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THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JAMES MADISON. Last evening the members and friends of the Thomas Jefferson League assembled at Werkmeister's hall, 5401 Wentworth avenue, to participate in a literary entertainment reception and ball, and it being the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of James Madison, Julius F. Taylor, editor of The Broad Ax, and president of the Thomas Jefferson League, referred to the fourth president of the United States as follows: In celebrating the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of James Madison, it may not be inappropriate to state that in the infancy of this mighty nation four great characters were cast upon its shores, namely, Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declartion of Independence Thomas Paine, the first person in the world to write against the continuance of the African slave trade, with all of its horrible and demoralizing tendencies; James Monroe, father of the Monroe doctrine, which for the past 100 years has been the shield and sheet anchor of all men who are bound up in the institutions of America, and James Madison, whose fertile and resourceful brain evolved the Articles of Confederation and the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Those four great intellectual giants whose names have become imperishable in the hearts of the people, stood shoulder to shoulder like brothers and their brain work brought forth the doctrine of political, religious and civil liberty to all men, "That all men stand equal before the law and special privileges to none." These governmental ideas and principles triumphed over the monarchical and federalistic ideas of government as advanced and advocated by Alexander Hamilton. James Madison, the subject of our sketch, the fourth president of the United States, was born March 16, 1751, at Port Conway, Va. His parents were not among the wealthiest, neither did they belong to the first families of that state, but they were people of some culture and the owners of a large plantation. James and Elenor Madison, his father and mother, were the parents of seven children, of whom James was the eldest, and it is maintained by his biographers that he was very studious in his habits and had a great desire to acquire knowledge, and seemed possessed with the idea that he was destined to become a great leader of men. It appears that he was the only one of the seven children who rose to eminence and distinction. When he had reached his eighteenth year he was far enough advanced in his studies to enter college, and now we find the young enthusiast's name enrolled upon the register of Princeton university. He applied himself so assiduously to his studies that he shortened his collegiate term by taking in one year the studies of the junior and senior years, and during that time he became familiar with the Hebrew language. On his return to his Virginia home he devoted his spare time in instructing his younger brothers and sisters, while persuing his own studies, which is self-evident that he did not underestimate the true value of knowledge. His first and greatest struggle of life was apparently with ill-health. But as he continued to advance in years he became more robust and vigorous, which enabled him to grapple with all of the affairs pertaining to the formation of this government. At the age of 31, Mr. Madison was in the possession of one of the most extensive law and private libraries in his native state; and many hours of his time were devoted to studying the Bible and in familiarizing himself with all of the cardinal doctrines and tenets of the various religious sects and organizations. And when he had become thoroughly acquainted with the writings of the advanced thinkers and philosophers of the eighteenth century, he could not refrain from exclaiming in the language of Cloero, who was the greatest and most poli- ished orator of ancient Rome, that "It is the universal opinion of all philosophers, that the Gods are not angry and neither have they the slightest desire to reak vengeance upon the heads of the people." After Mr. Madison had become thoroughly impregnated with these ideas, and when they had become a part of his very being, as it were, te-could not resist from leading the fight in favor of religious liberty. He could not become reconciled to the idea of subjecting anyone to humiliation and infamy because they could not agree with their neighbors, or with the theologians, respecting the final destiny of the human race. Mr. Madison was selected as one of the delegates to the Virginia Convention of 1776, and he calls this "My First Entrance Into Public Life." The first work of the Convention was to adopt a series of resolutions, instructing the Virginian delegates in the Continental Congress, then in session in Philadelphia, and to urge an immediate declaration of independence. Mr. Madison was placed at the head of the committee which was empowered to frame a Bill of Rights, and a Constitution for the Province. He was in favor of the measure which proposed that, "All men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion," and that they should be permitted to worship God or the Gods according to the dictates of their own consciences. The great Virginian distinguished himself during the Convention, and from thenceforth he was one of the leading statesmen of the nation. He became one of the first members of the new assembly under the new Constitution, and there he performed an invaluable service for the people and for the province. Immediately after this the Assembly selected him as a member of the Governor's Council, and his influence became so great that in two years from that time, or in 1780, he was chosen as a delegate to the Continental Congress, and upon arriving at Philadelphia he wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson—then governor of Virginal, who was the bosom friend of Mr. Madison, and whose lives and fortunes were ever afterward linked together with bands of steel. The letter of the future president portrayed a very gloomy picture of the financial condition of the country, and he intimated that the lack of money "is the source of all our public difficulties and misfortunes." In referring to himself, he felt greatly mortified for being compelled to depend upon the generosity of a Jewish pawnbroker for financial assistance, while he was engaged in battling for the rights of the people. In the discussions of the more important questions which came up before the Continental Congress, Mr. Madison was always expected to take the lead; and none of his colleagues were more familiar with the English constitutional law than the fourth president of the United States. The stores of knowledge which he drew upon, were laid up in the years of his quiet study at home, before he had entered upon his public career. Before ending his labors in the first session of the Continental Congress, he became despeartely in love with Miss Catherine Floyd, who was the daughter of General William Floyd, of New York. General Floyd was a delegate to Congress from 1774 to 1783, and he was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. But Mr. Madison's first love affair proved very unfortunate for him. Apparently the love was all on his side, for it was Miss Catherine's father, and not the young lady herself, who was eager for the match. After the father had pictured to his daughter a brilliant career, she very reluctantly consented to link her fortunes with those of Mr. Madison, and they became engaged, but after the engagement she changed her mind, and decided that she could not become the bride of a gentleman who was almost old enough to be her father, as Mr. Madison was then in his thirty-second year, and Miss Floyd, who was very beautiful and accomplished, was just sixteen. That was the first great disappoint- HEW TO THE LINE. ment in the young statesman's life; but after perusing a consoling letter which he received from his friend, the illustrious Thomas Jefferson, he gathered up the shattered fragments of his heart and became reconciled to his fate. [Illustration of a man in formal attire with a mustache and a bow tie.] HON. CARTER H. HARRSON. HON. CARTER H. HARRSON Who will be selected Mayor of Chica termined to reward him for faithful years. Who will be selected Mayor of Chica go on April 2, as the people are determined to reward him for faithful services rendered during the past four years. We will review very briefly his career after returning to Virginia. In the year 1784 he was selected to represent his county in the Virginia Assembly, and in 1786 he was again elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress, where he soon forged to the front as the great leader of that body, for he has been designated as the "Father of the Constitution," for the principal articles of the confederation are the productions of Mr. Madison. Within one week after the Constitution was perfected, he again returned to Virginia, and labored incessantly with his friends and the people throughout his state to ratify the Constitution, and he threw his wonderful personality into the great political struggle and crisis which was then confronting the American people; and he brushed aside with a long sweep of his right arm, all of the objections of Patrick Henry, George Mason, Edmond Randolph and Richard Henry Lee, and every foot of the soil of Virginia was fought over, inch by inch, by those who were in favor and by those who were opposed to the adoption of the Constitution. The immortal Patrick Henry exclaimed in his opening speech against it, "What right had they to say, 'We, the people,' instead of 'We, the states;'" but when the final result was announced, Patrick Henry and all of the other opponents of it (the Constitution), went down in an inglorious defeat, and Mr. Madison and the Constitution were endorsed by the people. Upon receiving the congratulations of his friends, he again returned to his duties in Congress, and assisted in perfecting all necessary arrangements for the inauguration of President George Washington and VicePresident John Adams. His voice was raised in behalf of all legislation which would redound to the benefit of the Republic. He stood with Thomas Jefferson in the latter's arraignment of King George for establishing the institution of slavery upon the soil of this continent. He assumed the position that slavery tended to discourage manufactures and other enterprises; that labor is despised by the poor when it is performed by slaves; that it produced the most pernicious effect upon morals and manners. He was by the side of the author of the Declaration of Independence who on three separate and --- distinct occassions introduced measures in the House of Burgesses of Virginia for the abolishment of slavery and on one occasion Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Madison, who were the advance guards of the Abolition movement in this country, came within BENNETT MILLIARD one vote of passing their measure which was intended to confer freedom upon the negro. Like Presidents Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, the first person in the United States to confer the title of Major upon a Negro, and Martin Van Buren, Mr. Madison was not in favor of permitting slavery to spread its clammy fingers over the land and like those distinguished men, while serving as President, he unhesitatingly affixed his signature to all bills admitting new states and territories into the Union, whose constitutions excluded slavery. Paul Jennings, who was Mr. Madison's loyal and faithful colored bodyguard, or it might be said, companion, who with his own hands wrote so for the best life of Mr. Madison, informs us that the fourth President was kind, gentle, mild-mannered, and belonged to the old school of Democracy that he was never known to use intoxicating liquors nor to soil his lips by using vulgar or indecent language, that he lived for the welfare of humanity, that it was far from his idea of justice to ride roughshod over the rights of his fellow men. Thomas Jefferson was elected President of the United States in 1800, and he was inaugurated on March 4, 1801, and James Madison became his Secretary of State; and for eight years Mr. Madison discharged all the duties of that office with great credit to himself and to his country. During the regime of Thomas Jefferson, the entire country bloomed and bloomed like a rose in June, manufactures and enterprises of every description sprang up like magic in all portions of the Republic. Our great historian, Mr. Bancroft, says, "That his was the most successful administration in the history of the nation." He negotiated the Louisiana purchase, and thereby added millions and millions of acres of land to our territorial possessions. Mr. Jefferson retired from office at the end of eight years, with all the honors which could be heaped upon him by his countrymen, and James Madison became his successor,the oath of office was administered to him on the 4th of March, 1809. None of the presidents in the history of our country ever had as grand a social career as the Madisona. Mrs. Dorothy Payne Madison, to whom he became united in marriage in 1794, was one of the most beautiful women in the world. She possessed a most charming disposition, she was modest and retiring, and she always entertained a very high regard for the opinions of others. The receptions which were given during the reign of the Madisons were very grand and brilliant affairs, and the state dinners were always served in a most lavish manner; and it is said that none of the former and none of the later occupants of the White House have ever excelled or surpassed the Madisons in entertainin the foreign ministers and the distinguished citizens of this country. But President Madison encountered more difficulties in administering the affairs of the government than his predecessor, Mr. Jefferson. He became involved in a war with England. But he was not a warrior but a statesman, and before he had sufficient time to muster and rally to his support the requisite number of men to beat back the enemy, the British soldiers, under the lead of Admiral Cockburn, succeeded in cutting their way through to Washington, and they invaded the House of Representatives in August, 1814. The leader of the British soldiers sprang into the Speaker's chair and shouted: "Shall this harbor of Yankee Democracy be burned? All for it will say 'yea'!" And it was burned, and the people became dumbfounded and horrified when they observed the President fleeing in one direction with the Secretary of War, the Secretary of State, and the General in command; Mrs. Madison fleeing in another, with her reticule filled with silver spoons, which she snatched up in haste as she fled from the White House. The British soldiers entered the White House, and they devoured the which had been prepared for the President and his honored guests. Mr. Madison was overcome with great joy when it was announced that England had decided to call off her bloody and ferocious dogs of war, and Federalist and Demoerat laid aside their differences, their hates, and they wept, and laughed by turns, and hugged and kissed each other like women. President Madison retired from office at the end of his second term, which ended March 4, 1817, and he passed the remainder of his life amid the beautiful surroundings of his home, Montpellier, but he continued to take an active interest in all of the affairs pertaining to the advancement of his country and the people; and it is practically admitted by all students of history that the Fourth President and Thomas Jefferson were the formulators of what is known as the "Monroe Doctrine," which has received the highest approval of all true and liberty loving Americans. On June the 28th, 1836, while the meadow birds were singing their joyous summer songs, Mr. Madison then in his 85th year, surrounded by his devoted wife and loving friends, with his left hand resting in that of Paul Jennings, passed away from among his friends and associates as gently and as quietly as a beautiful summer day. My good friends these are the parting words which James Madison left to his countrymen and they should be valued more highly than all the gold in the world: "Nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is, that the Union of the States be cherished and perpetuated. Let the open enemy to it be regarded as a pandro with her box opened, and the disguised one as the serpent creeping with his deadly wiles into Paradise." At the conclusion of our address on "The Life and Times of James Madison." Mrs. Nettle Lewis, who is the highly accomplished wife of Mr. B. A. Lewis, who is one of the hardest and very best workers in the ranks of olored Democracy, sang several very fine songs, which were well received by the two hundred and fifty people, who were present, and of this number the great majority were composed of the very best Afro-Americans and whites of The Town of Lake. Before those who desired indulged in dancing. Mr. Robert T. Sims read the two NO. 21. letters which appear in another column the music furnished by Prof. Arman'ts orchestra was up to the standard. Officers John W. Hardy, Fill Green, and G. E. Maxfield were detailed by inspector N. Hunt to be on hand to maintain order, but their services were not needed for nothing whatever