The Broad Ax

THE AFRO-AMERICANS Fail to Render Hearty Support to Their Newspapers. They Must Remember that the Pen is Mightier or More Powerful than the Sword. There are in the United States, according to the best authority available, 156 Newspapers and magazines devoted to the interest of the colored race. Of these, 121 are published weekly, 20 monthly and 15 semi-monthly. The geographical distribution of the colored newspapers is as follows: colored newspapers is as follows: Published in the South, 95; in the West, 39, and in the East, 22. The relative standing of the various states as to the number of colored newspapers published within their borders is as follows: Alabama and Georgia each; 14; Mississippi, 13; Texas, 11; Illinois, and North Carolina, each 10; Pennsylvania and Kentucky each 8; Missouri, 6; Massachusetts, South Carolina and Florida, each 6; District of Columbia, Tennessee, Virginia, each 4; Indiana, Colorado Ohio, New Jersey and New York each 3; Maryland, California, Kansas, Nebraska, each 2; Louisiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Indian Territory, each 1. When to the number of Negro journals to each 1,000 of colored inhabitants is considered some surprising results develop. Tabulated by sections the figures are as follows: Negro Journals Per 1,000 People. Southern States, 1 to each 81,000. Eastern States, 1 to each 20,000. Western States, 1 to each 15,000. The circulation of these papers, according to Rowell's newspapers directory for 1903 the best authority available, is as follows: Southern States, for a black population of 7,706,384,115,000; Eastern States for a black population of 444, 597, 64,000; Western States, for a black population of 597,162,74,000. In other words Negro journals in the south reach but one person in each 67,000 colored inhabitants; in the west one in each 7,000, and in the east, one in each 8,000. While figures of circulation are of course largely estimates it is interesting to observe that the directory for 1903 shows for 20 selected colored newspapers a circulation of 80,508 in 1900, and for 1903, 53,281, a decrease of 27,287, or 34 per cent. This would seem to indicate that our journals are not receiving the degree of support to which they are entitled and that the people are indifferent to perhaps the most potential agent at their command for the redress of their grievances. Among the white element of the population the journalist is given first place in the bestowal of honors, and the newspaper is universally relied upon for information and guidance upon all matters of public moment. Is it fair to expect the colored journalist to render the best service possible when he is accorded but the most indifferent support, and when, taking the country as a whole there is but one Negro reader of Negro papers for each 35,000 inhabitants?" In this connection it might be truthfully said that the Negro has not advanced to that stage of civilization to fully realize the power and influence which the newspapers, however insignificant they may be, exert over the minds of men. In speaking of newspapers recently Justice Gaynor, of New York, declared that "A four-Inch paragraph favoring or opposing any proposition inserted in a newspaper of one thousand circulation does more to mould the opinions of the people than a meeting composed of ten thousand which may be addressed by the ablest orators." Napoleon, the greatest warrior of ancient or modern times on one occasion exclaimed that "he would rather face an army composed of three hundred thousand soldiers with all the accoutrements of modern warfare, than to have three newspapers firing into the rear of his army." The immortal Thomas Jefferson let it be known before passing away from this earth "that as far as he was concerned he would rather reside in a country without a government, with plenty of newspapers, rather than live in a country with a government and no newspapers." It was the pens of William Lloyd Garrison, Benjamin Lundy, E. F. Lovejoy, Charles Osborne, Frederick Douglass and a few other brave and courageous men, through the columns of their small newspapers that revolutionized the public sentiment of this country in favor of the abolition of slavery; it was their pens dipped in burning fire and gall which made it possible for others who stood idly by at that time and refused to raise their little fingers to assist them in their heroic struggles for humanity, to wear the crown or the wreath of glory, later on owing to the results which flowed from the war of the rebellion. Right at the present time it seems hard for the Negro to realize the fact that "there are more than five hundred papers or articles written in opposition to the Negro, and in favor of keeping him down intellectually, morally and in every other way, to one article written advocating his elevation along the pathway which leads on up to the highest mental, moral and intellectual attainments." He is unable to comprehend this great fundamental truth that "he will never be able to throw off the yoke of oppression which is fastened round his neck with iron clasps, until he learns to render hearty support to his own newspapers. For there are not ten newspapers in the United States published in the interest of the white race whose editors feel that they are obligated under all circumstances to fight the battles for the Negro, and there are not ten Negro newspapers in the United States that can run one year without depending upon the support and patronage in the way of advertising and so on, from the whites. As we have said before, as long as the Negro manifests a disposition not to support his own race publications, what can he expect? And what does he deserve? Will he not wake up from his long sleeping or snoring spell long enough to drink in this one self evident truth that "there will be no perceptable change in his civil or political status in this country for many years to come, and that he will continue to be the under dog in the fight until public sentiment is radically changed in his favor through the medium of his own newspapers? With remarkable ability the average Negro can tell you all about the Holy Ghost desending from heaven in the shape of a white dove, which made Love to marry the wife of Joseph—the mother of Jesus, who brought three or four other children into this old world aside from the son of God. He can very minutely relate how the three Hebrews rested up in the firey furnace without getting one hair on their heads singed by the roaring flames. He can explain how Daniel happened to tarry so long in the lions den, without being devoured by them. But the Negro is as dumb as an oyster when he is called upon to elaborate on the achievements of the scholars and authors belonging to his own race. Therefore let the Negro refrain from expending so much time in studying the wild and visionary stories in the Bible, and devote more of his time in familiarizing himself with the literary productions of those of his own flesh and blood; then it will not be hard for him to learn that the pen HEW TO THE LINE. M. Will deliver an address in Handel Hall, 40 Randolph st., for the benefit of the Ingersoll Memorial Association, Sunday evening, Nov. 27, at 8 o'clock. Admission 25 cents. His subject will be "Liberty." is more powerful or mightier than the sword, as Victor Hugo says in his eloquent and classical oration on that great humanitarian "Voltaire"—that Voltaire uttered a loud shriek of horror, which penetrated down to the bottom of his warm, liberty-loving heart, when he beheld the priesthood and the church cutting the tongues out of the mouthes of the people, pouring melted lead in their ears, tearing them to pieces over the racks, blinding them by putting out their eyes, simpl y because they would not yield obedience to the church and the priesthood in all things. Voltaire, alone, with his pen, in the presence of those united forces, the court, the nobility, the church, capital, that unconscious power, the blind multitude, that terrible majesty so severe to subjects, so docile to the master, crushing and flattering, kneeling upon the people before the King: that clergy vile, melange of hypocrisy and fanaticism, Voltaire, alone, we repeat it, declared war against that collation of all the social iniquites against that enormous and terrible world, and he accepted battle with it. And what was his weapon? That which has the lightness of the wind and the power of the thunderbolt—a pen. With that weapon he fought, with that weapon he conquered! Our contention is that if Voltaire could stand up single-handed and alone, and work up and create a sentiment which compelled the rulers or the authorities of the church and or France itself, to accord to the people their religious and political liberty, what could several hundred able Negro writers accomplish in the way of creating public sentiment in favor of the Negro being permitted to enjoy all of his rights, if their publications were properly supported? For it hath been said by that eminent authority, who was one of the greatest champions of the manhood rights of the Negro, Wendell Phillips, that "Armies are nothing, Courts are nothing, Laws are nothing, unless they are backed up by public sentiment." And mark our words, the Negro can never expect to have public sentiment on his side until he is willing to heartily and cheerfully support newspapers published exclusively for the advancement of his race. For printer's ink and education tinged with irony and song saps away the strong foundations of all monumental wrongs! Alderman Alfred W. Bellfuss may be induced to accept the Republican nomination for City Treasurer of Chicago. If so, his nomination would be hailed with delight by all the newspaper men, for Alderman Bellfuss has always been very popular with them. THRIVING VILLAGE OF NEGROES MARYLAND TOWN OF COLORED PEOPLE WHO OWN THEIR BANKS AND STORES. Progressive and Prosperous, but Consumption