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The Lily White Republicans and The Negro. His Disfranchisement Began in the South During the Administration of President Harrison. James G. Blaine, the Plumed Knight of Maine, who with the assistance of Messrs. Banks and Bingham, prevented the passage of the "Force Bill" in a Republican Congress, become the standard bearer of the G. O. Lily White Republican Party for President of the United States in 1884, and in accordance with the compact entered into between the leaders of his party, and the whites residing in Lousiana and South Carolina, at the time the electoral votes of those states were counted for Hayes and Wheeler. Mr. Blaine declared shortly after receiving the nomination for that high office "that the Republican party can elect its candidate for president and vicepresident without the aid of the Negro vote in the South." On all occasions Mr. Blaine displayed his entense hatred for the Negro, he was not in favor of conferring the right of suffrage upon the Afro-American, for he always entertained the idea that Negroes possess a very few rights which white men are bound to respect. Several weeks before the close of his campaign for the presidency, T. Thomas Fortune and a number of other prominent colored republicans called on him while he was stopping at the 5th Avenue Hotel, in New York City, but he absolutely refused to receive them, and, they were forced to leave the hotel without being permitted to touch the hem of his lily White garments. Notwithstanding Mr. Blaine's unbounded contempt for the Negro. All those who participated in his campaign endeavored to make the poor unlettered colored people believe "that they would be re-sold into slavery in case he was not elected president of the United States. It is not our purpose at this time to elaborate on the defeat of Mr. Blaine, and the election of Grover Cleveland. Later on we will refer to president Cleveland and the course persued by him in dealing with the Negro. As for James G. Blaine, he was more bitter than ever against the Negro after his defeat, and as a member of president Harrison's cabinet he compelled Frederick Douglass to resign as Minister to Hatia, for he disliked a manly Negro. Until the day of his death, Mr. Blaine was one of the prime movers in promoting the lily White sentiment within the ranks of the Republican party in the South and in the North. Benjamin Harrison succeeded Grover Cleveland as president of the United States, March 4th 1889, and during his contest with President Cleveland, he and his camp followers waved the "bloody shirt," he promised Richard T. Greener, John R. Lynch, B. K. Bruce and many other leading colored republicans who waited on him at his home in Indianapolis, Ind., "that if the colored voters stood by him and that in case he was elected, as commande-in-Chief of the Army and the Navy, he would stamp out or put down mob and Lynch law, as far as the colored people were concerned," the great majority of the colored people recorded their votes in favor of the election of Benjamin Harrison, and not many weeks after he began his labors in the White House, those same colored republicans called on II him and requested him to adhere to his promise which he made before the election and save the colored people from being mobbed and lynched by the White Christians of this country. In replying to their request President Harrison simply said "I am powerless to do anything to protect the colored people from being mobbed and lynched." He soon proved himself to be the whitest of the lil-Whites. He selected an ex-rebel residing in Tennessee as a member of the United States Supreme Court. It fell to his lot to name nine or ten new United States District Judges at one time, and all the leading colored republicans impertuned him to appoint or bestow one of the United States district judgeships upon one of the ablest and most worthy Afro-American attorneys, but the great constitutional lawyer paid no attention to their request or applications, and he did not hesitate in letting them and their friends know that in his lily White opinion no Negro lawyer was sufficiently qualified to serve as a United States district judge. President Harrison, who was dominated over and controlled by the lily White wing of his party, also had the distinguished honor of selecting two hundred and eight commissioners to represent the various states throughout the Union at the Great Columbian Exposition, which threw open its gates May 1, 1893, but be it said to his everlasting discredit he absolutely refused to name one Negro as commissioner, and by pursuing such a course he wilfully and deliberately insulted and ignored the millions of Negroes residing in all parts of this country, who were entitled to at least ten or twenty commissioners. Inspeaking of the many insults which President Harrison had heaped upon the heads of all representative Negroes. The Chicago Herald, which was at that time the greatest Democratic newspaper in the West, said in its issue of Sunday, August 22, 1893, "That a colored man, Douglass, Langston, or Bruce