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THE BROAD AX JOHN ALEXANDER DOWIE Vol. VIII. JOHN ALEXAND Wants the WH Blacks to I in the City The last issue of the Leaves of Healing contains Rev. John Alexander Dowie's reply to the oration delivered recently at the Chicago University by John Temple Graves, the unconstructed ex-rebel of Georgia, and the head of the Christian Catholic Church of America, brought forward many historical facts relative to the early achievements of the African and his descendents which can not be converted. It was certainly surprising to many of the six thousand People who flocked into the Tabernacle to learn that "the wife of Joseph was an African lady, the daughter of Poti-Phera, the Priest of On, that unto Joseph in the Land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Phera Priest of On bare unto him, that the great tribes in Israel were established by Manasseh and Ephraim, who had the blood of their African mother in their veins, that the wife of Moses was not merely an Ethiopian, but a Cushite with a black skin, that the word Cush, which was first given to a son of Ham means "black," that long before the Anglo-Saxon race had any civilization at all, when as yet the original families that afterwards composed the Anglo-Saxon race were savages—yes, before Moses brought Israel out of Egypt—the African race was a powerful race." Rev. Dowie, declared that "they built the pyramids—all the great temples along the Nile, in arts and sciences they were in the front of the world, before the Hebrew or the Anglo-Saxon nations had any existence." That the Africans were the inventors of many things that Europe never understood anything about until ages after; that Augustine, and Cyprian, two of the greatest fathers of the Catholic Church were Africans." In referring to miscegenation Rev. Dowie, reminded John Temple Graves that it would not do for him to forget that "nearly one-third of the ten million colored people in the United States have Caucasian blood in their veins; that it was your fathers, your brothers, your frineds, that degraded the African woman, and never hesitated to trample upon her virtue. You never counted that a rape at all. The African woman's A Proud Destiny. Some of your writers quote scripture to show "God made of one blood all the nations." Now, I do not need scripture or other book learning for that. I just take common sense, based on our knowledge of the world around us. I don't know or care as to the scripture of "one blood." I do know that the Negro, right here, is far superior to the whites in his ability to stand either cold or heat. The poor Negroes live in homes where our tender whites would perish of cold, and seem all the hardier for it. I know also that the black people live and flourish in the hot malarial regions of the Tropics, where the white people have deteriorated into poor little puny creatures. The Almighty seems to have been in favor of the dark races and has given them homes in the most desirable regions of our globe. Take that portion of the earth that extends nearly four thousand miles north and south and twenty-four thousand miles east and west. There is the home of the colored races. Mr. White Face is not in it when it comes to residing and working there. He can't stand it. For thousands of years he has tried to make his home in this paradise of earth, and see how he has failed. All he could do was to rest in the shade and after a time fly the country. Meanwhile a wondrous future is pre- ```markdown ``` virtue was not to be considered, and now you are ready to tear to pieces, with the cruelty of the Apachee Indian, and worse, and burn at the stake, a man who has been supposed only to intend to commit a rape, and I have come across a number of cases in which Negroes were shot and burned to death for crimes that they never committed. He also maintained that "John Temple Graves, and the other Southern people never feared nor abhored miscegenation in the days of slavery, for they wanted to bring forth slaves for the auction block even to the extent of selling their own flesh and blood, that John Temple Graves has never fought against the best white citizens of the South living openly with black women and girls." All the nations or races of man are of one blood, so it is asserted by Rev. Dowie, therefore he wants the whites and the Blacks to inter-marry in the City of Zion; but he says, "I do not wish for one moment, that any white maiden or white youth sitting here or any one else should marry a black person if he is not equal in intelligence, and if the marriage is not one in the Lord; but if the Negro boy or the Negro girl is the equal of the white boy or girl, where is the crime? I want to know; I have seen some Southern slaves whom I have loved intensely, and love still; I have seen their children, as sweet maidens and as manly youths as I have seen in any race. There are scores of colored people who are members of this Church, and some of them are officers. Some of them are sitting in Zion white-robed Choir, who have African blood, and much of it, in their veins." In winding up his long logical reply to John Temple Graves and the other bitter enemies of the Negro he exclaimed: "I demand the right of every white man to marry a yellow, or a brown, or a black woman. I demand the right of every white woman to marry a black, or a white, or a brown man, if their character, their education and their conduct is right, and they will be faithful and pure. May God bless every such marriage, and fill the world with men like Manasseh and Ephraim." paring for the dark races of that most vast region of our globe, and it is certain that the Afro-American race is the one elected for the cultivation of that region. It is sending forth colonies armed with all the arts and sciences of our age. It is the only one capable of so doing. Just as the Anglo-Saxon race has colonized the northwest from England and Germany and Scandinavia, and as the Slavonic race is colonizing northeastern Europe and Asia from Russia, just exactly so is the black race of North America sending forth its colonies into this largest and most desirable region of earth. God Almighty never created the Negro for a joke. That race has been the last to graduate under the stern discipline of slavery, and it is prepared to go forth on its great mission. Here will be its home; here will always be the mother race, where children will spread over all the tropic regions, and the ten thousand lovely isles of the South Pacific and Indian Oceans. I am astonished that men do not see this wonderful destiny. Truly the Negro race of America today can boast, as did the Apostle Paul in his Roman's epistle, of the Christians of his day—that they had been "elected and predestined from the beginning of time to sow the seed of the gospel." So they are the elect for the purposes of which I have been writing.—Holt. HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER 26, 1903. The Authority of the Footpad. I refuse to accept the Bible as an infallible moral guide, because it sanctions murder. It is true that the Sixth Commandment says "Thou shalt not kill;" but this law is practically annulled by innumerable commands from the same source, like the following, to kill: "Thus saith the Lord God of Israel put every man his sword by his side and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor." (Ex. xxxii, 27.)) "Spare them not, but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling." (1 Sam. xv, 3.) "Slay utterly old and young, both maids and little children." (Ezek. ix, 6.) "Cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood." (Jer. xiviii, 10.) For the leader and legislator of his chosen people, God selects a murderer. The first recorded acts of Moses was premeditatedmurder. "He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand." (Ex. ii, 12.) Samuel "hewed Agag," a captive king, "in pieces before the Lord." (1 Sam. xy. 32, 33.) Johu murders all the house of Ahab. And Joram turned his hands and fled and said to Ahazah: "There is no treachery, O, Ahaziah. And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out of his heart and he sunk down in his chariot. And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters and sent to Samaria. And it came to pass when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons and put their heads in baskets and sent him them to Jezreel. "So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel and all his great men and his kinsfolks and his priests, until he left him none remaining." (2 Kings, ix, 23, 24, 27, 30-35; x 1, 7, 11, 30.) The assassination of Eglon by Ehud was characterized by the basest treachery and brutality. Eglon was king of Israel. Ehud carried a present to him, and after he had delivered the present he told the king that he had a private message for him. Eglon ordered his attendants to retire, and when alone Ehud drew a large dagger from beneath his cloak and thrust it through the body of the king. And the Bible tells us that God raised up Ehud expressly for this work (Judg. iii, 15-23.) The warmest eulogy in the Bible is bestowed upon a murderess. Sisera is a fugitive from battle. He reaches in safety the tent of Heber, his friend. Heber is absent, but Jael, his wife, receives the fugitive, and bids him welcome. She gives him food, spreads a soft couch for him, and covers him with her mantel. Wearled with his retreat, and unconscious of impending danger, Sisera soon sinks into a profound slumber. With a tent nail in one hand and a hammer in the other, Jael approaches the bedside of her sleeping guest. She bends over him, listens to assure herself that he is asleep, then places the nail against his temple, and with a blow, drives it through his head. A struggle and Sisera is dead, a victim of one of the most damnable deeds ever committed. Remburg's Bible Morals. It can be truly said that the Bible plainly teaches that slavery and polygamy are of divine origin, and its teachings in that respect were largely