The Broad Ax

Why is it that people can not understand the conditions that petrain to large affairs, while they clearly comprehend the same conditions as touching one person, or several persons, or a small state? We have before mentioned this and intend to repeat it. Are we self-blinded fools refusing to use our reason on our national affairs when a policy is proposed for the nation which we know would be ruin to a few or to a small state, as sure as death? It would seem so. It would seem that this people have deliberately allowed party leaders to involve the nation in policies known to science as semi-barbarous. Is it strange or wonderful? Not at all, seeing our fathers and our grandfathers deliberately upheld, maintained and extended slavery, the slave trade and all their horrid damnable atrocities, embracing piracy, murder, rape, torture, bloody tyranny and violence, and meanness unspeakable. Mind can not conceive nor tongue express the infinite villainies that swarmed up from its foul pestering bosom. But a look at the statute books of many states of this Union—books that held the living law of the land—laws framed in that lower deep beneath the lowest and signed by that least erect of all hells fallen angels, Mammon, will assure you of the truth of the charge. Then 'tis not to be wondered at if people uphold the wrong; but what is wonderful is that we stand quietly by and let ourselves be plundered, yes, ground into the very dirt under laws and never suspect it but cry "Glory, honor and fervor to the system." A child should be able to see through the plundering device if it were applied to a few persons, but the moment it is applied to the nation we "give it up." The thing is too big for us. Here it is in a nut shell. Suppose some ten thousand persons engaged in farming, carrying mechanics merchandise, etc., and doing business with all the world, were suddenly cut off from outside trade by a law that put a heavy tax on goods from abroad and thus were confined in their trade to a few hundred of their fellow citizens. Outside markets cut off and prices at home raised and customers diminished. Hard times indeed! Could any of them doubt as to the cause? If any did doubt certainly the general opinion would class them as fools, "sap-heads of the purest water." Why then, when some seventy million people are so affected by causes precisely the same, do we doubt? Ever since 1820 there has been a struggle to give a few persons the advantage over the nation by law. It was a constant struggle. Finally from 1844 to 1860 there was a lull while never did the nation so prosper—a few coal and iron monopolists alone complaining. Then came the war and all the past was forgotten. When it ended the nation was hard and fast in a deadly grip of combined monopolists who had hoodwinked the people with two binding pretexts—Protection and Sound Money. To explain them to the masses seems impossible. The subject is too large for them. LIVED ENTIRELY TOO LONG. Dempsey Hare, the richest Negro in Eastern Virginia, and owner of 2,000 acres of farm land, died January 80. He was buried in a marble vault and handsome coffin, which he had prepared for himself. Hare, who would not associate with Negroes, cherished the ambition that his only daughter should become the wife of a white man. When she wedded a Negro the old man was crushed. He refused to recognize her, and he left the bulk of his property to white friends. Hare once applied to a surgeon to remove the Negro blood from his veins.—Ex. Prof. Albert H. Putney, who spoke before the "Old Hickory Club" recently, is a resident of the 30th ward. He is also president of the Central Democratic Club, which has its headquarters at 436 West 47th street. This new club, under the guidance of Prof. Putney, will work early and late for the renomination and re-election of Mayor Harrison. MORE RELIABLE RACE LEADERS NEEDED. The boast of the average Negro is that he is a race leader, and the people give up in abject submission to his will. The men who have posed as leaders locally and nationally do not and have not represented the best interests of the Negro in this country; nor have they cared anything about him except to use him in attaining their own objects. It is not possible that the political status of the Negro would be so low in the scale of American politics had the men upon whom the responsibility has fallen in the past had due regard for the interests of the Negro citizens of this country. Few political leaders of the race have kept the faith. While aspiring for position they have been untiring in their efforts for munificent measures when there was no hope of accomplishing anything. With the attainment of position when much might be accomplished by a like degree of exertion, the only thing done is the building up of political fences. This is, indeed, a lamentable condition, but a true one. It is, of course, only natural to be selfish, but in these times when so much depends upon the action of reputed leaders, the Negroes should not tolelrate these Negro Judas, who are continually selling them out for a mere song. There are men in this country, Negro men, strong men, self-sacrificing, whose heads have not been swelled out of all proportion by having honors thrust upon them, and who are capable of leading, who have been kept down and in the background by this selfish element who are cognizant of the fact that the placing of these men means their own displacement. These men have been too proud to seek political preferment, but when harnessed are giants and are untiring in their efforts for the race. We hope that men of this kind will come to the front and be recognized by the people. We are tired of these reputed leaders whose sole ambition has been to get office themselves and then provide for their sons and relatives—St. Louis (Mo.) Times. The above article contains more truth than poetry and no place or city in the world has more broken-down, would-be statesmen and worn-out leaders as Chicago. Many of these so-called and self-constituted leaders do nothing but stand around and sample old Bourbon rye, and swing from the Republican party back to the Democratic party and from the Democratic party to the Republican party, and cuss and damn those who are endeavoring to elevate the race. Will the Hon. Capt. Hannibal C. Carter please stand up and-lead us in prayer? The J. B. W. Woman's Club tendered a delightful Twentieth Century social to their many friends Monday evening, Feb. 25th, at Quinn chapel, 24th and Wabash avenue, in which all the women's clubs of the city participated. An excellent musical and literary program had been arranged and was ably carried out. Addresses were made and papers read on the work each club was doing, by Mrs. Dr. Faulkner, president of the Mothers' Union; Nora F. Taylor, Wayman Circle; Mrs. Robinson, Civic League; A. E. Taylor Jhyllis Wheatly; Cordelia West, vice-president State Federation, and Rev. A. J. Carey. A sumptuous supper was served at the close of the program. Representative John G. Jones has introduced a bill in the assembly calling upon its speaker to appoint a committee to investigate the charges which have been preferred against the trustees and the superintendent of the Industrial School for the Blind, located in this city, respecting their discriminating against colored persons. If it is true that those in charge of this state institution are guilty of drawing the color line then the members of the legislature should refuse to appropriate one dollar for its support. Mr. Jones is not afraid to let himself be heard in the