The Broad Ax

Vol. VIII. Last Saturday the Old Church Organ contained a very long milk and vomit article on itself, Rev Abraham Lincoln Murray, and The Broad Ax and whoever wrote the mixture of lies reminds us of the low-bred dog or Jack-leg preacher which returned and eat or lapped up all its vomit which it had spewed out of its own mouth. The article or, the alleged article, which bears the ear-marks of Rev. A. Lincoln Murray, for it sounds like it was written by some immoral preacher, who is gifted in stringing out Jack-leg lies to order at wholesale prices. Starts out by denying that Rev. or Elder Wilkins ever intimated that "he was in favor of going before the grand jury for the purpose of getting the writer indicted." We would not believe you under oath, Rev. or Elder Wilkins, but we will simply ask you one or two questions: Did you not inform a man who works in the City Hall, and a lady, several days before Christmas that you and one or two other parties intended going before the grand jury in order to get us indicted? and while you were engaged in conversation with a certain lady whose name we will not mention at present near that time did you not say to her that you called on Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray at his house three or four times and urged him to take certain steps which in your opinion would redound to our disadvantage? and did you not Rev. Jack-Leg Wilkins, accompany Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray over to the grand jury rooms on the North side Saturday, Dec. 22, 1902? Will you please answer these few plain questions, Elder or Col. Wilkins? If you are one of those creatures who can not refrain from running off at both ends, at the same time, we are not responsible for that, Mr. Jack-Leg Preacher. Rev. or Elder Wilkins says in his or Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray's whitewash article that if we do not refrain from touching upon his personal character "that he will shoot, murder or kill us, or words of the same purport," that is nothing new Elder or Col. Wilkins, for Jack-Leg preachers are always at their best when they are engaged in shooting and cutting, drinking and lying and hugging and kissing other men's wives. Coming on down to that portion of the mass of lies which was penned by a deceitful lying hand, it states that the "charges which appeared in the Old Church Organ against Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray, in April and May, 1901, were untrue," that Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray did not have Mrs. Sarah Lee, nor no other woman locked up in his study in Bethel church until 1 o'clock p. m., that he did not brake the married lady's piano stool, according to the statement of Elder Wilkins, while he, Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray was endeavoring to get at her for the purpose of hugging and kissing her. That the married lady broke her own piano stool while she was endeavoring to seduce Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray." has it through its columns ever apologized to its new found friend or baby, Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray, for its vulgar, its merciless and its relentless assaults or attacks on the spotless character of Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray. The other false assertions or statements in the article referred to will be passed over until the next issue of The Broad Ax. . THE JOYCE-TURNER WEDDING. Wednesday evening, Jan. 28, Miss Estella Joyce was united in marriage to Mr. Carl J. Turner at the home of her parents, 2923 Dearborn street. The pastor of Bethel church performed the marriage ceremony. The recpetion was held at the home of the groom, 364 27th street. Miss Dora Fisher acted as bridesmaid and Mr. Percy Turner, brother of the groom served as best man. The bride's gown was of white silk and she wore a long bridal veil and carired a boguet of white roses. The following are some of the many useful presents received by the happy young couple: Mr. and Mrs. Jas. A. Joyce, carving set; Miss C. ClaKlud, set silver knives; Miss Amy Oakland, set silver forks; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Joyce, Albequerque, N. M., set silver knives, forks, spoons; china berry bowl Mrs. Wm. Fischer and A. Price; ebony comb and brush, St. Kimbell, E. D. Stillwell, Fred Cooley, Anton Myers; Mr. and Mrs. James Webb, large Mexican statue; Mr. and Mrs. Littlejohn and daughter, candelabra; Mrs. A. Barney, glass berry set; Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Mason, cut glass with silver top, pitcher; Mr. and Mrs. Hagerman, 1 picture; Mr. and Mrs. Dooley, bed spread; Mrs. Jackson and daughter, bed spread; Mrs. Virginia Sowarg, 1 quilt; Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett, 1 fancy plate; Miss M. Burt, 2 boxes candy; Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Taylor, 1 fancy scarf; Mr. H. Robinson, pictures; Mrs. S. J. Whittaker, silver sugar spoon and butter knife; Mr. Robert Claxton, 2 china cups; Mrs. A. Corlin, 1 glass bowl; Miss Imogene Washington, Indian statue; Mrs. L. R. Watkins, wine set and tray; Mr. George Hubbard, 1 set water glasses; Mr. Arthur Williams, 1 set glasses; Thomas Miller, E. E. Stone, D. Bland, W. M. Burrel, Dr. W. J. Borley D. C. Clarke, 1 complete set silver; Mrs. C. Bosley, 1 set bread and butter plates; Mr. J. Y. Shiek, 1 china tea service, 4 salad plates; Miss B. Turner, 1 set vases, fancy clock; Dr. Schultz and husband, piano cover, 1 fancy berry set; Mr. and Mrs. J. Glover, picture; Mrs. M. Harris and daughter, silver berry spoon and butter knife; Mrs. Cora Turner, portieres and 2 fancy night shirts; Miss M. Seames, punch set; Mr. Sonard, 2 fancy rugs; Mr. Percy Turner, suit of furniture; L. Anderson, silver berry spoon, meat fork with gold trimmings; Mrs. Aug. Seymour, Mrs. Hill, salt and pepper cut glass silver tops. During the reception choice refreshments were served and dancing was in order. The Broad Ax, in common with the many other friends of the newly married couple, wishes them continued happiness and prosperity throughout their married life. WILL THE LADY PLEASE CALL? Last Thursday morning we received a very interesting letter, and its contents are enough to make a dog laugh, and if the lady who wrote and sent the letter to us is a true friend of ours we hope she will call to see us either Sunday or Monday evening.. Monday evening installation services wer held at Olivet Bap. church and Rev. E. J. Fisher, late of Nashville, Tenn., was married to the church. Rev. P. J. Bryant preached the installation sermon. Revs. Archibald James Carey, Woods, Mason, Knight, Henson, Moseley, Henry T. Elby and several others spoke. Revs. Abraham Lincoln Murray and Jasper F. Thomas failed to grace the occasion with their presence. All in all it was an interesting affair and Rev. Fisher is proud of the many friends he has made since locating in Chicago. HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, JANUARY 31, 1903 .A GENTLE HINT TO DR. CAREY. About ten years ago the colored people from Maine to California were tongue-lashing Booker T. Washington because he said, or was alleged to have said, that two-thirds of the colored preachers in this country were both mentally and morally unfit to occupy their pulpits. This was an awful accusation, but I never saw any denial by Mr. Washington that he made the statement, and certainly he never made any ayology for it. A few months ago a man named William Hannibal Thomas published a book which is the most vicious and villainous attack upon the morals of the Negro ever made in the history of literature. He says the whole race is totally depraved and especially emphasizes his charge that Negro ministers are almost without exception moral reprobates, who consider the women of their congregations, old and young, the legitimate prey of their lustful practices. I never agreed with Booker T. Washington in his charge, and I know that Wm. Hannibal Thomas is the biggest liar unhung.. I do not believe in reckless charges, and I hate the black Judas who will sell the good name of his race for a few pieces of dirty silver. That is what William Hannibal Thomas has done, and his name deserves to become a hiss and a byword. But while I hate the man who lies to blacken the name of my race,I just as intensely despise the man who hides, defends and tells brazen lies to cover up infamous practices of those reprobates who are ruining the race. You can't cure a festering wound by simply healing it over. You must clean it out. The race cannot have a pulpit which people will respect so long as we tolerate in our pulpits preachers whose moral characters are worse than that of the levee tough. The way to answer Washington's charge is not to abuse him, but to make the pulpits clean. We must admit that there are vile men who pollute our pulpits, and the man who loves his race is not the man who hides villainy and whitewashes moral lepers, but the man who scourges the monster from the house of God. And that is a duty which the people of Chicago owe to themselves—the protection they owe to their women and children. I do not believe in slandering the pulpit, and I challenge any person to show a line of my letters that slanders the preachers as a body or the churches as Christian institutions. What I have done, and what I propose to do, is to defend wives, mothers and daughters, confiding husbands and peaceful homes from the assaults of the reprobate preachers who use their holy calling to secure the confidence of their congregations in order that they may be better able to carry on their schemes of lust and debauchery. That was the reason I wrote my letters about a "Bad Preacher." I heard—not from one person, but from many persons—that a woman had publicly charged a preacher with shameful misconduct. I heard of acts that were a shame and a disgrace to any pulpit, and I called upon those in authority to investigate, and to clean out scoundrelism if it was found hiding in priestly apparel. I thought that the good men and women would take up the matter, and if they found vice blackening the vestments of the church, they would drive out the villain and fumigate the temple he had desecrated. Elder Gaines did call on me to give facts. I gave him two names and guaranteed more if they were needed. I think honest, Christian people were glad to know there was a chance to investigate the charges I made. These charges were too serious to be overlooked, and the matter was too widely discussed to be ignored. If there is a minister in Chicago guilty as I charged the bad preacher to be, certainly he ought to be kicked out of the pulpit, and denied the company of decent people. If I did not believe my charges were true, then I am guilty of recklessness that could not be too severely condemned. So the public waited for an investigation and the truth. Have they had it? Well, let us see. It appears that one preacher took the charges home to himself. If any preacher thought he was the target, he knew his church provided a way for a regular investigation. Elder Gaines is the Presiding Elder of this district.. He is the only one who has the power to organize an investigation which would be recognized by the Bishop, and be a legal church investigation. Now, if any minister believed himself slandered, had gone to Elder Gaines and demanded an investigation, no doubt the Elder would have appointed the legal body to consider the charges, hear the witnesses, and then decide whether the charges were true or false. But did any minister do that? Not