should have been named a commissioner, will be admitted by fair minded Americans of all political parties. That President Harrison should have omitted to name one of them is apparently inexplicable. That the race has made extraordinary progress will also be conceded." There is another very important point which we must not overlook in connection with Benjamin Harrison, and the presidency, namely: that none of the Southern states began to disfranchise the Negro nor to enact "Jim Crow" cars laws until after he was installed in the Presidential chair, that the state of Mississippi was the first to lead off in that direction in 1890, without one word of protest on the part of President Harrison, who was unlike President Andrew Jackson in that respect, who was the first person in the United States to confer the title of Major upon a Negro, for when the people residing in South Carolina made the slightest attempt to violate a portion of the Federal laws he warned them that "If they did not desist that he would send his soldiers into that state and order them to hang its citizens up by their necks until they HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, September 8, 1904. were dead, unless they learned to respect the laws of the land," or words to the same effect. In time the United States Supreme Court, composed of lily White Republicans declared that the "Jim Crow" car law and the disfranchising measure were not class legislation, therefore they were constitutional, then five other Southern states followed suit under the administrations of Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, without one word of protest on their part, in fact they have encouraged them to do so. Therefore if the Party in power must always be held accountable for creating panics, for free soup houses, and for its failure to conduct the affairs of the government as they should be conducted, then the G.O. lily white Party is responsible for "Jim Crow' car laws, and for the Disfranchisement of the Negro, in the Southern States. Masonic Notes Mrs. M. C. Hogan the Most Ancient Supereme Grand Matron of the Supreme Grand Court of Heroines of Jerico of the United States and Canada, who resides at Alleston, Massachusetts, is regarded to be one of the best informed members in the order in this country. Her writings and speeches, as an active member, of every secret organization for the advancement and progress of the Order has been read and re-read and highly applauded by a large number of the members all over the country. The next annual session of the Supreme Grand Court of Heroines of Jerico of the United States and Canada will be held in Washington, D. C., July 1905. This Supreme Grand Court of Hero At the annual session of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of the State of Illinois and jurisdiction, held on last Friday, August 26th, 1904 at Templar Hall, the following Grand Officers were elected: F. B. Cranshaw, Right Emminent Grand Commander; J. M. Lawrence, Deputy Grand Commander; J. H. S. Jackson, Generalissmo' R. A. Ware, Grand Captian General; M. B. Jones, Grand Prelate, W. A. Buckner, Grand Orator; Wm. McRae Senior Grand Warden; Matthew Lane, Junior Grand Warden; W. S. Dungle, Grand Treasurer; M. P. Triplet, Grand Recorder; Earnest Smith, Deputy Grand Recorder; Samuel Clay, Grand Standard Bearer; James A. Mason, Grand Sword Bearer; I. A. Henderson Grand Warden; Thomas A. Stanley Grand Captain of the Guards. The Grand officers were installed with impressive ceremonies by Sir John G. Jones, Grand Master of the General Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of North and South America. There are now over 66,000 colored Master Masons, 5,000 Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, 32nd Degree Masons, 3,000 Nobles of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, 13,000 Royal Arch Masons, 12,000 Knights Templar, 1,000 Royal and Select Masters of the Cryptic Rite of Masonry 500 Sir Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine, in the United States of America and Canada and in some sections of the country, some of the different departments of masonry have purchased a lot and own their own hall. At any time that a man wants empty high sounding titles that don't mean anything and that are clandestine and irregular, let them apply to the St. Louis, Mo., masonic factor where masonic degrees and titles are manufactured according to order. Any who wish information along that line can apply to C. W. Prentice Milton Fields of St. Louis Mo., A. R. Chinn, Glasgow, Mo., W. H. Jones, St, Joseph, Mo. Mr. J. E, Hawkins of Seattle, Washington, who is the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of the state of Washington and Oregon is one among the leading colored men in the western country and is recognized to be one among the most brilliant and distinguished colored Masons in the United States. He is a lawyer by profession and stands high in the estimation of the people. He is a 33rd degree Mason and his opinion on masonic law is always accepted beyond any dispute. MRS. J. C. STEWART. One of the prominent members of