The Broad Ax

REVS. CAREY, MURRAY AND RANSOM JOINED HANDS WITH THE DEMOCRATS Vol. VIII. On the eve of the mayoralty campaign which has passed into history, Edward H. Wright, B. F. Moseley, whom Judge Dunne or some other Judge came near sending to jail for mixing up with a constable in some woman's household goods. S. B. Turner, Revs. Abraham Lincoln Murray, Archibald James Carey, D. R. Wilkins late of Jacksonville Ill., and other eminent race leaders we dont think! organized the Afro-American Republican League of Chicago. It seems its main object was to hold Republican political meetings in the churches, and milk the Republican heifers or candidates for some of the Longgreen. Some way or other the managers of the Republican campaign committee and the G. O. P. candidates caught on to the racket of the promoters of the League and the result was that they were unable to do much business with them. One of the three League Preachers called on Fred A. Busse, who looked after the money end of Graeme Stewart's campaign and this Preacher wanted Mr. Busse to give him a roll of the longreen for his political influence. Fred Busse proffered this Political- Preacher five dollars for car fare and requested him to go home and preach the gospel and permit the politicians to run the politics of this town. Rev. Archibald James Carey, who could (if he wanted to tell something about a Preacher and a poker game, while on his way to Carlo in 1900, to deliver a Republican Political speech, and who declared while speaking that any Negro who would sink so low as to vote the Democratic ticket, ought to be sent ten thousand miles into hell), it is said refused to accept a check for twenty-five dollars for he thought his church and his political services were worth more money, and if the Republicans were disinclined to dig it up the Democrats would. Shortly after these two incidents, Carey and Murray, with the aid of the Lord who never did take much stock in Democrats, decided to play slick politics, they held a secret conference with mayor Carter H. Harrison in the City Hall and it is asserted that Rev. R. C. Ransom was invited to accompany them to add respectability to the crowd. It is also reported that Bath-house J. J. Coughlin and W. H. Clark, who is the biggest man in the corporation counsel's office, and who made more votes for Mayor Harrison than any other man in the city Hall, fixed up CHICAGO BROAD AX 'MUST BE RIGHT. While we have censured the unceasing fight The Broad Ax has made on some of the Chicago ministers, especially those who hold the largest charges, namely: A. L. Murray of Bethel, J. F. Thomas, formerly of the Olivet Baptist, Dr. A. J. Carey of Quinn Chapel and Dr. Ransom of the Institutional. There certainly must be something wrong with some of them. When Dr. Carey arrived here that Wednesday afternoon to sit as one of a committee to investigate the complaints, he said that he was in a very great hurry to return to his work in Chicago, that he was losing $200 every day he was away from his Easter rally, so the committee finished in just four hours or at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening, and he could have returned that same evening, but for some cause he did not go back to Chicago until Saturday.—The Bystander, Desmoines, Iowa. Brother Thompson, we know that in the majority of cases the truth always hurts, those whose ways are dark, and the actions of Rev. Archibald James Carey, while in your city is further proof that the big Afro-American preachers of Chicago have regard for the truth, therefore we are justified in claiming that they are honest, immoral and tricky. the deal between his honor and the Preachers and was present at the conference. The mayor felt a little shakey about his re-election and he was glad to purchase the empty support of the preachers. Its maintained that "Our Carter" had money to burn, that he threw each one of the Preachers one hundred dollars, and gave them a hundred dollar bill for Rev. McCrackern for the "man of destiny" had been tricked into believing that Rev. McCrackern was the Presiding Elder of this District, that owing to this fact he could swing thousands of Afro- American voters from the Republican column over into the Democratic columns. By doing a little figuring it will be seen that even if mayor Harrison gave the Preachers two hundred dollars each as some claim he did, instead of one hundred dollars he calculated on buying three churches full of, "niggers" and their Pastors for about ten cents a head, that is much less than the price which they say that Graeme Stewart thought they could be bought for. He maintained all a long that "no colored man could be found in Cook county who would take less than fifty cents for his vote," evidently Mr. Stewart had never caught on to the crooked ways of the majority of Negro Preachers. The Sunday night before the election, Revs. Carey, Ransom and Murray made a stab at earning their money or of swinging from the Republicans over to the Democrats. Brother Ransom from his pulpit referred to the number of colored men working for the city and so on and he thought it would be a bad thing to kick the horried Democrats out of office and turn the town over to the Republicans. Carey talked to his flock about Graeme Stewart, refusing to receive his committee about fifty cents and the "niggers" the check for twenty-five dollars which he turned down. But it remained for Murray to ride the whole Democratis hog, and he delivered a great deal better Democratic speech in Bethel Church than Old Ham Carter or Col. George J. Woods ever thought of delivering. The levee bums thanked him for aiding them and Col. John J. Coughlin admits that Murray did not break faith with the Democrats. Thus it will be seen for mercernary motives and not from principle, Revs. Carey, Ransom, and Murray joined hands with the Democrats, while vice and crime flourishes and is rampant right in the midst of their respective churches. THE COMMITTEE THANKS THE BROAD AX. Chicago, Apr. 15, 1903. To the Editor of The Broad Ax:—We, the committee on Easter Program of Grace Presbyterian S. S. extend to you in behalf of our committee and teachers and officers board, our thanks for your kind mention of our efforts, in your most worthy paper. We are glad to say that we met with great success in every way. The house was crowded. The program was well rendered, and an Easter Offering of $20.70 was collected by our young people. Committee—Mrs. C. E. Jones, Mrs. L. D. Marshall and Mrs. Mamie Bowman. RELIGION AND THE HOME Religion has broken up more homes than any other cause since the blessed Savior "came into this world to divide the family against itself." Hundreds of thousands of the smartest and best men never marry because they will not tolerate the secret visits of the priest or preacher. A woman who is religious is liable to go to the extreme limits of piety in her confiding affections for Jesus, and God through the medium of their able-bodied and unprincipled representatives, who never work and are fat and overfed by charity. There should be a law enacted, which would make it impossible for these reprobates of charity to divide the family against itself any longer.—Higher Science. HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, APRIL 18, 1903 Theodore W. Jones, ex-commissioner of Cook County, who is one of the most logical and forcible writers belonging to the Afro-American race. Mrs. Perry Bates has removed from 5001 Dearborn st. to 5224 Dearborn st. Justice John Fitzgerald will continue to weigh out justice at the Stock Yards Police Station. Two thousand Colored people have been brought into the southern part of Caliofrnia since Feb. 15. (Thomas P. Flynn, who is a pretty slick politician, is one of the new Deputy Sheriffs of Cook county. William Pickens of Little Rock, won the Henry James Teneyck prize, at Yale. His subject was "Hayti." Attorney Robert M. Mitchell spent several days in Jacksonville, Ill., the first of the week, on legal business. Gambling Jack Terrell, who beat this paper out of three dollars may become health commissioner of Chicago. The Knight Templars, assembled in Bethel Church Easter Sunday afternoon and listened to their annual sermon. Oscar De Priest obtained judgement last Saturday against Olivet Baptist Church, for one hundred and ninty-three dollars. The Metropolitan Club will give its annual Spring Ball at the Douglas Club House, 3518 Ellis ave., Monday evening, April 27. Owing to the disagreeable weather Monday evening, the Triangle and Innercircle clubs postponed their annual Easter party or ball, until sometime in May. Rev. Mrs. Wm. Gray,Butler's Mission, 47th and Armour ave., is on the sick list, but she is on the mend and will soon be able to look after her kindergarten school. The man who got married on Monday and killed himself on Tuesday did not have time enough to write his opinion on. "Is Marriage a Failure?" But "suicide is confession." The tax-payers and the voters generally of this city and county, made no mistake by selecting Timothy Cruise as one of the commissioners of this county for commissioner Cruise, is clear headed, and he is ever watchful of the best interest of the people. J. C. Perkins, who was born in slavery in Miss. in 1840, and who has conducted a barber shop in La Crosse Wis. for many years, was a few days ago elected Justice of the Peace of that city. Graeme Stewart may not entertain much love for the Negro, but it must be remembered that in 1900 and 1902 Mayor Carter H. Harrison was bitterly opposed to nominating a worthy Afro-American Democrat as one of the commissioners of Cook County. REV. E. J. FISHER AND THE PIOUS THIEF FLAYED BY THEODORE W. JONES Editor Julius F. Taylor:—My attention has been called to the last issue of The Broad A. which contains a resolution endrosing the work done in this city by Rev. E. J. Fisher, and signed by Stephen A. Griffin, chairman, and Richard A. Williams, clerk. Now I am reliably informed that the resolution referred to was conceived by Fisher, written by Fisher, endorsed by Fisher, adopted by Fisher, and ordered published by Fisher—Fisher is the Church, the Chairman and the Clerk, in other words, "the only pebble on the beach," and Griffin and Williams merely lent their names in order to give the thing some sort of standing before the public. But this document bears the earmarks of a lie on its face, because it deals largely in uncorroborated and unsupported statements respecting the alleged work done by Fisher before he came to Chicago, and before the boys whom he induced to sign the resolution, knew anything about him, or had any definite knowledge that such a man as Fisher was on earth. Hence their signatures are not only of doubtful value, but what they have signed bears a strong presumption of incredibility. But after cutting out a good deal of the slush that Fisher has said about himself before coming to Chicago, the fact remains that he has made something of a public record during his six months service as pastor of Olivet Baptist Church. Since this record has been deliberately made by himself, he ought to be willing to stand upon it. Before adducing any proof, I want to say that this man's record for lying cannot be excelled by any record which the bible has furnished unless it be that of Ananias and Saphira, who were struck dead for this crime. The record which this man has made in six months is black enough, if generally known to destroy its author, who now has the hardihood to appeal to the public for sympathy and support under the thin disguise of being endorsed by a couple of good hearted and friendly boys. That the Rev. E. J. Fisher is as smooth and slippery as axle-grease goes without saying; and and it is high time that the intelligent part of the church gave this man the opportunity to seek a platform other than their pulpit in which to exercise his highly trained talents as a monumental liar. