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BOSTON COLORE GREAT MASS Ex. Govs. Boutwell and Booker Washington BOSTON COLORED MEN HOLD GREAT MASS MEETING. Ex. Govs. Boutwell and Brackett Speak. A Trotter Triumph. Special Correspondent to The Broad Ax. The greatest mass meeting ever called by the colored citizens of Massachusetts was held under the auspices of the Boston Suffrage League in Faneuil Hall on Friday evening, April 22nd. An enthusiastic audience of three thousand packed the "Old Cradle of Liberty," and filled every seat on the floor and the galleries. Faneuil Hall has seen many spirited meetings, but never was there witnessed a wilder enthusiasm and excitement than prevailed when Rev. Byron Gunner of Newport criticized Booker Washington and Mr. Monroe Trotter was given an ovation when he read the resolution to the country. The halls echoed and reechoed with tumultuous applause as Rev. Byron Gunner fearlessly arraigned the Tuskegee wizard for being opposed to Negro suffrage. When Attorney Clement G. Morgan, Harvard's first colored class orator, opened the meeting at 8 o'clock it was a sight never to be forgotten. On the platform were some of the most famous white men in Boston, and the audience was profusely sprinkled with white persons, thus showing that the Boston colored people have the sympathy and cooperation of their white friends in their battle for the manhood rights of the Negro. Mr. Morgan said: "We have met here because of the failure of men in Washington to enforce the great laws of the land, and who have been derelict in their duties. What those men need there is backbone." The pent up enthusiasm broke loose when Mr. Morgan introduced the venerable Ex-Gov. George S. Boutwell. Ex-Gov. Boutwell was one of the committee of fifteen who drew up the 14th amendment to the constitution, and he was one of the committee who prepared the 15th amendment. In fact he wrote the 15th amendment and it stands practically today as he wrote it. And that is why the audience of 3,000 gave him such a cordial and enthusiastic welcome. "If any one of the amendments is to go down," said the Hon. George S. Boutwell in Faneuil Hall last night, "the constitution itself, from the preamble to the 15th amendment, will disappear and be trampled under the feet of a people who are incapable of appreciating what is right, or of defending those interests in which they are most deeply interested." "Since President McKinley undertook the acquisition, conquest and subjugation of the Philippine islands, a manifest change has taken place in the United States, not extending, as yet, perhaps, to more than the large minority of the people, as to the possibility or the wisdom of attempting to establish and maintain governments upon the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the doctrine laid down by President Lincoln at Gettysburg. After reviewing the history and results of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments, Mr. Boutwell continued: "Upon the statements and authorities I venture the assertion that never in any other country in which there was a revulsion or change corresponding to the forcible freedom of 4,000,000 slaves has it been followed by a reorganization with so few interruptions and with such complete success after ```markdown ``` Vol. IX an experience of a third of a century. "The experiment in America has been a experiment on the line of human equality, of universal freedom, of confidence in men. The policy in the Philippine islands has been a policy of servitude. However dignified by name, or qualified by promises, it still has been a policy of servitude on the part of one race, and of domination through alleged superiority of attainments on the part of another race. The two experiments are illustrative of the two tendencies in government, one to freedom, to equality among men, the other to domination by those who happen for the moment to be powerful, and servitude among those who for a time happen to be weak." Ex-Gov. J. Q. A. Brackett was next introduced and was given three rousing cheers. He said that the question was of paramount importance. All believers in the constitution and liberty should unite to secure the liberty won for all races by the men who fought in the civil war. "It is not a question of Negro suffrage, or of suffrage for any particular class in the United States, but a question as to whether the right of any class, given them by the constitution, should be taken away by a state," he said "They call us a world power, but if we are incapable of protecting our own people, we shall not long retain our standing as a world power (applause) or long command respect either of our own people or of the other nations of the world." (Renewed applause.) "This attempt by certain states to nullify the amendments to the constitution is worse than that made by those states nearly half a century ago. We need more of that old Jacksonian strength in dealing with this modern phase of nullification. It is the right and duty of congress to reduce the representation of those states which have been doing this disfranchising and it will be derelict if it fails to do its duty. "This affects all of the people of the United States. Appropriate legislation should be enacted. This is due to the people and to the nation. The national honor and character in this respect must be upheld." Then Rev. Byron Gunner made the speech of the evening. He said: "I would rather be kept away from the that they are properly devised, and to than by law. I would rather be shot down by a mob at the polls than be kept away by law. Political parties are our servants and not our masters. And I would say of the Republican party if it falls to do its duty to the Negro, as the man said of his dead mother-in-law, "Take no chances, embalm, cremate and bury her." Then Rev. Gunner said, amid deafening applause, "I am opposed to Booker Washington or any man, be he white or black, rich or poor, Republican, or Democrat, Gentile or Jew, who assists in moulding a sentiment hostile to the recognition of the Negro as a man. I am opposed to Booker Washington or any man who holds the ballot cheap and who ignores the importance of the civil and political rights of the Negro." This assertion brought the audience to the white heat of enthusiasm and excitement. The applause was so great that it was some minutes before Rev. Gunner could proceed. Then he said, "I am in favor of any man or party that will oppose the with- HEW TO THE LINE. holding of the rights guaranteed to the Negroes by the Federal Amendments to the Constitution." Then Dr. Francis H. Rowley; the pastor of the Commonwealth Avenue Baptist church, whose recent sermon in behalf of the Negro stirred New England. Although the pastor of a wealthy white church, Rev. Rowley has the native fire of eloquence which is supposed to be only a natural gift of the Negro race. He was a persuasive and magnetic speaker and touched a sympathetic chord in the audience from the start. He spoke of the indifference of the country to the question of the Negro's rights, and said that some of his friends asked him if he wasn't angering the South and stirring up strife by talking on the race question. Then, amid great applause, Dr. Rowley punctured Mr. Washington's pet doctrine that the Negro should first get the education and property and then get the ballot. Dr. Rowley said that never in the history of the world had there been an instance where a race first secured education and property and then attained the ballot. The agitating for political rights went hand in hand with the getting of education and property. Without the ballot property was not safe, and the possession of the ballot was of vital importance. "I am not pleading for the Negro, but for the man. I want him to have the rights of a citizen. In case of war he could be called upon for service under the flag. If such is the case, why should he not be given some political rights under the flag." "The outcome of just such a meeting as this does not concern you alone, but the future of our children. The Negro can be driven away from the ballot box by firearms, now, but, some time, he will fight for his right with firearms." Pandemonium reigned, and the roof was nearly lifted with thunderous applause when William Monroe Trotter, the Editor of the Boston Guardian and the Gibralter of Negro Liberty stepped forward to read the Declaration to the country. He was cheered again and again. "What is the matter with Trotter?" someone asked. "He is all right. He is for the race," came up from hundreds of lips. The ovation to Trotter conclusively proved that he is endorsed by the colored people of Boston in his strenuous fight for the rights of the Negro, and that he has the sympathy of many of the best white people of New England. The address to the country was thoughtful and eloquent. It declared that the constitution was being violated as to the parts that referred to the rights of the colored men, that neither the president nor the supreme court were affording any relief and that congress positively refused to stop the violations even when the issue came before it as in the Danzler-Lever case. Some of the planks were: Since it is only through possessing the ballot on equal terms with others that we have as a class any possible escape from injurious and enslaving laws, or any chance to secure laws necessary to progress, we note with alarm and resentment the refusal of congress to oppose Negro disfranchisement. We urge