The Broad Ax

MORE ABOUT MONEY. The ignorance about money is perfectly as astounding. Nearly all of us believe it is something supremely valuable and must be so for as its representatives are concerned. Even the very men who are so well posted as to admit that "money is only the instrument for facilitery exchanges" will decline that it must be of some precious metal or other commodity. They might just as well say that a plan or deed or vehicle must be made of precious metals. The cheaper these articles are, so they do the work required of them the better, and just so with money. "But your money must be redeemable in gold or silver," they will say. "Why?" we ask. Let us run them into a corner. Then their reply must be, "because the law makes these metals the sole legal tender." There you have it. The law does it all, and that is the greenback argument. But the whole thing is false and based on a false assumption, rather ignorance of what real money is. They will think of it as of some commodity. Money is valuable and a mighty power. Nothing much more so. The mightiest forces are invisable to mortal eye, gases, electricity, human opinion. Money is of such kind no man ever saw money, or a title to land. He has seen their representatives only. The real money is that conventional credit which mankind have put at various ages on brass, bronze, silver, gold or paper, as Burke calls it, and have put it into circulation. And on what is it based? Almost entirely on the power of the state to raise revenues. If a man had power to exact off his fellows several hundred million dollars of revenue yearly, no one would even dream of refusing his bills or of asking about their redemption. See it? The credit that power gives is money and there can be no other true money in the very nature of things. Even when we accept gold, silver or paper we do so because of the credit we put in them. But mankind have of late years submitted to usures and let them manage their money. Rulers have run into debt and just bowed to the creditors who have thus come to monopolize money and substitute their own petty credit for that of the public and live by drawing interest. They introduce a fiction about gold being payment, yet who does not see that the acceptances of a powerful government or people for their own revenues are payment absolute. Take our own government for example, its revenues are over seven hundred millions per year. It could keep afloat double that sum because half would be constantly returning to the treasury. There would be acceptances, not debts of gold, but evidences of the debt for revenues of all the people. Such a basis is far safer than any mere metal pile. Why is it not used? Simply because a mighty money power of London, the Jen Barens, Rothschilds, owning all the gold stocks of the globe, say, no! Our little plie of gold shall be the only legal tender for you green Democrats of the U. S. You are to raise cotton and wheat for us and we will set the prices. Rome ever ruled and abused the world—a poor cowering, crying world—now this sudden power rules, the same poor cowering world. HOLT. Frank O. Lowden, who is one of the big leaders of the Republican party, says "he rather admires white men who profess to be Democrats; but it is said that he abhors all Negroes who dare to assert their man hood and independence by standing up and voicing their sentiments in favor of Democracy the same as white men. Mr. Lowden may be a good lawyer and a strong Republican but he knows no more about logic than a black cat does about conducting a prayer meeting. REVS. A. J. CAREY, J. F. THOMAS AND R. C. RANSOM. Five or six weeks ago The Broad Ax contained an article entitled "Cheap Negro Preachers and Pulpit Ranters," and Rev. Thomas and Carey became so stirred and shook up at the time it made its appearance that they threatened to have us arrested for slandering them but we only stated that which was absolutely true in reference to transferring their churches into political halls and they know it. We will not say that Rev. Thomas was as eager and as willing to show his Christian spirit by having us arrested as was Rev. Carey for we have been informed by one of the Trustees of Quinn chaple that the board of trustees met and deliberated upon the advisability of having us yanked up before some justice who would send us to jail for adhering to the truth. But after the board of trustees had wrangled over the matter for some time they finally decided to let it drop for they thought the more the persisted in stirring it up the more unleasant to the nostrils the odor would be, and as a result of their decision we escaped from enjoying the novelty of being arrested for sliding down Rev. Carey's celler door. She is a master of instrumental and vocal music and she is also one of the Several persons who spoke to us respecting the article thought that if the political meetings had been held in Quinn, Olivet, and Bethel churches in the interest of the Democratic party instead of the Republican party that not one word in condemnation of such meetings would have appeared in the columns of The Broad Ax, in this they are mistaken for we do not favor using the houses of worship for political purposes whatever, whether such meetings are conducted for the benefit of h Democratic or the Republican party or it is wrong in theory and principle and the oftener the churches are transformed into political halls the less expect the vast majority of the people entertain for the churches and their astors. This has been clearly proven more than once and it was very forceably impressed upon our mind last spring at the time we beheld Perry A. Hull, the Republican boss and bishop setting up in the pulpit of Bethel church with his big feet cocked up on top of the pulpit while he was engaged in smoking a cigar and spitting tobacco nice all over the carpet; but Rev. Tansom and the others belonging to the church were affraid to say anything to Bishop or Elder Hull for he had bought Bethel church to use for political purposes and he was bound to get the worth of his money by exectorating on the red carpet. Then when we think how these three reverend gentlemen conduct themselves while the political pot boils shows that politics tend to demoralize all preachers. Take Rev. Ransom for instance, several weeks before the close of the campaign he called on Robert L. Burke, esq., and wanted to obtain twenty-five dollars for the purpose of holding a Democratic meeting in his church but he did not get the money, then on the Sunday night before the election this same reverend gentleman from his pulpit advised all the colored voters to vote the Republican ticket. Now we would like to ask Rev. Ransom if he really believes that all Democrats are opposed to the best interests of the Negro why did you want to flim-flam Mr. Burke out of seventy-five dollars under the guise of holding or casting to hold a Democratic meeting in Institutional church? Will you please answer this question Rev. Ransom? James Todd, according to the returns so far completed ran over twenty-seven thousand votes ahead of Alderman Julius Goldzier here in Cook county, and some say that if Mr. Todd had been nominated for State's Attorney that he would have been elected for it is an assured fact that the great majority of police and firemen voted against Alderman Goldzier as each policeman and fireman controlled from two or three votes if it is no trouble to account for the success of State's attorney Deenen. Washington City has two colored members of the School Board. Mrs. Bettle G. Francis and Mr. J. F. Bundy. HEW TO THE LINE. THE AWAKENING OF ART. The following paper was read by Mrs. A Emogene Taylor before the Art Section of the Phyllis Wheatley club Wednesday, Nov. 14 The pathway of the Negro in the awakening of art has been retarded in many instances in the past owing to some of the disadvantages which have surrounded him, but under the new dispensation and the onward march of the human race and civilization it now largely lies within his own power to toss aside and overcome many of the obstacles which hitherto curtailed his activities in the realm of art. The Phyllis Wheatley club has become empregnated with this new and progressive spirit that it has added an art section as one of its new features with the hope that it may be the means of awakening an interest in art