The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. Too little stress is used in the dispute over this question on what our exports consist of. Our enormous sum of exports is mostly drawn from the permanent resources of the land. To judge from our conduct one might infer that no people will be residing here a century or two hence, or none that will need coal, iron or other minerals or timber. We are treating our native land as spoil. To understand a large subject it may be as well to analyze—take it in part. Suppose a farmer of large possessions and family—all living on the estate and deriving from it subsistence, his descendants gradually increasing and flourishing around him. Almost everything they desire is drawn from their own labors on the soil. They exchange such supplies as they create for whatever they find more convenient or profitable by trade. We may suppose the soil contains coal, gold and other mineral very accessible. It has splendid timber, even if used with care to last forever. If man works to live here is enough for all time; but not if he is forced to live only to labor. In an evil hour the head of the family begins to speculate and compete against certain nabobs, whose palaces he has seen. Some of his children have also eaten of the insane root. The timber is sacrificed, the coal mine is riffled and the products exported for luxuries. The desire grows as 'tis fed. More land is devoted to cotton, tobacco and other exhausting crops. He puts up a factory to use his cotton and even goes into silk raising to occupy the children and women. There is no more leisure for any except one or two favorite children. As time passes he finds himself sending forth thousands of dollars worth of lumber, ecal, cotton, tobacco and no little gold from a rich ledge on his place. He is in debt, too, and his children, his once happy tenants and servants are all pushed and squeezed to help pay. This evil course once begun 'tis impossible to stop. He has splendid improvements and his family is very extravagant. It needs only a bad season or two, finally, to cause bankruptcy. When he sums it all up what has he given, that is, exported; and what has he received or imported? He has, during, say 20 years, sent out one million dollars worth and exhausted his lands. He has received back, say, six hundred thousand worth in things needed, but worn out by "Time the Great Devourer." Gold called wealth by him was his grand object. Well—he did receive eighty thousand in gold, but he also sent out as much and the mining of that and the coal destroyed acres of his best farm land and some fine springs once affording good water. Just as this farmer is supposed to have done so has this nation. All the gold we exported cost double its value in damages to farm lands and navigable streams. Contemplating the desolated forests, the rifled mines, the neglected coasts and harbors and streams we may imagine our descendants cursing the mad avarice and ignorance of our day, that has thus robbed their native soil of all its best resources—and left a scene of irreparable ruin. HOLT. Lewis O. Summersett, the cowardly and pusillanimous character who attempts to write most of the thrashy rot which appears from time to time in The Mall, of Red Bank, N. J., referred to us in a late issue of that wishy-washeys heet as "A nigger Democrat," which proves to us that the nameless creature who goes by the name Loud Open Summersett, is an ignorant blackguard, that he and his friend Thomas Fortune are both too dumb and stupid to cope with the truth, which they found in The Broad Ax. Dr. Samuel Burdett, Seattle, Wash.. recently completed a very readable little booklet entitled: "A Test of Lynch Law, An Expose of Mob Violence and the Courts of Hell." This highly interesting little work should be perused by all classes, for its author brings out many facts respecting mob and lynch law which are a revelation to the world. It sells for the small sum of 25 cents, and it is for sale by all book-sellers. SENATOR PRITCHARD ON SUFFRAGE. Senator Pritchard of North Carolina is opposed to reduction of Congressional representation in the South, in the states which have disfranchised the Negro. Here are some of the remarkable things which this Senator, elected through the grace of God and the Negro vote is saying now: "The Fifteenth amendment to the constitution renders the penal clause of the 14th amendment null and void: and for a quarter of a century the country has had notice that the 15th amendment is a dead letter. There has never been a denial of the right to vote to a sufficient number of voters in the state of North Carolina to warrant Mr. Crumpacker in reducing our representation to the extent proposed in his bill." This is enough to make the murdered Negroes of the Wilmington riot turn over in their graves! In truth, the Negro has but little to expect at the hands of the average Southern white Republican. They stand today almost a unit for the disfranchisement of the very Negroes who have made it possible for them to be enrolled as members of Congress. The "Lily-white" movement has run its length in every Southern state. Only a few months ago at the Republican state convention of Virginia which met at Roanoke, the white Republicans insulted and drove out the Negro delegates to the convention, and then thanked God, that at last the Republican party of Virginia was a white man's party. The Southern Republicans fear that if a reduction be made, that they will be reduced to an unknown quantity. But this should teach the 10,000,000 of Negroes in this country that their only hope for continued right of citizenship is by contending manfully for the same. Persistent vigilance, eternal vigilance is the price of libert and citizenship. When we contrast the fact that the 100,000 Chinese are raising a fund $100,000 to fight the bill which prevents the Chinese from emigrating to this country, with the further fact that only the Virginia Negroes have regular organizations, and are fighting disfranchisement, it is something one cannot understand, why this fight has not become national rather than local. Why cant the Negroes of this country see in this matter, the hurt of one, the concern of all. The Negroes political fate is in his own hands, and sooner or later the persecution of the whites will drive them together.—The Enterprise, Omaha, Neb. In its railling against United States Senator Pritchard, The Enterprise makes as much noise as a dying cat, and we beg to remind The Enterprise that the distinguished senator of old North Carolina is one of the great leaders of the L. G. Lily-white Party, that he stumped N. C. in 1900 in favor of disfranchising the Negro. A PROPOSED DEAL IN HUMAN CHATTELS. Denmark, needing money, offers to sell us 30,000 Negroes of all ages, both sexes and many conditions for a price averaging about $10 per head. Are we to go into the slave trade as a nation after doing so much to abolish traffic in Negroes all over the globe? The people of the Danish West Indies are Negroes. They have hitherto esteemed themselves free. Shall we buy them as slaves? We cannot get them any other way. They are opposed to transfer to the United States. In their present condition they are immune from race war. They are content, peaceful, homogeneous. If transferred to us they will become additional vexation on account of race questions. Have we not enough of that kind of vexation now? Why buy more? Above any selfish consideration should be the conscience of the nation in regard to these blacks. They realize fully how much worse off they will be under our flag than under the flag of Denmark. They do not want to be sold. Denmark promised to submit the question to the islanders and to abstain by their decision. The promise has been violated. An unconditional offer is now made to us to buy these free blacks for a sum between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000. It would be, if passed, blood money. Congress ought to order JOHN G. JONES, ESQ. Member of the Legislature of Illinois, and the Highest Afro-American Mason in the World. the transaction barred until the people of those islands shall have an opportunity freely to say whether or not they desire to be annexed to the United States. If we buy the Danish West Indies without the consent of the natives we sin wantonly against the light. The natives do not wish to be sold. It is against universal humanity that JOHN G. JO Member of the Legislature of Illinois, they should be bought. The transaction Denmark proposes to us is a sordid and infamous one. It can bring nothing to us but evil.