The Broad Ax

VOL. VII. THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION OF COOK COUNTY. Saturday last the Democratic convention of this city and county convened in the Second Regiment Armory, Washington boulevard and Curtis street. Thomas J. Webb, Esq., who subscribed for The Broad Ax, after he became a candidate for Drainage Trustee two years ago, but after he was elected as a member of the Board cut The Broad Ax out claiming it was of no use to him, was chosen as temporary and Permanent chairman of the convention, and Mr. M. J. Doherty served as secretary. But on Friday evening after the Primaries and long before the convening of the convention, without consulting the wishes of the people in the matter, Boss Robert E. Burke and other managers of his machine met in caucus and like Bill Lorimer, and his bosses, they then and there voted and balloted upon the names of the gentlemen who were seeking positions on the county ticket, they remained in the caucus all night and until away after the break of day. Still they were unable to agree on a slate which would be satisfactory to all those eminent un-Democratic leaders But when the noon papers made their appearance on the streets they contained the slate ticket and announced that it had received Boss Burke's O K, and this announcement proved to be too true. For at four o'clock or six hours after the names of the candidates appeared in the papers, amidst much disorder and many disgraceful scenes on the part of the delegates the following ticket was nominated by Boss Burke: Treasurer—Peter Kiolbassa. Sheriff—Thomas Barrett. County clerk—Charles W. Rohe. Probate clerk—Louis J. Altpeter. Clerk of the appellate court—Edward M. Lahiff. Clerk of criminal court—James H. Bowman. County superintendent of schools George C. Howland. Persident of the county board—Rollin B. Organ. County commissioners, west side James Daley, Timothy Cruice, Thos. Gallagher, Joseph Grein, Frank Vavrick. County commissioners, north side Joseph E. Flanagan, Jacob Thielen. County commissioners, south side County commissioners, south side John E. Buddinger, Rollin B. Organ, N. R. Engel Board of review—Bertram M. Winston Board of assessors—Albert Fishell, James G. Wolcott. Judges of the superior court—Henry M. Shepard, Hiram T. Gilbert, (to succeed N. C. Sears); Joseph A.O. Donnell, Charles M. Walker, William H. Barnum. Judges of the circuit court—George Kersten, William P. Black, Lockwood Honore. Country towns county commissioners-Alfred W. Giles, Oak Park; John W. Mann, Harvey; W. F. Quick, River Forest; George Taylor Evanston; James A. T. Hill, Stickney. While watching the proceedings of the convention in which we observed almost a thousand, supposed to be sane men, cursing wrangling, quareling and fighting with each other like cats and dogs, we became thoroughly convinced that the method in vogue in France, respecting the selection of candidates for elective offices is far superior or much more preferable than the rotten or corrupt method which predominates in American politics, most especially in Cook County, for in this county both the great political parties have become nothing more than gigantic machines, set up with the sole object of robbing and plundering the great mass of the people out of their political rights. In France the French people hold no nominating conventions, but the aspirants for the various political honors go right out among the people and ask them for their votes independent of any convention or click of cold blooded and scheeming politicians who are ever ready to exclaim "to the devil with the people we are running this country," and at the close of the elections in France the men receiving the highest number of votes are declared elected. That decent or advanced method of doing politics is less expensive to the people, but it would be very distasteful to such great (?) statemen as Boss Burke, Bathhouse Jonn J. Coughlin, Michael Kenna, Pat White, Frank Solon, John J. Brennan, M. C. Conion, John Powers, Fish P. J. Murray, Fred E. Eldred, John W. Gildea, Wm. J. Roach, Charley Martin, Solomon Van Praag, and Eddi J. Novack & Co., for none of these most (?)illustrious statesmen care nothing about the rights of the people, and they do not know any more about the true principles of Democracy than a hog does about conducting a Sunday school. Returning back to actions of the convention these men with the apparent aid and consent of Mayor Carter H. Harrison, who on three separate occasions received the votes of many thousand Afro-Americans permitted the spirit of Ben Tillman; to sweep over the convention thereby absolutely refusing to nominate a worthy Afro-American Democrat for county commissioner; right here we must pause for a few moments to say that in the future as in the past we will firmly cling to the true or the fundamental principles of Democracy for they are eternal and we honestly believe that they will ultimately triumph in this great and glorious Republic. But from henceforth we have irrevokably made up our mind to cease from imploring, urging or begging the present crowd of so-called leaders of the Democratic party of Cook County to take any steps towards inducing or persuading Afro-Americans to vote the Democratic ticket. For by their actions they have unmistakably permitted the impression to go abroad that a vote cast by an Italian, Bohemian, Polock, Jew, Irishman, German and by all other nationalities is worth more, will count more and weigh heavier than a ballot cast by a Negro With the aid of State Senator Fred. Busse, and Bill Lorimer's Demo-Reublican machine, and with the further use of much money so they say, Boss Burke, managed to defeat James A. Quinn, in the 21st ward. It was a dearly bought victory, and as far as we are concerned we still think more of James A. Quinn than we do of Robert E. Burke, for when Messrs. Eldred and Burke was in favor of skining us out of $65, which was honestly due us for a write-up or Mayor Carter H. Harrison, and for inserting his cut in The Broad Ax along with the write-up, March 31, 1901, James A. Quinn paid every cent of the money to us out of his own pocket, which proves that he is in favor of letting an honest man live even if he should happen to be a Negro. Of course we never kick in any one beats us out of one or two dollars but $65 is too much money to white men, and black men like gambling Jackbat Terrell, for three to five dollars but $65 is too much money to be shook down for at one time. Jimmy Quinn, The Broad Ax is still your friend. The Broad Ax was pleased to see Roger C. Sullivan win out in the 14th ward, for when Mr. Sulivan was clerk of the Probate court he employed a colored man in his office as his private secretary and stenogopher, against the protests of many of his friends, who maintained "that he ought to employ a white man for that work." Mr. Sullivan informed them that "he did not care anything about the color of his stenographer's skin, as long as he dischaged his cuties properly." And he retained his colored secretary to the end of his term as clerk of the Probate court. There are thousands of Afro-Americans in Chicago who will always admire Roger C. Sullivan for possessing the courage to stand up for the HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, JUNE 21, 1902. THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION OF ILLINOIS. Tuesday, June 17, the Democracy of this great state assembled in convention at Springfield and the foi MR. MILES J. DEVINE, EX-CI One of the new members of the Do MR. MILES J. DEVINE, EX-CITY ATTORNEY OF CHICAGO. lowing ticket was nominated by it: Clerk of the supreme court—John L. Pickering, Springfield. State treasurer—George Duddleston, Chicago. Superintendent of public instruction—Anson L. Bliss, Hillsboro. Trustees of the state university—Dr. Julia Holmes Smith, Chicago; J. A. White, Urbana; S. S. Paxton, Monmouth. Clerk of appellate court, third district—J. H. Baker, Sullivan. Chairman state central committee—John P. Hopkins, Chicago. It