The Broad Ax

JUDGE EDWARD F. DUNNE'S ADJUDICATION OF OLD HAM CARTER'S LIBEL SUIT HAS PASSED INTO HISTORY, AND THE BOYS ARE ON THE RUN. Tuesday afternoon, July 29th, 1902. Old Ham Carter's famous libel suit against Julius F. Taylor came up before Judge Dunne. We waived a jury trial in order to get right down to business. Mrs. Rebecca Shringstine, who claims to be Mrs. Fanny Brown's daughter, was the first witness for Old Ham, and from beginning to end she shied from the truth faster than twenty devils can run. She swore that Old Ham only lived at her mother's house during the time she resided at 311 South Clark street, that she and her mother always occupied the same bed, that she did not know how much money Old Ham paid each week for board and roome for himself, his so-called daughter, and several other members of his family who stopped only a short while with her mother. Mrs. Springstine admitted that Old Mam had promised to marry her mother, but she never observed them making love to each other; she could not tell why Old Ham changed his mind and refused to lead her mother to the altar; she mentioned all the places her mother lived in Chicago except when she resided at 3154 Dearborn street, and she never remembered of having seen Old Ham hanging around any of the places or houses which were occupied by her mother. It was very hard work for Mrs. Springstine to admit that Mrs. Fanny Brown's first husband, Mr. I. Brown, is still living in this city. She almost acknowledged that her mother left her father near the time he returned from working in the Pen at Joliet, But we did not take any stock in Mrs. Springstine's old tale for it was too stale. According to her story her mother and Old Ham did not do any sparking or courting, except on the streets or in her presence. Mrs. Lewis and her husband were the next witnesses but their testimony was unimportant, for Lewis did not know when he took Mrs. Brookes or Miss Brown for his wife. Rev. Andy Jackson Carey was the next to take the bat for Old Ham, and he swore that Mrs. Fanny Brown was a member of his church, that she was a great church worker. While he was on the stand he plainly showed that he was uncomfortable and that he was damning his own soul while attempting to uphold the hands of a worthless cuss who pretends to be a colored Democrat, for only two years ago while Rev. Andy was delivering a Republican political speech at Cairo, this state he declared "that any nigger who would be so low as to become a Democrat or to work for that party or vote the Democratic ticket ought to be sent ten thousand miles into hell." Rev. Andy did or does not care anything about the past acts of Mrs. Fanny Brown, and time will prove that he was perfectly willing to stultify himself in order to strike at Julius F. Taylor for he does not want his shady conduct published to the world. Rev. Abe Longreen Murray; who aspires to become head leader of the gang of birds which is hovering over this fair city which delights in milking the good white people out of their money, ascended the stand for Old Ham, and said that he knew Mrs. Fanny Brown, that she was a great church worker, that he first met Mrs. Brown in 1898, while attending the Northwestern or some other University. Rev. Longreen however failed to state that he too is consider a great church "grafter," or worker, but that didi not prevent the A. M. E. Conference which convened in St. Stephen's church last September from trying him for kissing one of the females belonging to his flock, and for feeling her fat limbs right in his sandy in Bethel Church. Rev. Longreen or Mrs. P—D—let it be known that he did not love Old Ham Carter but he assisted him because he hated Julius F. Taylor and The Broad Ax. Jake Harris, who is Boss Robert E. Burke's colored servant, who is ever ready to brand every person as a S— of a B— unless they can drink as much rot-gut whisky as himself and Old Ham was the last witness for Ham, and he swore that on April 20, 1901, the date The Broad Ax stated that Old Ham and Mrs. Fanny Brown lived together as man and wife, that he was a subscriber to The Broad Ax, but empty-headed Jake seems to have lost sight of the fact that his subscription to The Broad Ax began on the first day of August, 1899, and expired on the first day of February 1901. John H. Coppage, who worked for Mrs. Fanny Brown and lived at her home when she resided at 3154 Dearborn street, was the first witness for Julius F. Taylor, and in his plain, honest way he declared that Mrs. Fanny Brown and Old Ham used the same bed room which was located on the second floor in the front part of the house, that on more than one occasion Mrs. Brown would call him up stairs early in the mornings, that sometimes she would be lying in bed and Old Ham would be up dressing and walking around in the same bed room, that at other times Mrs. Brown would be up walking around in the same room and Old Ham would be in bed, that Old Ham did all the bossing and most of the cussing; that by their actions he thought they were married, for they quarreled with each other as though they were husband and wife. Col. I. P. Rivers also testified that Mrs. Brown and Old Ham lived together as man and wife, that at that time the relations which they sustained to each other was the talk of the town among colored people, that he often met Mrs. Brown at the meetings of the John Brown G. A. R. Post, that when she lived at 464 State street he delivered mail to her. The testimony of John H. Coppage and Col. Rivers could not be shaken by the state's Attorney, but be tried every scheme to do so. Our Attorney, Mr. Albert B. George, was not permitted to finish examining Mr. Coppage before he jumped on him for the purpose of confusing him. The State's Attorney endeavored to pursue the same tactics in dealing with Col. Rivers, but the Col. gave him as good as he sent and he was turned loose. The trial was not conducted with as much dignity and deliberation as we thought it should have been, for it seemed that the witnesses and all hands endeavored to talk at the same time. Tuesday, just before the trial, Rev. Jasper Thomas, and Barnett, who will ever be remembered by many poor old people on account of his mixing up with their pension money, encountered Col. Rivers while he was entering the Criminal Ct. Bldg. and these two highly respectable citizens, we don't think labored with Col Rivers for over one hour to persuade him not to appear against Old Ham Carter, but the Col. was as firm and as true as steel, and he walked into court like an honest man looking as brave and bold as a lion and he dealt Old Ham Carter some sharp upper cuts and some terrible body blows, and no amount of hog-wash or twaddle can ever make us believe that John H. Coppage or Col. I. P. Rivers deviated from the truth, and we shall ever feel grateful to them for possessing the manhood and the courage to stand by their honest convictions. The court was not informed that three of our witnesses, Lawyer R. M. Mitchell, J. Q. Grant, and the third whose name we will not publish at present, were absent, and we honestly believe that if it had been possible for our star witness to have stood before Mrs. Springstine in open court she would have fell dead right in the presence of her alleged friends. Our star witness would have testi- HEW TO THE LINE. fled that he or she knew Mrs. Brown long before she came to Chicago from Virginia, and that he or she visited her and wrote letters for her while she lived at 2818 and 3154 Dearborn street, and one evening while he or she was calling on her at 3154 Dearborn street, he or she was let into the house by John Coppage, and she bade he or she to come up stairs into her bed room, and when he or she entered her room Old Ham was sitting dressed up in his night robe and she was sitting on the floor in front of him. shortly after Old Ham jilted her she complained to our star witness that Old Ham had no right to desert her for she had been his true friend. Col. Siegel, it seems, succeeded Mr. I. Brown to her affections, and he was superceeded by George Williams who ran on the railroad between Chicago and Denver, and Old Ham won his way to her heart by supplanting Mr. Williams, who bought her a fine piano and one time when he returned from his trip he found Old Ham in the house and that made him real mad; then he grabbed an ax and began breaking and chopping up the piano, and to avoid being arrested Williams gave up his job on the road and fled to Milwaukee, Wis., and went to work in a hotel. Judge Dunne, at the conclusion of a short talk on the part of our attorney, not because he entertained any love for us, decided to send us to jail for five days, but we do not believe that we have violated the Libel Law of Illinois, for the penalty for violating that law is a fine of five hundred dollars and one year in the County Jail. It was our intention to appeal from the decision of Judge Dunne, on a writ of error, but our attorney did not favor the proposition. In conclusion, Judge Dunne, unmercyfully scored Old Ham right in the presence of those who crowded into his court room and he intimated that he was not deserving of any consideration from the hands of honest and decent people and we have concluded in the future to refrain from wasting any more valuable editorial space on the likes of Old Ham Carter. A POLITICAL MACHINE. The New York Age complains that the editors of Afro-American papers no longer take any interest in the national Afro-American Press Association and therefore do not attend their annual meetings. Perhaps the reason the editors do not attend these meetings is because they are without sufficient interest to attract real live editors thereto. They are for the most part, unless the editor of this paper has been sadl misinformed, political clap-traps with no other intention than to advance some ones political ambitions in getting an office at the hands of the president of the United States, just as did the AfroAmerican Council at St. Paul the other day. When the Afro-American editorial associations meet and discuss the best ways and means of making interesting newspapers for the public in general and not for colored folks only, then they will attract more editors thereto but as long as they are simply machines whereby this or that unscrupulous individual can use them for their own personal aggrandizement they will be left in the dumps by the editors in fact, which is right and proper. The editor of the Age is a dissapointed office seeker and he uses everything with which he is connected for the purpose of getting an office and then complains if others do not fall into his way of thinking.