The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. GEORGE W. PLUMMER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. What we will have to say in this article will not be directed against Mr. George W. Plummer as an honorable citizen of Chicago nor as an able lawyer. But we will hurl our darts at Mr. Plummer for being one-sided, illogical, and ignorant of his country's history. What we mean or want to say is simply this, the latter part of last week we called on Mr. Plummer at his office in the Journal Building, and as our motto is to tell the truth, hew to the line and let the chips fall where they may, we shall do so in dealing with or relating our conversation with Mr. Plummer, who is to all appearances nothing but a rank fanatic. In relating our experience with Mr. Plummer we must pause a moment to say that his language was choice and well chosen, that he conducted himself like a perfect gentleman until he became consonant of the fact that the writer was a Democrat and editing and publishing a Democratic newspaper, then he raved, cursed and unbosomed himself of so much vile language that we really thought he was a fit subject for some lunatic asylum. He declared that any "Nigger" (as he called us) who claimed to be a Democrat must certainly be wrong in the head, he went on to say how he had fought in the war to free the "Niggers" and that no "Nigger" (as he delighted in repeating the word), had no right to be anything but a Republican. Mr. Plummer endeavored to make us believe that no Democrat was deserving of any credit for having fought on the side of the Union, that if he had his way he would still be shooting Democrats, and at the very time when he seemed to be bereft of all reason he declared he would never subscribe for a Democratic paper run by a "Nigger" although we did not ask him to do so, then he apologized to us for his ungentlemanly conduct. While in Mr. Plummer's office we did not attempt to argue with him, for we thought it was useless to attempt to reason with a rattle-brained or idiotic fool. Right here we want to say to Mr. Plummer, that no sane man at this late day contends that the civil war between the Northern and the Southern people was not brought on by the Republican party with the avowed purpose of conferring freedom upon the Negro, far from it, but suppose the leaders of the Republican party had no other object in view, which is untrue! and did they not call for the services of all who were loyal to the Union? and do not the war records at Washington show that over six hundred thousand Democrats fought on the side of the Union? moreover, if we mistake not two hundred thousand Negroes also had something to do in helping to preserve the Union, are they to be counted along with the six hundred thousand Democrats as being traitors to their country, Mr. Plummer, for no other reason than that Abraham Lincoln, and his advisers did not want them to fight for their own freedom because they thought if they would arm the Negro, in less than ten days from the time they did so the guns would be back in the hands of the rebels? Going one more step further we wish to assure you, Mr. Plummer, that we do not permit any priest, political anti-deluvians, Jack-leg preacher, king, pope, ruler nor potentate to do our thinking. And whenever you are willing, Mr. Plummer, to refrain from having anything whatever to do with Democrats either in a social or business way, whenever you are willing to shoot President McKinley to death for putting on a rebel badge and exclaiming "this is the Proudest day of my life," then we will believe that you are honest in expressing your utter contempt for all Democrats and ex-rebels. Whenever you can advance any logical reason why the great mass of the colored people should forever and forever remain the mental and the political slaves of the Republican party, then we are willing to admit, Mr. Plummer, that you are a great deal wiser than King Solomon of old, and possess more wisdom than Charles Sumner, Gen. John M. Palmer, Horace Greeley and many other eminent statesmen who have declared before passing below the horizon, that the only political salvation for the Negro in this country is to cease from having his eyes riveted upon the dead past like a man riding backward, but he must study the new issues or questions as they arise and divide his vote between the great political parties the same as other American citizens. Therefore, it is our intention, Mr. Plummer, as long as we continue to breathe the breath of life to combat the foolish idea that the Republican party has the undisputed right to own and control all colored men, their children and their children's children, and lead them up to the polls on the day of election with rings in their noses and vote them like so many dumb cattle for no other reason than that the Negro's skin happens to be dark, and that he gained what little liberty he now enjoys through the fortunes of war. FROM AWAY DOWN IN EGYPT. Julius F. Taylor, Esq., Editor of The Broad Ax: Please allow me space in your paper, to apologize for not writing before now. I will send you my subscription for your paper by the 15th of this month. I like. The Broad Ax and can get lots of subscribers in Cairo for it. I have not had the time to write any to your paper. I have been rejoicing over this county going democratic last fall I would like to know if Rev. Carey is preaching at Quinn chapel yet? Last fall our so-called white republicans sent for the Rev. to come down here to line the Negroes up so he answered the call and did the democrats more good thing he did the republicans. You can ask Mr. Carey if he remembers how he cursed and roared while making his first speech in one of the Baptist churches down here. He also at the court house said that any Negro who voted any part of the democratic ticket ought to be fifty million miles below hell. I will say in regard to the Rev. if he keeps on making political speeches he will find himself below fiddle green. One half of the Negro preachers of this day are doing the Negro race more harm than the saloons and crap tables. I believe in God and believe he meant just what he said. God told Moses to lead his people, but Moses failed in one instant, so God told Moses that he should view the promised land, but he would never inherit it. I often wonder what he will tell these political preachers when they go up before Him, if president McKinley had failed of being elected one-half of the Negro preachers would have laid down their religion all over this country. Elder P. M. Lewis, of the A. M. E. church, preached one Sunday night about Abraham Lincoln he forgot about Christ, he snorted and cavolted about the democrat so now they are trying to hold a revival meeting, but the sinners don't pay any attention to them so pray for Cairo for she is doomed like Rome was Circuit court convenes here on Monday and we have a democratic states attorney and a democratic circuit clerk to fill Mr. Butler and Mr. Dewey's places, which they held the past sixteen years, so they are compelled to sit back and watch the gentlemen transact business. Col. W. T. Scott was in the city a few days ago, he now resides in East St. Louis, corner Walnut avenue and Champa St. When going to East St. Louis call on W. T. Scott, new marble place, European Hotel and Cafe. JAMES DOUGLASS. 300 25th street, Cairo, Ill. Feb. 6th, 1901. The women of the Phyllis Wheatly Club inyite all school girls from the ages of 9 to 18 to their club rooms, 5053 Dearborn street. Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 12, at 3:30 o'clock. Mrs. M. J. Jackson, President of the State Federation, and others, will address the meeting. All girls are urgently renested to be present as they will hear something that will be of great importance and interest to them. Refreshments will be served free of charge. CAPT. WM. P. BLACK AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN. On Tuesday, Feb. 12, Abraham Lincoln's birthday will be observed in many parts of the country, and on the evening of that date, Capt. Wm. P. Black, who has acquired a national reputation in war, law and politics, will address the members and friends of the new Thomas Jefferson League. e [Name] CAPTAIN WILLIAM P. BLACK The eloquent Orator and Able Lawyer Who Will Addre Thomas Jefferson League, Feb. 12th, Abraham Lincoln The eloquent Orator and Able Lawyer Who Will Address the Friends of The Thomas Jefferson League, Feb. 12th, Abraham Lincoln's Birthday. The eloquent Orator and Able Lawyer Who Will Address the Friends of The Thomas Jefferson League, Feb. 12th, Abraham Lincoln's Birthday. at St. Mark's A. M. E. Church, corner of 47th and State streets, on "Abraham Lincoln." The ladies of the Home Missionary Society will serve refreshments. No charges for admission. It may be interesting to those who are unacquainted with the career of Capt. Black to know that he enlisted in the Union army from college as a private soldier, April 15, 1861, in 11th Indiana Volunteers, and was mustered in as captain of Company K, 37th Illinois Volunteers, Sept. 18, 1862, and served in that capacity to the close of the war. He holds and wears a congressional medal of honor for distinguished gallantry at the battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, March 7, 1862. He voted for Abraham Lincoln at his second election and affiliated with the Republican party until 1872. Then in company with Charles Sumner, Horace Greeley, Lyman Trumbull, George W. Julian and many other warm friends of the colored race he deserted that party because its corrupt leaders were eager and willing not only to enslave the mids of the colored people, but the whites as well and to pin them down to a system of mental and industrial slavery which has not heretofore been experienced by any people residing in any portion of the world. Captain Black being connected with the war, his address on Abraham Lincoln will be a gem in itself and a rare treat to those who have never had the pleasure of listening to any of his grand orations. Wednesday the Democratic Central Committee of Cook County met, and after a lively session it was decided to select those whose names follow as members of the committee: Fourth Ward, Peter Roth; John P. McGoorty, Seventh; Henry C. McMahon and Joseph Belinski, Eleventh; P. J. King and John H. Owons, Thirteenth; Thos. J. Dawson, Twenty-sixth; Aldermau Charles J. Boyd, Thirtieth; Edward Carroll, Thirty-first; John White, Thirty-third; James E. Daley, Thirty-fourth and Frank J. Ryan Thirty, fourth. On the whole some mighty good men have been added to the committee. ```markdown ``` THE KERNEL OF THE WHOLE MATTER. "Booker T. Washington is the only Negro in this country that has the ear of the world—but he is not a leader; he is simply an educator and a moneygetter, that's all—only a successful school teacher, with contracted ideas not broad enough to be a race leader. Mark my words tonight!" 1930 Who Will Address the Friends of The Abraham Lincoln's Birthday. Such were the words uttered lately in Memphis, Tenn., by the Rev. John Abby, D. D., at a church gathering. We do not desire to enter the lists of controversy with Dr. Abby on the point of Mr. Washington's fitness or unfitness for the position of a leader of his people. We have never thought that Mr. Washington aspired to be recognized as such, and we doubt very much if Dr. Abby'sadmission, that the race requires a leader-one particular leader, will tend to its ultimate benefit. What we have to aim at, in our opinion, is to be part and parcel of this great commonwealth, following in divers ways, as personal inclination dictates, the leadership of any man, of any race, who like King Saul of old, rises head and shoulders above his fellowmen. But to grant for one moment that we require the leadership of a race brother. Of what do the true qualities of a leader consist? First, in so disciplining his followers that they have to follow where he leads. And who is so fit to do this as one who has spent a lifetime in, first, educating and disciplining others, and lastly, training others to do likewise? The educator in our opinion is the true leader provided he takes a wide and comprehensive view of his position and responsibilities. What do our friends the memebrs of the Society of Jesus teach "Give me a child from 5 till 13 and I can control his whole future life and rule the world." For a minister, especially of the A. M. E. church, to cast the accusation of "narrowness" is to us sublime in its ridiculousness. But we are afraid the milk of the cocoanut is not to be found in the fact that Mr. Washington happens to be, a successful educator, but will be found in these words of Dr. Abby's: "Booker T. Washington is the only Negro in this country who has the ear of the world." Therein lies the sting, and therein can, we are ashamed and humiliated to confess, be found one of the worst curses of our race. The Negro, generally speaking, does not honor and endorse men among their own number who are worthy of it. We are familiar with the words of the great Nasarene: "A prophet is not without honor save in his own country and among his own people." How doubly true this is of ourselves. A --- contemporary remarks very appropriately that if such men as Washington, Fortune, Dunbar, White or Tanner depended for substantial encouragement upon those for whom they mostly devote their energies, their genius would go begging and their bodies starving. Such men as we have mentioned, brilliant in literature, politics and art, are given only hot air by their own race; whatever substantial benefits they enjoy they get from the white race. We neither make nor properly appreciate our own great men. We are too apathetic, too envious. The most pushing man in our country is the one we most distrust and oppose. The doctor or the lawyer belonging to our race must almost perform miracles before we will trust him. The newspaper publisher who digs and worries for our good we are apt to look upon as a mere subscription beggar. And so on through the whole category. We do not give proper support to business speculations or race enterprises of any kind, but on the other hand stand aloof until these have succeeded in spite of us; and then we set the successful man up as a shining race example, to whose success we have not only not contributed one lota, but on the contrary, by indifference, if not by actual opposition, have placed every obstacle in his way.—Ex. LOVE KNOWS NO COLOR DISTINCTION. The following speaks for itself: Washington, D. C.—A marriage will shortly be solemnized between Morris S. Koonce, Secretary of the Navy Long's colored messenger, and Mary A. Anderson, a young white woman. The marriage license was issued Thursday from the office of the clerk of the district Supreme Court, and before the ten days in which it will expire by limitation have passed, the colored man expects to lead his Caucasian bride to the altar. He stated last night that arrangements had not been quite completed for the happy event, but that all seemed propitious, and that nothing was expected to interfere with the marriage taking place, Miss Anderson is the daughter of a Virginia farmer, and in service in Washington as a cook. She is extremely good-looking. No opposition to the match has been made by her father, nor by any of her relatives, Koonce declares. Koonce is an intelligent-looking colored man, of some means and of good standing. He came to Washington from Alabama something over five years ago and secured a position in the navy department. His education and intelligence brought him promotion, and he was soon made messenger to the secretary of the navy, holding the position under Secretary Herbert and then under Secretary Long. He has a house at 1732 F street, N. W. Dan. Mush Jackson, who makes more noise than a dying cat because he was not elected county commissioner last fall, says in a letter written to Thes Broad Ax a few days ago, which is full of bad English, "that he has come in contact with many nigger Democrats, who are Democrats because they are too lazy to earn a living by work, but being humane one ought to have mercy upon them because God Almighty neglected to properly arrange their cerebellum." Poor thing, it must have dislocated Dan's big jaw to spell out that last word. We do not want to give you too much free advertising Mr. Big Dan, and all we have to say is that the self-respecting colored people of Chicago and Cook County acted wise in refusing to vote for you for county commissioner. Ex-Justice J. J. Hennessy, and Attorney M. Cole, who are both well known in the Town of Lake, have branched out in the real estate, loan and insurance business, with offices at 4139 S. Halsted street. This new firm will also make a specialty of collecting rents, paying taxes for non-residents and preparing legal documents. Their telephone is Yards 574. Justice John Fitzgerald wears a new high collar, which comes up close around his chin and makes him resemble a Methodist minister. NO. 16. When it comes to killing "Niggers," the Radicals of the North can score point for point with the Rebels of the South.