the household of Ruth: an active worker in the Olivet Baptist Church; and a great credit to the Afro-American race. One of the prominent members of the household of Ruth: an active worker in the Olivet Baptist Church; and a great credit to the Afro-American race. Mrs. J. C. Stewart, 5434 Normal ave., who holds a resposible position with Gibson's Art Gallery, 153 Wabash ave., lately returned home from a most pleasant and delightful visit to her old Southern .home, Columbus, Miss. She was greatly surprised with the many improvements and the new order of things in that section of Mississippi since her departure from their 23 years ago. The people are beyond any doubt progressing. She attended several of the churches and found the people neat and clean and very attentive during the services. She also had the pleasure of visiting the household of Ruth and Odd Fellows Lodge, and members of those organizations spared no pains in making her visit one long to be remembered. Many of the lodges own their own buildings and are constantly striving to provide means and ways of looking after their members when they grow old. Mrs. Stewart also observed, that, in Columbus 1000 colored families own very comfortable homes and others are endeavoring to do the same. Their ambition seems tq be to better their condition in every way and become independent of anyone. Before leaving that city she visited one of the finest academies in the South. It is an elegant building of 25 rooms with a fine chapel in connection and in it she met two teachers who were teaching when she left their years ago and they are still working for the advancement and the education of the colored children of today. In Columbus, Miss., there are over 20 colored men engaged in various lines of business and many others are likewise engaged in other sections of the South where she visited. On her return home she tarried for a short while in Nashville, Tenn., and there the colored people are making steady progress in every direction. In St. Louis and during all of her visit she was hospitably received and entertained and even several white ladies whom she knew in the South, cordially received her in their homes and treated her like a sister. Hon. D. J. Hogan, Secretary of the Democratic State Committee of Illinois, is working day and night for the success of the entire state ticket and Secretary Hogan is firmly of the opinion that Judge Alton B. Parker will be the next President of the United States. The Leaders of the Democratic Party ..are Bidding for the Colored Votes.. If there is any one serious mistake which the republican party is making in the entire west it is that it is not ggiving the attention necessary to the local consolidation of the colored vote. If the democrats win the fighting states in November it will be due to this fact alone. Whether intentionally or otherwise, the fact that the democratic national chairman, Mr. Taggart, in announcing the working force of his committee, omitted the entire southern delegation save Gorman (whose advice they will pigeon-hole), has been gratifying to the colored democracy of the various state organizations. W. F. Sheehan and DeLancy Nicoll. Vice Chairman; George Foster Peabody, of New York, treasurer of the national committee; August Beimont, of New York; John R. McLean, national committeeman from Ohio, members executive committee; United States Senator Thomas S. Martin, of Virginia member ofexecutive committee; Colonel James M. Guffey, national committeeman from Pennsylvania, member executive committee; former United States Senator James Smith, Jr., of New Jersey, member executive committee; Timothy E. Ryan, national committeeman form Wisconsin, member executive committee, are all men who have recognized locally in appointments the colored democratic vote.—The Advocate, Portland, Oregon. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, JR. Arrested for Speeding His Automobile Arrested for Speeding His Automobile The daily papers of Boston, Mass., Wednesday, August 24th, contained a full account of the arrest of Booker T. Washington, Jr., son of the great wizard of Tuskegee, for speeding his $2,000 automobile. He pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined $15.00 for showing the whites how the son of the great industrial educator and begissippi since her departure from there eyes. The colored Republican editors in all sections of the country are howling mad on account of the cold or shaby treatment which they are receiving at the hands of the G. O. Lily White Party. They should not complain, for they are getting just what they deserve as long as they advise all Afro-Americans to vote solidly for one political party simply on account of the color of their skin. No.45 Dear Sir:—I am very anxious to have you and the general public as well to know of the unkindly way in which I have been treated by one of our supposed to be prominent attorneys. In the year of 1899 my husband deserted me, and a few months after I employed William L. Martin, attorney, to enter proceedings for my divorce, etc., with the understanding my husband was to pay all