The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. VOL. VI. THE CONDITIONS OF THE RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEM It is strange that, inasmuch as the country was yet to pass upon the question, Mr. Johnson, in his message in December, 1865, and elsewhere in his many public utterances, should not have appealed earnestly for support to the memory of his predecessor, the author of the plan he was pursuing. On the contrary, prompted probably by egotism, he always spoke of the policy as his own. It has been said that Mr. Lincoln's Southern birth and association with Southern men naturally inclined him against Negro suffrage. Johnson was not only born in the South, but had always lived there. The views of the two presidents as to who ought to exercise the power to define suffrage, and as to the manner in which that power should be exerted by the Southern states, were almost identical. Mr. Lincoln wrote to Governor Hahn, when the convention he had called to reconstruct Louisiana during the war was about to assemble: "I barely suggest for your private consideration whether some of the colored people may not be let in, as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." So Mr. Johnson, August 15, 1865, to Governor Sharkey, of Mississippi: "If you could extend the elective franchise to all persons of color who can read and write, and who have a certain amount of property, etc., you would completely disarm the adversary, and set an example that other states would follow." It would have been wise for Mississippi and the other Southern states to follow the advise given Governor Sharkey. The few Negroes qualified under these restrictions could have done no harm, and such a course might have had weight with the voters in the North, to whom the general policy Congress was pursuing toward the South was to be submitted before the venture upon Negro suffrage was made. The majority sentiment in Congress did not, at the outset, favor Negro suffrage as a condition of rehabitation, and progress in that direction was not rapid. In the spring of 1865, the New York Tribune, while contending that the Negro was entitled to the ballot, was urging the the unwisdom of taking issue with a Republican president who had at hand all the patronage of the government. When, however, the 4th of July, the national anniversary, had come, orations were made by such leaders as Boutwell in Massachusetts, Garfield in Ohio, and Julian in Indiana, advocating broadly Negro suffrage for the late Conferate states—and this before a single state convention had assembled under Johnson's reconstruction proclamation. In forwarding the claim of the Negro for the ballot no factor was more powerful than the Freedman's Bureau. The Bureau had been established by the act of March 3, 1865, to take care of the freedmen who were flocking into the Union lines, and sold as those lines advanced the Bureau had been extended all over the South. Backed by the bayonet, and exercising absolute power to settle disputes between two races where natural friction was easily agrevated. The officers of the Bureau had exceptional opportunities for good or evil. Many performed their duties faithfully; but many others were in search even then of the offices that were afterwards to come by the votes of their wards. To get these offices, the North must be made to believe that the ballot was a necessity for the Negro, and it was easy, especially for the subordinate officials who dealt directly with the freedman, to encourage discontent among their wards and strife between the races. The Southern white man was frequently impulsive, and, when vexed by Negro "insolence" and by the stories, that came to him of the injustice at Bureau headquarters, where often, in Negro language, "the bottom rail was on top" he took justice into his own hands, and some times it was injustice. Race prejudice was also here and there painfully apparent in superior courts and jurics. Though there was enough truth in some of the many stories of outrages that were circulated in the South to make them all current at their face value. So it came about that the Freedman's Bureau, the real purpose of which was to make contracts for the freedman, settle questions between them and their employers, was, through many dishonest and partisan officials who were attached to it, proving to be a prime factor in the manufacture of political opinion during the period covered by this article. The reports of bureau chiefs, where they spoke of quiet, passed unnoticed, it was the reports of outrages that attracted attention. The dispensing of supplies without price to able-bodied persons must always tend to produce idleness; this tendency of its own work it was the especial duty of the Freedman's Bureau to correct. The greatest crisis that had ever occurred in the lives of four million people had arrived. Slavery had lifted the Southern. Negro to a plane of civilization never before attained by any large body of his race—had taught him to be law-abiding and industrious. If the guardians of this man, who was bewildered by his new surrounding, and who was clay, though unwashed clay, in the hands of the potter, had shown him the absolute necessity of continued industry, the Negro would have had at this critical moment the best chance of thrift that was ever to come to him. But, unlucky, this was not to be. Instead of being properly directed, the credulous freedman was in many instances encouraged in idleness, while he was deluded by false hopes. General Grant, in a report to the President, after having made a tour of inspection in the South, though he qualified his statement by attributing to many, and perhaps a majority of them," the inculcation of proper ideas, nevertheless said, "the belief widely spread among the freedmen of the Southern states, that the lands of the former owners will at least in part be divided among them, has come from the agents of this Bureau;" and further. "The effect of the belief in the division of lands is idleness and accumulation in towns and cities." WHITE MAN WEDS COLORED BRIDE. A queer sensation took place at Asbury Park Monday night, when a white man and a colored woman called at the office of Justice J. Wesley Cross, and requested to be united in holy wedlock. It was about 9 o'clock Monday night when the couple called at the justice's office, and glancing at the groom hastily, the justice thought the white man was a mulatto; he prepared the necessary papers and began to proceed with the ceremony, when he discovered that the groom was a white man. The justice said that if he had not gone as far as he had with the ceremony he would have stopped, although there is no law in this State which prohibits such a marriage. The man's name is Stephen J. McKinley, formerly of New Brunswick, and the woman is Miss Georgia Williams, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Williams of Springwood avenue, Asbury Park.