The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. LABORING UNDER MISAPPREHENSIONS. For some time past Mr. W. H. Clark has been busy in spreading the idea about that he induced his boss, Mr. C. M. Walker to subscribe for The Broad Ax, but we can truthfully say that Mr. Clark is laboring under a misapprehension in this direction, for he never presented us to Mr. Walker, nor escorted us into his private office, at the time Mr. Walker decided to become a reader of our paper. We, without anyone to accompany us, solicited his subscription; so much for that error on the part of Mr. Clark. On numerous occasions Mr. Clark has also stated that it was through his influence that The Broad Ax was distributed last fall by the committee. This is untrue, and Mr. Clark is simply laboring under further misapprehensions along this line. It is true, however, that Mr. Clark was appointed by Mr. L. A. Newby as chairman of the committee on literature, and Attorney M. Shepperd and Julius F. Taylor were the other members of the committee on literature; but Mr. Clark did not assist the committee to prepare its report or recommendations, which were submitted to the executive committee and the report of the committee on literature went before Mr. R. E. Burke and his committee without the name of W. H. Clark being attached to it, and no one outside of Mr. Shepperd addressed Mr. Burke and his committee in behalf of The Broad Ax. Mr. Shepperd informed the members of the executive committee that The Broad Ax had been, up to that time, running for more than one year; that it was no campaign sheet; that it was the only Democratic newspaper in this city or state published in the interest of the Afro-American race; that its editor began its publication without asking any man, black or white, for a five cent piece; that although he is not rich in the goods of this world, nevertheless, for the benefit of Democracy, many thousand copies of The Broad Ax had been distributed free among the colored voters. When Mr. Shepperd concluded his eloquent plea before the committee its members made up their minds to set aside some funds to carry on the work among the colored people, and just as soon as it was whispered around that the committee had decided to do so, then Mr. Clark appeared on the scene and he wanted to do more bossing than anyone else as to how the money should be expended, but we must not lose sight of the fact that he failed to appear before the committee and he did not utter one word in favor of The Broad Ax. Right at this point Capt. H. C. Carter and several others whose names we will not hold up before the public at present, protested against The Broad Ax receiving any consideration from the hands of the committee, for they thought the money could be expended much better if it would be handed over to them to blow in against the bar. The day that we stood in front of the Democratic headquarters at the time that Mr. Clark walked up to us and shook his fist in our face and called us a "yellow hyena and a bastard," he declared that "Capt. Carter & Co., had us blocked before the committee," but we did not inform Mr. Clark that only two days before he gave us such a good cussing and damning, that the Hon. James J. Gray, who is a gentleman every day in the week and who is one of the best leaders of the Democratic forces of Cook County, John E. Owens, first assistant prosecuting attorney of Chicago, Alderman Charles Martin, Roger C. Sullivan, John C. Schubert and every member of the executive committee voted in favor of instructing the press committee to have an article inserted in The Broad Ax respecting Mayor Harrison's friendship for the colored people. Mr. Gary urged the press committee to deal as generously as it possibly could with The Broad Ax, but the press committee informed us several days later that its finances would not permit it to assist The Broad Ax, then we promptly responded: "Money or no money, we intend just the same to do everything in our power to help elect Carter H. Harrison; that we would distribute seven thousand copies of The Broad Ax among the colored voters at our own expense," which we did. While we were endeavoring to do our duty in behalf of Democracy, Capt. H. C. Carter, Clark & Co., paid out some fifteen or twenty dollars to one of the broken-down, jack-leg double-dealing fake-preachers who runs a paper called "The Mission Star," which appears two or three times before each election; they also gave Double-Dirty Hill money to hold two Democratic meetings at 18th and Dearborn street, but Double-Dirty put the money in his pockets, laughed at Capt. Carter's stupidity and failed to hold the meetings. But after that little transaction Capt. Carter selected Double-Dirty Hill as one of the committee which had charge of the Barbecue. In conclusion we honestly believe that if Mrs. Fanny Brown could leap forth from her grave she would point her long bony finger at Capt. H. C. Carter and exclaim: "You are the villain and old wolf, who wronged me while I was on earth, and after doing so you promised to marry me, but on the day the wedding was to occur, you either went fishing or took to the woods, and I am glad The Broad Ax has the courage to pull the mask off of your hypocritical and sanctimonious face!" THAT INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE So far the committee which has been conducting the investigation respecting the management of the Cook County hospital have brought to light many things which do not reflect any credit upon those who have been in charge of it, and judging form all the reports which have been flying around and from the testimony of many of the patients who have been so unfortunate as to fall into the hands of those who run that institution, everything must be in a horrible state and it would seem that there is much room for improvement. The Broad Ax believes that less criticism would be heaped upon the management of the Cook County hospital if the chief of the medical staff devoted all his time to the hospital, and not spend the greater part of it at some outside college, and he should call together those who are supposed to serve on his staff once each week, but as it is now the medical staff comes together possibly once or twice each year and in the meantime everything is left to the understrappers or the sups to look after, and it is no wonder that patients are starved to death, that they are turned out to die in the streets, that dirt and filth is almost kneedeep in all portions of the hospital, that all patients are thrown into one bath tub like so many hogs that no one can receive proper treatment unless they have lots of money or a strong pull with some cheap politician. These outrageous crimes against the weak and the poor must be remedied without delay for such conduct on the part of those who are in charge of the Cook County hospital is a burning disgrace to the People of this city, county and state. Rev. De Baptiste departed this life last Sunday night after a short illness. For many years he was pastor of Olivet Baptist Caurch. His funeral was held from his old church Thursday, and it was largely attended. Very few colored or white preachers were any better known in Chicago than Rev. De Baptiste, and he was highly respected and much beloved by all classes. A. W. Jackson, of Richmond, Va., who is the State Deputy and Chief of the Chicago Division of the United Order of True Reformers, is stopping at 2502 Wabash avenue. Mr. Jackson is well pleased with Chicago and he believes his order will from now on increase in membership in this city. Prof. William Salter speaks Sunday morning, at Steinway Hall, 17 East Van Buren street, on "Herbert Spencer" who was one of the world's greatest philosophical writers. CHICAGO. APRIL 27. 