The Broad Ax

CAPTAIN H. C. CARTER AND HIS GANG OF BLACKGUARDS ARE AFTER US. At the time we began our fight on Capt. H. C. Carter and his gang of despicable villains, we fully realized that we had an uphill job before us; that if we adhered to the truth some one of Captain Carter's gang might shoot or stab us to death at any minute of the night or day; that they are like cats which have nine lives; that they are all perfectly willing to resort to any mean, low, contemptible trick in order to prevent us from exposing their rascality, and in accordance with their dark-lantern methods Captain Carter and his gang of purified angels were instrumental in having a warrant sworn out for our arrest, which charged us with "blackening the memory of the dead," the warrant was issued from Justice Underwood's court and Jefferson, who is Justice Underwood's clerk and who is one of W. H. Clark's great cronies, drew up the complaint. The officer of the law did not serve the warrant on us until Friday morning, May 10, at about 10 o'clock, but on that same morning between eight and nine o'clock W. H. Clark, George J. Woods and Sam. Snowden were riding north on a State street car and they exclaimed: "We all three feel so happy for at last we have got Julius T. Taylor of The Broad Ax in jail." Joseph A. McInnerney appeared with us before Justice Underwood Friday morning at 11 o'clock and signed our bond for one thousand dollars and our case was continued until Wednesday, May 15. Here it might be said that ten or twelve days prior to our arrest for libel, W. H. Clark thought the best way to stop us from writing articles concerning the devilment of Captain Carter and his gang of hell-hounds would be to have us indicted by the grand jury and disconnect L. A. Newby, who is honest and straightforward, from the city pay-roll for Clark, Carter & Co., desired and wanted to get us in jail before we had the time to write anything more about the beer and the barbecue, for they are fearful that they might be called down by the powers that be. Wednesday afternoon our case was transferred from Justice Underwood to Justice John C. Everett, who is a first-class lawyer and who has the reputation of being an honorable justice of the peace. J. Gray Lucas, who is one of W. H. Clark's warm pals, and several years ago Clark endeavored to get Mr. Lucas a job in the corporation counsel's office, although Mr. Lucas never pretended to be anything else but a red-hot Republican, appeared for the prosecution, with S. A. T. Watkins dead in the lead; then came W. H. Clark, who put up or paid out the fifty cents to have the case docketed. Ham. Carter hung onto Clark's coat-tall, who was followed by Long Jim Miller, who ran a gambling house on South State street until he busted up, and who owes us one dollar as subscription to The Broad Ax. George J. Terrell, who also owes us three dollars as subscription to The Broad Ax. stood up close to Jim Miller, George J. Woods, who is in the gambling business on State street, near Thirlleth, and who ran the Turkish bath rooms under the old southern hotel until he was closed up by the officers of the law, remained in the background, but the chances are he will show up next Wednesday afternoon. This gang is compelled to assist in helping to white-wash Captain Carter, for if they do not tuckle to Captain Carter he will shut off their source of income. We have engaged Lawyers Joseph A. McInerney and Albert B. George to handle our case and we intend to fight Captain H. C. Carter and his gang of blood-sucking leeches to the bitter end. P. S.—After the case was continued before Justice Everett until Wednesday afternoon, May 22, W. H. Clark was in favor of dropping the fight providing we would agree not to write any more articles respecting Capt. H. C. Carter & Co. City Clerk William Loeffler returned THE CONDITIONS OF THE RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEM By Hilary A. Herbert. Idleness is the prolific parent of hunger, want, and crime, and the widespread idleness prevailing everywhere in the South in the fall and winter of 1865 called loudly for legislation. It was during this period that the Legislatures elected under the presidential reconstruction plan were in session, and passed most of them, vagrancy and apprenticeship laws, some containing very stringent prohibitions. These statues embraced, most of them without material variations, the features of the old law of Maine, brought forward in Rev. Stats. of 1863, Sec. 1, Par. 925, providing that one who goes about begging, etc., "shall be deemed a tramp, and be imprisoned at hard labor," etc., and the old law of Rhode Island, brought forward in Rev. Stats. of 1892, P. 243, "If any servant or apprentice shall depart from the service of his master or otherwise neglect his duty," he may be committed to the workhouse; and the old existing law of Connecticut, contained in the Revision of 1866, P. 320, punishing by fine or imprisonment one who shall entice a "minor (apprentice) from the service or employment of such master." In some instances details were harsher than in the New England laws, but existing conditions were without precedent.Southern legislators were excited by the aggravated evils that surrounded them, and they seem never have thought of political results. One feature that was in practically all these apprentice laws, and that attracted general attention at the North, was a provision giving preference as masters to former owners of Negro minors when before a court, to be bound over. This was looked upon by many Northern cities as conclusive evidence of an intent to continue slavery, as far as could be, exactly as is had existed. In reality it was a humane provision. William H. Connill, Booker T. Washington, and other leading colored students of the Negro question, as it has been bequeathed to us from the days of reconstruction, concur in holding that the Negroe's best friend at the South was and is the former slaveholder. But, unfortunately, Southern legislators did not know that here they were outraging the sympathies of Northren voters. The features of this legislation that met with the most universal condemnation was the Mississippi law of November 25, 1865, requiring every freedman to make a contract for a home and work by the second Monday in January, 1866; a similar law of Louisiana, passed in December; and a statute of Mississippi, punishing unlawful assemblages of blacks, or whites and blacks mixed. Acts were also passed by Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi, forbidding to Negroes the use of firearms; in two of these states absolutely, in one except by license, and in the other of such arms only as were "appropriate for purposes of war." Recollections of the Negro insurrection headed by Nat Turner, coupled with predictions long ago made by Mr. Calhoun, and frequently by others during and preceding the Civil War, had inspired in the South, a very general fear that, in favoring localities, the suddenly emancipated slaves might attempt to repeat the massacres of San Domingo. In two of the states thus forbidding or limiting the use of firearms the Negro was in the majority; in the other two there were "Negro belts," where the few whites would be helpless in case of an insurrection. The most indefensible provision anywhere found by the writer is a statute of Mississippi, enacting that, while freedmen might hold personal property, they should not be allowed to lease lands or tenements "except in town or cities, where the corporate authorities shall control the same," much of this enactment was the result of pure prejudice, and how much of it came from the body of Negro supremacy in a state in parts of which the Negro was in numbers as overruling as he had been in San Domingo, HEW TO THE LINE. the readers will determine for himself. Much was yet to be learned about the freedman by the Southerner and Northerner. The one was to find out how peaceful, the other how incapable as a voter, the freedman was. There was little chance for moderation in public sentiment or for deliberate action by Congress, when Southern people, in constant dread, were watching and guarding against insurrection, which they even feared might be prompted by agents of the Freedmen's Bureau, and when, at the same time, Northern people, with their hearts full of sympathy for the helpless and hopeless freedmen, were daily watching the reports of that bureau for stories of cruelty by the former masters. The friction reasonably to be expected between the master race on the one hand, almost all of them with the domineering blood of the Anglo-Saxon in their veins, few of them saints and all the rest of them sinners, and the Negro on the other, now dazed by the blinding light of sudden freedom, would naturally be enough, even without official intermedddling, to cause almost any one to believe or to do anything toward which either prejudice or philanthropy might incline him. Nevertheless, there were prominent Republicans who took no stock in the continued scrutiny by the North of the relation between whites and blacks in the South. Among these was the head of Lincoln's and Johnson's cabinet, Mr. Seward, who said in an interview in April, 1866: "The North has nothing to do with the Negroes... They are not of our race. They will find their place. They must take their level. The laws of political economy will determine their position, and the relations of the two races. Congress cannot contraverse those." But Mr. Seward and his views were in a woeful minority. Only one of the late confederate states had legislated in relation to the Negro when Congress met December 4, 1865. and yet the members of that body, had already made up their minds against Mr. Johnson's plan of reconstruction. MORE ABOUT THAT BARBECUE. It has been stated to us by many persons who attend the barbecue which was gotten up by Capt. H. C. Carter, S. A. T. Watkins, W. H. Clark, S. L. Marsh, the ex-jail bird, George J. Woods & Co., that some crookedness went on on that occasion in relation to the disappearance of several barrels of beer and in order to get at the facts in the case we will step aside and permit the man on the corner to tell us all about that beer: "On that night I stood near the lunch counter and sometimes not very far from the stage and most of the time I had my eyes fixed upon Capt. H. C. Carter, and I saw Poney Moore and Captain Carter counting the number of barrels of beer left over, which were untapped, which was eight, and I saw Poney Moore and a large brown-akin woman gather up the faucets and glasses and place them alongside of the barrels, untapped, and I heard Poney Moore say to Captain Carter: Where can we get a wagon this time of the night; they could not find a wagon that night, but next morning, I know personally, that the beer, faucets and glasses were moved to Poney Moore's place on 21st street, with the exception of one barrel, which was rolled south on State street at about 9 o'clock the same morning the beer was hauled to Poney Moore's. The glasses, it was said, had been