The Broad Ax
Saturday, May 25, 1901
Chicago, Illinois
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Up to Wednesday afternoon nothing new developel in our libel suit except that a little bird traced Capt. Carter and several other ring-leaders of his gang of blood-thirsty hybird conspirators to a house on La Salie street, near 28th street, where they further concocted their plan or scheme of getting us in jail before we had the time to get out another issue of The Broad Ax, for the last issue of The Broad Ax set every member of this whole gang of hydra-headed impostors on fire and they all had or have blood in their blood-shot eyes.
Wednesday afternoon however, the fight was renewed in dead earnest; along about 2 o'clock we appeared in the hallway which leads into Justice John C. Everett's court and the first one to tackle us was W. H. Clark, who cussed us up one side and down the other. Clark called us "a bastard," "a yellow hyena," and many other names which are too vile and indecent to print. He thought he could scare us off by threatening to commit bodily harm upon us, but we did not run, Clark had fifty cents hung up in the case, which he put up to have it docketed, go it is fair to assume that he was in favor of having Justice Everett to go right ahead with the case, but Justice Everett continued it until next Wednesday afternoon; then the boys got hotter and hotter in their collars; Saint Air Tight Watkins, who misrepresents the city of the 56th street police station, stood around and looked at the judge, and Watkins had his hat cocked on one side of his lawless head, which made him look like a dead tough boy instead of a brainless lawyer.
Ham Carter pranced around like a two-legged dung-hill rooster and acted as though he wanted to tear one of our witnesses to pieces. Several other members of Ham's gang glared at us and conducted themselves as though they would like to drink our warm blood and cut and hack our body up into a million pieces and throw it to the dogs to feast upon. In the meantime all hands filed out of Justice Everett's court; at about 3 o'clock, and shortly after doing so, one of our true friends, who is connected with the States Attorney's office, called us up by telephone and informed us that "a colored man from the corporation counsel's office arrived in front of the grand jury rooms at about 4 o'clock, and stated that Justice Everett refused six times to go ahead with the case of the People of Illinois against Julius F. Taylor, and that he wanted the grand jury to take it up at once."
So on Thursday morning arrangements were made to appear before the grand jury and on Thursday night that body returned on indictment against us. Friday morning word was sent to us from the States Attorney's office, requesting us to come over to the big building on the North Side and bring our bondsmen with us, and Albert B. George and Edward H. Wright went on our bond for one thousand dollars, and we are still ready to fight.
P. S.-By the time the colored man from the Corporation Counsel's office arrived at the Grand Jury rooms, so it is said "that Poney Moore, Ham Carter and other members of his gang of notorious vipers were already on the ground."
Cheering news comes from Southern Illinois, over the election of the Hon. James B. Ricks as Judge of the Supreme Court of this state. Judge Ricks is an able lawyer and he will give honor and dignity to the office to which he was elected last Tuesday. State Chairman John P. Hopkins spent much time in Southern Illinois prior to the election, and the returns show that he is no novice in the political world.
County Commissioner James E. Daley so far has made an ideal county official and the leaders of the party will not pass Commissioner Daley by next year when nominations are in order for county commissioners.
The first step of this congress was the passage by practically a solid party vote, of the celebrated "Concurrent Resolution," to inquire into the condition of the late Confederate states, the next was the passage in the House, December 14, of a resolution referring to that committee of fifteen every question relating to conditions in the late confederate states, and to admit no member from these states until the committee had reported; then came the defeat of the Vorhees resolutions endorsing the presidential plan. The Republicans, in the votes on all these measures, presented practically a solid front, while the Democrats were unanimous in opposition. The action of the Senate was on like lines. In the language of Mr. Stevens' Congress was already determined "to take no account of the aggregation of white-washed rebels who, without any legal authority, have assembled in capitols of the late rebel states and simulated legislative bodies."
Reconstruction was already a party question. Mr. Stevens, the leader of the radicals, said during these proceedings, on the floor of the House, December 14, 1865:
"According to my judgment they (the insurrectionary states) ought never to be recognized as capable of acting in the Union, or of being recognized as valid states, until the Constitution shall have been so amended as to make it what its makers intended, and so as to secure perpetual ascendency to the party of the Union."
A sample of the arguments for the Concurrent Resolution is the following, by a prominent member, Mr. Shellebarger, in answer to Mr. Raymond: "They framed iniquity and universal murder into law. The'r pirates burned your unarmed commerce upon every sea. They carved the bones of your dead heroes into ornaments, and drank from goblets made out of their skulls. They poisoned your fountains, put mines under your soldiers' prisons, organized bands whose leaders were concealed in your homes, and commissions ordered the torch and yellow fever to be carried to your citizens and to your women and children. They planned one universal bonfire of the North from Lake Ontario to the Missouri." etc.
Moderation was out of the question. A few conservative Republicans, who, like Mr. Raymond, of New York, stood out for Mr. Johnson's policy, were trampled under the feet of the majority. Others, though halting now and then, kept in line with the party which was steadily marching forward to the view that was already held by the radicals, and afterwards expressed by Mr. Sumner in debate upon the bill for suffrage in the District of Columbia:
"Nothing is clearer than the absolute necessity for suffrage for all colored persons in the disorganized states. It will not be enough if you give it to those who read and write, you will not in this way acquire the voting force which you need there for the protection of Unionists, whether black or white, you will not secure the new allies who are essential to the national cause."
To reach this goal there were many obstacles to be overcome, and time was necessary. The plan of the radicals included legislation relating to freedmen; there was good reason to expect hostilify from the Supreme Court, and southerners did not foresee how a square decision from that tribunal could be avoided; it included constitutional amendments; three-fourths of the states only could amend the Constitution, and several of the northern states were hostile to Negro suffrage, while if the policy entered upon should fail, the failure would be disastrous. The Democrats in Congress had allied themselves with the cause of the southern whites, and, as Mr. Stevens expressed it on the floor of the House, If Negroes were not to have the ballot, the representatives from the southern states, with the Democrats "that would be elected in
HEW TO THE LINE.
the best of times in the North," would control the country.
The radicals were looking hopefully to the investigation of the committee of Fifteen, under the Concurrent Resolution, of which Mr. Seward said (Bancroft's Seward, Page 454), it "was not a plan for reconstruction, but a plan for indefinite delay." The committee was composed of twelve Republicans and three Democrats, and of them Mr. Blaine says (Twenty Years in Congress, Vol. II, Page 129): "It was foreseen that in an especial degree the fortunes of the Republican party would be in the keeping of the fifteen men who might be chosen." This committee was appointed in December, 1865, continued its investigations until June, 1866, when dividing on strictly party lines, the majority made its report, June 13, and the minority June 22
The majority report discussed at length theories of reconstruction, and bitterly condemned the plan of the President. As to conditions in the South, it found that the Freedmen's Bureau was "Almost universally hated," and that "the feeling in many portions towards the emancipated slaves, especially among the uneducated and ignorant, is one of vindictive and malicious hatred. This deep-seated prejudice against color is aggressively cultivated by the public journals, and leads to acts of cruelty, oppression, and murder, which the local authorities are at no pains to prevent or punish.
(To be continued.)
TAKING ADVANCED GROUNDS. At the regular Monday meeting of the Ministerial Union held at Metropolitan A. M. E. church, the following resolutions looking toward reform in the conduction of funerals in the parishes represented by the Union, was adopted:
Resolved, that we recommend I. The discontinuance of all Sunday funerals. We find this to be the custom in the great city of Philadelphia to the satisfaction of all classes. The regular duties of Sunday are more than equal to the time and strength of the city pastor. II. The discouragement of all forms of extravagance, especially in floral decorations, expensive caskets and the hiring of an unnecessary number of carriages.
III. That funeral services in the churches be conducted exclusively by ministers of the Gospel.
IV. We respectfully urge upon our people the grave need of promptness or punctuality at funerals both at the home and the church.-Washington, D.C., Ex.
We heartily approve of the above sentiments.
OUR LIBEL SUIT.