bills, with this fact in view I allowed him to enter my case as a pauper, which I really was, as my husband had left me penniless at the home of a friend and in poor health, where I remained for 9 months without a penny to pay my board. At the time I employed Mr. Martin to prosecute my husband, I told him of these facts and he said you get the bill for room and board from your friend and I will make him settle for it, the bill was $108, this I did, and he was able to make a compromise with my husband for $73. This he recieved and kept without my knowledge, until my husband informed me of the fact. I then at once went to him for this, or a part at least, so I could pay some on this bill, he occasionally gave me a few dollars from time to time until $15 was payed. Thereupon he refused to give me any more, he would frequently call for loans of me and I would out of pity, as he would relate his struggling and hardships to me, give him a loan of my hard earned money, as I now make my living as a Seamstress, honing from time to time that he would make up his mind to pay me the money my husband paid him for me and my loans as well; the loans he would return except the last one of $12, but the other he has not as yet decided to do, and says he never will.. After making much inquiry among the various lawyers and judges among whom my case was tried I was forced to see and feel I had been very shamefully treated by this supposed prominent colored lawyer, and was told by them the only thing to do was to enter suit for my money, the sum of $49 due from my husband and $12 due on a note. This I did, and in order to prevent paying me this money he called me to court in an extreme end of the city, and ther upon his tricky work and lying tongue got judgement against me, for money he claims for work done in my divorce case. Although he entered my case as a pauper and was to collect his fees from my husband, and it is upon record in the court to this effect, even with these things which he has done he is not satisfied, he is endeavoring to slander me among my friends and speaks lightly of my character. I of course a lone woman with nothing but my character and my needle with which to earn my daily living. I therefore feel that I am one of the many poor unfortunate women fallen prey to this roaming lion in sheeps clothing seeking whom he may devour. Mrs. S. R. T. THE GROWING POWER OF WOMAN Impressions of the Congress in Berlin. (By Charlotte Perkins Gilman.) (By Charlotte Perkins Gilman.) Women may not have much practical "power" in their hands as yet, but that they possess a mighty "influence" on public opinion is apparent to the reader of Mrs. Gilman's trenchant article in The Booklover's Magazine for September on "The Growing Power of Woman." This paper sums up the writer's impressions of the recent International Congress of Women held at Berlin, and is full of information, enthusiasm and wise counsel. Ex-Alderman P. J. O'Connell, 522 W. 63rd street: "I have been very much interested in the articles which have appeared in The Broad Ax lately on "Mental and Political Slavery Is the Greatest Curse to the Negro," and I am thoroughly convinced that like the Irish the colored people will never receive the recognition due them until they divide up politically and refrain from preventing any political party from figuring on their votes as a dead sure thing. Keep up your good work for The Broad Ax is all right." 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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 censation. 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 Durlan. The durian is a fruit of malodorous fame which is found in the islands of the East Indies. It is of a round on 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. Dwelling on the Bad. "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. Calling In the Doctor. 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. Tourist-You've forgotten the rod, forgotten the bait, forgotten the lines. What did you bring? Sandy—The whisky.—The Tattler. Blind in Russia. Russia has a larger proportion of blind people than any other European country. Two out of every 1,000 of her people are sightless. Chinese Woman Declares It Is a Dom- nant Trait of the 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 RUG. 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 Growth Proving the Salvation of the Tokay Article, Says Recent Visitor. "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-Gladdbach 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 sacham. 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 terrler James, which had hitherto had a well-merited reputation for discretlen, 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 Oriental Minister Tells Story of Craftiness Shown by Three Canines. 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. 