The Broad Ax

THE AFRO-AMERICAN Vol. IX THE AFRO And His Various Soci The Southern Negro's love of pomp and circumstance is nowhere exemplified more forcibly than it the manner in which he multiplies his charitable organizations, writes a resident of Charleston. Inordinately fond of company, he has few societies founded with the sole view of promoting social enjoyment. For the most part, whatever foundations he makes have a semi-religious trend, the dues entitle members to sick benefits and funeral expenses. There is usually an elaborate regalia and an intricate ritual. Not a few Negroes of a Southern city, such as Charleston, belong to no less than a score of these orders, the names of which are oftentimes curiously and wonderfully made. What, for instance, would the ordinary patron of secret organizations think of possessing membership in "The Sons and Daughters of the Seven Golden Candlesticks in Charity," or in "The Sons and Daughters of 'I Will Arise.'"? The sons and daughters idea is worked to the limit of endurance. There is scarcely a well-known name in Biblical history that is not tacked to it. There are in Charleston alone no less than seventy-five of these societies with charters from the state of South Carolina, and how many there are that have no legal status no man may say with confidence. Dues are paid weekly, and, strange as it may seem when the great poverty of the Negro in the South is considered, the arrears list is a brief one, indeed, Of course, the charges are small, usually about 25 cents a month, but when it is remembered that many individuals belong to six or eight, or even more orders, it is little short of marvelous how the funds necessary to meet the demands of the collectors are found; and yet it is so deep a disgrace to be expelled that instances of the kind are very rare. To hold membership in a number of societies is regarded as a badge of honor. The funeral of a colored man or woman who holds membership in a half dozen of these orders is a spectacle worth witnessing. Occasionally bitter feuds arise between rival societies for the possession of a corpse, for the Negroe's love of a funeral is not second to his love for melons. The ceremonies usually begin the night before the actual interment is to take place. There are sermons and prayers and personal experiences interspersed with wild bursts of incoherent melody, which arouses religious fervor to fever heat. Men and women faint in the course of the exercises, many others fall into trances and talk of visions of theils dead friends enthroned in glory. Residents for blocks around swear vengeance against the sons and aduighters, their children, and their childgen's children, and appeal to the city authorities to put a stop to he orgy. The ceremonies, --- culminate in a formal procession. Negroes from the uttermost parts of the city gather in the streets. The members of the organizations to which the dead person belonged stand in solemn order clad in elaborate uniforms and bearing the banners and other insignia of their respective orders; and when the cortage finally moves, wending its way at times through miles of the city's streets; it is followed by a mad rush of men, women and children, who block the thoroughfares, and traffic for a time being has to be suspended. The hope of such a funeral is the inspiration of many a Negroe's whole life. He slaves and deprives himself of actual necessities for years to meet the demands of the collectors of the societies in order that he may go to his last resting place in the midst of such strangely weird pageantry. — Exchange. Cullings From Washington. By Special Correspondent. Washington, D. C., July 5. 1904. The Washington Ministerial Union which is probably the most unique among our brethern in the whole land by reason of its personnel, gave their annual outing on Friday of last week. This is, I believe, the only Union among our people that can boast of a Lutheran and Swedenborgian member. We engaged two drags and six horses assembled at the Lincoln Congregational church, and drove to Elberton, the country home of Mrs. A. Wormley Cole, about twelve miles distant in Montgomery County. Dinner was served by Caterer Foster on the plazzias at 3 o'clock. A very pleasant day was spent playing quoits croquet and baseball. The drive home in the cool evening enlivened by the fine singing of the melodious voices of the men who lead thousands in public worship was an inspiration long to be remembered. In th party were: Bishop and Mrs. George W. Clinton, Rev. Walter H. Brooks, Nineteenth St. Baptist Church: Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Francis H. Grimke; Mr. A. H. Grimke, of Boston and Miss Angeline Grimke, teacher of physical culture in the Armstrong School; Mrs. Lloyd, of Jacksonville, the Misses Sarah and Fairfax Brown, teachers in our schools; Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Oscar J. W. Scott, and Mrs. Lewis of the Metropolitan A. M. E. church; Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Garner, Plymouth