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The Lily White Republicans and The Negro. The Late John Sherman Favored the Lily White Movement in The South. III Whenever the Negro will refrain from spending all his time and all his energy in endeavoring to explain how his imaginary God, whom we are taught to believe is without shape, form, ears eyes, or voice raised up J. Wilkes Booth, Charles Guiteau, and Leon F. Czolgosz, for the special purpose of assassinating Presidents Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, and William McKinley in order to make room for their immediate successors, he will learn that in August, 1894, the late John Sherman of Ohio wrote a long letter to A. B. Norton of Texas, which appeared in the Globe-Democrat of St. Louis the middle of the month mentioned, urging him and the other Lily White Leaders of the Republican Party in the South to devise some plan or scheme to "cast the Negro overboard" and rid the party of his "domination." Acting upon the advise of Senator Sherman, who can be designated as one of the greatest enemies to the Negro, the Lily white Republicans of Tennessee held their State Convention in the city of Nashville on or about the 1st of September 1894, and sixty-five of its Lily White Delegates withdrew from the convention hall and refused to participate in any of its proceedings with the Negro. The Lily White Leaders of the party in Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Old Virginia, Texas, and several other Southern States in that same year, and in 1896, set on foot the movement to debar or prevent the Negro from mingling with them in their county or state conventions. Proceeding along this same line in 1896, the Lily Whites of Texas refused to send one Negro delegate to the National Convention held at St. Louis, which nominated William McKinley for President. Other Southern States followed suit in that direction. The Colored men who were fortunate enough to be sent as delegates to the St. Louis convention were inhumanly treated by the Republicans who were running that city at that time; they were not permitted to stop in any of the leading hotels with the the Lily White Leaders of their party; they were forced to seek accommodations at cheap lunch counters and to sleep in box cars. All the Lily White Delegates to that convention, and the Republican press everywhere failed to condemn the actions of the Republicans of St. Louis, but if that city had been controlled by the Democrats at that time they never would have ceased from howling about race prejudice and hatred of the Colored People by the ex-febels and their sympathizers—the Democrats. It is true one or two Lily White Leaders arose in the convention hall and were eager to say something in relation to mob and lynch law in the South, but not one Lily White had one word to say in condemnation of the treatment accorded the Colored Delegates. The Lily White Leaders of the convention threw a little sop to the poor deluded Negro by placing a plank in the platform to the effect "that in case William McKinley was elected President of the United States he would wipe out mob and lynch law as far as it applied to the Colored People." That piece of sophistry in the Republican platform of 1896 caused the vast majority of the Afro-American voters to fast and pray for the election of Major McKinley, and they were ready and willing to brand every Negro as a traitor to his race who failed to do likewise. Notwithstanding the fact that throughout the campaign the Negro was kept in the background as much as possible, for the Lily White Leaders of his party were fearful that his color would rub off and cause them to turn several shades darker if they allowed the Negro to come near unto them. This statement can be easily verified by any one if they will simply turn back to the press dispatches of October 4, 1896, which informed the world that Ex-President Benjamin Harrison addressed the Lily White Republicans of Richmond, Va., but no Negro was permitted to serve on the reception committee, nor to occupy a seat on the stage or platform, and in reality the Lily Whites were in favor of compelling all the Negroes to remain in the rear end of the hall, regardless of the fact that the Colored Republicans furnishes 80 per cent of the Republican vote of that State, but with Impunity the Lily Whites insulted and ignored the Colored voters on all occasions, the Colored leaders loudly complained of the cold and uncalled for treatment which they received from the hands of the Lily Whites, but they were informed that all Negro Republicans must keep themselves in their proper places. It is well known that Ex-President Harrison did not favor the Negro occupying seats too near him, for when he presided at the White House, he kicked out all the Colored men and women he could, who had for years worked in and around that historic building. He discharged Albert Hawkins, the old colored coachman, who had driven all the Presidents from Abraham Lincoln down to and including Grover Cleveland, but the Harrisons hated the Negro so intensely that they would not consent to have the honest and faithful colored driver who had been selected by Lincoln, so they turned him off, and he was succeeded by an alien Englishman. The late United States Senator, Mark Hanna, also favored the Lily White movement in the ranks of his party, for it appears that one Colored Republican was chosen to serve on the committee which officially notified William McKinley of his nomination for the Presidency, and the Colored member was anxious to have a few words to say in behalf of the members of his race and their firm adherence to the G. O. Lily White Party, but Senator Hanna would not stand for it, and he ordered his colored barber in Cleveland, Ohio, to provide an entertainment for the colored member of the committee, and the other colored people, so that they would not be present, and come in contact with the Lily Whites who wended their way to Canton, Ohio, to inform Major McKinley of the high honor which had been conferred upon him by his party. A mighty shout ascended up to the I will provide a detailed description of the image content. HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, September 10, 1904. high heavens from the throats of the vast majority of the Afro-Americans when they learned on the morning following the election of 1896, that Col. William Jennings Bryan was defeated and that William McKinley would be the next President of the United States: For they labored under the hallucination that he would not permit any more Colored people to be mobbed and lynched in any section of this republic. While delivering his first inaugural address the 4th of March, 1897 he declared "that mob and lynch law must not be tolerated in this highly civilized country;" but as a matter of fact he never put forth the slightest effort to suppress mob and lynch law, and more victims fell under its sway during the first four years of his Lily White Administration than during the administrations of any of his predecessors. He repeatedly declared, and also his Attorney-General shortly after the burning of Sam Hose down in Georgia in 1899 that "the Federal Government would not interfere no matter if one hundred or one thousand Negroes were mobbed and lynched each week." (To be Continued.) Not a "Business" League. A very few words will suffice as comment on "The National Negro Business League." Its proper name should be, as it is frequently given, the "Booker T. Washington" National Business League. The selfish desire of Mr. Washington is plain from his retaining the presidency for five successive years. This is the more evident when he is a "buisness" man only by a stretch of the imagination. His claim is based on his being head of Tuskegee institute. As that is an eleemosynary institution, and said not to by a factory, supported by private charity, money begged by Mr. Washington, the flimsiness of the title is plain. This is to say nothing of his living on a private pension. But the other officers clinch this contention. His private secretary, Mr. Emmett J. Scott, is down as national corresponding secretary. But what is his business, pray? If Mr. Washington's title is because of the school, that cuts Emmett out clean, unless to be a clerk is to be a business man. But when one finds Peter Jefferson Smith down as national registrar, the trick is laid bare. How comes Peter to be there? To have him down as a national officer of the Negro Business League is to deceive the public, reflect upon the race and insult every legitimate Negro business man in the League and in the country. About as bad is the presence of Dr. S. E. Courtney as a member of the executive committee. The only business he ever was in, except politics, failed in less than six months. And the Wizard has not been slow to use the league to enhance his political control. There is Thomas Timothy Fortune as chairman of the executive committee; Assistant-Registrar of the Treasury Cyrus F. Adams as transportation agent, and J. E. Bush, land agent for Arkansas, a Booker Washington "recommendbe," as second vice-president. But note that the only Boston man down in the program to speak is Wm. H. Lewis, second assistant U. S. district attorney, also recommended by the Tuskegee magnate. And not a member of the League either. In this "Business" League Mr. Washington concocted a great self-advertising scheme. Like everything else he touches, he turns it to gold for his try for leadership. Its chief use is to give the Wizard an apparent Negro endorsement at each city. But to call it the National Negro "Business" League as a flagrant misrepresentation. Another case of "All's fish that comes to his net."