responsible for the enslavement of the Negro in this country, and all the suffering which he has endured for almost three hundred years; and whenever the Negro makes up his mind to escape from under its influence then he will be in a position to progress more rapidly in the moral and in the intellectual world. The advocates and the upholders of the Bible, which in the very nature of things cannot contain the words of an alwise and merciful God, must admit that "all the most bloodthirsty villains that ever disgraced the name of man have been firm believers in its inspiration, because its teachings convey the idea to them, that they may redden their hands in the innocent blood of their fellowmen, and commit all the crimes known to man and continue to live wicked lives right up to the very last minute of their existence. But at that time, if they are willing to believe that one drop of the Lord's blood is sufficient to wash away all their sins, they will be permitted to march on to the Heaven and become bright shining angels. While on the other hand, the Bible teaches that it makes not the slightest difference how good anyone may be, unless they are willing to believe all the impossible the degrading or the demoralizing stories which it contains, they will be compelled to associate with the devil and his angels throughout eternity. In short, we honestly believe, deep down in the bottom of our warm heart, that the Bible, its teachers and its preachers have been instrumental in retarding the progress of the human race more than all the other agencies combined. A FEARFUL CONDITION. Major Vardaman is the next governor of Mississippi, and his nomination or election is secured on the platform that the school tax is to be separated between the races, that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments must be repealed; that the education of the Negroes makes him a criminal; that, not only his suffrage must be destroyed, but his schools must likewise be taken from him. He takes this position boldly and with a vengeance and zeal not excelled by the Bashi Bazouk when he beheads some helpless Christian. This damnable race hate will not stop with mere disfranchisement. It means destruction of schools for Negroes, restriction of the rights of testimony in the courts; ownership of property and the right to plead in courts of justice. All are involved in the revolutionary and violent movement which has been precipitated in the South. The other day the congressman from the Seventh district of Louisiana informed the Colored people at Natchitoches that they would not be allowed to build a high school, though the cost of it and its maintenance was to be met out of funds belonging to the Baptist Association of that district. Prof. Planving, principal of the industrial college for Negroes at Pointe Coupe, La., was assassinated because he was educating the Negro into intelligent self-reliance. It is all as plain as day. Read the leading journals of the south, study the phases of the recent Mississippi election, hear the speeches of southern orators, and, in spite of Booker T. Washington's good words, the wayfaring man, though a fool, must see that the trend of events in the south now leads to the reduction of the Negro to utter, abject political and civil helplessness. Deportation, enslavement or annihilation are the only horns of the dilemma, and either means perdition for the Negro. The long waiting for the second sober thought of the man-burner and the inherited slave driver is a baseless dream. The first thought and second thought of these red-handed men is the same. They have determined to crush him, to despoil him, to imbrute him, to break him to pieces on the wheel of their unfathomable hate. Let us once more go to the people, to the great north, like men, not cravens. If we go down, for God's sake, let our flag still be flying.—The Advance, St. Louis, Mo. Rev. Archibald James Carey, before leaving for conference, collected in eight hundred and one dollars as "Dollar Money" from his army of wash women, which pleased Bishop Grant, who is accused of being very tricky, and for that reason, and no other Archibald was selected as a delegate to the General Conference, which convines in this city in May, 1904. Revs. R. C. Ransom, Horace S. Graves, Des Moines, Iowa; T. Reeves, J. C. Anderson and I. N. Daniels were chosen to help prop or hold Archibald up during its sessions. Booker T. Washington and His Methods are Scored by a Presbyterian New York, Sept. 22.—Booker T. Washington and his methods have been criticized by the local presbytery in its weekly meting, says a dispatch from Philadelphia. The question was brought up through the report of the Freedman's committee, of which Rev. J. Calvin Mead is chairman. The report gave credit to Washington's influence for the increase of interest in the board. It deplored "the animal trait in the Negro, which is so prominent," and continued: "Yet it is to be a question whether we should not balance the brutal assault on womanhood with the subtle power of seduction, in which the white man of social standing is an adept." It urged the churches to "rise above prejudices and devote all energies toward dealing with the Negro problem," and deplored mob violence. Immediately after the reading Dr. James A. Warden, superintendent of Sabbath Schools and missionary work, said: "I seriously question the methods of Booker T. Washington in educating the Negro. He is giving exaggerated importance to industrial education and subordinating the spiritual and religious influences. Booker T. Washington was in a pulpit in this city recently and throughout his sermon spoke on horse shoeing and carpentering, not once mentioning Christ. I believe that the presbytery should choose their own leaders for the higher education of the Negro. "I question whether the popularity of Booker T. Washington helps the freedmen, but it does help Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Institute." For eight long years The Broad Ax has kept up its fight against Booker T. Washington and his educational methods for the Negro. At first it almost stood alone in its manly fight against him, but gradually those who are interested in the future welfare of the Afro-American are coming out on the side of The Broad Ax. Raised Two Hundred Dollars for the Old Folks' Home. Chicago, Ill., September, 24, 1903. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Editor The "Broad Ax." Chicago Ill. Dear Sir:—The Triangle and Inner-Circle Clubs desire to announce that they have presented to the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored People the sum o f$200.00, the net proceeds of their Charity Ball given at the First Regiment Armory on September 17th.; with several more tickets yet to hear from. Very respectfully, The Triangle and Inner-Circle Clubs. W. H. JACKSON, Com. P. & P., 1637 Indiana Ave. There is a side-whiskered preacher in this city who was run out of Jacksonville, Ill., because he was caught in the bed room of another man's wife without any clothes on his back. Notwithstanding this fact, this immoral, whisky-drinking skunk has the brass and the cheek to talk about defending the virtue of decent women, and he refers to other papers which refuse to assist to whitewash him as "scavenger newspapers." Oh, ye Gods; such hypocrisy on the part of this old side-whiskered wolf or preacher in sheep's clothing is enough to cause the head devil of the infernal regions to crack his sides with laughter. The trial of John W. Gildea, late chief jaintor of the City Hall, before the Civil Service Commission, for not properly performing his duties, is drawing to a close, and so far no evidence has been produced to prove that Mr. Gildea has been dishonest in any transactions in connection with his work around the City Hall, and our warm friend Col. A. D. Gash, who is one of the ablest lawyers in Chicago is defending Mr. Gildea before the commission, and at the end of the trial Col. Gash feels sure that honest and faithful John Gildea will be reinstated in his former position. No.48. Major John C. Buckner spent three days of the past week in Bloomington, Ill. Mrs. L. A. Davis, 5012, 5th Ave., will in the near future leave on a lecture tour through Iowa. Henry Van Ness, of the Melrose branch of the N. Y., New Haven & Hartford Railroad, is said to be the only colored railroad conductor in the United States. Joseph P. Junk and his followers in the 29th ward will put up a strong fight against Alderman Thomas Carey next spring, and they will endeavor to prevent his re-election to the city council. Prof. Booker T. Washington will shortly sail for Europe, where he will spend some of the money which he has been begging at the expense of the entire Afro-American race the past year. Mrs. Jackson Gordon, 3151 Dearborn street, who is one of the hard workers in St. Thomas Church, returned home Wednesday from the East, where she spent three weeks in visiting her friends. Robert B. Watson, 2299 W. Randolph St., and T. H. Parsons, 684 Carroll Ave., both hold creditable positions with the Northwestern Railroad and in every way they are worthy members of the Afro-American race. Col., or Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray turned over to Bishop Grant five hundred dollars in "Dollar Money," but that small amount did not entitle Col. Abraham to a home run and he was unheard of during conference. Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Fowler have returned from Waukesha, Wisconsin, where they have been spending a portion of their honey moon as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Collins, and are now at home to friends, 5119 Grove avenue. When a small boy I was told that the meek shall inherit the earth. I believed it then. I believe it now, but this I know: the meek are not going to come into their inheritance simply by being meek. They must learn to vote for what they want.