-The Messenger Red Bank, New Jersey. Miss Clara Green walked off with the honor of being the first female to address The South End Men's Sunday Club. She spoke last Sunday before it on "Socialism and Humanity", and she handled her subject with much skill and a deep impression was left on the minds of those who heard it. This coming Sunday, May, 12th, is Ladies Day and Mrs. L. A. Davis president of Phyllis Wheatly Club, speaks on "The Mission of Colored Women's Clubs", at the conclusion of her talk Miss Theodosia Hardy will sing a soprano solo, chorus, "I am a Pilgrim by sixteen children,, next in order select reading, Mrs. H. T. Pelkey; soprano solo, Miss Pearl Renfroe; Anthem Berean, Baptist Choir. Remember the club meets at 4 P. M. each Sunday at St. Marks Church, 47th & State sts., and strangers and their friends are cordially invited to attend. C. Recently elected Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. The new Moses of the Democratic party. HON. TOM L. JOHNSON THE NEW LEADER IN NATIONAL POLITICS. It is no difficult task nor very hard trick for any one to achieve prominence and distinction, providing they are raised in the midst of wealth THE HON. TO Recently elected Mayor of Cleveland, cratic party. and refinement, but such was not the case nor the good luck of the Hon. Tom. L. Johnson the newly elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, for he came into this cruel world something over forty years ago completely surrounded by poverty. His parents resided in Scott county, Ky. at the time Mayor Johnson was born and he well remembers the time when his good old mother had not much besides hoecake to feed her hungry boys. At the age of twelve Mayor Johnson gave his aid to the support of his mother and her family by selling newspapers. It seems he was only able to attend the public schools until he was sixteen and at that age he was compelled to leave school and resort to hard work; he found work with the Louisville Street Railway as an errand boy, but he was very bright so he rose rapidly and by the time he was nineteen years old he was superintendent of the street railway. 1876 he engaged in the railroad business for himself by assuming the management of the street railway of Indianapolis, Ind. While at the same time he evolved many valuable inventions which are used in the equipment of street cars. In 1879 he became the owner of the Brooklyn street Railway of Cleveland, and he displayed his business ability by greatly improving the street-car service. Shortly after locating in Cleveland Mr. Johnson established a large plant at Johnstown, Pa. for the manufacture of steel rails, and from that time to the present he has been engaged in many other business enterprises in the leading cities of the east and west. With all of his vast business interests Mayor Johnson has always taken a deep interest in politics. He was elected to Congress twice from a strong Republican district and while serving in the national body as a representative from Cleveland, his voice was always raised in behalf of all legislation which was intended to benefit the common people. He is frank and fearless in advocating what he feels and believes to be right and just, though it might conflict with his special financial interests. Mayor Johnson is extreemly wealthy but, being warm-hearted and warm-blooded he spends his great wealth right and left for the betterment of humanity. He does not believe it is his duty to trample on his fellow men who are beneath him in wealth as though they were nothing but common worms. He is a follower and believer in the philosophy and teachings which have been left to mankind by Henry George. Therefore Mayor Johnson believes that all men have a right to an --- equal inheritance in all the bounites of the gods such as the earth. the light, the air, the coal, the iron, and all the gifts of nature are made not for the benefit of the few but for all the children of men. Entertaining these ideas has made this new Moses of the M. L. JOHNSON. Ohio. The new Moses of the Demo- democratic party a unique character among the wealthy classes—those who are opposed to justice for all men. By advocating the rights and the equeality of all men before the law has caused Mayor Johnson to stand out very prominently as a national figure, not only in politics, but in all the affairs of men. During the great presidential struggle of 1900 he threw his whole heart and soul into that battle and he deleivered many able speeches advocating the election of Col. William J. Bryan and his running-mate Gen. Stevenson. He stands well with all the national leaders of the Democratis party, and many of them believe that since achieving his great victory by swinging Cleveland into line for Democracy—that it brings him to the front as one of the leading candidates for president in 1904. It may be well to say right here that since Mr. Johnson assumed the duties as Mayor of Cleveland, he has instituted many needed reforms, and all these things ads fresh fuel to his popularity. If might be said in conclusion that Mrs. Johnson, the Mayor's highly accomplished wife—their beautiful daughter, and their son, are all political students. The doors of the Johnson mansion, always swings both ways for the high and the low that many colored people voted for Mayor Johnson—that his nomination for President of the United States in 1904 would be hailed with the greatest joy by many thousand Afro-American Democrats who are scattered throughout this republic. The Negroes of Virginia should feel grateful to Senator Daniel and the Richmond Times for using their mighty influence in preventing a division of the school fund between the white and black races of the State in proportion to the amount of taxes paid by them respectively. Incorrespondence with a friend, which has been widely published, the Senator says: "It would contian a restriction upon legislative power unprecedented in the United States. It would put us out of sympathy with the great body of our fellow-citizens elsewhere as well as a great mass of them, both black and white, in our own commonwealth." Ex. The prospects are that the Democrats are going to do more for the Negro than the republicans. If they do, the Republican party can hope to win no more elecetions in the city.— The Eagle, St. Louis, Mo. Thomas Gahan left for the South Monday night where he will remain for some time in quest of better health. Ex-County Commissioner Edward H. Wright has moved his law office from 125 Clark st. to suite 421, 260 S. Clark st. It must be a terrible blow to a man who has been deceived by the pads around her hips to marry a woman and find out that there is nothing to her. Representative Benjamin M. Mitchell made a good record in the last Legislature, and he knows all the ins and outs of city, county and state politics. Perhaps the chief reason Southern white men object to saying "Mister" to colored men lies in the fact that they have so many "uncles" and "aunties" among the colored folk. A. V. Meeks, of Owenton, Ky., is visiting his friends, Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Robinson, 4715 Armour avenue. Mr. Meeks will remain in Chicago all summer. Mr. Thomas Byrne seems to be laying rather low since returning home from Texas. Mr. Byrne now has three homes, one at Lake Forrest, one in Texas and one at 909 Garfield Boul. The K. P. held forth at Olivet Church last Sunday, Rev J. W. Robinson did the preaching and the K. P. band under the leadership of Prof. Wm. E. Dorsey furnished the music. Justice John M. Moore is one of the oldest citizens of the Town of Lake, and The Broad Ax would like to see Justice Moore selected as Police magistrate at the Englewood Police station. Logan M. Sanders who was one of the wealthiest colored men in Missouri died at Eureka Sprngs in that state last week. Mr. Sanders was worth $50,000, and he was one of the leaders of the Rpublican party. Justice John Fitzgerald will be reappointed as Police Magistrate at the Stock Yards Police station. Justice Fitzgerald is level-headed and he knows how to handle those who voialate the laws. John E. Owens first assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Chicago would not give up his present position to become a justice of the peace, and in the course of time we believe that John E. Owens will become City Attorney of Chicago. Dr. Parkhurst has been talking out in meeting about the status of the Negro. He said among other plain words: "The Southern white man dislikes the Negro and owns up to it. The white man in the North dislikes the Negro and lies about it." Justice M. J. Quinn of the Hyde Park Police station will continue to do business at the old stand after all the Police magistrates have been appointed, for Justice Quinn understands how to deal out justice to all seekers after it. Prof. Cooley, much to the gratification of all the good citizens of Chicago has been re-elected Supt. of Schools for the coming year. Prof. Cooley has served the people faithfully in that capacity, and the