—The Guardian Boston, Mass. Hon. Fred W. Blockl, commissioner of public works, has resumed his duties in the city hall, after spending his vacation in the mountans of Colorado. [Name] REV. W. S THE ELOQUENT AND POPULAR CHURCH. RECEPTION AND. BANQUET IN HONOR OF REV. W. S. BRADDAN. THE ELOQUENT AND POPULAR PASTOR OF BEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH. Thursday evening the members and friends of Berean Baptist church, 4838 Dearborn St., gave their third annual reception and banquet in honor of its popular and eloquent pastor, the Rev. W. S. Braddan. The repast served was simply elegant. Rev. J. W. Robinson was master of ceremonies and over one hundred and fifty guests enjoyed the repast. The subject under discussion at the banquet table was, "The Necessity of Industrial Schools for Our Boys and Girls." Rev. D. H. Harris, Rev. W. S. Braddan, Julius F Taylor and one or two others opposed the proposition and it was eloquently championed by Rev. J. Madison Mason. Rev. J. W. Robinson was rather inclined to straddle the question. The music by Prof. F. A. Johnson's orchestra was simply superb. Miss Nellie Toler assisted in the musical program, and her sweet and musical voice adds to her popularity every time she appears before the public. Rev. Braddan was well pleased with the cordial reception tendered him by his many friends. SUFFRAGE LEAGUE PROTESTS CONGRESSMAN GAINS. Declare to Chairman Babcock of Congressional Committee That Dantzler-Lever Report was Worse Than Acts of Southern Democrats—Gaines Wants to have Contest with .Campaign Committee. Representative Joseph H. Gaines of West Virginia called at Republican congressional headquarters yesterday and requested that the campaign Committee of the congressional committee hear and determine the dispute between him and Wjm. H. Edwards as to who is entitled to be considered the regular nominee in the 3rd West Virginia district. He pledged himself to abide by whatever decision the committee might make. Chairman Babcock will write Edwards, asking if he also will leave the matter to the committee. Representative Gaines is the member of the House against whose return the Negroes of the entire county have entered a protest through the National Negro Suffrage League. As chairman of elections committee No.1, of the house of representatives, he wrote the report on the contest of Dantzler versus Lever, Dantzler being a colored man. Dantzler claimed his seat, not on the ground that he had received a majority of votes cast, but upon the ground that the Negro voters of the third district had been disfranchised. In a petition presented to Chairman Babcock by a committee of the Negro Suffrage League, it was asserted that the report of election committee No.1 had done more to disfranchise the Negroes of the South than anything done by Southern Democrats.—New York Times (Sept. 2), 1904. ```markdown ``` BRADDAN. PASTOR OF BEREAN BAPTIST Masonic Notes. The Keystone Grand Court of Heroes of Jerico of the State of Illinois and Jurisdiction was lawfully and constitutionally organized on September 2, 1904, and the following Grand Officers were elected: Mrs. Clara Powell, Most Ancient Grand Matron. J. H. S. Jackson, 33, Grand Worthy Joshua. Mrs. Julia Bell, Grand Treasurer. Mrs. Mabel Harris, Grand Secretary. Mrs. Josephine Harper, Grand Chaplain. Mrs. Georgie Ball, Grand Lecturer. Mrs. Anna Robinson, Grand Inside Gatekeeper. Mrs. Fannie Weaver, Grand Outside Gatekeeper. Arthur Jackson, 33 First Grand Director. Mrs. Emma O. Weaver, Second Grand Director. Mrs. Martha Cranshaw, Third Grand Director. The Grand Officers were duly installed by John G. Jones, 33, Supreme Grand Worthy Joshua of the Supreme Grand Court of Heroines of Jerico of the United States and Canada. Mrs. S. C. Slaughter, of Johnstown, Pa., who has been lately elected Worthy Grand Exchequer of the Supreme Grand Court of the Daughters of Sphinx of North and South America is a very active and zealous member of the order and is one among the leading colored ladies of that city, and while serving in the office as Most Worthy Grand Matron of Queen Esther Court, Daughters of Sphinx she discharged the duties of that office with credit to herself and honor to the order. --- Masonic Notes. No.46 regular and legitimate Grand Lodges believe that they are lawful and genuine Masonic Grand Bodies; but their efforts are falling flat to the ground. HENRY SEARCHLIGHT. No other time in the history of our country is the Negro waiter so much respected, as a body, as he is during a campaign. And the reason is, that he is a powerful factor as a voter and must be respected as such, by those whom upon any other occasion hate his position, and deny him the right to have a place in the social or moral world. They grant us the privileged opinion in the religions by putting up the barriers of their special privileges which to us is simply Negro cast; during the intermediate period of elections and then fall over themselves to proclaim their leadership. Waiters ponder and think. Let him be your master, that serve you first, and him your enemy who by compulsion serves you last. Temporary, every means possible is now being used by the Negro bearers of the Republican party under the supervision of Mr. F. L. Barnett to organize waiters. This is natural because they know the strength of organization, and this time the benefits are to go to the opposser; his integrity must be kept, his rights reserved, his political faith perpetuated, his party's honor retained. But to hades with the waiter afterward Before elections we are called in council, asked to give advise, promised many things, loved, cherished and obeyed. After election forgotten, ignored, and divorced, until the next election comes again. and then cajoled and bunckoed again. The Negro waiter in this city alone, to say nothing of our other large and smaller cities, have 2,400 votes more than any other body of men outside of the day laborer, and although they have been slaves to the Republican party, they have not one position to their credit. Of course, some headwaiters have received their $50 each for the vote of the crew, but this is like selling the side waiter for a mess of porttage. After these few pennies are spent their interest in the sidewaiter is gone, until an another time brings the return of fifty more. Negro waiters of America, ponder and think. Men are we not more than beast, Yes! We are creatures of a higher order of things, we must resist these devils that theylee from us. Men like Wiley A. Clayton, W. D. Samuels, Andrew Staten, R. E. Taylor, N. A. Amant, Emmet Simpson, S. S. Butler, C. Ne More, and others that space will not allow me to mention, are worthy of the waiters' consideration. But there are others whom I shall mention in next week's article that are not even fit to gather the crumbs from beneath the political table, for all they ever did was to keep the sidewaiter down and crush him when not to be used by them for self aggrandizement, to earth. (To be Continued.) (To be Continued.) Revs. Abraham Lincoln Murray and Archibald James Carey have had such a high old time with the sisters and they have feasted on all the good things of this life for so long that they are still very anxious to hang on to the weeping willows, and it is predicted that the coming conference will send both of them to new pasture fields, which will be a mighty good thing for the people, for they have outlived their usefulness in this city. Rev. J. W. Robinson opens up his "Country Fair" under a large tent in the rear of St. Mark's church, 47th and State Sts., Monday evening, Sept. 12, and it will run from that date up to Sept. 20. Fifty dollars in premiums will be given away in the various contests. Wednesday evening the baby contest will be conducted by Mrs. J. W. Robinson and Mrs. P. B. Kopperl, and all ladies can enter their babies in the contest free of charge. An interesting program will be rendered each night. Admission 10 cents. ‘THE BROAD AX. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. > and at ell thera 5 eae RSE Sie ioag ot Sac tdngunge We broper and Vmuyocassaepee Bubseriptions must be paid in advance. » -* Sasesenareesneecsmncmaeccstonty ¥ ae Ke THE BROAD AX © Armour Avenue, Chicago. JULIUS ¥. TAYLOR, Eéitar and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago, © Wi, as Second-class Matter. | According to Consul Daigoro Goh, the Japanese child calls its father “Gempu,” which means “strict father,” while it addresses its mother as “Jibo,” that is, “benevolent mother.” Mr. Goh quotes a Japanese lad who classified the Japanese father as one among the “four fearful things of the world,” these four terrors being “earthquake, thunder, conflagration apd father.” Java’s Wonderful Lake. One of the greatest wonders of Java is a large lake of boiling mud, two miles in circumference, in the center of which immense columns of soft, hot mud may be seen continually rising and falling. Besides these columns there are two gigantic bubbles near the edge, which fills up like huge balloons and explode on an average three times per minute. Modern Novel. The modern novel is often little more than an enlarged anecdote, in which two or three, or perhaps half a dozen, per- sons keep the dramamoving. A story of Dickens’ is not an anecdote, but a his- tory. The actors and personages in it are numbered by the score. His stage has not a few, but a throng of actors on it.—Great Thoughts. Iceland “Bottle Post.” The “bottle post” is an old instjtution of the south cost of Iceland. Letters are put into corked bottles, which are wafted by the winds to the opposite coast. At times they also contain a small present, as an inducement for the finder to deliver the letter as addressed. Puttine Of the Evil Dav. Milley—You know, dear, we've been engaged for two years, and I think it’s time we were getting married. Tilly—Oh, I don't know, dear. If you really love him you'll let him be happy for a little longer yet—Stray Stories. A Gentle Hint. “It is the little things,” remarked the boarding house landlady, “that annoy us most.” “Yes,” rejoined the irreverent boarder, “these small steaks, for ex- ample.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. His Experience. “I tell you,” said the mournful man, “it’s hard for a man to lose his friends.” “Oh, I don’t know,” replied Markley. “It’s easy enough; all you've got to do is to lend them money.”—Philadelphia Press. — To Bemove Smoke Odor. It is said that a room may be quick- ly freed from the smell of tobacco smoke by placing in it a pail of water containing a handful of hay, which will absorb all the odor of the tobacco. King Edward’s Checks. The checks which the king of England uses for his private business are drawn on his personal account at Coutts’. The signature is “Edward R.,” followed by small royal crown. Lunatic Journalists. At Charenton, France, the first num- ‘er has been published of the Journal de Charenton. The paper is edited and printed by inmates of the lunatic asylum. French Bapestry. “ she manufacture of some of the fin- est French tapestry is so slow that an artist cannot produce more than a quarter of a square yard in a year. Chance for Writers. ‘This will give the Jap generais and ad- eee over.—Chicago ‘Herald. Cheap. “She married one of nature's noble- men.” “Yes—got him without spending a cent."—Detroit Free Press. Biberia’s Exiles. ' ‘Nearly 40 per cent. of the of Siberia ere Russian exiles. ———__—_ Czar Likes Corn. Green corn on the cob is said te be @ favorite dish with the czar. ~ : Deeds, Not Words. ~ ‘Virtue is not a matter of vocabulary. —Chicago Tribune. eae His Favorite Dish. “Btonewall” Jackson delighted in ‘buckwheat cakes. Paris’ Auto Sprinklers. Automobile watering carts are used in Pat. AN INTERESTING VILLAGE. Writer Says Igorot Is Rather Care- lessly Applied — Calls Them Mountain Agriculturists. In the Igorot villagg at the world’s fair, are representatives of several vil- ages and even of several tribes. It is the most interesting portion of this whole ethnic display. Igorot is a rather carelessly applied general term, says Frederick Starr in the World To- day. In geneva] the Igorots are moun- tain agriculturists, living in the in- terior. Their bodies are finely devel- oped, the skin is a handsome brown, the faces are attractive. While they were occupied in building their houses their activity and industry called out frequent comment from visitors. When at home the men go naked or wear a simple breech-clout; the women are simply but decently clad, with waist garment and skirt of cloth woven by themselves. Men wear great wooden plags in holes in their ear lobes and women are fond of necklaces of beads. The men are bold “head hunters,” and their tattooed bodies evidence their success in head hunting expeditions. In the village there are three principal groups: The Bontoc Igorots, the Suyoc Igorots and the Tingianes. The Bon- tocs are famous “head hunters,” the Suyocs are miners and metal workers, the Tingianes are agiculturists. The Suyocs are outfitted with forges, bel- jows and the other requisites for demonstrating their craft. The Tin- gianes have planted some rice in flood- ed terraces to illustrate their mode of culture. DOGS AS AID TO WOUNDED Scotch Collies Adopted as a Part of Italian Army to Retrieve Injured Soldiers. It has been recently recorded that our friend, the Scotch collie, has been appearing in a striking, new Italian ‘military role. A Milan paper recent- ly appeared with an interesting ac count of the manner in which a little corps of collies has been added to the Italian army and turned into dogs of war. They are not used for fighting, but for retrieving wounded soldiers. Their trainer, Capt. Ciotola, has adopt- ed the method employed with the St. Bernards, In the training process the captain employs his men to play the part of the wounded. These collies, however on finding a wounded sol- dier, are not trained to haul the man along with them, but they carry a small wallet of restoratives, to render first aid. After the wounded man has been refreshed the collies hurry off to give the signal to the scouts of the army, who then bring the wounded into the relief line. One of the col- lies, Asta by name, coaxes and encour- ages the wounded man to accompany her, if he can; failing that, she dashes off and in a little while returns con- voying the search party. Another, who is called Mars, on finding one of the wounded, takes to the nearest high ground and raises a howl to summon the ambulance men. YELLOW DIAMONDS FAVORED Newly Rich Frequently Wear Them —Many Use Sparklers to Ad- vertise Success. a Nothing can be more beautiful than pure white, old mine diamonds, but the yellowish Cape stones are the ones most frequently seen in the ears and on the fingers of the noveaux riches. Many women Seem to wear diamonds simply as a method of agwertising their hus- bands’ success in business. It may be useless to anathematize the diamond engagement ring, which seems to have such a firm hold upon the conventional mind that the troth seems hardly bind- ing without this glittering adjunct, yet what of romance or poetry there is con- nected with it has never come to light. Around the pearl, on the other hand, cluster the songs and tales of thousand loves. Of recent years pearls have to some extent been thrust into the back- ground by more gaudy rivals. That this was not always the case is shown by the beautiful sets of jewelry our grand- mothers used to treasure and by the his- torical pearl necklaces and single stones of which we read. Over 300 years ago Travernier, a famous Frenchman, sold to the shah of Persia, a single pearl and received for it a half million dollars. ETHIOPIA IS AN ELDORADO Country of Africa Possesses Wealth Beyond Power of Calculation of Human Beings. Ethiopia is wealthy in resource be- yond the power of any man to calculate. Gold, silver, asphalt, petroleum, iron and coal exist in combination with a edu- brious climate, agricultural productive- ness and a people of singular docility. With watchful eyes upon the future the emperor seeks to preserve the political independence of ‘his people, which has been handed down through the cen- turies, and in the meantime he hopes to develop the intelligence and resources of the population to such a point as to en- able it to withstand any pressure from without. The empire holds out no at- tractions to the commercial adventurer with limited means, says United States Consul Genera! Skinner, who negotiated the commercial treaty with that coun- try. . Gollece Giris tn the Ficls Because of @ lack of farm hands the farmers around Whippany, Afton and Hanover, N. J., have had to call on their Gaughters to assist in the harvest. In the ordinary course of things this would be nothing strange. But forthe farmers in that section of the country it is un- usual, for they are a well-to-do iot and most of their girls are college bred. The Gain of Loss. — 2 is te eS efits of affliction. Most men their aMictions ag so much loss. They consider that every day of suffering Is a lost day, and that all the pain they dear is a disadvantage in the race of life. Life is narrower, feebler, leas valuable because of sickness, loss, and trouble. But they do not consider wisely. Many men have gained far more by afflictions than by their pleas ures. Adversity has added more to life than prosperity.