The Broad Ax

W. H. CLARK PROMISED THE COURT TO REFRAIN FROM SHOOTING OFF HIS MOUTH SO LOUD. When W. H. Clark was brought face to face with Justice John C. Everett Tuesday he felt uncomfortable and he was not in favor of permitting Justice Everett to try his cases for Clark knew that he had lied on the Justice and was fearful that the Judge would sock it to him. So Clark's cases were transferred to Justice John Richardson and Clark coughed up some more of the long-green for bonds. Frank L. Childs whose head was chopped off by Mayor Harrisons little ax a few weeks ago defended Clark, and he thought it was an outrage to have such a high toned (?) gentleman as Clark brought into court for calling us a "bastard, a hyena and a son of a b—." Justice Richardson did not get at Clark's case until Thursday afternoon. Clark brought himself—his grandpa Ham Carter and a big bundle of Broad Ax's and in his testimony he said that he had subscribed to The Broad Ax to help it along. Clark paid us three dollars as subscription to The Broad Ax from July 15th 1899 to May 1st 1901. Then we cut his name from our mailing list without him requesting us to do so, but during that time L. A. Newby paid us fifteen dollars for his write up. J. N. Blackshear contributed fourteen dollars to aid The Broad Ax in its effort in behalf of Democracy. A little over one year ago we ran Mr. Edward H. Wrights cut in The Broad Ax and he sent his check as his appreciation of F. Moseley in the last two years has wrote out checks to The Broad Ax to the extent of twenty dollars. Even ex-Senator T. T. Allain has paid us more money as subscriptions to The Broad Ax than Clark, and if Clark wants his little three dollars back he can have it if he will send us a note stating and we will return it to him forthwith. MISCEGNATION IN NEW YORK Increasing Number of Unions Between Whites and Negroes. During the past five years there has been a decided increase in the number of marriages in New York between white and colored people. In 1895 there were 729 such marriages, 369 Negroes having married white women and 360 colored women having been married to white men. Last year there were 1,846, in which 920 Negro women were married to white men and 926 Negroes married white women. One man whose position has enabled him to make continued and thorough observations of conditions in the lives of the other half of New York's population has this to say on the subject: "I have met scores of these mixed couples and so far as the principles are concerned I do not believe that they are as a rule, either more happy or more miserable than their neighbors who have wedded like with like. They have as few squabbles and as few divorces proportionately as couples that are wholly white or wholly black. "The children, however, are not so fortunate. It is difficult for the little tots to place themselves. They are outcasts from both white and colored flocks and when members of the same family are ranged on different sides of the color line, as is frequently the case, their situation is the more pitiable. "My observation has further taught me that a colored man makes a better husband for a white woman than a white man for a colored woman. The reason of this is not far to seek. The former seems to feel that he has been honored beyond measure by being accepted by a white woman and he will willingly work his fingers to the bone to support her and her children in good style. "The white man, on the other hand, figures that he has degraded himself by marrying a colored woman and he vents his displeasure over the situation by letting his wife bear the burden of supporting the entire family. It is such despicable fellows as these that are at the root of the trouble whenever the woes arising from a mixed marriage are aired in court. "So far as I can find out nineteenths of these mixed marriages result from coemployment of the races. The selection of servants without regard to racial characteristics is common in most city families and public houses, and men and women of all shades of black and white are thus thrown together. If this close acquaintance reveals congeniality of temper the question of color is eliminated from the matrimonial discussions, and for the time, at least, each appears to lose sight of the other's complexion. "Another thing worth noting is that the white partner in these combinations is usually a foreigner. People from other countries have not the same aversion to the Negro that is implanted in the American breast, and the man and the woman new to our customs see nothing out of the way in a union with a person with a swarthy skin. If you come down to statistics you will see that the number of English people married to colored people in New York exceeds any other nationality two to one. "As to the residences of these hybrid families, they are scattered around all over town. There is one little colony of them over on West Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh streets and another up on the east side. To speak of their social life is not easy because it is something that they have very little of. Still they manage to get as much enjoyment out of living as most other people in their environment, and were it not for the uncertain status of the children I should not be prepared to say that mixed marriages are at all a bad institution."—Ex. A little bird informed us Friday that "the big colored man who runs the corporation counsel's office called at the States Attorney's office the first of the past week to look after Ham Carter's libel suit. HEW TO THE LINE. The greatest fact of all time is the control of the policy of every nation of Europe and America by the one house known as the Rothschilds. The iron hand of that house covered with a velvet glove may be detected in all great enterprises. It owns all the gold stock of the world and of late it has been embarrassed by great discoveries of silver and gold lest a too great product will reduce the value of gold. The monopoly of quicksilver was made worthless by the cheap cyanide process. So long as they can hold the nations to the gold standard they are masters of the world. Silver or greenback legal tender adopted by ane state rescues it from the control of this house. The Boer war was made by them to get control of the largest gold mine known. No doubt the Chinese trouble was stirred up by them in order to force that nation under their golden yoke—for China had no foreign debt to speak of and her sole legal tender is the little brass copic with a square hole in it. From now on China is under the yoke. MISS VAUGHAN WON THE SCHOLARSHIP PRIZE. Much interested was manifested among the young ladies of the Lake High School over the contest for the scholarship for a free course at the Chicago University, and the coveted prize was won by Miss Catherine J. Vaughan who is just 16 years of age, and this young lady will embrace this rare opportunity of acquiring a classical education. Miss Vaughan is extremely bright for one so tender in years, she is an adept in drawing, and one of her drawings took the first premium at Sprinfield last year, and it now hangs on the wall in one of the large rooms in the Town of Lake High School building. Within the next few days miss Vaughan will leave for Lafayette, Ind. where she will visit with friends for two weeks. Miss Vaughan entertains the highest admeration for Mrs. M. Wilcox and all her other teachers including Prof. E. F. Stearns, who is one of the best instructors in Chicago. B. A. LEWIS IS OPPOSED TO HAM CARTER & CO. This short letter speak for itself: Chicago, Ill., June 22, 1901. Mr. Julius F. Taylor. Dear Sir: As one of the many readers of The Broad Ax permit me to say that I am with you in your fight against that most corruptable ring of selfstyled or so-called leaders of Negro Democracy. With their old antiquated methods of running politics, for it seems that corruption and missrule is the general order of the day with these would-be leaders of Negro Democracy. I did not attend the last meeting of the Cook County Colored Democracy and I understand it proved to be nothing more than a hindrance to the progress which has so far been made along the lines of Democracy with our race. In conclusion I want to say that I hope you will continue the fight as I feel safe in saying that you are sure to win. NOTICE. Last Thursday morning the postman bought us a long rich and racey letter concerning the doings of W. H. Clark, and we are free to confess that its contents are mighty interesting reading and they would not look well in print, but we cannot publish the letter until the writer of it sends his or her name and address, for we must have the names and the address of the writers of all letters and articles for self protection. So if the writer will forward their name and address the letter will appear in the next issue of The Broad Ax. State Chairman John P. Hopkins left for New York City Sunday night. He will return home Monday. Maj. E. B. Tolman, who made such a splendid run for judicial honors the past year can now be found in his new law office in the Ashland Block. Miss Amelia M. Scott and Miss Josephine C. Pryor, two very bright Afro-American young women of the Town of Lake graduated Wednesday night from the Lake High School with flying colors and high honors. County Commissioner R. B. Organ will more than likely head the ticket next fall for sheriff of Cook County. His selection for that office would meet with the highest approval of the vast majority of all the people of this city, and county, for R. B. Organ is clean and honest and he would make a good sheriff. Dr. L. M. Fernwick held every member of the South End Club with rapt attention during the reading of his paper before it last Sunday. His talk on "Social Evil, or Essence of Ethics" was full of good sound advice to both the old and the young. L. A. Meeks this Sunday, June 