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CHICAGO BUY A MAGIC FORTUNE TELLER and have your fortune told by your own living breath, which ought to convince you that it is reliable. You can ask anything you want to know about business or love affairs, and the machine will answer it. It gives great pleasure to you and your friends. You can entertain and please your lover or sweetheart with it and spend many a pleasant hour, all for a few cents. Sent boxed, prepald for 50c in postage stamps. Money or express order. Manufacturers' Wholesale Supply House, 401 Ashland block, Chicago, Ill. Dept. No. 6. WASHINGTON GOSSIP PEOPLE AND EVENTS AT NATION'S CAPITAL Secretary of Treasury the Popular Orator of Cabinet-New Fad at Post Office-Passing of Old Landmarks. 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-galted, 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. New Fad of Postmasters. 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 OLL LANDMARKS 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. SUBMARINES FOR ARMY. has contended that as the submarine is to be used in the 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. EFFECTS OF EVIL TEMPER. The Man or Woman Who Is Swayed by Passion Is Bound to Be a Loser 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—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. 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. "Did that bank cashier come well recommended?" "Very. He refunded over half what he ambushed at his last place."—Puck. 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 folks 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 disport 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 Saladg. 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 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 butterine. 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 green 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." 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. 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. The Afro-American News Office, 3104 State Street. Alton H. Blake, shoe shining parlors, 25081/2 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, 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, 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 A. CHIPS. Wanted—Men or Women. $3 to $25 daily. Chance to become independent from spare time. Send Stamp. The Maye Co., Greensboro, N. C. W. H. Clark, who is connected with the Corporation Counsel's office, will resume his labors Monday after spending a part of his two weeks' vacation at West Baden. Mrs. Taylor, mother of Mrs. Jessie Johnson, 4847 Armour ave., departed this life Monday and she was laid to rest in Oakwood from St. Mary's church Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Cora Turner, 364 27th street, returned home last Friday from spending three weeks in visiting with her friende in St. Louis, Mo., and taking in the sights of the World's Fair. J. N. Blackshear, one of the proficient Afro-American clerks in the City Hall, is greatly pleased with the candidacy of Judge Alton B. Parker for President of the United States and he hopes he will be elected. Mrs. Samuel W. Thompson, 6552 Champlain Ave., entertains Saturday afternoon, Sept. 3rd at a "Whist luncheon," about 40 ladies attened. Smiley served. The people on Dearborn street will be bothered again with the House of Blazes or better known as Mahogany Hollow. It is being repaired and neatly furnished. Miss Bessie Bailey, a young colored lady only 19 years old, last week became united in marriage to Yun Hing, a Chinaman, and Mr. and Mrs. Hing will reside at 421 31st street. W. H. Ward, who was at one time Assistant County Attorney, died Tuesday. He had a bright future before him, but he wrecked his life by disipation. His sad and sudden death should be a warning to other colored lawyers. ..Major R. R. Jackson, 245 E. 37th St. entertained a large number of his gentlemen friends at a "birthday stage," Thursday evening Sept. 1st. Representative men from all over the state were on hand to congratulate the major, and enjoy the many good things prepared for them. S. A. T. Watkins, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Chicago, has become Superintendent of the Sunday Schools of St. Thomas church and he will do everything in his power to build it up and to increase its membership. Dr and Mrs. Perry, 4808 Langley Ave., entertained at a Progressive whist party, in honor of the S. S. S. Club, Saturday evening Aug. 27th. 27 couples contested for the handsome prizes which were won Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pickett, and Dr. J. Kelly, after which refreshments were served by caterer Smiley. The members of Berean Baptist Church, 4838 Dearborn st., will give their third annual reception in honor of its pastor the Rev. W. S. Braddan, Thursday evening, Sept. 8th. Admission 35c. An interesting program will be rendered and all who will attend will be royally entertained. Mr. and Mrs. Enos Bond are progressing nicely in their new home at Norwood Park which is one of the finest suburbs of Chicago. Mr. Bond is an honorable member of the G. A. R. and there is no honester man living than he, for he always cheerfully pays his just debts. Hon. Ernst Hummel, the best city treasurer Chicago has ever had, is doing everything in his