goes without saying that it was the greatest convention ever held in this state, and the oldest politicians after brushing up their minds, are unable to remember any convention wherein so much excitement prevailed during its proceedings or deliberations. The great, or it might be said the bitter fight between State Chairman John P. Hopkins and Mayor Carter H. Harrison, in which "the man of destiny," his hand and his forces were completely routed by John P. Hopkins, and his lieutenants, who is the shrewdest and the most practical politician in this country, and their personal encounter on the floor of the convention was the most dramatic incident ever witnessed in any political convention. When Mayor Harrison and John P. Hopkins ran into each other on the floor of the convention they shook hands, and the ex-mayor saluted "Our Carter," who wants to become President of the United States by the grace of Boss Burke, thusly: "Why did you give out an interview stating that I had used boodle to carry my congress district?" asked Mr. Hopkins. "I did not say that. I said that if you carried your congressional district it would be by the use of boo-dle." replied the mayor. "Well, let me tell you, you little pinhead," replied Mr. Hopkins, "that you are the last man who should say anything about boodle. You never earned a cent in your life until you became mayor of Chicago. You inherited money, but you have added to it by funds accumulated from collections taken up from gamblers, unfortunate women and from the sale of franchises. You know that I am a man of means and if you consider that anything I have ```markdown ``` said has injured your character you can seek redress in the courts. Let me tell you further that if you pursue your usual tactics in this convention I will tell the delegates what : Y A TTORNEY OF CHICAGO. Democratic State Committee of Illinois. know about you and will prove what I have to say." Those who witnessed the encounter between Messrs. Harrison and Hopkins claim that "The present mayor remained silent and did not attempt to defend himself from the attacks of Chairman Hopkins. The state convention is over, Mr. Hopkins and his friends won the day and he will continue to serve as chairman. A good platform was adopted by the convention, the candidates chosen by it are clean and honest, and if they are active in their own behalf, and if the new state committee, which will have charge of the campaign, mean business, or are in earnest and want to make a showing on the day of the election The Broad Ax is ready and willing to aid them. ... SECOND COLORED PRIEST. ... For the second time in the history of the Catholic Church in America, a colored man will be ordained to the Roman Catholic Priesthood in Baltimore The candidate is Father J. Harry Dorsey who was raised to the diaconate last fall by Bishop Curtis. The first colored man ordained in this country was Rev. C. R. Uncles, who is a member of the Josephite order and now stationed in Delaware. Another colored priest, Father Tottol, who died a few years ago in Chicago from the effects of the heat, was ordained abroad. J. Harry Dorsey was born in this city twenty-eight years ago, and was educated at St. Paul, Minn. under Archbishop John Ireland. Father Dorsey will labor among his people.—Ex. Sunday night when services were being held in Bethel church, 30th and Dearborn streets, Robert Fulton, 2816 La Salle street, and another colored man by the name of Copp, and several of their friends became engaged in a quarel near the saloon which is located close to the church, and while theght was at its height Copp drew his revolver and killed Fulton. He was later arrested and placed in jail. The fight broke up Rev. A. Longreen Murray's meeting and interfered with his collection and before he said amen, he requested all who were in favor of closing up the saloon to stand on their feet thus showing that he is adhering to the advice of The Broad Ax. ```markdown ``` MISS LEE AND THE JIM-CROW LAW. A few day ago Miss Mildred Curtis Lee, daughter of the late General Robert E. Lee, boarded a street car running from Washington to Alexandria and seated herself in the sections of the car which, under a statute of the state of Virginia, is dveoted to the uses of "niggers." When the car reached the sacred soil Miss Lee was told by the conductor that she must move out of the colored section into the white section. As she had sundry impediments with her and was situated in a manner satisfactory to herself, she was unable to see why she should move and declined to do so. Thereupon the conductor, mindful of the majesty of the law caused her arrest when the car arrived in the vicinity of a justice establishment, where the lady was put under bonds to appear next day and answer to the charge of holding the fort in the jim-crow end of the car. She appeared at the appointed hour and, the law being no respecter of persons, she was fined $5. According to a dispatch from Richmond the confederate veterans are highly indignant and "some of them" go so far as to demand the repeal of the jim-crow law so far as it applies to street cars. One would suppose that all of them might go to that length. Can the passion for openly expressing contempt for an inferior race go to a more absurd extreme than it has gone in the enactment of this jim-crow law? Is there a white man in all Virginia who cannot see what is worse than absurdity, an insolent invasion of the rights of the individual, in this dictation to men and women of what they must do to emphasize the vast distance between blue blood and black blood? Is not the daughter of the greatest general, the most idolized military leader of the late confederacy, capable of deciding for hreself whether her dignity and self-respect are able to bear the strain to which they would be subjected by sitting in a seat dedicated by an act of the legislature of Virginia to a Negro occupancy? Miss Lee has seen enough of Negroes and is a good enough southerner to understand the proprieties in such a matter. She cannot need to be instructed in matters of this kind by a lot of politicians not noted for superior refinement or social discrimination.—The Chicago Chronicle. Some cheap mushroom politicians who entertain the idea that it is the misison of all newspapers to laud them to the skies, intimate that The Chronicle is not a Democratic newspaper. That may be true in their estimation; but as long as it contends for the equal rights of all men before the law, and a fair chance for each individual in the race of life regardless of the color of his skin, its Democracy is good enough for The Broad Ax. Two months ago while writing against Messrs. Burke, and Eldred as leaders of the Democratic party of Cook County, The Broad Ax maintained that to all out ward appearances there was a secret understanding between Boss Lorimer, and Boss Burke, and this was varified last Saturday when Boss Burke, refused to nominate candidates for Judges of the Probate and County court in opposition to the Republican candidates Judges Orrin N. Carter and Charles S. Cutting, is it possible that there are not two Democratic lawyers in this city or county who are sufficiently qualified to discharge the duties of these two offices? Will you please answer this question Boss Burke? Boss Robert E. Burke, with the aid of Mayor Carter H. Harrison, may be able to place his big feet on the necks of honest men here in Chicago and crush them out or trample them to death, but when he goes out in the state among the farmers they robhim of his power and strength and he is unable to ride over them with as much ease as he rides over the people of Chicago. NO. 35. CONGRESSIONAL AND SENATORIAL NOMINATIONS. The following gentlemen have been nominated by the Democracy of this city and county to serve the interest of the people in the halls of Congress and at Springfield. CONGRESSMEN. First district—Martin Emerich. Second—Frank Brust. Third—Dan Morgan Smith, Jr. Fourth—George P. Foster. Fifth—James