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THE BROAD AX JOHN P. HOPKINS AND OTHER LEADERS PASSED THE GLAD HAND. Peace and Harmony Prevails in the Ranks of the Democratic Party. Vol. IX Mayor Ran the Cook G JOHN P. HOPKIN LEADERS P GLAD Peace and Harmo Ranks of the De The Democracy of Cook County held its county convention last Monday morning in the North Side Turner hall and after a few preliminaries the old machine, which was from beginning to end, controlled by Mayor Carter H. Harison, was oiled up and it did not even receive one jolt during the convention, which proves that in Cook County, at least, the man of (Destiny) dominates the political affairs of the Democratic party in this county, but whenever he attempts to flop his reform wings and fly to all parts of Illinois they are always clipped by John P. Hopkins. Alderman Ths. Carey served as the temporary and permanent chairman, Edward M. Lahiff acted as temporary and permanent secretary. No fight was made against their selection nor on the proceedings of the convention, for on the surface all was peace and harmony. Pleasant greetings were exchanged between John P. Hopkins and Col. Lahiff and the other prominent leaders of the opposing factions and their actions reminded one of an old-fashioned love feast. James A. Quinn, Alderman John J. Coughlin, Thomas J. Webb, and State Senator John J. Powers were the chairmen of the various committees which performed the heavy work of the convention, and while they or some of their associates were busy in fixing up the (joker) or the rider which empowers Mayor Harrison to name his own county committee, and to boss the party, for the next two years, much to the amazement of his political opponents, the convention proceeded with the nomination of candidates for the various county offices. Just as the convention was all ready to proceed in that direction the Hon. John J. Feely, who had been urged against his will to become a candidate for State's Attorney, withdrew from the race and seconded the nomination of George A. Trude for the position. Without the any perceptable opposition from either side the following ticket was nominated by acclamation: State's Attorney. George A Trude, Second ward. President County Board. Oscar F. Mayer, Twenty-first ward. Recorder. A. J. Sabath, Eleventh ward. Clerk of Circuit Court. Harry Hildreth, Eighth ward. Clerk of Superior Court. John S. Clark, Thirty-fifth ward. Member Board of Review Joseph Donnersberger, Third ward. Assessor. James J. Gray, Twenty-third ward. Coroner. John E. Traeger, Twenty-ninth ward. County Surveyor. Frank A. Windes Winnetka. Superior Court Judges. Philip stein, Sixth ward. Hiram T. Gilbert, Seventh ward. Joseph A. O'Donnell, Seventeenth ward. Charles H. Mitchell, Thirty-second ward. Timothy Cruise, Nicholas Gier, Herman J. Bauler, James O'Neill, John Szuminski, John Budinger, Milchael Woods. Members County Board, Country Towns. Thomas Taylor, Bloom. Eugene Malhoit, Proviso. A. J. Heintz, Worth. D. J. Hull, Riverside. Adam Malger, Northfield. On the whole it is a very good ticket, but we honestly believe that a grievous mistake was made by the convention in placing the name of A. J. Sabath' on the ticket for county recorder, for his reputation in the past as Police Magistrate and Justice of the Peace has not been the very best, and we predict that this fact alone without saying anything about the further fact that he is already on the mayor's payroll, will cause him to run many thousand votes behind his ticket. Mayor Harrison and many of his supporters claim that he owes his last election to the Afro-American voters of Chicago; but that fact did not cause his Honor to break his neck in urging his managers of the convention who were ready and willing to perform his slightest commands, to select a worthy Afro-American instead of an unknown Italian for County Commissioner. Another mistake according to our way of thinking was made by the convention was in not renominating Jacob B. Theilen for County Commissioner, for he has made an honorable record in the past four years and could command the support of all the newspapers because of that fact and draw to the ticket many thousand independent voters, which it cannot reasonably expect to gather in by ignoring such worthy men as Jacob B. Thielen The platform adopted by the convention contains many good planks which should appeal to the intelligence of the electroate of this county. Now that peace and harmony prevails within the ranks of the party, the ticket has a fair chance in winning out at the polls next November. The Tuskegee March. The famous Tuskegee March, composed by Prof. N. Clark Smith, will be sung in the last act in "Trip to Music-ville" at Quinn Chapel Thursday evening, June 30. Mme. Marion Adams Harris' musical sketch "Trip to Music-ville" promises to be a grand success; ticket are selling rapidly. The people want something new. HEW TO THE LINE. VOTE OF NEGROES IS NEEDED. Holds the Balance of Power in Several States of the Union. Republicans Must Hold This Element if They Would Win in November. It needs nothing more than a comparison of election returns and certain census figures to explain the Roosevelt policy of forcing upon the communities of the south government official whose appointment is an insult. Taking from the census of 1900 the number of Negroes of voting age in the close states of California, Kentucky, Indiana, New Jersey and New York and comparing these with the Republican pluralities in those states at the last elections of state officers and the great importance of the Negro vote to the Republican party is clearly shown. Negro vote Rep. plu'ty California 3,711 1,550 Connecticut 4,576 16,008 Indiana 18,186 35,264 New Jersey 21,474 17,133 New York 31,425 8,380 Holds the Balance of Power. This comparison shows that the Republicans would have lost California, New Jersey and New York except for the Negro voters and that in Connecticut the Republican majority would have been reduced by more than one-fourth and in Indiana by more than one-half. So far as Connecticut is concerned, the records show that even with this Negro vote solid for the Republicans, the Democrats carried the state in 1884, 1888 and 1892, so that it is distinctly a doubtful state, and every vote counts. Very much the same situation is demonstrated by the figures in Indiana. Mr. Bryan was defeated in that state in 1896 by a plurality of 18,181, while the Negro voting strength was 18,186. In other words, it was the Negro vote which gave the Republican party its majority then, as it has upon a number of other occasions. Analysis of the Vote. In Rhode Island, undoubtedly, a close state in which the trend of democracy is running pretty strong these days, there are about 3,000 Nego votes. In 1892 Cleveland was beaten in that state by a smaller vote than that. In recent state contests the Democrats have been victorious. California, Connecticut, Indiana, New Jersey and New York went Republican in the last state elections by a total of 78,758, while the figures show an aggregate number of Negroes of voting age in those states to be 79,372. These figures might bes upplemented by showing the Negro vote in certain other states, some of them close and some of them not. For instance, Pennsylvania 51,668 and Ohio 31,235 in neither of which states can there be much hope of Democratic victory though this Negro vote goes a long way toward making the total Republican plurality. Illinois and Kansas. Then there is Illinois, sometimes very close, which has a total Negro vote of 29,762; Kansas, which is decidedly erratic swinging first into one column then into the other has a Negro vote of 14,695, and Massachusetts, where the Republican are quite seriously divided over the tariff revision question, has a Negro vote of 10,456. It is essential to the Republican party that every possible vote shall be lined up for the coming contest. It is evident from these figures that the Negro falls to realize his political power and strength and if he does not cease in permiting the leaders of the Republican party to ride into power on his back, while at the same time favoring his disfranchisement in the South, it will only be a question of time until he will become a nonenity in the political affairs of this country. Miss Geneiveve Lee, 3155 StSate st., niece of Mrs. J. E. Lineberger, arrived home last Friday from attending the Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tenn., and it will be pleasing to her many friends to learn that she is making rapid strides in her studies. Quinn Chapel is full of Fighting Christians. It seems that old Quinn