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THE BROAD AX The Lily White Republicans and President McKinley Favored the Disfranchisement of The Negro in the South in the Interest of Commercialism. Vol. IX The Lily Whit The President McKinle franchisement of South in the merci In order to assist in helping to develpo the growth of the Lily White movement in the South President McKinley made his famous tour through the South and shortly after the Lily White Republican Senators absolutely refused to appropriate one dollar for the benefit of Mrs. Baker, widow of the murdered Postmaster of South Carolina. Throughout that memorable trip President McKinley never intimated to the Southern people that they should or ought to freely accord to all worthy and law-abiding colored people the same rights as previleges which are readily granted about the least hesitation to the most reclusive members of the other races of men; that it is un-American to have a rigid set of laws for the Negro and no laws whatever for white men; that sooner or later the Negro is bound to cherish a feeling of hatred and contempt for those who govern him as long as he is made to feel that he is a criminal and alien in a strange land; that as the President of all the people within the confines of this Republic. Negro bands, Negro military companies, Negro secret societies, and the best class of Negro business men, should have been permitted to participate in the demonstrations given in his honor while in the heart of the South. But President McKinley was so full of the spirit of Lily Whiteism that he was more than willing to pander to the foolish whims and to the prejudices of the whites of the South in relation to the Negro. He failed to urge them to cease in drawing the "Color Line" on the slightest occasion, but he rather encouraged them to do so, for while he was in the city of Atlanta, Ga., he slipped around to a colored church about 12 o'clock at night after he had been wined and dined by the whites, and he admonished the five or six thousand colored people who had assembled in the church to greet him not to "entertain too high notions of their citizenship rights." It was in or near that city that President McKinley exclaimed that "the proudest day of his life was when the ex-rebel soldier pinned the Confederate badge on the lapel of his coat." From Atlanta he journed to Tuskegee, Ala., and while addressing the students of Prof. Booker T. Washington's school he cautioned them "not to aspire to the unobtainable, that they must be contented to remain the hewers of wood and the drawers of water." Did not President McKinley then and there preach the doctrine of the inferiority of the Negro? If he was not guilty of doing so why did he endeavor to dampen or discourage the ardour or the ambitions of those colored students to refrain from desiring to cultivate their minds like the sons and daughters of other nationalities? His utterances in this respect and his views on the Disfranchisement of the Negro were pleasing to the Southern people and he was lauded to the skies by them as the best and the greatest President so far raised up by God to direct or to conduct the affairs of this mighty nation. The immediate result of Persident McKinley's tour through the South ```markdown ``` was to spur the Lily White Republicans on to greater efforts to rid their party of the presence of the Negro, and as the time was fast approaching to select delegates to the Lily White National Republican convention held in Phila. Pa., in June, 1900. The Lily White Republicans in all sections of the South resorted to every mean and contemptible trick known to scheming politicians to prevent colored Republicans being chosen as delegates to that ctnvention. In the city of Boxboro, N. C., former Congressman George H. White and the other colored Republicans were driven away from the convention hall with clubs, and similar tactics were resorted to by the Lily Whites in Virginia, and in other Southern states. This spirit of Lily Whiteism has grown so rapidly in the South that at the present time if any Negro is selected as a delegate to any of the Republican conventions, he is compelled to occupy a "Jim Crow" corner in the hall and not attempt to mix up in any manner, shape or form with the Lily White delegates. President McKinley was re-nominated at the Philadelphia convention and Col. Theodore Roosevelt was chosen as his running mate, and their Lily White managers led them to believe they could win in the Presidential contest of 1900, without catering to any great extent to the Negro voter. Their decision in that direction caused them to refuse to permit a delegation of prominent Negroes headed by P. S. B. Pinchback to appear before the committee on resolutions for the purpose of inducing its chairman Henry C. Payne to insert something in the platform in reference to mob and lynch law and the Negro, but the present Postmaster General simply laughed at Mr. Pinchback and his associates and they were informed by one of his lackies "that the