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THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. THE WASH WOMEN BELONGING TO BETHEL CHURCH ASSISTED REV. LONGREEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN MURRAY TO RAISE $35 FOR THE PURPOSE OF FIGHTING THE BROAD AX. Vol. VIII. When The Broad Ax first began to hold up to the public gaze the immoral acts of Rev. Longreen Abraham Lincoln Murray, he contended: "That it was nothing but a little dirty 'Nigger' sheet, that it could not hurt him as no-one read it." But as it continued to refer to his short comings it heated him up one thousand times hotter than the firey furnaces in which the three Hebrews were chucked according to the story in the Bible. It has shown to the world that at heart Rev. Longreen Abraham Lincoln Murray is a savage. For instead of denying the alleged charges which The Broad Ax has brought forward against him; he has stood up in his pulpit or Bethel Church and threatened to murder or shoot us too death; and yet he has the nerve, the brass and the gall to claim: that he is a Chistian minister following in the footsteps of the meek and lowly Jesus, and on Sunday, Dec. 21, Rev. Longreen Abraham Lincoln Murray with all of the damnable black charges hanging over his big stupid head urged upon the members of Bethel Church to contribute their hard earned money to assist him to crush out the truth and to surpress The Broad Ax. From reliable reports we understand that he collected in some $35, from the wash-women and the other deluded individuals whom he has succeeded in: hood-winking. This money is to be THE WAY UP. "By means that even seem to narrow men," "Supernal beings work their mystic will." So sang the inspired poet, Thomson. Admit we must that man has evolved from vestial savagery up to and through the fierce devil worship of human jewry and the course materialism and slaveholding of Rome into a little higher state as we find ourselves to-day—we must see how war slavery, polygamy and other evils have been but cruel necessities and instrumentalities of progress. The march has been very slow—often impeded, sometimes forced backward often defeated and the race overwhelmed by delays of water or of fierce invading savaegs but still the trend has been forward. Never in all time has it been so rapid as during the past century and now it would seem as if man had gathered into his own hands all the mightiest of hitherto unknown forces to render his power inumerable. And yet there stands in the way of the human race some menacing conditions which like the disposition of kings and domination of slaveholders a few years ago threaten to compel a retreat or at least a stay of farther headway. Never before had so few men gathered to themselves such awful power. For one thing, never had the men possession of money rendered men so potent. Never had money such power. Why? Simply because of ignorance among mankind. Truly, History does repeat itself. That same ignorance and cruelty its hand maid have in the past held the millions in subjection to monarchies of priests, orders of nobility, and to divinity of monarchs. A theory as to a treasury of holiness in a church once made its papers of indulgence current coin. So now a belief fixed into a creed about the intrinsic value of a metal is likely to enslave the world to the controllers of that metal. Holt. Mr. Walter S. Boyle, the big coal merchant, has a whole army of friends who are anxious to see him secure the nomination for Mayor of this great city. turned over to some cheap grafting lawyers for the purpose of sending Julius F. Taylor to jail. Rev. Longreen Abraham Lincoln Murray handled our name and the name of The Broad Ax without gloves and while the collection was being taken up the wash-women vied with each other in order to lay down their money on the table. It is reported that during the great excitement and commotion which prevailed our friend Jacob L. Parks the undertaker shot his open hand up above his head indicating that he would give $5.00 and finally it is claimed that brother Parks turned over his check to Rev. Longreen Abraham Lincoln Murray for the sum of $2.00. The money collected to be expended in fighting Julius F. Taylor could be used in paying a part of the $600 interest money which Bethel church is paying each year on its enormous indebtedness. For we understand that within the past three years Rev. Longreen Abraham Murray has lived so high that he has been unable to reduce the debt. But that Rev. R. C. Ransom while in charge of Bethel Church paid $1,000 a year on the debt aside from the interest. Rev. Longreen Abraham Lincoln Murray may collect a $1,000 from his unlettered wash women and blind followers for the purpose of crushing out The Broad Ax. But he can never accomplish that object unless he murders us in cold blood. W. B. GETTY, SOUNDS THE PRAISES OF THE BROAD AX. Mr. W. B. Getty, Superintendent of the Second-class mails Chicago Post office, and his able assistants all join in saying that "the Seventh Anniversary edition of The Broad Ax was the most superb and the most elegantly gotten up newspaper which has passed through the Chicago Post office within the past ten years. We certainly feel proud to think that gentlemen like Mr. Getty, and his assistants who inspect thousands of newspapers each week or month should pay such a high compliment to The Broad Ax. Rev. Longreen Abraham Lincoln Murray, when you read these lines we do not want you to go off half-cocked but we want you to answer this one simple question like an honest man namely, for sometime past "have you not spent a little of the Lord's time in visiting at the home of Mrs. S. C—— who resides on 37th street between State street and Wentworth avenue? The time may come Rev. Longreen Abraham Lincoln Murray, when our Attorneys Col. A. D. Gash, Robert M Mitchell, Dan Morgan Smith, J. E. Jones and ex-Judge J. E. Ricketts, may have the extreem pleasure of proposing these and similar questions to you on the witness stand right out in the open court. If they do Rev. Longreen Abraham Lincoln Murray, they will heat you up so hot that you will cry out in a loud voice to your supposed God to protect you from their terrific onslaughts for they will tear the thick hide off your immoral carcass. Old Col. Charley Gunther, has an itching desire to become Mayor of Chicago, but he will never see the day when he can walk into the room occupied by Mayor Harison, cock—his feet up on the desk and say "my name is Col. Charley Gunther, and I am Mayor of Chicago." Special Notice We still have a number of-copies of the Seventh Anniversary edition of The Broad Ax which will be sent to any address in the United States for 5 cents per copy. HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, JANUARY 3, 1903 ALDERMAN JOHN J. BRADLEY, WHICH THE BEST INTERESTS OF ALL CHICAGO THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Owing to the extraordinary amount up the Seventh Anniversary edition of or numsculls thought the paper had not on sale at the news stands last thousand and odd white readers of at a clip in advance as subscriptions not entertain such foolish ideas and to us because they failed to receive realized that when it did appear it would surpass any thing in the way by an Afro-American. Those who have only faith or content of paying out their nickles for it hours we stood by the side of one of lock-up men in Chicago who receives the one hundred thousand ems over by us three time in that each line and cut all passed signed to their various positions; the press and watched every paper man alone received $1.00 per hour for press in four separate sections; that laid away to become thoroughly dry permitttd to touch it; that we stood and mailers for 12 hours and closely before it was dropped into the mail was finished and the mail sacks de the seat by the side of the driver of the men in the Post office and before they were turned over to Un of this country. Then on that same evening throu raged we superintended the delivery The Broad Ax, to all our agents on our dinner at ten o'clock feeling well for the seventh anniversary edition excells and surpasses any news paper publishers in the United States. BRADLEY, WHO IS EVER READY TO SERVE THE INTERESTS OF ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE CHICAGO. ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE BROAD AX An extraordinary amount of extra labor expended in the seventy edition of The Broad Ax many years ago, the paper had, supended publication, but news stands last Saturday and Sunday. White readers of this paper who have paid as subscriptions each year for the past six months, polish ideas and not one of them made it failed to receive their paper on Saturday, but it did appear it would be a gem or a staple in the way of a newspaper heretofore. Only faith or confidence in The Broad Ax itself nickles for it did not know; that for the side of one of the best and most experienced agents who receives 75 cents per hour for his thousand ems or linotype composition, three time in order to get it clear from cut all passed under our eargle eye as various positions; that for eighteen hours, he read every paper as it came from the press 1.00 per hour for his labor. That it can be sections; that as each section was carefully dry before the wrappers or that we stood by the side of the three hours and closely inspected and handled into the mail sacks and after that part, the mail sacks deposited in the wagon were of the driver Monday evening and stored in the Post office and watched them weigh the weight over to Uncle Sam to be transported. Once evening through the blinding snow, he led the delivery of the seventh anniversary of our agents on the South side and arrived feeling well repaid for our labor, the seventy edition of The Broad Ax. Without any news paper ever gotten up by the United States. [Name not provided] ALDERMAN JOHN J. BRADLEY, WHO IS EVER READY TO WORK FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO. ALDERMAN JOHN J. BRADLEY, WHO IS EVER READY TO WORK FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO. THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE BROAD AX. Owing to the extraordinary amount of extra labor expended in getting up the Seventh Anniversary edition of The Broad Ax many ignorant fools or numsculls thought the paper had, suspended publication, because it was not on sale at the news stands last Saturday and Sunday. But the two-thousand and odd white readers of this paper who have paid out $2.00 at a clip in advance as subscriptions each year for the past seven years did not entertain such foolish ideas and not one of them made any complaint to us because they failed to receive their paper on Saturday, for they fully realized that when it did appear it would be a gem or a souvenir which would su-pass any thing in the way of a newspaper heretofore produced by an Afro-American. Those who have only faith or confidence in The Broad Ax to the extent of paying out their nickles for it did not know; that for twenty-three hours we stood by the side of one of the best and most expert make-up and lock-up men in Chicago who receives 75 cents per hour for his services that the one hundred thousand ems or linotype composition was read over by us three time in order to get it clear from all errors; that each line and cut all passed under our eargle eye as they were assigned to their various positions; that for eighteen hours we stood by the press and watched every paper as it came from the