—The Chicago Chronicle. The Broad Ax desires to commend The Chronicle for its able defense of the rights of the Negroes of the Danish West Indies, and we sincerely hope that every liberty-loving member of both branches of Congress will work and vote against this new deal in human beings. TO MAKE MEN FREE To make men free has been the dream Of every noble soul on earth— To bring a better time to birth; To see the future's hills agleam With the first holy light Of a new era bright, From which the human might Of ages speeds away, Its sable folds withdrawn Before the golden dawn, Where earth goes rolling on Into the grander day. To make men free from court and throne, Free from the money changer's greed, Free from hypocrisy and creed, Free from the dreaded lash of need, And free to reap where they have sown; Free from earth's scourge, the conqueror; Free from the murderous lust of war, Free from the robber's cry of more, And free to have their own; Free voluntarily to share Their blessings from the common good; Free to each other's burdens bear, In helpfulness and brotherhood; Free in security to live And seek the blessing of content; Free in the freedom love can give, The freedom of enlightenment! To make men free! It is with me The dearest purpose of my heart That I may know and do my part To help the cause of liberty; My energy and life to be Made consecrate to the one theme, The single purpose and the dream, In every land, to make men free To make men free. —Denver News. The next issue of The Broad Ax will contain another article on Revs. A. J. Carey, J. F. Thomas, A. L. Murray and E. H. Morris, the attorney for the gamblers' trust. Several moons have passed since our friend Old Dan. Sullivan has had anything to say through the columns of The Broad Ax, but next week an article will appear in its columns from Dan, on Mr. Charles M. Walker, the corporation counsel of Chicago. NES. ESQ. and the Highest Afro-American Mason World. OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH. The Olivet Baptist Church's litigation continues. The attorney for the subcontractors and the attorney for the church have been in court several times within the last two weeks. They were in court as late as Tuesday, Jan. 28, and at that time another hearing was set for this morning (Feb. 1); but it is said that the members and friends of Olivet expect a speedy settlement of all her new troubles. CHIPS Mrs. French, a Negro woman in Mount Bayou, owns a store in which is a $5,000 stock of goods. Three or four hundred members of the County Democracy start on their Southern trip Thursday, Feb. 6. Attorney P. J. O'Keeffe, Ashland Block, has become a member of the Indiana Club. Mrs. Anna J. Cooper, a woman of great attainments, has been appointed principal of the colored High School of Washington, D. C. Sunday, Feb. 2, Mr. W. L. Sheldon of St. Louis, will speak before the Ethical Culture, Society, 17 East Van Buren street, "The Crisis by Winston Churchill." The Knights Templars ball held at the Coleseum Annex, Monday night was well attended and it was a financial success. Many of the ladies who attended wore elegant costumes. Rev. A. J. Carey, it is said, will spend one month in traveling through Canada and the South, for no other reason but to spend as much money as he can belonging to Quinn Chapel. President Roosevelt has selected Robert C. Lee as United States district attorney for Mississippi, and Edgar S. Wilson as United States marshal, both of those gentlemen have always been Democrats. County Commissioner Rollin B. Organ will, in all probability, be the nominee of the Democracy for Sheriff of Cook County, and we firmly believe that if Commissioner Organ is nominated for that office, he will be elected to it. State Senator M. J. Butler, lately fitted up an athletic club in connection with his establishment, 5728 State street, and every evening many of his friends assemble in the rooms for the purpose of becoming proficient in the manly art. Evidently Mr. J. M. Higginbothan gave Rev. J. F. Thomas a dose of knock-out drops, for the reverend gen- --- tleman has been as quite as a church mouse for two weeks. Rev. A. L. Murray will make a tour of the Southern states for the next month, and his friend E. H. Morris, attorney for the gamblers' trust, will look after the spiritual welfare of those who belong to Bethel, while its pastor blows in the people's money. Prof. M. M. Mangasarian lectures Sunday morning at the Grand Opera House on "The Moors in Spain." This is the first of four great historical lectures he will deliver during the month of February. Attorney Charles H. Stevenson, of Steve. son & Snow, 100 Washington street, ranks away up among the best and the brightest lawyers of Chicago, and Mr. Stevenson's legal training well fits him for state senator, or for city attorney of Chicago. Mr. J. B. O'Connell, of Devine and O'Connell, lawyers, Reaper block, is in line for the nomination for judge of the County Court. Mr. O'Connell, is a very fine lawyer and his selection as judge would add dignity and tone to the bench of Cook County. William H. Fitzgerald, late assistant corporation counsel and Louis T. Orr, have formed a co-partnership for the geenral practice of the law, with offices at 401-402-403 Reaper block. Mr Fitzgerald is well-known throughout the city and as he is an able lawyer he is bound to succeed. Rev. J. F. Thomas leaves for Little Rock, Ark., the first of the week, to rest up and get some of his sins boiled out of him. Olivet gave him a new fifty dollar suit and plenty of money so he can make the trip. But for reasons best known to himself Rev. Mr. Thomas will fight shy of old Kentucky. Buckston, Iowa, is helping to solve the so-called Negro problem. The postmaster is a Negro, the leading hotel is owned and run by a Negro. The schools are mixed and are taught by two white and two Negro teachers. A large dry goods store is run by a white man who employs seven Negro clerks to wait upon the people. Theodore W. Jones, Esq., addressed the Twentieth Century Literary Club Tuesday evening last at St. Mary's Church, 50th and Dearborn Sts. Subject: "No Denial of Rights to the Negro in Business." During the course of his talk Mr. Jones plainly demonstrated to his hearers that in the world of business race prejudice is an unknown quantity Perhaps no man in the United States profited more by the death of others than did President Tyler. By the death of the Governor of Virginia he became Governor, by the death of a United States Senator he was appointed senator to fill out his unexpired term, and by the death of William Henry Harrison he became President of the United States. Finally, by his own death, we hope, he became an angel.—Ex. Some fellow by the name Frank L. Commerford, who at one time worked around the corporation counsel's office, has become a candidate for state senator from the Eleventh ward, so its said. Commerford is one of those cheap guys who are always long on wind and very short on money and we do not believe the good people of the West side will ever think of sending him to represent them in the State senate of Illinois. The male members of the Buffalo Whist Club entertained its lady members Thursday night at the home of Mrs Akins, 4026 Cottaga Grove avenue. The following were present: Mmes. McKnight, Wilkerson, Robinson, Powell, Smith, Lucas, Taylor, Lapsley, Shelton and Lucas. Messrs. Smith, Rosson, Simms, Bell, Jones, Hubbard, Fletcher, Holday, Spriggs and Taylor. Admiral Winfield Scott Schley has come and gone, and while "he tarried within the gates of Chicago,he was feasted and petted by the big guns—those who never smelt powder, on the field of battle; but the Negro who was in the thickest of the fight at El Carney was not allowed to serve on the reception committee or assist to receive Admiral Schley during his visit to Chicago. The soft-brained editor of the The Advocate of Milwaukee, Wis., wrote a long, weak article, which appeared last NO. 15. week in relation to our attack on Prof. Booker T. Washington. Whenever the supposed editor of The Advocate can tell the difference between an editorial and an article reproduced from another paper, then we might condescend to reply to its criticism. Lo, the poor Negro and Indian! In Oklahoma, it is said, that the whites will not allow the Indians to attend their schools, and the Indians refuse to attend the colored schools. It is now a political issue in that territory and the population is to have separate schools for the Indians. And the Indian, who it not a citizen, thinks himself better than the Negro.