W. A. Moran wrote a long article to The Colored American, Washington. D. C., last week, respecting the libel suit which Ham Carter and his gang of vile-mouthed, nameless creatures and conspirators have instituted against us, and Moran wound up his poorly written article as follows: "Ham Carter and his bunch are happy, Will Clark is taking an extra drink every hour, he is so tickled at his brother's downfall; Ham Carter is so busy laughing that he has forgotten to cuss." Since Friday Jim Miller actually looks taller since he experienced the joy of laughing in his sleeve at "Broad Ax" Taylor; Sam Watkins has but one regret, that Taylor was not arrested out at the 35th street station, where he could prosecute him."
While good colored Republicans are having a hard time getting their share of the "spoils" President McKinlev continues to dish out "political pan" to the lilly white republicans and the gold democrats. Old war horses like ex-Cov. Pinchback, Col. Wm. Pledger, Col. T. Thomas Fortune, ex-Congressman George H. White and others are held back until the President can further carry out his southern policy, in trying to build up a white man's party. Is this our reward for 35 years of loyalty to the republican party, during which time we have sacrificed about 50,000 lives
In the Library of Congress are 1,100 titles of works written by Negroes. Many of those books are on the shelves and are frequently called for by the readers.
Ex-City Attorney Miles J. Devine may be induced to accept the nomination for County Judge next year. Mr. Devine is a fine lawyer and he would make a good judge.
When a girl hears that some man whom she has loved, but who has married another, is getting the worst of the deal, she chuckles away down to her toes.
Dr. George C. Hall has promised to visit us providing we get in jail and bring along something good to eat and cheer us up by relating a lot of fresh stories.
John E. Treager's many friends, residing on the South, North and West Side and in all parts of Cook County, presented him with a diamond star Thursday evening, which costs four hundred dollars.
Th acquittal of a colored man in Alabama by the court for rape is an evidence that there are many mistakes made when hasty judgment is carried out. Many persons have been lynched who if they had had a fair trial by law would be alive today.
Opr friend Dr. George C. Hall left Friday night for Baitimore, M. D., where he will spend six weeks in renewing his acquaintance with Mrs. Hall, who is already in the East, and in visiting friends. Mrs. Hall will return home with the doctor at the expiration of that time.
A William H. Thomas item: A black man in Boonville, Mo., married an octoroon. She gave birth to twins as fair as she. The black man made no kick. Next, she gave birth to a real black baby, and the black man left her, claiming it was not his child!— The Radical, St. Joseph, Mo.
Lawyer Hugh J. Kearns is now located in his new law offices, 616 Ashland Block. Mr. Kearns was a candidate for city attorney before the last city convention, and he has many friends who would like to see him chosen as one of the Circlut Court Judges of Cook County.
Mr. J. F. Turner, president and treasurer of the Sanitary Feather Co., 249 South Canal street, lost his beloved mother recently. Mrs. Turner was in her 85th year, but she continued to take an active interest in all the affairs of life up to the very last. Mr. Turner's many friends sympathise with him over the loss of his mother.
A certain newspaper devil was explaining to a young lady last week the difference between printing and publishing. He having concluded, she shyly said: "Now you may print a kiss on my check but you must not publish it." With that he locked the fair form in his arms, so it would not pl, and went to press—Ex.
Schrader-Wittstein Co., wholesale dealers in diamonds and manufacturing jewelers have removed from 100 State street, to the fifth floor of the Columbus Building, 100 State street. Mr. A. H. Wittstein, one of the head members of this big diamond and jewelry house, is one of our friends, and he is a first-class business man.
Ex-Judge William M. Barnum, Room 916, New York Life Building, after spending the last three weeks in Seattle, Wash., and in other sections of the West, arrived in the city Mon-
day morning. The judge greatly enjoyed his trip through the West and he is looking well and feels much benefited by it.
The Broad Ax of Chicago, is one of the best edited and most sensible AfroAmerican sheets published in this country. We wish it long life and everlasting prosperity.—The Times, St. Louis, Mo.
Brother Times, The Broad Ax, like the Times, stands for everything that is best not only for the Negro race, but for all races of mankind.
When we first opened up our fight on Carter and his gang of bull-faced bullies each and every one of them said "that no one reads little 'nigger' newspapers, and The Broad Ax can't hurt us," but now they have changed their song and they tremble like cowards and slaves, whenever The Broad Ax hoves in sight, for they are afraid it will undo their rotten gang.
Some Negroes make asses of themselves on every occasion possible. He was a southern Negro who boarded the President's train going through Alabama and asked a lot of fool questions about lynchings North. This must be the same fool who got on Bryan's car last summer and asked what he intended to do if he were elected president! The impudent rascal should have been kicked off both cars.—Ex.
Hon. Charles S. Thornton, of the great legal firm of Thornton & Chancellor, Masonic Temple, returned from St. Paul, Minn., the first of the week, where he argued a very important case before the United States Court. Thornton & Chancellor have over three thousand law books in their offices and with all their rushing business, each member of the firm and Miss McDonald, who is strikingly handsome and unassuming in her ways, writes out the checks and finds the time to read The Broad Ax.
The afternoon of the same day that Mayor Carter H. Harrison was renominated we stepped into W. H. Clark's office in the city hall and he and S. A. T. Watkins were talking at the same time, and we very humbly asked Clark if he had been over to the convention. He retorted by saying: "I was a delegate, and if you did not see my name in the morning newspapers then you are a hell of a newspaper man." We did not respond, but concluded that W. H. Clark was about right.
Green E. Evans, who was at one time a member of the Legislature of Tennessee and for many years he was connected with the United States government, has washed his hands of politics and he is now devoting all his time in looking after his coal and wood business at 332 29th street, and within the last few years he has built up a large business among the best class of whites; thus showing that the whites are willing to spend their money with colored business men, if colored men know how to do business.
Some one has said that if you heave a rock into a pack of dogs, while they are engaged in fighting, the dog which gets hit by the rock will run out from among the rest of the dogs yelping at the top of his voice. If this is true then it appears to us that the rocks which we threw last week through the columns of The Broad Ax, must have hit Capt. H. C. Carter and his gang of fighting-cocks right square in their deceitful faces for they have been yelping loud enough to beat the band for the past week.
Dr. Joseph Jeffrey spoke before the South End Sunday Club the past Sunday, "Evolution and Degeneration" being his subject. The doctor very learnedly elaborated upon many advanced ideas on this new thought, which is now engaging the attention of the advanced thinkers of this age. Those who heard the doctor were highly pleased with his instructive discourse. When he concluded L. A. Newby suggested that a rising vote of thanks be extended to him which was effectfully compiled by Dr. L. W. Lewis speaks this coming Sunday on "Opportunity."
Down in Mississippi during the war between the North and the South there dwelt an old yellow mule which seemed to loaf around, and he had no home, but at last a United States agent came along and he branded the mule with his seal, U. S.; the next day an agent representing the Southern Confederacy appeared and branded the mule secession, and this process was kept up so long between the agents of the two governments that at last it was very hard to tell whether the mule belonged to Uncle Sam or to the Confederates, and this applies to Captain Carter, for within the past 40 years he has been the head and front of the Republican party, the Democratic party and of many other parties, and you cannot most always sometimes tell whether he is a blooming Republican or a shouting Democrat, for in politics he is all things to all men.
Insanity ought to be a good defense for Mr. Wellington, who has promised to marry 25 or 30 Chicago widows. If he were sane he would have known that one Chicago widow is about all one man can take care of properly.
You may talk of the selfish men who succeed, but when we talk of success we don't mean tumblebugs who roll their treasure home, pigs who succeed in finding acorns, bankers who pile up dollars, trust organizers who rob, or gamblers who successfully swindle. When we mention successful men, we mean men really successful—those whose lives have added something to the dignity and decency of the human race.
The dinner given by the survivors of the defenders of Belfort in the Franco-German war, on the anniversary of the siege, was especially memorable because of the one woman present, who provided one of the most popular toasts. This was Mme. Belfort, a lieutenant of the Frances-Tireurs, who, then but a girl just out of her teens, was enrolled as a trooper in that corps, as she was a capital rider and shot. In this campaign she won both her commission and the military cross.
An interesting and unusual ceremony will take place in Quebec next month, when a suitably inscribed bronze tablet will be placed by the Sons of the American Revolution upon the spot where the brave Gen. Montgomery fell, on December 31, 1775, in his ill-fated attempt to capture the citadel. The ceremony of unveiling the tablet to the American general will be followed by an international exchange of courtesies and a banquet; and it is safe to predict that, although the city held out successfully against the fathers, it will capitulate to the sons.
