The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. ROBERT E. BURKE, ESQ., AND MR FRED. E. ELDRED TURNED DOWN THE BROAD AX. What is set forth in this, and in the subsequent issues of The Broad Ax, may forever and forever damn or condemn us in the estimation of Mr. Robert E. Burke, Mr. Fred E. Eldred, Acting Chairman John J. Hayes, and the other leaders of the Democratic party of Cook County. But our motto has ever been to "Hew to the line, and let the chips fall where they may." Therefore, when anyone does us a wrong by practicing false deception upon us it never makes the slightest difference to us whether such person or persons are rich or poor, high or low, white or black, we always speak our mind in reference to the treatment which such persons accord us, though the havens fall. Although there is an old saying to the effect that it is much easier to catch files with molasses than with vinegar, this may be true in some cases, in others it is the reverse. In order to get at the facts in our contention with these three eminent leaders of the Democratic party, Messrs. Burke, Eldred and Hayes, it is necessary to trace our steps backward to the 20th of March, or two weeks prior to the re-election of Mayor Carter H. Harrison. On March 20, the writer delivered in person, a letter to Mr. R. E. Burke, at the Democratic headquarters on Randolph street, which read as follows: 'Hon. Robert E. Burke! My Dear Sir—I desire to ascertain if you or your committee feel like encouraging my effort in behalf of Democracy by distributing six or seven thousand copies of The Broad Ax among the colored voters of Chicago, containing an article on Mayor Harrison's relation and friendship for the colored people. If you have no one in mind who would have the time to prepare an article along this line, I could do so myself if you and your honorable committee so desire. I would further like to ascertain that in case The Broad Ax does everything in its power in helping to re-elect Mayor Harrison, and if it is to receive any reward or compensation for its services, such recognition must come through your hands, and from no other source whatever. I also have a committee which desires to consult with you at your earliest convenience." When Mr. Burke finished reading our letter he requested us to call on him with our committee the next day at four p. m., which we did, but Mr. Burke was unable to see our committee until 6 o'clock, at which time he informed us to call the next morning at 10 o'clock, and shortly before that hour the next morning the members of our committee and ourself appeared at the door leading into the large inside room, and James or Jim O'Donnell who runs and bosses the headquarters would not permit us to enter the inner room. We informed him that Mr. Burke had requested us and the other men who were with us to call on him that morning at 10 o'clock, but Mr. O'Donnell, who is now connected with the 35th street police station, simply said "that he would not let us in to see Mr. Burke, that if we did see him Mr. Burke would send or turn us over to Ham. Carter," and with that he slammed the door in our face, as though we were nothing more than a common dog. That same day we called on Acting Chairman John J. Hayes, and related to him our experience with Mr. Jim O'Donnell, and Mr. Hayes stated that "he did not believe that any order had gone forth to keep us out of the large inside room." We also showed the gentlemanly acting chairman a copy of the letter which we had placed in the hands of Mr. Burke, and after reading it carefully Mr. Hayes asked us if our relations with Mr. Burke were friendly. We responded that we thought so, that The Broad Ax had never spoken but in the highest praise of Mr. Burke. Then Acting Chairman Hayes stated that on the following Tuesday (March 26) the executive committee would meet at $ o'clock, and that if we would be at the head- quarters at that time with our committee, that it could have a hearing before the executive committee. So on March 26 the committee met, and Wm. J. Roach acted as secretary instead of Mr. Burke, a copy of our letter to Mr. Burke was read before the committee by Mr. Roach; then Chairman Hayes asked us if we had anything to "say to the committee." We responded, no sir; that our letter covered all the ground. At that Chairman Hayes said: "Gentlemen, you have heard the reading of Mr. Taylor's letter, what is your pleasure with it." At this point Mr. James J. Gray arose and moved that it be referred to the press or the subcommittee, and he urged the press or the subcommittee to deal as generously as it possibly could with The Broad Ax. John E. Owens, first assistant prosecuting attorney of Chicago, seconded Mr. Gray's motion, and every member of the executive committee voted in favor of instructing the press or subcommittee, which consisted of Messrs. Burke, Eldred and Hayes, to have an article inserted in The Broad Ax respecting Mayor Harrison's freindship for the colored people. (To be continued.) CIRCUMSTANTIAL Over one hundred years ago the King of Hessee, who had been selling thousands of his German subjects to England and thereby had amassed a vast sum of gold, being pursued by the soldiers of France, confided all his gold to a small banker and fled for his life. Years later this banker was so enormously rewarded for his honesty in caring for the king's gold that he was able to leave to his five sons the largest fortune modern times had ever exhibited. The sons were soon able to lend to Great Britain, Germany. Austria, France and Spain almost one half billion dollars. This was about 90 years ago. The interest on these loans had several years ago drawn to this loan all the gold stock of the world as security for the bonds still held by the house. Lest great discoveries of gold might lower the value of their gold stock and weaken the power of the house, the old founder of it secured the monopoly of the quicksilver of the world by leasing the mines of Spain and Austria. Later the output of quicksilver in California was secured by the house. This made them independent of gold discoveries. Silver itself was very scarce and gave them no anxiety until about 1870. They then secured the demonitization of silver, and the gold standard in all the great commercial nations. It was long ago foreseen that if ever a new cheap process for extracting gold were found the house would have to resort to some means of controlling the greatest mines. Up to a very late period the house had never purchased a gold mine. Soon after the discoveries at Cripple Creek the Czanide process destroyed the monopoly of quicksilver as a gold extractor. Then the house had to show its hand and buy the Cripple Creek mine. The Klondike followed, and the United States were cheated out of the most valuable Alaskan deposits. Then came the discovery of the greatest of all mines in the Transvaal. It is a fact that Lord Rothschild forced the British ministry into the Boer war. The Empire of Great Britain rests entirely upon the power of gold, using commerce as its right hand. Every nation that uses the gold standard is subject to the house that rules England. A scarcity of cotton in America and rise of prices will be followed by the same attack as was made in 1857 and 1873—a call for gold that will close all our business houses—the object being to lower the price of cotton, etc. It may come this fall if cotton, etc. goes up. Mark the prediction. HOLT. Thomas Dunn, vice-president of the 30th Ward Democratic Club, will in all probability become a candidate for county commissioner. Tom Dunn has a whole host of friends who would work day and night in order to secure the nomination for him. BENEDICK A CO. (M.) County Commissioner, Friend of the Colored Race, Who Leads the Van For the Nomination of Treasurer or Sheriff of Cook County. A WRONG ETHICAL STANDARD. The ethical standard in the Negro's social and religious life has been from the beginning misconstrued and wrongly applied to his every day life. The wrong system of moral theology taught by the old time Negro preacher, ROLLIN E County Commissioner, Friend of For the Nomination of Treasurer or has done untold harm in the moral and religious preparation of the race. Too little stress has been laid upon social purity in home and public life. Adultery, theft and other misdemeanors have taken a secondary place in his moral instruction; and innocent amusements, such as card playing, dancing and other harmless exercises, have been held up as the most degrading sins with which individual life could come in contact. This system of ethics has not only given the Negro an imperfect basis for moral upbuilding, but it has also given him a wrong conception of what is moral and what is immoral in the pursuance of his ethical course. Crimes which actually affect his character have really been overlooked in the development of the rising generation, and harmless enjoyment such as a social game of cards or a social dance, which if rightly conducted is an accomplishment, has been set forth as unpardonable crime. A mind trained under this system of ethics is not able to distinguish between criminal intention and social recreation. They cannot understand that anything in the way of exercise or recreation can be made the object to subserve the end of good and evil purposes. In determining the character of the individual who participates in public or private games or exercises, it is well to know the intention and purpose of those who participate in these amusements. An evil and degraded mind can make harm out of almost anything. There are those who make dancing and card-playing the basis of their moral contention on the ground that so much crime has been committed while engaged in these games and exercises, but they do not see that the ethical point is to be determined in he character and conduct of the participants and not in the game itself; for persons of evil minds and bad intentions will make the church socials, church excursions and church revivals the criminal strategy to accomplish their evil purposes and bad