assembly and he has agreeably surprised those who thought otherwise. HEW TO THE LINE. The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text or details. It appears to be a grayscale photograph of a person, but no identifiable features or context can be discerned. The faithful City Clerk of Chicago, friend of the poor and the lowly, who will be renominated and elected to his present position on the second day of April. WILLIAM LOEFFLER. For many months past it has been a foregone conclusion that the present efficient City Clerk, William Loeffler, could have the nomination for The faithful City Clerk of Chicago who will be renominated and elected day of April. the same responsible position if he so desired, and at the present time there is no question as to his re-selection and re-election. The rise of William Loeffler in the business and in the political world reads like a fairy tale. Not many years ago he landed in New York City from his native country without a dollar in his pockets and in time he worked his way on west to this great city, and after arriving in Chicago he did not find a bed of roses, so to speak, but on the contrary he had to struggle long and very hard before he could stand upon a solid foundation. During his early struggles and hard trials here in Chicago many times he did not have enough money to pay for a cheap bed and he was therefore compelled to go without sleep or impose on his few friends. But today, after enduring all those hard trials and deprivations Mr. Loeffler finds himself not only clerk of the City of Chicago, but also at the head of one of the largest establishments within its limits, for he is engaged in the wholesale meat business, and transacts an enormous business. He is also interested in the manufacture of fire proof safes and locks, and he has other business interests aside from those we have mentioned. Mr. Loeffler resides on the west side, right in among the poor and the humble, and from morning until night the poor of his neighborhood flock to his home for assistance and they are never turned away empty-handed. This is one of the reasons why Mr. Loeffler stands so well with the common or the plain people, and if all others who delight to dabble in politics would condescend to mingle with the poor the same as Mr. Loeffler, they would have smoother sailing on the political waters. In conclusion we want to say that the first two or three times we came in contact with Mr. Loeffler we did not fancy him very much but after we became better acquainted with him we have changed our mind respecting Mr. Loeffler, for we find that he is big-hearted and that his heart is located in the right place. Ernest Hummel is conceded to be the very strongest candidate that the party can nominate for city treasurer. Mr. Hummel has been tried before as city treasurer and was not found wanting. Let honest Ernest Hummel be nominated and he will sweep the city from end to end. CHIPS. Otto V. Mueller is still growing in favor for collector for the Town of Lake. Joshua R. Burgle seems to hold his LOEFFLER. go, friend of the poor and the lowly, to his present position on the second own as an aldermanic candidate and he may be selected by the Democrats of the 31st ward for that position. Michael Walsh will more than likely be the Republican candidate for Alderman in the 30th ward. Lawyer Edward R. Litzinger, of the 5th ward, has become a candidate for aldermanic honors and he is very popular and much esteemed by the voters of his ward. James A. Quinn has returned to the city from Baltimore and Worcester, Mass., where Mr. Queen went so he says, to "see the new Irish mayor," who was recently elected. The leaders of the Republicans of the 31st ward are grooming Lawyer Wm. Butterworth for alderman and the chances are that Mr. Butterworth will receive the nomination. The Democratic legislature of Missouri has refused to enact a "Jim Crow car law," and as a result of their action there is great rejoicing among the colored people of Missouri. James C. Denvir, editor of Standard Opinion, which is the brightest and the best authority on political affairs in Chicago, returned home Tuesday from a short business trip to Cincinnati, Ohio. Edward J. Maher is aspiring to become alderman from the new 5th ward. Mr. Maher is quite sensible and active and if he could best his rivals he would be all right in the city council. Herman Slattze, Jacob Bleschke, A. M. McAllister, A. Rohe, Arthur McLaughin, John Smolka, and big-headed John Floersch are anxious to secure the nomination for collector for the Town of Lake. Mr. Andrew Webber, the big wholesale grocer on West Randolph street, has been favorably mentioned for city treasurer. Mr. Webber is a Democrat of sterling worth and he would make an ideal city treasurer. Robert E. Burke-"Mrs. Burke, our son, Robert E., Jr., and myself, all enjoy reading The Broad Ax, for it always contains sound Democratic doctrines and we are all glad that you are meeting with success." A colored orphana' home has been dedicated by the Bishop of Havana. It is a home for all the colored orphans of Havana, as not one colored person out of a hundred professes any other than the Catholic faith.—Ex. ```markdown ``` This evening Emil Anderson will give a grand raffle and ball at Werkmeister's hall, 5041 Wentworth avenue. A high-grade gent's bicycle will be the prize to be raffled off and there is a good time in store for all who attend. That first-class and up-to-date business man, Hon. Matt. Thome, has more than a host of friends whose manly bosoms would swell with pride if the leaders of the Democratic party would nominate Mr. Thome for city treasurer. P. J. Murphy ought not to be overlooked when the time arrives to choose aldermanic candidates in the 31st ward. Mr. Murphy is a Democrat of long standing and if nominated for alderman he would be in sight on election day. Alderman James J. McCormick feels confident that all opposition to his renomination will vanish and disappear long before the aldermanic convention and that he will again be chosen by the people of the 5th ward to represent them in the council. Next Tuesday the Democratic city convention convenes at the North Side Turner Hall and The Broad Ax hopes the managers of the party will select clean men to run with Mayor Carter H. Harrison, for if they do so there is no doubt about electing the entire Democratic ticket. According to the report of the associated bureau of charities Old Mark Hanna's prosperity is not so very thick in this city except among the rich and the highborn, for we learn from its report that it is unable to assist the great army of idle men and women who apply for food and shelter. Roman Schmidt, Nick Gier. Mr. Rohe, of the Rohe-Heltman Lumber Co. A. Pfahl, Frank Carey, Joseph A. Swift, Nick Docdy, M. J. Bohan, J. Bieschke, M. Blackwell and Fredrick A. Hart are the leading candidates for aldermanic honors in the new 29th ward, and it now looks as though Fred Hart would make a home run and land the nomination. State Senator M. J. Butler passed last Sunday at home with his family and on Monday he visited the Democratic headquarters in company with Justice John Fitzgerald, Representative E. M. Cummings, Alderman Thomas Carey and several other high priests of Democracy of the Town of Lake. Before Senator Butler left for Springfield he informed us that he was in favor of "Emil Anderson for clerk for the Town of Lake." John S. Butler, Richard E. Burke, James G. Condon, John J. Coburn, John F. Clare, Edward W. Cullen, James Donchue, Terry R. Gillan, John P. McGoorty, Joseph