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Revs. Abraham Lincoln Murray, Archibald James Carey And The Broad Ax Vol. X Within the past two or three months many of the members of Bethel Church and others who always attend services there, have repeatedly declared in our presences that "What has been said in the columns of this paper in the past in reference to the unministerial conduct of Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray, is the adsolute truth and by his late actions in connection with Bethel Church Rev. Murray has proven himself to be much blacker than he has ever been painted in the columns of the Old Church Organ or The Broad Ax" Many of the good morals saints who affiliate with this particular church who have not sufficient backbone to stand up and be counted when it comes right down to contending for "decency and purity in the home and in the church," have also intimated that as long as we refrain from giving publicity to Rev. Murray's recent transactions in relation to Bethel "that we are not performing the moral duty or obligation which we owe to society and the community at large." It has been said by someone that there are "two sides to each and every question." This is true in this instance, for if we remember rightly in the latter part of 1902, without malice or forethought, we honestly felt it was our duty in our own weak way to enlighten the minds of those who worshiped in Bethel Church, respecting the immoral acts of their pastor and what was the result? Why the result was that shortly after we had published "his black record in Indianapolis, Ind." both the morning and the evening Sunday services at Bethel were transformed into an indignation meeting, and we were willfully charged with "slandering all the women belonging to the race." At both meetings the church was packed from pit to dome, and every man and woman in it with a few exceptions gladly and freely voted in favor of the resolution which was passed denouncing us as an enemy and a vile, slimy traitor to the race for telling the truth on Rev. Murray." Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray resigned as pastor of Bethel Church for one week, for the express purpose of murdering us in cold blood and its members and friends who were in favor of mobbing and lynching us thought "that he would be justified in so doing, for they kept their eyes closed up tight all day long and were in the dark at all times really felt "that we had brought everlasting disgrace on their church and upon their holy or saintly pastor." Immediately after that memorable meeting, where men and women lost what little reason they had, and permitted themselves to be swayed by barefaced hypocrites and soft-brained fools. Revs. Abraham Lincoln Murray, Jasper F. Thomas, Archibald James Carey, David Ranting Wilkins, Little Bill Ward, who has passed on to heaven—we don't think—and several other first-class Christian gentlemen—nit—worked day and night for more than two weeks for the sole purpose of having The Broad Ax excluded from the United States mauls, which they were foolish enough to believe would put us out of business, but, after they had failed in their attempt in that direction then Revs. Abraham Lincoln Murray, Little Bill Ward, with the consent of the States Attorney, who was of the opinion" that we had no moral right to refer to the scandalous or shameless conduct of his Reverend friends" whom he had and could use for political purposes, even their pulpits and their churches, appeared before the grand jury and to the great delight of Charles S. Deneen, the December grand jury of 1902 presented us with two indictments for criminal libel, for our Christmas present. These indictments were to be simply used as a club over our head, for two years have elapsed since that time and Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray, and no one connected with the States' Attorney office have been horsing to dispose of them, although we are and have been ready and waiting to have our day in court. Two or three Sunday nights after Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray had succeeded in getting us indicted he held another moster meeting in Bethel Church. It was addressed by Little Bill Ward, who with many other rotten characters, occupied conspicuous seats in the pulpit during the meeting almost $500 was raised among the poor deluded men and women belonging to Bethel church for the purpose of paying several snide lawyers to assist the States Attorney's office to send us to prison, but we are still doing business at the same old stand and the financial condition of Bethel Church is in a most deplorable condition. It is heavily mortgaged from head to foot and for the next twenty years it will not be able to pay the many debts which it contracted under the mismanagements of the Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray. Some few of the decent church people labored under the delusion that "Bishop Grant, and the Iowa Conference of 1903, would not return Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray, to Bethel for another year, owing to his burning love for the sisters, and his badness in other directions, but they record without their host, and without even being requested to give or render a strict account of his stewardship or to make amends for his immoral conduct, Bishop Grant poured out his blessings upon him and as a rebuke to those who make some pretentions to respectability, Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray was returned to Bethel for another year. A great reception was held in Old Bethel in honor of his