all colored Americans, especially in states where they have the balance of power in congressional districts, to vote for those candidates only who publicly pledge themselves, if elected, to propose and support measures intended to annul the nefarious southern revised state constitutions and enforce the amendments." "In the present situation of increasing racial prejudice against darker races, of racial civil proscription and racial disfranchisement our political leaders must be of our own choosng. We cannot accept as race-spokesmen members of our own race pensioned by members of the domnating race. In our stand for race representatives in politics who are untrammeled, who are free from the notion that we are a child among races, who believe liberty is as dear as life, the ballot our chief need and agitation for it our first duty, we bespeak the support of all fair-minded men." The throwing of political strength as a unit with regard to the two lead- ing political parties with the aim of securing all that is possible for the Negro in the line of the ballot and equal rights was advised. The talk of the town is that Trotter has won and captured Boston. White Dante Luci. Pierre Lutte. REV. OWEN MEREDITH WALLER, M. D. Rector St. Luke's P. E. Church, Washington, D. C., Assoc University of Oxford, England; Active Grand Inspector Gene Jurisdiction Scottish Rite 33; Hon. Member Grand Orient, Repr Club Night at St. Mark's Church. on a large scale, for t Rector St. Luke's P. E. Church, Washington, D. C., Associate of Arts, University of Oxford, England; Active Grand Inspector General Southern Jurisdiction Scottish Rite 33; Hon. Member Grand Orient, Republic of Haiti. Tuesday evening, April 26, the Philanmatheon Club entertained the majority of the young men's clubs at St. Mark's church, 47th and State streets. It was in every way a very interesting affair. All the younger clubs between the ages of 17 and 35 were brought into union with one another, and much good will come out of this union in the future. The object of every club present was to help our young men up to see that they are properly advised, and to make a firm basis for our young men to stand and work upon. On this rare occasion they had their annual installation by Rev. J. W. Robinson, pastor of St. Mark's church. Their newly elected president is a great worker in this line, and also a good Christian worker of St. Mark's. Known by every one in the church and district as J. D. Johnson. Their secretary and able worker is Mr. Phicael Thompson. They have made great progress in their work, and I think and every one present thought, that the clubs represented, with those that were not represented, will be the upbuilding for our race, as they will soon be called upon to fight the battles for the race, that is, the young men of the race. As I said before, this club had twenty-four or five clubs present and introduced and mingled together in such a manner that I am sure something of great importance will come out of it. There were present Mr. B. Johnson of 860 Carroll avenue, who is now studying at the Y. M. C. A. as secretary in that organization, which he wants to organize as soon as he has finished his course. He is a graduate of college and is now going to use his knowledge for a purpose that no other man of Chicago in our race has done, that is, to establish a Y. M. C. A. among our colored young men of this city, a thing that is badly needed. As he stated in his address to the vast audience, that there are seven thousand young men in this city, and they have not an organization of this kind. And I will add to what he has said by stating that out of about ten or twelve thousand colored men in this city we do not own a hall whereby our people can meet in and call it our own. Once this great society is organized in this city we will realize a thing rare in the Chicago history of the Negro men, that is the owning of a meeting place for our different organizations, and doing business with our own people --- and colored people are flocking to his banners: The Tuskegee Sun is sinking in the west and another Guardian Star is rising in the East. WILLIAM H. FERRIS, 61 Joy St., Boston, Mass. M. on a large scale, for the uplifting of our young men and young ladies. Mr. Jones of 3849 Dearborn street, was also present, and delivered a grand address. Mr. Jones is one of the few colored men ever sent to a convention as a delegate of the Y. M. C. A. There were also a number of clubs of high standing, as far as this project of race lifting is concerned, present, namely, the Equal Justice, whose president is Mr. Smith, the graduated optician of 2928 State street, and the Forensic, whose president is Mr. Johnson, of 2827 Wabash avenue, and the Maceo, president, Clarence H. Burke, of 4901 Armour avenue, who is also interested in this work, and the Des Juves Asperants, whose president is a worthy young lady, Miss Lillian Saunders, of 3615 Dearborn street, who is very promising, also the Young Men's Progressive Club of Bethel Sunday school, President', Mr. Herd, and the Young Ladies' Culture Club, President, Miss M. White. This entertainment must be considered a great thing within itself, as they also entertained their respective clubs in the highest manner possible, of course I am not yet mature, only a young man of twenty, but I am a race-lover to the bottom of my heart, and although very young I can see that these matters are important to the race both personally and individually. Hoping these things will be firmly pressed on every one's mind and bring you out to help us and our clubs. CLARENCE H. BURKE. President of the Maceo and St. Mary's Sunday Club, 4901 Armour avenue. The Eureka Club will give its second annual May ball at Central Hall, 22nd and Wabash avenue Monday evening, May 2nd. Music by the Metropolitan Orchestra. Prof. J. W. Hall,prompter. Admission 35 cents. Chas. Gaskin president, Tap Watkins secretary, W. H. Perry, treasurer. The Booklovers Magazine for M contains many highly interesting articles. The Character Sketch of Matthew Stanley Quay by Joseph M. Rogers, is by far the most brilliant article ever written of the great Napoleon of Republican Politics. The "Flower Maidens" and the other water color sketches by Louis Rhead are simply magnificent, and all in all it is one of the best editions ever put forth, and it cannot fail to please the many hundred thousand readers of the Booklovers Magazine. --- No.27 POPE. PIUS X. ADVOCATES JUSTICE FOR THE NEGRO. In Letter to Editor Chiles Pontiff Says That Sentiment Is Shared by Most Americans. Topeka, Kas., Special-In answer to a resolution adopted by the Western Negro Press association, urging that papal influence be used to secure "better treatment of the Negro race in this country," Pope Pius X. sent a letter recently to President Nick Chiles of the association and editor of the Topeka Plain Dealer. Mr. Chiles yesterday made public the communication, which came through Cardinal Gibbons. The letter says: I have much pleasure in assuring you that his holiness has read the resolution with interest and sympathy, and I am commissioned to thank you and all your associates cordially in his name. The sovereign pontiff is well aware that there are many Catholics among the Negroes of the United States, and this knowledge increases his interest in the welfare of your race. His holiness, as the vicar of Christ, extends his loving care to every race without exception, and he must necessarily use his good offices to urge all Catholics to be friendly to Negroes, who are called, no less than other men, to share in all the great benefits of the redemption. The life and example of St. Peter Claver, and of so many other Catholic missionaries show that this is no new conception of the apostolate entrusted to the church of Christ. Whilst frankly admitting that crimes may often be committed by members of the Negro race, his holiness advocates for them the justice granted to other men by the laws of the land and a treatment in keeping with the tenets of Christianity. I am confident that these sentiments are shared by the vast majority of the great American people and by those who are responsible for the custody of the principles underlying the American constitution. MERRY DEL VAL, Papal Secretary of State. Rev. Charles Lewis Seasholes White of Germantown, Pa., in a lecture in that city before the Home Mission Society, exclaimed, "I believe that if the colored people of the United States called a convention and made a formal protest against the inter-marriage of the white and black races, they would remove the suspicion which lurks in the minds of the whites that a Negro's highest aim is to be a white woman's husband or a white man's bride." This question plainly shows that this Rev. man of God should be confined in some lunatic asylum for several years, then perhaps he would be able to familiarize himself and all others who entertain the same ideas as himself as to the highest ambition of the Negro. He would be in better business if he was in favor of calling a convention for the purpose of formulating plans to prevent first class white gentlemen and especially in the South, from making carnal advancement toward Afro-American women, for it might be well for Rev. Seasholes to remember, that ninety per cent of all the bastard children born to Negro women in the South are the offspring of white men. That many of those white gentlemen who spend their leisure hours in the company of their colored female lovers are preachers, Sunday school teachers, state legislators, United State senators and many other eminent cutthroats and immoral scoundrels, who are constantly posing in the eyes of the public as the embodiment of purity and morality. Among the three or four stabs The Freeman of Indianapolis, made at The Broad Ax last week, it asserted that "Editor Julius F. Taylor is honing to pose as a modern Ishmaelite." In this The Freeman is mistaken, and we are simply manfully contending for the civil and the political rights of the Negro, that's all. Inasmuch as The Freeman has sold itself, body and sole to Booker T. Washington, it is ever ready to jump on other Afro-American editors who have failed to follow suit. 