Board of Education did well to retain him at the head of the public schools. Ex-Gov. John P. Altgeld presented us lately with a copy of his new book on "Oratory" which is bound in marocco leather; this little book is highly prized by us and it should find its way into this country for it is very instructive and worth any one's time to read it. Street Supt. M. J. Doherty at the time The Broad Ax first appeared in Chicago did not take much stock in it, for he was afraid that it would bust up inside of two or three months, but now Mr. Doherty would rather be turned over the buffings of satan than to miss reading The Broad Ax. Coroner John E. Treager will in the near future take a trip through the eastern states with the view of rubbing up against the big coroners of the East. So far Coroner Treager has made a first-class official, and if he lives he can hold down his job for many years to come. NO. 29. There are many smart newspapers men in Chicago, but it remained for The Broad Ax to first mention the name of Mr. F. W. Block for Commissioner of Public Works. So you see that when ever you see anything in The Broad Ax, you can count on it being true. The May number of the Modern Culture Magazine, published at 720 Caxton Bldg, Cleveland, Ohio, contains a very popular and catchy story on "Superstitions and Folk-Lore of the Colored Race", by Mr. Charles W. Chestnut, who is the greatest writer of fiction of the Negro race. Alderman Butterworth sports around the City Hall in a new light gray suit and he is working very hard to please all the people of the 31st Ward. The alderman states that he has had his ward cleaned from end to end and now all the dogs in the city feel like dying in the 31st Ward because it is so nice and clean. Negroes who raise such flimsey objections to other Negroes being Democrats may note with meditation the efforts of McKinley to conciliate the South where Democrats rule, and if McKinley can afford as a republican to conciliate Negroes may conciliate too by becoming Democrats.-The Eagle, St. Louis, Mo. We have been looking patiently for the illustrious Julius F. Taylor to assume the entire personal responsibility of the re-election of Carter Harrison to the mayoralty of Chicago. Is Brother Taylor growing modest these days? The Colored American, Washington, D.C. Brother Cooper, we will tend to your case next week. Rev. R. C. & Mrs. Ransom returned from Washington, D. C. the latter part of last week and while at the capital of the nation the Rev. says that" "he ran across his old friend Harvey A. Thompson. Rev. Ransom appears to be greatly in love with Thompson who just for fun used to pound and knock his wife down; therfore it would seem that Rev. Ransom is mighty hard up for decent company, else he would not trot after Harvey Thompson. NOTICE For the last two weeks we have been so busy that we have not had any time to devote to Capt. H. C. Carter, but next week if the Lord is willing we will pay our respects to the captain. The fact that we have altogether too many magazines is demonstrated by the caliber of the men now being discussed in their pages. General Delgado, who recently retired from the insurgent business, is to be governor of the Iloilo province at an annual salary of $3,000. Thus is another lame duck provided for. The emperor of China is now said to be suffering from the effects of too much tobacco. According to reports he smokes cigarettes continuously, and as many American cigars as he can get. As a result of a wager M. Canello, a Frenchman, representing a German automobile manufacturing firm, will undertake to construct a machine of seventy horse power and weighing but 1,200 kilogrammes (about 2,647 pounds). The mother of Gov. Beckham, of Kentucky, has a remarkable record. She has the unprecedented distinction of having been the mother of a governor, the daughter of a governor, the sister of a governor, and the cousin of a governor. Public-spirited citizens at St. Louis have offered conditionally to free the site of the exposition if it can be secured for the use of the public library, in order that the city may avail itself of the $1,000,000 gift offered by Andrew Carnegie. Montana's new senator, Paris Gibson, is a popular man in Minneapolis, Minn. He started the first woolen mill in that city, but failed in the panic of 1877, owing his employees nearly $10,000. Soon after Gibson went to Montana, and a decade later returned to Minneapolis and paid off every cent of his indebtedness, with interest at 7 per cent. Pe PERIODS OF PAIN, ‘How Three Women Found Relief. i 68§6—ée | iN ete i : z Y : c y | iS = : * he eal, IRS. ge. , oT G®” a =e. 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This flax is larger, plumper, and is said to contain several per cent more of gj] than the native flax. The seed used in Argentina came originally from Russia. Mrs. John King van Rensselaer has given to the New York historical so- ciety the marble slab that formerly marked the spot at Weehawken where Alexander Hamilton fell in his duel with Aaron Burr. It was removed about 1815 because it was thought to encourage dueling, and for many years it was lost sight of, to be discovered in 1850 in a New York saloon. -The West Shore railway passes over the spot where Hamilton fell. ‘ Among the peasants of southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia, a curioys malady has been noticed by physicians which is caused by eating beans. One of the most remarkable effects of the malady has been noticed by physicians sembling that produced by alcoholic drink. 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The advertising expenditure of Mr. Dougias is now larger than at any period of his busi- ness, and this is to be still further in- creased. Beginning this week half- page advertisements of the Douglas shoe will appear in all the principal ee eee Se eee en em ton, Mass., Times. . . Preservation of Eyesight. An Ontarlo oculist thinks that the eyesight of one-fourth of the blind ps- tients he has had might have ‘been saved by prompt precautions taken in infancy. THE GREATEST BLOOD PURIFIER Famumra es box St arose oe Inoculation has lowered fatal casés in cholera from 19 to 2 per cent. | canes aor cae cde ee edy any other advice than the ene ae eee ape ee bottio ee . are those wi wever, correspond Tih Beara Ging Ser Be pess. To all such he will make prompt and careful answer without charge. Hon. J. F. Crooker of Buffalo, N. Y., who was for years Superintendent of Schools at Buffalo, in a letter dated Oc- tober 14, writes: «:] have been a sufferer from ca- farra six or seven years, and atter trying many remedies was induced by a friend to take Peruna. The results have been highly satisfactory. 1! take pleasure in recommend- s Hon. J. F. Crooker, — N.Y. any one suffering with catarrh, as my case is complete.” Hon. B. B. Doviner, Congressman from West Virginia, in a letter from ‘Washington, D. C., to The Peruna Med- icine Co,, says the following of their catarrh remedy, Peruna: “I join with my colleagues in the House of Representatives in recom- mending your excellent remedy, Pe- Tuna, as a good tonic and also an ef- fective cure for catarrh.” Mrs. Mary C. Fentress writes from Paradise, Tex., the following: “I think I can say that your good advice and medicine has cured me of chronic catarrh. I have had no pains in my head since I have taken Peruna. I have been in bad health ever since "59, and have taken a good many med- icines which were only of temporary relief. Peruna is the catarrh cure. The Peruna stopped my catarrh of the head so that it did not become chronic, and I am very thankful for Dr. Hartman's advice and medicine.” Peruna is a specific for all catarrhal diseases. It acts quickly and bene- ficially upon the inflamed mucous membrane, thus removing the cause of catarrh. Catarrh is catarrh wherever located. Catarrh is essentially the same every- where. The remedy that will cure ca- tarrh in one situation will cure it in all situations, If you do not derive