is Decimating .Their Numbers. There is not a colored residence within the corporate limits of Sharps town, Md., but about one-half mile from town, and extending two miles into the district and out to the Delaware line on the southeast, is the colored residential section of the district of 300 population and sixty qualified colgred voters. They are industrious and economical in their living, and 90 per cent of them own their own homes unincumbered: They are cleanly in appearance, and have homes and furnishings that are neat and comfortable. A visit to their cemetery, which forms a part of their churchyard, bought in the days of slavery, reveals the fact that death is fast depleting their ranks, and it is not confined to old age. Seeing, as the writer did recently, twelve new-made graves, and realizing that this was something unusual, an investigation was made as to the cause. Seventeen died during the last two years from consumption. During this period but four other deaths had occurred from all other causes. These consumptives died within a raidus of less than two miles, embracing only a small area of Sharpstown district. The deaths within this period from consumption alone in the colored residential section of not more than 300 men, women and children, have been nearly as many as the deaths of the whites from all other causes in the district, including a town of 800 people. Alarms the Negroes. This condition has become alarming to the colored people, but the anxiety does not end here. Perhaps there are now as many as fifteen consumptives who are apparently far advanced with the disease. Some are confined to their rooms. The disease kills rapidly, and in a few months their sufferings end. Dr. Hunter McGuire, a physician of international reputation, said five years ago while lecturing to the students at the Unuliversity College of Medicine at Richmond, Va., on tuberculosis, that consumption would be one of the means by which the colored race would be exterminated, as the unsanitary condition of their living would eventually produce serious plumonary troubles. The above mortality would seem to verify his prophecy, in a small degree as least, but in this case it can not be attributed to their sanitary conditions, for these people are far superior to the general average of their race. One cause that may be assigned, however, is that of exposure in work. The men and women work to the limit of endurance to earn money for themselves and families. They are ambitious. Another cause is the physicial degeneracy resulting from marrying and intermarrying in the same families, not only of their home people, but of near blood kin. These colored people are the product of their own ancestry and the young people have none of the hardihood of their fathers and grandmothers. Consanguinity Is Fatal. Few new families come into the community. The young men seek their companions among their friends and kindred, and the consanguinity has become so circumscribed as to weaken the progeny and if these conditions continue for the next twenty-five years and there is no apparent effort to change them, greater degeneracy must follow and the percentage of mortality continue to increase. In matters of business and in their home life they are progressive and strive to advance themselves. They buy their merchandise and do their work with much skill. They conduct their own stores, having three in their community, and do a large business, which extends among the near-by whites. They do their banking business in this town, have their own paper discounted, indorsed by their own people, and maintain their integrity as good citizens. They cultivate their own land, with their own teams and in this particular especially are they progressive and set good examples in modern husbandry. They avail themselves of church and school privileges, and when their appropriations for school purposes are exhausted from the school fund of the county they continue their school with their own funds. In point of industry, morals and commercial advancement they are equal. If not ehead, of the best of their race in the state.-The Baltimore American. CON. A. RIDEOUT. Who Stumped Ohio, West Virginia, Delaware and Maryland for Judge Parker, is Rustinating in this City. The first of the week Con. A. Rideout, formerly of Seattle, Wash., but late of New York City, arrived in this city with his family and at present they are stopping at the Keystone Hotel. Mr. Rideout, who is a warm friend of Col.-James Hamilton Lewis, the silver tounged orator of the middle west, who is a member of the legal firm of Aldrich, Lewis and Foster, suite 618 Home Insurance Building, is here on business, and while in conversation with a representative of this paper he was unable to state just how long he would remain, and it may be that he will decide to make this city his future home. For many years Mr. Rideout has been a member of the Democratic party, and during the past presidential contest he delivered speeches in Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia and Delaware, under the auspices of the Democratic National Committee, and he states that he found a "more liberal political sentiment existing among the colored voters in those states than heretofore." In some of the Congressional districts in which he spoke, a large number of the Afro-American voters supported and assisted to elect the Democratic congressional nominees as against the Republican candidates. In figuring up the vote in the various congressional districts in the state of New York, Mr. Rideout says: "that the members of the Democratic National Committee estimate that more than seventeen thousand colored voters supported the candidacy of Judge Parker for President of the United States. He accounts for the wonderful Presidential landslide on the theory that "the American people wanted no change in the present administration," and he is of the opinion that President Roosevelt will pursue the same white man's policy in dealing with the Negro in the South, as adhered to by the late lamented William McKinley, who favored the disfranchisement of the Negro in the South in the interest of commercialism. No. 5 He is firmly convinced that "the advancement of the race along all lines are upon a permanent basis, politically and otherwise with a single exception, a unity of action is the one thing needful among us at this time, surrounded as we are with the great educational, industrial, scientific and commercial centers, with their powerful combinations, why should we not keep pace with the present age? But in order to do this there must be a "unity of action." Left Fortune to Colored Child. A Savannah, Ga., dispatch says: The will of Charles Tutty, white, leaves his estate, estimated to be worth $33,000 to Rosa Otto Tutty the 10-year-old daughter of the testator by his colored wfe, Rosa O. Tutty. The will was executed three weeks ago, just two weeks before the old man died. After stating that he is of sound and disposing mind, the testator states that it is his wish for all of his property, real and personal, including money in bank, to go to his daughter. Rosa Otto Lee Tutty. There is no doubt that a caveat will be filled to the will. The testator left three sisters unprovided for. One of the attorneys interested in the estate said that his caveat would set out the fact that the old man was not of sound and disposing mind but that he acted under duress of Rosa Tutty, his colored wife. The Tutty woman is well know in the community. Her incarceration in jail for the alleged detention of three $1,000 bonds belonging to the old man and her subsequent release, after frequent and furtile attempts had been made in having him to repudiate his action in having her placed in jail, are of recent occurrence. --- The Broad Ax, a Democratic newspaper of Chicago, edited by Julius F. Taylor, a colored man, is trying to cut Republicanism but his ax is too dull; he can't even get a chip to fly. The News-Enterprise, Shreveport, La. The writer of the above item belongs to that slavish and cowardly class of so-called Negro Republican editors who are afraid to open their mouths in the presence of their white political masters, in behalf of the civil and the political rights of the Negro, and if the soft brained editor of The News-Enterprise is capable of drawing one honest breath, he must admit, that what has been said in these columns within the past four months in relation to the shamless treatment accorded to the Negro by the Lily White Republican party is the absolute truth, and no man, black or white, who is honest with himself. can come forward and dispute or refute the statements which we have made in this respect. The Freeman, Indianapolis, Ind., has gone into the stealing business, for the last issue of that "Jim Crow" sheet contained our long paragraph which appeared in our first article entitled "The Democratic Party And The Negro", "Thomas Jefferson, the father of true Democracy, was the first President of the United Stn'es to dine with a Negro in the White House." The thieves connected with that disruptable sheet ran all of that article through its columns as original matter without giving this paper or anyone else the slightest credit for it, but what more can anyone expect from the present outfit who are attempting to run The Freeman. George S. Walker, who with his good wife, has charge of the large flat building, 47 East 22nd street, is an honorable member of the G. A. R. and he is an old line Jeffersonian Democrat. Mr. Walker is a steadfast supporter of this paper and we never have to run after our money fifteen or twenty times before getting our hands on it. But on the first day of each and every October or November without even notifying him he forwards his subscription to our address. Mr. Walker is an honest man, and he is a great credit to the human race. THE BROAD AX. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestant, Priests, Infidle, Farmers, Single Taxers, 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. THE BROAD AX 5040 Armour Avenue, Chicago. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago II., as Second-class Matter. MASONIC NOTES Freemasonry in the State of Massachusetts. The Masonic controversy that is now going on about the legal statues of Freemasonry in the State of Massachusetts, it might be stated that after a careful investigation of the matter we find that there are several regular and genuine Subordinate Lodges of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons in the S.ate of Massachusetts that hold their charter of power and authority from the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of A., F. & A. M., of Washington, D. C., and these Lodges in the State of Massachusetts are the only legitimate and lawful Masonic Lodges in the State of Massachusetts. They have no connection whatever with that bogus and self-constituted so-called Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. We here give the names of some of the prominent Masons and also the names of the lodges in the State of Massachusetts who are regular and genuine Lodges and Masons. Excelsior Lodge No. 10, Boston, Wm. C. Lane, Worshipful Master, James E. Grant, S. W., C. J. King, J. W.; Mount Lebanon Lodge No. 11, Worcester, H. R. Jones, W. M., D. G. Gains, S. W., D. Douglass, J. W.; Widow Son Lodge No. 12, Cambridge, George Short, W. M., Joseph Exum S. W., C. A. Everett, J. W.; Eastern Star Lodge No. 14, Boston, Oscar States, W. M., Daniel Trice, S. W., Isaiah Tutts, J. W.; Constantine Lodge No. 21, Boston, Alfred L. Baker, W. M., Albert L. Baker, S. W., Daniel McDonals, J. W.; Aaron Lodge Boston, Wm. H. Jones, W. M., A. F. Wormley, S. W., Henry Smith, J. W.; Mount Sini Lodge, Somerville, Homer B. White, W. M., Wm. Frink, S. W., Edward Pillsbury, J. W. Council of Deliberation of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons in the Valley of Massachusetts, organized on Monday evening, March 21st, 1904. The officers are as follows: J. H. Wollfolk 33, Commander-in-Chlef; Fred Herbert 32, 1st Lieutenant Commander; D. G. Gaines 33, Minister of State; C. J. King 33, 2nd Lieutenant Commander; Wm. H. Smith, Grand Orator; John Franklin 32, Grand Prior; Simon Ball 33, Grand Chancellor; David Thrice 32, Grand Treasurer; Wm. G. Penn 32, Grand Secretary; Dr. Wm. C. Lane 33, Grand Master of Ceremonies; Henry Jarvis 32, Grand Standard Bearer; J. C. Holmes 32, Grand Captain of the Guards; George W. Jenkins 32, Grand Sentinel; W. H. Nelson 33, Illustrious Deputy for the Valley of Massacuhsetts. HENRY SEARCHLIGHT. The Christmas Delineator. The December Delineator, with its message of good cheer and helpfulness, will be welcomed in every home. The fashion pages are unusually attractive, illustrating and describing the very latest modes in a way to make their construction during the busy festive season a pleasure instead of a task, and the literary and pictorial features are of rare excellence. A selection of Love Songs from the Wagner Operas, rendered into English by Richard de Gallienne and beautifully illustrated in colors by J. C. Leyendecker, occupies a prominent place, and a chapter in the Composer's Series, relates the Romance of Wagner and Cosima, is an interesting supplement to the lyrics. A very clever paper entitled "The Court Circles of the Republic," describes some unique phases of Washington social life is from an unnamed contributor, who is said to write from the inner circles of society. There are some short stories from the pens of F. Hopkinson Smith, Robert Grant, Alice Brown, Mary Stewart Cutting and Elmore Elliott Peake, and such interesting writers as Julia Magruder, L. Frank Baum, and Grace MacGowan Cooke hold the attention of the children. Many Christmas suggestions are given in needlework and the Cookery pages are redolent of the Christmas feast. In addition, there are the regular departments of the magazine, with many special articles on topics relating to woman's interests within and without the home. Careful German Police. American tourists returning from Europe bring back stories of the paternal watch which is kept upon them in Germany. One woman was requested by a policeman to hold up her gown, which was a trailing, elaborate affair of lace and chiffon. It was after dinner and she was taking a stroll with her husband through a park whose immaculate walks seemed to offer no harm to its delicacy, so she let it hang. The policeman was polite enough. He informed her gravely that any dress that was allowed to trail was liable to collect undesirable matter and prove injurious to heath. Cleanser for Woodwork. When the painted woods of the interior of the house are soiled or spotted get a plate of very good whiting. It will cost only a few cents. Dip a piece of flannel into warm water, squeeze nearly dry and dip it into the whiting. Then rub the paint with the whiting and all the dirt and grease will disappear and the paint will look like new, no matter how delicate.—Chicago Daily News. Vigorous Acting The Japanese in San Francisco lately gave a war drama for the benefit of the widows and orphans of the Japanese army. The audience was Japanese, large and enthusiastic. A newspaper report of the play says the handling of the "Russians" in it was "fierce." One Cossack received a three-inch cut on his arm from a Jap's sword. Swelled Head Out of Style. Hats for gentlemen are now worn larger than formerly, so as to come down farther on the back of the head of the wearer. That is the latest authorized dispensation. On the whole, it is better than the old style of wearing a head too big for one's hat, as the saying goes. It dispenses with the implied swelling. Boston Herald. Snail's Nose. The snail's sense of smell has been located in its horns by some observers, but authorities quite as good have regarded this conclusion as incorrect. M. Yong, who has been making experiments to settle the matter, now claims to have proven that the snail's nose is distributed over the entire body.—Nature. Wouldn't Betray a Trust. Employer—You say you would like to have two weeks' salary in advance? Clerk—Yes, sir. "But suppose you should die tonight?" "Sir, I may be poor, but I am too much of a gentleman to do a thing like that."—Cincinnati Enquirer. Daintv Dish. Jellied chicken can be made best when a meat machine is used. The chicken should not be pressed after being ground. Lift the meat lightly and lay into moulds, season with salt and a little pepper, fill the moulds with warm chicken jelly and set to cool.—Boston Budget. Analogy. "A public official is the servant of the people," said Senator Sorphum. "Yes," answered Miss Cayenne, "and sometimes he's the kind of servant that carries a market basket every time she goes home from her place of employment."—Washington Star. Guiana Peanut Fields The largest peanut fields in the world are in Guiana, on the north coast of Africa. Peanuts are grown there by hundreds of tons, but the quality is inferior to those grown in this country. Most of the African peanuts are shipped to France. Greatness in Patience. Bed sheets are unknown in Japan, except in the hospitals. The introduction of white sheets and of white caps and dresses for nurses was vigorously objected to at first because white is in Japan the color of mourning. Swimmer's Great Feat. A well-known Belgian swimmer named Janssens made a wager that he could stay in the water ten hours, swimming the whole time. He won the wager, performing the feat in the Antwerp baths. Mammoth Apples The largest apple on record grew in old Missouri. It is of the Wolf river variety, weighs two pounds and one ounce, and probably measures 20 inches in circumference. Culinary Hint. Remember not to add butter or oil when browning salted almonds. They will retain enough of the salt without. Besides the butter makes them indigestible.—Household. Hitherto San Francisco has prohibited the erection of buildings to a greater height than 201 feet. Now an ordinance has been passed permitting a height of 221 feet. Earth Too Small. "It's a pity that we can't insure our pipe dreams before they go up in smoke.—Chicago Daily News. The death rate among miners from lung diseases is heavier than among any other class of workmen. Heedless people bear needless pain. —Chicago Tribune. About one-tenth of the world is still unexplored. Thibetan Superstition. A queer bit of Thibetan superstition came to light when the much-talked-of treaty between Thibet and England was drawn up. The powers at Lhassa refused to sign the first draft of the treaty because it covered several sheets of paper, so the treaty had to be engrossed on one huge sheet. The orientals thought it would bring them bad luck if they put their names to anything which covered more than one page. Graham Puffs. Sift together one and one-half cupfuls graham flour, one-half cupful of white flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and a pinch of salt; add one pint of milk, the beaten yolks of three eggs and two tablespoonfuls of melted butter. Beat rapidly for a few moments, then add the stiff whites and whip the batter. Turn into a well-greased muffin tin and bake for 30 minutes in a hot oven. —Household. Willie's Treatise on Girls. Girls is a human bein' that shreeks when there's nothin' to squeeel at; but boys is difrunt, for they just holer. Girls grow up to wimmin and like dolls, but boys grow up to men and like balls, and when my pa read that he said, "Hyballs, I s'pose you mean, Willie," and then he laft, but ma said, "For shame, Joseph!"—Sunset Magazine. Gem Short Cakes. Make a batter of medium stiffness from one egg, one cupful sweet milk, one tablespoonful butter and one-half teaspoonful of salt. Just before cooking the batter, add a heaping teaspoonful of baking powder and beat briskly for a moment. Bake in hot, buttered gem pans and when done, split open, butter and serve with fruit sauce.