The Broad Ax

ANDREW CARNEGIE LIKENS BOOKER T. WASHINGTON UNTO MOSES OF OLDEN TIMES Vol. VIII. Lately Andrew Carnegie presented his Check to Booker T. Washington for six hundred thousand dollars, and in doing so he declared that "the founder of Tuskegee is the modern Moses of the Afro-American race; that like Moses of olden times he will guide or lead the race into the Promised land which will flow with milk and honey." It's true that Andrew Carnegie has succeeded in becoming a billionaire not by his own genius but because the United States government has for years enacted legislation for his special benefit which has made it possible for him to accumulate his millions. But in spite of his ill-gotten millions Andrew Carnegie displays his ignorance of ancient history whenever he likens Booker T. Washington unto Moses of old, for there is not much similarity between these two characters except that Moses met with a crushing defeat and failed in his mission and the same fate is in store for Booker T. Washington. According to Philo and Josephus the two greatest Jewish historians, "Moses came into this world in the land of Egypt 1450 years before the Christian era. He was discovered in the bullrushes by the daughter of the King of Egypt one day as she and her girl friends went down to the Nile to bathe; she adopted him, gave him an Egyptian name and educated him for a priest, and in time he became a member of the University Helioplos. At that remote period in the history of the Israelites they were compelled to bring forth bricks without straw, for their cruel task-masters, the Egyptians, who held them in bondage for three hundred and seventy-five years. One day while an Egyptian was engaged in abusing and ill-using an Israelite, Moses became so overcome with passion that he killed the Egyptian on the spot where he had inflicted punishment upon the Israelite; then there was a hue and cry on the part of the Egyptians when the crime became known and Moses had to flee for his life. He escaped to the Peninsula of Sinai, where he entered the family of an Arab and married a Negro woman for his wife. Moses imagined while he was all alone on the mountain side with a shepherd's crook in his hand that he could hear the whistling of the lash and the convulsive sobs and groans of the poor slaves toiling in the field, their hands brown with the clammy clay; in his dreams at night he could see the daughters of Israel carried off to the harem with struggling arms and streaming hair; he beheld the king's officers standing by the door of the mother struggling against maternity, for as soon as a male child was born its life was at an end. The more that Moses continued to meditate on those cruel and horrible scenes, the more fully he became convinced that he was a Prophet chosen by Jehovah himself to lead his brethern into Canaan, the land which flowed with "milk and honey." Before Moses had made up his mind to return to Egypt and carry out his great design which he had formed, the king had died and a new Pharaoh had mounted the throne. Moses persuade the new Pharaoh to permit the Israelites to go up into the mountains and offer sacrifices to their desert God and as they departed from out of the land of Egypt they stole the jewerly all the silverware belonging to their masters, and the two tablets of stone upon which the Ten Commandments were engraved, and immediately thereafter Moses and two million of the children of Israel began their memorable march to the Promised Land. Philo and Josephus, the eminent Hebrew authors inform us "that Moses and the Israelites passed through the Red Sea without any difficulty. Then they wandered around in the wilderness for forty years." In the meantime their food had all disappeared, but they subsisted on manna or angels' bread, a gummy substance which exuded from a shrub of the desert. As they drew near the land of Canaan, the trees, the palm and the Accacia, disappeared, and the earth became carpeted with green plants, and spotted with red anemones, like drops of blood. Here and there they could see afield of corn; and at last, in the distance, rounded hills with trees standing against the sky. When Moses beheld all those beautiful or enchanting surroundings he commanded his trumpeters to blow their silver trumpets, and his great army went into encampment. Then one man from each tribe was deputed to spy the land; in six weeks they returned bringing with them a load of grapes. Two of the scouts were in favor of invasion, the others said that "it was a good land as the fruits showed—a land flowing with milk and honey," but the people were like giants, their cities were walled and very great; the Israelites were as grasshoppers in comparison and would not be able to prevail against them." After Moses had listened to all the glowing reports he decided to invade the land of Canaan. But the people of Canaan who loved and valued liberty, above all other things, marched out against them. A skirmish took place and Moses and the two million Israelites were defeated—they were swallowed up as it were, from off the face of the earth—even Moses himself was not sufficiently qualified to enter into and enjoy the fruits of the Promised Land. By familiarizing ourselves with that great historical incident it can be readily seen that Booker T. Washington cannot cover himself over with honor and glory by being likened unto Moses, for there was not much in the life of Moses to commend itself to us. He was full of trickery and deception; he believed that slavery was of Divine origin; he encouraged the buying and selling of human beings as long as they were not of his race of people. The best or bravest deed ever performed by Moses was when he slew the Egyptian for mistreating an Israelite. There is no danger, however, of Booker T. Washington becoming the modern Moses in that respect. For Booker T. Washington has never in one instance raised his voice above a whisper in thunderous tones of condemnation of the unspeable and villianous outrages which are daily being practiced upon the Negro in this country. He sees our best females insulted by every half-drunken white leafer in the South, who struts around in over-alls, yet he is perfectly or absolutely silent and his lips are sealed. He hears the piteous moans and lamentations of the thousands of widows and fatherless little children, whose husbands and fathers have been foully murdered upon trumped-up charges, burnt at the stake, mobbed, lynched, driven from their homes, robbed, cheated and maltreated in every conceivable form and manner by lawless bands of christians. But he receives hundreds of thousands of dollars each year, which closes his eyes and he refuses to gaze upon this horrible spectacle. The very floodgates of hell have been thrown wide open and they are completely surrounding the Negro, but this so-called modern Moses is silent, and he lacks the moral courage to burst the hands which bind him to the white chariot. Under such appalling conditions as these how can Booker Washington become the modern Moses of the Negro race? Does the race want him to lead it into the land of peonage, servility and oblivion, the same as Moses HEW TO THE LINE. of olden times lead the Israelites onto the borders of the promised land? Where they were slaughtered by the Canaanites. Who abhored slavery, in any form, and loved liberty? We hope and think not!; at this crisis the Negro race is sadly in need of a modern Moses or a bold leader who will teach it manhood, self-reliance and political independence, which are the best or the greatest levers to elevate it to the highest plane of American citizenship. MOB LAW IN ILLINOIS MOB LAW IN ILLINOIS. The Shooting of Charles Hertel, Superintendent of Schools, at Belleville, Ill., Saturday last, by W. D. Wyatt, a colored school teacher, was a very deplorable affair. No one can ever tell the exact cause of the shooting, and however atrocious the deed committed by Wyatt, the crime was nothing in comparison to the crime committed against society, law and order by the best and most enlightened citizens or Christians of that community, for they were not satisfied of transforming themselves into bloodthirsty hyenas while seeking the life-blood of their victim and after he had fell into their hands he was not decently shuffled off this mortal coil. But he was mobbed and lynched. Then these highly civilized Christians knocked his brains out with an ax and thrown his body into a large bonfire, which had been built near the jail. The occasion furnished sport and amusement for many thousand ladies and gentlemen. For it is said that young ladies and their escorts, old men and women, mothers with their little children, all elbowed and forced their way through the crowd to the front, so that they would be in a good position to witness all the details in connection with that revolting, sickening and demoralizing scene. Talk about civilization! There is no civilization, when refined and cultured men and women permit themselves to sink so low, as to witness or to participate in such lawless acts of anarchy and cannibalism, and the brutal and fiendish killing of Wyatt verified what we have stated over and over again that on "the slightest provocation, men and women who claim, that they belong to the superior race throw all of their boasted civilization to the dogs and transform themselves into hideous or monstrous beasts." SAYS MEN SHAME STATE. Lynchers of Belleville Are Denounced by Rev. R. A. White. "The men who lynched the Negro are like their own deed. They belong to the law-defying class. They have the hearts of savages and the cruelty of brutes," declared Rev. R. A. White of the Stewart . Avenue . Universalist church last Sunday in a prelude