occurred throughout the evening to mar the occasion, and all present were highly delighted over the fact that the first annual literary entertainment, reception and ball given by The Thomas Jefferson League was in every way a grand success—that it was the best and the grandest affair ever held in the name of Democracy among the Afro-Americans of Chicago. LETTTERS OF REGRETS The following are a few of the many annual literary entertainments reletters of regrets we have received from those who were unable to attend The First Annual Literary entertainment, reception and ball given by The Thomas Jefferson League. Oskaloosa, Ia., March 14, 1901. Hon. Julius F. Taylor Chicago, Ill.: My Dear Sir and Friend—Am in receipt of invitation to attend "The First ception and Ball," to be given by the "Thomas Jefferson League" on the 15th inst. Please announce to the league my high appreciation of the respect shown me by the kind remembrance, and express my sincere regrets for my absolute inability to be present. Trusting that the occasion may be one of exceptional benefit and pleasure to the League and to all who may avail themselves of the opportunity to be present on the grand event, I remain, Most respectfully, Geo. E. Taylor. Pres. of The Negro National Democratic League Chicago, March 15, 1901. Julius F. Taylor, Esq. Julius F. Taylor, Esq., Editor The Broad Ax, 5040 Armour Ave., City: My Dear Sir-I am in receipt of the invitation to attend the first annual literary entertainment reception and ball given under the auspices of the Thomas Jefferson League, but owing to my departure on a business trip to New York city this date, it will be impossibe for me to be with you and the friends of your League. Permit me to say, however, that I am in hearty accord and in full sympathy with the aims and objects of The Thomas Jefferson League. Hoping this occasion will be one long to be emembeed by those who participate in it, I remain. Chairman Democratic State Central Committee of Illinois. CHIPS. State Chairman John P. Hopkins left Thursday evening for New York City, where he will remain for about ten days. Congressmen James McAndrews and Wm. F. Mahoney are back in the city from Washington, D. C., and both of these new members of the lower house will be heard from the next session of congress. Ex-President Ben. Harrison passed away from this life at his home in Indianapolis, Ind., Wednesday, Mar. 13, he was in his 67th year, and it had fell to his lot to occupy many responsible positions. Col. Wm. J. Bryan passed through this city Thursday on his way home from the east and we had the pleasure of meeting the Colonel at the Democrate headquarters. M. J. Doherty has resumed his former position, superintendent of streets, and Mr. Doherty can point with pride to the fact that he has thousands of friends, who are glad to see him back at the old desk. Congressman Geo. P. Poster returned from Washington, D.C., the first of the week and he is looking well after working very hard for his constituents at the fountain head of this government. The congressman stated to us "that he perused The Broad Ax with pleasure while attending the last session of congress.' A Remarkable Experience of a Prominent Statesman. CONGRESSMAN MEEKISON GIVES PE-RU-NA A HIGH ENDORSEMENT. CONGRESSMAN MEEKISON, OF OHIO, Mon. David Meekison is well known, not only in his own State, but throughout America. He began his political career by serving four consecutive terms as Mayor of the town in which he lives, during which time he became widely known as the founder of the Meekison Bank of Napoleon, Ohio. He was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress by a very large majority, and is the acknowledged leader of his party in his section of the State. Only one flaw marred the otherwise complete success of this rising statesman. Catarrh with its insidious approach and tenacious grasp, was his only unconquered foe. For thirty years he waged unsuccessful warfare against this personal enemy. At last Pe-ru-na came to the rescue, and he dictated the following letter to Dr. Hartman as the result: "I have used several bottles of Peru-na and feel greatly benefited thereby from my catarrh of the head. I feel encouraged to believe that if I use it a short time longer I will be able to fully eradicate the disease of thirty years' standing. Yours truly, Many people can tolerate slight catarrhal affections. A little hoarseness, a slight cough, a cold in the head, or a trifling derangement of the digestive organs, do not much disturb the average person in his business. But this is not true of the public speaker or stage artist. His voice must always be clear, Home-Seakers' Excursions On the first and third Tuesdays of each month the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway will sell round-trip excursion tickets from Chicago, Milwaukee and other points on its line to a great many points in South Dakota, North Dakota and other Western and Northwestern States at about one fare. Take a trip west and see the wonderful crops and what an amount of good land can be purchased for a little money. Further information as to rates, routes, prices of farm lands, etc. may be obtained by addressing F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ill. Divorced Women's Club A club of divorced women has been formed in the Austrian capital, the object being to provide the comforts of home for all women who have been compelled to divorce their husbands. Legal aid will also be furnished to women seeking freedom from irksome bonds and every effort will be made to secure reform in present marriage laws. Don't Get Footers! Get FOOT-EASE. A certain cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. Cures Frost-bites and Chilblains. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. It is harder and often finer to endure the injustice and caprice of the world than to die for it, for the world needs noble lives more than noble deaths.—Utica Globe. Bur Stomach, Liver and Bowels Indigestion is effectually cured by the original HERB medicine, GARFIELD TEA, which causes a normal action of the digestive organs. lungs perfect, digestion undisturbed. Hence the popularity of Pe-ru-na among the leading actors and actresses of this country. They have come to regard Pe-ru-na as indispensable to their success. Their profession is so exacting that it requires perfect health in every particular. They regard Pe-ru-na as their friend and safeguard. Many letters are received from this class of people. Miss Carrie Thomas A rie Thomas, in speaking of Pe-ru-na, says: "I have used Pe-ru-na with splendid results. Would not be without it. No money would hire me to have a settled cold or chronic cough, or hoarseness. Catarrch is the most dreadful thing that could happen to one of my profession. Pe-ru-na is my shield and protector against this most undesirable disease."—Carrie Thomas. 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. The Editor's Mistake Great Statesman—"You were in rather a sad condition when you left the banquet the other night." Reporter—"Yes; I drank more than was good for me." Great Statesman—"So I noticed. And it showed in your report of my speech. It was terribly mixed up. Didn't the editor raise a row about it?" Reporter—"No; he didn't blame me any. He thought you were drunk." STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, LUCAS COUNTY, Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co. doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrch that cannot be aured by the use of Hall's Catarrch Cure. Exporting Zinc to Europe Contracts have just been made for the exportation to Europe of 50,000 tons of high grade zinc ore from the mining district of Missouri and Kansas. Zinc ore has been growing scarce in Europe for several years, while the district in question has been yleiding more than American smelters could handle. 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The British Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the deterrent sight to speak its own mind. SUBSCRIPTIONS (advance); One Year.....