A. McInerney, Fredrick W. Job, Hugh J. Kearns, M. J. Moran, N. L. Piotrowski, William Peacock, Hon. Vincent H. Perkins, John E. Owens, Robert E. Cantwell, Col. John F. Waters, and Andrew J. Ryan, are all splendid material for city attorney, but we are of the opinion that A. J. Ryan will be re-nominated for city attorney next Tuesday. Joseph J. Healy, treasurer of the Central Democratic Club of the 30th ward, is hustling for the nomination for collector for the Town of Lake. The other officers of this new Democratic club are: Albert H. Putney, president; Thomas Kirby, vice-president; Joseph Rodgers, secretary; Thomas Hickey, sergeant-at-arms; Charles Harrison, Ed Harity and T. E. Fitzgerald, members of the executive committee. The club has almost two hundred members and is still increasing. The Broad Ax is very glad to note that Col. R. O. S. Burke, who was until late superintendent of the sewer department has dealt Commissioner L. E. McGann a knockout blow for the civil service commissioners have decided in favor of Colonel Burke, which proves that he was not incompetent. There is some talk of Commissioner McGann resigning since he has failed to blacken the character of Colonel Burke, and it would be a mighty good thing if Mr. McGann would turn his office over to some one else for no man who thinks that colored men are only capable of doing janitor work is not fit to be commissioner of public works. The Phyllis Wheatly Club, 5058 Dearborn street, was entertained Wednesday afternoon by the Art secelon. A large number of ladies were present. Mrs. W. G. Anderson read a very able paper on "Great Painters and Painting," in which she portrayed some of the masterpieces of Raphael, Rosa Bonheur and other noted painters. She also paid a high compliment to Henry O. Tanner and Wm. Harper and what they had accomplished in the world of art by hard work. Mrs. Anderson was extended a rising vote of thanks for contributing to the enjoyment of the afternoon. Mrs. Wm. Gray gave a description of the Dodge collection of paintings now on exhibition at the Art Institute. While refreshments were being served, Miss Clara Green recited "The Colored Soldiers," by Dunbar, with splendid effect. The children of the Sunshine Club were entertained after the close of the exercises and were given their first lesson in making paper flowers by Mrs. Ida Bell. An elephant has only eight teeth two below and two above on each side. At the age of fourteen an elephant loses its first set, and a new set grows. "This is where we deposit our money," said one of a group of men who were entering a saloon, to an associate who was evidently making his way toward a nearby bank. In that chance remark there was a truth even deeper than appears at first sight. The idea seems to be gaining ground that consumption should be known as such. The Philadelphia board of health at a recent meeting discussed compulsory registration of consumptives, and inclined to its favor in the belief that it will tend to check the disease. A nobleman in Madrid, after spending his fortune and getting deeply into debt, lost his wife. His friends advised him to marry a rich bride, but to the dismay of his creditors, he married a poor woman. When asked why he did so, he answered, "For revenge. To make my rascally creditors rave." Senator Spooner's suggestion that a congressional commission be sent to the Philippine islands to investigate conditions there possess obvious merit. It is difficult for congress to legislate for the needs of a country which few of its members have ever seen, and concerning which the reports are so conflicting as they are regarding the Philippines. A fruit dealer in Paris advertised his willingness to give a prize of five francs for the biggest apple sent to him. In a fortnight he had received enough big apples to stock his store for a season, and, like an honest man, he awarded five francs for the biggest one. The others didn't cost him a sou, and the free advertising brought to him a rush of business. A remarkable cat has been discovered in St. Joseph, Mo. N. Schellinger, an electrician of that city, filled a cat with electricity, and in a few minutes the animal was as rigid and lifeless as a marble cat. Two hours later the electrician reversed the current, and this treatment reanimated the apparently dead animal, and in a few minutes it was as playful and frisky as it ever had been. One hundred and sixty miles an hour is the speed aimed at by a new electric railway company in Germany under the direct patronage of the emperor. Cars with accommodation for fifty persons each are now being built, and will be tried on a 30 kilometer track. It it intended to use electricity only for the express passenger service, as for freight and local traffic steam is expected to remain the power for a long time. In spite of the fact that the experiments made in the American navy with oil as fuel have been entirely unsatisfactory, some of the French and German vessels on the Chinese stations are having complete success with it. The advantages of petroleum, if it can be properly utilized, are very great. At Singapore, for example, coal now costs about $14 a ton, while oil costs but $6 a ton and has a steam raising power 26 per cent greater than that of coal. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the laws principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Soldiers, Protestants, Knights of Labor, Indians, Mormons, Republicans, Priests, or any else can have their say, no long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Emul AX is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the liberal right to speak his own mind. Jan. 19th ..... 9.40 Jan. 21st ..... 1.00 *Providing sales made known on application. *Discuss all communications to. It is a remarkable fact that the chameleon, when blindfolded, loses the power to change its hues, and the entire body remains of a uniform tint. William Burke, of Binghamton, N. Y., has been sent to jail for thirty days for using profane language in a public street. Since his incarceration he swears twice as much as ever, but his oaths are muttered under his breath. The fish inspector at Chicago reports that, by actual count, there are 13,000,000 pounds of frozen fish in the city which have been in cold storage for five years. The fish, much of which is unfit for food, is sold in the ghetto on Friday afternoons for two cents a pound. At the marriage of Miss Lalla Jordan to David Jennings Porter, in Greenville, S. C., a sudden death occurred immediately after the ceremony. While Mrs. John M. Jordan, the mother of the bride, was talking to her daughter, the old lady suddenly fell to the floor, and in a few moments was a corpse. To abate the smoke nuisance in Chicago, it has been suggested to license stokers and firemen, so that they may be temporarily suspended when they grow careless, or have their licenses revoked when they allow clouds of smoke and soot to roll from the chimney tops. Mechanical experts say that any boiler fit for the work required of fit will produce little smoke if properly fired. Professor Kaufmann of Breslau, in conferring the degree of doctor of philosophy on Fraulein Immerwahr, the first woman who has ever passed the examination at that university, said that he earnestly hoped study among women would "continue to be the exception with the few capable individuals, inasmuch as it was desirable that they should hold their primary and noblest calling of wife and mother." The recent German census shows there are now thirty-three towns in the German empire with a population of over 