by any means. Bethel was the only church that took the matter up, but no cali was made on Elder Gaines for the investigation provided for by the discipline of the church. I saw, last Saturday, a newspaper report of what was called an investigation, and a string of resolutions which declared that Bethel's preacher had been exonerated. Now, who did the exonerating? The regular body authorized by the church rules? No. No one pretends that. Then plainly it was a committee which had no authority, and hence the investigation was a humbug and a farce. I don't know all who were there, and don't care, but I do know that Elder Gaines was not there to give the meeting even an appearance of authority. And I know also that other good ministers who did not believe in whitewashing were not there. The Bishop was not there. The witnesses who would state facts were not there, and they were not asked to be there. Without calling upon people to make charges, without producing people to support them, this committee proceeded to exonerate the preacher and denounce the Conservator. "What would the public think of a trial of a case, if the accused man picked the judge, picked the jury, and then tried the case without presenting the charges or producing the prosecuting witnesses? Wouldn't every sane man call that a farce? Well, that was all the exoneraton committee did at Bethel, and everybody knows that such a farce was a whitewash, and nothing else. And yet in such a transaction there were men who call themselves Christians and say they hate sin. And one of those who took a part was Quinn Chapel's pastor, who made a hot-foot run to take a part in the fake investigation. Of all the preachers in Chicago, he was first and foremost to rush into an investigation which he knew was a farce. Now what I can't understand is this: What business has Dr. Carey to meddle with another preacher's fight. The Filipina made no attack on Dr. Carey, said not a word about Quinn Chapel, and in no way whatever denounced the church or any good man or woman in it. Why does Dr. Carey think it is duty to take the official board of Quinn Chapel, and without even an invitation go to another church and take part in an investigation which he knows was a farce? Carey is no fool. He knows that the only official way to investigate charges against a preacher is for the Presiding Elder to call a council, name its members from officers of sister churches, summon witnesses to appear before the council, and there, face to face with the minister who is accused, produce the evidence in the case. Dr. Carey knew that, and he knew that any other kind of an investigation was a No. 1 first-class fraud, just such a piece of "con game" trickery as you would expect from a lot of pot-house politicians. Yet, knowing all this, Dr. Carey took his thirty-one members, went up to Bethel to adopt a set of cut-and-dried resolutions, and then call it an investigation and a vindication. Now, what does Dr. Carey take us for, any way? Has he an idea that he can put up such a job as that on Chicago people and get away with it? Does he think the folks in this town don't know the difference between a church trial and a whitewashing machine? He must think we are "dead easy." Well, maybe we are, sometimes, but this time we are "next." That kind of a cheap trick might win in the backwoods of Georgia, and perhaps the distinguished Doctor was "fly" enough to work it on the Alligators when he was preaching down in Florida, but you can bet that sanctified smile of yours, Doctor, that you are "up against the real thing" when you try to bump our heads in Chicago. I suppose he has discovered that fact, and that was why he tried last Sunday morning to explain to his congregation his part in the whitewashing. And he needed to explain, too, for he had done what his church had not told him to do; what neither the Presiding Elder nor the Bishop had asked him to do, and what none of the other ten colored churches in Chicago had thought it necessary to do. There are hundreds of Quinn Chapel members who hate hypocrisy and dare to denounce crime wherever they find it. They think that decent people have some rights, which even preachers are bound to respect, and they insist that a preacher who is charged with shameless desecration of his pulpit ought to be tried by a council in the manner laid down in the church discipline, and not "whitewashed" by a "bunco game" conference picked by himself and "run" by his friends. And right on this question I want to say a word for myself, because the resolutions which Dr. Carey championed and which I heard he wrote, were intended to make it appear that Filipino attacked all the churches. This every fair person knows is not true. Not a line or word in any of my letters attack the churches, but every word and line is intended to attack moral reprobates and hypocritical scoundrels. Dr. Carey knows that and he knew the resolutions state a plain, bare-faced lie, and if he voted for them he voted for a lie. Now I want to give the Doctor a tip. He can take it if he wants to or he needn't. It is all the same to me. But I want to say to him that it does no always pay to go out hunting for trouble. A scandal is on, but it isn't Carey's scandal. It does not touch Quinn Chapel, and the only way the Doctor can get into it is to break in. Now, if Dr. Carey is jealous and wants a little scandal of his own, I think he ought to be accommodated. After my first letter a committee of Quinn Chapel members called on the editor to say that my letter did not refer to Dr. Carey. After considering the reasons urged, the editor thought it would be fair to say so, and he did. That is more than I would have done, and it was more than was asked for any other minister in Chicago. And now he comes forward and jumps into an affray from which he was specially excluded Now, if you think that is healthy, Doctor, just wade in. You use your pulpit to denounce the Conservator and tell people what kind of paper they should keep out of their homes, and I will use the Conservator and tell people what kind of preachers they should keep out of their pulpits. I threw one brick three weeks ago and heard a howl.. I threw another last Saturday and I've heard "howling to beat the band" all week. But the bricks are not all gone. I have one which I call my prize brick. It is wrapped in fine paper, tied with silk ribbon and labelled. And the label reads, "For the man who comes after it." While you are around hunting for trouble, Doctor, if you come across any one who is itching for that brick, just send him my way and you can bet your small change that he will get it from A FILIPINO (From The Conservator, May 4, 1901.) Next Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 4, will be President's Day of the Phyllis Wheatley Woman's Club, at which time all the presidents of the Colored women's clubs are requested to meet at the home of Mrs. Jesse Johnson, 4847. Armour, avenue, refreshments will be served, and a fine musical program has been arranged for the occasion. --- No.14. THE KNIGHT TEMPLARS GRAND CHARITY BALL. Monday evening last the Knight Templars gave their annual grand charity ball at the Coliseum-Annex. It was a great success in every way. The best of order was maintained and nothing happened to mar the occasion. The grand march was led by Mr. and Mrs Frank W. King. Mrs. M. H. Watts and many of the other ladies wore elegant costumes. Colonels Poney Moore, Bob Motts, T. Nan Jones were the only gentlemen to be observed, who wore full dress suits; Col. Dan Jackson was in company with the three first named gentlemen who wore diamonds in their shirt fronts as big as the end of a beer-keg. Col. Motts bought up all the champagne, and none could be had for love nor money unless those that desired it bought it of him. Many of the leaders of the four hundred both ladies and gentlemen had to slack their thirst by drinking common bottled beer. Miss Black Mag, the leading Colored sporting-house land-lady and one or two of her women and many other bloods from the levee district were in evidence and joined in the various dances. One hundred colored families are making preparations to leave Alabama and locate in Liberia. Lawyer John G. Jones returned home Wednesday from a ten days' business trip to Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. L. A. Davis will address the Youth's Forum at St. Mary's church, 50th and Dearborn street, Sunday afternoon, Feb. 1st. Wm. Pitts, a white man of Saunton, Mass., gave $32,000 to build up the Episcopal cause among the Negroes of Georgia. Dr. John P. Turner, the son of Bishop Turner, has been appointed as a special examiner of pensions, with headquarters at Pine Ridge, Ark. We have to give it to The Broad Ax of Chicago. It certainly knows how to put it on the pastor of Bethel church.—The Palladium, St. Louis, Mo. Miss M. Britton, and her parents, have removed from 3750 Armour avenue, to 3747 Dearborn street, where they will be pleased to meet their friends. The young ladies of St. Mary's choir and many friends gave a very delightful surprise party Wednesday evening last at the home of Mrs. Mae Blake, 4916 Armour Ave. B. C. Evans, Don Carlos McLain, Edward Nichols, Steadleman the druggist, 69th and Ashland avenue, and James A. Long, are the leading candidates for alderman of the 31st ward. Ex-Alderman James J. McCormick should be returned to the city council from the 5th ward for he is with the people and the voters of the 5th ward would make no mistake in re-electing him to the city council. Hon. Thomas Gahan, member of the Democratic National committee will shortly leave the city for an extensive visit to Cuba, and Hot Springs, Ark. M. Gahan expects to remain away fro mohme until after the spring election. W. P. Lundy, who has been one of the head wheel horses of Democracy in the 31st ward for many years, has quit the game of politics, and from now henceforth he will devote his spare time in cultivating the acquaintanc eof Mrs. Lundy and the children. Some of those who attend Bethel church claim that brother or Rev Abraham Lincoln Murray has ceased from eyeing so closely the beautiful ladies as they enter the church and are assigned to seats during the services. That he now is tending to his knitting closer than he ever did since being pastor of Bethel Church, and they give The Broad Ax credit for bringing around this reformation on the part of Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholism, Protestantism, Pride, Indulge, Farmers, Single Taxes, Republicans, Knights of Labor, or any one else can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., as Second-class Matter. A Terrible Name. The king of Greece has an aid de camp who rejoices in the name of Pappadiamantopoulos. In the ordinary course of things, the gallant colonel would accompany his Hellenic majesty on his travels abroad every summer, but his name was found to leave a train of dislocated jaws in the royal wake; moreover, it was charged as two words in telegrams and was mutilated by telegraphists beyond all recognition; so he is now left at home, and a gentleman of the name of Thon takes his place in attendance on King George on his annual visits to Aix-les-Bains and Paris. Even Southey's Russian general—"a terrible man with a terrible name" would have paled his ineffectual fires in the presence of Pappadiamantopoulos!