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United States Senator Albert J. Hopkins ON THE NEGRO PLANK IN THE Republican Platform. United States Senator Albert J. Hopkins of Illinois, recently had a long conference with President Roosevelt and according to Senator Hopkins, he himself and the other Republican spellbinders will thunder forth in behalf of the "Negro plank" in the Republican platform and that the administration intends to stand by that plank and fight the issue or the question out before the voters. This sounds very strange indeed considering the source from which it emanated. The first question that confronts us respecting Senator Hopkins and his utterances in favor of reducing Southern representation in Congress on account of the exclusion of the Negro vote is is he honest and sincere in this respect. He may succeed in throwing dust in the eyes of that class of Negroes who are absolutely controlled by their political prejudice and not by their reason or judgment and cause them to believe that he has uttered the truth, but for our part we would not believe him on that proposition under a strong oath. For we have not lost track of the fact that in 1900 Albert J. Hopkins was chairman of the house committee on elections, and as such he was not in favor of permitting colored men to vote in the south! for he admitted while addressing the colored people in Bethel church in this city in 1892, that he bribed or rewarded the people residing in Louisiana, Mississippi, Forlida, Texas and North Carolina by giving them one extra Congressman each even after the Legislatures of three of those States, namely Mississippi, Louisiana and North Carolina had so successfully succeeded in enacting legislation which disfranchises the Negro and permits ignorant white men to vote. With this disfranchising record before him, with what face can he rush into public print and honestly or bitterly contend that he is or has been in favor of restoring the ballot to the Negro, and curtailing the political power of the whites in the South? Does he proceed on the theory that all Negroes are the property of the Republican party, that they have no right to think and act for themselves when it comes to politics. That it is the height of pesumption on the part of any Negro to question his public acts or to make the slightest references to his hostile attitude in relation to his civil and political rights. In order to appeal to the passion and the terrible political prejudice of the Negro Senator Hopkins exclaimed, "While I've been talking with you here, I have in mind the first great leader of the Republican party, and I have wondered what would be his view of this question if he were alive and could rpeak to us. I cannot believe that the great and good man who freed the bondman would now consent to enslave the white man as well as the black man." It is evident from what Senator Hopkins has stated in reference to Abraham Lincoln that he is unaware of the fact that Mr. Lincoln never was in favor of universal suffrage for the Negro, nor of permitting the Negro to hold office the same as white men, for he declared at Charleston, Ill., September 18, 1858, seven years before his death during his joint debate with Stephen A. Douglas after he had been twitted by Judge Douglas who maintained that Mr. Lincoln was in favor of the whites and blacks intermarrying, in reply to that charge or accusation Abraham Lincoln exclaimed "I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races. I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office nor to marrying with white people, and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races in living together on terms of social and political equality." Could any of the Negroes' most bitter foes and enemies arraign him as severely as did Mr. Lincoln? We think not. Could any rabid and fanatical slave or ex-slave holder draw any stronger picture of the inferiority of the Negro? It is our candid opinion that they could not. At that time the slaveholders and their friends throughout the north were highly delighted over his indorsement of the Fugitive Slave Law. A law which was placed on the statute books of this country by Daniel Webster, William H. Seward, Henry Clay, Abraham Lincoln, and the other leaders of the Whig party and not by the Democratic party. How much better it would have been for this mighty nation and for the Negro if Abraham Lincoln on that memorable occasion had possessed the moral courage to have stood up in the midst of those who participated in those joint debates and proclaimed to all the world that the Negro does possess the same capabilities as the whites. That there is no physical difference between the white and black races which will forever forbid the two races from living in harmony upon this continent. Such sentiments would have left an irrefaceable impression on the memories of all the American people and none of those who have come after him could regard him in any other light than a great and patriotic statesman who was ever ready to raise his sweet and gentle voice in behalf of the lowly and the oppressed. It is true that Senator Hopkins and the other lily white leaders of the Republican party contend that after Abraham Lincoln became president of the United States he changed his views respecting the civil and the political status of the Negro, that is not true however for even after he had assumed the duties of that exalted office, he was in favor of the continuance and the enforcement of the Fugitive- Slave Law, which was the most damnable piece of legislation ever enacted by any legislative body in the civilized world. He was opposed to interfering with the institution of slavery. He also was in favor of amending the constitution of the United States, which was intended to make slavery perpetual in this country, so that no state could abolish slavery without the consent of all the other states in the union. He was unlike Thomas Jefferson on HEW TO THE LINE. the slavery question, who exclaimed while speaking against the continuance of slavery, that he"Trembled for his country and declared that one hour of bondage is fraught with more misery than whole ages of our colonial oppression." Such expressions coming from the mouth of Abraham Lincoln at the time he was engaged in delivering his first inaugural address would have sounded as unnatural as a voice from the dead. Senator Hopkins and the other leaders of his party who are not interested in the welfare of the Negro except to ride into power on his back, must also remember that even after the bloody conflict between the South and the North had come to a close and after the Negro had seceeded in gaining the little liberty he now enjoys through the fourtunes of war, and not by any design or intent on the part of the Republican party, that Abraham Lincoln was not in favor of permitting the Negro to have a voice in reconstructing the states which had rebelled against the government for he firmly believed that white men who had voted prior to 1861, should be invested with the power to perform the work of reconstructing those states. Therefore it is reasonable to assume Senator Hopkins that if the first great leader of the Republican party were alive today he would not be guided by any higher spirit than which controls the present leaders of the party, in relation to re-enfranchising the Negro. In conclusion there is only one course for Senator Hopkins, and Col. Roosevelt to persuase in order to convince us that they are honestly in favor of restoring the ballot to the Negro