Chapel, like the great majority of the Afro-American churches is full of so-called fighting. Christians who are ever ready to fight at the drop of the hat, if the editor of a newspaper happens to publish the truth on them respecting their immoral or wrongful conduct in other respects. Almost one year ago T. J. Hunter, who busted up in business lately and lost all his household belongings because he failed to act in an honest manner in dealing with his many creditors and little Doctor H. C. Cress, who, with Hunter, is also one of the head men in Quinn Chapel, called at our home one night shortly after Rev. Archibald James Carey's rip-roaring trip to Milwaukee during the Sunday School Union, and urged us not to have anything to say in The Broad Ax concerning his disgraceful conduct in that occasion, and when we failed to comply with their requests and published some of the facts in reference to Rev. Archibald's drinking wine with the unfair ladies and so on, which we are ready to prove in any court of record, Doc Cress and a hungry-looking little fellow by the name of Henderson, rushed out to our humble little home the Sunday afternoon after the article appeared in The Broad Ax on Rev. Archibald James Carey, and his long to be remembered trip to Milwaukee, and those two so-called Christians wanted to whip us on the Lord's (day) for writing up their saintly pastor. Robert McCoomer, superintendent of the Sunday School of Quinn Chapel, was also ready to lay down his shallow religion and was eager to give us a good licking for simply mentioning his name in connection with the Milwaukee affair; but by looking all those fighting Christians who claim to be full of the Holy Ghost, straight in the eye they failed to lay their hands on us. Doctor Robinson, who is also one of the prominent members of Quinn, belongs to this same class of fighting Christians; for several Sundays ago, just as the Sunday School children were being dismissed Dr. Robinson, who owns a fine riding horse, and Rev. Archibald came very near resorting to blows over money matters, and for simply referring to their un-Christian conduct in The Broad Ax of June 11, it caused Dr. Robinson, whom we had regarded as first-class gentleman to lose his head, for on last Tuesday afternoon as we stepped into the law office of J. Gray Lucas, 167 Dearborn street, to transact some business with him, but he being absent we started to withdraw, and as we were in the act of doing so Dr. Robinson jumped between us and the door, backing himself up against it, so as to prevent us from leaving the room, and he demanded to know (what was that in The Broad Ax about him and Rev. Carey). We observed that he was very much excited, but his actions did not unnerve us and very cooly requested him to go and read The Broad Ax for himself and then he would find out what was in it. That we did not call at Mr. Lucas' office to fight or quarrel with him, that first-class gentleman always refrain from doing such things; that we did not care to have any words with him, and warned him that if he endeavored to prevent us from leaving the room and going about our business that he might possibly get himself into trouble, then he stepped back from the door at the same time declaring "that if he and Rev. Carey had not quarreled as reported in The Broad Ax, that he would beat us to death. The only answer made to that statement by us was that we had heard that same old story a thousand times. It is a singular thing, that whenever newspapers run by the whites publish misstatements in relation to the conduct of colored people they are tickled to death; but whenever an Afro-American editor publishes the truth concerning their actoins this same class of colored people who are always posing as great Christians are ready to transform themselves into blood-thirsty savages, and are eager to shoot and stab him to death for doing so. Clippings of Newport News, Va. This city is possibly one of the most interesting small cities of the South, today every thing considered perhaps she is exxcelled by none in the South according to the knowledge of the writer. I believe many people in and out of Newport News would like to be informed relative to the progressiveness of our marvelous little city. We shall attempt to write about a few interesting facts from time to time; if you read them you may be able to get an idea of our wonderful little city. One score years ago the land now occupied by our handsome city was a dreary forest, marsh and farms, today we have a well laid-out city by streets and other necessaries as can be expected yet there is much needed improvements. Our population numbers about 20,000; we have nearly 25 city officers; we have 30 or more efficient physicions; we have a half dozen cr more splendid hotels and several banks and a dozen or more different denominations; a dozen or more secret societies. At our wharves we employ 3,000 or 4,000 men. The Newport News shipBuilding and Dry Dock Company employ from 6,000 to 8,000 men. There is at present half a dozen battleships under construction for Uncle Sam and much repair work for other nations and companies; this is a portion of what goes to make us what we are. The election is over and it it stated that 20 or more Afro-Americans voted and all of them voted the Democratic ticket straight. They say it is intelligence in the future. For my life I can not see how intelligent men of our noble race can afford to fool with either of the corrupt parties. It seems to us that the time is at hand for the Afro-American to organize a party whose platform will demand exact justice and equal rights to all based on fair play and stay on it forever. The writer had a wreck last week for saying that any religion that would substanciate slavery in any way was not good for the Afro-American race and that any black man who taught that education the highest and lowest was not good for all men. Must be wiser than King Solomon, who was the wisest black that ever lived. One of his chief commands was for all men above all to get wisdom, knowledge and understanding in all branches. This command should be obeyed by all men and more especially the black man, as he was a member of our race and undoubtedly the greatest that has ever appeared on earth. A. L. PEARSON. SEEKS MORTGAGED CHURCH. Holder of Paper Tries to Foreclose on Colored Institution. The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal church, one of the most prominent colored congregations in Chicago, may lose its edifice at Thirtieth and Dearborn streets, if the foreclosure petition of James Longley of Boston is granted by the Superior Court. Longley alleges in the suit filed yesterday, that the church owes him $15,000, secured by a trust deed made March 17, 1891. He asks for the sale of the church to repay the indebtedness.—From the Daily Press. It will be remembered that a little over a year ago the poor deluded hardworking men and women belonging to Bethel raised several hundred dollars and turned it over to Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray, and Col. David Ranting, the late editor of the Old Church Organ, so that they could land us in jail, and it seems to us that it would have been much better if they would have expended their money for the purpose of endeavoring to save their church property instead of trying to imprison some one for publishing the truth. Will Bros. Murray and Wilkins please stand up and lead us in prayer? Attorney Edward W Cullen has returned to the city after an absence of almost two years, and has resumed the practice of law at 171 Washington street. No.35 NEVER SAW THE BONE FIGHT. Booker T, Washington Gives Negro's Philosophy in Civil War. "At Hale's Ford in Virginia," said Booker T. Washington, "I used to klown in my boyhood an old colored man called Uncle Sam. During the civil war Uncle Sam took a great interest in the conflict, but he did not fight. A white man took him to task about this one day. 