The Broad Ax

VOL. VII. IN WHAT DOES PROF. WASHINGTON EXCEL? Mr. T. Thomas Fortune, a citizenerewhile of Red Bank, N. J., for "Revenue only," but now as ever of New York since Roosevelt did not pass the Haytien Mission his way, has evidently been notified from headquarters that he was not earning the value received, for in the last issue of his "New York Age" he comes out talking thus: "Mr. Walter H. Pag,e the editor of the World's Work and one of the recognized literary forces of the republic, has an appreciative sketch of Mr. Booker T. Washington, in Everybody's Magazine for April. Mr. Page's estimate of Mr. Washington is that he is, perhaps, the most useful man now living in the United States." And that such a man must be a tower of strength to the race with which he is so thoroughly identified, and for which he labors so unceasingly, goes without argument, sophomoric fledgings and envious dullards to the contrary notwithstanding. The great world of thought has a way all its own of stamping upon the forehead of men just what they are and what they are not, and tangible achievement is the invariable criterion upon which the estimate is based." Of Mr. Page in general, we may add that from his former connection with the Atlantic Monthly, we think him quite an estimable gentleman, and a man fairly liberal in views, but as to his being "one of the recognized literary forces of the republic," we are not aware that any one from this side of the hemisphere has ever focused him as a star of the first magnitude. This, however, aside; we fully agree with Mr. Page or Mr. Anybody else, when he says Mr. Washington is "perhaps the most useful man now living in the United States"; for from the white south's view he certainly is. And why should he not be so considered? A man who has swung the whole country round to the southern's way of looking with contempt upon the Negro's aiming at any other than menial pursuits has performed a most useful service from a white man's point of view. He has discharged the whole country from its duty bound obligation of fair and equal treatment for the Negro, and made it base its method of dealing with the colored race both in education and in occupation and calling upon the color of the skin, a degraded view which no northern man ever thought of in public till one of our race stood sponsor for. But as we wish to be fair in this matter, we here invite any of those armed with authority to tell in what has Prof. Booker T. Washington excelled others? Is it in his school? No; Hampton after which Tuskegee is modelled is a far superior school both in the kind and the amount of work it does. And a dozen other denominational schools are doing the same kind of work in quality and quantity with Tuskegee. Is it because he is a great orator, thinker, or writer? No; Washington is none of these; his speaking is a monotonous claptrap rehearsed so many years in the same words and ideas as to be now solely a matter of role. What there is humorous about it is borrowed from the late Joseph Price, with this difference—that where Price, the natural orator, used the humorous to move your risibility and prepare you for a moment of serious thought, this man uses it instead of thought and leaves in your mind that aching void always felt when high expectations are required with merest mediocrity. Well, then, if Mr. Washington does not excel as a schoolbuilder, thinker, orator or writer, in what does his distinction lie? Solely in this; he has by a shrewdly organized corps of reporters so skillfully turned everything said about him, by him, or for him, back into the channels of the public press as to keep himself always in the public eye, and as he was engaged in the unholy task of persuading the whites that the Negro was not worthy of the high estate into which they had brought him, they turned with opened arms to him with, "Son, you reason well and right." Now as to Brother Fortune's talk about "tangible achievements as the criterion of estimate," it only remains to be said that if such is the way of recognizing real worth, his own name is "one which is writ on water." For surely he is chief of that class of citizens who never said a "foolish thing and never did a wise one.' But tangible results are not the sole cirterion of worth. The great living body of literature, all that men have accomplished in art and science protest against such narrow definition. The men who achieved half the worth of these great accomplishments, and have preserved them to us whole were not so much the men who made them as it was the men who saved them from being overwhelmed with the pretensions of mountebanks and charlats. It is to this class of men (the critics) that the world owes its salvation and progress! And where are these critics now? They are dead, perished, forever gone: "their very names are forgotten" and yet the ever living stream of literature, art and science which they have preserved to us, not by their own creation, but by preserving them from the folly of others, attests their worth. The Guardian is trying to protect the rights of the Negro from such charlatan pretenders and self-seekers; that is all. Wiseacres of less pretensions even than Fortune should know this. "sophomoric, fledglings and envious dullards to the contrary notwithstanding."—The Guardian, Boston, Mass. REV. A. LONGREEN MURRAY HALTED JULIUS F. TAYLOR ON LA SALLE ST. Last Friday morning, while the writer was rushing north on La Salle street at a break neck speed, we ran right up against Rev. A. Longreen Murray, near the corner of Madison street. He was walking along holding an umbrella over a nice looking light complexioned lady, who was dressed in the height of fashion. As we passed neither one of us spoke, but as we receded from Rev. Murray, we heard someone calling out our name and as we turned to look lo and behold Rev. Murray, was advancing towards us, he had left his lady friend standing around the corner on Madison street and when we stood face to face he wanted "To know what we had against he himself, Rev. Carey, and Rev. Thomas." To this and to the many other questions which he shot off at us we responded by saying that we had nothing personal against either one of them, but in as much as all three of them were public men, we were bitterly opposed to their method of doing business. At that point Rev. Murray maintained that "he thought that we were a gentleman, and so on, and in replying we intimated that possibly he did not look upon us as a gentleman, but we did profess to be an honest man. Then Rev. Longreen "stated that he would make us prove that he received money from the South Town office." We informed him that The Broad Ax never claimed that he received any money from the South Town office, that it simply asked him a few questions respecting his connection with the South Town office. We also very plainly conveyed the idea to Rev. Murray, that if he had any grievances against The Broad Ax to fell his troubles to a policeman, or take them to the courts, that we were responsible for our actions, that we did not propose leaving this big town. The chief reason why we have lost our respect for Rev. Murray, is that he does not like to pay his honest debts, and we take no stock in any man, black or white, who persistently refuses to pay his honest debts, when he is amply able to do so, and if Rev. Murray is anxious to have his Indianapolis record shown up all he has to do is to crack his whip and we are ready for the show. At the commencement exercises of the New York Dental school Dr. Walter N. Beckman, a representative of the Negro race, carried off the silver medal for operative dentistry. HEW TO THE LINE. [Name] The Honorable Citizen, Eminent Master in Chancery, Warm Friend of the Afro-American Race, Who Will be Nominated Today as One of the New Judges of Cook County. THE "SILK STOCKING" COMMITTEE DREW THE COLOR LINE ECHOES OF THE MIDDLE STATES AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EXPO- Mayor Carter H. Harrison's "Silk Stocking" committee, after laboring for three weeks finally succeeded in resurrecting a large bunch of old political stiffs and many men who are holding office at the present time whom it recommended to the convention for the various positions on the county ticket. This historic "Silk Stocking" committee considered the claims of all nationalities upon the Democratic party except the Chinaman and the Negro and if the Chinaman had a vote we presume the "Silk Stocking" chaps would rather select or recommend Cheap John Chinaman for County Commissioner than a respectable Negro. If the leaders of the party permit themselves to be controlled by the actions of this narrow-minded committee and refuse to nominate an Afro-American for County Commissioner then they cannot expect many Colored men to holler and shout for the ticket. REV. JASPER FUSSY THOMAS FROTHED AND FOAMED AT THE THE MOUTH. The article by Mr. Theodore W. Jones, on Rev. J. F. Thomas, which appeared in The Broad Ax last week, which is reproduced