The Broad Ax

'NO WHITEWASHING. WILL GOOD PREACHERS SHIELD SCOUNDS DRELS? WILL ELDER GAINES BE A PARTY TO A FARCE? A FILIPINO WANTS TO KNOW." Mr. Editor: The rumors have been flying thick and fast all week, so that I hardly know how to take my text today. I have one in mind, but it does not seem possible that it would be needed in a progressive town like Chicago, or in such an intelligent body as the Methodist Church. The text I thought of reads something like this: "Don't whitswash." and a standing disgrace to the pulpit. Why! nearly twenty years ago this champion of religion was a pastor of a big Baptist church in a sister city. He preached honor, talked about virtue, and pounded his Bible almost to pieces talking about the purity of the home, and then took another man's wife and ran away with her. Then he lived with her for years I say I don't want to think that such a text is needed. For the good name of the Church and the race I don't want to think that a decent man or woman can be found in Chicago who would shield a moral reprobate—a preacher who uses his pulpit for a cloak and spends his time in ruining young girls and debauching young women and befouling men's homes. There is not a bit of difference between such a preacher and the one who, knowing his guilt, would "white-wash" him. In this case the person who shields the criminal is equally guilty with him. I cannot believe that Elder Gaines will be a party to a "whitewash." He called on me, in a letter to The Conservator, for facts, I gave him facts I told him where to get facts. I told him I had more to give. If you think these rumors need investigating, Bro. Gaines, don't get behind the door and hold a chimney-corner investigation, and say "it is all a mistake." That won't do. Chicago people won't stand for it. If you think it is all right to keep a pastor who preaches Christ in the pulpit and practices debauchery among the pews—then say so. If that is the brand of villain the Church wants, then publish that fact, so we will know what to expect. But don't talk about an investigation, then ring in a regular "panel game" inquiry, shut out all honest investigation, and wind up with a big pink-tinted whitewash, guaranteed to make everybody tired and stand as a lasting disgrace to the Church. I have heard a good deal about an investigation and a vindication this week, but I know it's all a bluff. Chicago people will welcome a straight investigation, but they will sit down hard on a whitewash. They will stand by Elder Gaines if he does his duty. If he weakens, they will drop him like a hot potato. Somefolks are criticising Elder Gaines because he wrote that letter to The Conservator asking me for facts. They wanted him to "keep quiet." But Elder Gaines has the good name of the Church to protect, and people who want a whitewashing job are unworthy the name of Christain. Have you read the daily papers this week? Did you see that Dr. Hillis, who used to preach at Central Music Hall, succeeding Prof. Swing refused to sit at a banquet with Prof. Herron, a preacher who had left his wife? Did you read the "roasting" Dr. Hillis gave the great professor? Remember, Hillis does not charge Prof. Herron with adultery, but he does charge him with abandoning his family, and such a storm of indignation was raised against Prof. Herron that the banquet has been called off. That is what I call honor and decency. Will the colored ministers of Chicago protect their Church as did Dr. Hillis? Or will they get a pall of whitewash, smear over the monstrous conduct of a lecherous hypocrite and declare he is fit to teach other people to be virtuous an clean? And if they do, which one of Chicago's preachers will handle the whitewash brush? I bet it will be one who knows how it is himself. You watch and see. For instance, I have heard of a big kick being made against me and my letters by another preacher, who calls the a liar, and says I am a coward and dared me to give names to prove my charges. That was after my first letter. In my next letter I "called his hand," and gave him names and showed him that I don't bluff worth a cent. Do you suppose that will make any difference with him, Not a bit. He will go on denouncing me and pretending to defend the church from my letters. What he really is doing is defending debauchery, and he is the best fitted man in Chicago to defend pulpit infamy, for he has spent his life as a living lie on the Christian religion. --- and a standing disgrace to the pulpit. Why! nearly twenty years ago this champion of religion was a pastor of a big Baptist church in a sister city. He preached honor, talked about virtue, and pounded his Bible almost to pieces talking about the purity of the home, and then took another man's wife and ran away with her. Then he lived with her for years part of the time consorting with other women, part of the time beating her like a dog, and all the time pushing his vile hulk into the pulpit and preaching to sinners. Then, when his wife got old, he abandoned her to live or starve, he doesn't care which, just so he can give all his time to ruining women and defending other preachers of his own style and class. Nice defender of the faith, isn't he? I have known him to go from the church pulpit straight to a saloon and guzzle whisky like any other old drunkard. And swear! He can outswear any sailor that ever srtuck this town. No half-way swearing. Not a bit of it, but oath after oath, until his anger cools, and then without washing his foul mouth, steps into a pulpit to lead sinner to repentance. Of course he defends the church, because the church permits him to use its garments as a rag to cover his vile character. The preachers know he is a whisky-swilling hypocrite,they know he is a wife beater, they know he is an adulterer, they know he is a political prostitute, and yet they let him crawl into their pulpits and blaspheme in the sanctuary by pretending to preach. Why? I don't know. Ask them. What church is he in? I don't know and he don't care. He is in any church that will serve his vile purposes best. First, he was a Baptist, then he was a Methodist. Things didn't come his way fast enough and he turned Baptist again. Now I understand he is back in the Methodist fold again. Baptist one day Methodist the next day, but a lying, swearing, whisky-drinking, home-destroying hypocrite all the time. And if Elder Gaines does call a council to investigate any pulpit desecrator in Chicago, this past master of debauchery will be one of the first men who will try to get a seat in the council. Perhaps, when he reads this letter, he will fume and snort a little on his own account. He has held such a high hand in spite of his viliainy that he thought he was just the man to attack me because I denounced crime. But he needn't fume, and no bluff goes. If he wants names and dates and places, let him say so. I've got his record down pat. Meanwhile, if any preacher in town needs a defender, I pity his cause if he has to rely upon a preacher who sings and swears, prays and curses, mixes his religion with State street whisky, and who, by reason of his monumental record, is entitled to be President of the Fraternity of Wife Beaters and Grand High Priest of the Independent Order of Debauchers. A FILLIPINO. —From The Conservator, April 27, 1901. Again the Conservator or the Old Church Organ has changed hands. This time it seems that Col. or Elder D. R. Wilkins claims that he has bought the name of the paper and the mailing or subscription list for one hundred and fifty dollars. Less than six months ago Col. Frank W. Rollins, who was for a long time Janitor of the Chicago Tribune Building, with a great flourish of triumphs, declared that he intended to make it the greatest newspaper in the world, or words to the same effect, but it or the thing got so hot on his hands that in less than six months he was very glad to unload it onto the back of Elder Wilkins, who, in time, may make a good jack-leg preacher. From July 15, 1899, the day that we began re-publishing The Broad Ax in this city, to the present time, the Conservator or the Old Church Organ, has changed hands about ten times which seems to indicate that it is on its last legs. HEW TO THE LINE. WILL TAKE THE CHURCH OUT OF THE CONNECTION. It seems that from articles in the Daily News and Record-Herald the rumors alleging bad conduct on the part of a preacher have been accepted as referring to Dr. A. L. Murray, and as a result he now stands for trial for conduct unbecoming a minister. The friends of Rev. Murray claim that he has been tried and exonerated by a committee composed of the official boards of Quinn Chapel and Bethel Church. But there is no truth in that, since the officers of the churches have no jurisdiction in trying elders. They may have probably met and agreed to announce that the preacher was not guilty. But the presiding elder appoints the trial committee and not the churches. That has not been done as yet. It is now claimed by some of the best members of Bethel that certain intereted members went out to see the woman who, it is claimed, started all this row, and threatened and intimidated her into signing a statement that her first charges were not true; that these members told her that if she did not say she had not said certain things about the preacher they or some of the people at the church would kill her when she came to the church. It is said they told her she should deny it all, to save her own name, and that she finally agreed to sign a denial of it. Rev. Murray received a letter from Presiding Elder Gaines telling him if he was guilty he would have to resign the pastorate of Bethel church. Rev. Murray brought the letter over to the Conservator office and read it to the foreman of the office force, and then declared he would not resign: that he had fifteen hundred members at his back, and that he would take Bethel out of the Convention before he would resign. In the meantime it is said that Rev. Murray's friends in Bethel are down on the Presiding Elder for writing to the Conservator and asking publicly for the facts in the case, and some of them are saying some hard things about that official. Presiding Elder Gaines is a bold, fearless sort of a man, and it is not likely that he will allow any amount of threats or intimidations to deter him from doing what he sees to be his duty. Perhaps no man in the state is better informed on church Law than the Presiding Elder, and no one would strive harder to uphold that law in the time of a storm than he. The threat that a libel suit is to be brought against the Conservator for publishing the fact that there is a bad preacher in town does not worry us in the least, and all this silly talk about the editor being frightened, etc., is only a part of the play. There is a big difference between going before a board of church officers wholly under the influence and fear of the pastor, and testifying so as to save the good name "of our church," and going into a criminal court and testifying under oath, where a lie told and proven to be a lie means a trip to the penitentiary. Here the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth must be told whether it is pleasant or not. Our friends need not worry about us, even if the suit were brought to-morrow and we are sent to the grand jury the next day. The truth and right have nothing to fear when exposed. Turn on the light and let her go.