The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. THE DEMOCRATIC CATHECHISM. From The New York Sun. To the Editor of the Sun: Sir—I have been considerably amused by reading the comments of several of the leading newspapers of the South relative to the President inviting Booker T. Washington to dine with him. Below is a copy of a short catechism on Negro equality which I cut out of a newspaper thirty-six years ago. A perusal of the catechism would seem to indicate that Richard M. Johnson considered a colored woman the equal of a white one. I have never seen the fact of Johnson's marriage disputed. Every person professing to believe in the true principles of Democracy as expounded by Thomas Jefferson who are opposed to the progress of the Negro, should hang their heads in everlasting shame, after familiarizing themselves with the above achievements and many others performed or enacted by the Democratic party in relation to the moral, the intellectual development of the Negro race. It seems that this class of so-called Democrats, who are in reality the adherents of the Hamiltonian or the Monrocratic or the aristocratic idea of government, cannot comprehend the fact that Democracy did not descend from the starry heavens above us to this earth for the special benefit of white men, black men, brown men, yellow men, or red men; but Dem- ocracy came to this earth to enable all men to enjoy her fruits and her bountiful blessings. Therefore, the leaders of the Democratic party, in order to regain and re-win the esteem and confidence of the American people for Democracy, which it so richly deserves, must possess the courage to face about and take such characters as brutal, blood-thirty, bellowing Ben. Tillman by the nape of the neck and compel them to go away back and sit down, for such creatures as he are a disgrace to mankind, a disgrace to Democracy and a disgrace to the proud and boastful Anglo-Saxon race, and if the Democratic party will rid itself of Tillman and Tillmanism and reaffirm its unswerving allegiance to Jeffersonian Democracy, which means the equality of all men before the law, special privileges to none, and if its leaders will also declare in favor of permitting each and every man, regardless of race, color or nationality, to have an equal chance in the struggle for existence, then the leaders of Democracy will experience no difficulty in wresting this fair and beautiful land from the trust lords, and the money gamblers, who are crushing out the rights and liberties of the people under the wheels of their golden charlots. ATTORNEY EDWARD H. MORRIS ENDEAVORED TO SEND ATTORNEY S. A. McELWEE TO JAIL. To those who are not acquainted with the past career of Attorney Edward H. Morris it may be surprising to learn that Mr. Morris is not above resorting to the most reprenchible methods in order to bring reproach or cast discredit on an honorable member of his own race and a lawyer of high standing. We refer to Attorney S. A. McElwee, late of Nashville, Tenn. The bitter controversy between Messrs. Morris and McElwee dates back to some three or four months ago. At that time Mr. Morris was the attorney for Albert Bedford, who had a claim against the Globe Mutual Life Insurance Co. It seems that Mr. Morris started suit against this company away back in 1896, but according to all reports he was in no hurry in bringing it to a show-down in the courts, and he as he continued to drag it a long from one year to another. Albert Bedford, rightly or wrongly, came to the conclusion that Mr. Morris was playing into the hands of the insurance company. Entertaining these views he decided to change lawyers, and knowing Mr. McElwee down in Tennessee, he made up his mind to try his luck in the courts or the law with him, in preference to E. H. Morris. At the time Albert Bedford concluded to change lawyers he requested Mr. McElwee to call on Mr. Morris and obtain all the papers in the case, but Mr. McElwee thought that he, Bedford, had better first call on Mr. Morris, and talk the matter over with him. then if it was agreeable to Mr. Morris and to all parties concerned, he would call on him and secure the papers in the case and the court file. According to Bedford's story he called to see Mr. Morris, who maintained that Bedford owed him $30 for his services, but Bedford claims that Mr. Morris assured him before he started his case, that his fee would not be over $25. However, after Bedford's conversation with Mr. Morris, it was decided that Mr. McElwee should call on him for the papers, and when he called at Mr. Morris' office he informed the former gentleman that he would not have one thing to do with the case unless it was perfectly agreeable to him; that he would not be a party to any scheme to defraud him out of his fee. Mr. Morris intimated that he was out of the case; that his man friday, E. E. Wilson, had charge of it, and any arrangement that he could make with him pertaining to it would be entirely satisfactory to him. Friday Wilson happened to be absent at that time, and Mr. McElwee left Mr. Morris' office without seeing or talking with him, but that same afternoon or the next day Friday Wilson called on Mr. McElwee and turned ALDERMAN THOMAS CAREY Grand Sachem of the Tammany Society of Chicago, leader of the Democratic forces in the city council, who will be re-elected to that body from the 29th ward in 1902. Grand Sachem of the Tammany Society of Chicago, leader of the Democratic forces in the city council, who will be re-elected to that body from the 29th ward in 1902. over to him all the papers in the case except the court file, and at the same time E. E. or Friday Wilson took particular pains to assure Mr. McElwes that he would do everything in his ALDERMAN TH Grand Sachem of the Tammany Society forces in the city council, who will 29th ward in 1902. power to assist him in the case. Mr. McElwee thanked him for his kind expressions, but as he was unable to accomplish anything without the court file he made another visit to Mr. Morris' office to secure it. But in the meantime it leaked out that Friday Wilson had gone into court and secured judgment by default against the Globe Insurance Company; but when the Globe Insurance Company learned what had been done its attorney rushed into court and had the judgment set; aside on the ground of fraud, but his honor, Judge Brown, granted the motion made by Mr. McElwee for a new trial, and at the same time he unmercifully scored Friday Wilson & Co. for tampering with justice. Two days before the case was set for a new hearing Friday Wilson called on Mr. McElwee and contended that Bedford had been going around town saying some mighty mean things about or against himself and Mr. Morris, therefore he wanted all the papers in the case. But Friday Wilson was informed by Mr. McElwee, that he could not surrender the papers to him, as it would then place himself in a bad light before his client, and