1901. THE CONDITIONS OF THE RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEM. But if the sunshine was strangely bright for some, others were in deepest gloom. Always in sight of the merrymaking that was so common, homes HON. JAMIE Member of the Board of Assessors Mayor of Chicago in 1903. M. Member of the Board of Assessors of Cook County, and Our Cholee for Mayor of Chicago in 1903. were wrecked forever, husbands, fathers, sons, brothers and fortunes gone; and it was a matter of common remark that never had mortality among persons who had passed middle-age been so great in the late Confederate states as within the decade following 1865. Everywhere, men and women, brooding over the past, sank broken-hearted into their graves. Its terrible loses and stinging defeat had naturally caused throughout the South much bitterness towards the North. This is well illustrated by the anecdote of the Virginian whose wife told him, one bright morning, that every Negro had left the place, that he must cut the wood and she must get breakfast. It is not recorded that the wife indulged in any expletives, but the husband, with the first stroke of the axe, damned "Old Abe Lincoln for freeing the Ngroes," with that he went further back and double-damned George Washington for getting up the United States government, and with the third, going back to the first cause of all his woes he double-damned Christopher Columbus for discovering America. This feeling of vindictiveness, while it pervaded more or less all classes who had sympathized with the Confederacy, was far more intense among non-combatnats than with the returned soldiers. These had learned to respect their foes. Courage had been demonstrated to be common to both armies; kind offices to the wounded and the hungry had been mutual and the dividing of rations by Grant's veterans with Lee's at Appomattox was just what occurred on a smaller scale many times before. But the non-combatants in the South (and so it must have been in the North, judging from subsequent events) had none of the kindly feelings with which soldiers regarded their adversaries. It was quite common in 1895 to hear a solder say, that for himself he had had "enough of it, but my neighbor, who has been hiding all the time at home behind a bomb-proof position, has just now begun to get mad. What a pity he couldn't have gotten his courage up before the fighting was over!" And now, thirty-five years afterwards, it may be affirmed without reserve that if the soldiers of the two armies had been allowed of themselves, ```markdown ``` uninfluenced by politicians to dictate the terms of reconstruction, the history of the United States during the past three decades would have been widely different. An added cause of bitterness among ex-confederates was the imprisonment of Jefferson Davis, and his treatment S J. GRAY. of Cook County, and Our Choice for in a manner that seemed cruel and without justification. This generation has almost forgotten that, although Mr. Davis, then in feeble health was doubly safe by reason of the strong casemate at Fortress Monroe and the guards that surrounded him, an officer was required to see him every fifteen minutes, day and night, thus breaking his rest, and that the prisoner was for a long time forbidden books, except the bible, and all correspondence, even with his wife. Irons were at one time placed on his legs; but though these were seen removed, the condition of the captive, as reported by the post-surgeon, caused in May 1866, a vigorous protest not only in the South, but in prominent northern journals. Those were days of intense excitement, even in the North. Naturally, the ex-confederates looked upon their president as suffering for them, and were much embittered by this incident. But the North was not always held responsible as the fonset origo of the Southern misfortunes in those days, which were so full of gloom to all who took time to consider the conditions that surrounded them. There was a widespread feeling that the secession leaders were answerable for the calamitous situation. Many whigs retained their old-time prejudices against democrats, and in every Southern state there had been unionists. These were disposed to claim the benefit of their superior judgement, and many indeed were now "Union men" whose union sentiment prior to secession their friends were by no means able to recall. The disposition to put down secessionists had received a powerful impulse from an unfortunate and unwise law passed by the confederate congress; exempting from service in the army under a certain conditions the owners of twenty Negroes, on the ground that they were needed at home to raise food stuffs. Even in the army it had been talked about "This is the rich man's war, and the poor man's fight." In most of the states, the feeling of comradeship among confederate soldiers would have rendered improbable any very equal division at the outset between secessionists and anti-secessionists --- but certain it is that here were lines that would inevitably have divided the Southern People into two bitterly hostile factions, had not the sempiternal Negro question now appeared again, this time in a form that was eventually to bring about a greater solidarity, even than had come from invasion of Northern armies. The shape it assumed was the suffrage involved in the reconstruction problem. If the condition of the Southern white in 1865—66 was such as to command from the present standpoint, the sympathy of the generous minded, still more strikingly pityful and helpless was the condition of the freedmen. Not in all the imagining of the Arabian Nights is there any concept so startling as the sudden manumission of four millions of slaves, left unshackled to shift for themselves, without property, without resources excepting their labor, without mental training, and with no traditions save only such as connected them with bondage and barbarism. What was to become of these people? Would their energies be properly directed, and would they, as other people had done gradually build up with their strong arms a future for themselves? Or would they be misdirected and led away from reliance on labor into fields where, by reason of their limitations, success was impossible? This was not for the freedman to decide. It was a problem for the white man, the caucasian, who makes and unmakes the laws and governments of the world, who fashions civilizations, sometimes in comely shape, sometimes away, but always in moulds of his own making. And it was still further a question as to what white man was to undertake the solution of this problem. Was it to be the white man whose lot was cast in the same land with the freed man, or was to be the man who sympathized with him from afar, but knew him not? (To be Continued.) PRESUMPTUOUS NEGROES We notice in an article in the St. Louis "Globe-Democrat" of recent date where J. M. Turner, J. M. Murray, George B. Vashon, Dr. John Rickets, C. H. Tandy, H. Bridgewater, G. H. L. Nelson, P. H. Clark, Charles Turner and John Arnold of St. Louis; Milton Fild of Tennessee, James Lewis of Louisiana, Fred McGee of Union, Judson Lyons of Georgia, J. T. V. Hill of Indiana, Ed Lee of New York, and W. T. Scott of Illinois, an aggregation of alleged representative Negroes of the United States, met at the Forum Club's rooms, on Lawton avenue, recently and formulated the plans for a Negro department at the World's Fair, which they intend the Federal Commission to adopt and carry out, which also means that the management of this department must be given them. If these gentlemen whose names are above enumerated are the representative representatives of the Negro, then the race is as hard up for representative men as the Democrats of St. Louis were in their late primaries. Fortunately the race has representative men, but it seems these gentlemen, not one of whom has ever done one thing for the race, are determined, as is their habit, to put them in the background again and grab everything in sight. There is no use talking, these gentlemen are too presumptious, and we are going to fight any attempt on their part to keep back those men of the race to whom leadership should be accorded. These men are candidates for office after every election, and have been using the Negro ever since they were old enough to vote, and they have formed a combination for the purpose of keeping representative Negroes in the back. These men have no constituency, and it is a shame that they should try to ride over the Negroes of the country and do that which ought to be left to the race's representatives. The members of the Federal Commission are cognizant of the facts, and we have reason to believe that this attempt by the "combine" will not be seriously considered. The commission will consult some men who do not belong to the "combine," such as