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THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. FIVE THOUSAND CHRISTIANS IN LEAVENWORTH KAS BURNED Tuesday evening, Jan. 15, one of the most blood-curdling and horrible spectacles in the annals of ancient or modern times transpired away out in bleeding Republican Kansas. Fred Alexander, a Negro, was the victim of the fury of the five thousand Christian men, women and children of Leavenworth, who had accused him of assaulting Miss Roth, a young white women and of murdering Miss Forbes in November last. Alexander, after being put through the sweating process in the penitentiary, where he had been transferred for safe keeping stoutly denied that he was guilty of committing the two crimes which the authorities were eager to fasten upon him. After remaining in the penitentiary for four or five days and still protesting his innocence and no evidence bein gproduced to prove him guilty, he was brought back to Leavenworth by the sheriff, who, to all appear stood in with the mob, and placed in jail. But in a short time an entrance was forced to the jail and Alexander was dragged out, kicked, cuffed and knocked in the head as he was being paraded through the streets by the five thousand Christians who were as bloodthirsty and as ferucious as wild hyenas or hell-hounds, who had just discovered or come in contact with a new victim. As the night wore on these highly civilized and good people of the 20th century who pretend to be much better than the barbarians, but who are beneath the lowest savages, concluded to burn Alexander at the stake, not because he was accused of committing a crime, but because he was a Negro. They chained him to a stake, piled wood all around him, satured his body with coal oil, but before applying the torch they urged and urged him to confess that he had committed the crimes. But he did not, and he maintained to the very last minute of his existence that he was innocent of murdering Miss Forbes or attempting to assault Miss Roth, and as the match was being applied to his body one murderous and vile wretch stepped up to Alexander and said: "Make your peace with your God, Nigger, for you will surely die." and after his body was partly burnt into ashes these Christians fought among each other to come into the possession of pieces of his flesh. Business of every kind throughout Leavenworth was suspended in order to give everybody an opportunity to assist in helping to burn Alexander at the stake. All the society women flocked from their homes to gaze upon the awful spectacle and to see a naked black man chained to a stake, which no doubt was very edifying to their moral and finer sensibilities. Be that as it may. Governor Stanley has shown his cloven foot and cowardice in this awful and foul blot on the 20th century civilization. The morning after the burning of Alexander at the stake he offered a reward of $500 for the apprehension of those who participated in the deed, but he has now decided not to bother his head with such a trifling matter as the burning of one innocent Negro. Admitting that Alexander was guilty of committing these double crimes, which is improbable, still the people of Kansas have committed a far greater crime against society, law and order than Alexander, and their actions will be instrumental in turning back the wheels of progress one hundred years, for how can people advance and rid themselves from animalism and feruciousness when such revolting and demoralizing spectacles are held up before their eyes? Charles Cooke, one of Chicago's biggest and most popular brewers, will in all probability receive the nomination for City Treasurer from the Democratic party. As a clean up-to-date business man Mr. Cooke has no superior. He is a power in politics and if he should receive the nomination nothing could prevent him from being elected. Standing room was at a premium last Sunday in the Grand Opera House, which shows that the people at large are greatly interested in the lectures which Prof. Mangasarian has been delivering each Sunday morning "On the Four Great Religions of the World." His theme the past Sunday was "The Life and Religion of Buddha," and his elaboration on the founder of the greatest and oldest system of religion was thorough and very exhaustive. Prof. Mangasarian went on to show that 40 per cent of all the people upon the face of the earth believe in the religion of Buddha, that only 26 per cent of the population of the world adhere to the religion of the cross. Buddha was a most profound religious teacher and the professor narrated many interesting incidents in his wonderful career and his opening words on the philosopher of India were radiant with brilliancy, and the following are a few of the comparisons which he made between the utterances of Buddha and Jesus and it will be noted that there is not much difference in the ideas and sentiments as expressed by those two prophets of religion. Buddha declared that "The gift of truth transcends all other gifts; the joy of truth is superior to all other joys. It exterminates thirst, it subdues sorrow." Jesus said when He, the spirit of truth, is come, He shall guide you into all the truth, and ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. Buddha exclaimed: "There is no one else like unto me on earth or in heaven. I alone am the perfect Buddha." Jesus thundered forth: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep, all that come before me are thieves and robbers. I am the way, no one cometh unto the Father but by me." No one can fail to observe a similarity in these quotations and it proves that the compilers of the new Testament put many words, ideas and expressions into the mouth of Jesus, which they borrowed from religious teachers who lived many thousand years before his time. During the course of his lecture Prof. Mangasarian urged those around him to study the Oriental religions, that they would find much good in all religions In referring to the Christian devil he pictured him out as a grand character and contended that after all the devil is not such a bad kind of a fellow and intimated that he would not be adverse to associating with him. He maintained that if the Christian heaven means that it is a place of absolute rest from all activity and further progress then death will be the final end of all things and chaos will reign supreme. Therefore there is very little difference between the paradise of the Christian and the Buddhist Nirvana, or Hereafter. Prof. Mangasarian closed his lecture by repeating these beautiful words from Wordsworth: "The primal duties shine aloft like stars. The charities that heal, and soothe, and bless, are scattered at the feet of man like flowers." The Negro press, although poorly supported, and but little appreciated by a large majority of the Negro race, is manfully doing its duty in the interest of the race. The American Negro not having reached that point of intelligence and actual experience in civilization and the business world, does not know the value of a race paper. He does not even know the real good or harm of a newspaper. To try to explain to him the usefulness of race newspapers is actually casting pearls before swine, or it is a useless expenditure of breath. Hence the hard row for Negro journalists. All those who are supporting race newspapers by paying for them and reading them are exceptions to the rule, and should not become offended at what we have said.