'Look here, Uncle Sam,' he said, 'here are the men of the North and the men of the South killing one another off like sixty on your account. Why don't you pitch in and join them?' "Uncle Sam looked at his interlocutor with a pleasant smile. "Mah frien',' he said, 'has yo' evah seen two dawgs a-fightin' ovah a bone?' "Of course I have,' said the white man. "Did yo' evah see de bone fight? " This is another one of Booker T. Washington's old worn out stories and it should be plain enough to all soft brained fools, that the great Wizard of Tuskegee has endeavored to impress the idea upon the mind of the Negro that he must not fight nor contend for his civil and his political rights that he must assume the attitude of a common dog or bone, and permit his white masters to kick or cuff him around to their heart's content. PRESIDENT RROOSEVELT NOMINATED. Senator Fairbanks Selected As His Running Mate. Thursday afternoon the Republican National convention come to a close by nominating Col. Theodore Roosevelt for President of the United States and United States Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana for Vice-President. Our comment on the Platform and the treatment accorded to the AfroAmerican editors, and some of the delegates, will appear in the next issue of The Broad Ax. Hon. John P. McGoorty, who read the resolution in the county convention, containing the names of the candidates for Judges of the Superior Court, will be one of the new members of the next Legislature of Illinois. H. T. Riggs, who has charge of the Ottawa building, 107 Madison street, has been seriously sick for the past two weeks, but he is improving and will soon be able to discharge his duties. Tuesday evening a reception was tendered to Bishop C. T. Shaffer, and the delegates to the Republican convention at Quinn Chapel. Speeches were delivered by Rev. G. M. Tillman, All Hash Roberts, Bishop Shaffer and Charles W. Anderson of New York. Without any warning beforehand the people were held up at the door and the were not permitted to enter the church to see the show until they dug up tweanty-five cents. Many exclaimed that "those running Quinn had turned out to be highway robbers,' and the backed back and the crowd on the inside was rather slim. Rev. Sutton E. Griggs, Nashville, Tenn., lectured Tuesday evening at Friendship Baptist Church on the (Race Problem) in the South, and the views of Rev. Griggs, who is a profound scholar and an author, as well, are opposite to those of Booker T. Washington's pertaining to the civil and political rights of the Negro. He set forth the truth relating to Peonage, or the new system of slavery which is being established throughout the South, and referred to the many insults heaped upon decent colored women by the white gentlemen of the South. He declared that the Negro must not surrender any of his God given rights simply to acquire an industrial education; that he must fight to protect his family—his home and his rights. Rev. Knight, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church, intimated that Rev. Griggs, who is writing a book in reply to Rev. Thomas Dixon's and Thomas Nelson Page's attacks on the Negro, gave expression to many sentiments which he has read in The Broad Ax from time to time on the (Race Problem). Will promote gate and at all times uphold the free principle of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Infidels, Farmers, Single Taxes, Republicans, Knights of Labor, or any one else can have their way, 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. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., as Second-class Matter. Powder puffs for the bath have leaped from an ordinary-sized puff that a child could manipulate to a puff the size of a man's head. With one dab of this puff one can powder half the body and another dab will complete the task of powdering the whole, says the Washington Star. These puffs are of soft, white elderdown, like their little predecessors, and are finished at the bottom with shirred silk or satin and ivory handles. As time-savers they are worth their price. Another fad for the bather is a small tub of clay, decorated on the outer side and looking like a homely cousin to the Mexican earthern bowls used as decorations. In this tub is a big flat cake of soap that fits in the bottom of the tub, is pink or grayish white in color and apparently a sort of scented castile. With the tub comes a sort of broom, like a small scrubbing broom. It is made of long fiber from East India, and the fiber is doubled so that the ends meet and are trimmed smoothly off. The place where they double is wrapped with more fiber and forms a handle. In completed form this stiff, but not harsh, brush is 12 or more inches long, and its appearance is sufficient guarantee of its ability to cleanse. This tub and brush arrangement is English, but a sort of general bath article is the big square sponge of a dark brown color in its holder of barrel metal—silver preferred—which hangs on the edge of the bathtub. For the bath come bran bags of cheesecloth filled with bran scented with orris and some other perfume that the bather fancies. Bags made of cheesecloth and filled with oatmeal are perfumed in the same manner, and are particularly fine for the skin and complexion. Corn meal, too, is highly recommended by physicians for whitening and softening the skin, so many women have little bags of perfumed corn meal made for face, neck and hands. Paris sends over all manner of bath bags guaranteed to do all manner of wonderful things to the complexion and skin. These all have their devotees, but to the average woman unable to pay big prices for these dainty, imported bath bags, bottles of wafers come with all the leading perfumes, and a wafer or two is dissolved in the tub while the water runs. This is the day of fads for the bath, and the woman who cannot buy the latest fads has the satisfaction of making them cheaply from a few cents' worth of oatmeal and her favorite perfume, with a little orris powder mixed in the whole. YELLOWNESS OF VISION. There are some people who have mental jaundice. That is to say, they see everything yellow. Physical jaundice produces yellowness of the eyes. A great many cases of jaundice actually color the aqueous humor of the eye. This produces a condition of the eye which makes the patient see everything yellow. In fact the patient is looking out on the world through yellow fluid, and, of course, everything looks yellow, says Medical Talk for the Home. Now there is a condition of mind which might be likened to yellow jaundice. A person gets yellow in his mind, he is yellow clear through to his soul, and his soul is yellow also. Then he looks out upon the world and discovers that everything is yellow. Every publication is yellow, every enterprise, everything is yellow but himself, whom he fondly imagines is not yellow, simply because he cannot see himself. Mental jaundice is still worse than physical jaundice. No drug can cure mental jaundice, and there is no rational treatment for it. The patient never knows that there is anything the matter with him. His friends and neighbors know that there is something wrong, but they can never make the patient believe it. A person might a great deal better have something the matter with his liver than something the matter with his mind by which a concentrated bile of distrust and haired is imparted to the soul. Mental jaundice is a great deal worse than physical jaundice, as the bile that covers the eye in mental jaundice is wholly imaginary bile, which also clouds the judgment and impairs the feelings. VETERANS HOLD THE JOBS. Ex-Soldiers and Sailors of Civil War Constitute Ten Per Cent. of Department Employees. The civil service commission has furnished to the house committee on civil service reform a statement show- ing that the total number of ex-soldiers and ex-sailors of the civil war employed in the executive departments at Washington is 2,175, and the widows of veterans so employed 388. The information was asked in view of complaints that there are many superannuated clerks on the pay rolls. The largest number of veterans-641 employed in the interior department, while the treasury department carries 553 and the war department 347. There are only 23 veterans on the navy department roll and only seven in the state department. The ages of the old soldiers and sailors vary from 50 to 82 years. There are 217 who are 61 years old, while those younger form the next larger class, 197 in number. Nearly two-thirds, or 1,388, are from 58 to 65 years of age. Those over 70 years of age number 226, and of this number 11 are over 80. The veteran with the longest service is 77 years old. He has served 52 years. Nearly two-thirds, or 1,332 of the 2,175 veterans, receive salaries ranging from $1,200 to $2,500 per annum, while 66 receive more than $2,500 per annum. Those receiving $840 or less number 476. The veterans and their widows constitute ten per cent of the number of persons employed in the departments and government printing office in Washington. SAVES BONES OF CHINESE. San Francisco Celestial Makes Living by Removal of Remains to Far Cathay. Lee Chung, of San Francisco, makes a good living by a peculiar employment. Some years ago he entered into contract with the