—Ex. Isaiah T. Montgomery of Mississippi, who formerly belonged to Jefferson Davis, and who spoke and voted in favor of disfranchising the Negroes of Mississippi, while he was a member of its last constitutional convention, was lately appointed by President Roosevelt, as receiver of public moneys at Jackson, Miss. It is said that Prof. Booker T. Washington secured Montgomery's appointment. St. Mark's Church, 47th and State streets, was well filled last Sunday afternoon by those who turned out to listen to the joint debate between R. A. J. Shaw and L. W. Washington, "Resolved that England is justified in waging the present war against the Boers of South Africa." Mr. Washington and his friends had the best of the argument from start to finish, which caused those who did not want to hear the truth to hiss like rattle snakes. Dr. George C. Hall, 533 State street, who stands at the head of the medical staff of Provident Hospital is one of the ablest and most competent M.D.'s in this city or the West. Dr: Hall stands for or is in favor of everything which tends to advance and improve the Afro-American race and all other races. He is a deep and independent thinker, a captial story teller, a dry genial pleasant companion. For almost three years Dr. Hall has been a warm supporter and reader of The Broad Ax. One of the main drawbacks to the Negro in politics is that class of little Negroes who get appointed to some spittoon job or little clerkship, and then make it a point to assure his white political master that the Colored people are satisfied, and feel themselves well represented. These little liars ought to be shown up and discarded by the Negro race.—The Eagle, St. Louis, Mo. Chicago is full of just such a class of Negroes. The Iroquois Club held its annual election Tusday, and Judge M. F. Tuley was chosen as president; Judge E. F. Dunne, Charles J. Vopieka, and L. W. Winchester, vice-presidents for the West Side; S. S. Gregory, ex-Judge W. H. Barnum and J. D. Boddie, vice-presidents for the North Side; Major E. B. Tolman, Morlitz Rosenthal and John P. McGoorty, vice-presidents for the South Side; Justice J. K. Prindiville was elected as treasurer; Todd Lunsford, recording secretary; M. Edgar, corresponding secretary. The most of the ills of our people comes from the saddling on of enormous expense in buying and building expensive church edifices, and maintaining a large number of preachers. In many instances these preachers are quartered on small congregations, unable financially to bear the burden of properly paying and caring for their pastor. This paper would like to see the return of the good old times when Negro preachers with small charges put in a share of their time raising hogs, chickens and produce, thereby lightening the burdens of their congregation—The Plaindealer, Topeka, Kan. To the above item we say amen Swords and pens are all right in their way, but the pretty typewriter is more killing. After fortune knocks at a man's door he may be able to prove an alibi—but what's the use? A poor man who is a genius is dubbed a jack of all trades, while a rich one is noted for his versatility. Many a good man goes around looking for trouble and the minute he meets it he has a burry call in another direction.—Chicago News. Will presuligate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Artificians, Protestants, Knights of Labor, Individuals, Mormons, Republicans, Priests, or any else can have their say, no long up their language is proper and responsibility is found. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the cultural right to speak its own mind. Local communication will have advantage; this only on one side of the paper. SUSPENSIONS (advance): June 14th ..... £1.25 £15th ..... £1.50 Upcoming news media known on application affirm all communications to THE BROAD AX, 1040 Armour Avenue, Coventry. JULIUS P. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. The best sugar men will do their best to beat. An ounce of organization is worth a ton of oratory. Kipling is in South Africa, but he hasn't surrounded any Boers as yet. Chile is now accused of creating a coldness in the Pan-American congress. Honolulu maintains a public committee whose sole business is to exterminate rats. Once more the British have captured the spot where Gen. Botha was a few hours before. Senator Depew will be compelled to play hookey from most of the midwinter banquets in Washington. Late advices from Pekin are to the effect that the empress dowager once more has her authority on straight. Joey Chamberlain intimates very clearly that it is not the German vote he is trying to catch.—Atlanta Journal. Sixty-six per cent of the young men of the United States are unmarried. They are brave enough in other respects. A woman is suing Russell Sage for $75,000. She will be glad to compromise for seventy-five cents before the case ends. When the gods love a man and want him in a hurry they first make him smoke anywhere from twelve to thirty cigarettes a day. Things are coming to a hopeful pass when a New York alderman refuses a $5,000 bribe and tells of it.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Rake any hard-grained, matter-of-fact old Scotchman with half a dozen lines of Bobbie Burns and you will always uncover a poet. The description given of the costumes worn at the diplomatic receptions indicate that an Oriental circus is wintering near Washington. Gov. Odell of New York is an allround athlete. If the presidency comes fooling around his neighborhood he will be found to be in prime condition. Another defalcation has occurred in Los Angeles county. Lucky Baldwin's Chinese cook has defaulted with a side of beef and a barrel of potatoes. What next? Japanese papers have started a crusade against "tipping." There are no Pullman porters in Japan, however—luckily for Darktown.—Los Angeles Times. The United States is now the world's fourth nation in point of population. When you consider quality instead of quantity it is easily first.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. A revoltion is paralyzing Paraguay. Gen. Egsqueeza, minister of finance, has excited the enmity of a lot of patriots who want to squeeze a little on their own account. Herr Sonneberg of the German Reichstag, seems to have also acquired the very bad habit of allowing his conversational machinery to do too many stunts a day. Melbourne has pledged undying sympathy with the mother country in its troubles. England should at once dispatch this sympathy to the front and try it on the Boers. Premier Waldeck-Rousseau states that the French submarine boat is intended to capsize naval pre-eminence. The premier is evidently figuring on a gigantic paving contract for the deep-sea levels. A public office holder in Chicago has refused to accept his salary for five months because he was away during that time. Other public office holders will now regard him with suspicion or pity or both. A man who sat in a woman's lap in a street car yesterday was promptly knocked down by the woman's husband without having a chance to explain whether the strap broke or the car started too suddenly. A Brooklyn woman is best on changing her name from Fitzsimmons because of its pugilistic associations. The lady should be told that a champion heavyweight is first in the hearts of most of his countrymen. 