—The American Eagle, St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Anna R. Cooper made a pleasant call on The Broad Ax Wednesday and with numerous old fish PRESIDENT WM. McKINLEY AND SOUTHERN REPRESENTATION. All through the last great political struggle President McKinley and all the other G. O. P. orators and rooters sent up a mighty howl and shout in favor of cutting down Southern representation in the United States Congress, they endeavored to make the ignorant Negroes believe by appealing to their passions and prejudices that the Democrats of the South were all in favor of disfranchising them, 1910 M. H. THE HON. CHARLES H. WEISSE The Wealthy Tanner of Cheboygan Falls. Wis., who race for Congress at the last election and who is a the Afro-Americaan race. The Wealthy Tanner of Cheboygan Falls, Wis., who made a gallant race for Congress at the last election and who is a warm friend of the Afro-Americaan race. that President McKinley and all other lily white Republicans were willing to fight for their enfranchisement, that they, the Negroes, are just as good as white men, providing they are Republicans. son Afro-American League, and its aims and object will be to preserve the principles of the Constitution of the United States to keep inviolate its injunctions, and to contribute by active co-operation toward the dissemi- But we sincerely regret ta say that President McKinley and his lying henchmen have again buncombed the Negroes after using them to vote them into office. For instead of the President standing out in favor of reducing Southern representation and chastizing the people of the South for denying the Negro the right to vote; President McKinley and the other leaders of the G. O. lily white party have rewarded the Southern people for preventing the Negroes from voting, for it seems that under the Burleigh reapportionment bill, no state will be deprived of its present quarto in Congress but instead thereof Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, North Carolina and West Virginia will each have one new congressman and that is their reward by President McKinley and his party for withholding the ballot from the colored voters residing in these various states. Ought not this action of the leaders of the G. O. lily white party in relation to cutting down Southern representation prove to the Negro that not one ray of hope can or will come to him from the Republican party, that the leaders of that party do not intend to protect him in his constitutional rights, that the time has come for the Negro to rely on his own strong arm to right the wrongs, the insults, and the indignities, which he is subjected to, that he must partake more fully of the spirit of Patrick Henry, who exclaimed: "Give me liberty, or give me death." At a meeting of the Democratic Central Committee of Cook County Tuesday, Frank W. Solon, Assistant Superintendent of Streets was selected to serve as a member of the committee from the 3rd ward in place of Richard C. Gunning, which means that Secretary Robert E. Burke can stick another new feather in his cap. ```markdown ``` THE THOMAS JEFFERSON AFRO-AMERICAN LEAGUE. Quite a few of the leading colored men of the Town of Lake who are deeply interested in everything which appertains to the welfare of the Afro-American race have become fully convinced that one of the very best ways to aid in the civil, moral and political advancement of the race is through organization and as a result of their conclusions they have formulated plans to organize the Thomas Jeffer- [Name] Falls. Wis., who made a gallant tion and who is a warm friend of ericaan race. son Afro-American League, and its aims and object will be to preserve the principles of the Constitution of the United States to keep inviolate its injunctions, and to contribute by active co-operation toward the dissemination of Jeffersonian principles of government. To heroically struggle for the maintenance of that most vital and fundamental principle of this government, namely, the equality of all men before the law and special privileges to none. The election of permanent officers of the Thomas Jefferson Afro-American League occurs Sunday, Jan. 20. The meeting will be held at the home of Robert T. Sims, 5047 Princeton avenue, at 3 o'clock and all who are desirous of assisting to advance the interests of the race along reformatory lines, are eligible for membership in the League, and are cordially invited to be present. The Hon. Edward O. Brown knows how to sling his pen in defence of the equal rights of all and the Constitution as it was interpreted by its framers. Col. W. T. Scott, who has for many years resided in Cairo, away down in the Egypt land, will in the near future move to East St. Louis, where he will be enabled to strike some hard blows for Democracy. Elder Jackson, for many years a minister of the Baptist church, died at his home in Englewood Monday. His funeral occurred Wednesday from Shlloh Baptist Church, 64th and Halsted streets. Rev. Jackson was an old and respected citizen, and had a large circle of friends who with his bereaved wife mourn his death. Walter T. Stanton, attorney for the Town of Lake, has lately been selected to take charge and settle up the two hundred thousand dollar estate of Mr. Young who died recently, who shared offices with Mr. Stanton in the Reaper Block. Mr. Stanton continues to force himself to the front as a level headed lawyer. ```markdown ``` State Chairman John P. Hopkins has spent the past week in Springfield and he returned home Saturday morning. First Assistant Fire Marshall W. H. Musham, has rigged himself up with a new suit. But that does not prevent him from looking after the smallest details in connection with his duties as first assistant marshall. Coroner John E. Traeger has entirely regained his health and is now working harder than ever in the discharge of his duties. Coroner Traeger expects to take a trip to the South in the near future. The Hon. Samuel Alschuler received the Democratic vote in the Legislature for United States Senator. Consequently Mr. Alschuler feels pleased with the new honor and high compliment. George E. Brennen will, if all signs do not fall, be selected as secretary of the executive committee of the Democratic State Committee of Illinois. Mr. Brennen is extensively acquainted throughout the state and is the right man for the position. Chief Dennis J. Swenie feels proud these cold days that no large fires are occurring in Chicago and the chief whose fire fighting record stands unparalleled is always glad not only to greet visitors, but also his subordinates. United States Senator Cullom will again represent or we might say partly represent the people of Illinois in the United States Senate after the 4th of next March, for he has captured the scalps of those who were after his scalp. Mrs. W. G. Anderson entertained the I. B. W. Club Friday evening by giving an art reception at her home, 4609 Vincennes avenue. An elaborate literary and musical program was rendered and dainty refreshments were served. The Bricklayers and Masons in convention in Milwaukee, recently, decided that all colored artisans can from now on become members of all trade unions on terms of equality with the whites. This is one more step forward for colored mechanics. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Woods, 4923 Armour avenue, Wednesday evening invited ten of their chosen friends to partake of almost delicious supper, which consisted of fried oysters and other rare eatables, including four kinds of wine. The guests who were honored with an invitation greatly relished the royal spread. Edward J. Maher, who was the South Town candidate for supervisor last spring, has whole hosts of good true and tried friends who are anxious to see him receive the nomination for South Town Collector. Mr. Maher is active, civil and honest and his selection would be pelasing to all hands. Hon. John P. McGoorty, who led the Democratic minority in the last legislature, has by strict attention to his law business built for himself an undyng name and netwithstanding that Mr. McGoorty does not cease from grinding away at the legal mill, nevertheless he will in the spring assist in helping to re-elect Mayor Carter H. Harrison. The annual report on the Michigan state penitentiary at Jackson shows a total population of 720, the lowest in twenty-five years. The tailors' shop had but one man at work. Recently an institution was opened in Belgium for the alleged cure of tuberculosis by the exclusive raw meat diet. After a trial of a few months the experiment was abandoned, as it was found that there was no efficacy in the Richet cure. In the future the United States steamship Scindia is to be known as Ajax. The Scindia, it is said, acquired an unenviable reputation by the amount of soot and cinders she emitted from her smokestack. The men on board the Scindia acquired a disrespect for her and altered her name to the "Cinders." M'GUIGAN ON "DEATH." A martyr makes regal majesty seem mean. A corpse is in many ways an ideal citizen. A dead soldier wrapped in his country's flag, mutely appealing may move a multitude. A man who dies well crowns his life's close with a supreme and glorious triumph. A man who dies ill is an object of interest, and, if given decent burial, a benefit to business. A dead man is frequently a blessing to his kindred and the secret joy of the entire community. Dead nations set examples and point morals; living nations vegetate in peace or seek revenge in war. A fireman, meeting death while doing duty, is called a hero and he is. Living, he is criticised, and paid $50 or $65 a month. A sailor, sacrificing himself to save others, properly sleeps beneath the waves, "the ocean stream" too narrow even for his tomb. Dead men's names embellish history; living greatness defiles thrones, corners commodities, corrupts cabinets and bawls in congress. The means, so various, prove death versatility. What a long list of diseases there is and what an array of admirable accidents to expedite exeunt! It has been said that death does not discriminate, but he does. His work shows the utmost care, special attention to detail, perfect design, faultless execution. He never takes the right man at the wrong time, but all men at the prudently appointed period. What is more comforting than the Christian death that removes one, not only from temptation, but beyond the reach of special taxes, book agents, oyster suppers, codfish aristocrats, putty-pated professors, chumps, reformers, politicians, hack drivers, creditors, poor cigars and bad whisky? If a man happen to be averse to consumption, there is appendicitis or appoplexy that so befriended the noble Caesar. If none of them, there are at your service, in spite of Galen, cathartics, tonics, cordials and alteratives, dropsy, diphtheria, measles, mumps, typhoid, smallpox, tremens and so on and so forth. Accidents, in this swift age of powder, guncotton, aeronautics, dynamite, steam and electricity, are in variety that should satisfy the most exacting connoisseur and unseasoned tryo. Falling from a balloon rarely if ever fails to recompense the coronae. But, son, if you can arrange it, fix it so that you may pass away peacefully, amid medicine and morality, in the odor of squills and sanctity, in the bosom of your family joining then "the ransomed just; "Earth to earth and dust to dust!" Pandy McGulgan in Youngstown (Ohio) Vindicator. AN OBSERVER'S REMARKS, An anecdote is a tale without a body. The memory is a sort of mental reservation. A wise man adorns his mind; a fool adorns his body. Two can live as cheaply as one if it's a case of have to. When you pay a visit it isn't necessary to take a receipt for it. There are many fashions in the city, but you will find more stiles in the country. Misers are generally old bachelors because they are even averse to squandering their affections. The poor woman whose husband thinks he knows how to cook is entitled to a lot of sympathy. The average man seldom knows all that other men think he knows, but the chances are he knows a few things he isn't suspected of knowing. If money talks it is probably a paying teller.—Chicago News. Attention—Pay to her faithfully and respectfully. Fall In—Love with a good industri- File Right—With her to church, and go through the service of matrimony. Advance Arms-To your young wife when walking with her, and never let her trail behind. WILL promulgate and of all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Theolithic, Protestante, Knights of Lions, Invisible, Mormons, Republican, Protest, 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 sound enough for all, over claiming the faithful right to speak its own mind. One Year.....$2,499 Two Months.....$1,999 * advertising sales made known on application * address all commissions due to Telephonic communication has been established between St. Michael and Home by means of a temporary submarine cable. The toll is $2 for ten words. From statistics gleaned by Cecil Raleigh of London it is learned that about 25,000 persons are employed by theatrical managers in Great Britain, the average weekly salary being $10. On a certain day designated by Mr. Raleigh there were being played "180 melodramas, 33 musical and farcical pieces, 33 plays and 3 Shakespearean plays." A diary of more than sixty years ago contains two entries appropriate both to athletics and to the season: "December 21st. Started for home on foot and arrived—forty miles—after twelve hours on the road. I was not much fatigued." "December 28th. Started back to college at 5 in the morning. It was very stormy and the snow four inches deep. A little lame—but happy." The writer was sixteen years old, and his name was Rutherford B. Hayes. Franz Anton Itrich, U. S. N., a warrant officer of the training ship Buffalo, has been awarded a medal of honor and gratuity of $100 for gallant service at the battle of Manila. Mr. Itrich was a member of the crew of the whaleboat which burned the Spanish ships inside the harbor of Cavite on the afternoon of May 1, 1898, and was the time serving on the gunboat Petrel, commanded by E. P. Wood and forming a part of the fleet under Dewey's command. A movement has been started to consolidate all the crematories of the United States and Canada into one association. There are now seventy-five crematories in this country. The object is to make a uniform price for incineration, certificates to be paid up during the life of a person will be issued, and when the holder dies the body may be incinerated at any of the crematories which are in the association. The organization of the international association will be effected at a meeting of the officials