$2.99 Two Months.....1.00 Advertising sales made known on application where all communications in A St. Louis woman is so delicate that she invariably catches cold every time she drinks water from a damp tumbler. In the United States there are over 5,000 theaters, and these are located in about 3,500 towns. During the theatrical season there are perhaps 6,000 traveling companies continually on the road. It will be remembered that Arthur Lawrence published some time ago a volume entitled "The Life Story, Letters and Reminiscences of Sir Arthur Sullivan," written with the composer's authority. He is now at work on a complete biography, which will be entirely rewritten and contain much new matter. A system of insurance against strikes prevails in Austria: Holders of policies are indemnified if strikes occur in their establishments, whether voluntary, forced, or sympathetic. The cost of a policy is three or four per cent of the annual payroll. The indemnity is fifty per cent of the wages paid for the week preceding the suspension of work. A colored woman in Atlanta, Ga., has brought suit against a street railroad company for $1,000 damages on account of a peculiar accident. She was seated in a crowded car, when the vehicle suddenly started. A fat man, weighing about two hundred pounds, who was standing, grabbed at a strap, missed it, and fell into the woman's lap, temporarily crushing the breath out of her. Daniel R. Magruder, an ex-judge of the Maryland court of appeals, is a constable in Annapolis. To the protest of the citizens that constables had not been appointed the board in charge of the matter replied that they could not find men to accept the office. When Judge Magruder stated that plenty of good men could be found it was banteringly suggested by a prominent politician that the judge should accept and he did. Near Rio Grande City, Texas, an immense deposit of an unknown gaseous substance has been discovered. Pieces of it ignite quickly and give out a strong flame, which lasts for a remarkably long period. It is said by scientists that the substance is either an unknown mineral or ordinary clay highly charged with gas. In either case, the value of the deposit as fuel is immense, as it covers many thousands of acres, and is of immense depth. Valentine Woodhouse, who has just died at Albury, England, at the great age of 94, was one of the apostles of the "Catholic Apostollic church," established by Edward Irving some 70 months ago, who, it was fondly hoped, would not complete their work before the second advent of Christ. Since the first death took place among this band of 12 in the year 1855, that hope has been gradually falling, and with the death of the sole survivor, the expectation of many that he would be miraculously preserved must now be supplanted by a renewed confession of failure. "I am no longer young," said an Alaska pioneer the other day, "but I expect to live to see a continuous line of railway from New York to St. Petersburg by way of Bering Strait. In fact, work on one of the connecting links will be begun within a year." The line he referred to will extend from Port Valdez on the sea to the Yukon river at the mouth of the Tanana. From this point another road is projected to Nome, and if that should be built, a railway across the strait to Siberia might become at least a possibility. If expanding trade should demand such a road, neither the engineering nor the financial difficulties would be insurmountable. It is an interesting thing to speculate about, at any rate. "I would joyfully, many a time," said a famous singer the other day. "exchange all my public ovations for my mother's knowledge how to prepare a palatable meal." Nevertheless, so fashionable have culinary and household subjects become, that "my mother's pies" have formidable rivals in "my daughter's doughnuts." Even collegiate straws shows which way the wind blows. Themes recently chosen for senior theses in several leading women's colleges include "The Servant Problem," "Household Economics" and "Foods in Relation to Intellect and Sanity," and stand in marked contrast with the poetic and platitudinous graduating essays of only a generation ago. To be "a good housekeeper," said Shakespeare, "goes as fairly as to say a great scholar." Today, as never before, the two accomplishments walk hand in hand. The methods used by Sherlock Holmes, the great fictional detective, have so impressed the authorities of Massillon, O., that they have provided the police with books telling of the greatest achievements of Holmes. The officers are under instructions to apply the Holmes principles in all cases possible. Accordingly, when it was reported that a trunk had been broken open and $85 stolen at John Stevenson's boarding-house the other day, Officer Seaman proceeded to investigate along Holmes' line. He found that the brass hasps securing the trunk lid had been severed with a sharp instrument. None was in the vicinity. The landlord was asked if he had an ax. He produced one from a coalhouse, where he said he always kept it. There were small particles of brass on the blade and it just fitted the cut in the trunk. The officers argued that if a robber had committed the crime he would not have lugged away an ax. Therefore they decided it must have been the landlord. 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No amount of persuasion can induce those who have once used these great skin purifiers and beautifiers to use any others. CUTICURA SOAP combines delicate emollient properties derived from CUTICURA, the great skin cure, with the purest of cleansing ingredients and the most refreshing of flower odors. No other medicated soap is to be compared with it for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, scalp, hair, and hands. No other foreign or domestic toilet soap, however expensive, is to be compared with it for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Thus it combines in ONE SOAP at ONE PRICE, viz. TWENTY-FIVE CENTS, the BEST skin and complexion soap, and the BEST toilet and baby soap in the world. Complete External and Internal Treatment for Every Humor. Cuticura THE SET, $1.25 Consisting of CUTICURA SOAP (250.), to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales and soften the thickened cuticle; CUTICURA OINTMENT (500.), to instantly allay itching, inflammation, and irritation, and soothe and heal; and CUTICURA RESOLVENT (500.), to cool and cleanse the blood. A SINGLE SET is often sufficient to cure the most torturing, disfiguring, and humiliating skin scalp, and blood humors, with loss of hair, when all else fails. Seal throughout the world. CONFEDERATE REUNION. Memphis, Tenn., March 10.—At a recent meeting of the general executive committee of the Confederate reunion for 1901 a committee was appointed to join with the several commercial bodies of Memphis to visit Washington and invite President McKinley to be the guest of the city of Memphis on the occasion of the reunion in May next. The committee will leave for the national capital in a few days. As the time for holding the reunion approaches the several committees are becoming more active. The city is being canvassed by the committee on hotels and accommodations and every available room is being registered. A. D, Langstaff, secretary of the commissary committee, a sub-organization of the general committee in charge of Confederate reunion arrangements, has been very active in the past week or so in the discharge of the duties assigned to him. He is engaged in planning ways and means for caring for the Confederate veterans when they come to the reunion. Many of the commands will very likely bivouack in order to observe strict army regulations and if this should prove true they will have to be cared for the same as if they were in actual service again, but with more care for their comfort. The commissary committee is to look after these matters. Mr. Langstaff announces that it is the purpose of the committee to have the means of caring for every Confederate veteran whether he is able to pay his own way or not, and they will do so if it is possible. They want it understood that the commissary committee is not organized to look only after those who are able to pay their own way, but to look after the rest as well. At a sale of crown mining lands recently held in the Klondike a man named Dawson purchased a claim on Gold bottom for $1. He immediately began digging and next day struck a rich streak. Before the week was ended he had been offered $40,000 for the claim, but refused to sell at that figure. The British government is the owner of over 25,000 camels. Final There is an end to acute suffering when St. Jacobs Oil promptly cures Sciatica J. PIERPONT MORGAN, KING OF FINANCIERS. The Capital He Now Controls Is Estimated at $800,000,000—An Architect and Builder of Trusts—His Luxurious Pleasures. It did not require his recent deal with Carnegie to make J. Pierpont Morgan a money monarch. He was a king of financiers before he made his latest collossal investment in steel and iron. This transaction simply strengthens his position in the world of finance, makes him in America what the Rothschilds are in Europe, and clothes him with as great power for good or evil as to his fellow beings possessed by any absolute monarch. As the master mind of the railroad interests of the country, the giant of the iron and