The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX The Lily White Republicans and It is barely possible that within the next one hundred years the Negro may cease his sleeping and his dreaming over Abraham Lincoln and the dead past, long enough to realize the fact that since the close of the war of the Rebellion the leaders of the Republican party have made many important movements with the sole object of throwing him overboard or casting him adrift for himself, so that they would not experience much difficulty in forming the lily white Republican party. The first important step towards the accomplishment of that object was the manipulation of the Freedman's Savings bank. If we remember rightly it was established by the high priests of the Republican party exclusively for the colored Republicans and after those lily white high priests of the G. O. P. had succeeded in persuading all the poor ignorant and deluded Negroes to deposit their hard earned savings into that rotten institution, it closed its doors as tight as a steck trap, and it has been proven that the lily white promoters of the Freedman's Savings bank gathered into their coffers almost fifty-seven million dollars. All of that vast sum which was swept away in the twinkling of an eye, had been accumulated by the Negroes during the five years succeeding the war, and it had been saved up from the scanty wages which they had received from their ex-masters. No Democrat had any part in that whole sale scheme in robbing the Negro. It is very singular indeed that none of the colored Republican orators never refer to that event. In time commissioners were appointed to wind up the affairs of the freedman's savings bank, and they figured and figured and they finally succeeded in figuring all for the lily white leaders of the Republican party, and none for the Negro. That was the first body blow dealt the Negro by the lily white leaders of the Republican party. The second one was administered to him at a later period by the United States Court, composed of lily white Republicans, when it pronounced the "Civil Rights Bill" unconstitutional. In effect it revived that old doctrine "that Negroes do not possess any civil rights which white men are bound to respect." Right here we must pause for a few moments to state, that if the Negro ever did owe the lily white leaders of the Republican party a debt of gratitude simply because that Party happened to be in power during and for many years after the close of the war, that that debt has been paid more than ten million times, for we contend that the fifty-seven million dollars which it swindled the poor helpless Negro out of without cracking a smile and his loyal and unswerving support which he has rendered it for lo these many years has been amply sufficient to liquidate all the debt the Negro has ever owed it, for poorly enacting legislation in his behalf which has been in each and every case declared null and void and of no effect whatever by the very highest lily white Republican judges in the land. This brings us face to face with the actions of the lily white leaders of the Republican party in 1876, and their attitude in relation to the civil and the political rights of the Negro in the South. If the Negro should ever happen to open his eyes to the bright sunlight he will learn that pending the final settlement of the contest for the Presidency between Rutherford B. Hayes, and Samuel J. Tilden in 1876, that through the advice of John Sherman, who was a traitor to his country in every sense of the word, James A Garfield and Cnarles Foster, all of Ohio, that the lily white leaders of the Republican party would abandon the whole of the Reconstruction policy in the South, withdraw the Federal troops from that section of the country, and right there and then turn the State Governments of Louisiana and South Carolina over to the control of the whites residing in those states; providing that they, the whites, would permit the electoral voters of those states to be counted for Hayes, and Wheeler. That Political deal or trade can never be blotted from the pages of the history of this country. In the very nature of things there must have been a political bargain in that respect for it is unreasonable to assume that the Hayes electors received the greatest number of votes, while at the same time and election all the Democratic candidates captured all the state officers in Louisiana and in South Carolina. Politically speaking that event or transaction unhorsed the Negro, and prepared the way for his disfranchisement, for the lily white leaders of the Republican party interjected into his undeveloped mind a spirit of hatred and contempt for all those men in the South who were friendly disposed to the Negro and who were willing to deal with him justly in all the affairs of life. They, the lily white leaders of the Republican party, further enjoined upon the Negro that he must forever swear eternal vengeance against all Democrats everywhere, that every Democrat is his natural foe and enemy, and solidly vote for Abraham Lincoln, while on the other hand the Lily White Republicans are constantly doing everything in their power to cultivate the closest friendship of all Democrats and win them over to their side. Therefore, if all the foregoing incidents are manifestations of undying love on behalf of the lily white leaders of the Republican party for the Negro, then we cannot refrain from exclaiming in the language of Mohamet: "May Allah and his guardian angels prevent us from falling into the hands of our enemies." JUDGE ALTON B. PARKER WRITES THE FOLLOWING LETTER TO JULIUS F. TAYLOR. Rosemount, Esopus, New York August 18th, 1904. Your kind letter of congratulation to Judge Parker enclosing copy of "The Broad Ax." received to-day. Judge Parker desires me to thank you and to convey to you his appreciation. SPECIAL NOTICE. We find it absolutely impossible to attend all the social functions to which we are invited, consequently we cannot report them as we would like. If you will mail to our address a brief "write up" of your "social doings" so that we may have it not later than Wednesday of each week, our Society Editor will give it the attention it merits. Address The Broad Ax, 5040 Armour Avenue. [Image of a woman with dark hair and a dark dress, looking directly at the camera. The background is a plain, light color. The woman's face is centered in the frame, and she appears to be looking slightly to the right.] MRS. ISABEL CLARK. One of the Most Fashionable and Progressive Leaders of the Smart Set of Louisville, Kentucky. . . SOIREE MUSICALE ET REPAST AT AVONDALE. Society in Fine Dress and Gala Entertain ment at Mrs. Eliza Brown's. Grand Reception in Honor of Mrs. Isabel Clark, Miss Nettie Montgomery, Mrs. Eliza Estes and Miss Leola Miller, the former two being nieces of Mrs. Brown and of Louisville, Ky., and the latter two being relatives of Mrs. Benjamin Randoiph of Avondale, residing at Millington Tenn. Mrs. Brown is easily the leader of the Northwestern "400," and her reception of last Friday evening did justice to the title. Assisted by Mrs. Isabel Clark. a pretty young widow, and one of the most profound students of our times, and a woman of wealth and high social position, who appeared in un habit complet de Grenadine Noire, and Miss Nettie Montgomery in un habit complet de Grenadine Blanche, both wearing beautiful and costly diamonds, the affair was one unequalled in the history of the Northwestern Smart Set. All the ladies present were very nicely dressed, Mrs. Estes wearing black silk and diamonds and other valuable jewels. Space forbids more than mere passing mention of the fine menu served. Col. James H. Brown, Mrs. Brown's son, and Major Frederick Carpenter, a friend of the family, who acted in the role of Ward McCallisters, superintended the sumptuous feast. Among the many good things to eat, and too numerous to mention, were luscious soft shell crabs, sent fresh from Baltimore, Md., and lobsters direct from the coast of Maine, by order of Mrs. Millie Jefferson, one of Chicago's wealthiest women. Wine sixteen years of age and other wines and champagnes were served in accordance with the strictest conventional rules, and the merry fortunate party who partook of the elaborate repast all seemed to be