intentions. Another point of moral objection which is so often raised and often very horrifying to the ethical mind of the old time Negro moralist, is theater going. In their very many and serious objections they are never able to distinguish between the moral ```markdown ``` and the immoral and the proper decorum and decency of the participant. Another point of moral suasion in this ethical debate is the fact that while they denounce theater going in the warmest terms, they encourage and patronize private shows and amuse- ORGAN. the Colored Race, Who Leads the Van Sheriff of Cook County. ments of a theatrical nature in their houses of worship for church benefits. The conclusion of this manner of moral reasoning is nothing more or less than the straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel. In determining the ethical side of any amusement we must also recognize the fact that it has its limitations. In overdoing our social privileges we commit an act of intemperance. The extravagant expenditure of time, dress and physical exertion is hardly in keeping with good taste and discipline and also shows the lack of good ethical training in the life of an individual. In all our social pleasures we ought to have two objects in view to better prepare ourselves physically, morally and socially to make our own life and the life of our fellowman happier in partaking of those social means which God has placed at our disposal, and to be better prepared to serve Him in this life. COLORED WORKMEN NOT WANTED. As free American citizens the owners and managers of the Latrobe Steel and Coupler Company, located at Melrose Park, decided to employ a few colored workmen in their works, and just because these colored men came up from the South, the servile and cowardly press of this city set up the old cry, that those "Niggers" were imported to take the places of a lot of white workmen, who wanted to dictate to their employers how to run their business. When the so-called Christian citizens of Melrose Park heard that the "Niggers" were coming, they marched out to meet them, loaded to the guards with all kinds of weapons, ready to shoot those poor Negroes to pieces if they attempted to seek work or locate near Melrose Park. Two preachers, whose religion is as false as hell itself, led the mob against those colored men, who have the undisputed right to seek employment in any state in the Union, as long as they are citizens of the United States. In conclusion we want to say right here that the laboring classes are not deserving of winning their fight against the trusts, the monopolies and the capitalists as long as they, the white workmen, draw the color line. Standard Opinion please copy. --- Remember the Old Folks' Home picnic on August 14, at Gardiner's Park. Bristles on the neck and a grunt when spoken to is a sure sign that some hogs wear clothes and walk altogether on their hind feet.—Courier. The Supreme Session of the K. of P.'s will be held in this city from August 26 to 30, and all the high knights from all directions will attend its sessions. Mr. John E. Owens, first assistant prosecuting attorney of Chicago, is one of the best and most faithful city officials, and The Broad Ax still favors Mr. Owens for city attorney in 1903. Ex-Alderman Patrick Morris has removed his place of business from 130 Forquer street to 389 South Halsted street, where the ex-alderman would be pleased to meet his many friends. Alderman Charles Martin, was lately chosen president of the 5th Ward-Carter H. Harrison League; John L. Zimmermann, secretary; Mr. C. Stack, treasurer; Owen McCarthy, sergeant-at-arms. Alderman Charles J. Byrne is too busy in looking after the interests of the people of the Ninth Ward to take a vacation this season. Alderman Byrne is sharp, and he knows which side his bread is buttered on. Dommick Lettiere, leader of the Sons of Italy of the Thirtieth Ward, is getting his forces good and ready to take a hand in the big fight which will take place between the Hopkins and the Burke forces next year. Mr. and Mrs. Foster, 5115 Armour avenue, lost their little son Frank, who died Tuesday from the effect of fracturing his skull. Funeral services were held Thursday at St. Mary's Church, Dearborn and 50th streets. The Rev. L. A. Murray conducted the services. For some reason or other Daniel Sullivan last week painted Fred E. Eldred as the "Chesterfield of Democracy," but up to the present time we have not heard of Mr. Eldred jumping over a ten-foot wall or fence in order to fulfil his promise to The Broad Ax. Ex-Alderman J. J. McCormick is still a power in politics in the Fifth Ward, so much so that he was elected president of the ward club with both hands down, and next year the ex-alderman may feel his oats so strong that he may feel like entering the aldermanic race. Mrs. S. J. Hart, who was assisted by many other lodge women from the South Side, set up a new chapter of the Daughters of Jericho, Tuesday evening last at Butler's Hall, 5728 State street. The public installation of the officers of this new chapter will occur in the near future. The wrong of lynch law is again illustrated by the testimony of the girls who were said to have been outraged by Negroes at Kansas City. The girls now admit that they swore falsely and that the Negroes were innocent. A mob of 2,000 men tried to lynch them. but fortunately failed.—Daily Item. Now that State Senator M. J. Butler and his following having been turned down cold or side-tracked in the 31st Ward by the leaders of the party, and it is conceded that trouble is, and will be in the air from now on, which means that Senator Butler and his friends will fight to a dead finish next spring—that they will come out on top. Miss M. M. Wagner, proprietor of the Illinois Fire-Proof Covering Co. 78 LaSalle street, is one of the best and brightest business women in Chicago, she is full of business from start to finish, and above all she is broad and liberal-minded. Mr. Peter S. Olson is the manager for this company and he is also up-to-date in business affairs. Attorney Timothy J. Fell, of Gilber & Fell, Merchants' Loan and Trust Building, who is one of the moving spirits of the Tilden Democracy, will more than likely be put forward before Tilden Democracy as its choice NO. 41. for one of the new judges of Cook County. Mr. Fell is endowed with a bright mind, and he would make a tip-top judge. Last Sunday afternoon William E. Costley spoke at Bethel Church on "Socialism and the Race Problem," and many of our leading citizens turned out to hear Mr. Costley, who is a true socialist. He left Sunday night to attend the socialist convention at Indianapolis, and when he returns to the city he will complete arrangements to hold a large meeting among the colored people which will be addressed by some of the leading socialists of this country. A colored girl carries off the highest honors of the manual training high school of Denver, Colo. A petition was circulated by the white female students, when it was seen that she occupied a place upon the program at the graduating exercises, asking the faculty to dispense with the commencement program and to engage a prominent lecturer to fill the time instead. The faculty indignantly refused to do so, and the colored girl became the valedictorian of the class.—Ex. Last Friday evening the following gentlemen were chosen as officials of the Carter H. Harrison League of the 32d Ward: Milville G. Holding, president; J. D. Riley, 1st vice-president; A. J. Miller, 2d vice-president; Al. Helstom, secretary. Mr. Holding is one of the ablest and one of the cleanest leaders of the party in the new 32d Ward, or in the Town of Lake, and if the people residing in his ward have their way they will never rest until they send Mr. Holding to the city council or to the state senate. Plainfield, N. J.—Because she took up her residence in a part of the city populated entirely by white people, Mrs. Ella Johnson, the widow of an Afro-American minister who died last summer, has been notified by persons signing themselves "Whitecaps" to move from the corner of West Fifth street and Monroe avenue under pain of bodily injury and the burning of her house. Mrs. Johnson has reported the matter to the police and it will be investigated. Mr. Herrine, of Westfield, the owner of the house, has informed the tenant that he will assist her in maintaining her rights.—Ex. Mr. Sidney F. Beech, manager of the Consolidated Fire-Works Company, 30 and 32 South Water street; Hon. Robert J. Roulston, connected with McNeal, Higgins & Co., wholesale grocers, 27 Market street; Frank A. Allinger, head of the canned goods department of Wm. M. Hoyt Co.; Mr. I. Honer, of Henry Honer & Co., wholesale grocers, West Randolph street; Mr. Godfrey H. Ball, Mr. J. H. Clark and I. J. O'Byrne, have organized the Commercial Democracy of Chicago and Illinois. These first-olass and well-known business men propose to boom ex-United States Senator David B. Hill, or the Hon. Richard Olney, for president in 1904, and J. W. Lee, of Missouri. for Vice President. The Commercial Democracy start off with more than 1,600 members, and in the past most of them have been warm supporters of Mayor Carter H. Harrison. A short time ago an examination was held by the civil service commissioners of Cook County, for assistant warden at the County Hospital, and assistant superintendent at Dunning, and it seems very strange that by some kind of a hook or crook the examination was manipulated by the civil service board (which is supposed to be free from politics) so as to enable the names of ex-County Commissioner Charles J. Happel, to appear at the top of the list for assistant warden at the County Hospital, and Geo. F. Morgan, as assistant superintendent at Dunning. It is well known that old George Morgan is and has been one of the best Republican pap-suckers in Cook County and Charley Happel is no slouch when it comes to feeding at the public crib, and it is a mystery to us how these two old political heens succeeded in coming out ahead of all the bright men who were seeking those two positions. Will prosecute and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Formerly Catholic, Protestant, Knights of Labor, Industrial, Hermenea, Republican, Priests, or any other can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the official right to speak its own mind. Local communication will have attention; its only on one side of the paper. Top Ten..... 0.01 Miscellia..... 