prompt and sat- isfactory results from the use of Pe- Tuna, 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, 0. Career and Character of Abraham Lincoln. An address by Joseph Choate, Am- bassador to Great Britain, on. the ca- Teer and character of Abraham Lincoln —his early life—his early struggles with the world—his character as de veloped in the later years of his life and his administration, which placed his name so high on the world’s roll of honor and fame, has been published by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, and may be had by sending six (6) cents in postage to F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ill Chlef of Dramatic Critics. William Archer, the Scot who for- sook the bar for journalism, is now the acknowledged chief of English critics of the drama. He made a reputation as dramatic critic of the London Fi- garo and is scholarly, urbane and fair in his criticisms, Garfield Tea is the most used, the best liked, and is the original hert tea for the cure of constipation and sick headache. It strengthens the di- gestive organs. ‘The Vicksburg national park wil) soon be complete as far as the acqui- sition of land is concerned. It will comprise tm all 1.221 sneee WANTED—Men or wmanently ft ria tee f A Heights, DL Happiness is increased, not by the ee ot heart—Ruskin. ‘Bc abide Se sarcinaeee is oaivararuaie. Dy A widely-known quartette—the four corners of the earth. es xg . Soe es Fs oe . rc ;aT —_ QUAINT MONARCH, 3 $2 ee peed g LUITPOLD THE | PRESENT RULER OF BAVARIA. . —_—_—- "F. 1 ung ‘2 Fact Who May Gocn, Become » King to Name—He Recently Cele- hated His Eightio¢h Mirtheay—thp gplest of Europesn Monareha. recent celebration-of the 80th yontay of Prince Laltpold, ot Ba- aria, bas served to call @ttention to me of the least known, yet ablest, of paropean monarchs, ‘While not a King pane, Lully ee oe forming the duties f sovereign as re- got for bis insane” mephew, King otto. Additional importance attaches t bis person just now, from ‘the fact that the King is very iil and cannot grvive another month, according to his doctors. When he dies Laitpold will be actually King of Bavaria-and while bis responsibilities will be in no wise enlarged it will give him = more equ] standing among the royal heads of Europe. With the exception of Christian, of Denmark, he will be, if be becomes King, the oldest: ruler in Laitpold is one of the remarkable wen of the old world and is said to be the most popular prince in Germany. Be is the one sturdy figure of a royal family who stands forth-conspicuously god honorably in contrast with tts other weaklings and incompetents. His father was Louis L, who forfeited his throne because he could’not resist the blandishments of Lola Montez, the American beauty, and whose neglect of Lis royal duties, while spending _ his time with this adventuress, brought sbout a revolution in 1848. Lauitpold then was entrusted with executive du- tie, When Maximilian, Laitpold’s @dest brother, came to the throne, the younger man’s was the guiding hand of his reign. Upon Maximilian’s death and the assumption of power by Louis L, Luitpolé. was for a time in the back- ground, but the King’s imsane desire for pleasure and his genera] mental incompetence ultimately necessitated his entrusting the task of governing the kingdom ic Lauitpold. When Louis gy fi \ WON ee \ y 4 \ ANN . bY 4 4 tA Ne Fy 2 CN MSc - er iD ie VA nee y rs y > PRINCE LUITPOLD, OF BAVARIA. died and crazy Otto became King, Luit- pold was formally declared regent and bas since performed all the functions of & sovereign, The Bavarian regent has seen some fighting. In the war of 1866 he com- manded the troops of Bavaria and at Helmstadt made a gallant defense. In the Franco-Prussian war he recelved the iron cross for gallantry at Ville- pion and it was he who, on behalf of the various rulers of the sovereign States of Germany, tendered the crown of the German empire to William of Prussia. The most intimate friend of Laitpold is Franz Joseph; of Austria, and they spend much time, together, despite their advanced years, in stalk- ing the chamois on the ‘Tyrolean Alps. Show for Geese—Spectacios for Cows. Cows wearing spectacles and geese Wearing shoes are Rot common, but they exist. In Bohemia, when geese are to be driven for a Jong distance to ® market, they are made to walk re- Deatedly over patches of tar mixed With sand. This forms a hard crust om their feet, which enables them to walk for great distances without be- coming sore-footed. Im one section of the Russian steppes are to be found 40,000 cows wearing spectacles. In that Tegion the snow lies ‘white on the found for six months of the year, and the cattle pick a seamty ‘living from the tufts of grass which grow below it. The sun shines so dazslingly upon the White surface that the animals form- ely suffered from. snow-blindness. Then it occurred to'soime humane per- *0n to try smoked glasses for the cat- Ue. The experiment proved = success, and large orders. were given for the strange spectacles. = > “Ageie” Biges the Wheel. People who have the impression that Aguinaldo is a barbarian ate evidently very much mistaken, for itis an undis- Puted tact that he is am accomplished bicycle rider. When in Hong Kong his I ld te ee eee 48 said to have been one of the matic Tiders on Goverao 1 read _ He wore tn Sie Se tary, Sixto Lop » Bow in Baste p. = Tode a high. mred America - wheel i, "as & strong, racenil rider. He took his cle | him to] valle So bad Deen rae, wheels be that he woubd te E i ee btoek ge Se ft z= 58.0% . Tt is sald that: was paid Ten a ge in York Mensa 5 . : stocks tin fora ie CENTURY OLD AND woernun ‘Wenéers “What ¥ > e c. - — sa = 4g, The Rew superintendent of streets St Calais, Me, has just reappointed ‘Patrick Meyers, who will be 108 years Old next June, to his old place as cus. todian “ot the ‘city sidewalks, a post which he has held for 37 consecutive ‘year. In 1864, when substitutes were Setting trom $800 to $1,000 to go to the ‘war, and national and state bounties ‘made the total sum up to $1,500 to $1,- 800, Myers-enlisted, and having passed S successful “examination as to his Dhysical abilities, was rejected on aé- Count of his age, being 68 years old’at ‘that time. “It was discouraging to me,” said Myers, in speaking of the matter last week. “TI was a poor man, 4nd the bounty money would» bave bought me a fine home, which I should have enjoyed after serving out my time in the army. ‘i felt ho bad that I didn’t care to do any kind of work for nearly a year. i knew I was as strong and healthy as I ever was, and age doesn’t count to men built the way I was. After a time I secured a job for the city to’ work on the streets. ‘When I bad been digging sewer ditches and shoveling dirt-for ten years they put me in charge of the sidewalks, where I have been ‘for a long time. My work is not hard, but it keeps me busy. I earn’ my*money and intend to stick to the work as long as they will have me.” The old man lives in a small house, which he has bought and paid for out of his earnings at $1.50 a day. His widowed daughter acts as housekeeper for him. Report says he has'a tidy sum in the local savings bank. His body is bent from hard work and he limps at times when the rheu- matism gets into his legs, but his gen- eral health is stil] good. He eats his three meals a day and sleeps ten hours every night’ He has smoked two 10- cent plugs of tobacco a week for the past 94 years, never any miore nor any less. Years ago he took a glass of whisky when he felt that he needed it, but was never addicted to the habit. Since he has passed his hundredth birthday he has frequently regretted that he was not permitted to enter the army. “If I had served a year or two,” said he, “I could get a pension to help me out when I grow old and unable to work. Lots of men younger than I am who were in the army and never recéived a scratch are drawing as much as $12 a month, I am told.”