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THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. Sunday morning the Grand Opera House was filled to overflowing by the intellectual lights of Chicago to hear Prof. Mangasarian deliver his masterful and brilliant lecture on "The Whole Truth About Thomas Paine." His opening words were from the writings or the sayings of that great statesman whose memory will always live in the hearts of men—Charles Sumner—which were as follows: "I honor any man or woman who, in the conscientious discharge of duty, dares to stand alone. The world, with intolerant judgment, condemn; the countenances of relatives may be averted and the hearts of friends grow cold, but the sense of duty done will be sweeter than the applause of the world." Prof. Mangasarian very boldly and fearlessly elaborated upon the great services Thomas Paine, rendered this country, while it was fighting for civil and political independence from Great Britain. He declared that it was the writings of Thomas Paine, during the Revolutionary war in favor of the absolute seperation of this country from England more than anything else that revived the drooping spirits of General George Washington, and his Army and rekindled the fires of Liberty on every hill and mountain top from Maine to the Carolinas, and it must be remembered that Thomas Paine wrote his "Crisis," while he was serving in the army of George Washington, as a common soldier and that Little Book of his as well as "Common Sense" decided the fate of England. Prof. Mangasarian dwelt at considerable length on many other interesting incidents in the career of Thomas Paine. But he omitted to state that Thomas Paine, was the mover of the Declaration of Independence, secretary of foreign affairs under the first American Congress; that after he had written his "Rights of Man" upon his return to England, his next effort in behalf of fettered humanity was his pamphlet or book against the continuance of the greatest of all crimes resorted to or practiced by the Christian nation, the African slave trade. Ellery Sedgwick tells us in the Latest Life of Thomas Paine, which the writer has just finished reading and which is published by Small, Maynard and Company, No. 6 Beacon street, Boston, Mass., that when Thomas Paine first arrived in this country, he brought with him a letter from Benjamin Franklin, who was at that time, 1774, acting as agent for the State of Pennsylvania in England; on presenting Franklin's letter to Robert Aitkin, owner of the new Pennsylvania Magazine: Thomas Paine was engaged as its editor, and his first article was an appeal for the emancipation of the Negro from slavery; shortly after the appearance of Thomas Paine's article against slavery, Doctor Benjamin Rush became his fast friend and in less than one month from the time that they grasped each other by the hand they formed the first American anti-slavery society in Philadelphia. In writing against the African slave trade Thomas Paine exclaimed, that "ever since the discovery of America, England hath employed herself in the most horrid of all traffics, that of human flesh, unknown to the most savage nations, hath yearly (without provocation and in cold blood) ravaged the hapless shores of Africa, robbing it of its unoffending inhabitants to cultivate her stolen dominions in the west." Thomas Paine's hand against slavery was also shown in the preliminary draft of the Declaration of Independence, for Paine and Thomas Jefferson, were like brothers and Thomas Jefferson even after he had become president of the United States could never be induced to turn his back on Thomas Paine. November 2, 1779, Thomas Paine, as clerk of the Assembly of Pennsylvania, wrote the preamble forever abolishing slavery in the State of Pennsylvania and in doing so he "said that was one more step to universal civilization." After the war had come to an end and after the University of Pennsylvania honored Thomas Paine by conferring upon him the degree of Master of Arts, he returned to his mother country, England, also to France, where he produced his "Rights of Man" and the other work which we have spoken of and while he was the guest of honor at a dinner of the radical "Revolution Society," its members rose to greet him, singing the triumphant chorus: "Freedom, freedom, freedom, Rights of Man and Paine resound," and it is said by Mr. Sedgwick, that "the climax of the evening came when Thomas Paine, rose to make his speech. Raising his glass he looked about the waiting assemblage, and said: "Gentlemen, I give you the revolution of the world!" for wherever revolution was there was also Thomas Paine. Many of the printers in England were imprisoned for publishing his "Rights of Man," and Paine, himself, became an outlaw in the land of his birth; then he fled to Paris, and became a member of the French asesembly and for voting against the death of the King of France but for his perpetual banishment, he was himself doomed to meet death, but somehow or other he escaped the watchful eyes of those who had charge of the Luxembourg and in time he made his way back to America, and his fame as the author of The Age of Reason, had already preceeded him and no sooner than he had landed upon these shores a mighty shriek went up against him from all the hide-hound little pinheaded preachers, and even unto this day this same class of Bible beaters grow red in the face whenever they here the name of Thomas Paine, but so far none of them have been able to answer his arguments nor to destroy nor to brush aside, the logic which is embodied in The Age of Reason. They, the theologians, encouraged the ignorant mob or rable to hang or burn Thomas Paine in effigy, they called him "Tom," the devil, and many other pet-names and when the news had reached England from this country to the effect that Thomas Paine was ill, and could not recover from his fatal illness, crowds of people in that and in this land of liberty and free speech sang in chorus: "The Fox has lost his tail, The Ass has done his braying. The devil has got Tom Paine," and from that time to the death of Thomas Paine, the Federalist press and the pulpit hounded him to his grave, notwithstanding the fact that he had done more than any other man to wrest this country from England. While the ministers—their blind followers and the press were engaged in denouncing him on account of his religious views, Thomas Paine was busy in petitioning Congress against the further importation of slaves into Louisiana, which proves that Thomas Paine was