The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. METHODS OF A ROASTER. Judging from every issue of it The World has seen, it would seem to an unbiased mind that the Chicago Broad Ax is never happier than when it is "roasting" somebody or when saying mean and unwarranted things about the representative colored citizens of the Windy City. Personally, we do not have the acquaintance of the editor of The Broad Ax, but we should judge, from the tone of his editorial musings, that he is a man greatly satisfied with the publication of his paper because of the amusement it affords him even at a sacrifice to the taste of those readers who may give him encouragement. As we understand it, when a man publishes a newspaper he is compelled to depend upon a certain class of patrons for support, and to that end it would seem most proper if he should please those upon whom he depends for sustenance. There may be lots of fun in saying cute things simply to hear oneself talk, and to establish a reputation as a "roaster," but we have never as yet—and we believe we have been in journalism longer than the editor of The Broad Ax—heard of any newspaper that has established a creditable reputation at that sort of business and that didn't meet a business death prematurely. Perhaps our windy Chicagoan has secured enough of this world's goods and is willing to abide the consequences when he speaks disparagingly of such men as Messrs. John Johnson, C. H. Smiley, T. W. Jones, L. G. Wheeler et al. as "characterless" and defames them indiscriminately. To our personal knowledge two of these men—Mr. Johnson and Mr. Smiley—have each of them built him a solid business through frugal means, industry and honesty; and no "characterless" man could do that. At 464 State street Mr. Johnson has a building in which he conducts a business that any race would feel proud of. Surely it must needs require a man of some character to do such things. Mr. Smiley is likewise conducting a business which no "characterless" man could handle with the great success he has achieved. Others of the gentlemen whom The Broad Ax has undertaken to castigate are positive successes in a business sense. And to be a success one must have, above all else, character. The World owes neither Mr. Johnson nor Mr. Smiley or any of their business colleagues a penny, nor do they owe The World anything, but this paper feels called upon to defend any representative citizen, of whatever city or nationality, whenever his character is assailed without plausible reason. What the Negroes of America are in sad need of today are more Johnsons and Smileys and their like. We should then realize more fully the true significance of genuine progress and prosperity. The Negro press, in the past five years, has made rapid strides toward progress and enlightenment and has ceased, almost wholly, to sacrifice argument and common sense to abuse, billingagate and personal spleen. In this step forward at least it has shown a spirit which is but in harmony with that of the national white press. The watchword is that the Negro press shall hold up the hands of those representatives of the race capable of doing us most good. The idea that we should went our personal vituperation upon anybody and anything, everybody and everything, simply to satisfy a cordid and highly-colored fancy, does not enter into the proposition of the thoughtful Negro editor of today. Of course, The Broad Ax has a perfect right to proffer honest and legitimate criticism upon anyone it sees fit, but we are actually sorry for it that it should talk so much just to satisfy an inflamed imagination and to see how pretty it thinks its wallings look in cold type. To a man up a tree this would seem to be neither good journalism nor good sense—The World, Indianapolis, Ind. Come friend Manning, let us he honest and reason together for just a few moments. The first observation in your criticism of The Broad Ax worthy of noticing is "as we understand it when a man publishes a newspaper he is compelled to depend upon a certain class of patrons for support." We admit, Brother Manning, that you are much older than we are; that possibly you have had more experience in the newspaper business than we have had, but we do not agree with you when you state that in order to run or publish a newspaper it is absolutely necessary to run it in the interest of one class of people, but all newspapers should be run or published for the good or for the benefit of all mankind; but if The World is run in the interest of gamblers or any one class of citizens, it is no fault of ours, Brother Manning, but for a while at least we will endeavor to run The Broad Ax in the interest of all the American people, regardless of the color of their skin. Perhaps The Broad Ax has not within the last six years established a very creditable reputation, but as long as the great majority of its supporters, both white and black, those who pay out their money towards its support do not censure us for adhering to the truth in all things and at all times, we shall continue to pursue the even tenor of our way, regardless of the long and loud barking of The World or any other newspaper. Brother Manning, don't you know it is wrong to deliberately depart from the truth when you say that we designated Messrs. T. W. Jones, L. G. Wheeler, C. H. Smiley or even Much-mouth Johnson, as "characterless Negroes." What we did say in our second comment on the meeting of the National Negro Business League, was that "we beheld many characterless Negroes belonging to Mush-mouth Johnson's push, 464 State street, mingling with the best women of our race." That is what we said in regard to characterless Negroes. If this is not plausu enough for you we will repeat it by stating that on the night the grand reception was held at the First Regiment Armory in honor of Prof. Booker T. Washington, and the other members of his league, that many Negroes belonging in the levee district, who are known as professional gamblers dead-game sports, crap-shooters, policy players and all around violators of all the laws of the Gods and men, freely associated on that occasion with the decent and respectable men and women belonging to our race; that is what we object to, for if that class of Negroes are as good as those who strive to live honorable and upright lives, then it is high time to elevate crime and vice above virtue, decency and honesty. We do not object to The World's lamenting that the Negro race has not more Mush-mouth Johnsons, but for our part we do not believe that men like Johnson, who conduct large gambling establishments can ever become true leaders of the Negro race. AN EDUCATIONAL PROBLEM AT HOME. The census for 1900 shows that there are 21,329,819 men of voting age in this country. Of this number 2,326,295 are illiterates. Is not this rather a large percentage of illiterates, in a nation priding itself upon its intelligence, boasting that its mission is to enlighten the world, insisting that it is "destiny" that it should instruct the people of the Orient? Just now the United States government is calling for volunteers who will go to the Philippines and teach. Already a large number of teachers have answered the call. It would seem that when more than 10 per cent of the voters of this country are illiterats, that the American people have an educational problem at their own doors, a problem which they should solve, and to the solution of which they should devote the energies which they are now exerting to the subjugation of a people who aspire to self-government.