—Ex. John P. Mulkeen, 5059 5th avenue, broke his right leg recently and he has suffered much pain from it, but he is now getting along nicely and very shortly he will be as pert as ever. Ex-City Treasurer Ernest Hummel is spoken of for city treasurer more than anyone else. He is a big brewer and his name placed upon the ticket would add strength to it. All the large statesmen are of the opinion that Mayor Carter H. Harrison will not have any opposition in the convention, that he will be the next Mayor of Chicago. H. W. Seegerz, who conducts a neat grocery store and meat market at 5638 Princeton avenue, cuts a wide swath in politics in the new 31st Ward. He is affable and knows how to make and keep friends. Lawyer Jesse A. Williams, who came to this city from Seattle Wash.. last fall, has become connected with Col. Beauregard F. Moseley. Mr. Williams is quite bright and he is well adapted for his profession. It will be ladies day with the young men's Sunday Club of St. Marks A. M. E. Church, 47th and State Sts., Sunday afternoon, at 4 p. m. Rev. Cewerth will address the meeting. A cordial invitation is extended to all. County Constable John C. McCarthy, who is generally in sight around Justice Fitzgerald's court, would like to further serve in the same capacity. Mr. McCarthy is wide-awake and he makes a good constable. City Clerk William Loeffler, who has been faithful in the past to the people's best interests will be renominated and re-elected, for if you see it in The Broad Ax, you can bet your big old boots it is the gospel truth. Mellville G. Holding continues to loom up for aldermanic honors from the 32d Ward. Mr. Holding would make a tip-top alderman and his many friends would be delighted to see him installed as alderman from the 32d Ward. Last Thursday evening, Feb. 7, a mothers' union meeting was held at Olivet Baptist Church. Mrs. Kenner a special worker among women was the speaker of the evening. Several fine musical selections by talented artists was a feature of the program. The members of the Douglass League will do honor to the memory of Frederick Douglass by giving a grand reception at their hall, 5058 Dearborn street, Monday evening, Feb. 18. Ladies are invited to grace the occasion with their presence. Emil Anderson, 5401 Wentworth worth avenue, has been indorsed for Clark of the Town of Lake by the Scandinavian Democratic Club of the 30th Ward. Mr. Anderson is a clean man and he would make a very much better clerk than the thick-headed fellow who now fills the office. City Attorney A. J. Ryan will under no circumstances enter the contest for re-nomination for city attorney, and we have been informed by Alderman Finn and Daniel Donohue that neither one of them are candidates, therefore, the field is still open for all comers for city attorney. John E. Owens, one of the new members of the city committee stands mighty close to Mr. Robert E. Burke, and it is intimated that when the city convention is held Mr. Burke will wink at the delegates and enough of them will wheel into line and nominate John E. Owens for city attorney. Ben. Harris, who had for years worked for the Commercial National Bank, died Sunday morning at the Union Hospital, and his funeral was held Wednesday from Olivet Church, which was largely attended. Mr. Harris was a great leader among secret societies and his fellow members turned out in fall force and followed his remains to the grave. WILL promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Bishops, Protestants, Knights of Labor, Inclaves, Mormons, Republicans, Priests, or any other can have their say, so long as their ingrangement is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Brand Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever acquiring the material right to speak its own mind. Local communication will have attention; to rely on the side of the paper. JULIUS P. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. In a wood, near Palnora, on the edge of the Northern Carpathians, a woman went to gather sticks, leaving her baby in a secluded spot. Upon her return she saw two great eagles bearing away her child, whom they had dismembered. Upon a hunt being made by the inhabitants, the bones of the baby were found in the eagle's nest on the rocks amid the snow. In the state archives at Rome it has been found that the X-rays may successfully exhibit the writing on manuscripts concealed in old book covers whenever this writing is done in red lead, ultramarine blue or cinnabar. They are being used also in attempts to detect forgeries of paintings and in efforts to discover signatures of old masters in paintings alleged to have been produced by them. A novel still for the making of moonshine whisky was recently discovered in the mountains of Maryland. It was concealed in an oven standing out in plain view in a yard, and from the boldness of its position had long gone undetected. Inside the oven was a movable copper still, which could be taken out in times of peril, otherwise all suspicions could be allayed by innocently using the oven to bake bread. One Sunday evening a rough-cast man rose in the Reform Club meeting and said: "I believe in owning up. When I get into trouble by making a fool of myself, or by letting somebody else lead me out of the way, I ain't goin' to shirk the blame. I am goin' to take my own load on my own shoulders. I shall just speak up and say, 'I, Bill Pike, did that!'" There's an example, as well as a rebuke, for several kinds of whimpering sinners, in high places and in low. The marriage landau of the queen of the Netherlands is on exhibition on the premises of a carriage builder in the Boulevard Haussmann, in Paris. It has been sent thither to be relined, but has already been used by her majesty Wilhelmina on a few state occasions. It is painted in cream color, "Vernis Martin," of great purity of mint; the box seat, the springs and the hubs of the wheels are of a rich orange; the new linings are of white brocade, and the queen will, they say, have eight white horses, with orange-colored trappings, to take her to church on her wedding day. The more one thinks about wireless telegraphy the more amazing it seems. By Marconi's method, messages are sent over, or through, mountain ranges; and the curving segment of the earth, covered by the ocean, does not prevent communication between ships sixty miles apart. Still more marvelous is it that simultaneous messages can be transmitted by "tuning" the instruments so as to produce a difference in the vibrations; but it has long been known that countless waves of light and sound can pass and repass, crossing each other in every conceivable direction, without the least interference. It is pleasant to record the fact that the consular service is gradually working out of politics, that more and more fitness is considered in the original duties of consuls, that efficient men are promoted from less important to more important stations, and that the effects of the improved system in advancing American trade are so marked that the new way is approved by all who study the subject. The cleverness of some consuls in getting at the facts which will enable American manufacturers and merchants to compete in foreign markets is much more pleasing to Americans than it is to those whom they are supplanting in trade. It is singular, but true, that the industrial school system of the United States owes its origin, in large part, to Hawaii. General Armstrong, the founder of Hampton Institute, was the son of that Hawaiian educator who organized the schools of the Hawaiian Islands. Hampton this winter contains eight grandchildren of former Indian students. Honolulu, in the course of but a single generation, shows a still more notable instance of rapidaboriginal development. A former queen of Hawaii, awakened to a sense of a finer civilization, cane with great pomp and retinue to express