Six Companies to exhume the bones of all Chinamen who had died in this country. The Six Companies found that it was hard to induce Chinamen to come here unless it was stipulated that in case of death their bones should be finally buried in China. So they engaged the service of Mr. Chung as their agent in the carrying out of this agreement. He keeps track of the remains of all the clients of the Six Companies that have died and sees to it that they are carefully boxed up and sent back to China. His duties take him to all parts of the country and he has subagents in all the large cities where Chinamen have settled. His contract makes it incumbent upon him to prevent the bones from being mixed. They are separately packed in white muslin bags, and no bone must be broken or sawed. Each set of bones is labeled and carefully recorded in the Six Companies' office, when and where buried, when exhumed, when shipped to China, and the account finally closed with the receipt for the bones from the dead man's relatives. MAKE PENCILS OF CHURCH. Tennessee Landmark Will Be Dismantled to Furnish Material for Sawmill. The high prices paid for cedar timber in Marshall county have led to the dismantling of one of the landmarks of Tennessee, near Nashville, Round Hill Presbyterian church, and the sale of the logs to a pencil factory. Heretofore fences, outhouses and barns have been sacrificed to the needs of the pencil makers, but this is the first noteworthy building that has been sent to the sawmill. The Round Hill church was erected somewhere between 1820 and 1825, being a branch of Bethbirei or Rock Creek church, as it was then called. Father Hall was the founder and pastor of both churches in the early days of their history, continuing as pastor until there came a split between the old school and the new school members of the congregations. The old school faction held Round Hill church, finally selling it to a negro congregation. The tempting offers of the factory buyers for the fine, well preserved logs of which the church was built moved the negroes to sell, a very considerable sum being realized, which was invested in a white church building of later construction. Owl and Duck Share Nest. An incident which will be interesting to naturalists is told in a recent number of the Scotsman. One of the foresters in the employ of the marquis of Lothian was returning from his work when he noticed a wild duck flying from a larch tree. On close examination he observed a common brown owl looking down from what appeared to be a nest in the cleft of the tree, about 30 feet from the ground and apparently near the place from which the duck had flown. Curiosity prompted him to climb to the place, which he did with great difficulty. The owl on his approach flew off, and to his surprise he found in the nest two eggs—an owl's and a wild duck's. It is not uncommon for both owls and ducks to build their nests high up on trees, but it is unheard of for one nest to be appropriated by both birds. Valuable Catalogue The most valuable book ever published by a private citizen was probably the catalogue of the Walters collection of pictures and ceramics in Baltimore. Only 100 copies were published, which were presented to the great libraries and museums of the world. This small edition cost more than $100,000. The bride and groom sat side by side. "Dearest," he said, looking up into her eyes, for he was smaller, so that he really and truly looked up and into her eyes. "Yes, love," she responded in soft, frightened mouse tones. "If I had known that tunnel was that long I would have kissed you." song I would have kissed you. "Didn't you kiss me?" she asked with much surprise. "No," he replied. "Well, somebody did."—Cleveland Leader. Her Pipe Went Out. "He comes so often to call upon me," she mused, "that I can draw but one inference. Where there is so much smoke there must be some fire." Two weeks later she was abashed to learn that he was going to marry another girl. "The smoke I saw," she reflected, "must have been that from a pipe dream." Slang is sometimes a balm to a broken heart.—Life. An Awful Thought. I often long to put away The burdens fate has piled on me And lag me down to sleep for aye, From tolling and from trouble free. But then there comes this awful thought Which makes me brace myself and bear The ills I have at present: What If men must still work over there? —Chicago Record-Herald. BRIGHT PEOSPECTS. BUTCH SCHOOL OF BASKETBALL "How're the chances of the team this season?" "Fine! We've got a new college pitcher who can cuss at the umpire in seven different languages."—Farm and Fireside. An Important Distinction. The diplomat doth toll in state And carefully dissimulate. With lesser plans and smaller wit He would be called a hypocrite. —Washington Star. Asked and Answered. "What is love?" asked the sweet girl who was looking for a chance to leap. "Love," replied the old bachelor, "is a kind of insanity that makes a man call a 200-pound female his little turtle dove."—Chicago Dally News. Self-Convicted Wife—Percy, if a man were to sit on your hat what would you say? Husband—I should call him a confounded silly ass. Wife—Then don't sit on it any longer, that's a dear.—Chicago Journal. Reminder of Wall Street. Mrs. Banker—Oh, come out to the barnyard, William, and see the farmer watering his stock. Mr. Banker—No, Julia, I came out here in the country to forget business.—Yonkers Statesman. Not Vicious Enough He—Like all young men, I have my faults. She—Yes, but they are so insignificant that no self-respecting girl would feel justified in marrying you to reform you.—Town Topics. Good Catch. Mamma—I'd hate to think that you would throw yourself at young Shortstop. Daughter—I don't see why. He's the best catch on the local ball team.—Cincinnati Enquirer. The Dawn of Reasoning. "Pa," asked the little Wise boy, "what is a buttery?" "A buttery, my son," explained Mr. Wise, "is where people make butter." "Then do they make augers in an augury?"—Judge. Hard on the Ear. Mrs. Church—Has your child got an ear for music? Mrs. Gotham—No; I think it was ruined when she was quite young. My husband used to sing to her.—Yonkers Statesman. Divorce Surgery. "I see Jennie Gayleigh is to undergo another operation." "Dear me! Appendicitis again?" "No. She's going to have her husband amputated."—Town Topics. Idiomatic English. Hojack—Well, the company has gone under? Tomdik—What sank it? Hojack—Its floating debt.—Town '10pics. Speaking with Authority. Meeks—The man who tries to change a woman's views is a fool. Weeks—How do you know? Meeks—My wife told me so.—Tlt Bits. One Definition "A lady, my son, is a female who does not have to insist that she is a lady."—Oleveland Leader. Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAIL YARDS: { 51st St. & L. S. & M. S. Ry. 52nd St. and Armour Ave. CHJCAGO A REAL CHANCE ENTERPRISING CANVASSERS The demand for Professor W. E. B. DuBois' great book The Souls of Black Folk has been so remarkable, especially among those who do not buy many books, that we have just issued a Special Subscription Edition This powerful study of the Negro Question stands ahead of all others. 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OLD SOLDIERS TO ATTEND Hundreds of Them Will Be Present as Critics for the Regular and National Guard Forces—Other Washington Gossip. Washington.