then Bedford would go around the city and talk about him in the same manner as he had talked against Mr. Morris and himself. That did not seem to satisfy Friday Wilson, and that same Saturday afternoon Wilson and Morris both called on Mr. McElwee, and demanded him to turn over the papers to them, so they would or could be in a position to punish Bedford for saying contemptible things against them, but Mr. McElwee again informed them that he could not do so, that it would tend to convey the idea that he was endeavoring to play fast and loose with Bedford, but he again assured Morris and Friday Wilson that he would not stoop to any dishonorable trick for the purpose of beating him out of his fee; that in case he obtained a judgment against the Globe Insurance Company, he could garnisbee him for his fee before the money would be turned over to Bedford. But Morris and Friday Wilson were hell-bent upon disgracing and landing Mr. McElwee in jail (if they could, so on the Tuesday morning after this last conversation with them and while Mr. --- McElwee was sitting in Judge Brown's court waiting for the case to be called Friday Wilson, with his big eyes popping out of his head, and acting like a wild lunatic, rushed up to Mr. Mc- THOMAS CAREY. y of Chicago, leader of the Democratic be re-elected to that body from the Elwee, rapped him on the shoulder and ordered him to step out in the hallway, where a large crowd had collected. As soon as he complied to Friday Wilson's request a constable served papers upon him setting forth the fact that Edward H. Morris, who has for years been the swaggering attorney for the gamblers' trust, had sued him in trover. Right then and there Dr. E. R. Robinson handed over twenty-five dollars to Bedford to give to Friday Wilson or the officer, but Friday did not want Morris' fee, as he would not take the money. Then the officer started to take it but Friday Wilson prevented him from doing so. Notwithstanding the actions of Friday Wilson and Morris in this respect Mr. McElwee secured a judgment against the Globe Insurance Co. infavor of Bedford for three hundred dollars. When Mr. McElwee appeared in Justice Woolff's court Attorney W. L. Martin defended him; E. H. Morris conducted his own case; it was transferred from Justice Woolff to Justice "Biff" Hall, who is very chummy with Morris. It was late on Saturday afternoon and Attorney Martin tried every rule known in law to get it continued until Monday. Justice Hall turned a deaf or dumb ear to Mr. Martin's appeals for justice; but Morris to all intents and purposes ran the court and he was determined not to extend any courtesies to S. A. McElwee. As a last resort or right Mr. Martin maintained that Mr. McElwee was entitled to a trial by a jury of his peers, and as it was then too late to select a jury Justice "Biff" Hall was forced to postone the trial until Monday. Monday, the day of the trial, Ed. Morris, who is cold-footed, extremely selfish and as bloodless as a rattle-snake, filed a bill of particulars charging S. A. McElwee with stealing twelve hundred dollars of his property, although only two hundred and fifty or three hundred dollars was involved in the law suit and Morris never claimed nor pretended that Bedford owed him more than twenty-five or thirty dollars; when Morris was reminded that Justice "Biff" Hall or no other justice had jurisdiction to that extent he cut his claim down to two hundred dollars, and with one stroke --- of his pen he gave away one thousand dollars on paper, which sum greatly exceeds all the money he has ever given en for the benefit of his race. While addressing the jury Morris abused Mr. McElwee unsparingly, he branded him as a villain, a thief and scoundrel of the deepest dye; he raved and snorted, tossed his small head from one side to the other, rolled up his large white eyes and acted like a mad and ferocious bull in a china store. He exclaimed that "It is mighty hard for a Southern Negro to know the difference between his property or other peoples. It is hard for a Southern Negro to keep his hands off of other peoples' property." On that occasion it seems that Morris lost sight of the fact that he himself came from the South, or that part of Kentucky which produces bad whisky, vile-mouthed, bulldozing and overbearing Negroes; but the jury realized that Morris was lying and falsefying much faster than the devil can count holy beads, and they refused to give him a judgment in trover against Mr. McElwee; but they said he was entitled to his fee and gave him a judgment accordingly, but Morris was not after his fee; what he wanted was a judgment in trover against S. A. McElwee, so he could send him to jail, keep him there as long as he, Morris, was willing to pay his board and eventually have him disbarred frm practicing law in the courts of Illinois; but right and justice was on the side of Mr. McElwee and he beat Morris at his own game. In justice to S. A. McElwee it can be said in his favor that he conducted himself like a gentleman throughout the trial, that he removed to this city from Nashville, Tenn., July 1, 1901. He is an ex-member of the legislature of Tennessee, and he has in his possession letters of commendation from Gov. Benton McMillin, al lthe members of the supreme court of Tennessee and from other prominent lawyers and citizens, all testifying as to his honesty, his integrity, his worth as a citizen and his ability as a firstclass lawyer. MR. AND MRS. J. W. HARDY ENTERTAINED IN HONOR OF THE FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR MARRIAGE. Last Saturday evening, at their cheerful home, 6800 Justine street, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hardy celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of their marriage. They were the recipients of many rare and beautiful presents. Mrs. C. Dixon Cotton and Mrs. R. L. Buttner assisted Mrs. Hardy, who never looked prettier in her life, to receive and entertain the fifty guests who assembled under their hospitable roof. Miss Gertrude Motley served at the punch bowl. Other refreshments were also served by the host and hostess. Dancing was indulged in by many of those present, and Col. B. F. Moseley and Commodore Enos Bond, came very near turning the dance into a cakewalk. The following are some of the presents received by Mr. and Mrs. Hardy, from their many admirers: Mr. and Mrs. Enos Bond, punch bowl; Mrs. J. Mitchell, punch glasses; Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Winfrey, berry bowl, cup and saucer; Mrs. M. H. Motley, lemonade pitcher; Mr. J. Motley, tobacco jar; Mr. and Mrs. C. Cotton and sister, one half dozen wine glasses; Mr. and Mrs. Julius F. Taylor, berry dish; Mrs. R. L. Buttner, ice tub; Rev. and Mrs. D. H. Harris, berry dishes and vase; Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart, glasses; Mrs. A. Yates, berry dish; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lane, fancy