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Mental or Political Slavery Is the Greatest Curse to the Negro. Vol. IX Mental or Slav Is the Great the I Without any question, mental or political, slavery is by far the greatest curse to the Negro. In numerous instances he has demonstrated his ability to rid himself of many of the evils which are more than likely to impede his progress upward and onward. This is truly gratifying to those who are or have been interested in his development along moral and educational lines. They have, however, been sorely disappointed in him so far as politics or political affairs are concerned, for in this particular field he has made no progress whatever, for at the expiration of almost forty years he is still the mental or the servile slave of the Republican Party, which is his greatest curse. It is incomprehensible to us how the Negro can work himself up to the point where he is willing to trifle with his soul's salvation, for he is willing to forfeit his chances of arriving within the pearly gates of heaven (if there is such a place, which we doubt), by affiliating with all the wildcat churches in existence. He will become a Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Catholic, Mormon, Christian Scientist, Dowleite, and freely follow the religious leaders of all other denominations, and hazzard his chances of striking the straight and narrow path, which is supposed to lead to paradise, for it is expressly stated that there is only one true church, that all who fail to march under its banner are eternally lost. With this terrible warning or admonition hanging over his head he is perfectly willing to traverse various roads in order to find a resting place with his imaginary gods throughout eternity. All this is readily changed with the Negro when it comes down to politics, which only deal with the temporal affairs of men and not with their spiritual welfare, and by permitting the wily and demagogic leaders of the Republican party to mix up his religion and his politics together for him; he has naturally arrived at that mental condition which forces him to believe that he must continue to blindly vote solidly for the party of Abraham Lincoln, regardless of the fact that men and political measures have changed within the past forty years. His blind or unreasoning attitude in this respect has reduced him to his present deplorable political condition, and if he will persist in adhering to his present course it is only a question of time until he will cease to be a factor in the political affairs of this country. As it is he can never regain any of his lost political power or prestige until he refrains from permitting and one to tell him how he is going to vote simply on account of the color of his skin. The members of no other race of people in America claiming to be civilized, would permit themselves to pursue such a ruinous course of policy. The members of all other races and nationalities look upon politics as a cold business proposition, and the vast majority of them cast their bailots for the men who will best serve their interests, regardless of their politics, and enable them to enrich their pockets. While on the other hand the Negro continues to live in the dead past, and is ever ready to continue to vote for dead ideas or sentiments. His mental disease in this regard is his greatest curse. He is tolerant or friendly disposed to any --- other Negro who may happen to differ with him along religious lines, but he places his Republican politics ahead of his Lord and his religion, for with a few honorable exceptions he is willing to tear to pieces every Negro who assumes an air of political independence, that is one who fails to blindly vote and act like himself. Those who are constantly giving expression to the shallow and fallacious idea that it is un-natural for the Negro to be anything else in politics but a Republican, and that the leaders of that party must forever be permitted to use and vote him like a lot of sheep, for no logical reason whatever, fail to take into consideration the fact that they are simply assisting those who contend that the Negro was not cast in the same moulds with the other races of men, that he wears the stamp of inferiority upon his brow, that it is un-natural for ten million people to solidly aline themselves with any political party on all questions and issues for a long period of years, that these tendencies seemingly render him incapable of becoming a full fledged American citizen. In this connection it may not be impracticable to state that many honest men and women residing in all parts of the world, have been taught to look upon physical slavery with horror, but physical slavery with all its demoralizing and heartrending scenes, is nothing to compare with mental or political slavery, for in the majority of cases individuals and whole races of mankind, regardless of their color, have possessed the manhood and the strength to break the chains of physical slavery and ever afterward stood erect and defend their former owners or oppressers to re-enslave them; but mental or political slavery dwarfs or shrivels up the mind or intelect to such an extent that it is very seldom that those who are affected with it can ever escape out from under its blighting and pernicious influence, for it causes whole races of men to become mental or political cowards and servile slaves. This is true of the Negro to a greater or less extent, for he has permitted his blind leaders to enslave his mind to the one sole idea that for no plausible reason he must forever remain the mental or the political slave of the Republican party; by systematically interjecting these false or erroneous ideas or impressions into the mind of the Negro has been the means of causing him to feel entirely dependent upon some one else to fight the battle of life for him. What the Negro needs above all things is to be taught manhood and political independence, then he will be able to free himself from the cold and deadly embrace of mental and political slavery. Then he will learn that the supposed freedom which was conferred upon him by the Emancipation Proclamation and the Amendments have been to him more of a curse than a blessing, for they have led him to believe that he could or can come into the full possession of the priceless jewel, Liberty, without paying the full price which she demands. Then he will realize that Liberty never descended from the starry heavens arrayed in her native purity for the special benefit of any one race of people, but all who desire to enjoy her fruits to the fullest extent must raise themselves up to civil and political Liberty! CHICAGO, August 6, 1904. S. J. M. HIGGINBOTHAN. The most successful Afro-American contractor in this city, who has three large buildings under construction at the present time. THE COLORED DEMOCRATS ARE PROTESTING AGAINST PERMITTING MESSRS. TILLMAN, CARMACK, WILLIAMS AND CLARK TO SPEAK IN THE NORTHERN STATES. The leading colored Democrats, all over the country have begun to enter their protests to those who will have charge of Judge Parker's campaign, not to permit United States Senators B. R. Tillman and Edward Carmack, Congressman John Sharp Williams, ex-Congressman Champ Clark, and other rabid Negro-hating Southern men to speak in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Mass., and the other states where the election can be decided by the colored votes one way or the other. No possible good can be accomplished by these men for the Democratic party in the northern states. Let them remain down South where they belong. They can do no good for the party in the North. For whenever they come North to deliver political speeches they go off half-cocked on the Race Problem, and they simply furnish campaign thun- Mary E. MRS. GENEVIE SMITH. MRS. GENEVIE SMITH. Visited Springfield during the encampment of the 8th Regiment, and was presented to Gov. Yates on the day his excellency reviewed the troops. Mrs. Smith resides at 4764. Dearborn street and is quite a social entertainer. der for the Republicans, and drive votes from the party and cause an ill-feeling to spring up between the white and colored Democrats and between the races generally. Judge Parker cannot be elected President without the aid of the Negro vote in the doubtful