—Ex. W. P. Lundy, vice-president of the Tilden Democracy of the 31st ward, who has been connected with Chapin & Gore, 84 Monroe street, for many years, is constructed of the right kind of clay to make a good Commissioner of Cook County. ATTORNEY CHARLES H. LEECH SECRETARY OF THE INDIANA CLUB OF CHICAGO CLUB OF CHICAGO. The reception and banquet which will be given at the Auditorium Hotel on Tuesday evening, Dec. 17, commencing at 6 o'clock, by the Indiana Club of Chicago, promises to be a very brilliant affair. This new Club was organized in this city recently and many of the best ex-Indianians residing throughout Illinois, have already become affiliated with it; its officers are all gentlemen of high standing William E. Brown, is its popular president, and will serve as toastmaster at its forthcoming function; Secretary, Charles Hugh Leech; Treasurer, William J. [Name] CHARLES H. LEECH. Secretary of the Indiana Club of Chicago: presented with a desk by General Lew Wallace. Jackman; Alderman William M. Butterworth, H. M. Skinner, J. W. Fertig, C. W. Mann., Joseph L. Davis, William M. Goldthwaite, L. E. Pope, R. N. Jackman, M. Leech, M. D. Headley, L. A. Cox, D. G. Hamilton, A. W. Macy, Alderman Charles W. Alling, William C. Niblack, James F. Kennedy and Jacob Newman, are a few of its many prominent members, who have consented to serve on the reception committee. Governor Winfield T. Durbin, Hons. Mark L. DeMotte, Thomas R. Marshall, George Ade, Robert S. Taylor, Will H. Thompson and a host of other distinguished sons of Indiana, including the presidents and professors of all her colleges, will grace the occasion with their presence. Too much credit cannot be given to its secretary, Mr. Chas. H. Leech, for the great ability and energy displayed by him in arranging and perfecting all the plans or details for the first meeting of the Indiana Club of Chicago. Secretary Leech boasts of his boosier blood. He was born and educated at Crawfordsville, and in 1895 he graduated from Wabash College with the degree of Ph. B., shortly after graduating he came to Chicago and entered the Chicago College, of Law, and in 1897 he took a post-graduate course in law at the Illinois College of Law. He also pursued advanced studies and in June, 1898, the degree of Ph. M. was conferred upon him by the Wabash College. No member of his class in any of the schools or colleges which he attended became more noted as an orator than Mr. Leech. He was chosen to represent the Wabash College, on March 16, 1895, at the Indiana State Inter-Collegiate Oratorical contest at Indianapolis When he graduated from the Chicago College of Law in 1897, he was selected by his class, which numbered over two hundred, as their representative at the alumni banquet of the college, which was held at the Auditorium in May of that year. During the presidential campaign of 1900 Mr. Leech delivered many speeches throughout Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming and other parts of the West, in the interest of McKinley and Roosevelt. He stands away up in the secret societies of Chicago. He occupies important stations or positions with the Masous and the Knights of Pythiaa. He is also president of the Chicago Alumni Association of Wabash College. As secretary of the Indian Club of Chicago Mr. Leech has the distinction or the honor of being presented with a desk which he uses in that connection from Gen. Lew Wallace, which can be seen in his law offices in the Roanoke Building, 145 La Salle street. It was presented to him upon his grandation from the Chicago College of Law in 1897, and the following letter speaks for itself: "This desk was made to order in Crawfordsville about the year 1855, and kept in continued use in my law office down to 1878, at which time I retired from practice. It was then moved to my study in our residence. A great deal of the composition of 'The Prince of India' and also copying of that work, and 'Ben Hur,' were done on it there. Allow me to hope you will find it serviceable for many years. Respectfully. LEW WALLACE." In conclusion it can be truthfully said that Attorney Leech highly prizes his historical desk; that since he located in Chicago he has come to the front on his own merit. JOHN BROWN DAY. Thursday evening, Dec. 5, John Brown Day was observed for the first time in Chicago by many of the most representative Afro-Americans, who joined with each other at a "stag" held at Institutional Church. Prof. W. H. Davis was chairman of the entertainment committee and S. Laing Williams served as master of ceremonies. The following persons occupied seats at the long banquet table: Attorney Edward H. Wright, L. G. Wheeler, A.H. Roberts, A. A. Wells, Rev. R. C. Ransom, W. H. A. Moore, Albert B. George, Dr. A. W. Williams, J. E. Parks, Paul Scott, J.W. Grant, S. J. Evans, J. H. Conrad, William H. Bacon, C. R. Johnson, H. O. King, W. L. Martin, C. H. Upton, S.A. T. Watkins, C. E. Doswell, J. Robert Taylor, W. E. Watts, Dr. Joseph Jeffery, J. E. Brown, James B. Narwood, M. F. Hussie, J. S. Madden, Dr. C. E. Bentley, George F. Ecton, Rev. Jordan Chavis, Hale G. Parker, A. Buton, M. N. Work, Theophile T. Allain, E. E. Wilson and Julius F. Taylor. All present joined in singing "John Brown's body lies moulding in the grave while his soul goes marching on." Messrs. Wright, Wheeler, Roberts. Parker, Bentley, Wilson, Martin, Ransom, Moore and many others delivered toasts befitting the occasion. THAT SOUTH END SUNDAY CLUB COMMITTEE Almost two months ago Saint Watkins, president of the South End Sunday Club, appointed a committee on public morals; but up to the present time Chairman or Prof. Fowler and his committee have not to our knowledge endeavored to crush or check the vice, policy-playing and crap-shooting which is flourishing all around St. Mark's Church, but in the meantime The Broad Ax kept up its fight on Gambler Jackstine or Brickstine Terrell and we feel proud in saying that without the aid of Prof. Fowler and his committee on public morals, we have succeeded in closing up Terrell's low dancing or gambling dive. When The Broad Ax first began fighting Terrell Saint Watkins ran in and out of his joint in broad day-light, but before The Broad Ax drove Terrell out of business, Saint Watkins, who now looks sheepish when he gets up in the pulplt, slipped in and out of Terrell's Hy Henry Club in the dark hours of the night. Towards the latter part of January, 1902, Prof. Fowler and his committee on public morals, at the suggestion of Saint Watkins, will hold a public meeting at St. Mark's Church to see whether or not the good Lord is in favor of closing up the four policy shops which are located near the church. Capt. John J. Bradley will start his aldermanic boom to rolling in-deal earnest on or about Jan. 1, 1902, and Capt. Bradley feels that he is able to walk clear away from Alderman Chas. J. Boyd and the other candidates. Lawrence A. Newby made a flying trip to Mt. Vernon, Ill., last week where he was admitted to the bar of Illinois, and from now on Mr. Newhy is invested with the right to hang out his legal shingle, and assist all comers who want to get or become animated or divorced. County Commissioner Rollin B. Organ returned from New Orleans, La., and Galveston, Texas, Friday morning. Alderman Thomas Carey will return home from New Orleans and the South Monday. Prof. M. M. Mangasarian speaks in the Grand Opera House Sunday morning at 11 o'clock on the "Relation of Woman to Modern Thought." Jackson Gordon, who is the head light of the Board of Assessors of Cook County, is wide awake all the time, and he is well liked by all who know him. Prof. William M. Salter lectures Sunday morning in Steinway Hall, 17 East Van Buren street, on "Buddha," who was one of the greatest teachers outside of christianity. John S. Kelly, chief sanitary inspector, is ever ready to politely serve all who frequent his office. Mr. Kelly has many friends who would like to see him selected as a member of the next state senate. We have not succeeded in collecting the three dollars from Gambler Jackstone Terrell, which he owes us as subscription to The Broad Ax, but we have succeeded in closing up his Hy Henry crap-shooting and dancing club. Last Friday evening the Garden City Chapter gave an entertainment at Butler's Hall, 5728 State street, and it was a grand success in every way. No one connected with the chapter worked any harder to make it a success than Mrs. S. J. Hart. Arthur McLaughlin is still forging to the front as a live aldermanic candidate in the 30th ward; so far many of Mr. McLaughlin's friends have organized eight clubs in different parts of the ward for the purpose of pushing his candidacy along. It is enough to cause Thomas Jefferson, the saint of Democracy, to turn over in his grave to behold Alderman Bathhouse John J. Coughlin, exclaim while presiding over one end of the Democratic committee: "Gentmen, dis meeting am now opin fur bisniss, wat am your fuder plaesur." Mr. H. T. Riggs, who for the past fourteen years has had charge of two buildings belonging to the Freerer estate, is a great credit to the Afro-American race, and in fact any race could feel proud of Mr. Riggs, for he is well drilled in the ways of business, strictly honest and highly polished. Bathhouse Statesman John J. Coughlin, of the first ward, sees the handwriting on the wall and he is fearful that after next April his occupation as alderman will be gone, and we firmly believe that Albert S. Gage, James K. Sebree, Samuel Hildreth or some other good clean Democrat will knock him out. The Men's Sunday Forum at the Institutional Church is preparing for a big time Sunday, Dec. 15, at 4 o'clock. It is their first Ladies' Day of the season. Rev. R. A. White, the pulpit orator, will deliver an address on "Spiritual Forces and Progress." Music