1.00 Overwriting rules made known on application, address all communications to A French conscript has just been excused from three years' service because of ugliness. It was held that his appearance would make his comrades laugh and thus interfere with discipline. Young lawyers have a fine field open to them in Texas. There are forty counties in that state which have to seek legal advice outside their limits, as they have not a single attorney of their own. The vestry of Christ Church in Philadelphia, replying to the many suggestions for memorial tablets at the grave of Benjamin Franklin, says: "It may not be generally known that the grave of Franklin, though simple, is what he himself, in his will, dictated it to be. The church has for past years maintained a policy of keeping the historic spot as it is." Bozeman, and, in fact, the whole of Gallatin county, Montana, is afflicted with a scourge of dandelions. They are to be seen in every garden and in nearly every field in the county. In the summer the little globes of fluffy cotton-like substance, containing the seeds of the dandelion, float through the air and alight in every nook and corner. No matter how poor the soil the dandelion flourishes. According to a paragraph which has been going the rounds of the French newspapers, M. Waldeck-Rousseau—the French premier—has all his dogs vaccinated to prevent them from having distemper, and has never lost one from that disease. Jenner, who introduced vaccination, proposed that all the dogs in England should be treated in this manner, but was laughed at for suggesting it. Some curious botanical experiments made at a zoological laboratory at Naples are reported by Hans Winkler. A flowerless aquatic plant, that grows normally with its roots in the sand and leaves in water was inverted, specimens being placed with the leaves buried in the sand and the roots floating in the water in strong light. The roots changed to stems and leaves, and the buried parts becoming roots. Within two years the Cherokee, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Greeks and seminoles will cease to exist as an Indian people governed by tribal laws, and their territory will be broken up and allotments of land made to them as citizens of the United States. They have been known as the Five Civilized Tribes, but the government has decided that they have failed to live up to their name according to the American requirements of law and order for the Indian Territory. Swiss military papers speak in high terms of the new revolver which has been adopted for the mounted troops of the Swiss army, and which is the invention of two Berlin engineers. The recoil on firing brings a fresh cartridge from the magazine into the barrel. The pistol weighs one pound, thirteen ounces, and its center of gravity lies immediately over the hand of the firer. The magazine carries eight cartridges, and practiced shots can fire forty-eight rounds in from twenty-eight to thirty seconds. The calibre of the weapon is 0.32 in., and its range is given at 2,000 yards. Young King Alphonso of Spain, when he attended his first bull fight at Madrid in full state, was received with unbounded enthusiasm. Uplike his Austrian mother, whose aversion to this form of sport is notorious, he appeared to follow the Corrida with the most keen interest and satisfaction, thereby showing himself a true Standard, and as possessed of what is known as "sangre torera," that is to say, "bull fighting blood." At the close of the performance, which was particularly sanguinary, eight bulls having been killed, and twenty horses ripped up, the young king presented handsome gifts to the leading toreros, Massantini, Bombitta and Fuentes. One of the great packing houses of Chicago has prohibited profanity upon its premises. The primary purpose of the order was in itself excellent, namely, to protect employees against abuse by swearing foremen or overseers; but it cannot fail also to exercise a good influence over all those who work for the company, especially the younger men. In commenting on the order the Chicago Post truthfully says: "It is one of the better signs of the times that in these days the men at the head of affairs are presumed to be, if not Christiang, at any rate gentlemen. They find ways enough of making their wishes intelligible and effective without resort to bluster or swagger or the indecencies of blasphemy." THE MAN FROM YESTERDAY. He Practiced the Good Old Virtues, But the Sooner Got Ahead of Him. The Man from Yes-ter-day had learn-ed the old-fash-ion-ed vir-tues. So he work-ed in-dust-rl-ous-ly. But the Sooner, having pre-empted the land on which the Man from Yes-ter-day must work, charg-ed him rent every time he was in-dust-rl-ous. 'E-vent-u-al-ly, when the Man from Yes-ter-day had raised all the po-tato-es the Sooner could eat, the Sooner gave him notice to quit. The Man from Yes-ter-day took up ed-u-ca-tion in order to in-crease his op-portun-i-ties; where-up-on the Sooner bought up all the land a-round him and held it for a rise, which he intend-ed to take out of the Man from Yes-ter-day. The Man from Yes-ter-day, see-ing that the Soon-er was get-ting more pos-sessions than he could man-age, rea-son-ed with him-self that if he could show his de-vo-tion to his employ-er's in-ter-est, he would be more val-u-able; so he be-came very honest. This de-creased the Soon-er's expense of man-ag-ing his prop-er-ty, so it in-creased in val-ue, and he took up more land. Seeing that his share of his own pro-duct would bare-ly keep him, the Man from Yes-ter-day stud-led e-conomy, where-up-on, see-ing that he could live cheap-er than be-fore, the Soon-er cut down his wages; and when the Man from Yes-ter-day object-ed, the Soon-er told him that if he was not sat-is-fied he could quit work—and quit living. The Soon-er en-dow-ed a coll-ge to teach the Man from Yes-ter-day that it was all right, and when the Professors said that Hon-es-ty, In-dus-try and Per-sev-er-ance were the ways to raise the rents, they were dis-miss-ed for in-sub-ord-in-a-tion. Then the Soon-er, see-ing that the Man from Yes-ter-day was be-com-ing rest-less, en-gag-ed a clergy-man to point him to the sky for the sat-is-faction of his wants.—Bolton Hall, in Life. Our Growing Seaport. The general development of our export trade has had the interesting effect of increasing the relative activity of several of our seaports, and thus reducing somewhat the too heavy proportion of the foreign business cleared through the port of New York. We were doing a large export business in the spring and early summer of last year; but the gains of this year over last, as indicated in the statistics of the last few weeks, are nothing short of startling. The greatest gains have been in cotton and cattle, with a good gain also in breadstuffs. As the result especially of the great export business in cotton, aided by the increased movement of cereals through Southern ports, New Orleans has for the first time taken a place next to New York as respects the value of its export trade, thus displacing Boston. In the year 1800, New York was credited with only forty-seven per cent. of the total foreign commerce of the country, as against an average of more than fifty per cent. for several previous years. New York still continues to receive considerably more than sixty per cent. (in value) of the country's imports, but last year it handled only about thirty-seven per cent. of the exports. Boston and Philadelphia have been comparatively stable in the volume of their foreign trade, while Baltimore, Newport News, New Orleans, and Galveston have made great gains—as also have the Pacific Coast ports, owing to the progress of our Oriental trade.—The Review of Reviews. Hungry Fish That Reason "Here is a curious thing that fishes do and one that seems clearly to show great intelligence," said an old fisherman. "It might be that two fishes some feet apart saw the same object of prey, may be a smaller fish, at the same instant, and they might both dart for it at once and come violently into collision while their prey escaped. Now that would be when they had each the same chance of capturing what they wanted; they would both make a dash for it. "But often have I seen something very different happen. Of two large fishes following along side by side and pretty well closed up together, pursuing a minnow, I have seen the rearmost sheer off and let the other fellow have it, apparently, either because he knew he couldn't reach it, and there was no use of his trying any more, or because he knew that if he kept on and mixed in he would make the fish ahead lose the game, as well as himself. This last would seem to indicate, besides intelligence, unselfishness on the part of fish No. 2; but the action of sheering off when he saw he couldn't get it showed intelligence, anyhow."