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"THE DOCTOR" REPLIES TO ATTORNEY P. J. O'SHEA On the Mixing or the Crossing of the Races. Vol. VIII. "THE DO REPLIES TO P. J. O On the Mix Crossing Rac Mr. Editor:— I had no idea that the article I sent you—and which you were kind enough to publish—regarding the mixture of the races, would induce any comment thereon; but, it seems that this hastily written scrawl of mine has attracted attention. What I sent you was not written in fancy's field, on the contrary, it was the result of many years of quiet observation whilst living as I did for a long period of my life, in a community where the colored population was considerably greater than that of the white. Mr. O'Shea, who has deemed my article worthy of comment, has read a great deal, doubtless, as to the mixture of the races. Yet, in his article, he appears to ignore transparent facts. True, propagation goes on when nature's law is violated, but, in this sort of intercourse, the punishment, extinction, is sure to come. As a matter of course the calculation as to the decrease of product may not be mathematically correct, there being exceptions to all rules, yet, a rapid reduction in the quantity of the animal or vegetable product is easily observable, if one looks into the matter. Has anyone ever seen a mulatto mother with a dozen quadroon children? No, nor with half-a-dozen. Three to five is about the average. Much mixed children mature earlier than do the pure black or pure white children, and, instead of living up to three-score and ten, they are really old at 30 or 35. Their intellect is brighter when they are ten to twelve years than is that of either a white or black child, but when 19 or 20 years of life are reached these mixed grow dull—not exactly stupid, but slow-witted. And how young most of them die! A quadroon or quinteroon woman or man, who reaches 50 years of age, is a novelty, and one rarely seen. Even the mulatto's average of life is much less than is that of the pure-blooded white or pure-blooded black. Occasionally we have heard it said (that it is the white blood in some mulattos that gives them their peculiar shrewdness), but I doubt the correctness of this view, because I have met right here in Chicago, pure-blooded men, as dark as the darkest African men, (and women, too,) in whom there is not a drop of white blood in them, who, being educated are as brightly intellectual, if not more intellectual, than any mulatto, quadroon or quinteroon with whom The product of the mulatto, quadroon or quinteroon woman cannot be compared with that of the pure-blooded black women. I have never yet seen a mulatto, quadroon or quinteroon man and wife with a family of six children; but, I have seen hundreds of black women who were the mothers of from 12 to 23 children. The census taker will bear me out in this statement. In fruit culture, and in the raising of the lower animals, the same law holds good, a fact which is easily arrived at if the fruit growers and the breeders of fancy ponies, dogs, and cats are consulted. The improvement of live stock, such as horses and cattle, is frequently carried on, and with success, by cross-breeding; but, this cross-breeding is not by the mixture of different species. Down in Pargguay, South America, where there is a mixed population, all the people are short-lived. Virtue is at a discount there, the records showing that more than 95 per cent. of the children born are illigitimat. Mere children, down there, --- become mothers, so early do the females mature. A case is recorded (I think in the London Lancet) of a girl nine years and two months old being the mother of a babe five months old. The nearer the equator and the greater the mixture, the quicker maturity, but life is correspondingly shorter. Mr. O'Shea, evidently, is a believer in the biblical story of man's creation. Though I am not an irreverent man, I do not take any stock whatever in the Adam and Eve story. It is against reason—against everything that geological research has laid bare. It was, probably, an early-age tradition—like many other traditions—and written out in fact—not, however, for the purpose of deception, but because, when it was written, people were not as well posted as are we of the 20th century as to the how, the why and wherefore of this thing and that. A race of people cannot be created at all events I don't see how it can be. The chemist, to find an element, has to eliminate everything that is mixed with it. The five races, in their purity, are distinct, the one from the other in features, eyes and hair, are all different. The pure African has kinky hair and skin as dark as ebony. All real Africans are black; but, as Mr. O'Shea observes, in the northern part of that county, many of the people are not totally black. This, I believe, is not due to climate, as he avers, but to a variety of white blood. It is likely that all the dark-complexioned races have a taint of African blood in them. All along the Mediterranean sea, which divides Africa from Europe, we find these dark complexioned people, and it is likely that in past ages, there was considerable sexual intercourse between white and blacks. The Arabs, Moors and many of those living in Egypt exhibit, in a slight degree, the African taint. But, as my article was not intended to introduce a discussion of the matter of race mixture, I will close with the remark -if the black race wishes to become a race of intelligent, progressive people, it must avoid mixing with any other race in a sexual way. Very truly, Government Cost. "It don't matter a cent to me how much the government costs. I never pay any tax. I have nothing, thank God, but my hands." So said to us one of the Milliens, himself a fair example of the condition and intelligence of the common American citizen. He was sneering at some of us who were censuring the extravagance of the government. Of course he is a good republican, but no matter—democrats are about the same on that subject. Some months later this good citizen met the same person on the side-walk and said:—"I wish some of you would tell me why I can't get a job of work to do. It used to be that everybody had some work for me to do. I had work for days ahead. Now I can't get a lick of work." 