The Broad Ax

CRIMES AND BLUNDERS OF GOVERNMENTS. Let us not care for the assertions of partisans and quarrels of sectarians all of whom will say anything. The duty of the true man and woman is to know the truth and where he knows it to confess it. Like every other thing that gets disputed between parties the tariff has been praised or blamed by one party and the other. Even those who oppose protection admit in a feeble way that the present tariff is the cause of prosperity. They reason thus: "times are good; the protective tariff exists; therefore good times are caused by protective tariff. How easily can such reasoning in this case be overthrown and we may wonder the opponents do not go to the trouble. Go back some 60 years. From 1848 to 1861 we had a very low revenue tariff practically free trade. Never did any country so prosper and increase especially in manufactures. There was a short money panic in 1857 lasting but a few months. Now the census report for 1860 shows that during the ten years previous our factories had increased some eighteen thousand in number, and that too when our population was not thirty millions. The Reporter Kennedy, a protectionist expresses his amazement at the growth of our manufactures under this free trade system and hints what it might become if protected. Pass now to 1864-5 under the greatest tariff ever tried by us to make prosperity. The war and greenbacks so swelled business that manufactures and everything increased until 1872-3 when there ensued a long period of depression up till near 1879. Year after year things grew worse until almost the last of all the great manufacturing plants had been sold up as bankrupt, for, in many cases, the one hundreth of their cost. Never was there such a long, wearing, cloudly time known except in Great Britain from 1816 to 1848—under her big protective tariff. Then after everything had been destroyed and consumed, we slowly began to recover and by 1881 were booming. But the awful loss may be estimated when we find that, with some 42 million population the factories from 1870 to 1880 increased but some seventeen hundred in number—yet many large towns had become cities and great cities doubled in population!! Again was a downfall between 1883 and 1889 and another in 1892. This last was said to be due to Cleveland's threatened tariff policy. Pray what caused the other depressions and those of England if protection makes prosperity? England has been free trade 50 years and yearly her imports enormously exceeded her exports (some years by 800 million dollars) without an exception. Her only serious check was from our cotton blocknies—in the 5. years, Belgium and Holland ditto. Do not like causes produce like effects? The truth is as it has been shown by every great authority on public economy. Protection is offered to revenue and a tax on consumers for the benefit of a few. Tariff is a tax and falls on labor—no matter how improved. Our tariffs and tobacco taxes and that on liquor have hampered industry to an infinite extent. For example—our tobacco tax find us doubling our product each 10 years, and gaining a half billion pounds 1860. At that rate we should be gaining 8 billion pounds now—yet we gain just about the same half billion pounds. Our tariff has hampered and limited our cotton. We have forced the world to get half its supply elsewhere. Truly the crimes and blunders of governments are amazing. HOLT. Down at Lynchburg, Va., Henry Griffin, a half-drunken white man persisted in entering the "Jim Crow car" against the advice of the conductor and brakesman, and while in the "Jim Crow car" he attempted to hug and kiss a colored lady, who screamed for help, and a colored man camo to her assistance who carved Henry Griffin, all to pieces with a razor. EDWARD M. LAHIFF ENDEAVORED TO HIT JULIUS F. TAYLOR IN THE FACE WITH THE BROAD AX. One year ago, while we were engaged in fighting Messrs. Burke and Eldred, for the $65, which was due us for giving Mayor Carter H. Harrison, a write-up in The Broad Ax, March 31, 1901. We stepped into the mayor's outer office after The Broad Ax appeared, containing our third attack on Boss Burke, and Fred Eldred, and just as we laid a copy of our Ax on top of the flat-top desk, where his honor, the mayor, sits whenever he condescends to greet the public, Edward M. Lahiff jumped up from his desk, where he was engaged in writing and he snatched up the copy of The Broad Ax, which we had laid on the flat-top desk and he threw it to wards our face, but instead of hitting us in the face with it, it fell to the floor near our feet, and it was so sharp or keen that it came near chopping off all our toes. We picked the paper up from the floor, put it in our pocket and from that day to this we have not permitted ourselves to enter the gate, which leads on into the inner room, which is occupied by the mayor, which is frequented by all newspaper-men. While Mr. Lahiff was displaying his niggerism, he gave expression to some insulting remark, which we could not catch very distinctly, but he said something about "niggers and nigger" editors. Edward M. Lahiff may be elected Clerk of the Appellate Court, but The Broad Ax hopes he will be defeated for he is not in favor of treating Colored men as he himself would like to be treated, and he is too hot-headed and rattle-brained to serve as clerk of any court. THE GREEN-BLACKWELL WEDDING. Wednesday evening, June 25, at St. Thomas church, miss Gertrude L. Green was united in marriage to Mr. Edward M. Blackwell, Rev. Father Lealtad tied the nuptial knot. It was announced on the two hundred invitations, which were sent out, that the wedding would occur 8:30 o'clock, and at that hour the guests assembled in the church, but the bridal party was 35 minutes late, and some of their nervous friends almost concluded that they had gave up the idea of getting married. No reception was held after the wedding. Among the many prominent guests were: Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smiley, Dr. and Mrs. Jos. Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Noah D. Thompson, Prof. and Mrs. Wm. Emanuel, Mr and Mrs J. Gray Lucas, Mrs. James E. Thompson, Mrs. C. H. Smiley, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Mitchell, Miss Willie Hart of Indianapolis, the Misses Hart of Cincinnati, Miss Florence Thompson, Miss Florence Johnson, Rev. and Mrs. Ransom. The brides' gown was a beautiful creation of white satin and it cost one hundred dollars without saying anything about its trimmings and trappings and it fitted Miss Green's graceful form to perfection. The groom was attired in a very fine black wedding suit, and wore a black silk hat, which cost $12. Dr. L. W. Lewis, haltbrother to the bride wore an elaborate black suit, which cost $125. Many lovely and costly presents were received by Mr. and Mrs. Blackwell, who will be at home to their friends after July 1, 3719 Forest avenue. Hon. T. L. Ryan, Waukesha, Wis., member of the Democratic National committee who is a friend and reader of The Broad Ax, contributed an able article to The Chicago American last week on "The Political Situation in Wisconsin," and if the leaders of the party in that state adhere to the advice of Mr. Ryan, they will be victorious next fall. Some of the leading Democratic politicians say "the reason they did not nominate an Afro-American for County commissioner," was "that they did not have enough places on the County ticket for all the white men without saying about the 'niggers.'" HEW TO THE LINE. REFUSE, TO LET HIM PREACH. Negro Minister is Barred from the Orchidh. Oshkosh, Wis., June 19.—Rev. P. A. Hubert, a colored minister, who has been in the city some days, was billed to address a meeting this afternoon at the Y. M. C. A., but was prevented from doing so by Secretary Luce on account of letters received by Mr. Luce and others in the city. The M. B. MR. JOHN E. OWENS THE WIDE AWAKE AND HARDWORKING CITY ATTORNEY OF CHICAGO, ONE OF THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE OF ILLINOIS. letters contained charges reflecting on the character of Hubert. The letters were received by most of the local evangelical clergymen and by some of the prominent business men. They are signed by Richard B. Montgomery, editor and publisher of the Wisconsin Weekly Advocate of Milwaukee. They are represented to be a "warning to the philanthropic people of Wisconsin," and severely criticise and discredit the methods of Mr. Hubert. The latter denies the charges therein contained, and maintains that they are the result of a personal grievance that Mr. Montgomery holds against him, Hubert. Hubert came to this city some days ago, and has been soliciting funds for "the African Methodist church." He has collected, it is believed, about $500. He applied for lodgings at the Tremont Hotel, but was refused, and was taken in and provided with room and lodging by Rev. G. M. Lindsay of the First Presbyterian church. He will, he says, sue the Tremont people for refusing to receive him. The publication of the above by the Snetinel is timely. The editor of the Wisconsin Weekly Advocate has means of knowing who are and who are not worthy of the support of the philanthropically inclined, and it is with this end in view that he has published in his paper a "warning." It was not by any means on account of any personal matter that the editor was compelled to send the letters mentioned to Oshkosh. The personal grievance could be forgiven and overlooked but the injury to the Negro race which is perpetrated constantly by men of Mr. Hubert's caliber, in the name of the religious advancement of that race, can not and will not be so. In connection with this matter the editor has been actuated only with the highest ideals. Too many unreliable people have by being gifted with a "presence" and a persuasive tongue done irreparable injury to a good cause. The several objects for which clerical and other solicitors are constantly canvassing this state should be closely looked into by these who are so continuosly (shall we say?) badgered. By the way, the editor is frequently a guest at the Tremont House, and has always been treated in a courteous manner.