The Broad Ax

DYNAMITE BOMB THROWN INTO THE INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH BY POLICY WRITERS OR PLAYERS Vol. VIII Recently several of the newspapers have been engaged in sheding light on the number of Policy shops located near the churches in what is called the "Black Belt," the amount of money expended by the citizens residing in the "Black Belt," in bucking the game which is something like one thousand dollars per hour for every day in the week, that the five Policy Lottery, or gambling companies operating in the "Black District" fork over to Edward H. Morris, six thousand dollars per year to protect their interest or to look after their legal buisness. This condition of affairs or the evil of Policy Playing and the many other forms of gambling and vice which has thrived in the midst of the Afro-American churches for same years, which is constantly growing from bad to worse as the years roll on in eternity, caused Rev. R. C. Ransom, the bold and the courageous Pastor of Institutional Church to stand up in his pulpit last Sunday night and preach a very strong sermon against Policy Playing or gambling on the part of many church members, and other hardworking men and women belonging to the Afro-American race who pretend to be decent members of society. Before Rev. Ransom began to raise his voice in his pulpit against Policy Playing which is one of the greatest curses effecting the Negro race today he had been warned to lay off or keep his mouth closed, he paid no attention to the warning and the result was he had no more than finished delivering his terrific onslaught against Policy Playing and the long train of evils flowing from it, and the people had hardly time to leave his church for their homes before a dynamite bomb was exploded in the rear of the church which badly wrecked the south end of the edifice and shook all the buildings for many blocks around it. Rev. Ransom, Mrs. Ransom, Miss Coleman, W. H. A. Moore, and a few of his friends were in the front part of the church at the time of the explosion, RECEPTION TO REV. JACKSON AT INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH. Rev. Ransom's Fight On The Policy Rev. Ransom's Fight On The Policy Shops Upheld. Wednesday afternoon, a reception was accorded to Rev. Adam Jackson, of Greenville, Miss., at Institutional church. Invitations were sent out to the Ministers of the city to come and participate in the reception and to voice their expressions either for or against the evil of policy playing and the other forms of gambling and vice which is flourishing right in front of the doors leading into the Afro-American churches. Rev. R. C. Ransom, who has had the courage to stand up in his pulpit and thunder forth against these evils acted as moderator or chairman and called on the brethren to express their views on the subject. Forcible remarks were made by Revs. John W. Robinson, I. N. Daniels, Jesse Bass, G. M. Tillman, Geo. Shaw, Presiding Elder J. N. McCracken, Quincy, Ill., J. C. Peters. These and the other speakers all assured Rev. Ransom that they would stand by him through thick and thin in his fight for morality and decency and against the policy shops and players. That they would take up his fight in their pulpits next Sunday. Revs. W. S. Brooks, E. J. Fisher. George W Slater, J. Madison Mason. Presiding Elder Booth and several other ministers were unable to attend the reception and conference. But all of these ministers and we are happy to say that all of the other Afro-American preachers of Chicago of any note outside of Revs. Abraham Lincoln Murray and Archibald James Carey have put themselves on record since the attempt to destroy Institutional Church in favor of upholding the hands of Rev. H. C. Ransom, who is now the hero of the hour among all classes of good citizens. Rev. Jackson was highly gratified over the cordial reception extended to and they all came near being knocked senseless by its terrible force. Rev. Ransom and his family reside in the rear end of the church and no doubt it was the intention of the dynamiters, gamblers or Policy writers to murder him, his good wife, the other members of his family and burn his church to the ground. That rash or hellish act on the part of the Policy men, writers or Playe: will not deter nor prevent Rev. Ransom from continuing his fight against the evil of Policy Playing and unless they succeed in killing him between now and Sundav night he will again deal the game some body-blows which will cause the Policy gamblers and the gamblers' attorney to howl long and loud. In closing his sermon against the Policy evil Rev. Ransom, "urged the colored People of the city to fight it with all their might the doors that lead down are all open to the colored people, the doors that lead upward are closed, some of the members of this church are Playing Policy, I want to give you some advice when somebody else puts up the game, no outsider can beat it. Policy is a game that works upon the superstitions of the people. These Policy shops have gotten all around our schools. They do not affect simply the women who rush to the Policy rooms all day long but children are induced to Play." There is nothing new in the present out-brake against the evil of Policy Playing and other forms of gambling by church members, for in February and March 1902, articles appeared in the columns of this paper along the same line, extracts of which will appear in the next issue. Not-withstanding this fact, The Broad Ax will stand by Rev. Ransom as long as he walks in the straight and narrow path and continues to raise his voice in his pulpit against vice, crime, and the evil of Policy Playing, and in favor of decency, morality and purity in the pulpit, and in the homes of his fellow men. him by the brethern and ladies, too. And he warmly commended Rev. Ransom for taking such a noble and manly stand. It is said that Rev. Jackson let it be known that policy shops do not exist in Greenville, Miss., nor in many other sections of that state. It seemed to be the opinion of those who attended the reception and conference that the time had come to root out the policy players, crapshooters and immoral characters from the amen corners in the churches. And that Rev. Ransom is rightly constituted to assist in carrying on the Lord's work in that direction. SOCIAL WHIST CLUB BANQUET A brilliant whist party and banquet was held at Hullett's Hall last Monday eve. The guests were received in a bower of roses. The walls and tables were a mass of fragrant American beauties, white and pink carnations and ferns. Refreshments were served by Stephens, the caterer. Menu was as follows: Cream of tomatoes. Parisienne potatoes. Sherry wine. Fillet of beef and mushroons. Potatoes au gratin. French peas. Champagne. Cheese. Coffee. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Early, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. A. Flowers, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hugely, Mr. and Mrs. M. Black, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Toler, Mesdames W. Nelson, Reid, Ida Smith, R. Creighton, J. S. Tracy, M. Howard, Misses C. Freeman, A. Wilson, F. Fristo, Messrs. Walter De Jaqure Gaffney, Harry C. Jones, W. B. Howard, C. H. Logan, Chas. Moore, Henry Smith, Wm. Nelson, Arthur Holmes Simms and G. W. Johnson. HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, MAY 9, 1903 EDWARD OSGOOD BROWN Candidate for Judge of Cook County. Among the various candidates for Judges of Cook county none of them are more friendly to the Afro-American race than Mr. Edward Osgood Brown, who is a Jeffersonian Democrat, pure and simple; who attended the Harvard Law School in 1869 in the same class with the husband of Mrs. Josephine S. P. Ruffin, who is a prominent member of the Woman's New Era Club of Boston, Mass. According to an interesting account which appeared in the Chicago Chronicle several years ago, or at the time Mrs. Ruffin was excluded from the women's clubs at Milwaukee on. account of the color of her skin and not because she was not a highly cultured woman, some Negrophobists from the South and from the North too, had conspired to refuse admission of Mr. Ruffin, who in time became an eminent lawyer and judge in Massachusetts, to the Students' Parliament simply because of his color. That act on the part of the students of Harvard caused Mr. Brown to become very indignant. The plan of the conspirators having been kept a secret. On the night when it was to be carried into execution the Society or "Parliament" was packed by those who were unfriendly to Mr. Ruffin. Then, at that critical moment, Mr. Brown, aided by others who believe in giving a worthy Afro-American a fair show in the race of life kept up a fierce fight for delay by various parliamentary devices until at the height of the confusion or commotion the gas went out and the parliament had to dissolve without action. It was admitted by the leaders or the opponents of Mr. Ruffin, that Mr. Brown had seen the janitor and fixed him just in the neck of time. The following week after this historical incident another meeting was held. Mr. Brown and his friends bestirred themselves and secured a full attendance from the entire law school at the parliament and the narrow-minded bigotry of the Negro haters was effectually repudiated. Mr. Ruffin became a most valuable member of the society and left the school with the good will of every body, and well equipped to discharge the distinguished honors which fell upon his shoulders in after life. It is also a singular thing that Mrs. Brown, who is a leading figure in the women's clubs of Chicago, was equally indignant over the treatment accorded to Mrs. Ruffin by the Federation of Women's Clubs, at Milwaukee on account of the color of her skin. Aside from these facts, Mr. Brown is amply qualified in every way to preside as one of the judges of this city and county, and at this critical period in the history of the Afro-American race, its members cannot afford to desert its true friends whether they are Democrats or Republicans. And we earnestly hope that the colored voters of this city and county will make it apparent to Mr. Brown and his noble wife who has the courage to stand up for right and justice, that "Bread cast upon the waters is sure one day to return." Hyde Park News. Two young ladies were beautifully converted Sunday morning at the Hyde Park Chapel. Rev. Maley of Racine, Wis., preached an excellent sermon from the words: "Why not hear ye Him?" A large crowd turned out at night to hear Rev. Itson of the Zion Connection and the choir and orchestra. Rev. Itson preached with great power-and the singing was superb. Mr. Bryant of St. Louis, sang "Holy, Holy, Holy," to the great delight of the audience. Also Mrs. Mamie Williams sang "Look and Live" very sweetly. Rev. Slater is carrying on a revival at Harvey, having Mrs. Lizzie Butts assisting him. Two persons have been converted and five reclaimed. The man who plays policy is making some one else rich while he becomes poorer, his children and family neglected, and will end up in the poor house or some other place of disgrace. THEODORE W. JONES SAYS TICKETS FOR REV. FISHER'S CHURCH RALLY WERE SOLD IN SALOONS DR. FISHER AND HIS FOLLIES. Since Dr. E. J. Fisher has recently forced the resignation of the most efficient and painstaking clerk that the Olivet Baptist Church of this city ever had, I wish to call attention to the Doctor's wonderful ideas about the management of a church in the 20th century, and his great contribution to modern thought. Dr. Fisher claims, in a resolution recently published in this newspaper, that "his teaching is according to Baptist principles, and in keeping with the principles laid down in the New Testament, and believed by Baptists." Dr. Fisher holds that the Bible makes no provision for a church clerk, and he quotes Acts 6th chapter, 1st, 2nd and 3rd versse as authority: "And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministrations. Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said: It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. Therefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business." The learned gentleman then proceeds to explain that in a Baptist church there are but two tables, the communion table and the money table; and he holds that no one can preside at the communion table, count the funds at the money table, or in any way receive, collect or handle, the money of a Baptist church, except a deacon. He then preemptorily restrained the regularly elected clerk of the Church, who was also the clerk of the Board of Deacons, from counting the money after the Deacons had received it, and from even sitting near enough to the public contribution table to ascertain of his knowledge the amount of money given. The clerk, who is a self-respecting man of honor and ability, thereupon tendered his resignation, which was at once accepted by the pastor with flendish glee. Now if the Bible has made no provision for a clerk, and for that clerk to keep a correct account of the proceedings of the church, and of the moneys collected and expended, why doesn't Fisher dispense altogether with the office of church clerk? To follow this man's reasoning to its logical conclusion one might ask, that since the Bible makes no provision for a Board of Trustees, why does Dr. Fisher have such a Board? Since the Bible makes no provision for a church Treasurer and for that gentleman to hold the money, why does this modern thinker tolerate the presence of that officer? Since the Bible makes no provision for a choir, pipe organ, chorister, etc., why do Baptist churches have these adjuncts? One would think that what has been found necessary in other Baptist churches would prove beneficial at Olivet, whether "laid down in the New Testament" or not. But since this man is such a stickler for Baptist usage, I would like to inquire if he has biblical authority for the appointment of Mrs. Rosa Hayes to sit at a table in Olivet and receive, collect and count the money paid in by the members as dues? Why did Dr. Fisher, on last Sabbath evening, violate his own reasoning by requesting two gentlemen, not members of Olivet, and not Deacons, to take charge of two collection tables and count the money, when he had so recently refused to permit the regularly elected clerk of the church to do this? Again I would like to inquire if this preacher has biblical authority for the holding of fairs, concerts and a "sock social" in the church, and for Torn, Dick and Harry acting as cashiers and receivers of money for a Baptist Church? Where is his authority for Messrs. McLemore, Eaton, and other gentlemen passing the contribution basket at every service? Will he claim that these men, or any of them, are deacons? When this law-giver came to Olivet, he claimed to have never before seen a Baptist church with but one ordained Deacon and because of this he held the former pastor up to public ridicule. But the ex-pastor did have one, and when he left Olivet he took that one with him; while Fisher has been here seven months without a single ordained Deacon in his church. What about this much vaunted Baptist usage? I learn from the Chicago Tribune that Dr. Fisher and other Negro pastors are to open a campaign in this city against the evil of policy playing. This is a laudible ambition, and a reform movement that is praiseworthy. Yet in so far as Fisher is concerned, it is the opinion of many that he is straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel. Is it worse to play policy in an alley than to lie in a pulpit. The black-leg does the one, while D. Fisher does the other. I hold that it ill-becomes this man Fisher to rail at the evil of policy playing, while punch cards are distributed, and tickets for a rally at his church are sold in saloons, gambling dens, houses of prostitution and policy shops without his protest. Why didn't Fisher spare the clerk of his church, and issue a restraining order against this crying evil? Doesn't this reformer, who presumes to stamp out policy playing want a correct account kept of the receipts and disbursements of the people's money? Will he point out the great evil that would accrue from the clerk counting the money after the Deacons and those who are not Deacons have received it from the public? Has Dr. Fisher any ulterior or unworthy motive in his crusade against an honest and efficient clerk? Dr. Fisher's novel reasoning seems to have driven him to other extremes. Will he kindly name the book and give the chapter which inspired him to give a banquet at his church in the midst of a protracted meeting? On that occasion the "anxious seat" thronged with human souls hungering and thirsting after righteousness, was removed, and in its place was spread the banquet table, where there was eating, feasting and vain speaking. Does Dr. Fisher seriously claim to have scriptural authority for this sacriligeous banquet? He has however had the hardihood to publish to the world that this sort of thing "is according to Baptist principles, and in keeping with the principles laid down in the New Testament, and believed by Baptist." This is not only a burlesque on the New Testament, but a vile slander on the Baptist denomination, because he insinuates that this ignorance and error are "believed by Baptists." A little reflection must show the untenable position occupied by this preacher, especially when he is forced to fortify himself behind the ancient "murmurings of the Grecians," and beneath the dust of antiquity. Examples such as the foregoing might be multiplied many times to show the limitation of this man's biblical research, and his very illogical views respecting the management of a modern church. The tendency of all modern research has been to give us wider views of the vastness, variety and marvelous meanings of the Bible. In the light of this knowledge how irrational and absurd to suppose that the complicated affairs of a great church at the dawn of the twentieth century can be managed and successfully operated in Chicago from the meager information contained in two cr three verses written more than two thousand years ago. This conclusion is further enforced by numerous ministers, perhaps as well informed as Dr. Fisher, who insist that even Christ shall not be preached as he was two thousand years ago, but that men shall preach him for their time. Dr. Fisher's position is so untenable and his contentions so ridiculous that they are unworthy of further consideration. His explanation of the Bible. No.28. and his contribution to modern thought are crowning absurdities too incredible to be believed in by intelligent people whether Baptist or not. THEODORE W. JONES, 2209 Cottage Grove Ave. LOOK OUT FOR THAT BAD PREACHER! There is one Afro-American preacher living in this city who not very long ago ran a church in Southern Illinois where he became intimate with another man's wife, so much so until one day the husband of the woman popped into the house at 12 o'clock and lo and behold he found the preacher, who is in his own mind a wonderful man in this city, in his wife's bedroom disrobed. His wife was in the same condition. The wronged husband did not say a word, he simply pulled his knife and began to work on the immoral preacher who is a saint in Chicago. He cut him in the jaw, and the preacher in broad day light ran out of the house without his clothing in his effort to get away, the preacher tore up or trampled down the husband's cabbage or potato patch. The preacher kept running until he landed in this city. The woman and her little boy followed the rotten or the immoral and dishonest preacher to this city, and she, like the preacher, is a great Christian and a good worker in one of the South Side churches. The injured husband obtained a divorce from his faithless wife and from that day to this he takes no stock in bow legged, sidewiskered preachers who are unable to look an honest dog in the face. Commencement at the M. and F. College, Hopkinsville, Ky. May 25th.—June 1st, 1903. Monday and Tuesday, May 25th and 26th—Final examinations. Wednesday, May 27th, 2:30 p. m.—Literary address. Wednesday, May 27th, 8:00 p. m.—Exercises of Model School musical department. Thursday, May 28th, 9:30 a. m., in College Chapel—Farewell meeting of teachers and students. Thursday, May 28th, 2:30 p. m., in College Chapel—General conference of pastors and ministers. Thursday, May 28th, 8:30 p. m.—Exercises of preparatory department. Friday, May 29th, 10:00 a. m., in College Chapel—Meeting of trustee and educational boards. Friday, May 29th, 2:30 p. m., in College Chapel—General conference of friends. Friday, May 29th, 8:00 p. m.—Annual sermon. Saturday, May 30th, 8:00 p. m., in College Chapel—Annual banquet. Sunday, May 31st, 3:00 p. m.—Annual sermon of praise meeting and jubilee services. Monday, June 1st, 8:00 p. m.—Graduating exercises and annual address. P. T. FRAZER, President. This coming Sunday afternoon, May 10th, Mr. M. N. Work speaks before the Men's Sunday Forum, at Institutional Church, on the subject "Are There Any Essential Race Differences?" It was our pleasure this week while visiting the Coleman School to form the acquaintence of Miss O'Connor, one of its able and efficient teachers. At the request of Miss O'Connor, Miss Nellic Toler, one of her pupils whose name appeared in the columns of this paper several weeks ago, sang one of her favorite songs for our benefit and she possesses a sweet musical voice, when it receives the proper training it will make her famous. Some of the sketches and drawings by Miss Toler and Miss Lucy Jackson were inspected by us and the work showed that they possess rare talent in that direction. Miss O'Connor is greatly interested in these two young Afro-American girls as well as the future success of all her other pupils who are endeared to her for her many kindly traits of character which eninently fits her as a teacher or instructor. THE BROAD AX Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Infidels, Farmers, Singles Taxes, Republicans, Knights of Labor, or any one else can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year..... $2.00 Six Months..... 