The Broad Ax

DEMOCRACY TRIUMPHS IN THE EAST Col. George B. McClellan, Mayor-Elect of Greater New York and Carter H. Harrison loom up as Presidential and Vice-Presidential Last Tuesday elections were held in Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and in Greater New York City, where the greatest revolution occured in the various political machines. Seth Low, the would-be reformer, was laid low or put to sleep by Col. George B. McClellan, and it will be many a cold day before Low Platt, Roosevelt, and the other leaders of the Grand Old Party of God and morality, can rule or ride into power in that city. In the other cities and states the two great political parties held their own broadly speaking, thus showing that in off years as well as in the years in which the Presidential elections are held the people very seldom stray very far away from their political gods. For Republican Governors were re-elected in Iowa, Ohio and Massachusetts, while Democratic Governors were chosen in Kentucky, Mississippi, Rhode Island and in Maryland. In the State of Maryland United States Senator A. P. Gorman, attempted to interject the "Race or the Negro Problem" into the campaign or political contest in that state. In his speeches Senator Gorman condemned President Roosevelt, for dining with Prof. Booker T. Washington, he endeavored to revive or stir up race prejudice by raising the cry of "Negro Domination, the social equality bugbear" and so on, which prove that he is an ignorant braying jackass, and his intemperate or anarchistic utterances throughout the campaign entirely removes or eliminates him from the column of Presidential or Vice-Presidential possibilities. Sneator Gorman is such a chuckel-headed fool that he thinks he can add to his political stock in trade by thrusting the "Race Question" into the Presidential election in 1904, but if he lives long enough he will learn that he must select a new hobby to ride into the White House, other than the "Negro Problem," for he nor no one else can advance any logical reason why the Negro should be made an issue in any local or important election any more than any other American citizen. Therefore if the leaders of the great party which was founded by There's Money in It—Proof Positive. In our last issue we explained the reason of the high cost of education at Tuskagee, speaking of the extent to which Dr. Booker T. Washington "greased" the Colored editors, who would support him. We print one of Mr. Washington's own letters to an editor notorious for its editorial attacks upon every Colored newspaper that opposes the Tuskageean just as that editor publishes it in his own paper. South Weymouth Mass. News, Norfolk, Va.: Dear Mr. Dickerson-I am in receipt of your kind letter of July 9 and greatly regret my delay in answering it. I have been away from my mail a great deal lately and could not reach your letter sooner. I am very grateful to you for the policy your paper has pursued and is pursuing. I have asked my publishera to send you an advertisement for my book 'Up From Slavery,' and I think they will do so. In addition, I shall place in the News an advertisement for my Agricultural Department at Tuskegee Institute. I shall be glad to hear from you from time to time and to see copies of your paper. the immortal Thomas Jefferson, who was the fore-runner of human liberty upon this continent cannot find an issue in the impending struggle which is now confronting the American people aside from "Booker T. Washington dining with President Roosevelt, Negro Domination or the social equality bug-bear," one which will appeal to the intelligence of all of the voters throughout this Republic, and not to their ignorance and race prejudice, then the leaders of the Democratic Party or those who foot its bills will be many million dollars better off if they refrain from expending any money for the purpose of holding a national convention in 1904 to nominate candidates for the Presidency, and for the Vice-Presidency of the United States. Let the leaders of the Democratic Party—those who profess to believe in the fundamental principles or teachings of the greatest document ever produced—the Declaration of Independence—those who boast that they are in favor of the equality of all men before the law, whether they are white men, brown men, black men, yellow men, or copper colored men. Take such fellows as United States Senators B. R. Tillman, John T. Morgan, Arthur P. Gorman, John Temple Graves, and their allies by the nape of their necks and jam them down in some remote corner of the earth all in a heap, for their anarchistic or murderous mountings or frothings on the "Negro Question or the Race Problem" will do more to defeat the party in the next National contest than all the other forces that can be mustered or hurled against it. Then let it nominate such men as Col. George B. McClellan, who was elected Mayor of Greater New York by an unprecedented majority and who represents the highest type of the new Democracy, for the Presidency and Mayor Carter H. Harrison of Illinois for the Vice-Presidency, and by waging an intelligent campaign in every section of the country, one which does not preach the doctrine of inferiority for the Negro or any other American citizen, the party will have a splendid chance of marching on to the White House in 1904. I hope you will see your way clear to attend the meeting of the National Negro Business League at Nashville, Tenn., during August 19, 20 and 21. It is an excellent organization and you would meet many fine men. We could thus become better acquainted. Very truly yours, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. The above is one of the letters which Mr. Dickerson runs each week as standing matter in his paper, The Norfolk News. The Home News of Alexandria, Va.. which pointed out this letter, says of it editorially: "It is doubtful if Mr. Washington will thank the editor for publishing it." An influential white friend to whom we showed it, remarked: "It does look funny," with emphasis on the "does." Take together with the open letter of Editor Summers of the Jersey City Appeal charging Mr. Washington with trying to buy his editorial support, and is there not here proof that Washington is subsidizing the Negro papers and a basis for the charge that he is the greatest corrupting force the race ever had? Negro Baptist ministers, hereof take notice! The Guardian, Boston, Mass. HEW TO THE LINE. [Name not provided] William Howard Fitzgerald, the able ex-assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago whose many friends would be delighted to see him secure the nomination as one of the Superior Court Judges in 1904. William Howard Fitzgerald, the able ex-assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago whose many friends would be delighted to see him secure the nomination as one of the Superior Court Judges in 1904. On October 24, mention was made in the columns of this paper of "Mrs. C.—W.—who lives at the corner of Grove Ave. and 52nd St., passing the corner of State and Monroe Sts. leaning on the arm of a white man," and as Mrs. Carrie Warner resides at 5133 Grove Ave., several of her silly and so-called friends have been base or low enough to circulate the report that we had reference to her. Now right at this point we wish to assert for all time to come, in the very strongest language at our command, that we did not mean Mrs. Warner, that at no time nor place, either in the night or in the day time has the writer ever observed her leaning on the arms of white men or walking with them on the streets of Chicago. The Mrs. C.—W.—or the colored lady whom we referred to resides on Grove Ave, south of 52nd St. She is a real grass-widow, a member of one of the three leading A. M. E. churches, the white man who was with her when she passed the Palmer House headed towards the "bad lands" runs an elevator in a building on the east side of State St. north of Madison St. In justice to Mrs. Warner, who is constantly working to improve her condition in life, we feel it is our duty to set forth this plain or simple statement. The Knight Templars' Ball. Monday evening, Nov. 9th, the Corinthian Commandery No.1, K. T. will give its annual grand ball at the Coliseum Annex, in commemoration of its 34th anniversary. A gold watch will be given as a prize to the organization turning out the greatest number in full uniform according to their roll. All the uniformed bodies in the city are invited to attend and participate in this grand affair, which will be in charge of Frank W. King, E. C. R. Mason, G. E. and C. L. Hill, C. G. Biblical Story Only a Myth. The biblical story of the creation of the world, of Adam and Eve, etc., of the flood and many other things, we now know, from the unearthed Babylonian writings, to have been taken from old Chaldean legends. The story of Moses and the Exodus, which has so long been looked on by Hebrews and Christians as of divine origin, has no foundation in fact whatever. The most advanced thinkers and scholars of today, including many rabbis, unhesitatingly assert that Moses was a myth, the Exodus a romance.