press. The pressman alone received $1.00 per hour for his labor. That it came from the press in four seperate sections; that as each section was completed it was laid away to become thoroughly dry before the wrappers or mailers were permitttd to touch it; that we stood by the side of the three lady wrappers and mailers for 12 hours and closely inspected and handled every paper before it was dropped into the mail sacks and after that part of the work was finished and the mail sacks deposited in the wagon we jumped on the seat by the side of the driver Monday evening and stood by the side of the men in the Post office and watched them weigh the various sacks before they were turned over to Uncle Sam to be transported to all parts of this country. Then on that same evening through the blinding snow storm which raged we superintended the delivery of the seventh anniversary edition of The Broad Ax, to all our agents on the South side and arrived home to our dinner at ten o'clock feeling well repaid for our labor, time and expense for the seventh anniversary edition of The Broad Ax. Without any doubt excells and surpasses any news paper ever gotten up by Afro-American publishers in the United States. Attorney Hugh J. Kearns, it is said will compete with John E. Owens, for the nomination of City Attorney, and a lively scrape may come off between them, but the many ardent friends of the present City Attorney, feel sure that he will have the majority of the delegates in the convention on his side—that he will be honored with the nomination. --- ```markdown ``` ITION OF THE BROAD AX. A part of extra labor expended in getting The Broad Ax many ignorant fools suspended publication, because it was Saturday and Sunday. But the two of this paper who have paid out $2.00 each year for the past seven years did not one of them make any complaint their paper on Saturday, for they fully would be a gem or a souvenir which of a newspaper heretofore produced confidence in The Broad Ax to the ex-did not know; that for twenty-three the best and most expert make-up and 75 cents per hour for his services that or linotype composition was read order to get it clear from all errors; under our eagle eye as they were as that for eighteen hours we stood by as it came from the press. The press-his labor. That it came from the as each section was completed it was before the wrappers or mailers were by the side of the three lady wrappers inspected and handled every paper sacks and after that part of the work posited in the wagon we jumped on Monday evening and stood by the side watched them weigh the various sacks cle Sam to be transported to all parts through the blinding snow storm which of the seventh anniversary edition of the South side and arrived home to repaid for our labor, time and expense of The Broad Ax. Without any doubt ever gotten up by Afro-American The Board of Assessors was reorganized Thursday. Hon. James J. Gray was elected President of the Board, William H. Weber, Secretary. The desks of Messrs. Gray Weber, Wolf, Randall, and Miller, were decorated with rare and costly flowers which were furnished by the employees of the Board. President Gray, and his associates rewarded Jackson Gordon for his faithful services by appointing him chief janitor of the building and raising his salary. --- Honest Earnest Hummel, will go into the next city convention with a strong following and the chances are that he will be nominated for City Treasurer. Miss Ophelia Brown, Paducah, Ky., spent the holiday season in this city visiting with her cousin Mrs. Zula Tanzy, 524 Wieland st. Miss Brown leaves for her Kentucky home this evening. Christmas day services were held at the Armour Mission and the children of all nationalities attending it were urged or invited to take part in the program except the little colored children. John E. Traeger, who is one of the most popular German-Americans in Cook county, is being urged by his friends to become a candidate for city treasurer. John Traeger, is all right and the people are with him to a finish. Dr. Joseph Jeffery, Hon. John G. Jones, William Nelson, who is connected with the Chicago post office; James A. Brown, James H. Harris, Dr. Anna R. Cooper, were among the callers at our humble home New Years Day. If it is true that William Loeffler does not want the nomination for city clerk, then The Broad Ax would like to see the Hon. Thomas Gallagher, chosen for that position, for he is fully able to serve as City Clerk of Chicago. Mrs. Anna Sadler Ford, and her sister Mrs. Norton, 5045 Armour avenue, are both fast friends of The Broad Ax; they are of the impression that it is doing a vast amount of good in the way of purifying the morals of the Afro-American race. Joseph J. Healy, 436 West 47th street, who knows no man on account of the color of his skin did not fail to send us a bottle of Claret wine in order to celebrate the first day of the new year in proper style. Joe. Healy, the wine was all right and we want to thank you for it. While Rev. Longreen Abraham Lincoln Murray was begging for money Sunday, Dec. 21, in order to fight Julius F. Taylor, some of the sisters shouted "amen, bless the Lord, we will stand by Brother Murray, and he will send that old Broad Axman, Julius F. Taylor, to jail." Col. Lawrence A. Newby, who is an old newspaper hustler and writer assisted us for two nights and the greater part of one day in helping to bring forth the Seventh Anniversary edition of The Broad Ax, and we take this means of expressing our thanks to Col. Newby, for his assistance. State Senator M. J. Butler, presented Mrs. Taylor with a fine bottle of Port wine as a Christmas present. The senator also sent the writer a large bottle of old Crow whisky, which will be used in making toddy and eggnog. Mrs. Taylor and ourself both appreciate your presents Senator Butler. Rev. Longreen Abraham Lincoln Murray was recently made a full-fledged member of the K. P's. This would seem ti imply that the majority of the leaders of the Afro-American K. P's. of Chicago are willing to gather into its or their fold all the immoral or grand rascals residing in this city. Rev. Monroe Drew, Columbus Junction, Iowa, was found guilty last week by a commission for mistreating his wife, and he will be silenced from preaching the word of God; but if he had been a Negro preacher instead of being white he would have been assigned to a new field of labor and the sisters and brethren would have exclaimed amen bless the Lord on high! Gov. Longino, of Mississippi has opened a fierce warfare on the white-caps of Amite and Franklin counties of that state, and he has ordered them to disperse, and he will give $50 reward for the arrest and conviction of each and every member of lawless gang of whitcapers who are infesting that or any part of the state of Mississippi. Many Afro-American fools and some white ones too, for that matter expected to see Rev. Longreen Abraham Lincoln Murry's name scatted all over the Seventh Anniversary edition of No.10. The Broad Ax, but in this they were disappointed for we could not afford under any circumstances or conditions to permit his immoral name to appear on the very finest Aberdeen book paper which costs six and one quarter cents per pound. It seems that all the colored people live on State, Dearborn or Armour avenue in Chicago. Tell us where the man lives that was at the head of the Middle States Exposition. If you don't tell us we will tell you what he has not done.—The Palladium, St. Louis, Mo. Brother Palladium Col. James Hale Porter, late Director-General of the Middle States and Mississippi Valley Exposition resides at 610 Garfield Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Col. B. F. Moseley, who is one of our very best friends always maintained "that The Broad Ax was the greatest newspaper in the United States because it had the courage to fight immoral, whisky drinking preachers." But at the present time for some cause or other Col. Moseley, who is one of the greatest Afro-American lawyers? in this country, is of the opinion "that The Broad Ax would be a first-class newspaper if it would only stop fighting immoral whisky drinking preachers." Rev. Longreen Abraham Lincoln Murray, The Broad Ax will present the officers of Bethel Church with two new silver dollars which can be expended in helping to carry on the Lord's work, if you will please stand up in your pulpit this coming Sunday and repeat or pronounce the name of the nice looking lady whom you stood on the corner of Madison and Dearborn streets with one night last summer at 12 o'clock. Wont you gartify us or The Broad Ax by pronouncing the name of the lady Rev. Longreen Abraham Lincoln Murray? Wednesday night Rev. Longreen Abraham Lincoln Murray, held all night services in Bethel Church, during the performances several men and women fainted and had to be lugged out of the main body of the church into the anti-rooms and doctors had to be summoned to work on them for the purpose of bringing them back to life. It is said that Rev. Longreen Abraham Lincoln Murray "got mighty happy" while leading the grand march, that the vaudiville performaces were greatly enjoyed by all those who turned out to witness it. It may be that we will be arrested charged with libel for referring to the fact that Col. Samuel R. Snowden who conducts a crap and stud poker game in the Keystone Hotel on State street near 31st street is one of the new members of the famous and aristocratic Appomattox Club, that at the reception given by the club at their club rooms New Year's day Col. Snowden assisted in receiving the best Afro-American men and women in Chicago, and some claim that he furnished the music for the occasion; that he is now the new social lion of the club. The collection Chirstmas in Bethel Church, was for the benefit of Rev. Longreen Abraham Lincoln Murray, and Mrs. Murray, and as for us we can ascertain twenty dollars was lifted which was devided equally between them, while the collection was being taken up a fine looking young lady walked up to the table, and laid a new silver dollar on it and an evergreen leaf was laid on the silver dollar by her and when the money was counted by the chruch officers the evergreen leaf and the silver dollar was placed on Rev. Longreen Abraham Lincoln Murray's side of the table. No one seemed to know the name of the beautiful young lady. Rev. Longreen Abraham Lincoln Murray, who may be arrested before 1903 passes away, for threatening, to murder or assinate Julius F. Taylor, does not like to be reminded of the fact that at the Septmeber conference 1901, which was held in St. Stephen's Church on the west side, he was charged with having a desire of wanting to feel the lower limbs of one of the sisters right in his study in Bethel Church. The day may come when this and all the other black and ugly things which have appeared from time to time in the columns of this paper in relation to Rev. Longreen Abraham Lincoln Murray will come out in the washings right out in open court. SITE OF NAVY YARD. It Has an Interesting History Which Is Most Interestingly Related by an Old District Resident. [Special Washington Letter.] THIS is the story of "Reservation 14," as described on the original maps of the city of Washington, by the engineer L'Enfant, in 1792, confirmed by Washington, March 2, 1797, and adopted by congress in several enactments. The various land reservations proposed by the wonderful genius who planned this beautiful capital city are numbered on the maps, and their proposed uses described