—Coming Nation. Attorney John C. King, 87 Washington St., is growing in favor each day for the nomination as State's Attorney of Cook County, and The Broad Ax hopes to see Mr. King draw the prize, for he is an able lawyer and would discharge all the duties of the office without fear or favor. Harry J. Rogers, who has, with fascinating ways, broken the hearts of some of the fairest damsels in the Town of Lake has quit the courting game and recently he was united in marriage to Miss Rhineholt, and Mr. Rogers and his lovely bride are now residing at 5303 Princeton Ave. One of the most interesting exchanges that comes to our desk is The Broad Ax of Chicago. Its motto is "Hew To The Line." Brother Taylor its editor is fearless and out spoken. Long may he live.-The independent, San Francisco, Cal. Thanks Brother Douglas! thanks! Friday S. Moore, who was for a long time assistant chief janitor of the City Hall, died Thursday morning at his home 3820 Dearborn street Friday Moore was well liked by all the big politicians of Chicago, and many of them contributed money towards helping to defray his funeral expenses. Hon. Miles J. Devine, ex-city attorney of Chicago, is highly favored by thousands of influential members of the Democratic party for one of the Superior Court Judgships in 1904, and his nomination as such would insure his electon, for Mr. Devine is in the possession of a clear, legal mind, and he would make an ideal judge of Cook County. Mrs. Thomas Carey, 4201 Western Ave. blvd., wife of the hustling Alderman of the 29th ward, has been confined to her bed from sickness for the past three weeks, but under the skillful nursing of her dutiful husband she is on the road to complete recovery, and she will soon be able to assist the Alderman to erect his political fences. 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"I thought so." "Yes, I haven't got it yet, but I have hopes."—Catholic Standard and 'Times. To Pass in a Crowd. Podunk Citizen—So you're going to th' city to see th' sights, air yeh, Ike? Ike—Ven Citizen—Wall, wear them Sunday clothes that don't fit; leave y'r hair stringin' around same as now; turn up y'r pants at th' bottom; take my ole cane an' carry it upside down, an' no one will ever suspect you come from the country.—N. Y. Weekly. Casey—Shure, they do tellin' me that Big Molke Monohan wor knocked down be an autymobile yisterday—wor there any bones broke, I dunno? Conley—Troth, an' there wor;—th' owner av th' divil wagon got his nose broke, th' chawfer got his jaw broke, an' Big Molke broke th' sicond knuckle av his roight fisht!—Puck. Lost Thing Considered. Crawford—In looking over a catalogue of automobile sundries I was surprised at the number of things invented for the protection of the chauffeur. Crabshaw—I wonder how many more accidents there will be before they invent something to protect the pedestrian.—Town Topics. A Slight Difficulty "How is your school of journalism doing?" "Well, it is a little slow. We have no trouble in getting people who are willing to be teachers. The trouble is to find anybody who doesn't think he knows all about how a newspaper ought to be run." —Washington Star. Amateur Critic—Splendid picture, really. Allow me to compliment you. But why did you choose such an ugly model? "She's my sister." "Oh,' pardon! How foolish of me. I ought, of course, to have noticed the resemblance—Tit-Bits. Decidedly slow. Ernie—He is the slowest young man I ever met. I thought he came in the parlor to make love. Ethel—Well, didn't he say he was beside himself? Ernie—Beside himself? Why, he should have been beside me.—Chicago Daily News. "I believe," said the girl with the new engagement ring, "that men and women should marry their opposites." "That being the case," rejoined the maid with a streak of envy in her makeup, "I suppose your fiance is everything that's nice—Chicago News. Canine Wisdom "I wonder why a dog always turns around three times before lying down?" asked the inquisitive man. "He evidently believes that one good turn deserves another," answered the wise guy.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Mixing the Colors. It is quite plainly to be seen That men who paint the town A glowing red must have the "green" And freely plank it down. —Cincinnati Enquirer. The Nightly Parewell. Father—Mary, 11 o'clock is altogether too late for that young man to stay; he ought to start for home at ten. Daughter—But he does, papa.—N. Y. Herald. Farmer Dentover—Wa-al, good land, Ozzie! Don't you know what your maw's spare bedroom looks like?—Puck. Undoubtedly. "He seems to have been the victim of circumstances." "How so?" "The jury convicted him on circumstantial evidence."—Puck. Bhe—Your friend Mr. Oatcake seems rather reserved in his manners. He—Yes; he's reserved them so long they have grown rusty from disuse—Cincinnati Enquirer. "My dear sir, I'm no dictionary, and ahyhow it would be easier to pick out the words she overlooked."—Chicago Post I read that some great Italian scientist has discovered that there is life in metals. The statement has a strange, uncanny sound, and it will take some repetition before we are reconciled to it; but, at the same time, scientific men have been working up to the discovery for years past, says a writer in London Sketch. "Matter may be regarded as a form of thought, thought may be regarded as a property of matter," wrote Huxley 30 or 40 years ago, and from this statement to the discovery that metals exhibit certain phenomena of life is no far cry. The Italian savant declares that it is possible to destroy this life in metals—to poison a metal just as you can poison a man. This aspect of the discovery vexes me, for I see in the near future a society for the prevention of cruelty to metals, with substantial offices, a monthly or weekly record of convictions, and rich endowments from sensitive old ladies who have devoted the latter half of their lives to keeping cats and landogs in luxury. There will be an act of parliament specifying the offenses to metals that are punishable by fine and imprisonment. Working metals in an unfit state, packing them improperly, beating them into shapes they do not wish to assume—these and similar crimes must soon come within the range of the law. A TRUE FINANCIER. The Man Who Got One Hundred and Forty-Five Dollars for a Ninety-Dollar Mule. The road to financial success, says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, is to ask a little more for everything you have to sell than you think it is worth. I remember a few years ago that James Stewart, of Millersburg, came to town with a mule to sell, and tried all day to sell it for $90, without finding anyone. He was about ready to go home, when along about sundown a fellow walked up to where it was tied, and looked around it, threw his thumb under its lip and took a peep at its molars, and finally asked him what he would take for it. Thinking he was like the other chances he had encountered during the day, and, that there was no hope of a sale, he asked the man $150. The stranger walked around the mule again and offered $145. But Jim said he was determined to get his price; the other man was stubborn, and said he wanted to go home, and if that wouldn't buy it go he must. Finally Jim concluded that he wanted to go nome, too, and with the air of seeming reluctance that was played to perfection, he agreed to let the animal go at $145. PROTECTING RIVER BANKS. Railways in Southwestern States Spend Sums on Wattle Mattresses —A Stockman's Wild Ride. The levees, or embankments, which, under ordinary conditions, confine the Missouri, Arkansas, and other southern rivers of the United States within a definite channel, are strengthened on their river face by means of wattle mattresses, which are covered by layers of stones and earth, says the Sphere. The railway companies have to spend large sums in maintaining their tracks, which run along the river bank, by this method. The papers contained recently an interesting account of the warning of some of the flooded townships and villages in the Missouri valley, by Leslie Matlock—a hardy stockman, of Heppner, Ore., who rode furiously along the riverside, like a second Paul Revere, shouting out to the people to get to the hills while the water of the burst river rushed along behind him. The river would pause to fill up hollows, and thus enable the horseman to get in advance of the stream. Finally he reached a telephone office, from which he was able to send warnings rapidly in various directions, thus saving a great many lives. Dangers of Mountain Climbing Three tourists in Switzerland, two of them women, were compelled a few weeks ago to spend a night standing in the snow near the summit of the precipitous and dangerous Piz Aela. All this time the rain came down in torrents, snow and rock avalanches fell round about, and one of the women was injured by a stone falling on her head. On Monte Rosa, in the same week, an Englishman slipped and fell over a precipice. He had two guides, one of whom, with a herculean effort, held the rope by which the tourist was suspended more than six hours, while the other went for assistance. Not Located. A pig with seven feet is the prodigy C. C. Nelson, a farmer living east of there, raised and sold to a traveling agent this week to exhibit at fairs. The pig is one of the queerest freaks ever raised in this vincinity. At the knee joint of one front leg two well-formed legs branch out and three at the knee joint of the other leg, making five front feet. All of the feet touch the ground when the pig walks, the hind feet are natural as in other pigs. Level Tux-of-War After quarreling over the respective strength of a horse and a mule two farmers at Segovia, Spain, decided to settle the matter by a tug-of-war. The animals were harnessed one at each end of a cart. After a desperate struggle the mule triumphed, pulling the horse off its legs and galloping away with it. "PHONE GIRL SAYS: "0." The telephone girl is progressive. For years and years in repeating a number which had a zero included she would always call it "ought." For instance, if a subscriber called for "twenty