The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. WILLIAM J. BRYAN OF NEBRASKA. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, ADLAI E. STEVENSON OF ILLINOIS. COOK COUNTY TICKET. State's Attorney...JULIUS GOLDZIER Recorder.....WILLIAM E. SCHLAKE Coroner.....JOHN E. TRAEGER Circiut Court Clerk.....P. J. O'BRIEN Superior Court Clerk..R. J. COLLINS Board of Review.....T. E. RYAN County Assessors: HENRY STUCK- ART. PETER. KIOLBASSA ART, PETER KIOLBASSA. Probate Judge: MARTIN M. GRIDLEY Superior Court Judges: JOHN C. KING, EDGAR B. TOLMAN, ISRAEL EDGAR B. TOLIAN, ISRAEL COWEN, LAWRANCE A. YOUNG. Sanitary Trustees: FRANK WENTER, COWEN, LAWRENCE A. YOUNG. Sanitary Trustees: FRANK WENTER, THOMAS A. SMYTH, WILLIAM LEGNER, THOMAS J. WEBB. LEGNER, THOMAS J. WEBB. County Surveyor: George C. WATERMAN. President of County Board: ROLLIN B. ORGAN. County Commissioners: ROLLIN B. ORGAN, OTTO HULSMAN, MICHAEL IRRMANN, JACOB B. THIELEN, EDWARD KATZINGER, JAS. E. DALEY, JOHN CZEKALA, JOHN FOLEY, JOSEPH FLANAGAN, E. B. BUSHNELL, C. S. RICHARDSON, CHARLES STOEFFEL, FRANCIS STOEHLKE, JOHN FANNING. CONGRESSIONAL: First.....LEON HORNSTEIN Second.....JOHN J. FEELY Third.....GEORGE P. FOSTER Fourth.....JAMES M'ANDREWS Fifth.....WILLIAM F. MAHONEY Sixth.....EMIL HOECHSTER Seventh.....WILLIAM PEACOCK STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. First.....T. J. BENSON Second.....C. C. SCHUMACHER Third.....P. J. SCHAEFER Fourth.....THOMAS F. SCULLY Fifth.....WILLIAM KELLS Sixth.....JACOB H. HOPKINS Seventh.....E. W. CULLEN SENATORIAL First—Representatives: SAMUEL W. ARRAND, PATRICK J. WALL. Second—Senator: FRANK D. COMERFORD. Second—Representative: FRANCIS J. SULLIVAN. Third—Representative: MICHAEL E. HUNT. Fourth—Senator: M. J. BUTLER. Fourth—Representatives: E. M. CUMMINGS. J. E. DOYLE. Fifth—Representatives: GEO. LAPSELY. Sixth—Senator: THOMAS J. DAWSON Sixth—Representatives: JOHN M. NOWICKL WILLIAM KREICKER. Seventh—Representative: CLAYTON E. CRAFTS. Ninth—Representatives: J. O'MEARA J. MORLEY. Eleventh—Representative: MARTIN S. CUNNINGHAM, H. V. DREVES. Thirteenth—Representatives: CYRIL R. JANDUS, WILLIAM CARMODY. Fifteenth—Representatives: WILLIAM J. MORAN, FRANCIS E. DONOGHUE. Seventeenth—Representatives: D. V. M'DONOUGH, R. F. SHAY. Nineteenth—Representatives: BENJAMIN M. MITCHELL, JOSEPH HELMINAK. Twentyfirst—Representative: JAMES H. FARRELL. Twenty-third—Representatives: DENNIS E. SULLIVAN, M. J. KELLY. THE COLORED DEMOCRATS OF THE TOWN OF LAKE. Tuesday evening, Oct. 23, a very large and interesting meeting was held by the colored Democrats of the Town of Lake at the East End Democratic club rooms, 5551 Wentworth ave. Robert T. Simms, who deserves the credit for working up the meeting called it to order and introduced S. A. T. Watkins as chairman who made a good short talk; the Hon. Geo. A. Huff, Julius F. Taylor, Enoch Bond, M. J. Butler, John E. Doyle and Captain Hannibal C. Carter, spoke and were listened to with rapt attention and many of the whites were supprised to see so many colored Democrats present for it was the first real live and successful meeting ever held by the colored Democrats of The Town of Lake. A colored man by the name of Richard Lewis residing on the north side died without money and without many true friend recently. But City Sealer James A. Quinn knew that Richard Lewis had been a good honest fellow, so Mr. Quinn opened up his big heart and took charge of Lewis' remains and saw to it that the remains of his colored friend were laid to rest in good shape. Mr. Quinn, you are of the salt of the earth and The Broad Ax desires to thank you for this kind and Since beginning our series of articles we have succeeded in elaborating upon all the Legislation which has been enacted since the formation of the government pertaining to the Negro, and every other measure or proposition which would have the slightest effect or bearing upon his welfare has passed before our views; his connection with the two great political parties, the Democratic and the Republican and there is no logical reason why the Negro should be a Republican any more than he should be a Mormon, a shouting Methodist or a hard-shell Baptist. Have we not observed in passing that Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, the first person in the United States to confer the title of major upon a Negro, Martin Van Buren, Samuel J. Tilden, Edwin M. Stanton, Lyman Trumbull and many of the other great fathers of Democracy were all opposed to the continuance or the further extension of slavery? that under their leadership the Democratic party did not nationalize slavery nor oppose the admission of new states and territories into the union whose constitutions excluded slavery; that the slavery question did not become a political or national issue until 1840; that in 1848 the Whig party and the money power succeeded in defeating the Democratic party and for many years thereafter most of the Southern states were under the control of the Whig party; which was lead by Daniel Webster, Wm. H. Seward, Henry Clay, Thurlow, Weed and Abraham Lincoln; that the Whig party under the control of Lincoln, Weed, Webster, Seward and Clay enacted the Fugitive Slave Law in 1850, which was by far the most odious measure ever placed on the statute books in this or in any other country; that the Democratic party was not responsible for that vicious piece of legislation. That only three men ran for President of the Unitded States on the Free Soil or Anti-Slavery ticket, namely James G. Birney, Ex-President Martin Van Buren, and John P. Hale who were Democrats; that Charles Sumner supported Ex-President Van Buren and the Free Soil ticket of 1848, and 1852; that Mr. Sumner was elected to the United States Senate by the Free Soil Democrats, and not by the Republican party; that the principles which the Free Soil Democrats contended for in 1844, 1848 and in 1852, became the corner or the very foundation stone of the Republican party in 1856 and 1860. Coming on down to the great joint debate between Stephen A.Douglas and Abraham Lincoln we have also observed that during that exciting debate Mr. Lincoln freely expressed his highest approval of the fugitive slave law, he declaring that the people residing in the Southern states were entitled to such a measure or law as it would enable them to regain possession of their slaves who attempted to seek liberty more readily; that the views of Mr. Lincoln and the views of Mr. Douglas were one and the same on the slavery question. Moreover we have noted that at the time Abraham Lincoln was nominated for the Presidency of the United States, he, himself nor the other leaders of the Republican party had not modified their views in reference to the Negro or the Slavery question. That section four of the Republican platform of 1860 deplored in the strongest language in favor of the doctrine of states rights; that each state had the absolute right and the power to control and regulate her own domestic institutions. (See section 4 of platform). Even after that party achieved its first great victory over the disunited Demoratic party its leaders were perfectly willing to enforce the fugitive slave law and amend the Constitution of the United States by making slavery perpetual in this country, if the Southern people would lay down their arms and resume all their former constitutional relations to the Federal government. That President Lincoln voiced these sentiments in this inaugural address (See "Messages and Papers of the Presidents," voluem VI, pages 5, 6, 7 and 8), that the war was going on for almost two years before one Negro was permitted to fight for his own freedom and even after he was allowed to do so he only received half the pay received by the white soldiers. That President Lincoln feared, if he would arm the Negro, in less than ten days the guns would all be back in the hands of the rebels; that as the last resort he issued the Emancipation Proclamation and at the same time proclaimed to the world [Name] The Next State Senator From the Fourth Senatorial District. that "Military necessity compelled him to turn against his white brethren of the South, and not his love for the Negro." P. S. Our summary will be concluded in the next issue of The Broad Ax. NEGRO READER. To Editor Broad Ax: Well, we are now nearing the end of the most important political campaign in the history of the country. Issues that are new, vital and far reaching are before the people, and these issues command the serious consideration of every elector in the country. Of ourse, there are numerous individuals who have not yet discovered that the issues of 1868 have been rele- HON. M. J. The Next State Senator From gated to oblivion, especially by the "grand old" (?) Republican party. It is unfortunate that every American citizen is not sufficiently enlightened to enable them all to comprehend the real importance of present issues. It is gratifying to know that the Negroes are fast learning that good citizenship is based upon intelligence, integrity and loyalty, and that so-called patriotism is one thing and true loyalty quite another. It is also gratifying to know that a large per centage of the intelligent Negroes of the country are bitterly opposing the reelection of President McKinley. Why? because he stands for the opposite of Jeffersonian principles of government and against every principle and theory of government Abraham Lincoln promulgated. Against the tyranical colonial despotism of England, our forefathers protested, rebelled, fought and conquered. Today, McKinley has forced this government to occupy the position assumed by England in the 1770's, while the so-called semi-civilized Filipinos are strugglels for liberty, freedom, independence. Shall we, the Negroes, be so forgetful of the bondage under which we were ground for two hundred and fifty years as not to sympathize with the benighted, down-trodden Filipino? Can we for get that the Filipino is related to us as are the Cuban and Porto Rican? Is it not clear that the present administration has shown clearly that dark races have no favorable consideration. If one-half the Negroes of the country should vote for Bryan next month, and thus teach the Republicans that they are no longer political slaves, it would be a broad strike in the direction of establishing political standing for the race. Why should Negroes vote for McKinley this year, because of the action he took in not bringing the murderers of Postmaster Baker to trial? Should the Negroes vote for McKinley because he went to Atlanta and wore a Confederate badge and exclaimed "This is the proudest moment of my life"? I hope not. Respectfully, A NEGRO READER. Peter Kiolbassa, who will look after the interest of the tax payers while serving on the Board of Assessors of Cook county, never shrinks from doing his duty and the small property holders should not fail to vote for Peter Kiolbassa for he is their friend The following address by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William Lloyd Garrison and George S. Boutwell, three lovers and friends of the negro race, and the letter which accompanies it will be mailed to all the prominent colored men in Chicago. TO COLORED VOTERS. An Address by three eminent Friends of Their Race. "Boston, Mass., Oct. 4.—To the Colored People of the United States: We, the undersigned, address you at one of the most important points in your history. If ever there was a war of races in this world the war now going on in the Philippine Islands is precisely that. Yet if there is anything which the colored race in this country has to dread, and the white race also, it is just such a war. BUTLER, the Fourth Senatorial District. "Every day in the Philippines is already training our young American soldiers to the habit of thinking that the white man, as such, is the rightful ruler of all other men. This is seen, for instance, in the fact that these very soldiers in writing home letters from the seat of war describe the inhabitants of the Philippines more and more constantly as "niggers,' thus giving a new lease of life to a word which was previouslyy dying out among us. Every defender of the war in congress sustains the contest which on the assumed ground that the Filipinos are unfit for freedom, although Admiral Dewey, at first described them as more fit for it than the Cubans; and Senator Hoar desribes them to be probably better fitted than any race on the two American continents south of ourselves. "In other words, freedom is to become for the new Republican party, a matter of complexion. If this doctrine is to prevail, what hope is there for the colored race in the United States? The answer is easy; there is in that case no hope at all. In the name of the old anti-slavery sentiment, we call on you to resist this great danger, even if you have, for that purpose, to turn your backs on the party you once had reason to love. "This danger can evidently not be resisted by any further voting for the Republican party. In other days that party freed the slaves and passed amendments to the United States constitution for the protection of those who have been slaves. These amendments are now steadily set aside and the Republican party shows no sign of raising a finger in their defense. There have been far more outrages on the American Negro during one term of McKinley than two terms of Cleveland. On the other hand, the southern Democrats are at least doing the colored race this service; that they as a rule oppose the national policy of imperialism. This may seem an inconsistency, but it is really very simple. The very fact of their unwillingness to give equal rights to the American Negro makes them unwilling to undertake the government of ten millions more belonging to the colored race. This much, at least, experience has taught them. Thus far, at any rate, they are on your side. "The undersigned, trained from youth in the strictest school of anti-slavery convictions, are following up the same early training when they now write to you. We wish to warn you that the imperialistic Republican party of today is not the liberty-loving party of that name which set the American Negro free forty years ago. The time is past when you can safely give to it your implicit support. We warn you that the American Negro must henceforth think for himself and must cut adrift from every organization which wars on darker races, as such, and begins to talk again of 'the natural supremacy of the Anglo-Saxon.' We fought through a four-years' war to get rid of that doctrine, and enlisted nearly 200,000 black soldiers for the purpose. It is too soon to see such a theory brought up again. It rests with you to make it impossible. "Thomas Wentworth Higginson. "William Lloyd Garrison. "George S. Boutwell." (Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson commanded the first regiment of colored troops enlisted in the war for the Union. William Lloyd Garrison is the son of the man who more than any one else pressed the cause of the emancipation of the American Negroes. George S. Boutwell was elected governor of Massachusetts in 1851 and 1852, and was Secretary of the Treasury during the first Grant administration.) Headquarters of the Colored Democratic Central Committee Dear Sirs:—Enclosed you will find a copy of an address issued by three eminent friends of our race, men whose loyalty to it has never been questioned. This copy is sent you in order that you may read it and ponder over its contents. In addition to the above letter referred to, we will ask you as a race lover and upholder of right and justice whether you are in favor of the following: Slavery in the Sulu Islands? Poligamy in the Sulu Islands? Do you favor taxing Porto Ricans without giving them representation? Are you in favor of freedom and independence of thought and action in the United States? Then why do you sanction, favor and support McKinley in his effort to shoot the Filipinos because they want liberty and freedom under an independent government of their own. A copy of this letter has been furnished the Broad Ax. If you