30, speaks on "The Spirit of Iconoclasm." Hon. Wm. C. Legner drainage trustee and manager of the West Side Brewery always possesses sense enough to treat everybody with decency, and it make no difference to Mr. Legner whether they are black or white and for this reason Mr. Legner has many warm friends among the colored people. Lawyer Geo. W. W. Lytle will not down and he can't be kept down, for lately he opened up new law offices in the Grand Opera House 87 & 89 S. Clark St. and up to the present Attorney Lytle feels highly elated over the way business is rolling into his law mill. Mr. Lytle is a good lawyer and the Broad Ax wants to see him succeed. The Buffalo social given by the members of the Phyllis Wheatly club at the home of Mrs. Coats, 3329 State street Wednesday night was well attended and quite a neat sum was realized which will be used in helping to defray the expenses of president L. A. Davis and Mrs. Rev. Wm. Gray who will represent the club at Buffalo next month. First assistant fire chief William H. Musham was on last Monday night made chief of the fire department of Chicago. Chief Denis J. Sweenie retiring after faithfully serving in that capacity for many years. Mayor Carter H. Harrison acted very wise in placing chief Sweenie's mantel upon the shoulders of Mr. Musham, who is in every way qualified for his new duties. It seems to be a foregone conclusion that commissioners Joseph E. Flanagan, Michael Irrmann, James E. Daley and Jacob B. Thielen will be called upon by the leaders of the party to stand for re-nominations as County commissioner the second time, for they have all performed their work well and it is no more than proper that they should be re-chosen to further serve the people. Mr. & Mrs John H. Murphy of Baltimore, Md., informally announce the engagement of their daughter, Lillye B., to Mr. Noah D. Thompson of this city. The wedding will take place in the fall. Mr. Thompson is one of the high priests of Chicago's four hundred and many of our young butterflies commonly called young ladies, will regret to learn that Mr. Thompson will take unto himself a wife in the sweet by and by. Alderman Joseph Strauss, 15th ward is one of the best business men in Chicago. He is interested in the Great Northern Sale and Exchange Stables, 1157 Milwaukee avenue, and Alderman Strauss constantly has on hand some of the finest and fastest steppers in this state. He is regarded as being a first class judge of horseflesh. But aside from his business relations Alderman Strauss finds the time to see that the people residing in his ward get a fair shake-down for their money. Simpelton Watkins who will never make a first class lawyer if he lives a thousand years is wasting much time which belong to the city by runnig up to every person he meets and informing them that it is his "great legal (?) opinion that he himself and his gang will not experience any trouble in landing Julius F. Taylor in the penitentiary." For Watkins who does not know enough law to represent himself nor the city at the 35th police station thinks that he has got us up against it. Sunday afternoon June 30th at 4 p.m. sharp the Umbrian Glee Club will give a "Sacred Silver offering" at Quinn Chaple, Wabash Ave. and 24th St. The proceeds from this affair will be used in helping to pay the Hon. W. S. Elliott, who will defend Mrs. Hudgens when she is put on trail for killing the Jewish pedlar last April. Prof. Wm. Charleton will conduct the concert which promises to be interesting from start to finish and he will be assisted by I. Jackson, A. A. Brown and Charles F. White. At the time that Harvey A. Thompson, "Billie" Piper, George J. Terrell, S. Watkins, Jim Miller, W. H. Clark, and several other members of the firm of Ham Carter & Co. waited upon Mr. R. E. Burke and the executive committee to enter their solemn protest against W. K. Crampton, W. A. Johnson, B. A. Lewis, James N. Simms, L. A. Newby, M. Shepperd, R. B. Cabbell and several others as not being representatives of Negro Democracy. Mr. Burke replied to the protests of the first named lot of gentlemen by branding them as four flushers, and we would give one big red poker chip to assert the state of Mr. Burke's mind at the present time respecting those gentlemen whom he designated as four flushers. For years Ham Carter has insisted upon being introduced whenever he intended to address a political meeting as Capt. H. C. Carter, ex-secretary of State of Mississippi, but as a matter of fact he was never elected to that office and he only served six weeks as such, He was used by Governors Alcorn and Ames as a "cafspaw" to sign state and school bonds and it required Ham about six weeks to sign those bonds and after he did so Gov. Alcorn and Mr. Ames, who was Gen. B. F. Butler's son-in-law, took the bonds to New York and Boston and sold them and put the money in their pockets which means that they plundered every honest white and black man in the State of Mississippi, and Ham Carter delights to walk around and blow about his connections with that transaction. An Elizabethian cup, parcel gilt, of the year 1577, eight inches high, was sold in London lately for $3,687, or at the rate of $295 an ounce. At the same time an old Irish potato ring, 7½ inches in diameter, was sold for $167, and a William III. plain tankard for $821. Among the features of Japan's military system is the fact that on the army pay rolls are 2,000 tailors, 1,000 shoemakers, 10,000 grooms, and 1,500 attendants, says the Washington Times. The medical staff is one of the most complete in either Europe or Asia. All officers holding only temporary commissioned rank are included in the list of petty officers. Investments in horse-flesh are proverbially uncertain, but a city board of health found an ample return for the fifteen dollars expended in the purchase of a horse. The animal was used in producing antitoxin, and yielded many thousand vials, valued at thousands of dollars. Having done his work and been turned out to grass, he now enjoys a well-deserved rest. It is said that the Bank of France has an invisible studio in a gallery behind the cashlers, so that at a given signal from one of them any suspected customer can instantly have his photograph taken without his knowledge. The camera has also become very useful in the detection of frauds, a word or figure that to the eye seemed completely erased being clearly reproduced in photographs of the document that had been tampered with. NO. 36. The Russian empire is possibly the greatest contributor to the world's supply of fur. Russian and Siberian hunters destroy annually 3,000,000 ermines, 16,000,000 marmots and 25,000,000 squirrels. The experiments are for the purpose of improving and perfecting bombs that are now made for the purpose of exposing the position of an enemy at night, and to reveal the character of defenses to be attacked. These projectiles explode on impact, liberating a flaming compound. One compound, consisting of sulphur, saltpetre, and hydrocarbon, is a blue light mixture. The illumination lasts as long as the saltpetre supplies oxygen to maintain combustion. In electing Henry P. Davison to the presidency of the Liberty National bank in New York last week the stockholders of that institution placed in control of their property a man who is today the youngest bank president in the metropolis. Mr. Davison, at the age of thirty-three, ranks not only as president of a national bank in the financial center of the continent, but also as the secretary of the New York clearing house, the organization of the banking interests. According to correspondence issued by the London foreign office, 98 per cent of the slaves of Zanzibar and Pemba prefer to remain slaves. Fewer slaves applied for freedom in 1900 than in 1899, because, the British commissioner avers, most of the slaves know they are not likely to gain much present advantage, seeing that those who were thrown on their own resources have a difficult time to make a living. The masters have been kinder since the slave legislation was enacted, and seek to make their services more attractive. Both the United States weather Bureau and the Navy Department are doing much to establish the reputation of the wireless telegraphy. An extension of the government's wireless system between Governor's Island and Fort Wadsworth is planned for the coming summer. It is now proposed to establish the system at all forts around New York and also at the Brooklyn navy yard. Homing pigeons are now used by the Navy Department for coast operations, and a board has recommended the substitution of wireless telegraphy. Russia has decided that it wants the American bicycle, having tired of the more clumsy English and German article. Such are the comforting reports received by the managers of the American Bicycle company, which does much of the exporting of American machines. Russia finds more popular use for the machine at a moderate price than it has found heretofore, and the many American-made machines that travelers about Europe have seen have convinced them of the superiority of our machines over those of European make. So there is an unusual demand this year, a fact which pleases the American maker who finds the demand here falling off as compared with that which existed when all America was bicycle mad. "Threatened men live long," sometimes—when, for instance, they chance to be criminals whose counsel are anxious to make a record. Almost ten years ago a man in the state of Washington was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged. That sentence has been thrice reaffirmed, but the man has not been hanged yet. The state supreme court and the United States Supreme court have had the case before them, in the form of exceptions and objections, during these ten years, and the condemned man's attorney declares that he has still "many cards to play." Such attempts to "cheat the gallows" have the evil effect of arousing against a convict a sentiment which is not easily to be distinguished from vindictiveness. Few persons know that the United States government derives an income from some of the largest bathing establishments in America, if not in the world. The hot springs of Arkansas, which have been a resort for invalids for many years, are owned by Uncle Sam, and he extracts a payment of $30 a tub for the use of the medicated water. As there are 534 tubs, the spring brings him an income from that source of $16,020 a year. The various hot springs, which are said to number seventy-three, issuing from the west side and the base of Hot Springs mountain, and which are now obscured from view, have been converged in many instances from several different issues into one outlet by development work done on the reservation under the supervision of the various superintendents. Will presulgate and at all times uphold the one principles of Democracy, but Farmage, Lutheran, Protestants, Knights of Labor, Indians, Mormons, Republicans, Priests, or any other can have their say, so king as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad AX is a newspaper whose n platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own sword. Local communication will have attention, the only on one side of the paper. New Year ..... $4.99 * Monthly ..... 