—Judge Parish B. Ladd. To shock people is often better than to please them; the majority of mankind need the shocking.—Freedom. Walter Rollins, 2719 State St., left Thursday night for Hot Springs, Ark., where he will spend the winter. Mrs. Evans, sister of Mrs. Enos Bond, 6241 S. May St., and her husband, of Richmond, Ind., are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bond. Mrs. Frank W. King, 450, 37th St., leaves Wednesday to visit her mother and father at Galesburg, Ill. She will spend four weeks with them. Turner B. Ashby, who is at all times ready to assist his friends in the 21st Ward to fight their political battles, spent several days of the past week in Detroit, Mich. B. W. Fitts, the up-to-date printer, 2803 State St., says "The Broad Ax is the best newspaper in Chicago published in the interests of the Afro-American race. Dr. W. H. Davis makes an ideal secretary of the Men's Sunday Forum which meets promptly at 4 o'clock every Sunday afternoon at Institutional Church. Irvine Sproul, 7056 Emerald Ave., the extensive plastering contractor, says: "The Broad Ax is all right except that every once and a while it cracks down a little too hard on religion." "Mental slavery is mental death, and every man who has given up his intellectual freedom is the living coffin of his dead soul. In this sense, every church is a cemetery and every creed an epitaph."—Ingersoll. Mrs. J. J. Manley, the florist, who is widely and favorably known through her connection with many secret societies, church and club work, now makes her headquarters with the undertaking firm of Porter and King, 3119 State St. To observe Attorney S. Laing Williams gravely presiding over the Men's Forum, which holds forth at the Institutional Church, leads one to believe that it would not be a mistake to select him as one of the new Judges of Cook County at the next election. Henry T. Elby was indicted by the Grand Jury last week for getting away with $3,000 or $6,000 belonging to Olivet Baptist Church, and he is compelled to furnish bonds for his appearance in the criminal court of Cook County in the sum of $6,500. Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray, several Sunday nights ago, attempted to admonish the members of Bethel Church to live clean moral lives. Such advice, coming from Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray, was more than enough to make the angels in heaven weep with sorrow. Many white and colored citizens of Taylortown, La., joined in lynching a Negro by the name of Joseph Craddock, who was charged with murdering one man and wounding another Monday. It's a bad state of affairs when black men will assist white men to resort to mob and lynch law. Mrs. Dovie Joyce, formerly of St. Paul, Minn., is in the city stopping at 5021 Armour Ave. Mrs. Joyce, who is a charming grass-widow, is an old friend of Mrs. Frank W. King, 450, 37th St., and she has fallen deeply in love with Chicago and the leaders of its smart set. Mrs. Rev. Archibald James Carey, for a long time failed to attend services at Quinn Chapel, but since it was stated in the columns of The Broad Ax "that the Careys wanted to play white. She can be seen twice each Sunday occupying a prominent seat in the Amen corner. Mayor Carter H: Harrison says: "he will not launch his boom for President of the United States in 1904, neither will he endeavor to succeed the Hon. Thos. Gahan as a member of the Democratic National Committee, that all he wants is peace and harmony in the ranks of the Democratic party." Ex-Alderman Manning T. Hackley, of the 34th Ward, is not devoting any of his time to politics just now. His prosperous drug business requires all of his attention, but next spring the popular ex-Alderman will help to boom things up for the next governor of Illinois. Alderman Thomas Carey returned home yesterday from Southern California, where he has located Mrs. Carey and the children for the winter. The Alderman will, without the slightest delay, fix up his fences so he will have no trouble in being re-elected chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Cook County. Alderman Cerveny of the 12th Ward still sports a big diamond stud in his shirt front, and there is some talk around the city hall of dragging him before Mayor Harrison's graft committee and force him to explain to it how he can afford to wear diamonds in the midst of so much graft and corruption. Representative John E. Doyle has opened up a fine cigar store and billiard hall in the Byrne Bldg, 5510 S. Halsted St., and his establishment will become the headquarters of all the politicians of the 31st Ward, and there is no doubt about Johnny Doyle being returned to the Legislature next year. Captain John R. McCabe of the Seventh Infantry, Illinois National Guards, who is connected with the law offices of Timothy J. Fell, Chamber of Commerce Bldg., says "That all the members of the Seventh Infantry are highly delighted with their new armory, which is now located cor. of 16th and Dearborn Sts. J. E. Webb, 1501 Oak avenue, Evanston, Ill., who has charge of the Country Club in that little artistocratic city, is an honorable member of the Afro-American race, one who is always willing to work for its elevation, and he performs his duties in connection with his responsible position to the entire satisfaction of all its members. Col. Robert Motts, 2700 State street, is up against it good and hard, his saloon license has been revoked by Mayor Harrison, because he harbored young girls in his place whom it is claimed paid tribute to the police. Let the good work go on for it will do no harm if John Jennings and many other places conducted like his and Motts, are permanently closed up. The Grand Jury of St. Clair county, Ill., have indicted fourteen of the leading citizens of Belleville for assisting to lynch David Wyatt, the colored school teacher last June, and when they have their trial the first of January it looks as though some of the good Christians in that locality will have a chance to break into jail, or into the Pen at Joliet. Justice Theodore C. Mayer is impressing the idea upon the minds of the crooks and the other violators of the laws who frequent the East Chicago Ave. police station "that without fear or favor he is ever ready to enforce the laws against all comers." and so far his actions prove that Mayor Harrison made a wise selection when he chose Justice Mayer to preside at the East Chicago Ave. police station. An order has been issued by the Pullman Palace Car Company from its headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., to the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis R. R., and the Louisville & Nashville Railroad prohibiting Negroes from riding in the same sleeper and from using the same dining cars with white people in Tennessee. It is thought that when the meeting of the southern agents of the Pullman Co. is held in this city the same methods will be adopted throughout the south, and also in the north later on. Thus it will be seen that Booker T. Washington and his doctrine of Jim-Crowism for the Negro continues to sprout and grow in all parts of the United States. Nearly all of our older newspapers are apparently gone over to "whoop up" Washington's false logic and doctrine. Have we gotten to that place in civilization when we are afraid to speak out for our rights? If we can't cast an unrestricted ballot, what good is it to own property? Washington is an advocate of political slavery. Those who don't understand the arguments that Washington puts forth, in the suppression of Negro manhood, we are sorry for their thick skulls. Washington, the founder of Tuskegee, we admire; but when it comes to acknowledging him as the putative leader of the race and political boss extraordinary, we draw the line.