100,000, exactly the same number as in the British isles. Five years ago there were twenty-six, and at the establishment of the empire in 1871 only eight. Thirteen towns have a population of over 200,000, against eighteen in the British Isles; while seven have over 300,000, against nine in the United Kingdom. The masters of English are not afraid to use homely words whose expressiveness more than offsets their plainness. Thus Lord Roseberry declares that England, in order to withstand international competition, must educate her youth, and he suggests sending "batches" of young men abroad to learn the best her rivals know. That honest word batch would have been passed over by a speaker less sure of his English, when speaking of an aggregation of individuals. In the use of language there is a happy medium between overfastidiousness, which weakens one's style, and out-and-out slang, which wrecks it completely. Forefathers' day celebrations call forth annual eulogies of the men and women who founded New England, but they seldom suggest a better thought than that uttered by the New Bedford Standard. "If we are better than the fathers," it says, "it is because they did the best they could. If we have outgrown our narrownesses, it is because they tried to overcome the traditions with which their lives were handicapped. To the true descendant of the Pilgrim a gap in the genealogy matters nothing. It is the descent of spirit and purpose that counts—of that spirit and purpose which determine to make tomorrow better than today as today is better than yesterday. Plymouth Rock and Burial Hill teach this lesson to New England and to the nation." The Seattle spirit is a thing to admire and imitate. It was manifested when the secretary of the navy told a Seattle firm that their bid must be reduced to two hundred thousand dollars if they wanted a contract for one of the new battleships. That was final, and in many places the people would have said, "Too bad we've lost it!" and gone about their humdrum business. Not so in Seattle. The strong men of the city conferred; the builders offered to scale down their bid if their fellow citizens would divide the loss, and the Seattle business men promptly subscribed the hundred thousand dollars—and four thousand over. These things being understood, we fancy nobody will begrudge Seattle the contract which will so richly benefit the manufacturers, mechanics and tradesmen. She has demonstrated her possession of that public spirit by which GOVERNOR OF VAST REGION. Late Count Gourko Field Marshal Count Gourko of Russia died on his estate at Scharow, Tver, a few days ago. "Such good steel as this is fit for a man of such iron will," was the inscription on the sword presented to General Gourko by officers of the guards after the Russo-Turkish war, in which he won distinction. Born in 1828, Joseph Vassilyevich Gourko became an imperial page when fifteen years old. After serving in the imperial body guard under Emperor Nicholas I, and attracting attention by gallantry in the Crimea, he became a captain in 1857, colonel in 1861, took command of the fourth regiment of Hussars in 1866 and was promoted to major general in 1867. It was in the Russo-Turkish war of 1877 that dogged perseverance, combined with brilliant dash, placed him in the front rank of European soldiers. Twice within six months, in the heat of summer and again in furious December snows, he penetrated the Balkans, which the Turks had declared impassable. On the first occasion he compelled the withdrawal of a numerically superior body of the enemy, who for ten days besieged his intrenched position in the Shinka Pass. Commanding the cavalry of Prince Charles of Roumania, he covered the army besieging Plevna and beat off the strong force with which Mahomet All Pacha sought to relieve that fortress. His successes won him the rank of field marshal, the title of count and the civil and military command of Poland, besides other honors and pensions. Strongly believing in approximating conditions in peace meanoeuvres to those of actual war, he seriously advocated the distribution of one full with every nine blank cartridges. He argued that such "accidents" as might occur would be far outweighed by the advantage of accustoming the men to Notwithstanding the facts and figures made familiar by our geographies and books of reference, few even of our most intelligent Americans realize the vast extent of the territory stretching away from the northern boundary of the United States to the Arctic seas, and included in the area known as the northwest territories, a political division of the Dominion of Canada. These territories, which include several Arctic islands, have a total area of 2,254,931 square miles—an area thirty times that of England, and greater than that of all of India. This vast region, however, is not great in many things, except rivers, lakes, and cold and sterile plains and mountain ranges. It has a population of only a little over 100,000, and a large part of the country north and west of Hudson's bay is almost uninhabitable. The chief executive officer of this truly regal domain is a lieutenant governor, appointed by the governor general of the Dominion He presides over the legislative assembly of the territories, and is assisted HON. A. E. FORGET. In the direction of state affairs by an executive council of four members. The present lieutenant governor of the northwest territories is Hon. A. E. Forget, a man of large experience in Canadian affairs, and one of the ablest and most promising statesmen in the Dominion. SLEEP RESTORES Without sound sleep neither health nor beauty can long be retained. Much of the discomfort and nervousness that people complain of when they rise in the morning is due to the fact that each does not sleep alone. There is nothing that will so derange the nervous system of a person who is eliminative in nervous force as to lie all night in bed with another who is absorbent of nervous force. The latter will sleep soundly all night, and arise refreshed in the morning, while the former will toss restlessly, and awake is the morning fretful, peevish, faintharted and discouraged. No two persons, says a medical authority, no matter who they are, should habitually sleep together. The one will thrive, the other will lose. This is the law. The grandmother with her little grandchild is a case in point. The aged one keeps strong; the little one pinches away and becomes enfeebled. A lady in middle life informed us the other day that she habitually arose in the morning nervous, worried and weak, while her husband would sleep soundly all night. The touch of his foot even would awaken nervousness and discomfort, while he seemed to be The Greatest Soldier of Modern Times. the whistle of bullets. His plan was not put in practice, but many "bad accidents" resulted from another of his methods, whereby cavalry charges were carried right home, infantry regiments being intended to open to let the horsemen through at the last instant. He believed that chargers were becoming too much accustomed to the command to halt, given in sham fights just at the moment when in real action their speed would be quickened. General Gourko became field marshal on the name day of the present Czar Nicholas II., December 18, 1894, when at his own request, based on shattered COUNT GOURKO. health, he was relieved as governor-general of Warsaw and commander of Warsaw military district. He suffered a paralytic stroke in 1898 after the death in prison of his son Nicholas, who had made a sensational attack on a Russian councillor