The Broad Ax

PREACHERS FOR "GRAFT" ONLY. Editor Julius F. Taylor; Not so long ago an article appeared in the columns of the public press exposing the schemes and shady transactions of the pastor of one of the colored churches of this city. Although the columns of the public press were open to him for a manly reply the Reverend gentleman chose to adopt the cowardly method of vilifying and abusing the writer from his pulpit. This incident but emphasizes anew that old story "If you throw a stone into a pack of dogs the hit one will hollo." But noise will not pass for logic, any more than the yelp of a whipped dog will pass for argument. Vilification will not disprove definite charges, and abuse from the pulpit or anywhere else cannot change a single fact. This preacher characterized the article mentioned as a lie from beginning to end. In view of the explanation which he felt called upon to make it may be well to repeat a portion of the article to which reference was made. The writer said: "There are not a half dozen members of the church who even know the amount of the pastor's salary." In answer to this statement the gentleman said: "The church does not pay me any any salary because it might be garnisheed, but the deacons pay Sally $28.00 per week." What right have the deacons to pay Sally? Has either the Lord or the church called Sally to preach? If it is true that Sally draws the salary it would seem that there is not only a good deal of doubt, but also a good deal of trickery in connection with the pastor's salary. There is a principle of civil law which explicitly declares that, "A man must be just to his creditors before he can be generous to his wife." But just think of a christian church so forgetful of her high estate and so unmindful of the claims of common justice as to aid and abet anyone to cheat and defraud his creditors. And think of a professed christian minister selling his birthright to heaven for a mess of the devil's pottage! If honor, integrity, character, and fair dealings are not to be looked for in the pulpit how can you expect to find them in the pew? It was claimed also that reports concerning the financial condition of this particular church were not regularly made; that receipts for moneys alleged to have been paid out were not on file; and that $20.00 collected for the West India sufferers on May 18th had not been accounted for by the pastor. To this latter charge the reverend gentleman replied that he had paid $1.00 of that amount to the organist and the $19.00 balance he had not yet had time to report to the church. That it is possible to raise a public collection for charity, and that it is also possible for the preacher to retain nineteentwentieths of it, according to his own statement, for thirty days without the consent or knowledge of the church, is not only sufficient to prove the correctness of all the published charges, but it gives some insight as to the high-handed imposition which this man has for years practiced upon an unsuspecting public in the name of charity. Since this preacher has accounted for the $20.00 raised at the three o'clock service on May 18th, the public would like to know what he did with the money taken up, for these same West India sufferers, after the morning service and again after the service in the evening of the same date? Since he has at last accounted for one of these collections, what reason has he in not accounting for the other two? Not long since another collection was taken up by this same church at the instigation of its pastor, for the benefit of the late John H. Green, pastor of Herman Baptist Church of this city, and $20.00 was raised. Now I have been informed that only $10.00 of this amount was ever paid to the deceased. Will this same preacher rise and tell what he did with the other half of this man's sick dues? And while this reverend gentleman is in the mood of explaining will he kindly inform the public what he did with the $13.61 collected in his church and given him with which to employ a detective agency to investigate the death of Mr. Brooker, whom this preacher claimed had been foully dealt with? Inquiry has been made of every detective agency in this city and they claim that they were never employed on the case and that they never heard of it. If there are those who cannot find it in their hearts to belive that ministers can be guilty of the basest deceptions, I beg of them to go and investgate for themselves. In the light of recent developments it will be seen that the after collections taken up by those who preach the loudest are the rankest kind of steals. The same may be said of their "ticket selling," "fish fries," "chitterling suppers," or anything else which their polluted hands may touch. Now I claim that many a preacher's religion is hypocracy; that his benevolence is wickedness; and that his charity is theft. And in reference to one particular preacher in this city I stand ready to prove every word of the above charges and more. A few weeks ago the colored people of this community were startled by a report to the effect that the pastors of two of their most popular Methodist churches had not only aided and abetted a public official in robbing the taxpayers of the South Town, but that these preachers actually had a share in the plunder—a division of the spoils. Now here comes along a Baptist preacher, and his conduct is more despicable, because his graft consists not in robbing the taxpayers of the South Town who have something to lose, but in defrauding the poor and the needy of his own race. Even the slumbering dead of his own faith and calling have escaped not his unsparing "touch." Verily he has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. It seems almost incredible that such rank imposition could be successfully practiced upon a people in this enlightened day. But before I explain how the scheme is worked let me say that the majority of the membership of one or two of our churches is made up of old, honest and respectable people from the South; who for the most part are pious but unlettered. Many of this vast concourse cannot read the printed page, all of their information must come through oral instruction. The preacher becomes the teacher, and in his loud professions of Christianity these unthinking people have the blindest faith. They are unable to discriminate between an able leader and a worthless demagogue; between a God fearing preacher and the basest hypocrite. Being unable to discern the true from the false they take men and measures for what they seem to be, and trust God for the balance. Is it any wonder then that the honest toiler is deceived out of his small earnings and the widow robbed of her mite? No one knows how to work this "charity racket" better than one of these preachers whose life is a living lie. But here let me expose the smooth scheme which is operated from the pulpit and I shall have finished. When preparing to raise one of those typical collections for "graft" this so-called minister tickles the ignorant pride of his worshipers by announcing that this particular church has the reputation of helping more sick and burying more dead than any other church in the city; and that they must keep that reputation unsullied. By this time the ignorant, though honest poor are "conned up" to the point of giving even their carfare for sweet charity's sake. Then comes the pathetic appeal for some real or bogus charity in either case nineteen-twentieths of the money thus raised never gets beyond the preacher's pocket. No one even calls for a receipt or even dares to question this man's honesty integrity or personal uprightness; when at the same time he is in truth and in fact the biggest fraud, fake, swindler and "grafter" that ever disgraced a Chicago pulpit. THEODORE W. JONES, 2209 Cottage Grove ave., Chicago, Ills. It sometimes happens that when one man raises the "wind" another collects the "dust." HEW TO THE LINE. Read Elliot's Debates on the Constitution, Vols. Virginia and Mass., and you will be surprised to see how the constitution is violated every day by the United States courts. When the clause was up giving congress power to enforce the powers granted to it by appropriate legislation, Patrick Henry said he "feared that some day Congress might assume power to punish other offences than the half-dozen mentioned—all offences from larceny to treason." "Impossible," cried Madison, for