states. Therefore it is up to Thomas Taggart, John P. Hopkins, Mayor Carter H. Harrison, Roger C. Sullivan, D. J. Hogan, Charles Boeschenstein and the thousands of other tried and true friends of the Negro within the ranks of the Democratic party, to suppress these men during the pending campaign, so that their efforts will not be in vain in behalf of the election of Judge Parker to the Presidency of the United States. A Swell Social Function. Mrs. Beauregard F. Moseley of 5248 Sangamon street, entertained Monday evening in honor of Miss Josephine Conway of Peoria, Ill. The service was of oriental design and by Odom Brotheres, caterers. Among those present were Miss Dora Needham of Philadelphia, Miss Grace Carter of Evansville, Ind., Miss Lizzie Slaughter, Miss Blanche Wright, Mesdames Edward H. Morris, Smallwood-Pickett of Washington, D. C., Henry Anderson, William Emanuel, A. Hampton, D. R. Lawrence, F. A. Marks H. T. Johnson, J. Gray Lucas, William Doyle, A. J. Motley, L. B. Anderson and Belle Patton. Miss Conway left for her home Wednesday, the 3rd inst., after spending three delightful weeks in Chicago as the guest of Mrs. Moseley. Y George E. Taylor. The choice of the Negro Liberty party for President of the United States. Mr. Taylor resides in Ottumwa, Iowa. He is a man of affairs and he will wage an active campaign. SILLY! YET, 'TIS THEIR PRIV. ILEGE. Lincoln Party Opens Nominating Con- vention. The national convention of the Lincoln Party was held Monday afternoon at 5280 Page avenue, St. Louis. The convention was called to order at 4:30 with delegates from thirty-two states present, according to reports given to the press. A committee was appointed to interrogate Booker T. Washington, J. Milton Turner and Bishop H. M. Turner to learn which one of them would consent to become a candidate for President of the United States on the Lincoln Party ticket. Instructions were given this committee to have its report ready on August 16th. The following were appointed members of the national committee: E. P. Penn, Richmond, Va., chairman; J. W. Smith, New York, N. Y.; Samuel Martin, Chicago, Ill.; Louis Walker, New Orleans, La.; S. S. Scott, Wheeling, W. Va.; W. F. Taylor, Detroit, Mich.; P. J. Montgomery, Vicksburg, Miss.; W. J. Smith, Galveston, Tex.; J. B. Evans, Charleston, S. C. As members of the executive committee there were appointed: W. J. Smith, J. B. Evans, Samuel Martin, Louis Walker, James W. Smith, S. S. Scott, P. J. Montgomery and W. F. Taylor. W. R. Vaughan of St. Louis was made an ex-officio member of both the national and executive committees. A. Mayer, J. B. Hoffman and Milton Turner were appointed on a committee to co-operate with the national and executive committees and in the selection of candidates to be placed on the party ticket.—The Sentinel, East St. Louis. Col. Robert M. Mitchell Put to Sleep by Mrs. Rev. Mattie Johnson. Near the middle of last month Mrs. Anna L. Newby, 2628 Wabash avenue, the former hardworking and energetic wife of Col. Lawrence A. Newby, was compelled to call early in the morning at the new home of her ex-husband, 3123 Dearborn street, in order to collect a part of her money from him, which the court has allowed her, pending their divorce proceedings, and for self-protection she carried a police whistle with her, and she arrived at the above mentioned number, the first thing she did was to knock on the parlor door, and finally Mrs. Brown, who is a pretty and plump young widow, came to the door, and in answer to Mrs. Newby's questions she says, declared that Mr. Newby was not in her house. Mrs. Newby responded that she knew better, and she had better put her husband out of her house, that all she wanted with him was to get the money which the court had granted her. At that blast from Mrs. Newby Mrs. Brown slammed the door in her face, then Mrs. Newby walked to the front part of the house and blew her police whistle just as loud as she could, and as it was about half past six in the morning the people in the neighborhood tumbled out of bed frightened to death, for they thought a fire was raging near them, and when they learned what the trouble was they were greatly amused. The blowing of the police whistle had its effect, for in time Col. Newby came forth and marched off down Dearborn street with Mrs. Newby and secured the money for her. Shortly after Mrs. Newby and the Col. disappeared down the street together, Mrs. Rev. Mattie Johnson, who has resided at 3125 Dearborn street for the past ten years, and who is a great credit to her sex and to the Afro-American race, heard Mrs. Brown or some one else say that the old cow ought to be arrested, that they did not believe that Mrs. Newby had papers to show that Col. Newby was her husband, and so on, so in accordance with the plan which Mrs. Brown, her lady and her gentlemen friends decided to adopt, a warrant was sworn out before Justice J. C. Martin by Mrs. Brown, charging her with using vile language, and with disorderly conduct. The case against Mrs. Newby was up before Judge Martin last Thursday afternoon, Attorney J. Gray Lucas looked after the interest of Mrs. Newby, while Col. Robert M. Mitchell, represented Mrs. Brown. Rev. A. Simons and Mrs. Nalls were witnesses for Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Nalls, who is so refined and cultivated and who could not be anything else other than a first-class lady, even if she wanted to act otherwise, would not repeat on the witness stand the language which she claims Mrs. Newby used, but it did not phase Mrs. Brown, for she seemed to take great delight in repeating the so-called vile words used by Mrs. Newby, while Lawyer Lucas was questioning Mrs. Nalls as to the affair he asked her a few questions respecting her son and some of his lady friends, but she refused to answer him, and Judge Martin ordered them cut out. Mrs. Johnson, who wore a beautiful picture hat with a large white plume in it, was the only witness for Mrs. Newby, she declared that she heard every word spoken by Mrs. Newby, that she did not use any language unbecoming a decent woman, that she retained her ladyship throughout No.41 the excitement. At that point Col. Mitchell ran up against Mrs. Johnson, who was positive that one or two houses not a great distance from her ought to be raided by the police, and she worked on Col. Mitchell so hard from head to foot that she put him to sleep, and was glad to pass her up. Mrs. Johnson saved the day for Mrs. Newby, for after listening to her testimony Judge martin evidently took no stock in the tales told by the witnesses for the other side, for when he learned the object of the visit of Mrs. Newby to the new home of her ex-husband he rendered his decision in her favor, much to the disappointment of Mrs. Brown and her followers, who left the court room with fallen feathers. THE MEETING OF THE FEDERATION of COLORED WOMEN. The fourth convention of The National Association of Colored Women held in St. Louis recently was by far the best ever yet held. The sessions were well attended in spite of the heat. The program was of a high order. The reports of the officers, national superintendents of departments and state organizations showed an immense amount of work accomplished during the three years that have elapsed since the last meeting at Buffalo. Thirty-one states now belong to the National having a membership of 20,000 women and over 200 clubs; 23 states and 107 clubs were represented by 209 delegates aside from the alternates and a large number of visitors. The National Organizer reports having written 2,526 letters, 752 postals, sent out 512 application blanks, united nine states, Thirteen states have federated since 1901, and a hundred or more new clubs have come into the organization. The constitution was amended; the N. A. C. W. was incorporated, the papers having been drawn up by Lawyer W. M. Farmer of St. Louis. A club extension department was added to the organization with the National Organizer at its head to whom the state organizers must report once every three months. State presidents will now become vice-presidents of the National. The office of vice-president at large was created. Interesting memorial services were held for Mrs. Agnes Moody of Chicago, Mrs. M. E. C Smith of Florida, Miss Duncan of Alabama, and Mrs. J. W. E. Bowen of Georgia. Mrs. Bowen's death