—Detroit Free Press. Wot Yet Horseless Age. Perhaps a time will come when our streets and avenues will be horseless, but it cannot yet be claimed that it is yet in sight. It will certainly not come as long as motor cars command pres- ent pNces—prices which manifest tendency to increase rather than to de- crease. Even when the cost of a good machine is jow—if such a pesiod shall ever arrive—doubtless we will continue to see Dobbin and the family chaise the approved method of many for getting the air.—N. Y. Globe. Largest Orchard. . America claims thas the largest or- chard in the world is in Missouri. It is the great Winans orchard, near Marshfield, in Webster county. There are 86,000 apple trees, 40,000 peach trees and 10,000 pear trees, just at proper bearing age. The acreage covered is 1,240, and it is estimated that the or- chard is now worth $408,000. There are to-day in the county 1,000)00 bearing trees. Astronomer’s Novel Theory. The novel theory of Dr. Voight, a German astronomer, is that the greater part of the moon’s craters represent work of coral insects in long-vanished seas. He finds that if the earth’s trop- ical oceag were suddenly dried up the bed would resemble the face of the moon, the coral formations appearing exactly like the craters’ of extinct vol- canoes. Swiss Doctor’s BSugvcestion. Considerable support is given by the Swiss press to a suggestion by Mme. Hilfiker-Schmid, a physician of Zur- ich, who asks that the state pass a law compelling all unmarried girls of the rich business class to devote one year to unpaid hospital or ambulance work. The Ship We Sail In. Remember that “every ship is a ro- mantic object, except that we sail in.” From being at close range we fail to see our own life work in its true aspect. Get into “another ship” for awhile and view your work at a distance; you will then see it at its right valuation —Commoner. He Dared Not Retaliate. Tommy had just said his prayers and climbed into bed when his brother Ned gave him a sharp pinch. “Ow!” wailed Tommy, “I'd hit you @ geod, sound whack for that if I hadn't just gone and attracted God's attention.”—Lippincott’s Magazine. Baked Corn. - Cut the grains off nine ears of corn. Put in a buttered baking dish, with a scant quart of milk, two tablespoonfuls of cream, a teaspoonful of salt, a table- spoonful of butter and one well-beaten egg. Bake for an hour and a@ half.— ‘Washington Star. In the Flat. Visitor—What is that horrible grind- ing noise I heard this morning about eight? Flatdweller—The folks in the flat be- low. had toast for breakfast.—Baltimore American. Besl-Oil Fee Cream A favorite dish with the Eskimo is an ice-cream made of seal oil, into which snow is stirred until the desired consist- ency has been obtained; then frozen ber- ries of different kinds are added. The Square Pegs. The misfits of life, the square pegs in the round holes, cause all the trou- ble. When a square peg gets into a square hole we think it an example of genius.—Robert Barr. Baking Hint. If you happen to get a cake too stiff, don't add milk. Beat up an egg and add it gradually until the desired consis- tency is obtained.—Detroit Free Press. Can Be Belieyed. if a woman admits that she snores you can safely believe anything she says.— Chicago Daily News Oh. Boston! The United States commissioner of education says the west is better edu- eated than the east. Thibetan Week. ‘The Thibetans have a week of five days, named after iron, wood, water, feathers, and earth. Conjugal Ovurting. The husband who, keeps on court- ing his wife never complains about ap unhappy home. American Radium. “Prof. Alexander H. Phillips, of Prince- ton, is known as the discoverer of Amer- ican radium. Mot Mental. ‘The work of s pickpocket is done in ® moment of abstraction —Chicago Daily News. ®hip Insurance. The ships of the world are insured for a total of over Sfty millions of pounds, fotablished 1277. ‘Phone Oakland 1350-155 JohnJ. Dunn wire FCOALS met WOOD Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. nan Tae SE sane CHICAGO ee Phone 194 South A. B. SCHULTZ, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 2719 State Street Hour iojaedatereP,u. 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Corbin to the command of the department of the Philippines. This will bring about transfers in the United States and will send Maj. Gen. Maj. Gen. Corbin. Fred Grant, son of the great war commander, to be Corbin's successor in command of the department of the Atlantic and Maj Gen. Fred Funston, whose meteoric career in the army since the war with Spain has made a unique chapter in the army's history, to take command of the department of the west. The assignment of Gen. Corbin to the Philippines is significant of future honors in store for him. President Roosevelt with that devotion to civil service principles that has marked all his public career, believes that in the army men should be fitted by experience for positions to which they may be promoted. He believes that the lieutenant general of the army and chief of staff should be an officer who has had practical experience in every department of the service. For this reason he considers it essential that this officer, who is virtually head of the army, although nominally the president and secretary of war are superior to him, should be thoroughly acquainted with conditions in the Philippines. It is appreciated that the most important army problems that must be solved are involved in that archipelago. With this end in view, President Roosevelt has asked Gen. Corbin to take command in the Philippines. The assignment is somewhat of a surprise to those who unwarrantedly supposed that the president would promote Brig. Gen. Leonard Wood to military command of those islands. President Roosevelt is Gen. Wood's friend, but not to the extent of partiality. His assignment of Gen. Corbin to the Philippines is proof of this, as it is no secret that the friendliest feeling does not exist between Corbin and Wood. When. Gen. Corbin has served a year or so in the Philippines he will be recalled and will succeed Lieut. Gen. Chaffee as chief of staff. Gen. Corbin has been able to do a favor to Mrs. Hanna, widow of the late Senator M. A. Hanna, of Ohio. He has leased to the latter his Washington residence, one of the handsomest and bestadapted houses at the capital for home living or entertaining. It was a source of gratification to the general that he could offer his home to the widow of one of Miss Ruth Hanna. the best friends he ever had. In order to do this he had to break off abruptly negotiations with Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton, who was extremely anxious to secure the Corbin house during the general's absence in the Philippines. Terms had been agreed upon between the general and the secretary, and the latter was congratulating himself on obtaining an ideal home where he could entertain in a manner befitting a cabinet officer. At this juncture Mrs. Hanna telegraphed Gen. Corbin, expressing a wish to rent his house, as she proposed making Washington her winter home. The general considered the matter just about two minutes, or long enough to indite an answering telegram saying: "The house is yours." Mrs. Hanna will add another to the colony of distinguished people that is making Washington celebrated as a winter residence city. In her latter years Mrs. U. S. Grant spent the winter and fall in the city. Mrs. Gen. Sheridan lives here; Mrs. Hearst, the widow of the late senator from California, makes Washington her home, and many other people formerly holding distinguished positions in official life maintain residences here. A Picturesque Character There is passing away in Washington one of the most picturesque characters of official life that has been known in the last quarter of a century. For some years past he has been out of public