-The Conservator, April 27.1901. It may not be true but it has been asserted on many occasions "that Col. F. L. Barnett, the noted pension attorney, who will never be forgotten by many poor, ignorant colored men and women who claim that "he got rich by mixing up in their money," was at that time sole owner of the Conservator or the Old Church Organ, that owing to this fact Col. or Elder Wilkins, the lovely woman masher, who could, if he would, tell an interesting story in connection with his experience at Jacksonville, this state, would not be indicted by any grand jury as long as he. Col. Barnett, ran the office of the state's attorney, for fighting or painting Rev. Abraham Lincoln Muray, a hundred thousand times blacker in the estimation of the public than the lowest gambler or hanger-on around bawdy-houses. or hanger-on around bawdy-houses. Some people also claim that "Col. or State's Attorney Barnett, in order to hold or prop the Old Conservator up on its last legs, has firmly decided in his great legal mind "that in the future no 'nigger' can run a newspaper in Cook county unless such 'nigger' is willing to get down on his hands and knees and crawl through slime and filth and fall prostrate at the big feet of Elder or Col. D. R. Wilkins and Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray." It might be timely to ask what has become of the large number of colored voters who were so active in the Democratic campaign of 1900 and the thousands who voted the Democratic county ticket at that election, and to whom the six Democratic county commissioners owed their election. At the beginning of that campaign a committee of colored gentlemen of which the writer had the honor of being a member, called to see Mr. R. E. Burke and informed him that there were a great many colored citizens who could be induced to vote the Democratic ticket if we were able to make a campaign among them for that purpose. Mr. Burke readily agreed to furnish us with the sinews of war and appointed L. A. Newby chairman of the committee that should direct the campaign against the enemy. During the campaign hundreds of colored men assembled at 145 Randolph street at different times to lay schemes for capturing a large per centage of the colored vote. Many meetings were held in every ward in the city where there were any number of colored citizens. When the big demonstration took place on the occasion of the visit of Wm. Jennings Bryan to the city 700 hundred colored men turned out in the parade and thousands of colored citizens voted the Democratic ticket. The result of which is well known. The campaign was managed by men who had the highest respect and fullest confidence of all classes of colored citizens in Chicago. Not one tenth of such a number ever before or have since supported the Democratic party. The question might be well asked what has caused the decline of sentimet towards and interest in the Democratic party by those who were once glad to affiliate with the party? There can be but one answer to that question. At that time the colored Democratic league of Cook county was in the ascendency. But before another campaign came on it had been supplanted by the Colored Democracy of Cook county, which is an organization absolutely under the control of about one dozen of the most noted grafters, gamblers and common saloon keepers in this city, who loyally support the administration in return for the protection they get in operating their notorious resorts; when these men gained ascendency nineteenths of the colored men who supported the party at the previous election turned their backs upon it. But since the colored Democracy of Cook county has passed resolutions condemning that wing of the party that is demanding reform in its ranks and declared it to be the intention of their organization to cast its lot with the declining fortunes of Mayor Harrison.. An opportunity has been made for the thousands of respectable colored citizens to re-adopt the creed of Democracy, and unite with those who are demanding reform, progress and economical management of the affairs of the city. A CALL MEETING. Every Afro-American who is in sympathy with the movement of a large portion of the Democratic party to bring about reform within its ranks are respectfully requested to attend a meeting of anti-Harrison colored Democrats on Sunday after-noon, Jan. 25, at 2 o'clock sharp, at 3132 South State street, C. B. Britton, D. C. Robinson, L. A. Simpson, G. W. Henderson, J. J. Smith, Jas. N. Simms, and meet many others who are interested in this call. THAT BAD PREACHER ELDER GAINES CALLS FOR PROOF AND GETS IT. BULLDOZING TACTICS OF A SHE-HYPOCRITE. INVESTIGATION BY THE BISHOP COMES NEXT." Mr. Editor: This has been a warm town all week and particularly warm in the regions where Aunt Linda's children perambulate. My ears are almost burned off, so I know that this poor Fillipino has had lots of cussing since last Saturday. will not stop until he gets to the very bottom of this affair. It is a fit subject for investigation, and he owes it to the church to make a clean sweep. Elder Gaines wants to know if the bad preacher belongs to any one of And strange to say, the blame comes from good people as well as bad people. The bad people "cuss" me because I uncover their devilment, and the good folks say that while they condemn wickedness, they think it is too bad to tell such things that hurt the church. Well, I don't care what bad folks think about me, but I don't want good people to think that I talk about bad preachers because I dislike the churches. That is not the case. On the other hand, I think that everybody who loves the church ought to do everything possible to protect it from the wild beasts that use the sacred offices for the furtherance of their infamous purposes. When you know a preacher's life is a living lie, when you know he preaches virtue in the pulpit and practices debauchery in the pews, when you know he preaches the truth from the Bible, then makes hearts bleed by his hypocritical lies, when you know he talks about saving your women at the same time he is doing all he can to ruin them, then I think you ought to unmask the villain, and the decent church members ought to drive him from the sacred presence which he contaminates. That's what I thought last week, and that is why I told about the villainy which dozens of people know about, but which they try to hide. I am glad it has set people to thinking, and I don't care how much they abuse me, just so they drive the liar, the libertine and the scoundrel out of the church. Then there are some people who want me to call names because they fear they are blamed. That is poor doctrine for a preacher. The Bible he preaches out of tells him to avoid even the appearance of evil, and when I denounce a preacher for keeping a woman locked up in his study until 1 o'clock in the morning. I have a very poor opinion of the preacher who wants me to say I didn't mean him. It looks like he has had some "appearance of the evil," otherwise he wouldn't be troubled about the denunciation. If the cap doesn't fit, don't put it on. But there is one criticism I want to pay a little attention to, because I believe it means business. Last week I asked what was the Presiding Elder doing, that he did not sift this scandal and check such outrageous conduct in the church. I didn't say what Presiding Elder, nor which church. But Elder Gaines took the matter up and "called my hand," so to speak. And I believe he is honest. He is a man of courage and he does not want to see a church treated like it was a levee dive. Good people should go to his support, and I will wager my head that I can tell him where he can get all the proof he wants. I'm not "talking through my hat" in this matter, and I was glad to see that he dared to call for a line on the truth of the scandal that fills the air. Elder Gaines' criticism came in the shape of a letter, which reads as follows: Aurora, Ill., April 15, 1901. Editor Conservator, Chicago, Ill.: I am pained by the article headed "A Bad Preacher," published in your paper April 13 inst., and signed "A Fillipino." This comes to say I am the presiding elder of the Chicago District of the A. M. E. Church, and am supposed to have jurisdiction over Quinn. Bethel, St. Stephens, Allen, St. John, Wayman, Hyde Park and St. Mary A. M. E. Churches. If the case of this alleged "Bad Preacher" is located in either one of the above named churches, I call upon the writer of said allegation, or any one who knows the facts, to come out in the light and furnish me the evidence, and I will use my utmost endeavor to make a thorough investigation, and if the facts shall warrant, I will rid the church of a wolf in sheep's clothing. 2941 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. Now that letter has the right ring to it. And I hope that Elder Gaines No.13. will not stop until he gets to the very bottom of this affair. It is a fit subject for investigation, and he owes it to the church to make a clean sweep. Elder Gaines wants to know if the bad preacher belongs to any one of the churches in the district, and I answer "Yes, Brother Gaines, it is one of your churches, and a big one at that." Elder Gaines wants some one to tell him some facts, and I answer, Go to Brother Holly, sexton of Bethel Church, and ask him if there wasn't a big disturbance on the night the Passion Play was given there, less than two weeks ago. Ask him what a woman said in his presence, and if she did not prove all that I said in my article. Then see Mrs, Sarah Lee and let her tell him how members of Bethel Church have abused her, threatened to beat her, and even threatened to throw vitrol in her eyes because she had told on the preacher. She will tell you the whole story, Elder, and I hope you will run it down. Think of a preacher ruining a woman and then if she tells it, other women, so-called Christians, upholding the vile wretch of a preacher by threatening to put the victim's eyes out. Ask Mrs. Lee about it, Elder, and she will tell who was the lopsided, slew-footed, she-hypocrite who threatened her with vitriol if she did not cover up the tracks and lie to shield the monster who had ruined her. Look it up Elder, and if you need more names, call for me and I will give them. You can depend upon A FILLIPINO. From The Conservator, April 20, 1901. The Afro-American Waiters of Chicago are Organizing for Their Dear Sir:—I wish to inform the readers of your hewing Broad Ax that the colored waiters of Chicago have at last woke up. On the 20th of December, 1902, the Colored Local, No. 509, was organized and on the 29th of the same month the Charter was received and in less time than one month the membership has increased to nearly five hundred. This organization promises to be one of the most powerful permanent organizations of its kind in the city of Chicago among our people, it being affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, should give every waiter proof of its future success. The white waiters have been reorganized into the federation so that it is compulsory for them to respect the rights of their colored brothers. It is conceded that nearly two thirds of the colored men in the city of Chicago are waiters, their salaries varying from twenty to thirty dollars per month. This is hardly enough to keep a man alone, still some of these men have large families to support. How they live on such a salary is a puzzle that few white people can understand. The fact is they do not live but simply exist, or we might say, drifts with the tide, because it is impossible for them to even obtain the necessaries of life. Now, we have made one step towards bettering the conditions of the walter and if we are successful must better the condition of every colored man, woman and child in the city. Therefore, we appeal to the colored people of Chicago to assist us in this effort, the effort for just compensation for labor performen Rev. J. W. Wollfe of Beardstown, Ill., who was one of the leading white ministers of this state, was last week unceremoniously unfrocked and kicked out of his church and all other methodist churches. The charge brought against him and proven was that he had spent one whole afternoon in a room in a hotel with a woman who was not his wife. This incident should encourage the members of Bethel Church to boldly stand up for morality and decency in their pulpit and lay away from Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray before he is yanked out of it by the sheriff of Cook county. 