plate; Mr. and Mrs. Maxfield, sofa pillow; Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Williams and son, water set; Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell, jardinier; Mr. R. L. Buttner, Dutch pipe; Miss M. D. Trust, glasses; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Banister, glasses; Mr. and Mrs. S. A. T. Watkins, butter dish; Mrs. B. Newcomb, glass dish; Mrs. M. Harris, glass cake plate; Mr. and Mrs. D. Lillard and niece, cracker jar; Mrs. Shields, vase; Mrs. William Middleton, sugar and cream set; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tolbert, fruit stand; Mrs. M. L. Lyons, water bottle; Mrs. Wilkerson, wine NO. 6. glasses; Mrs. W. M. McKnight, knife rest; Dr. and Mrs. Faulkner, one dozen berry dishes; Dr. B. T. Bowman, pitcher; Mrs. Raglan, celery tray; Mr. and Mrs. George Kersey, jardinier; Col. and Mrs. B. F. Moseley, ice tub; Mrs. L. Mason, wine glasses; Miss M. Brazelton, one half dozen punch glasses; Mrs. W. D. Borden, berry set and match stand; Mrs. Julia Terry and Mrs. P. M. White, vase; Mr. R. B. Simms, glasses and Mr. and Mrs. Cranshoe, cake stand. WELL, WHAT NEXT? A dispatch from Marlinton, West Virginia, states that a mob of white citizens fired about fifty shots into the house of a Negro named Thompson, who, with his wife and two children escaped the bullets by lying on the floor. The particularly aggravating circumstances lay in Thompson's refusal to associate with certain colored people of the town. Another dispatch from Des Moines, Iowa, as will be seen by a glance at our first page, says that prominent white people of that state are in the habit of dining with a Negro. Here's a fine mess! When Booker T. Washington takes dinner with a white man, certain other white men protest. When Tom Thompson declines to associate with some of his own race, still other white men protest, and show their displeasure by shooting into his house. And yet over in Iowa the Four Hundred are hankering for invitations to eat 'possum and sweet "taters" with a "nigger." It seems to be all right for Governor Shaw and Congressman Hull to be the guests of Jeff. Logan, but if either of them should invite Logan to dine with him—Lord, what a howl would go up! The average white man of Marlinton, West Virginia, can decline to associate with anyone, as he pleases, but Tom Thompson must not get above the other "niggers" in the town. The Negro will have to be better than an angel and worse than an imp to suit the fancies of all these white folks.-The World, Indianapolis, Ind. CHIPS Mrs. R. E. Akins, 4026 Cottage Grove avenue, entertains the Buffalo Whist Club Thursday evening, Dec. 5. Congressmen George P. Foster, John J. Feeley, James McAndrews and Wm. F. Mahony leave for Washington, D. C., tonight, to be on hand at the opening of Congress. Next Thursday evening, Dec. 5, John Brown Day will be observed at the Institutional Church, and all who attend will be served with a good old-lashoned dinner. Mrs. W. M. McKnight, Mrs. A. Wilkerson, president and secretary of the Buffalo Whist Club, and its other members, donated two big, fat turkeys as a Thanksgiving present to the Old Folks' Home, 610 Garfield boulevard. Mrs. McKnight and Mrs. Wilkerson are both warm and free hearted and they are ever ready to assist the deserving. One foggy night last week we happened to stumble across Saint Terrell Watkins and gambler, brickbat, cheap, crapshooting, dead-beat Terrell, standing side by side like two gamecocks, or fighting roosters. Watkins was admonishing his dear friend Brickbat Terrell to pay the three dollars which he owes us as subscription to The Broad Ax, but cursing and gambling Terrell swore by God he would not do so. After associating with Terrell all week it must cause a broad smile to appear on the face of the very devil himself to see Saint Watkins standing up in the pulpit of St. Mark's Church, and calling upon one of the policy-playing members of the South End Sunday Club to lead in prayers. THE BROAD AX. ‘POSLISHED WEEKLY. Fe te ee Se Pa Pe prot Bone Bn dels, Mormons, Republicans, Priests, or an -Sotisege eve teje sors lone was sa aces (Gb ots ‘paper. $ 5, ———— : ne ——— ives fe SEE BROOD Ax. $000 Asmoun Avanes, Ommosse s = ee SULIUS F. TAYLOR, Bditer and Publishes, ee Budapest, “Hungary, has fifty churches. in which-divine service is conducted im twelve different - lan- guages. y A farmer in Addison, Me, has a sheep which this year yielded two fleeces. one black as ink, and the otber as white as snow. Russian engineers are experiment- ing with. military kite which will, it is hoped, prove useful for recommend- ing recomnoitering purposes. ' The metric system of weights and Theasures ‘was adopted by France in 1990, by Holland in 1816, by Belgium in 1820; and’ by Sweden in 1889. A three-wheeled cab has made its appearance In London. The third wheel runs tm front of the passenger and is to save-him from accident should the horse fall. be ‘The best-lighted street:in the world is the famous thoroughfare of Berlin, Unter-den-Linden. It is illuminated by three lines of electric lights, which are separated by two lines of linden trees. ‘The Alaska Indians have a violin closely resembling in form the primi- tive instrument of the same kind used among the Persians and Turks, It has two strings and is played with a small bow. Asa rule, the men whom men draw and the women whom women depict are nearer the truth, for it is a blessed jaw of nature that men and women shall view one another through the eyes of the imagination. An eccentric Ohio man made his own coffin five years ago, and when he died the other day it took _considerabic muscular. persuasion to get his in- creased girth-into the box. It wa done, howéver,.and two men sat on the coffin lid on the way to the grave, at the expressed wish of the dead man. Rei-headed. Indians are very rare. One of them, belonging to the Passa- maqaoddy tribe's reservation at Pleas- ant Point, near Eastport, Me.; recently died there, aged 69. His name was Sopiel Haney, and all through bis life he was shunned by the other members of bis tribe because of his bright red hair, Cevington, Gs., has furnished a new boy preacher, Metz Joiner, 9 years of age, who lately held one of the largest congregations ever seen in the town enraptured for thirty minutes. After he had finished his sermon, several {a- dies ran upto kiss bim, .but he told them not to worship him, but the one of whom he was preaching. ' ei agri "he cousins of Merizo Shaul, of Her- kime;_ N. Y., are coming into existence with be fecundity of rabbits all over the country. He died recently, Jeaving $21,000 to" be divided among his third cousina, meaning, as he expressed it. “the chitdren of those persons related eee ‘There are: already persons, from various parts of the ‘United States, who have sent { ‘their Claims to the estate. If the present plans of the board of appraisers appointed by the Probate Court