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. [T. Watkins, who for a long time were members of Quinn Chapel, have pulled out from Old Quinn and joined St. Thomas, they became disgusted with Rev. Archibald James Carey because he would persist in preaching politics from his pulpit. William Harris who resides in the 27th precinct of the 30th ward, knocked the socks off of Billile Piper, on the ed the socks off of Billie Piper on the day of the late election, and Little Billie fully realizes that he does not tote all the Afro-American voters of the30th ward around in his hip pocket. Col. George J. Woods will now be in a position to compel the police to raid the gambling joints conducted by Cols. Bob. Motts, Mush Mouth Johnson, and S. R. Snowden, which will make it better for him to run his gentlemans gambling club on State street, near 30th. Mrs. P. B. Kopperl, 4762 Armour avenue, whose husband honorably served in the Spanish-American war, and who is one of the active members of the Oak Leaf Art Club, is quite a student of history and Mrs. Kopperl is one of the many warm friends and supporters of this paper. James Conrad, R. P. Lewis and James Matthews, are among the oldest Afro-American citizens of Jacksonville, Ill., and they are able to tell anyone all about the social standing of Rev. D. R. Wilkins of the Old Church Organ, who in 1898, or in 1899, ran a Christian church in that beautiful little city. of the increasing interest of the public in the affairs of this particular church, and the growing disposition of the people to scrutinize the conduct of hypocrites who masquerade as preachers, that this man should invite a reexamination of his public career in this city by rushing into print, even by proxy. Let me reproduce here a few paragraphs that have already been made public; and to add a few thoughts respecting this discredited candidate who is whinning around for the people's sympathy and support. When this so called Doctor of Divinity came to Chicago, he said, "Olivet is wrong." He said futher that he was "some kind of a jack-leg lawyer, and knew where he spoke, that the church was irregular; that it would not be recognized by any Baptist Association; and that a Baptist minister of any prominence would not pastor it. But as soon as this "jack-leg lawyer" saw that the officers could be "held up" for $160.00 per month he at once saw his way clear to accept the pastorate of the church, the methods of which he had so recently condemned and denounced. Now if this church was wrong in October last, when this preacher-lawyer came, it was wrong in February last when as a preacher he appeared before the Ministers and Deacons Union and declared that it was right then, and if it was right then it was right when Fisher came; and as a lawyer he lied when he said that it was wrong. Fisher not only presents the anomaly of preacher and lawyer, but also of saint and devil. Do Griffin and Williams endorse this abnormal position? But again, when Fisher was laying his wires to capture the pulpit of Olivet his stock in trade was that Dr. Harper of the University of Chicago had recommended him. To ascertain the truthfulness of this statement investigation at the University has recently been made, and no one could be found who had even seen Fisher except a janitor. Since Dr. Harper was out of the city at the time inquiry was made of one of the Professors who said: Deceit is as rampant in the church, and among clergymen as it is among men of the world, and if this man Fisher hasn't a diploma from the University of Chicago, and does not bear letters of the very highest recommendation attested and endorsed by Dr. Harper down as a wind-bag." Since Dr. Fisher in his resolutions published last week claims to be reco No.25. ommended by nearly every conference black and white, in the Southland, I would like to inquire why he neglected to mention Dr. Harper's recommendation? Why doesn't he publish his diploma from the University of Chicago? Fisher gave out the impression that he and Dr. Harper were the most intimate friends. Now, if this be true why didn't Fisher have his friend Harper sign those resolutions instead of Griffin and Williams? Why doesn't he say something about the record which he has made in Chicago, instead of in Tennessee and in Georgia? By his own resolution he stands convicted before the public of pursuing a policy of vacillation and evasion. For six months this man has been before the public preaching, and he has praeched about himself and his family; about what "we all do down south" and even about his sore leg until it gives one a pain. He has also preached about his houses and lands, about his wonderful knowledge of Greek,Latin, and Hebrew, in fact he has preached about everything except what the people of Chicago wish to hear. Since Fisher occupies a dual position I would like to ask Griffin and Williams which identity they have endorsed, preacher or jack-leg lawyer, truth teller or liar, saint or devil? This preacher's disregard of public opinion and his great ambition to get the "last pound of flesh' for Fisher condemns him as an unfaithful steward. Having usurped the office of Chairman of the Board of Deacons, Chairman of Board of Trustees, Chairman of six Auxiliary Societies and member of the choir, his record as a leader shows that, if he has not actually proposed notorious measurers, he has opposed but few extravagant ones. Having imposed himself upon the different Boards as Chairman he is therefore responsible for much that has made many of the ignorant dupes on those Boards like himself, irresponsive to public opinion. Because I exposed, what I honestly believed to be, the underlying motives which prompted Dr. Fisher's Spanish-American War farce, he denounced me from his pulpit on last Sabbath evening, in the vilest language and then knelt down to pray. My God, what could he have said! One hour of billings-gate, vilification and abuse, and ten minutes of prayer. This exhibition of Rev. Dr. Fisher's christian virtues are on apar with that of the so-called "polous thief," who was shot in this city the other night by a policeman. The would-be assassin was killed with a closed bible in his pocket, while Fisher rails and vents his spleen with an open bible before him. It is recorded that this highwayman "held-up" the stranger, and then prayed before going to bed. Fisher "holds-up" the faithful and then prays from the pulpit. The dead thief prayed while in sight of his booty, Fisher prays in sight of his victims. The midnight marauder only robbed and prayed, while Fisher abuses, reviles, lies and then prays. Other men who have been accounted base, have spared their Saviour the humiliation and pains of making His wounds bleed afresh, but not so with this pair of unlovely twins. History offers few more strange spectacles than that of Fisher and the pious thief. Ex-President Grover Cleveland, Prof. Booker T. Washington, W. H. Baldwin, Dr. Lyman Abbott, and Edward G. Murphy spoke at a meeting held in Madison Square Garden, New York, city, Tuesday night in the interest of Tuskegee Institute Booker T. Washington's school mayor, Low, presided. Mrs. Cleveland with a party of friends occupied a box. Mr. Cleveland in his speech went on record in favor of manual or the industrial education of the Negro. Nothing is to be gained by fighting, prejudice or firmly fixed ideas held by the Southern people respecting the civil and the political rights of the Negro, says the ex-President. No one feels more grateful to Mr. Cleveland for manifesting so much interest in the Negro than ourselves, but we very much regret that like, Brooker T. Washington, the great democratic ex-President believes it is eminently proper and just to permit the Negro to be disfranchised in the south and permit unlettered white men to enjoy the right of suffrage. REVS. CAREY, MURRAY AND RANSOM JOINEO HANDS WITH THE DEMOCRATS On the eve of the mayoralty campaign which has passed into history, Edward H. Wright, B. F. Moseley, whom Judge Dunne or some other Judge came near sending to jail for mixing up with a constable in some woman's household goods. S. B. Turner, Revs. Abraham Lincoln Murray, Archibald James Carey, D. R. Wilkins late of Jacksonville Ill., and other eminent race leaders we dont think! organized the Afro-American Republican League of Chicago. It seems its main object was to hold Republican political meetings in the churches, and milk the Republican heifers or candidates for some of the Longgreen. Some way or other the managers of the Republican campaign committee and the G. O. P. candidates caught on to the racket of the promoters of the League and the result was that they were unable to do much business with them. One of the three League Preachers called on Fred A. Busse, who looked after the money end of Graeme Stewart's campaign and this Preacher wanted Mr. Busse to give him a roll of the longreen for his political influence. Fred Busse proffered this Political- Preacher five dollars for car fare and requested him to go home and preach the gospel and permit the politicians to run the politics of this town. Rev. Archibald James Carey, who could (if he wanted to tell something about a Preacher and a poker game, while on his way to Carlo in 1900, to deliver a Republican Political speech, and who declared while speaking that any Negro who would sink so low as to vote the Democratic ticket, ought to be sent ten thousand miles into hell), it is said refused to accept a check for twenty-five dollars for he thought his church and his political services were worth more money, and if the Republicans were disinclined to dig it up the Democrats would. Shortly after these two incidents, Carey and Murray, with the aid of the Lord who never did take much stock in Democrats, decided to play slick politics, they held a secret conference with mayor Carter H. Harrison in the City Hall and it is asserted that Rev. R. C. Ransom was invited to accompany them to add respectability to the crowd. It is also reported that Bath-house J. J. Coughlin and W. H. Clark, who is the biggest man in the corporation counsel's office, and who made more votes for Mayor Harrison than any other man in the city Hall, fixed up While we have censured the unceasing fight The Broad Ax has made on some of the Chicago ministers, especially those who hold the largest charges, namely: A. L. Murray of Bethel, J. F. Thomas, formerly of the Olivet Baptist, Dr. A. J. Carey of Dulnin Chapel and Dr. Ransom of the Institutional. There certainly must be something wrong with some of them. When Dr. Carey arrived here last Wednesday afternoon to sit as one of a committee to investigate the complaints, he said that he was in a very great hurry to return to his work in Chicago, that he was losing $200 every day he was away from his Easter rally, to the committee finished in just four hours or at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening, and he could have returned that same evening, but for some cause he did not go back to Chicago until Saturday.—The Bystander, Desmoines, Iowa. Brother Thompson, we know that in the majority of cases the truth always hurts, those whose ways are dark, and the actions of Rev. Archibald James Carey, while in your city we further proof that the big Afro-American preachers of Chicago have regard for the truth, therefore we are justified in claiming that they are honest, immoral and tricky. the deal between his honor and the Preachers and was present at the conference. The mayor felt a little shakey about his re-election and he was glad to purchase the empty support of the preachers. Its maintained that "Our Carter" had money to burn, that he threw each one of the Preachers one hundred dollars, and gave them a hundred dollar bill for Rev. McCrackern for the "man of destiny" had been tricked into believing that Rev. McCrackern was the Presiding Elder of this District, that owing to this fact he could swing thousands of Afro- American voters from the Republican column over into the Democratic columns. By doing a little figuring it will be seen that even if mayor Harrison gave the Preachers two hundred dollars each as some claim he did, instead of one hundred dollars he calculated on buying three churches full of, "niggers" and their Pastors for about ten cents a head, that is much less than the price which they say that Graeme Stewart thought they could be bought for. He maintained all a long that "no colored man could be found in Cook county who would take less than fifty cents for his vote," evidently Mr. Stewart had never caught on to the crooked ways of the majority of Negro Preachers. The Sunday night before the election, Revs. Carey, Ransom and Murray made a stab at earning their money or of swinging from the Republicans over to the Democrats. Brother Ransom from his pulpit referred to the number of colored men working for the city and so on and he thought it would be a bad thing to kick the horried Democrats out of office and turn the town over to the Republicans. Carey talked to his flock about Graeme Stewart, refusing to receive his committee about fifty cents and the "niggers" the check for twenty-five dollars which he turned down. But it remained for Murray to ride the whole Democratis hog, and he delivered a great deal better Democratic speech in Bethel Church than Old Ham Carter or Col. George J. Woods ever thought of delivering. The levee bums thanked him for aiding them and Col. John J. Coughlin admits that Murray did not break faith with the Democrats. Thus it will be seen for mercernary motives and not from principle, Revs. Carey, Ransom, and Murray joined hands with the Democrats, while vice and crime flourishes and is rampant right in the midst of their respective churches. THE COMMITTEE THANKS THE BROAD AX. Chicago, Apr. 15, 1903. To the Editor of The Broad Ax:—We, the committee on Easter Program of Grace Presbyterian S. S. extend to you in behalf of our committee and teachers and officers board, our thanks for your kind mention of our efforts, in your most worthy paper. We are glad to say that we met with great success in every way. The house was crowded. The program was well rendered, and an Easter Offering of $20.70 was collected by our young people. Committee—Mrs. C. E. Jones, Mrs. L. D. Marshall and Mrs. Mamie Bowman. RELIGION AND THE HOME Religion has broken up more homes than any other cause since the blessed Savior "came into this world to divide the family against itself." Hundreds of thousands of the smartest and best men never marry because they will not tolerate the secret visits of the priest or preacher. A woman who is religious is liable to go to the extreme limits of piety in her confiding affections for Jesus, and God through the medium of their able-bodied and unprincipled representatives, who never work and are fat and overfed by charity. There should be a law enacted, which would make it impossible for these reprobates of charity to divide the family against itself any longer.