—The Republican, Seattle, Wash. It is with pleasure that we reproduce the above, and it shows that the Afro-American newspaper men do not propose any longer to blow their horns for Old Tom Fortune, Adams, Scott, Dancy and Company, who are not the men that control the Afro-American Press Association. State Chairman John P. Hopkins made a tour through the southern part of the state the past week and everywhere he met with a warm reception. Attorney P. J. O'Keefe, Ashland Block, left on a business trip to London, England, last Wednesday, and he will not return to this city until August 25th. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Lucas, 4958 Armour aveune; celebrated their china wedding Thursday evening, July 31. Many of their friends were present and enjoyed the occasion. State Senator Barney J. Maguire says he is an uncompromising Democrat, therefore he will not run as an independent candidate for the State Senate in the 9th Senatorial District. During the progress of Old Ham Carter's libel suit against Julius F, Taylor the writer sat not very far from Little Ward and Uncle Andy, and we could smell the fumes of bad fighting whisky. While confined in the big building on the north side the idea never entered our mind to pray unto God. On the contrary we are more fully convinced than ever that there is no God this side of nature. Old Ham Carter is thinking about becoming head Deacon of Olivet Quinn Chapel or Bethel. That would be a good idea for all three of these Churches are sadly in need of one more big whisky dumper. Never in the history of the great city of Chicago has one single little "nigger" newspaper lashed its Negro preachers and their twelve or fifteen thousand blind followers into a mad fury like unto The Broad Ax. Fat Longreen Murray looked and acted like a big black monkey while he was on the witness stand assisting to white-wash Old Ham Carter. If there is a place called hell it will certainly catch Fat Longreen's black soul. Jake Harris. Boss Robert E. Burke's colored boot-black or lackey, took the witness stand in behalf of Old Ham Carter but he did not know anything to say for he has always been considered as being dumb and very weak minded or perhaps his mind wandered back to his connection with Mrs. Maud Adams. We proved in open court that for years Old Ham was nothing but a common loafer, that he lived off the earnings of a hard working woman, that he wronged her in every way, and if Boss R. E. Burke still wants Old Ham as his leader of the Afro-American Democrats of Chicago he is welcome to him. Friday, August 15th, the twenty-seventh annual demonstration of the Irish Nationalists Organization of Chicago and the United Clan-na Gaels will hold forth, at Oswald's Gnove, 52nd and Halsted streets. Col. R. O. S. Burke will preside. Congressman Wm. Sulzer, of New York Cjty, will be the leading orator of the day. James Crapshooting Gambling Miller appeared before the Grand Jury against Julius F. Taylor but he was too much of a coward to face us in open court for he did not want to answer any questions respecting the one dollar which he beat The Broad Ax out of, neither did he feel like explaining away his entanglement with that bolt of silk down in Ohio. A short while ago Elder Jasper Fraud Thomas denounced Old Ham Carter from his pulpit. He called him a "cheap nigger" Democrat, but now the Elder and Old Ham are great cronies. We presume that Old Ham and Jasper drink their whisky straight and that Ham ran Jasper up against Miss Bessie, the low, white woman who was for a long time one leading chair warmer in O'Brien's saloon, Cor. of Spring and State streets. THEODORE W. JONES IS STILL AFTER REV. JASPER F. THOMAS OF OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH. Editor Julius F. Taylor:—A week or two ago Rev. J. F. Thomas, whose reputation is not commendable. felt it necessary to say from the pulpit of Olivet Baptist Church, "I have never stolen anything in my life." He hss done well indeed if he hasn't. Now I wish to say that I have recently made investigation as to the life this co-called preacher lived, both in Louisville, Ky., and at Topeka, Kan., where he has been stationed; that I solemnly declare, above my own signature, that his reputation is such, that no statement which this man can make would induce me to believe, either in his honesty or integrity, for a moment. Since subscribing to the six thousand dollar fund which was raised by January 1, 1902, to complete the church, I have given special attention to the raising of other moneys, and the manner of their disbursement. Now let me give a brief account of a few things in this connection which have come directly under my own observation. I have seen yeoman efforts made by the members of Olivet Church to pay Rev. J. F. Thomas, a man who has not any command, even of the English language, the exorbitant salary of $32.50 per week, aside from "the pickings." How well they have succeeded is demonstrated by the fact that the church does not owe him a dollar, but on the contrary he owes the church. Now, $130.00 per month, which this uneducated and illiterate preacher receives, is more salary than the city of Chicago pays to many of her school teachers, or to any one of a hundred educated and skilled department chiefs. One hundred and thirty dollars per month is more than many an institution of learning pays her professors who have delved into Greek, Latin and Hebrew; and if this amount is not sufficient to attract an educated preacher it ought, at least, to secure one who is honest even if he is ignorant. But let me continue to recount my observations. I know that a collection of twenty dollars was raised for the benefit of Rev. John H. Greene of Herman Baptist Church, and know also that this man received only one half of this amount. I know that another collection of $13.61 was taken up to employ a detective agency to investigate th alleged killing of Anderson Booker; and I know, too, that no detective agency was employd, and no account rendered as to the money. I know, also, that in May last a candidate for a political office gave Rev. J. F. Thomas a check for $10.00 for Olivet Baptist Church and notwithstanding the check has long since been cashed, I know that the money has not yet found its way into the treasury of the church. Not long ago a Masonic Lodge of this City, gave Rev. J. F. Thomas a collection for Olivet Baptist Church; I venture to say that this is the first notice the church has had of it. If you doubt that the donation was made, and the money given to Rev. Thomas in person, go and ask Brother Rankins, Worshipful Master of Mt. Hebron Lodge, No. 29. If these charges are untrue why are they permitted to pass unchallengde? Why are they not contradicted? Why are they not proven to be lies? Why am I not arrested and today languishing behind prison bars? Surely I am not so powerful and mighty as to be above the law, nor so weak and humble as to be beneath its notice. After public notice had been given in the daily press that no more money was needed, I saw Rev. J. F. Thomas lift three collections on a single Sabbath to aid the volcanic refugees of the West Indies, and not a dollar of this money was ever turned over to the Mayor of this City, who was one of a committee of citizens appointed to receive it. Was there ever a more high-handed piece of imposition practiced upon a confiding public? Here is plainly visibly the handiwork of no apprentice, but the stroke of a master hand. It is what men have united in calling "fine work". It is really such "fine work" that one almost doubts his eyes. Rev. Thomas will perform a public service, if, after satisfying his greed for gain, he will then restore, if aynthing is left, the balance of those three collections to their rightful donors. The raising of a collection for charity looks innocent enough, but when it is discovered that every such collection is a great financial opportunity for the preacher, one detects a deeper motive in the work, than the casual observer may see. These collections with their accompanying evils, have actually run riot in Olivet Baptist Church.. It is almost impossible to attend a service of any kind at that church, without the so-called "after collection." Suspicion naturally follows other enterprising features of pastoral work. Think of the "rake-off" in a fish-fry or chitterling supper, given by the preacher. What a "shake-down" of candidates for political office, when a preacher volunteers to vote the males of his congregation for "revenue only!" What a scope for "graft," when a preacher manages the sale and purchase of church property! What an ambition for "easy money" when a minister tries to bribe the contractor who is building the house of the Lord! Talk about honesty! Why, the convicts in the penitentiary, and the devils in hell., are honest, compared with these "Rev." thieves. If you think that Rev. J. F. Thomas has done nothing to develop this field, give him the benefit of the doubt, but as for myself, I suspect that more than one collection has been "held up", and more than one candidate for public office has cast a check at his feet. Why cannot a preacher leave the "fake collection" and other "skin games" to be operated by the sore footed tramp and the saloon bum? Why can not a minister leave the "shaking down" of candidates to ward healers and crap shooters? Why does not a professed christian minister copy Christ, and not divide honors with tobacco users, whisky drinkers, confidence men, and all the rest? Why doesn't a preacher who engages in the "hold up" business resign from the pulpit and join Harry Tracy, the escaped convict out West? The dividends certainly would be larger. If the thieves of this city had the enterprise and daring displayed by a certain Baptist crook, Chicago would not be a fit place in which to live. Seldom has the hypocrisy of man been more completely exposed to public view, and seldom has there been unearthed more striking examples of graft, loot and theft along so many lines as has been shown to exist in the sacred precincts of one of our city churches. These, therefore, are some of the evils of the pulpit in this city that have come to be unbearable. Owing to the illness of Mrs. Taylor and the temporary disarrangement of our business affairs, The Broad Ax is several days late in reaching its many thousand readers this week. Rev. Jasper Fraud Thomas, with all his wind and bluster, did not come forth to take the witness stand when the Assistant State's Attorney called out his name. Jasper Fraud was fearful that if he did get on the witness stand he would be called upon to tell all about his first wife and his children who are still living in Kentucky. Rev. Jasper was also afraid that his second wife "Sally" Thomas or Carter might learn something new about him, his women and his whisky. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Indians, Protestants, Knights of Labor, Indians, Mormons, Republicans, Priests, or any else can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communication will have attention; else only on one side of the paper. New Year.....$2.00 Months.....1.00 Advertising rates reckoned on application differs all communications to THE BROAD AX. 8040 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO JULIAUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. MANY OF OUR SHEEP GOATS. Much of the Mutton Sold in Large Cities Is the Meat of Angoras. Among stockmen it is notorious that a great deal of meat that is sold for prime mutton in St. Louis, Chicago, Louisville and Kansas City is really Angora goat meat—just as good eating and far more profitable to the stockmen by reason of the greater value of the fleece, mohair against wool, says the Kansas City World. The Angora goat-raising interest is steadily growing throughout the United States. Its headquarters, that is, the headquarters of the American Angora Goat Breeders' association, are right here in Kansas City. W. T. McIntyre is the secretary of this association. Mr. McIntyre says: "There are 50,000 Angora goats in the country to-day and the business is growing fast. It has all been built up since March 14, 1891, when our association was formed. Then, according to government statistics, there were but 20,000 Angora goats in the United States. And not one registered. Now we have about 30,000 registered. "Registered goats range in price from $10 to $15 each. Some bucks go from $25 to $500. Plain, unregistered animals bring from $2.50 to $5 a head. It pays to raise any kind, but just now, at any rate from the stud standpoint, it is more profitable to raise registered stock. "Angora goats do better than sheep anywhere, but are especially better in brush-covered sections. They are far hardier than sheep. "Our association has 393 members now, in all parts of the United States and Canada and Mexico. We have some in Australia." TASTE IN FUNNY STORIES Those Which Are Harmless to Some Minds Are Exceedingly Vulgar to Others. It is sometimes hard to draw the line between that which is humorous in a story and that which touches dangerously near the domain of vulgarity. A literary dinner given recently brought this difference in tastes prominently into view, says the Chicago Chronicle. At the right of the hostess sat a writer who has a record for artistic indecency. At her left was a man whose work is sometimes cruda, always clean, vigorous, sincere. At first all went well. Then the beautiful decadent was moved to tell a story. He told it well. Its impropriety was subtly suggested, airily outlined. It was the sort of a story that makes one want the windows opened, but that one does not openly resent. The hearers accepted it with varying degrees of polite appreciation, but the man of direct and uncompromising views sat and stared in growing wonder at the teller. Finally he expressed his opinion. "I wouldn't tell that story in a barroom," he announced, clearly, emphatically. An awful hush. A mad and general plunge into innocuous conversation. The sympathy of the diners was with the critic, but social amenities must be preserved. The hostess, who collects literary lions, should not take it for granted that the law of the jungle insures kindred feeling among the royal beasts. MUCH RAIN HURTS FISHING. Usually long, frequent, and heavy rains throughout the middle west and northwest have put back the fishing. As a general thing proprietors of resorts on the inland lakes like to see a wet spring, as those lakes are mostly too shallow, and the higher the water the better the fishing. There has been too much of a good thing, however, says the Chicago Tribune. The floods have washed quantities of food into the lakes and the bass are not eager. The trout is, above all things, a clean fish, and must have clean water in order to feel well. When the streams are muddied and sand and chips are floating down the trout retreat to their hiding places in the deeper pools and stay there until the water above them clears. The bass are not so susceptible, but still dislike to roam much or do much feeding in water that is distributed or swollen. It is the belief that the present season will be better than many of those past, because the high water now means full lakes later. In late July and August they have been too shallow, but enough of water has been stored up to last them through. In some places they are six feet above the ordinary level. CRANBERRY FLOWERS. Beauties of a Dog Blossom with Which But Few of Us Are Familiar. One of the daintiest of wild flowers of June is the blossom of that time-honored concomitant of roast turkey, the cranberry. While, however, everybody knows the berry, few are acquainted with the flower, for the peat bogs where it blows in the choice fellowship of the stately pitcher plant and the golden club, and of many a rare orchid, are quite remote from the beaten paths of travel, says Country Life in America. The cranberry plant is a small, slender, somewhat trailing shrub, with the neatest of evergreen leaves, from amid which a few threadlike stalks lift their nodding flowers. When fully expanded the pink lobes of each corolla are curled back like a lily's, and from the heart of them the compressed stamens protrude in the shape of a spear-point or beak. The imaginative may see in this long-beaked little blossom a resemblance to a tiny crane's head, whence some hard-pressed etymologist has thought to derive the word cranberry—that is, crane-berry. Those who like to make a place on the home table for oddities and rarities of the plant world may well include in their list for June a few sprays of the cranberry vine in bloom—the unfamiliar, alert blossoms, looking brightly out from their green bower, being sure to delight all flower-loving visitors. TOOK DOWN THE WALL. Drum-Maker Made a Bass That Was Too Big to Get Through the Door. It was in the days when big bass drums were in vogue, and the bigger they could be made the more they were appreciated, says the Baltimore Sun. It was a common thing then to see a great bass drum moving along behind the band, apparently on a pair of little legs, vigorously pounded by little arms and completely hiding the man. There was great rivalry among the bands to have the largest drum, and the makers would stretch the skin to the fullest extent to make it cover the barrel of the largest circumference. One ambitious drum maker, determined to outdo all previous performances, got his material together in a back room of his little one-eye house oh a narrow street and built his drum. It was the largest, certainly, that had ever been constructed, and its tone was as deep and sonorous as a cathedral gong. There it stood, the pride of East Baltimore and a monument to the fame of the engineer who constructed it. But, unfortunately, the engineer had failed to take measurements of the door and window. The small room was nearly filled with the immensity of the product of his laborious zeal in a good cause. But it was of no earthly use there, and to land it on solid earth the maker was finally obliged to remove part of the wall, and the cost of this Caesarean operation greatly reduced the profits of the production. NICKNAMES OUT OF STYLES. It Is Now Counted Almost a Crime to Call Even an Intimate Friend by One, The present fashion of using the full Christian names of persons young or old, when addressing them, instead of a nickname, as used to be the rule, is a more sensible thing to do than fashion usually prescribes, but why it should be counted a crime for an intimate friend, in a moment of forgetfulness, to revert to the old nickname, it is hard to understand. To call her child "Bessie" as once she was called, rouses the ire of the parent of "Elizabeth." "Anne" brings you up with a frown and a sharp reminder should you call her "Annie," though you may never, in her case, have learned of the change from the old style. "Will," as a rule, doesn't care a fig himself what you call him, but be quite sure his mother does, and will say to you reprovingly: "William, if you please," if you chance to call him "Willie." Two persons who had been close friends had a quarrel which parted them for life over one's persistence in calling the child of the other "Babe," instead of "Gladys," which was her name. Dumas Born in Martinique. Something in the soil or climate of Martinique has in the past operated to produce great people. In addition to its having been the birthplace of Empress Josephine; it also produced the greatest of modern novelists, Alexandre Dumas, pere. Dumas was the son of a retired French officer by a mulatto. He left Martinique early in life and spent the balance of his days in Paris, for the reason that, owing to race prejudice, there was no chance for him to rise in the world or to become famous in the literary profession in America or the American islands. Had No Full Moon. The month of February, 1886, was in one respect the most remarkable in the world's history. It had no full moon. January had two full moons, and so had March, but February had none. Do you realize what a rare thing in nature it was? It had not occurred since the creation of the world, and it will not occur again, according to the computation of astronomers, for 2,500,000 years. The Work of Mount Paleo. Sea soundings near Martinique show that in some places where there was formerly a depth of 200 meters the depth is now in excess of 1,200. SCOTCH FARE LAUDED. Oatmeal, Scones and Haggis Serve as Preventives of Dentists and Dyspepsia. Defenders of the Scottish national fare of oatmeal, scones and haggis have been few. To the ordinary bill of fare nearly every nation save the Scotch has contributed something, but Scotch dishes, except at distinctively Caledonian functions, are generally eschewed, says the New York Sun. A Scotch physician has, however, some forward recently with arguments in favor of Scottish cooking. He says, for instance, that dyspepsia and dentists are practically unknown in Scotland outside of the large cities, in which the national cooking of Scotland is discarded for foreign dishes and foreign ways. It is a fact that though distinguished in the field of medicine, the Scotch as dentists are little known, and while the details of cases of dyspepsia are less easily procurable, it is certainly