—Chicago Journal. F. L. O'Brien, of Dublin, in speaking of the antiquity of some of the Irish families, told -the -following story: “There lives in the North.of Ireland,” said Mr. O’Brien, “a family named O'Neil. Their greatest claim to promi- nence lies in the fact that they are the oldest family in the United Kingdom. When Plantagenet, Tudor or Guelph as kings before ever William with covetous eye across the English Channe!] toward the white cliffs of Al- Dion. This long line of descent has bred in the family a reverence for their ancestry‘ that approaches idol- atry. The mainspring of their life and action, the pride of their being, is that a long line of dead and long since for- gotten O’Neils carry them back in the direct line to the Dark Ages. As may be imagined, their family tree is colos- sal in its proportions. It has a length of something like eighteen or nineteen feet, and when it is unrolled at the castle a holy hush falis over all. To ‘a visitor there some years ago was, ‘im due course of time and as a special mark of favor, shown this marvelous pedigree. Stretched on the enormous billiard table, it lapped three feet at either end. The visitor's eye ran back over that lengthy line of O'’Neils, long since turned to dust, and he won- dered why they took so insane a pride in their descent. Just then he became conscious that that thought had oc- curred to other aliens, who had before- ‘times seen the O'Neil family tree. A penciled note in the margin, about halt way down the tree, caught his eye. It read: ‘Just here came Adam.’”—New York Tribune. Fralt as a Medicine. According to a celebrated health ex- pert, blanched almonds give the higher nerve or brain and muscle food, and the man who wishes to keep up his brain power will do well to include them in his daily bill of fare. Juicy fruits give more or less the higher nerve or brain food, and are eaten by ‘all men whose living depends on their clear-headedness. Apples supply the ‘brain with rest. Prunes are said to af- ‘ford proof against nervousness, but are ‘not muscle-feeding. They should be ‘avoided by those who suffer from the diver. But it has been proved that fruits Go not have the same effect ‘upon everybody. Some men cannot eat apples without suffering from acute dyspepsia. “Fruit cure” is a form of treatment which is quite the rage in continental Europe now with persons suffering from real or imaginary mal- Original Eurepesn Leageages- It is said by philologists that there are thirteen original European lan- guages, the Greek, Latin, German, Sla- youic, Welsh, Biscayan, Irish, Albani- an, ‘Tartarian, Illyrian, Jazygian, Chahcin and Finalc. eet Rogtaed's Drink "Bul Last year England spent on drink $067,007.25, an average of $20.79 per jpead cf popaiation; Scotland expended $71,529,305, an average of $16.58 2 head, and Ireland $65,322,070; am average of sae « bend on hey ee a Se eames SE ; "to about $8 A Poor Woman has just as much right to good health as a rich woman. Dr. Greene offers free of charge to every woman, the advice that leads to health and strength. Write to him at 35 W. i4th St., New York ~ and tell him all about your weakness. special advice of the discov- erer of Dr. Greene's Nervura cannot be bought for money, but it will be given to you free if you will write. wre ean an ning nh 5 > maaan = a cc rt tt iat i nla Li Don’t Act? iver won CTs | You know very well how you feel when your liver don't act. Bile collects in the blood, bowels become constipated and your whole system is poisoned. A lazy liver is an invitation fora thousand pains and achesto : come and dwell-with you. Your life becomes one long measure of irritability and. despondency and bad feeling. : CASCARETS act directly, and in a peculiarly happy manner on the liver and bowels, cleansing, purifying, : revitalizing every portion of the liver, driving all the bile from the blood, as is soon shown by increased appetite : for food, power to digest it, and strength to throw off the waste Beware of irnitations! : pet | Swimmila’”"—Wastungton Suc CY, i “1 have been troubled a great deal | mais : rtor gibe worms git ey Tha’ : Sa) Says St pete comes [ ; ée ted at compen “wre al ca te i = ‘S* Sab Susquehanse ave, Pailadelphia, Pu: | narsy : : ‘wd | “Be did i suickly and —-matically and] st” ; * : BEST FOR BOWELS AND LIVER. ; ; e d = : 3 THIS IS = a? nee ete ad GB ‘ = Ly 7 Tee = re 4 2 25e. -50c. i on "URK WHILE YOU SLE: NEVER SOLD BOLE. THE TABLET = —_—— _.._ DRUGGISTS } ; aRareneD S968 . srogites, appendict yusnees, ANTEED TO Cv! Five years age she bez % 3 Sing Diver to solowr oss mle meedictes |= 3 I a a — c a = Wes : Sy Oe a Sree eee eee 3 ae 3 Pe | PERS ee Re Se pe oe 4 Rae: . igh PASCAMETS today, under an ahostese a oon ener oan ee eet are SN ee ee ae SMe, at ul et fr. SS ee aotyas® 6466 ae = fey Saw Tet ‘a ene re - a ¥ re ae 4. HL Rhoades of Omaha, Neb., has {m his possession @ bill which was is- sued aécording to an enactment of the continental congress in 1779. The pa- Der on which it is printed ts of heavy, perenne w: thoes gy dhe ®quare in shape, its dimensions img 2%x3% Inches. At one side of the face of the bill is a picture of the earth, with the motto, “Deus regnat, exultet terra” (God reigns; let the earth rejoice). The face has also this inscription: “The bearer is entitled to receive 60 Spanish milled dollars or 2D equal sumin gold or silver, ac- cording to 2‘ resdlution of congress of the 14th January, 1779.” The obverse side has a picture of two leaves—one of mint and the other a sprig of pine; also the printer's signature, “Hall & Sellers, 1779.” Some time ago a news- Paper at Spokane, Wash., stated that Otto Flechtl of Coeur d’Alene was the only known possessor of a $60 bill in the country. Mr. Flecht!, it is said, was offered recently $1,000 for his specimen, Mr, Rhoades states that his ancestors were long residents in Maine, from which state he himself mi- grated westward. A DOCTOR THIS TIME. Portland, May 6th—Dr. E. A. Rose, & practising physician, formerly of Yates Center, Kans, was on what everyone supposed was his death bed. He had Diabetes, and six of his brother doctors were in attend- ance and consultation at his bedside They bad done everything that medi- cal skill could suggest to save his life, but they were at last reluctantly forced to tell him that he must prepare for death. His aunt had been summoned to-his @ying bedside. After the doctors had given her nephew up, she insisted that as a last reBort, he be given a treat- ment of Dodd's Kidney Pills. From the very first dose, the tide turned in his favor. His life was ‘saved, and he is hale and hearty to- day. This case and its cure bas amazed the physicians, and is the sensation of the hour. It is interesting to note that while many others are being cured this great discovery in medi- cme, the physicians themselyes are among the first to benefit, and that while the simpler and more prevalent forms, such as Rheumatism, Sciatica, Bladder and Urinary Trouble and Fe- male Weakness disappear before it, the more malignant forms, such as Bright's Disease, Diabetes and Dropsy, which have always been regar/ed as incurable, are yielding just as easily. Dodd's Kidney Pills are fast super- ceding all other treatment for Kidney Disease, and as nearly all human sick- ness and suffering has its origin in the Kidneys, the use of this wonderful medicine is becoming almost universal. “Writing fer Pablication.” =| M., De Blowitz, the famous Paris cor- respondent of the London Times, sald in a recent interview: “I have got so used to writing for publication that even my personal letters have a Sort of printed tone. I dare say I'll die with a pen in my hand.” New Kie@ of Exblaratice. James Hudson, a New York tea buy- er, has brought to this cowhtry from Arabia a sample of the laughing plant. Tt gets its name not because the plant laughs, but because it is the cause of creating laughter in any one eating its seeds. The plant is of moderate size, with bright yellow flowers in clusters, and"soft, velvety seed pods, each of