—Higher Science. HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, APRIL 18, 1903 Theodore W. Jones, ex-commissioner of Cook County, who is one of the most logical and forcible writers belonging to the Afro-American race. Mrs. Perry Bates has removed from 5001 Dearborn st. to 5224 Dearborn st. Justice John Fitzgerald will continue to weigh out justice at the Stock Yards Police Station. Two thousand Colored people have been brought into the southern part of Caliofrnia since Feb. 15. Thomas P. Flynn, who is a pretty slick politician, is one of the new Deputy Sheriffs of Cook county. William Pickens of Little Rock, won the Henry James Teneyck prize, at Yale. His subject was "Hayti." Attorney Robert M. Mitchell spent several days in Jacksonville, Ill., the first of the week, on legal business. Gambling Jack Terrell, who beat this paper out of three dollars may become health commissioner of Chicago. The Knight Templars, assembled in Bethel Church Easter Sunday afternoon and listened to their annual sermon. Oscar De Priest obtained judgement last Saturday against Olivet Baptist Church, for one hundred and ninety three dollars. The Metropolitan Club will give its annual Spring Ball at the Douglas Club House, 3518 Ellis ave., Monday evening, April 27. Owing to the disagreeable weather Monday evening, the Triangle and Innercircle clubs postponed their annual Easter party or ball, until sometime in May. Rev. Mrs. Wm. Gray,Butler's Mission, 47th and Armour ave., is on the sick list, but she is on the mend and will soon be able to look after her kindergarten school. The man who got married on Monday and killed himself on Tuesday did not have time enough to write his opinion on. "Is Marriage a Failure?" But "suicide is confession." The tax-payers and the voters generally of this city and county, made no mistake by selecting Timothy Cruise as one of the commissioners of this county for commissioner Cruise, is clear headed, and he is ever watchful of the best interest of the people. J. C. Perkins, who was born in slavery in Miss. in 1840, and who has conducted a barber shop in La Crosse Wis. for many years, was a few days ago elected Justice of the Peace of that city. Graeme Stewart may not entertain much love for the Negro, but it must be remembered that in 1900 and 1902 Mayor Carter H. Harrison was bitterly opposed to nominating a worthy Afro-American Democrat as one of the commissioners of Cook County. REV. E. J. FISHER AND THE PIOUS THIEF FLAYED BY THEODORE W. JONES Editor Julius F. Taylor:—My attention has been called to the last issue of The Broad A which contains a resolution endrosing the work done in this city by Rev. E. J. Fisher, and signed by Stephen A. Griffin, chairman, and Richard A. Williams, clerk. Now I am reliably informed that the resolution referred to was conceived by Fisher, written by Fisher, endorsed by Fisher, adopted by Fisher, and ordered published by Fisher—Fisher is the Church, the Chairman and the Clerk, in other words, "the only pebble on the beach," and Griffin and Williams merely lent their names in order to give the thing some sort of standing before the public. But this document bears the earmarks of a lie on its face, because it deals largely in uncorroborated and unsupported statements respecting the alleged work done by Fisher before he came to Chicago, and before the boys whom he induced to sign the resolution, knew anything about him, or had any definite knowledge that such a man as Fisher was on earth. Hence their signatures are not only of doubtful value, but what they have signed bears a strong presumption of incredibility. But after cutting out a good deal of the slush that Fisher has said about himself before coming to Chicago, the fact remains that he has made something of a public record during his six months service as pastor of Olivet Baptist Church. Since this record has been deliberately made by himself, he ought to be willing to stand upon it. Before adducing any proof, I want to say that this man's record for lying cannot be excelled by any record which the bible has furnished unless it be that of Ananias and Saphira, who were struck dead for this crime. The record which this man has made in six months is black enough, if generally known to destroy its author, who now has the hardihood to appeal to the public for sympathy and support under the thin disguise of being endorsed by a couple of good hearted and friendly boys. That the Rev. E. J. Fisher is as smooth and slippery as axle-grease goes without saying; and and it is high time that the intelligent part of the church gave this man the opportunity to seek a platform other than their pulpit in which to exercise his highly trained talents as a monumental liar. It seems almost incredible, in view Mr. and Mrs. S. A. [T. Watkins, who for a long time were members of Quinn Chapel, have pulled out from Old Quinn and joined St. Thomas, they became disgusted with Rev. Archibald James Carey because he would persist in preaching politics from his pulpit. William Harris who resides in the 27th precinct of the 30th ward, knocked the socks off of Billile Piper, on the ed the socks off of Billie Piper on the day of the late election, and Little Billie fully realizes that he does not tote all the Afro-American voters of the30th ward around in his hip pocket. Col. George J. Woods will now be in a position to compel the police to raid the gambling joints conducted by Cols. Bob. Motts, Mush Mouth Johnson, and S. R. Snowden, which will make it better for him to run his gentlemans gambling club on State street, near 30th. Mrs. P. B. Kopperl, 4762 Armour avenue, whose husband honorably served in the Spanish-American war, and who is one of the active members of the Oak Leaf Art Club, is quite a student of history and Mrs. Kopperl is one of the many warm friends and supporters of this paper. James Conrad, R. P. Lewis and James Matthews, are among the oldest Afro-American citizens of Jacksonville, Ill., and they are able to tell anyone all about the social standing of Rev. D. R. Wilkins of the Old Church Organ, who in 1898, or in 1899, ran a Christian church in that beautiful little city. of the increasing interest of the public in the affairs of this particular church, and the growing disposition of the people to scrutinize the conduct of hypocrites who masquerade as preachers, that this man should invite a reexamination of his public career in this city by rushing into print, even by proxy. Let me reproduce here a few paragraphs that have already been made public; and to add a few thoughts respecting this discredited candidate who is whinning around for the people's sympathy and support. When this so called Doctor of Divinity came to Chicago, he said, "Olivet is wrong." He said further that he was "some kind of a jack-leg lawyer, and knew where he spoke, that the church was irregular; that it would not be recognized by any Baptist Association; and that a Baptist minister of any prominence would not pastor it. But as soon as this "jack-leg lawyer" saw that the officers could be "held up" for $160.00 per month he at once saw his way clear to accept the pastorate of the church, the methods of which he had so recently condemned and denounced. Now if this church was wrong in October last, when this preacher-lawyer came, it was wrong in February last when as a preacher he appeared before the Ministers and Deacons Union and declared that it was right then, and if it was right then it was right when Fisher came; and as a lawyer he lied when he said that it was wrong. Fisher not only presents the anomaly of preacher and lawyer, but also of saint and devil. Do Griffin and Williams endorse this abnormal position? But again, when Fisher was laying his wires to capture the pulpit of Olivet his stock in trade was that Dr. Harper of the University of Chicago had recommended him. To ascertain the truthfulness of this statement investigation at the University has recently been made, and no one could be found who had even seen Fisher except a janitor. Since Dr. Harper was out of the city at the time inquiry was made of one of the Professors who said: Deceit is as rampant in the church, and among clergymen as it is among men of the world, and if this man Fisher hasn't a diploma from the University of Chicago, and does not bear letters of the very highest recommendation attested and endorsed by Dr. Harper down as a wind-bag." Since Dr. Fisher in his resolutions published last week claims to be re No.25. ommended by nearly every conference black and white, in the Southland, I would like to inquire why he neglected to mention Dr. Harper's recommendation? Why doesn't he publish his diploma from the University of Chicago? Fisher gave out the impression that he and Dr. Harper were the most intimate friends. Now, if this be true why didn't Fisher have his friend Harper sign those resolutions instead of Griffin and Williams? Why doesn't he say something about the record which he has made in Chicago, instead of in Tennessee and in Georgia? By his own resolution he stands convicted before the public of pursuing a policy of vacillation and evasion. For six months this man has been before the public preaching, and he has praeached about himself and his family; about what "we all do down south" and even about his sore leg until it gives one a pain. He has also preached about his houses and lands, about his wonderful knowledge of Greek,Latin, and Hebrew, in fact he has preached about everything except what the people of Chicago wish to hear. Since Fisher occupies a dual position I would like to ask Griffin and Williams which identity they have endorsed, preacher or jack-leg lawyer, truth teller or liar, saint or devil? This preacher's disregard of public opinion and his great ambition to get the "last pound of flesh' for Fisher condemns him as an unfaithful steward. Having usurped the office of Chairman of the Board of Deacons, Chairman of Board of Trustees, Chairman of six Auxiliary Societies and member of the choir, his record as a leader shows that, if he has not actually proposed notorious measurers, he has opposed but few extravagant ones. Having imposed himself upon the different Boards as Chairman he is therefore responsible for much that has made many of the ignorant dupes on those Boards like himself, irresponsive to public opinion. Because I exposed, what I honestly believed to be, the underlying motives which prompted Dr. Fisher's Spanish-American War farce, he denounced me from his pulpit on last Sabbath evening, in the vilest language and then knelt down to pray. My God, what could he have said! One hour of billings-gate, vilification and abuse, and ten minutes of prayer. This exhibition of Rev. Dr. Fisher's christian virtues are on apar with that of the so-called "polous thief," who was shot in this city the other night by a policeman. The would-be assassin was killed with a closed bible in his pocket, while Fisher rails and vents his spleen with an open bible before him. It is recorded that this highwayman "held-up" the stranger, and then prayed before going to bed. Fisher "holds-up" the faithful and then prays from the pulpit. The dead thief prayed while in sight of his booty, Fisher prays in sight of his victims. The midnight marauder only robbed and prayed, while Fisher abuses, reviles, lies and then prays. Other men who have been accounted base, have spared their Saviour the humiliation and pains of making His wounds bleed afresh, but not so with this pair of unlovely twins. History offers few more strange spectacles than that of Fisher and the pious thief. Ex-President Grover Cleveland, Prof. Booker T. Washington, W. H. Baldwin, Dr. Lyman Abbott, and Edward G. Murphy spoke at a meeting held in Madison Square Garden, New York, city, Tuesday night in the interest of Tuskegee Institute Booker T. Washington's school mayor, Low, presided. Mrs. Cleveland with a party of friends occupied a box. Mr. Cleveland in his speech went on record in favor of manual or the industrial education of the Negro. Nothing is to be gained by fighting, prejudice or firmly fixed ideas held by the Southern people respecting the civil and the political rights of the Negro, says the ex-President. No one feels more greatful to Mr. Cleveland for manifesting so much interest in the Negro than ourselves, but we very much regret that like, Brooker T. Washington, the great democratic ex-President believes it is eminently proper and just to permit the Negro to be disfranchised in the south and permit unlettered white men to enjoy the right of suffrage. Will promulgate and at all those uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestant, Priest, Infidel, 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. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher, Entered at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., as Second-class Matter. HYDE PARK NEWS. Hyde Park Chapel was nicely decorated for Easter. The Sunday School children all received eggs and beautiful Easter cards. The little folks gave $1.04 in the collection, Rev. Slater's class leading with 71cts. A nice congregation turned out in the morning. Rev. Slater preached from the text, "Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven." It was the subject of many compliments. Baby Melon Slater was baptized, and little Georgia Joiner was baptized at home as she was sick and could not be present. The Sunday evening services was somewhat marred by the tardiness of Rev. Slater, who had been to Harvey in the afternoon to preach, and missed his train and had to come the long route on the street car. Many of the audience and the participants thinking he was not coming left before he arrived. But some remained and the Rev. preached a grand Easter Sermon from the words,"But now is Christ risen and become the first fruits of them that slept." The program that was to have been rendered last Sunday night will be rendered in part this Sunday. The little church at Harvey laid on the tables $11.95 as an Easter Offering. A mass meeting of the citizens of Hyde Park will discuss the utterances of Col. Waterson next Thursday night at Hyde Park Chapel. Col. Waterson has come north to poison the minds of our white friends against us. Some of the distinguished orators of Chicago will be present. Rev. Slater and family were entertained at an Easter Dinner by Mrs. Julia Walker and daughter Della. Rev. Slater says that they are most excellent cooks and know how to make a preacher eat himself almost to death Miss Ida Brooks is able to sit up in a chair and to walk a little. Mrs. Bush is waiting much easier. Messrs. Johnson and Oatts have gone into partnership in the tailor business, Mr. Johnson moving in with Mr. Oatts. "Ten Nights in the Bar Room", and other beautiful and historical pictures of the race and world together with moving pictures will be shown at Hyde Park Chapel Tuesday night, April 28th, by Dr. A. L. Murray of Bethel Church. Rev. Slater, wife, and Mrs. Ida Boyd attended the reception given last Monday night at Quinn Chapel to Bishop Grant and wife. MEN IN THE PUBLIC EYE. Should Senator Allison serve out the term for which he was recently elected he will have broken all records of service in the United States senate, having been a member of that august body since March 4, 1873. He and Senator Jones took their seats at the same time and the latter's term would also have been extended six years more had he consented to serve. Consul George Sawter went to Guayaquil, Ecuador, to take the post left vacant by the death of Thomas Nast. Arriving there, he discovered that yellow fever was raging and immediately took passage back to the United States. On landing in New York he found that another office had been seeking him in his absence. While still at sea he had been nominated by President Roosevelt as an assistant appraiser of merchandise at the port of New York. Secretary Cortelyou is one of the few remaining men in public life who affect the pompadour style of brushing the hair. Fifteen or eighteen years ago it seemed as if all mankind had the pompadour craze. When "Pompadour Jim" came on the stage every sport that was a sport wore his bristles rampant. The style is very becoming to Cortelyou. It enables him in serious reflection to run his fingers harrowlike over his head without disturbing its contour. Several senators were talking in Mr. Hoar's committee room, the subject being Senator Morgan's wonderful ability as a long-distance talker. One man expressed the opinion that the aged Alabama statesman was about "talked out," but Mr. Hoar scouted the notion, saying: "Why, show him a penknife and he'll talk for an hour about it." Just then Mr. Morgan came in and one of the number showed him a curious knife. Sure enough, the old man began a long discourse on the subject of knives, continuing until all slipped away except Hoar, who was nodding in a chair. The Guyer—Evidently you've never had them for servants—Tit-Bits. Not Acting. "How did he act when you called him a liar?" "He didn't act at all. He gave me the real thing."—Brooklyn Eagle [Special Washington Letter.] TWO times 27 are 54. If you don't believe it, you can count it up on The difference between the Thirtieth congress and the Fifty-seventh congress, is 27 congresses; and, as each congress endures two years, the difference in time between the Thirtieth and Fifty-seventh congresses is 54 years. By this simple method of calculation we reach the conclusion that Stuart Robinson, the comedian, is growing old; in fact, is already an old man, for he tells the narrator that he was a page boy in the Thirtieth congress. He is now nearing his seventieth year. No one would believe it to see and hear him on the stage. It would indeed be easy to make one believe that his voice was only born last night, or early this morning; it is such a little bit of a thing. "I was a page in the Thirtieth and Thirty-first congresses," says Mr. Robinson. "It was not an easy matter in those days to secure such an appointment, and I had a great struggle before success came. I was born in Annapolis, and raised in Baltimore. My parents had no political 'pull,' and they were too poor to have any influence socially. Father and mother and I each thought of a dozen different things which I might or ought to do, to help the family along. Finally I went to a distant relative named Reverdy Johnson, then a prominent man, who gave me a letter to a friend in Washington; and I came to this city. Nobody had hired a hall for me, and my name was not on the bill boards. The hotels were not begging for my patronage. Nobody seemed anxious to see me or hear me. "Well, after many ups and downs of a few weeks, I secured from Mr. Jefferson Davis a letter to the doorkeeper of the house of representatives. With that letter as my sole reliance, I waited on the doorkeeper, camped in his office, followed him to his home, nagged his family, and finally secured his promise that I should be appointed as substitute for the first boy that should be absent sick. The very next morning a boy was reported sick. I collared the doorkeeper just in the nick of time. He had made the same promise to about 50 other boys; but all of them had homes in Washington, while I had none. I was the first to demand the temporary appointment, and I secured it. When the house met, I was ordered on the floor, and I must have had a hundred eyes in my head. Every time anyone called for a page, I was first to answer the call. I wanted to do all the work, and the other boys seemed quite willing to let me do it. Howell Cobb was speaker of the house, and Alex H. Stephens and Robert Toombs, of Georgia, were members. Inasmuch as Mr. Toombs had signed my application, I kept my eyes on him all the time, and never missed an opportunity of jumping to his desk to serve him. "Late in the afternoon while Mr. Toombs and Mr. Stephens were conversing, there came in an awful big man, a giant with the biggest feet I had ever seen. I thought them the biggest feet in all the world. While I was looking at those feet a member back of Mr. Toombs clapped his hands for a page, and I immediately rushed in his direction. In passing that pon- 10 STUMBLED OVER SCOTT'S FEET. derous man with the feet I stumbled over him. I guess I must have jarred his bunions dreadfully, for he gave me his elbow in my ribs and nearly knocked the breath out of me, as he shouted: 'You careless little rascal; can't you see where you are going?' "Mr. Toombs laughed very heartily, but I was greatly chagrined over the incident. Having completed my errand for the member who had called me, I returned to my seat below the desk of the speaker. In a few minutes the big man slowly rose and left the floor of the house. Mr. Toombs called me and said: 'In all of the Mexican war not all of the enemies of his country ever jarred Gen. Winfield Scott as you jarred him just now.' "I trembled in my little knee breeches at mention of the name of that great soldier, and felt that I might as well get off of the floor and off of the earth. But I was soon reassured by Mr. Toombs, who said it was a good joke. He pointed out a member across the aisle who had fairly good-sized feet, and told me that if I would go and stumble over them he would give me a dollar; but I declined the money, much as I needed it. "Mr. Toombs then asked me if I wasn't a new boy on the floor, and I gave him my name, reminding him that he had been one of my indorsers on account of Reverdy Johnson. In reply to numerous questions, I told him all about myself, and how I happened to be on duty for only one day. He took an immediate interest in me, and went to the doorkeeper with me, to whom he said: 'Mr. Horner, I've recommended this boy, and I want to know why he isn't on the regular roll.' The doorkeeper explained that he was so crowded with applications that he could not find a place for me, but he promised Mr. Toombs that I should have the first vacancy on the regular roll." "So, falling over the feet of Gen. Winfield Scott proved to be the beginning ```markdown ``` "IS SENATOR DOUGLAS INT." of my successful career as a page boy, for it attracted the personal attention of the great Robert Toombs, of Georgia, who became my firm and helpful friend. "Inside of another week I ascertained that one of the boys was about to be taken off, by his parents, and I tackled the doorkeeper for the place. He put me off with the story that he was under so many other obligations that he could not take care of me. In great haste I reported to Mr. Toombs that the doorkeeper had refused to keep his promise and give me the first vacancy. " 'The devil you say,' remarked the statesman. 'I'll see for myself whether he puts you on or not.' Taking me by the hand he led me to the doorkeeper's room, and said: 'Why don't you put this boy on, as you agreed to do?' " 'My dear Mr. Toombs,' he replied, 'I cannot do it. I have made some other promises that I must first fulfill.' " 'The thunder you must!' said Mr. Toombs, most emphatically. 'You'll either put this boy in, or I'll put you out.' "And that settled it. I was appointed, and from that day I was a page in the capitol until I got so big that I had no business there. And, until the day of his death, I retained the warm friendship of the great statesman from Georgia; and, moreover, I had the honor of his presence several times after I had achieved reputation and success on the stage." One of the most interesting of the hundreds of interesting reminiscences of this quondam page boy, is the following: "The first $25 that I ever made extra was well earned. Henry Clay's compromise bill was taken up unexpectedly and was about to be passed when nearly all of the opponents were absent. To kill time, some one was put up to make a speech, while the pages were sent hunting the absentees. Mr. Jeremiah Clemens, of Alabama, came to the house, and offered $25 to any boy who would find Senator Douglas, of Illinois. I had just come in from an errand, and asked all of the boys where they had been. I suggested half a dozen places, but the boys had been there. Finally I got an order for a horse, secured a skinny old nag, and went galloping up the avenue, a mile and a half away. Knocking at the door of a private residence, I asked if Senator Douglas was there, and was informed that he was. I said: 'Tell him the Clay compromise bill will pass unless he gets to the capitol and prevents it.' "Great heavens!" exclaimed Senator Douglas, as he appeared in the hallway. 