was especially sad. She having came to take part in the meeting, with a prominent place assigned her on the program, was taken suddenly ill and after a few hours' suffering passed away from labor to reward. Mrs. Josephine Silone Yates has so endeared herself to the hearts of all women in every section of the country that her re-election was unanimous and the hearty ovation she received lasted for fully twenty minutes. All of the old officers who were present and the two new ones chosen to fill vacancies were elected by acclamation. Many brilliant social functions were tendered the visitors by the club women and citizens of St. Louis. Never has the National been so well entertained. The local committee of arrangements deserve great credit for the very efficient manner in which they discharged their duties, and provided for the comfort of their guests. The following are the offices of the N. A. C. W.: President, Mrs. J. S. Yates, Kansas City, Mo.; vice president at large, Mrs. B. T. Washington; recording secretaries, Miss Elizabeth C. Carter, New Bedford, Mass., Miss Josephine E. Holmes, Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. M. E. Steward, Louisville, Ky.; corresponding secretary, Miss Connilla Bowen, Waugh, Ala.; treasurer, Mrs. Libbie C. Anthony, Jefferson City, Mo.; chairman executive committee, Josephine B. Bruce, Josephine, Miss.; National Organizer, Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, Chicago; chairman ways and means, Mrs. Lucy Thurman, Jackson, Mich. THE BROAD AX. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. 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Should he succeed in demonstrating that the snake poison will cure this plague, rattlesnakes would at once become commercially valuable. The market value of the poison is about $15 per dram. Prof. Loeb get his rattlesnake venom from a man in Colorado, who keeps snakes as pets. Gooseberry Marmalade Use three-fourths of a pound of sugar to a pound of fruit; put the sugar and fruit in layers in a preserving kettle; heat very slowly, and crush the fruit a little as it heats to extract the juice; simmer very gently until it is a thick mass; it must be stirred frequently and cooked until the skins are perfectly tender. Seal in tumblers, like jelly.—People's Home Journal. Breadstuff Imports Macaroni, vermicelli and al similar preparations constitute, as a whole, the most important item of breadstuffs imported for consumption into the United States. In the fiscal year 1902-'03, the combined imports of these products amounted to 29,670,191 pounds, valued at $1,200,419; in the previous fiscal year the imports were 23,780,756 pounds, valued at $974,929. Boys' Club League In 42 clubs, more than 1,300 boys of the East side of New York have been gathered to form the Juvenile City League. Each club represents a city block, and each boy pledges himself to abstain from littering the streets, while he also promises to persuade others to do as well.—World's Work. Hospital Flowers All the hospitals and almshouses in Berlin are regularly supplied with fresh flowers from the public gardens, while twice a week each of the national schools receives from 100 to 150 specimens of four different kinds of plants for use at botany lessons. Hail in Germany. How great is the damage done by hall in Germany is shown by the fact that in Bavaria alone, last year, it amounted to more than $5,000,000. The number of fields damaged was 70,439. In southern Bavaria 42 per cent. of the agriculturists suffered more or less. Briton and Boer. In the Transvaal and the Orange River-colony, if the present rate of intermarriage between Briton and Boer is kept up, within 20 years the two races will be so welded together as to be indistinguishable. As It Is in Missouri Newly Afflianced One—Willie, how would you like to have me for your new mamma? Little Willie—I don't know about that; just show me the size of your slipper.—Chicago Journal. New Kansas Grass A new species of grass now cultivated in the droughty regions of Kansas has roots much longer than the growth above ground, enabling the plant to find and thrive upon moisture deep down in the earth. Strength of Locomotive. The average locomotive will draw 300 tons of goods a mile every three minutes. It would take a man and his team ten times as long to haul a single ton for one mile. Doing Paris in Two Days Bridegroom--Now, Aurelia, we must have a straight division of labor. You look at the sights and I'll keep my eye on the guide book.-Tit-Bita. Invasion of China Here is a Woo-Sung milk "ad" from the Shanghai Times: "We open at Woo-Sung in the south of the telegraph company for sale the foreign milk, the taste are sweet, the milk are pure and the price are just. We haven't put any water in it, if examine out, won't pay a single cash. If you want to buy so you will know the foreign cows shop. Gen Sung Kee." Wouldn't that curdle you!—N. Y. Tribune. Fine Climate For a winter climate Colorado Springs has a reputation second to no locality in the United States. During the winter of 1903-04 hundreds of robins, bluebirds, Spanish sparrows, orioles and turtle doves made their homes in that vicinity, and there was no weather during the whole season so severe as to harm them. There were 317 clear days in the year. 1 Exchange of Confidences. "Instead of being a millionaire," conided the young man at the seaside hotel to the beautiful heiress, "I believe it is only honest, now that we are engaged to tell you that I am the floorwalker at Catchem & Skinem's dry goods emporium." "I thought there was something familiar about you," answered the beautiful heiress. "I am in the ribbon department there."—Tit-Bits. That Composer. "I understand James Jawbone Bigmitt was looking for the editor this morning!" "Yes; the editor wrote an article in which he referred to him as 'our star bruiser.' " "But I don't see anything in' that to get wrathy over." "No; but the compositor made it read 'star boozer.' "—Houston Post. Reasonable. "Doesn't it sound ridiculous to say: The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world?' What does that mean; anyway?" "Well, the hand usually belongs to a nurse or servant girl, and you known how servant girls boss things."—Catholic Standard and Times. Embarrassing. "Who is that fright over there in the salmon-colored dress?" "My sister." "No. No. Ah—I didn't mean her—ah—ah—I meant the one next to her." "That's my wife." "Do you think Parker will be elected?" —Cleveland, Plain Dealer. The Down-Trodden Sex Mrs. Highup (wearily)—Woman's work is never done. Mrs. Wayup (drearily)—Too true. A man may get rich, and retire from business, but a woman must go on making and receiving calls to the day of her death.—N. Y. Weekly. Jovous Celebration. "What is that eccentric Tom Pursely giving a 'Tin Remembrance' for? He was never married?" "No; but the only girl he ever courted refused him ten years ago and he wants to celebrate the fact."—Detroit Free Press. One Minister's Failing. Deacon Grabhard—Rev. Du Goode says he doesn't believe in raising money by church fairs, suppers, concerts and lotteries. Deacon Pinchpenni—H'm! He's altogether too conscientious for a minister. —N. Y. Weekly. The New Baby. Binks—Wonderful thing, radium. They say a very little contains enough energy to raise a very great weight. Jinks—Pooh, that's nothing. Our latest arrival can raise the whole house—and keep it up all night, too.—Ally Sloper. He Made Trouble "You don't desire my daughter to play for you?" "Not just at present, thank you." "But I thought you said you liked music?" "That's why."—Boston Transcript. Neighborly Kindness Mr. So-So—Where did Baby Margaret go with her new little broom? Mrs. So-So—Oh, horrors! Look at her over there sweeping off Mrs. Highroller's front steps.—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Horrors of War. But a mule kicked him dead, And his comrades all sead Ambition had rendered JeVean. —Chicago Tribune. A She—How is it that widows generally manage to marry again? He—Because the only men who could tell tales of them are dead.—Ally Sloper. The "Vitski" Language Upon Siberian borders Stood a Russian ill at ease. He said: "Do I hear orders, Or did the general sneeze?" —Washington Star. you slipping upstairs at four a. m. ? Mr. Spouser—Not on your life. That was when I slipped down after crawling halfway up.