it has no power over any offences save reason, felony on seas, piracy, forgery of the U. S. securities, offences done in territories, forts, dockyards, etc." (Quoted from memory.) "God please guard our country from such a tyranny as would exist if Congress might punish other offences, said Holmes, of Massachusetts. The reason for this fear was the very thing that has come to pass; in a power ruling from a centre over such a wide area as the 13 old states had extensive criminal jurisdiction the accused could be taken out of their counties or states for trial and that ended the liberty of the subject. Even under monarchies the people had rebelled against that. To satisfy some objections the constitution was so amended as to prevent all questions on the subject. "The powers not given are reserved to the states or people." But as the framers had overlooked the great fact that they had made a government of two branches instead of three—had erected a constitutional branch but provided no tribunal, no department to represent it—whereas the legislative, judicial and executive each had living voices to protest against violators of their powers. Ere long congress assumed power to Punish two other offences, namely: "sedition and frauds on U. S. banks. What a fuss was made at this attempt to punish offences not specified! Madison drafted the Virginia Resolutions and Jefferson the Kentucky Resolutions. Briefly, one of them reads as follows: "Whereas the Constitution has granted to Congress power to punish treason, felony on sea, piracy, counterfeiting coin etc., of the United States, offences done in the territory etc. of the United States and no other offences whatever and the government of the United States being one limited strictly to the powers delegated to it— day of ... erect a statute to punish sedition, and also on the ... day of ... an act to punish frauds committed on the United States bank etc., therefore resolved, that said act of ... and said act of ... are null, void, and of no effect or power whatever." The old Tory Federalists upheld the acts and in spite of the constitution the new Democracy under Jefferson made strict adherence to the constitution their law and gospel. Jefferson was elected president of the United States on the issue and Congress receeded from the first attempt to destroy the constitution. Now what do we see to-day? Congress actually punishes over a hundred offences; has assumed all power. Think of a United States judge sitting there in the law and condemning men and women to be smitten against law. A cold blooded deliberate violation of our Constitution is a crime more wicked, base, cruel, damnable that violation of the whole decalogue, train robbery and rane included. They have it now so arranged that ten thousand men can be spotted, followed and snared by spies and arrested at one swoop. And it will be done the first time the Oligarchy that runs this nation have occasion. Never since the days of Nero was a more hideous structure for tyranny raised. HOLT. Harriet Beecher Stowe's nineteenth birthday was celebrated by Negro residents of San Francisco in the old church on Stockton street, from the very pulpit where the patriot, Thomas Starr King, preached forty years ago to hold California within the union and against the extension of slavery. Ex. THE CHICAGO JOURNAL AIDS THE BROAD AX IN ITS FIGHT ON EDWARD M. LAHIFF. Our article last week on Edward M. Lahiff, was re-produced in full in the noon and evening edition of The Chicago Journal, June 30th, which means that it was read by more than two hundred thousand people. No one does not need to descend from the heavens in order to see that the article will do a great deal of harm to Mr. Lahiff, and if it is instrumental in causing five or ten thousand men to record their votes against him he will never be elected Clerk of the Appellate Court. For many years The Chicago Journal has displayed its friendship toward Afro-American citizens, and we take this occasion to thank it for the services it has rendered in behalf of the Colored people and for assisting The Broad Ax in its fight against those who are disposed to treat its editor with scorn and contempt simply because he does not possess an abundance of the goods of this world. At this particular time we cannot refrain from saying that Mr. William H. Stewart, the brilliant and gentlemanly political writer for The Journal, has ever treated us like a brother and the same thing can be said on the other newspaper men whom we have come in contact with around the City Hall and in other sections of the city, and on many occasions Mr. Stewart and his associates have spoken many kind words in our behalf which we highly appreciate. Long live The Chicago Journal and its forceable and brilliant writers. THE SWELLEST AND MOST ARTISTIC BALL OF THE SEASON. The Fellowship Club entertains Monday evening, June 30th, at Vincennes Dancing Academy. The annual invitational ball for their members and friends. Carriages and automobiles began arriving at 8:30, p. m., and the grand entree into the spacious and handsomely mirrored hall — was made at precisely 9:30 as the invitations read. About 300 invitations was issued. The ladies all seemed to try to out-do each other in preparing gowns for the occasion. All the recent brides and grooms of the 400 was out in their wedding costumes and jewels all of which was beautiful and costly. Mr. R. A. J. Shaw, president of the club, led the grand march with Miss Mabel Wheeler-followed by the officers and members of the club and their ladies. The majority of the members of the Fellowship club are professional men. Among the early guests to arrive was: Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Williams, Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Smith, Dr. and Mrs. Perry, Dr. and Mrs. Kelly, Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Taylor, Dr. Anderson and ladies, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Edwil Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Harden, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Avendorf, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Parks, Mr. and Mrs. Noah D. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. S. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn, Dr. White and ladies, Dr. Lewis and ladies, Jno. J. Wheeler and ladies, Louis White and ladies, Chas. Henderson and ladies, Messrs. L. G. Wheeler Sr. W. H. Curd, Dr. Barnes, Mrs. Jno. Shaw, C. H. Smiley, T. C. Lively, Misses Connie Hancock, Jessie Gebesbia, Laura and Carrie French. All in all it was the swellest and most aristocratic ball held among the Afro-Americans of Chicsago, this season. Col. James Beck, who served in the Spanish-American war with the 23rd regiment of Kansas, which was composed of Afro-Americans, was a delegate to the last Democratic convention of Kansas and was selected as a member of the State Committee. In 1900 Col. Beck was one of the Bryan and Stevenson presidential electors. The leaders of the Democratic party out in the sunflower state may grow or wear horns on their heads and go without socks but they are not afraid to confer high political honors upon first-class Afro-American Democrats. Albert B. George was elected for the third time Chancellor Commander of Hannibal Lodge, Knights on Pythias. Attorney P. J. O'Keeffe, lately won a very important law suit at Decatur, Ill., returned home from Boston and the East today. Rev. William S. Braddon, of the Breean Baptist Church, was the past week married to Miss Lulu Armstead and Rev. and Mrs. Braddon will reside on 5th Ave., near 51st St. Alderman H. L. Fick and many of the other politicians around the City Hall put in much time last Saturday in reading the article on Edward M. Lahiff. Mr. James C. Blaney is the best and most proficient boiler inspector Chicago has ever had and Mayor Harrison deserves much credit for selecting him for that responsible position. Friday night last, Billie Piper, 141 West 47th St., was arrested for conducting a crap-shooting joint and Justice M. J. Quinn taxed little Billie and his nine crap-shooters one dollar each and cost. Mrs. Rev. A. L. Murray, who is reported to be in failing health, is visiting friends in Indianapolis, Ind., and now Rev. Longreen can kick up his heels, paint this big town red and have a swell time with the women. Ex-Alderman P. F. Haynes, 26th ward, stirred up the fire under the political pot in