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Not long ago a neat and well-dressed girl was arrested in New York on a charge of shoplifting, and her appearance was so greatly in her favor that the police were about to release her, believing that a mistake had been made. Then she opened her mouth and spoke, saying: "I a'pose my mug will have to go into de picture book for dis." Whereupon her captors held her tightly in the iron grasp of the law, and shortly thereafter secured her commitment to jail, and put her "mug" in the "picture book" as that of a thief. And all because she talked too much. Sensitive Plants. Patrick McCabe, lately a section hand on the 'Frisco road at Wichita, is suing that corporation for damages for injuries received while in its employ. His plea is that while working the foreman spoke to him "in a loud, profane and very boisterous manner, thereby causing the plaintiff to be nervous and excited, and thereby causing him to place himself in a position of great bodily danger, and to a greater degree than he otherwise would have done." The orders were given "in a very loud and boisterous manner backed up by many oaths, such as 'Be smart,' 'Be quick,' and 'Move yourself,' etc." Kansas section hands seem to be sensitive plants.—Detroit Free Press. He Knows "Jack Frost" It was the first bitter cold day of the winter, and the kindergarten was animatedly discussing the advent of "Jack Frost." Finally the teacher said, with an air of mystery: Silence for a moment; then Louis' black eyes began to twinkle, and he gave a little wriggle of joy. "Sure!" he said. "Sure, I know what's Jack Frost. He's the iceman!"—N. Y. Tribune. King Edward's Private Mail No public document bearing King Edward's signature is ever carried by postmen, though the king's private letters are usually entrusted to the ordinary post. Wherever the king may be two king's messengers or more leave London every day bearing official papers that his majesty must deal with immediately. Thus the king is kept busy, and sometimes overworked, even on his holiday trips.—N. Y. Sun. Compromise. "Want the trousers creased?" asked the tailor. "That's the style. isn't it?" "Well, not so much, perhaps, as it used to be. Some of my customers won't have it done now at all." "O, well, I'm not particular," replied the customer. "Suppose you crease one of the legs and leave the other baggy."—Chicago Tribune. Meannem of Brown. Green—Brown told an acquaintance of mine that he could have beat my time and married you himself if he had wanted to. Mrs. Green—The ideal! I wonder why he didn't do it, then? "Oh, I can readily understand why he didn't. He had a grudge against me."—Chicago Daily News. Chance to Get Even Small Boy-Give me a large bottle of the worst medicine you've got in your shop. Drunkist—What's the matter? Druggist—What's the matter? Well, I've been left all alone with grandma, and she's suddenly been taken ill, and I'm going to get even with her!"—Stray Stories. Growth of Islam At the present day, on the best authorities, there are 250,000,000 Mussulmans in the world. The Christian population is put at 447,000,000, but the increase of Islam is more rapid than that of its sister religion.—Religious Journal. Where Age Has a Chance. The new president of Hayti is 85 years old. It is evident, says the Chicago Record-Herald, that the young man have not as yet assumed charge in Hayti. As Explained. and then as a medicine. Nagge—Yes, of course. Your wife told me you hadn't seen a well day for years—Chicago Daily News. Fortunately for a man's peace of mind he seldom hears other people's real opinion of himself.—Chicago Daily News. Ironing Without Fire. Every house has its tinder-box, but starting a flame with flint and steel was a tedious process at the best, and "borrowing fire" was usual among neighbors when one had the mischance to lose his over night. I am unable to say how long this custom continued, but I must have been seven or eight years old when a vagabondish neighbor came to our house one morning with his wife's foot stove to get some coals. He was a reckless liar, of whom it was proverbially said that he would "lie for the fun of it" when the truth would have been more to his advantage. As we had had our breakfast, my mother said to him: "Your folks must have slept late this morning, Mr. Davis" "Bless you, no!" he replied; "we were up at daylight, and my wife has done a large ironing." I remember with what good-natured effrontery he joined in the laugh against him when my mother said she would like their receipt for doing an ironing without fire.—J. T. Trowbridge, in Atlantic. Nothin' Doin'. "My word, Fitznoodle," said a war office clerk to a colleague who sat at the next desk, "just look at that workman on the roof of that building over the way!" "What's the matter with him?" inquired Fitz, glancing through the window at the individual indicated. "Matter," retorted the other, "why, I've been watching the lazy beggar for the last 25 minutes and he hasn't done a stroke of work all the time." At the precise moment at which the above conversation occurred a British workingman was addressing his "mate." "S'y, Bill," he remarked in a tone of deep disgust, "d'ye see that 'ere loafin' war offis clurk in that room down there? S'help me, if Hi ain't bin a-watchin' 'im fur nigh on arf a hower, an' the bloomer's done nothin' but stare hout o' th' winder the 'ole blessed tyme. That's the sort o' chap as we pys taxes ter keep!"—London Express. Dangerous Acquiescence "What was the cause of Vawdvill going to the hospital?" asked Futilities. "An Irish friend was telling him that the Hibernians of the country were going to put a stop to actors impersonating them on the stage. Vawdvill agreed with him." "But that didn't cause the fight, did it?" "Yes. The Irishman said that the actors didn't do the Hibernians justice—and Vawdvill said no comedian could. When he came to he was in the ambulance."—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. New Kind of Cheese Making Italian cheese is a new industry which is attracting attention in New Jersey. Many cheese factories have sprung up, and tomato canners have turned to cheese making to utilize the oversupply of tomatoes. The latter are collected and mashed and then mixed with salt and spices in a large box like a mortar bed. They are then stirred and mixed by hoes to a proper consistency, but thereafter the process is known only to a select few. Science and Industry. Merely & Hint: "Thunder and guns!" exclaimed the old gentleman, as he was given the bill for his only daughter's last gown, "but you cost a pile of money." "Well, papa," she replied, demurely, "if you wouldn't sit in the back parlor with the door open when I am entertaining Mr. Binkley in the front parlor, you'd stand a better chance of getting rid of the expense."—Chicago Evening Post. Imitation Butter. The first artificial butter was "margarine," made in Poissy, France, in 1869. It was made from the fat of the loins and kidneys of cattle, which, when melted, is sometimes called "oleo oil." This oil, tallow, lard, olive and cottonseed oil are used, combined with dairy butter, in making the various butterines. Cocoanut butter is largely used in northern Europe.—Indianapolis News. Big Wife's Whereabouts "Bridget," said the doctor, as he returned to the house in haste, "can you tell me anything of my wife's whereabouts?" "Shure, an' Oi don't know, sor'r, but Oi think they're in the wash," replied Bridget with deep sincerity.—N. Y. Press. About the Size of M Little Willie—What's a philosopher, pa? Pa—A philosopher, my son, is a man who can point out a dozen reasons why other people should be content with their lot.—Chicago Dally News. One small Pair. "Well, Mr. Hart," said the doctor, "I congratulate you. You are the father of—" "Ah!" exclaimed the proud man. "A Hart turns up, eh? I hope it's the Jack—that is, a boy." "Two boys. Twins, in fact." "The dance."—Philadelphia Record. A Substitute Customer—Have you any problem novels? Bookseller—No, but here is a treatise on integral calculus which is said to contain some novel problems. Rocky Mountain News. Jerrold—I took Dolly out in my auto yesterday. Harold—Of course you proposed to her? "No! Every time I started to I broke down."—Puck. The Weeping Willow. The weeping-willow tree came to America through the medium of Alexander Pope, the poet, who planted a willow twig on the banks of the Thames, at his Twickenham villa. The twig came to him in a box of figs sent from Smyrna by a friend who had lost all in the South Sea bubble, and had gone to that distant land to recoup his fortunes. Harper's Encyclopedia tells the story of the willow's arrival in America. A young British officer, who came to Boston with the army to crush the rebellion of the American colonies, brought with him a twig from Pope's now beautiful willow tree, intending to plant it in America when he should comfortably settle down on lands confiscated from the conquered Americans. The young officer, disappointed in these expectations, gave his willow twig, wrapped in oil-silk, to John Parke Custis, Mrs. Washington's son, who planted it on his Abingdon estate in Virginia. It thrived, and became the progenitor of all American willow trees.—Indianapolis News. A Milk Epidemic. Of the typhoid epidemics traced to milk, one of the most typical was that at Springfield, Mass., where, in July and August of 1892, 150 cases occurred concentrated in one of the most beautiful suburban districts of that city. The investigation, by Prof. W. T. Sedgwick, showed that the path of the pestilence was coincident with the route of a certain milkman. It was next found that a portion of his product came from a farm where several cases of typhoid fever had occurred during the preceding summer. Shortly before the outbreak of the epidemic the discharges from the patients were spread upon a tobacco field. Manure from this field, carried on the boots of the farm hands, was obvious about and in a well near by. On the bottom of this well, and submerged—in leaky cans—stood the milk to be cooled before it was sent to Springfield. The chain of evidence was thus complete.—C. E. A. Winslow, in Atlantic. The Colt and Its Rider. Once upon a time a man tried to ride on the back of a young colt, which objected very much to his doing so, and there was quite a struggle between the two, with plunging by the colt and clinging by the man. Finally the colt threw the man over his head, depositing him on the ground without injury; but the man, determined not to be defeated, pursued the colt and, capturing him, proceeded to again mount, with some difficulty. There was another struggle, which ended as before, but this time he received severe injuries. Moral:—Some persons don't know when they are well off.—N. Y. Herald. Microbes in Money. Medical men say that books and paper money carry the microbes of disease, and yet the employes of public libraries, who handle hundreds of books daily, and bank officials, who handle thousands of notes, do not "catch" the diseases. The reason is that library people do not wet their fingers with their lips to turn over the leaves of books, and bank officials do not wet their fingers in the same way to count money.