—Albany Argus. The Power of Water. In Frank Leslie's Monthly there is a captivating article on the story of the greatest jam in the history of logging. It was in the Grand River in Michigan in 1883. So tremendous was the pressure at this time that here and there over the surface of the jam single logs could be seen popping suddenly into the air, propelled as an apple seed is projected from between a boy's thumb and forehunger. Some of the fifteen-inch manila ropes stretched to the shore parted. One, which passed once around an oak tree before reachLig its shore anchorage, actually burled itself out of sight in the hard wood! Bunches of piles bent, twisted or were cut sheer off as though they had been nothing but shocks of Indian corn. The current was so swift that the tugs could not hold the drivers against it; and, as a consequence, before commencing operations, especial mooring piles had to be driven. TREASURERS OF OLD. TREASURERS OF OLD. BEING UNEARTHED IN THE FAR EAST. Old Mosale Floor Recently Dug Up in Jerusalem — Peculiar Drawing that Tell of Historical Events Ages Ago, When Christianity Was Young. (Jerusalem Letter.) Former discoveries of fragments of mosaic pavements in Jerusalem, Palestine, and its neighborhood have been eclipsed by a recent find which is most elaborate and exquisite in design and execution, and which is also in a state of almost perfect preservation, the colors of the mosaics in their artistic combinations being as bright and effective as the day the work was finished. A few weeks since the owner of a little property in a small Jewish colony just outside the Damascus gate, in digging a ditch in his yard, came upon some mosaic work at about four feet below the surface which, when uncovered as far as permitted by the streets bounding the excavation on two sides and the wall of a house on the third, disclosed the ancient mosaic pavement which the illustration shows. Further excavations await the order of the Turkish government, whose officials have taken the site in hand, and which may sow the pavement to extend somewhat further in length on one side. The patter would indicate that the complete width at one end has been uncovered. This mosaic floor is about 220 paces west-northwest of the Damascus gate. The part already uncovered is about 18 feet in length by 11 in breadth. The upper and larger part of the pavement is composed of an exquisite design, including a central panel surrounded by an elaborate frame. The panel has its chief figure, a representation of Orpheus, in a sitting posture, and playing upon an 11-stringed harp. Grouped within the panel are animals and birds, including a serpent and a salamander, which latter two are in an attitude of conflict. In the lower right-hand corner is the horned and goat-footed figure of the God Pan, with his pan pipes under his left arm and his right hand outstretched, and beneath it a hare. In the other lower corner is a centaur, with his hand over his mouth. The posture of these animals and figures suggests that they are entranced with the music of the harp of Orpheus. Green branches on the white background, interspersed here and there, given an added brightness and beauty to this central design. In the elaborate work of the wide frame surrounding ```markdown ``` THE MOSAIC FLOOR this panel are wrought medallions in leaf-enclosed wreaths, 14 in all, containing representations of fruits, animals, and birds, with symbolic human heads in the four corners, each looking towards the center, where Orpheus sits. Beneath this main part of the floor, but wrought in with it so as to form an harmonious whole, are two rows of designs, there being three in each row. The first row is composed of three panels, the central one containing two female figures in Byzantine dress, with a column standing between them, and a Greek name written alongside of each in poor orthography and style of character. The lettering suggests the reverse side of the Byzantine coins. On either side of this central panel is another, containing each a stone which protrudes above the surface and suggests tombs beneath. The lower row is of three medallions, each containing a figure, the right-hand one of a hunter with a spear, running; the central one of a lion, and the left-hand one of a leopard, both bounding away. The work is assigned to not earlier than the Fourth century, and possibly as late as the Seventh. The designs seem purely pagan and classical. There is little, if anything, to indicate a Christian origin. There may be a nimbus about the heads of the female figures, but it is as likely to represent the dressing of the hair or be designed to throw the faces into better relief. The notion that the horseshoe is a protection against evil is as old as the hills. There is a legend that the devil one day asked St. Dunstan, who was noted for his skill in shoeing horses, to shoe his "single hoof." Dunstan, knowing who his customer was, tied him tightly to the wall, and proceeded with the job, but purposely put the devil to so much pain that he roared for mercy. The saint at last consented to release him on condition that he never would enter a place where he saw a horseshoe displayed This Young Man Properly Danced by a Greek Customen If in the course of your wanderings, gentle reader, you should ever find yourself in the Grecian village of Marcopoulo, 35 miles out of Athens, don't as you value your celibacy—if you are possessed of that pleasing attribute—pick up any handkerchiefs which you may see lying on the ground. A suit of breach of promise, which is now being tried in the Grecian capital, should be a warning to all bachelors who intend visiting Hellas without a chaperon. The plaintiff in this suit is a remarkably good-looking young woman, who demands that a young man, a total stranger to her until recently, and who never asked her hand in marriage in his life, should become her husband or pay her heavy damages. In the village of Marcopoulo there is a curious custom which has the force of law. On certain holidays the villagers assemble on the village green, and on these occasions any unmarried woman who thinks it is about time she took to herself a husband drops her handkerchief has all the binding force of an engagement. Now, the fair plaintiff in this suit made up her mind a while ago that the boys in Marcopoulo were rather "backward about coming forward," and her chances of matrimony were gradually slipping away in spite of her good looks. So she went to the village green on the next holiday and dropped her handkerchief. There happened to be a strange youth in the village that day who was not familiar with the local customs. The village boys fought shy of the handkerchief, but the unsuspecting stranger picked it up. Then the villagers set up a great shout and brought to him a blushing beauty, whom he had never seen before, announcing to him that she was his future wife. Naturally he was astonished, and could only murmur: "This is so sudden." Partially recovering his composure, he inquired if he might ask just why the young lady was to be his future wife. He said he was over young to marry yet, and, in fact, declined with thanks. But the villagers explained their ancient custom to him and the young lady declared that he would marry her or she would know the reason why. The young man swore by Pallas Athena that he would "see her further" first, and made his escape from the village. But the girl was bent on marrying, and the personal inclinations of the man in the case could not be considered. So she brought suit for breach of promise and it is thought she will win her case, and the young man be forced to either marry her or "pay through the nose."—New York Press. WONDERFUL COW-HORSE New Jersey Again in Line With Something Abnormal. Veterinarians are interested deeply in a freak cow-horse, which is in the possession of Mr. William S. Hugo of Elizabethport, N. J. At first glance the animal looks like a mare of natural size, but on approaching her hind quarters the formation of a cow is discovered in the hip bones, which are level with the backbone. She measures $ 2 3 \frac{1}{2} $ inches from one hip bone to the other. The mare has natural shoulders and head, but when traveling has the peculiar stride of the cow. The animal has attracted much attention, and several circus men have endeavored to buy her. The mare can get over the ground in lively fashion, while not appearing to be going fast. In the stall the animal chews her cud, as does a cow or bull, and if watched closely many of the attributes of the bovine can be observed. When swishing flies her motion is the same as that of a cow. She can gallop, but in a clumsy fashion only. Why Boys Wear Earrings The custom of boys wearing earrings in China is thus popularly explained by the Chinese: The boy is the greatest blessing that heaven can send. The spirits like boy babies. It is natural that they should, everybody likes them. Very often, if the boy babies are not watched closely, the spirits who are constantly around grab up the unwatched boy babe and carry him off to their home. Girl babies are not such blessings and the spirits care nothing for them. The earring is a feminen ornament, and the spirits know that; so the Chinese mothers have the ears of their boy babes pierced and put in huge earrings. When the sprites are around looking for boys they will see the earrings and be fooled into thinking the boys are girls and will pass on and not trouble them. Chameleon Colors of Butterflies Butterflies change their colors according to the heat of the atmosphere. This interesting fact has been discovered by M. Sandfuss of Zurich, Switzerland, who subjected 40,000 butterflies to experiments under different degrees of the sun's heat. On one occasion, it being unusually cold in Switzerland, a butterfly common there took on the appearance of a butterfly from Lapland. On the other hand, butterflies which were subjected to a higher degree of solar heat than the normal looked as if they had been born and raised in Corsica or Syria. One result of these novel experiments is the production of butterflies of an entirely new type, some of them being of bewildering beauty. President Richard C. Hughes of Tabo College, who has accepted the presidency of Ripon College, is 40 years old, and has a high reputation for scholarship and executive ability. Abyssinia was converted to Christianity in the fourth century. The country has now over 12,000 monks HONORING A HERO. GRAND OLD MAN OF THE FIRST AMERICAN NAVY. U. S. War Vessel to Be Christened in Memory of Commodore Truxton—Wen Many Victories Over the British in the War of Independence, The honor of christening a war vessel of the United States navy, which is to perpetuate the fame of a revolutionary hero, Commodore Thomas Truxton, belongs to the beautiful granddaughter of the celebrated fighter, Isabel Truxton of Norfolk, Va. The craft, a torpedo boat destroyer, was put