The Broad Ax

Last Monday evening a lady who is well acquainted with Ham Carter and who was also on intimate terms with Mrs. Fanny Brown before she died, called on us, and she told us many things concerning Ham Carter; this lady said that we have not yet painted Carter as black as he deserves to be painted; that Ham, in order to make himself appear white as snow glips around to the back doors of many of the women who were friends of Mrs. Brown, and he informs them that The Broad Ax is engaged in slandering Mrs. Brown, and a lot of other rot; but she says that "Ham is very careful not to inform those whom he converses with respecting the fight which The Broad Ax is waging upon himself. As the lady was getting ready to depart for her home she said she was willing to assist us to her uttermost ability for the purpose of helping to down Ham Carter; but she very much regretted that we had to refer to Mrs. Brown in order to strike at Ham Carter. We assured her that we never entertained any ill-will or malice against Mrs. Brown; that we resided in this city at the time that Mrs. Brown was engaged to be married to Ham Carter, but we never met her, nor had any business dealings or relations with her whatever; that we only referred to her connection or relation with Ham Carter for the purpose of proving to the world of mankind that Carter is not what he represents himself to be; that his immoral acts are so flagrant that they smell unto the high heavens; that sometimes we are compelled to inflict pain and anguish upon the innocent for the express purpose of exposing the immoral crimes and the wickedness of such creatures as Ham Carter. In order to convince this good lady friend of ours, and all others, that we never entertained ought against Mrs. Fanny Brown, we will reproduce the item or notice which appeared in The Broad Ax on December 1, 1900, shortly after her death. "Monday morning, Nov. 24, Mrs. Fanny Brown, who was well known to all the old residents of Chicago, passed away, and on Wednesday her remains were removed from her late home, 559 State street, to Quinn Chapel, where the funeral services were held. Rev. A. J. Carey spoke very touchingly of her many kind and good deeds. Her remains were laid to rest in Oakwood Cemetery." Mrs. Brown, so the lady informed us, was laid in the cold, cold grave, in the same wedding dress which she wore on the night that H. C. Carter promised to marry her, and she related to us with tears in her eyes how humiliated and mortified Mrs. Brown felt over the wrongs and the shabby treatment which was accorded her by Ham Carter, for Mrs. Brown had great faith in Carter, and she looked upon him as an honorable man, but he proved himself false to her noblest and highest hopes. Even after she had done so much for him. We will conclude by quoting from the end of an article which appeared in The Broad Ax of April 27th, which was before any proceedings were instituted against us for "blackening the memory of the dead." "In conclusion we honestly believe that M Mrs. Fanny Brown could leap forth from her grave she would point her long, bony finger at Capt. H. C. Carter and exclaim: 'You are the villain and old wolf, who wronged me while I was on earth, and after doing so you promised to marry me, but on the day the wedding was to occur you either went fishing or took to the woods, and I am glad The Broad Ax has the courage to pull the mask off of your hypocritical and sanctimonious face!'" In case Alderman Charles J. Boyd is not re-nominated next spring then The Broad Ax would like to see P. McManus selected to make the race for Mr. McManus would poll the entire Democratic vote of the ward and many Republicans would vote for him for he is well liked by all clauses and he would make a good alderman. "The very same instrument for restoring the national authority over North Carolina, and placing her where she stood before her attempted secession, which had been approved by Mr. Lincoln, was by Mr. Stanton presented at the first cabinet meeting which was held at the executive manzion after Mr. Lincoln's death, and having been carefully considered at two or three meetings, was adopted as the reconstruction policy of the (Johnson's) administration." (McCulloch's Men and Measures, Page 378.) No two cras in our history differ more widely than the epoch-making years 1789 and 1866. In the one, statesmen were sitting with closed doors to formulate, uninfluenced by outside discussions, the Constitution, which is the most perfect work of man. In the other, with doors wide open, members of both political parties uttering fiery declaration which were echoed and re-echoed all over the land, the two Houses of Congress as political bodies, with passion at white heat, shaped the policy according to which the chief corner-stone of the old Constitution—the suffrage on which it rested—was to be remodeled; and the trend of all the work of the session of 1865-66 was in the direction of the guarantees demanded by Mr. Stevens and Mr. Sumner. That policy, when the session had closed was sumbitted to the Northern voters in the congressional election of 1866. It was overwhelmingly approved; and at the last session of that congress the act of March 2, 1867, was passed, reconstructing the states on the basis of universal Negro suffrage, to which the Fifteenth Amendment, intended to secure the rights thus granted, was but a corollary—both, as we have seen, begotten of partisanship out of philanthropy, and this was not the first, nor yet has it been the last, of these liaisons. It is not making any new or startling assertion to say that Negro suffrage was a failure. It did not give Republican control of the South, except for a brief period, and it did not benefit, but injured, the freedman; it made unavoidable in the South the color line, and impossible there two capable political parties, of which all men, North and South alike, now see the crying need. The Negro had, when suddenly emancipated, one recourse; he was by training a good laborer. The pathway was wide open before him to profit by experience based upon the results of continued industry. Laws like those we have noted, repressing idleness, even though unnecessarily severe, as some of them undoubtedly were, would have given him a continuing forward impulse in what was his only possible line of betterment; for the lesson of self-support is a prerequisite of all development. In Mr. Seward's language, the Negro would have found his place. To import the ex-slave into politics was to make a parasite of a plant that needed to strike its roots deep into the earth. To implant within him the thought that he might live without work was an egregious error. Influential Negroes, those who should have led in industry and thrift, not only themselves deserted the cotton field for the field of politics, but drew others after them to march in processions and listen to discussions, no syllable of which was comprehensible, save only appeals to race antagonism. The consequences of mistakes then made have come down to this day; and as to some of them, at least, whites, and blacks, are now working together for relief. Each and every member seems to be thoroughly aroused to the gravity of the young woman's situation, and the innate commisseration which every true woman feels for a sister in affliction is busily at work in the hearts of these business women, and they are endeavoring in very way to aid her, but with the assurance of their sympathy, prayers and earnest placing of public opinion. They have secured among other excellent talent for the concert, Edna Alexander and her company, who have not been heard here in some time. Anyone who may have attended one of the clubs meetings will remember the galaxy of charming and attractive members, for every one of them are worthy a second glance. These young ladies will serve sandwiches, cream and coffee, from bewitching little Japanese tables, and we feel sure they will be irresistable. They hope to realize a neat sum for Mrs. Hudgens. The admission fee will be but 15 cents, and for the program that will be furnished is more than reasonable. Notice will be given next week as to the time and place of the benefit. The club expects to occupy its own rooms within two weeks, and will then open an employment agency, thereby adding one more to the list of praise worthy Negro enterprises. Violette Neathy Blackwell. 518 Orleans street. What's the matter with the Phyllis Wheatly Club? Why isn't it or its members doing something for Mrs. Hudgens? We hope all its members will not jump upon their feet at the same time and answer these questions. STANDS BY THE BROAD AX. Chicago, June 5, 1901. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Editor of The Broad Ax! My Dear Sir—In penning you these few lines, it affords me much pleasure to state, that I admire your stand as a man in the political field and I believe the Afro-American race would be greatly benefited if we had many more men like you. I am in sympathy with The Broad Ax as well as many others, in the fight which it is making for purer and abler political and race leaders. Yours for success, H. C. FAULKNER, M. D. An Indianapolis boy, Lawrence A. Newby, will graduate as a lawyer from the Chicago Law School, June 2. Mr. Newby will be remembered as a very active and useful member of the literary clubs and other institutions of this city eight or ten years ago. His many friends will be happy to know of his intention to become one of that great class of citizens, a lawyer, whose duty it is to conserve the public peace. The public is very considerate of the claim of lawyers when it comes to distinctions, preferment, etc. It is to be hoped that Mr. Newby will soon take high rank in his chosen profession; not only ornamenting it, but using it as a means of help building up his race. A successful career is predicted for him.