desire to reply your answer will be given prominence in the same paper or treated confidentially. Silence from you will mean, according to our opinion, that you place party prejudice above race interest. Hoping that we may hear from you at once we are respectfully yours, LAWRENCE A. NEWBY, Chairman Colored Democratic Central Committee. S. A. T. WATKINS, COL. ROOSEVELT AND THE NEGRO SOLDIER. An excerpt of His Article Appearing in the April Number, 1899, Scrib- "Teddy" Roosevelt, the paper soldier, has denied that he slandered Negro soldiers. The following is an excerpt copy of his now famous magazine article. Read it carefully. "On the hill slope immediately around me I had a mixed force composed of members of most of the cavalry regiments and a few infantrymen. There were about fifty of my Rough Riders with Lieutenants Goodrich and Carr. Among the rest were perhaps a score of colored infantrymen, but, as it happened, at this particular point without any of their officers. No troops could have. behaved better than the colored soldiers had behaved so far; but they are of course, peculiarly dependent upon their white officers. Occasionally they produce non-commissioned officers who can take the initiative and accept responsibility precisely like the best class of whites; but this cannot be expected normally, nor is it fair to expect it. With the colored troops there should always be some of their own (meaning white) officers; whereas with the white regulars, as with my own Rough Riders, experience showed that the non-commissioned officers could usually carry on the fight by themselves if they were once started, no matter whether their officers were killed or not." Read His Comment on the Battle. "None of the white regulars or Rough Riders showed the slightest sign of weakening; but under the strain the colored infantrymen (who had none of their white officers) began to get a little uneasy and to drift to the rear, either helping wounded men or saying that they wished to find their own regiments. This I could not allow, as it was depleting my line, so I jumped up, and walking a few yards to the rear, drew my revolver, halted the retreating soldiers, and called out to them that I appreciated the gallantry with which they had fought and would be sorry to hurt them, but that I would shoot the first man who, on any pretense whatever, went to the rear." The slanderous and objectionable part of the above article is that Negro soldiers are not competent to become officers nor will they fight under their own officers. Does President McKinley share Mr. Roosevelts views. You will remember that after the colored boys had lost their white officers a colored non-commissioned officer placed himself at the head of his regiment and captured the spanish fort. McKinley, after he had heard of their bravery promoted a few of those brave Negro soldiers, not to their own regiments, but to vounteer regiments, and mustered them out a few weeks later. Will Col. "Teddy" succeed in driving the young, intelligent Negro, who is resenting the infamous slander back to the Republican party. Does he or Mr. McKinley deserve our support? ISRAEL COWEN. Among the many able and eminent lawyers in this great western city none M. H. Candidate for Judge of the Superior Court. ranks any higher in the legal profession than Israel Cowen, Democratic nominee for Judge of the Superior Court. This broad-minded and highly cutlivated gentleman is in every way eminently qualified to perform all the exacting duties pertaining to the exalted position which he seeks. People nowadays do not care whether a man was born in the south, east, north or west, but what they do want to know is whether those seeking high honors and responsible positions are honest and trustworthy at all times and under all conditions. As far as Mr. Cowen is concerned it can be said to his credit that his past record for honesty and integrity stands forth without a blemish. He is no stranger in Chicago, but on the contrary, he has resided here some years and during that time he has been Master in Chancery of the Superior Court and he has held other positions of trust since locating here from the sunny South. Mr. Cowen possesses other distinguishing characteristics independent of his great ability as a sound and well grounded lawyer possessing broad Catholic spirit he has for many years earnestly worked for the betterment and the advancement of his fellowmen and by pursuing this course he has rightly won the admiration of all classes, including many colored men who will cheerfully vote for him for Judge of the Superior Court. The old mossback who attempts to write the editorials for the Conservator endeavored to jump The Broad Ax because we had the courage to tell the truth in reference to Revs. Thomas and Carey and other Negro preachers who will persist, to the utter disgust of decent Negroes, turn their churches into cheap political halls. We have not the time at present to review the poorly written attack which the Conservator made on us, because we happen to belong to the Democratic party, but many years ago we ascertained that wounded birds would flutter and we take it that some of our red-hot shots hit Rev. Elder Wilkins' manager and the small editorial writer for the Conservator. John E. Traeger, the next coroner of Cook county has so far made better canvas than any other candidate on the ticket and if the whole Democratic is not elected it will be no fault of Mr. Traeger. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Farmera, Catholics, Protestants, Knights of Labor, Indians, Mormons, Republicans, Priests, or any 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 distorted right to speak its own mind. Local communication will have attention; its only on one side of the paper. One Year.....$2.00 Six Months.....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX, 5040 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO. JULIUS P. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. There is only one place where gold rusts, and that is in the heart. He who drinks to drown his despair is trying to extinguish a fire with fuel. We are apt to condemn in others what we practice ourselves without scruple. There are times when a charitable heart can do more good than a charitable hand. Life is like a mirror. It reflects the face you bring to it. Look out lovingly upon the world, and the world will look lovingly in upon you. There is a time when you may say nothing and a time when you may say something; but there never is a time when you should say all things. The dowager empress has decided upon an imposing funeral for Baron von Ketteler. There are people who would be glad to do as much for her highness. The gentleman who is to be mayor of Atlanta belongs to the old school of Southern chivalry. Besides he doesn't make a continuous performance of his thirst. An immense dockyard is to be constructed at Antwerp to cope with the exigencies of the rapidly increasing shipping trade of that port. When completed it will cover no less than sixty-seven acres. The scheme has received the financial support of several of the most prominent shipping owners in Germany. The Houston Post says that a strange feature of the Galveston calamity is the absolute disappearance of the natural scavenger of the country—the buzzard—just when he is most needed. Not one is to be seen anywhere, though it would be natural to suppose that the bodies of so many dead animals and human beings would attract thousands of buzzards from distant parts. Paris' latest innovation in street lighting is oil lamps. They are not the sort of lamps used: a hundred years ago when the cry was "aristocrats a la lanterne," but enormous structures that give out 1,000 candle power each. They have been set up on the river side of the Tuilleries gardens and light up the gardens and the opposite bank of the Seine as far as the new Gare d'Orleans. A life-size statute of Apollo, which by its style is supposed to date from the Fifth century, B. C., has just been found near Athens. It is said to be in an excellent state of preservation. The find is an important one, for the figure is larger and finer in workmanship than the statute which is treasured in the Munrich museum, and it has many claims to a place in the first rank of antique sculpture. An educational society in Manila has sent three Filipino youths in Ann Arbor for an American education. They have already learned to like apples and pumpkin pies, but do not approve of the irregular method in which our nouns are pluralized. The youngest of the three, who is eleven years of age, says he wants to see the snow and ice, of which he has heard so much. In these respects the Philippine youths are not unlike other boys. Nearly twenty years ago congress passed a special act giving an 880- pound cannon to a Grand Army post at Attleboro, Mass., and the piece was mounted on the top of a tall granite shaft as a soldiers' monument. Recently a gang of thieves carted the cannon away in broad daylight, and parts of it have just been recovered from a junk dealer who innocently purchased the same. Most of the metal has been melted up and run into various kinds of castings. On every side the Alps send down rivers, leaping from the rocks, and in the lower lands, especially on the Italian side, spreading out into beautiful blue lakes. Recently the stored-up energy of these Alpine streams has been brought under control, in many instances, for the production of electric power. The river Adda at Paderno already furnishes 13,000 horse-power, and works are now under way on the river Ticino, below its point of issue from Lake Maggiore, which will, it is expected, furnish 12,000 effective horsepower to be distributed among a string of manufacturing towns reaching down into the plain of Lombardy. It was originally intended to send this power to Milan, but all of it has been eagerly seized by the intervening smaller towns. The Alps are yet rich in unused energy of this kind. STERILIZATION OF MILK. A Process Which Lessens Nourishing Qualities of the Fluid. After all that has been written and preached about the necessity of sterilizing milk for the use of infants, if those in care of them would do their full duty the medical specialists in the care of children are now of the opinion that sterilization lessens the nourishing qualities of milk, and renders it more difficult of digestion. The latest teaching on this important topic in the best medical circles is that milk must of necessity be sterilized for safety's sake if it has been exposed to harmful germs, but that it is altogether preferable to prepare infants' food with unsterilized milk if good and chemically clean milk can be had. This means that pains should be taken to get milk from healthy cows that have been milked in a cleanly manner, the milk being kept thereafter till ready for use in clean vessels, closely covered. It is easier now for those who can afford to pay for it to procure chemically pure milk in large cities than in most country places. A large number of people now make a business of taking care of cows than many human beings receive, milking them with the utmost sanitary precautions, and conveying the milk to those who demand chemically clean milk for infants and invalids. On the farm the housewife usually takes pains to scald the milk receptacles, but in the majority of cases the milking is done by a "hired man" who has never been taught, and does not know that a milker should have clean hands. It would be easily possible to insist that one who milks should wash his hands thoroughly just before milking. If there is not a regular dairy for the milk, a special place should be petitioned off to hold it when sitting in the pans; this place should be screened from flies, which carry typhoid contagion, and nothing but milk should be kept there, so that odors of fruits and vegetables and all dust shall be kept from the milk and cream. Milk intended for infants should be put as soon as milked into glass bottles, that, after being cleaued, have been rinsed in boiling water and turned upside down to drain upon a scalded dish. The bottles should then be covered closely with a stopper of cotton batting, or, if for transportation, the bottles should have a liquid tight cap; this, if of metal, should be kept from touching the milk with one of the patent paper caps, that can be dipped into boiling water without injury. BIRD MUSIC Wonderful Effect on Indians at a In his "Recollections of an Old Musician," Mr. Thomas Ryan tells of the effect produced by a violinist on a family party of Indians who occupied the front seats at a concert in Topeka, Kan. "I was told there was a father with six sons in the party, all very large, broad-shouldered men. They filed quietly into their seats, preceded by a local guide, in whose hands they seemed like good, docile children. One can never know what they thought of us, but one can do something in the way of inference. They sat quite immovable in their seats, with their ox-like eyes fixed on our party while we played serious music. No shadow of emotion could be seen on their countenances. The fifth number of the program was a violin solo by Mr. Schultze, and for an encore he gave a little caprice, entitled "The Bird in the Tree." The moment Mr. Schultze began this piece the Indians were all alive, their eyes sparkled with pleasure, and they nudged each other with their elbows; and when the little bird-melody and imitations of bird-singing began they looked all around the ceiling and the walls, doubtless expecting to see singing birds flitting about. Not seeing any, they looked at the violinist and began to understand that he was the magician. The surprise and almost incredulity depicted on the faces of these children of nature was a rare show in itself. At its conclusion they jumped up and down, just as little children do when something unusual pleases them."—Youth's Companion, Rats Aflet Stockholm: Stockholm and its environs are suffering from a plague of rats, which, if it is not checked, may later lead to a plague of disease. The evil has gone on unheeded for years, and now the pests are so numerous that people are crying out for energetic measures. The rats career about the city toward evening, and may be seen romping even in crowded thoroughfares, so bold have they become owing to the laxity of authorities. Not a house in the town is free from the pest, and serious damage is being done to foundations. It is proposed to offer a premium for each rat destroyed, after the policy adopted by the Copenhagen corporation. Professor Becomes Pastor. The Congregationalist says: "The call of Prof. Edward Cummings, of Harvard University, to the pastorate of the South Congregational church, Boston, over which Dr. Edward Everett Hale has ministered so many years, is of more than usual significance, in that it implies that he will give up professional ambitions at Harvard and prefer the pastorate, and in that it will be a notable instance of a man coming to the Christian ministry without much of the conventional training for the profession, but who, on the other hand, is unusually well equipped for the discussion of the ethical and sociological problems of the day. well, for now I still understand DELAGOA BAY ROAD Has Engaged International Attention for Five Years; Dispute Just Ended. THE RAILWAY THE DELAGOA BAY RAILWAY AT WATERVAL BOVEN HEADQUARTERS OF THE DELAGOA BAY RAILWAY IN LOURENGO MARQUEZ. Down in the vaults of the London branch of the Paris Bank of Discount lies $4,755,000 in gold which forms a glittering testimonial to American diplomacy, Portuguese trickery, British torpor and Swiss astuteness. Incidentally that money is a strong argument in the hands of those who say the idea of international arbitration is all foolishness. In a few days, or a few weeks at most, it is hoped $455,000 of that gold will be turned over to Mr. Choate, the American ambassador, and the rest to Lord Salisbury, the English premier, and they in turn will divide the cash among claimants who years and years ago spent that money and a lot more THE DELAGOA BAY RAILWAY HEADQUARTERS OF THE DELAGOA RAILWAY IN LOURENÇO MARQU with it on the now famous little Delagoa Bay railroad. 