'Old man!" said one, "you are now paying your taxes. You bragged last year that you never paid taxes. It does me good to show you now that you do pay. You pay in deprivation and want. There is so much prosperity that most people prefer to do their own chores and small jobs. See?" And that is the God's truth. The poorer a man is the more he feels the burden of taxation. He feels it in deprivations. H. HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, OCTOBER 3, 1903. LEIGH HUNT. BOOKERY WASHINGTON COLORED POPULATION OF U.S. EXPORTATION TO AFRICA. Booker T. Washington and Leigh Hunt, of Indiana, who claim to have the indorsement of President Roosevelt, are planning to deport several million Afro-Americans from this country to the jungles of Africa, as the best means of solving the "Race Problem." This idea of sending the Negro back to Africa was the fond but idle dream of Abraham Lincoln, Henry Clay, and many other eminent leaders of the Whig party, but these great or learned statesmen passed below the horizon without beholding the accomplishment of their object. So in the case of Washington, Hunt and Roosevelt—their bodies will crumble into dust and become parts of the monumental elements of the universe long before two or three million Afro-Americans can be forcibly deported to Africa or to any other country. Booker T. Washington and His Harmful Methods. Two of the ablest edited Exchanges that come to our desk are The Boston Guardian and Chicago Broad Ax, and they are bittter enemies to the policy of Booker T. Washington. The editorial columns of these papers furnish food for thought. They discuss the race problem in its various phazes in an able manner. Their conclusions on subjects of current interest are noteworthy, with one exception which is their conclusion that Mr. Washington is doing more harm than good. They fail to tell us why or how. They do not point to any institution that is doing as much for the Negro race as Tuskegee is doing. They deride the Negro journals which support industrialism for the Negro youth and they give no reason therefore. Apparently they are fighting for the purpose of keeping in fighting trim. It is a noteworthy fact that the Negro papers of the South are loud in their praises of Tuskegee and its president. When you have been convinced that you are wrong brethren you should retreat. There is nothing dishonorable about it. Consult your conscience and get right, and go to heaven with the rest of the press gang.-The Independent San Francisco, Cal. In commenting on the above ably written article, we will endeavor to clearly define our position respecting Booker T. Washington and the harmful methods he persists in persuing in relation to the manhood rights of the Negro, it may not be imporper to state right here, that freely we are more than willing to bestow upon Booker Washington the greatest praise or credit for the good he has accomplished in the past in behalf of industrial education for the Negro. Although Hampton and one or two other schools in the south conducted along the same educational lines as Tuskegee are accomplishing the same work without making so much noise about it; without degrading the Negro like Booker Washington does when he is appealing to the whites to give him money for his school and without spending all their time in traveling over the country for the purpose of begging money to maintain these industrial schools. Therefore it would be impossible for us to coin any words of condemnation of Booker Washington, if he would only remain at Tuskegee, and devote all his time to his educational work, but when he attempts to flap his angelic wings and soar to all parts of this Republic and get himself up as the infallible mouth piece and leader of ten million people in all things perpertaianing to their civil and political status, that is an entirely different thing, and on this point we are compelled to part company with Booker Washington and those who adhere to his policy. It is our honest opinion that his policy or method is very harmful and distructive that the Negro can never feel that he is an American citizen if he permits himself to be controlled or governed by his ideas respecting his civil or political rights. The very fact that Booker Washington endorses the disfranchisement of the Negro in the Southern states in a round about way and is perfectly silent as to all the indescribable wrongs which are heaped upon him unfits him in every way as a true leader of the race. This fact alone over balances and out weighs all the good he has ever done or can ever do through his school, and the race would be ten thousand times better off if it was wiped off the face of the earth rather than that one freeman should be denied the right to cast one vote for either in favor or against those who are to rule or govern him, through his instrumentality. Of course all the servile or cringing slaves who feel that they must fall on their hands and knees and thank their exmasters, and the ignorant herd—the scum of Europe who come to these shores every year by the hundred thousands, and who are freely accorded every right as American citizens without a protest for permitting them to breathe the breath of life, will continue to look upon Booker Washington as their infallible leader simply because he has become the most expert beggar in the world. If Brother Douglas will take his bearings correctly he will learn that the best and the strongest race, papers in the South, are not in harmony with Booker Washington,, and his views as to the final solution of the "Race Problem" in this country. On the contrary they are bitterly opposing him and his harmful methods. An Old Fashioned Concert. Wednesday evening the ladies of St. Thomas Church, gave an Old Fashioned concert at the home of Father and Mrs. Leateld, 3241, Wabash avenue and through the untiring efforts of Mrs. Robert A. Williams, Mrs. Ida M. Dempsey and Miss Lizzie Slaughter, who looked so cute and lovely in her red dress and her broad rimmed red hat, it was a grand success from beginning to end. The majority of those present took part in the concert. Col. S. A. T. Watkins