'Let me have your horse, boy.' "I started to walk back to the capitol and had not gone far when I was passed by Senator Douglas making for the capitol as fast as the animal could go. It was one of the funniest things I have ever seen—that large man, with immense body and little, short legs, riding down Pennsylvania avenue, and sitting his awkward mount in the most awkward manner. I took my time walking back to the capitol and received my $25 for bringing the great Illinois statesman into the debate on that compromise bill. "I once had a great scare. You see the page boys were required to do all sorts of stunts in those days. The deposits of members were kept in the Riggs' bank, and I was sent there one day with an order for $2,000. It was given to me in two bags of gold loosely tied at the ends. I stopped at a cigar shop, got twine and tied the bags tighter. Passing the old National hotel, the nag shied, threw me off, and scattered the gold pieces in every direction. Lounging white men and negroes helped me find the money, and I never lost a single piece. But I was dreadfully scared. If a boy should have such an accident to-day, he'd lose all of his money, sure." SMITH D. PRY. W. B. Crowninshield, a brother of the admiral, who recently resigned from the navy in a huff, is a day laborer at Bluffton, Ind., where he works as a horticulturist. The city councilors of Belfast have declined the offer of some of the king's swans from the Thames. Their refusal, accompanied by "loyal thanks," is based on the fact that they have already "an ample supply of swans." Dr. Van Dyke was one day examining a class of boys on their acquaintance with Bible characters. "And who was Esau?" he asked. For a moment there was silence, then the youngest son of Mrs. Malaprop piped out: "Esau wrote a book of fables and sold the copyright to Messrs. Pottage." It is reported in Boston that Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles will again make that city his home upon his retirement from active service in August next. He was a clerk in a store in that city from his 17th to his 22d year and left there for the south as captain of a company in the Twenty-second Massachusetts Gov. Andrew at the outbreak of the war in 1861. Some more of Rev. William Archibald Spooner's absurd transpositions are printed in M. A. P. Among them are these: "There came up grasspillars and catterhoppers innumerable," "shoving leopard" for "loving shepherd," "and now I see through a dark glassy," I must return to Oxford by the town drain" (down train), "I stopped for a few minutes to boil my icicle" (oil my bicycle.)" Judge Leslie W. Russell, of Jersey City, who died not long ago, left a will which seems to indicate a belief on his part that brevity is the soul of safety when an estate is to be disposed of by testament. It was in these words: "I give everything I have to my wife." Then, instead of half a dozen or more pages of "in the event of" this, that or the other, he added: "With reversion to our children." Joseph Chamberlain was showing a lady over his conservatories at Highbury. His guest remarked: "One need not ask you, Mr. Chamberlain, whether you are fond of flowers." To which the English statesman made this characteristic reply: "Oh, I don't know that I am particularly fond of them, but when I started growing them I made up my mind that no one should have better flowers than I." CURIOUS FACTS. Lapps have the shortest heads of any nation, not excepting Eskimos. England was first divided into shires during the seventh century, A. D. Last year the United States postal department handled 19,954,437 pieces of mail which were incorrectly or imperfectly addressed. The forests in South Africa are composed principally of stunted and gnarled native trees, fit only for wagon making and fence building. The priests and monks of Italy live longer than any other professional men in that country. Fifty-seven per cent. live beyond three score and ten. Sig. Zanardelli, the prime minister of Italy, says that at present foreign tourists annually spend in Italy $60,000,000. Rome almost entirely lives on her foreign and provincial visitors. The solar system is drifting through space at the rate of 1,000,000 miles a day, more or less. Is this a drift or is it part of a regular rotation of the universe about a well-defined center? This is another question. Spiders are met with in the forests of Java whose webs are so strong that it requires a knife to cut through them, we are told. A spider weighing four pounds, which has taken up her residence in a cathedral at Munich, regales herself with a large supply of lamp oil. A Texas spider weaves a balloon four feet long and two feet wide, which she fastens to a tree by a single thread, then marches on board with her half-dozen little ones, cuts the thread, and away goes the airship to some distant point on the prairie. BRITISH BREVITIES. There are 10 Jewish members of parliament. There are seven dioceses in the Episcopal church of Scotland. In London there are 700 fire-alarm call-points. They vary from 200 yards to 400 yards apart. The bishop of London has no fewer than 142 livings in his gift. There are altogether 570 benefices in the diocese, and 1,147 clergy. England and Wales are divided into 54 judicial circuits, each presided over by a judge, who must be a barrister of at least seven years' standing. There have been 93 archbishops of Canterbury, dating from St. Augustine, who became archbishop A. D. 602. Of these one (Stigand) has been deposed; one (Archbishop Laud) beheaded, and one (William Sancroft) deprived. Five parliamentary commissioners were appointed during 1902. They were those to consider alien immigration, arsenical poisoning, physical training in Scotland, military sentences in South Africa, and events of the Boer war. There are at present 239 railway companies in the United Kingdom with lines actually in existence, but many of these are leased to or worked by other lines. This reduces the number of those owning rolling stock to 107. Of these 80 are in England and Wales, 16 in Ireland, 7 in Scotland, 2 in the Isle of Man, and 2 in the Isle of Wight. KAISER'S BANDLESS BALL. Dance in the German Royal Castle That Went On Without the Customary Music. When a noble and brilliant gathering had come together in the white hall of the royal castle for the second rehearsal of the last ball and the dancing was about to begin silence fell upon the ladies and their cavaliers, and consternation was depicted in the faces of all, says the London Daily Telegraph. It seems that the princes, princesses and other representatives of rank and fashion had taken up the positions assigned to them for the minuet, when the kaiser and kaiserin arrived and entered the neighboring apartment. Then the signal was given for the dance, but it elicited no response. On inquiry it was found that the band of the Guards, which should have been on the spot, had not arrived. Some one ran to the telephone, called up the band director, and learned that he had been mistakenly ordered to come on the following day. On learning that he was wanted at once, he dispatched express messengers for his musicians and drove over himself in a cab, taking with him the fiddle which he had formerly received as a present from the emperor. The dance in the palace now began to the strains of a solitary violin; somewhat later on the trombone arrived, but found he could not well chime in with the fiddler, but the flutist was soon on the scene, and by the time the minuet was over two-thirds of the orchestra were in their places. The empresses' gavotte was danced to the music of a full orchestra. HOW ANIMALS ACT AT FIRES. Not All of Them Show Fear, Although the Majority Do Not Like Flames. Most animals are afraid of fire and will fly from it in terror. To others there is a fascination about a flame and they will walk into it even though tortured by the heat, says the Chicago Chronicle. Some firemen were talking the other day about the conduct of animals during a fire. A horse in a burning stable, they agreed, was wild with fear, but a dog was as cool in a fire as at any other time. A dog, they said, keeps his nose down to the floor, where the air is purest, and sets himself calmly to finding his way out. Cats in fires howl piteously. They hide their faces from the light and crouch in corners. When their rescuer lifts them they are as a rule quite docile and subdued, never biting or scratching. Birds seem to be hypnotized by fire and keep perfectly still; even the loquacious parrot in a fire has nothing to say. Cows, like dogs, do not show alarm. They are easy to lead forth and often find their way out of themselves. Rodents seem never to have any difficulty in escaping from fires. The men said that in all their experience they had never come upon the burned skeleton of a rat or a mouse. CHURCH GETS WINNINGS. Poker Game Played by Philadelphia Men of Wealth Benefits Re- Igulous Cause. There are five men of wealth and prominence closely identified with a certain up-town church who met once a week to play poker. All are men well along in years and all have never lost their love for the great American game of draw. They realize, says the Philadelphia Record, that it would be incompatible with their positions as pillars of the church to gamble, and yet they play a 25-cent limit game for real money. There is just this difference: The winners turn over to the treasurer all the money that they have won from the losers and every six months this fund is expended on some deserving charity. In that way, while the player who is really ahead of the game doesn't really profit, yet he isn't losing anything, and the loser has the satisfaction of knowing that his money is going to a good cause. The element of chance is not eliminated; each man plays his best, there are four hours of excitement and the players do not feel that they are beating the devil about the bush. Exodus of the Cowboy. An indication of the rapidity with which the country west of the Mississippi is being reclaimed and settled is to be seen in the project of the cattlemen of Dakota and Montana to transfer their business and their herds bodily to South America. The great ranges of the northwest are being cut up into small farms and the area of public grass land is diminishing rapidly. The cattlemen are looking for ranges in Chili, Brazil and the Argentine, and if they cannot find large unbroken areas of grass land in those countries, or are unable to make satisfactory terms, they intend to try Africa. On a Golden Plate. President Roosevelt recently received an invitation on a gold plate. It was not political, but it asked him to attend the mining congress in Lead, S. D., next September. The plate was not big enough to eat a dinner from, as it measured two and three-fourths by five inches, but it was large enough to show what kind of gold the Black Hills produce. What a "Sump" is. A sump is the bottom of a mine shaft which is excavated a few feet below the floor of the bottom or lowest level to catch the seepage water. It is at this point that the pumps are connected. Silk from a Tree. Paraguay has a tree which yields a kind of vegetable silk. It can be woven into thread, but is used chiefly for stuffing quilts and cushions. "Did you ever notice how much better men's gloves look than women's?" asks a writer in the New York Times. "Go into any public conveyance and look at the gloves of the passengers and you will be impressed by the superior condition of those worn by men. Two-thirds of the women you meet cover their hands with suedes and dogskins that are shockingly soiled and worn. It is not only women of generally shabby appearance who are guilty of wornout finger tips and ragged seams; many who are otherwise well-groomed and who could afford to put on a fresh pair of gloves every day are equally culpable. Men would be ashamed to go on the street wearing such disreputable things, but women flaunt them unblushingly." "That sweeping condemnation is unfair," protested the woman. "The condition is easily explained. Women wear their gloves much more than men and besides it is awfully destructive to finger tips to dig around in purses for change and samples and to handle candy, to turn over books and to examine dry goods." "Now you have jumped the subject," said the man. "I am not talking about cause, I am talking about effect. The majority of men certainly do wear better gloves than the majority of women. You cannot deny that." "That is true," the woman admitted. "I cannot deny it; they can better afford it also." THE TELEGRAPH HABIT. One Who Had Contracted It Had a Message Delivered to Him in Church. Many men have the telegraphing habit, as others have the telephoning habit. They send "a wire" with and without provocation. Even where time is not an object, and a letter would do much more good, they call for a blank and scratch off 20 or 40 words, says the New York Press. There is a young lawyer here whose career has been greatly accelerated by a judicious employment of the telegraph. In some way he always manages to receive two or three messages wherever he happens to be—in a hotel, theater, museum, church, opera house or jail. When he crosses the ocean next month on a big liner he will have half a dozen marconigraphs a day by wireless. He is confident of the success of keeping himself in the public eye, no matter what the cost. One Sunday he received a message in church, and, quietly rising