to his sermon referring to the lynching at Belleville. "These men not only disgrace themselves—they cast indignity upon our laws, they shame the state of their birth or adoption. Crime must not go unpunished. But to punish one crime by another is the practice of barbarism, not civilization. The lynchers of Belleville belong to the dark ages. They are a disgrace to our splendid law-abiding state of Illinois. "Nor it is without significance that the victim was a Negro. The Negrophobia frenzy seems to be creeping north of Mason and Dixon's line. Lynching Negroes south of it is so common as to cause no northern comment. But now the red evil is invading our own borders. What is the end to be? No state or nation can countenance such horrors and morally survive." Rev. White was, so far as we are able to learn, the only minister in the city last Sunday to speak out against mob and lynch law and in favor of the orderly administration of justice. Rev. White can always be found on the side of right and justice, and that is more than can be said in favor of the other preachers of Chicago. The Sunday edition of the Chicago Chronicle contained a full account of the existence of slavery in Alabama, which should cause Booker T. Washington to hang his head in shame and cease from posing as the modern Moses of the Afro-American race. Alderman J. C. Patterson, who has succeeded in getting his constituents to assist in sweeping and cleaning the 20th wrd from end to end And it is now the best lighted nd the cleanest ward in the city. ALLEN CHAPEL, AVONDALE. The church is progressing finely under the administration of Rev. Clarence Goggin, our new pastor. His sermons, of a high literary character and to the point, are much enjoyed by all. Last Sunday morning his eloquence brought tears to the eyes of some of the oldest members of the church. In the morning he preached from the theme, "What we think of Christ," and those who failed to hear it missed a spiritual treat. In the evening his theme was "The Power of Love," taking his text from Solomon, using the following quotation: "Love is strong as death." Quarterly Meeting will take place on the last Sunday in June, at which time Dr. Carey of Quinn Chapel will preach. We cannot expect anything less than a crowded church and an overflow meeting. Watch out for the announcement in The Broad Ax of the date of the great concert to be given for the benefit of Allan Chapel at which some of the best talent, colored and white, of Chicago and Evanston will appear. Mass Meeting at Institutional Church. There will be a meeting of the Colored Citizens of Chicago at the Institutional church, 38th and Dearborn streets, Sunday, June 14th, at 4 o'clock p. m., to take action on the recent lynching of W. David Wyatt at Belleville, Illinois. All are invited. Committee: Chairman, Hon. John G. Jones, Rev. R. C. Ransom, Rev. J. F. Thomas, Rev. Moses Jackson, Rev. D. R. Wilkins, Hon. John F. Patty, Hale G. Parker, L. O. Baler, L. B. Anderson, Col. Jno. R. Marshall, Dr. Alexnder Lane, Julius F. Taylor, Benjamin Bagsby, J. G. Thurman, R. M. Mitchell, Dr. A. A. Wesley, Hon. Theodore W. Jones, J. H. Moody. Speakers.—Rev. R. C. Ransom, Rev. Jordan Chavis, Hon. E. H. Morris, Hon. S. A McElwee, Hon. T. T. Allain, W. W. Johnson. --- CONVENTION OF NEGROES. CONVENTION OF NEGROES. New York-At a convention of Negro voters of New York, New Jersey and the New England States held in Brooklyn recently, two hundred delegates were present. Delegates were elected to the National Negro Suffrage convention, to be held July 1, at Louisville. Resolutions were adopted declaring that the condition of the Negro is now most serious and alarming, and that no thinking American can look upon this condition without great apprehension for the future of this country. Col. A. D. Gash, Oxford Building, leaves for Macon Mo., June 24, where he will spend two weeks with his relatives and friends. succeeded in getting his constituents 20th wrd from end to end And it is ward in the city. Eloped With Negroes. St. Cloud, Minn., June 9.—Thomas Newman of Mount Tabor, Wis., caught up with his eloping wife near St. Cloud last night and took his daughter, fifteen months old, from her. The woman was traveling in a covered wagon for Canada with Frank Delaney, a mulatto. They started from Wisconsin three weeks ago. With this couple were a brother of Delaney and a Mrs. Nelson, who left her husband and four children in Wisconsin. Both the women are white.—The Forum Fargo, N. D. CHIPS S. B. Emmick, 4812 Armour ave., was united in marriage to Miss Floyd May 24th. B. W. Fitts will move his printing house from 2713 State to 2803 State street June 15, where he will have larger and better quarters. Miss Clara Caine, the dashing belle of London, O., will spend the next six weeks in this city visiting with her aunt, Mrs. R. B. Jones, 4747 Dearborn street. The last issue of The Public which is so ably edited by Louis F. Post, contained an article on the "Race" problem which should be read by all who are interested in the solution of the problem. Rev. Father J. E. Madden, who is an assistant to Father Dorney of St. Elizabeth's church, 45th and Wallace sts., is a warm admirer of The Broad Ax, and he is positive that it is doing a good reform on educational work. Dr. William D. Crum, internal revenue collector for the Port of Charleston, S. C., will arrive in Chicago June 23, and a reception will be accorded to him at the Institutional church on that date. Thomas Kennedy who was run into by a team last week while riding his bicycle, died from the effects of the injuries which he received. His funeral services were held at Bethesda church Tuesday. Rev. John W. Robinson of St. Mark's church delivered the principal discourse. Whoever heard of a Negro complaining because his property is taxed to pension confederate soldiers, to build monuments to honor confederate heroes, erect battle abbeys, or to support confederate soldiers' homes? But the wall is ever going up about taxing white men's property to educate Negro children.—The Reformer. Some of the underwriters and insurance men have made a bitter fight on fire marshall W. H. Musham, but in spite of their unwarranted attacks on him he will succeed himself; for Chief Musham is one of the best fire No.33. fighters this city ever had and there is no good reason why he should be passed up by Mayor Harrison. Four Negro men and one woman were killed and ten others were badly injured by a mob of Christians at Forest, Miss., the first of the week; none of the mob's victims had been convicted of committing any crime, but some one had shot a white man from ambush, and those and many other innocent Negroes had to suffer for that rash act. "Our Carter" wants to become Governor of Illinois, but it seems to us that his Honor is a pretty cold proposition to seek such high honors, for if he should happen to be elected, it would be impossible for the state of Illinois to buy enough coal to heat up Governor Harrison's rooms hot enough to enable Col. John J. Coughlin, Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray, and the other political boys to lay close up to his side. Politicians big and little in both the Republican and the Democratic camps, are beginning to line up for the great fight in 1904. Some claim that "Mayor Carter H. Harrison, and company, with the aid of his Republican allies, will completely put to flight Jonh P. Hopkins, and his followers, and control the next state convention which will elect delegates to the National Convention." Such a thing may come to pass, but all the big fellows who are doing a whole lot of blowing now must remember that it is easier said than done. W. F. Hunter, who like Gambling Jack Terrell, has been passing himself off as a jack-leg lawyer around the Hyde Park and the 35th Street Police stations, was sent to the county jail for fifteen days by Judge McEwean last Monday for embezzling three or four dollars from one fo his gullible clients. There ought to be some way to prevent white and black rascals who are not lawyers from obtaining money from people under the pretence that they are able to handle their law business, when as a matter of fact they know much less about the law than a tom cat. Sunday evening, June 28th the Physicians' Association will hold another citizens' meeting at Bethel church. Dr. A. Wilburforce Williams, President of the Association; will preside. Dr. Bentley will talk on infants' teething Drs. Buckner, Schultz and Mercer will represent the medical side. Mrs. L. A. Davis will speak in behalf of the citizens. B. F. Moseley will talk from a legal standpoint. The first meeting held by the Physicians' Association at Quinn Chapel several months ago was quite interesting and the one to be held at Bethel on Sunday night, June 28th also promises to be instructive, The following are the new officers of the Old Folks' Home: J. W. Camp. Jno. C. Buckner. Fred Culley. Richard Kelley. M. M. Napier. Joseph E. Hudun. John French. Mrs. J. C. Snowden. Mrs. Paul. Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Hawkins. Mrs. Mary Deathreidge and It is to be hoped that in the future the Old Folks' Home will be conducted much better than it has been in the past. Doctor and Mrs Daniel H. Williams, 3149 Forest ave., entertained the Doctors, their wives and sweethearts last Saturday evening in a most lavish manner. The house was decorated with lovely flowers which scattered their fragrance in all directions. The rooms were brilliantly illuminated, classical music from an orchestra floated through the spacious parlors throughout the evening. Luncheon was served to the guests, Doctor and Mrs. A. Wilburforce Williams, Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Perry. Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Buckner, Dr. and Mrs. Geo. C. Hall, Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Smith, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Kelly, Dr. Anna R. Cooper, and Dr. A. B. Schultz were some of the most prominent M. D.'s present. --- at ay ae ee =a t+ aiechatpetaaces eneesenatscarecare os SSS eee aeeeage an. =a - Zhe time ts ripe. I willnot pause, But put the question fateful. Pe eee “Philedeiphia Press, ms After the Ocean Voyage. “Yes,” he said, “we encountered a terrible storm. Came up very sudden- ly, too, didn’t it?” “Very,” she answered wearily and Somewhat absent-mindedly. “Why, ‘we hadn’t much more than got a light Fancheon down before it came up.”"— Chicago Post. Escaped a Life of Wee. First ‘Wot are yer so a Tramp— yer so happy Second Tramp—I called at = wid- der’s house fer something to est, and the woman ‘most killed me with a club. “Don't see nothin’ in that ter smile over.” “I wos jus’ thinkin’ wot an escape Thad. She might ‘a-took a fancy to me and married me.”—N. Y. Weekly. An Epitesk. Here lies a man of wisdom shy, ‘Who nature's laws defied; He undertook tq shoe a mule— . ‘That's all. He simply died. —Cincinnati Enquirer. BQUAL TO THE OCCASION. a ts Er ay y a9 Ae . f Ls , Q Wee DD HN : x A L j yi Le “ = ted a aR N = \ f : i N } | S| = B ii ? “ “You owe $50,000, you say, and yet you want ‘to marry my daughter?” “Sure; unless you know of some other way to get me out of the hole.” -—Fliegende Blaetter. Advertising It. Upon her finger—dainty thing— Fook teen ny a. ‘Which to her lips each hour wil! bring ‘The smile that won't come off. ea Farewell. “So this is to be a farewell tour?” “It is,” answered the prima donna. “You mean to cease singing in pub- lie?” “Not at all. Merely that people are to have another opportunity to say farewell to their money.”—Washing- ton Star. Pa’s Experience. — “Say, pa,” queried little Johnny Bumpernzickle, “what is experience?” “Experience, my son,” ‘replied the old man, “is something a fellow gets after it is everiastingly too late to make use of it.”—Cincinnati En- quirer. » WHAT PHYSICIANS SAY. “Death months” are March ani April for adults and July and Au gust for chijdren under five year: —@f age, according to the statisticiaz of the twelfth census. - A freshly cut slice of pineapple isid on a piece of beefsteak will in s comparatively short time cause soft- ening, swelling and partial digestion of the mest for a considerable depth from the surface. ‘The government of the Punjab has undertaken to immunize 700,000 in- habitants against the plague. The Jaborstory of Bombay has been et usin to the physi- serum “@icus of the Punjab. ‘Tuberculosis was not known among @atéle in Denmark until the impor- Seton coon rapidly tha: 50 a ‘government commission which tested 144,000 head with tuberculin found ay karen cyrungs + . = Geaths from pneumonia per 20,900 of population in 1860 were ee ie, a eR Be ‘gute Increase of 349.6 per cent. of ss compared with en ar. te decreane 395 per cent. of = ' ars “Women evidently have no sense of = the bald-headed “Why éo you think thusly?” asked eee “If they bad,” replied the philosophy dispenser, “they would never get past the love, honor and obey part of the marriage ceremony without an eudi- ‘dle giggie.”—Chicago Daily News. Ne Chance of Failure. Seen eae meneee ane Bow c Downton—Haven"t heard lately, but I presume he is making money hand over fist. Last time I saw him he was on his way to Kentucky to start a fac- tory. “Hum! What did he intend to man- ufacture?” “Corkscrews.”—N. Y. Weekly. Oreeliy tn Be@eacdt Seen “Yes,” skid the critic to the aspir- ing-young playwright, “there are great possibilities in this play of yours.” $ “Thank you. It is very kind of you to say so.” “But there will be greater possi- bilities in the fellow who is clever | enough to find them and get them out.”"—Chicago Record-Herald. | Altogether Too Good. _ “I think we'd better let that cash- der go,” said the president of the bank. “Why?” “Well, it’s my experience that every man has at least one bad hab- it, and, as I can't find that he has any other, I'm afraid~he'll steal.”"— Chicago Post. Beund te Have Onc, | “I suppose,” said young Mr. Kallow, “that you always retouch all photo- gtaphs-before you finish them.” | “Oh! yes,” replied the photographer, vee photograph will please you, I’m | “Well—er—don't be afraid to darken the mustache a little.”"—Philadelphia Press. : z Guessing at Men's Ages. - “What are the respective ages of the father and the son?” “Well; I judge the former is over 50, because I noticed, he likes to be called ‘my boy,’ and that the latter is under 25, for the-reason that it Pleases~him to be addressed as ‘old man.’ ”—Tit-Bits. Se Bleees Mesto. “So Sue Perkins bas accepted that feller from Podunk?” “Yes; but I don’t b'leeve she knows much about him. She only met him day before yesterday.” “Oh, well, that’s tong enough fer Sue Perkins to find out all about him and everybody else in Podunk.”—Judge. Leoking fer = Chance. Mrs. Gobang—This paper says that @ Kansas man sold hie wife for eight dollars: Gobang—I wonder if it will ever be my luck to run across a fellow who is throwing money away!—N. Y. Times. A Frank Suitor. “He's a remarkably frank man.” “How so?” “Why, the heiress asked him if he was sure he could take care of her when he proposed, and he said he was sure he could if he had her money to do it with."—Chicago Post. | 4 woman's aim is poor, “tis said. ‘Thus when she's indiscreet And throws herself at some man’s head She landeth at his feet. Philadelphia Press. ereen NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. <= ‘i = = Uy Es . aA << y ait IES ree i A— See a \\\) Sa. \ | ‘The Wife—Come out from under the bed, I tell you. What are you afraid of? Didn't I promise at the altar to love, honor and obey you? — Bostdn Globe. The Reasce of Tt She smiles and iaughs the livelong day. Pray. do not think her simple! Catholic Standard and Times, A Thursday Call. eS 227 of the household Bridget—No, mum, they're all out excepting me; and I never receives om Thursdays. ‘Better tuck nixt toime—Brooklyn Life. Unele Reuben Says: zs Most ofus like to be deceived now an’ den. If we found all men honest we'd hev so little to kick about dat life would be monotonous—Detroit ree Press. ? Perfect Bliss. ~ a a agen Ae married. 1 SS Ste ir ee oe ee eae “TALES TOLD OF MEN. | ‘When Thomas Dixon, Jr, ina recent speech in Cleveland referred to his anticipation of a race wer in this coun- try and ventured’ the peep that the Anglo-Saxon would sweep ne gro off the face of this continent's level-headed old darky in the audience remarked; “Not entirely, doctor, not entirelyy You'll want a few negroes anos of pense: t Archbishop Ryan, ‘very fond of a joke in spite of his mul- tifarious duties finds time for many amusing quips. When Bishop Spald- ing, of Peoria, visited the archbishop some time ago it was arranged that the western man should beentertained by a lady prominent in social and chari- table affairs. The archbishop wrote him. giving some details regarding his prespective hostess, and ended his let- ter thus: “The lady who has all these virtues treats her husband like a brute. P. S—She is very fond of brutes, being an officer of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- mals.” George Francis Train sat one spring morning in Union square, New York, as was his custom, surrounded by chil- dren, to whom, contrary to his atti- tude toward adults.-he was always. affable and agreeable. On the outside of the group surrounding Mr. Train stood a smal] colored girl looking wist- fully at the white children who were receiving all his attention and hear- ing his wonderful tales. After they had dispersed and Mr. Train was alone the black girl advanced timidly and said to him: “Do you love children?” Looking at his questioner in some sur- prise, Mr. Train admitted that he did. Then in a low voice she said: “Iama child.” At La Plata, Mo., the other day, Cole Younger did something original, es- pecially for a showman and an ex- bardit. A patron of his wild west show told Younger that he had been short changed out of five dollars by an employe of the show. He pointed out the man and Younger went to the employe and said: “Give this man his money back.” “What money?” asked the man, feigning surprise. “Did you hear me?” returned Cole. “Give this man his money.” The employe com- menced to explain. “I don't want any explanations,” said his employer, “pass that money over and pass it over quick.” The money was handed over and the dishonest employe discharged then and there. Frank James, who stood by, approved the action of his partner. THE LAW DECLARED. Forbidding the employment of fe males in certain establishments more than ten hours a day is held, in state vs. Buchanan (Wash.), 59 L. R. A, 342, not to deprive them, unconstitution- ally of life, liberty or property. Ovens, engine boilers and shafting placed by a tenant in a leased building for carrying on the bakery business with the intention of removing them, are held, in Baker vs. McClurg (Ill), 59 L. R. A. 131, to be removable as trade fixtures. The right of a riparian owner to use @ mavigable-stream for floating logs is beld, in Hutton vs, Webb (N. C.), 5y L. R. A, 33, not to be derived from the state; and it is held that he can- not be deprived of such right without just compensation. Confining the right to act as agent for foreign insurance companies to residents of the state is held, in Cook vs. Howland (Vt.) 459 L. R. A. 338, not to be an unconstitutional impairment of the privileges and immunities of citizens of other states. A judgment of divorce rendered in a ‘state in which the wife has acquired ® separate domicile, and valid