in the South, and that is for President Roosevelt to convene both branches of Congress in extraordinary session not latter than the 15th of September and let him put every Republican and Democratic member of both houses on record as to whether or not they are in favor of reducing Southern representation in Congress on account of the exclusion of the Negro vote, and if every Republican records his vote in favor of that proposition, and every Democrat votes against it, then the Negro will be justified in worshipping President Roosevelt and the other leaders of the Grand Old Party of God and morality like a fetish. The recent sensational transactions in State street real estate have brought Hillman's dry goods establishment into considerable prominence. This firm, the youngest of Chicago's State street stores, will on January 1st take possession of Chicago's oldest dry goods location—the present premises of Carson, Pirie Scott & Co. The liberal sum of $200,000 will be expended in making the combined buildings one of the greatest department stores in the country, containing everything commonly associated with a store of this character and a number of novelties not yet ready for announcement. The uniform policy of fair dealing, courteous attention, highest values and "money back" if not satisfied will be continued in the enlarged store as they have been the firm's present location. As a study in rapid grwoth based on public appreciation, Hillman's is without a parallel in this country. The store is five and one-half years old and its present building was found too small almost from the first day. After efforts to secure larger quarters lasting over several years, the firm has finally consumed plans which cannot fail to be of vital interest to the whole buying public. Hillman's new establishment will be more than ever before "The Store for Everybody." Mrs. Wm. Emanuel, 6352 Rhodes avenue, entertained fifty ladies at a "Progressive Luncheon" Thursday afternoon from 1 to 7 o'clock. The tables were beautifully decorated with flowers, cut glasses and silverware, and as the lunch progressed the guests joyfully consumed the many good things served by Caterer Smiley. JUDGE ALTON B. PARKER'S SPEECH. Judge Parker's speech would furnish an able writer a golden opportunity to write a lengthy document, one that no doubt would be taken up by the colored people all over the country, showing how shrewdly and everlastingly they have been deceived by the Republican party. There has been so much said and written in the last two or three years relative to Teddy Roosevelt's unbounded popularity among the colored people, which would naturally create the impression that the Negro had been shown some recognition and consideration in the great volume of patronage that is dispensed at Washington and in the States dominated by Republican government and in our local city government. This condition though does not exist. Leaving this subject for the moment, Judge Parker called attention to a very serious question, which relates to the Colored man only, the Judge didn't go into details for instance the great State of Illinois a lynching occurred at Belleville and also at Decatur where a Republican governor resides and holds sway. At Springfield, Ohio, another State where the grand Lily White Party holds sway year in and year out. In Springfield they burned the Negros' homes; the burnt walls of the old buildings are standing and within full view of the Big Four railroad passenger trains, which passes by this place every day. A little lower down in this same city was another Negro settlement; they were given a brief space of time to leave town, which they did. All the while the G. O. P. Lillies were doing business at the old stand in Columbus. At the time of this riot, troops were parading up and down the streets—not placed there to defend the Negro, but to defend the citizens of the town against a lot of hoodlums and rowdies, who had been instrumental in burning up these homes and intimidating the colored people. This has happened in many other localities in the United States north of the Ohio river. If there ever was a race of people deceived and bunked the Negro gets it from the Republican party regularly every two and four years, especially at this time, just prior to election. The white man holds the jobs and reaps the reward, while the poor Negro is referred back to Lincoln's freeing the slaves and told to remember the story of emancipation that is "passe" and not progressive. Go through the Federal Government at Washington and see what the percentage is of colored people holding jobs there, go through the states where Republican Governors reign and see how many colored people are holding jobs there, go through the big cities, especially in Cook county, go through our county buildings, in this city and see how many colored people are holding jobs in the various departments and in some of the departments they employ 200 to 300 men each. This is an argument that 15 or 20 able leaders among the Negro race, if they would take it up would find a great opportunity to start in and organize the colored men in every state in the union, not in the interest of either party, Democratic or Republican, then demand recognition on the basis of their strength in each state. The benefits would be shared all over the country. Judge Parker's speech was very dignified and he didn't mention all these things in detail, but he referred to this lawless element that prevails through the United States. Burning people at stake, burning homes should be read carefully and given thought to by the colored people. Justice Savage. Geo. Foster Peabody, the new Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, is greatly interested in educational work among the colored people in the South. He is one of the trustees of the Peabody and the John F. Slater one hundred million dollar fund which is being expended along educational lines in the South land. He is also closely identified with Booker T. Washington's work and school at Tuskegee, Ala. L. W. WASHINGTON IMPARTS SOUND .ORDS OF ADVICS TO THE COLORED WAITERS. No class of men in the employ of the service of men should be less capable of thinking rightly upon the topics of the day than the Negro waiter of America. For none have greater opportunities than he. He is permitted by his daily vocation, to stand at the table of priest, minister, layman, philosopher student contractor mechanic, laborer statesman, dignitaries, potentates President of these United States of America and representatives of kings and queens So constantly does the sound of varied discussions fall upon his ear that he must bear, and if he be one who cares for his fellowmen he cannot help from profiting by his opportunities. If he is honest, he learns to know and think well of human minds who differs with his own, because of the knowledge conveyed, he hears men with different opinions express themselves at the banquet table. He passes to each plate a card with subjects, weighty and interesting, to be discussed by those whom he will serve; or the issues of a nation, the crisis of his country. In fact his daily training is one to be envied by students of our best schools, and colleges, because these instructions emplant themselves in his very nature; they ought to make him a practical creature. He cannot be excused by ignorance because the opportunity is all his. If he uses the information he gets properly, he will advance himself likewise his environments. Though if he shut the door of his heart and resent the story of