McAndrews. Sixth—Allan C. Durborow. Seventh—John M. Hess. Eight—William F. Mahony. Ninth—James J. Dardem. STATE SENATORS. First district—William C Asay. Third—Michael E. Maher. Fifth—Edward T. Wade. Ninth—Edward J. Rainey. Eleventh—Murray E. Pearson. Thirteenth—William R Bowes. Fifteenth—Cvril R. Jandus. Seventeenth—John Powers. Nineteenth—M. J. Stanton. Twenty-first—Andrew O'Connell. Twenty-third—Ross C. Hall. Twenty-fifth—Fred McCleneghan. Twenty-seventh—Stanley H. Kunz. Twenty-ninth—Joseph A Martin. Thirty-first—Martin Delaney. First district—Samuel W. Arrand. Second—Frances E. Donoghue. Third—Richard E Corrigan, J. P Dillon. Fourth—Edward M Cummings, Isaac Miller. Fifth—Michael E. Hunt. Sixth—M. L. McKinley, Theofil Kwidzinski. Ninth—Anton Cermak, Thomas Deady Eleventh—John E. Doyle. Thirteenth—Henry V. Meetern. Fifteenth—Thomas Scully, John Noonan. Nineteenth—Richard E. Burke, J. T. Prendergast. Twenty-first—John S. Clark, George Emmicke. Twenty-fifth—Fred Landneffer, Ignatius Campbell. Twenty-seventh—Patrick T. Harmon. Twenty-ninth—M. J. Kelly, Michael McNulty. McNulty. Thirty-first—John C. Weidell, Robert Benshaw. CHIPS. Jimmy Denvir, will not be called upon to give up running his newspaper in order to run for Congress Mr. Paul O. Stensland the big Milwauke ave. banker, is a broad-minded cultured gentleman, and Mr. Stensland employs one Afro-American in his bank. James B. McDonald, ex-Assessor of the Town of Lake, who is one of the political has-beens, can wrap himself and his boom for member of the Board of Review up in a wet sheet Monday evening Bishop Evan Tyree and Mrs. Tyree, were entertained by Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Murray, at their spacious new home, 2806 Wabash ave., many citizens attended the reception to the bishop. Robert Thomas, 809 West Lake street, dealer in wines liquors and cigars: "The Broad Ax is all right, and as long as it speaks right out in meeting I am willing to pay out my money towards its support." The earthquake in the West India Islands lately was a frightful thing, but it was nothing in comparison to the shock which was received by Mayor Carter Harrison, and his machine at the Springfield convention. Doctor J. H. Holman, Nashville, Tenn., arrived in the city the first of week and is stopping with Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, 2916 State street. Dr. Holman will remain here six weeks and during that time he will take a special course at the Northwestern university. For many years we did not believe that there was a God, but since the respectable people residing in the 27th and the 32nd wards kicked Fish P. J. Murray, and Fred E. Eldred, who is full of con and hot air, or the Democratic committee of Cook County we have a little more faith in God. Will prenuplicate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Formerly, Polishian, Protestant, Knights of Lions, Israeli, Mormon, Republican, Priscus, or any he also can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Brood Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the intellectual right to speak its own mind. No Joke Almost Providing sales made known at application, didn't all communicate to Mont Pelee has done its worst, but the Fourth of July is yet to come. The treaty of peace between Chile and Argentina is a fortunate thing for Argentina. The czar of Russia has again discovered that his life insurance policy is a good investment. Herr Krupp's faith in an approaching millennium of universal peace is shown in his works. The bore who asks whether it is hot enough for you is about ready to make his annual inquiry. Russell Sage is up and around again and probably worrying about the bill the doctor will be sending in. King Alfonso already has a cabinet crisis on his hands. But he'll get used to that sort of thing if he lasts long. Mr. Anonymous is unusually generous this year. His latest benefaction is a $100,000 laboratory to be built at Yale. Readers of the Bible will remember that Ezekiel long ago sounded a warning to "them that dwell carelessly in the isles." Why is it that we don't hear more of the Belgian hare as a solution of the beef problem? Have all the readers unloaded? The various substitutes for rubber are useful for almost everything except those purposes for which rubber is generally used. Amos J. Cummings left an estate valued at $1,500. He was great as a journalist, and must have been honest as a congressman. Ping-pong is said to be very bad for the eye. At least, it has been observed that most of the players have a bad eye for ping-pong. The son of a former mayor of St. Louis has been indicted for boodling. Either the St. Louis boodlers were very bold or bad bunglers. Photographs of Mont Pelee in eruption demonstrate that the distinguished subject neglected to look pleasant while sitting for its picture. Emperor William is experimenting with an alcohol plow on his farm at Kadinen. He is, however, permitting somebody else to hold the handles. That New Hampshire man who has just been identified in Maine, lost his memory so completely that he could not even tell who his mother-in-law was. The discovery that horse meat is being served on Chicago free lunch counters is causing one-time patrons to say neigh when the sandwiches are passed. According to a New York announcement, Mr. Morgan has two silent partners in his Atlantic steamship trust. Must be the United States and Great Britain. The meat trust has its righteous uses. A cheap comedian has become famous by the gag: "Come out to dinner with me. We're going to have beefsteak." Miss Rose Budd was among the graduates of the Marion, Kan., high school a few days ago. Let us hope her fragrance may not be wasted upon desert air. London is overrun with American photographers who have gone thither to take views of the coronation scenes. Edward will find that getting crowned is no joke. A Mormon named Reed Smoot is trying to get himself elected to the United States senate from Utah. It is alleged that he has several wives, in addition to the name. Russell Sage has been confined to his house for a day or two with a cold. He can console himself for the loss of time at the office by remembering that he has saved car fare. Great Britain has rejected the idea of making Mr. Bertie ambassador to the United States and has named Mr. Herbert instead. Now Mr. Bertie sees what he missed by having a nursery name. Mr. Andrew Carnegie has given a niece $1,000,000 as a wedding present. As no conditions to the gift are mentioned, it is assumed that the bride is not compelled to buy a library wit' the million. DIDN'T HANDLE THAT KIND. Milwaukee Man Asks for Marriage License in a Drug Store. An individual, who from his clothes and the dinner pail which he carried appeared to be a laboring man, recently walked into a drug store on Eleventh avenue and requested to be given a marriage license. "You'll have to go to the city hall to get that," said the druggist. "I don't see why. Isn't my money good here. I'm in a hurry, too." good here. I'm in a hurry, too. "We don't handle that kind of license," answered the drug store man. "Well, I was told I could get one here sure, and that d——n justice won't marry me without a license," angrily snapped the fellow as he walked out. The druggist said that people often come in with requests which would make a stone man smile, "and if you do laugh they get mad," he concluded. —Milwaukee Sentinel. Criticism of Dr. Hirsch. A statement recently credited to Rabbi Hirsch of Chicago to the effect that the Jewish Sabbath is dead is strongly contradicted by Rev. Dr. H. Pereira Mendes of New York. In an address before a Boston audience a few days ago Dr. Mendes said that the reform rabbis of the New Orleans convention who advocated the transfer of the Jewish Sabbath to the Christian Sunday are disloyal, and to his mind the other rabbis present did wrong in allowing the discussion of the subject. Continuing, Dr. Mendes said: "It may seem strong language to use, but the rabbi who advocates or suggests