among its members. Winklemann says in his introduction to art that "Art is the daughter of pleasure," Here is where the moral mission of art is to be sought in the elevating influence of pure delight filling life with joy and beauty, and by these making the world happier and better. We should love painting, sculpture, and music for their beauty, just as we love the rose for its color and perfume. It is the distinct mission of painting, poetry and music, to soothe the soul weary with the cares of life, to make a city of refuge in the realms of fancy, to give moments of delight in a world of beauty and joy where no moral judgements are demanded of us, and where poise and serenity of mind may be gained, to enable us again to enter the arena of the actual world from whose struggle no mortal is long released. Bitter cares, heavy burdens, crushing sorrows, humiliation and suffering fall to the lot of mortals. Every joyful moment, every noble delight, is a lasting possession of the soul. A beautiful young girl, in her freshness and purity, whom we chance to meet. The sapphire-hued Mediterranean with its back ground of purple mountains melting into olive-hued hills with a fore-ground of orange and lemon groves interspread with stately palms, and over all the luminous sky of Italy once seen remains a lasting possession of beauty, every sunset, every sunrise, the beauty of mountain and valley, sea and shore. every beautiful picture, every fine statue that we have ever seen, remains as a prize treasure in the memory, and happy is the man or woman the warp and woof of whose life holds many such memories. The subject, "The Awakening of Art," covers a very wide and extensive range and field of thought and I shall not attempt at this time to cover it in its entirety. Very briefly I will refere to art in its earlier stages and to some of its famous masters and their productions. Roughly speaking, there have been three periods of great art. Although the Egyptians for many centuries anti-dating these three periods made great progress in art, and the secret of portraying objects upon canvas, marble, brass and other smooth surfaces, first originated among those peculiarly interesting and ancient people. The first period in art was in the age of Pericles, the great orator and statesman of Athens, who lived in 429 before Christ, and his love for the true and the beautiful burned within him so intensely that he enlisted and utilized the services of Parhassius, Praxiteles and many other noted sculptures and artists of that time who beautified the City of Athens, her tmeples, her public buildings, her streets with paintings and statury of all of her leading orators, statesmen, law givers and philosophers and Athens became noted and famous as the leading art center of the world. Approaching the second period of the awakening of art in the middle of the sixteenth century. Florence, Italy, became the great center of art. It was there that Michelangelo conceived the idea and the inspiration to portray upon canvas his "Moses" and other soul inspiring paintings which have attracted the attention and the admiration of all civilized people in every part of the globe. Raphel and many other noted artists of that age were comrades and contemporaries of Michelangelo and art was carried to its very highest perfection by those talanted Beginning with the seventeenth century the third awakening of art was ushered in at Venice and that far away beautiful Italian city became the home of the most eminent artists of Europe, and it still so remains to this day. In all probability art in its various degrees has left a greater impression upon the minds of the Italians to a far greater extent than upon any other people or race in existence, to illustrate the homes of the humble Italian peasants abound in beauty and art, even their dwelling abodes which are located in the inner recesses of the mountains are all decorated with art which imparts to them the same refining influence which prevades the palaces of her Kings and her nobility. Broadly speaking, art has been stamped upon the world largely and I might say, almost entirely by the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Italians, the French and the Germans. These five branches of the human family stand out more prominently in the world of art than all the other branches combined. Directly referring to the Negro it is sincerely to be deplored and regretted that few artists of any note or reputation exist within the race and a race without artists must in the light of the present civilization be regarded as a race of paupers and devoid of those finer instincts and sensibilities which are only appreciated by those who are advanced to that degree of civilization which enables them to adore and embrace art. It is true that the race can refere or can claim as its own Henry O. Tanner who now resides in Paris and disposes of his fine paintings to the nobility of France. Miss Edmonia Lewis, who has a studio in Rome, and many others of more or less prominence have in some measure succeeded in achieving distinction in this new undeveloped and alluring field. It is equally true that their efforts have not received the encouragement which they should receive by the wealthy or those in medium circumstances belonging to the race no vallid or reasonable excuse can be advanced, why the Negro should not become a successful artists. He is naturally musical and music and art go hand in hand. He is emotional and the awakening of art within his soul should come to him like an inspiration for it is only the emotional and the sentimental who are capable of partaking of that undying and unperishable part of the exquisit and beautiful landscape, and all the glory and beauty of nature. Art and literature know no color line. Therefore I would urge the women of the race to visit the great Chicago Art Institute and view and study that mammoth collection of sculpture and paintings by some of the worlds greatest artists for it will be the means of awakening a greater interest among us in art. Mrs. Nana Slater, and about ten or fifteen other members of the Phyllis Wheately club met recently at the rooms of the club and these weak-minded and silly women denounced and condemned The Broad Ax, notwithstanding the fact that The Broad Ax for over one year has devoted more space in its columns in setting forth the doings of the Phyllis Wheatley club than all the other papers in Chicago put together. But Mrs. Slater and those other women who joined in with her in condemning The Broad Ax, for no other reason than because it is Democratic in politics and never hesitates in telling the truth are to be pitied for being so narrow minded, but what more can you expect of such women who spend most of their valuable time in back-bitting, tearing each other to pieces and talking about their new twenty-dollar dresses and twelve and fifteen dollar hats. The Women's Federation of the state of New York convened at Alban the first of the week and it did not draw the color line like the women who met in Milwaukee last summer. Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey who is a music teacher was the only colored woman present and she was warmly greeted by her white sisters. Mrs. Jeffrey whom we have the honor of numbering among our lady friends resides in Rochester, N. Y., and she is the prime mover in everything which is intended to advance the Afro-American race. Joseph E. Flanagan has to the delight of his friends pulled through and won one of the commissionerships of Cook county, which means that he will not permit Republicans to rob the tax payers. Mrs. Eliza Harris, 4764 Armour avenue, is one of the most broad-minded and progressive women in Chicago. She is master of instrumental and vocal music and she is also one of the hardest workers of the Phyllis Wheatly Club. It is mentioned by many of the big politicians that E-Mayor John P. Hopkins will become chairman of the Democratic State committee after next January. We only hope this is true for we would like to see a live man at the head of the State committee. John S. Butler, attorney at law, Stock Exchange building is of the opinion that something should be done in the way of reorginization the Democratic party but Mr. Butler thinks the work or the movement should begin in the east and work its way west. John C. Keelan, esq., after