—Westminster Gazette. Women Mail Carrier It is discovered that nearly 25 women are serving as rural delivery mail carriers. No women are appointed as mail carriers in the cities and the post office department is opposed to women doing such work anywhere, it being deemed too severe for them. The appointments in the rural free delivery service would not have been made if it had been known that the candidates were women. Of the 8,500 rural free delivery routes in operation June 30 last Iowa led with 771. The other states having the largest number of routes were: Ohio, 741; Illinois, 766; Indiana, 654. The average number of pieces of mail handled on each of the routes each day was 132.—Detroit Free Press. College for Policemen There is a policeman's college in St. Petersburg to train applicants for the force. There is a museum combined with the school where the pupils make themselves familiar with the tools of criminals, jimmies, drills, chisels and contrivances for robbing collection boxes, a special field of Russian thieves. The Russian passport system is studied in detail. The duties of the dvorniks, a sort of assistant police, are taught. They keep watch on the residences, report on the habits of tenants, their visitors, examine the papers of newcomers and direct them to report themselves at the police station. The members of such a clever and complicated system need careful instruction.—N. Y. Tribune. Night Have Spared Him That. "Prisoner," said the judge, "the sentence of this court is that you be confined in the state penitentiary for five years, at hard labor, and I take occasion to express the hope that at the expiration of that time you will so far have reformed that you will no longer try to make a living without work." "Your honor," said the convicted wretch, flushing with indignation, "if you think it ain't no work to go out at two o'clock in the mornin' when it's down below zero, and skin up steep porches with the roof all covered with snow, you ort to try it once!"—Chicago Tribune. Epistollectual Aristocracy The French aristocrats before the revolution were not conspicuous for morality, but they were probably the most highly civilized, witty and intellectual aristocracy the world has ever seen. Assuredly they would have looked on these card-playing, betting and hunting contemporaries of ours as des rustres. Does one wonder that a reaction took place some years ago, and that the Society of Souls came into being?—London Ladies' Field. A Sed Predicament A vaudeville artist out west recently adopted four pickaninnies, ranging in age from four to six years, in order that she might use them in a comedy sketch. Now she has lost her voice and her employment, and will be obliged to hustle for a livelihood in some other field in order to support the little negroes until they shall be 21.—Chicago Chronicle. It Didn't Work. Johnny—Say, ma, our teacher told us to-day that "through nature's providence" a cat always lands on its feet when it is dropped, so it won't be hurt. Mother—Well? "Well, I went up on the roof and dropped our cat off, and I guess she'll have to be picked up with a piece of blotting paper."—N. Y. Times. Mother-Why, Johnny! aren't you ashamed of yourself-striking your little brother? Johnny-I'm doing it for his own good, ma, and it hurts me more than it does him.-Woman's Home Commen He Had Made an impression. In a rear green car moving along the avenue toward the capitol the other afternoon sat a pretty and handsomely gowned woman of 30 or so. Occasionally her eyes wandered to the back platform, upon which a couple of men were standing, enjoying their cigars. One of them was a big, good-natured-looking chap. The car was, about at Sixth street, when a pretty woman in the car caught the eye of the big fellow on the rear platform. She screwed her left optic into a most mischievous wink and smiled at him. He smiled back at her. "Well, you're all right, beau," jovially remarked the man standing next to the big fellow on the platform, who had observed the pretty woman's wink and smile. "That queen's yours, all right." "Well, I hope so, pal," good-naturedly replied the big chap, grinning and throwing away his cigar butt. "I've been married to her for eight years now." Then he went into the car and joined his wife, while the man who remained on the rear platform looked foolish.—Washington Post. Portraits on Tombstones. Marble dealers are taking a keen interest in an enterprise, which had its origin in Denmark, for reproducing the pictures of dead persons on their tombstones. They say that it is very probable that the movement will spread to America in a short time. The picture-on-the-tombstone craze started among the Danes as a result of the use of artificial marble. A Danish master builder succeeded in producing a stone of such delicate tints that it was impossible to distinguish it from the natural product. The imitation of the more expensive species was found to cost far less than the natural, and is made in any form desired—columns, plain or fluted, and capitals—as readily as flat slabs. The durability is said to be as great as that of the genuine marble. It was found that it was possible to reproduce, by carving, a picture of the deceased person, in the imitation marble, much easier and far cheaper than the work could be done with the genuine article.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Queered. Constituent—"Mr. Pubman, I have read that speech you delivered the other day on the question of public ownership, and there's one thing I can't understand about it. What did you say so much about aluminium for? You spoke about it 50 times in the course of your remarks, and I couldn't see that it had any connection with the rest of the speech. Eminent Citizen (mortified and indignant)—Aluminium? Good heavens! The ignoramus that copied the speech for publication must have got it wrong. The word I used so much was 'altruism!'"—Chicago Tribune Too Much of a Task. On one occasion when a boarder had devoured everything eatable on the table within his reach, and when the landlady had supplied until her strength and patience were well-nigh exhausted, she suddenly broke out with: "I shall certainly have to raise the price of your board!" "Don't think of doing such a thing," he replied, "it is nearly killing me now to eat all I pay for, and should you raise my board and compel me to eat more it will be the death of me."—Chicago Chronicle. Score One for Johnny. Mamma—Johnny, did you wipe your feet on the mat when you came in? Johnny—I couldn't get my shoe-strings untied; they were in a hard knot. "But what have shoe-strings to do with it?" "I couldn't wipe my feet without taking off my shoes, could I?"—Boston Transcript. A Shear Waste Descon James—Don't you think it wrong for your husband to go fishing on the Sabbath? Mrs. Brown—Wrong? It's positively wicked the way he wastes his time and his money on tackle and bait, and hardly ever brings home more than one or two mean little fishes.—Boston Transcript. Timely Suggestion. She—You say funny things one minute and solemn things the next. Really, I don't know what to make of you. He (eagerly)—Well, suppose you make a husband of me.—Chicago Daily News. His Lack. Mr. Newlywed—When we were married you said you were 18. Mrs. Newlywed—Well, do you mean to insinuate that I was older? Mr. Newlywed—Oh, no; but from my luck since I've thought perhaps you were 18.—Judge. Convenient. Friend (to amateur artist)—I suppose you'll give up painting when you marry. Amateur—Oh, no! It'll be so convenient and economical when we have to make wedding presents.—Woman's Home Companion. Exercise Sheet Trust 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.—N. Y. Sum. None on Top. Wiggers—Do you know how bald Mugby is? Jiggers—No; how bald is he? "Why, he's so bald that he can have his hair cut without taking off his hat—N. Y. Times." John Crow. of Jamaica. "The indolence of the people and the lack of non-enforcement of sanitary laws," said a recent arrival from the West Indies, "makes some of the Jamaica towns candidates for first-class garbage service. There is one creature which attracts attention from the visitor when he first lands on the island. It is a bird called John Crow. So highly is he honored that a range of mountains in the eastern part of Portland parish has been named after him. Here, like the maroons, John Crow has his own domain. Black of coat, ragged of wing, red as to head, looking as if he had just emerged second best from a fight, he has been misnamed vulture, but John Crow is protected by the law as a scavenger. He is always overhead, or in the street, backyard or stable—in fact, everywhere where filth abounds, and he clears it away by a gastronomic process peculiarly his own. John Crow fears no man and he offers no indignity to a passer-by, with the exception that John Crow has a very loud breath. He sleeps on backyard fences, in trees and about houses. He rises with the sun and begins his sanitary duties for the health of those about him.—Baltimore Sun. Ancient Death Chamber. The governor of the ancient citadel of Aquila, contemplating repairs in the subterranean arrangements of the old pile, a wall was broken through, whereupon an ancient death chamber was discovered full of bodies of men and women, many of them wearing uniforms and fine dresses. The bodies being shut off from air, were perfectly preserved; there were no coffins. Some of the corpses leaned against the walls, others lay in heaps on the floor. Investigation showed that the dead were prisoners of war during the French invasion of 1795, and that they were murdered by the garrison or by the French when the citadel was taken. Many of the bodies show stab and shot wounds; others had knives and stilettos sticking in their throat or breast. One hundred and forty-five bodies were recovered, among them many belonging to noble Italian families, according to papers found in their clothes.—London News. Here's a New Enr. Everyone has heard of Astrakhan fur, but how many have heard of "breitschwantz?" Yet it is also Astrakhan fur, though not exactly the kind of fur that is usually worn. It is obtained, not from living animals, but from those which have not yet been born, and it naturally follows that in order to obtain it the mothers must first be killed. According to foreign journals, "breitschwantz" fur is in great demand at present, and, as it is not easily procured, it is unusually costly. The name "fur" is hardly applicable to it, as there are only faint traces of hair on the tender skin.—Detroit Free Press. Decrease of Betting Early in the last century men betted on every conceivable sport and pastime. Nearly every cricket match of which record exists was for 500 or sometimes 1,000 guineas a side. At every cock fight there was a great deal of wagering; people backed horses as they do now. (except, as it appears, usually for much larger sums than are now betted), and very often odds were laid and taken about the result of a day's shooting.—Badminton Magazine. Still Belligerent Miss Peacemaker—Come now, why don't you and Miss Oldun become friends again? Miss Snappe—Oh, I don't see the sense of going to all that trouble for her. "But it isn't any more trouble for you to make up than it is for her." "Don't you believe it. She's used to making up, for she's been doing it for years."—Philadelphia Press. Rotten in Denmark. "The returns show," cried the candidate, "that I was defeated in my own division. They only gave me 78 votes. There's been some crooked work there." "You think you really got more votes than that?" "Well, I should have, for I paid for 100."—Philadelphia Press. Plenty of "Publics." Eleven public houses in a village which only contains 13 dwellings, is a record which will be hard to beat. Such a village is to be found in County Derry, Ireland, the only premises not licensed being the police barracks and a creamery.