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He reads not only the standard works, but the new publications and the current periodicals of both hemispheres are devoured. He reads German, French, English and Chinese as easily as he reads his own language. He has been accustomed to give five to six hours a day to reading. Now, perhaps, he has been obliged to cut short those precious hours. American Looms in London. Our consul at Nottingham notes that the recent visit of British cottonspinners to the United States has already resulted in the adoption of the American automatic loom in several of the largest English mills. Other American inventions for facilitating weaving operations are being tried. Some of them encounter opposition from the workmen who are relieved by the new machinery from duties which they formerly performed by hand. Flight of Big Birds. Of birds now in existence, probably the one with the greatest expanse of wing in proportion to the body and with the greatest power of flight is the frigate or man-o'-war bird. This bird apparently files more by skill than by strength, for it has not great carrying powers. The wandering albatross, the largest of all seabirds, is also one of our strongest flyers. One bird was known to fly at least 3,150 miles in 12 days. The Pope's Good Fellowship. The other day the Vatican architect, Constantine Schneider, had occasion to see the holy father in order to submit some plans. As he was retiring Pius X. smilingly said: "Mr. Schneider, do you know that we are related?" The architect was astonished, but Pius X. added: "Well, Schneider in German signifies just what Sarto means in Italian—a tailor. Therefore, we must come from the same family." Fatal Shock by Telephone. A verdict for $15,000 damages has been procured at Media, Pa., in a peculiar suit against a telephone company. The children of Thomas F. Delahunt sued for that sum because of the death of their father from a shock received over the telephone. A heavily charged electric light wire which had fallen across the telephone circuit caused the fatal shock.—N. Y. Tribune. By One of the "Other People." Little James (who was of an inquiring mind)—Father, what do they mean when they call a man public-spirited? Prof. Broadley—Why, it usually means that he is very liberal in endeavoring to persuade other people to spend their money bountifully for the public good—Stray Stories. Canada's Large Imports The total value of all merchandise imported into Canada for consumption during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1903, was $233,790,516, of which $136,796,665 was dutiable, and $96,904,451 was non-dutiable, the dutiable goods paying $37,110,354, based on a 27.1 per cent duty. Wooden Corsets. In 1585 the corps pique (a corset) was a hard wooden mold into which the wearer was compressed and suffered from the splinters of wood that penetrated the flesh. It took the skin off the waist and made the ribs ride up, one over the other. Strong Current of the Tigris. Strong Current of the Tigris. The current in some parts of the Tigris river is so strong that the British steamboats running on it with the consent of the Turkish government sometimes can make no headway for hours, and are occasionally turned around completely. Traffic on Siberian Railway. The tracks of the Siberian railway are laid on the ice across Lake Baikal. During the month of March there were carried over the temporary line 1,693 freight cars, 673 cars of soldiers, 25 cars of officers, and 65 engines. Andrew Carnegie has the best collection of autographs of crowned heads and famous persons in contemporary history. There are frequently not only signatures, but also letters written to him on various subjects. Work of Paris Mint. The returns of the work at the Paris mint in 1903 show the value of gold coins struck off for France and its colonies as $17,822,620; silver, $316,780; nickel $200,000, and bronze, $108,790. Heathen Business Methods. Business among the Chinese, according to a Russian traveler who has just returned from Manchuria, is on a cooperative basis. There are neither proprietors nor employees, but all who work in an establishment are partners. From time to time small allowances are doled out to them—barely enough to live on—but at the end of the year all the profits are divided. The Chinese merchants are so honest that among all the ten branches of the Russo-Chinese bank located in China there has been no record since their establishment of a single protested note.—N. Y. World. Mothers' Vocal Duties. Mothers and those who have the education of children in their hands are chiefly responsible for our abuse of the English language and our elocutionary shortcomings. A mother should make it a special duty to correct every mistake in the sound of her child's voice and in its choice of words; and if voice production, the right pronunciation of words, and distinct reading aloud, were made part of a child's training, we would soon become an intelligible and musically-voiced people. Unchecked, we shall ultimately bark. Natural Inference. Jennie's mother was expecting company, but just before train time a telegram arrived, which read: "Missed train. Will start at same time to-morrow." Jennie rushed home from school expecting to see the guest, but instead was shown the message. After reading it laboriously and carefully through she exclaimed: "Why, mamma, if she starts at the same time to-morrow, she will miss the train again."—What To Eat. Sinking and Rising Seas. The recent news of the sinking of the level of the Sea of Azof, threatening some of the commercial interests of Russia, is supplemented by a report that the Aral sea and Lake Balkash, the first 1,000 and the second nearly 2,000 miles east of Azof, are rising, although up to 1891 the Aral sea had for many years been sinking. Some geologists think these changes are due to slow upheavals and subsidences of the earth's crust. Obliging the Curate. One evening a young curate entered a rural station in England. He was much shocked to see a drunken man lolling on the platform. He approached the solitary porter and asked: "Are drunken persons allowed here?" "Weel, no, sir," was the rejoinder, "but if ye stan' round th' corner in th' shadow, nae body 'll notice ye!"—Buffalo Commercial. Russian Female Students. A Parisian journal says in regard to the numerous Russian female students in the French metropolis that they are for the most part very plain, and without any feminine charms. Most of them are very poor, live in garrets and starve their bodies, while they study hard. Most of them are nihillists. "The Royal Stockjobber." The king of the Belgians is known as "the royal stockjobber." With all his wealth and schemes for the getting of more, the king is not happy. He is forbidden to take any but the most simple fare, and the poorest laborer in his kingdom extracts more joy from life than he. New Kind of Shoe Brush. A fountain blacking brush is the latest addition to the long list of useful appliances that inventive genius has recently contributed to the home. The commendable features of this affair, according to the inventor, include cleanliness and thoroughness. The Book Output. A Brussels expert, M. Paul Otlet, estimates that from the invention of printing, in the middle of the fifteenth century, to January, 1800, 12,163,000 different books have been issued. He also estimates that about 200,000 books are now annually issued. Tattoo Records. The members of an African tribe keep their individual records of acts of prowess in war and other matters of personal interest by means of tattoo marks. Preferably, the diary is kept on the body of a wife. Qualifications of Jan Voters Qualifications of U.S. Voters To vote for a member of parliament a Japanese must be 25 years old and pay about $7.50 annually in direct national taxation. This rule shuts out nearly 99 per cent. of the population of Japan. Consular Agents British consular agents differ from those sent out by the United States in being diplomats instead of business men on the lookout for trade chances for their countrymen. Jews in Russia. The Russian law, which compels all Jews to live in the ghettos of cities, is not modified even in the case of invalids, who might save their lives by a change of air. Quick Cable News The result of a cricket match in Melbourne was cabled to London, 17,000 miles, through nine relays, in two and a half minutes. English Will Use English. The Britishers are not going to use "chauffeur" or "garage," any more. They will say "motorman" and "motorhouse." London's Unemployed Porters. There are fully 790 cotton porters now unemployed in Liverpool alone, and many thousands of other classes of man. USE LINEN AS COLLATERAL Many Laundresses Said to Pawn Customers' Clothes Systematically in Raising