his ward last Saturday and he succeeded in electing his friend State Senator Thomas J. Dawson president of the ward club. Col. B. F. Moseley has got it in the neck, or in other words the Col. has contracted a severe cold which has settled all up in his head and neck which has for the past few days unfitted him for business. Mr. Thomas Barrett, Democratic candidate for sheriff of Cook County recently opened his campaign headquarters in the Briggs House, Randolph St. and 5th Ave., and from now on Mr. Barrett intends to give Dan. D. Healy a run for his money. The Col. or the elder from Kentucky who runs the old church organ, is of the opinion that Rev. Andy Jensen Carey is entitled to stronger or larger graft, therefore, it or he would like to see Rev. Carey chosen one of the high officials of the A. M. E. Church. Dr. L. W. Lewis was head-man last week of the Green-Blackwell wedding, but the morning after that great event Constable Greenberg swoopped down on Doctor Lewis' office 47th and State St., and gobbled on to many of his traps. It is a mighty big thing to wear a $125 suit of clothes. Benjamin M. Mitchell, who was a valuable member of the last legislature of Illinois, will not have any trouble in being re-elected to that same body this fall. There are many Afro-Americans residing in Mr. Mitchell's district who never fail to work and vote for him. C. B. Britton, the artistic barber who holds down the third chair in the barber shop at 139 West 47th St., is an old time Kentucky Afro-American Democrat and since locating in Chicago Mr. Britton has made many friends and has worked hard for the success of Democracy. Col. I. P. Rivers, who is one of the old hard-shell Afro-American Republicans of Chicago, says "That The Broad Ax is the best and the greatest paper published in the interest of th AfroAmrican race; that he, himself, Mrs. Rivers and the children all delight in reading it each and every week. Major Lawrence M. Ennis: "I have been a constant reader of The Broad Ax for almost three years, and permit me to say that you are the greatest scrapper in this city and I like it for the reason that you show up the defects of the whites as well as the blacks." Mr. John W. Gondert, a white gentleman, late of Richmond, Va., married his colored nurse, and in time Mr. and Mrs. Gondert came to this city to reside and after doing so he began to NO. 37. beat and otherwise abuse his black wife, and finally Mrs. Gondert had her white husband arrested for ill-treatment. Boss Robert E. Burke treated the letter which we wrote him one year ago respecting Mayor Carter H. Harrison's cut and write-up in The Broad Ax, March 31, 1901, and the $65 with utter contempt, and it would seem that Boss Burke does not want to come in contact with any colored men unless they are immoral and rotten old sots like Old Ham Carter. Rev. Jasper Finwine Thomas and his second wife Sally, who formerly worked for him and his first wife in Old Kentucky whom it is said cut the first Mrs. Thomas and her children out, claim "that The Broad Ax cannot hurt either of them." That may be true for both of their hydes no doubt are very thick; but for the past three or four Sundays Rev. Jasper has cathopped The Broad Ax from his pulpit which proves that it must be cutting close up to his outer garments. United States Senators Beveridge of Indiana, and Bailey of Texas, engaged in a fist-fight in the United States Senate the first of the week, and while the fight was going on Bailey choked Beveridge. At one time we were of the impression that all white men were gentlemen but as we advance towards the grave it appears to us that there is not much difference between many educated white men and ignorant Negroes. Miss Lena M. Blakey, one of the most widely known colored girls of Clarksville, Tenn., bears the unique distinction of being the only one of her sex in the volunteer state who has won honors at various seminaries in the South. She is a captivating and intellectual young woman of the blonde type. She is acknowledged to be the most beautiful young lady of that city. Miss Blakey is an expert stenographer and journalist. These, coupled with the fact of her distinction, has made her the most talked about colored girl in the South.—Ex. Last Saturday evening meetings were held in the various wards throughout the city, for the purpose of electing officers of the ward organizations. The meeting in the 30th ward was held at 54th and Wentworth Ave. and the following officers were chosen: Thomas E. Ryan, president; D. J. Normayle, financial secretary; recording secretary, Wm. E. O'Day; treasurer, P. Marley, sergeant-at-arms, Tim, Fenton. Slim-Legs Joe Schran called the meeting to order and with the aid of some toughs from the 29th ward, he succeeded in carrying everything high handed; much to the disgust of the decent Democrats who were present. There are many Afro-American Democrats in the 30th ward, but Light-Cork Joe Schran, and his crowd of cheap politicians would not think of permitting one of them to become an officer of the ward club Schran and Co. think that colored men are only fit to do their dirty work and vote to hold them in office so they can draw big pay from the city and smile on the "Niggers." The last issue of the Old Church Organ contained a long weak article on "Gov. Yates and the Colored People," in which it endeavored to say that it (the Old Church Organ) and the Colored people are not satisfied with the report which was submitted to Gov. Yates in relation to the outrages committed upon the Colored people residing in the strong Republican town of Eldorado, which is located in a red hot Republican county whose officials are all Republicans, but what difference does it make if the Old Church Organ and the ten thousand church members which it refers to are displeased with the report and with the actions of Small-headed Gov. Yates, for if he was a candidate for Governor tomorrow the ten thousand church members with the assistance of the Old Church Organ would gladly transform their churches into political halls and invite Dick Yates to come and deliver political speeches in them, and they would brand every Negro as a traitor to his race who would refuse to vote for him. THE BROAD AX. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the two principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Militia, Protestants, Knights of Labor, Indians, Masons, Republicans, Priests, or any other can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Brand Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communication will have attention; we rely on one side of the paper. New Year ..... 02.15 x Monday ..... 1.00 *Providing sales made known on application *Address all communications to THE BROAD AX. 8000 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO. Turning water on those Jersey anarchists is cruel if not unusual. With Mark Twain the degree of LL. D. means doctor of liberal laughter. Milwaukee's bishop picked out tobacco for denunciation, not what made the city famous. If England wants a new navy, Uncle Sam is in excellent shape to submit plans and estimates. We always like to see the barkeeper at the front door; it is a sign he is not busy.