—Tampa Intelligencer. The killing of George A. Airey, Chief of Police of Morgan Park, Saturday night by Mack Wiley, who is a colored man, was a very unfortunate affair, and from this time on no one residing in or near Chicago should be permitted to celebrate Hallowe'en night. Those Negroes who caused the trouble in which Chief of Police Airey met his death should be punished to the full extent of the law, as a warning to others to refrain from committig brutal crimes. It is refreshing to note that the whites have decided that it is absolutely wrong to class all colored people as looking and acting alike; that they will not drive all of them from their homes in Morgan Park. Sunday night Thomas Hawkins, who had been furnishing information to Mayor Harrison's graft investigating committee concerning gambling in Col. Mushmouth Johnson's joint, 464 State St., was almost shot to death by Mose Love, while he was standing in front of Mushmouth's gambling den. It is claimed by many sports that Johnson and his gang of crap shooters will never permit anyone to leave his place without receiving a severe clubbing if they should happen to win some money, that many times Col. Johnson will not pay those who are sharp enough to beat his games. If Mayor Harrison has the courage to do his duty he will revoke Johnson's license and close his notorious dive up, for he always has a gang of loud-mouthed loafers in front of his place insulting every decent white and colored woman who are compelled to pass his hell-hole of iniquity. Mayor Carter H. Harrison for a long time failed to read The Broad Ax, although he has been a regular subscriber to it the past four years. But after it had heated him up several times he began to pay some attention to it and the boys in his outer office claim that they have strict orders to rush it to him each Saturday morning just as soon as it arrives, and no one is permitted to have access to his private chambers until after he has thoroughly perused it, and on Wednesday morning his Honor declared in the presence of Col. Stewart of the Chicago Journal, St. Watkins of the City Press, and the other newspaper representatives that "The Broad Ax is a mighty spicy and breezy newspaper; that he enjoys reading it much better than glancing over the society columns of The Daily News." Then "our Carter," who has the Presidential bee buzzing in his ear, looked straight in our eye and wanted to know if the writer wrote the chips that appear in it, and when we assured him that such was the fact he laughingly exclaimed: "You are a cracker jack!" Will promigrate and as all times uphold the true principles of Dumboorce, but Catholick, Protestant, Francis, Inkdale, Purune, Shiaje Turco, Republic, Knights of Labor, or any one else can have their say, so long on their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Air is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. JULIUS E. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., as Second-class Matter. DETERIORATION OF COAL. Claim Made That Fuel Kept in Free Air Loses Much of Its Steaming Power. The question of storing coal for fleets has assumed such importance that the experiments made in England to overcome the deterioration due to continual stowage possess a definite interest, says the New York Herald. It is claimed that coal kept in free air quickly loses between 10 and 20 per cent. of its steaming power, while coal deposited under water in prepared basins suffers but little loss. In the experiments undertaken at the suggestion of the admiralty coal that had been submerged from three to ten years at the Alexandra docks, Newport, and other specimens that had drifted from wrecks into the River Usk were submitted to a comparative test with the best fresh mined Monmouthshire coal. The result was that the Usk coal stood first and the Alexandra dock second, both by a surprising margin of superiority. Our experience in the Philippines, where the conditions are especially severe, does not show the asserted deterioration of 10 per cent. in 12 months, but there is such a sensible loss in efficiency that the new idea seems worth a careful examination. Submerged storage is cheap, and the coal, easily recovered when needed, can be dried so speedily by exposure to the sun that the danger of spontaneous combustion in the bunkers is obviated. Coal is a prime essential of war power, and we must rather extend than diminish our efforts to store it. ZACHARY TAYLOR'S TOMB. Resting Place of a Great General and President Is Neglected—Few Visit the Spot. "Z. Taylor. Died 1850." That is the inscription on the tomb of Zachary Taylor, twelfth president of the United States, according to the Cleveland Press. A correspondent who recently visited the tomb of "Old Rough and Ready" says for over half a century it has lacked the care of a kindly hand and is fast falling into decay. Apparently nobody cares. The tomb lies five miles from Louisville, and is off the road. Ivy riots over the weather-beaten blocks of granite. The fastenings on the door are red with rust. So far as is known no key has turned the locks for 50 years. Visitors are rare. It is doubtful if half a dozen tourists visit the tomb in a twelve-month. And this neglected spot is the last resting place of the hero of the Black Hawk and Florida wars. Here is the dust of that great soldier who with 4,000 American riflemen drove in retreat 20,000 Mexicans under Santa Anna at Buena Vista. Here are the remains of the American Cortez and president of the United States. He who conquered the swamps and everglades of Florida and made Mexico surrender is forgotten by his countrymen. Not one in 10,000 knows the place of his sepulcher. NEEDED SCIENTIFIC REFORM. Men Trained to Precision in Observation and Utterance Should Learn Functuality. With the latest opening of the season of medical, electrical and other scientific conferences, a familiar characteristic of such meetings is brought into fresh prominence, says the New York Tribune. The members are rarely called to order until ten or fifteen minutes after the appointed time. Not infrequently the delay is greater. Similar tardiness may be observed in formally opening the proceedings of charitable and social organization, and such laxity is not without its drawbacks. Comment is confined here, however, to the group of gatherings first named, because a lack of punctuality among scientific people is, after a fashion, inconsistent with that exactness of thought and statement which the world expects from them and on which they occasionally pride themselves. Men who are trained to precision in observation and utterance might reasonably be expected to be exceptionally scrupulous in keeping engagements. Any shortcomings in this respect become even more conspicuous when a comparison is made with the promptness with which bank directors' meetings and church services begin, to say nothing of theaters and symphony concerts. Climate and Longevity. Strange to relate, more people live to be centenarians in warm countries than in cold ones. Steel Shot for Drills. Chilled steel shot are now successfully used instead of black diamonds for core rock drills. French engineers have declared it is perfectly feasible to convert the desert of Sahara into a vast lake, thus opening to commerce great regions of the interior of Africa which can now only be reached by long, tedious and dangerous caravan journeys, says London Answers. They say that a large portion of the desert lies below the level of the Atlantic, and that by digging a canal to let in the waters of the ocean the great change could be effected easily, and at a cost which would be small compared to the benefits which would accrue. If the whole desert lay below the level of the Atlantic, the flooding of it would create a sea more than four times as big as the Mediterranean; but, as the Sahara is composed of elevated plateaux, mountain ranges and depressions, only a part would be covered with water when the waves of the ocean were let in, and the new sea thus formed would be an irregular body of water, probably of about the same size as the Mediterranean. Great commercial cities would at once spring up on its shores, and trade and civilization strike at once to the heart of Africa. The sea of Sahara may never become a reality, but, in any event, it is a gigantic and pleasing dream. NO SERVIAN CROWN. Stephen Dushan, Who Became King in 1346, Last Ruler to Wear Symbol of Royalty. It is no wonder, says the Philadelphia Press, that King Peter finds it hard to discover a model for his crown. Since 1374 no ruler of Servia has worn one, from 1374 to 1882 no Servian bore the title of king. There is a tradition that a Servian ruler named Michael received the crown and title from the pope so far back as 1078, but the personage, who is styled, the "first crowned" in Servian history, was Stephen Nemausha II., who was crowned by a papal legatee in 1217, and in order to pacify his orthodox subjects recrowned by his brother, St. Sava, archbishop of Servia, in 1222. On that occasion the crown was provided by the Byzantine emperor. From that time the Servian sovereign bore the title of king, or "kral," till, in 1346 Stephen Dushan was crowned at Uskub as "emperor of Macedonia and monarch of the Serbs, Greeks and Bulgarians." His son was also styled emperor, but the usurper Vukashin, who murdered the latter, took the name of king. Since his death no Serb has been crowned. The king of Roumania had his crown made from the cannon of Plevna, but Slivnitza would scarcely be commemorated in that way at Belgrade. CIGARETTES AS PRIZES. Given by a Sunday School Teacher in England to Secure Larger Attendance of Boys. There have been numerous attempts in America to enact legislation against the sale of cigarettes; in fact, says the Boston Globe, it is illegal to sell cigarettes to those under 16 years of age in our own state. What would these anti-cigarette agitators say to a Sunday school teacher who offered presents of cigarettes as an inducement for boys to attend his class? According to one of the London papers, at All Saints' church, Wellington, in Somerset, the practice of giving cigarettes to members of the Bible class was started. It was reported that this distribution of cigarettes increased the attendance of the Bible class nearly 100 per cent. The experiment has stirred up a great deal of criticism, however, and the vicar denies that he had any knowledge of the matter, it having been an experiment made by Mr. Wilmont, the teacher of the Bible class. While the boys in this class, as a rule, were over 16 years of age, there were a number of them who were not allowed to smoke, and the parents of these boys naturally seriously object to this new scheme of securing better attendance in the Bible class. St. George's Chapel It costs the British government $18,660 a year to keep up daily services in St. George's chapel, London, although they are attended by very few people. All of this money goes to pay several priests and a trained choir. According to an ancient custom the choir boys are entitled to collect a guinea from every soldier or other person who enters St. George's chapel with spurs upon his boots. Nobody knows when this custom originated, but it has been revived with a great deal of energy this last two years, because so many of the officers from the army in South Africa came to Windsor, and almost invariably entered the beautiful church, which is the headquarters of the Knights of the Order of St. George, the patron saint of England.—London Letter. St. Peter's cathedral, in South Africa, has doubtless the most unusual belfry to be found in any cathedral. It boasts a fine peal of four large bells which have hung for years from a large tree in the open. There are several church bells in England which are hung from trees, as is the case at Thirlmere church, Surrey, but there is only one cathedral equipped in this way—the church of the late Bishop Colenso. Valuable iron deposits have been discovered in the Bongo country of the Soudan, and much interest has been awakened thereby. Electrically Made Steel. Microscopic experiments have shown that the electrically made steel is not different in any way from crucible steel. Great Scheme. "Have you decided yet upon a name for that new suburb of yours?" "Yes. I am going to call it Look-out." "I can't see anything striking or original about that." "You can't? Think how everybody in the train will run to the windows when the brakeman calls out the name of the station."—Chicago Tribune. "I think that every good man is fond of animals," remarked the young woman. "I'm glad to hear you say so," answered Mr. Pygmalion Packard, of Chicago. "I 'apose I can claim to think as much of animals as anybody in the business. I bought several hundred thousand head of cattle this fall." —Washington Star. In After Years. We sigh for things that mother cooked, And yet, there is no doubt, They must have been the very ones That father kicked about. —N. Y. Sun. BETTER LEFT UNSAID. 福南派西 "Don't you think, madam, some ladies are—er—er—over decollete?" "Yes—and so are some craniums!"—Ally Sloper. A Pessimistic View. In all vocations, it appears, Men plan to cheat and rob; Even an honest builder's work Is, at best, a put-up job. —Cincinnati Enquirer. A Variation. "You say your wife insists on buying your cigars for you?" "Don't laugh. It's serious. She says the kind I get are too cheap to be good. She insists on paying 50 cents apiece for them."—Washington Star. Avoiding Temptation. Cholly—Quick! This way! Here comes my tailor! Algy—I nevah knew you had to dodge your tailor before. Cholly—Yaas, but this time I have money, and might be tempted to pay him.—N. Y. Weekly. Wienerwurst to Be. "Of all the unlucky dogs," moaned the poor dog, as the net fell over him, "I'm the worst yet." "No," replied his captor, the sausage-maker, "you are not the wurst yet, but you will be pretty soon."—Philadelphia Ledger. A Practical Way. Sunday-School Teacher — Can any little boy tell me how the Lord will separate the sheep from the goats on the Judgment day? Johnny—I know, I know! Throw a tin can down, and see which will eat it.—Puck. Better Than Quarantine. "How," asked the weighty matters editor, "do you keep your office clear of visitors?" "I read my stuff to 'em," said the pointed paragrapher.—Newark News. Never Falls Down. "The only thing about airships which seems to keep up," remarked the Observer of Events and Things, "is the cost of manufacturing them."—Yonkers Statesman. Very Ancient Indeed. "Miss Elderly came from a very old family, didn't she?" "Oh, yes." "Well, she looks it."—Town Topics. The Way to Begin. She—If you were going to make love, how would you begin? He—Well, I'd get two fools and put them together.—Yonkers Statesman. Gets No Chance. She—Does he ever say nice things to his wife? He—He might if she'd only give him a chance.—Yonkers Statesman. Very Little to Know. "The fact is, my husband doesn't seem to know his own mind." "Oh, that's a very small matter."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Good Reason. "Why did Larkin call Smith a lobster? Because he is so red?" "No. Because he is so unread."—Chicago Record-Herald. Fortunate. "I was at the races to-day." "Were you lucky?" "Yes. I didn't have to walk home."—Brooklyn Life. Good for Some Purposes. Butcher—Wasn't that a good steak I sent you yesterday? Customer—Oh, it was a good durable steak.—Life. All Right So Far. "What do you think of the doctrine of the survival of the fittest?" "It is all right so far. I am still alive." —Tit-Bits. Playing Hookey, "Why are you not at school?" "I don't need to go. I'm taking the absent treatment."—Chicago American. The Kitten's Fate. Lady Visitor (to little girl)—What became of the little kitten you had here once? Little Girl—Why, haven't you heard? "No. Was he drowned? "No!" "Lost?" "No!" "Poisoned?" "No!" "Then whatever became of it?" "It growed up to be a cat."—Illustrated Bits. Rodgers—What's he ever done to you? "Oh, nothing, except he stuck a knife "Never did; that's the trouble. It was a surgical operation and the bill is still unpaid."—Kansas City Journal. Where It Fails. She—They say radium has the X-ray beat a block. She —What was the nature of the test? He—A man used it in an unsuccessful attempt to read a woman's mind.—Cincinnati Enquirer. An Absorbing Conversationalist. She—I wonder why Miss Gabbil always speaks of him as a "good conversationalist." He—And isn't he? She—Certainly, not. He merely sits and listens. He—Well, a talkative woman's idea of a good conversationalist is a man who is satisfied to absorb conversation.—Philadelphia Press. Looking for Sport She was city bred, and had the usual fear of cows. "Why," she asked, when the danger was past, "did you take me across this lot?" The small country lad chuckled. The small country lad chuckled. "I thought it would be fun," he said, to see you try to climb a tree." Then, after another chuckle: "And it was."—Chicago Post. Up to Date. "But why do you have your hero marry in the first chapter?" they asked. "Because," replied the author, "it has always seemed absurd to me to and a novel just where a man's troubles really begin. That's where you should begin the story."—Chicago Post. Heredity. Mrs. Benham—You look mad. Benham—I am mad; a man called me a born fool to-day. Mrs. Benham—You ought not to get mad about it; I think it was very considerate in him to blame it on your ancestors.—Brooklyn Life. In Case of Doubt. First Consulting Physician-I don't know what in the world is the matter with that patient. Second Consulting Physician-All right, then, we'll operate on him for appendicitis this afternoon.-Chicago Tribune. Too Honest. His business sense was very dense, He could not rise above it; For every blessed time he fallgd, He made a failure of it. —Philadelphia Public Ledger. 