sang his song which he sung when he won the heart and love of Mrs. Watkins and in rendering it he ran up to high C., in fact the singing by all the ladies and the gentlemen was really good, and it reminded one of an old fashioned camp meeting. Enough money was realized from the concert to enable Father Lealted to start on a two weeks' vacation to Baltimore and Washington, D. C., Monday. No. 49. The Christian Woman. Who turns with sanctimonious look, Her eyes upon the sacred book, Which reads about the Holy Spook? The Christian Woman. Who thinks she understands it all, Regarding Eve's and Adam's fall, Which shrouds the earth as with a pall? The Christian Woman. Who therefore thinks her life must be A living sacrifice; that she The awful wrath of God may flee? The Christian Woman. Who puts her self-respect aside, And pockets dignity and pride, That in God's house she may abide? The Christian Woman. Who populates the land with slaves, At the behest of priestly knaves, To mark the earth with soldier's graves? Who meekly does he husband's will, Though he, perchance, her blood may spill, If she refuse the bitter pill? The Christian Woman. Who with "shamefacedness" adorned, Must take the course St. Paul has warned, And by her husband be informed? The Christian Woman. Who stills her voice in churches drear Enshrouds her head, and drops a tear. And 'waits her doom in abject fear? The Christian Woman. Who must not on the altar lean, Nor in the "holy court" be seen. Because she is pronounced "unclean"? The Christian Woman. Who hugs the church law to her breast, Which makes a "double code" the test Of morals, she defends with zest? The Christian Woman. Who loses earthly goods and fame, And right to children yields all claim, When she assumes a husband's name? The Christian Woman. Who through the ages suffered pains Accounts of which, all history stains, And yet—rejects relief from chains? The Christian Woman. Who will not cast aside her crutch, And seek relief from priestly clutch, And stand for human rights, as such? The Christian Woman. Who is degraded in the home— The church, the court, the council- room? And sent to hell, her final doom? The Christian Woman. Harriet M. Closz, Webster City, Ia. TAKE VOTE FROM NEGROES. Five-Sixths of Colored Population in Virginia Disfranchised. (Special Telegram.) Richmond, Va., Sept. 29.—Registration books have closed in Richmond and the results shows that 5,000 Negroes have been disfranchised. Less than a thousand are now qualified to vote and they are no longer a factor in local politics. Inquiries in the state at large justify the belief that at least five-sixths of the Negroes in Virginia have not now the right to vote and the will no longer have to be reckoned in the calculations. The republicans contend that their party will be largely augmented from the democratic ranks, as there is now no fear of possible Negro domination in the future. Through the courtesy of The Chicago Journal, which is always on the side of the Negro in his effort to become a full-fledged American citizen, we are able to reproduce its famous cartoon, "Booker T. Washington" leading the colored population of the United States to Africa. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Friends, Infidels, Farmers, Single Taxes, Republicans, Knights of Labor, or any one else can save their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Subscriptions must be paid in advance THE BROAD AX 8040 Armour Avenue, Chicago. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago, IF., as Second-class Matter. Not Yet. "They're saying you're just like all the other members of the house," remarked the newly elected legislator's close friend. "They say you have your price." "That's a lie," declared the new member. "I thought so." "Yes, I haven't got it yet, but I have hopes."—Catholic Standard and Times. To Pass in a Crowd. Poduak Citizen—So you're going to th' city to see th' sights, air yeh, Ike? Ike—Yep. Citizen—Wall, wear them Sunday clothes that don't fit; leave yr hair stringin' around same as now; turn up yr 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. Weakly. The Injuries Enumerated. Casey—Shure, they do be 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. Last 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. 4. 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. 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 fliance is everything that's nice.—Chicago News. Gaming 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 man who paint the town A glowing red must have the "green" And freely plank it down. —Cincinnati Enquirer. The Nightly Farewell. Father—Mary, 11 o'clock is also; gather too late for that young man to stay; he ought to start for home at ten. Daughter—But he does, papa.—N. Y. Harold. Its Identity. Little Orc—Paw, what is a chamber of horrors? Farmer Bentover—Waal, good land, Orcel. Don't you know what your mow's spare bedroom looks like?—Pook. Undoubtedly. "He seems to have been the victim of circumstances." "How so?" "The jury convicted him on circumstantial evidence."—Puck. Needled Bexnerine. She—Your friend Mr. Outcake seems rather reserved in his manners. He—Yes; he's reserved them so long they have grown rusty from disuse.—Glacial! Bexnerine. Used Most of the Words. "What did your wife say when you got home?" "My dear sir, I'm no dictionary, and somehow it would be easier to pick out the words she overlooked."—Chicago Post. HAVE METALS LIVES? 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 lardogs 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 home, 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. Kailways 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 hurst 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 Roca, 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 travelling agent this week to exhibit at fairs. The pig is one of the quarrest 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 free front feet. All of the feet touch the ground when the pig walks, the kind feet are natural as in other pigs. After quarrelling over the respective strength of a horse and a male two farmers at Segovia, Spain, decided to settle the matter by a tag-of-war. The animals were harnessed one at each end of a cart. After a desperate struggle the male triumphed, pulling the horse off its legs and galloping away with it. "PHONE GIRL SAYS "O." Do, She's Not Surprised, But Is Draw- ing Nearer to Naught—"Ought" Grates on Sensitive Ears. 