her wish for reform. Unwrapping from her body the seventy-five yards of broadcloth which had composed her royal robe, she burned it in the public square. Her niece, Lady Bishop, later bequeathed her entire property of over a million dollars to the cause of education in Hawaii. Today the compulsory school system of those islands is so admirable that Australia lately sent there for a teacher to expound in the southern continent the Hawaiian-American system of education. Woodstock, Ont., is a city of 10,000 inhabitants. While not a large place it is very progressive. Some time ago the Woodstock Electric Light Company was called to sell its plant to the city, and after demurring the deal was effected and the business was passed over to the municipality. Hereafter the plant will be run as a city undertaking. Kingston, Ont., with a population of 20,000, has notified the Kingston Light, Heat and Power Company of its intention to proceed in a lawful manner to arbitrate to acquire the whole plant. The company's contracts expire in 1901. The property, valued at $300,000, will probably soon be in the possession of the municipal authorities. If Kingston can own its electric light plant there is no reason why Bridgeport should not also go into the same kind of business. The city of Wianlipeg, Manitoba, has been carrying on its electric light plant very successfully during the past year. Consumers are receiving a cheaper and better service that when a private corporation was in control. PRESIDENT OF PRESIDENTS. A Distinguished Lady Indeed, Is Mrs. Mary E. Poole, of Whiting, Ind. Whiting, Ind., Feb. 4, 1901.—(Special.)—The Presidents of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic have an association composed exclusively of the Presidents of the different State Associations. This Presidents' Association chooses a President, and to this very high and distinguished position Mrs. Mary E. Poole of this place has been elected. Mrs. Poole is thoroughly deserving of this great honor. Her devotion to the interests of the Association is very marked, and her experience with the old soldiers of the G. A. R. is wide. Mrs. Poole is never slow to take advantage of anything that may benefit the veterans, and her zeal has resulted in much that is good to these grand old men. She writes of her experiences; "Honor to whom honor is due, and having seen the numerous cures effected through the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills, I gladly endorse them as being particularly effective to cure that dreaded disease of so many of our old soldiers, Bright's Disease and Kidney Disorders of different kinds. Kidney Disease soon poisons the entire system, and as a result the vital organs are attacked. and I have found that no remedy so surely, completely and quickly finds the weak spot and heals it as Dodd's Kidney Pills. "I have used them myself in slight attacks of billiousness and indigestion, and usually find that from three to four pills do the work." Such evidence from a lady of so much distinction and experience should convince any sufferer from Kidney Trouble that Dodd's Kidney Pills is the remedy that never falls. 50c a box, six boxes for $2.50. Buy them from your local druggist if you can. If he can't supply you send to the Dodds Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Tired of Catching Them A good story about De Wet is told in a letter received in Glasgow from an officer and published in M. A., P. Three yeomanry seouts were taken prisoners near Lindley. De Wet told them he had an important dispatch for General Rundle and if they would undertake to deliver it they would be liberated. All three gave their words of honor to deliver the letter, which was as follows: "Dear Sir: Please chain up these three devils, as I catch them every day. Yours, De Wet." Defense Cannot Be Cured by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucus lining of the Eustachian Tube. 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, Inc. Hall's Family Pills are the best. "Marrying" the Adriatic After having been discontinued for about a century, the ancient annual ceremony of "marrying" the Adriatic will probably be revived in full splendor in Venice next year.—New York Tribune. 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. "An open door will tempt a saint." This rather unusual proverb was engraved on a key-ring; the property of a man found drowned in the Lea in England. Many complicated diseases and much suffering result from constipation. Garfield Tea, the great Herb Tea, will cure the most obstinate case. When a man goes to market and gets stuck on a tough fowl he is very apt to lose his respect for old age. Do Not Spell Your Clothes by using inferior soap. Maple City Self Washing Soap gives the best results. Try it. All good grocers sell it. The first sugar mill was erected in Louisiana in 1758. Honor to Whom Honor Is Due. The railroads have been greatly abused as soulless corporations that were grinding the life blood out of the people. The great Galveston disaster has, however, revealed the fact that the managers of these corporations have hearts which are susceptible of being touched by the cries of distress. Their trains were placed at the disposal of all those engaged in relief work on the coast. Provisions and supplies were carried forward free of charge, committees from every section of the state were furnished transportation, and when the refugees from Galveston began to pour into Houston and it became a serious question what was to be done with them the railroads solved the problem by furnishing transportation without charge to all who wished to leave and to any point they wished to go. Grand Master Anderson informs us that but for this fact Houston would have been overrun with people who had to be cared for, and that suffering and distress would have been largely increased as well as the cost of meeting conditions which would have prevailed. Bro. Anderson desires us, through these columns, to thank the different roads for the great service rendered his committee at Houston. If it were possible we would be glad to see parallel columns, in one of which should appear the acts of these railroad corporations in a time of great calamity and distress, and in the other the amount contributed by the little two-by-four demagogues who are always trying to array the prejudices of the masses against any and every kind of enterprise.—From the Texas Odd Fellow. Virginia, West and Northeast On February 12th, and on each Tuesday until April 30th, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway will sell one-way second-class tickets at the following very low rates: To Montana points.....$25.00 To North Pacific coast points 30.00 To California 30.00 These tickets will be good on all trains and purchasers will have choice of six routes and eight trains via St. Paul and two routes and three trains via Missouri river each Tuesday. The route of the Famous Pioneer Limited trains and the U. S. Government Fast Mall Trains. All Ticket Agents sell tickets via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, or for further information address F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Old Colony Building, Chicago. CAREER AND CHARACTER OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. An address by Joseph Choate, Ambassador to Great Britain, on the career and character of Abraham Lincoln—his early life—his early struggles with the world—his character as developed in the later years of his life and his administration, which placed his name so high on the world's roll of honor and fame, has been published by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway and may be had by sending six (6) cents in postage to F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ill. Then Living in Seclusion. Henrik Ibsen has been living for half a year in great seclusion at Sandefjord, Norway, preparing the material for a new work. Asked if he intended to remain in Norway, he replied: "Yes, in all probability. My correspondence is so extensive that this alone would make it inconvenient to change my address." A Remedy for the Gripp Physicians recommend KEMP'S BALSAM for patients afflicted with the gripe, as it is especially adapted for the threat and lungs. Don't wait for the first symptoms, but get a bottle today and keep it on hand for use the moment it is needed. If neglected, the gripe brings on pneumonia. KEMP'S BALSAM prevents this by keeping the cough loose and the lungs free from inflammation. All druggists, 25c and 50c. President of University Club Former Judge Henry E. Howland has been elected president of the University Club of New York, succeeding the late C. C. Beaman, under whom he had served as vice-president. Judge Howland is one of the most prominent Yale alumni in New York. What Do the Children Drink What Do the Children Drink? Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food drink called GRAIN-O? It is delicious and nourishing, and takes the place of coffee. The more Grain-O you give the children the more health you distribute through their systems. Grain-O is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee, but costs about 1/2 as much. All grocers sell it. 150 and 250. At the Neues theater in Berlin a pantomime has just been produced with the title of "Zambomirosololibidirutsumutzischlumplianowsky." Land's Family Medicine. Moves the powers each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. If the world be divided into land and water hemispheres, London is the center of the land, New Zealand of the water. Petrolmen of Cincinnati are training two bloodhounds for police duty. The dogs are named Sampson and Schley. Skim milk has got into the industries, and it is now found to be worth more to papermakers than five cents a quart. The system of rating on the unimproved land values is growing in favor with the local authorities of New Zealand. AN INNOVATION. The Louisville & Nashville R. R., together with its connecting lines, has inaugurated the Chicago & Florida Dismited, which is a daily, solid train, wide ventibuled, 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 7:00 the next evening, making the fastest time ever made between these points. The train has annex sleeper, leaving St. Louis at 3:16 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. The thirst of an enduring fame is near akin to the love of true excellence. But the fame of the moment is a dangerous possession, and a bastard motive.—W. E. Gladstone. Garfield Tea purifies the blood and cures all forms of indigestion; good health and a clear complexion result from its use; it is made from HERBS. Any coward can fight a battle when he is sure of winning, but give me the man who has the pluck to fight when he is sure of losing.—George Elliot. We refund 10c for every package of PUTNAM FADELESS.DYES that fails to give satisfaction. Monroe Drug Co., Unionville, Mo. Laborers' Union No. 1 of Brooklyn reports that all of its employers are paying union wages. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TABLETS. All drugists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on the box. 250. It is said that Hawaii needs 30,000 men for the cultivation of sugar. Poor Soap Spoils Clothes. Don't take chances. Buy the best. Maple City Self Washing Soap is guaranteed to be pure. All grocers sell it. The world is a prison from which no man need hope to escape alive. FITS Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. R. H. Kline, Ltd., 831 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. The tailor-made girl is all right, but most men prefer the ready maid. ALL UP-TO-DATE PEOPLE. Use Batt's Caps for Colds. Act quickly, cure promptly. All druggists. 25 cents. Last year 337,838,000 whitefish fry were liberated in the great lakes. Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs.—Wm. O. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. The largest American fly is a little over half an inch in length. Coe's Cough Balsam is the oldest and best. It will break up a cold quicker than anything else. It is always reliable. Try it. Georgia sends thousands of peach trees to South Africa. Uncle Saim Alms to buy the best of everything which is why he uses Carter's Ink. He knows what's good. Mayor Harrison of Chicago favors municipal ownership. When the hair is thin and gray, PARKER'S HAIR BALSAAN renews the growth and color. HINDERCOURNS, the best cure for corns. 15cts. Cold tea is excellent for cleaning grained wood. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of Grant Good See Foo-Simile Wrapper Below. Very small and as easy to take as sugar. CARTER'S LITER PILLS. FOR HEADACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION Prices in Cents Purety Vegetable CURE SICK HEADACHE. DON'T GET WET! TOWER'S FISH BRAND Oiled Clothing BLACK OR YELLOW WILL KEEP YOU DRY NOTHING ELSE WILL TAKE NO SUSSTITUTE. FREE CATALOGUE, SHOWING FULL LINE OF GARMENTS AND HATS. A.J.TOWER CO. BOSTON. MASG. ```markdown ``` THE NEVERLESS OF WOMEN "I am so nervous and wretched." "I feel as if I should fly." How familiar these expressions are! Little things annoy you and make you irritable. You can't sleep, you are unfit for ordinary duties, and are subject to dizziness. That bearing-down sensation helps to make you feel miserable. You have backache and pains low down in the side, pain in top of head, later on at the base of the brain. Such a condition points unerringly to serious uterine trouble. If you had written to Mrs. Pinkham when you first experienced impaired vitality, you would have been spared these hours of awful suffering. Happiness will be gone out of your life forever, my sister, unless you act promptly. Procure Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once. It is absolutely sure to help you. Then write to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., if there is anything about your case you do not understand. You need not be afraid to tell her the things you could not explain to the doctor—your letter is seen only by women and is absolutely confidential. Mrs. Pinkham's vast experience with such troubles enables her to tell you just what is best for you, and she will charge you nothing for her advice. Mrs. Valentine Tells of Happy Results Accomplished by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—It is with pleasure that I add my testimony to your list, hoping it may induce others to avail themselves of the benefit of your valuable remedy. Before taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, I felt very bad, was terribly nervous and tired, had sick headaches, no appetite, gnawing pain in stomach, pain in my back and right side, and so weak I could scarcely stand. I was not able to do anything. Had sharp pains all through my body. Before I had taken half a bottle of your medicine, I found myself improving. I continued its use until I had taken four bottles, and felt so well that I did not need to take any more. I am like a new person, and your medicine shall always have my praise."—MRS. W. P. VALENTINE, 666 Ferry Avenue, Camden, N. J. REWARD Owing to the fact that some skeptical people have from time to time questioned the genuineness of the testimonial letters we are constantly publishing, we have deposited with the National City Bank, of Lynn, Mass. $6,000, which will be paid to any person who can show that the above testimonial is not genuine, or was published before obtaining the writer's special permission.—LYDIA E. PINKHAM MEDICINE Co. IN 3 OR 4 YEARS AN INDEPENDENCE ASSURED FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE If you take up your homes in Western Canada, the land of plenty. Illustrated pamphlets, giving experiences of farmers who have become wealthy in growing, wheat, reports of delegates, etc., and full information as to reduced railway rates can be bad on application to the Superintendent of Immigration, Department of Interior, Ottawa, Canada, or to C. J. Broughton, 1223 Monadnock Block, Chicago, Ill.; K. T. Holmes, Room "Big Four" Building, Indianapolis, Ind. SALZER'S SEEDS WILL MAKE YOU RICH! BROMUS INERMIS Greatest Permanent Grass of the Century. Nothing like iron earth to-day that we know of and we have scoured the world over to find its equal. Grows where all others kill and burn up from excessive heat and lack of sufficient moisture. Grows where all others winter kill and froze out 3 to 7 tons of magnificent hay per acre and lots of pasture besides. $1.20 and up a Barrel. Largest potato and vegetable growers. Choiceest, rarest, heaviest yielding stock. Catalogue Tella. For 10 Genis and this Notice our big catalogue will be mailed you free, to together with 10 sample packages of the 80 be. Spelta Wonder, the 400 Spring Wheat, the Billion Dollar Grass with its 12 tons of hay per acre, the Fescue—a starting food, the Victoria Rape Marvel, the establishing 20 bushel per acre, Gems, etc. In all, 10 packages daily worth 80 to get a start for 100 in stampa. Send to: john a. salzer seed co., la crosse, w15. JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., LA CROSSE, W15. An Attractive Investment 20c Per Share, Par Value $1.00 Payable in 10 monthly instalments, or 5% off for cash. Mines in Silver City Camp, Owyhee County, between the great DeLamar and Trade Dollar Consolidated mines. 