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THE BROAD AX "RACE PREJUDICE GREATEST CAUSE." Southern - Mr. Sanborn and Others Spkak. The Ninth Annual Conference to study the Negro Problems convened at the Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga., recently. Three sessions were held, morning, afternoon and evening. The subject for study this year was "Crime Among Negroes in Georgia." The morning session was preliminary and was largely for the benefit of young men and women. The afternoon session was the annual Mothers' Meeting. The principal of Storr's school, Miss J. T. Cutler, read an interesting paper on "Wayward Children," and told of the Negro public schools, their over-crowded condition and of the 1.000 Negro children roaming the streets because there was no room for them in the school houses. The principal address was made by Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, president of the executive board of the Woman's convention. Reports were given on the efforts newly made by the Negroes to establish a reformatory for juvenile Negro criminals. There has been one established for white youths, but none for the Negroes of this state. The principal meeting of the conference was held at night before a large audience. President Horace Bumstead of Atlanta University presided, and in his opening remarks recalled the history of these conferences which began in 1896 with a study of Negro mortality, and this has been followed by annual studies of social conditions, efforts for betterment, business, college training and religion. President Bumstead then introduced M. N. Work( of the State College for Negroes at Savannah, who has been connected with the University of Chicago. In his paper at this conference he compared criminal conditions among Negroes in Chicago and Savannah, saying: Savannah apparently furnishing greater opportunities for beginning a criminal career than Chicago; that the ratio of the Negro arrests and commitments to Negro population is apparently increasing in Savannah. There is probably not at present any great variation in the crime rate of Negroes in the principal cities of this country. The higher rate of Negro criminality in the north and west is probably more apparent than real. The source of the excess in Negro criminality is probably in the South." Similar conclusions were reached by Rev. A. G. Coombs as a result of his study in Augusta. Rev. Dr. H. S. Bradley, pastor of one of the leading white churches in Atlanta, declared that there must be larger co-operation among the better elements of the whits and Negroes in th South for the suppression of crime. The closing speech of the evening was made by Hon. Frank S. Sanborn of Concord, Mass., who spoke on "The Problem of Crime," and especially of the social significance of the criminal and the need of reducing crime to a minimum among an advancing people. He laid stress on the need of exact justice, legal methods and modes of punishment calculated to reform and not to degrade the criminal. After adopting resolutions relating to crime among Negroes, the conference adjourned. The secretary of the conference, W. E. Burghardt Du Bois, has collected a large amount of data which was exhibited in part on large charts in Ware Memorial chapel where the conference met. The following, among other resolutions, were adopted before the conference adjourned: "The Ninth Atlanta Conference, after a study of crime among Negroes in Georgia, has come to these conclusions: "The causes of this state of affairs seem clear: "First. The mass of Negroes are in a transition stage between slavery and freedom. Such a period of change involves physical strain, mental bewilderment and moral weakness. Such periods of stress have among all people given rise to crime and a criminal class. "Second. Race prejudice in so far as it narrows the opportunities open to Negroes and teaches them to lose selfrespect and ambition by arbitrary caste proscriptions is a potent cause of carelessness, disorder and crime. "Third. Negroes have less legal protection than others against unfair aggression upon their rights to life, liberty and prosperity. "Fourth." Laws as to vagrancy, disorder, contracts for work, chattel mortgages and crop liens are so drawn as to involve in the coils of the law the ignorant, unfortunate and careless Negroes, and lead to their degradation and undue punishment, when their real need is inspiration, knowledge and opportunity. "Fifth. Courts usually administer two distinct sorts of justice, one for whites and one for Negroes; and this custom, together with the fact that judge and court officials are invariably white and elected to office by the influence of white votes alone, makes it very difficult for a Negro to secure justice in court when his opponent is white. "Sixth. The methods of punishing Negro criminals is calculated to breed crime rather than to stop it. Lynching spreads among the black folk the firmly fixed idea that few accused Negross are really guilty; the leasing of convicts, even under the present system of state control, makes the state traffic in crime for the sake of revenue instead of seeking to reform criminals for the sake of moral regeneration." State's Attorney Charles S. Deneen, by combining his forces with those of Governor Richard Yates, last week, wrecked the Republican machine of Illinois and rushed Congressman Bill Lorimer, Judge Pat Hanecy, Col. Frank O. Lowden, Senator Cullom, Edward H. Morris and company into their political graves. The old rotten machine which was under the control of those corrupt politicians went to pieces on the 79th ballot. It was the greatest revolution or upheaval in the history of any political machine in this or any other state, and after the debris and the smoke of the great battle which was waged in the Republican State Sonvention at Springfield for over two weeks, was cleared away the following anti-machine ticket Governor, Charles S. Deneen; Lieutenant Governor, Lawrence Y. Sherman; Treasurer, Len Small; Secretary of State, J. A. Rose; Auditor, James S. McCullough; Attorney General W. H. Stead; University Trustees, Mrs. Mary E. Busey, Charles Davidson, W. L. Abbott Col Charles S. Deneen is one of the most popular and strongest men in the ranks of the Republican Party of this state, and unless the Democracy trots out its very best candidate at Springfield, this coming week, in opposition to the handsome State's Attorney of Cook County, he is bound to be the next Governor of Illinois. HEW TO THE LINE. . HON. JOHN P. HOPKINS. The astute Chairman of the Democratic State Committee of Illinois, who is the choice of The Broad Ax as the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee. So far as the great mass of people are concerned there never has been a worse governed nation than our own. The first fifty years of its existence its laws were made to favor slave holders in the South and United States bank and land speculators in the North. In one respect it injured the cotton industry terribly—that was by the tariff on imports exchanged for cotton. This forced foreign nations to seek for cotton elsewhere. But for that tariff we should now supply all the world. All legislation has been for the interests of private individuals or corporations. The tax on tobacco and on spirits was made to favor speculators, not for revenue. It was so enormous it prevented revenue and it ruined the tobacco production. We do not produce any more than we did in 1861. We then grew half a million pounds, doubling it every ten years. We ought to grow five billion pounds, but grow one-hali billion. A review of the legislation of Congress will show it was denounced against it sixty years ago. That all its time is taken up on affairs favorable to speculators, not one day, one hour for the people. Meanwhile extravagance in the wasto of public money is frightful. Here is one act that will expose the whole thing: About ninty years ago congress made a law to give each member $140 extra to buy stationary, knives, pencils and other little things. In about 40 years this had grown to over $900 per member. What is now? Over $10,000 per member! And every thing else has gone on at the same rate. HOLT. REV. ARCHIBALD JAMES CAREY, AND DOCTOR ROBINSON LOCK HORNS IN QUINN CHAPEL SUNDAY SCHOOL. Last Sunday afternoon, Just as the Sunday school in Quinn Chapel was drawing to a close, Rev. Archibald James Carey, and Doctor Robinson, the patent car wheel man, locked horns over money matters. Doc. Robinson claims that he turned over to Rev. Archibald $185, which was the sum of money which was realized from the cantata which was recently given in Quinn by Mrs. Marion Adams-Harris. While on the other hand Archibald claims he only received $85 from Dr. Robinson; these two conflicting statements caused the lie to pass between them in the presence of the Sunday school children. It seems that in the excitement Car Wheel Robinson rushed up into the pulpit after Boss Carey, who, so they say, ran his hand in his hip pocket for his bull-dog revolver, A BAD GOVERNMENT. and some assert that Doc. Robinson was also ready to pull his gun. We will not attempt to prove who froze onto the hundred dollars, but we do know that no Christian minister, and his deacon should conduct themselves in such a manner. M. & F.COLLEGE NOTES. Hopkinsville, Ky. President P. T. Frazer has returned from a visit to the Commencement exercises of the A. & M. College of Normal, Ala., of which Prof. W. H. Councill, Ph. D., is president. President Frazer spent four or five days at the school inspecting the work. It is his expressed opinion that for location and grandeur there is not a