in this issue in order to supply the great demand for it by all the church people of Chicago, caused Rev. Thomas to froth and foam at the mouth, while occupying his pulpit in Olivet last Sunday morning and evening. He "claimed it was a vicious attack on him, that it did not contain one grain of truth." Later on The Broad Ax may have something more to say on this subject. OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH TO BE GOLD WEDNESDAY JUNE 18 SOLD WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18. At 12:30 o'clock Wednesday, June 18, at the Real Estate Board Building, 59 Dearborn street, Master in Chancery George Mills Rogers will sell Olivet Baptist Church to the highest bidders for cash for the benefit of those holding the second mortgage notes, which call for twelve thousand dollars. The sale of old Olivet is the fruits of the bad and shady financiering on the part of the Rev. Jasper Flimflaming Thomas. AN INJUSTICE DONE TO A RESPECTABLE FAMILY. Mrs. V. N. Blackwell, 2906 Calumet avenue, as previously reported, did not do justice according to facts in the case. Mrs. Blackwell last week entertained a few relatives and friends at her home as any respectable family may do, when a policeman actuated by prejudice or for some other reason, which he did not give, wanted the music to stop. Since that time the policeman for his conduct was censured by the chief of police. ECHOES OF THE MIDDLE STATES AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EXPO TION. First Regiment Armory, 16th and Michigan avenue, Chicago, Aug. 14—Sept. 14. The wheels of progress in the affairs of the Middle States and Mississippi Valley Exposition, roll steadily on. The project is a meritorious one and worthy of the support of the general public, and the indications are that they are awaking to this fact. The Committee is a busy one, indeed. The Secretary finds her hands more than full to keep up with the daily correspondence and the incessant clatter of two typewriters, in their office at 701, 167 Dearborn St., Chicago, makes one who happens in, feel that it means work to attend to the affairs of the M. S. and M. V. Exposition. In fact, no one is allowed to be idle long who tarries there. The Aldermanic Committee is circulating an appeal for contributions to the fund and we believe that the generosity of the public so apparent on occasions of this kind, will not be lacking in this instance. Mr. George W. Henderson, who went as a special commissioner to Missouri, returned from St. Louis, yesterday and reports very favorable progress in that State. The people are in sympathy with the movement and will give their support to the affair. They will come to the Exposition and send a most excellent exhibit. The Forum and Jefferson Clubs of that City have signified their intention to be at the exposition almost to a man, and they are about a thousand strong. They will be in attendance on the day set apart by the Committee as devoted to Men's Clubs. The Negro Exhibit from the Charleston Exposition, is on its way to Chicago, and the Special Commissioner, Mr. W. H. A. Moore, is on his way home. Messrs. Mitchell and Leubrie, who are making a tour of the principal Southern Cities in the interest of newspaper work, are taking advantage of every opportunity to interest the people in the Exposition and report a growing interest among the prominent and wealthy citizens of the South. They wil call on Dr. R. F. Boyd of Nashville, and have an interview with him which may materially advance the work in those sections. The Woman's Committee under Mrs. Agnes Moody's able management, is doing excellent work, in exciting interest in the line of work peculiar to women, and have succeeded in marshalling to their aid the Federation of Colored Women's Clubs of Illinois. The Men's Clubs are arousing to the fact, that the women will be in the lead in the work, if they are not very active and persistent. The pulpit and the press endorse the movement and are giving their aid wherever possible. Any information concerning the Exposition is cheerfully given to all who call or write. The office is 701, 167 Dearborn street, Chicago. PROF HALL REPLIES Please allow space in your valuable paper to notice the criticism of Mr. Julius Taylor, of The Broad Ax, on the deportment of the musicians, etc., at the Friends of Illinois ball a few evenings ago. Mr. Taylor complains that "the gentlemen who discoursed such classical music" did not take off their hats while playing. He also claims that the men wore dirty shirts on that occasion. Mr. Taylor, who takes the greatest delight in saying the meanest and ugliest things he can about all respectable Colored people, principally because the bulk of his readers are white Democrats, is hardly expected to write up a Negro entertainment of any kind without telling his white readers something that he thinks would lower the white man's opinion of the Negro's good morals or ethics. That is his stock in trade. When he is not defaming the Negro ministers and black-guarding Negro churches and societies he is venting his poisonous spleen against our best men and women, and castingaspersions on the best Negro society. An editor of a newspaper who does not know that it is the uniform custom for musicians playing for parties at large entertainments in full uniform to keep on their head gear,should at least have sense enough to seek to conceal his ignorance from the public and not rush into print and proclaim himself a stupid ass by breying over a full sack. The men with their uniforms and hats on while they played were in perfect order, and the ladies who attended the ball had too much sense to think otherwise. The statement of Mr. Taylor that the men wore dirty shirts that evening is as false as his notions of propriety are corrupt and defiled. Respectfully. For various reasons we are adverse to giving this so-called professor, who part of the time acts as watchman or serves as a Lackey for a wealthy white family over on Prairie avenue, any free advertising through the columns of The Broad Ax, for in every way he is unworthy of it, but as he seems to be honing for notoriety, we have concluded to give him a little, free of charge. This alleged professor, seemingly is incapable of solving or getting the simplest proposition through his thick skull, ought to know that it is the universal costum for all first-class musicians to appear in full dress suits with clean, white shirts and collars whenever they discourse classical music for swell functions, excepting military balls, when its members and those furnishing the music are supposed to wear their full uniforms, if they are a part of the military organization, excursions, picnics, street or dress parades, and as the May ball, given by the Friends of Illinois club, was the swellest and the grandest affair of the season among the Colored people, which means it was a full dress affair, it would have been eminently proper and right for the musicians to tog themselves up in full dress suits, but instead of that what did we find? Why some of them wore their street uniforms, others had on only part of their uniforms and some of them wore hats, while others wore their caps, in order to cover up or over their uncombed locks, and if we mistake not every once in a while we noticed some of them sucking a cigarette or the stub of an old cigar; but this dull or stupid-headed professor considers that was first-class deportment on the part of himself and the other gentlemen, who furnished the music for the Friends of Illinois May Ball. NO. 34. We have no serious objections to the professor, or the jumping jack, in rushing into print in order to defend some of the Negro preachers, whom The Broad Ax has recently justly criticised for, no doubt, these preachers will pat the professor on the back and say, "God bless you, my son," but that is nothing, for we have known these same preachers to pat well known black-legs, crap-shooters, low dive-keepers, gambling house bosses, or kings, and even old hardened harlots on the back, in order to induce them to part with some of their money. Not by any means do we desire to convey the impression that the professor belongs to this class of creatures, but we do know that some of this same class of creatures attend his entertainments, and mingle with his most respectable guests and that is the reason why he is not in favor of seperating the black sheep from the white goats. If our breast was not full of love and sympathy for each and every human being, who is endeavoring to advance and improve their condition in the moral, social, intellectual and financial world, we would be inclined to express our boundless contempt for this little professor, but as it is, we have compassion on him for at the beginning of his life, it seems nature failed to deposit any gray matter in the top of his watery and brainless cranium. CHIPS. L. W. Washington has severed his connection with the city attorney's office. Alderman Honore Palmer leaves for a six weeks' trip