to his fullest stature to give the congregation opportunity to view him, he stalked out satisfied that he had made an indelible impression. The message consisted of five words—"Read Reflections of a Barrister." TRAINING OF A SALESLADY. Some Points That Are Essential to Her Popularity with Her Employer. The business education of shop girls is continually stimulated by means of lectures given by the buyer, who is the real boss, says Leslie's Monthly. "Try," he says, "to make your customer take the goods with her, to avoid deliveries; but don't carry this out too strictly, for if your customer is the right sort it is well to accommodate her." "Try to have as few C. O. D. sales as possible," is a phrase frequently dinned into our ears. "Try to sell hard selling goods," is another frequent remark of the buyer. Each department is under supervision of a buyer, who not only buys the goods, but also sees that the girls sell them. At the end of the season, if any particular department is not a success, that department may be abolished, and the buyer will be out of a job. He is, therefore, very anxious to get rid of the goods, particularly of the hard selling ones more anxious, perhaps, than the firm itself. IN A CLASS BY HIMSELF. Unusual Precaution Taken by a Man Who Thought He Might Turn Up Missing. "I suppose every trade has peculiar customers," said the head man in a big retail shoe house, relates the New York Sun. "I had one in here a few moments ago who wanted buttoned shoes. Nothing particularly strange in that—we have 'em, but after he had tried on several pairs and none just suited. I suggested that we might please him in lace shoes. "He shook his head and put up his hands. "Excuse me,' he said, 'wouldn't wear lace shoes if you gave me every pair in your house. Did you ever notice?' he continued, 'that every man or woman reported to the police as missing is described as wearing lace shoes when last seen?' "I had never noticed it, but this man assured me that it was so. I asked him if he expected to turn up missing. He said he might, and if he did he wanted the description of himself to be a little different from the stereotyped one. "That was his notion, and it seemed to be fixed, for he went out." The educational side of rural free delivery comes out clearly in the statistics of one western route, on which there are 109 mail boxes. When the route was established the number of daily papers taken in the district was five. Now the number is 65, and most of the papers come from one or the other of two large cities. * nOTOR $ EXPE! on — SO ree ae ; the Cressing. : who ain that the car Pee ct ig for ther crossing,” said & motorman, ac- 5 to the New York Sun, “may pave themselves to blame for They don't give the conductor soi sea time enough apa. potorman 2 be can the conductor gives the ample notice of the street which he is wanted to stop; he poll the strap for the next block before the car has got fairly garted from the last, but the orman likes ample notice, The rails may be slippery and it on some days require more to bring 2 car up im that it on others. Bat the motor. can stop the car anywhere un- sxy conditions with the rear step geross the crossing if you him s chance. “4nd of course he would rather ; 3 good stop like that than to a poor one; this on his own ac- as well as on the passengers, The days when he runs by seem igivsys to be the worst days for the poorer, days that are damp and “soppy; but these days may be also be worst for the motorman, the “pardest days, with slippery rails, on stich to run a car with exactness. “Go as a general proposition I ghoold say it would be wise for the passenger who wants to get off at the next block and who doesn’t want tobe carried beyond the crossing, not te wait too long. but to tell the con- doctor early, and he will tell the motorman and the motorman will do the rest, or come mighty cloze to it.” STONES THAT ARE ALIVE. gue Species That Shows Positive Evi. dence of Being Possessed of Animation. It is generally known that stones _posess a species of life in at least ‘that they grow from small begin- sings frequently to enormous size. “There is one stone in particular, “howerer, that seems endowed with a _grester degree of life than others. “Tis alled “the living stone” and is fomd in the Falkland islands. Those "islands are among the most cheerless spots in the world, being constantly “gubjected to a strong polar wind, says Nature. _ kmh a climate it is impossible "for trees to grow erect, as they do in " gther countries, but nature has made amends by furnishing a supply of ‘wood in the most curious shape im- sgmable. The visitor to the Falk- "lands sees scattered here and there “singular shaped blocks of what ap- pears to be weatherbeaten and moss overed bowiders in various sizes. Atiempt to turn one of these “bowl- ders” over and you will meet with surprise, because the stone is anchored by roots of great Fe ; in fact, you will find that are fooling with one of the na- trees. ‘No other country in the world has a peculiar “forest” growth, and is mid to be next to impossible to ‘work the odé-shaped blocks into fuel. the wood is perfectly devoid “grin” and appears to be @ mass of woody fibers. ODD MESSENGER OF LOVE. Widew Writes on an Egs | ‘and Gets a Husband from , Liverpool. Among the weekly consignments of lately received by a Liverpool, warehouseman was an egg fing this message: “Packed by Mmde, a lonely widow, age 30, Meade's-farm, Belleview, Mani- " The warehouseman was @& , his age was 42 and he was idedly lonely, being without kith kin, He decided to try his luck the lonely widow. He wrote to told her the story of the mes- having reached him, sent her bis described his own lone- in a big city and hinted that night neither of them comtinue for companionship, reports a 8 paper, if they once met, and Telerences to several réspon- Persons who knew his charac- In less than three weeks meee) Qeable. It merely : out.” He went out. The lone- Mes met—and they are lonely no _ Missionary Work tn‘ Chinn. - Dr. Ryan, for 17 years @ Baptist onary in China, who a in San Francisco, reports trouble from imsurreetion is feared in that part of the empire. Rissionaries, however, have most from disturbances in northern where the hatred for foreigners Says the Chieago Chronicle. China there js almost @ fecling for foreigners, and.a ion to accept some modern from them. $e Towa Like Lenéen. shief desire of the municipality in Chili, | Looe #2 second London, and within - decade much money has been fo make it an exact |: a ritiah capital. The’ ; leid down sud od = London, > eo r ue eee 4 in Ameen > Sountry invented the (parlor, “ 4 fright =a of the modern the automatic poe at dork : a ee es 5 . AMAZING STATISTICS. The Tremen@ous Monetary Fores Wieldea ty United States I~ Stranee Companies. ae : few people who live and outside the money markets have ever paused to consider the tre mendous monetery force wielded by the insurance companies of the United “States. The amount of money that these concerns handle is enormous, Bays Success. One may read that at present the 67 leading life insurance companies of the United States hold se curities,of all kinds that aggregate more than $1,500,000,000. Imagination fails to grasp such figures. Itis equive- lent to saying that there are 1,500 banks in the country, each of which has $1,000,000 which it must keep in- viking they St as these figures are, do net include the holdings of the lesser imsurance companies, and they pay no heed to the money controlled by the little multitude of large and smail fire insurance companies. Of course, the bulk of the money held by an insurance company has to be in- vested; that is to say, every dollar not needed for running expenses and for the prompt payment of claims. It is like a fairy tale of finance when one reads what use is made ef the millions on millions paid to insurance compan- ies. During the year 1901, for example, the total of the incomes of the 67 lead- ing life insurance companies was some- thing like $376,000,000. Of this money about $175,000,000 was paid to policy holders or to their heirs. More than $77,000,000 was disbursed for operating expenses. Still, more than $120,000,000 ~was left. GREAT MAN’S TEN NOSES. Were Made of Silver to Supply the Place of the Nateral Organ Lest in « Duel. In his lecture before the last meeting of the Chemical Society of Washington upon the Old Chemical Society of Prague, Bohemia, organ- ized during the middle ages, under the reign of Rudolph IL, Dr. H. Car- rington Bolton had occasion to call sttention to the somewhat well- known fact that Tycho Brahe, who, by the way, was a member of this, the earliest chemical society of Eu- rope, wore a silver nose. It appears that when a young man the great astronomer fought a duel in which he had the misfortune to lose that important member and .was obliged to-wear a silver one instead, says the Washington Post. : “This,” Dr. Bolton stated, “he was in the habit of removing at night when he slept, and one night his favorite dog managed to gain pos- session of his master’s silver nose, which, after he had played with it all night long, was of very little service the day followipg. Tycho was in great distress the next morning when, after an hour’ search, he found his precious nose battered and chewed out of all shape and service. In- order, therefore, to avoid future accidents Tycho hied him to the sil- versmith’s and had ten silver noses made in place of the one. One of these,” said Dr. Bolton, “was pre- served in one of the museums of Ger- many until the beginning of the nineteenth century when, by same mishap, it disappeared and thus far has not been recovered.” ELECTRIC ANESTHESIA. ‘Temporary Less of the Motor Senses ‘Through the Application of the Current. A French investigator hae been ex- perimenting with the electric current to produce anesthesia. After duly fortifying himself with a number ot experiments upon animals he extend. ed his researches to the human body experimenting at first upon himself. He finds by applying a current, the exact character of which is not stated, to the body, through moistened elec- trodes, placed one on the forehead and the other over the small of the back, that with ‘a voltage of 50 complete inhibition takes place. The faculty of speech is first lost, followed finally by the inhibition of the func- tions’ of the other motor senses. It ie asserted that its only disagreeable feature is that which accompanies the gradual loss of the faculties, resulting in a sensation of a vightmare. The beart is said to be unaffected, but the breathing is somewhat obstructed. The current strength is gradually applied, about five. minutes being occupied in reaching the maximum. When the current is switched off the subject awakens at once and with s “feeling ot invigoration.” Lasy Man’s Hat Raiser. The newest invention isa hat whieb sslutes isdies automatically. By means of a clockwork, the poor man who is too fatigued to raise his hat to.a Indy friend is able to escape an imputation of impoliteness. He has simply slightly to incline his head and the hat raises itself gracefully. On his head resuming the perpendicular the SP esse the owner bas 10 wind of. the owner bms to wind up the hat every night like a watch. : ge a2 Rewereatial Sense. According 16 President Harris, af Asmberst, 2 word that is looked upon es profanity in Boston may express the Aeepest sentiment out, west, in proof ‘of which he tells the following story: “, rough miner died out west and was inid away by bis fellow laborers, with 3 common, slab of stone to mark his resting On the stone was this : “Bill Jenkins; died June gels could Go no more.'” - A CONVENIENCE FOR FLAT DWELLERS — \ 7 Namen NT oe ‘ es ; i Reacts ‘ Aas) A 4 ‘ AT ee rn i Pi a i ae | eae |e ; Loa eam i i i I ie (eve? pF F if a Me ’ ' u | * bead os = = 4° nes 4 a Se = ROR j ES A ees <a 2 a See we Sats = ~~ f . eo - = SS THE HOT-WATER CURE. Nething Sco Promptly Cuts Short Sere Throat or Serious Congestion eof the Leugs. Hot water is not only a relief for many ills, but from its quick apptica- tion many cures are effected. It is so easy to obtain hot water in these days of gas ranges that many a severe il- mess may be averted if the application is only given in time. There is nothing so promptly cuts short congestion of the lungs or sore throat as.hot water. The great thing is to apply it in time, and then to be thorough in the application. For a toothache or neuralgia hot waterwill usually afford prompt relief. A towel folded several times and dipped into scalding hot water, and then wrung out, should be laid upon the painful part. The same treatment acts like magic in applying the heated towel to the stomach for colic. Headaches most always yield to the simultaneous application of hot waterto the feet and back of the neck. A soft pack is the most effective method knowa for alleviating inflam- mation and getting rid or irritation in rheumatic gout. To afford relief every night a piece of flannel should be ap- Plied. This flannel should be saturat- ed in brine and then wrapped around the affected joint or joints. The flan- nel should then be covered with a rub- ber or oil-silk bandage. Both should. be kept on all night.