—Atchison Globe. Numbers of young persons who want to be angels are achieving their ambition by rocking rowboats. Great Britain wants new markets. This is a pity, since we want them, too, and are out after them. When all the school children are turned loose long-suffering bachelors may agitate for a monument to Herod. Herr Most is going to spend a year at Sing Sing. The only regret is that he cannot take all his followers with him. One of the curious freaks of nature is found in the fact that seventeen-year locust matures in about thirty minutes. Russell Sage has gone back to business much cheered by the knowledge that he saved carfare during his recent illness. The news that John W. Gates "made light of his million dollar bet" is not exactly reassuring to the other fellow. The new King of Saxony is 70 years old. There seems to be one place left where the boys aren't getting all the good jobs. They are having trouble in Venezuela again. The people down there must have returned from their summer vacations. Kaiser Wilhelm wants the comic papers to quit poking fun at him. In return the papers ought to require the kaiser to quit making speeches. An Ohio court has decided that diamonds are not wearing apparel. Ladles contemplating a pilgrimage to the bankruptcy court should take notice. Herbert Spencer is shocked at what he calls the "rebarbarization" of the world. He has evidently been studying the newspaper accounts of college hazings. A Kansas girl says that nothing makes her so mad as to have a grasshopper crawl up and down her back just as her lover has come to the proposing point. The man who invented the roll-top desk died yesterday; but the man who comes down to the office without his keys is still doing business at various old stands. A Colorado girl has declined to marry a man because he is wealthy. Here is vindication for Senator Dolliver, who says the poor are the only ones who have a chance. New Jersey business men who have organized a vigilance committee to drive out the anarchists should be careful not to adopt methods made unpopular by the latter. The troubles of the Kansas farmers are proverbial. Generally it's a drought or insects cutting the crops. But this time it is a lack of hands to harvest the wheat. Young King Alfonso's troubles are only beginning. He has now to go out and look for a wife and there are at least a dozen different persons who are to decide just whom he must marry. An eastern physician says that members of his profession can be bribed and that "they will do a lot for money." Here is a man who knows he has his price and does not wish to be selfish about it. Young Mr. Rockefeller is now talking to his Sunday school class about the folly of striving for gold. It certainly is foolish to wear one's life out that way if you can get a father to do the work for you. Reginald Vanderblit did not receive a diploma with his class at Yale because he missed one of his examinations. This incident proves that even a young millionaire may have a few troubles money cannot avert. Prevents Collisions at Sea Prevents Collisions at Sea To Keep Burglars Out To Keep Burglars Out New Nailless Horseshoe Goldschmidt Welding Process Mammals of North America To venture a guess as to the nature of the odd-looking machine shown in the picture one might say it was a torpedo or a submarine boat. Neither of these guesses is right, however. ```markdown ``` Advance Feeler for the Ship. as the apparatus is the invention of Nicholas Gherassimoff of St. Petersburg, Russia, for preventing collisions at sea. As the majority of such disasters results from striking an obstruction either on the surface or at a depth less than the draft of the To Keep Burgla The majority of window locks are of no value when it is desired to leave the window partially open for ventilating purposes, and in many there is no provision for automatically locking the cash when the window is closed. The lock illustrated below combines both of these features and makes it possible to leave the window open a considerable distance without fear that burglars may gain an entrance, as it is impossible to open the sash beyond the fixed limit. Secured to the inner face of the upper sash is a slotted plate, having an enlargement at the lower end for the entrance of the head of the spring bolt mounted on the lower sash. The head of this bolt is slotted on either side to allow movement in the slotted plate. A spring at the rear of the casing presses the bolt toward the plate, but when it is desired to lift the sash beyond the limit of the lock the wire spring shown at the New Nailless Ho Ever since men began to shoe horses they have been using nails, but now a 1 Nailless Horseshoe. Cuban inventor says that nails are Goldschmidt W The Goldschmidt welding process for welding rails has lately undergone a simplification, says the Baltimore Sun. The crucible in which the required quantity of thermite is to be melted is made in the form of a funnel, about 16 inches in height and 12 inches in diameter at the top. The bottom end is provided with an opening about three-quarters to one inch in diameter, which serves as a pouring hole. An iron plug is used to close the hole during the reaction, and the hole is freed preferably by knocking this up into the liquid mass, when it is at once fused. In this way the precise moment for discharging the contents is easier to regulate than by allowing the plug to remain in position until melted out. The top of the plug should be covered with a little fine, Mammals of No Mr. Elliot, in the publications of the Field Museum of Chicago, gives an important synopsis of the mammals of North America and the adjacent seas—a conspectus mammalium. In 1857 Prof. Baird enumerated 220 terrestrial species. Mr. Elliot gives 628, besides 368 subspecies. The difference marks the gain in our knowledge in the past half-century. The principal gain is in the rodents and insectivora. Part of the gain is due to the division of well- The Pressure of The idea that the waves of light produce a mechanical push, or pressure, was advanced years ago by Clerk Maxwell, but he could only offer theoretical proof. Recently Prof. Lebedew of Moscow made an experimental demonstration of the pressure of light. He employs a radiometer resembling the familiar Crookes' radiometer, using a --- Our Weekly Letter From the Capital EPRESENTATIVE CANON, who has a friend whom he hopes will be appointed a judge on the district bench, told the President a story the other morning in order to hasten the appointment. "Out in Danville," he said, "I went to see a friend, and after a pleasant visit I asked him to come and see me. 'Bring your little boy, also,' I said, 'for I have a pony on my farm which I will give him.' "The gentleman thanked me, but the little boy pulled at his father's coattails. 'Pop,' he whispered, 'when is he going to do it?'" The President laughed at the story, but did not answer the question as to when the Congressman's friend would be named. Senator Warren of Wyoming was entertaining some friends at lunch recently. The change from a $5 bill was exactily $2. The waiter brought him a $1 bill, a 50-cent piece and two quarters. ars Out was exactil him a $1 bi quarters. Mr. Warr Mr. Warren looked smilingly at the waiter. "May I ask," he inquired, "why you did not bring me two $1 bills?" "Because, Senator," replied the wise and witty waiter, "the Lord loveth a cheerful giver." The 50-cent piece went into the waiter's pocket. "Beg your pardon, sir; but only members and ex-members are allowed on the floor of the house," said one of the doorkeepers recently as Representative Babcock started to enter the house. "Well, I'm a member," said the representative from Wisconsin. "Don't you know me?" "Oh," said the startled doorkeeper, "I know you now, but I did not recognize you at first. The loss of your beard makes a big difference." Mr. Babcock smiled and disappeared into the house, where the members looked searchingly at him, many failing to recognize their colleague because of the absence of his whiskers. Mr. Babcock hasn't worn a smooth chin in fifteen years. The change was orseshoe chin in fifte The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text or details. It appears to be a grayscale photograph of an interior space, possibly a hall or a room, with a ceiling and some architectural details. The image is extremely low resolution, making it difficult to discern any specific features or text. elding Process most pronounced, and many of his friends passed him in the corridor without recognition. Anselm Joseph McLaurin, United States Senator from Mississippi, is another of the old-time southern statesmen who have received legislative honors. Since the close of the civil war, in which, though only 16 years of age, he served in the confederate army with distinction, he has been elected successively to almost every post of honor in the gift of the people of his state. His present term in the 1 North America Serctor A. J. McLaurin senate expires in 1907. In politics Senator McLaurin is a democrat. He is 54 years old. Light Russian Scientist Makes a Discovery of Value senate explorer Senator McKenna is 54 years o Congressman Philadelphia Congressman Hull of Iowa was in Philadelphia the other day when the Five O'clock club gave a dinner. He was seized upon as a guest by the good fellows in the club, but pleaded that he had no dress suit. "We can fix that all right," said his hosts, and, taking him into an enjoining room, they attired him in a suit which had done duty in a similar emergency before. When Mr. Hull --- --- Russian Inventor Has Perfected New Device ship and which has