by P. T. Linsley and Prof. N. Clark Smith's orchestra. Everybody welcome! Prof. S. D. Fowler, who acts as a decoy-duck in bringing souls unto the Lord, says "The Broad Ax is such a little sheet that it cannot hurt him." If that is true, Prof. Fowler, why did you get as mad as an old wet hen after reading the last issue of The Broad Ax? Keep cool, professor, do not get hot in the collar and you will live longer and in time you may become a useful citizen. Thursday evening Mrs. Maud Jones, 3610 Dearborn street, entertained the Buffalo Whist Club. Those present were: Mesdames Lyons, McKnight, Lapaley, Wilkerson, Lucas, Akins and Robinson; Misses Sheldon and Jacobs, of Elmira, N. Y.; Messrs. Anderson, McKnight, Reed, Hubbard, Brown, Simms, Woods, Fletcher, Rosson, Holiday, Spriggs, Jones and Taylor. Mrs. Jones served an elegant lunch and favored her friends with several selections on the piano. Three dollars was donated by the club to the Old Folks' Home as a Christmas present. Sunday night, while Clarence Silvers, 5341 Armour avenue; Lewis Benjamin, John and William Worthington, and Miss Gussie Slaughter, were all playing cards at the home of Mrs. G. Motley, 4946 Armour avenue, Benjamin became jealous of Silvers, who won Miss Slaughter from him, and in the midst of the game he plunged a large knife into Silvers' body, and the second wound was so fatal that Silvers fell dead as he attempted to run from his assailant. Benjamin was held to the grand jury by Justice Quinn. Robert Thomas, 809 West Lake street, conducts one of the best and most orderly sample rooms on the West Side. He does not allow gambling in his establishment; he handles none but first-class goods, and his place of business is frequented by many white citizens, who are always made to feel at home. Mr. Thomas is a warm friend of Alderman William T. Maypole, and he always spends his money to aid in his election, and from July 1899 to the present time Mr. Thomas has been a constant supporter of The Broad Ax. An exchange says: "When you ask a man to subscribe for your paper and he says, 'Oh, I never read much, and, besides, the times are too plagued hard,' for God's sake apologize and leave him. Life is too short to teach a jack to sing soprano. All gentlemen nowadaws read newspapers, and lots of them. Show us a man who lives for forty years in a town or community and never subscribes for the paper published there and we will show you a man whose head is shaped like a piece of pie, with the point up, and whose ignorance is only exceeded by his gigantic gall. Judge E. Hanecy by this time no doubt feels that he made a grave mistake in tackling Editor Lawrence and H. S. Canfield of The Chicago American. The judge, who is ashamed of his Irish relatives, is beefing against Judge E. F. Dunne for turning Messrs. Lawrence and Canfield loose. Judge Hanecy ought to go away back and sit down, then he would have plenty of time to realize the fact that it is a very hard job to get ahead of newspapers or to send those connected with them to jail. All honor to Judge Dunne for upholding free speech and the freedom of the press. The editor of this sheet knows nothing about Editor Taylor's grievances against Mr. Tim Fortune; to tell the truth, we are slightly acquainted with Mr. Fortune, but not with Mr. Taylor. However, we do not believe that Taylor is altogether a "blackguard" and are willing to stake our life that he is more honest and brave than some of the fellows who are squealing on him. The Times-Speaker, Denver, Colo. Thanks, Brother Times-Speaker, we will endeavor to merit what you say about us. Brothers Fortune, Cooper. an some few of the other boys may be saying some mighty mean things about is, for we never see their papers, but what of it, our skin is good and thick, and our hog-stealing record is O. K. The Chicago Broad Ax seems inclined to make faces at everybody because, as it alleges, everybody makes faces at it, because it made faces at the National Negro Business League, that of which Prof. Booker T. Washington is president. It makes the Torchlight first among these facemakers saying: "It caused the New England Torchlight to turn its mud batteries against us in behalf of T. Thomas Fortune." Why, Mr. Broad Ax. you ought to be ashamed of yourself. You know the Torchlight has never thrown any mud at you, honey. You know it. It simply showed that you had not been justly fair in your treatment of Editor Fortune. That is not mud. honey.—if it is, we certainly beg your pardon. We certainly do, because we are not in the mud business, no indeed.—The New England Torchlight, Providence, R. I. Enough said, Mr. Torchlight, your apology is accepted in good faith. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Bethlehem, Protestants, Knights of Labor, Indiana, Mormons, Republicana, Priests, or any one 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 editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communication will have attention; she only uses and rides of the paper. One Year..... (3.49) Five Months..... 1.44 Greeting notes made known on application address all communication to JULIEUS P. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Football is nothing more than guerilla warfare, but it appears to be of the South African brand. Just as the football season ends Congress convenes, to the delight of those who love the life strenuous. The football teams ought to be thankful the season is over, and that the fatalities have been so few. An American artist is to paint the coronation scenes for King Edward. At last the old masters are coming our way. Another of the Vanderbilt boys is about to marry an heiress. Thrift seems to run all the way through that family. A Baltimore company has been organized to make whisky from watermelons. Yet we are trying to uplift the colored race! France's cabinet has just passed another crisis. It has to have a crisis every few minutes in order to whet its appetite for office. Emperor William's American cook stove will be set up and ready for business by Christmas time. The emperor is just beginning to live. Some of the escaped convicts from Leavenworth who have reached the Indian Territory are being held up for the valuable horses they stole in Kansas. ANew York man claims that the angels taught him how to use a typewriter. It would be interesting to inspect his celestial spelling and punctuation. One-seventh of the people of this country are engaged in the railroad business. The others are busy wondering how to get free transportation in the future. Farmers living along the line of the proposed Paris-Vienna automobile race are already safeguarding against flying wheels, linchpins and fragments of humanity. The Supreme Court decision will not surprise Aguinaldo, who has had a distinct suspicion that the Philippines belonged to America ever since he met Gen. Funston. The Georgia people have a great deal of respect for the Union. They used to send watermelons to Mr. Cleveland, and are keeping Mr. Roosevelt supplied with persimmons. The census report showing a total capital of $27,123,264 invested in the 159 salt establishments reported can be taken without a grain of the product under consideration. The theory that disease develops genius should be investigated by the book publishers. It seems to explain the responsibility for some of those historical romances. The daughters of cabinet officers when their approaching marriages are announced get rather more prominence before the public than do their distinguished papas. It has been judicially declared that it is against the law to open a theater in New Jersey on Sunday. And yet you can get a charter in New Jersey to do almost anything.