The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. THE TERRIFIC LEGAL BATTLE BETWEEN REV. ABRAHAM LINCOLN MURRAY AND COMPANY AND JULIUS F. TAYLOR IS NOW ON IN THE CRIMINAL COURT OF COOK CO. Vol. VIII. Saturday, December 20th, 1902, Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray and his chum, William H. Ward, appeared before the Grand Jury of Cook County and after listening to their plaints that august body, which only hears one side of every question which is brought before it, and which is a relic of the dark ages, returned after mature deliberations an indictment against Julius F. Taylor for criminal libeling Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray. Shortly after being apprised of the actions of the Grand Jury, Attorney Robert M. Mitchell promptly signed our bond or bonds, and we never lost one hour of sleep over the matter up to the present time. In order not to have the indictment hanging over our head until Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray was good and ready to skip out of town by the light of the moon, and remain out of it for all time to come, in order to avoid all the stink and scandal, which would or will be hurled abroad if it should come to trial. We ordered or instructed our Attorneys, Col. A. D. Gash, Robert M. Mitchell and Dan Morgan Smith, to start the ball rolling without any further delay or as soon as possible, and last Saturday morning Col. Gash appeared in Judge Neely's Court and entered a motion to quash the indictments. Monday morning it came up for argument. But owing to the illness of Attorney Robert M. Mitchell it was postponed until Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. At that hour the legal machinery was supposed to have been ready to run smoothly, but another case was on trial and it could not be reached until 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Monday morning, long before ten o'clock the court room was packed with Colored people. It seemed that all the washwomen belonging to Bethel church, who had forked over their small earnings to Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray and his crowd of cheap lawyers to help to send Julius F. Taylor to jail turned out in force and many of them looked or stared at us as though we were a hidious monster right from the wilds of Africa and some few of them acted as though they were ready and willing to jump on us and tear and bite chunks out of our body. We stood our ground, acted very coolly, did not show the white feather, for from the beginning to the end we have felt that in all our writings against the immoral acts of Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray, that right and justice is on our side and that it will ultimately triumph over all the evil forces, which can be mustered together by Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray. Wednesday morning was very stormy, but that did not prevent the women of Bethel from wending their way over to the north side, and as the hour arrived for court to open standing room was at a premium. Never in the history of Cook county were so many Colored people crowded into one court room as there were on this occasion. When Judge Neely announced that the call would not be extended any further until two o'clock many of the women who had never been in a court room before and who thought they were in Bethel church began to murmer and to gossip. Judge Neely promptly requested them to cease from doing so and ordered them to leave the court room so that better and purer air could circulate around in it. Then he instructed one of the attachees of his court to drive them out of the hall-way leading into it. After this excitement had quieted down, the orderly machinery in Judge Neely's court was set in motion again. At two o'clock the same crowd was back again and by the time Col. Gash was ready to argue on the motion to quash the indictment every inch of space in the large court room was occupied by a speck of humanity; many prominent white lawyers and all the leading Afro-American Attorneys turned out to listen to Col. Gash's masterful argument. It was freely admitted by a great majority of the lawyers and those who are familiar with the law, that Col. Gash is thoroughly conversant with the law of libel. He contended that the indictments as drawn were weak, imperfect or faulty and that they did not clearly set forth any matter which could be construed that an offense had been committed contrary to the statutes of Illinois covering the libel law. Assistant States Attorney Blair followed Col. Gash, but just before he was ready to speak a m—— headed individual attempted to say something about the 4th of July; Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray, a priest or a messenger of God and so on, then after he had succeeded in jumping on the grammar with both feet and chopping the English language up into a million pieces a white lawyer remarked that who ever the young Colored gentleman was, who was attempting to address the court ought to attend some night grammar school. Mr. Blair then resumed his argument, but just as he was on the eve of doing and so the m—— headed gentleman was concluding his 4th of July oration some of the sisters shouted, Amen! Yes, Lord bless Jesus! Judge Neely severely rebuked