—The Freeman. We knew W. H. Clark when he was nothing but a common lunch counter waiter; but now he struts around the City Hall as though he owned all the earth; but by the time The Broad Ax gets through with Clark he will not walk with his head reared up in the air like Edward H. Morris. The Negro race has reduced its illiteracy 45 per cent. The Negro race has 12 colleges, 19 academies, 60 high schools, 5 law schools and 25 theological seminaries. It has accumulated more than $12,- 000,000 worth of school property and raised nearly $11,000,000 for education. Lawyer Dan Morgan Smith, Jr., Temple Court Building, 225 Dearborn street, lately removed from the 32d Ward into the 31st Ward and next spring Mr. Smith may become a candidate for alderman from the 31st Ward. The County Democracy gives its 11th annual picnic at Fox River Grove on Saturday, June 15, at which time Mayor Carter H. Harrison's presidential boom will be launched and all the big party leaders are expected to be on hand to assist in helping to whoop it up and to keep the boom a rolling. Lexington, Ky., has two first-class groceries, two drug and millinery stores, four livery stables, 2 undertaker establishments, the busiest in city also has several Negro clerks in the white stores, two high grade schools together with a great number of smaller enterprises. S. Laing Williams dropped in at the South Side Men's Sunday Club of St. Mark's Church, 47th and State streets, last Sunday afternoon, and he was called upon for a few remarks. Mr. Williams spoke very interestingly on the good which flows from the Sunday clubs. The Palladium, of St. Louis, Mo., while commenting on our fight against Ham Carter says, "that Hannibal will fight and that we had better be careful." That is all very well, Brother Wheeler, but we never heard of Ham Carter killing anybody and the only or the greatest fighting he does is to fight bourbon rye. Col. Beauregard F. Moseley seems to be growing rich in the law business. He now retains a down town office at 260 South Clark street, and he can be found at this branch office from 12 to 2, and the rest of the time he puts in at his old office, 0250 South Halsted street, or in the courts, orating on the affairs of this country. Sunday afternoon, June 2, Julius F. Taylor read a paper before The South End Sunday Club, on "The Civilization of the Early Egyptians." At our conclusion a rising vote of thanks was extended to us. Rev. Peters, President Bell and L. A. Newby, discussed our paper very learnedly. Rev. Peters reads a paper this coming Sunday at 4 o'clock, entitled, "Which Way." --- Probably the first Afro-American to master the telegraph operator's profession in this country was the late Charles B. Leek, who dropped dead at Ashtabula, Ohio, on May 4. For twenty years he was manager of the Lake Shore telegraph office at Ashtabula. His father c conducted the lunch room at the depot for 46 years, and dropped dead at the counter two years ago. Alderman Charles J. Boyd is serving his second term in the city council and there are very few people in the 30th ward who are unwilling to give Alderman Boyd the credit for doing his duty in every way, and we honestly believe that the great majority of the voters and tax-payers residing in the 30th ward are in favor of returning Alderman Boyd to the city council, less then one year hence. There are four banks in America owned and managed entirely by colored men. These banks are the Capital Savings Bank of Washington, D. C.; the True Reformer Bank of Richmond, Va.; the Penny Savings Bank of Birmingham, Ala., and the A. M. E. Zion Church Bank at St. Louis, Mo. Another Negro bank has been started in Philadelphia, one in Cincinnati and one at Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School.-Ex. Jim Miller, who will not pay us the one dollar which he owes as subscription to The Broad Ax, formerly resided in Cincinnati, Ohio, and several persons who knew Jim while he lived in that city have informed us that some way or other Jim got tangled or mixed up with a bolt of silk, and Jim Miller will be Ham Carter's star witness in his libel suit against us. Jim, we guess this will hold you for a while. The colored Republicans of Cook, Kane, Adams, Sangamon, Morgan, Logan, Madison, St. Clair, Union, Jackson, Randolph, Pope, Alexander, Perry, Gallatin, and Johnson counties, are up in arms against Governor Yates for they voted and did the dirty work for him, but so far Governor Yates has not given one of them one small piece of pie; but come to think of it, Governor Yates is not adverse to permitting colored men to vote for him. He thinks that they ought to do that just for fun and that white men only are fit to hold office. According to all the reports there is going to be a hot time in the old town next spring between the Mr. Robert E. Burke and the Carter H. Harrison combination and the followers of Chairman John P. Hopkins, Thomas Byrne, Roger C. Sullivan, William C. Legner, Thomas Gahan and company. At the present time it is hard to tell which way the old cat will jump, but in the meantime we are getting our ax ground to keen edge so that we will be able to cut right and left, and jump into the thickest of the fight, for it's going to be a royal battle. There has just taken place at Verdi's house, Sant Agata, near Busseto, a great destruction of the late composer's private papers. There had lain in the building for some years two huge chests, hermetically sealed. Nobody knew what was in them, but they were believed to contain the composer's improvisations and musical compositions which he did not care to publish. On his will being opened it was found to contain a clause directing that these two chests, with their contents, be burned without being opened, and this has just been done on a sort of improvised funeral pyre outside Sant Agata. An interesting temperance measure was presented in the New York legislature, recently adjourned, but failed of passage. Its purpose was to oblige all saloon-keepers to sell tea, coffee, milk and chocolate as well as intoxicants. The theory of those who drafted it was that many men who seek the saloons for warmth and light and sociability, and drink from a sense of obligation, would be content with temperance beverages, and perhaps prefer them, if they were to be had. The opponents of the bill argued that the saloon-keepers might easily defeat its purpose if they wished by serving tea and coffee of so poor a quality that no one would drink it; but a plan similar to that provided for in the bill has been tried in certain saloons in England and with considerable success. Ten days' intimate acquaintance with poverty will satisfy any man for the rest of his natural life. Detroit will soon celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of its founding by Cadillac. Eastern people are apt to forget that there is so old a city in the west. In the story of the settlement and progress of Detroit much is revealed of the history of "the northwest under three flags." The latest Paris idea is to pave the streets with glass, and experiments are now being tried to that end. According to the Telegraph's correspondent, pure glass is used without admixture of cement, but subjected to a special treatment, called devitrifaction. The result is a hard, smooth substance, opaque, absolutely non-porus, absorbing no foreign matter, and thus retaining no dampness or unpleasant odors. The varied character of the Manila population is shown by such items as these, taken at random from one issue of a local daily: "Sim Viaco, a Filipino, ran amuck on Calie Anda on Thursday night and attacked Lu Tang with a heavy scantling. Mandarin Chang Quing, son of Carlos Palanca, the Chinese millionaire of Manila, has been appointed ambassador to Mexico, and is expected by his father to visit Manila about April 1." Recent experiments by railway officials in Berne with an automatic ticket machine, invented by a Swiss, have given entire satisfaction, says a Berne correspondent. The machine is similar to the ordinary automatic machines, but the glass cases contain the tickets on which are printed the names of the stations and the price of the ticket. By dropping in the right amount and pulling a handle the ticket is set free. The machinery is so well constructed that an insufficient sum or any base coins will not work the spring. Ex-Empress Eugenie has given to the municipality of Paris the cradle of Prince Louis Napoleon, the only son of Napoleon III. and the Empress. Prince Louis was killed in the Zulu war in South Africa in 1879. The body of the cradle is made of rosewood and is decorated with enamels in antique silver and chiseled bronze. The frames are of silver. A statue holds the imperial crown, in gilt and bronze, over the pillow, which is of white satin embroidered in gold with the letter "N." The cradle was originally a gift from the municipality of Paris to Empress Eugenie. Farmers of Wabash county, Indiana, are building good roads by co-operation and at much reduced cost. They have an agreement among themselves on road-building, each owner of land abutting on a highway to be improved pledging in work or cash $1.50 per acre within half a mile of the road. Payment may be made within three years, and the burden thus distributed is hardly felt. The work is done in dull seasons, and gravel roads have replaced the old mud highways over many miles of turnpike. On the completion of a road the task of maintaining it is assumed by the county authorities. The general design for the naval arch, which is to be erected at the Battery, New York, has been approved by the trustees of the Naval Arch Association and the organization of the finance committee for the collection of the funds, with which to construct it will be effected at once. The design was prepared by Ernest Flagg. It is estimated that the arch, including the statuary, will cost $850,000, while the sea-wall, beacons and monuments will cost $300,000 more. In organizing the committee for the collection of the fund, every care is to be taken to make it an representative as possible, in order to give perfect confidence in the project. The French military authorities, after protracted experiments, are said to be so far satisfied with the value of the motor car in war time, that they are making arrangements to acquire, if necessary, the whole of the auto-cars for military service in the event of the army entering the field. Notices are said to have been sent to owners of auto-cars, asking them if they are disposed to sell their vehicles to the government whenever the country should find itself threatened with war, and also requiring them to fix prices of the cars. The actual purchasing price will be decided upon by the military authorities when the vehicles are handed over after taking into account the depreciation they may have undergone in the meantime. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the laws principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Statutines, Protestants, Knights of Labor, Debtors, Mormons, Republican, Priests, or any else can have their say, so long as their insurance is proper and responsibility is fixed. The repartee you think of when it is everlastingly too late to work off may save you a friend. Sad would it have been indeed had the mast fallen and cut down King Edward before he had had an opportunity to celebrate his first semi-annual birthday. Said a shrewd minister before the collection was taken up: "Those who are in debt need not place anything on the plate." The collection was double the usual amount. Miss Josephine Bowen Holman, an Indianapolis girl who is to marry Marconi, is herself an enthusiastic laboratory worker and has devoted a great deal of her attention in that line of electricity. Dr. John W. Hoffman, professor of agriculture in the Florida State Industrial College, is one of the most noted negro scientists in the world. He has just been elected a member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and also belongs to the Royal Agricultural Society of England and many other similar organizations. We are at the beginning of things, said a captain of industry, not at the ending. With scientific business methods, he added, he would rather have the "dump" of the mines than the "mother vein," if he had to handle the mother vein in ignorance. The principle is broader than any application to a single sphere of operations. More than ever before, ignorance means waste and extravagance, even if it does not insure failure. 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 burial these sponges are presented to the priest who squeezes the tears into bottles, which he keeps. Immigration into Cuba continues to be almost exclusively from the Spanish peninsula, 12,094 persons out of a total of 14,578 in the second half of 1900 having come from Spain. It is astonishing to learn that in the same time only seventeen immigrants to Cuba were from the United States. The situation reminds one of what the historian Froude said years ago: "Whatever the eventual fate of Cuba, the Spanish race has taken root there, and is visibly destined to remain. Spanish, at any rate, they are to the bone and marrow, and Spanish they will continue." The electric street railroad is little more than ten years old, and yet a man whose business it was to investigate all the lines which were first put in, says that almost nothing of what he then found is in use today. Practically all the appliances of electric railroading of that time have gone to the scrap-heap, so rapid have been the improvements in this new field. There is always an experimental stage in new inventions, during which changes take place rapidly. Then experience sits out the best, the forms of machinery become established, and after that improvements are comparatively rare. The arrest of a thief in Madrid the other day shows that Spain is still in the race for progress. This gentleman, who was always elegantly dressed, carried in his overcoat a strong electric battery, joined by wires to a metallic plate, which he held in the palm of his hand. He would approach his victim with outstretched hand, pretending to have had previous acquaintanceship. Result, a sharp electric shock, which rendered the subject powerless. His pockets were riffed of watch, purse, etc., in a moment. The thief had followed this profession during the last few years in various European countries, and confessed that his ingenious apparatus had been made at Chemints, Saxony. The prize fighters whose plans for a grand "sparring exhibition" in Cincinnati were thwarted by the prompt action of the authorities have been looking with considerable confidence toward Mexico. They can hardly consider the outlook encouraging. When the matter was laid before President Dias he made this comment: "If prize fighting is too low and brutal for the United States, and is offensive to the best public opinion there, it is too low and too brutal for Mexico. The military forces of this republic will be instructed to arrest every person connected with the proposed fight if found within our territorial limits;" and orders to that effect were promptly transmitted to both civil and military authorities on the frontier. SPORT IN WESTERN CANADA. While the Farmer's Grain Is Ripening and His Stock Growing Fat He May Have Plenty of Shooting. There is probably no country on the American Continent where the life of the farmer carries with it that assurance of comfort and success as does Western Canada. Nor is there to be found anywhere else such a pleasant combination. Game abounds everywhere and nowhere does it afford such perfect amusement. A noted sportsman writing of the favorite pastime says: "There is one particular spot where I saw a man drop seventy mallards one morning and bring them all to bag, too, for they dropped in open water or on flat prairie. At the right season of the year you can see black lines and triangles cut sharply out against the sky all round you, moving very swiftly, and you begin to wonder whether you have enough cartridges to hold out. You can hear the prairie chicken crowing like barn-door fowls, and a little to the northeast is a bit of marshy ground, cattle-poached and dappled with gleaming pools, where the snipe are nearly as thick as mosquitoes. A thin column of blue smoke curling up in the distance shows you where a few wandering Indians have pitched their camp, but there is no other indication of civilization in sight. Still, the neighborhood is well-settled, and a short drive will bring you to a farmhouse, where you can buy the finest butter and the frearest eggs for uncivilized prices. A very short railway journey will bring you to a country full of deer and the lordly wapiti, the king of the deer tribe the world over, and down on the flat, boggy land by the lake shores the moose will stand knee deep in water on the summer evenings ready to lie down when the flies get bothering. All day you breathe the wild free air of the prairie, and at night you are lulled to sleep by the surge and ripple and splash of the waves on the beach, broken now and then by the wierd banshee-cry of strange water-fowl." Particulars regarding settlement of the lands of Western Canada can be had from any agent of the Canadian government, whose advertisement appears elsewhere in your columns. Growth of English Language During the reign of Queen Elizabeth the extension of English commerce resulted in a remarkable development of the English language, and by association with foreign nations thousands of words unknown before in England were brought into common use. 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 prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee, but costs about 1/4 as much. All grocers sell it 15c and 25c. The Passing of Cahaba. Cahaba, the former capital of Alabama, is not even a town now, being returned by the census as precinct No.16 in Dallas county. Several years ago the town,site was sold for taxes and was bought by a negro for a few hundred dollars. Sodier Can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It makes tight or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. All druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N Y. Thousands of Temperance Workers. The Church of Scotland Temperance society in seven years has increased its membership from 32,000 to 72,000, and now supports four temperance evangelists for preventive, rescue and reform work. MONEY TO LOAN at low rates on farm property. List your surplus money with me. I pay 4½ to 5 per cent. interest on sums of $100 and up. Northwestern farms and city property bought and sold. References. Elwyn F. Larson, Real Estate and Loans, Durand, Wis. The Hyndman Meteor. A remarkably large meteor exploded and fell near Hyndman, Md., recently, illuminating the country for miles. Many of its fragments have been picked up. The man who knows the laws will stand the best chance of getting and holding a claim when the new Oklahoma lands are opened. "Morgan's Manual" gives information upon the U. S. Homestead, Townsite and Mining laws. It has been recommended by the Secretary of the Interior and officials of the Land Department. Over 10,000 copies sold. The new edition contains a supplement about the new lands in Okla. It is published by Dick T. Morgan of Perry, Okla. This book and Mr. Morgan's paper and map should be thoroughly studied by those who intend to enter on the new lands. 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. Lady—What do you think, I have a servant who gets up in the morning without being called. Chorus of Voices—Impossible! Lady—But it's true; she's in love with the milkman. The growing demand for women in the factories of Germany is bringing the servant-girl problem more and more to the front. How Comptroller of the Currency Dawes Repaid a Debt of Gratitude to One Pasy Flynn Who Aided an Uncle in the Civil War. Charles G. Dawes, Comptroller of the currency, is the hero of a pretty story, which has just been sent out from Washington. It relates to Patsy Flynn, an humble Irish laborer, who was formerly employed about the Federal Building and who lost his position some time ago on account of ill health. This came to the knowledge of Mr. Dawes and he has had Flynn reinstated. The following story accounts for his reinstatement. In a battle of the civil war, on a Georgia field, Mr. Dawes' uncle, who was a major, was badly shot up one day, wounded in the back of his head, and part of his jaw carried away, so he could lie on neither his face nor his back. Patsy, who was a private, saw his major's plight and realized that a quick trip to the field hospital was on the cards. But there was no stretcher nor other means of conveying him at hand. The major was getting weaker from loss of blood, and things looked desperate. Just then a teamster came along with a wagon load of mail. Patsy attempted to negotiate for a trip to the hospital, but the teamster was obdurate. He "had orders," which did not contemplate turning his vehicle into a hurry-up wagon. Patsy looked at the major, who was sinking fast. "Orders be dom," said Patsy, rolling up his sleeves. "Get down off that seat, ye blaggyard," and with that he grabbed the teamster, who resisted, and gave him a good punching. When the teamster cried enough he was requisitioned A. COMPTROLLER CHAS. G. DAWES. into helping the major into the wagon and drove off with Patsy supporting the wounded officer. COMPTROLLER CHAS. G. DAWES. into helping the major into the wagon and drove off with Patsy supporting the wounded officer. Washington and Bolivar George Washington and Simon Bolivar were the two great liberators of the Americas. Perhaps no other two great men ever lived whose achievements were so identical, whose struggles and sufferings were so similar as these two monumental figures in the history of the Western World, says a writer in Success. Washington freed from