18% mining claims, 70 acres of mineral land. Full information given. Address HOOSIER MINING COMPANY, Marion, Ind. PNEUMONIA, DIPHTHERIA, GRIP. Positively RUBEFACIENT Cured by it will "hip in the bud" any disease accompanied with internal soreness. One trial is sufficient to convince any one of its wonderful merit. Interesting booklet seat free. Address Kubefacient Co., Newton Upper Falls, Mass. HOMES, 10 ACRES. $150; 85 per month; no in- garden spot of the U. S. Within 2 miles of a $10 city and railroad. For facts regarding the richest mining district, the farms and the best city, and investments that will pay more than 50% (remember, new country is the place to make money), write NORTH ARKANSAS INVESTMENT COMPANY, Harrison, Arkansas. MONEY in Sheep in Montana is SAFE and pay 25 per cent interest. Now is the time to invest. Get in at bottom prices and be prepared for four more years of prosperity. Write for our annual report and particulars. Borton Co. Operative Ranch Co. Great Falls, Montana PATENTS WITHOUT PEE unless successful Send description; and get free opinion. MILO B. STEVENS & CO., Estab. 1864. Div. 2, 812-14th Street, WASHINGTON, D. C. Branch offices: Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit. ```markdown ``` MRS.W.P. VALENTINE Returns will be decidedly larger than on Bonds, Mortgages, Railroad and Industrial Stocks. Company managed by competent and responsible business men. Stock of $5.00 par value offered for a short time at $3.00 PER SHARE. Dividends in the near future. Further particulars upon application to DAVID PFEIFFER, Dealer in Investment Securities, 18 Wall St., New York. Investors: The oil wells of Ohio and Pennsylvania made vast fortunes for the Standard Oil Co. The newly discovered oil surrounding the gigantic coal fields of Montana will bring even greater fortunes to those who develop them. Do You Want to Invest a Little Money at ground floor basis and make your fortune too! If so, write to Sam H. Wood, Great Falls, Montana. MAN WANTED AT ONCE with rig to sell our Poultry Mixture; straight salary $15.00 per week and expenses; year's contract; weekly pay. Address with stamp. EUREKA MFG. CO., Deph P, East St. Louis, Ill. MISS EMPZA JOURIS D.L.WALLACE MRS. T.W. COLLINS MRS. M.A. SHARICK MRS. DR. C. D. POWELL. LIEUT. CLARICE HUNT. La Grippe is epidemic catarrh.—It spares no class or nationality. The cultured and the ignorant, the aristocrat and the pauper. The masses and the classes are alike subject to la grippe. None are exempt—all are liable. "Following a severe attack of la grippe I seemed to be affected badly all over. "One of my customers who was greatly helped by Peruna advised me to try it, and I procured a bottle the Have you the grip? Or, rather, has the grip got you? Grip is well named. The original French term, la grippe, has been shortened by the busy American to read "grip." Without intending to do so a new word has been coined that exactly describes the case. As if some hideous giant with awful GRIP had clutched us in its fatal clasp. Men, women, children, whole towns and cities are caught in the baneful grip of a terrible monster. Pe-ro-me Fox Grip. Mrs. Dr. C. D. Powell, President of Epworth League, also President of Loyal Temperance Legion, writes from Chehalis, Wash.: "I have used several remedies in cases of severe colds and la grippe, but none I consider of more value than Peruna."—Mrs. Dr. C. D. Powell. After-Effects of La Grippe. Miss Emma Jouris, President Golden Rod Sewing Circle, writes from 40 Burling street, Chicago, Ill., as follows: "This spring I suffered severely from the after-effects of la grippe. As the doctors did not seem to help me I bought a bottle of Peruna."—Miss Emma Jouris. Fort Payne, Ala. The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio: Gentlemen----"I have taken Peruna now for two weeks and find I am very much relieved. I feel that my cure will be permanent. I have also taken it for la grippe and I take pleasure in recommending Peruna as an excellent remedy to all fellow sufferers."---- M. W. Howard, Member of Congress. D. L. Wallace, a charter member of the International Barbers' Union, writes from 15 Western avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.: DO YOU COUGH DON'T DELAY TAKE KEMP'S BALSAM THE BEST COUGH CURE It Cures Cold. Coughs, Sore Throat, Croup, In-Buenza, Whiping Cough, Bronchitis and Arthritis. A certain cure 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 everywhere. Large bottles 20 cents and 50 cents. Dr.Bull's Cough oil Throat and Lung Infusions. COUGH SYRUP Get the genuine. Refuse substitutes. IS SURE Salvation Oil cures Kneepatitis, rg d. anals. POSITIONS SECURED for graduates of the EHUET (incl. Annual School and New School). Students can enter at any time. Some have free. "Following a severe attack of la gripe I seemed to be affected badly all over. "One of my customers who was greatly helped by Peruna advised me to try it, and I procured a bottle the same day. Now my head is clear, my nerves are steady, I enjoy food, and rest well. Peruna has been worth a dollar a dose to me."—L. D. Wallace. Gripppe Causes Deafness. Mrs. M. A. Sharick, chaplain G. A. R. Woman's Relief Corps, writes from Fremont, Wash. "When la grippe was the prevailing illness in this Western country I was laid up the whole winter, I partially lost my hearing, and had a very bad case of catarrh of the head and throat. I read of Peruna, tried it and had my hearing restored and catarrh cured. I cannot speak too well of Peruna."—Mrs. M. A. Sharick. La Grippe Cured in Its First Stage. Lieutenant Clarice Hunt, of the Salt Lake City Barracks of the Salvation Army, writes from Ogden, Utah: Two months ago I was suffering with so severe a cold that I could hardly speak. "Our captain advised me to try Peruna, and procured a bottle for me, and truly it worked wonders. Within two weeks I was entirely well."—Clarice Hunt. Gentlemen--"I am more than satisfied with Peruna and find it to be an excellent remedy for the grip and catarrh. I have used it in my family and they all join me in recommending it as an excellent remedy."--Geo. H. White, Member of Congress. Remained in Steele Health After Cured of La Gripps. Mrs. T. W. Collins, Treasurer Independent Order of Good Templars, of Everett. Wash., writes: "After having a severe attack of la grippe I continued in a feeble condition even after the doctor called me cured. My blood seemed poisoned. Peruna cured me."—Mrs. T. W. Collins. Address The Peruna Medicine Co., of Columbus, O., for a free book on catarrh. "The Chicago and Florida Special." Solid vestibuled trains from Chicago to St. Augustine every Wednesday and Saturday via "Big Four" route. The entire train runs through solid from Chicago to St. Augustine. Absolutely no change of cars for either passengers or baggage. First train Wednesday, Jan. 16, 1901. Through dining cars through Pullman sleepers, through observation cars, through baggage cars. Leaves Central Station, 12th St. and Park Row, Chicago, 12:00 noon. Arrive St. Augustine 8:30 next p. m. For particulars call on your local agent, or address J. C. Tucker, General Northern Agent Big Four Route, Chicago. Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it, like it, GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. At the price of coffee, 15c and Mocha per package. Sold by all grocers. A truthful west side dentist advertises as follows: "Teeth extracted with great pain." Maple City Self Washing Soap does not shrink woolens nor will it injure the finest fabric. Just try it once. History casts its shadow far into the land of song—Longfellow. Current Topics For fourteen years Miss May Love of Bridgeport, Conn, has worked hard to make a living for herself. Now she has suddenly become heir to one-fifth of a fortune of $20,000,000. The tired girl went home from the corset factory where she is employed the other night, and found a letter awaiting her. It was from her brother, George, in Montclair, N. J. He informed her that "Uncle Ashbel Clark" had died in Australia leaving a great fortune, and that they and their sisters were the nearest of kin. A letter was an event in the quiet life of Mary Love, and such a letter as this was something which dazed her. It was a tale of fairy godmothers and all that sort of thing, KY MISS MAY LOVE. such as she used to read when she was a child, but it was hard for her to comprehend that it was a real letter announcing real facts. She was 30 years old, and most of those years had been years of toil for her daily bread. Our Vast Country. People to the limit of 31,000,000 are now served by free delivery in our cities and towns, and it is calculated that of the remainder of the population of the country f will be practicable to reach through rural free delivery about 21,000,000, scattered over 1,000,000 square miles of territory. It is estimated that the cost of this entire service will be about $20,555,000, but that there will be a saving from the discontinuance of existing offices and star routes and an increase in receipts which will reduce the net increment over present disbursements for this territory to $13,782,000. The current appropriation for this service is $1,750,000, and the report recommends its increase to $3,500,000 for the fiscal year ending with next June. Pope Leo on Socialism. Pope Leo's encyclical on socialism explains his former utterances on this subject. It maintains the opposition of the Vatican to the idea of socialism in the sense of communism. The pope draws a distinction between socialism and what he calls Christian democracy. Socialism concerns itself solely with material possessions and seeks to establish perfect equality of wealth and a common holding of goods. The Pope sets the stamp of his disapproval upon this idea and the whole system of which it is the center. On the other hand, Christian democracy continues to receive his support. It is, he concludes, a system that starts with recognition of divine law and seeks to improve social conditions through individual efforts—Chicago Tribune. A Young Hay Wins the Boers. Adelbert S. Hay, United States consul at Pretoria, is now on his way home. He will have an interesting story to tell. For nearly a year he has been in the center of the South African conflict. He witnessed the withdrawal of the Boers from their capital and the short-lived triumphs of the British, and has seen their reawakening to the fact that their "con- F ADELBERT S. HAY. quest" was a hollow sham. Consul Hay has seen the war in a new light. He is an advocate of Boer independence, and says the British never can win. CURE all bowel troubles, appendicitis, bloiliness, bad breath, bad blood, wind on the stomach, bloated bowels, foul mouth, hindache, indigestion, pimples, pains after eating, liver trouble, sallow complexion and dizziness. When your bowels don't move regularly you are getting sick. Constipation kills more people than all other diseases together. It is a starter for the chronic alliments and long years of suffering that come afterwards. No matter what ails you, start taking CASCARBTS to-day, for you will never get well and be well all the time until you put your bowels right. Take our advice; start with CASCARBTS to-day, under an absolute guarantee to cure or money refunded. Youngest Arctic Explorer. Dr. Kann of Vienna, the latest Arctic explorer, is also the youngest. He is only 25 years of age, but two years ago successfully took his degree in philosophy, physics and mathematics at the University of Vienna, gaining, also, the emperor's much-coveted traveling scholarship. His first journey was to America, where he succeeded in obtaining a tutorship in Cornell' university—which, however, he relinquished to join the Arctic expedition of Mr. Stein and Mr. Warmbath. Make Yourself DR. G. Wil and W. hood. Invigo Old be miserable courtyard. The miserable who da He and in He is drags a well. He weak, and he merely signals for aid—others from—still others from—moaning that impurities to He, and diate reliable and nerve-intended men strong. Will Give You the Strength and Vigor of Perfoot Manhood. Renows, Vitalizee and Invigorates Weak Men. Old before his time! A broken-down, miserable wreck—weak, nervous, discouraged! The world to him seems a place of mist, peopleled with ghostly beings, whose flitting to and fro about their daily tasks serves but to irritate him. He sneers at healthy amusements, and finds no comfort or pleasure in life. He is sick and he does not know it. He drags about, and therefore thinks he is well. He is despondent and peevish, and weak, and he does not know that there are merely signals—some from the stomach crying for aid—others from the nerves beseeching strength—still others from the great life-current—the blood—moaning that it is so impeded and clogged with impurities that it cannot move. He, and all others like him, will find immediate relief in Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. This is just what it was intended for. It never fails to make weak men strong and vigorous, puts new life, vim, strength, power and energy into them. Dr. Greene's Nervura is New Life Hope and Strength for Weak Men. Mr. JOHN D. SMITH, electrician for the Thompson-Houston Electric Co., of Lynn, Mass., says: "When a man has been sick and is cured, it is his duty to tell others about it, that they, too, may get well. Three years ago I had been working almost night and day, could not (at regularly) and got only a few hour sleep at night. No man can stand that long, and I soon began to be prostrated. I could not sleep when I tried, and my food would not stay on my stomach. I was in a terrible condition, and was much alarmed. I went, to doctors, but they did me no good. Learning of the wonderful good done by Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, I determined to try it. It cured me completely of all my complaints. I eat heartily and sleep well, thanks to this splendid medicine. I believe it to be the best remedy in existence." Dr. Greene's Nervura is the One Great Restorative Which Cures. DICITIS A dreadful fiend that threatens the of rich and poor, can attack and only those whose bowels are not thoroughly cleaned out, purified disinfected the year round. One case liver is dead, whose bowels stomach are full of half decayed, whose whole body is unclean, is a quick and ready victim appendicitis. You want to be safe against the urge, keep in good health all the time, KEEP CLEAN INSIDE! Use only tonic laxative, that will be your bowels strong and healthy, keep them pure and clean, pro-d against appendicitis and ALL ADEMIC DISEASES. It’s CAS-RETS, that will keep and save. Take them regularly and you find that all diseases are absolutely TED BY CASCARETS TONIC BOWELS NEVER SOLD IN BULK. GUARANTEED TO CURE: Five years are the first box of CASCARETS was sold. Now it is over six million boxes a year, greater than any other medicine in the world. This is absolute proof of merit, and our best testimonial. We have faith and will sell CASCARETS absolutely guaranteed to cure or money refunded. Go buy today, two 500 boxes, give them a house trial, as per simple directions, and if you are satisfied, after minus one 500 box, return the unused 500 box and the empty box to us by mail, or the druglot from you purchased it, and get your money back for both cases. Take our advice so matter what alt you want to buy. But this will likely only delay your will abate the day first started the use of CASCARETS. Bank free by mail. STERLING BEMEDY CO., NEW YORK or CHICAGO. Dr. GAHENE, 85 West 14th St., New York City, is the most successful specialist in curing nervous and chronic diseases. He has remedies for all forms of disease, and offers to give free consultation and advice, personally or by letter. You can tell or write your troubles to Dr. Greene, for all communications are confidential, and letters are answered in plain sealed envelopes. APPENDICITIS that dreadful fiend that threatens the life of rich and poor, can attack and kill only those whose bowels are not kept thoroughly cleaned out, purified and disinfected the year