Bishop Grant, Colonel Pledger, Bishop Der- rick, Bishop Walters, Dr. D. P. Roberts, J. M. Townsend and other staunch race men, and ideal representatives who are not inspired by the thirst for office, but whose lives have been given to the uplifting of the race. Brother Times, if you would have only added the names of Double-Dirty or Walter Hill, Harvey A. Thompson and Capt. H. C. Carter, to your first list of representative Negroes then our mind would have been at ease, for it seems that you overlooked these three jumping-jacks. A LILY WHITE REPUBLICAN PARTY. The formation of such a party in the South under the direction of Senator McLaurin, is assuming serious proportions and receiving the sanction of the damministration in as much as recognition is being accorded this element by way of appointments to offle. After McKinley's re-election we had reason to believe that his ambition had been satisfied and that he would take an advanced step in behalf of the Negro in the South and attempt to rectify the abuses heaped upon the race. Instead of this, he is assisting—under cover—the South in their efforts to eliminate the Negro from the Republican party. It might appear to be for the interest of the Republican party in the South, since the Negro is the sole ground of opposition, for it would enable the mossbacks to support a ticket the 'niggers' could not vote for. To our mind this whole question is assuming a dubious aspect, and the attempt is not going to be without its influence upon the attitude of the Negro in northern states to the Republican party, where in many they hold the balance of power. The administration is trying to offset these insults by making a few more appointments of Negroes to office, but that will not heal the wound. The men who have assumed to be the leaders of the race are remaining quiet on this question, and this is but an example of their fidelity to the race. They don't dare dissent for fear of losing their jobs, which is the extent of their interest. This silence is what we have heard them term "policy." It is the policy that is hurting the race politically, and is in effect demoralizing. William Hannibal Thomas was denounced as a traitor to the race, but what of these job holders who walked in over the heads of thousands of deserving men, and their fear to open their faces in behalf of the race? They are worse than traitors. Watch carefully the development of the Lilly White Republican Party. The Times, St. Louis, Mo. If ever you did tell the truth Brother Times, you told it in the above article and all men know that no race of people is more cursed with as many loud-mouthed leaders as the Negro race and Capt. H. C Carter, of this city, who is a Republican one day and a Democrat the next day, belongs to this same class of would-be leaders. Alderman Honore Palmer opened his aldermanic office last week at 115 North State street, and by doing so Alderman Palmer is making himself solid with all the people of the 21st Ward. It was our pleasure to meet this young city father a few days ago and he is unassuming and very sensible. He grasps all comers by the hand and makes them feel at home and if Alderman Palmer keeps up his present lick higher political honors are in store for him. Mr. A. L. Hunt entertained the South Side Men's Sunday Club, which holds forth at St. Mark's Church, 47th and State street, last Sunday, by reading a good paper on "The Progress of Humanity." He handled his subject like an old-time preacher and the many members and friends of the club who herd it pronounced Mr. Hunt O. K. County Commissioner Joseph E. Flanagan, much to the delight of his friends, is ready at all times to look after the interests of all the tax-payers of Cook County. Mr. Flanagan, you are on the right track and the people will stand by you. If Your Stomach makes life miserable, its your own fault. Dr. Greene, the discoverer of Dr. Greene's Nervura, will tell you why this is so, and just exactly how to cure the whole trouble. This information and advice will oost you nothing. 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The first view passengers coming from the west over the Michigan Central get of the wonderful electric tower of the Pan-American exposition grounds is at Falls View station, on the Canadian side at Niagara Falls. Looking up and across the river from this station, the electric tower is seen with the naked eye. The distance is about twenty miles. This early glimpse of the greatest of the exposition structures is doubly expressive of the fact that the exposition and Niagara have joined hands and forces to entertain as the public has never entertained before. Standing on the platform of a Michigan Central train at Falls View and looking first down at the falls and gorge, and then far away at the distant electric tower, it is hard to conceive that electric power generated by water power of the falls give life to the lamps on the very apex of the tower. But such is the fact. We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. 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Distribution of Light When one considers the general plan for the proposed illumination of the grounds of the Pan-American exposition, it is easily seen that the secret of the great success that is to be attained in the illumination is to be found in the evenness of the distribution of light and decorative effect, by dividing the individual lights into as many units as possible and still keeping the points of light proportionate in size to the objects to be decorated with light. Are You Interested in the Northwest? Cut out this advertisement, mention paper in which it appeared, enclose with 10c in silver to address given and Home and Garden, illustrated, monthly, will be sent you free for one year. Regular price, 50c. Address Home and Garden, Newspaper Row, St. Paul, Minn. New York Has 7,400 Polite There are 7,400 members of the New York police force. 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Golden and diamond weddings were celebrated by 614 couples in Prussia last year, and the state contributed medals to each husband and wife. Take Garfield Tea for constipation; it has this to recommend it: it is made from health-giving herbs and it surely cures. The United States imported $7,500,-000 more silver from Mexico in 1900 than in 1899. insist on getting Maple City Self Washing Soap. Your grocer has it or will get it. The finished performance of an actor is often a great relief to the audience. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Catholics, Protestants, Knights of Labor, Indians, Mormons, Republicans, Priests, or any who can have their say, so long as their message is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Brand Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the direct right to speak its own mind. Months 89.99 Advertising sales models known on application FULSUS P. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Michael G. Mulhall, the noted statistician who died recently in London, forecasted the twelfth American census within 95,000, showing how very precise and accurate statistical science can be in skillful hands. Henry James was once praising the work of a fellow author. "You are very kind to him," said some one present, "for he says very unpleasant things about your work." "Ah," said Mr. James, "but, then, both of us may be wrong." A station nine miles out from a great city on one of the oldest railroad lines in the United States bears the name "Relay." This was because the horses by which the road was first operated, were there changed. What's in a name? Sometimes a fragment of history. The bureau of engraving and printing has orders from the postoffice department to print the new Pan-American Exposition stamps, in the following quantities: One-cent, 71,000,000; two-cent, 160,000,000; four-cent, 5,000,000; five-cent, 8,000,000; eight-cent, 3,000,000; ten-cent, 4,000,000; total, 251,000,000. In the Sella Pass in the Dolomite mountains, above Bozen, three women from Fassa lost their way in the snowstorm, and were found frozen together in a stone-like group. They had to be laid on a sledge together and dragged into the valley, and thawed before a great fire, before they could be separated for burial. Northern Indiana farmers are experimenting