Congregational church; Rev. and Mrs. Sterling N. Brown, of the Lincoln Congregational church; Rev. and Mrs. Wallace, of Zion Metropolitan church; Rev. and Mrs. Edward Hunter; Rev. Messrs. Cleaves, of the Israel C. M. E. church; Corrothers of Galbraith; Kyles of Union Wesley; Mitchell of St. Marys Episcopal Chapel; Wiseman of the Lutheran church; Mr. and Mrs. Zeph. Moore and Mrs Mooreland. Times have changed for the better since the days when such a gathering as this was perhaps impossible. The Colored People of this land are being so persecuted and crowded together that lines of demarkation in religion as well as in every thing else, are gradually being obliterated. It is foolish for us to be scattered and divided into this thing and the other thing, thus dissipating what little energy we have, when we should be found as an inflexible and impregnable phalanx. Why should there not be one church for the Colored Race, which in its perfect agreement and unanimity of action would be an invincible power for our good. HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, July 9, 1904. On the essentials of Religion of Jesus we can all agree, why can we not all be one? In such a movement even the Baptists would be agreed upon the fundamentals, as to the methods and forms we need not quarrel. Certainly all of us would subscribe to the following Creed: I believe in one God; I believe in Jesus Christ His Son; I believe in the Holy Spirit, I believe that God made me a free man, endowed with the an immortal soul; I believe that I am in every senese a citizen of my native land; I believe it is my duty to love and serve God and my fellow men; I believe that God expects me to guard and contend for these rights and privileges, if need be, with my life." Owen M. Waller, M. D. A WAITER MARRIES PROMINENT WHITE LADY. Ed Jones, an ex-employee of the Portland grill room, was married in Spokane, Wash., last week to Miss Maybelle Douglas (white) of this city. Two years ago Miss Douglas was elected queen of the Elk's carnival, after one of the most exciting contests ever held for the election of a queen. Miss Douglass operated the Portland telephone exchange for a number of years but resigned about a year ago to accept a position as cashier in the Portland grill room, which she resigned on the 10th of June to join Mr. Jones in Spokane, where he had preceded her a month or more, he having been discharged from the grill room for infringement of some of the headwaiter's laws. The marriage of Miss Douglas to a colored man was the very last thing ever dreamed of in Portland. She had been offered the hand and fortune of several of her color, but refused. She counted among her friends people in the highest walks of life, and to think that she would give all up for love of a colored man without money, name or influence, was a problem that her friends are unable to solve. It was a great blow to Portland society, and one that will not soon be forgotten. Her mother, who is almost heartbroken over the marriage, went to Spokane and pleaded with her daughter to return and forsake her husband, but she told her that she was happy with her husband and would not return. The last heard of the happy pain they were en route to New York City. The Advocate, Portland, Oregon. COWARDS AND TRIMMERS. All the great Negroes in the county gathered in Chicago during the Republican convention save two There were symposiums, receptions, speakings, and the amount of hot air turned loose, ought to keep Chicago warm all next winter. And yet, while the eyes and ears of the ten millions of Negroes of the United States were turned towards Chicago, to see what was done, and hear what was said, these syposinists, were afraid to ay one word about the Negroe Suffrage and Negro Disfranchisement, democratic and Republican. It was a pitable sight. No greater gang of Negro cowards will ever assemble again. Think of great Negro politicians discussing how much cotton the Negroes raised! And one Negro statesman announced the fact "I am for Roosevelt" and took his seat. We are almost ready to say that office-holding has turned Negro men into caterpillars, has stricken them dumb and has made them contemptible in the eyes of all real men and women. If a Negro has to give up his courage, his convictions and his manhood, if an office is a muzzle, if an office is the means of making a Negro a mere political film-fiammer, then it is decidedly better for the Negro race that there be no Negro office-holders. THE MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN. The Illinois delegation which will leave Sunday morning July 10th, at 9 o'clock, over the Chicago & Alton R. R., will be one of the largest in attendance at the 3rd Biennial meeting of the National Association of Colored Women which convenes at St. Louis, July 11-16. Other club women from Springfield, Bloomington, Jacksonville, will join the delegation enroute. There are thirty-six federated clubs in the state, 20 of which are in Chicago. This meeting promises to be the largest and most important