—Washington, and for that matter the soldiers of the entire country, are taking more than a passing interest in the coming battle maneuvers scheduled to take place on the historic Bull Run battlefield this coming autumn. For this series of maneuvers troops will be drawn not only from the regular army at the eastern posts, but from the national guard of the eastern and New England states to the number of about 25,000 men, and they will be under the direct command of Maj. Gen. Henry C. Corbin, commanding the department of the east with headquarters at New York. Of this force some 18,000 will be militiamen, and regular army officers, especially those assigned to general staff duty, are anticipating a golden opportunity of studying the soldiers of the guard of the various states. But not only will the officers of the regular service be present in considerable numbers, but the young soldiers will have as critics many hundreds of civil war veterans, many of whom fought over this same ground during that conflict. One reason for the great interest shown in the maneuvers by the old M. H. M. CHANDER change been offered him. As it is he is now given an opportunity to secure a place more to his liking, and because of the amount of litigation ahead and opportunity for active work in the courts which is pleasing to him. Joseph H. Choate, the amoassador of the United States to Great Britain, was also being talked of, and the president is represented as desiring to have Mr. Choate enter the cabinet in some capacity. Mr. Choate, however, is well pleased with his present position. soldiers is that solved by the t the movements 40 years ago, we are made neces arms and battle neuer ground some 50 square vers will be th this country. There has bee physical aspect which is now b A. SECRETARY MOODY. which suits his tastes and inclinations, and there is every prospect that he will remain in England as long as Mr. Roosevelt is president. Gov. George H. Carter, of Hawaii, who visited Washington a few days ago, traveled in greater style than is usual with executives of American states. His journey from San Francisco was made in a private car, with all the luxurious appurtenances that goes with such a mode of traveling. Gov. Carter's luxuries, however, are not charged to the government. He draws a comparatively modest salary of $5,000 a year, which is, however larger than that paid half the governors of the states in the union. The honor and influence attached to the position is of far more value to him than the salary, as he is a wealthy man, with many financial interests both in the islands and in the states. The outlying territories have added greatly to the work of the administrative departments of the government. From the departments of war and justice especially they take a vast amount of attention. Every day brings with it some problem for solution. On the same day of Gov. Carter's visit, which among other things was to discuss with the president the availability of men for territorial judges, of which seven new appointments must be made in the near future to fill existing vacancies, Beekman Winthrop, the new governor of Porto Rico, talked with the president about affairs in that island. Winthrop goes to Porto Rico early in July, where he will succeed William H. Hunt, who is to return to become judge of the United States district court of Montana. --- stuck to Jackson's brigade throughout the war, and it certainly is the name by which its first commander will always be known as one of the most brilliant and formidable of American soldiers. The Battle of Bull Run has been classed as one of the decisive battles of the late civil war. As the pitched battle—the first trial of strength between the north and south—its inception and issue were pregnant with grave consequences to the future of a struggle in which the two combatants were yet hesitating to engage. It is purely military results; it has been well said that "the cannon of Bull Run echoed henceforth on every battlefield of the war." The meeting of the national conventions has so far over-shadowed the cabinet changes as to leave the latter almost entirely without comment. Corporations' interests have been far more interested in the successor of Attorney General Knox than in the man who is to be the future head of the department of commerce and labor. These interests would have preferred some man outside of the cabinet, and are said to have presented the names of several big New York lawyers for the position, arguing that New York would be left without representation in the cabinet upon the retirement of Secretary Cortelyou. The president, however, did not look with favor upon the men proposed and will undoubtedly name Secretary Moody for the place in the near future. Moody is a lawyer of exceptional ability, and one who knows the purposes and policies of the administration. He has announced his desire to retire from the cabinet on several occasions and take up again the practice of law. This he would probably have done had not this opportunity for a Opportunity for soldiers is that the problem to be solved by the troops will follow very the movements of Gens. Lee and Pope 40 years ago, with the exceptions that are made necessary by the change in arms and battle formations. The maneuver ground will cover an area of some 50 square miles, and the maneuvers will be the largest ever held in this country. There has been little change in the physical aspect of the old battleground which is now being surveyed and the chief points marked out for the coming conflict. A sparsely settled community is embraced in the territory covered by the battleground, which is a succession of beautiful valleys, intersected by small streams of water, irrigating farm land. Many crossroads are encountered over the old battlefield, which lead to hills running up the sides of the Blue Ridge mountains. Bull Run gets its name from a small river in eastern Virginia, which joins the Occoquan, a tributary of the Potomac river, 25 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. Near it occurred two important battles in the American civil war. The confederates, under the immediate command of Beauregard, about 31,000 in number, defeated the federals, under McDowell, about 28,000 strong, July 21, 1861. The loss of the federals was nearly 3,000; of confederates, 1,752. This battle of Bull Run was called by the confederates the first battle of Ma- nesses The confederates under Gen. Lee, about 40,000 all told, defeated about 35,000 federals under Pope, August 29, 1862. The loss of the federals was about 15,000 men; of confederates, 8,400 soldiers. This was called by the confederates the second battle of Manassas. The battle of August 29 is sometimes called the battle of Graveton. During the first battle of Bull Run Gen. Barton Bee, of the confederate forces, selected a position on a large hill south of the turnpike, known as the Henry House hill. This house received its name from its original owners, and to-day still stands as a monument of two great conflicts. This hill, on which the old Henry house stands, lies south of the Warrenton turnpike. On the east it slopes down to an affluent of Bull Run and not far from it, known as Young's branch, and on the west it is bounded by the road which runs south from Sudlex Springs to Manassa. In the western corner of this field, a third of a mile from the turnpike, but very close to the Sudley road, stood the Henry house. The confederate officers endeavored to establish a connected line, in a general way, but this was a different matter to effect. It was during this battle of Bull Run that Jackson received the epithet "Stonewall." Probably no chance word was ever uttered on a field of battle which became more famous than when Gen. Bee, referring to Gen. Jackson used the expression "standing like a stonewall." The epithet "Stonewall" ```markdown ``` He Was Right in It. Mr. Subbubs—So one of your farmhands has a great reputation as a weather prophet? Does he often get it right? Farmer Hayrick—He hits it right hine times out o' ten. Mr. Subbubs—How does he manage to do it? Farmer Hayrick—Wa-al, he goes the exact opposite of what he sees in the "weather probabilities," by gum!—Judge. Warned in Time. Old Dumpps—A penny for your thoughts. Young Gumpps—I am trying to remember what it was my wife wanted me to bring home. Old Dumpps—My! my! Don't do it. Remembering the things a wife wants you to bring home is a mighty bad habit. By the time you've been married ten years, she'll be giving you a list as long as the tariff law—N.Y. Weekly. That's What. The man who really knows it all, And never tells it, we adore; But he who only thinks he knows And tells it is a bore. —Cincinnati Enquirer. FOR SELF-PRESERVATION Fyette Miss McFlirter—Isn't it strange how the young men gather 'round me? Miss Smartsett—Not at all; they probably think there is safety in numbers.—Chicago Chronicle. Well. What of It? The melancholy days are always here. For man will rail, no matter what his lot. This week he kicks because it's wet and cold. And next he'll kick because it's dry and hot. Chicago Journal She—Do you remember the first night you called? He—Oh, yes. "I had some sort of a flower in my hair, didn't I?" "Yes; and I had some sort of flour on the lapel of my coat when I got home."—Yonkers Statesman. His Record. "I stand squarely upon my record," said the political candidate. "Well," yelled the little man at the rear end of the hall, "you can hardly be blamed for wantin' to keep the blamed thing from bobbin' up."—Chicago Record-Herald. His Nickname. "Why do you call your little baby brother Radium?" asked the presocious boy's uncle. "Because father and mother think he's worth about a million dollars, but nobody else does."