The Broad Ax

VOL. VII. THE MASK AT LAST THROWN OFF. The Atlanta Constitution, one of the most powerful southern papers published, having experienced a dearth in subjects for editorial comment, took up the "Servant Girl Problem" in the south the other day. Of course that subject is about the only perennial threatbare subject among newspapers, and the Constitution, not to be behind other quarters of the world, began to complain of the lack of servant labor, overlooking the fact that the South's domestic servant problem is different altogether from that of any other quarter of the globe. The Constitution had hardly published its comment before Mr. Booker Washington was out with a letter in palliation of the supposed deficiency of servants, in the course of which he said: "It is one of my ambitions, however, to do my part in making the influence of industrial education for the Negro felt in every home and on every farm in the south. If industrial education does not in time accomplish this, it will be largely counted a failure and the southern people are right in beginning to ask for direct results. I suggest that more attention be paid to industrial teaching in public schools especially in large cities. Those who serve in families in the south find it too easy to get a position. And I would further suggest that servants bring a certificate of good character and service from their previous employer." This comment on the part of the Constitution, silly as it was, proved a godsend to Mr. Washington. He has been lying perdue ever since the Roosevelt dinner, wishing for some good opportunity to ingratiate himself once more into the favor of the white southern people. The opportunity came, and this time-server, quick as a flash, seized upon it. He does not hesitate to tell the white south that it is his ambition to make good servants out of the Negro race, and he need not hesitate, for those who have followed his course know that that has been his chief ambition. He suggests further, that more attention should be given to industrial training in the public schools. Now it was in accordance with this very suggestion and doctrine of Mr. Washington's that New Orleans two years ago abolished all grammar schools for Negroes in that city, saying at the time that it was acting in accordance with the teaching of Booker Washington. One or two Boston papers (the Herald and Transcprit), commenting upon it at the time, said that New Orleans had misunderstood Washington; but now over his own signature, here comes the Tuskegee man, advocating the industrializing of our children in the primary schools. Washington further speaks of the southern people as if they were all white, and as if the Negro did not constitute a part of the body politic there. Some of his friends should take hold of his coattails and tell him that the term "southern people" applies to both colored and white. There is something almost pathetic in the talk of this "greatest" of colored men, telling the white south to demand certificates of "good character and service" from colored servants and it is enough to cause laughter among the gods. If this great Tuskegee philosopher had only half looked at the question from its economic side, he would have known that the white people south will never hire a white servant for $5 per week when they can get a colored servant for $1.50. One serious moment of reflection along this line would have prevented the sage from shedding any unnecessary crocodile tears over the loss by the colored people of domestic employment, and it would have also prevented the Constitution from downright nonsense. It doubtless is Washington's chief ambition to make good servants out of the Negro race, but he might as well know now that this is an ambition not destined to be realized; for the Negroes over all this country have the same aspirations as any other class of citizen; and it is not in the power of any one man, however greatly he may desire it, to reenslave them.—The Guardian, Boston, Mass. The Broad Ax is in hearty accord with The Guardian in what it has set forth in the above article in relation to Prof. Booker T. Washington and his leadership of the Negro race, for we honestly believe that no man can be a true leader of any race of people who is willing to pander to the prejudices of those not his own race. INSTALLATION EXERCISES. Lat evening the K. P.'s headquarters, 2821 State street, was filled with K P.'s from all over the city, who participated in the installation exercises, which were conducted by Col. R. A. Ware, the comanding officer. The newly installed officers were as follows: Crispus Attucks Company, No.1: Captain—Geo. H. Carter. 1st Lieutenant—E. S. Kimbrough. 2d Lieutenant—J. W. Williams. Chivalric Company No. 2: Captain—Robert W. Harper. 1st Lieutenant—J. W. Dorsey. 2d Lieutenant—I. E. Henderson. Banner Company, No. 3: Captain—W. S. Sanders. 1st Lieutenant—E. Farrell. 2d Lieutenant—B. Brown. Illinois Company, No. 4: Captain—F. B. Cranshaw. 1st Lieutenant—A. Weeks. 2d Lieutenant—B. Pinkney. Havana Company, No. 5: Captain—Theodore Payne. 1st Lieutenant—J. Booker. 2d Lieutenant—Samuel Amos. At the conclusion of the installation ceremonies short talsks were made by Col. R. A. Ware, Major R. R. Jackson, J. M. Rouls and several other big K. P.'s. Refreshments were served and all the brethren and their friends felt it was good to be there and rub up against each other. THE KIND OF MAYOR NEEDED. While in conversation with a leading Democrat a few days since, the question of the mayorality was mentioned; when he said: "If I was elected mayor of this city, my inaugural address would be: 'I shall require honesty and efficiency in every department and at the hands of every individual officer and employee of the city. If any shall prove derilict, in either requisite he will be required, at once, to forfeit his positon, no matter how much influence he may possess. All who assist in bringing the administration to this tandard will receive due credit for the part he or they have performed'." Montgomery Anderson, who came to this city some years ago, from Memphis, Tenn., dropped dead last Thursday night, at 118 W. 51st street, from heart failure. Mr. Anderson was 60 years old, he was a member and officer of St. Mary's church, 50th and Dearnborn street, but as Mr. Anderson had no money when he died Rev. Bundy, of St. Mary's, was not in favor of doing anything to prevent his body from being burried by the county, and it was owing to the generosity of many good citizens, who knew Mr. Anderson, that such was not the case, funeral services were held over his remain Tuesday afternoon at Hall and Rawlin's undertaking establishment, 4838 State street, Rev. J. W. Robinson officiated. Owing to his exacting duties, City Attorney John E. Owens, was unable to accompany the Co. Democracy on its trip through the South, which proves that Mr. Owens, is perfectly willing to place the interest of the tax-payers of Chicago above pleasure, and for this reason The Broad Ax is of the opinion that Mr. Owens should be furnished with ample money or means to enable him to run the City Attorney's office in first class shape. Mr. Jame A. Quinn, City Sealer of Chicago, has many admirers among the Afro-American voters of this city, who would be delighted to have him accept the nomination for Treasurer of Cook County, and we believe there is no man in the ranks of the Democratic party, who could poll a larger vote among the Colored people than James A. Quinn, for they know him well and like him. Mr. Julius Solomon, Collector for the Town of North Chicago, would make a tiptop clerk of the Probate Court. Mr. Solomon is well-known to the taxpayers of this city and his nomination for that position or any other position would mean that he would be elected to all it. HEW TO THE LINE. COL. A. D. GASH IN THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE VERY CLEARLY AND ELOQUENTLY ELABORATES UPON THE MANY NEW AND IMPORTANT ISSUES OR QUESTIONS WHICH ARE NOW CONFRONTING ,THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. COL. A. D. GASH, Lawyer, Orator and Author. WHERE ARE WE DRIFTING? The signs of the times, in the United States, point toward imperialism. He who analyses the conditions and reasons from cause to effect is driven to this inevitable conclusion. That this statement can be made with a semblance of truth is a sad commentary upon the vigilance of our citizens to say nothing of their intelligence. The human family has been taught time and again that "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty"; and yet, no considerable number seems to have learned the lesson. To affirm that men with ordinary intelligence would deliberately turn from a government of equal rights, before the law, to a government of and for the favored few, unless among the latter, is to deny the manliness of