there, is declared, in succession of Benton (Za.), 59 L. R. Ae 135, to be valid in other jurisdictions. With this case is an extensive mote reviewing the au- thorities on conflict of laws on the subject of divorce. A street car passenger who Is eject- ed from a car to which he is trans- ferred because of a mistake not no- ticed by him in the transfer slip given him by the conducter to whom he paid his fare is held, in Lawshe vs. Tacoma R. & P. company (Wash.), 59 L. R. A. 350, to be entitled to recover substan- tial damage from the company. IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. ‘The salmon can, for short distances, travel at 25 miles an hour; the swift- est of marine creatures are those of the whale family. Mosquitoes are known o~ live through the winter, awakening with the first warmth. A late investigation by Mr. John B. Smith proves that cer- tain species hibernate in the adult state, others in the larval state, also others only in the larval state, and some in the egg. Many larvae survive repeated freezing and thawing. A scientist once put an eutomatic music-box on the lawn and spent many hours watching the robins, blue tite lock dup have the binds pat up euaek ieceieeteten eee tractive, while a combination of « mhusical box and s jlooking-giass Pleases the birds more than anything elze one could put out for their amuse- ment. _ Thé gradual disappearance of locusts in Rhodesia and other parts of South Africa is attributed by Mr. J. M. Orpen, gins, fo 6 ragiy growing wad ae a, to a Sine tok ee cea ee the ee en Since its dis- nen ray scouts bat agen bas ‘THE CAUSE OF EDUCATION. ‘Prot. Henry 8. Graves, director of the Yale school of forestry, has gone abroad for the purpose of making [special studies of the methods o! scientific forestry on the continent. He will visit the forestry schools and qmuseumg in Germany, Austris, Hun- gary and France. ‘Henry Walters bas given to the division of ethnology of the Woman's College Museum at Baltimore « port- folio of thirty-one sketches of the Sioux Indians made by the late Frank B. Mayer, of Annapolis, who was one of @ party sent by the government in 1851 to make a treaty with that tribe. Roanoke college at Salem, Va., which.has had more foreign students than any other college in the south, will this year graduate the second Corean to take the degree of bachelor of arts anywhere. in the world, the first being Kin Beung Surh, who re- ceived his A. B. at Roanoke in 1898 and his A. M. at-Princeton in 1899. Kinsic Kimm, who will be graduated this year, is so good a speaker that he won @ prize in declamation several years ago. Booker T. Washington was much overcome when he heard of Carnegie’s gift of $600,000 to the Tuskegee insti- tute. The millionaire’s letter requests that “the modern emancipator” be re- lieved of further pecuniary cares. It also declares that Mr. Washington is a second Moses, leading his people to a better condition. “Maybe,” said the! recipient of the compliment, “but I'l!| differ from my predecessor in this—I'll not burden my people with another set of commandments. The original ten will suffice.” 4 ODDS AND ENDS. Gen. John B. Sanborn, of St. Paul has been elected president of the Minnesota Historical society to suc- ceed the late Gov. Alexander Ramsay. Gen. Sanborn has been a resident of the state since the early '50’s. Joseph H. Perkins, the veteran coin collector. and relic hunter of Syracuse, N. Y., will publish a work of eight vol- umes, containing the biographies of nearly 50,000 centenarians and photo- graphs of 600. He has been collecting them all his life. He says that there are at present 4,000 centenarians in the United States. The oldest man in the world, he says, is Manuel del Valle, a Mexican living near San Francisco, who is 157. All parts of the world are in- cluded in this collection. Sioux City is much wrought up over a squabble now going on between the principal shoe dealer of the city and the wholesale grocers. To boom his trade the shoe dealer decided to have @ coffee sale, and he advertised large quantities of the berry at five cents a pound. After a few days the wholesal- ers refused to sell to him, and he bought of the retailers. Now the wholesalers have gone into court a ask for an injunction to prevent him from selling a coffee for less than the market prices. CHURCH AND CLERGY. Phonograph cylinders which repro- duce the pope's “solemn papal bene- diction” are being advertised for sale in Paris at £2 each, It is stated that the Presbyterian board of foreign mission is hampered in its plans for the coming year more by lack of meg than of money. It has appointed 47 missionaries and has as yet work and means for 34 more. Bishop Alexander Le Roy, who founded a chain of Christian villages reaching almost across the continent of Africa, has come to the United States for the purpose of studying the negro problem as it is presented here. The Jesuit, Peter Zottoli, who died at Shanghai at the age of 76, was a lead- ing authority on the Chinese language and literature. For many years he had been at work on a dictionary, which, completed, will comprise 10 or 12 volumes. The recent report of the American Bible society’s agency in Mexico shows a working force at present of 256 Mex- ican preachers, 350 Sunday schools and 10,000 scholars, and a church member- ship of nearly 17,000 communicants and 50,000 adherents. ~ IN ENGLAND’S CAPITAL. London's water companies supply daily 6,172,326 péople. The houses of parliament at West- minster cover fully nine acres of ground. A count of the uncecupied houses in London abow 40,069. That is one house in 15 of the whole city. Bedsteads with alarm clocks as part of the headrail are being made for sonth London early risers, The Londoner will be greatly an- moyed by innovations whet the Ameri- can electrical cars are running in the Metropolitan underground and tu’- penny tube railways. The fare will be five cents for any distance; there will be no first, second or third class; the igh speed will be over 60 miles an hour, twenty-second limit to stops will give him a Chicago education in movement. IN THE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE The Hispar Pass in the Himalayas has the longest glacier in the world. Itis 90 miles in length. ‘The latest name added to the chemi. cal nomenclature of Germany is Tetra- methylbenzylphenyitriamidotripheny'- carbinolmonosulfosaures Natron. Owensboro commandery, Knights Templars, of Owensboro, Ky. con- ferred the Knight Templar degree on mitt the United antisinchestsi, = = ” | GIANT BGG OF ZPYORNIS. quired by the American Museum of Natural History. shape the largest in world is now on exhibition | in Bird hall of the American museum of natural history. The egg belonged to a gigantic extinct bird, called the ‘sepyornis, formerly inhabiting the wilds of the Island of Madagascar. This huge member of the bird king- dom, for some unknown reason, was exterminated in comparatively recent times, and nothing but its fossil eggs and fragmentary remains of the skeleton can be found. From the length and size of the limbs and feet tMe birds are said by fcientists to have been probably twice or three times the height of an os- trich, of which they are supposed td be a distinct group. They were pow- erful and ever dangerous creatures to human life. It is related that they carried off cattle and sheep and the white inhabitants had to walk about with tame tigers to guard and pro- tect themselves from their attack. The extraordinary size of the egg, which ig nearly a foot long by ten inches in diameter, is vividly shown by comparison with a hen's egg, which seems nothing but a mere speck in comparison. = Nearly half a hundred hen eggs could be packed inside, says the New York Commercial-Advertiser. Only a few perfect eggs have been found. They command a high price, owing to their scarcity, averaging from $100 to $500 a piece. } QUEER: KIND OF THEFT. Mexican Hotel-Keeper Tapped Elec- trie Light Company's Cable te Save Cost. A hotel keeper in the City of Mexico, whose place was always brilliantly lighted by electric lamps, apparently without regard to cost, has recently been convicted by a local judge for stealing from the electric light com- | pany the current with which his hos- telry was lighted. He was con- demned to a year’s imprisonment and a fine of $33.70, and, as an additional penalty, was “disqualified for all kinds of public honors and employments,” reports the Chicago Chronicle. | The landlord who attempted to evade the electric company’s charges wired his house and made a connection with the company’s cables, with the intention, as he pleaded, of calling at the office of the company and explain- ing the matter ata laterday. He also declared that he had used the cur- rent fur “only a month.” The com- pany had its suspicions aroused and applied to the court for authority to make an examination of the hotel lighting system, which was granted, with the resnit of revealing the fraud. The legal point of interest in- volved in the case hinged upon the definition of the word “robbery,” | which the district code thus eluci- dates: “He commits robbery who possesses himself of a movable thing belonging to another, without right and without the consent of the per- Son entitled by law to dispose of lt.” EXCHANGE OF CHILDREN. Where City Parents Trade Their Of- “pring with People from the Country. A curious arrangement, called “The Exchange of Children,” was adopted by some charitable people of Berlin last summer, and will be re- vived this spring, says the New York Tribune. The promoters arrange for the temporary interchange of city and country children. Children ,of working people there begin to con- tribute to the support of the family sooner than in