—Washington Star. Another Lie Nailed She (a bride of six months)—Everybody says you only married me for my money. He—Everybody is wrong, my dear. I know you look it; but, honestly, I didn't—Indianapolis Sentinel. Easily Kent Un Church—It is impossible to keep an umbrella up in a high wind. Gotham—Oh, I don't know. I saw one go up in a high wind, the other day, and I guess it hasn't come down yet!—Yonkers Statesman. Ugly Little Thing "Everybody says the baby looks like you. Doesn't that please you?" you. Doesn't that please you?" "I don't know," replied Popley, "but I tell you what; I'm glad nobody thinks of saying I look like the baby." —Philadelphia Ledger. Whyness of the Wherefore Fred—I always enjoy conversing with a spinster at a social gathering. Joe—Because why? Fred—She never bores one half to death by talking about old times.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Avoiding a Crush Bacon—They say when that Mormon elder was married the last time he did not have his other wives present at the ceremony. Egbert—No; it was said that he hates crowds.—Yonkers Statesman. First Society Woman-What is the matter with her? Isn't she a social success? Second Society Woman-No. She doesn't seem to know what the public wants.-Brooklyn Life. Wonder—Why on earth did you allow your daughter to marry that fellow Bounder? Old Crosscut—Because I hated him so—Ally Sloper. He—Would you—er—mind setting your face against mine?—Chicago Daily News. Disinterested Advice. "I am very much bothered. I can marry a rich widow, whom I don't love, or a poor girl that I do love. What shall I do?" "Listen to your heart and marry the one you love." "You are right, my friend. I shall marry the girl." "Then can you give me the widow's address?"—Fliegende Blaetter. Heard on the Veranda A gentleman complimented a lady on her improved appearance. "You are guilty of flattery," said the lady. "Not so," replied the gentleman, "for I vow you are as plump as a partridge!" "At first," said the lady, "I thought you guilty of flattery only, but now I find you are actually making game of me."—Tit-Bits. An Ingenious Plea. "Your honor," said the confidence man, "the man who tempts another man to do wrong is as bad as the man who does wrong, isn't he?" "I believe it has been so held." "Well, then, send that hayseed to jail. He's such a fool that he just tempted me to filmflam him."—Chicago Post. Under Cover. Youngun—When did you see Miss Carmine last? Oldboy—I haven't seen her face for years. Youngun—I thought she had supper with you last week. Oldboy—So she did, but I didn't see her face, nor did anyone else; she uses too much make-up for that—Ally Sloper. Knew the Sex. "Your wife is a very sick woman," said the grave old physician, "and while I do not wish to alarm you, I have my doubts as to her recovery." "Oh, she'll pull through all right, doctor," replied the wise husband. "Her dressmaker sent home a new gown yesterday and she hasn't tried it on."—Cincinnati Enquirer. Why She Was Disappointed. A small miss who had but recently mastered her oatechism confessed her disappointment with it thus: "Now, I obey the fifth commandment and honor my papa and mamma, yet my days are not a bit longer in the land, for I'm put to bed every night at seven o'clock just the same."—Tit-Bits. The Voice of Flattery. Judge (to old offender)—Have you anything to say? "Only this, my lord. It comforts me to know that one wise man on the bench can undo much of the mischief wrought by 12 idiots in the jury box." The minimum sentence was passed by his lordship—Tit-Bits No Trouble About That. "How do you account for the fact," asked the doctor, "as shown by actual investigation, that 32 out of every 100 criminals in the country are left-handed?" "That's easily accounted for," said the professor. "The other 68 are right-handed."—Chicago Tribune. Not the Same. Ghumley—Oh, we can't hold our concert in that hall. The acoustic properties are wretched. Dumley—That ain't one of the Koostick properties; it belongs to old man Jones, and he's all right.—Philadelphia Press. A Similarity. And sometimes he gets left at the post —Washington Star. QUITE DIFFERENT. A Binks—How does Jones' wife treat him? Banks—Like a dog. Binks—Cur? Banks—No; poodle.—Chicago Daily News. Highly Successful Jack Sprat took Anti-Fat, His wife took Anti-Lean, And so to-day the both of them Are sleeping in the green. —Lippincott's Magazine. Hewitt—What sort of a fellow is Gruet? Jewett—The sort that thinks he can live a strenuous life on eight dollars a week.—Brooklyn Life. He—Wasn't it brave of Farragut to the himself to the mast? She—Oh, I don't know. I tied myself to a stick, but nobody gets excited over it.—N. Y. Sun. Mother—Yes, children, you may run out and play on the railroad tracks, but be sure and keep off the street or the automobiles will get you.—Puck. COLLEGIAN HAS BEST SHOW National Educational Bureau Fur The United States bureau of education estimates that of the 14,794,403 men over 20 years of age in this country 1,757,023 are without education, 12,054.-335 have had only a common school education or its equivalent, 657,432 have received a high school training in addition, and 325,613 have had college training. The brief biographies of over 10,000 men commonly considered successful collected by "Who's Who" afford an opportunity for comparison of the men mentioned in "Who's Who" not one enrolled himself in the first class—the 1,757,023 without education. From the second class came 1,368, or one for every 8,812, and of these 24 reported themselves as self-taught, 278 as privately taught. From class three came 1,627, or one for every 404, and from class four, 7,709, one for every 42. The conclusions drawn by the compilers of the statistics are that the boy of no education has hardly a chance of honorable distinction; that the lad with a common school education has one chance in 9,000, the high school course increases the lad's chances 22 times, and a college education gives the young man ten times the chance of a high school boy and 200 times the chance of a boy whose training stops with the common schools. The college graduate is preeminently successful and the self-educated man inconspicuous. FRIENDLY BIRDS OF PREY. Hawks, Owls, Herons and Kingfishers Make the Best of Game Wardens. Every farmer and gamekeeper, says Forest and Stream, should have a copy of the biological surveys report on the stomachs of birds of prey. Besides immense quantities of mice hawks and owls kill snakes, rats, weasles, skunks and squirrels, all of which species destroy more or less young game birds and the eggs of game birds. Therefore it becomes necessary to know whether the bird of prey himself or all these other enemies kill the most game before judging of his harmfulness. The killing of hawk or owl is probably almost always the killing of one of your game preservers, whether or not he takes some game in pay. You might as well abolish policemen because they sometimes offend. Sportsmen wage war against herons, kingfishers and fish hawks. Now, since it is well known that the main devourers of trout spawn and fry, for instance, are not any kind of bird, but certain species of fish, you are probably helping thin your trout by removing these birds, since the latter doubtless prey more on the spawn devourers than on the trout. This is plain, because trout are swifter and hence harder to catch and live commonly in deeper water than any other species; so that what the heron and king fisher get are no doubt generally the enemies of your trout. Pat Driscoll, of Arizona, known as the most economical millionaire in the world, says he is surely coming east to the St. Louis exposition. He had decided, says the New York World, to attend the Chicago fair when President Cleveland made his public declaration against the coinage of free silver. Driscoll is a silver miner and the slump in silver, which reduced his income about five per cent., made him abandon the journey as extravagance. Driscoll's income is at least $80,000 a year. His cost of living he limits to $30 a month. Yet he is by no means a miser, and many gifts of thousands have gone from him to poor miners and their suffering families. The old miner experienced all the prospector's poverty and hardships until he was past middle age, and when he did strike it rich he never changed his habits of living. Now 60 years old and in the best of health, he lives alone in a little log cabin, cooks his own meals—of napjacks, salt pork, beans and oatmeal—and sleeps on a wooden bunk filled with straw and covered with a blanket or two. The Light of Crystals All diamonds do not shine in the dark after exposure to sunlight or electric light, but some do to a remarkable degree. A diamond rubbed with a woolen cloth, or against a hard surface, will sometimes shine brilliantly. The emission of light is a property belonging to many, if not all, kinds of crystals. A variety of white marble found at Hastings-on-Hudson gives out a flame-colored glow when pounded, and bright flashes when scratched with steel. In northern New York is found a kind of stone, known locally as "hellfire rock," which exhibits bright sulphur-colored streaks when scratched in the dark. Pieces of rose quartz rubbed together exhibit brilliant flashes, sometimes bright enough to illuminate the hands of the person holding them. Smoked quartz and other varieties sometimes show a similar phenomenon. Courtship by Handkerchief Whenever a single woman, amongst a powerful tribe in the Persian mountains, wishes to get married, she simply sends a servant to pin a handkerchief on the hat of the man of her choice. He is obliged by tribal laws to marry her, unless he can prove himself too poor to pay the "compensation" her father requires. 