—Pearson's Weekly. What Uncle Reuben Says. I has allus made it my boast dat I was an honest man; but to tell you detruth I was nebber left along for a minit wid anybody's hundred dollars and giben a chance to prove myself a rascal—Detroit Free Press. Curious Life Preserver. A life preserver invented by a Hamburg engineer looks like an ordinary pocketbook, weighs but one and one-half ounces, and on wetting becomes inflated with gas to sustain 200 pounds three days.—N. Y. Sun. Message Around the World. Just 2,360 minutes was the time taken by an ordinary cable message in going round the world from Boston, via Vancouver and Australia.—Scientific American. Many a fool man casts a shadow on his life by standing in his own light. Chicago Daily News. When a man's temper gets the best of him it shows him at his worst.—Chicago Daily News. Clouds Without Dust. For 20 years the assertion of Dr. Aitken, based on a series of beautiful experiments, that clouds cannot form in the air without dust particles to serve as nuclei for condensation, has been accepted, but now Dr. Aitken himself has made a little sensation by disproving his own previous statement. He has found that certain gases, such as hydrogen peroxide, sulphureted hydrogen and chlorine, when present in the atmosphere, are converted by the action of sunlight into nuclei, upon which cloudy condensation can take place. Accordingly, although dust is ordinarily necessary for cloud formation, yet clouds may form in dustless air miles above the earth. It should be added that when his original conclusion was published Dr. Aitken admitted the possibility that sunshine might creat gaseous nuclei, but he has only recently established the fact that it does.-Science. Telegraph Facts Every day that a telegraph operator works at three minutes before 11 there is only one man in the whole country from San Francisco to New York that is privileged to use his key. That man is the operator at Washington. In those three minutes every key is open and all operators wait for three minutes' ticking which tells them the correct time. From that ticking every telegraph company's clock is set. There are at least 20,000 operators at work. Taking three minutes from every one of them equals 60,000 minutes idled away with every day. It would take one man 125 years to do the listening of all these men for those few minutes. At the rate of $50 a month, and working for the required number of years, this man would receive $75,000. This is what the companies pay to their men a year for just listening.—Boston Journal. Individuality of the American Girl. Individuality of the American Girl. The American girl has often more individual character and strength of mind than any other girl in the world. She knows what she likes, what she wants, and what she dislikes and detests. This alone is a comfort when it comes to being associated with anyone in a social way. The colorless damsel who simpers out: "Anything you like, please," when you ask her what she wants for luncheon, is by no means a joy forever. The American girl knows what she wants to eat, what she needs to wear, what she cares to read. If she likes walking or riding or boating, she will say so, and if she doesn't like them she is quite likely to announce her predilections. — Woman's Home Companion. Mexico's Mining Industry Over 120,000 men are engaged in mining in Mexico, whose salaries place in circulation daily at least $300,000. The production of the mines of Mexico is reported to be, and pays taxes on, $130,000,000, part of which is exported in bars and part coined, according to fiscal statistics. Add to this the production of coal and iron and the gold which crosses the frontier without going through the customs houses, and it may naturally be presumed that the total production of minerals is not less than $150,000,000 per annum.—N. Y. Commercial Advertiser. Generous. "If I could only get a bite to eat," he whined. "Why don't you work?" she asked. "Nothin' doin' in my line," he answered. "I'm a dime museum glass eater, an' they're gettin' too common." "Poor man!" she said, sympathetically. "Come right in, and you can have the two goblets and the glass dish the girl broke this morning."—Chicago Post. No Need of Shouting "Shut the door," bellowed the irate merchant. "Where were you brought up, sir—in a sawmill?" "Well, I'm not sure as to that," replied the young drummer in honeyed accents, pressing both hands to his ears, "but of one thing I can assure you, my dear sir, and that is that I was not brought up in a boiler factory."—Syracuse Standard. Coloring Butterflies. New kinds of living butterflies can be produced from existing forms by greatly increasing the temperature of the place where the butterflies are kept. A difference in coloring and even in form has thus been obtained by Prof. Fisher in recent experiments. Science. "No want him," said the Indian, pushing back the ticket; "cost too much." "Ah, I see," mused the ticket agent; "the influence of heredity is strong within you. You want a scalper's ticket."—Judge. Unparalleled Activity. "So this is your dull season, eh?" observed the visitor. "When is the busiest period in your factory?" "When the whistle blows for the men to leave work," answered the manufacturer.—Stray Stories. Would He Be It? The Fellow—Are you looking for anything that I can help you find? The Girl—Perhaps. I am looking for a son-in-law for my mother. Kansas City Journal. Malta's Population. Malta is the most thickly populated island in the world. It has 1,360 people to the square mile. Barbados has 1,054 people to the square mile. N.Y.Sun. Practically the entire commercial wealth of India's 300,000,000 inhabitants is in the hands of 90,000 parsees and rajahs.—Albany Argus. Spectacles in Germany. The German emperor has entered upon a new phase of his development, if we are to believe the statement that he was lately seen reading the newspapers in a railway train with the help of a pince-nez. Nor is this to be wondered at when we remember the lament once made by the kaiser himself, who, speaking of his school days at Cassel, remarked that out of a class of 20 "no fewer than 18 of his fellow-pupils wore spectacles, while two of these, with their glasses on, could not even see the length of the table." As compared with other nations, the Germans may be described as a spectacle-wearing people, and there can be no doubt that the main cause of their defective sight is the peculiar character of their type, which is most trying to the eyes. The present emperor, no less than Bismarck, has always protested on patriotic grounds against the substitution of the Roman for the Teutonic, or black letter, character in print, and both have had to suffer equally for their Chauvinism.—London Chronicle. An Odd Windmill Along the line of the Trenton-New Brunswick railroad, between Milltown and Dayton, is a ramshackle old barn, at the end of which are a windmill tower and a windmill that look like a piece out of a Dutch landscape. The natives tell wonderful stories of the mill's history—how it was brought from Holland in sections many years ago and erected by the then owner of the farm, a worthy descendant of a line of burghers with an ancestry that would give him the seat of honor at a reunion of the Holland society. As a matter of fact, however, the mill is only about 20 years old, and it was built by an Irish carpenter, who was employed by the Scotchman who occupied the farm, renting it from a Frenchman who then held title to the property. But it makes an interesting, though a spurious, antique, and it is a veritable treasure trove for a small army of water colorists, sketchers and amateur photographers.—New Brunswick News. Big Crown Lands. Among the great ground landlords in London the crown is one of the greatest, owning properties in various parts of the capital yielding in ground rents £460,000 per annum. Fifteen years ago the estates produce £250,000 only; but many leases have fallen in within that time, and the increased rents have been exacted for renewal fines or for new leases. The Carlton hotel is a striking instance of the increased value of ground in London. Formerly the site on which the hotel stands was held from the crown for a ground rent of £763 per annum; now. £4,-200 yearly has to be paid.-London Express. Fond of His Tomb. An eccentric old gentleman named Chapelin lately died at Monhoudou, in the department of Sarthe, who had caused a monumental tomb to be built on a piece of land adjoining the cemetery. In this tomb he had for 20 years past spent several hours a day, often sleeping there, in order, as he said, to get used to his future dwelling place. At his house he kept the coffin in which he was to be buried, and used it as a bed, while he invariably had his winding sheet or shroud laid on the table in the dining-room in lieu of a tablecloth.—Philadelphia Press. True, Mercy. "Prisoner," said the judge, "you are convicted of bigamy—of having married two wives. Have you any plea for mercy before the sentence of the court is imposed on you?" "Yes, judge," said the prisoner, "give me as big a sentence in jail as you can." "What?" "I want t' keep out o' the clutches of those two wives as long as I can. and a long jail sentence will be true mercy."—Baltimore Herald. Awaiting His Opportunity. Mrs. Newlyriche—John, we must really make some move to get into high society! Now, how are we going to do it? Mr. Newlyriche—Hanged if I know, Jane;—but I'm going to put that question to the butler just as soon as I can catch him with a confidential jag on.—Puck. Free Religion Theatrical Some of the Parisian theaters give gratuitous performances three or four times a year. They are intended for poor people, and those who are first in line are usually at the doors several hours before the house is opened. Indianapolis News. Great Difference Defined The teacher asked the class wherein lay the difference in meaning between the words "sufficient" and "enough." "‘Sufficient,’" answered Tommy, "is when mother thinks it's time for me to stop eating pudding; 'enough' is when I think it is."—Stray Stories. Carelessness. Wiggle—He has one foot in the grave already. Woggle—Why, he looks young enough. Explain yourself. "He left it in the Philippines."—Harvard Lampoon. Something About Jelly Fish. The bay of Naples, Italy, abounds in dusea, or jellyfish, often growing as large as two feet in diameter and weighing 50 or 60 pounds. Some of them shine at night with a greenish light, and are known as "noctiluca" (night lanterns) by the natives. The jellyfish sometimes move in great groups, sometimes so large and so thick as to nearly stop the course of vessels, like the floating plants in the sargasso sea of the tropics. The shoals of jellyfish are sometimes so dense that a piece of timber plunged in among them will be held upright, as if stuck in the mud, and ordinary rowboats cannot force their way among them. The reason for their moving about has never been explained; they are irregular, and occur at no particular season of the year and under no particular influence.