The Broad Ax

ATTORNEY P. J. O' Refutes the Un Advantage "THE DO On the Mix Crossing Ra P. J. O'SHEA Refutes the Unsound Argument Advanced by "THE DOCTOR" On the Mixing or the Crossing of the Races. "The Doctor" has made some mistakes in his last article on the Race question. As for myself I believe if the colored citizen is left severely alone he will take good care of himself. But he is not left alone. Society does not treat him justly—and the law does not treat him justly. An Irish defendant in an English court appeared very gloomy and the Judge, to comfort him, told him he would get justice in his court. "Yes," said the Irishman. "That is what I'm afraid of." If a colored man is a defendant in many of our states he is sure to get justice. And this in a republic where all men are born equal! What a lie. All men are not born equal. "The Doctor" says I am evidently a believer in the Bible. While I regard the Bible as a good and most admirable book, I do not believe all its contents literally. I said if the Bible be true all the children of men originated from Adam. Science is not opposed to this. Every scientific man believes that all the races of man have descended from common ancestors. But the origin of the race is perhaps a branch of the question of the age of the earth. We know that the earth is very many thousands of years old. For instance the Andes Mountains in South America, and many other mountain ranges are composed almost wholly of matter which must have been countless ages in process of formation. I have in my possession many thousands of specimens of dust from all over the world—and this dust the microscope shows to be exceedingly beautiful shells called diatoms. But the great age of the earth can be proved by incontestable evidence. So also man has been on this earth thousands of years—yes hundreds of thousands of years. "The Doctor" speaks of the fatal consequences of violating a law of nature. A law implies a legislator or legislature. What do we know about laws of Nature? We are in the infancy of knowledge. It is only a few years since men have been permitted to study untrammeled. The church or the state discouraged the pursuits of science. And now almost every month some chemist or physician makes discoveries which defy so-called laws of nature. Radium, the X-ray, which enables one to see through a solid wall—the discovery of ether, chloroform, the telegraph, the telephone—and countless other wonders, some of them at least appear to defy and contradict laws of nature, as they were understood. De Candolle, in his admirable work on cultivated plants, page 14, says: "We find the fruit of a wild tree small and of a doubtfully agreeable flavor; the grain of a cereal in its wild state small, the tubercles of a wild potato small; the leaves of indigenous tobacco narrow." But man has interfered with nature and developed these things to their present much improved condition. The cow as seen in some portions of the earth in a state of nature gives milk only a few weeks each year and is small; but man has interfered and made her rich in the production of flesh and milk. Countless incidents could be mentioned where man has interfered with Nature in the vegetable and animal worlds, so called, always for the better. I have read most of the literature in the English language on Ethnology and no where have I read that the crossing of races leads to infertil- --- lity. On the contrary, all, so far as I remember, state that crossing increases fertility and the new races are hardier, longer-lived, more prolific. more powerful than the old. Where are the "Doctor's" authorities? "The Doctor" says all real Africans are black. Are the Egyptians black? Or the Arabs, or the Abyssinians, or the inhabitants of Soudan, or the elevated plains of the South? In fact the great majority of the Africans are not black. And he frequently makes use of the expression "African taint." This depends on the point of view. I was brought up away down east, about 3,000 miles east of New York, in a place called Ireland. There we knew a Arab as an Arab, an Egyptian as an Egyptian, and the Negro nations by their own proper local name—as Hottentot, etc. And instead of taint, the word mixture would be used. Many Africans would be tainted by mixing with some Europeans and vice versa. It is true in some sections, that large families do not occur among Mulattos. But it is also true that in many quarters among whites and blacks children are no longer fashionable. In Ireland, France, Germany and Canada a generation or two ago large families were common. But the present generation, it seems to me at least in the United States, France and England, acts as though race suicide were contemplated. In the United States we find all the races of Europe crossed. Would the "Doctor" ascribe the comparative infertility of the children or grand children of these people to genuine inherent infertility, or to the deliberate design of the people themselves. It is notorious that small families among the majority results from design and if the "laws of nature" were not interfered with, large families would be seen as of old. Perhaps the Mulattos whom the "Doctor" says have small families belonged to this class of people. Isolated instances prove nothing. I obtained a divorce a few months ago for a white lady from her white husband. The charges were cruelty and drunkenness. Her first husband was a Negro, but she said he was always a gentleman, and always kind and affectionate. This, of course, proves nothing, except, perhaps - a white "taint" in her second marriage. Let the Afro-American alone and he will get along all right. The trouble in this land of the free and home of the brave-he is not yet free, not even in theory. In some states they must have separate schools, cars, hotels, restaurants, and The plious whites send thousands to convert the poor heathen in Africa and think he has a soul to be saved, but here he has a soul to be damned. In Europe, Cowper wrote, "lands intersected by the narrow frith abhor each other; mountains interposed make enemies of nations who had else like kindred drops been mingled into one." The people of the United States pretend to be better informed than the Europeans, yet the way the Negro is treated here is shameful. The Roman Republic in its palmies days was a product of the union of three great races. And the republic of the United States will also be the result of the union of the great races of Wwone and Africa. HEW TO THE LINE. which under the microscope is flat like a ribbon. I suppose those cells were developed through natural causes. It would perhaps require thousands of years to show decisive influences of climate. The Negro has not had a chance yet in America. He will develop however, and some mixture with whites must take place. The only law violated by their union is the present social law. The result of deep-rooted prejudice and ignorance. It is only a few years since he was a chattel and sold like any other article of personal property. Yet now thousands of them are highly respected, and stand high everywhere, blacks and Mulattos. Th best people in Australia to-day are the great grandchildren of convicts—people sent there from England and Ireland, as utterly unworthy of being permitted to live in their own countries. The best families in Va. are the descendants of the convicts exiled there from England. If any reader is annoyed at this statement I refer him to the "History of Moll Flanders," by De Foe, the author of Robinson Crusoe, and he will be treated to many surprises. I have great faith in the future of the Afro-American people. The spread of knowledge will efface the petty prejudices that now appear so great and unsurmountable. The race struggle going on will develop their characters and tend to make them great and greater as the persecutions of the Jews by the Christians, who themselves worship a Jew, have made the Jews the richest people in the whole world. 1910 Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald, who has the distinction of being the first and the only Afro-American woman in the United States to be selected as Probation Officer of the Juvenile court, and she enjoys the fullest confidence of Judge Tuthill, and the other Judges and officers of the Circuit and Superior Courts of Cook County. SOME NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIBERS BRANDED AS AWFUL LIARS. The following symposium on "Liars" is worth reading, even if it fails to do the subject complete justice: The liar whom the editor hates worst of all is the man who, when dunned for a year's subscription, says he only received two or three copies during the year, and refuses to pay.—Clarksville Graphic. Next to, if not above this one, the editor hates a liar who takes the paper seven or eight years, and when finally cornered for settlement, says he never ordered the paper at all.—Pike County Post But the worst liar of the whole outfit is the man who takes the paper several years, then moves away without paying or saying anything about it, and yet says he is a honest man.—Elsbury Advance. Brethren, you all fall short of the truth. The biggest liar in the lot is the editor who publishes the obituary of these aforesaid liars and intimates that they have gone to heaven.