spending ten or fifteen days in cultivating the acquaintance of his dutiful little wife and his two lovely children returned to his post in the government pprinting office, Washington, D. C., Tuesday night. Lawyer Dan Morgan Smith, Jr., Portland Block, delivered over one hundred speeches from the opening to the closing of the late campaign. Mr. Smith as an orator stands up side the best of them and several times he spoke on the same platform with Col. Wm. J. Bryan. The State convention of the Colored Women's Federation convenes at the Institutional church next Wednesday. and Thursday the two days' sessions will be devoted to transcating business and in the evenings receptions will be held in honor of the visiting delegates. Thursday night the members and friends of the Institutional church tendered a reception to the Hon. John G. and Mrs. Jones in honor of his election to the Illinois Legislature, it was a very brilliant affair and those who attended it will long remember the occasion. O'Toole and Conkey, embalemrs and undertakers, 4131 State street, have desolved partnership, and from hencefourth Mr. O'Toole who has succeeded to all the business will go it alone. Mr. O'Toole will run a first-class livery in connection with his undertaking establishment. Miss S. Francis Lewis who made an extensive visit to this city the past summer, and who is one of the brightest Afro-American school teachers of Cincinnati, Ohio, has forwarded two dollars as her subscription to The Broad Ax. Miss Lewis does not claim to be a politician but she knows that newspapers cannot run on wind. Graeme Stewart, member of the Republican National Committee, and who is engaged in the wholesale grocery business will in all prabability be the Republican nominee for mayor of Chicago. Mr. Stewart is very popular and he is the best and the strongest candidate the Republicans could pit against Mayor Harrison. Attorney M. W. Johnson of Paris, Texas, who delivered many speeches here in Chicago during the past campaign left for his Southern home Thursday night. Mr. Johnson is an able and convincing orator and he performed good services for the Democratic party and he carries with him to his home the best wishes of many of the first-class citizens of Chicago. The Negro howls like a stuck pig when the white man passes judgment against him upon exparte evidence. Yet some of us are the first to cry a man down when he ventures to show the other side of a political or religious argument. To be great we must be fair and tolerant. Seek the truth, and the truth will take care of itself. Ex. The Democratic central committee of Cook county meets shortly after the first of December for the election of new officers and those who assist in helping to pull the strings say that the old officers will be re-chosen except Chairman Gahan, who will be succeeded by Acting Chairman John J. Hayes. John P. Hopkins and Alder- man John J. Powers have also been mentioned in connection with the chairmanship. The Phyllis Wheatley club met at their rooms, 5058 Dearborn street, after a lively business meeting and the reading of the Chronicle and a recitation "As Malinda Sings," by Miss Clara Green, the Art Section followed with a program consisting of the reading of a paper on "The Awakening of Art," by A. Emogene Taylor. The club will meet Wednesday, Nov. 28th, the home section will have charge of the program, subject "Water," by Dr. Joseph Jeffrey. No book has yet been written that will fully describe the many aches and pains mankind is heir to. And if we do not look after these ailments, what is the result, a short and miserable existence. In order to overcome serious ailments, it is necessary to have the system in thorough order. "Longavita" is specially prepared for just this purpose. It is a boon to those who are emaciated and run down. It will put snap and vim into you, give you a clear and bright expression, an elastic step, etc., thus placing you on the top rung of Health, Strength, and Happiness, all of which will prolong your life. If you wish to live to a ripe old age, read "Longavita" ad. in another column Work is the balm for many a heartache. Tears are one of woman's best weapons of defense. A man is like the moon when he has reached his last quarter. It is a clever woman who, if she has nothing to say, keepe quiet. Most every young mother thinks her baby just a little bit smarter than any other woman's. This is the time of the year when men would like to pass a law against house-cleaning. It is all right to interest yourself in other people's affairs, but not to the extent of being meddlesome. Many a woman dresses shabbily in the morning because no one but her husband is around to see her. If you would believe a Spanish proverb, a woman like a pavement should be well trampled on to be kept in order. The fashionable Parisian woman is now wearing a ring on the first finger, the marquise shape being in great request. According to a man the proper place for a woman's waist is just where he can most conveniently put his arm around it. The couple who quarrel constantly before marriage will continue afterward, and it will be a great deal less interesting. The woman who seeks to amuse us by speaking slightlyly of others is quite likely to use us for a theme on another occasion. "But the world never forgives," observes one of the characters in a popular novel, "it is only God and our mothers that can do that." "Some old maids," says a witty modern writer, "remind one of rose leaves and lavender; others of bread and butter that has been cut too long." Somehow or other we always have a little more respect for the good judgment of the person who says, "I think so, too; I agree with you perfectly," than for the one who is always combating your opinions.—Philadelphia Times. IDEAS FOR DAILY USE A kiss can do more than a frown. It is a wise woman who can accept correction gracefully. It is a well-bred man that is as courteous to his wife as to strangers. Why is it we can never see our own duty quite so plainly as that of others? Many people who are always getting their feelings hurt mean that their self-esteem has been injured. A man rarely asks a woman to forgive him; his repentance usually expresses itself in deeds, not words. A fool and his money are soon parted, but many a man would like to be a fool, always, if he had the money to part with. On the occasion of every accident that befalls you remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use.—Epietetus. Workers in the total abstinence cause sometimes forget that intemperance in speech, as a note divine once said, creates an awful havoc in the heart. THE BROAD AX PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Catholics, Protestants, Knights of Labor, Indians, Mormons, Republicans, Priests, or any other can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad AX is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communication will have attention; the only on the ride of the paper. SUBSCRIPTIONS (advances): One Year.....$2.00 Six Months.....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application, address all communications to THE BROAD AX, 6040 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO. Lots of people who are inclined to so good keep putting it off until tomorrow. It is claimed in Denver that $1,000,100 were wagered in that city on the result of the Presidential election. A minister shakes your hand and a lawyer pulls your leg, but a politician will shake your hand one minute and pull your leg the next. Paper money is at a premium at Nome. Miners find it more convenient than gold and pay as much as 2 per cent in excess of its face value for it. Sunday laws are strictly enforced in Honolulu. Not only are all saloons and bars kept tightly closed and stores forbidden to sell, but anyone who attempts to play ball or indulge in any other sport on Sunday is carried before a magistrate to pay a fine or go to jail. Sweden is suffering from the effects of a boom in manufacturing which has drawn thousands of the country people to the larger towns and caused house rents to advance 20 to 30 per cent. Many of the manufacturers have invested beyond their capital and are in distress. Money is very scarce and a crisis is threatened. Train robberies have become so frequent in the west that one railroad, the Oregon railroad and Navigation