When digging in the gravel beds of South Kensington for the foundations of the Victoria and Albert museum in London great quantities of the bones of extinct animals were found, creatures which lived in the London basin at the time that the river's drift and brick earth were being deposited. These were the bones of the great stags then common, of the elephant and of the primeval horse, creatures which lived there before the channel was cut between England and France, though not perhaps before man had appeared in what is now the Thames valley. A scientist, to whom some of the remains were taken said that they reminded him of the great discovery of similar remains in the brick earth at Ilford, in Essex, England, thirty-seven years ago, when he personally saw dug from the brick fields of that parish the head and tusks of one of the largest mammoth elephants in the world.
Within the next two months the government will close out its business of educating Indians by contract, and thenceforth will retain practically the whole control and conduct of the matter. The change from the old system to the new began in 1896, when Congress passed a law providing for sectarian schools, the decrease being twenty per cent each year. Mean time, as the cutting off of this all deprived Indian boys and girls of the privileges which they had enjoyed for them in government schools, the attendance in which has increased from fourteen to twenty-two thousand, and is still growing at the rate of a thousand a year. The next step contemplated by the government is a measure of compulsory education for young Indians. It is a pleasure to note that Hampton Institute, being entirely non-sectarian and performing a service which would be hard to duplicate will still receive a certain measure of government assistance.
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_ Mazy Owens of Chicago is aaid to be
he only woman in the world who does
wegular police duty. Every husband
can testify that this ts incorrect.
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According to. arecent regulation,
@uplis in the schools of Saxony will
‘bereafter be required to commit to
@smory 291 Biblical verses and 193
verses of hymns in addition to’ the
eatechism. : -
An Ohio speculator fainted when he
‘saw that stocks-in which be was in-
terested were going down, and when
‘he came to he found that he was many
“thousands of dollars richer than when
‘the lost consciousness. Yet a few years
trem now he will tell his ¢randchild-
em that he made his money by econ-
‘a Neng agua acca
*: Exerete ‘cannot with impunity be
‘meglected, and should be taken reg~
wiarly and im moderation. Most wor
-mgn. would-be all tae better for walk-
were they to do so, instead of de-
pending so much on street cars, good
complexions and trim figures would
be Zar more commén than they are
among those who ere no longer in
‘The origin of the tiger as an emblem
of-Tammany is sald-by W. C. Mont-
anye, & coffee and. spice “dealer, in
New York, to date from the time when
William M. Tweed, then foreman of
“Big Six” Gre company, took a fancy
‘to'm picture of a royal Bengal tiger
im the elder Montayne’s store in the
“80's. ‘Tweed adopted“the emblem for
the American civb, and it.socon was
accepted by all Tammany.
& bill in the New York legislature
proposes to give electric railway com-
panies the same rights of condemna-
tion as steam railways, with -a yiew to
Promoting general competition with
existing zoads.. The propriety of put-
ting electric roads under regulations
similar to those placed upon the
compete peng ego
See
fo equip their . ars with -lavatories,
a= sogenen. Se eve ’
ere an eo ieee
esigned to teach the art of telegraphy
is consists of p baseboard on
oa modes, between RICK w 4K is
eee, Semen op iphety with
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Rtpceiv ties ex apie
So areeed
Seal, <rae SOAR SPREPS
Sie eee os aren,
Rese ie wees ot
ibe takan Gad breaks fo ciel.
_, SQmitting the cost of water and the
rproducts of the soda fountains, the
‘American Grocer estimates that the
‘@ational “drink Dill" for beverages of
all kinds amounted last year t( more
than twelve hundred and ‘wenty-
eight million dollars. Alcoholic lig-
for more than a billion
L coffee, for one hundred and
w millions; tea. for thirty-
seven millions, and cocoa for six mil-
=. Statistics are given to show
‘taat our consumption of alcohol is uot
imeréeatng, and this, of course, is a
‘be. thankfal for; but the seri-
ie cetk thik oe spansenery:
some ef which are unnecessary,
a an een eeenal
| every year money enough
te provide the comforts of life for all
‘The olf Scotchwoman who. liked her
minister because “he joombies the
Soedment an’ confoonds the sense”
‘would have appreciated a bit of British
ef which the premier seems to
‘with sardonic ammeefnent. “In
pm. act of Parliament.” says Lore
, 7, “which authorizes us to
q technica instruction, it
4d distinctly said that’ techmical in-
‘act of Parliai owen
> i of foreign iaa~
on Se caring ined, a
Se netecees - Freely: aa
Be id want 4 sured 20k the
‘@e man tho to
A FAMOUS OLD HOUSE.
BR eden a hacen ogo ee
whose of cocoa
Seecmige nove cabeth aohinate
‘mouth as household words, was estab-
Usbed one hundred and twenty-one
years ago (1780) op the Neponset river
in the old town of Dorchester, a suburb
of Boston. From the little wooden
mill, “by the rude bridge that arched
the fi ce oer was
first bere has grown up the
industrial establishment of the
‘Kind-in the world, It might be ‘said
‘that, while other manufacturers come
‘end'go, Walter Baker @ Co., go on for-
ever. fe
‘What is the secret of their great suc-
cess? It ism very simple one. They
bare won and held the confidence of
body of consumers always main-
taining the highest standard in the
quality of their cocoa and chocolate
preparations, and selling them at the
lowest price for which unadulterated
articles of good quality can be put
upon the market. They weleome hon-
est competition; but they feel justified
im denouncing in the strongest terms
the fraudulent methods by which in-
ferior preparations are palmed off on
customers who esk for. and suppose
‘they are getting the genuine articles.
The best grocers refuse to handle such
goods, not alone for the reason that,
in the Jong run, it doesn't pay to do it,
but because their sense of fair dealing
‘will not permit them to aid in the sale
of goods that defraud their customers
end injure honest manufacturers.
Every package of the goods made by
the Walter Baker Company bears the
‘well-known, trade mark “La Belle
Chocoistiere,” and their place of manu-
facture “Dorchester, Maas.” House-
keepers are advised to examine their
purchases, and make sure that other
goods have not been substituted.
An atfractive little book of “Choice
Recipes” will be mailed free to‘ any
housekeeper who sends her name and
address to Walter Baker & Co., Ltd,
158 State Street, Boston, Mass.
Qeeer dens of Jastice.
| Some of the justices of this city ap-
pear to have taken a singular view of
‘their duties and prerogatives, says @
‘recent Manchester, England, dispatch.
‘The case of Hugo Shaw and W. H.
| Hughes—who"have rightly resigned a
position for which they were clearly
unfitted—has created a great sensation,
and has drawn a letter from the home
secretary in approva] of the censure
of the city justices. These two gentle-
men have escaped lightly, for they
Were guilty of about as scandalous a
breach of magisterial decorum as can
‘be imagined. From the report fur-
nished by the chief constable we gath-
er that when a local publican was to
be summoned for permitting drunken-
ness on his premises these two justices
made repeated attempts to induce the
police to refrain from prosecuting.
sip cuvtens es tee tes
were ‘on ’
salsa thpehice shltned alten ts to
moved after them. Having done all
they conld to stop the case they thrast
themselves upog -the bench out of
their turn. There is a strong hint in
the chief.constable’s report that undue
Smfiuence Is frequently brought to bear
‘on licemsing cases in Manchester.