of different crematories at Buffalo during the pan-American exposition. Chief Wilkie of the secret service has discovered a new use for a well-known instrument of civil engineering, the transit, which is a sort of spyglass on stilts. While a government employee was at work on the new federal building in San Francisco he noticed that a man was bringing something small to a window frequently in a building about 200 yards away. Bringing a transit into play the observer convinced himself that the man was at work on bogus money. A secret-service detective was summoned and he peeked through the transit. Then he went over and arrested the man for counterfeiting, making what Chief Wilkie regards as a most important capture. A movement has been begun by several art institutes in this country to check the exodus of American art students—especially girl students—to Paris. It has the approval of American artists of established reputation—men who have studied in Paris, lived in the Latin Quarter, and know the unwholesome conditions existing therein. They assert that facilities for the first training in art are as good in America as in Paris, if not better. For a proper appreciation and use of the rich collections of art which exist in Europe, preliminary training is necessary, and that can be obtained at home. "To go abroad for a postgraduate course," said one of the most celebrated of these artists, "is all right, but by no means for a beginner. The Latin Quarter is vile," he added. Perhaps the cleverest scheme ever put together for evading custom house duties and practically smuggling goods into the country has been brought to light by the death of an old Frenchman in Indiana. When he came here he was one of the poorest in the country, and when he died he was one of the wealthiest. His name was Pierre J. D'Heur, and he laid the foundation of his fortune in this way: He had a friend, in a great glove factory in France, and had him send thousands of pairs or the best gloves in two consignments, one to New Orleans and one to New York. When the New Orleans consignment was opened it was found to contain only left hand gloves, and D'Heur refused it. Later the consignment was put up at auction and D'Heur bought it for a mere nothing. Then came the New York consignment which, oddly enough, contained only right hand gloves, which were also refused by D'Heur on account of the "mistake," and also afterward bought by him at public auction, thus Gen. Grant's Granddaughter. Nellie Grant's daughter is soon to become a bride. For some time past Mrs. Sartoris has been residing in Washington, where as Nellie Grant she was exceedingly popular during her father's two terms as president of the United States. Miss Sartoris made her debut in Washinton society four years ago. She is highly accomplished, a linguist and a brilliant conversationalist. Her beauty and wit have made her much sought after by the younger set in Washington. Her flance is Timothy A. NELLIE GRANT SARTORIS. Nichols, a wealthy young resident of New York, popular among the younger social and exclusive set. Mason and Dixon's Line. Since the dispute over slavery and the war of the rebellion made Mason and Dixon's line famous, the stones which were set up along that survey in 1849 have been almost obliterated by relic hunters, thousands of whom have chipped off pieces to carry away with them. The wind and the weather also aided in the work of demolishing the stones, so that it was found necessary to replace them with new markers. These have just been finished by the state of Pennsylvania, and each of them has been surrounded by a heavy wire netting to protect it from the chisels of relic hunters. Mason and Dixon's line was originally surveyed in 1760, after a dispute which had lasted nearly a century, and which was begun by William Penn and Lord Baltimore as to the boundary line between Maryland and Pennsylvania. Mason and Dixon were two eminent English mathematicians who were brought over especially to settle the controversy. They ran the line and set up at the end of each mile a stone post, every fifth post being marked with the arms of Baltimore and Penn. In 1849 a second survey was made. The phrase "Mason and Dixon's line" first became ```markdown ``` popular when in 1820 John Randoiph referred to it in congress as the line which separated freedom from slavery. popular when in 1820 John Randoiph referred to it in congress as the line which separated freedom from slavery. Southern Prodress. The South has had a full share in the prosperity of the last few years, as can be demonstrated by a few statistics in agriculture and manufactures. In 1898 it raised 11,235,000 bales of cotton, as compared with 6,605,750 in 1880; 591,022,000 pounds of sugar, as compared with 198,962,278; 490,325,976 bushels of corn, as compared with 367,862,141, and 55,351,246 bushels of wheat, as compared with 51,625,136. During these 20 years the number of factories has increased from 180 to 663 and the amount of cotton consumed in these mills from 233,866 bales to 1,597,112. In the first six months of 1900 there were 194 cotton mills built in the United States. 175 of which are in the South. The production of iron has more than doubled in twelve years, while the output of coal has increased from 6,037,153 tons in 1880 to over 50,000,000 tons in 1900. With the increase in wealth which such statistics indicate there is every reason to believe that the South in this century will make corresponding advances on the lines of educational, religious, scientific and judicial progress, says Chicago Tribune. Pettigrew's Son with Boers. It is not generally known, perhaps, that Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota has a son who has been fighting with the Boers. He arrived in Savannah a few days ago and at once went to Washington. He is a lad of twenty years of age, who joined some 460 volunteers for service in the Transvaal. They were driven into the Portuguese territory and there disarmed, and the Dutch government paid their passage home. Young Pettigrew says that the Boers will make it interesting for the British for some time to come, and he is anxious to again join their cause. A reporter, probably broken into work after Henry Ward Beecher died, recently referred to the late Henry C. Bowen as "prominently related to some of the troublous years in the life of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher." Dr. Henry Ward Beecher was not Henry Ward Beecher. He refused all doctorates, whether of divinity, of philosophy, 2 letters or of law. He did so not ostentationally, but so positively that degree conferring institutions at last passed him by. His naive and characteristic statement was: "I prefer to be known by the name my mother called me." And, somehow, amid the throng of D. Ds., LL. Ds., S. T. Ds, or D. C. Ls., plain Henry Ward Beecher on a program or on a poster or in an advertisement had an explicit distinction by itself, because the greatness of the man exceeded the greatness of all degrees. "His mother," by the way, was his stepmother. His mother died in his infancy. His stepmother came into his life when he was 4 years old. She was all love, tact and wisdom to him.—Brooklyn Eagle. LIEUT. MABEL C. HUNT. Ogden, Utah, Jan. 12, 1901.—(Special.)