four thirty," the telephone girl would repeat: "Two-three-four-ought." When some subscriber who had a little feeling of compassion for the king's English, which was being so cruelly murdered right before his ears, would gently object and say: "Two-four-three-naught," the girl would again repeat, "ought," and tell the subscriber to "look in the dictionary." But the world moves, says the New York Herald. The "naught" is commencing to be realized in the most exclusive telephone circles. It could not be expected that the telephone girl would surrender all at once. She has fought for that "ought" too long to drop it immediately, and thus confess that she had been wrong. So, while she has dropped the "ought," she has taken up "o" instead. So now she repeats 2340 in this manner, "two-three-four-O." It is a splendid victory for English undefiled. Optimists can now see dawning that glad day when the telephone girl will say "naught" right out loud. PERSONS WHO LIVED LONG. Men and Women Who Reached Years of Remarkable Length—Many Centenarians. The late Pope Leo had a long life, but compared with the ages of others who had gone before him, he was comparatively youthful at his death. Thomas Parr and Henry Jenkins are, respectively, credited with the ages of 152 and 169. Jeanne Serimphan was married when she was 127 and died when she was 128. Dr. Dufournel married at 116 and became the father of two children and died at 120. Marie Priou reached the age of 158. A woman of Metz, the mother of 24 children, died at the age of 100. Surgeon Politman celebrated his one hundred and fortyth birthday. Patrick O'Nell buried seven wives and died at 120, and a Norwegian peasant is recorded as dying at 160 and leaving two sons, one aged 108 and the other only nine summers. Robert Taylor lived to be 134 and died of excitement on receiving the picture of Queen Victoria signed by herself. An Irishman named Brown, who was a habitual drunkard, lived to be 128; he had a daily jag for 90 years. Durond d'Estivel, of Cahors, lived to be 128. A woman of 124 drank strong coffee in great quantities all her days, while a man of 114 lived on fruit, chiefly melons, and chewed lemon peel. ROYAL RULERS OF JAPAN. Present Reigning House Dates Back Six Centuries Before Opening of Christian Era. His majesty, Mutsuhito, or emperor, and Edward VII., king of Great Britain, are the two ideal prototypes of the constitutional sovereign. Seated firmly as they are in the hearts of their subjects, who should be surprised at their ever-growing glory and popularity? The mikado is of the long and unbroken line of 120 ancestors who sat before him on the throne, which was set up 600 years before the Christian era, says Niroku Shinpo. Just think of it! The oldest of the royal families in Europe is that of Capet, which, however, is comparatively young, as it dates no further back than the ninth century. And it remains now in the Parisian society as a rare relic of a bygone royal family. The Savoy, the Brunswick, the Baden, and so forth, go back only to the eleventh century. But our imperial line, as already mentioned, started long before the battle of Marathon was recorded, long before the songs of Homer were recited. Since then no foreign conqueror ever set foot on the soil of Japan. RADIUM IN MEDICINE. Expected to Work Marvelous Results in the Treatment of Cancer and Blindness. The Anglo-Indian Review summarizes an interesting account of the possible future applications of radium. The area where success is practically assured is at present not very large, but in the medical field it is already fairly extensive. In the working of X-rays and in the marvelous results achieved in the treatment of cancer and blindness we have every hope for great and universally benefiting results. In its industrial application we are somewhat restricted by the extremely limited supply of radium available, but it is stated that a small fraction of an ounce, properly employed, would probably provide a good light sufficient for several rooms, and would not require renewal during the present century. It has been calculated that the energy stored up in one gramme of radium is sufficient to raise 500 tons weight a mile high. An ounce would, therefore, suffice to drive a 50-horsepower motor car at the rate of 30 miles an hour round the world. The Hydrophobia Microbe. Dr. A. Negri, at Pavi, announced last March the discovery of the specific micro-organism of hydrophobia. He now states that he has examined more than 100 dogs with natural or laboratory hydrophobia, and has never failed to find the specific micro-organism in the nerve centers. On the other hand, he has never found it in other dogs. Through the Suez. The civilian passengers through the Suez canal last year numbered 92,000, and the pilgrims, emigrants and convicts, 40,000. SCHOOL AND CLERGY. There are now six chapel cars of the Baptist Publication society operating in Indian Territory, Texas, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan and Oregon. It is stated that at least 1,500,000 women are studying India this year in the United States mission course, prepared by the women's committee. For 40 years Benjamin H. Conant has played the same organ in the same church at Wenham, Mass. During that time he has scarcely missed a service. The Rev. Charles Fleischer, a well known Jewish rabbi of Boston, has just returned from a trip throughout North America, covering a distance of 16,279 miles. Few men go to church more regularly than Pierpont Morgan, who is very fond of religious exercises. When at home he invariably passes his Sunday evenings in singing hymns, but is characteristically arbitrary in his selections. Rev. T. S. Anderson, a Presbyterian minister of Marinette, Wis., has raised a storm about his head by declaring in the pulpit that "the college athletes are generally weak, soft-brained creatures, and the seeking after strength by man puts him on the level with the beasts." Rev. Charles H. Marsh has refused to play a season with an eastern baseball team at $3,000 a year, and has accepted the pastorate of the Baptist church at Rockwell, Ia., at an annual salary of $600. Mr. Marsh went west from Massachusetts, where he was educated for the ministry. There is trouble at the vatican about the pope's first legacy. A priest of Naples named Miloni left his whole fortune, $80 000, to "the reigning pope," and died during the interregnum. In consequence Monsignore Rambolla has instructed the papal procurator in legal matters. Signor Galdo, to claim the legacy, but the relatives of Abbe Miloni contest his right and say, with some appearance of justice upon their side, that, as no popo was living when the abbe died, the $80,000 belongs to his natural heirs. The suit is likely to be long and to afford scope for much intricate discussion. OVER THE BOOK COUNTER. Another copy of the famous "Breeches Bible," printed in 1608, and which is eagerly sought by book collectors, was brought to light several days ago in Saratoga by the filing of the will of John Pollard Knowles, of Balston, Spa. The Bible has been handed down through the family for the last 300 years. Among the objects sold at a great auction of rare books, the other day, in London, was a copy of Blake's "Illustrations of the Book of Job," which was published by him in 1825. It contains 22 engravings and 21 original designs in colors, and an original drawing in colors of the artist by himself. It brought $28,000. Among the recent registrations of companies at Somerset House we find the following: "Bacon society, incorporated; registered 20th August with 500 members, each liable for £1 in the event of winding up. Object: To encourage the study of the works and character of Francis Bacon and the study of evidence in favor of his authorship of Shakespeare's plays, etc. The world 'limited' is omitted from the title by license of the board of trade. The management is vested in a council." Tolstoi's works have a wider circulation than those of any living author. At the close of 1902 his books had been printed in 45 different languages and dialects. His first appreciators, curiously enough, were the Greeks; the first Greek translation of his work was published in 1870, and during the following 30 years 18 Greek translations were printed. In the new Russian bibliography of P. Dragonoff there appear 130 Czech translations, close on 100 Servian and 80 Bulgarian. Last of all come Portugues and Roumanian translations. SCIENCE SIFTINGS. Calcite, when perfectly transparent and free from flaws, has great value for optical purpose. The locality which has yielded the largest quantity of fine calcite crystals is near Eskifjordhr, Iceland, and for this reason crystals of good quality are commonly termed Iceland spar.—Engineering and Mining Journal. A German professor has invented a process of silver plating dead bodies so as to convert them into metallic images of the individuals as they were when in life. Gold plate can be used if the relatives can afford it. But as the expense of silver plating a body is $12,500 there are probably few relatives who would deem themselves justified in squandering the deceased's estate on such a memorial. Phosphorus dissolves slowly in most of its solvents. Sometimes frequent agitation for weeks is required before saturation is effected. C. Stich (Pharm. Zeit.) has determined its solubility in the following liquids, the weights given being the weights of phorphorus in 100 grammes of saturated solution: Almond oil, 1.25; oleic acid, 1.06; liquid paraffin, 1.45; water, 1.0603; acetic acid, 96 per cent, 0.105. CHINESE PROVERBS. A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it. E. H. FAULKNER, Manager IMPORTED AND DOMESTIG WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS 8482 SOUTH HALSTED STREET. "Yes," he said, "it will rain next Thursday evening." "Do you set yourself up as an infallible weather prophet?" some one asked. "Certainly not," he replied. "Yet you speak confidently of what the weather will be four or five days from now." "Oh, well, there are some signs that never fail, and my wife has planned a garden party for that evening."