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 fortieth birthday. Patrick O'Neil 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 conquerer 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 20 miles an hour round the world. Dr. A. Negel, at Pavl, 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 cannion. On the other hand, he has never found it in other dogs. Through the Sues. The civilian passengers through the Sues canal last year numbered 80,000, and the pilgrims, emigrants and geniants, 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 Ramuolla 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 pope 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 Portuguese 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 as 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, 1.0003; acetic acid, 98 per cent, 0.105. JOHN A ORB, President. WILLIAM LEGNER, Vice Pres. & Treas. WEST SIDE BREWERY COMPANY, CHICAGO, U. S. A. CORNER AUGUSTA AND PAULINA STREETS. Monroe 1567—TELEPHONES—Monroe 1573. It’s the Only Place JUST LOOK WHAT YOU CAN FIND AT THE AFRO-AMERICAN NEWS STORE 8104 State Street WISDOM CONES BY READING Here all the best and leading weekly journals and magazines from all parts of the U. S. can be found every week including all other standard monthly, weekly and daily publications. A Full Line of Stationery, Gigars and Tobacco Papers sent by mail to any part of the country. Give us a call and see for yourself if we haven’t what you want. 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News items and advertisements left at these places will find their way into the columns of The Broad Ax. O 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 BRIEVINGS. 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 Topics. os 22 MIA TOLD IN WASHINGTON of the National © praRY’S DASH FOR THE POLE tant Secretary Darling Is = crank o@ the Subject and Respen- gpie for the Expedition— other Timely Gossip. ington —Charles H. Darling, the Washing cretary of the navy, will be —_ entitled to the credit if Com- { mander Peary suc- ceeds in discover- ||| ae || ing the morth pole {) y|||.on the expedition ( Ae which be is about ; ¥ to undertake. For i Darling is alto- 1 ua gether responsible 'A; for the expedition. The assistant secretary, though a bard-headed’ Ver- monter, is a “crank™ on aretic ew. Peary exploratiog0gW «—He «. f gas been 8 student of the subject for years, He has a library whieh is stocked with books telling of the various at- tempts toreach the north pole. That big qpunse of white at the flattenned end @ the school globes bas always worried jim. He wants to see it colored and he yasis to see it covered with American Pe bs bobby aul utieal Splines tal the navy department one of the things ‘gat attracted him most was the like- ‘he of meeting and knowing Peary, veo be regarded as the best equipped dai the arctic explorers and the one pot likely to achieve what they were aimeking for. When Peary came back te duty as a civil engineer Darling be- gatothink. He had s number of talks with the explorer and discovered that Pury still had a longing to go back to the polar seas, and that he had a new wbeme which he believed would prove secessful. So without consulting Peary further he proceeded to arrange for a jeave of three years and then told Peary what he had done. @ course Peary was delighted. He had not looked for so speedy an oppor- tunity to put to the test the new plan be had outlined in hisown mind. He is ging to start out again. Me will have to raise the money for a new ship which te will call the “Charles H. Darling.” ami be believes that at last he is going te succeed. Peary’s New Scheme. Peary's new scheme certainly has the merit of novelty and it does credit to his aparty anc to i taining His leave begins 2 April 1, and he wi mart at once for Cape York on the const of Green- md There is a tie of Whale Sound Eskimos, mmbering about @, with whom fry bas estab- lubed friendly re- lations on his for- Be expeditions. He proposes to the on, thiia éatin. a 9s Willy and carry them further north te th north shore of Grentiand, where the Gloay will settle and form @ base of ees nee ee ee to reach the ‘This base of sup- few tian ft Pe wreral hundred miles nester “ep ae {ust that perty, and thus Dery wil! make up hipparty, which wit! “atist of only que white mam besides Mimaelf, the others being Eskimos. The “tire party will consist of about 26 The dash for the pole ower the tee will began on February 1, 1908. Bags wilt be We mats ise ge tap ccbor om WG make better thas ex: Watitiong as tt will be agpall and every Nember of it will hage beem thoroughly ined im Aretic life. i. Eskimos can get over the rongh abounds with, ey white meus and’ that i the Teason fer party Poco them Teton be moos Waste time looking ex- Mausted companions. se rte 1 a nd Salas Sais Baes ot hen a ee The Sherman Stagce, The equestrian statue of Gen. Sher- MS which is tp be unuefieg at a5 | ee Tn | Seca ceria we tt ized, and the ae ‘=. Se pore : . ne Y ace ty ie tN ie ‘ rt <2 nye ee ‘e 3 of the Te aaa Sy « on = acer ha 4 SE inartiate, ag Ss sam =e oe fered and more. ‘And so was competent to depict hint __ As fate would have it, Rhol-Smith faa Deter Re had progressed tur en the'Work’ and his widew claimed We the ‘contract having béen awarded it Must be carried out. So she engaged another sculptor who, not only had stata aiked with Rohl-Smith about the Statue, but who had never seen Shen “incldentalty a eee the statue Was paid for before it was completed, and all the dela, ae Used UD; 80 that there was delay and dispute about the end Of the affair. ve ‘The statue has been some time over due now, but at last it ts im place, await. tng the ceremony of unveiling; but those who have seen it without its sheet have been astonished to ana that from the most common point of view above the treasury ‘the horse appears to be headless, which