through Europe this evening. Attorney Israel Cowen is slated to receive the nomination today as one of the new judges of Cook County. Mr. Wm. Peacock will, if all signs do not fail, receive the nomination for congress in the Seventh congressional district. Ex-Judge Wm. H. Barnum will be nominated today by the great Democratic convention as one of the new judges of Cook county. Tuesday, June 17, the Democratic state convention will be held at Springfield, Ill., and if a good strong ticket is nominated the chances are that this state will go Democratic next November. Frederick W. Job, chairman of the State Board of Arbitration, after settling the great strike in Chicago, departed for the East, where he has spent the past ten days, but Chairman Job will return home next Tuesday morning. Dr. H. Stanton McCord, a Colored physician of Baltimore, Md., recently made an average of 94 1-3 in his examination before the Maryland Board of Examiners. This is the highest average ever made by any physician since the board was established seven years ago. E. H. Faulkner, 3104 State street, dealer in tobacco and cigars, who also conducts the largest Afro-American news stand or office in Chicago, sold over one hundred copies of the last issue of The Broad Ax, and it appeared that everybody wanted to read the redhot brick which Theo, W. Jones handed out to Rev. J. F. Thomas. Up to the present time only four white men have ever been convicted down in Alabama, the home of Prof. Booker T. Washington, for lynching innocent Negroes, but Gov. Jelks of that degenerated state pardoned three of these men a few days ago for it seems he does not thing it is right to punish white men for murdering law-abiding Negroes. Englewood Lodge, No. 4230, G. U. O. of O. F., will give its fourth annual trolley car party over the lines of the Calumet Electric Railway to Calumet Grove, Saturday evening, June 21. Round trip tickets, including admission to the grove, 35 cents. Cars leave 63d street and South Park avenue at 8 and 9 p. m. Col. B. F. Moseley will be in charge of the affair. THE BROAD AX PUBLISHED WHENLY. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the two principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Authors, Protestants, Knights of Labor, Indians, Morons, 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, over claiming the biblical right to speak for its own mind. MISCAPTURES (advance) New Year..... $2.50 Month..... 1.40 Overriding rates made known on application, children all community fee MANY men who are not eminent at ping-pong have "a splendid touch." The new Atlantic City will be fire-proof. Unfortunately the fire is over. France is arranging to be a sister to all the other nations, with one or two exceptions. Russell Sage is sick. Somebody must have struck him on a put that wouldn't stay put. So far no one has shown any interest in Gen. Weyler's views on the future of the Cuban republic. King Alfonso has appeared at a bullfight unattended by the nurse. He's getting to be a big boy now. Hetty Green should bear in mind President Roosevelt's maxim that "no shots count but those that hit." John W. Gates says an honest man has no business in Wall street. Particularly if he is on the losing side The young King of Spain might have a much harder task than he finds before him. He has no postmasters to appoint. Mr. Carnegie says he has often regretted that he did not give enough. This ought to be an easy habit to overcome. Kansas affords another example of the fact that it is impossible to convict a pretty woman before a jury of young men. A press dispatch says that "Gen. Uribe-Uribe is undone." His hyphen became uncoupled and he is now merely Gen. Uribe. The governor of Mocha has been kidnapped, but his captors have not yet indicated the grounds upon which they will settle. It is said that the coronation of Alfonso XIII cost as much as would buy a battleship. Must have crowned him with a Panama hat. The beef trust is expected to obey cheerfully that portion of the injunction which restrains it from "arbitrarily lowering" prices. A commission of scientists should be appointed to investigate the interior of Mount Pelee and report how many loads are left in the crater. Nordica and Melba have made up. This announcement will soon be followed by one disclosing the kind of make-up they are in the habit of using. One of the humors of the season is the London Spectator, of all the journals in the world, telling the kaiser how to win the heart of the United States. Mont Pelee was 1,000 feet higher before the eruption than it is now. Mont Pelee, however, is not the first thing that has lowered itself by too much blowing. In view of the threatened advance in coal if is cheering to know that scientists have discovered a warm stratum of air 32,000 feet above the surface of the earth. The fact that the first woman lawyer to be admitted to practice law at the Texas bar is the mother of two pairs of twins establishes a difficult standard for future applicants. American anthracite coal is said to have gained a great hold in Germany. Just at present the Germans may have to wait for their supply while the railroads "confiscate" what is billed to them. They now throw old pans at people who run automobiles through the streets of New York. The wonder is that some of the missiles have been thrown with such swiftness as to hit the scorchers. As long as the public school children are taught, as they are taught now, to remember Memorial day, there is little danger that the grown people of the country will forget it, or what it means. If the commencement-day reformers will only permit the sweet girl graduate to tie her valedictory essay with a white ribbon there will still be some joy left in preparation for the closing exercises of school. It now leaks out that the Germans living in Ireland were slighted by Prince Henry on his homeward journey. But this is more than offset by the way the Irish living in America entertained the royal visitor. The American Eagle, St. Louis, Mo., states that "some of the Afro-American women school teachers of that city are immortal that they have been found recently consorting as Fille De Jores with white men." The Eagle is right in claiming that those women should take up their abodes on Chestnut street, where that class of women belong, that they are not fit to instruct white or black children. The county convention will be held this morning at the Second Regiment Armory, Washington boulevard and Curtis street, and if the leaders of the Democratic party will nominate Lawrence A. Newby, for county commissioner or some other good, honest, straightforward Afro-American, Democrat, the leaders of the party will have more than a fighting chance of winning out in this county in the fall. For some time prior to the appearance of our article on Revs. Longreen Murray, Johnson F. Thomas and Alex. Jefferson Carey, May 10. Mrs. Carey did not attend services at Quinn Chapel very regular, but now according to the statements of one or two lady members of Quinn. Sister Carey, blows into Quinn and sits among the common folks twice each and every Sunday, which shows that The Broad Ax is doing some good. Mrs. Noami Ponder, daughter of Mrs. Amanda Moore, last week sued her husband Marshall W. Ponder, the coal and ice man, for divorce. Mrs. Ponder was married Oct. 10, 1899; she charges Mr. Ponder with extreme and repeated cruelty, and says he often knocked her down, threatened to kill her, and once attempted to throw her down the steps. She asks for alimony and her maiden name. Albert B. George is the lawyer for Mrs. Ponder. According to one of our southern Colored contemporaries Louisiana has decided to go back to the Jim-Crow car laws. In this connection it may be pertinent to call attention to the following extract from a speech by Mr. Booker T. Washington in Brookline last winter before a white audience. The clipping is from the Boston Herald of Dec. 17, 1901: "The Negro must learn to dwell away up above race hatred, and to learn that the question is not whether he rides in a 'jim crow car, but whether a superior man rides within that car. He must learn to act on the precept of love for all men and hatred for none, and when the great questions about the Negro problem have had their solution, the smaller ones will take care of themselves." What progress can the race expect to make toward keeping their civil rights with such a man recognized as their political leader?