60 miles long. Delagoa Bay railroad, 60 miles long. These payments will wind up the largest and most remarkable international arbitration case on record. It has dragged itself out for eleven years, filled forty fat volumes of printed evidence and has cost the American and English claimants over a third of a million for lawyers' expenses. The various governments involved in the business have also spent on it time and trouble worth three times the amount of the total claim, and at least three state departments have been bored profoundly by it. In America the case has been known as the McMurdo claim, for it was the late Col. Edward McMurdo who built the Delagoa Bay railroad, and who suffered most when the railroad was seized. The incidents of that seizure—the Portuguese government's rich concession to Col. McMurdo, in return for which the American was to build a railway from Lourenzo Marques on the southeast coast of Africa to the Transvaal frontier; the sudden discovery of the Portuguese government that that frontier was nearly a mile further on than their own official maps had located it, and through the most difficult country; the government's absurd demand that the road should be completed within eight months later, which included the whole of the rainy season, and the final seizure of the road by an armed force in 1889 because that demand was one with which the engineers could not comply—all this has been fairly familiar to American readers. It will be remembered especially that the late James G. Blaine --- threatened instant war against Portugal if the matter was not submitted to arbitration. One of the points developed most clearly is that the variously American administrations in the last eleven years have played the game of diplomacy in this Delagoa railway business with much more thoughtfulness than has been shown by the English government. When he addressed the first mortgage holders the other day their chairman, Sir Cuthbert Quilter, made no bones about saying that although the British government had protested against the seizure of the railway, that government often had protested when nothing came of it. He added that WAY AT WATERVAL BOYEN OA BAY QUEZ. fortunately the American government had stepped in and insisted on seeing the affair through; otherwise probably no one interested would have received anything at all. Blaine, who was then secretary of state, was thoroughly disgusted when Portugal undertook to wriggle out of the damages asked by the American SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC PORTUGAL EAST AFRICA ORANGE PROE STATE THE FAMOUS MS MURDO RAILROAD government in behalf of Col. McMurdo and when the British government seemed indisposed to concern itself much with the interests of the British bondholders, who had even more at stake than Col. McMurdo. He telegraphed to Lord Salisbury asking if the British premier would "follow" in case the American government insisted on international arbitration. Salisbury was dumb to this request. Then Blaine said, "Arbitrate or fight," and Portugal backed down. The action of Portugal was in no small part due to the good offices of --- France, Russia and Paul Kruger. Had it not been for those powers this country would have gone to war with the impudent Portuguese and would have, no doubt, administered a sound thrashing. Furthermore, after Portugal had agreed to arbitration by Switzerland, the British government practically deserted its citizens,leaving them to fight their case alone, when the American government, having gone into the affair on behalf of Col. McMurdo's widow, now Mrs. Frederick C. Penfield, assumed the whole responsibility of the claim and was represented directly before the arbitration tribunal. Its counsel, J. Trehane, a member of the American bar, now in London, living in Berne practically all through the period of arbitration. Up to the time of his death the late Col. "Bob" Ingersoll was connected closely with the conduct of the American plea. Supremacy in Iron and Steel. The United States has become the world's foremost producer of iron and steel. There are three great rivals in the trade in question—Great Britain, Germany and the United States. France and Belgium still play an important part, but in the future their competition will be reduced to comparative insignificance, and the race will be confined to the three leading countries just named, with Russia a coming rival. The relative features of strength in their respective positions are thus stated: The United States has made the marvelous progress shown by the figures of the last few years chiefly because of the resistless demand for improved methods and machinery—a demand our intelligent and alert workmen have readily met. Germany has been enabled to rise as a worthy competitor by the thorough technological training of her men and masters in iron-working processes. The position of Great Britain is due to her commercial genius alone. Russia After American Gold Russia After American Gold. It is stated upon good authority that the Russian government is negotiating a $50,000,000 loan in the United States, and that our financiers are considering the proposal with favor. In fact, it is understood that a syndicate is now being organized to float the loan. Russia obtained some $20,000,000 in this country several months ago, but the money did not leave these shores. It was all used here in payment for steel rails and railway materials purchased for the Siberian road of American manufacturers. The accommodation was none the less convenient to Russia, while to the United States the advantage was a double one. Now, however, Russia wants $50. ```markdown ``` 000,000 in gold, to be shipped to her own domain for use at home. She has tried to place this loan in the markets where she has been a welcome applicant heretofore, but neither Germany, France nor Great Britain is in a position at this juncture to part with the large amount named on any terms. The United States alone has the means and the disposition to surrender part of its immense gold stock to Russia. Our balances abroad are large and the financial houses have just begun to import specie. There is an abundance of capital seeking investment in good securities, and the placing of $50,000,-000 in Russia would not produce even a ripple on the financial waters. There is thus nothing surprising in the anouncement that the negotiations are meeting with success. Russia above all other nations is welcome to American loan because Russia, above all other nations, has helped us under like circumstances. The Burns museum at Kilmarnock, Scotland, recently received one of the poet's most highly prized volumes, an edition of Cicero published in 1756. On the fly leaf is the following in Burns' hand: "Edinburgh, April 23, 1787.—This book, a present from the truly worthy and learned Dr. Gregory, I shall preserve to my last hour as a mark of gratitude, esteem and veneration I bear to the donor—so help me God! Robest Burns." A great Japanese statesman has recently said that he feared that religion would be lost to his people unless they deified the emperor. STUMPS ARE PLENTIFUL. Some of the Difficulties of Home-Building in Oregon. Home-building is carried on under rather peculiar conditions in some parts of Oregon. An old-time river man owns a tract of land mostly covered with timber six miles back from the Columbia, says the Portland Oregonian. The cedar timber was cut off long ago, and brought enough to pay for the land several times over, and he is now building himself a rather cozy house on a cleared tract of his claim. He gets all the rough lumber he wants from a sawmill near by for $7 per 1000, but has to pay $16 per 1000 for all the planed lumber furnished, which makes it rather expensive. Fire ran through his claim some years ago, killing most of the timber, and the land is now covered with dead trees, most of them from six to ten feet in diameter. He is inclosing the land with a barbed-wire fence, and in clearing a "right of way" for this fence a number of trees ten feet in diameter have had to be cut down. His saw is only ten feet long, so when a cut is made into the tree three or four feet the saw has no more play, and a new cut has to be begun on another side, and so on till the tree has been sawed all 'round. Then it does not know which way to fall, and has to be forced, that is, a slice cut out of the side to allow it to tumble over. It is not because there is no rail timber handy that a barbed-wire fence is being built, but because the wire will not burn up like rails. When the cedar trees were logged off the claim, they were cut high, and the tall stumps are still standing, as sound as ever. The owner is preparing to install two or three portable shingle mills on the land to cut up these stumps, and will receive "stumpage" enough on them to more than pay for the land again. The value of the trees deadened by fire is not certain, but if the worms have not bored too far into them they will pay for the land several times over. WISE WORDS. Never think any portion of time too short to be employed.—Lord Chesterfield. Lie not, neither to thyself, nor man, nor God. It is for cowards to lie.—Herbert. There is one body that knows more than anybody, and that is everybody.—Talleyrand. Unbecoming forwardness often proceeds from ignorance than impudence.—Greville. The earnestness of life is the only passport to the satisfaction of life.—Theodore Parker. Speaking much is a sign of vanity, for he that is lavish in words is a niggard indeed.—Sir W. Raleigh. Most of the critical things in life, which become the starting points of human destiny, are little things.—R. Smith. Every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.—Emerson. The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.—Scott. A brave man knows no malice; but forgets, in peace, the injuries of war, and gives his direst foe a friend's embrace.—Cowper. There is no policy like politeness, and a good manner is the best thing in the world either to get a good name, or to supply the want of it.—Bulwer. Quest For Noiseless Rails. The Scientific American points out the rich harvest that awaits the inventor who shall produce a rail over which street cars may pass noiselessly. In the worst of these the din is nerve racking, and even under the best conditions there is an annoying noise. There is no noiseless joint, and the "anvil chorus" marks the progress of every train, and the blow given by every wheel as it strikes the joints may be heard blocks away. The concussion which is produced whenever a wheel passes a joint is due to the fact that as a wheel leaves the end of a rail that rail end is depressed below the end of the rail against which it abuts. So when the wheel passes to the rail ahead it strikes a blow that increases in clangor according to the poorness of quality of the track. The need is for a joint as strong and stiff as the body of the rail itself, and when this is obtained there will be a practically silent track. The best joints on the market theoretically fulfill this condition, but they soon become worn by the heavy loads. What is needed, in the judgment of the Scientific American, is some means of abolishing the joints altogether and welding the rail ends. Different Ways of Bowing There are fourteen different ways of bowling correctly. Among the different bows is the awkward society bow, for which something better is to be substituted; the slight bow and scrape, the bow and double scrape, the bow and triple scrape, the bow and salutation, the bow of the artist and the bow of the woman who wishes to produce any certain effect upon her audience or circle of acquaintance. Parson's Dog Exempt: A curious legal wrangle has arisen in Chapman, Kan., over the attempt of the county authorities to collect the dog tax on a canine belonging to a clergyman. The latter insists that the animal watches faithfully about the sanctuary, and therefore as a church property is exempt from taxation by State law. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Catholics, Protestants, Knights of Labor, Indies, Mormons, Republicanans, Priests, or any 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 theditortal right to speak its own mind. Local communication will have attention; its only on one side of the paper. One Year.....$2.00 Six Months.....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application, Address all communications is THE BROAD AX, 5040 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. There is only one place where gold rusts, and that is in the heart. He who drinks to drown his despair is trying to extinguish a fire with fuel. We are apt to condemn in others what we practice ourselves without scruple. There are times when a charitable heart can do more good than a charitable hand. Life is like a mirror. It reflects the face you bring to it. Look out lovingly upon the world, and the world will look lovingly in upon you. There is a time when you may say nothing and a time when you may say something; but there never is a time when you should say all things. The dowager empress has decided upon an imposing funeral for Baron von Ketteler. There are people who would be glad to do as much for her highness. The gentleman who is to be mayor of Atlanta belongs to the old school of Southern chivalry, Besides he doesn't make a continuous performance of his thirst. An immense dockyard is to be constructed at Antwerp to cope with the exigencies of the rapidly increasing shipping trade of that port. When completed it will cover no less than sixty-seven acres. The scheme has received the financial support of several of the most prominent shipping owners in Germany. The Houston Post says that a strange feature of the Galveston calamity is the absolute disappearance of the natural scavenger of the country—the buzzard—just when he is most needed. Not one is to be seen anywhere, though it would be natural to suppose that the bodies of so many dead animals and human beings would attract thousands of buzzards from distant parts. Paris' latest innovation in street lighting is oil lamps. They are not the sort of lamps used a hundred years ago when the cry was "aristocrats a la lanterne," but enormous structures that give out 1,000 candle power each. They have been set up on the river side of the Tuilleries gardens and light up the gardens and the opposite bank of the Seine as far as the new Gare d'Orleans. A life-size statute of Apollo, which by its style is supposed to date from the Fifth century, B. C., has just been found near Athens. It is said to be in an excellent state of preservation. The find is an important one, for the figure is larger and finer in workmanship than the statute which is treasured in the Munrich museum, and it has many claims to a place in the first rank of antique sculpture. An educational society in Manila has sent three Filipino youths in Ann Arbor for an American education. They have already learned to like apples and pumpkin pies, but do not approve of the irregular method in which our nouns are pluralized. The youngest of the three, who is eleven years of age, says he wants to see the snow and ice, of which he has heard so much. In these respects the Philippine youths are not unlike other boys. Nearly twenty years ago congress passed a special act giving an 880-pound cannon to a Grand Army post at Attleboro, Mass., and the piece was mounted on the top of a tall granite shaft as a soldiers' monument. Recently a gang of thieves carted the cannon away in broad daylight, and parts of it have just been recovered from a junk dealer who innocently purchased the same. Most of the metal has been melted up and run into various kinds of castings. On every side the Alps send down rivers, leaping from the rocks, and in the lower lands, especially on the Italian side, spreading out into beautiful blue lakes. Recently the stored-up energy of these Alpine streams has been brought under