in voluminous notes which accompanied the drawings. "Reservation 14" was set apart for a navy yard, and it was the purpose of the delineator that there should also be located there shipbuilding plants of magnitude befitting the great nation which he believed would grow upon this continent. The navy yard has always been and is yet located on "Reservation 14," and there is there in operation a splendid gun factory; but the ship building of the nation has almost always been done by contracting parties in other seacoast cities. The eastern branch of the Potomac, where the navy yard is located, is nowadays so shallow that it would not float a modern cruiser, while a battleship would have a hard time coming any further up the river than Alexandria. This reservation is about a mile and a quarter southeast of the capitol building, and was originally in the tract known as "the Prout farm;" but, when the yard was authorized, under an appropriation made in 1799, additional land was found necessary and the two triangular squares westward, numbered 883 and 884, were purchased of the commissioners, Scott and Thornton, for $4,000. The conveyance recited that the land was "for the sole use and behoof of the said United States forever." There is an impression that some of the officers' residences in the yard were once connected with the Prout farm, but, as will be seen by the diagram, but two of the buildings of Mr. Prout came within the navy yard line, and these disappeared years ago. The first building for officers was erected in the yard in 1801, and for many years was occupied by Capt. Cassin, and is known now as "the captain's house." The residences for the commandant and other officers were built in 1804. The mansion house of William Prout was a large brick fronting on Eighth street, north of M street, originally two stories in height and 42 by 43 feet in size. The barns were of frame, one 46 by 24 feet, another 40 by 24. The smaller buildings were built of logs. Many old citizens remember the mansion as having been the home of the Otterback family for years, it having been purchased of Mr. Prout in the thirties; but the site is now used for a car barn by the Capital Traction company. The graveyard was in Georgia avenue and M street, 29 by 61 feet in dimensions; and from the stories told by old men, who as boys played about the tombstones, it was well populated. It will be observed that in the form of square 930, in the cut, the lower angle does not appear, and the explanation is that the graveyard was 945 B 922 VIRGINIA RI. 908 C 929 921 S. 2 ST. 907 330 888 N. GENERAL 885 GITE NAVY YARD ST. THOMAS BAY X MANSION B BARNS C CABINS S STABLE G GRAVE YARD PROPERTY HOME PLACE EAST BRANCH MAP OF RESERVATION 14 fenced in when the city was laid out, and the commissioners planned to leave it undisturbed. Tens of thousands of visitors to the national capital view the navy yard, are guided through the great gun factory by officials, and have the public places explained to them, but very few ever have the opportunity to talk to "the oldest inhabitant;" the man who knew all about it almost a century ago, at a time when the navy yard was a thing of the imaginary future, as was also the capital city. And, for that matter, in those days the success of the republic itself was problematical. William Birth, 95 years of age, deaf as a post, who can learn nothing of modern things except through his eyes, is an interesting conversationalist. He says: "I used spectacles from the time I was 50 until I was almost 70 years old; and then my eyesight came back to me. For more than 90 years I have used no spectacles: My eyesight is as good as that of any young man or woman on earth. I was bragging that I was growing young again, when my hearing began to fail. Gradually all power of discerning sounds left me, and I am thus isolated from the world; but I read all of the daily papers, and I know a thing or two, anyway." This wonderful old man is as lovable as another Saint John, the Aged: for he thinks and speaks only in loving tones of all mankind, and of all things on earth. His scrap book of drawings, covering all of the old landmarks of this city, is particularly interesting when exhibited in his parlor, on a winter evening, and explained by him in his vivacious manner. He says: "I have often laughed at the officers of the old times, who used to think that because the navy yard was two miles and a half from the white house and navy department they could do as they pleased without any of their conduct or misconduct being found out. "When Commodore Goldsborough was in charge of the navy yard, although he resided in the northwest, he knew what was going on as well as any modern sleuth. He went to the quarters of the commandant every day to attend to official business. THE MAP OF THE WORLD "REPORT THEM DRUNK, SIR." One morning he called for the chief surgeon and handed him the daily report, saying: 'Take that back, and make out an honest report.' The surgeon protested that all of his reports were honest, but the commodore insisted that they were not. Finally the surgeon told the commodore that he exceeded his authority, as well as his knowledge, in telling a surgeon how to make out a sick report. Thereupon the old commodore almost took him off his feet, by roaring out: "Take this sick report and make it out honestly, or I will get a surgeon who will make an honest report. Take out all of these lines telling of officers who have dyspepsia, indigestion, gastric irritation, gastric fever and all that kind of rot. Make out the report that these officers are unfit for duty to-day, because they have been "drunk over night." This sick list has got to be cut down." "Down east of the navy yard reservation," continued Mr. Birth, "were Widow Wheeler's possessions. Although her mansion was only 18 by 41 feet, it was located on a small run emptying into the Anacostia river, and the widow was sought by many who believed in marrying land and a woman at the same time. She had several small sail boats and a number of row boats, and was fond of picnicing and excursions; but not one of her numerous suitors ever made any progress. The naval officers flashed their brass buttons on her, but she would have none of them. Brass buttons were not as potential in the matrimonial market then as they are today. "Just beyond this reservation 14, along the river front, is the congressional cemetery, and the remains of Christ church still stand near by. This plot of ground was given to the congress by the widow of William Young, and it was the intention of having all congressmen buried there who might die in this city. It was intended to be a great honor, although I never heard of any congressmen dying just for the sake of being buried here. Mrs. Ruth Young, owned more land than did Widow Wheeler, and she also was sought by the brass buttons from the navy yard, but she remained true to the memory of her first husband and loyal to the land that he left to her. She owned all of the land set aside for the congressional cemetery, and also about 80 acres of what now seems to be the most desirable part of east Washington, but it was all farm land then. "When I was a young man there was not a session of congress that did not bring some persons here applying for the privilege of putting up a big shipbuilding plant. There must have been wise men in the congresses of those days. All of these people who came begging for the franchise of government ship building were turned down; and the main argument of the obstructors was that the time will come when there will not be enough water here for a navy yard and shipbuilding plant.' And they were right." This is interesting news from the past century. Those statesmen of a hundred years ago, and up to 50 years ago, must have been farseeing and scientific men. Moreover, they must have been patriotic, because Mr. Birth says that he very frequently heard it stated that "substantial inducements were offered to influence legislation." But, in those days, even the St. Louis aldermen were honest. "The sailing vessels of the navy used to come to the navy yard," continued Mr. Birth; "and they received complete supplies here. Before the beginning of the civil war I have often seen our battleships here at anchor, and we were very proud of them, for we believed them to be the terror of the seas until the confederate Merrimac rammed and sunk them down at Norfolk. You will never understand how frightened we all were in this city, when the awful news broke upon us that our great battleships carrying apparently invincible batteries, had been hammered into splinters by that new monster of the seas." SMITH D. FRY. WOMAN'S MAGAZINE Fifteen-Year-Old Esther McEwen Makes Three Voyages Disguised in Male Attire. Esther McEwen, the 15-year-old Scotch girl who has just got back home after making her third sea voyage, dressed as a boy, says she was inspired to become a sailor by reading novel about a girl who did so. Esther says the story was an exciting one, but it is doubtful if its heroine had a more eventful experience than that which befell her flesh-and-blood emulator. The girl first made a trip all around the Scotch coast. Then she shipped for a long cruise to Valparaiso. After that she "signed" for a voyage to the east, visiting France and Spain and finally brought up at Alexandria. She would have continued her wanderings THE BOY AND THE GIRL THE CABIN BOY GIRL. if having to undergo a medical examination had not forced her to admit that she was a girl. Her captain brought her back as a cabin passenger to England, where she fell into the hands of the police, as "having no visible means of support," and has just been released. Esther ran away from home because her half-sister, with whom she used to live, treated her unkindly. Her parents were dead. Big, strong and healthy, she had been working in the fields up to the time when the book about the sailor lass fell into her hands. Then she decided to cut loose. First she went to a barber and without a tremor told him to take off her long black hair. She had him crop it close to her head. Then she got a suit of boy's clothes and left the little village, Wishaw, where she was living, for Glasgow. She got into an empty "compartment" and changed her clothes between stations. Soon after she had reached Glasgow she postponed her plan of going to sea for awhile. Instead she worked as a boy in a colliery. Wandering about the streets one night in her male get-up, somebody offered her a chance in the mines. She took it, and for three months worked in her shirt sleeves beside the men and earned six dollars a week. One day, however, part of the colliery roof underneath which she worked fell in, just missing the girl and killing the man next to her. This scared Esther so badly that she quit the coal business. Her first plan of going to sea came back to her, and leaving Glasgow for Ayr on the seacoast, she prepared to carry it out. Esther didn't find much difficulty in getting a "berth" on board ship. She signed as cabin boy on a vessel called the Discovery, and it was on this craft that she took her trip around the Scottish coast. She called herself Allan Gordon. She was paid off at Newport, England, and promptly found a place as cabin boy on a ship bound for South America. After this voyage was over she found herself in Cardiff with about $13 in her pocket. The ship in which she set off for Alexandria was named The Gem, and the girl worked as a steward aboard of her. When at the eastern city the word was passed round that a doctor was coming to examine the entire ship's company, she went to her captain and confided in him. Fortunately for her he proved to be kindhearted and immediately told her that he would take her home and see that she didn't suffer on the way. "He treated me like a father." Esther said. Of course it got out that there was a girl on board dressed as a boy—for the sailor-lass had not been able to get any other clothes—and when the ship reached port a policeman heard some of the men talking about Esther and forthwith made it his business to arrest her. The girl was released after a day or two, one of her sisters having turned up and claimed her. Esther says she doesn't like the sea at all, and that she didn't have a good time on ship-board, for the men's ways displeased her. Of course, she didn't care for their amusements, either, and they thought her mopish and a "bad fellow."