—Butte Inter-Mountain. Hateful! Patience—Peggy had 23 candles in her birthday cake. Patrice—What was the matter? Wasn't the cake large enough to get any more in?—Yonkers Statesman. Unavoidable Inference. "Poor Jim! He doesn't call his soul his own any more!" "What? I didn't know that poor old Jim was married!"—M. I. Sun. Professional Service, Gratis. One day when Helen was alone with her mamma, she said: "When I am big, mamma, I'm going to marry a doctor or a minister." "Why, my dear?" asked her mother. "Cause if I marry a doctor, I can get well for nothing; and if I marry a minister I can be good for nothing," replied Helen, ingenuously.—Little Chronicle. Mrs. Mulgrew—Are ye goin' to sind yer boy Tommy back to school this week? Mrs. O'Dooley—No, indade; me ambition is to make an aldherman of him phwhin he grows up, an' if he got too much eddication he'd be shpoiled for the position intolrely—Tit-Bits. His Symptoms. Farmer Clodpelter—Col. Chinnaway says he is out of politics. Farmer Bentover—Yes, I know he says so, but I notice he's actin' like a feller that is mightily afraid the nomination for congress will sneak up and bite him on the leg.—Puck. The Wonderful Heroine. She was beautiful and yet She had sense and she could cook; She was fair and witty, but She was only in a book. Chicago Record-Herald fwef "Who is that awfully bald-headed man over there?" "He's the agent for 'Growem Fast Hair Restorer.'"—Chicago Chronicle. Like Summer Board. "May I consider we're engaged?" He asked in accents meek; She listened to the sobbing sea, And answered: "By the week." —N. Y. Herald. Her Observation. "Isn't it a terrible scandal?" asked the talkative woman. "I have often observed," answered Miss Cayenne, icily, "that people speak of a scandal as 'terrible' and insist on talking about it as if they found it delightful."—Washington Star. Perfectly Safe. Cannibal Chief—Who sent you here? Thin Missionary—I was sent to teach you poor heathen not to eat human flesh. Cannibal Chief—Ah, I see; and to be on the safe side you left yours in your native land!—N. Y. Times. A Dangerous Woman She—Mrs. Sparker has done nothing lately but run down her neighbors. He—I had no idea she was such a gossip. She—Who said anything about gossip? She is learning to drive her new motor car.—Town Topics. Couldn't Be Genuine Guest—That still life study is a wonder. Nothing could be finer than that table, the book, the pipe and the purse. How perfect the bank bill is! By Jove! I believe it is a real bill pasted on. Host—Impossible! I bought it of an artist—N. Y. Weekly. Called Down. "Can't you come down Thursday?" "No; I fear I won't be able to come this week." "But why?" "The cook has notified me that I am taking too many afternoons off."—Houston Post. Bronco Bill—What did Tough Tompkins die of? Grizzly Pete—Well, the poor guy needed a change of air an' couldn't get it. Bronco Bill—Lung trouble? Grizzly Pete—No; he was lynched. Judge. Couldn't Do It If Poor. Bacon—I shouldn't think he could afford to go around wearing a dilapidated looking hat like that! Egbert—Of course he can afford it. Why, he's a rich man!—Yonkers Statesman. No Room for Doubt Short—I'm one of those chaps who don't believe in doing things by halves. Long—Yes; I've noticed that you never try to make a touch for less than a dollar.—Chicago Daily News. The Main Question First Artist-We must go to nature for our subjects. Second Artist-Oh, that's easy, but where in thunder are we to go for our customers?-Brooklyn Life. A True Friend. Teacher—Who was the best friend Ireland ever had? Irish Scholar—Ol dont just now remember, but he discovered Ameriky. Town Topics. 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Pare and core some fine apples, cut in pieces into a preserving pan with sufficient water for them to float; boil until reduced to a marmalade and strain. To one pint of apple water add one-half pint of sirup, juice of a lemon and a little water; when cold, freeze.—Boston Budget. Ask Shakespeare Little Willie—Papa, do they have doctors to treat pigs? His Papa—Yes, my son; only they are called veterinary surgeons. Why do you ask? "I was just wondering who cured bacon!"—Stray Stories. Emotions in Fish. Change of color is one of the best indexes to the emotions of the fish. When the fish is sick its color is apt to be faint, while when in health, angry or breeding the colors stand out brightly and vividly.—Nature. --- Teeth Extracted Without Pain THE SAXED NOKERSON DENTIS NOKERSON DENTIS NOKERSON DENTIS OUR LOW PRICES UNTIL JUNE 30. 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Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. MANUFACTURERS OF Common and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: 45th and Robey Sts. Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf Dryer. Output of Winter Yards ..... 144,0.0 per day Output of Summer Yards..... 300,000 per day Telephone Yards 128. JOHN A ORB, President. WILLIAM LEGNER, Vice Pres. & Treas. WEST SIDE BREWERY COMPANY, CHICAGO, U. S. A. CORNER AUGUSTA AND PAULINA STREETS. Monroe 1567—T E L E P H O N E S—Monroe 1573. $3.00 12 J. R. DUNN BY TEETH WITHOUT PLATES A SPECIALIST Who uses the latest scientific methods SAFE AND HARMLESS ABSOLUTELY We will give $100.00 Reward for any case of bad teeth we cannot extract Absolutely without Pain. We guarantee Positively Painless Opretalons in each and every branch Our Original Easy Payment Co-operative Plan with our patients enables of Dentistry by our perfected system. anyone to have their work done without delay or pay at your convienance $3.75 GEO. HIGHT CHICAGO FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN Instead of Getting Wonderful Bargains They Very Often Merely Buy Inferior Goods. Very few women know that when they think they have run across wonderful bargains in some of the shops, when, in fact, they know they are getting certain articles cheaper than usual, because they remember the price paid, apparently, for the same thing at other times, they are really paying all that the goods are worth, for the simple reason that the bargain lot is what manufacturers call "seconds." To all appearances the seconds look just the same as the original lot. If they happen to be underwear, gowns or hosiery the material, manufacture and style seem excellent, but the manufacturer and the buyer know that they are made out of the second choice of material, and cannot be considered first class. They are originally cheaper than goods that were bought first, and can be sold at something of a reduction, so that 9,900 out of 10,000 customers rejoice in the thought that they have really found a bargain, whereas they have paid liberally for what they got. Sometimes underwear that belongs to this lot of "seconds" is marked very plainly with the word on the inside of the hem or edge, but very few people ever think to look for it, or would know what it meant if they happened to see it. When bargain hunting it is a good plan to find out just what grade of goods you are paying for, and if that plan is followed it will be easy to see that the instances where something is obtained for nothing are very rare.—Chicago Post. PRETTY THINGS IN STOCKS. What an Ingenious Woman or Girl Can Do with a Little Work and a Handkerchief. These pretty handkerchief stocks will commend themselves to those who like dainty neckwear, easily made, easily laundered, easily adjusted and best of all, inexpensive. Select a handkerchief that corresponds in size to that of your neckband, so the ends will have the handkerchief edge for a finish. Hemstitched or scalloped borders, white or in colors, will do for Figs. 2 and 4, but for Fig. 3 a square must be chosen that has a border fully an inch wide (a little wider is better), with, if possible, an openwork stripe inside, that when cut away from the plain center will have a finished and firm edge. Such a design is shown in Figs. 1 and 3. For Fig. 3 fold-the handkerchief $4\frac{1}{2}$ inches from the edge if you wish the stock to be two inches high, as at 2 in Fig. 1. Cut off this strip, narrowly hem on the raw edge, and fold to form the neck piece. For the tab cut off the borders marked b. beginning at Fig.1 Fig.2 Fig.3 Fig.4 HANDKERCHIEF STOCKS. a. If there is a good inside finish overhand these strips together, as shown in Fig. 3. Otherwise turn the raw edge once as for hemming, and put the two border pieces together with fagoting or some other open stitch. Sew the tab to the under part of the stock in the center. The neck piece in Figs. 2 and 4 is made in the same way. After cutting this off, from the remainder cut the square e, and from that the piece c, this making the lower part of the double tab. The upper part is shorter and is shaped like d, which can be cut from the last quarter. Make a neat narrow hem on the raw side edges, put together and sew on neck piece as for Fig. 3. Fig. 4 differs from the others in that the tab is formed of a square whose sides are as long as b, or if a shorter tab is fitted make the square the size of e. Fold in cascade form, as shown, and square off the top. Neatly hem the raw side edges, and if preferred fold them under out of sight.