1888 Mr. Tightfist—And so you are the noble fellow who rescued my wife from in front of the trolley car at the risk of your life? Take this quarter, my heroic man, as an expression of our undying regard. Mr. Rags—All right, boss. You know better'n I do what the woman's wuth.—N. Y. Times. Brotherly Affection. Sald the maiden: "I'm sorry, Mr., But to you I can be but a sr." Sald he: "It's a go, Dear Sis, be it so." And right then and there he kr, —Cincinnati Enquirer. Deeply Interested. Bachelor Brother—What are you women working at now? Mrs. Finemind—We are organizing an Anti Baby-Kissing society. Bachelor Brother—Glorious! Let me join.—N. Y. Weekly. Homeopathic Dose. Patient—I say, doctor, I'm all run down. What would you advise me to do? Doctor—Get an automobile, and run other people down.—Chicago Daily News. A Safety Play. 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OF THE SORROW SONGS. 3d Edition $1.20 net Published by A.C. McClurg & Co., Chicago Brick Co. - THOMAS CAREY. IN SHELHAMER, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. RERS OF Newer Brick Yards: Obey Sts in summer, equipped Wolf Dryer. 140,00 per da 300,000 per da Yards 128. WILLIAM LEGNER, Vice Pres. & Treas. N E S Monroe 1573. THE CIVIL SERVICE Nearly Ten Years of Service for Commissioner Procte AN UNPOPULAR DEPARTMENT Where Democrats and Reilleans Are the Best of Friends-Red-Headed Congressman on Kansan-Other Goss Washington.—John R. Pror will celebrate next month the 12 anni- versary his ap pointmena civil service omissioner. A. He head an extraordry record in at position. s term of serv represents cost exactly oralf the life of commissioned he has sured republicand democratic dministrations with equal fay. He John R. Proctor equal fay. He has seen the entire person of the commission except himself inge no less than four times since has held the office of president. Eighcommissioners have come and goneginning with Theodore Roosevelt as ending with James R. Garfield. Curiously enough, Proctoras first appointed president of the omission on the recommendation of I. Roosevelt who was then nearing end of his service and who propos Proctor to President Cleveland as thest man to keep the commission go in a democratic administration the lines laid down. Roosevelt Cleveland were the only two men o knew anything about the appointmt in advance, for Proctor was nevenuch of a political factor. At the time was state geologist of Kentucka place he had occupied for 13 yealand he was a member of the jury awards for mines and mining at tColumbian exposition. When Cleveland called him Washington and told him what wanted Proctor objected. "The onthing I am interested in," he said'is the Appalachian mountains. It will take me away from that worl "Oh, don't bother about t," said the president. "You won't be much to do here. Whenever you it to go away for a month or two, wan fix it up easily enough." So Proctor accepted, but hasn't yet been able to get away aseveland promised him. Mr. Proctor is a close personal friend of the president-a endship which has continued now for many years. Twowms It is true that he classes himself as a democrat, but his political leanings are not strong, and he voted for McKinley in 1896 and 1900. Besides he is an expansionist of a radical type, and on that point he is thoroughly in harmony with the president. the president and the civil sece commission are decidedly chum. Proctor is at the white house abouas much as he is at the commissionHe is a great favorite with the chren, as well as with the old folks, d, altogether, he is almost one of family. He rides with the preside oftener than anybody else, and thus one of the ties that bind the two tather. He is a splendid horseman, w all the native Kentuckian's love for fine animal. He is fond of outdooports of every kind, and although he within a few months of 60, and seri several years with the confederatermy, he looks hardly a day older than the president, who is 15 years his jur. But a man who has been a soldier farmer, a geologist and a civil sece commissioner keeps young by force of circumstances. A good many public memink that Proctor carries his civil vice reform theories too far, and at he is too much enamored of the achinery of the system. But they bow he is honest and pugnacious, and they respect him even while they digree with him sometimes. Civil service experices. The civil service common once in awhile has an interesti experi- BROADCAST New Rules While You Walk Commissioner Roosevelt and then of Commissioner Proctor, has had much to do with this. Even the most hardened opponent of the system could not withhold admiration from two such manly advocates. Every little while the commission breaks out with a new set of regulations which prove a stumbling block for those in search of knowledge. That circumstance gives rise to some amusing experiences. Not long ago Senator Pettus, of Alabama, drifted into the commission's offices. Senator Pettus is the oldest man in congress, a hard-headed and able citizen with a keen sense of humor. He had a problem for Commissioner Proctor to solve. The commissioner explained it all out in great detail, while Pettus listened gravely. Finally Proctor asked him if it was perfectly clear. "Yes," said the senator. "It is clear enough; but the trouble with your infernal commission is that whenever I come up here and get the rules down fine I don't have time to ride down in the elevator before you bring out a new set of regulations and I have to learn them all over again." "I'm glad you spoke of that, senator," said the commissioner, gravely. "That elevator is old fashioned and we've been bothered about its slowness for a long time. I wish you would try to get an appropriation for a new one." The old senator looked at the commissioner blankly for a minute. Then he turned and walked out of the room. "You people are altogether too much for me," he snorted as he disappeared through the door. A Red-Headed Congressman. Victor Murdock is the handsome young fellow who has just been elect- ed to congress from Kansas to represent the district left vacant by the promotion of Representative Long to the senate—the same district that held fame for a time as the home of Sockless Jerry Simpson. GIVE FOR RED HEADS. RED HEAD CAMPAIGN. Murdock is pretty sure to be pointed out in the house — first because he is young: second, because he third, on account of his election. cause he is young. second, because he is good looking, and third, on account of the peculiar manner of his election. When Mr. Long retired from the house to become a senator young Mr. Murdock promptly announced himself as a candidate for the succession. It looked rather dubious at the start, for he was a new hand at it and not very well known in the district; but he hit on a scheme that proved a winner. Murdock has a superb suit of red hair. There were 17 other candidates in the field, and one of them also had red hair. So Murdock went to him and struck a bargain. It was agreed that the two should make their canvass on the red-headed issue, and that at an opportune moment the weaker of the two should withdraw from the race in favor of the other. Murdock then set at it. He made a whirlwind campaign on the cry that the red-headed men ought to be represented in congress. He quoted statistics to show that one man out of ten had a red head, and that proportion did not hold in congress. He made an impregnable case on that issue, and the other red-headed man followed suit. The novelty of the canvass caught the fancy of the district, and when at the psychological moment the other, who was found to be the weaker, withdrew the momentum was so strong that Murdock won the nomination in a walk. Then he went into the campaign for election on the same issue, and won out again. Secretary Loeb has ordered that the doorkeepers at the white house shall hereafter wear uniforms to distinguish them from the crowds who frequent the executive mansion. ```markdown ``` A lot of fun is being poked at the proposition, and there has been a good deal of humorous talk about the aping of royalty and all that. But the uniforms are likely to stay for awhile, at any rate until it can be demonstrated whether they really are a good thing or not. Away back in McKinley's administration John Addison Porter gave a similar order and the uniforms appeared in due time, but there was so much comment on them that one day they disappeared from view as quietly as they had come. Secretary Loeb believes that this time they will demonstrate their usefulness and that before long the gossip about them will cease. He intends to give them a chance. The uniforms are very simple affairs, hardly distinguishable from ordinary dress, except for the modest brass buttons. Capt. Loeffler, the veteran doorkeeper at the