ever held. Many attractive features have been planned for convention week by the local committee. Wednesday July 13th is "National Association Day" at the World's Fair. The sessions on this day will be held in Festival Hall. The other sessions will be held at St. Paul's Chapel. The National Officers are Pres. Mrs. J. Silone Yates, Kansas City, Mo. Vice Pres., Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala., Rec. Secty. Mrs. E. C. Carter, New Bedford, Mass. Treasurer, Mrs. Libbie C. Anthony, Jefferson City, Mo. Chr-Ex. Committee, Mrs. B. K. Bruce, Bolivar, Miss. National Organizer, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Davis, Chicago, Ill. Before the writing of this article we are able to say that orders have been given to cut out gambling at the Delpardo Hotel. Bully for you Bro. Casey. Now how about the boys' quarters at the Vendome? Mr. Long should make an investigation, for it is the talk of Hyde Park, that the largest gambling institution in town is run in the boy' quarters with the very knowledge of the Head Waiter. Miss Josephine Dumoss, of Hyde-Park, was among the 114 graduates of the Hyde-Park High School, who has very highly honored the father who is now employed at the Hyde-Park Hotel. Success to you Mr. Dumoss and daughter. We are pleased to note that the Hon. Judge Harem of Hyde-Park has become so interested in the son of John Lowe, the waiters' taior that he is now paying tuition at the art institute, so much for the advancement of the waiter's children. Miss Alvena Perkins has developed wonderfully in music in the past six months, and the credit should be given to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Perkins, who are determined to cultivate the talent she has. The Broad Ax is glad to give thanks for the convelescenses of the daughter of "Captain" Frank Brown of the Palmer House. A new genius has been discovered by the writer in the person of Chas. H. Warren, a son of Mr. R. H. Warren, who has held the position as head carver of the Palmer House for 30 years; who has been with the house since the first day it opened, Mr. Chas. H. Warren is a graduate of the Chicago High School, and pre-eminently fitted to be given the title of Author. He has been recognized by his teachers as a wonderful compositor, with an adaptibility that any race might be envious of. When only 12 years old he wrote the play that was rendered at the Auditorium. He has now in his possession a play entitled "Cuban Slaves." The Auditorium Grill room has changed waiters and have employed 26 colored men under the headwaitership of Mr. James Early. Every day we read of railroad wrecks and steamboat disasters in which people are, killed and malmed by the hundreds. If these big engines were in charge of colored crews—my, what a holler the Chicago Tribune would make. They would spend thousands of dollars sending Raymond all over this country and abroad trying to find men who would declare "the Negro unit to be trusted with the lives of others" and who would advocate an immediate change of all crews. THE .EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO. Within the past two weeks the Employers Association of Chicago, have established a free and thoroughly equipped up-to-date employment bureau at 225 Dearborn St., Room 8-9, Tele. Cent. 2310. It is the aim and object of the association so we are informed by its secretary, Frederick W. Job, to furnish its members with first class and reliable help. Except house servants and common laborers and for such service no extra charges will be made to the members of the association, other than their annual dues. This same rule applies to those seeking employment. In all cases the highest reference must be given by those seeking employment. CHIPS. Who is the better friend, the man who will help you, or the man who will pray for you? Doctor A. Beatrice Schultz looks a natural as ever while going forth among her old patients and friends. Our June brides were scarce, what is the matter boys; was it two cold to court last winter? Which do you think is the most sensible, to trust to God to provide for you, or to get a move on you and do the providing yourself Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pickett are spending a few days of their honeymoon with relatives and friends in Quincy, Ill. Mr. Alfred Anderson has returned from New York, where he has been attending the staging of his new play, which we will witness next winter. John S. Kelly, who for a long time worked for the city in the sanitary department, has engaged in the contracting business for himself with offices at 151 East Randolph street. Little fatty no account Lawyer Alexander, who is ever ready to skin the boys, has so far failed to turn over to us the five dollars which he owes us. Ladies don't disband; keep your whist clubs and sewing circles up; they give tone to our community and we point with pride to those of you who can afford them. These hot days church goers like to do their worshipping and get out of church early. Longwinded preachers