-Medical Journal. Overheard in Gun Store. Desperate-Looking Party-I want to buy a revolver. Dealer-Yes, sir; here's the three latest styles; this plain, substantial arm is much used for self-defense; this silver-mounted one with pearl handle is used for shooting sweet-hearts, and this cheap, common affair is usually used to shoot wives. It's very popular just now.—Baltimore American. Thistledown in China. This country is not the only one where unconsidered trifles are snapped up by the manufacturers and put to practical use. In China the down of the thistle is gathered and mixed with raw silk so ingeniously that even experts are deceived when the fabric is woven. It is also used to stuff cushions as a substitute for eiderdown, and a very good substitute it makes. Slow Boy. Ascum—And what profession is your son to follow? Pater—I don't know yet, but that's about all he'll do, I guess. "What? How do you mean?" "He'll follow some profession; he never seems able to catch up to anything."—Philadelphia Press. Lost Resort. Tom—That's tough. What are you going to do about it? "Oh, I suppose there is nothing left now but to ask the girl."—Chicago Daily News. Miss Thirtyodd—Softleigh had the audacity to propose to me last evening. Miss Twentyeven — Indeed! And when is the wedding to take place? —Chicago Daily News. Better Left Unsaid Witless—Who is that handsome girl standing near the piano? Mrs. Homer—That is my daughter. Witless—Indeed! She doesn't resemble you in the least.—Chicago Daily News. First Past the Post. Client—How about that account I left with you to collect on shares? Insanity Among Women. A German scientist, Prof. Zimmer, of Berlin, has of late devoted considerable time to the investigation of the causes of insanity among women, and has come to the conclusion that if women are admitted into competition with men the inevitable will be a tremendous increase of insanity among the women. He finds that the percentage of women teachers who become insane is almost double that of the men teachers. Inquiries were also made about women employed as telegraph, sales clerks and in the telephone service, and, furthermore, with regard to women engaged in the Swiss watchmaking trade. These inquiries showed that in the occupations mentioned a far larger proportion of women than men succumb to mental disorders.—Chicago Chronicle A Perpetual Light. The government maintains one "perpetual light." It shines in one of the dreariest places in the world, out in the Mississippi swamps, and has not failed to shine for many years. It is located between Lake Borgne and the Mississippi sound, and is seldom neared by any mariner or wayfarer. It stands out in the marsh, and is visible from some of the railroads. Without any cheerful prospects, overhung with miasmatic mist, compassed by filthy arms of the sea, among matted weeds and rank mud, the light goes on perpetually. The winds do not blow it out and it never explodes. Every three months James Young, a government employe, goes out in a small boat and fights his way to the lighthouse and loads up the lone sentinel with oil. Its name is "Perpetual Light."—Philadelphia Ledger. Difficulties in Language. A Frenchman came to England to learn English and the following sentence was given him: "The rough cough and hiccough plough me through." The teacher told him the first word was pronounced ruff. He thereupon said this: "The ruff cuff and hiccuff pluff me thruff." "No, no; the second word is pronounced 'koff.'" "Then," said the Frenchman, "it must be the roff coff and hiccoff ploff me throff." The third, fourth and fifth words were explained with the same result, which the reader may repeat to himself.—London Express. Ordnance Survey Man: The idea of the ordnance survey map is to be improved upon by a piece of "geographic sculpture." The whole surface of the states is to be reproduced in a model to a scale of two and a half inches to the linear mile. Railway lines, swamps, forests, everything will be shown in this model, which will be in sections, to admit of easy alteration when required. Duplicates of these sections will be sold at a cheap rate, so that professional and business men can have maps.—Scientific American Turkish Monk Settlement. On the east point of the sacred Mount Athos, on the Turkish peninsula, Chalkidike, is a settlement of 6,000 monks, scattered among 220 monasteries, the whole forming a monastic republic in the dominions of the sultan, to whom they are tributary. The yearly tribute they pay is by no means a small one, but the sum is easily met by the republic, which is very rich and counts many millionaires among its members.—N. Y. Sun. The Wrong Place Mrs. Casey—O! but I losht a foine little chiny vase that Mike brung me whin he come home late from the dimmecratic rally. 'Twas jist his own carelissniss, too. Mrs. Cassidy—Did he drop it an' break it? "He carried it home in his hat. Shure, he might a' knowed that'd be the furst place I'd soak him."—Philadelphia Press. Entirely Peaceable Lady (not liking the look of her new servant)—Did you have any words with your late mistress as you were leaving your lastplace? The domestic (encouragingly)—Not in the least, mum. I locked her in the bathroom, and took all my things and slipped out as quiet as you please!—Stray Stories. Our Great Ice Rivers. One hears a great deal about the glaciers of Alaska, and it is satisfactory to know that Uncle Sam possesses a few more important ice rivers of his own. But few people are aware that there are in Montana some of the finest glaciers in the world, even rivaling those of the Alps.—N. Y. Sun. A Doubter. "And do you never wish to experience love's young dream?" asked the romantic young married woman of her bachelor brother. "No, sir," replied he, "for, you know, dreams go by contraries."—Detroit Free Press. Bing Cut from Diamond One of the most skilful lapidaries of Antwerp, has succeeded, after several unsuccessful attempts and three years of patient work, in cutting a perfect finger ring out of a single diamond.—Jewelers' Journal. Kicked at the Poet. Redd—Did the editor kick at your verses? Penman—Well, he kicked all right, but not at the verses exactly.—Yonkers Statesman. Awfully Common Mrs. Rittenhouse Squeers—Are they fashionable people? Mrs. De Lancey Place—Oh, no. They have children.—Philadelphia Record. "Do Lensey's Ancient Pine." There is an interesting pine tree in Bronx Park, close to the entrance of the Geological gardens, that is worthy of greater honor than is usually accorded it. To few old-timers who remember the locality before it ever became a part of New York this old tree goes by the name of De Lancey's pine. A poem has been written about it, setting forth the virtues of "De Lancey's ancient pine." The tree is by far the tallest for miles around, and although its lower branches have been badly treated, a towering mass of green boughs surmounts the majestic survivor of the days when the old De Lancey family owned a large portion of the estate now in the Bronx park domain. The old De Lancey house, that was the scene of many gay parties in pre-revolutionary days, was burned down about 30 years ago. The tall pine is supposed to be close to 150 years old at the least, and its present condition is favorable for at least another century of life.—N. Y. Times. The Telephone Girl Secure. "Women have to fight for an even chance with men in other lines," said one of the officials of the New York Telephone company the other day, "but in our business they are in no danger from male competition. It would be simply impossible to run a telephone exchange with male operators. Who ever heard of a 'hello-boy'? There is trouble enough with boys answering the 'phone in offices, and there is no danger of their being used in place of girls in the telephone exchanges. It is not chiefly because girls are steadier, more attentive and more polite, but it is because a girl's voice carries better over the wire than a boy's, being higher, clearer and more penetrating. But there is a still more important reason. A girl can tell what the fellow on the other end of the wire is trying to say, when a boy would be shouting hopelessly: 'What did you say?' "—N. Y. Times. The Whaler's Fine Voyage. "That reminds me," said Congressman Littlefield, of Maine, "of a story they tell on an old whaler of New Bedford. He was gone for a two years' cruise after whales in the South Atlantic. Finally one day the ship was seen coming up the bay, and the owner rushed down to the pier to be the first to greet the captain and ascertain the result of his venture. "How many whales did you get?" shouted the owner. "Narry a whale,' was the reply. 'but we had an awful fine sail.'"—Philadelphia Press. Very Peculiar. The class in geography in one of the Brooklyn schools was undergoing examination when the teacher asked: "What are some of the natural peculiarities of Long Island?" The pupils indulged in some hard thinking, but none responded. Suddenly a fat boy with a red face, who had been shifting uneasily about in his seat, raised his hand. "I know," said he. "Well, what are they?" asked the teacher. "Why," said the fat boy, with a triumphant look, "on the south side you see the sea, and on the north side you hear he sound."—N. Y. Times. Hated to Endo Him Work. He was wandering in Ireland and came upon a couple of men "in holts" rolling on the road. The man on top was pommeling the other within an inch of his life. The traveler intervened. "It's an infernal shame to strike a man when he's down," said he. "If you knew all the trouble I had to get him down," was the reply, "you wouldn't be talking like that."—Philadelphia Inquirer. The Hlg of Vice Vere Happy-Go-Lucky—The fellow hit it right when he said a pessimist is one who is always looking for worms in chestnuts. Down-in-the-Mouth—And I suppose an optimist is one who likes to eat the worms without going to the trouble of looking for them.—Rum Punch Bowl. Knew It All. Binks—You're putting your boy early to work. Jinks—Yes; he's a clever lad, for he's learned everything the teacher knows. "He has?" "He has that. The teacher said: 'I can't hammer anything more into that head of his.'"—Stray Stories. What Uncle Reuben Sava. When yo' see a new moon shinin' in yo'r face ober a blue gum tree, it am a sign dat de old woman am gwine to strike a pose an' ax yo' why dar ain't any 'taters in de house. Mebbe yo' am gwine to strike a pose, too, but it won't be de ekal o' hers.—Detroit Free Press. A Monster Bird Freddie—Ma, the bat is the biggest bird that flies, ain't it? Ma—By no means, Freddie. "Well, anyway, some of 'em must be mighty big, 'cause I heard father say he was out on one last night."—Richmond Telegraph. Knew the Sex. Mrs. Shapeleigh-I am looking for something that will enable me to keep my skirts out of the mud. Floorwalker-Yes, ma'am. You will find the fancy hosiery in the basement.-Chicago Daily News. A Lawyer's Foresight "John," said the retired lawyer to his coachman, "aren't the horses trying to run away?" "They be, sir!" "Then drive into something cheap." —Electrical Review Indian Servant Girl. A new solution of the servant girl problem is being discussed in the large cities of the west. Indian girls, from special training schools, are being employed as servant girls. It is said that the Indian girls who have been properly trained are found to be perfect embodiments of satisfactory domestic service. Five thousand or more Indian girls have been engaged from the various Indian schools of the southwest to act as domestics in the homes of wealthy people in Kansas City, Chicago, St. Louis and Denver. Most of these girls are from the Chilacco and Haskell Indian schools. The Indian girls are physically strong. They are, as a rule, faithful, polite and unobtrusive.