Peaches Tricks to Bactame
Mrs. Rosalie Gandolfo is a St. Louis
woman who has a penchant for ban-
tam chicken pet# and has a broot of
them ‘of which she is exceedingly
"ptond, for she has trained them to per-
form tricks that are the wonder of tée
‘meighbors. Two of her roosters, esfe-
ially favored by her, are named Bic-
Rates ies perme on severe
‘fell were perched on a newspaper's
iiamimioth bulletin board on election
day last November and kept the big
rowés- shouting with delight at their
continual crowing. It seemed as if the
little redbreasts knew when big rer
turms came im for McKinley and
Roosevelt, for as the figures were
posted up they would emit louder thah
ever their “cock-a-doodle-do.” The
foosters will perch on Mrs. Gando!fo’s
@ngers, fy to ber arm, shoulder or
head at command; will crow when-
ever their mistress tells them to, will
eat out of her hand, will guard articles
like a watch dog’ and in other ways
‘will show the result of long and care-
ful training. Mrs. Gandolfo, who ts
President of the‘Rosalie, Woman's club,
highly and takes great pains in teach-
ing them new tricks. :
A Heme for Stray Cats
An uptown woman in New. York, the
dow of a supreme court judge, has
~ voted her attention to the welfare of
~ray cats. She bas had constructed «
euge thirty-two feet long and ten feet
wide, where all homeless animals who
are found in the vicinity veceive food
and. shelter. The meighbors cell it
the “cat mission.” The cage is fitted
‘with cushions and has « house heated
out wate igs ths 08 Sets
of “Gally for the inmates. Over
forty eats are being cared for at pres-
ent, and news of the institution: is
Cecdemaed te Wenr Wooden Co'lar.
4 man who had been conéeroned to
‘wear -@ wooden collar was seen dy
ne ae eee Sus ee Sk
heap, Solas. Ciera: Bi de-
plied; “I only picked up an old piecs
et rope” And you Are to be’ pun~
Ashe’ thus severely,” they asked, “for
mereiy’ picking up ac ‘end of rope?”
“Well,” answered thé man, “the fact
is that. there wes a bullock tied to
the other end." —Herbert A; Giles,: tz
“History. of Chinese Litevature”. _
TYROL IS THE MECCA.
EUROPEAN COUNTRY THE PHO-
7 ‘TOGRAPHERS* RESORT.
Ko@ak Fieeés Parade — Foreige
‘Visitors with Instruments Often Secs
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'ern Tyrol is now the of kodak
fiends among the tourists of Europe.
Daily, dm all sorts of weather, one may
Parties of foreign visitors with
their “photographic instruments ‘mak-
‘ing their way in the narrow valley be-
tween the Laurensburg and the Rosen-
gigantic, rugged walls rise
on either side for miles, threatening to
bury the intruder alive. t
Enormous figures hundreds of feet in
length are hewn’ by nature on the
sharp edge of these rocky walls. Some
‘of these are old and historic, but new
ones are constantly discovered by the
amateur photographers surprisingly
true types of the great world of beings
of present and bygone days. Around
these types were woven the saga of
the ancient Teutons. Mothers whisper
even today to the children on their
knees the story of the dWarf king,
Laurin, who fought with the giants
Dietrich and Wettich for -the posses-
sion of the beautiful Similda, the ais-
ter of Dietlied Von Steler. And solici-
tous parents tell their young daugh-
ters the tale of the hypocrite maiden
who prayed daily on her knee in
church, but was unchaste fn her heart
‘and secret life and who one day when
she climbed the Laurensburg to meet
her lover found a huge Capucine monk
who convicted her of her sinful ways.
She feli before him and was trans-
formed into a kneeling mass of stone.
@ause Natives to Fear and Tremble.
No wonder that the native children
Tegard these ominous rocks with fear
and trembling and hardly dare to look
up to them. ana ae ten
American and British tra do not
hesitate to desecrate this tegion with
their modern contrivances and repro-
duce these manifold mythic statues
which for centuries have awed the past
generations.
Laxurious hotels are now rising
where once stood the enchantéd pal-
aces’ and gardens of German mytholo-
gy. Small cabins have been ¢rected
for the accommodation of the moun-
tain climber, where story writers lo-
yap ge ean
Two the most bizarre figures of
the Rossengarten are the Riesenfingers
(giant fingers) and the “cleft man.”
The former is an immense monolith
e a
| ‘ ail
en '
THE BLESSED FRAULEIN ON THE
4e rocky We |
rising from the ‘wall as straight
as a candle, resembling the fingers of
a Titan, the latter like a mighty pyra-
mid through which the elements Mave
bored a large aperture. These are
among the most lofty figures of \the
dolomities. The tourist who has suc-
ceeded in ascending to the topmost po-
sitions here finds a solemn, .almost op-
Preasive, stillness and an excellent
view of the surrounding phenomena.
Tearist Must f~
+ Ths of dae vee a =
ea of the » Which ts crowned
‘by a striking group representing: .«
‘woman holding ber child on her
seas lone Setet se in edie
vattitude. Besides thess figures is
of a tall maiden with face turned de-
“Die Geapenstige Familie” (the
{the blessed maiden) by the inbabit-
ants. On the opposite side be
Geen tha Group Of the Rosengertaniins
ready mentioned, of °
@ gnapshot at these figures one must
‘be an expert . for here the rock
s ndicular and it ts dif-
cult, to a vie he
ce reds of “ .
‘end Whims of fe are
bere. There is the figure of the
Indian on Rosengarten in strik-
‘aly oriental -@vess,-of the
‘goed shephe aie per
tog see the Laurensburg an
a, the ruler of Hades, in
‘ bag Li ee
nt Se eee
vere sts who cla ee
leset superstitions, venture in these
) after al z.* a ee a
‘The Pursuit of Pivasure. =
ae ee
various parks of London, and
jon. About 15,000 games of cricket
WENT BRAVELY TO DEATH.
"(Special Letter.)
| The man who can face death with-
‘out @ tremor and even give the com-
mand which is to result in his body be-
‘ing pierced by a dosen bullets may
‘without question be considered as pos-
sep Negeeey sf, Seek order and
when to this Is added the fact that his
‘executioners are all friends and sym-
pathizers the case seems al! the more
‘unusual. An instance of this nature
‘Which occurred during the civil Waris
‘Telated by a Southern soldier, who, si-
though he had witnessed violent deaths
“without number and had become
inured to scenes of carnage, had a last-
‘ing Impression made upon him by one
‘officer's heroism. He told the story as
follows: cs
“One morning I left my command
for a walk and had gone but a short
distance when I ran into a little body
of men. Two of them had their eyes
blindfolded and their arms tied behind
them. The first fellow couldn't have
been more than 25. He was tall,
straight as an arrow, with dark, curl-
ing brown hair, and his face was the
handsomest amd. the saddest I ever
saw. He was walking quietly and
steady. 1 couldn't see his eyes, but
not @ muscle of his face was twitching,
and his feet were planted fairly and
squarely on the ground. I noticed that
he wore the uniform of a captain.
“The second fellow had to be held
up by four men. Every few steps he
would fall to the ground perfectly limp
and, it seemed, lifeless. When the
men would get him up he would
scream and cry like a scared child.
He was a great, big, raw-boned Nort
Carolinian, and his terror would hav
been. disgusting if it hadn't been &
pitiable. .
“I followed the little procession for
a hundred yards to where the line of
crosses stood. The captain was to be
shot first. As they placed him with
his back to the cross he said: “Men,
you know me. I've led you in thirty
fights, and you've never seen me shy
from a gun muzzle yet, have you? I
Just want you to take this bandage off
my eyes, and as long as I've got to
die, let me die like a man. I've given
you the order to fire many a time, and
I'd like to give my last order, if you'll
let me.’ ‘The lieutenant hesitated, and
then he said: ‘Jack, I'll do it, it I ge.
shot for it.’
“They unbound his eyes. He
waa ier himself for a minute,
took a look all about him, and
then facing his men, said in as steady-
&@ voice as I ever listened to, ‘Ready!
Aim! Fire!’
“They fired, and he pitched straight
forward his full length, dead before he
struck the ground. Then they tried to
bind the ‘Tarheel to the cross, but he
writhed and moaned and twisted away
from it like a snake with a broken
back. They gave it up, and he was
shot while he was crawling along the
ground, screaming out prayers for
mercy.
“I heard afterward that the captain,
hearing that his old mother was dy-
ing, had asked leave to go to his home,
which was only twelve miles away. |
We needed every man then, and the
permit was refused. He slipped away,
but before he got back Grant made one
of his attacks on our lines. The cap-
tain's company went into action for
the first time without him at the head
of it. He returned for a court mar-
tial. Deserting had ‘become too com-
mon for any excuse to be taken for it,
and he was ordered to be shot the
mext morning.”
GOLD CHEAPER THAN PAINT.
Why the Deme ef the Congressional
Library Is Covered with Gite
(Washington Letter.)