Great Britain thirteen states, which in less than a century became the most powerful "empire for liberty" ever known in history; and Bolivar wrested from Spain five republics whose wealth and power, when properly developed, are beyond comprehension. The characters of the men were as wide apart as the poles. Washington was sedate and of sober judgment, while Boliver was impulsive, of fiery temper and quick to act. Both, however, were born leaders of men, and both, each in his own way, inspired the confidence of his followers. Washington and Bolivar were both gifted with "creative" powers, were resourceful and possessed the wonderful faculty of drawing material strength from seemingly exhausted sources, of making much out of nothing. Hope the Freedom of the Walks Have the Freedom of the Mails. The widows of former Presidents Grant and Garfield enjoy the same privilege as senators and representatives in regard to the free use of the mails. All mail matter sent by Mrs. Lucretia R. Garfield and Mrs. Julia D. Grant, under their respective written autographs signatures, and all mail matter sent to these two ladies, will be carried free during their lives. No signature or marks are necessary to the free carriage of mail matter to either of these ladies, the address being sufficient. Mrs. Garfield has enjoyed the privilege since 1881 and Mrs. Grant since 1886. --- A pupil in a public school in Newark, N. J., horrified the teacher the other day by whittling a cartridge of gun-cotton and nitroglycerine. Had the cartridge, which was made for blasting purposes, exploded little would have been left of teacher, pupils or school building. The carelessness is criminal which permits such dangerous objects to come into the possession of children, who, of course, are ignorant of their character. A Unique Wisconsin BILL Several unique bills were introduced in the Wisconsin Legislature recently. The queerest was that fathered by Mr. Young of Eau Claire, which provides that after January 1, 1904, railway companies shall equip their trains with "devices that will keep them on the track after derailment." The United States pays $1,000,000 a week for the coffee its people con- THE PEN IS STILL MIGHTY. Journalism of Today as Viewed by a Great Editor. We have outgrown the age of great editors in the sense in which they were accepted half a century ago, not because there are no longer great editors among us, but because they have so largely multiplied as to efface individuality. The towering lords of the journalistic forest are as great and grand today as ever in the past, but a host of their fellows has grown up with them, and the resistless logic of their advent has made the journalism of today absolutely impersonal. This change has come because the rapidly-widening field of journalism has summoned a large proportion of the best intellects of the country into its service, and the editorial writer has ceased to be the newspaper. Half a century ago the newspaper was a luxury; today it is a universal necessity. Our wonderful progress in railways, in the telegraph and in the journalistic mechanism that leads the mechanism of the world in progress, with a free school at every cross roads, has made the newspaper multiply into countless millions, and it is today the greatest of the great public educators. It has a larger clientele than the school, the college and the pulpit combined, and instead of reaching only a few of the more cultivated and fortunate classes it now enters almost every home and is read by every class and condition of our 80,000,000 of people. The successful editor today may be guiltless of leaders or paragraphs for his duties are much more important than the writing of editorials. He has every class and condition of culture at his command. He successfully summons the President of the republic holding the highest civil trust in the world, to enrich his columns. Cabinet ministers, senators, representatives and the most cultured teachers in literature, art and science are subject to his call, and the pulpit, the bar and every other profession proffers the genius of the land to the editor. All these are journeymen in the journalism of today, while kings and potentates of the old world are often more than willing to be heard through the American newspapers. RUSSIA'S NAVAL POWER. She Has Built Up a Formidable Fleet in Recent Years. We hear a great deal, says a writer in the American Monthly, of Japan's awakening. The awakening of Russia within the same time has been much more marvelous. And in no region has it been more marvelous than in the region of naval preparations. Russia has practically completed the third fleet in the world within the past decade, and most of the work has been done within her own boundaries, by her own workmen, along her own lines. This fleet consists of 22 first-class battleships, yielding to none in the world in excellence and perfection; one second-class battleship, 16 coast defense ships and 23 cruisers of the first class, or fully armored. Twenty-three battleships and 23 cruisers, therefore, may stand as the backbone of Russia's naval strength, a force well seconded by full complements of coast-defense ships, second and third class cruisers, gunboats, torpedo-boats, torpedo-destroyers, transports, auxiliaries, and all that pertains to them. The Russian heavy guns are second to none, and the batteries of 6-inch and 4.7-inch quick-firing guns leave nothing to wish for. The secondary small-arm batteries are likewise perfectly equipped. The Russian warships are, in fact, the most numerously armed in the world. Sorry Denew's His Couple W. P. Gates, Populist county treasurer of Clay county, Kan., is unhappy because Chauncey M. Depew, the New York senator, is his cousin, a fact which he has tried to keep covered up. Asked about it, Gates said: "How did that leak out, anyway? A man can't run away from his troubles or his record, it seems. I am not a bit proud of my relationship with Depew. There was a time when I was, but not now. He became such a bore to me with his jokes and stories that I got tired, and moved west to disguise my relationship and change my politics. That's why I'm a Populist. And now I am found out. My tale has overtaken me here where I am trying to be a good citizen and merit the good opinion of my neighbors. What shall I do, what shall I do?" Treasurer Gates says he has heard Senator Depew make many speeches. He is one of the leading citizens of Clay county. Document to an English Poe Monument to an English Pope. A movement is now on foot to erect a monument in Rome to the memory of Nicholas Breakspeare, Pope Adrian IV, the only Englishman who ever sat upon the papal throne. The fund for the monument is to be raised among English Catholics. Pope Adrain was born in 1100 at Langley, near St. Albans, England. His parents were poor and the future pontiff was denied admittance to one of the English monasteries. He then went abroad and rose from honor to honor, at the age of 54 he was elected to the chair of St.Peter. Not in Demand. Evidently the Milwaukee folk who have died since the organization of the Uniformed Pallbearers' Association a month or two since, have had plenty of relatives and sorrowing friends to carry them to their last resting places, for up to date the uniformed pallbearers have not received any orders that have caused them to don their knee breeches and all the rest of it, and sally forth to head a funeral. Only fools answer questions before they are asked. JAPAN IN AMERICA. Near Mountain Station, N. J., a suburb of South Orange, is perhaps the quaintest bit of Orientalism to be found on the continent. Here a party of skilful Japanese gardeners, calling themselves the Japanese Horticultural Society, have laid out a Japanese garden as a permanent exhibit of their native flora. The garden is situated at the base of the Orange mountain, in a little clump of woodland. Its four acres are surrounded by a bamboo fence, ingeniously built without nails, yet strong as any American fence. Inside that barrier the visitor finds all the curiosities he would see in a similar garden in Japan itself. Stone lions, a pedestal bearing a stone lantern over two hundred years old, done by a noted Japanese sculptor, and a statue of Jizo, a Buddhist saint, regarded as a goddess, are some of the treasures which Japan has parted with in order that America may enjoy a few of the privileges which she herself prizes so highly. There is an artificial lake in the garden, spanned by three different kinds of Japanese structures. By the side of this lake, closely caged, lives a tsuru, or crane. The bird is about five feet in height. It is said to be an exceedingly rare bird, few specimens being found outside the royal palace and imperial zoological gardens. According to the Japanese, nature does not give to the tsuru a red crown until he has reached the age of one hundred years, and as the years advance the color deepens. The red-headed tsuru is therefore an emblem of longevity in Japan. This New Jersey specimen has a very dark red topknot, and is supposed to be about three hundred years old. In that respect the tsuru is more than matched by one of the plants in the garden. This is a chabo-hiba, one of the oldest on this continent. Its age is given as seven hundred years. No wonder it is valued at ten thousand dollars. The original trainer of the tree is not definitely known, but is supposed to have been one Genho, who was the most famous artist during the later period of the Kamakura regency in the twelfth century. The tree came into the hands of the family of Suzuki about the middle of the sixteenth century, and has been handed down by them to the present time. Its trunk is seven inches in diameter, and its height is only four and a half feet. It belongs to the cedar family, and has foliage resembling sprigs of ferns closely set together in the form of a cone. Sometimes the unbeliever questions the age of this plant, but such overwhelming evidence is offered in support of the Japanese gardener's assertion that the objector is silenced. A Japanese tea-house, where real Japanese tea is served by Japanese girls in their native costume, and a Japanese jinrikisha are among the attractions of the garden.