truth, he will be as powerless as the tramp and as giddy as a foolish child. He should hear not only the truth, as it is delivered by the speech of the mastory, but should go after it and find it; claiming it as his own, emparting its influence to his neighbor. "Holding fast to that which is good." Thinking, experimenting, and sound reasoning will go along way to set us right before a thoughtful people, and let them reap the benefit of our discovery. It is just as much the duty of a waiter to think, act, and do well, as it is for the instructors of the religious, moral civil and political world. The waiter who has profited by his position is not narrow, neither can he be; he can not be low, nor mean. He is always fair, he can not be unjust. He cannot be ashamed of the platform upon which he rests his feet, because he is consistent, and hypocryacy to him is like the serpent that creeps across his path in the night. It has been wisely said "that a unity of the race, and a division of our votes, will save us, and others have succeeded because they tried this plan and it prevailed. If this is a country for the people, by the people and of the people." All questions pertaining to its welfare should be seriously considered by the Negro. Whether these questions eminate from the brains of the Republican, Populist, Prohibitionist, Single Taxer, Socialist, or Democrat. We do not justify our intelligence as a noise or conservative nation where we disallow, or ignore the facts from another because He happens not to be one of us. For the very same chair that rests our bodies to day, may satisfy the weary soul to morrow, and the friend that stood in line with you today may stand with others to-morrow. And enemies of yesterday may be angels of mercy to-day. "Hear all things," weigh them carefully and separate the craft from the wheat, and you will be acknowledged competent to judge rightly the things that have been or will be set before you, for your digestion. (By George W. Fields.) The predicament of colored waiters at the World's Fair in St. Louis to say the two thousand colored waiters who left their homes and positions in other cities to come to St. Louis anticipating their services would be in demand as has always been the case in other large gatherings throughout the country has proven a sad mistake and as a result waiters ar tramping the streets of a hot and sulky city without any means of support. Living from hand mouth, spending ```markdown ``` No.43 their evenings in saloons all night and walking the streets all day looking in vain for work. I spent two months in St. Louis hoping that something would open for the colored man, but was compelled to give it up and return home. There are well nigh one hundred large and small restaurants inside the grounds and every one employs white waiters and all the larger places of any consequence are employing white waiters, so there is nothing in the line of hotel work for colored men. The white waiters went on a strike all over the city and grounds the 4th of July and the colored boys felt encouraged over the matter. But the fact that the Hotel Men's Association having held several meetings previous to the opening of the fair and all agreed to employ white waiters exclusively during the entire period of the fair the differences between employes and proprietors was soon settled and all white waiters returned to their respective places and the colored wiater's hopes were again shattered. There are several features all of which are rather distasteful to the colored race in general, naming the drawing of the color line at the fair. There is not a single place inside the Fair grounds where a colored person can receive accommodation without being insluted in some respect before leaving the place and in most all places you are utterly refused. In other respects there is not a single exibit of the colored people on the entire grounds. It is a white man's Fair from start to finish. Speaking from personal experience as an eye witness, I not only advise colored waiters and other colored people who anticipate visiting Saint Louis with the view of getting something to do, but I would advise all colored people throughout the country to boycott the fair in St. Louis as to the financial outcome of the fair, it may prove all right in the next 3 months, but up to the present, everything seems to be a frost. Respectfully, GEORGE W. FIELDS, 2963 State St., Chicago. The Grand Chapter of the O. E. S. met at Cairo, Ill., the latter part of last week and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Mrs. Mary Devenport, of Chicago, G. R. M.; Prof. J. C. Lewis, Cairo, G. R. P.; Mrs. Kittie Terrell, St. Paul, Minn., G. A. M., Wm. Berry, Chicago, G. A. P.; Mrs. Fanny Brown, Chicago, G. Treas.; Mrs. Louise Webb, Chicago, G Secy.; Mrs. J. H. Washington, Galesburg, Ill., G. Cond.; Mrs. R. Mitchell, Metropolis, Ill., A. G. Cond. Two colored men, at Statesboro, Ga., the first of this week were convicted by a jury and sentenced by the court to be hanged September 9th, for murdering the Hodges family, but the prompt action of the court did not suit the Christians in that section of the country, so without any trouble they walked into the jail, seized the two prisoners, and burnt their bodies at the stake, while one company of the state troops and the other officers of the law stood around laughing at the holy spectacle, and in every way aided the mob in its hellish work. The Old Church Organ is howling mad because F. L. Barnett, has accepted of a cheap what might be called a janitor's job in the National Republican headquarters, and the editor of the Old Church Organ, who was a few years ago for money shouting for Col. Bryan and free silver, indulges in a whole lot of rot in asking the lily white members of the committee if they can afford to force such a distinguished individual (we don't think) as Col. Barnett into such a cheap job? Notwithstanding thus howl on the part of the unprogressive editor of the Old Church Organ, he is ready to brand every Negro as an enemy and a traitor to his race who revolts at the many insults heaped upon him by the leaders of the Republican party. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Infidels, Farmers, Single Taxes, Republicans, Knights of Labor, or any one else can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year..... $3.00 Six Months..... 1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6040 Armour Avenue, Chicago. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., as Second-class Matter. WOMAN IN COSSACK BAND. Madame Pousep, of Riga, After Much Pleading, Becomes a Member of Russian Regiment. While the thought of a woman taking a belligerently active part in warfare is repugnant in the extreme, says the Illustrated Sporting News, yet one cannot withhold admiration for the courage of that fair Russian who has just enrolled in a Cossack regiment after persistent and earnest petition to the war ministry. Madame Pousep of Riga, being the daughter of a colonel of cavalry, has been reared in a martial atmosphere. From childhood she spent hours daily in the saddle, and is accounted one of the best horsewomen in Russia. She is expert with rifle, revolver and sword, and her powers of endurance are such that for many years she has taken part in the annual cavalry maneuvers of the Vyazensky regiment. Madame Pousep, first by the energy of her belief, maintains that patriotism and the right to fight for one's country are qualities that should not be limited by sex, and so determined was she to take part in the hostilities between her country and Japan that she notified the authorities of her intention to go to the front at her own expense and join a regiment in the field if they refused her request. Madame Pousep, who is in her thirty-second year, was a ward of the late Emperor Alexander III., and is, contrary to expectation, a highly cultured and refined woman. BIG SALARY PAID WOMAN. Superintendent of Indian Schools Draws $3,000 a Year Outside of Her Expenses. Some of the best paid employes of the government in Washington are women, declares the Philadelphia Press. So far as wages are concerned Uncle Sam recognizes no distinction of sex, and in some branches of the public service persons in petticoats, owing to their superior aptitude for certain kinds of work, have entirely driven out the men, who are unable to compete with them. The highest salary paid by the government to a woman is drawn by Miss Estelle Reel, who is superintendent of all the Indian schools. She is a remarkable woman, and the supervision which she exercises over the rising generation of the nation's wards has already revolutionized, to a great extent, the system of management adopted. Miss Reel gets $3,000 a year, plus her expenses, the latter being a considerable item, inasmuch as she spends most of her time in traveling about from one school to another, utilizing almost every known means of transportation, and when stage coaches fail, frequently riding on horseback for hundreds of miles. HUMBUG IN LITERARY WORLD Asks for Check of Big Magazine with Intention of Keeping Up a Bluff. "The greatest bluffer in the literary game that I ever heard of," said a man employed in the counting room of a big magazine, to a New York Sun reporter, "was a fellow who probably never wrote a line in his life, but he had some reason for wanting to make some friends think that he was a regular contributor. "He came into our office and offered us a $50 bill and asked if we would let him have the concern's check for that amount. He showed us the check of one other magazine which he had already recured. When asked what he wanted the check for he made no bones of explaining that he wanted to show it to two or three friends to make them think that the check was in payment for a story. My house declined to accommodate him. "We did ask him, however, how he would keep up the bluff if one of his friends happened to ask him to show his story in the magazine. He said that would be easy, as he would declare that he was writing over a nom de plume." Prof. Loeb, in Berlin, is experimenting with rattlesnake venom as a cure for leprosy, and he thinks he has hit upon the specific for one of the most loathsome diseases that human flesh is heir to. 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. 10 ```markdown ``` WHEN IS A BABY NORMAL? Medical Expert Tells How a Mother Can Answer the Question Beyond a Doubt. When a person first becomes a parent he or she watches the little newborn creature with the most intense anxiety. The fear sometimes haunts the parent that perhaps the babe is not mentally perfect. The father tries to solve the problem, but his mind has nothing to hold to, nothing to guide it to a conclusion. A few glances may tell that the baby's body has all the outward evidences of being normal, but the parents' endeavors to understand the slowly-awakening mind prove futile. "How much greater would be my joy," a mother often says to herself, "if I knew that my baby's brain is as it should be." According to some experts, however, this suspense is needless. They declare that the mind of a baby is normal if the child is able to do certain things at certain ages. It is only when the baby acts differently that fear may well seize the mother's heart, a fear that her babe may be foolish, that only its animal nature will grow, while the mind remains dwarfed, sluggish, in a sort of continual twilight. According to specialists, the mental symptoms of the baby may even be reduced to a catalogue. "A normal child," says Dr. Louise Fiske Bryson, in the Medical Critic, "is sensitive to light when a day or two old, starts when gently touched at the third day, tastes at the end of the first week, and strong odors cause contortions during the first hours of life. Food, bath, objects about him, please him during the first month; tears overtake the baby when three weeks old, and smiles come shortly after. Music charms during the second month; then consonants are used for the first time; tickling causes laughter, and objects can 1 WHEN BABY IS NORMAL (At 15 Months He or She Should Walk Something Like This.) be clasped with four fingers. At four months the baby begins to imitate; sits up at the sixth month; stands without support at the ninth month and walks at the age of 15 months. "At this period he also laughs, smiles, gives a kiss, repeats syllables and understands a number of words. From the twentieth to the twenty-fourth month he executes orders on command, tries to sing, beat time and dance to music. At the age of three the child walks upstairs unaided and speaks distinctly. He begins to ask questions. "The sub-normal child has not developed in this way. 'He is different,' say the parents. That sums up the whole situation—he is different from normal." According to available statistics, says Dr. Bryson, there are two feeble-minded persons to every thousand inhabitants, and to every 500 there are five or six children not capable of being educated by the ordinary methods of instruction. Feeble-minded children, she adds, are generally fond of music, "can often sing, even when unable to talk, can play on some musical instrument alone or with others." For such she recommends special physical exercises, which tend to awaken the creative faculties of the mind. The symptoms of the sub-normal mind cannot be classified, from the very nature of things, as are the actions of a normal child. "What constitutes a backward, or deficient, child?" asks Dr. Bryson. "How can you tell one when you see one? Not in an offhand way; yet there is something that stamps the child as different from his fellows. The lack of command over himself suggests illness to the inexperienced. Some, perhaps many, of the stigmata of degeneration may be present, physical signs of imperfection, that lead the observer to infer the quality of the individual. The roof of the mouth may be high and narrow, the teeth irregular and misshapen, the lobe of the ear attached to the side of the head, the arms too long in proportion to bodily height, or the hands and feet may show abnormalities of structure. "At the same time, it must be remembered that it is not how a child looks that classifies him, but what he does, what he is, what he loves and seeks." Hymn on a Grain of Corn. An engraver of Odessa has engraved the entire Russian national hymn upon a grain of corn, and recently he presented the curiosity to the czar. His majesty has now-forwarded to the man, through the civil governor of Odessa, a gold watch and chain, with his thanks for carrying out such a laborious undertaking. Brown. Flaky Crust for Pies To give a pie beautifully brown, flaky appearance, when the pie is ready to bake, put about one and a half tablespoonfuls of sweet milk or cream on the top and spread it over all the surface. No more white crusts if this is done. 