—The Advocate, Milwaukee, Wis. The editor of The Advocate is to be congratulated for choaking the notorious pie and chicken eating Hubert off in Wisconsin, for Hubert is a foulmouted, immoral, dishonest creature and he and his likes should not be permitted to address or preach to respectable and intelligent people. Saturday evening last, Englewood Lodge, No. 4234 G. U. O. of O. F. gave its fourth annual trolley car party, over the lines of the Calumet Electric Railway to Calumet Grove. It was quite cool and cloudy on that evening, nevertheless more than two hundred people joined in the pilgrimage, and each and every person had a jolly good time. It is also pleasant to announce that no one attempted to create a disturbance either going or returning nor while at the grove. John Webster Hardy, who is the best and most popular Afro-American policeman in Chicago, was in evidence or in sight, but his services were not in demand except to look after the wants and comforts of the ladies. Friend Hardy, ran the writer up against a flock of married ladies consisting of Mesdames Delaney, Motley, Moseby,Lyons,Hardy, Motley and several others and while all those ladies woke us up and did everything in their power to make it pleasant for us and while we greatly enjoyed their society for they were all very entertaining, but being from Missouri we can always get a better foot-hold with grass widows, for they are our long suit. Col. B. F. Moseley, who had charge of the party wore a new salt and pepper suit and he was all smiles and was as polite as a french duke. At 5:30 Wednesday eve., June 25, Miss Mary Elizabeth Tibbs, was married to Albert Wilberforce Williams, M. D., at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. J. M. Neely, Armour avenue and 49th street. Rev. R. C. Ransom performed the ceremony. The house was full from end to end with invited guests, who were anxious to join in that wedding in high life Immediately after the ceremony Dr. and Mrs. Williams left the house for their new home, 6510 Langley avenue, where about 600 guests called to congratulate them. The presents were many and beautiful as well as serviceable. The caterer was kept busy serving the guests, which began to arrive as early as 8 p. m. and kept the carriage caller busy long after midnight. Among those present were: Dr. and Mrs. Dan Williams, Dr. and Mrs. Jos. Kelly, Dr. and Mrs. Geo. C. Hall, Dr. and Mrs. Perry, Mr. and Mrs. Noah D. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cowan, Prof. and Mrs. Emanuel, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Rob. Harden, Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Avendorf, Mr and Mrs. Williams will be at home after July 25. Frank Solon, of the second ward and Pat White of the third ward, are both cheap "short-stop" politicians, and while they were fighting to carry the primaries by fair or by foul means they collected money from some of the colored men who labor for the city for smal pay or the purpose o. waging the fight against those who possess too much manhood to fall on their knees before Boss Burke and Mayor Harrison. It is even said that gambling kings Poney Moore and George J. Woods and many smaller crap shooters and tin-horn sports contributed money to Messrs. Solon and White, to assist them in their fight and a few Coloreo men who were fearful of losing their cheap jobs, and many others who were expecting or looking for favors worked and voted for White and Solon, but when some of these same colored men wanted Messrs. White and Solon, to assist in bringing about the nomination of a colored man for county commissioner, they both looked real wise as much as to say "'niggers' we have used you to enable us both to hold our fat jobs and to be regarded as big bosses, now go away back and sit down like good 'niggers' until the next primaries." There are more newspapers published in Iowa, in proportion to its population, than in any other state of the Union. John G. Jones, Esq., has resigned as one of the directors of the Old Folk's Home. Judge M. F. Tuley, chairman of the advisory committee says "He is not altogether satisfied with the county ticket." J. Fenton Johnson, the young Afro-American poet of Chicago, graduated from the Coleman school, 47th and Dearborn streets., Friday morning. The Advocate, Milwaukee, Wis., in its last issue re-produced our article on Mayor Carter H. Harrison's "silk stocking" committee drawing the color line. Rev. Fatner Flannagan, of St. Anne's church, Garfield boulevard and Wentworth avenue, returns home the first of the week from an extensive trip through the South. Vina Fields, who is well known to all the sports down on Fourth avenue, and her man drove to the Derby in a grand layout, and Miss Fields was dressed to death. If you like The Broad Ax, and feel like assisting to increase its influence and circulation pay your own subscription to it, and induce your friends and neighbors to subscribe for it. Mrs. Lizzie N. Randell, 4836 State street, is conducting neat ice cream parlors in connection with her dressmaking establishment and Mrs. Randell sells the best ice cream in this city. Colman Browdy, who was one of the oldest citizens of Chicago passed away last week, and was burried Sunday afternoon from Olivet Baptist church. His funeral was largely attended. His remains were laid to rest in Oakwood. Little Miss Loretta McInerney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. McInerney, 750 W. 43d street, is quite smart. She is only six year old, but she writes a beautiful hand for young and she stands one hundred in writing. The Public of this city, which is ably edited by Louis F. Post, contained a sound and logical article last week on "The treatment of Colored people in Southern Illinois." The Public, like The Chicago Chronicle, is sound on "The race problem." To-day the Laporte county colony, which is composed of people who formerly resided in Laporte county, Ind., will give their 8th annual picnic at Washington park, south end. All Laporte people are invited to be present. Mr. J. P. Linard is president of the Laporte county colony. Many of the leaders of Chicago's Afro-Amrican four hundred attended the Derby, and some of them like the white suckers lost their money on the unlucky horses. One of the ladies who stands at the head of this exclusive set, wore a brand new dress or Derby Dav which cost $275. The Democratic State Committee of Illinois, met at the Sherman House Thursday, and ex-mayor John P. Hopkins was re-elected chairman, only six votes were recorded against him. Miles J. Devine, who was tossed up in the air in the last city convention by Boss Burke, voted for John P. Hopkins. County Commissioner Michael irrmann, who i engaged in the manufacturing of cigars, 196 West Madison street, has made a first class county official and at the end of the present year he can retire from the county board feeling that he discharged his duties to all the tax-payers of this county. The Democratic convention at Springfield last week passed the following resolution in reference to the death of ex-Gov. Altgeld. "We deplore the untimely death of the late John P. Altgeld, an exemplary citizen, a sterling Democrat, a great governor, a firm friend of the oppressed, an uncompromising foe of shams and protenses, an unyleiding opponent of special privileges. He died NO. 36. as he lived, fighting for human freedom and liberty and the uplifting of earth's races." Old Ham Carter, who is Boss Burke's pet and who draws pay from the city without doing much work, was not nominated for Congress in the first congressional district, and now Old Ham, and nis gang of shysters and crap-shooters are silently cussing and damning the Democratic bosses residing in the first congressional district. The defunct "silk stocking" committee did not expend much brain work nor display a great deal of wisdom when it dug up Edward M. Lahiff, for Clerk of the Appellate court, for if our memory serves us rightly, he has been chawing at the tax-payers or the public crib since 1897, but we assume the "silk stocking" gentlemen thought he was the only man in this city who is able to hold down one good fat easy job, while reaching out after another. Mayor Carter H. Harrison, says he did not influence his "silk stocking" committee whatever, in the way or making selections for the County ticket. No one has any right to doubt any statements which eminates from the great mayor of Chicago, but it would seem that if the "silk stocking" committee really placed the name of Edward M. Lahiff, on the ticket without one nod or wink from Mayor Harrison, then the "silk stocking" committee was composed of a lot of dull-headed chumps. The Fourth Anniversary of the Amanda Smith Industrial Orphan Home, 305 147th. street will be held to-day. Beginning at 10:30 in the morning with a reception to all the friends of the work. At which time Mrs. Smith would be pleased to meet them all. At 2 p. m. Bishop Grant of the Fourth Epis. Dist. of the A. M. E. Church will deliver an address In the evening an Evangelistic service lead by Mrs. Smith. Lunch and refreshments will be served at the Home for a small sum. The Freeman of Indianapolis, Ind., is Prof. Booker T. Washington's personal organ and it now stands for "Jim Crow cars" and Jimcrowism in general, in a sickly and disgusting editorial it says that "Miss M. C. Lee, has immortalized the "Jim Crow cars" by consenting to ride in one of them." It also contends "that they are not vile always. Miss Lee did not find it so, but they are a part of the race problem." This is no new doctrine on the part of The Freeman for its owner Col. George Layout Knox runs a Jim Crow barber shop, while at the same time he wants to be regarded as a great leader of the Negro race. The Freeman, George Layout Knox, and Prof. Washington, all three stand for "Jim Crowism," and they should all three be spurned aside by all liberty-loving and courageous Negroes. Eldorado, Ill., is undergoing a sort of volcanic eruption on the race question, but the sight of the Negro preacher Rev. Peter A. Green, standing at the threshold of his noor, gun in hand, threatening death to the first man of the mob to pass his gate was enobling to humanity, however discouraging it might have been to the murderers and cowards, who constituted the mob. The Negroes of Eldorado will appeal to Governor Yates for protection and, if he fails to grant it, he does not deserve the name of the great governor whom he has descended.