—Farm and Home. How to Keep Hair Light Kep your hair light by exposing it to the sun as many hours each week as you possibly can. Soda or borax will keep it light, but they are not the best shampoos, as they make the hair brittle. A good tonic is made of one pint bay rum, one ounce castor oil, one drachm fracture cantharides, one drachm carbonate ammonia. Use three times a week at first, gradually lessening. Try egg shampoos. Out in California They Get Dish-Rags from the Garden Instead of from the Stores. A novel enterprise, that of raising dish-rags, is being exploited by a number of southern California horticulturists, who received the inspiration for the scheme from Charles Richardson, whose gardens in Pasadena are becoming famous for their remarkable productions. Mr. Richardson has successfully raised many growths new to American soil, and this year is exceeding all his previous triumphs by raising thousands of dish-rags. Last year Mr. Richardson's stringbeans, which measured 43 inches in length, created a stir, but dish-rag vines, which, with their pendant dish-rags—twine about orange trees, palms, evergreens and peach trees, and peek in at the two-story windows, bid fair to win the championship from the beans. These dish-rags, or vegetable sponges, as they are sometimes called, A woman climbs a ladder to pick berries from a tree. GATHERING "DISHRAGS." are indigenous to Africa, but now it has been demonstrated that they will thrive in this country they are bound to become a popular production. The New York Tribune says that the graceful foliage vines are not only ornamental, but they bear in profusion a fibrous sponge that is eminently useful for bathing, as well as for scouring pans and kettles. Imagine picking dish-rags in one's garden, just as one would pick blackberries, or imagine having vines all laden with dish-rags clambering over one's kitchen windows, so that all one needs to do is to stretch out an arm and pull one in. Such an arrangement would be much easier than going to the ragbag or buying dish-rags at stores. These curious vegetables assume the form and appearance of cucumbers, and hang on the vines until their green coats become brown and dry like parchment. At this stage they are ready to harvest. After they are picked the brown coat is removed, and an extremely strong and compact fibrous sponge is revealed. Through the center of this sponge, in three lengthwise compartments, are many black seeds which shake out easily. In the Pasadena garden these sponges have averaged eight inches in length. A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER sent Fashion Is Against the Display of Rings and Jewels in the Daytime. "Women are not wearing rings as they did several years ago," said a well-known gem expert, when asked if rings are no longer stylish. "They buy more rings than ever before, but they use them only for full dress. "Why, as recently as five years ago the sex had a craze for making pawnshop displays on their hands, and wore rings morning, noon and night, anywhere and everywhere. Even women in the deepest mourning did not discard their rings. "But it is not so now. The matron is content with wearing her wedding ring, even putting aside her engagement ring, while her single sister, if she wears even one ring, usually adopts a plain dull gold seal ring adorned with her coat-of-arms or somebody else's. "Rings are brought out with the stars, but it is now considered quite vulgar to burden the hands with them in the daylight."—N. Y. Sun. Milk as a Curative Agent. A physician suffering with Eright's disease and weighing 155 pounds began to restrict himself exclusively to a milk diet, taking one quart at each meal, or three quarts daily. Soon no traces of his former aliment was perceptible. He gained 30 pounds in flesh and this, notwithstanding constant attention to professional duties both day and night. Women at Atlantic City Flee in Conclusion from the Harmless Little Redents. Willie Fitzgerald, a newsboy of Atlantic City, N. J., was carrying six white mice in a box down the board walk one day recently, when a rolling chair hit him, causing him to drop the box. The lid flew open and out jumped the mice. The walk was crowded with hundreds of men, women and children, and the feminine contingent scattered in all directions. Neither direction nor the manner of going was considered, the women giving vent to heartrending vells. Miss Eda Lintman, of Lancaster, Pa., who learned much about athletics while at Vassar, made a bound for the railing on the board walk, cleared it and landed on the beach. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ivans, who came from Pittsburg on their honeymoon, were rudely separated. Mrs. Ivans made off down the board walk, and was only found after a three hours' search. An aged invalid woman, who was being wheeled down the board walk in a rolling chair, forgot her allments, gave a leap from the carriage and ran up an adjacent avenue. Another woman, who, it is estimated, weighed close to 250 pounds, slipped as she started to run, and landed with all her weight on one of the mice. JOURNALISM IS GREAT FIELD George Meredith, of England, Says It Almost Takes the Place of Government. George Meredith, the father of contemporary English letters, has been giving vigorous expression to his opinions on current affairs. Regarding journalism he said: "It is most likely that practical journalists, like practical politicians, will have to go largely on opportunist lines. Though most of my work has been imaginative, I have done a certain amount of journalism and I recognize its difficulties. But it has extraordinary power, too, and great opportunity for fine influence. It has almost taken the place of government. It is true that the editorials in nearly all the newspapers have fallen off very much only quite recently in power and character. I don't know what the reason for that is, but still newspapers have very great influence. The power and functions of government are undoubtedly diminishing. I don't know whether we shall reach the time when there will be no government at all, as some people hope, but certainly that is the tendency. Tyranny, which is the complete form of government, has been tried and proved to be impossible. We shall never have that again unless the democracy betrays itself." FACTS ABOUT LIBERTY BELL People with Weakness for Historics Find Independence Hall of Absorbing Interest. People with a weakness for sitting in the chairs in which great people have sat may be able to appreciate the satisfaction which some strangers in Philadelphia enjoy in gazing at the oakenrafters in Independence hall from which the Liberty bell has hung, says the Record. Reserve Officer Orr, who is stationed in this hall, says he cannot see that the absence of this treasured relic makes any difference in the number of visitors. Furthermore, these visitors now spend about as much time in looking at the case as they do when the bell hangs inside. Sightseers, as a rule, plan to devote so much time to a certain thing, and so true to their itinerary are they that the mere fact that it isn't there doesn't in the least disturb their equilibrium. By way of recompense, the reserve officer often explains just how big the bell is, how it hangs, how they take it out, and other details of absorbing interest. VAST TRAVEL IN LONDON Estimated That 600,000,000 Separate Journeys Are Made by Passengers Annually. There are 6,000 miles of railway in greater London, and it is estimated that something like 600,000,000 