ever ready to strike at injustice. But that act on the part of Thomas Paine counted nothing for him and the preachers and his other bitter enemies succeeded in disfranchising him. On the morning of June 8, 1809, Thomas Paine, who was born in 1737 passed away from this earth as quietly as a philosopher, but the day before his death, two preachers rushed into his sickroom after bribing one of his nurses and they solemnly exclaimed: "You have now a full view of death, and whosoever does not believe in Jesus Christ will be damned." "Let me have none of your popish stuff!" grunted Paine. "Get away with you!" Only five white persons and two Negroes acted as his mourners and followed him to the end of life's journey; those true friends who stood by him through sickness and death, buried his body on his farm at New Rochelle, N. Y., and with their own hands they placed a large stone at the head of his grave. Ten years from that time his friend William Cobbett had his bones removed and carried to England, intending to raise a monument to him in his native land. But the old outcry was heard again. A town-crier was sent to jail for proclaiming the arrival of his bones and Cobbett was compelled to give up his design, and no CHICAGO. APRIL 26, 1902. one in the world today knows the resting place of Thomas Paine. Perhaps his body was thrown into the sea for the sharks to feast upon, or it might have been reduced to ashes like the body of Voltaire, and scattered to the four corners of the earth. Thomas Paine never pretended to be a white robbed angle like his detrac- [Name] P. PROF. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. The expert beggar of Tuskegee, Ala., who recently bore Home on the out-skirts of Boston, Mass., the full acco will appear in the next issue of this paper. The expert beggar of Tuskegee, Ala., who recently bought a fine Summer Home on the out-skirts of Boston, Mass., the full account of his purchase will appear in the next issue of this paper. The expert beggar of Tuskegee, Ala., who recently bought a fine Summer Home on the out-skirts of Boston, Mass., the full account of his purchase will appear in the next issue of this paper. tors, but the following was his religious belief, "I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life; I believe in the equality of man, and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow creatures happy." He also exclaimed many times that "the world is my country and to do good is my religion." He hated and abhored slavery, injustice and oppression of every kind with all the intensity of his being, and according to our way of thinking he was one of the noblest and one of the greatest deciples, of justice, equality and freedom. OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH TO BE SOLD. Tuesday last, Judge Burke instructed his clerk to enter an order on his books directing the sale of Olivet Baptist Church which stands on the corner of 27th and Dearborn St., for the benefit of the holders of the second mortgage notes, and the other crelitors. These notes were given at the time the church was erected and the notes secured by second mortgages amount to almost twelve thousand dollars. For many years Rev. J. F. Thomas, of Olivet, has been fighting J. M. Higginbothan through the courts in order to escape paying his honest claims, but the "mills of the Gods grind slowly and exceedingly fine," and from all indications Mr. Higginbothan will receive what justly belongs to him, just as soon as the holders of the second mortgage notes can sell Olivet Baptist Church. The latter part of last October The Broad Ax contained an article from our pen on Mrs. Maggie Whitman Steward of Bristol, Va., and the brazen faced gang of literary robbers who are endeavoring to run the colored american magazine of Boston, Mass., reproduced our article on Mrs. Steward. Line for line, word for word in the April number of the so-called Colored-American Magazine without saying boo! or crediting it up to The Broad Ax or exchange, which shows that the few fellows who attempt to run the C.-A. M. possess an unlimited amount of thick gall. --- RANDOM SHOTS. If all the milk of human kindness some people possess was condensed, the product would be limburger cheese. Nature has provided a proper place for the punishment of every boy, and that is not his ear. Never box a child's ear. Mothers can do more to redeem the ... who recently bought a fine Summer ss., the full account of his purchase paper. world from its present state of vice than all the ministers and missionaries combined. And fathers could help some in the work. An editor recently got into serious trouble over hugging a girl against her will. It is good enough for him. He ought to have had sense enough to know that freedom of the press did not warrant him in squeezing a girl out of her corset.—Ex. A Negro millionaire died in Philadelphia recently and left his fortune to the Catholic church to be used for founding a church, a convent and a college for white and colored male orphans. Doubtless there will be criticisms galore of this man for ignoring his family and giving his money in to the keeping of the Catholic church. The accusation is common that no sooner does a Negro begin to get up in the world than he forgets his kind. While it was to expected that Colonel McKee would bequeath his estate to his relatives, and that would have kept the money in the race, yet it is very possible that as much or greater good will come to us as his will now stands. Among all the church organizations the Roman Catholic church is the only one that accepts members of our race into full fellowship and communion, ignoring all sectional preferences. True whenever possible, for polley's sake it creates separate churches for colored, but just so it discriminates between rich and poor. Wherever colored Cathalics are few, however, Negroes sit besides whites, even in the South, receive communion the same and in all respects are recognized as Christians the same as though they were white. While Protestant ministers by the hundreds rush into print excusing race prejudice, and kindling the fire of hatred against us, the Catholic priesthood generally stands silent. Its world-wide dominion, extending over white, yellow, brown and black races possibly counts for this breath of mind, but be that as it may, there is little doubt that the McKee estate will be administered as intended.