in the domestication of quail and the results are reported as highly gratifying. Nearly every farmer in that section has from one to three coveys on his farm and is giving them kind and careful attention. During the snow season the birds are fed regularly and on some of the farms they have become so tame that they roost with the barnyard fowls. It is said that Herr Heinrich Ehrhardt, the well-known ammunition cart and gun manufacturer of Eisenach and Dusseldorf, Germany, intends, in co-operation with the wealthy Turin manufacturer, Friedrich Spuhn, to establish extensive works for the manufacture of his specialties in Italy. The proposed works will not only be devoted to the guns of Ehrhardt's patent, but also to the manufacture of boiler tubes. The Paris seamstresses have gone on a strike for shorter hours and higher wages, and American dressmakers have formed a union for effecting prompt payment for garments delivered. On the other hand, an American lady has sued a famous dressmaker of Paris for wasting her time trying on a gown that did not fit. Her plea that nine fittings for one gown was a condition calling for damages has been sustained by the French court. President Thwing of the Western Reserve university at Cleveland says in noting a marked decrease in the number of divinity students that two influences produce this result—the larger inducements which commercial pursuits offer and the unsettling of religious beliefs and doubts as to future relations between church and society. Young men, says Mr. Thwing, are in doubt, whether the church is to be a place of worship or a sort of club. While most of the important armies of Europe possess an equipment, more or less complete, of quick-firing artillery, and Italy is busily occupied in bringing herself into line, the German war office is stated to have succeeded in procuring a field gun which is not only a quick firer, but absolutely free from recoil. So perfect is the mechanism for neutralizing the recoil in the new gun just turned out by Messrs. Krupp, that a coin placed on one of the spokes of a wheel is said not to be disturbed by the discharge. The whole of the German field artillery is now to be adapted to the non-recoil mechanism. A disposition to do the fair thing by home talent has been evinced by a statesman in the Missouri legislature, who has introduced a bill into the senate "that the 14th day of February be and is hereby declared to be the only ground-hog day in Missouri." It appears that some confusion has arisen as to the precise festival of his ground hogship, and legislative enactment is expected to straighten out the tangle. It is not altogether certain that St. Valentine will joyously consent to a division of honors with the humble weather prophet, but the crowding of two such festal days into one will be gladly welcomed by a busy and industrious A DARE-DEVIL FEAT. Two Men Coast Down a Two-Mile Mountain side in Wrooming. It is difficult to imagine a more daredevil and thrilling adventure than that of two men sliding down a steep, icecrusted mountain, one in a prospector's pan and the other on a miner's shovel. Yet such a hazardous undertaking was accomplished by Pete McGoff and "Yankee Bill" Murphy, miners and prospectors in the Sierra Madre mountains, when they flew like the wind down the side of the treeless Quartsite mountain, a distance of two miles, with a descent of about thirty-five degrees and landed in twenty-five feet of snowdrift in the 40-foot chasm of Cow Creek, a few miles west of Grand encampment, Wyoming. Pete and "Yankee Bill's" love of adventure will brook perils of any kind and at any time for the pure love of sport-perils at which the tenderfoot would stand aghast. Both are known for the chances they take with their lives. The greater the danger the more ready they are to enter into it. It was a jesting wager simply that they raced down the mountain side, Pete in the pan and "Yankee Bill" squatting on the shovel, both finishing with a record-breaker and what might have been a neck-breaker. They had climbed to the top of the peak, over two feet of snow, to wash out a decomposed quartsite which showed rusty iron ore, and which led them to believe they would carry gold. In the afternoon it turned so cold that the surface of the mountain resembled glass. It was near sundown when the two men finished prospecting and started to retrace their way down the mountain. The slippery, iced snow impeded their progress, making the journey slow and dangerous at best. Less than 100 feet down Pete jestingly proposed to "Yankee Bill" that they slide down on the pan and shovel. "I'll beat you," said Pete, suiting the action to the word by getting into the pan. "You can't beat me," replied Yankee Bill," at the same time squatting down on his shovel, unmindful of possible danger. At first both slid along at a jerky fashion, for they were obliged to push themselves along at times. Suddenly, however, the descent became much more abrupt, and the two men launched into the ozone and shot down with accelerating speed like comets through space. The sensation they felt can neither be described nor imagined. They tore down the mountain side like an avalanche each holding on to his metal steed with a vice-like grip. A mile was covered in apparently an instant, when a ridge formation turned them off their course, and they flew still faster at an acute angle. The 40-foot chasm of Cow creek was inevitable and before they nad time to realize the danger they had leaped over its edge, cleared Cow creek, and, as if human drills, had bored the snowdrift twenty-five feet. When dug out Pete and "Yankee Bill" did not exactly need the coroner, but there were not enough plasters and linaments in camp to soothe their bruises. They came up smiling, however, each stoutly maintaining victory. THE CENSUS. Its Modern Use Is Due to the Initiative of the United States. The census was an important feature of the governments of ancient Rome, Greece, Egypt, Persia and the Babylonian empire. A census of the vast Roman empire and its dependencies was in progress at the time of the birth of Christ. But this enumeration of population fell into disuse in the Middle Ages. Down to the end of the 18th century even the most trustworthy geographers had to depend entirely upon guesswork in forming an estimate of the population of the various countries in Europe. It is to the United States that may be said to belong the credit of reviving the census, the constitution of 1787 including a provision for census to be taken every 10 years. The enumeration was rendered necessary by the fact that the population of the several states constituted the basis of representation in congress, and, while it is true that the national census was incorporated in the constitution from political rather than philosophical considerations, it must be confessed that this nation deserves the glowing eulogium of Moreau de Jonnes, who declared that "the United States presents a phenomenon with parallel in history—that of a people who instituted the statistics of their country on the very day when they found their government, and who regulated by the same instrument the census of inhabitants, their civil and political rights and the destinies of the nation." Aiglon Fad Still Flourishes The craze for Aiglon novelties appears again among the new laces, where the wreath and the eagle are elaborately represented. For skirt trimming there is a three-inch Mechlin lace insertion with a wreath of lace leaves as large as a tea plate extending up at intervals, while inside of this is a black lace eagle nearly filling the space, says the New York Sun. Aiglon belt buckles are distinguished by laurel wreaths and spread eagles in gold and silver, and then there is the Aiglon umbrella handle, which is a gold ball with an eagle perched on top. Roses with most realistic dewdrops scattered over them have been worn as hair ornaments all winter, but now you can purchase the dewdrops by the dozen and stick them on to suit your own fancy. They have some adhesive substance on the back which assures their permanent position and are as readily disposed of as postage stamps. BISHOP HANDY Prominent members of the clergy are giving Peruna their unqualified endorsement. These men find Peruna especially adapted to preserve them from catarrh of the vocal organs which has always been the bane of public speakers, and general catarrhal debility incident to the sedentary life of the clergyman. Among the recent utterances of noted clergymen on the curative virtues of Peruna is the following one from Bishop James A. Handy, D. D., of Baltimore: "I take great pleasure in acknowledging the curative effects of Peruna. At the solicitation of a friend I used your remedy and cheerfully recommend your Peruna to all who want a good Tonic and a safe cure for catarrh."