power to further the election of Harry Hildreth Jr. as clerk of the Circuit Court. Republican prosperity is still sweeping over the country. This week it struck the Pullman Palace car shops at Pullman, Ill., and the result is that they are closed down tight and over 7,000 men are idle. Similar conditions obtain in all sections of the country which would seem to indicate that Republican prosperity is a delusion and a snare. Maj. John C. Buckner says: "I am willing to admit that your article criticizing the attitude or the actions of Albert J. Hopkins while chairman of the House Committee on elections in assisting to increase the Southern representation in Congress on account of the exclusion of the Negro vote, is unanswerable." St. Mary's Chuch, on Dearborn St. between 49th St. and 50th St. Rev. Jesse Woods, pastor in charge is very busy preaching the holy ghost to his congregation and they are shouting, and the boys are at the rear of the church shooting craps. Why don't the officers of the church and the Rev. J. Woods see that it is stopped? John Moore, 604 S. Desplaines st., Jollet Ill., is one of the best Police officers in that city. Officer Moore induced many of his colored brothers to vote for Mayor Wm. C. Crollus at the last election and the Mayor rewarded him for his services by placing him in uniform and he is proud of the splendid record made by Mr. Moore. Edward Tiderington, who has charge of the Harrison street Police station, will on September 10th leave for Evansville, Ind., where he will spend two weeks in visiting with his brother Earnest Tiderington, who is a Deputy Sheriff and a prominent K. P. Several hay parties will be given for the benefit of Mr. Tiderington to make his visit pleasant. Ex-Alderman Fred Hart, 5408 Aberdeen street: "To tell the truth I am so absorbed in my business and also endeavoring to assist to re-elect. John Traeger Coroner of Cook County, that I do not find the time to read The Broad Ax very often, but Mrs. Hart and our boy peruse it each week and they never fall to acquaint me with its spicy contents. Col. Louis B. Anderson, Assistant County Attorney, met with a severe accident last Friday night while attempting to alight from a State street car. In doing so his foot slipped which caused him to fall and severely bruise the right side of his face. But under the skillful medical tinkering of Dr. Daniel H. Williams he is regaining the sight of his right eye which was discolored in the accident. Away out in good old Republican Kansas the Educational Association of that state which is not run by the Democrats, have started a movement to separate white and colored children in all the schools in all the cities of the first and second class. This association will exact a pledge from every candidate for the State legislature this fall to vote for such a measure and they are raising funds to maintain a strong lobby in the legislature this winter to work for its passage. This is some of the fruits of the unsound teaching of Prof. Booker T. Washington. Wives who are in the habit of going through their husbands pockets after they have gone to sleep were warned yesterday by Judge Dumont, who had before him Mrs. Julia White on a larceny charge. Mrs. White searched her husband's pockets and found therein a watch belonging to another woman. The other had her arrested when she refused to give up the timepiece. Judge Dumont dismissed Mrs. White after he had returned the watch, with a warning not to search her husband's pockets in the future. As a result of the fiffinding of the watch she has separated from her husband. 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. Siamese Fingernails. A Siamese dandy sometimes permits his finger nails to grow to such an extent that his hands are practically useless. Costly Lace. The most expensive lace manufactured to-day is valued at $5,000 a yard. England's Steel Pens. There are more than 4,000,000 steel pens used up every day in England. Right Ear Better. People as a rule hear better with their right than with their left ear. Electricity in Egypt. Nearly every city in the interior of Egypt is now lighted by electricity. Many Find Out. A man never knows how little he can get along with until he has to. 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. 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. 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. "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 Graba. 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. Lord Summerly—Aw, indeed, has she such large feet, then?—Brooklyn Life. 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. A Daily Thought. 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 Roumania. Drought has almost destroyed the corn crop in Roumania, and the government has prohibited its exportation. It is better to say: "This one thing I do," than to say: "These 40 things I dabble in."—Washington Gladden. Ancient Song. 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 B. C. can stand.—Chicago News ```markdown ``` Joseph A. O'Donnell Henry D. 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