the devil is with holy water. Melville G. Holding, Dan B. Jesse, Thos. H. Cobbs, Chas, H. Stevenson, B. E. Talbutt, Dr. T. E. Powell, and several other gentlemen have launched the Southern Men's Democratic club and the gentlemen feel it will be a successful movement as there are many Southern men in this city who will not hesitate to become identified with it. Sim W. Wilson, of Minneapolis, Minn., who has heretofore cut quite a swath in the Republican party has NO. 44. renounced its new teachings and says he cannot any longer stomach McKinley and hypocricy." Mr. Wilson is an intelligent Afr-American, and he has joined the Democratic party and is engaged in organizing a colored Democratic club. Monday night the Commercial and Travelling Men's Alschuler club was organized at the Great Northern hotel. James O'Donnell was elected president; Al. Goldsmith and N. K. Scumacher were chosen first and second vice-presidents, and John S. Butler, secretary. This new cubb will bend its efforts to land Samuel Alschuler in the Governor's chair. City Sealer, James A. Quinn, opened his big heart a few days ago and ordered one of the noblest shirt waists in Chicago for Edward Gualt, who is a bigger man, at least in statue, than the mayor of Chicago, or any one else connected with the City Hall. It is rumored around the big building that Mr. Quinn himself will tog up in a new style of shirt waist which will startle and astonish the natives. There are over thirty Catholic priests laboring exclusively among the Negroes and they have over one hundred and ten schools in Maryland, Kentucky and Louisiana. The only national collection of the Catholic church in the United States is take up yearly for the benefit of Negroes. The cardinal of Baltimore and archbishops of St. Louis and Philadelphia are a committee to whom is entrusted this collection for distribution. The Enterprise, of Omaha, Neb., in its last issue had a one column editorial arraigning The Broad Ax because we accused The Enterprise of tuckling to big-headed Roosevelt, who has all of his brains, according to our idea, lodged in his heels, and that accounts for his hatred for "Negroes and 'nigger' soldiers." But instead of The Enterprise sticking to its tex respecting Roosevelt it as usual goes of half cocked, and deals in a lot of rubish which is foreign to the subject under discussion. The contribution to the Broad Ax, The Political Interests of the Negro." by Dr. Howard S. Taylor, should be read with deep interest by every colored man, and whites as well, who contemplate voting for President McKinley, and after reading it if they pause and reflect we believe it will be the means of causing them to change fronts on the political situation. It is an able article, and if we had the means we would publish two or three hundred thousand extra copies of The Broad Ax containing it and scatter them broadcast throughout the land. Queen Victoria rules over more Mohammedans than the sultan of Turkey, and more Jews than there are in Palestine, and more negroes than any other sovereign who is not a native of Africa. Boston Corbett, the slayer of John Wilkes Booth, is traveling for a patent medicine firm in the south and is all right mentally. In 1888 he was sergeant-at-arms in the state legislature, and afterward spent two years in the asylum. The Dead sea is at last to be enlivened by navigation. The Greek monastery at Jerusalem has bought at Hamburg a naphtha launch, 36 feet in length, which is to be used to shorten the way to Kermak. It is to be called the Prodromos. Mrs. W. G. Atkinson, widow of Gov. Atkinson and a leader in the woman's movement, is a candidate for state librarian of Georgia. Mrs. Atkinson has for several months been engaged in the insurance business and has met with pronounced success. There are today but three bands of Seminoles left in Florida. So completely have these people been disintegrated that no tribal relations now exist among them; they have no acknowledged chief, and recognize no man's authority. They number about 600. According to a medical authority there is now in the United States one physician to every six hundred people — proportionately twice as many as in Great Britain, four times as many as France has, five times as many as Germany has and six times as many, as Italy has. 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Jumping the rope is said to be a remedy for derangement of the liver. Many middle-aged persons in England now regularly engage in this exercise, and declare they derive great benefit from it. A pious gentleman in Greeley, Pa., insisted upon having prayers just before dinner. His wife and daughter objected so strenuously that the pious gentleman attacked them with a fork, and seriously wounded the wife. The Americans introduced the first sewing machines into China after great difficulties and taught the Chinese their use, and today, in the flourishing cities of Shanghai, Hong Kong and even in Peking, the tailoring establishments are benefited by them. Movable targets of a new sort have been invented for the use of the German army. These targets are propelled toward the marksmen at full speed to represent a cavalry charge, being run on rollers, the motive power supplied by horses, which are started at a gallop after being attached to the target ropes. The soldiers thus lern to gauge distance and its variations with great accuracy. A mountain of alum rock is a natural curiosity which exists in China, about twelve miles from the village of Lion Chek. The mountain is about ten miles in circumference at the base and its height is 1,940 feet. The stones are quarried in large blocks, and after being heated in furnaces are thrown into vats of boiling water. At the bottom of the vats the alum crystalizes in layers about six inches in thickness. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, is a very clever mechanical engineer, and very interested in machinery. The other day he left his compartment in the train, put on a workman's blouse, and drove an engine from Saizbourg, to Munich. It will be remembered that the unfortunate King of Bavaria before his mind gave way, often traveled in this way on the engines, and the legitimate drivers always received a princely pourboire at the end of the journey. As England continues to send re-enforcements to South Africa, in spite of the declaration that the war is practically over, the suspicious Frenchman declares that the English government is preparing for a descent on Madagascar. On the other hand, it is conjectured that provisions is being mada against the possibility that the Suez canal may be closed in the event of a war in Asia. Neither supposition is tenable, says the Army and Navy Journal. Whatever success the English may have had against the Boers, the waste of war is so great as to require constant re-enforcement of an army in the held. In Africa losses in action by the British during the present war have exceeded 1,000 at Colenso, Dec. 15, 1899, when there were 1,054 killed, wounded and missing; Farquhar's farm and Nicholson's nek, Oct. 30, 1899, when they numbered 1,226; in the battles about Ladysmitih, 1,782, Feb. 19 to 27, 1900; at Paardeberg, Feb. 16-27, 1,436, and at Spion kop, 1,646.. Jan. 17 to 24. At Stromberg the loss was 702; at Magersfontein, 902; at Sanna's post, 541. In each of the other engagements the losses amounted