man. It is tantamount to saying that man, of his own volition, would turn from the elysian fields of liberty and walk into the clanking chains of serfdom and bondage. Yet, that which we would not do intentionally, nor permit knowingly, we often acquiesce in or assist indirectly—because of ignorance, lack of vigilance or blind party prejudice. Every man knows that if the wealth of the land is concentrated into the hands of a few individuals it follows as a natural consequence that all power also will rest in them; that most men will use their power for self-aggrandizement to the detriment of others; that power acquired is never relented willingly; and, that the liberites we now enjoy were purchased at the cost of untold wealth and rivers of blood; yet, knowing all this, millions of men, who do not share in the spoils, deliberately vote for men, who enact, maintain and enforce partial laws; such as a protection tariff for "Little Infant Industries"; each with capital ranging from one to eleven hundred million dollars. The people are hoodwinked with the idea that "the Infants" would be crushed out of existence by foreign competition or that the tariff is given in order to raise the wages of the man who works in the mills; yet, we find the wares of the "Infants" selling in competition with all the world outside the tariff wall, our laboring men in the mills receiving a bare living, our own people paying for the goods they consume far above the price the same goods are sold for outside the tariff wall, while the owners of the stocks in the "Infants" draw fabulous dividends from the funds wrongfully extracted from the people through governmental force. That men will vote to bring such conditions upon themselves and their posterity can only be accounted for upon the hypothesis mentioned above. It is not a function of government to tax one class of its citizens for the benefit of another no matter what enterprise or occupation the several classes may follow. Therefore, our protective tariffs, our bounties and our proposed ship subsidies are all wrong from every standpoint of logical reasoning. They are legislative "Gold Bricks" sold to the masses in exchange for their votes and cash until we have a few extremely wealthy and a host of very poor people. Now that the wealth and power is possessed by a few they are forming all lines of industry into combinations, known as trusts, in order to crush the weak and exalt the strong; that all industry may be controlled for the protected favorites. And, as the crowning event, it is proposed that a financial trust be formed for the purpose of controlling the circulating medium, quantity, etc., as the generosity of the creditor class may dictate. Nor is this all, in the mad rush for wealth, they seek to carry the people away from the idea, "That all just governments derive their power from the consent of the governed," and set up in its stead, that it is right for us to buy new possessions with strange inhabitants, govern them as colonial subjects and tax them without giving them representation in the halls of legislation: and, if they intimate that they should be consulted in the premises our new cods would say: "Send our army and navy, under our once emblem of liberty, but now a symbol of trade, to ravage their coasts, invade their lands, burn their towns, destroy their homes, slay their men and force their families into reconcentrado camps—that we, their superiors, may crush out the spirit of that fire which compelled Patrick Henry to exclaim: "Give me liberty or give me death!" Have we forgotten that when the great bell rang on the signing of the immortal declaration, that its message was "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all the inhabitants thereof?" If these sentiments were right for our forefathers are they not right for us? If right for us are they not right for the Philipinos? But, the trust magnate may say, "Why need you object; we tax you through tariff laws to pile up our profits without giving you representation when we declare our dividends?" Our answer should be, "That is true, but we hope by appealing to your nobler sense of justice to stop this order of things before the millions are driven to exclaim in the language of Patrick Henry, for then it will be too late for you to repent in this world." Comparatively speaking, our government is yet in its youth. It was founded upon liberty and justice. For more than a century these attributes have constituted its propelling force. So marvelous has been its growth, in all things which go to constitute a great nation and a happy people it would seem that all fair minded men would declare a republican to be the best form of government known to man; nevertheless, we find many of our citizens fawning at the feet of a profligate, who has his position by inheritance instead of acquiring it by merit through the sufferage of the people. They appear to think his instead of our the true way. He is soon to be crowned king. It is intimated that these fawners, with more wealth than intellect, would gladly black his boots if they could thereby secure social recognition from him and the self-styled nobility—to say nothing of using their wealth and power to convert this country into a monarchy, kingdom or empire. They have evidently forgotten that to be an honorable American citizen is greater than to be a king of any other land on earth. These things, together with the subordination of the legislative and judicial branches of the government to the will of the executive; the establishment of governmental cliques and cabels organized to rob our heroes of their just due; should make us pause and ask: "Where are we drifting?" Has the great Ship of State lost its course under the steering of its present crew? If so, what is needed to again set its sails in the right direction? The crying need is a return to Democratic principles. Those principles which made this Republic the ideal government of this or any other age. The only agency through which this can be obtained is the Democratic party. All fusion should be thrown to the wind as it is usually obtained at the sacrifice of principle. This we should refuse under any and all conditions. Those entrusted with positions in the organization of the party, or the state, should be true to the teachings they espouse on all occasions. They should speak and act not for the moment but for all time; not from a narrow selfish standpoint but from the broad view of the greatest good to the greatest number; for the principles of Democracy are eternal and of universal application. The Democratic party had its beginning with the birth of the republic and its mission is to preserve the representative government established by the fathers and transmit it to future generations, unimpaired by time, boss rule, the tyrants hand or the avariciousness of the spoilism or the greedy. With this mission in view and upon the issues presented our representatives in congress should become a virile force of again lighting th fires of freedom, from Maine to California, the glow of which should rally the people again and again to this party which draws its vitality from the principles set forth in the Declaration of Independence. This fact insures a stability as firm as the rocks in the eternal hills, for that document is the greatest state paper that was ever written. Nothing in literature excels it. Its diction is the embodiment of perfection and its expressions sublimely eloquent. It conveys to the mind the loftiest sentiments of the soul; and inspires all men with higher hopes and nobler aims in life. As a weapon it dismembered an empire, and, at the same time gave birth to a republic with possibilities as boundless as the wants of humanity. It has shaken the foundation of every tyrical throne on earth since its adoption, and is destined to liberalize them in all ages of the future; for therein are recorded these axioms: "We hold NO. 17. these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." It is the cornerstone of the great Republic, whose foundation is completed in her constitution. A better foundation could not have been laid by human agency. It is carved from the granite of sacred truth and rests in the cement of eternal justice. Chicago, Ill., Feb. 11, 1902. CHIPS The Men's Sunday Club gives a banquet at the Sherman House Thursday evening in honor of Fredrick Douglass. Mr. Branch of Kansas City, Mo., visited his old friend Mrs. Lizzie N. Randell, 4836 State street, this week. Congresman Wm. F. Mohony spent several days in the city this week. He leaves for Washington, D.C., this evening. Alderman Thomas Carey, left for New Orleans, La., last Sunday evening, and he will be absent for two weeks. Rev. J. W. Robinson addressees the South End Club, at St. Mark's Church, 47th and State street, Sunday afternoon at 4 p. m. on "Frederick Douglass." Alderman Wm. C. Kuester, 26th ward, has made a first-class record in the city council the past two years,and if he lives there is no doubt of his reelection to that body. Prof. M M. Mangasarian, delivers his third historical lecture Sunday morning in the Grand Opera House on "The German or the Martin Luther Reformation." Mrs. W. M. Knights, 450 37th st., President of the Buffalo Whist Club, leaves for Hot Springs, Ark., Sunday evening, Feb. 16, where she will spend six weeks and Mrs. McKnight's many friends wish her a safe journey to and from the sunny clime. In its last report the Municipal Voters League scored Alderman Charles Martin, and many of his associates in the city council, but in spite of the loud howl of the Municipal Vofers' League Alderman Martin, will be reelected to the council from the 5th ward without opposition. Mrs J. S. Yates, of Kansas City, Mo., wil address the Men's Sunday Forum at Institutional Church Sunday afternoon, Febuary 16, and Sunday evening of the same date. She will speak at Bethel Church on "Woman as a Factor in the Solution of the Race Problem." Ex-Mayor John P. Hopkins, chairman of the Democratic State Committee of Illinois, is taking in the sights of New Orleans, La, and it's said by the wise ones that Ex-Mayor Hopkins and Alderman Thomas Carey, are making the trip together for the purpose of putting up a new political deal. Monday evening an Afro-American theatrical troop will give a performance in Olivet Baptist church for the benefit of the church, at which time one or two of the star ladies connected with the troop will, so its reported, introduce the new short-skill dance, which will be very pleasing to the Lord. It seems that the voters of the 30th ward will be able to witnes a four cornered aldermanic fight or contest between Alderman Charles J. Boyd, Capt. John J. Bradley, Denney J. Riordan, and James G. Hannahan, all four of these candidates are out hustling for votes, but Alderman Boyd, feels pock-sure that on the day the aldermanic convention is held, that he will best all of his rivals. Garden City Chapter, No. 31. O. E. S., will on Wednesday evening, Feb. 19, 1902, give a grand masquerade party, at Butler's hall, 5728 State street, corner Cloud court. Grand march begins at 10 o'clock sharp. A turkey supper and other refreshments will be served. Music by Dundham's orchestra, admission, 25 cents. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the best principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Librarians, Protestants, Knights of Lobos, Indians, Mormons, Republicans, Priests, or any else can have their say, as long as their language is proper and responsibility is found. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, over claiming the financial right to speak its own mind. Local communication will have attention; hide only on one side of the page. The baseball magnates are playing a great batting game. Admiral Yeh has been ordered by the Chinese government to bring his navy up to the United States standard. In China the year begins in February, and the Chink thus escapes the January thaw of good resolutions. New York probably realizes by this time the supreme folly of attempting to confine an earthquake to a tunnel. Swietztochowski entertained Paderewski the other nightski. After a flow of soulski they put each other to bedski. Women in Germany cannot be said to be dragging behind the times; they want the family washing done by a trust. It is now said that the pope is tired, not sick. Perhaps he has been reading the conflicting rumors regarding his health. The Kentucky girls say Admiral Schley is a flatterer. He probably told each of them that she had beauty enough for all. The supply of mustangs in Montana has practically been exhausted by the heavy demands of Buffalo Bill and the South African war. In deciding to hold a reception for the women of the foreign legations the dowager empress of China has moved right into the front row. Great Britain and the United States have exchanged places in one respect. While the former is piling up a war debt the latter is cutting one down. The picture the German newspapers are using to represent Miss Roosevelt might bring on war were we not a good-natured and long-suffering people. No request has yet been received in this country for the appointment of representatives to attend the coronation of King Alfonso at Madrid next May. When an impecunious friend strikes you for ten dollars of your surplus it is less embarrassing to say "Ikona," which is crocodile Zulu for "I have none." There is no assurance that America is not absorbing the usual quota of anarchists into its population every time a shipload of immigrants reaches our shores. The discovery that there is a gang of counterfeiters at work in Porto Rico seems to indicate that the Americanization of the island is proceeding rapidly. The European nations now striving to prove how much they love us would probably be less demonstrative if they knew how determined we are to remain single. If the reports of Prince Henry's good sense are trustworthy the American who attempts to "fawn at the feet of royalty" invites the discouragement of a royal kick in the jaw. As a result of the earthquake at the City of Mexico, Gov. Mora and his family have no home and are now living in a stable. Well, the Savior of mankind was born in one. Anarchists say that Prince Henry never did a useful day's work and that they will ignore him when he visits this country. But do the anarchists want to monopolize the loafing? No sooner does the Kaiser prove that he is friendly to the United States than he is called upon to demonstrate his affection for England. Some of the Kaiser's orato's keep him busy. With the Danish West Indies ours, the territory controlled by the United States will come within 100 miles of reaching half around the globe. Even Benjamin Franklin didn't foresee that. Mr. Marconi's engagement was broken off because he failed to keep up his correspondence. He was so immersed in his wireless signal scheme that he forgot all about the postal cards. Capt. Clark, who commanded the Oregon, and is to go to the coronation, is an expert chess player. He will be all right in London unless King Edward shall steer him into a game of baccarat. It is the judgment of those best qualified to speak on the subject that now is the time to visit Washington. Politically and socially, the nation's capital is rarely more brilliant and attractive than it is at present. Besides, it is the duty of all those of our people who can afford it to see their country's capital at its best. THE KANSAS PEOPLE ARE IN LOVE WITH WESTERN CANADA. They Say the Land There Is the Finest on Earth. A great number of delegates have been influenced through the agency of Mr. J. S. Crawford, the Canadian government representative at Kansas City, to visit western Canada, and whether from Missouri or Kansas the story is always the same—they are pleased with the new country being opened up. Isaac H. Levagood writes from Didsbury, Alberta, as follows: "I met three delegates from Kansas yesterday at Didsbury, and took them home with me and took them out in the afternoon and showed them some of the finest land that days on top of God's green earth. They are more than pleased with this country. They stayed with me last night; this morning I took them to Didsbury, and they went on north. When they come back they are coming to my place and I am going to help them to run some lines and they are going to locate in sight of my house. There have been over 1,200 acres of land changed hands here in our neighborhood this spring. When I located here last fall I was the furthest back of any of the settlers; to-day I am in the center of the settlement. We have thirty-six children that are of school age in our district, and we will have our school district organized next month, when we will proceed to build our schoolhouse. The longer we stay here the better we like the country; that is the way with everybody here, they all seem to be satisfied and doing well. I have talked with a great many men here and they told me that they had less than $50 when they got here, and today they have got 160 acres of good land and five or six hundred dollars' worth of stock. Crops are looking fine here. I think this will be a good winter wheat country. One of my neighbors has a small piece and it looks fine." Road Sign Posts in France. Cyclists who contemplate touring in France will be pleased to learn that the road from Dieppe to Paris is now so completely provided with sign posts that a foreign cyclist landing in Normandy without a map would not have the slightest difficulty in making his way to Paris if he followed the roadside directions. The entire route is divided into numbered sections and at frequent intervals the cyclist is informed by sign posts as to the turnings, inclines, distances, etc. All the great highways from Paris are to be treated in the same way. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.; Walding, Kinnan & Marrin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price No per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Millionaire Beautifies a Town. Fairhaven, Mass., is proud of Henry H. Rogers, the oil magnate, who was born there and has spent millions of dollars and much of his time in improving and decorating the town as he might beautify his own home. He has already given to the town a library, waterworks, a drainage system, town hall, schools and a church. Honesty of the Chinese In a recent book of travels in China special point is made of the general honesty of the people, as illustrated by the numerous stalls and shops that are left to look after themselves without danger of theft. "Tryml" Overcomes Constipation, the danger signal of Stomach, Liver and Nervous troubles. If you are a sufferer cut this item out—it is worth 25c—and send it with address to R. J. Sarasy & Co., Janesville, Wis., and get a package of Trymi Tablets free. They are guaranteed to fulfill all claims or money will be returned. The Oldest Policeman John M. Penniman, a patrolman on the police force in Boston, has been a police officer for fifty years. He is claimed to be the oldest policeman in the country. If you don't get the biggest and best it's your own fault. Defiance Starch is for sale everywhere and there is positively nothing to equal it in quality or quantity. Porto Rico, borrowing an idea from Connecticut, has begun to raise tobacco under cheesecloth tents, which keep off insects and temper the wind, rain and sun. No man can be brave who considers pain the greatest evil of life; or temperate who regards pleasure as the highest good.—Cicero. The word "prevent" originally meant nothing more than to go before. It is used in this sense in several places in the Scriptures. If you have not yet tried Defiance Starch, just ask your dealer what others say about it. FRANCE SWITZER LAND BELGIUM ITALY AUSTRIA DENMARK GERMANY ENGLAND HOLLAND DUTCH STATE SWEDEN NORWAY CANADA 2.68 3.53 4.58 6.07 6.57 6.83 10.91 10.22 10.8 10.2 15.81 Designed the Meteor Gay in a dress of fresh paint, its hull moulded into form, Emperor William's yacht, the Meteor, is ready for the water at Shooter's Island. To the lay observer the yacht seems a completed vessel stripped of its rigging. The painter's brush already has marked the water line on its sides, and the last rivet has been fastened in its plates. Nearly all the portholes have been cut. With the completion of the deck flooring and the deckhouse, which will be done in ZAN a day or so more, all that remains to be done will be the fitting up of the interior and rigging. The 100 tons of lead ballast already has been stowed away in the hold. The Meteor will be almost completed when it is launched. Stepping the masts, upholstering the interior, and finishing some of the detail work in the compartments is all that will remain to be done. The yacht may be ready to sail within two weeks after the launching. Magalificent Telephone. Last year the officials of the department of communications decided to make a present of a specially made set of telephone apparatus to his imperial highness, the crown prince, in honor of his wedding. But, as there was not time enough to manufacture it, in accordance with the suggestion of Dr. Furnichi, assistant secretary of that department, they presented only the drawings. Since then numbers of workmen have been engaged in its manufacture. The telephone itself is nothing but an ordinary instrument, except that it possesses excellent sensitiveness. All the outside decorations are of ivory, with gold inlaid. The imperial crest of chrysanthemums and cranes, at the corners of the square part, are made of gold. The telephone stand is lacquered work with inlaid mother-of-pearl. An American Beauty Miss Nance O'Neill, the American actress who has been engaged for a season at the Lyceum theater, London, during which she will appear in tragic roles, is at present enjoying a popular success in South Africa, despite the war. Miss O'Neill is one of the most beautiful women whom California has contributed to the American and the British stage. She was born at Haywards, near Oakland, and although a Protestant, she has been a warm friend of Rev. Father Lally, a well-known Roman Catholic pastor at Haywards, who has watched NANCE O'NEILL closely her career. She made her debut in London two years ago. Dowry Her Own Weight. A German paper reports a singular freak of paternal liberality in the matter of a dowry at a wedding recently. The marriage took place at Koniggratz. On the betrothal of his daughter Herr Duchatschek had announced that he would give her, as a marriage portion, her weight in silver currency. Accordingly, on the wedding day, the bride was formally weighed in the drawing room, in presence of the assembled guests, before proceeding to church. The lady turning the scales at 62 kilogrammes, a sack was at once filled with silver crowns to the same weight, with half a kilogramme over—for the weight of the bag, as Herr Duchatschek playfully explained. The exact number of crowns was 13,500. Old English Parish Clerk. Henry Arnold, of Bradford Abbey, Dorset, the doyen of English parish clerks, was born in the spring of 1807, and although in his ninety-fourth year and well able to remember Waterloo and the peace rejoicings, still attends to his duties at two services every Sunday and can walk five or six miles at a stretch. He first entered upon his duties in September, 1833, and by accepting the office of clerk disqualified himself for taking his place among the flute and violin players in the gallery, although an expert performer on both instruments. --- It is doubtful whether any inducement to marriage was more remarkable than that recently put forward by a well-known Austrian nobleman who was anxioius to encourage matrimony among the peasants of his estate. He undertook to provide each bridegroom with tobacco supplies for life and each bride with four pairs of gloves per annum. The generous offer acted like a charm, and very soon there was scarce a single bachelor remaining on the nobleman's vast estate. A Unique Will "Where there's a will there's a way," according to the proverb, though it may not have meant hte kind of will shown in the accompanying illustration. The picture tells almost the whole story. A fisherman in a New England town was fatally injured by May 4th, 1790 In there it may ensure all any estate or land my depart now the bulk lease to my grandson Matter Mahlow producing he does not an arry before the age of 25 both on cess of his marriage befitted that time the store expedient to be reserved by the titter for charitable purposes Yours Faithful Henry Mahlow a rock falling upon him as he was walking at the base of a cliff. When found he was dead, but clutched in one hand was one of his shoes, upon which he had written: "To whom it may concern: All my estate, including my deposit in the bank, I leave to my grandson, Walter Mahlon, providing he does not marry before the age of twenty-five; but in case of his marriage before that time, the above mentioned to be used for the state for charitable purposes." For the Purchase of Palestine. At the request of influential Hebrews of New York a bill has been introduced in the state legislature for the incorporation of the Federation of American Zionists. The purpose of this organization is the purchase of Palestine from the Turkish government, so that it may be open to such Jews as may desire to go there from any part of the world and make it their home. It is stated that many rich men are interested in this measure, and that money can be raised to any needed amount, provided the Porte is willing to accept a proposition for a sale. Not a Progressive Country. Colombia, with only 4,000,000 inhabitants, is twice the size of Germany. It has only 605 kilometers of railway and apart from the rivers all communication with the interior is carried on with mules. In London there are six Paradise streets, ten New streets, eleven Duke streets, twelve Church streets and twenty-three High streets. The average consumption of beer by the factory hand in Germany is nearly a gallon a day, but in England it is still larger. SISTERS OF CHARITY Use Pe-ru-na for Coughs, Colds, Grip and Catarrh-A Congressman's Letter. Dr. Hartman receives many letters from Catholic Sisters all over the United States. A recommend recently received from a Catholic institution in Detroit, Mich., reads as follows: Detroit, Mich., Oct. 8, 1901. Dr. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio: Dear Sir----"The young girl who used the Peruna was suffering from laryngitis, and loss of voice. The result of the treatment was most satisfactory. She found great relief, and after farther use of the medicine we hope to be able to say she is entirely cured." SISTERS OF CHARITY. This young girl was under the care of the Sisters of Charity and used Peruna for catarrh of the throat with good results as the above letter testifies. From a Catholic institution in Ohio comes the following recommend from the Sister Superior: "Some years ago a friend of our institution recommended to us Dr. Hartman's Peruna as an excellent remedy for the influenza of which we then had several cases which threatened to be of a serious character. "We began to use it and experienced such wonderful results that since then Peruna has become our favorite medicine for influenza, catarrh, cold, cough and bronchitis." SISTER SUPERIOR. Dr. Hartman, one of the best known physicians and surgeons in the United States, was the first to formulate Peruna. It was through his genius and perseverance that it was introduced to the medical profession of this country. The following letter is from Congressman Meekison, of Napoleon, Ohio: The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O. Gentlemen:— "I have used several bottles of Peruna and feel greatly benefited thereby from my catarrh of the head, and feel encouraged to believe that its continued use will fully eradi- Congressman David Meekison. Congressman David Meekison. thirty years' standing." If you do not receive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. He Could Not Touch His Witches, and They Were "Flesh for a King." So writes our esteemed friend Mr. Frank Chambers of 9 Bennett street, Chiswick: "For over two years I suffered agonies from indigestion and became reduced to a mere shadow of my stalwart self. I would return home from my business feeling so faint that I could hardly drag one leg after the other. My dear wife did all she possibly could to tempt me with dainty dishes, and as I entered the house I sniffed and thought: 'Oh, how good; I know I can eat that!' But alas! no sooner had I eaten a few mouthfuls, when I felt sick; severe pains shot through my chest and shoulder blades, my eyes swam and everything seemed black, I became alternately hot and cold, and got up from such a dainty dinner heartily sick of living, and feeling I was a sore trial to everybody. I may mention that I was also very much troubled with scaly skin, and often boils. But one evening I noticed my wife seemed more cheerful than usual. I questioned her and found she had been reading a pamphlet she had received of men afflicted just as I was, and who had been cured by Vogeler's Compound. Said she, 'What gives me more faith in it is that it is made from the formula of an eminent physician now in active practice in the West End of London, so I am sure it is no quack thing.' 'All right, dear, let's have a bottle,' said I. After taking the contents of the first bottle, I felt very much better, and determined to give this remedy a fair trial, and I can positively assure you that a few bottles made a new man of me. I can sleep well, eat anything, and thoroughly enjoy life. I have told several of my friends whom I knew were suffering the same as myself, and they all wish me to say that they are like new men. I sincerely bless the great physician who gave you the formula of Vogeler's Curative Compound, and also yourselves for making its virtues known to a suffering public." The proprietors (The St. Jacob's Oil, Ltd., Baltimore) will send a sample free to any one writing to them and mentioning this paper. ROYAL DIVORCES. They Have Not Been Very Numerous During the Last Century. A royal divorce is a very rare event; indeed, those which have taken place during the last century—even including the most famous of all, that of the Emperor Napoleon I. and his unfortunate consort, Josephine—may be counted on the fingers of one hand. To these must now be added the divorce, on grounds of hopeless incompatibility of temper, of two of Queen Victoria's grandchildren, namely, the grand duke and grand duchess of Hesse. The grand duke is the only surviving son of the late Princess Alice; he has several sisters, of whom the best-known are the empress of Russia and Princess Henry of Prussia, while yet a third, Princess Louise of Battenberg, has now lived for many years in England. The grand duchess is the second daughter of the late duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and she spent much of her girlhood in London. There is but one child, a daughter, and it has been arranged that she will divide her time between the two parents, who are, of course, first cousins as well as man and wife. A Strong Statement. Star, Wls., Feb. 10th.—Mr. Samuel S. Hook, one of the most highly respected residents of this neighborhood, has given a very hearty recommendation to Dodd's Kidney Pills, a remedy recently introduced here. He says: "I have been a sufferer from Kidney Disease for some time and found nothing to help me till I began to use Dodd's Kidney Pills. They gave me almost immediate relief, and I am now well. I have recommended them to many friends and in every case with splendid results. "They are the very best pills for all kinds of allments, but especially for Kidney Complaints." This is a very strong statement, and coming from a gentleman of Mr. Hook's standing and reputation, it has had a tremendous influence in Vernon county. Padrones in Philippines. All employment of natives in the Philippines is on the padrone system. No American can walk out and hire a dozen Filipinos to go to work for him; he must instead arrange with a "boss" and on a commission for so much labor. This is the Philippine substitute for trade unionism. In Winter Use Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. Your feet feel uncomfortable, nervous, and often cold and damp. If you have Chilblains, sweating, sore feet or tight shoes, try Allen's Foot-Ease. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores, Inc. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Incubators for Game Birds. Artificial incubators are being used in England for pheasants and other game birds. Nearly all the ostriches on the South African ranches are also raised in incubators. Landkeepers' Excursions to Virginia, North and South Carolina. Good farm and stock lands cheap. No tornadoes or heavy winters. For pamphlets and excursion rates address W. E. Cooklyn, N. W. P. Agt. C. & O. Hy., St. Clark St., Chicago. Storekeepers report that the extra quantity, together with the superior quality, of Defiance Starch makes it next to impossible to sell any other brand. NO UNDERGROUND TELEGRAPH. Britain in No Condition to Stand Expense of Tests. Replying to a letter of the London Chamber of Commerce, the postmaster general holds out no hope of a general underground telegraphic service. After alluding to its impracticability and prohibitive cost, Lord Londonderry says that the present condition of the national finances makes it impossible to undertake the experiment in the immediate future. To the suggestion of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce that a sufficient number of wires for emergency purposes should be laid underground between the principal commercial centers Lord Londonderry replied that the world would be proceeded with as the funds for the time being allowed. London Express. A SHEEP COUNTRY. Profitable sheep husbandry needs low-priced lands, or lands that the sheep will improve while they are feeding off it. Both these conditions are met in the new lands for settlers in northern Wisconsin. Experimental sheep farms started several years ago are now supplying the finest mutton that goes into the Chicago market. Clover and blue grass is the very best feed for sheep. This grows in luxuriant abundance in northern Wisconsin, and peas grow strong and healthy, free from worms here, making an unexcelled sheep fodder. Statements concerning the future of northern Wisconsin for sheep breeding have been made by Prof. W. A. Henry, of the Wisconsin Experiment station; Thomas Shaw, of the Minnesota State farm; John A. Craig, of the Iowa Agricultural college; L. D. Burch, of the American Sheep Breeder, and others. Those who are interested in finding a superior sheep country where lands are still cheap and sure to increase in value, should write to D. W. Casseday, Land and Industrial Agent, "Soo Line," Minneapolis, Minn. The Handeemest Calendar of the Season. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Co. has issued a beautiful calendar in six sheets 12x14 inches, each sheet having a ten-color picture of a popular actress—reproductions of water colors by Leon Moran. The original paintings are owned by and the calendars are issued under the Railway Company's copyright. A limited edition will be sold at 25 cents per calendar of six sheets. Will be mailed on receipt of price. F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago. Grasshoppers in South Wales Grasshoppers are so great a plague at Hay, New South Wales, that they obscure all the street lamps at night, leaving the town in total darkness. Florida Excursions via Virginia and Carolina Winter Resorts and Charleston Exposition, Hot Springs, Old Point Comfort, Southern Pines. For information address W. E. Conklyn, N. W. P. Agt. Chesapeake and Ohio R'y, 234 Clark St., Chicago. There is a certain unguarded warmth that comes across a man now and then that drives etiquette out of his head. It will be a cold day when you find a laundry starch anywhere near as good as Defiance. The education of the will is the object of our existence.—Emerson. $3.00 W.L. DOUGLAS SHOES $3.50 UNION MADE W.L. DOUGLAS $3.50. SHOES ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD FOR MEN THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHOE MAKER Sold by W. Douglas Stores and the best shoe dealers everywhere. CAUTION! The genuine have W. L. Douglas' name and price stamped on bottom. Notice increase of sale in table below: 1896 = 746,706 Pairs. 1899 = 898,183 Pairs. 1900 = 1,359,754 Pairs. 1901 = 1,566,720 Pairs. BUSINESS MORE TRAIN CHAIN THE REASONS W. L. Douglas makes and sells more men's $0.00 and $0.10 shoes than any other two man's in the world. W. L. Douglas $0.10 and $0.10 shoes placed side by side with $0.10 and $0.00 shoes of other makes, are found to be just good. They will outwear two pairs of cowboy shoes $0.10 and $0.10 shoes. Made of the best leather, including Patent Corona Kid, Gorna Celt, and National Kangaroo. Fast Other Excelsior Always Black Hoods used. W. L. Douglas $0.20 "Old Edge Line" cannot be squared. Shoes by small size, extra. Catalog free. W. L. Douglas, Brockton, Mass. Get Rich Quick—Send $1 and receive FIVE L. D. ALLMAN, Piggott, Ark. Phore-Late Reading: Perfect satisfaction or money back; send 90s, birth, date and completion. Prof. B. G. Sharpman, D. Pa., 649 W. Madison St., Chicago. MAUO'S LETTER TO HER CHUM. Rare; with book, 19s. J. G. Schiller, Cleveland, G. TRAINING SCHOOL for NURSES THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY HOSPITAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES offers superior advan- tage to women between the ages of 25 and 35 years, who may desire to become graduate nurses. Diplomas granted on completion of the course. For further information, address the school president, MILWAUKEE COUNTY HOSPITAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES, Waxwatons, WI. WILKES Irish Spice (Vegetable) taken by directions glucosewater; cinnamon, caterril, (internal or ex- ternal), mustard, rheumatism, ocauna or leucorrhoea, nailship. K. M. WILKES. Lock Box 91, Dallas, Tex. BENTLEMEN—Ten and Six Ladies of placing ad- resses to represent fraternal insurance in Illinois; suspectly interesting; reference required. J. B. MARTIN. 56 La Salle Street, Aransas, Ill. SALESMAN Golden opportunity. Sure of success. Sample and partitions 49 stamps. Koberman Company, 111 Prince St., Newark, N. J. PHOTOGRAPHY TAUGHT BOROUGH BY MAIL. Best methods, expensive modem. Original School of Photography, Bloomington, IL. THERE is danger in coffee drinking; 8 pounds "Palatini" for 41 lice a family a month; coats less; builds up the skin, assists of tasting it down; sample 16 cups with rail directions. Fornia File Cure will absolutely cure bitux, itching, bleeding or protruding piles; 10 treatments 30s. Bureka Chemical Co., N. d. Box 1198, Chicago. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, cure Feverishness, Teething Disorders, Stomach Troubles and destroy worms. At all druggists', 25c. Sample FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Belfast Factories Shut Down. The numerous restrictions recently placed upon the manufacture of matches in Ireland have led to the closing of two factories in Belfast. About 400 operatives have been thrown out of employment. We promise that should you use PUTNAM FADELESS DYES and be dissatisfied from any cause whatever, to refund 10c. for every package. MONBOE DRUG Co., Unionville, Mo. Russian census returns reveal the presence of 640,000 idolators in a population of 125,688,000, among which for every 121 men there are 100 women. Dealers say that as soon as a customer tries Defiance Starch it is impossible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. When a man's wife tells him to "wait just a second" he can form some idea of what eternity is like. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. Thos. Robbins Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.—Emerson. To Cure a Cold in One day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. Valor has won many victories, but diplomacy has doubled them. Don't Trifle With Rheumatism. Use MATT J. JOHNSON'S 6033. Cures quickly, safely and permanently. Nothing resembles pride so much as discouragement.—Amiel. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. See a bottle. The duration of an ordinary wink is four-tenths of a second. For the real, good old Buckwheat flavor, buy Mrs. Austin's Buckwheat and don't forget the name. Generosity is the flower of justice.— Hawthorne. REAL ESTATE GOOD FARMS FOR SALE. Men of moderate means, desiring to become owners of homes of their own, will find it to their interest to correspond with me at once. I have excellent FARMS for sale, on easier terms than can be found anywhere in the West. Small cash payments; ten years' time on residue. If desired; low rates of interest. S. F. GILMORE, Emingham, Illinois. MONTANA BANCH—Cattle and Sheep For Sale—An Excellent Ranch for either cattle or sheep, for both. Well watered, good locality, abundant range, first-class improvement; 8,700 acres; 10,800 head of sheep; 800 head of cattle, 80 head of work and cow horses; 1,000 tons of hay, over 800 acres in alfalfa. Write for further particulars to J. E. COLLENS & CO., Halee, Montana. South Missouri Homes! Large list of IMPROVED FARMS and UNIMPROVED TIMBER LANDS, for sale cheap for cash, or will make liberal terms to purchaser. Healthy location. Best fruit, grain and stock country west of the river. Send for list and tell me what you want. Address G. H. RICHARDS, Birch Tree, Ko. WE HAVE 250,000 ACRES of Improved and Unimproved FARMS for sale in Polk, Kittsoum, Marshall and Red Lake Counties, Minnesota, in the famous Red River Valley. These farms are for sale on easy terms. For maps and printed lists, excursion rates and further particular, call on or address Iowa Land Co. Crookston, Minn. JOHN H. BOYD, Crookston, Minn. DANIEL THE CORN LAND MAN Has good farm land for sale on small cash payments and easy terms. These lands are in Central Western Minnesota. Write, stating what you want. I will tell you what I have. If I can suit you, come and see. You will be pleased. E. B. DANIEL, Marshall, Miss. Mention this paper. CORN VEGETABLE AND ALFALFA land for sale, Platte Valley, Nebraska. Write us for list of improved and unimproved land which we have for sale, in the center of the great alfalfa district. These lands are rich, well watered and especially adapted for corn, alfalfa and vegetables. As an investment these lands are good, and will increase in value rapidly. Liberal terms arranged. I. G. MEREKY, Lexington, Davenport, Nebraska. J. C. MERRITT, Lexington, Dawson Co. Nebraska FOR SALE TWO HUNDRED ACRE FARM in DeKalb County, Indiana; price eight thousand dollars, one third cash, balance ten equal annual instalments. Sixty acres timbered, balance new land free from stumps, soil rich black loam, produces splendid crops corn, wheat, potatoes, etc. Good house. Free rural delivery and telephone. Three good markets in four miles. Title guaranteed. Write for particular. Address D. M. LINK, Auburn, Indiana. SOUTH DAKOTA LANDS FOR SALE. I have about 200 tracts of unimproved lands from $4.50 to $15.00 per acre. Your money can almost be doubled in a year by investing now. PHIL P LAWRENCE, Muron, South Dakota. OR HARDS pay in the Ozarks. Rich deposits of lead and zinc. Climate, water, health and cheap lands, invite home seekers. J. F. Kindriek, Seymour, Mo. $25 CASH—$10 Monthly—buyes 15-acre Farm near R. R. town; 30 bearing trees, house, garden, productive soil, $460; rented till fall; larger farms cheap; stp. for list. Robert Boram, Merrion, Mo. For Sale—80 acres RICH BLACK SOIL in Douglas Co., Illinois, in the Broom Corn Barn, adjoining corporate limits of city of 25,000 inhabitants. Address Box 264, Arthur, Ill. Southern Calif.