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 banka. MR8. A. WILSON. Nicely furnished rooms to rent for gentlemen. Reasonable rates, 2252 Indiana aveune. 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 falls. 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: The Afro-American News Office, 3104 State Street. Alton H. Blake, shoe shining parlors, 2508½ 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, 268 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, 4861/2 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. Isaldor 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 AX. ```markdown ``` CHIPS. . Dearborn street, 2¢ ‘flat. ‘Clab, gave a very successful Japanese Party last Thureday night at the home “of Mrs. Duke McEwen, 4806 Dearborn top to the bottom with the many well wishers of the club, and a handsome ‘sum was realized for it from the of Miss Irene McCoy, the bright little daughter of Mrs. McCoy, 4813 Dear- born street, recites ever so lovely, and her serviees are in great demand by many of the wealthy white ladies who give high class musicals and literary entertainments in their elegant homes. Miss Irene is only 13 years old and she is one of the brightest Afro- Amer- ican girls in Chicago. Saturday evening, July 2, a grand ‘trolley party will be given by Engle- wood Lodge No. 4230 G. U. 0. O. F., to Calumet Grove. The first train will leave South Park avenue and 63rd street at 7:30 p. m, the ast train at 9:00 sharp. Tickets for round trip, 25 cents. Music by N. Clark Smith's orchestra. Prof. Hall will have charge of the dancing. Prof. John J Smallwood, President of the Tempcrance, Industrial and Collegiate Institute at Claremont, Va., will speak at Bethel Church Sunday evening. Prof. Smalfwood, who fis one of the noted orators in this coun-| try, is a warm friend of Judge Ric- kett’s, 145 La Salle street, and they will spend sometime in chating over the friendship formed between them Guring their college days. Former Alderman Mike MclInerny; defeated Hon. M. J. Butler for renom- ination for the State Senatorship in the Fourth Senatorial District. John C. Russell, 30th ward, and Isaac Miller, 29th ward were chosen as Representa- tives. The writer very much regrets that Senator Butler fell by the way- side for he is honest and knows how to conduct himself like a gentleman, and at every stage of the game The Broad Ax is still with him. It was our pleasure this week to call on Mr. T. Ashby, who is a member of the firm of J. J. Smith and Company, manufacturing Perfume’s, 100 Lake st. and Mr. Ashby, who is a constant scp- porter of this paper, presented us with @ large DUttle of fine toilet water for Mrs. Taylor, which she highly appre- ciates. This is the season of the yeat he is kept busy in suppying Marshall Field and Company and the other large stores with nice things to make people smel? mighty sweet. ‘Will Crockett, 5007 Dearborn street, who has worked in the postoffice for a long time, died very suddenly last Thursday. Funeral services were held over his remains at St. Mark’s Church, Sunday morning; interment at Green- ‘wood. ‘ Mrs. Mary Files, 5013 Dearborn street, was one of the many neigh- bors who put forth her best efforts to assit Mrs. Crockett during his ill- ness, and it always caused him to feel bappy, whenever she ran in to wait on him, FOR SALE—Nice eight room house, large yard (100 100ft.), furnace, bath and all conveniences; fine location, igh class neighborhood, splendid op- portunity for one who desires the in- fluences and surroundings of an intei-| ligent, refined community. Public and |: private schools. | Price $5,000; $3,500 cash, $1,500 pay- | sble in three years, 6per cent interest. || If interested, address, care of Julius F. Taylor, 5049 Armour Ave. The L B. W. Club, which is com-| posed of the most brilliant Afro-Amer- jean women in this city, conducted a/ | high class musical at the commodious home of Mrs. Shives, 214 E. 28 st. Mrs. Fanny Clint-Hall had charge of the pro- gram; the singing by Miss Nellie To- || ler, the Young Ladies Quartette and/| | by the others, who participated in it was simply superb. Mrs. Cordelia West, Presidcnt of the club, and the other ladies connected with it, deserve | ! B great amount of credit for getting up| ' such a high class musical entertain- eit ; ‘The National Association of Letter Carriers gave their Sth annual excur- ‘sion and picnic to Santa Fe Park last ‘Sunday, and between seven and eigth thousand people were on the grounds. It was a jolly good natured crowd. Quite a few Afro-American letter corri- ers and their lady friends mingled and freely danced in the same Pavillion ‘with their white associates and no in- Pee aeum, by the waltting to the same music. It with pleasure to the outings of ‘Flower names bave always been in favor, but at present the names of pre- cious stones run them s good second. Lord Edward Churchill’s daughters are Ruby and Beryl; there is Miss Peari Finch, daughter of Mr. George Finch. of Barley-on-the-Hill; Miss Frances Wolseley, only child and heiress of Lord Wolseley, has also thé name of ‘Garnet, and the new Lady Hardinge, whose husband has recently been ap- pointed ambassador at St. Petersburg, ewns 2 beautiful baby named Dis- fond.—London M.A. P. Queer Graveyard Customs. In the Athens cemeteries graves are Tented for a term of years, just like ‘the habitations of the quick. Only the ‘wealthy own burial lots. This is in- variably an evidence of wealth or aris- tocracy. The poor seldom dream of buying « lot or tomb. Such purchase would be deemed among them an un- necessary luxury. At the end of the term for which a grave is rented the bones are dug up, placed in a bag, labeled with the name and date, ‘and deposited in a general receptacle. + Dust in the Dining Room. Germs are in dust everywhere. But ft is in the dining-room that they’ get imto our food and thence into our bodies. The dining-room of all rooms should be kept free from dust; should have nothing in it to catch and con- ceal dust. It should be a plain room, as devoid as possible of frocks and frills.—Cooking School Report. a Tn recent European experiments corpses have been kept for a certain eee ee calcium heated to degrees, then taken out and steeped for 24 hours in & cold solution of sulphate of sodium. The bodies are transformed into per- fect mummies, which may be kept in- definitely. Moth Destroyer. To keep moths out of furs and fian- nels, sprinkle spirits of turpentine over sheets of paper. Place a sheet between each garment. The turpentine will evaporate when exposed to the air. The odor may be more agreeable to some than that of the camphorated tar balls—Buston Budget. The Difference. . Scolding Female (to husband No. 2)— Ob, if you only knew the difference be- tween you, wretch, and my first hus- band! Husband—I do know the difference. He is. happy now that he has left you, and I was happy before I got you— Chicago Journal. No One to Take Offense. Fuller—I understand you said I looked like a monkey? What do you mean by saying that? Waller—Oh, it's all right; no harm done, you know. There wasn’t any monkey within hearing when I said it. —Btray Stories. How About This? ‘The London Express learns that “It is proposed in America that the pre- fix ‘Mr.’ should be abolished by act of congress, and every man should be known by his trade or profession, as “Draper Jones’ or ‘Attorney Smith.’ ” Restaurant on Shin. Passengers on the enormous new steamer now being built at Stettin for the Hamburg-American line, will be allowed, if they prefer, to pay for the passage only, taking their meals in the restaurant on deck. Wrong Either Way. You are up against it when people Praise you. If you agree with them they think yon are concsited; if you do net agree with them they think you are a bigger fool than you look.