1.99 * Providing mice made known on application, * allows all communication to JULIUS P, TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. The Russian empire is possibly the greatest contributor to the world's supply of fur. Russian and Siberian hunters destroy annually 3,000,000 ermines, 16,000,000 marmots and 25,000,000 squirrels. Among the features of Japan's military system is the fact that on the army pay rolls are 2,000 tailors, 1,000 shoemakers, 10,000 grooms, and 1,500 attendants, says the Washington Times. The medical staff is one of the most complete in either Europe or Asia. All officers holding only temporary commissioned rank are included in the list of petty officers. Investments in horse-flesh are proverbially uncertain, but a city board of health found an ample return for the fifteen dollars expended in the purchase of a horse. The animal was used in producing antitoxin, and yielded many thousand vials, valued at thousands of dollars. Having done his work and been turned out to grass, he now enjoys a well-deserved rest. It is said that the Bank of France has an invisible studio in a gallery behind the cashlers, so that at a given signal from one of them any suspected customer can instantly have his photograph taken without his knowledge. The camera has also become very useful in the detection of frauds, a word or figure that to the eye seemed completely erased being clearly reproduced in photographs of the document that had been tampered with. Daughters of the Confederacy throughout the country are interested in a movement which has been started to buy the old home of Gen. Stonewall Jackson at Lexington, Va. The matter has been under consideration by a local chapter of the daughters at Lexington, and Mrs. Jackson. She wishes to dispose of the property as she cannot afford to keep it, and the daughters are considering the advisability of buying it and turning it to hospital purposes. T. J. J. See of the Naval Observatory has announced the results of new measurements of Saturn and its rings, which differ somewhat from older determinations. He makes the exterior diameter of the rings about 173,226 miles, the equatorial diameter of Saturn 74,990 miles, and the polar diameter 67,395, the difference between the two diameters being 7,595, miles almost equal to the entire diameter of the earth. Mr. See's measures make the diameter of Titan, the largest of Saturn's moons, 2,092 miles. It had previously been estimated as high as 3,-500 miles. At a recent woman's meeting where parliamentary points were getting tangled and feelings embittered, Mrs. William Tod Helmuth begged that the ladies heed the rules of the Pilgrims: "Touch no state matters; pick no quarrels; reveal no secrets; maintain no ill opinions; make no comparisons; lay no wagers." These maxim's have since been known in that circle as "Fanny's recipe for club elections." Oddly enough, King Edward recently discovered an old black letter manuscript bearing the same rules, which he has caused to be framed and posted in Windsor Castle. They may be recommended to persons who are not habitues of clubs or castles. The summer camp for schoolboys is a recognized institution in certain parts of the country. All its advantages may be seen in a new application of the camp idea which has just been made by members of the Intercollegiate Young Men's Christian Association. In this second summer of their enterprise sixty boys preparing for college are to gather at a spot on the New England coast where the best facilities for all land and water sports abound. Besides the boys there will be fifteen "leaders," young men still in college or just out of it, who have been identified with the more serious aspects of college life, as well as with athletics. Indeed, a fair proportion of them can wear a "varsity" Initial on their sweaters. According to scientific investigations, directed from Washington, which have been going on for several months, there are about 275 reported cases of leprosy in the United States. It is thought probable that the real number may be nearer 1.000. For various reasons physicians who have cases of this disease, in many instances either fail or refuse to report them. But the number reported is sufficiently large to occasion some alarm. Seventy-four of the known cases are in New Orleans, chiefly among the Italian population. There are 23 in Minnesota, mostly among the Scandinavians in the rural settlements. There are 15 cases in North Dakota, and two in South Dakota, among the same people. Chicago has five cases and New York The difficulty of appreciating the difference in time that prevails between different countries is very general, and the following list is printed for the purpose of a ready reference guide by which to calculate the time of any occurrence in another country. All nations, excepting Spain, Portugal and Russia, calculate their time from the meridian of Greenwich, accepting as standard some even-hour meridian, east or west of Greenwich. For instance: Western European time, or that of the meridian of Greenwich, is legal in England, Belgium, Holland and Luxemburg. Central European time, or one hour east of Greenwich, is legal in Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Congo Free State, Denmark, Italy, Servia, Sweden, Norway and Switzerland. Eastern European time, or two hours east of Greenwich, is adopted by Bulgaria, Roumania, Natal and Turkey in Europe. Eight hours east of Greenwich applies to the Philippines. Nine hours east of Greenwich is adopted by Central Australia and Japan. Ten hours east of Greenwich is official in Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania. Eleven and a half hours east has been adopted by New Zealand. The United States, Canada and Mexico have adopted the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth hours west of Greenwich. The Hawaiian Islands adopt the meridian of ten and a half hours west. In Spain the meredian of Madrid, fourteen minutes forty-five seconds west of Greenwich, is legal; in Portugal, that of Lisbon, or thirty-six minutes thirty-nine seconds west, and in Russia that of St. Petersburg, or two hours one minute and thirteen seconds east of Greenwich. WORDS OF WISDOM. A good man does good merely by living.—Bulwer. The public is wiser than the wisest critic.—Bancroft. Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health.—Addison. Shame is nature's hasty conscience. Maria Edgeworth. The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.—Voltaire. The sure way to miss success is to miss the opportunity.—Chasles. If thou desire to be wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.—Lavater. The accents of love are all that is left of the language of paradise.—Bulwer. The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.—Tupper. Candor looks with equal fairness at both sides of a subject.—Noah Webster. The most unhappy of all men is he who believes himself to be so.—Henry Home. Excellence when concealed differs but little from buried worthlessness.—Horace. Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow from them.—Mme. De Stael. Tact comes as much from goodness of heart as from fineness of taste.—Endymion. Some will never learn anything because they understand everything too soon.—Blount. Narrow minds think nothing right that is above their own capacity.—Rochefoncauld. Prejudice, which sees what it pleases, cannot see what is plain.—Aubrey De Vere. Hasten slowly, and without losing heart put your work twenty times upon the anvil.—Boileau. 