—The Statesman, Denver, Colo. True friendship says little and does much. CHIPS The colored women of St. Louis are inaugurating an industrial home for the reforming of fallen women of the race. A good move. "What Books to Read and How to Read Them" is Prof. M. M. Mangasarian's subject Sunday morning at the Grand Opera House, at 11 o'clock. Alderman Frank L. Race, is the leading Republican candidate for Congress in the seventh district and Alderman Race, feels that he is a sure enough winner. Lawyer Henry E. Murphy, Unity Bldg., who cuts quite a big figure in politics over in the 12th ward, is highly spoken of as a candidate for the State Senate. Miss Ida M. Jones, of Waco, Texas is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Lyons, 4418 Prairie avenue, and Miss Jones is greatly enjoying her visit to this wonderful city. Alderman Fred. A. Hart's many friends assembled at the Wattita League last Thursday night, and presented him with a lovely diamond star, which now adorns his manly breast. Alderman J. C. Patterson, who was recently elected president of the Lincoln Club, arrived home from Washington, D. C., Sunday morning, where he had been hobnobbing with the big leaders of his party. Hastings. Neb., is quite proud of Miss Estella Craig, the first colored girl to be graduated from the High-school of that city. In an elcutionary contest Miss Craig took second honors. We compliment the young lady upon her success. Attorneys Charles W. Nowak, and Cy George, of the 31st and 32nd wards are strong Republican candidates for the Legislature. Both of these lawyers have good records and they are amply able and willing to represent the people at Springfield. Walter T. Stanton, the young silver-tongued orator of the Town of Lake, will go up against Representative John E. Doyle, who is a candidate for reelection and the chances are that there will be a hard fought battle between Messrs. Stanton and Doyle. Editor Sharp, of the great TimesSpeaker of Denver, Colo., paid Mr. and Mrs. Julius F. Taylor a pleasant visit Tuesday evening. Editor Sharp is on his way to the East and before returning home he will visit Washington, D. C., New York City and Boston. Some say that James A. Quinn, Wm. Loeffler, John P. Hopkins, Thomas Gahan, Thomas Carey, Roger C. Sullivan, Walter S. Bogle, M. P. Byrne, John E. Traeger, Mayor Carter H. Harrison, and company will all join hands and smoke or hit the same pipe of peace in order to lay Boss Robert E. Burke in his political grave. Miss Genevieve Lowen Arbuckle, 3735 Prairie avenue, who spent two months at Hot Springs, Ark., with Mrs. Wm. McKnight, and other friends is now at home to her many friends. Miss Arbuckle had a delightful time while at the Springs, and many of the hearts of the young gents whom she met were rent asunder over her departure for home. Tuesday evening Maj. A F. Tervalon, of the 1st Battalion, and Maj. Edward Butler, of the Second Battalion of the First Regiment, U. R. K. of P. of Illinois, were tendered a grand reception and presentation, at the First Regiment Armory, 2821 State street. Col. R. A. Ware., and several other Knights, had charge of the affair which was largely attended. Arthur McLaughlin is a live and an active candidate for the state legislature in the Fourth Senatorial District which includes the 29 and 30 ward and one precinct in the 31st ward. Arthur McLaughlin, has for many years held a responsible position with Armour & Co., and he is very popular with his fellow associates and they will all endeavor to land Art. McLaughlin in the Legislature of Illinois. Mr. Aaron E. Johnson died at the residence of his uncle, Mr. D. Williard. 6745 Carpenter St. is at Sunday morning, after a brief illness of a week or NO. 27. ten days. Funeral services were held at the Hope Presbyterian Church, 63rd and Carpenter Sts., Tuesday at 2 p. m., Rev. Goodloe, the pastor, officiating. He was assisted by Rev. Harris, pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, and Elder S. D. Fowler of the Grace Presbyterian Church. The deceased was 22 years of age. Old Ham Carter is a candidate for Congress in the first Congressional District, but The Broad Ax is of the opinion that the respectable people, regardless of race or color, residing in that district will never nominate nor vote for Ham Carter for Congressman nor for any other office for they are not in favor of being represented in any capacity by Old Ham, who is a political skunk. Through the influence of Boss Robert E. Burke, Ham Carter is now holding down a job in the boiler inspector's office, which is located on the top floor of the City Hall, and we presume that Boss Burk gave Ham the job on the theory that one "Nigger" is as good as another, providing he is able to get on the outside of one gallon of rot-gut whisky each day and to lay around with low white women. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred R. Urion, gave a delightful Pound Party at their home, 106 East 40th street, Thursday evening for the benefit of the "Charity Hospital," it was largely attended and a good revenue was realized for the object in view. Mr. Urion stands at the head of the legal department of Armour & Co. He is also a stock-holder in the same company and Mr. and Mrs. Urion are ever ready to assist the worthy. Mr. John Green who runs a first-class lunch counter next door to the postoffice in Cape Girardeau, Mo., is one of the most enterprising Afro-Americans in that city. For almost three years Mr. Green has been a constant reader and supporter of The Broad Ax, not with his mouth alone, but with his money and whenever we send Mr. Green a bill for his subscription, he remits the amount promptly like a first-class white business man. May 1, a joint debate will be held at Kimball Hall, cor. Hayes avenue, Avondale, for the benefit of Allen Chaple. The question for debate is, Resolved: "That under no circumstances should a colored man vote the Democratic Ticket." Col. B. F. Moseley, and James A. Porter, for the affirmative; L. W. Washington, and for the negative, R. S. Abbott, and R. A. J. Shaw. Alternates, vocal and instrumental music. Admission 25 cents. Rev. D. W. Jones, who does the preaching for those who attend Allen Chapel, expects a great outpouring of the people on the occasion. Lee Robinson, who was instantly killed Sunday in his Barber shop, 13 Polk street by his Porter, who shot him to death with his revolver, and who also wounded James Jefferson, who was being shaved by Robinson, at the time, resided with his mother at 5016 Dearborn street, and he was his mothers only support, and it is quite natural that Mrs. Robinson should feel greatly distressed over the, untimely death of her son, who was always kind and good to