president's own door, will not wear a uniform, although his army rank entitles him to it; and Arthur Simmons, who has stationed himself at the secretary's door in ebony watchfulness for 10, these many years, will also continue to wear his simple suit of black. The ushers in the private part of the house, the old executive mansion, will continue to appear in civilian's dress. So, really, there is not much to talk about. How to Make a Pretty Bead Purse THE newest bead purse is very pretty in design, inexpensive and easily made. One needs to purchase only a spool of knitting silk of whatever color is to predominate in the purse-five large beads and three bunches of small beads-two of one color and one of some contrasting shade. The purse here pictured is made in dark blue and green. Cut 24 strands of blue silk three-quarters of a yard ```markdown ``` SECTION OF DESIGN. in length. On one of these threads string one green bead, four blue, one green, four blue, and so on until you have 21 green beads. This is the first row. See that there are left at the bottom about five inches of plain thread, which is utilized later in making the tassel. Before beginning the second row proper add to the first row four blue beads, one green and four blue. These extra beads at the top will provide a place for the draw-strings. Now start backward along the first row, putting the thread through the fourth green bead—taking into account the extra ones just added. Continue stringing four blue, one green, four blue, etc., and put the thread through every other green bead. When the end is reached put the thread through the last bead at the end of the first row—which will be green—and knot securely. Take a second thread and after stringing one green and four blue beads, put the thread through the second green bead of the second row. Proceed exactly as with the first thread, and continue in the same manner with 23 threads and half of the twenty-fourth. Thus there are 47 rows. The last thread—the forty-eighth row—is used to fasten together the two edges of the work. In this use only blue beads, but draw the thread through every green bead instead of every other as heretofore. Thus the purse appears to consist of a great number of little blue bead MAGAZINE HOLDER. A Nent Little Bit of Fancy Work, Suitable for a Birthday or Anniversary Present. A piece of brown Holland linen is folded in the size and shape of your favorite magazine, the inside folded and tacked into shape just as a paper cover to a book would be, in order to slip in the one designed for it. The outside is decorated in conventional dogwood blossoms. Couch down gold cord with filo of the same color in two rows, and between the cords place three blossoms MAGNIFICENT THE HOLDER COMPLETED. of the dogwood. The outlines of the blossoms are of the gold cord and the shadings a pinkish white of the Asiatic filo shaded into a pale green. The centers may be filled in with gold thread in knot stitch. The design in the corners is carried out in the same way, and a gold cord is couched along the edge in the same way. Outline the word "Magazine" in gold cord.—Boston Globe. Sweep, and then wipe it with a flannel, and when all the dust and spots are removed, rub with a waxed cloth, and then polish with a dry, soft cloth. Use very little bees' wax, and do not polish too much, or it will become slippery. Washing occasionally with milk after it has been polished will keep it glossy. Using Short Lamp Wicks. By cutting a piece of flannel or cloth the width of wick and sewing it on to the latter, it will conduct oil to bur ner as if it was a long length of wick. squares at each corner of which is a green bead. Knot the threads securely at the bottom in groups of four or five, cutting off close to the knot about half the threads in each group. The tassel would be too heavy if all 48 threads were used. Eighteen or 20 are enough. Slip a large bead over all these threads so that it is firm at the base of the and although it may be worked out in a solid color the two make it more effective, red with white, gold or black, dark blue with white or gold, black with white, brown with white, light blue with white, gold or silver, or white with gold are all pretty combinations. The light blue or white are especially dainty to carry with light dresses. The purses may be worn drawn through the belt or merely carried in the hand.—Detroit Free Press. purse. Make each strand of the tassel 36 beads long. Thirty blue with six green at the end is a good combination. For the draw-string take four threads about a yard and a half long, twist together tightly, double, and twist again. Make a second cord in the same way. TASSE THE FINISHED PURSE. Weave them through the top of the purse, draw-string fashion, and after fastening a large bead at each of the four ends the purse is complete. The pattern may of course be made smaller. The size here described, however, admits of carrying not only one's change but a key and handkerchief as well. It is a pretty idea to have a purse to harmonize with one's suit, PRINCESS OF FLANDERS. Future Queen of the Belgians Is One of the Most Popular Scions of European Royalty. One of the most popular scions of royalty in Europe is Princess Albert of Flanders, the young and attractive wife of the heir presumptive to the throne of Belgium. She was married to Prince Albert, son of the count of Flanders, October 2, 1900, being at the time Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria. A son was born to the royal couple in November, 1901, and was named Leopold, after the present king of the Belgians. Before his marriage, Prince Albert had visited the United States, spending a few days in Boston and being entertained at the white house. His charming wife is comely of face and engaging in manner. Moreover, she is a very good sportswoman and fond of outdoor diversions. She is exceedingly popular with the people of Brussels, who see a good deal of her in public. The former hotel d'Assche in Brussels, in which the prince and princess took up their residence after their brill- A. liant marriage in Munich, is one of the most homelike and comfortable of the royal palaces of Europe. The private apartments of the princess include a bedroom and dressing room, the former being tapestried in rose pink, the princess' favorite color, set in panels of white painted wood, enriched with gilding. The furniture is of rosewood and marquetry and the hangings are of floral design. The dining room, salon and gallery of the palace are magnificent in their appointments. TROLLEY TRAVELER & TRIALS. Talked to His Employer, Who Happened to Be a Stockholder in Company Owning Line. "Oh, fudge!" said the five-miles-away from-civilization city resident the other morning as he was soundly berated by his "boss" for reaching the office ten minutes late, according to the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. "It was due to four coal wagons in the street and a country firemen's parade blocking the cars on the route!" he added, with a tone of resignation as he saw in fancy 37 cents docked from his weekly wages. "How can a man make time when every old cart, wagon and I-am-afraid-to-run-the-car-faster policy of the motorman interferes with quick locomotion?" the trolley rider informed his aforesaid boss, with just a trace of indignation in his tone. "When you want to make time you have to be a clock maker or a watch maker," the broken-hearted rider added, "for I declare trolley riders can never calculate they will ever reach their office at a given time unless they stop down town at a hotel and then walk to the office. Why, surface locomotion is getting fierce," the rider went on, getting red in the face, "and what is more, I firmly believe that if a bucket of water were put on the platforms of some of our trolley cars in the winter time it would be a solid chunk before the lumbering thing went 20 squares!" The trolley rider told his boss so much about trolley cars that he got "fired," for his boss had stock in the company. MITSUMATA EXPERIMENTS. Japanese Plant Out of Which Good Paper Is Made May Be Introduced in the South. Interesting experiences are now being carried on by the department of agriculture with a new paper plant from Japan, called mitsumata. The experiments are the result of one of the trips of Barbour Lathrop, of Chicago, and D. G. Fairchild, foreign agent for the department, to Japan and other foreign countries in search of plants for the government. Mitsumata is adapted to warmer parts of the country and is one of the most valuable plants known for the production of bark paper, so much used by the Japanese. It offers an entirely new crop to the south if it can be successfully raised