company, regards an investment in bloodhounds advisable. A litter of the puppies has been distributed among the agents along the line, with instructions to rear them for the sole purpose of man catching. Microbe light is the latest Paris invention. A French chemist, Raphael Dubois, has found a way of nourishing phosphorescent animalcules in glass vessels, which soon emit a light about as bright as the moon. He expects to increase its intensity and believes that its being entirely free from heat will give it a scientific value. New Zealand seems to be prosperous. The revenue for the year shows a record surplus equal to more than $3,000,-000 over expenditure. The public debt of the colony stands at £47,000,000 ($228,715,000) and the financial statement proposes that parliament should authorize another £1,000,000 ($4,866,-000) loan to be expended chiefly in the extension of railways. The loan will no doubt be authorized. Two of the old cannon which the English took from the French in 1745 and threw into the harbor of Louisbourg have been brought to Toronto. They are among a number recently fished out of Louisbourg harbor and have been purchased by the government. The cannon have been lying at the bottom of the sea for 150 years. Each cannon is about nine feet long and weighs over 3,000 pounds. A firm in Lyons, France, takes advantage of the shortening of cotton fibers under nonmercerized treatment by caustic potash to produce in silk webs certain peculiar and very rich embossed effects. The silken webs have cotton threads at fixed distances, which, when the chemical solution is applied, shrink, while the silk, keeping its original length, is gathered in tiny folds. In this way the most diversified patterns are produced. When the Roosevelt train pulled out of Greeley, Col., a woman climbed on the back platform in order to give a home-made cake to the governor. The train gained such momentum that when the time came for her to get off she was obliged to make a flying trapeze leap for terra firma. She rolled over a few times in the sand, got up an, smiled at Roosevelt as he stood worried for her safety on the back platform. Then she waved her handkerchief in evident delight, and became the envy of a hundred women who had watched her acrobatic effort. Bankruptcy proceedings are often prolific in enmities. They are not, as a rule, particularly conducive to friendship between creditor and debtor, even if the relations between the persons interested have been amicable. Some bankruptces are fraudulent, no doubt; vet in many cases genuine misfortune is the cause, and the insolvency involves no dishonor. The Philadelphia Record describes a scene at the filing of a petition in bankruptcy. One of the creditors was the debtor when the papers were filed. Both were Quakers. "There goes thy money, brother," said the debtor. "Yes," responded the creditor, "but I know that thee would pay me if thee could." Then the two men shook hands. It is a pleasant picture to hang beside many sketches which remain. ```markdown ``` The attention of the United States government has just been called to a barbarous custom that it still being practiced among the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indians in Oklahoma Territory. The Indians of these tribes, while living under the management of an Indian agent, are comparatively civilized and do not go on the warpath, but work for their living as farmers. But they have no love in their hearts for one of their own people after that person has passed his or her age of usefulness. An aged squaw, after she reaches the age of eighty years, is sent into the fields and left there to die, unless some sympathetic white person comes along and sends the poor old woman to the Indian agency, where she may be taken care of at the expense of the government. Travelers in the reservation may hear the distressing cries of some deserted woman at most any time they care to listen. The women are given a few days' rations, clothed in their best garments and taken into the fields amid the horses and cattle. There they are left alone. Not being strong enough to get away, they have to remain there and die. The plains of this Indian reservation are strewn with the bones of those who have been left to die because they were getting too old to work any more. TENACIOUS OF LIFE Cod and Lousters Live a Long Time After Being Taken from Waters Two instances showing how tenacious of life lobsters and cod are related in a bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. In the fall of 1899 about twenty lobsters were left in a car in the "basin" at a fish commission wharf. Near the end of March, 1900, when the car was opened, all seemed to be in a perfectly healthy condition. On the conclusion of the fishing for brood cod in the fall of 1899 fourteen cod weighing from four to six pounds, taken with hand lines off Nomans Land or Nantucket, were inadvertently left in the well of the Grampus and not discovered until April, 1900. These fish were placed in the well not later than November 18, possibly some days before. During this time they had not been fed and had only such food as came through the holes in the well. When released in Gloucester harbor on April 16 they were found to be lively and strong, although somewhat emaciated, and it was noticed that their backs and sides were much darker than normal, while the belly was unusually light colored. ON THE VERGE OF POVERTY. Mrs. Horace A. W. Tabor, who was married to the late United States senator Tabor in Washington during President Arthur's administration, the wedding being one of the leading social events of the time, is now living in Denver, only one remove from destination. The only property she has, the Matchless mine, has just been sold at auction for an unpaid mortgage of $13,000, and she is given six months in which to raise the sum necessary to save the property. Her prospects of success are poor. If she fails, there will be nothing left of the vast fortune MRS. H. A. W. TABOR with which her husband once dazzled the world. This widow of the "Silver King" was his second wife. He was divorced from his first wife at the time he went to the senate in 1882 and the same year married Lizzie McCourt of Oshkosh, Wis. She was given away by President Arthur and so sumptuous a wedding had not been seen at the capital for many a day. When Miss McCourt became Mrs. Tabor she was the divorced wife of Harvey Doe, son of a wealthy lumberman. That marriage had been unhappy, and while it may not have been her fault it is a curious coincidence that right after her marriage to Tabor the Colorado millionaire began to experience disaster. His speculations turned out badly, growing worse year after year until at last he was penniless and an object of public pity. All that he left when he died about a year ago was the little property which the widow is now trying to save. An enormous and increasing amount of burlap is used in this country, 500,000,000 yards a year, it is said. Burlap is used for making bags, it figures in coat linings, among other things, and is even entering, in a dressed-up state, into wall coverings. But it is chiefly used for packing and wrapping, and with our increasing export trade great quantities of it are demanded. The man who would be a leader must never keep the procession waiting M. THOMAS F. WALSH Thomas F. Walsh, the Colorado mine owner, has the distinction, if report says true, of being the business partner of no less a personage than King Leopold of Belgium. Mr. Walsh, it is said, has signed contracts with the king whereby the latter places several million dollars in the hands of the American for investment. Mr. Walsh, although immensely wealthy, is a hard worker and an energetic man of business. He was born in Tipperary, Ireland, in 1851 and came to America at eighteen. Mass., orado, whing and o has accrued the imagination His income year. The judiciousment of amusement during the of Europe. SHORT HONEYMOONS. A Week or Ten Days Is the Correct Thing. Now that among fashionable—as well as busy people—the regulation length for the honeymoon is being made shorter and shorter, till a week or ten days has come to be considered the correct thing, one begins to wonder if it will soon be done away with altogether, and whether we shall revert to the custom of our great-grandmothers' days, who drove from the