48 Eighteen-Hour Resolution Professor Arlini, of Naples, has just performed a remarkable feat. Some time ago he offered to make a bet that he could recite the whole of Dante's "Divine Comedy" by heart. His ability to do this was doubted, and his wager was taken up. A select audience was invited to hear the professor, who declaimed from 8 o'clock in the evening until 2 o'clock the next afternoon. The reciter stopped occasionally, but it was not because he had forgotten the poem. It was simply to molsten his tongue with sugared water. He won his wager, for the audience had to confess that he got through the 15,000 verses, more or less, of which the poem is composed, without the least difficulty. Wales a Pioneer is Iron Trade Byron wrote in his "Childe Harold" that he "stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs, a palace and a prison on each hand." Merthyr has got something almost as famous, according to the "History of the Iron Trade of Wales." Penydarran works have been cleared away to the inst prick, and now on one side stands the electrical power-generating station, and on the other a prosperous theatre. From this spot went away the first rail that was ever made in Wales—that for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the cable for the bridge that spans the Menal, and from it started the first locomotive engine. Cardiff Western Mail. A French farmer at St. Brieuc has just made an interesting find on one of his fields. In a cavity in the clay he discovered 180 bronze axes. They are all of the same size, and are believed by local antiquarians to have been the stock of a Celtic merchant in the bronze age. SEVEN TIMES SAVED REMARKABLE APPEALS TO PROLONG MURDERER'S LIFE (Seattle Letter.) Seven times tried for murder seven times sentenced and seven times saved; 10 years in the shadow of the gallows and apparently as far from death as ever, is the record of Charles W. Nordstrom, who is now confined in the jail at Seattle, Wash., still with the sentence of hanging resting on him. In 1891 Nordstrom was tried for the murder of William Mason and convicted on circumstantial evidence. His lawyer, ex-Congressman James Hamilton Lewis, at once inaugurated a series of appeals which up to the present time have put a barrier between Nordstrom and the fate to which he had been sentenced. Northstrom's Crime The crime of which Nordstrom is charged took place in the fall of 1891 at the farm of William Mason, at the summit of Cedar mountain. A dispute over wages had angered Nordstrom at his employer and he had threatened him, saying that he would kill old man Mason. A few days later he went to Seattle and bought a Winchester rifle. Three nights later William Mason, while sitting near the window in the d'ning room, was shot. A shot was heard outside and the entire family hurried out in search of the assassin. No one was in sight, but boot tracks showed that the murderer had come close to the window. The night was too dark for the pursuers to see any great distance, but all night long they could see the light burning in Nordstrom's cabin. The next day his house was found to be empty. Then all the neighbors joined in the hunt. At last two deputy sheriffs saw Nordstrom walking along the railroad track near Gilman, with his rifle over his shoulder on his way north to Canada. The deputies, concealing their weapons, waited for him and engaged him in conversation. Then suddenly seizing his rifle, they made him their prisoner after a severe struggle. He was taken to Kings county jail and in December tried and convicted of the murder of Mason. A Long Legal Fight Then came the long fight of his lawyer, "Ham" Lewis, for his life. Appeal No. 1 was made on the ground that the prisoner had been made to incriminate himself. Nordstrom having been compelled by the court to fit on a pair of boots, which had been found near the scene of the murder. V A CHARLES W. NORDSTROM NEW YORK'S SPITE HOUSE. It is reported in New York that the famous "spite" house erected several years ago by a man named Richardson is to be offered for sale, together with its furniture and interior decorations. There is not in the whole world a stranger house than this one, nor any that has a more curious history. The man who built the house "out of spite" is now dead, but his name still clings to the place, and it is unlikely that it will ever be known by any other name than the "Richardson Spite House." Richardson was a millionaire and he was also a miser. He began life as a bricklayer, economized and saved money. In time his savings were invested in houses and land. The land upon which Richardson built his "spite house" was the property of his wife. It was an absurd little strip of land extending 104 feet along Lexington avenue and only five feet on the side street. Eighteen years ago one Heyman Sarner, a clothier, wished to build a block of apartment houses on the side street, adjoining the little strip of land owned by Mrs. Richardson. He desired the front on the avenue and approaching the Richardsons offered $1,000 for the ruler-shaped bit of land. One thousand dollars was a good price for the property. It was not worth a cent more. "Oh, no," said Richardson, "but we'll sell it to you for $5,000—not a cent less." Sarner declined to pay more than his original offer and said he'd manage to get along without a Lexington avenue frontage. Richardson brooded over the matter awhile and then made plans for "getting even." He would build a house of some sort on that land even if it were uninhabitable, just so he could keep the light from Sarner's windows. He built the house and gratified his spite. Then he went to live in the house with his family. There he afterward died. The house is the gracest dwelling imaginable. It looks like a bicycle case set on end. It extends the full 104 feet on the avenue and is nowhere over sixty inches wide. It contains narrow ```markdown ``` This appeal failed. Appeal No. 2 was an application for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that the verdict of the jury was "guilty, as proved" and as the presentment was murder in the first, second, third and fourth degrees, Nordstrom could not be held for more than the lowest degree. This adroit plea was ineffectual, but it served its purpose of adding another 12 months to the prisoner's life. Appeal No. 3 was taken on the ground that Nordstrom was a Swedish citizen and, therefore, entitled to a trial before a grand jury. Lewis secured a stay of execution, but the Supreme court, after another 12 months' deliberation, took the stand that this appeal might be made by the Swedish government with hope of success, though not by the prisoner's counsel. insanity Plead. Appeal No. 4 was a declaration that the prisoner had become insane and therefore could not legally be put to death. A delegation of physicians was sent by the state to examine Nordstrom, and they pronounced him sane. By this time the local court had become angered at the devices of Lewis and ordered Nordstrom to be hanged in 10 days. Appeal No. 5 was put forward on the ground that the prisoner's sanity should have been decided by a jury. Lewis rushed across the continent to Narragansett pier and obtained a stay of execution from Justice McKenna. This put the whole matter back to the Supreme court and gave another year and a half of life to the murderer. Appeal No. 6 was made to the United States Circuit court, Lewis maintaining that the prisoner should be discharged because a review had been denied him by the State Supreme court. Lewis claims that new evidence has been discovered, which proves that the "murder" was nothing more than an accident. And so there has come an end to the most extraordinary fight for life ever made by a lawyer on behalf of a client. Nordstrom had neither property nor wealthy friends. Previous to the trial he had never seen James Hamilton Lewis. His prolonged defense has been due simply to the indomitable perseverance and pugnacity of his lawyer. Nordstrom's last appeal to the United States Supreme court was refused by that tribunal on Tuesday last, and he will soon be executed. A little casement-like rooms, with furniture built especially for the pygmy apartments. The stairways are as cramped as one can possible imagine. It is impossible for two persons to pass in the halls. To accomplish such a passing one of the two must step into one of the rooms on the side. The table in the dining room is eighteen inches wide and the rest of the furniture is built in proportion. APPEALS TO FATHERLAND: Convicted Murders, Claiming Citizenship, Hone to, Recognize Heroes ship Hopes to Escape Noose. Frank Miller, in jail awaiting execution at Birmingham, Ala., June 28, and who is alleged to be one of the most noted robbers in America, has appealed to the German government to save him from the gallows. He was sentenced for the murder of Policeman J. W. Adams, who, with Policeman G. W. Kirkley, was shot to death a year ago by Miller and his pal, Frank Duncan. Miller claims to be a German citizen. The case was referred to M. Holaburn, German consul at Mobile, who wired a Birmingham firm to investigate. Miller refused to state the town of his nativity in Germany or to tell where his parents now are. He claimed that his disgrace would kill them. Some time ago Miller induced Sister Xavier of a New York convent to start an endless chain in his behalf to raise funds for a new trial. He realized a goodly sum, but the supreme court affirmed his death sentence. Roman Soldiers' Plain Foot The Roman soldiers who built such wonderful roads and carried a weight of armor and luggage that would crush the average farm hand lived on coarse brown bread and sour wine. They were temperate in diet and regular and constant in exercise. The Spanish peasant works every day and dances half the night, yet eats only his black bread, onion and watermelon. The Smyrna porter eats only a little fruit and sour olives, yet he walks off with his load of 100 pounds. The coelle, fed on rice, is more active and can endure more than the negro fed on fat meat. ```markdown ``` SUCCESS IN SELF-POSSESSION. So Says Walter Damrosch, and He Surely Ought to Know. The man who makes public appearances must have self-possession, says Walter Damrosch. I have learned by great experience that this quality is all-important. There have been times when the slightest perturbation on my part would have made my orchestra play out of time and out of tune. The musicians in an orchestra place just as much faith in their conductor as do soldiers in their general. The best example of this quality I ever witnessed was aboard an Atlantic liner. The second day we ran into violent weather. The propeller shaft broke, and we were drifting helplessly. The waves ran high and a general scare ensued. Hysterical women ran hither and thither and the men were pale and nervous. The officers, not knowing what had happened, at first, were obviously frightened. A pandemonium seemed imminent. In the midst of it all a young man whom I remember by the name of Stone, who was making his first voyage, came out of his stateroom in an immaculate yachting suit; he was cool and collected. A man who had been racing up and down, clad in one or two scanty garments, seized him by the shoulders, jammed him against the rail, and frantically said: "For heaven's sake what is the matter? What is the matter?" "Go and ask the captain, please," replied Stone. "Have you any idea what is going on?" Stone pulled out his watch, looked at it and said, as he puffed a cigar: "I suppose it is something that happens every Tuesday morning. This is my first trip over, and I'm not running the ship this time." In five minutes order was restored, because other excited passengers became calm at the self-possession of the young man.