The Broad Ax

SIDE FLASHES ON KNEIVING PREACHERS, AND THE MEET Louisville, Ky., July 13, 1903. Julius F. Taylor, Editor of The Broad Ax, Chicago. Your fearless attacks upon those in the pulpit, forces the respect of sober minded men. Too many of the so-called preachers of to-day among our race are worse in their blighting effects upon race progress than were the medicine men among savages a century ago. How can a man who is violating the commandments handed down through the centuries; who is secretly violating daily the laws of the land; who is to all purposes maintaining a harem, properly direct and adyise his people? It cannot be done. In our beautiful city a poor Negro woman may take sick and send for her pastor and there are more than a half dozen in the combination any one of which who goes will before leaving her inform her if she dies she must be buried by the burying firm of which he is a stockholder and that if her friends get any other undertaker he will not guarantee her a church funeral. This same combination is arranging to buy a burying ground, and one of them is the main stockholder in an ilegetimate insurance and sick benefit affair, and in addition to all this they run Sunday steamboat excursions under the guise of basket meetings. In this way they make of their members, "peons" almost as despicable as those of Alabama. For years the Episcopal ministry among our residents was considered a beacon light but when a so-called priest shows more affection both in sickness and death of his lawful wife for others and his acts are in harmony with his language on the subject, the "light" is out. The meeting of the great "Afro- American" Council, is what has especially called our attention to this condition of affairs. The leaders of the affair were loud in their protestations of "no social equality" but when they, the little coterie, who owns it, had an opportunity to honor some woman with a position on an executive committee whom did they select? A woman whose mate is a Caucasian pure and simple. Of course as she informed them she was married to the man and he did not appear on the stage, it was all right, "no social equality." The convention officers collected the fees from 25 cents to $5 a piece; had a grand banquet open to good, bad and indifferent who could raise $3 a couple, and then adjourned. The main lessons they taught are: 1. Fleece the laboring Negro and keep him thinking you are great. 2. Select not your best women but those you like best for social prominence. 3. Laboring classes, spend all you can to sit at table and eat with us big "Afro-Americans." Would to God the same energy had been used to stop slavery now in more barbarous form within gunshot of Tuskegee than was slavery before the war. There can be no real race elevation under the leadership of the so-called Afro-American Council folks as shown here. They may hoodwink some, but the leadership of District Attorney Lewis and especially of Prof. Du Bois is worth one thousand such conventions. It must die or it will hang milstones around the Negroes neck. From the man on the mountain. One year ago, Revs. Abraham Lincoln Murray, Jasper F. Thomas, Archibald James Carey, long slim cramp shooting Jim Miller, Old Ham Carter, Little whisky Ward, Col. D. R. Wilkins, F. L. Barnett, and company were doing everything they could do to suppress The Brood AX and to land us in jail for a long time but they failed in their hellish scheme, and today some of the ring-leaders of this rotten gang who claim that they have been called to preach the gospel, are imploring us, through their agents, not "to expose their immoral acts and devilment." OUR DEBT TO THE IRISH. We are not certain that the Irish Americans are in need of defense by us slaves, for they, above all classes, next to the Yankee element itself, are usually looked upon as able to take care of themselves. Yet we are inclined to think that Mr. Edward F. M'Sweeney scarcely gave due credit to the accomplishments of the Irish for their work in America when he lectured on "Irish Immigration to the United States; Its Character, Scope and Results." at the regular monthly meeting of the Charitable Irish society at Young's Monday night. He said that the Irish people were not represented in proportion to their numbers among the professions, and in financial and business institutions. He said the people of Irish descent must cultivate a "pride of race" which would prevent them from "aping" the manners or ideas of any class or any race. "Go into trade and industry," was his advice to the Irish-American of the present day. Mr. M'Sweeney showed by figures the Irish constituted about a third of the state's population and half of this city's, that they have only a small fraction of the business of banking, mercantile and manufacturing businesses. Says he: "Our race was formerly classed as being composed of saloonkeepers and policemen. In the second generation alone of Irish in Massachusetts to day there are more lawyers, doctors and authors than there are saloonkeepers, and more teachers than policemen. Put some or our surplus energy now given to politics into business and industry. We will thus succeed in lifting the race up to a plane their native talents intended them to occupy." But the change from saloons, and the police force to school teaching is only one degree, as these vocations, are all largely obtained through political influence. And this brings us at once to the real question. The Irishman has had to make his way in America through politics. He was at first ostracised because of his race and religion. He had, therefore, to depend on his political combination and wait for his growth to'work himself above the calling of a menial. He had to combat, not only a hostile sentiment, fed by a prejudiced press, but a people, with government in their own hands, who were opposed to him through tradition. By the increase in number the Irish Americans, being a city people, soon conquered and altered the tone of the metropolitan press, which is now everywhere favorable to them. By their political combination they taught the old-line American that the government belonged to all, not to a chosen few. Up to their doing this, no other than the Anglo-Saxon class had shared in government. The Irish were, therefore, the pioneers in this movement for universal class privilege in America. The Swede, the Dutch, the Negro and all other classes owe a debt of gratitude to the Irishmen. Through his effort, the press is more tolerant and public opinion more favorable to all.-The Guardian, Boston, Mass. Let the Negro stick close to the Irish and the Jew, for the time may come in this country when he will want the members of these two races to assist him in fighting for his civil and political rights. Mayor Harrison has selected the following gentlemen to serve as members of the board of education: Graham H Harris, Edward Tilden, E. C. Dudley, Edwin F. Rowland, Michael Shields, Percy S. O'Ryan, John C. Fetzer. Members public library board; Samuel Despers, John W. Lowe, F. A. Lindstand, and Dennis J. Egan. George Mason, member board of bridewell inspectors. Joseph W. Errant. Civil service commissioner. The mayor had no further use for Thomas Gallagher, who was one of the very best members of the board and off went his head. One Swedish gentleman was picked out by his honor as a member of the library board, but no respectable Afro-American had any honors along this line conferred upon him by Carter H. Harrison who wants to become the next Gov. of Ill. HEW TO THE .LINE. CHICAGO; JULY 18,1903 M. Theodore C. Meyer, lately appointed Police Magisrate at the Chicago avenue station, was born in this city June 1869. He is a graduate of the Chicago Public and High Schools and the Law Department of the Lake Forest University. He entered the Mayor's office as sec'y to the Maycr, during the last year of Mayor Washburne's administration and served under Carter H. Harrison, Sr., John P. Hopkins, Geo. B. Swift and Carter H. Harrison, Jr. Previous to entering the City Hall he was employed in the office of the Pullman Palace Car Co. He was appointed by Mayor Washburne irrespective of politics; but this new dispenser of justice has always been a loyal Democrat. For three days last week in San Antonio, Texas, a mob whipped, tortured, and had bloodhounds to bite several Negroes so as to make them confess that they had assaulted Mrs. Kronle, a white lady. Before she died last Friday she told the officers that the black brute, the Negro fiend, was one of the well-known white men of the town without a bit of Negro blood in his veins that badly assaulted her. One of the daily papers in a small headline in an insignificant place in its columns, after briefly relating the incident, closed with these words: "The poor woman died Friday, and the pale face brute (?) is now in jail." Important news concerning this white ravisher escaped the notice of the Associated Press. Strange, mighty strange! And this white man guilty of the nameless crime which ended in the death of this woman has not been lynched. The Star of Zion, Charlotte, N. C. The above incident is in harmony with what we have been preaching right along namely, that "many white men assault their own females, and the crime is charged up against the Negro race, that confessions wrung from the victims of angry and blood-thirsty mobs are as a general rule worthless. That white gentlemen are never burnt at the stake and chunks of their flesh sold to Christian men and women, for raping high-toned ladies. Saturday afternoon, August 1st, at the Chicago National League Base Ball grounds, corner of Loomis and Harrison streets, the officers and employes of the Board of Assessors, and all the headlights connected with the Sheriff's office will play a spirited or a hotly contested game of base ball for the benefit of The Daily News Fresh-Air Fund. William Kingsley, John J. Dedrick, Frank H. Hawley, Charles Krutchoff, Albert N. Lange, Swen P. Norman, and Thos. A. Rohan will round up the boys in the Assessors office. John J. Geary, Joseph Grein, Edward P. Byrnes, Robert Wilson, Michael F. Maher, Wm. J. Graham, and James E. Daley compose the committee on ball game sheriff's office, and manager John J. Geary, is doing everything in his power to