wedding breakfast to their new home. Still and for all that, as they say in the Green Isle, I fancy there will always be many who will uphold the pretty—if modern fashion, which dedicates a whole month—if not to the actual "drinking of honey mead," at least to becoming properly acquainted with one another without any outside distracting, and under the benign patronage of the god Hymen. There is always something exceedingly novel in the way of engagement rings. Three rings fit one over the other so as to look like one joined by clasped hands in the middle or by a diamond stud. On drawing this aside the ring opens and you see two enameled hearts, with the joint initials, the date of the engagement and a motto. These are both pretty and exclusive. BRITON'S FOOD SUPPLY. A careful study of the question of the food supply of the United Kingdom, leading to results somewhat at variance with ideas entertained on the subject in some quarters, is contributed to the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society by Mr. R. F. Crawford. The writer begins by estimating the amounts received at home and imported from abroad of the four fundamental articles of food—wheat, meat, potatoes and milk—for all these must, he holds, be considered in the study of the problem. The results obtained show that the home contribution is, in the case of wheat, less than 25 per cent of the whole consumption; of meat, as regards which the state of things is much more satisfactory, about 62 per cent; of milk (including butter and cheese), about 55 per cent; and of potatoes, practically the whole. But even these figures are too favorable, for the live stock raised in this country has largely to depend on food- --- Device For Umbrellas. Many a person chooses an umbrella or cane with a crook in the handle simply because it is more convenient to hang up on a rack or hook into the pocket of the coat when it is desired to use both hands for some other purpose. If the handle of the cane or umbrella were provided with the device shown in the illustration the crook would not be needed and it would be possible for the buyers to choose a style of handle more desirable than the crook. The arrangement of the device is such that the hook is concealed when not in use forming a smooth joint with the surface of the stick. A slight downward pressure on the button projecting through the opening, below releases the catch and the hook is forced outward by the action of the internal spring. To replace the hook in its pocket again it is only necessary to press it in with the hand, the catch automatically F. WALSH. eighteen. He first settled at Worcester, Mass., but soon afterward went to Colorado, where by good fortune in mining and close attention to business he has accumulated riches enough to fill the imagination of the most avaricious. His income is upward of $1,200,000 a year. This he spends freely, reinvests judiciously, and uses for the entertainment of his friends and for his own amusement. His lavish dinners at Paris during the exposition were the talk of Europe. stuffs grown abroad. In view of the difficulty of obtaining the value of these in their converted form, Mr. Crawford attempts to calculate the acreage that would be necessary to produce an equal amount of foodstuffs at a home, finally adding this to the area required to produce an equivalent of the imported supplies in wheat, meat and milk. The total number of acres so obtained is 22,999,000, this being considered a distinctly moderate estimate. Therefore, as the area now under crops and grass is 47,800,000 acres, it is clear that we could not, as has been thought possible by some, add to our productive surface anything approaching the area represented by the imports of wheat, meat and milk. On the other hand, the law of diminishing returns precludes the possibility of any large increase of productivity through radical changes in methods of farming, etc. At the end of his paper Mr. Crawford compares the state of agriculture in the United Kingdom with that prevailing in Belgium, Germany and France, showing that there is no foundation for the idea that the first named is able to nearly feed her people from her own soil, and that, judged from the standpoint of productivity, the system of farming in this country is, if anything, superior to that of Belgium and far ahead of those of France and Germany. Miss Braddon a Prolific Writer. Miss Braddon has published over sixty novels since 1862. Previous to trying literature, however, Miss Braddon appeared on the stage. There is some doubt in the matter, but "An Old Player" writes that the future novelist made her debut at the Brighton Theater Royal in 1857, and that during the five following months she impersonated as many as fifty-eight distinct characters. Her stage name was Mary Leyton, and, though now known as Miss M. E. Braddon, she is really Mrs. Maxwell and a widow. There are 365,000 men employed in mining coal in the United States. Of these 135,000 are in the anthracite mines of Pennsylvania. No women have ever been employed in American mines, though they were so employed in France, England and Scotland until quite recently. Umbrellas. CONCEALED HOOK FOR HANDLES. locking it in place again. The British government has granted a patent on the invention. ```markdown ``` Thomas F. Walsh of Colorado Leopold's Agent.9999 Mining and Minery ST. VITUS' DANCE Three great and complete cures effected by Dr. Greene's Nervura Blood and Nerve Remedy. LULU FERRE CORA LEARMOUTH GRACIE BAILEY Mrs. J. A. Ferre, who resides near 905 Main Street, Hartford, Conn., says: "My daughter Lulu became very ill with St. Vitus dance over a year ago. She became so bad that she lost the use of her right arm and side, and we thought at one time she would lose her speech. Her tongue was almost paralyzed. She was so bad she could not feed herself, and at night she would get so nervous I had to sit and hold her. I tried several doctors but they did not do her any good. I did not find anything that would help her until I tried for Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. She is now, by the use of this medicine, entirely curled." C. H. Bailey, Esq., of Waterbury, Vt., writes: "I am more than glad to write about my little daughter. Until a short time ago she had always been a very delicate child and subject to sick spells lasting weeks at a time. She was very nervous, and our family doctor said we would never raise her, she was so delicate and feeble. We tried many remedies without the least good. We felt much anxiety about her, especially as no doctors could benefit her, and had great fear for her future. Learning of the wonders being done by Dr Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, I d-terminated to give it to her. She soon commenced to improve under its use, and rapidly gained in every respect. She eats and sleeps well and her nerves are strong. The medicine has done wonders for her and it is the best we ever knew. I recommend Dr Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, to everybody." Mrs. J. Learmonth, of 776 Broadway, South Boston, Mass., says: "At ten years of age my daughter became affected with a nervous condition which soon developed into St. Vitus' dance. It was pronounced by the attending physician to be a very severe attack. The mouth would be drawn spasmodically far to one side, the hands and arms were restless and constantly twitching. Her limbs also were weak; her ankles bent under her so that it was almost impossible to walk. She was so nervous that she would scream almost like a mania and then have fits of crying. After two months' treatment without a cure I concluded to try Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. Three bottles entirely cured her. she is now thirteen years old, and has been well ever since, and to-day is a picture of health." GRAIN-O THE PURE GRAIN COFFEE Grain-O is not a stimulant, like coffee. It is a tonic and its effects are permanent. A successful substitute for coffee, because it has the coffee flavor that everybody likes. Lots of coffee substitutes in the market, but only one food drink—Grain-O. All grocers; 15c. and 80c. "VAN'S" BUCKWHEAT Finest Flavor. Buckwheat All Through Get a Package From Your Grocer. In Old Colonial Days. In the old colonial days Boston had an "intelligence office," which was also a slave market, as appears from a notice published in February, 1770: "The intelligence office opposite the Golden Ball, lately kept by Benjamin Leigh, is now kept by Grant Webster. There is to be sold at said office West India and New England rum, wines of several sorts, male and female negroes, several second hand chairs," etc. FITS Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restore. Send for FREE $2.60 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. R. H. Kline, Ltd., 831 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Nebraska has never raised so large a crop of lambs as this year. Texas has its largest crop for eight years. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. Thos. Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. No man should complain if measured with his own yardstick. ALL UP-TO-DATE PEOPLE. Use Batt's Caps for Colds. Act quickly, cure promptly. 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When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucus surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, To. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Prosperous Los Angeles. Census statistics prove that Los Angeles, Cal., is one of the most prosperous and popular cities in the United States. In 1880 it had a population of 11,183; by 1890 this had grown to 50,395; now the inhabitants number 102,479. This growth is due largely to the healthy climate of Southern California, which attracts many rich and ill people from the east annually. 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CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. FOR HEADACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION Handy Bag-Filling Device. PRESENTED TO A CHINAMAN AS A TOKEN OF ESTEEM. Charley Tong Sing the Hero of the Illfated Jeanette Expedition Is Proud of the Recognition of His Valiant Services by a Great Nation. Tenacity, perseverance, industry, Americans are quite willing to concede to the Chinese character, but courage, self-sacrifice and tenderness there are some to deny. Nevertheless, there is in San Francisco a Chinese who proudly wears medals awarded him for bravery by the United States navy and by congress itself. Could a Caucasian win more? Charley Tong Sing, a Chinese guide and interpreter, was steward of the ill-starred Jeanette expedition and is one of the two or three survivors. He is a stalwart fellow of good bearing and expression, and no doubt owes it to his splendid physique that he is alive today to tell the tale of his hardships, while so many of his fellow voyagers succumbed to the hunger, thirst and exposure encountered. Tong Sing bears on his breast two medals as a testimonial of his fidelity and courage, and of these he is justly proud. One was presented to him by the [Illustration of a man in a suit and tie]. CHARLEY TONG SING United States navy department at Washington on his return to civilization in 1882, and is inscribed "Charley Tong Sing, Arctic Steamer Jeanette," on the front, with the words "Fidelity, Zeal, Obedience," around it, the reverse side showing a presentment of the old Constitution frigate and the words, "United States Navy." The medal, which is of silver and handsomely engraved, was presented to him by the congress of the United States under a special act. It bears on its face the words: "To Charley Tong Sing. In commemoration of perils encountered and as an expression of the high esteem in which congress holds his services (act approved Sept. 30, 1890)." Around this inscription appears "Jeanette Arctic Expedition, 1879-1882." The reverse side is filled with a design representing the ill-fated vessel crushed in the ice and on the point of being abandoned, with the crew waving her last farewell. The medal is dependent from a clasp stamped with the name "Jeanette," and surrounded by a silver eagle. Legal Marriage in Scotland. It is generally imagined that the law of Scotch marriages has been materially altered, but this is only true within limits. Gretna Green marriages were put an end to by the enactment that a certain period of residence in Scotland was necessary before people could be married by Scotch law, but the law remains that a declaration by the two parties before two witnesses that they are husband and wife constitutes a valid marriage, provided they have resided for the legal time. The situation in the "Little Minister" remains true and possible at the present day. If people will go about in Scotland declaring to other people that they are husband and wife, they have no one to blame but themselves when they find that they are husband and wife without in the least wishing to be. On the other hand, there is no necessity to believe the stories about people who pronounced these words in private or public theatricals and found themselves married. It is essential that the witnesses should believe that the people mean what they say, or at least If you have ever attempted to fill a bag with grain and hold the mouth of the sack open at the same time or even if some one was trying to aid you by holding the mouth of the sack you can appreciate the merits of the new bag-filling device illustrated herewith. There is nothing expensive about the filled and it does not require a frame to support it, being simply suspended from a nail driven in the wall. The device is shaped somewhat like a coal scuttle, with a flat side to rest against the wall. A series of hooks are arranged around the bottom on which the sack is suspended. The holder and sack are thus maintained in a fixed position and the operator need not exercise much care in placing the shovel over the hopper. The device can also be used in connection with a pair of scales to fill the bags to a certain weight and it only takes a moment to detach the full should not know that they are not in earnest. Mexican's Experience with a Herd of Antelope. A Mexican freighter whose route lies across the deserts of New Mexico and Arizona and who is known as Juan Riviera has many tales to tell of bloodcurdling adventures he has had during his trips across the sands. Although considered to be as truthful as the ordinary man by his acquaintances, some of his stories would indicate that he occasionally departs from the path of rectitude or else the road he travels must be a veritable paradise for hunters. One of his reminiscences is as follows: "While passing from Chihuhua to Tucson, some fifteen years ago, I encountered a great herd, probably a thousand, of antelope, and this accounts for the loss of my forefinger, which you see is lacking two joints. This herd was not far from a box canyon, having a very narrow entrance when I first saw it. By riding to and fro, I succeeded after an hour in getting them to enter the canyon, but as the entrance was narrow I could get them in only one at a time. After losing considerable time I got them all in. To keep them cooped up, I began to pile up stones at the opening, intending to leave the antelopes there and notify my friends of the catch. While at work the antelopes suddenly turned on me and began to rush out. There was not time enough to bar the opening, so I grabbed my knife and stabbed them as they came out. Antelope are much like sheep, and follow their leader, and came rushing through so rapidly that my arm was kept in motion like the crank shaft on a windmill. I wore out the knife, then the handle, and was so excited that I kept on jabbing with my forefinger until I had worn it down to one joint. It doesn't pay to get excited." Li's Desertion by His Secretary. Li's Desertion by His Secretary. The severest blow Li Hung Chang has received for many years is the desertion of J. W. Pethick, an American who had been his private secretary for twelve or fifteen years. Mr. Pethick was paid a large salary to act as advisor and instructor in modern languages and sciences, and had charge of all the viceroy's foreign affairs and much of his private business. Earl Li has money invested in all sorts of enterprises in Europe and Asia, and Mr. Pethick has looked after his financial business in foreign countries. He has also taught the Earl nearly everything he knows of foreign affairs, and has read aloud to Li Hung Chang more than 800 books in English, French and German, which he was able to translate into Chinese as he read them. Last spring for reasons not yet publicly explained. Mr. Pethick resigned his position with Li Hung Chang, and has since denounced him as untrustworthy and a traitor to the friends he pretends to serve.