of state in Monte Carlo. General Gourko's wife was Marie de Seilhaus, whose father was a French count, her mother being descended from an old Muscovite family. wholly unaffected. It is wonderful how much may be done to protract existence by the habitual restorative of sound sleep. Late hours under mental strain are, of course, incompatible with this good work of sleep. A physician reports that he has traced the beginning of pulmonary consumption in many cases to late hours and evening parties, by which rest is broken and encroachments made on the constitution. If in middle age the habit of taking deficient and irregular sleep be still maintained, every source of depression, every latent form of disease, is quickened and intensified. The sleepless exhaustion allies itself with every other exhaustion, or it kills imperceptibly by a rapid introduction of premature old age, which leads prematurely to dissolution. A scientific writer says that sleep, if taken at the right moment, will prevent an attack of nervous headache. If the subjects of such headaches will watch the symptoms of its coming, they can notice that it begins with a feeling of weariness or heaviness. This is the time a sleep of an hour, or even two, as nature guides, will effectually prevent the headache. If not then, it will be too late, for after the attack is fairly under way it is impossible to get sleep until far into the night, perhaps. It is so common in these days for doctors to forbid having their patients waked to take medicines if they are asleep when the hour comes round, that people have learned the lesson pretty well, and they generally know that sleep is better for the sick than medicine. But it is not so well known that sleep is a wonderful prevention of disease, better than tonic regulators and stimulants. Horace Greely's Prodigality. Horace Greeley, writes A. K. McClure, in February Success, was lavish in his gifts, often to most unworthy recipients, and was most sensitive when admonished on the subject by even his closest friends. He loaned thousands of dollars to a scapegrace son of Commodore Vanderbilt, and, when Vanderbilt appealed to him to stop it, Greeley curtly closed the conversation by saying he did not expect the commodore to pay the loan. In one of the many conversations I had with him in his dingy office in the old Tribune building. I ventured to suggest that he was a more generous giver than his means justified; to which he answered: "Well, I guess that's so, but I can't stop it. I am like the southern planter who, after spending the proceeds of his crop in winter reveling, closed up the account by selling a nigger; I do it by selling a share of the Tribune." He originally owned nearly or quite one-half the paper. When he died, he had but one share remaining of the 100. Belfast Loes Picturesque Figure. 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There are two modes of judging of anything; one, by the test of what has actually been done in the same way before; the other, by what we can conceive may be done in that way. Now this latter method of mere imaginary excellence can hardly be a just criticism, because it may be impossible to reduce to practice what is perfectly easy to conceive. Fastidious men are always judging by the former standard; and as the rest of the understanding cannot fill up in a century what the imagination can sketch out in a moment, they are in a state of perpetual disappointment, and their conversation is one uniform tenor of blame. At the same time that I say this, I lift up both my hands against that pernicious facility of temper, in the estimation of which everything is charming and delightful. Among the smaller duties of life, I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.—Sydney Smith. Lafavette's Re'atives in Need. The relatives of La Fayette residing in Paris, France, who are understood to be in need of money, are seeking to find in this country a purchaser of his famous collection of relics and souvenirs. They place its value at $100,000. The collection includes a great rose vase presented to La Fayette by the French republic, and many gifts from friends in this country, including Washington, Franklin, Monroe, John Quincy Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Chicago Tribune 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 J. C. Tucker, Gen. Nor. Agt., 234 Clark street, Chicago. Restoring a Medieval Castle At Hohkonisburg, in Alsace, the remains of an early medieval castle is to be restored by the kaiser after the manner in which Pierrefonds was rebuilt by the architect Viollet Le Duc for the Empress Eugenie. You Can Get Allen's Food-Ease Free Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y., for a FREE sample of Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures sweating, damp, swollen, aching feet. Makes new or tight shoes easy. A certain cure for Chilblains and Frost-bites. At all druggists and shoe stores; 25c. Age of California's Big Trees. Professor C. E. Bessey, who has been counting the rings of growth of the California big trees, doubts if any of them approach the age of 2,000 years. WANTED—Men and women to sell our medicated Anti-Grip shoe insole; sure preventative from the ravages of Grip, Rheumatism. Also prevents the prespiration of feet. Send 2½ for sample and particulars. Agents can make big money. Keystone Chemical Co., Reading, Penna. It is told of a St. Louis baker that he eats a couple of yeast cakes just before retiring at night to make him rise early the next morning. There is no remedy that can equal Garfield Tea for the cure of all derangements of the liver; it has for years been the standard by which other remedies are judged. Henry James calls his new novel "The Sacred Fount." It is to be published next spring. "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. Horse' Hoofs in Carpets Drivers of horses had considerable difficulty this morning, owing to the icy streets, says the Indianapolis News. In one section of the city, where the gas is not to be found when wanted, a milkman was driving a team of horses. They were slipping and sliding all over the street, and at last one of them fell. After trying in vain to get the horse up, he gathered all the ashes in the neighborhood and sprinkled them under the horse. This was successful. But after going about twenty feet the animal was down again. Having exhausted all the ashes in the vicinity, he was in despair, until at last he hit upon the plan of putting carpet on their hoofs. This filled the bill and they went down the street in safety. How's This! We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. 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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. Glasgow Forging to the Front Glasgow is the second city now in the United Kingdom. In the matter of city municipal improvement it is in the lead. It is expected that the census of 1001 will show "greater Glasgow" with a population above 1,000,000. Coaching 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. A Costly Parliament The most costly parliament in Europe is that of France. The senate and chamber of deputies cost annually $1,500,000. The Best Herb Tea Garfield Tea is made from HERB8; there are no harmful drugs in its composition. It is the best blood purifier known to medical science. There are several large factories in the United States devoted to the manufacture of rosewater. use Maple City Self Washing Soap because it gives the best results. On December 1, 1900, Switzerland bad a population of 3,312,551. 