The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. VOL. VI. THE NEGRO AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. Congressman White, the Negro member from North Carolina who will retire to private life on March 4, delivered his valedictory in the house recently. Mr. White took occasion to say that some members of the Republican party, after receiving the support of the Negroes for years, now appeared to believe they had grown too good for association with them. He said that on the threshold of the twentieth century the Negro was to be reckoned with. He was no longer the Negro of forty years ago. He claims that since that time illiteracy among his race had decreased 45 per cent. There were now among the Negro race 2,000 lawyers and 2,000 physicians. The school property owned by the Negroes aggregated $12,000,000. The church property aggregated $40,000,000. Negroes own 140,000 homes and farms, having an aggregate value of $750,000,000, and personal property to the amount of $170,000,000. These are interesting figures. They show that great progress has been made by individual Negroes. Congressman White was justified in expressing some bitterness because of the treatment accorded the Negro by the Republican party. The Republican party has always depended on the Negro on election day, and its confidence has not been in vain. It is true there are individual instances where thinking men of that race have broken away from the party, but the great mass has adhered firmly to the Republican organization. And how has the race been rewarded? Some of them have been apointed postmasters in the South where public sentiment is not partial to Negro officeholders, but when postoffices and other valuable positions have been distributed in the North, the Negro has been ignored. While he is justified in his complaint, he himself is to blame in a measure. His blind adherence to Republicaan policies and Republican candidates, without regard to the character of those policies or those candidates, has not only been disadvantageous to his own interests as a citizen, but has lost for him the respectful consideration of the Republican politicians. These know that the Republican party can depend upon the Negro vote regardless of that party's attitude upon any public question. The only consideration given to the race in Republican political circles is to the Negro delegates from southern states when the national convention is about to be held. The votes of these men are valuable in the selection of a presidential candidate, and when the ticket has been chosen the Negro is dismissed from all consideration until the next national convention, when the southern Negro will again be used to aid in the selection of national candidates. The Negro race will not make material progress so long as any political party has a mortgage on the vote of that race. Whenever the Negroes begin to think for themselves on great public questions and to vote for the party that represents their principles regardless of past prejudices, the welfare of the race will be materially advanced. The World-Herald, Omaha, Neb. Monday evening, Feb. 18, the members of the Douglass League assembled in their rooms, 5058 Dearborn street, for the purpose of observing and celebrating the birth of Fredrick Douglass. There was not a very large number present, but those who attended were well entertained. James H. Harris acted as chairman instead of its President, J. B. Hart, who was unable to be present. Attorney S. Laing Williams very eloquently portrayed the character and greatness of Fredrick Douglass; Mies Clara Green gave a recitation to the memory of Mr. Douglass. Mrs. L. A. Davis and Julius F. Taylor also paid tribute to the Gladstone of America. At the conclusion of the speaking, and Chairman Harris' remarks and vision where he beheld the angels, refreshments were served. PROF. ALBERT H. PUTNEY ENLIGHTENS "THE OLD HICKORY CLUB." Prof. Albert H. Putney delivered a very instructive and interesting address before the members of "Old Hickory Club" at the club-rooms, Madison avenue and 63d street, on Monday evening last, his subject being "Three Democratic National Conventions" viz., the conventions 1844, 1848 and 1852, and among other things he stated that "The political convention is distinctly an American institution. Our forefathers in organizing our government were wise enough to copy all that seemed best and most adaptable to our conditions from all former systems of government. Very many of our institutions can thus be traced back to their models in foreign lands, but nowhere in the past can we find anything at all resembling our system of national political conventions. These conventions were indeed a slow evolution even in our own country; it was nearly half a century after the constitutional convention before they were first used in the campaign of 1832. Previous to this time candidates for President had been nominated by congressional caucuses, by state legislatures, or by general consent of the party as was the case with the nomination of Jackson in 1838. The now almost forgotten Atni-Masonic party was the first political party to hold a national convention in 1832, and must always be remembered as the pioneers in the use of this political instrument. The Democratic national convention of this year was called merely for the nomination of a Vice-President, the nomination of any other name than that of Jackson as a candidate for President would have been sufficient to read the rash utterer of such sentiment out of the Democratic party. "The first hotly contested convention was that of 1844. In their platform in this convention they declared that the Democratic party relied for success not on factious symbols, not on displays and appeals insulting to the intelligence and subservive of the intellect of the people but in the firm reliance upon the patriotism, judgment and discrimination of the American people. Martin Van Buren failed to get the nomination in this convention owing to his opposition to the annexation of Texas and to the adoption of the two-thirds rule. James K. Polk was nominated on the ninth ballot and was elected. In this election Andrew Jackson spent his energies and time toward the election of Mr. Polk. Jackson's strongest characteristic was his love and confidence in the common people; the second strongest was his hatred and distrust of Henry Clay. The convention of 1848 had none of the sensational features of that of 1844. Lewis Cass lacked one of majority on the first ballot and was nominated on the third, receiving the necessary two-thirds vote. Although the Democratic party had been responsible for the war with Mexico the Whigs secured the political advantage from the nomination of Taylor. The Democratic defeat however, was mainly caused through the defection of Van Buren, who ran as a free soil candidate for President in order to revenge himself on Cass, whom he considered responsible for his defeat in 1844. "The presidential campaign of 1852 is to be remembered not only because it was in this campaign that the Democrats secured their victory but also because it was the longest Democratic national convention ever held. The leading candidates before the convention were Cass, who had been nominated in 1848, and Buchanan and Douglas, who were nominated in 1856 and 1860, respectively, as was the case in 1844, however, the nomination went to a dark horse, Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire, who was nominated on the 49th ballot." Many of the best citizens residing on the South Side were present and heard Prof. Putney's historical address, which was highly appreciated by them. The "Old Hickory Club" was chartered by the State of Illinois and organized on the 8th of last Jan- nary, it being the 86th anniversary of Jackson's great victory over the British arms at New Orleans. Its chief object is to promote good government, local, state and national; to encourage, develop and spread patriotism, Democratic principles and doctrines, to cultivate friendly and social relations among its members. The management of the Old Hickory Club is vested in a board of thirteen directors, consisting of J. E. Ricketts, William R. Nugent, Ernest S. Bowker, Michael J. Quinn, Charles S. McGoorty, William C. Snow, M. E. Hunt, Albert H. Putney, John Scully, S. S. Fallass, A. M. Bassford, Amos C. Hall, and Fred L. Inglis. J. E. Ricketts is its President; Charles S. McGoorty, First Vice-President; Wm. C. Snow, Second Vice-President; Ernest S. Bowker, Secretary; Fred L. Inglis, Treasurer. The Old Hickory Club so far has a large membership, with bright prospects for the future. Its club rooms are at 333 E. 63d street, northwest corner of Madison avenue. It holds its meetings the first and third Monday evenings of each month and on those and all other evenings in the week the club rooms are open to the members and invited guests until 12 o'clock. A bickory chair modeled after Andrew Jackson's famous old hickory chair has been secured by the club and each and every applicant for membership is compelled to sit in this chair before he is permitted to become a fullfledged member in good standing. All applicants for membership must be pronounced Democrats of lawful