-ruit tree and grain land for sale, improved ranches. One fine orange orchard. Fertile soil, excellent climate. W. J. HOLE, La Habra, Cal. PROPERTY FREE offered you. Southern Pacific Railroad traverses famous Beaumont Oil District. Write for plat, man, application blank. Address Texas Colonization Co., Deed Dept., Chicago. FOR SALE—Farms in Southern Iowa. Write for Hist. J. F. Gallup, Cordova, Iowa. IOWA FARMS $4.40 CASH BALANCE | CRIP TIL FAIR $2.20 THE CONTENTED FARMER is the man who never has a failure in crops, gets splendid returns for his labors, and has best social and religious advantages, together with splendid climate and excellent health. These we give to the settlers on the lands of Western Canada, which comprises the great grain and ranching lands of Manitoba, Asanibois, 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 seat free to all applicants. Apply to F. Padley, Superintendent Immigration, Ottawa, Canada: or to C. J. Broughton, 927 Monadnock Block, Chicago, E. T. Holmes, Room 6, "Big Pour" Bugg, Indianapolis, Ind., or H. M. Williams, Toledo, Ohio, Canadian Government Agents. LOOKING FOR A FARM? We have a number of choice farms in Nebraska, S. Dakota, Arkansas and Missouri. Never again will you have so good a chance as now. Values going up. Don't delay. Tell us what you want. we can help you. Do you wish to locate on gov- ernment land, we can give you all information desired. BELLINGER & SCHOEDSACK, 219 South 15th St., Omaha, Neb. WANTED—Young Man to Travel; salary $60 mouth and expenses; send reference. Address Flugh-Williams Co., Manhattan Building, Chicago. THE WOMEN'S WEEKLY Mrs. L. A. Harris, a Prominent Member of a Chicago Woman's Political Club, tells how Ovarian Troubles may be Cured without a Surgical Operation. She says: Doctors have a perfect craze for operations. The minute there is any trouble, nothing but an operation will do them; one hundred dollars and costs, and included in the costs are pain, and agony, and often death. "I suffered for eight years with ovarian troubles; spent hundreds of dollars for relief, until two doctors agreed that an operation was my only chance of life. My sister had been using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for her troubles, and been cured, and she strongly urged me to let the doctors go and try the Compound. I did so as a last resort; used it faithfully with the Sanative Wash for five months, and was rejoiced to find that my troubles were over and my health restored. If women would only try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound first, fewer surgical operations would occur."—Mrs. L. A. HARRIS, 278 East 31st St., Chicago, Ill. 85000 FORFEIT IF THE ABOVE LETTER IS NOT GENUINE. When women are troubled with irregular, suppressed or painful menstruation, weakness, leucorrhoea, displacement or ulceration of the womb, that bearing-down feeling, inflammation of the ovaries, backache, bloating (or flatulence), general debility, indigestion, and nervous prostration, or are beset with such symptoms as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, excitability, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, "all-gone" and "want-to-be-left-alone" feelings, blues, and hopelessness, they should remember there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles. To the Ladies: article, we give an absolute guarantee with every package sold, and authorize dealers to take back any starch that a customer claims to be unsatisfactory in any way. We have made arrangements to advertise it thoroughly, and you must have it. ORDER FROM YOUR JOBBER. If you cannot get it from him, write us. DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY: gives quick relief and cures worst cases. Book of testimonials and 10 DAYS' treatment FURR, DR. M. M. GREEN'S SONS, Rex B. Atlanta, Ga. RNEUMATISM, Sciatica, Neuralgia and Gent, cured with one bottle of FINGES; 82.50 per bottle. For circulars and testimonials, Pinus Medicae Co. 784-738 Walencia St. San Francisco, Cal. NUT-LE Greatest game of the age: 18g by mail. NUT-LE CO., Y. New York FINANCIAL. The present development of Texas is marvelous and unprecedented and will continue and increase. Now is the time for investment. We offer good lands in large or small tract, and city property at low figures, on liberal terms. Other perfectly safe investments at good interest. If you have money to invest or want to improve your location, write for particular. PADDOCK-GRAY COMPANY, Investment Bankers, Fort Worth, Texas. TEXAS is rapidly growing in wealth and population and will soon be the banner State of the Union, and Fort Worth will be its commercial metropolis. If you want information about the State or city, either about investments, or for a location for business, or to engage in agriculture or manufacuring, the same will be cheerfully furnished by the FORT WORTH BOARD OF TRADE, Fort Worth, Texas. $3,000 FOR YOU! Would you invest from $50.00 to $150.00 if I tell you how to make a life income from it? Information free. For full particulars, address, P. O. Box, 2192, Boston, Mass. ESTABLISHED 1886. CARGILL & RICHARDSON We BUY and SELL Oil Stocks on commission. We can keep you out of BAD TRADES and put you onto good legitimate investments and speculations. Write for quotation, market letter and information. References: Commercial National Bank, Houston, National City Bank, New York, Whitney National Bank, New Orleans. INVESTORS!—A few bankers and other business men of high business ability and integrity, now forming company, desire to correspond with a few investors, having from $25.00 to $500.00, to invest with them in a proposition in the West promising very large returns in near future. Highest references. Write L. E. WILLIAMS, Glenwood, Iowa. COLORADO Development Stock in Colorado Mines have made thousands rich from small investments. If you buy stock of the par value of $1.20 per share at 15 cents during the development period and the property pays a dividend of only one cent per month you are receiving nearly Seven Per Cent. Per Month on the money you have invested. We have proposition that we think will do better than a one cent dividend as the development progresses. Particulars free. W. E. ALEXANDER, Denver. COLORADO CONSUMPTIVE OR WEAK LUNG PERSONS send for FREE TRIAL of our HERB MEDICINE and be convinced; nothing better on earth. 10,000 lb. given away for free trial. Address, Suite 304, 134 Monroe St., Chicago WONDERFUL - The Catarrh Relief Inhaler. Sent post paid for 35 cents. Lawn Mail Order Co., $14 Ash St., Burlington, Iowa. WAKE UP! And send 10 cents for sample; goes like wildfire for 25c. DOMESTIC MFG. CO., Ottumwa, Iowa. S: ua 12-oz. pack- 10 cents when ery best starch e. One-third same money. To the Dealers: GO SLOW—In placing orders for 12-oz, Laundry Starch. You won't be able to sell 12 ounces for 10 cents while your com- petitor offers 16 ounces for the same money. DEFIANCE STARCH IS THE BIGGEST— THE BEST COLD WATER STARCH MADE. No Chromos, no Premi- iums, but a better starch, and one-third more of it, than is contained in any other package for the price. Having adopted every idea in the manufacture of starch which modern invention has made possible, we offer Deflance Starch, with every confidence of giving satisfaction. Customers are becoming more and more dissatisfied with the prevalent custom of getting 5c. worth of starch and 5c. worth of some useless thing, when they want 10c. worth of starch. We give no premiums with Deflance Starch, relying on "Quality and Quantity" as the most satisfactory method of getting business. You take no chances in pushing this MFG. CO. TAXES ARE NOW DUE! The State, County, City, School, Drainage, Library and South Park taxes for the year 1901 are now due and payable at my office, Room III County Building, cor. Washington and Clark Streets. TAXES ARE NOW DUE. The State, County, Town, City, Drainage and South Park Taxes For the year 1901 are now due and payable at my office, Stock Exchange Building, 108 La Salle Street. By paying your taxes to the Town Collector it is a direct benefit to you, as 2 PER CENT of such collections goes into the Town Treasury to be used solely for town purposes. Maurice Eitzgerald, Collector Town of So. Chicago. Office, Stock Exchange Bldg., 108 La Salle Street. TAXES ARE NOW DUE! THE STATE, COUNTY, TOWN. CITY, DRAINAGE and LINCOLN PARK TAX S For the year 1901 are now due and payable at my office, 259 North Clark Street. By paying your taxes to the Town Collector it is a direct benefit to you, as 2 per cent. of such collections goes into the Town Treasury to be used solely for town expenses. JULIUS SALOMON, Collector Town of North Chicago OFFICE: 259 NORTH CLARK STREET. HEAVY MACHINERY. Smoke Stacks, Cupolas and Monuments Erected. Hoisting and Placing of all kinds of Beams and Girders for architectural work. Office, 31 South Canal St., Chicago TELEPHONE MAIN 4928. CHIPS. Attorney Israel Cowen, Tacoma Building, has spent the last two weeks in New Orleans, La., and other sections of the South, he will return home Monday morning, and be ready for business. Tuesday evening, Feb. 18, The Douglass League will observe the birthday of Fredrick Douglass, at St. Marks' Church, 47th and State street, Attorney S. A. McElwee, S Laing Williams, Rev. R. C. Ransom, and Mrs. L. A. Davis, will be the leading orators. John B. Hart, president of the Douglass League, will preside. There are men standing in pulpits every Sunday who are a disgrace to God's cause and to the many noble men who are in the ministry for the good they can do. Colored people depend largely on their ministers for moral support, so let the people see to it that the unworthy men are cast out and our pulpits purified.