—Youths Companion. WITH A FRYING PAN. A Woman Tenderfoot's Thrilling Experience in the Rockies. Mrs. Seton-Thompson, in her camping experiences, entitled "A Woman Tenderfoot," confesses that in the beginning of her Rocky Mountain life she regarded rattlesnakes as only one kind of disagreeable reptile. She had not then caught the popular horror of them, and that is possibly the reason why she could dispatch her first one with so much coolness. One day she was riding in advance of her husband. She says: Suddenly there came a noise like dried peas in a pod, and gliding across the road was a huge rattlesnake. Whiskers, my pony, performed a flank movement, so nearly unseating me that I deemed it expedient to drop to the ground; and Whiskers, without waiting for orders, galloped down the road. The rattler stopped his pretty gliding motion away from me and seemed in doubt. "He is going to recoil and then to strike," said I, recalling a paragraph from my school reader. I cast a despairing glance around, and saw, almost at my feet, half hidden by sage-brush, several inches of rusty iron. Blest be the passing teamster who threw it there. I darted toward it and turned on the rattler, armed with the goodly remains of a frying-pan. The creature was ready for me, with darting tongue and flattened head. Another instant, and it would have sprung. Smash on its head went my valiant frying-pan and struck a deadly blow. I recaptured my weapon, and again it descended. The rattler was settled. But oh that tail! that awful, writhing, lashing tail. I can stand Indians, bears, wolves, anything but that tail; and a rattler is all tall except its head. The snake was really helpless, and I put one foot on him to take his scalp; that is to say, his rattles. Then the uncanny thing began to wriggle and rattle with old-time vigor. Horrid thrills coursed through me; but fortified by the assurance that the existing rattle was a "purely reflex neuroganglionic movement," I hardened my heart, and captured the "pod of dried peas."—Youth's Companion. Growth of Our Farm Products. Nothing could more surely and clearly indicate that the prevailing prosperity of the country is founded on a sound basis than the figures showing the large increase in the value of American farm products in recent years. According to a statement just issued by the department of agriculture, the farmers of the United States received $185,296,172 more for their products in 1900 than they did in 1899. The greatest advances were observed in corn and hay, the advance in the price of the latter giving the farmers over $38,000,000 more in 1900 for a crop of 50,000,000 tons than was received in 1899 for a crop of 56,855,756 tons. Here is the strange experience of a North Front street merchant, says the Philadelphia Record. Prior to getting married about two months ago, he had his tailor make him a very fine suit for evening dress. The material was of the best imported broadcloth and the suit was lined throughout with the best silk. The fit was an excellent one, and the young benedict was very proud of this swallow-tall suit. Soon after returning from his honeymoon a very intimate friend of his bachelor days called and asked for the loan of the suit, saying that he wanted to attend a reception, and would be sure to return the clothes promptly. The merchant found it impossible to refuse and granted his friend's request. Three weeks elapsed and the clothes had not been returned. The merchant called at his friend's house to inquire the cause. His surprise may be imagined when he was told that his friend had been dead for almost a week. After expressing his sorrow he gently broached the subject of his dress suit. "Why, we found the suit in his closet and buried him in it," was the reply. Now Mr. Merchant is mourning a dear friend and an expensive suit of clothes. A Blacksmith's Strange Experience. Gcodland, Kan., June 3.—N. E. Albertson, our leading blacksmith has been a great sufferer from rheumatism. He was so bad that he could not sleep for the great pain in his arms and shoulders. He had been afflicted for years, but lately he was so much worse, that he thought he would have to give up his shop altogether. Then a strange thing happened. A friend of his recommended a new medicine called Dodd's Kidney Pills, said to be a cure for Rheumatism. He commenced to use them, and at once began to recover. His pain has all left him, and he is a well man today, and entirely free from any symptom of Rheumatism. To say that he is thankful, is putting it very mildly. He is delighted. Dodd's Kidney Pills deserve credit for having cured this very severe and almost hopeless case. From recent reports, there does not seem to be anything that they will not cure, as very bad cases of Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Dropsy, Kheumatism, and Heart Trouble, have been cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills, even after having been given up by our best doctors. May Root Out Superstition God forbid that the search after truth should be discouraged for fear of the consequences! The consequences of truth may be subversive of systems of superstition, but they never can be injurious to the rights or well-founded expectations of the human race.—Bishop Watson. Are You Using Allen's Foot-Knee? Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. American-Made Playing Cards The finest playing cards are made in this country, and but for the heavy tax upon them in Europe they would completely monopolize that market by quality and cheapness. Minnesota has two hundred less inmates in prisons and reformatories than it had in 1897. FROM ALL POINTS OF VIEW The tire buyer should look well before choosing. A good pair of tires adds to the life of your wheel—saves it many a jolt and jar. Service is what G & J Tires give first, last and all the time. They are comfortable, satisfactory and easy to repair. Just the kind for country roads and big loads. Send for catalogue. G & J TIRE COMPANY, Indianapolis, Ind. Mackinac Island and RETURN—7 days trip—$25. Meals and berth included. Leave Chicago Saturdays 8:30 p.m. Escanaba, Mich. and RETURN—4 days trip—$13. Meals and berth included. Leave Chicago Tues., Wed., Fri., & Sat., at 8 p.m. Muskegon or Grand Haven and RETURN $5. Berth included. Leave Chicago 7:45 p.m., daily. Finest Service on the Lakes For complete information address R. C. DAVIS, C. P. A. Foot Michigan Ave. Chicago, Ill. Fortune-Maker! Agents double their money. Economy Shirt Bosom Pad. No more lawdry bills. Twenty clean Shirts in one. Sample 25c, silver. R. R. DOLL CO., Gothenburg, Nebr. WE CAN SELL YOUR farm or other property for cash no matter where situated. State price, etc. We are the largest Real Estate Advertisers and Agents in the U.S. Established 175. L. DRAKE & CO., Philadelphia. PENSION JOHN W. MORRIS Washington, D. C. Successfully Proposes Claims Late Principal Examined U. S. Pension Bureau. In civil war 13 adjudicating claims atty, since COMANCHE LAND OPENING 1,000,000 acres. For information and maps write Locurts & Moss, Comanche, L. T. LUCK -IN- KISSES, ee Pep rs es x INCIDENTS OF THEIR: Power FoR Ge eee a Te wsetermer: fa * \g Kiss That a _r ‘oe rarcerh Mistiag One Ouse ted grogie Enda ee eee ee aa ‘ ksy a 7 reers have beet entirely changed as ths result of oscullatory salutations are occasionally told Ge@ seldom without inducing great interest. A kiss that wonsht ee eee the ‘week. A young fellow tied a eee oe ing Without apenmy i world, and so hungry that, after Guding no op- portunity to get work immediately, he asked some mem who were drinking egg pry wey Re anit een eae The men, being somewhat under the influence of liquor, gave the m@u a-balf a ‘dollar over to the hotel and kiss the daughter of a wealthy eastern mine owner who had arrived in town that mording with bis family to look after some property. The starving stranger walked up to the girl, who was sitting on the hotel veranda, and, “without~-_ word, im- planted a Kiss.upon ber lips. The young woman screamed and sprang from her chair, and her father, dash- ing from the BOtél, gave the ‘stranger a biow in the face that sent him reel- ing over the railing around the veran- da. He fell a distance of twelve ‘fest or more, and, his head striking on & pile of rocks, he was almost dead when picked up. The men who had been the cause of the affair were couscience- stricken when they saw their victim half dead among the rocks,and they st once explained everything to the mine owner,. He and his daughter hurried to the stranger's relief, and had hia brought into the best room of the hotel-amd@ tenderly cared for until be had recovered. Thén he was given work {2 ons of the capitalist's mines, anc showed so much ability thet he was soon made superintendent, and later om was given genera) charge of ail the mine pwner’s western property. He is now on his way to a fortune, and rumor also has.it that he is soon to wed the young woman by kissing whom he laid the foundation of all his prosperity. From England is reported the case of a butcher in Sydney, who under a sudden impulse kissed a pretty castomer. He (was arrested and the case gained great publicity. A arm of lawyers having charge of an estate that ual: bans S00 60 the Betsher and who had been nit gom pe Wer Some dime discovered that he was the missing heir, As soon as he was released from jail they sent for him and delivered to_him his. estate... ‘Y= either of these two cases, and the one that had @ sad instead of a happy end- ing, is the story of am incident that papers some six months ago, A citi- zen of London while strolling down the Strand one day suddenly rushed across the street and imprinted a kiss on the chesk of a laity who was pass- ing. When hailed before a magistrate the man defended himself by declaring that he thought the woman he had kissed was an old sweetheart whom he had lost sight of for four years. The law could not accept this ingenious ex- planation and the prisoner was fined forty shillings with costs. A paper containing the full story of the affair found its. way out to New Zealand and fell into the hands of the eunanpenene ceenen happened woman one time been the sweetheart of the man arrested in London. She at once wrote to the London man saying that it he still loved her as he had declared in court, to come at once to New Zes- lané, as her husband was dying, and after his @eath she would wed her old sweetheart. ‘The Lonéon man sailed tor New Zealand, but ‘ss ‘woon ashe landed was ptomptly arrested lodged in jail. There be discovered that the woman who had sent for him had been arged with poison- ing her : etter which the woran hed | to the London no, ee his trunk, was taken ss additional proof of che charges against the woman and she was found guilty. man & to marry adjudged | age cantar ; ito ‘ar tare of ieicament the Londo man promptly put « pi ‘his. and is. 2 out.