control, in many instances, for the production of electric power. The river Adda at Paderno already furnishes 13,000 horse-power, and works are now under way on the river Ticino, below its point of issue from Lake Maggiore, which will, it is expected, furnish 12,000 effective horse-power to be distributed among a string of manufacturing towns reaching down into the plain of Lombardy. It was originally intended to send this power to Milan, but all of it has been eagerly seized by the intervening smaller towns. The Alps are yet rich in unused energy of this kind. STERILIZATION OF MILK. A Process Which Lessens Nourishing Qualities of the Fluid. After all that has been written and preached about the necessity of sterilizing milk for the use of infants, if those in care of them would do their full duty the medical specialists in the care of children are now of the opinion that sterilization lessens the nourishing qualities of milk, and renders it more difficult of digestion. The latest teaching on this important topic in the best medical circles is that milk must of necessity be sterilized for safety's sake if it has been exposed to harmful germs, but that it is altogether preferable to prepare infants' food with unsterilized milk if good and chemically clean milk can be had. This means that pains should be taken to get milk from healthy cows that have been milked in a cleanly manner, the milk being kept thereafter till ready for use in clean vessels, closely covered. It is easier now for those who can afford to pay for it to procure chemically pure milk in large cities than in most country places. A large number of people now make a business of taking care of cows than many human beings receive, milking them with the utmost sanitary precautions, and conveying the milk to those who demand chemically clean milk for infants and invalida. On the farm the housewife usually takes pains to scald the milk receptacles, but in the majority of cases the milking is done by a "hired man" who has never been taught, and does not know that a milker should have clean hands. It would be easily possible to insist that one who milks should wash his hands thoroughly just before milking. If there is not a regular dairy for the milk, a special place should be petitioned off to hold it when sitting in the pans; this place should be screened from flies, which carry typhoid contagion, and nothing but milk should be kept there, so that odors of fruits and vegetables and all dust shall be kept from the milk and cream. Milk intended for infants should be put as soon as milked into glass bottles, that, after being cleaned, have been rinsed in boiling water and turned upside down to drain upon a scalded dish. The bottles should then be covered closely with a stopper of cotton batting, or, if for transportation, the bottles should have a liquid tight cap; this, if of metal, should be kept from touching the milk with one of the patent paper caps, that can be dipped into boiling water without injury. BIRD MUSIC. Wonderful Effect on Indians at a Concert In his "Recollections of an Old Musician," Mr. Thomas Ryan tells of the effect produced by a violinist on a family party of Indians who occupied the front seats at a concert in Topeka, Kan. "I was told there was a father with six sons in the party, all very large, broad-shouldered men. They filed quietly into their seats, preceded by a local guide, in whose hands they seemed like good, docile children. One can never know what they thought of us, but one can do something in the way of inference. They sat quite immovable in their seats, with their ox-like eyes fixed on our party while we played serious music. No shadow of emotion could be seen on their countenances. The fifth number of the program was a violin solo by Mr. Schultze, and for an encore he gave a little caprice, entitled "The Bird in the Tree." The moment Mr. Schultze began this piece the Indians were all alive, their eyes sparkled with pleasure, and they nudged each other with their elbows; and when the little bird-melody and imitations of bird-singing began they looked all around the ceiling and the walls, doubtless expecting to see singing birds flitting about. Not seeing any, they looked at the violinist and began to understand that he was the magician. The surprise and almost incredulity depicted on the faces of these children of nature was a rare show in itself. At its conclusion they jumped up and down, just as little children do when something unusual pleases them."—Youth's Companion. Rats Afflet Stockholm Stockholm and its environs are suffering from a plague of rats, which, if it is not checked, may later lead to a plague of disease. The evil has gone on unheeded for years, and now the pests are so numerous that people are crying out for energetic measures. The rats career about the city toward evening, and may be seen romping even in crowded thoroughfares, so bold have they become owing to the laxity of the authorities. Not a house in the town is free from the pest, and serious damage is being done to foundations. It is proposed to offer a premium for each rat destroyed, after the policy adopted by the Copenhagen corporation. Professor Becomes Pastor. The Congregationalist says: "The call of Prof. Edward Cummings, of Harvard University, to the pastorate of the South Congregational church, Boston, over which Dr. Edward Everett Hale has ministered so many years, is of more than usual significance, in that it implies that he will give up professional ambitions at Harvard and prefer the pastorate, and in that it will be a notable instance of a man coming to the Christian ministry without much of the conventional training for the profession, but who, on the other hand, is unusually well equipped for the discussion of the ethical and sociological problems of the day. DELAGOA BAY Has Engaged International Attention for Five Years; Dispute Just Ended. THE RAILWAY THE DELAGOA BAY RAILWAY AT WATERVAL BOVEN HEADQUARTERS OF THE DELAGOA BAY RAILWAY IN LOURENGO MARQUEZ. Down in the vaults of the London branch of the Paris Bank of Discount lies $4,755,000 in gold which forms a glittering testimonial to American diplomacy, Portuguese trickery, British torpor and Swiss astuteness. Incidentally that money is a strong argument in the hands of those who say the idea of international arbitration is all foolishness. In a few days, or a few weeks at most, it is hoped $455,000 of that gold will be turned over to Mr. Choate, the American ambassador, and the rest to Lord Salisbury, the English premier, and they in turn will divide the cash among claimants who years and years ago spent that money and a lot more THE DELAGOA BAY RAILWAY HEADQUARTERS OF THE DELAGOA RAILWAY IN LOURENÇO MARQU with it on the now famous little Delagoa Bay railroad 60 miles long Delagoa Bay railroad, 60 miles long. These payments will wind up the largest and most remarkable international arbitration case on record. It has dragged itself out for eleven years, filled forty fat volumes of printed evidence and has cost the American and English claimants over a third of a million for lawyers' expenses. The various governments involved in the business have also spent on it time and trouble worth three times the amount of the total claim, and at least three state departments have been bored profoundly by it. In America the case has been known as the McMurdo claim, for it was the late Col. Edward McMurdo who built the Delagoa Bay railroad, and who suffered most when the railroad was seized. The incidents of that seizure—the Portuguese government's rich concession to Col. McMurdo, in return for which the American was to build a railway from Lourenzo Marques on the southeast coast of Africa to the Transvaal frontier; the sudden discovery of the Portuguese government that that frontier was nearly a mile further on than their own official maps had located it, and through the most difficult country; the government's absurd demand that the road should be completed within eight months later, which included the whole of the rainy season, and the final seizure of the road by an armed force in 1889 because that demand was one with which the engineers could not comply—all this has been fairly familiar to American readers. It will be remembered especially that the late James G. Blaine --- threatened instant war against Portugal if the matter was not submitted to arbitration. One of the points developed most clearly is that the variously American administrations in the last eleven years have played the game of diplomacy in this Delagoa railway business with much more thoughtfulness than has been shown by the English government. When he addressed the first mortgage holders the other day their chairman, Sir Cuthbert Quilter, made no bones about saying that although the British government had protested against the seizure of the railway, that government often had protested when nothing came of it. He added that WAY AT WATERVAL BOYEN OA BAY UEZ. fortunately the American government had stepped in and insisted on seeing the affair through; otherwise probably no one interested would have received anything at all. Blaine, who was then secretary of state, was thoroughly disgusted when Portugal undertook to wriggle out of the damages asked by the American SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC ORANGE FREE STATE THE FAMOUS MS MURDO RAIL ROAD PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA PONTOIA AUFSONBURG MONTREAL PRIEST DURANDO MARQUES DELAGOA BAY MURDO MURDO MURDO government in behalf of Col. McMurdo and when the British government seemed indisposed to concern itself much with the interests of the British bondholders, who had even more at stake than Col. McMurdo. He telegraphed to Lord Salisbury asking if the British premier would "follow" in case the American government insisted on international arbitration. Salisbury was dumb to this request. Then Blaine said, "Arbitrate or fight," and Portugal backed down. The action of Portugal was in no small part due to the good offices of France, Russia and Paul Kruger. Had it not been for those powers this country would have gone to war with the impudent Portuguese and would have, no doubt, administered a sound thrashing. Furthermore, after Portugal had agreed to arbitration by Switzerland, the British government practically deserted its citizens,leaving them to fight their case alone, when the American government, having gone into the affair on behalf of Col. McMurdo's widow, now Mrs. Frederick C. Penfield, assumed the whole responsibility of the claim and was represented directly before the arbitration tribunal. Its counsel, J. Trehane, a member of the American bar, now in London, living in Berne practically all through the period of arbitration. Up to the time of his death the late Col. "Bob" Ingersoll was connected closely with the conduct of the American plea. Supremacy in Iron and Steel. The United States has become the world's foremost producer of iron and steel. There are three great rivals in the trade in question—Great Britain, Germany and the United States. France and Belgium still play an important part, but in the future their competition will be reduced to comparative insignificance, and the race will be confined to the three leading countries just named, with Russia a coming rival. The relative features of strength in their respective positions are thus stated: The United States has made the marvelous progress shown by the figures of the last few years chiefly because of the resistless demand for improved methods and machinery—a demand our intelligent and alert workmen have readily met. Germany has been enabled to rise as a worthy competitor by the thorough technological training of her men and masters in iron-working processes. The position of Great Britain is due to her commercial genius alone. Russia After American Gold. It is stated upon good authority that the Russian government is negotiating a $50,000,000 loan in the United States, and that our financiers are considering the proposal with favor. In fact, it is understood that a syndicate is now being organized to float the loan. Russia obtained some $20,000,-000 in this country several months ago, but the money did not leave these shores. It was all used here in payment for steel rails and railway materials purchased for the Siberian road of American manufacturers. The accommodation was none the less convenient to Russia, while to the United States the advantage was a double one. Now, however, Russia wants $50. ```markdown ``` 000,000 in gold, to be shipped to her own domain for use at home. She has tried to place this loan in the markets where she has been a welcome applicant heretofore, but neither Germany, France nor Great Britain is in a position at this juncture to part with the large amount named on any terms. The United States alone has the means and the disposition to surrender part of its immense gold stock to Russia. Our balances abroad are large and the financial houses have just begun to import specie. There is an abundance of capital seeking investment in good securities, and the placing of $50,000,-000 in Russia would not produce even a ripple on the financial waters. There is thus nothing surprising in the anouncement that the negotiations are meeting with success. Russia above all other nations is welcome to American loan because Russia, above all other nations, has helped us under like circumstances. The Burns museum at Kilmarnock, Scotland, recently received one of the poet's most highly prized volumes, an edition of Cicero published in 1756. On the fly leaf is the following in Burns' hand: "Edinburgh, April 23, 1787.—This book, a present from the truly worthy and learned Dr. Gregory, I shall preserve to my last hour as a mark of gratitude, esteem and veneration I bear to the donor—so help me God! Robert Burns." A great Japanese statesman has recently said that he feared that religion would be lost to his people unless they defied the emperor. STUMPS ARE PLENTIFUL. Some of the Difficulties of Home-Building in Oregon. Home-building is carried on under rather peculiar conditions in some parts of Oregon. An old-time river man owns a tract of land mostly covered with timber six miles back from the Columbia, says the Portland Oregonian. The cedar timber was cut off long ago, and brought enough to pay for the land several times over, and he is now building himself a rather cozy house on a cleared tract of his claim. He gets all the rough lumber he wants from a sawmill near by for $7 per 1000, but has to pay $16 per 1000 for all the planed lumber furnished, which makes it rather expensive. Fire ran through his claim some years ago, killing most of the timber, and the land is now covered with dead trees, most of them from six to ten feet in diameter. He is inclosing the land with a barbed-wire fence, and in clearing a "right of way" for this fence a number of trees ten feet in diameter have had to be cut down. His saw is only ten feet long, so when a cut is made into the tree three or four feet the saw has no more play, and a new cut has to be begun on another side, and so on till the tree has been sawed all 'round. Then it does not know which way to fall, and has to be forced, that is, a slice cut out of the side to allow it to tumble over. It is not because there is no rail timber handy that a barbed-wire fence is being built, but because the wire will not burn up like rails. When the cedar trees were logged off the claim, they were cut high, and the tall stumps are still standing, as sound as ever. The owner is preparing to install two or three portable shingle mills on the land to cut up these stumps, and will receive "stumpage" enough on them to more than pay for the land again. The value of the trees deadened by fire is not certain, but if the worms have not bored too far into them they will pay for the land several times over. WISE WORDS. Never think any portion of time too short to be employed.—Lord Chesterfield. Lie not, neither to thyself, nor man, nor God. It is for cowards to lie.—Herbert. There is one body that knows more than anybody, and that is everybody.