—Household. Sentence for Perjury. A judge in New York sent a convicted "straw" bondsman to prison for 14 years for committing perjury, refusing clemency on the ground that perjury had become too common a crime and needed stern dealing with. A few more such sentences would have a wholesome effect in any large community.—Baltimore American. People are afraid of buying good clothes, says a well-known tailor, for fear of having to live up to them. The man who wears a new 30-shillings overcoat cannot go to the ninepenny gallery or argue with a waiter about being charged for bread when he has not had any.—London Globe. Thibetan Bible. The Kahgyur, the Bible of the Thibetans, consists of 108 volumes, or 1,083 books. The whole consists of 108,000 pages printed from wooden blocks, which are kept in a big row of houses at Lhassa. As many as 7,000 oxen have been traded for one set of the book. Illuminated Slang Dr. Wiley, of the department of agriculture, says the bulk of the whisky consumed in America has prune juice as its base. Hereafter we shall understand the literal significance of the hitherto vague expression. "full of prune juice." Atlanta Constitution. Jap Jackies. The average age of the Japanese naval crews is lower than that of the men in any other navy. No one over 20 years old is accepted for enlistment. The average height is five feet four inches—less than that of any other navy. Georgia Potatoes Boil sweet potatoes until nearly done, pare and slice into a baking dish. Sprinkle bits of sugar among the slices. dust with sugar and turn a wineglassful of sherry over them. Bake until a rich brown.—Home Magazine. What Then? Mr. Goodman—Remember, my son, if your enemy smites you on one cheek, turn the other to him. Willie—But, supposin' he soaks you on both cheeks at once?—Philadelphia Press. Soldiers Don't Show It. Chess is still included in the curriculum of the Russian schools. It teaches the boys to move when young, and is a great advantage in times of war, says a foreign paper. Mechanical Wonder A recent mechanical wonder is a telegraphic instrument that sends 1,000 words a minute a thousand miles in length. A human operator can transmit 50 words a minute. Poor English Butter The real reason why English buttermaking is on the decline in that the average quality of butter made in England is about the worst in the world Country Life. Colorado Melons The eastern marketmen have paid $30,000,000 to the melon growers of Rocky Ford, Col., since the discovery of the famous melons there. French Fighting Forces France, with a population of 39,000,000, has a fighting force of 2,000,000 men, able to appear in the field at very short notice. Use of Meat Scraps Small bits of roasts and fried or boiled meats can be prepared nicely when run through a machine.—Boston Budget. "He's a wonderful runner." "What part of Russia does he come from?"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAIL YARDS: 51st St. & L. S. & M. S. Ry. 52nd St. and Armour Ave. CHJCAGO Phone 194 South A. B. SCHULTZ, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 2719 State Street Hours; 9 to 12 A. M. 3 to 5 and after 6 P. M. CHICAO Central 5768. L. BLANCHE WRIGHT PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER 167 Dearborn St., Room 611 CHICAGO A REAL CHANCE FOR ENTERPRISING CANVASSERS The demand for Professor W. E. B. 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Noted spellbinders who went up and down through the country during the presidential campaign just past are comparing notes of their experiences and the work they have performed is being reviewed by the leaders of the parties. There have been some W notable examples of endurance and effective campaign work, but the palm for strenuous campaigning lies between Mr. Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon. Mr. Fairbanks has his reward, and that for "Uncle Joe" is for the future to determine. The speaker's enthusiastic friends are discussing him as a possible candidate for the presidency in 1908, and base their claims upon the popularity he has achieved in his extended speaking tour. The vigorous, spry and genial Illinois statesman is 68 years of age, but he has made a record during the past three months of which a youngster of 50 might be proud. Col. Casson, in charge of the speakers' bureau at congressional committee headquarters, finds that the spellbinders who worked under his direction made a total of 173 speeches, but of this number "Uncle Joe" made 74, or more than one-third of the total. In his private car, the "Iolanthe," which he entered on September 15, the husky speaker traveled over 11,000 miles. He spoke in over 40 congressional districts in the states of Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island. He made as high as eight speeches in a day and averaged about five hours' vigorous platform talking each day. The admirers of Mr. Cannon claim that a man who can go through a performance like that will not be an old man four years hence. Taft as a Speaker. NOTHER popular platform talker, whose friends believe he is of presidential size, is big, burly "Bill" Taft, Mr. Roosevelt's secretary of war. Mr. Taft did not have the most catching topic to discuss, as he devoted most of his time to a discussion of the Philippine A question, which involves dreary statistics and prosaic recitation of history and facts. He was able, however, to prove his geniality and natural democracy in mingling with the crowds, and no man has a happier faculty of making friends than he. He possesses that rare gift, which made the late James G. Blaine and the late William McKinley so popular, and that is the ability to recollect faces and names. Wherever he went he was sure to meet men to whom he had been introduced months and years before, and in every instance was able to recognize them and call their names. Then Secretary Taft is one of the best hand-shakers in the world, and when he would grasp a chance acquaintance by the hand, call him by name and give him a cordial greeting, accompanied by his hearty and infectious laugh, it is safe to say he made an advocate of his nomination for the presidency four years hence. In the Philippines Judge Taft demonstrated his faculty of making friends by his hand-shake and genial greeting. The little brown men fairly worshipped this big six-footer and 300-pound American. The secretary entered into this campaign with great willingness and vigor. He is a firm believer in the Rooseveltion administration and policy and, although not as gifted in oratory as many other of the stump speakers, he has an emphatic and convincing way of presenting facts. He is not much of a storyteller on the stump, but in private and small gatherings he can tell a joke with good effect, and is a most entertaining raconteur. The Patriots Coming. ATRIOTS are now flocking to Washington to tell the president how much they did in the past campaign. This is the usual order of things, and Mr. Roosevelt is bearing up under it. The mixed conditions in the various states which at some stages of the campaign contributed no little Vote In Taddy. doubt to the outcome have given these saviors of their country the excuse for doubt to the outcome have given these saviors of their country the excuse for claiming credit for the election. They are not a disinterested lot by any means, and the recitation of their political exploits is generally preliminary to a suggestion that they might be able to do great good for their country in some position that has a comfortable salary attached to it. The president is able to treat all these suggestions with the utmost complacency. He has not a single political promise to redeem. Whatever of political work was performed, except by members of congress and members of the cabinet, was paid for, and there are no services that need to be requited with political office. The president's resolve that his administration should be unmortgaged by any pledges or promises included those of a political character as well as those involving any favor in the administration of laws or influence in future legislation. Mr. Roosevelt will be entirely unhampered in carrying out his ideals and bettering the public service. It is understood that he has in contemplation a reformation in some of the branches of the public service, particularly the consular service. He has had investigations made and has himself given much attention to the personnel of our consular representatives, and is convinced that many changes can be made for the better, and he will probably reorganize the whole service by getting rid of dead timber and putting in intelligent, capable and active men who understand the responsibilities and duties of such an office. He appreciates that the development of American interests abroad lies largely in the hands of our consular officers, and it is his aim to build up the system so that it will be second to none in the world. Voting in the House. HE big membership of the house of representatives has compelled a renewed agitation of the question of voting in that body. The time wasted in calling the roll of 386 names is a serious consideration. Two roll calls on every question where the yeas and nays are de- T manded are necessary for a complete record. Members fail to hear their names on the first roll call, so they are given an opportunity to respond on the second. Then there are usually a number who find that even after the second roll call their names are not recorded and they demand that their vote be received. This all occupies much time and it is seldom that a roll call of the house can be completed within 30 minutes. Various methods have been discussed of recording the votes without a member answering verbally to his name. It has been suggested that an electrical voting machine be adopted by which the votes can be recorded silently and quickly. All the member has to do is to press an electrical button at his desk and his vote of "aye" or "no" is