—The Guardlan, Boston, Mass. ENGLEWOOD L. G. U. O. Invites you and your friend on their FOURTH PILGR Invites you and your friends to accompany them on their TROLLEY CAR PARTY Over the lines of the CRAILWAY; through the Grand Crossing, Burnside, West Pullman and Blue longest ride in the world SATURDAY, To the Pr Over the lines of the CALUMET ELECTRIC RAILWAY; through the picturesque suburbs of Grand Crossing, Burnside, New Holland, Roseland, West Pullman and Blue Island; constituting the longest ride in the world for the price charged. CALUMET GROVE Situated upon the banks River. Situated upon the banks of the Famous Calumet River. UNDER MOONLGHT SKIES. THE COMMITEE Guara and a GOOD JOLLY THE DANCING PAVILION looking the beautiful n AMUSEMENTS of all kinds MUSIC by Prof. Armant's FLOOR COMMITTEE, Thomas Lanier. TICKETS FOR THIS EN 35c a Person INCLU THE GROVE THE COMMITEE Guarantees the best of decorum and a GOOD JOLLY TIME TO ALL. CARS will leave 63rd and South Park Ave. at 6:30, 7:30, 8:30 and 9 p. m. COMMITTEE—J. Bernett, Thomas Lanier, J. F. Milton, Henry Raglon, T. Lanier, William Wallace, B. F. Peniston, Edward Tidrington, R. Woodfolk, L. W. Hood, J. C. Elliott, W. S. Collins, A. J. Marshall, E. H. Wright. BEAUREGARD F. OSELEY, Chairman. ITALIAN PROVERBS. The injurer never forgives. He is rich who owns nothing. Masters' hints are commands. Fire is not quenched with fire. Beware of "Had I but known." He who would rest must work. When the wine's in the wit's out. There is no fool like a learned fool. Bad grass does not make good hay. What is bought is cheaper than a gift. He who serves the public has a sorry master. He who knows but little quickly tells it. God heals and the doctor has the thanks. It is easy to threaten a bull from a window. The tree is not to be judged by its bark. Better to fall from the window than the roof. It is better to irritate a dog than an old woman. Who has no children does not know what love is. He who would relish his food must not see it cooked. The unfortunate know who are their real friends. Men are as old as they feel and women as they look. No sooner is the law made than its evasion is discovered. He who would be rich in a year gets hanged in six months. If you would have your work ill done, pay beforehand. Speak well of your friend; of your enemy neither well nor ill. He is not a thorough wise man who cannot play fool on occasion. Tell everybody your business and the devil will do it for you. . Public money is like holy water—every one helps himself to it. He who buys by the pennyworth keeps his own house and other men's too. There is little peace in that house where the hen crows and the cock is mute. Who takes an eel by the tail and a woman at her word may say he holds nothing. The Italians are wise before the act, the Germans in the act, and the French after the act. OLD SAW3 SAWED OVER. Faint heart ne'er won a fat jackpot. Dead men tell no tales, yet murder will out. Uneasy lies the head of the hairless man in flytime. Love that laughs at locksmiths usually weeps in court. Where there is much smoke there is usually a little tobacco. A bird in the hand is worth two in the cornfield—if the birds are crows. Fools rush in where no self-respecting angel would venture without a life insurance policy. The watched pot never boils and the unwatched pot boils over, so what is the cook to do? ODGE, NO 4230 of O. F. ends to accompany them ANNUAL IMAGE ALUMET ELECTRIC picturesque suburbs of New Holland, Roseland, Island; constituting the for the price charged. JUNE 21, 1902 e-historic GROVE. of the Famous Calumet untees the best of decorum TIME TO ALL. LION is the finest, over- river dotted with boats. ands on the grounds. Orchestra, Prof. J. W. Hall and ENCHANTING OUTING DING ADMISSIQN TO Newly Married Man Forgot Partner of His Joys and Sorrows. "It was pretty hard to have the honeymoon clouded before we had bees married two hours," complained a newly married man. "Fact is, though, the excitement of the wedding day took away the little sense I had remaining. "We were married at noon, and after dodging the customary rice and old shoes, left for the station. We had barely time to catch our train, and I rushed up to the ticket window at once. Then, once more, we had to run the gauntlet of friends, who think it smart to throw rice down one's collar and have it sift down into one's shoes. "We got into the train at last and when it started I heaved a sigh of relief. When the collector came round for tickets I handed mine over. After looking at it for a moment, he asked if the lady was traveling with me. "That was the last straw, and I snapped out for him to mind his own business. "'That is what I am trying to do,' he answered coolly. 'One more ticket, please.' "Then it flashed upon me that in the hurry and excitement of the moment I had forgotten that I had a wife. I paid the other fare and tried to laugh it off, but the look that my wife gave me will linger with me as long as I live. It took me two hours to argue her out of the impression that I didn't love her any more, and she isn't fully satisfied yet." Foodie the Favorite Dog. The favorite dog in Paris is the French poodle. For his benefit the dog barber exists, with headquarters along the banks of the Seine, though he also moves through the streets shouting his business, his box of instruments being slung over his shoulder. Many of them have regular customers, whose houses they visit at stated intervals. For the Paris poodle is the "spoiled child" among dogs. He is clipped, brushed, combed, perfumed and generally has his "topnot" fastened with a pink or blue ribbon. Some even wear gold or silver bracelets round one paw. The result has been the development of the dog barber as an artist. He clips and shaves his customers' dogs in most elaborate fashion. Some are left with shaggy manes, with a tuft at the end of the tail to imitate a lion. Others again are clipped in stripes, making them look like black zebras, and others have their faces clipped, and nothing but a pair of fierce mustaches left, with fluffy bracelets of hair around each foot. At any time of the day, as long as daylight-lasts, the dog barber will be found at work on the Seine embankment. Seated on his campstool and generally surrounded by an admiring crowd, he clips and shaves according to the directions given him by the owner. The river is handy to bathe the animal after he has been clipped and combed. In extreme cases men have been known to wear corsets, and now it looks as though bustles might be added to the wardrobe of the heavy dresser. "The military cut will be the proper thing in men's coats this summer," says a fashionable tailor. "There will be a decided flare at the bottom, and unless a man has good hip development the garment will hang loosely, and the effect will be just the reverse of what is intended. Consequently the man with slight hips, if he wants to look well in one of these coats, will have to resort to pads. The padded shoulder has long been adopted, so why not the padded hip? Yes, I suppose you might call it a bustle if you choose."—Philadelphia Record. New York's Ex-Cabinet Members New York's Ex-Cabinet Members. There are now residing in New York seven former members of the cabinet, three of whom were secretaries of the treasury—namely, Fairchilds, Carlisle and Gage; four men who have been ministers to France—Bigelow, Morton, Reid and Porter: two ex-governors of the state, two men who have been lieutenant governors and thirteen who have been mayors either of New York or Brooklyn. All of these men were appointed with other citizens and officials, as members of the committee on reception of Gen. Brugore and staff, who came to this country to attend the unveiling of the statue of Rochambeau in Washington. Historian's Method of Work. Among the coronation peers will be W. E. H. Lecky, the historian and member of parliament for Dublin university, who will take his seat in the house of lords as Lord Lecky of Carlow, where his landed property is situated. Mr. Lecky has always been troubled with an extremely delicate constitution, and it is not generally known that his inability to withstand the physical strain of writing in the ordinary way compelled him to adopt the extraordinary method of lying on his face on a bed with a blotting pad on the pillow, and in that posture he has written by far the greater part of his historical works. The First Vaccination It was during a dread visitation of smallpox that Dr. Edward Jenner, an Englishman, noticed that those who had to do with cattle escaped unscathed. From this clew he found that a disease known as vaccinia, commonly called cowpox, communicated itself to persons employed in dairies, and after a mild illness, gave them immunity from smallpox. Inoculation was tested and found to be an efficient safeguard. Out of the Ordinary Sensational "Tura" in Theater. Some wonderful acrobats and hand balancers called the Erottos are appearing in London. Their chef d'oeuvre is shown in the illustration. Three of them lie at full length on the ground in a straight line, the feet of the center one resting on the head of another, while the former's head touches the head of the third member of the trio. With a slight jerk of the neck the two outer ones raise the middle one from the ground and by degrees raise themselves so as to form a living arch. All three of them turn on their own axes ```markdown ``` at the same moment without losing their equilibrium. It is the art of balancing brought to a pitch of perfection never before attained. at the same moment without