to less than 500, the total being 1,363 officers and 18,-128 men. Indoor gymnastics of the "upside down and violent type," when induced in to excess, are said to induce various physical ills in after life. In the endeavor to develop one specialized set of muscles, the harmonious balance of the physical forces of the body is destroyed. The athlete, with the arms, shoulders and chest of a Hercules, may have puny legs, an irregular heart, or some other form of weakness. "What the man of today needs most," says a recognized authority in the science of physical development, "is not athletics, but plenty of fresh air in his lungs. Instead of violent exercise that weakens him for hours afterward, he needs to learn how to breathe right, stand right and Houses in England That Have Hidden Great Secrets. The recent mysterious discovery of a human skeleton in a box hidden in the wall of a house in Westminster calls to mind many instances of a similar nature which have been revealed from time to time. Not long ago a family vacated a house at Wandsworth that had been occupied for over twenty years without any change of tenants. The landlord then set to work to repair the building, and finding some of the walls were in a rather dilapidated condition, resolved to put another window in one of the front rooms before remedying the defects. He was considerably astonished a few days after the work had been commenced to hear that the workmen had discovered the remains of three skeletons in the wall through which they were cutting. A deep cavity had been hollowed out, and in this the gruesome relics reposed. At first there was nothing very extraordinary in these facts, though they savored of a crime, but it was soon found that in each case the skull had been battered in and penetrated as if by a sharp instrument. A medical man called in to inspect the bones stated that they were those of women, so it soon became apparent that years before some horrible crime had been perpetrated in this very house, the walls of which hid their secret until all hope of bringing the culprit to justice had vanished. The family, too, had lived there for twenty years without the slightest suspicion of the terrible evidence of guilt that existed within a few yards of where they had their meals. Until quite lately there stood in Ratcliff Highway a house that has now been merged into the adjoining one to form a large public building, but its walls still stand. If houses could speak none could tell more horrible tales than this one. For many years it was an opium den owned by a Chinaman who eventually perished on the scaffold. While his customers were asleep under the pernicious drug he rifled their pockets, and if they contained articles of any value he purloined them, then picked up his unconscious victims and threw them down a dark hole in the cellar. At the bottom of this hole was a running stream, so that all traces of his guilt were carried away, and the unfortunate opium smokers disappeared from the world's ken forever. At length, however, he was caught red-handed by one of the sleepers, who had recovered prematurely. PUTTING UP FRUIT. Timely Suggestions for Housewives That Should Be Observed. The season has arrived when the careful housewife prepares for the dreary time coming when the market stalls offer no fresh fruit for the table. Just now there is an abundance of berries that can be had for a song, and the days are not far distant when peaches, pears and apricots will be here in great profusion. In putting up fruit see that all the essentials are on hand before beginning work. Don't wait until the fruit is in the preserving kettle before running to the corner grocery for the sugar. It is economy of time to buy sugar in twenty-five or fifty pound bags this month, for you will need it right along, suggests a writer in the Washington Star. See that all utensils are in perfect order, that a supply of new rubber bands is on hand and, that the cans and glasses are as clean and sweet and clear as soap and water can make them. If every time a can has been emptied it has been carefully washed and dried and put away with its own top screw on this part of the work will be greatly simplified. Yet even if cleaned before putting away they will need to be scalded just before using. Have ready a small, sharp-pointed knife for paring; a silver-plated fruit knife ground to a fine edge and kept expressly for this purpose is best. Have a half pound of paraffin on hand for covering jellies, several long-handled wooden spoons, a ladle, a colander, a bright tin strainer, a small skewer or silver nut pick and a couple of large porcelain or granite kettles. Never use tin vessels for cooking fruit nor yet tren. Brass, when thoroughly cleaned, is pleasant to use, but its expense and the labor necessary to keep it in good condition preclude its adoption in the ordinary kitchen. A plentiful supply of cheese cloth and towels and a large-mouthed funnel to use in filling jars should also be in readiness. The size of the cans to be used may depend largely on the size of the family. For a small family the pint-sized jar is best for nearly everything, taking pains to select those with wide-mouthed tops. Half-gallon jars will be found useful for large whole fruits.—Exchange. A Big Deal in Corks. A deal has just been closed whereby a well-known brewing firm purchases about 480,000 pounds of corks. This deal represents £90,000. In two years the company will deliver te the brewery upwards of 100,000,000 corks. This is said to be one of the biggest deals in corks ever made. These 100,000,000 corks in bulk, weighing 480,000 pounds, would support 240,000 men on top of the water were they to be thrown overboard, each with a single life-preserver on. Goethe Society Out ON. The Hofburg Theater, in Vienna, has, ever since 1800, paid 5 per cent of the receipts on Goethe nights in the Goethe Society, the sum amounting in ten years to 9,000 florins. On account of the unsatisfactory state of the theater's finances, this practice will not be continued. WHY THEY STARVE. SENATOR HALE'S WORDS ON THE INDIA FAMINE. Drones Eat All the Honey in the Hive While the Workers Starve for Sustenance—Goldbug Imperialism Seen at Its Worst in That Sid Land. Senator Perkins of California, a few days before congress adjourned, offered petitions in the senate, asking congress to appropriate money for the relief of the starving subjects of Great Britain in India. He would not press the matter, he said, for fear it might insult England for the United States government to undertake the task of feeding her subjects by appropriating the public money. His only reason for not being willing to send our money to the relief of those whom the government of England had robbed to starvation was that it might make Lord Salisbury and Lord Chamberlain mad at us to do so. The remarks of Senator Perkins called up Senator Hale of Maine. Mr. Hale proceeded as follows: "The world has been horrified almost stupefied, at the suffering now being endured in India. That is the chief of England's colonies. The pestilence and famine are appalling to the imagination. Whole families are being wiped out of existence; the babe lies dead beside its mother. Now the senator comes here with a proposition that we should appropriate money for the relief of these people. I should like to ask the senator what