gtves the whole a rath. er ludicrous aspect. The statue is placed just south of the treasury in the Parking which makes it Visible the Whole length of Pennsyl- vania avenue—by far the most con- spicuous site in the entire city. Com- pared with the st. Gaudens statue re- cently unveiled in Central park it will attract anything but favorable criticism. The Friend of Woman. Tt was nearly 40 years ago that Gen. Francis Spinner first opened the way cee oe ene ment of women in the goverment de- partment in Washington. it wasalmostas great an innovation then 4&8 would be the ap- pointment to-day of a women as sec- retary of the treas- ary, but the experi- ment was so suc- cessful that there are now several thousand women clerks in Washing- an “oe, Shc thousands more in various public offices throughout the United States. ’ When he made the innovation Spin- ner was treasurer of the United States. He eld office from 1961 to 1876, and his “Peculiar corkscrew signature became ‘8 universally familiar as the green- backs to which it was affixed. He not only proposed the employment of wo- ‘men, but he fought for it. He waslucky im 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 cham- pion of the proposition. Indeed, there are some who say it was her original suggestion and that Spinner only fol- lowed 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 Spin- ners memory. The movement was started very soon after Spinner’s death, and 12 years ago those who were is- terested organized themselves into the “General Spinner Memoral association.” Funds have been raised, the monument has been completed—it will be of bronze and congress has given permission for {ts erection in the national capital. ‘The government departments to-day Offer the most remunerative employ- ment whigh ig open to women anywhere im the world. The salaries paid will average almost as much as those paid to men and ip many instances thay are higher. & Character Deaé. Patrick Diggins is dead. That may sere t is Seemed TWH news for every- ALE, body who ever had a anything to @o MD SA wth newspager jai 1) work in Washing- ton; fee Patrick. i during the Inst 30 He S eo @ years—no- ; boty knows how {) Jong —has bess a He haé been eon- nected with the An Upte-Date Mew New York Harald eager Boy beresn tn ~Weaeb- “i iy We eis ington ever since anybedy could re- member, ané for the past ton yeare he ‘pad bean one of “Bennett's pensioners,” receiving bis regular weekly salary just as he used to when he was young an@ orp, vot wtih the understanding Sse he needn't Go any work in retura. Still even up to the end he used tocome dows to the office to Gx the flea and anes 8 week he would distribute the pay envel- pan to. the effles force with serupulous regularity. ‘ Patrick wes 2 messenger for the Her aid, im his active years; but bis feeling of tesponsibiiity was just at powerful as it he had been managing often ~ ree ee Nendbel nn as an earn in oes to. effect. s saving in office en iscsarget Patrick, not KR0¥- ing of Bie peculiar reistions with, ‘he | . Patrick great over to New Es SS ee comb ps could be cstad- jhed the eager POURS s ‘teid of 2 very bet 9 we ago it was: —_ ‘bo had laid by over $76,000 ‘and hed three or four fine houses out, rames ect : z find a Will, so there: ) dis the vener~ . : estate ‘ Remorse ic memory thst namin ee Handsome Corsage Ornament Dame Fashion is heeded this year |scribed by the Brooklyn Eagle nothing but the length of her purse | diamonds ise T= i parse and poaris set in alternatic sie with which lovely women will bedeck | ff herself on state occasions. She will ine like icicles in the sun with dis- » Fer | nonds, gleam like danger signals upon 4 yf o with ‘aad be trimmed a ey ri with pearls ike a prince ime pantomime. es he will wear rings, brooches, earrings, ae : pracelets, necklaces, Duckles, cloak E ion tiaras, al! bejeweled, and av if mY a ; a F Dis ae Y G stat.é . 6G ‘ « _ G MORE BEAUTY DON'Ts, feerets of Having Shapely and Prett Fingers. Don’t over-manicure the hands, or they will become so tender as to be eas- ily reddened and roughened. Don’t wash the bands oftener than necessary, and dry them thoroughly aft- er 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 knead- ing 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 & good deal toward making the fingers 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 in- tense 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 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 knuck- Tes. 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 col- ors. They make the hands look larger. Don’t think the appearance of the hands a trifling consideration. A beau- tifal 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 im Miinols. The Leaf River (IIL) Mirror thinks the meanest man in [Illinois lives a! Centralia. He put a large procelain egg in the nest of an ambitious her and found that the ¢ggs she had after- ward laid were increased in size. Ther he put s goose egg im the nest; the aforesaid hen laid an egg just as large. He was so pleased with the scheme thet he put s whitewashed football in the nest and awaited results. Wher he went the next time to search for eggs he found one as high as s football. but mo hen in sight. Securing the eas. he saw engraved on it by the hen photography these words: “T'm uc ostrich, but I have done my best.” Later he found the hen inside the egg. ——_——_—_ @ZWew ta Benerate Broase. Bronsemay be renovated and recalored thus: Miz one pert of muriatic ack and two parts of water. Free the ar- tiele from all grease and dust and apply the mizture with acloth When dry polish with sweet cil ——_{_—_ ‘Hew te Open Orsiess ‘To open oyster shells easily, just place the oysters on the warm kitchen stove $e Se aie ee “to aen ons feese the tain gertics Led a PR on sews ot | SMALL WAIST CRAZE. ‘Twenty Inches Quite Enough and More Than Twenty-Two Not te s Be Endered. Since it has been decreed that the shall-waisted, short-hipped figure is the only one acknowledged by fash- ton, the necessity for tight-lacing, writes .