better place in the country than at Normal, Ala., for the education of the Negro youth. He says the school far surpasses his expectation in equipment and buildings. The school, while strictly agriculture and mechanical, is not the least behind in scientific and college curriculum. They have about 800 pupils enrolled and closed with about 400. The school is beautifully situated on the Medidianville Pike, about four miles north of Huntsville, at a point where the Southern R. R. and the N. C. & St. L. R. R. run parallel. It is on an elevation of about 500 feet above the city of Huntsville, cool and pleasant with two springs which furnish pure water. President Frazer enjoyed very much the Commencement exercises as a whole, also the strict discipline of the school in general and the manner in which everything is carried out by Dr. Councill. They have at least 250 acres of land which is cultivated by the students. There are connected with this school some of the best educators of this country hailing from Canada and some of the northern states. President Frazer enjoyed especially the entertainment and company of Mr. Charles Stewart, Chicago, Ill., who is well thought of by the Normalites. He is the only Negro in the associated press staff. Prof. H. D. Slatter, who is one of the secretaries of Prof. Councill, also made it very pleasant for President Frazer. City callers, Misses Katie Mills, Mamie F. Allenworth and Hattie Irvin. YOU'L LOOK LIKE BUSTER BROWN'S DOG IN THE FACE If you do not go on the trolley car party to Calumet grove Saturday evening, July 2nd, 1904, given by Englewood Lodge, No. 4230, G. U. O. of O. F. Cars leave South Park avenue and 63rd street at 7:30. Last cars leave at 9 sharp. THE AMERICAN AND THE CHICAGO WAITER. We are glad to introduce to you this addition in this noted paper The Broad Ax. Let me remind you to call for this paper weekly, read and digest the thoughts under the above caption, for we shall endeavor to make it of interest to you, we will attempt to place your position properly before the people. If you have anything to say make it brief and pointed. We shall consider it with care. With your assistance we can make this column one of note and progress. We shall endeavor to discuss with you, the waiter, his position, his rights, his duty and his contentions. Does this suit you, if so, call weekly upon the newspaper dealers and ask for The Broad Ax. The more calls you make, the more interesting we can make it for you. We shall be pleased to note the accomplishments of your children, give notice of your family receptions; whatever is of advantage to the waiter we will be pleased to share it with you. We shall endeavor to answer your critics or allow you to do so. All we ask you to do, is to buy this paper weekly. If you think this a good thing, let us hear from you. CHIPS. Will the Amateur Minstrels please give us a picnic? Any time you want to hear a Negro holler, simply tell the truth on him. Mr. Wesley Turner is all smiles these days—it comes off in August we believe. Dr. A. J. Thomas, V. D., left for St. Louis, Mo., where he expects to have charge of all the animals at the fair grounds. Mr. Chas. Seals and his bride reside Mr. Charles Seals and his bride reside at the northwest corner 64th street and Rhodes avenue, where Dr. Seals has a busy drug store. Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald, 3032 Dearborn street, will speak at Institutional Church, Sunday evening, and will give a detailed report of her recent mission trip through the east. Miss Mosely of St. Louis, Mo., who was for three weeks' the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Edw. Shaklin, 6512 St. Lawrence avenue, returned home this week after a very pleasant stay in our city. Dame rumor has it that Mr. C. H. Smiley, the popular caterer, is soon to be married. To whom? nobody seems to know, nevertheless, the 400 are expecting a big time when the wedding bells ring. John P. Hopkins, chairman of the Democratic State Committee of Illinois, should be selected as the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, for he is one of the shrewest logical managers or manipulators in this country: Mrs. Florence Thompson Woodward entertained forty ladies at whist, in honor of Miss Mosely of St. Louis Mo., at the home of Mrs. J. H. Smiley, 71 E. 22nd street, on Friday afternoon. Many handsome prizes were distributed as favors. Miss Louise Smallwood and Mr. Chas. F. Pickett were married in Washington, D. C., Wednesday, June 8th. Mr. and Mrs. Pickett will spend their honeymoon of six months in Chicago, stopping at French's corner 35th street and Grand boulevard. Ten or twelve delegates to the Republican National Convention can find first class rooms and board at Mrs. Anna L. Newby's 2628 Wabash avenue. James A. Quinn, city sealer of Chicago, says that Mayor Carter H. Harrison is a sure enough winner; that his honor will be the next member of the Democratic National Committee. Attorney J. E. White, 59 Dearborn street is a great credit to the Afro-American race, and transacts the law business for some of the wealthiest persons in Chicago. Lawyer Stephen A. Douglas is being urged to become a candidate for congress in the first congressional district. If he will accept the nomination he can have the support of John P. Hopkins. No.33 W. H. Melton editor of the Colored Citizen, Memphis, Tenn., is in the city, and will remain here until after the close of the National Republican Convention. Little Edward Alexander never will make a decent lawyer, for he tells too many lies about paying his honest debts to do so; nevertheless he is still trying to wiggle the prisoners in the Cook County jail out of their money. Col. T. T. Allain who belongs to a past age is still planting "Tree of Hope" between the whites and the blacks in the south, and judging from his rambling orations, mob and lynch law "Jim Crow" cars, and the disfranchisement of the Negro wil become a thing of the past in the land of his best friends. Hon. D. J. Hogan, Geneva, Ill., who is one of the most valuable members of the state committee will throw his power and influence in the state convention on the side of John P. Hopkins and his followers, and he is of the opinion that the chairman of the state committee will successfully name the next member of the Democratic National Committee. Alderman James J. McCormick, states that in "no manner, shape or form in the past nor at the present time has he been identified with any lottery, policy or bookmaking, or swindling concerns doing business in this city or in any other section of the country," as alleged by some of the wild-cat newspapers of Chicago. Col. Edward H. Morris, attorney for the "Gamblers' Trust," seems to be sinking into his political grave. For last week he was thrown off the Republican State Committee, where he had served for more than twelve years, and Edward H. Wright was chosen as his successor. Col. Morris is gradually beginning to learn that there is a turn in every political lane be it ever so long. Mr. Hood has for many years held a responsible clerical position with the southern Pacific railroad company at San Francisco, Cal., is holding a similar position in the general offices of the same company in this city. Mr. Hood is residing at the home of Mrs. Emma L. Stevens, 4844 Dearborn St., and he a sample of what the educated AfroAmerican is capable of performing when given a fair chance in the struggle for existence. Hon. Lawrence B. Stringer, Lincoln; Judge O. P. Thompson, Jacksonville; General Alfred Orendorff, Springfield; Mayor William C. Corlius, Joliet; exJudge William Prentiss, Chicago; and Elmer W. Hurst, Rock Island, are the leading candidates for the nomination as Governor of Illinois. Albert Watson Mount Vernon has been favorably mentioned for attorney-general. Frank E. Dooling, Springfield, for secretary of state. The leaders of the party must nominate a ticket composed of clean honest men and not tricky politicians if they have a desire to swing this state from the Republican column over into the Democratic column. Fatty Alexander who is ever ready to tell a thousand lies when it comes to paying his honest debts, ran into us at 31st and State streets a short time ago and he was mighty hot under the collar because his name appears in the columns of this paper so often. He wanted to know if "he had not always treated us like a gentleman." We informed him that that old song and dance cut no ice with us; that all we wanted him to do was to turn over to us five dollars and fifty cents, and then we would look upon him as an honest man. A program of special interest has been arranged for Children's Day at Grace Presbyterian Sabbath School tomorrow, June 12th at 12:30. There will be baptism of infants, a cradle roll, tableaux and recitation by the young folks, and songs by the School. Parents are especially urged to be present with their children. Among the children who will take part are Gladys Anderson, Lois Simmons, Lawrence Chavis, Hannibal Scurlock, Hazel Alexander, Madeline McFarland, Irene Hudlin and Virgil Allen. The program has been arranged by Mrs. Willie Woodford Allen, superintendent of the primary department. Exercises commence at 12:30 sharp. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholicism, Protestantism, Priests, Infidels, Farmers, Single Taxors, Republicans, Ennighte of Labor, or any one else can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year..... $2.00 Six Months..... 