—Atlanta Constitution. A Brown university professor has succeeded in extracting light from beefsteak. Average mankind will fall down and worship him if he will show how to extract credit beefsteak from the butcher. Among one day's records of suicides we find that one man took his life because he shot another; one dropped out because he had too much luxury, and another because he was poor. Evidently the cause for suicide is of small moment. We are told that 2,000 Americans attended the opening of the bull fight season in Mexico. Unfortunately, this prevents us saying a few warm things which we usually keep on tap for such cruel exhibitions. Consistency forces silence. Somehow, the discussion as to the effect of a college education on a young woman's social development will not down. Here is the dean of Barnard suggesting that between the second and third years of the college course the girl student should be sent home for a little round of social experience. The chances are that this suggestion will meet the views of the girl students. FORCE OF IMAGINATION. Frequent Changes in the Self-Diagnosis of a Dysentia "Scientists have made the contention that a man can think so intently that he has a red spot on his hand at a certain point that the spot will actually show up at exactly that point", sald a studious citizen yesterday, "and I have come to the conclusion that there is something in the contention. Down at my boarding house there is a dyspeptic, and he rooms next to me. His allment changes every time he reads a new patent medicine advertisement in a street car, on a signboard, or in the newspapers, where any of the symptoms of the ailment appear in the advertisement. He changes his diagnosis of his case every time he reads a new advertisement, and his mind seems to concentrate on the particular symptoms which flare out in the advertisement. I read some years ago that these gaudy advertisements were disseminators of complaints of various kinds, but, of course, there was nothing in that, even if one can produce a red spot on one's hand by simply thinking intently that it is there. But, getting back to my dyspeptic friend, he has suffered all the tortures of the everlastingly tormented on account of the fact that he simply classifies his own ailments according to the symptoms which are put forth in the advertisements of remedies of various kinds for various and widely different ailments. Here is a curious study in psychology. I understand this to be one of the peculiarities of the dyspeptic, and for the reason that when this complaint becomes chronic the whole system becomes threaded with aches and pains. One may find in one's system the symptoms of almost every known disease, and if one may not find the symptoms well defined one may easily imagine all that is lacking to make the diagnosis complete and well rounded. The apothecary shop is not fuller of bottles than my friend's room, and it is all because of the fact that he changes with unbroken regularity his own diagnosis of his ailment."—New Orleans Times-Democrat. Agent's Welcome to the Duke. Great preparations were made in all of the Canadian cities for the reception to the Duke of York on his recent visit to that country. In Toronto the scheme of decoration included waving banners which flew from poles set in barrels of sand, all along the course to be taken by the welcoming troops and the Duke. These barrels had been painted a bright red, and had been placed in their proper positions when the advance agent for a theatrical company came along. The company was playing "Faust," with a well-known actor as Mephistopheles, and their advertising was of a sensational kind. The advance man realized that the bright barrels made excellent stands on which to paste his bills, and he proceeded to use them for that purpose. In consequence, on the following morning the city awoke to find each barrel bearing a startling announcement, "The Devil Is Coming." Every one gasped and exclaimed, "What a greeting for the Duke!" Then the good people of Toronto turned to with a will, removed the objectionable "snipes" and scrubbed the barrels, while the enterprising advance agent suddenly discovered pressing reasons for jumping immediately to the next town.—New York Press. Give Us the Shilling. If the government will restore the Pine-Tree shilling it will save many of us financially and morally. The shilling of New York and North Carolina is what we need in the shape of subsidiary coin. It was worth twelve and a half cents. When two of anything are worth a quarter the charge for one is fifteen cents. With a twelve and a half cent piece we would save two and a half cents every time we made such a purchase. A fifteen cent piece would be in the way. We tried a twenty cent piece for three years and retired it because it was too nearly the size of the quarter. In the rush business it was often worked off for the quarter. The five cent nickel is fit only for paying fares on elevated roads and surface lines. Copper cents are useful for buying newspapers and fooling women into the belief that they are securing tremendous bargains at 99 cents. Yes; this two-for-a-quarter business is an outrage. Give us a coin to halve the quarter—eight to the dollar. Then see us lay up treasure.—New York Press. An Eyewitness. A young lawyer whose recently acquired shingle hangs in G street went down into Virginia within the month to attend a trial in his native county, says the Washington Post. It was essential to prove that bitter enmity had existed between defendant and plaintiff—If plaintiff is the proper term to apply to the gentleman who who had a generous handful of bird shot distributed into his person. A witness, who was quite blind, testified in detail as to a quarrel between the two. "Then Lew grabbed up a chair and broke it over Jim's head. "How do you know that?" asked the lawyer who was conducting the cross-examination. "I was an eyewitness to it," remarked the blind man. "An eyewitness?" repeated the lawyer, doubtingly. "Yes," said the blind man, "I was. A piece of the leg hit me in the right eye. I certainly was an eyewitness." The census shows that the number of Indians in Massachusetts increased from 428 in 1892 to 587 in 1900. PSEUDO RAJAH OF BELUCHISTAN TO DAZZLE US PSEUDO RAJAH GIVES AN ENTERTAINMENT AT SEA. One of the cleverest deceptions practiced in recent years is the world tour of a cook for one of the native dignitaries of India, who has been posing as Prince Ranjit. He deceived even the elect of London and the European continent and it was not until he arrived on this side of the Atlantic that his identity was discovered and his deception exposed. But as far as his wealth was concerned there was no deception. He has plenty of money and spends it with a lavish hand wherever he goes. The arrival of the putative prince in London was unannounced and for this reason his pretensions awakened suspicion. But although he had a retinue of a score of attendants and personal baggage sufficient for a regiment of ordinary mortals, society looked askance. It was not regarded as possible that so distinguished a personage should leave his native land and travel half way around the globe without sending in advance some intelligence of his coming. At first his claims to noble birth were looked upon with suspicion and his display of wealth was spoken of as the assuming of an adventurer. But there was enough in his presence at the English capital to set the tongues of the gossips going and it was not long ere inquiries revealed the fact that not only were his claims genuine, but that one-half had not been told. He was a man of far greater importance than he assumed to be, while the wealth his retainers declared he possessed was not a figment of the imagination. This bogus Indian prince has just been dazzling the natives of Canada by the magnificence of his entourage, and, what is more, he proposes a tour of the United States. He has been at Quebec and Montreal, where he was received with high honors, although he did not seek them. Indeed, he expressed regret that his coming was made the occasion for a display on the part of the lion-loving Canadians, declaring he would have greatly preferred going his own way unnoticed by the society people of the towns through which his journey lay. This seeming medesty was, however, like his title, merely a pretense, for it is manifest that the honors showered upon him PSEUDO RA were of his own seeking and a part of a well-devised plan to gratify an inordinate love of flattery with which he is possessed. Sailing from England on Oct. 24 the alleged prince arrived in Canada in due season. News of his coming had preceded him and large crowds assembled on the landing to give him welcome. His departure from Liverpool on board the steamer Lake Simcoe was a notable event. First-class passengers, it was announced, were to embark from the landing stage at noon. It was only when the ship's bugle was sounded, the gangway cleared and the last hawser thrown off that the throng realized its disappointment. The prince had embarked early in the morning, unobserved except by a few officials. In consequence of a very boisterous passage the prince and his suite, in common with a majority of the other passengers, were kept in their cabins for two days. It was not until three days out that the prince appeared in public by attending a concert given in aid of the Liverpool Seamen's orphanage. He allowed his dancing girl, Miss Bahar Bux, and a couple of musicians to contribute an Indian song and dance to the programme. In the absence of Captain Carey, who could not leave the bridge, the chair was taken by C. H. Keefer of Ottawa, who said