It is only natural that the stranger
in Washington should comment on the
gilded dome of the library of Congress,
which is one of the three conspicu-
ous dandmapks of the city, the Wask-
| ington menuantat and the dome of the
capitol being the other two. Few of
those who gaze pon this wonderful
creation know that in giving such an
attractive fimish to this superb building
the idea of economy was uppermost.
The gilded dome will stand for years
as an illustration of the care and thor-
oughness of the late Gen. Casey of the
engineers, under whose supervision the
Wullding was constructed. It was at
ficst proposed to paint the dome, and
although no color. was named it was
assumed that it would be white or
gray. Gen. Casey decided that gilding
the tmmenas strectare '
ane ee ote
fer propomile for covering
dome and the stracture un-
The lowest offered to do the
work for $1.10 a square foot. It was
ply it, an io
‘the wor! a satisfactory
aor at a cost of 221-3 cents 2
square | @titire cost of gold
d the its pyramidal
m. Cas “nat gilding
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a8 more years
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whe ‘the last shest was put on. The
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‘It io not mecestary for 2 man to be
poor ini order to be honest, but some-
times It seems necessary for s man to
be poor if he is honest.
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Miss Rose Cullen, President Young Woman's Club, of Butte, Mont,
writes from 921 Galena street, as foi lows:
«Peruna has many friends in Butte. I cannot say too much in
praise of it. While finishing school I became very nervous and
exhausted from over-study. 1 was weak and sick, and could neither
eat, sleep nor enjoy life. A couple of bottles of Peruna put new life
in me. I find that having it in the house and taking a dose off and
on keeps me in fine health.
“A large number of my friends place Peruna at the head of all
gedicines."’-~Miss Rose Cullen.
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SOZODONT tor the Tooth ot each 25°
ihe Base of Womankind.
M*r G. W. HBARD, Hempstead,
Texag, writes:
“We have moved recently, and I
must have lifted something that was
too heavy for me in straightening
things up, for I had such a backache
and could hardly stand on my feet at
all. Beside, I was so tired all the
time. My face was spotted and I was
very thin. I took one bottle of Pe-
Tuna and was soon real well. When
I feel tired and all run down I take
Peruna and feel all right before I fin-
ish one bottle. I know it is a won-
@erful medicine, and both myself and
husband praise Peruna.
“There has been a great deal of
sickness through this part of the coun-
try, but, thanks to Peruna, which we
use freely, our own family has escaped
with almost no sickness at all.
“Could you but see our baby Ruby,
{to whom we gave Peruna for bowel
trouble), you would see from her ro-
bust looks that you need no better ad-
vertisement.in this little town. She
is so fat and rosy, is nearly five years
old now, and is a great believer in Pe-
runa.”—Mrs. G. W. Heard.
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W. A. Mitchell, dealer in general
merchandise, of Martin, Ga. writes:
“I.wrote you some time ago con-
cerning my wife’s case. She had tried
all of the best doctors, and we got to
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
@ copy may be had by sending a two-
cent stamp to F. A. Miller, General
Pasuenger Agent, Chicago, Ill.
Yeechers Are Contented Boarders.
A farmer's wife, writing to the Amer-
fean “Agriculturist, says that it has
been her good fortune to take sumimer
‘Doarders for the past seventeen years,
ang she surfs up her experience thus:
Th poli gy dar
‘the oe its nurse to the aged
grandmother, but my favorites are
maiden ladies and school teachers.
‘They are most always contented.”
Wine De che Siiieex Menaky
Pee ee tvs
fete Somers aes
through their systems. Graix0 is made ot
o but
ee
The Government Building st the
Pan-American Exposition is rapidly
being filled and many most interest-
ing exhibits have-come in. The light
house exhibit. is being put up. It will
contain 8 Sitey-order fashiizht, giving
twenty-four flashes st each revolution,
® flash every five seconds. A pris-
matic lens will refiect rainbow colors.
The light # similar to the one on
Fire Island and at Great West Bay.
¥ Feet ays — ;
pita Sia be tes Sa ek
where. we thought all they did was
against ber. She weighed about 190
ae
she commenced with our family
physician in April, 1898, she weighed
about 130, but kept going down all the
time. She went to Atlanta, Ga, and
took treatment, but jt did her no good.
Then she went to Harmony Grove, Ga,
and took treatment from the best phy-
sicias there for three months. She
‘kept going down under his treatment,
although he was considered the best
physician in the county. She went
down from 130 pounds to 68, and we
saw she could not live long. She was
a skeleton. We consulted an old phy-
sician who told her to use Peruna. She
gradually improved and got stronger.
She has gained 38 pounds since she
has taken Peruna, and is gaining ev-
ery day, and does her own housework.
“She was well known when she was
so low, and now everybody wants to
know what cured her. She had indiges-
tion and catarrh of the stomach. It tz
as good for children as for grown peo-
ple. We haven't had to have a doctor
for one of our children since 1898."—
W. A. Mitchell.
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Peru-
na, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giv-
ing a full statement of your case and
he will be pleased to give you his val-
uable advice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0.
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in eek ee, -.
In our country We ha 2 follow-
yng, says Bl Ontos Bones ‘The
highest mountain in - North America,
popocatapetl; the deepest mine in the
world, Mrtge cs <u vein in
the world, aB@ theone which has
yielded the most ‘silver, that of the
mountain of Guanajuato; the most ex-
tensive and wonderful caves, those of
Cacahuamilpa ‘and Villa Garcia; — the
oldest city im the “Americas, formerly
Tollan, now ‘Tola; the oldest commer-
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city in which printing wag first estab-
lished in the mew world; Mexico, in
1533; the SanctW@ry most venerated in
which only may be compared that of
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tongue, like that ofthe Basques, can-
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continent, the Seri; the capital, with
a higher altitude than the other cities
of its country, Mexico; “the biggest
known tree, the “Santa Maria del
Tule” in Oaxaca;’ the ‘most recently
created ee the
reier now in power who done most
to preserve pearte in all the countries
of America freed from Spanish rule,
General Porfirio Paz. 4
An “MM. We" Smee Eetee,
Benton, Hi., May 20—R. 8. Dunaway,
M. D., of this place, in an open letter,
makes the following Startling state-
ment: 7
“I had Diabetes with all its worst
symptoms. I applied every remedy
known to the profession, as ‘well as
every prescription suggested in our
books. In spite of all. 1 was dying,
and I knew it.
“As a last resort, and with scarce-
ly any faith whatever, I commenced
taking Dodd's Kidney Pilis. In one
week | saw @ great improvement. After
Ihad taken fiverBoxes, I was sound
and well. This is ten months ago,
and I have-mot taken any medicine of
any kind since, an@ am convinced that
my cure is @ Permanent one.
“AS @ practicing physitian with
years of experience, I most positively
assert that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the
best medicine In the world today, for
Diabetes or @my other Kidney Disease.
Since using them myself, I have used
them in many ¢ases in my practice.
and they have mever. failed.
“I am making this statement as a
professional. anan, after having made a
most thorough tést- 6f Dodd’s Kidney
Pills, and because I fee] it my duty to
the public and to my professional
brethren. The trath can never hurt
anyone, and what.I have said is the
absolute truth.”
. BR. . DUNAWAY, M. D.
It is mo wonder that the public are
enthusiastic-oyer this new medicine,
when @ur leading physicians them-
selves, are being won over to its use.
< War Bieyele Exhibited.
One of the special bicycles built for
the use of the British troops in South
Africa which ‘throngh the cam-
paige with ion’ Yan Hasatlton’s col
wmn was recently exhibited in London,
where its excellent-condition, consider-
ing the knocking about it had received,
excited general comment. England
seems busy with the organization of
cyclist soldiers, and many companies
of wheelmen will figure in the Easter
maneuvers.
De Yeur Feet Ache acd Bara?
Shake into your shoes, Allen's Foot-
Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes
tight or New Shoes feel’ Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, .Hot . and
Se eae Rane Deenenes oas
Address Alléh 8. Gtminted? Lelloy. NY.
BMesesuteces Beetsetd aon Armee. —
When Hannibal's army descended
from the Alps into the valley of Lom-
bardy the whole force was. well nigh
routed by a plague of mosquitoes,
which drove men and animals almost
Wild with pain.
‘Private Maillag Card.