& lady correspondent, has become imper- ative. Corsets are worn—often at night (S8 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 in- ternal complications, including heart disease and lung trouble. To such an extent has the evil grown, it may be mentioned, that at a certain fa- mous modiste’s orders for gowns from ladies whose waist measurements are Over 22 inches are delicately, but firm- ly declined. “We dare not risk our reputation by gowning any but the most fashionable Women,” explained the principal recent- ly, “and no woman with a large waist can look well in a frock designed for one who has cultivated the short-hip figure. i 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 in- stead of lessen, and the practice will con- ‘tinue to add appreciably to the death Foll and fill the incurable hospitals with women who have ruined themselves for the sakb of a small waist—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. TENERIFFE REVIVAL. @ld-Time Needlework Once More in High Favor for the Trim- ming of Gowns. Teneriffe needlework is flourishing to-day im these parts to an astonishing degree, and the influence of those cob- webby wheels of thread which are its characteristic manifestation is making itself felt in dress garniture of al] kinds. The Teneriffe lace collar, or the linen centerpiece, table cover, bureau scarfs, > Fe NO X2 ie as p. 3 rs nd . > ‘es a) SS cee has a >? ad a we 2 ag ae ee eed A HAPPY COMBINATION. ete., with its border of filmy wheels the size of a silver dollar, is familiar to all who keep in touch with the develop- ment of the fad for this sort of work. Somewhat newer, and, in some re- spects, more effective, is the combina- tion of braid and Teneriffe stars shown in the accompanying illustration of a centerpiece that is a welcome change trom the embroidered example that has been im evidence so many moons.— Brooklyn Eagle. Always Place Egus Upright. If one desires eggs to keep well, place them upright; otherwise the yolks will cling to the shell and spoil. knots, which arestudded th are aso The large pendant pearis are of the long shape now so much fm request for hair ornaments, pendarts and earrings. Al- together the ornament is one which might well e¢orn the gown of princess. seaaata hems pentpoereney toca addition to the corsage efameventng a7 eis os 1 gpa ‘ . ee: FEEDING SHEEP ON WOOD. Great Damage Worked ta Many See- tienes by Close Grasing on VYeussg Pine Shoots. 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 prov- ender. Many sheep owners in the west- ern mountain regions where there is lit- Ue or no grass to.speak of have partly remedied the difficulty by feediag their sheep on wood! Not cordwood, to be sure, but om 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 ts assisted by a “camp tender,” “packer” or “camp rustler,” whose business it is to look up range, move camp and “pack” in supplies, in- cluding salt for the sheep. In the journey to the mountains the sheep are usually obliged to follow cer- tain natural highways, and their prog- ress and the work of handling them are largely governed by the surroundings. Tn all cases of razing on the pine shoots the range is cut close, and this close- shaving of the only vegetable cover, to- gether 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 com- pany of his own, at the head of which is an Italian, Arturo Stravolo, of Naples. All the members of the com- pany, says the London Express, are re- lations, by blood or marriage, of the director. Being the sultan’s own com- pany, 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 play- er 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 per- formance and has the passage ex- plained 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 chil- dren. Arturo Stravolo, who is a born comedian, is the sultan’s favorite. HOW SARDINES ARE CURED. Should Be Prepared Immediately After Capture, Then Plusged in- te Boiling Olive Ot. “It is im the spring.” said a fish Gealer in the Philadelphia Record, “that the sardine netting begins. Gen- uine sardines are the young of the pil- chard. Their name comes from the fact that they are most numerous off the coast of Sardinia. They swim in shoals containing milions—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 of and there is an- other washing. Then, on beds of green brushes, the fish are dried in the sun. Next they are boiled in olive of] till cooked thoroughly. “The packers—women always—take them now sné@ pack them in the tis bexes we all know, filling up each box with boiling ofl, fitting on the lid and making the box air tight by soldering the joints together with a jet of hot steam. Gardines are more or less per- fect, aceording as they are prepared more or less immediately after their capture, and according as the oi] they are packed is is more or less pure RULE WORKS BOTH WAYS. Bf Coste to Go Inte the Business of Horse Raciag and It Costs te Get Oot. B RB. Thomas, the owner of the borse Hermis, talked one day at Saratogs about the expense of racing. says the New York Tribune “A racing stable is like a newspaper.” he said, “At the beginning jt requires & good deaf of money. You know what Charles A. Dams used to say ahost newspapere—that tt costs s ist ams oars hm Papas a themselves! equally true of racing stables. al @ code cme "Gum etee 7, Bare ws When © 7. Barsum wes tat ing tickets at the entranes of his cf cag, ® msn asked him if he could go im without pag , . marae eres without paying. "Ths rule doenw’t work beth ways’ ' y sa heen eae ak ae it to gp tm racing, and it costs to oe ont fo" * - Seweteen: Sie Eee ee teibated te helfos in the radium pum are really se lineseaf sitrogen ; BADGERS. Great Epicures in Eggs—Have Partie- ¢ lar Liking for Nest and Larvae ef Wasps and Bees. ‘The badger is a great epicure in eggs, and much of the hostility of gamekeep- ers to this animal lies undoubtedly in the fact that it will, when it gets the ehance, devour a whole nest of partridge or pheasant eggs. Badgers are said also to be fond of honey; and knowing the extraordinary craving of theie South African cousin, the ratel, for this deli- tacy, 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 » particular liking for the nest and larvas of wasps and wild bees, digging down with strong feet and infinite persever- ance till they attain their object. In the captive state a young badger was brought up on a diet first of the milk of & retriever bitch, by which it was fos- ter-mothered, afterwards of eggs and milk, then of fish and meat. It approved of bread and potatoes, when crumbled ap and mixed with milk. It would oc- casionally eat shot birds, and once, get- ting Into a hen house, killed five chick- ens. 