—The Pacific Coast Division of the Salvation Army, whose noble work in the interests of fallen humanity has done so much for this western country, has its headquarters in this city. One of the brightest and most enthusiastic workers is Lieut. Miss Mabel Clarice Hunt. Everyone knows how these devoted people parade the streets day or night, exposing themselves to all kinds of weather, that no opportunity may be lost of rescuing some poor unfortunate from sin and suffering. In some cases, their recklessness in thus exposing themselves has been commented upon as almost suicidal. Their answer to such criticisms invariably is their unfailing faith in the Divine injunction to "do right and fear not." Lieut. Hunt explains one of the means she employs to keep her "Soldiers" in good health, as follows: "I have found Dodd's Kidney Pills of great value in cases of Kidney and Liver Trouble and Diseases contracted from severe colds. Several of our lads and lassies have been repeatedly exposed to cold weather and rain, and have spoken for hours out of doors, often with wet feet and chilled to the marrow. As a consequence of this exposure, Pulmonary Trouble, Rheumatism and Kidney Disorders often ensue. In such cases I always advise Dodd's Kidney Pills, for I have noticed better results, quicker relief, and more lasting benefit from the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills in such cases than from all other medicines I know of combined. They cleanse the blood, regulate the system and destroy disease." A medicine which can do what Lieut. Hunt says so positively Dodd's Kidney Pills do is surely worth the attention of all who suffer with any form of Kidney Trouble, Rheumatism, or Blood Disorders. Mr. Moffat's Work in Zambest. Mr. J. S. Moffat, who has been actively connected with the country immediately to the south of the Zambesi for over forty years, first as a missionary and latterly as an official, is about to return to Rhodesia after a holiday in Europe. He first went out under Dr. Livingstone. He was Resident Magistrate at Taungs when the Jameson raid took place. Mr. Moffat is now sixty-five, but he has work left in him yet. TIME TO GO SOUTH. For the present winter season the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company has improved its already nearly perfect through service of Pullman vestibuled sleeping cars and elegant day coaches from Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis and Chicago, to Mobile, New Orleans and the Gulf coast, Thomasville, Ga., Pensacola, Jacksonville, Tampa, Palm Beach and other points in Florida. Perfect connections made with steamer lines for Cuba, Porto Rico, Nassau, West Indian and Central American ports, Tourist and home seekers' excursion tickets on sale at low rates. Write C. L. Stone, General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky., for particulars. Lady Pharmacist's High Standing. At examinations recently held by the New York state board of pharmacy Mrs. Marletta Harmon of Syracuse received the highest rating ever given for a license as registered pharmacist. Her examination was rated as perfect. Sixty-two applicants from all parts of the state were examined, Mrs. Harmon being the only woman. Her husband, a druggist, died three years ago and the widow then took up the study of pharmacy. 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 disculars and testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. "Modern Culture," formerly "Self Culture Magazine," is now under a new title and new management. It is one of the brightest, most readable and most valuable magazines of the day. AN INNOVATION. The Louisville & Nashville R. R., together with its connecting lines, has inaugurated the Chicago & Florida Limited, which is a daily, solid train, wide vestibulated, steam heated, gas lighted, with dining car service for all meals en route from Chicago to Thomasville, Ga., Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Fla. The train leaves Chicago over the Chicago & Eastern Illinois tracks at 11:00 a. m., running via Evansville, Nashville, Birmingham and Montgomery, Plant System to Jacksonville, and Florida East Coast to St. Augustine, arriving at the latter city at 7:30 the next evening, making the fastest time ever made between these points. The train has annex sleeper, leaving St. Louis at 2:15 p.m., which also runs through. Mr. C. L. Stone, General Passenger Agent, Louisville & Nashville R. R., Louisville, Ky., will answer all inquiries concerning this train and furnish printed matter concerning it. Presbyterians. Do you want to become familiar with an ideal religious paper? If so, write us remitting fifty cents for a three months' trial subscription to The Interior. A broad, comprehensive, progressive, finely illustrated periodical. It looks out on the whole world, analyzes social problems, discusses all living religious questions, reports the progress of the world in every particular, gives news of the churches and sparkles pertinent editorial paragraphs. Regular price $2.50 per year. The Interior, 69 Dearborn St., Chicago. Harper's Periodicals. The influence which the Harper periodicals have exercised in every channel of improving thought and achievement can be scarcely measured; it has flowed continuously on, over vast areas, among millions of people, learned and unlearned, upon all of whom it has acted as an elevating, refining force.—The Philadelphia Ledger. Daily Trains to St. Paul Daily Trains to St. Paul. Minneapolis, Ashland, Duluth and the Northwest, leave Chicago from Central Station, 12th St., and Park Row Lake Front, via Wisconsin Central Railway. Nearest ticket agent can give you complete information. Jas. C. Pond, Gen. Pass. Agt., Milwaukee, Wis. Atlantic Monthly. Beginning in January, 1901, the Atlantic will publish a series of valuable studies on "The Reconstruction Period," by Prof. Woodrow Wilson, Hon. Samuel A. McCall, Thomas Nelson Page, Hon. D. H. Chamberlain and others. In Pennsylvania the trolley is carrying the mall, and thus supplanting the star routes. Each package of PUTNAM FADELESS DYES colors either Silk, Wool or Cotton perfectly. Never mention your own faults; others will attend to it for you. 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. Motley took six years to write "The Rise of the Dutch Republic." I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds.—JOHN F BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 18, 1900. In 1899 China imported from Germany $238,000 worth of beer. We pay $18 a Week and expenses to men with rigs to introduce our POULTRY COMPOUND. JAVELLE MFG. Co., Dept. D, PARSONS, KANSAS. A farmer works a miracle when he turns his horses to grass. THE DUTY OF MOTHERS. What suffering frequently results from a mother's ignorance; or more frequently from a mother's neglect to properly instruct her daughter! Tradition says "woman must suffer," and young women are so taught. There is a little truth and a great deal of exaggeration in this. If a young woman suffers severely she needs treatment, and her mother should see that she gets it. Many mothers hesitate to take their daughters to a physician for examination; but no mother need hesitate to write freely about her daughter or herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure the most efficient advice without charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address is Lyan, Masa. MISSA PELLO Mrs. August Pfalzgraf, of South Byron, Wis., mother of the young lady whose portrait we here publish, wrote