1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Addressee all communications to JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., as Second-class Matter. Hungarians Getting Wise Owing to the numerous cases of embezzlement which have taken place recently in Hungarian banks, and which nearly all were traced to losses on the race track, the Hungarian Agrarian Banking company has issued an order forbidding all its employees to attend horse races under penalty of instant dismissal. The government is said to be considering the advisability of issuing the same order to employees of all government institutions.-Detroit Free Press. Fishing for Plunder A visitor to one of the hotels of Peking was awakened during the night by the poise caused by the fall of a roll of paper. Getting out of bed, he saw with astonishment a pole, to which was attached a fish line, moving about the room, collecting various objects and removing them through the window. Upon going downstairs he was heard by the burglarious Chinaman outside, to whom the rod belonged, and who escaped, leaving his fishing line behind him—London Mail. Parish Without Inhabitants. Few people are aware that there is a London parish that does not contain a single inhabitant. This is the parish of St. Christopher-le-Stock, which extends over the open space in front of the Madison house and the royal exchange, and includes the corner of the Bank of England. Its electoral lists and valuation lists have to be made up and duly signed, just as in the case of other parishes. A Delictous Omelet Beat separately the whites of six eggs. Mix with the yolks any flavor you desire and two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Add the whites to the yolks, and beat well. Mix in four or five tablespoonfuls of milk, with a little salt. Cook like an ordinary omelet. Turn over in the dish, sprinkle with powdered sugar, pass the salamander over and serve.—Woman's Home Companion. The Vulgar Present List. French society has begun to rebel at the printed list of wedding presents. It is no longer good form, in certain sets, to run down the gamut, in public print, of the parental check down to the fish carver of the servant's hall. The custom has become very ostentatious, and given rise to much vulgar speculation and mental arithmetic. To Clean Porcelain. A porcelain saucepan that has become stained should be half filled with water, into which a tablespoonful of powdered borax has been put. Let the water boil briskly for awhile. Should all the stain not come off, wet a cloth, dip in borax and scour the spots.—Detroit Free Press. Paternal Duty. "Blank is a very effeminate sort of fellow, isn't he?" "Yes; you see, his wife is such a strong minded personage that he feels it incumbent upon him to preserve the fine balance of the family for the sak of the children."—Detroit Free Press. Pay of London Police Including the higher officials, London has over 16,000 persons on its police force. A policeman's pay is at first only six dollars a week, rising to eight dollars. Inspectors get $1,000 a year; the commissioner's salary is $13,500. Sharks in the Baltic For some unknown reason the shark has returned to European waters. In the Baltic, for example, where sharks had been extinct since 1759, they have made their appearance in considerable numbers.—London Tit-Bits. Record for Descendants One of the most remarkable records for numerous descendants of any person in the United States is that held by Mrs. Jacob Dearinger, who lives in Taylorsville, Ill. She is 87 years old and has 271 descendants. Exceedingly Tough Wood. Sycamore is an exceedingly durable wood, and a statue from it now in the museum of Glizon is reported sound and natural in appearance, although nearly 6,000 years old. Law Not Needed The robbery of graves is the only crime under Chinese law for which the thief may be justly killed on the spot by anyone finding him to be guilty. London Tit-Bits. Among the allegations of cruelty made by an English husband, who wants a separation, is that his wife makes him wear gloves at breakfast. Cheers Up a Plant. Electricity is not life, but it stimulates life in plants. Its adaptation may yet revolutionize horticulture. In our homes lighted by electricity the conservatory becomes an experimental garden. We modify the lights with shades suited to the needs of the different potted plants.' The sick ones are revived by a course in electric therapeutics. The pots are placed near the incandescent or arc lights according to the amount of light and stimulation they need, and under their powerful influence they revive, and their diseases are destroyed.—Chicago Post. Quick Work on Shirts. The up-to-date song of the shirt lasts just six an done-half minutes, according to a factory inspector for whose edification the foreman of a shirt factory started a piece of cloth on the rounds and made it come out ready for a customer's back before the second hand on a watch had revolved seven times. In this time seven girls had contributed their efforts to the finished product. One machine in this shop makes 16,800 buttonholes a day, or 28 in a minute, and in a ten-hour day a man can cut 250 dozen shirts. Beautiful Bible. The most beautiful volume in the congressional library at Washington is a Bible which was transcribed on parchment by a monk in the sixteenth century. The general lettering is in the German text, each letter is perfect, and there is not a scratch or blot from lid to lid. Each chapter begins with a large illuminated letter, in which is drawn the figure of a saint, some incident of whom the chapter tells. Electrocute Sharks In th British navy the engineers have a curious way of killing sharks. They seal up a dynamite cartridge in an empty can, and put the can inside a lump of pork. The pork is thrown overboard on a wire, which has been connected with an electric battery. When the shark takes the bait the engineer presses a button, which explodes the cartridge and kills the fish. Women Voters The Isle of Man, of all places, granted the electoral suffrage to women in 1880. The Madras presidency recognized female votes in 1885. New Zealand gave its womenkind the electoral franchise in 1893. Victoria has passed a women's suffrage bill. And women have a right to sit in the federal house in Australia—London Tit-Bita. Infants and Marriage The chances at birth that a baby will eventually marry are nine in twenty, or rather less than one-half. This result may seem surprising, but it is largely accounted for by the great mortality of persons under marriageable age, especially of infants up to the age of five. Boston Budget. Mammoth Sawlog What is said to be the largest log ever floated in Puget sound has been towed into the Capital box factory pond. It is a 40-foot spruce log, nine feet through at the small end and 14 feet through at the large end. It was cut on the Skagit river banks. The Personal Pronouns. Teacher—What are three personal pronouns? Pupil—He, she and it. Teacher—Give an example of their use? Pupil—Husband, wife and baby.— N. Y. Sun. Patriotic Englishmen A London laborer has collected many hundreds of Union Jacks of all shapes and sizes. Every table, bed and pillow in his house has its covering of bunting. The very shirt this man wears is a red, white and blue one. An Ancient Ad. In the British museum is an advertisement of a reward for a runaway slave. The "ad." is written on papyrus and is 3,000 years old. It was exhumed from the ruins of Thebes. Biggest Lump of Coal The biggest lump of coal ever dug out of the earth is that raised from one of the Wiggan collieries. It took nine months to hew it out of the seam, and it weighed over 12 tons. About Volcanoes There are about 350 volcanoes on this earth that have performed in modern times. There are many hundreds more that have long been extinct.—Boston Budget. Japan's Railroads Japan has only half as many miles of railroad as New York state, although it is three times as large and has six times its population. Sunlight on Jewels. The emerald improves in color on exposure to the light. Pearls kept in the dark lose their luster, but regain it on exposure to the sun. In Cairo at the present time there is an endowment in operation founded expressly for the lodging and feeding of homeless cats. Keeps It Alone The man who has a good opinion of himself generally finds it difficult to get other folks to share it.-Somerville Journal. For wearing a crest upon a finger ring without a license a man was fined $5.75 in a London court the other day. QUEER THINGS IN NATURE. Anomalies of the Plant World That Have Never Been Satisfac torily Explained. How does the bulb of the common lawn lily get deeper and deeper into the ground each year? asks a writer in Country Life in America. Why does the ginger root hide its blossoms when nearly all other plants naunt theirs? Why do the roots or trees how through the ground like "runnels of molten metal," often separating and uniting again, while the branches are thrust out in right lines or curves? Why is our common yellow birch more often than any other tree planted upon a rock? Why do oaks or chestnuts so often spring up where a pine or hemlock forest has been cleared away? Why does lightning so commonly strike a hemlock tree or a pine or an oak and rarely or never a beech? Why does the bolt sometimes scatter the tree about and at others only plow a channel down its trunk? Why does the bumble bee complain so loudly when working upon certain flowers? Why does the honey bee lose the sting when it stings a person, while the wasp, the hornet and the bumble bee do not? How does the chimney swallow get the twigs its builds its nest with? From what does the hornet make its paper? I have never been greatly interested in spiders, but I have always wanted to know how a certain spider managed to stretch her cable squarely across