steel trade, the guiding genius of the coal business, and a commanding factor in electrical enterprises of various kinds, he controls money enough so that by a single act he could precipitate a financial crisis that would shake the United States treasury to its very foundation. He and his interests can make or avert war. The magnitude of his power was referred to in a New York court the other day when his personal counsel, Francis Lynde Stetson, asserted that, if he chose, Morgan could influence our M. J. PIERPONT MORGAN. greater markets in any way he desires. It is fortunate for the country that he is a conservative financier and an honorable man. The wealth at his command is estimated at $800,000,000. Of Wealthy Parentage J. Pierpont Morgan was born rich. The proverbial silver spoon was waiting for him when he made his appearance in the home of Junius Morgan, a banker at Hartford, Conn. That event occurred sixty-four years ago. Reared amid luxurious surroundings and educated at the University of Goettingen, Germany, young Morgan inherited $10,000,000 upon the death of his father, who had while his son was growing to manhood become a partner of the famous George Peabody of London, and of the Drexels in New York. A natural financier, young Morgan cultivated his inheritance so that it grew rapidly. As the senior partner of the banking houses of J. P. Morgan and Co., New York; Morgan, Drexel & Co., of Philadelphia, J. S. Morgan & Co. of London, and Morgan. Harjes & Co., of Paris, he was a power in the financial world years ago. The first great deal in which he displayed his genius for managing gigantine operations that has since astounded the world was in 1876, when he organized the syndicate which took the issue of $200,000,000 of 4½ per cent government bonds when the national debt was refunded. His Railway Operations. Then he turned to railway management. He organized the first Joint Traffic association, brought the Pennsylvania and New York Central to friendly terms, reorganized the West Shore, put the Philadelphia & Reading on a good basis, reorganized the Chesapeake & Ohio, the Northern Pacific & the Erie, made the Great Southern railway a prosperous corporation, and would have prevented the insolvency of the Baltimore & Ohio but for the violation of one of the agreements made with him by outside parties. All these transactions brought many millions to his bank account. He is one of the giants of the coal trust, which has given him many more millions. By his management of the money syndicate which handled the $62,000,000 bond issue of the Cleveland administration, he is reputed to have made $20,000,000. It was he who created the steel trust, of which by Carnegie's retirement he now becomes the head. The coffin trust is one of the creatures of his great brain, and in electricity he brought about the formation of the Edison company and the General Electric. An idea of his tremendous power may be gained by considering the statement that, with the exception of the Erie and the Pennsylvania, he controls all the avenues of commerce that enter New York city, including the ferries. He has under his direction 19,028 miles of railroad, employing 80,000 men. It was Morgan who consolidated the Western Union Telegraph and the American Bell Telephone companies. He has a vast interest in the Chinese and Japanese carrying trade, and he owns stock in industries in the Orient. Into none of these enterprises has Morgan gone like a speculator, taking chances. He knew his ground before he moved. Finance is to him a great science which he understands perfectly. Jay Gould, knowing his power, feared him. The Vanderbilts how to him. He believes in himself and enjoys his power. He is gruff and emphatic in speech, and to all persons with whom he is unacquainted, he is as inaccessible as the Czar of Russia. The men in his employ find him as stiff a disciplinarian as Blucher or Von Moltke were in their armies. And yet no places in New York are more eagerly sought after than clerkships in his house. Only capable young men are admitted, and he never engages a clerk at less than $1,000 per year. His Private Life Morgan's life, outside his business, has luxuries that a king might enjoy. He drinks the rarest of wines and his special brand of cigars cost him $1.25 each. He has spent $60,000 on dogs. His favorite amusement is yachting. He gave the New York Yacht club a club house worth $100,000, and it was his racing yacht, the Columbia, which kept the American cup on this side of the water. Another yacht, the Corsair, cost him $300,000. He paid $7,250 for a pair of carriage horses recently. A Mazarin Bible in two volumes cost him $25,000. Among his philanthropic acts was the gift of $1,000,000 for the building of the New York Lying-in-Hospital. DANISH WEST INDIES Their Position Gives Them Value for Uses of Navy. Three small dots on a map of the West Indies, two of them directly east of Porto Rico, the third and largest southeast of the island, represent the Danish West Indies. It is not an imposing group. Altogether the three islands have barely one-tenth the area of the state of Rhode Island. Their combined population is but a little more than thirty thousand, mostly negroes. Frequent earthquakes shake them, and hurricanes sweep over them. Sugar, rum and tobacco are the chief products; but there is so little prosperity among the people that it costs Denmark to take care of them more than she gets back in revenue. Small and unimportant as these little islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix are, the United States came near buying them from Denmark more than thirty years ago, and recently has made a new offer for them. It is not the size of the islands nor their fertility which gives value, but their position. St. Thomas lies less than forty miles from the eastern coast of Porto Rico. It has an excellent harbor, which would be useful as a coaling and naval station. When the canal is cut across the isthmus, the possession of these islands by the United States will be more important than at present. The inconvenience of having them in the hands of some rival and possibly hostile power would be very great. These, presumably, are the considerations which have led to a renewal of the negotiations for the purchase of the group. Both houses of congress must act before the arrangement can be completed, so that the policy will be adopted, if at all, only after a full discussion of its advantages and disadvantages.—Youth's Companion. FIRST MINERS' UNION. The recent growth of unionism the coal miners of this country, resulting in higher wages, shorter hours and better conditions in every respect, recalls the early efforts of coal miners to organize. The first miners' union in America was formed at St. Clair, Pa., in 1867. John Siney, an intelligent miner, got the workers together and urged upon them the benefits of organization. The meetings were secret, as the operators were opposed to unions of any description. A union was formed, however, but it met with all kinds of opposition from the bosses and it was a continual struggle culminating in the great strike in the latter '60's. Thousands of miners were out of work, and there was great distress throughout the country, coal selling in many places at $16 to $18 a ton. John Siney did not live to see the anthracite coal miners in one great organisation as at present, but he always predicted that it would come some day and that the much-abused miner would get his share of the profits of the mines. Ancient Records in China. In the Temple of Confucius at Pekin are a number of stone tablets covered with inscriptions, which were discovered by the Chinese in the eighth century before Christ, and which, undoubtedly, belong to a much earlier period, which have been carefully preserved since the time when they were found. It is believed that the destruction of the magnificent library of the Han-Lin College, or national academy, which stood just north of the British legation in Pekin, and which was destroyed by fire by the Boxers during the recent siege, has been a loss to the world comparable only to the burning of the Alexandrian library. CASCARETS are a sure cure for tape worms and those other pests of worms that make the lives of children and their mothers miserable. Any variety of parasites that live in the human stomach or bowels, and need on the substance which should properly nourish the body, are dislodged by Cascarets Candy Cathartic, and expelled. One or two tablets usually drive them out, and persistent use is sure to do away with the unwelcome intruders. Many children and older people suffer from worms without knowing it, and get thin and weak, although their appetite is good. The best way