—Chicago Post. Friend-Why do you kill off so many people in every act? Dramatist-The company is small, and that is the only way I can work in all the characters.-N. Y. Weekly. Mrs. Myles—Does your new girl answer all your purposes? Mrs. Styles—No; she doesn't even answer the bell half the time.—Yonkers Statesman. Stays There. Stella—Did he get down on his knees when he proposed? Bella—Yes; but papa won't set him on his feet.—Puck. Genuine Envy. "Why, Johnnie, what's the matter?" "Boohoo! Willie Simpkins has more warts than me."—Chicago American. AGENTS FOR THE BROAD AX From on and after this date The Broad Ax can be found on sale at the following places: The Afro-American News Office, 3104 State Street. 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, 358 30th street, N. E. Corner Armour Ave. T. B. Hall's Cigar Store and Laundry office, 281 29th St. 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 newsstand, 486 State street. Official figures put the present population of Norway at 2,263,010. In England and Wales from 16 to 17 per cent. of the women do not marry. In London the percentage is 20. Fifty years ago the population of England and Wales was divided equally between city and country; now 77 per cent. of it is urban. In Russia 2,810 men in every million are annually called into the army; in Germany 4,120; in France, 5,620. To get so large a number of Frenchmen weaklings have to be taken. This makes the mortality in the French army $3 \frac{1}{2}$ times that of the German army. JOHN A ORB, President. WEST BREW COMP Whiteley Bros., 2724 State street, cigars, and news stand. J. New 181 W. 51st street, cigars, tobacco and confectionaries. C. E. Hunter, 4503 Wentworth ave., cigars, tobacco, news stand. T. J. Hill, cigars and stationery store., 5220 Lake Ave. Wm. Dixon 2838 State Street cigars, tobacco, and news stand. Isidor Jacobson, cigars, togacco and stationery, 3149 State St. Joseph Haywood, 2960 1-2 State street, new stand, and confectionary store. Wm. Goetz, News Stand and Laundry Office, 411 E. 36th st. News items and advertisements left at these places will find their way into the columns of The Broad Ax. The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. DuBois A REMARKABLE BOOK that is provoking much discussion because of the wonderful eloquence with which the author pleads for right and justice to his people. In these days of increasing agitation over the "negro problem" this passionate human document can neither be overlooked nor ignored. Aside from its remarkable presentation of facts it holds the reader—prejudiced or not—by its fascination of style and overpowering pathos. Some of the Chapter Headings follow: OF OUR SPIRITUAL STRIVINGS OF THE DAWN OF FREEDOM. OF MR. WASHINGTON AND OTHERS. OF THE MEANING OF PROGRESS. OF THE TRAINING OF BLACK MEN. OF THE BLACK BELT. OF THE SONS OF MASTER AND MAN. OF THE FAITH OF THE FATHERS. OF THE PASSING OF THE FIRST-BORN. OF ALEXANDER CRUMMELL. OF THE COMING OF JOHN. OF THE SORROW SONGS. 3d Edition $1.20 net Published by A.C. McClurg & Co.,Chicago Not Lamblike. "I understand that your husband was one of the lambs in Wall street," said the woman who likes to talk things over. "Whoever said that doesn't know anything about Charley's disposition," said young Mrs. Torkins. "He was more like a raging lion than a lamb."—Washington Star. After the Summer Campaign. Jones—Where do you go from Newport, Miss Strang? Miss Strang—Papa hasn't decided whether to send me to a hospital or a sanitarium.—Town Topica WILLIAM LEGNER, Vice Pres. & Treas. Assistant Secretary Darling Is a Crank on the Subject and Responsible for the Expedition Other Timely Gossip. Washington.—Charles H. Darling, the assistant secretary of the navy, will be entitled to the credit if Co mmander Peary succeeds in discovering the north pole on the expedition which he is about to undertake. For Darling is altogether responsible for the expedition. A. The assistant secretary, though a hard-headed Vermonter, is a "crank" on arctic exploration. He Lieut. Peary exploration. He has been a student of the subject for years. He has a library which is stocked with books telling of the various attempts to reach the north pole. That big expanse of white at the flattened end of the school globes has always worried him. He wants to see it colored and he wants to see it covered with American paint. It is his hobby and when he came into the navy department one of the things that attracted him most was the likelihood of meeting and knowing Peary, whom he regarded as the best equipped of all the arctic explorers and the one most likely to achieve what they were all seeking for. When Peary came back to duty as a civil engineer Darling began to think. He had a number of talks with the explorer and discovered that Peary still had a longing to go back to the polar seas, and that he had a new scheme which he believed would prove successful. So without consulting Peary further he proceeded to arrange for a leave of three years and then told Peary what he had done. Of course Peary was delighted. He had not looked for so speedy an opportunity to put to the test the new plan he had outlined in his own mind. He is going to start out again. He will have to raise the money for a new ship which he will call the "Charles H. Darling," and he believes that at last he is going to succeed. Peary's New Scheme. Peary's new scheme certainly has the merit of novelty and it does credit to his ingenuity and to THE NORTH POLE His leave begins on April 1, and he will start at once for Cape York on the coast of Greenland. There is a tribe of Whale Sound Eskimos, numbering about 100, with whom Peary has established friendly relations on his former expeditions. He proposes to take up this tribe The Discovery of the Pole bodily and carry them farther north to the north shore of Grantland, where the colony will settle and form a base of supplies for the party which will undertake to reach the pole. This base of supplies will be within 500 miles of the pole, several hundred miles nearer than the base of supplies of any previous exploring party, and thus affording just that much additional advantage. Once there, Peary will make up his party, which will consist of only one white man besides himself, the others being Eskimos. The entire party will consist of about 20 persons. The dash for the pole over the ice will begin on February 1, 1905. Dogs will be used to haul the sledges and the party will make better time than other expeditions, as it will be small and every member of it will have been thoroughly trained in Arctic life. The Eskimos can get over the rough ice which abounds with far greater ease than any white men, and that is the main reason for confining the party practically to them. It will not be necessary to waste time looking out for exhausted companions. Peary hopes to reach the pole and return to his base of supplies in time to get back to the United States early in the fall of 1905. The equestrian statue of Gen. Sherman, which is to be unveiled in a few ```markdown ``` checkered career. In the first place the design of Carl Rohl-Smith was chosen by the commission away back when the statue was authorized, and the action of the commission aroused a storm of protest from the artists of of the country who were practically unanimous in declaring that the de- were practically The Staue of Gen. unanimous in declaring that the design was inartistic and far inferior to others submitted. The members of the commission, however, who were all old friends of Sherman, declared that the facial resemblance was stronger than in any other design offered and moreover Rohl-Smith, although not Amer- can born, had known Sherman slightly and so was competent to As fate would have it, Rhol-Smith died before he had progressed far with the work and his widow claimed that the contract having been awarded it must be carried out. So she engaged another sculptor who, not only had never talked with Rohl-Smith about the statue, but who had never seen Sherman, and he completed the job. Incidentally the statue was paid for before it was completed, and all the money was used up; so that there was delay and dispute about the money end of the affair. The statue has been some time over due now, but at last it is in place, awaiting the ceremony of unveiling; but those who have seen it without its sheet have been astonished to find that from the most common point of view above the treasury the horse appears to be headless, which gives the whole a rather ludicrous aspect. The statue is placed just south of the treasury in the parking which makes it visible the whole length of Pennsylvania avenue-by far the most conspicuous site in the entire city. Compared with the St. Gaudens statue recently unveiled in Central park it will attract anything but favorable criticism It was nearly 40 years ago that Gen. Francis Spinner first opened the way for the appointment of women in the government department in Washington. It was almost as great an innovation then as would be the appointment to-day of a woman as secretary of the treasury, but the experiment was so successful that there are now several thousand women clerks in Washing- The Spinner Statue ton, and thousands more in various public offices throughout the United States. When he made the innovation Spinner was treasurer of the United States. He held office from 1861 to 1875, and his peculiar corkscrew signature became as universally familiar as the greenbacks to which it was affixed. He not only proposed the employment of women, but he fought for it. He was lucky in having for a superior Salmon P. Chase, who, as secretary of the treasury, had finally to pass upon the question, and Kate Chase Sprague, the secretary's brilliant daughter, was a warm champion of the proposition. Indeed, there are some who say it was her original suggestion and that Spinner only followed suit. But whoever made the suggestion Spinner