not a national ailment in Scotland. The Scotch show no partiality for pies and pastry, and in the highlands they are much out of doors—two reasons which might be taken to account for the absence of dyspepsia, apart from the wholesomeness of their diet. The Scotch are a hardy race, and in one particular at least they have been able in recent years to impress their views upon the people of other countries, namely, in the moral general use of cereals. The popularity of cereal food has vastly increased in the United States in the last ten years, and if the advocates of Scotch cooking, or rather of Scotch fare, have been unable to get recognition for their views at the dinner table, they have been more fortunate at the breakfast board. CHANGES IN OCEAN'S BED. Recent Surveys Show New Conditions Near the Island of St. Vincent, West Indies. The volcanic eruptions and other disturbing causes have recently produced some material changes in the bed of the ocean off the coast of St. Vincent. These will necessitate a careful resurvey to make navigation safe in that neighborhood, according to Dr. Jaggar, of Harvard university, who, as one of the party of scientists sent to the West Indies to investigate the recent volcanic eruptions, has made a special study of the vicinity of the British island. Where before the outbreak of La Sofriere and Mont Pelee there existed solid land is now deep water, as yet unsounded, which extends to the base of high cliffs, bare and vertical, formerly a considerable distance from the shore. It is erroneous, Dr. Jaggar says, to state that there has been no change in soundings as a result of the eruptions. Tremendous submarine disturbances occurred, he asserts, and the breaking of the cables after the first eruption of May 8 was probably due to landslides along the bed of the ocean, the extent of which cannot be determined. The cables in all probability were snapped asunder under the weight of enormous masses thrown upon them from the higher portions of the ocean's bed. VOTING BY TELEGRAPH. An Electrical Device Once Planned for Use In the Legislatures of Germany. There is only one reference to mechanical voting in the 13 reports on foreign parliaments which have lately been issued. This occurs in a memorandum on the subject of divisions in the reichstag and Prussian landtag. As long ago as 1869 a motion was introduced in the Prussian lower house in favor of establishing a system called the voting telegraph, an electric invention. Each member was to have at his place a handle to turn to right or left as he wished to vote "yes" or "no," and this handle could be turned only by the member to whom the seat belonged, each member being provided with a special key. The time for taking the votes of the lower house would, according to this scheme, have occupied less than two minutes. There were no practical objections made to the machine, says the London Chronicle, but it was rejected, partly because no pressing need existed for shortening the divisions and partly on account of the advantages of an oral process of voting. The Gorgeous Dutch Group The Gorgeous Dutch Crown. Queen Wilhelmina's crown is very gorgeous. It is of dull gold, only the edges being polished. It consists of a crimson velvet cap inclosed in a circle set with sapphires and emeralds. The imperial arches terminate in 16 points, eight of which are surmounted by large single pearls, and the other eight, bent toward the center, and there crowned with the globe and cross, are set with nine pearls each, which are graduated in size, the smallest being placed at the top. Five hundred and eighty-one aliens in Great Britain applied for naturalization during 1900, but there were only 26 Americans among the number. There are more than 6,000 Americans permanently settled in London alone, and of this number not 100 have become naturalized subjects of his majesty. Edison's Big Loss. In the experimenting with the magnetic extraction of metal from low-grade ore Thomas Edison has spent $2,000,000 within a few years, only to find at last that his plant is worthless for the work and he will have to build another. THE COST OF IRRIGATION. Immense Suma Expended by Bag land in Africa and India for That Purpose. Those who look forward to the control of the great rivers of America and the use of funds supplied by the government for that purpose point to the fact that England has spent about $30,000,000 on the new Nile dams and other works for controlling the great Egyptian river and making certain the crops of the valley below, and that she has invested the sum of $360,000,000 for irrigation purposes in India during the last 30 years, says Ray Stannard Baker, in Century. A single canal from the Ganges cost $15,000,000; it has a total length, including tributaries and drainage cuts, of 3,910 miles, and irrigates over 1,000,000 acres of land. These works in India, costly and stupendous as they have been, are regarded by the English as a profitable investment. There are 6,000,000 acres of land under cultivation in the valley of the Nile, supporting a population of over 5,000,000 people. Mr. Elwood Mead, an irrigation expert of the United States government, estimates that the Missouri river and its tributaries, if properly controlled, will irrigate five times as much territory, furnishing an opportunity for the expansion of surplus population that will last the American people for a long time to come. No, these westerners do not believe in the necessity of foreign islands as an outlet for American colonization; they point rather to their own expanses of unclaimed, cheap, rich land in a climate that is nearly perfect. HAND KISSING LEAGUE. An Extraordinary Organization Recently Formed by Parisian Exquisites. Some Parisian exquisites of both sexes have just formed the "hand-kissing league." Men belonging to it now never to shake, or even squeeze, a woman's hand. In lieu of that form of salute they imprint a light kiss on her fingers or her wrist. Women belonging to the league bind themselves to cut any man refusing to discard what our neighbors call "le shake-hand" in favor of the dainty and jaintily named "le baise-main." The new association, reports a London paper, is framing a code of handkissing. This will define various forms of "baise-main," and will specify under what particular circumstances each is to be employed. It is already decided that the slight touching of the tips of two fingers of a feminine hand by a man's lips is the most frigid form of the greeting, while the kiss on the wrist is a privilege of intimacy. Intermediate usages are the osculatory salute on the knuckles, on the back, and on the palm of the hand. The last named form, which is somewhat of an innovation, obviously requires the exercise of dexterity by the lady if she does not want to look awkward during the performance. CAME FAST, WENT FASTER. Fortune Won by a New York Bootblack at the Races Goes Back to the Bookies. What is the difference between a Napoleon of finance and a plain gambler? A New York bootblack painfully realizes that there is a difference, although perhaps he cannot explain it in logical argument and elegant phrase, says the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Last year, having laid by a few hundred dollars, he played the races and won $40,000. This year he tried the same game and lost all his winnings, as well as his original capital. Being not altogether friendless, he managed to borrow enough money to buy a new bootblacking outfit, and is now industriously shining footwear and gathering in nickels and dimes. If he keeps at it he will soon be out of debt and again become a modest depositor in some good savings bank. He has had his experience, and it was rather harsh, but it may do him good. Let him renounce Napoleonic ambitions, stick to his business and save his money. The races are treacherous things for those who play them, and the rocket-and-stick performance is less productive of happiness than that, steady thrift which is sure, even if slow, as a promoter of prosperity and a builder of character HOTEL FOR WOMEN ONLY. San Francisco Has One Recently Erected by the Girls' Union of Thnit City. Under the auspice of the San Francisco Girls' union a hotel exclusively for women has been erected and the members of the organization are congratulating themselves upon their new possession. The union has been in existence since 1884 and was formed for the purpose of aiding self-dependent, self-respecting girls to live in nice surroundings at a cost in accordance with their means. The society has had a house for some time, but it is not to be compared with the new hotel. The home is self-supporting and an average of 40 wage-earning women call it home. In the hotel 80 rooms are to be rented, the price per month ranging from four dollars to six dollars. The board is $12 per month. The rooms are well furnished and commodious and each has a stationary washstand. The house is exceedingly well planned and provision has been made for classrooms, as the union proposes to conduct classes in literature, music, sewing, typewriting and other subjects. Fast Bowling. A fast bowler ordinarily delivers a ball at a pace of a little over 80 feet a second, or about 60 miles an hour. BACTERIA IN DIGESTION. Scientific Experiments with Chickens Show Their Presence Is Necessary to Nutrition. The results of experiments with chickens to determine the effect of intestinal bacteria upon the process of digestion are reported by Prof. Schottelius in a recent number of the Archiv fur Hygiene, and reproduced by the Staata Zeitung, says the Literary Digest. Chickens were kept in cages from which all bacteria were carefully excluded and were supplied with food equally free from bacteria. They ate ravenously and almost continually and evidently digested their food well, yet not only did they not fatten, but they steadily decreased in weight and strength. Another series of experiments gave direct and positive proof that the presence of intestinal bacteria is necessary to nutrition. Chickens which had been hatched and raised in a sterilized environment, receiving only germ-free food, thrived for a week, and then began to decline in weight and strength. Then they were divided into two groups, one of which was fed on sterilized food, the other on food containing bacteria. All of the first group died in a few days, the others improved rapidly and soon were indistinguishable from chickens that had run free in the poultry yard. Mme. Metchnikoff has obtained analogous results with tadpoles which, fed for a time with germ-free food, attained an average weight of 25 milligrams and an average