rented from a place on Wabash avenue, near 22nd street; but they were reported broken and paid for out of the campaign fund by the smart gentlemen who conducted Mayor Harrison's campaign. I do not know how much money Captain Carter & Co., received for the glasses; but I was informed that he received $2.00 per barrel for the beer and this money I have every reason to believe was divided up among Captain H. C. Carter's favorite heuchmen. I cannot write very well but later on I may be able to tell you something about the cigars which disappeared on the night of the barbecue." From the Man on the Corner. COLORED DEMOCRATS DISSATIS FIED WITH THEIR LEADER. Petitions are being circulated among the members of the colored Democracy requesting the president, Hannibal C. Carter, to call a meeting, so they can file protests against the treatment the rank and file are receiving at the hands of the president. It is charged that the president had himself indorsed by the organization for a place in the City Attorney's Office and gave the place to a Republican under an agreement to draw one third of the salary is the cause of the first dissatisfaction. Then it is said that the president aims to transact all of the business of the club without the knowledge of the members. To this the rank and file object It is openly charged that the president is endeavoring to parcel out jobs to his followers, exacting a promise that they pay to him from 25 per cent to 30 per cent of their salaries to enable him to get along without taking a job himself, so that he can pose as a leader willing to work for the party without reward. It is also charged that President Carter has said that he intends to have every colored police officer who has been traveling in citizens clothes, reduced to uniform, in order that they may be made to see him before getting back in citizens clothes. For these favors he intends to extract $25.00. It is said two police officers who were accosted by him stand ready to testify to the truthfulness of this statement. President Carter claims he is being backed up by Secretary Robert E. Burke and M. C. McDonald. The men declare these methods were used by the captain 30 years ago in Mississippi. But they will not stand for them here. The meeting is expected to be held shortly at County Headquarters when the president will be called on to explain about 10 barrels of beer that was left after the Tattersalls Barbacue, and about the campaign fund he received from the committee which was not spent. Warm times are expected. NORMAL, ALABAMA, NOTES. Bishop B. F. Lee of Wilberforce, Ohio, spent a few days with us last week, inspecting the work. His lecture before tho teachers and students on "Education" was very elevating and inspiring. He was greatly impressed with the work going on at Normal. Pres. Councill spoke at the Commencement excercises of Roger Williams University May 15. Hon. Samuel Ulman of Birmingham delivered two great lectures here on the 12th, "Is Shylock a Jew," "Jesus the Jew." They were masterpieces in every respect. Mrs. L. A. Davis, President of the Phyllis Wheatly Club to the pleasure of all who heard her, addressed the South End Sunday Club as announced last week. Her theme being "The Mission of Colored Women's Clubs." St. Mark's was beautifully decorated with lovely flowers for the occasion, and every seat was occupied by thoughtful men and women who drank in the golden words which Mrs. Davis uttered and when she ceased speaking Mr. L. A. Newby showered many roses upon her and moved that a rising vote of thanks be extended to her and it was no more said than done. The singing by Miss Pearl Renfroe and in fact all the singing was up to the standard and the select reading by Mrs. H. T. Pelkey was very fine; the coming Sunday, May 19, Dr. Joseph Jeffery speaks before the club on "Evolution and Degeneration." Miss E. E. Webster sings a sporano solo. Prof. Wm. M. Salter spoke for the last time this season at Steinway Hall, Sunday forenoon,and so far he is much pleased with the progress which has been made by the Ethical Culture movement in this country during the past twenty-five years. Prof. Salter left for Boston, Mass., Friday, and he will remain in the East for some time. Sunday June 2, Julius F. Taylor will read a paper before the South End Sunday Club, Saint Marks Church, 47th and State Sts., on "The Civilization of the Early Egyptians." Mr. Theo. Hohenadel, late assistant city treasurer, retires from his duties as assistnat treasurer with the best wishes of all tax-payers of this city for Mr. Hohenadel was an A-1 official. Five hundred copies of the last issue of The Broad Ax were sent to Cleveland, Ohio, and one copy to each member of the Democratic National Committee. Our good friend J. N Blackshear spent the past two weeks in visiting friends in Macon, Ga., and he is well pleased with his visit South. He arrived at his home in this city Wednesday. Capt. H. C. Carter, will you please stand up and tell us all about your connection with Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Springer, of Vicksburg, Miss.? And did you not light out from the state of Mississippi between the rising and the setting of the sun, as though you were fleeing from justice? It is reported that Geo. J. Terrell will soon open up a gambling club in the 30th ward and that he will run a crap-game in connection with it. If Geo. Terrell would pay us the three dollars which he owes us as subscription to The Broad Ax then we would take no stock in the rumor that he endeavored to maintain his wife on hot-air and soft-soap. Sunday afternoon the Colored Odd Fellows laid the corner stone of their new building at State and 43rd streets. A large concourse of people witnessed the ceremonies. Maj. John C. Buckner, Rev. A. J. Carey, F. W. Rollins, Edward H. Morris and the Rev. A. H. Lealtad all participated in the exercises. The building will be completed by next fall and it will cost $50,000. Prof. H. L. Billups, of the normal and commercial department, Georg R. Smith College, Sedalia, Mo., visited Chicago last week and on Sunday he attended the South End Club and he was invited to address it for a few moments, which he did; Prof. Billups is quite witty and he hit those who listened to him right between the eyes while at the same time he made them laugh; the professor is on his way to Michigan to rest up for a while. Mr. O'Brien who is in the saloon business on State street, near 27th, says, so it is said, that Capt. Heancy Cathrop Carter says that "Col. Mike McDonald gave ten thousand dollars to help to re-elect Mayor Carter H. Harrison, with the express understanding that he, the captain, should be placed in charge of all the work which, was to be done among the "niggers" and coons," as Col. McDonald delights to call the members of the Afro-American race. He-Cat Capt. Carter has become dead drunk with his own greatness, and he new rears back in his dignity and declares that Col. Mike McDonald, the big, rich ex-boss gambler "will put up the money for his campaign expences next year and that nothing can prevent him from being nominated for county commissioner. He Cat Carter, do not be too sure about this and we ask you to remember Dan. Jackson, and in case you do get on the ticket, if we live we intend to lay you out on the day of election. Mayor Harrison swung his broad ax right and left Monday night and he cut down many little and big politicians. It seems that he does not propose to permit any one to work for the city unless they are willing to sit in his family cart.. His Honor selected Bernard F. Rogers, Andrew M. Lynch, Ernest McGaffey, Al. Schonbeck, as members of the Board of Local Improvements. Justices John K. Prindiville, M. J. Quinn, A. J. Sahath, Thos. Edgar, Charles Callahan, M. J. O'Donoghue, and M. R. M. Wallace, were re-appointed as police magistrates. Up to August last we had an idea that Col. Mike McDonald, who is the bosom friend of Old Foxy Ham Carter, was a high-toned gentleman; but on the morning after the first Republican parade in which all the colored Republicans who turned out in it wore white pantaloons, we were standing in front of the United States Express Building on Washington street, and Col. McDonald came along and said to us, "I see that all the niggers and coons were in the Republican parade last night," and we replied by saying we "guess not" and then turned away in disgust and left Col. McDonald. The Chicago Colored Women's Business Club met Tuesday evening in the cozy parlors of Mrs. Alexander, 3671 State street. A very interesting meeting was held and nine new members were enrolled. A new board of directors has been appointed which consists of Mrs. J. Stuart, Mrs. P. Blair, Mrs. C. Smiley, Mrs. C. E. Bentley, Mrs. P. T. Tinsley and Mrs. J. W. E. Thomas. Great preparations are being made for the welcoming reception to be tendered the "Negro Men's Convention" in August and if none of the plans "gang awr'y" they will be received in the club's own rooms. Any donations to aid this grand work will be gratefully received. The next meeting will be held at Bethel Church, Tuesday, May 21, at 7:30. W. H. Clark, whom it will be remembered walked up to us while we were standing in front of the Democratic Headquarters during the last election and shook his fist in our face and called us a "yellow hyena and a bastard," told us prior to that day, that Col. Mike McDonald had Capt. Carter who is all for self and who will stab his best friend if he can gain a point, installed as president of the Cook County Colored Democracy. Mr. Clark and many others no doubt think that we ought not to say anything against or about Col. McDonald for he is very rich; but if we mistake not Col. McDonald made the most of his money by running or conducting a big gambling house and by skining suckers and green-horns and we do not give a tinkers dam for Col. Mike McDonald nor anyone else who is in favor of demoralizing and debauching the Negro race. Clarence Bush went to Harvard university without a dollar, lodged in an attic at a dollar a week, and lived on gruel, milk and water. But he had the material in him of which millionaires are made, and, after a year's starvation, saw his opportunity. He managed to get hold of a cow and a churn, and began to peddle butter of his own make on the streets of Cambridge. While he was studying mathematics, astronomy and chemistry, he was also learning the business of butter-making, and now he is graduated with a salary of $5,000 from a great New York creamery company awaiting him. The launch of the steamer Celtic at Belfast, Ireland, the other day, still further emphasizes the tendency to increase the dimensions of ocean-going craft. The Celtic is the largest vessel ever built, not only surpassing the Oceanic and the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, but having a displacement 10,300 tons greater than the Great Eastern. Her dimensions are: Length, 681 feet; beam, 75 feet; depth, 44 feet; gross tonnage, 20,880; net, 13,650; displacement, 83,000. The Celtic is not designed for speed but as an emigrant carrier, her capacity being 2,859 passengers, besides a crew of 335. Although the Celtic is too slow to be conspicuous as an "ocean greyhound," her enormous size will make her an object of keen interest, at least until the advent of a greater. The new Bishop of London has already given his diocese a glimpse of his sterling democracy. Speaking to an audience of working men at a neighborhood settlement house in Whitechapel, he said that he had often noticed in coffee-houses the sign, "A good pull-up for cabmen." He intended to make the settlement house a "good pull-up for bishops." His office, he found, required that he keep a carriage; but if any of his hearers saw him driving alone he hoped they would give him a hail; he should be glad to give them a lift. Bishop Ingram has been a most sympathetic and successful worker among the poor and unfortunate of East London, to whom he is a familiar figure and a trusted friend. The king has recently placed the stamp of royal approval on his work by appointing him dean of the royal chapels. Will prosecute and at all times uphold the two principles of Democracy, but Farmman, Mathelis, Protestants, Knights of Lobos, Devils, Morons, Republican, Priests, or may he also can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is bound enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. New Year..... $2.99 Month..... 