this country. The lit- tle ones all have their tasks. This is true in the country, as well as in the cities, but the labor performed by children in the towns is very dif- ferent from that on the farm. Hence some charitable women of Berlin organized a fresh-air scheme, by which the children of the poor may exchange places for a few months in the summer. Those from the farms come into the city, which is a valuable educational experience for them, and those :n the city have an opportunity to enjoy a little country life, without depriving the parents of either of their assistance. Families who are willing to make such exchanges are invited to report at the headquarters, where an ex- change is arranged. { Highest Waterfall. While mining im Mexico, William P. Dunham, of Denver, visited what is considered the highest waterfall in the world. It bears the Indian name ‘of Banssseachic, and is located about 190 miles west of the city of Chihua- hua, near the summit of the Sierra Madre mountains. The elevation of the mountain is 6,500 feet above ses level. The cascade falls 978 feet. eatin Large Artificial Lake. In a gorge of rock little more than 200 feet wide the United States gov- ernment has decided to construct a dam of solid masonry, the first under the Hansborough-Newlands act, at te the valleys of abe ee ame 5 upper and Tonto creek the largest arti- Scial lake in the world. It will irri- gate 200,000 acres. eae Steck on tha Shaw 4 man in Gkowhegan, Ms., recent- ly sold his beloved pig to. raise money to take bis family to the cir- cus. The next week he asked the town for financial sid, as he claimed that the hog was his entire capital ENGLISH HOUSEHOLD TRoops Regiments That Date Their Estay. Mahment from the Time of Charlies 1. The privileges of the household troops, which are now being called into question, date from the esiab- lishment of the regiments from Charles IL, according to the London Chronicle. A fortnight before hig coming from Holland he selected 30 cavalier gentlemen, and formed them into @ corps of life guards, under Lord Gerard. Increased to 600 men, ‘they formed the king’s bodyguard, and escorted him into his own again. Parliament disbanded the Ironside army, but an outburst of fifth mon- archy fanatics in January, 1661, af- forded Charles a pretext for main- taining troops for his personal pro- tection. Out of Monk's disbanded army the king increased the life guard by 500 men, raised a regiment of foot guards, transformed the Cold- stream regiments into a second corps of foot guards, and converted troops of Cromwellian cavalry into royal horse guards. The Third regiment of foot guards was established in 1713, in honor of the union with Scotland. The earl of Linlithgow’s fusiliers were brought to London and converted into “Scott’s guards.” These five regiments formed the nu- cleus of the British army. CAMELS IN LOUISIANA. Said to Have Been Introduced There by a Lumberman as Far Back as 1542. James Boardman Calle, of Long- beach, Miss., is authority for the ‘Statement that his father, the late George W. Cable, imported a herd of camels for utflitarian purposes in 1842, reports the New Orleans Pica- yune. He was engaged in the manu- facture of lumber under the firm name of Cable & Simpson, in the vi- cinity of Covington, in St. Tammany parish, La. St. Tammany parish has a very sandy soil, and Mr. Cable con- ceived the idea of using camels in the hauling of logs. That was long before the days of the logging steam train. Horses and mules were unserviceable, because of the sandy soil. In 1842 a herd of camels was imported from Arabia, through New Orleans, and put to work hauling logs to the saw mill. The venture was a big success. The queer-looking beasts, with their slouchy gait, hauled logs to the mill and hauled the lumber to the river, which led to Lake Ponchartrain, over which the lumber was carried in schooners to New Orleans. Some years after the firm dissolved, and the camels were sold to a man out west. That was the last of the herd, so far as Mr. Cable knows. ANIMALS ON ANIMALS. Parasites That Take Up Their Lodg- ings om the Bodies, Beasts, Birds and Fishes. All animals both great and small, suffer as severely as mammals in the matter of parasites, says Leslie’s Monthly. The parasite of the ostrich is a formidable-looking example. The most interesting of the pigeon’s para- sites is the one known as the slender pigeon louse, which is supposed to do good service to the bird by thinningits body plumage as the weather grows hot. Fish also have parasites. The legs of one variety which inhabits the carp and pike are attached to the pos- terior part of its anatomy, and con- stitute paddles by means of which the organism can change {ts host and de- part to pay its attentidys to another fish. Two dark spots in the forepart of the creature represent the first pair of legs, which have been convert- ed into suckers, by means of which the organism retains hold of its host. There is good reason to believe that this “pike louse” is not a parasitic tor- ment, but rather a desired attendant. In all probability it derives its nour- ishment from the mucous products se- on the skin of the fish. And when it has satisfactorily arranged the toilet of one fish it abandons it for another which needs its help. WHEN MILES WAS DEFEATED. Irish Woodchopper Was More Than ® Match for the General im Repartee. | Gen. Miles is quoted by a fellow of- -ficer as telling the following story on himself: _ “It was during our pursuit of Chiet Joseph,” said the general. “One ex- ceedingly stormy night we encountered on our march in the Bearpaw moab- tains a few woodchoppers’ cabins. The woodsmen were not inclined to be very hospitable, but we finally induced them to share with us the protection their huts afforded. “They consented, however, only upon condition that they should not under any circumstances be compelled to give up their beds. It feb to my lot to share the bunk of the boss, a very stern Irishman, who was not delighted with his guest. “Hoping to establish an entente cor- diale I said, banteringly, as we were preparing to retire: “‘Come now, Patrick, you know you'd be a long time in Ireland before you'd get a chance to sleep with a gen- eral.” . “‘And it’s Of that am thinking,’ he instantly retorted, ‘that you'd be a long time in before you'd iver be made a Lys . Only One Arsenal. Canada’s only arsenal is at Quebec. Her main arteries run closé to our frontier, and in case of war could easily be cut by raids, says @ British CONVENIENCE IN THE PANTRY The proper location for a pantry is near the kitchen range, and near also to the dining-room; but, beyond the mere matter of location, the interior arrangement is an important factor in lessening or increasing the labor of housework. The point to be especially aimed at is such an arrangement of the pantry fittings as shall bring every article needed in cooking within easy reach of the KNEADING BOARD ON HINGES. housewife's hand, with as little moving as possible. It is the constanthurrying from one point to another to get this article here and that there that makes housework hard. It is well therefore to have the pantry as nearly square as possible. A square pantry gives the shortest distance from any point to that point where the kneading board is located. In one of the four sides will be located the doorway. The best arrangement for the other three sides, to my mind, is suggested in the accompanying illustrations. The kneading board should be located in front of the window. A most convenient device for securing the full advantage of this location is shown in Fig. 1. On the right of the window is a set of drawers, the uses of which will be obvious to any housekeeper. To the left of the window is a cabinet into which two barrels of flour can be rolled for bread and for pastry. The top of the cabinet is movable to give access to the flour. The cover of the barrel next the window is made of just the right THUMB Sauce Cinnamon Bread Marmalade Sauce Sauce Sauce Salt Coffee Tea Coffee Rice Corn Meat Eggs Dried Go Dessert Sugar KITCHEN CABINET. length so that it will span the space in front of the window, and upside down it serves as a kneading board. When replaced in position over the barrel, the kneading surface will be underneath, which will keep it wholly from the dust. If shelves over the position of the barrels are desired, the kneading board cannot be hinged, but must be lifted and placed in position. At right angles to this arrangement for flour barrels, gneading board and drawers, may well be placed a cabinet for holding all kinds of groceries need- CHARTS HER FIGURE. An anthropometric chart is a necessary possession for the young woman who is striving for classic proportions in her figure. The woman who does not number such a chart among her possessions is quite behind the times, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. The height, the breadth, the depth, the girth of the anatomy, each must come in for a share of attention. Calipers, a breadth stick, a height stick, and a steel tape measure are needed. In making inventories of one's inches, it is necessary to take each measurement with the body in the same position and in the same way. The following are founded on the classic ideal: Height, 5 feet 5 inches; weight, 138 pounds; waist, 27 inches; bust, 34 inches; arm, at the shoulder, 13 inches; wrist, 6 inches; ankle, 8 inches; calf of leg, $14\frac{1}{2}$ inches; thigh, 25 inches. The arms extended should measure the height from the tips of the third fingers. The hand in length should measure one-tenth of the height. The length from the elbow to the middle finger should be the same as from the elbow to the middle of the chest. From the top of the head to