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. An essay on man—a woman's attempt to marry him. HELP FOR WOMEN WHO ARE ALWAYS TIRED. "I do not feel very well, I am so tired all the time. I do not know what is the matter with me." You hear these words every day; as often as you meet your friends just so often are these words repeated. More than likely you speak the same significant words yourself, and no doubt you do feel far from well most of the time. Mrs. Ella Rice, of Chelsea, Wis., whose portrait we publish, writes that she suffered for two years with bearing-down pains, headache, backache, and had all kinds of miserable feelings, all of which was caused by falling and inflammation of the womb, and after doctoring with physicians and numerous medicines she was entirely cured by I MRS. ELLA RICE Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. If you are troubled with pains, fainting spells, depression of spirits, reluctance to go anywhere, headache, backache, and always tired, please remember that there is an absolute remedy which will relieve you of your suffering as it did Mrs. Rice. Proof is monumental that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the greatest medicine for suffering women. No other medicine has made the cures that it has, and no other woman has helped so many women by direct advice as has Mrs. Pinkham; her experience is greater than that of any living person. If you are sick, write and get her advice; her address is Lynn, Mass. ESTABLISHED. 1826. TOWER'S FISH BRAND SLICKER BLACK OR YELLOW IN THE Original Slicker WILL KEEP YOU DRY IN THE HARDEST STORM. Adapted to wants of the Farmer, Fisherman, Teamster, Motorman, Ranchman, Miner, etc. TAKE NO SUBSTITUTES. FREE CATALOGUES SHOWING FULL LINE OF GARMENTS AND HATS. A. J. TOWER CO. BOSTON, MASS. Dr. Bull's COUCH SYRUP Cures a Cough or Cold at once. Conquers Croup, Whooping-Cough, Bronchitis, Grippe and Consumption. Quick, sure results. Dr. Bull's Pills cure Constipation. 30 pills 10c. MONEY IN VESTED In Sheep in Montana is SAFE and pay 25 per pound. Now is the time to invest. Get in at boston prices and be prepared for four more years of prosperity. Write for our annual report and particulars. Montana Co-Operative Ranch Co., Great Falls, Montana. If afflicted with sore eyes, use! Thompson's Eye Water The Dancing method of reducing weight was invented and practiced by William Hunting, an Englishman, about the year 1871. Before commencing his experiments his weight was 220 pounds, and his breath was short and his motions slow and laborious. For breakfast he took about five ounces of beef, mutton, broiled fish, or cold meat of any kind except pork; a large cup of tea, without milk or sugar; a small biscuit or one ounce of dry toast. His dinner consisted of five or six ounces of any fish except salmon, any meat except pork, any vegetable except potato, one ounce of dry toast, any kind of poultry or game, and two or three glasses of Madeira, sherry or claret—beer, porter or ale being forbidden. For tea, two or three ounces of fruit, one or two small biscuits and a cup of tea without milk or sugar. For supper, three or four ounces of meat or fish, similar to dinner, with a glass or two of claret. He breakfasted between eight and nine o'clock, dined between one and two, took tea between five and six, and supper at nine. Under this treatment he lost forty-six pounds in weight in a little more than a year.—New York Weekly. A WISE DRUGGIST. For $5.00 He Guarantees to Do That for Which a Lady Offers Him $100. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 25, 1901. (Special.)—Some two years ago a local druggist engaged in a transaction which was in its details somewhat remarkable. He was visited by Miss Anna P. Nichols, who had a doctor's prescription for rheumatism, which the druggist was filling. In the course of conversation the good lady said: "I would give one hundred dollars to get well." He immediately replied: "Give me five dollars and I will guarantee to cure you." She agreed, and he at once handed her a box of Dodd's Kidney Pills, saying: "They are 50c a box. Two boxes may cure you, but I am quite sure that ten will." Miss Nichols tells the story as follows: "Dodd's Kidney Pills are veritable life preservers. I was troubled for five years with Rheumatism, so that at times my right arm seemed paralyzed and I could only walk with difficulty, and could not go out of doors if the air was damp or cold. I took so much medicine that I think my system was poisoned rather than helped. One day when my druggist was putting up a prescription for me I remarked to him that I would give one hundred dollars for a remedy that would make me better." "Give me five dollars and I will guarantee to cure you," he said. I readily agreed and he handed me a box of Dodd's Kidney Pills, saying, 'They are 50c a box. Two boxes may cure you, but I am sure that ten will.' I left my prescription intact and, instead, took these Pills, and I found them, as I said before, to be veritable life preservers. Before I had finished the second box I had my first perfect night's rest in years. I gradually improved. I had determined to use the ten boxes before I would give up, but imagine my surprise to find that before half that quantity was used I was completely cured. This was two years ago, and I have not had a twinge since." Miss Nichols is Vice Grand Baxter, Rebekah Lodge I. O. O. F., and is one of the best known and most highly respected ladies in Kansas City, and her experience will be read with interest by her many friends. Dodd's Kidney Pills never fail to cure Rheumatism. They are 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. Latin Phrases. The word "re," largely used in business letters as "re your communication," is a contraction for "in re," a Latin phrase composed of the preposition "in" and "re" the ablative case of the word "res," a thing. Freely translated, the phrase means "in the matter of." "Re" is used instead of "in re," simply for convenience, and custom has sanctioned its use. "Ultra vires" is also Latin. "Ultra" means beyond, while "vires" is the accusative plural of the word "vis," strength or power. The phrase "ultra vires" means beyond the power or right of. Thus if we say that some action is "ultra vires," a certain body, it is meant that the body has no right to act as it has done. Wise is the man who can keep appearances up and expenses down. Fine The skin and flesh feel like the fit of a new soft glove when St. Jacobs Oil has driven out Soreness and Stiffness from cold. REMARKABLE WOMAN WHOSE BIRTH WAS A STRANGE COINCIDENT. Syracuse, New York. Lady Born at Same Time and Place as the Late Queen Victoria — Wanted to Ouillive the Queen and Still Liver. In a modest house on South State street, Syracuse, N. Y., lives an aged widow, who was born within sight of the windows of Kensington palace, on the same day and almost at the same hour that Queen Victoria first saw the light. She is Mrs. Charlotte Padgham, and by her survival of England's queen her lifelong wish has been gratified. Mrs. Padgham's malden name was Charlotte Carpenter, and she was born in the parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster, May 24, 1819. Her father was a well-to-do farmer. According to English law all births are required to be recorded in the parish register, whether the children be the highest in the land or the lowliest. The Duke and Duchess of Kent followed this custom and Princess Victoria's name was inscribed, and directly after was placed the signature of the humble farmer, Carpenter, announcing