1.99 *Providing twice made known on applications, where all communications to Christian Klucker, a Swiss guide in the Rocky mountains, has a record of 2,000 mountain ascents without an incident to himself or his party. This Buffalo is the same sanguine little city that was bragging a few months ago that its fair should be ready when the opening day arrived. It is too soon to tell whether the reduction in the size of the page which several metropolitan daily newspapers are making is merely an advertising experiment, or the beginning of an important permanent change. The daily newspapers are much too large; they absorb so much time as to leave little for more serious reading. Sweden and Norway both boast several homes for unmarried women. One of these was endowed more than 200 years ago by a man who left the bulk of his fortune to his spinster descendants. The home is managed by salaried trustees, and the unmarried woman who can prove kinship to the founder is entitled to a home there. In the new mint in Philadelphia the United States will have the finest, costliest, and most complete money-making establishment of its kind in the world. The granite structure was commenced two years ago and will cost about $2,000,000, including the mechanical equipment, costing $200,000. There will be 24 coining presses in the new mint. A physician who has recently returned from Persia says that the natives still believe that human tears are a remedy for certain chronic diseases. At every funeral the bottling of mourners' tears is one of the chief features of the ceremony. Each of the mourners is presented with a sponge with which to mop his face and eyes, and after the burtal these sponges are presented to the priest, who squeezes the tears into bottles, which he keeps. The Forestry Department of the St. Louis fair intends to have an exhibition that will be an object lesson to all who see it of the practical side of wood working in all its phases and branches. It will show the woods of the country and the uses to which they are adapted; it will endeavor to show where they grow, at what price the standing timber can be bought, the size of the tract, accessibility, and everything that a prospective purchaser would want to know. Prince Alphonse, the nephew of the Prince Regent of Bavaria, is the man of the hour in Bavaria. He has received the "Blue Letter," which means he has been officially degraded. He was not severe enough to please the military, and the mistake he made was to manifest too much consideration for the horses in his care. During the last maneuvers, on reaching a steep and stony descent, Prince Alphonse ordered the men to dismount, so that the horses might be spared. It is claimed the order completely upset the plan of action. Popular feeling is intense against the authorities who have brought about the prince's dismissal. It is believed to be the first time a Bavarian prince has received the 'Blue Letter." The sumptuous chapel built to commemorate the many victims of the terrible fire which took place a few years ago at the Charity Bagaar in Paris is now finished, and is generally considered to be exceptionally artistic and appropriate. It contains, however, a very curious optical illusion. The dome is painted by Malgnan, and represents the Virgin surrounded by angels carrying the implements of the Passion, with the victims of the awful catastrophe rising from their graves at her feet. Seen from the right-hand side, the Virgin and angels alone appear, but if the spectator goes to the left he sees only the unfortunate victims ascending to glory, the Madonna and her celestial host, by an ingenious arrangement of the light, being no longer visible. While a crew of stone laborers were working an excavation through the Forman cliff, two miles east of Newport, R. L., for the bed of the Tennessee and North Carolina railroad, they found a human female skeleton 18 inches in height, in a perfect state of preservation. The only anomaly was the teeth, which were 200 in number and had no suckers, but were developed from and grew upon the jaw bone with no adjacent valvular process. The bones were hermetically sealed and sent to the Smithsonian Institution. The skeleton was found in solid rock ten feet from the face and eight feet from the top of clift, in a cavity two feet by 15 inches. About the cavity was no opening crevice or aperture for the skeleton to enter since the formation of the clift, more than 2,000 years ago. PASS LAWS OUT OF DOORS. There are almost as many kinds of parliament as there are races which elect them. Some are amazingly antiquated in their methods of procedure, while others are as go-ahead as it is possible to be. On the continent, however, more or less of a family likeness exists between the parliaments of the various great powers, though in the lesser states there are many interesting and distinctive methods of government. One of the most remarkable instances of these existing today is the "landsgemeinde" of the canton of Glarus, in Switzerland. The government of no Swiss canton by the people is more absolute than in that of Glarus, where the burghers assembly annually to hold their outdoor parliament in a large square—usually on the first Sunday in May, weather permitting. The honored president occupies a platform in the middle of the square. There are places for boys around this platform, the young idea thus being taught early how to legislate wisely and well for his beloved country. Altogether the landsgemeinde is one of the most quaint and ideal little parliaments in existence.—Chicago Chronicle 4 Miracle Explained. Bryant, Mo., May 13th.—The sensational cure of Mrs. M. A. Goss of this place has sent a ripple of excitement all over Douglas county, and Dodd's Kidney Pills, the remedy in question, are receiving thereby the greatest advertisement any medicine has ever had in this state. To satisfy the many inquiries which she finds it impossible to answer by letter, Mrs. Goss has sent the following statement of her case to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat: "I did not think I could live a day and suffer as I have lived and suffered for months, with Sciatica and Rheumatism. I used baths and liniments of all kinds. Two physicians treated me, one of them for two months. Nothing helped me in the least. I never slept more than ten or fifteen minutes at a time. I was bedfast and had to lie on one side all the time. I used to wish for death to deliver me from such torture. "A friend suggested Dodd's Kidney Pills, and after I had used them a week I began to improve, and in about four weeks I could sit up in bed. A few days later I walked a quarter of a mile and back. I now do all my own cooking and housework. The pain has entirely left me and I am a well woman. I have taken altogether sixteen boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. Dodd's Kidney Pills saved my life. "Mrs M. A. Goss." People come for miles to see Mrs. Goss and hear her wonderful story. Dodd's Kidney Pills are working marvelous cures in Missouri. Long Island Cliffs San Mateo Robert L. Meade, who has been promoted from colonel to brigadier general by brevet in the marine corps, "for distinguished conduct and public service in the presence of the enemy at the battle of Tientsin, China," is commandant of the marine corps at the Brooklyn navy yard. Long Islanders claim him as a native of Huntington. What Do the Children Drink? Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food drink called GRAIN-O! It is delicious and nourishing, and takes the place of coffee. The more Grain-O you give the children the more health you distribute through their systems. Grain-O is made of pure grains, and when properly preparedastes like the choice grades of coffee, but costs about 1/4 as much. All grocers sell it 15c and 25c. Writer on Constitutional History Dr. William Stubbs, the late bishop of Oxford, whose death took place recently, was undoubtedly the most profound student and writer of English constitutional history that ever lived. His book on that subject is absolutely exhaustive for the period which is covers. $ ^{2} $ Private Mailing Card Private Mailing Card with colored views of scenery on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway sent on receipt of ten (10) cents in stamps. Address F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ill. There are now fifty-four agricultural experiment stations in the United States, with 678 employees. During 1899 these stations published 445 annual reports and bulletins, containing 16,924 pages. Lady Trader in Kits. Miss Jennie Benedict, a confectioner, has been elected a member of the Louisville Board of Trade. She is the first woman in the city to join that body. The transportation facilities would seem to be ample for all possible demands of the mammoth crowds which are expected at the Pan-American Exposition. The entire street railway system of Buffalo, driven by the power of Niagara Falls, is so laid out as to secure direct communication from all parts of the city to the Exposition grounds. At the northern boundary of the grounds there has been built a fine steam railway station. A two-track steam belt line encircles the city of Buffalo, reaching this station, and all the steam railroads centering in Buffalo have access to these tracks. This means of transportation will be extensively used both for excursion trains from out the city and for conveying people from the various parts of the city to the grounds. Ethan A. Hitchcock SIDE LIGHTS ON A POPULAR CABINET OFFICER.99 ETHAN ALLEN HITCHCOCK. Though generally regarded as less important than most of the cabinet positions and ranking below six of