should take a hint and cut their sermons in half. They are off for the Appomatox Picnic—if you did not get your invitation to this select social function ask the first fellow you meet, likely he has a pocket full of 'em. A man must do a thing because it is right, even if he die for it; but truth were poor indeed, if it did not at last bring all things in subjection to it. Rumor has it that the "Real Smart Set" of he South-eastern section of the city is arranging for several swell receptions and parties this month and the early part of next. Attorney J. Gray Lucas, 167 Dearborn St., Suite 611, ranks among the best lawyers in this city, and he successfully tries more cases in the criminal court than any other Afro-American in this city. We remained in-doors all day on the 4th inst.—Not because we are less pratiotic—but because we fear fools and fire, and the two seem especially privileged to combine, maim and destroy on that day. County Commissioner Timothy Cruise, who is as honest as the day is long, and who is always on the side of the people, will be re-elected again without the slightest doubt for he is a faithful public servant. A. L. Williams, who is employed as a first-class clerk in the County Treasurer's office, addressed the Sunday Club which holds forth in St. Mark's Church, last Sunday afternoon, on the Progress of the Afro-American race. vor b l y, pro n ord e ry he Hot it em h be d dut t t ar th you / g. ubl av me an al dion the us ess ted in sed too ply We his ass ats ble nd ed he of x- he i. in rs er n n e o d No.37 Inconsisency, thy name is Prejudice for who is more inconsistent than he who nursed his "black mammy's" breast, yet cannot eat beans if they be cooked in the same pan used by his "mammy's" sons of the 8th Illinois. Dr. Robert Hardin, of 6341 Rhodes avenue, will entertain Thursday, July 14th, in honor of his 37th birthday. It is to be a stag whist party at which about 36 of his friends will gather early and combat for the handsome prizes to be awarded. The Appomattox Club will give it fourth annual outing at Santa Fe Park, Monday, July 11. Trains will leave Polk St. Depot, Dearborn Station, at 9:30 a.m. sharp. Fare for round trip, 75 cts. The dancing will be managed by Prof. J. W. Hall. The franchise plank in the platform of the Republican Party if put into effect would not restore the right to vote to a single colored man who is now disfranchised. That's why we are of the opinion that there is something wrong about that plank.—The Planet, Richmond, Va. The National Industrial School of Arts, will give a musical, poetical and art exhibition, Tuesday and Wednesday, July 12th and 13th at 2805 State St. Mme Marion Adams Harris, musical director. Prof. Robert Jackson, poet. Prof. and President S. A. Coleman, director of Art Exhibits. Admission 25 cts. John Brown, the popular barber, 385 Dearborn St., who ranks among the oldest and most highly respected Afro-American citizens of Chicago, and his friend Mr. Anderson, who is in the service of the Pullman Palace Car Company, between this city and Detroit, Mich, are both warm admirers of The Broad Ax. Roger C. Sullivan is the new member of the Democratic National Committee for Ill. When it came to a show down Mayor Carter H. Harrison and M. F. Dunlap, was not in it a little bit, and Mr. Sullivan bagged the committeeship as slick as taking a drink of ice water with a highball on the side. Mrs. Fred. D. Berry and her bright little son, Master Roy, have returned to the city from Ashtabula, Ohio, where they spent the past three months in visiting with her sister Mrs. Johnson. They are stopping at the home of her friend Mrs. Macey, 5133 Grove Ave. Mrs. Berry greatly enjoyed her trip and her host of friends say "That she is looking too pretty for anything." "Unionism and Socialism" is the title of a new book written by Eugene V. Debs. It is published by the Standard Publishing Company, Terre Haute, Indiana. It sells for the sum of ten cents, but it is worth four times the price and it should be read by all those who are deeply interested in the labor and the economic questions which are constantly agitating the minds of the American people. If the members of the 8th Illinois National Guards will start a savings fund with the money they intended to spend at the St. Louis Exposition, sacrifice a little and add thereto every penny they would spend with the whites who do not solicit their patronage; it won't belong ere they can buy and sell those fools who let their prejudice run away with their common sense. The Western Negro Press Association will meet in Guthrie, Okla., Aug. 2nd, 3rd and 4th, and Nick Chiles, owner and manager of The Plain dealer, Topeka, Kansas, its able and progressive president has honored the writer with an invitation to be present on that occasion. We very much regret that our business will prevent us from greeting our Western brethren at their meeting, for in 1898, we had the honor to read a paper before the Association, which met at Omaha, Neb., during the exposition, and that enabled us to become well acquainted with the majority of its members, and we know they would give us a royal time if we could again meet them at Guthrie, Okla. Wild promulgate and as all time uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Cothelia, Protestante, Priesta, Infidela, Farmers, Single Taxes, Republicana, Knights of Labor, or any one else can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad An 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 or one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year.....