—Talleyrand. Unbecoming forwardness often proceeds from ignorance than impudence.—Greville. The earnestness of life is the only passport to the satisfaction of life.—Theodore Parker. Speaking much is a sign of vanity, for he that is lavish in words is a niggard indeed.—Sir W. Raleigh. Most of the critical things in life, which become the starting points of human destiny, are little things.—R. Smith. Every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.—Emerson. The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.—Scott. A brave man knows no malice; but forgets, in peace, the injuries of war, and gives his direst foe a friend's embrace.—Cowper. There is no policy like politeness, and a good manner is the best thing in the world either to get a good name, or to supply the want of it.—Bulwer. Quest For Noiseless Rails. The Scientific American points out the rich harvest that awaits the inventor who shall produce a rail over which street cars may pass noiselessly. In the worst of these the din is nerve racking, and even under the best conditions there is an annoying noise. There is no noiseless joint, and the "anvil chorus" marks the progress of every train, and the blow given by every wheel as it strikes the joints may be heard blocks away. The concussion which is produced whenever a wheel passes a joint is due to the fact that as a wheel leaves the end of a rail that rail end is depressed below the end of the rail against which it abuts. So when the wheel passes to the rail ahead it strikes a blow that increases in clangor according to the poorness of quality of the track. The need is for a joint as strong and stiff as the body of the rail itself, and when this is obtained there will be a practically silent track. The best joints on the market theoretically fulfill this condition, but they soon become worn by the heavy loads. What is needed, in the judgment of the Scientific American, is some means of abolishing the joints altogether and welding the rail ends. Different Ways of Bowing. There are fourteen different ways of bowling correctly. Among the different bows is the awkward society bow, for which something better is to be substituted; the slight bow and scrape, the bow and double scrape, the bow and triple scrape, the bow and salutation, the bow of the artist and the bow of the woman who wishes to produce any certain effect upon her audience or circle of acquaintance. Parson's Dog Exempt. A curious legal wrangle has arisen in Chapman, Kan., over the attempt of the county authorities to collect the dog tax on a canine belonging to a clergyman. The latter insists that the animal watches faithfully about the sanctuary, and therefore as a church property is exempt from taxation by State law. LIBBY'S FOOD PRODUCTS LEAD The Grand Prix d'Honneur and two gold medals have been awarded by the International Jury of Awards at the Paris Exposition, to Libby, McNeill & Libby, of Chicago, for the purity, excellence and superiority of their canned foods. Here in America, the "Libby" Brand has always been recognized as typical of the highest standard of excellence attained in the preservation of meats, and it is a noticeable fact that the products of Libby, McNeill & Libby have received the highest awards at every Exposition held in the United States during the past two decades. This firm issues a book "How to Make Good Things to Eat," which will be mailed free on request. Drop a postal to Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicago, Ill., for it. The Importance of Stupidity. I fear you will laugh when I tell you what I conceive to be about the most essential quality for a free people whose liberty is to be progressive, permanent and on a large scale; it is much stupidity. Though not an enlivening quality in general society, it is nature's favorite resource for preserving steadiness of conduct and consistency of opinion; it enforces concentration; people will learn slowly, learn only what they must. The best security for people doing their duty is that they shall not know anything else to do; the best security for fixedness of opinion is that people should be incapable of comprehending what is said on the other side. Walter Bagehot on the French Coup d'Etat. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Why So Few Good Books. The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people that can write know anything. . . . Southey's habits excellently fitted for communicating information formed with the best care, and daily regulated by the best motives, were exactly habits to afford a man the least information to communicate. Southey's life had no events, no experience.—Walter Bagehot on Shakespeare, the Man. There Is a Class of People Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a newpreparation called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it without distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over one-fourth as much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15 cents and 25 cents per package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O. Exportation of Cereal Foods. "The exporting of cereal foods manufactured in America has grown to enormous proportions during the past few years, says an exporter. "It is only within the present generation that the manufacture of these breakfast foods from wheat and oats became of any importance in this country. Now it is one of the largest of American industries." 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. No Alternative. "That's a terrible noise in the nursery, Mollie," said the mistress. What's the matter? Can't you keep the baby quiet?" "Shure, ma'am," replied Molly, "I can't make him quiet unless I let him make a noise." *Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease?* Are You Using Allen's Foot Massage 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. Driven from. "The new neighbor on our street seems to have a hunted look." "Yes. He was one of the Cincinnati census enumerators."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. "You seem dreadfully worried." "Yes; you see, I joined a Don't Worry Club, and it worries me to remember to keep from worrying."—Chicago Post. Experience has established beyond all question the effectiveness of Garfield-Tea Syrup in curing the lilis which result from poor digestion; it is a PURE FRUIT LAXATIVE that sets gently on the liver and CURES constipation. Equally good for Infants and Adults. No woman's feet feel really comfortable unless she has got them in a pair of shoes that are too small for them. n't dare to. Palmolive la chose propre --- WORKING GREAT HEAT WORKING GREAT HEAT FIREMEN'S HOT JOBS ON LAKE STEAMERS. They Are Obliged to Toll in a Temperature of 130 Degrees and Over—Few of the 600 Lake Vesselmen Have Modern Appliances. Among the few who can look complacently on the running high jumps of the mercury these midsummer days are the firemen on the big boats on the Great Lakes, says the Chicago Chronicle. Down in the hold of the steamers where the firemen, or stokers as they are called on ocean liners, have to shovel coal into the big furnaces the temperature is so red-hot that the degree of heat above board or on land, no matter how high, would be a welcome change. One hundred and thirty degrees is not an uncommon registration of the thermometer in the place where the firemen work. That temperature is quite usual in the furnace room of the boats which have no artificial arrangement for supplying air to those badly overheated points. A few of the finest boats are fitted with an apparatus consisting of a large pipe communicating with the upper air, and an electric fan, which draws the fresh, cool air down into the furnace apartment. By the operation of this device the temperature in the boiler room is lowered considerably and made much more comfortable for the men whose duty chains them there for six or eight hours at a stretch. But most of the 500 or 600 lake vessel firemen are not fortunate enough to work on steamers with such modern appliances. Even under the most favorable conditions firing on a steamboat is an employment well calculated to strike terror to the heart of anyone, except him who is capable of enduring the most fearful discomforts. Yet there are always enough men to be found, for a boat seldom goes out minus even one of the necessary quota of firemen. The biggest boats leaving the city often carry 300 tons of soft coal, and the smaller ones often carry as much as 100 tons. Some of the larger steamers have no fewer than twelve separate and distinct furnaces in their holds, and to feed their capacious maws only three men are kept on duty. This gives each man four furnaces to fill and it is scarcely necessary to state that the firemen find little time for running up on deck to gather a few whiffs of cool air. A man with four furnaces to fill has enough on his hands to keep him busy moving from one furnace to another, and shoveling in coal as fast as the strength of his arms and back will permit. For six or eight consecutive hours the firemen must brave the appalling heat and work at the hardest kind of labor into the bargain. The only gusts of air which he feels are the hot blasts that belch from the furnaces every time he opens the door. While the door is open the fierce glare of the bed of coal half blinds him and the consuming heat envelops him on every side, while he works like a Trojan to throw in the required amount of coal. The fireman goes to his work attired only in a thin gauze undershirt and a light-weight pair of trousers. These in a measure protect his body from the heat without causing much heat themselves. Perspiration comes in streams from the pores of the stoker, and this not only assists in reducing his temperature by evaporation, but its presence in such large quantities acts further as a protection against the heat, as water is notably a poor conductor of temperatures. Under such conditions as are necessary in the Mission Life in Pekin... After securing a place advantageously located for reaching a large population, the missionary begins the dreary work of repeating after a Chinese teacher the various words he learns, giving to each in its turn the four different tones of the Chinese language, each tone or inflection having a distinct and separate meaning. After a year spent, in this way he makes his first attempt at street preaching, and by talking to natives wherever he can get them to listen he seeks his first convert, out of whom he makes a helper or native preacher. With his first convert made, the missionary feels himself established, and then follow schools and churches. In Pekin, where the missions are well on their feet, the work is divided. In the compounds, which are usually in a quiet part of the city, are gathered the homes of the missionaries, their schools, colleges and hospitals, and a church, called the domestic chapel, for services among their professing converts. The outside work consists of daily preaching in street chapels, which are secured along the crowded public streets, and in the periodic visits to surrounding villages and cities. The Chinaman is nearly always ready to hear a new doctrine, and the street chapels are full of men, who drop in, sit a while to listen, get up and leave whenever they do not like it, or stay to inquire if they are interested. These inquirers are, if possible, taken to the mission compound, introduced to native Christians and missionaries, given a gospel or two, and invited to come again. So the work furnace rooms of boats it is remarkable the amount of work which the firemen accomplish. The largest steamers, those with a dozen furnaces, when running under high pressure, burn up not fewer than three tons per hour. That means that every sixty minutes each of the three firemen must shovel a ton of coal into the gigantic fire boxes, and that ton of coal must be tossed, not into one place, but each into a separate place. This guarantees that the firemen are the busiest men on the boat several times over. When at last they finish their six or eight hour shift the men are thoroughly exhausted, and some pounds lighter than when they went down. Their loss in perspiration often amounts to several pounds, but there is always a corresponding gain in appetite, and when this is appeased the men have regained in weight all they lost while they were down in the hold. Hurley on Liberal Education Prof. Huxley's definition of a liberal education is worth committing to memory: "That man has a liberal education who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work that, as a mechanism, it is capable of; whose intellect is a clear, cold logic engine, with all its parts of equal strength and in smooth working order, ready, like a steam engine to be turned to any kind of work, and spin the gossamers as well as forge the anchors of the mind; whose mind is stored with a knowledge of the great and fundamental truths of nature and of the laws of her operations; one who, no stunted ascetic, is full of life and fire, but whose passions are trained to come to halt by a vigorous will, the servant of a tender conscience; who has learned to love all beauty, whether of nature or of art, to hate all vileness, and to respect others as himself. Such a one, and no other, has had liberal education." Is Partial to Monograms. Sir L. Alma-Tadema, the eminent painter, is particularly partial to monograms. Over many of the doors of his beautiful house in St. John's Wood his monogram appears, but perhaps the happiest notion of all in this direction is the one which occupies nearly the whole of the door which opens to the entrance leading to the conservatory. His full name is Laurence Alma-Tadema. The "L" is composed of the various wooden curves used by artists for insuring symmetrical drawing, the "A" is an easel, the cross-bar admirably representing the cross line of the letter, while the final initial is represented by a huge "T" square. Sir L. Alma-Tadema's conservatory is a floral fairyland. Winter or summer flowers in full bloom are always there. He has a choice collection of tropical plants. Paper Made from Leather. A novel use of leather is in the manufacture of fibroleum, a new paper product, which is the invention of, G. Brigalant of Barentin, in France. This is a sort of leather paper on board, which is made from waste cuttings of skins into small bits, and then immersing them in a large vat containing an alkaline solution, which dissolves the glutinous matter, but leaves the fibers unaltered. The resultant fiber is then beaten and afterward pressed through a refiner. The stuff is run onto the wire and a very thin paper is made, which is cut into sheets, and while wet is placed in piles and subjected to pressure to squeeze the water out. Many a man's vices have at first been nothing worse than good qaulities run wild—Hare. What a New Advocate of the Faith Must do to Win Converts. spreads, the inquirers scatter and messages come to the compounds from distant villages, asking them to come there and preach more of the new doctrine. This outside work,however, can only be carried on in the winter time. Life is strenuous in China, and the people have no time to listen while they are sowing and gathering their crops. Missionaries have tried to work in the summer, but the torrential rains make travel difficult, and the people will not stay to hear while they have work to do. With the cold of winter, howev'the roads freeze and travel is easy, while the people, with their crops garnered, are ready and anxious to hear and discuss—for the Chinaman is a philosopher; he enjoys debate keenly and accepts only what seems to him reasonable and just. The missionaries travel about in the Chinese carts during the long, cold winters from village to village, stopping in the cheerless Chinese inns or at the home of some friendly native, trying to follow up those who have come to them as inquirers. As this work can only be carried on in cold weather, and as life in a Chinese city is neither healthy nor comfortable in summer, the city compounds are closed in the spring and the missionary families move for the summer to some mountain resort near by; the great place near Pekin being the famous western hills, only about fifteen miles from the city. The hills are covered with beautiful old temples kept by sleek, bald-headed Buddhist priests, where accommodations can be secured for the summer at very reasonable prices.