them in the presidential succession, that of secretary of the interior has a greater diversity of duties than any of the other portfolios. An outline of the scope of his department indicates but meagerly the duties and responsibilities that come to him in a day. The general land office, the patent office, the bureau of pensions, office of Indian affairs, office of education, office commissioner of railways, the geological survey and the central office all pour a mass of knotty and difficult problems into the secretary's office for solution. The education of children in Alaska; introduction of reindeer in Alaska; general supervision and application of the money appropriated for agricultural colleges in the different states, now aggregating $1,200,000 per annum: land-grant railroads; internal affairs of Indian Territory, Arizona, Hawaii, New Mexico, Alaska and Porto Rico; national parks and government reservations; eleesmosynary institutions of the District of Columbia, including the hospital for the insana, now having under construction a million-dollar addition; Freedmen's Hospital, Howard Institute, and a hospital for the deaf, dumb and blind; the care, repair and ETHAN ALLEN THE PET LAMB VICTORIA. An Incident of the Early Days of the British Queen. John Exton, a wealthy merchant of this city, an Englishman by birth, once had an interview with Queen Victoria without knowing it. It was near the close of the '80s and Queen Victoria had been on the throne but a short time. Young Exton and his brother Adam were playing near a stream that flowed through their native town one day, when they saw a matronly looking woman approaching, accompanied by a beautiful young lady. They approached the boys and engaged them in conversation, both of the ladies stroking their hair in a kindly way. John and his brother had with them a lamb whose fleece was of snowy whiteiness, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. The elder of the ladies asked John how much he would sell the lamb for. Drawing himself up to his full height, John said that the lamb was named Victoria and that nobody could have her but the queen. "And can the queen have her?" asked the lady. "Yes," said John. The ladies seemed to be greatly pleased with his reply and before their departure the younger of the ladies slipped a coin into the hands of the boys and made them feel for the time being among the rich men of England. A short time after that incident a gentleman called at the Exton home and said the queen desired the lamb Victoria, and it was given to him, but not without receiving ample compensation. An official of the town explained to the Extons that the ladies were none other than Queen Victoria and her mother, who were going out among her people in disguise.—Chicago News. Ex-Congressman George Willard, who died at his home in Battle Creek, Mich., the other day, was born in Bolton, Vt., and at the age of 12 went with his parents to Michigan, where in turn he became student, teacher, minister, professor, member of congress and editor. He was rector of St. Luke's Episcopal church at Kalamazoo for two years, but resigned from the ministry because of the conservatism of the society. For ten years he was regent of Michigan university, and it was largely his influence that opened the doors of the institution to women. He was elected in 1872 to congress, where he served four years, his most notable achievement being a vigorous speech against the "force bill" that was not relished by many of his Republican colleagues. Mr. Willard established the Battle Creek Journal in ```markdown ``` reconstruction work of the national capitol—these and scores of others make up the burden carried by the secretary of the interior. In this trying position, Ethan Allen Hitchcock, of St. Louis, the present incumbent, has acquitted himself most creditably and enjoys the esteem of his chief and his subordinates as well. Mr. Hitchcock is a great-grandson of Ethan Allen, of Vermont. He was born in Mobile, Ala., September 19, 1835, lived a year at New Orleans and then removed to Nashville, Tenn., where he attended private schools, completing his course of study in 1855 at the military academy in New Haven Then he went to St. Louis and engaged in the mercantile business. In 1860 he went to China as the representative of a large commercial concern. In 1872 he retired from business and spent a couple of years in Europe. Returning to the United States in 1874, he was engaged as president of several manufacturing, mining and railway companies, until he was appointed in 1897 envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Russia. When the title of this commission was changed to ambassador, Mr. Hitchcock was the first to be thus designated. In 1899 he was appointed secretary of the interior to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Cornelius Bliss. N HITCHCOCK. 1872, and managed the paper up to the time of his death. The Bill Was a Counterfeit In a well-known New York restaurant the other evening a youth who had just eaten a substantial meal, assisted by a very pretty girl, was stammering and blushing at the cashier's desk. He had just discovered the loss of his pocketbook and money, he said. His watch was gone likewise. The cashier, being suspicious of all mankind, received the tale scornfully, demanded instant satisfaction and threatened to call a policeman. The youth seemed on the verge of collapse and the lady was about to faint when an elderly, well-dressed man bustled up to the desk. "How dare you accuse this gentleman of being a swindler?" he demanded, wrathfully. "I don't know him myself, but I am sure he is honest." Then, handing over a new $10 bill, the elder Samaritan paid the check himself and hurried out. The grateful youth ran after him. "Oh, thank you," he gasped; "let me have your card and I'll send you the money in the morning." "Neves mind, dear boy," replied the elderly one, as he boarded a cable car, "don't take the trouble. It was a counterfeit." Russell Sore as a Humorist Russell Sage, the New York multimillionaire, has never been exploited as a humorist, yet he is not devoid of the sense. His Yankee ancestry reappears in his face, figure, speech and thought. Once, when Manhattan Elevated stock went below par, someone asked him his age. He smiled, answered and added: "But, like the Elevated, I propose to go above 100." To an impertinent friend who asked what was the most philanthropic way of using a large fortune he replied: "Keep it constantly active, in order to give employment to the largest number of human beings." When he gave Sage hall to the Troy Female seminary someone said: "Why don't you present it to some men's college?" Mr. Sage responded quickly: "The women needed it the most." The Popular Carnation A carnation mania has taken hold of flower buyers. At a conservative estimate it required 500,000 carnations to supply the demand in New York city during Easter week. These flowers sold from 35 to 50 cents a dozen for the inferior kinds to $5 and $6 a dozen for choice varieties. At least $75,000 was spent by New Yorkers to satisfy their liking for these flowers. ```markdown ``` WHY WOOLEN GOODS BAG. Nearly all woolen goods, especially those made in America, have the reputation of bagging at the point of greatest strain when made into garments and in some cases tailors make it a point to call their customers' attention to the fact that they will not guarantee American-made goods from bagging at the knees and elbows, at the same time bringing forth a piece of goods that they claim to be imported, and which they will guarantee against bagging for a limited time. In some cases the goods are of foreign manufacture, but as often they were made in the United States, but by claiming to have imported them a better price can be obtained and bagging is the means used to induce the customer to pay the higher price. In some instances the claim in just that certain goods will become baggy when subjected to the strain of wearing, but it is unjust to claim that all American woolens will bag. There are various reasons why American goods or any other make will bag, the principal ones being improper mixing of stock, soft twist and defects in weaving. In order to cheapen the cost the goods of wool are mixed and if the operation is properly performed the goods will not bag, but if the various grades are not thoroughly incorporated bagginess will result, for the cheaper grades have very little felting properties, while the grade that does possess felting properties is intended to close up the fibers during fulling, so that all danger of bagging will be removed. Thus if one grade lacks felting properties, the second is medium and the third is good, the stock must be uniformly mixed or some parts of the finished fabric will be loose in texture, while other parts will be well felted. On the cheaper grades of fabrics there is no pretense of claiming that they will not bag, owing not so much to errors in manufacturing as to the substitution of inferior stock. With the high grade of goods made for men's wear with a fair grade of stock bagginess can be prevented by careful attention to the various details of manufacturing. — Chicago Chronicle. PARIS IS DRINKING MILK. Has Taken to the Lacteal Fluid as a Substitute for Abaintha. Paris is rapidly becoming the greatest milk-drinking city in the world. The increase of the milk habit has recently called for extended comment from the local press. It has now become the habit of Parisians to drink a glass or two of milk at the period before dinner known as the "aperitif" hour. The change that has gradually been wrought in substituting milk for absinthe is said to be owing to the increase in open air exercise among Frenchmen, which produces a "craving for milk rather than for liquor." Most of the cafes, particularly those on the way to the Bois, are now supplied with sealed bottles of milk, and in some places a cow is kept in the window, with a sign informing the thirsty bicyclist or automobilist that "milk made on the premises is the purest in Paris." Under these circumstances it is natural that the subject of milk adulteration is just now receiving the attention of the health authorities of Paris, and Dr. H. De Rothschild has recommended that special inspectors be employed to examine all milk sold, although he deems that the danger of tuberculosis infection from milk drinking is really less than is commonly imagined. On the other hand, he showed that Paris milk is adulterated to a great extent and is full of impurities. He further recommends that a measure should be instituted making it obligatory to have all milk sterilized according to the Pasteur method.