—Utica Globe & Tempting Ofer. A recent issue of a musical ai published st Lelpsic, Germany, .con- d the following curious et who can compose before warm weather begins = tragic opera Inomeact. The author of the dibretto will piace.at the disposal of the 4 eer a house, “Pick i frahed hs Dany nd which situated : So rth aad roma “be fed A poor bat. P ought to tbe as eae eee eS gee a : imengnens Shae Sree cereal motioes of Suess 1 °he fee of th ee oe eae oe ee adae = acres hss been cultivated for rals- suger beats and a sugar ee es bons et a | COMMUNITY OF INTEREST » i “" 2b within. a. ‘eine on the: oneal ae ; “Community of Interest” seems to be the watchword * 4 topics general interest, especi- the facta, have supposed that this meant an of interest only ‘te the railway Participating tm the deals, trafic arrangements, Yeases, ete, which show in the stock transactions and engage the thought and ability of trafic and passenger agents. It is undoubtedly the financial interest of the corporations which Moves their officers to enter into con- ‘tracts, but the consideration of this topic necessarily includes that of the convenience, comfort and attractions which they can offer to their patrons. ‘If competition be less intense, and rate iene ast ore nt wd more y ald to those indccements which will bring business to up-to-date lines of An instance of the Profit of the gablic ts mest worthy of mention, Un. @er the plam of arrangements known es “Commeanity of Interest” very close relations have been established by the ‘Missouri Pacific System with the Den- Ver and Rio Grande railway, the Rio Grande Western Railway and the Southern Pacific Railway and other ‘Ines diverging from junction points. So that mow, for the first time in the railway history of the country, a pas- senger may take train at St. Louis and remain therein until he has reached San Francisco. The route is one of the most popular because of its great ‘scenic beauty, and because it gives the traveler the benefit of variety of al- ‘titade and climate, taking him across ‘the smiling plains of Kansas Into the ‘wonderful canyons of Colorado, and through her most noted mining locali- ties, and by the great ialand salt sea, Where a great religious organization bas builded a city of magnificence in “an oasis of the desert, and whose po- ‘Mtical power hes been maintained in spite of the objections of the concen- trated power of the United States and tm the face of all the obstacles which have ever, from the dawn of Christi- enity, contended against its establish- ment by any sect or creed, These places are of great interest to the traveler of today, and sinte they may be visited with such ease in the magnificent trains of this monster sys- tem of railway, the tide of tourist tratf- fic is being turned to them by natural selection. The Missouri Pacific and the Ric Grande reach all points in Colorado, Utah and the West, and thus “Community of Interest” among the railroads already benefits the public in such an everyday way as to convince the thoughtless person that he must revise his hasty judgment. NEW PAST TRAIN TO COLORADO ||| Wie! Misscart Pacific Raltway. ‘The Missouri Pacific Railway is now operating double daily service from St. Louis and Kansas City to points in Colorado, Utah and the Pacific. coast. Trains leave St. Louis 9 a.m. and 20:10 p. m., Kansas City'¢ p. m. and 10 & m™m,, carrying through sleeping cars between St. Louis and Sam Francisco without change. ‘Excursion tickets now on ssle. For further informative address Company's agents. x H. C. TOWNSEND, G. P. & T. Agent, St. Louis, Mo. The strongest and most forcefa! of recent novels. The motive is love ver- sus loyalty; the characters are unique, the plot is puzzling and the action is remarkably vivid. A Kansas poultry association figures it out that Kansas ships abroad 23,- 000,000 eggs every year. jane wae 1 ‘s Waneal. SSE Some people are proud of the fact ‘that they are not proud.—Philadelphia PE hi "1.40 not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption ‘thas an equal for coughs anf colés—Joax ¥ Boras, Trinity Springs, Ind. Feb. 16, 000 Love looks through 2 telescope; envy through a milcroscope.—H. W. Shaw. _ Mamiin's Wisard Ol Co. send song book free. Your druggist selis the ol and it stops pain. ‘The population of Rome is now 462,- 000—a gain of 161,582 In ten years. Kid-Ke-Oids, the new discovery for kidney @iseases and back-ache, has merit; that ac- Givosta for theimamense pale. Draggists, GOc. Variety may be the epice.of life, but most men seem to prefer cloves. ~ DR. CRANES QUAKER Fete aka brs. “Ai araseite, Se. ‘Many 2 halo ct celebrity has lost its Iuster from too much exposure. Sime antics sagt bo desertved. tees ise: Si Tee In twenty years the consumption of Jpeer has doubled tn! Oermany- : ‘Mall's Catarrh Care 2 eae Sa ae 2 1. Winslow's Sootiing s po a ee eee ‘Where there's a will there's. always & lot of lawyers: in the: way- ators pesca ‘With « stile on ber lips, and s tear im het eye.—Seott. Bd a : a j he sir Grom fm conch ea Set = eemmarity oud. 3 Ree eee ee ee eee ele Dyspepsia | Most people eat more than is good for them. The stomach tries to digest all that's put into it, but if repeatedly overloaded, it goes on ga strike. “That's indigestion. Rich, over-sweet, indigestible food weakens the stomach and makes it unable to take care of the material put finto it. More food taken into a weakened stomach than the stomach can digest, stays there, forms gases and rots, bringing on all the horrors of dyspepsia. The only way to cure dyspepsia is to clean out the digestive canal with CASCARETS. Keep it clean wif Cascarets, eat light good sparingly, and give the stomach a chance to rest up and get strong again. | i Be. sure you §et the genuine CARCARETS! | se > e sore 7 a “Fer I wus a victim of | S| rarer et |e | — se| Stier er Sress |. ' a wallaa tover mes ia mye ery qui. | : 7 ‘The discovery by the -~‘zhbors ‘Set o rs = : } : : “it , SS “Se : - 0c. / Sey 2 soley WHILE YOU SLEE NEVER SOLD IN BULK. ~ : 7 aad < - ‘ | THE TABLET —~— DRUGGISTS nA i acelin eR le, eee a: . Te cum: fae tree * * jut TATA REP Ded te te peaks Sitaied bowtie’ Sens eeem: | CARN FR oem, Low teh 9h Se Te acntcie pratt et Ercet meet oat ~ | Sawa ee eS | See ee ees oe | i ees pao | Sy Seis eee Sone | OLw LONDON REVIEWED. ‘Whats Bicgrapt in Days ef George ‘Let ug think for a moment what we es ares or “living pictures,” ‘whatever the wonder of the day may be called, bad - been jn existence when Hogarth and the King’s painter and the author of “The Beggar's Opera” Visited Jack Sheppard in Newgate. Col- ee, Carn me Dutch, and German houses you have seen tn your travels, with bits of old Bristol, Chester and the timbered buildings of the Midland towns, Plant them around Wych street, Newcastle street, Holywell street (now the disap- pearing Booksellers’ row) and the Strand with a row of traitors’ heads on Temple Bar. Add to this architectural and imperial panorama a miscellane- ous pedestrian crowd of picturesque tatterdemalions, broken Life Guards- men, lawyers from the Temple, mer- chants, students and the “beautgous slatterns,’ the Phyrnes and Aspasias, of the Fleet street Athens, and their Paint and patches, and their biack- visor masks, and their organ-pipe headdresses, their low stomacherg an thelr high-heeled shoes, beggars, cut- purses, swindlers,. tavern bikers, for- eign counts, native highwaymen and ‘some poor unfortunates, the “victims of a Graconic law of debtor and credit- or,” to quote Sala’s delightful history of ‘Hogarth, and what a picture we should have! Furthermore, imagine the marrow roadways contested for Precedence by chariot-like coaches, tall covered wagons and other cumbersome vehicles, mostly without springs and heavily horsed; on the unpaved side- walk, within the posts of the gutters, sedan chairs lurching along among the foot passengers; at shop doors (en- trances to gabled houses from the top windows of which the inhabitants could shake hands with each other across the street), apprentices calling attention to their masters’ wares; all im such quaint costumes as you have only seen in some stage play {liustra- tive of the period or in pictures of the time; at night dimly lighted by flam- Deaus and tallow candles, but in the day by the true sun that we now dis- guise with myriads of soft coal fires and the smoke of engine houses.— Newcsstle Chronicle. Progress Among Ficrida Negrees, An industrial school for negroes is promised in Florida, thus putting that state on a par with other of the south- ern states in the education of the col- ored people. IN 3 OR 4 YEARS Bi take Be ral nol Z%S Wester Oss rae re ada,the land of pienty. ae’ mos Ilusteeted pamphlets, PP tee is a farmers who have be parr come weal! aon Seas Spies achat i ion as to reduced way Tates can be hed on to the Superintendent of ey anaes ee Block, Bk of ET Holmes, Room & “Big Four™ Bidg., indianapolis. Inc RED RIVER LANDS, Sestratc tance fa the Bed River Valley for sale. River lands; Prairie lands; lands with crops; and lands yet unbrokea. Lands sold con liberal terms to auch 4 desire to make deferred Peete te cit desiring to examine Innes. Ali communications ebould be addressed to M. C. BARRY, Georgetown, Minn. ie S| Fore Sac e temic with | Thomosen’s Eye Water SOZODONT tor se Tooth ms Breath 25° Af all Stores, or by Mall for the gries. BALL & RUCKEL, Hew York. 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BSACKACHE > ge © | SHOULD | cS WARN - NN ¥ WOMEN. = ike: Vey a i: HTL So MISS LUCY ANNIE HEISER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Miss Lacy Annie Heiser, a graduated nurse of nine years’ experience, trained and graduated from the Homeopathic Hospital of Minneapolis, Minn., ‘writes as follows: ane Albert Lea, Minn., Nov. 8, 1899. The. Peruana Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio: Gentlemen—*‘Although my school does not believe in patent medicines, | bave found it to be 2 fact that Peruna is a grand and valuable medicine. ! have knows it to cure Mrs. Sempsoa, suffering with an inflamed womb, aggra- vated by malaria, sfier the doctors had failed to help ber. Another of my former patients suffered with a complication of female diseases; she was s0 thin, nothing but skin and bones, but Peruna cured her and she is to-day in good health and good flesh. Facts prove that Peruna revives lost strength and restores to the sick that most wonderful blessing of life—health. Lacy Annie Heiser, If all the tired women and all the nervous women, and all the women that needed a tonic would read and heed the words of these fair ladies who have spoken right to the point, how many invalids would be prevented and how Many wretched lives be made happy. Peruna restores health in a normal way. Peruna puts right all the mucous membranes of the body, and in this way gestores the functions of every organ. mee eh | ' SO'S CURE-FOR | mt a = mf a] SUMPTION Feph les, Amen Oe poe eg dpe net gee Fase Wash. also Past Grand of ent Order of Good Templars, man received following Sohunibin City, Waal. “T can speak only guod words of the repeated benefits I have had from the ice count copiiaies.