gaze, but soon after the war, during reconstruction days and later, he was a familiar figure in political and official walks and achieved no little notoriety and reputation. He is Judge George Interrupted the Queen's Bath. O'Reilly, a native of Ireland, born with the proverbial Irish wit and genius, but for years a prominent republican leader in Virginia. Such a position in this rock-ribbed democratic state naturally gave him notoriety. During President Grant's administration he was given the place of consular agent to Zanzibar, South Africa, as a slight recognition of services he rendered to the party. If the idea was to commit him to obscurity by sending him to that far-off station, the state department reckoned without its man. He had not been there very long before he came prominently before the public. A man of some means, he set up an establishment with his family that was considerably above those maintained by the native officials, no matter how high their rank. The Judge insisted on the observance of official etiquette and the amenities of diplomatic life. The manners of the natives were very primitive, and their customs grated upon the finer feelings of the judge and his family. It was the habit of the queen of Zanzibar and her court to take her daily bath in the waters immediately in front of the United States consulate. The dusky monarch was not trammeled by any restrictions as to bathing costume, and the appearance of her and her attendants with no suggestion of a bathing suit shocked the United States representative, who warned them to desist from the habit. He accompanied the warning with a threat if they persisted in bathing in this style he would drive them out of the water with a gun. The queen refused to regard the threat seriously, and the next day she and her suite assembled at the usual place and prepared to bathe. The judge wasted no words, but took his gun, which he had charged with salt and pepper, and fired into the crowd. The queen received most of the stinging charge, and there was a tremendous commotion. The incident was reported to Washington, and the judge recalled. He has lived most of the time since in Washington, and has always delighted in relating his experiences as the representative of the United States in far-off Zanzibar. New Typesetting Machines Public printer Palmer is working a revolution in the government printing office by the installation of new typesetting machines. There has all along been a decided, although quiet, opposition to the introduction of these machines into the government service, the old-line typos being reluctant to give up their cases. Mr. Palmer has long been of the opinion that economy Introducing Typesetting Machines should be practiced in the government work as well as in private establishments and has been convinced that the modern typesetting machines should be used. Their introduction has been gradual, but in a short time the bulk of the government printing will be done upon these machines. The public printer states that 74 new typesetting machines are now being installed, but this will not mean the dismissal of any of the regular force. This dissipates one of the objections, which was that men would be thrown out of if mechanical typesetters were introduced. Mr. Palmer has had his printers attend schools of instruction, where they have studied the methods of operations and learned to manipulate the keyboards of the machines now in general use. These men will simply leave their cases and sit down before the machines, while they draw their usual compensation from the government treasury. There is a temporary force employed at times when there is a rush at the printing office, and these men may be affected by the change, but the steady growth of government printing is sure to make places for all of them in time. Clerks and Campaign Funds The usual warning has been sounded by the civil service commission against the solicitation of campaign funds from government employes. This warning is now somewhat of a perfuntory performance as solicitation, except in rare instances, long ago ceased in the government departments. There is a wonderful change in this respect in the last decade, as formerly a good proportion of the Gives Without Solicitation. campaign funds was expected to be contributed by those holding office. It took the politicians some time to appreciate the full significance of the law which congress passed forbidding anyone approaching government employes with demands for campaign money. It is fully appreciated now, however, and the clerks in the departments here are free from such demands. This does not mean that campaign contributions are not made by government employees. Most of them feel that it is their duty to aid the parties to which they belong to win elections and obtain control of the government; so they voluntarily send in their mites. This feeling is pretty general among the male employees, but now that the women in the government service understand that there is nothing to compel them to give, are rather chary in offering of their comfortable salaries to the treasury of either political party. The civil service regulations and laws have removed one source of enthusiasm in national elections by prohibiting the promise of positions or promotion as a result of political activity. GERM PHOTOS THE LATEST The latest accomplishment of science is the photographing of living disease germs. Given the complicated machinery and processes, required to get the negative films for any set of life-motion pictures, the method of securing the films for germ life is simpler than might be supposed. The living germs to be pictured are put on a lantern slide in blood or water or other suitable medium and projected on a screen, just as they might be by a physician giving a lecture and showing to the class the actual live germs and their habits. Alongside of the lantern is placed the machine for getting the negative films of the life-motion pictures, and it is operated—taking pictures of the projection on the screen at the rate of about 30 a second—as by the ordinary method. The lantern, as usually operated, magnifies the germ and whatever else the slide contains about 2,000,000 times. The negative film machine magnifies the image on the screen about three times, the resulting total magnification being 6,000,000. Once the film strip is obtained in this way it may be used in the ordinary life-motion picture machine again and again. Magnified to the extent named the germs of diseases which have been isolated and identified are readily observable. They are seen being born, moving about, growing, giving birth to other germs, and dying, just as they do in real life The machine may be run fast or slow, or stopped at any picture, or it may be set back for a close or more detailed study of something which has already been observed. SARATOGA PLEASES WOMEN Famous New York Resort Gives Temporary Freedom to the Fair Sex. "The lady at Saratoga gets more out of her visit than does the gentleman who takes her there," says Charles E. Trevathan, in Everybody's Magazine. "She may do with impunity in Saratoga those things which she may not approach even in thought elsewhere, and it is perhaps because of this temporary freedom that she loves her Saratoga as she loves no other resort. It is the one environment through which she may move along if she like, the one acre of pleasure-making where the escort is not necessary to her pursuit of laughter. She may go through the drives alone in the forenoon, and she may stroll about the race course in the afternoon alone; she may dine alone and wine alone; she may sit out the concerts in the evening or watch the moonlight on the verandas alone, and there will scarce be comment upon her actions. She may, without fear, go alone anywhere and everywhere in the town that a man can go. And this is a privilege of which she does not avail herself. She merely gets a keen sort of relish in the idea that she 'could an she would.' There is more fun to be had with 'somebody along,' and the lady of Saratoga is rarely a person alone.'" MYSTIC WREATH EXPLAINED Tribute to Queen Victoria at Her Death Was Sent by Much Admired Singer. At the time of Queen Victoria's funeral there was much comment in the newspapers about a mysterious wreath laid upon the coffin. It was one of the finest there, but bore only the words, 'O, Rest in the Lord!' No name was attached, and there was a great deal of speculation as to who had sent it. It has now been revealed that the wreath was placed there by Queen Alexandra on behalf of Miss Ada Crossley, the famous Australian contralto. She was often "commanded" to Windsor castle by Queen Victoria, who greatly admired her singing. Once she happened to choose her majesty's favorite song, "O, Rest in the Lord!" The queen wept bitterly and explained that she could never hear that song without thinking of her dead husband, the prince consort, who also had loved it dearly. This was the reason why Miss Crossley sent the wreath. Rainmaking as a Business Twelve years ago this summer the "rainmakers" were at the height of their renown in western Kansas. In going back over its files the Smith Center Pioneer finds that it published this notice in 1892: "I wish to inform the public of Smith county that if they will deposit $500 in some bank of Smith Center, I will make it rain any week a committee appointed for the purpose shall suggest, and if satisfactory to them, I receive the $500, and if not, I receive nothing, after which, if desirable, I will enter into contract with Smith county to furnish rain for so much per cultivated acre through the crop season.