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 tail 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." PAPERS HAVE ODD NAMES. Russian Publications Are Not Blessed with Very Businesslike The strange thing about Russia's popular papers is their curious names, declares the Boston Herald. Strekosa (Grasshopper), Babotchka (Butterfly), Svletum (The Whistler), Vetr (The Wind), are some names of popular publications. A paper which was started in Moscow some years ago was christened Beelezbub. Tchernilnitsa (The Inkbottle) was the name of another. Russian popular papers have, as a rule, small circulations. Like the daily papers, they are subject to the censor, who stops the sale for a time or altogether if, in trying to be funny, anything offensive to the authorities is allowed to appear. Many papers are subject to what is known as the "preventive censure;" that is, the editor must submit everything to the authorities before publication. A censor who allows any serious anti-governmental hint to escape is dismissed from his post for neglect; but this does not prevent the editor also being punished. CHINESE DOGS WERE WISE Prince Pu Lun and the Chinese minister, Sir Chentung Liang Cheng, attended the races at Gravesend. A number of New Yorkers were presented to the distinguished foreigners, and one of them told an incident that illustrated the remarkable intelligence of a dog of his. The minister said, with a smile: "I am reminded, sir, of a Chinese dog story. There was a Chinaman who had three dogs. When he came home one evening he found them asleep on his couch of teakwood and marble. He whipped them and drove them forth. The next night, when he came home, the dogs were lying on the floor. But he placed his hand on the couch and found it warm from their bodies. Therefore he gave them another whipping. The third night, returning earlier than usual, he found the dogs sitting before the couch, blowing on it to cool it." For Winter Use. In Cashmere there is a novel method of putting up fodder for winter use. The country lies in a valley among the Himalayas. The chief industry of the people consists in growing fine wool, and in making this into fabrics which have carried the name of the country all over the world. As in winter snow lies some five or six yards deep, supplies of hay are hung among the branches of the trees, where they are easily reached by the flocks of sheep. Old at Birth. A Chinese child is considered a year old at its birth, and its age is reckoned not from its birthdays, but from its New Year's days. If it happens to be born on February 1, the day before the Chinese New Year's day, it is said to be two years old when it is two days old. It is one year old when born, and another year is added on its first New Year's day. 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She gave up her life to save that of a child. The New York Sun tells the story: At the Polyclinic hospital a little girl developed an alarming form of scarlet fever. It was necessary to remove her to North Brother island, and Miss Mahler, a graduate of the Rochester university and the City Hospital Training School, volunteered to go into exile with her. At the island diphtheria developed and the case seemed hopeless. For two weeks, night and day, the untiring nurse fought, single-handed, and through her wonderful skill and unselfish devotion, at the end of that time the little patient was out of danger. Then the two grim diseases attacked the faithful caretaker, and worn out by the long and ceaseless vigil, she had no strength with which to resist them. She refused to be removed to better quarters, and there, in the very place where she had conquered for the little, unknown girl, she fought another battle, and this time was overcome. Like every brave nurse, she had taken the risk, knowing and counting well the cost, and she accomplished her purpose, for the child was saved. HOW OIL PIPES ARE CLEANED Conduicts on Becoming Incrusted Are Cleaned by a Revolving Knife Passing Through Them. The long pipes that carry crude petroleum from the oil wells to the refineries many miles distant are cleaned by an ingenious device, says the Omaha Bee. As the oil flows through these underground conduits some of the paraffin in the fluid incrusts the sides of the pipe and proves a serious hindrance to the free passage of the current of oil. The device that is used to remedy this evil is a knife about two feet in length, with a sharp edge, constructed like the thread of a screw; indeed, the knife resembles a huge headless screw. It is, of course, slightly smaller than the pipe through which it is to pass. When the thickness of the crust of paraffin renders a cleansing necessary this instrument is inserted in the pipe at the oil fields. The pressure of the stream of oil drives it forward, revolving rapidly as it hurries along, and scrapes the channels clean. It turns and twists and cleanses in this manner throughout its whole journey, and finally drops from the pipes in the midst of the vast stream of petroleum that empties into the receiving tanks. Its edges are duller than when it set out on its journey, but otherwise it is in perfect condition. It is at once shipped back to the oil wells, where it is sharpened and laid away until its services are again needed. JAPAN'S LITERARY LIKINGS. Subjects of the Mikado Show Decided Preference to the Writings of Carlyle. The most widely known English writer in Japan is Carlyle. Next to him comes Macaulay, says the Dundee Advertiser. "Emerson is admired by some of the English students, and we see the influences of his writings among many Japanese journalists today." Mill and Herbert Spencer "have had a tremendous influence upon the thought of modern Japan." In poetry, Tennyson, Longfellow—his "Evangeline" is "heard from the lips of any little girl in a girl's seminary in Japan"—Wordsworth, Byron and Milton; and in fiction, Irving, Thackeray and Dickens are best known. "Othello," "Macbeth' and "The Merchant of Venice" have been translated by Prof. Yuzo Tsubouchi. Tolstol has many worshippers, and no one who is not acquainted with German is regarded as a scholar. Rousseau's "Contrat Social" was the book which "first taught the Japanese the idea of civil right and liberty." A translation of it "has been circulated in every Japanese home." The writers of French fiction and drama, on the other hand, "do not seem to find many friends in Japan." "Fossil Rain Drops." In slabs of Triassic rock little depressions are often seen which have been called "fossil rain-drops," the idea being that they were formed by showers on muddy sea beaches, and preserved by being covered with a layer of mud at the next high tide. But a correspondent of Nature, in England, suggests in view of recent observations of his on a flood plain in the Dorn valley, that the supposed impressions of rain-drops may really be due to pittings formed by bubbles in a film of mud at the bottom of shallow water. He has watched the formation of many such pittings, and found that after the mud has dried they exactly resemble "fossil rain-drops." Warning to Farmer What has been called the "ginseng crase" has been so prevalent among farmers in many districts of the United States that the department of agriculture has considered it expedient to sound a note of warning. Previous to 1902 China imported from this country only 172,000 pounds of ginseng in four years—a quantity which could be raised on a single farm of 75 acres. "Let ginseng alone. It is a delusion and a snare," is Secretary Wilson's advice to farmers. HIGH ART IN GARNISHING. Any well-cooked dish, however plain, can be made truly epicurean by the garnish applied. Often, too, exactly the right dressing will be found under the hand, if the housekeeper has sufficient judgment to recognize its possibilities. For a dish of lobster salad there are