make it the most successful game of base ball so far played between the attachees of these offices, in fact all the gentlemen interested in this event are anxious to realize a large sum of money for the benefit of the little sick babies sanitarium, for if they do so then thousands of poor children and their overworked mothers can enjoy the blessings of an outing during the hot summer days. Police Magisrate at the Chicago avune 1869. He is a graduate of the Chie Law Department of the Lake Forest office as sec'y to the Maycr, during administration and served under Car, Geo. B. Swift and Carter H. Harrison, Hall he was employed in the office of appointed by Mayor Washburne Irre-enser of justice has always been a loy- They are Pleased with Their Pastor. Chicago, July 15, 03. Mr. Editor:— In last week's issue of the Conservator, there appeared an article reflecting on the Christian integrity of our pastor and Wife, Rev. Geo. W. Slater. We simply desire to say to the public in justice to our pastor and wife, who has and is laboring so hard and unselfishly for the interest of our Chapel, that the whole article is untrue and written for a malicious intent. The Trustee Board of Hyde Park have never demanded reports of them as they have invariably made reports immediately after each entertainment satisfactory to this board. Furthermore Rev. Slater has never run the trustees in debt and would not permit them to pay current expenses. But on the other hand, the Trustees have every other Sunday's collections, every Rally, and every cent that is raised by the way of entertainments, as he will not take a cent on his salary that is raised by entertainments, and it is truth to further state that no "good set of trustees" have ever left this church because of the "unlawful rulings and making bills and running the trustees in debt." Rev. Slater and wife are held in high esteem by the church and public for their Christian life the four years they have been in our midst, and everything they put their hands to in the way of meetings and entertainments the people rally to their help and make it a success. Thos. Queen, S. B. Bridges, Julia Walker, Trustees of Hyde Park Chapel. For the discovery of God, Holy Ghost or Devil! $1,000 is offered for the positive proof that there is or ever was a Holy Ghost, a personal God, a personal devil, a literal heaven or literal hell, as described in the Bible. Why doesn't some preacher come after this offer? I will tell you why. They cannot furnish the proof; hearsay and imagination are not good evidence in any court and will not be taken in this case; but as long as they can work the confidence racket on women and children and emotional men, they can live in idleness, and wear good clothes; but their influence is waning; women are beginning to think for themselves, and when they lay aside childhood impressions and prejudices and use their reason and common sense, they will, I think, conclude as I have, that death is the end of all consciousness; a dreamless eternal sleep, at rest.—A. G. Descent, in Higher Science. ```markdown ``` $1,000 REWARD Mrs. Z. B. Tandy, 524 Wieland st., has returned home after a short visit to her mother at Paducah, Ky. Danna Schultz, son of Doctor A. B. Schultz, 2719 State street, is at home for the summer from Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. Independent Order of St. Luke, of Richmond, Va., is building a $50,000 hall. The architects and mechanics are all colored. Arthur McLaughlin will be chosen next year to succeed city oil inspector Edward M. Cummings in the State Legislature at Springfield. Geo. W. Conrad, of Richmond, Ind., a Negro, has been appointed as assistant claim agent of the Pennsylvania railroad lines west of Pittsburg. Miss Lula Davis left last Monday evening for her home in Paducah, Ky., after spending several weeks visiting friends in this city. Burnett Baltimore, a Negro engineer, of Troy, N. Y., has been given a $1,000,000 contract in the grading and laying out of Warren Hill park of that city. Col. A. D. Gash, who is one of the eminent lawyers of Chicago returned to the city Monday from Macon, Mo., where he spent three weeks with his friends. Mrs. Sallie Lowery of Paducah, Ky., is in the city again this year to finish a course in music. Mrs. Lowery is stopping with Mr. and Mrs. Tyler, 3426 Dearborn st. Miss Ophelia Brown of Paducah, Ky., one of Chicago's regular visitors, is again paying a visit to her cousin, Miss Z. B. Tandy, 524 Wieland st., and other friends. Two members of the St. Joseph's Society Catholic, at Baltimore, are Negros, and two students are Negros. Father Slattery, the teacher, favors the ordination of Negroes to the priesthood. Wm. Lumpp, assistant boiler inspector of Chicago, after being confined in the West Side Hospital for three months from sickness resumed his labors for the city last Monday. The Lake Forest home missionary society meet at the home of Rev. and Mrs. T. A. Clark, 6435 S. Halsted St. Tuesday afternoon, and a delightful time was had by all who attended the meeting. Dr. George C. Hall, 533 State street, has brought suit against Mrs. Emma Burton, 3826 Dearborn street, for $10,000 damages, whom he charges with slander and conspiracy to damage his reputation. Mrs. Dr. W. A. Buckner, is seriously sick, and Tuesday she was removed to Provident Hospital, where an operation was performed on her, and her hosts of friends hope she will soon be restored to good health. Lost.—$10.00 reward on ladies' Waltham gold watch, between 26th and 35th streets, on State or Dearborn streets, engraved A. E. Bryant on case, Finder will please return same to 3448 Dearborn street, or 3104 State street. George H. Walker whose home is in Franklin,La., won the medal in the men's division of the freshman declamation contest at Beloit College. This is the fifth Afro-American to win similar honors at this Wisconsin institution. Jackson Gordon of the Board of Assessors of Cook county left for Springfield, Ill., Wednesday night where he will have charge of the Commissary Department of the Second Regiment which will atcamp at that point for the next ten days. Attorney Charles H. Stevenson, 100 Washington st., has become largely interested in an asphalt company in Kentucky, and if all signs do not fail it will not, be long before Mr. Stevenson will be rolling in wealth from his investment in Kentucky. Rev. Archibald James Carey and George Brown, who is one of the slickest rascals in the ministry, it is said, became so full of the Holy Ghost or corn juice while attending the sessions of the St. Paul Sunday School District conference at Milwaukee, that they were unable to walk straight, or to sing long and loud or to lead the children of the Lord in prayer. The Organ Mite Illuminating Society of Quinn Chapel, will give its first grand picnic at Fox River Grove, fifty-five miles out on the Northwestern R. R., Monday, August 3. King's tailor-made clothing parlors are located at 150 E. Madison st., and all garments bought of him are kept in repair free. He is selling nobby outing suits in all the latest shades or colors at half price and if you want to purchase a dandy suit of clothing cheap, do not fail to call and see King. The annual picnic and outing of Grace Presbyterian Sabbath School will be given at Rasch's Grove next Thursday, July 23rd, from 10:30 until evening. Friends and parents are invited to bring baskets. Children should gather at the church at 9 o'clock. Admission to the grounds free. Games for children begin at 2:30. Mrs. D. Goodloe Smith, 2974 Wabash avenue, gave a reception last Friday evening in honor of Mrs. Ella Henderson-Walker, of Lexington Ky. About one hundred ladies called during the evening and many of them were surprised to learn that Mrs. Henderson-Walker had been living in this city for more than one year. Mesdames. C. H. Smiley, Wm. Bell, Jos. Shoecroft and Miss Gertrude Moore received the invited guests. The table decorations were red and green. Old drunken Tom Fortune continues to see snakes. He claims that he has just learned that there was a plot organized by Boston Negros, to "do" Booker T. Washington at the meeting of the Afro-American Council. If there was such a plot on foot, Old drunken Tom was its leader. The gentleman from Boston was simply endeavoring to prevent the Council from falling into the hands of Washington, and his Jim crow followers, so it could be of some benefit to the race. What has become of W. W. Johnson, his long jimswinger coat, his slick plug hat, and his committee which was selected to urge Little Dicky Yates to bring to the bars of justice those leading citizens of Bellville, Ill., who mobbed and lynched David Wyatt? Has no account Johnson and other members of his committee sold out to the state authorities for cash, thereby closing their mouths on the Wyatt lynching affair? It does seem that it is about time for chairman Johnson to stand up and speak out in behalf of his committee. Last Sunday a Grand Rally was held at St. Stephen's Church, and its pastor, Rev. W. S. Brooks, used such beautiful language in describing the granduer of heaven, and the horrors of hell, that he scooped in $16,000 from the brethern and sisters. One or two gave twenty-five dollars apiece, and many chiped in five and ten dollar bills. Mrs. Brooks single handed and alone succeeded in raising four hundred dollars for the Lord. St. Stephen is now free of debt and Rev. Brooks is one of the few Afro-American preachers in this city who is not spending the people's money in ritorious living. In referring to Prof. Booker T. Washington and his speeches during the meeting of the Afro-American Council at Louisville, Ky., The Herald of that city said: "As usual Booker Washington reserved his hardest raps for men of his own race," in this The Herald has spoken the truth, for so far Booker Washington has lacked the courage or the manhood to boldly plead the just cause of his race before the American people, like the late Frederick Donglass. Notwithstanding this fact there are many light headed Afro-Americans who are continually asserting that "Booker Washington is the greatest leader of the race that the world has ever produced, simply because he is able to work off his old worn-out tales at the expense of the Negro," but its our candid opinion that if Booker Washington could live a thousand years, and prayed every hour in the day for that length of time he would still be unable to undo the incalculable harm or injury which he has inflicted or fastened on the Negro race. THE BROAD AX. 