Lily White members of the committee on resolutions had no time to waste on colored people," or words to that effect. Upon the receipt of that information Mr. Pinchback shed tears in the hallway of the hotel where he waited for many hours with the faint hope of being permitted to come in contact with the committee on resolutions, and he vehemently declared "that in former years he was not insulted and ignored in such a manner by the leaders of the Republican party." But it seems that it did not occur to Mr. Pinchback and his conferees that they are still living in a bygone age, that there is as much difference between the Republican party of today and the Republican party of forty years ago as there is between light and darkness—then it stood for human rights and the highest ideals in civil government, but today it stands for trusts, monopolies and for the enrichment of the favored few or the high born at the expense of the toiling millions; then it contended that the slave should be free, but now it is in favor of robbing and murdering innocent men, women and children and destroying their homes, for no other reason than that for more than three hundred years they have struggled to establish a government of their own in the Philippine Islands. Long before the close of the Presi- dentiial contest of 1900 it became evident that Col. William Jennings Bryan would be defeated and William McKinley would succeed himself as President of the United States, and in his second inaugural address he made no reference to mob and lynch law, neither did he have one word to say in his last message to Congress in relation to the status of the Negro, and up until the day of his death he elevated to responsible positions many white men in the South who had always been the bitterest foes and enemies of the Negro, at the same time he ordered the Negro to stand aside to make room for that class of whites who were ever ready to mob and lynch him. He failed to speak out in thunderous tones in favor of the orderly administration of justice and the result was that anarchy and lawlessness reigned supreme in many sections of the country. He favored the Disfranchisement of the Negro in the South in the interest of commercialism, for he believed that the whites of the North and of the South should commune with each other around the thrones of the great commercial kings of this country, regardless of the fact that the civil and the political rights of the Negro were being crushed out between the upper and the lower mill stone. Nevertheless when he passed below the horizon there was the greatest lamentation on the part of the colored people and they refused to be comforted; it seemed as though some invisible power walked up and down the earth and filled their eyes with salt and pepper, for never since the day that we were born had we beheld so many colored people with red eyes as we did on that occasion, and they were in favor of ending the existence of any Negro who failed to take on like unto themselves, over the death of William McKinley. (To be Continued.) What has become of U. S. Senator Albert J. Hopkins, who rewarded the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina by giving them one extra Congressman each because they so successfully disfranchised the Negro and his frothings on the "Negro plank in the Republican platform." has he slumped away in his hole and pulled his hole in after him? Mrs. Susie Cheatmen entertained at dinner Sunday at her residence 243 Ashland Blvd. The parlors were beautifully decorated with cutflowers and plants. Mrs Cheatman is a charming entertainer. Among those present were: Miss Labbor, Miss Bell Sullivan, Mrs. Wm. Thomas, Messrs Curtis Thomas, Webster J. Tompkins, S. M. Prollard. Prof. John J. Smallwood, president of the Temperance, Industrial and Collegiate Institute, Claremont, Virginia, is in the city stopping at the home of Mrs. Griffin, 2609 Wabash avenue, and part of the time he is the guest of his old Preceptor, Ex-Judge John E. Ricketts, 6530 Madison avenue, who is a true blue Virginian. Prof. Smallwood has been on a successful lecturing tour through the northwest in the interest of his school. He is doing good work for the race in the South and many of the wealthy white friends of the Negro in this city are contributing money to aid him in his laudable work. Thomas Taggart, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, struck town Monday morning and John P. Hopkins and Roger Sullivan took breakfast with him at the Grand Pacific Hotel, after which they proceeded to the Sherman House, where he was presented to all the leading politicians throughout the state. In the morning Secretary D. J. Hogan introduced us to Mr. Taggart and in the afternoon S. A. T. Watkins and the writer held a short conference with him. "Tom" Taggart is a hall fellow well met. He is active, full of push and vim, and is the right man to be at the head of the National Committee. Chairman Taggart stated that "many of the most intelligent colored men in all sections of the country are