of Canton, Ohio, to estimate the walue of the McKinley estate are car. Tied out, Mrs. McKinley will be grant- ed_an allowance’ of $8,000 annually to pay her diving expenses. The estimat- ed value’ of the estate submitted by the administrators is $210,000, of which Se al te: James Farrell of Barboursville, W. ‘Va., recently esiebrated the 105th an- niversary of his birth. -He is now pos- ‘ibiy ‘the oldest man in the United States. Mr. Farrell ‘served in the war of 1812 and Jater was in Mexico under tween the states broke out he enlisted, saw 5 service. was (Geohahty Cat shdeet eterds toler bi ‘There died at Vienna the other day 8 woman who claimed to be the cham- plon man-hater of the world. This was her boast during her lifetime, and 28 yet her title stands undisputed. She decreed. in her wjil that no male per- sons should bare anything to do with ‘her berying.. She must be tai © out. preached over, and carried: to. the wy by women, a woman must th-gn the box other women i ‘ oe a a a we mS -_ Zz des barden; end a man was calied for _ HOW ASTRONOMERS.... y| ss» MEASURE STARLIGHT Ww. tg aS l SES i Hi ieee ee, al oe ee S a |____1) — nn Se! —7 F x Ta Paya f Ny EE chee) ‘ec anne | m <_ Bs) 5 lll (8 sea Ed pre ager Th ‘Wi Re Ha uy mT mee | OBSERVING-END OF HARVARD'S LARGEST. PHOTOMETER, SHOWING THE HOOD FOR THE OBSERVER “ AND THE TABLE AT WHICH THE ASSISTANT TAKES DOWN THE MEASUREMENTS. (Cambridge, Mass., Letter.) e ‘ of astronomy—as SS ‘the Marsa task which hes been car ‘oning of magnitude, which is known as photometry—the measurement, that is; of starlight—it is interesting to note that an American astronomical establishment stands among the first, if not as the very first in the world, photometry having been for years one of the principal subjects taken up by the Harvard Observatory, both in Cambridge and at Arequipa, Peru, and the results of the work which it has accomplished having been accepted as standard all over the world. The first star catalogue, giving 1,080 stars, was published by Hipparchus in the year 125 B. C. It has come down to us through Ptolemy of Alexandria, who nearly 300 years later, In 140 A. D., produced his “Megale Syntaxis"— the “Almagest” of the Arabian and Moorish astronomers—which, either directly or through the corrected cata- logue that was based on it by the Per- sian astronomer, Abd-al-rahman al- Suf, was the world’s standard until Ulugh Bleigh brought out a new cata- logue at Samaracand about 1450 A. D. ‘The famous catalogue of Tycho Brahe -—the last of the mediaeval or the first of the modern astronomers—in 1580, ‘was the last important catalogue pro- @uced without the aid of the telescope. Hipparchus and Ptolemy arranged the stars in six classes, the first class comprising the brightest—about twen- ty in all—while the sixth class con- tained those which could just be made out by the naked eye. After’the tele- scope came into general use magni- tudes were extended downward as fainter stars were brought into view by the increasing power of the instru- ments employed. For many years each astronomer used his own scale, Herschel at the Cape of Good Hope ea- pecially using very high numbers—a tendency that has been so reduced since his time that his twentieth mag- nitude is very—nearly the fourteenth on the scale now generally empleyed. ‘This scale more closely corresponds ‘with that of Argelander, the great Ger- man author of the “Durchmusterung” or catalogue of the stars in the north- ern beavens, which enumerates over 324,000 stars; the largest number yet catalogued. . Each magnitade,of course, has its typical stars to which the others may be conveniently referred. The stars which do not-exactly correspond in magnitude with a typical star are ex- ‘presse@. in fractional terms of the Rearest magnitudes, decimals being ‘usually employed, although Ptolemy and even Argelander used thirds. Em- ploying the décimal system, a star of 5.4 magnitude will be a shade brighter than 2 star of 5.5 and so on. An ex- eeption is that certain‘stars, such as Arcturus and Sirius, and the planet Jupiter when at ite ‘brigktest, are More than a magnitude brighter than stare of the first magnitude, Aldebar- Se ete ons pressed in “negative magn! * that is to say, they . are preceded by the sino an: Jolie, fo nsance, ap ’ . ieee a ater at ths first Rr a, Aimee Bcaea Bite It tn Miguificastiof fhe: arent gecom- | i ed Sea a nee er aa ana as ~ polo tion of whet is Bow Kaown as, the s a: poet =H. P.” as, is wes An volame XIV. of | ‘With the Meridian Photometer During the Years 1879-1883"—a\maussive’ vol- Ss Od s Be ot Rese ws the tidus of Comberton wal te ‘tended to include all stars not fainter North Pole und thirty dearese south o¢ North Pole and degreés south of ‘the celestial equator. To this original list another, Volume XXIV. of the Annals, has since been added. Tech- ically such a piece of work is called Urdnometria or catalogue of “naked- eye stars.” The similar work produc ed by Professor Pritchatd at Oxford, for example, containing the magni- SO a eee eae entitled “ Nova Gxonten- dais eho Insivers Chanometinn Ses oe elaborate and so accurately done that it has been practically accepted every- where, and the magnitude of all new stars given on the Harvard scale. A Striking Illustration of the use to which it is now put occurred last spring when the new star appeared in the constellation Perseus. Among the Observers who gave their results on the Harvard scale were Nijiand and Gylienekold of Sweden, Pereira of the Portuguese observatory in the Azores, the staffs of the British Astronomical Association and the Astronomical So- elety of France and the officers of the Radcliffe Observatory at Oxford, as well as practically all American as- tronomers. As would be supposed, it takes a trained eye to notice the finer differ- ences in star magnitudes. On the modern scale a first magnitude star would be expressed as ranging from 0.50 to 1.50, a second magnitude star from 1.50 to 2.50, and so on. For in- stance, Castor, which was measured as 1.56 in the “H. P..” would be called of the second magnitude, while its twin star, Pollux, the brighter of the Gemini, is a first magnitude star, measired as 1.12. The Pole Star itself is a star of the second magnitude, its messurement being 2.15. “The six brighter stars in the Pleiades are all of the second and third magnitudes, as rare those in the Dipper. The upper star of the two “pointers” in the Dipper—that is to say the star on the Up opposite the han- dle—bas a measurement of 1.96 in the Harvard Photometry. The pointer be- Jow has @ measurement of 2.60, which would carry it into the third magni- tude. The other- bottom star of the Dipper has a measurement of 2.56, and the star at the junction of the handle approaches the fourth magnitude, hav- ing .a measurement of only 3.41, while the star next to ft draws near the first magnitude, .with a measurement of 1.85. The next star in the Dipper, the