2 Chicago Architect Designs House for New York Man --- המשפט THE LION OF ST. MARK'S Chicago has been called commercial, sordid, materialistic, inartistic, and unappreciative of the finer things of life by the east ever since she started to take away the business from the east. Chicago stood it because she was too busy to care. But now she has started to furnish the east with artistic ideas. Dan Hanna, when he decided to build his country palace last summer, got an architect from Chicago instead of New York to draw up his plans, although he is midway between the two cities. And now F. T. Gates, who is to put up a $125,000 country house next spring at Montclair, N. J., has come to Chicago for his architect, although New York city was just across the river. George W. Maher of this city was selected by Mr. Gates to build his house. Mr. Maher has drawn up his plans on original lines, the spirit of which, as he says, "is distinctly American." The predominating idea is to combine simplicity of composition and color with the essentially practical qualities. The location demands a spacious window effect on the front in order to take advantage of the beautiful view of the Orange Valley below and New York city in the distance, therefore much attention has been given to the window treatment, loggias, balconies, etc. Over the main entrance is a large observatory window made of a single piece of plate-glass eighteen feet long, which is a part of the second-story hall. This second-story hall is immediately over the large first-story hall, and extends the entire depth of the house, terminating at the THE What is the lion of St. Mark's laughing at? It is one of the most celebrated animals in the world. Although they call it a lion it does not resemble the orthodox king of beasts any more than any other zoological monstrosity. Its head is small and its mouth is large, very large, and is stretched in an all-comprehending grin. The front paws of this historical beast are resting upon the pages of an open book, and perhaps something he read there provoked the expression of amusement he has worn for nine centuries. Between the palace and the old mint on the Piazza of St. Mark, Venice, are two monolith pillars of oriental granite, brought to Venice nearly 1,000 years ago from some unknown source in the East. The Doge Michielli, who is supposed to be responsible for them, was famous for his conquests in Syria and Egypt, and along the African coast and these were trophies of his valor. One is red granite and the other is gray. Upon the top of the former is a marble statue of St. Theodore, the original protector of the republic, who stands upon the back of a badly made alligator or crocodile, holding a sword in his left hand and a shield in his right. Nobody has ever been able to explain the significance of the crocodile in a satisfactory manner, and for that reason some writers have declared that the group was intended for St. George and the dragon. But that is of no consequence. The gray column is more important, for it bears empty eyesockets, which formerly held the famous lion with outspread wings, priceless rubies, and the almighty grin. This lion is older than history. Nobody knows where it came from or THEY WINTER IN EUROPE. Italians Find It Cheaper to Go Home Italians Find It Cheaper to the Home Than Pay Rent. There is one period of the year when the great tide of immigration ebbs and the outflowing stream is almost equal to that still pouring in from Europe to New York. December is the time, says the New York Sun. At any of the railroad stations when the trains come in from the West and South you can now see on two days a week a living illustration of the axiom that it is cheaper to move than to pay rent, for on these two days, the days on which the Italian steamers sail, there throng into New York parties of dark-skinned laborers who are going to move across the ocean for the winter months, and ```markdown ``` Wilson far end in large mantels and spacious The stained glass entrance door and side lights at immediate entrance are designed to produce a centralized color effect, as is also the front of the balcony, which is of the third-story loggia. From this loggia views can be obtained of the beautiful scenery. The material used on the exterior of this house will be gray-white vitrified brick, and the trimmings of white marble. Chasteness of detail and breadth of wall surface and outline are the predominating exterior features. The interior is designed on the same lines as Indicated on the exterior. One of the distinct treatments will be the mantels which extend from floor to ceiling, encased with broad bands of marble, onyx and mahogany on the same general lines as is indicated around the front entrance. While these mantels will be in principle of design the same in each room, yet the space inclosed immediately over the fireplaces will have that motive of decoration which will suggest the use of the respective room. Glass mosaic will be employed in connection with carved wood in order to produce the desired color effect. The entire first and second stories, excepting servants' quarters in rear, are finished in mahogany. Each chamber has its own private bath. The bathrooms are a special feature and are finished in tile, both as to walls and ceiling, while all fixtures are solid porcelain. All furniture, decorations, and gas fixtures will be designed especially for this building, so that all parts will be in harmony. The immediate landscapa, terraces, The Lion of St. who made it. It has been the inspiration of poets for centuries; it has will spend Christmas and New Year's under their own sunny Italian skies. They are almost all men, and the majority are young. They carry all their worldly possessions in a tarpaulin bundle slung over the shoulder on the spade with which they have earned a year's living on new railroad embankments, in cuttings and excavations here, and they are leaving few regrets behind. They came here poor and they are going back rich to spend their earnings and return in the spring empty-handed again, to make more. They move because rent and living are dear here in winter, outdoor work is at a standstill and steerage rates across the ocean temptingly low. It is easy to work hard under rough con- ```markdown ``` and walks of this house are intended to be spacious and in keeping with the ample proportions of the house. The terrace walks will be laid with ceramics of original designs.—Chicago Tribune. BARMAIDS OF CALOUTTA. No Women to Be Employed in Saloons After April 1, 1902. Calcutta is threatened with the loss of its barmaids, and a no small portion of the community violently resents it, says the London News. An order has recently been issued by the government of Bengal that a clause be inserted in the licenses of all hotel proprietors absolutely prohibiting the employment of women in any capacity in or about the bar. This prohibition is to take effect from the 1st of April, 1902, on which המסך date a number of women will be thrown out of employment. The result is a widespread agitation. The number of barmaids in Calcutta has considerably increased in recent years. In the majority of cases they are brought out from England by the hotel and bar proprietors under contract for a term of years, generally three. The loss to them of a means of livelihood is to be deplored, but as they are entitled to a passage back to England, it does not entail the facillis descensus Averni that the more violent among the agitators predict. The correspondence columns of the Calcutta Press show that their sympathizers are numerous, but they further show that the sympathy, though doubtless merited, is the outcome of a very erroneous impression regarding the reasons upon which the prohibition is founded. The measure is one, in fact, of considerable political St. Mark's, Venice. been represented upon the flags, the manners, the seals, the coins, the pa- ditions for six months and then for five more to live in idleness in the sunniest, cheapest country in the world, enjoying the fruits of that labor. That is a life which appeals to the Italian nature