Private Mailing Card with colored
views of scenery on the Chicago, Mil-
waukee & St Panl Railway sent on
Teceipt of ten (20) cents im stamps.
Address F. A. Miller, General Passen-
ger Agent, Chicago, Hl. ~ Bs
on either side. of the Court of Foun-
ne eee
e Pan-American Exposition. are seen
complete in their architectural grand-
eur, Thegtays,gellows, Drowns and
blues of , shades make ay har-
Bony ot alr tat le «sight tong 1
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TO POISON LINCOLN,
JAMES ALMAN OF WASHINGTON
WAS OFFERED $100,000,
‘The Stety' ef How sa “attempt Wes
Made te Induce Him to Kit the
President Has Just Ween Told for the
ist Tums
The recent statement of James Al-
‘man of Washington lends additional
interest to the assassination of Presi-
fent Lincoln, the saddest incident in
the history of this country. Mr. Al-
man ‘Kept the strange secret for fully
‘thirty-six years. It is to the effect that
about two weeks before the president
‘Was shot, he was offered $100,000 to
Put poison in the-milk of which Mr.
Lincoln was sure to partake.
At the time Mr. Alman conducted a
dairy where the burean of printing
‘and engraving is now located, and fur-
nished the president with milk. Mr.
Alman says:
“Tm the early spring Mr. Lincoln
hada habit of walking over to Sec-
retary Stanton’s in the early morning,
between 5 and 6 o'clock, to take a
cup of coffee with him and talk over
‘the Important matters of the day. I
‘aad received instructions from the
Secretary to be sure to get around in
the mornings with my cream in time
for the president. One morning in the
early part of April—not two weeks be-
fore the president was shot—I was
driving along in my wagon, when two
men stopped me, and one of them
asked:
“*Do you want to"make $100,000 easy
and quick”
“*"Deed, and I do,” says I.
“Well, here's $100,000 in good hard
cash. Now, if you will take this lit-
tle box of powder and put it in the
cream you deliver to the president this
morning the money is yours. - Pour
cut the miJk now, and here's the
money." And he showed me @ big roll
of money, but if it had been as large
as the Treasury building it would not
have tempted me. 7
“The men tried to argue the mat-
ter -with me, but I drove off, while
they called me all kinds of hard
names. They cursed me blue and
black, but it is not true that they as-
saulted me, either? then or afterwards.
‘TI @id not much believe that the men
were in earnest and I kept the trans-
action to myself, but must confess
that it worried me a little. I didn’t
know what the outcome might be as
to myself, and I hadn't the least idea
<3.
Lia
AV i,
at the time that every effort was be-
ing made to kidnap the president.
“As I say, I thought it was an effort
to play-an early morning joke cn me,
but after the great and good man was
assassinated I was satisfied that the
men who had made me the offer meant
every word they said, and were in the
plot to kill-or kidnap the presidert.
“I was a poor man, and thought it
best to keep my mouth shut and go
about my business. I am sorry this
old thing is being talked about now.”
Mr. Alman is a well-known citizen
of Washington and held in high re-
spect. He lives st the corner of Fif-
teenth and C streets, S. E., and is now
possessed of considerable wealth. He
is a cattle dealer and the owner of
valuable real estate.
; ———
t Re 4éhiom Reviving.
. The belief current in some parts of
Christendom that Buddhism is already
far advanced in a state of decadence
{is pot borne out by the facts. Accord-
ing to the most reliable authority the
followers of Buddha still number no
Jess than 147,000, and while Christian
missionaries have undouPtedly made
very notable conversions among them,
the number thus actually withérewn
from the more ancient faith has been
go small as to hardiy affect the total.
im Japan and other parts of the far
east a concerted effort has been made
‘@ucing the past year to revive and
strengthen Buddhism by adopting
some of the methods of propagandism
followed by the Christian sects. These
4nclude the organisation of Sunday
echools and Sunday lecture curses,
the free distribution of religious tracts
and. the sending out of corps of mis-
wionary teachers and preachers. In Je-
gee eee
by a Buddhist temple to . establish
orphanages and other benevolent inst!-
tutions after the manner of those con-
@ucted by the Christian churches. -
Porte Rico is going through the
stress which all backward countries
qmect when they feel the advance.
‘When Spain held the island {ts irbab-
‘and went barefoot Taxet were light
‘on property and heavy on occupations.
‘The poor man had no chance and ac-
qcepted hhis fate in docile calm. Wages
pave risen, wants Lave come and the
swhole population stirs with desire to
‘texprove: - Immigration follows. It bas
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| . WHAT WE HEAR FROM
“ASSINIBOIA, WESTERN CANADA
| Dent Thisk of Coming, bet Come”
To the Editor: The above is the em-
phatic manner in which a friend in
Yorkton writes to @ friend near St.
Paul, Minnesota, ana {t is pretty near-
ly right, too, with the advantages
that Western Canad. offers to those
Seeking homes. The Assiniboia dis-
trict Is Ghe of the best. The writer
from whose letter we quote goes on ta
say:
“John, if you miss this chance you
are foolish, for you can get out cheap-
er when there are so many coming,
and I would not tell you to come if I
thought you could not do well, and
if you don’t come in the spring you
will have to go away back, for you
do not want to think that there is no
one living out here but us. I saw
nicer buildings out bere than I ever
saw before, and if the country was no
g00d what would they want them for?
John, if you sold everything you have
and came out here you would be worth
‘More than ever you were before, and
‘if you can bring’ your team. You can
‘get anything you want on tick, and
| ween they Go thet-with atesnquenesey
are not afraid they can’t make enough
to pay for it. 1 saw as nice wheat as
‘lever saw in my life, und if they could
‘Rot grow grain what would the flour
‘mill be for, and it cost $20,000.”
| Now this was what Mr. Thomas
‘Fitzpatrick, of Yorkton, Assiniboia,
Western Canada, wrote to a friend.
_. There will be opened up this sum-
‘mer new districts in Saskatchewan
and Assinibola at low prices, particu-
lars of which can be had of any agent
of the government of the Bominion of
Canada, whose advertisement appears
elsewhere in the columns of your
paper. Yours truty, Ap Old Reader.
Wouldn't Be Necesary.
Teacher—Now, Tommy, suppose you
had two apples, and you gave another
boy his choice of them, you would tell
him to take the bigger one, wouldn't
you? Tommy—No, mum. Tes; ber—
Why? Tommy—'Cos *twouldn't be
necessary.—Tit-Bits.
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Foot-Ease, 2 powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Alien S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
Longevity of Queen's Train-Bearers.
All the eight ladies who acted as
train-bearers to the queen on her wed-
ding day, sixty-three years ago, are
still. altve. All save one are married.
The Lady Victoria Howard is the one
exception.
‘The Burlington, Cedar Rapids &
Northern Railway has got out a neat
booklet descriptive of the beautiful
summer resorts at Spirit and Okoboji
Lakes in Northwestern Iowa. Free
copies will be mailed upon application
to Jno. G. Farmer, Assistant General
Passenger Agent, Cedar Rapids, Ia.
“There's a movement afoot in vari-
ous ‘states to prevent any but regular
physicians practicing hypnotism.” “It's
slightly in line with the legislation
which forbids siuggers putting each
other to sleep.”—Philadelphia Times.
Johnson—Do you mean to insinuate
that I can't tell the truth? Parkinson
—By no means. It is impossible to
say what.a man can do until he tries.
HO! FOR OKLAWOMA!
wR lands soon to opmn. Be ready! Morgan's Mansa,
Ticimetae Crenty sents hes Aamplement © Mage
Chicago, with 70,000 arrests in a
year and 4,000 miles of streets to be
patroled, has 3.300 policemen.
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Big Estates Doubied.
Tt is declared by Wall street men
that the estates of Commodore Van-
derbilt and Jay Gould have about dou-
bled in the hands of the’ later owners.
The Vanderbilt properties were worth
$80,000,000 and the Gould interests $70,-
690,000,
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‘The decorations of Uncle Sam's great
buildings at the Pan-American Expo-
sition are exceptionally fine. Maroon
and green are used and the effect is
most pleasing. The whole dome is dec-
orated with flags, and some 400 flags,
including the national colors and de-
partmental flags, will be hung about
the building.
seated money, tar erie Be Racine, Wis.,
tor 14, forcatr bowen of, Dr. show's beset
Cane. expres paid. If cured pay 06.20; It not: ts
Boston has much vacant land, the
assessed value of which is $62,000,000.