getting in line for Judge Alton B. Parker and that he will be the next President of the United States. ```markdown ``` A. L. PEARSON One of the Leading and Progressive News, Virginia, Who Is Making Many ern City for The Broad Ax. A. L. Pearson the subject of this sketch came into this world in North Carolina. At the age of five years his mother died. Four years later his father passed away and at that tender age he was compelled to paddle his own canoe. The last words of his parents have been his guiding star. They were: "Son, fear your Creator, obtain wisdom and understanding, keep good company, refrain from getting drunk, do not steal, be honest and polite and never allow anyone to intrude on you without proper resentment, be industrious, have an object in view and do all the good you can." With these sound words of wisdom and with one shirt, one pair of knee pants and with an old straw hat with the rim torn off, he ran away from the relatives of his parents and started life's journey for himself. In time the thirst grew within him to acquire knowledge and as the years rolled by he worked at hard labor in the summer months, saved his earnings which enabled him to attend school in the winter. Finally he graduated from the higher school and then he spent one year in an academy near Raleigh, N. C. Later on he was able to enter Shaw University, which is one of the finest and best colleges for colored people in the South. He spent the best part of four years in that institution, which fitted him to become a teacher of the race. But disliking the Disfranchising measure which became a law in North Carolina in 1900, he left that state and since that time, he has traveled from the borders of Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, studying the conditions and the possibilities of the Negro. Eight months was spent by him in studying the habits of the Afro-Americans in Chicago, but not enjoying the best of health here, Mr. Pearson decided to locate in New Port News, Va. where he is learning the art of ship building. By thrift and industry he holds a deed to almost one hundred acres of land near Raleigh, N. C. He is held in the highest esteem by many warm friends at home and abroad and figures quite conspicuously in Masonic circles. He is full of race pride and a strong supporter of this paper because it stands for the right. The little nine months' old daughter of Mrs. Sadie Ganway, 5034 Armour Ave., won the prize at the Country Fair, which was held in connection with St. Marks Church, 47th and State Sts., last week, as being the handsomest baby in the Town of Lake. Frank D. Comerford who will be elected to the legislature this fall from the second senatorial district, has opened up an elegant suite of law offices on the eighth floor of the Tribune Bldg. and right from the start Mr. Comerford is doing a rushing business. Afro-American Citizens of New Port Friends in that Enterprising South- REV. DR. S. TIMOTHY TICE AND NATIONAL DEMOCRACY. Reply to Defender's Editorial. Rev. S. Timothy Tice, one of the leading Afro-American preachers in this country is supporting Judge Alton B. Parker for President of the United States, and the following letter by him to the editor of The Defender at Scranton, Pa., is full of sound logic and is worth any one's time to carefully peruse it: Dear Dr. Astwood: In my judgment you are a bold, fearless champion, an able editor. Thus I send you this brief reply to your editorial of Sept. 10. First, Dr. Tice is not an old-time Democrat of Baltimore, Md., having never resided in Baltimore. But Rev. Mr. Tice in Maryland did oppose the re-election of the Negro-hating Governor Lloyd Lowdnes, and had the courage of his honest conviction by openly leading the fight which a multitude of would-be leading clergymen and citizens justly inaugurated against Lowdnes, but let up on account of sentiment. Maryland has never had a governor more bitterly opposed to Negro progress than Lloyd Lowdnes, whom I helped to defeat. The facts and all of the relative contingencies bearing upon that campaign justified Dr. Tice's position. The Jim Crow cars, etc., came about in Maryland, as they have in other states of the South. Multum-Emparyo. I was not ashamed of my position then, I am fully able to stand in its defense now. Relative to the present National campaign and its issues, I am honest in stating, that I do not believe the Negro plank in the National Republican platform to be beneficial to the best interest of the Negroes of this country, whether the Republicans win or be defeated. This Negro declared platform will work detriment to the colored voters of this country, and is, I believe intended to eliminate the black man from national politics. Time and space forbids my discussion of this measure in your excellent journal. No one feels more keenly than myself the prejudices and injustices inflicted upon us as a race, and no one is more willing than yourself to do all possible to overcome it. I know what it is to have a dark skin and to be discriminated against in church