—Rube Jarvis." Reason for Kuropatkin's Pleint Gen. Kuropatkin's complaint that his men are too old calls attention to the fact that the Russian system tends to place rather old men with the colors in war time. The liability for service extends from the twenty-first to the forty-third year. The first four years are spent with the colors, and the conscript is then a reservist for 14 years. It is quite likely, therefore, that Kuropatkin has received many reservists of about 39 years of age. Japan's service age is from 17 to 40. Bent Arthur Called Lushunkow. The Chinese name for Port Arthur was Lushunkow; the town had, 20 years ago, only a few thousand inhabitants, and was used as a place for the deportation of criminals. FROM MILL TO MILLIONS. Connecticut Shirt Stitcher Becomes the Bride of a Rich Young New York Manufacturer. New York Special From the mill to millions is the great good fortune of Miss Ada Brierly, shirt stitcher. She is no longer the working girl of New Britain, Conn., toiling daily from seven a. m. to six p. m. Instead, she is now Mrs. Francis Edgar Talcott, of 7 West Fifty-seventh street, New York city, neighbor of the Vanderbilts, Whitneys, Oelricshses and others of the world of fashion and daughter-in-law of James Talcott, the multimillionaire dry goods merchant. The newly-wedded bridegroom is the youngest member of the family of James K. MRS. FRANCIS E. TALCOTT. (Shirt Stitcher Who Recently Became Millionaire's Bride.) Talcott. Young Talcott started in at the bottom. Mr. Talcott also owns a large interest in the New Britain Knitting company, and with these two companies the young man concerned himself. Instead of living with his uncle, one of the richest men in Connecticut, the nephew chose to take a room in a quiet boarding house. This was two years ago. Day after day young Talcott applied himself strictly to business. One man particularly interested him—John Brierly, foreman in the "picker" room. A friendship sprang up between the two—the millionaire's son who wasn't afraid of work and the mill hand. Gradually the college boy found himself spending much of his spare time in the old man's company. Finally, one day he went home with Brierly. "My daughter," said the old man, as a vision clad in dainty white came to meet him. "Miss Ada. She works for the Parker Shirt company." When young Talcott went away after staying to a dainty tea prepared by the girl's own hands, he asked permission to call again. He called again and very soon. Gradually the calls became more and more frequent. Finally the acquaintance changed to an ardent courtship. The young man hadn't bothered telling his father nor his mother. He chose a wedding that was diametrically opposite to a family custom. He elected to go quietly to the parsonage of the Congregational church in New Britain. There Rev. Russell T. Hall, after assuring himself that all the necessary questions had been properly answered, made the mill girl and the heir to the mill man and wife. USE DESTRUCTIVE POWDER Japanese Army Employ Explosive Vastly Superior to Anything Known in the Past. Chefoo (China) Special. The war in the far east has been full of surprises, not only to the Russians, who have suffered so many reverses in their encounters with the Japs, but to military observers of other countries. Not the least im- [Illustration of a man in a suit with a flower on his lapel]. DR. SHIMOSE. (Japanese Chemist Who Invented the Powder Bearing His Name.) portant of these surprises was the discovery, early in the conflict, that the Japanese were using a new powder, vastly superior to anything previously known. It is called Shimose powder, named after the inventor, Dr. Shimose, a Japanese chemist. Its wonderful power is shown by the fact that a shrapnel ball, which with ordinary powder breaks into only 20 or 30 pieces, with the new powder breaks into 200 or 300 pieces, and scatters destruction over a much wider range of territory. Indeed, it is pronounced the most destructive missile ever used. One hundred and fifty splinters from a shell loaded with Shimose powder were extracted from a wounded Russian sailor of the cruiser Varig, sunk in the harbor of Chemulpo in one of the first naval engagements of the war; and Lieut. Gen. Count Keller, the famous Russian commander, was killed by a splinter from one of these shells that burst over a battery whose operations he was watching during the battle of Yangze pass on July 31. HE FOUGHT THE INDIANS. William H. Lee, of Shobonier, Ill. Now Is Sole Pensioner of the Blackhawk War. St. Louis (Mo.) Special. William H. Lee, of Shobonier, Ill, in his eighty-ninth year, is given the distinction by his neighbors in Illinois of being the sole pensioner of the Black Hawk war, and so far as is known the sole survivor of that struggle between the early settlers of the state and the Sac and Fox Indians. Mr. Lee is a relative, by marriage, of Col. M. C. Wetmore, of St. Louis, having married an aunt of the St. Louisan. He comes of that sturdy stock of York state men who came west in the early part of the cen- [Illustration of a man in a suit and bow tie]. WILLIAM H. LEE. (Sole Surviving Pensioner of the Black Hawk War.) tury to make their fight for a home. These rough, determined Illinoisans have gradually diminished in numbers, and the past few years have witnessed the death of the few who survived the last quarter of the century. The sole remaining fighter of the interesting struggle with the Indians was born November 17, 1815, in Cayuga county, N. Y. When young Lee was three years of age his father, accompanied by a large part of his immediate relatives, with their families, came west to Illinois. The party made its way on two rafts and a flatboat constructed from logs. The emigrants took all of their live stock with them in their passage down the Alleghany and Ohio rivers, landing at Shawneetown, from there going to Salem, and finally went to Vandalia, at that time only a small village. At this place Lee grew to young manhood under the hard lessons of frontier life, assisting his father in his grain treadmill and in sawing lumber. At that time the accommodations for grinding produce of the farmers was crude and the state legislature consequently offered the elder Lee a large tract of land on condition that he construct and maintain a water mill for a period of 20 years. Vandalia was the capital of Illinois at the time. Other members of the family also engaged in business, and the Lees secured the privilege of constructing a part of the national highway when it was built. When the Sac and Fox, or as it was known, the Black Hawk, war broke out in 1832. William H. Lee was only 16 years of age, but he possessed courage equal to the hardy training he had received in his Illinois pioneer life. After the close of the war he made three successful trips to New Orleans by boat, which in those days was considered a feat of unusual importance, each time taking large loads of grain. In 1850 he succumbed to the California gold fever, making an overland trip to that part of the country. This trip was followed by two others. On each of the trips large numbers of cattle were taken along as an investment. The party was attacked by Indians on the first trip, but was successful in defeating the red men. On the second journey the party lost all their live stock. The third trip was thoroughly successful. Returning to his farm in Illinois, Mr. Lee has remained there in active charge until within the past few years, when he turned active management over to other hands. None of his children are living. CLIMBING THE PYRAMIDS. It Produces a Peculiar Malady Which Attacks Almost Every Visitor to Cairo. Cairo (Egypt) Special The pyramid limp is a disease that usually attacks the tourist the second or third day after his arrival in Cairo. A THE PYRAMID LIMP. (An Affliction to Which All Travelers in Egypt Are Subject.) To many visitors the pyramids are all there is to be seen in Egypt, and once arrived there they proceed to make the ascent. It is not an easy climb, as these steps are so high that no one can reach them without help from before or behind, and the result is strained and lamed muscles. Residents and habitues recognize the pyramid limp in an instant, and the sufferer is greeted with jeers whenever he makes reference to his sufferings. --- 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. You are up against it when people praise you. If you agree with them they think you are conceived; if you do not agree with them they think you are a bigger fool than you look.