1.00 JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago, III., as Second-class Matter. MUSEUM WITHIN A MUSEUM. Pennsylvania Institution Has a Small But Valuable Collection of Sixth Century Relics. It is a long reach from the sixth century before Christ to the present day, but the University of Pennsylvania museum has just incorporated a museum of that date which was discovered by Prof. Helprecht. The museum is not very big, being entirely contained in a large earthen jar, but the contents are very valuable from an historical standpoint, and show that the ideas of the early curator were very much like those of present curators, reports the Philadelphia Record. Whether the specimens were excavated or purchased is not known, but they undoubtedly represent a collection which must have been made during the time of Belshazzar, since it was found in one of the upper strata at Nippur. The best specimen in the jar is an inscription containing the titles of Sargon the First, who lived about 3800 B.C. There is a black stone votive tablet of UrGur, 2700 B.C., which tells that this king built the great wall around the city of Nippur. Then there is a terracotta brick stamp of Bur-Sin, which is the first yet found of that king. Another tablet states that the large hall of the temple was called Emakh, and also that there were 24 other shrines to gods in the temple besides the ones that have been found of Bel and his consort Beltis. An interesting tablet gives some astronomical observations on Virgo and Scorpion. The little museum contains 19 pieces in all, and the collection will be placed separately in the university museum. The weather man doth prophesy, Because our minds it pleases; But, none the less, a cloud sails by, And does just what it pleases. —Washington Star. HE WAS THE GOOSE. A Mrs. Newlywed—But even if my hat did cost $100, don't you think it is perfectly killing? Mr. Newlywed—Yes,killing the goose that laid the golden egg that bought it.—N. Y. Times. The Limit. Browninsky—That fellow Blank is rather dense, isn't he? Smithovich—Well, I guess yes. The only time he ever gets next is in a barber shop—Cincinnati Enquirer. Applicant—I'm a graduate of a correspondence school, sir. Merchant—Well, I won't count that against you. I'll give you a trial, young man.—Puck. A Panacea. Jones—So you think smoking is good for a headache? Smith—Yes. My mother-in-law always leaves the room when I smoke. —Judge. Naturally. Mike—How did Casey lose his job as postman? Pat—He stopped wurrk the first toime he blew his whistle.—N. X. Times. The Boy Guessed Right. "Now, Johnny, can you tell me who built the ark?" "No." "That's right, Johnny—it was Noah. Ella, give Johnny the prize picture card."—Baltimore News. Punishment Fits the Crime. "You are discharged," said Judge Henpeck to the bigamist in the dock. "The possession of two mothers-in-law is, in the opinion of this court, sufficient punishment for your crime.—N. Y. Herald. His Preference. Philosopher—You say 13 is an unlucky number; now, would you rather have $13 or $12? Flaneur—I'd rather have $14, dear boy.—Town Topics. Two Points of View. He—Did you ever notice how high Miss Neurich carries her head? She—Yes, poor girl; she has a neck like a giraffe—Chicago Daily News. Where He Lost Out. Hixon—You are certainly one of fortune's favorites. You have succeeded in everything. Nixon—Yes, everything except love. Hixson—How's that? Nixon—The first woman I ever loved gave me the frosty mit, the second eloped with a lightning-rob peddler, but the third proved the worst of all. Hixon—What did she do? Nixon—She married me.—Chicago Daily News. A Very Mean Trick Dulhead—Why did you fellows decide to omit wine from your next annual banquet? Sharpe—So as to make sure of the attendance of the finest after-dinner speakers in the country. We have invited them, and they won't dare stay away. "Why won't they?" "Their wives will think that it's be- cause there is no liquor."—N. Y. Weekly. Pleasant for the Victims Pompous Customer—That insect powder you sold me the other day is no good. The cockroaches fatten on it. Affable Salesman—Yes, sir. That's the first stage. They get fat on it and then die of apoplexy. Come round next week and report again. Anything I can do for you, ma'am?—Tit-Bits. Drumming Up Trade. "Sir," began the caller, "I would like to marry your daughter." "What?" cried old Roxley. "You're a perfect stranger to me; besides she's engaged." "Sir, I did not say I wished to be married to your daughter, but to marry her. I'm a clergyman, sir, and I need the fee."—Philadelphia Ledger. Departed the Same Way. "How did you get in?" asked the manager. "I came in on my face," answered the deadbeat. When he landed outside he passed his hand carefully over his scratched and bruised face and remarked: "It looks as if I came out the same way."—Chicago Post. Cat. Miss Angles—While I was shopping to-day I happened to stop in front of one of those convex mirrors at Bargen's. It was laughable; it made my figure look so ridiculous. Miss Speitz—Are you sure it wasn't just an ordinary mirror, dear?—Philadelphia Press. Pa's Experience "Say, pa." queried little Johnny Bumpernickle, "what is flattery?" "Flattery, my son," replied the old man, "is the art of making others believe you are interested in their remarks when, in reality, they give you that tired feeling."—Cincinnati Enquirer. "George, your watch should be worth a mint of money to you." "Why so?" "Gains time steadily?" "Yes." "Well, time is money."—Yonkers Statesman. Not Adopted. First Fashion Leader—Why not adopt this style? It is very becoming to both of us? Second Fashion Leader—Yes, it is becoming to us, but it does not make other people look ugly enough.—N. Y. Weekly. The Banquet. The moth he is an epicure Who eats full oft with dainty zeal. He eats his fill. You foot the bill For his nice fifty-dollar meal. —Washington Star. IN REDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES. 2 Weary Willie—You'd hardly t'ink it, ma'm, but I was once grand vizier to de sultan of Toikey. Mrs. Farmer—And what reduced you to this? Weary Willie—Buyip' bonnets fer me harem, ma'm. — Louisville Courier-Journal. Progressing. "How are you getting on with your invention?" "Beautifully," answered the enthusiast. "The advertisements are all completed and in fine working order."—Washington Star. A Close Observer First Office Boy—Why do yer t'ink de "old man's" wife is in Europe? Second Office Boy—Why, I js' seen him put a check in a letter, swear like sixty, an' den put a five-cent stamp on it.—Judge. Georgie—Pa, is a boycott a thing for a boy to sleep on? Pa—No, Georgie; it's a thing that puts a man's business to sleep if he doesn't knuckle down.—Yonkers Statesman. Nell—A girl seldom marries her ideal, does she? Belle—No; some other fellow generally comes along with a lot of money. —Philadelphia Record. SILK DRESSES OF TIN. Metal Weighting Substance Has Taken the Place of Vegetable Matter. A Chicago chemist declares that 75 per cent. of the so-called silk used for skirts, blouses, and dresses is nothing less than tin, pure and simple, says the Tribune of that city. He asserts that the practice of substituting tin for vegetable weighting substances originated in Germany. The vegetable matters were no detriment, though equal brilliancy of color was not obtainable, and there was not the same sheen and "feel" when handled as that produced by real silk, which has the rustle so pleasing to the ladies' ears. "The practice of the dyer," he explains, "to whose hands the silk yarn is intrusted for dyeing and weighting, is to boil it, and in so doing he reduces every 16 ounces to 12, thus eliminating the natural gummy substances and the foreign matter added for the purpose of spinning. The 12 ounces were then brought up to 14 by the use of tannic acid, etc. To-day by the substitution of tin, the 12 ounces are raised to 16 ounces, or even 30 ounces." "The proportion of 'weighting' is more than that in black silk," said a manufacturer to whom this statement was submitted. "Frequently only one-fourth of the woven material is real silk; the other three parts are tin and dye." Any woman can test for herself whether the silk she is buying is tin weighted. Let her hold some threads in a flame, and the genuine will leave an ash resembling that of wool when burned, with no traces of filament, while the tin weighted simply loses its color and tenacity, each thread remaining distinct in a thin wire gauze. THE "BLESSED LETTER 'B'." Some of the Beneficient Things That Come to the Horticulturist Under This Letter. A writer in the Garden has discovered that many of the worst foes of the horticulturist begin with "w," and he instances worms, weevils, wind and other workers of wickedness. This suggests a question, says the London Chronicle, as to whether there is any natural grouping of good or evil things under particular letters. Take "bad," for example, and consider how many boons and blessings to man begin with it. The baker, butcher and brewer bring him bread, beef and beer. For additional foods he has bacon, beans, bevril, bloaters, broccoli, broth, bivalves, bananas, berries, biscuits, buns and butter. After a banquet of bonnes-bouches he may bring out his briar and blow his baccy while he bestrides his bicycle. Finally, with his "boko" on the boister he may find bliss in bed between the blankets. These are but a few of the beneficent things included under that blessed letter "b." Now, as a contrast, take "d," and among the first words we think of are damp, dark, dreary, dismal, dirty, depressed, despairing, dead drunk, and so on, the very sound of which is enough to drive one into doleful dumps. A NEW FEMININE MADNESS. The Powder Chamois Is Much in Evidence Nowadays in Public Places. In order to make the most of their time it has come about that many of the women one meets in the restaurants and hotels, at the theaters, and in the shops, do a lot of primping in public, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. Powder rags, eyebrow pencils, rouge brushes, are flaunted openly, and woman does not hesitate to put some finishing touches to her toilet, wherever she happens to be. These finishing touches, by the way, seem to be needed every hour or so. "I have traveled a good deal," remarked a middle-aged woman the other day, "and I am sure that in no other part of the world do women keep face powder in such constant commission. And yet the American woman doesn't begin to make up so much as many women of other countries. "The latter, however, when they do make up their faces for the day, seldom add another