them for endeavoring to transform his court-room into Bethel church, and in the most positive language he let them know that he was running no meeting house; that if they did not remain absolutely quiet, he would see that they were led to the elevator and put out of the building, that while they were making noise and creating a disturbance he was unable to listen clearly to the points of law under discussion. That bucket of cold water from the court had a tendency to quiet or cool off the brothers and sisters, and Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray and Elder D. R. Wilkins acted as though they were at a funeral and were ready to stand up and lead their motly crowd in prayer. Judge Neely at the conclusion of the terrific legal battle between Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray and Julius F. Taylor requested our attorneys, Messrs. Gash, Mitchell and Smith to submit to him by next Wednesday on Thursday morning short briefs touching upon one point which was brought out by Col. Gash during his argument, and on Saturday morning, Feb. 14th, Judge Neely will render or give his opinion respecting the point of Law in question. It is with pleasure that we can refer to the Davies Investment Company, whose ad. appears in another column of this paper, as being one of the most reliable firms in this city in their line of business. They make a specialty of handling first-class dividend-paying stocks and bonds, and promote good or well paying companies or enterprises. The Davies Investment Company occupy nice quarters in the First National Bank Bldg. It is officered by honorable business men who are well known in business circles in this city and if any of the many readers of this paper desire to invest in oil, mining or other stocks and securities we invite them to call on the Davies Investment Company. MORE PRESENTS. Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Turner, who were united in marriage last week, received the following additional presents beside the list of those which appeared in the last issue of The Broad Ax: Miss Virginia B. Loward, Willington, Tenn., quilt; Mr. Karr Loward, Willington, Tenn., two handsome rugs; Mrs. Jamelson, beautiful lamp; Mr. and Mrs. McClellan, four large linen towels; Mr. and Mrs. Edwards and family, of Memplis, Tenn., one set silver knives and forks. ```markdown ``` Alderman Charles Werno Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the City Council, the newly elected president of the National Union of Chicago, Who Will Be Retained as One of the Faithful City Fathers after the spring election. Alderman Charles Werno Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the City Council, the newly elected president of the National Union of Chicago, Who Will Be Retained as One of the Faithful City Fathers after the spring election. Negro Wealth in Georgia. Negro wealth in Georgia exceeds that of the Negro in any other state according to an article of the Atlanta Journal which reads thus: "Negro property in Georgia has decreased $441,712 in value this year. The consolidated statement of the value of all Negro property in the state was completed today by Capt. 'Tip" Harrison, of the tax department of the comptroller's office. "The cause for the decrease is said to be the poor condition of the crops in the various sections of the state where the Negroes own property.. Alderman Charles Werno Chairman City Council, the newly elected presi go, Who Will Be Retained as One of spring election. The consolidated returns show that there are six Negro lawyers, 54 doctors and seven dentists in the state. The number of Negroes who have made returns for poll tax is 117,374. The number of acres of land owned by Negroes is 1,752,291; the value of this land is returned at $14,779,263; the value of the jewelry owned by the Negroes is $26,366; the total value of all the property is $15,188,069; the value of the property last year amounted to $15,269,811. It is stated that the Negroes in Georgia own more property than the Negroes in any other state." The above is a fine showing the Negro has made toward lifting himself upon a self sustaining basis. It further shows the excellence of opportunities and possibilities accorded the self-respecting Negro in the south to live, follow industrial pursuits, accummulate and educate his child without fear at the peril of his life. To be industrious, honest and law-abiding, "avalleth much"—the respect and encouragement of all good citizens. Let the Negro in Georgia feel encouraged at such a glorious result in this line of development, and let him do more and as well in other things and say less, and it won't be long before he will be a self-sustaining people.—Southern Outlook. Revs. I. N. Daniels W. S. Brooks, G. M. Tillman George W. Slater, T. A. Clark, R. C. Ransom, Alfred Miller L. J. Phillips Jason Bundy, D. W. Jones, Jesse Bass, Presiding Elder G. C. Booth, J. C. Anderson, and Rev. Fisher, of Joliet, were some of the most prominent preachers who flocked into Judge Neely's court room Wednesday afternoon to pick up a few points on the libel law of Illinois. Father Keller, the good Catholic priest of Galveston whose life has been devoted to the Negro race, this month purchased more than 100 acres of land not far from Galveston, upon which to erect an industrial college for the Negro race. It must be remembered that at present Father Keller is conducting an orphanage and industrial school for Negro children and which is doing untold good for our people.