—Plymouth Independent. In adding our mite to the above it is fair to say that Chicago is full of individuals who delight in beating editors out of their subscriptions, and these smooth liars, still profess to be honest Christians, but if there is a place somewhere set a part to receive rascals and liars it will be filled up with those who have skinned editors out of their just dues. THE DEMOCRATS' LIBERAL PLANK. The Democratic platform of last Thursday's state convention was one of the best written instruments sent out in years by that party. It was most full and comprehensive both in thought and scope. The whole instrument was set off in ten paragraphs or divisions, the last one of which was especially commendable to The Guardian readers. This paragraph runs as follows: (X). Equal rights for all men, be they black or white, Christian or Hebrew, colonist or continental, is the democratic watchword which still we hope our country may carry through the world. We should condemn lynchings in the south or in the north as we condemn massacres in Russia or murders in the Philippines. Hence we favor an early declaration of our purpose in the Philippines and oppose the repeal of the 14th or 15th amendments. "We believe that the mission of America is one of peace; that the Monroe doctrine was better than conquered colonies; that civilization by trade is better than civilization by cannon; that our problems are social and domestic, not military and European; that we shall govern others as we govern ourselves, and in the principles of the Declaration of Independence." Such sentiments have a new ring for platforms even in Massachusetts, and when we think of it as coming from the Democratic party traditionally supposed to be against the Colored race, and whose southern wing is just now clamoring for the abrogation of the war amendments, the full significance of the Massachusetts democracy can be understood. The Guardian congratulates the democracy of Massachusetts on its broad and liberal views, and assures that party that a true and humane consideration will not go unappreciated by the Colored race. The Guardian, Boston, Mass. One of the side-whiskered preachers of this city who at one time ran a church near Jacksonville, Ill., called on a Dr. several months ago for the purpose of having the Doctor to perform an operation on a real Christian lady who was in a delicate condition, and who is a prominent worker in a church located on State street near 33rd street, and who left her good husband and nice home in the Southern part of this State on account of this side-whiskered preacher. The operation was successfully performed by the Doctor, and the little baby was killed before it was time for it to leap forth from its mother's womb into this sinful world. This prominent church woman shook herself together after the dead child passed from her, and now she and her side-whiskered lover or preacher are ready to continue to set in judgment on the decency or on the moral conduct of each and every Afro-American man, woman and child in the City of Chicago. Read and subscribe for the Broad Ax, the best newspaper published in the interest of the Afro-American race. THEODORE W. JONES TURNS HIS BATTERIES AGAINST HENRY T. ELBY AND THE OUTFIT RUNNING OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH. DISCREDITED IN THE COM MUNITY. seams, cloth and buttons immediate gave way and Elby was soon doi That Henry T. Elby was marvelously converted in the Olivet Baptist Church of this City; that he has been a Deacon on its Board; that he has been Superintendent of its Sabbath School; and that for ten years and more, he has been its trusted Treasurer there is no question. But there seems to be grave doubt in the minds of many as to whether the same Henry T. Elby is to-day a liar, thief, scoundrel, defaulter, embezzler degenerate, or a Christian gentleman. Those possessed of ordinary intelligence ought not to require much more than common horse-sense to correctly determine between two such divergent characters. But since the pastor and officers of this particular church are antiquated by about fifty years and themselves steeped in sin, they pretend not to have reached a decision respecting Elby's guilt or innocence—notwithstanding a Justice of the Peace has tried, convicted and held this man over to await the action of the Grand Jury. They are loath to believe in the infallibility of human courts, but prefer the doctrine "that once in Christ never out." About two years ago the public was informed by Mr. Elby that a wealthy white gentleman desired to free this very unfortunate church from all encumbrances on its property, and to this end he proposed to donate $15,000, if, by a given date, the congregation would raise and place in his hands $6,000 more. This amount the church promptly secured and immediately thereafter Henry T. Elby, the Treasurer, exhibited a certified check for $21,000; and this check was examined and pronounced genuine by Assistant States Attorney F. L. Barnett, who enjoys the marked distinction of being the first Assistant States Attorney of color that this country has ever produced. Less than a year ago, and by reason of a vacancy, the pulpit of this church was eagerly sought by the poorest excuse of a man, the biggest liar, the basest fraud, the worst jack-leg preacher that ever beguiled an ignorant people since the serpent deceived Eve. This renegade preacher and self-styled Doctor of Divinity, at once devoted his energies to supplant the Treasurer—to get his clutches on the people's money. He proved himself to be the most consummate liar that ever came to Chicago, as well as a master in the field of religious imposition and money getting; but despite these satanic qualities the Treasurer stuck to the funds of the church with a devotion which constituted the principal part of his worship. The public watched the performances of these two Napoleons with amusement, but when Elby began to "do stunts" between the $21,000, and the creditors, or in other words, when he failed to wipe out the indebtedness and redeem the church property, there was consternation on the part of the congregation, and a renewed scramble between the pastor and officers for a "divey" of the spoils. All sorts of unmanly compromises were planned and devised, and the low cunning schemes and propositions submitted to this defaulting Treasurer by these church-men in an effort to be counted "in on the deal" would do credit to a band of horse thieves. At length, through the advice and influence of a white lawyer who had been victimized by these wolves in sheeps clothing, a warrant was sworn out for the arrest of the Treasurer, charging him with embezzlement. The officer of the law arrived at the home of Mr. Elby at the dinner hour, somewhere between the courses of soup and nuts. Elby answered the door bell, when the officer without ceremony, got a "half Nelson" on the collar of his black coat; but Henry proved to be too agile a foe, fo E W. JONES T. ELBY G OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH. seams, cloth and buttons immediately gave way and Elby was soon doing acrobatic "stunts" on unfriendly clothes lines in the back yard and vaulting over high board fences in the rear. The women screamed, protested, denounced and hindered, while the officer endeavored to devote his energies toward recapturing his man. Finally the constable got the policeman on the beat to assist in trying to corral or corner the fugitive, and even then it proved too difficult a task. The roof of a neighboring three-story flat building was more to Elby's liking as a resting place that evening than his parlor, and from this vantage ground he watched the officers of the law in their vain attempts to bag him. The next day there was a capitulation, by which the officers agreed to give up the chase, and Elby was permitted to walk into court and gave himself up, accompanied by two bondsmen and a "brace" of skilled lawyers. It is well, however, for the public to know that the principal mission this church has served for some time past has been to skin generous white people out of donations, and "sand-bag" candidates for public office, until now these pious thieves in trying to skin each other, appear to have fallen out. They are looking for material things, rather than spiritual, and stand ever ready to sell even their birth-right to heaven for a mess of the devil's potage. If Henry T. Elby is guilty as charged, he has committed the most stupendous fraud that was ever perpetrated in the name of religion and should be punished. The only regret is that the whole "push," pastor included, cannot be convicted and made to do time in the penitentiary. The Olivet Baptist Church, so-called, has made more liars, manufactured more thieves, furnished more defaulters, and keeps on storage more polluted hypocrites and abandoned criminals than any institution in this county maintained by public subscription. It certainly is, without exception, the most corrupt, vicious and infamous organization that ever unfurled a religious banner, or disgraced the Cross of Jesus Christ. Ex-Judge J. E. Ricketts, 145 La Salle street, has accepted of an invitation from John J. Smallwood, President of the Temperance Industrial and College Institute, Claremont, Va., to deliver the Baccalaureate address to the graduating class, June 1st, 1904, and on the following day he will deliver the 12th anniversary address on the founding of