length of 15.5 millimeters, while other tadpoles, fed for the same period on ordinary food, had an average weight of 142 milligrams and an average length of 26.5 millimeters. BARING OF FEET AT VORSHIP. A Custom That Is Religiously Observed Among the Frequenters of the Mosques. The India Hindus and Mussulmans alike wear both sandals and shoes (slippers), and the latter boots also. The sandal (the word is Persian) was evidently the original covering for the feet over all southern and eastern Asia, while the shoe was probably introduced into India by the Persians, Afghans and Mo(n)gols, together with the "tip-titled" (Hittite and Etruscan) boot, says the Athanaeum. Both are usually made in India of leather, but never of pigskin, and while the shoes are always colored red or yellow the boots are generally brightly particolored, both among the upper classes being also richly embroidered in gold and silver and variegated silk thread and with bangles, bugles and seed pearls, after the manner of the ancient Persian boots represented on Greek vases. But of however rare and costly elaboration the invariable rule is to remove them after entering a private house, just when stepping onto the mat or carpet on which the visitor takes his seat. They must be cast off —the right boot or shoe first—before the worshiper enters a temple or mosque, and it is still regarded as an absolute profanation to attempt to enter either fully shod. But the domestic habit arose out of its obvious propriety, and the religious ritual of "the shoes of the faithful," now and for centuries past observed throughout Islam, can be demonstrated to have been dictated by, if indeed it be not directly derived from, the universal social etiquette of the east. GERMLESS SCHOOLBOOKS. Precautions Taken in Salt Lake City Against Spread of Disease Among Children. A new ordinance has been adopted in Salt Lake City with the idea of preventing the disseminating of scarlet fever and diphtheria germs among school children, says a recent report from that city. Both diseases have recently been epidemic among the children in the city and the board of health decided that the germs traveled in the school books and other things carried by the pupils. The result has been the passage of an ordinance which is probably more stringent than any other of the kind ever adopted by any municipality. It provides that none of the school books shall be covered with any material other than paper. In all schools in which there is a free distribution of books such books, after having once been used, must be recovered and thoroughly disinfected by the board of health. A student once having received a book shall keep it as long as that book is necessary for his studies. It is unlawful for the schools to collect pencils, sponges or other articles used by the students for the purpose of redistributing them to other students. A violation of any provision of the ordinance is punishable by a fine of $25. Diarrell's Satire. This is what Disraeli wrote at the time of Queen Victoria's coronation, and some may feel the same way now: "I must give up going to the coronation, as all the members of parliament must be in court dresses or uniforms, and I can't afford to buy any. I console myself with the conviction that to get up at seven o'clock, to sit dressed like a flunky in Westminster abbey for seven or eight hours, and to listen to a sermon by the bishop of London are treats which can be missed with fortitude." Big Pex for - Tooth A Russian or American who had five front teeth knocked out in a railway accident has been awarded compensation in the shape of 50,000. VOLCANO DIAMONDS Gems of Fine Quality Are Sometimes Found Amidst the Rocks and Lava Erupted. Late London mail advices convey the information that De Beers are about to send an expedition to the scene of the recent volcanic disturbances in the West Indies to look for diamonds, reports the New York Times. It is recalled that a few years ago, some large octahedron crystals were found in Barbados which were later identified as white spinels, which are frequently unearthed where diamonds are, although by themselves, and even when colored are often very rare. The French crown jews contain a spinel ruby of 56% carats, and another which was valued at 50,000 francs in 1791, one of 42-5 and another of 3% carats, being each valued at 300 francs. Small spinels fetch from six francs to 13 francs per carat; specimen stones fetch even more. A stone that a New Guinea gold prospector recently exchanged for a bottle of saccharine pellets was sold in Sydney, N. S. W. for $300. A peculiarity of the spinel is that, no matter what be the color of the stone, the light which is reflected from the depth of the gem is always a pale yellow. A blue spinel has been consigned as a sapphire, and was returned to the consignor, who had it cut and received more for it than it would have made had it really been a sapphire. A spinel collected by Dr. Heron is said to weigh 49 pounds. When spinel crystals are very fine they are considered gems, and De Beers think, having been found in large quantities in St. Lucia, it is not unlikely that they will be found in Martinique and St. Vincent. HOMES AMONG THE TREES. The Prevailing Desire for Them Hables Real Estate Dealers to Build Up Fine Tracis. There is in nearly every family a longing for a home with shade around it. No amount of city distraction can completely kill it. It may slumber, but it never dies. It is bred in the bone and born in the blood. In many cases it seeks its desire of its own volition. In most instances it has to be stirred to action. And here is where the companies that develop large tracts of land in or near cities do good work, says the New York World. The fact that responsible men can take many acres within a short ride of the business section, build fine streets and pavements, put in water mains and gas and electricity, spend large sums in advertising; and then sell lots that will suffice for separate houses, with a few shade trees around them, at comparatively small sums on easy terms, shows that after all land near a city is not so expensive when handled on a large scale. In or around all cities settlements built up in this way have become valuable and beautiful. Thousands have obtained their homes among the trees. A general good that follows these enterprises is the regularity of the streets. The average city in its growth followed old roads and thus its streets became twisted. THE SUBMARINE TORPEDO. An Interesting Experiment Recently Made to Determine Its Actual Force. The results of a recent experiment in a caisson, representing a section of the French coast defense ship Henri IV., have been made public through the indiscretion of a French officer, says the New York Post. The caisson was anchored, and a torpedo charge was attached to its side, about ten feet below the surface of the water, the depth at which a torpedo is expected to strike a vessel. The discharge was made by means of an electric current worked from a barge at some distance away. The consequences exceeded all expectations, as a hole of $12\frac{1}{2}$ square yards was made in the side of the caisson, which immediately sank. Internally the damage extended to three longitudinal partitions, which were in the position of coal bunkers in war ships. The hole in the first partition covered nearly 11 square yards; the second partition was shattered, and the third, which has no corresponding partition in the Henry IV., had two oval holes in it, one $5\times 2\frac{1}{4}$ feet and the other $2\frac{3}{4}\times 1\frac{1}{4}$ feet. The torpedo charge was the ordinary one of from 176 pounds to 220 pounds. It is evidence that the best defense against a torpedo is distance. Out of its reach a vessel is safe. Contact with it means annihilation. Lightning on the Wing In a recent communication to the British Institution of Electrical Engineers, Mr. Leonard Joseph reported the following unusual occurrence: During a thunder storm a wild goose was seen to fall to the ground, apparently directly out of the storm clouds. After the storm was over an examination revealed the body of another goose at some distance from the first. The only wounds found upon the birds were a narrow cut on the neck of one and a small puncture at the point where the neck joins the body on the other. At these points the feathers were slightly singed. Both birds proved perfectly fit for the table. Common Policy Regulations German Police Regulations. For using the word "arehduke" on the stage in Vienna, and thereby infringing a police regulation, Fraulein Frisch, a German actress, has just been fined ten dollars. Yet to Be Learned. There are three things about the north pole that have never been discovered—exactly where it is, what is it and why it is. prem nee SE EE, ay oF > never: De ee a heavy thunde 1 sttempset jo; Wor be oreh. it posses 2°. $5 ban » ee s : a ee end it ex iy u distance atell ae As to wateh birds if this com gas impossible of any of time. one stopped ig cloud ot ves gatheret pe’s h | i could Sanaa ec olars owing to, the “dens« of mosquitoes which “quick}s in front of the glass, relate: in Knowledge... to only times in ‘wines were discard our veils wes after we n the mosquiteée out of the pi fixed the curtain over th< , and oe bour or 600m & Jake we lef: uitoes behind. At one place we met a tiny Bleck fiy ir myriads oo eae faa pest than the Thi: to small that no ordinary net. would keep it ott, and it crep our hair and ears and bit-eo harc junpleasantly that to escape going we were forced to pack up ‘ow and run away from the place no one who has been Gm the in of Lapland im. eanade describe the’ tbiesckiag in which possess that country. ICAL STOKING. Saving Machinery Taking th. of Many Men tn Shops ané Foen@rica, > <¥ small number of mento be sew. modern large machine works o1 mill, as compared with an old shop of similar importance, is 2 which has been @ frequen: jon for comment, and ‘this i due to the very general us: saving machinery, seys thr ring Magazine. “The cost o! ion in industrial establish is made up of the costs of raw |, wages, toolage, taxes and in of which the largest single iten is the wages cost. Obe way by this item may be reduced is by ment of mechanical stokers great majority of steam plant: is wheeled to the boiler toon . it is fired by hand, and the are removed by hand, ma of 2,000 paige , & wages cost of some consid amount.