perfectly happy. Mrs. Jefferson personally seeing to it that all were properly entertained during their entire stay. The musical programme under the direction of Professor Walter E. Wright, who presided at the piano and organ, alternately, was one of the finest The Broad Ax reporter has ever witnessed. Solos were beautifully sung by Mr. John Minter, Mrs. Laura Goode, Prof. Wright and Miss Nettie Montgomery, the representative of this paper occasionally "dropping a few lines" of music in some of the beautiful choruses. All went merrily on until the well entertained and "well-fed" party dispersed. Among those present were. Mrs. Eliza Estes, of Millington, Tenn., a thriving town near Memphis, where she is the owner of a prosperous business; her niece, the charming Miss Leola Miller made a very fine impression, wearing white silk and handsome jewels. Mrs. Estes is an Aunt of Mrs. Benj. Randolph, who resides in her own stately mansion on Dawson ave., Avondale, and these two ladies have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph for two weeks. Some of the others present were: Mrs. Benjamin Randolph, Mr. and Mrs. John Minter, the masses Annie and Laura Lowry, Mr. and Mrs. Davison, Prof. Walter E. Wright, Mrs. Laura Goode, Mrs. Beaoh and the reporter for The Broad Ax, who heard many pleasing compliments to the great journal which they say and truthly, is waking people from their lethargy. T. J. S. Masonic Notes. The Grand Commandery of Knight Templars of Mississippi, which Knight, J. M. Blowe is Grand Commander of, is one of the most prosperous Grand Commanderys of Knight Templars in the United States. The so called International Masonic Congress which was held lately at St. Louis, Missouri, by a few colored Masons was a frost, and a tame affair; only about twenty masons met and made some considerable noise and confusion and then adjourned. It is now stated by good authority that several subordinate lodges will soon be organized in the State of Missouri, by regular and legitimate Masonic Grand Lodges, as there is not any lawful and regular colored Masonic Grand Lodge of Masons in the State of Missouri. Illustrious A. D. Griffin, 33 of Portland, Oregon, and one of the founders and members of the Masonic Grand Lodge of that state, and Washington, paid a visit to Oriental Lodge, No. 9, A. F. & A. Masons in Chicago on last Wednesday evening, and was greeted and royally entertained by the members. Adresses were made by Frank D. Cranshaw, A. D. Griffin, John G. Jones, M. P. Triplett and others. The Grand Commandry of Knight Templars of the State of Illinois met in annual session August 26th, at 2974 State street. On last week the Grand Lodge of Colorado met at Colorado Springs. E. F. Bruce of Denver was elected Grand Master, and William Sprague of Denver was elected Grand Secretary. Illustrious C. R. France, 33, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and Grand Secretary of the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, of North and South America, is one among the prominent and leading colored Masons of the State. The Grand Lodge of Ohio met on August 16th. Among some of the most prominent colored Masons in the State of Ohio are B. M. Shook, 33, George A. Young, 33, Cyrus H. Adams, 33, of Cleveland, Ohio, A. J. George, 33, Charles B. Washington, 33, John Wilbourne, 33, of Springfield, Ohio; M. F. Walker, 33, David S. Bruce, 33, of Steubenville, Ohio. Morning Light Court of Daughters of Sphinx of Chicago had a very interesting meeting at their hall last Saturday evening. Mrs. Foster, the Most Worthy Grand Matron, presided, and made her report from the Annual Session of the Supreme Grand Court of Daughters of Sphinx, which was held at Pittsburg, Pa., July 14th. HENRY SEAR/JHLIGHT. THE CHICAGO BROAD-AX. The pessimistic Chicago Broad-Ax, a flimsy would be Negro democratic paper is vomiting forth some "sour mash," "the most unkindest cut of all." This man has the unvarnished nerve to aim to bring something tangible against Theodore Roosevelt, and wonders why the intelligent and up-to-date colored people scattered over the country have not read Roosevelt's article in Scribner's Magazine. Page 435 of April Number of 1899, in which article this man, without good reason, claims Pres. Roosevelt slanders the colored soldiers. He quotes what the President says, and the quotation is an encomium instead of a slander. What was said might be true to the letter. Just because the colored boys did gallant service at San Juan Hill does not say that they are immunes, and did not commit an error. No sir, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is, "that the Broad-Ax man is liking in his general make-up."—The Forum, Springfield, Ill. The editor of The Forum freely admits that Colonel Roosevelt did slander the Negro troops who fought so bravely at San Juan Hill and El. Carney, but it assumes that because the Negro has had white Republican political masters for so many years, that President Roosevelt should be lauded to the skies for unjustly attacking the colored troops in his magazine article and that no Negro must possess the manhood to resent his infamous insult. L. W. WASHINGTON WRITES TO ENLIGHTEN THE MINDS OF Read, ponder, and think, are the three words I wish to present to the waiters of America for their earnest consideration. Read the news papers, magazines, and books compiled by those who have spent their energy, time and money, that we may be able to avoid the bitter experiences that we should have stopped by reason. Ponder that our judgment may be right, think that we may be able to give an account of ourselves in the time of the crisis. Mr. J. S. Davis, of Mobile, Ala., is with us and addressed Bethel congregation Sunday morning and Local 509 Monday night. Whose words was timely and encouraging. Mr. Wesley Edwards is back with his colleagues in Hyde Park and is ready for the oratorical arena of the political field. I was looking at the statue of a man, prescribed as a working man, or a laborer, and this prescription written upon its base: "Bound but not Conquered." Let the non-union man read between the lines. An ideal woman is like a diamond found in among scrap iron. And are honored by all men good and bad. It is a pleasure to mention the names of these two young ladies, relations of Mr. and Mrs. Speaks, proprietors of the Owl cafe, 31 and State st, Misses Chainey Sunday and Mary Bibbs. Both have an educational training and bid fair to rank in the future as the leaders of Negro advancement. They certainly are examples for our young women to take pattern after. The politician that loves to discourage a waiters' union, is now trying to organize him. Why is this so? Can you answer it. George Washington, the father of this country, said: "In Union there is strength." There is nothing more to be said. The Chicago Chronicle, has one of its correspondents traveling through West Virginia, and the representative of that paper stated in his long communication which appeared in its columns last Sunday "That the Hon. Henry G. Davis is a vote trader or getter; that the Republican legislature of that state, away back in 1872 and later on elected him to the United State Senate, and that many of the leading Republicans in West Virginia are in favor of disfranchising the Negro. In the estimation of the correspondent for the Chronicle, former Senator Davis is a fine gentleman and that he would be all right if he was only a shouting lily white Republicon. No.44 EDWIN H. FAULKNER. The Enterprising Proprietor of the Afro-American News Office. Very few young colored men have worked any harder early and late, in order to meet with success in business than Edwin H. Faulkner, the proprietor of the Afro-American News office, 3104 State street. About three years ago Mr. Faulkner established his place of business at his present location, and all the wise ones predicted that he would not last, that he would soon fail, but by sticking to it, and being honest in his dealings with his thousands of customers, he has fooled them all, and today he is doing a flourishing business. When he first started his Afro-American News office he only handled about six different colored newspapers, but at the present time he has on sale more than twenty-five different papers from all parts of the United States, and he has calls for them all and from August 1st, 1903, to August 1st, 1904, he sold 7,562 Afro-American newspapers, and 1068 Afro-American monthly magazines. It is fair to assume that Mr. Faulkner sells more of this class of literature than all the other news dealers in Chicago combined. CHIPS. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Taylor, 5028 Armour avenue, are rejoicing over the arrival of a young daughter this week. Miss Geneva Macey, 5133 Grove avenue, arrived home Tuesday morning from attending the Fisk University at Nashville, Tenn. Master Leonard Coleman, of Milwaukee, spent this week in Chicago, with his friend, Master Frederick D. Tandy, 5145 Grove avenue. George W. Henderson, 5016 Dearborn street, is spending his two weeks' vacation with his old friends in St. Louis, Mo. Justice John Fitzgerald still continues to preside at tSock Yards Police station and he has put to flight all those who were after his scalp. Mrs. Sadie Scott, 135 West 51st St. left Wednesday for a three weeks' visit to Detroit, Mich., Cleveland, O., and Buffalo, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Rogers, have removed from 53rd and Princeton ave. to 833-W. 54th Place, and they occupy one of the loveliest homes on that fashionable thoroughfare. Miss Bertha Howard, of Washington, D. C., after visiting the Fair at St. Louis, is in Chicago for a week. She is the guest of Mrs. Jno. B. French, 190 35th street Dr. Ralph B. Stewart, of Washington, D. C., and Mr. Bernard Taylor, of Baltimore, Md., are visiting in our city and stopping with Mrs. J. S. Tandy, 5145 Grove avenue Miss Etta Jvans and Mrs. John Martin, of 4718 Langley ave., entertained Thursday eve at a progressive Heart game, and dance. An enjoyable evening was spent by the many attendants. Attorney J, Gray Lucas( suite 611, 167 Dearborn street, is one of the leading colored Republicans in Chicago. Nevertheless he is a strong supporter of The Broad Ax. Mr. B. S. Wright and his son. Master Willie Wright, of Columbus, Miss., have spent the past week in visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stewart, 5434 Normal avenue. They left for the South this morning. Mrs. David Scott, 5042 Armour avenue, who underwent a second serious operation at Provident Hospital a few weeks ago, is rapidly recovering to the great delight of her family and many friends. Rev. Allen Allensworth, who was appointed Chaplain of the 24th Regiment by President Grover Cleveland, on the recommendation of United States Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, will be placed on the retired list in 1906. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestant, 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..... $2.00 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. Hypnotizing Rabbits An American physician, who has been accustomed to experiment with rabbits, generally found that chloroform killed them before he had a chance to operate. Disgusted at the wastefulness of this method, he tried hypnotism on one rabbit that he had left and found, to his surprise, that with a few passes of the hands he could easily hypnotize the little creature so perfectly that it lost all capacity for movement or sensation. If rabbits can be hypnotized, it will seem perhaps a little less incredible that some diseases of horses may yield to mental treatment.—London Tit-Bits. The Durian. The durian is a fruit of malodorous fame which is found in the islands of the East Indies. It is of a round or oval shape, green and prickly on the outside, but having a soft, cream-colored pulp of a delightful taste. Were it not for the disagreeable odor it would probably become one of the most popular fruits, but so strong and lasting is the nauseating smell that should one take even a taste of durian he would be unable to mingle with society for some time after. Japanese Rocket A manufacturer of pyrotechnics in Nagasaki, Japan, makes a rocket, from which, when it explodes in the air, there files away a large bird which resembles a homing bird in its movements. It is said that the secret of this wonderful production has been in the possession of the eldest child of the family for more than 400 years. Evidently Needed Teaching. The vacation schools and the warm weather brought an obnoxiously odoriferous youngster to teacher, who sent her home to be washed. On the returning, less aromatic, said the youngster to teacher: "Me mudder wants to know if I come her to git teached or git smelled."—N. Y. Sun. At the Zoo. The elephant had just returned from a little jaunt with the circus. "You're back early," said the giraffe, rubbering. "Didn't you like the trip?" "Well enough; but I got tired of living in my trunk." Only the hyena laughed.—Cincinnati Tribune. "You weren't always such an early riser." "No," answered Mr. Bliggins. "But out where I live now you've got to get up early to wake other people with the lawn mower instead of being disturbed yourself."—Washington Star. Where Lightning Strikes Prof. Assmann, one of the German government meteorological experts, says that lightning seldom strikes in a forest where the trees are dense and of about the same height. Danger exists only where isolated trees rise high above their surroundings. Effect of Aniseed on Dogs. It was found the other day in London that a stolen dog which failed to identify its owner had been dosed with aniseed by the thief. Aniseed destroys the sense of smell temporarily. The dog did not recover for two or three days. Secret of Cologne When the originator of the genuine eau de cologne died, aged 80, he gave his secret to his nephew and heir. Since 1709 only ten persons have seen the recipe, which is kept in a box trebly locked. "De worl' ain't half ez sinful ez some er de goody-goody folk make out. It's des in overlookin' de good en showin' up de bad dat makes it seem so.—Atlanta Constitution. Secretary Taft is going on the stump to tell the glories of imperialism. When a specialist is summoned neighbors begin to suspect the patient is not so well. Baltimore Sun. Turkey is a country of the future. Its commercial possibilities, both in Europe and in Asia Minor, can hardly be over-estimated.—London News. The Important Thing. Tourist—You've forgotten the rod, forgotten the bait, forgotten the lines. What did you bring? Sandy—The whisky.—The Tattler. Russia has a larger proportion of blind people than any other European country. Two out of every 1,000 of her people are sightless. 90 Chinese Woman Declares It Is a Dominant Trait of the Americans. Mme. Wong Kai Kah, the wife of the Chinese commissioner to the St. Louis fair, was asked the other day if she liked America. "I like it well," she answered, "so well, in fact, that I have bought a large tract of land in the west." "What appears to you to be the dominant American trait?" was asked her. "Hopefulness," she answered; "a cheerful perseverance, an industrious optimism. This trait governed a young man whom I met the other night at a dinner party. He was a medical student, and some one said to him: "Don't you despair of ever building up a practice in medicine? "Indeed, no,' he answered. "But you will admit that the profession is already overcrowded? "Oh, perhaps it is,' said the young man, And then, with a laugh, he added: 'But I propose to graduate in medicine, just the same, and those who are already in the profession will have to take their chances.'" LEOPOLD'S $75,000 RUGC Belgium's Monarch Owns Old Piece of Carpet Which Represents a Neat Fortune. "King Leopold of Belgium owns one rug that cost a comfortable fortune in itself," said J. F. Caldwell, who represents an eastern carpet manufactory. "I have seen the rug, and it is a beauty. King Leopold paid £15,000; or $75,000, for it. I saw the rug when it was on exhibition in Vienna. It was made in the orient, and is hand tufted. Its age is its principal value, and it has been under the feet of royalty for probably a century. The rug is very large, measuring probably 60 by 75 feet. Few rugs like that come to America, though the millionaires sometimes pay as much as $5,000 or $6,000 for some. Few carpets are imported, as they can be made much better by machinery than by hand, and America excels in all machine-made goods. Large numbers of hand-made rugs, however, are imported every year from Turkey, Persia, Arabia and all parts