touch until evening anyway, whereas the American gets out her powder and daubs it on perhaps a dozen times a day. Her powder rag and she are inseparable. The M. P. Gets No Pay. Members of the English parliament, unlike the members of the American congress and all the other parliaments of the world, serve without salaries. The labor party's representatives in parliament and the Irish party's members are the only ones who are paid to serve in the house of commons. They draw their salaries, not from the government, but from the funds of their parties. There are so many able men willing to serve their country and their party for the honor of it that all agitations to secure salaries for members of commons have failed. It costs the average member from $3,000 to $25,000 in election expenses to get into commons if his election is warmly contested by a candidate from the opposing party, so that, as a rule, the average member of the house of commons is a man of fortune. Certain substances which are dead in their effects upon men can be taken by the brute creation with impunity. Horses cantake large doses of antimony, dogs of mercury, goats of tobacco, mice of hemlock and rabbits of belladonna, without injury. On the other hand, dogs and cats are much more susceptible to the influence of chloroform than man, and are much sooner killed by it. MODERN SOCIETY WOMEN. What Enchantment, Is Often Asked, Is It That Keeps Them Young and Truly Charming? There were seven wonders of ancient history. There are seven times seven in our own times, but the most wonderful of all is the society woman, ever young, ever beautiful, ever graceful, charming, fascinating, and a marvel to all beholders. She does not grow old, she never dies. She never loses her tact, her grace, her beauty. Like Tennyson's book she may say: "For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever." The doctors throw up their hands. They cannot solve the riddle. The beauty specialists shake their heads in silent wonder. The modern society woman laughs scorn to the ravages of time which lays its fingers so heavily upon all the rest of us more common clay. Ponce de Leon hunted for years for the fountain of youth and dled in despair because he could not find it. But the society woman has discovered it. In every city can be found these beautiful society women who are such a marvel to every one known knows them or even hears of them. In Chicago, with its fresh crop of blushing buds at the beginning of each and every social season and all of its lovely women who have advanced from the debutante state into riper and fuller charms, there is no one yet, debutante, young matron, or the belle of many social seasons, who occupies the place held by Mrs. Palmer. One needs to be told many times that Mrs. Palmer is over 60 to believe that such a thing is true. Mrs. Palmer has yielded to time in only MRS. WILLIAM ASTOR one particular; her hair is snow white. But snow-white hair is becoming to Mrs. Palmer. It goes well with black velvet and point lace. People are not asking themselves when Mrs. Palmer will yield up her place as a social leader. They are wondering, indeed, when she will marry again, for she is a widow. Her beauty is the talk of the Windy City. Only a year or two ago her picture was published in a magazine as one of America's "leading beauties." A "beauty of 60" would be a decided novelty—outside of society pale. Mrs. Palmer knows how to dress as does no other woman in Chicago. The woman who is the tyrant queen of American society to-day is Mrs. Astor, who is 73 years old. Nobody who has seen her sitting in a box at the opera, straight, lithe, beautiful, glittering, would suspect it. Yet the records say it is true. She is at the zenith of her social reign at this moment. So far is she from gray hairs and caps that her gowns and hats are considered the proper models for all the women of her set, young or old. When she wears a tiara, tiaras become the rage; when she wears green, green is the mode. Her frocks are cut like those of a woman of 27, yet she does not look out of place in them. Her hair is dressed in the modern fashion of pompadour and twist, just as the young matron or the slip of a boarding school girl dresses hers, for there is no age limit in the gowning and grooming of the society woman. Other women must adopt smooth locks and chin bonnets after 50. The society woman would look utterly foolish in them. The wave and the curl are still hers to command at 100 if she will. In the coal black tresses above Mrs. Astor's brow there is not one thread of gray. The society woman becomes gray only when it is becoming or smart. Mrs. Astor's chief charm is her smile. The youthful light in her eyes is one of her attractions, constantly quoted by society writers. Dare anyone suggest false teeth and spectacles? That would be ridiculous. The society woman flourishes without them. Today Mrs. Astor's life is fuller, more active, gayer than that of the average woman of 25. To be invited to one of her balls is to be socially "made." Her power is fifty times what it was fifty years ago. Her manner, her grace of movement, polise of head; her charities, her fetes, her comings and goings and dolings are all the constant subjects of public comment. She is spoken of as "interesting." "charming." "clever;" but the person who might call her "a dear old thing" would be heard with shocked surprise and amusement. Society would scarcely comprehend him. Stringing a Bead Chain. Bead chains are so popular these days that a bright suggestion for keeping them will be welcomed by many. String them on the finest fiddle strings, instead of silk thread, and they will stand an unusual amount of wear and tear before breaking. MEN OF MEANS. Pierpont Morgan has a gold dinner service, said to be worth $80,000, which was presented to him by William H. Vanderbilt when he (Morgan) made an extensive sale of New York Central stock in Europe. It is a reproduction of a service in the British royal family, but the Morgans are not fond of display and seldom use it. A wondrous change has been worked in John D. Rockefeller's physical condition by his recent trip through Mexico and the west. In prize ring parlance he would weigh in at about 180 ringside, with muscles firm and lungs in fine condition for a man over 60. Mr. Rockefeller's father is still living on a farm in the west, having turned 93 years. Uncle Russell Sage has just given Wall street another surprise by appearing in a brand new suit of store clothes and hat. The street had but just begun to recover from the shock of seeing the aged financier whirled into the district in an automobile. Such feats of extravagance are causing no end of comment, for Mr. Sage has always been regarded as a fairly economical man. There appears to be little doubt that William K. Vanderbilt is coming home for good. Not only is he going to settle down to the railroad business after his marriage, but he will bring to this country all his horses and become a patron of the American turf. He has a stable filled with some of the best two-year-olds alive, and on the Kentucky farm he intends to buy he hopes to raise others equally good. Pierpont Morgan, who celebrated his sixty-sixth birthday last Friday, achieved his greatest business successes since he reached the three-score mark. He first became prominent in the financial world about 20 years ago, when he went to Europe and successfully sold $25,000,000 worth of New York Central stock. This made the old financiers gasp. By this piece of work Mr. Morgan won the lasting friendship of the late William H. Vanderbilt and incidentally cleared $1,000,-000 for himself. T. P. O'Connor thinks it would be hard to imagine "anyone more unlike the American millionaire of fiction and the stage than Charles T. Yerkes." "Of middle height, square-shouldered, very quietly dressed, gray mustached, his complexion tanned a light brown, he looks for all the world like a half-pay colonel and one who has spent much time in the tropics. The face is contemplative rather than aggressive; the brown eyes, if they have a disconcerting trick of seeming to look clean through you, kindly and not a little sad; his whole bearing that of a rather tired man of the world." FOREIGNERS OF NOTE. Lieut. Col. Temple West, of the English Grenadier guards, who recently died in Nice, left more than $1,000,000 for public purposes, largely for the purchase of works of art to be placed in the national gallery. Sir Thomas Lipton evidently values the Shamrock III. more highly than either of her predecessors of the same name. The previous Shamrocks were insured for $60,000 each, but the latest challenger has been underwritten at $100,000. Of course these amounts are far below the value of the yachts. A good many Frenchmen think that Paul Deschanel, ex-president of the chamber of deputies, is a coming president of the republic. It is said that he entertains that opinion himself. He is young, rich, clever, the most well-groomed politician of his party, a member of the academy and high in favor of the czar. Kang Yu Wai, a rich and powerful Chinese reformer, has come to this country in the interest of a movement to have his countrymen, both at home and abroad, take up western customs of life and civilization. He also wants Emperor Kwang Hsu to be ruler in fact as well as in name. Accordingly he is safe only outside the flowery kingdom, for the dowager empress would seek nothing better than to have the silken cord tightened around his throat. At one time he was a member of the tsung-li-yamen, China's ruling board, but his revolutionary views got him into disfavor and he left China. This ardent reformer, the first rich man of his race to advocate radical reform, is now on the Pacific coast organizing his countrymen as sharers in the movement he has at heart. RECENT BENEFACTIONS Dr. L. Gideon Archambault, late of Providence, R. I., left $40,000 to found a home for the aged poor. Andrew Carnegie has given $30,000 for a library at Oklahoma university, to replace one destroyed by fire several months ago. In memory of his boyhood days as a worshiper at St. Paul's Episcopal church, Boston, J. Pierpont Morgan has presented to the church a priceless Book of Common Prayer. John D. Rockefeller has offered $66,-667 to the University of Nebraska for the construction of a building to cost $100,000, conditional on the remaining $33,333 being donated by July 1, 1904. Miss Caroline Phelps Stokes, several times a millionaire in her own right, has endowed a $5,000 scholarship in domestic science at the Teachers' college in New York. A special competitive course will be established and graduates of other colleges may enter for the prize. Domestic science as now taught at Teachers' college is an affair of engrossing interest. It comprehends much of the lore maidens formerly acquired under a less scientific if more motherly influence, separates the wheat from the chaff, adds