—Success. An Extraordinary Tree In the Congo region there is a most remarkable tree, of which Europeans had often heard, but of which they had never seen a picture until a few days ago, when several photographs of it, which were taken by order of the Congo Government, arrived in Paris, Berlin and London. The tree is known as the baobab of Kinschassa, and, it is believed to oe the largest tree of its kind in all Africa. Kinschassa is on the Congo railroad, about an hour and a half's ride from Leopoldville, and is a flourishing place, having several factories and an English mission. The banks of the Stanley Pool are low at this point and several huge baobabs grow on them. The natives call these monsters "monkey's bread trees," and their scientific name is "Adansonia digitata." The monarch of them all, which has just been photographed, is over thirty feet in circumference, yet, strange to say, it is hardly thirty feet in height. Its gigantic branches are leafless and withered, and the trunk itself has for many years shown signs of decay. Indeed, it is quite hollow on one side, and it is evident that it cannot survive much longer. At the foot its growth has been abundant, as can be seen from the great breadth and solidity, not only of the main trunk, but also of its numerous offshoots. The Gray's Little Joke The history of medeaval times is replete with instances of the merry pranks played by the Court jester on the day sacred to the rule of the cap and bells. It is said that Peter the Great was much struck by the manner in which All Fools' day was celebrated in France, Holland and England during his sojourn in those countries, and on his return to his own dominions he introduced the April fool custom quite forcibly among his people by erecting on the 31st day of March, 1719, in the open square in front of his palace in St. Petersburg, a gigantic pile of wood, garnished with tar and other inflammable materials. To this he set fire during the early morning hours of April 1. The flames shot high up in the air, and it looked from a distance as if the palace and the whole city were afire. People came from all sides, some traveling for miles to help put out the fire. When they finally arrived at the conflagration troops formed around the square cried out: "Fools and donkies, fall back! By order of the Czar fall back? The little father has fooled you. It is the 1st of April to-day." American Nervousness. A man of good habits and regular life, taking a judicious amount of rest and recreation, need be none the worse mentally and physically for a rather intense concentration upon the work of his life, while that work is going on. Some of the world's greatest thinkers, in lines where the most perfect concentration and specialization were required, have been men of perfect health and nerves and of long and vigorous life. But they have not indulged in fads and follies, their recreations have been simple, they have not undertaken to compass the whole field of human effort, and they have kept their lives free from excesses in all directions. Dr. Wettler thinks that it is the continuity of work and worry that do harm, rather than the work and worry in themselves. In a measure, this is true; but many persons work for that which does them no good and worry about that which is of no account. If they are made nervous, we do not see why the fault should be charged to civilization. In this respect they are distinctly uncivilized.—New Bedford Standard. Chinese regiments are recruited in the same manner as British regiments. FRAGRANT SOZODONT a perfect liquid dentifrice for the Teeth and Mouth New Size SOZODONT LIQUID, 25c SOZODONT TOOTH POWDER, 25c Large LIQUID and POWDER, 75c 25c At all Stores, or by Mail for the price. HALL & RUCKEL, New York. RICHEST NATION ON EARTH. New Commonwealth in the Antipodes Can Boast the Distinction. It will surprise many to learn that the new commonwealth of Australia is per capita, the richest nation on the face of the globe, except the republic of Switzerland. But per capita wealth is not real wealth. Last year the total value of the products of the colonies forming the Australian commonwealth amounted to fully $550,000,000, of which their pastoral industries represented $150,000,000, their agricultural $140,000,000, their mineral products fully $100,000,060 and their manufacturing and other industries the remaining $160,000,000. The wool alone from the 120,000,000 sheep raised in 1900 was worth $100,000,000. The mineral resources of Australia cannot even be guessed at. In the last forty-eight years the country has produced gold to the value of $1,800,000,000, in the last twenty silver to the value of $150,-000,000. Diamonds are found in one district, rubies in another. There is at least one emerald mine in New South Wales, and opals equal to any in the world are found in Queensland, while the pearl fisheries of the northwestern coast produce a considerable portion of the most valuable pearls of commerce. Ambrose McKay's Case Rockbridge, Mo., June 24th:—The neighborhood and particularly the members of Rockbridge Lodge, No. 435, A. F. & A. M., are feeling very much pleased over the recovery of Mr. Ambrose McKay, a prominent citizen and an honored member of the Masonic Fraternity. Mr. McKay had been suffering for years with Diabetes and Rheumatism, which recently threatened to end his days. His limbs were so filled with pain that he could not sleep. He was very bad. Just then, someone suggested a new remedy—Dodds Kidney Pills—which has been much advertised recently, as a cure for Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Dropsy, Rheumatism and Kidney Trouble. After Mr. McKay had used a few doses he commenced to improve. His pain all left him, and he is almost as well as ever. He says Dodd's Kidney Pills are worth much more than they cost. They are certainly getting a great reputation in Missouri, and many very startling cures are being reported. Rural Women Read and Debate The Daughters of Ceres is a society in Iowa comprised of women who live on farms, but who have the prevailing "jining" instinct. Some of the wives and daughters of the farmers are said to drive over twelve miles to attend the meetings, which are held semimonthly. A system of traveling libraries among the various branches has been founded, and debates on social an economic questions, with their especial relation to a rural population, are frequently held. What Do the Children Drink? Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food drink called GRAIN-O? It 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 $ as much. All grocers sell it 15c and 25c. Sir Arthur Power Palmer, K. C. B., the new commander-in-chief in India, is one of the big men of the British army. He is six foot four in hight, and is nicknamed "Long P." Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs.—W. M. O. ENDALY, Vanburen. Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. 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Address EXCELSIOR BOOK AGENCY, Stoffel Blk. Huntington, Indiana. QUICK MONEY in the oil business in this town advertising. A crackerjack proposition. See ad. Write The Paragon Oil Co., Beaumont, Tex. COMANCHE LAND OPENINO 2,500,000 acres. For information and maps write Lockbry & Moss, Comanche, L.T. Enclose stamp. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WERE ALL THE FAILS. Bests Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION ‘ | i ar i , 4 FUGITIVE 17 YEARS. a es tema eon poe Bigh Up in Federal Service—Sentenceg on, ee = Recently Served “President Every county-Im North Carolina ts in suspense to knew the outcome of an spplication now:-in the hands of Gov- ercor Charles B, Aycock of that state for the pardon of ‘Waightstil! Avery Anderson, who 16° years ago was con- victed of murder and sentenced tobe banged, and since then has been a fugitive from the grasp of the law, It is supposed that the federal adminis- tration will exertam influence in An- derson’s behalf, for though branded asa murderer he has since showed himself to be-a Valuable’ citizen, hav- ing, during many occasions, been en- trusted with offices of great responsi- bility. The deed Of which Anderson is charged is the killing of a man named Ed Horton, near Asheville, N. C., dur- ing a quarrel Over @ mine. That An- Gerson committed the deed is a fact, be having confessed to that effect, but according to his story it was done in self-defense. The trouble @rose in 1884 from a violent dispute between Edward Ray, a brother-in-law: of Anderson's, and a man named Bailey, over their respec- tive claims to a valuable mica mine in Mitchell county. Bailey and his friends were in possession. Ray, bit- terly set against yielding, attempted to smoke the Bailey men out of the mine. Unsuccessful in this, he next ap- pealed to his brother-in-law, Anderson, then @ young man of 25, a deputy col- lector of internal revenue and greatly dreaded by the moonshiners. It was decided to force the issue in person, and the young men started for the mine armed. ‘The Bailey men, who awaited them st the entrance to the mine, were simi- larly equipped. A desperate scuffle fol- lowed, during which Ray and his com- batant, Cebon Miller, fell down a shaft. At the bottem, with renewed ferocity, Ray attacked his opponent, and in five minutes Miller was dead. Meanwhile Anderson had bees attacked at the top of the mine by one of the Bailey clan. Ed Horton. Their encounter was brief,, unseen. All that is known of it is that Horton was killed. Knowing that they would suffer im- mediate expiation at the hands of the enraged men in the mine, if caught, the two lingered not an instant, but made good their escape. They kept vA a WY Y) GOVERNOR AYCOCK. quieted Gown and then te J gave themselves up, OD pou that the deeds were committed self-defense. ‘They were indicted f murder and tried im a hostile county, ‘here public feeling was against them. The jury brought in a verdict of mur- der in the first degree in Anderson's case, ang of manslaughter in Ray's. The sentences were hanging end 20 Tears’ imprisonment, respectively. The sian te Once began plan them. Corina, aston, <a BENS time before —— } to hanged, a band 500 strong surrounded the jail at Asheville, where the men Were confined.) 