—James A. Handy. "I have had frequent opportunities to observe the wonderful curative effects of Peruna especially on persons suffering with a congested condi- tion of the head, lungs, and stomach, generally called catarrh. It alleviates pain and soreness, increases the appetite and so tones up the entire system that the patient quickly regains strength and health."—Mrs. W. A. Allison. 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He took six bottles of your medicine as directed, and it proved to be just the thing for him. His appetite is good and every thing he eats seems to agree with him. His cough has left him and he is gaining in flesh, and seems to be well every way. I hope others will try your medicine and receive the benefits that we have."—Mrs. Edward Stevens. When the catarrh reaches the throat it is called tonsilitis, or laryngitis. Catarrh of the bronchial tubes is called bronchitis; catarrh of the lungs, consumption. Any internal remedy that will cure catarrh in one location will cure it in any other location. This is DO YOU COUGH DON'T DELAY TAKE KEMP'S BALSAM THE BEST COUGH CURE M Cures Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Group, Influenza, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma. A cerial 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 bottles 25 cents and 50 cents. 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Get in at bottom 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. GEN. T. F. MEAGHER A MONUMENT TO HIS MEMORY BY MONTANA. A Rebel in Ireland and Sentenced to Be Hanged—No Gained Fame in the Civil War and Was Acting Governor of Montana. The name of Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher, one of Montana's early governors to whose memory it is proposed to erect a monument in that commonwealth, is known in two hemispheres. It has made part of the history of Ireland and America. In Ireland it was associated with events which characterized an epoch not rare in the story of that country—an epoch of revolution. What Lord Edward Fitzgerald was to the period of 1798 and Robert Emmet was to the unfruitful, though gallant, movement of 1803, Meagher was, in a great measure, to the revolutionary attempt of 1848. Meagher's Career in Ireland. Gen. Meagher was born in Waterford, Ireland, in 1823. After his college graduation, in 1843, he entered into the whirl of political strife then raging. The repeal movement was then shaking Ireland. Every town and village was in ferment. O'Connell, playing with the passions of the people, which he controlled with a potency equal to the wand of Prospero, had constructed a gigantic organization. It was at this period that John Mitchell, editor of the Irish Citizen, met young Meagher in Dublin. Meagher's services in the national cause were compressed into the period of a few years. It was the stormiest time in the history of the country during all its struggles against foreign domination since the days of the volunteers in 1782 and the revolution of 1798, of which Wolfe Tone, Fitzgerald. J THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER. Emmet, Hamilton Rowan and other leaders of the "United Irishmen" were the inspiration. From 1845 to 1848 Meagher labored zealously with other leaders of the Young Ireland party, whose object was to obtain Irish independence by force of arms. In the summer of 1848 Meagher was captured with arms in his hands in the county of Tipperary while engaged in an effort to array the peasantry against the authority of the British crown after O'Brien's attempt at Ballingary. He was tried for high treason with Smith O'Brien, Terrence Bellew McManus and Patrick O'Donoghue, and was convicted, of course, and sentenced to be Hanged, Drawn and Quartered Hanged, Drawn and Quartered and his remains placed at the disposal of her majesty, the Queen, to be dealt with according to royal pleasure. His speech upon the passing of this barbarous sentence will long be remembered for its unflinching spirit, its calmness, its dignity and splendid justification of the acts for which he was condemned to suffer. By a special act of royal clemency, however, Meagher was released from the extreme penalty, the punishment of all the conspirators being fixed at transportation for life to the convict settlement at Van Dieman's land. In the spring of 1852, after nearly four years of penal exile, he made his escape and landed in New York in the latter part of May. Meagher soon became a distinguished lecturer and public writer. He studied law with Judge Emmet and in 1854 became a member of the New York bar, which practice he gave up for a time to undertake an expedition to Central America. In 1853 Meagher published a volume of his speeches on The Legislative Independence of Ireland. His Service in the Civil War His Service in the Civil War. At the outbreak of the civil war he organized a company of Zouaves for the national army and joined the Sixty-ninth New York Volunteers under Col. Michael Corcoran. He served during the first campaign in Virginia and at the first Bull Run had a horse shot under him. In the latter part of 1861 he organized the Irish Brigade and became its colonel. In February, 1802, he became a brigadier general. He and his command fought bravely during the seven days' battle around Richmond, and at the second Bull Run, Fredericksburg and Antietam, where again a horse was shot under him. After Chancellorsville his brigade was so decimated that he resigned and was out of actual service until early in 1864, when he was recommissioned brigadier general of volunteers and assigned to the command of the district of Etowah. In 1865 he was ordered to report for duty to Gen. Sherman at Savannah, but the close of the war put an end to further military service. As Governor of Montana In July, 1865, he was appointed by President Johnson to be secretary of the territory of Montana and later became acting governor in the absence of Gov. Sidney Edgerton. His first official act was to call the legislature together at Helena, February 21, 1866, to provide for the expenses of the government. The attacks of the Indians upon the residents of Fort Benton, on the Upper Missouri, compelled him to call for volunteers, and it was in procuring the armament for these that the circumstances occurred which led to his death. He had traveled 30 miles in the saddle under a scorching July sun, after superintending the arrival of arms and munitions for the militia. He reached Fort Benton the evening of July 1, 1867, weared from his long journey and, there being no accommodations at the post, he took quarters in a stateroom on board the old battered Missouri steamer G. A. Thompson. That night he attempted to leave the boat. The night was dark and he stumbled over a coil of rope on the deck and fell into the dark, rushing waters. He struck the guard in his descent, which probably disabled him, and, although a gallant swimmer, and despite the efforts of willing hands, he was swept forever from the sight of man. The body was never recovered. GERMANS ON THE INCREASE. Cenius Returns Show Population of Empire to Be 56,000,000. The United States census office has received through the state department a consular report on the population of the German empire and its changes during the last century. The population is now about 56,000,000, larger than that of any other country in Europe except Russia, which has in Europe alone over 106,000,000 subjects, or nearly twice as many as Germany. In 1789 the whole German empire had a population of about 26,000,000 an at the close of the Napoleonic wars in 1815 Germany, though somewhat reduced in size, had a population of something more than 30,000,000. In 1845, since which date the area has remained almost constant, Germany had 34,000,000; in 1865, 