the University; away back in 1886-7. Judge Ricketts was one of the efficient instructors of the Wesleyan Academy, Williaham, Maass., and John J. Smallwood was his favorite pupil and from that day to this these two men have been like brothers, and Judge Ricketts does not hesitate in declaring that "the Afro-American race so far has not produced a greater or a more profound scholar or educator than John J. Smallwood; that as a polished orator he ranks by the side of Chauncey M. Depew and the other great orators of the day." Judge Ricketts, who is a true blue Virginian, says "it will be the proudest day of his life when he can stand up in the presence of the five hundred students which attend this institution and embrace his former pupil." Rep. Richard E. Burke, who lead the fight in the Illinois Legislature last winter in favor of honest Legislation in the interest of all the people, made a flying trip to Springfield the first of the week. Rudolph Schaefer, French Lick, Ind., nephew of Jackson Gordon, with the Cook County Board of Assessors, spent several days in this city this week. Mr. Schaefer, has become the owner of a home at 4221 Oakenwald avenue, and later on he will become a resident of Chicago. Catalog No. 50. es 7 “PUBLISHED WEEKLY. ~~ ¥ ne Saveur sae tonite Bubscriptions must be paid ip advance. SES mranneerseocnesaorenaaine 40 Sg pertictag vetee made known om equtieation. THE BROAD AX ‘40 drmour Avenue, Chicago. JULIVS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. —————————————— Eatered at the Post Oilfice at Chicago, . HL, as Second-ciass Matter. ——EEEOE_= “There goes a tean,” said the sad- ‘eyed grocer, with a sigh, “that parted me and my wife.” “Is that so? queried the drummer. “Why, be doesn’t look like a deep-dyed ‘Villian.” “Who said anything about a vilian?” asked the man behind the counter. “Thet man's all right; he's a judge in the divorce court."—Cincinnati En- quirer. . Ne Doubt of It. “Rather a clever poem,” said the editor, handing back the manuscript; “do you know who is the author of these lines?” “Of course,” replied the proud father; “didn’t I tell you my son wrote ‘en?” “But are you sure he did?” “Bure! Don’t you suppose I know his handwriting?”—Philadelphia Press. Se Wes Tee Strenx. “My boy tells mt you discharged hhim,”. said the late office-boy’s mother. “You advertised for a strong boy, and I certainly thought he was strong enough.” “Madam,” replied the merchant, he ‘was too strong. He broke all the rules - of the office and some of the furniture im the two days he was with us."—Tit- Bits. Why They Settle. ‘Wife—Who-can doubt the power of wornan’s love? Think of the thousands of wild youths who have settled down into staid and respectable citizens as goon as they married. _ Husband—Good lands! they couldn't afford to be anything else after they got married —N. Y. Weekly. Bet Pretty. Fred—Of course, she poses a good eal, but she’s awfully pretty. May—Oh, did you hear of the mean trick Mr. Kammerer played on her? Fred—No. - What was it? ‘May—He took a snapshot of her while she was in the act of eating corn off the cob.—Philadelphia Press. Pesee Assured. “Aren't there some jealousies in your Brogressive euchre club?” : “No, indeed,” answered young Mrs. ‘Torkins; “when we buy prises we are al- ‘ways careful to-select things that no one really wants, so that the winner will not Bean object of envy.”—Washington Star. One or the Other. “Gee whiss!” exclaimed the nervy @ailer, “I haven't another match, and way cigarette has gone out.” “Well,” replied the polite young ‘wortan, who could stand it no longer, “you would have had to if it hadn’t”"— Catholic Standard and Times. Saw His Finish. Bifkine—So Mra. Bosswick is going to marry again, eh? - Mifkins—Yes; and her fiance boasts of being a self-made man. Bifkine—Well, it's doughtnuts to fudge she'll make him over agein —Chi- _cage Daily News. imprudent Nimrod. Bobby—What's the matter with Jimmy Jones? _ Benny—He went out in the farmer's field to shoot birds. Bobby—Did the farmer kick? Benny—No, but the:gun did —Chi- ago Daily News. The Weman of It. ‘ ‘The girl who keeps her birthday, ‘When & merry little elf, Keeps tt still when she grows up— She keeps tt to herself. —Cincinnat! Enquirer. ~ “Papa, I don’t like to hurt your ieel- ings, but it always makes me angry ‘when folks say I resemble you so much.” “Don’t worry, daughter. I get toler- ably mad about it, too.”—Chicago Trib- ‘ane. _ . Changed Conditions. ‘Hie once was making money, “s ‘Much more than he could use; go Small Wender. ‘“E brought home a friend to dinner vast might and there was an awful ae _ “Didn't you notify your wife?” "Oh, yes; bat she forgot to notity “What is that nickname you have given your boy?” “‘Wiyin’ Machine,” answerec Far- mer Cormtossel. “You see, he's mighty ‘4nterestin’ an’ promisin’, but he won't _work.”—Washington Star. Wife—t wonder why the fashions for ‘women change so often’ Husbané—Probably for the purpose of enabling them to correspond with ‘Rad Esgquirer. a ~ gohan P: Fischer, 2 oreh stra le Carew Wi. tao roomed a $600 aes 2 : , Thirsty members of congress at the next session will be somewhat incom- moded because of the fact that no liquor ‘will be sold in the capitol building. Washington tailors, fully realizing what this inconvenience means, are doing ‘what they can to make large hip pock- ss popular, so that the legisaters may ‘be able to carry with them a reasonable supply of wet goods. $ The right or otherwise of a shirtwaist ‘man to enter the dining-room of a hotel is about to be settled in a Philadelphia court. “One hot day last July De Wolf ‘Norman, a Quaker city man of social note, entered a dining-room minus coat and waistcoat, but wearing a neat shirt- waist end’belt. He was informed that gentlemen so attired would not be served ‘there, and despite his protests he was ejected. -Mr. Norman consulted his law- yer, who has begun a suit for damages against the hotel man. _« The body of Bronson B. Tuttle, a mil- fionaire, who was buried a few days ago at Naugatuck, Conn., was placed in a casket inclosed in a burglar-proof metal- lic box or vault, so constructed that once the lid was shut and the locks snapped into place the vault could not be opened antil after several hours of work unless with dynamite. The lid of the vault is fastened by automatic locks and bars, every one of which must be forced be- fore the coffin can be reached. In addi- tion to all this a watchman keeps guard over the grave by night. a op ett eee "There is a merchant at Nevada, Mo., Bamed Gosh. His friends swear by him. Congressman Sulzer, of New York, is credited with having uttered this gem of ‘mixed metaphor: “They will keep cut- ting the wool from the sheep that lays the golden egg until they pump it dry.” Gen. James Grant Wilson, of New York, and daughter, Miss K. M. Wilson, bave not exchanged a word in several years, thuogh they continue to live un- fer the same roof and eat at the same ‘table. Fatherand daughter met ina rail- ‘road depot the other day and boarded the ‘same train, but neither gave the other even a look. The estrangement is said to date from the time when the general re- fused to allow Miss Wilson to marry the man of her choice. . A man who gets intoxicated only on legal holidays does not fall into the drunkard category, according to Judge Harper, of the common pleas court of Stark county, Ohic. In a divorce suit brought’ by Minnie Rerick against-Wil- tam Rerick, the allegation was made that ‘the husband fs a habitual drunkard. The defendant testified that he got drunk on national holidays only and that the wife could prove nothing else. The judge in summing up the case declared the plain- tiff had failed to sustain her chief aliege- tion and he refused to grant her sepere- POINTERS ON BUSINESS LAW Tt is a frand to conces! a fraud. Ignorance of the law excuses no one. ‘Notes bear interest only when s0 stated. ‘The acts of one partner bind all the others. An agreement without consideration is void. Contracts made on Sunday cannot be enforced. A contract made with a minor or tunatic is void. Principals are responsible for the acts of their agents. Signatures made with a lead pencil are good in law. “A note being lost or stolen does not release the maker. " Bach individual in a partnership is re- sponsible for the whole amount of the debt of the firm. 2 It is not legally necessary to say on a note, “for value received,” but it should be done in Missouri. STUDIO NOTES. ‘The first ofl portrait of the pope will be by the Hangarian painter, M. Berthod Lippay. The French Grand Prix in sculpture provides the successful artist with means of support for four years in Rome or ‘Athens. | A statue of Cervantes is to be erected in Paris as a mark of gratitude towards ‘the Spanish admirers of Victor Hugo, ‘who erected a statue to him in Madrid. ‘The finest paintings of the late Rob- ert Mols, of Antwerp, decorate the house of bis sister, Mme. Osterrieth, in Brus- sels. He is noted for the minute real- ism of his pictures of ships. Alfred Gilbert, the English sculptor, has undertaken an art school of unusual magnitude at Bruges. He has hired an enormous disused factory, which yields, besides great studios, living accommo- dation for about 300 pupils. He proposes to do all his work in the presence of his classes. — fe _- FROM THE FATHERLAND. | During the month of July 839 horses ‘were slaughtered for food in Berlin. Owing to the Berlin hansoms having ‘India rubber tires complaint was made of danger to the public, and they have now been supplied with bells. A German Roman Catholic bishop bas ordered that couples in bis diocese who ‘wish to be married shall be examined in Teligious knowledge before the ceremony is performed. "Owing to the protest by church organ- zations in Germany against the use cf the word “baptism” in naming ships, the naval department has order that it shall Bo longer be used. _At Cologne recently a thief chased by ee ee < ener. sake i “He bake Gane, ent oo Bs ‘ ‘Was honored at thebamk Knew Where He Was. | “Here's a mesiage from your bus- 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 be is, all fight; that’s a flashlight picture!"