to find out is to take Cascarets. Never accept a substitute! WHEN ALL THINGS IN NATURE START AFRESH. Some Other Things in Which the Ancients Have Given Us Points. The ancients began their year with the advent of spring. How much more appropriate thus to begin the New Year with the new life of nature in the awakening spring. At this season all processes throughout the natural world start afresh. The ancients also showed their sagacity and appreciation of the great changes and active processes of springtime, by realizing that this is also the time for renewed life and energy in the human system. They well knew that the blood should be cleansed from impurities and the nerves re-invigorated at this season. Hence the establishment of the custom of taking a good spring medicine. This most sensible and healthy custom is followed by almost everybody at the present day, few people of intelligence venturing to go through this trying time of change from winter to summer without taking a spring medicine. The unanimity on this subject is a settled fact: the only question hereto- M. MR. STOUGHTON L. FARNHAM. fore has been in regard to what is the best thing to take. The people have now become unanimous in their decision that as a spring tonic and restorative, Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy is pre-eminently the best. Year after year Dr. Green's Nervura blood and nerve remedy has proved itself the surest, most positive and reliable remedy. Made from pure vegetable medicines, it invariably cleanses, purifies and enriches the blood, making the blood rich and red, and at the same time, by its invigorating effects, giving strength, power, vitality and energy to the nerves. In fact, Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy has proved itself the most perfect of medicines and just what everybody needs for a spring remedy. Try it this spring. Mr. Stoughton L. Farnham of Manchester, N. H., says: "Some time ago I was troubled with lassitude and a feeling of fatigue. I did not have the ambition to do anything that demanded unusual physical exertion. "I was recommended by a friend to try Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. I took two or three bottles and am prepared to say that it did me good. I can recommend it as a tonic, as I know it helped me." Remember Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy is recommended by physicians, in fact, it is a physician's prescription, the discovery of the well-known specialist in nervous and chronic disease., Dr. Greene, of 35 W. 14th St., New York City, who can be consulted free of charge, personally or by letter. According to the latest returns, there are 807,471 paupers in England, 97,947 in Scotland, and 97,587 in Ireland, supported at an annual cost to the public of $67,000,000. lands, soon to open to settlement. Opportunity of a lifetime. THE KIOWA COIEF, devoted to information about these lands, will contain proclamation fixing date of opening. One year $1.00; 6 mos. 60 cents; 5 cents per copy. MORGAN'S MANUAL, (Complete Settler's Guide) with sectional map. $1.00. MANUAL, MAP and CHIEF, six months $1.50. For sale by Book and News Dealers, or address DICK T. MORGAN, Perry, O. T. Dr.Bull's COUCH SYRUP Worms isms and those other pests of worms that m rasites that live in the human stomach or body, are dislodged by Cascarets Candy. Persistent use is sure to do away with the worms without knowing it, and get thin a s to take Cascarets. Never accept —Brooklyn Cities. "A tape worm eighteen feet long at least came on the scene after my taking two CASCARETS. This I am sure has caused my bad health for the past three years. I am still taking CASCARETS, the only cathartic worthy of notice by sensible people." GEO. W. BOWLES, Baird, MIss. care FOR BOWELS AND LIVER. WHILE YOU SLEEP If You Have Dyspepsia Band no money, but write Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. Box 148, for six bottles of Dr. Shoop's Restorative; express paid. If cured, pay $5.50—if not, it is free. The fewer steps a man takes the longer his shoes last. If Your Clothes Look Yellow wash them with Maple City Self Washing Soap. It will make them white again. He who tastes every man's broth often burns his mouth. DON'T WIPE YOUR NO'E OFF. You can get rid of your cold in a burry. Batt's Caps for Colds cure colds. Liberty exists in proportion to a wholesome restraint.—Daniel Webster. Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs.—Wm. O. ENDSLEY, Vanburen. Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. The first gold pens were made by hand in 1840, in the city of New York. WANTED—Men with rig to advertise and introduce Monarch Poultry Mixture. Straight salary 415.00 weekly and expenses. Address with stamp, Monarch Manufacturing Co., Box 689. Springfield. Illinois. The greatest waterfall is Niagara which sends over 32,000,000 tons of water an hour. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TABLETS. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on the box. 25c. Don't think that a man is ready to take the advice of every fool he meet just because he takes yours. Sweat and fruit acids will not discolor goods dyed with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. The emigration of Irishmen to Great Britain for harvest has been steadily increasing for the last three years. By taking Garfield Tea, the danger of contracting La Grippe is lessened, for the system is cleansed, the blood purified and the digestion perfected by this great herb cure. The Dowager Lady Flake, whose death was recently announced in London, was once the intimate friend of Thackeray, Jenny Lind and Dickens. Coughing Leads to Consumption. Kemp's Baisam 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. Ready to Use. Wife—"Why do you buy such a lot of stamps at once?" Husband—"So there'll be a few that won't get stuck together." Should Be In Every Household A jar of RUBEFACIENT should be kept in every house. It is the most wonderful specific in all cases of internal inflammation and will specifically nip in the bud any case of Pneumonia, Diphtheria, La Grippe, etc. Write to the Eubefacient Co., Newton Upper Falls, Mass., for free booklet. "That's about as bum a piece of marine architecture," said the starfish, inspecting the hull of Noah's ark, "as ever plowed these waters." "O, I don't know,' replied the barnacle. "I'm a good deal stuck on it, myself."—Chicago Tribune. You Can Get Allen's Foot-Ease Free. Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y., for a FREE sample of Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures sweating, damp, swollen, aching feet. Makes new or tight shoes easy. A certain curt for Chilblains and Frost-bites. At all druggists and shoe stores; 25c. Uncle Geehaw (from Hay Corners, at grand opera)—What's that man got over there? City nephew—Why, that's the score. Uncle Geehaw (brightening up)—The "score"? Well, by gum, I wish you'd ask him who's ahead!—Puck. a sure cure for tape worms and t able. Any variety of parasites th el properly nourish the body, are lly drive them out, and persistent r people suffer from worms wi Within us lives a god, we gleam by his emotion—Ovid. Some articles must be described. White's Yucatan needs no description; it's the real thing. He who lives without restraint will die without honor. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. See a bottle. Many a sickly fly has spoiled a healthy appetite. Coe's Cough Balsam In the oldest and best. It will break up a cold quicker than anything else. It is always reliable. Try it. Better no law than law not enforced. THE DUTY OF MOTHERS. What suffering frequently results from a mother's ignorance; or more frequently from a mother's neglect to properly instruct her daughter! Tradition says "woman must suffer," and young women are so taught. There is a little truth and a great deal of exaggeration in this. If a young woman suffers severely she needs treatment, and her mother should see that she gets it. Many mothers hesitate to take their daughters to a physician for examination; but no mother need hesitate to write freely about her daughter or herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure the most efficient advice without charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address is Lynn, Mass. MISS DFALZGDAF Mrs. August Pfalzgraf, of South Byron, Wis., mother of the young lady whose portrait we here publish, wrote Mrs. Pinkham in January, 1899, saying her daughter had suffered for two years with irregular menstruation—had headache all the time, and pain in her side, feet swell, and was generally miserable. Mrs. Pinkham promptly replied with advice, and under date of March, 1899, the mother writes again that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her daughter of all pains and irregularity. Nothing in the world equals Mrs. Pinkham's great medicine for regulating woman's peculiar monthly troubles. OKLAHOMA Cures a Cough or Cold at once. Conquers Croup, Whooping-Cough, Brouchitis, Gripppe and Consumption. Quick, sure results. Dr. Bull's Pills cure Constipation. 