age and of good moral character. It may not be amiss to state that this new club is devoting much time to collecting a library and everything of interest pertaining to Andrew Jackson. It gives us much pleasure to state that the promoters of the Old Hickory Club are men of honor, as the following brief description of its board of directors will show. J. E. Ricketts, President, attorney-at-law, Y. M. C. A. Building, and assistant corporation counsel under Mayor Harrison's first administration; Ernest S. Bowker, engineer in the Madison avenue and 62d street pumping station; Fred L. Inglis, bicycle manufacturer, 404 East 63d street; Charles S. McGoorty, clerk in the election commissioner's office; William C. Snow, attorney-at-law, 100 Washington street; Dr. William R. Nugent, retired capitalist, 6407 Morone avenue; Justice M. J. Quinn; M. E. Hunt, lawyer; Albert H. Putney, professor in the Illinois College of Law, Opera House Building: John Scully, electrician, City Hall; A. M. Bassford, stenographer, Fisher Building; S. S. Fallass, attorney-at-law, Fort Dearborn Building and Dr. Amos C. Hall, president of the Hall Hospital, Grand Crossing. The Negro press continues to make a great fuss over Mr. Robert R. Church of Memphis, Tenn., because he gave one thousand dollars to assist in defraying the expenses of entertaining the Confederate veterans next summer. But we fail to see anything wonderful in that little transaction, for Mr. Church is, and has been for many years, engaged in running a big gambling den and saloon in his town and by coughing up one thousand dollars he is only giving back a very small per cent of the money which rightly belongs to many poor colored women and children whose husbands and fathers lost it at his ganabling tables. The Old Conservator whines and howls long and loud because President McKinley and his Republican Congress refuse to vote or contribute one cent to the widow of Postmaster Baker and her little children, while on the other hand President McKinley & Co. have paid out several hundred thousand dollars to the relatives of foreigners who were mobbed and lynched in this country. But why should Brother Wilkins or any other colored Republican marvel at this? for if McKinley was to run for the Presidency next week Elder Wilkins and all the rest of the ignorant Negroes would yelp and shout for him just the same. Since our government bank examiner has reported that so many banks in the City of New York are really embarrassed by their heavy loans to some of their directors, some serious thinking may arise over the subject. There are over twenty pawn broker shops in the city known to be controlled by bank directors. As this is the only civilized country on earth that provides no means to relieve its poor by cheap loans on property, but leaves the hand of usury to clutch at their throats, let us analyze our system to see how it acts. Our blessed old Uncle Sam gives money free to the banks. Just buy a bond, deposit it at his treasury and he pays you interest on every dollar of it and gives you in addition every dollar the bond calls for in good, new, crisp bills for you to lend out to your neighbors at the highest interest you can get. You can start a bank with this money. Beside this good old Uncle Sam has given millions of cash to his pet New York banks, at no charge whatever for them to relieve the money market. All the favors of parliament to its royal family sink to nothing in comparison. These bank directors are the favorites of fortune, the heirs of all the best things the ages have developed. Oh, ye heavens! Such divinity doth hedge these republic majesters. And these are the men whose agents behind the counters of the pawn shops receive the poor bundles of the wretched and loan out a few nickels to the pawners at one hundred per cent interest. Get ten thousand dollars thus and by pawn brokerage you clear perhaps thirty thousand per year. It is true, as Rockefeller, Carnegie and others say, there never was a time or a nation when and where a shrewd, energetic, capable young man could realize such fortunes. But it does not seem right, somehow. We are always kicking—we are a crank. CHIPS. Emill Anderson is making good headway in his canvas for the nomination for Clerk of the Town of Lake. Mrs. Lizzie Miller, 5045 Armour avenue, has been seriously ill for the past few days, but she is now slowly recovering. Miss Ruth M. Holsey, daughter of Bishop L. H. Holsey of the C. M. E. church, and Miss M. Warwick of Philadelphia, are studying art in Paris, France.—Ex. Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) of the amount necessary to build a cotton factory at Jackson, Miss., has been subscribed. It will be owned and operated by colored men.—Ex. Al. F. Gorman, Supervisor for the Town of Lake is slated for re-nomination, which means that he will serve the people the coming year as well as he has served them the past year. Fayette County, Pa., has a colored mail carrier who is a young lady of eighteen. She receives $140 a year for carrying the mail daily from Unlontown to Jumonville.—Ex. State Chairman John P. Hopkins took his departure for Little Rock, Ark., Monday night and for the next two weeks he will take two or three hot baths each day. Walter T. Stanton, attorney for the Town of Lake, will be in line for judge of the new municipal courts which are likely to be established in all the large cities and towns in this state. City Sealer James A. Quinn left for Baltimore, Md., Tuesday evening, where he will remain for one week in order to get filled up on big fat oysters. Miss Mary M. Gay will address the women at the Gray Mission, 164 47th street, Thursday afternoon, Feb. 28 at 2 p. m. A cordial invitation is extended to all. Light refreshments will be served. Dr. W. A. Buckner, 29th street and Armour avenue, seems to be moving along quite nicely and he states that he is meeting with marked success. The doctor is a warm supporter of The Broad Ax. City Attorney A. J. Ryan, who has been one of the very best city attorneys that Chicago has ever had, has decided to seek the renomination for the same office. This cannot help from being gratifying to Mr. Ryan's friends and supporters. Alderman Patrick Morris, 19th ward, will not have any opposition to speak of in the aldermanic convention of his ward and he will be re-elected to the council, for all the boys who know how to play ball or politics are behind or with Alderman Morris. Professor Grisham of Kansas City, Mo., lectures before the Men's Sunday Forum at Institutional Church tomorrow afternoon. The professor was entertained Friday night, at which time about twenty of his admirers seated themselvès around the banquet table. John L. Zimmerman, who is in the real estate business with James B. Galloway, 115 Monroe street, has a splendid chance of being nominated for South Town Collector. Alderman James J. McCormick, and Alderman Charles Martin are supporting Mr. Zimmerman and with such men at his back he will surely come out on top. The L. B. W. Woman's Club will give a 20th century social Monday evening, Feb. 25, at Quinn Chapel, 24th and Wabash avenue. The women will dress in the style of Martha Washington. A fine musical and literary program is being prepared. Supper will be served. Admission free. The aldermanic fight in the 30th ward is getting hotter and hotter, and the fight has narrowed down between Ex-Alderman M. McInerney, Ex-State Senator Daniel F. Curley. and James J. McNarney. These three candidates are leaving no stone unturned in their efforts to induce all the hustlers to take seats in their respective bandwagons. Lawyer Dan. Morgan Smith, Jr., may be induced to enter the aldermanic contest, in the 32d ward. Mr. Smith is not seeking the nomination, but if his many warm friends and the leaders of the party in his ward urge him to enter the race he will do so, and The Broad Ax believes that an active campalagner like Mr. Smith can carry the 32d ward. Alderman Frank T. Fowler has got his mayoralty headquarters in full blast at 103 East Madison street, where he will receive his friends each day from now until the Republican convention. Alderman Fowler stands for all that is pure and elevating in politics, and the leaders of his party would display much statesmanship by nominating Alderman Fowler for Mayor of Chicago. Two slates so far have been brought out to the light by the knowing ones, they are as follows: For Mayor, Mr. C. H. Harrison; City Treasurer, Theodore Oehne; Attorney, Daniel Donahue; City Clerk, William Loeffler. The second ticket reads thusly: For Mayor, Carter H. Harrison; City Attorney, A J. Ryan or John E. Owens; Clerk, William Loeffler; Treasurer, Ernest Hummell. Fredrick A. Hart has been endorsed by the German-American Democratic Club of the 29th Ward for alderman of the new 29th ward. Mr. Hart is a halefellow-well-met and in entering into this aldermanie contest, he feels sure of winning out at the primaries and at the polls on the 2d day of April and after that date Mr. Hart's friends and co-workers can address him as Alderman Hart from the 29th ward. The Broad Ax is still of the opinion that Otto V. Mueller is the best man to nominate for Collector of the Town of Lake for unless the Democrats select someone like