—Buffalo Enquirer. The Vicar's Instruction Religious examination papers are an ancient and unfailing source of joy. The latest one to be put in evidence comes from an English church training college. Candidates for admission are required to give some account of the religious instruction they have received, and a recent answer to the first two formal questions ran as follows: Question—What instruction have you had in religious knowledge? Answer—None. Question—By whom was it given? "By the vicar." The thing might have been expressed more logically, but not much more clearly.—N. Y. Post. Cupid and His Humor. Once upon a time an old maid went to Cupid and chided him. "You have forgotten me," she said. And then, lowering her voice, she continued: "Remember that my fortieth birthday is next month. I will expect a present from you." "You shall have it," answered Cupid. When the birthday came a package from the little god came with it, and it was found to contain one of Cupid's worn-out last generation bows. The woman threw it angrily to the floor. Morel.—There are bows and beaux —N. Y. Herald. Business Regulations in Germany. Business methods are largely regulated by law in Germany, and there is not the individual liberty in such matters as there is in this country. For example, if a manufacturer makes false statements of any kind about his products, any business man may bring suit against him, the penalty being fine or imprisonment. Nor can a dealer advertise a "removal sale," and then restock his store and continue business at the "old stand." Such phrases as "the best in the world" and "superior to all others," are not allowed in advertisements, as they are considered detractions of competitors.—Cleveland Leader. A Linguistic Quandary The Boston girl took off her glasses and wiped them tenderly, reflectively, on a piece of chamois skin. Then she tapped her foot decorously on the hardwood floor. Anon she moved uneasily, almost petulantly, in her chair. Hist! She was thinking. At length she murmured moodily to herself: "I cannot determine whether the plural of hoodlum should be hoodlums or hoodla."—Baltimore American. One or the Other. "I wouldn't hurt Henrietta's feelings for the world," said Mr. Meekton. "but I must say that wives are a little difficult to please." "Have you just found that out?" "I am not announcing it as a discovery; only as a suspicion. But, from observation, it seems to me that they either say: 'Oh, he's like all the rest,' or else they wonder 'Why he can't be like other men.'"—Washington Star. Pledges in Paris. At the Paris pawn house about 350,000 watches and 60,000 wedding rings are deposited every year. The oldest object there in 1900 was a suit of clothes on which five francs had been advanced in 1869. It belonged to a soldier who fell in the war of 1870, and whose widow paid her annual due on it for over 30 years in the hope of being able some day to redeem it.—N. Y. Sun. Proof Against Such Argument. She—He didn't succeed in convincing her, after all his argument. He—No; he merely made her mad. "But his explanation was clear." But his explanation was clear. "Yes, and that's where he made his mistake. He told her it was as 'plain as the nose on her face.'"—Stray Stories As the Stork Sees It. First Stork—I just left a baby at that millionaire's house. Second Stork—Funny things these human beings. I've just delivered three to one woman in a tenement, and her husband's out of work and they haven't a cent.—Brooklyn Life. Sarcophagus of Cassius. Cassius, after the battle of Philippi killed himself and was buried in the island of Thasos. A sarcophagus, which is believed to hold his remains has been recently discovered there.—M. Y. Sun. Her Main Wish She—What! Will you supply some one that I can love, also? — Stray Stories. Spanish Girls Fight Bulls. It is becoming quite usual for girls to take part in the bull fights in Spanish cities.—N. Y. Sun. Senator Hoar is well-to-do. His family has been in comfortable circumstances for generations. He has lived carefully, though well, and his possessions have increased moderately with time. Billiard experts in congress yield the palm to Senator Mallory, of Florida, whose work with the cue is of the highest order. Only Congressman Cochran, of Missouri, and Congressman Lanham, of Texas, are supposed to be in his class, and both concede the Florida man's superior skill. The roll call of millionaire senators in the Fifty-eighth congress will stand about as follows: Clark, Hanna, Depew, Platt, Kean, Dryden, Elkins, Bard, Kerens, Perkins, Wetmore, Proctor, Scott, Quay, Alger, and Addicks. Perhaps about one senator in every six is a real live millionaire. Senator Dubois was feeling a bit out of sorts and on the advice of his physician went to Atlantic City for some sea air. "How did you make out?" the senator was asked on his return. "Not very well," Dubois replied. "You see, I went for sea air and every minute of the four days I stayed there was nothing but a land breeze." A reporter saw Senator Hoar coming out of the white house and said: "Can I say that you have been talking with the president on the trust problem?" Mr. Hoar beamed through his spectacles as he replied slowly: "Let me see. Yes, you could say that." "Then, senator," began the reporter, but the venerable Yankee interrupted: "Yes, you can say that, but it wouldn't be true," and he walked away chuckling. The national house of representatives has concluded that Congressman Sheppard, of Texas, has the most delicately balanced conscience in the entire body. When he started back from his holiday he had through tickets from Washington, but he found that by coming on the route he had selected he would be four hours late for the opening of congress. This discovery was made in St. Louis. Mr. Sheppard promptly threw away his tickets and bought another which landed him in Washington just in time. He wondered why more seasoned statesmen laughed when he told of this experience. The Texan is only 27 years old, which may go a long way toward accounting for his extreme fidelity to duty. BY WAY OF VARIETY. Germany's tallest soldier is a noncommissioned officer six feet eight inches in height. A chain of banks to be conducted by a central institution is to be organized in San Francisco as soon as the details can be completed. Canada's trade increased in the fiscal year to June 30,1902, $35,188,058, having been in the aggregate $414. 431,831, according to the department of trade and commerce. Many German railways stations have tunnels by means of which the different tracks are safely reached. It is now proposed to have such tunnels at important street crossings in Berlin. In the United States and Canada the telegraph poles are usually spaced 55 yards apart, and on the average the number of rail lengths passed over in 20 seconds gives very nearly the train speed in miles per hour. A novel scheme has recently been evolved by which a train will not only be lighted by electricity, but the power will be obtained by a rotary fan attached to the front end of the locomotive. Tests have shown that on an ordinary train five cars can be illuminated in a night and that the battery in the morning will have nearly its maximum charge of electricity. IN SOME OF OUR CITIES. The report of Coroner Dugan, of Philadelphia, showed that in the last year 3,709 deaths were reported and 2,804 inquests held. Milwaukee's police trials are but few. Only nine policemen were tried on charges last year out of a force of 281. This represents a great improvement in the past ten years, as there were 42 trials in 1889. Residents and property holders on Thirteenth street, in Atlanta, Ga., have petitioned the authorities to change its name to Piedmont place, explaining that the name "Thirteenth" is somewhat in the nature of a stigma because of popular superstition and is detrimental to their interests. City Engineer Ericson, of Chicago, says that there is a waste of 76 per cent. of all the water pumped and, his plea for the introduction of many more water meters having been unheeded, he will be compelled to ask for an additional appropriation of $200,000 or more for the city pumping stations. NOVELTIES FOR THE DESK. A charming desk set of brass is shown, every article of which curls up in the form of a water lily. Moire letter paper looks like the real thing. Another fancy paper shows stitching effect around the edges. Small waste-paper baskets have the effect of wood on the outside with pretty hand-painted designs. They are lined inside with pale-colored silk. And now there is a novelty in the way of correspondence paper, in which the letter sheet is much longer than it is wide, so that the sheet must be folded twice instead of once to fit in the envelope. BEAUTY HINTS AND HELPS. To whiten the finger nails and remove all stains cut a lemon in half and rub the finger tips well with it at night. Wash off in warm water the next morning. The juice of a lemon, half an ounce of glycerin and a teaspoonful of sugar is an excellent remedy for hoarseness and is within the reach of everybody. Take a teaspoonful every few hours. For red hands use a little chloride of lime—dropping a few grains into the water used for washing the hands. Be careful to remove all rings and bracelets first, for chloride of lime will tarnish them. A singular new contrivance is guaranteed to rid the complexion of disfigurements in this wise: There is a rubber cup which is clapped to the face, and through a rubber tube hot or cold water, as the case requires, is sprayed upon the spot to be treated. The suction and forcible spraying are said to have beneficent effect. Gritty tooth powders destroy the enamel of the teeth and lead to decay. Essentially a tooth powder is a mechanically acting detergent. It cleanses teeth just as powdered brick or sand will cleanse metal. The source of danger is in the particles of the powder being so coarse as to scratch the enamel. Chalk, charcoal, pumice stone and cuttle fish bone are the four chief bases of ordinary tooth powders. Six drops of olive oil used every third night to massage the lower face and throat will long keep off the first throat and chin wrinkles that all women dread. Use the tips of the fingers, and stroke the oil in gently, yet firmly. Leave it on over night, washing it off in the morning with hot water and without soap. If it is found that every third night keeps the skin a bit too oily, the interval may be a little lengthened. FOR THE HOUSEKEEPER A teaspoonful of sugar in the stove blacking will add to the luster of the stove. To remove mud stains from dresses wash them with a little carbonate of soda dissolved in water. Tinware may quickly be cleaned by rubbing it with a damp cloth, dipped in soda. Rub briskly and wipe dry. Sour milk should be used for adding to the water with which linoleum and oilcloth are washed, for it will make them like new. A tablespoonful of turpentine put into the copper will whiten the clothes boiled in it and will prove an economy both of soap and labor. Gold lace may be cleaned by rubbing it with a flannel well dusted with powdered ammonia, and then polishing it with a soft handkerchief. When soot falls upon the carpet it may be removed by sprinkling on plenty of finely powdered salt and sweeping off in the direction of the fireplace. Repeat until the marks are gone. To clean white silk ties, rub them over with French chalk, and afterward hold to the fire. The heat will cause the chalk to absorb the grease, and a shaking or brushing will render the tie quite clean. MODES OF THE SEASON A jeweled girdle forms the striking finish of many house gowns. Shawl shapes and shawl collars are the prominent features of the neckwear this season. Many of the latest blouses seem to be especially designed to effectually disguise any waistline. Exquisite gowns are made of white panne with incrustations of black chantilly on skirt and bodice. Very smart women are wearing wide ribbon bows beneath the chin and some of velvet is always