England has done for the people of India? She has spent tens and hundreds of millions of dollars in striking down and crushing republics. It is the most brutal manifestation of strength against liberty and weakness that the world has ever seen; and I am moved, therefore, to ask the senator what Great Britain has done to relieve the suffering of her Indian subject? What has he in the way of information upon this point? What information has he as to England's action in this matter while it is spending hundreds of millions in destroying the Boer republic? "Do the American people realize that the same kind of government which has brought starvation and death to the common people in India will produce the same results in this or any other country? In India, where the working people have been plundered by the tax-gatherer of all they can produce, the high salaried officials and the privileged trusts and monopolies are prosperous and flourishing, even as they are in this country under the great "wave of prosperity" which has swept millions of property into the possession of the few, while labor all over the country is struggling for bread and making its presence felt only by means of the strike and boycott. "In natural resources India is as rich a country as this. The Great Father has stored his bounties to the human family as lavishly in that country as he has in this. Then why are the people starving there by the million? It can be accounted for only by the fact that the drones have taken all the honey from the hive and left the workers to perish. The same kind of drones are extracting the honey from the American hive and by the same process. If the workers who produce the wealth have not the instinct and courage equal to the bee, which saves its honey by killing the drone, then it is only a question of time when the bones of the starving millions will bleach upon the soil of India. "Like causes produce like effects in all ages and climes." COLD-BLOODED PROPOSITION. A man that can sit down with the happy, smiling faces of his family around a well-laden table, and hear the cry of a starving child outside, belongs to a class of animal far below the hyena. Even the wolf will give what is left on his bone to some other wolf, and the horse enters no protest when some other horse starts in to eat what is left in his bin. Believers in Christ and in Christ's principles feel the sting of remorse and the blush of shame when they hear the pitiful cries of twenty million starving people in India, and upbraid themselves for not making an effort to relieve them; still, this fact must be taken into consideration. India today is exporting wheat and grain, while Lady Curzon is pleading with the American people to send wheat and grain to India to relieve the distressed. English speculators in India grain officially notify the world that it is not grain that is needed in India but money to buy it. Just think of that cold-blooded proposition, then deny if you can that the famine in India is due to British misrule.—George's Weekly. ANOTHER CUBAN SCANDAL Another Cuban scandal has come to light. This one is not given as much publicity as the postoffice affair, possibly because the victims were laborers, but it is none the less as outrageous as the other case. Thousands of poor laborers have been at the mercy of money sharks who, by the favoritism of civil administration have been permitted to buy up the time checks of the workmen. By the system in vogue the money lenders, through their small advances, which were guaranteed by some officers and foremen in charge of works, were enabled to have the full pay of the common laborers turned over to them. The War De- partment has been making frantic efforts to head off a disclosure of the scandal because the Cuban administration is already responsible for so many corrupt practices, but a portion of the story has leaked out. The department has ordered that civil disbursing officers shall make payments at or near the working places and to the men individually whose names appear on the pay rolls. Officers in charge of laborers have been forbidden to guarantee the payment of transferred checks or to allow any other person to make such guarantee and every other possible method is being resorted to in order to stop the robbery before it grows to such proportions that a full exposure cannot be prevented. The dishonesty of United States officials in Cuba has already caused the Spanish ex-officials to open their eyes in wonder and admiration, and it wouldn't be surprising if a few more exposures would start a revolution among the benevolently assimilated Cubans.—Cleveland Artigan. CLASS IN IMPERIALISM. Question-What is the whole duty of men and nations? Answer-To mind their own business. "Have men and nations ever done this?" "There is not an instance in recorded history." "Give an example of people not minding their own business." "The Americans in the Philippines." "But they say the Filipinos are not capable of self-government." "That is their business." "Is Spain a wise nation?" "The wisest in the world." "Is Aguinaldo a polygamist?" "No; we would not permit him to be, even should he acknowledge his allegiance to the United States." "Would we permit him to hold slaves?" "No; slavery is legally and morally wrong." "Is the Sultan of Sulu a polygamist?" "Oh, yes; and we give him six thousand dollars a year to support his twelve wives." "Explain to the class this contradiction." "It cannot be explained. It can only be said that in the practical details of minding other people's business the canons of morality together with all the maxims of political economy are reversed." "Is the departure from the strict habits of minding your own business expensive?" "Very; it may be said that nineteenths of the poverty of the world is due to this cause." "What is this policy sometimes called?" "Benevolent assimilation."—Industrial Advocate. TEDDY ROOSEVELT. The gentleman in the Kansas City convention who said that "Adlai Stevenson is a smooth rider," not a "rough rider," was as pat as the other one who said that "Teddy Roosevelt has spilt more ink and less blood than any hero the United States has ever produced." "Teddy, show your teeth!"—Leadville Miner. "Teddy the Terrible," in one of the numerous articles he wrote for the magazines, described among other blood-curdling performances, how he shot down a Spanish soldier, who was deeing and yelling for quarter. When Captain Philip of the battleship Texas had directed the guns of his vessel with such destructive effect upon the Viscaya and Oquendo, that both these armor-clads, scuttled and helpless, were burning on the beach, he called out to his shouting crew: "Don't cheer, men; those poor devils are dying." Then reverently bowing his head, he asked his officers and sailors to offer up thanks for victory to the God of battles. Alongside such a genuine hero as Philip, the self-advertised Roosevelt looks exceeding opera bouffe.