her. Funeral services were held over his remains Thursday afternoon and in the evening Mrs. Robinson left with his remains for Fredrickstown, Ohio, for burial. Washington's Birthday was made a legal holiday by vote of the Massachusetts legislature. April 15, 1856; therefore February 22, 1857, was first a legal holiday. For many years previous Mrs. Harrison Gray Ols held a reception at her home on February 22, to which all the people of the city of Boston were invited; her house was open to the public on that day, and before and after the day became a legal holiday all the military companies of Boston would parade past her house on the 221. Probably the first occasion of Washington's Birthday being recognised was February 12, 1781. That was by the French troops at Newport, R. I. As the 11th fell on Sunday, the celebration was held on the 12th. This was according to the old style of reckoning. Our article on Revs. Carey, Thomas, and Murray will not appear until the next issue of The Broad Ax. IMPURE BAKIRU POWUEN SEIZED The New York Board of Health Find It Contains Alum and Rock, Declare It Dangerous to Health and Dump It Into the River. The New York papers report that the Health Department of that city has seized as dangerous to health nearly two tons of cheap mixtures sold for baking powder and dumped them into the offal scow to be destroyed. More of the powder was found in a "xth ave. department store. The re- of the analysis of the Health Department stated that it was "an alum taking powder" containing alum and pulverized rock. The different Health Authorities seem to have different ways of repressing the sale of bad baking powders. In England they have prosecuted the grocers under the general law and broken up the traffic. In Missouri the sale of alum baking powder is actually prohibited by law. In New York they seize the unwholesome stuff and cast it into the river without any discussion. The lattcr way is certainly effective. The alum baking powders are usually offered at a low price, ten to twenty cents a pound, or with some prize, as a temptation to the housewife. Consumers can protect themselves by buying only high-grade baking powder of established name and reputation. Do not be tempted by the grocer to take something else as "just as good" or "our own brand," for the trials show that the grocer himself is often deceived by unscrupulous makers, and is selling an alum powder without knowing it. There are several good powders on the market; let the housekeeper insist on having what she knows is right, and not be induced to risk the life of the family for an imaginary saving of a few cents. PEOPLE NOW MARRY LATE IN LIFE How Customs Have Changed from Generation to Generallor. It is a matter of common talk that men and women marry later in life than they did a generation ago. Certainly from personal observation we should suppose that this was true, but, like so many accepted facts, it is contradicted by statistics. Forty-four years ago the average man married at an age which only differs to a fractional extent from the present average, which is 28.34. Perhaps we have been too charitable to the number of young women tottering on the verge of unmarried eld, in supposing that they finally get picked up by a husband. It may be that the advantages of modern education, and a deeper knowledge of the mysteries of life, does not add appreciably to the attractions of all English girls; and so the coy charmer of fifty summers, clothed upon with knowledge and a B. A. gown, does not, as many have rashly thought, generally bear off to the hymeneal altar a devoted Corydon equal in years if not in wisdom, but merely drags on a life of single blessedness.—Pall Mall Gazette. A Postmaster's Discovery Lancaster, N. Y., April 21st.—Mr. John Remers, postmaster of this village, was taken with Diabetes four years ago. For two years he doctored with local physicians as well as several specialists from Buffalo, but got no better. Indeed he was gradually growing worse. He stopped taking the doctors' medicine and commenced a treatment of Dodd's Kidney Pills. He used in all about ten boxes and is as strong and well to-day as ever he was. He attributes his recovery to nothing but Dodd's Kidney Pills, and says: "If I could only talk five minutes to every one who has Diabetes I am sure I could convince them that they needn't suffer a moment longer when Dodd's Kidney Pills are on sale in every drug store. "I will cheerfully answer any letters from sick men or women, as I think every Diabetes sufferer should be told of Dodd's Kidney Pills, the remedy that saved my life." The death of Cecil Rhodes recalls Alfred Belt, the German who was his partner in making a fortune out of diamond fields, gold mines, railroads and land, and who is now said to be the wealthiest man in the world, with securities and investments estimated at from $500,000,000 to $1,000,000,000. Belt has a splendid mansion in London facing Hyde Park, as well as palatial homes in south Africa and in Hamburg. Pressure in Gas Belt. The decrease in the pressure in the natural gas belt in Indiana continues, and the companies insist that the supply will soon be exhausted unless they are permitted to put in meters and charge 25 cents a thousand to all consumers. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other blend, but because each 10c package contains 16 ozs., while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart—Longfellow. O THE BROAD AX. THE BROAD AX. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Jatholies, Protestants, Knights of Labor, Inclads, Mormons, Republicans, Priests, or any else can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communication will have attention; the only on one side of the paper. SUBSCRIPTIONS (advance); One Year.....$2.99 Two Months.....1.69 Verifying sales proofs known on application address all communications to A Western insanity expert has gone insane himself. Is it to be wondered at? We do not doubt that there are women who smoke cigarettes, but are they gentlewomen? Chinamen have broken out in a new place and are rapidly acquiring the South American habit. The first man to make a success of the curved ball is dead, but the "highball" inventor is still at the bat. The peach crop has just been killed for the fourth time this spring. The cat is only a few deaths ahead now. An artificial method has been discovered of giving age to whisky. Now let somebody find out a way of giving it size. America may not be "a fit place for a gentleman to live in," but that doesn't necessitate Mr. Astor's living elsewhere. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., boasts that he began making money at six years of age. His wagon is still hitched to the same star. Cromwell was more of a disturber than most persons give him credit for. Twenty-five novels have been written around his career. That Wisconsin woman who wants $15,000 for three kisses has put the price so high that the demand is bound to fall off alarmingly. A woman's head is to adorn one of the new issues of postage stamps. It is to be presumed that this will exert a good influence on the mails. Cecil Rhodes must have smiled in his sleeve occasionally when he thought of the good things that would be said of him after he was dead. Handbook men are said to visit the Chicago jail to take bets on the races from the prisoners. This ought to be stopped. The lawyers need the money. Russia's announcement that she means to get out of Manchuria is as good in its way as England's familiar pleasantry about evacuating Egypt. A clothing clerk defeated a man with the title of "major" in the race for mayor of Hartford, Conn. Has Hartford, too, become tired of the heroes? A Kentuckian shot at a man and crippled a blooded colt the other day. This will be sure to start another lasting feud if the owner of the colt is a Kentuckian. Mr. Wanamaker may have been rather effusive with the kaiser, but the story that he worked off a pack of his business cards on him is probably a canard. San Francisco has one saloon for every twenty-two adult members of its population. They must have to work overtime to keep some of the saloons going there. Russia has backed down from a number of its claims as to Manchuria, but it was careful to make so many that it could concede over half and still save all it wanted. On advance statistics from all parts of the country the esteemed New York Sun bases the prediction that there will be a great revival in bicycling this season. Well! Well! Well! King Leopold butted through the socialist mob by letting his automobile go ahead at full speed. No crowned head should venture forth without his automobile after this. Bishop Fowler says there is no life so conducive to laziness as the ministry. Still, most of the ministers seem to overcome the tired feeling sufficiently to write books between times. Twenty miles an hour is the limit of speed for automobiles on country roads in New York. The Asters and Vanderblits explain that this is getting back to the days of the stage coach. When William Tillman and McLaurin meet they glare fiercely at each other and pass on. In this matter they assert their personal courage without sacrificing their senatorial dignity. The announcement that Mr. Steel King Schwab has "gone into copper" is somewhat puzzling. The reading world had previously supposed that being swathed in purple and gold he would be content with what he wore. Selected His Burial Lot. Many civil war soldiers from Spencer county, Indiana, participated in the battle of Shiloh, or the battle of Pittsburg landing, as the Union forces called it, and services were held in Shiloh church in memory of the fallen. Among the soldiers was Henry Wright, who joined the Twenty-fifth Indiana, and who selected his burial lot, the first in the church cemetery, in case he should be shot at the front, and his body was returned home. His request was obeyed. He was among the first to fall at Shiloh and he was the first to be buried in the Shiloh cemetery. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, Ohio Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Mrs. Vanderblit's Housework Passing a large public building which occupies about a quarter of a block on the south side, a woman flat-dweller, after contemplating its dimensions, asked her husband if Vanderbilt's house in New York was as large. An 8-year-old daughter listened to the comparison and then said: "My! what a lot of work it must be to take care of it! Does Mrs. Vanderbilt keep a hired girl?" Rich and Infinential Turk. Hassan Pasha has the reputation of being the richest man in the Turkish government. 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When she hinted that a few gaslight glimpses of the city might prove more educating FEMEN than a daily round of the shops and the theaters they merely laughed. And then, after she had abandoned all hope, Ruggles came in for dinner one evening. Ruggles was an old young man who looked upon life through bowed gold spectacles and considered it a grave affair. Those who did not approve the manner in which he spent his time and his money declared openly that he was a poseur; that his interest in the poor was merely an affectation and they christened him the "Amateur Slumologist." It is probable that both his admirers and his critics were in a measure right. "I am surprised," she said to him and there was the hint of a sneer in her voice; "that you New Yorkers take so little interest in—in things that are—well not conventional—in the poor, for instance, or the slums." "I am disgusted but not surprised," he answered quickly, "that New Yorkers take the interest they do in such things. Would you care yourself," he asked of her with something of a challenge in the question, "to see a little of the sunshine that comes into the lives of this Other Half? Because if you do," he added, eagerly, "I can show it you. "There is going to be a dance tomorrow night in which some of my—my—er—pupils on the East Side are interested, and they have asked me to come. Will you go?" The question was strict challenge now, and had the young woman so desired she would not have declined it. "I would advise you," he said, as he was leaving, "to wear something—well, you know, just something plain and simple—not the sort you have on now. The Other Half, you understand," he ended rather feebly, "might—might think we were trying to look down upon them." The next night Ruggles, with the young woman from the country town besides him, hailed a crosstown car going in the direction of the East River. It was nearly 10 o'clock before they left the car and made their way down a street from which the river lights were occasionally revealed. The room they finally reached was almost brilliantly lighted and cheap flags representing the nations of the world were tacked to the walls in undiplomatic groups. To the girl it seemed as if a large majority of the Other Half must already be in the ball room. And whatever else it may A. A. have been it was without doubt cosmopolitan. Surely there was at least one patriot for each flag on the walls. When they had found