losing their equilibrium. It is the art of balancing brought to a pitch of perfection never before attained. Lisard a Seventy-Footen The fossil expedition sent out by the American Museum discovered one of the largest skeletons of extinct mammoths ever found in America. The recent find of the almost complete remains of a marine lizard known as brontasaurus, eclipses all others in its scientific value. This giant creature's body in life measured seventy feet and stood about twenty feet high, twice the height of an elephant. Its footprints cover a square yard. Its ribs measure six feet. The fossil was dug up near Medicine Bow, in southeast Wyoming, and was found entombed in a bed of shale rock, twelve feet below the surface. Extracting the immense petrified remains from the rock matrix took over three months of skilful work. This is the first almost complete skeleton of such a monster so far recovered; heretofore only fragmentary parts have been found. It flourished in the age of reptiles, variously estimated at five to ten million years ago, and inhabited an immense inland sea which once covered the area of a portion of our western continent. Underground Photograph There are thousands of people who have desired to see what the bottom of an oil well looked like after a hundred-quart glycerin torpedo had been exploded in it. But no ordinary mortal could crawl down a six inch hole to the depth of 2,000 feet if he wanted to, and no sane one would want to if he could. So the curious oil-seeker has heretofore been compelled to guess as to the effect of the torpedo shot. An oil country photographer furnished the desired picture. The successful experiment was made at Warren, Penn. The instrument was let down to the bottom of a 1,700-foot well which had been subjected to a torpedo explosion. When the camera touched bottom a bright flash lit up the cavity, impressing a perfect picture on the negative. A cavity fourteen feet broad and seven feet deep below the oil sand was revealed. Into this cavity, enlarged by the force of a glycerin explosion, from the ordinary six-inch drill hole the oil trickled and accumulated, ready to be pumped to the surface. Ping-Pong in Washington. Mark Hanna has taken to ping-pong. That is, he has installed a ping-pong set in his Washington home and the game is open to all comers as a means of amusement while waiting their turns to see the senator. Jerry Simpson, the erstwhile sockless one from Kansas, has taken to ping-pong and is actually said to be the champion of Montana. Jerry played with three millionaires and is quoted as saying that this was the first time he ever beat the rich at their own game. Pope Leo's Sedan Chain The great age of Leo XIII has laid upon him a heavy burden of weakness and infirmity. The extent of his state apartments is too vast to be traversed by the faltering footsteps of ninety-two. Whenever he leaves his own A chamber to give audience in any reception room, or to take a drive in the beautiful gardens of the Vatican, he uses a sedan chair, in which he is carried down the long staircases and along the passages and corridors of his immense palace. So Near and Yet So Fan In a remote part of the parish of Kincardine, Ross-shire, Scotland, there dwells a gamekeeper whose nearest neighbor is about five miles distant. There is a bridle path between both houses, yet if this keeper were sending a letter by post to his nearest neighbor it would be carried a distance of no less than eighty-three miles. He would first take it ten miles to the nearest postoffice; from there it would go by mounted post nine miles to Ardgay; thence by rail fifty miles to Garve; then by mail coach eighty miles, and finally by foot six miles. It would thus travel thirty-three miles by road and fifty miles by rail, and be delivered at the nearest house to the one it was sent from, only five miles away. Lives with Bullet in Heart. Before a surgical congress, recently held in Berlin, Germany, Professor Trendelenburg, of Leipzig, described the case of a young man who had attempted suicide by shooting. It seems the bullet lodged in the right chamber of the heart, but the wound quickly healed. Under Roentgen rays the bullet was seen to move backward and forward in time with the man's heart beats. Professor Trendelenburg said there were nineteen cases known in medical science in which persons with bullet holes in their hearts had survived. --- Strictly in the line of utility, but contributing much to comfort, is a rocking chair newly patented by a citizen of Tracy City, Tenn. The chair provides the person who sits in it with a continued breeze, supplied by a pneumatic pump attached to its back. As one rocks the pump is actuated automatically, and delivers a steady flow of air. If desired, the contrivance may be attached to a child's cradle. pneumatic pump attached to its back. As one rocks the pump is actuated automatically, and delivers a steady flow of air. If desired, the contrivance may be attached to a child's cradle. Russian Bezger's Unique Record. A man has just died in Belgorod, Russia, at the wonderful age of 140. He has been a beggar for the whole of his life, his father having been a professional beggar before him. He alternately posed as a cripple and as a blind and dumb man, and three times in his long life did he attempt to work, but in vain. Nine times did he take a wife unto himself. As soon as he tired of one he calmly left her, and went to another town, when he would marry again. For a long time he lived in St. Petersburg and it is interesting to note that in spite of his long life, he was not burdened with the three great sorrows—want, worry and family. The Bearded Lizard. This strange looking lizard is the most familiar representative of a small Australian group belonging to the great family of Agamoid lizards, so common in Asia, Africa and Austral- asia. Among the particular features by which the bearded lizard is disguised from its fellows are its stout build, its large and laterally swollen head and the frill of spines on the sides of the neck. OAT TRIUMPHED OVER OBSTACLES Dog stories have become so hackneyed that a cat story makes a welcome change. This one comes from Pont Ste. Maxence (Oise,) and for such a place it is an extremely tale. It would appear that a resident in the place, who is an enthusiastic angler, used to keep live bait in a small tank on his premises. The angler also had a cat, who, naturally, was fond of fish, raw or cooked. This being so, his owner covered the tank with wire netting to keep pussy out of temptation. But the cat knew a trick or two, and went to the nearest refuse heap for some fowl giblets which were providentially lying there. These she took to the tank, let them hang into the water from the netting, and began fishing on her own account. When the fish nibbled at the bait, puss would catch it with a nimble claw! The angler, noticing the trick, threw the bait away, but half an hour later puss was at it again.—Washington Times. To Mine for Platinum. A company has been formed at Seattle for mining platinum in the Tulameen river and Granite creek deposits, where Chinamen have been earning living wages for fifteen years in recovering platinum from the placer deposits. Dyspepsia is the parent of many disagreeable qualities. ! Each Wife New Demands a Home of Her Own, and the Cost Is Too Great for the Followers of Mahomet—Innovations in Costume. "Polygamy is fast dying out among the Turks, and not on account of any change in moral standards but because of the attitude of the women themselves. Formerly a man's four or five wives dwelt amicably under one roof, but now every wife demands a home of her own, and the impossibility of supporting so many homes is compelling the average Turk to limit his barem to one wife." This new proof of the civilizing influence of woman was given by Miss Florence A. Fensham, dean of the American College for Girls at Constantinople, in a talk before the League for Political Education in New York on "The Outlook for the Woman of the Orient." Another statement that seemed novel to many in the audience was: "The Turks as a race are of fair complexion, with blue eyes, and are delightful people to know. They are truthful, honest, and hospitable in a high degree. In those respects the mass of the Turks—those of the uppermiddle class—differs greatly from the government; but a nation must be judged, not by its highest nor its lowest but by the great class between. "There is a general impression abroad that Turkish women are shut up behind the lattice windows of the harem, and have little freedom to go about. This is far from correct. The Bosphorus steamers are crowded with them; they jostle you on every hand in the narrow streets of Constantinople. Veiled they must be, but veiled they go about with a freedom greater than that assured any European woman, for to molest a Moslem woman means death to a Turk and serious consequences to a foreigner. "It is an acknowledged fact that the women of Turkey control most of the government