registered. It is claimed that such an arrangement would avoid mistakes, make a more accurate record and save time which is regarded as valuable in the house. In the senate no such innovation is likely to be countenanced. The upper body of the national legislature is extremely conservative and dislikes to forsake any of its traditions or habits. It has been called a body without rules because there is nothing in its code of government that restricts debate or that can force a vote on any question. Customs in the Senate. Xo Senator. N THE senate some of the customs of the early days are still preserved. Many of the old members use the sand box in blotting the letters they write at their desks. Blotting pads are only for the newer senators. The sticklers for old customs sift the white sand delib- erately over their written manuscripts as their predecessors of ruffled shirt front and blue, swallow-tailed coats did 75 years ago. There is kept in a niche of the desk of the president protem. an old snuff box filled with this one time luxury. It is a relic of the past and was religiously guarded by old Isaac Bassett, who, for 60 years, was an employee on the senate floor and looked after the comfort of senators. The snuff box was provided in the old days when it was the custom for gentlemen to offer the titillating mixture to each other. It is not so long ago that some of the venerable senators used the old-fashioned goose quill in writing their correspondence. The late Senator Morrill, of Vermont, who died in the harness at the age of 88, was perhaps the last to stick by the quill. His desk was always furnished with a supply of carefully selected wing feathers of the goose. It was an interesting sight to watch the venerable statesman take out his sharp penknife and trim the quill to a proper point and to the required flexibility. After shaving it to his satisfaction he would dip it into the ink well and slowly and carefully write his personal letters. The scratching of the old-fashioned pen could be distinctly heard throughout the chamber, but the senator was able to turn off a beautifully written manuscript in good old-fashioned round hand. Neat and Convenient Arrangement That Makes Photography a Pleasure to Women. Women have taken to photography as a pastime, and, in the many public competitions by illustrated journals and photographic societies, have shown a wonderful proficiency. But to make photography a real pleasure, care and neatness should be observed in all its processes. As beginners soon find cut, sins of neglect come home to roost in the shape of spotted negatives and stained prints. The only way to ensure freedom from these and other troubles is to keep a constant eye on all the implements and accessories that you use. It is, to a large extent, possible to judge the photographer and her capabilities by the condition of her darkroom, wherein are conducted some of the most important operations of photography. The dark-room may be a mere cupboard under the stairs, or a well-fitted and capacious chamber replete with conveniences; but in either case the owner leaves her mark upon it and its contents. Here, for instance, you see everything higgledy-pigledy—dishes, bottles, boxes, plates, and apparatus scattered about in confusion. The floor is a litter of paper, which, to judge by appearances, has been accumulating for years. The dishes are dirty; the bottles also. Marks of hurry and carelessness abound. Also, the air is foul, suggesting that the ventilation is bad; and the daylight insinuates itself through many a crack. Under such circumstances good work cannot be done. Everything must have a proper place, and be kept there. I have sketched out a plan of a dark-room, which will serve for printing and finishing off generally, as it is advisable to confine operations to one chamber, if possible. Its internal limensions are eight feet by six feet six inches. The window Outside Window Dome Screen Shaves for Champions Red Curtain Flip Table 5'x2' Rubbish Sunk 5'x1'6' Tap Sliping Tray Tap Rock Lar Pitches Carbon Shaves for Pitches Door Floor 0 1 2 3 4 5 PLAN FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC DARK ROOM. faces north, because the light on that side is most constant; and in summer, when the bulk of photography is done, it will open on the coolest air. The sash, three feet by two feet six inches, is of the common rising and falling type. Inside is a frame covered with two thicknesses of orange fabric, and hinged at the top so that it may be raised out of the way when daylight is needed, and fastened to a hook on the ceiling. As a further protection against injurious rays, there should be a curtain of Turkey twill running on a rod, large enough to overlap the window six inches all round. The ring on the extreme left is fixed to the rod, and the curtain is drawn to the right, so that the sink side of the room may be kept shaded even when the other is strongly lighted up. Under the window I have placed a flap table three feet by two feet, which will be useful for printing and toning, and in the corners are cupboards to hold chemicals and printing frames. The central section of the west wall is occupied by a sink three feet by one foot six inches, overhung by a tap one foot from the south end. Against the wall is a narrow shelf with five divisions. The middle, and largest, accommodates the lamp for night use, and next to it, on the right, are the half-pint measuring glass and bottle of "restrainer," while to the left stand the two developing solutions. The glass will thus be ready to the right hand, and after use it should be returned to its allotted compartment. On the little shelf north of the sink I have my toning solutions, protected from daylight by a small curtain, and to the south of the tap stand the intensifying solutions. It is very important to keep all these apart from developers. Between the sink and the south wall runs a lead covered tray, sloping into the sink. A second tap overhangs this, or washing of plates or prints while the sink is in use. Against the wall is a rack in which dishes may be placed to drain. Passing the door we have a set of curtained shelves for plates and such things as are best kept at a distance from the window. Then comes a table three feet by two feet, and a rubbish box. It should be a rule never to bring anything wet from the sink side of the room to the table on the east side of the room. By observance of this rule you will escape many chemical troubles. Rooms of the dimensions here given are not to be had in every house, and many readers must put up with less commodious quarters for their photographic doing. But the general plan of arrangement will perhaps be useful. And a good legend to post over the door is "Cleanliness, Neatness, Care." ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS Inexpensive Christmas Remembrance That Every Housewife Will Appreciate. A tea-cosy is so English, you know, and certainly would please a fr.en-l with a leaning toward Ango-mania. It may safely be selected as a Christmas gift for the indulger in the cup that cheers. If the giver knows the color of the tableware of the friend for whom the cosy is intended, the color chosen should harmonize with the china. If the china be old-blue, the cosy may be made of heavy, delft-blue ```markdown ``` USEFUL TEA COSY. satin, lined with thin silk of bluebray. Bands of panne velvet of a deeper blue may ornament the cosy, and the double quilling which joins the two sides be of the blue-gray satin. Cords the shade of the velvet should edge the lower part of the cosy and form the handle. The combination of velvet and satin is rich and warm, suitable for the article in whose construction it is used. For a dining room in which rich tones predominate, variations of brown or dark red may be selected, care being taken to avoid the gaudy or too highly colored, as one soon grows weary of loud tones in anything in daily use. TO GET RID OF FRECKLES. Simple Washes and Lotions Readily Prepared at Home Often Prove Very Effective. It is all very well to advise the girl whose face freckles not to expose her skin to the sun, to wear a veil and take other similar precautions, but if she is a fun-loving creature she will doubtless much prefer the freckles to denying herself the pleasure of out-of-door sports, and who can blame her? So when she begins to suffer the penalty of her shortcomings in this respect then is the time to lend a helping hand and suggest some remedies for preventing or eradicating the freckles when they come. Cold cream and a light coating of powder before going out of doors will often so protect a sensitive skin that it will permanently keep the freckles at bay. Not always however, as the cause of these annoying little brown spots is due to an excess of iron in the blood. Red-haired persons are much more liable to freckles than dark-haired ones. This is due to the same reason. Occasionally with no treatment at all freckles will disappear of their own accord as quickly as they came. But in nine cases out of ten they will only yield to persistent treatment. One of the best freckle lotions comes all the way from Germany, and, although a druggist must be resorted to for its preparation, it will surely attain the desired result if applied night and morning with a soft cloth. Of potassium carbonate use six per cent; of potassium chlorate two per cent; borax, one and one-half per cent; rose water, 33 per cent; glycerin, 15 per cent.; orange flower water, 35 per cent., and sugar, six per cent. Nearly every complexion specialist, as well as druggist, carries some remedy said to be efficaceous in removing freckles, and while they all doubtless possess virtues of their own still there are many home recipes which can be compounded for the purpose. Simple buttermilk is used by some as a wash, and certainly softens the skin, if it does no more. Freckles, as well as the predisposition to them, will sometimes