—Ex. SPECIAL NOTICE. The next issue of The Broad Ax will contain an article on "President Theodore Roosevelt and the Negro." CHIPS Police inspector Nick Hunt of the Hyde Park district continues to drive the vicious and the undesirable element of society out of his vineyard. Justice M. J. Quinn is wearing a new diamond stud in his shirt front, and with his new up-to-date suit, makes him appear like a New York Alderman. John C. King, the noted criminal lawyer, 87 Washington street, will be nominated and elected as one of the new Judges of Cook county this coming June. an of the Judiciary Committee of the dent of the National Union of Chica- the Faithful City Fathers after the Rev. Father Kelly, who is one of the most popular priests in the Town of Lake, was this week selected to succeed Judge John Gibbon as a member of the State Board of Charities. Rev. D. W. Jones, Allen Chapel, is getting a hump on himself in getting ready to entertain the brethern, who will attend the quarterly conference at his church, March 26th and 27th. Rev. Pie-eating Hubert, is up in Milwaukee, and other parts of Wisconsin, faking money, and he was unable to sit by the side of his brother preachers in Judge Neely's court last Wednesday. If the lady who wears glasses and who emerged out of the side door of Bethel church at half past eleven o'clock the night of July 7, will send her name to The Broad Ax, we will buy her a new silk dress. Some of the washwomen who graced Rev. Abrah. Lincoln Murray's big unwashed heels as he rushed in and out of Judge Neely's court, looked at us in such a manner as though it was hard for them to tell whether we was really a "nigger" or not. Charles L. Webb, the leading Afro-American Court Reporter in Chicago, was on hand Wednesday and jotted down for us the law points, which were brought out by the attorneys while arguing for and against the quashing the indictment. Mr. Paul Hull is the new superintendent of the second class mails in the Chicago post office, Mr. W. B. Getty, who served in that capacity for so long, has been promoted and assigned to a better position in the post office department, Washington, D. C. Formal annoncement is made of the betrothal of Miss Estelle*V. Damer, 2931 Armour avenue and Mr. Harry V. Crane of Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Crane is traveling south this winter and will be in Chicago permanently after March 1st. Both are friends of The Broad Ax. Little Billy H. Ward is seriously thinking, so they say, about joining Bethel church and becoming its inspector of wine or whisky. For several Sundays ago Brother Ward attended its Sunday school and sat on the platform beside of Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray. A notable feature of the Catholic ball last Tuesday night was the fact that at least one-third of the company were Caucasians. Pres. Mitchell justly believes he has done much to stay the Color prejudice here by acquainting the whites with the real character of the Colored people and their social functions.—Ex. Lawyer S. A. McElwee has spent the last two months in Tennessee and other sections of the south, in the interest of the Mexican Mutual Planters' Company, returned home Monday night and he reports that many Colored families in the south are moving to Mexico to work for this company. Mr. Henry Jones, 3220 Armour avenue who is an Old Soldier and who for many years has been a member of Bethel church was over in Judge Neely's court Wednesday morning bright and early in order to testify in our behalf, for we have no warmer friend in Chicago than Henry Jones. The Old Church Organ is endeavoring to win its way back into the homes of the people and supplant The Broad Ax, by devoting all its space to church notices and trying to uphold the hands of its big fake preacher, who, if he had what is coming to him ought to be pounding rocks in the pen at Joliet. Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray made all preparations to leave the city last Saturday night for Indianapolis, Ind., but when he learned that something might be doing in Chicago this week he gave up the trip and the sisters over in Indianapolis were denied the pleasure of smiling on his handsome mug or face. Representative Edw. H. Morris last week, according to the most reliable reports, obtained judgment against Bethel Church for $25.00 and against Quinn Chapel for $50.00. It is also asserted that in the near future Col. Morris will institute legal proceedings against Rev. Archibald James Carey to recover the sum of $40.00 J. A. Scott, late manager of The Appeal, has succeeded A. H. Roberts in the County Recorder's office. For many years Mr. Scott has been a hard worker for the success of the Republican party and his appointment to a first class position is gratifying to his many friends. Attorney Henderson of Indianapolis, Ind., who was driven out of Wilmington, N. C., several years ago, during the race war, came over from the hoosier city to assist Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray and his hum scull lawyers to send Julius F. Taylor to jail. But up to