of the orient. We have no labor capable of competing with their rugs." CAMPAIGN FOB A NEW ONE Manufacturers of Novelties Working Overtime on Ornaments Symbolic of Presidential Election. Dealers in men's jewelry expect that a substantial business will be done from now on in ornaments symbolic of the presidential election. Already watch fobs are shown bearing metal tags on which are inscribed names of presidential and vice presidential candidates. Many designs are utilized, and the tags can be purchased independently of fobs, ranging at retail prices from a quarter of a dollar upward. Baggage checks are also duplicated as attachments for chains and fobs. Your choice of nominees may be had either in relief lettering or engraved. Manufacturers of novelty notions are working overtime nowadays turning out specialties emblematic of the campaign. Among the latest introductions is a miniature reproduction of the white house key, to be worn on watch chain. This creation is offered in a wide assortment of metals. The aluminum article retails at a dime. GRAPEVINES IN HUNGARY. "American grape vines are proving the salvation of the Tokay grape," said Julius Lando to a Milwaukee Sentinel man. He had just returned from Hungary, where the Tokay grape is grown. "In the early '90s a vine louse made its appearance in the Tokay fields," he continued, "and in an incredibly short time had devastated every vineyard in the district. American shoots were experimented with and it was found that the louse refused to touch them, they being immune from its ravages. After these shoots had grown the first year, shoots of the Tokay plant were grafted on them, and these allowed to grow another year. The third spring they were cut down and wound about the root stem of the American plant, and allowed to shoot forth another year. But it was not until the fourth year that an attempt was made to garner a harvest." A Tall Youth. A European prodigy, known as "the long Josef," was born in Munich-Gladsbach on April 15, 1888. At 12 years of age he was six feet four inches in height and is now seven feet one inch. He is still growing and no doubt will become the tallest man on earth. His family name is Schippers. His father is a butcher. At present he is the principal attraction at the Panopticum, Berlin. He was born of normal parents and is the eleventh child. The first ten have developed quite normally. A Skeptic A London doctor advances the theory that a great deal of the prevalent baldness is caused by smoking. We are skeptical about this, remarks the Chicago Tribune. The indignant wife of a smoking husband may be tempted to jerk him bald headed, but she seldom does it. Gold Coins Lose Value in Transit. It is said that $1,000,000 in american eagles may show a loss of $100 from abrasion in being carried from New York to Paris. Tammany Organized in 1789. Tammany was organized in New York in 1789 to oppose the federalists. William Mooney was its first grand sachem. IS GUEST OF PICKPOCKETS Visitor in "Select Circle" Loses Only Hypodermic Syringe and Morphine Supply. 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 discretien, 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." PAPERS HAVE ODD NAMES Russian Publications Are Not Blessed with Very Businesslike Cognomens The strange thing about Russia's popular papers is their curious names, declares the Boston Herald. Strekosa (Grasshopper), Babotchka (Butterfly), Svietum (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. 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Washington.-The champion spellbinder of the cabinet is Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw. There may be more polished orators, like Secretary Taft, Attorney General Moody and Secretary of State Hay, but when it comes right down to captivating an audience and entering into the give and take repartee of the political stump Secretary Shaw is away ahead of his SECRETARY L. M SHAW. colleagues. He is at home on any political subject, and can talk to any sort of an audience. He prefers finance, however, and doesn't much care whether he is discussing the subject before a body of Wall street financiers or explaining the money system of the government to a crowd of western farmers at a harvest home. Mr. Shaw is the unlikeliest man in the cabinet. He is about the last of that distinguished body of men who would be picked out as the best political speaker. As he likes to express it in his homely phrase: "You cannot always tell from the looks of a toad how far it can jump." So the stoop-shouldered, shambling-gaited, Iowa country banker is deceptive as to his abilities. The secretary is in close touch with the soil and draws many of its similitudes from the simple life and occupation of the farmer. He is a natural-born storyteller, and his knowledge of common people, their lives and tastes enables him to point his tales in the most effective way. He has the faculty of thinking quickly on his feet, and is sharp at repartee. Although his speech is at times quaint, there is no flaw in his grammar, and his English will pass muster with the most exacting. Like many of the western statesmen, Secretary Shaw has the Lincoln habit of clinching a point in an argument with a story. He has a new story every cabinet day, and when it comes his turn to discuss matters of his department the rest of the cabinet members lean back in their chairs, knowing that they will hear matters of finance elucidated by witty and humorous tales. A new fad has been started in postal circles. An unknown postmaster in an obscure town in the southwest has sent a photograph of his little office to the fourth assistant postmaster general. Chief Clerk Charles A. Conrad displayed the photograph in his office here in Washington, and that has started a rage among postmasters throughout the country to have their offices ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL A NEW FAD put on display in the department at Washington. The first picture was designed to call attention to the neat, beautiful and clean little office which the postmaster had secured. His pride was commendable, and Chief Clerk Conrad thought it deserved recognition. He had no idea of the trouble he was inviting. The photograph idea took more rapidly than vaccination, and for the past few months pictures have been arriving by the dozens and scores. They are of all sizes from a blurred tintype to a beautiful photo engraving, and represent post offices in every section of the country from Alaska to Mexico. "I don't know where this thing is going to stop," says Mr. Conrad. "I think we now have on file one or two pictures of every post office in the United States except those in the big cities. The latter will be along presently, I suppose, and the big towns will vie with each other as to the number and beauty of the pictures they will send of government buildings. If this keeps on we will have to secure a separate building to hold the photographs." Historic Land Marks Disappearing. One of the standing grievances of the "old timer" is the rapidity with which historic land marks are being destroyed in Washington. Nearly every session of congress bills are introduced for public improvements, the erection of new buildings or the extension of the park system that involve the demolition of some historically interesting old house or mansion. There is PASSING OF OLD PASSING OF OLD esting old house or LANDMARKS. mansion. There is just now quite a discussion among the old residents of Washington of the project to acquire a square just northwest of the white house grounds for the erection of much-needed new public buildings. There is no objection to the new build- ings, as their need is fully recognized, but the old-timers do object to the occupancy of this particular square by the government. One of its most interesting mansions is the old Blair house, which was owned and occupied by Francis P. Blair, who edited the Globe, the official organ of Jackson's administration. When Blair lived there the house was the rendezvous of such famous men as Thomas H. Benton, Martin Van Buren, Levi Woodbury, Silas Wright and others. The historian, George Bancroft, when he was secretary of the navy during the Polk administration, occupied this house. Montgomery Blair had this as his city residence from 1854 