particularly. So the emigrant ships are thronged both ways these days, and it is good to be a shipmaster in the Italian trade. Westward the steamers bear the green-horns, glad to come to the land of gold at any season, even at a time when work is scarce, and one must struggle along under hard conditions, and wait for better days. Eastward sail the home-goers to lounge away the days among their own folks and to spend their American-earned dollars in home pleasures, till the sun climbs high --- significance. It is deplorable, but none the less true, that the veneration with which the white man used to be regarded by the native is rapidly declining, especially in large towns like Calcutta, where the European population is composed of almost every stratum of society. Moreover, the freedom which western nations allow to their womankind is wholly repugnant to the Oriental idea, and the spectacle of an English girl selling spirituous liquors, a trade which among the natives of India is relegated to the very lowest castes, is one which tends still further to lower the "izzat," the reputation of the dominant race. The Oriental is slow to move; the inborn prejudices of a thousand generations can not be uprooted in a day. Where the west jostles the east, where the most advanced of modern ideas come into contact with N. a conservatism such as is undreamt of out of Asia, friction is bound to ensue. By wise concessions to prejudice that friction may be reduced, and the skillful driver of the engine of state is he who knows where and what to concede. Let the barmaids and their sympathizers take comfort. If they are sacrificed, they are sacrificed for the sake of the stability of the British empire in Iudia. More Than Their Face Value. The human body of average weight contains three pounds thirteen ounces of calcium. Calcium, at present market rates is worth $300 an ounce, so that amount of it contained in one human body has a money value of $18,300. Few of our fellow-citizens realize that they are worth so much intrinsically. RK'S per money and bonds of Venice. Artists have raved over it in the most ridiculous manner. Nobody ever saw such a looking thing elsewhere, but its age offsets its absurdity, and the legends that surround it are very interesting. Napoleon stole this lion and took it to Paris, as he did the horses on the roof of St. Mark's Cathedral, but after his downfall it was restored. Papa's Arrival Was Timely. A little girl at East End, who is wont to take refuge in the protecting arms of her father when her mother's ire is up and trouble is pending, almost missed her haven the other night. Her mother and she had gone up stairs for the night, leaving the father in the reading room below. In the preparations for retiring the little girl disobeyed her mother and trouble was imminent. "I'll just switch you, little lady," remarked the mother. In an instant the little girl rushed to the door and screamed for her father to come up at once. The obedient father got up the stairs in about three steps, and as he entered the room the angered mother was about to use the switch. "You just did get here in time, papa," said the little one, as she buried her face under his arm.—Memphis Scimitar. What has been described as the most curious book in the world-at least according to outward appearances-is neither written nor printed. The letters are cut out of blue tissue paper. In order to read the book without any difficulty, it is necessary to place the blue paper between two sheets of white tissue paper. This curiosity is to be found in the National library at Paris. again, and it is time to return westward to the El Dorado, where a new supply can be readily garnered. Those to whom the morgue counts as one of the attractions of Paris will be interested to learn that at the last meeting of the general council that body decided to spend $1,250 in lighting the dismal institution with electricity. Hardy Germans. The German empire has 778 centenarians, France 213, England 146, Scotland 46, Denmark has 2 only and Switzerland none at all. ```markdown ``` A FREE-LAND HINT. (Fargo Grain Growers' Convention Proceedings, Jah., 1902.) The "Soo" Line received no land grant from the government and has no lands for sale. Its only interest in the land question is based upon its broad policy of aiding settlers and business men in finding desirable locations upon good lands where thrifty, prosperous communities may grow up. It has no favorite localities to boom. But from an impartial standpoint will give such information to land seekers and others, and will lend such reasonable co-operation as will aid in this purpose. THE SOO LINE'S TERRITORY. The main line of the "Soo" runs northwest from Minneapolis to Hankinson, N. D., where turning more northerly it joins the Canadian Pacific system at Portal. From Hankinson running westerly to Wishek, in McIntosh county, runs the Bismarck extension, with its terminus at Braddock, $8. miles farther. From Wishek, by a detour to the south and west into Campbell county, South Dakota, runs the Missouri river extension, 70 miles long, with its present terminus at Pollock, four miles from the Missouri and only a short distance from the state line between North and South Dakota. WHERE GOOD LANDS MAY BE FOUND WHERE GOOD LANDS MAY BE FOUND. For those with means to buy a farm there are abundant opportunities for investments in the older sections of Richland, Sargent, Ransom, Barnes and other counties. Passing northwest on the "Soo" Line as the distance increases the development is less, and in Ward, McHenry and McLean counties the homesteader may still find excellent farming lands free under the homestead law. Settlement has been going on very rapidly in these far northern counties during the last three years and the immense fax crops and other crops harvested there last year have made new settlers rich and independent. In not a few instances did the flax crop on new breaking pay the entire cost of production, including the value of the land and leave a surplus of from $500 to $1,000 in bank. To the farm renters of Iowa and the older states, who have had the courage to strike out for themselves and come into this country, it has been like an escape from slavery. The land hunger now on is the greatest in the nation's history. The limit of free land is not far off and the price of land is rapidly advancing everywhere. It will only be a year or two until all the land in these northern counties will have passed into the hands of homesteaders and under the plow. THE MISSOURI RIVER COUNTRY. Off the main traveled road of migration somewhat is the Bismarck extension of the "Soo" line. Along this line will be found even better opportunities for settlers than now remain to the far North. This is particularly true of the country opened recently to settlement by the building of the Missouri river extension from Wishek, in McIntosh county, to Pollock, in Campbell county. South Dakota, passing through the beautiful Spring Creek valley. This country has long been waiting for the facilities which a railroad affords. It has been settled in part for a number of years and has some fine farms. The wheat crops of this valley have been so abundant as to make the country famous. Stock raising, previously the chief business on account of the distance to the railroad, will make a convenient foundation for diversified farming. This new extension runs from Wishek south to Ashley, thence west through the new towns of Venturia, Artas, Herrried and Pollock, the last three being in Campbell county, South Dakota. This Missouri Slope country is now for the first time open for settlement with railroad facilities. It will fill up very rapidly, no doubt, and make excellent opportunities for businessmen as well as settlers. Parties interested in the settlement in North Dakota are invited to write for information about the country in general, or any particular part contiguous to the "Soo" line, to D. W. CASSEDAY, Land and Industrial Agent. "Soo" Line, Minneapolis, Minn. President's Diplomatic Reception. The diplomatic reception at the White House is the great after-dark social event of the year in Washington. The diplomats get out their most gorgeous uniforms. The women of the embassies and legations wear their richest clothes and their most costly jewels. The wives of high American officials or rich society people who make annual pilgrimages to Paris save their most elegant costumes to be crumpled and crushed at the diplomatic reception. There is always a crush. The fact that it is the society event of the year makes the demand for invitations irresistible. Two thousand persons this year were invited to the White House, which can comfortably accommodate about one-fifth of that number. Everybody goes who is invited. On the day preceding the late diplomatic reception American beauty roses sold for $30 a dozen. After the reception more than four bushels of them were swept up by the White House cleaners in the outer halls and corridors, they having been torn from their wearers before half the distance to the receiving party had been passed. Is Diabetes Curable? Halo, Ind., Jan. 27th.