the birth of a daughter, Charlotte. Mrs. Padgham recalls many interest- M. (Who was been near Kensington palace at the same hour as Queen Victoria.) ing circumstances of events occurring in the vicinity of the great English palace. In those days the Duke of Kent was far from being in affluent circumstances and the family lived in a very modest way. The little Princess Victoria was kept in ignorance of the fact that she would one day be queen until she was 12 years old. She recalls vividly the night that William III. died. The villagers stood in the streets during the night and in the morning when it was announced that Alexandrina Victoria, daughter of the Duchess of Kent, had been made Queen of the United Kingdom, the town was shaken with cheers and "God Save the Queen" rang out for the first time. Mrs. Padgham often saw Prince Albert, who married the queen, and she describes him as a man who was much beloved by the common people. It was the prince consort's habit, while staying at Kensington, to roam through the village, stopping here and there to chat with the farmers and tradespeople. Mrs. Padgham came to this country soon after the queen's marriage. TRADE OF EATING. One of the most striking customs of the past that are preserved by the Indians of today is found among the tribes on the Devil's Lake reservation in North Dakota. Supervisor Wright of the Indian service gives the following account of this peculiar practice: "From time immemorial the Devil's Lake Sioux have adhered to an old custom in regard to the treatment of a guest. According to their etiquette, it is the bounden duty of the host to supply his guest with all the food he may desire, and as a rule the opposition set before the Indian is much in excess of the capacity of a single man. But by the same custom, the guest is obliged to eat all that is placed before him, else he grossly insults his entertainer. It was found that this practice would work a hardship, but instead of dispensing with the custom, the Indian method of reasoning was applied, and what is known as the professional eater was brought to the front. While the guest is supposed to eat all that is placed before him, it serves the same purpose if his neighbor assists in devouring the bountiful repast, the main object being to have the plate clean when the meal is finished. It is not always practicable to depend upon a neighbor at table to assist in getting away with a large dinner, and in order to insure the final consumption of the allotted portion, visiting Indians call upon these professional eaters, whose duty is to sit beside them through a meal and eat what the guest leaves. The professional eaters are never looked upon in the light of guests, but more as traveling companions with a particular duty to perform. These eaters receive from $1 to $2, and even $3 for each meal where they assist. It is stated by the agent at the Devil's Lake reservation that one of the professional eaters has been known to dispose of seventeen pounds of beef at a sitting. That they are capable of eating an almost fabulous amount, I myself can testify."—Youth's Companion. Henry W. N. Browne, United States Senator from North Dakota Hon. W. N. Roach, United States Senator from North Dakota, personally endorses Peruna, the great catarrh cure and tonic. In a recent letter to The Peruna Medicine Company, at Columbus, Ohio, written from Washington, D. C., Senator Roach says: "Persuaded by a friend I have used Peruna as a tonic, and I am glad to testify that it has greatly helped me in strength, vigor and appetite. I have been advised by friends that it is remarkably efficacious as a cure for the almost universal complaint of catarrh."—W. N. Roach, Larimore, North Dakota. No other remedy can take the place of Peruna. Mr. Ed J. Makinson, contractor and builder, 610 Grand Block, Wabash street, St. Paul, Minn., says: "Many doctor bills can be saved by the use of Peruna. I have all my friends taking Peruna, and I have heard nothing but praise from them. Last fall I had a bad cough. I took four bottles of Peruna and it cured me. I am inclined towards consumption, as all my family have died with it. I Mr. E. J. Makinson. Contractor and Bullder. weight 185 pounds, and I believe it is Peruula that has given me such good health."—J. Makinson. As a result of the changeable climate, catarrh has become one of the most prevalent and universal diseases known to man. Nearly one-third of the people of the United States are afflicted with catarrh in some of its many phases and stages. Add to this the fact that catarrh rapidly tends to become fixed or chronic, also the further fact that it is capable of producing a great many other diseases, and we begin to realize the true nature of this dread disease. So formidable has catarrh become that in every city or town of any size numerous doctors are to be found who make the treatment of catarrh a specialty. Of course a great deal of good is accomplished in this way, but as yet a comparatively small number of the people can avail themselves of this treatment because of the great expense necessarily attached to it. DO YOU COUGH DON'T DELAY TAKE KEMP'S BALSAM THE BEST COUGH CURE R. Cures Cold, Coughs, Sore Throat, Croup, In-Huizenza, Whoooping Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma. 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 dealers everywhere. Large hotlines 25 cents and 50 cents. OKLAHOMA Offers Free Homes to 50,000 people on $,000,000 acres of lands, soon to open to settlement. Opportunity of a lifetime. THE KIOWA CHIEF, devoted to information about these lands, will contain proclamation fixing date of opening. One year $1.00; 8 mos. 60 cents; 5 cents per copy. MORGAN'S MANUAL, (Complete Settler's Guide) with optional map, $1.00. MANUAL, MAP and CHIEF, 6 mos. $1.50. For sale by Book and News Dealers, or address DICK T. MORGAN, Perry, O. L. No Smoke House. Smoke meet with KRAUSERS', LIQUID EXTRACT OF SMOKE. Made from hickory wood. Given delicious flavor. Cheaper, cleaner than old way. Send for chiclet. R. Krauser & Bro., Milton, Ft. DO YOU want to make money—not a little but an income for life? Address A. J. BOWL, 100 In Sells St. Elizabetu- To all such people Dr. Hartman's remedy, Peruna, comes as a great boon. Not only is it more successful in curing catarrh than the treatment of the catarrh specialists, but it is within the reach of every person in this land. Peruna can be bought at any drug store, and is a remedy without equal for catarrh in. all forms, coughs, colds, bronchitis, consumption, and all climatic diseases of winter. Peruna is not a guess, nor an experiment; it is an absolute, scientific certainty. Peruna cures catarrh wherever located. Peruna has no substitutes—no rivals. Insist upon having Peruna. Let no one persuade you that some other remedy will do nearly as well. There is no other systemic remedy for catarrh but Peruna. Mr. Byron J. Kirkhuff, attorney. A. "I have used your Peruna for catarrh and find its curative powers all you recommend. It cured me of a very bad attack and though I suffered for years I feel entirely relieved, and if it will benefit others, I gladly give it B. J. Kirkbright Byron J. Kirkhuff, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. my endorsement."—B. J. Kirkhuff. 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. 