99 Se Sata ae eo TS ae . Since that alght sone but Ander Tite and « few friends has known bis i aving North Caro- sumed a new name, und mia ae i er ee the strugsies ‘of the family which they hav Sbiie aaa heh aneeena trend tarongh abe tafinence 4 Senator Pritel t Mrs. Anderson * -~ -“ SS —., ana ee ee and has thus been te ber three <chiliren, nt BO Mecuwhile, Anderson has become ‘high sheriff of the county in teh he lives, in & state not fer from the Rockies. For a good part-of the time he has also been in the secret service of the United States, still under his gold cata ume. When $20,000,000 of ‘kegs was taken from San Francisco, Cal, to Washington, D. C., Sho ao aden ee t,he 92 me who so faithfully guarded it. During the Spanish-American war, when the ‘White House was more. carefully guarded than before, Anderson could have again been seen. Also at Chica- there at the laying of the cornerstone of the new postoffice building, Ander- son was in evidence. All during the inauguration day Anderson was the one seen nesrest the President. As for Edward Ray, he was long thought to be dead. His wife secured ® divorce and married the young at- torney, who is now Senator Pritchard. that Site ee thet Ray is Mexico, having amassed a fortune in mining. Antics ef o Black Bear. The antics of a big black bear cre- ‘ated quite a panic in the town of Oran, Algeria, not long ago. The animal was attached toa menagerie hailing from Russia, and which was about to leave the place, after delighting the inhabitants with its performances. Bruin contrived, somehow, to slip out of his cage, and as fate would have it, be bounded into the road at the very moment when a funeral procession was passing along. While the mourners fied in every direction, the driver of the hearse whipped up his horses, which sped off at a gallop. As the bear, ‘which, it may be assumed, was quite innocent of any malicious intent, took his course through the most frequent- ed streets, he spread terror along his path. People fiew into shops with wild shrieks, doors were closed and berred, and the town soon wore a deserted ap- pearance. Finally Bruin betoock him- self in his ramble to an open square on which a company of Zouaves was drilling. The soldiers immediately fixed bayonets and surrounded the bear, which surrendered at discretion, and was promptly conducted to the po- lice station. Later on the animal's keeper appeared and took the runaway in charge. There was no difficulty ex- perienced in inducing Bruin to return te the menagerie, but the panic his escapade created will be talked of in the town for days to come. Deecerted the OF4 Boil For mauy years Father Boyle was one of the most prominent and popular Catholic clergymen in Washington, where he had a great reputation as wit. Many of his most intimate friends were Protestants and mecabers of the Protestant clergy. A few months before his death he erected a mission- ary chapel down by the navy yard and bought at a junk shop an old bell which had been discarded by one of the ‘Presbyterian churches. He sent the ‘bell to a foundry in Georgetown and ‘had several inches of metal pared off the rim. Having thus got rid of a@ erack the harsh and discordant tones of the bell became short and sweet. ‘Meeting a Presbyterian parson not Jong after Father Boyle calied his at- ‘tention to the change and the latter ‘could scarcely believe it was the same ‘bell. “What in the world did you do with that bell,” inquired the Presbyte- ‘rian pastor, “to cause such a change in the tone?” “We blessed it and Diessed it and Dlessed it until we got the Presuyterian devil out of ft.” re- ‘torted Father Boyle, “and then it sounded all right.” —- ee a as ee eee The Porto Rican newspapers record the fact that the girls in the. school on the Plata Colon at San Juan have been kept in. Keeping school girls gt work after the usual hour for obstrep- erous conduct in lesson time is a sam- ple of American notions that bas as- tonished the easy-going Porto Ricans. They don't do things that way there. “When the news traveled around that ‘the teacher was keeping the girls at lessons 8s a punishment, parents ‘crowded to the school and demanded to sve their children: released. The “principal declined to do any such thing and the parents stood around aad talk- See acre a ‘gn hour, or 80, the girls Joan is still talking shout. eae Journel. . Sead Fat penéd in 1760 in the city. of New ; York. : . eee ao oa ise “NIAGARA TO Tue Sea © fare ee eninitiated this may seen fesirous of Knowing something of the Sty an te continent ween — will Chet na nn Cnlatio Reriastion ee of Montreal, thai De aust landed to Serture Coa illustrated booklet and folders descrip- tive of the trip, which embraces 2 sail on their steamers through Lake Onta- tio thence to the St. Lawrence river through the picturesque scenery of the 1,000 Islands (America’s Venice), the €xeiting descent of the marvelous rapids to Montreal, where connection is made with the Richeliea Company's palatial steamers for a trip to quaint old Quebec. After a night's sail and on the approach to Quebec in the morning, a magnificent panorama may be seen by the tourist from the decks of the steamers. The rugged and steep cliffs, made famous by General Wolfe’s historic climb during the struggle be- tween France and Britain for the pos- session of the key to Canada first comes into view, and at the very pin- nacle of these cliffs the antique, but majestic forts ‘crown the heights, then as the steamer approaches the land- ing, many quaint and curious buildings fairly reveling tn historic association are to be seen. On landing at Quebec transfer is im- mediately made for trip down the low- er St. Lawrence to Murray Bay and Tadousac, at which point two magnifi- cent hotels have been erected for the convenience and comfort of the Ameri- can tourists, these hotels are owned and opersted by the Richelieu and On- tario Navigation Company and are luxurious in all their appointments and are very popular with tourists from all parts of United States and Canada. The steamer then proceeds up tne famous Saguenay river, whose magnificent capes amongst which are “Trinity” and “Eternity” together with falls, mountains, etc., and peculiar at- mosphere (which is a combination of mountain and sea air) for the restora- tion of health has no equal, make this one of the most delightful trips with- in the reach of the tourist on this con- tinent. On the return journey one may have the pleasure of exploring the many in- teresting places in the cities of Quebec and Montreal before returning to their homes. A banquet at the University Club is Buffalo, given in honor of Mark Ben- nitt, chief of the bureau of publicity of the Pan-American Exposition, was s fitting tribute to the genius of the maz who has so successfully exploited the merits of the exposition. Mr, Bennitt stands foremost among Rewspaper men in the United States today, having within the past year proved his masterly grasp of the re- quirements of such an important posi- tion. He not only knows what mate rial is required, but be knows how to get it and where and when to send it. His work is known and appreciated by every editor in the United States and Canada. He brought to the exposition an ex- perierce of twenty years in every branch of newspaper work, reaching all the way from the Crossroads Week- ly, to the Metropolitan Dally. He pos- sesses not only ability to do things himself but the still more necessary qualifications of being able to select a capable staff and to inspire the mem- bers thereof with his own zeal. Must Not “arry Kutves. A decree bas been issued by the gov- ernor-general of Moscow, forbidding the inhabitants to carry knives, with the exception of those whose vocations require it. Persons transgressing this regulation are liable to a fine not ex- ceeding 500 roubles or three months’ imprisonment. ‘Try Grain-ot sad gage a pints o olin oes sro ee be ninoe ot eeemaes wade all who try it like, GRALN-O has Bima fas pore gion usd ew tress. the price of coffee. soma toon pan Sold by all grocers. < Would Attract Sinfal Tourists. Geneva is trying to attack sinful tourists. It is announced that baccarat may be played for unlimited stakes im the Kur Saal hereafter. The Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway has got out a neat booklet descriptive of the beautiful guramer resorts at Spirit an¢ Okoboji Lakes in Northwestern lowa. Free copies will be mailed upon application to Jno. G. Farmer, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Cedar Rapids, la. Servant girls are becoming scares im Berlin because of the great popu- larity of factory labor. ‘Three new British pinassd tor thie year will eomt Sica 000 each. Hsifs Catarrh Cure : = fs a constitutional cure. 