—London Letter in Detroit Free Press. Regine for Lavender Water. For fine lavender water use two ounces of finest oil of lavender, one ounce essence of musk, one-half ounce essence of ambergris, one-half ounce oil of bergamot and one-half gallon of rectified spirits. Mix the ingredients, keep in a demijohn for several days, shaking occasionally. Then filter and bottle CHAFING DISH COOKERY. Proper Setting of the Table Is Quite as Important as Correct Preparation of Food. If the dining-room is to be the scene of a chafing dish feast use a bare table, with a handsome luncheon cloth or linen centerpiece for floral decorations to rest on. A doily should be at each cover, with a plate, knife and fork and whatever glasses are necessary. Make the table as inviting as possible. A little smilax or greenhouse asparagus is inexpensive and adds to the attractiveness of the supper. Authorities differ as to the mixing of a Welsh rarebit. Each man is a law unto himself and is quite sure that he makes a better rarebit than his neighbor. The following recipe is for six persons: One pound of cheese, as rich and new as possible, cut into small bits. Place a tablespoonful of butter in the chafing dish. When hot add the cheese; as this melts stir all the time. Season with plenty of salt and cayenne pepper and a pinch of dry mustard. When it is well heated through and cooking, add about half a pint of beer. Watch carefully and stir constantly, and when thoroughly melted serve on thin slices of hot toast or square biscuits. Scotch woodcock is another savory dish. First prepare the toast, cutting the bread thin and toasting an even brown. Butter when hot, and spread with anchovy paste, leaving it on a hot plate to soak into the toast. Cut bacon in the thinnest possible slices. Have the chafing dish hot, and put in the slices of bacon. As soon as they look transparent turn them over, and as the edges curl they are done. Put a slice on each bit of toast. While this is being prepared scrambled eggs should have been made in another blazer and poured over the anchovy toast and bacon, and the Scotch woodcock is complete. Four eggs are enough for six persons. Break them into a dish and beat until as light as possible. Add a cupful of milk or cream and season with salt and pepper to taste. Have the chafing dish hot and place in it a tablespoonful of butter. Pour in the egg and stir constantly.—N. Y. Herald. DUCHESS OF ORLEANS. Should Republicanism Fall in France Her Husband's Rank Might Make Her a Queen. It is a common saying in Europe that one can never tell what will happen to-morrow in Paris. Of late the royalists have been very active, and the faithful followers of the house of Orleans are shouting for the duke of Orleans—in the secrecy of their palaces on the Faubourg Saint Germain, of course. Should they attempt to shout on the streets their aristocratic [Picture of a woman in profile, wearing a high bun and a pearl necklace. She is likely a woman of the late 19th century.] DUCHESS OF ORLEANS. persons would quickly find lodgment in a jail. Should republicanism fail in France, however, the duchess of Orleans, whose latest picture is herewith presented, might become a French queen. Her recent return with her husband to England was notable because it was the first time that the couple had been allowed to land in that country since the duke wrote to a French artist, complimenting him on caricatures of the late Queen Victoria. The duchess, before her marriage in 1896, was Maria Dorothea Amelia, daughter of Archduke Joseph, of Austria. The duke is the great-grandson of the last of the French kings, Louis Phillippe, who abdicated the throne in 1848 in favor of his grandson, the count of Paris. French royalists, as many as could be gathered, were present at the wedding. Duke Robert was born in 1869, and succeeded his father, the late count of Paris, in 1894, as the head of the royal family of France. His mother, who is still living, was the Spanish infanta Louise, of Montpensier. He has one brother and four sisters, the eldest of the latter being the charming queen of Portugal, and the second, Helena, is married to the duke of Aosta, the heir-presumptive to the throne of Italy. Novelty in Tea Trays. The newest and prettiest tea trays are oblong, with brass or wooden handles and a glass bottom which may be removed to admit a piece of burnt leather or rich fabric, racing print, or other decoration. COMMERCIAL PROFESSIONS. Men of Money Who Labor to Turn Their Business Into Institutions of Usefulness. The truth is, we hear too much about the commercialism of the professions. There are men who vulgarize them all, no doubt, and who sell their craft-right for a mess of millions, for there have always been such men, says World's Work. But there is another tendency of our time that is far stronger than the tendency to get wealth; it is the tendency to establish, to build, and to maintain institutions—institutions of any useful and honorable kind. Men give themselves in the most unselfish way to build up colleges and universities, hospitals, museums, clubs, associations for the advancement of trades and professions, libraries—there is no end of the list. Men labor to turn their business into institutions. Many founders of great commercial houses work for their honorable perpetuity. Many manufacturers plan their factories so as to give them an institutional character and value. The naturally conservative tendency of an active people is toward institution building. Strong men in almost every department of work show such a tendency, often as a dominant trait of character, and this is a stronger motive than the mere wish to be rich. The rich man who stands alone, who has not established something, who is not identified with some great institution, commercial or public, is not envied. He is more likely to be pitied. PERILS OF THE TRAPPERS. How the Famous Scott and Many Others Went to Their Deaths on the Platte River. In the United States the free hunters approach the mountains by three main routes. It was coming down the Platte that poor Scott's canoe was overturned, his powder lost and his rifle rendered useless, relates Outing. Game had retreated to the mountains with spring's advance. Berries were not ripe by the time trappers were descending with their winter's hunt. Scott and his famishing men could not find edible roots. Each day Scott weakened. There was no food. Finally Scott had strength to go no further. His men had found tracks of some other hunting party far to the fore. They thought that in any case he could not live. What ought they to do? Hang back and starve with him, or hasten forward while they had strength to the party whose tracks they had espied. On pretense of seeking roots, they deserted the helpless man. The next spring when these same hunters went up the Platte they found the skeleton of poor Scott 60 miles from the place where they had left him. The terror that spurred the emaciated man to drag himself all this weary distance can barely be conceived; but such were the fearful odds taken by every free trapper who went up the Platte, across the parched plains or to the headwaters of the Missouri. VENEZUELA IS DECAYING. German Traveler States That Mixed Negroes and Indians Are Getting an Upper Hand. Dr. Passarge, the noted traveler, who has just returned from Venezuela, says, according to a Berlin report: "President Castro is a full-blooded Indian and an energetic man without political wisdom. He rose suddenly from magistrate of a remote village at the foot of the Andes to the presidency, and his rapid rise made him overconfident. "The present situation is due to two facts: Germany suddenly suspended the pressure of the early part of the war, which diminished the respect in which she was held by President Castro; secondly, the attitude of the officials of the great Venezuelan railroad toward President Castro. Germany's first principle must be not to meddle in the internal affairs of Venezuela. But the railroad officials forgot this." Dr. Passarge describes the state as drifting to certain decay and as following a steadily downward course since Gen. Blanco's presidency. The color question plays an important role in political tendencies. The mixed negroes and Indians, etc., are getting an upper hand in society and politics. WHERE DWARFS ARE MADE. Children in Madras Stunted and Disse torted for the Purpose of Putting Them Out to Beg. Some interest has of late been aroused in Madras by the exhibition of two dwarfs who are alleged to be over 50 years of age, and are brother and sister. These beings are not only small but distorted. It is believed that dwarfs are "manufactured" in Indian. There is a practice extant in the Punjab of elongating infants' heads so as to render them out of all proportion to the body. The effect of compression on the brain renders the victims idiotic, says the London Express. They are sent around to beg, and in their peregrinations visit the Madras and Bombay presidencies. An instinct akin to that of an animal, however, still lives in the distorted beings, and invariably brings them back to their masters. They are known as "Shah Shuja's mice," from the name of the temple where they are manufactured. The children, it is stated, are vowed to the temple by fanatical women. Dark-Haired Children Have the Most Imagination, But Red-Headed Get the Good Marks. Some curious statistics relating to hair have been collected by the school authorities at Lille. It is found that auburn-haired boys are generally at the head of the recitation classes, and blonde girls come out highest as artificers. But in composition they are nowhere, says the London Express. The dark-haired children of both sexes have the quality of imagination, and in their compositions know how not to fatigue the attention, and as compared to the auburn and blondes are born stylists. I dare say the auburn boys and blond lasses in the Lille elementary schools are of Flemish—that is to say phlegmatic—race. Their brains do not grow at once congested when they stand up to recite, and for that reason they keep the mastery of the vocal organs. In short, they continue to know what they are about. The dark children are probably of Celtic—that is to say, Gallic—origin. The blood comes with a rush to their brains, and they grow confused, splutter and break down. If they could only be caught to remain silent for a few moments they would be all the better for this rush as the confusion would have passed away, leaving only stimulated mental organs. Finally, on the subject of hair, says a writer in Truth. I am sorry to say that the red-headed boys and girls