— Yonkers Statesman. His Effort. “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 béfore.— Chicago Record-Herald. . Wias te Deo ft. “Quilipoint is a queer chap. He seems to see something that no one else can see in every picture he looke 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—Oh! He advised him to go into society a little more and give his brain @ rest—Brookly. Life. da Member of St. Mark's M. E. Church, 47th and State streets, successful evan- gelist, composer of camp meeting songs, and an incessant worker for the elevation of the Afro-American race. Aside from her taudabie efforts in this respect, Mrs. Hill conducts a yery neat cafe at 203 1-2 2ist street, and she is doing a flourishing business. Up Against It. ‘The tramp was beginning quite han- gry to feel, so he asked the lady to give him a meal, at a farmhouse where he id stop. The kind-hearted female took him to the shed, and, getting the ax, she feclingly said: “Pray, sir, help your- self to.a chop.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. Sees Bea Aboad First Crank—Come around to the hall to-night. We are getting up a new league. Second Crank—What sort? First Crank—We haven't decided yet, Dut it’s going to be an anti-something or other.—N. Y. Weekly. ‘Indestrial Note. “Oo-coh!” shudders the fair young thing who is going through the iron works. “What makes that awful squeal every time they start the metal through those monster rolls?” “That,” explains her guide, “is the pig fron.” —Judge. eee ete Small Profits. Burglar Bill—Got any children? Slippery Sam (moodily)—I had a son onet. I trained him up to snatch pock- etbooks from ladies out shopping. “Wot became of "im?" “He starved ter death”—N. Y. Weekly. Be Wes Wier. He—The doctor told Bangs to get an automobile, and that the outdoor exer- cise would fix him up all right. She—That doctor is foolish. He—No, he isn’t. He gets double rates for surgical visits.—Chicago Jour- nal. A Fancy Work Fiend. “Does your wife do much fancy work?” “Fancy work? She won't even let a porous plaster come into the house without crocheting a red border round it ‘and running a yellow ribbon through the holes.”—Tit-Bits. Mutual, “T'm satisfied,” said the angry tailor, “that you intend to beat me out of this money.” “All right,” chuckled the happy debt- or; “if you are satisfied, I am.”—Baiti- more News. 2 The temoresnt Hails, She—Do you believe that half the world don’t know how the other half lives? He—Yes; I believe the half that mind thelr own business don't—Yonkers Cem Trath in Signs. Jorks—That's a queer sign for a ber ber—“Hair cut while you wait.” "_ Kpowies—No; I seldom go to the bar ber’s without having to wait while some other fellow’s hair is being cut.—Town yar —— ; x ‘Werks Both Wars. cee ee ee see Rervous when he proposes _ He—The same thing, no t ‘JN CHURCH CIRCLES. ‘Many churches in the east have car vied on summer camps for boys this year. ; . ‘The ministry is the only one of the learned professions that is now ovsr crowded. % Of 478 ancient and modern transla- tions of the Bible, 456 have been made by missionaries. Methedist Episcopal misajonaries re- port signs of a coming turnitig to Chris- tanity among the Buddhists of Bur- mab, similar to that seen in Japan. ‘William Henry Parker, a colored Phil- adelphia longshoreman, better known as “Diamond Dick,” spends his leisure time in evangelistic work among men of his own class, and is said to be singu- larly eloquent and effective. Rev. James J. McKeever, a Catholic clergyman of Newark, N. J., announces ‘that hereafter he will give a gold medal to any member of the local fire depart- ment who will save a life. Father Mc- Keever decided on this action after learning how a fireman lost his life a short time ago while attempting to save a child. Cardinal Ferrari, who attended the German Catholic congress, took back with him to Milan as a present the bones of the three kings, Melchior, Gas- par and Balthasar, which were the most famous relics in the Cologne cathedral. The legend is that the relics were taken away from a Milan church by Frederick Barbarossa’s men, and the gift is in- tended as a restitution. Rev. F. B. Meyer, a London preacher, who labors among the poor of West- minster, has received the American de- gree of D. D. and has accepted, though he will not use it. This is because he does not wish to give even the slightest rea- son for his people to think he is better than they. When he assumed charge in his present pastorate the poor of the district thought the church was only for those who are well off. “This is all changed now,” says Mr. Meyer, “and my many friends in the district call me ‘Skipper’ or “Guvnor,’ as they happen to choose.” LANDLORD AND TENANT. An occupier of land who undertakes to burn rubbish thereon is held in Pao- lino versus McKendall (R. I.),60 L. R. A. 133, to be under no obligation to guard children of tender years who are in the habit of resorting there to play from injury by approaching the fire. Physical injury or disease resulting from fright or nervous shock caused by negligent acts, which such result might with reasonable certainty have been anticipated or the negligence was gross, is held, in Watkins versus Kaolin Man- ufacturing company (N. C.), 60L. RA. 617, to give a right of action for dam- ages. Fright, though resulting in physical injury, is beld, in Sanderson versus Northern Pacific Railroad company (ifinn.), 60 L. R. A. 403, to give no right to recovery of damages, in the absence of contemporaneous injury to the plain- tiff, unless the fright is the proximate re- sult of a legal wrong against the plain- tiff by the defendant. A railroad company is held, in Buting versus Chicago & Northwestern Rail- road company (Wis.), 60 L. R. A. 158, to be liable for the act of its engineer, in whose custody ft has placed signal tor- pedoes, in placing one on the track in dangerous proximity to bystanders, and moving the engine over it for his own amusement, in consequence of which one of the bystanders is injured. BEFORE THE FOOTLIGHTS. Katherina Schratt will play for- 4¢ nights in Vienna, during which she wil! impersonate Empress Maria Theresa, the emperor's great great gradmother. A London journal figures out that the annual income of J. M. Barrie in royal- ties from his plays and his books amounts to close on $125,000. There are some things worse than being 2 successful playwright. Maxim Gorki's novel, “The Khan and His Son,” has served as the material for the text book ofa grand opera. The Rus- sian composer and pianist, Sapelnikoff, has just completed the score of a work founded on the Gorki novel. Out of the 43 metronymic markings, taken straight through from the begin- ning of the first volume of Beethoven's sonatas, the four-standard editions as a working basis, 19 are set to a rhythm of 72 and 76 to the minute, a rate exactly that of the average normal healthy adult pulse, Not all who know the English actor, Sir Charlies Wyndham by name and fame, know that he is a qualified physician and was a surgeon in our own civil war. Aft- er he received his dipolma the good of- fices of P. T. Barnum secured him an in- troduction toGen. Banks and an appoint- ment. Sir Charles still treasures the sword which, as brigade surgeon of the Nineteenth army corps, he carried through the seven days’ and Red river campaigns. A GENTLEMAN. Talks of other’s misfortunes without exultation. Is particular as to how he talks dur- ing the dining hour. to the t Always keeps right on a Has no time for gossiping about woman's famfly affairs. . Gives way to a woman gracefully in & discussion on home topics. . Never shows {ll temper because oth- ere choose to differ with him: | Speaks of his sister as though she had all the graces of womankind. _ Never allows himself to be led into ® personal dispute with a woman. Is careful not to use forcible expres- talking to 8 woman—Chi- ee Ee JOHN A ORB, Be President. Vice Pres. & Treas. WEST SIDE BREWERY COMPANY, CHICAGO, U. S. A. CORNER AUGUSTA AND PAULINA STREETS. Monroe 1567——-T EL E PHO N E S——Monrce 1573. It’s the Only Place AFRO-AMERICAN NEWS STORE se a Renee ea a anc ay, ea ay ast ** Resear AFRO-AMERICAN NEWS STORE E. H. FAULKNER, Manager - Jas. J. McCormick, SAMPLE ROOM Bis Prediction. “Yes,” be ssid, “it will rain next ‘Thereday evening.” £ “Do you set yourself up as an in- fallible weather prophet?” some one asked. r “Certainly not,” he replied. “Yet you speak confidently of what the weather will be four or five days from now.” | “Ob, well, there are some signs that ‘never fail, and my wife has planned 8 garden party for that evening.”