not been perceived in time or is due to an error in calculating the position of the ship this invention is intended to serve as a never-sleeping advance watchman, to apprise the commanding officer of the ship of danger ahead. The apparatus consists of a doublepointed tubular shell, containing an electric motor, supported by a surface float and having a vertical arm descending underneath to the depth corresponding to the vessel's draft. Two cables leading from the ship to the "feeler" supply the medium through which the current reaches the motor and returns. When the device comes in contact with any solid substance the current is interrupted and a signal given on board the ship. The inventor intends that three of these feelers shall be used by a ship and provides for use in connection with them a system of projecting arms for sending different signals back to the ship to indicate whether the obstruction is stationary or in motion and if the latter in what direction it is traveling. Window Lock Designed to Prevent Intrusion side enter a slot in the casing and confines the bolt. As soon as the sash is closed the notched spring in ```markdown ``` Slotted Plate Limits Movement of the Sash. the vertical plate pulls the side spring out of the slot and trips the bolt, the latter sliding into the plate again. Plate Suffices to Keep the Covering in Place quite unnecessary, according to the New York Herald. The accompanying picture shows the kind of horseshoe which he proposes to substitute for the one now in use. Its main feature is a plate, to which the various shoe parts are pivoted and which is so constructed and arranged that it forms a protection and a support for the pivoted ends of these parts. Connected with the plate is also a mechanism for binding the various parts and keeping them in proper position. Not a single nail is used when this shoe is put on a horse, as the plate suffices to keep the shoe firmly on the foot. A married woman of 20 imagines she knows a lot more than a spinster of 40. Simplification Recently Made in This Form of Work dry sand to prevent it burning out too soon. After filling the crucible the open upper end is covered with a metal hood, provided with a hole, through which the contents are ignited. This arrangement has the advantage that the metal flows into the mold before the slag, whereas in the ordinary crucible the slag always runs off first. The loss of heat by radiation is much reduced and the lining is not exposed for so long to the heat of the thermite, since the time it remains in the crucible is not more than what is just required for the reaction—that is, a few seconds only. In welding objects, the surface on which the thermite is poured is first cleaned with a file, but the abutting ends of the rails or bars need not be touched at all. Comprehensive Work Has Recently Been Published known species. There are seven species of reindeer given here; formerly the European and American reindeer were all included in a single one. There are nine subspecies of lynx, seven of the fox. These remarks are not intended as a criticism; on the other hand, they show that Mr. Elliot's work has taken account of all the publications relating to his subject and that his work is unusually thorough and complete. larger and more completely exhausted bulb, from which the heating effect, which is the principal agent in moving the Crookes' vanes, is excluded. When the light falls upon the vanes they are driven by it and the intensity of the pressure thus revealed comes within 10 per cent of that calculated by Maxwell. (Special Letter.) EPRESENTATIVE CANNON, who has a friend whom he hopes will be appointed a judge on the district bench, told the President a story the other morning in order to hasten the appointment. ```markdown ``` CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY HALL was asked to make a speech he explained his presence in an ill-fitting costume. "Oh, don't apologize," coolly remarked the President of the club. "The last man who wore that suit had a Hull of a time himself." Diplomatic circles are much interested in Mme. De Quesada, who, as wife of the Cuban minister to the United States, will occupy a position of social prominence. Mme. Quesada is accomplished and her tact and geniality won her many friends during o Mme. Gonzalo De Quesada. [Wife of the New Cuban Ambassador to the United States.] her husband's long efforts in behalf of the Cuban cause with the authorities in Washington. "I wish you would come up to take dinner with me," said Senator Tillman to a friend in the capitol yesterday. "Certainly," was the reply, "What is your address?" "Eighteen sixty-one Mintwood place," said the Senator. "That's pretty hard to remember," said Tillman's friend; "I'll write it down." "O, no," remarked Tillman. "Remember the year the war began. That will fix the number of the house. ```markdown ``` Then remember mint juleps, and you can't forget the street. Now, don't forget. Think of the first year of the war and of mint juleps, and you will come straight to where I live." Ex-Senator Carlisle, of Kentucky, came up to the capital yesterday wearing the most remarkable "tile" seen during the present generation. It was a tall, white, stovepipe of the "Tippe-canoe-and-Tyler-too" brand. Mr. Carlisle had it on his head as he started to enter the senate chamber. At that moment some one swung the door outward and the broad-brimmed white hat came into collision with it and then went rolling along the lobby like a barrel of flour. "Oh, dear," exclaimed Mr. Carliale, as he went scrambling after the hat, and then he brushed it as carefully as though it were a beaver of the latest style. Senators Allison and Platt, of Connecticut, stood at the door of the elevator yesterday. "After you," said Allison, with a bow to Platt. "No, you go first," said Platt, bowing to Allison. And then along came Senator McMillan. He passed between Allison and Platt with a laugh. "Take me to the top floor," he said to the elevator conductor, and if his colleagues hadn't stopped bowing and stepped aboard they would have been left as certain as fate. "Uncle Nick" Young, who has been identified with the National Baseball League since its inception, has removed his headquarters to New York. His office has been located in Washington for longer than thirty-one years and has been the rendezvous for all players who visited the capital. Fifteen years ago, when the game was enjoying its halcyon days, "Nick" Young was almost as important a personage as the man who lived at the white house. ```markdown ``` --- THOSE WHO HAVE TRIED IT will use no other. Defiance Cold Water Starch has no equal in Quantity or Quality—16 oz. for 10 cents. Other brands contain only 12 oz. Some women could not be happy unless they were just bunched up in trouble. Poverty, not money, is more often the root of evil. MISS VIRGINIA GRANES Tells How Hospital Physicians Use and Rely upon Lydia E. 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The ODD CORNER Twas a man and a maid and a little gray cat, sitting upon a wall: A-sitting upon a wall; And I'll tell you just what the three were at— I know, though I didn't see all. The man was scratching a puzzled head, While the maid, with a troubled air, Was playing the catechist, blushing red; The cat was washing his hair. "Don't you know," said the maid, "that 'tis very wrong?" "I don't see why," said the man. "Don't you know that we've not been acquainted long?" acquainted long: "Well, I'm getting on, fast as I can." "Why be stubborn?" the catechist asked, in despair. The rest was the part that I missed; but the man kissed one of the two that were there Do you think 'twas the cat he kissed? Truman Roberts Andrews, in Smart Set. Curious Christian Names Was there ever a family so weirdly named as that of Tollemache? The Marquis de Ruvigny and Raineval (staunchest of Legitimists), in tracing the living descendants of Mary, the younger daughter of Henry VII., in the current issue of the Genealogical Magazine, reminds us that the late Rev. Ralph Tollemache-Tollemache, nephew of the eighth Earl of Dysart, named his children in an extraordinary fashion. His second surviving son, who lives in New Zealand, bears this weird name: Lyulph Ydwallo Odin Westor Egbert Lyonel Tordmag Hugh Erchenwye Saxon Esa Cromwell Orma Nevill Dysart Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache. He lives at Welcome Bay, Tauranga, New Zealand. His other sons are Leo Quintus, Leone Sextus, and Lyonulph. Cospatrick Bruce Berkeley Jermyn Tullibardine. The late rector named one of his daughters (now Mrs. Astley Cooper): Mabel Helmingham Ethel Huntingtower Beatrice Blazonberrie Evangeline Vise de Lou de Orellana Plantagenet Toedmag Saxon Tollemache-Tollemache. This lady's sisters bear (among ther names): Lyona Decima Veronica Esyth Unline Cyssa Hylda Roweha Adela Thyra Ursula Ysabel, etc. Lyonella Fredegunda Cuthberga Sthelswytha Idith Ysabel Grace Monica (and so on). Lyonetta Edith Regina Valentine Myra Polwarth Avelina Phillippa Violantha (and so on).