appointments. To quote from a work recently published by one long resident of the country, The women hold ultimate sway over the conduct of the men. The tangled intrigues for place and power which center in the harem form the key to many vicissitudes of Turkish history." Even the dress of the women of the harem, said Miss Fensham, shows their growing independence. A few years ago every woman wrapped herself before going out in an upper garment that completely enshrouded her head and was not to be removed until she was again in the house. Now all the younger women have adopted a looser head covering, that they drop at will when on the Bosporus steamers for a pleasure trip or resting elsewhere. Several edicts were issued by the sultan against the innovation, but after a few months of obedience the women would quietly resume their new headdress until another edict banished it for a time. At last he became wearied of the struggle and the modern fashion has become a settled thing. DEMAND NOW FOR YOUNG BLOOD Two very remarkable movements are discernible in the business and the education of the times; and yet, when we come to examining them, we find that the tendencies have been clearly in view for more than a decade. Six years ago the present writer went to the president of one of the largest corporations of this country and asked him to give employment to a man who had turned his forty-eighth year, says the Saturday Evening Post. There was personal reasons why he should grant such a request and the persons for whom the place was sought was entirely acceptable in character, ability and health. The presedent replied: "I want to do this, but it is impossible. The age of the young man is crowding upon modern business so fast that he will soon monopolize it. We take no one who has passed forty-five—we cannot afford to do it. But if this man has a son anywhere from fifteen to twenty-five years old I'll find a position for him at once." So far has this tendency gone that the problem of getting rid of employes above a certain age is now under discussion and so great has been the uneasiness that several of the large concerns have issued statements that the old men will not be discharged. Juryman's Clever Buse A story is told of a juryman who outwitted a judge, and that without lying. He ran into an assize court in a desperate hurry, quite out of breath, and exclaimed: "Oh, judge, if you can, pray excuse me. I don't know which will die first—my wife or my daughter!" "Dear me, that's sad," said the innocent judge. "Certainly you are excused." The ladies mentioned are still in excellent health, and the juryman hopes that the solution of the problem may be long deferred. The Origin of Fearin Recently Dr. H. Lyster Jameson made an interesting communication to the Zoological society of England on the origin of pearls. He had found that the real nucleus around which the pearl substance accumulated was the dead larva of a distoma or fluke The young flukes pass a certain period of their early life as guests in the bodies of fresh water shellfish. 1 FILIPINO AMAZON WITH A RECORD The Late "Macabebe Marla" a Warrior and Spy. War is apt to produce eccentric and romantic characters. The names of Molly Pitcher of the revolution, and Belle Boyd, the confederate spy, are more firmly fixed in the minds of the readers of American history than some of the leading generals of the contending armies. The Philippine war is no exception to the rule. "Macabebe Marie," who died recently, was known to every soldier in the Philippines, and was considered one of the shrewdest spies in the American service. At one time she was attached to Gen. Funston's personal staff. Originally this woman was an insurgent captain, but the government of Aguinaldo failed to keep its promises with her, and she left it to join the Americans. It seems that Aguinaldo, as commander-in-chief, issued an order that any officer who might be wounded while in service would receive fifty pesos. "Macabebe Marie" was wounded and claimed the bounty. Before she heard from Aguinaldo she received two more wounds and then asked for 150 pesos. Her claims were rejected and she deserted. She is said to have been a very beautiful woman and quite accomplished. Her husband was killed by the Spanish forces and she took his place. When the American forces landed she was attached to Aguinaldo's personal command. Her favorite attack was from ambush, at which she became an adept. After Twenty Years Lusks Springs, Ind., June 9th. It would be hard to find a happier man than Mr. William Catterson of this place has been for the last few weeks. For twenty years his wife has been an invalid with a complication of diseases. Neuralgia, Rheumatism and generally broken down constitution. Mr. Catterson had done everything that loving care could suggest, but in vain—his wife only grew worse. Recently, however, he heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills and determined to give them a trial, and was overjoyed at the splendid result. From the very beginning of the treatment she commenced to improve till now she is nearly well and Mr. Catterson is rejoicing. He says: "Nothing ever did her so much good. We will always praise Dodd's Kidney Pills for the good work they have done for us." The Mesmerized Hat. Provide yourself with an old hat and an ordinary black pin bent in the shape of the letter C. Put the hat on a table, crown upwards, and secrete the pin in your right hand. You will borrow the hat from somebody in the audience. On receiving it, take it in your left hand and while walking to the table place the right hand inside the hat, quickly push the point of the pin up through the crown and stand the hat on the table. You make a few passes over the hat as if you were mesmerizing it. Lay your left hand flat on the hat. Slip your second finger in the hook and slowly lift the hat from the table. After this bring the hat to the table, remove the hand. and in returning the hat you can easily withdraw the pin. "UNDER THE TUROUOISE SKY." This most fascinating, clearest and interesting description of Colorado will be sent free by John Sebastian, G. P. A. Great Rock Island Route, Chicago, Also "Camping in Colorado" free, if you want it. Tells about camping in the Rockies, with full details for the inexperienced. Information about Colorado Hotels and Boarding Houses gladly furnished. It will be worth your while to learn the details of the cheap rates to Colorado effective this summer by the Rock Island. A postal card will secure as much of this information and literature as you wish. ONE FARE FOR THE ROUND TRIP.—Via Grand Trunk System, Chicago to Boston, Mass. Selling dates, June 12, 13, 14. Chicago to Portland, Me., selling dates, July 5 to 9, inclusive. ONE FARE PLUS ONE DOLLAR FOR ROUND TRIP.—Via Grand Trunk System, Chicago to Providence, R. I., selling dates, July 7, 8, 9. For limits, time tables and further information apply to Geo. W. Vaux, A, G, P. & T. A., 135 Adams St., Chicago, Ill. Long and Short Sleeves. Sleeves are striking. While many elbow sleeves are shown, long sleeves are equally as fashionable. Under sleeves are rather liked for the more expensive waists, and the plain bishop sleeve with narrow cuff is a general favorite. The puff is a trifle larger than last season; in fact, sleeves are a little larger all around. Try One Package. 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Queen Helen of Italy is an expert with rifle and revolver, and beat her husband's best target score, although he has the reputation of being a mighty hunter. Her record is by no means confined to target practice either. When she was Princess of Montenegro hunting was her favorite sport, and she has had many exciting adventures with big game. When she went to Italy as Princess of Naples she missed her hunting more than any other feature of her girl life. The prince had targets put up in the gardens at Capo di Monte villa, and shooting matches were held there. The princess invariably carried off the honors, even when pitted against her husband's men friends or the prince himself. Still target practice did not quite take the place of real hunting, so her husband guessed again. This time he gave his wife the Island of Monte Cristo, to have and to hold, as a happy hunting ground, and there she had glorious sport with her guns and her dogs, every season, until the assassination of King Humbert called her to a throne. Now she has left off killing game and has gone back to target shooting, but she does not neglect her practice or lose her enthusiasm. An Old Goose What is sauce for the goose is said to be, or should be, sauce for the gander, and that is generally apple sauce. But at Chapel St. Leonards in England a goose escaped all kinds of dressing and died at the ripe age of twenty-eight years. She hatched out nine goslings regularly year after year but few of her descendant survived her. As the mere man who owned her got eight shillings apiece for the brood she may be said to have laid silver