—Chi- cago Post. A Praétical Dramatist. Frienéd—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. Slew to Anmsewer. Mrs. Myles—Doés your new girl an- swer all your purposes? Mrs. Styles—No; she doesn’t even an- swer 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. 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McClurg & Co.,Chicago Net Lambitke. “I understand that your husband was one of the lambs in Wall street,” said the. woman who likes to talk thingsover. {| “Whoever said that doesn’t know any- thing about Chariey’s disposition,” said young Mrs. Torkins. “He was more like & raging lion than a lamb.”—Washing- ton Star. ———_—_—— After the Summer Campaign. Jones—Where Go you go from New- port, Miss Strang? = a Miss Strang—Papa hasn't decides whether to send me to a hospital or s sanitarium.—Townr Topics. Doings of the National Capitel That Ara of Timely Interest. SOME DIPLOMATIC -CHANGES Interesting Figures from the Morgue ef the Post Office Department— Stupendous Tasks Performed by Some Goverament Officials. ‘Washington—Over at the post office department there is a place called the Morgue. That is the | PORTE arts ces oom ba oat C priate name com- Sf Tre eo ead et oe =a titi the dead letter of- ™\ \@@ fice—the — destina- ‘tion of all the let- S ters that go astray Sail]|! in the mats. fe Few people have [S-#a| an adequate con- am ception of the t amount of business S tuat is transacted Mi im ‘this establish- 7 ment; but the an- nual report of First A Race forLfe 4. en oral Wynne —— ae oe the official keeper of the Morgue, con- tains some interesting information. It appears that during the year just closed mo less ‘than 10,155,146 pieces of mail found their way into the dead house. That was 854,795 more pieces than were reported during the previous year—35,000 a day year in and year out, and the number constantly in- creasing. A little over one-thirtieth of this num- ber was delivered unopened. That means that the skilled clerks in the office suc- ceeded in deciphering more than 300,000 apparently unintelligible addresses and starting them safely on their way again. ‘The clerks found $48,634 in money in misdirected letters which were opened, and drafts, checks and money orders rep- resenting a face value of $1,493,563. Some of this money was finally delivered tothe persons for whom it was intended, but the larger portion went to swell the postal receipts. To handle this business there are 135 clerks, and some of them are marvels in the skill with which they can decipher writing that apparently. has no mesn- ing. The most skilful of all of them isa ‘woman who draws a salary of $1,800 2 year. There are few chirographical exigmas which she eannot master. Mourns the Loss of Herbert. In the unexpected death of Sir Michael Herbert Washington loses the most charming diplomat = who has ever been EE — Getailed to repre- [eas senta foreign coun- try here as an am- bassador. Sir Michael 2st = J = Deen in Washing- Ee — ton eas the British = ambassador less p Nl thana year, and yet be had won & pop- ularity that & amounted to affec- WZ) fi tion. He was ge0- “= wichesl Herbert. . hadi =£_- @#8#8@€68€=€=€=—eltft—, netic, and fascinating in manner. al though ap Englishman to the finger tips, he had yet an instinctive under- standing of American ways and a sympe- thy with Yankee idiosyncrasies which gained for him a cordial regard every- where he went. Perhaps the fact that he was married to an American wife had something to do with it, but that was not all, Sir Michael was genuinely, heartily, spon- taneously, sympathetic and kindly. Itis hardly conceivable that Great Britain can send another smbassador here who can win so high a place in so short a time? It is only a little more thana year since Sir Julian Pauncefote disappeared from the scene after thirteen years of service in Washington, and there were many men who thought that sturdy old English squire had made # record which could never be equalled; but Sir Michael was already on the road to winning 2 place in Washington which even Sir Julian never occupied. ‘The British ambassador in America is far more important personage now than the British mivister was 20 years ago. Great Britain now feds it incum- ‘bent upon her to send her very best man, and the Washington embassy is regarded as the prize assignment in the entire diplomatic service. It isnotso very long ago that ft was regarded as something of a humiliation for a British diplomat to be sent here; but things haye changed mightily ofiate tw : Deplomatic Changes. Diplomatic Washington is also to lose Count Cassini, the Russian ambas- sador. Count Cassini has been here sev- 2 eral years, and he (4 has the reputation i¢ of being one of the F ey &| most accomplished a diplomets in Eu- HZ how or other be BS has “always bad Fi the i fortune to ‘ be mixed up in a J | fuss in every cxp- : 5 om At Pe- zz with havin : : . havin, A Disiest of De gtirred Ne aes Oe, atirsétnp te Count Cassm bas been here sev- SS eral years, and he , has the reputation i¢ if of being one of the i Le | most accomplished a diplomats in Eu- n rope; ‘but .some- xe how or other be +" has “always had the M fortune fo eae eteat Sot 5s every cap- ~ Bi § Stal to which he ts 3 se At Pe- € “King he is treditet with havin, A Dislonst of Dali gtirred up the Sen. RP ao which sntic sanate of then renss Soo te He is held responsible also for much of the i ‘which grew out of e count is a man of striking per- ee ae plishments, but it is no secret that the state department would not grieve greatly if the Russian government were to decide that his services would ee ne mean he It is of great importance that Russia should be represented here during the next few years by an ambassador who thoroughly understands the United States, and who can make himself personally acceptable to the powers with whom he fs forced to come in contact. Our relations with Russia ‘are becoming year by year more com- plicated, and they contain possibilities of international trouble unless they are handled with consummate skill. The ‘Russian ministers of the czar realize ‘this as well as our own. secretary of ‘state, and we may expect to see Count \Cassini succeeded by somebody of in- finite tact and diplomatic astuteness. Cortelyou's Success. ‘One of the most notable things in ‘Washington recently has been the suc- cess with which gece Secretary Cortel- Fs to get the new de- EG p— partment of com- —= merce and labor FE into effective run- [aiid = It was ea + more complicated Ea yj task than it could . have seemed to an of outsider who was \ not familiar with the routine of ad- SaaS lS lS government departments, and for that reason Mr. Cortelyou will probably never receive the full credit which be- longs to him for what he has done. Be has taken a great many bureaus and independent divisions belonging to various departments or perhaps stand- img by themselves, and he has amalga- mated them into the new department, lopping off superfiuities, adjusting jurisdictions and fixing relative re- sponsibilities. It is doubtful whether anybody could have come in from the outside and succeeded im this. It is due to Secre- tary Cortelyou’s Intimate acquaintance with all government departments and ‘with administrative routine gained ‘while in the post office department and at the white house that it has been possible to bring order out of chaos. It is doubtful, too, whether he could have done it if he had not been for tunate enough to select at the very be- ginning a chief clerk who is almost as much a master of administrative de- tail as Cortelyou himself. Frank H. Hitchcock, who has beer the secretary's right hand man in this preliminary work, and who has beer compelled to attend to the greater part of the detail of the reorganisation, is s young Harvard graduate, who made 5 great reputation as a statistician in the agricultural department before Cortel- you picked him up. He is one of the most promising young men in the em tirs government service to-day. ‘Valuabie Army Officer. A quict, modest, keen-witted army officer-who is doing a great work with- eur seco we feathers is Lieut. Col, Clarence 8. Bdwards, the chief of the bureau of insular affairs in the war depart- ment. Col. Bdwards has been at the head of the buresu of insular affairs ever since it was created as an out- growth of the war with Spain, and under bim it has cs re eel Geveloped into one of the most im- portant bureaus of the government. There are times when the work that falls to his lot would be worthy of a cabinet officer, and he has never yet failed to meet every emergency as it ‘arose. Col. Edwards is a young man. He was graduated at West Point in 1883, and he has seen service in Cubs and the Philippines. He has the head of a veteran and the manners of a prince of the blood. To see him at work one would not imagine that he had a seri- cous problem to consider or any task of consequence to complete, and yet he ts continually deciding knotty ques- tions and accomplishing important re- sults. He has to be familiar with prob- lems of currency and the tariff as re- ated to the cape y islands and ‘with every other of colonial ad- ‘ministration, He is in effect a secre- tary of fhe treasury, « secretary of state, a secretary of agriculture and at- one. Se nS ene hands. He presides over 8 bureau of statistics and a general information ‘bureau. He has charge of the