—Brooklyn Eagle. Stuffed Steak Remove the fat from a thick piece of rump steak weighing about three pounds and with a sharp knife make a slit on one side, passing it through the meat, but without severing the edges. Fill the opening with a savory stuffing, then press it together and tie it at each end; brush it over with warm butter, flour it, cover it with a thick piece of greased paper, and cook the meat in a baking tin containing some hot dripping in a moderate oven. It must be basted frequently, and about 12 minutes before it is taken from the oven the paper must be removed for the meat to brown. Serve the meat surrounded by mushroom sauce and garnish the dish with large mushrooms (which have been cooked in butter), with a little heap of grated horseradish on each. — Detroit Free Press. A Bridge of Coming. Engineers, as most of us know, are famous for their ready resources in emergencies. During the recent Chinese war it was necessary to get a number of troops across a river in a great hurry, to prevent the enemy taking an important position. There was no bridge and there were no boats. An engineer took a detachment to a village near by, raided it and came back with a number of coolies, each carrying one of these large painted coffins which every Chinaman keeps in his house. With these as pontoons, a bridge was improvised, and the men got across in time, thereby saving the loss of much time, ammunition and, perhaps, valuable lives.—N. Y. Sun. Her Method: They were just concluding a series of "first aid to the injured" lessons in one of the settlements, and the worker in charge thought it might be a good idea to have a written test. Among other questions she wrote: "How would you restore consciousness to a person who had been rescued from drowning?" In answer to this a maiden with an affection for polysyllables wrote: "When the resuscitation of animation is complete plump the person on a barrel till he is thoroughly exhausted."—N. Y. Times. Man's Inhumanity to Man. First Detective—How did you manage to get a confession from that desperado? Second Detective—Well, you see we traveled together by rail for 200 miles. "But what had that to do with his confession?" "I bought a cigar of the train boy and gave it to him. After smoking it he thought he was going to die, so he told me everything."—Oakland Tribune. Her Husband's Uniform At the Paris pawn house about 350,000 watches and 60,000 wedding rings are deposited every year. The oldest objects there in 1900 was a suit of clothes on which five frances 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.—Brooklyn Eagle. Qualified Friendship Mooney—Brace up, man! Troth, yez luk as if yez didn't have a fri'nd in th' whole wur'rld. Hogan—Oi hovn't. "G'wan! If it ain't money yez want t' borry, Oi'm as good a fr'ind as iver yez had."—Brooklyn Eagle. The Earliest National Alliance. The very earliest example of a national alliance is contained in what is the oldest historical document yet known, inscribed on a bowl found at Sungir, in Chaldea—the Shinar of the Bible—and dating from about 7000 B. C.—N. Y. Sun. Old Alaska Flour Mills That wheat has grown in Alaska a century ago is proven by the discovery of two old flour mills, built by the subjects of the czar, in the southern part of the territory. Cleveland Leader. Ending the Dissertation "Would you call a cat herbivorous or carnivorous?" asked a man who is learned but tedious. "Neither," answered the man who yawns, "merely vociferous."—Stray Stories. Professional Violinist—But, my dear, we will have to do some economizing until I can make more money. His Wife (petulantly)—Oh, fiddle!—Judge. Long engagements are rather expensive affairs in Russia. The bridegroom-elect is expected to send his fiancee a present every day.—Albany Argus. "There is no doubt about it, in my opinion," remarked a fair suburbanite, according to the New York Tribune. People deteriorate by living in the country. The men give up dressing for dinner and become slovenly in their apparel and careless about their wanners, and the women acquire a certain rusticity, which is very recognizable. The funny part of it, too," she continued, "is that they all acquire a certain resemblance to each other in appearance and manners. This shows myself especially among the young women who have been born and bred in genteel suburbs. I do not mean common people at all," she explained. I am talking of those of a good social class, who are well connected and reasonably well off, but who, nevertheless, are hopelessly provincial. As I belong to the species myself," she interpolated. "I suppose I can say what I please, or I make no doubt that I am as bad as the rest. Have you ever noticed, by the by, how many country women have the same curious, nervous little cough? Now, I am sure that must be due to suburban living, for I have heard precisely the same giggle at widely divergent places. It is a perfectly mirthless, spasmodic cachinnation, delivered either before or after a sentence, as: 'How are you, hee-hee-hee?' or 'I nearly missed my train. Hee-hee!' And so on. One woman I know has got so into the habit of presisting everything she says with what I call the suburban giggle that not long ago, when I met her wearing mourning and spoke to her sympathetically, she answered me: 'Hee-hee! Yes, my poor aunt is dead, and I am going in for the funeral!'" IN THE ALLIGATOR PONDS. The Reptiles Collect in Great Numbers in the Swamps of the Florida Coast. Alligator hunting used to be wanton slaughter; now there is a well-defined code of ethics for the sportsman. Ten years ago it would have been hard to overestimate the number of alligators in Florida. Since then the skin hunters have made such inroads upon them that they are now almost difficult to find in some localities. The home of the alligator is the Great Cypress swamp west of the Everglades. In the dry season the water recedes from great portions of this tract, leaving many small ponds, in which alligators collect in great numbers. I once set up my camera on the border of one of these ponds, which was nearly circular in form, about 200 feet in diameter, and surrounded by dense vegetation, says a writer in Country Life in America. At first the reptiles disappeared, but after the camera was adjusted a peculiar nasal sound, like the cawing of a crow, imitated with closed nostrils, immediately dotted the surface with eager eyes, and soon brought scores of 'gators into full view. One of the pictures then obtained shows 73 alligators. VARIETY STARS WIN TITLES Many German Noblemen Fall Victims to the Charms of Dances and Actresses. The number of variety dancers and singers in Germany who get notable husbands—notable that is to say, as regards titles and riches—is rapidly increasing, says a Berlin report. An inquiring statistician has ascertained that 60 per cent. of German variety actresses who marry win husbands in far better social position than, their birth and training would have led them to expect, and 20 per cent. wed men of title. At the present time 38 counts have wives who were comedy actresses or dancers. A Prussian prince (Adalbert) is morganatically married to Therese Elsstair and Prince Philip of Hanaan to Albertine Staber. Among other bearers of proud names who have recently married stage women are Duke Ernst of Wurtemberg, Prince Sulkowsky, Prince Paul of Thurn and Taxis and Count Schafranch. Every year the number of such marriages increases. JEWELED PRINCES OF INDIA Barbaric Splendor of the Gulkwan of Baroda When Decorated with His Gems. The princes "beggar description." "Animated nuggets, ambulatory mines of jewels," one has said. The crown jewels of the guikwar of Baroda are valued at $20,000,000. No bluevault of Dresden nor dragon-guarded tower could mine the treasures of that most charming and cultivated of India's princes, Sivajo-Bao guikwar of Baroda, says Everybody's Magazine. Seven rows of magnificent pearls are his favorite wear, but he has 50 necklaces of equal value—parures in every gem. First in wonder comes the famous diamond cape made for the ferocious Khandarao, who might be called the last of Roman emperors from his passionate fondness for bloody arenic sports. It falls from neck to shoulders in a great mass of table-cut stones, fringed with pear-shaped emeralds. Buffalo Blued the Way It is an interesting fact that the great railways of this country follow very closely along the old Indian trails, and that the red men, in their turn, followed the trail of the buffalo, says Four-Track News. Engineers surveyed routes across the continent, laying out lines for the railways to follow, but, after all, it was the buffalo, guided only by natural instinct, which "blazed the way." CATCHING CRABS FOR MARKET. Ingenious Method by Which Large Numbers Are Procured from a Maryland River. Those who crab for market on the Choptank river, Maryland, have an ingenious method of catching crabs in quantities, says Country Life in America. A rope about the thickness of a clotheline, several hundred feet long, is kept coiled in a keg. The closer the cover the more pleasant the sail with the fisherman to the crabbing grounds, for at intervals of two feet along the entire length of the rope he has untwisted it and inserted between the stands short pieces of salted eels. The torsion of the stands holds them tightly in place. Each end of the rope has a keg buoy attached, together with a heavy stone. Arriving at the favored place, usually on oyster beds, he throws a keg overboard and pays out his highly scented rope as he sails. When the other end is reached he anchors it with another stone, and throws out another buoy. After lowering his sail he waits a few minutes, then takes his stand on the bow of his boat. Alongside of him is his landing net, with a handle six feet long. He raises the buoy and stone, and hand over hand pulls his boat along the line. When a crab, clinging to its refreshment, comes in sight he seizes his net, dashes it under the crab, and flings it into the boat. The wary crab may loosen his hold and dive for the bottom, but such is the fisherman's dexterity that his net is swifter than the crab. One seldom gets away. Several hundreds of crabs are often taken at each overhauling of the rope. When he has caught all he wants, he packs them in barrels and sells them to local dealers, who ships them to market. WHY THEY TATTOO. Strange Belief of Women in the Laughlan Islands, Near New Guinea. In several islands of the Indo-Pacific region, says Prof. Thilenius, who has been closely studying the subject for some months, the belief prevails that persons who are tattooed have a much better chance of getting safely into the next world than those who are not tattooed, says the New York Herald. As a typical example, he cites the case of the women in the Laughlan islands. a small group east of the southern end of New Guinea. These women tattoo the greater part of their bodies with angled designs, but never fail to tattoo concentric circles on their legs. They believe that between the Laughlan islands and the island of Vatum, in the Trobriand group, to which their souls should go, there is a great snake over which they must pass. The snake asks each soul for her tattooing, and the soul takes it off and gives it to the snake, who covers itself with it. The snake then becomes broad and flat, and the soul passes over it as over a bridge. If, however, the soul is not tattooed, the snake shrinks, and the soul falls into the sea and cannot reach the blessed sanctuary in Vatum. Moreover, worse still, these wretched souls are straightway changed into fish. This strange belief has prevailed in the Laughlan islands for a long time, and there is no evidence that it is dying out. ACTIVE VOLCANO IN UTAH. Small Crater Recently Discovered by Prospectors in Salt Lake Region. What appears to be a partly active volcano crater has just been discovered by George McNeme and several other prospectors, at a point about 20 miles north of Moab and two miles east of where Salt Wash crosses Salt