Mr. Mueller there is no way to defeat Martin J. Murphy, the present Republican collector who has conducted all the affairs of his office with great ability, and at every stage of the game, Mr., Murphy will be a hard man to beat. A few days ago while the wind was in engaged in cutting through our last summer's pants, we stepped into Dr. George C. Hall's office, 533 State street, and for one hour we remained as mute as a little mouse while listening NO. 18. to the doctor get off all of his oldtime fish stories which caused us to laugh and forget all about our thin pants. Dr. Hall is the capital storyteller of Chicago. The musical section of the Phyllis Wheatly Club entertained its members Wednesday with an excellent program. Mrs. Eliza Harris and Mrs. L. A. Davis each had well prepared papers on "The Early Masters," which showed much historical research. Mrs. William Gray in her usual fluent manner of speaking also made an interesting talk on music. A general discussion followed. Ex-Alderman John M. Harlan, who is noted for being in favor of reform in politics, has at last decided to enter the ring or contest for Mayor of Chicago. It is said that the Republican machine is in front and behind Mr. Harlan. Whether this is true or false it must be admitted by all politicians who know anything that John M. Harlan is the strongest and most dangerous man that can be pitted against Mayor Carter H. Harrison. Lawyer Fredrick L. McGhee of St. Paul, Minn., spoke at Bethel Church Wednesday night on the disfranchisement of the Negro in some of the southern states. Mr. McGhee, who is the attorney for the Afro-American Council, maintains that those acts are unconstitutional, as they conflict with the amendments to the Constitution of the United States. The church was well filled and three hundred dollars was raised to assist in helping to test the constitutionality of those laws which have been framed for the purpose of striking at the Negro. It is reported that some colored woman by the name of Mrs. McKnight paid two hundred dollars for a new silk dress and other trappings in order to attend the grand ball which was given at the Auditorium for the benefit of The Old Folks' Home. If Mrs. McKnight did expend such a large sum of money for one silk dress, then it is evident that she does not possess any more sense than the average colored woman, and if she was really interested in The Old Folks' Home she should have wrote out her check for one or two hundred dollars and mailed it to its treasurer. A Missouri judge has hit upon an effective plan for getting tramps to leave town. He sentences all brought before him to thirty days' work on the streets, and gives them half an hour to get their tools. That half hour sees them well on their way. Attempts will soon be made by California vegetable growers to put fresh asparagus on the market in London and in other places in Great Britain. It is expected that the California product will compete with French asparagus, which is sent to England in large quantities. A colored colony enterprise is reported from Cape May, N. J. An option has been secured on 1,800 acres of land near that place, where it is proposed to erect a sawmill and work up what timber there is on the land into houses and factory buildings. A shoe factory and other industries are projected, together with farming. There are few people who have not been occasionally puzzled to write "el" or "ie" in the words that so represent the sound of the long e. A very simple rule, however, removes all difficulty. If the diphthong immediately follows the letter c it is always "el," as in ceiling, conceive, etc.; but when it follows any other letter it is always "ie," as in grief, niece, friend, etc. A Chinese banknote, issued during the Ming dynasty, about A. D. 1390, has been placed in the British Museum among the specimens of early printing from China. The surface of the note is black with age, though the characters upon the face of it are quite discernible. This is supposed to be the earliest specimen extant of a banknote issued from any country. According to a report from Athens, the new Cretan coins will soon be put into circulation. They bear the head of Prince George and include gold pieces of 20 and 10 francs, silver pieces of 5, 2, 1 and half francs, small change in nickel of 20, 10 and 5 centimes. Hitherto on the island Greek, Italian and French silver money has chiefly been in circulation, Turkish money having disappeared. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the one principles of Democracy, but Varanagam, British, Protestant, Knights of Liar, Irish, Haitian, Hormune, Republican, Franks, or any other can have their say, on any of their language is proper and responsibility is here. Germany has a life insurance association of hotelkeepers which in seven years has paid over $800,000 to the families of members. The will of the late Jarvis Ford, of St. Joseph, Mo., leaves $80,000 for a free memorial library in that place, and $10,000 to the municipal hospital. Charles C. Rumsey, whose equestrian status of a North American Indian has been accepted by the managers of the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition, is a member of the junior class of Harvard. Venice is trying to revive the picturesque ceremony of wedding the Adriatic, which has been discontinued since the last Doge was expelled in 1787. Plans have been made for building a Ducentaur on the model of the last state galley used for the ceremony. The new Japanese cruiser Yakumio, which was built at Stettin and recently sailed for Japan, has so far given the greatest satisfaction. The system of ventilation is so perfect, it is asserted, that during her passage of the Red sea the temperature of the engine and boiler rooms was not much more than half that in British ships. Attention is called by the London Lancet to the fact that canned tomatoes are now being extensively colored, in order to make them look attractive and as if made from ripe fruit. Among the colors so employed are coal-tar colors and cochineal. The subject of artificial coloring and preservation of food is now receiving great attention in England. When ex-Queen Liliuokalani visited the island of Maui not long ago for the first time in ten years the steamship which carried her was surrounded by natives bringing gifts of all kinds, fruits, vegetables, fowls and even pigs. There was music, dancing, a great feast, and the whole steamship was decorated with their garlands. An original device for evading the prohibitory law was recently unearthed by plumbers in a house in Rutland, Vt. The liquor, stored in a secret nook, was conveyed in hidden pipes to a radiator in one of the principal rooms of the house. A small faucet attached to the radiator was the means by which the liquid was drawn off for use. The Hungarian government is about to take steps to effectually put an end to the wandering of gypsies, who are so frequently to be met in that country. The stalwart Hungarian gypsy, with his multi-colored cloak, his dark-eyed, fortune-telling wife, and his crowd of half-naked children, is one of the most picturesque figures in this part of Europe. This Society announces that M. Cairls, a well-known Paris philanthropist, has instituted a prize of 100,000 francs to be awarded by a committee of the Paris Press Syndicate to the author or authors of a work adjudged by the committee to be the most meritorious, whether from the artistic or industrial point of view, or on the ground of general service to humanity. It has been remarked in connection with the late Lord Armstrong as not a little singular that while he was the founder of Elswick, the arsenal of the north, a member of another branch of the same family was the founder of the royal arsenal at Woolwich in 1716. This was John, a son of the Liddendale Armstrong, who became a very celebrated military officer and engineer, serving with the highest reputation under the duke of Marlborough and Prince Dugene. Captain Cotton of the Norfolk navy yard has made a report on the damage sustained by the torpedo-boot Erismon on Jan. 2, when she touched the jum in Gat Dehware and Chengapake canal, while the water was low, and the ice thick. The known damage is a boat propeller. Orders have been issued for the docking of the boat at Norfolk and it is expected that she will soon be in readiness to join the torpedo-boot which will accompany the north atlantic squadron on its winter cruises. The bread market of Tangier, which is shown in the picture, is just outside the city wall, the picturesque gate being one of the entrances of the town. The bread market is in one corner of the great outer or general market. The bread is sold mostly to Arabs, who come in from the desert and from the interior of Morocco with the caravans of camels and donkeys. There is very little of the bread sold to the people of the town, as they have hero large public ovens. The houses are so small and compact that there is not room in Waldeck: Zemeray. Pierre Marie Waldeck-Rousseau, whose war on monastic orders in France is arousing the keenest interest in Europe, was made premier in 1889 after several years' retirement from a political life, which was never very conspicuous. His government is warmly supported by a majority of the legislature in its attempt to dissolve the orders. The struggle is one of the M. most remarkable in the religious history of the French republic. The government's bill, which, it is argued, will drive religious associations from France, is couched in general terms, but the third section, if enforced, would be mortal to the orders which flourish most. It provides (1) that no association between Frenchmen and foreigners can be formed without a state charter; (2) that associations whose directors are foreigners or live abroad and associations whose members live in common cannot exist without special acts of parliament permitting them. This is the most important law proposed by the third republic, and one of the most important developments of French political life since the revolution. Commissioner Wright's Victory. Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of labor, delivered an address the other evening before the American Statistical association, in which he cited figures to show that the condition of the workingman in the United States has greatly improved during the last half century. He proved by four different sets of statistics that the real value of wages at present is greater than that of the wages of fifty years ago. The money received for a day's labor will now buy more in the way of food, clothing and shelter than at any previous time. But the wage-carner has at the same time advanced his standard of living. He wants more things than did the mechanic or farmer of fifteen years ago. He achieves more in a day's work than his grandfather did, and he needs better food and clothing to fit him for this more productive work.—Ex. Alarm in Cape Town. Sir Alfred Milner, British high commissioner of Cape Colony, in reviewing 7,000 men of the new volunteer force of Cape Town last Saturday, made an address to the officers which indicated that he at least does not underestimate the seriousness of British affairs in South Africa. After complimenting the force for "excellent work already done in administering the Great Invasion," he said in part: "It has been said that the enemy would never come to Cape Town, but any one who is in the face of them to cook bread, so the Arab women make up the dough and the children take it on large boards carried on their heads to the public bake ovens, calling for it after it is baked. At about 5 o'clock every evening you will hear a great knocking of big brass knockers, which are on every Moorish door, and a great racket they make. This is done by the mothers to remind the children that it is time to go and get the bread, children in Morocco, as well as here, being often forgetful in their play. events of the last few months will say a thing is impossible because it seems improbable is too silly to be argued with. I am aware that I risk being called an alarmist, but it is better to be called an alarmist than to run any risk." Taxation Reform. The general cause of local government in Great Britain is vitally concerned in efforts which will be made in the coming session of Parliament to procure legislation authorizing a direct tax upon ground values for local improvements. Three bills will be presented for this purpose. The first, which was before the last parliament, will be promoted by the city of Glasgow, and according to its title will provide "for the taxation for local purposes of ground values in burge in Scotland." The second has been formulated under the instructions of a conference of London taxing authorities and provides for the "separate assessment of land and the rating for local purposes of land values in England and Wales." The third has been prepared after much deliberation by the London county council "to provide for the rating of site values in the administrative city of London." Judie Condemns Women. Judge Condemns Women. Judge Waterman of Chicago in declining to accept the jury verdict in the case of Smith vs. Eltel because of the inaccuracy of women witnesses has formulated a charge against the seas which will undoubtedly expose him to its indignant criticisms. The Judge says: "Though women are undoubtedly upon a higher moral plane than are men, they are not as reliable upon the witness stand. It seems that women are of a more imaginative nature than men, and, although it is no doubt unintentional, they come to believe as true what they at first only imagined and maintain their belief in spite of all evidence against it." The Woman's club of Chicago only the other day discussed the ethics of business men in a pessimistic way. It will THE WORLD'S BEST KNOWN TRAIN. The Empire State Express—What It Does Daily and How It Does It. "There is only one train in the country that exceeds fifty miles an hour in speed for 100 miles run, and that is the Empire State Express."—Public Ledger, Philadelphia. The Ledger might have added that this great train averages fifty-three and one-third miles per hour for the entire distance from New York to Buffalo, 440 miles, including four stops and twenty-eight slow-downs; that it does this each business day of the year. The attention which the Empire State Express has attracted in every country of the world has proved one of the greatest advertisements for American machinery and American methods that has ever been put forth, and that the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company is entitled to the thanks of not only the entire state of New York, but of every person in the United States from one end of the land to the other for placing before the world an object lesson without an equal.—From the Syracuse Post-Standard. Manufacturing Signal Flags One of the busiest industries in England just now is that of the manufacture of signal flags. On Jan. 1 next the mercantile marine will be obliged to adopt the revised system of the international code of flag signaling, and each vessel will need ten new flags. As England and her colonies have nearly 11,000 vessels in this category, a prodigious amount of preliminary work in bunting is made necessary. Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O! 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. 1% the price of coffee. 15c and 25c per package. Sold by all grocers. Bobbs—But, even if we could communicate with Mars, what would we ask the people there, anyway? Dobbs—Might ask them if they had seen Pat Crowe—Baltimore American. 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. Executive—I would appoint your man, but he is too ignorant for the police force. Heeler—Den put him on de school board.—Moonghine. Sufferers from sick headaches are not users of Garfield Tea, for this HERB TEA is a positive cure for sick headaches, constipation and liver disorders. I will not affirm that women have no character; rather, they have a new one every day.—Heine. According to the latest municipal figures New York city is growing in population at the rate of 30,000 a year. Four Soap Spoils Clothes. Don't take chances. Buy the best. Maple City Self Washing Soap is guaranteed to be pure. All grocers sell it. A probability is something that may possibly happen. DO YOU COUGH DON'T DELAY TAKE KEMP'S BALSAM THE BEST COUGH CURE St Cares Cable, Cough, Sore Throat, Cough, Influenza, Wheezing Cough, Frostbite and Asthma. A cortisol care for *consumption in Selt shades*, and a pure relief in advanced stages. Use of once. You will see the excellent effect, after taking the first dose. Sold by doctor everywhere. Large bottle 25 cachs and 50 cachs. DON'T GET WET! TOWER'S FISH BRAND Oiled Clothing BLACK OR YELLOW WILL KEEP YOU DRY NOTHING ELSE WILL THANKFUL TO MRS. PINKHAM THANKFUL TO MRS. PINKHAM Letters Proving Positively that there is No Medicine for Woman's Ills Equal to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. MRS. ANNIE THOMPSON "I cannot say enough in regard to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It has done me more good than all the doctors. I have been troubled with female weakness in its worst form for about ten years. I had leucorrhoea and was so weak that I could not do my housework. I also had falling of the womb and inflammation of the womb and ovaries, and at menstrual periods I suffered terribly. At times my back would ache very hard, I could not lift anything or do any heavy work; was not able to stand on my feet long at a time. My husband spent hundreds of dollars for doctors but they did me no good. My husband's sister wrote what the Vegetable Compound had done for her, and wanted me to try it, but I did not then think it would do me any good. After a time, I concluded to try it, and I can truly say it does all that is claimed for it. Ten bottles of the Vegetable Command seven packages of Sanative Wash have made a new woman of me, I have had no womb trouble since taking the fifth bottle. I weigh more than I have in years; can do all my own housework, sleep well, have a good appetite, and now feel that life is worth living. I owe all to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I feel that it has saved my life and would not be without it for anything. I am always glad to recommend it to all my sex, for I know if they will follow Mrs. Pinkham's directions, they will be cured." Gratefully yours, Mrs. ANNIE