chairs a man in an evening suit that obviously was used to working in night and day shifts, darted through the throng with agile and elaborate grace and stood bowing before them. "They aint really got together yet," he said, apologetically waving at the same time to the men leaning against the windows and the girls in the chairs. The men were smoking cigars and the girls were for the most part looking at their neighbor's jewels. "We use wait till they gits warmed up. There won't be nothin' but things delin' then." The agile man's prophecy was already being fulfilled and when the music stopped there was a general "gittin together." The men who had been dancing placed their partners in chairs and standing before them fanned them vigorously. One young man who could not find a seat for his partner, gently tipped her against one of the pillars and fanned her frantically with a handkerchief which he held by two of its corners. It was evidently looked upon as a great joke and when another young man called across the hall, "Save your strength, Danny, she'll be side steppin' when you are dragged to your corner," the Other Half applauded uproariously. The lancers was announced as the next dance by a pasteboard sign hung from the piano, and as the sets were being formed Ruggies calmly asked his compalon if he "might have the pleasure of the lancers." He did not wait for a response, but took the girl by the arm and led her to a vacant place in one of the sets. A preternaturally solemn man and an icily haughty blonde made up the couple opposite her. She was beginning to look upon this man with a good deal of diffidence, when suddenly in a "forward and back" he clutched her convulsively around the waist, drew her close to him and with the ease and rapidity of a cream separator whirled her around eight times in a space that did not seem to her larger than a twenty-five cent piece. When she had obtained her bearings once more she was surprised to find that the man still retained his immobility. Not long after the square dance one of the amateur slumologist's pupils discovered him and with grave courtesy brought one of his friends to be introduced to the slumologist's companion. From his manner and makeup the friend evidently was a young man of sporting proclivities. He wore a deep red stock, a thin striped waistcoat affected by coaching men, a short ```markdown ``` An Absent-Minded Ribbon Clerk, jacket and peg-top trousers. He appeared to be quite at home at such social affairs, and when the young woman, having apparently no alternative acceded to his request for the next waltz, his hand went involuntarily to the side of his forehead. During the dance he talked to her in the gay persiage of the world as he knew it. He told her that her dancing was just like stepping on eggs and that she was beautifully gaited and bitted, and when he found a place for her and she had thanked him, he replied gallantly. "keep the change." Beer and ale were sold at a counter in one corner of the hall and between dances there was a spirited demand for these beverages. After the dance the young lady went home to the "Other Half" with a far better understanding of the East Side of New York. The "Other Half" is eminently respectable at all its functions, and so are its manners. Storm of Feathers. There was a storm of white feathers in the business district of Kansas City the other day. The downy feathers, like snowflakes, were borne upon the wind, whirling around corners, twisting in eddles behind billboards and in alleys, piling up in banks in the shelter of curbstones and buildings, and clinging to electric wires until they were festooned in long strings of white that looked like real snow. The feathers came from the factory of the Kansas City Feather company, and there were about half a car load of them altogether. The feathers escaped from the factory by an accident to the machinery. It will not be permitted to happen again, for the feathers that were lost were the best goose feathers and were worth to the company about $15. A bull which was brought to town on a steamboat to be slaughtered broke away from its custodiana yesterday and was chased to the river's edge. 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U. headquarters, at Galesburg, Ill., was for ten years one of the leading women there. Her husband, when living, was first President of the Nebraska Wesleyan University at Lincoln, Neb. In a letter written from 401 Sixty-seventh street, W., Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Fleharty says the following in regard to Peruna: "Having lived a very active life as wife and working partner of a busy minister, my health failed me a few years ago. I lost my husband about the same time, and gradually I seemed to lose health and spirit. My daughter is a confirmed invalid, and we both felt great need of an invigorator. "One of my neighbors advised me to try Peruna. Abottle was immediately secured and a great change took place in my daughter's as well as in my own health. Our appetites improved very greatly, the digestion seemed much helped, and restful sleep soon improved us, so that we seemed like new women. "I would not be without Peruna for ten times its cost."—Mrs. Anna B. Pleharty. What used to be called female diseases by the medical profession is now called pelvic catarrh. It has been found by experience that catarrhal diseases of the pelvic organs are the cause of most cases of female disease. Dr. Hartman was among the first of America's great physicians to make this discovery. For forty years he has been treating diseases peculiar to women, and long ago he reached the conclusion that a woman entirely free from catarrhal affection of these organs would not be subject to female disease. He therefore began using Peruna for these cases and found it so admirably adapted to their permanent cure that Peruna has now become the most famous remedy for female diseases ever known. Everywhere the women are using it and praising it. Peruna is not a palliative simply; it cures by removing the cause of female disease. Dr. Hartman has probably cured more women of female ailments than any other living physician. He makes these cures simply by using and recommending Peruna. Mrs. E. L. Brown 329 Elliott street, Memphis Teen, writes: Mrs. Anna B. Fleharty. "I suffered for several years with headache brought on by nervous prostration. I was also afflicted with insomnia. I would get up in the morning more weary than when I retired and I used to dread the approach of night. Peruna came into my home as a welcome guest, and within three short months I was like another woman. I have now enjoyed perfect health for over a year, and those who have suffered as I did will know how happy I am."