Mrs. Pinkham in January, 1899, saying her daughter had suffered for two years with irregular menstruation—had headache all the time, and pain in her side, feet swell, and was generally miserable. Mrs. Pinkham promptly replied with advice, and under date of March, 1899, the mother writes again that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her daughter of all pains and irregularity. Nothing in the world equals Mrs. Pinkham's great medicine for regulating woman's peculiar monthly troubles. FALLING HAIR And light dressings of CUTICURA, purest of emollient skin cures. This treatment at once stops falling hair, removes crusts, scales, and dandruff, soothes irritated, itching surfaces, stimulates the hair follicles, supplies the roots with energy and nourishment, and makes the hair grow upon a sweet, wholesome, healthy scalp when all else fails. MILLIONS USE CUTICURA SOAP Assisted by CUTICURA OINTMENT, for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales, and dandruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening, and healing red, rough, and sore hands, for baby rashes, itchlings, and chafings, and for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Millions of Women use CUTICURA SOAP in the form of baths for annoying irritations, inflammations, and excoriations, for too free or offensive perspiration, in the form of washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and for many antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves to women and mothers. No amount of persuasion can induce those who have once used these great skin purifiers and beautifiers, to use any others. CUTICURA SOAP combines delicate emollient properties derived from CUTICURA, the great skin cure, with the purest of cleansing ingredients, and the most refreshing of flower odors. No other medicated soap is to be compared with it for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, scalp, hair, and hands. No other foreign or domestic toilet soap, however expensive, is to be compared with it for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Thus it combines, in ONE SOAP at ONE PRICE, viz.: TWENTY-FIVE CENTS, the BEST skin and complexion soap, the BEST toilet, BEST baby soap in the world. al and Internal Treatment for Every Numer Consisting of OUTCUBE SOAK (500c.), to cleanse the skin of ornate and scales and soften the thickened cuticle; OUTCUBE OINTMENT (500c.), to instantly ally itching, inflammation, and irritation, and soothe and heal; OUTCUBE BREAKNEW (500c.), to cool and cleanse the blood. A SINGLE SUP to often sufficient to cure the most torturing, disgusting, burning, and acaly skin, scalp, and blood humors, with loss of hair, when all else fails. Gold strength the wounds. Don't Get Footsore! Get FOOT-EASE. A certain cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. Cures Frost-bites and Chilblains. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Preferred Toothache. A little boy said that he would rather have the earache than the toothache, because he wasn't compelled to have the ear pulled out. Lange's Family Medicine. Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. Holland has nine miles of canal for every 100 square miles of surface, 2,700 miles in all. WANTED—Men with rigs to advertise and introduce Monarch Poultry Mixture. Straight salary $15.00 weekly and expenses. Address with stamp Monarch Mfg. Co., Sts. 194, Springfield, Illinois. Vanity is sometimes cured by having a photograph taken. Care, worry and anxiety whiten the hair too early. Renew it with PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM. HUMAN CORNS, the best cure for corns. 15cts. Success comes from not making the same mistake twice. When cycling take a bar of White's Yucatan. You can ride further and easier. A boaster is next door neighbor to a liar. The beneficial results of Garfield Tee upon the system are apparent after a few days' use: THE COMPLEXION IS CLEARED FOR THE BLOOD HAS BEEN PURIFIED. An anecdote is a tale without a body. Cold Agony Pain intensified by cold is unbearable. Neuralgia in winter must seek St. Jacobs Oil for the surest relief and promptest cure. PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR PRAISES PE-RU-NA REV. E.G. SMITH PASTOR M.J. ROSSMAN ELDER First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro, Ga., and Its Pastor and Elder. WHEAT IS GOING UP. Don't Delay BUY NOW FOR A BIG PROFIT. Send for our book, "Successful Speculation." FREE J. K. COMSTOCK & CO., Trader's Bldg. CHICAGO. The day was when men of prominence hesitated to give their testimonials to proprietary medicines for publication. This remains true today of most proprietary medicines. But Peruna has become so justly famous, its merits are known to so many people of high and low stations, that no one hesitates to see his name in print recommending Peruna. The highest men in our nation have given Peruna a strong endorsement. Men representing all classes and stations are equally represented. A dignified representative of the Presbyterian church in the person of Rev. E. G. Smith does not hesitate to state publicly that he has used Peruna in his family and found it cured when other remedies failed. In this statement the Rev. Smith is supported by an elder in his church. Rev. E. G. Smith, pastor of the Presbyterian church of Greensboro, Ga., writes: "Having used Peruna in my family for some time it gives me pleasure to testify to its true worth. My little boy seven years of age had been suffering for some time with catarrh of the lower bowels. Other remedies had failed, but SCALDING WATER volded in the morning and that which contains a sediment after standing, certainly indicates dangerously affected Kidneys. Don't worry and make matters worse, but at once take the remedy which you can depend upon absolutely. are guaranteed by the proprietors under 550 forfeit to cure any case of Kidney Disease or Pain in the Back. This is a tempting offer and is made in perfect good faith. Other distinctive symptoms of Kidney Disease are Backache, Dizziness, Puffing under the Eyes, Rheumatic Pains, General Weakness, and frequently all the troubles peculiar to women. Kid-ne-oids will restore you. people curved by kid-ne-oids. In writing them please enclose stamped addressed envelope. W. R. Beebe, Centralia, Ill. Mrs. A. J. Lansaw, 512 S. Marshall St., Paris, Ill. Mrs. C. A. Hewitt, Wilson Ave., and 10th St., Sterling, Ill. Mrs. Hull, Mechanic & 17th St., Columbus, Ind. J. H. Clark, N. Main St., Columbia City, Ind. Henry Harris, Brasília, Ind. Bert Dawson, Commerzville, Ind. T. A. Smith, Cresco, Whitley Co., Ind. Solomon Sawyer, Jackson St., Brazil, Ind. Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are not pills, but Yellow Tablets and sell at fifty sents a box at drug stores. JOHN MORROW & CO., SPRINGFIELD, G. For 14 Cents We mail the following race seed novelties. 1kg. Blue Blood Tuna Seed, $ .15 1 ** Barbera Lemon Seed, $ .15 1 ** Hanna's Favorite Onion Seed, $ .10 1 ** Gold Crown Onion Seed, $ .10 1 ** City Gold Onion Seed, $ .10 1 ** 13-Day Redish Seed, $ .10 1 ** Lo L. Market Lettuce Seed, $ .10 8 ** Bellillant Flower Seed, $ .15 Worth $1.00 for 14 Cents Above 10 packages are necessary we will call four, together with our great Glinted Seed Catalog, telling all about Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass Also Charles Onion Seed, 60s. a 1lb. Together with thousands of excellent vegetables and farm seeds, upon receipt of the and this medica. Whom once you plant Salzer's Seed you will never do without. JOHN A. SALZER BED U.S., La Crosse, Wis. after taking two bottles of Peruna the trouble almost entirely disappeared. For this special malady I consider it well nigh a specific. As a tonic for weak and worn out people it has few or no equals."