in the Lille schools are at the bottom in everything, save in good condition marks. Nor are they remarkable for good health. The dark boys behave better than the auburn or the fair, and are more sensitive to praise or blame CAMEL A CURIOSITY. One with Two Humpa Creates a Sesation Among the People of Cairo, Egypt. One would hardly expect to hear of a camel being an object of public attraction in Egypt. That such is the case, however, is vouched for by the Egyptian Gazette. "The ship of the desert," or the one-humped dromedary, is very common in the streets of Cairo and other parts of the Nile country, but when the zoological garden at Ghizeh secured a specimen of the two-humped Bactrian camel there was indeed a sensation. The double-decked ship of the desert was the most interesting animal in the menagerie to the native Egyptian who had been familiar all his life with the one-humped variety. Strange as it may seem, this particular specimen was bred and secured from the Rotterdam zoological gardens, where the well-known Swiss naturalist, Dr. Buettikofer, is rearing the species with success. What the dromedary is to Sahara's parched sands, says the Philadelphia Record, the Bactrian camel is to the dreary stretches of Asia. As the dromedary may be likened to the swift and safe passenger ship, so may the patient Bactrian beast be referrerd to as the slower but all the more important deeply laden merchantman, for centuries on centuries, generation after generation, these patient creatures have been transporting the wealth of China, farther India and the orient generally to Russia and thence throughout the occident. ENGLAND'S GREAT BACHELORS Four Leading Men of the British Kingdom Are Unmarried at Middle Age. This is the age of bachelors in England. The women are discussing with keen interest the fact that four of their great men are unmarried. Arthur Balfour is a bachelor, and indeed the first bachelor to become premier since the time of William Pitt. Lord Kitchener, England's most notable soldier, and Lord Milner, her most prominent administrator, are both unmarried. Completing the notable four is the bishop of London, who is not far from being the most prominent men in the church. The men on the other side, says the Philadelphia North American, are declaring that France "has long been cursed with petticoat influence in politics, and England has had some experience of the plague of women behind the scenes at the war office." They believe that "the triumph of the four great bachelors points to a quiet and effective revolt of man." Egyptian Papyri. The National museum at Washington helps with funds to support the explorations in Egypt which Dr. Flinders Petrie, the great Egyptologist, is making. As its share of this year's finds it has just received ten papyrus manuscripts, dating from about the birth of Christ. They are mostly bills of lading for camel trains, receipts for goods, etc. Industrious Indiana Col. R. H. Pratt, head of the government Indian school at Carlisle, Pa. reports that the enrollment of Indian students there this year has reached the high-water mark of 1,073. The students are encouraged to earn money by hiring out during vacation, and they made nearly $32,000 that way last year. Electrical Power Carried Far. The problem of the conveyance of electrical power is no barrier to the California electrician. San Jose has just been equipped with a system of electric lighting the current for which is carried for a distance of 173 miles, from a point in the heart of the Sierra Navada mountains. Some in Connecticut That Were Blown Down, But Survived for Three Score Years After. In the year 1727 an apple tree was planted in Connecticut, near Stonington. Three years afterward it was grafted, as is supposed, with scions from a Roxbury russet tree. In the great September gale of 1815 the tree was blown over, but lived for threescore years longer before the body succumbed to decay. At the same time one of the branches that touched the ground took root and a vigorous sprout grew up. Gradually the old trunk decayed and ten years later was entirely rotted away, while, like the mantle of Elijah falling on Elisha, the whole treetop was left resting upon the young sprout, with its new, strong roots. The tree, after its prolonged life of a century and three-quarters, is, or was recently, flourishing with renewed vigor and bearing fruit. The orchard of the writer's father contained an apple tree which was uprooted in the same memorable gale of 1815, says a Hartford correspondent of the Farmer, but a mass of earth which was torn up adhered to the roots. This kept them from drying up to some extent and soon new roots were thrown downward and the tree tenaciously retained its hold on life. The writer well remembers of eating, when a boy, the large red-cheeked apples which it bore, of unknown name. The tree "survived the fall" and for many years yielded as much fruit as any in the orchard. It had one merit, at least—no ladder was required from which to gather the fruit. THE SMELLING EXPERT. A Valuable Man in the Perfumery Line Earns His Living by Following His Nose. One of the curious trades of New York is that of the smelling expert, a man who earns his living literally by following his nose. He is employed by manufacturers of perfumery. It is his business to judge of the character, quality and value of the materials that go to the making of perfumes, says the New York Sun. Much of the perfumery made in this country is imported from France in the form of pomatums, and extracted with alcohol. The smelling expert judges the quality of pomatums. Another and even more remarkable part of his business is to examine a popular imported perfume, determine from the smell of what it is made, and enable his employer to produce it here. Like the experts of the distillers, who will take any given wine or spirits, and after examination produce a counterfeit which only a connoisseur could detect as such, the smelling expert by means of his unerring nose makes possible the production here of any perfume that it is desired to imitate. Possessed of so valuable a nose, he takes the utmost care of it. He does his best to avoid taking cold, and guards himself with special care when the influenza comes round. A single bad cold may disable his nose for weeks and throw him out of employment. He avoids also, as far as possible, all strong odors, good or bad, to preserve the delicacy of his olfactories. The profession on the whole is less injurious to health than that of the tea taster or the wine taster. WHAT REAL PROPERTY IS. Pieces of Paper in a Bank Vault or Deposit Book Are Equal to Land in Holding. What a wonderful change has passed over our entire conception of the word "property!" The writer is old enough to remember when nothing except land and houses was regarded as true property; but now a man may be a millionaire and own nothing that he can see, says the London Spectator. A few pieces of paper in a box at his banker's, or better still, an inscription in a book of which he knows nothing except that it exists, constitute him a man rich beyond the dreams of avarice, and, moreover, a man who has not to guard his property, and who can realize it—which the rich men of old could not do—in half an hour. It is a very curious change, and one the full results of which we have yet to perceive; but we suspect that among them will be an immense increase in the amount of wealth at the disposal of industry and enterprise, and an astonishing decrease in the permanence of the wealthy families. It is so easy to spend shares or bonds, and there are so few to notice whether you spend them or not. It took years to spend a great landed estate; but a fortune in bonds may disappear, as many German families have recently learned, in a year of unlucky speculation, or in the early lifetime of one spendthrift heir. American Astronomer Within 25 years American astronomers have won as many annual medals of the Royal Astronomical society of England as astronomers of all other countries, except England, combined When Cigarettes Go Out. An anti-cigarette orator predicts that the cigarette will be extinct in ten years. And by that time a good many of the boys who smoke it will be extinct, too. Thirty-one huge and exceedingly strong Havana cigars is the daily allowance of King Carlos, of Portugal, the biggest and the fattest of all the reigning monarchs of the old world. FOUL AIR IN RAILROAD CARS. Something Which Affords Experts on Ventilation an Opportunity to Distinguish Themselves. A great many people have a way of talking of how sleepy traveling makes them. They say that they cannot be long in a railway train and remain awake. This phenomenon is attributed somehow to the act of traveling, but the plain fact is that it is due to more or less asphyxiation, says the Hartford Courant. The car needs not to be in motion. It is enough to enter it and begin upon the experience. Whoever does travel much has to be struck with the shocking condition of the atmosphere in whatever car he may enter. It is the first thing one thinks of when he passes the door. Then he looks about and sees how many of the passengers are drooping in their seats, more or less doped, and all of them used up. Now the whole trouble is with the ventilation of the car. There is no other human habitation, not even the theaters and the churches, that begins to be so ill or so little ventilated as the railroad car. This is not right. For much of the time the car is in motion, and there must be some easy way to change the air in a moving chamber. The closeness and discomfort of the Pullman are attributable to the indirect influence of the warm climate of Africa. That country is put in control of the car, and proceeds to establish the African climate there. But other cars fare little better. They are all of them devoid of ventilation, all of them stuffy and unhealthy, and all of them a discredit to the makers and managers. There ought to be some sensible crank on ventilation (most of the ventilation cranks are so ultra as to escape the charge of being sensible) to open a reasonable agitation on the subject that shall compel attention to the present pernicious conditions and secure improvement. VIRTUES OF THE ESKIMO DOG. An Invaluable Servant and Food Reserve to the People of the Frozen North. Of the Eskimo dog I could write a book. In all probability descended from the wolf, it is the Eskimo's one domestic animal, but is of as much value to him as all the domesticated animals of more favored races put together, writes Commander Robert E. Peary, in Leslie's Monthly. It drags him and his family and their chattels from place to place, hauls to his door the meat of seals or walrus; leads him with unerring scent to the tiny orifice in the snow, which indicates the breathing hole of a seal; drags him for miles in pursuit of the bear, and finally brings the huge brute to bay; rounds up the musk-oxen till his master can come up for the kill, and then, perchance, in the darkness of some long winter night, when the hand of hunger grips the settlement relentlessly, he yields up his life to feed his master and his family, and his coat to keep them warm. Though mixed now with other strains, so that black and reddish and spotted dogs are to be seen as well as the pure-blooded grays and whites, this animal still retains to a large degree the strength, endurance and fierce lust for blood when in pursuit of game that characterizes its wild ancestors. Combined with these traits are an intelligence and