Piso’s Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of the throat and lungs.--Wi_
©. Exps.er, Vanbures. Ind., Feb. 10, 1900.
The number of epileptics in [ltnois
is estimated at not less than 5,000.
Pain—Wivard Oil. Use the last on
the Grst and you bave neither one nor
‘Well-seasoned red hickory weighs
52.87 pounds to the cubic foot.
It DR. CRANE'S UAKER TON-
ic TABLETS, ee Sc a box.
If ignorance is bliss, then the fools
in this world have the best of it.
Hall's Catarrh ware
Is taken internally. Price, Se.
The full-dress jewels of the King of
Siam are valued at $1,000,000.
or tren rhage ine Pe fo
‘Sammatios,allays cures wind colic. 23c s botule.
In 1790 Pennsylvania had a colored
Population of 10,274.
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What we best conceive, we fail to
speak.—Browning.
WHY MRS, PINKHAM
Is Able to Help Sick Wemen
When Doctors Fail.
How gladly would men fly to wo
man’s aid did they but understand a
woman's feelings, trials, sensibilities,
and peculiar organic disturbances.
Those things are known only to
wowen, and the aid a man would give
is not at his command.
To treat a case properly it is neces-
sary to know all ubout it, and full
information, many times, cannot be
given by a woman to her family phy-
CE
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sictan. She cannot bring herself to
tell everything, and the physician is
at a constant disadvantage. This is
why, for the past twenty-five years,
thousands of women have been con-
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ness and health to countless womén in
the United eae Ses
qwhose portrait we publish, advises all
. —— women to seek Mrs. Pink-
ote a oe
ham's Vegetable Compound, as they
"cured her of inflammation of the ovaries
to give others confidence. Mrs. Pink-
ham's address is Lynn, Mass., and her
advice is absolutely free.
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AT LUNCHEON AND DINNER.
Do not gulp liquids and bolt food.
Do not masticate or swallow audibly.
Do not empty every drop of soup from your plate.
Do not drink your soup from the point of your spoon, but from the side.
Do not crumble the bread by your side, or drain your glass to the last drop.
Do not pile your plate with food, or grasp your knife, fork or spoon as if it were a weapon of warfare.
After eating it is well before you drink to wipe your lips, otherwise you leave a smear mark on the glass.
Do not be dainty and fringe your plate with bits of meat; eat what you can, and put any skin or bone on the edge of your plate in one little heap, which move down from the edge when you have finished.
For fish, do not use a dessert knife instead of the fish knife; if these be no fish knife, use a small crust of your bread, but leave that piece of crust on your plate. Do not eat it afterwards, as so many people do.
Do not put salt or pepper on the side of your soup plate—in fact, in France it is bad form to ever take salt or pepper when dining out, as it is considered as an insinuation that the cook has not flavored the food properly.
Do not crumple up your table napkin. If you are only a guest for the day do not fold it up, but if you are staying on and in a quiet household fold it up. If you are staying in a big house, where everything is done "en grand prince," do not fold it up; just place it on the table when you leave, as in rich establishments there are clean table napkins every day.
On the other hand, do not be affected, and eat as if an appetite was a crime, drink as if you were a dicky bird, and hold your knife, fork and spoon as if they were red-hot needles. — Milwaukee Wisconsin.
NEW HOUSEHOLD IDEAS.
A few dried or preserved cherries are the best thing possible to garnish sweet dishes.
To renew old letters or papers, boil galls in wine and sponge over the surface. The letters or writing will be as fresh as ever.
When cleaning house do not put everything that is not wanted into the back yard. There is nothing more pleasing than a well kept lawn, whether at the back or front.
A good recipe for ginger snaps is the following: One-cup of lard one cup of molasses, one cup of sugar, one teaspoonful of ginger, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little water. Boil the sugar, molasses and lard five minutes; let it cool; then add the other ingredients and enough flour to make stiff; bake in a quick oven and keep in a dry, open place.
An old cabinet maker says the best preparation for cleaning picture frames and restoring furniture, especially that which is somewhat marred or scratched, is a mixture of three parts linseed oil and one part spirits of turpentine. It not only covers the disfigured surface, but restores wood to its natural color and leaves a luster upon its surface. Pat on with a woolen cloth, and when dry, rub with woolen. For a polish to clean and brighten old furniture, pianos, etc., dissolve four ounces orange shellac in one quart of 95 per cent alcohol; to this add one quart of linseed oil and one pint turpentine; when mixed, add four ounces of sulphuric ether and four ounces aqua ammonia; mix thoroughly and well before using. Apply with a cloth or sponge, and rub the surface on which it is applied until the polish appears.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Too many prophets spoil the weather.
The early circus catches the small boy's quarter.
An awkward boy is a chip off the old stumbling block.
A wise man never counts his checks before they are cashed.
Marry in haste and let your father-in-law repent at leisure.
Man wants but little here below—with a little water on the side.
Love's supposed blindness has cost the gas companies many a dollar.
Absence may conquer love, but it sometimes takes costly presents to hold it.
Wise men are conservative. Only fools give their candid opinions on all occasions.
Some people don't know very much, and what little they do know they are not altogether sure of.
Wise is he who remembers that a soft answer turneth away wrath—especially when the other fellow is the bigger.
Some one has said that a man who loves animals is to be trusted, but, in Texas vigilance committees do business with men who love other people's animals—not wisely, but too well. Chicago News.
You may get credit for good intentions, but it takes successful action to bring you cash.
Somehow it never seems to be our luck to keep at the right end of the Horn of Plenty.
Second thoughts may be the best, but their dilatoriness generally makes them unavailable.
Always to do one's best is highly commandable, but a judicious selection of tasks gives better results with less work.—Indianapolis News.
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Conrad III. Emperor of Germany, had six fingers on his right hand. Lord Roberts' title has been gazetted as "Mari of Candahar and Pretoria and Viscount St. Pierre." Dr. Johnson was extremely fond of orange peel, and used to carry it in his pocket for the sake of its odor. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman has held his seat in the British Commons without a break for almost a generation.
Russell Sage has become, rather late in life, a billiard enthusiast, and spends several evenings a week in that form of relaxation, in which he has become quite expert.
President Diaz of Mexico is a most abstemious man. His daily fare is almost Spartan and even when he attends official banquets he departs but little from his regular diet.
The new charter for San Francisco went into effect on the first day of January, 1900. James D. Phelan, the first mayor under the charter, was elected at the November election in 1899.
It is thirty years since the German reichstag began holding sessions. Four members of the first reichstag hold seats in the present one—Graf Hompesch, Eugen Richter, Dr. Lieber and Bebel. The William L. Wilson memorial fund intended for Washington and Lee university has been increased by $1,000 contributed by "A Friend" through the chairman of the committee, Grover Cleveland.
Mr. Knox, the new attorney general, has fallen an early victim to the Washington real estate men, who lie in wait for him at every corner in the hope of inducing him to buy a home in the national capital. Henry Floyd, the artist, has just completed a portrait of Lady Pauncefote, the wife of the British ambassador to this country, which will be hung in the drawing room of the British embassy at Washington.
FORECAST OF FASHIONS.
Plaitings of every description are being used.
When in doubt as to what color is becoming, one is generally safe in buying dark blue.
Walking skirts of gray flannel will be worn this summer as they are both cool and modish.
Fichues are being made up in all kinds of dainty shapes in mousseline de sole and thin materials.
The linen collar will be much in evidence this summer, but is less higher than those seen last summer.
Nothing can be too much ruffled to be in good form for the coming summer, for children as well as their mothers.
Nothing is more in vogue at present for semi-dress occasions, than the new silk grenadines that come in a variety of weaves.
Most attractive little sunbonnets are made for children which consist mostly of flowers and dimity in delicate colors.
This season the hair will be worn in a pompadour, slightly parted in the center and should be allowed to fall gracefully over the ears.
The new skirt is very wide at the hem, and despite all the efforts to bring about plaits and gathers at the waist, is close fitting around the hips.