to the time of his death, and it is said that Col. Robert E. Lee had, at a dinner given him by Mr. Blair in the spacious old dining-room, told of President Lincoln's desire that he should accept the command of the union army at the outbreak of the civil war. Right near the Blair mansion is the home of the late Gen. Beall, of Mexican war fame, and not far away is the house in which the late Admiral Porter died. Other houses of less note, but still having memories of the olden time clinging to them are included in this square. Diagonally across from the Blair house is an old, four-story building now used as a shop where upholstery and furniture are repaired, which for many years was the official headquarters of Gen. Winfield Scott. Passing of the "Long Bridge." Probably the most conspicuous of war time land marks about Washington is about to disappear. There will be no tears shed over its departure, however, as for almost half a century it has been a menace to the city. This is the celebrated "long bridge" that occupied so prominent place during the civil war. It was called the "gateway to the south," as across it marched the Army DICKENS AND THE HUNTER of the Potomac into Virginia and federal troops crossed and recrossed it by the thousands during the four years of civil strife. The old structure was mentioned by Dickens in his American notes and it suggests a story still told in Washington to illustrate some of the peculiarities of that noted author. During Dickens' last visit to the United States he was entertained and lionized by Washington society, but at times was inclined to be a little snobbish and to sneer at the Americans. At a reception he was introduced to a gentleman whom he treated rather coolly. The next day this gentleman was sitting on the railing of the long bridge with a shotgun looking for ducks. Dickens in his peregrinations about the city, went out on the bridge and met the gentleman. The latter remembering the Englishman's manner the night before, simply looked at him and went on hunting ducks. Dickens was a little chagrined, but supposed the man had not recognized him. Finally he turned to the hunter and said: "I say, this view reminds me of a scene in David Copperfield." The hunter turned impatiently and retorted: "Look here, Dickens; you can't spring any of your novels on me to-day. I'm out after ducks." This bridge has been used for railroad and passenger traffic. A new railroad bridge which is more than twice the height of the old one from the water level has been constructed, and in a few weeks will be open to traffic. A new wagon bridge will then be erected above the railroad bridge, and when it is completed the old "long bridge" will be destroyed. The joint army and navy board is to determine whether the army is to have a navy of its own. Most naval officers have supposed that the control of submarine boats employed in warfare would be entirely under the naval establishment instead of being part of the equipment of the artillery corps. The army, on the other hand, has contended that as the submarine is to be used in the SUBMARINES FOR ARMY. defense of the coast it should be operated by the coast artillery as an auxiliary of the fortifications on shore. If the new drill regulations which have been issued for the coast artillery are a guide, then there is a real navy assigned to the coast artillery known as the "floating defenses." None of these vessels are seagoing, but they consist of monitors, gunboats, scout ships, torpedo boats and patrol boats. The coast defense ships are to supplement the shore defenses where the latter do not give adequate protection by reason of the width of the approaches or the nearness of the harbor to the sea. Scout ships are employed to patrol off shore and to discover the approach of the enemy and to signal the information to the shore station. Torpedo boats are needed at the fortifications to meet and repel attacks which may be made by the enemy's torpedo boats. Submarines are to maneuver outside of the mine field against large ships, prior to and during the attack. Patrol boats are needed in foggy weather to guard the mine fields. The coast artillery has not been given its fleet as yet and the question as to whether these ships should be under the coast artillery or under the naval establishment has not yet been determined. The Man or Woman Who Is Swayed by Passion Is Bound to Be a Loses Always. One of the most desirable things in life is for every person to learn to control his temper. There is seldom anything to gain, but rather everything to lose, when one permits himself to be swayed by passion under any circumstance. It is thus that friends are lost, enemies made, bad situations aggravated, endless misery created and, occasionally, the direct tragedies enacted. Of course there are times when one may derive for the moment a certain enjoyment in license of expressing exactly what he feels, but most surely must it be followed by a reaction of regret. Indeed, if a serious person, the probability is that on becoming calm again, after the fit has passed away, he will be ashamed of his foolish conduct and the disgraceful exhibition he made of himself; he will realize, down in his heart, that not right away, if ever again, can he occupy as strong a position, socially, as before the outburst. In truth, having behaved like a fretful, peevish child, he has to a certain extent forfeited his title to manhood and the place of a man. More lamentable still, a fiery tempered woman who makes herself disgusting and hated in a neighborhood, in society or in public, is a terror to her family. There are few things sadder to contemplate than the skeletons hidden in the household closet. To live thus from day to day is like having the finest gardens and vineyards located on the slope of a volcano, and never know when the burning lava may pour through them. When because of the uncertainty of domestic life one exists in dread as to what the next hour may bring forth, he or she is really to be pitied—Epitomist. WOMEN DO THE PROPOSING In the Islands of Torres Strait the Girls Go Courting and Also Pop the Question. How would you like to live in a land where the women have the privilege to propose not only one year out of every four but every year? In Torres strait, between the northern extremity of Australia and the southern extremity of New Guinea, there is a labyrinth of small islands and coral reefs, so complicated and dangerous, it is said, that Torres, the original discoverer, required three months to get through. These islands are inhabited by a Melanesian race of the Papuan type inhabiting New Guinea, among whom it is not only permissible but obligatory for women to propose. In fact, Prof. Haddon, who first visited the islands and made a careful study of the customs of the islands, says that among them it is considered as bad taste for a man to make a proposal of marriage as it is for a woman among us to propose to a man. On the island of Tud, when a boy grows into manhood, one of the lessons his parents are careful to teach him is: "You no like girl first. If you do girl laugh and call you woman." The way in which a young woman opens and conducts a courtship with the man for whom she has taken a fancy differs widely from the most approved method adopted by the leap year girl in America. When the island maiden becomes enamored she sends a piece of string to the state of the man she covets, which is a sign that she loves him. The sister then says to her brother: "Brother, I have good news for you. A woman loves you." He asks who the woman is, and, if willing to go on with the affair, tells his sister to ask the girl to keep an appointment with him at some designated spot. At the appointed time they meet and talk the matter over. The betrothal often is made at the first meeting if both parties are satisfied. When a man and a woman begin to "keep company," he is branded on the back with charcoal, while her mark is cut into the skin, because she "asked the man." They are expected to get married, but if they don't, nothing can be done. If it is the man who is unwilling he is given a sound thrashing by the girl's father and friends. After marriage, in spite of the fact that the girl did the proposing, she becomes the property of her husband. She even is so completely in his power that he can, if she should offend him, kill her with impunity. A Ban on Trailing Dresses. Trailing dresses are banned in Prague, Bohemia. By a vote of six to five, the magistrates of that city have ordered that all women who wear trailing dresses in the street shall be arrested and fined. Mrs. Smith—Haye you named your twin girls, Lucy? Lucy—Yessum; we'so 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. 