the whys and wherefores mothers seldom bothered about and inculcates the theory of food combinations. DON'TS FOR THE EYES. Don't use the eyes before breakfast. Don't read in a reclining attitude, or in bed. Don't use the eyes when they are tired or weak from illness. Don't bathe eyes that are inflamed with cold water. Use warm water. Don't wear a veil with black dots, or one woven with double threads. Don't open the eyes under water when bathing, especially in salt water. Don't neglect to bathe the eyes occasionally in salt water. A weak solution is best. Don't look too steadily from a car window at objects that are constantly flying past you. Don't sleep opposite a window, or where a strong light will strike the eyes on awakening. Don't work longer than two hours without closing the eyes and resting them for five minutes. Don't expose the eyes to a strong light at any time, such as sunshine or gas or lamp light. Don't sit facing a strong light. If possible, let the light fall on the work or book from over the shoulder. Don't have colored shades on the lamps. Use white or ground glass. If you must have a colored shade, let it be green. Don't rub the eyes by outward motion, but toward the nose, which rounds the ball and preserves the normal shape. Don't fail to consult an oculist if you find that your eyesight is growing dim, or hesitate to wear glasses, if you need them. Don't try to get cinders out of your eyes by rubbing. Dip a tiny camel's hair brush in oil and draw gently across the eyeball. Don't fail to wash the eyes every night before retiring, so as to remove any dust that may have gathered on the lids during the day. Don't give up in despair when told that a cataract is forming. In these days of advanced surgery it can be removed with little or no danger to the vision.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. SPARKS AND FLASHES. Incandescent bulbs are supplied to Spain at 6 cents each, delivered by German manufacturers. M. Batelli, of Geneva, by combining massage with electrization, has revived dead dogs and kept them alive for as much as 24 hours. For suburban service, where great pull at starting is needed, the weight of the locomotive is now concentrated on the smaller drivers. The trolley car is not drawn or pushed by the electric current at all, but is lifted again and again by the attraction of magnets for the armature coils of the motor. Waller has studied the electrical reactions in living matter which do not occur in dead matter. The time in which there is evidence of life in eggs in an incubator, artificial or natural, is 24 to 62 hours. A device has recently been perfected to break the ice on the third rail of electric railways, consisting of a polygonal wheel with angular or wedgeshaped faces in the tread, which cracks or breaks the ice or sleet on the rail in advance of the brush. There was a nearly even number of electrical and gasoline motors in the National German automobile exposition just closed in Berlin. With scarcely an exception the vehicles carried the motor in front, high above the axle. A new feature was rubber tires with steel soles. YELLOW VAN PHILOSOPHY. If you want sport, as a fine art, you must seek it in a country which is too small or thickly peopled to let anything happen by accident, even a hen's egg. She was, of course, not wholly ignorant of the peculiarity which makes our older societies, seen from above, but a descending scale in parasitism, and, from below, a Jacob's ladder leaning on the stars. With all the higher claims, luckily, it is the greater the sacrifice the greater the joy. The smug religions perish; the faiths that are to supplant them wisely begin-by calling for volunteers for maryrdom. He was one of those rare creatures the gentlemen of nature, which is as much as to say one who has the Christian, or, for that matter, the pagan, virtues in a social setting, and especially the unwillingness to give or take offense.—From "The Yellow Van" in the Century. SEEN IN THE SKY. Mars has a day 41 minutes longer than our own. Our sun at the distance of Arcturus would be invisible to us. More meteors have been found in Mexico than in any other country. The ten largest known Mexican meteors have an average weight of 91-10th tons. During the year 1901 12 groups of spots were noticed on the sun's surface. There were in all 392 separate spots, and only on 60 days were there no spots visible. STRAY THOUGHTS. The best way to get even is to forget. What the fool cannot appreciate he depreciates. More people try to learn by talking than by listening. Failure is success if there is a growing intelligence in it. Better be alone than be in bad company.—Spanish proverb. He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over.—Porteus. Mouldy Mike—I'm gettin' along slick now. Always asks fer work at me trade, and never gits offered any. Weary William—What do you pretend to be? "A tombstone carver." "And don't you ever git offered a job?" "Naw. I keeps away from towns wots got trolley cars."—N. Y. Weekly. The Only Way Out If an S and an I and an O and a U, With an X at the end, spell Su, And an E and a Y and E spell an I, Pray, what is the speller to do? Then if also an S and an I and a G An an H E D spell cide. There is nothing much left for the speller to do But to go and commit Siouxeyesighed. —Tit-Bits. A LITTLE LAPSUS. A "Oi tell ye what, Casey, that fellow Rafferty should be kicked to death by a jackass—an' begob, Oi'd loike to be the wan to do it!"—Ally Sloper. The Rose Vine The sun flung a kiss to the vine by the wall. Where it lived all austere in the shadow of gloom. gloom, And it shuddered at thought of politeness so small; Then it blushed, and was radiant with roses in bloom. -Washington Star. There Are Others. The other day a young man gave a reason for not dancing, the spirit of which might be made to apply to a good many failures in life. "I should like to dance," he said, "and I should dance, only the music puts me out and the girl gets in my way."—Tit-Bits Something New. "Yes," said the museum manager, "I've engaged a living skeleton and a fat freak that are positively unique." "But living skeletons and fat women are such chestnuts—" "Ah! You've said it. These are a living skeleton woman and a fat man." —Philadelphia Press. Takes Issue. "It's a mistake' to say the course of true love never did run smooth," reflected Mr. Meekun. "In thousands of cases it does run smooth—until it reaches the ocean of matrimony, which I'll admit, is sometimes rough enough."—Chicago Tribune. Cutting It Short. "How would you like your hair cut, sir?" asked the barber, "with the scissors or clippers?" "Both," replied the victim. "Use the scissors on my hair and the clippers on your conversation."—Cincinnati Enquirer. Agile. Oldhand—Got an automobile, have you? Strange I never see you on the road. B. Ginner—That's because as soon as I land there I pick myself up and scramble back into the machine.—Philadelphia Press. Aeronautical. "Pa, what's the difference between a balloon and an airship?" "Why, my son, a balloon goes straight up, but nobody can tell where an airship is going until the earth bumps into it."—N. Y. Herald. Began Early in Life. Bacon-I understand J. Pierpont Morgan began watering stock at a very early age. Egbert-Can that be possible? Egbert—Can that be possible? "Yes; he worked on a farm as a boy."—Yonkers Statesman. No Reform Wanted. "I think they ought to enforce the law which requires that oleomargarine shall be distinctly labeled as such." "Heavens, no! Let us keep some of our illusions."—Judge One Little Fever She—No, it can never be. I do not love you enough to be your wife. But, before you go, I want to ask one favor. He (dejectedly)—Well, what? She—Please do not marry any one else.—N. Y. Weekly. Quite a Difference. Mrs. Bacon—Ready and willing are synonymous terms, are they not? Mr. Bacon—Not always. For instance, you are always willing to go to the theater, but you're not always ready.—Tit-Bits. Professional Opinion. Softleigh—I say, doctah, do you—aw —believe that liquor really affects a man's brain? Physician—Yes, if he has any. Otherwise it affects his legs.—Cincinnati Enquirer. "Well, I suppose Rockefeller lives according to his lights." "I don't know. Sometimes I think other people's lights have more to do with it."—Detroit Free Press. It Did It Gladly. "Well, that lets me out," grinned the hobo, pointing to the open gate.—Cornell Widow. WOMAN PRESS FEEDER. Annie Peglow, of No. 3016 Missouri avenue, claims to be the only woman pressman in the United States, says the St. Louis Republic. For five years she has operated two cylinder presses at 314 North Third street. The firm considers her one of its best workmen. Miss Peglow entered the employ of the company 20 years ago as a press feeder. At that time women press feeders were a novelty, but since many girls have entered that branch of the printing business, and now some of the larger printing companies hire hundreds of women press feeders. Running a cylinder press was never thought of as woman's work until it occurred to Miss Peglow. None has tried it since. She was an enthusiastic printer and she determined to learn all about the business. "I just 'nosed' about until I 'caught on'; then I began to try and convince my boss that I was as good a pressman as any of the men and finally I got a trial, which proved successful, and here I am," is the way she explains her presence before her two big machines. She belongs to Pressmen's Union No. 6. In order to allow her to enter the union the international body of pressmen allowed their constitution to be amended so as to admit her. It caused quite a little discussion at the time. Miss Peglow does not attend the meetings of her local, however. She leaves the transaction of all union business to the men and abides by their decisions. She does not attend the meetings because she is the only woman member and her presence there alone, she thinks, would appear too bold. Every morning at 8 o'clock she appears before her machines, dons her blue calico dress, which is made of cloth similar to the goods used in jumpers and overalls, and superintends the turning out of the large printed sheets. She excels in color work which embraces two, three or more colors, and is considered especially good in dainty work, which she is always consulted about by the heads of the firm. Although elbowing men all day long in pursuit of her duties, Miss Peglow says she cannot agree with Mrs. Claxon and her ideas on the "Ideal Wife" or the deterioration of chivalry. "I do not think," said she, "because a woman works for a living that it de- A MISS PEGLOW AT WORK. tracts a particle from her womanly graces; neither do I think that a woman that works is not as good a housewife as the girl who spends all her time at home. I think to get out in the world and work serves to broaden one's ideas, and I am sure some of the workers appreciate their homes