a transfer of the Jewish Sabbath to Sunday is a traitor to his law and to his God. It is not the Jewish Sabbath that is dead. It is Judaism that is dead in Dr. Hirsch's heart. If he cannot preach the Jewish religion he should, if he be honest, resign from the Jewish pulpit." There is no barbaric splendor about the court of Japan, nor does the emperor insist on fantastic forms of homage. He is just a plain individual. His guests he receives standing, and he enters freely into conversation with all. There is scarcely a subject that does not interest him or one on which he is not well informed. A delightful host, it is his custom to surround himself with clever men—men who are the shining lights of their professions. Engineers, artists, musicians, writers, soldiers, scientists—every class of person who has won distinction is welcome at the royal table, for it is one of the characteristics of his majesty that in the distribution of his favors he is thoroughly impartial. Judge George P. Andrews of the New York Supreme Court, who has just passed away, directed in his will that his body be cremated and his ashes deposited at such place as his widow may designate. He especially directed his executors to carry out this clause and in the event of their refusal or neglect to do so the provisions for their benefit were to be void. The incineration took place at Fresh Pond, L. I. ENGLEWOOD G. U. O. 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Wright. BEAUREGARD F. MOSELEY. Chairman. At the Court of Japan. Stigma Removed From Soldier. Michael Mullett, an honest citizen of Congressman Sulzer's district in New York city, has succeeded in having congress remove from his name the undeserved stigma that he was a deserter from the army. He served in the civil war and while at home on a furlough was drugged and shipped, under another name, on board a naval receiving ship. In due course he was listed as a deserter, but did not learn of this until recently. Then he interested Sulzer in his case and the congressman has secured the passage of a bill correcting Mullett's military record. The old soldier's daughter is just about to be married, and her father knows of no better wedding present to give her than the gift secured through congress. Popularity of Amos Cummings. An example of the estimation in which the late Congressman Amos Cummings was held in New York was given two members of the congressional delegation which went over from Washington to attend his funeral. A cabman demanded $3 for a very short drive and the congressmen thought it was too much. They appealed to a policeman, who said that when people come to New York for a good time they must expect to pay for it. "But we didn't come for a good time," said one of the visitors. "We came here to help bury our old friend Amos Cummings." "What! Amos Cummings," said the officer. "Say, cabby, you take a dollar and get away quick as you know how." How a Phrase Originated. A local historian down in Connecticut thinks he has found the origin of the term "a lot of land" as applied to a house "lot" or a parcel of land, which he says is a purely American term, or, in other words, a colonial term as found in the early records. It originated from the custom of dividing grants for townships, etc., into parcels of land and then numbering each parcel, putting the numbers into a hat, or whatever was used, and then having them drawn out by those who were to occupy the land. Each man took the parcel corresponding to his number, so his land came by lot literally, and hence the use of the term. Deacons Not Left Out. During one of Bishop Potter's parochial visits there happened to be a number of young deacons in the vestry room before service. One of them, who was rather talkative, remarked, "See, Bishop, in the benedicite there is mention of you," pointing to the words, "Oh, all ye priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord," etc., "but there is nothing said about us deacons; I don't think it is quite fair!" "Oh, yes, there is," quietly replied the Bishop. "Here it is: 'Oh, all ye green things upon the earth, bless ye the Lord!'"—New York Times. 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Their wheat fields cover forty million acres—four million more than in 1590—and even the out area is nearly thirty million acres, an increase of 20 per cent. It may be impossible to sell such a crop immediately except at a loss. Therefore the imperative necessity for storage facilities has resulted in the development of the elevator system in America on a scale unknown elsewhere in the world. On a Dakota, Kansas or Nebraska farm where the harvest field may cover 500 or 2,000 acres only a small portion of the yield is threshed and placed in the barn bins. The bulk is carried to what are termed railroad elevators located in convenient towns. These vary in capacity from 10,000 to 100,000 bushels, according to their location in the producing district, and from them the transportation company loads its cars for the domestic or foreign market. But the district elevators, as they might be called, represent only a fraction of the space for storage which now exists in the United States. Before it is loaded on shipboard at tidewater, a cargo may pass through four or five different buildings, be transferred from car to vessel and back again to car, as the modern processes employed facilitate its handling with ease and economy. How to Tell a Persian Bug. A great many people flatter themselves that they are able to tell a genuine Persian rug from a spurious, machine-made one by touch, but in this they deceive themselves. The best and surest way to tell a genuine from an imitation Persian rug is by the following: If one will look close he will observe that in the genuine Persian rug the intricate and complicated pattern or design is not altogether symmetrical, the corresponding flowers, vinea, or geometrical figures of one side being a little out of line, larger or smaller, or not meeting, and joining with figures on the corresponding detail on the opposite side of the rug. This is owing to the fact that in hand-weaving it is impossible to obtain perfect symmetry of patterns, especially when the designs are so complicated as they are on Persian rugs. On the other hand, let one examine closely the machine-made rug, and he will find the most perfect symmetry of pattern, so much so, in fact, that the design looks positively rigid and harsh. This is a pretty safe guide, and if observed one will seldom mistake an imitation for a genuine Persian rug. Sample Love Letter. When he began to learn to read and write English, Rouche Sampson Bonaventure O'Brien, a Frenchman from Montreal, happened to select, in pursuing his studies, a "Ready Letter Writer," which included love letters for the bashful, as a medium from which to copy. The copies were submitted to Mrs. Mabel Davis, his teacher, which, he says, accounts for his being named as correspondent in a divorce suit brought by Mr. Davis. O'Brien is chief engineer of the Narragansett Electric Company, at Providence, and while pursuing his study of English lodged at a house where Mrs. Davis also had rooms. In writing letters he did not confine himself to those in the book, but found some to his liking in newspapers, and says that on one occasion he copied extracts from a letter which a dishwasher named John, who worked at the lodging house, showed him, and which he sent to Mrs. Davis. Some of his letters fell into the hands of Mr. Davis, and a divorce suit is the result. Not Ready to Make Up. They had been having a discussion concerning the necessity or otherwise of purchasing a new silk dress in order to be on a level with the De Monkeys next door. Banks had vetoed the purchase on the ground of extravagance and want of funds, and his wife was much put out. "Dinner ready, my dear?" he asked, in his most conciliatory manner. Her face had been like a stale thunderstorm ever since the disagreement, and Banks wanted to change it. "Yes," answered Mrs. B—, shortly. "Must try again," said Banks to himself. Then aloud: "Ah, I am glad of that, my love. I have what the poets would call 'an aching void,' Sarah." "You often suffer from headache," she returned in a cutting tone. Banks drew his chair up to the table with unnecessary noise, and refrained from further attempts at conciliation nor the rest of the day. Stray stories. A Shakespeare Magnolia Shakespearean enthusiasts in England have combined to produce a new quarterly magazine of which Shakespeare is to be the inspiration. It was launched at Stratford-on-Avon on Shakespeare's birthday, April 23, and its title is the Shrine. The idea of its founders is that Shakespeare was a symbolist and the magazine is to bear witness to his personal thought as enshrined in his symbolism. 