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. "Very. He refunded over half what he embezzled at his last place."—Pusk. ALEXANDRA'S MANY CATS. Dogs Have Been Supplanted in the Affections of English Queen and Her Followers. To all except the favored few who are on intimate terms with Queen Alexandra it came as rather a surprise when on her arrival in Ireland, awhile ago, the queen was found to be accompanied by a pet cat. Heretofore a dog of one breed or another almost invariably has been numbered among her traveling companions, and it was known generally that besides being fond of bow-wows, she bred them extensively and was the owner of about the most luxurious kennels in England; but she never has been suspected of any special liking for cats. Now, however, these animals have almost entirely supplanted dogs as recipients of the queen's attention. Her kennels were the royal lady's delight, but when she discovered that all sorts of folk were copying her in this direction, she decided to stop breeding dogs and go in for cats instead. True to her customary policy of thoroughness, the queen now has a small army of the best breeds, and if any of the royal residences contain a mouse the creature must be a veritable DeWet of its kind. The queen has six particular favorites among her cat family, but a valuable Persian enjoys her special affection. This is "Sandy"—who is so named because he first saw the light at Sandringham. For several months her majesty has never traveled without him, and he is as fondly attached to his royal mistress as the celebrated Irish terrier "Jack" was to the king in his most affectionate moments. "Sandy" is privileged to deport himself in the dining apartments, though his less fortunate brothers and ```markdown ``` "OSSY," THE QUEEN'S KITTEN. sisters have to confine their activities to the other rooms in the royal dwellings. Edward VII. hates cats and if he had his way "Sandy" would not long have the privilege—supposedly reserved for his kind—of "looking at a king," but the liberties that her royal husband demanded for his "Jack" the queen now demands for her pet. If the king has no love for "Sandy," however, the feeling seems to be fully reciprocated, for the queen's favorite will not come to his side of the table at any price, and generally makes himself scarce when the king is about. "Sandy," as well as "Monarch" and "Ossy," the two cats—also Persian—which come next to the favorite in their mistress' affection, sat for their photographs at Buckingham palace recently. They also have sat at Windsor and Sandringham to Louis Wain, the great cat artist, who declares them to be about the best and most patient sitters he ever has had. According to the lowest estimate the royal cats now number 50. Her special pets are always in residence where the queen is for the time being. They have a groom all to themselves; they have a bath every morning and their toilet is carefully attended to twice a day. On the slightest sign of illness the royal "vet" is summoned, who makes a careful diagnosis, and the result is immediately communicated to her majesty. There is a specially prepared room called "the cat hospital" in the stables attached to Buckingham palace, and here pussy reclines—when indisposed—in a bed sufficiently luxurious for the baby of a marquis. Its temperature is taken and the stethoscope applied as regularly as if the fate of an empire were depending on the cat's existence. For her cats, when in health, the queen has prescribed a diet of fish and milk, and as she is quite unwilling to trust the discrimination of the ordinary London milkman as to the quality of the latter, the royal cats are fed on milk which comes fresh from Sandringham every morning, while a fishdealer of repute is intrusted with the supply of the fish known to be the best for feline consumption. When the queen first took to cats she knew nothing whatever about their tastes or habits. She was also ignorant of the points of the different breeds, but Louis Wain, whom she had presented to her for the purpose, was able to convey so much information that now the queen can discuss cats with the greatest expert in Europe. Among other fashionable cat cultivators may be mentioned Lily, duchess of Marlborough, the duchess of Wellington and Viscountess Maitland, each of whom has a more or less elaborate "cattery." There is a lot of money made out of fancy cats. Five hundred dollars is no uncommon price to pay for one and some have fetched as high as $1,500. In consequence there are not a few women in English society whose devotion to aristocratic tables is purely, though for the most part secretly, a pecuniary one. New Combination for Salads. Try combining cucumbers and leeks in a salad. Cut the leeks in very thin slices and chill both cucumbers and leeks before pouring over them a French dressing. The rule is equal parts, but if a strong onion taste is disliked a smaller quantity of leeks may be used. WOMEN IN PACKING HOUSES Fair Sex Have Invaded Great Slaughtering Concerns and Now Two TLousand Are Employed. The number of women in the Chicago stockyards has almost doubled in the past year. At the present time 2,000 women are employed there. It is true that a little less than half that number are engaged in the revolting work described, the majority being employed in painting and labeling cans, wrapping and packing soap and butterline. To such work the butchers make no objection. But the number engaged in the less pleasing occupations is gradually being increased. Last summer the sausage makers at the stock yards went on strike. The strike was not sanctioned by the national officers of the organization, and when the men refused to return to work the packers proceeded to fill their places with women. The union could not object. The men had struck without authority. The women are at work to-day, filling, linking and trimming sausages. The men are seeking work. What wages the women are being paid is known only to themselves and their employers. They are Lithuanian peasant women. Few speak the English language. To organize them would be practically impossible, even were it advisable, which the union officials do not believe. But at frequent intervals a few men are laid off and a few more women hired. Can the union stop the innovation? ART OF PICKLING STEEL Process First Tried in This Country at Williamsburg Bridge in New York City. The pickling of structural steel was probably first done in this country in connection with the steel flooring of the Williamsburg bridge in New York city, declares Engineering Record. The specifications for the 11-inch channels on which the paving blocks are carried required them to be cleaned and painted with pure linseed oil while still hot from the rolls. When it came time to execute the work these specifications were changed so as to permit the metal to be cleaned in pickling baths, which has long been done to a considerable extent in Europe. In the case of the channels for the Williamsburg bridge the shapes were first boiled in a ten per cent. solution of caustic soda to take off grease, and were then rinsed in boiling water. Afterward they were dipped into a boiling ten per cent. solution of sulphuric acid until all the oxide was removed. After being rinsed in boiling water they were dipped into a boiling ten per cent. solution of carbonate of soda to free them from any trace of acid. Finally they were rinsed in boiling water, dried over steam pipes and then treated by the Sabin process of enameling. HOW SEEDS GERMINATE. Writer Describes Method by Which Plum and Apricot Tree Enter on Stage of Life. "The method by which a plum or apricot tree makes its entrance upon the stage of life is interesting," says Pearson's. "The hard shell of the plum stone splits it into halves through the strenuous power of the embryo within. Out of the kernel the little root emerges and