lobster claws, lobster coral, cress, and, for all salads, radishes and beets cut into flowers, curled celery and celery tips, spirals of olives, and fancy shaped wafers. Aspic jelly molded in fancy forms or cut in squares is used on cold meats with mounds of jelly, wreaths of parsley and of cress, shredded lettuce, lemons cut as flowers or as pigs, cucumbers, hard-boiled eggs cut in fanciful shapes, etc. Fish is set off with strips of fried potatoes forming a nest, slices of lemon, cucumbers, parsley, olives, green peppers or cress. Tomatoes make a piquant addition in the case of salads and meats. For sweets there are many trimmings—for example, candied and maraschino cherries, candied fruits, currants, raisins, ginger and bonbons. White grapes or slices of orange or pineapple, dipped in white of egg and powdered sugar are pretty for gelatins, rice or farina. WHEN AN ACCIDENT OCCURS This Article Tells You Just What Is to Be Done Before the Sur- There are a few things which should be in every house where any persons are in any way liable to injury. Chief among these are one or more bottles of some antiseptic solution, and bandages ready for use. Sometimes the simplest precautions before the arrival of the doctor will save a limb or hand or perhaps life, and aid the physician to an untold extent. Orange Judd Farmer says that bandages may be made from an old sheet, bleached cloth being preferred. First, it should be clean. Taking the whole length of the sheet, usually at least two yards, tear it into strips of the following widths: one inch, one and one-half, two, two and one-half, three and four inches, having two or three of each. The narrow bandages are most useful, and it is well to make several of these. Now make a tight roll of each strip, or put two of the same width in one roll. Put them aside in a box out of the dust. You will be surprised how many serviceable roller bandages can be made from an old sheet. They may also be boiled, washed and ironed out for use after being soiled. Have also some absorbent cotton and a few pieces of cloth about 12 inches square. An antiseptic is a solution which kills germs, and germs are the cause of a large part of the doctor's trouble. Probably the best all 'round antiseptic is carbolic acid. Get the strong carbolic and use a teaspoonful of this in a quart of warm water. This is a safe strength for any part of the body except the eye. If by accident any of the strong acid is spilled on the hand, put pure alcohol on the place at once. This neutralizes the action of the acid. Another safe and clean antiseptic is creoline. This is a dark liquid with a tarry odor. A tablespoonful in a quart of warm water makes a milky solution, which is excellent for cleansing wounds. An antiseptic wash for the eye may be made by dissolving boracic acid, a PUTTING ON A BANDAGE. white powder, in warm water. Even a strong solution of this is not harmful. No matter how small a cut or bruise may be, it is always best to thoroughly cleanse and bandage it. Many a limb and many a life has been sacrificed to the most innocent-looking little wounds. To dress an ordinary small wound, proceed as follows: Make up a solution of carbolic acid or creolin, a teaspoonful to a quart of warm water, and using some absorbent cotton, wash the wound thoroughly with the antiseptic, taking care that it penetrates every part, and that all dirt is washed out. If it be a hand or finger, the part may be soaked in the solution for a few minutes. This will often stop most of the bleeding. Soak a piece of the clean cloth in the solution, squeeze it fairly dry and wrap it around the injured part, using three or four layers. Select a bandage of suitable width and apply it neatly, using plenty to cover. Fasten the bandage by sewing or pinning with a safety pin, or, when sufficient is wound on, roll off a few inches more, rip it down the middle, cross the two ends so made, and use them as strings to tie on the bandage. If there is much bleeding, it may be necessary to put on some dry absorbent cotton over the moist cloth, applying the bandage over all. The next day the wound may be dressed by simply washing and wrapping with dry bandage only. A Drop of Olive Oil. Rub a drop of olive oil on your knives and forks, before putting away, and they will retain their brightness and be free from rust. 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-Bita. 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 uin't one of the Koostick properties; it belongs to old man Jones, and he's all right—Philadelphia Press. For Our Good. Sometimes, when it seems that our own particular little world has been knocked into chaos, and all things for us have come to an end, it is merely that we are being born to better things.—Cora Lapham Hazzard. Electrical Pumps. Electricity carried overland by wire some distance is being used in Oregon to pump water in irrigating farms. If the experiment proves successful, the system will be developed further. Japanese Fare. The Japanese cuisine does not include butchers' meat, bread, butter and potatoes. Rice is not, as commonly supposed, the daily food of the poor, but can be afforded by the well-to-do only. School Children in Syria. According to a recent Russian consular report, six years ago 9,000 children attended the Russian schools in Syria. The number is now 20,000. Aid to Digestion. Plain soda water, taken in moderation, often alds digestion, but soda water with fruit sirups is bad for a weak stomach.—N. Y. Post. Good Old Summer. We are now getting around to the days when a man really feels more negligee than he looks—and that's a plenty. Indianapolis News. Breaking Loose. "You smoked only ten cigars on your wedding trip—that's one a day." "No—ten on the last day."—Harper's Bazar. Keeps Off Flies. Flies will not settle on windows that have been washed in water mixed with a little kerosene.—Good Literature. Vulcanized Wood. Timber is now vulcanized in England by forcing a boiling solution of sugar into its pores. Cost of German Army. To keep the whole German army in the field for one week would cost $30,-000.00. Human Cud-Chewers There are cases on record of rumination, or cud-chewing, in human beings. Southerners Hearing Tune Played by Insurgents Sweep Them Out of the Town. the Town. Music is considered by military men to be the best possible means to enhearten dispirited soldiers. A band has often saved a battle. But the Filipinos lost a fight by setting their band into operation. An American company was besieged in its barracks, standing off the attack of several hundred of Filipinos. Finally the Filipino commander ordered his band to turn itself loose, which it did, with some Spanish airs. Meanwhile the firing went on. Suddenly the native band men burst out with an American piece that they had learned in Manila before the war. It was "Dixie." The besieged Americans were all Texans or Tennesseeans. With a yell and a howl they burst out of their barracks and swept the insurgents out of the town. Mrs. Smith—Have you named your twin girls, Lucy? Lucy—Yessum; we'se done name 'em "Flops'm" an' "Jeps'm." Powerful pooty names. Dave, my ol' man. he done got dem names outen de rivah colyum.—Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Not the Real Thing. Husband—You say this is venison? What induced you to buy it? Wife—Well, the butcher said it was cheap and— Husband—If he had told you it wasn't deer he would have been nearer the truth.—Philadelphia Ledger. The Best Policy "Did that bank cashier come well recommended?"- "Very. He refunded over half what he embezzled at his last place."