pretty, mixed with lace and tulle. Black lace gowns, profusely trimmed with lace medallions and jet, over a white foundation, are one of the smartest evening gowns of the winter. The use of white satin, fur, gold braid, laces and Russian guipure medallions is again the feature of cloth and velvet gowns and handsome coats of various kinds for afternoon calls, receptions and matinees. The best veils are of fine mesh, with chenille spots of various sizes thereon. The disfiguring spots of abnormal size have become demode. It was but the whim of a moment, and a very foolish one, for it was certain that a spot would get over one's eve or nose. SCIENCE SIFTINGS The ants of South America have been known to construct a tunnel three miles in length. That natural sleep is due to the drugging effect of accumulated carbonic acid in the body, is the view taken by a French physiologist, Dr. Raphael Dubois. A piece of skin cut from a human body will show signs of life for ten days after separation. This discovery is important in connection with the grafting of new skin over a damaged part of the body. Dr. J. Colling Warren, of Boston, has in his museum the most perfect example in the world of the osseous formation of the extinct mastodon. It only lacks a couple of toes or so of being absolutely complete. Prof. Koch, the noted bacteriologist, declares that typhoid fever can be stamped out through proper treatment of each case. He urges that every case of typhoid fever be as strictly isolated as a case of cholera, and by such isolation the disease could be wholly exterminated. MEN AND AFFAIRS. Dr. T. G. Simpson, of West Fairlee, Vt., owns the musket from which was fired the first shot at the battle of Bunker Hill. It belonged to his grandfather, Maj. John Simpson. Lord Amherst, of London, collects crowns, and has a cabinet with a number of fine specimens of discarded skypieces, including the crown worn by Charles II. at his coronation, the crown worn by George IV. and the one made for Queen Adelaide. Following the example of some other scion of wealthy families, Henry K. McHarg, whose father is president of the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke company, has entered the offices of that corporation in Radford, Tenn., and will begin a practical study of the mining business. Young McHarg is 20 years old and is an only son, his father being many times a millionaire. Quite a youthful reporter asked Mark Twain for an interview on the coal situation. The newspaper man began by saying: "Mr. Clemens, I have been instructed to interview you on the humors of the coal famine." The New York Times says that the veteran humorist gasped feebly for a moment and then replied: "Young man, you go back to your editor and tell him if he emptied all the short and long dashes in his composing rooms into the forms he would then only be able to set up a prelude to my opinion on the coal situation." Mr. and Mrs. James Brazis, living near Kingfisher, Okla., were married three times in the same day, and probably hold the record. They came to Kingfisher to get married and after getting a license were united by the old probate judge, S. E. Sanders. The groom thought that perhaps it might be well if J. M. Graham, probate judge elect, should also perform the ceremony, so Mr. Graham tightened up the nuptial knot. The bride still had a lingering doubt as to the legality of either marriage and the services of a clergyman were called into requisition. After the third ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Brazis went home. IN FOREIGN CITIES. The number of marriages recorded in Berlin in 1901 was 19,838. Outdoor musical performances are not permitted in St. Petersburg. The street passenger traffic of London gives employment to 50,000 persons. There are 102 centenarians in Connaught, Ireland, and 1,160 persons over 90 years old. It is estimated that about 3,000 women and girls are employed in flower selling in the streets of London. As a precaution against infection small silver currency is now being disinfected by the municipal authorities at St. Petersburg. Swarms of plague-infected rats which infest the stone wall along the sea shore at Yokohama have been entombed alive, the authorities having had every hole and crevice in the wall filled with cement and pebbles. St. Petersburg is fighting a rat plague of tremendous proportions. For three successive days rats wandering to the river to drink stopped early morning trains on the suburban Newski railway. The police are distributing rat poison to all householders free of charge, and soldiers armed with sticks watch the road to the river where rats procure their morning drink. INDUSTRIAL AND MECHANICAL The oat and sugar crop of the United States have each increased sixfold in 50 years. The most economical processes are used in the lake region for the recovery of copper, so that it is found that ore yielding $1\frac{1}{2}$ per cent. will pay costs. A French industry is the conversion of old shoes in a paste which is transformed into morocco like imitation leather. This is used for wall papers, trunk coverings, etc. A gigantic shoe trust exists in Russia. Nearly all the shoes sold in that country are manufactured by one firm in St. Petersburg, which is one of the most prosperous stock companies in the world. Screw propellers, it is pointed out, have not followed the usual course of improvement from accumulated experience, and, while great numbers of new blades have been brought out, there has been no tendency to evolve an accurate theory on scientific design. Such anomalies are the variable running of duplicate propellers are still unexplained. The lack of progress is attributed to the reticence of sea-going engineers, whose practical observations seldom reach constructors. IN SUNNY ITALY. The International Historical Congress, which had to be postponed last year, will open its sittings in Rome on April 2. When the last fragments of the ruined campanile in Venice were removed 20 bottles of wine were found unbroken in the custodian's room. Two arctic dogs brought back by the duke of Abruzzi from the polar regions, have been bitten by a mad dog and are being treated for hydrophobia. A beautiful villa on Lago Maggiore is one of the prizes offered by a Milan newspaper to regular subscribers. Many Italian journals have organized regular lotteries, with prizes of $100 to $5,000. The Messagero, of Rome, sends out men who distribute money prizes to persons whom they meet with a copy of that newspaper in hand. THE EDUCATIONAL WORLD. Sir Frederick Treves, the famous English surgeon, says that he was very lazy as a student. He never won a prize; indeed, according to his own account, he never had the audacity to try for any. Eskimo children at Cape Prince of Wales are taught to read and write by missionary women. The schoolhouse in winter is a large igloo, while in summer the work is conducted on the sea beach, with the sand for a floor and the blue canopy of heaven for a covering. William Tecumseh Scott, president of Franklin (Ind.) college, and William Henry Harrison McCoy, the janitor of the institution, were in the same graduating class of 1861, the present janitor proudly carrying the honors of the class, while the president went trailing in the intellectual dust. Ian Maclaren has come out against what he calls "over education." In a recent address before a teachers' association in England the writer said no one ought to be educated beyond his measure and thus rendered useless for his natural work. On the other hand, no one should fail to receive that education, however advanced or costly, what his talents deserve. President Woodrow Wilson, of Princeton, who has taken a stand against the shortening of college courses, made an interesting address before the Twentieth Century club, of Boston, in which he defined a sophomore as follows: "I can't for the life of me see how a man can expect to graduate a sophomore who ever saw a sophomore. They are lovable fellows. The sap of manhood is flowing in them, but it hasn't reached their heada." ALL ENGLISH. Between 900 and 1,000 ships go up and down the English channel every day. Liverpool has just received its first consignment of mahogany from Australia. The exchequer benefits by about £12,000 a year from fines levied at the metropolitan police courts. Part of the mane of a charger ridden by the duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo has been sold in London. English clergymen were prohibited from marrying for rather more than four centuries, beginning from the reign of Ethelred. As it was apparently suffering from indigestion, a bullock was slaughtered near Spalding, England, when its illness was found to have been caused by a tennis ball it had swallowed. Tell-tale tattoo marks recording their constancy in love identified two prisoners in North London recently as deserters. "I love Lottie Barton," confessed the left arm of one, while the other man bore the initial letters of the name of the beloved object. ELECTRICAL GLIMMERINGS Electricity is to be used for lighting the bow, masthead and compass lamps of the British torpedo boat destroyers now being built. The electrical roads of the country have a nominal capital of $1,600,000,000, employ 300,000 persons, who are paid $250,000,000 a year, and run 60,000 cars over 20,000 miles of track. Ten miles of electrical road are building to one of steam road. During recent experiments in Berlin, by the aid of the invention of Dr. Pupin an American, for lessening the resistance in long-distance telegraph and telephone wires, messages sent by telephone were audible to persons standing 30 feet or more away from the receiver. A sublime spectacle was witnessed a few days ago in a Tyrolean valley near Tanneheim. A violent storm arose suddenly and many globes of lightning rolled over the surface of the lake. Then a column of water arose 30 feet high from the middle of the lake and from its top small flashes darted. The spectacle lasted three minutes. SPARKS AND FLASHES. In 1866 horse cars were a curiosity in Berlin. Now they are all displaced by electricity. Switzerland is to have still another connection with Italy—an electric railway from Coire to Arosa. "Etherogram" is said to be Mr. Marconi's preference for a name of dispatches sent by his wireless method. He disapproves of "Marconigrams," because, he says, it savors too much of self-advertisement. Prof. Mason, of the Smithsonian Institution, says that the most needed achievement of 1903 is the discovery of a satisfactory method of economizing electricity. Some day, he says, in the not distant future, the rivers will make all the electricity we want. We shall harness the streams and they will heat every house, run every wheel and light every lamp. IN THE JEWELRY LINE. Daintily pretty is a gun-metal pencil, set with turquoise. A novel jewel box contains a number of small boxes that swing out at the side. A pretty belt clasp shows two large turquoises surrounded with double rows of pearls. One of the favorite designs in coral is in carved roses, the deep red predominating over the pink shades. In one of the jewelry shops is to be seen a novelty in horn coiffure combs studded with small diamonds. MEN IN PUBLIC LIFE. Dr. Daniel Elmer Salmon, chief of the bureau of animal industry of the agricultural department, has held that office since 1884, and has been in that department of the government since 1879. L. S. Elmer, assistant chief clerk of the post office department, is known as an authority on postal laws and regulations both of this country and of foreign countries. He compiled the postal manual, which enables clerks and business men to learn quickly the rates of postage on all articles. It is in concise form and gives briefly the salient points of the postal