the road in the woods about my height from the ground. NUMBERS IN EARLY DAYS. Forerunners of the Existing System of Numeration Resorted to Queer Expedients. In a paper read before the Philological society of the University of Michigan recently Prof. George Hempl commented upon the forerunners of our present system of numeration. Some two years ago, in seeking the origin of the Runic letters (the first letters used by the Germanic races), Prof. Hempl discovered the primitive Germanic numeral notations. This threw new light upon the early Germanic numeral system, as well as upon the primitive Indo-European numerical system and upon the development of the Greek alphabet and the Greek numerical notation. The primitive Indo-European numerical system was a mixture of the decimal and the sexagesimal. The first large number was the "shock"—that is, 60—and the next large number was the "hund," or "hundred," that is 120. Between 60 and 120 there were no numbers like our 70, etc., 70 being "a shock and 10," and 80 being "a shock and 20." The introduction of our present numbers between 60 and 120 arose out of the introduction of the decimal hund or hundred, that is, 100, in distinction from which the old hundred (120) was called the duodecimal hundred, or the "great hundred," which is still used in Iceland and parts of England. MEN WHO BURN MONEY. Few Smokers Indulge in Cigars Costing $2 Each-Correct Price for a Good Smoke. "There are not many men who smoke cigars at two dollars each," said the cigar man in a down-town restaurant much patronized by customers who do not have to worry about the cost of their luncheon; "but we have to keep them in stock. When they are called for, it is usually by a couple of old chums who are lunching together after a long parting, who are feeling good, and who want a heavy smoke after a liberal meal. As a matter of fact, most men think they are burning money when they pay one dollar for a cigar. Sixty cents for one cigar, and from that down to three for 60 cents, is considered about the right thing. We sell a good many cigars at 35 cents each, or three for one dollar. In fact, they are the standard thing in high-priced cigars. Occasionally a customer will buy a box of two-dollar cigars, or even more expensive than that, for a birthday present, or to send to some friend going to Europe. These cigars are made only by skilled workmen, and represent the highest perfection in cigar making." About 40,000,000 Melons About 40,000,000 Melons. Some one who is fond of statistics has taken some trouble to tell us a few facts about the watermelon crop in Texas. Last year the melons were a great success as to numbers, and on this output the statistician has based his calculations. If a monument were built of the 40,000,000 melons raised there last year, they would make a column 1,223 feet high, 146 feet at the base. In the bottom layer there would be 24,528 melons, occupying 21,462 square feet. This is averaging the size of the melon at 14 inches long and 9 inches in diameter. These 40,000,000 melons would weigh in the aggregate the enormous total of 800,000,000 pounds. It would require 30,000 cars and 1,200 full trains to transport them. The trains, with not a foot of space between them, would cover a distance of 170 miles. High-Grade Anthracite. The heating power of coal is measured by the amount of carbon contained in a ton or a pound. Anthracite coal is found in many countries, but it is only in the United States and in England that the article is high grade—22 per cent. or better. Even our coal differs widely in its constitutional elements. One kind holds more ash than another. Still another variety holds more clinkers, in spite of repeated burnings. The best coal leaves no clinkers and makes very little ash. Bread and Rice as Food. Only one-third of the world's population use bread as a daily article of food. Nearly one-half of the people of the world subsist chiefly on rice. Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAIL YARDS: {51st St. & L. S. & M. S. 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Washington.—Recollections of the extremes to which some of the car- toonists of the country went during the last presidential campaign has brought a protest from Secretary Shaw against the use of what he calls "anarchy breeding pictures" in the coming campaign. He believes that these pictures, where they go to extremes, as many Secretary Shaw of them do, are but food for the firebrand, and insists that some means should be found for stopping their publication. "These pictures often carry a joke too far," he says and to illustrate his point he tells a little story of an instance which happened in Iowa when he was a boy: "There was an old judge on the bench in my town who was something of a humorist in his way. One day he heard a case in which a new attorney appeared for the defendant. The young lawyer pleaded his case most eloquently, but the burden of proof was against his client and he lost. After the judge got home that night he received a call from the counsel for the defence. " 'Judge,' said the young lawyer, 'you ruined my life to-day. I am starting out on my legal career. I had a good case, and before I went into it I told my client that I would win. It was my first case, judge, and if I had won it it would have done me a world of good. As it turned out, I am a ruined man.' " 'Oh, don't feel that way about it,' replied the judge. 'Just go to your client and tell him that it was all my fault. That it was the instructions I gave the jury that lost you the case.' "The next time the judge stepped out of the house he found the defendant in the case waiting for him with blood in his eye. 'I'll teach you to instruct the jury to defeat justice!' he thundered, as he pitched into his honor. "So you see a joke can be carried altogether too far. I think some of the funny picture men are overdoing it." Hoar Favors the Printers Senator Hoar has for years been looked upon as the guardian of the government printing office. The big print shop has been a sort of hobby with him, and he never tires of visiting it and watching its wonderful machines turning out countless thousands of pages of official Senator Hoar. government printing office. The big print shop has been a sort of hobby with him, and he never tires of visiting it and watching its wonderful machines turning out countless thousands of pages of official publications from every department of the government. Though not a member of the senate committee on printing Senator Hoar has nevertheless shown a greater interest in the printing office than members of that committee, and records his vote for every appropriation for its maintenance or expansion. He was strongly in favor of condemning the old government printing office and erecting a new one, and urgently worked for that end before it was finally accomplished. In some respects Senator Hoar is like Lincoln. He has a way of illustrating a point with a story. To illustrate the condition of the old government printing office he has several times told the following story, which is an incident of his early law practice: "I am reminded," said he, "of something that happened in the supreme court of our state some years ago. They held court at Northampton and went over to Mount Holyoke, where there is an elevator which takes travelers up the side of a steep rock a hundred or two hundred feet to avoid the difficulty of climbing. "The judges, as judges are apt to be, were, nearly all of them, rather corpulent men. They saw that the rope that held the car in which they went was very much frayed, and they asked the manager if he did not think it was a little unsafe. "Yes," said the manager, "it is wholly unsafe and likely to break every minute, but we are going to have a new one next Monday." A Heaven Printing Press. Some of the most remarkable printing machines in the world are to be found in the government printing-office. They are such marvels of ingenuity that they seem almost human. But the most ingenious of all these machines is the great perfecting press which has stood in the press room for half a year waiting for experts to determine why it would not run. It was bought especially for printing the Congressional Record and will, if ever put in running order by the makers, cost the government $38,750. For six months a mechanical sharp from the factory has been going over the mammoth-machine, and, although he has declared time and again that it was in "the pink of condition" and "ought to run like greased lightning," there has been a hitch somewhere in its metal anatomy that prevented it from reeling off the "Records." The new press is known as the "Pride of the Printshop." It is a monster, 20 feet high and 35 or 40 feet long, and when it gets to working will dash off more than 200,000 pages of "The Congressional Record" an hour. All the other presses in the biggest printing office in the world look like pygmies beside it. The guides who steer visitors about the works always stand awestruck before it when they get within sight of its polished arms, bright plates and monstrous rollers. In tones appropriately hushed, as though in the presence of majesty, they describe the workings of the great cylinders, the powerful motor and almost human intelligence of the parts that count the sheets, fold the leaves or stop the whirl of the giant wheels when anything goes wrong. "It'll be the most wonderful press in the world—when it gets to working right," the guide remarks as he passes reluctantly on to some smaller piece of machinery. The government will not pay the $38,750 that the press is supposed to be worth until it works