—Ex. In defending his home, Rev. Peter A. Green, has proven himself to be a brave man, and all other Negroes will yet learn in this country that whoever would be free must himself strike the first blow, that God or the Gods, only favor or assist those who help themselves. The article on one of the leading Afro-American preachers of Chicago will not appear until the next issue of The Broad Ax. Look out for it! Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Judicial, Protestant, Knights of Labor, Invisible, Mormon, Republican, Priests, or any else can have their say, no 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 editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communication will have attention; see only on one side of the paper. SUBSCRIPTIONS (advance): One Year..... 0.97 Months..... 1.66 Advertising rates made known on application from all communities here THE BROAD AX, 8010 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO. JULIAUS P. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Pierpont Morgan is going to Italy. Look out for a macaroni trust. Burning question in France: What shall we do with our volcanic islands? Only propose to blow a golden bubble, and thousands will subscribe for soap. Washington's "sweet girl graduate" of 1902 carries a cane. Must be a sugar cane. Mark Twain has again retired forever from the public platform. This is about the sixth time. King Oscar of Sweden is writing his memoir, but there is no immediate danger that he will lecture. Joseph Jefferson has played "Rip Van Winkle" more than 4,000 times. Playing it must seem like work now. Every week as the summer advances the lawn mower pushes heavier; it is the nature of the machine. The alleged gigantic British shipping combination turns out to be nothing but an echo from this side of the water. Samuel L. Clemens, LL. D., is the way to write it now. The gentleman, however, will continue to answer to Mark Twain. Many paupers have lived to be a hundred years old, but there is no record of a millionaire having attained that age. William Sunday, the old-time ballplayer, who is now winning fame as an evangelist, has proved that there may be something in a name. Has that Nebraska banker who has been enjoined in three counties from marrying the woman of his choice never heard of St. Joe, across the lake? Andrew Carnegie has been presented with the freedom of the Plumbers' Association of London. We did not know that Mr. Carnegie was as rich as that. It is in order to remind the young King of Spain that if he is going to restore the greatness of his kingdom he should not waste any time talking about it. Philanthropists who have recommended cold cures to an ungrateful world are now busy telling about sure death remedies for the annual mosquito plague. Musolino, the notorious Italian bandit, has been sentenced to prison for life. Paradoxical as it may seem, this permits of the query, How long will be stay there? There is a man at Hanlonton, Ia., whose name is August Valnkingelstemhausenklotzer, which seems altogether too long a surname for August or even June. Edgar Williams, a telegraph operator at Indianapolis, is a grandfather at the age of 39. This is another evidence of the arrival of the young man and strenuosity. News is cabled from London that J. Pierpont Morgan is in good health. That being the case independent ship companies might as well get down the book and read the account of their finish. The fact that many of the most distinguished pickpockets of the world are present at the coronation of King Edward adds a human interest touch to the otherwise awe-inspiring program. A man has been sentenced to jail for one year for stealing a pair of shoes worth $2. On this basis how long should a banker stay in jail who has been sentenced for stealing thousands of dollars? Somebody has discovered that there are thirty distinct varieties of the kiss smacking their way around the world, and the enumeration does not appear to include those on the Ella Wheeler Wilcox list. The Shah of Peraia has made Emperor William a present of a decoration worth $5,000. This will be sufficient to enable the emperor to have the rooms occupied by the shah cleaned up after he leaves. They are just beginning over in China to bury Li Hung Chang, and it is expected that they will be at it for several weeks. Evidently the Chinese don't believe in turning from a man just because he happens to be dead. --- Always Easy to See Errors After They Are Irremediable. When I was reading proof on the old National Republican, says a writer in the Washington Trade Unionist, I had a post mortem assistant located in New York, but I never knew who he was. He took the paper and read proof carefully on it for several days, forwarding the result to the business office. After he had sent several papers containing the results of his labors he put in an application for the job, but he didn't get it. His ignorance of local geography and affairs caused him to make some very amusing corrections, but I'm not denying that he found quite a number of legitimate errors, as and one can in any daily newspaper. Of course, I was prejudiced in the matter, and my judgment was not as cool and impartial as would have been that of an uninterested party, but I thought that was a pretty mean way to try to get a fellow's situation away from him. I have known that method of procedure to be attempted several times, but I have never known it to succeed. It is always easy to see errors after they are irremediable, but it takes the eye of an eagle, the watchfulness of a ferret and the alertness of a pointer to run them to earth while they are legitimate prey. I remember the remarks of my old boss, when I was running the inking machine on the lightning hand press, with which he rushed off the edition of 248 copies, during the first year of my apprenticeship. If he stopped for a few minutes to jolly a visitor or to hunt around his bench for a quid of tobacco that was being worked overtime, my eyes were going over the paper, and generally I had an error to show him. He would unlock the form and correct it, giving me baleful looks in which the malevolence was at least an inch thick. Finally, one day he burst out: "You dodgasted brat, if you ever find another error in this paper after I have locked it up I'll fire you on the spot!" That cured me of post mortem proof reading, and I have stayed cured WORDS OF WISDOM To be light-hearted is often to be simply light-headed. There are criminals that can be classified, but there are no criminal classes. Sincerity often consists in frankness in stating opinions which are not worth stating. Life is a succession of choices. One cannot often have this and that, but this or that. If we cannot make ourselves happy we can make others happy, and they in turn can create happiness for us. He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass, for every man has need to be forgiven. Our duty to God is cheerfully acknowledged, but toward our neighbor we rarely realize we have any special obligation. It is so easy and pleasant to discover sins lurking in the pursuits for which you are not inclined. Many of us possess wonderful powers of perception in that direction. A flatterer is said to be a beast that biteth smiling. But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations, for as a wolf resembles a dog so doth a flatterer a friend. It has been said that bright thoughts do not occur to ignorant people, neither can they, for there is nothing within to suggest them. The daily, ordinary level determines the height to which we can rise on rare occasions. When we see leaves drop from their trees in the beginning of autumn, such, we think, is the friendship of the world. While the sap of maintenance lasts, friends swarm in abundance, but in the winter of need they leave us naked. He is a happy man that hath a true friend at his need, but he is more truly happy that hath no need of his friends. Wilhelmina's Wealth The Queen of Holland is among the richest of royal personages. Part of her enormous fortune belongs to the crown, while the rest is her private property. The royal estates in Holland and the East (which include the Dutch East Indies) are also of great value. On her marriage with Prince Henry the young Queen set aside twenty millions of marks, the arrangement being that the interest, which is nearly £30,000 a year, will be at his own disposal, while the capital is ultimately to pass to the youngest children of the marriage. If there are no children, Prince Henry is to have absolute power of disposing by will of five millions of marks, while the remainder will eventually revert to the Queen's estate.