Money. A New York pawnbroker recently told me of a scheme resorted to by many washer-women which may be of interest to those housewives who have noticed that their finer garments and household linens are slow in getting home from the wash. He says that these washer-women make a regular practice of raising money on their patrons' better classes of linen. "For instance," said he, indicating a large package neatly done up, "that contains some very fine garments and a lot of household linen. The whole is worth perhaps $40. At any rate, I lent $20 on it. You see, the washerwoman takes the things home with her, washes them at once, and instead of returning them to their owner, brings them here and gets money, which she can use for at least a week, and sometimes much longer. By the time she has to take these out for delivery she has another lot which she can bring here in its place. Thus she keeps the money indefinitely. A washerwoman with a large number of such patrons can keep $200 or $300 in the air all the time and still get the goods back in time to satisfy those people who have sufficiently large reserve stock on hand." BIG ENGLISH HOMES. Wentworth-Woodhouse Said to Be the Largest of Its Kind—600 Feet Long and Contains 183 Rooms. Knowsley, where Lord and Lady Derby have been entertaining King Edward, is no doubt a very roomy dwelling-house, but it is scarcely, as stated by a contemporary, the largest in England, says the Westminster Gazette. This proud position is generally accorded to Lord Fitzwilliam's Yorkshire seat, Wentworth-Woodhouse. Of this house it is said that the three principal entrances are so far distant from each other that visitors are advised to bring three hats with them, one to be kept at each point of egress. This is, of course, a needless counsel; but a house which is 600 feet long, has a hall into which two average suburban villas could be comfortably placed, and boasts a room for every two days of the year, is certainly large enough to satisfy any reasonable ambition. Of other commodious residences, Farnham castle has corridors over a mile in aggregate length; Blenheim palace stretches over 348 feet, and has 15 staircases; Mount Stuart, Lord Bute's Rothesay seat, is said to cover an acre and to have cost £2,000,000. Castle Howard has 125 rooms, and Raby castle stands on nearly two acres of land. A MONSTROUS IOWA GOOSE Fowl Weighing 144 Pounds Will Be Shown at St. Louis-Egg Makes Fourteen Custard Pies. Harry Pinkham, a Nevada (Ia.) horseman, owns a Toulouse goose which is a monstrosity, and which has attracted a great deal of attention on account of its great size. The goose weighs 144 pounds, stands over two feet high, and lays an egg as large around as an ordinary carafe. The fowl has been exhibited by Mr. Pinkham at several of the live stock shows, and has always attracted attention. It is the intention of Mr. Pinkham to take the goose to the St. Louis exposition and have it exhibited with the great poultry exhibit to be arranged during the summer. The weight of this goose was so great that the web feet became crippled, and in order that the fowl might easily walk over the frozen ground this winter Mr. Pinkham had made for it a pair of rubber shoes which had been made to fit exactly upon the two web feet, and with this artificial aid the goose gets about on the ice and the hard ground quite well. With one of the eggs which the goose recently laid a Nevada boarding house keeper made fourteen custard pies. JAP GIFTS IN WHITE HOUSE. Oriental Diplomats Present Mrs Boosevelt with Collection of Dolls Dressed as Court Ladies. The Japanese diplomats in Washington are welcome guests at the white house, and Minister and Mme. Takahira have contributed greatly to the pleasure of Mrs. Roosevelt and the children of the president. There is a Japanese corner at the white house for which these foreigners are responsible. They have presented Mrs. Roosevelt with a collection of Japanese dolls, dressed to represent court ladies and various types of high life in the Land of the Rising Sun. Instead of sending this gift to the nursery, where Ethel, Archie and Quentin maintained they should go, Mrs. Roosevelt showed her appreciation by giving them a place of honor in the red parlor. Arranged in a gilded cabinet, they form an attractive decoration, their gorgeous robes of bright colored brocade and gold embroidery artistically blending with the brilliant furnishings of the room. Tourists are always attracted by the souvenirs from Japan, and many make inquiries as to their origin. The Harm Noise Does. Noise is an undoubted factor in impairing the tone of the nerve centers. Whether we are conscious of it or not, it hurts the brain and has a deafening, dazzling, bewildering effect on the mental processes. It tires the brain and tends to produce cerebral hyperemia. To live in a noisy atmosphere is to shorten one's days. Irritability, neurasthenia, insomnia are common effects. London Family Doctor. Few Paupers in Japan. There are very few paupers in Japan, because old age is revered there. No parents or children come to want there unless all their natural protectors are dead or disabled. The Herreros of Africa. The Herreros, whom the Germans are now fighting in Southwest Africa, number 20,000 fighting men, of a class far superior to most of the African native races. Anything for Looks. A century ago boot blacking was made of lampblack mixed with rotten eggs. This evil-smelling compound was applied with a sort of paint brush. New Bursting Charge. The Austrian government has recently adopted a mixture of powdered aluminum and nitrate of ammonia as a bursting charge for projectiles. Pretty Well Wired. There are in use in the United States 1,400,000 miles of telegraph wire. Bargains in Real Estate. Two two-story houses near the boulevard, 5311 Dearborn street and 5250 Dearborn street. For sale at real bargains. These are two snaps. For further particulars call on Long and McDonald, Room 410, Reaper Black, Tel. Central 858. Mrs. Anna L. Newby. First class furnished rooms, for rent to gentleman and ladies, with bath and gas. 2628 Wabash avenue. Mrs. J. J. Manley. Florist. Funeral designs of every description, latest and most stylish decorations, for churches and weddings. Palms to rent for all social functions, 3119 State St., Chicago. Nicely furnished rooms to rent for gentlemen. Reasonable rates, 2252 Indiana aveune. John J. Dunn Wholesale and Retail Dealer in.. COAL & WOOD Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAIL YARDS: 51st St. & L. S. & M. S. Ry. 52nd St. and Armour Ave. CHJCAGO AR EAL CHANCE ENTERPRISING CANVASSERS The demand for Professor W. E. B. 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NOT RICH IN REPUTATIONS But Few Men Have Developed in the Estimation. of the Publis— — - New Office Building for " 5 Senators. “PUTTY eects covstsicn Hp a whieh dltayachar- i ye |j/] scterizes the town = oe = corabeg fe: J Eee which AMM || Sore ce We d to the roof, will soon resémble the , barn-like inns of : ®& summer resort “during the dead — days of winter. — J y A SOE IS DO tOWn on the vortiiient which can empty itself more speedily than Washington of the transient. visitors who give life to it while congress is here. "y The session of congress which bas just come’ to @m end lias not been rich in the making of reputations. If any one mah has grown greatly in the estimation of ee Y P who, in a single session, has enrolied among the Little group’ of really great speakers who have presided over the de- liberations of the house. There are not many of them. Clay, Colfax, Biaine, Carlisle and Reed are the iatnes which occur easily to anybody with a historical bent of mind, and itis a high tribute to Cannon that at the close of an unusually short and uneventful session, there should be many wifo are disposed tc group him'with the historic lights. Both republicans and democrats unite to sing Cannon's praises. He is as high- ly regarded on the democratic side of the house as among his own party associates. Even the most hopeless partisans are forced to admit that they have no com- plaint to make against the speaker on account of his conduct in the chair. So tree from partisanishp has he been that the house has been treated several times to a spectacle hitherto unprecedented since the creation of the committee on .Tules. That committee more than once has made reports providing special or- ders for legislation in which the repub- licans and democrats on the committee united im unanimous action. If this had happened in the administrations of Reed, or Crisp, or Henderson, it would have been thought that the heavens were about to fall. ~The-Democratic Leader. ___ Another map who has gained a repu- tation in John Sharp Williams, the new cemocratic leauer of the house. Williams was comparatively un- known outside the house membership yefore the mantel of leadership fell on his shoulders at the beginning of this congreas. He had been a member of the house for several terms and had made some lit- tle stjr by occa- sional clever m | | 4 Sl speeches in whicd he treated the republican majority with- out gloves., But that he had the qualities of real jeadership was hardly suspected except by seme of his intimates until the time came when it was necessary to pick out somebody to assume the re- sponsibility laid down by Richardson, ot Tennessee. . Williams rose to his opportunity in s way to delight his fellow democrats in the house. He has shown tact and bril- liancy has kept bis lance poised for