yield to massage, particularly if the following lotion is used in connection. Take of lactic acid two ounces, glycerin one ounce and rose water one-half an ounce. Pour a small quantity of the liquid in a porcelain receptacle, from which apply it to the face with a piece of soft linen cloth night and morning. Too frequent applications may redden the skin or otherwise irritate it; then the lotion should be applied less frequently. Special care must be taken to keep the composition air-tight, and everything used with it must be quite clean. Revival of Big Brooch. Very large brooches are returning to fashion, and if it is possible to procure those that were worn in bygone days to fasten a fichu, they are just the ones that are most in request. A cluster of stones forming a huge boss makes a lovely brooch, which can be metamorphosed into a pendant if need be, though there is not so much demand as there was for adaptable jewels, owing to the trouble implied in making the alteration. Long plaid ties brighten the darker silk waists. Egg Shampoo for the Hair. Use egg ahampoo to clean the hair, adding lemon juice to keep it bright. The proportion is four eggs beaten light with a teaspoonful of powdered borax and the juice of half a lemon. Rub thoroughly into the scalp, then rinse well, using soft water entirely. The egg ahampoo makes the hair fluffy and lemon juice keeps blonde hair light. The most momentous improvement in navigation since the invention of the chronometer, more than 140 years ago, has just been foreshadowed in a modest paragraph in the report of the chief of the bureau of equipment of the United States navy. "It is believed," says Chief Manney, "that the development of wireless telegraphy will enable (time) signals to be distributed over water as well as over land, and that before long every ship at sea, in addition to every land station, will receive daily noon signals from the standard observatory clock." What does that mean? Nothing less than the elimination of the last element of uncertainty from the problem of finding the position of a ship at sea. Hitherto the one weak point in navigation has been the difficulty of carrying standard time on a voyage. Observations for local time as well as for latitude have been exact, but the comparison of local standard time for obtaining the longitude has involved a certain amount of guesswork. The best chronometer is not quite infallible, and some allowance, which may not be precisely right, has always to be made for errors. But with time signals from a national observatory every day at noon the mariner will know his way over any part of the wide ocean as accurately as if he were threading a buoyed channel. The chronometer will join the cross-staff and the astrolabe on the junk heap of discarded makeshift. And of course a ship that can communicate with the shore for one purpose is equally in touch with the world for any other communication it needs to make. ILLNESS RULED BY INCHES. London Physician Declares That One's Stature Has a Great Effect Upon Health. Among the most interesting of the papers read at a recent meeting of the British association at Cambridge was that of Dr. Shrubsall on the physical characters of hospital patients. Sufferers from tonsillitis, rheumatism and heart disease, he said, are of a higher stature and sufferers from tuberculosis, nervous and malignant diseases of a lower stature than healthy individuals. It appears that blonde sufferers from pulmonary tuberculosis respond to treatment better than brunettes, while in diseases of the heart the positions are reversed. It is believed that in successive generations of city life stature shows a progressive diminution and that there is an increase in brunette traits with each generation passing from rural to urban life. With increasing length of residence there is an increase of morbidity among the different classes of Londoners. Some causes which tend to damage the quality of the race were reviewed in an interesting manner by H. Balfour in the anthropological section. Sir John Gorst spoke against the prevalence of early marriages, particularly among the poorer classes. He declared that the race was being propagated in undue proportion by the poorest and feeblest. VALUE OF THE NORTH STAR Only One in the Firmament Whose Position Never Changes—Facts About Others. The pole star is really the most important of the stars in the sky; it marks the north at all times; it alone is fixed in the heavens; all the other stars seem to swing around it once in 24 hours. But the pole star of Polaris is not a very bright one and it would be hard to identify but for the help of the so-called pointers in the "Big Dipper" or "Great Bear." The outer rim of the dipper points nearly to Polaris, at a distance equal to three times the space that separates the two stars of the dipper's outer side. Various Indians call the pole star the "home star" and "the star that never moves," and the dipper they call the "broken back." The Great Bear is also to be remembered as the pointers for another reason. It is the hour hand of the woodman's clock. It goes once around the north star in about 24 hours, the reverse way of the hands of a watch; that is, it goes the same way as the sun and for the same reason—that it is the earth that is going and leaving them behind. PREACHER IS TOO CORDIAL Unintentionally Ignorant Immigrant Girl Plays Joke on Him Before Congregation. A shock was received by a Duluth pastor after the services the other evening. He makes a point to welcome any strangers cordially and that evening, after the completion of the service, he hurried down the aisle to station himself at the door. A Swedish girl was one of the strangers in the congregation. She is employed as a domestic in one of the fashionable East end homes, and the minister, noting that she was a stranger, stretched out his hand. He welcomed her to the church and expressed the hope that she would be a regular attendant. Finally he said that if she would be at home some evening during the week he would call. "T'ank you," she murmured bashfully, "but ay have a fella." Three of the members of the congregation heard the conversation and in spite of the fact that their pastor swore them to secrecy one of them "leaked." Women Blacksmiths Outnumber Men. In the district about Cridley, England, 20 women work as blacksmiths to every man following the trade. For many generations this work has been almost entirely in feminine hands. France, England and Belgium Have Immense Sums Outstanding-Authorities Differ as to Britain. A German authority estimates the foreign investments of Belgium, a country having 6,000,000 inhabitants and about one-quarter as large an area as Ohio, at no less than $1,500,000,000. In proportion to the numerical strength of the Belgians and their natural resources these figures make the $6,000,000,000, or thereabouts, which represents French capital look small, and they compare well with the largest current estimates of Great Britain's investments beyond the narrow limits of the British isles. Authorities differ widely concerning the amount of British money put into other countries, some being as low as $6,000,-000,000, not counting British possessions, like India, and British colonies. To include those favorite fields for British enterprise might double the figures given. But it is not many years since the London stock exchange calculated the probable total of the foreign investments of the British people at more than $17,000,-000,000. It does not seem possible that any very great decrease can have taken place since 1896. Germany is believed to have about half as much money invested abroad as France, or twice as much as Belgium, but German wealth and German enterprise are alike fast gaining ground, and these proportions will soon be radically changed. Russia is the great debtor nation of Europe, and in that country billions of dollars of French, Belgium and German money has found employment, at greater or less risk, and with widely varying returns. INDIANA WATERS MAGNETIC Springs in the Hoosier State Are Said to Cause Deviation of the A reputable scientific publication is sponsor for the statement that there exists in at least three places in the state of Indiana springs or wells whose waters possess marked magnetism and are able to impart it to steel objects dipped therein. This property has been reported of other springs in various parts of the world, but such tales have been received by scientific men with caution. In this case the magnetism seems to arise from the fact that considerable quantities of carbonate of iron are dissolved in the water. When it stands for some time this decomposes into carbonic acid gas, which escapes, and magnetic iron oxide, which falls to the bottom of the containing vessel as a powder. When the decomposition has ceased the water is no longer magnetic. These springs are said to cause perceptible deviation of a compass needle, and a knife blade immersed for five minutes in one of the springs is magnetized sufficiently to sustain needles by its point, retaining this property for 30 hours. The water corrodes locomotive boilers, but when allowed to stand still till the carbonate has all decomposed can be used with impunity. DOZEN MESSAGES AT ONCE The invention of new methods for sending a number of messages simultaneously over the same wire continues, and one of the most recent or these is due to Prof. Mercadier, of the French high school for post and telegraph. In this method an alternating current is employed whose frequency depends upon a tuning fork having a certain definite number of vibrations. The current of such an interrupted circuit can be broken by an ordinary key, and signals transmitted over the line wire by an induction transmitter. On the line at the distant station are a number of so-called monotelephones, which respond to current of one frequency, and are tuned to the forks in the circuits at the sending station. Thus each particular circuit has its own telephone, which is connected by tubes with the ears of the receiving operator, and responds to the signals made at the sending station. In all, 12 transmission circuits are provided, so that 24 messages may be sent over the line simultaneously. BIG PROFIT OF LOAN SHARK Rudolph Spreckels, Sugar King, Tells of Big Sum Asked For in One Case. "Talking about Rudolph Spreckles the other day," a San Francisco man said, "he told me many interesting things about finance. He cited a number of examples of the incredible profit in usury. The practice of usury, however, he heartily condemned. He told of a young man who had answered a usurer's advertisement to lend money without any other security than the borrower's salary. The young man arranged the details for a loan of $500. It took a week or more to settle these details, and then the young man called for his money. "We are ready for you, sir, at last," the usurer said, politely. 