faithfulness that make many of these animals the peer of any of their more favored brothers in more genial climates. ALMOST A NONDESCRIPT. When a Second Lieutenant Gets Married His Standing with Superior Officers Suffers. To the commanding officers, the married second lieutenant is almost a nondescript. There is never the interest felt in the youngster there would be if he were free or without domestic entanglement. From the start they know what his trials are to be. They know he has all he can do without having the attentions of higher officers directed to his struggles. They do not take the same interest in his advancement, because they know full well there is the weight of outside cares that will interfere with the single interest which every commanding officer desires in the career of the young officers, says Town Topics. It is enough that they learn first how to be soldiers without learning at the same time how to be husbands. They think one "boss" is enough for the little lieutenant. The orders of one are bound to conflict with the orders of the other. The military "boss" will not go to the domestic boss to see that orders are carried out, but the domestic boss never hesitates for a minute to go to the highest ranking general if she feels that her rights are trodden upon. It is sometimes very wonderful, the colossal courage of the young wife who is just learning military discipline. She dares to do and to say what the older campaigners never dream of doing or saying. And that is another block in the career of the infant officer. A Polish War Fund. It has just been discovered that there exists at Rapperswyl, Switzerland, a fund consisting of nearly $50,000, which has been subscribed by Poles in various parts of the world for the purpose of waging war on Russia when a propitious time shall arrive. Four crops of corn are produced yearly in Cuba. The first crop is planted in December, and the fourth crop is harvested in December. Patient Souls Into Whose Ears the Countless Confidences of Others Are Poured. The good listeners, on the other hand, are the old maids to whose speech nobody pays any attention, yet to whom everybody talks, writes Miss Lillie Hamilton French, in Century. And I wonder, considering how many confidences men have pured into their ears, and how, many other things men have found to say about them, that not a gentleman has yet been found good and generous enough to pay tribute to this surpassing excellence in spinsters—an excellence so dear to the masculine mind. How many old-maid aunts, indeed, have nephews not beguiled? How many old-maid sisters have not opened their ears to the self-praise of their unsuccessful brothers who have missed a hearing at the bar, or in the pulpit, or wherever there was competition among men? Patient souls, these old maids, listening to each of us as a mother only listens to her own, and who have listened so long that at last they have the air of never expecting anyone to pay attention to them. They venture into speech on their own account, as timid mice into parlors, ready on the instant to whisk about and seek cover again. These, though, are the old maids for whom corners are never lacking, so eager are the very least among men to assure themselves of a hearing somewhere. ORIGIN OF "CHESTNUT." The Term May Be Traced to Edwin A. Abbey, the Celebrated Portrait Painter. The word "chestnut" as an expressive bit of slang has been of doubtful origin ever since it was first introduced into the English language a dozen or fifteen years ago, and, although the Century dictionary gives it a place, and numerous explanations have been offered in extenuation of its existence as a credited word, its origin has ever been in doubt, says the Philadelphia Record. According to a Philadelphia art patron the use of the word as typifying a passe story may be traced to Edwin A. Abbey, the artist, who, since studying at the academy of fine arts in this city, has arisen to the prominence of painting a picture of the coronation of King Edward VII. at the king's command. After leaving Philadelphia for New York Mr. Abbey was a prominent member of the Tile club, and at the meetings he always told the same story. It was a pointless story about a man who had a chestnut farm, who never made any money because he couldn't resist the temptation to give his crop away. Mr. Abbey always began this story in a different way, but would gradually lead up to it until his hearers would recognize it and cry: "Chestnuts!" And in that way, according to the art patron, the word gradually assumed its slang significance. ANTIPATHIES OF PEOPLE. Strange Effects of Certain Sensations and Sights Upon Nervous Persons. "Unaccountable," said a physician, according to the Philadelphia Record, "are the antipathies of some people. Do you know that I have had for patients a dozen men who would faint on being shut up in a room with any sort of large bird? "There is a certain odd nervous disease which creates an aversion to eggs—so strong an aversion that an egg placed on the skin of one of the afflicted persons brings on convulsions. "On some highly-organized constitutions nose-bleed is produced in the strangest way. The medical books tell of Chesne, secretary to Francis I., who bled at the nose on sight of an apple, and of Diego Rodriguez, a Cuban recently deceased, who would bleed at the nose whenever he smelt the flower of the heliotrope. "The sight of raw fish gives some people a fever. The proximity of a cat gives some a headache. The sight of blood—but this is common—makes some swoon. The touch of velvet gives some a violent chill. "These cases I have cited are well authenticated. They are interesting. We doctors are always very glad to come upon them." CONDUCTOR'S HONEST RAKEOFF Takes In Many Coins with Premiums on Them and Turns Them to Good Account. A conductor of a Sixth avenue car, during a lull in the ringing of fares, stood passing coins from one hand to the other, turning up the date of each coin as he did so, relates the New York Times. "There are more ways of making money than by 'knocking down' fares," he remarked, noting the inquiring look on a passenger's face. "Any greenhorn can pocket a dozen nickels in collecting 120 fares in a car built for 48 passengers. but a man has got to know something to spot a coin that has a premium value. It's surprising how many more or less rare coins pass current without falling into the hands of some one who knows their value. This was suggested to me one day, and I took to studying the catalogues of dealers in rare coins and memorizing the dates of those that are worth more than the prices stamped on them. Since then I have picked out of the money I have taken in fares several hundred coins with a premium value ranging from a few cents to five dollars, and have redeemed them with my own money and sold them to dealers in coins." The Timid Wife Is Cherished, But the Timid Old Maid Is Laughed At. Marriage, indeed, does make a difference to women, and we who are the old maids might just as well learn, writes Miss Lillie Hamilton French, in "My Old Maid's Corner," in Century. My own first awakening came when I saw my married sisters calling to their stalwart young husbands to help them over some puddles in the road. And what a fuss they made! When they had been helped over, they went on and left me, the youngest, behind. I called for assistance, too, it seemed so agreeable to command it. One of my sisters, her hand still in that of her husband's, looked back and said: "It's easy. Step on a stone and jump." Then cuddling closer to her husband, she walked on, not turning again. I can remember, too, the wife of some college professor who had been asked to meet me when I was perhaps 28. "Why, I thought you were married," she said to me as we shook hands. "If I had known you were single, I never would have worn a long dress." It was her only long dress, I learned afterward—that was why she said "a" and not "my"—a black silk dress, by the way, which she had worn for years, and which she made "low neck" for dinner parties by unfastening the few top buttons. These early experiences, and my having married sisters, taught me much. Probably every other old maid has learned, too, that timidity and helplessness, for instance, so engaging in wives, are considered ridiculous in spinsters. Is not a timid old maid laughed at the world over, and is not a timid wife cherished? THE BEGGARS OF PARIS. Deputy Plays Defective and Makes Extraordinary Discoveries Among Them. M. Paulian, one of the permanent secretaries of the chamber of deputies, has carefully studied the word "paupericulture," invented by Abraham Dreyfus, and has, in various disguises, followed the profession of beggar all over Paris, says a Paris letter to the New York Times. According to M. Paulian, the beggars of that city make an average of nearly 20 francs a day. They are divided into district guilds, their central authority being represented by two lithographed sheets entitled "Le Grand Jeu" and "Le Petit Jeu," which gives lists and special counsels to subscribers. Some of these are humorous and instructive. One rich patron can only be softened by the plea of no rent and threatened expulsion. Another gives no money, but never refuses clothes. The clergy and pious people can be got at with babies awaiting baptism, and young people requiring the clothes to make their first communion. A wealthy republican, on the other hand, only gives to those who are sharp enough to explain that they are the victims of the cures. The acknowledged patriarch of the beggars is a Populo, whose auxiliary is the former proprietor of an anarchist paper. His chief task is to write clever begging letters or sham recommendations to influential personages. STREET CAR BROKERS Not in the Classified Trades Directory, But Dealing in Second- Hand Cars Right Along. New lines of industry are constantly springing up suggested by all sorts of modern improvements, and it is hard to keep track of them. There is the street car broker, for instance, says the Philadelphia Record. You probably won't find him classified under a separate heading in the business directory, but he exists. In the current issue of a trade journal devoted to transportation are the advertisements of men who deal in second-hand street cars. One dealer announces "a special bargain lot of six'40 feet long over all, seating 40 passengers on cross rattan walk-over seats, with electric motors in good shape, and practically new." Another says he has six varieties to choose from, and from 12 to 20 in a lot. Still others advertise that they will either buy or sell second-hand street cars. This ousiness, according to one of the officials of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company, is assuming quite large proportions. Improvements in the rolling stock of the trolley lines, particularly in the larger cities, have become so rapid that within a short time a car is out of date. These cars, which are generally still good for general use, come in handy for the companies operating in the small towns, and that's where the car broker comes in. Railway to Build Huge Hotel. It was learned to-day on the best authority that the plans of the Pennsylvania railroad for its new central station in the heart of Manhattan include the construction of a huge skyscraper hotel, which will probably be the biggest of the many grand hostelries projected in this city. Four square blocks of city property owned by the railroad company are available for this station hotel, but only