$2.00 Six Months.....1.00 JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago III., as Second-class Matter. FOR THE TOILET TABLE. Articles of Utility and Ornament Now Found in My Lady's Collection. 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 elder-down, 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 theatest 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. A Condition of Mind That May Be Fittingly Termed Mental Jaundice. 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 hatred 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 snowing 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. 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. 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 "You are right, my friend. I shall marry the girl." "Then can you give me the widow's address?"—Fllegende 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 flimflam 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 catechism 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 righthanded."—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. 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 noise 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. Caution. "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 Ire ($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. Country of Churches 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. Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAIL YARDS: 51st St. & L. S. & M. S. Ry. 52nd St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO A REAL CHANCE FOR 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. Every one who has the future of the colored race at heart will want to buy it and read it. 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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." Jens 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." 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 1,200,000 pelts in six weeks. Vigilance of Nations How closely nations watch one another and how quick they are to learn of one another has been demonstrated in the United States senate. When the naval appropriation bill came up, the item of expense for the construction of new battleships was opposed almost wholly on the ground that Japan in her present war with Russia had demonstrated the superiority of small vessels like torpedo boats, and had shown the impotence of battleships in modern naval warfare.—Washington Star. All in Vain. An American girl in London had talked horse, coaching, tennis, golf and vaudeville to the Englishman who had taken her in to dinner, without rousing him to an expression of interest. He was very quiet and gentlemanly and obviously bored, and with our characteristic American frankness she remarked: "You Englishmen are so hard to entertain!" To which he replied, in slow surprise: "But we don't want to be entertained!" Tree Explosions A grove of aspens in Manitoba grows in a region of intense frost. The straight, tall trunks have frost cracks in the bark near the ground, where the sap is yet to be found in the time of severest cold. All who have camped in the north during the coldest weather will recall readily the sharp explosions that are heard during the making of these cracks. Country Life in America Common Failing One of the writers of popular songs says that his method is to jot down a jumble of meaningless words to fit the meter of his melody, and then afterward to substitute sense for the nonsense of the first draft. A good many song writers seem to follow the same procedure, without taking the second step.—Indianapolis Journal. Trying on the Nerves. It was testified in a London police court recently that lunatic asylums contain a larger percentage of piano tuners than of representatives of any other trade. Anyone who has been forced to listen to a piano being tuned can understand the nerve-racking nature of such a business.—Philadelphia Record. Went Good Men A noteworthy feature of the applications this year to the bureau of self-help for graduate service is the demand from corporations for Yale men to take permanent positions, many of them well paid. Several of the calls for teachers are for positions paying $3,500 a year or more. Wagonless Syria. Carts, wagons, drays, trucks, etc., are not employed largely in Syria and Palestine. On the farms a wagon of any description is hardly ever seen. Grain is brought in on the backs of camels and donkeys. Delivery wagons are unknown in Syrian cities. Australia has no orphan asylums. Every child who is not supported by parents becomes a ward of the state, and is paid a pension for support and placed in a private family, where board and clothes are provided until the fourteenth birthday. To Foil Mice. Food can be protected from the ravages of mice by placing it on a table covered with an enamelled cloth set in the center of a room. The wily rodent cannot climb up the slippery surface.