afloat a few days ago. Commodore Truxton was born on Long Island, February 17, 1755. He began seafaring life when 12 years old and soon after was impressed into the English service. Obtaining his discharge, he entered the merchant marine and quickly rose to command. In 1775 he had charge of a vessel in which large quantities of powder were brought to Philadelphia. In the latter part of that year, his vessel was seized and condemned under the restraining act. Making his way to Philadelphia, he was made a lieutenant on the Congress, the first private armed ship fitted out by the colonies. In 1775 he was given charge of the Independence, with which he made a brilliant record, and later he commanded the Mars, the Commerce and other vessels which did great service for the American cause, he being uniformly successful in his many engagements with British vessels. Upon the organization of the U. S. navy, June 4, 1798, he was named as and was appointed with a squadron under his command to protect commerce [Illustration of a man in a military uniform]. THOMAS TRUXTON in the West Indies. He passed successfully through several brilliant engagements, for one of which, the worsting of a French (through the machinations of a pro-Eritish secret order the United States had lately been drawn into a war with France, which, when the truth became known, was ended by consent of both countries) frigate of 50 guns after a desperate fight, Congress voted him a gold medal and its thanks. In 1802 he was appointed to command the squadron fitting out for the Tripolitan war, but through a misunderstanding was retired from the service. Subsequently he resided on a farm in New Jersey and later he removed to Philadelphia where he was sheriff of the county in 1819-21. His death occurred in Philadelphia May 5, 1822. The record made by Commodore Truxton stands out prominently in the early history of the country and his memory has been handed down in the navy as one of its most brilliant officers. The Old Lady and Her Frog There is the well-known medical story of the old lady who imagined that she had a frog in her stomach. Her doctor, after vainly trying to persuade her that it was only imagination considered a little deception justifiable to prevent this idea becoming fixed in her mind. Having administered an emetic, he managed to adroitly introduce a frog into the basin, as if it had just arrived from the old lady's stomach. The patient's joy was great, as there was proof positive that she had been right all along as to the cause of her illness. Her joy was as soon overclouded, as the idea struck her that, although there was the old frog, there might be little frogs left behind. The doctor, however, was equal to this sudden emergency, for on a rapid examinaition of the frog he immediately assured the patient that her fears were groundless, as her late guest was a gentleman frog.—Notes and Queries. New England Women at Buffalo The national secretary of New England Women has established registry headquarters at the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo. From the 1st of July the office will be in charge of a clerk who will engage on order, at special rates and privileges agreed upon by the management and committee, rooms with or without board, at hotels, boarding houses or in private families for all women of New England ancestry. Those interested can obtain further information by addressing the secretary at the New England states building, Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, N. Y. Public Expenditures in Mexico The Mexican army of more than 25,000 men is supported upon a trifle more than 1,000,000 Mexican dollars a month. The Mexican congress does not cost $1,000,000 a year. The cross of the French Legion of Honor has been bestowed upon thirty-eight woman. Arizona Youngsters Winning Distinction as Outlaw Hunters. Two young heroes have been developed in Arizona. They are Dick and Alfred Bocha, 14 and 15 years old respectively, and already they have laid a foundation for fame as Indian trailers and sleuths. These lads have accompanied their father, Pete Boscha, deputy sheriff at Congress, Ariz., on the most perilous expeditions and criminal hunts, never flinching, even under the hottest fire. They are expert marksmen, having been trained to firearms from their infancy. Alfred first distinguished himself two years ago by the capture of Sinovia Garcia, a notorious Mexican desperado, who had shot the husband of a woman of whom he was enamored. Sheriff John Munds, Deputy Sheriff Pete Boscha, and his two sons started in pursuit of the bandit, and, after following the trail for some distance, separated. Several days after Alfred encountered the desperado in a lonely canyon, and succeeded in getting the "drop" on him, Garcia surveyed the dwarfed and youthful figure before him with considerable amusement, and laughed at the boy's assertion that he was under arrest. He reached for his gun, when young Boscha opened fire, clipping off one of Garcia's ears and sending two bullets through his hat. This was convincing proof of Alfred's aim, and the bandit surrendered himself unconditionally. A few months later Dick Boscha was the hero of a capture that was equally as remarkable. Vincente Ortego and two others cut the throat of an Italian and robbed him of considerable gold dust. The lad trailed the murderer over precipitous mountains, and after several days returned with him triumphantly. Ortego is now serving a life sentence in prison at Yuma for his misdeeds. The Weaver district, where the Boschas live, is the heart of what once constituted the bad lands of Arizona. Famous old Geronimo, at the head of the most sanguinary band of Indians then in existence, infested the Rich Hill mountains and the Weaver and Blue Tank districts, firing settlers' cabins, murdering, plundering, robbing stages and bullion trains, and creating a reign of terror that will live in history. THE "WISDOM RELIGION." Some Bellefs of Members of the Theo geophical Societies. Theosophy, the Wisdom-Religion, has existed from immemorial time, writes Alexander Fullerton in the Arena. It offers a theory of nature and of life which is founded upon knowledge acquired by the sages of the past, more especially those of the east; and its higher students claim that this knowledge is not something imagined or inferred, but that it is seen and known by those who are willing to comply with the conditions. Upon the subject of man it teaches: That each spirit is a manifestation of the One Spirit, and thus a part of all. It passes through a series of experiences in incarnation, and is destined to ultimate re-union with the Divine. This incarnation is not single but repeated, each individuality becoming re-embodied during numerous existences in successive races and on successive planets, and accumulating the experiences of each incarnation towards its perfection. That "Karma"—a term signifying two things, the law of ethical causation ("Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap"), and the balance or excess of merit or demerit in any individual—determines also the main experiences of joy and sorrow in each incarnation, so that what men call "luck" is in reality "desert," desert acquired in past experience. That the spirit in man is the only real and permanent part of his being, the rest of his nature being variously compounded; and decay being incident to all composite things, everything in man but his spirit is impermanent. Further, that the Universe being one and not diverse, and everything within it being connected with the whole and with every other, of which upon the upper plane above referred to there is a perfect knowledge, no act or thought occurs without each portion of the great whole perceiving and noting it. Hence all are inseparably bound together by the tie of Brotherhood. Riggs Unearths a Dinosaur. Professor Riggs of the Field Columbian Museum, of Chicago, who has been delving in the earth ten miles below this city on the other side of the Grand River, has discovered the remains of another immense specimen of the dinosaur, the prehistoric monster that used to drink out of the vast lake that once covered the territory now known as Grand valley. The fossilized remains of the dinosaur are nearly perfect and as complete as any yet discovered in any part of the continent. The one under discussion must have been over seventy feet in length and nine feet in height.—Grand Junction (Col.) Sun. Made @40,000,000 in a Year. Capt. A. F. Lucas, the discoverer oil in Beaumont, Tex., who is said to be worth $40,000,000, was practically penniless a year ago. Though a mining engineer and geologist by profession, he was a railroad conductor for a number of years. After losing his place about two years ago, he drifted about and finally went to Beaumont. He succeeded in interesting some capitalists in the region, and the celebrated Lucas gusher was soon struck. God does not expect roses to bloom on bare rocks. WORLD NOW REAPS WHERE HE SOWED. Japan Has Unveiled a Monument to Matthew Calbrath Perry, the American Commodore Who Made a Famous Treaty. The present, when the development of their Oriental trade is one of the chief concerns of civilized nations, is an exceptionally fitting time for the dedication of a monument to the man who did more than any one other individual to give western nations an opening in the east. The man was Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, member of a family whose name occupies an honored place in the naval history of this country, and himself one of the most illustrious sailors ever in command of an American ship. His memory was honored July 14 by the dedication of a monument, erected by Japanese, on the spot where his foot first tread the soil of the Mikado's kingdom, 48 years ago. The visit of Perry, according to an eminent representative of the Japanese empire, was "the turning of the key which opened the doors of this country to friendly intercourse with the United States and subsequently to the people of Europe." was the son of Christopher Raymond Perry, who