re-appointment as its learned and popular Pastor; that event was sufficient proof to its members that he was not guilty of committing any of the immoral acts, which he had been charged with committing by the writer, and again on that occasion many of his followers bitterly denounced us for assailing their sweet and innocent mouth peace of God. As further proof that God is greatly in love with that class of Preachers who never throw money, women, nor anything else even their left shoulders. The Ill. Conference of 1904, placed Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray in charge of a church at Quincy Ill., but that church or field did not suit him, and he came back to Chicago and threatened to start a church of his own, and split Bethel Church in two, but rather than have him to do that he was transferred to Atlantic City, N. J., where he is in charge of the second best church in his connection, and those who were hot for our warm blood because we had the courage to publish the unvarnished truth concerning his bad conduct, now claim that Rev. Abraham Lincoln Murray is the worst preacher that has ever come down the plike. Let us very briefly consider the case of Rev. Archibald James Carey, it is a well known fact that he attended the Sunday School union convention at Milwaukee Wis., which was held in the city of lager beer in the summer of 1903, and during its sessions he conducted himself in such a manner as to bring everlasting disgrace upon his scared calling, shortly after he returned home from scattering lots of red paint around that Old dry town, two of his church officers T. J. Hunter and Doctor H. C. Cress, called on us and offered to pay us quite a sum of money, providing we would promise them "that we would not publish one line respecting the Rev. gentleman's Rip roaring trip to Milwaukee," where it is claimed he grew as red in the face as a half HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, DECEMBER 17, 1904. ```markdown ``` Former City Attorney of Chicago who is one of the ablest and most prosperous lawyers in the middle west can be elected if he will accept the nomination as City Attorney of this city in the spring of 1905. Former City Attorney of Chicago who is one of the ablest and most prosperous lawyers in the middle west can be elected if he will accept the nomination as City Attorney of this city in the spring of 1905. drunken Irishman while he was fighting with the wet Holy Ghost, be that as it may but one thing is certain Dr. Cress, called at our little home the Sunday after The Broad Ax, appeared containing a full account of Rev. Archibald James Carey's outing to Milwaukee, and he wanted to whip us for presuming to publish the facts in relation to the actions of his beloved Pastor, we very mildly requested him not to end our "existence on the Lord's day, and that we stood ready at any time to go into any court in Cook County and back up our statements as to his Pastor's actions at Milwaukee." To reward Rev. Archibald James Carey for drinking wine and so on with the Ladies in Milwaukee, which his lackies claimed was doped, Bishop Grant, and the Iowa Conference of that same year selected him as the head delegate to the General Conference of 1904. Bishop Grant or no one else in the Iowa Conference requested Rev. Archibald James Carey, to make a statement as to whether or not those ugly statements in reference to himself which had appeared in The Broad AX were true or false but he was loudly applauded when he stood up in the Conference, and referred to this Paper as a "dirty little sheet," and to the "writer as a vile scoundrel," which would seem to implie that Bishop Grant, and his Lord likes that class of wet Holy Ghost Preachers, who know how to feather their own nests. The Great Revolution. About sixty years ago the products of labor in all of our western states were delivered to freight carriers who resided in the region where they were produced. This refers to the surplus only. The cost of carriage remained in the region of production and these were finally redistributed. The money of the country was circulated from local banks. Thus the money remained at home also for local redistribution. Now all is changed. The cost of carrying and the interest for money all goes to corporations in the east. Thus all the surplus goes abroad and nothing remains to be redistributed where wealth is produced—naturally, of course, the lands will fall into the hands of rich eastern landlords, and rents also will go to the east. Our west must become like Ireland—a region where tribute is raised for non-residents. The curse of absenteeism as 'tis called is rapidly falling upon the west. It will be much easier for a few to become owners of the land than it was for them to monopolize the railways and telegraphs. The few bankers and money dealers here are mere agents of the eastern plutocracy. HOLT. At the reception of the Hancock-Carter wedding, 3424 Dearborn St. Monday evening, champagne and other wines flowed as freely as water. The newly married couple received many handsome presents. Clandestine Royal Arch Masonry United States. Among Colored Men in the October 12th, 1820, at Philadelphia, Pa., the following named persons: Caesar Thomas, F. Lattimore, Peter Richmond, Richard Parker, Robert Barclay, Joseph B. Smith, Richard Nurst, together with several others met in the city of Philadelphia without a dispensation or a charter from any Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Macons or without having any power and authority from any Grand High Priest or Deputy Grand High Priest or any other person, pretending to have any power and