40,000,000; in 1885, 47,000,000, and in 1900, about 55,-500,000, an increase during the century of about 30,000,000. Since 1871, when the modern German empire was organized, the population of Germany has increased about 35 per cent, a growth extremely rapid for an old country and for one sending out large and steady streams of emigrants. The Germans felt a natural pride in the rapid growth of their population, says the report, compared with that of their rival across the Rhine. In 1845 France had about 36,000,000 inhabitants and Germany 34,000,000. Now France has about 38,000,000, or only two-thirds the number in Germany. The provisional results of the census of Vienna, taken December 31, 1900, have just been announced, and according to a report from the consul general at Vienna showed a population of 1,635,-647, or nearly 63,000 less than there were in Chicago when the recent census of that city was taken. These figures show Vienna to rank next after London, Paris and Berlin among the European capitals, while in this country only New York and Chicago are larger. During the last ten years Vienna has increased 21.9 per cent, or slightly faster than the average of the whole United States. Few large cities in this country do not show a larger rate. Of the two American cities larger than Vienna, greater New York increased in ten years 37.8 per cent and Chicago 54.4 per cent. In common with most large cities the population residing in the central districts of Vienna is slowly decreasing and the most rapid growth is in the outskirts of the city. Allan Swisher, aged 12, of Gypsum, Kas., is probably the youngest newspaper editor and publisher in the United States. During the present month he has been made an honorary member of the Kansas State Press association, and has received mention in the columns of W. J. Bryan's Commoner, as follows: "Master Allan Lee Swisher, a 12 year old boy of Gypsum, Kas., is the editor and publisher of a little paper called the Chronicle. The work, both lettering and illustrating, is done with a pen. Whether or not young Swisher will become permanently identified with the newspaper fraternity, he certainly has found useful employment for his spare time." The Gypsum Chronicle has been running twenty-eight weeks. It is a four-page paper customarily, with a larger number of pages occasionally. It is printed on the ordinary white paper used by dailies. While the first copy is made with a pen, the other impressions are made with a stamp or by some other simple process. The first page of a recent number was given up to a pen-picture of Alphonso XIII, king of Spain. Master Swisher attends the village school, and spends his evenings in the publication of his paper. Since coming to public notice he has had so many demands for the Chronicle that he has had to call in a number of schoolmates to aid him in "the press work" after the original copy had been printed. Verdi had a horror of barrel organs and when he went on his holidays he had a method of suppressing the street music which was rather unique. At Moncaleri once a visitor found the composer living, sleeping and eating in one room. Seeing his surprise, Verdi said: "Oh, I have two other large rooms, but they contain a number of articles I have hired." And he opened the door and showed the visitor or some barrel organs to the number of ninety-five. At a cost of 1,500 lire the composer had hired all the grinding machines in the place to insure a peaceful holiday. Philadelphia introduced free textbooks when it established the public school system in 1818, and has furnished free books for eighty-three years without suffering from bacteria, bankruptcy, or any other of the promised calamities that are supposed to wait upon this "dangerous experiment." New York city has furnished all school books free for sixty-eight years; Bristol, R. L., sixty-three years; Paterson, N. J., fifty-one years; Elizabeth, forty-five years; Newark, forty-three years; Brighton and Hoboken, thirty-three from twenty to thirty years; the entire state of Massachusetts for seventeen years, and many of its cities for a much longer time. In the west Detroit has furnished school books free for nine years, employs a clerk to look after the books, includes repairs, storage, fumigation, rebinding and clerk hire in its average annual cost of 65 cents per pupil. Saginaw, with seventeen years' experience, finds its cost, including high school, to be 57 cents. Berlin, Wis., has furnished free textbooks for twenty-three years; Eau Claire, twenty years; La Crosse, eighteen years; Omaha, Neb., fifteen years; Duluth, Minn., thirteen years.—Chicago Journal. HUSBAND AND WIFE. A Veteran of the Civil War Tells an Interesting Story. EFFINGHAM, Ill., April 22. (Special).—Uriah S. Andrick is now 67 years of age. Mr. Andrick served through the whole of the Civil War. He was wounded, three times by ball; and twice by bayonet. When he entered the service of his country in 1861, he was hale and hearty, and weighed 198 pounds. Since the close of the War however, Mr. Andrick has had very bad health. For fifteen years, he never lay down in bed for over an hour at a time. He had acute Kidney Trouble, which grew into Bright's Disease. His heart also, troubled him very much. On Oct. 18th, 1900, he was weighed, and weighed only 102 pounds, being but a shadow of his former self. He commenced using Dodd's Kidney Pills on the 26th of last December, and on Feb. 20th was again weighed, and weighed 146 pounds. He says: "I have spent hundreds of dollars and received no benefit, until on the 26th of December last, I purchased one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills. I am cured, and I am free from any pain. My heart's action is completely restored. I have not the slightest trace of the Bright's Disease, and I can sleep well all night. I was considered a hopeless case by everybody, but today I am a well man, thanks to Dodd's Kidney Pills. "For the last sixteen years my wife has been in misery with bearing down pains, pains in the lower part of the abdomen and other serious allments. When she saw what Dodd's Kidney Pills were doing for me she commenced to use them. She now feels like another woman, her pains have all disappeared and her general health is better than it has been for years. "She is so taken up with Dodd's Kidney Pills and what they have done for us that she has gone to Mr. Cornwall's Drug Store and bought them for some of her friends for fear that if they went themselves they might make a mistake and get something else." There is something very convincing in the honest simple story of this old veteran and his wife. Dodd's Kidney Pills are the only Remedy that ever cured Bright's Disease, Diabetes or Dropsy. They never fail. Cultivate forbearance till your heart yields a fine crop of it. Pray for a short memory as to all unkindness.—Spurgeon. She has been feeling out of sort encing severe headache and backache and is exceedingly nervous. Sometimes she is nearly overcness, and palpitation of the heart; feeling is dreadfully wearing. Her husband says, "Now, don't be all right after you have taken the But she does not get all right. day, until all at once she realises the complaint is established. She loses faith; hope vanishes; melancholy, everlasting blues. She just what the trouble was, but prob information from the doctor, who accurately locate her particular illness. Mrs. Pinkham has relieved the just this kind of trouble, and now letters in her library as proof of the rendered them. This same assist woman in the land. $5000 REWARD deposited with the Nation which will be paid to a testimonial is not genuine writer's special permission It Sleep? n, like a weight on your chest, or a load of co able sensation of anxiety, or tossing restlessly er you? That's insomnia, or sleeplessness, a season is in danger and they are on the edge o nd bowels, and a Cascaret taken at night will s ays insist on getting CASCARETS! Can't Sleep? "I have been using CASCARETS for Insomnia, with which I have been afflicted for over twenty years, and I can say that CASCARETS have given me more relief than any other remedy I have ever tried. I shall certainly recommend them to my friends as being all they are represented." THOS. GILLARD, Elgin, Ill. caret It is not generally known, but it is a fact all the same, that London is better off for trees than any other city in Europe. If You Have Rneumatism Send no money, but write Dr. Sheep, Racine, Wis., box 148, for six bottles of Dr. Sheep's Rheumatic Care, express paid. If cured pay $5.50; if not it is free. But he who knows, and knows that he knows, is a wise man; follow him. If everyone knew how good a remedy was Hamlin's Wizard Oil its sales would double in a day. The first street lighting in this country was done in New York in 1697. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure.-J. W. O'BRIEN, 322 Third Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900. Lie not, neither to thyself, nor man, nor God. It is for cowards to lie. Some articles must be described. White's Yucatan needs no description; it's the real thing. 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PUTNAM FADELESS DYES produce the fastest and brightest colors of any known dye stuff. Johnny—It's funnny how ignorant women are about such things, ain't it, pa? The sterlet, caught in Siberian rivers, competes with the pompano, from the Gulf of Mexico, as the most delicious fish in the world. Ban Salina's First Hotel Mrs. Mary E. Bradley is dead at Salina. In 1867 Mrs. Bradley ran Salina's only hotel, a log cabin with a dirt roof. It was this hotel which Bayard Taylor, traveling across the cintinent in that year, humorously described in one of his letters.—Kansas City Journal. Spring Cleaning Made Easy Much of the terror of Spring Cleaning may be avoided by good management. Settled weather should be selected for the work, and every thing necessary provided before hand. Ivory Soap will be found best for wasbing paints, floors and windows; it is harmless and very effective in making the house clean and fresh. ELIZA R. PARKER An Old Wampum Belt. At Essex, Conn., the other day a wampum belt owned by a descendant of Herman Garret, who was appointed governor over the Pequots in 1655, was sold for $320. The relic is composed of a string of shells formed into a belt two and one-half inches wide and thirty-three inches long. SOZODONT for the TEETH 25c If afflicted with core eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water Can't that feeling of oppression, like a wake nights with a horrible sensibration break out all over you? after night, until their reason is in the stomach and bowel "Now Dont Get the Blues." A When a cheerful, brave and light-hearted woman is suddenly plunged into that perfection of misery, the blues, it is a sad picture. She has been feeling out of sorts for some time, experiencing severe headache and backache; sleeps very poorly and is exceedingly nervous. Sometimes she is nearly overcome by faintness, dizziness, and palpitation of the heart; then that bearing-down feeling is dreadfully wearing. Her husband says, "Now, don't get the blues! You will be all right after you have taken the doctor's medicine." But she does not get all right. She grows worse day by day, until all at once she realises that a distressing female complaint is established. Her doctor has made a mistake. ; hope vanishes; then comes the morbid,asting blues. She should have been told able was, but probably she withheld some the doctor, who, therefore, is unable to her particular illness. I has relieved thousands of women from trouble, and now retains their grateful cry as proof of the great assistance she has This same assistance awaits every sick She loses faith; hope vanishes; then comes the morbid, melancholy, everlasting blues. She should have been told just what the trouble was, but probably she withheld some information from the doctor, who, therefore, is unable to accurately locate her particular illness. Mrs. Pinkham has relieved thousands of women from just this kind of trouble, and now retains their grateful letters in her library as proof of the great assistance she has rendered them. This same assistance awaits every sick woman in the land. Mrs. Winifred Allender's Letter. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—I feel it my duty to write and tell you of the benefit I have received from your wonderful remedies. Before taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, I was a misery to myself and every one around me. I suffered terrible pain in my back, head, and right side, was very nervous, would cry for hours. Menses would appear sometimes in two weeks, then again not for three or four months. I was so tired and weak, could not sleep nights, sharp pains would dart through my heart that would almost cause me to fall. "My mother coaxed me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I had no faith in it, but to please her I did so. The first bottle helped me so much that I continued its use. I am now well and weigh more than I ever did in my life."—MRS. WINIFRED ALLENDER. Farmington Ill. REWARD Owing to the fact that some skeptical people have from time to time questioned the genuineness of the testimonial letters we are constantly publishing, we have deposited with the National City Bank, of Lynn, Mass. $5,000, which will be paid to any person who can show that the above testimonial is not genuine, or was published before obtaining the writer's special permission.—LYDIA E. PINKHAM MEDICINE Co. $5000 REWARD Owing to the fact that some skeptical people have from time to time questioned the genuineness of the testimonial letters we are constantly publishing, we have deposited with the National City Bank, of Lynn, Mass. $5,000, which will be paid to any person who can show that the above testimonial is not genuine, or was published before obtaining the writer's special permission. -LYDIA K. PINKHAM MEDICINE Co. HAVE YOU MONEY TO INVEST? A limited amount of funds wanted for stock in an exceedingly meritorious and profitable MINING enterprise. Will prove a very profitable investment for small as well as large capitalists. You can invest from $50 to $4,000. A specially favorable proposition made for the first available funds. For terms and full information address R. G. RUXTON, 134 Van Buren Street Chicago, Illinois. n? It is usually this way : MRS.WINIFRED ALLENDER W, N. U, CHICAGO, NO.17, 1901. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. There are 8,060 Negro rulers, kings and chiefs, 210,000 princes. The Colored Men's Business League of Louisiana, meets at Alexandria in that state on June 19. The Negro population of New York in 1799 numbered 25,000 and in 1899 42,000, an increase of 17,000 in 100 years. No, Anxious Reader, the new leg trust that you read about in the papers has nothing to do with the reported corner in ballet girls.—Ex. We never had much respect for the men who had to depend upon the recommendations of politicians, or anyone else, for a job.—Ex. A prominent Hebrew merchant in Washington, D. C., has recently given $3,000 to assist the Tenth Street Colored Baptist Church of that city in paying for their property. The Methodist Episcopal Church has a preacher for every 178 members, while the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, has a preacher for every 245 members. A woman never takes a high standing among other women till she has once been so sick that the doctor thought an operation would have to be performed.