the present time Brother Henderson and the boys have got another guess coming. In order to escape paying William Yancy, former janitor of Quinn Chapel the $1,100 which it owes him, Rev. Archibald James Carey and his push took the case away from Judge Gary's court, which was set for trial last Monday and the case will come up this coming Monday before Judge Kavanaugh, and we hope that Mr. Yancy will be successful in getting the money, which is justly due him. Mr. E. C. Robinson, 5107 Grove avenue, who is one of the warmest admirers of this paper, sent a communication to it a few days ago praising ourself, and while we heartily thank Mr. Robinson for the many kind expressions which it contains respecting our effort in behalf of higher moral standards for the Afro-American race. Still our modesty restrains us from publishing it. Miss Bell Hobbs, who works for a white family at 552 49th street, while in conversation with us recently, stated "that Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray paid her back the $35.00 which he had borrowed from her." Miss Hobbs also stated "that so many evil reports would not get abroad concerning Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray and the women if the women would cease from flocking around him so thick." Mr. A. S. Gage, head boss or proprietor of the Wellington Hotel, Wabash avenue and Jackson Blvd., is a thorough Jeffersonian Democrat and a true friend of the Afro-American race, for No.15. last week one of his colored men became seriously ill, so much so that he had to be removed to a hospital, and Mr. Gage himself visited many of the hospitals before he found one which would admit him. He finally succeeded, however, in getting him into the Wesley Hospital. This proves that Mr. Gage appreciates worth and merit in individuals regardless of their complexion. Our distinguished friend, Maj. Lawrence M. Ennis, lost his devoted wife the latter part of last week. She passed away at their home, 956 Turner avenue, after lingering and suffering for seventy-two days. Mrs. Elizabeth Gertrude Ennis left behind her four children, Mary, Gertrude, Lawrence and James; her loyal and steadfast husband, and numerous friends to deplore her untimely taking off. Funeral services were held from the Blessed Sacrament Church which was conducted by Rev. Fathers John M. Dunne, Bryne, Shay and Theos. F. Leydon of Apple River, Ill., who united them in marriage. Her remains are at rest in Calvary. Some cheap whisky-headed Negro lawyer, who receives his small amount of change from questionable quarters, contributed a poorly written or constructed article to the Old Church Organ last week defending Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray against the same vicious and brutal assaults which appeared in the columns of the Old Church Organ some time ago, respecting the immoral actions of Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray. It is a great thing to be a logician, but it is a greater thing in the estimation of some fools to be cheap whisky drinking Negro lawyer who does not know his head from a hole in the ground. According to the printed report of the Iowa Annual Conference of the A. M. E. church held at Shorter Chapel, Oskaloosa Iowa Sept. 17th to 21st 1902. Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray received as his rake-off for the year of 1902 over two thousand dollars. Nevertheless he runs around and borrows money from the good-looking female members of his flock. this would seem to indicate that Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray is a high liver or roller. Rev. A. C. Pinkston of Piedmont, Mo., who is one of the leading white Baptist preachers of that place was last week expelled from his church on account of his immoral conduct and for deserting his wife. If this Rev. gentleman would of had the good fortune of being born colored instead of white and the same charges preferred and proven against him. The sisters would have all moved up anther peg on the mourners bench and the preacher would have been pronounced as the proper or fit person to run at large among them. A little over one year ago while Col. B. F. M.—, was engaged in addressing the Sunday Club in St. Marks Church 47th and State streets, his great legal (?) brain worked so fast that he declared "that the first Negro or Negro preacher who conceived the idea of starting a Negro Church ought to have been hung up by the neck until he was dead:" But now friend M.—. is in favor of hanging every "Nigger" editor who possesses the courage to refere to the immoral acts of Negro preachers. It is a wonderful thing how a few silver dollars; the dough or a little of the long-green operates on the mind of some cheap would be Negro lawyers. Col. B. F. M—., who, to all appearances delights in tagging after Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray, so it is claimed, sat up in the pulpit in Bethel Church last Sunday night by the side of his new found dollar friend and that when the Colonel was called upon to speak, who has become very religious lately, he declared that he was going to send Julius F. Taylor to the Pen at Jollat for writing against Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray. The sisters shouted "Amen!" when the Colonel concluded his anarchistic talk and many of them were ready to turn over their hard earned money in order to help pay him his fees for assisting to re-whitewash Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray. THE BROAD AX. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Infidels, 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. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. Advertising rates made known on application Address all communications to 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 Policeman 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. Might 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. Unintellectual 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 End 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. 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. He Had Made an Impression 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. Scors One for Johnny Mamma—Johnny, did you wipe your feet on the mat when you came in? Johnny—I couldn't get my shoestrings untied; they were in a hard knot. "But what have shoestrings to do with it?" "I couldn't wipe my feet without taking off my shoes, could I?"—Boston Transcript. A Sheer Waste. Deacon 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 Leek. 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 13.—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. Prussian Sheep 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. Sun. 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 Eur. 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 "Publica." 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 Benben say 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. 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. Cause of Nearly Failure Many a fool man casts a shadow on his life by standing in his own light. Chicago Daily News. Rest and Warm 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 Ameri 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 Shooting "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. A Hereditary Trait "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. The Wealth of India Practically the entire commercial wealth of India's 300,000,000 inhabitants is in the hands of 90,000 parsees and rajahs.—Albany Argus. Asectacles 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 Paradise Theatricals 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. Behind the Scenes First Chorus Girl—I did a good thing to-day. Second Chorus Girl—What's his name?—Baltimore World. "Do you want a close shave, sir?" "No. Keep as far away as you can. Garlic, isn't it?"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The man who has but one suit of clothes has no redress.—Chicago Daily News. Something About Jelly Fish. 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 alit 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 francs had been advanced in 1869. It belonged to a soldier who fell in the war of 1870, and whose widow paid her annual due on it for over 30 years in the hope of being able some day to redeem it.—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. Erthless, Spasmodic Cushionation Peculiar to Some Out-of- Town Residents. "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 winnings, 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 itself 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 premising 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 Dancers 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 00 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 Han 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. arbaric 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 minevault of Dresden nor dragon-guarded tower could mine the treasures of that most charming and cultivated of India's princes, Sivajo-Rao 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 Buffalo Blazed 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 Our-Track News. Engineers surveyed routes across the continent, laying out plans 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 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 rosé 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 Tarkenton. 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. Scarecrows 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. Synonymous. "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. The Powers That Be. The Cook—She laves iverything to the milliner, does she? The Maid—Oh, yes! What the milliner says goes. The Cook—Bedad, I din't know milliners was so much like cooks.—Puck. Her Girl Friends. "Did you notice what a peculiar walk Laura is cultivating?" "Yes. Poor girl, she is determined to attract attention some way."—Philadelphia Bulletin. Inexchangeable Waste The Artist—What do you think of those charcoal sketches of mine? The Friend—It seems too bad to waste the charcoal when fuel is so high.—Yonkers' Statesman. Don't Be One. "A good fellow, Johnny, is one that is good for nothing."—Chicago Tribune. Finest in the World. "What are her attractions?" "Chiefly U. S. three per cent."—Town Topics. 