any possible vulnerable spots in the repub- lican armor, and at the same time bas maintained personal relations with the republican leaders which give him in- fluence on the majority side of the house. Williams is @ rather curious product of democratic generation. "He was born in Memphis, Tenn., and his father was 2 confederate colonel, killed at Shiloh. Then young Williams, with his mother, -moved. to his mother’s old family home stead in Yazoo country, Mississippi. He still maintains himself there during the recesses of congress a8 a lawyer and 2 cotton planter. He is one of the most highly educated men in either branch of congress. As he himself expresses t,he “received a fair education” at private ‘New Offices for Senators. - The senate has made up its mind that it shall not be outdone by the house in We ES ter.of office accom- modations for its members. An &p- propristion has been made for 8 new building to be erected just across the way from the ‘senate end of the capitol, which is to be used as an of- fice buflding for senators,and which ‘will cost, when completed, tully as wes be in keeping with Dye yd ter.of office accom- a modations for its Tee | members. An ap- AR a iM been made tie uh} new bufiding to be a erected just across } a the way from the Ve Mri senate end of the i iia capitol, which is to Ln be used 2s an of- A fice buflding for SM eS wit cot whe , ig CS | completed, tuily ——— $2,000,000., It, will As 0 ree Se ee - the architecture o* the capitol, and, with the new bouse ofice building, and the congressional 1i- brary, will compiete a group of monu- er oan e —_— a aA SS Sar el fee = : Thi form what has hitherto been : " ee en ak the ity tate nds of 1 ip we Bach of the ‘Bew structur occupy an entire ae NOW filled with old houses and ‘the new arrangement each senator and ive will be accommodated . of rooms, handsomely hed and supplied with every com- fort that any working statesman could it is not so many years since a great outery went up over the country be- cause the senators had bought an old hotel, known as the Maltby house, where those who could not be supplied ‘with- rooms in the capitol kept their secretaries and their records. Columns ‘Were written about the rugs, and sofas, and private baths-with which hese ‘rooms were furnished, and many peo- ple throughout the country imagined that the senate was lavishing the money of the taxpayers in oriental luxury. __But-times have.changed. The Meit- by building is out of date. Those sena- tors who-are condemned to occupy rooms there regard it as a hardship, ‘and there are mutterings already about Pe ere condition of the place, it it is seen now that a senator, or & representative, for that matter, is en- titled to at least as much consideration im the choice of his working establish- ment ap a lawyer burdened with half the Dusiness. As it is, many repre- sentatives are compelled to lease rooms outside the capitol. ‘With ‘the increase in population of the country, the statesiien in Wash- ington finds his work and responsibil- ity thrice or four times as great as in the-days of the seventies. Ire of the Clerks. Representative Gillett, of Massa- chusetts; who got all Washington - about hisears when . he caused an in- C25 4 il « | crease of the hours Ch eaa wid of labor to the gov- Bd! GN Moe” | ernment clerks, has 3 ‘ fi made more trouble [ Ny fi] | tor himself. He is i Aj chairman of the Y ba a ‘ house committee ‘ on reform in the | civil service com- = mittee, which or- dinarily bas very little to do, and he has devoted him- zs self this winter to =! making a record Na % | Aroused the Ire of fora hithertoinnoc the Clerks. uous body. He bas reported a bill by which it is proposed that after the 30th day of June, 1907, every office in the classified service held by a person who is then over 70 years of age shall become va- cant, and that after the 30th day of Jume,> 4907- ‘every office -in— the classified service shall become vacant when the person holding it becomes 70 years old. As if to add ineylt to injury, Gillett has also reported it as the opinion of the committee that such retired clerke should not be pensioned. To show the injustice of it, some of them have prepared a list of members of the house and senate who will be over 70 years of age on June 30, 1907. That list includes the name of Speak- er. Cannon, whom nobody would ac- cuse of being superannuated. In it, also, are the names of the following United States senators: Morgan and Pettus, of Alabama; Teller, of Colo rado; Platt and Hawley, of Connecti- cut; Cullom, of Ilinois; Allison, of Towa; McEnery, of Louisiana; Hale and Frye, of Maine; Hoar, of Massachu- setts; Burrows and Alger, of Michigan; Cockrell, of Missotri; Gibson, of Mon- tana; Millard, of Nebraska; Gallinger of New Hampshire; Platt and Depew ot New York; Mitchell, of Oregon; Quay, of Pennsylvania; Bate, of Ten- nessee; Proctor, of Vermont, and Fos- tet, of Washington—2 in all, nearl; pne-third of the eenate. ‘The Price of Land. Thomas F. Walsh, the Colorado mil. Honaire, has just bought for 4250,00¢ three lots of land ce two blocks from the whi Ft) a eS years ago for $700, MOEN | and which up te [F: | tne middle of the ee 8 century were val- pio | (GA ued at less thar MacZ BS $10,000. So grea! ae (“Aj has been the in- Lid \ Al crease in value in tf real estate in the District of.Colum- bia — an increase which many real estate experts be. Society After Capito! lieve is only jus" eee lf) be ‘ A Lots. begun. The city of Washington is growing to the northwest with a rapidity which attracts the attention of all observers. Fifteen years ago the business center was on Pennsylvania avenue, between Ninth and Fourteenth streets. At that ‘time F street, two blocks to the north, ‘was chiefiy occupied by residences. Ten years ago the center of business had ‘peen shifted from the avenue to. ‘street, and almost every residence Tiaé ‘been transformed into s shop. . ¥ street is still the center, but with- in another five years it will have los! its prestige, for places of business ar encroaching almost daily on tos streets farther north and west. Withis ten years the business canter will be Hiaireet, and Connecticut avenue, from Fourteenth street west to Seventeenth 2 neighborhood which until with fast three years was regarded as th swell residence section of the town. LOUIS A. COOLIDGE =e. <5 RS ned es oe A Ce ee 7 Page re e See E F< % 3 ee +O" 4 . ED ef eta : a aN eer Pd NE | : ie as 07 PT<_ a /- ca * SCAND AAD OT <9 x A \\ eB T 7 Re Ne 9 | a AS WOMEN te , Lie ao A FAD WORTHY OF re ROYAL HOUSEKEEPER The Dowry Chest, Filled with Many) German Emperor’s Daughter, Princes Usety] Things, a New Idea for- } ‘Victoria Louise, Is Taught to Bugaged Girls. Be Practical. Quite the newest idea for engaged girls is the wedding chest, says a writer im the. St. Louis Post-Dispeteh, 98 even giris who are not engaged are secret possessors of this sentimental and, at the same time, sensible article. ‘The wedding chest may be a fine new trunk, of the Iatest style, or it may be 8 piain wooden affair, prettily covered and lined with Sowered chintz. ‘The idea is to fill the chest-with pret- ty things to wear, or for the furnishing and decoration of a home. One girl is { i A DOWRY CHEST. filling hers with dainty ciothing, which she is making herself; another is buy- ing ornaments and nicknacks from time to time, and filling her chest with them. Not only things to wear, such as gloves, lingerie and dainty hosiery, but pieces of lace, tapestry squares for cov- ering sofa pillows, handsome table cov- ers, are receiving the atterition of a ‘bonnie Scotch maiden. Anotlier is making a fine collection of table linen—napkins, mats, center- pieces and so on. Pretty bits of china and bric-a-brac go in the chest of an- other maiden. ~ Thus the girls are slowly collecting pretty things, and saving them for use in their homes. As a rule, their friends know of the chests, and take pleasure im helping to Sill them, although some of the girls like to feel that everything was bought with their own money. THE BEST BEAUTY DOCTOR ‘What a Mother Can Do to Make Her Children Attractive in the Highest Sense. os Every mother is the best beauty-doc- tor to her own child. We have met mothers who spent a great deal of time Deautifying their children’s garments, to the detriment of what is real beau- tifying—the beautifying of the soul— forgetting that “the eyes are the win- dows of the soul,” and beauty is as beauty does. It is as natural for a little child to ‘wish to be beautiful as it is for a flow- er to turn to the sun. Watch your wee daughter some time, ‘when she is un- conscious of your presence, before mirror. See how she turns this way oe alr eneet on a ss oe a ribbon, all the while smiling at the reflection, a8 she stands there, and finally turning away with the smile Mingering in her eyes and at the cor- ners of ber mouth—for she has learned that a smiling face is more beautiful that one that frowns. And your boy? Have you ever watched him unobserved as he adjusts his collar and tie before the mirror? At first there are grimaced reflected in the glass, for the little lad fds it as difficult as does his father at times to adjust the refractory collar button. But when it is adjustel and the collar and tie are in place, watch your boy straighten and throw back his head fearlessly, as though he felt it a fine thing to turn and face the world with shoulders back and face erect. “I want to be beautiful ‘like mamma,” cried a seven-year-old girl in our