will always have the credit of carrying it into effect. Now the women in the departments are going to erect a monument to Spinner's memory. The movement was started very soon after Spinner's death, and 12 years ago those who were interested organized themselves into the "General Spinner Memorial association." Funds have been raised, the monument has been completed—it will be of bronze and congress has given permission for its erection in the national capital. The government departments to-day offer the most remunerative employment which is open to women anywhere in the world. The salaries paid will average almost as much as those paid to men and in many instances they are higher. A Character Dead. Patrick Diggins is dead. That may not be a momentous announcement, but it is interesting news for everybody who ever had anything to do with newspaper work in Washington; for Patrick, during the last 30 or 40 years—nobody knows how long—has been a character of newspaper row. An Up-to-Date Messenger Boy He had been connected with the New York Herald bureau in Wash- An Up-to-Date Messenger Boy New York Herald bureau in Washington ever since anybody could remember, and for the past ten years he had been one of "Bennett's pensioners," receiving his regular weekly salary just as he used to when he was young and spry, but with the understanding that he needn't do any work in return. Still even up to the end he used to come down to the office to fix the files and once a week he would distribute the pay envelopes to the office force with scrupulous regularity. Patrick was a messenger for the Herald in his active years; but his feeling of responsibility was just as powerful as if he had been managing editor. He was a legacy from the older Bennett and from Charles Nordhoff. Once on a time a new correspondent, who thought to effect a saving in office expenses, discharged Patrick, not knowing of his peculiar relations with the proprietor. Patrick went over to New York the next day and as soon as telegraphic connections could be established the eager young correspondent was assigned to another field of duty. Patrick held on to the very last and when he died a few days ago it was found that he had laid by over $75,000 and had three or four fine houses out in the northwest. He was a bachelor, with no near relatives and nobody has yet been able to find a will, so there maybe rare pickings for somebody—when they come to distribute the venerable messenger boy's estate. LOUIS E. COOLIDGE Remorse. Remorse is memory that has fermented.—Chicago Dally News. Handsome Corsage Ornament Don't over-manicure the hands, or they will become so tender as to be easily reddened and roughened. Don't wash the hands oftener than necessary, and dry them thoroughly after every washing. Don't neglect the palms of the hands. They need attention as much as the backs of the hands. Rub an emollient —perfumed honey is good—into the palms with thumb and forefinger. Don't neglect massaging and kneading of the hands, in order to secure good circulation, which helps to keep the hands white and make the skin pliant. Don't forget to pinch the ends of the fingers now and then. This will do a good deal toward making the fingers taper. Don't polish the nails too highly, or they become so brittle that the slightest contact with anything hard breaks them down to the quick, thereby causing intense pain. Don't file or scrape the nails; either process only helps to thicken them. They should be rubbed down with the very fine emery and cinnabar powder, which is used for polishing shell and ivory. Don't allow the nails to remain long soiled with anything that will stain them. Don't always use a nail polisher or buffer. Once in awhile try polishing the nails on the palm of the hand. Don't trim the nails to sharp points. If there is anything that will set the teeth on edge it is to shake hands and feed a slight graze from such claws. It is feline. Don't always use scissors to trim the nails; a file is better to round off the edges. Nothing tends to injure the nails so much as persistent trimming with a pair of scissors. Don't think that one rule applies to all finger nails. No two sets of nails can be treated quite alike, not alone because of their texture, but of their formation. To trim some nails overmuch renders them thick and ugly. To leave others too long uncut increases their tendency to brittleness. Don't wear rings that are too small. The inevitable result is disfigurement from red and swollen hands and knuckles. Don't wear gloves that are a size too small or that fasten too tightly. This prevents free circulation and makes the hands red. Don't wear gloves stitched with colors. They make the hands look larger. Don't think the appearance of the hands a trifling consideration. A beautiful hand may be even more fascinating than a beautiful face, and nothing more strongly marks the person of birth and breeding.—Washington Star. Meanest Man in Illinois. The Leaf River (Ill.) Mirror thinks the meanest man in Illinois lives at Centralia. He put a large procelain egg in the nest of an ambitious hen and found that the eggs she had afterward laid were increased in size. Then he put a goose egg in the nest; the aforesaid hen laid an egg just as large. He was so pleased with the scheme that he put a whitewashed football in the nest and awaited results. When he went the next time to search for eggs he found one as high as a football, but no hen in sight. Securing the egg, he saw engraved on it by the hen photography these words: "I'm no ostrich, but I have done my best." Later he found the hen inside the egg. How to Renovate Bronze. Bronzemay be renovated and recolored thus: M'x one part of muriatic acid and two parts of water. Free the article from all grease and dust and apply the mixture with a cloth. When dry, polish with sweet oil. How to Open Orifers. To open oyster shells easily, just place the oysters on the warm kitchen stove for a second, then insert the knife between the thin portion of the shell, and it will open easily. Handsome Cor IF Dame Fashion is heeded this year nothing but the length of her purse will regulate the quantity of jewels with which lovely woman will bedeck herself on state occasions. She will shine like icicles in the sun with diamonds, gleam like danger signals upon her friends, with rubles, and be trimmed with pearls like a prince in a pantomime. She will wear rings, brooches, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, buckles, cloak clasps, tiaras, all bejeweled, and as if O this were not enough there are newly designed corsage ornaments to tempt her fancy. The one pictured and de- SMALL WAIST CRAZE. Twenty Inches Quite Enough and More Than Twenty-Two Not to Be Endured. Since it has been decreed that the shall-waisted, short-hipped figure is the only one acknowledged by fashion, the necessity for tight-lacing, writes a lady correspondent, has become imperative. Corsets are worn—often at night as well as all day—which press the waist line in and down to the hips, so that, instead of showing a long, slight curve, they may be forced into short, round curves. Women who wear these corsets live in a kind of torture, and the pressure in time sets up serious internal complications, including heart disease and lung trouble. To such an extent has the evil grown, it may be mentioned, that at a certain famous modiste's orders for gowns from ladies whose waist measurements are over 22 inches are delicately, but firmly declined. "We dare not risk our reputation by gowning any but the most fashionable women," explained the principal recently, "and no woman with a large waist can look well in a frock designed for one who has cultivated the short-hip figure. So if a customer comes to us wearing the old-fashioned style of corset, and does not seem inclined to conform to newer ideas, she must go elsewhere for her gowns. "We have heaps of customers whose measurements are three and four inches smaller than they were last year, and in almost every case this is due to the tight-lacing demanded to acquire the new figure. Quite young girls are the worst offenders, and I am quite sure we have not made a gown this season for a debutante whose waist measurement exceeded 20 inches." Until women are brave enough to defy fashion the evil will doubtless grow instead of lessen, and the practice will continue to add appreciably to the death roll and fill the incurable hospitals with women who have ruined themselves for the sake of a small waist.—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. TENERIFFE REVIVAL Old-Time Needlework Once More in High Favor for the Trimming of Gowns. Teneriffe needlework is flourishing to-day in these parts to an astonishing degree, and the influence of those cobwebby wheels of thread which are its characteristic manifestation is making itself felt in dress garniture of all kinds. The Teneriffe lace collar, or the linen centerpiece, table cover, bureau scarfs. ```markdown ``` A HAPPY COMBINATION. etc., with its border of filmy wheels the size of a silver dollar, is familiar to all who keep in touch with the development of the fad for this sort of work. Somewhat newer, and, in some respects, more effective, is the combination of braid and Teneriffe stars shown in the accompanying illustration of a centerpiece that is a welcome change from the embroidered example that has been in evidence so many moons.