second from the end, is really a double star, but the measurement of the two together gives 2.38, while the end star of all is almost a typical second mag- nitude star, having 4 measurement of 2.02. = 3% ANTHONY TROLLOPE’S YOUTH. His Unpromising Outlook While Werk- ing 25.5 Postofiice. Clerk. Anthony. Trollope’s start im life was unpromising. As he knew no ‘Yan- wuages, ancient or modern, he became Classica) usher at a schoo}. im Brussels, With the promise of a commiséion in the Austrian army. Then he was sad- denly transferred to a clerkship in the Londda postoffice. He was disquali- fied for the new position by general ignorance and special incapacity for the simplest arithmetic. A yague assphaap nba median ee to denounce the system of competitive exan attempted to. i? & Indicated by a couple of anecdotes. A money lender once aitvanced ‘hint’ $29, for which, first and last, he paid $1,000. ‘This person, he says, became so much tta ‘to him as to pay a daily visit ‘at his office and exhort him to ‘be punctual. “These visits were very terrible and can hardly have been of ‘Service to me in the office.” This mild ‘remark applies.also to the visits from ‘the mother of a young woman in the country who had fallen in love with iim, and to whom he “lacked the pluck to give a decided negative.” The mother used to appear with a basket on her arm and an immense bonnet Upon her head, and inquire in a loud voice, before all his companions, “anthony Trollope, when are you go- ing to marry my daughter?” No won- @er that he was miserable; be was hopelessly in debt, and often unable to pay for a dinner; he hated his work, he says, and he hated his idleness; he quarreled with his superiors, who thought him hopelessly incapable, and felt that he was sinking “to the lowest pits.” At last he heard of a place in the Irish postofice, which everybody despised, and’ was successful on apply- ing for it, because his masters were so glad to get rid of him. At the same time, they informed his new superior that he would probably have to be dis- missed on the first opportunity.—Na- tional Review. HOW THE CHINESE GET RAIN. Pecullar Practices tn Vogue in the Celestial Kingdom. It ig one of the peculiarities of the ‘Chinese that, while they have develop- ed elaborate philosophies, none of them has led to any confidence in the uniformity of nature. Neither the people nor their rulers have any fixed opinion as to the causes of rain-fall. The plan in some provinces when the need of rain is felt is to borrow a god from a neighboring.district and peti- tion him for the desired result. If his answer is unsatisfactory he is returned to his home with every mark of honor; otherwise he may be put out in the sun, as a hint to wake up and do his duty. A bunch of willow is usually thrust into his hand as will be Sensitive to moisture. Another plan in extensive use is the building of special temples in which are wells con- taining several iron tablets. When there is a scarcity of rain a messenger Starts out with.a tablet, marked with the date of the journey and the name of the district making .the petition. Arriving at another city he pays a sum of money and is allowed to draw & new tablet from the well, throwing in his own by way of exchange. On the return journey he is supposed to eat only bran and travel at top speed day and night. Prayers are usually made in the fifth and sixth months when ‘the rathfall is always due, end a limit of ten days is set for their effec- tive operation. Under such conditions rain usually falls during the © pre- seribed time. When prayers are in Progress the umbrella, among other ie ae. In some SAmrTUAS thio harmaleon article et thet - VWielous Politics Affect the Schools. In the large cities of this country there are-mere than 16,000 children who cannot receive the benefits of the public schools because thee are not enough buildings. Even Boston, the best. equipped of American cities, needs 27 more buildings. The showing in ali cifies this fall is worse than | ever. The accommodations have not kept pace with the increase In popnia- tion. It is a disgrace to us all, ahd, as at Bae Ss supination 28° putt- tie. eee: et Sar on P | more school teach- eee 1 eee ee ‘ ona See WS ee ee ‘ We ADs Reece See no ee ge oe 8 AF Se “WHAR DEW | GUM IN?” (Being the Soliloquy of a Farmer on the Free Raw Sugar Question.) a lot er talkin’ about farmers 'n thar rights, Nine weedy thet Beet growin’ invites. ° Thar's a heap er crowin’ 'n the ‘beats’ begin ter shout Se Biles et ie Tene ex Deen ae ees oot! : But | notis thet the " farms are very few, An’ the farmers through the country ain't got much ef it ter dew. The hull land ain’t a-raisin’ beets, eer oe ter a Beet growin's right fer sum, I guess—but, whar dew / cum in? ‘The farmer gits four dollars now ter every ton o' beets— A hansom price; I must allow—but hidin” sum deceits. Beet sugar manyfacterers admit es they hev found Thet “granylated” costs ‘em sumthin’ like tew cents a pound. In fact thet leaves a profit on which they'd greatly thrive— . Tape ng ion Sn peer ne! pr eh gl It seems ter me es thet’s a game thet’s mighty like a skin— But—if thar’s any benefit—waal,—whar dew / cum in? When Uncle Sam's in want 0’ cash we're glad ter help him out, "N we'll stand all the taxes thet are siecded. never doubt, But when his pocket-book’s well lined an’ nary cent he lacks, Ext seems ter me his doty’s ter repeal thet sugar tax. Them fellers wot is interested sez its to protect : The beet-producin’ farmer thet the ee collect, But I guess thet explanation es a little bit too thin— The sugar maker,—he’s all right ;—but—whar dew we cum in? Take off raw sugar duty an’ the price will quickly fall, To carted benefit; fer sugars used by all. a The poor will bless the Government thet placed it in thar reach— ee of our citizens free sugar now beseech) 7 dealer Ill be delighted—less expenditure fer him— More demand 'n bigger profits—which at present are but slim. An’ the farmer ‘Il be as well paid as he ever. yet hes ben— But‘he'll buy his-sugar cheager—shet’s whar he an’ I'll cune ia. Now, whar’s the sense er reason of the sugar tax to-day, When our treasury’s a-bulgin’ an’ we hev no debts ter pay? The duty on raw sugar’s Fifty million every year— An’ the people's got ter pay it—thet’s a fact thet’s very clear. Fifty million! Great Jerusha! Ter ect beet magnates, too, Why should they tax ALL the people jas ter help a scattered FEW? _And the FEW? Beet-sugar MAKERS! Don't it really seem a sia Thus ter help an’ fill thar coffers? Whar dew you an’ I cum in? The farmer growin’ beets hes got a contract price fer years.