—New York Press. Messrs. George Gould and Archie Huntington (deceased), have Afro-Americans as private secretaries. A trans-continental railway company in Broad street, also in New York City, hase like officials of color. Dr. A. A. Wesley addressed the Woman's Club at Institutional Church, Friday afternoon, the doctor's talk was very interesting and he captivated the large number of women who turned out to hear him. Rev. J. W. Robinson the headlight of St Marks Church has succeeded in training a chorous which is composed of sixteen lovely little girls, and they sing each Sunday for the South Side Men's Sunday Club. Mr. Walsh thought he could bull his way into the city council by contesting Alderman McInerney's seat, but as the count goes on Mr. Walsh realizes that he is not in it and that he must wait two years longer before he can hope to become an alderman. At the second annual session of the Alabama State Federation of Labor, held in Birmingham lately S. L. Brooks, who is a colored man, was elected vice-president and he is the first Negro in Alabama to be selected as an officer of a white labor organization. Old Joe Kipley will not continue to remain at the head of the police department of Chicago for the simple reason that Mayor Harrison politely requested Uncle Jeo to step down and out and he had done so, much to the gratification of the decent people of Chicago. Oklahoma territory, which is clamoring for statehood, is said to have a colored population of 65,000 persons, 13,000 of whom are voters and 7,000 are owners of farms, at an average valuation of $800, making a grand total of $5,600,000 worth of valuable farm property owned an operated by colored farmers in the territory. That old mossback, who died in Boston some days ago, and left a hundred thousand dollars of his ill-gotten gains to some female school, with the special request that Negroes and Catholics be prohibited from attending it, is now, we hope, in the equatorial regions of the under world, while the Negroes and Catholics are living and prospering without his assistance. Ex. For eight crops—corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, potatoes and hay—covered by the reports to the department of agriculture, the farmers of the United States received a most $200,000,000 more in 1900 than they obtained for the same products in 1899. Buckwheat and barley were the only crops in the list which showed a decrease in value, and the advances, in corn and hay especially, made this deficit seem slight. We quote the statistics mainly as a matter of record. The contented smile on the American farmer's face is proof enough of itself that he is doing very well indeed. The poet records that he shot an arrow into the air, but could not see where it fell to earth. Long afterward he found it in the heart of an oak. It is for protection against reckless use of firearms, possibly in the hands of other heedless poets, that the Adirondack guides have recently appealed to the legislature. The modern small-bore rifle sends bullets far beyond the necessary hunting range, and frequently kills persons whom the gunner cannot see. A true aim, a steady arm, a square hit are in all the walks of life justly commended. But what about the so-called "spent" bullet, with its lingering power to wound? Must not society as well as law hold the sportman responsible? Recent experiments in wireless telegraphy, in connection with the French fleet, have been so satisfactory that it has been decided to provide the whole mediterranean squadron with wireless apparatus, which will be subjected to decisive tests during the coming cruise of the squadron. Some remarkable relics of the early civilization in Egypt have recently been unearthed and deposited in the British Museum. Among them is a beautiful impression of a royal seal which represents the king wrestling with a hippopotamus and spearing a crocodile. That must have been the king's busy day. "Age is opportunity no less than youth," said Longfellow in the poem commemorative of the fiftieth anniversary of the graduation of his Bowdoin College class. A recent political event furnishes an illustration of the truth of the remark. Paris Gibson, the newly elected senator from Montana graduated at Bowdoin half a century ago. That the art of cooking ranks high in the estimation of British army officials is shown by the recent grant of $2,500 to the widow of the late staff Sergt.- Maj. Thompson, in recognition of the valuable services rendered by her husband who was for many years the chief instructor of the army school of cooking at Aldershot. A mammoth black walnut tree on the farm of E. P. Gaus in Williams county, Ohio, has just been sold for $4,000. Several lumber dealers have examined chips from this tree, and all have declared it to be the finest specimen of that kind of wood they ever saw. The tree was eight feet in diameter, forty feet above the stump, and extended seventy-three feet from the butt to the first limb. Bavaria has resumed relations with Greece for the first time since the Athenians drove out the late King Otto. As one result Prof. Furtwangler, director of the Munich Glyptothek, will go to Aegina next summer to excavate the site where the Aeginetan statues of the Munich museum were found, in the hope of discovering evidence that may decide what is the relative position of the groups to each other. Andrew Cornegie's last speech to his workmen at Homestead contained a passage well worth remembering. "Labor, capital and business ability," he said, "are the three legs of a three-legged stool. Neither is first, neither is second, neither is third. There is no precedence, all being equally necessary." All efforts to make the stool stand on one leg or on two have been failures, but when it rests upon all three it is hard to upset. In expectation of an heir, the King and Queen of Italy have had brought to Rome the tortoiseshel! and gold cradle which was used for King Victor Emmanuel when a baby. There is a very curious "family cradle" in the possession of the Errolls. It has a carved wooden serpent at one end and a dove at the other; the idea being that the child who uses the cradle will possess the wisdom of the serpent and the harmlessness of the dove! Thirty-eight inventors have taken out a hundred or more each of United States patents since the beginning of the year 1872. Mr. Edison leads all with 742 patents, Prof. Elihu Thomson is credited with 444, and Mr. Westinghouse and Sir Hiram S. Maxim both occupy high places on this modern roll of honor. Should our government set out to "decorate" the men who contributed most to national wealth and progress during the nineteenth century, the list of inventors would yield names as deserving as any to be found in the record of statesmen or soldiers. Read and subscribe for The Broad Ax, the only newspaper in Chicago which "hews to the Line." On and after this date The Broad Ax can be found at B. W. Fritts Printing House, 2713 State street. News items and advertisements left there will find their way into its columns. CURLY HAIR MADE STRAIGHT BY THE TAKEN FROM LIFE, BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW [COPYRIGHTED.] Will straighten your hair, quickly and easily so that you can do it yourself at home no matter how kinky or early it is. This wonderful hair pomade has been made and sold many years giving perfect satisfaction to everybody. It is the only safe preparation in the world that straightens kinky hair as shown above. Nourish the scalp, cure dandruff, prevent falling and make hair grow. Sold over forty years. Warranted home use. The wonderful five on request. It was the first preparation ever sold for straightening kinky hair. Return of imitations. Get the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow as the genuine never fails to keep the hair pimple and beautiful. Elegantly perfumed. Owing to its superior and lasting quality it is the most economical. It is not suitable for anybody to produce a preparation equal to it. Full directions with every bottle. Only $0 cents. Sold by hand or we will ship you express paid one hour or two cents or three for $1.60. Send postal or money order, as we do not send goods C. O. D. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 70 Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL. 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. 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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., 909 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. 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. Main St., Richmond, Va. Coal - and - Wood, 51st Street and Armour Avenue... Residence, 5045 Michigan Boul., CHICAGO. 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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. TRADE REGISTER U.S.PATENT WASHING A. D. GASH, Attorney-at-Law. 84 and 86 La Salle St., Suite 615 to 619. Telephone, Main 3077. Chicago JOHN E. OWENS Attorney at Law, SUITE 621 ASHLAND BLOCK, 80 S. Clark Street, CHICAGO TEL. HARRISON 51. Thomas F. Soully, Attorney at Law, 70 Clark Street, CHICAGO. Room 14. JOSEPH A. McINERNEY LAWYER SUITE 706-708 CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE CHICAGO. Tel. Wentworth 818. Office Hours: 8:30 a. m., to 8.30 p. m. Beauregard F Moseley LAWYER Suite 1 and 2 6256 Halsted Street, Cor. Halsted & 63. CHICAGO. 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