—Tit-Bits. Costly Baskets of Fruit There is a wide range in the price for which the fruiter will put up a "steamship basket." He can easily make it cost $40 or $50. Strangely enough the fruits which go to make up the most expensive baskets are not the imported, but the domestic varieties out of season. Peaches at $1 each and plums at fifty cents in the middle of winter are more expensive than almost any of the tropical varieties brought from the Indies by steamer. Most of the hothouse fruit for the local market is raised in New Jersey. New York Post. Any one attending a spiritualistic seance in Bohemia is liable to a fine of $40, a decree to that effect having been issued by the Government of the province. An Early Morning Hunt For Black-Tail Deer. BY CLARENCE A. LYMAN. We slept that night as we ever do in the hills, with the front of the tent wide open, so that from my pillow, the side of a saddle, I could watch the Great Dipper do its slow somersault around the North Star. When the camp-fire died the night before, and we went to bed, the Dipper was lying along the tops of the mountains, brimming full. It is easier to watch this great hand in the astronomical clock than to light unwilling matches from time to time in the night and examine a watch; and I knew that when the constellation had nearly reversed itself, it would be time to start moving. A man in camp sleeps sweetly, yet lightly. A dozen times through the dark hours the distant sharp bark of a fox, the rustle of a leaf, the deep sigh of a satiated and sleepy horse on a picket rope, the cracking of a coal in the embers of the camp-fire, the call of a night bird, or the snap of a twig under the tread of some of the animals of our cavalcade, called me with a gentle thoroughness from slumber. Each time it seemed as though the position of the encircling attendants of the North Star had changed by only a slight angle; and each time I sank instantly again into the perfumed rest that comes from a bed of balsam boughs after a hard day's work. The hush that comes over all nature just before the dawn was near being my undoing, after all. The Dipper seemed to have made a great sudden sweep and was dangerously far over when my eyes opened again. The canvas was throbbing with the pulse of the morning breeze, but the eastern was darker than the western sky, where hovered a faint glow. It took an effort of will to get out into the cold air, but necessity compelled haste and I scrambled as gently as I could over the dewy coverlet, hurriedly put on the few clothes I had taken off the night before—dressing and undressing are mutually short operations in a hastily made camp—found my damp and clammy shoes, raked together the coals in the ashes, fanned a flame, bolled coffee and munched a hasty breakfast of bread and some cold trout. My partner, chum, helpmate never stirred. It is wonderful how a trustful woman will sleep in the wilderness, safe in the superstition that he who sleeps beside her is competent to meet danger which may arise. I dropped half a dozen cartridges into my pocket, together with a couple of biscuit in case the chase should be unduly long, shouldered the heavy rifle and strode out through the high grass, which was so beaded with dew that walking was like wading an ice-cold stream. The horses were standing on widespread legs, heads near the ground, asleep, while the burros, weary with the long pull with the heavy packs of the day before, were huddled together, lying on the ground. The morning star was at its brightest as I started across the valley, but by the time I had picked a splashing path across the current of the little river and got fairly started up the trail, it was paling. Little flecks of purple cloud began to appear above the sun's approaching glow, as though they had been newly created. The range to the west began to lift its rugged ascents into view in a purple radiance. The eastern hills grew from shapeless masses of gloom into rounded eminences with dainty fringes of aspens and slender minarets of spruces against the faintly glowing sky. I wished I had started half an hour earlier, and quickened my pace a little. In the growing twilight I could see a furry skunk in his sleek coat of jet black and snowy white, treading the clumps of bunch-grass, picking up the benumbed insects before the sun's heat might give them the vitality to escape. In the trail ahead of me a fox trotted. I was conscious of the faint presence of his scent, but did not place it until I saw the flash of his fur above the grass. He knew I was following, but knew too that he was safest down in that sinuous passage between high walls of grass and flowers, on whose smooth surface he could make a far safer, swifter flight than over the rough ground to either side. A mile or so above camp I left the trail and crossed the stream again, getting my feet no wetter in wading, but feeling the icy chill pervade the water in my shoes which my feet had warmed in the comparative dryness of the beaten track. Close to the rippling surface a colder breath moved and the scrubby willows had a coating of white frost. I brushed a furry moth from a twig in passing, but it was too cold for more than one very feeble flutter. It fell wide-stretched on the water and as the current swept it into a quiet eddy it disappeared so quietly that one might suppose it had sunk of its own weight. I marked the spot where lay a trout, so big that its mouth could take in an insect of that size without a splash, as a good place to drop a feathered imitation when I carried my rod that way. There was no mistake that it was very light. My eyes had been growing accustomed to the dimness, meeting the dawn half way, but the first glow of the rising sun was just striking the tops of the higher hill. The sky was a turquoise blue all across the dome. The clouds, which had been purple, had faded to lavender, flamed with a tint of orange, and were now melting away in yellow fleeces. It would soon be time when all sensible deer, would be deep in the thickets of the green timber, where it would be all but impossible to come upon one of them unawares. Already the burros, far down the valley where camp lay, were up and moving stiffly down to get a drink at the river. The southern hill before me was one I had marked the year before as a likely place for deer. It rose in smooth slopes and narrow benches a thousand feet or so, fringed on the top with the edge of the deep thick forest of spruces which ran back on the plateau beyond. The ascending surface had spruce and aspen groves lying on it in long streamers, divided by half a dozen open grassy glades, each with a tiny rill gurgling down the centre, coming from the banks of snow which still lay protected by the dense shade of the crown of spruces. The streams were fringed with the succulent marsh herbs which deer and elk most fancy as dessert after filling up on vines and tender boughs. It does not pay to hasten or to get out of breath when hunting deer, so I climbed very, very slowly upward, keeping in the shelter of the bushy young aspen that fringed the bigger trees at the edge of one of the ascending glades. At each step, as I placed my foot to avoid any crackling twig, I looked all around and listened for any sound of game. The simulation of the color of the early coat of the deer to the dry bunches of grass is so close that in the imperfect light it was well to study closely each outline, else some proud stag might bear his coveted burden of venison out of range at a bound, before my eyes had seen the slender legs and gracefully borne head. There were plenty of tracks in the mellow earth, some almost obliterated by two or three successive dews, and some apparently as fresh as though the cushioned hoof had just been lifted from them. In spite of all my cautions, a crack of twigs and stamp of hoofs off to the right indicated that an alarm had reached eyes or ears or nostrils of some deer, but I sat still and listened to the beating of my heart until apparently it decided that its suspicions did not justify precipitate flight, for thought it went on, it was in a noiseless walk. From tree to tree I edged in that direction. I found the fresh tracks, evidently a buck of good size, and I followed carefully on a slant up the hill. I saw something moving ahead of me, and was ready to shoot, but it came fearlessly down toward me, evidently not seeing its danger. A doe with her two fawns was working down to a safe shelter in the willow tangle along the river. I did not want to turn them back in the direction in which the buck had gone, so I crouched behind a bush to let them pass. Only a pot-hunter fails to respect femininity and infancy in hunting deer. The mother was pushing along with all the ungracefulness of her kind, neck out, ears back. One fawn wanted to stop for refreshments and was pushing in front of her like a calf at milking time. The other spotted pet was intent on play, bounding about in extravagant semicircles. His erratic course brought him directly upon me, and he stopped suddenly with legs braced at wide angles, so close that I felt the breath of his startled snort. His ears were opened wide, and his dewy nostrils quivered as he drew in a scent of whose danger he had yet to learn. His great soft eyes looked full into mine for a moment, and I could almost have reached out and touched him. Then he remembered his mother, who had passed on out of sight, gave a mew-like expostulating bleat, bounded a couple of yards to one side, and gamboled on in pursuit. The shadow of my hill had by this time crawled down to the opposite slope in the valley, and the sun was shining full through the tops of the trees. A raven cawed and flapped lazily across the valley, high overhead on a tour of investigation. His keen eye had marked the murderous weapon I carried, and he circled above the mountain and lighted in a tall dead spruce to await the outcome of the hunt. The buck on whose track I was following was evidently intent on reaching shelter. He had been in no haste, cropping the herbage as he went along, but the determination with which the tracks forced themselves up the hill meant that he had a mind for the safe protection of the growing green timber forest. I must make haste to head him off, and as it would be fatal to hurry directly behind him, I crossed over into the next glade and then pushed steadily up the mountain toward the summit. Just at the very brow was a continuous grassy bluff over which any animal seeking the upper shelter must pass; and on this I threw myself down. I had no breath, and could not have aimed my rifle to save my life, so I devoted my whole strength and attention for a few moments to regaining some steadiness of respiration. In the valley way below three tiny spots of buff, the deer family I had intercepted, were crossing through the grass to a wide bed of willows that marked the filled-in site of an old beaver dam. Down at camp everything was still, and the absence of smoke told that the sleeper was still dormant. The raven cawed impatiently. I became suddenly conscious that there was a deer in the trees off to the right: and a little below me. How long he had been there I do not know, but I am certain that my eye had rested on the spot and its surroundings a moment before and saw nothing. I slipped down off the grass and into the trees and worked very cautiously in that direction. A shot downhill is so deceptive that hitting is pure luck, and I sought a place on the same level. A stately buck he was, stopping for a final lunch on