- _§ mechanical déokér may be de asa system of great bars, dump bars, con! feeders ‘and sutomath to feed fuel and control it: ion, and subsequently to droj and unburnt coal. That 7 in any sense a new. inventior be learned from the fact tha: Watt togk out a patent in 178: mech a device. The mechanica is of English origin, though ft n very thoroughly @eveloped ix ‘ited States to'suit thedocal fuels er furnace conditions. ~ ICITIS IS NOT NEW. | Disorder Has Buisted for Ages But the Doctors Did Not Kaew i. is it,” aakedos man of a phy “that so many people sre suf these days with appendiciti: have to be operated upon, whe was formerly nothing of the kinc istence?” according 40 the Chi Chronicle. Pes ly young friend,” Goctor an “this disease i been in th eer since nae of story of his losing « rib may ba’ because he was operated upor appendicitis. "When your grand was a boy his peighbors had is nd him, and-s@ they did wher were a boy. But. they called & tion of the bowels, stomact acute indigestion, liver trouble hing of that.sert.- The ps got well of heed but-no. ov opened him whem living to sec the matter was. Perhaps it is that they did mot, for much/o: surgery of those days) ws m us than any oe ON THEIR LOAVES. I ee | Hits on = Geea Way o Stinging Short-Welght Bak- ers to Times tity of Mosinee’: Ly * to improve, re : Montreal loaves hereafter m Weight and with, b voce baker, Teports the Ne es 40 fine and’ two monthe” i = are the ernative penalties ( for each ¥ic ‘ not fulfilling ae ee Seized. i " + it ie pro also under! e a eee ons for the mamutacture. 0 Products shall be at 4 Paaeee high and= a Se et o rood. greeny: seeaaaet tinseed ae ee eee walls ands ee ee she i ae "9 and ne enim . pe be . a ee = ie ee a 7 A MARV} % . “1 2% i iy é _ Ceeen Cabies trom the Britny Depths. «_A truly wonderful piece, of mechan- eee ais : variety steam-winch — , but also a most aristocratic give some ‘of its capabalities in ‘dry figures, it can at slow speed lift 25 tons-at a rate of one mile per hour, or at fast speed ten knots at the rate of four miles per hour. Moreover, it can be quickly altered Rena 2c Say ot speed or it, -says Lippincott’s. All being made ready, the big grap- nel, attached to 700 or 800 fathoms Of chain and rope, is passed over the _ bow-sheave, or pulley, and as soon as it reacbes bottom the ship is sent Slowly ahead. Back and forward across the path of the eable, as point- ed out -by othe friendly marking buoys, we steam. Several times the gtapnel catches something, only to lose its hold again—probably an in- equality upon the bottom, although a bosun’s mate mumbles “mermsid’s- grottoes”--but at last comes a steady Strain. Every soul on board hangs poten. arenes aera ee grimy grapnel- rope come steadily up and over the well-oiled pulley. At length the grapnel itself appears, holding tight on to the truent. CYCLES OF SUN SPOTS. Le eine Fresh Interest Lent to the Subject by Recent Barthquakes and + Weleante Sreptices, - Simee -1851, when the existence of a sun spot cycle of about 114% years was discovered, many attempts have been made to discover s relation between the sun spots and the atmospheric changes'in our earth. Violent storms, floods, periods of drought and of fam- ine, eold years, warm years, and many such variations of weather have all been supposed to owe their origin to the sun spots. But the relation which Sir Norman Lockyer appears to have, discovered between sun spot cycles and ‘the tremendous upheavals of the earth which we term-earthquakes and vol- @anoes, lends a fresh interest to this fascinating study, says Golden Penny. _ -The matter certainly deserves very full investigation. Incidentally, the gemeral character of the weather in the spring of the year seems to favor the existence of a 35 years’ cycle of weather. That is, three timés one cycle 6f sun’ spots. The yeat 1867 was just after the sun spot minimum, and 1902 is also just after the minimum. It was a cold spring im 1867, .and a bitterly cold month of May. The summer was very wet, and it was followed by a stormy winter, with little frost, and a very warm spring and summer in 1868. SAILORS IN BOSTON. Vachting Is One of the Foremost Pleasures and Pastimes of ~ * the Heb. Who sails boats sround Boston? “Why, everyone! says W. J. Hender- son, in Atlantic, From the “Adams Boys,” the smartest yacht racers of the east, down to the Marblehead street’ boy, everyone takes pride in his skill in getting the best work out of some sort of a sailing boat. Those who do not sail talk abopt it, and on @ summer day in the drowsy at- mosphere-of a Boston club, or in the shadow of somé tall pile in Washing- ton street, you shall hear more rac- ing seaman's lore than anywhere else in this country except:on the cruis- ing ground of the Rocking Chair fleet at the Larchmont Yacht club. Boston's claim to be the hub of the universe may be disputed perhaps when.you consider the steel industry .or-the unimportant matter of freight ‘tonnage; but when you come to talk about sailing, you must admit that ‘Boston is the greatest yachting port in this country. Even the little chil- Gren thére know the history of the ‘America's cup, and the public school ‘bof can sail a dory with a leg-of-mut- ton sai] for driving power and an osr PIGEONS CARRY DISEASE. [ohio Health Authorities Suapect the Birés of Cousing = Seartet Fever Epidemic. An epidemic of scarlet fever, start- ing iv Cincinnati, has spread in. the last few weeks through a number of towns in Ohio, and the health av- thorities, after taking extraordinary qprecautions to confine the disease ‘within. the limit of its first ravages, %erepuzzled to understand the means by whiely it: wes ‘carried elsewhere, states the Chicage Tribune. They ‘made an investigation and have now come to the conclusion ‘that mach of the contagion _ was peep ayy rl ned -_ to place. . see Siderice on which thie theory : cs qaratin hom = Soa “the roof which ee was 2 Snek ‘Shout ee P ee ae = pala: Ra ere ey didn't me By e yerms the authoritie Soa 4 2 mt ac 8§=§} | Pail ‘Seurtshing Rations, - Goki prospectors in‘ Aleska sey moré hard work on rice and bacon than ob any other ration, © = => Could Have Advanced Hin Office ané Amerensed His Pay by a Small Ln veotment. . “I noticed,” said en old resident of Chicago,according tothe Tribune, “the Tecent story “6f the Nebraska post master who bought goods, and stock snd lands with stamps to such an ex- vent that his office went into another slassifieation and his salary wat saised several hundred dollars a year “That reminds me of another post master out in Missouri who didnt «now balf as much, and who, without ‘ny increase in salary, had to buy irinks for half the town just after ‘be failed to rise to an occasion. “It. was under the firat Clevelan¢c administration. The post office hac been in the fourth class all its life and as there had never been any pub- lic stir about putting it into any other class the new postmaster sat down-on bis job and sold stamps at current rates, making the usual set- tlements and thankful for small fa- vors. “But in the third year of his in- cumbency of the office things took 8 spurt, and when it came to e final ‘Settlement for the year the receipts ‘showed that the fonrth-class office had = sold . things mucilaginous tc within $3.85 of the $2,000 limit, mak- ing it a third-class office. _ “And, don't you know, Smith turned in the proeeds of that last quarter without a thought of buying that $3.85 worth of 1's, 3's and 5's neces- sary to make his office of the third elaes for a whale vear™” PRESENT VOLCANIC ACTIVITY. BRegtens of the Western Hemispher« That Are the Most Linble te ean Upheaval The active volcanic groups of the western hemisphere occur in five widely separated regions, says Prof. Robert -T. Hill, in Century. < 1. The Andean group of. volcances ‘of the equatorial region of western South America. 2. The chain of some 25 great cin- der cones which stretch east and west across the south end of the Mexican plateau. 3. The Centrai American group, with its 31 active craters, extending diagonally across the western ends of the east anf west folds of the Car- ibbean corrugations, fringing the Pa- cifie side of Guatemala, San Salvador and Costa Rica. This is seperated from the Mexican group on the north by a large nonvolcanic area, the isth- mus*of Yehuantepec, and on the south from the Andean voleances by the is*hzaus of Panama, where no ac- tive volcanoes are found. 4. The chain of volcanoes of the Windward islands, marking the east- efn gate of the Caribbean sea, stand- ing ima line directly across the east- ern termini of the Caribbean moun- tains, trending east and west, and parallel to the Central American group similarly situated at their western termini. 5. The volcanoes of Alaska and the Aleutian islands. MOST ANCIENT OF CROWES. ‘The ison Crown of Lombardy, Whieb Is Said to Contain a Nall trom: the Suvicr’s Oress. Among the crowns preserving the aneient form more than aiy others now worn is the so-called iron crown of Lombardy, which is the most treas- ured national possession of the Italian kingdom, says an article by the Duke of Argyle, in Leslie's Monthly. It is of golden “plaques,” or panels rather Jonger than they are high, but smal! in size, so a not to rise above the top of the head. They form, indeed, only a jointed band of foliaged, embossed relief-work, and one narrow wire of iron binds them together in the inside —this wire having the repute of being hammered out from one of the nails of our Saviour’s cross. It was the en- largement of these panels in other crowns,;which led to the cross-band or “closure” of the crown. Look at the German crown and the Austrian, both adaptations of that of the old em- perors of the “Holy Roman Empire.” The “arch of empire” became the re- sult in the crown of the necessity for fastening panels for protection for the head from any stroke from above de- livered in war. They Were Slow Coaches, ‘The old newspapers of Boston were “slow coaches,” there is no denying 4t, says Frank B. Sanborn, in the Bookman; but the country iteelf was slow compared with the modern pace. This was s favorite jest when Mr. Sanborn entered coliege at Harvard 50 yedrs ago: “Why is the Adver- ‘Aiser like a poor man's plaster?” Be- cause it is good for a week back.” A few years earlier, J. K. Mills, at their club, had dared to say to Na- than Hale, then at the top of Boston journalism, when ‘the veteran editor was ssying, “Such a thing happened of = Saturday; 1 know it, because ‘thst day my son Charles was born.” MM = Weduealay. but you aida born of a — find it out till Saturday.” SES ee aS EY In 8 London safe deposit vault re- eently.the renter of a ssfe, anxious for the spiritual welfare of one of the janitors, ssid, while they were Osage “Are you pre- peared die?” For answer the jani- tor instantly pinned the questioner ‘to-the wall