a great deal more from the fact that they are at home so little. To work shows one how fortunate the woman who does not have to work really is. "As to men losing their chivalry—I don't believe it; at least, I have not experienced it, and I meet a great many men in my business every day." TO KEEP PRETTY HANDS. If You Pay Attention to This Branch of "Don'ts" You Can Have Them the Year Around. Don't visit your manicure too often. Too much manicuring is worse than not enough. Don't polish nails too highly; they should have only a natural gloss. Too much polishing makes them tender. Don't polish nails without first rubbing on a little rose-tinted paste. Use the palm of the hand to polish. Don't cut nails without first holding them in warm water or sweet oil. Don't cut them too often, or they will become thick and ugly. Don't cut the cuticle or any part of the flesh around the nails. Don't cut the nails in points, but let them be carefully arched. Don't use a file or emery paper on the flat surface of the nail, but only on the elge, to level it. Don't dry the hands with a towel, but with a silk handkerchief, which absorbs moisture more readily. Don't neglect to press back the skin around the nail after washing the hands, so that the crescent, or halfmoon, will show. Don't use ammonia in the bath without applying a cold cream afterward. Don't use lemon juice too often on the hands. Try white vinegar instead. Lemon juice shrivels and yellows the surface. Don't wear gloves every night, or the hands will become yellow. Occasional use of gloves, however, is advisable. Don't let the hands hang down, or the blood will fill and stretch the veins. Don't forget that warm feet have much to do with white hands. When the feet are habitually cold, the hands are always red or blue.—Washington Star TRUE TO HER PEOPLE TRUE TO HER PEOPLE The Interesting Story of a Faithful Indian Maiden. Was Captured by Hostile Tribe, Reseued and Educated by a White Man, But Remained a Yuma [Special California Letter.] WHILE many Indian tribes have lived together in close proxim: ity for many years in peace and harmony, it is equally true that in many other cases there has been a great deal of quarreling and fighting. With primitive people as well as with those who are more advanced in civilization it is very true that a tiny spark will often kindle a great flame. A deadly insult has often been read into a few insignificant words. The refusal of the hand of a maiden in marriage has often provoked war. Hundreds, nay, thousands, of lives have been lost in disputes over tiny strips of territory that were practically barren and valueless. Whole villages have been often destroyed because of fancied insults offered to the gods. The secret of the enmity between the tribes that for centuries inhabited the mountains of what is now San Diego, Cal., and the Yumas, who dwell on the Colorado river, I have never been able to learn. Both people were warlike, proud and brave. The former were supreme in the mountains, the latter in the desert and by the river. Again and again conflicts took place between them. Sometimes the Yumas roamed too far over the desert to the east of the great river, and despite all their precautions they were swooped down upon by the mountain tribes and driven back with great loss of life. At other times the San Diegans would approach too near the river, and they in turn would suffer defeat. In the neighborhood of 40 years ago the Yumas had been particularly aggressive and had severely punished the San Diegans on several successive occasions. This aroused the national pride of the mountain tribes and they gathered together in a great powwow where the war chiefs unanimously counseled a large raid upon the Yumas which should so humble and humilate them as to keep them peaceful for at ```markdown ``` AN OLD YUMA WARRIOR least a generation or more. Again, for days, the warriors assembled around the dance fire, where the chiefs exhorted them to brave and heroic deeds and the women incited them to acts of valor. When the time came for the march they stole as cautiously as possible across the desert, and, on nearing the main camp of the Yumas, sent out their scouts ahead to determine how and when the great attack should be made. Fortunately for them the Yumas were in the worst possible condition for the encounter. Their hunters had just brought back an unusual quantity of deer, and the whole people, warriors and all, were so gorged to repletion as to be unable to fight. After full consultation it was decided to steal upon them at night and fight at close quarters with battle hammer, battle ax, dagger of sharp deer's horn, and the few steel weapons they had obtained from the white man. Stealthily they crept upon their unsuspecting foes. The latter had not only eaten to excess, but many of them were stupefied with a drink they made from the root of a bush called momump. The root of this is sometimes taken and chewed. For a few hours it produces an exhilarating effect, somewhat similar to that produced by hasheesh. Then the victim succumbs to a deadly stupor from which it takes him several days to recover. It can well be imagined what a condition the Yumas were in to receive their foes. The San Diegans fell upon them and slew quite a number without any resistance. Then, flushed with victory, after scalping their dead foes, they took captive several of the women, whose lives had been spared, and one little girl. What became of the women I have never yet been able to learn. Possibly, as has often been the case, they became wives of their captors and soon lost their identity as members of a different tribe, but with the little girl it was different. She had a keen memory and a loving heart and constantly cried for her father and mother, whom she had seen slaughtered on the banks of the Colorado river. Even in those days there was something of a town at San Diego. The Indians, too, were reasonably friendly with the whites. Indeed, they were so much so that several of them used to go up into the mountains and camp near the Indians in tents at what is now known as Agua Caliente at Warner's ranch. The hot springs from which this village gained its Spanish name are known to be very good for all kinds of diseases, and ever since they have known of them white men have not been slow to avail themselves of their healing virtues. One of the white men from San Diego, who had gone to the hot springs, somehow came to learn of the presence of this captive little girl. He saw her several times and soon became very much interested in her. When he learned her story he determined that, if possible, he would remove her from the influences that were so painful to her. With an interpreter he went to the man who owned her and threatened him with the punishment of the white man's law for the murder of the child's father and mother unless she were immediately and irrevocably given up to him. After some demur the Indian acceded to his request. With his new acquisition the man from San Diego hastened home. His wife was a woman of large and loving nature and her heart instinctively went 1980 WALTER SCOTT, IN SWEATER. out to the poor little Indian orphan. The couple agreed to adopt her as their own. It was not long before the little one responded fully to the love that was so generously given her, and she came to regard herself as the daughter of the white man and woman. Years passed by. The little girl grew up to womanhood. She had been educated as became the daughter of a well-to-do citizen and was respected, honored and loved by all who knew her. Several children were born to the couple, and as these grew up they were taught to regard the Indian girl as their own sister. There is no doubt that had the Indian girl desired to remain she might have married some white man and be living to-day, honored and respected, in or near the home of her adopted parents. But, yielding to that mysterious impulse that renders us incapable of denying our parentage, she felt an uncontrollable instinct or desire to return to her own people and become one of them. In vain her foster brothers and sisters pleaded with her. Sorrowfully, but nevertheless with determination, she decided to cross the desert and go back to the place of her birth. When she arrived among the Yumas they received her with suspicion. She did not know a single word of their language, but so powerful did instinct work that, with very little difficulty, she won her way into their hearts and soon was able to speak her native tongue as if she had never known any other. In a short time she married, and children were born to her. Her husband, a full-blooded Yuma, has always regarded her as a superior being, and throughout the tribe her opinions are largely deferred to. While she lived with the whites she was known by the name of Maggie. When she went back to her people she told the whites who came in contact with her that her name was Maggie Scott. When I asked her why she assumed the name of Scott she replied: "While I was in San Diego I read a great many novels, but there were none that pleased me so much as those [Name] MAGGIE SCOTT. of Sir Walter Scott. Consequently, when I had to take a name for myself I chose his, and when my first son was born I called him Walter, after the great writer whose works gave me so much pleasure during the days of my civilization." When I asked her if she had never longed to return to her civilized life she replied to the effect that, while occasionally a little longing would come into her heart, she had no real desire to leave her own people. With them she was contented to live and die. Snowstorm In Miniature. Snowstorm in Miniature. At an evening party in a Stockholm residence the heat became almost intolerable. The window sashes were found frozen and a pane of glass was shattered. A current of cold air rushed in and at the same instant flakes of snow were seen to fall to the floor in all parts of the room. The atmosphere was so saturated with moisture that the sudden fall in temperature produced a snowfall indoors. SOME POLITICAL PRAYERS. Bligular Supplications Attributed to Chaplains of Several Legis- lative Bodies. The Philadelphia Record recalls some political prayers made by chaplains of legislative bodies. It was inoffensive, but in poor taste, when a chaplain in the Delaware legislature prayed: "Oh, Lord, Thy servants are in a deadlock. Give them the key." During the last Cuban insurrection a chaplain in a legislature prayed: "That the United States might supply with arms, if necessary, those in Cuba who were struggling for liberty," and that we "might insist upon upholding the Monroe doctrine." The chaplain of the Illinois house prayed God to "contract the capacious maw of the peal reformatory institutions of Illinois. May they learn to be content with less money, and may we who refuse to worship a golden calf also refuse to worship gold in any form." The chaplain