and state. We can not justly and truthfully charge the injustices inflicted upon the Negroes of this country to the Democratic party. There is a colorphobia in the breasts of a large majority of the white and colored people of this country irrespective of political parties. The solution of the Negro problem, cannot be brought about by the triumph of either political party. As a race we must study our environments, the conditions of the times and put forth our best efforts to bring about a practical solution of the existing troubles in this country. The No.48 leaders of the Republican party of today are not to be compared with Lincoln, Sumner, Grant, and their contemporaries. The principles of Republicanism like those of Jeffersonian Democracy stand for the equal justice to all men, but these latted day saints stand for graft, trust domination, caste, etc., but for little of humane equity, and racial development. I am very well acquainted with the harpers of a large majority of Republican campaigners, both black and white, and know why many of them are line, etc., a turning on of the political search-light will reveal many startling things. Sir, you refer to my position in my church, etc. As an American citizen, I have a right to exercise my suffrage. I have never sought to associate my church with any political machine or party, as a Christian churchman I am trying under God to do my full duty along Christian lines. I have never, nor do I ever, intend to even discuss politics pro or con with my fellow Christians as a stepping stone or to fill my coffers under the guise of patriotism. This is more than some of the demagogues of our beloved Zion can truthfully say. The African M. E. church is no Republican political organization, as you state, and God grant that it may never become such. This is to state with emphasis, Rev. S. Timothy Tice, will, under God, discharge his Christian duties as a minister in the A. M. E. church independent of politics. Woe to that man or class of men who for political gain will or may dare attempt to interfere with S. T. Tice, because of the honest exercise of his franchise right. It would do the race infinitely more good to discuss the real issues of this campaign than tt attempt to ridicule any individual member or members on account of expressing their honest convictions. It is far better that we leave our church out of this political question. Relative to the influence of Dr. Tice may be able to exert over the Negro voters of New York. He may not at present be able to tell, but Tice knows this much, that he has the moral courage to stand by his honest convictions even though he may stand alone. Now, if Bishop W. E. Derrick and Charles Anderson want to run a Republican political campaign in New York, Tice has no objection. He does have common sense enough to know that they will not run it on wind. A wholesale lot of Negro Republican cries are urged and propelled onward more for the cents and dollars than for their professed principles. Please pardon reply in this strain. Should you permit a discussion in your valuable paper, why S. Timothy Tice dissents from the Republican party's platform, I will be too glad to enter the arena upon high and honorable grounds, and fairly discuss the issues of this campaign. I am not an old boasted citizen of New York. I am living here, however, and hope to spend many years in this grand old Empire state, a full fledged American citizen, casting my political lot for what I believe to be for the best interest of my church, the race and this nation. Yours respectfully, S. TIMOTHY TICE. 991 St. Mark's Ave. Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams, 6510 Langley avenue, and her sister, Mrs. Neeley, arrived in the city Sunday morning from Danville, Ky., where they spent the past two months. James C. Blaney, Chief Boiler Inspector for the city of Chicago, John C. Schubert, and John O'Neill, left Thursday evening on an outing trip to Manitowish, Wisconsin, and while in the northern section of that state they will hunt, fish, and rest in Mr. Schubert's summer cottage. It looks as if Dr. Bentley compromised. He should have made the fight by going to the banquet. Men in the North must not criticise Southern men when they do and would do as they do when placed amidst the same conditions. The North is weak, and is growing weaker.—The Advocate, Portland, Ore. ```markdown ``` PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestants, Priscata, Infidelia, Farmers, Single Taxes, Republicans, Knights of Labor, or any one else can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year..... $0.00 Six Months..... 1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX $0.00 Armour Avenue, Chicago. JULIEUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., as Second-class Matter. According to Consul Dalgoro 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 and 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, persons keep the drama moving. A story of Dickens' is not an anecdote, but a history. 