—Mrs. E. L. Brown. Mrs. Esther M. Milner, De Graff, Ohio, writes: "I was a terrible sufferer from female weakness and had the headache continuously. I was not able to do my housework for myself and husband. I wrote you and described my condition as near as possible. You recommended Peruna. I took four bottles and was completely cured. I think Peruna a wonderful medicine."—Mrs. Esther M. Milner. Congressman Thad. M. Mahon, of Chambersburg, Pa., writes: "I take pleasure in commending your Peruna as a substantial tonic and a good catarrh remedy." T. M. Mahon. If you do not derive 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, Ohio. Citizens Brewing COMPANY ARCHER AVE. AND MAIN STREET. CHICAGO Telephone Canal 279 BARNEY BENSON, House and Fire Wrecking. MOVER of All Kinds of 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 4828. Most Expensive Book What will probably be the most expensive book of the season is now under way for private publication for some 300 members of the Philadelphia stock exchange. It is a burlesque on the members, the letterpress being imaginative biographies, and the illustrations, which are the chief part of the volume, are by well known cartoonists. The subscription price is $100, but a premium of $75 is already quoted and the market will probably go up. A few days ago Michael Davitt celebrated his fifty-sixth birthday. He began work as a child of 10 in a Lancashire cotton mill and lost his right arm when he was 11. With Mr. Parnell and others he founded the Irish league. While he was in Australia in 1895 he was returned to Parliament without opposition for East Kerry and South Mayo. He resigned from the house three years ago. Origin of "Blackguard." The expression "blackguard" originally designated the scullions, kitchen boys and pot washers who brought up in the rear when a great man's household was moving from place to place. As these persons were by no means choice in their language or elegant in their deportment, the word was soon applied to those who in speech or action resembled them. Fleest Herseradish. The little town of Malin, in Bohemia, produces the finest horseradish in the world. Malin horseradish is known all over Europe, and one of the department of agriculture experts at Washington has been successful in obtaining a large number of cuttings of the best variety of this famous plant, which are to be distributed among the growers in this country. The Easter Lily. The Easter lily, common to the trade here, is imported from Holland in the form of bulbs by the growers of New Jersey and Long Island. These bulbs are planted in pots and buried in the fall. They are brought into the hothouses a few months before Easter and forced to bloom on the time required.—New York Letter. Legislator Has Common Sense. Legislator Has Common Sense. Senator Cullen of Brooklyn has made himself remarkable at this session of the New York legislature by not introducing a single bill. "My notion," he said, "is that there are too many bills introduced and too many laws passed. I have introduced but five bills in seven years and three of them became laws." To Try Municipal Telepho The city of Evansville, Ind., proposes to construct and operate a telephone system of its own at an initial cost of $250,000. The franchise of the existing company will expire in July next, and there were four bidders for the privilege, but the city will not consider any offers. Monument to Pingree. The committee appointed to select a design for the monument in Detroit to the late Hazen S. Pingree, former governor of Michigan, has adopted the one proposed by Rudolph Schwarz of Indianapolis, in which the governor is represented as seated in a heavy office chair. Honor St. Louis Physician. Dr. Elisha H. Gregory, whose half-century service as professor of surgery and anatomy in the St. Louis Medical college was celebrated April 17, was given a banquet, at which 6,000 invitations had been issued to prominent physicians in the United States. Wages of Teacher. in Michigan. The average wage of male teachers in graded schools in Michigan last year was $70.86 per month, and in ungraded schools $29.03. Women teachers in graded schools are paid on an average of $43.50 per month, and in ungraded schools $24.78. Activity of Prof Agassiz. The Maldive Islands, in the Indian ocean, where Prof. Alexander Agassiz is now with an exhibition in the interest, of the Harvard museum, are the only islands which the professor has not explored in the study of coral. Tipped Senator Hawley. Senator Hawley, chairman of the committee on naval affairs, politely pointed out some of the interesting decorations in his committee room to a party of elderly ladies the other afternoon. They were strangers in Washington, and one of them, after thanking him heartily, handed him a quarter, saying that such a very obliging doorkeeper should always get a small tip for his kindness." The senator was too courteous to undecide the simple old soul. Knew How to Yake Froude The late historian, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, used to say of Froude: "Whenever I find myself particularly perplexed on any point I look to see what Froude has to say about it. I always find his help invaluable, for I can trust implicitly in his unfailing instinct at arriving at false conclusions; and the more positive he becomes the safer I feel in adopting a diametrically opposite view." Might Settle Controversy. The presence of a Shakespearean company in Kansas reminds us of a dramatic criticism once passed by a Kansas paper. "Mr. So-and-So played 'Hamlet' in this town last night," said the paper. "And right now is the time to settle that Shakespeare-Bacon controversy. Let the graves of both be dug up and see which of the two turned over."