perfectly. At present the experts who have been toiling over it for half a year to discover what was wrong say that a little pin no larger than one's finger is missing, and as soon as it is made and put in place, the whale of the printery deep will be able to swim. Quav's Successor. Who will succeed to Quay's place in the senate is a question in which many people in Washington are interested. If Washington were consulted in the matter it is probable that Attorney General John P. Elkin would be the man, but Mr. Elkin is the candidate for the supreme bench in Pennsylvania, and has announced that he is out of The Late Senator Quay. The Late Senator Quay. active politics for good. It is not probable that Pennsylvania will soon have another man in the senate like Quay. He was one of the worst hated and best liked men in Washington. Though he figured prominently in national politics and was considered as one of the leaders of his party, he has but few notable achievements to his record as a legislator, and never played a conspicuous role in the deliberations of the senate. It was but seldom that he was to be found in the senate chamber, nor did he give greater attention to the meetings of the appropriations committee, of which he was a member. As a story teller Quay could always secure an attentive audience, though there were but few outside of a coterie of intimate friends who were privileged to listen to his tales. One of the last stories he told in Washington was related while standing in the senate cloakroom, and was intended to illustrate the high standard of morality in the Keystone state. According to Quay an old Pennsylvania Dutchman, a thrifty but not wealthy farmer, was elected to the legislature. Several "meaty" railroad and other corporation measures came up for consideration, and after the session had closed the old farmer surprised everybody by buying and paying cash for property worth $30,000. Some one asked if a fortune had been left to him. "Oh, no," was the reply. "I have just been saving money while in Harrisburg at the legislature." "Why, Hans," said his friend, "you could not save $30,000 in three months when your salary was only three dollars a day." "Ah, but you forget," explained the old man as he stroked his beard complacently, "my wife didn't keep a hired girl all the time." Fighting Cortleyou. An echo of Quay's political influence is found in the fight that is developing against Secretary Cortelyou as the national republican chairman. Quay is said to have started the opposition to the selection of the young secretary of commerce and labor, and but a few hours before his death sent Secretary Cortelyou. PETER H. BURKE word to President Roosevelt that he was making a mistake. The message was sent by Don Cameron, who received it from the lips of the dying senator. "I want you to tell him as soon as possible," Quay is quoted as saying. "Probably I should have no voice in the selection, but tell the president that he is surely making a mistake. "Don," he is reported to have said further, "the coming campaign will be a hard one. It will be one of the hardest fights in the history of the republican party. The opposition is strong and it may grow stronger, and on this account the new chairman should be a man who has had the greatest political experience that it is possible to obtain." Senator Penrose is also supposed to be opposed to the selection of Secretary Cortelyou, and is said to be making an effort to unite eastern republicans on some other candidate for the place. Rumor has it that the choice of this dissatisfied element has centered Senator John Fairchild Dryden. It is said the opposition to Cortel you results from a lack of consultation on the part of the president with recognized leaders of the party before his selection, but the president and his friends seem not to fear the result at the coming convention. A NOVELTY FOR SUMMER. The fashionable stiletto work, or English eyelet embroidery, forms the design upon the shirt waist here illustrated. Firm texture linens for this purpose come stamped in a variety of patterns, the one shown being very simple and easy to embroider. The marked rings indicating where the stiletto is to ```markdown ``` STILETTO WORK WAIST. be used are first run with a thread of mercerized cotton, after which the hole is punched and the ring is overcast—not buttonholed. The stitches are taken very close together and yet must not overlap. The floral design is padded lengthwise and worked across—in the mercerized cotton, either white or colors. The edges of the turnover collar and cuffs are scalloped and buttonholed, and a stiletto pattern is set in above. CARE FOR ORIENTAL RUGS. They Require Treatment That Would Not Do for Wilton or Brussels Floor Coverings. The oriental rug is improved by frequent sunning and also by an annual or semi-annual bath. The colors made of vegetable dyes cannot fade, and the process of washing only improves the texture of the wool. Even a new rug is washed by the Turkish woman to better bring out the luster of the material. In the orient these rugs are cleaned entirely by shaking and washing, but are never beaten. When beating is necessary it should be done on the face side, as there is danger when beating on the wrong side of breaking the threads. The best plan is to lay right side up on the grass and to beat thoroughly with light rattan beaters. After the dust is taken or beaten out small rugs can be put in tubs of plain cold water. Then the surface may be gone over with a brush and sandsoap, always being sure to rub with the warp. Large rugs can have the garden hose turned on them with wonderful cleansing effect, after which they should be dried in the sun. In winter an excellent plan is to sweep them on the snow, scattering it over them and sweeping it off again several times, always working with the threads. The sweeper should always be used in the same direction, never turning it backward. This process of cleaning is much safer for these rugs than sending them to the steam cleaners, where the threads are in danger of being snapped by the rapidly turning machinery. HOW TO WASH FLANNELS. Few Housewives Know How to Do It, Although It Is a Task That Is Easily Mastered. Flannel underwear is warm and comfortable, but if we do not wish to find the suit that was purchased for the father shrunken to the proper size for the son after a few washings, we must see that the work is done properly. When the soiled garments are gathered together, look them over, darning the tiny breaks and replacing missing buttons. Shave a bar of white soap thin, put in a pan with water enough to cover, and set it on the fire to melt. Yellow soap should not be used, as it contains resin, which hardens the wool. Have an abundance of salt, hot water in which powdered borax has been dissolved, using a quarter of a pound to a boilerful, and have everything in readiness before you begin. Fill a small tub half full of water and pour enough of the melted soap in it to make a strong, foamy, suds. Stir it well, and after shaking the clothes to remove the dust put them in. Rub and press them lightly between the hands, then fold each piece and press it through the wringer into a suds prepared like the first. After washing through this, rinse well and hang up to dry. Never rub soap directly upon flannel. Keep the water the same temperature throughout the process, and do the work quickly. White flannels do not turn yellow if borax is put in the water in which they are washed, and it cleanses them quickly. Take them from the line and press before they are quite dry.—Milwaukee Sentinel. How to Wash Thin Curtains Very thin curtains, or those whose day of service is very nearly over, will stand the ordeal of washing much better if care be taken to baste them upon sheets of cheesecloth first. This relieves them of much of the strain of wringing and prevents them from being whipped to pieces by the wind in drying. After the Cakes Are Baked. To prevent a cake from becoming heavy when taken out of the oven always allow the steam to escape from it. This can be done by putting the cake on a wire meat stand. Too much cannot be said against the practice of dyeing one's hair. It is never satisfactory, and, once begun, it must be kept up, as the hair lengthens from the roots, and the natural color will inevitably show itself there. Then, too, the dye will fade more or less, and generally the hair will be rendered stiff and harsh-feeling from its use, to say nothing of the disagreeable odor which many dyes carry with them. It is much better to give the hair good care in the matter of dressing, brushing and massaging the scalp, and let it color to suit itself. No one in bad health can have as nice hair as the one who has no ailment. Some diseases affect the hair more disastrously than others, and when trying to improve the hair one must also try to improve the general health. The use of hard water is also to be avoided, and care must be taken in the use of the various drugs recommended for shampooing. It is not necessary to wash the hair every day, or ordinarily oftener than once a week, while in some cases once a month is too often. When washing is done, the hair should be thoroughly dried before being "done up," and in many cases the scalp alone should be shampooed, wetting the hair itself as little as possible. There are dry shampoos, as well as wet ones, and their tonic effect is quite as valuable. One of the best is to rub fine table salt into the hair close to the scalp, and then brush it out. A simple tonic which has been used with good effect to retard the coming of gray hair, arrest the falling and stimulate the new growth, is made of green tea and fresh dried sage, two ounces of each, put into an iron pot and three quarts of boiling water is to be poured onto it; cover closely and let simmer until reduced one-third; take off the fire and let stand in the iron pot for 24 hours; strain and bottle for use. Wet the scalp thoroughly with this lotion every night, applying early enough so as to allow of drying before going to bed, as the liquid will stain the pillow-slip. Thoroughly brushing with a good brush will benefit.