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DO YOU WISH TOSETTLE IN FLORIDA It so,I cam fursish you pate 2 eee oF Sanur parmsens downs bansese ox times St tony Samp of interest. Wilt exchange for vod unincummered Have a aoe foeation fore colony, Wise pressed ocomtS. GRIFFIN, Windsor, Florida. FARMS FOR SALE Sonn "Gsctea Parpses farms Hamilton Co.,Il,, the best county in the“ Southr ere Iiltnois fruit belt.” 168 acre sod 240 acre farms, Saline Cos" X choice se sere farm. Pulaakt Oo. Uk Farms in Atkansas, Missouri, Nebrasta, sia weit. C/G. CLOUD. McLeansbore, TL WANTED— ist sand oan copyag ores at their homes; we need people in every a belp us advertise; $5 to $12 weekly working eves gee raed TISING CO. Detroft, Mich. —_—KX—<—<$&#_L_L—L—E—PE]|=E])“)“™___=_==> W. N. U. CHICAGO, NO. 26, 1901. Whea Answering Advertisemests Kindly Meation This Taper. Always flour cake with flour or cornstarch before spreading the icing on. To prevent stoves and grates from rusting during the summer, apply kerosene oil to them. The luster of morocco is restored by varnishing with the white of an egg. Apply with a sponge. Roses will occasionally revive if placed in ice-water—always with the ends of the stems previously cut. Mix a little carbonate of soda with water, and it will preserve flowers for a fortnight. Common saltpeter is also a very good preservative. Strawberry Fritters—Make a plain fritter batter, add a tablespoonful of sugar and a quart of berries. Fry in boiling fat, drain, sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve while hot. To clean chased brass ornaments, the following formula is recommended: Wash in hot soap and water and dry thoroughly. Cut a lemon in half and with it rub the brass. When it looks clean, rinse in warm water, dry, and then polish well with chamois. Chased work should never be cleaned with any kind of powder. Strawberry Ice Cream-One quart of cream; one and one-half quarts of berries; one pound of sugar. Put half the sugar and half the cream on to boil; when the sugar is dissolved, stand aside to cool. Add the remaining half of the sugar to the berries, mash and stand aside one hour, then strain through a fine muslin. Add the remaining half of the cream to the sweetened cream and freeze. When frozen, stir in the fruit juice, beat thoroughly, freeze. The following recipe for spiced apples will be found useful at this time of season when the preserve closet is at its lowest ebb: Make a sirup of equal parts of sugar, water and vinegar, adding a few whole cloves and a few pieces of stick cinnamon. When scalding hot put in firm, tart apples, peeled and quartered, and cook gently until tender, but not broken. Remove with a skimmer, boil the sirup until it thickens, and pour over the apples. Canned apples may be treated in the same way quite as successfully as fresh ones. AS TRUE AS GOSPEL Not wealth nor ancestry, but honorable conduct and a noble disposition make men great. The high lights of existence are dazzling, but the shadows are more agreeable in the long run. Nothing brings more substantial joy than a day's work well and honorably and successfully done. There are things the world cannot give; and the finest temperaments are apt to have dissatisfactions lie at the root of them. Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest. To grow old nicely is a great art, and old people are quite mistaken in imagining that they must necessarily be bores to the young, though some elderly people are certainly trying. Nothing is gained by deprecating the difficulties of any undertaking. To look them in the face courageously, and to estimate them fairly, will generally enable us to overcome them; while, if they are hidden or ignored, they will, all unconsciously to ourselves, bar the way to success. No one who is not a good listener can possibly become a good conversationalist. It was said of Margaret Fuller that she had the rare gift of bringing out the best thoughts of those with whom she conversed, and one who frequently talked with her used to say that he always astonished himself while in her society. WISE OR OTHERWISE. Enterprise is a sprout that is pruned by experience. Charity's argument is short, but it has a long reach. Begin to educate your grandchildren When some people feel for the poor they forget to feel in their pockets. Many a man would starve if he had nothing to live on but his reputation. Many a man conducts his bride to the altar and then resigns the leadership. The average man is an economist when he has to buy anything for his wife. Many a man who knows his own mind has a somewhat limited acquaintance. To mind your own business and do the square thing by your neighbors is an extremely high order of patriotism. If every man were to do this, flags, governments, powers, domination and thrones might all take an indefinite vacation. The man who does not steal sheep is not necessarily less a patriot than the man who takes off his hat when the hand plays "The Star-Spangled Banner."—Puck. Edward Yero, who succeeds Alexis El Frye as superintendent of schools in Cuba, is said by the Havana Post to be one of the best educated men in the island. Two ladies contended for precedence in the court of Charles V. They appealed to the monarch, who, like Solomon, awarded: "Let the eldest go first." Such a dispute was never known afterward. Henry J. Bryon, one of the wittlest of English playwrights of a score of years ago, remarked on one occasion, "A play is like a cigar. If it's good, everybody wants a box. If it's bad, all the pushing in the world won't make it go." A young man who had just entered the office of Jeremiah Mason, the great New Hampshire legal luminarv, to study law, asked him where old begin. Mason, pointing to on the library shelves, a conically: "Anywh John Lawrence To popular low comedian on his day, once gave a supper to eighty of his friends, and wrote a note to each of them privately beforehand, asking him whether he would be so good as to say grace, as no clergyman would be present. It is said that the faces of those eighty men as they rose in a body when Toole tapped on the table, as a signal for grace, was a sight which will never be forgotten. It is related of Horace Greeley, whose handwriting was notoriously illegible, that on one occasion an editorial of his fell into the hands of a new compositor, who made a fearful bungle of it. As he set it the bit of copy made sense, but it was not the meaning Mr. Greley intended to convey. The following evening Mr. Greeley reached the office in no enviable mood, and lost little time in tramping up to the composing room on the floor above. Here he encountered the night foreman and the air was blue with the chief's imprecations. As soon as it became possible to make one's self heard above this verbal tempest Mr. Greeley was informed of the circumstances, and that it was not really the fault of the compositor, who had done the best he could, but that the blame would rest on the assistant foreman, whose carelessness was the cause of the new man's getting the "copy" from the "hook." As the argument appealed to Mr. Greeley's intelligence, and he suddenly realized that in giving way to his passion he was making a spectacle of himself, he called out in his squeaky treble, "Won't somebody please kick me downstairs?" and shuffled out of the room. STAGE WHISPERS. H. Reeves Smith has a play called "A Brace of Partridges." Theodore Roberts will play with James K. Hackett in the autumn. James K. Hackett is going to produce "Don Caesar's Return" next season. Sir Henry Irving is going to revive "Louis VI" and "The Lyons Mail." "The Girl We Love" is a new romantic comedy by Henry White and Charles Dickson. A new romantic comedy by Walker Whiteside, which has been very successful, is called "Heart and Sword." The new Princess Regent theater, or Richard Wagner Festival Playhouse in Munich, is nearing completion. Audran is completing the score of a new opera, the libretto of which is by Augustus Moore, a London journalist. Chauncey Olcott's new play is called "Garret O'Magh' and is said to be one of the prettiest Irish omedies ever seen on the stage. Edwin Stevens, now leading character man with Charles Frohman's Empire Theater Stock Company, has made a distinct hit as Baron Stein in the revival of "Diplomacy" at the Empire theater, New York. THINGS WORTH KNOWING. Crude petroleum both cleans and polishes oiled floors. To remove paint from the hands, wash them in turpentine and afterward in warm suds. In preparing milk porridge, gravies, etc., the salt should not be added until the dish is prepared as it is apt to curdle the milk. Bread will keep best in a tin box, but should be looked over twice a week as one piece of moldy bread will spoil several fresh loaves. Gold ornaments may be thoroughly cleaned by dipping them for a few seconds in a weak solution of ammonia. Then wash with soap and water. Cauliflower should be thoroughly cleaned before cooking. Let it stand head downward half an hour in cold salted water, using a tablespoonful of salt to a quart of water. Gum camphor kept with silverware will tend to prevent tarnishing. Melt with a pound of fresh lard three ounces of resin, and cover iron and steel utensils with this mixture and they will not rust. NEWSY NUGGETS. In many parts of Europe river and canal routes are legally regarded as highways. Telephone Yards 798. Established 1877 JOHN J. DUNN, Wholesale and Retail Dealer In..... Coal - and - Wood, 51st Street and Armour Avenue..... Residence, 5045 Michigan Boul., CHICAGO. NOTARYPUBLIC Tealphone Wentworth 67 OTTO V. MUELLER Real Estate, Renting, Loans ... Insurance ... 910 W. 63d st. (near Halsted) CHICAGO. 