valley, and about six miles south of Richardson post office, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. On a high mesa the prospectors discovered steam or smoke rising some distance from where they were and on investigation found that it rose from a hole in the solid sandstone formation. The orifice is oblong, about three feet in width and six feet long. A strong current of warm air carrying some vapor arises, but seems to have little or no gaseous smell. The sides of the hole are very black and sooty. A rock thrown in apparently falls a long distance. The prospectors working in that section will make further investigation. This section has been prospected over for a number of years, and cattle and sheepmen have ridden over it for the past 25 years without discovering the crater. The prospectors who visited it say they would not have found it but for seeing the steam arise, as it is a place that would be unlikely to be passed. It appears to be an old volcanic vent that has been lying dormant for years and is just beginning to show signs of activity. Marriage in Turkestan. The Russian government has set about regulating the age at which girls shall marry in Turkestan. It has been customary for Mohammedan girls to marry between the ages of 10 and 12 years, but orders have been issued now that no Mohammedan shall marry under 14. The Tartar and Turcoman chiefs are much incensed, as all seek to obtain brides as young as possible. Russian officials report that 75 per cent. of the girls who marry under 12 die before they are 20. Searecrews for Electric Poles So many cases of troublesome short circuiting of electric wires have occurred recently by owls, crows, hawks, eagles, etc., lighting on wires, that the Electrical Review suggests the expedient of putting scarecrows on top of the poles. A Pretty Good Player. "The fact that I am a good musician," said the lady from a country village, "was the means of saving my life during the floods in our town a few years ago." "How was that?" asked the young lady who sang. "When the water struck our house my husband got aboard the folding bed and floated down the stream until he was rescued." "And what did you do?" "Well, I accompanied him on the piano."—N. Y. News. Printed in Full Towne—Bighed had a signed article in the paper yesterday; it was printed just as he wrote it. Browne—You don't say? I suppose he's tickled to death. Towne—Not exactly. The article read: "Dear Editor: John Bighed is one of the handsomest and most popular young men in up-town society. Please print this in your society column and oblige yours truly, John Bighed."—Philadelphia Press. Quite a Different Thing. Mrs. Timmins—John, I must say you are the narrowest-minded man I ever saw. You have an idea that nobody is ever right but yuorself. Mr. Timmins—Better look at home. Were you ever willing to admit that anybody was right who differed from you? Mrs. Timmins—That's an entirely different thing, and you know it, John Timmins—Tit-Bits. A. Platform Speaker "That man," remarked Smithers, "makes a hundred speeches from the platform every day." "Some great political leader?" asked Smuthers. "No," replied Smithers, "street car conductor. He says: 'Move up forward please!' every time anyone gets on his car."—Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. Synonyms. "You didn't seem to be able to throw a laugh into 'em," sneered the manager, as the new comedian returned to the wings. "No," the comedian admitted, disgustedly, "and I did my level best." "Level best? That's what! Your best was flat, all right enough."—Philadelphia Press. Made & All Right "He said she didn't have much of a head." "Gracious! Did she ever speak to him again?" "Oh, yes. He made it all right by immediately expressing wonderment at the smallness of her feet."—Chicago Record-Herald. The Kitchen Genius. Grumbleton—Our maid-of-all-work is the limit. She never did anything right in her life. Askerson—What's the trouble now? Grumbleton—She decorated the flat with the cranberries and made cranberry sauce out of the holly berries. Town Topics. His Own Corporation "You gave me to understand he was a big corporation lawyer." "Not at all. I said you weren't likely to find him in his office because he spent all his time looking after a big corporation. In other words, he doesn't do anything but eat, drink and get fat."—Philadelphia Press. The Exact Standard. Which some one did not vow was wrong —Washington Star. Sure Enough. Church—There is a waiter over in our place named Scales. Gotham—Ah! Expects every one to tip him, I suppose?—Yonkers Statesman. Chicago Draws the Line. Mrs. Windisitti—Are Mr. Porkpack's table mnners bad? Mrs. Lakeside—You bet. He picks his teeth with a pen knife instead of a fork.—N. Y. Herald. Of Course Not. Mamma—Daughter, I am surprised that you would suffer a man to kiss you. Daughter—But, mamma, it wasn't suffering.—Detroit Evening Journal. Strong on Blanks. Dearborn—Did you ever win a prize at a lottery? Wabash—No, and I've been married four times.—Yonkers Statesman. In Doubt. She-I saw a century plant bloom today. He-For the first time?-N. Y. Herald. And Neither Won. Determined to outstay each other, the two young men remained until some time after midnight. "Good gracious!" exclaimed one of them as last, looking at the clock. "Did you know it was as late as that?" "Why, no," replied the young woman. "Seems to be two after one doesn't it?" Whereupon they turned red simultaneously and withdrew in like manner.—Chicago Tribune. 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Makes the Hair grow down to and below the waist line in most every instance in which it is used. ZOMODONE is a direct Hair food, and softens and lengthens the Hair, so that it can be arranged in any style desired. Not a fraud or a fake, to get your money, but an honest remedy, tried and true. ZOMODONE acts quickly; results are seen at once. If you want Hair down to your waist, send in your order right now—do not delay. No free samples sent; a sample is not sufficient to do good. Price, 50c., or 8 bottles (a complete treatment) for $1.00, or will send four complete treatments for $3.00. AGENTS WANTED. Everything is in favor of the Agent. LIBERAL CREDIT EXTENDED. This is an unprecedented chance to make money. Write quick for territory and particulars. Address In writing to the Helen Martin Toll et Co., please metion this paper... LITERARY LITTER More than 150 books on the war in South Africa have been published. Four manuscript songs in the handwriting of Robert Burns were sold for £137 recently in London. Sarah Bernhardt is soon to publish her memoirs simultaneously in four languages, English, German, Italian and French. The ground floor of John Knox's house in High street, Edinburgh, has been transformed into an old book store. It has been in turn a hairdresser's, public house, grocer's, restaurant and tobacconist's. Chicago's latest aspiration is a Dante society, to promote the study of the Italian language and to entertain the brilliant and cultured representatives of that country, of whom Signora Duse and Mascagli are notable examples this year. Among the letters which Bjornstjerne Bjornson got on the occasion of his seventieth birthday was one from his nurse, who is 90, and who wrote: "I congratulate you on your seventieth birthday and wish you all good things for your old days. From Karen Koelmoen, who carried you in her arms in the years of childhood." A Bible containing the family record of Gov. William Bradford for several generations has just been presented to the Pilgrim society by William L. Davis, of Plymouth, and will be put on exhibition in Pilgrim hall. It is an English reprint, bearing date of 1592, of the Geneva, or Breeches version, so called from its translation of Gen. 3:7. Oliver Wendell Holmes had occasion to write to a man who had become rich suddenly. He received an exceedingly pompous letter beginning: "Mr. — instructs me to say that he has received your letter of March 10 and would say in reply (etc.). John Jones, secretary." The rich man was doubtless surprised to receive this in return: "Mr. Holmes has directed his valet to instruct his secretary to tell his typewriter to say that he is in receipt of your secretary's letter of some days since and would say in reply (etc.). Sarah L. Hodgkiss, typewriter." TO FEEL AND LOOK WELL. It is said that raw eggs and milk are a sure remedy for poison of any kind taken into the stomach. A fig split open makes a good poultrice for a boil. It is especially useful for gumboil. A split raisin is also good. A vegetarian diet is advised for pimples, but three meals a day are not sufficient, as vegetables are more readily digested than meat. Celery is invaluable as a food for those suffering from any form of rheumatism, for diseases of the nerves and nervous dyspepsia. Lamb veal and fowl are delicate and healthy diet for the young and sedentary and for all who find fat meats and those of coarse fiber disagree with them. The feeling of having the throat "filled up" which often attacks a singer from stage fright is relieved instantly by swallowing a little salt. Immediately the voice clears. A small bunch of absorbent cotton makes a splendid powder puff for baby's morning bath and is desirable as it will be discarded for a fresh one oftener than a regular puff would be. Butter is nutritious and generally healthy. Condiments-pepper, ginger, etc. are best during the summer. They are products of hot climates, which shows them to be most appropriate for the hot season. On the other hand, fat beef, bacon and such foods should be most freely used during the cold weather. To soften your hands spread the insides of a loose pair of gloves, perfectly white, with the following mixture, cut off the fingers and thumbs of the gloves and wear them at night: Two ounces of refined white wax, two ounces of cocoa butter, two ounces of oil of sweet almonds. Heat slowly in an enameled saucepan, stirring constantly till thoroughly mixed, then stir till cool. HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS. If the bread knife is hot new bread can be cut as easily as old, but if you would not spoil your knife do not make it too hot. Onions should be kept in a cool, dry place, but never placed in the ice box. They will keep well if put in paper bags and hung up. Ether will clean a pocketbook of glossy tan-colored leather. From suede the finest sandpaper, used with great care, will remove traces of soil. Apples, like tomatoes, can be more Actual Results from Baldness After Only 4 Months Use of ZOMODONE. quickly and easily peeled by pouring boiling water over them and allowing them to stand in the water five minutes. Furniture brushes are an essential article of a household outfit. A soft clothes brush is the best for silk or plush furniture, as it does not fray the fabric like a whisk broom. Gilded china is now fashionable, and the careful housekeeper should see to it that her maid does not use soda in any form in the water in which she washes it. Soda is cleansing but it takes off gilding, and china of this sort is best washed in hot soap suds. It is sometimes difficult to keep raisins, figs and dates away from the inquisitive little ants and roaches, but this is easily accomplished by putting them in paper bags that have been well brushed over with strong borax water and dried before the fruit is put in. The little pests do not like the borax and will not gnaw through the sock when thus prepared. THE LAW LAID DOWN. An infant is held, in O'Rourke vs. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance company (R. I.), 57 L. R. A. 496, not to be bound in his warranties in a contract for life insurance. A tenant is held, in Wright vs. Du Bignon (Ga.), 57 L. R. A. 669, to have no right to remove fixtures annexed to the freehold, which are placed on leased land, in the absence of a contract giving him the right to do so. The fact that a mortgage is given to secure payment of an entire sum which is papable in installments is held, in George vs. Butler (Wash.), 57 L. R. A. 396, not to prevent the running of the statute of limitations against each installment as it becomes due. Liability for damages to a neighbor, caused by the explosion of a steam boiler, is held, in Veith vs. Hope Salt & Coal company (W. Va.), 57 L. R. A. 410, not to arise where one places the boiler upon his premises and operates it in a lawful business with care and skill. The carrying of deadly weapons being an offense fully provided for and punished by state law, it is held, in Judy vs. Lashley (W. Va.), 57 L. R. A. 413, to be beyond the power of a municipal corporation to make it an offense punishable under a city ordinance, unless such power is expressly conveved by the municipal charter. A railroad company is held, in Edgington vs. Burlington, C. R. & N. company (Iowa), 57 L. R. A. 561, to be liable to infants of tender years for injuries inflicted by a turn table maintained by it in an unfenced lot so near a public way as to be likely to attract children to play on it, unless it exercises reasonable care to have it safely fastened. GOSSIP IN THE GREENROOM. Lilli Lehmann, the prima donna, confesses to being 52 years old and has spent 34 years upon the stage, having made her debut at Prague, when she was 18. A bust of the late Sir Arthur Sullivan is to be erected in March on the Thames embankment, facing and nearly opposite the Savoy theater, the scene of so many of the composer's triumphs. The late Francisque Sarcey, who for many years was the most notable of the French dramatic critics, kept a dairy during his youth, and his son-in-law, Adolph Brisson, is preparing it for publication. W. S. Gilbert, who wrote the sardonically humorous librettas for Arthur Sullivan's operas, abominates interviews. One of these venturesome gentlemen visited him at his country place, but could not get him to talk. Finally the newspaper man, hoping to decoy the crusty Scot into saying something that might be worked into an article, said to the librettist: "You have a lovely view here, Mr. Gilbert." "Yes, I know," was the answer. "I built the house here because of the view, but the view's getting on my nerves now, for the first thing every fool who comes down here says is: 'What a lovely view you've got, Mr. Gilbert!' I'm tired of the view. I'm sick of the view. Confound the view. Good-day to you, sir." MUNICIPAL AND STATE NOTES. The funded debt of Philadelphia was $65,000,000 at the beginning of the present year, less $15,000,000 in the sinking fund, in railroad securities and in cash a total net debt of $50,000,000. According to the last federal census the number of natives of New York in Chicago was 57,000 and the number of natives of Ohio 31,000. Chicago has a large population of New England ancestry. There is not a single negro in either house of the South Carolina general assembly this year. It is the first time that has been the case since the enfranchisement of the negro, although last year there was but one colored member. White river, Ark., is said to be the crookedest stream in the United States. It travels 1,000 miles in traversing a distance of 300, zigzagging, winding, twisting, curving, bending its mazy, tortuous way through the beautiful Ozark mountains, the Alps of America. Connecticut ranks tenth among the tobacco-raising states in the number of acres devoted to the growth, but it ranks sixth in the value of the product. The 12,725 acres of land devoted to the crop produced last year tobacco valued at $3,485,632. Hay is the most valuable crop of the state. IN FOREIGN CAPITALS. Zurich has its streets paved with paper. Tuberculosis causes some 12,000 deaths annually in Paris. Berlin's tramway net requires 2,600 cars and gives employment to 7,703 persons. Twenty-six pounds was paid the other day in London for a pack of German playing-cards dated 1558. About 2,000,000 of London's inhabitants get no medical treatment save that of charity dispensaries or hospitals, and it is said one in four of them go to bed hungry every night of their lives. Four million dollars is the sum annually left in Paris by visiting Americans, according to a writer in the Petit Parisien. Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes is credited with spending $20,000 a year on gowns purchased there, and Mrs. McKay sometimes orders $10,000 or $15,000 worth at a time. Among male customers the best are said to be Morgan, Carnegie, Schwab and Vanderbilt. Dressed Quietly. New Boarder—Who is that making such a noise because he can't find his necktie? Landlady—Oh, that is the gentleman who dresses so quietly.—Philadelphia Record. Not a Smooth Road. Prudence-I should hate to go riding in Freddie Richly's auto-he's always running over some one. Prunella-Yes, it must be terribly bumpy riding.-Smart Set. First Attempt. Coroner—Do you believe the deceased died a natural death? Witness—How should I know. I never say him die before?—Cincinnati Enquired. Cowbells in the Himalayas Swiss cowbells have been introduced into the Himalayas as a protection for cattle against tigers. The tigers are said to run as soon as they hear the bells.-Chicago Chronicle. --- "But, you see, I only want the teapot and the sugar basin. Don't you break these sets?" "No, madam. We generally leave that to the servants of our customers."—Punch. Harder to Fill. He has six little mouths to feed— Which fact to labor hurries him; But it's another hungry mouth— The furnace's—that worries him. —Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Precocity. "I am inclined to think that Willie is going to be a life insurance man, like his father," said the boy's mother. "Has he shown any aptitude?" "Wonderful. He has devoted study to the practical details of the business. I was telling him about Methusaleh and commenting on the great age he reached, and Willie exclaimed: 'What a beautiful risk!'"—Washington Star. American BrickCo. President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER. Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. Telephone Yards 128. Joseph H. Hudlun, who has had charge of the Board of Trade Building for many years, still has faith in the good work The Broad Ax is performing in behalf of the Afro-American race and he is always willing to pay out his money to help support it. D. J. Riordan, James B. McDonald and many of the other big fellows in the 30th ward, are hollering and shouting for James C. Blaney for Alderman, and Mr. Blaney feels that he has a good show of securing the nomination for he is well known throughout the 30th ward and the Town of Lake. Attorney Frederick W. Job, Marquette Building, has been chosen secretary of the employers association of Chicago, and this new honor or position thrust on Mr. Job, does not make him feel his oats half as much as being the happy and proud father of a new baby girl and it and Mrs. Job are getting along very nicely. Dr. A. Beatrice Schultz, attended the Knight Templar's grand charity ball at the Coliseum Annex, Monday evening, and she was the best dressed lady who participated in that swell function the Dr. wore a full evening low-necked gown, which was a creation of beauty in every way and it and the diamonds which she wore added to her grace and charms. If the large colored preacher who in company with two ladies and another gentleman who boarded an elevated train to the end of the road, then trai to the end of the road, then alighted and entered a saloon or resort near by and drank a quantity of wine and beer will send his name and the name of the two ladies we will send that preacher the sum of $5.00. Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock there will be a meeting of Afro-American Democrats, at 3132 State street and Colored Democrats who are not in favor of being bossed or controlled by gamblers or low dive keepers are urged to attend the meeting; the next issue of the The Broad Ax will contain the names of the officers which were elected at the meeting last Sunday. Some time ago the Old Church Organ endeavored to make its few deadhead or handkerchief head readers believe that Col. Ed. Morris, Attorney for "The Gamblers' Trust," and Geo. W. Dixon would not record their votes in favor of Albert J. Hopkins for United States senator, but it would seem that as usual the Old Church Organ was talking through its side whiskers. It is claimed that "one of the so-called leading A. M. E. preachers of this city, who is married and whose many immoral acts are enough to make the angels in heaven weep,bought Mrs. S. C—., one of his lady lovers, a beautiful white winter hat, and if Mrs. C. S—. will tell us all about her white winter that we will give her enough money to buy a new spring hat. Brother John Mitchell of the Planet, Richmond, Va., was sued some time ago for ten thousand dollars by some fool Negroes belonging to one of the Baptist churches of that city because he published in his paper the proceedings of their church meeting and it was for this act on the part of Brother Mitchell that Nelson Williams, Jr., and many other ignorant fools belonging to the First Baptish church of Richmond brought suit against Editor Mitchell for ten thousand dollars which was decided in his favor by the highest court of that city last week, and Williams and his friends had to pay all the costs in the suit. We congratulate Bro. Mitchell in his victory over those who endeavored to prevent him from publishing the truth. CHARLESL.WEBB Court Reporter. Court Reporter, 311 Ogden Bldg. 34 Clark St., General Steenographer Chicago. It may not be true but it is reporter that our good riend and Christian Brother Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray, who not very long ago, while he was engaged in ranting and shouting in his pulpit, declared that "he would murder us" for referring to his many immoral acts, put or dug up part or most of the hundred and fifty dollars which Col. or Elder D. R. Wilkins paid for the heading and the mailing list of the Old Church Organ, that Brother or Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray felt that he needed an old broken down Church Organ and the services of a cheap Jack-leg preacher to assist in helping to cover up or over his many immoral acts and to make it dead easy for him to receive a heavy coat of whitewash. It is maintained that in the future Rev. Archibald James Carey, of Quinn Chapel, has decided not to hold any more funerals on Sundays in his church for the reason that they are hard o him and interfere too much in lifting the colections. It is also said that when they have the Lord's Supper at Quinn Chapel that each fellow or person drinks out of his or her own wine glass, that someone goes along with the wine glasses filled with wine, another comes along with the bread and then another livered looking individual comes along and collects the glasses after everybody is through eating and drinking. This is a mighty stylish way in getting on the outside of the Lord's Supper and we wonder how the meek and lowly Jesus would enjoy it. William Yancy, who was for many years Janitor of Quinn Chapel, is suing it and its officers for his back pay. His case came up before Judge Gary last Monday, but it was postponed until