—Puck. Mrs. Nuwed—Why? What's the matter? Mr. Nuwed—They don't taste like the best in the world. Mrs. Nuwed—They must be. I picked them out myself. The picture on the can was prettier than any of the others.—Philadelphia Press. Five Hundred Thousand Tess-I can't understand what he saw in her. Her face is decidedly plain. Jess-Yes, but the figure she has makes up for all that. Tess - Figure? She's positively scrawny. She has no figure. Jess-You're mistaken. She has six figures, and the first one's a five. Philadelphia Press. Her Resentment Tess—Jack Hansom isn't fat, is he? Jess—Not at all. He's quite graceful and muscular. Why? Tess—I happened to mention him to Miss Pechis, and she said: "Oh, isn't he disgustingly stout?" Jess—Ah, yes. She rejected him some weeks ago, and she's mad because he didn't pine away.—Colorado Springs Gazette, Obeyed Instructions. A gentleman bought a new variety of potatoes, and told his gardener to be sure and plant them far enough apart. "Well, Sam, did you plant the potatoes far apart, as I told you?" Sam—I did, sir. I planted some in your garden, and some in mine, so they are four miles apart.—Tit-Bits. Retribution. "I had a horrible dream last night," said Huddleson, when he came down to breakfast the other morning. "What was it?" asked his wife. "I dreamt that I was in purgatory, and was made to do all the things I had told my friends I would do if I were in their places."—Brooklyn Life. Commutation of Senten Mr. Bacon—I think we ought to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of our wedding, dear. Mrs. Bacon—What are you talking about? Why, we've only been married 18 years! "Well, don't I get anything off for good behavior?"—Yonkers. Statesman. Her Age. "How old would you say she was?" "Well, let's see. When we were in high school together she used to snub me because I was a kid. Now I'm 37, and um-m-m-well, I should say she was about 28 by this time."—Town and Country. Provided For. "Why don't you employ a stenographer?" "Don't need one," answered Mr. Cumrox. "Mother and the girls can criticise my grammar and spelling all that's required."—Washington Star. Certainly Certain He—I suppose Miss Elderleigh is what you would call a girl of uncertain years, is she not? She—No, indeed. She has been the same age for at least ten years.—Chicago Daily News. Handicapped. Bifkins—I know one girl who doesn't try to conceal her age. Mifkins—What's the explanation? Bifkins—She has a twin brother.—Columbus Dispatch. His Wisdom. The silent man doth wink again. His thoughts, he won't betray 'em. He thinks mistakes like other men. But is too smart to say 'em. -Washington Star. Vgv "Do you think it's right for a man to put so much money in his clothes?" "It depends upon how sound he sleeps—and how noiselessly his wife can walk."—Chicago Journal. Our Old Friend. Now comes the eager fisherman Who down the stream will plod. He'll reel his fish in by the inch, His lies off by the rod. -Indianapolis Sun. His Experience. Singleton—Do you believe that marriage is a failure? Wedderly—No; merely an assignment in which the wife is a preferred creditor.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Depends on Circumstances. Howell—Do you think it pays to put much money into clothes? Powell—Not if you have a wife to go through them.—Town Topics. Awkward Brute—What a grand floor this is! I could dance on it all night. The Victim—Then why dance on my feet?—Ally Sloper. Soldiers' Superstitions. Among the numerous superstitions of the Cossacks there is none stronger than the belief that they will enter Heaven in a better state if they are personally clean at the time they are killed. Consequently, before an expected battle they perform their toilets with scrupulous care, dress themselves in clean garments, and put on the best they have. This superstition is not confined to the Cossacks alone, but is widely prevalent in all branches of the Russian army. Mustard Paste. For a mustard paste take one-half flour and one-half mustard and blend thoroughly before adding water. Apply between linen or flannel cloths. When the paste begins to redden the skin, remove and rub the affected part with sweet oil. Then replace the plaster. If this method is followed the mustard may be left on without injury to the patient for a considerable length of time. This is a physician's prescription.—N. Y. Post. 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. 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. Bovs' 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 hail 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. As a Profession. One of the most remunerative callings in America is that of the window dresser. So much latitude is allowed him, that a guarantee is required on his engagement to secure the proprietor against careless or unskilful handling of any goods he may deal with. If heavy responsibilities rest upon the professional window dresser, his emoluments are large also, ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 a year. 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 avenue. 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 $ \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, 358 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, 486 $ \frac{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, 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 Am. CHrTPs. ~ Mr. and Mrs. J. Hockley Smiley and daughter have returned from their summer resiiience at Batavia. "Walter Hill continues to do a nite _ ‘Dusinéss in his neat little cafe, at Mrs, Marion Adams-Harris, 3142 In- Giana avenue, is bn a long visit with her mother at Hagerstown, Md. ‘Dr. Robert Hardin, and daughter ‘Baythe, are yisiting the World's Fair ‘at St Louis. They will return the first of next week. “We have been told several times that “S. S. S.” does not mean “South Side Smartset,” but what's in a name. anyhow? _ | ~ Attorney Charles H. Mitchell, Unity Building, will be elected one of the new Judges of the Superior Court of Cook County. » “3S Lia Gain, ot Vicon, Ind, is in the city spending her va- cation with her brother Horace Clin- ton, 444 State street. | C. Johnson, undertaker and faa balmer, 2712 State street, is a wide awake business man and he ranks up by the side of the best undertakers in this city.” Now that the little Infidel Jap is why don’t it show that God is for the heathen and against the Chris- ‘The Inner Circle and Triangle clubs for the season of 1904-05 at the First | Regiment Armory, 16th street and Michigan avenue, Thursday eventos: | Sept. 1. The net proceeds will be| @onated to the Old Folks’ Home. | James J. Gray has faithfully per- formed his duties in the past as a member of the Board of Assessors, and for that very reason the vast majority of the voters will stand by him on the eighth day of November. Frank L. Gallagher, who was for a long time connected with M. J. But- ters resort, 58th and State streets, and his partner, George A. Bradbury, | are conducting the Royal Buffet at| 5518 State street, where they will be |, pleased to meet ‘their host of friends. | Mr. J. H. Binga, Dr. D. Herbert An-| derson and D. McKissith, gave a sub-| , ‘scriptien dance Thursday evening, at | : the residence of Col. and Mrs. J. R.