two of these will be utilized. The Shah's Cash. It is said that the shah of Persia has more hard cash put by than any other sovereign. In his palace as Teheran the "king of kings" is supposed to have a sum estimated at $50,000,000 in specie. ONE MAN'S HOBBY. He Thinks That No Child Should Be Given More Than One Name and Gives Reasons. "I have a friend, a most amiable and accomplished man, who has a hobby that he seems never to tire of," said Mr. W. A. Villiers, of New York, to a Washington Post reporter. "His hobby is that no child should be given a double name. He says that two given names are not only unnecessary, but a positive handicap in the battle of life. He will talk all day long on this head if he can only get an auditor, and will reenforce his argument by instancing departed great ones who only bore one name. "George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, and scores of others, are cited to prove that the single name suffices, and that in fact it is vastly to be preferred. A man who is very much in earnest and who can make a good presentation of his cause never lacks disciples, and so my friend has created an impression in his circle of acquaintances by reiteration of his theory. In fact, not long ago quite a worthy citizen, who fell under his spell, became convinced of the danger of the double name and concluded to eliminate one. Those of us who are in doubt are waiting to see if any good luck will follow the amputation, and should it, we may conclude to do likewise." LEFT-HANDED BARBERS. Most Men Have a Creepy Feeling When Under the Edge of Their Razors. "I have struck all kinds of barbers in my trips about the country," said the man who travels, relates the New York Times, "but the one kind that always makes me feel as if I was balanced on the very brink of eternity is the left-handed barber. I have been shaved by several of their class in the past year. They have been good barbers, too, every one of them, but no matter how well they knew their business they always gave me a bad turn, and every time they drew the razor across my face I felt as if life and I were about ready to part company. Of course it is foolish, but nowadays when I find myself assigned to a left-handed barber I leave the shop on some pretext or other and go elsewhere to be beautified. Other men whom I have sounded on the subject have confessed to the same weakness, and women have told me that they have a like unexplained dread of left-handed hairdressers. In the dressmaking business, too, I am told, a left-handed cutter and fitter is pretty sure to give the customer a crop of goose flesh, while even a harmless occupation like manicuring can always be relied on to produce real shivers if pursued by a person whose cleverness lies in her left hand." ICONOCLASTS IN HAVANA. The City's Old Landmarks Are Giving Way to Many Modern Improvements. The city of Havana is rapidly being made a modern city in such a way that it will soon be so that the many sights which draw tourists from the United States to Cuba will be removed, says a correspondent of the Baltimore American. The old landmarks, such as the old city walls, which are always a sight of great interest to all tourists as showing old Spanish architecture, and are almost worth their weight in gold to the city as drawing cards to tourists, are fast being removed, and the stone sold for a mere pittance to contractors. At the present time the old city wall at the Punta and its surroundings known as Lon Fosos, where the reconcentrados of Gen. Weyler were herded together, are being removed. This always used to command the attention of tourists, and none ever left the city without insisting on seeing the Fosos. Now nothing remains of the place but a modern driveway, a thing that can be seen in every modern city in the United States. The old city walls between Zulueta and Monserrate street are also being rapidly removed and being sold for building stone. MOSQUITOES HARD TO KILL Eggs That Have Been Deposited in Ponds That Dry Up Live for Many Months. Dr. T. W. Dupree, who has been making investigation of mosquitoes in Louisiana, has reported to the Louisiana Society of Naturalists that he has found that the eggs of mosquitoes often hatch months after they are laid, especially if they are deposited in ponds which subsequently dry up, reports the New York Sun. The conclusion reached by Dr. Dupree is that the methods which have been used in getting rid of the mosquitoes by oiling or otherwise treating the ponds during March and April, when the eggs are supposed to be hatching, are productive of little benefit, as the hatching is going on all the time. Dr. Dupree found 24 varieties of mosquitoes in Louisiana ponds, most of them in the same ponds. The species vary from year to year, some varieties being abundant one year and others the next. An Indianapolis editor lately shot a large deer in the Maine woods with an old-fashioned shotgun which he had in a spirit of fun loaded with a good charge of powder and a few pebbles picked from the bed of a stream. IAPANESE FORESIGHT. Three Thousand Yen Invested for a Period of 250 Years to Produce 1,208,411,179. The Dai-ichi Cingo in 1900 received a deposit of 3,000 yen which will remain fixed for 250 years, from Mr. Goichi Abe, dealer in coal and coke, at 4 Minami Shimboricho Nichome, Kyobashi-ku, Tokyo. The bank has contracted to pay the sum of 1,208,411,179 yen at the end of 250 years, dating from 1900 inclusive, reports the Tokio (Japan) Times. The father of the depositor was a 'rkishaman, and he himself was an iceboy some 20 years ago. Then his mother was seriously ill, and three days before her death she said that she would like to eat soba, which is a cheap dish, but a luxury for the poor. He, then only eight years old, purchased some from the sale of ice, and was carrying it home when he was encountered by his father. He and his mother were then scolded for their luxuriousness. His mother died and he was employed as an errand boy for the next six years by 12 different masters. Meanwhile the father and son did not know of each other's whereabouts. It was only by accident that the son read in a newspaper that his father, who was named Ki-ichi Abe, was employed by Mr. Soichiro Asano. The son searched for his father, and was able to find him out again. After this the son was given a place in Mr. Asano's establishment. Lately the father lost a ship (he had become rich enough to own a ship) in a storm. The ship had been insured for 3,000 yen. The fact of the insurance was unknown to him, for the policy-holder was the son. But the father and son settled between themselves that the money should be deposited on behalf of their posterity, and hence the long term contract. BREEDING ARMY HORSES. England to Establish Immense Stock Farms in Australia and Pretoria. The British authorities have decided to have immense stud farms here, beginning with horses and afterward extending the breeding establishments to cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys and mules. The first order for brood mares will be given in this country to the military authorities, who will sell them to the civil authorities. It is ascertained that 4,000 mares are thus to be acquired with, of course, stallions. After a time these will be imported from good stock, but there is plenty of blood in the country to make a beginning, writes a Pretoria correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette. The mares to be handed over by the military authorities are mostly acclimatized now. Many of them will be of the Boer mare breed, a hardy light little animal which breeds well and is very useful in the long grass and stony veldt and kopje—just the animals, in fact, to carry a man around his farm and bring his produce to market in quick time over long distances. One of the largest breeding establishments will be at Standerton. British and Australian men versed in horses are to be appointed, and several of these breeding depots, and several well-known men who have made the horse a study have already been appointed to select the mare and stallion grounds for the commencement. PARROT AT THE TELEPHONE. The Sound of Loved One's Voice Sets the Mocking Bird to Talking His Beat. Not all parrot stories are pretty, but here is the prettiest that ever was told—and fact, too, says the Boston Transcript. Caddie is the one of all the family with whom the parrot really cares to talk, and to her his confidences and his criticisms of the various members of the household are ever ready and voluminous. Silence, long unbroken, had fallen for days on his corner, and, to tell the truth, was not unwelcome, altogether, considering the satirical rogue's sneering laughter when out of sorts as he was during Caddie's absence, or when for any reason a prey to gloomy views of life and its mysteries. At last one day Caddie got back to within telephone range of home, and called up the bird after talking with the rest of the family. The moment he heard her gay and familiar hail the parrot was almost beside himself, fluttering about and rapidly retailing his whole stock of observations, calls, shrieks, whistles and nicknames; all the while he eyed the telephone with that cold air of suspicion and contempt mixed with curiosity peculiar to the oblique glance of the creature, and then proceeded, followed by the family at a careful distance on the sly, to "rubber" through the various rooms, up stairs and down, in search of the real presence of Caddie. Longen at Sem. The report of the life-saving service shows that there were 388 accidents to registered vessels in this country last year. Out of 23,424 persons in danger only 19 in all were lost, and the property loss was about $2,300,000. There are 272 life-saving stations, of which 195 are on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, 60 on the great lakes and 16 on the Pacific coast. The cost of maintaining the service was $1,650,000. Gold Dredging in New Zealand. There are now at work in the rivers of the middle island of New Zealand about 240 dredges, each costing from $25,000 to $70,000, with the object of extracting gold from the deposits in the beds of streams. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Laddola, Farmers, Single Taxes, Republics, Knights of Labor, or any one else can have their say, no long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The book Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year. $2.00 Six Months. 1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to JULIUS F. TAYLOB, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., as Second-class Matter. Christmas day we ceased our labors long enough to go down to 29th and Dearborn streets to hunt up some new evidence against Rev. Longreen Abraham Murray and while on our way to that locality we called to pay our respects to Mrs. Robert A. Williams and her handsome neice Miss Slaughter, 3544 Dearborn street. Mrs. Williams who superintended the beautiful decorations of St. Thomas church Christmas eve., prepared a glass of eggnog for us which was in honor of her birthday and after getting on the outside of it we moved on down to the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Brown, 2818 Armour avenue, and arrived there just in time to fill up on turkey, roast pork and sweet potatoes, and for one day in the year or for a few hours thereof we lived mighty high. Dr. Joseph A. Kelly Hours: Until 9 a. m. 1:30 to 3:30, 6:30 to 8 p. m. Phone 243 Green 430 Thirty-Fifth St. Hours 9 to 11 a. m., 8:30 to 10:30 p. m. By appointment Phone 12 South 3455 Cottage Grove Ave. Tel. South 185 Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams Physician and Surgeon. Office: 2840 State Street Hours! 