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 im the course of the year is more than doubtful. Still, the badger is carnivor- ous in his tastes, and is not, even by his kindliest 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 Af- rican Association Plans Small County Colonies of Britons. A committee of the Imperial South African association has been formed for the purpose of establishing “smal! coun- ty colonies” on the veldt. The different county organizations ‘throughout the Tealm will make a selection of farmers suitable for the enterprise, and each set- tlement 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, espe- clally when an invasion of Indians and Chinese appears to be at hand. And the best form of that strengthening is Brit- ish 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 difi- culty in securing tenants, but small ‘squires are not so fortunate. More- over, it must be feared that the English farmer will not easily adapt himself to the conditions of South African agricul- ture, as different as could be In all re- spects to those In which he has been reared. The more successful he has Deen at home, the less inclined he will be to go to school again. FASHIONS IN CHINA. Styles im Hints and Coats and Shoes the Same Te-Day as « Thoe- sand Years Age. 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 fash- fons never ebange. 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 age. And it is the same with the Chinese women. Their fashions also have not changed in } know not how many dynasties. Long ago, in Chine, we found the costumes that seemed to us the most graceful and the most comfortabie, and we cling to thess costumes, We love them. “But you—here iz Ameriea—how often is it—every week—every fortnight?— that you change your fashions? Only the other day I met on the street an American nsval officer of whom | am fond. He had & parcel under his arm. I stopped my carriage. “‘Come,” I said, Tet us have a little chat—a comfortable little chat.” “But the navel officer shook his head. He said hurriedly: “No, I cannot. In this pares} there fg a bonnet for my wife. Were I to stop and talk, the fashion tx bonnets might change before I reached iome.”” The Publis to Decide ‘The publisher of @ set of books aad a @ewatown bookseller ip New York are at odds over the figure at which the volumes should be sold at retail, aad to settle a wager made between tient, the pubttc has been called upon to decide the matter by means of « ballot box, whieh has been placed outside the show wia- dow. A printed notice invites everyone tg east a ballot on which is to be written the price at witich the voter thinks tie volumes shoufé be sold, with his name pamclpe iy by ree ys ‘The 300 per- sone es Se ae tlokets will each be eutitied to » set of + ae eles ee ¥. Post —_-—_—_———_ - Weat Geides te Insace, The Swiss Alpine society hag bee trying for some time ty persuade all guides to insure their ves, bat with only partial success. [t now appeals to all tourists to engags only such guides Se cenek tee tek a one ee ee Seentesd« Azo Basiewesd fm laborers do ‘not pT chinery. Not lomg ago a union ef : lsberers destroyed cas cf thus ma chines by wap of protest, There is no religion outside of practical fraternity. Only he who can call all men his "brothers" has a right to call his Creator "Father." Our own lives are bound up with the lowest men and women; we can only rise as we lift them. True salvation gives food and shelter, raiment and comfort, culture and liberty to each member of the human race on earth. If it fails in this it falls totally. It may be too scant of breath to pray but it works. Salvation is all here or nowhere, and all our duties toward God are right here to our fellow men. Let us have that salvation in the world we are living in; until it can no more be said that they who do the most work have the least to eat. The salvation that does not aim at this and hold this as its polar star, is but a ghostly myth on its way to the mythic graveyard.—A. Stockham. The A. & M. College opened Sept. 1st, with a larger number present than for years. Prof. Councill is at his post, greatly improved, but not well. Considerable valuable machinery has been added to our plant since the 1st of last September. Our grounds and buildings are lighted by electricity. Sister Joanna P. Moore is spending several days with us. CHIPS. Mrs. Murphy, 189 25th St., is a warm admirer of The Broad Ax, and she thinks it is the best newspaper in this city. Mrs. Jule Avendorph, 6351 Rhodes Ave., after much pain and suffering, brought forth her first baby boy, Tuesday morning. Mrs. R. Jones and her little daughter, Miss Rebecca, of Pittsburg, Pa., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Simon Ford, 5045 Armour Ave. J. H. Shreve, who is one of the head boosters in the Chicago Postoffice, arrived home Tuesday morning from visiting his brother in West Chester, Penn. Claude Alexander and his former wife, Miss Grace Hart, 3547 Dearborn street, have kissed and made up, and it is said they will shortly go to housekeeping by themselves. Henry T. Elby, late treasurer of Olivet Baptist church, was held over to the grand jury by Justice Thomas Bradwell, recently, for failing to cough up six thousand dollars belonging to the said church. Some churches are getting corrupt as barrooms. They only stand for the pastor's salary and deacons and stewards take out; church rings and money changers should be stamped out by the people.—Ex. Inspector Nicholas Hunt, who is a terror to crooks in the Hyde Park Police District, and his family are home again after spending some time in Waterford, Ireland, his birthplace, and other sections of Europe. Mrs. Thomas Motley, 2623 Wabash Ave., is looking as pretty as a picture these lovely autumn days. She spent three weeks lately in visiting friends in Michigan, and she had a delightful time while absent from the city. The Broad-Ax of Chicago has it that Rev. Archibald James Carey and family are endeavoring to play white. Are they white? If so, then they are not black. "Loose him and let him go."