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 institution of the south coast 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. Putting Off the Evil Day. 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. Gentle Hint "It is the little things," remarked the boarding house landlady, "that annoy us most." "Yes," rejoined the irreverent moarder, "these small steaks, for example."—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 Remove Smoke Odor It is said that a room may be quickly 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 a small royal crown. At Charenton, France, the first number has been published of the Journal de Charenton. The paper is edited and printed by inmates of the lunatic asylum. French Bapestry. The manufacture of some of the finest French tapestry is so slow that an artist cannot produce more than a quarter of a square yard in a year. Chance for Writers. A Japanese magazine has been started This will give the Jap generals and admirals something to do after the war is over.—Chicago Record-Herald. Cheap. "She married one of nature's noble men." "Yes—got him without spending a cent."—Detroit Free Press. Siberia's Exiles. Nearly 40 per cent. of the population of Siberia are Russian exiles. Ozar Likes Corn. Green corn on the cob is said to be a favorite dish with the ozar. Deeds, Not Words. Virtue is not a matter of vocabulary. Chicago Tribune. His Favorite Dish. "Stonewall" Jackson delighted by buckwheat cakes. Paris' Auto Sprinklers. Automobile watering cards are used in Paris. 15 The American Walter In Politica. He who takes the Negro waiter for a fool, let him read the other page of his political notes; because he has something more tt learn about the political game of control. He who thinks the Negro waiter can be used to pull the chestnuts out of the fire for their individualism, let his associate with them, and they will know their thoughts about the now existing condition and he will not be mistaken either. The fellow who boasted to his neighbor that the waiters' union was out of existence, has been glad to admit that it is here to stay. Mr. Cozart and Casey and others will hereafter be a little more discrete when meddling with its affairs. You may dig the pit that your brother may be wiser than yourself and softly pass, when at the same time you will forget the effect of your labor and stumble and fall in the very ditch you dig. It does not hurt a headwaiter to be a man and a gentleman always, for he is but headwaiter yesterday, his captain may be in his stead today. In 1888 the Negro W. C. CLAYTON. General Organizer of the Walter's Union at Hyde Park. walter marched in the procession, and voted accordingly, and. Benjamin Harrison was elected President of these United States of America. It was not long before they read the congratulations of the President to the Negro by a committee of Negro ministers, "Gentlemen, my hands are tied." In 1892 they gave their hearty support, but their efforts this time was lost. for Cleveland was elected, and the treatment they received from their supposed enemy was to them surprising. They did not suffer as they thought. In 1896 they once more rallied as they never did before. They gave the largest demonstration that was given by white or black, one at Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Church, 24th street and Wabash avenue, and the other at 16th and State streets at Tattersall's. When 13,000 people crowded into that building to hear Bishop B. W. Arnett and J. Madison Vance. At Quinn Chapel, the Negro waiter came to the front with 3,000 persons that edifice, and as many more on the outside, and gave Charley Anderson of New York City, N. Y., more than has been given any speaker this side of the Atlantic ocean. This same waiter one week later through his efforts and by his agitation placed in Tattersall's that many more. In 1900 this same waiter once more came to the front and put 5,000 people into the Coliseum, having upon that occasion the Hon. Marcus A. Hanna, of Ohio, the chairman of the National Committee. He promised them then that if McKinley was elected that there would be more laws enacted during his administration than had ever been enacted before in the Negro's favor. He pleaded with the Negro to give the Republican party one more chance, and unitedly they gave him this chance. His actions speaks for themselves. Out of these gatherings and the large vote cast by the Negro waiter of America for the party. What has the Negro waiter to show for the faithful service rendered—Nothing. Not one appointment. No, not one. But we did see Bro. Greener appointed minister to Vladerovistok, Russia. We did see Mr. Barnett appointed as assistant state's attorney for 8 years. We did see Mr. Thomas T. Fortune made paymaster of the U. S. Army and the railroad men honored by the appointment of the Hon. Edward Green at Springfield. But the Negro waiter, who shouldered the political burden got soup and a slap in the face by the very men who are today seeking his support. Not the Real Thing Not the Real Thing. Husband-You say this is venison? What induced you to buy it? Wife-Well, the butcher said it was cheap and- Husband-If he had told you it wasn't deer he would have been nearer the truth.