fought on privateers in the revolutionary war and made numerous voyages to the East Indies in the merchantile marine. Of this veteran commander's two sons, Oliver Hazard Perry acquired the greater distinction MATTHEW CALBRAITH PERRY. by reason of the part he took in the war of 1812, but it is doubtful if he accomplished as much for the lasting good of the country as did Matthew. Born in Newport, R. L., April 10, 1794, the latter entered the navy as a midshipman in 1809 and served on the schooner Revenge, under his brother, Oliver, for one year. Then he went aboard the flagship President and for three years was trained under Commodore Rodgers. It was from this boat that the first hostile shot of the war of 1812 was fired, when Rodgers chased the Belvidera. Subsequently this vessel, which is now used as a receiving ship in the British navy, cruised the seas of northern Europe as a commerce destroyer and at one time 20 ships were searching for it. His first important post was executive officer of the Cyane, which conveyed a colony of negroes from this country to Africa, and it was he who selected the site of Monrovia, the present capital of Liberia. These negroes were sent out under the auspices of the Colonization Society, Congress having appropriated $100,000 for the purpose of carrying back to Africa such slaves as had been surreptitiously imported. Perry took an important part in establishing their settlement. Upon his return from this trip he Ferrited Out Pirates in the West Indies and subsequently went to Mexico where he studied the Spanish language until he had become proficient. He protected American commerce against Greek pirates during the revolution in that country in the early '20's. In 1829, when John Randolph went as envoy to the Czar, Perry commanded the vessel which carried him thither and which was the first American man-of-war to enter Russian waters. Nicholas wanted to confer high honors upon Perry, but the latter preferred his humbler station in the American navy to a place under the Czar. Mehemet Ali, conqueror of Khartoum and founder of the Khedival dynasty of Egypt, was the next celebrity to entertain him. He was with Commodore Patterson when the latter made a brilliant naval demonstration in the harbor of Naples, forcing Ferdinand I. and Count Cassaro to pay the spoliation claims urged by President Jackson. For 10 years succeeding 1832, he was on shore duty and studied the science of naval warfare, originating many improvements the adoption of which landed to strength the navy. When he again went on sea duty it was to command an 80-gun squadron in Africa in 1943-5 and to enforce the Webstar-Ashburton treaty. During the Mexican war he had charge of the steam navy and at the siege of Vera Cruz it was men from his ship who reduced the wall to subbish and made a breach large enough to enable Scott's army to dictate terms and proceed into the interior. After various other important naval enterprises, he proceeded to Japan with a letter bearing the signature of President Fillmore and demanded that America be given commercial privileges in Japan. The emperor had previously declared that no trade could be allowed with any country save Holland. Perry was determined that America should be permitted entrance to the harbors of the Mikado's realm. He had four men of war in his expedition and one bright morning in July they entered the bay of Tedo and put into the memorable landing place of Gorihama, now called Kierihama. The anchors had hardly gripped bottom ere the vice governor of Uraga—the town immediately abreast the ships—set out for the squadron followed by a fleet of guard-boats to surround. the vessels. Great was his surprise to see his police craft ordered from the ships' sides at the point of bayonets and open-mouthed guns and even he was not admitted to the flagship until his purpose was fully stated. When permitted to board finally he was met only by delegates of the unseen commodore—for the sake of added impression created in name "Admiral"—and he was informed that the great admiral would hold no intercourse personally with any one short of the emperor or one of his counsellors, and that he came bearing a message of peace from the president of the United States who should be spoken of in the same exalted terms only applicable to the emperor himself. After several days of ceremonial intercourse, a meeting with the emperor was finally arranged and took place on the morning of Thursday, July 14. The result of this meeting was a temporary arrangement favorable to the United States. The following year, Perry went on another expedition to Japan, when the ports were thrown open to Americans by a treaty which is still in force. Four years after this great work of his life was accomplished, Perry passed away—March 4, 1858. THE MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN. She sees, or thinks she sees, neglect and a lack of appreciation on every side. Even the fashion magazines forget her needs and cater largely to those who are young. So she either, quite inexcusably, allows herself to subside into a nonenity or else she fills her dressing table with lotions, and creams, and massage rollers and enter upon a combat with youth. She starves her mind, sometimes she neglects her soul, that she may find time to use her many appliances to urge back retreating-youth. What the middle-aged woman needs most of all is a better understanding of her privileges and of the amenities of her position. Let her refresh her mind and comfort her heart by a glance at the fragile dainty blossom and the golden fruit, at the lovely rosebud and the gracious rose, which is odorless until all its petals are unfolded and its golden heart exposed. Let her look at the loveliness of June and then at the glory of October. Then let her remember that she is October. Let her remember that the youth of creation was chaos, and that the completed universe is maturity. Then will she understand the chorus of the morning stars. Then will she wonder at the mad chase after fleet-footed youth. Youth which accepts happiness in place of joy; the false for the true; the unknown for the knowable; the shadow for the substance; the apparent for the real. Then will she know that her years are jewels. The middle-aged woman should lend herself to all sweet and pervading emotions. She could give herself to the varied influences of pictures, of sculptures, of music, of literature and of sweet and noble thoughts. She should watch the splendor of the dawn and the glory of the night. She should thrill at the grandeur of the tempest as wall as the peace of the sunlit, windless sky. She should be compassionate, she should be loving, she should be true. Then will a charm more potent than that of youth abide with her, and her gracious influence will make her an added power of good in a needy world.—Ledger Monthly. Swiss Town to Abolish Fuel. The town of Davos, writes a Swiss correspondent, is considering a bold scheme for the abolition of all the ordinary forms of fuel. It is proposed to erect an extensive electric plant at the confluence of two large mountain torrents, whose united waters will supply the necessary motive force. A large firm of Swiss electricians has been studying the problem for over a year, and has obtained the concession of the forces of the torrents alluded to. The same firm has bought out new electric heating and cooking apparatus especially designed for the scheme. The first cost of the installation is estimated to be 8,500,000 francs. Already electricity is not only used for lighting and motive power, but is adopted in many villages for cooking and heating and in one of the largest bakeries. The idea is to do away with all contamination of the air by the use of fuel. Sock Pins and Tailormans A Wall street man carries seven strange coins in his pocket for luck, each being dedicated to a particular day of the week. The loss of any one would seriously upset him. A lawyer proudly exhibits nine silver pieces which he plays with when listening to a client. He believes in the collective power of nine. A newspaper editor carries at least a dozen made of various metals, from a diminutive gold dollar to a Spanish cart-wheel of copper. A sufferer from rheumatism wears a magnetized ring on his finger, a buckeye in each pocket, a sea-bean on his watch chain, a buckskin bracelet on each ankle and copper soles in his shoes. Another carries an Irish potato in his pocket, having had it so long that it is hard as a stone.—New York Press. Nothing is more profitable than preparation. HAD FUN WITH THE PARSON. A clerical friend of mine told me a capital story of a Yale man who was the stroke oar of his crew and the chief athlete on the football field. He entered the ministry and spent years in missionary labor in the far West. Walking one day through a frontier town, a cowboy stepped up to him and said: "Parson, you don't have enough fun. Take a drink." The minister declined. "Well," he said, "parson, you must have some fun. Here's a faro layout. Take a hand in the game." The minister declined. "Parson," said the cowboy, "you'll die if you don't have some fun." And he knocked the parson's hat off his head and hit him a whack on the ear. The old athlete's spirit rose; the science which had been learned in the college gymnasium and forgotten for a quarter of a century was aroused, a blow landed on the jaw of that cowboy that sent him sprawling in the street. The parson walked over him as if he had been a door rug, picked him up and dusted the side of the house with him and then mopped up the sidewalk with his form. As the ambulance was carrying the cowboy off he raised his head feebly and said: "Parson, what did you fool me for? You are chock full of fun."