of a populist convention in Arkansas prayed that the state might be delivered from democratic control. In the Colorado legislature Dean Peck prayed that the populists and democrats might be resigned to their fate. A populist chaplain in Kansas prayed God to "palsy the brain and still the heart of the treasonable conspirators," to-wit, the republicans. In a Massachusetts campaign a minister prayed for the triumph of righteousness, and then broke out: "Oh, Lord, what's the use of beating about the bush? Give us Briggs for governor." THE ITALIAN IMMIGRANT. He Is Industrious and Thrifty, But Does Not Become Fully Americanized. Italy is still sending over sea swarms of her people who risk the hazards of new fortunes in the United States, and the steamships from the Mediterranean brings hosts of steerage passengers to Ellis island, says the New York Tribune. The sturdy sons of Italy toil industriously in their new homes, and almost every one of them saves money in the new world. But too many of them go back to their old homes to live on their savings. Too many persist in remaining Italian in heart and soul, in habits and sympathies and ways of living, and refuse to cast their lot in this hemisphere to the end of their days and become thorough Americans. The Italian element, both in North America and South America, is numerous and important. Too large a part of it, however, is transitory. Immigrants from Ireland, Germany, Sweden and all the Scandinavian peoples cross the Atlantic with the purpose of staying permanently in this half of the globe. But the passion for the old scenes and the old conditions appears to be almost inextinguishable among the descendants of the ancient Romans. NOSES AND EYEGLASSES. When a man who wears glasses gets a cold in his head he has a hard time. That fact is apparent to anybody who gets about town at a time when grip is prevalent and watches the antics of the sufferer, says the Philadelphia Public Ledger. It is not the watery condition of the eyes that gives him trouble, it is his nose. Not one man in a thousand can keep his glasses on when he blows his nose; consequently he who performs that nasal office frequently has considerable difficulty. The wise man in glasses never tries to read when suffering with a cold. He gets no satisfaction out of the printed page. "Dreadful accident on the—" he reads, and then, before he can find out where it was, his attention is forcibly directed elsewhere, and it is only in snatches that he gets the details of the disaster. A man who has had experience with colds seldom even puts his glasses on when so afflicted. He only has to take them off every two or three minutes, and until somebody invents a device warranted to prevent their dislodgment during nasal contortions he prefers to go it blind. Bound in Froga' Skins. From Calcutta comes the strange news that the skins of frogs are now being used to a considerable extent throughout India for the purpose of binding books. Frogs abound in that country, and bookbinders claim that their skins can be exquisitely colored, and when turned into leather are pliable and durable. The cost of dyeing and tanning is, however, somewhat greater than in the case of ordinary skins, and therefore for the present only choice books and those which are not intended to be handled roughly are covered with frogs' skins. An Odd Industry International trade touches as many diverse and interesting articles as an "old curiosity shop" handles. One of the latest and most curious items is cat-o'-nine-tails. A Maine man lately shipped 200 barrels to London. Last year he sent 450 barrels. It is odd that there should be little demand in the United States for an article which grows so commonly here, while in London there is a constantly widening market. The downy floss of the head of the cattail is used for filling high-priced pillows and cushions. Water Freeses Every Night. Water freezes every night of the year at Alto Crucero, in Bolivia; while at noonday the sun is hot enough to blister the flesh. WORLD'S FAIR SLANG. One of the enduring effects of the Chicago fair in 1893 was the amount of slang originated there. The Philadelphia centennial is indissolubly connected in the minds of many persons with the disappearance of Charley Ross, and from that exhibition dates, practically, the host of jokes that have flooded magazines and enlivened the stage on the slothfulness of Philadelphia and Philadelphia, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. Now, St. Louis, in anticipation of the opening of the Louisiana Purchase exhibition, has been burnishing up some of the recent slang of the Mississippi valley, and some of the items may be obtained from advance sheets, so to speak. What is called in Chicago a "dead one" or a "sleeper" is in St. Louis a "crape." The St. Louis version of the expression "the real thing" for a pretty girl is "a swell doll." A "crown guy" is a policeman, a "gitney" is a nickel, and "mug's landing" is the Union station. St. Louis has a large southern and southwestern population. The southwest has, in recent years, superseded the west very generally as the starting place of most American slang, and St. Louis has some geographical advantages in this respect that are not likely to be obscured by the action of any of its up-to-date citizens. DARE NOT HINT AT MURDER. Turkish Newspapers Are Not Permitted to Refer to the Crime of Regicide. The sultan of Turkey lives in constant dread of death at the hands of an assassin and the most extraordinary means are taken to guard his person from their approach. He has likewise prohibited any mention of the crime of regicide in the newspapers published in his domain. He insists that every ruler or person of high political importance should die a natural death. The Stampa of Turin says that other manners of death are not officially recognized by Nischan Effendi, the censor. When King Humbert was assassinated at Monza the Turkish newspapers announced the sad event in this way: "King Humbert left the hall amid the frantic cheers of the people. The king, much affected, bowed several times and to all appearances was immediately dead." When the shah of Persia was assassinated the Turkish papers said: "In the afternoon the shah drove to his summer palace and there complained of illness. His corpse was sent to Teheran." One paper excelled all others by this absurd piece of euphemistic simplification: "The shah left a little ill, but finally his corpse returned to the palace." This was too much even for the Turks, who keep the phrase as one of their proverbs. SLAVERY IN NEW ENGLAND. Brought to an End by the Supreme Court of Massachusetts Slavery in New England began soon after the settlement of the country. In 1638 Pequot Indians were taken from Massachusetts and sold in the West Indies. The vessel returning brought a cargo of cotton and tobacco, says the Boston Transcript. Slaves were most numerous in New England about the middle of the eighteenth century. In 1754 there were nearly 5,000 negro slaves in the state of Massachusetts. In 1780, in the declaration of rights, all men were declared to be free and equal. In 1781 a white man in Massachusetts was indicted for beating and imprisoning a black man. His defense was that this was the necessary and lawful correction for a slave, for a slave could not be held in subjection unless one could punish him when he went away or refused to work. In 1783 the supreme court of Massachusetts declared that the defense was invalid. That put an end to slavery in New England. Slaves were mostly household servants, kept largely by rich people for purposes of display. Chickamauga and Chattanooga. The word Chickamauga means "dull, sluggish stream," and it is from the waters of the creek that the Indians, who were among the most daring and warlike of all the tribes in east Tennessee, got their names, says the Chattanooga Times. The original interpretation of Chattanooga has long been lost. The general acceptance of the meaning of the word is "Hawk's Nest," said to have been suggested by the valley nestling in the shadow of the ridges and mountain. Others say that the word is derived from the name Clanowah, given by the Cherokees to small, warlike hawks that made their nests in the cliffs of Lookout mountain. Linen for Large Hotel What would the ordinary woman say to a family that used every day 20,000 napkins, 12,000 towels, 3,800 sheets, 20,000 plates and 18,000 knives and forks? This is what is required by one of the large hotels in New York, at which a man cannot live for much less than eight dollars a day. The hotel will accommodate 3,000 people, besides 1,500 servants to wait on them. Patagonians Dying Out. Dr. Julius Boeckelmann, German physician and scientist, who went to Pathgonia eight years ago to study the conditions of the country, says the Patagonians will be extinct in a few years. Banker at New Bern, N. C., prophe “sles the election of the national dem beratic ticket in I90—Bx _ ‘Eitfle Billie Piper, who ran a lov enue, bas busted up and he now wants “to become deputy sherift ~ of ~ Cook county. : - Andrew Jackson Hirsch] is wel grounded in tae law. He ts gaining . mew friends every day and he is bound to be elected Judge of Cook county at the June election. ‘The Knights of Labor composing ‘district assembly No. 9, have indorsed for reelection Judges Hanecy, Gib- bons, Clifford, Tuley, Dunne, Adams, Burke Tuthili and Neely and Messrs. Kersten, Black, Brown and Barnum. _C. B. Britton, the dandy barber, 139 West” 47th street, who knew Elder D. R. Wilkins when he lived down in Old Kentucky, has completely recover- ed from the effects of his siege of ‘Sickness, and he is again able to hold down his chair. 