—The Commoner. DINING TABLE DECORATION. Flowers and softly shaded candles are so essential an accompaniment of the modern dinner or luncheon table, particularly on formal occasions, that any new idea or suggestion for candle or flower holder is sure of attention and recognition. The two branch candela- ```markdown ``` TWO BRANCH CANDELABRUM brum is an old favorite, but it is capable of assuming a new form and also of serving as flower vase as well as candlestick. As here pictured, the combined holder is of silver in the fashionable French gray finish and richly engraved. From either side of the silver standard branches out a silver vase graceful in outline and large enough to hold a cluster of roses or other blossoms with stems of moderate length. The candles in the illustration are of a delicate shade of pink, with shade to match, while La France roses in the vases carry out the color scheme, the soft tone of the gleaming silver blending admirably with the hue of blossoms, candle and shades.—Brooklyn Eagle. Vinegar Cure for Headache. Vinegar is fairly good for some forms of headache, and as a stimulant in fainting; in each case it is to be employed outwardly. In headache it may be applied to the forehead; but in fainting it should be held against or brushed over the nostrils. If your child is suffering from excessive perspiration during the night you may apply vinegar to the skin. Should the skin be too sensitive, dilute the vinegar with an equal quantity of water. Let the skin remain wet for two or three minutes, and then gently wipe it dry. Be careful to avoid much friction. A similar lotion will lessen the very distressing moisture of feet from which so many adults suffer. Betrothed in Their Infancy. In some parts of West Africa the girls have long engagements. On the day of their birth they are betrothed to a baby boy a trifle older than themselves, and at the age of 20 they are married. The girls know of no other way of getting a husband, and so they are quite happy and satisfied. As wives they are patterns of obedience, and the marriages usually turn out a success. An Ounce of Prevention. It is a good plan to partially fill valuable china vases with sand or to place shot in them, for thus they are rendered too heavy to be easily upset. ONLY WOMEN' LIVE THERE. Unknown Island in the Caribbean Sea Said to Be Peopled by the Fair Sex. An Adamless Eden is said to exist somewhere in the Caribbean sea, but just where it is located no one is able to tell. There is an old legend in the West Indies which has been handed down from the time of Columbus to the effect that somewhere among the numerous cayes of the Caribbean sea there exists an island inhabited only by women. The aboriginal, Caribs and Ararwaks found it inconvenient to have women around in times of war. Usually when the enemy conquered a number of the tribe's fairest maiden were carried off. So goes the story. The deplorable possibility of losing all the women of the tribe was averted, however, by the prompt action of the chiefs, who ordered all of the remaining female element to this unknown island in the Caribbean. According to the legend the place is copiously watered by ideal streams, overshadowed by breadfruit, mango, plantain and all the necessaries to life and poetry. The husbands and lovers were allowed to visit the island paradise not more than twice a year in times of peace. But it is further, handed down that all the men of the tribe were eventually wiped out in an Indian war, and that all trace of the isle of women was lost. According to Washington Irving, even Columbus made vain efforts to find it. OUR INDIRECT TAXES. Almost Half of Our Government's Total Revenue Is Obtained in This Manner. Seriously considered, the justification offered for indirect taxes is a most curious commentary upon our system of self-government, writes Wintrop M. Daniels, in Atlantic. In the United States, for example, not far from half of the government's total revenue is obtained by disguising taxes in the prices of merchandise, either duty-paid imports, or liquors and tobacco freighted with the weight of the internal revenue. Despite the incidental advantages such taxes afford in consulting the convenience of the payer as to the time and the amounts of particular payments, the great reason for the existence of these taxes in every country is their power to conceal from the governed the real cost of supporting the government. The people, in whose interest the government supposedly is conducted, must be induced to pay their taxes in an unconscious condition, "lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and should be converted" to a belief in another than the dominant programme of expenditure. JAPAN'S NEW RELIGION. Mikado's Subjects Are Endeavoring to Spread the Gospel of Rational Ethics. "Our empire has salted all the seas that have flowed into it," said a Japanese university professor to me, writes Harold Bolce, in the Booklovers Magazine. "The west cannot hope to Christianize Japan when our ambition is to Japanize Christianity, and to carry the new doctrines, the gospel of rational ethics, to the millions of Asia, and, in time, to all the world. We shall go to China—in fact, we are already there—with a harmonious blending of the best precepts in Buddhism, Confucianism, Bushido, Brahminism, Herbert Spencer, Christianity and other systems of thought, and we shall, I think, have little trouble in awakening the natural agnostic mind of the Chinese to the enlightenment of modern free thought. What the far east needs is a religion as modern as machinery. We have had more gods than were good for us." WHEN A WOMAN SINGS. Her Mouth Invariably Becomes Crooked, Says a Choir Master of Long Experience. "Just watch the prettiest girl and see if she does not open her mouth crooked when she sings," said a choir master of long experience, says the New York Sun. "I have noticed that thing again and again in my chorus choir. "The women almost invariably twist their mouths to one side when they sing. I haven't the slightest idea why they do it, unless the muscles of one side of the face are stronger than those on the other side and in the effort to sing the stronger muscles do the most work. "Of course men do the same thing, but often they have mustaches to cover their mouths. As a matter of fact no one looks very pretty when he is singing. "Just watch, and see if you think a pretty woman makes herself any prettier by stretching her mouth in song." Japs Defy Emperor. One of the most striking features of the correspondence of Japanese leaders during the present war is their defiication of the emperor of Japan. After one attempt to bottle up the Port Arthur fleet Admiral Yamamoto, minister of marine at Tokio, wired to Admiral Togo: "Result splendid. While attributable to the emperor's illustrious virtue, the loyal and gallant actions of officers and men play a conspicuous part." Admiral Togo, not to be outdone as a humorist and courtier, declared that "the fact that not one man was injured in these attacks must be attributed to his majesty's glorious virtue." Mole Pelts Are Dear Two cents apiece used to be paid for the pelts of moles in France before they became a fashionable fur. Now they fetch four times that sum. One dealer bought 1,800,000 pelts in six weeks. "Have you called on the new clergyman's wife yet?" "No; but I expect to soon. I don't want to have to tell her who my dressmaker is until after I get my spring sewing done."—N. Y. Herald. African Cotton. A syndicate with a capital of 500,000 lire ($96,500) has just been formed at Milan, Italy, by some of the most important cotton brokers, in order to foster the growing of cotton in East Africa. Australia has 210 churches to every 100,000 people—a larger number per capita than any other country. England has 144 and Russia only about 55. Church Eclectic. Falcons in the Army Trained falcons, to carry dispatches in the time of war, have been tested in the Russian army. Their speed is four times as rapid as that of carrier pigeons. Women serve as medical officers in the Russian army. In no other country in Europe is such employment given to the sex.—Tit-Bits. For the Asthma. It is said that a muskrat skin, worn with the fur side next to the lungs, will bring certain relief to asthma sufferers. Occasionally. The most remarkable thing about fish stories is that they are sometimes true.—Indianapolis News. Ice in Jerusalem. The manufacture of ice in Jerusalem has grown in three years to be a large business. A map of Jerusalem in Mosaic, over 1,500 years old, has been found in Palestine. Defined. A cozy corner is a place for the hired girl to sweep dirt into.—Chicago News. Mind Expands. It has been ascertained that memory is stronger in summer than in winter. Pleasanter. Inquiring Bore—And you come down the same way you go up, Mr. Sandbag? Balloonist—No, sir; I try to come down feet first.—Stray Stories. Goats of Nubia A French expert maintains that the best goats are found in Nubia. Rv Contrast. Grief was born that Joy might appreciate herself.—Chicago Post. Egyptian cotton is used only for high-priced goods. Meditation is the mold of character.