records pers which have been brought from the ‘Washington of the ; goves- 7 with the a. looker on. ed tee Care of Table Linen. Look over both table cloth and nap- xims before they are put to sosk. Place the stained portion of the Mnen over 2 deep bowl and pour boiling water through it, repeating the operation un- GM the stain disappears. Soap will set stainsmade by fresh fruit, s0 ft is necessary that they should be faken ovt before being lsundered— INDIAN TRIBES ARE ALLIED. Cheyeunes and Arapehoes Have Al- ‘ways Been More or Less Clesely Associated. ‘Prom « very early period the Chey- emnes and Arapahoes have been more or less associated with each other, says the Arapahoe Bee. They seemed ‘to have lived more or less in the same Jocalities, moving from time to time from the same general causes. Thelf language is essentially different, \ 90 they do not understand each other, ‘except as they have learned each other's language. This, in many cases, they have done, largely through the sign language, which is common ‘to western Indians. These two tribes have largely intermarried. These in- _termarriages have existed for many years. There are many cases of men 50 years old and more, speaking both languages, who can say that they are half Cheyenne and half Arapahoe. _ Like the Cheyennes, the Arapahoes have been divided, a portion of the Arapahoes now being on a resérva- tion in Wyoming, while others assocl- ated with the Cheyennes are now in Oklahoma. The Arapahoes are more submissive to the white man’s rule and obey more readily the government orders. Under wise and beneficent management on the part of the white man they are capable of being made en industrious and self-supporting people. They are, in their way, a re ligious people. The Arapshoes have & large number of songs more or les! religious. They are also now ver} much diseased. Tuberculosis in its various forms abounds. The deatt rate in recent years from variout causes is larce. TRUE, BUI NOT BIBLICAL. Many Proverbs Credited to Good Book Which Are Not in It—Some Netable Instances. There are scores of wise saws, all containing more or less of truth, which are almost universally supposed to be in the Bible which cannot be found in its pages. One of the chief of these sentences is: “He tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.” You would search the Bible pretty thoroughly before you would find that sentence in it. Where you would find it would be in Sterne's “Sentimental Journey.” Sterne gets a good deal of praise for the origination of this sentence, says the Chicago Chronicle, but it was originated, as a matter of fact, be- fore he was born. In a collection of French proverbs published in 1594 we find: “Dieu mesure le vent a la brebis tondue.” That convicts Sterne of ‘Plagiarism. - “In the midst of life we are in Geath”—everybody thinks that is in the Bible. It isn’t, though; it is i the burial service. “That he who runs may read.” This is another sentence supposed, wrong- ly, to be Biblical. It is not Biblical, though the Bible has something very lke it—namely: “That he may rum that readeth.” “Prone to sin as the sparks fly up ward.” The Bible nowhere contains those words. “A nation shall be born in a day.” The nearest thing to that in the good book is: “Shall a nation be Dorn at once?” OPIUM IN DIVERSE FORMS. Devotes of Drag Choose Various Ways of Obtaining Its Effecte—Smok- / img Mest Commen. Customers of opium are not all of the same kind. There are slaves of the pipe, slaves of the syringe and slaves of the powder that is swallowed to give sur- cease of pain or of mental worry. There are those who take the drug in the form of a medicinal preparation, such as laud- num, paregoric and the extract of lauda- num; those who smoke it and inhale the fumes into the lungs, and those who take hypodermic injections of morphia. The second class—the smokers—comprises the largest number of victims. Dr. Jeliffe, of the New York city hos- pital, estimates that fully 30,000 people im that city are addicted to the opium habit in some form. The anunal sale of opium in Vermont is equivalent, ae- cording to the doctor, to a grain for every adult in the state, an amount obviously far greater than can be accounted for by {ts consumption for medicinal purposes. Some slaves to the drug take it regu- larly every day; others have periodical eprees similar to those of the alcoho! drinker. Latest Sea-Serpent Stery. A recent sea-serpent story coming from England tells how «a marine monster apparently tried to swallow the good ship Glengrant, of Fraser- burgh. At the frst onslaught it lifted the vessel “at least six feet” as it dived underneath her, but, fortunately, when it came on again the only sailor man who kept his head dashed below and gota gun. It is not known wheth- er he hit it; at any rate, the monster had had enough and cleared off. Thé sailors say this serpent was nearly 200 feet in length, with a head like Se a at a glistening eyes an enormous Pesitiens for Sharpaheotiag. Standing, kmepling, sitting and own are the four positions prescribed for firing by the army ‘The lying position elone is for the 800 and 1,000-yard ranges, while at all other ranges up to 200 yards the lying a-d sitting positions are used. At 100 and 200 yards the sitting and standing pre- is prescribed the kneeling ccnp age gg sons the sitting is y ‘position of the twat HOW HE LEARNED TO SHOOT. Raw Kentucky Recruit Could Beat Bost of Army Marksmen—Secret ef His Keack. “Among a big batch of recruits as- signed to my company a while ago,” said a captain of infantry stationed at a far western post, according to the Washington Post, “was a gaunt, gawky Kentucky lad, of the mountaineer class, and not much above 20 years of age. He was growing so fast that he was as clumsy as a St. Bernard pup, and he fell all over himself in rill. Notwithstanding his perfect willing- ness, he was so inapt a soldier that I attached him to my quarters in the ca- pacity of dog-robber or striker. Soon efterward my company was sent out for target practice on the ranges. My striker from Kentucky beat out every man.in my company, some of them veterans wearing the ‘distinguished marksman’ medals, in a common canter. He was as crackerjack a rifie shot as I ever saw in the army and I'd be will- ing to bet that there’s not a shodtist in that team that lately won the Palma trophy in England that could outshoot him. The gawky Kentucky boy’s performance on the range filled me with amazement, as it did every- dody-else who watched his marvelous shooting, and when he was through ! said to him: “Look here, boy, where did you ever get a chance to practice such fine shooting?” “Pinkin’ rev'noo officehs, sub,’ he ‘replied with a grin. ‘Yo’ all fubgits ‘sub, that Ah’m fom Kentucky.’” IMPORTS OF FRUITS. Vast Quantities of Lemons, Oranges and Bananas Reach New York Bach Year. Mr. Frank W. Hawthorne, in an arti- cle on “Feeding a Great City,” in Pear- son’s, gives some surprising statistics. He says that for the first six months in 1903 New York’s lemon imports were 72,356,340 pounds, valued at $1,367,074— all from Italy. From all sources New York received in the year from July 1, 1902, to July 1, 1903, 1,875,000 boxes of lemons. Imports of oranges at New York during 1902 reached 24,412,424 pounds, valued at $411,307. More than half of them came from ports in the British West Indies, the bulk of the remainder from Italy; but in scattering lots Cuba, Mexico and Costa Rica figure, as well as Great Britain, Spain, the Netherlands and Germany, and Hong Hong sent us 3,418 pounds. For the first six months of 1903 New York's imports of oranges aggre- gated 7,328,074 pounds, valued at $123,- 264—nearly all from Italy. ~ New York imported in 1892 « total of 5,329,711 bunches of bananas valued a! $1,636,274. The British West Indies sent 2,862,728 banches, Costa Rica 1,152.10 bunches, Colombia 877,249, San Doming¢ $2,455, and Cube 355,179. For the firs six months of 1903 the receipts at this port were 2,537,551 bunches, valued a 3876.779. TERM HAD A QUEER ORIGIN. Hew a Quarter of » Dollar Came to Be Knewn as “Twe Bits"— The “Thrip.” “Did you ever hear the expression ‘two bits’ used as an equivalent for a quar- ter of a dollar?” asked a New Yorker of a reporter for the New York Mail and Express. “The term is commonly used in the south and west. Notone person in 1,000 even of those who habitually use the term knows its origin. “Even as late as the close of the eighteenth century the silver coinage of the United States had not superseded the Spanish ‘milled’ dollar in the west and south. Fractional currency was particularly scarce and to obtain thi: the Spanish ‘milled’ dollar was cut up tc make change. Halves and quarters, o course, suggested their own names, bu when the quarters were cut in two the word ‘eighth’ was discarded for ‘bit,’ 1 small slug having the value of 12% cents. Many curio collectors have thes: slugs in their possession, although, o course, they have long since gone out o ‘use as currency. “Bo with ‘thrip,’ used in New Orlean and the vicinity as an equivalent for th nickel or five-cent piece. ‘Thrip’ 1 merely an abreviation of ‘threepence, the coin of that value once in genera use, fepresenting about the sam amount of money as a five-cent piece.” BOTH WRONG. Missing Time Between Greenwich an@ Paris Found at Last After Painstaking Investigations. The investigations concerning the longitude differences between Green wieb and Paris have now been completed. The work has been of a particularly ar- duous and protracted nature, necessitat- ing enormous calculations, says the Sci- entific American. Altogether, the English and French observers have carried out 230 observa- tions, equivalent to 80 nights’ work each. Two English and two French observers have been engaged upon the task. The observations were made at Greenwich See een oo obtain similar results, the instru- ments were frequently interchanged. ts results of these observations have Doth the Greenwich and Paris meridians to be erroneous, the finally worked out just be- ; , however, is very mi- belt ‘only # small fraction of a sec a a ‘The bottom of the Pacific between ius sad Calttoraie is said to be so a that.a rallway could be laid HEROIC LITTLE WOMAN. —— Clare Barton’s History Is One of De- vetien te Suffering Humanity Everywhere. 