-The Times, Denver, Colo. "Big" Negroes do not support Negro papers; they are greatly interested in them, borrow and read from some poor fellow who is paying for one, and then criticise the management. They can tell you exactly how the paper should be run, but if the editor's depended upon them for support they would starve to death, and all race papers would cease to be published.—The Times, Denver, Colo. NOTICE We exceedingly regret to say that our article on Revs. A. J. Carey, J F. Thomas, A. L. Murray, E. H. Horris and Arch-Bishop Perry A. Hull, will not appear until the next issue of The Broad Ax. Query—If Boss Washington should succeed in unloading Mr. T. Thomas Fortune on Roosevelt, and Roosevelt in turn pass him on to Hayti, who would be left to pose as the purchaser of Negro delegates for the next Republican convention? Or does Bro': Booker, with the aid this administration, intend that there shall be no Negro delegates left for Fortune's kind to slander.—The Guardian, Boston, Mass. Friday evening, last, Garden City Chapter, No. 31, O.B.S., met at Butler's Hall, 5728 State street and T. H. Samuel, G. P., installed the following officers: Mrs. C. Webb, R M., Mrs. L. O. Kenproe, R. P., Mrs. S. J. Hart, Ass't. M.; Mrs. Jennie Flynn, Cond ; Mrs. Nellie Williams, Ass't. Cond.; Mrs. M. S. Jackson, Treas.; Mrs Lillian Bell, Sec'y.; Mrs. Maggie Giles, warden; Mrs. Jas. Jackson, Senfinel; Grand Marshal, D. D. Lacy, acted very gallant, as he conducted the ladies to their various posts, and when the exercises closed the thirty members belonging to the chapter and their visiting friends partook of choice refreshments. A woman's promise is like a bubble it assumes great proportions in the start, and then suddenly collapses. Ask your dealer for Sunday Creek No. 18 HOCKING The best for domestic use. For Sale by THE JONES & ADAMS CO. Anthracite and Bituminous Coal 47th St. and Wabash Railroad, Strictly dealers' yards. SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK Clark and Washington Ste. Telephone, Main 940. CHICAGO. A. D. GASH, Attorney at Law. 61 and 28 La Palme St., Suite 615 to 618. Telephone, Main 1877. Chicago. JOHN E. OWENS Attorney at Law, Suite 621 ASHLAND BLOCK, 80 S. Clark Street, - - CHICAGO WILLIAM L. GAHAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Suite 1402, 100 Washington St. 'Phone Central, 3341. CHICAGO. JOSEPH A. McINERNEY LAWYER Suite 706-708 Chicago Opera House CHICAGO Beauregard F. Moseley, LAWYER. Practice in all Courts. Main Office 6256 Halsted St, Down Town Office 260 S. Clark St., Room 421 Hours from 12 to 2 P. M. Phone: 2533 Harrison. William Howard Fitzgerald LAWYER Room 402 Reaper Block, CHICAGO CHARLES HUGH LEECH COMMERCIAL LAW A SPECIALTY Room 216 Roanoke Bldg. 145 La Salie St. Phone Central 3584. CHICAGO. Telephone Yards 707 Residence, 120 Garfield Bd. JOHN FITZGERALD JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 4787 S. HALSTED STREET, .....CHICAGO S. A. McELWEE ...LAWYER... 36 S. Clark St., CHICAGO. Room 706 Ogden Building Residence, 3153 Forest Av. ALBERT B. GEORGE LAWYER. 423 Ashland Block, Chicago. — Tel. M. 2025. — Robert M. Mitchell Attorney at Law Suite 9, No. 77 South Clark St. CHICAGO EDWARD H. WRIGHT LAWYER Suite 421, 200 S. Clark St. Telephone, Harrison 2132. CHICAGO Thomas F. Soully, Attorney at Law, 79 Clark Street, CHICAGO. Room 14. Lawrence M. Ennis, Advocate and Counselor at Law, Suite 720 Open House Block. S. W. Canner Clark and Washington St. TELEPHONE MAIN 178a. Don't imagine that all hair preparations are alike. Quite the contrary. Some never do what is claimed for them. The Original Ozonized Ox Marrow has been on the market for so long that there is no doubt it will do everything we claim for it. It is the most genteel preparation that any one can use on their hair. It is most delicately perfumed and when thoroughly rubbed into the scalp and well brushed through the hair it cannot fail to cure dandruff and make the hair straight, soft and beautiful. It invigorates the scalp producing new growth and stops the hair from falling out. Try a bottle and you will be sure to be pleased. Only 50 cents, express paid, to any address in the United States. Druggists also sell it. Address: Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. ```markdown ``` C. J. BOYD, Practical Plumber and Gas-fitter Steam and Hot Water Heating, Iron and Tile Drainage . . . Telephone Yards 814 709 WEST 47TH STREET. BERNARD J. MAGUIRE, BUFFET. 430 STATE ST., Cor Polk. IMPORTED WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS A SPECIALTY, TEL. 973 Harrison, CHICAGO. MRS. LIZZIE N. RANDELL Dressmaking and Plain Sewing..... 4836 State St. CHICAGO FOR BARGAINS IN Dry Goods, Gents' Furnishings and Shoes GO TO THOMAS & HARRIS TWO BIG STORES 5101-3 Wentworth Ave. 5650-4 S. Halsted Street GUS GEBHARDT Boots, Shoes and Rubbers Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods No. 5046 SO. STATE STREET CHICAGO Repairing neatly done G. E. EVANS. Design in All Kinds of HARD AND SOFT COAL, Wood, Charcoal, Coke and Ice, Expressing and Moving a Specialty. 332 29th St. Chicago, Ill. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TAKEN FROM LIFE: BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. ORIGINAL This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or curly hair straight as shown above. It nourishes the scalp and prevents the hair from becoming brittle. It makes the hair grow long and silky. Sold over forty years and used by thousands. Warranted harmless. Testimonials free on request. It was the first preparation ever sold for straightening kinky hair. Wear of imitations. Get the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow as the genuine never falls to keep the hair straight, soft and beautiful. A toilet necessity for ladies, gentlemen and children. This wonderful pomade is that by its use you can straighten your own hair at home. Owing to its superior and lasting qualities it is the best and most economical. It is not possible for anybody to produce a preparation equal to it. Full directions with every bottle. Only $0 cents. Sold by druggists and dealers or send us $0 cents for one bottle or $1.50 for three bottles. We pay all express charges. Send postal or mail order. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., AGENTS FOR THE BROAD AX. From now until further notice The Broad Ax will be on sale at the following places: E. H. Faulkner, dealer in cigars and tobacco, 3104 State street. B. W. Fitts, printing office, 2713 State street. A. F. Tervalon's cigar store and news stand, 2826 State street. S. Mitchell's news stand and cigar store, 4902 State street. News items and advertisements left at those places will find their way into the columns of The Broad Ax. President Roosevelt has again showed his very human side by stepping on his wife's best gown. ```markdown ``` Waiting for Business Is very poor business. The only way to do business in a business-like way is to make business. If you are in business and are not satisfied with the volume of business you have been doing, we would suggest that you take the business advice of one who makes it his business to make business for others. Your announcements in the columns of this paper will bring you increased business. We can easily demonstrate to your satisfaction that waiting for business SAVE MONEY BY BUYING YOUR PROVISIONS FROM A. E. HANSEN, Staple and Fancy Groceries, Meats Best Brands of Flour, Teas, Coffees Baking Powder, Spices, Butter Eggs, and Canned Goods, Etc. All Goods Guaranteed to be Fresh, 5060 DEARBORN ST., COR. 51ST ST. CHICAGO. SAMPLE ROOM WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS 8402 SOUTH HALSTED STREET, OHICAGO. A. JOSEPH JOSEPH STRAUSS SALE AND EXCHANGE STABLE. Driving, Draft and General Business Horses Always on Hand 1197 Milwaukee Ave. Near Robey St. Telephone West, 1028. CHICAGO, IN. GEO. C. CALLAHAN & CO. PRODUCE COMMISSION Butter, Poultry, Eggs, Game, Veal, Etc. 217 SOUTH WATER STREET, CHICAGO. WILLIAM LOEFFLER 31st and State Streets CHICAGO YOU CAN SAVE MONEY By Ordering $15 Suits and One of Our- Overcoats Made to your measure in Any Style. Guaranteed to Fit and Satisfy You. Better Grades up to $25 Pantaloons from $4.00 Up! The Largest, Oldest and Most Extensive Tailoring Establishment in Chicago Our Fall Line is Now Complete. The Best in the City. EVERYTHING GUARANTEED. THE MOSSLER BROS