— Chicago Tribune. When Fish Bite. The early worm baits the hook. MRS. A. WILSON. Nicely furnished rooms to rent for gentlemen. Reasonable rates, 2252 Indiana aveuna. The Kink That Won't Come Back. You can 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 Ozonized 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 satisfaction. Send us 50 cents and we will ship you a bottle express paid. Address Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill. THE BROAD AX. Is for sale at the following news stands: Alton H. Blake, shoe shining parlors, 25081/2 State street. J. C. Campbell, cigars, tobacco and fancy groceries, 4710 State street. A. F. Tervalon's Cigar Store and News Stand, 2826 State street. Edward Felix's Cigar Store, 348 30th street, N. E. Corner Armour Ave. T. B. Hall's Cigar Store and Laundry office, 281 29th St. Turner William's Cigar and News Stand, 2903 Armour Ave. Mrs. B. Williams, Cigars, Notions and News Stand, 486½ State street. Frank H. Hart, 354-31st street, cigars, tobacco and Laundry office. Mrs. W. H. Moore, 4942 State street, cigars, tobacco and news stand. C. J. Chambers and Company, dealers in fine cigars, 2958 State street. Mrs. E. F. Early, groceries and notions, 2933 State St. The Stationery, 2970 State street. P. S. Hotchkis's Cigars, Notions and News Stand, 131 W. 51st Street. Isidor Jacobson, cigars, togacco and stationery, 3149 State St. Woodfolk and Mitchell Cigars, Tobacco and News Stand, 4902 State Street. News items and advertisements left at these places will find their way into the columns of The Broad Az. CHIPS Mrs. J. H. Hill, of the School of Domestic art and Science, will address the Phyllis Wheatley Club Wednesday afternoon,/ June 15, at 2 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. McLiss Lee, 2625 Wabash avenue. The public is invited. The Index of Stanton, Va., endeavors to take The Broad Ax to task in its last issue because it will not fall down and worship at the golden feet of Brooker T. Washington, but its criticism of this paper is so bungled up that it is not worth reproducing in these columns. Mrs. Hattie Smith, 3011 Dearborn street, last Friday, June 3d, secured a divorce from her late husband, Samuel Smith, on the ground of desertion. Judge Tuthill decided that Mr. Smith was unable to maintain his wife, and three or four other ladies in first-class style, so he granted Mrs. Smith her decree, who was represented by Col. Robert M. Mitchell. Frank W. King who was for sometime connected with Wm. M. Porter in the undertaking business at 3119 State street, is now engaged in the same line of business for himslf at 662 Central av., Cleveland, O., and in the fall Mrs. King will break up housekeeping at 450 a street and join her husband in that city where he seems to be meeting with success. Alderman Michael Zimmer is being urged by many leaders of Democracy for the nomination as President of the Board of County Commissioners. Alderman Zimmer is a level-headed business man, and being very popular and well known his nomination would add strength to the county ticket. Booker Washington's boy, Booker, Jr., seems to be getting along all right at Dr. Benner's school, Wellesley, Mass. He's catcher on the nine and forward on the basketball team, is getting up a debating society, and expects to be thumping pretty soon in the school drum crops. Besides, he's doing well in his studies. The Hopkins, Hearst and Harrison forces will enter into a death struggle at Springfield over the selection of a new member of the national committee Millard F. Dunlap of Jacksonville will be the choice of the Mearst supporters for that position. Mayor Carter H. Harrison thinks he will land the plum, but the leading politicians throughout the state are more than willing to put up their money that John P. Hopkins, and his loyal followers and able lieutenants will name the man to succeed Thomas Gahan as the Illinois member of the Democratic National Committee. We would like for some of our good ministers to tell us what discipline in a church means, and if it means anything at all, why not enforce it to some extent. Do you know you are destroying the influence of the church and ruining the chances of the Negro race by this luke-warm, goahead, unconcerned, no-way of doing business? Members are left to do as they please. Too many people join the church now for a cloak. Preachers say, "You must not say anything about that, for she is Miss or Mrs. So-and-So.—The Rising Son, Kansas City, Mo. One of the most unique entertainments of the season will be given by the Phyllis Wheatley Club at the residence of Mrs. Duke McEwen, 4806 Dearborn street, Thursday evening, June 16. The members and friends will be attired in Japanese costumes, Japanese ornaments and fans will be on sale. A musical program, games, and dancing will be the features of the evening. All are welcome. Admission 10c. Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray and many of his brethren and sisters came very near getting into a rough and tumble jam while the Lord's supper was being administered at Bethel Church last Sunday. Considerable trouble has been brewing between Rev. Murray and his flock for some time, a majority of the older heads claim that he "is to fast or swift to suit them," and many of the washwoman who willingly gave up their money a little over a year ago for the purpose of assisting their pastor and Rev. David Ranting Wilkins to land the writer in jail for having the courage to publish the truth respecting his unministerial actions, are just beginning to get the dust out of their eyes and they are now rampant to unfrock the Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray. Shortly after Rev. Archibald James Carey lost his hat, who claimed he was doped while he was drinking wine and scattering "red paint" with the ladies, during the Sunday School union at Milwaukee, Wis., last summer. T. J. Hunter, who is one of Archibald's jumping-jacks, called on us several times begged us to refrain from having anything to say regarding Rev. Carey's unchristian conduct at Milwaukee, but when trouble overtook T. J. Hunter last Thursday morning the Rev. Archibald James Carey failed to come to his assistance. Mr. Hunter must learn this lesson, that he can never expect to be successful until he deals honestly with his fellowmen. Mrs. J. Rapier, 2230 Dearborn street, is an honest and industrious woman. Being a widow she supports herself and two little girls. It can also be stated that, Mrs. Rapier is an admirer and money supporter of this paper. Freedom is the one purport, wisely aimed at, or unwisely, of all man's struggleings, toiling and sufferings on this earth.—Carlye. The freest government cannot long endure when the tendency of the law is to create a rapid accumulation of property in the hands of a few, and to render the masses poor and dependent.—Daniel Webster. Mrs. Maggie White wife of Wm. White, 4928 State street, very peaceably passed on into the next world Tuesday. She was buried from Quinn Chapel Thursday morning. Rev. A. J. Carey and Presiding Elder Booth officiated. Her remains were laid to rest in Graceland. Mrs. White was in her fifty-seventh year, she resided in this city for the past forty-three years. Her father, A. McIntosh, was formerly pastor of Quinn Chapel, and Bethel church, Mrs. White was a lovable woman, and she leaves a devoted husband, two sisters, Mrs. John G. Jones, Mrs. Ida M. Dempsy, and a large circle of warm friends, to express their sorrow over her death. Rev. G. W. Woodbey, of California, delivered his masterful lecture Monday evening at 3345 State street on "The Negro in Ancient History." He clearly proved by undisputed historical facts, that the first five ancient empires and empires, were founded and controlled for many thousands of years by Negroes; that all the other nations of the earth are indebted to the dark-skinned sons and daughters of Ham for their knowledge in art, science and literature. He I sively proved that there is no superior or inferior races of men that it is their environment or their social condition which produces certain or marked traits in their progress and development. The lecture was a great historical treat to those who have never familiarized themselves with ancient history, and if the Negro would devote more of his time along this line and less in shouting for the white man's little Jesus, he would gain some valuable information and would not feel ashamed of his origin and the great achievements and accomplishments of his former ancestors. Remarkable Echo. An ordinary echo is a curious thing; but, according to the statements of a Frenchman at a watering place in the Pyrenees, one echo on the Franco-Spanish frontier is so far from ordinary that it must have started in America. "As soon as you have spoken," said the Frenchman, who had secured an audience of wide-eyed tourists, "you hear distinctly the voice leap from rock to rock, from precipice to precipice, and as soon as it has passed the frontier it assumes the Spanish tongue! But yes, I have heard it often." Long-Lost Money A thousand dollars in greenbacks has just been discovered at West, Tex., after having been lost 30 years, and the money found its way back to the original owner, though located by another. T. M. West built a house in West 30 years ago. The structure was recently condemned by the city, and ordered removed. It passed into the hands of A. W. Russell by purchase, and in removing the ceiling a roll was found containing the amount. Mr. West lost $1,000 while building the house more than a quarter of a century ago. The Port of Chili The harbor of Valparaiso, the important port of Chili, is only an open roadstead in which 152 ships have been wrecked through storms causing them to drag their anchors. The water in the bay is very deep in most places, and it has been declared impracticable to build a wall across the mouth of the bay. Therefore, a number of walls or breakwaters will be built at a cost of $10,-950,000. Vinegar in Baked Beans. A small quantity of ordinary cider vinegar (in the proportion of one tablespoonful to a quart) added to Boston baked beans before putting them in the oven, will be found to give an improved flavor. Moist brown sugar may be substituted for molasses with very good results, the degree of sweetness to be decided by taste.