'You want 500. Here it is. We charge you five per cent a month, and you want the money for a year. Thus there is just this $200 coming to you.' "If I wanted it for two years," said the young man, 'there'd be something coming to you, wouldn't there?' "He needed the loan, but he was man enough, nevertheless, to spurn these terms and depart. United States Postal Facts. We have 75,000 postoffices and 500,000 miles of postal routes, with a yearly travel over them amounting to 500,000,000 miles. The service costs over $150,000,000 a year. The recipes now almost equal the expenditures, and have doubled in the last ten years. CHIPS. Logan Webb, 4712 Armour avenue, is home again rapidly recovering from the effect of a successful operation performed on him at the Post Graduate hospital. J. H. Shreve was re-elected captain of the 33rd precinct in the second ward. Adam Horn was the only aspirant to oppose him and he made a very poor showing. Miss Lena Pjickett, who is very popular in the society circles of the West Side spent the first three days of the present week in taking in the sights at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. James Clark, 4747 Dearborn street, who is an active worker and member of St. Mark's church, 47th and State streets, is a warm friend of this paper. Justice Theodore C. Mayer, who continues to lay it into the crooks in and around the Chicago avenue Police Station, got on the outside of lots of turkey and plenty of hard cider for his Thanksgiving dinner. Mrs. Rev. J. W. Robinson, 4752 Armour avenue, and the twins, returned home this morning from Evansville, Ind., where she spent the past six weeks at the bedside of her brother who passed away last week. Miss Lizzie Slaughter, 3544 Dearborn st., is an expert in making all kinds of art or fancy needle work, and many of the ladies of fashion residing in the aristocratic parts of this city, gladly pay her the highest prices for her creations in this line. Buel D. Crane and Company, 185 Wabash avenue, second floor, are displaying a fine line of ladies' hats, suits, and fall and winter coats, and jackets, which they are selling at astonishingly low prices either for cash or small weekly or monthly payments Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hardin of 6349 Rhodes ave., entertained about 300 guests in honor of their 10th marriage anniversary Tuesday eve., Nov. 22nd, at the "Smiley" banquet parlors, 76—E. 22nd st. Many valuable presents were received. Mr. John Breen, who resides in elegant apartments at 5317 Union ave., says that "The Broad Ax is getting better and better each week, and that he, and the members of his family always drink in much valuable information while persuing it." Miss Blanche Wright, Public Stenographer, 167 Dearborn st., room 611, is full of business push and race pride and she is bound to succeed in the world of business. See her card in another column of The Broad Ax, and we take pleasure in commending her to readers of this paper who need the services of a first class stenographer. James Ruff, an old resident and highly esteemed citizen of Des Molnes, Iowa, visited with Mrs. J. B. Hart and her mother the past week Mrs. Prichard, 4841 Armour ave., who are life long friends of Mr. Ruff. He left last Saturday for Indianapolis, Ind., where he will spend the winter with his daughter, Mrs. Doctor Johnson. Harry S. Cummings, who broke down while attempting to deliever an old stale political speech in Institutonal church, this city,in which he branded every Negro as an enemy and a traitor to his race who refused to whoop it up for Col. Roosevelt, who does not believe that "the Negro is the social equal of the white man," is moving heaven and hell to become Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia. President Roosevelt will shortly after the first of the year leave the White House, on his swing around the circle through the Southern States, at which time he will deliver a speech at the home of his mother in Georgia, and outline his "Southern Policy", and we fear that he has many disappointing surprises in store for that ignorant class of Afro-Americans who have in the past worshipped him like a God. All Hash Roberts, and some single fellow who blacked a married woman's eyes in front of a church in Springfield, Ill., several Sunday nights before the late election, old man Barnett, who understands how to skin ignorant colored men and women out of their pension money and a few other old political stiffs held a Col. Roosevelt love feast or jollification meeting in Bethel church last Monday night. Christians are learning slowly, but surely, that their beloved Heavenly Father is a fabulous being, and their Savior, Jesus, was only a poor, deluenced Jew who died nearly two thousands years ago and is still dead, and will remain so. As they learn these facts all the honest ones must leave their christian churches, as they would be self-condemned hypocrites to remain in them and help to pay for teaching that which they know to be untrue.—Christian Educator. Col. Johnson, who works for the city and runs with Col. Lawrence A. Newby, recently lost sixty dollars of the seventy-five dollars which he draws each month from the city, in the gambling resort run in connection with Bass' saloon on the west side of State street, between 29th and 30th sts., and Mrs. Johnson needed the money to pay the house rent and to buy her something to eat so she wanted Mr. Bass to give the money to her, but he refused to do it. Then she secured the service of Attorney Edward H. Wright and he went into court and recovered the money for Mrs. Johnson. OIL SETTLES DESERT DUST A Railroad Through Barren Waste Bathes Roadbed in Crude Petroleum to Keep Sands Down. Crude oil from California's wells has deprived the Mojave desert from the Needles to Barstow of the discomforts which for years made passengers dread the ride across the dreary waste. Even into Pullmans in other years the fine sand of the desert which was raised in clouds by the passage of the train percolated, although double windows were closed. There was no escape from it. If a passenger retreated from the stifling air of the car to the rear platform he was blinded not only by the flying sand, but also by showers of hot cinders from the locomotive. Driven back into the car, he passenger prayed for the quick transit of the desert. But the blistering Mojave has lost its greatest terror. Only the heat remains, but this is uncomfortable only in the summer and may be avoided then by a night ride across the plain. One of the Pacific companies has bathed its roadway all the way across the desert with crude oil. The California oil has an asphaltum base and it has soaked in and bound the sand together in a compact mass, so that not a particle of dust can be raised, no matter how swiftly a train is traveling. The storms of the desert sweep the sand on the right of way, but the smooth oiled surface affords it no resting place and it is swept off. MOURN BY SMASHING TEETH Sailor Tells of Queer Way in Which Sandwich Islanders Show Sorrow at Death. "My dog has just died," said a tourist, "and I feel bad enough to knock out my front teth and paint the lower part of my face black, the way the Sandwich Islanders mourn their dead." "Come off," said his companion. "Come off." He did not believe that the mourning dress of the Sandwich Islanders was like that. "What I tell you is the truth," said the touris. "That is why so few Sandwich Islanders have all their teeth. The black holes in the front of these people's mouths don't mean they are deficient people dentally. They mean that a father, a mother, or a wife has been lost. The Fijian mourning is all done by the women. When a Fijian dies the women must burn themselves to show that the community feels the affliction. Usually they burn themselves on the arm. In Turkey, when a member of the family dies, the others put on violet—violet is the Turkish mournin' color. The mournin' color of the Egyptians is yellow. The Ethiopians is brown. The Chinese is white. Ours is black." ACCIDENTS FOLLOW POLICY Insurance Man Declares That Casualties Are Sure to Come-Thinks Old Job the Best. "I've been in the accident insurance business just four days," said the dyspeptic-looking man to a Chicago Inter Ocean man. "I've written six policies, and already two of the people have put in claims. It's a funny thing what effect an accident policy seems to have on some people. They will live for 35 or 40 years and never get a scratch. Just let them get one of my double action policies and they go at once and get hurt. A man seems to think an accident policy is a thing to keep him from getting hurt and that no matter what he does or where he goes he is safe. One man asked me the other day if there would be any danger to him in taking out the policy. I was afraid of the risk and told him he was certain to be killed. It's a strange way for people to look at the thing, but they do, and I'm about ready to go back to my old job of selling washing powder to unsuspecting housewives." CROUPIER NOT BAD AS SAID John L. Sullivan Tells Tale of Monte Carlo, Lauding Kind-Hearted Stake Payers. John L. Sullivan was talking about the croupiers of Monte Carlo, says the New York Tribune. "They are not so bad as they are painted," he said. "They have warm blood in their veins. They are sorry for you if you lose their money—your money, I mean. And if you ask advice of them, they give you good advice— good advice every time. I watched a young Englishman playing rouge et noir one evening. He lost steadily. I judge he lost close on to $2,000. Toward midnight he took out a gold louis. He smiled wretchedly at the croupler, twirling the louis in his fingers. 