Monday morning, Feb. 2. Mr. Yancy claims that Old Quinn owes him about eleven hundred dollars for his services as Janitor, that he is growing old and poor, that he needs and wants his money. It is stated that Rev. Archibald James Carey, who hates all "nigger" newspaper men who fall to laud him to the skies, is not in favor of squaring up with Brother Yancy. If this is the truth no doubt Brother Archibald would like to have his officers retain Mr. Yancy's money so it could be used in helping to pay him thirty dollars per week as table money, thirty-five dollars per month as house rent and to buy him free coal and fine clothes for his family AGENTS FOR THE BROAD AX. From on and after this date The Broad Ax can be found on sale at the following places: E. H. Faulkner, dealer in cigars and tobacco, 3104 State street. A. G. Marshall, news stand and book store, 3604 State street. A. F. Tervalon's Cigar Store and News Stand, 2826 State street. Edward Felix's Cigar Store, 368 30th street, N. E. Corner Armour Ave. J. A. Geary's Confectionery and Cigar Store, 4800 State St. T. B. Hall's Cigar Store and Laundry office, 281 29th St. Mrs. H. Hart, Cigar and Confectionery Store, 417 E. 35th St. C. E. Hunter's News Stand and Cigar Store, 134 W. 51st St., near Dearborn. J. E. Webb's Cigar Store, 280, 29th Street. Turner William's Cigar and News Stand, 2903 Armour Ave. J. F. Bradbury's News Depot, 2970 State Street. William Goetz, dealer in cigars and tobacco, 411 E. 36th street. M. H. Watts, dealer in cigars and tobacco, 3742 State street. J. C. Campbell, 145 W. 47th street.. Cigars, Tobacco, Staple Groceries. Wm. H. Monroe, cigar and newsstand, 486 State street. Walter W. Booker, 109 Washington Avenue, Hapnifbal, Mo. News items and advertisements left at these places will find their way into the columns of The Broad Ax. ATTORNEYS AT LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK Clerk and Washington Sts Telephone. Main 940. CHICAGO A. D. GASH Attorney at Law, 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago Suite 615 to 619, Telephone Main 3077. JOHN E. OWENS Attorney at Law, SUITE 621 ASHLAND BLOCK, 50 S. Clark Street. CHICAGO FREDERICK W. JOB ATTORNEY AT LAW 832 MARQUETTE BUILDING Telephone 2310 Central CHICAGO TELEPHONE MAIN 2804 FEDERICO M. BARRIOS Attorney & Counsellor at Law Suite 501 Firmenich Bldg. N. E. Cor. Fifth Avenue Chicago. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Room 6, 128 LaSalle St., CHICAGO RESIDENCE 2623 WABASH AVE William Howard Fitzgerald LAWYER Room 402 Reaper Block, CHICAGO JOSEPH A. McINERNEY LAWYER SUITE 706 - 706 CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE CHICAGO BOAUREGARD P. MOSCEY, LAWYER. Practice in all Courts. Main Office 6256 Halsted St, Down Town Office 260 S. Clark St., Room 421 Hours from 12 to 2 P. M. Phone: 2533 Harrison. WILLIAM RITCHIE ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR. Suite 519-520 Oxford Building 84 LA SALLE ST., CHICAGO Telephone Main 1646. Robert M. Mitchell Attorney at Law Suite 9, No. 77 South Clark St CHICAGO JOHN F. WATERS. C. H. JOHNSON WATERS & JOHNSON Lawyers Practice Limited to the Trial of Personal Injury Cases Suite 801 Kedxia Building 120 E. Randolph St. Telephone Central 4293 CHICAGO Telephone Yards 701 Residence, 113 Garfield Bd. JOHN FITZGERALD JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 4707 S. HALSTED STREET, ....CHICAGO J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Suite 412 Real Estate Board Bldg 59 Dearborn St. Cor. Randolph CHICAGO. Phone Randolph 55 J. E. JONES LAWYER 79 Clark Street Room 9 Chicago JAMES E. WHITE LAWYER Residence 4232 Wabash Ave Suite 411-59 Dearborn St. Tel Main 1690 Chicago S. A. McELWEE ...LAWYER... 36 S. Clark St., CHICAGO. Room 706 Ogden Building Residence, 3153 Forest Av. ALBERT B. GEORGE LAWYER. 428 Ashland Block, Chicago. --- Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAIL YARDS: 151st St. & L. S. & M. S. Ry. 52nd St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO Phoenix Oil & Mineral Co. OF ARIZONA $200,000 CAPITAL Pays dividends 1 per cent. monthly or 12 per cent per annum. Stock now selling at 10c per share, full paid and non-assessable. For further particulars address THE DAVIS INVESTMENT COMPANY 614 First National Bank Bldg., Chicago 'Phone Central 3026,138 State St.,4th floor Face Massage, Shampooing, Scalp Treating Chiropodist and Manicuring Removes Corns Without Pain Medicated Foot Baths and Foot Massage Residence 5133 Grove Avenue, Chicago Mrs. Florence Miller FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKER Perfect Fit Guaranteed Prices Reasonable 3151 State Street CHICAGO MRS. A. G. MARSHALL BAKERY, Confectionery, Groceries, Notions and Stationery, Imported and Domestic Cigars, Tobaccos, Etc. Milk, Cream, Butter and Eggs. { OPEN EVENINGS } UNTIL 9:30 P.M. 3604 State Street, CHICAGO. Telephone Blue 4632 Work Called for A. HOFFMAN, CLEANER, DYER AND PRESSER. Suits Sponged and Pressed 55c 5125 State St. Expert Workmanship Moderate Prices. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TAKEN FROM LIFE: ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW (Copyrighted.) This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or curly hair straight as shown above. It nourishes the scalp and prevents the hair from falling out or breaking off, cures dandruff and makes the hair grow long and silky. Sold over forty years and used by thousands. Warranted harmless. Testimonials free on request. It was the first preparation ever sold for straightening kinky hair. Beware of imitation. Do not purchase organized. Ozonized Marrow as the genuine never fails to keep the hair straight, soft and beautiful. A toilet necessity for ladies, gentlemen and children. Elegantly perfumed. The great advantage of this wonderful pomade is that by its use you can straighten your own hair at home. Owing to its superior and lasting qualities it is the best and most economical. It is not possible for anybody to produce a preparation equal to it. Full directions with every bottle. Only 30 cent. sold by druggists and dealers or send as 50 cent. for one bottle or $1.40 for three bottles. We pay all express charges. Send postal or express money order. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO. 76 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Don't imagine that all hair preparations are alike. Quite the contrary. Some never do what is claimed for them. The Original Ozonized Ox Marrow has been on the market for so long that there is no doubt it will do everything we claim for it. It is the most genteel preparation that any one can use on their hair. It is most delicately perfumed and when thoroughly rubbed into the scalp and well brushed through the hair it cannot fail to cure dandruff and make the hair straight, soft and beautiful. It invigorates the scalp producing new growth and stops the hair from falling out. Try a bottle and you will be sure to be pleased. Only 50 cents, express paid, to any address in the United States. Druggists also sell it. Address: Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. MRS. A. WILSON. Nicely furnished rooms to rent for gentlemen. Reasonable rates, 2252 Indiana aveune. Millions of butterflies are eaten every year by the Australian aborigines. The insects congregate in vast quantities on the rocks of the Bugong mountains, and the natives secure them by kindling fires of damp wood, and thus suffocating them. Then they are gathered in baskets, baked, sifted to remove the wings, and finally pressed into cakes. ```markdown ``` ILLINOIS BRICK CO. ILLINOIS BRICK CO. WILLIAM C. KUESTER, SUPERINTENDENT. 1994 N. Western Ave., C N. Western Ave., Ch 1994 N. Western Ave., Chicago. Telephone Lake View 270. HOHENADEL B HENADEL BR HOHENADEL BROS. 211-213 Madison Street CHICAGO Telephone Main D300 Manufacturers of ... UNIF Pollicemen, Firemen, Letter Carriers, Elevatormen, Janitors, Wagonmen JACOB F. Market and Telephone 31st and State Sts Tel. Yards 693 John J. Real Estate, Insu Property managed. Abstracts ex mi 4709 South Halsted S J.M. Higginb 226 East 25th Street F. W. BOYD COAL, WO MOVING AND EXPRESSING All Orders Promptly Attended Telephone Blue 289 4656 Arm Jas. J. Mo SAMPLE IMPORTED A WINES, LIQUOR 8402 SOUTH HALSTED STREET A JOSEPH GREAT NO SALE AND EXC Driving, Draft and Ge Always 1197 Milwaukee Ave. Near Robey St. Telephone West, 1028. BARNEY House and F MOVER of A HEAVY MA Smoke Stacks, Cup Erected. Hoisting kinds of Beams architect Office. 31 South TELEPHONE UNIFORM CAR FOR Firemen, Barriers, Stationmen, Janitors, Wagonmen, Street Car Employees, Telegraph Messengers, Railroad Empl Bellboys, Wat COB FEINBEN market and Grocer Manufacturers of... UNIFORM CAPS Pollcemen, Firemen, Street Car Employees, Letter Carriers, Telegraph Messengera, Elevatormen, Railroad Employees, Janitors, Wagonmen, Bellboys, Watchmen, Eta JACOB FEINBERG Market and Grocery Telephone 565 South John J. Bradley Estate, Insurance and Managed. Abstracts ex mined. Renting. Legal paper. 09 South Halsted Street Higginbothan Mason General Co. 25th Street - - - CHI T. BOYD DEALER WOAL, WOOD AND EXPRESSING promptly Attended to Cash on Deliver 4656 Armour Avenue, CHI as. J. McCormick SAMPLE ROO IMPORTED AND DOMESTIG WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS HALSTED STREET. GREAT NORTHERN AND EXCHANGE STA ving, Draft and General Business Horse Always on Hand E Ave. Near Robey St. E West, 1028. BARNEY BENSO Fire and Fire Wrecker MOVER of All Kinds of HEAVY MACHINERY Stacks, Cupolas and Mo l. Hoisting and Placing s of Beams and Girders architectural work. 31 South Canal St.. O TELEPHONE MAIN 4028 31st and State Sts. CHICAGO Tel. Yards 693 Notary Public John J. Bradley Real Estate, Insurance and Loans Property managed. Abstracts examined. Renting. Legal papers prepared. 4709 South Halsted Street Chicago 226 East 25th Street - - - CHICAGO COAL, WOOD AND ICE MOVING AND EXPRESSING All Orders Promptly Attended to Cash on Delivery Telephone Blue 285 4656 Armour Avenue, CHICAGO. IMPORTED AND DOMESTIG WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS 8402 SOUTH HALSTED STREET. Driving, Draft and General Business Horses Always on Hand 1197 Milwaukee Ave. Near Robey St. Telephone West, 1028. CHICAGO, IL BARNEY BENSON. 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 4928 ROOMS FOR RENT. Two comodious nicely furnished rooms for rent to gentlemen only. Inquire at 2623 Wabash avenue. Mrs. Kittle Scott. Choice furnished rooms to rent to ladies and gentlemen. 2807 Wabash Ave. Rooms for Rent. Elegantly furnished rooms for rent with bath and gas at 3232 Wabash avenue. --- --- n Ave., Chicago DEL BROS. FORM CAPS OR Street Car Employes, Telegraph Messengers, Railroad Employes, Bellboys, Watchmen, Eta EINBERG and Grocery CHICAGO Notary Public Bradley Insurance and Loans ed. Renting. Legal papers prepared. Street Chicago DEALER IN FOOD AND ICE to Cash on Delivery our Avenue, CHICAGO. Cormick, THE ROOM DOMESTIG RS AND CIGARS OHICAGO JOSEPH SHEATH NORTHERN CHANGE STABLE. General Business Horses on Hand OHICAGO, IL BENSON, Fire Wrecking. All Kinds of MACHINERY. Olases and Monuments and Placing of all and Girders for natural work. Canal St., Chicago MAIN 4022 AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS WANTED. The Broad Ax desires to engage agents and regular correspondents in all the leading cities and towns in Illinois and throughout the other sections of the country. The highest commissions paid to live hustlers Sample copies furnished. For further information address Julius F. Taylor 5040 Armour avenue, Chicago, Ill. --- Mason and General Contractor