grows fat, while the nutty kernel also divides into its halves, and each gradually transforms itself into thick fleshy green leaves which show above the ground, while between these peculiar leaves two pretty, bright, ordinary pairs of green leaves above ground—one pairs of gren leaves above ground—one pair fat and full of food, which they keep passing on to the plum infant, the other pair thin and delicate, but daily growing stronger to take up the task of manufacturing food, not merely handing on stores, so that the plant may grow and flourish when the stores are finished." BANNERS AT CHINESE BURIAL Rich and Important Oriental Is Laid Away with Much Pomp and Splendor. When a rich and important Chinaman dies his funeral is conducted with much pomp and splendor. His friends and relations, instead of sending wreaths, send innumerable banners. These are made of white silk, with inscriptions beautifully worked in black velvet, and express the senders' good wishes to the deceased himself, or to the members of his family for many generations. On the day of the funeral these banners are carried by hired men, who are all dressed alike for the occasion. After the funeral, which lasts several hours at the cemetery, is over, the banners are all brought back, and eventually grace the rooms of the late Chinaman's house. London's New Craze Fashionable London society has invented a new craze in the shape of "war dinners," served in the latest styles of Russian or Japanese cooking and cooked after the methods of those countries. From a gastronomical point of view, the Russian dinner, with its vodka, is perhaps the most successful, as the Japanese cooks serve up some weird dishes which no self-respecting European would touch under ordinary circumstances, and the diners must sit on the floor. Fashion is, however, a taskmaster, not a servant, and fashion decrees that whoever wishes to be smart must eat these dishes no matter how they taste. Bare Birds. Commenting on the craze for killing rare birds wherever they may be found, a writer in London Truth says: "I should have thought that the fact that a bird is rare would be a reason for not killing it, make him rarer." Scolding Female (to husband No. 2)— Oh, if you only knew the difference between you, wretch, 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.' Restauran? 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 conceited; 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. Annoting 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. Soldiers in the Italian army are allowed two hours in the middle of the day for a nap. THE WAY TO LOOK NEAT. And Comfortable is to have your hair nicely combed and put up in the latest style. If your hair is kinky and harsh it looks untidy and hurts when you try to comb it. You can easily change all that and make your hair straight, soft, beautiful and easy to comb by using the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow, it also gives that healthy glow to the hair so much desired. One bottle will do it. For over forty years ladies of refinement have been using it with great success. Warranted harmless, and never fails. Only 50 cents a bottle. Sold by durgists, or send us 50 cents for a bottle. We pay all express charges. Address Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wabash avenue, Chicago, Ill. THE BROAD AX. Is for sale at the following news stands: The Afro-American News Office, 3104 State Street. Alton H. Blake, shoe shining parlors, 2508½ State street. J. C. Campbell, cigars, tobacco and fancy groceries, 4710 State street. A. F. Tervalon's Cigar Store and News Stand, 2826 State street. Edward Felix's Cigar Store, 398 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 CHIPS. Justice J. J. Heunessy, 6301 S. Halsted street, has made a fine record for himself as police magistrate at the Englewood police court, and every day he settles many cases and disputes between litigants in his private court rooms. Goldsboro, Florida, is quite a flourishing town; it is wholly peopled by colored people, the Postmaster is a Democratic Negro, and he was given the Postmastership by President Cleveland, and he has served as such from that time to the present. Last Friday evening Miss Emory Heaven and Mr. Ernest Meeks were united in marriage by Rev. Anderson, at his residence, 618 Fulton street. The newly married couple have gone to Dayton, Ohio, where they will reside. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Fossett, of Joliet, Ill., spent several days the past week visiting his sister Mrs. S. Levi, 5046 Armour avenue. They returned to their home Friday. Also Mr. E. The Inner Circle and Triangle clubs will give their first grand charity ball for the season of 1904-05 at the First Regiment Armory, 16th street and Michigan avenue, Thursday evening, Sept. 1. The net proceeds will be donated to the Old Folks' Home. Fossett of St. Louis, Mo, father of Mrs Levi, enjoyed a short visit with his daughter Republican prosperity, has struck the employes of the Carnegie Steel and Iron plant at Girard and Youngstown, Ohio, and the result is that thousands of workers in those plants have gone on a strike in order to prevent a reduction in their wages. Mrs. J. C. Stewart, 5434 Normal ave. who is one of our most highly esteemed lady friends, has returned home from her extensive visit to Macon, and Columbus, Miss. She is looking well and it is needless to say that she greatly enjoyed her visit to the scenes of her childhood days. Rev. J. V. Farwell, who is a powerful exhorter for his Lord, will preach the Sacramental sermon for Rev. T. A. Clark in his church at Lake Forest, Sunday, Sept. 4th. Rev. Clark extends a cordial invitation to Saint and sinner alike to turn out and listen to the gospel as expounded by Rev. J. V. Farewell. From now to the close of the Presidential election all the colored newspapers in this country except three or four will be edited by white Republican politicians, and when any one reads the rot one contains respecting the past actions of the Democratic party, and the Negro, they read all of them, for they are one and the same thing. The majority of these fellows cannot give expression to one new thought on any subject, and for a very small cash consideration they are glad to let their white political masters do their writing for them. Someone ought to carefully read or write the so-called editorials for the brilliant editor of the Old Church Organ, who always likes to pat himself on the back and then the chances are that he would refrain from bunching The Broad Ax or its editor in with that class of colored Republican editors who are at the present time bellyaching because they are unable to pull the legs of the heads of the various Republican committees. As the campaign progresses Col. W. Allison Sweeney may wake up and learn that The Broad Ax has never stood shoulder to shoulder with the papers mentioned by him for the purpose of assisting them in any manner, shape or form to uphold the hands of the members of the different Republican committees in this state or in the United States. We have been paying a set of devils big salaries to damn, rob and destroy us for thirty odd years in this nation by selling us out to the millionaires, syndicates, trusts, combines and Jewish gold money kings, coal barons, grain cornerers, railroad bosses, Wall Street gamblers and all other things damnable—whisky, cards and prostitution thrown in for good measure; lining their pockets with the spoils stolen from the laboring classes—the wealth producers—while they starve and go naked; and when the robbed get to striking, bucking and kicking too bad, the robbers hire half the robbed to shoot the other half down at thirteen dollars a month, while they look on to see the fun, to protect the robbers against the ones robbed, and the poor devils vote for this state of things—always did and always will while hell on earth lasts—which won't be long.