— Free raw sugar wouldn't hurt bim, an’ of it he hes no fears. But mebbe, like myself—he’s also growing fruit so nice— Ter preserve it—at a profit—he needs sugar—at a@ price! The repealing of the duty surely cuts the price in two Thet’ll make a mighty difference, neighbor, both ter me an’ you! Let the sugar manyfactrer make such profits as he kin— Ter him it may seem right enuff—but whar dew I cum in? An’ I ain't a-goin’ ter swaller all the argyments they shout Thet the. farmers need protection—an’ must bar raw sugar out. Common sense is plainly showin’, that the people*in:the land Want raw sugar free in future—an’ its freedom will demand. "Tis a tax no longer needed—hateful to the public view,— Taxing millions of our people to enrich a favored few. They can't blind me any longer with the foolish yarns they spi=,— While they're busy makin’ money—whar dew you and I come in? I'm a-goin’ ter keep on hustlin’, talkin’, pleadin’ with my frends,— Ain't no sense in lettin’ others gain thar selfish privet ends. I'm a-goin’ ter write ter-morrer to my Congressman ‘nd say Thet he oughter do his best ter kill that tax without delay! Feller-farmers, do your utmost—whether you grow beets or not To repeal the tax‘on sugar—youcan but improve your lot! Cheaper sugar helps your pocket, greater blessings you can win— When we've three-cent granylated—that’s whar you an’ I conte in!” = WD ee ee ee | | ee : | How Truly the Great | 2 “ | Fame of Lydia E. Pink- |e i ham’s Vegetable Com- | SNe | 3 SA er lg pound justifies Her Orig- Po * i inal Signature. Se ee OF eee FS Es OSes It will entirely cure the worst forms of Female Complaints, all Ova- Tian tables Indhamaoe abd ag Falling ae Daspinecesces of the Wo fd, ciosvgnent Retest. Wenkies, end is picoliariy “tee e. has cured more cases of Backaehe and Leucorrhea than any other remedy the world has ever known. 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"Alfred found learning dead," says the inscription, "and he restored it; education neglected, and he revived it; the laws powerless, and he gave them force; the church debased, and he raised it; the land ravaged by a fearful enemy, from which he delivered it. Alfred's name shall live as long as mankind shall respect the past." Every line in that inscription is truthful and in this the latter differs from many eulogistic epitaphs that may readily be recalled. No wonder that today, 1,000 years after his death, his name should be held in honor and that here as well as in England celebrations should be held in commemoration of his achievements. His Struggle Against the Danes. Alfred was born in 849, the son of Egbert, King of the West Saxons, and succeeded to the throne at the age of 23. The country was then overrun by the fierce Danish invaders, and the 12 [Memorial erected on the cowherd's farm where the great-Saxon King, over 1,000 years ago, while n. fugitive from the Danes, is said to have had his ears boxed because he allowed the cakes of his rude hostess to be burned.] conquest of all England seemed assured. From the time that he was able to wield a battle ax Alfred had been engaged in the struggle of the Saxons against the invaders and on his succession to the throne he renewed his efforts to rid his people of these terrible plunderers of the north. Some- ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCHYARD OF WHICH THE REMAINS O times he defeated them, oftener he was repulsed; but he never gave up hope. He had only untrained levies of farmers, with no armor and poorly armed, to oppose the well equipped Danes, veterans of many a bloody field and the most recklessly daring warriors of Europe. In one year he fought nine pitched battles and at the end found himself completely crushed. His people, tired of the apparently hopeless struggle, submitted to the northern rovers; his fighting men vanished; his towns were in ruins; abbeys, monasteries, nunneries and churches were overthrown; the religious who had escaped the fury of the Danes fled. Alfred himself was a fugitive seeking safety in the hills and forests. At one time he found refuge in a cowherd's hut and tradition says had his ears boxed for allowing a cake, which his rude hostess hade him watch, burn. Many are the legends dealing with this period of Alfred's life; yet it is safe to say that none of them could depict him in a more miserable plight than that in which he really was. But Alfred never despaired. He placed his trust in heaven. He importuned it with his prayers and he was heard. From his hiding place in the woods he entered into communication with some of the leaders among his people; he inspired them with his own unbounded confidence and resolution and when again the people began arming themselves against the Danes he built a stronghold on an elevation amid the marshes of Somersetshire and there summoned his followers. From this stronghold in the swamp Alfred made raids upon the enemy. He struck them when they least expected it and gained numerous minor successes. Soon his army swelled into a strong and confident force and at Edington; in --- Wiltshire, he totally routed the invaders. Within a brief time the Danes quitted Alfred's kingdom of Wessex and then King Guthrun, with some of his principal followers, embraced Christianity. Alfred's power gradually and steadily expanded after the restoration of his Wessex kingdom. Already he had built a fleet, recognizing that the only effectual way in which the Danes could be met was by sending out against them ships stouter and swifter than their own. In numerous battles he defeated the hardy Northmen and gradually the possessions of the latter were confined to the northern and eastern coasts of England. In 886 Alfred became recognized as the sovereign of all England. In the years that succeeded Alfred rehabilitated his kingdom. He rebuilt the cities that had been laid waste by the Danes. Among these cities was London. London had been in the hands of the Danes for 12 years. Its walls were broken down; its bridge was decayed; its wharves were empty; its port was without shipping or trade and the inhabitants who remained were the slaves and servants of the Danes. Alfred repaired the wharves, rebuilt the walls, opened the port to trade and gave to London that impetus that has made it the earth's metropolis today. He taught his people the value of walled towns in repelling Danish invasion. He took the old, neglected laws, selecting what was best and rejecting the obsolete, and fashioned them into a code for his people. He suited them to the conditions then affecting his subjects; and for the reason that these laws, as amended by Alfred, were the outcome of national character they survived and were cheerfully obeyed. They became a part of the people. In educational matters he was centuries ahead of his time. With the object of promoting education he invited scholars to his court; and when the monasteries were all ruined and their inmates dead or scattered he induced monks from France to settle in England and to bring with them boys to be brought up in the religious life. Alfred saw in the monastery an example to the ignorant people that their religion was not a creed only but a life guided by its precepts. Every house of religion was therefore