the tender shoots of a clump of vetch vines on the edge of the stream. His black nostrils were wet and shone with the high polish of new patent leather. His form was well rounded, his coat was smooth and glossy, and his spreading antlers full grown. In the motions of his eating, every muscle moved and quivered. The sight was so superb that it almost precluded murder, and I sat with rifle half raised and watched for fully a minute. His nostrils caught a breath of hostile odor, and he flung his head high, poised for flight, but not quite sure which way the danger lay. He remembered the alarm downhill and turned to look that way. The white bead of the front sight rested against his curving neck, just back of the head, and the white bead rested in turn on the lower rim of the circle of the hind peep-sight. The sight was perfect and the finger crooked against the trigger almost without conscious volition. A 45-70 bullet in the cervical vertebrae snuffs out all power of motion as though it were the flame of a candle. There was never a struggle, just a sudden collapse, and the beautiful animal lay in limp confusion sprinkling blood upon the verdure where he had just been feeding. The hunter's work was done and what remained was mere butchery. The rough surgery of the hunting knife must let out the blood in a foaming torrent before the heart ceases beating, and with the same flow release the remnant of life which still showed dimly in staring eyes. Then must follow the smeary task of dressing the carcass, which had been a deer and was now venison. The raven flew from his perch and brushed through the trees above. It seemed as though the sound of the shot had summoned all the smaller pedatory birds, the magpies and gray-jays, and I could hear their harsh cries approaching through the trees, as they fluttered closer and closer in short flights. Before my gory task was done they were busy, without fear for me, picking the dainty flecks of suet from the entrails, while two or three other ravens had joined the pioneer and were scolding from the tops of the trees because I was so slow in completing my work and leaving them a clear field. I hung the venison in a tree, protecting the exposed meat with boughs, and washed hands' and arms in the waters of the rill. Then I struck out for camp. Under the tall grass red-leaved plants hugged the ground. Drops of dew had fallen on some of them, making the homeward path seem through a trail of fresh blood. The sun shone down on the valley hot and ungentle. It seemed as though the whirring grasshoppers unduly extended their flights to escape my presence. A startled grouse, breakfasting in a bear-berry bush, instead of rising to the nearest tree, whirred away clear across to the foot of the mountain, where it flapped deep into a tree as though murder was behind it. As I came up into camp the horses scented the blood and snorted as if I were some strange wild animal and moved uneasily on their picket-ropes. She had just awakened and was looking with sleepy eyes out into the sunny world. "Fresh meat," I cried. "Oh, did you get a deer? I didn't know you were gone until just before I heard you shoot." Her eager interest flamed up in question about the events of the chase, and then, in a reverie— "One of those pretty, pretty things! How could you do it." Outing. Trades For the Mind At a recent conference on matters relating to the blind, held at London, a member announced that he had sent out papers to 100 institutions at home and abroad asking what trades and occupations they recommended for the blind. The following was the list he obtained, in order of merit: Basket, brush and broom making, piano tuning, mat weaving, chair caning, music (in all branches), mattress making, knitting, typewriting, legal and clerical work. As new employments he suggested telephone exchange work, liniotype typesetting, reporting, gardening (for the partially blind), massage, lecturing, commercial agencies, organ blowing, bell ringing. In the discussion which followed much time was given to the question of massage, several doctors speaking in favor of it. In regard to typewriting, it was mentioned that such an office had been started in Birmingham. Four blind girls are now employed. Avalanche Breakers. In Switzerland the people have entered upon effective plans to defeat the avalanche in its devastating work. No more need the traveler be told, "Beware the awful avalanche," for these rolling, pitching, sliding bodies of snow, that accumulate into masses of destruction, are now broken up before they gain a dangerous amount of material or velocity sufficient to make them dangerous. Aleng the mountain sides, where avalanches form, earthworks in the form of a V are constructed, with their points upward, and when the moving masses of snow come in contact with them they are broken apart and so deflected as to be rendered harmless. Most of the railway stations in Russia are about two miles from the towns which they respectively serve. This is a precaution against fire, as many of the Russian dwellings are thatched with straw. Ironing a Shirt Waist Not intrrequently a young woman finds it necessary to launder a shirt waist at home for some emergency when the laundryman or the home servant cannot do it. Hence these directions for ironing the waist: To iron summer shirt waists so that they will look like new it is needful to have them starched evenly with Defiance starch, then made perfectly smooth and rolled tight in a damp cloth, to be laid away two or three hours. When ironing have a bowl of water and a clean piece of muslin beside the ironing board. Have your iron hot, but not sufficiently so to scorch, and absolutely clean. Begin by ironing the back, then the front, sides and the sleeves, followed by the neckband and the cuffs. When wrinkles appear apply the damp cloth and remove them. Always iron from the top of the waist to the bottom. If there are plaits in the front iron them downward, after first raising each one with a blunt knife, and with the edge of the iron follow every line of stitching to give it distinctness. After the shirt waist is ironed it should be well aired by the fire or in the sun before it is folded and put away, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. Chemical Monster in Dyed Milk. Evidence is accruing that the practice of adding artificial coloring matter to milk is increasing. Samples are commonly met with thus colored to give them a rich but false creamy aspect. The natural color of milk bears no relation necessarily to the amount of cream present. It is very desirable that this practice could be stopped. We believe that annatto is the dye commonly employed and it is fortunate that it is harmless, though that fact does not justify the device. Certain coal-tar dyes have, however, been detected in milk, and among them methyl-orange, or, in chemical nomenclature, the sodium salt of dimethyaniline-azobenzene-sulphonic acid. RED CROSS BALL BLUE Should be in every home. Ask your grocer for it. Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents. It is more courteous to see an extreme love than a perfect friendship. Importunity is simply holding on till you get what you want. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. An irresistible impulse is one we yearn to follow. YOU CAN DO IT TOO Over 2,000,000 people are now buying goods from us at wholesale prices—saving 15 to 40 per cent on everything they use. You can do it too. Why not ask us to send you our 1,000-page catalogue?—it tells the story. Send 15 cents for it today. Montgomery Ward Co. CHICAGO The house that tells the truth. Are You Satisfied with Your Income? If you are anxious to increase it, write it, stating what amount you can invest, no matter how small, and we will write you a letter of advice free. For years we have been studying investments. We know we can increase your income by pointing out safe investments hitherto unknown. Dept. N. U., 159 La Salle St., CHICAGO, 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. KIDDER'S PASTILLES, STOWELL & CO., Mfrs. A Sure relief for Asthma. Sold by all Druggists, or by mail. 35 cents. Charlestown, Mass. AGENTS and SALESMEN Wanted for the KANT- KUT-U Safety Razor Guards. Retails for 25c. Pits any razor; a quick seller; good pronts; entirely new. Address S. & H., 1015th Ave., N. Y. City. O MERRY SIDE OF LIFE The Struggle For Subsistence. Let trusts beware their grasping way, For fates are strangely linked; If men are forced to eat the hay, Cows may become extinct. Love. Patience—"Does he make love well?" Patrice—"Make love? How foolish! Love is not made, dear; it is born."—Yonkers Statesman. Vehicle of the Future. "I hear that Gazzam is thinking of buying a horseless carriage," said Manhattan. "Indeed!" queried the Brooklynite. "And what have they named the baby?"—Judge. Anxious. MEDICAL ASSOCIATION The Ping-Pong Microbe—"Wonder if they'll discover an antidote for me?"—Life. "I have decided to economize," remarked the multi-millionaire. "I'm going to quit buying political machines and content myself with defying the public in an automobile."—Washington Star. An Adverse Impression. "Don't you think you have a very changeable climate?" said the stranger. "No." said the native; "it changes fast enough when it's pleasant, but when it's disagreeable, it hangs on like grim death."—Washington Star. Weiss of the Collector "Did you get anything out of her?" asked the business manager of the collector. "Yes, she paid me a compliment. Said she wouldn't be afraid to trust me with the money if she had it."—New York Times. A Contious Claim. "Is your wife one of these women who look at their husbands and say, I made a man of him?" asked the impertinent friend. "No," answered Mr. Meekton. "Henrietta is very unassuming. She merely says she has done her best."—Washington Star. An Obliging Youth. "Miss Bink seems to be a very sad and serious person," said Miss Cayenne. "Nothing ever seems to make her smile." "That's too bad," answered Willie Washington. "I guess I'll propose to her. That seems to be the best thing I can do. It never fails to get a laugh." -Washington Star. Disconnecde The Messenger Boy—"Well, how d' yer like mercantile life?" The Office Boy—"Aw, de boss don't give me any encouragement." The Messenger Boy -"How's dat?" The Office Boy—"Why,he never gives me a look when I'm workin', but just as soon as I start ter loaf a bit, he's Johnny-on-de-spot wit' his eagle eye."