—Chi- cago Tribune. Crab Cheese. Pound some good, rich cheese with a little mustard, ofl, vinegar, eapene and salt until the consistency of cream of crab. Serve in a fancy dish with thin fingers of crisp toast—Washington Annoying Accompaniment | Probably the actress who objected to her audience's eating peanuts at a per- formance of Ibsen thought {it was Playing the shell game on her.—Chi- cago Journal. Smart Old Uncle. Between 1896 and 1903 Uncle Sam in- creased his national wealth from $70,- 000,000,000 to $10,000,000, an increase of $30,000,000,000.—Des Moines Capital, Bussisn Horses. _ During the last three years Germany imported from Russia 112,616 horses, Valued at over $10,600,000. Russia has 0w prohibited this exportation. French Coast Going. The ses is said to be gradually eat- ing away the French coast, having ‘within the last five years swallowed up @o less than 460 acres. 2 ‘Lone-Lived Occunstican ‘Instances of extreme old age are more common among those engaged in the ex- ercise of gardening than in any other employment. * Map for the Soldiers. Soldiers in the Italian army are al- lowed two hours in the middle of the day for a nap. ‘Wrong Iiclinetion. Spring lingered in the lap of winter and summer in inclined to linger in the Jap of spring. —Washington Star. Bicarbonate of Soda in Solution Rec- ommended as a Good ~ Mouth Wash. The close connection between de- edyed teeth and diseases of the diges- tion is pointed out by a medical writer. The presence of free acids in the mouth is particularly harmful. These may come from various sources, but most commonly from the acid fermen- tation of the carbo-hydrate food lodged on or between the teeth at the gums, and due to the action of mico- organisms present in the mouth. + Normally the saliva is alkaline, and any acids produced in the crevices of the teeth are thus neutralized and decay prevented. There ate two conditions under which the saliva is unable to netitralize the acids pro- duced locally—namely: First, when it is deficient in alkalinity, and, second, when it is deficient in quantity. Az to the former, it is well known that the saliva becomes less alkaline or even acid im any condition of prolonged gastric digestion, a phenomenon which occurs in nearly all cases of dyspepsia. Moreover, the teeth when decayed further tend to keep up the state of chronic dyspepsia by rendering masti- cation imperfect. A vicious circle is thus established. To obviate this form of dental disease the teeth should be washed frequently with a solution of which one of the ingredients is bicar- bonate of soda. This may prevent one of the mouth disagreeable results of the disense—facial neuralgia. YOUNGEST REAR ADMIRAL. Officer Possessing Distinction in the United States Navy Is Forty- Three Years of Age. ‘The corps of naval constructors, Unit- ed States navy, is remarkable fn that its ranking officers are so very young com- pared with the line of those of other corps. This is explained, according to the Washington Post, by the fact that those who make up this corps are con- stantly being offered greater induce- ments by large shipbuilding companies to leave the service for which they were educated. ‘This partly accounts for Washington Lee Capps, the present chief of the bu- teau of construction and repair, being at its head at the age of 43, the youngest officer ever having the rank of real ad- miral in our navy. As his name might in- Gicate, Read Admiral Capps was born in and appointed from Virginia. He en- tered the Naval academy in 1880, and staduated in 1884, high tn his class, for by the act of congress, August 5, 1882, only ten of each class were then retained in the service. After a tour of twoyears’ Sea service he entered the construction corps, where he was advanced from the bottom to the top. While Rear Admiral Capps entered the service as late as 1880, all of the 27 rear admirals of the line can date their serv- fee to before or during the civil war. IMPROVES FLAVOR OF CIGAR Original Process by Which Pittsburg Man Obtains More Satisfaction in Smoking the Weed. Lighting a new Havana, a down- town professional man, after taking a few whiffs, blew into his cigar, says ‘the Pittsburg Dispatch, and forced a lot of smoke out of the fiery end Then he laid it aside and permitted the spark to die out. When asked for an explanation he said: “Well, I learned that habit some years ago, and I find that a cigar ‘which has been lighted and then al- lowed to go ut makes a much better smoke. I take several vigorous draws in order to bring the heat well through the weed. If a cigar becomes cold while it is saturated with smoke it has a musty odor; consequently, it is necessary to blow steadily and quite hard before extinguishing the spark, in order to clear out all the smoke that has been drawn between the layers of tobacco. After permit- ting the cigar to lie 10 or 15 minutes, or even half an hour, I find on re- lighting it that the flavor has greatly improved. The why and wherefore I am not philosophical enough to ex- plain, but I know it makes a cigar better. It also improves a toby. Try it and you'll agree with me.” Consumption Statistics. General statements as to the prog- Tess made in checking the ravages of consumption are always interesting, but it is much better to have specifis statistical information upon the sub- ject. Vital statistics have been taken im Massachusetts since 1842. In all the years before 1867 the annual death rate from consumption was nearly or quite 4,000 to 1,000,000 inhabitants. The rate hes declined almost stead- ily ever since. It was about 3,200 to 1,000,000 in 1882, less than 2,500 in 1892, and less than 1,600 in 1902—the lowest point reached up to that time. Corresponding figures for England show a similar decrease. The system of keeping vital statistics has not been general enough to make sure that all the states can present as good a rec- ord of progress as Massachusetts, but all the facts that are available are en- couraging. Matrimonial Brokerage in Italy. In Italy there are any number of matrimonial brokers, and the business is quite a regular institution In their offices there are books with the mames and particulars of all the mar- iageable girls, rich or poor, who live im te district, and the brokers go about endeavoring to arrange engage- ments in exactly the same way as they would do ordinary trading busi- ness. it depends entirely upon their success whether they receive any pay- ment for their efforts or not. LLINOIS BRICK CO. WILLIAM C. KUESTER. SUPERINTENDENT. 1994 N. Western Ave., Chicago. | Telephone Leake View 270. O'Donnell & Coghlan | Attorneys at Law Phone 264 Main Metropolitan Block N, W. Cor. LaSalle & Randolph Ste Rs net DEVINE & O'CONNELL ATTORNEYS AT LAW WATE 36-320 REAPER BLOCK Clark aad Washington Sa. Yotegboes, Mate %410 CNC AGR, JACOB FEINBERG Market and Grocery Telephone 56s South 81st and State Sts. CHICAGO A. D. GASH ~Attomey at Taw, 84-86 La Sallie Street, Chicago. Suite 615 2 619, Telephone Main 3077. FREDERICK W jJOB ATCORBEY 47 Lad a “comtecan CHICAGO nee sie E. OWENS ATTORNEY ‘4 COUNSELOR aT Law 323 ASHLAND BLOCK ‘TELEPHONE CENTHAL S08 CHICAGO roms ary Mate eT STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS LAWYER Suite 200, 123-125 LA Salle Street CHICAGO John J. Bradley Real Estate, Insurance and Loans genie eked te Renting. Rane da Ritaghewe Tarte WH Rectdsnss, 121 Sastan! 40HR FITZGERALD WSTICE OF THE PEACE: 6791 6 RALSTED STREET, —cmIGAeo Theodore C. Mayer JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Mortgages, Deeds, Notes and Legal Documents Drawn f and Acknowledged. Room 22, 27 North Clark Street. POLIGE MAGISTRATE RESIDENCE East Chicago Ave. Police Court 337 Burling Street J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Suite 412 Real Estate Board Bidg £9 Dearborn St. Cor. Randolph | CHICAGO. Phone Rasdolph 55 J. J. HENNESSY, Justice-ofthe-Peace, 6301 S. Halsted St. WILLIAM TREXLER, CLERK. TELEPHONE WENTWORTH 4403. Police Magistrate Englewood Police Court. Telephone Main 3555. P. J. O’SHEA aTTORNEY AT LAW Suite 1444 Unity Building 79 Dearborn St. Chicago. fan's Brewer WILLIAM RITCHIE ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR. | Bete GORE Ofer bei 04 LASALLE ST., CHicaao . ‘Teteptens Pate 1666. ALBERT 8. GEORGE LAWYER oy Stet ee, Chleage. — me BO mee Jas. J. McCormick, SAMPLE _ROOM _ 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 & Transvaal census. They consider it 2 intrusion into their private affaize.