—London Tatler. Jacket Decorated With Gems. There are goldsmiths who think the ancient custom of ornamenting cos- + tumes with gold and precious stones should be revived, and it is with the object of attracting popular attention to the subject that the jacket shown in the picture has been fashioned. Those who have seen it say it is the costliest and most beautiful jacket that has ever been made. Diamonds and rare jewels are set in clusters over it, and their beauty is intensified by several rich gold ornaments. Some of these ornaments are wrought in the Byzantine style and are extremely artistic. The exact value of this jacket has not been stated, but it is aid to be worth several thousand dollars. It is also said that it will soon be seen on the stage, as it is designed or a popular actress. Remarkable Mining Camp. The mining camp of Greenback, Josephine county, Ore., would have a halo all around it on the map if it were large enough to appear on the map at all. There are probably 200 in the camp, which is legally known as the "Victor Junior Gold Mining Company"—about thirty families and thirty unmarried men. Right in line with its whiskyless state is a nonsectarian Sunday school, a flourishing little public school of thirty pupils (everything seems to go to-thirties), a music teacher, three pianos, no end of stringed instruments,—crowning glory—a man with a splendid voice for the "Moly City." Twelve miles from any railroad—with telephonic connection with Leland, the nearest town, twelve miles away, the men who come in weary from manual labor all day long spend their evening in a form of entertainment that would put no shame the methods of amusement of many college graduates. Music, oth vocal and instrumental, and the cading of current magazines which come to the camp fresh every week, ill the evening hours. Rats Try to Swim Ocean. The strange characteristic of the lemming, a kind of rat, which infests the east coast of Norway, is that it periodically migrates westward. Every few years large colonies of these rats turn their noses westward, and start on a journey that ends in death. They go over rivers and mountains, steadily crossing the country and rearing families on the way, till they reach the broad Atlantic. Here one would imagine, they would stop, or turn in some other direction, in the hope of being able to continue their journey to the west by an overland route, but they boldly plunge into the ocean and swim, ever westward, till they are drowned. This is a fortunate characteristic for the Norwegians, for if the rats did not kill themselves the people would have a hard task to keep them under. Muscles That Break Bones A case without a parallel it attracting the attention of medical men in the vicinity of Fostoria, Ohio. In Alvada lives John Gleckner. He is 32 years of age, but for the past eighteen years has been suffering from some strange muscular disease, which gradually robbed him of his strength until he has become as helpless as a babe, confined to his bed and a wheel chair alternately. Even his food has to be given him. Several days ago he was seized with a cramp in his left leg. He suffered intense pain, but was unable to move. The cramp continued and gradually the muscles above the knee commenced to contract, knots swelled and the strained tendons felt like cords beneath the skin. Suddenly there was a snap and the thigh bone broke like a stick. Treasures in Strange Places A St. Helens upholsterer has found in an old couch a note for $5,000, which has been lost half a century. Securities valued at $5,000 have been discovered in an old mattress by a marine store dealer at Lyons. He gave information to the police, who found that the treasure-trove belonged to a footman named Joly, from whom the mattress was stolen several years ago. While digging foundations for a house at the village of Nogent-le-Roy, near Chartres, the workmen unearthed two earthenware jars containing over 3,000 silver coins bearing the effigies of the Valois Kings Henry II. and III. These fifteenth century coins are excellently preserved. Banquet of 17-Year Locusta Several Baltimore epicureans have been feasting on 17-year locusts, and pronounce them a rare delicacy, especially when served toasted. G. F. Brochat has invited a number of his friends to a dinner at his home at Hamilton, Baltimore county, at which he will spread his table according to the biblical record with locusts and honey. Fully 5,000 locusts will be used, as Brochat proposes to fast his friends on locust soup, broiled and fried locust, stewed locust and locusts served in pies and otherwise. Ancient Dictionary on Clay Slabs. Ancient Dictionary on Clay Slabs. Four hundred inscribed clay slabs have been found in the center of the ruins of Babylon by the expedition sent by the German Oriental society. But two of them are yet deciphered, but they are pearls of Babylonian literature. One tablet explains the Babylonian cuneiform characters. It is a very ancient dictionary of exceptional value practically. The second tablet contains the litany which was chanted by the singers of the Temple of Esagila on the return of the god Marduk to his sanctuary. Largest Chain in the World. The largest chain in the world was shipped a short time ago from the Lebanon Chain Works, in Lebanon, Pa., to the Eastern Shipbuilding Co., at New London, Conn. The shipment represents one-half of the order, which is for 660 fathoms of 3 3-16 inch diameter chain. Each link measures approximately 191/2 inches in length, and about 111/2 inches in width and weighs about 100 pounds to the foot, so that the total tonnage represented will equal about 215 tons.—New York American. Soldier's Curious Letter. From the Philippines some curious letters have been received by the friends of our soldiers fighting in those islands. One of the most ingenious was a piece of native bamboo, about a foot long, on which an address had been carved with a penknife. The letter was inside this hollow tube, and held there by wooden pins at each end. The writer explained that he had found it impossible to get an envelope or to find any gum to make one, so had recourse to this expedient. The name, "Wooden Russia," is familiarly applied to the vast forest areas of Russia in Europe, which cover 464,548,000 acres, or 36 per cent of the entire area of the country. Yet some fear is felt that the country may be denorated through the carelessness of private owners, and the government is considering steps for the protection of the forests. In Russia houses built of any other material than wood are almost unknown outside the cities, and wood constitutes the principal fuel. When a burglar wants to break into a Peruvian house he takes a sponge and a bucket of water and moistens the walls, which are covered with only a thin coating of mud, and easily dissolve upon this application of moisture. Sing to Their Oxen. In France the oxen that work in the fields are regularly sung to as an encouragement to exertion, and no peasant has the slightest doubt that the animals listen to him with pleasure. President Schurman's Odd Letters Come From Everywhere. Many strange requests come to the president of a great university, but President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell is beginning to think that he is particularly blessed. Most of the odd appeals are from people who think he owns part of the Philippine Islands, and from fond mothers who are anxious about undergraduate sons. The limit of strange requests was reached a few days ago, however, in a letter from an up-state farmer, which read something like this: "I send you by this mail a piece of the meat which was found in the stomach of my dog, which is dead already. We think he was poisoned by a homely critter who lived on the next farm. You will please make an investigation of the meat and tell us what kind of poison it was. That will be evidence. We think you are a very fine college president." The letter was enough of a shock, says the New York Tribune, but there was a greater one when the box containing the sample of poisoned meat was opened the next day. Taking a Man Unawares Bland, Mo., June 30th.