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Word comes from France that a posthumous work, a mass by Ponchielli, the composer of "La Gioconda," has recently been performed in Geneva with pronounced success. The composition was left uncompleted, but was finished by Lorenzo Parodi. The latest addition to worthy dramatic literature is entitled "Draga of Servia," and has to do, of course, with the recent tragedy at the royal court at Belgrade. The play is in four acts, and Adolph Pierra and Barney Gerald take the responsibility for the authorship. Queen Draga is the principal character. The Art threater in Moscow is giving special attention to the production of Shakespearean pieces. The actors of this theater have been required to study not only the plays, but the pictures, costumes, and customs of the Elizabethan period. More than $150,000 has been assigned by the directors of this theater for the purpose of staging the plays. In these latter days, when managers love to dwell on the big box office receipts of stars, it may be interesting to recall that in the fall of 1886, at the Chicago opera house, Edwin Booth played to $20,849 one week and $20,913 the second week of his engagement. His receipts for that season were estimated at $400,000. During the Chicago engagement Mr. Booth played but one matinee a week. It is said that Mascagni seeks dramatist's laurels. The composer has written a three-act comedy, which will be staged in October. A Rome newspaper, the Menestrel, is quoted as making the following very discourteous comment on the composer: "Composer, leader, newspaper man, lecturer, professor and conservatory director without a job, likewise playwright, Mascagni would hop around St. Peter's on one leg if he could get an audience." FACTS FROM AFAR. Fully 2,500 persons commit suicide in Russia every year. There are six canals connected with the Thames, which extend altogether 334 miles. Twelve thousand people were arrested in Glasgow last year for using obscene language. The provision officials of Prussia have been petitioned to have eggs sold by weight instead of by number. In the central provinces of India 513 persons were killed last year by wild beasts and 1,804 by snakes. The number of domestic animals thus killed was 12,000. According to statistics just issued by the Rheims chamber of commerce, 22,- 523,746 bottles of French champagne have been exported during the last 12 months, while only 14,011,956 bottles were sold in France. Two men were fighting in a town in southern Italy, and when bystanders attempted to part them one of the men threw stones at them. The crowd retaliated in like fashion, and the man was literally stoned to death. For swearing a jury at an inquest at High Wycombe, Mr. Charsley, the coroner for South Bucks, England, recently used a New Testament printed in the year 1798. The book, which has been in constant use by Mr. Charsley, his father and grandfather for 105 years, and is still in good condition, originally cost 9d. At the lowest computation the volume must have been kissed 10,000 times. Women only are now to be employed as officials in the Roumanian prisons for females. The richest young woman in Germany is Miss Bertha Krupp, daughter of the late millionaire gun manufacture of Essen. By a new law a German woman's earnings are now absolutely her own, and she cannot be compelled to give her husband money unless he is an invalid. Mille. Cauchet, a young lady living in Montmarte, France, has toured the world, paying her expenses by lecturing and by giving lessons in French. She went first to Belgium and then to London, Dublin and Glasgow. Subsequently she visited America, Africa, Australia, China and Japan, and returned to Paris via Russia and Germany. New York is to have a "beer queen." A brewery worth $5,000,000, producing 500,000 barrels of beer annually and yielding $500,000 in profit is to be owned and managed by a woman. After years of litigation Mrs. Josephine Schmidt has been awarded full possession of the humane property left by her husband, and she will personally conduct the business. "There!" exclaimed Mrs. Lashem, upon her return from the dentist's, "I'm glad that tooth is out; it will never ache again." "Of course, not," replied the heartless other half of the combination. "It's beyond the reach of your tongue now."—Cincinnati Enquirer. The Nature of the Beast. The Philosopher—Well, what is the matter? The Man-Jones and I had a difference of opinion, and he called the a mule. The Philosopher-Well? The Man-So I kicked him, and- This Philosopher-Thus proved him correct.-Ally Sloper. I can't see why my sister Luce Should say that I'm a big disgrace And scold and raise the very deuce When I have powder on my face. —Judge. WANTED THEM FOR NUNKY. A man is leaning over a shelf with two children standing in front of it. Kid—Ma wants a nickel's worth of pills for dyspepsia. Druggist—Anti-billious? Kid—No, uncle is.—Milwaukee Sentinel. Always the Wrong Way. We wonder why it does not fly Sometimes our way. Philadelphia Press. As Explained. Brownovitch—Old Blowitz never attends church, does he? Smithinsky—No. It isn't necessary. Brownovitch—Because why? Smithinsky—Oh, he's one of those self-made men who are always praising their maker.—Cincinnati Enquirer. "That's the meanest man I ever ran across," said the book agent. "What has he done?" "Kept me calling day after day, and finally said he didn't care anything about reading, but he enjoyed hearing me talk."—Tit-Bits. At the Soda Counter She—They say the eyes are the windows of the soul, I believe. He—Yes; and when a man goes into a drug store and shuts a window quickly, the clerk knows just about what the poor soul wants—Yonkers Statesman. He Was Pressing. "What's the business of that young man I saw with you in the parlor last evening?" asked her father. "He's a press agent," replied the girl. "I could see that myself," returned the father grimly.—Chicago Post. Where It Is Strenuous. "Is the pen mightier than the sword?" "Of course it is," replied the wise mother. "Your father couldn't sign checks with a sword."—Chicago Dally News. Good Reason. Willie—Papa, is mamma superstitious, that she picks up pins so much? Papa—Yes; she knows that if the baby finds them there is likely to be a death in the family.—N. Y. Herald. Olive—So that ocean liner really ran down old Parvenoo's yacht, eh? Minton—Yes; mistook Mrs. Parvenoo's diamond earrings for a flash beacon—N. Y. Herald. Her Fear Husband—That new bonnet of yours just makes me tired. Wife—I feared that it would. You never did like cheap things, you know. —N. Y. Weekly. I spent three-fourths of my life making a million dollars. The other fourth will be devoted to trying to get an appetite to enjoy it—Atlanta Constitution. The Guarrel. "Understand, Clotilde, if you leave this house to-night, you leave it for good!" "No, dear, for better."—St. Louis Republic. "Rich? Why, he's so rich he daren't look twice at a girl for fear she'll bring a breach of promise suit."—N. Y. Times. Timidity. He—Why won't you put your head on my shoulder? She—I'm afraid you won't know what to do afterward.—N. Y. Herald. Mentally Deficient. "Is young Tutter so entirely foolish?" "Well, he hasn't sufficient mental equipment to ever be in danger from paresis."—N. Y. Times. "Well, I can do a hundred-yard dash in 10%."—N. Y. Journal. Logteah. Ella—Don't you hate to see a man make a fool of himself? Stalia—Yes, if it's about another woman—M. Y. Herald. NEW IN SONG BOOMING. Quintet of Singers Concealed in the Audience Is the Latest Boosting Scheme. The demonstrator is the latest aid of the song publisher, and appears in varied forms. He journeys through the rural districts singing gratuitously for the delight of the natives the songs that his employers publish; and he is also known in more metropolitan circles, says the New York Sun. New York has seen the demonstrator in theatrical performance, and has not always recognized him. His most popular incarnation several years ago was in the form of some lusty youngster who shouted vociferously from his aerial perch in the gallery in the chorus of the latest popular song. His salary was usually paid by the publisher of the song, and his presence was agreeable, of course, to the singer and the management, as he helped along the song and the show, until he became such a bore that he had to be suppressed. Now the demonstrator has appeared in a new and more virulent form. In a current musical farce there is a tough song of no particular attractiveness. Its first verse and chorus pass with little applause. Then five persons seated in the fourth row of the orchestra solemnly rise in their places, and, turning to face the audience, begin to sing the refrain. Two are girls, quietly dressed, rather pretty and quite inconspicuous. The three men with them are always in evening dress. The appearance of the party would not attract the attention of the audience under ordinary circumstances, and their sudden rising to burst into song is the more surprising for that reason. MOVING BY CASH CARRIER. St. Louis Hardware Merchant User Novel Method to Transfer Goods to New Store. We have heard of many novel uses to which the overhead carrier system has been put, but probably the most ingenious of them all is that of a St. Louis hardware merchant, who moved the greatest part of his stock from one store to another, which was located on the other side of the street, almost directly opposite, relates the Scientific American. A steel cable one and one-half inches thick and tested for 600 pounds, was thrown across the street from the window of one establishment to the other, a span of 81 feet. On this there was strung a steel box and as the goods were taken from the shelves in one establishment they were placed in boxes and marked. These were loaded into the cage. Gravity carried the load across the street, and the box was brought back by the aid of a hand windlass. The steel box made a round trip every minute, and the daily average was 500 per day. The average load was 800 pounds. In