here. Forty-two million Japanese live upon the revenue created by manufacturing paper, and most of the product is manufactured from bark cultivated upon an area about one-third the size of the state of Illinois. The mitsumata plant flourishes upon land too poor for rice growing, is especially adapted to clay soil and from 600 to 2,000 pounds of raw bark are produced upon a single acre. This pulp is worth in Japan from 15 to 16 cents, gold per pound, or just four times as much as the wood pulp imported from America sells for in Yokohama. IN THE SHAH'S PALACE. Kind of Junk Shop of Valuable Things —Strange Conglomeration of Squalor and Luxury. The palace of the shah of Persia, according to Capt. Donald Stuart, in "The Struggle for Persia," is an appalling combination of dinginess and splendor, of squalor and luxury. One of the most interesting rooms is that filled with the portraits of all the monarchs of Europe. In the next room is his majesty's writing apparatus. Here stands a globe such as may be seen in a school room, except that the continents are made with gems of different colors, and all the names of rivers are marked in diamonds. On the walls a painting by an old master is framed next to a highly-colored advertisement of a dealer in fishhooks. The throne itself is a sort of wooden bed, about nine feet by six, the woodwork covered with diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires, some an inch long. The value of the whole is estimated roughly at a million pounds. On the floor of the throne is a carpet so thick with pearls that the texture of the cloth is hardly visible, while a huge vase, set with turquoises and pearls, stands side by side with a cheap urn, such as is sometimes seen at county fairs. LeftHandedness Most parts of Great Britain have idiomatic expressions to denote left-handedness and they are often prefixed to the unfortunate left-handed child's name. In London the term is knack-handed, the word being also equivalent to awkward. In Lancashire it is kpawed, in Yorkshire gallock or gawk-handed, an expression dating back to at least the seventeenth century. In Derbyshire are used the terms keghanded, cork-handed, or corky-handed, while in the Teesdale district cuddy-handed is common, and in Nottinghamshire wallet-handed. In the south of England special terms to denote left-handedness are also found. In Dorset it is scrame-handed and in Devonshire coochy-handed. In Scotland gawk-handed is used and in the west cawry-handed. In Ireland a left-handed man is called a kithogue. Horse Cars. With the exception of New York, the following cities are the only places in which more than five miles of street railway track are operated by animal power: Hutchinson, Kan., seven miles; Santa Rosa, Cal., seven miles; Chicago, Ill., six miles; San Francisco, Cal., five miles; Arkansas City, Kan., five miles, and Tuscon, Ariz., five miles. The cable, which, 15 years ago, had such bright prospects, is now antiquated. There are only two street railways operated exclusively by cable power. VIEWS OF THE CLERGY. Bishop Gore, of Worcester, Mass., says he sees no serious Christian argument against cremation, and from a sanitary point of view it has enormous advantages. Mons. Merry Del. Val, who has been appointed secretary of state by Plus X., is half a Spaniard and half an Englishman. He is one of the ablest men in the Catholic church, and is said to understand American affairs thoroughly. It is believed that one of the richest preachers in the world resides in Denver. He is A. D. Parker, auditor of the Colorado & Southern railroad, who, though not a regularly ordained preacher, is the regular lay reader at St. Luke's Episcopal church. He and a partner own the Tonopah gold mine, which is worth about $20,000,000. So far Mr. Parker has received $1,000,000 or so in cash from the output. The venerable Bishop Huntington, of Syracuse, says the men involved in the ship-building trust scandal are, in his opinion, really pagans. "Our educational system is somehow very deficient," he says. "What we need is the education of the moral nature. The conscience of men is not trained in our public schools and great institutions. I say give proportionate attention to the moral life of the student body of our great country." Dr. E. B. Randle, pastor of a Methodist church in Muncie, Ind., has begun war on wigs, which he denounces as "cunning devices resorted to by some people to conceal the fact that they are growing old." The reverend gentleman is good enough to say that he finds no fault with the young bald-headed man who wears a wig, but declares that "in the case of old men it is altogether unbecoming." "Old age," he says, "is glorious when it comes naturally, for the best things in the world are old." GOSSIPY GLEANINGS. James J. Woodward, of Semersworth, N. H., has been a merchant for 60 years, and during all that time has conducted his business in the same store. The prince of Wales is an enthusiastic collector of postage stamps, his collection being one of the finest in the world. He receives many rare stamps, unsolicited, from people he has never known or heard of. Spanish newspapers recently talked about the alleged conspiracies against the life of the king of Portugal. A German correspondent at Lisbon declares these rumors preposterous. Not in a century, he says, has any incumbent of the Portuguese throne been so universally beloved as the present king, who was crowned 14 years ago. There is no opposition to him, the republican party being insignificant, and without a leader. Prof. William James, who holds the chair of psychology in Harvard, is noted for the clever remarks he makes during his lectures. Recently he was talking to a class on the subject of beauty, when a student interrupted a particularly brilliant paragraph with the depressingly stupid question: "Why is everybody fou of beauty, professor?" Dr. James replied on the instant: "That is a blind man's question," and proceeded with his remarks. GLITTERING TRIFLES A pair of handsome lorgnettes is in sterling silver with an artistic flower design in relief, the entwined stems forming the long handle. A handsome belt buckle is in the form of a large butterfly, which, coming together in the center, leaves a richly enameled wing to spread out on each side of the center fastening. Some pretty belt pins in the design of girls' heads with old-fashioned sunbonnets on are to be seen. They are in silver and have corresponding to them belt slides for the sides and back. Brooches grow larger every day and are very beautiful in design. One brooch, made of coral, is perhaps two inches long and is in the design of a finely carved bunch of flowers. Cupid seems to figure in most of the tiny silver ornaments, for there is Cupid sitting on a bench with his bow and arrows by his side, Cupid on a chair and Cupid with a dog—in fact, Cupid poses in all sorts of ways. As a love token the engagement ring will never lose its favor, though just now there are several novelties in the way of engagement gifts that vie with the ring for popularity, one of which is a bracelet with a heart clasp in which can repose the portrait of the giver. ART AND ARTISTS A bronze status of Gen. Nicholas Herkimer, founder of the New York village that bears his name, is to be presented to the people of the town by ex-Senator Warner Miller, who resides in the place. A writer in the Frankfurter Zeitung asserts that Mme. Janauschek did not, as is almost universally believed, serve as a model for the famous picture on the Frankfurt thaler. The mint warden, August Von Nordheim, always declared that the portrait was a pure creation of his imagination. He often spoke of the irrepressible Janauschek legend, and said that besides that actress 13 other women had been mentioned as having been the original of the picture in question. The Massachusetts Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution has accepted a design for a tablet to be placed in the Boston public library in commemoration of early composers of American patriotic music. The inscription states that the society, "In grateful recognition of the inspiration of patriotic verse and song, commemorates the following names: William Billings, Oliver Holden, John Howard Paine, Samuel Francis Smith, Francis Scott Key, George Frederick Root." a ee eS Sef a a ts 8. a or Gio estan, to 0 were os three years Mr. Walker and his ¢- See aha eee : : : Wort is as Ba a te the ge Hace promizes to forward his subscription ‘to it the money is always sure to ‘come, and*this is positive proof ‘that eis am ‘honest man, which: is the noblest product of the Gods. : $5. Any Style. WM. &, KIRCHBERGER & CO. 189 So. Clark St, - Chicago, Wt a SYMPOSIUM o€ SUCCESS ; ee enna aie =< ;" said the Button. _ \ “Bake psins,” said the Window. B be led,” said the Pencil. _ “Be up to date,” said the Caléndar. “An keep.cool,” said the Ice. x. lose your head,” said the Bar- "i a tel Soca” said the “Aspire to greater things,” said the “Make much of small things,” said the weitere to saying o€-hand” mid — | time in ” said — “Do the work you are suited for,” said the Flue. “Get a good pull with the ring,” said the Doorbell. “Be sharp in your dealings,” said the Knife. “Find e good thing and stick to it,” said the Glue. “Trust to your stars for your success,” sald the Night “Strive to make a good impression,” said the Seal. “Turn all things to your.advantage,” said the Lathe. - “Make the most of your good points,” said the Compass. “Be always on the lookout for a ‘shiap,” sald the Camera. “Be ever ready to do a good turn for g@hyone,” said the Crank. - “Never take sides, but be round when you're wanted,” said the Ball. “Sacrifice yourself, that through you others may succeed,” said the Orange. “Keep a good heart, though you be drawn and quartered for it,” said the Ouk—N. Y. Life. OB RAILS OF STEEL. 