he felt sure he echoed the sentiment of all present in thanking his highness for honoring them with his presence. The prince, he added, was a loyal British subject, and as such he would receive every welcome and hospitality both from his brother subjects in Canada and from their friends and neighbors in the states. The prince was evidently pleased and emphasized his appreciation by a polite bow and pleasant smile. --- In the course of the rendering of the various items on the programme the prince evinced great interest and clapped his hands enthusiastically at the end of each piece. At the end of the last "Indian song and dance" his highness arose to take his departure, having shaken hands with Mr. Keefer and made his "salaam" to the audience, and retired to his stateroom, preceded by the ship's surgeon and followed by the dancing girl and his retinue. As in London and Liverpool, there was much speculation on board as to who the prince really was, where he came from, whither his destination and why he wished to visit Canada and the United States. As to his identity, this entry appears in the list of passengers: "His Highness Prince Ranjit of Beloochistan and retinue." It is now said that the mysterious traveler's real name and title are Prince Joe Ranjut, prince of Kurachi, and that he is the son and heir of the rajah of Beloochistan. He is of average height and 24 years old. His complexion is swarthy and his hair, beard and mustache perfectly black. He has beautiful teeth and small, sparkling, sympathetic eyes. He betrays considerable nervousness and physical weakness and is evidently anxious to avoid public observation. SHADOWLESS LIGHT. In an improved form of arc lamp for street and other lighting purposes designed by an inventor of Washington, D. C., the carbons are so placed as to throw no shadow underneath the lamp. One of the objections to the arc light heretofore has been the shadow cast by the mechanism necessary to support the lower carbon, but the new lamp overcomes this by suspending both carbons in an oblique position from the top of the lamp as illustrated. It is understood that the light in an arc lamp is produced by the passage of the electric current between the slightly separated points AJAH GIVES AN ENTERTAINMENT A of the lower carbons and to maintain these points in a proper relation the inventor has provided a clamping mechanism actuated by the expansion and contraction of the central rod of the governor. The first action as the rod expands is the clamping of the carbon pencils to prevent further A IMPROVED ELECTRIC ARC LAMP, downward movement, and the second is the spreading of the points until the arc is formed between them. As soon as the points are consumed partially the rod is again drawn upward, allowing the points of the carbons to fall together once more, which feed is assisted by the coil springs attached at the upper ends of the carbons. A THOUSAND-DOLLAR BILL It Figures in a Story Concerning an Indianapolis Bank. A story in which a thousand dollar bill figures prominently involves a citizen of Indianapolis. This man was acting as a trustee during the panic of 1893 and had the trust fund on deposit in the Indianapolis National bank. A day or two before the bank closed its doors the man received a warning that the institution was doomed. He accordingly hastened over to the bank and drew out the money which he held in trust for another. When he received the money, which was in bills, he rolled it up and placed it in his coat pocket, where he carried it for several days. One day Harry C. Adams came into his place of business and said: "Have you such a thing as a hundred dollar bill about you? I need one right away." The man reached in his pocket pulled out the roll of bills, and taking off the top bill handed it to Mr. Adams. "Great heavens!" ejaculated Mr. Adams when he observed that the bill called for $1,000, "you surely don't carry thousand dollar bills around in your pocket, do you?" "I have no thousand dollar bill," retorted the man. "I'd like to know what you call that," said Mr. Adams, holding up the bill so as to show plainly the figures 1,000 on its face. The scene changes to the Indianapolis National Bank. The man enters carrying the thousand dollar bill in his hand. "Did you find any shortage in your cash the other day?" he asked of Cashier Rexford. "Did I?" exclaimed Mr. Rexford. "Well, I should say I did. I was short $900 and have lost hours of sleep ever since trying to locate that shortage." "Well, you can take a little rest now," answered the man, "for here is your money. You paid me a thousand dollar bill for a hundred dollar bill the other day." The cashier suddenly found that he had "business outside," and it is said that money was put into circulation at a neighboring refreshment stand, although this part of the story is not clearly substantiated. Utica Globe. CARNIVOROUS PLANTS Vegetable Ogres Which Catch and Devour Various Insects. The most remarkable of all carnivorous plants grows in the state of Maryland. It is commonly known in that AT SEA. region as the "butcher plant," though science calls it Dionea muscipula, and its business is the catching of insects—chiefly flies. At this it is so clever that an unwary fly that ventures to alight upon it has practically no chance to escape immediate death. The leaves of this vegetable curiosity, which creeps along the ground in boggy places, are so modified as to take the form of jaws, armed with saw-like teeth. Under ordinary conditions the jaws are held wide open, and the whole plant is a veritable bench of traps, waiting for prey. The traps are baited, too, each one of them having on its inside a sweetish substance which is attractive to flies and other such creatures. When a fly comes along it is obliged, in order to get at the sweetish stuff, to enter between the jaws of one of the leaves. Each jaw has three almost microscopic hairs, so arranged that a visitor cannot help coming in contact with them—a contact which notifies the intelligent plant that a victim is at hand. Instantly—the hairs acting as feelers—the jaws snap together, imprisoning the unfortunate insect, which is held fast until digested and absorbed by the vegetable ogre.—New York Press. Appeal to Honesty Customer—"By the way, Mr. Yolker, there was a chicken in one of those eggs." Dealer—"So? Chickens are two shillings a pound, you know, I suppose you are willing to do the right thing?"—Boston Transcript. Lou—"I declare, since I came back I'm quite another woman." Biddy—"Oh, won't your husband be pleased." When Satan employs idle hands the work is always well done. --- LEGAL OATHS BY WOMEN. An Opinion as to What They Are Ready to Swear To. "There's this difference between a woman and a man: When a woman thinks or believes a thing to be so she is ready to swear to it, while a man doesn't swear to a thing unless he sees it and knows it to be true." Thus did Magistrate Mott draw the dividing line of the sexes in the West Side Court. Miss Marie Ellerbrook of No. 320 East Eighty-seventh street, a school teacher, had asked him for a warrant for a bad boy who had struck one of her pupils on the head with a stone. She admitted that she hadn't seen the boy throw the stone, but was so sure he had done so that she was ready to swear to it, "because people had told her." 'But you didn't see it,' exclaimed Mr. Mott. "You don't know that this boy did it." "Oh, but I'm sure of it," she said. Then he gave his opinion concerning woman's alacrity to swear, and advised the school teacher to bring her pupil to court and have him swear out the warrant. Miss Ellerbrook left the court room with a look on her face that said plainly that she didn't agree with Mr. Mott as to women's credibility.—New York Press. Physicians Much Interested. Northport, Mich., Dec. 9.—The medical men are just now eagerly discussing a most remarkable cure of a severe case of Kidney Disease in this county. Mr. Byron O. Leslie of Northport has for years been a victim of kidney derangements, with all the consequent pain and annoyance. He was gradually growing worse and as the disease advanced he became very despondent, often wondering if he would have to endure this suffering all his lifetime. But at last he found a remedy that cured him in Dodd's Kidney Pills. He was much pleased, but did not say much about it lest the good effect he experienced would not last. Now, however, after months of continued good health he has concluded that he is permanently cured and his announcement of this has caused a profound sensation among the physicians and the people who knew of his apparently hopeless condition. Hard Lack. Tattered Thomas: "Youse look sick, Mouldy." Mouldy Murphy: "Well, no wonder. I hadn't had nothin' to eat all day but cold health food."