-Philadelphia Ledger. "Did that bank cashier come well recommended?" "Very. He refunded over half what he embezzled at his last place."—Pank. OPTIMISM CHARACTERISTIC. Chinese Woman Declares It Is a Dominant Trait of the Americans. Mme. Wong Kai Kah, the wife of the Chinese commissioner to the St. Louis fair, was asked the other day if she liked America. "I like it well," she answered, "so well, in fact, that I have bought a large tract of land in the west." "What appears to you to be the dominant American trait?" was asked her. "Hopefulness," she answered; "a cheerful perseverance, an industrious optimism. This trait governed a young man whom I met the other night at a dinner party. He was a medical student, and some one said to him: "Don't you despair of ever building up a practice in medicine?" "Indeed, no,' he answered. "But you will admit that the profession is already overcrowded?" "Oh, perhaps it is,' said the young man. And then, with a laugh, he added: 'But I propose to graduate in medicine, just the same, and those who are already in the profession will have to take their chances.'" LEOPOLD'S $75,000 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. 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Washington.—There will be some interesting shifts in army circles within the next month, one of the most interesting and important of which is the detail of Maj. Gen. Henry C. Corbin to the command of the department of the Philippines. This will bring about transfers in the United States and will send Maj. Gen. Mai. 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. Mrs. Hanna Gets Cabin Home. 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 best-adapted 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 indicate 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. 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 Path. 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 notoriously. 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 Zangibar. 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 employees. 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 CAR WORN FUND Givas Without Solicitation. formerly a good proportion of the 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 employees 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. 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 "The lady at Saratoga gets more out of her visit than does the gentleman who takes her there," says Charles E. Prevathan, 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 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 Plaint. 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. Port 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 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 Mil- lionaire's Bride.) 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- A. (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 Yaugze pass on July 31. 1 William H. Lee, of Shobonier, Ill. Now Is Sole Pensioner of the Blackhawk War. 81 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- A. H. 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. The pyramid limp is a disease that usually attacks the tourist the second or third day after his arrival in Cairo. 1 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. --- 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. 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. And Comfortable is to have your hair nicely combed and put up in the latest style. If your hair is kinky and harsh it looks untidy and hurts when you try to comb it. You can easily change all that and make your hair straight, soft, beautiful and easy to comb by using the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow, it also gives that healthy glow to the hair so much desired. One bottle will do it. For over forty years ladies of refinement have been using it with great success. Warranted harmless, and never fails. Only 50 cents a bottle. Sold by durgists, or send us 50 cents for a bottle. We pay all express charges. Address Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wabash avenue, Chicago, Ill. THE BROAD AX. Is for sale at the following news stands: The Afro-American News Office, 3104 State Street. J. C. Campbell, cigars, tobacco and fancy groceries, 4710 State street. Edward Felix's Cigar Store, 368 30th street, N. E. Corner Armour Ave. T. B. Hall's Cigar Store and Laundry office, 281 29th St. Turner William's Cigar and News Stand, 2903 Armour Ave. Mrs. B. Williams, Cigars, Notions and News Stand, 486½ State street. Frank H. Hart, 354-31st street, cigars, tobacco and Laundry office. S. K. King, cigars and news stand, 3010 State St. B. Davis, cigars, tobacco, and confectionery, 3532 State st. C. J. Chambers and Company, dealers in fine cigars, 2958 State street. The Stationery, 2970 State street. P. S. Hotchkis's