4n. American woman who will never be forgotten is Miss Clara Barton, life president of the National Red Cross. A short distance from the nation’s capital, in a charming location called Glen Echo, is her home. Here ina unique structure, which serves also as the headquarters for the National Red Cross, Miss Clara Barton resides with her stenographer and Red Cross staff. About 73 years ago, a soldier’s home at Oxford, Mass., was brightened by the coming of a tiny daughter whom the parents called Clara Barton. She re- ceived her education in a private school at Clinton, N. Y., and when very young began teaching, founding a free school at Bordenton, N. J. Next she held a government position in the patent office at Washington. But she was destined for a wider sphere and when word came that our boys had been fired upon and wounded at Baltimore on their way to the capital, Miss Barton, among others, volunteered to go and care for them. There is no need to repeat the story of ey Zia Sa | | See Sy eee WTA ee ZA Me DT WAM Bh YY et He aa mets! Yas ai 4 “y A 7); A x Yi 7 Y Le A) 1 aid Y W/ — MISS CLARA BARTON, her faithful devotion to the sick and suf- fering during those long sad years of our country’s strife. Wherever most needed, she was found laboring, and after peace was declared, still she toiled on for many months, identifying and marking the graves of the thousands of union men who had died at Andersonville and searching for the missing men from the north. The following two years were spent in giving lectures on her war ex- periences. But the strain upon her had been great and it was necessary to give heed to the claims of her own delicate organi- zation. Accordingly, she crossed the waters and repaired to Switzerland to take her much-needed rest. While abroad she continued her charitable deeds, helping in the relief work of the Red Cross during the Franco-Russian war. It is to the efforts of Miss Barton that ‘we owe the introduction of the Red Cross work into the United States. About 20 years ago this work with its effective methods of relief in case of national dan- ger or disaster was founded. In the case of the Johnstown flood, the Michigan fires, the Galveston calamity and many minor misfortunes the Red Cross has been at the front. To prevent great and awful suffering, relief must be prompt, and so this organization has complete provision and preparation to lend a band at a moment's warning. Many a dying soul has looked upon Clara Barton as an angel of mercy, as she has gone to its res- cue, heedless of the danger in which she was placing herself, and thousands of living witnesses tell of her unselfish de- votion to the lives of the needy. ‘Miss Barton takes a great interest in | the work of the public schools. Patriot | that she is, she longs to see launched out | upon life a noble, loyal generation. She | feels that the effort being made to instill | im children a love for country is produc- | ing the true type of citizen. Though now am elderly woman, she still possesses | great vitality. Her face, almost stern | when in repose, is marked with lines of | strength; the soft, dark gray hair parts || bak from sin intellectual forehead. ‘The frail little figure, which has passed safe- |ly, through so many dangers, is still ai |bravely active as when the Red Cros: work first began. Fame came, but no jat her seeking. She has simply don | what seemed to her to le at her righ | hand.—Prairie Farmer. Patties the Baby to Sleep. “I had tried everything to m+ke my little one sleepy at the righ‘ time,” said one of the progressive mothers, “and all to no avail. He simply would not sleep when I put him to bed. I had to forbid the ‘romp with pars’ after dinner, be- cause it seemed to wake the boy up 80 thoroughly. I tried rubbing his feet and putting a hot water bag in the bed ‘on cold nights. I tried feeding him just before taking off his clothes. Nothing had any effect on his excited nerves. ‘Then the doctor suggested a remedy that worked Mkeacharm. Taking off Jack's clothes, I sponged off his spine in hot water, beginning at the neck and pass- ing down slowly and gently, and so over and over again. I kept the wa- ter as hot as could be borne, and con- tinued the treatment until the skin was red.. Then the back was dried gently and tne child put into bed. Hither the gentle downward stroke or the hot wa- ter had a soothing effect on the nerves. Anyway, sleep was sure to follow. A ‘week or two of this treatment wil! usu- ally effect a permanent cure.”—Chicago Care of Patent Leather. Patent leather boots should never be cleaned with biacking. They should first be wiped wigh a damp sponge, to remove dirt, and then thoroughly dried and polished with « soft cloth. A very little off or fresh butter may oceasion- ally be used as 8 dreesing. A WORD OF WARSING. Mrs. Russell Sage Deplores the Grew- img Popularity of Fiat and Apartment Life. “Are we becoming @ nation without homes?” This is the vital question dis- cussed by’ Mrs. Russell Sage in the Club- woman. = ‘Mrs. Sage in a searching arraignmeat points out the various causes which are leading us to that much-dreaded re- proach of homelessness. “Apartment life,” she says, “which is really the solu+ tion of a knotty problem, brought about by the topographical formation of our metropolis and the enormous increase in the population, has come to be am ac- cepted fact. It is, nevertheless, detri- mental to family life, and makes real home life almost impossible. “When I first came to New York some years ago a schoolmate of mine was then living in one of the first apartment houses, where a breakfastrof coffee and rolls was the only meal served for the guests. She met her husband after hie business hours, and they dined at some fashionable restaurant. When I asked her where she went to church, she re- plied: ‘Oh, I go to church on the same plan as I eat my dinner. I read over the notices in the Sunday papers, and if one minister is particularly attractive we gO there. If none appeals to us, we read or go for a walk, and amuse ourselves in whatever way seems preferable at the time.” “There fs certainly a growing desire on the part of women to free themselves from all household cares. Hotel life of- fers to many the easiest solution of the domestic question, and lazy women are really to blame for their trouble with servants, as the duties of the mistress toward the latter are not properly dis- charged. Three of my servants, the coachman and two maids, have been with me 30, 20 and 10 years, respective- ly, therefore I cannot say that the ques- tion has troubled me personally. A com- mon interest binds us together. Feeling that this is their home as well as mine, they do not refuse to do extra service whenever it is needed. “Club life to some extent is responsible for the desire on the part of so many women to get away from housekeeping and its attendant drudgery. “One evil of apartments is that it fs difficult to find any of them at a mod- erate cost that are large enough from a sanitary and moral point of view. All rooms are on one floor. The child cannot be isolated from the mother, andthe lat- ter cannot obtain the necessary rest, which fs imperative to her well-being. “The problem of space is not solved, even in thecountry. But the worst phase of all summer life is that spent at a large seaside or mountain hotel. Who camsee without a feeling of pity the plight of the Lig ra MRS. RUSSELL SAGE. children? They are relegated more than ever to the care of servants. The mothers either stay in bed until noon, reading, or, upon getting up, sit in the parior listening to the music and dawdling over fancy work. Thechildren are sent away to spend the greater part of their time where it is most congenial for the nursemaids, leaving the mothers free to enjoy the pleasures of hotel life. have known children to take their luncheons during a whole summer in the servants’ dining-room. Evening comes while the children are having their tea. The mother ts dressing for dinner. Then the children go to bed and the mother to the drawing-room or veranda to listen to the music and talk (I won't say gossip). “The desecration of the Sabbath which this restlessness has engendered grieves me greatly. I will not say ‘there is no Sabbath,’ but excessive entertaining draws people away from church attend- ance and produces the worst effect of all upon the home life. “The breakdown of many women is to- day due largely to too much