—Brooklyn Eagle. Always Place Eggs Upright. If one desires eggs to keep well, place them upright; otherwise the yolks will cling to the shell and spoil. sage Ornament described by the Brooklyn Eagle is of diamonds and pearls set in alternation ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` in the chains which connect the two bow knots, which are studded with diamonds. The large pendant pearls are of the long shape now so much in request for hair ornaments, pendants and earrings. Altogether the ornament is one which might well adorn the gown of a princess. Made in semi-precious stones, the design would be within the reach of moderate incomes and would be a most decorative addition to the corsage of an evening or dinner costume. ```markdown ``` With the rapid multiplication of great flocks of sheep in the far west has come the grave question of providing the wool bearers with sufficient provender. Many sheep owners in the western mountain regions where there is little or no grass to speak of have partly remedied the difficulty by feeding their sheep on wood! Not cordwood, to be sure, but on the young and tender pine shoots which abound in the foothills and approaches of the mountain reserves, says the New York Herald. The sheep of the western mountain regions, generally of those varieties known as "grade" merinos and coarse wools mixed, are run in flocks, or "bands," of 2,000 to 3,000 head, in charge of a herder, who is assisted by a "camp tender," "packer" or "camp rustler," whose business it is to look up range, move camp and "pack" in supplies, including salt for the sheep. In the journey to the mountains the sheep are usually obliged to follow certain natural highways, and their progress and the work of handling them are largely governed by the surroundings. In all cases of razing on the pine shoots the range is cut close, and this close-shaving of the only vegetable cover, together with the loosening of the soil, is working damage in many sections, much to the alarm of residents not interested in wool growing. THE SULTAN'S PLAYERS. Members of This Theatrical Company Must Be Ready to Go on Stage Night or Day. The sultan keeps a theatrical company of his own, at the head of which is an Italian, Arturo Stravolo, of Naples. All the members of the company, says the London Express, are relations, by blood or marriage, of the director. Being the sultan's own company, all the male members wear a uniform and hold military degrees. The tenor has the rank of a general, the baritone that of a major, the first violinist is captain, and the horn'player merely lieutenant. The company do not perform on fixed days, but only when the sultan wishes it. They are often awakened at midnight, and have to be ready, dressed and "made up" within 40 minutes to play before the sultan, who generally is himself the sole audience Abdul Hamid follows the play attentively, and if anything is not quite clear he stops the performance and has the passage explained to him. Sometimes, however, the sultan, in a fit of melancholy, leaves abruptly, and the players have to stop and go home. The sultan does not permit children to appear on the stage. In a recent production of "A Doll's House" two stalwart Albanian guardsmen acted the part of the children. Arturo Stravolo, who is a born comedian, is the sultan's favorite. HOW SARDINES ARE CURED. Should Be Prepared Immediately After Capture, Then Plunged Into Boiling Olive Oil. "It is in the spring," said a fish dealer in the Philadelphia Record, "that the sardine netting begins. Genuine sardines are the young of the pilchard. Their name comes from the fact that they are most numerous off the coast of Sardinia. They swim in shoals containing millions—fish-shaped shoals ten miles long and a half-mile wide. The sardines are netted and taken at once to the shore. They are washed, scraped and sprinkled with salt. The salt is soon removed, the head and gills cut off and there is another washing. Then, on beds of green brushes, the fish are dried in the sun. Next they are boiled in olive oil till cooked thoroughly. "The packers—women always—take them now and pack them in the tin boxes we all know, filling up each box with boiling oil, fitting on the lid and making the box air tight by soldering the joints together with a jet of hot steam. Sardines are more or less perfect, according as they are prepared more or less immediately after their capture, and according as the oil they are packed in is more or less pure. RULE WORKS BOTH WAYS It Costs to Go Into the Business of Horse Racing and It Costs to Get Out. E. R. Thomas, the owner of the horse Hermis, talked one day at Saratoga about the expense of racing, says the New York Tribune. "A racing stable is like a newspaper," he said. "At the beginning it requires a good deal of money. You know what Charles A. Dana used to say about newspapers—that it costs a lot to start them, but they would stop of themselves? Well, that is equally true of racing stables. Only, as a rule, even to give a stable up costs money. "Once, when P. T. Barnum was taking tickets at the entrance of his circus, a man asked him if he could go in without paying. "You can pay without going in," said Barnum, 'but you can't go in without paying. The rule doesn't work both ways.' "Now, in racing," said Mr. Thomas "the rule does work both ways. It costs to go in racing, and it costs to get out, too." One mystery seems to have been removed from radium. Sir Michael Huggins, the greatest authority living on the spectroscope, with the aid of his wife, has discovered that the lines attributed to hellion in the radium spectrum are really the lines of nitrogen. BADGERS Great Epicures in Eggs—Have Particular Liking for Nest and Larvae of Wasps and Bees. The badger is a great epicure in eggs, and much of the hostility of gamekeepers to this animal lies undoubtedly in the fact that it will, when it gets the chance, devour a whole nest of partridge or pheasant eggs. Badgers are said also to be fond of honey; and knowing the extraordinary craving of their South African cousin, the ratel, for this delicacy, I should say it is not improbable that they may occasionally partake of it, says H. A. Bryden, in Longman's. It is certain that these animals have a particular liking for the nest and larvae of wasps and wild bees, digging down with strong feet and infinite perseverance till they attain their object. In the captive state a young badger was brought up on a diet first of the milk of a retriever bitch, by which it was foster-mothered, afterwards of eggs and milk, then of fish and meat. It approved of bread and potatoes, when crumbled up and mixed with milk. It would occasionally eat shot birds, and once, getting into a hen house, killed five chickens. These animals are said by keepers to kill and devour freely young rabbits; that they do partake of this fare at times is, I think, certain; but that they destroy any very considerable number of rabbits in the course of the year is more than doubtful. Still, the badger is carnivorous in his tastes, and is not, even by his kindiest friends, to be absolved from devouring at times tender rabbits and even the young of game birds when he can get hold of them. FARMERS FOR THE VELDT. Committee of the Imperial South African Association Plans Small County Colonies of Britons. A committee of the Imperial South African association has been formed for the purpose of establishing "small county colonies" on the veldt. The different county organizations throughout the realm will make a selection of farmers suitable for the enterprise, and each settlement will be named after the British county which supplies the emigrants. Certainly, says the London Evening Standard, it is desirable to strengthen the white element in South Africa, especially when an invasion of Indians and Chinese appears to be at hand. And the best form of that strengthening is British emigrants used to country life and work. But is the farming grass well adapted for the purpose? In the first place, one might have thought that it was wanted at home. Among the men named as taking part in the scheme are the duke of Westminster and other great landowners. They may find no difficulty in securing tenants, but small 'squires are not so fortunate. Moreover, it must be feared that the English farmer will not easily adapt himself to the conditions of South African agriculture, as different as could be in all respects to those in which he has been reared. The more successful he has been at home, the less inclined he will be to go to school again. FASHIONS IN CHINA. Styles in Hats and Coats and Shoes the Same To-Day as a Thousand Years Ago. At a dinner party in Washington, the new Chinese ambassador discussed American fashions satirically, says the New York Tribune. "Now, in China," he said, "our fashions never change. I wear the same sort of hat, the same sort of coat, the same sort of shoes, that a man in my position wore a thousand years ago. And it is the same with the Chinese women. Their fashions also have not changed in I know not how many dynasties. Long ago, in China, we found the costumes that seemed to us the most graceful and the most comfortable, and we cling to these costumes. We love them. "But you—here in America—how often is it—every week—every fortnight?