—Household. Hard to Understand. A London doctor has figured it out that tall homes, such as apartment houses, has caused a reduction in the size of the heads of children and made them less intelligent. Sevages at the Circus. No doubt we are all quite civilized and refined, but the big act in the circus is the one in which the performer appears to incur a wanton risk of life. Washington Star. Saving Nothing. Those who have wondered why they never hear anything from Gen. Coxey nowadays will understand when they learn that he has made a fortune. Boston Globe. Women Medical Officers 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. The manufacture of ice in Jerusalem has grown in three years to be a large business. DYSPEPSIA FROM BAD TEETH Ricarbonate of Soda in Solution Recommended as a Good Mouth Wash. The close connection between decayed teeth and diseases of the digestion 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 fermentation of the carbo-hydrate food lodged on or between the teeth at the gums, and due to the action of microorganisms 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 are two conditions under which the saliva is unable to neutralize the acids produced locally—namely: First, when it is deficient in alkalinity, and, second, when it is deficient in quantity. As to the former, it is well known that the saliva becomes less alkaline or even acid in 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 mastication 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 bicarbonate of soda. This may prevent one of the mouth disagreeable results of the disease-facial neuralgia. YOUNGEST REAR ADMIRAL Officer Possessing Distinction in the United States Navy Is Forty- Three Years of Age. The corps of naval constructors, United States navy, is remarkable in that its ranking officers are so very young compared 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 constantly being offered greater inducements 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 bureau of construction and repair, being at its head at the age of 43, the youngest officer ever having the rank of real admiral in our navy. As his name might indicate, Read Admiral Capps was born in and appointed from Virginia. He entered the Naval academy in 1880, and graduated in 1884, high in 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 two years' 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 service 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 downtown 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 allowed to go out 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 permitting 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 wherefor I am not philosophical enough to explain, 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 progress made in checking the ravages of consumption are always interesting, but it is much better to have specific statistical information upon the subject. Vital statistics have been taken in Massachusetts since 1842. In all the years before 1857 the annual death rate from consumption was nearly or quite 4,000 to 1,000,000 inhabitants. The rate has declined almost steadily 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 record of progress as Massachusetts, but all the facts that are available are encouraging. 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 names and particulars of all the marriageable girls, rich or poor, who live in the district, and the brokers go about endeavoring to arrange engagements in exactly the same way as they would do ordinary trading business. It depends entirely upon their success whether they receive any payment for their efforts or not. 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 scale, 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. 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. One press notice won't make you famous, but proper advertisement will take you a long way up the ladder. Chicago Post. Strange as it may appear, no one does more to aggravate political fills 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 substances are known to be radio-activa. --- Women's Names. Flower names have always been in favor, but at present the names of precious stones run them a good second. Lord Edward Churchill's daughters are Ruby and Beryl; there is Miss Pearl Finch, daughter of Mr. George Finch, of Burley-on-the-Hill; Miss Frances Wolseley, only child and heiress of Lord Wolseley, has also the name of Garnet, and the new Lady Hardinge, whose husband has recently been appointed ambassador at St. Petersburg, owns a beautiful baby named Diamond.