—The Freeman, Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. T. J. Hunter, $149 State St. has been on the sick list for the past two weeks. She is on the mend now, and will soon be able to attend services at Quinn Chapel and listen to Rev. Archibald James Carey expound the Gospel. Hon. Fred W. Blockl, Commissioner of Public Works, Alderman Thomas Carey, and several other prominent politicians attended the funeral services which were held over the remains of Friday S. Moore, at Bethel Church, last Sunday. Mrs. Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams, 6510 Langley Ave., gave birth to a still Born baby, the first of the week. Dana Schultz, son of Dr. A. Beatrice Schultz, 2719 State St., left Thursday evening to resume his studies at the Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. Hon. Charles S. Thornton, Ex-Corporation Counsel of Chicago, is home from the east, where he spent his vacation. Mr. Thornton, who is a polished gentleman every day in the week, had a pleasant trip and he is in good trim to wade into his extensive law practice. Attorney W. F. Cooling is the new Justice of the Peace, who has been chosen to succeed Justice Thomas Edgar. Justice Cooling is thoroughly grounded in the law and he will be far above resorting to trickery, like some of those who use their judicial power to rob and oppress the people. Mrs. Dr. W. A. Buckner is enjoying her trip through the east. Since August, she spent two weeks in Atlantic City, N. J., one week in Philadelphia. She is now visiting relatives of Dr. Buckner, 167 West 49th street, New York City, where she will rusticate for one month. Miss Genevieve Lee, daughter of Mrs. Henriette Lee, 3159 State St., left for Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tenn., Monday, September 28. Miss Lee will be greatly missed by her bosom friend, Miss Carrie Robinson, 3149 State St., and by many others who have learned to dearly love her for her many excellent traits of character. Col. Mushmouth Johnson, 464 State St., the boss Afro-American gambling king of Chicago, has been indicted by the grand jury for conducting a gambling den. Lately Louis Jenkins was cheated out of $60, which was needed to buy coal and something to eat for his family, and that caused the officers of the law to land on Col. Mushmouth. Mrs. T. P. Hill has rented the beautiful residence, 3017 Wabash Ave., consisting of 14 roome, which will be occupied as a first-class rooming house. She will also retain her former residence, 3126 Wabash Ave., consisting of 10 rooms, where she can accommodate married couples and single gentlemen. In every sense of the word Mrs. Hill will conduct an up-to-date rooming house. Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald, 3032 Dearborn St., was royally entertained by Mrs. Battell, one of her white lady friends of Des Moines, Iowa, while she was in that city attending conference. Gov. Cummins, the Sheriff, the Mayor of Des Moines, and many of its other best white citizens, who are interested in her reform work, paid her marked attention and made it very pleasant for her during her visit to their beautiful city. Little Doctor H. C. Cress, who wanted to lay down his so called religion on Sunday and whip us because we would not accept money from him and his friend, Hunter, and assist them to cover up Rev. Archibald James Carey's bad or immoral conduct at Milwaukee, Wis., has opened up an office 2935 State St., and he may be able to cut off some fat womans' leg if he will lay away from the side of Archibald James Carey. Rev. Archibald James Carey hates The Broad Ax with all the intensity of his being. While addressing the conference at Des Moines, Iowa, he referred to it "as a dirty little sheet," but if we would have been willing to lick his unclean fet, and had not anything to say concerning his desire to scatter lots of red paint around the streets of Milwaukee, and being doped while drinking wine with the sisters, then in his estimation The Broad Ax would be all right. Yes sir, Mr. Freeman, we can prove it in open court "that Mrs. Carey does not like to associate with even dark or light colored people. She seldom attends services at Quinn Chapel, and if she should happen to blow in there she acts as though she might turn black by coming in close contact with its members. But those belonging to Quinn Chapel worship Archibald James Carey as their red-faced God, simply because he knows how to fill up to the brim on the wet fighting Holy Ghost and treat them as his black slaves. Revs. Pie-eating Hubert and granddady Bundy had their reports read in the last Iowa A. M. E. Conference, as to the amount of money they tricked the people out of for Wilberforce University. At the conclusion of the reading of their reports young Arnett, son of Bishop Arnett, arose and informed the members of the conference that he was treasurer of Wilberforce University, that up to that time he had not laid his hands on one dollar of the money which had been collected in by lying Hubert and Uncle Bundy. Right then and there Bishop Grant waved his hand and young Arnett and every one else closed their mouths as tight as clams, which showed that Bishop Grant rules over his willing tools or slaves with an iron rod. Friday, S. Moore was buried from Bethel Church Sunday afternoon. He had been sick for four months and it is said that the members of the K. P. Lodge, which he belonged to, failed to help him while he was flat on his back, and we do know that F. W. Blocki, Commissioner of Public Works, gave fifteen dollars to assist Friday Moore to buy medicine and to provide something for himself and his wife to eat. Many of his other white friends did likewise and after his death they began to contribute money to help to defray his funeral expenses. Then the members of of his lodge met and voted out $90 to help bury him, so that its members could turn out in their uniforms and make a grand display. 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