a standing ex D, HYDE, ENGLAND, IN THE VAULT F ALFRED THE GREAT ARE O REST. ample and an admonition and in every monastery was a school for children. His ambition was that all the freeborn youths in the kingdom might be educated and his schools were attended by the children of the free citizens as well as by the children of the nobles. Was a Great Scholar. Alfred himself was an accomplished scholar for the age. He translated numerous works and wrote others, all tending toward the promotion of national education. His zeal in this direction was unbounded. And while engaged in such numerous labors he encouraged husbandry and other useful arts. He introduced foreign traders, craftsmen, illuminators and artists in the precious metals into his kingdom and opened up communications with other countries so that his own island might profit by the contact of its people with ethers. In the midst of his peaceful labors he was interrupted by another Danish eruption in 893. It was the most formidable of all the incursions of the northmen into England, but Alfred was prepared for it and it was finally quelled. October 27, 901, Alfred died. But his name and fame endure. The hero of fable and legend, he is also one of the most heroic characters in all history, and as his epitaph on his monument in Wantage, his birthplace, reads, his "name shall live as long as mankind shall respect the past." The foreign born population of the United States is more than 10,000,000. Uncle Hod Arkwright had it played on him pretty rough on Hallow Eve night. The boys corralled him in a barn and put a pair of socks on his feet. They were the first he had on for 57 years. Syrup of Figs IS An Excellent Family Laxative— IT IS REFRESHING TO THE TASTE AND ACTS PLEASANTLY AND GENTLY. 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All the military orchestras of Germany are pitched alike, and the Reichsantalt keeps the tuning forks correct. And this solicitous care of the government in preserving standards is one reason why the world now goes to Germany in musical matters.—Pearson's Magazine. CANADA'S CAPITAL A'OUSED. Ottawa, Canada, Nov. 25th.—This city is stirred up as never before. Some seven years ago the local papers published an account of a man named George H. Kent of 408 Gilmour street, who was dying of Bright's Disease and who at the very last moment after several of our best physicians had declared he couldn't live twelve hours, was saved by Dodd's Kidney Pills. People who know how low Mr. Kent was refused to believe that he was cured permanently and the other day in order to clinch the matter the papers published the whole case over again and backed up their story by sworn statements made by Mr. Kent, in which he declares most positively that in 1894 he was given up by the doctors and that Dodd's Kidney Pills and nothing else saved him, and further that since the day that Dodd's Kidney Pills sent him back to work seven years ago, he has not lost a single minute from his work. (He is a printer in the American Bank Note Printing Company.) Mr. Kent is kept quite busy during his spare hours answering inquiries personally and by letter, but he is so grateful that he counts the time well spent. Indeed he and his wife have shown their gratitude to Dodd's Kidney Pills in a very striking way by having their little girl—born in 1896—christened by the name of "Dodds." 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FOR DELIVERED PRICES on Idaho Red Cedar, 30 feet and shorter, telephone phone, bridge plice, flag poles or heavy derrick timbers, write to O. W. Firkins & Co., Minneapolis, Minn. FINANCIAL PUT YOUR MONEY IN SHEEP Largest dividend payer upon capital invested. Have you any idea what it pays? If not, then acquaint yourself with reliable information. 50%, yes, frequently 100% and more. We purpose organizing a close exclusively sheep corporation and grant you privilege of subscription. Shares $100 each. 51x here now and no stock can be bought. Why? When we are ready shall expect your money to be sent to bank here. In mean time must know what we can depend upon. Delay will leave you out. Highest references and particulars. JAS. F. SALEBURY, Hawkins, Wyoming. BUSINESS CHANCES. MONEY Easily, Quickly and Legitimately Made. Over 60 ways of acquiring wealth; particular FREE. Address BURNA MFG. CO., 118 N. 41th St., Room 4, Clockhouse, Ohio. STOCK Good $18,000 stock Clothing and Gents' Furnishings; in city of 90,000 population; have large cash trade, doing profitable business; will document legitimately for cash; If you have the money (no trades need write) and mean business, address P.O. Box 918, Knoxville, Tennessee. DO YOU WANT 56 a month, or $ of profit in stock deal. Band for plus. CHARLES DENNARD COMPANY, Advisory Broker, 839 La Salle St., Chicago. Detained and Unpatented Inventions City Sealer James A. Quinn, the little prince of the city hall, can have the secretaryship of the new city central committee if he wants it. City Clerk William Loefler still seems to be whetting up his knife for Robert E. Burke, and he is of the opinion that he will get Mr. Burke's scalp. Mrs. G. E. Evans, whose husband is in the coal business at 332 29th street, says: "The Broad Ax is accomplishing much good in the way of advocating reforms all along the line among the Afro-Americans." Friday evening, Dec. 6, the Garden City Chapter will give an entertainment at Butler's Hall, 5728 State street. Admission, 25 cents. A good time is assured to all who attend. Dancing will follow the other exercises. Many of the leading colored men of Indiana have decided to organize the 20,000 Negro voters of the state into an independent political party; they claim that the leaders of the G. O. Lily White party are not giving them any of the plums. Alderman Charles J. Boyd is of the impression that he has got Capt. John J. Bradley, Harry J. Rogers, Arthur McLaughlin, Denney J. Riordan, T. W. Mackey, Thomas Tobin, John Nugent, William L. Gahan, John Breen and all the other aldermanic candidates of the 30th ward on the hip. Mrs. Lizzie N. Randell, 4836 State street, is one of the most competent dress makers in this city. Mrs. Randell is full of business and she cuts, its and makes plain and fancy dresses up in the latest styles. The Broad Ax takes pleasure in commending Mrs. Randell to its many lady friends. Mrs. W. M. McKnight, 450 37th street, President of the Buffalo Whist Club, very royally and charmingly entertained its members, and a few of its friends Thanksgiving evening. Among those present were: Mrs. R. E. Akins, Mrs. Lapsley, Mrs. A. Wilkerson, Mrs. Wilson; Messrs. Andreson, Rosson, Jenkins, Simms, Spriggs, Pletcher, Reed, Jones, McKnight and Taylor. Luncheon was served, toasts were delivered by all hands. A vote of thanks was extended to Mrs. McKnight for so lavishly entertaining her chosen friends. No one has spoken more favorably in favor of the President's actions in dining Mr. Washington