—London M. A. P. Guer Graveyard Customs In the Athens cemeteries graves are rented for a term of years, just like the habitations of the quick. Only the wealthy own burial lots. This is invariably an evidence of wealth or aristocracy. The poor seldom dream of buying a lot or tomb. Such purchase would be deemed among them an unnecessary 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 it is in the dining-room that they get into 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 conceal dust. It should be a plain room, as devoid as possible of frocks and frills.—Cooking School Report. Mummify Corpses In recent European experiments corpses have been kept for a certain length of time in a bath of chloride of calcium heated to 123 degrees, then taken out and steeped for 24 hours in a cold solution of sulphate of sodium. The bodies are transformed into perfect mummies, which may be kept indefinitely. Moth Destroyer. To keep moths out of furs and flannels, 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) Oh, if you only knew the difference between you, wretch, and my first husband! 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. —Stray Stories. How About This? The London Express learns that "it is proposed in America that the prefix '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 Ship 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 you are conceived; if you do not agree with them they think you are a bigger fool than you look.—Chicago Tribune. Crab Cheese. Pound some good, rich cheese with a little mustard, oil, vinegar, capene and salt until the consistency of cream of crab. Serve in a fancy dish with thin fingers of crisp toast.—Washington Star. Annoying Accompaniment Probably the actress who objected to her audience's eating peanuts at a performance of Ibsen thought it was playing the shell game on her.—Chicago Journal. Smart Old Uncle. Between 1896 and 1903 Uncle Sam increased his national wealth from $70,000,000,000 to $100,000,000, an increase of $30,000,000,000.—Des Moines Capital. Russian Horses. During the last three years Germany imported from Russia 112,616 horses, valued at over $10,600,000. Russia has now prohibited this exportation. French Coast Going The sea is said to be gradually eating away the French coast, having within the last five years swallowed up no less than 460 acres. Instances of extreme old age are more common among those engaged in the exercise of gardening than in any other employment. Nap for the Soldiers. Soldiers in the Italian army are allowed two hours in the middle of the day for a nap. Wrong Inclination. Spring lingered in the lap of winter and summer in inclined to linger in the lap of spring.—Washington Star. Inquiring Bore—And you come down the same way you go up, Mr. Sandbag? Balloonist—Nö, 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. By Contrast. Grief was born that Joy might appreciate herself.—Chicago Post. Fine Cotton. Egyptian cotton is used only for high-priced goods. Meditation is the mold of character. Chicago Tribune. When Fish Bite. The early worm balts the hook. A Similarity. The race horse and bland politician Finds life but a chance at the most. Sometimes he wins out with precision And sometimes he gets left at the post. Washington Star. F Binks—How does Jones' wife treat him? 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. Jewett—The sort that thinks he can live a strenuous life on eight dollars a week.—Brooklyn Life. How the Tiff Started. He—Wasn't it brave of Farragut to tie 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. Caution Up-to-Data Mother—Yes, children, yon may run out and play on the railroad tracks, but be sure and keep off the street or the automobiles will get you.—Puck. Discouraging. He—Did you read my last book of smart sayings? She—I hope so.—Detroit Free Press. 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 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: The Afro-American News Office, 3104 State Street. Alton H. Blake, shoe shining parlors, 2508 1/2 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, Notlons and News Stand, 486 1/2 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, Notlons 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 Am --- CHIPS. Col. B. F. Moseley, who is making lots of money from the practice of law and who recently built and moved into his elegant new home on South Morgan St., says that despite the fact that The Broad Ax heated him up, and caused him to become mighty hot in the collar, while he was fooling with the Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray, a little over one year ago, that it is one of the best race papers in existence. J. M. Higginbothan, the most successful and enterprising Afro-American contractor in this city, is at the present time ingaged in erecting a large four tory brick building at 5949 S. Hasted St., and also one in Austin. At this season of the year Mr. Higginbothan is working between twenty and thirty men, which show that he knows how to