THOMPSON, South Hot Springs, Ark. $5000 REWARD. — We have deposited with the National City Bank of Lynn, $5000, which will be paid to any person who can find that the above testimonial letters are not genuine, or were published before obtaining the writer's special permission. LYDIA R. PINKRAM MEDICINE CO. MRS. M.A. DENSON "I was taken sick five years ago with 'The Grippe,' and had a relapse and was given up by the doctor and my friends. Change of Life began to work on me. I flowed very badly until a year ago, then my stomach and lungs got so bad, I suffered terribly; the blood went up in my lungs and stomach, and I vomited it up. I could not eat scarcely anything. I cannot tell what I suffered with my head. My husband got me a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and before I had taken half of it I began to improve, and to-day I am another woman. Mrs. Pinkham's medicine has saved my life. I cannot praise it enough. M. A. DENSON, Millport, N.Y. "I commenced taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound about 3 months ago, and cannot express the wonderful good it has done me. Menstruations were so profuse as to leave me very weak for some time after. MRS L. D. HODGE Was also troubled with leucorrhoea, tired feeling, bearing down sensation, pain across the back and thighs. I felt as though there was a heavy weight in my stomach all the time. I have taken two bottles of the medicine, and now have better health than I have had for four years." MRS. LIZZIE DICKSON HODGE, Avaion, Ohio. A. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Parramore, Baldwin, Protestants, Knights of Lions, Indies, Mormons, Republicans, Friends, or any other can have their say, no longer on their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. JULIUS P. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Germany has a life insurance association of hotelkeepers which in seven years has paid over $300,000 to the families of members. The will of the late Jarvis Ford, of St. Joseph, Mo., leaves $20,000 for a free memorial library in that place, and $10,000 to the municipal hospital. Charles G. Rumsey, whose equestrian status of a North American Indian has been accepted by the managers of the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition, is a member of the junior class of Harvard. Venice is trying to revive the picturesque ceremony of wedding the Adriatic, which has been discontinued since the last Doge was expelled in 1797. Plans have been made for building a Bucentaur on the model of the last state galley used for the ceremony. The new Japanese cruiser Yakumo, which was built at Stettin and recently sailed for Japan, has so far given the greatest satisfaction. The system of ventilation is so perfect, it is asserted, that during her passage of the Red sea the temperature of the engine and boiler rooms was not much more than half that in British ships. Attention is called by the London Lancet to the fact that canned tomatoes are now being extensively colored, in order to make them look attractive and as if made from ripe fruit. Among the colors so employed are oval-tar colors and cochineal. The subject of artificial coloring and preservation of food is now receiving great attention in England. When ex-Queen Liliuokalani visited the island of Maui not long ago for the first time in ten years the steamship which carried her was surrounded by natives bringing gifts of all kinds, fruits, vegetables, fowls and even pigs. There was music, dancing, a great feast, and the whole steamship was decorated with their garlands. An original device for evading the prohibitory law was recently unearthed by plumbers in a house in Rutland, Vt. The liquor, stored in a secret nook, was conveyed in hidden pipes to a radiator in one of the principal rooms of the house. A small faucet attached to the radiator was the means by which the liquid was drawn off for use. The Hungarian government is about to take steps to effectually put an end to the wandering of gypsies, who are so frequently to be met in that country. The stalwart Hungarian gypsy, with his multi-colored cloak, his dark-eyed, fortune-telling wife, and his crowd of half-naked children, is one of the most picturesque figures in this part of Europe. This Stiele announces that M. Oalris, a well-known Paris philanthropist, has instituted a prize of 100,000 francs to be awarded by a committee of the Paris Press Syndicate to the author or authors of a work adjudged by the committee to be the most meritorious, whether from the artistic or industrial point of view, or on the ground of general service to humanity. It has been remarked in connection with the late Lord Armstrong as not a little singular that while he was the founder of Elswick, the arsenal of the north, a member of another branch of the same family was the founder of the royal arsenal at Woolwich in 1716. This was John, a secon of the Liddestale Armstrongs, who became a very celebrated military officer and engineer, serving with the highest reputation under the duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene. Captain Cotton of the Norfolk navy yard has made a report on the damage sustained by the torpedo-boat Ericsson on Jan. 2, when she touched bottom in the Delaware and Chesapeake canal, while the water was low and the ice thick. The known damage is a bent propeller. Orders have been issued for the docking of the boat at Norfolk and it is expected that she will soon be in readiness to join the torpedo flotilla which will accompany the north Atlantic squadron on its winter cruise. In Scotland the halfpenny is called a "hawbee," but how it came to receive that name is not a matter of common knowledge. It appears that the first attempt at the portraiture of the unfortunate Mary, queen of Scots, was made in her earliest infancy, and her "was" face was engraved upon the Scottish halfpennies at the time of her coronation in 1543, when she was but 2 months old. A number of these small coins are still preserved, and it will be easily understood that the name "hawbee," or baby, was originally given to the coin hearing the baby's affer Bread Market of Tangier. The bread market of Tangier, which is shown in the picture, is just outside the city wall, the picturesque gate being one of the entrances of the town. The bread market is in one corner of the great outer or general market. The bread is sold mostly to Arabs, who come in from the desert and from the interior of Morocco with the caravans of camels and donkeys. There is very little of the bread sold to the people of the town, as they have here large public ovens. The houses are so small and compact that there is not room in Waldeck-Rousseau. Pierre Marie Waldeck-Rousseau, whose war on monastic orders in France is arousing the keenest interest in Europe, was made premier in 1880 after several years' retirement from a political life, which was never very conspicuous. His government is warmly supported by a majority of the legislature in its attempt to dissolve the orders. The struggle is one of the M. most remarkable in the religious history of the French republic. The government's bill, which, it is argued, will drive religious associations from France, is couched in general terms, but the third section, if enforced, would be mortal to the orders which flourish most. It provides (1) that no association between Frenchmen and foreigners can be formed without a state charter; (2) that associations whose directors are foreigners or live abroad and associations whose members live in common cannot exist without special acts of parliament permitting them. This is the most important law proposed by the third republic, and one of the most important developments of French political life since the revolution. Commissioner Wright's Views. Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of labor, delivered an address the other evening before the American Statistical association, in which he cited figures to show that the condition of the workingman in the United States has greatly improved during the last half century. He proved by four different sets of statistics that the real value of wages at present is greater than that of the wages of fifty years ago. The money received for a day's labor will now buy more in the way of food, clothing and shelter than at any previous time. But the wage-carner has at the same time advanced his standard of living. He wants more things than did the mechanic or farmer of fifty years ago. He achieves more in a day's work than his grandfather did, and he needs better food and clothing to fit him for this more productive work. Ex. Sir Alfred Milner, British high commissioner of Cape Colony, in reviewing 7,000 men of the new volunteer force at Cape Town last Saturday, made an address to the officers which indicates that he at least does not underestimate the seriousness of British affairs in South Africa. After complimenting the force for "excellent work already done in stemming the Boer invasion," he said in part: "It has been said that the enemy would never come to Cape Town, but any one who in the face of --- them to cook bread, so the Arab women make up the dough and the children take it on large boards carried on their heads