—Knoxville Sentinel. To choose Roosevelt for Vice-President would be invoking again dangers which experience has taught us the lesson to avoid. Not the same dangers, it may be, that befell the nation with Tyler and Johnson, but proceeding from the same qualities of character that made the nation regret them in their presidencies—egotism, combativeness and obstinacy. In the peculiar condition of our nation's relations with the rest of the world there might be the gravest apprehension from Roosevelt in the presidency. Boston Advertiser. Bryan Not a Trimmer. One reason that Mr. Bryan is so generally respected is that he is sincere. He says what he thinks is generally right, and he does not keep quiet on any subject from fear that his views might injure his political prospects. It is because Mr. Bryan takes the position of a statesman and a patriot rather than that of a scheming politician in respect to public matters that he has such a remarkable hold on the people. The people like a sincere man and they are quick to recognize him when he appears in public life.—Savannah, Ga., News. Mr. Rockefeller says that God gave him his property. If that be so it was very unkind in God to take away from him recently three million dollars worth of that property by means of one stroke of lightning. MANY TRUSTS OR ONE. Most of the business of the country is already in the hands of the trusts and it will not be long, if present conditions continue, until they will absolutely control every branch of trade. When that is the case where is there a chance of success for your boy or my boy? He cannot commence an independent business of any kind, for every avenue will be closed. His only chance will be in the overcrowded professions or as the hired man of a corporation. Your boy or mine may not be bright enough to excel in the law and we don't want to see him as a shyster or a pettifogger. He may not be deceitful enough to make a doctor. He may not be pious enough for a preacher and he can't teach school for the pretty school ma'ams have crowded him out. He might be a servant of servants to the Standard Oil robbers or to a railroad or the bank trust. He might learn a trade if there were not already a million mechanics out of a job. He might be a hired hand on a farm at twelve dollars a month or perhaps he could get a job in a department store at six dollars a week, provided they couldn't get a girl at three dollars who would do the work just as well. There is still open to him a situation as private in our imperial army at sixteen dollars a month with all the comforts of a warm climate and the delights of an army canteen. What are you going to do with that boy of yours? Don't this question trouble you night and day? Do you see any way out? As long as the trusts live wealth will accumulate and men will decay. The trusts must be killed or your boy and my boy will go to the wall or else live and die the hired hand of a greedy monopolist. Can the trusts be killed? No; they have come to stay, but they can be benevolently assimilated. They can all be merged in one universal trust owned and controlled by all the people. This is the only way out of the labyrinth. The more that honest and intelligent men study this question the clearer they see that public ownership of all the means of production and distribution is the only solution of this question. But you say that would be socialism. Of course it would, but it is the only remedy just the same. The people are not as much afraid of that word as they used to be. When they understand it, it is no longer a bugbear. A million American voters are ready for socialism today and are only waiting in the hope that something may possibly happen to give them more immediate relief. If Bryan were not a candidate for president, socialism would get a million votes this year, but the people believe that Bryan is their friend; they know he is brave, honest, sincere and they hope that he will be able to do something for their relief. If Bryan should be beaten, or if when elected, he should fail to meet the hopes of the plain, people the social democrats will elect a president in 1904. THE GOLDBUG VIEW OF IT. The strong argument of our opponents in this campaign is prosperity, and they prove that prosperity by citing the fact that our exports of merchandise gold and silver exceed the imports by hundreds of millions of dollars. This is considered of so much importance that it was incorporated as a stump speech in the belly of the Republican platform. The theory is that a nation that sends away more than she receives is getting rich and one that receives more than she pays out is getting poor. For a great many years England's imports have greatly exceeded her exports and strange to say that nation has not gone into bankruptcy. But here are two brilliant illustrations of the Republican contention. Egypt exports a great deal more than she imports and that has been the case ever since Moses crept out of the bull-rushes. By this time Egypt ought to be immensely rich but she isn't. In all the world there is no nation so poverty stricken and disconsolate. For a long time Ireland's exports have immensely exceeded her imports and during that time her population has decreased one-half and her brave sons are hunting a home in every country in the world, except Ireland. The facts of impartial history show the exact opposite to that which is claimed by the Republicans, and if this is their best and strongest argument we will make them take to the woods before the campaign is fairly warmed up. IMPERIALIST LOGIC The imperialist demonstration that we could not have got our military forces into China this year if we had not forced a needless war on the poor Filipinos a year and a half ago is one of those powerful exhibitions of logic which leave everything except the logic out of account—Hartford Timen And it isn't worth a continental as logic. We can't use our forces in the Philippines for the invasion of China. They can't be spared. We can do nothing in China with less than 20,000 men, and if we should take that many soldiers out of Luzon the Filipinos would eat up the balance. If we ever do anything in China we will have to raise another army at home. Roosevelt said in his St. Paul speech, "The expansion of a civilized people means not war, but peace." Wonder what Teddy considers the American people. To expand in the Philippines means hell; in China, more hell. Gen. Sherman said, "War is hell." Any man who has served in the Philippines will tell you that Gen. Shermaa was right. And yet Roosevelt talks about expansion being "peace." HARANGUES TO ORDER That bill which a clergyman introduced into our state senate as a check to the growing industry which provides students with ready-made orations and essays and compositions is attracting some unpleasant attention in the east, where they don't understand us, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The little bill is all right as far as it goes, but it isn't elastic enough. The clergyman meant well. He thought he was doing a service for literary aspirants. But, strange to say, he blindly overlooked the clergy. No doubt some of them need protection from these bureau cormorants and from these syndicated sharks. Think of the temptation it is for an enervated parson to step into one of these hand-me-down sermon shops and say: "What have you in about twenty-minute lengths?" "Ornate?" "No, just simple and soothing." "Lemme see. We got in a fresh lot of assorted harangues yesterday. Jimmie, hand me the proofs of that matter on the G hook. You want it conservatively orthodox?" "Yes; mildly progressive." "I know. Here, how's this? Hold on, that's a thirty-minute talk. Tell you what I'll do; I'll saw out this long paragraph here on 