—Paris Corre. Chicag Chronicle. Where Sarsaparilla Comes From During the summer many boys and girls—and grown people, too—line up before the soda fountains in our cities and call for sarsaparilla without stopping to think, and perhaps without knowing what that extract is that gives a rich brown color to the beverage. Sarsaparilla is taken from the root of several species of smilax, a great vine that grows in South American forests. Jamaica, Mexico and Central America also export quantities of the smilax or the extract. One species of smilax grows to prodigious size in the great forests of the valley of the Amazon, and the Indians of that region sell large quantities of it to whites merchants. The Indians dig the root of this smilax, which sometimes reaches nine feet in length, growing horizontally from the stem. It is then dried and is usually shipped in that state, the sarsaparilla being extracted by manufacturers. These Indians of the Amazon, however, although far down in the scale of civilization, place great faith in the medicinal qualities of the juice, and perhaps the nature of the region in which they abide is responsible for this. They show much skill in extracting the sarsaparilla, which is done through a process of boiling. Detective's Scheme Worked Well. A detective was recently employed by one of London's West End clubs to discover a certain pilferer, who had caused much annoyance to the members by helping himself to cigars and other articles from their overcoat pockets. The disciple of Sherlock Homes smeared a number of cigars with aniline dyes, placed them in the pockets of several overcoats, and next morning carefully scrutinizing the mouths of the club servants, with the result that the culprit was found and persuaded to confess. ONE OF THE NEW WESTERN CANADA DISTRICTS. The Great Advantages of Settlement Where the Soil Is of Unex-ampled Fertility. During the past year or two a large number of American settlers (those going from the United States to Canada), have made homes in the Saskatoon district in Western Canada. They have found the climate all that could be desired and their prospects are of the brightest. In writing of it a correspondent says: The lands for sale are choice selections from a large area, and every farm is within easy distance of a railway station. Experience has shown that this district enjoys immunity from summer frost, from cyclones and blizzards. The South Saskatchewan flowing through the tract, is one of the finest rivers in the country, being navigable and having an average width of stream of 1.000 feet. The agents of the Canadian government, whose advertisement appears elsewhere in your paper and who will be pleased to furnish full information, tell me that within the limits of the tract there are two distinct varieties of soil. One is a rich black loam, and the other is a somewhat lighter loam, containing a small admixture of sand. There appears to be no appreciable difference between the fertility of these two kinds of soil. Both are alluvial in their characteristics, both are marvelously productive, and both rest upon a subsoil of clay. The advantage of this formation is that it retains the heat of the day during the night, and is favorable to the early maturity of crops. Every kind of crop will here attain the highest perfection of quality. The land is admirably adapted for stock-raising and dairy farming, as well as growing grain. Some idea of the richness of the natural grasses of the prairie may be formed from the fact that more than 200 tons of hay were gathered within a short distance of Saskatoon and stored up for use during the winter. A growth so luxuriant demonstrates beyond all possible question the suitability of the land for pasturing cattle, and no doubt this important industry will be largely carried on. Nature has been lavish in her gifts to this territory. Not only is the soil of unexampled fertility, but the climate is delightful and healthy. Such is the testimony of every settler, and this testimony is confirmed by enthusiastic opinions from every traveler, explorer, missionary or newspaper correspondent who has ever visited this far-famed Saskatchewan Valley. In former years vast herds of buffalo came here to winter from the elevated storm-swept regions south of the United States boundary line, proving thereby the adaptation of these rolling prairies to the purpose of raising stock. The land is dry, with sufficient, but not excessive rainfall, capable of early cultivation in the spring, and free from summer frosts. The configuration of the country renders artificial drainage unnecessary, and prevents the accumulation of stagnant pools; mists and fogs are seldom seen. The days of summer are full of sunshine, under the genial influence of which crops rapidly ripen. Autumn is characterized by an almost unbroken succession of fine weather, during which the crops are safely garnered. In winter it is cold, but extremely exhilarating and pleasant, owing to the wonderful dryness and bracing qualities of the air. The winter is a source of profit as well as enjoyment to the people, being far healthier than a humid climate. Water and fuel—these two prime necessaries of life are plentiful throughout the district. A Curlous Mistake. Word comes from Hawaii of a curious mistake that arose there through "America" and "God Save the King" being set to the same music. A British war ship called there, and the commander made an official call on Governor Dole. The government band played "God Save the King" as the visitors came up. The Hawaiian house of representatives was in session, but the members did not know what was going on outside. When the music began one member suggested that all stand up while the national anthem, "America," was being played. The idea was promptly adopted. South Dakota Farms Is the title of an illustrated booklet just issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, descriptive of the country between Aberdeen and the Missouri River, a section heretofore unprovided with railway facilities, but which is now reached by a new line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Everyone contemplating a change of location will be interested in the information contained in it, and a copy may be had by sending a two-cent stamp to F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ill. The carrying power of British shipping; including colonial, is now 30,300,-000 tons, against 3,400,000 tons in 1850. Some articles must be described. White's Yucatan needs no description; it's the real thing. The national debt of Norway amounts to about $60,000,000. LOSS OF APPETITE and nervousness, quickly eured by DR. CRANE'S QUAKER TONIC TABLETS. A promise should be given with caution and kept with care. "It Seems as Though my Back Would Break." THE MASTER OF THE ART Is it not true? Women suffer, feel the very life crushed out of them, grow old before their time. Each morning wake up determined to do so much before the day ends, and yet— Before the morning is very old the dreadful BACKACHE attacks them, the brave spirit sinks back in affright; no matter how hard they struggle, the "clutch" is upon them and they fall upon the couch crying: "Why should I suffer so? What can I do?" The answer is ready, your cry has been heard, and a woman is able to restore you to health and happiness. Backache is only a symptom of more fatal trouble—heed its warning in time. Lydia E. 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DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. Principal Amusement Features of the Pan-American Exposition The Midway of the Pan-American Exposition far surpasses all amusement features at former expositions, both in quality and novelty of attractions. The following are the principal concessions: Esquimaux Village, Glass Factory, Trip to the Moon, Aerlo-Cycle, Old Plantation, Beautiful Orient, Miniature World's Fair, Around the World, Cleopatra, Colorado Gold Mine, Living Pictures, Dreamland, Moving Pictures, War Cyclorama, Philippine Village, Alt Nurnburg, Panopticon, Streets of Mexico, Darkness and Dawn, Burning Mountain, Darkest Africa, House Upside Down, Water Sports Carnival, Gypsy Camp, Golden Charlots, Johnstown Flood, Infant Iucubators, Fair Japan, Bostock's Wild Animal Arena, Ideal Palace, Jerusalem on the Morning of the Crucifixion, Indian Congress, Bazaar Building, Scenic Railway, Venice in America, Dawson City, Miniature Railway, Pabst on the Midway. At least two women are serving as truant officers in school districts of New York State—Mrs. U. C. Walker, of Watertown, Jefferson county, and Mrs. Helen M. Coe, of Scriba Corners, Oswego county. Hall's Catarrh Cure is a constitutional cure. Price, 75s. The Adventists in Detroit will establish parochial schools. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, curbs wind cell. Stir a bottle. The man who is lazy never has time to do anything. successful in restoring to health you cannot well say, without it will help me." If you are ill, if Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., for ARD 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 the National City Bank, of Lynn, Mass., $5,000, paid to any person who can show that the above not genuine, or was pulished before obtaining the permission.—Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Among the newest constructions of the Russian navy to engage the energies of the shipbuilding plant at Nicolaieff will be a new cruiser of 13,000 tons, 12,000 horse power and 18 knots speed. Besides this, the same yards will launch a protected cruiser of 6,400 tons, 19,500 horse power and 23 knots speed. Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it, like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. If the price of coffee, 15c and 25c per package. Sold by all grocers. One day recently the amount of mail originating in the Chicago post-office was 154 tons. FITR Permanently Curated. No fees or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Klein's Great Navy Restore. Food for FREE $2.00 total bottle and tray. Dr. R. H. 