@ wal it ee anes ae ee head ead hectache and GaSe De 1 could aot step work, was I fit & go on. Reading of the bone ficial results from the use of Peruns ! days ar aning bog fo fel eto, constantly improved and before the seventh bottle was completely used, all pains were gone, my strength was restored, and I now seem ten years’ younger. . “It I'get tired or feel bad, Perans at once helps me, and I feel you deserve praise for placing such a conscientious medicine before a suffering public,” Mra. Amanda Shumaker. Mattie B. Curtis, Secretary Legion of Loyal Women, Hotel Salem, Boston, Mess writes: “I suffered for Sonal weahoese weakness and debility, ee pe es- pecially in severe backache and headache. “My physician prescribed differ- ent medicines, none of which seemed to help me any until a elub associate & narage ee cublthe genet Ot Ponca Ag Ab tay RY oe + gg try Peruna as it cured her of I at once ordered a bottle and before it was used, felt greatly improved.’ “I have taken four bottles and for two months have been entirely free from these maladies. Several of my friends are using Peruna with bene- ficial results, especially im cases of troubles with the kidneys and other pelvic organs, together with weak- nesses peculiar to women.” Peruna is a specific for the catarrhal: derangements of women. If you do not derive prompt and sat- tsfactory results from the use of Pe- runa, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, eeu ork De Malboli, Sioa Oy, Eee W. M, U. CHICAGO, NO. 23, Whea Asswerivg Advertiscments ma Restion This Tages. Ss BROTHER GARDNER'S SAYINGS. After a man has washed his face an' dried it off I never could make out why he should complain dat deir was a hole in de towel, but such things have allus bin an' will probably continue to de end. Gittin' drunk may cause a man to forget for a time dat de world am cold harried, but de gettin' ober it must satisfy him dat he has bin a fool, an' so I don't exactly make out whar de benefit comes in. When a man finds himself de owner of a vicious mewl, he at once reflects dat he was bo'n so an' can't help it, but when he diskibers de same traits about his feller man he wants him punished at once bekase he isn't like himself. I've had $25 in my pocket at once an' gone round feelin' dat I owned de airth an' I've bin dead broke an' gone ground dodgin' all humanity. From my experience I should say dat a man wid about $9 in his pocket would hit de happy medium. It appears to be a dead sure thing, from what we kin make out, dat de wicked will be punished in de world to come, but it am also jest as plain dat day are takin' a heap of comfort to de one we lib in an' am willin' to run dirt chances. I don't want my feller man to depend too much upon my integrity. It's mighty pleasain' to be told dat yo' am an honest, conscientious man, but it am also mighty provokin' to run across a malon patch next day an' have to hang on to yo'self wid boaf hands an' miss a good thing. I spent six weeks once tryle' to figler out de depth an' width of de ribber Jordan, an' at de end of dat time de water board sent up a man to tura de water off my house kase I hadn't paid de tax. Today I am mo' concerned 'bout de size of my wood pile dan de dimensions of Noah's ark. PERSONALS. A grammar school in San Francisco has been named after Miss Jean Parker, who served thirty years as a teacher. Queen Alexandria has learned many kinds of lace making, and has made some beautiful pieces to trim the robes of her grandchildren. Mrs. Benjamin Harrison the other day presented to the Harrison public school building of Indianapolis a portrait of the late ex-President Harrison. A poem by General "Stonewall" Jackson has been discovered among some old papers in Lexington, Va. Jackson wrote it while a young lieutenant in the regular army. General O. O. Howard has declined to accept again the presidency of the Congregational Home Missionary society. General Howard has desired for several years to retire. Don Carlos De Bourbon, son of the late Count of Caserta and husband of the Princess of Asturias, has privately asked the Italian government to allow him to settle in Italy with his wife, as popular hostility has made residence in Spain almost impossible. The Lee family, which until the civil war had always been represented in the army, was from that time until the Spanish war without a single member in the regular service. Now there are two Lees in the army and a third will also probably soon wear his shoulder straps. As the initiated know, almost any amount of money desired may be spent for a jardinere, but it is possible to obtain artistic plant holders for a garden within the reach of ordinary purpose. It is significant that these jardinieres—that is, the moderate-priced ones—were never more attractive than at the present time, and there appears to be a decided time, leaning toward soft-toned green, old rose and subdued yellow tints in simple but effective decorative form. The latest suggestion for the arrangement of spring flowers for indoor decoration is to take a milk pan and cover it with green enamel paint. In the center place a palm or other tall plant, range hyacinths, jongquls, narcissus or tulips in pots around it and bank the spaces between with fresh green moss. The plants may be easily watered in this receptacle and they look extremely well massed in this way. THOUGHTS FOR EVERY DAY. Conquer the conquerable and submit to the inevitable. The line burners of San Jacinto, Cal., use crude oil as fuel in place of wood and coal. Three hundred and twenty-five miles in a day is the record for a sailing ship, 560 for a steamer. In boring for oil at Beaumont, Tex., it is reported that a vein of pure sulphur seventy feet thick was discovered. French Biskra, on the edge of the Sahara desert, is lighted by electric light at night, and contains half a dozen very good hotels. Nearly all the kitchens of the better class of residences in Sydney, Australia, are on the top floor, and the clothes are dried on the roof. A perplexed jury in a criminal case in Georgia the other day brought in the following verdict: "We, the jury, find the prisoner almost guilty." New Orleans, with 700 miles of streets, 18,000 arrests in a year and a large floating, turbulent colored population, has only three hundred policemen. Nearly 900,000 square miles, or about 30 per cent, of the area of the United States, has been mapped by the experts of the United States Geological Survey during the last twenty years. An aluminum resonator to take the place of the wooden belly of the violin has been devised by a Londoner named Stroh. The volume of tone obtained is said to be greater than that in the ordinary violin. A great falling-off is noted in the British tin-plate trade. At the end of March 283 mills were running, as against 418 mills a year ago, and the number of workmen was 14,600, instead of 21,000 in March, 1900. A diamond thief was given twenty lashes at Dover, Del., the other day before the largest crowd ever seen there at a whipping. The man stole a $400 diamond shirt stud from a doctor on March 8, the closing day of the last Delaware legislature. STAGE WHISPERS. The Bostonians have a new opera, the subject being Alfred the Great. Robert Grau has achieved the feat of securing Mme. Scalchi for vaudeville. Maude Odell will later in the season play leading roles in Montreal with a stock company. Walter E. Perkins is getting ready for his production of Mary Wilkins' New England novel, "Jerome, a Poor Man." When Bertha Galland stars next year her leading man will be Henry B. Stanford of Sir Henry Irving's company. F. W. Sidney, who wrote "The Brixton Burglary," has finished a comedy named "The Capture of Lady Patricia." Florence Rockwell has been engaged to play the title role in the extra company to be sent out next season to play "Janice Meredith." Mrs. Langtry has arranged for Mrs. Cecil Releigh to appear in the part of Mme. de la Motte in her Marie Antolinette play. "A Royal Necklace." Mrs. Patrick Campbell has secured an adaptation by J. D. Byrne of Suderman's "Johanslifeur," and the English play may be presented as "Bonfire-Night." It is reported that Elsie de Wolfe will be at the head of a company of her own next season in a comedy in five acts, which, it is said, Clyde Fitch has written for her. WISE OR OTHERWISE. Praise a man and he'll not call you a liar. Pessimism and revenge always have a kick coming. If you would polish a fool apply a varnish of flattery. Adversity is an egg from which experience is hatched. Hunger is sure to come to those who sit down and wait. The man who indulges in self-praise adds nothing to his reputation. Justice often pursues with a leaden heel, but smites with an iron toe. Only a fool talks saucily to a man before he has taken his measure. A man expects rounds of applause when he begins to climb the ladder of fame. A wise man never goes back on his friends—as long as he can use them to advantage. Fortune knocks once at every man's door, but misfortune drops in frequently without knocking. A sign in the window of an Irish tinner reads as follows: "Quart measures of all shapes and sizes for sale." A charitable feeling causes some men when they see a fellow man in distress to wish some other man would come along and relieve him. It isn't necessary for a woman to be an expert mathematician in order to calculate how much her husband would save in a year if he quit smoking. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR There is no marriage in heaven; this is how the place keeps up its reputation. The trouble is that as soon as a woman begins to be intellectual she begins to look like it. Love will make a girl's heart feel as big as a man's wisdom tooth the day he decides to have it pulled. If a man always took his wife's advice probably he would never either have any diseases or invest any money. If she chose, 'most any married woman could tell any bachelor she knows a new story that he hasn't heard yet.