'the duty of the state' and credit you with the weight." "The weight?" "Yes; we sell 'em by the weight of the metal. There' that's eleven pounds and seven ounces. Two-dollars-seventy - three-cents, please. So many parsons like to strike off the printed slips to distribute among their hearers that we find the metal plant the best one." "But isn't that a little high?" "Not for that grade. We've got some pot boilers here, regular insomnia chasers, that I could let you have for half the money. But they ain't what you want. You've been fishing a pretty good article out of the bar'l, I've no doubt, and they'd be too much of a comedown. Of course, you understand that this is not to be released until March 11, and that only one sermon bearing this number is to be preached in what we call the theological section." "Very well. Wrap it up, please." "Thank you. Your address on this card. We will send it up by our 1 o'clock delivery. Anything else?" "I'd like a little talk on the duty of the hour, on some kindred subject, for our Friday evening gathering." "Certainly. Take this catalogue home with you and look it over. There are twenty-three 'Duties of the Hour' there you will notice Good-day. Call again." A BUSINESS SECRET. How the Best Sauerkraut Is Made in Magdeburg The best German sauerkraut is made in Magdeburg, but when one attempts to ascertain how it is made he encounters an insuperable obstacle—business secrets. The manufacturer politely replies to all inquiries: "My recipe is what makes my business profitable. If I gave it to you, you could make the same sauerkraut. The fame of Magdeburg would thus be dimmed, and what would become of the orders which mean so much to me?" The process of manufacture omitting business secrets, is about an follows: Several heads of white cabbage, a fresh as possible, are cut into fine, long shreds. They are placed in layers in barrels, or kegs, and salt strewed over each layer, using one-half a pound of salt for each twenty-five cabbages. The mass is pressed down with clean feet, wooden shoes, or a heavy stamper. A cover is put on the barrel and upon this a heavy stone. This presses the sauerkraut more and conserves it better. The sauerkraut must then be allowed to ferment in a cellar for from three to eight days, according to the temperature of the room. The barrel then is closed tightly and kept in a cool place preferably in a cellar. Fancy grades of sauerkraut are produced by pouring white wine into the barrels after they have been filled. Apples chopped fine sometimes are mixed with the cabbage. Developed by Cultivation All our garden vegetables are merely types improved by long cultivation of wild species. The wild cabbage is common enough in places by the sea, but is of no use for food in its wild state. Indeed, it will take a botanist to tell that it was a cabbage at all. Scotland owes the cabbage to Cromwell's soldiers. The cauliflower is but a cultivated improvement on the cabbage. It was brought to perfection in Cyprus and was very little known until about a century ago. The parsnip is another native of this country. You may find it along almost any hedgerow, but it is small and intensely bitter in its wild state.—Clincinnati Post. Evansville Honey Industry. The honey producing industry on Evansville, Ind., has reached such magnitude that the city council is considering an ordinance declaring the bees a nuisance, and requiring the owners of hives to move them outside the city limits. It is said that seventy-five persons have colonies of bees in the city, and the bees produce $10,000 worth of honey a year. Persons who want the bees taken out ask that it be done by September 1. The bee owners have engaged a lawyer, who has represented to the city council that there is not a city in the state that forbids people to have beeshives. Ten years ago New South Wales and Victoria were about equal in population, but the former is now considerably ahead of its sister colony. * 2 tage * Po ae 5 a — Ga 4 3 se wee 9 Poe cans 7 rans =: 2m oa ro . — a m ~ a " “ Pert 7 gS a : on ES es fe Se a So ee Se Se - a Sy - ee e 0 ee ee aD eR ee ae = Pee ee yy ee ene Z + See ere eens Maa Me Peet WR er re ete aD a = Sas Sgt See ee Ra a eee ae ae ee. 7 Meg oe Sees Ee RoE RE Pens - a = a eee : ; 5 SE Se * ° at <i < ws * ‘. y . ——————=—_————[——z—E +, tite Piste A, > a errr tT / iN ne ae | ‘4 The tripping feet—the sparkling eye—the graceful movement—be- tagnct sion ‘hese graces are tight—aye daty of every woman until the hair whitens—and regal dignity replaces Oe mother who guards her grength has so much more to de- yote to the care and education of ber dear ones. She should be « comfort—a cheer—always. Yet how many feel that they have the strength to properly bal. ance the home? 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Pope Pledger, pastor (Of the Methodist Bpiscopal chureh at ‘Beaumont, Texas, has resigned his charge becouse of a storm of hostile ‘criticism which was brought about by * recent act of his. Last apring, it i ‘Said, there was a cheap excursion te ‘Monterey, Mexico, and the minister “and two deacons of his church teck advantage 6f the low rates. The en- nual bull fighte were taking place at the time. These exhibitions were given on Sunday and were attended by the Preacher, the deacons and many of the excursionists. When the party returned to Beat- mont a storm of hostile criticism was directed against Mr. Pledger. He de- clared he attended the fights te broaden his fund of knowledge, and Rot for the love of brutal sport. But many members of his parish demanded that he acknowledge his error and re- Be en eublicly, which he refused to in Sermon of resignetion last Sunday he said: “There is a bold disposition on the Part of many ministers to dictate to their Socks what they shall eat, drink and wear. They would narrow the life down to reading the Bible and going to preaching and Sunday school. “It is this class of ministers that have produced a narrow-minded and hide-bound church. If they had it in their power, they would not allow the Lord to save anybody except in con- formity with their notion of how such & thipg ought to be done “These are the people who have eriticlsed me for going into saloons and trying to win men for Christ. They think a minister should carry & great amount of dignity, wear a clerical coat, a collar buttoned behind, & vest that buttons somewhere in the regions out of sight (whether on the side or at the back), and that he should have a certain manner and wear a certain expression of the face—all of which should go to say, ‘I am the par ish minister.’ Such a minister may serve the purpose of society functions, but when it comes to reaching men and leading souls to Christ, he is a dismal failure. I would rather be a first-class my< than be that kind of a preach- =.” NOT SUPERSTITION. a Certain Phenomena. “Well, that isn't superstition; it's reality,” and Coal Mine Inspector Den- man didn’t seem a bit pleased with the suggestion that superstition might sometimes be responsible for the ac- tions of miners, says the Denver Post. “Coal miners,” he went on to say, “are not superstitious. Hear neises? Of course they do, but €o people suppose these noises are imaginary? It beats all how little is known generally about coa] mining. Folks get it into their heads,” the inspector continued, “that a man who will quit work im a certain part of a mine because he sess the rats deserting that section is superstitious, when, as a matter of fact, be simply displays sound judgment Very soon after the rats quit sounds will be beard, and later on a slide follows. ‘What would heve happened to the man had he credited his fears to supersti- tion by disregarding the exodus of the rats and the qubsequent noises? Rats are the first of a mine’s inhabitants to realize danger, and then comes the mule. Man is the last. So it is only natural that he should take as posi- tive indications of trouble the actions of the others. and he should not be regarded as a superstitious creature on that account. After rats desert an ¢n- try it is next to impossible to get s mule into it, not because the rats left, but because the mule realizes the dan- ger. Left to themselves rats or mules would never be caught in slides in mines, but it is different with men, «who will not follow the lead of the oth- ertwo.” Specimens of Madri The Ethnological museum at Berlin has just secured one of the best, if not the best, of the few specimens of Maori carving now left in New Zea- Jand. Some exceedingly old carvings were collected by Mr. C..E. Nelson of ‘Whakarewarewa, and months wore spent in putting tbem together and in supplying the necessary additional carvings to make s complete Maori house as known in the cannibal days of the aboriginals of this colony. When the work was completed it was thought the government might be induced to become the purchaser so as to keep h a rare sample of what is now al- most a lost art in the colony, but an offer of $3,000 from the German instl- tution above mentioned was suficient to induce the owner to sell out, end this rare structure, known among the ‘Maories as “Rauru,” will soon be hipped to Berlin. Perso--ality of Helen Gould. fielen Miller Gould is just et the threshold of ber besutiful career. What ‘a promise is there in her life and work for the coming century! She has pledged her fortune for a Hall of Fame on the campus of the New York University, overlooking the Harlem qiver: It will havo tablets for the names of fifty distinguished Ameri- sand proud. will be the descend- Sats of those Whose names are inscrib- ed thereon, says Success. ‘The human ‘peart is the tablet upon which “Miss Gott hat tne breed and Bich of Fame” is as broad and high és the repabiic eet _ Poe ‘Brown's Ss : “sas Sos oe ter, the yous of the family of six- a ST esd oe ate 7 eS ent ‘THE BOXERS OF CHINA are attempting to solve a gigantic problem, but they are going-about it im the wrong way and will never sue- ceed. Some people, in this country, Seem to think that they have as great & puzzle on their hands In selecting a location for a home, They will cer- tainly go about it in the wrong way unless they inspect the beautiful farm- ing country on the line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St, Paul Railway in Mar inette county, Wisconsin, where the erops are of the best, work plenty, fine markets, excellent climate, pure, soft water; land sold cheap and on long time. Why rent a farm when you can buy one for less than you pay for rent? Address C. E. Rollins, Land Agent, 161 La Salle St, Chicago, IL The Gentembe> Thatinentas, Tt is interesting to note how great a change has come over the character of The Delineator. For 25 years it has stood foremost as the popular fashion and home magazine. Now, without ebandoning its pre-eminence in that Girection, each number demonstrates that in its other features it is seeking to. prove itself the equal of any of the high class periodicals. Among the September articles are “Preserving by New Methods,” by Edna Witherspoon; “Farming for Women,” by Mrs. Moses P. Handy, and “Russian Cross-Stitch Embroidery.” “Peking: Its Life and People” is illustrated with rare and authentic pictures gathered by Isaac Taylor Headland during his ten years’ Professorship in Peking University. “Charles Lamb and his Dream Child- Ten” will touch every mother heart with the Infinite pathos of a love un- watisfied. Twenty other practical ar- ticles, and more than one hundred sketches of present-day styles round out its monthly offering to practical women. Ben King’s Verse. Ben King, the Michigan bard, is widely and favorably known as & writer of dialect verse. The new edi- tion of his poems, the tenth thousand, will be welcomed not only by his many friends and admirers, but by Readers and Elocutionists who will find here much new and useful material, and by all who enjoy graceful versification and a genial] humor. Ben King’s verse is neither Riley, Field nor Nye, but it partakes of the good qualities of all of these. He has a style of his own; a field of his own; and everything he has written is good. It is edited by Nixon Waterman, with introduction by John McGovern, biography by Opie Read and illustrat- ed by McCutcheon, Schmedtgen and others. More Cheap Excursions to Colorade. Special Trains, one night out to Den- ver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo via the Great Rock Island Route, will leave Chicago August 21, Sept. 4 and 18, at 4:45 p. m. On these dates excursion tickets from Chicago to Denver, Col- orado Springs, Pueblo, Glenwood Springs, Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah, will be sold at rate of one reg- ular fare plus $2.00 for round trip, re- turn limit Oct. 31, 1900. Tickets also wood on regular trains. For full in- formation, berth reservations an¢ beautiful book “Colorado the Magnifi- eent,” sent free, address JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. P. A. 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There are remedies sold, how- ever, which produce wonderful results, far surpassing any doctor, but to sep- arate these from the worthless class is a very difficult task. In Topeka, Kansas, there is perhaps one remedy which is revolutionizing the practice of medicine. A gentleman by the name of Dr. W. W. Gavitt, who for a number of years has been in the banking business, bas been experiment- ing and has made in the last few years, it is sald, some most wonderful discov- eries for old chronic diseases, especial- ly kidney, liver and stomach troubles. ‘The western papers are full of com- ments. It is causing a great sensation with the doctors and invalids. A two cent stamp would likely bring you all the particulars. ie Allver Service for Schley. ‘Work has begun in Baltimore on the silver service for Rear Admiral Schley, to be made from the silver coin cap- tured on the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon. The cost when completed will be about $8,000. ~ “The Lane That Has no Turning,” is the title of a new book by Mr. Gil- bert Parker, to be published this au- tumn. It is @ dramatic story of Que- bec, Mr. Parker’s favorite literary hunting ground, and will be the first book published by Mr. Parker since 1898. China has new colleges In engineer- ing, navigation, military tactics, elec- tric science and medicine, with Euro- pean professors. ‘We refund 10c for every package of PUTNAM FADELESS DYES that fails to give satisfaction. Monroe Drug Co., Unionville, Mo. It ts estimated that the armor for the new battleships for the German navy will cost $65,000,000. Send for FREE 62.00 trial bottle and treaties Da. R. H. Kime, Lid, 981 arch St. Philadelphis, Pa The hen is a liberal fowl; she gives a peck when she takes a grain. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as Scough cure. —J. W. O'Bares, 322 Third Ave., &., Minneapolis, Minn.. Jan. 6 1900, A ben lays during the day, but at night she becomes a rooster. an Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup- Senne Sepameka cares wind sabe, aatouts A dollar in the pocket is better than a hundred in expectation. Coe’s Cough Selsam Spies nigaieasereishie Ie ‘There is no cruelty like the cruelty of discovered deception. You Try ¥i-Ki—Soa. eS eee ies pain. Boe poison. ‘The husband is apt to be'pensive if the wife is expensive. wees ‘HIEDEBOORSES, tbe cure for corns, iSeta One hour in the future is worth a dozen in the past. Baseball ; Golf ; all plsy- Coffee resembles the earth when it in ground. See ee Ce OSE FR Fees, Se. BOOKLETS FREE, aide ae Ret ee Uae tue BW Pom NSU T cakc ian 0, rh ep Sm rs IPCURES Colic, Cno.wra Morbus, Diarrhora, Dysentery and Bows Compiaints NEVER FAILS’ Ls Inthe market since (841. Recor mended by leating Fhysicians. Used by cur Army and Nav Pr) bt diieataeaee At/11771.1 2) Te | . 7 , A ss Onesize smaller after using. gAllen's Foot- Ease, a powder. It makes tight or new bunions All druggists and shoe stores, 2c. Trial package FREE bymail Ad- dress Allen S. Olmsted. Le Roy, N.Y. “Can you tell me,” said the Sunday school superintendent to a bright lit- tle girl, “in what condition Job was at the end of his life?” “Dead, sir,” was the prompt reply. Pale and Weak Women Beauty and strength In life because of ae pain or some —— car melee ant woe at best gifts fade away. [ive © Pettants Vepstsbie Compound } helps women roundness of form and freshness of face be- arg arb ge Bena a re female organism healthy. ih aasten wo- men safely through the various natural crises and is the safeguard ot woman’s health. The truth about this great medicine Is told in the letters ee paper constantly. EDUCATIONAL. ST. MARY’S ACADEMY NOTRE DAME, INDIANA cons by the = Sisters of the — Soe pee Bee ee are Gymnsdinns under direc | tion of graduate ei Bowton Normal al School year opens Sept. 4, 1900. Address, DIRECTRESS OF THE ACADEMY, St. Mary's Academy, - Notre Dame, Indlans eee ee 28 Gee good grocers seil it. ; Steam thawers are expediting worm fm the mines of the Klondike this year. bs ARTISTIC AND FASHIONABLE RUSTIC WORK screatio ae Rustic Gaskets — = add wo esac Saace erect oe pera RUSTIC CONSTRUCTION CO., 19 Fulton St, New York City. NEBRASKA THE LAND OF PLENTY I wonder why it is that so many men spend their days working hard on rented farms, barely making ann Sng prospect of owning their hours’ journey is a —Nebraska—where all iad cf grain and fruit can be raised with the least amount of labor; where cattle and hogs fed on corn bring a handsome profit; where the climate is healthful and churches and schools abound; where land is cheap and can be bought on very “Think of ink of this, and if you want information about the country send to me for “The Corn Belt,” a beautifully illustrated monthly paper that tells all about Nebraska, and also for “The West Nebraska Grazing Country,” an interesting illustrated booklet —— * sectional map of Ni the first and third Tuesdays of each month during the balance of ae cheap excursion tickets be sold over our road to Nebraska, so that people may go and see for themselves. Ask your ticket agent about this. P. S. EUSTIS, Gon’! Pase’r Agt. C. 6.4 0 2R cmcaco, 4.. “Home, Sweet Home,” Excursion via Bi E To OHIO, INDIANA and KENTUCKY ‘Tuesday, Sept. lith, 1900) LOW RATES from PEORIA, ILL., to INDIANAPOLIS and return. .- ----$6.00 CINCINNATI and return. ----...-$7.00 LOUISVILLE and retum......--$7.00 ~DAYTON and return. ....------$7,00 SPRINGFIELD and retun-.------$7.00 SANDUSKY and retum-..4v,...$7.59 ‘COLUMBUS and Tetum. .......$7.58 Corresponding Rates to Intermediate Potats, | RETURN LIMIT SO DAYS, “Come Home.” nt ae ane fail informacion call on agents WARREN J, LYNCH, W. P. DEPPE, Gen. Pass. & Ticket Act. AGF. &T. Agh BATTLEc' MANILA Seteon Ave., 6. of mag wey ase, OY ses eee ‘Bese typhoon at night with new and Bivieee neces tas 2 edecu is Old Sanita nad Cavite cracien, | Tho Gheesrert ant eee . MONEY FOR SOLDIERS’ HEIRS Bett Yen ccees eesore feos tt 180 (oo pastes Sees, ‘UDIES | Eases Use Certain Corn Cure, Price, Se. <= Thompson's Eye Water eee W. N. U. CHICAGO, NO. 34, 1900, Whea Aeswering Advertisements Kisdly sieciianhamnmeeeeies Eugene Hansmann probably holds the record as a Poo Bah, for he occupies every office, public and private, in Maplewood, a suburb of St. Louis. He is a justice of the peace and as such appointed himself a constable. Besides, he is the coroner, the notary public and the postmaster. As a private citizen he is a lawyer, a collector, a storekeeper and a station, express, insurance and real estate agent. Hansmann holds no higher office than justice of the peace, because there is none. Well diggers are subject to many alliments besides rheumatism. The sudden and frequent changes they make from hot to cold atmosphere often bring on diseases of the nervous system. One man so employed in an eastern state recently had fifty convulsions in a single day. The trouble puzzled the physicians until they discovered that the man's nerve center was shocked by coming out of the cool earth to the hot sun. Policeman Gets a Licking They have bright policemen in Kansas. At Seneca Robert Bell went to the town marshal and told him that Steve Riesterer was hunting for him (Bell) with the view of giving him a licking. While the men were still talking Riesterer came up and knocked Bell down and administered the licking before the officer could interfere. Which shows that often we wot without knowing what we are wotting. Other Names for Recruit. From the army recruiting stations in Chicago there has been gathered a formidable addition to the slang of the day. Strictly speaking, a "shavetail" is a "griffin" or "coyote" or "rooster," but frequently is called a "piebiter," and perhaps is known even more widely as a "ring-tailed shorter." All these are terms of reproach addressed to the "rookie," or military recruit, in the United States. Kaiser Park Closed to Public The beautiful forest known as the Wild Park, the property of the Kaiser, at Potsdam, will probably be closed to the public. For this the rowdy Berliners have themselves to thank. Against its regulations the woods are made hideous with paper in which provisions have been wrapped, and the deer are continually being frightened by the catcalls of the holiday crowds. Queen Resents Flattery. The proposal of the British to change the name of Pretoria to Victoria in honor of the queen is said not to have the sanction of the latter. This is greatly to her credit. There are many Victorias in her realm and the queen evidently feels that the English could get along without imposing this extra humiliation on the Boers. New York Gets Cold Shoulder There has not been a New York Speaker of the House of Representative for seventy-five years. The last New York member to hold that office was John W. Taylor, who served from 1825 to 1827. There have been Democratic Speakers from four States since the close of the war-Indiana, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Georgia. The mania for riding on railway trains is now known as chuchuitis. A physician in this city has invented a word to describe a patient whose mania is riding