eggs, if not golden ones. At any rate she yielded him the tidy sum of £100 16s., her family having reached the amazing total of 252. She was a familiar and respected figure, but it is hard to say why a burial service was held over her grave and the bell tolled. Honor to Rosecrans' Memory. With imposing ceremonies the remains of Major General William Starke Rosecrans were reinterred in Arlington cemetery, under the direction of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. The services were presided over by General David B. Henderson, speaker of the House of Representatives. President Roosevelt, members of his cabinet, senators and representatives and a host of friends, including many of his old army associates, were present to pay their last tribute to the noted soldier. Eight Mes,ages Over One Wire It is said that after prolonged experiments in sending four telegraphic messages each way simultaneously over a single wire, the German government has accepted the octuple transmitter invented by the late Prof. Rowland of the Johns Hopkins University. Between 300 and 350 words per minute were transmitted with success and it is understood that the German government will introduce the Rowland system between Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Leipzig and Frankfort. INSIST ON GETTING IT Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz. in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because Defiance contains 16 oz. for the same money. Do you want 16 oz. instead of 12 oz. for same money? Then buy Defiance Starch. Requires no cooking. Fighting Jersey Mosquitos. The fight against the mosquito pests in New Jersey continues with vigor. Crude oil is being used, this being the best and most effiacious remedy yet known. It is also proposed to breed dragon files to assist in the crusade. The man or woman who believes well is apt to work well, and faith is as much the key to happiness here as it is the key to happiness hereafter.—Donald G. Mitchell. 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It interfered often with my domestic and social duties and I never supposed that I would be cured, as the doctor's medicine did not seem to help me any. "Fortunately a member of our Order advised me to try Peruna and gave it such high praise that I decided to try it. Although I started in with little faith, I felt so much better in a week that I felt encouraged. "I took it faithfully for seven weeks and am happy indeed to be able to say that I am entirely cured. Words fail to express my gratitude. Perfect health once more is the best thing I could wish for, and thanks to Peruna I enjoy that now,"---Minnie E. McAllister. The great popularity of Peruna as a catarrh remedy has tempted many people to imitate Peruna. A great many so-called catarrh remedies and catarrhal tonics are to be found in many drugstores. These remedies can be procured by the druggist much cheaper than Peruna. Peruna can only be obtained at a uniform price, and no druggist can get it a cent cheaper. Thus it is that druggists are tempted to substitute the cheap imitations of Peruna for Peruna. It is done every day without a doubt. NOTICE OF ADVANCE IN PR SEARCHLIG COPPER-GOLD MIN (INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ADVANCE IN PRICE. HIGHLIGHT FOLD MINING CO. (R THE LAWS OF ARIZONA) SEARCHLIGHT COPPER-GOLD MINING CO. Capital Stock. $1,000,000. In 1,000,000 Shares of $1.00 Each, Full-Pald and This valuable property consists of seven (7) full-sized Mining Co. now famous "Searchlight District" of Lincoln County, Nevada. per Mountain. Four miles west of the Colorado River and one Mining Company's Railway, it is in the very heart of one of the of the Rockies. The recent purchase of this group of Mines was operators and engineers of rare intelligence and experience, and money on the rich assays and other showings, and organized the prosecution of serious work, it is now proposed to sell 100,000 sh the low price of 25 CENTS PER SHARE Payable in E Price to Be A This is estimated to be sufficient to do 1,000 feet more of develop fifty-ton Smelting Plant. After this block of stock is sold (poss be much higher, so that investors, and particularly small invest applying for their allotments. For further information, address J. A. BROPHY, Fiscal Agent, 72-74 (Main Fl Each, Full-Pald and Non-Assessable. (27) full-sized Mining Claims and is located in the Lincoln County, Nevada, in the range known as Copiaborio River and one mile from the Quartette heart of one of the richest mineral belts west is group of Mines was effected by practical mine use and experience, and having invested their own engines, and organized this Company for the active proposed to sell 100,000 shares of Treasury Stock at ARE Payable in Easy Monthly Installments. Price to Be Advanced to 30c on July 1st. 10 feet more of development work and to erect a of stock is sold (possibly before) the price will particularly small investors, should lose no time in information, address nt, 72-74 (Main Floor) DEARBORN STREET, CHICAGO. In 1,000,000 Shares of $1.00 Each, Full-Pald and Non-Assessable. This valuable property consists of seven (7) full-sized Mining Claims and is located in the now famous "Searchlight District" of Lincoln County, Nevada, in the range known as Copper Mountain. Four miles west of the Colorado River and one mile from the Quartette Mining Company's Railway, it is in the very heart of one of the richest mineral belts west of the Rockies. The recent purchase of this group of Mines was effected by practical mine operators and engineers of rare intelligence and experience, and having invested their own money on the rich assays and other showings, and organized this Company for the active prosecution of serious work, it is now proposed to sell 100,000 shares of Treasury Stock at the low price of 25 CENTS PER SHARE Payable in Easy Monthly Installments. Price to Be Advanced to 30e on July 1st This is estimated to be sufficient to do 1,000 feet more of development work and to erect a fifty-ton Smelting Plant. After this block of stock is sold (possibly before) the price will be much higher, so that investors, and particularly small investors, should lose no time in applying for their allotments. For further information, address J. A. BROPHY, Fiscal Agent. 72-74 (Main Floor) DEARBORN STREET, CHICAGO. INVESTORS For a safe and profitable investment from $50.00 and upward, which pays dividends of from 4% to 7% weekly, and WHERE YOUR CAPITAL IS SAFE and ALWAYS SUBJECT TO YOUR ORDER, write us for descriptive booklet and information concerning our method of doing business. Highest references. CAPITAL INVESTMENT COMPANY, SUITE 300, TEMPLE COURT BLDG., 225 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO, ILL. FACE HUMOURS BUTTER LIMING OUTICURA SOAP. Pimples, Blackheads, Red, Rough, Oily Skin Prevented by Cuticura SOAP THE LADY WHO IRONS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE USE CUTICURA SOAP, assisted by CUTICURA OINTMENT, for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales, and dandruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening, and soothing red, rough, and sore hands, for baby rashes, itchings, and chafings, and for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Millions of Women use CUTICURA SOAP in the form of baths for annoying irritations, inflammations, and excoriations, or too free or offensive perspiration, in the form of washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and for many sanative purposes. Consisting of CUTICURA SOAP (30c.), to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales, and soften the thickened cuticle; CUTICURA OINTMENT (60c.), to instantly allay itching, inflammation, and irritation, and soothe and heal; and CUTICURA RESOLVENT PILLS (30c.), to cool and cleanse the blood. A SINGLE SET is often sufficient to cure the reveresc case. Magnetic Starch Mfg. Co. OMANA . . . NEB. CUTICURA RESOLVENT FILLS (Chocolate Coated) are a now, tasteless, odourless, economical substitute for the celebrated liquid CUTICURA RESOLVENT, 60 doses, price, $26. Sold throughout the world, British Deposits W. ch Charterhouse Rd., London, French Deposit 5 Bus do in Park, Paris, POTTER DRUG AND CHEM. CORP., Sein Prope., Boston, U. S. A. W. N. U. CHICAGO, NO. 24, 1902. When Answering Advertisements Hindip Mention This Paper. --- --- MRS. JUDGD M.C. ALLISTER. MRS JUDGD MCALLISTER We would caution all people against accepting substitutes for Peruna. Insist upon having Peruna. There is no other internal remedy for catarrh that will take the place of Peruna. Allow no one to persuade you to the contrary. 