50 pills 10c. MAN WANTED AT ONCE with rig to sell our Poultry Mixture; straight salary $15.00 per week and expenses; year's contract; weekly pay. Address with stamp. EUREKA MFG. Co., Dept. P, East St. Louis, Ill. PENSION JOHN W. MORRIS Washington, D. C. Successfully Prosecuted Claims Late Principal Examiner U. G. Tension Bureau 8 yrs. In civil war 15 ad udicating claims atty. s. c. Salzer's Vegetable Seeds. The beauty about Salzer's vegetable seed is, that they never fall. They sprout, grow and produce. They are of such high vitality they laugh at droughts, rains and the elements, taking 1st prices everywhere. We warrant this. For 14 Gents and This Notice we send 7 packages of rare, choice, fine, splendid vegetable novelties and 3 packages of fresh produce. We offer our big catalog for only 150 and this Notice, in order to gain $10,000 new customers in fall, or for 150, 10 rare farm seed samples, fully worth $10.00 to get a start FULLY WORTH $10.00 TO GET A SCARE AND OUR GREAT CATALOGUE. JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO. LA GROSSE, WI. 160 ACRE IN FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE If you take up your homes in Western Canada, the land of plenty. Illustrated pamphlets, giving experiences of farmers who have become wealthy in growing wheat, reports of delegates, etc, and full information as to reduced railway rates can be had on application to the Superintendent of Immigration, Department of Interior, Ottawa, Canada, or to C. J. Broughton, 1223 Monadnock Block, Chicago, Ill.; or E. T. Holmes, Room 4 "Big Four" Building, Indianapolis, Ind. SOUTHERN FARMS. Southern Farms--Improved and unimproved, at from $5 to $15 per acre in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. Descriptive reading matter and maps sent free upon application to J. F. Olsen, Agent, L. & I. Dept., Southern Railway, 225 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill., or M. V. Richards, Land and Industrial Agent, Southern Railway, Washington, D.C. VIRGINIA—Climate mild all the year. Farms and tracts of timbered lands from 1 acre to 70,000 acre tracts. I have land as low as $2.00 per acre; average price $10.00 to $15.00. C. C. HAMILTON, Hampton, Va. FOR SALE CHEAP 160-acre farm in Republic Co., Kan., 3 miles from small town and depot, 60 acres under plow, 90 acres fenced in pasture with hedge, 5-room house, cellar, clistern, 2 wells, stable and good bearing orchard; price $15 per acre on easy terms. J. E. CASWELL, Agt. Belleville, Kan. FOR S. Le. Turf excavated; farms; special induce- ments. Must sell at once, for good reasons. 100 acres well improved. Good soil, good build- ings no better. $4,000. 220 acres fine farmland. 200 acres cultivation. House located. Good condition. $6,800. 160 acres near town. $7,200. All located in splendid neighborhood; possession immediately. Address: JACOB ROZARTH, Knox, Ind. FOR SALE. Eight farms in the great Palouse Country; $80 to $45 per acre: German neighborhood; good schools: easy terms, small payment down, balance time. Write MILES M. MILLER C. COLIN. Washington. THE FINEST LANDS AND THE NIGHEST SOIL In the United States, in Thomas County, Kan. Fine climate, good water. I have farm lands and ranches countless of $80, 400, and 100 acres, latter with running water. High School in Colby, school privileges, first-class. Write me for prices. C. R. DAKIN. Colby, Kan. LAND FOR SALE. LAND FOR SALE. Get a home of your own. We have wild timber and cedar lands at from 64 to $15.00 per acre according to location. in the Garden Spot in Wisconsin. 40 improved and partly improved farms in 40's and upward Long time, easy payments, low interest. Address, WITTENBERG LAWD O... Wittenberg, Wis. in Sheep in Montana is SAFE and pore 25 per cat interest. Now is the time to invest. Get in at bottom prices and be prepared for four more years of prosperity. Write for our annual report and particulars. Montana Co-Operative Branch Co., Great Falls, Montana. DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY, gives quick relief and cures worst cases. Book of testimonials and 10 DAYS' treatments FREE. DR. H. H. GREEN'S SONS, Box R, Atlanta, K. If afflicted with [ Thompson's Eye Water core eyes, use ] W. N. U. CHICAGO, NO. 11, 1901 When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. From now until the close of the mayoralty contest fifteen to twenty thousand copies of The Broad Ax will be distributed each week among the voters of Chicago. Now is the time to advertise in it, to read it, and subscribe for it, for The Broad Ax is the only newspaper in this city or state advocating Democracy among the colored race. CHIPS. Robert T. Sims, S. A. T. Watkins and Julius F. Taylor were delegates to the Democratic convention of the Town of Lake. Capt. H. C. Carter, "Jacob Harris, this is a cold, raw morning, so please turn on the steam and hand me another plat bottle of old bourbon rye, and if that does not warm me up, hand me The Broad Ax." Alderman James J. McCormick ran right on past all the opposition which the boys of his ward could bring to bear against him and as we have before stated that Alderman McCormick would not only be renominated but he would also be re-elected to the city council. The Phyllis Wheatly Woman's Club will give a high tea and prize social at their rooms, 5058 Dearborn street, Wednesday afternoon and evening. March 20, from 2 to 10 p.m. A choice musical and literary program will be rendered. The club extends a cordial invitation to all to attend. Admission is costa. Since The Broad Ax made its last appearance George J. Terrell has got his back up like a big tom-eat, and he now refuses to speak to us. Mr. Terrell, if you will pay your subscription to The Broad Ax, which remains unpaid from Oct. 21, 1899, to the present time, which amount to March 21, is two dollars and eight-five cents then it will not appear to us that you dislike to pay your honest debts. The Douglass Council of the United Brotherhood gave a smoker at their rooms 6058 Dearborn street, Tuesday, evening last, which was largely attended. S. L. Williams, Hon. A. McElmee, ex-member of Legislature of Tennessee; Col. E. F. Morely, and James H. Poten were the speakers of the evening, and they urged their hearers to invest in a Life Insurance Policy in the Unoted Brotherhood. the United Brotherhood. Mr. S. A. T. Watkins, so it is reported will launch his legislative boom between now and next fall, but if Mr. Watkins does not make any better head-way in going to the legislature of Illinois than he did when he endeavored to ram old Jack Milt Turner and the notorious Harvey A. Thompson down the throats of the respectable Glored Democrats at Kansas City last summer he will never get his head inside the state house at Springfield. Hoa. S. A. McElwee, ex-member of the legislature of Tennessee spoke before the Men's Sunday club at Quinn chaple Sunday afternoon, his subject being "A Plea for Justice and fair Play.' While in conversation with Mr. McElwee he intimated that the only salvation for the Negro in this country is to assist in helping to work up a healthy sentiment in favor of law and order and the equality of all men before the law. If there are any readers of The Broad Ax who contemplate giving parties or balls, and if they desire any fine paper or envelopes for such occasions or for other social functions, we cheerfully commend the Whiting Paper Company to their consideration, whose store and sales-rooms are located at 207-9-11 Jackson boulevard, and Mr. Charles K. Gassaway, head salesman of this department is wide-awake, and will treat all who call to obtain fine paper and envelopes, like ladies and gentlemen. Some of Capt. Carter's followers have informed us the past week that they believe that "L. A. Newby wrote the article which appeared on Capt. Carter and The Bryan and Alschuler Club." But we desire to inform all who may entertain such a foolish idea that L. A. Newby did not write the article in question and neither does he nor any other man or woman black or white dictate or control the utterances of The broad Az outside of Julius F. Taylor. Capt. H. C. Carter, who has become very sycophontish, and who acts like a snake in the grass, finds time between shipping old bourbon rye with syrup on the side to say that no "Nigger or niggers as he always delights to refer to members of his own race in the presence of the whites cannot work for the city