9 to 11 a.m. 2 to 5 p.m. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Phone Wentworth 362 Residence 6510 Langley Telephone Main 751 CHARLES L. WEBB Court Reporter, 311 Ogden Bldg. 34 Clark St., General Stenographer. Chicago. T. W. JONES, Furniture Tra Main Office, 2209 Cottage Grove Ave. Tel. South 473 Furniture and Pianos Pa Trunks 25c. 500 Separate Rooms SIEGEL & C Furniture and Pianos Packed, Shipped and Moved. Trunks 25c. Parcels 10c. 500 Separate Rooms for Storing Furniture. SIEGEL COOPER & "THE BIG STORE" MEET ME AT THE BIG STORE American President and Treasurer, THE Vice-President, J SECRETA MANUFACT Common and -- American Brick Co. President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. 45th and Robey Sts. Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf Dryer. Output of Winter Yards ..... 140,000 per day Output of Summer Yards..... 300,000 per day Telephone Yards 128. Read and Subscribe for THE BROAD AX, the only live newspaper for the Afro-American CHIPS. J. E. JONES LAWYER 79 Clark Street Room 9 Chicago JAMES E. WHITE LAWYER Residence 4232 Wabash Ave Suite 411-59 Dearborn St. Tel Main 1690 Chicago Robert M. Mitchell Attorney at Law Suite 9, No. 77 South Clark St. CHICAGO From on and after this date The Broad Ax can be found on sale at the following places: E. H. Faulkner, dealer in cigars and tobacco, 3104 State street. A. G. Marshall, news stand and book store, 3604 State street. A. F. Tervalon's Cigar Store and News Stand, 2826 State street. Edward Felix's Cigar Store, 398 30th street, N. E. Corner Armour Ave. J. A. Geary's Confectionery and Cigar Store, 4800 State St. T. B. Hall's Cigar Store and Laundry office, 281 29th St. Mrs. H. Hart, Cigar and Confectionery Store, 417 E. 35th St. C. E. Hunter's News Stand and Cigar Store, 134 W. 51st St., near Dearborn. J. E. Webb's Cigar Store, 280, 29th Street. Turner William's Cigar and News Stand, 2903 Armour Ave. J. F. Bradbury's News Depot, 2970 State Street. William Goetz, dealer in cigars and tobacco, 411 E. 36th street. Corrigan's Cigar Store and News Stand, 3304 State street. C. C. McLain, R. R. ticket broker and News Stand, 428 Dearborn Street. M. H. Watts, dealer in cigars and tobacco, 3742 State street. J. C. Campbell, 145 W. 47th street., Cigars, Tobacco, Staple Groceries. Wm. H. Monroe, cigar and newsstand, 486 State street. News items and advertisements left at these places will find their way into the columns of The Broad Ax. locked, Shipped and Moved. Parcels 10c. or Storing Furniture. COOPER THE BIG STORE" Headquarters for Toys and Holiday Goods. Brick Co. -- THOMAS CAREY. JOHN SHELHAMER, ry, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. TURERS OF Sewer Brick Warehouse, 428-430 29th Street. Tel. So. 454. SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK Clark and Washington Sta. A. D. GASH Attorney at Law, 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago. Suite 615 to 619, Telephone Main 3077. JOHN E. OWENS Attorney at Law, DUTTE 601 ASHLAND BLOCK, 60 S. Clark Street, . . . CHICAGO FREDERICK W. JOB ATTORNEY AT LAW 832 MARQUETTE BUILDING Telephone 2310 Central CHICAGO TELEPHONE MAIN 2804 FEDERICO M. BARRIOS Attorney & Counsellor at Law Suite 501 Firmentch Bldg. N. E. Cor. Fifth Avenue and Washington Street 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 SUTTER 708-708 CHICAGO OFFICE HOUSE CHICAGO. Beauregard F. Moseley, LAWYER. Practice in all Courts. Main Office 6256 Halsted St, Down Town Office 260 S. Clark St., Room 421 Hours from 12 to 2 P. M. Phone: 2638 Harrison. ISRAEL COWEN ATTORNEY AT LAW 613 TACOMA BUILDING 'Phone Main 717. 9 CHICAGO WILLIAM RITCHIE Suite 519-580 Oxford Building 84 LA SALLE ST., CHICAGO Telephone Main 1646. JOHN F. WATERS. C. H. JOHNSON WATERS & JOHNSON Lawyers Practice Limited to the Trial of Personal Injury Cases Suite 801 Kedzle Building 120 E. Randolph St. Telephone Central 4283 CHICAGO JOHN FITZGERALD JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 4707 S. HALSTED STREET, .....CHICAGO J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Suite 412 Real Estate Board Bldg 59 Dearborn St. Cor. Randolph CHICAGO. Phone Randolph 55 S. A. McELWEE ...LAWYER... 36 S. Clark St., CHICAGO. Room 706 Ogden Building Residence, 3153 Forest Av. ALBERT B. GEORGE LAWYER. 428 Ashland Block, Chicago. --- Established 1877. Phone Oakland 1550-1551 John J. Dunn Wholesale and Retail Dealer in... COAL & WOOD Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAIL YARDS: 1st St. & L. S. & M. S. Ry. 2nd St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO Geraghty Mfg. Co. Manufacturers of CAMPAIGN BUTTONS AND BADGES..... 61 La Salle St., CHICAGO Telephone Main 4495 ALEX I. WYATT, JEWELER AND OPTICIAN Manufacturer of OPTICAL AND REFRAOTING GOODS Watches and Jewelry Repaired, Prices Reasonable. Eyes Tested Free. ---- 98 E. Madson St. near Dearborn Chicago BERNARD J. MAGUIRE, BUFFET. 430 STATE ST., Cor Polk. IMPORTED WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS A SPECIALTY, TEL. 973 Harrison, CHICAGO. BAKERY, Confectionery, Groceries, Notions and Stationery, Imported and Domestic Cigars, Tobaccos, Etc. Milk, Cream, Butter and Eggs. {OPEN EVENINGS} UNTIL 9:30 P.M. 3604 State Street, CHICAGO. Telephone Blue 4632 Work Called for and Delivered.... A. HOFFMAN, CLEANER, DYER AND PRESSER. 5125 State St. Expert Workmanship Moderate Prices. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TAKEN FROM LIFE: This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or curly hair straight as shown above. It nourishes the scalp and prevents the hair from falling out or breaking off, cures dandruff and makes the hair grow long and silky. Sold over forty years and used by thousands. Warranted harmless. Testimonials free on request. It was sold without a label for strengthening kinky hair. Beware of imitations. Get the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow as the genuine never falls to keep the hair straight, soft and beautiful. A toilet necessity for ladies, gentlemen and children. Elegantly perfumed. The great advantage of this wonderful pomade is that by its use you can straighten your own hair at home. Owing to its superior and lasting qualities it is the best and most economical. It is not possible for anybody to produce a preparation equal to it. Full directions with every bottle. Only 50 cents. Sold by druggists and dealers or send us 50 cents for one bottle or $1.40 for three bottles. We pay all express charges. Send postal or express money order. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Don't imagine that all hair preparations are alike. Quite the contrary. Some never do what is claimed for them. The Original Ozonized Ox Marrow has been on the market for so long that there is no doubt it will do everything we claim for it. It is the most genteel preparation that any one can use on their hair. It is most delicately perfumed and when thoroughly rubbed into the scalp and well brushed through the hair it cannot fail to cure dandruff and make the hair straight, soft and beautiful. It invigorates the scalp producing new growth and stops the hair from falling out. Try a bottle and you will be sure to be pleased. Only 50 cents, express paid, to any address in the United States. Druggists also sell it. Address: Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Nicely furnished rooms to rent for gentlemen. Reasonable rates, 2252 Indiana aveune. Mrs. Kittle Scott. Choice furnished rooms to rent to ladies and gentlemen. 2807 Wabash Ave. Rooms for Rent. Elegantly furnished rooms for rent with bath and gas at 3232 Wabash avenue. ROOMS FOR RENT. Two comodious nicely furnished rooms for rent to gentlemen only. Inquire at 2623 Wabash avenue. ILLINOIS BRICK CO. WILLIAM C. KUESTER, SUPERINTENDENT. 1994 N. Western Ave., C N. Western Ave., Ch 1994 N. Western Ave., Chicago. Telephone Lake View 270. HOHENADEL BR HENADEL BR HOHENADEL BROS. 211-213 Madison Street CHICAGO Telephone Main 3300 Manufacturers of ... UNIFO Pollcemen, Firemen, Letter Carriers, Elevatormen, Janitors, Wagonmen, GEO. C. CALI PRODUCE O Butter, Poultry, Egg 217 SOUTH WATER STREET, JACOB FI Market an turers UNIFORM CAR FOR Firemen, Barriers, Astormen, Janitors, Wagonmen, Street Car Employees, Telegraph Messens Railroad Emp Bellboys, Wa GEO. C. CALLAHAN & CO. ODUCE COMMISSION Butter, Poultry, Eggs, Game, Veal, Eto. WATER STREET, COB FEINBER market and Grocer Manufacturers of... UNIFORM CAPS Pollicemen, Firemen, Street Car Employes, Letter Carriers, Telegraph Messengers, Elevatormen, Railroad Employes, Janitors, Wagonmen, Bellboys, Watchmen, GEO. C. CALLAHAN & CO. PRODUCE COMMISSION Butter, Poultry, Eggs, Game, Veal, Eto. 217 SOUTH WATER STREET, CHICAGO JACOB FEINBERG Market and Grocery Telephone 565 South 31st and State Sts. 226 East 25th Street F. W. BOYD COAL, WO MOVING AND EXPRESSING All Orders Promptly Attended Telephone Blue 28g 4656 Arme Jas. J. Mc SAMPLE IMPORTED A WINES, LIQUOR 8402 SOUTH HALSTED STREET A. JOSEPH GREAT NO SALE AND EXC Driving, Draft and Ge Always 1197 Milwaukee Ave. Near Robey St. Telephone West, 1028. BARNEY House and F MOVER of A HEAVY MA Smoke Stacks, Cup Erected. Hoisting kinds of Beams architect Office. 31 South TELEPHONE Higginbothan Mass. Gen. C 25th Street W. BOYD DEALER WOAL, WOOD AND EXPRESSING Promptly Attended to Cash on-Delivery 4656 Armour Avenue, CH as. J. McCormick SAMPLE ROOM IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS HALSTED STREET. GREAT NORTHERN E AND EXCHANGE ST Driving, Draft and General Business House Always on Hand Keee Ave. Near Robey St. Bone West, 1028. ARNEY BENSO Fire and Fire Wreath MOVER of All Kinds of HEAVY MACHINERY Stacks, Cupolas and M ed. Hoisting and Placing kinds of Beams and Girders architectural work. 31 South Canal St. TELEPHONE MAIN 4022 F. W. BOYD DEALER IN COAL, WOOD AND ICE MOVING AND EXPRESSING Cash on-Delivery All Orders Promptly Attended to Telephone 4656 Armour Avenue, CHICAGO. Blue 28g IMPORTED AND DOMESTIG WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS 8402 SOUTH HALSTED STREET. Driving, Draft and General Business Horses Always on Hand 1197 Milwaukee Ave. Near Robey St. Telephone West, 1028. CHICAGO, M HEAVY MACHINERY. Smoke Stacks, Cupolas and Monuments Erected. Hoisting and Placing of all kinds of Beams and Girders for architectural work. Office. 31 South Canal St. Chicago TELEPHONE MAIN 4223 AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS WANTED. The Broad Ax desires to engage agents and regular correspondents in all the leading cities and towns in Illinois and throughout the other sections of the country. The highest commissions paid to live hustlers Sample copies furnished. For further information address Julius F. Taylor 5040 Armour avenue, Chicago, Ill. ```markdown ``` --- Ave., Chicago. EL BROS. ORM CAPS Street Car Employees, Telegraph Messengers, Railroad Employees, Bellboys, Watchmen, Etc. LAHAN & CO. COMMISSION Game, Veal, Eto. CHICAGO EINBERG d Grocery DEALER IN FOOD AND ICE to Cash on Delivery our Avenue, CHICAGO. Cormick, THE ROOM AND DOMESTIG S AND CIGARS OHICAGO, JOHN P. WILLIAMS NORTHERN CHANGE STABLE. General Business Horses on Hand OHICAGO, M BENSON, Fire Wrecking. All Kinds of MACHINERY. olas and Monuments and Placing of all and Girders for ural work. Canal St.. Chicago 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. --- CHICAGO Mason and General Contractor