authority, met and claimed to have organized themselves into a Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. They named their chapter Union Chapter or Royal Arch Masons. Who the persons were that conferred the degrees upon them or wherever they got their authority to do so nobody has ever been able to find out. The truth about the matter the records show, after having been thoroughly investigated that they never had any; nor were the degrees of Royal Arch Masons even ever conferred upon them. In this manner they organized or pretended to organize a Grand Chapter and give it the title of the First Independent African Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of North America with its headquarters at Philadelphia. It is safe to say that these so-called Royal Ach Masons no doubt imbibed the same spirit and caught the same inspiration from the spurious work of the members of Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. That is the commencing of Royal Arch Masonry among colored Masons in the United States in an unlawful and irregular manner. H. S. President Roosevelt in his long message to Congress last week intimated "that Washington, D. C., is one of the best governed cities in this country." That may be so far as it is controlled by the Republican members of the upper and the lower house of congress, and they delight in permitting the Negro to be "Jim Crowed in the public schools, in the hotels, in the theatres, on the street and steam cars, and in every other way, and that may be the reason why President Roosevelt holds up Washington as a "model City." The Colored Republican newspapers have not had much to say respecting President Roosevelt's message, in fact some of them have passed it up with two or three lines, and Brother Murphy, of the Afro-American Ledger, Baltimore Md., would make a dandy shouting or snorting Methodist Bible pounder, was so disappointed with the thing that he refused to refer to it in the last issue of his Ledger, the boys all expected that the Rough Riding President would have something to say in relation to the Negro, but he fooled them. AMERICAN RACE PREJUDICE Follows the Flag to the Philippine Islands, Where Officers of the Army Live in Open Adultry With Negro Women. United States Senator Ben Tillman, of South Carolina in a fit before an audience in Minneapolis in March, 1903, howled, in a terrific climax with hands arms, legs, and feet beating the air and kicking: "Social equality means amalgamation and degredation You have all been opposed to slavery in the South, and now you must go out to the Philippines and buy nine millions more colored people. The colored people are unfit to govern themselves, much less to govern us and to h—with such a doctrine as equality." He spoke what we call Southern sentiment. Yet on the 30th of November Acting Secretary of War Oliver brought to an end the color question raised in the result of Private John Smith, of the Hospital Corps, marrying a colored woman by ordering his discharge without honor. This occurred in the United States. In the Pacific Islands soldiers live with native colored women without any hesitancy and nothing is thought or said about the matter until they are ready to return to their homes in the South where fond hearts await to welcome them as brothers and sweathearts. The difference between the colored and white trooper of our national defense is that the colored men marry the women, while the whites content themselves to live in adultery, nourishing the inherent traits of their fathers in ante-bellum days. A white and a colored American soldier's bamboo house will be side by side. The one will be lawful and the other unlawful. Nothing is done to these men in the islands away from home You hear nothing of it from heads of departments. It's all right as it does not come "officially" before the war department. Mrs. John A. Logan, speaking in one of her weekly letters concerning a case of an officer married in the islands says: "His attempt to shield himself behind what he calls the prejudices of a Filipino justice adds audacity to his own admissions. There seems no disposition to deny that the woman in question was installed in his household, and the lieutenant states on oath her position. It seems that he is trying to rid himself of the Negress to marry a beautiful, virtuous American girl. It would be strange if any refined, pure girl would be willing to take the place of a Negress of the Philippine Islands as wife to this lieutenant. It is too revolting to think of for one moment. "And it is a humiliating thing that a trusted officer should have to be arrained for boldly practicing a deception, or worse, publicly living illicitly with one of the worst specimens of natives of any foreign country, and at the same time carrying on correspondence and otherwise trying to win the love and confidence of an innocent girl of his own country whom he proposed to make his wife, trusting to distance to cover up his infamy. "If reports be true he was proceeding with his plans to marry an attractive young woman of his own land when, like Banquo's ghost, his Filipino wife appears to appeal to the war department for protection, in which she is supported by the justice who claims to have performed the marriage ceremony which made 'a loose character' the wife of a lieutenant in the United States army, according to the laws of the Philippine Islands. "His denial of the ceremony or of his honorable intent, and his admission that his relations with the woman were of an unholy character, places him in a very unenviable light, and No. 8 should ostracise him from society and