hear- ing. “and what makes your mother beau- tiful—her fine clothes?” we asked, af our eyes wandered to the perfectly- gowned young mother in the next rinWhy, 20. She looks just as nice tz her old dress as she does in her new one. It's ‘cause she’s always so hind and sweet to everyboay, and it shows right in her face,” was the answer. - ‘The little maid had put the matter iz a nutebell. Teach your children thai stand for the highest and best in art of real beautifying, remembering always thst example is better than pre cept, and that children are apt imits tnre few Dros. ig Sun Bath for Rheumatism. ‘Try a sun bath for rheumatism. Tr a wet towel to the back of the neck when sleepless. Try swallowing saliva when troubled with sour stomach. Try but termilk for removal of freckles, tan and butternst stains. Try taking your cod liver oll in tomato sauce, if you want to make it palatable. ‘Try o bot fiannel over the seat of neuralgic pain, and re new it frequently. Try s cloth wrung out from colé water put about the neck at night fon.sore throat. Try welling with your hands behind you, if you yourself becoming ‘bent forward. Try Sine er anna ‘compelled to live in a malarial ‘pood. 3 REAL ROYAL HOUSEKEEPER German Emperor’s Daughter, Princess > Wietoria Louise, Is Taught to —, Be Practical. » Hf there were such things as mon- -arehical failures with the consequences Attending financial failures, and if such & disaster meant the giving up of lux- ‘Bry and getting back to primitive eco- momics, as it does with unfortunate men Of business, and if such a disaster should strike the ruling house in Ger- many, thé only daughter of this house, the Princess Louise, would be perfectly competent to enter a kitchen and be- ‘come a typical German housewife. Such has been her training under her careful mother, the German empress, and Ker father, who once said that it ‘Was more important for a woman .to know howto bake a pancake than to be able-fo disctiss constitutional law. “The Princess Victoria Louise, as the only daughter in a large family, has been as much in danger of being petted as if she were growing up in a large family of brothers in any German household. The kaiser, however, is a stern disciplinarian, and theempressbe- Heves in teaching household arts to young girls. The empress herself is famous throughout Germany as a cook, and the little princess is learning her lessons im the kitchen. No meal is ever set before the emperor unless it has been prepared under the supervision of the carefully and thoroughly domesticated wife. It Is proposed that the princess shall be just another such woman as her mother. Like millions of little girls of her age, the princess is just emerging from the doll and dollhouse stage of her ca- reer, which numbers 11 years. Now | the empress thinks the time has come | to fit the girl for real household duties, LT Ht Cri; ~\\ bi (Gi, itt Key | ai ry) a | ' mn ¥ Pe. if . a} wt SS eM KOM ile SS } Be esSS TR OA NS SSS 4 => BY AS SSS PRINCESS VICTORIA LOUISE. (Only Daughter of the German Emperor and Empress.) and a miniature kitchen erected at Potsdam is the result. The room in which the princess learns to make the delicacies dear to the German hedrt is just off the great palace kitchen presided over by “Ober- hofkuchenmeister” Huebner,afunction- ary just as high and mighty as his 20 lettered title—“chief court kitchen master”—would indicate. Huebner is the cooking teacher for the princess. The Chicago Tribune claims that her kitchen is_a model on a reduced scale of the court kitchen. {t is equipped with a tiny range of its own, with sinks and racks of utensils, barrels, boxes and chests, just as one finds them in a typical, well ordered German housewife’s establishment... The prin- cess will spend two hours in the kitch- en each afternoon with the faithful ‘Huebner at her elbows showing the art of the simpler processes of baking and cooking generally. The princess has warned her father and mother that préseutly she intends to surprise them with something of her own making, and epoch making will be the day when she “tries it on” her fond parents and brothers. Princess Victoria Louise is a blonde and has blue eyes—a typical German girl—and looks like her father. She gives promise of being tall and of at- tractive, slender figure. She is always tastefully dressed, usually in white when she is seen in public, and her ap- pearance in Unter den Linden, driv- ‘ing with her mother or her governess, the signal for much affection- ate amusement, for she has been taught to bow most seriously when her fath- on ees oe. _ As she is the only girl in so big and o affectionate a family, and is besides youngest of the kaiser’s seven chil- Princess Victoria Louise Adelaide Charlotte—to give her the benefit of her name—would be ba‘t- : spoiled if it were not for her father’, supervision. Even as it is, she an uncommonly lively and head- Tittle miss, and time and agaip made things uncomfortable for pal- servants whose duty it is to kee; 4 restraint and never let her sr sight for a second, day of ” A Hint for the Cook. ' & encumber sliced into tomato sous bolling will add a delicious flavor esi te imine ont Jun bt Actual Service to Be an Abso- lute Test—Prospect of Appoint- ._ ments Becoming Easier. The splendid service rendered by those who obtained commissions in the army following the civil war was abun- dant proof of their fitness for com- mand. The test of war service is one which cannot be equaled by any sys- tem of examination or marking that ‘may be devised in a time of peace. The fact of the qualifications of an officer as developed under war conditions is absolute; the question of probable effi- ciency has no definite standard, says the Army and Navy Journal. In ad- dition, 40 years of military progress have made the requirements for the ac- complished officer ntuch more exacting than ever. Now that there is a pros- pect that we may have 12 appoint- ments in the year to the commissioned ranks of the navy, so long as thers may be a shortage of graduated offi- cers, and with the reduction of ths term in the warrant grade so that the enlisted man may get toa commission at some time before histhirties it would seem that all aad been done that need be done toward making the promotion easier. What is mainly to be feared is that under the stimulus of the need of officers the restriction of numbers may be removed and a broadly framed gen- eral provision may make it possible for those to secure a commission who would not or could not qualify under ‘the present restrictions. On the other hand, promotion within the limits now set should not be made impossible ‘through the establishment of standards which, however conscientiously adopt- ed, might be found prohibitive. ITALIAN ARTIST'S COURTESY Painter When Asked for Post-Card Picture Makes Polite Reply Which Is a Refusal. Public men who are bothered by re- quests for autographs and the like ar2 often hard put to it to answer polite- ly, but a certain celebrated Italian painter managed to do so with studied courtesy, says the London Hour Glass. A correspondent wrote to him: “I am making a collection of painted post- cards, and should feel highly flattered i you would send me one with a little picture painted on it by yourself. It would be the most treasured card in my collection, as I should be able to say that you were one of the first to honor me in this way. Hoping to re- ceive one, I beg to thank you in ad- vance.” Most men would have torn ‘guch a missive up. Not so the artist, who wrote politely in reply: “Dear ‘Sir: I am making a collection of thou- ‘sand franc notes, and shovid feel my- self highly flattered if you would send me one. It will certainly be the most treasured thousand franc note in my collection, as I should be able to say that you were one of the first to honor me in this way. Hoping to receive ona: I beg to thank you in- advanea.” JAPS INDEBTED "TO KOREA. Almost Every Art and Industry for Which the Former Are Noted ‘Was Acquired from Them. “In view of what Korea has been to Japan in the past, it is not strange that the Japanese people should now feel morally bound to prevent the oblitera- tion of their ancient bénefactors by the Russians, even though the Russia oc- cupation of Korea did not threaten Japanese independence,” Mr. Colgate Baker remarks in his article on Japan and Korea in Pearson’s. “Toenumerate all of the boons conferred upon the Jap- anese by the Koreans would be an end- less task. Almost every art and indus- try in which the Japanese have become famous was taught them by the Koreans. Painting, pottery and porcelain making, embroidery, the manufacture of silk and cloth, im fact everything which has beautified and enriched Japan came through the medium of Korea. “Japan is also indebted to Korea for a knowledge of irrigation and improved methods of agrieulture. The arts of fyory and wood carving, in whici: the ‘Japanese have achieved such worder- tal success, were taught them by their good friends, the Koreans.” KOREA PATHWAY OF NATIONS Career of Peninsular Country a Check- ered One—Brought to Notice of Americans in 1871. Nothing encourages the study of ge- ography like war, writes Homer B. Hul- bert, in “Korea, the Bone of Conten- tion,” in Century. It was in 1871 that Americans began to look up Korea on the map, for at that time we were at war with her; but there was only one battle, and in that battle only one man was killed—on our side. So the geogra- phies were soon put back on the shelf. {mn 1894 Korea again