—Stockham's Proverbs. Oil to Lay Dust. Westrumite, a mixture of the heavy oils of tar emulsified by ammonia, is added to ten or 20 times its volume of water, and applied to roads by an ordinary watering cart, three or four consecutive applications giving a permanent laying of the dust. It seems to be less slippery than tar or tar oil, and may be applied without waiting for the road to become perfectly dry. It is gaining in favor in France, and, to test it thoroughly, half of one Paris avenue is treated with it and the other half with tar. Had Limitations On a certain building job some years ago the contractor, who was a politician, put in a hod-carrying machine and discharged the men who had been doing that work. A hod carrier who had been thrown out of employment by the change, came around a couple of days after to see how the new apparatus worked. He watched it for awhile in silence, and finally exclaimed: "Ye're all roight. Ye're a-a-l roight, but ye can't vote."—Philadelphia Public Ledger. Graduated and Wed in Six Hours. Graduated and Wed in Six Hours. The transformation from a sweet girl graduate to a blushing bride was a matter of only six hours for Miss Mary Grass, of Trinidad, Col. She received her diploma from St. Mary's school in Knoxville, Ill., at noon, June 8, and at six o'clock she was wedded to Bertram Rhodes, also of Trinidad, in the chapel of the school. Her classmates were her bridesmaids.—Omaha Bee. Black Sea Wrecks There is no part of the world which has such a sinister record for wrecks as the Black sea. A number in some years has averaged more than one a day; the greatest number of wrecks recorded in one year being 425, and the smallest 134. About 50 per cent. of these vessels became total wrecks, all the crews being lost. No Bother. "I don't suppose these automobiles bother you much," remarked the visitor. "No," replied the lounger at the crossroads store. "I reckon we'll find somethin' else to pitch quoits with when horseshoes begin to git scarce." —Philadelphia Press. Election a Misfortune Mayors appear to have had their troubles two centuries ago. At Bielefeld, Germany, there is a tombstone with this inscription: "Here lies Johannes Burggreve, who considered his election as burgomaster of this city the greatest misfortune of his life." Must Have Outgrown It Miss Hint—Do you know anything about baseball, Mr. Staylate? Mr. Staylate—Yes, indeed. I was considered the best amateur shortstop in the country a few years ago. Miss Hint—Well, I never would have thought it—Pittsburg Press. Colors of Bird's Eggs. The tints of birds' eggs, especially the light colors, are apt in museums to fade on exposure to too great sunlight. By experiment the darker colored eggs of olive brown or chocolate have been found to undergo little change.—Nature. Painful Memories She—I love old trees. They seem to remind one of the past somehow. Don't you think so? He—Well, there is only one tree that reminds me of the past—the birch!—Stray Stories. Wait Awhile. Senator Blowen (proudly)—No, sir; no one has ever attempted to bribe me. Senator Ketchem—Never mind. Some day, when it's a close vote, you'll get your chance.—Chicago Daily News. Waxwork Figures Each figure in a first-class waxwork exhibition has to be renovated every four or five years. The wax is apt to lose its color, and become soft and spongy after that time. Sawing Stone by Cables. In the stone quarries of St. Triphon, in the Rhone valley, the stone is sawn by means of continuously running steel wire cables, kept moist with wet sand.—London Tit-Bits. Fruit Desserts. The most delicate and yet nutritious fruit desserts are the sponges and Bavarian creams, both of which have as their foundation fruit and gelatine. Weight of Breath. The air breathed daily by a person weighs 34 pounds-about six times as much as the food and drink consumed in the same amount of time. Must Mind Parents. A woman in Russia, until the day of her death, if she remain unmarried, is under the absolute sway of her parents. Merely Mundane Once the world seemed large, but we were equal to it; now it seems small, but it is too much for us. Puck. Best Language for the Telephone. French is said to be more easily understood over the telephone than English. Size of Sabara Size of Sahara. The Saharra desert is three times as large as the Mediterranean sea. Crockery Railroads. Earthenware sleepers are in use on some of the Japanese railroads. Not a Samson Victory. The Yale and Harvard university athlete no longer wears long hair parted down the middle. Relieved of this artistic burden, he easily beats the men of Cambridge and Oxford. I heartily congratulate the men of Yale and Harvard on their victory at the Queen's club. There was no element of luck about it. They thoroughly deserved their win, just as much as the Oxford and Cambridge men deserved defeat. London Truth. Melodrama. "My darling," cries the hero, throwing off his disguise, "I am he!" "And I," falters the heroine, laying aside her reserve, "am she!" Meanwhile the villian cowers in the corner. Melodrama. "I am it!" he gibbers, for he has gone mad under the strain. Men may come and men may go, and all the time melodrama in its essentials is the same old story.—Pittsburg Press. Buttered Grabs. Remove the meat from large hardshell crabs, cut it up small and mix with bread crumbs in equal quantity; a little minced parsley, and season to taste with salt and cayenne; pack into the shells that have been well cleaned; squeeze a little lemon juice over them, cover with bread crumbs and bits of butter and bake in a moderate oven until nicely browned.—Household. Snake That Stole. While working close to a farmhouse at Fulbeck, in Lincolnshire, a laborer was astonished to see a snake, over a yard long, swim across a stream. With some trouble he captured it and found in its mouth a cheese cake which it had stolen from the farmhouse larder on the other side of the river.—London Express. Failed to Make Good. Miles—Did you ever read that wonderful book, "How to Live a Hundred Years?" Giles—Yes; the author was an old schoolmate of mine. "Indeed! Where is he now?" "He died at the age of 37."—Chicago Daily News. A. Phase Explained. "Father," said the small boy, "what do they mean when they say that people operate on margins in the stock market?" "My son," was the answer, "it generally means that they are being kept on the ragged edge."—St. Louis Republic. Baked Beets. After boiling the beets until nearly done, remove the skin, arrange them whole in a baking dish, pour over them a little water, turn frequently, taking care not to break them; when done, serve with a sauce of butter, salt and pepper. People's Home Journal. What Kept Him Busy There is a dangerous counterfelt $100 bill in circulation. The reason why we are a little short on editorial matter this week is because we have been sorting over our $100 bills and picking out the bad ones.—Sauk Center (Minn.) Herald. Cremation in Germany. At a recent conference in Paris of the association in behalf of cremation, it was stated that Germany leads the world in this method of disposing of the dead. In Paris there were 6,628 cases last year. Taken Literally Mrs. Bric-a-Brac—When Nellie puts her foot down something has to give, you may depend. Lord Summerly—Aw, indeed, has she such large feet, then?—Brooklyn Life. Meaning of Economy Economy no more means saving money than spending money. It means spending and saving, whether time or money, or anything else, to the best possible advantage.—John Ruskin. When you have anything to communicate that will distress the heart of the person whom it concerns be silent, in order that he may hear it from some one else.—Saadi. And Radium Headlight. Inventor Holland's airship will cost only $10, but the rich may easily overcome this disadvantage by having the wings made of ostrich feathers.—Kansas City Star. Men Wise When Old Girls are infinitely wiser than young men, but the wisdom ceases to grow later in life, and old men are wiser than old women.—Seton Merriman. Good Ones All Dead. Ruyter Lott—What can I do to become a famous poet? Critic—Die. All the good ones are dead.—Chicago Journal. Drought in Roumanie Drought has almost destroyed the corn crop in Roumania, and the government has prohibited its exportation. Much. It is better to say: "This one thing I do," than to say: "These 40 things I dabble in."—Washington Gladden. A song called the "Hymn to Apollo," written 280 years B. C., has just been sung for the first time in England. The Fierce Dose. That war is beginning to resolve itself into a question of how much Russo can stand.—Chicago News ```markdown ``` Joseph A. 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