2 W. G. Anderson, J. Q. Grant have moved their law and collecting office from 36 8. Clark street to 119 La Salle st., Room 42. Lawrence A. New by has transfered his law office from 155, Washington st., to the same street and room. Mr. Charlies M. Walker, the honest Corporation Counsel of Chicago, has an army of friends amcng all classes’ of citizens, and as they are working for his election, there is no doubt of his landing one of the Judgeships of Cook County. ' Fenton Johnson 4847 Armour ave.,| the young Afro-American poet of the town of Lake is becoming quite , spicey writer. Recently he composed an interesting article which has re ceived favorable comments from his associates at the Hyde Park High school, A. Rowens, who is stationed at the Seuth Englewood Police Station, is one of the best officers on the police force. Mr. Rowens is full of race pride, honest in his dealings with all men, and with his money for the Past “hree years he has been a warm supporter of this paper. “ N. A. Harbin 6221 S. Loomis street, who is one of State's Attorney De- neen’s right hand bowers in the 3ist ward, is on the sick list. For some time Mr. Harbin has been working in ee net een Sais SEE the, great crowds of people flocking into it every day in order to pay their tax- es and the foul air knocked him out. A Grand Rally was held at Olivet Baptist Church last Sunday and eleven hundred and twenty-eight dollars and nineteen cents was collected in for the Lord. Some of the members of Ol- ivet claim “that the mfore Theodore W. Jones fights Rev. E. J. Fisher the | more popular it makes him, and the; gasler it is to fimflam the people out | pi their money.” © - © © | Gamblig Jack Terrell, who assisted) Little Billie Piper to open up his no-! rious joint in 47th street in which many young girls were ruined, or hung around, is acting as a jack-leg lawyer at the Hyde Park Police Sta- om, and in time Gambling Terrell may skin the poor suckers out oF three dollars which he owes as sub- seription to The Broad Ax. ‘ Less than two years ago Rev. or Eider D. R. Wilkins of the Old Church |’ Organ, was turning over Heaven andj Hell in order to paint Rev. Abraham| Lincoln Murray ten thousand times| llacker than the boss devil of the mfernal regions. But today Bilder |, Wilkins feels like cussing and damn- ing every individual who does not re-| ; yard Rey. Abraham Lincoln Murray is the salt_of the earth or as a bright) | hining angel. ‘Mrs. William Gilbert Haynes, daugh-’ | erin-law of former Alderman P. F,' Haynes, of Lake View, was carried’ , tway from this world on the bosom of jeath the latter ‘part of last week. the was buried Tuesday from the| some of her father-ih-law, 160 Jansen ywenue, interment at Kosehill ceme | ery. Mrs. Haynes was only married ¢ ind she will be greatly missed by: ( Tf 18 KNOWN AS SOLANINE. That Is the Name of = Deadly Poison ‘That le Sometimes Found fm Potatoes. p> ‘Chemical examination has revealed the fact that = poisonous alkaloid known as solanine is contained in po- tatoes. _ Little of this poison is found in ew potatoes, but even fresh po- tatoes which have grown about the surface of the soil and have a green skin are generally known to be poi- Sonous, says « scientific authority. When potatoes are kept a long time ‘they contain a large amount of this poison, and many cases of. serious ‘poisoning have occurred in late sum- mer from eating old potatoes. About ten years ago many soldiers in the German army were ill from an ut.- known cause. They suffered with headsche, colic, diarrhea, vomiting weakness and slight stupor, and i some cases dilation of the pupil: The matter was investigated and i was discovered that the men ha been eating potatoes which had bee? kept for a long time in a-damy plac until they had begun to sprow These potatoes, a chemical anslysi showed, contained as much solanip as is found in new potatoes. Rs ; ae _ BaD A CHINESE NAME. Archibald Was Called Archie and the Moagelias Thought It Was “ah Chee.” & In the household of a prominent Bos- tonian is a Chinese servant who .was brought east by the family several years ago from California, where he had ingratiated himself during « win- ter sojourn et Pasadens. Recently a young man named Archi- bald has been visiting the family, and the Chinaman seemed to take a strange fancy to him. He is called Archie for short, and every time the name of Archie was mentioned the Mongolian would grin and beam at the guest with a pride that seemed little less than paternal. That it was at least frater- nal was disclosed one day, when he said: “Why for you have name allee samee like Chinaman?” Archibald was rather taken back. “Whatdo you mean?” he asked. “Why, you name,” replied the Chinaman, according to the Philadelphia Record. “When they talkee to you they callee you Ah Chee!” Secnet.Woteed Kansans Saueaiers. Following is the unique advertising letter of a Eudora (Kan.) hog farm: “To our friends, the farmers and stock- men everywhere: You are invited to attend our free open-air concerts, given every evening at five p. m., under the direction of Mr. E. W-Melville. We gusrantee to you that we have 200 of the sweetest voiced squealers inthe country. No such an aggregation of male and female voices was ever got together under one management, end you will be highly entertained and pleased if you will attend one of our concerts. Reserved seats free for everybody. Special progrimmes will be arranged if you will but notify us. come out and hear us squeal. We will take special pains to please you. Yours til deed, ———-.” . eee | T. J. HUNTER REMOVED | 1. J. Hunter, 3235 State St, deal- er in ladies and gents clothing of all Kinds which he sells for cash or easy terms, has removed his stock of goods to bis residence 3149 State street second floor and from henceforth he will make personal calis on his cus- tomers at their homes and fill all orders with promptness. —_->—__—— AGENTS FOR THE BROAD AX. From on and after this date Th Broad Ax can be found on sale at tn following piaces: The Afro-American News Office 2104 State Street. A. G. Marshall, news stand and book Store, 3604 State street. A F. Tervaicn’s Cigar Store ant News Stand, 2826 State street. Edward Felix's Cigar Store, 34: 30th street, N. E. Corner Armour Ave T. B. Hall's Cigar Store and Laundry office, 281 29th St. 4. B. Webb's Cigar Store, 280, 29th Street. rs | ‘Turner William's Cigar and News Stand, 2903 Armour Ave. © _ J. ¥. Bradbury's News Depct, 2970 State Street. M, H. Watts, dealer in cigars and to- bacco, 3742 State street. 4..C. Campbell, 145 W. 47th street., Cigars, Tobacco, Staple Groceries. ‘Wm. H. Monroe, cigar and new» stand, 486 State street. H. N. Drake, 3246 State Street, Ct- gar Store and News Stand. L. Levy, 506, 37th Street, dealer tp Cigars and Tobacco. The Chicago Shoe Shining Parior, 2128 Cottage Grove Ave. Geo. Blaine, cigars. tobacco and pews stand, 3420 Dearborn street. ‘T. H. Smith, 419 36th street, Cigar store store, News stand and Bakery. and News Stand =, Barris & Hallock, cigars-and news Wm. Dizon 2638 State Street ates ea ne eee a seal er thee places will tad ther way a a. a a AS DEVINE & O'CONAELL ATTORNEYS AT LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK Clark sod Washington Sta Telephone, Main 940. CHICAGO, A. D. GASH aang A tam neo eta tne Oucae Telephone Miata 3077. | SOHNE, OWERS- Attorney at Law, Corrs 67 Asmtamp Broce, 2 & Clark Seem, « - CHICAGO FREDERICK W-. JOB AT ORREY AT iva ae ES pe aomtocun CHICAGO ‘TELErRONE Marw 2804 FEDERICO M. BARRIOS Attorney & Counsellor at Law Suite 501 Firmentch Bldg. oes . Ollage. LAWRENCE A. NEWBY | ATTORNEY AT LAW | Room 55, 155 Washington St. | CHIGAGO OAAASAAAASAABAS AAs eee Ue wWilliasn Howard Fitzgerald LAWYER Room 402 Reaper Black, - GDCAGO SESS U VS OT TST e rere runes |e dd” STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS LAWYER Suite 200, 123-125 LA Salle Street CHICAGO | JOSEPH A. McfNERNEY LAWYER Sorrs —7 Oures00 Ormas Hoven OCHIOAGe WILLIAM RITCHIE ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR. ‘Suite 619-890 Oxford Building B84 LASALLE 5T., CHICAGO ‘Telepmons Main 1646. Robert M. Mitchell Attorney at Law Suite 9, No, 77 South Clark St. ' CHICAGO Joux F. Warzas. C. H. Jomxson WATERS & JOHNSON Lawyers Practice Limited to the Trial of Personal injury Cases Suite 801 Kedzie Buliding 120 £. Randoiph St. Telephone Gentral 4293 __ CHICAGO ‘Pebephons Yards Wi Residence, 115 arteld Bd, _ J@HN FITZGERALD SUSTICE OF THE PEACE: «701 6. HALSTED sTauEr, —~—OHIGAGO J. GRAY LUCAS © ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Suite 412 Real Estate Board Bidg 6® Dearborn St. Cor. Randolph CHICAGO, - Phone Readeiph 55 #* J. E. JONES + LAWYER 79 Clark Street. Room 9 Chicago S. 4. McCELWEE LAWYER... 36 S. Clark St., CHICAGO, Room 706 Cgeden Buliding Residence. 8163 Forest Av. ALBERT 6. GEORGE LAW YER. 423 Ashland Block, Chicago. — teh. 8085. — For Sale or Rent. - Houses, flat bufldings, and lots in city and suburbs, on easy monthly in- stallmenta. Fire Insurafice and Fur- nitme Loans at lowest rates. - CEO. W. FAULKNER & CO. ILLINOIS BRICK CO. WILLIAM C. KUESTER, . SUPERINTENDENT. 1994 N. Western Ave., Chicago. Telephone ai View 270. Phoenix Oil & Mineral Co. OF ARIZONA $200,000 CAPITAL Pays diviaends ! per cent. monthly or 12 per cent per annum. S ock ouw selling at IUc per share, fall -paid and uvn assessable. For further particular- a dress THE DAVIES IAYESTMENT COWPARY 614 First Navona! Bank Bldg., Chicago HOHENADEL BROS. 2112313. ee Street “a. UNIFORI1 CAPS | SS Se ze "Phone Cental 3088, Pace Mas-age, Shampo. ing, Scalp Treating Mrs, Warner Chiropodist and Manicuring Removes « orns Without Pain Medicated Foot Baths aad Foot Massage 138 State St, 4th Floor, Chicago A. HOFFMAN, CLEANER, DYER AND PRESSER. Suits Sponged and Pressed 35¢ 5125 State St. eS JACOB FEINBERG Market and Grocery Telephone 565 South 81st and State Sts. CHICAGO | ; Mrs. Florence Miller FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKER PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED PRICES REASONABLE 3151 State Street CHICAGO. . Yards 693 ee Notary Publi” John J. Bradley Real Estate, Insurance and Loans Property wanaged. Abstracis examined. Renting. Legal papers prepared. 4709 South Halsted Screet - : Chicago 8 8 Mason and igsinbothan «= . - Contractor 226 East 25th Street - - - CHICAGO CHARLES L. WEBB COURT REPORTER 77 South Clark St, Room 9 CHICAGO. General Stenographer | WONDERFUL | DISCOVERY | s Curly Hair Made Straight By | : ORIGINAL » OZONIZED OX MARROW pment fat te ete Gere ee es Bera cereaac! peceees here Ferdi oie er pe Boeke ees : Brestegeets Wee vettacar tg eee oe : F.W. BOYD —deAcexixn— COAL, WOOD AND ICE MOVING AND EXPRESSING | cash on Delivery All Orders Promptly Attended to ae 4656 Armour Avenue, CHICAGO. Telephone Yards: 718 | k H M. JUNE, Seeeelanon J JOS. P. JUNE, Manager 3700-3710 South Halsted Street . and 897 to 929 Thirtyseventh Street CHICAGO AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS WANTED. - American Brick Co. - President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. = Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. MANUFACTURERS OF Gommonr and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: : 45th and Robey Sts. wim the lot onan ee Output of Winter Yards .............-cccecccecsicce sa 14v,0-0 per day Output of Senet Vards-sosesesssesersseeeneovere sseeee 3OU0°O per day | Telephone Yards 128. _ The Broad Ax desires to engagt agents and regular correspondents iz all the leading cities and towns in Il- Hnois and throughout the other seo dons of the country. The highes! commissions paid to live hustlers Sample copies furnished. For further information address Julius F. Taylor 6040 Armour avenue, Chicago, Til ROOMS FOR RENT. Two comodious nicely furnahe rooms for rent to gentlemen only. in Quire at 2623 Wabash avenue. MRS. A. WILSON, Nicely furmsbed sovws w reat for gentiemen. Hensousbie retes, 2252 indiana eveuue, Jas. J. McCormick, _ SAMPLE ROOM Reem. tor Rent Elegantly turuienes teuws tor rea: with beth aod gas St 3232 Wahuse aveossn, =. ————___ Mrs. Kittie Scott. Choice furnished rooms to rent to ladies and geotiemen. 2807 Wabash Ave. -