separate journeys are made by passengers annually. The number of journeys on an average week day is over 1,500,000. An idea of the vehicular traffic in the streets may be gathered from the statement that in 12 hours 16,054 vehicles of all kinds passed a particular spot in Piccadilly, and a full service of 690 busses pass the Bank of England in an hour. The number of passengers carried by the London trams in a year is over 360,000,000. A census taken of the number of pedestrians who crossed over the London bridge on a certain day showed that they totaled 116,902, and in $19\frac{1}{2}$ hours during a day in April last year 248,015 people crossed the roadways at the bank. Deep Mining. Great advance in deep level mining is the result of the advance in engineering science. Some years ago 3,000 feet was considered a great depth, but this limit has been much exceeded. At Flenu, Belgium, 3,600 feet has been touched, while at Calumet, Hecla and Tamarack, in the United States, mines from 4,500 to 5,400 feet have been worked. The temperature is the great thing to be overcome. Man's Gorgeous Garters. Mere man has a few foliables when it comes to dress. His latest whim, as shown in the department store, is for stunning silk garters, made in the everyday sort of way, but mounted with solid gold buckles. Some of these are embellished with precious stones, and even the plainest are costly. UNIQUE FRIENDSHIPS THEY ARE TO BE FOUND DURING CAMPAIGN YEARS. Boosevelt and Parker, Warm Personal Friends, Strong Political Enemies When the Laugh Was on Congress-Other Gossip. Washington.—If politics sometimes makes strange bed-fellows it also sometimes develops unique friendships between leaders of the opposing forces. In the present campaign men in both parties will be waging inveterate political warfare against bosom friends in the other party. There are some strong friendships among public men who differ in political MR BODY MR MEN Friends Outside of Politics belief. The standard bearers of the two great political parties in this year's contest, President Roosevelt and Judge Parker, furnish an example of warm personal friends representing opposite political sentiments. These two men are more than mere acquaintances; they are friends of many years' standing, and each finds much in the other to admire. As governor of New York Mr. Roosevelt was thrown into close personal contact with Supreme Court Justice Parker, and has never hesitated to express his admiration for the latter's courage and distinct ability as a judge. Justice Parker has reciprocated the personal friendship of the president and entertains an exalted opinion of the character, courage and ability of the young man now chief executive of the nation. There is such a personal sentiment existing between the two families that a favorite dog owned by Judge Parker bears the name of "Teddy Roosevelt." The president is having a good deal of quiet fun about this dog just now, and has laughingly indicated to friends of the judge that if the latter finds it at all embarrassing to have "Teddy Roosevelt" in evidence at Esopus during the present summer, when that spot will be the Mecca of hundreds of good democrats, he, the president, will agree to care for the dog at Oyster Bay. The young Roosevelts would gladly undertake the task of looking after the animal until after election. Judge Parker laughs good-naturedly over the situation and declares that "Teddy Roosevelt" will not be in the way at Esopus this summer so long as he does not object to the visit of his democratic friends. Campaign Committee Chairmen. The chairmen of the two congressional campaign committees, while not mmittees, while not exactly Damon and Pythias, are exceedingly warm friends. They are Mr. Joseph W. Babcock, of Wisconsin, the chairman of the republican congressional committee, and William S. Cowherd, of Missouri, chairman of the democratic committee. Both gentlemen are members of the house Enjoy a Quiet Game Together. of representatives and both serve on the very important committee that handles legislation affecting the District of Columbia. In fact, Mr. Babcock is chairman of this committee and Mr. Cowherd is the ranking minority member of it. Should the democrats win a majority in the next house Mr. Cowherd would probably become chairman of the District of Columbia committee and Mr. Babcock would be the ranking minority member. There is very little politics in this committee and Mr. Babcock and Mr. Cowherd work together for the interests of the district, and each supports the other on the floor of the house on nearly every proposition that comes from the committee. The friendship that exists between "Uncle Joe" Cannon, the speaker of the house, and John Sharp Williams, the minority leader of the house, is well known. They have served together for years on the appropriations committee, of which Mr. Cannon was so long chairman, and there formed an intimacy that no turn of politics can disturb. The Coast Defenses There has been so much heard about the new navy, the building up of the o much heard about building up of the navy and the necessity of having a navy equal to any other in the world that the public has lost sight of another arm of the service used for the defense of the country. This is the system of coast defense, which has been proceeding quietly and without attracting one-tenth the notice ```markdown ``` that the new navy has. When the war with Spain came on the government realized that this very important work had not been prosecuted with the industry that the needs of the country demanded. Under the direction of President McKinley, defective features of the coast defense were corrected, and he promptly used a part of the emergency appropriation of $50,000,000 for the planting of harbor mines and protecting important ocean harbors of the country with modern submarine mines. Since that time the whole subject of coast defense has been more seriously regarded until today the report of the war department shows that since the system was inaugurated this military defense shows the expenditure for fortifications, armaments, electrical appliances, etc., of $90,000,000 in round numbers. According to the defense project first mapped out, and which is still being followed, it will yet cost to complete the work about about $51,000,000. The whole aggregate cost of providing defense for the coast, ocean harbors and seaport cities will, therefore, be approximately $141,000,000. The annual cost of maintaining this defense, including garrisoning, annual supplies, etc., is estimated at $18,000,000. It will be seen that the war department has considerable to its credit as well as the navy department in providing adequate defense for the country The Last Laugh. The executive departments have a joke on congress. Last session Mr. epartments have a Last session Mr. Landis, of Indiana, stirred up quite a commotion by denouncing the practice of supplying cabinet officers and bureau officials with free carriages. He delivered one of his impassioned speeches on the floor of the house on the subject of abuse of the carriage privilege, and declared that bureau- THIS IS A ATAU CARRIAGE have had it. clared that bureaucrats had a line of public carriages for private use that would extend from the capitol to the white house almost. There was not the best of feeling between the executive and legislative departments at that time, as the Bristow post office scandal report had just come in containing the names of upwards of 200 congressmen as being connected with irregularities. The statesmen were eager to find some way in which to "get even" with the departments, so they hit upon the plan of restricting the use of carriages for official purposes. To insure this a provision was inserted in one of the appropriation bills that no carriage should be used for personal use and each should have printed upon it the name of the department to which it belonged. There was a good deal of chuckling over this latter provision, as it was believed few of the department officials would care to attend social functions and go about personal affairs in a carriage labeled with the name of a public department. It now turns out that as the law is construed by its official interpreter in the treasury department, Comptroller Tracewell, it only applies to those carriages named in that