this manner all the shelf goods were handled, and the operation was performed without the slightest confusion, the goods practically going direct from the place in the old store to their permanent location in the new establishment. UNWRITTEN FICTION. The Peacefulness of Gulliver's Slumber Marred by the Court Jester of Liliput. Soon after his arrival in Liliput, Gulliver, tired and hungry, stretched himself out upon the ground and fell asleep, relates the New York Sun. While he was asleep the Liliputians discovered his presence. After a short consultation hundreds of them swarmed upon him and securely bound him with miniature ropes. They were overjoyed at having thus captured a giant so many times their combined size. Several of the more enthusiastic of them, unable to contain themselves, broke into a delirious thimble-thimble (ie., Liliputian for cancan) upon his waistcoat. "Hey, stop that this minute!" yelled the court jester of Liliput from below. "Don't you know any better than to jump around that way on an empty stomach?" But his warning was unnecessary, for just then something caused Gulliver to groan in his sleep, and the frightened revellers scrambled to the ground for safety. A VEGETABLE LAMB. Wonderful Species of Form in China Which Is Believed to Bestroy Other Plants. There is a wonderful species of fern that grows in China, called the Tartarian lamb. Under this name it was first described by Sir Hans Sloane, who not unjustly claimed that it much resembled that four-footed bit of gentleness. In fact, the plant does illustrate a most peculiar form of vegetable growth, says the Brooklyn Hagle. The underground root is thick and decumbent, while the great stem is pushed horizontally out of the ground by four inferior branches of this root, which answer, of course, to the lamb's four leg. Besides holding the same position as the body of the lamb, the stem is covered densely with a soft and pale, yellowish wool. Toward the end which would answer to the neck of the lamb, this stem is declaimed as though the creature were browsing. In China there is rather an uneasy sentiment associated with the Tartarian lamb, as it is believed to destroy all other plants within its vicinity. Wireless for Coast Vessels. Negotiations are in progress for fitting a certain number of light vessels round the coast of the British Isles with wireless telegraphy. Imperfect Man. Only 79 times had he whispered: "I love you, dearest." Only 79 times had she murmured: "My heart is yours." They were sitting with not even a sofa pillow between them, when he varied his refrain with: "Oh, darling, you are perfection!" "Ah, no," was the prompt reply; "a man never gets so near perfection."— Brooklyn Life. The Presents. Mr. Gadd—The Roormans celebrated their silver wedding last night, didn't they? Mrs. Gadd—Oh! no; I saw all the presents. Mr. Gadd—What do you mean? Mrs. Gadd-It seems to have been a silver-plated wedding. Philadelphia Press. Caution. "Don't you think you'd better speak to papa to-night, George?" the girl suggested. "He's just come in, hasn't he?" asked George. "Yes." "Well, I think I'll give him time to get his slippers on."—Chicago Post. The Man for the Place. Some time after the new chaplain in a lunatic asylum had entered upon his duties one of the inmates came up to him and said: "I like you better than the other one." "Why?" asked the preacher. "Because you are more like us," answered the lunatic.—Tit-Bits. Buncoed. First Farmer—Say, Zeke, who wuz that feller doin' all that laughin' 'cause you bought a gold brick? Second Farmer—He's the city galoot that thinks he is gittin' healthy on the sulphur spring water that he's buyin' a barrel at a lick from my mill pond.—Philadelphia Telegraph. A Feminine Marvel Chief Millikin—That female witness is the most peculiar woman I ever encountered. Inspector Casey—So? In what way does she differ from most women? Chief Millikin—Why, when she hasn't anything to say she doesn't talk.—Cincinnati Enguirer. Altruism. When they reproached the reformer with the dowdiness of her gown she smiled sadly. "Oh, how can one think of one's own clothes when there are so many statues and paintings and pictures without any clothes at all!" she exclaimed, with emotion—Puck. Frankness. "Now tell me honestly," said Gazzer, interrupting himself in the narration of a story, "have you ever heard this before?" "Yes, I've heard it before" replied Lysner, frankly, "but I'll acknowledge I never heard it told worse."—Town Topics. "Didn't see you at the function, last evening," said the first matron. "No, I was so awfully busy. I'd had to have broken my neck to have gotten there!" "I'm sorry you didn't get there."—Yonkers Statesman. Resented. "Didn't you once say that your wife was the making of you?" "Only once," answered Mr. Meekton. "Henrietta heard it and said it was very unkind and unjust to blame her in that manner."—Washington Star. Now a Wallflower. Her past discouraged sultora. Though Her past held nothing wrong, It scared away each gallant beau Because it was so long. —Catholic Standard and Times. ADDICTED TO THE HABIT. A Old Gent—Don't you know that is a very bad habit? Tommy—I know it is; I've tried for years to break myself of it—but it's no use.—Ally Sloper. "Certainly the rich will not object to the single tax, once they understand it well." "One would suppose they'd rather have only one tax to dodge than half a dozen."—Detroit Free Press. Strong Habit. Cumon—Did your friend Tanker succeed in breaking his terrible drink habit? Bangs—No; the habit succeeded in breaking him—Baltimore American. Rivals. Percy—My papa owns a newspaper! Jimmie—Dat's nuthin'; I buy and sell 60 of 'em every day!"—N. Y. Times It's the Only Place JUST LOOK WHAT YOU CAN FIND AT THE AFRO-AMERICAN NEWS STORE 8104 State Street WISDOM CONES BY READING WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS 8462 SOUTH MALSTED STREET CHURCH ECHOES. One thousand acres of land in Australia have been bequeathed to the Salvation Army. New Zealand Christian Endeavorers now number 10,000. They publish a handsome quarterly. The pope is the head of over 250,000,000 human beings, or nearly one-seventh of the population of the globe. Books to the value of about $30,000 were distributed last year by the Christian Literature society for China. St. Andrew's is the oldest Presbyterian church in South Africa, and it has for nearly 75 years been the garrison church for Presbyterian soldiers in Cape Town. It is proposed to erect a building to seat about 1,200 people. The American Presbyterians have established a new mission on the Sobat river, beyond Khartoum, and 2,000 miles below Egypt. It is an uncivilized region, and the language has nothing in common with the Egyptian Arabic. The Indian Witness believes that it would be well for future lecturers to reside in India a full year before they intend to take the platform, that their expositions of Christianity in relation to Indian thought might have more point. The native agency in the missions of the American board has increased in number during the last decade from 2,600 to 3,581. This is in accordance with its settled policy of raising up native teachers to spread the Gospel among their own people. One of the unique institutions of Boston is the General Theological library, a collection of books on theological and Biblical and other religious topics, designed for the use of clergymen, Sunday school teachers and all others interested in such books. During the last year 640 new books were added to the library and 400 free cards were issued to clergymen of Greater Boston. WHAT THE LAW DECIDES Delivery of a telegram, directed to a person in care of a railroad company at a certain place, to the ticket agent of the company thereafter making extensive search for the sendee, is held, in Lefler vs. Western U. Teleg. Co. (N. C.), 59 L. R. A. 477, to relieve the telegraph company from further liability. One who negligently inflicts injury on another is held in Maguire vs. Sheeshan (C. C. App., 1st C.), 59 L. R. A. 496, not to be able to escape any part of the loss caused thereby for the reason that because of the condition of the injured person, produced by his voluntary use of alcohol, the shock of the injury brought on delirium tremens, which retarded his recovery. An ordinance requiring all street railways to pave, repave and keep in repair the space between their tracks and between the rails of the tracks and for the space of one foot outside of each outer track, is held, in Fielders vs. North Jersey Street Railway company (N. J. Err. and App.), 59 L. R. A. 455, to be an invalid assumption of the power of taxation and not to be sustainable as an exercise of the police power. Preventing the use, during court hours, of a pavement newly laid in a street adjoining the courthouse in such a way that the noise of the traffic thereon interrupts the business of the court, is held, in ex parte Birmingham (Ala.), 59 L. R. A. 572, to be within the power of a court both at common law and under a statute giving it power to preserve order so far as is necessary to prevent interruption and disturbance of its proceedings. FOREIGN AFFAULT The people of England drink some 800,000,000 gallons of milk in a year. An old Worcester dinner set was sold in London the other day for 388 guineas. An English mayor has handed over his official salary to be divided between the poor and the town bands. Taking into account her population, Great Britain sends more of her subjects abroad than any other country. The Australian colonies have a greater railway mileage, in proportion to population, than any other part of the world. Twelve million pounds' worth of leather is required every year to provide boots and shoes for the inhabitants of Great Britain. The average yield of the wheat harvest of South Australia is six bushels per acre, and the surplus available for export 130,530 tons. Germany has now secured a large portion of the important jute traffic to Boulogne which for many years has been carried in British ships. SOME DON'TS FOR SUMMER Sapient Suggestions Which May Help to Make Life Tolerable in Hot Weather. Don't you wink at the soda fountain man. Winks have gone out of fashion, says a wise contemporary. Don't hitch along on an open car. It is easier to let people