the chin should be the length of the foot. The height of the head should be just four times the length of the nose. The stretch of the thumb and second finger should just measure the face. The stretch of thumbs and first fingers should exactly circle the throat. Measured by heads, the eight parts ed in cooking. Ordinarily such groceries are kept in bags, or in paper, tin and wooden boxes, upon open shelves, one behind another, entailing much trouble and occasional spilling when getting one receptacle out from behind another. With such a cabinet as that shown in Fig.2, everything is by itself and instantly available, without the disturbance of any other article. The large closets in the lower part of this cabinet accommodate iron and large tin utensils, and jugs containing molasses, vinegar, etc. On the side of the pantry opposite the window is the dumb-waiter, and also open shelves for dishes (Fig. 3). If the pantry is in a city home, where ice is a necessity, the space occupied by the dumb-waiter may be used for the refrigerator; but in the country home, where ice is not used, a dumb-waiter is of the greatest importance. Articles that must be kept cool in warm weather can be placed upon its shelves, run down into the cellar with the motion of a hand, or drawn up as easily from that cool place, without the repeated and fatiguing-ascending and descending of cellar stairs, which is one of the most distressing factors in many housekeepers' daily lives during the hot days of summer. The building of such a dumb-waiter as that figured is not a difficult matter DUMB-WAITER AND SHELVES. at all. A rectangular closet is constructed, the floor being cut out beneath it. On either side, within, a strip of pine board is fastened. These strips extend down through the floor to the bottom of the cellar. A little space is left behind each strip for the pulley cord to run, and on the inner surface of each strip there is a groove running from top to bottom for the projections on the side of the dumb-waiter to slide up and down in. At the top of each strip are inserted stout window pulleys, over which the cord passes and is attached to the sides of the dumb-waiter. This is simply a set of shelves with side pieces firmly attached. Four shelves in the dumb-waiter will be sufficient, and above them may be two stationary shelves at the top of the closet. Glass doors may be provided for these fixed shelves, and two narrow wooden doors for the lower part. All the woodwork should be thoroughly oiled, to prevent swelling. When one is building or remodelling a house, the pantry should, if possible, be placed upon the northern side of the house. If it is necessary to locate it upon the northeast or the northwest corner, let the window be upon the northern side, so that the room may be kept as cool as possible in summer.—Country Gentleman. which make the height of the classic figure divide up in this fashion: Height, one head from crown of head to bottom of chin to breastbone; one-half head from top to bottom of breastbone to the middle of abdomen; one head from the middle of abdomen to beginning of lower limbs; one head from beginning of lower limbs to middle of thighs; one-half head from middle of thigh to top of knee; one-half head from top of knee to bottom of knee; one and one-half heads from bottom of knee to small of ankle; one-half head from small of ankle to soles of feet. Two Ways of Serving Eggs. Here are two good ways of serving eggs. For creamed eggs, boil four or five eggs hard, cut them lengthwise and pour over them a white sauce made of one pint of milk, one tablespoonful of flour and one tablespoonful of butter. For baked creamed eggs, poach six eggs, put them on a deep platter, grate over them a little cheese and cover with a white sauce made of one pint of milk, two tablespoonfuls of butter and two tablespoonfuls of flour. Bake for five minutes in a quick oven: To make a cheap and excellent furniture polish take one ounce of white wax, one ounce of castile soap, half a pint of turpentine, two ounces of beeswax, half a pint of soft water. Dissolve the white wax and soap, which must both previously be cut into fine shavings, in the water on the stove and dissolve the beeswax in the turpentine. When nearly cold mix these ingredients together and the polish will be rehdy for use. Oldest Dressmaker's Bill. Among the many tablets found in Chaldea is what has been termed "the oldest dressmaker's bill." It dates from 2800 B. C., and is an itemized list of garments given by the king to the priests and priestesses of one of the temples. "The hope of mankind," says Metschnikow, "depends upon the proper restriction of the phagoctyte." Very few nonprofessional men know what a phagocyte is, and even numerous physicians try to get along without having made its acquaintance, while most medical handbooks ignore the thing, and the few dictionaries mentioning it describe it wrongly. Here is Prof. Metschnikow's definition: "Phagocytes constitute the police of the human body. As a big city cannot get along without officers of the law to keep crime and vice under control and the moral atmosphere pure and wholesome, so health is impossible unless the phagocytes exercise their proper functions in the streets and channels of our interior. "Phago means eat, devour, absorb; cyte is the Greek for cell. The phagocyte, then, is an absorbing or eating cell; one might term it the scavenger of the human body. So much science recognized long ago; also that its main food consists of bacteria, the elements of organs peculiar to the larvae stage and other noxious matters." The author continues, according to the Indianapolis Journal: "The above, my biological and bacteriological investigations and experiments proved correct, but science's further argument, namely, 'that the phagocyte, after performing this most important office for the youthful body, becomes itself food for the developing organs of the adult,' is a serious mistake." JAPAN A CURIOUS LAND. Almost Everything Seems to Go by Contraries in the Mikado's Kingdom. "There is no land that I have ever seen so curious as Japan," said Robert W. Brinkley, of Yokohama, to a Washington Star reporter recently. "I have lived in Japan for the past 22 years and it is to me still a sort of wonderland. "One of the strange features of the country is that all crops and fruits are almost certain to deteriorate. I have seen beautiful peaches grown the first year from stock imported from the United States.' The second year they were still fairly good; the third season poor and after that unfit to eat. Nothing in the vegetable world would seem to retain its excellence for any length of time. It is a bamboo country and everything reverts to the bamboo. Beautiful lush grass covered many a plain and yet it gives no nutriment to cattle. Garden vegetables look as fine as any grown in the United States, but when cooked they have no taste. The flowers are of gorgeous hues, but they are without perfume. "But even with these imperfections it is a very interesting corner of the earth and many things recommend it. Its inhabitants are in their way a fine people. In the rural districts particularly the natives are the most honorable beings I ever met. In the cities they are sharper mentally, but not nearly so scrupulous." WILL STUDY OLD RUINS. American Savants on the Way to Explore Remains of Civilization in Russian Turkestan. Raphael Pumpelly, who has been charged by the Carnegie institution with the exploration of Russian Turkestan has arrived at St. Petersburg with his son, R. W. Pumpelly, to procure the necessary permission. They will join Prof. W. H. Davis and Ellsworth Huntington, of Harvard, and Prof. Richard Norton, director of the American school of classical studies of Rome, at Baku. The party will search for remnants of the once flourishing civilization of the basin of the Sea of Aral, will investigate the climatic changes that have taken place there in historical times, and will seek to discover whether such changes have been sufficient to cause the present decline of this region, and whether equal if not greater importance should not be attributed to economic and political changes, such as the interruption of the-old caravan route by the Arabs and Turks the devastation of the country, the settlement of a population unused to agriculture and the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope route to India. The party will remain several months, some of the members perhaps longer, future work being determined by the results of the present reconnaissance. Will Be Bride of a Peer. Lord Monson and Mrs. Turnure, daughter of Gen. Roy Stone, U. S. A., will be married soon, according to announcement made at London. Lord Monson is the nephew of Sir Edmund Monson, the British ambassador to Paris, and was at one time intended for the diplomatic service. He was appointed to the household of the late duke of Saxe-Coburg, but by the death of his father in 1900 he found himself a peer of the realm, the owner of the country seats and entailed estates. He is 34 years of age. Big Wild Animal Trade. A dealer in wild animals in Hamburg collected and sold last year 76 lions, tigers and panthers, 42 bears, 52 elephants, 64 camels and dromedaries, 730 monkeys and a large number of smaller animals and birds. Where Man Is Small. To ordinary eyes a man 1,000 yards away—say, on a rifle range—appears as a dot; he could not be known as a man except as being a smaller dot than a horse. GETTING HIS SEA LEGS. Life on the Ocean Wave Has Its Drawbacks for the Young Navy Recruit. The phrase "acquiring the sea habit," which is frequently used in connection with the training of recruits in the navy, carries to the lay mind something of an