— Puck. Natural to Him. "Your husband," said Mrs. Oldcastle, as she again availed herself of the privilege of inspecting the splendid library of the new neighbors, "seems to have a particularly fine taste for articles of virtu." "Yes," her hostess replied, "I know it. But then it's only natural he should have. Josiah's one of the virtuousest persons—for a man—that I ever seen." —Chicago Record-Herald. Down and Out. "But I certainly know," said the caller, "what kind of a hat is most becoming to me." "I beg leave to differ," persisted Mr. Ferguson. This is where Mrs. Ferguson saw fit to put in a word. "It is a remarkable condescension on his part," she said to the visitor, "that he begs leave to differ. When he differs with me, as he generally does, he never asks leave."—Chicago Tribune SHOULD SUCCEED IN LIFE. Youth Demonstrates Ability to Get Results from Small Beginnings. One of the two boys who figure in this tale should get along in the world. His ability to get results with small provocation would seem to be great. Evidently, he has little affection for the smaller denominations of figures. When told by a gentle playfellow that the latter had been made a paternal present of a goat, he replied: "Hugh! My pop has a whole flock of goats down in his office." The other boy seemed amazed, but went on with his joyful narrative. "My papa bought me a wagon, too," he said. "Well, what of it?" he was asked. "My pop had so many wagons he had to burn a lot of 'em, because he had no room for 'em." The gentle boy did not believe this. Moreover, to hear it pained him; for he had faith in what he learned in Sunday school. "Don't you know what happened to Ananias and Sapphira?" he asked. "They were struck dead for lying." Patently, this was not information to his companion, who responded—impatiently, perhaps, but without bravado: "I know it. I saw them struck." The Secret of Health in Old Age. Shepherd, Ill., June 23d.—Sarah E. Rowe of this place is now 72 years of age and just at the present time is enjoying much better health than she has for over 20 years. Her explanation of this is as follows: "For many years past I have been troubled constantly with severe Kidney Trouble, my urine would scald and burn when passing, and I was very miserable. "I am 72 years of age and never expected to get anything to cure me, but I heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills and thought it would do me no harm to try them. "I am very glad I did so, for they cured me of the Kidney Disease and stopped all the scalding sensations when passing the urine. "I feel better now than I have for twenty years." Left Legacy to a Fowl The ruthless slaughter of a rooster in a little town on the outskirts of Kansas City a few days ago settled what might have been a tedious lawsuit over a will. It seems that a wealthy widow in her declining years became possessed of the idea that the soul of her late husband had entered into a rooster named Peter and the servants were ordered to pay the fowl every respect. A special house was built for its use and Peter received attention enough to turn the head of any ordinary fowl. The widow was jealous of the hens, too, and whenever Peter entered into a flirtation poor biddy's neck was immediately wrung by the widow's orders. When the widow died her relatives were preparing to contest the extraordinary will when one of the heirs settled the matter by cutting off Peter's head, whereupon the estate was divided as provided for in the will in event of the death of the rooster. Ape Given a Banquet At Richmond, Va., a huge pet ape, rejoicing in the name of Grim, was recently the chief guest at a banquet given in his honor. Grim won this distinction by dashing into a burning building and rescuing his master's children from a fiery doom. The faithful creature was publicly presented with a silver medal commemorating the event, and had every luxury bestowed upon him at the festive function, at which, it is said, "he behaved almost as decorously as a human being." ONE FARE FOR THE ROUND TRIP.—Via Grand Trunk System. Chicago to Portland, Me., selling dates, July 5 to 9, Inclusive. Also via Grand Trunk System, Chicago to Providence, R. L., 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. French Roads the Best. The French system of public highways, extending to every section of the country, is not surpassed by that of any country in the world. Dealers say that as soon as a customer tries Defiance Starch it is impossible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. The present status of the work of medical missions is such as to greatly encourage the prosecution of this form of evangelism. 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, 88 Germania Building, Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. Von Blumer—Well, I see that Mrs. Hotpace has got a divorce. Von Blumer—That means another wedding present.—Puck. AGENTS WANTED so sell 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. Japan's first statue in memory of a woman was unveiled recently at Shijo-Nawate, near Kioto. ALL UP TO DATE HOUSEKEEPERS use Defiance Cold Water Starch, because it is better and 4 oz. more of it for same money. A Harrisburg (Pa.) man who was about to die paid a board bill of thirty years' standing. WHEN YOU BUY STARCH buy Defiance and get the best, 15 oz. for 10 cents. Once used, always used. The more a man knows that should be forgotten the better his memory is. Sensible Housekeeper will have Defiance Starch, it alone because they get one-third more for the same money, but also because of superior quality. For using the word "archduke" on the stage at Vienna, and thereby infringing a police regulation, Fraulein Frisch, a German actress, has just been fined $10. 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Send stp. Javelle Mfg. Co., Dept. D, Parsons, Kan. When a man is short he is naturally more or less crusty. Health will come with a tion of right-living, with a the games which refresh and also advantageous to have tary conditions. To assist medicinal agents used should which acts most beneficially the California Fig Syrup Co. With a proper underst acter and yield promptly to the heart, and if one would stipated condition of the syrup pains, the colds and headache any organic trouble it is we remember that the most per the beneficial effects of Syru cents per bottle. The excellence of Syrup combination and also from the uniformity of product essen from the youngest to the most share alike in its beneficial known value, but it possess and pleasantly without dist jectionable quality or subst genuine and the full name of package. will come with all st-living, with all which refresh and ageous to have kn ons. To assist na rents used should most beneficially a via Fig Syrup Co. proper understand held promptly to the and if one would re duction of the syst holds and headaches trouble it is well that the most perme al effects of Syrup tittle. Ailence of Syrup or and also from the of product essenti ungest to the most in its beneficial eff , but it possesses tly without distur quality or substance the full name of t HEALTH AND ALL ITS BLESSINGS Health will come with all its blessings to those who know the way, and it is mainly a question of right-living, with all the term implies, but the efforts which strengthen the system, the games which refresh and the foods which nourish are important, each in a way, while it is also advantageous to have knowledge of the best methods of promoting freedom from unsanitary conditions. To assist nature, when nature needs assistance, it is all important that the medicinal agents used should be of the best quality and of known value, and the one remedy which acts most beneficially and pleasantly, as a laxative, is—Syrup of Figs—manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. With a proper understanding of the fact that many physical ills are of a transient character and yield promptly to the gentle action of Syrup of Figs, gladness and comfort come to the heart, and if one would remove the torpor and strain and congestion attendant upon a constipated condition of the system, take Syrup of Figs and enjoy freedom from the aches and pains, the colds and headaches and the depression due to inactivity of the bowels. In case of any organic trouble it is well to consult a competent physician, but when a laxative is required remember that the most permanently gratifying results will follow personal cooperation with the beneficial effects of Syrup of Figs. It is for sale by all reliable druggists. Price fifty cents per bottle. The excellence of Syrup of Figs comes from the beneficial effects of the plants used in the combination and also from the method of manufacture which ensures that perfect purity and uniformity of product essential in a perfect family laxative. All the members of the family from the youngest to the most advanced in years may use it whenever a laxative is needed and share alike in its beneficial effects. We do not claim that Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of known value, but it possesses this great advantage over all other laxatives that it acts gently and pleasantly without disturbing natural functions, in any way, as it is free from every objectionable quality or substance. To get its beneficial effects it is always necessary to buy the genuine and the full name of the Co.—California Fig Syrup Co.—is printed on the front of every package. CALFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. 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Subsequently this name was changed to Santiago, after St. James, the patron saint of Spain. Still later it was named Ave Maria in honor of the Virgin Mary. But none of these names held and the Indian name is still preserved. Storekeepers report that the extra quantity, together with the superior quality, of Defiance Starch makes it next to impossible to sell any other brand. A rosebush in the yard of C. A. Brown, Woodbury, N. J., which is about to burst into bloom, will have fully 5,000 flowers. The Cripple Creek mining district in Colorado is producing gold at the rate of over $22,000,000 a year. It is more common to see an extreme love than a perfect friendship.