laws. Mr. Elmer has been in the service about 20 years. Hugh McLaughlin, the veteran democratic leader of Brooklyn, has been suffering from insomnia, so he called in a doctor. "You are smoking too much," said the medical man after making an examination, and he began to write a prescription, doubtless thinking that Mr. McLaughlin was too old to drop a long-established habit. "Will stopping tobacco have the same effect as this medicine you prescribe?" asked the old gentleman and on receiving an affirmative answer he said: "Then you may keep your prescription. I will use no more tobacco." And he has kept his word, though up to that time he had both smoked and chewed the weed for many years. Secretary Shaw went over to the treasury department one morning accompanied by a friend from Iowa. While the pair were seated in Mr. Shaw's private office the secretary found a letter which particularly interested him. Leaning back in his chair, he put one foot on the corner of his desk. In half a minute a man dashed in, revolver in hand, and, covering the visitor, said: "Is this man trying to rob you, Mr. Shaw?" "No, no," shouted the secretary. "He is my friend." After some further excitement it developed that when he put his foot on the desk Mr. Shaw had pressed a button that calls a watchman. The man came in a hurry, just as he had been ordered to do. President Roosevelt has decided to bar lighted cigars out of the white house and with the view of making known his desires regarding the matter has hung over a mantel in the public reception room the familiar sign: "No Smoking Allowed." Some time ago Arthur Simmons the colored doorkeeper who has been at the white house for many years, was made smoke inspector, but he found that his efforts to put a stop to the nuisance provoked a good deal of tall language among offenders. Mr. Simmons is of a pious turn and naturally that sort of talk shocked him exceedingly. Therefore he begged to be relieved from the task and so Mr. Roosevelt has hung up the sign. HINTS FOR THE COOK. To scale a fish more readily let it lie for a little time in salt water before scraping. Never put warm food of any kind away in a covered dish if you want it to keep well. To boil cream the day before enhances the richness of the coffee into which it is poured. To remove the smell of onions from a saucepan fill it with water and drop into it a red-hot cinder. The remnant of stewed or preserved fruit left from tea will improve tapioca pudding the next day. Milk is better for being kept over night in small tins than if a large quantity is kept over in one vessel. If roasted potatoes are burst with a fork they will be found much lighter and more digestible than is cut with a knife. Bake custards by setting the cups in a pan of water. This cooks them very evenly and makes them less liable to become watery. When boiling a cracked egg, add a teaspoonful of salt to the water, and you will find that it cooks without any of the white part leaving the shell. To remove a hot cake or pudding from a tin or mold turn upside down and cover with a cloth wrung out of cold water. The contents will slip out in a minute or two. To remove anything cold or frozen, reverse the process and wring the cloth out of hot water. ECHOES FROM AFAR Pilgrimages to Mecca have been forbidden in Tunis during 1903 because of the prevalence of cholera in Egypt. There is but one dentist in Madagascar, and he is a native. The United States consul at Tamatave says there is a. good opening there for an American dentist. In a bog on the Island of Zeeland, Denmark, a votive bronze chariot has been found with the image of a horse ten inches high in front and with an inlaid gold sun on one side. A through train service from Paris to Peking was arranged some days ago by the directors of the Nord, Quest and Orleans railway companies of France and representatives of Belgian, Dutch, German and Austrian railways. The necessity of having banks which will advance money on crops, either in the field or in storage, or will loan on real estate or chattels, has become so manifest throughout Brazil, particularly in states that rely upon agriculture, that the state of Bahaia has taken the matter in hand and, by recent legislation, has granted special privileges for the establishment of such a concern. IN THE REALM OF POETRY. When Pa says grace He looks up like the world to him Was full of good things to the brim, His eyes are like an angel's, while The sweetest, most forgiving smile Is on his face. He takes his place Before the goodies Ma has spread As if upon each dish he read Some plious message from above. An' every glance seems full of love When Pa says grace. An' yet he'll chase The cat downstairs an' slam the door, An' growl at everyone before The meal time comes, an' often jar The air with words not like they are When he says grace. Ma says the trace Of that sweet spirit which reveals Itself in thankfulness at meals Is everywhere, an' ought to be At all times present as when we Are sayin' grace. An' in that case I'm 'clined to think, rememberin' how Pa frets and ruffles up his brow When he slifts ashes or saws wood, It's appetite makes him feel good When he says grace. —Boston Courier. Time's Sea. Like barks that cleave the billows of the main, And score with furrows white the mighty deep, Some gliding onward with majestic sweep, And others idly lagging in their train, Like ships deep laden with a wealth of gain, That slowly mount the towering surges steep, Or like the light-rigged crafts that swiftly creep Acrose the reaches of the trackless plain— The days across Time's ocean take their way, And each morn finds, within the port of Past, One ship forever anchored—Yesterday; While in the Future's offing, flying fast Or plodding slow, the Present sails for aye, To mingle with the fleet of ages vast. —William Tyler Olcott, in S. S. Times. The Old Pocketbook. They've tossed me aside: I am frayed and torn And like the man who has done his best And can do no more, I am left to rest In the spot where they flung me, old and worn: The world has forgotten the joys I've borne, I have lost the charm that I once possessed For the smiling host and the parting guest, And am only a thing that they pass in scorn. Yet, like the old man who is worn and gray, I, too, am useful—the same as he; The busy ones push him out of the way, Pursuing their fortunes anxiously: Like the poor old man, though I've had my day, The children are glad to play with me. S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald The Critical Kangaroo. 'Twas a growly, spotted Leopard, On the plains of Timubtoo, Who met one sunny morning With a happy Kangaroo. "Your suit is really startling," Said the latter, with a smile, "For polka-dots no longer Are thought the proper style; And though no criticism On your tailor I would cast, I have a strong suspicion that The color isn't fast, For—" But here an interruption Most sudden did occur, Which filled the air around them With what resembled fur; And the Leopard sometime later, Much larger round the waist, Mused long in pensive manner On that Kangaroo's "good taste." —Samuel Scoville, Jr., in St. Nicholas. "Sometime." Sometime—ah, be it far away!— We two must say good by; And one shall cold and silent lie, Grief mute, the other stay. Like meshes of a worn-out glove Must sometimes rend apart— Why whisper thus, foreboding heart? — The strong links of our love. In dreary day or darksome night, Deaf to heart-breaking sighs And blind to anguished eyes, One soul shall take its flight. Sometime such shall be our sure fate! And yet a Whisper saith: "Still shall ye, conquering Death, Each for the other wait!" —William Struthers, in Boston Transcript. Keep a-Singin'. All the world goes wrong some days, But just keep a-singin'. Brambles all along the ways, But just keep a-singin'. Clouds are dark an' dank an' cold, Pleasure's dirge seems bein' toiled, An' yeh feel yeh' re gittin' old, But jest keep a-singin'. Don't let nothin' mar yer front, But just keep a-singin'. Don't back down fer any stunt, But just keep a-singin'. Don't let nothin' stop yer song, Just go jiggin' right along-- Things can't keep a-goin' wrong, If yeh keep a-singin'! -J. M. Lewis, in Houston Post. The Walf. I met a threadbare walf below the town. Sad were his eyes, and from his dusty coat Roses no longer crimson dangled down. Pebbles that had been kisses decked his throat. He held a cup, and listlessly and slow Drank wine, as one who had no joy thereof. And when I asked his name, he answered low: "My name is Habit—once they called me Love." -Agnes Lee, in the Atlantic. A Maiden on Time. Men claim that women are tardy—in fact, that they're never on time, That among their thousand sweet virtues promptness you never will find. But I know of a dear little woman, quite worthy of praises in rhyme, Who is pretty and gracious and charming, and always, yes, always on time. She never is fretful and flurried, nor given to dumps nor to tears; She's a beautiful Grecian malden who has posed on my clock for years! —Emma C. Dowd, in Ladies' Home Journal. The Foolish Big Word. The foolish think big words are splendid. And that within them wisdom lies, But big words never were intended To form the language of the wise; Through smallest words that he may find The sage reveals his depth of mind. The speeches of the fool are freighted With words he chooses for their length; When sense is with a big word mated It dwindles, robbed of half its strength; The world needs no big words at all. Since Love and Hope Do are small. —S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald --- ae ' - American BrickCo. -- President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. VieePrediest JOHN SHELEAMER, MANUFACTURERS OF Gommon and Sewer Brick s Office and Yards: 45th and Robey Sts. Boe aries Garces ears Output of Winter Yards ..........0..-ccsassesseseseossseee 140,000. per day _ Telephone Yarde 128. 2 nee is _ work: tas oy ania a - It seems to be a forgone conclusion that Alderman Michael Mcimerney will be renominated and elected to the city council from the 90th ward. ‘" Josezh Junk, the big South Halsted street brewer, is being urged by his pre, Seer >i Pig stinger for in the 29th ward against Alderman Frederick A. Hart. P. M. Murphy, 4550 Wallace street, will.become an independent candi- date for Alderman of the 80th Ward. He isa laboring man and expects to receive a large per cent of the labor vote. . Albert J. Hopkins, who favored the disfranchisement of the Negro in the Southern States, has been elected to the Unitd States senate from Illinois and-there is much rejoicing among the Afro-American Republicans. Alderman Frank L. Race is one of the hardest workers in the city coun- ci. He is always ready to stand up for right and justice, and some day The Broad Ax expects to see Frank L. Race elected mayor of Chicago. — Mrs. Florence Miller, 3151 State street, whose ad. appears tm another column of The Broad Ax, is one of the most expert dressmakers in Chi- cago, and she makes dresses for some of the wealthiest white ladies in the city. Attorney William Howard Fitzger- ald was last week united in marriage to Miss Corbett. The newly marri- ed couple have returned to the city from their honey-moon trip and are receiving the congratulations of their friends. Prof. W. H. Councill, Normal, Ala, in writing to The Broad Ax recent- ly, says that the “Holiday number of ‘The Broad Ax was the best of all the papers that came under his observa- tion.” Thanks, Prof. Councill, for your kind expression. Sandy Everett Patton, an Afro American of Wichita, Kan., was late ly appointed County Jailer of his county by Sheriff Schad, who seems to be a broad-minded man, and it is now up to Tom Barrett, Sheriff of Cook County, to select a worthy Afro- American as one of his