impression of a rolling gait, a chronic hitching at the waistband of the trousers, a saline vocabulary and a canny knowledge of the brands of eating tobacco. The navy department knows the epoch as one in which the recruit is learning to make himself comfortable aboard ship, and during which he is liable to fits of depression, in which more things than sea water look blue. It is the period in which the romance of a life on the rolling deep becomes temporarily obscured and life seems hard. During such a period the recruit is likely to write to his family or his congressman in such terms as seem to warrant an abolition of the service, and a considerable part of the work of the navy department lies in assuring inquiring friends that the recruit will feel better when he gets over it. If the investigation which is made in each case of complaint happens to cover some weeks, it is likely to get to the recruit about the time he is beginning to take notice and enjoy himself, and he is quite willing to admit that "things look different." The present conditions of the service which seem likely to be permanent, says the Washington Times, make it absolutely essential that the enlistment contract shall be enforced as strictly as it has been enforced since the date of the executive order which abolished the former privilege of discharge by purchase. WAIL OF A DEPOSED KING. Paris Chef Who Has Cooked for Royalty Tells of the Good Old Days. Casimir, the chef of the Maison Doree, in Paris, which closed its doors some months ago, now describes himself as a king without a kingdom, says the Detroit Free Press. He has been lamenting to a correspondent that the beaux jours have gone forever. He says: "In the olden days—in the days of Rosini and the duke of Hamilton and others, or during the empire—the people knew how to dine. M. Le Bardon would come and consult me five hours in advance and Mme. La Marquise two days ahead. They came down to the kitchens, and we consulted, and a dinner in those days was a poem, not a meal. The kings, alas, have changed all this; ah, they have much responsibility, the kings. "Your King Edward was a customer of mine; but what do you think he preferred? The simplest dishes. And Leopold of Belgium"—Casimir's dark eyes blazed with scorn—"soup, and a slice of beef. Alas, is that a dinner for a king? The king of Portugal is the only one who knows in these degenerate days how to eat. The last time he dined with me he sent for me and pressed both my hands. Tears were in his eyes. He kissed me on both cheeks and assured me that it was not a dinner, but a creation." WHERE ASPHALT IS CHEAP. Not far from the town of Ardmore, in Indian territory, and partly within the corporation limits is an asphalt mine which is thought to be extensive enough to pave all the streets in Indian and Oklahoma territories. Ardmore proposes to build her streets of native asphalt, says a report from that place. She will be prodigal in the use of asphaltum, for the reason that it is more economical than crushed rock and cement. The plan is to take the asphaltum as it comes from the mine and make a foundation six inches thick. This will be pounded and rolled until compact. Upon this will be spread a coating of the same material crushed into coarse gravel size, mixed with the powdered material that results from the crushing. This also is thoroughly tamped and rolled. The last coat is made of the same material ground to a powder and then heated. No wagon ways have been made, but many sidewalks have been built in this manner and they are giving most satisfactory results. The crude asphaltum can be laid upon the streets at about half the cost of crushed stone. Four classes of projectiles are used in the United States navy armor-piercing projectiles, for use against armor; common shell, for use against unarmored, or very thinly-armored parts; chrapnel, for service against exposed detachments of men a considerable distance away, and canister, which is employed against detachments of men lacking protection within close range. Locating Ores. It is claimed by the Draft-Williams method of locating ores by the deflection of electrical currents that not only can deposits be located, but that the extent and depth of the lode can be determined with an accuracy that is quite impossible with any existing system of prospecting. A Film of Oil. According to Lord Rayleigh, a film of oil on water may be so thin that its thickness is no more than one twenty-five-millionths of an inch, which is computed to be, in all probability, the size of a molecule of the TALKED OF IN WASHINGTON Some Interesting Gossip from the National Capital. Strange Faces May Soon Be Seen on Postage Stamps—Precedents That Have Been Established — The Government Printing Office. Washington.—There is a chance that the picture of Napoleon will appear on a United States government postage stamp. If it should it will be in connection with the new issue of stamps to commemorate the Louisiana purchase. M. It has not yet been definitely decided that an exposition issue will be authorized, but there is little doubt about it, for Napoleon doubt about it, for the post office department authorized such issues for Chicago and Buffalo; and St. Louis will hardly allow herself to be ignored. The proposition is to place the head of Napoleon on one of the stamps probably that of the five-cent denomination. This is not the first time that the likeness of a foreign potentate has appeared on an American stamp. Isabella of Spain was celebrated thus in the Columbian series at the Chicago fair. Not much attention was paid to the fact, however, because the royal features appeared on the four-dollar stamp, which never went into general circulation and which was hardly seen except by collectors. Columbus was also celebrated in the same way, but he was on the five-dollar stamp. These are the only historical characters except American citizens who have been honored in such a way. If Napoleon goes on the five-cent stamp, which really goes out into general circulation, it will amount practically to a precedent. The other stamps of the new issue will bear the pictures of Jefferson, McKinley and some other, not yet determined. Jefferson's will go on the two-cent stamps, which is a purely domestic affair, while McKinley's will go on the ten-cent stamp, probably. Precedent Against Roosevelt. An interesting question will arise over the proposition to put the head of President Loubet, of France, on one of the St. Louis series. The plan which commends itself to the exposition boomers is to place upon the four stamps of the new issue portraits of the four representative persons of the two countries involved in the purchase and in the celebration of President Loubet. the centennial of Louisiana purchase. Thus Jefferson and Napoleon would represent the period of purchase. When it comes to the time of the exposition, however, embarrassment arises. The exposition will be opened by Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States. The president of France is M. Loubet. President Roosevelt's picture cannot go on a stamp; that would be contrary to a post office regulation of such long standing that it now has the effect of law. Instead of Roosevelt's picture, therefore, it is proposed to use the bust of McKinley, which would be specially appropriate, because McKinley was president when the law was enacted giving the government's sanction to the exposition. But if Roosevelt's portrait is barred because the postal regulations say that no living American shall be represented on a United States postage stamp, how about Loubet who, to be sure, is not an American, but who would seem to be less entitled to the honor? To be sure, there is no regulation against it, but the American people who use the stamps will hardly take kindly to the Loubet proposition. There may be a compromise by picturing some typical scene or industry, just as the Buffalo stamp had a picture of a flying railroad train. Up to the present time there is no record of any nation except the United States issuing a postage stamp bearing the effigy of anybody but one of its own rulers. Owners of automobiles in Washington are up in arms because the district commissioners have just adopted new regulations with regard to speed and control. A BICYCLE RIDE These regulations are no more strict than those of some other cities, but the speeders are sensitive and say they are unnecessarily harsh. What they object to especially is the regulation that each machine shall carry a number clearly visible on the back and that every driver of a machine shall show a license whenever asked by an officer of the law. The automobilists have been holding meetings where their indignation has blazed out. To number the machines they declare would disfigure them and would subject the owners to a certain amount of humiliation. The most strenuous objection, however, was to the rule requiring the showing of licenses. It happens that a large proportion of the automobilists of Washington are young women who have hitherto enjoyed unhampered the freedom of the asphalt. A good many of them have never thought of such a thing as applying for a license or indeed of taking any other steps to recognize the rights and susceptibilities of timid pedestrians. The indignant automobilists now declare that the only object of the new regulation is to afford fresh and cheeky policemen an opportunity to stop any pretty girl they see with an automobile and under pretense of inspecting her license engage her in agreeable conversation. Suits are to be brought in the courts to test the legality of the new regulations and all sorts of denunciation has been heaped on the unfortunate commissioners; but public sentiment