—Leslie's Weekly. NEW OFFICIAL OF THE ST. PAUL. B. A. Miller Appointed General Passenger Agent of the Big System. F. A. Miller, a brother of Roswell P. Miller, chairman of the board of directors of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad company, has been appointed general passenger agent of that system (effective Oct. 15, 1900) to succeed George H. Heafford, recently resigned. The appointment of Mr. Miller to the head of the St. Paul passenger department was not unexpected, as he has been for several years the principal assistant general passenger agent of the company, making his headquarters in the Marquette building. There will be no assistant appointed to succeed Mr. Miller. The two other assistants, Messrs. Marsh and Merrill, will continue in their old positions. General Passenger Agent Miller is widely known in the railway world, and is one of the most popular of passenger officials. He began his railroad career in 1874, and his good nature, character and ability have steadily advanced him in the service of the St. Paul system since 1883, when he entered the company's employ as a clerk in the passenger department, of which he now becomes the head. Mr. Miller was born at Harford, Pa. Smooth Surface for Roads Maintaining a smooth surface for the escape of water is all that is necessary to prevent softening of the road surface, even with earth roads; keeping the road carefully crowned, smooth and free from ruts is more effective in disposing of "the greatest enemy of good roads" than the most elaborate system of foundations and underdrainage, but the necessary smoothness can be attained only by continual watchfulness. Excessive dustiness could be allayed by an occasional sprinkling, but the distribution of traffic, made possible by the smooth surface, would decrease the wear and also the necessity of sprinkling. Robbing Peter to Please Paul. "No, sir, $20 wouldn't reimburse me for the money I spent on that unfortunate family!" "Indeed!" "That's right. I spent $21, and borrowed every cent of it."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Unabashed. Old Milyuns. Young man, my daughter tells me you kissed her last night. Percival Tootles. Well, if she wants to go bragging about it, that's her privilege. HO! FOR OKLAHOMA! 8,000,000 acres new lands to open to settlement. Subscribe for THE KIOWA CHIEF, devoted to information about these lands. One year, $1.00. Single copy, 10c. Subscribers receive free illustrated book on Oklahoma. Morgan's Manual (210 page Settlers' Guide) with fine sectional map, $1.00. Map 25c. All above, $1.23. Address Dick T. Morgan, Perry, O. T. Not Listed. Wiggs. Prof. Searcher has just returned from Rome, I hear. Has he brought many antiquities with him? Waggs. Only his bride. My Dear Mr. Editor: The Passenger Department of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway begs leave to present to you under separate cover, by mail, a little souvenir, gotten up to remind our friends that our fast train, the "Katy Flyer," is still a flyin' between St. Louis and the Gulf of Mexico. Best up-to-date equipment, and short hours to and from the cities of St. Louis, Kansas City, Hannibal, Sedalia, Ft. Scott, Nevada, Parsons, Denison, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Waco, Houston, Galveston and San Antonio. Should our friend, the Editor, feel disposed to make mention of the souvenir in his paper, (a unique penknife), he will please say that the cost of the souvenir prevents its general free distribution. We shall, however, send a souvenir to any of your readers on receipt of twenty-five cents, being less than its cost. Very truly, James Barker, G. P. & T. A., St. Louis, Mo. A timid, irresolute and self-conscious man will often be cruel when a large-hearted and self-reliant man would be tender and generous. The latter gives strength and confidence to all with whom he mingles. They feel his influence and partake of his nature. They grow stronger for his strength and braver for his courage. God is near—a besetting God on the right hand and on the left ever educating, disciplining, helping his child, and striving to save and bless him. The world is full of God, the soul is full of God; for he is the omnipresent and all pervading spirit of the universe. Instead of preaching the usual Sunday evening sermons, a clergyman in Chapman, Kas., commands the attention of his congregation by reading to them installments of a continued story, of which he is the author. The solemn look on the father's face when he gives his daughter away at the marriage altar is amusing when one recalls how anxious he has been to get rid of her during the past ten years.—Chicago News. It makes a girl awrily mad when she knows she is going to meet a man who has written some book and reads it on purpose and then doesn't get any chance to talk to him about it. Homesteaders' Excursion Tickets Homeseekers' Excursion Tickets To nearly all points in the United States on sale at all ticket offices of the Chicago Great Western Ry. on the first and third Tuesdays of October, November and December, at the very low homeseeker's rate of one fare plus $2 for the round trip. Tickets good for return within 21 days from date of sale. Persons contemplating a trip will save money by calling on any Great Western agent and obtaining detail information regarding the home-seeker's rates, or addressing F. H. Lord, G. P. & T. A., 113 Adams St., Chicago. You Can Get Allen's Foot-Ease Free. Write today to Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y., for a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures sweating, damp, swollen, aching feet. Makes new or tight shoes easy. A certain cure for Corns and Bunions. All druggists and shoe stores sell it; 25c. A Convert. Mrs. Goodsoul—"Did you go to the Christian Endeavor meetings?" Young Man (enthusiastically)—"Yes, indeed. Yum! yum! Weren't they smeet?" Garfield-Tea Syrup is effective in all cases where a mild laxative is required; the "every-day" ills of infants, children and adults yield to its magical curative influence; made from Pure Sugar, Fruit and Simple Herbs. No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men. Each package of PUTNAM FADE- LESS DYES cblors either Silk, Wool or Cotton perfectly. Most spiders are possessed of poison- fangs, but very few are dangerous to human beings. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TABLETS. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on the box. 25c. Four thousand tourists arrived in Egypt during the last season. Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs.—Wm. O. ENDSLEY, Vanburen. Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. During 1899 Spain bought sixtyseven vessels in England. BATT'S CAPS FOR COLDS. Safest, surest, quickest cure for colds. 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CONSUMPTION To Mothers of Large Families In this workaday world few women are so placed that physical exertion is not constantly demanded of them in their daily life. Mrs. Pinkham makes a special appeal to mothers of large families whose work is never done, and many of whom suffer, and suffer for lack of intelligent aid. To women, young or old, rich or poor, Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass., extends her invitation of free advice. Oh, women! do not let your lives be sacrificed when a word from Mrs. Pinkham, at the first approach of A. B. weakness, may fill your future years with healthy joy. "When I began to take Lydia R. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I was not able to do my housework. I suffered terribly at time of menstruation. Several doctors told me they could do nothing for me. Thanks to Mrs. Pinkham's advice and medicine I am now well, and can do the work for eight in the family. "I would recommend Lydia R. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to all mothers with large families."—Mrs. CARRIE BELLEVILLE, Ludington, Mich. $3.00 W.L.DOUGLAS SHOES $3.50 UNION MADE If you have been paying $4 to $5 for shoes, a trial of W. L. Douglas $3 or $3.50 shoes will convince you that they are just as good in every way and cost from $1 to $1.50 less. Over 1,000,000 wearers. WE USE FAST COLOR EYELETS FACTORY, BROCKTON, MASS. One pair of W. L. Doughton $3 or $3.50 shoes will positively outwear two pairs of ordinary $3 or $3.50 shoes. We are the largest makers of men's $3 and $3.50 shoes in the world. We make and sell more $3 and $3.50 shoes than any other two manufacturers in the U. L. The reputation of W. L. Douglas $3.00 and $3.50 shoes for style, comfort, and wear is known everywhere throughout the world. They have to give better satisfaction than other makes because the standard has always been placed so high that the wearers expect more for their money than they can get elsewhere. THE REASON more W. L. Douglas $3 and $8.90 shoes are sold than any other make is because THEY ARE THE BEST. Your dealer should keep them; we give one dealer exclusive sale in each town. Take no substitute! Insist on having W. L. Douglas shoes with name and price stamped on bottom. If your dealer will not get them for you, send direct to factory, enclosing price and 25c. extra for carriage. State kind of leather, size, and width, plain or cap toe. Our shoes will reach you anywhere. Catalogue Price: W. L. Douglas Shoe Co. Brockton, Mass. LOW RATES TO THE WEST The Great Northern Railway will run Homeseekers' Excursions to all Western points, beginning Tuesday, October 16th, 1900, and every Tuesday thereafter until Novemb r 27th, 1900. Rates from Chicago to all points in Washington, one way, $30.00; round trip, $50.00. From St. Paul or Minneapolis, one way, $25.00; round trip, $40.00. To points in Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, at equally low rates. Round trip tickets are good 30 days, and allow stopover of 20 days. FARMERS, LUMBERMEN and INVESTORS Should take advantage of this opportunity to investigate the fine climate, fertile soil and inexhaustible resources of the Great Northern Country. the richest undeveloped section of North America. Further information from all railway ticket agents, or from F. I. WHITNEY, Gen'l Pass. and Ticket Agent, ST. PAUL, MINN. FREE SCHOLARSHIP INCREASE YOUR PAY BY HOME STUDY in Electrical, Mechanical, Marine, Stationary or Locomotive..... NUMBER LIMITED. WRITE IMMEDIATELY AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CORRESPONDENCE BOSTON, MASS. Chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ELECTRIC LIGHT HOME This little book TEACHES ELECTRICITY and how to obtain electric light from home-made chemical batteries. JAMES H. MASON, 619 American Tract Bldg., N.Y. Cty. PENSION JOHN W. MORRIS Washington, D. G. Successfully Prosecutes Claims Late Principal Examiner U. S. Pension Bureau 8 yrs. in civil war.15 adjudicating claims atty, since DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY; gives quick relief and cures worst cases. Book of testimonials and 10 DATP treatments VREE. DR. H. H. GREES'S GOSB, Box R, Atlantic, Ohio. W. N. U. CHICAGO, NO. 48, 1900. When Apswering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. LIBBY'S FOOD PRODUCTS LEAD The Grand Prix d'Honneur and two gold medals have been awarded by the International Jury of Awards at the Paris Exposition, to Libby, McNeill & Libby, of Chicago, for the purity, excellence and superiority of their canned foods. Here in America, the "Libby" Brand has always been recognized as typical of the highest standard of excellence attained in the preservation of meats, and it is a noticeable fact that the products of Libby, McNeill & Libby have received the highest awards at every Exposition held in the United States during the past two decades. This firm issues a book "How to Make Good Things to Eat," which will be mailed free on request. Drop a postal to Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicago, Ill., for it. The Importance of Stupidity I fear you will laugh when I tell you what I conceive to be about the most essential quality for a free people whose liberty is to be progressive, permanent and on a large scale; it is much stupidity. Though not an enlivening quality in general society, it is nature's favorite resource for preserving steadiness of conduct and consistency of opinion; it enforces concentration; people will learn slowly, learn only what they must. The best security for people doing their duty is that they shall not know anything else to do; the best security for fixedness of opinion is that people should be incapable of comprehending what is said on the other side.—Walter Bagehot on the French Coup d'Etat. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Why So Few Good Books. The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people that can write know anything. . . . Southey's habits excellently fitted for communicating information formed with the best care, and daily regulated by the best motives, were exactly habits to afford a man the least information to communicate. Southey's life had no events, no experience.—Walter Bagehot on Shakespeare, the Man. There Is a Class of People Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a newpreparation called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it without distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over one-fourth as much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15 cents and 25 cents per package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O. Exportation of Cereal Foods. The exporting of cereal foods manufactured in America has grown to enormous proportions during the past few years, says an exporter. "It is only within the present generation that the manufacture of these breakfast foods from wheat and oats became of any importance in this country. Now it is one of the largest of American industries." Best for the Bowels. No matter what alls 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. No Alternative. "That's a terrible noise in the nursery, Mollie," said the mistress. What's the matter? Can't you keep the baby quiet?" "Shure, ma'am," replied Molly, "I can't make him quiet unless I let him make a noise." ( 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. Driven from. "The new neighbor on our street seems to have a hunted look." "Yes. He was one of the Cincinnati census enumerators."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Yes; you see, I joined a Don't Worry Club, and it worries me to remember to keep from worrying."