—New York Press. RENFROE BROS. Dealers in WOOD, COAL, FEED AND ICE. 137 West Forty-Seventh St. CHICAGO. DR. H. C. FAULKNER, Physician and Surgeon, OFFICE: 6258 HALSTED STREET, CHICAGO. Office Hours: Phone 818 Went. 10 to 12 a. m., 2 to 4 p. m 6 to 7:20 p. m. TELEPHONE EXPRESS 472. PROF. W. E. DORSEY, 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. C.J.BOYD. Practical Plumber and Gas fitter Steam and Hot Water Heating, Iron and Tile Drainage . . . Telephone Yards NA 709 WEST 47TH STREET. TABLEWHOE HI YARDS. DR. JOSEPH JEFFREY, Physician and Surgeon, 48g8 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. Hours: 8-10 a. m., 2-4, 6-8 p. m. WANTED A colored man and wife with no children want the janitorship of a flat building. Can furnish good references. For further information, address The Broad Ax, 5040 Armour ave. 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. WOMAN AT DISADVANTAGE. Makes Mistakes Through Limited Knowledge of Social Geography. Woman is always more or less at a disadvantage. She is seldom absolutely sure of her footing. The world is full of unsuspected quicksands into which she may fall through a limited knowledge of social geography. She has a keen sense of her limitations and makes it her first business to hide them. Often she is unsuccessful, for where one can hide her weaknesses beneath a pleasant manner and a smiling exterior, a dozen choose a method which but accentuates what they so earnestly try to hide. And the world has an unpleasant little knack of judging by one's good points. When all is said and done, woman's fallings, as a rule are trivial and possess far more importance in her own eyes than in the formation of any one else. Her faults are are more often of the head than of the heart; of inexperience rather than of thoughtlessness and there's usually a good excuse for each little weakness. It's the fancy nowadays to sneer—just a little—at our sex. Some of us openly declare that we wish it, even while keeping silent. Yet to be a woman is a privilege for which we should return thanks, if we ever return thanks for anything. If our lot seems harder than that of our brother, it has compensations that outweigh the grief that must sooner or later come to all of us. The woman who, in admiration of her maculine relatives is led to ape them in manner or dress, commits the greatest mistakes of her life and one she will assuredly regret. For children especially fruits in their season are an ideal diet, and should be conscientiously insisted upon. A small bill for the doctor would buy fruit for a long time. One who makes a business of the study of such matters say that the value of fruit is fresh, canned, preserved or dried. "If," says Professor Allen, "one-half the meat, one-fourth the bread, and all the candy given to children could be made to give place to fruit, the death rate among the children would be greatly reduced, their bodies would be better formed, and they would be more healthy than most of them now are." ```markdown ``` Thomas F. Scully, Attorney at Law, 70 Clark Street, CHICAGO. Room 14. JOSEPH A. McINERNEY LAWYER SUITE 706-708 CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE CHICAGO Beauregard F. Moseley, LAWYER. Practice in all Courts. Main Office 6256 Halsted St, Down Town Office 260 S. Clark St., Room 421 Hours from 12 to 2 P. M. Phone: 2533 Harrison. Telephone Yard 707 Residence, 120 Garfield DA. JOHN FITZGERALD JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 4787 B. HALSTED STREET, ....CHICAGO ALBERT B. GEORGE LAWYER. 423 Ashland Block, Chicago. — Tel. M. 2025. — EDWARD H. WRIGHT LAWYER Suite 421, 230 S. Clark St. Telephone, Harrison 2533. CHICAGO. GEO. W. W. LYTLE, Attorney and Counselor at Law Telephone Central 3558. Suite 60, Grand Opera House. Notary Public 87 & 89 S. Clark St. Chicago. Lawrence M. Ennis, Advocate and Counselor at Law, Suite 726 Opera House Block. S. W. Center Clark and Washington St. TELEPHONE MAIN 1782. G. E. EVANS. Dealer in All Kinds of HARD AND SOFT COAL, Wood, Charcoal, Coke and Ice, Expressing and Moving a Specialty. 332 29th St. Chicago, Ill. Read and subscribe for The Broad Ax, the only newspaper in Chicago which "hews to the Line." A VERY BUSY BABY, Trick of a Mother That Looked Like Impaction. There is an infant in Washington who, when he gets old enough to read about Sisyphus, will know how to sympathize with that mythical Greek. Baby was not in evidence on a certain afternoon when a contributor called on his mamma and, as the newspaper woman writes, she asked if he were asleep. "Oh, no," answered the mother, "he's wide awake, but he's busy just now, and babies never cry when they are busy." Of course I made inquiry as to what a baby of ten months could possibly be busy about, and the mother opened the door of the bedroom that I might see for myself. There, on the rug, spread where the sun would catch it, sat his little lordship, as sober as a judge, doing—why, you'd never guess what that blessed child was doing. His hands had been smeared with some sticky substance (let us hope it was innocent), and to one of them stuck a dozen tiny feathers. Baby gravely picked the feathers off his left hand with his right, and then as solemnly set to work to pick them off his right hand with his left. "My mother always kept her babies quiet that way," said the young matron, "and I find it works beautifully with Algernon, I always fix his hands so when I expect company, and he'll sit for hours trying to get the feathers off.' I offer this plan for the benefit of perplexed mothers, but at the same time I think it's a mighty mean advantage to take of the patience of an innocent child.—Washington Post. The Imperial opal, which the owner, Mr. Maurice Lyons, an Australian lawyer, intended to present to Queen Victoria, in honor of Federated Australia, has been on view in London. The gem is worth probably more than $250,000, and the owner is now anxious to present it to King Edward to form part of the royal regalia. It is about two inches long and one and a half inches in depth, and weighs $50 carats. It was discovered about six years ago in Western Queensland. It is one of the largest opals ever seen, and displays more brilliantly all the colors of the rainbow. --- 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 4008 OVER $41,000,000 PAID Insurance for the Prote E. P. BARRY, M'g'r. 449 Roanoke Bldg., 145 La Salle S Citizens 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 Ava. COMPANY ARCHER AVE. AND MAIN STREET. CHICAGO Telephone Canal 372 POOL AND BRAXT SAMPT Fine Wines and Imported an 260 We JIM Jas. J. Mc SAMPL IMPORTED WINES, LIQUOR 3462 SOUTH HALSTED STREET A. JOSEPH GREAT N SALE AND EXC Driving, Draft and G Alwaye POOL AND BILLIARDS BRAXTON'S ....PLACE SAMPLE ROOM Fine Wines and Liquors Imported and Domestic Cigars 260 West Lake St. JIM GEORGE IMPORTED AND DOMESTIG WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS 8462 SOUTH HALSTED STREET, Driving, Draft and General Business Horses Always on Hand 1197 Milwaukee Ave. Near Robey St. Telephone West, 1028. CHI A TOWN UNDERMINED. When Buildings Sink They Are Elevated on Jackscrews and Rest. The remarkable subsidences which have often occurred in and around the town of Northwich, in Cheshire, England, form the subject of a paper by T. Ward, recently issued by the Institution of Mining Engineers. The subsidences are chiefly due to mining in the upper bed of rock salt and the too rapid removal of brine by means of modern pumps. In a natural condition the water in or on the salt beds becomes saturated with salt and then ceases to dissolve it, but now the brine is continually pumped up in immense quantities, and the fresh water which flows to take its place dissolves the salt pillars which have supported the roof and over-lying strata, with the result that there is a depression toward each pumping center. In almost every case the mines in the upper bed of rocksalt are destroyed by water rapidly eroding the salt pillars in this way. Another cause of subsidence is the pumping of brine from off the rockhead; that is, the surface of the upper bed of rocksalt. These are by far the most serious and widespread, and it is from them that the town of Norwich suffers so much damage. Owing to the subsidences, which show themselves first by small cracks in the buildings and in doors and windows refusing to shut, a system of framework buildings has been allowed, so that when a building sinks it can be lifted by screw-jacks and put back to its original position. By degrees the town is becoming one of framework buildings, and will, for England, be unique in this respect.—Nature. Shakespeare's Birthday Celebrated. The German Shakespeare gesellschaft celebrated the birthday of the great English poet at Welmar with all the customary enthusiasm. Herr Von Possart, the manager of the Bavarian court theater at Munich, gave a lecture upon "Scenery" in Shakespeare's time, which was illustrated with a model of the primitive Elizabethan stage. The meeting, at which several English and American guests were present, was presided over by the venerable Dr. Oschelhauser, one of the founders of the society, who is now in his eighty-first year. ```markdown ``` INSURE IN TON'S PLACE THE ROOM Liquors Domestic Cigars St Lake St. BILLIARDS GEORGE McCormick, THE ROOM AND DOMESTIG CIGARS AND CIGARS T, CHICAGO. NORTHERN CHANGE STABLE. General Business Horses on Hand CURLY HAIR MADE STRAIGHT BY THE TAKEN FROM LIFE. BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW [COPYRIGHTED.] Will straighten your hair, quickly and easily so that you can do it yourself at home no matter how kinky or curly it is. This wonderful hair pomade has been made and sold many years giving perfect satisfaction to everybody. It is the only safe preparation in the world that straightens kinky hair as shown above. Nourishes the skin, dandruff, prevents falling, and makes the hair shine over forty years. Warranted harmless. Treatment safe on request. It was the first preparation ever sold for straightening kinky hair. Beware of imitations. Get the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow as the genuine never fails to keep the hair pliable and beautiful. A toilet necessary for ladies and gentlemen. Elegantly perfumed. Owing to its superior and lasting quality it is the most economical. It is not possible for anyone to produce a preparation equal to it. Full dispersion with every bottle. Only 50 cents. Sold by dealers with will write you express paid one bottle for $8 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., 78 Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL. 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. 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. ```markdown ``` JOSEPH STRAUSS CHICAGO, III.