—New York Times. Six Doctors This Time South Bend, Ind., July 29th:—Six different doctors treated Mr. J. O. Landeman, of this place for Kidney Trouble. He had been very ill for three years, and he despaired of ever being well. Somebody suggested Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mr. Landeman used two boxes. He is completely cured, and besides losing all his Kidney Trouble, his general health is much better than it has been for years. No case that has occurred in St. Joseph County for half a century, has created such a profound sensation, and Dodd's Kidney Pills are being well advertised, as a result of their wonderful cure of Mr. Landeman's case. Great Industry in Fish Hooks. Hooks for catching fish are as old as Adam, made of stone, bone and thorns, not to mention deer horns and boars' tusks. The bronze hook of the bronze age was succeeded by the hook of iron. The aborigines of Colombia used gold hooks, while the ancient people of Peru made theirs of copper. The bronze hook of to-day is considered an expensive luxury. For years the most important seat of fish-hook manufacture was Limerick, Ireland, but the once popular "Limerick" has been superseded by several styles of American make that are not only much cheaper, but are not inferior. As for our fine rods—well, we have them from two and three-quarter ounces up to ten pounds, and some of them can be tied in bow-knots. Yellow Fever Goes with Mosquitoes According to the report of Major W. C. Gorgas, of the army medical department at Havana, yellow fever has been wiped out there, and what is of equal if not greater importance is the fact that the practical extermination of the mosquito has brought about this result. All the pools in Havana and its suburbs have been rid of the mosquito pest by means of kerosene oil poured on the waters and no water is allowed to remain standing within the city limits unless it is made mosquito proof. Since March 1 there has been only one death from yellow fever in Havana, a remarkable record when the hundreds who formerly perished are considered. Red Heads Don't Go Mad. The reason why dark-haired and dark-skinned people are more inclined to mental disorder than the lighter-haired and complexion has never, so far as our recollection serves, been accounted for by the wise in such matters. It may, perhaps, be consoling to the fair-skinned to hear that in one madhouse, out of 200 patients, only four have light hair and complexions, and one, red hair.—Health. "Ladies" in Back seat. There was a teachers' institute the other day in Eldorado, Kas., and some of the young men, habited in gorgeous shirt waists, took their seats in a row in the rear of the room. The instructions were going along a few minutes later, when the old professor looked over the top of his spectacles and said: "For this question I would like an answer from one of the young ladies in the back seat." 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. A Martyr to Science At Trinity Hall Military school, Washington, Pa., on commencement day a tablet was unveiled to the memory of Dr. Jesse William Lazear of Baltimore, who sacrificed his life while investigating the cause of yellow fever in Cuba. Ice cream is buttery when it is churned before the cream is ice cold. Turn slowly at first until the mixture begins to freeze, then rapidly for a few moments until it is frozen.—August Ladies' Home Journal. Graphite suitable for making lead pencils is found in almost every country on the globe. BEYOND THE HEAT BELT. Mountain Breezes and Mountain Sports Available for These Who Would Out beyond the plains of Kansas, where the snow capped peaks raise their heads, in Colorado, is the Mecca for sweltering residents of the Hot Belt. There has not been such a season of torridity for more than a third of a century, and it is beginning to tell upon the powers of the people. Their minds are less active, and their bodies are tired, and their systems debilitated. The best remedy is close acquaintance with nature, fair, and robed in cool greens, and swept by invigorating breezes and fortunately the opportunities are at hand and may be taken advantage of by everybody. The Missouri Pacific Railway with its system resembling a net work of lines in the great southwest, runs fine trains of palatial cars by a direct and agreeable route to Pueblo, and there connections are made with America's most popular scenic route, the Denver and Rio Grande Railway, in whose cars the public are carried into the very heart of the great mountain range, through canyons of dizzy depth and along the busy sparkling waters which came from Snowland and brought its coolness with them. There are very many delightful places in the Rockies and plenty of sport for the hunter and fisher. He displays excellent judgment who steals some time from his business and uses it in the pursuit of a favorite sport and for the benefit of his health. The Rio Grande Western is a natural connection of these two systems already mentioned, carrying their passengers still further toward the western outposts, into still more remote sporting country, and where forest and canyon wear their natural beauty the longer, and so, to the Desert City by the Great Salt Lake. There is no more delightful short tour and it can be accomplished with comparatively small expense. Sizzling over a desk in the heat of summer is unprofitable and unremunerative self sacrifice and should not be endured when coolness and health are so near at hand. These railway systems make travel a pleasure, and nature, ever kind, is the great restorer. If you have not yet decided to take a summer trip, decide now to do so, and get out of the heat into the coolness of Colorado and Utah. EXCURSION TO NEW YORK Via Ocean. Going via Old Point Comfort and steamer, returning via Pan-American Exposition. Address W. E. Conklyn, 234 Clark St., Chicago. Curl m: Ghostly Satellite Under certain conditions there may be seen in the night sky, exactly opposite the place where the sun may then be, a faint light, rounded in outline, to which the name "gegenschein" has been given. It has always been a mystery to astronomers, but Prof. Pickering has suggested that it may be a cometary or meteoric satellite of the earth. He thinks it may be composed of a cloud of meteors 1,000,000 miles from the earth and revolving around it in a period of just one solar year, so that the sun and the ghostly satellite are always on opposite sides of the earth. Consumption of Ple The increasing consumption of pie is a sure indication of prosperity. Pie and prosperity go hand in hand. It is only when times are flourishing that this luxury is indulged in by the working classes. The consumption of pie by the persons frequenting cheap restaurants is a sure indication of prosperity. Pie, in a sense, is a luxury. Philadelphia Times. Symptom of Consumption A man in Ray county, Missouri, became convinced recently that he had incipient consumption. Every time he drew a full breath he heard a crackling sound. The doctor discovered that the crackling sound was made by a small buckle on his suspender. Rich Harvests of Perquisites. The dean and chapter of West minister are entitled to claim as "perquisites" every article which is taken into the abbey for the purpose of the coronation, and that reverend body reaped rich harvests in 1831, 1831 and 1838. Solid qualities of Integrity, of thoroughness, should outweigh in a girls estimate of a man mere superficial cleverness and brilliancy.—August Ladies' Home Journal. Holland Most Densely Populated. The most populous country in proportion to its area is said to be Holland; the country having the greatest population is China. The oldest perfumes were those recovered from Egyptian tombs, 1,500 to 2,000 years before the Christian era. The greatest of professional athletes use Wizard Oil for a "rub-down." It softens the muscles and prevents soreness. In certain London hotels, wine left on the tables is the waiters' perquisite. Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs.—Wm. Q. ENDRLEY, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1800. When a boy is proud of his jackknife, why, he pockets his pride. Prevent Baldness Cuticura SOAP And light dressings with CUTICURA, purest of emollients and greatest of skin cures. 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New- POTTER DRUG AND CHEM. CORP.-Sole W. N. U. CHICAGO, NO. 31, 1801. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. PISO'S CURE FOR: CURES WHILE ALL LEE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION THOUGHTS FROM JOHNSON. A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it. Never speak of a man in his own presence. It is always indelicate, and may be offensive. There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money. Sir, no man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a goal; for being in a ship is being in a goal, with the chance of being drowned. Cunning has effect from the credulity of others, rather than from the abilities of those who are cunning. It requires no extraordinary talents to lie and deceive. Depend upon it, that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery, there never is any recourse to the mention of it. It is wonderful how much time some people will consume in dressing, taking up a thing and looking at it, and laying it down. and taking it up again. Every one should get the habit of doing it quickly. I should say to a young divine. Here is your text; let me see how soon you can make a sermon. Then I'd say, Let me see how much better you can make it. Thus I should see both his powers and his judgment. Do not discourage your children from hoarding if they have a taste to it; whoever lays up his penny rather than part with it for a cake, at least is not the slave of gross appetite; and shows, besides, a preference, always to be esteemed of the future to the present moment. Such a mind may be made a good one; but the natural spendthrift, who grasps his pleasure greedily and coarsely, and cares for nothing but immediate indulgence, is very little to be valued above a negro. There must, in the first place, be knowledge; there must be materials. In the second place, there must be a command of words. In the third place, there must be imagination, to place things in such a view as they are not commonly seen in; and, in the fourth place, there must be presence of mind, and a resolution that