excitement and no rest on Sunday. Entertaining to excess is transplanted from the city to the country. The children are left more and more to the care of servants. They receive no moral training. The child must have guidance, and no training, however scientific, can compete with that given by a loving and conscientious ane aul ” GQatting Colors tn Fabrics. It is impossible to tell whether a color is fast before washing, but by far the safest plan is to “set” the color before it goes to the tub for the first time. One of the best methods of settling delicate colors consists in simply making & strong brine of cold and salt and soakigg the garment 12 to 2% hours. Of course this Gone just before going to the the salt should not be allowed to @y init. This ises- pecially good for of pink and green, and colors once set this way will be bright as long as it would be possible to expect it. A strong solution of alum and water is good, particularly with bine, and the more delicate shades cf brown, but its effect is not so lasting as that of salt and it is sometimes necer- sary to renew the bath after the first three or fone vais peras, but drugs, it is better to avoid cago Daily poe a ee i et ee ~‘Yeuns of Joliet, Tl, tas become = rea | OP aiid ‘ea ft The | - Yate of Marlin, Tex, is meeting wit "| great ‘success in the practice of bi _ ‘préfession since removing to this city - “Se Devil is the black sheep of th of the church God, with a single word, could annihilate ‘him, but careful not to de so.—Voltaire. Mrs. P. B Kopperl, 4762 Armouw avenue, is home from a six. Weeks visit to St. Louis, Mo, and Mrs. Kop perl lived on the fat of the land while im the World's Fair City. me Rev. John W. Robinson, pastor of St Mark's chureh, 47th and State £¢., jeft Thursday“ evening for southern Indiana and Kentucky where he will spend his well earned vacatiun. - Bdward M. Lahiff, City Collector and Joha-E. Owens, ExCity- Attorney of “$0 Ireland and the continent, they had “an enjoyable'time, and many of the ~doath to see them depart for America. _ Mrs. B. W. Fitts, 2803 State street, renders her husband great assistance 4m his printing business. Mrs. Fitts an ron a job press much better than ‘™msny men who claim to be printers, ‘end she is 2-level headed business ‘women. “ Justice John Fitzgerald, who Jets no ‘violator of the law escape in the Stock Yards District, did not take his outing the past summer, but he has bought 3 Rew suit of under and top clothes, and ‘during the winter months he will go on @ jaunt to New-Orieans, La. Mrs. Gannaway, Louisville, Ky., is stopping at the home of Richard Moore, 2974 Wabash avenue. Mra. Ganpaway is « trained nurse. She is 2 friend of Mrs. Robert A. Williams, 3644 Dearborn street, and she comes to this city highly recommended. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Alexander, af- ter bringing reproach upon themselves| and their friends in a pubiic manner,| have commenced married life over|' again. ‘They have gone to house-keep-| ing at the bome of Mrs. Fietcher,| 5619 Wabash avenue. : The colored Physicians’ and Sur-|! geons’ Association of América will!’ hold a meeting.in Nashville, Tenn.,| beginning November i2th This is|' expected to be the largest and most |‘ important meeting of colored medical ' men ever held im this country. ; Mrs. Perry Bates, 6224" Dearborn|’ street, returned home Wednesday from | ‘ Omaha, Neb. and ‘while visiting her|' meny warm friends in those two wes-| ‘ tern citiés, tally-ho parties and swell! * receptions wefe:givén i her honor. |* Jobn Lyons, head bailiff at the Har-} risqm street police station, has_thous-| } aniis of friends “among the Afro-Amer-| © leans of Chicago, who -would gladly | ° sioner of Cook County in 1904 if the! * leaders of his party will honor him| # with the nomination. ~- . Aldernian James M- Dailey, 4th Ward, | ? is coming up to the expectations ‘of afl} * fhose-who “so loyally. supported him| when hemade the race for the <ity|™ council, and he stands solid with the} , voters of his ward, and as a city dady te stands ‘pat for everything which will penehit the:city-of Chicago. | g Ex-Congressman John J. Feely, who ecupies elegant quarters on the 1/th loor of the Unity Building, is ‘de-| C oting all his time to his law busi-j 2 ess, but next spring he will jump into| & he political arena in the Zist ward| @ ad support Alderman P. J. O'Connell} © or the city, and Hon-M. J. Butier for} t he State Senate. o Alderman William. J... Moran; igth} Ward, can hold down his seat in the citw} ouncil. justas fong as he wants to-for} % ¢ is one. of thé valuable members of| P hat body, and at all times he is ready | ¥* nerests.. These are the things which | D “ irae | loctie 2 gambling den over City} SE eens A. Quinn's shat tore,| ah che ent sity pealer-has again | °° i dee tine dso eee = iuaihathchirac ea nti Pe ee ee ee St aS . "H.C. Blake, manager for Wm. A. ‘ Kinchborger & Cn. 189 8 Clark street the only exclusive uncalled tor cloth “fag house in the city, and the leading artistic merchant tafiors, always wears “a pleasant smile on his face-and Mr. best class of colored people of this made by Wm. A. Kirchberger & Com- pany... ~ Dt Mrs. Priscilla Thomas, Kansas City. Mo,, has for the past six weeks been Mr. and Mrs. John Hagans, 6031 Shields avenue, while in this city Mrs. Thomas was delightfully entertained by many of the friends of Mr. and Mrs Hagens. After witnessing the great parade and the other interesting sights in connection with the Centen- nial Jubilee she returned to her home in Kansas City Monday. Alderman John J. Bradley, is seeing to it ‘that the paring of 434 street is being rushed along, and if nothing happens it will be completed before cold weather sets In. Too much praise cannot be given to Alderman Bradley for the interest he has mant fested in. improving and cleaning all arts Of the 30th ward, and it is a ifty to-one shot ‘thet ‘he will te re-| urned to the city council in the spring e 1904. | Bonnie Scotch. Tweed Suits to Order $16." Any Style. 4 WM. A. KIRCHBERGER @ CO, 189 So. Stark St, - — Chicago, ill. Many men rush to Quinn Chapel to hear Rev. Archibald James Carey jump on the gospel with his unsteady feet, be- cause he never condemns whisky drink- ing, on the part of bad preachers, and lots of the sisters who are rather in- clined to be 2 little wicked with their hips, flock to Bethel Church to listen to Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray butcher up the gospel and with the hope that some of them may be struck by his long Praying lightning rod. It is reported that Elder or Gol. D. R. Wilkins, of the Old Church Organ, and Mrs.-¥F. B. Williams have parted. company. For a long time Col Wil- ‘wins could be seen almost any day running { and out the rooms occu Died by.the United Brotherhood, 3245 State street, and Mrs. Williams wad always busy in writing effusions for the Old Church Organ but seemingly all is changed for it is intimated that the handsome, sidewhiskered Col. is almost “ready to reach out after his late friend, Mrs: Williams, through the columns of his Old Church Organ. “St. Mark’s M. HB. Church, 47th and State street, through. the ‘hard work of Rev..and- Mrs. John ‘W. Robinson and niany of its faithful members, is mortsags, which lung ovér it for 90 long, was burned up in the presence of its members and friends and there was great rejoicing among them. Mrs Robinson raised dhe hundred ahd thir ty-five ddllars herself towards help- ing to lift the mortgage, and she was rewarded for her good work by being presented with a-small goid watch which: was offered.as = prise to the money. + ce ‘All Wool Scotch Suits Tailor Made, Unealied-for, $8.50. = WM. A, KIRCHBERGER & CO., 189. So. Clark St, - Chicago, it Thomas E_ Barrett, Sheriff of Cook County, has so far parceled out about 200 good positions to his followers, bu: Gp to the present time not one of the «many thousand Afro-American Demo- crats, Iexve not received a smell of any- ing.ia the way of a job from the hands oie Barrett, it is true _ loud- mouthed West Plummer, is still holding down his job aroutid the jail for no other ‘reason than that he is Ex-Judge Pat. Hanecy’s tool, and worked and voted dor. Old Dan. Healy on the day of It seems.that as far as the ‘colored ee concrened Sheriff Bar- ret. ‘not —propose to give them - _ Aldermen Herrmann, Belifuss, Fries- tedt. Zimmer, Dizon, Jones, Minwegen, Leachman ami Jorwiskowiski have been chosen by Mayor Harrison to ferret out all_the big and little “Grafters” who, according to his honor are infesting the City Hali, and if the rotten oF as Corrupt as he pictures them” Out to be, then many of thes will be om their way to the “Pen” ot tng to navoen” hie ee os Dloves and “rafters?” Such « state . mat onthe asian Che Sacouw aiden! spacer coh ; se pds on Se abinibes AGRI AR Seed it Me coe nee Genuine Home Spun. Suiting te Order, WM. A. KIRCHBERGER @ £0," > THN COME: Sgurre 6-320 REAPER mock “a Gark sod Washingtoc Ste = Yetepbous, fain 940, eal A. D. GASH | _Altorney at Yaw, _ CESS te Ree otren, Chicago, Telephone Main 3077, FREDERICK W. JOB _ id SRS SS a Sen Csonan SS heeecaeamen tt eae th FEDERICO M. BARRIOS — Attomey & Counsellor at Law | Seite 501 Firmentch Bldg. a ela Chicago. Willie toward Fitzgerald LAWYER — Run G2 Rep baa, - Ga ee rereee PHONES { M00. MiSs: 3387 STEPHEN A. 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