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It is now called Betin, and is an abandoned and desolate heap of ruins, with a few miserable hovels occupied by wretched families of Bedouins, who herd the sheep and goats upon the neighboring hills, writes William E. Curtis in the Chicago Record-Herald. The hill called Bethel is a conspicuous place, rising several hundred feet from the plain and visible for a considerable distance. There are several ancient tombs, marble columns and other pieces of dressed stone, some of them bearing inscriptions and others showing evidences of elaborate carving, scattered about the fields in the vicinity, and near the summit of the hill is a remarkable circle of large blocks of stone which the Moslems say is the place where King Jeroboam set up the golden calves for the Israelites to worship, and brought down upon himself the wrath of Jehovah. There is also the foundation of a large square tower, called Burj Betin by the natives, and, like the reservoir, its origin is lost in the mist of the ages. It was probably built by the Crusaders. The Moslems say that it marks the spot where Jacob slept that night when he saw the angels on the ladder and when God made with him the greatest covenant ever made with man and said: "I am the Lord God of Abraham, thy father, and the God of Isaac; the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it and to thy seed, and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and shall spread abroad to the west and to the east, and to the north and to the south; and in tree and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. And Jacob rose up early in the morning and took the stone that he had used for his pillow and set it up for a pillar and poured oil upon the top of it, and he called the name of that place Bethel." And yet the place where this occurred is not only neglected, but absolutely abandoned, and no one has thought it worth while to erect a monument here since the days of the Crusaders. The stone which Jacob used for a pillow is supposed to be the seat of the coronation chair in Westminster Abbey, and Edward VII. will sit upon it when he receives the crown and scepter of the British empire next June. This stone is said to have been taken to Ireland by one of the early Christian missionaries, and the kings of Ireland were crowned upon it; it was then carried to Scotland and was the throne of the Scottish kings for centuries, and finally in the reign of Edward the Confessor it was brought to London, and has since been in Westminster Abbey. Gen. Winfield Scott's Variety. Besides being a royal gourmand and a person of unusual size, Gen. Winfield Scott was probably as vain a man as may be discovered outside of the realm of literature. Gen. Keyes, author of "Fifty Years' Observation," was reading to him an article on Henry Clay, in which the size of Clay's mouth was referred to, and the writer had added that Burke, Mirabeau and Patrick Henry all had mouths of extraordinary size, concluding with the remark, "All great men have large mouths!" exclaimed the general; "why, my mouth is not above three-fourths the size it should be for my bulk!" The Khadive and the Bascal. Even to the adventurers and downright swindlers who hung about his court at Cairo, and afterward pursued his wanderings, Ismail extended a good-natured, half contemptuous patronage. He liked a rogue far better than a fool. Once, when he had formally forbidden his door to a flagrant offender, the man, who knew his character, got a ladder and climbed into the viceroy's room, remarking, "I have obeyed your highness' commands, and I have crossed your threshold by the window, and not by the door." The humor of the thing at once appealed to Ismail, and the offender was reinstated in his favor. Viscount De Alte, the new Portugese minister to this country, comes from a distinguished family, which has for generations been in the diplomatic service of Portugal. He resigned as charge d'affaires in St. Petersburg to accept his new post. It will be remembered that his predecessor, Viscount Thyrso, was suddenly recalled last autumn because, through an unfortunate set of circumstances, he announced to his government the death of President McKinley two days before the event occurred. Tennessee now has 1,445 names on its state pension roll of old soldiers, and the total amount paid to them in the last year was $149,230. No more names can be added unless the legislature increases the appropriation. The pensioners are divided into three classes—the first receive $300 a year each, the second $200, and the third $100. Prof. Moore Claims He Will Make City Houses Summer Resorts Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather bureau, has filed application for a patent by which he declares every city home can be made into a veritable summer resort. Prof. Moore says that he has been working for several years on this house-cooling device, and that he is convinced that it is not only practicable, but that it can be put on the market at such a low figure as to be within the reach of all. By it, he asserts, the temperature in a room can be maintained at between 70 and 72 degrees during the hottest summer days. It is portable and it is expected to prove a great boon for hospitals and sickrooms. Prof. Moore has fitted up a room on the roof of the building in which the weather bureau is located with one of these machines. He intends to remain in Washington during the hot weather and work in comfort in this room, where the temperature without the air cooler would be blood heat. The machine works on the evaporation principle, and Mr. Moore claims it is especially efficacious in places where there is much humidity. Couldn't Straighten Up. Breed, Wis., June 16th.—Charles F. Peterson of this place, Justice of the Peace for Oconto County, tells the following story: "For years I had an aching pain in my back which troubled me very much especially in the morning. "I was almost unable to straighten my back and the pain was unbearable. "I did not know what it was, but seeing an advertisement of Dodd's Kidney Pills I concluded to try a box. "I can only say that that one box alone has done me more good than anything else ever did. "I feel as well now as ever I was. "I have recommended Dodd's Kidney Pills to several others, who are using them with good results." Mr. Peterson is a highly respected man and one who would not so positively make a statement unless it was absolutely true. Woman's Pay In Germany. Woman's work in Germany is nearly always paid one-third to one-half lower than man's work. Its quality is seldom equal to that of the men, owing to the insufficient training of the women. Ladies Can Wear Shoes Ladies Can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen's Foot- Ease, a powder. It makes tight or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. All druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Admired Gen. Grant. An interesting bequest in the will of the late Gen. Charles H. T. Collis was that of his two regimental flags, "to be deposited in the tomb of my old commander, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant." If you don't get the biggest and best it's your own fault. Defiance Starch is for sale everywhere and there is positively nothing to equal it in quality or quantity. Greek and Roman wines were perfumed, generally by steeping the leaves of roses or violets in the liquor until it had acquired the odor of the flowers. Don't you know that Defiance Starch besides being absolutely superior to any other, is put up 16 ounces in package and sells at same price as 12-ounce packages of other kinds? An affectionate regard for the memory of our forefathers is natural to the heart; it is an emotion totally distinct from pride.