particular appropriation bill. It so happens that the only carriages so named are those for the use of the superintendent of public printing and the superintendent of the bureau of engraving and printing. These are two of the hardest-worked officials in the government and two who have more legitimate use for public conveyances than any others. They are the victims of the scheme to humiliate other officials. Their two carriages must bear the label of the departments to which they belong, while all the under secretaries, chiefs of bureaus and other government employees who have been driving about in gorgeous undesignated vehicles can continue the practice. A Suggestion of Thanksgiving Secretary of Agriculture Wilson makes a delightful contribution to light summer reading by the publication of a brochure on turkeys. The genial secretary could not have found a more delectable subject for the dog days, as the finely illustrated little pamphlet brings up visions of Thanksgiving and Christmas days, with snow and ice, sleigh bells and skating. This pub- Secretary Wilson's Timely Suggestion. lication gives a history of the turkey and states a well established fact in these words: "No other kind of domestic poultry has come into such general use throughout the entire world for Thanksgiving and holiday feasts as the turkey." It was enumerated as a dainty in England in 1541, but in 1573 it had become the customary fare of the farmer. According to Secretary Wilson's little book the turkey is a most useful bird. Its raising affords a chance for money-making and, as compared with other live stock, it will return a larger profit when properly handled. It is a self-sustaining forager, as it gains the greater part of its living from bugs, grasshoppers and waste grain that it picks up in its wandering over the range. Its grower is at little or no cost for its keep for several weeks. The statement is made that turkeys are now used not only for roasting "but to an increasing extent as cold cuts for sandwiches and for salads, and large numbers of poults are used for broilers. No dish is more valued in our large cities at the present time than the broiled poults." 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. Annoving 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. Long-Lived Occupation 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. MRS. 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 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. Is for sale at the following news stands: The Afro-American News Office, 3104 State Street. Alton H. Blake, shoe shining parlors, 2508 $ \frac{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, 368 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. 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 An. ```markdown ``` THE BOOKLOVERS MAGAZINE FOR AUGUST, 1904. Table of Contents. The Promise of Civic Beauty: Outer-Park Systems of Ameri With illustrations. ca. Andrew Wright Crawford. The Campaign Against the Mosquito... John Bernhardt Smith. With illustrations. Four French Painters of Today. With full-page reproductions in color of paintings by J. J. Henner, Alfred Agache, Jean Paul Laurens, and Paul Sinibaldi. The Next English Premier: An Estimate of the Liberal Leaders. F. A. Acland. Illustrated with a cartoon, and with portraits of Lord Spencer, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the Duke of Devonshire, John Morely, Herbert H. Asquith, David Lloyd-George, and Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. Tramping Through Normandy. Alvin F. Sanborn. With illustrations. Picturesque Bits of Old London. Six pencil drawings by Vernon Howe Bailey. The Two Pacifics: VI. The Secret of Japan's Strength. Harold, Bolce. With illustrations. Israel Zangwill-Playwright. T. M. Parrott. With portrait. The Vanishing Boarder. A Story. Eleanor Howt The Old Lace-Mender. Clara Morris. The "Sunset Limited." A poem. Frederick B. Hodgins. The Best New Things from the World of Print. With illustrations.—The Booklovers Magazine is for sale by all news dealers. CHIPS. Mr. and Mrs. M. Black of 5025 Dearborn street spent ten days in Springfield visiting with his mother. Mr. Arthur Jackson has returne home from Sprignfield, where he has been visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hamlet, 5036 Armour avenue, are on a two weeks' visit to St. Louis and Sedalia, Mo. Mrs. Anna L. Newby, 2628 Wabash avenue, gave a plain old fashioned dance Monday evening, in honor of a few of her visiting friends. Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray, 2806 Wabash avenue, who loves the fine looking sisters, lost all his household belongings by a fire which started in his home Tuesday evening. Mrs. Rachel A. Gist, nee Jefferson, 2937 Armour avenue, gave birth to a bouncing baby boy the latter part of July, and Mrs. Gist and her friends are well pleased with the new arrival. Monday evening a farewell reception was tendered to Rev. and Mrs. R. C. Ransom at the Institutional Church. It was largely attended by many of their friends who wish them success in their new field of labor at New Bedford, Mass. Mrs. Walter Hill, 203 1-2 21st street, has been on the sick list for the past two weeks, but she is now improving. At the present time she has her brother, Horace Brown, stopping with her, who had the misfortune to lose his left arm and leg in a railroad accident on the Big Four lately. Jacob Feinberg, the popular grocerman, at 31st and State streets, was a member of the Coroner's Jury in the Glenwood railway wreck and he induced his associates on the jury to turn over the $42 which they received for their services for the benfit of the sufferers. Our men and women who have worked hard all winter, and traveled many miles to matriculate for the "Summer Congress" at the Chicago University will find rest and health in many of the "side issues" of the curriculum, hence they should let nothing escape them. B. W. Pitts, proprietor of the Crystal Printing House, 2803 State street, left Tuesday for Unientown, Ala. where he goes to visit his parents, whom he has not seen for 12 years. Mr. Pitts will spend some time with friends and relatives in Birmingham, Montgomery, Selina and Meridian, Miss., returning by the way of St. Louis. He will be absent about three weeks, during which time Mrs. Pitts, with able assistants will manage the business. The Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, who is always long on wind and short on action when it comes to speaking out in behalf of the civil and the political rights of the Negro, boastingly states that "The Republican party has ran every branch of the government for the past forty-three years," that it is the only part that can be trusted to run the government in the interest of the monopolies and the Negro. If this is true, then within the next forty-three years it will have established slavery for the Negro in all the states. Mrs. J. C. Stewart, 5434 Normal avenue, left last Wednesday by the way of St. Louis for Macon, Miss., where she will spend several weeks in visiting with Mr. Stewart's sister, Mrs Mary J. Shannon. From there she will journey to her old home in Columbus, Miss., where she will spend another week in renewing her friendship with her old acquaintences. On her return trip she will tarry one week in Nashville, Tenn with friends. Mrs. Stewart expects to be absent in the South one month. The Fellowship Club picnic Tuesday at Santa Fe Park is to be a swell and exclusive affair. Only those fortunate enough to receive invitations will be admitted to the park, where dancing, fishing, boating, bathing and all sorts of innocent games are to be the features for pleasing throughout the day. Tickets are not be sold, but the guests are earnestly requested to bring well filled lunch baskets, consequently it is expected that there will be some very elaborate spreads—when "time for dinner" is announced. Mrs. Charles E. Bentley, 365 41st street, entertained about thirty ladies at a "whist luncheon" Saturday afternoon from 2 to 7 in honor of Miss Dora Needham, of Philadelphia. During the lunch toasts were responded to by Mrs. Edward H. Morris, Mrs. Noah D. Thompson, Mrs. Helen Abbott Sears, and Miss Needham. The chairing hostess, Mrs. Bentley acting toastmistress. The whist game was strongly contested while the handsome prizes were