is not to be overcome by failures. This last is an essential requisite; for want of it many people do not excel in conversation. Now, I want it; I throw up the game upon losing a trick. Every man who comes into the world has need of friends. If he has to get them for himself, half his life is spent before his merit is known. Relations are a man's ready friends, who support him. When a man is in real distress he flies into the arms of his relations. An old lawyer, who had much experience in making wills, told me that after people had deliberated long and thought of many for their executors they settled at last by fixing on their relations. This shows the universality of the principle. STAGE WHISPERS Eugene Canfield, will have a part in "The Auctioneer," the comedy in which Dave Warfield stars. Ada Rehan will return to America late in August. She is spending the summer at her cottage on the Irish coast. Miss May, Warde, who was born in May, 1876, when her father, Frederick Warde was acting with Edwin Booth in "Richard III.," at the Whitney opera house on Fort street, Detroit, will be a member of Mr. Warde's company next season. Frank McKee will call the new comedy by Augustus Thomas, in which he will star Peter F. Dalley next season, "Champagne Charley." Mr. Dailey's part will be that of a young society man who becomes a wine agent and, incidentally, the "angel" for a theatrical production. Prince Nicholas of Greece, third son of the king of Hellenes, was recently designated "laureate" in a dramatic congress organized by the University of Athens. The work which obtained for him this distinction was a comedy entitled "The Reformers," and was judged on its merits, the competitors having to send in their compositions under pseudonyms only. LITTLE CLASSICS God's in His Heaven. All's right worth the world.—Robert Browning. His worth shines forth the brightest who in hope always confides. The abject soul despairs.—Euripides. Man is master of his own fate, and the soul that can render an honest and perfect man commands all light, all life, all fate.—Ben Johnson. Get leave to work. 'Tis the best we get in this world, since God, in cursing, gives us better gifts than men in benediction.—Mrs. Browning. To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.—William Henry Channing. South Australia has never been visited by any great epidemic and is naturally very healthful. The late Sir Walter Besant left an autobiography which is now in the hands of A. P. Watt, who was Sir Walter's literary agent, and who is one of the executors under the will. "The Disciple" is a psychological romance by Paul Bourget. It was first published in Paris in 1891 and first appeared in this country in a translation in 1898. It is now republished in uniform binding with his other works. Although President Henry G. Weston of Crozer Theological Seminary is more than 80 years old, he performs the duties of his office. As long ago as 1849 he was moderator of the Baptist General Association of Illinois, which state was the scene of his early labors. Not only English authors, but German, French, Russian, Italian, and other authors will have to send their MSS. for approval and acceptance not to the great cities of their own land, but to Philadelphia, to Boston, to New York—mayhap to Chicago and San Francisco. Julia Magruder strikes a popular chord with her story, "A Sunny Southerner." It is as balmy as the winds that fan the land wherein the scenes are laid, and the author has shown her knack in weaving a dainty story about what may be regarded as trivial circumstances. Ida M. Tarbell's "Life of Napoleon" has been issued in a new edition to which is appended a "Life of Josephine," by the same author. The life of Napoleon was first issued about seven years ago. It is, as told by the author, essentially dramatic, and the various episodes In Napoleon's career are related in such a way that the book resembles in no particular the ordinary biography. WHATELY'S TABLE-TALK. To get a few flowers one must sow plenty of seed. If all our wishes were gratified, most of our pleasures would be destroyed. Though it may never be too late to repent, it is always too late to think of deferring repentance. Many a one trusts to the mercy of God who has never thought seriously on the conditions of that mercy. Weak arguments are often thrust before my path; but although they are most unsubstantial, it is not easy to destroy them. There is not a more difficult feat known than to cut through a cushion with a sword. While we are taking pains with our morals we are taking pains with that which is the most important; when about manners, we are attending to the surface instead of the substance. Take care of the digestion and circulation if you would keep them sound. If you would keep the skin clear, take care, not of the skin, but of the digestion and circulation. Kindle the dry sticks and the green ones will catch. If you begin by attempting to reform and to instruct those who need reformation and instruction most, you will often find them unwilling to listen to you. Like green sticks, they will not catch fire. But if you begin with the most teachable and best-disposed, when you have succeeded in improving these, they will be a help to you in improving the others. STRANGE BUT TRUE. There is a cave on the Jorend Fjord, Norway, from which at every change of the weather flashes of lightning issue. No British ship may carry a deckload of timber into a British port between the last day of October and April 16. Palms never live more than 250 years. Ivy has been known to live 450, chestnut 860, oak 1,600 and yew 2,880 years. The Arabic vernacular furnishes a singular illustration of the popularity of war in the east. It has over fifty names for the sword. Florists are showing a black-leaved hellotrope, with perfectly black stems and foliage of a beautiful dark bronzy green and flowers of bluish purple. In the Himalayas people protect their cattle from tigers by placing bells about their necks. When the wild beasts hear the bells they leave the neighborhood. It is reported in the Jacksonville (Fla.) papers that a company at St. Cloud, in that state, has succeeded in making excellent paper from the leaves of the palmetto. In India if you see a quantity of strings tied from side to side of the street, with three-cornered pieces of paper fastened to them, you may know that a birthday is being celebrated in one of the houses. Conceit may puff a man up, but it is not a good prop. When you face a difficulty never let it stare you out of countenance. If people were bound to silence upon all subjects of which they are ignorant, what a sudden and all-pervailing hush there would be at times! —Chicago News NOTARYPUBLIC Teelphone Wentworth 62 OTTO V. MUELLER Real Estate, Renting, Loans ... Insurance ... 910 W. 63d st. (near Halsted) CHICAGO. RENFROE BROS. Dealers in WOOD, COAL, FEED AND ICE. 187 West Forty-Seventh St. OHICAGO. 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, 2056 La Salle St. Leader and Manager K. P. Military Band and Orchestra Music Furnished for Balls and Receptions. Prices Reasonable. Call and see me. DR. L. M. FENWICK. (A. M., M. D., E. M.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 6212 S. Halsted St., 2nd Floor. HOURS: 8 to 10 a. m., 12 to 2 p. m., 7 to 8 p. m. Sunday, by appointment. Tel. Wentworth 627. CHICAGO, ILL. Estimates and Specif- cations Furnished ... Prompt Attention Given to Jobbing C. J. BOYD, Practical Plumber and Gas Sitter Steam and Hot Water Heating, Iron and Tile Drainage ..... Telephone Yards N4. 709 WEST 47TH STREET. DR. JOSEPH JEFFREY, Physician and Surgeon, 4098 Dearborn Street. CHICAGO. Hours: 8-10 a. m., 3-4, 6-8 p. m. JAMES T. CRAIG, Coal, Wood & Ice General Expressing and Moving. 5001 ARMOUR AVE. CHICAGO, ILL Reason to Be Nervous A nitroglycerin factory stands near the city of Marion, and its dangerous product is carried through the streets of Marion, whenever it can find a market. As a consequence, the timid-minded people of that community are dreading last some day an electric car come in contact with a nitroglycerine cargo, after which the Mississinewa river will turn aside from its course long enough to fill, a great, jagged hole, and then resume its flow, while the city, of Marion will be wiped off the map. This a cheerful view of the future confronting these timid people, and it is causing the local press to rise up and demand a quarantine. There have been frequent explosions of this substance in the gas belt and oil regions of Indiana, and the city of Mexrion has cause to feel somewhat nervous when a big load goes jolting through the streets.—Indianapolis News. A faint star in the Great Bear, known as "1830 Groombridge," is famous among astronomers on account of its rapid motion. Recently a new computation of its velocity has been made by Professor Campbell of the Lick Observatory. He estimates its speed across the line of sight from the earth at 150 miles per second. At the same time it is drawing nearer the earth at the rate of 58 or 60 miles per second. But its distance is so great that light, moving 186,300 miles per second, requires more than 23 years to pass from the start to the earth. The spectrum of "1830 Groombridge" bears much resemblance to that of the sun. 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Bicycle Race, Sack Race and Shoe String Race. Base Ball Game at 3:30. Mrs. Jerry P. Stewart, Mrs. Richard Jefferson, Hon. John G. Jones, Mrs. Kate Allen, James W. Camp, Samuel R. Johnson, Mrs. Gabriella Smith, Mrs. Eva Phelps, Frinchie R. Bell, J. H. Porter. Bernard F. Rogers B. F. ROGERS INSUR TELEPHONE MAIN 3262 F. Rogers F. ROGERS & CO INSURANCE ONE MAIN 3202 154 B. F. ROGERS & COMPANY INSURANCE 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 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. 440 Roanoke Bldg., 145 La Salie St. 5040 Armor Ave. POOL AND BILLIARDS BRAXTON'S ....PLACE SAMPLE ROOM Fine Wines and Liquors Imported and Domestic Cigars 260 West Lake St. JIM GEORGE Jas. J. 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