—Chicago Daily News. Average Lease of Life. An Austrian statistician finds that the average lease of life of a medical practitioner is 60 years. Deaths due to tubercular consumption only amount among them to seven per cent., thus showing how careful they are in taking precautions against infection. On the other hand, fully 40 per cent. of doctors die of heart disease and nervous collapse. New Embroidery The daintiest of new night robes are of nainsook or linen batiste, decorated with hand, embroidered Louis XV. knots and sprays of flowers. The gowns are made with full bishop's sleeves, which terminate at the wrist with embroidered flounces.—Detroit Free Press. French Fried Toast. For many French fried toast is too rich and indigestible. A palatable and wholesome way of preparing it is to bake it instead and omit a great portion of the butter necessary in the frying process. Dip the slices in milk (after slightly toasting), then in beaten egg, and sprinkle with powdered sugar as soon as the egg begins to turn a light golden color. The toast must be watched carefully after the sugar has been added, as it is apt to scorch suddenly.—Chicago Daily News. The Care of Dainty China. In Holland the good old custom still obtains among ladies of washing the china and silver after breakfast and tea with their own fair hands. This they do in the presence of the family and any guests who may be there, and the fashion has lately been revived in some American households, partly because it gives a touch of homely simplicity and partly because a lady's gentle handling is needed if the delicate china and glass are to be preserved for any length of time.—Chicago Daily News. Left Him a Fortune. Gregoria Zelich, keeper of a restaurant in Oakland, Cal., taking pity upon the apparently urgent needs of an old Mexican, Magin Castro, gave him food and a place to sleep for a considerable time. Castro died the other day, and in his will bequeathed to his benefactor all he possessed, which proves to be a large interest in an estate in Mexico valued at several hundred thousand dollars. Odd Way to Make Money. A young New York broker, whose father has dropped two fortunes in Wall street, about a year ago fell heir to $30,000 from the estate of an aunt. He at once employed an expert and purchased at pawnbrokers' sales and elsewhere diamonds that took his whole fortune. The other day he sold the whole lot at an advance of $9,000.—Chicago Chronicle. Novel Map. A map of the state of Arkansas, worked in the form of a silk quilt, is exhibited in the Arkansas building at the St. Louis world's fair. This unique piece of work was executed by Amanda Stephens, a native of the state, aged 75 years. The map is absolutely correct as to sca.e, and shows all the railroads, rivers and county seats worked out in colors. Coffee Test A test to discover whether coffee is pure or adulterated is to hold a little in the palm of the hand after the coffee has been ground, and press firmly. If the coffee is pure it will fall loosely apart when the hand is opened, but if adulterated it will cake.—Chicago Post Severe Marriage Laws. The Austrian marriage laws are very severe. They prohibit marriage between Christians and Jews and between Christians and infidels. A marriage between a Protestant woman and a man who said he had no particular creed was lately annulled by the supreme court. Tree Planting at Night. Tree Planting at Night. It has been found that trees may be transplanted in full foliage in May or June with little or no injury if the moving is done at night. This has been demonstrated to the entire satisfaction of prominent French horticulturists. Effect of the Dose. A little Jersey girl recently swallowed a quantity of gasoline in mistake for water. She was not seriously inconvenienced, but could not help wanting to speed down the pike like an automobile.—Philadelphia Telegraph. Korean Houses. The average Korean lives in a thatched cottage having three rooms in a row. The kitchen fire is at one end and its chimney at the other. The flue passing through the rooms warms them. Nothing Else. Every man who meets the candidate assures him of his support. Is it strange then that the candidate who received but one vote thinks all men are liars?—Houston (Tex.) Post. Insanity of Jael. Jael had driven the nail into Sisera. "The poor woman had been house-cleaning and imagined she was putting down the carpet," they explained.—N. Y. Sun. Royal Typists. It is said that Princess Christian, Princess Charles of Denmark and the princess of Wales could earn their living as stenographers were it necessary. Seems Reasonable. Bjinks—Time runs on, eh? Now, what makes time run on? Bjunks—The spur of the moment, I s'pose.—Pittsburg Post. Will Help Some. One press notice won't make you famous, but proper advertisement will take you a long way up the ladder.—Chicago Post. Sounds Paradoxical. Strange as it may appear, no one does more to aggravate political illis than the political heeler.—Indianapolis News. Even on Corners. The man that is always standing round is seldom square.—Indianapolis News. Radio-Active Substances. About 60 different kinds of sub- stances are known to be radio-active. Joseph A. O'Donnell Henry D. Coghlan O'Donnell & Coghlan Attorneys at Law Phone 264 Main Metropolitan Block N. W. Cor. LaSalle & Randolph Sts. Chicago MILES J. DEVINE BRIENBAH B. O'CONNELL DEVINE & O'CONNELL ATTORNEYS AT LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK Clark and Washington St. Telephone, Main 940. CHICAGO. A. D. GASH Attorney at Law, 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago. Suite 615 to 619. Telephone Main 3077. FREDE NICK JOB AT:URNEY 802 MARQUETTE BUILDING Telephone 2210 Central CHICAGO JOHN E. OWENS ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW 323 ASHLAND BLOCK TELEPHONE CENTRAL 898 CHICAGO PHONES {Office, Main 1157 Res. Brown 42 STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS LAWYER Suite 200. 123-125 Lil Salle Street CHICAGO JOHN FITZGERALD JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 4787 & HALSTED STREET. ....CHICAGO J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Suite 412 Real Estate Board Bldg 79 Dearborn St. Cor. Randolph CHICAGO. Phone Randolph 55 J. J. HENNESSY, Justice of the Peace, 6301 S. Halsted St. WILLIAM TREXLER, CLERK. TELEPHONE WENTWORTH 4403. Police Magistrate Englewood Police Court. Telephone Main 355%. P. J. O'SHEA ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 1444 Unity Building 79 Dearborn St. Chicago. Robert M. Mitchell Attorney at Law Suite 9, No. 77 South Clark St. CHICAGO WILLIAM RITCHIE ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR. Suite 800-830 Oxford Building 84 LA SALLE ST., CHICAGO Telephone Main 1644. ALBERT B. GEORGE LAWYER. 628 Ashland Block, Chicago. Diamonds in This Country. The value of the diamonds in the United States is estimated to be $500,000,000. Of this amount $170,000,000 worth are owned by residents of New York. Boers Object to Census. The Boers resent an attempt to take a Transvaal census. They consider it an intrusion into their private affairs. ```markdown ``` ILLINOIS BRICK CO. ILLINOIS BRICK CO. WILLIAM C. KUESTER. SUPERINTENDENT. 1994 N. Western Ave., C N. Western Ave., Ch 1994 N. Western Ave., Chicago. Telephone Lake View 270. JACOB P Market a Telepho 81st and State St HILL 112- STATE Dry Goods an Wear for COB FEINBERG Market and Grocer Telephone 565 South State Sts. CHI HILLMAN'S 112-114-116 STATE STREET Goods and Everything Wear for Man, Woman and Child John J. Bradle estate, Insurance and managed. Abstracts examined. Renting. Legal paper Halsted Street Neodore C. May VICE OF THE PE Pages, Deeds, Notes and Legal Documents D knowledged. Room 22, 27 North C Market and Grocery HILLMAN'S 112-114-116 STATE STREET Dry Goods and Everything to Wear for Man, Woman and Child John J Real Estate, Ins Property managed. Abstracts exa 4709 South Halsted Street Theodore JUSTICE OF Mortgages, Deeds, Notes and Acknowledged. John J. Bradley Real Estate, Insurance and Loans Property managed. Abstracts examined. Renting. Legal papers prepared. 4709 South Halsted Street Chicago Theodore C. Mayer JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Mortgages, Deeds, Notes and Legal Documents Drawn and Acknowledged. Room 22, 27 North Clark Street. POLICE MAGISTRATE RESIDENCE East Chicago Ave. Police Court 337 Burling Street Opening of SEAS CHICAGO ng of Kalaspa SEASON 1904 Every Tuesday and Friday Metropole Dancing Club METROPOLITAN ORCHESTRA. Prof. J. W. Hail and all the old favori Take 47th St. Cars to the Gate 47th and Robey ADMISSION 25 CENTS Opens June. 2nd, 1904 M. JUNK, Proprietor JOS. P. JUNK, Manager 3700-3710 South Halsted Street and 897 to 929 Thirtyseventh Street CHICAGO IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS 2662 SOUTH HALSTED STREET. Tel. Yards 693 BERG cery CHICAGO N'S thing to man Notary Public Hudley and Loans legal papers prepared. Chicago Layer PEACE ments Drawn North Clark Street. RESIDENCE 337 Burling Street