by the throat. Assistance arrived_and the unfortunate renter ‘was carried out, half “throttied.” Ex- plana ensued and it was then / that an inquiry efter his ‘spiritual welfa been construed by the ; nitor as the preliminsry tc CANALS IN THE NORTHWEST. * “ef Traf®e During the Last Bew Years, S iastet seomage wun wakses the registéred tonnage was The helf-million'mark was reached ir 1863, and the 1,000,006mark was in tora. Im 1860, enactly ‘colucidem with the opening of a new end much larger lock, the northwest began tc grow by leaps and bounds, and the ton- cage of the canal rose from 2,000,00C ne in 1882 to 9,000,000 in 1890 and to 6,000,000 im 1896. During the past five years, two more enormous locks have been in operation, one of them on the Canadian side of the river, and in this short time the tonnagé of the cana! has leaped up to nearly 28,500,000 tons. This colossa@! tonnage is simply a mani- festation of the development which has taken place in the northwest, along with which has come the building of housands of miles of railroad, includ- ing two, lings from the head of Lake Superior to the Pacific coast, says the Engineering Magazine. If by some cat- aclysm of nature the great lakes should be @ried up, the enormous traf- fie now carried on their waters would be divided among the railroads — it would simply cease to exist. The whole galaxy of cities from Buffalo to Chi- cago and Duluth would be over- whelmed in hopeless, irretrievable ruin and the railroads could in no wise es- cape the general disaster. e GATHERING OPIUM. : Cultivaters Go Forth t= the Evening with Lanees and in the Early Morning with Pots. It is a ort of garden cultivation, the poppy plant being grown in little squares or beds intersected by tiny water channels for irrigation wherever this is possible. The growth of the plarits is carefully tended, and at length the time comes when they burst out mto flower, and the fields look like a sheet of silver as the white petals of the flowers glisten in the morning dew. These beautiful petals are the first produce of the crop, for the women and children of the cultivators’ fami- lies come forth and pick them off one by one and carefully dry them, so that they may serve afterward as the cov- ering of the manufactured cakes of opium. Then the poppies, with their bare capsule heads, remain standing in the open field until it is considered that they are ripe for lancing. The cultiyators then come forth in the evening, and, with an implement not unlike the knives of a coupling instru- ment, they scarify the capsule on its sides with deep incisions, so that the juict may exude. In the early morn- ing the cultivators reappear with « scraping knife-and their earthenware pots, and they scrape off the exudec juice and collect it in their pots. And this is crude opium. MUST HAVE THE SWORD. Am Article That Is Necessary to the Completeness of s Naval Surrender. Naval red tape is as stringent as that existing in the army, and some- times the enforcement of the regula- tions leads to ludicrous results. Some years ago, when the late Admiral Sker- rett was a captain, an officer who had been charged with an offense and or- dered under arrest presented himself to be arrested. Th regulations pro- vide that on such occasion the officer shall be in full dress and wear a sword. The officer wore his uniform, but had no sword. “I can't arrest you,” said Capt. Sker- rett, looking for the missing sword, “unless you come prepared to submit your sword to me.” The officer explained that he had not received his: sword from home, although it had been expressed to him. “Well, you'll have to get one,” was the reply. So the officer skirmished about in the navy yard for someone who had a sword to lend. Finding one, the of- fender returned to Capt. Skerrett and was promptly and regularly put under arrest according to regulations. DOGS REFUSE TO STARVE. The Clever Little Joke of « Germas Professor Who Was Called to ~ Celumbia Unfversity. Some little time ago Prof. Hirth, who was called from Munich, Ger- many, to Columbia university as Chi- nese lecturer, lived im the same house with a rabid vivisectionist, then prac- ticing om half a dozen large dogs. Hirth's colleague wes trying to find out how long the dogs could stand being left without food before they would fall upon wd devour each other. The dogs were fed on wind for two weeks, yet looked round and happy. The vivisectionist couldn't understand it, says the Washington Post. The kennel being closed on ail sides, it seemed impossible for any- cone to feed the dogs on the sly. Still, the fact remained that they re Sah en ge hae ae > Then the vivisec- watched, and discovered that late at night Prof. Hirth bad lowered Senos, ree ment into tbe Clese Croppers. Sheep snd cattie cannot pasture sheep wander erase giesned with the devastation of a prairie fire, and the oder is such that cattle will ‘or weeks shun'the range. | OLDEST LIVING ENGINEER. Now 90 Years Old and Has Spent the Mont of His Life at the: Thurettic. * gineer in the country, is spending the declining yeare of bis life in quietude wear Harper's Ferry, says the Phila- delphia Record. He is 9 years old, but still hale and hearty, and a fine specimen of manhood. He is over six feet in height and erect, and possesses all of his faculties. His eyesight is as good as that of the average person of younger years, and he does not have to wear glasses. Mr. Smith is the veteran engineer of the Baltimore & Qhio railroad, bav- ing begun his career on that read in 1832, when horses were used to pul! cars. He has served in the capacity of fireman, conductor, engineer, super- visor of engines and assistant super- visor of trains, and was also station agent at Martinsburg and the Relay up until 1861. He was supervisor of engines on the second division of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at the time of his retirement. Mr. Smith ran the first steam engine on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at a speed of from six to eight miles an hour, which-was con- sidered rapid for those days. He in- | troduced the sand box in 1836, and in the following year the headlight. In 1842 link couplers were first used by him. In‘1883 he retired to engage in the quieter and less dangerous voca- tion of farming. PLAYGROUND IN A STORE. Chicago Establishment Haz Inclos- ure for the Accommodation of Shoppers’ Children. Real grass, real sand and real wheel- barrows and shovels are to be provided for the children who visit one of the big department stores of Chicago. The idea of day nurseries where moth- ers may leave their children while shopping has been improved on by the management. There has been laid out on the second floor a playground for the childred, with swings, hammocks, sand, and plenty of toy implements for the exclusive use of the youngsters. The pillars which form the corners of the playground are covered with bark and long branches, with realistic leaves on them, twine overhead. giving the final touch to the out-of-door appear- ance of the place. The inclosure-is surrounded by a picket fence high enough to keep the children in. but not high enough to make them feel cov- strained. The first day of the new departure, there was a large number of children digging in the sand pile. running about the gravel paths and rolling on the turf. Just as fast as the grass is worn down by the feet of the little ones it will be replaced with fresh sods. Attendants are at band to see that no necks are broken by falls from the swings and hammocks and to prevent the overmischievous from pouring buckets of sand down their playmates’ backs. -- WOMEN FORM FIRE COMPANY. Mea Coulan't Bake the Youths Drill, But Feminine Tact Found oe War. Prominent citizens of Norfolk, Conn., have made several attempts to organize a fire com for the pro- teetion of their prokeny in the last year, but every attempt failed, says the New York Sun. There didn’t seem to be enough civic pride or enough fear of fire in Norfolk to inspire fire drilis, and it seemed as if it would be left to anybody and everybody to get out the garden hose and do the best that could be done if a fire did start. Then the women took up the mat- ter. They issued a call for young men desirous of joining a military com- pany. That caught Norfolk's young men. Fifty of them responded, says the New York Sun. After that it was easy. The young men didn't see just how to get out of it when, very neatly, the military or- ganization was developed into a fire force. The women bought the hose, and now the town has just as good a fire department as its neighbors of equa! size Passing of the West. To those whose days have been spent im the enjoyment of the freedom of the old west, even as it appeared in the "80s, there comes a regret in’ the contemplation of the new order of things. For assuredly the old has given way to the new, says the Tacoma Ledger. The old west as the early set- tlers knew it for 20 years or more has gone as werit the Indian and the buffalo, and with it has gone that larg- er freedom which were its characteris. ties and itscharm. There is no longer any west. The methods and condi. tions of the west are the methods and conditions of the east, plus westert energy. Indeed, to be entirely just, it may be questioned whether westert push is not an importation, for cer tainly it did not flourish in the ante ‘railroad days. : : Reimed by Hie Airchic Count von Zeppelin, who has the digtinction of having built the larg- est of,all airships, has been financial- ly ruined by his aeronautical experi- ments. Unable to obtain means for carrying out his new projects he is now breaking the old framework oi hin sirshipe tm order to” sll the posed. Zeppelin is 67 years of He was e miltary attache the Ger eae anaes bse pokes meas elds of the south in 1808. He was aoe famous cavalry raid ea ee oneal oat: roo “Bein of SOFT WORDS OF BEGGARS, By Whieh They Seck to Turn Away the Wreath of These Whe Re- ~~. fuse Them Alms, 3 In the severity of & Chicago winter the able-bodied Chicago beggar has ® certain temerity that deserts him as the mercury column rises to the dignity of a July day, says the Trib- une. With the mercury ten degrees below zero it is not’ an uncommon thing for a street beggar to curse am unwilling citizen to such an extent that s policeman takes him to the station in @ patrol wagon. In these warm days, however, the able-bodied man who wants a “little assistance” has taken a new tack. _ A prosperous-looking citizen stood in La Salle street the other day at noon when @ husky fellow lounged up to him and asked in the well-known whine: “Mister, could you give me « little assistance. I—” “No, sir,” was the emphatic re- sponse, “I woukin’t give my great grandmother a bite of bread ifshe was twice as thirsty as you are at this minute.” “Thank you, sir; thank you, sir. I'm much obliged to you,” was the humble reply to the tirade. “I—" “Q, don’t mention it,” returned the citizen; “you can’t pawn it. I've gotit covered by copyright.” But as the fellow slouched away it was evident that most of it all was lost on him. ~ DEADLY VOLCANO GAS. — Suid to Have Caused the Speedy Dis- solution of Everyone of Sou- friere’s Victims. Gen. Forwood who received a re port from Lieut. Jere B. Clayton, as sistant surgeon, concerning the dis- tribution of medical supplies to the people of the West Indies suffering trom the effects of the reeent volcanic eruptions, says that, as near as could be ascertained, the cause of death was the explosion of an inflammable gas which was emitted by the moun- tain, reports a Washington exchange. The most plausible explanation of the conditions found, he says, was given by Lieut. John J. Reilly, a member of the expedition, ewho suggested that the gas as sent forth by the mountain was not inflammable unt} mixed with a certain quantity of oxygen, and that mixture was reached at the time the gas arrived at St. Pierre. It was firm- ly asserted by all the survivors that everyone in St. Pierre was dead three minutes after the explosion took place. 