A pretty mode for trimming foulard is in lace points extending up into the bodice from the belt and down into the skirt for several inches around the hips,except directly at the back,giving the popular effect of the skirt yoke. The newest evening wraps are heavily decorated with embroideries in raised designs of silk and velvet roses. The collars of these cloaks are faced with lace and finished with ruffles of chiffon or some soft fabric.
A law has been passed by the Kansas legislature forbidding the requirement of study at home for children in certain grades. It costs fifty cents to have an article that may be copyrighted secured by copyright. Send to the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C., and he will mail you a blank and circular of information.
The oft used quotation, "Oh, that mine enemy would write a book," is incorrect. The quotation is from Job xxxl. 35, "Oh, that one would hear me! behold, my desire is that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book."
In New York a 12-year-old girl, who was asked to write a composition on "Life," produced the following: "Life is like French verbs. You try hard and you seem to fail, and you stumble and get discouraged and hate the whole thing, and suddenly, when you don't care any more, you find you know how to do it."
CHILDREN AND MONEY
Get him a savings bank.
Let him spend some of his money.
Try to teach him system in finances.
Give a child a certain amount or allowance of money.
Office Hours: Phone 818 Went.
10 to 12 a. m., 2 to 4 p. m.
6 to 7:30 p. m.
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2058 La Salle St.
Leader and Manager
K. P. Military Band and Orchestra
Music Furnished for Balls and Receptions. Prices Reasonable. Call and see me.
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Practical Plumber and Gas-fitter
Steam and Hot Water Heating,
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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.
IVANHOE TRYSTING OAK.
It Has Fallen at Last on the Leeds Estate.
Admirers of that gallant knight Wilfred of Ivanhoe will be glad to learn that, although the old "trysting oak" in what was once the forest of Sherwood has fallen, heavy with the weight of many centuries, another tree will be planted alongside of its ruins. The ancient trysting oak of Sir Walter Scott's great story of chivalry stood in Harthill Walk, a glade in the old forest of Sherwood. It was under this oak that the Black Knight, Wamba, the jester: Gurth, the swineherd, and Locksley signed the final letter of defiance to Front de Boeuf, and there the spoils were divided by Robin Hood's band and Friar Tuck showed his skill with the quarterstaff. The venerable oak which has just fallen was of great antiquity and flourished before the beginning of English history. Under its branches marched the Roman soldiery, and it saw the coming of the Saxon into the island of Britain. All the Ivanhoe country rapidly is being given over to collieries and romance flees before the advance of the mines; but the Duchess of Leeds, on whose husband's estates the old tree stood, will preserve what remains of the ancient trunk of the trysting oak and will plant the new oak which is to succeed the fallen tree. An inscription will be placed on the old trunk, giving the history of the trysting oak and reciting its connection with the romance in which Scott conjured up such a series of splendid pictures of medieval times. The trunk of the new trees also will bear an inscription telling the story of its predecessor.
Mr. Pearson Will Not Resign.
Rev. Mr. Pearson, the preacher who was elected sheriff of Cumberland county (Portland), Maine, after having been nominated as a joke by the liquor men, has been a source of unending trouble to them ever since. His rigid enforcement of the prohibition law has, it is said, resulted in an offer of a large sum if he will resign or go to Europe and remain there until his term shall have expired.
Mrs. Springer Backs Down.
Within the last three months Mrs. Jennie Springer of Troy, Kan., has instituted as many suits for divorce against her husband, but each was dismissed before the time of trial. Last week she began the fourth suit, declaring to the court house officials that her mind was unalterably fixed this time, and that there would be no backing down. Two hours later the sheriff went to the Springer home to serve the papers on the husband, and found the pair "as loving as two kittens."—Indianapolis News.
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Attorney-at-Law.
64 and 86 La Salle St., Suite 615 to 619.
Telephone, Main 3077. Chicago.
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Dealer in All Kinds of
HARD AND SOFT COAL,
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Expressing and Moving a Specialty.
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HE SCATTERED DIAMONDS.
A Dealer's Rather Costly Fit of Absent-
Mindedness.
A member of a firm of diamond merchants, while walking down Victoria street on a recent morning, in a fit of abstraction, pulled an old envelope out of his pocket and commenced to tear it up. When he reached the last section the terrible fact dawned on him that it was the envelope in which were some sixteen hundred small diamonds, valued at $500, and that he had been sowing these broadcast over a public thoroughfare. The news spread with lightning-like rapidity. Shopkeepers locked up and came to the more lucrative occupation of picking up diamonds, while for a mile around an errand boy at his ordinary work was a phenomenon. Such a scraping of the street with knives and sticks had never been seen. As it happened, most of the lost stones went down the cellar grating of a jeweler's shop. Ingenious youths fished for them with a piece of soap attached to a stick, and reeled in three prizes at a time. Others sat in the gutter sorting an anxiously-guarded handful of dirt. Still the crowd grew. At one time over fifteen hundred lads were to be seen hard at work. From noon to 7 o'clock the street was nearly blocked. When night fell candles, lamps and lanterns were brought to aid the indefatigable hunters for treasure trove. About half the diamonds have found their way back to their rightful owner. Some were sold to a shopkeeper, and the rest, like the graves of a household, are scattered far and wide.—London Express.
George W. Carroll of Beaumont, Texas, who has become rich through the discovery of oil in Texas, has given $60,000 to Baylor University, Waco, Texas, to erect a science building and has promised more if that sum is insufficient.
Laws Restricting Marriage.
Efforts have been made recently in two western states, Minnesota and Wisconsin, to enact laws restricting the marriage of persons afflicted with physical or mental disorders. It is proposed that persons contemplating marriage shall first pass a medical examination, and that marriage licenses shall be refused to those who do not receive medical certificates as to their fitness to enter the marital relation. A bill of this kind passed the Wisconsin assembly, and failed by two votes in the upper house. These measures have had the earnest support of the medical fraternity in both states. It has been the general experience, however, that laws imposing restraints upon marriage are exceedingly difficult of enforcement.—Chicago Journal.
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Destruction of China's Encyclopedia Is a Great Loss.
News comes that the Orient has been robbed of its most famous collection of knowledge, the monumental "Encyclopedia Maxima." A writer in the current number of an English magazine briefly describes this splendid Chinese encyclopedia, whose destruction he says "is the most appalling literary catastrophe the world has ever seen." In 1403, the third emperor of the Ming dynasty, Yung Lo, issued a commission to Hsieh Chin, the leading scholar of the day, for the preparation of an encyclopedia. With the assistance of 146 colleagues, Hsieh Chin finished his work in a year and four months and laid it before the throne. It did not at all satisfy the emperor, who thereupon issued a new commission, in which Hsieh Chin appears as one of the three commissioners, with directors and a staff of assistants, making 2,169 persons in all. The idea was to collect together all that had ever been written on the Confucian canon, history, philosophy and general literature; and by the end of 1407 a compilation was submitted which immediately received the stamp of imperial approval, and was named the "Great Standard of Yung Lo." This work ran to no fewer than 2,877 separate sections, and was bound up in 11,100 volumes, each half an inch in thickness; so that were all the volumes laid flat one upon the other, the column thus formed would reach a height of 450 feet, or nearly forty-six feet higher than the top of St. Paul's. Each section contains about twenty leaves, making a total of 917,480 pages for the whole work. Ever since Pekin was first opened in 1860 all applications from foreign scholars to be allowed even to view such an interesting relic have always been curtly refused. China has now lost her treasure through the misguided violence of her own sons; while the only hands stretched forward to save it from destruction were those of the foreigners from whom it had been so jealously withheld.
Sultan's Kitchen a Fortress.
The private kitchen of the sultan of Turkey is a veritable fortress, consisting of a small chamber situated to the right of the great entrance, and is guarded by barred windows and an armor-plated door. The cook officiates under the ever watchful eye of the kerlardjhi bachi, one of the most weighty functionaries in Yildiz palace at Constantinople, for the health, the very life even, of the ruler is at his mercy. When cooked each dish is fastened with red wax, bearing the official seal of the kerlardjhi, and remains hermetically closed until the seals are broken in the sultan's presence.
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Tramps' Secret Fraternity. The chief of police of Bethlehem. Pa. claims that there is a tramps' secret fraternity. He discovered that a dozen "hoboes" in the lockup the other night were performing an elaborate initiation and were working the first degree upon a new candidate.