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One of the most notable surprises of recent years has been the rise of Japan from a condition considered to be hardly civilized to the position of one of the great powers of the world. In part this is due to the admirable organization of her army and the exploits of her navy in the war with China. The Japanese fleet was handled with an audacity and skill that startled professional observers all over the world. The want of a sufficiently numerous fleet prevented Japan from retaining the fruits of victory, but her government at once set to work to create a navy adequate for the purposes of Japanese policy. The result is seen in the splendid squadron which Japan will soon have assembled in the far east. At the battle of the Yulu, Sept. 17, 1894, which disposed of the Chinese squadron, the Japanese had 11 vessels aggregating 86,264 tons, against 12 Chinese ships of 34,975 tons and four torpedo boats. The Chinese squadron comprised two armoredads, the Chen-Yuen and Ting-Yuen, of 7,480 tons each, superior to any individual vessel of the Japanese squadron, the largest ships in which were three of 4,300 tons; the Matsu-shima, the flagship, the Itsuku-shima, and the Hashidate. Their inferiority in armor protection was compensated for by their formidable armament, but they were not able to venture into close quarters with the two Chinese ironclads, and the Matsu-shima was so badly damaged that the Japanese admiral had to transfer his flag during the action to the Hashidate. The net result of the fighting was that four of the Chinese ships were sunk and several captured, and three Japanese vessels were more or less seriously injured. In the less than seven years that have elapsed since then the Japanese navy has made enormous strides. Its first line is now composed of six battleships, including four of the most powerful of their class afloat. They are the Shiki-shima, Hatsuse, Asahl, and Misaka of 14,900 tons and 14,500 horse power, with speed of 18.5 knots. The only thing that can be said against them is that they are furnished with the now condemned Belleville boilers. The other two battleships are the Yashima and Fuji-Yama of 12,500 tons, 14,100 horse-power, and 19 knots speed. The six belong to the English majestic class, but are more modern and have many improvements. They form a compact squadron in themselves superior to that of any other power in the far eastern seas. The armored cruisers number six and belong to one class in size, being of 9,850 tons, 19,000 horse-power, and 22.07 knots speed. Four of them, like the four great battleships, were built in England, the other two coming from Germany and France. The two latter have Belleville boilers. They all maneuver with great facility, and are little inferior in fighting value to battleships. The protected cruisers number 13, ranging from 2,700 to 4,800 tons, with horse-power of from 6,100 to 15,000, and from 16.5 to 23 knots speed. Four are of the newest designs, and with their speed and armament form a valuable complement of the preceding armored cruiser squadron. Two, the Takasago and Yo-shimo, are of English build, and the latter by the rapidity of her fire did great execution among the Chinese ships at the Yalu. The other two, the Kasagi and Chitose, are of American construction. Of the other protected cruisers the only ones of European build are the Idzumi, formerly the Chilean Esmeralda, constructed in England, and the Sai-yen, built in Germany and captured from the Chinese at the same time as the Chen-Yuen, coast defense ship, renamed the Chin-yen. The Japanese have also a numerous destroyer and torpedo-boat flotilla of the most modern build, the destroyers being 12 in number. Their gunboats and unprotected cruisers are now, of course, behind the age and fit only for coast guard and customs service among the islands. The great feature of the Japanese fighting fleet is the equipment of the heavier rapid-fire guns in each ship. This is the result of the lesson of the Yalu, where the victory was largely due to the shower of projectiles thrown into the Chinese ships. In the event of Japan's finding herself at war with one of the European powers it is questionable whether any of the squadrons now in the far east could make head against the fleet the Japanese have created since 1894.—Chicago Journal. A aptable and growing industry in Nebraska is the trade in jack rabbits, which are frozen for shipment to the east, where they are sold at fancy prices as Belgian hares. Farmers' boys in the state earn many dollars during the winter in pursuing this game, which they sell to the packers for about $1.50 a dozen. The price is small, but the supply is ample, and the farmers do themselves a double service by ridding their lands of what often becomes a pest. The extent of the industry is indicated by the shipments, which are in car-load lots. Frank Fleetwood, the 20-year-old son of Jacob Fleetwood of Tipton, Ind., has become mentally deranged from the effects of reading novels. A few days since, he became violent and drove his parents from the house. It is said he read over 1,000 novels. A Match Starts the Meal If You use a WICKLESS BLUE FLAME Oil Stove No Fuss No Muss If your dealer does not keep them, write to the nearest agency of STANDARD OIL CO. A man is kneeling in front of a woman who is sitting on a couch. The woman is holding a phone to her ear and looking up at the man. The man is standing on the floor, looking up at the woman with a surprised expression. happen. 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AT ONCE With rig to sell our Poultry Mixture; expenses; year's contract; weekly reliability. Address with stamp, EUREK A Match orts the M If You use a CKLESS il Stov MAN WANTED AT ONCE Poultry Mixture; straight salary $15.00 contract; weekly pay. We furnish be- with stamp, EUREKA MF'G CO., Dept. 55 arch the Meal use a ESS BLU FLAM tove If your dealer does not keep them, write to the nearest agency of STANDARD OIL CO. MAN WANTED AT ONCE With rig to sell our Poultry Mixture; straight salary $15.00 per week and expenses; year's contract; weekly pay. We furnish bank reference of reliability. Address with stamp, EUREKA MF'G CO., Dept. 55. East St. Louis III. POOR LITTLE JOHNNY! AND HIS "TUMMY"! Small boys, and occasionally suffer terribly in "cramps" in the pain so violent ones attacked, and them to stand up. Some people can plain-spoken people properly, for the bowels, and caused bowels to rid the doesn't belong the gets it from over-eating fruit, and suffers n't. It's spring now, for war." Let the folks, too, for that channels filled with gested food, strengtheners. By belly-ache, keep a box of CASCAR doubles in your insides are QUICKLY CURED LIVER TONIC FOR THE BO appendicitis, blood, winded bowels, foul digestion, pimples, allow complexion don't move regulation kills more together. It is a and long years of No matter what to-day, for you all the time until our advice, start an absolute guar- GUARANTY similar medicine in great merit, and our will soil CASCARET money refunded. Go flat, honest trial, as you not insulted, after until box and the empty box when you perish I have taken new advice. Health will quiet you first-starred the most address: STRELING BREATH Small boys, and many times late and occasionally girls, too, big and suffer terribly from convulsive cramps" in the bowels and stains so violent that it "doubles times attacked, and makes it impotent to stand up. Some people call it colic, but most main-spoken people call it "belly-ache" properly, for the seat of the trouble bowels, and caused by the violent effect bowels to rid themselves of something doesn't belong there. The small bowels it from over-eating or from eating fruit, and suffers mostly in the summer. It's spring now, and "in times of peace war." Let the boys and girls and folks, too, for that matter, clean out the channels filled with winter bile and putasted food, strengthen the 30-feet canal, liven up the liver, and "summer sheers" will have no terrors, because they to use CASCARETS, gentle, sweet, strengtheners. For fear that any box of CASCARETS in the house allure CURED BY CASCARETS THE BOWELS NEW SOLD GUARANTEED TO CURE: Five the first box of BT9 was sold over six million years, greater than most merit, and our best testimonial. We have sold CASCARETS absolutely guaranteed money refunded. Go buy today, two 80¢ boxes, or, honest tried, as per simple directions, and not satisfied, after using one 80¢ box, return the box and the empty box to us by mail, or the buyer's purchase of it, and we will pay the cost. This our advice—no matter what price. Health will quickly follow and you will be first starved for the use of CASCARETS. Book your drugs: SINELING BEMEDY CO., NEW YORK or O Small boys, and many times large ones, and occasionally girls, too, big and little, suffer terribly from convulsive pains or "cramps" in the bowels and stomach pain so violent that it "doubles up" the ones attacked, and makes it impossible for them to stand up. Some people call it colic, but most honest, plain-spoken people call it "belly-ache" and very properly, for the seat of the trouble is in the bowels, and caused by the violent efforts of the bowels to rid themselves of something which doesn't belong there. The small boy usually gets it from over-eating or from eating forbidden fruit, and suffers mostly in the summer time. It's spring now, and "in times of peace, prepare for war." Let the boys and girls and the big folks, too, for that matter, clean out the clogged channels filled with winter bile and putrid undigested food, strengthen the 30-feet of bowel canal, liven up the liver, and "summer belly-aches" will have no terrors, because they won't Do You Want to Know all about patented. Are you an inventor? If so, send stamp to L. F. Ousner, patent aly, 430 50th St. M. E. Washington, D. C., for Free Handbook on Patents. RISO'S CURE FOR BREAST WIRE IN THE FALL. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in times. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION --- information as to reduced railway rates can be had on application to the Superintendent of Immigration, Department of Interior, Ottawa, Canada, or to C.J. Broughton, 1223 Monadnock Block, Chicago, or E. T. Holmes, Room 6, "Big Four" Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. HOLLYHOCK POULTRY FARM 56-page Illustrated Poultry Catalogue. The secrets of successful poultry raising told in plain language; all about incubators, brooders, poultry houses, how to hatch and raise every chick, what, when and how to feed, forcing hens to lay and hundreds of valuable subjects contained in no other catalogue. Tells of 35 varieties popular thoroughbred lowls and quotes extremely low prices. Send 4c in stamps for postage. Hollyhock Poultry Farm. Box 1457, Des Moines, Ia. Nature's Priceless Kennedy DR. O. PHELPS BROWN'S PRECIOUS HERBAL OINTMENT It Cures Through the Porcs Address Pr. O. P. Brown, 98 B'way, Newburgh, N. Y. Rheumatism, Nourmails, Weak Back, Sprains, Burns, Sores and all Pain: Special Get it of your druggist, 40, 50. If he does not sell it, send us his name, and for your trouble, we will Send You a Trial Free. MAN WANTED straight salary $13.00 per week and pay. We furnish bank reference of KKA MFG CO., Dent. 55, East St. Louis, Ill. Meal a BLUE FLAME ve If your dealer does not keep them, write to the nearest agency of STANDARD OIL CO. and many times large ones, fully girls, too, big and little, from convulsive pains or the bowels and stomach—but that it "doubles up" the hand makes it impossible for up. Call it colic, but most honest, simple call it "belly-ache" and very seat of the trouble is in the bed by the violent efforts of the themselves of something which there. The small boy usually eating or from eating forbidden mostly in the summer time. and "in times of peace, prepare the boys and girls and the big matter, clean out the clogged with winter bile and putrid undi-engthen the 30-feet of bowel the liver, and "summer belly-no terrors, because they won't ARETS, gentle, sweet, fragrant For fear that anybody in the ARETS in the house always, and BY OWELS NEVER SOLD IN BULK. TEED TO CURE: Five years ago the Best box of GASGAMETS was sold. Now it is over six million bucks a year, greater than any the world. This is absolute proof of best testimonial. We have faith and TS absolutely guaranteed to cure or buy today, two 600 house, give them a per simple directions, and if you give one 600 box, receive the unused dose us by mail, or the ground live it, and get your money back for both no matter what old you start briefly follow and you will bless the day of GASGAMETS. Book free by mail. MEDY CO., NEW YORK or CHICAGO. PATENTS WITHOUT PRE UNION successor Send. Description and get free opinion MILO B. STEVENS & CO., Bristol, Md. Div. 2, 817-54th Street, WASHINGTON, D. C. Branch offices: Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit. W. N. U. CHICAGO, NO. 20, 1901. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. If you take up your home in Western Canada, the land of plenty, illustrated pamphlets, giving experiences of farmers who have become wealthy in growing wheat, reports of delegates, etc., and full FORECAST OF PASHIONS. Waists of all-over embroidery will be much in vogue this summer. All skirts for afternoon and evening wear will be made with the dip front. Everything is done to broaden the shoulder effect, though the sleeves are not puffed at the top. Hats covered almost entirely with flowers are becoming to most women, and are much in fashion. The walking skirt for the coming spring should not be over three inches from the ground in length. The Janice Meredith curl gives a girl a decidedly untidy appearance, especially when that style of collure is worn in the street. One of the new ideas in spring millinery is to combine straw braids with tulle, the latter being introduced into the trimming. Skirts for afternoon wear are made of velvet, taffeta and peau de sole, but satin is not in evidence unless draped with net or grenadine. Among the most attractive material now appearing in the new summer gowns is chambray in plain and fancy ground, with both dull and mercerized finish. This is the season when one grows tired of one's winter gowns and becomes anxious for spring suits with lightweight jacket and skirt, but it is not wise to discard the heavy coats and furs even though the days seem warm. Among elegant creations of French dressmakers are long coats in the Empire style, formed of the leading shades of finest kid-finished cloth, lined with white or very delicate mauve, blue or old rose satin, with standing and cape collars of panne, edged with sable, ermine, mink, otter, or chinchilla fur. FUNNYGRAPHS. Carrie (in her new bonnet)—"How do you like my hat, Bertha?" Bertha—"Why, I think it is splendid. No one would know it wasn't brand new."—Boston Transcript. "I am almost discouraged," said the reformer. "About what?" "The future of this world. Every time I devise some new idea for suppressing iniquity the sinners sharpen their wits and invent a new swindle."—Washington Star. Wife—"I wish you would give me some money to buy my Easter bonnet." Husband—"Why, I gave you the money for it two weeks ago." Wife—"I know, but I used that all up in car fare going to the various 'millinery openings.'"—Philadelphia Press. Willie Boerum (entertaining his sister's caller)—"Do you like baseball very much, Mr. Jamaica?" Mr. Jamaica—"I never played ball much, Willie. I enjoy golf—" Willie Boerum (disappointedly)—"Why, I heard pa tell Susan you were a great catch."—Brooklyn Eagle. A Detroit street railway magnate has neglected to provide his street cars with a certain safety appliance, and for this neglect is liable to imprisonment for 3,039 years. This seems like quite a period, but, of course, he could cut it down some by good behavior. Cleveland Plain Dealer. SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY A dollar in the hand is worth two in a will. Women's thoughts of men are mostly afterthoughts. Never contradict a woman when she is abusing her husband. A wife is either a man's best possession or his very worst. Fine feathers may not make fine birds, but they make soft pillows. Women as a rule are willing to shut up when money gets ready to talk. The bandmaster likes to have the public's money play into his hands. Ancestors often resemble potatoes—the best of them are under ground Every cloud has its silver lining, and even a dark lantern has its bright side. It is easier to call a man a fool than it is to convince him of the truth of your statement. Lots of men are the architects of their own fortunes, but are unable to build according to their plans. It may be more blessed to give than to receive, but with most people this is only a dress-parade theory. It is not necessary for a man to be poor in order to be honest, but sometimes it seems necessary for a man to be poor if he is honest. AFTERTHOUGHTS. When doctors disagree it must be very trying for them to prepare their bulletins. Our admiration for the skill of some people often causes us to overlook their methods. The habitual story teller is about the only person who can win commendation by being short in his accounts. The difference between our plans and our accomplishments shows that experience is generally acquired too late to make much use of it—Indianapolis News. Why isn't a homely actress a case of stage fright? Many a laboring man's down in the world—digging gold. He who calls all men fools is right in at least one instance. It's a wise cook that knows enough to leave well done alone. The man who does a little and does it well does a great deal. A dude dressed out of sight is very out to be out of mind as well. ```markdown ``` SOME NEW PABRICS. Crepe de Chine, nun's velling and canvas cloth are also fashionable for this purpose. A silk and wool barege is the latest material for the smart afternoon frock for spring and summer. Embroidered Eollennes swell the list of handsome silk and wool fabrics and appear in bewildering variety. German linen in the newest colors and stripes, and with a silk-like luster, is used for shirt waists and two-piece wash costumes. Mercerized cloth is a new material for cotton tailor-made gowns. It has a close weave, is shown in all the summer colors, and in plain and embroidered effects. Satin-gloria is the pretty name under which a fabric with, lustrous satiny-like surface over a cotton back makes its debut. The Persian designs look very much like the panne satins. Charming, too, is the new volle sephyr; it resembles veiling in weave, and the soft, shimmering effect of the silk or Liberty satin foundation through the open mesh adds to its charm. Silk gingham is destined to be very popular for summer wear. The colorings and designs are most attractive. With the lines of black and white on red and gray ground, made in a rather severe style, these gowns are very smart. The skirts are trimmed with bias bands of the material, the waists with tucks, or yoke and revers of embroidery or lace. The light yellow and blues are charming in coloring, and can be trimmed effectively with lace or embroidery.—Philadelphia Times. STAGE WHISPERS. Sardou's "Patrie" has been revived in the Comedie-Francalee, with Mounet-Sully in the principal masculine role. Clyde Fitch is said to have signed a contract to deliver a new play to Charles Frohman for production early in the coming autumn. Bijou Fernandez is to take the place of Ysobel Haskins in "The Climbers," Miss Haskins is the young woman who made such a "front" last season, as The Firefly in "When We Were 21." Blanche Walsh is said to have a play made from "Joan of the Sword-Hand" for next season. She is said to be meeting with success in her revival of "More Than Queen," Julia Arthur's unfortunate vehicle of last season. Rostand is said to be working on two plays—one dealing with stage-life, and which he expects to see acted by Bernhardt and Coquelin, and one called "Le Maison des Amants," which may be acted in the Comedie-Française. The Mask-and-Wiggers would seem to have hit upon the cleverest of the various word-plays upon the name of Doctor Doyle's detective-hero in "Sheerluck Holmes," which is the title of a short cartoon that will be a feature of their new extravaganza, "Baba! Blacksheep." JACKSTRAWS. Raw material—eggs. Nickel-plated—the 5-cent lunch. The costumer doesn't always enlarge his clothes when he lets them-out. The tremulo in a singer's voice doesn't improve it any great shakes. A lively martial air doesn't become a dead march every time it is murdered. Of course, a person doesn't have to lose the right hand to have only one left. In days of old when a malden wanted to make a match she set her knight cap. It isn't at all pleasant to pay the laundryman stiff prices for slimsy work. A hearty "round" of applause is what an actor considers "square" treatment. A flat in the ninth story of an apartment house is a place intended for high livers. "Where am I?" thought the transplanted fruit tree. "I have lost my bearings." You cannot always improve an uncultured man by cultivating him as an acquaintance. Keep to the right. The sidewalks are not the place for go-as-you-please pedestrianism.—Philadelphia Bulletin. APHORISMS. Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.—Garfield. Whilst we are considering when we are to begin, it is often too late to act.—Quintilian. Surmounted difficulties not only teach, but hearten us in our future struggles.—Sharpe. He who is resolved to conquer or die is seldom conquered; such noble despair perishes with difficulty.—Cornellie. There never was a day that did not bring its own opportunity for doing good, that never could have been done before, and never can be again.—W. H. Burleigh. Mrs. Margaret Deand, the novelist, has begun a series of flower sales at her Boston home for the benefit of the poor of that city. The king of Slam wears what, is probably the richest state attire of any reigning monarch. The jewels worn on such occasions are valued at over £200,000. The teachers of Oklahoma have given Governor Barnes of that territory a pair of driving horses, in recognition of his work for the schools and colleges of the territory. Office Hours: Phone 618 Went 10 to 12 a. m., 2 to 4 p. m. 6 to 7:30 p. m. TELEPHONE NUMBER 472 K. P. Military Band and Orchestra Music Furnished for Balls and Recoptions. Prices Reasonable. Call and see me. DR. WM. H. DAVIS, Chiropidist, TREATMENT PAINLESS. Promp Attention given to Calls at Your Residence or Place of Business. 