drive him out of the army. * * * * * * * "The worst feature of the whole matter is that it is claimed there are fifty or sixty other officers waiting to be released from Filipino wives so they can marry innocent women of their own country. It is to be hoped that in each case such revelations will be made, where officers have had either legal or illegal relations with any native women in any of our island possessions, as to stop their marriage to worthy, virtuous women." Then this American or Southern "equality" howl as shown by a cracker Senator and enforced by the Secretary of War is one thing in theory and another in fact. What is it in this instance that follows the flag? What is it distinctively American? Twenty-five years from today when the islands are flooded with American-Filipino mullattoes and half-breeds, reformers will tell us that the moral standard of the native foreign island woman is low—below the brutes that went over and set the standard—The Advocate, (Portland, Ore.). Christmas Shopping at Hillman's None of the department stores in the down-town district are displaying any better or finer selection of goods of every description suitable for Christmas or holiday presents than Hillman, who, after January 1st, 1905, will have one of the most extensive dry goods establishments in this country. He is selling everything in his store at rock bottom prices, which will enable those with limited means, to secure many beautiful presents, which will tickle the hearts of the young folks as well as the older ones. Hillman's is the place for AfroAmericans to do their trading, for he knows no man on account of the color of his skin, but judges him by his merits. He is the only merchant prince, employing colored men, to run and conduct his elevators, and he is well pleased by the faithful service performed by them. Colored women are also employed in his up-to-date store, and they are treated with the greatest consideration by his numerous assistants. Hillman believes in spending some of his advertising money with papers like The Broad AX, which reaches and is read by a large class of people with plenty of money to spend for finery and so on. Republican prosperity is still marching over the country, and banks and great manufacturing plants are closing up and throwing thousands and thousands of men out of employment, and hundred of colored Republicans who yelped and shouted for Colonel Roosevelt and the Grand Old Party, will not be able to eat turkey Christmas day. "The Colored Women's 20th Century Penny Club" gave its first public entertainment last Thursday evening at 2642 Wabash Av., which was a great financial success. Its president, Mrs. Fanny Ralston, Mrs. Nelson Hayes, vice-president, Mrs. Evans, Miss James, Mrs. Scott and the other ladies connected with the club were untiring in their efforts to make it pleasant for its friends and well-wishers. The aim and object of the club is to raise money to establish a Woman's Exchange where the young women of the race can exhibit and sell their fancy work of all descriptions. This is a worthy or commendable object on the part of The Colored Women's 20th Century Penny Club, and The Broad Ax hopes it will meet with success. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Infidelia, Farmers, Single Texers, 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. 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Who warns like a mother, and who loves like a mother; your mother is perhaps gone, and your father is gone, let me take the place of those who have departed and lift up a warning vioce, with Paul I would say: I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you, I wish I could warn as Jesus Christ did, as He went up Mount Olivet, His heart seemed to be greatly moved, and He cried: "Oh, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, them that killeth the Prophets, and soneth them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her chickens, under her wings, and ye would not." Did not He warn, but He that taketh warning shall deliver His soul, my dear boys and girls will you take warning and stay out of the saloons and hear what mother says to you, though some mothers take their daughters in saloons and others send them in, now let me warn your mothers and fathers, do not send your dear children into sin and vice, beware of your habits, could they but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct, which in the plastic state, every smallest stroke, of virtue or of vice leaves its never so little scar, we must care for our boys or the devil will, the devil will not neglect them even though we do. I lift up the storm signal now, and warn you to escape from the coming judgment, let the wicked forsake his ways, and the unrighteous man his thoughts and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. ELIZABETH McDONALD. 