—In answer, Mrs. L. C. Bowers of this place has this to say: "I had Kidney Trouble which, neglected, finally ran into Diabetes; my teeth all got loose and part of them came out; I passed from one and a half to two gallons of water in twenty-four hours, and such a burning sensation attended it that I could hardly bear it. I lost forty pounds in flesh and was very much discouraged. "Two doctors treated me and I took every Kidney Medicine I could hear of, but got no relief whatever from anything till I began to use Dodd's Kidney Pills. "Seven boxes of this remedy drove away every symptom I have mentioned." An essay on happiness in the Baltimore Sun resolves itself into one rule: Pay all bills promptly. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color silk, wool or cotton perfectly at one boiling. Sold by druggists, 10c. per package. Paper twine stockings at three cents a pair are the latest thing in hoslery. Piso's Oure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure—J. W. O'BRIEN. 322 Third Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. d. 1900. All fortunes have their foundations laid in economy.-J. G. Holland. 102 MILES ANCHOR. eG a ee MILWAUKEE ine ‘esTantinnes A RECORD FOR FAST TS a. Le ge eee eee One of the ee's new mam- tween Milwaukee am@ Chicago,On New type engine, i, made the eighty- iv. evan a: eee eee to Milwaukee ti one ‘minutes, or one soar Se The previous record is said to” have been one hour and thirty-two. minutes and the fastest schedule of the Mitwau- kee calls for the fun th-one hour and forty-five minutes. During three and four-tenths miles: of the distance be- tween Caledonia and Lakewood the train maintained a speed of a trifle over 102 miles -per hour.” The distance between these two stations, three and four-tenths mijes, Was made in exact- iy two minutes. 7. Considering the fact that no prepara- tion was made for the run, and con- sidering the conditions, the run is re- markable. ‘The, train feft ‘Chicago at 10:15 p. m., twenty minutes Jate, the engine hauling six sixty-foct mail and express cars, afid arrived at Milwaukee at 11:42, jyst two minutes late. The two terminals required slow time and there were slow Gowns for five railway crossings, one full stop at Western ave- nue, but no'stops for-water. ~ Edgebrook. to Stowell, seventy-two miles, was covered in sixty-five min- utes, or at the rate of ‘sixty-six and one-half miles per bour. The distance from Wadsworth to Western Union Junction, nineteen miles, was made’ in sixteen minutes, or at the rate of sev- enty-one and one-quarter miles per hour. Engine No. 921 has a ‘loaded weight of 290,000 pounds; drivers, 84% inches in diameter; a tender capacity of 19,000 poutids of coal and 7,000°gal- lons of water. The sun by detail was as follows: ~ Miles from 2 Rea _ Chicago. ago. ‘Time. Chicage: —ceccktecschesqsy D 10:15 p. m. Pacific Junction, .,-.---84 Seam Edgedrook «.-.<y-ne-05- 312 um ROnGOut .....000ssecenneRd 1033 p. m. Wadsworth ...........429 11 p, m. Western Union Junc...61.8 1120 p.m. Stowell . ,.-0--.-ss--<.----SB2 129 p.m. Milwaukee ...........-..862 2 p.m. TO THE GREAT NORTHWEST. The Wisconsia Ceutral Ry. will take you there in proper shape. Dauy trains at convenient hours leave Chicago from Row (Lake Front) for St. Paul, Minne- apolis, Ashland, - and the North- west. Palme Rpepeee are attached, and meais in dining cars are served a la carte, Nearest ticket agent cam give you further Information. ‘ 2 Jas. CPond, F Gen’l Pass. ‘Agent, Milwaukee, Wis. A young ¢ouple had been married by & Quaker, and Sfter the ceremony: he remarked to the husband: - “Friend, thou art at the end of thy troubles.” © ~ A few weeks after the man came to the good minister boiling ‘over ' with rage, having found his wife to’ be e regular vixen, and said: “I thought you told me I was at the end of my troubles?” “So I did, friend, but I did not say. which end,” replied the Quaker. sy han i ober inten puta Siesls Behon iow ees with treatment, pronounced it Science bas prover caterrh oom sonal ecg, Sasuuarts Se tutional treatment. —— eo 3 the aniy comsetsatonnt cure, 6a te mare Lsceee ees cea ees and mucous of ain They ober SrJiarcingandsetesrii Asin F. 5. CHENEY & CO. Sad pRouie Pills ee she best: ee ; A Lrowseme Entertainment. Paris is to illuminate her morgue end turn it into a sightseeing place for the public. pus not quite so bad as making’ the guillotine = popular spectacle, but It is bad enough to shock civilization where refinement is more than clothes deep. miifng tebe? <5 _ Im Winter se Allen's Foot-Eace, der. Your feet feel .uncomfort- tole nervous ‘sad "often “cold sad aoe _ bave ee deerans i's Foot Baan ‘old by al anciate and shoe stores,. L FREE. “sddrene Allon Olmeatsd, Le Roy, N.-¥. — Qe There are very few—only seven— contested es in the present ome 0 SE a es pain bys famous: Wizard Ol. . Few Geese ne eae = The trade ofall South America ts. oe cant ieee 3"Se ENSON'S 688 will WOE wonder Turkey exports “abot Scares, worth of pinata a aes ras SRS . persons. are those who see cat grip See ae ge al tor ele namone. S05-aen serve Mra 'in's famous Pancakes. All Grocers sell $t. wane tae Ridicule never Kia malas the deat Pe eno Se ae ee -CHAPERONS GOVE TO stay eee aie ep 3 ¥ e ee sian oy ae. See — = " few -were given — bi " ‘standing in “soc ‘etclon at the cast eae nec ge e ting that the sueto thelr footsteps / the chaperon has become ‘established in every social circle trom ae ‘her legiti- ‘Mate ‘place.’ All inmarried women of are spinsters—that’s enough. ten- der maid of 30 goes unattended. No ‘single woman of any age goes to the theater’aléne with = man, and as for “buggy riding”—the custom is un- Known. No girl goes to a restaurant for luncheon with a youth she has known from the cradle. It would not be correct. And it would not be en- tirely correct either for her to get an- other girl. No; she must have the chaperon—the tried aud seasoned vet- eran of matrimony—or else the pro- Prieties will be split up the back. The ardor with ‘which the cult of the chap- ron has been taken up in tlie west Should make the thoughtful pause. At the rate we're going at we'll soon be where they are in France, and it will be hopelessly compromising for any of us to wedk two blocks on the public street with a man of our acquaintance. Ip fact, at the end of the two blocks, if he should be so lacking im his duty &s @ well-bred’ man to’ neglect propos- ing, we will have to remind him of it. In provincial France you must not walk on the street-with any man but that fortunate one who is to jead you to the altar. No-man comes to call on you unless he has announced to the world in“general that he has bis eye upon you as his.future wife, and then the visits are conducted in the pres- nce of the family, one chaperon not being adequate to cope with the situ- ation. Should you go to the theater with any one less close in relationship than a father or brother your charac- ter will be as completely lost-as the gospels of St. Peter. And if you were to venture inside a resiaurant you ‘would be regarded as a person com- pared to whom Nero and Caligula were respectable - and moral—Chicago Chronicle. THE CHOPHOUSE