borne away by Mrs. Louis B. Anderson, Miss Rose Murphy of Baltimore and Miss Anna Duncan of Philadelphia. The lunch consisted of six courses by Caterer Smiley. A movement is on foot to foster a kindergarten for our children. Many of our leading society women are interested in the movement, and justly so; but it occurs to us, that this is a sort of "drawing the color line" ourselves. Isn't it a fact that our children can attend the best equipped kindergartens already established? We do not wish to stand in the way of any movement which tends to improve the advantages for our children, but we do think it utterly impossible for our society leadies to equip at this time a school for our children which will be any way near as good as the schools to which they will be admitted upon application. IS GUEST OF PICKPOCKETS A curious story is told in the London Chronicle about a dabbler in literature who has been studying the criminal classes at first hand, and succeeded in obtaining an introduction to "a select circle of clever pickpockets," with a regular meeting place of their own. The first time he shared one of the "social evenings" of this group he carried nothing in his pockets save the money necessary to take him home. On the next occasion he took some gold with him, and on leaving the house, early in the morning, found that it was still in his possession, but, on the other hand, he missed something "of no value to anyone but the owner," a bottle of morphia and a hypodermic syringe. He hastened back to the house and begged the member of the club with whom he was best acquainted to get the missing treasures restored. But he was too late; he was shown the fragments of the bottle and the syringe. The men liked him, and, knowing his weakness, had deputed one of their number to prevent him gratifying his morbid desire, at any rate for that one night. TERRIER ATTACKS A LION. Recent Exploring Expedition in Africa Marked by Some Thrilling Experiences. A recent exploring expedition along the boundaries of British East Africa killed 39 lions and had some thrilling adventures. Capt. Maud, who was in command, writes in the Philadelphia Inquirer: "Baird had a few days before been mauled by a lion. The brute charged out from a patch of brush and Baird's shot failed to stop him. The next moment the lion had knocked him down and was mauling him. "Baird's fox terrier James, which had hitherto had a well-merited reputation for discretion, performed prodigies of valor and positively found his way into the lion's mouth. But he was not of his majesty's taste, and was ejected, strangely enough, with little hurt. "Meanwhile Baird's two shikaris behaved splendidly. One caught the lion by the tall and pulled, while the other very coolly shot him through the heart. Baird had several wounds, some of them deep, but the miracle of his escape as well as that of James was explained when it was seen that the lion's jaw had been broken by Baird's first shot." DENIED BURIAL IN SIBERIA. Body of Unfortunate Killed on Railroad Travels 11,000 Miles Not Yet Interred. The unidentified body of a man killed on the Trans-Siberian railroad near Tomsk last summer is still unburied. He was believed to have come from Irkutsk, whither the body was sent, only to be returned to Tomsk by the police. Once more it was sent to Irkutsk and once more returned by the police as being unknown in that town. Innumerable telegrams were sent and replied to, no town would receive the body, which was sent hither and thither by railway, always being returned to Tomsk. At last it was offered to the Anatomical museum at Tomsk, where it was preserved for nine months, no one daring to dissect it without permission from the higher government. Now the museum is being rebuilt and the body has been once more handed over to the Tomsk police. They again refuse to bury it without the documents without which nothing can be done in Russia, and the unhappy body, which is said to have already traveled over 11,000 miles, is once more upon its unending travels. CURE FOR VARICOSE VEINS French Physician Finds That Walking Is an Almost Lafallible Dr. Marchais, of the Paris hospitals, has just submitted the French Academy of Medicine a somewhat novel treatment for the cure of varicose veins in the legs. He had observed that among rural postmen, obliged to go long distances on foot, there were few men who suffer from varicose veins and those who had varicose veins quickly recovered from them. Now, as a rule, patients with varicose veins are advised to walk as little as possible, but Dr. Marchais has changed all this and as the result of experiments he has successfully carried out on 21 patients he asserts that the most effective cure for varicose veins in the legs consists of walking. He shows that, in order to obtain lasting results, it is necessary to go back to the cause of the affliction, which is the hypertension of the blood in the veins. It is, he says, possible even for those badly afflicted to cure themselves by rational daily walking exercises, preceded by massage of the legs. SAILOR SOLVES A PUZZLE. Tells How Birds in Midocean Get Fresh Water During Rain Storms. "When I was a cabin boy," said an elderly sailor to a Portland Oregonian man, "I often used to wonder, seein' birds thousands of miles out to sea, what they done for fresh water when they got thirsty. One day a squall answered that question for me. It was a hot and glitterin' day in the tropics, and in the clear sky overhead a black rain cloud appeared all of a sudden. Then, out of empty space over a hundred seabirds came dartin' from every direction. They got under the rain' cloud and they waited there for about ten minutes, circlin' round and round, and when the rain began to fall they throwed their heads back and they drank their fill. In the tropics, where the great seabirds sail thousands of miles away from shore, they get their drinkin' water in that way. They smell out a storm a long way off; they travel a hundred miles, maybe, to get under it, and they swaller enough raindrops to keep them goin'." BUSINESS HER CHIEF IDEA. Harvard Professor Tells Story of a Broad Hint Directed at a Bashful Lover. "I heard last week," said Prof. Gates, of Harvard, "a good example of double entendre. There was a man who had been courting a woman for five or six years. This man, it was plain, loved the woman; he called on her five nights in the week; but in that shy mood common in New England he could not bring himself to propose. He sat one evening opposite his sweetheart. He had grown quite bald since his courting had begun and, as for her, little lines had appeared about her mouth and eyes, and she stooped as she walked. Very desperate she was. It seemed to her that they might have been married five years ago. 'I seen,' said the shy lover, 'I seen an ad. to-day for a suit for $10.' 'Was it a wedding suit?' the woman asked in a strange voice. 'No,' he answered nervously, 'it was a business suit.' 'Well, I mean business,' said the woman." Better Than Mere "Thank You." There is something of the German kaiser's character in the young king of Spain, and already his people are well aware of that fact. Recently, when driving through Malaga, a small and ragged urchin broke through the guards and jumped right into his carriage. "What have you to say?" asked the king. "I want a new jacket and shoes, your majesty." "But have you no father?" inquired Alfonso. "Yes," replied the boy; "but he is too poor to give me any." The young monarch thereupon took his address. "Are you not going to thank his majesty?" inquired the alde-camp. "No, sir; but may the king live forever!" was the startling reply. A prairie girl from Waterville, Kan. went to the Indian territory with her parents. Writing of her new home, she says: "I have enough trees at last. I am tired of them. It is pretty tiresome trying to make friends of the mountains and the trees—they grow monotonous and their very beauty makes one love Joseph A. O'Donnell Henry D. Coghlan O'Donnell & Coghlan Attorneys at Law Phone 264 Main Metropolitan Block N. W. Cor. LaSalle & Randolph Sts. Chicago MILES J. DEVINE JEREMIAH & O'CONNELL DEVINE & O'CONNELL ATTORNEYS AT LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK Clark and Washington St. Telephone, Main 948. CHICAGO, A. D. 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