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Rich Orchard and Vineyard land only $80 an acre, 1-3 cash, balance easy payments. Send for illustrated Catalogue. WOOSTER & WHITTON. SAN JOSE, CAL. PNEUMONIA, DIPHYERIA, GRIP. Positively Oured by RUBEFACIENT It will "zip in the bud" any disease accompanied with internal soreness. One trial is sufficient to convince any one of its wonderful merits. Interesting booklet sent free. Address Rubefacient Co., Newton Upper Falls, Mass. ```markdown ``` 5 Grand New Sweet Peas. America—Blood red striped ... 4 Cento Giant White—The best white ... 4 Countess of Cadogan—Blue ... 6 Peau D'Espagne—Cream rose ... 6 Salopian—Best scarlet ... 4 5 Separate Full-size Packets. Enough Seed to Sow a Single Row 30 Feet Long. All for 10 Cts. including our Up-to-date Catalogue of Flower Seeds That Grow and a FREE packet of new Climbing Nasturtiums if you mention the name of this paper. S. Y. HAINES & CO., 100 Boston Block, Minneapolis, Minn. W. N. U. CHICAGO, NO. 9, 1901. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. From Low til the close of the may ity” contest - fifteen te i ¢honsand copies of The Broad Ax will de distributed each week among the voters of Chicago. Now is the time to-advertise fn ft. to-read ft, and sub- scribe for it, for ‘Fhe Broad Ax ig the only newspaper in this elty or state s2*vedting - Democracy amomy the colored race. WITH THE SAGES. ‘eeling im the young precedes phil- certain sim—W. tom - Nature knows no pause in progress Se “for iove; be humble and you will never a gee 5 eee oem manner of portraying another.—Rich- ter. Te ce 8 ee pity ak teeny oF toeac tone ‘but on the vivacity and patience of ‘It ig not upcessary for all men to be ~ great in attion. The greatest and su- blimest power is simple patience.— Horace Bushnell. “The condition and characteristic of « ‘fool is this—he never expects from ‘imeelf profit nor harm, but from ex- ternals.—Epictetus. You may find two witty men, ten clever.men, and twenty foolish men ‘before you find one prudent—or thrifty ‘A right comprehension of-the pro- ceases Of life and of the means of in- fivencing their manifestaticus is only just dawning upon us—Huxley. Not. every love is generous or noble, or merits high encomium, but that love which prompts and impels man to live generously and to act nobly.—Piato. The longer we live and the more we think the higher value we learn to put en the friendship and tenderness of pareits and of friends—Dr. Johnson. We are fond of exaggerating the love our friends bear us; bdut-it ia often less trom a principle of gratitude than the desire of prejudicing people in favor of our own merit—La Rochefou cauld. . in vain do we talk of progress a- superior light if-we have not : learned the elementary rules by whi men of sense, haying @ certain end in view, adapt their means to the attain- ment of that end—W-_ B. Gladstone. Hate not each other because you @tffer in opinion—rather ilove ach ether, for it is impossible that in such a variety of ‘sentiments ‘there should not be some fired point on which all men ought to unite—Zoro- aster. ‘The women of the poorer classes make sacrifices and run risks, ang ‘dear privations, and exercise patienct ond kindness to e degree that the world never knows of, and would scarcsiy believe, even if it did—Sam wel Smiles. ' Set yourself carnestiy to sce whai Fou were madé to do, and then set yourself earnestly to.do it; and the Joftier your purpose is the more sure. you wiil te to make the world richer ~with every enrichment of yourself— Phillips Brooks. ~ LITBRARY NOTES. Henry James calis bis new. novel “The Sacred Fount.” ft is to be pub- lished next spring. ‘The life of William Black, the novel- ist, 4s to be written by one of his old, ‘Sst friends, Sir Wemyss-Reid. “George Egerton,” who, owing to illness, has not drought out anything for two years, is at work on a novel to Be entitied “Rosa Amorosa,” Seventy-five thousand copies of © F. Marion Crawford's new novel, “In the Palace of the King,” have been sold since its publication a month ago. ‘Thackeray's daughter is writing -agnin—e series of essays this time books. She calls them “Bisckstick Pa pers,” after the good fairy in her ff ther’s inimitable littic tale, “The Rost and the Ring.” John Ferguson, editor of the Ceylon Observer, is the oldest newspaper edi. tor in Asia, in point of his service. Fos forty years he has published his pa- per, and his champienship of the na- tives, burghers, and planters, has often chad 2 marked influence on the British . George M. Smith, 2 : pub Biiot eee oe Sa: aS - Seong agg ght have received ; 7 . aeeitm v= to Sire the ove to stx- ee eee a fetch sae 0 mans a ~ a 5 rabies bBo >, monty no na ar tidied “dia eaind conta ad a pers Peete er Ses en Taas . ce scien. “Gas omaace Japa es to nt: shh. biehial: thom Bs te ey serene: eeese ee HIGH LIGHTS. Rit ‘te Peast iiestrious an- 4 — - poureelt. — Human osture needs an uplifting a nee a stenry iseften necessary; a _—- 5 ci ain saleashes 0s comms sees Mame STORYVETTES. 5 , Chief said that “he hoped the members would have a “was sitting to the right of the chiel Justice, interposed ‘and said: “That {s “mot the ananimous charge of the ‘On one occasion, the Dean of Weils, in introducing E. A, Freeman, whom ‘he could abide neither as man or his- torian, said: “I rise with great pleasure to propose the health of our eminent neighbor, Mr. Freeman, the historian, '& Man who—in his own personal char- vacteristice—has so often depicted for us the savage character. of eur first “toreintiiers.“" A London newsbox, who is accus- ‘tomed to shout “Extras” every even- ing, Tecently had-a very bad cold and became hoarse. Feelimg himself at « disadvantage, he carried a large card im front of him, on which he had roughly written; “Hubr!: Noise is a neisance! I can‘t:shout my extras, but T have them all the same!” It did not ‘take the bay long to sell out his stock of papers to the grateful passersby. Frederick “Palmer, the war corre- spondent, who accompanied the relief expedtiw- - the allies to Pekin, says he carr a bottle of ale ali the way from Tientsin to the Chinese capital, thinking how welcome it would be to a friend when he crawled out of his Somb-proof, emaciated and famished. “What he did,” writes Palmer, “was to ‘offer me ‘beer and to ask why the re- Heving column had been so long in coming. He had gained ten pounds since I saw him last. Rice and horse meat seem to be fattening.” “When I was in Springfield, Abra- bam Lincoln and Gen. Baker, who was ‘kBled at Leesburg, Va, during the civil war, made the race for the Whig somination for congress,” says Dr. D. B_ Hill. “Both were Whigs, and both were keen for the nomination. Both bad a strong personal following, and if Doth ran the Democrat would win in the district. So a primary election was necessary to settle the contest. Baker won. Both men were at Spring- field when the news came. Lincoin ‘was depressed. The crowd, to cheer him up, called on him for a speech. Getting up he said: ‘Gentlemen, I'd like to comply with your request, but IT can't make a-epeech now. i ex- ected to receive the nomination, but I failed. If I had won I know Baker ‘would have got up here and so charm- ed you with his eloquence as to make you believe you had done him a favor by pominating me. But I can't do it.” PAN-AMERICAN NOTES. Twelve thousand is the sesting ca- pacity in the Stadium, the great arena Fifteen thousand dollars is the cost of the great organ of the Tempie<ot Music being duilt by Emmons How- ard. Six thousand animais are to be ac- commodated in buildings for live stock displays at Buffalo's great pan-Ameri- ean exposition. NEWSPAPER LAW. Any person who takes the paper regularly from the postoffice, whether be is a subscriber or not, is responsible for the pay. 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