—St. Louis Republic. What I want is not to possess religion, but to have a religion that shall possess me.—Kingsley. No trouble to get breakfast quick if you have Mrs. Austin's famous Pancake Flour. Your grocer waits to supply you. It costs $4 for ten words by the new telegraph line to Yukon. THREE CHICAGO DOCTORS Failed to Do for Miss Mabelle L. LaMonte What Was Accomplished by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—I was in an awful state for nearly three years with a complication of female troubles which three physicians called by different names, but the pains were all the same. 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THE CONTENTED FARMER has a failure in crops, for his labors, and has best social and religious advantages, together with spiendial climate and excellent health. These we give to the settlers on the lands of Western Canada, which comprises the great grain and barbera franching lands of Manitoba, Assiniboia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Exceptional advantages and low rates of fare are given to those desirous of inspecting the fall-grant lands. The handsome forty-page Atlas of Western Canada sent free to all applicants. Apply to F. Pedley, Superintendent Immigration, Ottawa, Canada: or to C. J. Broughton, 972-Monadnock Block, Chicago, E. T. Holmea, Room 6, "Big Four" Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind., or H. M. Williams, Toledo, Ohio, Canadian Government Agents. PISO'S CURE'FOR CURES WHERE ALL THE FAIL. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sort by drugstore. CONSUMPTION ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE FIGURES IN THE WEST. Gained a National Reputation as a Buffalo Border—Prominent in Political Life—First a Republican, Then a Populist. (Special Letter.) "Buffalo" Jones is dead. The greatest friend the dumb brutes ever had has left them and in a few years the name of C. J. Jones will be forgotten. He was one of the most unique characters in Kansas, the "home of great men and freaks." "Buffalo" Jones was known from one end of the country to the other, and a complete story of his life would outrival any book of fiction yet published. Early in his youth he cultivated a benign feeling for dumb brutes, and his sympathy was not without its reward, for his animal friends seemed to understand his affection for them and eagerly responded to it. He domesticated a number of buffalo, using them for agricultural purposes and demonstrating that they had utility other than that found in their pelts. His appeals for the dumb race, however, were in vain, and he lived to see the great family pass away under his very eyes. A Unique Career C. J. Jones was born in Tazewell county, Ill., and was 71 years old. He received a first-class education in the Illinois State Normal school and for a time was a student in Wesleyan university. After leaving school he went to Kansas, settling in Troy, at that time one of the oldest communities in the state. He lived quietly here for a time, then became restless and with a crowd of speculators started for western Kansas. They located at Garden City, and in one night a town of 2,000 inhabitants sprung up. Jones was chief boomer. He built a business block and was the first man to test the raising of crops in the desert by means of irrigation. The prefix "Buffalo' was tacked to Jones' name fifteen years ago. In the early part of 1886 he organized a buffalo hunt at Garden City in which about fifteen citizens participated. The hunt lasted five days and the hunters killed six buffalo and captured fourteen calves. The young animals were taken to Jones' farm near Garden City and he began the propagation of the American buffalo. He could not A. C. J. "BUFFALO" JONES. wait until the small herd should multiply and increase and secured elghty-five more bison. These he got near Manitoba, Canada, and while en route from there to his farm in Garden City he gave exhibitions in all the principal cities. Buffalo meat at that time was selling for fifty cents a pound in Chicago, and Jones thought that by crossing the bison with native cattle he would have a fortune in a few years. But this enterprise proved a failure and a few years ago he sold the last of his stock to Austin Corbin. National Political Figure. Jones was a delegate from Kansas to the National Republican convention of 1884, held at Chicago, and it was there that he gained a prominence which spread from ocean to ocean. He was an enthusiastic admirer of James G. Blaine and upon his arrival in Chicago had a banner made. Around the margin were painted pictures of sheaves of wheat, shocks of corn and other illustrations setting forth the agricultural possibilities of Kansas. Within this border, in letters of gold that could be read a block away, were these words: "Kansas! Fifty thousand for the Nominee of the Convention. Seventy-five Thousand for Blaine. Wheat and Corn for the Nation. Fall in." Perched on the top of this banner was a big live rooster, with a streamer tied to his neck bearing these words: "Kansas crows for her loyal delegates." This was "the banner that boosted Blaine and locked the Logan link." The day on which the great convention met, Buffalo Jones, with a howling mass of humanity, following a band playing Hall Columbia, marched through State street, Wabash avenue and Dearborn street carrying this banner. At the critical hour in the convention, when the third ballot indicated that the next would nominate the man from Maine, Jones, who had attached to his banner pictures of Blaine and Logan, marched down the aisle of the convention hall, creating the wildest excitement and enthusiasm. This demonstration not only made Blaine's nomination certain, but it sealed the fate of a number of vice presidential candidates and gave the honor to General Logan. Five years ago "Buffalo" surprised his friends by renouncing Republicanism and joining the Populist party. He was as enthusiastic in his support of Populistic principles as he was when he marched through the streets of Chicago carrying the Blaine banner. During the latter years of his life he had lived quietly at his home near Topeka and had not figured very prominently in public life. PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S PRIVATE CAR In the switch yards of the Union Pacific railway at Omaha, standing in the open air and rapidly going to decay, is Lincoln's private car, a national relic, which, says the Illustrated Record, should have been preserved for all time. On the contrary it is all but forgotten and gets no more notice than the junk of the railroad scrap pile. . The old relic is 42 feet long and 81/2 feet wide. It was built at the United States military car shops at Alexandria, Va., during the latter part of the war and was used by the emancipator on his visits to many points during the troubled-filled times of the civic strife. No one to look at the battered old hulk now would recognize in it what was the marvel of elegance among early railroad equipment. Originally there was but one entrance to the car, a door in the corner of one end on one side. Entrance to the then separate rooms was had from this passageway. The rear room was larger than the others, and was used by President Lincoln for an office and study, and also as a reception room, in which he received the generals of the army. It is safe to say that in this compartment Mr. Lincoln hastily wrote the notes for his famous speech at the field of Gettysburg. At any rate, the President occupied the coach on his trip to Gettysburg on that occasion. The old, battered and ill-looking hulk also carried President Lincoln's remains from Washington to Springfield, Ill. It was in this car that the body lay during that memorable journey which lasted from April 21 to May 3, 1865. For some time after this the car was placed in service and was used as a directors' car, but its great weight caused by the armor plate, with which it was protected, made it objectionable and it was removed to a shed in the yards at Omaha. There it stood for years, but, one by one, the boards of the covering place vanished and today, as above stated, the car is exposed to all sorts of weather. There was talk in 1898 of inaugurating a movement among the colored population of the United States with a view of securing funds with which to purchase the car, restore it and to provide for it a suitable building in Washington, where it might be preserved. Nothing, however, came of the idea. Can Not Starve in Turkey. No government, however, corrupt, selfish, venal, extravagant, and exacting, can bring a population