—that you change your fashions? Only the other day I met on the street an American naval officer of whom I am fond. He had a parcel under his arm. I stopped my carriage. "‘Come,’ I said, 'let us have a little chat—a comfortable little chat.' ‘But the naval officer shook his head. He said hurriedly: ‘No, I cannot. In this parcel there is a bonnet for my wife. Were I to stop and talk, the fashion in bonnets might change before I reached home.’" The Public to Decide. The publisher of a set of books and a downtown bookseller in New York are at odds over the figure at which the volumes should be sold at retail, and to settle a wager made between them, the public has been called upon to decide the matter by means of a ballot box, which has been placed outside the show window. A printed notice invites everyone to cast a ballot on which is to be written the price at which the voter thinks the volumes should be sold, with his name and address underneath. The 300 persons with the highest amount on their tickets will each be entitled to a set of the books at the figure written there. N. Y. Post. Want Guides to Insure. The Swiss Alpine society has been trying for some time to persuade all guides to insure their lives, but with only partial success. It now appeals to all tourists to engage only such guides as are insured, in order to prevent the wretchedness caused by the death of uninsured guides who have a family to support. Spanards Are Backward. Spanish farm laborers do not take kindly to American agricultural machinery. Not long ago a union of these laborers destroyed one of these machines by way of protest. CHIPS. into the hands of a-tyrant or an ene ‘my, must not ‘wonder if it be at las! Best $10 overcoat for the money in the city. William A. Kirchberger & Co., 189 Clark street, Chicago. ~The lowe A. M. E. conference ha: come to a close. Revs. J.C. Anderson. G. M. Tillman, R. C. Ransom, L N. Daniels, T. A. Clark, Col. Abraham Lincoln Murray, Jesse Woods, Arch fbeld James Carey and Clarence R. Goggins will plug for the Lord in this city for another year. Rev. Higgins of Moline, Ill, succeeds Rev. Geo. W Slater as pastor of Hyde Park chapel. James J. Condon, president of th ‘West End Improvement Club of th 29th ward, is rallying his forces to gether for the purpose of knockin: out Alderman Tom Carey next spring Alderman Carey has been the bor cock of thé walk for a long time, an if he permits the grass to grow unde his feet James Condon, who seems t be a fighter, will represent the 29t! ward in the city council. He who lets the world, or his ow portion of it, choose his path of lif for him, has no need of any other fac ulty than the apelike one of imitatior He who chooses his plan for bimse’ employs ali his faculties. He must us observation to see, reasoning “an judgment to forsee, activity to gathe materials for decision, discriminato to decide, and, when he has decidec firmness and self-control to hold hi deliberate decision—John Stuar Mills. $20 tailor-made suits, uncalled for $10. William A. Kirchberger & Cc 189 Clark street, Chicago. A Changed Maz. Caller—Since your husband began taking that anti-fat medicine he has changed -wonderfully. He doesn’t look like the same man. ‘Hostess—He isn’t—by 97 pounds.— Chicago Tribune. ‘Taxstion’s Triumph. The Count—What think of ze pro- position to tax bachelors? The Baron—It do not interest me, my friend. But I think it would be a ‘very good thing to tax se unmarried heiresses!—Puck. a Bet Very Complimentarr. “It's only a week since I met you, ‘Miss Mabel, yet I feel as if I'd known you for years and years and years.” “Well, you needin’ pile the years on se thick. I'monly 19.”"—Chicago Amer teas. armer—You come down and I'll fx you'so you won't want to steal any more wpples, . Boy—is that a threat or a promiss!— Chicago Tribune. Hener. A highly honored name he bore, Aithough his crimes were rank; Be had the dust, and so his name ‘Was honored at the bank. —Wi. Y. Times. ZXnew Where He Was. “Here's a message from your hus- band,” said the medium to the woman who had paid her good dollar. “Where is he?” asked the widow. “He doesn't say, but here’s a picture he sent you.” “Well, I guess I know where he is, all right; that’s a flashlight picture!”— Yonkers Statesman. ‘Bile Bort. “What I like,” said the beautiful crea- ture, “is a man who can do something original.” ‘Whereat he caught her in his arms and kissed her, foolishly thinking no other man had ever done that before— Chicago Record-Herald. Has to De It. “Quillpoint is a queer chap. He seems to see something that mo one else can see in every picture he looks at.” “He can't help it He makes puzzle pictures for a living."—Cincinnati Com- mercial Tribune. A Remedy. He—The doctor told Jack that he had been studying too hard lately. She—And what did he recommend? He—Ob! He advised him to go into society @ little more and give his brain rest—Brooklyn = * a can soe $5 tailor-made pants, uncalled for $2.98. William A. Kirchberger & Co. 189 Clark street, Chicago. Wisdom Comes by Reading. __ Stop! Don’t worry your friends and meighbors about what happens and what will take place in the future Read good books and papers and learn for yaurself it is a wise thing to do. You can find the best WEEKLY JOUR- NALS end MAGAZINES from all parts of the United States at the famous Afro-American News Office, 3104 State street. You cau find each month the Colored American Magazine from Bos- ton, Mass.; the Colored Home Journal from Pittsburg, Pa. and « full line of stationary, incruding assortment of choice cigars and tobsccos. Call and ‘see our display of race journdis and ‘brary pamphets that are edited by the race. «If you don't Sind what you ‘want, leave your order for if We are reliabis ‘aud the only place of this : z News Office, 3104 a ae NER THE LAW LAID DOWE. Notice of dishonor of a promissory is held in Oakley ve. Carr (Neb.), 60 L. BR A. 431, to be sufficient if sent to the last indorser by the first mail of the day following dishonor} even though such in- éorser is an agent for collection merely. ‘Since the national bankruptcy law con- tains no provisions for involuntary pro- ceedings against persons engaged chiefly im the tillage of the doll, tt is held, in Old Town bank vs. McCormick (Md.), 60 L. R. A. 5ST7, that it does not supersede the provision of the state law authorizing such proceedings. _ , The mere separation of jurors impan- eled to try 2 capital case from their fel- lows without the attendance of an officer, although an irregularity, is held, in Gam- Die vs. State (Fia.), 60 L. R. A 647, not to be a sufficient cause for setting aside the verdict if the court is satisfied that the prisoner has not sustained any injury from such separation. The attempt of a street railway com- pany to operate its cars during a strike of its employes is held, in Fewings vs. ‘Mendenhall (Minn.), 60 L. R. A. 601, not to be negligence so as to make it liable for an injury to a passenger struck by a stone thrown from the street into a car by a strike sympathizer in no way under the control or direction of the company. The right to the custody and to decide upon the place of burial of the body of a deceased unmarried person is held, in McEntee vs. Bonacum (Neb.), 60L. R.A. 440, to reside ordinarily In his next of kin; and it is held that the courts will not treat this right as having been waived or relinquished except upon clear and sat- isfactory evidence of conduct indicative of a free and voluntary intent and pur- pose to that end. BREVITIES OF SCIENCE. It is reported that a hot spring has been struck in the workings of the Simplon tunnel, and the increased heat is unbearable. About two miles remains to be bored. A emall specimen of radium was re- cently put on exhibition at the American Museum of Natural history, and has at- attracted wide attention. The speci- men weighs about two grains, and was shown in the gem room on the fourth floor of the building. The two grains cost about $300. Dr. Frank Snow, with a small party of Kansas university students, has been bug-catching in southwest Arizona. They brought back 15,000 specimens, all pinned and labeled, of which some 100 are new to science. Of these 5,430 are bettles, 4,500 are files, 1,926 are butter- flies and moths, and the rest run the list of bees, wasps, bugs and insects. The butterflies and moths were collected at ‘night by spreading on & tree near the camp © mixture of beer and molasses. ‘Henri Moissan has succeeded in reduc- ‘ing tantalum acid in the electric furnace with powdered carbon and has obtained tantalum in a fused state. Hitherto the metal had been known only as a more or less pure powder with a density of 10.50. The electrical product has a brilliant metallic appearance, and a density of 12:79. It is very hard, easily scratching glass and quartz, has a crystalline frac- ture, and is unfusible in the oxyhydrogen Dlowpipe. Certain reactions class it with the metalloids rather than with the metals proper. ON VARIOUS SUBTECTS. Eucalyptus gum is the agent in a new quick-tanning process, said to be a great success, in Victoria, Australia. It in- creases the rapidity of the work by 40 per cent. A Pittsburg man whose old home had to be moved to make way for a railroad line, has undertaken the unusual task of raising the house bodily to the top of a steep hill, 150 high. | Three summer homes for working girls are conducted by Miss Emily M. Morgan, the author and philanthropist. | Two of these are in Connecticut; the third. at Blandford, Mass. in an old farmhouse, which accommodates 20 young women, the charges being but two dollars a week. | A cowboy for 12 years, head of a big Tice plantation for three years, and at the age of 30 elected president of a rail- way corporation representing a capital of $8,000,000 and 200 miles of track, is the record of Ross L. Clark, recently elected president of the Rice Belt Rail- way company, of Texas, giving him the distinguished honor of being the young- est chief executive of a railway in the United States. Though but 30 years of age, and starting with but few advant- ages, Clark has forged to the front until | be now represents a rice growing com- pany with 5,000 acres under cultivation. ALL SORTS. Japan's army in time of peace includes 3,135 officers and $4,241 privates. Im severa! Russian trains second-class sleeping carriages are now provided. A notable result of the recent cen- sus of church attendance in London is the discovery that prayer meetings, which were once regarded as the vital bresth of the life of the church, have almost ceased to exist. There are three waters in the state of Indiana which actually impart mag- netic powers to needles, knife biades and the like Any considerable quan- tity of one of these waters will defiect ‘the needle of the compass. But 83 per cent. of the German born males in the United States have failed to become naturalized, while 13 per cent. of the English, 35 per cent. of the Russians, 53 per cent. of the Ital- ians, and 80 per cant of the Japanese are still aliens. In the opinion of the editor of a pa- per printed in British India, “American Sc yae tania ae mie of all the womanhood of the world. A. D. GASH —_Atenney at tam,_ en taenemn ee etophous Maia 07%, ‘TRLErBOWE Max 2Boy : FEDERICO M. BARRIOS Attorney & Counsellor at Law Satte 501 Firmenich Bldg. pod Fae Lyd Chicago. LAWRENCE A. 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