to the public bake ovens, calling for it after it is baked. At about 5 o'clock every evening you will hear a great knocking of big brass knockers, which are on every Meorish door, and a great racket they make. This is done by the mothers to remind the children that it is time to go and get the bread, children in Morocco, as well as here, being often forgetful in their play. ```markdown ``` events of the last few months will say a thing is impossible because it seems improbable is too silly to be argued with. I am aware that I risk being called an alarmist, but it is better to be called an alarmist than to run any risk." Taxation Reform The general cause of local government in Great Britain is vitally concerned in efforts which will be made in the coming session of Parliament to procure legislation authorizing a direct tax upon ground values for local improvements. Three bills will be presented for this purpose. The first, which was before the last parliament, will be promoted by the city of Glasgow, and according to its title will provide "for the taxation for local purposes of ground values in burgs in Scotland." The second has been formulated under the instructions of a conference of London taxing authorities and provides for the "separate assessment of land and the rating for local purposes of land values in England and Wales." The third has been prepared after much deliberation by the London county council "to provide for the rating of site values in the administrative city of London." Judie Condemar Women Judge Waterman of Chicago in declining to accept the jury verdict in the case of Smith vs. Eltel because of the inaccuray of women witnesses has formulated a charge against the sex which will undoubtedly expose him to its indignant criticisms. The Judge says: "Though women are undoubtedly upon a higher moral plane than are men, they are not as reliable upon the witness stand. It seems that women are of a more imaginative nature than men, and, although it is no doubt unintentional, they come to believe as true what they at first only imagined and maintain their belief in spite of all evidence against it." The Woman's club of Chicago only the other day discussed the ethics of business men in a pessimistic way. It will HEDGE WATERMAN now be interesting to know what it thinks of Judge Waterman's characterization of the ethics of the feminine world. The late Gen. Leonard A. Dickinson of Hartford, Conn., bequeathed one-half if his residuary estate to St. Thomas' church in Hartford, and one-fourth each to the Hartford hospital an the Hartford orphan asylum. THE WORLD'S BEST KNOWN TRAIN. The Empire State Express—What It Does Daily and How It Does It. "There is only one train in the country that exceeds fifty miles an hour in speed for 100 miles run, and that is the Empire State Express."—Public Ledger, Philadelphia. The Ledger might have added that this great train averages fifty-three and one-third miles per hour for the entire distance from New York to Buffalo, 440 miles, including four stops and twenty-eight slow-downs; that it does this each business day of the year. The attention which the Empire State Express has attracted in every country of the world has proved one of the greatest advertisements for American machinery and American methods that has ever been put forth, and that the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company is entitled to the thanks of not only the entire state of New York, but of every person in the United States from one end of the land to the other for placing before the world an object lesson without an equal.—From the Syracuse Post-Standard. Manufacturing Signal Flags One of the busiest industries in England just now is that of the manufacture of signal flags. On Jan. 1 next the mercantile marine will be obliged to adopt the revised system of the international code of flag signaling, and each vessel will need ten new flags. As England and her colonies have nearly 11,000 vessels in this category, a prodigious amount of preliminary work in bunting is made necessary. 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. 1. the price of coffee. 15c and 25c. per package. Sold by all grocers. Good Idea Bobbs—But, even if we could communicate with Mars, what would we ask the people there, anyway? Dobbs—Might ask them if they had seen Pat Crowe.—Baltimore American. Coughing Loads 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. Not Hard to Salt. Executive—I would appoint your man, but he is too ignorant for the police force. Heeler—Den put him on de school board.—Moonshine. Sufferers from sick headaches are not users of Garfield Tea, for this HERB TEA is a positive cure for sick headaches, constipation and liver disorders. I will not affirm that women have no character; rather, they have a new one every day.—Heine. According to the latest municipal figures New York city is growing in population at the rate of 90,000 a year. Don't take chances. Buy the best. Maple City Self Washing Soap is guaranteed, to be pure. All grocers sell it. A probability is something that may possibly happen. DO YOU COUGH DON'T DELAY TAKE KEMP'S BALSAM THE BEST COUGH CURE At Courses Cold, Coughe, Sore Throat, Croup, Influenza, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma. A central care for *consumption* in first stages, and a pure relief in advanced stages. Use at once. You will see the excellent effect, after taking th* first dose. Sold by dealers everywhere. Large bottles 25 cans and 50 cans. DON'T GET WET! TOWER'S FISH BRAND Oiled Clothing BLACK OR YELLOW WILL KEEP YOU DRY NOTHING ELSE WILL TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. FREE CATALOGUE, SHINING FULL LINE OF GARMENTS AND HATS. A.J. TOWER CO. BOSTON. MASS. THANKFUL TO MRS. PINKHAM Letters Proving Positively that there is No Medicine for Woman's Ills Equal to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. MRS. ANNIE THOMPSON "I cannot say enough in regard to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It has done me more good than all the doctors. I have been troubled with female weakness in its worst form for about ten years. I had lencorrhoea and was so weak that I could not do my housework. I also had falling of the womb and inflammation of the womb and ovaries, and at menstrual periods I suffered terribly. At times my back would ache very hard, I could not lift anything or do any heavy work; was not able to stand on my feet long at a time. My husband spent hundreds of dollars for doctors but they did me no good. My husband's sister wrote what the Vegetable Compound had done for her, and wanted me to try it, but I did not then think it would do me any good. After a time, I concluded to try it, and I can truly say it does all that is claimed for it. Ten bottles of the Vegetable Compound seven packages of Sanative Wash have made a new woman of me, I have had no womb trouble since taking the fifth bottle. I weigh more than I have in years; can do all my own housework, sleep well, have a good appetite, and now feel that life is worth living. I owe all to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I feel that it has saved my life and would not be without it for anything. I am always glad to recommend it to all my sex, for I know if they will follow Mrs. Pinkham's directions, they will be cured." Gratefully yours. Mrs. ANNIE THOMPSON, South Hot Springs, Ark. REWARD. — We have deposited with the National City Bank of Lynn, $000, which will be paid to any person who can find that the above testimonial letters are not genuine, or were published before obtaining the writer's special permission. LYDIA E. PINKRAM MEDICINE CO. "I was taken sick five years ago with 'The Grippe,' and had a relapse and was given up by the doctor and my friends. Change of Life began to work on me. I flowed very badly until a year ago, then my stomach and lungs got so MRS. M.A. DENSON bad, I suffered terribly; the blood went up in my lungs and stomach, and I vomited it up. I could not eat scarcely anything. I cannot tell what I suffered with my head. My husband got me a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and before I had taken half of it I began to improve, and to-day I am another woman. Mrs. Pinkham's medicine has saved my life. I cannot praise it enough." M. A. DENSON, Millport, N.Y. $5000 REWARD.—We have deposit which will be paid to any person are not genuine, or were public mission. W. L. DOUGH $3 & $3.50 SHOES The real worth of W. L. Douglas $3.00 shoes compared with other makes is $4.00. Our $4.00 Gilt Edge Line cannot be equi price. We make and sell more $3.00 and than any other two manufacturers in the U. THE REASON more W. L. Douglas $3 and $3 than any other make is because THEY ARE THE dealer should keep them; we give one dealer exclusive m. Take me substitute! Instant on having W. L. Douglas mation and price stamped on bottom. If your dealer will you, and direct to factory, enclosing price and No. c State kind of leather, also, width, plain or cap toe, reach you anywhere. Write for catalog showing a We use Fast Coler Eyeclets in all our shoes. W. L. Doug "SALZER'S SEEDS WILL MAKE YOU RICH" This is a daring statement, but Salzer's seeds bear it out every time. Combination Corn. Greatest corn on earth. Will positively revolutionize corn growing. Billion Dollar Grass. Greatest marvel of the day. In tons of hay per acre. First crop six weeks after sowing. What Is It? Catalogue calls. FOR 10c. STAMPS and this NOTICE we shall big seed catalog. 