—F. B. Crider describes very graphically how he was overtaken by an enemy and his narrow escape, he says: "For years I have been troubled with Kidney Disease which came on me so gradually that I did not know what it was until the pains in my back warned me that it was Kidney Trouble. "I began treatment at once and used one medicine after another, but without help, till at last I was just about to give up in despair. "Just then I heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills and bought a few boxes and began to take them. They helped me from the first and now I am completely cured. Dodd's Kidney Pills is the only medicine that ever did me any good. They are worth their weight in gold." Head of Greek Catholics Archbishop Andrew Hodoboy, who was recently sent to this country by the college of propaganda of Rome to take charge of the Greek Catholic priests of this country, has decided to make his home in Scranton, Pa., that being the most central point on account of the great number of Greek Catholics who reside in the anthracite coal regions. Archbishop Hodoboy is to have charge over the Greek Catholics who acknowledge the supremacy of the pope. Orthodox Greek Catholics recognize the czar as the head of their church. LOW RATES TO THE EAST Via the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry. to Chautauqua and return, July 4th and 25th; $14.00 for the round trip. Portland, Maine, and return, July 5th to 9th, one fare for the round trip; return limit may be extended to Aug. 15th. Providence, R. I., and return, July 7-8-9, one fare for the round trip; return limit may be extended to Aug. 15th. Full information on application to C. F. Daly, Chief A. G. P. A., Chicago. Ruling in Divorce Sult Cases Under a decision of the Appellate Didivision, just published, the law stands now in New York state that a co-respondent who puts in a defense in a suit for divorce is liable for all the costs of the case, if he does not succeed in his defense. 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. Oimsted, LeRoy, N. Y. There are seven species of salmon in the Taku river, Alaska. Each has its date of arrival from the sea at the spawning grounds. INSIST ON GETTING IT. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch because they have a stock in hand of 12 oz. brands, which they know cannot be sold to a customer who has once used the 16 oz. pkg. Defiance Starch for same money. The Most American City. 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You may not this season be able to build a new one, or make the radical changes in the old one that you had in contemplation, but there is no school district in the United States that cannot afford to tint with Alabastine the interior of their buildings, thus making them more attractive, getting colors made with special reference to their effects on the eyes of the pupils, getting a sanitary and rock base cement coating that will not harbor disease germs. The closely crowded school rooms need all the safeguards to the health of the pupil that intelligent officials can surround them with, and all sanitarians unite in saying that Alabastine is the only proper material to be used on such walls. Judicial Humor. In the supreme court of California it is not uncommon to see a learned justice's shoes on the desk while court is in session. It is one of the trite anecdotes of the California bar that Justice McFarland, sitting with his feet on a level with his head one day, fell over backward; whereupon Chief Justice Beatty remarked aloud that his learned brother had certainly reversed himself in a most astounding manner. A Great Piece of Railroad Work A Great Piece of Railroad Work. With the completion of work on the western division, the Chicago, Curlington and Quincy Railway Company will have practically a new double track main line through the State of Iowa. For several years an enormous work has been going on and millions of dollars have been expended in reducing grades, taking out curves, building double track and putting in new steel bridges. $20.00 OCEAN TRIP. Chicago to New York, through Virginia Mountain and seashore resorts to Norfolk, Va., thence Old Dominion Line steamers. Meals and berths free from Norfolk. Address N. W. P. Agt., Chesapeake & Ohio Ry., 234 Clark St., Chicago, Ill. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trini of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because each 10c package contains 16 ozs., while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. Centenarians Are Scarce From the records of life insurance companies and annuity societies, T. E. Young, late president of the Institute of Actuaries of England, out of 800,000 cases has only been able to find twenty-two centenarians. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children's Home in New York. Cures Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30,000 testimonials. 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Including Meals and Bursals— Chicago to Macdonald Island and Return. Leave Chicago Saturdays $800 p.m. Muskegon or Grand Haven and RETURN $275 Leave Chicago Trib. p.m. daily. Finest Service on the Lakes For complete information see local Railroad Amount or address GOODRICH LINE STEAMERS R. C. DAVIS, C. P. A.; GOODRICH LINE. DURING SUMMER MONTHS MISS LIZZIE SNEATHING Dr. Hartman, the Famous Gynaecologist and Inventor of Pe-ru-na Offers to Treat Women Free During the Summer Months. America is the land of nervous women. The great majority of nervous women are so because they are suffering from some form of female disease. By far the greatest number of female troubles are caused by catarrh. Women afflicted with pelvic catarrh despair of recovery. Female trouble is so common, so prevalent, that they accept it as almost inevitable. The greatest obstacle in the way of recovery is that they do not understand that it is catarrh which is the source of their illness. In female complaint, ninety-nine cases out of one hundred are nothing but catarrh. Peruna cures catarrh wherever located. The following letter was recently received: 186 W. 38th st., New York City. The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O. Gentlemen:—"What bread and meat means to the hungry Peruna means to the sick. It is an especially valuable medicine for sick women. I have found that no medicine so quickly restores health and places the body in a normal condition. I but voice the sentiments of women who were once sick, but are now in perfect health." MISS LIZZIE SNEATHING. All women who are in doubt as to what their trouble is should write Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio. Give him a full description of your trouble, previous treatment, symptoms and age. He will promptly reply, with full directions for treatment free of charge. This is an opportunity which no ailing woman should miss. Dr. Hartman has become renowned through his success in treating women's diseases. His experience in these matters is vast. Correspondence is strictly confidential. No testimonials published without written consent. REAL ESTATE. MONEY MAKERS--Do you want to buy Land? Write for our new "Money Maker List of Money Making Lands." It will in interest you. We are right in it when it comes to selling land. We want you to know our proposition. Land a Land Agency, Dept. P, Canby, Mian. Southern Fruit and Truck Farms for sale. Low prices. West Tenn. Land & Lamp'mt. Co., Brownsville, Tenn. AGENTS. WANTED—SALESMEN in Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota, selling to the grocery trade, to sell Fruits, Vegetables and Produce as side line. Liberal commission. No samples. L. S. LANG, 100 S. Water St., Chicago, IL. AGENTS WANTED Outfit of heavy plated Tableware consisting of Kalves, Forks, Tea and Table spoons, a sugar Shell and Butter Knife. Retail price $2.50. Agents special price. $1.25. Ad. Lindsay Supply Co., Mitchell Block, Munsie, Ind. [Illustration of a woman with curly hair and a high collar, wearing a dark dress with a floral pattern.] MRS. ALEX. JOHNSON Dr. Hartman relies principally upon Peruna in these cases. Peruna cures catarrh wherever located. Mrs. Alex. Johnson, 256 University avenue. Kingston, Ontario, Can., writes: "I have been a sufferer for years with bearing down pains and backache, and got no relief from doctor's prescriptions. I commenced taking Peruna and after taking the first bottle I felt much better and within a month I was a well woman, and heartily recommend it to any woman who is in as poor health as I was." Miss Mabel Meyers, Argentine, Kansas, collector for the Kansas Temperance Union, writes: "Peruna has proved a friend to me for it cured me when I was sick and the least I can do in return is to acknowledge its value to the public. Since I was 17 years old I have suffered with headache, backache and pains in the shoulder blades. I caught cold easily and my lungs were weak. 