in any capacity unless such nigger or niggers first obtains his consent "if this is so then it shows that Capt. Carter has become the biggest dictator in Chicago. SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY. Riches have wings, but poverty has spurs. The less some men know the more they tell. The politician with a pull is strictly in the push. The best safe for a man's money is a prudent wife. The average woman is a conundrum that keeps men guessing. Ignorance occasionally borrows garments and poses as wisdom. Many people take your advice—but few of them make use of it. Women never discuss anything at a club meeting; they just talk. A boy's first trousers and a man's first love are sobn outgrown. It's hard to convince an honest man that the world is full of thieves. There is some excuse for the man who honestly admits that he is lazy. The failure of one man is often the beginning of another man's success. When the chronic bore doesn't feel well it is apt to be a lingering illness. A sweet heart is a charming fancy, but a wife is very apt to be a solemn fact. A gentleman doesn't forget his manners the moment he enters his own door. We have three kinds of people in the world; the wills, the won'ts and the can'ts. Love is responsible for a lot of earthly misery by being elsewhere when wanted. Some writers suffer from cramp in the fingers and others from cramp in the brain. A man who understands women is willing to admit that he doesn't understand them. Many a man imagines he is in the glare of publicity when the public isn't aware of his existence. Some men seem to have reached the pinnacle of their ambition when they are able to lie like a circus poster. Says a Kentucky obituarist of his subject: "She was wafted into the gloom of eternal night at 6 o'clock in the morning." BITS OF INFORMATION. There were granted by the patent office during the past year 26,418 patients. Chattanooga is rejoicing over the receipt arrival of a steamboat from Pittsburg with 210 tons of freight. In the strict sense every liquid that is used for drinking purposes and contains alcohol is a spirituous beverage. Mississippi has a total population of over 1,500,000, and yet the total vote of the state last November was under 60,000. The typical Moro is never unarmed. He fights equally well on foot, on horseback, in his fleet war canoe, or in the water, for he swims like a fish and dives like a penguin. The Mohammedan year is lunar. The civil months of the Mohammedans are adopted to the lunar months by the cycle of thirty years, in which nineteen have 354 days, and eleven have 355. NEWSPAPER LAW Any person who takes the paper regularly from the postoffice, whether he is a subscriber or not, is responsible for the pay. The courts have decided that refusing to take newspapers and periodicals from the postoffice, or removing and leaving them uncalled for is prima facie evidence of intentional fraud. If your nearest druggest does not have the Original Ozonized Ox-Marrow he can get it for you from any wholesale druggist in the city. It straightens kinky hair. Warranted harmless. Only 50 cents a bottle. The Ozonized Ox-Marrow Co., 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. CURLY HAIR MADE STRAIGHT BY THE GARAGE EDDIE LEE REPAIR AND AFTER TREATMENT. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW [COFFEEMEN.] Will straighten, your hair, quickly and easily so that you can do it yourself at home no matter how hard it is. This wonderful hair pencil has been made and sold many years giving perfect satisfaction to everybody. It is the only male preparation in the world that pumps up hair and an down above. Make the hair soft and smooth, fanning, and makes the hair grow. Sold over forty years. Warranted barrion. Tested sensible fragrance on request. It was the first preparation ever sold for straightening hair. Saves of milion. Get the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow as the pencil never fails to keep the hair pencil and beautiful. A believerly for hair and endurance. Really popular. Owing to its superior and lasting quality it is the most economical. It is not possible for anybody to produce a preparation equal to it. Full directions with every bottle. Only $20 coins. Sold by artist or we will offer you enough pencil one bottle for $2 cents or three for $4.00. Pad and/or brush with hair pencil. Write your name and address plainly in Ozonized OX MARROW CO., 98 Wakehurst Ave., Chicago, IL. SAMPLE ROOM IMPORTED AND DOMESTIG WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS 3462 SOUTH HALSTED STREET, CHICAGO. TRADE MARK REGISTERED 1892. U.S.PATENT OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. BEFORE USING HARTONA AFTER USING HARTONA Hartona will make the hair grow long and soft, straight and beautiful. Makes the hair grow on bald and thin places. Restores GRAY HAIR to its original color. Hartona cures Dandruff, Baldness, falling out of the hair, itching, and all scalp diseases. Hartona does not have to be used all the time, as it straightens the hair and gives it fresh life and lustre, and the hair stays and grows naturally beautiful and straight after the use of Hartona. No hot irons necessary. No pasting the hair down with grease. Hartona is positively harmless—one box can be used by every one in the family. Benefits and improves children's hair just the same as adults. To meet the popular and ever-increasing demand for Hartona Hair-Grower and Straightener, we have placed it on sale in 25c. and 50c. sizes, in our special round, patent box. See that the word Hartona is on every box. Money positively refunded if you are not absolutely delighted with the Hartona remedies. Remember, we handle no fake goods, and you are positively protected by our $100.00 guarantee to any one proving otherwise. All our remedies are trade-marked, registered and copyrighted at United States Patent Office at Washington, D. C., in the years 1892 and 1900. We refer you, as to our responsibility, to the City Bank of Richmond, Va., Adams and Southern Express Companies, and to the editor of this paper. We want lady and gentlemen agents, white or colored, in every city and town in the United States. Write to us to-day, no matter if you are employed or not, and we will show you how to make a splendid living, with easy and pleasant work, and no risk of losing your good money. Write to us and we will send you a book of over one hundred genuine testimonials in your own State of people who have used and are using Hartona remedies. Is this not fair and honest enough? HARTONA FACE WASH. Hartona Face Wash will gradually turn the skin of a black person five or six shades lighter, and will turn the skin of a mulatto person perfectly white. The skin remains soft and bright without continual use of the face wash. One bottle does the work. Hartona Face Wash will remove wrinkles, dark spots, pimples, blackheads, freckles, and all blemishes of the skin. You can regulate the shade of skin on neck, face and hands to any shade you wish. Full directions with each bottle. Hartona Face Wash is perfectly harmless, and is sent to any part of the United States on receipt of price, 50c. per bottle; securely sealed from observation. It is your duty to look as beautiful as possible. Thousands of delighted patrons send us testimonials every year. Please remember that your money is positively refunded if you are not perfectly satisfied and delighted with the Hartona remedies. We want agents in every city in the United States. Write to us, no matter if you are employed or not, and we will show you how to make money without risking any of your own money. HARTONA NO-SMELL Hartona No-Smell will remove all smells and bad odors of the body; cures sore and aching feet, chafed limbs, etc. Hartona No-Smell is a God-send to all persons suffering from disagreeable odors caused by perspiration of the feet, arm-pits, etc. Sent anywhere on receipt of price, 10 cents and 25 cents a package. Address all orders to HARTONA REMEDY CO. 000 E. Male St. Biddeford Send us One Dollar, and mention this paper, and we will send you three large boxes of Hartona Hair-Grower and Straightener, two large bottles of Hartona Face Wash, and one large box of Hartona No-Smell. Goods will be sent securely sealed from observation. Write your name and post-office and express-office address very plainly. Money can be sent by post-office money order, or enclosed in a registered letter, or by express. Address all Orders to HARTONA REMEDY CO..909 E. 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ARTON THE GRANDEST OF ALL ..HARTONA.. The Original and Only Hartona. and Positively Unequaled for Matchless and Positively Unequaled for Straightening all Kinky, Knotty, Stubborn, Harsh, Curly Hair.