4 single modern rail, GO feet, 10 pounds to the yard, weighs just one ton. “The-Northi-Eastern railway of Eng- ps! hipaa reeg aapemamaae steam in the company's Gen. Charles A. Whittier, of Boston, ‘Who has just returned from a tour of the world, traveled over the Trans-Siberian railroad, a distance of 6,000, in 14 days, which fs about 430 miles a day. A four-cylinder compound locomotive operated on the Adriatic railway of Italy reeently hauled a train of 400-tons St the rate of 62 miles an hour. The roudbed is crooked, with heavy grades. Freight pilys the bills. This is truer of this Country than of any other. Freight revenue is over $1,000,000;00 a y@ir, Passenger receipts about §850,- 000,000. Our sverage passenger train carriés only 42 people. English people take rafiroad trips four times as often im proportion tv Americans, but shorter ones. scinmmane ‘will not be completed for another year. Ft will be some 10,000 feet in length. Many thousand Chinese are employed. Two tumnels are being cut, the upper oue for removing the debris. Considerabie difieulty has been met with, bet there is no doubt of its ulti- mate success, nor of the siving In time It will effect over the Chinese Eastern railroad. ‘LITTLE POINTS OF Law. A combination of the manufacturers of a @ state, the market for four- ths of which is found in other states, to Production and raise the price, is held in Gibbs va. McNeeley (C. C. App., Sth C), 6 L, R A. 152, to be a violation 9¢ the antitrust act of July 2, 1890. ‘The United States cireuit court at Los Angeles has declared the use of oil for ‘prinkling roads in California a public mecessity, and not coverable by a patent. A suit for damages recently brought by a company against Los bas been dismissed. city, in clearing an alley of weeds, is id, in McFadden vs. Jewell (lowa) 60 LR. A. 401, to be exercising its police , 80 that it is pot responsible for “im the performance of the -work by one whom it has employed for : Purpose, which results in the in- fury of @ child attracted there by his -/ The taking with felonious intent of ‘fish which are inclosed in a net, or inany inelosed place which is private ‘property, from which they may be taken oars ae he inven. Ga ses te Slaw (Ohio), 60 Ail. o.com. we , to con- ‘ my. With thir case is an ex- ‘Rete on the subject of the right TH Batis OF LeaRetnc. : A acta. <Rataed, wate on Sis Yale i breterne 0 Ould oe Seine hin teaeoens of Barn. tages eae wenden Con Dr. Albert B. Storms; recently elected president of the lowa state. collexs of sgricultare, is 40 years old and 2 grade- 1 “be eager eg oem aan William Allen White, the Kansas ‘Bewspaper man denies that he Is to be dean of the school of journalism In the ‘State university. “In the first place,” says Mr. "White, “the job bas not been offered me; in the second place, I ‘wouldn't have the job, and im the third place, there is no such job.” _ President Thompson, of the state uni- versity at Columbus, 0., addressed the students in reference to recent disorders om the campus. He declared hasers to be cowards, and said thoge who refuse to submit to such indignities were he- roes. He was giad that the excesses'to whieh be referred were not committed by representative Ohio men. _ IMPROVEMENT OF FRUITS. Marvelous and Unlocked For Results &re Gained by the Crossing of Different Varieties. “The most extensive experiments ever known for the improvement of fruits have been made at Sawbridge- worth, a charming, straggling, véd- Toofed village of Hertfordshire, Eng- land. Day after day the experiments go om there. Nature's occasional freaks are looked for, and eagerly seized upon when found, to be utilized for the breeding of new varieties. Marvelous and unlooked-for results are gained by the crossing of different fruits. And it is these experiments, carried om by three generations of the Rivers family, that have resulted in those marvelous peaches of the nec- tarime flavor, those massive cherries on tiny trees, those high-bred oranges that are in demand even in such places as the West In«ies and the Cape, where orange growing is one of the great Th- Gustries of the country. “These experiments” (which are de- scribed im an interesting article on “The Marvels of Fruit Breeding,” «rit- ten by Mr. Marcus Woodward for Pearson's) “have increased the size of the peach from a circumference of six inches to a circumference of nine inches, and of the nectarine to a cir- cumference of 12 inches; and the value of the fruit has increased proportion- ately.” GETTING A HEARING. It Is a Thorny Path the Average Sing- er Has to Travel—Cost Often Exceeds Returns. “Et fs the bitter truth that fairty good musicians too often find, after years of study and expense, that it is almost impossible to secure a hearing, and that mosey must go out where it ts ex- pected to come in, says Everybody's Magazine. The debut of a singer not unfrequently Involves serious outlay— including a patd manager whose duties cover not only such details as the rent- ing of a hall, advertising. purchase of Goral tributes, etc., but the drumming up of a “paper” audience as well; and free tickets are not always rewarded by applause or press notites. The greatest sheck to an artistic career ts to become ® fad with the so-called smart set, whose interest is fleeting and uudiscrim- inating; yet bills must be paid; patron- age represents money, and few can re- sist the temptation to seek it. Finaity, it is « short-sighted policy for & novice tia lin wee bene ced artist. It may bring financial re- turn, but when an obscure young per- son makes « first bow to the public “as- sisted By”'s celebrity, comparison is in- Ritregen ia the Ais. The chemist of the agricultural de partment have shown that ability to fi the nitrogea, which is inOinitely abun dant in the air, and apply it to the worn- wut fields of the world, will enable man- Kind to cultivate what is practically virgin soil forever. The only available nitrogen is the nitrate of soda beds in the rainless strip between the Andes and the Pacific, which are owned or con- trolled by the Chilanos. This niter ise Genie it cot. A pleat St. Niaguen Falis is taking nitrogen from the air by electrolysis, but not yet in commercial quantity. Pley Fs he portert_ ‘When the eitfld plays, ft is Ifterally or. ganiting its brain, and we shoald recog. nize the fact that the boy or girl en- ‘gaged in vigorous, joyous play iscarry ing out an important part of the sétual work of education and preparation for life. Dr. Hutchinson clatms, therefore, that play should be orgaaized, and that for every dollar spent on a school bufld- ing half as much should be spent on the playground. All Wool Scotch Suits Taller Made, Uncatted-for, $8.50. ‘WM. A. KIRCHBERGER & Co. 189°So. Clark St, - Chicago, it. Genuine Home Spun Suiting to Order, _ $18, Fit Guaranteed. Tieoee sa RS ee DEVINE. & O°CORRELL ATTORNEYS AT LAW Clerk end Washingtea St. Tabspioss, Male Seb CEAGE A. D. GASH oot on ‘Teiophane Sita S072, ATTORGHY A LAW [SSE - ones aa oe FEDERICO M. BARRIOS Attomey & Counsellor at Law Seite 50 Firmentch Bldg. sree Chicago, ORAL AL iene William Howard Fitzgerald LAWYER fem 402 Reaper ack, = GRAD PHONES { O@e=, Mato 3187 STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS LAWYER Suite 200, 123-125 L& Salle Street CHICAGO Grdreace Yards SY Eowitesee, 1 Geetbabd Da SOHN FITZGERALD SUSTICE OF THE PEACE: 6T@' 6 HAL@PFED STRMET, -—~CEIOASO J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Suite 412 Real Estate Board Bldg 9 Dearborn St. Cor. Randolph CHICAGO. 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