Deputies. Gambling Brickbat Jackstone Ter rell, who dislikes to pay his honest debts and who for some time ran @ low dive at 47th and Armour avenue, which was frequented by young giris, is running the new Democratic head- quarters, 107 Dearborn street, for Mayor Harrison and his committee. At the present time it looks m though Mayor Carter H. Tiarrison will have to go up against C. 8. Dar- row and Graeme Stewart, and if the man of “Destiny” should happen to be caught im this three cornered coon-trap the chances are that he will fall on the outside of the breast-works. Monday night an old time Ken- tucky oyster supper was held at |, Bethel church and the proceeds de rived from it were turned over to /) Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray, and the Lord. Mrs. Florence Lenos,|. Mrs. Sadie Norman, and several oth- er Indies served on the committee! | which had charge of the affair. We wish to thank Bro. Murphy, of the Afro-American Ledger, Baltt |! more, for speaking so kindly in be half of “The Seventh Anniversary | Edition of The Broad Ax” The Led- ger is one of the best papers pub- | ; Hshed in the interest of the Afro- American race in this country, and | , Bro Murphy is the right man in the right place. ‘ Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray, we will give you ten dollars which sum | ; you can spend among your women if you will send The Broad Ax the |: cele ah ti ate ‘Telephone Main 755’ CHARLES L. WEBB Court Reporter, S11 Ogden Bidg. 34 Clark 8t., General Stenographer. Chicago. SS » handsom lady ‘that Mra. F. L. called down or quar reled with right out in the Sunday School in Bethel several Sundays be- fore Christmas.. Will you send us the name of that young lady Rev. Abrabam Lincom Murray? . It the lady who boarded a state street car at 46th and State street at half past 11 o’clock Thursday night, November 6, 1902, and remained on the car until ft arrived at 30th and State street, then alighted and walk- ed west on 80th street as for as Beth- ‘el church, and disappeared on the inside of it will send her name to us we will send her fifteen dollars which she can expend or use in purchasing & new spring hat. Rev. Archibald James Carey, who declared last summer that “he would put The Broad Ax out of business without any further delay, will get red or green eyed when he learns that Louis B. Anderson, assistant. county attorney, and Mr. George W. Henderson, the well-known songster, like Major John C. Buckner, bought a@ number of copies of “The Seventh Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax” and ‘sent them to their friends in all parts of this country. Brother Abraham Lincoln Murray come and let us be good friends, and do you not think that you would feel much better while enorting and shouting if you would tell the members of Bethel all about Mrs. N. M-—, and the reason why you went on her bond at | the time she was locked up at the 85th street police station. We are sure, Brother Abraham Lincoln Mur ray, that the members of old Bethel would like to hear and know every- thing in connection ~rith Mrs. N. M—. and her interesting case. It is reported that since “The Broad Ax began exposing the many immoral acts of Rev. Abraham Lin- coln Murray, that he now treats Mrs. Murray with more consideration than he has in the past,” which simply proves that our effort to purify the pulpit is productive of much good, and we would be willing to go to jail for six months if Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray will confess all his past sins and promise in the future to let other women alone, remain rue to his marriage vows and treat Mrs. Murray as she deserves to be Treated. AGENTS FOR THE BROAD AX. From on and after this date The Broad Ax can be found on sale at the following places: BE. 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. Béward Felix's Cigar Store, 3% 20th street, N. E. Corner Armour Ave. J. A, Geary’s Confectionery and Ci- gar Store, 4800 State St. T. B. Halls Cigar Store and ‘Laundry office, 281 29th St. Mrs. H. Hart, Cigar and Confection- ery Store, 417 B. 35th St. C. EB. Hunter’s News Stand and (i- gar Store, 134 W. Sist St, near Dear- born. J. B. 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 BL 86th street. Corrigan’s OClgar Store and News Stand, 3304 State street. Cc. C. MeLain, R. R. ticket broker and News Stand, 428 Dearborn Street. M. H. Watts, dealer in cigars and to- Dacco, $742 State street. J. C. Campbell, 145 W. 47th street., Cigars, Tobacco, Staple Groceries. ‘Wm. H. Monroe, cigar and news- stand, 486 State street. News items and afvertisements ieft at these places will find their way {nto thé columns of The Broad Ax. MESS 5 DEVINE SARA A TOT DEVINE & O°CONNELL ATTORNEYS AT LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK Clark and Washington Sts. Telephone, Main 90. CHICAGO, A. D. GASH Attorney at Law, 94-06 La Balle Street, Chicago. | "Telephone Main 3077. JOR E. OWENS Attorney at Law, (erve 621 Asmianp Biocn, 5 B. Clerk Street, - - CHICAGO | FREDERICK W. JOB ATTORNEY AT LAW aT “comuimecen” CHICAGO Tecernone Marx 2804 ~ FEDERICO M. BARRIOS Attorney & Counsellor at Law Saite 501 Firmenich Bldg. BF Setuingree Street Chicago. LAWRENCE A. NEWBY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Room 6, 128 LaSalle St., CHICAGO RESIDENCE 2623 WABASH AVE William Howard Fitzgerald LAWYER Reem 402 Reaper Bick, - GEKAG) PSPSPS FSS CeCr TTT JOSEPH A. McINERNEY LAWYER Surrs 6—™8 (Ourc.c0 Ormms Hoven GHIOAGO Beauregard F. Moseley, LAWYER. Main Office 6256 Halsted 8t, Bown Town Office 260 5. Clark St., Reem gn | Fern fee ier? = _ WILLIAM RITCHIE ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR. (Buite 519-520 Oxford Building 84 LASALLE ST., CHICAGO Telephone Main 1646. Robert M. Mitchell Attorney at Law Suite 9, No. 77 South Clark St. CHICAGO Joun F. Waters. ©. H. Jouxsow WATERS & JOHNSON Lawyers Practice Limited te the Trial of Personal Isjary Cases Suite 801 Kedzie Building 120 E. Randolph St. Telephone Central 4293 cH1eaeo ‘Peiaphams lends 78 Resideose, 13 Garfield Bd - dOHN FITZGERALD BUSTICE OF THE PEACE: | $°S 8 HSi SD STR, -~CGHIOAGO J. GRAY LUCAS — ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Suite 412 Real Estate Board Bldg 59 Dearborn St. Cor. Randolph CHICAGO. Phone Randolph 55 #* J.E. JONES LAWYER 79 Clark Street Room 9 Chicago * JAMES 6. WHITE ww eae Tee ci neinrwnites: aan 4232, Wabash Ave Suite 411-59 Dearborn St. Tel Main 1690 Chicago S. A. McCELWEE -»-LAWYER,.; 36 S. Clark St., CHICAGO. Room 706 Ogden Butiding Residence, 3183 Forest Av. ALBERT 8B. GEORQE LAWYER 422 Asbiand Block, Chiengs. _—eiom— . JohnJ. Dunn ruse [J COALS mt WOOD | Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. Ras Yanps: | Sit St 8 Ta — aoe | CHICAGO Phenix (il & Mineral Co. OF ARIZONA $200,000 CAPITAL Pays diviaends 1 per cent. monthly or 12 per cent per annum. Stock now selling at 10c i share, full paid and non-assessable. For further particulars address THE DAVIS INVESTMENT COMPANY 614 First National Bank Bldg., Chicago "Phone Central 3085, 135 State St., 4th Boor Face Massage, Shampootng, Scalp Treating Mrs, Warner Cbhiropodist and Manicuring Removes Corns Without Pain Medicated Foot Baths and Foot Massage Residence 5183 Cattage Grove Avenue, Chicag, Mrs. Florence Miller FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKER Perfect Fit Guaranteed Prices Reasonable A151 State Street CHICAGO MRS. A. G. MARSHALL KERY, Confectionery, Groceries, BE Notions and Stationery, Imported and Domestic Cigars, Tobaccos, Etc. Milk, Cream, Butter and Eggs. ee aie | 3604 State Street, CHICAGO. Peerrrye: oc Se A. HOFFMAN, CLEANER, DYER AND PRESSER. Suits Sponged and Pressed 25¢ 5125 State St. eS ’ Curly Hair Made Straight By: — ee as ~ rs _ ~ — . . ASaA lu ‘TAKEN FROM LIFE: BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. ORIGINAL 3 Copyrighted.) This wonderful hair pomade fs the only safe properation, in the world that makes kinky or curly hair straight as shown above. It nour- fishes the scalp and prevents the hair from { falling out or breaking off. cures dandruff and makes the halr grow jong. Bnd silky. Bold over forty. ee by thousands. Warranted harmiess. Testimonials free on request. It was the frst preparation ever sold for straightening kinky hair. Beware of imita- tions. Get the briginal Oxzonized Ox Marrew asthe genuine never fails to keep the hair omaiget, soft and beautiful. A toilet gone for — | gentlemen and children. Elegantly perfu ‘The great advantage of this rwondertul pomade is that by its use you can straighten your own hair at home. Owing eaten and eating on itis the Dest ai most economical. t Is not possible % for eereeey, to produce a preparation equal to % in | directions with every bottle. Only 60 cents. Sold by — and dealers or send us 5@ cents for one bottle or $1.4 for three bottles. We pay all express charges. Send postal or express mney order. Write your bame and address plainly to 3 , OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., Z 76 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. f ia aneinaitaiisicataeirenasesicailigledl Don’t imagine that all hair prepara- tions are alike. Quite the contrary Some never do what is claimed for ‘them. The Original Ozonized Ox Mar- Tow has been on the market for sc long that there is no doubt it will dc everything we claim for it. It is the most genteel preparation that any one can use on their hafr. It is most deli- cately perfumed and when thoroughly rubbed into the scalp and well brushed through the hair it cannot fafl 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 ad- dress in the United States. Druggists also sell it. Address: Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Tilinots. MRS. A. WILSON. Nicely furnished rooms to rent for gentlemen. Reasonable rates, 2252 Indiana aveune. Beast on Buttermes. Milione of butterflies are eaten every year by the Australian aborig- ines. . The insects congregate in vast quantities on the rocks of the Bugong mountains, and the natives sécure them by kindling fires of damp wood, end thus suffocating them. Then they ‘ere gathered in baskets, beked, sifted to remove the wings, and finally premped into cakes. Sone, 2 ILLINOIS BRICK CO. WILLIAM C. KUESTER, SUPERINTENDENT. 1994 N. Western Ave., Chicago, Telephone Lake View 270. HOHENADEL BROS. 21 ane —— Street “a UNIFORM CAPS “imeem ert wegen, aioe Wn JACOB FEINBERG Market and Grocery Telephone 565 South = 81st and State Sts. CHICAGO Tel. Yards 693 Notary Publie John J. Bradley Real Estate, Insurance and Loans Property managed. Abstracts examined. Renting. Legal papers prepared. 4709 South Halsted Street Chicago 7 F. W. BOYD _DEALERIN COAL, WOOD AND ICE Are net add tf S080 Daaey Jas. J. McCormick, IMPORTED AND DOMESTIG WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS 8462 SOUTH HALSTED STREET, ONICAGS. ereme—itststs—‘“‘é«é - GARAHAT NORTHERN SALE AND EXCHANGE STABLE. Driving, Draft and General Business Mevess Always om Mend L197 anasto Ave, Naar Robey alam BARNEY BENSON, | House and Fire Wrecking. MOVER of All Kinds of 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 4022 : ROOMS FOR RENT. Two comodious nicely furnished tooms for rent to gentlemen only. In- quire at 2623 Wabash avenue. Mrs. Kittie Scott. Choice- furnished rooms to rent to lagies and gentlemen. 2807 Wabash Ave. Roome for Rent. Elegantly furnished rooms for rent with bath and gas at $232 Wabash avenue. AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS WANTED. The Broad Ax desires to engage agents and regular correspondents in all the leading cities and towns in II- ‘linois’ and throughout the other sec- dons of the country. The highest onions paid to live hustlers Sample copies furnished. For further information address Julius F. Taylor 5040 Armour avenue, Chicago, TL