| Marshall, in honor of Miss Ross and | Miss_George, of Washington, D. C. |! Quite 2 number of ladies attended. | Coroner John E. Traeger has re-|_ turned from his pleasant visit with | Judge Alton B. Parker, at Rosemount, | ; N. ¥., and Coroner Traeger is weil |: pleased with the Democratic candi-| | “Gate for President of the United |' States. The picnic given at Rasch’s grove | | Monday evening by the Woman's Aid, | , for the benefit of the Old Folks’ Home, was a success in every way. The Grove was beautifully lighted, the music grand, anc every attendant had a good time. A good sum was |' realized for the Home. The Misses Bond, 6658 Wprbash av- |! enue, entertained about 40 couples at | a dancing party Thursday jevening, |' Aug. 18th, in honor of their guests. | ; The lawn decorations were beauti- |; ful to beliold and the young folks |: @anced to their hearts’ content ‘till | the wee hours of morn. 1 Bishop Burgess déclares divorce | ‘courts are the devil's workshops. He | ' forgets that the-labor for the shops | | are supplied by such aa he, who for |! ‘& fee pronounce that old chestnut, “I/ pronounce you man and wife,” and |; “what God hath joined together,”-etc. | ‘He furnishes work for his nibs, the‘ aevil.—Pink Iconoclast. at “Dr. A, Beatrice Schultz, 2719 State ‘Street, had the misfortune to break | stairway iast Thursday night, on her ‘accident is very painful but the Doc- |, ‘and friends at a lawn fete Saturday evening, Aug. 20th, at the residence ‘of Dr. and Mrs. Rankin, 451 W. 58th street. About one hundred invite tions have been distributed, and s good time is looked forward to, br all who will attend. ‘The Chicago Chronicle is cock sure that “Judge Parker's letter of ac ceptance is weak and of no account whatever,” and then each morning It devotes’ several columns of space in a vain endeavor to tear it ta pieces. The Chronicle reminds us of many colored people who claim that little “Nigger” néwspapers dont amount to anything; that they can’t hurt them; and then they are ready to kill the editor for scandalizing them. WHITE MICE CAUSE PANIC. Women at Atlantic City Flee in Con- fusion from the Harmless Little Redents. Willie Fitzgerald, a newsboy of At- lantic City, N. J., was carrying six white mice in a box down the board walk one day recently, when a rolling chair bit 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 di- rections. Neither direction nor the manner of going was considered, the women giving vent to heartrending yells. 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 lande¢ 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 be- ing wheeled down the board walk in a rolling chair, forgot her ailments, gave a leap from the carriage and ran up aD adjacent avenue. Another woman, who, it is estimated, weighed close to 250 pounds, slipped as she started to run, and landed with all Rer 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 con- temporary English letters, has been giv- Ing vigorous expression to his opinions on current affairs. Regarding journalism -he said: “Tt is most likely that practica] journalists, like practical politicians, will have to go largely on opportunist lines. Though most of my work has been imaginative, T bave done a certain amount of journal- ism and I recognize its difficulties. But ft has extraordinary power, too, and great opportunity for fine influence. It has almost taken the place of govern- ment. 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 newspa- pers 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 complet: form of government, has been tried and proved to be impossible. We shall never have that again unless the @emocracy 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 satis- faction which some strangers in Phil- adelphia enjoy in gazing at the oaken rafters in Independence hall from which the Liberty bell has hung, says the Rec- ord. Reserve Officer Orr, who is sta- tioned 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 look- ing at the case as they do when the bell hangs inside. Sightseers, as a rule, plan to devote so much time to 4 cer tain 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 recom- pense, 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. See VAST TRAVEL IN LONDON. Estimated That 600,000,000 Separ- ate Journeys Are Made by Pas- sengers Annually. There are 6,000 miles of railway in greater London, and it is estimated that something like 600,000,000 separate jour- meys are made by passengers annually. ‘Thé number of journeys on an average week day is over 1,500,000. An ides.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 Engiand in an hour. The number of passengers carried by the London trams in a year is over 360,000,- oe. A census taken of the number of pedestrians who crossed oyer the London bridge on a certain day showed that they ee teat bet toon ee crossed the roadways at the bank. | DENIED BURIAL IN SIBERIA. Body of Unfortunate Killed om Bail- road Travels 11,000 Miles— Wot Yet Interred. ‘The unidentified body of a man killed on the Trans-Siberian railroad meas 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 thith- er 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 ofe daring to dissect it without per- mission 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 docu- ments 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 Walk- ing Is an Almost Infallible Bemedy. Dr. Marchais, of tfle Paris hospitals, has just submitted the French Acad- emy of Medicine a somewhat novel treat- ment for the cure of varicose veins in the legs. He had observed that among rural postmen, obliged to go long dis- tances on foot, there were few men who suffer from varicose veins and those who had varicose veins quickly re- covered from them. Now, as a rule, pa- tients 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 saccess- fully carried out on 21 patients he as- serts that the most effective cure fér varicose veins in the legs consists of walking. He shows that, im order to obtain lasting results, it is necessary to go back to the cause of the aMliction, 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] day walking — preceded by massage of the 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. @ne.day a squall an- swered that question for me. It wasa 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 sea- birds came dartin’ from every direc- tion. They got under the rain cloud and they waited there for about ten minutes, circlin’ round and round, and when the,rain began to fell 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 drtmkin’ water in that way. Theysmell 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 ata Bashful Lover. “I heard last week,” said Prof. Gates, of Harvard, “a good example of double entendre. There was a man who had been eourting a woman for five or siz years. This man, it was plain, loved the woman; he called onter five nights in the week, but in that shy mood com- mon in New England he could not bring himself to propose. He sat one even- ing 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 asshe walked. Very desper- ate she was. It seemed to her that they might have been married five years ago. ‘I seen,’ said the shy lover, ‘I seen ap ad. to-day for a suit for $10.’ “Was it & wedding suit?’ the woman acked in a strange voice. ‘No,’ he answered nerv- ously, ‘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 fa- ther?” 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 aid- de-camp.. “No, sir; but may the king live forever!” was the startling reply. Prairie Girl Wearies of Trees. A prairie girl from Waterville, Kan., ‘went to the Indian territory with hér 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 apé the trees—they grow monotonous ILLINOIS BRICK CO. WILLIAM C. KUESTER. ~ SUPERINTENDENT. . 1994 N. Western Ave., Chicago. 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