climb over your knees. Don't ask a fat man if this is hot enough for him. He'll think there's a joke in it somewhere. Don't take it out on the ice man. If it wasn't for him we'd have to cuss the coal man the year around. Don't try to cool off on cocktails or warm up on ice-cold lemonade. There's a philosophy about such things. Don't imagine that the fellow in the white duck suit is looking for a red-hot coal stove. He's got the same feeling down his back that you have. Don't get up arguments about ice cream. It may kill, but if it does our loss will be your gain. Don't tell anybody that at this date last year, when you were up in the mountains, you had to sleep with three blankets over you. You are thought to be a liar as it is. Don't talk politics, and feel under obligations to call some one a liar. Let him escape until the frosts come again. Don't swear off on anything, and thus perturb your mind, and add another burden. A good case of prickly heat is enough for one person to lug around. From on and after this date The Broad Ax can be found on sale at the following places: The Afro-American News Office, 3104 State Street. The Gem Shoe Shining Parlor, 336 30th, near State street. A. F. Tervalon's Cigar Store and News Stand, 2826 State street. Edward Felix's Cigar Store, 368 30th street, N. E. Corner Armour Ave. T. B. Hall's Cigar Store and Laundry office, 281 29th St. J. E. Webb's Cigar Store, 280, 29th Street. Turner William's Cigar and News Stand, 2903 Armour Ave. M. H. Watts, dealer in cigars and tobacco, 3742 State street. The Stationery, 2970 State street. J. C. Campbell, 145 W. 47th street, Cigars, Tobacco, Staple Groceries. Wm. H. Monroe, cigar and news stand, 486 State street. L. Levy, 506, 37th Street, dealer in Cigars and Tobacco. Geo. Blaine, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3420 Dearborn street. Whiteley Bros., 2724 State street, cigars, and news stand. Mrs. Florence Granger, 2940 Dearborn Street. Cigars, Laundry Office and News Stand. J. New 131 W. 51st street, cigars, tobacco and confectionaries. J. W. Hutchinson, 371 Dearborn street cigars and news stand. C. E. Hunter, 4503 Wentworth ave., cigars, tobacco, news stand. T. J. Hill, cigars and stationery store., 5220 Lake Ave. Wm. Dixon 2638 State Street cigars, tobacco, and news stand. News items and advertisements left at these places will find their way into the columns of The Broad Ax. Isidor Jacobson, cigars, togacco and stationery, 3149 State St. Joseph Haywood, 29601-2 State street, new stand, and confectionary store. TALKED OF IN — WASHINGTON A Budget of Interesting Gossip from the National Gipieat. Death of Harriet Johastoen Be- tien—Woeuld Make the City the Most Beautifatin the World. — Washington.—Harriet Lane Joln- ee Aue typified everything hn AHH Rt was gracious Kip HH ond charming in iy “\wug) te woman of { Sui Washington -de- \) Abie} fore the war. She 1 ‘ was the niece of Iie MiG} James Buchanan, Vn segflii||y 224 when a little ‘Pp Mii} { | girl she was adopt- | Sea All] ed by her bachelor b uncle, having been | left an orphan with ample fortune. She NGG e Ie tH an until he died, and she was with him first when he was secretary of state, then as minister to England and finally as president of the United States. It was @ rare experience for an Amer- ican girl in those days—or in any days for that matter—and Harriet Lane— for that was her name—tived fully up to it. While her uncle was minister to England she was a fascinating figure in London society. When Buchanan was given the degree of LL. D. at Oxford on the same day with Alfred Tennyson, the great demonstration of the day was directed toward the beautiful niece of the American minister. : During President Buchanan’s resi- dence in the white house, Albert Hd- ward, prince of Wales, was a guest there for five days, and im remembrance of those days Edward VIL sent to Mrs. Johnson last year a special personal in- vitation to his coronation. Harriet Lane was faithful to the fine old gentleman whose official po- sition had given her these social oppor- tunities, and she remained with him to his death. Then, in 1868, she married Henry Elliott Johnston, of Baltimore, to whom she had been engaged for a long time. His death and the death of her two sons after many years left her alone in the world, and she has lived the life of a gentlewoman in a fine old man- sion in a historic quarter of the na- tional capital ever since. The old house contained many interesting sou- venir sof her career and was a quiet re- treat for the declining years of a wom- an who in her day had played a bril- liant part in the affairs of twonations. ‘Te Commagé the Marines. That President Roosevelt and Senator Moody believe in the selection of fight- ing mento com- ; — my fe howe tates LUD is shown in their Wij i appointment of Hil i} Col. George F. El- 9 i Hiott to be com- \f yi mandant of ane ie, y i marine corps. he a \ Elliott is one of the | i two real’ fighting FR. “Sim! heroes of the ma- . 5 Tine corps. The = . other is Lieut. Col. L W. T. Waller, * of Chinese fame” oo ome iD A cy ha oe superior in years and rank, and so he was chosen. Elliott wasat Guantanamo with the gallant little band of marines which charged a superior force of Span- jards and his superior officer commend- ed him in these terms: : “Capt. Elliott’s cool advance up & Tocky, steep mountain path under fire for 20 minutes, without being able to return it, and the gallantry and skill displayed by him throughout this affair were essential to the great success at- tained by the expedition.” Again in the Philippines Zilictt showed his fighting quality—at Noval- eta and elsewhere, and he received the commendation of the officers of the army and of the secretary of the navy. He was broken down by his service in the Philippines, and he is still pretty badly shattered in health. But he has ® chance to gain mew distinctions as head of his corps. L Packer. John Barrett, who has just been ap- pointed United States minister to the tore tae Americas Argentine Repub- lic, is avery good example of the pushing young man who keeps steadily in view what he wants to accomplish, and who finally arrives. Barrett is a good deal under 40, but be has mshaged to keep himself pret- | ni) ey i f\ er Sg public for several years in all sorts of ways. His first venture was as & youth- ful aspirant for office under the second Cleveland admitiistration, when as & newspaper reporter he had gained some prominence in democratic politics in Portland, Ore. Cleveland liked his es- surance ané asked him to become min- Setar bo Seen 0008 eS re oe 2 ae oe ie es a diplomat and 4 im Asiatic ae : . Jost after his term of service in Siam came to an cwar with Spain ane he AmePican Sag was reise over b jarrett Was Tage meena republican ‘and imperialist. He came home and Mark Hanna put him on the Stump fm 1900. He was in all-sorte of places at opportune moments, was with Recetralt ca acaae 2 Vermont with Roosevelt McKinley was shot, amd thus gained the notice of the coming president, who offered him first the Japanese mission -and has now given him the Argentine mission. : ‘To Beautify Washingt Some time in the uncynical future-« proper tribute will be paid to the genius —_— ee. Cf Frankiin W. Smith, who for 30 years bas devoted time and life and for- tune to a project Which he believes Will vastly en- bance the beauty and eignificance of Washington. ; Mr. Smith fs an old man now, but he started in his OO cam etal of ea | ikl We ee SS Ee es While still in the vigor of young man- hood, with a fortune gained strenuously in the pursuit of trade. He was « suc- ‘cessful merchant of Boston, with ideas far beyond the usual mercantile mind, and since he retired from business he bas given his life unreservedly to the achievement of an idea. He believes that Washington is des- timed to be the most superb capital of the world, and he conceives that its architecture should be founiied on the highest of classic models. He would turn the Potomac Flats, with all their unsightliness, into rustic arbored ter- raced promenades, modeled after the Nola Bella on Lake Maggiore, Italy. He would demolish interior blocks of wooden shacks and shanties, rotten and ragged stables and fences and put in their place structures of concrete and embedded metal, overhung with Bos- ton ivy. He would redeem all that sec- tion south of the avenue between Penn- sylvania avenue and the Mall, and erect there porticos and terraces, promenades and colonnades. He would turn an- other unsightly division of the city into & great historic park devoted to histor- ical, industrial and artistic institutions and exhibitions, with national galleries of history and art. He would erect a §ranite shaft to Lincoln to balance that already erected to the memory of Wash- (ngton. Lastly, he would construct a national Agora, annihilating 15 acres of slums within a few blocks of the white house, with halls for the states, a grand assem- bly hall, a rostrum, a mammoth tower— the century monument of the United States. Smith has spent a fortune building models, scouring the earth for antiques, i order to bring his ideas home to con- gress. His ‘scheme would cost millions of dollars. It may never materialize, ia whole or even in great part; but the educational work he is doing deserves gratitude and reward. Demands Many Signatures. The principal function of some gov- rnmént officials is to sign their names to approve docu- ments. The treas- y & urer of the Unit- S J ed States has few = v duties except those fale of the most routine TA character. He has TAN no questions of ad- eS ministration to de- = See | cide, and very lit- i = tle important work ie4. 