—Chicago Tribune. Crab Cheese. Pound some good, rich cheese with a little mustard, oil, vinegar, capene and salt until the consistency of cream of crab. Serve in a fancy dish with thin fingers of crisp toast.—Washington Star. Annoying Accompaniment Probably the actress who objected to her audience's eating peanuts at a performance of Ibsen thought it was playing the shell game on her.—Chicago Journal. Smart Old Uncle. Between 1896 and 1903 Uncle Sam increased his national wealth from $70,000,000,000 to $100,000,000, an increase of $30,000,000,000.—Des Moines Capital Russian Horses. During the last three years Germany imported from Russia 112,616 horses, valued at over $10,600,000. Russia has now prohibited this exportation. French Coast Going. The sea is said to be gradually eating away the French coast, having within the last five years swallowed up no less than 460 acres. 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, 2104 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, 348 30th street, N. E. Corner Armour Ave. T. B. Hall's Cigar Store and Laundry office, 281 29th St. Turner William's Cigar and News Stand, 2903 Armour Ave. Frank H. Hart, 354-31st street, cigars, tobacco and Laundry office. Mrs. W. H. Moore, 4942 State street, cigars, tobacco and news stand. Mrs. E. F. Early, groceries and notions, 2933 State St. The Stationery, 2970 State street. P. S. Hotchkis's Cigars, Notions and News Stand, 131 W. 51st Street. Isidor Jacobson, cigars, togacco and stationery, 3149 State St. Woodfolk and Mitchell Cigars, Tobacco and News Stand, 4902 State Street. News items and advertisements left at these places will find their way into the columns of The Broad An. --- WITH SICKENING THUD. White People of Maine So Affected By News of Young Washington, Jr's Habits in View of Washington, Sr.'s Begging, Says Portland Press. "The Maine people who have contributed in one way or another to the support of the enterprise conducted by Booker T. Washington will be interested in the news which comes from Boston in this wise: "In court at Quincy yesterday Booker T. Washington, Jr., of Weymouth, son of the well-known Colored orator, was arranged for speeding an automobile more than 10 miles an hour on the Meropolitan Park Reservation at Milton. He pleaded nolo contendere and was fined $15. "Young Mr. Washington must be doing very well in society, and otherwise. It would no doubt interest many of his father's supporters to know where he got his automobile and what it cost him to maintain and operate it—not to mention the costs of court. Somehow, considering the amount of assistance which has been solicited for the elder Washington's projects, this news from Boston falls with a dull and sickening thud upon the public mind."—From Providence (R. I.) Journal. CHIPS. Wanted—Men or Women. $3 to $25 daily. Chance to become independent from spare time. Send Stamp. The Maye Co., Greensboro, N. C. Mrs. James Green, 5054 Armour avenue, left last week on an extensive visit with Mr. Green's relatives at Salem, Ohio. Attorney P. J. O'Keeffe, Ashland block, returned home recently from a flying business trip to London, England. Attorney F. M. Barrios, 171 Washington street, left last night for Philadelphia, Pa., where he will spend a week on professional business. Hon. James J. Gray is making a winning race for re-election as a member of the Board of Assessors of Cook county. Its about time for Colonel Roosevelt to invite Prof. Booker T. Washington to eat another ham sandwich with him in the White House. Heather Bloom Unscented Toilet Powder, manufactured in Chicago, Ill., U. S. A., 25 cents per box. Orders upon postal notice to 2958 State street. L. W. Washington, general agent. Miss Blanche Turner, 364 27th street leaves this evening for St. Louis, Mo., where she will spend one week in visiting with friends and taking in the sights of the World's Fair. Mrs. R. B. Jones, 4747 Dearborn street, one of the leaders of the "smart set" in the Town of Lake, is planing to give a whist party in the near future. Oscar DePriets, one of the Republican candidates for County Commissioner, has closed up his Dearborn laundry, which was located on State street near 36th street, and which he only ran about four months. L. R. Murray, 2715 Armour avenue, who was an old reader and supporter of this paper in Salt Lake City, Utah, has within the past three years took unto himself a wife and he will in the future make this city his home. County Commissioners Timothy Cruise and John Budinger have been faithful servants of the people for the past two years and it is needless to say, that they will be re-elected November 8th. Justice Theodore C. Mayer plays no favorites in dispensing justice at the East Chicago Avenue Police Station, and whenever wife beaters or mashers are brought before him, he socks it to them in good shape. Mrs. John J. Bradley, 726 Garfield blvd., the amiable and highly accomplished wife of the popular Alderman of the 36th ward is ever ready to do her part to ameliorate the condition of the poor, the sick and the unfortunate. W. D. Alexander, 2947 Armour avenue, is among the few successful Afro-American detectives in the city. Mr. Alexander is employed by the Northwestern Railroad and its officials sends him to transact business for the road to all sections of the country. It is reported in high society circles that Mrs. Doctor Daniel H. Williams and Mrs. Edward H. Morris are on the outs, owing to the fact that both ladies are desirous of being recognized as the queen or as the exclusive leader of the S. S. S. Club. Lawyer J. Gray Lucas, 167 Dearborn St., attended the meeting of Booker T. Washington's Business League at Indianapolis, Ind., last week, and Mr Lucas is of the opinion "that taking everything into consideration the meeting was not as successful as the one held at Nashville, Tenn., one year ago." The white Democrats down in Arkansas selected a number of colored Democrats to serve as judges and clerks of election last Monday, and H. L. Remmel, the lily white chairman of the Republican state central committee of that state, claims that "ignorant Negroes counted in favor of the Democrats, and against the Republicans." Mrs. Louise Montgomery, 4743 Shields avenue, while on her way home from St. Marks church last Thursday night was held up and robbed of her pocketbook on 47th street near Dearborn. Mrs. Montgomery claims the highwayman was a colored man, and it is the third time within the past two years that she has been relieved of her purse in the same district. Thomas Nelson Page, who declared in the May number of McClure's magazine, that "No colored girl over the age of 14 is virtuous and that the majority of colored women are immoral" is a firm supporter of Col. Roosevelt, and if the Rough Riding Colonel is elected President Thomas Nelson Page the slimy defamer of Negro women is more than likely to become his secretary of state. Justice John Fitzgerald of the Stock Yards Police Court is one of the few men who possesses enough courage to stand by his honest convictions and it never makes any difference to him whether the parties are white or black who are brought before him charged with violating the laws, he will set them at liberty if he does not believe that they have actually committed a crime. Former Mayor John P. Hopkins and Roger C. Sullivan, member of the Democratic National Committee, are feeling jubliant since their trip to New York City, and other points in the East. They confidentially believe that Parker and Davis are dead sure winners. Now that they are back with the sinews of war a whirlwind campaign will begin in this state within the next two weeks which will astonish the natives. Revs. W. S. Brooks of St. Stephen's church and I. N. Daniels of Evanston will make glowing reports at the annual conference of their church, which will be held at Galesburg, Ill., this coming week and those two servants of their Lord should be returned to their present fields of labor, for both of them have accomplished a vast amount of good in their respective communities the past year. The Annual Charity Ball given by the Triangle and Inner Circle Club at the First Regiment Armory, 16th street and Michigan avenue, last Thursday night for the benefit of the Old Folks' Home, was a grand success. Almost one thousand persons attended it. Many of the ladies wore rich and elegant costumes, and they looked ever so cute. The only thing which appeared vulgar on their part was that it seemed that the most of them had their pretty mouths chuck full of gum and they reminded us of a lot of lovely cows chewing on their cuds. Prof. J. W. Hall was up to snuff in calling and prompting, except that he should have been toged up in a full dress evening suit and wore a white shirt and collar and left his light colored outing suit and his tanned shoes at home. 