WAITER. is Characteristic Differences fiom Other Species of His Genus, The typical chopbouse waiter goes on @uty at 6, and works until 2 or 3 in the morning. His knowledge of hu- man nature is .great, his information on the subject of sporting matters {3 exhaustless, and his emoluments in the way of tips are perhaps larger than those of any other waiter in town; not excluding the most popular who serve at the finer restaurants. Not that he understahds ‘the “art’ of waiting with any ‘degree of the skill of the French walter. He is a creature of moods and of impulses, and it depends on his state of ming whether the mustard be brought immediately or not brought at all. Direct orders grate upon him, and eause him often to lapse into an entire forgetfulness as to thearticle required. Qne has to understand the chophouse waiter to get the best results from him. He is like a rare violin, and must be handled dexterously in order to pro- duce harmony. Frequently the chop- house walter receives not only tips in the way of cash, but information as to Wall street deals on which he often realizes. Naturally all this gives him ‘un air. Also, as he serves the distinct- ly gay after-theater crowds, he gets to know the magnificent levels of life. In tno way is he ever servile, as is the Franco-Swiss. On the contrary, his fault is to verge on the other extreme of familiar confidence, to reply to any criticism -with badinage, and to treat the poor im heart with a magnificent ‘and patronizing condescension. Every popular chophouse waiter cherishes one dream—to open a place of his own, where he may amass the undoubted proGite that ure'to be ‘had in this busi- ‘ness. A very prosperous chophouse proprietor in town and many of the fashionable hotel proprietors and man- agers were graduated from the ranks of waiterdom.—New York Sun. ‘Treatment of Old Orchards. Many an old and apparently worth- Jess orchard might be made of value by eneouraging the growth of the young shoots. One orchard of the ind described was supposed to be too pid to be worth anything. The large tranches were cut back freely, and when a young shoot with much vigor was found the cut was: made so that this shoot was not injured nor the fiow. of sap_in the main branch re- tarded, Grafting was done jn some of the smaller branches and the trees ber eereel ok ee rae and than enough to pay for'the work and the-after care‘of the soll. ‘True, it was Seine 8 tae: Uaecome elveee ise ction icon ———_— ~ pe eho Fécke. ; Pat SO Se Protas 'g, Sovaty Christmas morning, ‘ts & lovely smoking. Jacket yon. Beve. sive me. ‘And the pictare ob the box of cigars is very pretty.” . “Gind they please you,” replied Mrs. “ t° $ust wondered,” continued © Mr. Ries wecing Meee See chen el ot his lfe, “whether these ae “Here het retired fa good order, leer. ‘OLD JOE. THE NIGHT WATCHMAN. often on returaing home late oer eee Se cht" man as be sat huddled ap jor. re -overtooking the ex- vations which ‘Our city coudcil in their wisdom or otherwise, allow the different water companies to make s0 frequently in our congested streets. Jn all weathers and under ali climatic ‘man is ob! ee eG ee eompanies’ , and’ to.Aee ‘a life, to be sure; what privations and ‘hardships; no wonder they have ached ‘and pains, which nothing but St. Ja- cob’s Of can alleviate. . “Qld Joe” is in the employ of the ‘Lambeth Water Works, and is well “and favorably known. He has been & ‘Right-watchman for many years, ix ‘the course of which he has undergone “many experiences, What with wet and cold, he contracted rheumatism and sci- ‘atica, which fairly doubled him up, and it began to look a serious matter for old Joe whether he would much longer be able to perform hig duties; on which ‘for.a livelihood; but as it happened, a passerby, who had for some nights no- ticed Old Joe's painful condition, pre- -gented him with a bottle of St. Jacob's “Oli, and told him to use it Old Joe followed the advice xiven; he crawled home the next morning and bade his ‘wife rub bis aching. back with the St Jacob's Oil “a gentleman gave him.” and undoubtedly his wife did rub, for when old Joe went on duty at night he Met his friend and benefactor, to whom he remarked: “Them Oils you gave me, Guv'nor, did give me a doing; they was like pins and needles for a time, but look at me now,” and old Joe began to run and jump about like a young colt. All pain, stiffness and soreness had gone; he had been tell- ing everybody he met what St. Jacob's Ol! had done for him. Old Joe says now he has but one ambition in life, and that is to always to be able to keep a bottle of St. Jacob’s Oil by him for he says there is nothing like it in the world. | St. Jacob's Oil serves the rich and the poor, high and low the same way. It has conquered pain for fifty years, and it will do the same to the end of time. It has no equal, consequently no competitor; it has many cheap imi- tations, but simple facts like the above tell an honest tale with which noth-| ing on earth can compete. ‘The Blind of Philadelphia. The police of Philadelphia have as- certained that there are 352 blind per- sons in that city. The inquiry was made-at the request of the Home Teaching Society and Free Circulating Library for the Blind, a society whose objects-are to-find-out where the Dlind reside,:to send its teacher to in- street them in reading at their homes, ‘and afterward to supply them with a regular exchange of embossed books from its library. 4 Sand Eaters a¢ St. Louis. St. Louis has a peculiar sect in the shape of a community of sand-eaters, composed of seventy-five men and women. The sand-eaters take. every day a spoonful of sand. They believe that grit is necessary in every animal, and that many stomach troubles are due to the absence of grit im the stom- Emperor William = Linguist, Emperor William is quite a linguist. At the New Year's day reception in Berlin he conversed with eight am- bassadors in their own languages, ex- cept in the case of the Turkish am- bassador, and even to him the emperor iattered a few happy phrases in Tur- kish. _ Phe Wil Interest Mothers Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray. a purse in Children’s Home. New York, eure Feverishress, Teething Disorders, Stomach Trouoks and destroy worms. At all druggists’, 25c. Sample FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy, N.Y. Briggs—It won't be long now before the United States will have to act as peacemaker for those South American republics. Griggs—Well, we never shall own them unless we make a be- ginning some time.—Life. SALZER'S LIGHTNING CASBAGE. ‘This ts the earliest cabbace in the world 2d» regulat gold mine to themarket ganteasr B . By the way. unere is lots ot ; Hest cabbage. Sasvpebstones ‘ For 16¢.and@ Notice ‘ fears ‘their’ mammoth ot pbwer and veretabie sends’ catalog. 2c postage. W.x.U- Officer—Is your brother, who was so deaf, any better? Bridget—Sure, he'll be all right in the morning Officer— You don’t say so! Bridget—Yes; be was arrested yesterday, and he gets hin hearin’ in the morning —Denver Republican. JUST THINK OF IT sBrery Bis owas no ineum- brabors, csoust-ineresning, Joa" 67 a hand ie Riso Totsts mh it wchoote snd PS ba tpied <i urches. low — AVS on gh perRe oom ores tae bo a ‘Thousance EGS cout tree to et sppticon Fr Peaiey. orc. J. Broughton. ¢.7 Monadnock Bic & Cat py epee ‘Geaotian Vovernment Ages SPECIAL Tt WADUGEMEN | $10.00 See S10. gl _ ! zs FROM SASKATCHEWAN, WES FROM SASKATOHEWAN, WESTERN _ En a letter written trom Prince Al- ee eee ne ve oie SE ‘Laughlin to Dr. C. T. Field of Chase, ‘Michigan, and which appeared in the Reed City (Michigan) Clarion, ap “Tt any one esk you how I ike it up here, tell them I am perfect- af son Seteiboh ‘tor me 1 te June tne ; T Dave as good @ piece of ‘and ‘Be ever tald Gutdodrs, Wouldn't ex- change ‘It for the whole of Lake Coun- ty, or at least the tewpship of Chase. “Of course, I have not been here ‘Very long,‘but as‘ much of the country aor Seen it cannot be-beat-any- We had.as good crops here ‘Vast fall as I ever taw, and everything gets ripe in good ‘shape. We had as good ripe potatoes as I ever ate in my life. - There is’ no better place for Stock on the continent