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Manufactured by Magnetic Starch Mfg. Co. Omaha, Neb. W. N. U. CHICAGO, NO. 27, 1802. When Answering Advertisements Might Meet This Piece. Sagasta is the man of the hour in Spain. Young King Alfonso is not more than thirty seconds. The "sea-serpent" caught in an Orange Mountain lake was not the real thing. He never gets caught. Russia evidently has considerable showing to do before Finland will be as tractable as might be desired. J. Pierpont Morgan is not feeling well, and Russell Sage is indisposed. Can it be that money is unhealthy? People are making as much fuss about Laureate Austin's forthcoming ode as if it were compulsory to read it. Gates says Pierp has wonderful plans in his head. This means busy days for the New Jersey incorporation works. Dr. Combes, the new French premier, is only a little over 5 feet tall. Must have been raised in the short-grass country. Texas steers are being shipped to South Africa. The Boers will soon forget their experiences with the Missouri mule. The Turkish soldiers have not been contributing anything to the sultan's salary of late, and the sultan has shut off all promotions. The New York man who stopped a game of ping-pong with a rifle may be expected to turn a Gatling gun on the nearest bowling alley. Before Santos-Dumont completes his plans for flying in this country he would do well to be assured that the cyclone season is past. The remains of a prehistoric sea serpent were recently uncovered in Oklahoma, but enough water has since fallen to re-cover it. "It is noted at Fort de France that the volcanic outbursts coincide with the changes of the moon." This probably comes from the native scientists. In San Francisco the latest June wedding fad is the ante-nuptial vaccination ceremony. The bridal party presents arms and then marches to the altar. The announcement that the first sea serpent of the season is only eight feet long shows that the summer resort romancer is not yet in first-class condition. Shareholders in Sir Thomas Lipton's company appear to believe that a man who is fond of yacht racing will have a natural inclination to water stock. A German professor has been selected to fill the chair of Chinese literature at Columbia university. This seems to be going a long way around to get at it. Count Tolstol has written a vigorous letter to the Czar demanding a constitution for Russia. Count Tolstol evidently does not take his recent death seriously. Senator Hanna has given his new son-in-law $50,000. This should help to make life during the stay in the bride's cottage on Lake Superior one grand sweet song. When a lawyer is appointed to a political office he always gives up a practice that was worth at least $25,-000 a year. Yet some people think there are no miracles. The news that the automobile fad will be responsible for thirty per cent rise in the price of furs is particularly depressing when one needs earmuffs and sealskin gloves in June. Mark Twain is unconcerned about the report that the German translations of his work are barred out of Russia. Perhaps he has noticed the translations of German jokes in American newspapers. It is strange that the Bulgarian government has not yet apportioned the Ellen M. Stone ransom fund. The contributors are at least entitled to know the exact basis upon which their money is to be distributed. It has been found that a man who applied to the department at Washington to have his pension reduced is insane. People who claim that there are no miracles may now take up their theory with renewed confidence. An Ohio judge considers an attempt on the part of a man to dictate what his wife shall eat, good grounds for divorce. Here is where woman has an advantage. She simply sets out on the table what she pleases and lets her husband take his choice. That attorney in New York who ordered enough liquor to make him more than comfortable and then refused to pay for it because it was contrary to law to sell it may understand legal niceties, but he is a trifle shy on what constitutes an honest man and a gentleman. Ill health is trying to get the start of J. Plerpont Morgan. It will be interesting to watch the experiment. The clergyman whose ideal angel can climb a fence evidently has become weary of the harp playing type. That revolution in Venezuela does not appear to be as much of a joke as President Castro pretended to believe. The news that Johann Most will stay in jail all summer sort of offsets the annual mosquito and grasshopper scourge. The Italian cabinet minister who has had daily duels recently has learned the true meaning of the strenuous life. Everybody admires Sir Thomas Lipton's pluck. He has ordered a new yacht, and will once more attempt the impossible. The next time H. McK. Twombley makes an agreement in behalf of the Vanderbilt family he may have to exhibit the goods. Low-necked, sleeveless gowns will be popular with mosquitoes at seaside and upper Michigan summer resorts, same as last season. "The Pierpont Morgan of Japan." Under the benign influence of Western civilization the Japs are evidently becoming a trustful people. Advice to aeronauts: Suspend operations till after the cyclone season. Some of the spring breezes would be a great strain on the dirigibility of your craft. All of the poetry is knocked out of the airship business by the announcement from Prof. Langley that he is using the yellow-eyed buzzard as a model. The treasurer of one of the Chicago theaters got erysipelas from money that he handled at the window. This is a strong argument in favor of passes. The Philadelphia doctor who presented a $350,000 bill to the heirs of a Pittsburg millionaire evidently has no fear of meeting his patients in a future life. Just as soon as the young men get through with their graduating exercises they will begin "accepting positions" in the village groceries and livery stables. From the eagerness with which Boers and British are falling on each other's necks it is evident that each is grateful for the help given to let the other go. The Norwegian ship captain who saw floating islands must have scanned the horizon after sampling too many brands of the product that made Milwaukee famous. Lawyers called as experts in a suit in court fixed as a reasonable fee for a lawyer $100 a day or a little less. A few expert clients should have been called in to testify. Baron Elichi Shibusawai, the merchant prince of Japan, says Chicago is "such a quick happening city." Evidently he has seen some of the leading citizens eat a business lunch. Edison says he can make an automobile that will go fast enough to take a man's breath away. Perhaps such a machine would be a good thing if it could be put into the hands of the right people. At Monte Carlo when a man loses all his money he is given a railroad ticket and a policeman sees that he gets on the train safely. But that is merely a precaution to keep the town from becoming over-populated. The fashion of saluting women by kissing their hands is being introduced in Paris, but it will not be popular in America, where the strenuous life keeps some men so busy they have not time to raise their hats. It is announced that the British authorities have introduced ping-pong into imbecile wards of poorhouses for the purpose of affording the inmates an easy and innocent amusement at a small cost. So it seems the game has its value after all. Queen Alexandra has thanked Lady Curzon, wife of the Viceroy of India, for directing the making of the Indian costumes her majesty is to wear at the coronation. 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