came to the front, but the Chinese fied so precipitately be- tore the Japanese that before the geogra- phies were fairly open the tide of war swept across the Yalu and left Korea again the “Land of the Morning Calm.” And now again in this year of grace she is to be rade, though much against her will, the chessboard for another game. {m 1228 she was swept from north to south by the Mongols in their efforts to get at the Japanese. In 1592 she was ‘swept from south to north by the Jap- anese in their effort to get at the Chi- nese. She has been verily the pathway of nations, trodden of every foot. ew Form of Fish Story. & remarkable duck story comes from Nantes, France. Some fishermen were out at sea during a terrific thunder- storm, when suddenly s number of roasted dacks fell into thelr boat. The lightning had struck 2 flock and cooked the birds toa turn! eee Cee ae ‘There is a policeman’s college in St Petersburg to train applicants for the force. In @ museum connected with the schools the pupils make themselves familiar with the tools of criminals— jimmies, drills, chisels and contriv- ances for robbing collection boxes. Tha Russian passport system is studied in detal. The duties of the dvorniks, a sort of assistant police, are taught. ‘They keep watch on the residences, re- port on the habits of the tenants and their visitors, examine the papers of ‘newcomers, and direct them to report themselves at the police station. We Melody in Javan. Protagonists and antagonists = what is miscalled “Japanese” assert that it out-Wagners Wagner in descriptiveness—that there is no such thing as “music” in Japan: The Jap- anese themselves say with the utmost complacency that they have possessed since the eighth century (when to Corean “melody” was added the Chi- nese scale and notation) “the perfect music.” There is no such thing in Japan as melody for itself—as we know it in the west—and that is what an occidental thinks of when he speaks of music. Sarthcuakes and Skyscrapers. In speaking of the probable effect on New York city’s skyscrapers, had the recent earthquake in New England ex- tended a little farther south, Prof. James F. Kemp, head of the depart- ment of geology at Columbia, said: “Steel structures are much better cai- culated to withstand an earthquake shock than buildings composed entire- ly of masonry or wood. The steel frame of a building would behave much like a wicker basket. It would bend and vibrate, if the shock were strong enough, but the chances are against ts falling.” ‘When You Go to Florida. “It’s a mistake to think that the vis- {tors to Florida get the early vegeta- bles,” said Mr. Thomas H. Benson, of New York. “The fact of the matter is that the new vegetables go to New York and other northern cities, and the visit- ors get the aftermath. The only thing Florida has is climate. It has a corner on that, and visitors are expected to pay for it. They do.”—Washington Post. a Passes for Railway Men. More than 1,000 engineers and con- ductors on a southern railway are sub- ject to the following orders, recently is- sued, regarding passes: Men who have gerved five years will receive passes over their own division; ten-year men an- nuals over the system east of the Missis- sippi river, and 15-year men are entitled to one that includes their wives. Wretched Postal Service. “Tailor—The postal service isin a wretched condition. Friend—Never noticed it. “Well, I have. During last month I sent oct 180 statements of account, with requests- for immediate payment, and so far as I can learn not more than two of my customers received their letters.”—New Yorker. a Servants in Japan. The Jpaanese women have no serv- ant problem to solve, sjmply because they do not look down on servants a3 such. “Visitors bow as low to serv-| ants as to their mistress, and if the; mistress is away, the servants serve, tea and entertain the visitors. Beal Object of the Boer War. The tide of passion which flowed so fiercely during the South African war is now ebbing. Since the disclosure of the design to introduce slave labor into the Transvaal, people can no longer be deceived as to the real object of the war.—Toronto Sun. - The Kink That Won't Come Back. ~ You cam make your hair just as straight and smooth as you want to by using the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow, and the kink that was there before will not come back. The Ozon- tized Ox Marrow also keeps the hair from falling out, cures dandruff and makes the hair grow. It never fails. One bottle does it. Sold over forty years to ladies of refinement all over ‘the country, giving perfect satisfac tion. Send us 50 cents and we will ship you a bottle express paid. Ad- dress Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wa- bash Avenue, Chicago, Il. THE BROAD AX. Is for sale at the following news stands: The Afro-American News Office, 2104 State Street. A. F. Tervaion'’s Cigar Store and News Stand, 2826 State street. Edward Felix’s Cigar Store, 348 30th street, N. HE. Corner Armour Ave. T. B. Halls Cigar Store and Laundry office, 281 29th St. Turner -William’s Cigar and News Stand, 2903 armour Ave. Mrs. B. Williams, Cigars, Notions and News Stand, 436% State street. Frank H. Hart, 354Sist street, cl- gars, tobacco and Laundry office. Mrs. E. F. Early, groceries and no tions, 2933 State St. J. C. Campbell, 145 W. 47th street, Cigars, Tobacco, Staple Groceries, — Isidor Jacobson, cigars, togacco and stationery, 3149 State St. c dry Office, 411 ee Es thew Soeus a Bek ame el into the columns of The Broad 4 A drunken church leader is about as much service to a church as a hoe would be to a barber. The boss devil might be induced to smile if the Revs. Ple-eating Hubert and Archibald James Carey would stand up and lead us in prayer. Alderman Thomas Carey and his family returned home from Southern California last Sunday morning. Baltimore, Md., has a colored Young Woman's Christian Association. At this home, homes are secured for girls and protection given them. For first class and up-to-date hats at rock bottom prices, call at Gallagher's new hat store, 250 West Madison st. Col. William Jennings Bryan, in his great speech in this city last Saturday night, to all intents and purposes, laid Judge Alton B. Parker in his political grave. Mrs. L. A. Davis, 5012 5th avenue, returned home Tuesday morning from Jacksonville, Ill., where she spent several days in the interest of the State federation of Women'a Clubs. The truth that God is a myth is easily taught and quickly learned by those who have not become panic stricken by the priest's cry of fire! fire!!—The Christian Educator. Monday, May 2nd, is Democratic primary day, and there will be some hot fights between the Carter H. Harrison and the William Randolph Hearst factions in the various wards and country districts. Joseph A. O'Donnell, Metropolitan Block, who is one of Chicago's brainy lawyers, is billed to land the nomination for Judge of the Superior Court at the June convention. John B. Stetson & Co., celebrated hats are sold at Gallagher's hat store, 250 West Madison st., for less money than they can be bought for at any The man who cries "My country, right or wrong," is he not also likely to say, "My religion, right or wrong; my party, right or wrong; my own views on every subect, right or wrong?"—The Whim. Mrs. Perry Bates, 5224 Dearborn street, who won a lawsuit against the city within the past two years, is contemplating on purchasing a nice home for herself and husband in the near future. Ex-Alderman P. J. O'Connell, 31st ward, says that the delegation to the state convention from the 31st ward will be for William Randolph Hearst, and that State Senator M. J. Butler will win in his fight against City Oil Inspector E. M. Cummings. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ricketts, 6530 Madison avenue, are the proud and happy parents of a new large and strong daughter. Miss Ricketts arrived at their home last Sunday morning and she and her mother are both doing very nicely. R. Woodfolk of Woodfolk and Mitchell, 4902 State street, dealers in cigars, tobacco and notions, and proprietors of the Onyx Club, is pretty smooth goods, and whenever there is anything doing he is bound to get what is coming to him. Mrs. David Scott, 5042 Armour avenue, is home again from Spending four weeks in Provident Hospital, where a successful operation was performed on her. She is rapidly regaining her health and strength. J. Hamilton, a Negro, who has been employed for 25 years in the service of the Illinois Central railroad at their depot at Cairo, Ill., has been placed on the pension list of that road on account of his faithful service. He now draws a pension of $30 a month. Col. Edward H. Morris, attorney for Elder David Ranting Wilkins, and the Gamblers' Trust, has so far failed to deny that he was not playing both ends and the middle at the same time in the lawsuit which Louis Weber and Company instituted against Dr. A. Beatrice Schultz. Buy your spring hat from Thomas Gallagher, 250 West Madison st., for he carries all the leading styles and shapes at the lowest prices. Ex-Alderman John J. McGillen is whooping things up for Tom J. Webb in the 23rd Ward, who cannot advance any good reasons why he should have been elected as one of the Drainage Canal Trustees, for no one has ever accused him of having much sense in his large head. Tuesday evening, April 26, witnessed a pretty dinner party at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jones, 188 Wells street, in honor of Misses Florence Johnson and Laisy Adkins, of New York, whither they expect to return Thursday. Those present were Rev. Chavis and wife, Mesdames Dengid, Bowden, Mr. Cook and Officer Rowen. A race which expects others to do for it what it can and should do for itself; a race which always wants a job and never has a job to give; a race which always wants to borrow and never has anything to lend, will be a race which deserves and receives the contempt of mankind, mingled with a sort of pity that makes one tired in the back.