which- contains two or three seeds resembling small black beans, which, if eaten, produce effects analogous to those of laughing gas. The seeds are pulverized and. taken in small doses. Any one taking them begins to laugh lJoudly-“and boisterously, and then sings, dances and cuts all kinds of fan- tastic capers. The effects continue for about an hour, and, when the excite- ment ceases, the exhausted individual falls into a deep sleep, on awakening from which he is utterly unconscious of any such demonstrations having been made by him—Chicago Journal. Historian « Mill-Hland’s Soc. Joseph Owen of Bailiol college, Ox- ford, who has just been elected to a modern history fellowship in Pem- broke college, is the son of a Lanca- shire artisan and worked in an Old- ham mill when he first left school, at the age of 13. Some historians say that the manu- facture of silk was introduced into Spain’by the Moors. : Of the 196,500,000 Mohammedans fn the world, only 18,000,000 Hive in Tur- key. You Maeve Dyspepsie express paid. If cured, pay 65.50—If not, it is free. California could be cut up into three states about the size of New York. Baseball ; Golf players; all play- cexubag Wlesire Sescton Game sien The population of Buenos Ayres on Jan. 1 was 821,293. ' COME AND GO Remain St Jacobs Oil = ] come UASIO I Ci | For Infants and Children, | ; | The Kind You Have feces ge cro Borlsot |i Bears the INF ANIS© CHILDREN r —_:——___ Signature vrei attoicaceser of! meas ye pay acs j —— = - In ane comme g(\p Use ressnd Loss OF SIZE? | For Over Pac Simile Signature of = _ ae a Thirty Years Te reiees seo } EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. . MADE. =~, PS ze ‘The real worth of my £2.00 and $1.50 shoes compared with e other makes ts $4.00 to $5.00. My $4.00 Gilt Exige Line cannot be Serge fa ‘Best in the world for mea. y make ecll more men's fine shoes, Goodyear Siokadecaeaes ieee = ptiet ap comenen bacon” ’ _— is (signed) W. I. Dougias. ee Take no substitete? Insist on having W. I. Dougias shoes $rith mame snd price stamped on botsom. Tour should iy = A} Roop them ; I ive one desler excinsive sale in each town. If x. J be Rot, keep them and will not get them for you,"order = direct from factory. eoclosing price and ic, extra for carriage. mph, ‘Past Color Eyelets used exchusrely. W. L DOUGLAS, Brockton: Maxx. i BE IN 3 OR 4 YEARS 5 i take MS pe ae iy y ada.the land of plenty. fs y eal ' v riences Aa isa iss Forors w a ee inte tion as to reduced way rates can bad on og to the Superintendent of Immigrat ee Interior. Ottawa, Canada, or to C. ae. Fi? Block. Ch or E. T. Holmes, Room 6, “! Four’ Bldg. Indianapolis, Ind. For Sale Cheap if Taken Soon—s section and s balf of fine land well adapted for farm and stock basiness; aboat 400 acres in cultivation, balance good Sret-class grass land; good house and fair out-butld- Ings; sbout 6 miles of fence: plenty never-failing water. Land located tm Harvey, county, Kansas, one ime from email town on MO. P. K- Rand 3ig tes from good town on the Rock Island RB. x acres would be s good investment at €30 per acre, but if sold soon will sell for #21 per acre cash. Have also two fue half sections and several quarters for aale ~<. D. WILLIAMS. Newton. Kanene. The Red River Valle “ong maintained its enviable reputation as we wet! settled end'ie tareasel wit relirosse, Fe Be LAMBERT. Waurgrow. N.D.. can sell these valley lands at from @.00 to 63000 per acre. Easy terms. Write him for excursion rates. JOEN W. MORRIS ENSION Wasblagion, Dee. ny Broe—cutes Claims a Ss U.S. © nsien a * * ais is 538 Ais Pate} ; PF \ = dU a oe) AW 4 F) ay )~ \ A FT) Te €%\/ TIRE TIPS — The life of a tire, ease of repair and its lasting qualities determine its worth. G & J Tires are made from the best quality of rubber. They are light enough to be resilient, strong enough to be dur- able, and easy riding, which insures com- fort and safety. Catalogue at our Agent's or by mail. G & J TIRE COMPANY, Indianapolis, led. For Sale. STOCK AND GRAIN FARM of TW acres, 15 miles East of Kansas SEs Rota eed Price #4 perscre. Terms, +s :asb—remainder on loag Cime 16% G EB MUGMES, Biee Springs, Jactscs Co Be ———__—_—lEEEE|=]|=|]|=|___E=~]!~_]_aiEIEIE_==s3 Ww, N. U, CHICAGO, NO. 19, 1901, Whea Aaswering Advertisemests Misdly Beation This faper. Some men seem to be fired by genius and some seem to have been fired by the girl's pa. A religion that carries death to the heathen is not the kind Christ told his disciples to preach. That a little man, made out of a little dust, can think just a little bit, is a wonderful thing! Civilization improves slowly, because the average human head is too soft to receive and retain the truth. Let it comfort the heart-broken that very often a pathway of thorns leads to their neighbor's early apple tree. The man who can conquor your political prejudice is greater than the old masters who taught you superstition. There is little hope for the man who never grieves over the sad condition of the poor. He is neither useful on earth, nor ornamental in heaven. All we know and can name, we call nature; and all we don't know about nature we call God. God is then the substance of all the unknowable things we would like to know. We admire a whole lot of great men, simply because we are not near enough to them to see their mean points of character.—Finnickey Finnukin, in Pennsylvania Grit. SELF-MADE MAN'S MAXIMS. The "bad boy" often makes the best man. There are no elevators in the house of success. No man can stand on top because he is put there. A man can be too confiding in others, but never too confident in himself. A bad man with good manners often outdoes a good man with bad manners. Clothes don't make the man, but good clothes have got many a man a good job. Many a hero of the world sees a "no account" every time he looks in the mirror. A college education is a good thing, but many a graduate finds himself overtrained. The man who talks business at home is in danger of getting well-meant but risky advice. If you have $25 and want a job, it is better to spend $20 for clothes, four dollars for shoes and a hat and the rest for a shave, a haircut and a clean collar, and walk to the place, than go with the money in the pockets of a dingy suit.—H. H. Vreeland in Success. HERE AND THERE. There are 16,000 policemen in London, 9,000 in Paris, and 5,000 in Berlin. A year ago nearly 6,000 women voted at Cleveland's election of school directors. This year only 706 went to the polls. Dresden is to have in 1903 a "city exhibition," at which all German towns of over 25,000 inhabitants are to be represented. Of three wires of the same thickness one made of gold will sustain 150 pounds, one of copper 302 pounds, one of iron 549 pounds. In some parts of Russia food is so scarce that the peasants adopt the policy of bears, spending most of their time in sleep to avoid getting hungry. not able to read or write has decreased to 39 per cent. In 1881 it was 55 per cent. NEW HOUSEHOLD IDEAS. When washing oilcloths, put a little milk in the last water they are washed with. This will keep them bright and clean longer than clear water. Pineapples are judged by the condition of their green tops. If the tops are of a saw-edged variety, the pineapple is not of the highest quality. Pineapples are good when the edges of the tops are smooth. There is never anything gained in economy by having very young and inexperienced servants at low wages. They break, waste and destroy more than an equivalent for higher wages, setting aside comfort and many other things. Rhubarb jelly is made as follows: Skin and cut one pound of rhubarb in small pieces. Put into a saucepan with one cup of sugar and a small piece of fresh ginger root and cook slowly until soft, but not broken. Soak two tablespoonfuls of granulated gelatine in one-half cup of cold water until soft, then strain into the hot rhubarb with two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice. Mold, chill and serve with a garnish of whipped cream. To clean wall paper, take off the dust with a soft cloth. With a little flour and water make a lump of stiff dough, and rub the wall gently downward, taking the length of the arm each stroke, and in this way go round the whole room. As the dough becomes dirty, cut the soiled parts off. In the second round commence the stroke a little above where the last one ended, and be very careful not to cross the paper or to go up again. Ordinary papers cleaned in this way will look almost as good as new. Some papers, however, and, as a rule, the most expensive once, will not clean nicely, and it is best to try it in some obscure corner, where it will not be noticed if the result is unestaffactory. If there be any broken places in the wall, fill them up with a mixture of equal parts of plaster of paris and silver-sand, made into a paste with a little water, then cover the place with a place of paper like the rust, if it can be had.