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. Bellable Land Agents Wanted to sell best Central Minnesota Improved farms. Add. Litchfield Land Co., Litchfield, Minn. Bargains in South Dakota Lands. We have them; you need them. Write or call on us NOW. W. L. PALMER & CO., Carthage, South Dakota. Write for list of Special Sales. C. H. HOSKINSON, Winterset, Iowa EASTERN KANSAS. IF YOU WANT the best farm in the best country to live in and get pay for your work, write E. P. McCarty Sons & Co., LaCygne Kan. And if they don't give you a correct description they will pay your expenses there and back. LANDSEEKERS! Central Eastern Colorado offers great opportunities for investment in Cheap and Productive Lands, in tracts to suit, good for all farming purposes, especially for Raising Stock of any kind. Land values everywhere are increasing. Send for our list of bargains with full information. The KIT Carson Land Company, Burlington, Colorado. MAGNIFICENT RAINS INSURE magnificent crops in old Missouri. I have some magnificent bargains in farms for sale at about one-half price of same grade land in other states, 35 miles from Kansas City, in Case and Jackson counties. Take Missouri Pacific By, out of Kansas City or St. Louis. 16 trains a day. You cannot make a mistake by buying here at present prices. List sent on application. Gee. W. Bruce, Pleasant Hill, Mo. Q knows how important it is to use a good starch. Defiance Starch is the best starch made. It doesn't stick to the iron. It gives a beautiful soft glossy stiffness to the clothes. It will not blister or crack the goods. It sells for less, goes farther, does more. Ask the lady who irons. Defiance Starch at all grocers. 16 oz. for 10 cents. JM. tibpinbothan Ptasterine cartes eee Contractor 4 wish to rm y snd througt Brecon. Be Sage inform..the public, that Rev. J. F ‘Thomas, pastor of Olivet Baptis Church of ‘this city, made ® plea t -the membership of bis church to, stan¢ . by him in support of a scheme which “all honest men must denounce. There bate been many occasions when the pastore of Olivet, both dead and Iiv- ing, have given expression to the lof. tiest aspirations and noblest ideals ‘ot. Christian men, and their words, their wisdom and their work have - been endorsed by the church. But unbapliy the present pastor is not one of that goodly number. His scheme is, tn sliort, to refuse to fay the claims against the church, to permit it to be “sold for debt, to abandon it; and then with the $6,000 recently raised, osten- sibly for the purpose of finishing the church, and@ with the other assets un- encumbered to organize a Baptist chutch under another name and thus defraud the creditors of Olivet. This visious proposition willbe seen in its true light, when it is. known that one of the principal creditors of Olivet ix not only a colored man but a mem- ber of the church, and one to whom Rev. J. F. Thomas with his own hands has administered the holy sacrament, with the scriptural injunction: “Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you.” Now let us look at this nefarious proposition from a business point of view and see if either the scheme, or the schemer can be trusted. 1 am informed that after the sale ot. the Harmon Court property, several years" ago, Rev. Thomas had upward of thirty thousand dollars with which ta build ‘the church free from debt: Did he do it? If he was unable to do this with that amount of money when property, Isbor and building ma- terial were cheap, what can he do now with only six thousand dollars, when property, labor and building materia! are very much higher? At that time the eredit of Olivet Baptist church was good, its name stood for some- thing; but now with its credit destroy- ed, its mortgages foreclosed, its build- fag sold, and its very name aban- doned,' who will extend a helping hand or even trust a preacher whose admin- istration has brought this wreck and ruin? Pastors of other © churches, who are comparatively strangers in this city have gone out among white friends and raised thousands of dol- lars for their respective churches. If Rev. Thomas has ever raised a hun- dred dollars, I should like some one to tell what he did with it. Because of the positive statement by Rev. Thomas that-if the church raised $€,000 by January 1, 1902, a gentleman of means would pay off the indebted- ness, put in a five thousand dollar or- gan and finish the church, I contributed to that fund. Since the money was raised and the time has expired, | should like to know of Rev. Thomas why the gentleman of means does not finish the church, and put in the five nena Seay See Ont sig bs al} ows the property to be sold for debt. | when be expressly agreed to pay the _ lebts? Again I wish *o say in passing hat at the annual sermon of Occidental Consistory on May 18th, Rey Thomas usked for .a.public collection to aid he West India sufferers, to which 1 |: subscribed, and $20-was raised. Af- | . er returning homé I read in the:morn-| , hE paper that no more funds were | seeded. Now I would nut lafer that | , tev. Tomas knew this when he rais-| | 4 thé collection, but since jt was a mublic céllection to be donated to a| * articular public charity, I think the | | ublic‘has a right to know what Rev. | ° homhas @id with this money. . I bold that the fmancial condition | © f any well regulated organization is | * rown to its members; that the sal-/ ¢ ry of its fiicers is not a matter of oubt; that when moneys.are paid out cceipts.are on file; and that if th | o bing is alive and pretending to do |g usiness reports are regularly made. | ¢, ow I have been informed that there | ;, | mot @ half-dozen members of Oli- | ;, et Church whe know anything about | , * financial -ondition; who ever saw receipt ior, moneys alleged to have | | rem paid eat; or who ever know e amotint of the pastor's salary. It | ould indeed surprise many to know , ays ee eee ee, er a Se ee waters flock in x know cri omen dno duty forbid them to go. Again there are other reasons why the mein- and take the step contemplated by her and become fixtures in the locality. The name of Olivet is held sacred by uncounted numbers who have been married within her quiet precincts or from whose portals they have borne away their sainted dead. There are children who have become identified with her Sabbath school, have given their hearts to God and will refuse to leave her sacred altar. Many people in the presence of a great crisis know nat what to do, oth- ers are in a state of mental confusion similar to one who ts between the dev- f and the deep sea. But none should be blind to his own interests like a horse in a burning stall, or so incapa- bie of judicious action as to stand stil! and see his church sold over his head. It will be no matter of surprise there- fore, if a large portion of the substan- tial membership ofthe church should call upon Rev. Thomas for his immedi- ate resignation and thus adopt the most obvious and the most sensible way of saving their property. The present pastor makes it hik Sabbath dvty to scold, lecture, reprimand, con- tradict and reproach all who do not, conform to his questionable methods. He reminds one or a volcano in a state cf eruption, and should be left alone to pour out fire, wrath, tobacco smoke, whisky and other defilements to his heart's content. It is a sad sight te. see a young man in @ perverted way, bat sadder is It to see an old man and a preacher whose hair is tinged by the frosts of age and whose every act is markd by the zeal of a perverted mind.” It is the plain duty of all Christians to turn thelr backs upon this man and endeavor to pay their righteous debts. Instead of moving the church I would suggest to move the preacher. If the wountain will not go away from the people, the peo- ple should go away from the moun- tain. , Now, Mr. Editor, for Olivet Baptist Church to be lost to this city, in the way contemplated by the pastor, I think would be a public disgrace. If her members and others can prevent such an occurrence, undeniably they yught to. do so. - It seems imperative hat the officers of the church shoulda ake some action with a view of ap lying the needed remedy I disclaim ny intention of being drawn into a controversy with Rey. Thomas. 1 ipprehend that he will say in refer- mee to his scheme that it is none i my business. He thinks that his tions do not concern the public, nd that even the church has no bus- ness to call him to account. I hold |’ jowever, that a preacher is a public pan; that he is not only charged | ith sacred duty but that he holds | | public trust, and hencé is just as menable to the public for his behay- or, actions, conduct and morals as the | | sayor of this city, or the governor of |! nis state. THEODORE W. JONES. 209 Cottage Grove Avenue. : " Tuesday evening, June 24. a Tom ‘Thumb wedding and children’s concert will be given at St. Marks M © church, 47th and State streets, for the benefit of Brean Building Fund, Little Miss Beatrice Robinson wil] act as Rev. Caldwell Watkins officiating, fifty children will-take part in the concert and the affair, which wil] be under the control of Mrs. R. G. Bell, promises to be very interesting. Admission, 10 conta. Mr. George S. Walker, who is one of the oldest Afro-American members of the G. A. R. and who at the present time has charge of a large flat build- ing, 2104 Kenmore avenue. 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