5012 Fifth Avenue, Chicago WANTED. The Broad Ax desires to engage the services of one or two popular young women as collectors, subscription and advertising solicitors. Good salary paid to active workers. Call or address JULIUS F. TAYLOR, 5040 Armour avenue. NEWSPAPER LAW. Any person who takes the paper regularly from the postoffice, whether he is a subscriber or not, is responsible for the pay. The courts have decided that refusing to take newspapers and periodicals from the postoffice, or removing and leaving them uncalled for is prima facie evidence of intentional fraud. If your nearest druggest does not have the Original Ozonized Ox-Marrow he can get it for you from any wholesale druggist in the city. It straightens kinky hair. Warranted harmless. Only 50 cents a bottle. The Ozonized Ox-Marrow Co., 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. VENTILATING CHURCHES Bad Air the Prime Cause of Dullness in Congregations. The ventilation of a large number of churches is notoriously bad, and bad ventilation has frequently more to do with sleepy congregations than even the dullness or the length of the sermon. Wide interest has been created by the description of a new departure in the system of combined warming and ventilation introduced by Prof. Fischer, in the new memorial church at Berlin, Germany, which in its general plan resembles St. Paul's Cathedral, in London. To the height of 80 feet from the floor the walls are traversed by hot-air chambers, so that from the ground to the galleries, 22 feet above, there is no perceptible difference of temperature, the air being kept constantly at 15 degrees C. (60 degrees F.) The aid of the engineer has been the removal from the space occupied by the congregation of paths followed by the currents of air conveying the warmth from the sources of heat to the radiating surfaces, by placing the heating apparatus high up in the neighborhood of the cooling surface, maintaining, in reversal of the usual procedure, a higher temperature in the upper portion of the building and intercepting and reheating the cooled air in its descent toward the lower part occupied by the congregation. There are thus four stratas of air of different temperatures. Prof. Fischer maintains that the system of heating the upper more than the lower regions of the air is the only proper course in such lofty buildings as churches, for whereas with the ordinary method the air heated on or below the ground level is cooled on reaching the roof and, fouled by the products of respiration, descends again on the heads of the congregation, unless withdrawn by an exhauster, in his system the fresh air is warmed to an agreeable temperature in its passage through the channels in the walls. Furthermore, its ascent is encouraged by its being led through two sets of heating coils. In the dome there is a third set of coll, which, although they do not contribute to the warming of the parts occupied by the worshipers, serve effectually to prevent the descent of the foul air by promoting its continued ascent toward and escape through the apertures in the lantern that crowns the edifice. Would Prevent Headstone Reaction. In Wichita county, Kansas, recently a young woman died leaving a lover and a brother, who are not good friends. The sweetheart ordered a handsome headstone for the girl's grave, and now the brother has gone into court for an injunction to prevent the erection of the proposed memorial. A. D. GASH, Attorney at Law. 61 and 86 La Salle St., Suite 615 to 618; Telephone, Main 3077. Chicago. JOHN E. OWENS Attorney at Law, SUITE 621 ASHLAND BLOCK, 80 S. Clark Street, CHICAGO TEL. MARRISON 51. Thomas F. Soully, Attorney at Law, 79 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 8556 Halsted Street, Cor. Halsted & 63, CHICAGO. Telephone Yard 707 Residence, 113 Garsold Bd. JOHN FITZGERALD JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 4787 S. HALSTED STREET, .....CHICAGO LAWYER. 423 Ashland Block, Chicago. — Tel. M. 2625. Lawrence M. Ennis, Advocate and Counselor at Law, Suite 726 Opera, Mouse Block. S. W. Corner Clark and Washington St. TELEPHONE MAIN 1782. DR. JOSEPH JEFFREY, Physician and Surgeon, 4898 Dearborn Street. CHICAGO. Hours: 8-10 a. m., 3-4, 6-8 p. m. HARD AND SOFT COAL Wood, Charcoal, Coke and Ice, Expressing and Moving a Specialty. 332 29th St. Chicago, Ill. Odd Causes of Fires. Peaceful Crawling of an Insect Sets Building Ablaze. It seems almost a wonder that the world is not burned up, when one realizes what strange circumstances may cause a disastrous fire. In one case the peaceful crawling of an insect set a building on fire. Some cotton waste had been used with mineral oil, and then thrown away. An unlucky insect crawled through that oil-saturated waste, and came out again with some of the oily fibers adhering to its body. Then it perambulated round the building, coming at last to the gas-jet to meet its fate. The cotton fibers, still adnering to its body, caught fire, and the unfortunate insect dropped blazing to the floor, setting the place on fire. Cotton waste was also partly responsible for another curious fire. This time an electric spark did the mischief, passing from a belt to some conducting substance near it and communicating with the cotton. The Railway and Engineering Review, borrowing from an English exchange, gives two instances of fire caused by water. In the first case a flood caused the water to rise inside a factory until it reached a pile of iron filings. When they came in contact with the water, they oxidized so rapidly that they became intensely hot, and at last set fire to woodwork near them, and the building was destroyed. In the other case the water from the engines during a fire found its way into a shed containing quicklime. The heat caused by the slacking of the lime set fire to the shed, and this to other buildings. Glass globes, which act as lenses, often cause fire, and it has recently been said that the convex glasses used in pavement lights are dangerous, and should be abandoned in favor of lights with flat tops.—Youth's Companion. According to the Journal of German Engineers, the French railway trains, instead of the British, hold the first place for speed, scheduled time being the basis for comparison. A regular train between Paris and Amiens makes the distance, 82 miles without stop, in an hour and a quarter, or at the rate of 65 miles an hour. The fastest regular train in Great Britain makes 60 miles an hour, for a distance of only 33 miles, between Perth and Forfar. In Germany a greater speed than 56 miles an hour is prohibited, but the fastest regular train makes only 53 miles, between Wittenberg and Hamburg. "Professor Thompson says that elec tric care will travel at the rate of 100 miles an hour." "By gum, it's hard enough to get 'em to stop for a fellow now."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. BARNEY BENSON, House and Fire Wrecking. 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 402R ...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 Roanoke Bldg., 145 La Salle St. 5040 Armor Ave. Citizens Brewing COMPANY ARCHER AVE. AND MAIN STREET. CHICAGO Telephone Canal 373 POOL AND BILLIARDS BRAXTON'S ....PLACE SAMPLE ROOM Fine Wines and Liquors Imported and Domestic Cigars 260 West Lake St. JIM GEORGE Jas. J. McCormick, SAMPLE ROOM 8462 SOUTH HALSTED STREET. MILK DIET NOW THE FAD. Bread Used Only as a Medium for Butter Eating. Milk is the latest and most approved dietetic fad. The woman who is fair and with forty staring her in the face and who is determined not to be fat, makes her breakfast and lunch of milk and fresh fruit. She dines on a quarter of a pound of lean roast meat, with enough fresh, green vegetables to "make bulk in her insides," as Tommy Atkins would say. The fresh, wholesome beauty of the young Queen of Holland is attributed to her frugal diet of the national milk and cheese, and the extraordinary vitality of the aged Roman pontiff is another evidence of what a rigorous diet will do for even so delicate a man as Pope Leo has always been. The milk diet is of more value than many complexion washes and as a means of adding or diminishing one's weight it has no equal. The popular superstition that milk is fattening arises from the fact that many misguided people, in addition to a heavy meal, drink milk sufficient for another meal, and complain that it disagrees with them and increases their weight. In order to derive benefit from the milk diet one should get hold of a few fundamental facts. In the first place, one and a half pints of pure milk, or three glasses, contain, besides water, enough food in concentrated form and properly proportioned to make a meal for an adult human being. This quantity of milk, with the addition of a little fruit, is the regulation breakfast and lunch of the dieter. For dinner a quarter of a pound of lean roast meat with some green vegetables is allowed. A pint of milk is the limit, where loss of flesh is an object, and one glass, with fruit, for breakfast and the same for lunch, may be regarded as rather rigorous treatment. Milk and meat should ever be taken at the same meal. Heavy vegetables, like beans and peas, should be avoided entirely by the gouty, but if by reason of infirmity of appetite they are indulged in they should take the place of meat at that meal. Where the diet is adopted because of a nervous breakdown, or general debility, and a gain in flesh is most desirable, a liberal addition of cream to the stewed fruit is recommended. Sweet butter is also most valuable for this purpose. Indeed, some physicians go so far as to say that bread is absolutely valueless except as a medium for butter eating.—Milwaukee Wisconsin. The heaviest man in America, if not the world, is Lee Trickey of Glenwood, Wis., who weighs 580 pounds. A few years ago he weighed 710, but he "porred away considerable," he says. CHICAGO. Read and subscribe for The Broad Ax, the only newspaper in Chicago which "hews to the Line." NOTICE. 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 [COFFEEHOOD.] Will straighten your hair, quickly and easily so that you can do it yourself at home no matter how kinky or curly it is. This wonderful hair pomade has been made and sold many years giving perfect satisfaction to everybody. It is the only hair preparation in the world that straightens kinky hair as shown above. Nourishes the scalp, cures dandruff, prevents falling, and makes the hair grow. Sold over forty years. Warranted harmless. Testimonials free on request. It was the first preparation ever sold for straightening kinky hair. Beware of irritations. Get the Original Ozonized Ox MARROW the genuine never fails to keep the hair pliable and beautiful. Acolast necessarily for indices and antiperspirant. Elsewhere you named. Owing to its superior and lasting quality it is the most economical. It is not possible for anybody to produce a preparation equal to it. Full directions with every bottle. Only 50 cents. Sold by dealers or we will ship you express paid one bottle for $5 cents or three for $1.40. Send postal or express money order, as we do not send goods C. O. D. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL. The Day of Most Disasters. The ill-repute of Friday as an unlucky day is shown by some current statistics to be undeserved. A careful investigation, largely through official channels, has been made of the matter in Germany, and as a result it is found that of 9,948 weekly accidents and disasters, such as are commonly attributed to bad luck, 1,674 occurred on Monday, 1,551 on Tuesday, 1,631 on Wednesday, 1,547 on Thursday, 1,638 on Friday, 1,638 on Saturday, and 269 on Sunday. The most noteworthy feature of these figures, apart from their vindication of Friday, is the uniformity of distribution of mishaps among the six secular days of the week, the difference between the most and the least "unlucky" days being less than one-tenth. The day of most disasters is Monday.