—Lord Lindsay. HAVE YOU GOT RHEUMATISM? Try "Gloria Tonic." Trial Box Free. Also illustrated book on rheumatism which will tell you all about your case. Address: John A. Smith, 83 Germania Building, Milwaukee, Wis. Seven hundred and eighty-eight people were killed by boiler explosions in the United States last year, but only twenty-four in Britain. AGENTS WANTED to call the Ajax Fire Extinguisher—Cities, counties and states given to hunters. We give our agents a big margin on all goods sold. United States Fire Extinguisher Co., Bay City, Mich. In 1878 there were 45 deaths per million due to intemperance. To-day there are 77 per million. THE BEST RESULTS IN STARCHING can be obtained only by using Defiance Starch, bealides getting 4 oz. more for same money—no smoking required. Lancashire has more railways than any similar area of land in the world. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure—J. W. O'Brien, SS2 Third Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900. The best ivory comes from Zanzibar; the next quality from Ceylon. To Cure a Cold in One day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. It is a deplorable fact that a girl can never get her first kiss but once. Clear white clothes are a sign that the housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 8 oz. package, 5 cents. Dampness caused by a crying woman is always oppressive. A lot of truth is wasted in trying to get useless lies established. Q20 A WEEK AND EXPENSES to men with rig to introduce our Poultry goods. Sendata, Javelie Mfg. Co., Dept. D, Persons, Kan. AT LAST There is a Sure Cure for BLOOD POISON. Mercury and Potash have seen their last day in the treatment for blood poison, and it is well known that it is so, for mercury is nearly as bad for the system as the poison itself, and potash ruins the stomach. Neither mercury nor potash cure the disease, they simply postpone the fatal results for a few years, when the disease re-appears in an aggravated form; either as locomotor ataxia, paralysis, softening of the brain, loss of memory or eyesight, or the vital parts of a person—the lungs, kidneys, stomach or liver—become affected. We are told that one-third of the patients in a certain hospital are there as the result of blood poison. And what do the doctors say? "We just pump them full of mercury." What a blessing to suffering humanity Dr. F. A. Sieber's discovery will prove to be in the years to come, for that his treatment does eradicate the poison from the blood, we have abundant proof. About six years ago a friend called my attention to Dr. Sieber for the purpose of securing my services for the promotion of the doctor's discovery. My friend was so enthusiastic about the matter that I called with him at the doctor's office, then in the Stewart building. After a serious discussion I promised Dr. Sieber I would take the matter up. Since then I have carefully watched the numerous cases which came to him for treatment; I have seen men afflicted with locomotor ataxia, with paralysis, with tumor on the brain and other heretofore—so-called—incurable diseases, restored to perfect health, until I became convinced that this treatment will remove every bit of poison from the blood. I then determined to form a company for the purpose of giving world-wide publicity to this most valuable discovery, for it seemed to me that I could render no greater service to my fellow man than by making this boon to suffering humanity known to the world. Indeed it seemed to me almost criminal to allow the treatment to remain buried under the ethics of the profession which is such a bugbear to a conscientious doctor like Sieber. The International Serum Toxin Company of which I accepted the presidency was formed to give Dr. Sieber's treatment the publicity which it so richly deserves. We hope to open offices in all the large centers of the world in order to give relief from this most deadly disease to all the people of this earth. It is a strenuous task; a serious undertaking, but the good that can and will be done should overcome all obstacles. In conclusion would say that if I had a near relation or a dear friend whom I knew to be afflicted with the disease I would not rest until he had taken the treatment. Governor T. H. Witney Congressman T. Y. Fitzpatrick. Hon. T. Y. Fitzpatrick, Congressman from Kentucky, writes from the National Hotel, Washington, D. C., as follows: "At the solicitation of a friend I used your Peruna and can cheerfully recommend your remedy to anyone suffering with catarrh or who needs a good tonic."----T. Y. FITZPATRICK. A Good Tonic. Pe-ru-na is a natural and efficient nerve tonic. It strengthens and restores the activity of every nerve in the body. Through the use of Pe-ru-na the weakened or overworked nerves resume their natural strength and the blood vessels begin at once to regulate the flow of blood according to nature's laws. Congestions immediately disappear. Catarzh Cured. All phases of catarrh, acute or chronic, are promptly and permanently cured. It is through its operation upon the nervous system that Pe-ru-na has attained such a world-wide reputation as a sure and reliable remedy for all phases of catarrh wherever located. 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 free. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. LIFE SAVER and NERVE BUILDER NERVUTINE BUILDS YOU UP. FREE Pamphlet sent for the asking. Write TO-DAY. Cures absolutely Weakness and all Nervous Troubles. Young and old men should use it. One bottle often cures. Price $1, or six bottles for $5. Send for bottle today. Should your druggist not have it, send to GERMAN MEDICINE CO, Marwatilien Dent. B. I09 Randolph SL. CHICAGO, IL. REAL ESTATE LANDS For Sale—100, 200, 300 acres 18 miles from Minneapolis; meadow, timber, water, $12.50 per acre. Minnesota, N. and S. Dakota lands. Come right up, or write me what you want. Two sections. Nebraska to exchange. A. D. BADS, Minneapolis, Minn. Improved Farms and Ranches, write us for descriptive circula. A. E. El e Sona, Deland, South Dakota. BARGAINS IN LAND and especially Improved Farms and Ranches. Write, wire, or call and see me. ROBT, M. PEY10N, 26 Main Street, Creighton, Neh. FOR SALE by owner, Fine Improved 400 acre Farm, located 4 miles from River Falls, Wisconsin. Price $25.00 per Acre. Enjoy Terms. L. C. JEFFERSON, St. Paul, Mn. We have some choice bargains in Oasis county and Adair county, Iowa, farms for sale at prices from $40 to $75 per acre, according to improvements and location. These farms are in the heart of the corn and blue grass belt, and are sure producers. Write, mentioning this paper. P. I. APPLEMAN or LIT COLLINS, ATLANTIC, IOWA. 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 Holding 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. ELWOOD LAND COMPANY Bank of Minn. Bldg., ST. PAUL, MINN. Prairie lands and improved farms, North and South Dakota. Red River Valley lands and farms in Minnesota. Wisconsin timber and grass lands. Canadian prairie lands. Homes for actual settlers on easy terms. Have sold half million dollars worth of land yearly for seven years and not one mortgage foreclosed. Local Agents Wanted. WANTED YOUNG MEN to Study FRENCH by Mall, rapid and thorough course. For particulars and circular address Cerr. School of French, 199 W. 88ta St., New York. If afflicted with 1 Thompson's Eye Water sore eyes, use W. N. U. CHICAGO, NO. 25, 1902. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. NOTICE OF AD SEARCH COPPER-GOL (INCORPORATED UNDER SEARCHLIGHT COPPER-GOLD MINING CO. Capital Stock. $1,000,000, In 1,000,000 Shares of $1.00 Each This valuable property consists of seven (7) now famous "Searchlight District" of Lincoln per Mountain. Four miles west of the Colorado Mining Company's Railway, it is in the very center of the Rockies. The recent purchase of this operators and engineers of rare intelligence and money on the rich assays and other showing prosecution of serious work, it is now proposed the low price of 25 CENTS PER SHARE This is estimated to be sufficient to do 1,000 fifty-ton Smelting Plant. After this block of be much higher, so that investors, and part of applying for their allotments. For further information J. A. BROPHY, Fiscal Agent 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 30c on July 1st. This is estimated to be sufficient to do 1,000 feet more of development work and to erect a fifty-ion 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. sh have seen their last day in the is so, for mercury is nearly as bad in stomach. Neither mercury nor pr results for a few years, when the disoctor ataxia, paralysis, softening of a person—the lungs, kidneys, stomach of the patients in a certain hospit the doctors say? "We just pump offering humanity Dr. F. A. Sieber at his treatment does eradicate the We would teach the lady who buys. Lesson number one. Starch is an extraction of wheat used to stifen clothes when laundered. Most starches in time will rot the goods they are used to stiffen. They contain chemicals. Defiance Starch is absolutely pure. It gives new life to linen. It gives satisfaction or money back. It sells 16 ounces for 10 cents at all grocers. It is the very best. MANUFACTURED BY MAGNETIC STARCH MFG. CO. OMAH A . . . NEB. VANCE IN PRICE. HLIGHT D MINING CO. THE LAWS OF ARIZONA) Full-sized Mining Claims and is located in the in County, Nevada, in the range known as Coprado River and one mile from the Quartette heart of one of the richest mineral belts west group of Mines was effected by practical mine and experience, and having invested their own and organized this Company for the active used to sell 100,000 shares of Treasury Stock at Payable in Easy Monthly Installments. Lucius Hicks, a young colored man, took first prize for declamation in the Boston Latin school last week, having taken the years before second prize. The young man has made quite an impression upon his classmates and teachers.—kx. A monument of dead men's bones has been erected over the graves on two republic in South Africa, and some are trying to erect another like it in the Philippines.—The Commoner, Booker T. Washington, of Tuskegee, Ala., a few days ago held a long conference with President Roosevelt on the subject of southern appointments. Mr. William B. Edwards, one of the best known Afro-American citizens of Hartford, Conn., was forced to sell his home to the school authorities at a gure below its actual value, and has since been unable to purchase or rent a desirable home "on account of color." It is remarkable to find that such a condition of affairs exists in Hartford.—Ex. If it is pleasant evning a great many people will participate in the trolley car party which will be given by Englewood Lodge, No. 4,232, G. U. O. of O. F. over the lines of the Calumet Electric Railway to Calumet Grove. Cars leave 63rd street and South Park ave. at 8 and 9 P. M. Round trip tickets, in cluding admission to the grove, 35 cents. Though the trickery of Charley Martin and several others who were befriended by Barney J.Maguire, when they had troubles of their own, they succeeded in preventing his re-nomination for the State Senate in the 9th Senatorial District. But Barney says, "he is not dead yet and that those who without cause lied to him, will in d ue time receive all that is coming to them. Sunday many of the churches adopted resolutions protesting against the cruel treatment accorded the col ore1 people of Eldorado and Harrisburg, Ill., for it seems that recently the whites residing in that section of the state for some cause or other have driven the Colored people from their homes and broke up their school at Eldorado. Gov. Yates is being urged to see that they receive the protection of the law. At the time his honor Mayor Carter H. Harrison, was engaged in selecting his never-to-be-forgotten "Advisory committee" which consisted of one hundred and twenty gentlemen embracing or including all nationalities outside of the Negro and the Chinaman, an effort was made to induce him to name one Colored man as a member of the committee, but it would seem that he thought that no Afro-American was fit to mingle with the members of his "silk stocking committee, unless he was willing to cuff their boots. SPECIAL NOTICE. The next issue of The Broad Ax, will contain a hot article on one of the leading Afro-American preachers of Chicago Watch for it! A Doubtful Phrase. Rev. Dr. D. Parker Morgan, who recently celebrated the twentieth anniversary of his rectorship of the Church of the Heavenly Rest, New York city, usually prefaces his chance notices and announcements by reference to the Almighty such as "Please God," "God willing," "If it be the will of the Lord." A few winters ago Rev. Dr. Van De Water delivered a course of lectures in the church. On the Sunday previous to the final lecture of the series Dr. Morgan stated that, "Please God. Dr. Van De Water will give his last lecture in this church next Friday evening." The curates and some of the parishioners smiled at this peculiar phraseology. B. L. Farjeon's Early Days. B. L. Farjeon, the English novelist, celebrated his 69th birthday a few days ago. He was a gold digger in Australia in the '50s, and did not discover his own ability as a writer of fiction until he went to work on the Dunedin Times. He wrote a serial story of an Australian waif and it met with such success that he immediately went to London. Mrs. Farjeon is a daughter of Joseph Jefferson, the actor. The author fell in love with Miss Jefferson's picture long before he saw the original. Season for Pineapples. The pineapple season lasts about three months—May, June and July. Dealers and commission men expect that this season the receipts will be no less than 200,000 packages, or something like 20,000,000 pines. They are coming in from Nassau and other points in the Bahamas in large quantities as the season advances. The barrels used are made in the United States.—New York Press. SPEAR POINTS. Faith is the key of God's treasury. God reads our character in our prayers. Sacrifice is the law of the Christian life. Circumstances may change, but God never does. Character is what a man is in his inmost thought. The messenger upon God's errand never goes alone. Heaven will be the sweet surprise of a perfect explanation. It is always want of faith that is at the bottom of all fear. The sun is always shining to the man who walks by faith. The truth of Jesus Christ begins with the unselfishness of God. Be not anxious about little things, if thou wouldst learn to trust God with thine all. The most costly thing in the world is sin; the richest man is he who has God's blessing. Trouble and perplexity drive us to prayer, and prayer drives away trouble and perplexity. The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without. It is a great mercy to enjoy the gospel of peace, but a greater to enjoy the peace of the gospel. There is no power on earth that can stand before the onward march of God's people when they are dead in earnest. The crosses which we make for ourselves by a restless anxiety as to the future are not the crosses which come from God.—Ram's norn. OUT OF THE TALL GRASS. At the box social at Mrs. Studiman's Wednesday evening all the gentlemen procured a box and a lady for a quarter.—Dundas (B. C.) Banner. We notice that many of our exchanges are giving us credit now. We trust their example will be emulated by the grocer and butcher at home.