—Indianapolis, Newn. When a woman's teeth chatter they insurp her tongue's prerogative. The mariner's compass performs a lot of very important needle work. Lady-I want a dog that will look erribly fierce, but won't ever bite. Dealer (meditatively)—I think you'd better get an iron one, mum. Lodger—This week I shall have to swe you my rent. Laudlady—That is what you said last week. Lodger—Well, didn't I keep my word? "Bridget told Mrs. Nextdoor that I was a henpecked fool; shall I discharge her?" "At once! Bridget has so right to tell our family secrets to the neighbors." Musician (ironically)—I am afraid my music is disturbing the people who are talking over there. Hostess—Dear me, I never thought of that. Don't play so loudly. Parke—I had no idea that the new house you were building was finished. Lane—Oh, yes, not only finished, but all my friends have had time to tell me now much better it might have been. "Why did you send for me, Mrs. Youngwife?" asked Dr. Redlight. "There is absolutely nothing wrong with the baby." "Oh." "m so glad, doctor." "But what made you think there was?" "Why, doctor, he hasn't cried a bit all morning." THOUGHTS FOR EVERY DAY. It is foolish to worry today if you can put it off until tomorrow. Some men rise because of their gravity and some men sink because of their levity. Peculiarities are certain traits which your neighbor has which are different from your own traits. Almost anybody can stand adversity—when they have to—but few are there who can endure prosperity. Difficulties are things thrown in your way in order to find out how much "sand" you possess.—Chicago Journal. 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. Shirrings will be worn extensively this summer. Opals have never been so fashionable as this season. Tucked white satin is a charming yoke material for early sprng. The silk foundation skirts of all summer gowns as yet shown are cut in the circular shape. Boas and scarfs of many descriptions will be worn during the spring and far into the summer. For this time of year one needs a light-weight tailored gown, suitable for street wear and afternoon calling. Hand-run tucks are the height of elegance, but there are few who can afford the extravagance of hand work Although the silk and velvet stocks are stylish and becoming, there is nothing as genteel as the linen collar or linen stock for the shirtwaist. Mercerized sateens, which very closely resemble satin foulard, and soft silk and linen mixtures in dainty colorings, are among the favored material for waists for morning wear this spring. There are some beautifully-twilled flannelettes to be found in the shops now at 15 cents a yard. They have been brought out in all the fine patterns of the imported French flannels, and are exceedingly pretty for morning waists. Many of the spring jackets are rounded and considerably cut away in the front and curve down to quite a length at the back, but with as much material removed as possible by taking in of the side and center seams, leaving just enough expanse of the skirt portion for the jacket to have a smooth, easy spring above the dress skirt.—Indianapolis News. AS TRUE AS GOSPEL It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies, said Lowell, that the native metal of a man is tested. Good counsels observed are chains to grace, which, neglected prove halters to strange undutiful children. If one always takes a short cut through life they sometimes regret they did not go the round about way. Life is just a stuff to try the soul's strength or educe the man. Who keeps one end in view makes all things serve. Life is to be fortified by many friendships; to love and to be loved make up the greatest happiness of existence. There are seasons when to be still demands immeasurably higher strength than to act. Composure is often the highest result of power. The man who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the griefs which he purposes to remove. The past looks large as it reaches behind us. The future seems great enough to hold everything we desire. But after all, we never have a single day except the present one to really do, or decide anything in. Today is our opportunity. Do your duty, else no knowledge, beauty or love will ever lead you to the peace of God. He who says, "I may not be great; I may miss all peace, but I will be true," stands at the altar from which the divine benediction is ever pronounced.—Pennaylvania Grit. 51st Street and Armour Avenue... Residence, 5045 Michigan Boul., CHICAGO. NOTARYPUBLIC Teelphone, Wentworth 012 OTTO V. MUELLER Real Estate, Renting, Loans ...Insurance... 910 W. 63d st. (near Halsted) CHICAGO. DR. H. C. FAULKNER. 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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. FINGER CLASS ETIQUETTE. Joke Played on a Painter at Royal Table in Munich. The use of finger glasses after dinner is quite a modern innovation in Germany, introduced from England. Until about ten years ago glasses were indeed brought round at dessert at the very end of the meal, but this was for the purpose of rinsing the mouth, and a very comical sight it was indeed to see gentlemen and ladies in plain dress, or en grande tenue, washing their mouths at a sumptuously furnished table—or for a matter of that, in any private or public assembly room—instead of retiring to some private chamber for this purpose. In Bavaria it often happens that persons of talent, but without much knowledge of the manners of what is called polite society, are invited to dine with royalty, and not unseldom has the mistake referred to been made there. The following little anecdote, however, contains the details of a practical joke played by a number of artists on a colleague still living who had for the first time received an invitation to dine with the prince regent at the Schloss at Munich. Several masters of the brush had received similar invitations, and as the painter in question was somewhat elated and excited by the honor conferred upon him, and at the same time singularly nervous and inquiring as to the way he would be expected to behave at the royal table, his confreres put their heads together and determined to play a practical joke upon him. He was accordingly told: "The first time anybody is invited to dine at court a special drink is handed round in glass bowls, and the newly invited guest is expected, according to strict etiquette, to take one of these bowls in his hand and to rise and exclaim, 'I drink to the health of his royal highness,' and then to quaff the contents of the bowl at a draught, make a profound bow towards the prince regent, and so resume his seat." The gentleman in question acted to the letter according to the instructions given him. To the manners of the court must be attributed the suppression of all suspicion of a giggle, and it is stated that the royal host did not appear in the least disconcerted, but afterward over the beer the merriment was unrestrained.