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. 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. Maine Farmer's Queer Purchase. A Woolwich farmer made a curious investment. He purchased in Massachusetts a second-hand hearse and had it shipped to his farm across the river, where he stored it in a shed with the intention of converting the body of the hearse into a potato bin and the running gear into some farm vehicle. The neighborhood boys, however, objected to the near presence of this wagon of death and one night hauled it from its resting place out into a field and made of it a picturesque bonfire, much to the agricultural speculator's displeasure.—Lewiston (Me.) Journal. Queen Alexandra's Book Plate. Lovers of books all have their special bookplate for favorite volumes. Perhaps the most interesting because of its owner is that of Queen Alexandra. In the royal lady's bookplate a border of rose, shamrock and thistle—typifying England, Ireland and Scotland, of course—encireles views of Windsor castle and the queen's old Danish home. A hound and a Japanese spaniel represent her canine pets, and the motto displayed is: "Be faithful unto death." A Meeting Well Timed. He—Do you think your papa would receive me civilly if I were to go to him and ask for you? She—Let me see. I believe you hold a mortgage on papa's business, don't you? He—Yes; and it's about to mature. She—You will be perfectly safe in approaching him at any time or place that may suit your own convenience. —Pittsburg Press. Kind Request. Among a number of notes received by a teacher in excuse for the absence of children was the following: "Dear Teacher: Kindly excuse Minnie for having been absent yesterday, as she fell in the mud on her way to school. By doing the same you will oblige the mother."—Philadelphia Public Ledger. Queer Sex. "Women are certainly queer," remarked the old bachelor. Queer Sex. "What's the answer?" queried the inquisitive person. "The majority of them," replied the o. b., "would rather become pitied wives than remain envied spinsters."—Chicago Daily News. Tastes of the Tongue. The tongue is divided into three regions of taste, the first of which—the tip portion—is chiefly sensible to pungent and acid tastes, the middle portion to sweets or bitter, while the back is confined entirely to the flavors of roast meats, butter, oil, and rich and fatty substances. Sardine Salad. For one large box of sardines, take six hard-boiled eggs, drain off the oil from the fish, remove backbone, tall and skin and mix thoroughly with the eggs, minced fine, season with pepper and salt. Serve plain with vinegar or mayonnaise dressing.—Boston Globe. Go by Yourself. Do not govern your life, which is entirely individual to yourself, by another's outlook. Perhaps he could not accomplish what you have in mind; neither could you accomplish the task he sets for himself.—Commoner. Pompeian Fireplace During some recent explorations at Pompeii an ancient kitchen was unearthed. In the fireplace there was a kettle on the grate, just as it was left over 1,800 years ago by some cook residing in that city. Convenient Glue-Pot An ever ready glue pot is a most useful piece of property. It is easily prepared by putting naphtha in a wide-mouthed bottle and dissolving shellac in it.—Detroit Free Press. It is the duty of every man, especially in an insular nation like ours, to enlarge his knowledge of men and manners by getting out of his own country occasionally.—London Truth. Naturally Accurate All the paraphernalia of a civil engineer isn't in it with the strong arm of a young man when it comes to locating the girl's waist line.—Chicago Daily News. The Austrian marriage laws are very severe. They prohibit alliances between Christians and Jews, and between Christians and infidels. Lightnin' don't strike twice in de same place, kase it does its work so well de fust time dey ain't no use gwine back. Washington Star. No Grass, But Flowers. Strange to say, in Asia and Africa, where grass will not grow, the most beautiful flowers and shrubs flourish in perfection. Our Tea Crop. The United States produced 9,000 pounds of tea the past year, the farms being in North Carolina and Texas. Bound to String. If the professional angler has no fish to string he proceeds to string his friends.—Chicago Daily News. White Women of Transvaal. Census returns show that among the whites in the Transvaal there are only 26 women to each 200 men. ```markdown ``` Joseph A. O'Donnell Henry D. Coghlan O'Donnell & Coghlan Attorneys at Law Phone 264 Main Metropolitan Block N. W. Cor. LaSalle & Randolph Sts. Chicago DEVINE & O'CONNELL ATTORNEYS AT LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK Clerk and Washington St. Telephone, Main 940. CHICAGO. A. D. GASH Attorney at Law, 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago. Suite 615 to 619. Telephone Main 3077. FREDERICK W. JOB ATTORNEY AT LAW 600 MARQUETTE BUILDING Telephone 210-600 Central CHICAGO JOHN E. OWENS ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW 3231 ABHLAND BLOCK TELEPHONE CENTNAL 008 [CHICAGO PHONES {Office, Main 1157 Res. Brown 42 STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS LAWYER Suite 200, 123·125 La Salle Street CHICAGO Telephone Tardis WB Residence, 123 Gurfield D4, JOHN FITZGERALD JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 6787 A. HALSTED STREET. CHICAGO J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney at Law Suite 611 167 Dearborn St., Cor. Monroe. Chicago. Tel. Cent. 5768. Res. Tel. Went. 4892. J. J. HENNESSY, Justice of the Peace, 6301 S. Halsted' St. WILLIAM TREXLER, CLERK. □ TELEPHONE WENTWORTH 4403. Police Magistrate Englewood Police Court. Telephone Main 3553. P. J. O'SHEA ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 1444 Unity Building 79 Dearborn St. Chicago. Robert M. Mitchell Attorney at Law Suite 9, No. 77 South Clark St. CHICAGO WILLIAM RITCHIE ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR. Suite 805-809 Oxford Building 84 LA SALLE ST., CHICAGO Telephone Main 1644. ALBERT B. GEORGE LAWYER. 428 Ashland Block, Chicago. — Vol. M. 2001 — MARCUS RUBEN, (Incorporated) Manufacturer of Outfits for Waiters and Cooks, BARBERS, DENTISTS, BARKEEPERS AND BUTCHERS, 390 State St., Chicago. Phone Harrison 417. ```markdown ``` ILLINOIS BRICK CO. WILLIAM C. KUESTER. SUPERINTENDENT. 1994 N. Western Ave., C N. Western Ave., Ch 1994 N. Western Ave., Chicago. Telephone Lake View 270. JACOB B Market a Telepho 81st and State St HILL 112- STATE Special Sales Througho JACOB FEINBERG Market and Grocer Telephone 565 South and State Sts. CH HILLMAN'S 112-114-116 STATE STREET Real Sales in New Fall Throughout the Store. John J. Bradle Estate, Insurance and managed. Abstracts examined. Renting. Legal paper. Halsted Street Leodore C. May VICE OF THE PE Images, Deeds, Notes and Legal Documents D cknowledged. Room 22, 27 North C JACOB FEINBERG Market and Grocery HILLMAN'S 112-114-116 STATE STREET Special Sales in New Fall Goods Throughout the Store. John J Real Estate, Ins Property managed. Abstracts exa 4709 South Halsted Street Theodore JUSTICE O Mortgages, Deeds, Notes and Acknowledged. John J. Bradley Real Estate, Insurance and Loans Property managed. Abstracts examined. Renting. Legal papers prepared. 4709 South Halsted Street Chicago Theodore C. Mayer JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Mortgages, Deeds, Notes and Legal Documents Drawn and Acknowledged. Room 22, 27 North Clark Street. POLICE MAGISTRATE East Chicago Ave. Police Court CHICAGO Junk's Brewery M. JUNK, Proprietor JOS. P. JUNK, Manager 3700-3710 South Halsted Street and 897 to 929 Thirtyseventh Street CHICAGO Jas. J. McCormick, SAMPLE ROOM IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS 8400 SOUTH HALSTED STREET. Tel. Yards 693 BERG cery CHICAGO N'S all Goods re. Notary Public dley and Loans legal papers prepared. Chicago ayer PEACE ents Drawn North Clark Street. RESIDENCE 337 Burling Street