—Lebanon (Tex.) Gazette. We have the prettiest, neatest, best-arranged cemetery of equal size in the state and it would be almost an actual pleasure to be buried there.—Hume (Neb.) Telephone. An early riser yesterday morning saw a milkman and a sprinkling-cart driver in subdued but earnest conversation. A word to the wise is sufficient.—Henderson (Ky.) Appeal. An exchange prints a portrait of a society woman who has 800 dresses. What we can't understand is why she didn't put one of them on when she sat for the picture.—New Holland (O.) Review. A Kentuckian went to a dance with a pistol in his pocket. The weapon accidentally exploded and he died with his boots on, which was some consolation to the bereaved family.—New Richmond (S. C.) Journal. Last week we received a letter from a medicine firm containing a $5 bill to pay for an advertisement. Our learned postmaster who had once seen a similar bill pronounced it the real thing.—Wellston (O.) Tribune. FROM JOSH BILLINGS. Thare are but fu horses that will stand without tieing—and there are less men. The best medisin I kno ov for the rumatism iz to thank the Lord—that it ain't the gout. I thank the Lord that thare iz one thing in the world that money won't buy—and that iz, the wag ov a dog's tale. Thare are too many pholks who are allwuss trieing to lift a ton, when they ain't registered for only 1,250 pounds. To avoid all trubble ov law suits from heirs and others, I hav konkluded to administer upon mi oun estate bi spending it az i go along. The grate mass ov mankind seem to be kranks—either trieing to prove sumthing they kant understand, or trieing to understand sumthing they kant prove. When a man cums to me for advice, i find out the kind uv advice he wants and then I giv it to him—this satisfys him, that he and I are two ov the smartest men living. ASK YOURSELF. Why you always put on your left shoe before the right? Why you can not wink with both eyes at the same time? Why you turn your head when some one whistles behind you? Why you laugh when you see a man run for a car and miss it? Why no one but yourself can put your hat on your head the way you wear it? Why green trees look well against a blue sky, yet a green tie is so ugly on a blue shirt? ROOMS FOR RENT. Two comodious nicely furnished rooms for rent to gentlemen only. Inquire at 2623 Wabash avenue. ATTORNEYS AT LAW SUITE 310-320 REAPER BLOCK Clark and Washington Sts. Telephone, Main 940. CHICAGO. A. D. GASE, Attorney-at-Law. 64 and 86 La Salte St., Suite 615 to 618. Telephone, Main 3077. Chicago. JOHN E. OWENS Attorney at Law, SUITE 651 ASHLAND BLOCK, 80 E. Clark Street, - - CHICAGO FREDERICK W. JOB ATTORNEY AT LAW 832 MARQUETTE BUILDING Telephone 2310 Central CHICAGO LAWRENCE A. NEWBY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Room 6, 128 LaSalle St., CHICAGO RESIDENCE 2623 WABASH AVE ISRAEL COWEN ATTORNEY AT LAW 615 TACOMA BUILDING 'Phone Main 717. 9 CHICAGO JOSEPH A. McINERNEY LAWYER SUITE 708-708 CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE CHICAGO Beauregard F. Moseley, LAWYER. Practice in all Courts. Main Office 6256 Halsted St, Down Town Office 260 S. Clark St., Room 421 Hours from 12 to 2 P. M. Phone: 2583 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. JOHN FITZGERALD JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 4707 E. HALSTED STREET, ....CHICAGO S. A. McELWEE ...LAWYER... 36 S. Clark St., CHICAGO. Room 700 Ogden Building Residence, 3153 Forest Av. ALBERT B. GEORGE LAWYER. 423 Ashland Block, Chicago. — Vol. 12, 2025. — Robert M. Mitchell Attorney at Law Suite 9, No. 77 South Clark St. CHICAGO EDWARD H. WRIGHT LAWYER Suite 631, 300 S. Clark St. Telephone, Harrison 2338. CHICAGO. BIRMINGHAM, 444 Turner Ave. Lawrence M. Ennis, Advocate and Counselor at Law, Suite 728 Opera House Block. S. W. Corner Clark and Washington St. Telephone Main 1938. AGENTS FOR THE BROAD AX. From now until further notice The Broad Ax will be on sale at the following places: E. H. Faulkner, dealer in cigars and tobacco, 3104 State street. B. W. Fitts, printing office, 2713 State street. A. F. Tervalon's cigar store and news stand, 2826 State street. S. Mitchell's news stand and cigar store, 4902 State street. News items and advertisements left at those places will find their way into the columns of The Broad Ax. --- 51st Street and Armour Avenue... Residence, 5045 Michigan Boul., CHICAGO. Established 1893. Capacity 200,000 per day. Geraghty Mfg. Co. Manufacturers of CAMPAIGN BUTTONS AND BADGES..... 61 La Salle St., CHICAGO Telephone Main 4493 JACOB L. PARKS, 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. R. G. BELL Dealer in Coal, Wood, Feed & Ice Terms Strictly Cash on Delivery 137 W. 47th St., - CHICAGO Telephone Blue 284 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 THOMAS & HARRIS TWO BIG STORES 5101-3 Wentworth Ave. 5650-4 S. Halsted Street WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TAKEN FROM LIFE: OZONIZED OX MARROW (Copyrighted.) 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 harmless. Testimonials free on request. It was the first preparation ever sold 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 it is the best and most economical. It is not possible for anybody to produce a preparation equal to it. Full directions with every bottle. Only $0 and sold without us $0 cent for one bottle or $1.40 for four bottles. We pay all express charges. Send postal or exresus money order. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. 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., Chicagol Illinois. --- ILLINOIS BRICK CO. ILLINOIS BRICK CO. WILLIAM C. KUESTER. SUPERINTENDENT. N. Western Ave., Chicago. Telephone Lake View 270. HENADEL BROS. HOHENADEL BROS. 211-213 Madison Street CHICAGO Telephone Main 3300 UNIFORM CAPS FOR Firemen, Street Car Employes, Barriers, Telegraph Messengers, Mortormen, Railroad Employes, Janitors, Wagonmen, Bellboys, Watchmen, Ets. GEO. C. CALLAHAN & CO. PRODUCE COMMISSION Butter, Poultry, Eggs, Game, Veal, Eto. WATER STREET, CHICAGO. COB FEINBERG Wholesale and Retail Provision Dealer Telephone 565 South State Streets CHICAGO as. J. McCormick, EMPLE ROOM IMPORTED AND DOMESTIG WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS HALSTED STREET, CHICAGO. JOSEPH STRAUN GREAT NORTHERN E AND EXCHANGE STABLE. Living, Draft and General Business Horses Always on Hand Ave. Near Robey St. One West, 1028. CHICAGO, IL. TO CHICAGO The Middle States and Missippi Valley Exposition Manufacturers of... UNIFORM CAPS Policemen, Firemen, Street Car Employees, Letter Carriers, Telegraph Messengers, Elevatormen, Railroad Employes, Janitors, Wagonmen, Bellboys, Watchmen, Ets. GEO. C. CALLAHAN & CO. PRODUCE COMMISSION Butter, Poultry, Eggs, Game, Veal, Eto. 217 SOUTH WATER STREET, CHICAGO. JACOB FEINBERG Provision Dealer Telephone 565 South 31st and State Streets CHICAGO IMPORTED AND DOMESTIG WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS 8462 SOUTH HALSTED STREET, SALE AND EXCHANGE STABLE. Driving, Draft and General Business Horses Always on Hand OHIOAGO, IL ON TO CHICAGO The Middle States and Mississippi Valley Exposition TO BE HELD IN CHICAGO 14th 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 AND DISPLAY OF RACE PROGRESS nation's first big event of the twentieth century. Chicago and most hospitable city in the United States, the larger resort in the west. 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. Do Not Fail to Visit Chicago and the Greatest of all Race Expositions! SPECIAL RAILROAD RATES 29th of August to the 14th of September, 1902. on address THE COMMITTEE, 610 Garfield Boulevard. BARNEY BENSON, and Fire Wrecking. MOVER of All Kinds of HEAVY MACHINERY SPECIAL RAILROAD RATES The 14th of August to the 14th of September, 1902. For information address THE COMMITTEE, 610 Garfield Boulevard. BARNEY BENSON, HEAVY MACHINERY. Smoke Stacks, Cupolas and Monuments Erected. Hoisting and Placing of all kinds of Beams and Girders for architectural work. Office, 31 South Canal St., Chicago TELEPHONE MAIN 4928.