4. | | of any kind to do; wee but he is kept busy See all the. time at- Bs | = an ma | ee) would otherwise be of no validity. ‘The same is true of the registrar of the treasury. Lucius Chittenden, who was registrar of the treasury in 1862, holds the record for continuous signing. & bond issue of $10,000,000 was made necessary by the effort of Charles Fran- sis Adams, our minister to England, to prevent the delivery to the confederacy of two ships which were building in Sngiand, that amount being needed as security against damages in case the seizure of the two ships should come be- fore the courts and th> decision should be adverse to the United States. Chit- senden was notified on a Friday noon that he must have the bonds geady for a special train to New York at four p.m. the following Monday. “He did not leave his desk, but slept there and ate there; sor did he take food except in liquid form. After the first 12 hours an army surgeon was detailed to care for his arm. He signed his name 12,500 times, and during ohe period of seven hours he attached his signature 3,700 times—a speed. of over ten signatures a minute. LOUIS A COOLSDGE. Buttermilk a Liquor Ozre. A buyer for one of the largest import- ing liquor houses in New York, who is compelled to sample enough wine and spirits every day to put an ordinary man out of business, says that buttermilk is his salvation. “I not only buy five or six giasses_p Gay at the dairy restaurants or street stands,” he says, “but I drink it all the time at home, instead of tes cr toffee. I never ‘touch beer or any- thing like that. 1 keep a stone crock of buttermilk im the cellar, and let it get just a little stale. It is better then that &f taken fresh. A man who in- sists on drinking liquor will fnd very iittle trouble if he takes plenty of but- termilk. If he wants to swear off, but- termitk will-help him. It isa splendid stomachic... Two quarts of good butter- milk @ day will cure any case of nerr- ounindigestion” 2 = t ‘Me Muew Mer. “De you know her well encugn © talk-to her?” “lore. 1 know her well enough not Sea LEAGUE TO SAVE CHILDREN. Substantial Eforts to Prevent Infant Mortality Being Made ta Beral France. _ Sher is one locality in France where = Aenea orgy bd nf og that is at Saint-Pul-sur-Mer, in the Pas- de-Calais distriet. Here out of every two children born one is fated to die during the first year of its existence, a mortality exactly double the general “Speeanbec pedro ome pre moreover, unusually high—200 to per 1,000, says an article in L’IJustre~ tion, translated for Public Opinion. We have been skeptical of leagues in gen- eral, but the league against infant mor- tality has proved its right to exist. The members of the league have succeeded in creating at Saint-Pol-sur-Mer what is called a “goutte de lait” (drops of milk). At present each child-born of poor parents receives a box of linen at the time of its birth. Assistance is given the pa?ents in the form of bread, meat and coal. Mothers who cannét feed their children receive bottles of pasteur- ized milk, which has been sterilized one hour after being drawn from the cow. The assistance given the mother is sueh that she does not need to return to work until her child is four months old. The result of these efforts has been marvel- our; whereas down to a year ago 50 out of every 100 children died within a year, during the last eight months (the time the work has been in operation at Saint-Pol-sur-Mer) only one child died in its first year. WHAT AMADOU Is. Spongy Tissue of Certain Fungi Much Used Before Matches Were Invented. “Amadou” is rarely heard of nowa- days. A hundred years ago, however, it was a great article of export from the continent of Europe to this country. From France alone England used to buy sr eid aaa Ln ieee Amadou is merely the spongy tissue of certain fungi which grow on the oak, horse chestnut, poplar, pear and willow, and from which the touchwood used in the days of flint and steel was pre- pared. When matches were invented it seemed as if “amadou” as an article of commerce was doomed. ‘That there is still considerable trade in this substance is due to the efforts of a German who invented a process for converting it into a material resem- bling chamois leather, and of which caps and cleaning cloths can be made. Another use found for “amadou” is that of stanching blood. The latest fungus invention is a razor strop made from one of the tough tree fungi found in England. There is indeed no substance from skim milk to bad eggs and from human hair to old lobster shells, with which the inventor does not experiment, and usually suc- ceeds in the long run in turning to good account. - LOST PRIVILEGES OF STARS. ‘Theatrieal Celebrities Have Net the Rights and Liberties ef Fermer Times. Stars of the new school do not at- tempt to deceive even themselves as to the difference between their rights and privileges now and those of a star 15 years ago, or even ten years ago, says the New York Sun. The position of the star was very dif- ferent then. The star Goes aot know nowadays in what play he is to act un- til the manager gives it to him in the fall. He may hare a part notin the least suited to him, but he caanot help that in case the manager has decreed that he must act it. Then there are very few stars now- adays who can give out seats and boxes to any extent. In the old days the star could present half the house to his friends, if he wanted to, because he was the whole thing. But nowadays theav- erage star has to ask his msnager for seats, and doesn’t always get them. ~ Nor do the young stars of the day have the right to bring friends into the dressing room as those of the old times ould. The_younger brood must follow the rules of the theater just like the other actors. Thus have the privileges of the star been curtailed: > An Interesting Case Recently Repert- ed to the Vienna Society of Physictazs. Medical circles in Vienna are‘greatly interested in a report communicated to the Viennese Society of Physicians and read at recent meeting of the Imperial Academy of Science, to the effect that a long-standing case of cancer was cured by radium rays at the clinic of the late Prot. Gussenbauer. The patient, who was 61 years of age, had long suffered from cancer of the palate and lip, and had repeatedly been operated upon fruitlessly, until the autumn of 1902, when the physicians of the Viennese hespita) declared it was absolutely use- less to operate again. One physician determined, as a last resort, to try ra- ium rays and treated the afflicted parts by exposing them to the light of radium bromide, the strongest radium preparation i existence. He was re- warded by a gradual and complete dis- appearance of the tumors. - Physicians et the same meeting re- ported that radium rays had cured a ease of melanosareoma (a tumor con- taining a black or other dark-colored matter), and several cases of red mole. Jehn Eliot's Bible. John Milot’s Indian Bible, of 1655, was en exhibition at the woman's board meeting in Boston, having been loaned by the Town of Nantisk, by which it is oyned. ‘The book ts in an exodilent state of preservation. Secu ae of this Bibie are fn existence, one tn: necticut. the other in Burape. +; INSTRUCTORS, FOR DOGS. — Avisteeratic Canines Must Now Have Governesses to Give Thtm Special Lessons. What next? The dogs who walk in the ‘Dest tailor-made attire, and whose fam- ily trees are usually far more genuine ‘and impressive than those of their own- @rs, now have their own governess. In ‘winter she lives in New York; in sum- ‘mer she follows her charges to a fa- mous and fashionable seaside resort. She is paid by the hour to come to the house of Fido's adoring mistress and ‘broaden Fido’s mental horizon and de- Velop his latent genius. She teaches the dear little fellow to sit up and bark and Sneeze and beg for sugar plums; to turn somersaults; to shake hands and faint, and otherwise prove his claim to an in- tellect of no mean order. + Furthermore, the governess takes Fido walking every day. His mistress is often too busy or too tired to accom- pany him during his hours of exercise. She does not trust her servants with the duty of serving as his escort, so the governess is paid to accompany the little dear during his walks abroad. Her Dusiness is to keep him amused and guard him from low company. Last winter the governess tutored more than 30 dogs. At a certain hour every morning she takes ten or 12 pro- teges out on their leashes. She keeps the peace among them, sees that they have a good scamper and a roll on clean grass, teaches them to swim, fetch and carry, and guards against their con- tact with curs that might infect them with mange, distemper or rabies._ MANY BOOKS FOR THE BLIND. The United States Is Doing Much to Provide the Sightless with Helpful Literature. “I went into the free library the oth- er day,” said the Observant Citizen, in the Philadelphia Press, “and wandered into the department for the blind. I was amazed to find the number of works it contained, and some investiga- tion gave me a lot of very interesting information. “I find that there are about 100,000 biind persons in the United States and that.the printing of books for them has reached such proportions that a bill ‘was introduced into congress a few months ago providing that these works shall go free through the mails. “More than that, I learn that the gov- ernment has already made an attempt to help this class by annually giving the Snterest on $250,000 to the American pPriniting house for the blind at Louis- ville, Ky. I have seen a statement by Mr. Boutell, of linois, in which he says that this yearly sum of $10,000 is used for printing these books and dis- tributing them among thirty-two pub- le and five private schools for the blind. The principals of these schools form a committee which decides what works shall be published. - ¥ “A dictionary makes 18 volumes and costs $50; a Bible 11 volumes for $7, and an English grammar sells for'$10. “T find also that there are three week- Mes and one monthly paper for the QUEER FREAK OF NATURE. Elm Tree Growing Out of the Trunk ef a Huge Poplar Found in = Indicaa. A freak of nature has been found by workmen who were cutting timber a short time ago on a large tract near Benham, Ind. The tract belongs -to Isaac F. King and the freak is the inter- gtowth of two kinds of timber, says a local report. — A young, thrifty poplar tree, some 15 inches in diameter, has, as viewed from a short distance, apparently what is an elim limb of nearly half its own girth growing from the trunk about eight feet from the ground. A careful examina- tion ef the base of the tree reveals elm roots and the body of the elm springs directly from the body of the poplar. 