Cigars, Notions and News Stand, 131 W. 51st Street. Woodfolk and Mitchell Cigars, Tobacco and News Stand, 4903 State Street. News items and advertisements left at these places will find their way into the columns of The Broad Am. ```markdown ``` The Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. Masons of the State of Florida, which E. A. Bryant, Grand Master; J. M. Maddock, Deputy Grand Master; A. J. Kirksey, Senior Grand Warden; William N. Dean, Junior Grand Warden; C. M. Baught, Grand Treasurer; A. J. Jackson, Grand Secretary; is recognized among all the regular and legal Masonic Grand Lodges in the United States to be the only regular and legal Masonic Grand Lodge in the State of Florida. E. E. Franklin, the illustrious Deputy of the Scottish Rite and the Mystic Shrine for the State of Florida, is one of the reliable colored men of the city of Jacksonville, Fla. and is an active and go ahead Mason. Illusrious H. P. Broadus, 33, of Homestead, Pa., is Grand Master of the only regular and legal Masonic Grand Lodge or A. F. and A. Masons in the State of Pennsylvania. He has served in that position for several years and is a zealous worker in the Masonic vineyard and for the upbuilding of Free Masonry in the State of Pennsylvania, and the members of the Masonic fraternity owe to him a lasting debt of gratitude for the great Masonic work that he has done in the State of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Isadore Nelson, of Cambridge, Mass., is the worthy Supreme Vice Grand Matorn of the Supreme Grand Court of Daughters of Sphinx, and is one among the prominent ladies of Cambridge, Mass., and is highly honored by the people in that state. She is an enthusiastic and zealous worker in the Order of Daughters of Sphinx and is the Grand Secretary of the Supreme Grand Court of Heroines of Jericho of the United States and Canada- The exposure of some of the illegitimate and unlawful Masonic work of some of the colored grand lodges in the United States is now having a wholesome effect upon the members of the Masonic Order. Large numbers of them all over the country have commenced to get their eyes opened and read for themselves. In the near future the legal status of the so-called grand lodge of Missouri, which the Omaha Enterprise at Omaha, Neb., has published as Grand officers: C. G. Williams, Grand Master, Boonville, Mo.; M. S. Bryant, Deputy Grand Master, Liberty, Mo.; S. W. Vaugh, Senior Grand Warden, Weston, Mo.; T. A. Jordan, Junior Grand Warden, St. Louis, Mo.; R. T. Coles, Grand Treasurer, Kansas City, Mo.; J. H. Pelham, Grand Secretary, Hannibal, Mo., which will be discussed and the facts stated in reference to the organization and the work of this Grand Lodge. Dr. W. C. Lane, 33, of Cambridge, Mass., is a prominent practicing physician of that city, and ranks among the leading physicians and surgeons in the medical profession throughout the country, and is highly respected by the people of that state. He is the Grand Secretary General of the United Supreme Council of Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Masons for the United States of America and its territories and dependencies. Mrs. Ada Braddock, of Jacksonville, Fla., for twelve years has occupied the office of Most Grand Matron of the Grand Court of Heroines of Jericho of that state and that Grand Court is the only legal and regular recognized Grand Court of Heroines of Jericho in the state of Florida. Mrs. Braddock is also the second Most Worthy Vice Supreme Grand Matron of the Supreme Grand Court c. Heroines of Jericho of the United States and Canada. 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 Crabs. 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. . CHIPS Wanted—Men or Women. $3 to $25 daily. Chance to become independent from spare time. Send Stamp. The Maye Co., Greensboro, N. C. 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. Col. Robert E. Burke is doing everything in his power to aid in the election of Judge Alton B. Parker as President of the United States Mrs. James Green, 5054 Armour avenue, returned home Thursday evening from her extensive and pleasant visit to Salem, Ohio. Mrs. S. C. Tyler, 5026 Armour Ave., arrived home Thursday after spending six weeks in traveling with her husband through the west and the east. Vice-presidential candidate Fairbanks and none of the other Lily White Republican orators are having one word to say on the "Negro plank in the Republican platform." Mrs. Stephen Hamlet, 5036 Armour Ave., underwent an operation at Provident Hospital the past week and she is now home, fast recovering and regaining her strength. Hon. Chas. S. Thornton, of the well-known law firm of Thornton and Chancellor, Masonic Temple., is home again from spending six weeks in New York City on legal business. Mr. E. E. Hazen, president of the Castoria - Company, 1231 Wasbash Ave., is numbered among Chicago's many able business men and his company are making preparations to boom things this coming season. The following wheel horses of Democracy will