upon the trolley cars. He calls him a trolliac, which is a very expressive term. The doctor says that trolleyitis is becoming very prevalent in Chicago. Forest Fires Unlikely Recent heavy rains over the Adirondack have thoroughly saturated the soil besides filling lakes and streams to a greater degree than for years back. As a consequence there is little likelihood that such fires as ravaged the region last August will be witnessed there this season. Centenary of Chaucer's Death. The fifth centenary of the death of Chaucer occurs on Oct. 25, and an attempt is being made in London to induce the Court of Common Council to erect a statue to the poet in the Guild Hall. Chaucer was born in London, but no suitable memorial has ever been erected there. Woman a Candidate. Mrs. G. W. Atkinson, widow of Governor Atkinson and a leader in the woman's movement, is a candidate for state librarian of Georgia. Mrs. Atkinson has for several months been engaged in the insurance business and has met with pronounced success. Hospitals for Lepera. In the time of Louis VIII. there were 2,000 hospitals for lepers in France, and about 19,000 in Europe. Professor Virchow declared at a recent conference in Berlin that he does not believe in the contagiousness of leprosy. Fancy Swimming. The latest thing in fancy swimming is that done by Miss Lydia Winterhalter of Milwaukee, who is now visiting in Chicago. On a wager she recently swam for forty-one minutes holding an open umbrella over her head all the time. She swam into deep water with the umbrella in the right hand. Sometimes she swam on her back, sometimes on her face, and again sideways, without ever changing the hand which held the incumbrance. Gen. Chaffee's Odd Names General Chaffee rejoices, or maybe he doesn't, in the queer names of Adna Romanza. There is a great deal of speculation as to how he came by romantic cognomens. His people were plain, unromantic farmers in central Ohio, people not usually given to searching for absurd names for their children. However, General Chaffee is so good a soldier that it doesn't make much difference what his front names are. School Children by the Million The entire number of pupils in all schools, public and private, last year in this country, was 16,687,643, out of an estimated population of 72,737,100. There are 101,058 young men and women in the universities and colleges; 54,231 in schools of law, medicine and theology; 67,538 in normal schools, 70,950 in business schools, 23,501 in reform schools, 97,737 in kindergartens. Found His Double Councilman Charles A. Smith of Logansport received a letter evidently intended for some other person of the same name. The stranger was found at the Barnett hotel and proved to be a traveling man from Syracuse, N. Y. It developed that the two were born in the same town on the same day and that they bore a close personal resemblance to one another. Death from Suffocation: Death from suffocation is pleasant, according to Joseph Grady, a Winsted, Conn., plumber, who was in a "cave-in" until unconscious. He said: "I thought of every prayer I had heard and repeated them over and over. I could hear the men working above me. Then came sweet music, the sweetest I ever heard. That was the last I remember." Empress Behind a Screen. When the Chinese emperor receives either his own high officials or an occasional European visitor the dowager empress is present behind a screen, and, if only Chinese are present, she breaks in on the conversation with advice, or, rather, orders. The only man to whom she ever listens with deference is Li Hung Chang. Diameter of a Molecule. Lord Kelvin estimates the diameter of the molecule of a gas to be not less than one five-hundred-millionths of a centimeter. If a drop of water were to be magnified to the size of the earth, and its molecules were magnified proportionately, the size of each molecule would be between that of a duck shot and that of a cricket ball. Regiments Have Boats. Every German cavalry regiment is now supplied with two boats made of waterproof canvas, which, when not in use, can be folded up. Each boat will carry from six to eight men, and two boats bound together form a raft capable of bearing from twenty-five to twenty-seven hundred-weight. Tall Man Too Light They are mighty particular at West Point and they do some queer things to candidates for admission. One applicant who said he was a lieutenant in the Illinois national guard was rejected the other day because he was too light. He was 6 feet 4 inches in his stocking feet. Question of Fire Protection Proximity to a fire engine house does not insure one against danger from flames. A woman in Chicago recently moved near a west side engine house and the very next day her gasoline stove blew up and set fire to the house, which burned to the ground. Sole Survivor of Expedition. James S. Baker of Missouri is the sole survivor of the expedition of 1847 for the relief of Gen. Zachary Taylor in the City of Mexico. He rode from Missouri to Austin, Texas, on horseback to enlist in Col. Hayes' regiment. Attacked by Lions. Luke Green, a traveler in Rhodesia, asserts that he drove off a troop of five lions which attacked him and were not frightened by his gun, but by firing English periodicals at them. Fruit and Shade from One Tree. Common and beautiful in the tropics is the mango tree. Of all fruits none is relished more by the natives. It is at the rame time a magnificent shade tree Thomas F. Soully, Attorney at Law, 70 Clark Street, . . . CHICAGO. ROOM 14. JOHN E. OWENS Attorney at Law, SUITE 621 ASHLAND BLOCK. 50 S. Clark Street, . . CHICAGO TELEPHONE EXPRESS 472. JOSEPH A. McINERNEY LAWYER 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. DR. WM. H. DAVIS, Chiropidist, TREATMENT PAINLESS. Promp Attention given to Calls at Your Residence or Place of Business. 6012 Fifth Avenue, Chicago Mrs. J. W. Ward. 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 presenta. 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. LETTERS OF COMMENDATION. Chicago, Sept. 16, 1899. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Editor Broad Ax. Bear Sir-I am glad to learn of the work that is being done by your paper in behalf of Chicago platform principles. That platform stands for such a government as Jefferson and Lincoln favored, namely, a government of the people, for the people and by the people, and I believe that such a government will prove a blessing to the great majority of the people. 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 P. 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. Respectfully, Walter Watson. Chairman Democratic State Central Committee of Illinois. THOS. McINERNEY & SONS, Embalming a Specialty, UNDERTAKING and LIVERY Open Day and Night....Tel. Yards 886. 5050 STATE ST., Residence: 4635 Wallace St., 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. HENRY STUCKART HARDWARE, STOVES and FURNITURE 2511-2519 ARCHER AVENUE, ONE BLOCK WEST OF HALSTED ST. JOBBING A SPECIALTY. ...TELEPHONE SOUTH 382.... NOTARY PUBLIC Telephone Wentworth 671 OTTO V. 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Some of them are employed by the government, and since last year are entitled to a pension. Many of them occupy positions as country physicians, school physicians, physicians for the poor, and as surgeons for the municipal ambulance systems, etc.