4 slight ridge in the poplar trunk, which winds from the elm roots to the point from which the elm leaves it, hows how much more vigorous its growth has been than that of its com- panion tree and for seme feet the pop- lar has completely swallowed the elm. About 20 feet higher the two seem to have become attached again and in time may form. another combine. The poplar has attained a height of about 100 feet and the elm is somewhat short- er. . Just how it is possible for the elm tree to thrive, in spite of the fact that ft has been encased by the poplar for many years, is not clear. Saw Poter the Great. Leading Russian journals are sow proudly drawing attention to the fact that there has been for some time in the hospital at Tomsk a man who has lived for more than 200 years. Know- ing well that the public would be loth to believe such a story unless ample ev- idence of its truth were forthcoming, they further point out that they have carefully examined his birth and mar- riage certificates and can testify that his’ married life lasted 47 years and that he has been a widower 125 years. This wonderful man has been bedridden for some time, but his brain is as clear as ever it was, and nothing pleases him more than to tell visitors how he ence bad the good fortune to see Peter the Great and Queen Catherine. + a a a A eurious wedding took place recent- ly at the parish church of Aylestone, a Village adjoining Leleester, England, the .contracting parties being Ben Moore, a shoe hand, aged 80, and Mary Anp Foil, a launéry girl, aged 24. The bridegroom is 2 cripple, who has to use & hand-propelled machine as 2 means ef locomoticn. He was wheeled into the chureh and up to the chancel steps, and remained seated throughout the ceremony. At the eonciusica he was Wheeled out beside the bride. TUNIS MARRIAGE PAIR. Am English Traveler's Observations at the Famous Matrimonial | ‘Mart at Menguelet. A famous marriage fair, or mart, is held yearly at the village of Mengueiet, im the well known oasis on the Wady Jemala, in the Kabyle district of Tunis. It takes place at the eng of the har- ‘Vest season, when the ingathering of the crops ‘fs finished, the produce dis- posed of and the tribesmen of the country, flush with money, as money is reckoned thereabouts, think of add- ing a wife to the other purchases they always make for the ensuing 13 months. Being within 30 miles of the Ait at the time of the market, I rode over to see how such a show was organized and managed. In the open space the ee Ree FS A aS ; S ae ie / | Nem. 1 k iy . f fn? | i Y pe i Se. i 2 ' v ! = ; eo] % . ai es hee i ee, Rao] ' - ba ne A ae 4 i x ay ae ; hs ’ ae ae ees EN ROUTE TO MARRIAGE FAIR. damsels were ranged ready for in- spection in the marriage market. There they face the visitors, separated from the noisy part of the fair, ranged in four separate rows and numbering, I should say, between 600 and 700. Each damsel is seated on a small, bright colored carpet spread upon the ground, and each has a negafa—a sort of nurse, attendant and duenna com- bined—seated beside her. Conspicu- ously displayed in front of each, more ever, is a big roll of woven stuff. This roll of material plays an important part in thé marriage negotiations, and ts always woven by the girl herself. The young women are attired in the most expensive and richest gar- ments the parents and relatives can secure. They are painted, patched and powdered, as is the invariable custom of Kabyle belles, and wear sufficient Tings, bangles, bracelets, chains and brooches to stock a small-sized jewel- er’s shop. These jewels are not by any means always the property of the girl or her friends. In fact, they are mostly borrowed or hired for the oc- casion. As there is a good deal of rivalry between the different deheras and kebails in regard to the appear ance of their damsels in the marriage market, there is no difficulty in getting on loan as much ornament of the kind as the girl can carry on her person, especially if she is at all good looking. It is not easy for a stranger to decide upon the beauty of the Berber maid, for she tatoos the face as well as paints it. How is sale and purchase effected? In the simplest way imaginable. The would-be buyer has only to walk up to the carpet upon which the girl he wishes to own is seated, touch with his finger the roll of woven stuff in front of her and ask the price. If the young ‘woman, on looking over the inquiring tribesman, is satisfied with him, she names a very low figure, the small sum of ten pieces, which is agreed upon among the several clans at the equiva- lent of acceptance. If not, she merely quotes a high Price, something up in the hundreds, and it is then understood that the of- fer is respectfully declined and a deal is not likely to be effected. The actual money price to be paid for a girl de pends upon the standing of her family and the kebal to which they belong. It is fixed, moreover, by immemorial usage, so that every young man knows pretty well what he will have to pay for a wife. Hence only those who have the requisite means can venture to make an offer for any lot placed on Tt should not, however, be supposed that these young Berber beauties are by any means prepared to yield them- selves to the first comer who can afford to pay the recognized equivalent to the parents. Kabylie women are anything but the docile and obedient drudges many western readers imagine. They enjoy a good deal more freedom, in many respects, than a Buropean wife in a like rank of life. They unques- tionably rule the domestic roost, and know how to use the wooden clogs, the Kkabkab, with convincing effect upon the bare pates of their spouses. —Lon- @on Chronicle Embroidery Rules the Day. The leve of embroidery of all kinds seems to be on the increase rather than on the wane. Wise women are bringing out long-hoarded treasures of stitchery and bavisg them fashioned into revers, collars and similar adornments. Mo- tives of richly colored Chinese embroi- dery are distinctly decorative when ap- plied te a Brussels net collar, and an Old plese of embroidery or brocade of which the ground is worn may have its pattern used in this way very success- ‘fully. Liberty is using Chinese embroi- dered sleeves for bell-puils. The sleeves are joined into one long strip, stiffened, and a quaint brass handle or ring makes ‘the necessary finish. Our good érapers Su gov than ensue starmat shoe fast now Which constets of severai Daily t a THE CHEERFUL PERSON. Be or She.Whe Cultivates 2 Hapsy Sptrit Is Sure to Make Hosts ot Friends. - Cheerfuiness is an amulet, .a charm to make for us friends and to render us permanently contented and happy. A cheerful man feels well, does well, and loves thosethings which are good, While he who is always sad doth il] in ‘the very sorrow he evinces. Long- faced, sanctimonious people are gener- ally avoided, and very justly so, for who wishes to pattake of their mal- ady? while those who are accustomed to look on the sunny side of life are courted for the genial spirit which they impart to all about them. Un- Gene ee ee misfortune is a and cheerful It was good old Isaak Walton who said: “Every misery that I miss is a new méfrcy”—a saying worthy of the profoundest philosopher. It is only too true that evils come to us on wings, but retire with a limping pace, and yet most people are ready to meet calamities half way, and thus to in- directly welcome them. There is scarcely an evil in life that we cannot double by pondering upon it A scratch will thus become a serious wound, and a slight illness even be made to end in death by the brooding apprehension of the sick; while, on the other hand, a mind accustomed to look upon the bright side of all things will repel the dampness of care by its genial sunshine. A cheerful heart paints the world as it sees it—like a sunny landscape. The morbid mind depicts it like a sterile wilderness, and thus life, like.the chameleon, takes its hue of light or shade from the object upon which it rests. _ The world is almost universally a mirror, which reflects back to us the picture of the substance we present to its surface, showing us the aspect of our own breasts, either tranquil or troubled, as the case may be. If the eye is jaundiced, the landscape will be robbed of its beauty, and our own morbid spirit will turn fertile fields into sterile plains. One of the grand secrets of this life, as it regards our own happiness, is to learn to accom- modate ourselves to circumstances, not grumbling at every mischance, but pleasantly putting the best aspect up, whatever may happen. Open, unrestrained merriment is a safety-valve to the heart, carrying off the noxious vapors of care and unhap- piness. It is the part of the true phil- osopher to jest as well as to preach, and, indeed, he will be found enfore- ing some of his most valuable truths by appealing to our natural sense of the humorous. We don’t like to see people going through life ever with a frown upon their faces and a sigh on their lips. Such persons do not real- ize that there is to this life of ours a sunny side —N._ VY. Weekly. PRETTY QUILT BLOCK. Pattern fan Be Used to Advantage in Carrying Out a Neat National Coler Scheme. This design I “stole” from a quilt I saw hanging on the line at my next door neighbor’s the last time she aired her bedding. It is different from any- thing I have ever seen, and I thought some one else might like to make a quilt like it. It was very pretty, and used quite small pieces in the making. Very little need be said, as the cut shows the design so plainly. Three colors are used in each block. - A pretty thing would be to make such an one of red, white and blue. The corners of blue calico, the squares of white muslin (or white calico with very small red or blue figures)and the cross of red. Any house were there are many children would be apt to tarnish easily the blues and whites, and even if the red had to be bought for the purpose the cost would be very slight. . A cushion cover would be pretty if formed from five blocks like this, and four of plain goods, put together in “nine-patch” fashion, one patchwork square in each corner, one in the mid- dle, and the four plain ones in the re maining places. - A charming national color scheme coluld be carried out as follows: Have the plain blocks of dark biue and the patchwork ones like this: Red in the corners, white in squares, and blue in the cross. Or a very unique pillow ‘would be all in yellow and black, black fm all the shaded portions and yellow fm the white part as the cut appears. A pillow 14 inches square could be en- ‘tirely covered with one huge patch ip this design, in any colors desired. Or bave a 12inch patch with a one-inch strip around the edges. In fact, I cam DER $ Gane sar ee eee ty pattern, and hope it may prove o Interest to some of the ‘who read this paper.