than Dr. Davis Phillipson, one of the leading Jewish rabbis of Cincinnati. He scored the President's critics as narrow-minded, bigoted and as not representing good Americanism. Dr. Phillipson can speak plainly on this subject, for the Jewish race has for centuries undergone the same prescription that the Negro is now just beginning to undergo. It is hoped that the Negro's probation will not be as long as that of the Jews. Ex. It behooves the Negro everywhere to cultivate the closest friendship with the Jewish people, for the time may yet come in this country when the colored race will be compelled to mortgage all its property to the rich Jewish people in order to raise money to fight for their civil and political rights. STAGE WHISPERS. Florence Smyth has been engaged by Howard Kyle to play Maxine Elliott's original role in Clyde Fitch's "Nathan Hale." Louis Nethersole, brother to the famous actress, Olga Nethersole, directs the fortunes of Sadle Martinot's latest starring venture, "The Marriage Game." Miss Viola Allen will spend the early part of next season in England conferring with Mr. Hall Caine regarding the dramatization of his book, "The Eternal City." Miss Olga Nethersole writes from Hillhouse, her home in Norwich, Eng., that she is much improved in health and will return to her American audiences next season. Various things have so affected the prosperity of many old German families that on the stage of that country at present are 104 actors of noble blood who follow theatricals as a means of livelihood. Someone asked Sarah Bernhardt recently in Paris if it were true that she had fallen a victim to the automobile craze. "Not at all," the actress reoiled, "but I have had to get one in order to ride in it and thus escape being run over by one." James J. Hill has two fada. The first is the collection of paintings. In his home in St Paul he has a large number of paintings known all over the world. His other amusement is the collection of unset jewels. Two rather embarrassing gifts have just been brought from Abyssinia for King Edward VII, by British officers. From Emperor Mendelek comes a tame zebra and from the commander of the Abyssinian army a pot lion cub. Rev. James Addison Ingle, who was chosen by the Episcopal general convention as bishop of Hankow, China, was graduated from the University of Virginia in 1883 and soon afterward went to China as a missionary. For some years he has been in charge of the church at Hankow. If your dog has fleas, wash him with an infusion, of coculus indicus, or with coal oil, and then with soap and warm water. A convenient substitute for a cork-screw, when the latter is not at hand, may be found in the use of a common screw, with an attached piece of string to pull the cork. For bee stings, salt at all times is a good cure. Sweet oil, pounded mallows or onions, powdered chalk, made into a paste with water, or weak ammonia are also efficacious. The common strawberry is a natural dentifrice. Its juice without any preparation dissolves the tartarous incrustations on the teeth and also makes the breath sweet and agreeable. To polish wood take a piece of pumice stone and water and pass regularly over the wood until the rising of the grain is cut down; then take powdered tripoli and boiled linseed oil, and polish to a bright surface. The value of pepper was known of old. We read that when Rome had to be ransomed from its barbarian conqueror in the year 409, Alaric demanded 2,000 pounds of pepper among the payments, and that Hippocrates used it in medicine, applying it to the skin. The Commoner. SCRAPS The census returns show that the total white population of Calcutta is 0.697. The Sultan of Turkey is extremely fond of his children, for whom he has tiny theater wherein they play small parts for his Majesty's delectation. At least 1,200 "sportsmen" are taking advantage of the open season for deer in the Maine woods. Nearly all are from the large cities of the country. She—But I would never marry a man who loved me for my good looks. He—Of course, no., dear. I never thought of such a thing.—Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Canada's forests are found to be equal to supplying, the world with pulp wood alone for 840 years, on the basis of 1,500,000 tons of manufactured pulp a year. The United States leads the world in copper production with 2,756,600 tons, followed by Chile, Bolivia and Peru, with 1,870,700, and Spain and Portugal next, with 1,189,700. Miss Alice Rigg has been for six years an engraver of tombstones in the shop of her father at Windsor, Canada. Miss Rigg has become an expert in her strange occupation. So great has been the killing of birds in France for military purposes, that the Department of Agriculture is considering some extreme measure to prevent their wholesale destruction. WOMEN IN AFRICA. "The wink is not known in Senegal; we do not blink at the sun or at each other. What we see, we see. What is, we see; what is not, other countries can wink at. "Fifty-five wives are like a long journey. When the traveler wearies he can rest by the wayside in the moonlight. "The less clothes a wife wears the more she has to hide in her head if she would keep it from you. Clothes are foolish; tattooing is far more ornamental and does not chafe. Tallors are like monkeys' tails, good only for hanging. "What is art? I never saw it before came here. In Senegal art as I see it in this country would be for a monkey to hang by its tail in a cocoanut tree and make all tribes believe it was a man in high suspense. "Wives are useful, particularly if you smoke. Let their teeth be good; it means better snuff. "Marry much. Do not take it seriously. Often bad wives make good widows. It is hard to be a widower of a good wife. No man ever was the widower of a good widow."—Obendaga, the Senegalese chief, as reported in Chicago Chronicle. Turquoise blue has fallen from grace in Paris. Amethysts are coming in fashion again. Sable fox will be one of the most popular furs of the winter. Combinations of green, yellow and red gold are the last word in jewelry. The modish maiden now looks with partial eye on stockings of Mazarin blue. Old-fashioned candlesticks are now the faul of the woman who collects antiques. Ostrich feather boss accompanied by ostrich feather muffs are shown in the shops. The fashionable baby wears a tiny string of pearls around its neck or white enamel or coral beads. Every other hat in Paris has some trimming tumbling down behind, generally the ends of a lace scarf—Philadelphia Times. JOHN H. COPPAGE, .. Dealer in .. COAL AND WOOD EXPRESSRING AND MOIV). 4658 Armour Ave, CHICAGO Estimates and Special- cations Pursified . . . Prompt Attention Given to Jobbing C. J. BOYD, Practical Plumber and Gas-fitter Steam and Hot Water Heating, Iron and Tile Drainage . . . Telephone Yards 864. 769 WEST 47TH STREET. BERNARD J. 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