—Chicago Record. Horse Is Stage Struck A hansome usually stands at the corner of Broadway and 29th street, where passengers wait for the cross-town cars. They always have to wait and so have time to make friends with an intelligent hansom horse, who feigns to be asleep until he is patted on the nose, when he comes back to earth apparently with a stagy start. The fact is that the theatrical neighborhood in which the cab has its stand has affected the horse and has taught him to dissimilate. He has become such a pet with waiting passengers that they carry sugar and apples in their pockets with which to feed him. He never refuses anything. He calmly consumes a $4 bunch of violets, finishing to the last inch of ribbon, and would doubtless eat the pin that has held the bunch if it were offered to him. He also eats cigarettes, artificial flowers, candles, peanuts and theater programs.—New York Sun. Varied Climate in China Extending from north to south, Indo-China covers fourteen degrees, necessarily including a wide variety of climate. In the southern provinces the year is divided into two seasons, wet and dry. In Tonkin and Anam the four western seasons prevail, with the difference that the heat attains an intensity unknown in Europe, and the climate is so debilitating as to unfit Europeans for manual labor. First be sure your new fall clothes are all right, and then go ahead. GRAIN-SACK HOLDER AND FILLER sack and replace it with an empty one. A PEANUT PARTY. Peanut Jackstraws.—Group your guests by fours round small tables, and give to each group a heap of peanuts and a pair of candy tongs. They play in turn, taking as many from the pile as possible without disturbing the others. Time is called at the end of ten minutes. Test for Steadiness.—Each is to take from a dish as many nuts as possible on an ordinary table knife and carry to an empty dish at the opposite side of the room. This trip may be repeated if possible within the two minutes allowed. Grabbing.—Each is to take in turn as many nuts as can be grabbed in the hand, the nuts being then counted and marked down. Hunting.—Use one or two special rooms for this and secrete the nuts early in the day. Allow ten or fifteen minutes for the hunt. Word Making.—Provide paper and pencil for each and allow 15 minutes in which to make as many words as possible from the letters composing the words peanuts. With each of these diversions tally should be kept by the players and hostess of individual scores, and at the close of the supper prizes may be given to the winners of each contest. These should be inexpensive and as absurd as possible. Japanese stores usually have a variety of cheap goods which are both pretty and suitable. HELPED THE CHIEF. How a Loyal Engineer Did His Brother Great Service. Meadville, Pa., Nov. 12.—(Special)—The Loyalty of the Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers is proverbial. A circumstance occurred in this city some days ago, which emphasizes this feeling. Frank J. Zeller, is Chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers No. 143. He is extremely popular among his fellow railway men, and one of the best known Engineers running out of Meadville. When the announcement was made a short time ago that Frank was pretty sick, it caused a great deal of regret among the boys. Soon he was missed from his engine, having had to "lay off" on account of his back. A brother of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, who had been ill with similar symptoms, some time before, and who had been pulled through, called to see Mr. Zeller, and in a brotherly way, took with him a box of Dodd's Kidney Pills, the Remedy which had cured him. He advised Mr. Zeller to try them, with the result that after seven boxes had been used, he was entirely well, and able to work. In an interview Mr. Zeller states: "I had suffered for four years with this affliction, being often kept awake at night with pains, and at times unable to work. I tried several of the advertised remedies, and found that they did me no earthly good. Finally, a member of our Order, who had been cured of Kidney Disease by Dodd's Kidney Pills brought me a box, and asked me to try them. I had little faith in them, but as a drowning man grasps at a straw to help him, so I took the Pills. I used seven boxes, and am today as well and strong a man as there is in Pennsylvania." Naturally, Mr. Zeller feels very grateful, and his complete recovery has delighted his many friends, and none more than the good Brother, who feels that he was instrumental in saving the life of the Chief. Dodd's Kidney Pills never fail to cure Kidney Trouble. Sold for 50 cents a box. All dealers Exploring Luzon for Good Purpose. Col. McGinness, the chief of ordnance of the United States army in the Philippines, has been exploring the island of Luzon with reference to finding the healthiest spot for a sanitorium. Coughing Leads to Consumption Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist today and get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dangerous. Neatness Aids Love. In the opening of love's campaign appearances count doubly. Men love beauty, but there is one rival to this attribute in their eyes—tc-wit, exquisit, neatness. 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 (310 page Setters' Guide) with fine sectional map, $1.00. Map 25c. All above, $1.75. Address Dick T. Morgan, Perry, O. T. California's Oil-Burning Locomotives. By the end of the year, coal will not be used on any of the locomotives in the state of California. All the engines are being now converted into oilburners. Jell-O, the New Dessert, pleases all the family. Four flavors:— Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry. At your grocers. 10 cts. Try it today. New York city has 1,522 polling places, only fifty-one less than the whole state of Nebraska, and nine more than there are in North Carolina. is obtained by purifying the blood and cleansing the system with Garfield Tea—an Herb Medicine praised the world over. Meat has been preserved in a frozen state for thirty years, and found perfectly eatable at the end of that time. How Mothers may Help their Daughters into Womanhood A Every mother possesses information of vital value to her young daughter. That daughter is a precious legacy, and the responsibility for her future is largely in the hands of the mother. The mysterious change that develops the thoughtless girl into the thoughtful woman should find the mother on the watch day and night. As she cares for the physical well-being of her daughter, so will the woman be, and her children also. When the young girl's thoughts become sluggish, when she experiences headaches, dizziness, faintness, and exhibits an abnormal disposition to sleep. pains in the back and lower limbs, eyes dim, desire for solitude, and a dislike for the society of other girls. when she is a mystery to herself and friends, then the mother should go to her aid promptly. At such a time the greatest aid to nature is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It prepares the young system for the coming change, and is the surest reliance in this hour of trial. The following letters from Miss Good are practical proof of Mrs. Pinkham's efficient advice to young women. Miss Good asks Mrs. Pinkham for Help. "DEAR MRS. 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State kind of leather, size, and width. plaza or tap toe. Our shoes will reach you anywhere. Catalogue from W. L. Douglas Shoe Co. Brooklyn, Man PIXINGS FOR WOMEN. Arab laces are very popular. Black cotton stockings should never be ironed. Panne velvet spotted with gold is very attractive. The latest petticoats are made of satin foulards, glossy and soft. French knots are as commonly used for dress decoration as they were last spring. Bands of lace insertion alternated with tucked bands of gray silk form effective waists. Black fox, showing a few white hairs is reported as one of the favorite furs for boas. Grecian satin, a new wool material for evening wraps and tea gowns, has a tiny diagonal stripe on the surface. Red velvet applique designs embroidered with gold, are the decoration on the bolero of a white taffeta silk waist. A pretty vest is made of cream spotted net, tucked at wide intervals, filled in with tiny bias bands of colored silk stitched on the edges. A rough matrial called frieze, subdued by a surface of white hair, seems to be one of the smart materials for winter. These rough fabrics are usually trimmed liberally with bands of silk or satin covered with rows of stitching, on with some of the fancy braids. A typical hat for winter wear has its brim turned high on each side and swathed in lace, which is fastened at the edge in front by a scarab or an eagle buckle and is allowed to drop behind. On the crown will be flowers; under the lace on the brim velvet and ostrich plumes. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. The average man's second thoughts are the wisest. A bale full of cotton is certainly a baleful blessing. If you have a happy home keep it so; if not, make it so. Never dispute with a man more than 70 years of age or with a woman of any age. Some men never work harder than when they are doing useless things without pay. Don't wait until it begins to sprinkle before starting to lay up money for a rainy day. It's a great pity that the average man cannot draw a check as easily as he can draw an inference. A man should always wait for a lady to sit down before seating himself—unless there is only one chair in the room. A physician says a man should never do any work before breakfast. Of course this doesn't apply to the tramp who is compelled to work someone for his breakfast.—Chicago News. TEXTS FROM BROTHER DICKEY De righteous man hez a hard time in dis worl', kaze he ain't got no comp'ny. If you took hell outen de Bible nobody'd miss it long. kaze de politi ans would soon raise it. De office what seek de man is mos' ingrullily so po' en hongry dat it danno whar it gwine ter sleep w'en right come. You don't want no telescope ter locate heaven. You kin find it right whar yo' heart is.—Altanta Constitution. BITS OF INFORMATION. The term of a United States senator is six years. The population of the earth doubles itself in 260 years. The finest shops in a Chinese city are those devoted to the sale of coffins. The only European country which has a lower death rate than England is Norway. SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY. Love can neither be bought nor sold. An indolent man is a dead one who can't be buried. He who has lost all confidence can lose nothing more. Ceremonies may differ, but true politeness is ever the same. The fool politician fights friction; the wise one "soft soaps" it. A locomotive has a headlight and a blood woman has a light head. An old bachelor says a rich and pretty widow never comes a-miss. Even in the "fatherland" they invariably speak the "mother tongue." The millionaire who dresses as well as his clerk is more or less eccentric. It is as easy for you to please everybody as it is for everybody to please you. The less a man knows about politics the more angry he gets in a political argument. Lots of men lose the thousands they have gained because of an insatiate pursuit after another hundred. When a hold-up man alms a revolver at the head of his victim the latter is apt to see the point of the argument. The placidity of expression worn by a man who is next in a crowded barber shop is almost equal to that of a spinster with her first love letter. The profit on England's postal service amounts to about $20,000,000 a year. The skins of upward of 100,000 animals are used to cover Oxford Bibles alone. Dikes of Japan cost in the aggregat more money than those of the Netherlands. A plous Liverpool lady has devoted her odd moments to writing out all the books of the Bible. Florida will have an orange crop of 1,000,000 boxes this year, the largest yield since the great freeze. One of Emporia's "rough riders" thoughtlessly mounted a horse the other day and broke his leg.-Kansas City Star. When plants are grown in dry air, their stems and leaves have a more complicated structure than when the air is moist. There are now about 64,000 men in the regular army and 33,000 in the volunteer regiments-a total of some 97,000 men. Since the opening of the Paris exposition, one tourist agency in Berlin has forwarded 400 persons a week on the average. It is said that this year's cotton crop will pay for the cost of production and enrich the south with a profit of $200,000,000. Fearing a plague of rats, Antwerp has organized an official rat hunt, a penny being given by the authorities for every animal killed. Before the end of August the London Salvation army had collected among its adherents $60,000 for the sufferers from the famine in India. New York city has 1,522 polling places, only fifty-one less than the whole state of Nebraska, and nine more than there are in North Carolina. Alabama has a fine old capitol, set on a hill, and rich in historical associations, but it has no governor's mansion, and is beginning to think It needs one. There are now in the United States about 20,000 miles of street railways, of which 500 miles are still operated by horses.—Indianapolis News. WIT AND WISDOM The rudder of a ship is a stern necessity. It's a poor seed that isn't stronger than the soil. Other people must die in order that the undertaker may live. Talent resembles a deep wall; genius resembles a fountain. On with the merry dance. The old hen is engaged for every set. Men whose only books are women's looks are the students of folly. Some men's understanding is limited only by the size of their feet. When a man is down his enemies stop kicking him and his friends begin. Don't pull up on the road to success and wait for the other fellow to go ahead. Cattle are dumb animals, but by getting together they manage to make themselves herd. A young husband calls his wife "Birdie," because she is always associated in his mind with a bill. If a politician has the courage of his own convictions he never hesitates when asked to name his price. Some political speakers remind one of a hallstorm on a tin roof; they make a lot of noise, but produce no impression. One hears a great deal about labor reform, but a greater need is the reformation of some of those fellows who don't labor. Darwin tells us there was a time when man walked on all fours. He probably alludes to that period in early life when he approached a neighbor's melon patch from the rear. LITTLE CLASSICS. In the pursuit of intellectual pleasure lies every virtue; of sensual, every vice.—Goldsmith. "Some folks," said Uncle Eben, "seems to think dey Is havin' an argument, when 'tain' nuffin' but a hollerin' match."—Washington Star. Speak not at all, in any wise, until you have somewhat to speak; care not for the reward of your speaking, but simply and with undivided mind for the truth of your speaking—Carlvle The wise man has his follies, no less than the fool; but it has been said that herein lies the difference: The follies of the fool are known to the world, but are hidden from himself; the follies of the wise are known to himself, but hidden from the world.—Colton. FLASHES OF WIT. "As I cam: by the kitchen window, Jane, I thought I saw you on a young man's knee!" "Well, ma'am, it is an artist friend of mine, and I have been giving him a few sittings."—Fun. She—"If you love me so much why don't you prove it by some act of courage?" He—"Great Scott! haven't I been hanging around for two hours when you were playing golf?"—Brooklyn Life. Anyone who can give information as to the whereabouts of Adam Hora (colored) who when last heard of was working at the barber trade in this city will be suitably rewarded by Mrs. Sarah Robinson, No. 2 Rector court. Thomas F. Soully, Attorney at Law, 70 Clark Street, CHICAGO Room 14. JOHN E. OWENS Attorney at Law, SUITE 621 ASHLAND BLOCK. 80 S. Clark Street, CHICAGO JOSEPH A. McINERNEY LAWYER SUITE 706-708 CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE OHICAGO HARRIS F. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW 805 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHICAGO TELPHONE MAIN 1464. ALBERT B. GEORGE LAWYER. 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 12 a. m., 2 to 4 p. m., 6 to 6:30 p. m. DR. JOSEPH JEFFREY, Physician and Surgeon, 4858 Dearborn Street. CHICAGO Hours: 8-10 a. m., 2-4, 6-8 p. m. DR. WM. H. DAVIS, Chiropidist, 6012 Fifth Avenue, Chicago HORSES We pay the highest prices for horses for killing purposes. 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