10 Cents European Nothing stores, also Epalta (50 lb. per A.) Cents. (200 Scales per A.) Bags. Bust-g. (125 lb. per A.) French. etc. We shall 10c. to get a start. John A. Salzer Seed Co. La Brouse, W. 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 be- come wealthy in grow- ing wheat. "I commenced taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound about 3 months ago, and cannot express the wonderful good it has done me. Menstruations were so profuse as to leave me very weak for some time after. MRS.L.D.HODGE Was also troubled with leucorrhoea, tired feeling, bearing down sensation, pain across the back and thighs. I felt as though there was a heavy weight in my stomach all the time. I have taken two bottles of the medicine, and now have better health than I have had for four years." MRS. LIZZIE DICKSON HODGE, Avalon, Ohio. A. M WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES REBARD PERUMA AS THEIR SKIELD AGAINST CATARRH, COUGHS, COLDS, GNIP AND CATARRHAL DISEASES. MRS. BELVA A. LOCKWOOD, LATE CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY Mrs. Belva Lockwood, the eminent harrister, of Washington, D. C., is the only woman who has ever been a candidate for the Presidency of the United States. She is the best known woman in America. As the pioneer of her sex in the legal profession, she has gathered frme and fortune. In a letter to The Peruha Medicine Company, she says: "I have used Peruna both for myself and my mother, Mrs. Hannah J. Bennet, now in her 88th year, and I find it an invaluable remedy for cold, catarrh, hay fever and kindred diseases; also a good tonic for feeble and old people, or those run down, and with nerves unstrang."—Belva A. Lockwood. [Portrait of a woman with curly hair, wearing a high collar and a decorative frame. The image is in black and white, with a grid pattern. The woman's face is centered, and her expression is neutral. The background is plain white. The portrait is framed by an ornate border with scrollwork.] Mrs. I. Pelton, son St. Antadny Avenue, St. Paul, Minn., wrote: "Peruna has done wonders for me. It has cured my headache and palpitation of the heart; has built up my whole system. I cheerfully recommend Peruna to all sufferers afflicted with catarrh. My mother is never without Peruna. When one is tired and generally out of sorts, if Peruna is taken it immediately removes that tired feeling." Peruna cures catarrh by removing the cause, inflamed mucous membranes. Dr. Hartman, the compounder of Peruna, once said, in a lecture to women: "A great number of women consult me every year. I often have occasion to say to these patients, 'I fear you have catarrh, madam.' They will generally reply, 'Oh, no, I never had catarrh. My nose is perfectly clear, and 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 restitubed, steam heated, gas lighted, with dining car service for all meals on route from Chicago to Thomasville, Ga., Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Fla. The train leaves Chicago over the Chicago & Eastern Illinois track 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. "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, 18th St. and Park Row, Chicago, 12:00 noon. Arrive St. Augustine 8:30 next p. m. For particuliare call on your local agent, or address J. O. Tucker, General Northern Agent Big Four Route, Chicago. American exports of corn have averaged 178,000,000 bushels a year since 1895, an increase of 254 per cent over the preceding five years. my breath is not bad, I am not troubled with coughing or spitting, or any other disagreeable symptoms of catarrh.' But, my dear madam, you may have catarrh all the same. Catarrh is not always located in the head. You may have catarrh of the lungs, or stomach, or liver, or kidneys, and especially you may have catarrh of the pelvic organs." M. "I have been preaching this doctrine for the last forty years, but there are a vast multitude of women who have never heard it yet. Catarrh may attack any organ of the body. Women are especially liable to catarrh of the pelvic organs. There are one hundred cases of catarrh of the pelvic organs to one of catarrh of the head. Most people think, because they have not catarrh of the head, they have not catarrh at all. This is a great mistake, and is the cause of many cases of sickness and death." 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, Ohio. 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 Mail 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. Washington Excursion. Account of the inauguration, the Big Four, Chesapeake & Ohio Route (the Rhine, Alps and Battlefield Line), will sell tickets at one fare for round trip, March 1st, 2d, 3d, good to leave Washington until March 8th. Address I. C. Tucker, Gen. Nor. Agt. York and Lancaster were titles and Plantagenet a family name. The origin of this historic cognomen affords a very fair illustration of how family names in general originated. One Mortimer, a knight, wore a sprig of broom plant, planta-genesta, in his helmet. 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 call it 15c and 25c. Not only is education free in New Zealand, but, where necessary, children are conveyed to and from school gratuitously on the government railways. The pownbrocher's profits depend on the interest he takes in his business. AS THE WORLD REVOLVES General Evelyn Wood. Gen. Evelyn Wood, who, it is reported, will soon go to South Africa empowered to treat for peace with the Boer generals, is the adjutant general of the British army. It is understood that this movement of the government looking toward an end of the war has been inspired by the king. It is not believed to mean that Gen. Wood will go in a military capacity, but rather in a diplomatic one. For would, there- FOLK GEN EVELYN WOOD. fore, hardly be sent as a successor to Lord Kitchener. Sir Evelyn is one of Great Britain's most notable soldiers. He entered the navy in 1852, and after winning distinction in that service he crossed over to the army, became a captain in 1861 and a major in 1862. He served through the Indian campaign of 1858, fought with Wolseley in the Ashantee war, won C. B. and a medal with clasp, and then astonished his friends by turning to the law. He was called to the bar in 1872, but rejoined the army for the Zulu war. He was made a K. C. B. in 1879, and was a major general in the Boer war in 1880. He arranged the peace with the Transvaal in that affair, and afterward commanded the Egyptian army. In 1897 he was made adjutant general. The Latest Fire Escape The saving of life from fire is such a laudable undertaking that it is small wonder the inventor is constantly producing new ideas in this field, each device having some particular merit to recommend it, as witness the arrangement shown herewith. It is well known that while hotels and other public places are provided with ropes for use in case of fire an attempt to make a descent from an upper story of a building by this means is nearly if not quite as perilous as that threatened by the fire itself. This danger arises from the fact that few persons are skilled in descending a rope, and it is to overcome this collection that a North Carolina invader has designed this apparatus. He provides a pair of foot stirrups attached to a frictional slide for guiding the feet, and a controlling device to be grasped by the hands to regulate the speed of dessert. This is accomplished by having the controller di- ANSC CONTROLS SPEED OF DESCENT. vided into two parts, which are pivoted together in such a manner that a twist of the hand decreases the size of the rope passage until the cable is tightly gripped between the two sections. As the device will fit almost any size of rope it is always ready for use, and in case of fire can in a short space of time be taken from the trunk and attached to the rope provided, when it is ready to land its owner safely on the ground. It is impossible to escape the conviction that the Indiana groceryman who has begun to run his store "as Christ would" has put up a strictly business proposition in the guise of a righteous venture. He sells no tobacco or strong drinks of any kind. But reports of his rushing business in other lines argue that he need not go into cigars or whisky for profit's sake. Besides, he saves tax and license fees. He marks his goods with cost and selling price, so that his customers may see his profits. But he sells for strict cash and delivers nothing. So he saves bad debts, bookkeeping expenses and the cost of delivery. He runs a souphouse for the poor, selling food at exact cost Altogether, from this distance, the commercial equation seems to enter at least as emphatically into this enterprise as the religious one. Probably the storekeeper's scheme is not without profit also to his customers. If it were it would soon work itself out. But why not conduct the business as a straight enterprise of mutual good, without any irreverent pretence to be selling groceries as Sheldon would? CHASE FOR A DEBT. To Collect Bill a Woman Follows a Man 10,000 Miles. All the way from Honolulu to Cleveland, more than 10,000 miles, Mrs. Sybil Cooper followed the man who owed her a large sum of money, and then, when she found him here, discovered she had left in Honolulu the documentary evidence of the debt, says a recent dispatch from Cleveland, Ohio. While waiting for the papers to arrive the man left for New York, but Mrs. Cooper is still after him. In New York she hopes to overhaul him and get the case started in the courts. Mrs. Cooper once lived in New York, but years ago went to Honolulu with her husband, and both are now wealthy. In making investments Mrs. Cooper loaned a large sum of money to a Cleveland man, who forgot to pay her when he left the island. She decided to follow him. From Honolulu she went to San Francisco, then to Salt Lake City, to Denver, to Kansas City, St. Louis and Cincinnati. With her brother, from New York, Mrs. Cooper located the man in an apartment house in this city, but could do nothing without the evidence. She refuses to give the man's name. HALF DEAD SOLDIER. Bristol, So. Dak, Feb. 18th, 1901. (Special.)