—Cincinnati Eo- quirer. A WOMAN PRESIDENT. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt Has « Dream Which, She Believes, Will Come True. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt is still confident that before the end of the century a woman will occupy the presi- dential chair. She is very much en- couraged with recent progress of the woman's suffrage idea and hopes to see still further progress within the next few years. Mrs. Catt, who is now looked upon asthe head of the move- ment, isa college woman and a lawyer. She can also cook, make her own dresses and trim her own hats and is a fine housekeeper. She has been a reporter and an editor. Born of revo- lutionary stock, she is a native of Ripon, Wis. She was educated in Iowa. and was superintendent of schools at t - % ? j Ree ee t i ee Re op Carte tag ¥ Pe 3 < SY fae eT NA re Pak , S| MRS. CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT. Mason City. The cases of hardship and suffering ameng self-supportiag Wwomer encountered while a reporter first drew her atteution to the subject. of women’s rights, and she went on the: platform in their behalf. Ten years. ago she spoke for tLe first time in Bos- top on the suffrage question, and the young woman from out west electri- fied her audience. To-day she shows in magnetic persuasiveness, clear-cut logic and irresistible humor the riper power which comes through experi- ence. - ingenious manufacturer has recent- By sree te cored with the, Moen here reproduced with the idea im mind of meeting the situation where economy of space is the thing to be can- sidered. In 6 fist, for instance, where inch of space is valusbie, such a might <ffectually solve the rob ‘concerning closet room, for what AES eS. ok ibe fea ee iy o eae THE AMERICAN WOMAR. French Writer Says She Plays a Most : Important Part in Shaping - ; ‘Werld Politics. 3 A new role is attributed to the Amer ican woman by a writer in the Paris Gil Blas. In a letter from New York he says American women ere no longer content with the money their husbands have toiled to make, but aspire to pow- er, and are entering a new field—di- plomacy. “The title of ambassador,” says the writer, “is now worth as much as that of princé to the Ameri- can woman, and that of attache is equal to a German baron.” Moreover, he finds that American wemen, while they marry foreign diplomats, never cease working for the interests of the land of their first affections. He takes the American woman seri- ously and as a power, and goes on to note the position she holds to-day. In Engiand Mrs. Chamberland and Lady Curzon wield immense influence. In France the wives of Ribot and d’Es- tournelles de Constant are called femmes de government of the future, for Ribot is a probable premier and ; iff } bd i/ 144 Rt kB \ ee WE LADY CURZON. (American Wife of the Governor Genera of India.) Constant a coming minister of for- eign affairs. While the writer admits the Ameri- ‘can women have acquired influential social positions abroad through bril- liant marriages, he does not consider all such unions dangerous. But the new aspirations toward diplomatic al- liances fill him with alarm, as Ameri- can women now know the secrets of in- ternational relations and are working for the benefit of their own country. A friend of the president of the United States, he says, recently said: “Do not worry over the Venezuelan situa- tion—our women are working for us.” This mysterious speech, the writer says, is explained when one remem- bers that the wives of the English, French and German ambassadors, the three diplomats concerned in the Ven- ezuelan affair at Washington, are all American women. If, the writer continues, one were to make a list of all the American women married to attaches and minor goverh- ment officials with a future before them in fereign countries, one would be astonished. He is more alarmed at the entry of American women into in- ternational affairs than at the doings of the American trusts abroad. He evi- dently considers “Mme. Yankee” capa- ble of everything, a match for the world’s best diplomats. Helleu, the French artist, who has returned from America, says that the portraits of the women he sketched while in America will fill a room at the salon, and has asked to have one placed at his disposition for a “beauty dis- play.” What impressed him the most was that it was impossible to tell from ‘the appearance of an American woman to what position in society she be- longed. lovee soem? Ths: piste of taraiters te room? The of furniture in the sketch ie of weathered cat, with hinges and handles of hammered pewter, but ee ee ke aa en Lo gree Sew ee ee ae orpamentation ‘Btted wih shelves and drawers according to the will of the possessar, Sas % EN a 5% Ape Bisberete Seascoeesr. “You are base enough to copfess thet you love her for her wealth!” “My dear sir,” answered Count Fuscads, “that is not baseness; that pete < with consistent respect for tradition.” “You should love her for herself.” “My dear sir, beauty, intellect and refinement are mere accidents of birth, but money is an evidence of ancestral and possibly hereditary foresight and force of character.”—Washington Star. It Might Be Better. How giad a place this world would. be If no one here Had ever learned to moan: “Ab, met” Or sigh: “Ob, deart” —Chicago Record-Heralé_ A WISE PRECAUTION. “Ye. PY ty I'm taking my umbrella, ‘causeperhaps it’s going to rain; I heard my papa read it in the papers, just as plain. It said the indications were, for four an’ twenty hours, ‘There'd be some local temperchure an’ sta- tlonary showers. —St. Nicholas. . A Bad Habit. The idler with complacence rare Loves to rebuke the toller’s pride. He murmurs: “What you've done is fair, _ I could do better, if I tried.” —Washington Star. Talk and Money. “Some of us,” said Mr. Straitlace “have had to complain that our preach- er is becoming entirely too liberal of late!” “That's funny,” said the preacher’s friend, “he’s been complaining that you people are not liberal enough.”—Phil- adelphia Press. e T. Vietion. Casey (the store-keeper) — Phwat ails Halloran? Cassidy—Shure, he’s a victim av in- somnia. Casey—Av phwat? Cassidy—Insomnia. His woife was awake lasht noight whin he come home full —Judge. Ko Excitement There “T've got to give up my place,” said the maid. “I’m dying of ennui.” “What's the matter?” “Why, the master and missus agree om everything, and there hasn’t been a scandal or a row since I've been there.”—Chicago Post. Proper Antidote. Nurse—(excitedly)—Oh, doctor, I have just given the patient a teaspoon- fulof ink by mistake. What Shall Ido? Dactor (calmly)—Give him a blotter to eat right away.—Chicago Dsily News. Bie Mast Bemark Young Wife—Tbat horrid tramp said my biscuits were like cement, ang yet he ate them. Young Husband—Cement, eh? Well, serhaps-he wanted to make himself solid.—Philadelphia Record. Eis Beliet. “Bread is the staff of life,” remarked the man with the quotation habit. “Perhaps it is,” rejoined. the skep- tical person, “but that doesn't, justify a man in making bis existence one con- tinuous loaf.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. Prepricties Fully. Gbeeryed. “Did any other man ever kiss you?” be fervently asked. - “Well,” replied» the « girl,.who has spent three seasons at the seaside, “no one that wasn't engaged to me ever did."—Chicago, Record-Herald. Bame Distiactics. “You say he married.s momen of in- dependent means?” “No; I said he married an independ- ent woman of means.”—Chicago Jour- nal. ospieieiaieaienad Bis Cheice of Books. She—Books are a good help to man- kind. He—That’e what they .are—espe- cially bank beeks and pocketbooks. — Ciucinnati Enquirer. Bemtliaties. “She treats him like a dog—” “Why! She kissed him right before everybody.” “Precisely! Like a dog at a dog show.”—Puck. . Ample Excuse. Josh—I s’pose Silas is mad at the fel- ler thet sold him the horse. | Hiram—I dunno why he sbould be. If yer look st the horse yer won't blame anybody fer sellin’ him.—Judge. ‘Drepsing = Gentle Hint. ~ Timid Lover—Your parents seem to have gotten over their dislike for me. “Yes. When we first metthey. afraid it might lead to something” —Life. . , Ingratitede. $ Jaggies—What did that college Waggles—Established « chair of so- edaliem.—Puck. Streag Pree “So you think he’s « genuine count, Dié be show you his credentiais?” | “Well—er—be showed me his bills.” —. ¥. Journal. ¥ WHAT THE LAW DBECIDaS. That witnessés to a will were in the same room with each other and the testator is held, in re Claflin’s will (Vt.), 58 L. R. A. 261, not to he sufficient.to make the attestation valid, if they were not so im the presence of oneanother that each could see the,others sign. A statute requiring a municipal lear poration to refund license taxes col- lected for the privilege of selling in- toxieating liquors ontaide of, butiad- joining its corporate limits, which it j pnape yp ey ko they were collected, is held/in. versus Raleigh (N. C.), 58 L,.R. A, 178, to be beyond the power of the legisla- ture. A law which exacts fromany individ- ual a sum of money as a consideration for the right to take ice from pablie waters within the state is held,in Ross- miller versus state (Wis.), 5@ L. BR. A. 93, to be uneonatitutianal, sa an in- vasion of the right of property without due process of law and a taking of pri- vate property for public use without just compensation. _ | Where a testator with threechildren bequeaths one-half his property to one of them, without mentioning the remainder of the property or,the oth- er children, it is held, in O’Hegrn versus O’Hearn (Wis.), 58 L. R. A. 105, that no devise by implication arises, but that he dies intestate as to such remainder and that. the child named in. the will is entitled to share it with the others. . A general grant of power te. munici- pal corporations to do all acts and make al] rules necessary for the pres- ervation of the public health is held, in state ex rel. Freeman vs. Zimmer- ‘man (Minn.), 58 L. R. A. 78, to vest ip the public aughorities power to em force, in cases of emergency rendering it reasonably necessary, a regulation requiring children to be vaccinated asa condition of their admissiomte the pub- lie schools. TRADE AND INDUSTRY. We sell Chinese about $5,000,000 a year more than we buy from them. Colorado produced last year more dollars’ worth of silver than Alaska did of gold. A full sized quartz mining claim is 600 feet wide and 1,500 feet long. thus being approximately 20 acres in area. ; | The special franchises for trans- portation and lighting in New York City are valued for taxation at. $235,- 142,845. The German Cable company has,fia- ished laying its second line to New York as far as the Azore islands, 1,200 miles. The average railroad rate across the American continent in carload lots is $15 a ton; the rate on similar goods from London around the world {fo Seattle is $10 a ton. The number of miles of completed railway in the dominion of Canada is 18,868, an increase of 574 miles over the previous year. There are 558 miles of electric railway. An amusing feature of the present controversy concerning the metric system, in which one party holds to the yard and pound as consecrated ‘Angio-Saxon standards, is that the United States fundamental legal standards of length and mass are the ‘meter and the kilogram, respectively, and not the yard and pound. The yard is legally expressed as 2600-3097 part of a meter. | Hernando de Soto, United Statescon- ‘sul at Warsaw, announces a demand for sticky fly paper in Russian Poland. | The excess of births over deaths per 1,000 native population is the greatest in Utah, 63.1, and smallest in New Yors 8.9. Rent from American property owned by foreiguers or Americans living abroad is believed to amount annually to not less than $25,900,000. The Birmingham post. calls the at- tention of British manufacturers to the fact that contracts involving the sum of $65,000,000 have been obtained by American interests during the last few weeks for the construction of elec- tric traction systems in England, Rus- sia and Holland. With the exceptionef the Empresses, built for the Canadian Pacific railroad, there was not until the Spanish-Ameri- can war s first-class steamer on the northern Pacific. Now .the largest steamers ever constructed in Ameri- can waters, and with one exception, the Cedric, the largest steamers ever built, have been orderéd for the Pacific ocean traffic. WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS. | Suidide ison the increase, especially among married males. The death rate of matried males, from 15 to 44 years of age, is greater than in pnmarried umles. Artificia] stimulation of the gland ip the throat below Adam's apple will, it is claimed by French scientists, cause any child to grow to s maximum height. , in a triabetAtianta the fact was elic- ited that at one drug store in that city more than 3,000 prescriptions for co- “months. : Dr. Calmette, of Lille, by immunizing horses.with s mixture of snake ven- a ee ne eee ee cipal ingredient, has produced pencmemnampeee uth eabeias cases of cobra bite. . , Jo bie Seen eee ere a of continents. The ; Madeirs and the as illustrations of the | = : dete. .», "> se President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER. Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. 45th and Robey Sts. Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf Dryer. Output of Winter Yards ..... 144,0.0 per day Output of Summer Yards..... 300,0.0 per day Telephone Yards 128. The Symposium on Consumption which will be held at Quinn Chapel Sunday night, promises to be a very instructive affair. Many of our leading Doctors will read papers, and participate in the discussion. Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams will preside. Free admission. Col. Dan. Moriarity, of the Seventh Regiment of Ill., is of the impression that "if the friends and supporters of alderman McInerney would have played politics on the square last summer, when the officers of the ward organization were elected, the result of the late election in the 30th ward would have been different. The mobbing and lynching of Thomas Gilyard, a Negro, by many white christians of Joplin Mo., Wednesday night,the burning of the homes of all the other Negroes who were not charged with committing any crime and driving them from town, shows that Prof. Booker T. Washington's dope is not settling the"Race Problem" very fast in the south. The Boston Enterprise is the latest venture in the newspaper world. The Enterprise has been started for the purpose of unhorsing The Guardian which is the best newspaper published in the interest of the Afro-American race in this country, and which will not fall at the feet of Booker T. Washington. But it's our opinion that the Enterprise which is run for the benefit of Booker T. can never route The Guardian. [Two more Colored lawyers are now entitled to practice before the supreme court of the United States. They are Julius S. Mitchell, of Charleston, S. C., and William J. Whipple, of Beaufort, S. C. There are now about twenty-five Afro-American attorneys practicing at the highest bar in the land, the first of whom was Hon. John M. Langston, who was admitted away back in the 70's on motion of James A. Garfield.—Ex. Three thousand and one hundred dollars was gathered in at Quinn Chapel, Easter Sunday. One thousand and eight hundred dollars was pulled in at Bethel Church. Many thousand dollars was faked in, in the other Afro-American churches, and some of the hard-working men and women gave so much money into the churches on Easter Sunday that it will take all the money they can earn between now and next Easter to pay their honest debts. John P. Hopkins, chairman of the Democratic State Committee of Illinois, who stands well with the leaders of the party throughout the country and the newspaper men as well. is just the man to choose for chairman of the new national democratic committee in 1904. For with ex-Mayor Hopkins at the head of that committee legitimate weekly newspapers, which advocate sound democratic doctrine would receive the same consideration from his hands as the great dailys. The Spectator, St. Joseph, Mo. says that "the Old Church Organ" of this city is fencing at its own shadows that it advised the race to vote for Carter H. Harrison, for the few dollars Carter Harrison contributed towards the incorporation of the many times sold Conservator." There is much truth in what you say, Brother Jones, about the Old Church Organ, for it does not help to shape public sentiment, neither for good or bad. Long ago it lost what little influence it did have with the people. Revs. Archibald James Carey, Abraham Lincoln Murray, came near having a set too over politics in the conference held out in Iowa last year. Archibald spoke kinder in favor of the democrats and acted as though he was ready to put his hands behind him and take money from either the democrats or the republicans, while Abraham denounced the democrats and was ready to cuss any one who spoke in favor of them but just as soon as there was something doing or some money was held up before their eyes, both Murray and Carey floped over to the democrats. Quinn Chapel, Bethel, St. Thomas, Grace Presbyterian Church, and in fact all the churches were crowded Easter Sunday, many of the ladies displayed their new spring hats and gowns, it was conceded by all that "Mrs. Pepper Johnson, Mrs. Prof. Wm. Emanuel, and Mrs. Jackson Gordon, were the best dressed ladies who attended the services at St. Thomas." Mrs. Prof. Emanuel's gown looked like it was worked over from last Easter, nevertheless it was very fine, the boys stood on the street corners as the flashly dressed ladies entered the various churches, and they "hollored kill it;" which caused many of the dear old and young butterflys to look like sheep killing dogs. A district judge in Mississippi in charging the grand jury as to its duty to indict white men for living in adultery with colored women. This judge's name is Anderson, so an exchange says, and he intends to put a stop to such. The Light, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, commends this judge's charge most highly, which was the right thing for the Light to do, as well as all other newspapers of Vicksburg whose editors or managers are interested in a moral public as well as in building up a bank account. The public press has as much right to be interested in the welfare of its people as well as for the prosperity of commercial co-operation that public press that asserts itself overthrown is a public coward and a menace to civilization as well as a setback to the community in which it circulates whenever the press can present facts of truth and are placed first in possession of same, it should be their people's first detective.—Ex. AGENTS FOR THE BROAD AX. From on and after this date The Broad Ax can be found on sale at the following places: The Afro-American News Office, 3104 State Street. A. G. Marshall, news stand and book store, 3604 State street. A. F. Tervalon's Cigar Store and News Stand, 2826 State street. Edward Felix's Cigar Store, 398 30th street, N. E. Corner Armour Ave. 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. H. N. Drake, 3246 State Street, Cigar Store and News Stand. L. Levy, 506, 37th Street, dealer in Cigars and Tobacco. The Chicago Shoe Shining Parlor, 3123 Cottage Grove Ave. Geo. Blaine, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3420 Dearborn street. T. H. Smith, 419 36th street, Cigar store store, News stand and Bakery. Whiteley Bros., 2724 State street, cigars, and news stand. Mrs. Florence Granger, 2940 Dearborn Street. Cigars, Laundry Office and News Stand. Mrs. Stephen Doll, cigars and news stand, 4944 State street. Harris & Hallock, cigars and news stand, 2960½, State Street. T. J. Hill, cigars and stationery store., 5220 Lake Ave. Wm. Dixon 2638 State Street cigars, tobacco, and news stand. News items and advertisements left at these places will find their way into the columns of The Broad Ax. DEVINE & O'CONNELL SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK Clark and Washington Sts. Telephone, Main 940. CHICAGO. A. D. GASH Attorney at Law, 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago. Suite 615 do 619. Telephone Main 3077. JOHN E. OWENS Attorney at Law, OUTTE 621 ASHLAND BLOCK 80 B. OLARK STREET, CHICAGO FREDERICK W JOB AT ATTORNEY AT LAW 862 MARQUETTE BUILDING Telephone 2310 Central CHICAGO TELEPHONE MAIN 2804 FEDERICO M. BARRIOS Attorney & Counsellor at Law Suite 501 Firmentch Bldg. N. E. Cor. Fifth Avenue and Washington Street Chicago. LAWRENCE A. NEWBY ATTORNEY AT LAW Room 55, 155 Washington St. CHICAGO William Howard Fitzgerald LAWYER Room 402 Reeper Block. - CHICAGO PHONES {Office, Main 1157 Res. Brown 42 STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS LAWYER Suite 200, 128-125 Lil Salle Street CHICAGO JOSEPH A. McINERNEY LAWYER SUITE 708-708 CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE CHICAGO WILLIAM RITCHIE ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR. Suite 809-810 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 Kedzie Building 120 E. Randolph St. Telephone Central 4203 CHICAGO Telephone Tuxedo 701 Bardfense, 100 Garrison DA, JOHN FITZGERALD JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 4107 S. HALSTED STREET, CHICAGO J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Suite 412 Real Estate Board Bldg 59 Dearborn St. Cor. Randolph CHICAGO. Phone Randolph as J. E. JONES LAWYER 79. Clark Street Room 9 Chicago S. A. McELWEE ...LAWYER... 36 S. Clark St., CHICAGO. Room 708 Ogden Building Residence, 8158 Forest Av. ALBERT B GEORGE LAWYER. 428 Ashland Block, Chicago. — Vol. M. 2025. — For Sale or Rent. Houses, flat buildings, and lots in city and suburbs, on easy monthly installments. Fire Insurance and Furniture Loans at lowest rates. CEO. W. FAULKNER & CO. Phone 2331 Brown. 2935 State St. Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAIL YARDS: 51st 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 DAVIES INVESTMENT COMPANY 614 First National Bank Bldg., Chicago 'Phone Central 3026. Face Massage, Shampooing, Scalp Treating Mrs. Warner Chiropodist and Manicuring Removes Corns Without Pain Medicated Foot Baths and Foot Massage 138 State St., 4th Floor, Chicago Telephone Blue 4632 Work Called for and Delivered... A. HOFFMAN, CLEANER, DYER AND PRESSER. Suits Sponged and Pressed etc 5125 State St. Expert Workmanship Moderate Prices. Mrs. Florence Miller FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKER PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED PRICES REASONABLE 3151 State Street CHICAGO. COURT REPORTER 77 South Clark St., Room 9 CHICAGO. General Stenographer WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TAKEN FROM LIFE: BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW (Copyrighted.) This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or hair straight as shown above. It nourishes the hair straightly and makes it growing out or breaking off, cures dandruff and makes the hair grow long and silky. Sold over forty years and used by thousands. Warranted harmless. It was the first preparation ever sold for straightening kinky hair. Beware of imitations. Get the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow as the genuine never fails to keep the hair straight, soft and beautiful, giving it that healthy, life-like appearance so airy, tired, soft and bottles necessity for ladies, gentlemen and children gently pampered. Owing to its superior and lustigent qualities is the best and most economical. It is not possible for anybody to produce a preparation equal to it. Full directions with every bottle. Only 50 cents. Sold by druggists and dealers or send us 50 cents for one bottle or $1.40 for three bottles. We pay all express charges. Send postal or express money order. Please mention name of this paper when ordering. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO.. OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. 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. ROOMS FOR RENT. Two comodious nicely furnished rooms for rent to gentlemen only. Inquire at 2623 Wabash avenue. MRS. A. WILSON. Nicely furnished rooms to rent for gentlemen. Reasonable rates, 2252 indiana aveuna. Rooms for Rent. Elegantly furnished rooms for rent with bath and gas at 3232 Wabash avenue. Mrs. Kittle Scott. Choice furnished rooms to rent to ladies and gentlemen. 2807 Wabash Ave. ILLINOIS BRICK CO. ILLINOIS BRICK CO. WILLIAM C. KUESTER, SUPERINTENDENT. N. Western Ave., Ch 1994 N. Western Ave., Chicago. Telephone Lake View 270. HENADEL BR HOHENADEL BROS. 211-213 Madison Street CHICAGO Telephone Main 2300 Manufacturers of... UNIFORM CAPS Pollcemen, Firemen, Street Car Employes, Letter Carriers, Telegraph Messengers, Elevatormen, Railroad Employes, Janitors, Wagonmen, Bellboys, Watchmen, Bta JACOB FEINBERG 81st and State Sts. CHICAGO Tel. Yards 693 Nota y Public John J. Bradley Real Estate, Insurance and Loans Property managed. Abstracts examined. Renting. Legal papers prepared. 4709 South Halsted Street Chicago Ladies' and Gents' Clothing OF ALL KINDS Fashionable Dressmaking, Ladies' Tailoring, Dress Goods and Trimmings Furnished JACKETS AND CLOAKS Phone Calumet 7761 CASH OR FASY TERMS Open from 8 a. m. till 9 p. m. 8285 State Street Chicago 226 East 25th Street - - - CHICAGO F. W. BOYD DEALER IN COAL, WOOD AND ICE MOVING AND EXPRESSING All Orders Promptly Attended to Cash on Delivery Telephone Blue 28g 4656 Armour Avenue, CHICAGO. M. JUNK, Proprietor JOS. P. 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