—M. French, in end Home. 0. eee @réinary Paper is Unenfe. Articles of food that are damp oF juley should never be left in ordinary paper. Paper is made of wood pulp, rags, sive, lime and similar substances, With adds and chemicals : and when damp is unfit to fhat are te be eaten ieee One of the big dark skinned South Side A. M. E. preachers who is ever ready to leave his happy home for a plump or good looking sister. Last November induced Jacob Feinberg, whose ad appears in another column of this paper, to let him have some chickens and other groceries which he wanted to use at his church entertainment that same night, the bill came to twenty-one dollars and sixty cents, and this big fat preacher, crossed his false heart and swore to his God in the presence of the women who were with him, "that he would pay Mr. Feinberg the morning after the entertainment which was a great success" but up to the present time this immoral preacher has failed to settle his account with Mr. Feinberg, who may shortly have this big worthless preacher arrested for obtaining goods under false pretences. Wisdom Comes by Reading. Stop! Don't worry your friends and neighbors about what happens and what will take place in the future. Read good books and papers and learn for yourself it is a wise thing to do. You can find the best WEEKLY JOURNALS and MAGAZINES from all parts of the United States at the famous Afro-American News Office, 3104 State street. You can find each month the Colored American Magazine from Boston, Mass.; the Colored Home Journal from Pittsburg, Pa., and a full line of stationary, including assortment of choice cigars and tobaccos. Call and see our display of race journals and library pamphlets that are edited by the race. If you don't find what you want, leave your order for it. We are reliable and the only place of this kind. Remember the name and place—the Afro-American News Office, 3104 State stret. E. H. FAULKNER, Manager. UNCANNY MEXICAN PLANT. Said to Deprive Those Who Comb Within Its Powerful Influence of Their Senses. The Institute Medico, of Mexico City, says the Mexican Herald, will send to the St. Louis world's fair an exhibit of about 50 medicinal plants of the country and the products derived therefrom. Accompanying the exhibit will be a complete explanation as to the place where the plants are found, the procedure for converting them into medical products and the elements which they are destined to cure. It grows wild and abundantly in the state of Michoacan. The Indians claim that whenever they enter a wood or place where the plant grows its aroma makes them lose their way, and they are unable to return to their homes or reach their destination until they cease to smell the plant. The statement is said to have been fully confirmed a number of times by learned people. The institute is going to make a scientific study of its psychological effects, and an analysis of its properties. A delegate has been sent to Michoacan to obtain a specimen of the plant. It has been further added that a person wearing a branch of this peculiar plant in his buttonhole will often be lost in his native city, but the latter statement has not been confirmed. This plant will be an interesting exhibit at the fair, and if it is sent in large quantities and keeps its qualities in foreign and distant lands, the police of St. Louis will have many visitors to guide during the exposition. HAVE THE BIGGEST HEADS. Philadelphia Hatter Finds That Chicago Men Require the Largest Headgear. A hatter had just finished selling a hat to an Irishman, reports the Philadelphia Record. "The Irish," he said, "have heads of a graceful shape; long and oval, and very large. The American has a head shaped very much like the Irishman's, only it is smaller and slightly rounder. "The German has a square head, flat on top, and very wide between the ears. A German's hat always looks too big for him. It looks so because it is so. In order that he may encompass the head's great breadth, it must be bought a little too loose in its other dimensions. Some Germans, who are particular, have their hats made to order on this account. "I sell hats all over the United States, and I find that heads run bigger in the west than anywhere else. The Chicago man has the biggest head in America. The southerner has the smallest. We easterners—Philadelphians, New Yorkers and Bostonians—all have heads about the same size. That size is, on the average 7. The westerner's size is 7%. The southerner's is 6%." Telephone in the Nursery. The telephone in the nursery has proved a real boon to anxious mothers. Recently a loving grandmother, just promoted to the honors of the relationship, was awakened by her daughter's alarmed voice, by telephone: "I'm sure baby has the croup; what shall I do?" Grandma promised to be with her daughter in a moment, and communicated with the family doctor. He in turn requested to be put in connection with the anxious mamma, and bade her lift the child to the telephone so that he could hear it cough. The child coughed, and the doctor at once declared the affection to be of no consequence, and the disturbed family settled once more peacefully to rest. COPIES OF THE BROAD AX. Fifty cents for two copies of The Broad Ax. In order to complete our files to date, we will cheerfully pay twenty-five cents each for two copies of The Broad Ax, dated December 29, 1900 and July 13, 1901. The papers must be in good condition and the money will be forwarded for the same upon receipt of them. IN WAR AND PEACE. Great Britain's ninth submarine boat was launched at Barrow the other day. It is in contemplation to remove the saluting guns at the tower of London and substitute forty-pounder breech-loaders. According to the official reports since the German government has reduced its term of compulsory military service from three years to two, the annual ratio of criminal offenses in the army has been reduced one-third. Admiral Cotton, commanding the American squadron recently received with high honor by the German emperor and navy at Kiel, is a native of Milwaukee, in which city he spent his boyhood. He is about to receive a mark of unusual distinction from the British government, which will admit his squadron to the inner harbor at Portsmouth, where no foreign warships ever yet have been permitted to go. Don't imagine that you are the only rag on the line. The rest of us are in it with you, and feel just the same over it, and any little trust in icebergs will be promptly nipped in the bud and frozen out. ARABIC PROVERBS. Obedience to women is the avenue of hell. To the dog who has money men say, "My lord dog." Consult thy wife, and do the reverse of what she advises. Joy lasts for seven days, but sadness endures for a lifetime. When the moon is with thee of what account are the stars? He who has gold is beloved, though he be a dog and the son of a dog. Those who are learning to shave heads practice upon those of the orphans. The beauty of a man lies in his intelligence; the intelligence of a woman is to be found in her beauty. When thou seest two people in constant converse thou mayest know that the one is the dupe of the other. Shun him who can be of no use to thee; in this world he cannot serve thee, and in that which is to come he cannot intercede in thy behalf. Land Holding Scheme in Scotland. Four hundred and fifty acres of land have been obtained in Blairgowrie to enable Scottish peasants to try the Irish scheme of small holdings, but without aid from taxation. Fruit-growing and fowl-raising are to be insisted on. Indiana Forestry Reserve. Indiana will have a forestry reserve of 2,000 acres upon which trees will be grown for distribution while young, under the observation of a school of forestry. Speaking of Whoppers. Mrs. Brown—Do you really believe the story of Jonah and the whale? Mrs. Brown—Do you really believe the story of Jonah and the whale? Mrs. Green—Why not? My husband comes home and tells me bigger fish stories than that and expects me to believe them.—Philadelphia Bulletin. Its Significance. Booth—Say, what does ova mean? Garrick—It is Latin for egg. Booth—Ah! Now I understand what the paper meant when it spoke of that shower of eggs I received as an ovation.—N. Y. Times. The Only Class Left Him. "I really believe I was born great." "Indeed?" "Yes. There doesn't seem to be any prospect of my achieving greatness or having it thrust upon me."—Philadelphia Ledger. It All Depends. "Have you any idea what time my wife will return home, Hortense?" "No, sir, I can't tell. I know she went shopping, but I don't know how much money she had."—Chicago American. The Absent-Minded Man. "A bright spring day," she said, "makes me like a girl again." "You don't look it," returned the absent-minded man, who wished to be complimentary.—Brooklyn Eagle. One Way. Somerset—What's the best way to tell a gentlman? Bingham—Wait till he dies; then, see if the newspapers publish a list of the clubs he belongs to.—N. Y. Sun. Not Encouraging. She—What would be the result if women were to get their rights? He—Well, my private opinion is that more men would die old bachelors.—Cincinnati Enquirer. The Ideal of the Heart. Johnnie—I see by the papers that diamonds are going to be much dearer. Flossie—They could never be dearer to me.—Town Topics. No Option Admissible. Jill—Why do so many little men marry big women? Jack—Oh! The big women marry the little men—Puck. She Tried to Be. Mand—So Jack is engaged, is he? And is Lucy the bride to be? Breno—No; she's the tried to be—The Lgre. MILES I. DEVINE BREMIA B O'CONNELL DEVINE & O'CONNELL ATTORNEYS AT LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK Clark and Washington Sts. Telephone, Main 940. CHICAGO. A. D. GASH Attorney at Law, 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago. Suite 615 to 619. Telephone Main 3077. JOHN F. 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