—Kansas City Journal. Indian Girl as a Nurse. A comely Pueblo Indian girl was graduated at the head of the class of professional nurses at the Philadelphia Woman's hospital. Miss Seicher Atsye violates many of the accepted ideas of the personal appearance of Indian women. She is small and attractive. She was brought East twelve years ago, when she was only ten years old, and was educated at Carlisle. Famous African Explorer. The late Dr. Emil Holub, who headed two South Africa exploring expeditions under the auspices of the Austrian government, made a fortune by his discoveries, but lost it and spent the last years of his life in poverty. On Jan. 1, 1902, the government granted him a pension of 5,000 crowns, but he lived only two months to enjoy it. For Coronation Presents. King Edward has ordered the execution of one hundred medallion portraits of himself. These, richly mounted, are intended for presentation to distinguished guests at the coronation, including the leading representatives of the colonies and India. His majesty is being specially photographed for the purpose. Storks of East Indies. In a public park at Calcutta are several birds of the adjutant species. They are the storks of the East Indies, and average about six feet in height. These birds parade in a stately way, and at a distance look so much like soldiers that strangers often mistake them for grenadiers. Testing Japanese Arrows. In Japan archers test their arrows by balancing them on the nails of the second and third fingers of the left hand and rapidly twirling them by the feathered end with the fingers of the right hand. If the arrow makes a whirring sound it is crooked and must be straightened. 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. SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK Clark and Washington Sts. Telephone, Main 940. CHICAGO. A. D. GASH, Attorney-at-Law. 60 and 80 La Salle St., Suite 615 to 619. Telephone, Main 8077. Chicago. JOHN E. OWENS Attorney at Law, SUITE 621 ASHLAND BLOCK, 80 B. Clark Street, - - CHICAGO WILLIAM L. GAHAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Suite 1402, 100 Washington St. 'Phone Central, 3341. CHICAGO FREDERICK W. JOB ATTORNEY AT LAW 832 MARQUETTE BUILDING Telephone 2310 Central CHICAGO JOSEPH A. McINERNEY LAWYER SUITE 706-708 CHICAGO OPENRA 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 Tel. North 161. ADDISON BLAKELY ...LAWYER... SUITE 1202 ASHLAND BLOCK. RESIDENCE 321 WEBST R AVE. COMMERCIAL LAW A SPECIALTY Room 216 Roanoke Bldg. 145 La Salle St. Phone Central 3584. CHICAGO. 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 B. Clark St. Telephone, Harrison 2088. CHICAGO. Lawrence M. Ennis, Advocate and Counselor at Law, Suite 726 Opera House Block. S. W. Corner Clerk and Washington St. TELEPHONE MAIN 1762. Mementoes of Edgar Allen Poe. Andre Castaligne, the distinguished French artist, visited the grave of Edgar Allen Poe in baltimore recently and gathered grass and weeds to carry back as mementoes to the poet's friends in France. Pewter-Making Abandoned. Pewter-making, one of England's important industries seventy years ago, has almost been abandoned. Cheap glassware and tinware have driven pewter from the market. --- UNDERTAKER Transferring and Moving to all parts of the City. Main office, 3155 State St. Branch office, 954 W. 63d St. Telephone, Brown, 724 Chicago. ALEX I. WYATT, JEWELER AND OPTICIAN Manufacturer of OPTICAL AND REFRACTING GOODS Watches and Jewelry Repaired, Prices Reasonable. Eyes Tested Free. ..... 98 E. Madison St. near Dearborn Chicago 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 WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TAKEN FROM LIFE; BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW (Copyrighted.) 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 falling out or breaking off, cures dandruff and makes the hair grow long and silky. Sold over forty years and used by thousands. Warranted harmlessness, protection free on request. It was the first preparation for straightening kinky hair. Beware of imitations. Get the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow as the genuine never fails to keep the hair straight, soft and beautiful. A toilet necessity for ladies, gentlemen and children. Elegantly perfumed. The great advantage of this wonderful pomade is that by its use you can straighten your own hair at home. Owing to its superior and lasting qualities fills the hair with economic. It is not possible for anybody to wear without small it. Full directions with every bottle. Only 50 cents. Sold by drugstores and dealers or send us 50 cents. or one bottle or $1.40 for three bottles. We pay all express charges. Send postal or express money order. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. 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. P. 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. Smallpox in Europe. In the four great capitals of Europe in the ten years from 1871 to 1886 the smallpox deaths per 100,000 living were as follows: Vienna, 67; Paris, 28; London, 26; Berlin, 1. Record in Confirmation. Rev. Dr. William Paret, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church of Maryland, recently confirmed seven bedridden people in one day. --- ILLINOIS BRICK CO. WILLIAM C. KUESTER, ,SUPERINTENDENT. N. Western Ave., Chicago. Telephone Lake View 270. GEO. C. CALLAHAN & CO. PRODUCE COMMISSION Butter, Poultry, Eggs, Game, Veal, Etc. WATER STREET, CHICAGO. WILLIAM LOEFFLER Wholesale and Retail Provision Dealer Telephone 565 South State Streets CHICAGO as. J. McCormick, TEMPLE ROOM IMPORTED AND DOMESTIG WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS HALSTED STREET, CHICAGO JOSEPH STRAUSS GREAT NORTHERN AND EXCHANGE STABLE. Living, Draft and General Business Horses Always on Hand E Ave. Near Robey St. The West, 1028. CHICAGO, IL. TO CHICAGO The Middle States and Mississippi Valley Exposition GEO. C. CALLAHAN & CO. PRODUCE COMMISSION Butter, Poultry, Eggs, Game, Veal, Etc. 217 SOUTH WATER STREET, CHICAGO. WILLIAM LOEFFLER IMPORTED AND DOMESTIG WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS 8462 SOUTH HALSTED STREET, CHICAGO Driving, Draft and General Business Horses Always on Hand 1197 Milwaukee Ave. Near Robey St. Telephone West, 1028. OHIOAGO, IL. TO BE KELD IN CHICAGO 4th of August to the 14th of September,'02 first practical demonstration ever given to the people of the development and growth of the Negro race in this D DISPLAY OF RACE PROGRESS nation's first big event of the twentieth century. Chicago and most hospitable city in the United States, the From the 14th of August to the 14th of September,'02 The first practical demonstration ever given to the people of the North of the development and growth of the Negro race in this section. A GRAND DISPLAY OF RACE PROGRESS The Nation's first big event of the twentieth century. Chicago is the freest and most hospitable city in the United States, the greatest summer resort in the west. The 14th of August to the 14th of September, 1902. For information address THE COMMITTEE, 610 Garfield Boulevard. ```markdown ``` YOU CAN SAVE MONEY 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.