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 7:30 p. m. TELEPHONE EXPRESS 472. PROF. W. E. DORSEY, 1968 La Salle St. Leader and Manager K. P. Military Band and Orchestra Music Furnished for Balls and Receptions. Prices Reasonable. Call and see me. Estimates and Specifications Pursued . . . Prompt Attention Given to Jobbing C. J. BOYD, Practical Plumber and Gas-fitter Steam and Hot Water Heating, Iron and Tile Drainage . . . Telephone Yards NL. 709 WEST 47TH STREET. DR. JOSEPH JEFFREY, Physician and Surgeon, 4868 Dearborn Street. CHICAGO. Hours: 8-10 a. m., 3-4, 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. HIGH PRICE FOR LOGS. There Is More Money in Pulp Than There Is in Timber. Maine is now the state of pulp, not of timber. At least one-half of the logs cut in this state will be consumed by grinders instead of by saw. The pulp men are able to pay more than the lumbermen for the logs because a thousand feet of logs will yield more value in pulp than in timber, and thus the pulp men are masters of the job market. When prices of timber are high, the sawmill men can afford to pay good prices, but the timber market is subject to violent fluctuations, and this spring timber is selling at low figures, while the great demand for logs to feed the pulp mills has sent the price of logs to the highest pitch on record. Few of the sawmill men own any timberland on the Penobscot, and so they are compelled to buy all their logs and the prices this spring have ranged from $14.50 to $15, while the small lots now remaining unsold are held at the heretofore unheard-of price of $16.50 a thousand feet. At the same time the price of spruce timber in New York ranges from $16 to $18.50 a thousand feet for the various widths at random, while the price in Bangor is $12.50 to $15, or less than the price of the logs. The only thing that makes sawing possible in these conditions is the fact that logs and lumber are measured by different scales, a thousand feet of logs yielding from 1,150 to 1,250 feet of timber. This overrun and the money received for the waste, which now goes to the pulp mills, enable the timber manufacturers to come out about even, or possibly to make a small profit when all conditions are favorable and there are no losses. It is said that the pulp men can pay $20 a thousand feet for spruce logs and still make a good profit.—Lewiston (Me.) Journal. John and Mary Burkett, of Kokomo, Ind., began marrying each other about forty years ago, and have kept it up at intervals ever since. They have had three divorces and four weddings, neither having wedded another in the meantime. Kokomo also reports another couple, Henry and Myrtle Mohn, who have been married to each other three times, and are now living happily. A. D. GASH, Attorney at Law. 64 and 86 La Salle St., Suite 615 to 619. Telephone, Main 8077. Chicago. JOHN E. OWENS Attorney at Law, SUITE 621 ASHLAND BLOCK, 50 S. Clark Street, CHICAGO TEL. MARRISON 51. Thomas F. Soully, Attorney at Law, 70 Clark Street, . . . CHICAGO. Room 14. JOSEPH A. McINERNEY LAWYER SUITE 706-708 CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE CHICAGO 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 197 Residence, 119 Gurfield Bd. JOHN FITZGERALD JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 4787 S. HALSTED STREET, .....CHICAGO ALBERT B. GEORGE LAWYER. 423 Ashland Block, Chicago. Tel. M. 2025. EDWARD H. WRIGHT LAWYER Suite 421, 200 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. BANDERSON, 924 Turner Ave. Lawrence M. Ennis, Advocate and Counselor at Law, Suits 726 Opera House Block. S. W. Corner Clark and Washington Sts. TELEPHONE MAIN 1762. 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." DIVIDED VERSES, Amusing and Instructive Game Devised by a Young Woman. An amusing and more or less instructive game has been devised by a young woman, who once a week entertains a company of boys and girls for the afternoon. She writes on sheets of paper several stanzas of good poetry, leaving a wide space between the lines. She then cuts up the sheets, leaving one line on each strip. After that she hides the strips in many different places in the two rooms in which she is to entertain her guests, reserving the first line of each verse. These reserved strips she distributes among the girls and boys, and each one proceeds to hunt for the rest of his stanza. The hostess usually selects stanzas from different poems, so that the variations in rhythm and metre may help her young guests to select the lines that belong to them; but sometimes, to make the test more difficult, she chooses several stanzas from the same poem. The number of lines in a stanza is indicated on the slips reserved for distribution. Sometimes amusing misplacements of lines are made, but the hostess is pleased to notice that as the weeks go on her guests are growing more and more clever in seizing upon what belongs to them. When all the lines have been collected each one reads his stanza, and to her delight the hostess finds that the interest of the search, and the constant repetition of a line to see what will fit next to it has often made a boy or girl so familiar with a stanza that it can be recited without a glance at the slips. Nest in a Horseshoe Thirteen old horseshoes were hanging one day on the back of a garden wall close to an old boiler which workmen were removing and replacing by a new one, a very noisy piece of work, when, in no wise deterred by this, a pair of wrens built their nest in the midst of the cluster of horse shoes and then brought up their young. The mother bird having been found one day drowned in a pail of water standing near, her mate tended and cared for the young until they were fledged and down. The horseshoes containing the nest still hang on the wall at Everthorpe hall, East Yorkshire, England. ```markdown ``` HEAVY MACHINERY. Smoke Stacks, Cupolas and Monuments Erected. Hoisting and Placing of all kinds. of Beams and Girders for architectural work. Office, 31 South Canal St.. Chicago TELEPHONE MAIN 4928 ...The Mutual Reserve Fund Life or New York... OVER $41,000,000 PAID IN LOSSES. Insurance for the Protection of the family at actual cost E. P. BAREY, M'g'r. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Special Agt. 410 Roanoke Bldg., 145 La Salle St. 5040 Armor Ava. Citizens Brewing COMPANY ARCHER AVE. AND MAIN STREET. CHICAGO Telephone Canal 372 POOL AND BILLIARDS BRAXTON'S ....PLACE SAMPLE ROOM Fine Wines and Liquors Imported and Domestic Cigars 260 West Lake St. JIM GEORGE Jas. J. McCormick, SAMPLE ROOM IMPORTED AND DOMESTIG WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS 8462 SOUTH HALSTED STREET, CHICAGO. Driving, Draft and General Business Horses Always on Hand 1197 Milwaukee Ave. Near Robey St. Telephone West, 1028. OHI PULLED OVERBOARD BY FISH. Senate Doorkeeper Escapes Drowning and Lands Big Stargain When the sturgeon fishing season opened at Bayside, N. J., John A. Denn was one of the first men to come here from his home in Penns Grove and join in the fishing colony. Denn is one of the best known men in the country, and at the last session of the legislature he was doorkeeper of the senate. The fishermen have had very poor luck this season and many of them have given up in disgust and returned to their homes. Denn and his partner, however, decided to stick it out and trust to luck to make them whole. They were out in the bay trying once more to land something of value yesterday. Their net had been out for hours, and they were about to pull ashore in despair when they saw the big floats suddenly swish around under the impetus of a heavy body. They knew at once that they had made a strike, and no small one at that, and they began to pull in with renewed hope and energy. Denn was at the front hauling on the net and trying to suppress his excitement while he toiled on the lines and whistled for luck. He was gradually drawing the big fish to the boat when it gave an extra heavy lunge and started off to reach deep water and liberty again. The pull was too much for Denn. He tugged with all his might, but the fish tugged hardest, and over into the river went fisherman, net and all. Leaving the boat to care for itself, Denn's hardy partner sprang nimbly to the rescue, and after a deal of effort finally succeeded in getting a hook fast in the net and a line out to Denn. The two men then worked together and landed the biggest sturgeon of the season. It weighed 300 pounds and besides the flesh, yielded a full keg of caviar, worth $70 a keg.—Philadelphia Record. Baron Benvenuto d'Alessandro, an Italian, has invented a means of checking the force of waves by means of nets made of waterproof hemp. One recently tried with success at Havre was 360 feet long and fifty feet wide, with meshes eleven inches apart. The nets will break the waves at sea, and will also be a bulwark for hydraulic works against heavy surf. NORTHERN CHANGE STABLE. General Business Horses on Hand IN TABLE. rses OHICAGO, III. CURLY HAIR MADE STRAIGHT BY THE TAKEN FROM LIFE. DEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW [CORRIZED.] 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 scalp, cures dandruff, prevents falling, and makes hair grow old over forty years. Warranted harmlessness. Testimonials from request. It was the first preparation ever sold for straightening kinky hair. Beware of imitations. Get the Original Ozized Ox Marrow as the genuine never fails to keep the hair pliable and beautiful. Elegantly performed, giving to its superior and lasting quality it is the most economical. It is not possible for anybody to produce a preparation equal to it. Full directions with every bottle. Only $0 cents. Sold by dealers or we will ship 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., 76 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 unscalled for is prima facie evidence of intentional fraud. 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, 6040 Armour avenue. ```markdown ``` ---