to starvation in a land like Turkey. Grapevines run all over the houses. The Turkish vineyards are incomparable. The poor Turk takes little trouble about his agricultural implements. His plow is much like that which Noah must have used, for it is simply a long piece of wood, with a yoke of oxen at one end of it and a single handle at the other. With this the rayah just scratches the soil. The crops are usually magnificent, but the waste is immense. Thousands of sheep flourish on the vast pasture lands of the wide valleys in Turkey. Yet the people do not eat voraciously of animal food. They only need a little lamb or mutton to shred into fragments, that they may stew it with rice into the delicious dish called "pilaff." The Turks relish their glorious watermelons. They can contentedly live as approximate vegetarians. No nation is at so little expense for dietetic commodities. Reminder of the War of 1812. For six miles through the forest in Hancock, and Wood counties, Ohio, may be seen a wide swath through the tree tops, the once open space being grown thick with smaller timber. It tells the story of Gen. Hull and the army that blazed its way north to Fort Melgs in the war of 1812. On several farms near Findlay are still found sections of the old corduroy roadway built of the tree trunks that were felled to gain a passage for the army. The logs are well preserved and are found from two to five feet under the soil. It was at the close of that memorable campaign that Col. Findlay camped on the south side of Blanchard's Fork of the Auglaize and established the old stockade fort named after him, Fort Findlay. The Pillar of Finance. "Yes, sir," remarked the village grocer, "that is Mr. Jefferson Whimpers. He's one of the solidest and reliablest citizens we've got here in Hulloboloo. He's filled more positions of trust and responsibility than any ten men we've got." "Ah," replied the spice drummer, "you elect him for your treasurer, I presume." "Well, no; but that man acts as stakeholder in 99 per cent of the bets made in this whole county."—Judge. A Cooperative Railroad. What is said to be the first co-operative railroad is now being operated 120 miles between Muncle and Brazil, Ind. 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A WATCH guaranteed to keep correct time, given away free for selling only twenty boxes. Nantou Headache Tablets are only 10 coins per box. TEN CURES FOR TEN CENTS. These tablets are for superior to any headache remedy in the market. We also give away FREE Jewelry, Lace Curtains, Musical Instruments, Cameras, Air Rifles, etc., etc. Send for free premium list at once. NEUROX MEDICINE CO., Dept. 10, New Haven, Conn., U.S.A. MARRIAGE PAPER. TOKOLOGY COMPLETE LADIES GUIDE By Alice B. Stockham, M.D. Prepaid cloth, $2.25 ; Morocco, $2.75. Sample pages free. 500,000 sold. Lizzie W. Armstrong writes: "If I knew I was to be the mother of innumerable children it would have no to- rors for me, so great is my confidence in 'Tokology.' Always saves pain—often saves life. J. ROBERTSON CO., Lock Box 1146, CHICAGO, ILL. REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE $44,000.00 choice 100 acre farm, near Crawfordsville, rich bottom land, Maple sugar camp, Fay Barstow, New Market, Ind. DELAWARE has beautiful farms for sale cheap; best markets, catalog free. Gee, W. Toebe, Dovor, Del. JOHN BASIGER, Larned, Kan., would like to correspond with parties desiring to invest money in 1st mortgage farm loans in Kan. wheat belt, Pawnee and adjoining counties. Mortgages run 3 to 5 yr., int. 7% payable semiannually. 28 yr. residence, 15 years experience in making loans enable me to give satisfaction. Best home and eastern refs' given when requested. Excellent wheat lands for sale at reasonable prices. FIFTY IMPROVED FARMS, continuing from 20 to 40 acres located in Northern Indiana, for sale on long time, and easy payments. Write for our descriptive circuits for particular. STRAUS, ORCHARDMAN, 60, Albany, Neb. FOR SALE. A 800 Acre Farm, well improved, 500 acres under plow, fine water, good buildings, about 1,000 sheep, 100 head cattle, and some horses also for sale, located twelve miles from Reddeid, S. D. Three miles from two good little towns, liberal terms arranged, Address PETER GROSS, MILLER, S. D. WANTED_ All persons to know that the celebrated Tennessee Valley, in North Alabama, is one of the finest agricultural sections of America. Lands cheap, climate ideal and hospitable. Correspondence solicited with those who may desire information about this famous locality. N. F. THOMPSON & SON, Sheffield, Ala. FARMERS WANTED We have 785 farms in close out at very low prices, ranging from 45.00 to $12.00 per acre; where Alfalfa grows to perfection; Wheat, Oats, Barley, Barryr Corn, Cane, Broom Corn and Potatoes are principal products and "Corn is King," being in the famous corn belt of the 40th parallel, the best schools, churches, water, climate and the best soil, being from 1 to 20 feet deep. It makes the farmer joyous to work such soil. Stock raising is profitably carried on by the inexperienced. Stock ranches a speciality. Correspondence solicited. J. O. LOWE & SONS, Phillipsburg, Kans. FINANCIAL ZING AND LEAD MINES Northern Arkansas. Country booming, two railroads building. Sole agent Rand, McNally's New Mining Map, prices 25c; send pamphlet with map. ESTES BROS., Harrison, Ark. DOES MINING PAY? $250,000,000.00 ore produced in Leadville the past 20 years. We are offering 100,000 shares of treasury stock to be used in development. Johns best paying mines in Leadville, Colo., for free map and information, ad. L. D. Timmons, 321-2-3 Cooper Bldg., Denver, Colorado. CALIFORNIA OIL STOCKS! For Sale by JOSEPH B. TOPLITZ Member Producers Oil Exchange. (Bank Reference: California Safe Deposit & Trust Company) Shares My Price Co.'s Price 10000 California Crude .04 .25 12000 California Fortune .25 .50 1000 Costa Rica .15 .25 2500 Del Rey .20 .45 1500 Famoso .12½ .50 5000 Nevada County .78 1.00 1000 Occidental .85 .75 5000 Transcontinental .10 .20 5000 Standard Consol. Land & Oil .10 .20 And many other stocks which I will sell in 100 share lots (or multiples) at prices to defy all competition. Address JOSEPH E. TOPLITE, 230 Pine St., San Francisco, Cal. BUSINESS CHANCES. BUSINESS CHANCES. HAVE 2 PLACER MINES in Alaska, want partner. J. A. Hillier, 147 Bourborn Ave., Chicago, IL. FOR SALE—COAL YARD AND FEED BUSINESS. ESTABLISHED 20 YEARS Fine location, grand opportunity for man to engage in a paying business, for particulare, dd., Frank Cleveland, 185-187 Bourborn St., Chicago, IL. OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME. Am going to California and must sacrifice my controlling interest in company which will pay over 50 per cent. Price $3000. Must have $1000 in cash, but will take balance in real estate. Explain fully what you have and value or you will receive no attention. Those meaning business address A. R. STONE, CHICAGO. FOR SALE OR LEASE—Coal Shaft, all complete. A bargain. Address W. HAWITT, Chenoa, IL. AGENTS. WANTED CATHOLIC men and women in every town to do some light work for old established Catholic house. Only energetic persons and practical Catholics need apply; an easy way to earn money. Send reference with application. Address L.M., Letter Box 857, Cincinnati, Ohio. SALESMEN WANTED—With established route side fine lithographed stationery, profitable and easy. Walker Litho. Co., Dayton, Ohio. $50.00 a thousand can be made distributing circulars. Money always in advance. send silver dime for plan, postage, etc., and begin as once. Iroquois Supply Co., Dept. X, Harford, Ind. AGENTS Every housekeeper wants one of our new household novelties. Sells on sight; lights WANTED and easy to carry. Big profits; sample and particulars for 10c. Bell Mcbeard & Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI. AGENTS WANTED so sell the world's greatest curiosity, Resurrection Plants ("Stempro Viva"), mentioned in the Bible as "The Rose of Jerice" Syrna Crucification plant. Take from all moisture. It roils up in a dry ball; molestin it, and it takes on a most beautiful green; not affected by any length of time kept, summer or winter the same. It's life seems to be perpetual, send 25c for samples and terms. Ask for our illustrated Booklet of Mexican novelties. Mailed free. BOSS CURIO CO., Laredo, Texas. (On the Mexican Border). IF YOU HAVE $50 or $100 and would like to make $5 to $10 a week write to KFNDALL & CO., 146 Sq. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. WANTED! a live, honest and ambitious man with some knowledge of canvassing. Full instructions will be given and pay while learning. Apply any morning this week between 8 and 9, at 752 MO-NADNOCK Building, Dearborn St., Chicago. W. N. U. CHICAGO, NO. 50, 1901. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Meeting This Paper. nae re | iat ete tee me . BARNEY BENSON, Howse and Fire Wrecking. __* (HEAVY MACHINERY. - “Bhected. “Hoisting and Placing of all - Kinds of Beams and Girders for Se te ce ee \ If the "Washington Star can ‘be be- the first colored man to be entertained at the White House by a President of the United States at a public dinner. It claime that Prof Benjamin Bau- zieket, a Negro noted for his mathe- matical attainments, . especially 19 estronomy, and also es a linguist. was dined’ by President Thomas Jefferson, and it further’says Hon. C. H. J. Tay- lor, a noted Negro Democrat, was en- tertaine/ at dinner by President Cleve- land. Both Jelferson and Cleveland were Democratsand this probably ac- counts for the Southern press not mak- ing any outers against this form of so- cial equality at the White House.—Ex. EFFECT OF MARRIAGE. -Marrie@ life is productive of long life, according te many medical av- thorities. But Noah Raby, said to be the o'dest- mon in New Jersey, was stilt & bachelor when recently visited at ‘Piscatawa on his 125th birthday. Margaret McDowell, an Edinburgh woman, dying at 106, had “married amd survived thirteen husbands,” yet Betty Dowling of Spark vi'le, Ind., was 2 maiden at 191 when reported a few years ago. A. B-year-old Englishman of Broadwater “married six wives, three ‘of them after he was 100 years old, and died in the same house in which he wes bern.” ~ Yet one-Peter Mestanea of Veniel, Marcia, is\said to Rave lived in bachel- orhood 130 years. ‘William Haseling. a pensioner of Chélsea ‘College, England, “married and buried two wives after he was 100, and the third, who survived him, he married at the age of 110.” Charles Cottrell. and his wife of Philadelphia, “lived together in the married state ninety-eight years in great unison and harmony, and died within four days of each other,” in 1761. Eawact Drinker of Philadelphia, “was four times married, and died at 103.” ‘Both died the same year, in the 148th year of their marriage, leaving two sons smd two daughters, besides many grandchildren. The youngest ‘son was 116-years of age.” is written of John Rovin and his wife of Temes- war; Hungary, alleged to have been re-’ spectively 172 and 164 when dying, In Ti. e AMBITION. * "To be ambitious of true honor and of the real glory and perfection of our natare isthe very principle and incen- tive of virtue; but to be ambitious of fitles, place, ceremonial respects, and civil_ pageantry, is a3 vain and little as the things are which we court.—Sir P. ‘Sidney. — A noble man compares and estimates himzelf by an idea which is higher than himself. The one produces aspi- ration; the-other ambition. which is the way in which a valgar man aspires. —H. -W. Beecher. Ambition is the spur that makee man streggie with destiny. It is heaven's own incentive to make pur- pose great and achievement greater. — Donald G. Mitebell. : ‘Ambition ig not a weakness unless it be d@isproportioned to the capacity. To havé more ambition than ability is to be-at once weak and unhappy --G. 8. Hillard. It is the canstant fanit and insepara- ble-evll quality of ambition that it never looks behind it —Seneca. Ambition is the germ from which ail growth of nobleness proceeds.—T. D. English. Ambition is not a vice of sie peo- ple —Montaigne. AS TRUE AS GOSPEL. He grieves. more than is necessary Who gtieves before it is necessary. ‘The <aviler: can always find some- thing to criticise and some one to con- . A& We grow older all life grows more and mre bitter—and we more and more.aSie to bear it. Talents are ‘best’ nurtured in soli- tude; chatacter 1s best formed in the Stormy billows. of the world. _ To, judge of the real importance ot ‘an incividual we should think of the effect bis death would produce. Gtv-vics. - ‘The firet electric atreet railway in Greece was recently completed at Pa- tras. ete SH It is a remarkable fact that few sav- ages have ever been known to stam- Soldiers in the Italian army are each allowed half a gallon of wine every week. The college and town of Oberlin, G., has raised $25,000 to modernize their In North Carolina and Louisiana only three persons out of every four can read and write. The highest receipts ever taken in for the use of the Suez canal in one year were $16,461,800. Nearly 2,000 farmers within 30 miles of Chicago have had their houses equipped with telephones. The Chinaman carries a fan, even if he is a soldier on active service, or if he is going to his execution. Nearly one-balf of the students at Switzerland's universities last summer —1,990 out of 4,046—were foreigners. According to the latest reports the fraternal organizations of this country and Canada contain 5,722,016 members. An American dealer has reduced the price of ice in Rouen, France, in one year from 300 francs a ton to 50 francs. The farm products .t the United. States this year are worth about $400,- 000,000 more than last. sear’s outturn. Twelve thousand emigrants from the British Isles and over 17,000 from the United States went into Canada last year. te | Of the 1,557 towns in New Englana 101 manage their schools under the district system, $1 of them being in Connecticut—Utica Globe. HOUSEWIFE SUGGESTIONS. Cure a wasp sting by ruobing the place with a slice of raw onion. After peeling apples drop them into cold water. ‘This will prevent them becoming discolored. 3 Silver inkstands stained with’ ink may be cleaned by applying a little chloride of lime with water. Scorch marks on plates and dishes that have been used for baking may be removed by rubbing with a damp cloth dipped in coarse salt. Renovate black velvet hats by plac- ing @ small piece of butter in the palm of the hand and gently rubbing the surface of the velvet with it. This will quite restore its freshness. Smoke-grinfed gass globes should be Soaked in warm soda water. Then add a few drops of ammonia and wash them well with & soapy flannel, rinse in clean water and dry with a soft linen cloth. : To clean cream linen blinds stretch them on, a table and rub them well with powdered bathbrick applied with & piece of flannel. Blinds will took mew when cleaned in this manner.— Chicago News. . CURIOUS BRIDAL OMENS. In provincial England the cook pours hot water over the threshold after the bridal couple have gone in order to keep it warm for another bride. There is an oid superstition in Ger- many against May marriages. A favorite weiding day in Scotland is December 21, so that the young con- ple can leave their old life with the old year and begin their married life with the new one. . The Itslians permit no wedding gifts that are sharp or pointed. From which Practice emanates our superstition that the gift of a knife severs friend- Bhip. pe of the most beautiful of all mar- riage customs is that of the bride, im- mediately after the ceremony, flinging het boquet among her maiden friends. She who catches it is supposed to be the next bride. Suntny Creeks to 29 :. "HOCKING ‘The best for domestic usa THE JONES & ADAMS CO, Apthencise anit Bivemsinous Coal ‘Siriotly dealers’ yards. ; sesacpalane Yordts Tan 2 Ketabtiahed 167 JOHN 3: DUNN, Wholesale and Retail Dealer Ip... Coal - and - Wood, Sit Street and Armour Avenve... Relence, 5045 Michigan Boul, : CHICAGO. . ALEX |. WYATT, JEWELER 48° OPTICIAN Manvfecturer of OPTICAL AND REFRACTING GOODS Watches and Jewelry Repaired, Prices 98 E. Madison St., seer Deerborn Chicago Sire Seta Cc.J.BOYD, Practical Plumber and Gas‘itter ‘Telephens Yards 4 709 WEST 47TH STREET. BERNARD J. MAGUIRE, BUF EET. 430 STATE ST., Cor Polk. 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If subseribers neglect or refuse to take their periodicals from the post- office to which they are directed, they are responsible until they have settled their bills and ordered them discon- tinued. 4 If subscribers move to other yaces without informing the publish- er, and the papers are sent to the for- mer address, they are held responsible. 5. The courts have decided that re- fusing to take periodicals from the office or removing and leaving them uncalled for, is prima facie evidence Of intentional frand. 6 If subscribers pay in advance they are bound to give notice at the end of the time if they do not wish to continue taking it; otherwise the Dublisher is authorized to send it, and the subscriber will be responsible until an express notice, with payment for all arrearages, is sent to the publisher. Don't imagine that ali hair prepara- toms are alike. Quite the contrary. Some never do what is claimed for them. 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