—London Telegraph. Anti-vice crusaders in Jersey City have begun war on flashy theatrical posters and will make a test case against a local manager. The case will come before Judge Hoe, who has adopted the unusual method of summoning a special jury, consisting of two clergymen, one doctor, a school principal, an artist, a merchant, a photographer and a bank cashier. --- 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 TRL. HARRISON 51. Thomas F. Scully, Attorney at Law, 79 Clark Street. . . CHICAGO. Roof 14. JOSEPH A. McINERNEY LAWYER SUITE 706—708 CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE CHICAGO Tel. Wentworth 818. Office Hours: 8:30 a. m., 6o 8.80 p. m. Beauregard F Moseley LAWYER Suite 1 and 2 604 Halsted Street. Cor. Halsted & 63. CHICAGO. Stonehouse Yards 977 Bedfordown, 133 Carrfield St. JOHN FITZGERALD JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 4787 S. HALSTED STREET CHICAGO ALBERT B. GEORGE LAWYER. 423 Ashland Block, Chicago. 2020. Lawrence M. Ennis, Advocate and Counselor at Law, Suite 720 Opera House Block. S. W. Corner Clark and Washington Sts. TELEPHONE MAIN 1762. DR. JOSEPH JEFFREY, Physician and Surgeon, 40p8 Dearborn Street. CHICAGO. Hours: 6:10 a. m., 5:4, 6:6 p. m. AGENTS WANTED. The Broad Ax desires to secure active agents and correspondents in all sections of the country. Liberal commissions will be paid. For terms and further particulars address The Broad Ax. 1160 Amherst avenue Chicago. CONGRESSIONAL MEMENTOES. The Desire to Possess the Deeds of Restring Members. The desks of the senate are all more or less sacred from use, but no sort of tradition attaches to the desks of the house of representatives, so far as known to the present employes. A secret mark is kept on all the senate desks, so that the holder of the list can tell which desk was used by Webster, or Clay, or Conkling, or Logan, or any of the men who have made names for themselves in that body. But the desks of the house are liked by the men who have used them even for one session, and some of these admirers of furniture sanctified by their use are to have a chance to own their desks. According to the plan arranged for an enlarged membership in the Fifty-eighth congress, the desks are to be smaller, and the old ones are to be sold. It was announced that the sale would be by auction, but the members desiring to buy their desks at cost or appraised valuation might secure them by applying in time to the clerk of the house. The desire to possess the old desks is almost unanticipous, for the clerk has received some 300 notifications of a desire on the part of old members to own a desk. It does not appear that the desks used by Reed, Dingley, Holman, Wilson, Breckenridge, Bryan, Sulzer or Lentz were marked by any secret sign known only to the clerk, or that there has been any request for the desks once used by such men as Ben Butler, A. H. Stephens, Garfield, Cox, Proctor Knott, Thaddeus Stevens or Henry Clay, although it is asserted that they undoubtedly are among the desks recently in use in the house. The number of desks in the house has been so much greater than that in the senate, and members of the house are so apt to change their desks with successive sessions, that it is difficult to keep track of those made interesting by the temporary use of prominent men. They are all made of mahogany, but are not specially commodious or elegant.—Cor. New York Times. Wants River Bath Houses. Ald. Corcoran's ordinance for the issue of $20,000 of bath house bonds states that the houses to be erected with the proceeds of these bonds are to be located along the shore of Lake Michigan. Ald. Proemming of the Twenty-first ward says that he will introduce an amendment to this ordinance so that $10,000 of the proceeds may be used in building public bath houses in the Twenty-first yard, on the west bank of the Milwaukee river, above North avenue bridge.—Milwaukee Wisconsin. --- HEAVY MACHINERY. Smoke Stacks, Cupolas and Monuments Erected. Hoisting and Placing of all kinds of Beams and Girders for architectural work. Office, 31 South Canal St., Chicago TELEPHONE MAIN 8028 ...The Mutual Reserve Fund Life or New York... OVER $41,000,000 PAID IN LOSSES. Insurance for the Protection of the family at actual cost E. P. BARRY, M'g'r. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Special Agt. 410 Rohnoke Bldg., 145 La Salle St. 5040 Armor Ave. Citizens Brewing COMPANY ARCHER AVE. AND MAIN STREET. CHICAGO Telephone Canal 370 BRAXTON'S ....PLACE Fine Wines and Liquors Imported and Domestic Cigars 260 West Lake St. Jas. J. McCormick, SAMPLE ROOM IMPORTED AND DOMESTIG WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS 8462 SOUTH HALSTED STREET. Old Lady Speaks Gaelle. King Edward has an aged subject in the British islands who cannot speak the language. She is Miss Mary Stewart, a descendant of the Stewarts of Appin, and was born at Ardnamurchan, Argyleshire, in 1791, so that she has been fifty-three years in service at different places between Appin and Inverary district. She is still hale and hearty and able to get up and about. The old lady does not know any English, but speaks Gaelle. POWDER A SURPRISE. What Happened to the Man Who First Found It Out. It occurred to an alchemist one day that it would be a fine thing to take sulphur, saltpeter and dried toads, pound them all to a powder and "sublime" them together in an alembic, which he carefully luted and set on the furnace to heat. He poked up the fire and waited around, thinking what he would do with all his money if this should turn out to be the powder of reduction that would turn base metals into gold, when, bang! went the alembic and the windows blew out, and the door ripped off the hinges and fell down, blam! The alchemist scuffled out from under the ruins of the furnace, shook a redhot coal or two out of his shoe and the ashes off himself, and wondered what had struck him. He tried it again and again, and each time with the same result; and then it dawned upon him that he had discovered a fair article of blasting powder. Since then about all that has been done to his recipe has been to put in a little better article of charcoal, say that of willow twigs, instead of toasted toads. Little did the old alchemist dream what potency was in that powder of reduction. For such it is. Although it never yet has turned lead into gold by its mere touch, yet when a small, round piece of lead is put with the powder into an iron tube of curious workmanship, and fire laid thereto, it is possible to convert another man's gold into the possession of him that has the iron tube of curious workmanship, and not gold only, but all manner of goods and chattels, houses and lands, messnages, easements and hereditaments, even men's souls and bodies. Lay down the book for a moment and bethink you what this powder par excellence, this powder of powders, has brought about since the first dried toads charred in that alembic. How it has put down the mighty from their seat, and exhibited them that are of low degree! This powder asks no questions as to right or wrong. It propels with equal violence the bullet against the breast of him that fights the foreign tyrant and him that resists the benevolent armillator.—Ainsley's. 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The vast deposit of iron ore on the Dunderland river in Norway recently acquired by an English syndicate had hitherto been found commercially unworkable owing to the existence of a large proportion of secular hematite combined with magnetite, but by means of Mr. Edison's process for separating these substances the syndicate is able to take two tons of this low grade non-Bessemer ore and produce from it over one ton of high-grade Bessemer ore averaging 65 per cent of metallic iron. The syndicate, says a London newspaper, has already proved the existence on a portion of the property of over 80,00,000 tons of iron ore, and there is reasonable hope for believing that other parts of the property may turn out proportionately good.—Detroit Free Press. ```markdown ``` CHICAGO. NOTICE