is with them and would like to see even more stringent regulations adopted. The asphalt streets of Washington afford peculiar temptation for the speeding of machines, especially for cutting fancy circles and executing short turns to the demoralization of man and beast. Government Printing Office. Before congress comes together again the new government printing of fice—far and away the largest establishment of its kind in the world will be occupied and in operation. The First Government It is not generally known that the United States, amidst its other activities, conducts a printing business which is more than twice as extensive as any other carried on in the world, either public or private. Hitherto this business has been conducted in a fire trap—a ramshackle white brick building that is in constant danger of going up in smoke or collapsing under its own weight. Four years ago congress after many trials appropriated $2,400,000 to construct a new building which should be somewhat more nearly adequate to the demands. That building is now ready to receive the machinery which is being installed as rapidly as possible. The new office will have a floor space of 14 acres, divided into seven stories with very few partitions. The building will be lighted with 1,500 windows, utilizing one-third of the entire wall space. The walls of the rooms are lined with white enameled bricks which makes absolute cleanliness achievable. The building is fire proof. The outer walls are three feet thick. The floors are constructed according to the engineers' estimates to bear a load of 85,000,000 pounds—40,000 tons. It took 10,000,000 brick to construct the outer walls and the steel frame work weighs 12,000,000 pounds. All the machinery will be run by electricity. Three dynamos of 300 horse power each will run 300 presses, 7,000 electric lights, 11 elevators and all the other devices. There is a system of ventilation which is a marvel. Fans, placed in a loft, driven by electricity draw the air through shafts from the floors, expelling it through the roof with such velocity that the atmosphere of the immense building will be changed once every seven minutes, and each employee will have 3,000 cubic feet of pure air every hour. Rapid Work. Some idea of the great size of the government printing business may be gained from the statement that there are 3,957 employees on the payroll and that these operatives are at work all the year round printing and binding the tremendous mass of publications issued by the United States government. ```markdown ``` Of course when congress is in session the work is In the Government Bindery. congress is in session the work is much greater than at any other time, for there is an immense number of bills, reports and documents of every kind which have to be printed solely for the use of congress. But there is no time during the year when the presses are not rumbling and when publications, sometimes in sets of many volumes and frequently with superb illustrations, are not being thrown off. There is no establishment in the world where finer work can be done in spite of the great mass of it, and the beauty of it is that the work can be done with astonishing rapidity. An extraordinary instance of this was the publication of the report of the Sampson court of inquiry on the destruction of the Maine. That report contained 300 pages and was illustrated with a great many half-tone cuts. It was brought into the senate on the afternoon of March 28, 1808, in manuscript. The next morning it was on the desks of every senator and representative, printed and bound, and thousands of copies had already been struck off. Since that time the government printing office has given many other exhibitions of speed and skill. LOUIS A. COOLIDGE. Thickly Populated Islands. The most thickly populated island in the world is Malta, which has 1,360 people to the square mile. Barbados has 1,054 people to the square mile. PASSING OF THE REV. E. J. FISHER, D. D. Editor Julius F. Taylor: The passing of the Rev. E. J. Fisher of Olivet Baptist church of this city, is being accompanied with sentational arrests and counter arrests by the members of his church coupled with a heavy damage suit for alienation of a wife's affections soon to be filed, it is said, in the courts of this city. This so-called Doctor of Divinity, at this writing, is under arrest on two warrants containing grave charges, and is out of jail only under heavy bonds for his appearance on the day of trial. Sensational facts came to light last week which cast a darker cloud over this man's troubles and places him in a new role. It is now predicted by his friends, that as soon as he can escape from the clutches of the law, he will bow before the storm of public indignation and retreat in disgrace to the South, whence he came. This shows unmistakably the approval of the course taken by The Broad Ax, the only independent and aggressive newspaper in Chicago published by our race. It should be said in fairness, however, that the Chicago Conservator, fortified by an astonishing grasp of the actual situation, and with an overwhelming array of stubborn facts, in its last issue, took the field against this gospel tramp. This indicates that, if the public press follows the dictates of conscience, publishes the truth and does its utmost to keep the pulpit honest, upright and clean, the better element of the people in th community will very soon approve its courageous course. There are certain preachers in this city whose unsteady footsteps are tending toward the mire, and whose pulpits ought to be occupied by abler better nd cleaner men. The result in one particular case, however, has brought its own speedy punishment. If a minister of the gospel with one leg or more, is so foolish as to reduce love making to an art, he ought to have sense enough to refrain from practicing that art on the married women of his flock. If he disregards that commandment which says: "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, if he forgets to maintain the dignity of the pulpit; if he offers his heart to another man's wife, no matter how gracefully the tender is made, he may, perhaps, have reason to regret it. A few weeks ago a certain minister proclaimed from the pulpit that his wife was the most beautiful woman he ever saw, but, if current reports are true, another man's wife "looks good to him." Candor compels me to admit that many of the frivolous and silly things ascribed to some of our ministers, have proven on-investigation to have been erroneously ascribed to them, or else to have been so qualified at the time of speaking by other statements as to lose much of their apparent foolishness; but any socalled Doctor of Divinity, who alienates the affections of a wife, and then causes the arrest of the injured husband because he does not like it, is a moral leper and a social assassin, more dangerous to society than famine, flood, plague or pestilence. If such evil influences are exerted over the weak, and such illicit love as this can succeed, it would mean a suspension of the most hallowed rights of many a family, as well as the most sacred ties of home. This offense increases in enormity as it is more carefully scrutinized. It is nothing that it is directed toward a member of the Baptist church and by a Baptist preacher, denomination is nothing, because in its larger and fuller significance it is a blow at the purity of every church, the chastity of every home and a scandal and a disgrace to any community. "What God hath joined together let not man put asunder," was not written for naught. Perhaps of all the sayings of Jesus Christ this one the Baptist Church in particular has emphasized and most obviously laid to heart. Her consecrated ministers have never tired of laying particular stress upon the adoption of this principle of Christianity. No punishment, therefore, can be too severe for a minister, who knoweth his Master's will, and doeth it not. What compassion can be felt for a preacher who professes to be a servant of the Lord, while he cheerfully wears the livery of the devil? As black, seedy, maimed and scarred by sin as Dr. Fisher is, he has the "gall" to make the claim from the pulpit that he "looks like Jesus," but since no living man hath yet beheld the Saviour I am not prepared to successfully dispute this claim, however ridiculous, absurd and disgraceful it may seem. But one thing I am prepared to say, and that is, the behavior of Jesus Christ, who went about doing good, was very different from that of this man Fisher. Christ was arraigned before the Sanhedrim it is true, while this "skate," who claims to bear the image of our Lord, is arraigned before a Justice Court. More false accusations were brought against the Master than against any other being of whom history has furnished a record, yet He never was accused of "monkeying" with a man's wife, nor of trying to break up, or befoul, the home of one of His disciples, although Mary, Martha and other women followed Him, one of whom anointed his head with oil, washed his feet with her tears and wiped them with the hairs of her head. Only one fate can overtake a minister of the gospel so lacking in Christianity, self-respect, manhood and common decency, and that is the utter contempt and dishonor of men, and ultimately to have his doleful station fixed with the "dogs and sorcerers, and idolators and murderers and whoremongers, and whoesoever loveth and maketh a lie." THEODORE W. JONES, 2209 Cottage Grove Ave. Ten or fifteen bright Colored girls are wanted to learn the hair trade, will receive good pay from the beginning. S. E. Koch, hair company, 138 State street, fourth floor. 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