figure and compete with the leading white contractors. Alderman John H. Jones has again proven his friendship for worthy Afro-Americans by performing a noble act Tuesday for one of its members. Alderman Jones is one of the most popular and valuable members of the city council, and he is just the man for the leaders of the Republican Party to nominate for Mayor in 1905, for if they would do so, he would sweep the city from end to end and make one of the best mayors that Chicago has ever had. Till a man is independant he is not free. The man who is in danger of want is not a free man, and the country which does not guard him against this danger or does not insure him the means of a livelihood is not a free country, tho it may be the freest of free countries. Liberty and poverty are incompatible, and if the poverty is extreme, liberty is impossible. The unrest which we call labor troubles is nothing more or less than an endeavor for the liberty which the working class are dispossessed of William D. Howells. The inmates in the Cook County Jail through the kindness and generosity of Jailor John L. Whitman and Mrs. Mary Loftis, were enabled to celebrate the Fourth of July in good old fashioned shape. Those two officials put their hands in their pockets and provided the means to furnish the music for the concert which was given on the evening of the Fourth and they also provided the music so that the women prisoners could dance to their hearts content. At the close of the Fourth of July festivities, at the County Jail, the prisoners, were loud in sounding the praises of Jailor Whitman and Mrs. Loftis. 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. A 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? Tombik—What sank it? Hojack—Its floating debt.—Town topics. Speaking with Authority. Meeks—The man who tries to change a woman's views is a feel. Weeks—How do you know? Meeks—My wife told me so.—Tit-Bits. One Definition. "Pa, what is a lady?" "A lady, my son, is a female who does not have to insist that she is a lady."—Cleveland Leader. OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG COLORED LADY TO LEARN MANICURING. A neat, young, colored lady can receive instructions in manicuring and chiropodisty by Mrs. warner, 182 State street, room 44. An apt pupil can become proficient in foot work in six weeks. A good position guaranteed Sept. 1st. Must be NEAT. For further information call or address the above number. ```markdown ``` 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 "ed." 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. Cats' Home in Cairo 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 Royalty Only. For wearing a crest upon a finger ring without a license a man was fined $5.75 in a London court the other day. 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. Sycamore is an exceedingly durable wood, and a statue from it now in the museum of Gizon 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. Unique Cruelty Among the allegations of cruelty made by an English husband, who wants a separation, is that his wife makes him wear gloves at breakfast. 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 flaunt theirs? Why do the roots of 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. 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 Melongs. 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. 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—92 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 burning. 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. Joseph A. O'Donnell Henry D. Coghlan O'Donnell & Coghlan Attorneys at Law Phone 264 Main Metropolitan Block N. W. Cor. LaSalle & Randolph S's. Chicago MILES I. DEVINE JEREMIAH B. O'CONNELL DEVINE & O'CONNELL ATTORNEYS AT LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK Clark and Washington Sta. Telephone. Main 948. CHICAGO. A. D. GASH Attorney at Law, 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago Suite 615 to 619. Telephone Main 3077. FREDERICK W. JOB ATTORNEY AT LAW BEE MARQUETTE BUILDING Telephone-2210 Central CHICAGO JOHN E. 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MARCUS RUBEN, (Incorporated) Manufacturer of Outfits for Waiters and Cooks, BARBERS, :: DENTISTS, BARKEEPERS AND BUTCHERS, 390 State St., Chicago. Phone Harrison 417. 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 F Market a Telepho 81st and State St HILL 112- STATE Special Sales Througho COB FEINBERG Market and Grocer Telephone 565 South d State Sts. CHI HILLMAN'S 112-114-116 STATE STREET Real Sales in Summer Throughout the Store. John J. Bradle Estate, Insurance and Managed. Abstracts examined. Renting. Legal paper. Halsted Street Leodore C. May VICE OF THE PE Pages, Deeds, Notes and Legal Documents D cknowledged. Room 22, 27 North C Market and Grocery 81st and State Sts. CHICAGO HILLMAN'S 112-114-116 STATE STREET Special Sales in Summer Goods Throughout the Store. John J Real Estate, Ins Property managed. 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