—Peter Behres says: "When I returned from the war I found that I was in a very critical condition. My system was all run down, and I gradually became worse, until I was half dead with Kidney and Bladder Trouble. My family wanted me to consult a physician, but as I had learned through several of my comrades of the wonderful cures of Dodd's Kidney Pills I determined to give them a trial first." Mr. Behres, or Capt. Behres as he should be called, because he was captain of the 1st Minnesota Cavalry, and in 1862 was for fourteen months in continual service in warfare with the Indians, is now an honored member of the G. A. R., who has reached the ripe old age of three score years and ten. He continues: "I am now an old soldier, seventy years of age, and enjoying almost perfect health, and all thanks for this is due to Dodd's Kidney Pills. I found after having used the first few boxes that my faith was not misplaced in them, and in a very short while my kidneys were doing the work required of them and the bladder trouble was soon eliminated. It was almost a year before I was myself, but during that time I used Dodd's Kidney Pills faithfully and with the very best results that anyone could wish for. I would not have been without them for a king's ransom. I am now well as any man of my age. 50c a box, six boxes for $2.50. Buy them from your local dealer if you can. If he cannot supply you send to the Dodds Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Bee In Apartment House. Quiltivating ordinary honey bees in a modern apartment house has been accomplished in Chicago. One enterprising individual has found that the bee keeps just as busy storing away nectar in a home on the third floor as in a hollow tree in the woods. Dearth Cannot Be Cured Catarrh cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quick medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials, tree. P. J. CHENEY & CO., Propa, Toleda, O. Sold by druegists, price £c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Armament of New ships. The armament of the new British battleships Queen and Prince of Wales will be of a very powerful character, and in each case the guns will cost £75,000. When ready for the pennant each ship will have cost £1,000,000.—Montreal Herald and Star. To keep the skin clean is to keep it healthy, every mother should therefore see that her baby is given a daily bath in warm water with Ivory Soap. The nursery should also be well aired and cleaned, and all clothing washed with Ivory Soap, well rinsed and dried in the sun. ELIZA R. PARKER. A medical journal says that man's little toe is disappearing. This is comforting news. There will be that much less for the conductor to tread on in a crowded street car.—Washington Star. Lane'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. George—I just saw you coming from the conservatory with Miss Goldie, rather handsome girl, but too much reserved for me. Thomas—Yes. I've just reserved her for life. WANTED—Men and women to sell our medicated Anti-Grip shoe insole; sure preventative from the revages of Grip, Rheumatism. Also prevents the precipitation of Feet. Send Me for sample and particulars. Agents can make big money. Keystone Chemical Co., Reading, Penna. Argon is a gaseous element forming less than 1 per cent of the atmosphere. It has no practical use, and is not a commercial product. The Great Herb Cure. The uses of Garfield Tea are manifold; it regulates the digestive organs; cures constipation; purifies the blood; brings good health. A wise man never asks children questions in public unless he is quite sure of their answers. "DEALING WITH CRIMES IN CANADA." (From the Chicago Times-Herald, on Jan. 12th, 1901.) The citizens of the Dominion of Canada have just cause to be proud of their record as law-abiding people. The annual report of the criminal statistics of the Dominion, which has a population of over 6,000,000, shows that there were only twenty-five indictments for murder in 1899, of which only two were left without final action. Eleven of those indicted were hanged, nine acquitted and three confined as insane. Canada is a country of vast proportions. Its people are scattered over a wide stretch of territory, making police surveillance particularly difficult and in many districts impossible. Yet a city like New York or Chicago alone furnishes a far greater criminal list every year than the whole vast stretch of territory from Quebec to Vancouver. The Canadians ascribe their immunity from crime to the promptness with which punishment is meted out to offenders. When a man is caught red-handed in the act of robbing another he is not released on straw bail by some justice of the peace from the slums, to go out and repeat the offense. Sharp and sure justice is meted out to criminals of all kinds, the result being that when the guardians of the public peace succeed in bringing a thug to the bar they are seldom called upon to hunt him a second time. Furthermore, there are few court delays in Canada when a criminal is brought to book. They have no Dreyer cases over there. There are no methods whereby Canadian criminals can have the proceedings stayed from month to month and from year to year or after being convicted, appeal from one court to another until witnesses die of old age or opportunities for corruption can be found. Nor does this swift method of treating with wrong-doers in Canada leave the innocent unable to properly defend themselves. They have all the opportunities and privileges that our own laws extend to them. The extent to shield the guilty in lacking—that is all. The above, taken from the editorial column of the Times-Herald, gives some idea of the immunity from crime that exists in Canada, and this is one of the many inducements held out for Americans to settle in the district known as Western Canada. The season of 1901 will see a few new sections of the country opened up for settlement. They are attractive in every respect. It is understood that one of the best Indian Reserves in the famous Valley of the Saskatchewan will be opened up this year, and an invitation is extended to those desiring homes to make inquiries. The price of the land is said to be nominal. Besides these lands, the several railway companies have lands to sell; also the government. For particulars write to the agent of the government, whose advertisement appears elsewhere. Pungent Remark of Suffragia: Ida Husted Harper makes this pungent remark: "When those thirty three men in Indiana were convicted of selling their votes the judge took away their suffrage for from ten to twenty years, but he had not the heart to degrade them to the political level of a woman by disfranchisement for life." A Remedy for the Grippe Physicians recommend KEMP'S BALSAM for patients afflicted with the gripe, as it is especially adapted for the throat 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. Thirty thousand people in the United States make their living from the growing silk industry. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TABLETS. All drugists refund the money if it fails to cure. B. W. Grove's signature is on the box. 25c. Some men who boast of paying as they go are mighty slow travelers. I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds.—JOHN F BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900. Fools are apt to discern the faults of others and overlook their own. Lame back makes a young man feel old. Wizard Oil makes an old man feel young. See your druggist. The sharper a man is the harder it is to make a tool of him. Carter's Ink has the largest sale of any ink in the world, because it is the best ink that can be made. WILL SEND $2.50 FREE. Franklin Miles, M. D., LL. B., the Celebrated Chicago Specialist, Will Send $2.50 Worth of His New Special Treatment Free to Each of Our Readers. When an experienced physician offers to give away $40,000 worth of a New Treatment for diseases of the heart, nerves, stomach, or dropey, it is conclusive evidence that he has great faith in it. 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