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. Kissing the Baby They talked of Medora, Aurora, and Flora, Of Mabal, and Marcia, and Mildred, and Mary May; Debated the question of Helen, Honora, Clarissa, Camilla, and Phyllis and Fay. They thought of Marcella, Estella, and Bella; Considered Cecilia, Jeannette, and Elline; Alicia, Adela, Annette, Arabella, And Ethel and Eunice, Hortense and Irene. One liked Theodora, another Lanora; Some argued for Edith and some for Eldine. For Madeline, Adeline, Lily, and Lora; And then, after all, they decided on Jane. Illustrated Bits. ZOMODONE, THE NEWEST AND MOST RAPID HAIR GROWER IN EXISTENCE. Makes the Hair grow with lightning-like rapidity. No waiting for results. ZOMODONE prevents Falling Hair, Grey Hair, Brittle Hair, Curly Hair, Harsh Hair, and Scurf. Cures Dandruff, Itch, Tetter, Eczema, and Ring-Worm. No more Bald Heads, Scanty Partings, Splitting Ends, and Bald Temples. 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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 poulice 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 or 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 Buildings 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 sack 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 conveyed 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 tj sembly th that has franchise last year member. White crooked States. ersing; windin; mazy, tortuous. mazy, tortuous tiful Ozark mountains, the 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. Cowbell 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. Portnoped Indefinitely "We might as well consider our engagement as broken, Reginald." "I don't see why. Your father said postponed." "Postponed until you arrive at years of discretion, and in your case, Reggy, dear, you know what that means."—Tit-Bits. Would Not Sink. "Harry Sapp is a young man who will always keep his head up in the world," remarked the girl in the Monte Carlo coat. "I don't doubt that," said the close friend. "His head is light enough." Chicago Daily News. A Quibbler. "Would you quit smoking for my sake?" asked she. "Certainly," answered the coldblooded man; "if there were any occasion for it. But I fail to see why I should begin smoking for your sake in the first place."—Washington Star. Removed the Cause. Miss Ugliface-I could really never be contented and happy in the room you've given me. Hotel Clerk—Oh, I'll fix that all right. (To the bell boy)—Go up and remove the mirror from the lady's room.—Detroit Free Press. Putting It Delicately. "There are just as good fish in the sea as ever were caught," asserted the maiden lady of uncertain age. "But you never cared much for fish, did you?" returned the pert young thing, with delicate significance.—Chicago Post. Feminine Diplomacy Newhub—Darling, did you sew the button on my coat? Mrs. Newhub — No, dearest; I couldn't find the button. But I sewed the buttonhole up, so it's all right.—Chicago Daily News. - American Brick Co. - President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. MANUFACTURERS OF Gommon and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: * 45th and Robey Sts. bse ores woe Vatpet of Winter Yards 2..hhecceestecteesesseses cuseee My per day . be er se eet eins steeses JOOO per toy | _ Telephone Yards 128. _ eer CHIPS. Misc divane es enicins o> gap maintained that “people had some rights which preachers like Revs. Abraham Lincoln Murray, Archibald James Carey, were bound to respect,” but at the present time the Old Church Organ is of the opinion that these two devines are greater than God himself, that they are so pure and holy that no one outside of itself has any right to refer to their good or bad actions. sonny Gets Even. oe 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 Com- anion. Sure Exncegh. Church—There is a waiter over in our place named Scales. Gotham—aAb! Expects every one to tip him, I suppose?—Yonkers States- men. Chicago Draws ¢he Line. Mra. Windisitti—Are Mr. Porkpack’s table mnners bad? Mrs. Lakeside—You bet. He picks his teeth with a pen knife instead of « fork.—N, Y. Herald. Of Course Net. Mamma—Daughter, I am surprised that you would suffer a man to kiss you. _ Daughter—But, mamma, it wasn't suffering —Detroit Evening Journal. AED THEY DO IT, TOO. SCY Rh = liar Perk easy Sen fg aol AN SS \ L = /ie —— nS “But, you see, lonly want the teapot and the sugar basin. Don't you break these sets?” “No, madam. We generally leave that to the servants of our custom- era.”—Punch. Baréer te Fill. Be hassix little mouths to feed— ‘Which fact to labor hurries him; Bat it's another hungry mouth— ‘The furnace's—that worries him. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. ee a ei ee ee Humgn remains recently unearthed at Girga, in Egypt, consist of a con- tinuous series extending backward over at least 8,000 years. The bodies are so well preserved, owing to the dryness of the atmosphere in the re- gion and to the perfection of inter- ment, that not only can the hair, the bails, the ligaments, be made out, but also. the muscles and the nerves. In almost every case the brain also is Preserved, and the climax has becn reached in two cases where the eyes, with tke lens in good condition, are present. There are now unearthed & series of later prehistoric graves ranging throughout the first 15 dy- nasties, others of the eighteenth, and yet others of the Ptolemaic and early and recent Coptic periods. Superstitions Minace ‘Saree hundred