round. One whose liver is dead, whose bowels and stomach are full of half decayed food, whose whole body is unclean inside, is a quick and ready victim of appendicitis. If you want to be safe against the scourge, keep in good health all the time, KEEP CLEAN INSIDE! Use the only tonic laxative, that will make your bowels strong and healthy, and keep them pure and clean, protected against appendicitis and ALL EPIDEMIC DISEASES. It's CASCARETS, that will keep and save you. Take them regularly and you will find that all diseases are absolutely DISCOVERY; given relief and cure worst 10 BATP treatment Bru R. Allison, Gs. MARRY RICH SELECT LIST $EM. FREE. Add. CENTRAL AGENCY, Lincoln, IU. W. N. U. CHICAGO, NO. 6, 1901. when Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. mee “ * | 2-038 BRING: 7 i ‘@TRADES | Tage: | COUNCIL D to “SR 7 _ Amy person Who takes the paper regularly from the postoffice, whether ‘be ta subscriber or not, ts responsible tng to tako newspapers «nd periodicals from the postafiice, or removing and leaving them ‘Unecalled for'ts prima facie evidence of intentional frend. NOTICE. ‘The letter which we have received from Daniel M. Jackson, Esq, is 10 rich that we have decided to publish it in foll in the next ‘isme of The Broad Ax, so we would advise every- body to watch for it, for & is very good reading. CHIPS. ‘Rev. Robinson of St. Mark's AME. Charch addressed The Phyllis Wheat- “Ty Club, $058 Dearborn street, Wednes- @ay afterncon, on “The Philosophy of a Langh.” Rev. Robinson's tak ‘was very practical, humorous and full of wit. He was extended a vote of thanks for bis very entertaining ed- Gress at the close of the exercises, to which he acknowledged his apprecia- tioa. Wx-Alderman Charles F. Gunther may be induced to etter the alder- manic contest against little “Hinky Diek” and knock out that pot-house statesman, which would be very grati- tying to the ‘great majority of the Gecent people residing in the first ward, for Alderman “Hinky Dink” has got-the swell-head and he ought to De laid high upon the shelf to dry out. SB Wednesday evening, Feb. 13, a char- ity concert and ball for the ‘benefit ‘of The Home for Aged and Infirm Colored People, will be given at the Anditorium Hotel. The music will be furnished by Armant’s full orchestra. ‘Tickets of admission $1.00. Lady and gentleman $1.50. The ball is given for a worthy catise and there is no “doubt but what it will be well-at- tended by all who are interested in Ol Folks’ Home. ‘ According to the Norwich press, a syndicate has been formed for a foating Monte Carlo, to be moored off the English coast somewhere just be- youd the three-mile limit. Negotia- tons are pending for an obsolete At- lantic liber, which would be turned into a miniature casino, at 2 total cost, ‘ncluding the first outlay for the bulk, Of £250,000. The idea is to provide a ‘aunt for gamblers within easy reach ot London, but beyond the reach of the Betting laws of the realm, and, of course, capital for runsing the tables ‘would have to be provided to the ad- ditional tune of some hundred thou- wand pounds. It is upderstood that the Brighton coast is thought of. it ig contended by tac organ of the German general staff that the vapid and decisive manner in which cam- paigns are now carrie? out wit! not alipw time for mining A fortress ‘will, it is affirmed, be captured by bombardment’ or open’ attack or ix most cases by a combination of the two methods. The training of engin- cers in the German army in mining ‘work bas been abandoned, while the cumbrous material required for sub- terranean warfare will no longer form part of the equipment of their forces. Im Anstria, it is further ‘stated, the w@ame views on the matter are held, and the same steps toward carrying them into practice have been takes. ‘The government is hereafter to par- tially furnish the quarters of “British @umy officers. The amount of furni- ‘tare that will be given is aut yet spec ified, dat % Will include at least the bed, 2 chest of drawers, washstand end bath. This saving in hired or other transport at every regimental move ‘wil, tt % calculated, soon show as a ‘set-off or re@uctica of the initial ont- Jay. Here is « hint for our war de- pettument Perhaps some offfoyr good witere for quarters and bow much ‘would be required annually to pay the ‘ngerest on this sum and provide s ‘guishmeat ‘ ‘The Missouri Deiry Assotiation Denrd somes interesting testimony about the tnfivence of music on kick- img cows. One rian bad an anima! so vicious that sbe always bed to Be tied auto the stall at milking time His twe boys eoticed that whenever thay ‘eogan to.sing at their work, the cow Secame quist. Now, inatead of tying her, whoever ie milking merely strikes =p “amnle Rooney” or “My Old Ken- ‘gucky Home,” and the cow stands yer- dectly gtill Amotier delegates ssid tha: in Switeeriand farm workers who ‘ays goog voices gst better pay he- ‘most restless cows. Tae “sense of the - , Who esld: - “It may. be af. ight to sing to a Kicking cow, but T awant to keep my'eye om her fest. She Might take 2 notion te dance to the masie” 5 ar | RULES POR DYEPEPTics et ee + é eat & motel of Sty sort de- Never eat when véry tired, whether a ee eee pag eee apa giana or the temperature ruffled, if possible texvidit ~~ ; | Seer oe See ae eee. | img much fuid 7 ‘The best temperature is xbout thst of ‘the body. Avoid exposure to cold after eating. Avoid érinking at meals; at most, ‘take 2 few sips of warm drink at the lose of the meal, if the food is very ‘ary in character: Never eat more than three times a Gay, and make the Inst meal very light For many ¢yspeptics, two meals are Setter than more. Bat only food that is easy of diges- tion, avoiding compli¢ated and indiges- tible dishes, and taking bet one to three kinds at 3 meal. Bat slowly, masticating the food Very thoroughly, even more so, if pos- Mle, than is required in health The more time the food spends m the mouth the less it will spend in the stomach. Never take violent exercise of any fort, either mental or physical, either just before or just after a mami. It is Bot ‘good to sleep immediately after eating, nor withid four hours of « meal. Most pessons wi!l by benefited by the use of oatmeal, wheat meal, or gra- ham flour, cracked wheat, and other whole-grain preparatiors,though many will find tt necessary to avoid vege- tables, especially when fruits are taken. Be careful to evoid excess in eating. Hat no more than the wants of the system require. Sometimes less than is really needed must be taken when Gigestion ts very weak. Strength de- pends not on what is eaten, but on what is digested. STAGE WHISPERS. Fanchon Thompson will retura to Paris. Elfe Fay is doing a living picture trick with the Wilbur opera company. Marie Tempest’s production of “Nell Gwynn” has not proved-a financial success. Beerbohm Tree will make an elabo- rate production in a revival of Shakes- peare’s “Twelfth Night.” | Katherine Bloodgood, the concert -contralte, who has proved so successful over the Keith circuit, will remain in vaudeville. ‘This season the Nethersoié reportory embraces “Sapho,” “Magda.” “Cam- Mlle.” “Carmen,” “Frou Frou” and “The Second Mrs. Tanqueray.” Joseph Haworth says he has not set- ‘tied upon his future plans, but his star- ring vetizures are s thing of the past. “Robert of Sicily” has deen buried. Certrude Cogian, who has been_star- Ting as Becky Sharpe in a stage version of “Vanity Fatr;” has been compelied to reting because of lack of patronage. ‘Madeline Luecette Ryley has drama- tised “A Man from America” for the London Criterion, under the manage- ment of Charies Wyndham and Arthur ‘Balfour. Louis Robie will star Bert Leslie next season in a new musical comedy entitied “A Crazy Guy.” Mr. Leslie is now prircipal comedian of the Knick- erbocker suriesque company. 5 Sydney Booth has been engaged to support Henrietta Crosman in the part of King Charles I. in “Mistrese Nell,” taking the place of Robert Bdeson, who joins AmeMa Bingham‘s company. LITERARY NOTES. The Protectionist, published ty th, six articles Giscussing world problems in protection. ‘The Western Electrician, in its twen- review of the electrical for the year 1200. ‘Miss Gertrude Dix has done some ex- cdlient literary work, and in “The Im- age Breakers” she is geen at her best. 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