'This is my last gold piece,' he said. 'Where do you advise me to put it?' 'Put it,' said the croupler, 'back in your pocket.'' Curious Turkish Foods. Three singular preparations of grape juice are known in Turkey, and our consul at Harput thinks they might all be made and liked in this country. Basduk consists of sheets resembling leather, made by evaporating grape juice to the consistency of molasses, then mixing flour with it and drying it on cotton cloth in the sunshine. Kessme is in cakes half an inch thick. It is made by using coarse wheat grits instead of flour to mix with the grape molasses and is dried on metal plates. Sujuk, a still more savory preparation, is made by stringing walnut meats on twine, and then immersing the strings thus formed in the mixture of flour and grape juice. When coated about a quarter of an inch thick the strings are hung up to dry. Life of Books. Few people realize how short the life of an average book is, and how much shorter it is getting. Fifteen years ago you could count on its existence for two or three years. Now three books out of four are almost as dead as mutton in three months. This is almost as noticeable in general literature as in fiction.—Zook Monthly. Shocks Humanity While the war in South Africa was raging President Kruger said that before it was over its horrors would stagger the world. This was true. The same idea is suggested in even a larger sense by the awful carnage which has attended the Russo-Japanese war. Its horrors shock humanity.—Paterson Daily Press. Wealthy Ranchwoman. Mrs. Adair owns in Texas the second biggest ranch in the world. It covers 1,250,000 acres. On a printed signboard attached to the apparently endless wire fence which meets the eye on traveling through the Panhandle country is the notice: "Eighty miles from this fence to headquarters." Meat Fritters. Cut cold meat or fowl into small pieces and season with pepper, salt and the juice of a lemon. Make a fritter batter, stir the meat in and drop by the spoonful into boiling fat and fry till a light brown. Drain and serve immediately.—Household. Poor Little Japs. An Atchison bride, half an hour after her train had started, found a handful of rice in her hat, and burst into tears, says the Atchison Globe. Upon the bridgeroom asking what was the matter she replied: "That is all the poor Japs have to eat." Perverse Woman. Hickory—It's an awful thing to propose to a girl seriously, and then have her throw you down. Slippery—Well, you shouldn't have proposed to her seriously; then she would have accepted you.—Detroit Free Press. Canada's Bank Deposits. The deposits in Canadian banks have been increasing steadily until they have reached the highest in the history of the country, being nearly $50,000,000 greater than they were a year ago.—Detroit Free Press. Too Many Pats. A man named Pat Murphy has obtained damages against the Cunard company for wrongful detention. He was mistaken for another of the seven Pat Murphys among the crew of the liner on which he served. Both Sides of It. She—I think a girl is very foolish to merry a poor man. to marry a poor man. He—Yes, but not half so foolish as the poor man who marries that kind of a girl.—Chicago Daily News. What's the Use in Dancing? The dancing masters are agitating the abolition of the "bear hug" style of dancing. Let them beware, lest like Othello, they find their occupations gone.—Atlanta Constitution. McKinley in Bronze. After eight months' work the bronze figure that is to be placed on top of the McKinley monument in Golden Gate park, San Francisco, has been cast. It is that of a draped woman, crowned with bay and holding in one hand a spear and in the other an extinguished torch and palm branches. The statue will be mounted on a square granite column, on the front of which will be a large marble medallion of William McKinley, and at the base on the four sides, a seat. The shaft will be on a circular granite platform reached by steps surrounding the entire edifice. Bears en Frappe The crew of the whaler Lara Hansen, which arrived at Seattle the other day, saw, frozen in a monster iceberg, a female polar bear and two cubs, the cubs nestling against the mother. The berg stood out of the water fully 100 feet and the ice wherein the bears were entombed was clear as crystal. How long the animals had been locked in their winter palace is a matter of conjecture, but they were at least 25 feet above the water. 81st and State Sts. HILL 112-114 STATE S Special Sales in Throughout Attorney at Law, 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago. Suite 615 p.619, Telephone Main 3077. MELIS J. DEVING ERENLAH B. COONWELL Special Sales in New Fall Goods Throughout the Store. Tel. Yards 693 John J. Real Estate, Insur- Property managed. Abstracts examine 4709 South Halsted Street CRANES Wear-A Solves the financial problem of clothing AUTUMN In rich tints and picturesque shapes, autumn season. LADIES' SUITS, FALL COATS, GE Complete fall and winter outfits for ALL SOLD ON EASY WEEKLY OR MO Get your garments when you like and Buel D. Crane 2nd Floor 185 and 187 Theodore JUSTICE OF Mortgages, Deeds, Notes an and Acknowledged. POLICE MAGISTRATE East Chicago Ave. Police Court CHIC Real Estate, Insurance and Loans Property managed. Abstracts examined. Renting. Legal papers prepared. 4709 South Halsted Street Chicago Solves the financial problem of clothes-buying for yourself or your family AUTUMN HATS In rich tints and picturesque shapes, completely under the spell of this new autumn season. LADIES' SUITS, FALL COATS, GENTS' SUITS AND OVERCOATS. Complete fall and winter outfits for youths misses and children, ALL SOLD ON EASY WEEKLY OR MONTHLY PAYMENTS. Get your garments when you like and pay when you please. Buel D. Crane & Company 2nd Floor 185 and 187 WABASH AV. Elevator JUSTICE OF THE PEACE POLICE MAGISTRATE RESIDENCE East Chicago Ave. Police Court 337 Burling Street ILLINOIS BRICK CO. J. J. HENNESSY, Justice-of-the-Peace, 6301 S. Halsted St. WILLIAM TREXLER, CLERK. TELEPHONE WENTWORTH 4403. 1994 N. Western 1994 N. Western Ave., Chicago. Junk's M. JUNK, JOS. P. JUN M. JUNK, Proprietor JOS. P. JUNK, Manager 3700-3710 South Halsted Street and 897 to 929 Thirtyseventh Street CHICAGO Attorney at Law Suite 9, No. 77 South Clark St. CHICAGO Jas. J. McCormick, SAMPLE ROOM IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS 8402 SOUTH HALSTED STREET. MARCUS RUBEN, (Incorporated) Manufacturer of Outfits for Waiters and Cooks, BARBERS, :: DENTISTS, BARKEEPERS AND BUTCHERS, 390 State St., - - - Chicago. Phone Harrison 417 Joseph A.O'Donnell. Henry D.Coghlin. O'Donnell & Coghlin Attorneys at Law Phone 264 Main Metropolitan Block N. W. Cor. LaSalle & Randolph Sts. Chicago GRAY & MONN ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1114 Ashland Block, Clark and Randolph Sts. Tel. Central 569. CHICAGO. A. D. GASH DEVINE & O'CONNELL ATTORNEYS AT LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK Clerk and Washington Sta. JOHN E. OWENS ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW 323 ABHLAND BLOCK TELEPHONE CENTNAL 998 CHICAGO PHONES { Office, M in 1157 Res. Brown 42 STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS LAWYER Suite 200. 123 125 La Salle Street CHICAGO Ophthorne Yard 107 Residence, 12th Garfield Bd. JOHN FITZGERALD JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 4787 &. HALSTED STREET. ....CHICAGO JOHN G. JONES LAWYER 185 Dearborn Street Adams Express Building Room 607 Res. 3717 Armour Ave. CHICAGO J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney at Law Suite 611 167 Dearborn St., Corr. Monroe. Chicago. Tel. Cent. 5768. Res. Tel. Went. 4892. Police Magistrate Englewood Police Court. Telephone Main 3558 P. J. O'SHEA ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 1444 Unity Building 79 Dearborn St. Chicago Robert M. Mitchell ALBERT B. GEORGE LAWYER. 422 Ashland Block, Chicago HILLMAN'S 112-114-116 STATE STREET. Total Sales in New Fall Throughout the Store. John J. Bradley Estate, Insurance and managed. Abstracts examined. Renting. Legal paper in Halsted Street WEAR-AS-You-Pay A financial problem of clothes-buying for yourself or AUTUMN HATS Suits and picturesque shapes, completely under the sp SUITS, FALL COATS, GENTS' SUITS AND C fall and winter outfits for youths misses and child IN EASY WEEKLY OR MONTHLY PAYMENTS. ments when you like and pay when you please. D. Crane & Co. 185 and 187 WABASH AV. Theodore C. May JUSTICE OF THE PE Begages, Deeds, Notes and Legal Documents D Acknowledged. Room 22, 27 North C MAGISTRATE O Ave. Police Court RE 337 B CHICAGO NOIS BRICK HILLMAN'S 112-114-116 STATE STREET. John J. Bradley Theodore C. Mayer Mortgages, Deeds, Notes and Legal Documents Drawn and Acknowledged. Room 22, 27 North Clark Street. WILLIAM C. KUESTER. SUPERINTENDENT. N. Western Ave., Ch Telephone Lake View 270. Telephone Yards 718 nk's Brewe M. JUNK, Proprietor OS. P. JUNK, Manager CHICAGO N'S all Goods ore. Nota y Public Hudley and Loans legal papers prepared. Chicago Pay Plan yourself or your family or the spell of this new AND OVERCOATS. and children, ENTS. please. Company Elevator Mayer PEACE Elements Drawn North Clark Street. RESIDENCE 337 Burling Street K CO. CR. Chicago. wery