—Du Coeur. all its blessings to those who know the way all the term implies, but the efforts which and the foods which nourish are important knowledge of the best methods of promote nature, when nature needs assistance, it would be of the best quality and of known by and pleasantly, as a laxative, is—Syrup. and of the fact that many physical ill-health the gentle action of Syrup of Figs, glacier remove the torpor and strain and congest system, take Syrup of Figs and enjoy fries and the depression due to inactivity well to consult a competent physician, but permanently gratifying results will follow Syrup of Figs. It is for sale by all reliance of Figs comes from the beneficial effects the method of manufacture which ensures essential in a perfect family laxative. All the most advanced in years may use it whenever effects. We do not claim that Syrup of Figs this great advantage over all other furbing natural functions, in any way, andance. To get its beneficial effects it is a part of the Co.—California Fig Syrup Co.—is pr HOMES IN HOMES IN CALIFORNIA ON EASY TERMS FOR PROFIT AND HEALTH. We have several thousand acres of choicest land in San Josquin County, California, 5 to 20 miles from Stockton, a city of 30,000 population which we offer in tracts to suit and on easy terms of payment. This land has been used as a grain farm for a number of years and consists of a fine sandy loam of good depth. Irrigation Ditches have just been constructed to the highest point on land, furnishing water at a cost of but $2.50 per acre, insuring a crop under all conditions. This land is perfectly adapted to growing all kinds of grain, fruit, nuts, vegetables, hay, and for dairying or poultry raising. It is directly on or adjacent to railroad and water transportation to market and is free from frost, snow, blizzards, fogs, thunderstorms and extremes of heat or cold. This land should advance in value from $50 to $100 per acre inside of a year, possibly within six months. We offer this land in tracts to suit at $40 per acre. Terms: One-half cash, balance in deferred payments of 2 to 5 years. We guarantee to prospective settlers desiring to visit and inspect the land before purchasing that we will return their fare to them if they purchase, or if all the conditions are not exactly as we represent them. Write or call for full particulars. J. A. BROPHY, Main Floor, 72-74 Dearborn St., CHICAGO, ILL. San Francisco, Cal. BROOKLYN MILK MILK ALA SCHO Clear Dur Safer ALABASTINE FOR YOUR SCHOOL HOUSES Cleanly and Sanitary Durable and Artistic Safeguards Health The delicate tints are made with special reference to the protection of pupils' eyes. Beware of paper and germ-absorbing and disease- breeding Kalsomines. ALABASTINE COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. LATEST NOVELTY. Pleasees everybody, "Little Gem Lung Tester and Developer." Practical and entertaining to young and old alike. Increases inhalation, thereby purifying the blood, developing the lungs and bust. By mail 13e (dime and stamp). It sells on sight. Agents wanted. Send stamp for reply. Mfr'd only by PALMYRA NOVELTY MFG. CJ.. Palmyra, M. J. AGENTS Either sex; to handle Embossed Cards, something new, big money. Sample 88. Palatine Art Co., 1008 N. Leavitt St., Chicago, Ill. AGENTS STR TARLETS WANTED EVENTWHENEI. the best family medicine on earth for Heads-he, Dyspepsia, Malaria, Chills, etc., etc., Sample four Boxes $uc; sell for $1. The TUCKER CO., Alexandria, Va. the way, and it is more important, each in a way promoting freedom and hence, it is all important, known value, and the Syrup of Figs—made local ills are of a treat, gladness and comfort; congestion attendance; joy freedom from the activity of the bowel, but when a laxative follow personal coop, reliable druggists. effects of the plant ensures that perfect All the members of whenever a laxative group of Figs is the one other laxatives that way, as it is free from it is always necessary—is printed on the f YRVP ESSINGS ay, and it is mainly a ques- which strengthen the system, it, each in a way, while it is noting freedom from unsani- it is all important that the value, and the one remedy of Figs—manufactured by is are of a transient char- dness and comfort come to station attendant upon a con- needom from the aches and sorb of the bowels. In case of when a laxative is required personal cooperation with able druggists. Price fifty is of the plants used in the ses that perfect purity and the members of the family over a laxative is needed and Figs is the only remedy of laxatives that it acts gently as it is free from every ob- always necessary to buy the printed on the front of every New York, N. Y. CALIFORNIA AGENTS. Q Every housewife gloats over finely starched linen and white goods. Conceit is justifiable after using Defiance Starch. It gives a stiff, glossy white-ness to the clothes and does not rot them. It is absolutely pure. It is the most economical because it goes farthest, does more and costs less than others. To be had of all grocers at 16 oz. for 10c. Magnetic Starch Mig. Co. OMAHA, NEB. Complete External and Internal Treatment, One Dollar. The set, consisting of Cuticura Soap, to cleanse the skin of crusts 1 and scales, and soften the thickened cuticle, Cuticura Ointment,to instantly allay itching, irritation, and inflammation, and soothe and heal, and Cuticura Resolvent Pills,to cool and cleanse the blood, and expel humour germs. A Single Set, price $1, is often sufficient to cure, the most torturing, disfiguring skin, scalp, and blood humours, rashes, itchings, and irritations, with loss of hair, when all else fails. MILLIONS USE CUTICURA SOAP, assisted by CUTICURA OIMMENT, the great skin cure, for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusse, 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 correlations, or too free or offensive perspiration, in the form of washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and for many sanative, antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves to women, especially mothers. CUTICURA RESOLVENT PILLS (Chocolate Coated) are a new, tasteless, odourless, economical substitute for the celebrated Liquid CUTICURA RESOLVENT, as well as for all other blood purifiers and humour cures. Put up in pocket vials, 60 doses, price, 25c. Sold throughout the world. SOAP, 25c. OIMMENT, 30c. OIMMENT, 30c. OIMMENT, 30c. OIMMENT, 30c. French Depot: 3 Rue de la Paix, Paris. PORTER DURO and CURCHE. CURCHE. Sole Proof. Boston. U. B. A. REAL ESTATE. ARGYLE LAND COMPANY ARGYLE, Marshall Co., MINN. 30,000 Acrea of wild land in Marshall County at a bargain. Must be sold out in 90 days. Improved Farms in Marshall and Kittoon Counties, close to good towns, on easy terms. The famous RED RIVER VALLEY of Minnesota WHERE CROPS NEVER FAIL. Write for prices. Agents Wanted. FOR SALE! Central South Dakota Farm Lands and Stock Ranches in the Missouri river country and tributary to the capital of the State. $5 to $10 per acre. No better field for investment than the low priced lands of central South Dakota. WILLIAM W. WAITE, Blunt, South Dakota. MISCELLANEOUS FREE-YOUR FUTURE In health, money and love. Send date of birth and two-cent stamp for Trial Character Reading. SCHOOL OF SCIENCE, Providence, K. L. A LADIES INVENTION — Common Sense Skirt Supporter. Holds skirt up, waist down. Every one guaranteed. One by mail $20 stamps. O. J. ALENGO CO., 100 E. Ravenswood Park, Dept. O, Chicago, Ill. 30c for Eng Beater Holder by mail, or write for particulars. SMITH MFG. CO., Aurora, Ill. Lightning Trick Box! NEW AND STARTLING. Price 180. Catalogue free SAXTON SUPPLY CO., Look Box 40, Saxton, Pa. ARTIFICIAL PAPER FLOWERS ready for immei- tional shipment—Chrysan Rosema. Jarnation, American Beauty Rose, Snowballs, etc., for flower parades and general decorating. Catalogue free. Chicago Artificial Flower Co., 8023 Kiston Ave., Chicago. W. N. U. CHICAGO, NO. 25, 1902. When Answering Advertisements Kindly mention This Paper. JM fiat M. ligsinothan Contractor Some people claim that it isnt al- diene ‘Whatever French statesman is to wear the shoes of Waldeck-Rousseau ‘Au overeisessment of $22,500 on his Tarrytown place is too heavy a tax on Mark Twain's sense of humor. uiditaee tes aewupeper anys: “An- other ‘Yellow Poplar Advance of $1 per Thousand.” This will be very un- poplar. The Boer farms are to be resiocked with American cattle. This is some compensation for the slump in the mole trade. Out im Kansas, where there was a demand for guns to smash the rain Clouds last summer, there is now a call for pumps. The boy*who laughed after being (knocked -twentv-five feet by an ex- press engine must have a naturally cheerful disposition. ‘The truth of the report that Mr. J. Pierpomt Morgan was broken down is denied. Let the world, therefore, keep in its regular round. It is reasonabie to assume that the Sitty Chicagoans who committed sui- cide im)May are in a better piace now ‘no matter which way they went. “God bless ping-pong,” enthusiast- jeally extiaimed a Syracuse pastor, | and there’ will be a general disposi- Gon ‘to. adiait tint the game needs tt. | Herr Krupp bas invented a gun that will shoot ‘through the thickest ar mor plate in his shop. His next move willbe t imvent a tnicker armor plate. ° Some of the rivers in Martinique are running hot water, but the people do uct appreciate the circumstances that they do not have to boil it before us- ing it. King Edwaré and J. Pierpont Mor- gan may be excused for liking to con- fer together, Their majesties are good fellows and not at al! jealous of each other. King Alfonse proposes to patronize horse races instead of bull fights. It will be money in the lad’s pocket if he sticks to the old game and lets the pontes alone. The New York policeman who ar resteda woman for trying to get her busbend out of a saloon probably knew that the man had not spent all of his money. J. Pierp. Morgan is going to Spain. Now, then, the land of the Dons would better watch out or the tail will go with the hide that has already been taken by America. President Schwab of the steel trust has given his brother a job that pays $50,000 a year. It's a nice thing to have a good, charitably disposed Schwab in the family. Since thé Pelee disaster the King of Dahomey has about concluded that life among his African subjects is safer than existence as a pampered Prisoner on the Isiand of Martinique. Another man has committed suicide with a copy of Marie Corelli's latest novel in his hand. Until Mary Mac- Lane can ‘show results ike that she must fee] that hers is incsed a wasted iife. Count Boni Castellane’s election te -the Freneh chamber of deputies is to be contested. One hates to pass so harsh a judgment on the French peo- ple as to believe that Boni was suc cessful. It is. mot strange that 2 Chicago astrologer should predict a series of evils in the next two months. Anrone awho bas-to live in Chicago quite nat- arelly. becomes more or less pes simistic. All honor te the Belgian prince who has dropped his title and taken a place in a New York real estate office!’ His ‘work will’honor bis ancestors more than @ watrimonial trade with an American heiress. Pierp. and his gracious majesty talked-earnestly for nearly an hour.at the Choate dinner, while the other Svests sat back out of hearing. It is only -fair~.to assume that Edward knows @-thing or two now. ‘The tax-assessors have placed a valuation ‘of $75,000 on Mark Twain's new-home. He paid $45,000 for it. Mark will now have another chance to appreciate the difference between an ‘author and-e captain of industry. By _ getting married in Chicago Pioter Rybarcryk apd Maryanns Steaszynska, Boleslaw. Werbaachow- Brecywski Anna Jozijoska have succeeded in simplifying matters a TESTIMONIAL. _ ‘The following letter was received Southoprt, Conn, by 0. 0. M. Co. Chitago. é “y “Dear Sirs—I am glad to say that the Ozonized Ox. Marrow has im proved my hair wonderfully and it is ‘stopping my hair from falling out. ! “have tried lots of hair vigors but bone hed the results as the Ozonized Ox Marrow, for my hair now keeps moist and glossy. Inclosed you will find 50 cts. Please send me a bottle at once for I cannot do without it. ! shall always try to keep it in the house, I shall look for my bottle of Ozonized Ox Marrow by the first o next week. The Ozonized Ox Marrow also makes kinky hair straight, cures dan- druff and makes the hair grow. War- rented harmiess. For further parti- culars see advertisement elsewhere in this paper or address Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wabash ave., Chicago. Til. FIGS AND THISTLES. The chureh is the creature and not the creator of Christianity. To employ a revivalist will not help us to evade our own responsibility. The world is not a see-saw in which you go up by sending another down. God will use the preaching work- man as well as the working preacher. One hypocrite may eclipse the sun to some, but. he cannot hide it from all. He who does not bear the burden of souls now will not bring his sheaves then. ‘We may prepare ourselves for the _ way, but God must prepare the way | for us. Many a Sunday century run has taken a man that much farther from heaven. __ It is sometimes easier to avoid of- fenses ourselves than to forgive them in others. The world finds its own excuses in the things of which it accuses the Christian. Men are nearer to God than the angels as the sons are closer than the servants. If God puts you in a dark place it may be a compliment to the light that is in you. It is hard to get spiritual nourish- ment through a mind stuffed with the Sunday newspaper. Reputation is the shadow cast by character and dependent upon the light in which it is seen. You cannot make much progress if you let yourself slide down six days and only try to climb up on one. It is strange how much colder it is in winter and how much warmer in summer on Sundays than on other days.—Ram’s Horn. WISDOM OF THE SAGES. He whose own worth doth speak need not speak his own worth.—Thom- as Fuller. A fair test and measure of civiliza- tion is the influence of good women. —Emerson. Noble birth is an accident of for- ture, noble actions characterize the great.—Goldins. Let him go where he will he can only find so much beauty or worth as he carries.—Emerson. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the pur- pose he sees to be best.—George Eliot. Hearts may be attracted by assumed qualities, but the affections are not to be fixed but by those that are real—De Moy. If for some of us action cannot mean doing, then remember bearing, too, is action; often its hardest part. —W. C. Gannett. Be noble; and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, but never dead, Will rise in majesty to meet thine own.—Lowell. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT— Some men suppress a smile, while others swallow it. Taking the conceit out of some peo- ple robs them of their only comfort in iife. Some people are good because they have never had the chance to be any- thing else. Some people would be out of busi- ness entirel if they could not attend te other peopie’s business. ‘When peopie are in love they will not believe anything they hear and a little later they believe anything. Things get woefully mixed some times. A woman calls her dog a @arling and her husband a brute. Roeome for Rent. Elegantly furnished rooms for rent with bath and gas at 3232 Wabash avenue. BROAD AX—ONE Carlson * ROOMS FOR RENT. ‘Two comodious nicely furnishea Tooms for rent to gentlemen ouly. In- quire at 2623 Wabash avenue. nes | CEES ¥ (RREBEAA &. COONNELL ATTORNEYS AT LAW SUITE 36-320 REAPER BLOCK Clark cad Washington Sts. Telephone, Main $40. CaaCAge. A. D. GABE, | Attorney-at-Law. (6 aod 06 Le Cathe BL, Suite HS to ea Matephooe, Mais BST. ‘Takenge. 088 E. OWENS Attorney at Law, Serre 60: Asmianp Buocx, @S & Clerk Geren, - - CHICACO FREDERICK W. JOB ATTORNEY ATLAW a “lamneetoce! §=— CHICAGO LAWRENCE A. NEWBY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW ISRAEL COWEN ATTORNEY AT LAW 615 TACOMA BUILDING "Phone Main 717. 3 CHICAGO JOSEPH A. McINERNEY LAWYER Sorre 6—h Qure.eo Oran Hoven CHICAGO Beauregard F. Moseley, LAWYER. Practice tz all Gourts. Main Office 6256 Halsted St, Bows Town Office 260 5. Clark St, Reem 431 age = Hakaioratig LAWYER Rem 402 Rewer Beck, - GiU@ dime oo ree ADDISON BLAKELY ..- LAWYER... | me en AON EUIDENGE 221 WERST:R AVE. JOHN FITZGERALD MSTICE OF THE PEACE: 6787 & BALSTED STRMET, . ~--CHICAG® S. A. MCELWEE ---LAWYER... 36 S. Clark St., CHICAGO. Room 706 Ogden Suliding Residence, 3153 Forest Av. | ALBERT 8. GEORGE LAWYER. 422 Ashland Block, Chicage. Pek, Rl eR Robert M. Mitchell Attorney at Law Salte 9, No. 77 South Clark S4, SM eramnrte ee ok EDWARD H. WRIGHT LAWYER P ‘Oudte 421, 2 6. Clark St ‘Telephcas, Karrisoa 238. CEIcaee. Weasscee ag: ferme Ara Lawrence M. Ennis, - Sule 726 Opera Mouse Bicck. & W. Comer Clark ond Washington Su. ‘Texermom Mam rye —_—_—_—_——_—__—_— AGENTS FOR THE BROAD ax. From now until further notice Tre Broad Ax will be on sale at the fel- lowing places: B. H. Faulkner, deaier in cigars p~d tobacco, 3104 State street. BW. Fitts, printing office, 3718 State strest, > A. F. Tervalon’s cigar store ana ‘Rews stand; 2226 State street. 8. Mitchell's news stand and cigar store, 4902 State street. =e st thee pices will td har sey Se the columns of The Broag@iux | a ot oe o's { aleseee ILLINOIS BRICK CO, ——— 1994 N. Western Ave., Chicago, ‘Telephone Lake View 270. ‘TPelepbone Pards 792 Eetadiished 1877 Goal - and - Wood, Established 1893. Capacity 200,000 per day. Geraghty [lfg. Co. CAMPAIGN scars 61 La Salle St., CHICAGO Telephone Main 4495 HOHENADEL BROS, 211-213 Madison Street _™- UNIFORII CAPS JACOB L. PARKS, UNDERTAKER nnjuiist waren St. Branch office, 954 W. 634 dt. ‘Telephone, Brows, 794 Chicage R. G. BELL Coal, Wood, Feed ¥ Ice Terms Strictly Cash on Delivery 137 W. 47th St., - CHICAGO Telephone Biue 284 GEO. C. CALLAHAN & CO. E PRODUCE COMMISSION Butter, Poultry, Eggs, Game, Veal, Eto. 217 SOUTH WATER STREET, ° - - CHICAGO. ALEX |. WYATT, JEWELER 48° OPTICIAN Moesufecturer of OPTICAL AND REFRACTING GOODS ‘Watches and Jewsiry Repaired, Prices Reasonable. Eyes Tested Free. ---- SSE. Madsa1St. s00r Dearbore Chicago or FEINBERG | Provision Dealer 3lst and State Sete Foe CHICAGO BERNARD J. MAGUIRE, IMPORTED WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS A sree MRS. LIZZIE N. RANDELL Dressmaking and 4836 State St. CcHicaago Jas. J. McCormick, SAMPLE ROOM FOR BARGAINS IN Bry Goods, Gents’ Furnishings and Shoes THOMAS & HARRIS eunsg weatuemn ave. 5650-4 S. Malsted Street 4 J0SEPR SORE TE WFRA UES GRAAT NORTHERN SALE AND EXCHANGE STABLE. Driving, Draft and General Business Horses Always oa Hand a oe ae OHICAGO, it WONDERFUL: | DISCOVERY | = someon ee = cee uo EERE Cel ON TO CHICAGO The Middle States and Mississippi Valley Exposition TO BE HELD IN CHICAGO From the (4th of Augast to the (4th of September,’02 tae Nor of te opment sed pie trope ae A GRAND D.SPLAY OF RACE PROGRESS a the cat aed et Wh Sy WE ated Bat greatest summer resort in the west. De No ly vi cng an te SPECIAL RAILROAD RATES The 14th of August to the 14th of September, 1902. For information address THE COMMITTEE, 610 Garfield Boulevard. Don’t imagine that all hair prepara- tions are alike. Quite the contrary. Some never do what is claimed for them. The Original Ozonized Ox Mar- row has been on the market for so Jong 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 deli- cately perfumed and when thoroughly rubbed into the scalp and well brushed through the hair it cannot fail to cure danéruff and make the hair straight. soft and beautiful. It invigorates the scalp producing new growth and stop: the hair trem failing out. Try a bottle and you will be sure to be pleased. Only 50 cents, express paid, to any ad- dress'in the United States. Dragzist> also ell it Address: Osonised Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wabash Ave, Chicago, Tiitects, - BARNEY BENSON, House and Fire Wrecking. MOVER of All Kinds of HEAVY MACHINERY. Smoke Stacks, Cupolas and Monuments Erected. Hoisting and. ing .of all +P Mids of Beats ‘and Gide te oe cenatoiie Office, 31 South Canal’St., Chicago