than here. Horses and cattle will do as good rum ‘Ritig out all winter here as they do Where they are fed all winter there. Have built me a residence and now all T want is a wife to keep house for me. I have some breaking already dove on my place, but next summer | intend to Smet done and then I will be for business. “We have had a very fine winter so far. It bas not been much below zero, if any, excepting about a week in the middle of November. It has been quite cold the past day or two. We are in log shanties, and they are just muddied up on the outside, and noth- ing has frozen on the inside as yet. There is no wind or rain, just nice steady weather all the time.” Apply to any agent of the Canadian government. New Jersey is one of the states which retain the custom of making their treasurer an appointive instead of an elective officer. » i. Gti Gee Cin, Reet ORD Mrs. J. Kay, A. W. High street, Des Moines, owe san ditconered & harmless and inexpens- er todaceo habit, which has Saas put a Tne Seinieaee ‘directions sent fres for a stamp to pay postage The East received 300,000,000 feet of lumber during the last year by rail from the Pacific coast. M ustin’ Buckwh: makes cepercoeee! oes cokes veer grocer can tell all about n 2 The man that blushes is not quite a brute.—Young. colin ating sotes ibe rece efoce So Seuce-cbes cures wind colic.’ 5c & .0ttle, Hope lives where sky and sea meet. SOZODONT ean 25° cice SOZODONT TOOTH POWDER PiTPOST A Magazine Of the Markets For rs end Investors are ee We publish a new monthly magazine called “Pit and Post,” which should be in the hands of every invest- or and trader in se- ~ curities, grain, and ee It can be for the asking. — KNIGHT, DONNELLEY & CO. 217 La SALLE St. mOTUNDA OF THE ROOKERY Yous Sroce, RECEAvas PSE. - CAPSICUM VASELINE » (PUT UP Ds CULLAPSIBLE TUBE ) cenbecane fr end eupcrir 09 eetard ox Reseaieem ccs, ane in siiaying ond fait i nly tte jvtmecne a soca med ft as the best and safest externa) feabay torpor ns See asd some rheumatic, neuraigic aud gouty com- “See rie Reta teas peat prs 3 Sete ieee ar eat, acces Soares 3 IT State New yore Crev. GENTLEMEN “we : YOUR CHANCE! re you. ? Ef sot, why not marry an belress! We te ria to marry a tuey, mat St oo Pz, 200 tm cock. rerio ioe WY SOF MARKY RICH! Ad ore, COR STOSA CORR De. OB CLUS, Keats", Gites : "ne Koceee Cured by Lydia Patkest Vegetable Com- pound. = ____ Serpe sagen niet fered so Ti kidney Wopbiee and other jons, had taken se mach medicine without relief SS mia nies oor etes what is life without heal:h? I wanted to be well. t 4 3 = RE / “Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege- table Compound cured me and made me well, and that is why I gladly write you this, and gladly thank you; six bottles was all I took, together with — Pills. My headache and backache and kidney trouble went, never to return ; the burning sensation I had lett altogether; my general health was so improved I felt as young and light aud happy as at twenty. reer Loviss — 4813 Lasgiey 7e., = Cateago. — ORNS fate & chase if'you feel that there is anything at cll unusual or puzzline about a case, or if you wish confidential advice of the most experienced, write to Mra. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., and you will be advised free of charge. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has cured and is curing thousands of cases of female trouble. OO 7 x ‘SHOES $ UNION MADE a yf eS 30 y > $3504 Y é S 1 SHOES 6 \ ane THe = cm \\ mre ft Bea y woa.o fj y ~ } FOR MEN 2 } cx G 5; ~J iN PAS tae ZS Y £2; 7. GREA ~ KER THE WoW) Tes? Snot aera ars simone pos 1 aoe in pines Pairs. 1901 = 1,566,720 Pairs. THERES More Than Dowbied in Four Years. el cuanes and sells more men’s $8.0and | oem pa Teens pene aoa aie of, tn ea lecthora, inctoding Patent bag oi Cpe ay having issued his proclamation, {t now remains for bis loyal subjects throughout the land to proceed to the Festive City of ’ NEW ORLEANS and pay tribute to His Majesty by participating fm the festivities of Which for the year 1908 will be held on FEBRUARY 10 AND Ii For this occasion the . * Iinois Central RR. Company will sell ticke:s on certain Gates to New Orleans from stations on its line at VERY LOW RATES ‘Your loval ticket agent will tell you the dates of sale, apecitic rates and limits of these Mardi Gras tickets, . Pry eRe ote we is. Shade De big mower; Nt e tee ieee a Ser aneEE AGENTS WANTED rere meee, mite Fraceo Amerian Perfumery Co., Cleve’: Odio. AGENTS $26, Seeecensts sos cxcote she. tone Po eh tn 5 cee b en eee eee esas Se Sey Lee ke ae 5 pase ie Lia a Pectin Fae LAW: errs 0. “Sime! Thompson’s Eye. 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There are all degrees of nobility, but amid the levity and giddiness of people one looks round, as for a tower of strength, on some self-dependent mind, who does not go abroad for an estimate, and has long ago made up its conclusion that it is impossible to fall. The great Indian sages had a lesson for the Brahmin, which every day returns to mind, "All that depends on another gives pain; all that depends on himself gives pleasure. In those few words is the definition of pleasure and pain." The noble mind is here to teach us that failure is a part of success. Prosperity and pound-cake are for very young gentlemen, whom such things content; but a hero's, a man's, success is made up of failures, because he experiments and ventures every day, and "the more falls he gets, moves faster on;" defeated all the time, and yet to victory born. I have heard that in horsemarship he is not the good rider who never was thrown, but rather that a man never will be a good rider until he is thrown; then he will not be haunted any longer by the terror that he shall tumble and will ride—that is his business—to ride, whether with falls or whether with none, to ride unto the place whither he is bound. And I know no such unquestionable badge and ensign of a sovereign mind as that tenacity of purpose which, through all change of companions, of parties, of fortunes, changes never, bates no jot of heart or hope, but wearies out opposition and arrives at its port.—Ralph Waldo Emerson. TENNYSON'S EGOTISM. His Pre-eminent Position. The London Academy reprints from Charles Stewart's recently issued autobiography, "Reminiscences of Legal and Social Life in Edinburgh and London, 1850-1900," the following reminiscence of Tennyson: "With Alfred Tennyson in his latter years I had frequent opportunities of meeting, both in London and at his country home. Personal intimacy with great authors is a dangerous experiment, especially with great poets, for their imaginative writings have stimulated one's ideas about their personality until one foolishly half expects to find their genius displaying itself in every word and action of their daily life. Tennyson fulfilled such an unreasonable ideal perhaps as well as any man could, for his personal appearance, with which every one is familiar, was, of course, magnificent, and his manners and habits of life were dignified, if a little poetically eccentric. But the adulation which he received from his family and friends was somewhat satiating. I have seen Mrs. Greville, a woman herself of the most brilliant talent, actually prostrate herself on the floor before him, just as I have seen ladies of high rank literally sitting at the feet of Sir Henry Irving. Tennyson would have been more than human if he had resisted the effect of this heroworship. A little niece of mine was one day standing beside his chair; he lifted her up and placed her on his knee and then put her down, saying: Now you can say you have sat on Tennyson's knee.' It was kindly meant, but there was a self-consciousness in the words and in the act which was not infrequently to be observed in the poet." The London papers are plunging into the Schley controversy just as if England hadn't troubles of its own. —Kansas City Star. The payment of $60,000,000 of Spanish war claims would also tend to remind us of the ingratitude of the Cubans.—Washington Post. Mme. Nordica has put in a claim against Uncle Sam for $3,000,000. 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