miners the other day refused to go down the Glyn corryg colliery, near Port Talbot, ir Wales, because they said it was haunted. It was asserted that th: figure of a woman bearing a lightes lamp bed been seen in the workiug> and the screams of a woman heard. Bilieeis River Cara Peoria ships annuxliy to New York over $1,000,000 wor. of German carp taken from the Ilinois. for consump tion as food by the Russian Jews This is an industry by itself. ————— Telephone Main 753 Court Reporter, 311 Ogden Bidg. 34 Clark 8t., General Stenographer Chicago. THE M’KINLEY DEATH COT. Disappearance of the Bef Upo: Which the Aesnesinated Presi- @ent Beeathed Mic Lact. Although various people in Nev York, Boston, Chieago and other citie: say they have the cot on which Presi ient McKinley died, they are all alik: im error, states the New York Sun. According to Francis Almy, of th Pan-American exposition, two cots ex setly alike were in the Milburn hom« for the use of the wounded president After Mr. McKinley died one of then was sent to Dr. Matthew D. Mann, on: of the physicians in attendance. Th« other was replaced among the cot: owned by the exposition eompany Both were originally taken from th: hospital at the exposition. “There has been some talk,” say: Mr. Almy, “as to whether the secon: sot should be sent to the Buffalo His torical society. It seemed to be th: feeling that it should not be preserve: as the cot upon which the presiden died, but should lose its identity anc be put with the other hospital cots anc sold with them, regardless of its us: during the president's illness. “That was done. The cot was placec with the others. Its identity was lost No one knows who has it now. Th: sots were sold to persons and institu tions in different parts of the country “I cannot tell whether Mr. McKinley died on the cot which went to Dr Mann or on the other one.” IN THE GOOD OLD TIMES. Many Thiags Were Lacking That Ar: Bow Considered Neeeswary for Comfort, People who talk of the good old time: should read these facts compiled by Popular Mechanics. In the good olc times: There was not 8 publie library im the United States. Alnfost all the furniture was import ed from England. An old copper mine in Connecticut was used as 8 prison. There was only one hat factory, and that made cocked hats. Virginia contained a fifth of the whole population of the country. A man who jeered at the preacher orcriticised the sermon was fined. Two stage coaches bore all the travel between New York and Boston. A day laborer considered himself well paid with two shillings a day. The whipping post and pillory were still standing in New York and Bos- ton. Trousers were fastened with pegs or laces. The church collection was taken inva bag at the end of a pole, with a bell attached to arouse the sleepy contrib- utors. AGENTS FOR THE BROAD AX. From on and after this date Thi Broad Ax can be found on sale at th following places: E. H. Faulkner, dealer in cigars an tobacco, 3104 State street. A. G. Marshall, news stand and book store, 3604 State street. A. F. Tervalon’s Cigar Store anc News Stand, 2826 State street. Edward Felix’s Cigar Store, 234% 30th street, N. E. Corner Armour Ave _ J. A, Geary’s Confectionery and Ci- gar Store, 4800 State St. T. B. Hall's Cigar Store and Laundry office, 281 29th St. Mrs. H. Hart, Cigar and Confection- ery Store, 417 E. 35th St. C. E. Hunter's News Stand and (- gar Store, 134 W. Sist St, near Dear- born. J. EB. Webb's Cigar Store, 280, 29th Street. Turner William’s Cigar and News Stand, 2903 Armour Ave. J. F. Bradbury's News Depct, 2970 State Street. William Goetz, dealer in cigars and tobacco, 411 E. 36th street. M. H. Watts, dealer in cigars and to- bacco, 3742 State street. J. C. Campbell, 145 W. 47th street., Cigars, Tobaceo, Staple Groceries. Wm. H. Monroe, cigar and news- stand, 486 State street. Walter W. Booker, 109 Washington Avenue, Hannibal, Mo. News items and advertisements jeft at these places will find their way into the columns of The Broad Ax. MILES | DEVEG «©. EREMIAt 8 CCONNELL DEVINE & O'CONNELL ATTORNEYS AT LAW QTE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK Clark and Washington Sts. Telephone, Main 940. CHICAGO. A. D. GASH Atturney at Law, 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago. Telephone Main 3077. SOHNE, OWENS Attorney at Law, (errs 621 AsHianp BLock, 80 8. Clark Street, - - CHICAGO FREDERICK W. JOB ATTORNEY AT LAW SS “\aunaetuocet CHICAGO TELEPHONE MarIn 2805 FEDERICO M. BARRIOS Attorney & Counsellor at Law | Suite 501 Firmenich Bldg. Bed Washington street Chicago. LAWRENCE A. NEWBY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Room 6, (28 LaSalle St, CHICAGO _ “(RESIDENCE 2623 WABASH AVE William Howard Fitzgerald LAWYER Reem 402 Reaper Back, - GAG JOSEPH A. MoINERNEY LAWYER eeomses Gea main omicaco Beauregard F. Moseley, | LAWYER. Practice im all Gourts. Main Office 6256 Halsted St, Bown Town Office 260 5. Clark St, Reem 421 | ss wth. mM | WILLIAM RITCHIE ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR. Butte 619-680 Oxford Building 4 LASALLE ST., CHICAGO ‘Telephone Main 1646. Robert M. Mitchell Attorney at Law / Suite 9, No. 77 South Ciark St CHICAGO | Joux F. WaTers. C. H. Jounson _ WATERS & JOHNSON | Lawyers Practice Limited to the Trial of Persoasi Injary Cases Sulte 801 Kedzie Building 120 E. Randolph St. Telephone Central 4283 CHICAGO ‘Batepboas Tarde 77 Residence 113 Garfield Ba JOHN FITZ@ERALD WETICE OF THE PEAOE- 470 & HALSTED STRMET, ~~ CHECAGO _ J. GRAY LUCAS — ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Suite 412 Real Estate Board Bidg 59 Dearborn St. Cor. Randolph CHICAGO, Phone Rasdoiph 55 * J.E. JONES LAWYER 79 Clark Street Room 9 Chicago JAMES £. WHITE. « LAWYER é Residence 4232 Wabash Ave Suite 411-59 Dearborn St. Tel Main 1690 Chicago S. A. MCELWEE , «| AWYER.,.. 