—New York Age. The April Grand Jury will leave a record behind it which will be hard to surpass by the Grand Juries which will come after it. Up to Thursday evening the present Grand Jury sat in judgment on three hundred and thirty-five cases, and it ground out two hundred and seventy-one True Bills and sixty-four No Bills. Louis Sternheim, who is working for the Government at the present time, and who is the manager for the All-Chicago Ball Club, is one of the leading Republican politicians in the 21st ward, is a candidate for County Commissioner, and the chances are that he will receive the nomination, for his nomination would add strength to the ticket and greatly assist to pull it through next November. Mrs. Anna L. Newby, 2628 Wabash avenue, has, with the assistance of her many grass widows, papered, beautifully decorated and thoroughly renovated her rooming house from top to bottom, she is all ready to entertain the twenty preachers who will be in attendance at the General Conference, which convenes in Quinn Chapel May 2nd, and which will run to June 1st. It is reported that Mrs. Newby has contracted for two hundred fat yellow legged chickens to feed the brethren on. The Republican United States Senators have refused to confirm the nomination of Doctor W. D. Crum as collector at the Port of Charleston, S. C., for the reason that Senator Ben Tillman, who should be hung up to a tree by the neck until he is dead for preaching anarchy and the shot gun policy in the United States Senate, is unable to be present to attack the appointment. But in less than three months these same Republican senators will be tramping over the country cussing and damning every Negro who fails to throw up his nat and shout for them and the grand old party of God and morality. The United States Supreme Court has decided that the disfranchising measure enacted by the legislature of Virginia is constitutional, that the colored voters of that state can find no redress for their wrongs in the highest court in the land. By this time the Afro-Americans residing in the South ought to be convinced that they can never come into the possession of their civil and their political rights through the channel of the Supreme Court. This latest ruling of the court against the Negro reminds us more and more each day that the late Ex-United States Senator John J. Ingalls, was not far from the truth when he declared through the columns of the public press, shortly after the burning of Sam Hose in 1899, "that the Negro will never be permitted to enjoy any greater rights in this country than those accorded to them at the present time, unless he fights for them, that the Negro needs another Toussaint L. Ouverture to fight his battles for him and to lead him out of the wilderness of disfranchisement, mobbing, lynching, Jim Crowism, into the promised land of American citizenship. Will Quit Smoking in Church. Will Quit Smoking in Church. The consistory of Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, has made the announcement that the old custom of smoking in church will no longer be tolerated. High-Priced Tresses. A lock of hair from the head of Prince Charlie, the Scottish pretender, and one from his wife's sold at auction in London the other day for $168. Michigan's Copper Mines. Copper miners in Michigan have increased in number from less than 7,000 in 1893 to more than 14,000 in 1903. It is asking too much of any man, unless he happens to be a Russian, to "Remember the Petropavlovsk." When Most Jap Girls Marry. The age at which the greatest number of Japanese girls marry is between 20 and 21. He Didn't Own It. "They're forever talking about their brother who was killed in an automobile accident." "Yes, they're anxious to give the impression that he was thrown out of the machine, whereas he was merely hit by it."—Philadelphia Ledger. Field for Telephones. In the United States there are upward of 20,000,000 families and at least 5,000,000 places of business, making a total of 25,000,000 opportunities to place telephones. Of these about one-eighth are now equipped. Negro Takes First Prize. A prize of $400 offered annually to the student in a Presbyterian theological seminary who passes the best examination, has been won this year by a negro, a student at Lincoln university, Pennsylvania. A farmer who raises cabbage and manufactures sauerkraut on a large scale was trying to sell 50 barrels of that delicacy to a Front street dealer. The dealer, says the Portland Oregonian, did not appear eager to buy. He said he could hardly get rid of so much sauerkraut before summer, and it was dangerous stuff to have around in hot weather, for it was likely to ferment in the barrels. He said his partner and another dealer on the street had a deal in kraut some years ago which was not profitable. They both had a big lot of the stuff, about 80 barrels in all, on a lower wharf on the city front and did not know what to do with it, as the weather was becoming warm. Finally they agreed to play cards to see who should have the whole, and his partner, who was a crackerjack at cribbage, won. They decided to ship it to San Francisco, but the next day one of the barrels exploded, threw down part of the warehouse and plastered everything within gunshot with the seething, fermenting, nasty-smelling stuff. After cleaning up, the remaining barrels were placed on a steamer and sent to San Francisco. The night after they were landed the warehouse in which they were placed was burned, and they lost the whole lot and narrowly escaped a big damage suit, as it was charged that the fire was caused by the spontaneous combustion of the kraut. Since that time he takes his allowance of cabbage after being cooked with corned beef and well saturated with vinegar. A writer in the Tattler, a London publication which is nearly always bright, and often very well informed, argues that however great the riches of the American millionaires may be, there is no family in the United States which approaches the wealth of the Rothschilds. He makes a good case. It appears that careful estimates of the possessions of the French branca of the family place its riches at or above $300,000,000. The British Rothschilds are rated still higher in the financial world. The German members of the family which won its first success in that country are also very rich, and there are other Rothschilds still to be reckoned with. Altogether, it is claimed that the wealth of the entire family is not less than $1,500,000,000. If that sum is anywhere near the marks, then it follows that there is no American family anything like so rich as the Rothschilds. They can easily outweigh any other house in the extent and value of their property. And most of it is very solid and safe. From the first, the Rothschilds have been careful and shrewd in handling their immense wealth. No one can set a limit on its probable accumulations a generation hence. Origin of the Muff. The muff when first introduced was the exclusive property of the nobility, and originated in Venice. These muffs were very small, and consisted of a single piece of velvet, brocade or silk, lined with fur, and the openings fastened with rich jewels. Such arrangements came in during the early part of the seventeenth century, but in the previous century the ladies frequently carried a piece of rich fur, which they used either as a muff or a neckpiece. Camels Not Superseded. Owing to heavy port charges at Beirut and relatively high freight rates on the Lebanon railway during the harvest, some 4,000 to 6,000 camels, each with a burden of 500 pounds of grain, daily pass between the interior of Syria and the sea via Nazareth. The camel driver, however, claims half of the load as his reward, and the farmer, after paying taxes, for seed, etc., has scant compensation for his labor. Romance in Real Life. Tennyson's poem, "The Lord of Burleigh," was founded on a romance of real life which had for its hero a former marquis of Exeter. As Mr. Henry Cecil he fell in love with a cottage girl named Hoggins and, pretending to be a poor and humble man, he wooed and won her. She was the Sarah, marchioness of Exeter, who died on January 18, 1797. Population of Brazil. The population of Brazil is 16,000,000 of which 1,500,000 are Italians, 1,000- 000 Portuguese, 25,000 Germans, 4,006 English, 400 Americans and about 20, 000 of various other nationalities. The average number of immigrants is about 3,000 a year, the Italians predominating; the German immigration is about 200 a year. Mrs. Subbubs—I see by the papers that that big fire was started by "spontaneous combustion." Mr. Subbubs—Well? "I was just thinking how nice it would be if we could only buy some of it for use in the furnace in the cellar."—Philadelphia Press. Bad Betting. "I have bet a silk hat with that man five times in the last year, and he has never paid me one of them." "That so? I didn't know he was in the habit of breaking his word." 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