4 The medical men say that the cause of death at St. Vincent seems to have been sulphur dioxide, or a similar gas, emitted by Soufriere. A few persons were injured or killed by falling rocks. Burns were found on the posterior sur- face of the exposed parts of the body, indicating that everyone was running away from the mourtain. . THE BREEZE CURE. BeneGeial Effect of Riding at Fall Speed in a Vehicle of High Motor Power. The medical journals declare that to ride in an automobile at full speed is an excellent tonic. It “sends rushes of pure air through the nostrils into the lungs, while the beating of the same pure air against the face has the effeet of hardening; the muscles and of quickening the circulation.” This ig what any brisk movement in the open air will do, especially if the wind is blowing, says the Hartford Times. Could not the effect be produced by a reservoir of come ressed air connect- ed with a six-inch pipe? ‘The passenger could sit in a chair on the porch and let the breeze be turne¢ on him at the same velocity that b« would be carried against the air in an automobile. ~ He could wear his leather coat and goggles and have all the benefits of a rapid ride without the danger of running over pedestrians, A steering wheel could be furnished to complete the resemblance. From time to time water could be allowed to trickle into the pipe and a driving rain be produced. Or salt water could be used and the effect of sailing in a stiff breeze be given. The plan is worth considering. It is not patented. Poor Jews in Palestine. One .f the highest Jewish authori- ties in Palestine tells me, says William E. Curtis in the Chicago Record-Herald, that at least 35 per cent. of his religion- ists in this country to-day are sub- sisting directly or indirectly on char- ity, and at least 20 per cent. are abso- lutely dependent upon foreign benevo- lence. About one-half of them haye sought here an asylum from persecu- tion. They have fled from Poland, Russia and Roumania. The remainder” are aged or infirm persons who seek a grave in the sacred soil. They come here to die. The Mount of Olives is covered with cemeteries, and the slopes of the bill upon which Jerusalem is built are occupied by neglected graves. Quite s number of Jewish scholars come here to study. Others are at- tracted by sentiment and some come Deeause they know they will be sup- Pe A company has just been formed in France to relieve parliamentary candidates of all the worries of a general election. Posters,. agents, orators, andiences—ail are found. Voters, however, are not supplied, but if the candidate is not elected the company guarantees to return a third of whatever he may have paid to se- cure his return. - A. Philadelphia for a patient who had lost his own in ice ee ee oe oe Vote for Dr. Nicholas R. Engels, Democratic Candidate for Commissioner of Cook County. ANOTHER CASE OF FOOL REASONING. The remarks of B. T. Washington in his St. Paul speech the other day that the Negro must have first the industrial and then the intellectual occupation, must first have the hand and the body experience, then mental and aesthetic development, is only another evidence of a fool waking into water over his head. If Washington had only read history seriously 24 hours in his life he would see that his talk disproved on every hand in his own country. The Pilgrims had hardly landed here before they planted a university for their children and hastened to monopolize the sea traffic almost from England. They also early became manufacturers, and America is now, from these examples a stronger competitor with the rest of the world in every known human endeavor. Now, if according to Washington's theory this young nation had not applied itself to anything but tilling the farms, why New England would be today nothing but a byword in the mouths of the world, instead of the admiration of all mankind. In fact, the whole country would have been the same. There never was a better example than a shoemaker should stick to his last than in Booker Washington, who continually attempts to handle questions miles beyond his depth. He would by far better stick to working in aid of Jim Crow cars and turning over political offices to white southerners. The Guardian, Boston, Mass. THE OLD FOLKS' HOME. The following resolutions were passed at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Home for A. I. C. P., 610 Garfield Boulevard. Be it resolved: That no person or set of persons be allowed to give an entertainment of any character whatever, unless authorized by the Board of Directors of the Home or the Ways and Means Committee of the same, which has cffarge of the work of this character by a special resolution passed in the annual meeting, August 7, 1901. Be it further resolved: That the parties granting the privilege of giving such entertainments place the secretary of the Home or some one specified by the Board of Directors in position to receive all moneys upon the evening of the entertainment and that they furnish an itemized account of all expenses and all outstanding tickets at the time of the close of the entertainment, and that all outstanding moneys be paid direct to the secretary of the Home. Be it further resolved: That this resolution take effect at once. CHIPS Colored men, we must oppose the insulting, disreputable elements amongst us, with the same energy and vigor we fight the lawless white elements. The Planet, Richmond. If it has come to pass that no one Colored Republican in this country can advance upwards in the political world without first having Prof. Washington to pass upon his qualifications then it would seem that the Afro-American race is in mighty bad shape for it is our opinion that its a very dangerous thing for any one man to assume powers which belong to a king. Col. Mike McDonald, the ex-boss gambler of Chicago, was in and out of Judge Dunne's court while Old Ham Carter's libel suit was being tryed and on Monday before the trial the Col. occupied a seat up against the wall right behind the Clerk's desk so he could look the Court in the face. It was largely through Col. Mike that his bosom friend Old Ham became president of the Cook County Colored Democracy. It seems that Booker T. Washington is right next to the President, and all appointments must receive his official seal before their names are even considered by the Administration. Under the circumstances, it would be good politics for some of the would be leaders to get into line gracefully and abide their time for promotion, thereby making Mr. Washington stronger and helping the Race too.—The Independent, Pittsburg, Pa. Fiction in Our Libraries Fiction in Our Libraries. In some of the public libraries of the United States the percentage of fiction called for has been reduced below 60. Even this figure is misleading. Novel devotees read three times as fast as those who call for books of other classes. Novels are often skimmed or returned as unsatisfactory after a few chapers are sampled. When the novel reading is scaled down by this consideration the excess of fiction taken out of public libraries is largely reduced. A Pictorial Person. Tattooed on the body of a man who lost his life in the south West Indies docks recently were a crucifix, elephant, tombstone, dog, eagle, figures of Punch and Judy, cross flags and the word "love" in large letters. A Rarity in Camp Great excitement was caused recently in a Colorado mountain camp by the offering of a sirloin steak as a prize at an entertainment. Rooms for Rent. Elegantly furnished rooms for rent with bath and gas at 3232 Wabash avenue. HOUSE AND LOT WANTED. Anyone having a good house and lot for sale on easy payments located between 59th and 69 Halsted and Ashland avenue, will find it to their advantage to address Julius F. Taylor, 5040 Armour aveune, Chicago. LAWRENCE A. NEWBY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Room 6, 128 LaSalle St., CHICAGO RESIDENCE 2623 WABASH AVE William Howard Fitzgerald LAWYER Room 402 Reaper Block, CHICAGO JOSEPH A. McINERNEY LAWYER SUITE 706-708 CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE CHICAGO Beauregard F. Moseley, LAWYER. Practice in all Courts. 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Quite the contrary. Some never do what is claimed for them. The Original Ozonized Ox Marrow has been on the market for so long that there is no doubt it will do everything we claim for it. It is the most genteel preparation that any one can use on their hair. It is most delicately perfumed and when thoroughly rubbed into the scalp and well brushed through the hair it cannot fail to cure dandruff and make the hair straight, soft and beautiful. It invigorates the scalp producing new growth and stops the hair from falling out. Try a bottle and you will be sure to be pleased. Only 50 cents, express paid, to any address in the United States. Druggists also sell it. Address: Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. AGENTS FOR THE BROAD AX. From now until further notice The Broad Ax will be on sale at the following places: E. H. Faulkner, dealer in cigars and tobacco, 3104 State street. B. W. Fitts, printing office, 2712 State street. A. F. 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