—Rev. E. G. Smith. Mr. M. J. Rossman,a prominent merchant of Greensboro, Ga., and an elder in the Presbyterian church of that place, has used Peruna,and in a recent letter to The Peruna Medicine Co., of Columbus, Ohio, writes as follows: "For a long time I was troubled with catarrh of the kidneys and tried many remedies, all of which gave me no relief. Peruna was recommended to me by several friends, and after using a few bottles I am pleased to say that the long looked for relief was found and I am now enjoying better health than I have for years, and can heartily recommend Peruna to all similarly afflicted. It is certainly a grand medicine."—M. J. Rossman. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus.O. The Makers of Our Destinies. Our judgment tests confirm manhood. We are all drifting out and on toward our final places. Some go down early in the strife, others fight on and overcome. There is no decree more certain than character. Our destinies are ourselves.—Presbyterian Journal. You Can Get Allen's Foot-Ease Free. Write to-day 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 Chilblains and Frost-bites. At all druggists and shoe stores; 25c. Projected Railways in Folkestone. A conduit line to cost $500,000 is projected in Folkestone, Kent, England, in down town sections, with an overhead trolley system in the suburbs. 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. In Philadelphia physical culture has been added to the regular course of study in the public schools. GARFIELD TEA IS AN HERB MEDICINE; it is of inestimable value in all cases of stomach, liver, kidney and bowel disorders; it promotes a healthy action of a, these organs. The amount of German capital invested in China is over $70,000,000. BATT'S CAPS FOR COLDS. Fafest, surest, quickest cure for colds. Druggists know the ingredients. 25 cents. Some men acquire that tired feeling from looking for an easy job. Goe's Cough Balsam Is the oldest and best. It will break up a cold quicker than anything else. It is always reliable. Try it. A hot bath taken at night affords refreshing sleep. DO YOU COUGH DON'T DELAY TAKE KEMP'S BALSAM THE BEST COUGH CURE At Cureo Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Group, In- buenza, Whoshing Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma. A certain care for consumption in first stages, and a sure relief in advanced stages. Use at once. You will see the excellent effect, after taking the first dose. Sold by doctors every- where. Large bottles 25 cents and 50 cents. In the Public Eye Honor for Mrs. Fairbanks. Among the candidates for the presidency of the D. A. R. at the coming session in Washington is Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks, wife of the senator from Indiana. In her own city—Indianapolis—Mrs. Fairbanks is accounted an all-around club woman. She was the founder of the Fortnightly Literary club, an organization of several hundred women. As the vice president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Indiana she is conspicuous among the patriotic women of the country. As a member of the Contemporary club, the leading mixed club in Indianapolis, and a worker in the Art association, she is also well known in her state. When in Washington with her husband she affiliated with the women's clubs in the national capital. In appearance Mrs. ```markdown ``` MRS. C. W. FAIRBANKS. Fairbanks is unusually prepossessing having that indefinable stamp of a gracious and refined woman. Sixty-Six Million Cents Coined There were coined last year at the United States mints 66,833,700 bronze cents. The number was almost large enough to supply every inhabitant with one of these useful coins. The mints turned out more cents last year than ever before, but they have not been inactive in preceding years. Their output in 1895 was thirty-eight millions, in 1896 thirty-nine millions, in 1897 fifty millions, and in 1898 forty-nine millions. The cents which are in circulation seldom are much worn. They disappear some how before they have had time to get rubbed smooth as nickels and silver coins do. What becomes of the cents is as much a mystery as what becomes of the pins. Millions of these small coins are minted yearly, and yet there is a steady demand for more. Nobody hoards cents. Nobody melts them down—a fate which befalls gold coins often. Then what becomes of all the bronze cents? Compatriot of Famous Men. The late Senator Bradbury of Maine, whose death was announced last week, was the oldest statesman in the United States, and a colleague and personal friend of Webster, Clay, Benton and Calhoun. He was the only survivor of the 100 men who sat in the senate during his senatorial term from 1847 to 1853. The departed ex-senator was the only living member of the THE LATE SENATOR BRADBURY. Bowdoin class of 1825, which included Longfellow, Hawthorne and John S. C. Abbott. The career of the venerable statesman covered a period of American history unexampled in the experience of any other man. He was one of Andy Jackson's warm supporters. He was 98 years, six months and 28 days old when he died. He never chewed nor smoked tobacco, nor drank intoxicating liquor. The Late Bishop Ninde. The late Bishop William X. Ninde, came of a long line of Methodist preachers, and was himself a survival of the circuit riding days of the Methodist ministry. His work in and for the church was in many and different fields. He was first a teacher, then a minister, winning wide fame as one of the most powerful pulpit orators of the church, a missionary to India, a professor in Garrett Biblical Institution, and finally for the last sixteen years a bishop. Dr. A. Donaldson Smith, the famous Philadelphia explorer, who has recently returned from Africa, has been awarded the Elisha Kent Kane medal by the Geographical society of Pennsylvania. This is the first medal the society has awarded. Sir Wilfred Laurier, the Canadian premier, is noted for the unstinted manner in which he dispenses private charity. He has been known to go out on cold nights to carry food to some poor person in whom he took an inter- Greene's Nervur: blood and nerve rest the blood and strengthening the nerves. 