—Chicago Post. Experience has established beyond all question the effectiveness of Garfield-Tea Syrup in curing the ills which result from poor digestion; it is a PURE FRUIT LAXATIVE that acts gently on the liver and CURES constipation. Equally good for Infants and Adults. No woman's feet feel really comfortable unless she has got them in a pair of shoes that are too small for them. n't dare to. Palmolive la chose propre For the Bath WORKING GREAT HEAT WORKING GREAT HEAT FIREMEN'S HOT JOBS ON LAKE STEAMERS, They Are Obliged to Toll in a Temperature of 130 Degrees and Over-Few of the 600 Lake Vesselmen Have Modern Appliances. Among the few who can look complacently on the running high jumps of the mercury these midsummer days are the firemen on the big boats on the Great Lakes, says the Chicago Chronicle. Down in the hold of the steamers where the firemen, or stokers as they are called on ocean liners, have to shovel coal into the big furnaces the temperature is so red-hot that the degree of heat above board or on land, no matter how high, would be a welcome change. One hundred and thirty degrees is not an uncommon registration of the thermometer in the place where the firemen work. That temperature is quite usual in the furnace room of the boats which have no artificial arrangement for supplying air to those badly overheated points. A few of the finest boats are fitted with an apparatus consisting of a large pipe communicating with the upper air, and an electric fan, which draws the fresh, cool air down into the furnace apartment. By the operation of this device the temperature in the boiler room is lowered considerably and made much more comfortable for the men whose duty chains them there for six or eight hours at a stretch. But most of the 500 or 600 lake vessel firemen are not fortunate enough to work on steamers with such modern appliances. Even under the most favorable conditions firing on a steamboat is an employment well calculated to strike terror to the heart of anyone, except him who is capable of enduring the most fearful discomforts. Yet there are always enough men to be found, for a boat seldom goes out minus even one of the necessary quota of firemen. The biggest boats leaving the city often carry 300 tons of soft coal, and the smaller ones often carry as much as 100 tons. Some of the larger steamers have no fewer than twelve separate and distinct furnaces in their holds, and to feed their capacious maws only three men are kept on duty. This gives each man four furnaces to fill and it is scarcely necessary to state that the firemen find little time for running up on deck to gather a few whiffs of cool air. A man with four furnaces to fill has enough on his hands to keep him busy moving from one furnace to another, and shoveling in coal as fast as the strength of his arms and back will permit. For six or eight consecutive hours the firemen must brave the appalling heat and work at the hardest kind of labor into the bargain. The only gusts of air which he feels are the hot blasts that belch from the furnaces every time he opens the door. While the door is open the fierce glare of the bed of coal half blinds him and the consuming heat envelops him on every side, while he works like a Trojan to throw in the required amount of coal. The fireman goes to his work attired only in a thin gauze undershirt and a light-weight pair of trousers. These in a measure protect his body from the heat without causing much heat themselves. Perspiration comes in streams from the pores of the stoker, and this not only assists in reducing his temperature by evaporation, but its presence in such large quantities acts further as a protection against the heat, as water is notably a poor conductor of temperatures. Under such conditions as are necessary in the Mission Life in Pekin... After securing a place advantageously located for reaching a large population, the missionary begins the dreary work of repeating after a Chinese teacher the various words he learns, giving to each in its turn the four different tones of the Chinese language, each tone or inflection having a distinct and separate meaning. After a year spent, in this way he makes his first attempt at street preaching, and by talking to natives wherever he can get them to listen he seeks his first convert, out of whom he makes a helper or native preacher. With his first convert made, the missionary feels himself established, and then follow schools and churches. In Pekin, where the missions are well on their feet, the work is divided. In the compounds, which are usually in a quiet part of the city, are gathered the homes of the missionaries, their schools, colleges and hospitals, and a church, called the domestic chapel, for services among their professing converts. The outside work consists of daily preaching in street chapels, which are secured along the crowded public streets, and in the periodic visits to surrounding villages and cities. The Chinaman is nearly always ready to hear a new doctrine, and the street chapels are full of men, who drop in, sit a while to listen, get up and leave whenever they do not like it, or stay to inquire if they are interested. These inquirers are, if possible, taken to the mission compound, introduced to native Christians and missionaries, given a gospel or two, and invited to come again. So the work furnace rooms of boats it is remarkable the amount of work which the firemen accomplish. The largest steamers, those with a dozen furnaces, when running under high pressure, burn up not fewer than three tons per hour. That means that every sixty minutes each of the three firemen must shovel a ton of coal into the gigantic fire boxes, and that ton of coal must be tossed, not into one place, but each into a separate place. This guarantee that the firemen are the busiest men on the boat several times over. When at last they finish their six or eight hour shift the men are thoroughly exhausted, and some pounds lighter than when they went down. Their loss in perspiration often amounts to several pounds, but there is always a corresponding gain in appetite, and when this is appeased the men have regained in weight all they lost while they were down in the hold. Huxley on Liberal Education Prof. Huxley's definition of a liberal education is worth committing to memory: "That man has a liberal education who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work that, as a mechanism, it is capable of; whose intellect is a clear, cold logic engine, with all its parts of equal strength and in smooth working order, ready, like a steam engine to be turned to any kind of work, and spin the gossamers as well as forge the anchors of the mind; whose mind is stored with a knowledge of the great and fundamental truths of nature and of the laws of her operations; one who, no stunted ascetic, is full of life and fire, but whose passions are trained to come to halt by a vigorous will, the servant of a tender conscience; who has learned to love all beauty, whether of nature or of art, to hate all vileness, and to respect others as himself. Such a one, and no other, has had liberal education." Is Partial to Monograms. Sir L. Alma-Tadema, the eminent painter, is particularly partial to monograms. Over many of the doors of his beautiful house in St. John's Wood his monogram appears, but perhaps the happiest notion of all in this direction is the one which occupies nearly the whole of the door which opens to the entrance leading to the conservatory. His full name is Laurence Alma-Tadema. The "L" is composed of the various wooden curves used by artists for insuring symmetrical drawing, the "A" is an easel, the cross-bar admirably representing the cross line of the letter, while the final initial is represented by a huge "T" square. Sir L. Alma-Tadema's conservatory is a floral fairyland. Winter or summer flowers in full bloom are always there. He has a choice collection of tropical plants. Paper Made from Leather. A novel use of leather is in the manufacture of fibroleum, a new paper product, which is the invention of, G. Brigalant of Barentin, in France. This is a sort of leather paper on board, which is made from waste cuttings of skins into small bits, and then immersing them in a large vat containing an alkaline solution, which dissolves the glutinous matter, but leaves the fibers unaltered. The resultant fiber is then beaten and afterward pressed through a refiner. The stuff is run onto the wire and a very thin paper is made, which is cut into sheets, and while wet is placed in piles and subjected to pressure to squeeze the water out. Many a man's vices have at first been nothing worse than good qaulities run wild—Hare. What a New Advocate of the Faith Must do to Win Converts. spreads, the inquirers scatter and messages come to the compounds from distant villages, asking them to come there and preach more of the new doctrine. This outside work,however, can only be carried on in the winter time. Life is strenuous in China, and the people have no time to listen while they are sowing and gathering their crops. Missionaries have tried to work in the summer, but the torrential rains make travel difficult, and the people will not stay to hear while they have work to do. With the cold of winter, however, the roads freeze and travel is easy, while the people, with their crops garnered, are ready and anxious to hear and discuss—for the Chinaman is a philosopher; he enjoys debate keenly and accepts only what seems to him reasonable and just. The missionaries travel about in the Chinese carts during the long, cold winters from village to village, stopping in the cheerless Chinese inns or at the home of some friendly native, trying to follow up those who have come to them as inquirers. As this work can only be carried on in cold weather, and as life in a Chinese city is neither healthy nor comfortable in summer, the city compounds are closed in the spring and the missionary families move for the summer to some mountain resort near by; the great place near Pekin being the famous western hills, only about fifteen miles from the city. The hills are covered with beautiful old temples kept by sleek, bald-headed Buddhist priests, where accommodations can be secured for the summer at very reasonable prices.—Leelle's Weekly. NEW OFFICIAL OF THE ST. PAUL S. A. Miller Appointed General Passenger Arriver at the Wing Station. F. A. Miller, a brother of Roswell P. Miller, chairman of the board of directors of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad company, has been appointed general passenger agent of that system (effective Oct. 15, 1900) to succeed George H. Heafford, recently resigned. The appointment of Mr. Miller to the head of the St. Paul passenger department was not unexpected, as he has been for several years the principal assistant general passenger agent of the company, making his headquarters in the Marquette building. There will be no assistant appointed to succeed Mr. Miller. The two other assistants, Messrs. Marsh and Merrill, will continue in their old positions. General Passenger Agent Miller is widely known in the railway world, and is one of the most popular of passenger officials. He began his railroad career in 1874, and his good nature, character and ability have steadily advanced him in the service of the St. Paul system since 1883, when he entered the company's employ as a clerk in the passenger department, of which he now becomes the head. Mr. Miller was born at Harford, Pa. Smooth Surface for Roads Maintaining a smooth surface for the escape of water is all that is necessary to prevent softening of the road surface, even with earth roads; keeping the road carefully crowned, smooth and free from ruts is more effective in disposing of "the greatest enemy of good roads" than the most elaborate system of foundations and underdrainage, but the necessary smoothness can be attained only by continual watchfulness. Excessive dustiness could be allayed by an occasional sprinkling, but the distribution of traffic, made possible by the smooth surface, would decrease the wear and also the necessity of sprinkling. Robbing Peter to Please Paul. "No, sir, $20 wouldn't reimburse me for the money I spent on that unfortunate family!" "Indeed!" "That's right. I spent $21, and borrowed every cent of it."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Unabashed. Old Milyuns. Young man, my daughter tells me you kissed her last night. Percival Tootles. Well, if she wants to go bragging about it, that's her privilege. HO! FOR OKLAHOMA! 8,000,000 acres new lands to open to settlement. Subscribe for THE KIOWA CHIEF, devoted to information about these lands. One year, $1.00. Single copy, 10c. Subscribers receive free illustrated book on Oklahoma. Morgan's Manual (210 page Settlers' Guide) with five sectional map, $1.00. Map 25c. All above, $1.75. Address Dick T. Morgan, Perry, O. T. Not Listed. Wiggs. Prof. Searcher has just returned from Rome, I hear. Has he brought many antiquities with him? Waggs. Only his bride. My Dear Mr. Editor: The Passenger Department of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway begs leave to present to you under separate cover, by mail, a little souvenir, gotten up to remind our friends that our fast train, the "Katy Flyer," is still a flyin' between St. Louis and the Gulf of Mexico. Best up-to-date equipment, and short hours to and from the cities of St. Louis, Kansas City, Hannibal, Sedalia, Ft. Scott, Nevada, Parsons, Denison, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Waco, Houston, Galveston and San Antonio. Should our friend, the Editor, feel disposed to make mention of the souvenir in his paper, (a unique penknife), he will please say that the cost of the souvenir prevents its general free distribution. We shall, however, send a souvenir to any of your readers on receipt of twenty-five cents, being less than its cost. Very truly, James Barker, G. P. & T. A., St. Louis, Mo. A timid, irresolute and self-conscious man will often be cruel when a large-hearted and self-reliant man would be tender and generous. The latter gives strength and confidence to all with whom he mingles. They feel his influence and partake of his nature. They grow stronger for his strength and braver for his courage. God is near—a besetting God on the right hand and on the left ever educating, disciplining, helping his child, and striving to save and bless him. The world is full of God, the soul is full of God; for he is the omnipresent and all pervading spirit of the universe. Instead of preaching the usual Sunday evening sermons, a clergyman in Chapman, Kas., commands the attention of his congregation by reading to them installments of a continued story, of which he is the author. The solemn look on the father's face when he gives his daughter away at the marriage altar is amusing when one recalls how anxious he has been to get rid of her during the past ten years.—Chicago News. It makes a girl awrily mad when she knows she is going to meet a man who has written some book and reads it on purpose and then doesn't get any chance to talk to him about it. Homeseakers' Excursion Tickets Homeseekers' Excursion Tickets To nearly all points in the United States on sale at all ticket offices of the Chicago Great Western Ry. on the first and third Tuesdays of October, November and December, at the very low homeseeker's rate of one fare plus $2 for the round trip. Tickets good for return within 21 days from date of sale. Persons contemplating a trip will save money by calling on any Great Western agent and obtaining detail information regarding the home-seeker's rates, or addressing F. H. Lord, G. P. & T. A., 113 Adams St., Chicago. You Can Get Allen's Foot-Ease Free You Can Get Allen's Foot-Ease Free. Write today to Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y., for a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures sweating, damp, swollen, aching feet. Makes new or tight shoes easy. A certain cure for Corns and Bunions. All drugists and shoe stores sell it; 25c. A Convert. Mrs. Goodsoul—"Did you go to the Christian Endeavor meetings?" Young Man (enthusiastically)—"Yes, indeed. Yum! yum! Weren't they smeet?" Garfield-Tea Syrup is effective in all cases where a mild laxative is required; the "every-day" ills of infants, children and adults yield to its magical curative influence; made from Pure Sugar, Fruit and Simple Herbs. No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men. Each package of PUTNAM FADE-LESS DYES cblors either Silk, Wool or Cotton perfectly. Most spiders are possessed of poison-fangs, but very few are dangerous to human beings. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TABLETS. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on the box. 25c. Four thousand tourists arrived in Egypt during the last season. Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs.—Wm. O. ENDSLEY, Vanburen. Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. During 1899 Spain bought sixtyseven vessels in England. BATT'S CAPS FOR COLDS. Safest, surest, quickest cure for colds. Druggists know the ingredients. 25 cents. Pride makes a man walk with a cane when he isn't lame. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, always pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle Never was a sincere word utterly lost.