have charge of the campaign in this city and county, which will open in full blast Oct. 1st Thomas Carey, chairman of the general committee will also serve as chairman of the finance committee, of which the other members are: E. M. Lahiff, John J. Hayes, Roger C. Sullivan, Thomas Gahan, Thomas Webb, Senator John Powers. The committee on discipline, appointed for the purpose of protecting the interest of Mayor Harrison consist of: William H. Ehemann, John A. Mullen, John Neuse, James Lyons, John J. Bradley, Charles J. Healy. Chairman of other committees are as follows: Judiciary—William E. Dever. Auditing-E. J. Kelly. City organization-George C. Mc Connell. Town organization-James A Pugh Precinct organisation - John J. Coughlin. Literature-James J. Gray. Education-W. H. Lyman. Foreign nationalities—William Loeffler. Speakers—John J. Hayes. Printing—Edward M. Lahiff. Halls and public meetings—F. X. Brandecker. Primaries and contest—Jamès A. Quinn. Naturalization—S. F. Leachman. Registration—John Powers. 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. The Ship We Sail In. Remember that "every ship is a romantic 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 a good, 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 tablespoonful of butter and one well-beaten egg. Sake for an hour and a half. Washington Star. Visitor—What is that horrible grinding noise I heard this morning about eight? Flatdweller—The folks in the flat below had toast for breakfast.—Baltimore American. A favorite dish) with the Eskimo is an ice-cream made of seal oil, into which snow is stirred until the desired consistency has been obtained; then frozen berries of different kinds are added. The Square Pegs. The misfits of life, the square pegs in the round holes, cause all the trouble. 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 consistency is obtained.—Detroit Free Press. Can Be Believed. 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 educated than the east. The Thibetans have a week of five days, named after iron, wood, water, feathers, and earth. Conjugal Courting. The husband who keeps on courting his wife never complains about an unhappy home. American Radium. Prof. Alexander H. Phillips, of Princeton, is known as the discoverer of American radium. Not Mental. The work of a pickpocket is done in a moment of abstraction.—Chicago Daily News. 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. "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, tail 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. Severe Marriage Laws. The Austrian marriage laws are very severe. They prohibit alliances between Christians and Jews, and between Christians and infidels. Doen't Have To Lightnin' don't strike twice in de same place, kase it does its work so well de fust time dey ain't to use gwine back— Washington Star 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 MELIS J. DEVING JERSELLAH R. O'CONNELL DEVINE & O'CONNELL ATTORNEYS AT LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK Clark and Washington Sts. 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 SIR MARQUETTE BUILDING Telephone 5310 Central CHICAGO JOHN E. OWENS ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW 323 ASHLAND BLOCK TELEPHONE CENTNAL 998 CHICAGO PHONES {Office, Main 1157 Res. Brown 42 STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS LAWYER Suite 200, 123-125 La Salle Street CHICAGO Oakland Home Towne WV Residence, MD Garfield DL JOHK FITZGERALD JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 4707 S. 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. I. HENNESSY, Justice of the Peace, 6301 S. Halsted St. WILLIAM TREXLER, CLERK. TELEPHONE WENTWORTH 4403. Police Magistrate Englewood Police Court. 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 300-300 Oxford Building 84 LA SALLE ST., CHICAGO Telephone Main 1644. ALBERT B. GEORGE LAWYER. 628 Ashland Block, Chicago. MARCUS RUBEN, (Incorporated) Manufacturer of Outfits for Waiters and Cooks, BARBERS, DENTISTS, BARKEEPERS AND BUTCHERS, 390 State St., Chicago. Phone Harrison 617. ```markdown ``` ILLINOIS BRICK CO. 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 R Market a Telepho 81st and State St HILL 112-1 STATE Special Sales Throughout 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. Bradley Estate, Insurance and Managed. Abstracts examined. Renting. Legal paper. Halsted Street Theodore C. May VICE OF THE PE Images, Deeds, Notes and Legal Documents Knowledged. 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 exam 4709 South Halsted Street Theodore JUSTICE OF 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 Telephone Yards: 718 Junk's Brewery M. JUNK, Proprietor JOS. P. JUNK, Manager 3700-3710 South Halsted Street and 897 to 929 Thirtyseventh Street CHICAGO IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS 8004 SOUTH HALSTED STREET. Tel. Yards 693 CHICAGO BERG cery CHICAGO N'S all Goods re. Notary Public dley and Loans legal papers prepared. 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