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Pension Burgan. Syr, in civil war.15 adjudicating claims.ai.ci. ALLIED PRINTING TRADES UNION LABEL COUNCIL 100 CHICAGO, ILL NEWSPAPER LAW. Any person who takes the paper regularly from the postoffice, whether he is a subscriber or not, is responsible for the pay. The courts have decided that refusing to take newspapers and periodicals from the postoffice, or removing and leaving them uncalled for is prima facie evidence of intentional fraud. FRILLS OF PASHION. Variations in children's gowns blossom out from time to time, even though they are very slight, and small girls rival their mothers in their ambition to keep up to date. Soft wool materials make up very prettily in this way. In figured French flannel the collar may be made of the same and trimmed with rows of narrow braid or velvet ribbon. Skirts of the small gowns are usually plain, but the older girls have some sort of trimming, either tucks, stitched bands, ruffles or velvet folds, stitched on. The long-waisted mode, in which the waist line rounds down low in front, is conspicuously evident among the gowns for girls over 10 years of age, and the small gowns for dainty little girls of 6 imitate this fashion as much as possible by having the long waist all around. Guimpe dresses, which never seem to go out of style, are suitable for all ages, from 6 to the more mature years of middle age. Bolero jackets are very popular in the kingdom of small costumes, and the attempt to produce the effect of stole ends is seen in one little gown, where narrow lace revers are carried down the entire length of the front, as shown in the illustration. Another pretty effect is made by two box plaits in front, one at either side from the yoke to the hem, and two in the back, giving a long effect to the waist, which is defined with a narrow velvet belt ending in small velvet rosettes at either side of the front on the plaits. The skirt gathers on to the waist between the plaits, which apparently are a continuation of those in the waist. A sailor collar of lace covers the shoulders in the back and opens in front over a yoke of tucked white silk or batiste. Thin gowns of point d'esprit for party wear are variously trimmed with ruches, ruffles, lace insertion and rows of colored satin ribbon. A pretty feature of the small girl's costume is the coat and hat to match.—New York Sun PRACTICAL ADVICE. Never let a child sob itself to sleep. An egg beaten up in milk is a good pick-me-up. Sponge black silk with spirits to revive it. Soot covered with salt is easily brushed up. If broken wash the bruise and apply vaseline. Apply arnica to a bruise if the skin is unbroken. A hot bath taken at night affords refreshing sleep. Lemons stowed separately in dry sand keep fresh. Dry hair turns gray sooner than moist tresses do. If your clothes catch fire instantly roll on the floor. Crawl out of a room where there are smoke and fire. When you want to cut whalebone, warm it by the fire. Sufferers from dyspepsia should not drink while eating. Cut glass needs scrubbing with warm water and scap. When the dirt is removed rinse it well with cold water. If possible, hold a wet towel to your face while escaping.—Boston Journal. FRANKLIN'S CODE. Moderation—Avoid extremes; for-bear resenting injuries. Cleanliness—Suffer no uncleanliness in body, clothes or habitation. Temperance—Mat not to fullness; drink not to elevation. Justice—Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty. Tranquility—Be not disturbed about trifles, or at accidents, common or unavoidable. Resolution—Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. Frugality—Make no expense, but do good to others or yourself; that is, waste nothing. Industry—Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions. Order—Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. Silence—Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. Some people are willing to be good if paid for it and others are for nothing. PERSONALS The late Oiney Arnold of Pawtucket, R. I., bequeathed $5,000 to Tufts college and smaller sums to a large number of religious and philanthropic institutions. D. O. Stone, editor of the Hawarden (Ia.) Is dependent, has been in the newspaper business twenty years. In honor of the completion of his first score he issued a special edition of his paper. John Mahin, editor of the Muscatine (la.) Journal, has been connected with that paper since July 7. 1852, almost forty-nine years. He has been longer connected with one journal than any other Iowa editor. It is said in Boston that one is almost sure to see the Rev. E. E. Hale on the street in the vicinity of the Unitarian building some time every Monday morning. He does not seem to have grown a day older in the last fifteen years. James H. O'Rourke, the baseball player, has played the national game for thirty-four successive seasons. He has played in 1,964 championship games while a member of the National or the Players' league. He is now forty-six years old, but is in excellent health and appears able to play the game many more seasons. The Montreal board of trade gave a banquet recently in honor of C. M. Hays, who retires as general manager of the Grand Trunk railway in order to accept the presidency of the Southern Pacific railway. The dominion government was represented by the Hon. A. G. Blair, minister of railways, and the Hon. Sidney Arthur Fisher, minister of agriculture. C. F. C. Arensberg, class poet at Harvard this year, is a brother of W. C. Arensberg, who was the class poet last year. The brothers are expert chess players, and both have played on the Harvard team. The plodding, patient genius of a chess player and the supposed impatient inspiration of a poet are hard to reconcile in the same person, and still harder in two persons of the same family. ODDS AND ENDS. Silk dresses were worn in China 4, 500 years ago. Three-fourths of the serious losses on the lakes occur in November. Forty-five alligators in a Milwaukee show died of pneumonia one day recently. A law in Boston permits residents to keep street musicians 300 feet from their houses. In Pennsylvania the trolley is carrying the mail, and thus supplanting the star routes. In Philadelphia physical culture has been added to the regular course of study in the public schools. Mr. Carnegie's gifts during 1900 are found to foot up $3,000,000, compared with his record of $5,000,000 in 1899. Nearly 75,000 tons of corks are needed for the bottled beer and aerated waters consumed annually in Britain. The municipal authorities of Glasgow are considering a proposition for the establishment of a city savings bank. Yale's football association last season paid out $1,294.95 for medical attendance and $749.30 for "shoes and repairs." Clerks and the clergy are the most numerous patrons of the bicycle. Teachers are also great patrons of the wheel. The number of rooms in a house, of windows or doors in a room, even of rungs on a ladder, in Slam must always be odd. James Swann, the Atlanta, Ga., millionaire, has announced his intention of giving $25,000 to the Georgia School of Technology. Butte, Mont., has the highest expenditure per capita for public school education of any city in the country, viz.: $5.67. The British lodge, F. & A. M., at Cape Town gave a Masonic farewell reception to the American censul, J. G. Stowe. SPANISH HUMOR Some recent jokes from Madrid, giving an idea of contemporaneous Spanish humor: Gedeon goes to confer with the president of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. "What do you want?" "I desire to be protected; my wife treats me like a dog." Among women friends: "Now I am sure that Ernesto wants to marry me." "What ground have you for saying that?" "I've noted that Ernesto begins to be unable to stand mamma." Medical consultation: "How do you find me, doctor?" "Very bad. You are worn out and it is necessary that you give up all head work." "That would ruin me, doctor. Don't you know I'm a barber?" "But why do you marry so poor a woman?" "To revenge myself. I have suffered much in this world." "Ah, now I understand—an unhappy love affair." "No; I am marrying a poor woman to make my creditors rave!" 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