—Emerson. is the oldest and best. It will break up a cold quicker than anything else. It is always reliable. Try it. Central New York is particularly a dairy country. Beautiful hair is always pleasing, and PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM excels in producing it. HINDERCOURNS, the best cure for corns. 15cta. A strong man without confidence is weak. Baseball players; Golf players; all players chew White's Yucatan whilst playing. What Shall We Have for Dessert? This question arises in the family every day. Let us answer it to-day. Try Jell-O, a delicious and healthful dessert. Prepared in two minutes. No boiling! no baking! add boiling water and set to cool. Flavors:—Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry. Get a package at your grocers to-day. 10 cts. "VAN'S" BUCKWHEAT Finest Flavor. Buckwheat All Through Get a Package From Your Grocer. TOWER'S TIME FISH BRAND POMMEL The Best Saddle Coat. SLICKER Keeps both rider and saddle perfectly dry in the hardest storms. Substitutes will disappoint. Ask for 1897 Fish Brand Pommel Slicker—it is entirely new. If not for sale in your town, write for catalogue to A. J. TOWER, Boston, Mass. Dr.Bull's COUCH SYRUP Cures a Cough or Cold at once. Conquera Croup, Whooping-Cough, Bronchitis, Cigarette and Consumption. Quick, sure results. To Mothers of Large Families In this workaday world few women are so placed that physical exertion is not constantly demanded of them in their daily life. Mrs. Pinkham makes a special appeal to mothers of large families whose work is never done, and many of whom suffer, and suffer for lack of intelligent aid. To women, young or old, rich or poor, Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass., extends her invitation of free advice. Oh, women! do not let your lives be sacrificed when a word from Mrs. Pinkham, at the first approach of A. B. weakness, may fill your future years with healthy joy. "When I began to take Lydia R. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I was not able to do my housework. I suffered terribly at time of menstruation. Several doctors told me they could do nothing for me. Thanks to Mrs. Pinkham's advice and medicine I am now well, and can do the work for eight in the family. "I would recommend Lydia R. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to all mothers with large families."—Mrs. CARRIE BELLEVILLE, Ludington, Mich. $3.00 W.L.DOUGLAS $3.50 SHOES UNION MADE M. B. If you have been paying $4 to $5 for shoes, a trial of W. L. Douglas $3 or $3.50 shoes will convince you that they are just as good in every way and cost from $1 to $1.50 less. Over 1,000,000 wearers. WE USE FAST COLOR EYELETS FACTORY, BROCKTON, MASS. One pair of W. L. Douglas $3 or $3.50 shoes will positively outwear two pairs of ordinary $3 or $3.50 shoes. We are the largest makers of men's $3 and $3.50 shoes in the world. We make and sell more $3 and $3.50 shoes than any other two manufacturers in the U. S. THE REASON more W. L. Douglas $3 and $3.5 shoes are sold than any other make is because THEY ARE THE BEST. Your dealer should keep them; we give one dealer exclusive sale in each town. Take no subattitude! Insist on having W. L. Douglas shoes with name and price stamped on bottom. If your dealer will not get them for you, send direct to State kind of leather, size, and width, plain or cap toe. Our shoes will reach you anywhere. Catalogus Pro. W. L. Douglas Shoe Co., Brockton, Mass. The Great Northern Railway will run Homeseekers' Excursions to all Western points, beginning Tuesday, October 16th, 1900, and every Tuesday thereafter until Novemb r 27th, 1900. Rates from Chicago to all points in Washington, one way, $30.00; round trip, $50.00. From St. Paul or Minneapolis, one way, $25.00; round trip, $40.00. To points in Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, at equally low rates. Round trip tickets are good 30 days, and allow stopover of 20 days. INVESTORS Should take advantage of this opportunity to investigate the fine climate, fertile soil and inexhaustible resources of the Great Northern Country. the richest undeveloped section of North America. Further information from all railway Further information from all railway ticket agents, or from F. I. WHITNEY, Gen'l Pass. and Ticket Agent, ST. PAUL, MINN. E> « POLITICAL NUGGETS. 7 ee ee tae ee Are you free? If so you can vote as you believe to be right. If they say no Negro can vote a cna grreramemepoee eae What prosperity has Baker's wife, ‘the dead Postmaster, had? Has her children a full dinner pail? Your answer would be ‘I do not know." ‘The question of how to make a liv- ing is now the greatest question before the people. How shall I support and educate my children is a question you must ans- wer; it cannot be shifted. What shall I do if I lose my job? Is ‘the question millions of Americans are asking themselves each night as they go to rest. Does the formation of trusts and monopolies help you in the solution of these problems. Don’t you know that the Republican party is the father and protector of the trusts? Dont you want your taxes equal and economical viz: all taxed alike? Don’t you know the Republicans have taxed the poor in this county in a shameless and outrageous manner? Don’t you know that the Republi- cans allow the wealthy to escape tax- ation? Don’t you know that under Republi- can rule in this country the poor man is paying the freight? If you want these things changed vote the Democratic ticket. Don’t you know that the Republi- cans refuses to enforee the federal or United States trust laws? Don’t you know that trusts are re- sponsible for the serious condition of the laboring ‘man? Don't you knew you ought not sup- port a party that will make you loose your position if you don’t vote as they say? 4A LIVELY MEETING. A large number of women members of the Phyllis Wheatley club filled the club-rooms, 5058 Dearborn street, last ‘Wednesday afternoor, and it was b: far the most rousing and enthusiastic meeting since the opening of the clut this year. After the usual order cf business a program under the direc tion of the Industrial Section was carried out. Subject, “The Importancc of Industrial Training.” by Mrs. Rev ‘Wm. Gray. Mr. Gray is an easy an¢ fluent speaker and her remarks were plain, practical and made a deep im pressino upon all who heard her an¢ we only regret that we have not th: space to review her address in ful! ‘A lengthy discussion followed whict was entered into with much enthus!- asm. Miss Hattie Kline, member of Th: ‘Worran’s Board of Missions also made an interesting talk on the recent mob or riot in Pekin, China, and the worl of the Lawson Home at Atlanta, Ga _ The club will meet next Wednes day. The Philanthropy Section wil ‘have charge of the program. Subject “Practical Charity,” by Dr. Anns R Cooper. . CHIPS. A joint meeting of women's clubs of this city will be held next Monday afternoon Oct. 29, at the Institutiona church at 2 p. m. im T. J. Berrill, who handles all the money for the East End Democratic: club of the 30th Ward continues to put in his best licks for the success of the Democratic party. Congressman George P. Foster will be elected at the coming election by a bigger majority than he had two years ago for there is no man in his Congressional District that can beat bim. . dca 1 M. J. Butler now feels that after re- viewing the situation on all sides that it is impossible to head him off, and that he will be elected to the state Senate from the fourth senatorial Dis- trict. Mrs. Lulu Owens who formerly re- sided in this city paid her parents and friends a short visit the past week. She is the picture of helath and ex- pects to- return and reside perman- The colored Democrats residing on the North Side will hold a meeting at 28 East Chicago avenue, Monday ev- ening, Oct. 29. It will be addressed by James A. Quinn, M. Shepperd, Capt. “H.C. Carter, Rev. Geo. W. Dickey, James Wadkins and D. E. Sullivan. : James E. Daley, candidate for county commissioner on the Democratic tieket 4@ an excellent representative of the Jaboring men of Chicago. He is clean ‘ana honest and the horny handed sons ‘of toll should see to it that each and every.one of them record their votes im favor of James E. Daley. Come to the fountain of life! Come, ‘eome, weak and cast down, and “gloomy men and women, with health ‘gnd strength ebbing away, come to the fountain of life, and drink of its vivi- fying waters! There's hope for you “however sick end despondent you may ‘eneray an surly 5 the wun shines ed “wind blows. years, two noted ‘German scientists have been experi- =a ant ff — practical know- = remedy for etorat of the Se eee beyo th nee nary scientist. It yo: ee es mee sol OF ou i ~ s tier colum = eatin a Lhowtodoso. | REWARD. Anyone who can give information as to the whereabouts of Adam Horn (colored) who when last heard cf was working at the barber crade im thie city will be suitably rewarded by Mrs. Sarah Robinson, No. 3 Rector coart, Charleston, S. C. Japs and Yankees at the Head “I have seen here,” writes a Has- kell county boy from Pekir, “tne sol- diers of nearly every country on earth. The‘straightest and most military looking are the Hindoos from India, bat for service the Japs and the Am- ericans are about on top. The Japan- ese are the finest little people I ever met, and they think the American sol- diers are all right. We have great times with them, trying to talk to them and they are anxious to learn the English Janguage.”—Kansas City Journal. Wealthy Europese Musician. Sir Arthur Sullivan is one of the wealthiest musicians in Europe. From the Savoy operas he still draws a pv‘ncely income, and many of his Songs continue to provide him with ever welcome checks every quarter. As a man of business he has few equals, and the directors of the Crys- tal Palace and those of the Savoy hotel know well his mathematical ability and his shrewdness. Uses of Cellulith. Cellulith is a substance produced by a long and continuous beating of wood pulp. It is transparent and elastic, hardening slowly until it attains ie consistency of horn, its specific gravity being about 4.5. The cellulith may be worked as is horn or ebonite. Com- bined with sawdust and 30 per cent lampblack, tae result is a kind of dark ebonite; this is dense and may be pol- ished. Sensible Shoes. It is doubtless very wise and sensi- ble for women taking long strolls in the park for exercise to wear broad- toed, wide-soled boots, but fashion now dictates that she shall only wear them at such times. For ordinary wear the square toe is rapidly disappearing, and the medium toe, known as the “opera,” has taken its place. Heels are per- ceptibly higher than last year. Porto Rico Wants Railroads, Great expectations are entertained and many plans are being formed in Porto Rico for the installation of short inland electric railways from the cen- tral range to the coast. The power is to be developed through the agency of many streams to be met with in every part af the mountain range, which traverse the island from end to end. ————— Could Spare Him First. St. Louis would not like to see het Population of 575,278 reduced to 575,- 277; but if any one must move away from St, Louis let us hope it will be the man who groveled on his stomach ia front of his gate, pretending he had taken poison,in order to scare his bride of a week into hysterics—St Louis Globe-Democrat. - Successful Sale of Bees. A speculative Scotch gentleman wanted to dispose of some bees, so to attratt purchasers, he printed the fol- lowing: “Extensive sale of live stock, comprising not less than 140,000 heaa, with an unlimited right to pasturage.” The ingenious trick succeeded to ad- miration, for his gock brought “high prices.” Diet fer an Iavalid. ‘An excellent jelly for the sick room may be made by taking an ounce each 2f rice, sago and pearl barley, mixing with three pints of water, then let it simmer to one and strain it When cold it will be set into a jelly, which give, dissolved in wine, milk or broth, in change with the other nourishment Ssmpeoyers SS Sere Ww Ores __ The business concerns in Germany baving the largest number of employes are Krupp’s works, at Essen, with 44,- 087 workmen; the Hamburg-American Ime, at Hamburg, with 14,643; the North German Lloyd, at Bremen, with 11,200 hands; the Vulcan shipyards, at Stettin, with 7,208 workmen. , es Wedding Ring Information. | The engagement and the wedding | ings are worn on the same finger, the paar. <e Sett hand. At the moment of putting on the wedding ring, the engagement ring is first removed, then slipped on after the wedding ring and worn as a guard to the latter. Walforms for Dewes's Retinuc. Admiral Dewey will follow the ex- ample of Secretary Hay and next win- ter have all bis servarits in brilliant livery. The uniform will be of a shade known as Vanderbilt wine and will be ornamented with silver buttons stamp- ed with the Dewey crest. Pennsyivanm Wants Whipping-Post. The Philadelphia grand jury, in its presentiment recently, recommendea the restoration of the whipping. post for wife beaters and likewise the sub- stitution of the lash in place of the reformatary for youthful offenders, —— 5 “Tar heels” was a name applied dur- img the civil war to the scidiers from ‘North Carolina because they came ‘from the pineries. It was said that having tar on their heels when called into action they would hold their ground, ap-the tar would make them | Rumpence, es Taner Ave. eae Lawrence M. Ennis, Advocate and Counselor at Law, - Suite 726 Opera House Biock. S W. Corner Clark and Washington Sts. TELerunwe Ma 1782. ‘Tei. HARRISON SI. Thomas F. Scully, Attorney at Law, 79 Clark Street, - - - CHICAGO. | Room 14 JOHN E. OWENS Attorney at Law, Surrz 621 ASHLAND BLock, Ge G6. Clark Street, - - CHICAGO ‘Te_ernowe Exrzess 472. JOSEPH A. McINERNEY = LAWYER Svrre 706—708 Curcaco Orgra House OHICAGO. ALBERT B. GEORGE LAW YER. 423 Ashland Block, Chicago. —Tel. M. 2625.— DR. H. C. FAULKNER, Physician and Surgeon, OFFICE : 6258 HALSTED STREET, CHICAGO. Office Hours : "Phone 818 Went. 10 to IZ a. m.,2to4p. m., 6 to 8:30 p. m. ‘Tatzrzons 813 Yanps. DR. JOSEPH JEFFREY, Physician and Surgeon, 4258 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO Hours: 8-10 a. m., 24, 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. LAURA DAILEY. FURNISHED ROOMS PORSTRANGERS & TRAVELERS THEATRICAL HEADQUARTERS. Cheap rates and good accommodations. 506 State St, 24 floor, Chicage, Ill Roem 38. : HORSES. We pay the highest prices for horses for killing purposes. Will call. Telephone South 1005. McDONALD, 3234 Wentworth ave. ee P. J. FLYNN Wholesale and Retail Dealer in HARD and SOFT COAL WOOD AND KINDLING YARDS, Cor. 47th and Wabash RR. G7th and Eastern Ill R.R. Branch Office, 5301 Wentworth au ————————————— LONGAVITA The Tablet of Life. (Pilula At Lomgan Vitam.) The Scientific Discovery of the Age! The Magic Key to the Mystery of Life! From times immemorial it has been man’s predominating ambition to pro- long Life. But among the many bril- Nant minds, who have devoted their lives to the fascinating subject. It was left for the immortal Darwin to give to the world, in his great theory of Life, the fundamental principle upon which to build all further re- search in this direction. Following closely in his footsteps came Prof. Dr. Ladwig Buechner, a German scientist of international renown, with his re- markable work entitled “Das Buch des Langen Lebens” (the book on Long- evity). But alas, like Darwin he too died, ere he could reap the fruit of his wonderful doctrine. Others however, equally great took up the interrupted thread with the result that two fam- ous German scientists, after years of experiments and research, have at last discovered the, secret of Longevity, in the shape of a remarkable Vegetable Compound, which, if properly used, will positively prolong Life. This new remedy, appropriately named “Longavita” (meaning Long Life) has been subject to the most rigid tests at all the leading clinics and hospitals throughout Europe with marvelous results. 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