36 S. Clark St., CHICAGO. ore 70 Soececeenese “ALBERT & GEORGE . LAW YER. 428 Ackland Blook, Gbleage. — tt M ses. Established 1877). Phone Oakland 1550-155: JohnJ. Dunn wreicse JJCOALS mati {| WOOD Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. Ram Yanps:} eS a CHICAGO Phenix (il & Mineral Co. oF anizOna $200,000 CAPITAL Pays diviaends 1 per cent. monthly or 12 per cent per annum. Stock now sellimg at 10c ae share, full paid and non assessable. For further particulars a tdress THE DAVIS INVESTMENT: COMPANY 614 First Nat‘onal Bank Bldg., Chicago "Phone Central 3028, 138 State St., 4th floor Fece Massage, Shampooing, Scalp Treating Mrs, Warner Chiropodist and Manicuring Removes Corns Without Pain | Medicated Foot Baths aad Foot Massage Residence $133 Grove Avenue, Chicage Mrs. Florence Miller — FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKER Perfect Fit Guaranteed Prices Reasonable 3151 State Sireet CHICAGO MRS. A. G. MARSHALL Bee Confectionery, Groceries, Notions and Stationery, Imported and Domestic Cigars, Tobaccos, Etc. Milk, Cream, Butter and Eggs. ser | ten ret oe 3604 State Street, CHICAGO. Telephone Blue 4632 Work Called for €Pss2ss and Delivered... A. HOFFMAN, CLEANER, DYER AND PRESSER. Suits Sponged and Pressed - Fc 5125 State St. a mien Progr) | OVERY Zee FROM LIFS: OZONIZE! MAR. WE RIGIN, - ence ox : eee anenceen me pee falling on aia % eae ea = 2 musi a = ae Trae: a Me San oe : i rs i: ae eration seas je ree ga : ES : : asa ce a = = and of tor fe pent say aon smed, aie. : Bie aes : = eae Sree a aie my ir al yy i it, ren. 4 sa eee pa! ° Soke | 5 Steesee © Stee Z7e a: all oa ee sus wenn coe ae o<* Las % es 5 a a ROW CO er LCCC Se ee ee eee es a “xa aee' | Dun’t imagine that all hair prepara tions are alike. Quite the contrary Seme never do what is claimed for them. The Original Ozonised Ox Mar- row has been on the :narket for sc long that there is no doubt it will do everything we claim for it It is the uost gentee) preparation that any ore can use on their hair. {t is most dell- cately perfumed and when thoroughly rubbed into the scaip and’ well brushed through the bair it cannot fall te cure dandruff and make the bair straight. soft and beautiful. It invigorates the scalp producing new growth and atop- the bair from falling out. Try a bottle and you will be sure te be pleasal. Only 50 cents, express paid, te any ad- fress in the United States. Druggists also sell it. Ad@ress: Osoniseg Ox Marrow Co.. 16 Wabash Are. Chileago, “Minots, MR&. A. WILSON. Nicely furnished rooms to rent for gentlemen. Reasonable rates, 2253 Indiana aveuae. Peast cn Buttermics. Milllens of en eaten by the Australian a! Sa Be hes cree quantities on the rocks of the Bugong mountains, end the natives eecure them by kindling fires of damp wood, es Seonterice hen, Then they gathered in baskets, baked, sifted to remove the wings, end Gnaily. ‘pressed imto cakes. ILLINOIS BRICK CQ WILLIAM C. KUESTER, | SUPERINTENDENT. 1994 N. Western Ave., Chicago, Telephone Lake View 270. HOHENADEL BROS. 21 soar ao Street “a ~UNIFORI1 CAPS Policemen, Firemen, i Car Employes, | JACOB FEINBERG Market and Grocery Telephone 565 South | | 81st and State Sts. CHICAGO | Tel. Yards 693 Nota y Publi John J. Bradley Real Estate, Insurance and Loans Property managed. Abstracts ex mined Reoting- Legal papers prepared 4709 Sout Halsted Sweet 7 Chicago a 4 Mason and JM. Higginbothan «<< . : Contractor aS ae 226 East 25th Street - - - CHICAGO F.W. BOYD —seatexin— ”* GOAL, WOOD AND ICE =o to }©ash on Datvery Toicotewe 4656 Armour Avenue, CHICAGO. Jas. J. McCormick, IMPORTED AND DOMESTIG WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS 8462 SOUTH HALSTED STREET. OHICAGS | 4 J0GErPE hoon JOGEPE sTRaves GREAT NORTHERN SALE AND EXCHANGE STABLE. Driving, Draft and General Business Horses Always on Hand LT eae OHICAGO, Ih _ BARNEY BENSON, House and Fire Wreckiny. MOVER of All Kinds of HEAVY MACHINERY. Smoke Stacks, Cupolas and Monuments Erected. Hoisting and Placing of all kinds of Beams and Girders for architectural work. Office. 31 South Canai St.. Chicago TELEPHONE Ma'n 4°52 ROOMS FOR RENT. ‘ Two comodieus nicely furnishea rooms for rent to gentlemen only. In- quire at 3633 Wabash avenue. Mrs. Kittle Scott. ‘Choice furnished rooms to rent to ladies and gentlemen. 2807 Wabash Ave. cael er het — Rooms for Rent. | ® Elegantly furnished rooms. for rent “th bath aod gas a $957 Wabann avenue. AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS WANTED, The Broad Ax desires to engage agents and regular correspondents in all the leading cities and towns in I- Minois and, throughout the other sec- dons of the country. The highest commissions; paid to live hustlers, Sample copies furnished. For further information address Julius F. Taylor 5040 Armour avenue, Chicago, Dl