6130 Ada St., Chicago. THE BOOKLOVERS MAGAZINE FOR DECEMBER, 1904. Table of Contents. Street Gallantry—Frontispiece in color. From the painting by J. G. Brown. A. Christmas Message—Charles Wagner. In French and English. The Novels of Rene Bazin—Henry A. Stimson. Harvest-Time in a Cranberry Bog—Julia Ellen Rogers. With illustrations. What we know About the Moon: The latest discoveries and theories, with illustrations. Waldemar B. Kaempffert. The War Correspondent's Future—Frederick W. Unger. Our Color Pictures. Helen W. Henderson, with color-reproductions of paintings by Schmitz, Chelminski, Clays, L'hermittre, Gerome and Corot. The Real Australia: 1. The land and the people. Burriss Gahan, with illustrations. A Group of Distinguished Writers. —Portraits in sepia-tint of Henry James, Anthony Hope Hawkins, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Hamlin Garland, James Matthew Barrie, John Burroughs, Marie Corelli, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Margaret Deland, George Washington Cable, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Thomas Nelson Page and Israel Zangwill. Loose Leaves from an Artists Sketch Book:1. Some Christmas Reminiscences. Carl J. Becker, with eleven drawings by the author. The Passing of the American Forest; The Lumber Jack and His Work With illustrations. W. Frank McClure. Germany's Greatest Actor: The famous director of Munich's Royal theatres. With illustrations. William Lyon Phelps. The Voice: A poem—Valerie de Mude Kelsey. In Search of Prey—Color-reproduction of the painting by Gerome. Greater Love Hath No Man: A story Mary Imlay Taylor. The Best New Things from the World of Print—With illustrations. Lynn, Mass., Man Was the First to Introduce Industry Into California. It was a Lynn (Mass.) man who carried to California her first fruit trees. E. A. Ingalls, a '49-er, took from Lynn to California 55 years ago the shipment of cultivated fruit trees that started the state's great fruit-growing industry. When the gold fever broke out Mr. Ingalls, a young man then, took passage round the Horn. The voyage required 133 days. All the piloneers carried such things as they thought would be useful and profitable to sell or trade, but Mr. Ingalls' luggage was the most cumbersome of any, for his fruit trees were numerous and of all sorts. He disposed of these trees at a good price, and then set out for the interior to find gold. He found none. His luck was miserable. So he returned to Lynn again and there his life was as successful as in California it had been unsuccessful. Mr. Ingalls was a lawyer, and a business man in Lynn and his is one of the most honored names in the town's history. It should be one of the most honored names in California's history, too. It was no small thing to have started that great state on her magnificent fruit-growing career. SEA HAS GROWN DEEPER. Level of the Mediterranean Nine Feet Above That During Old Roman Times. The phenomenon of the changes in the level of the sea is one which is well shown in the case of the Mediterranean. M. Ph. Negris, in a recent brochure presented to the Academy of Sciences, furnishes interesting information on this point, it being apparent that the sea has greatly increased in depth as compared to ancient times. Formerly a bridge 3,000 feet long united Leucade to the continent. To-day it is submerged, but the foundations of the work were discovered, 11 feet beneath the surface. It may therefore be concluded that since the construction of the bridge the sea has risen at this point over nine feet At Itea, in the Bay of Amphissa, there has been observed a mole that is also over nine feet beneath the surface. At Rhenee there has been found a completely submerged dock, evidently of Roman construction, the depth of the sea above the dock at places being fully nine feet. From all of these facts one may conclude that there has taken place an important increase in the depth of the sea since the Roman period, the Mediterranean having risen at least nine feet in 2,000 years. TOLSTOI BOYS FIGHT JAPS. Although the Count Is Denouncer of Present War, Sons Are with Russians. Count Tolstoi, social reformer, abhors all wars and denounces the particular war which is now raging between Russia and Japan, yet three sons of his have quit the wolf trails to go man-hunting in the far east. The eldest boy and a brother are camped with the army of Kuropatkin, having been at the front for several months. The youngest son not long ago declared his intention of volunteering and already may have donned the uniform of a soldier of the czar. This action has affected the aged count greatly and he has been seen to weep. The war has brought unusual family dissension into the Tolstoi household. The countess is utterly at variance with her husband on account of his denunciation of the conflict. Only Tatyana, the eldest daughter, adheres to her father's views and seeks to give him solace. Tatyana is a gifted woman. The Tolstoi essay against war, published in the London Times, was only sketched out by the count. His daughter filled out the draft and gave it the literary finish. PRINTS PHOTOS ON APPLES Portrait of Edward VII. on French Fruit Arouses Interest—The Method Explained. A firm of fruit auctioners at Covent Garden recently received from France a remarkable consignment of apples. On each apple was a portrait of King Edward VII. The fruit created a great sensation in the market, and brought a big price. The apples were of the Peasgood Nonsuch variety. A photographic film was fixed on them just before they colored, and the foliage was fastened away from them to insure full exposure to the sun. The portrait of his majesty was put upon these first fruits, because the French peasants consider the "entente cordiale" greatly due to the king. Doubtless in future years many will emulate the example of the ingenious French cultivator and produce portrait fruits. As advertisements they would be very valuable. Winter and Summer Stamps. The post office department is sending out its winter stamps now. Few know that there is a difference between winter stamps and summer stamps. In the cold months the gum on the stamps is a little thinner and softer, while that on those to be used during the summer and in southern states is not so easily affected by heat. Queer Names in Town. Fremantle, West Australia, has some queer names. The mayor is a Cadd, the chief printer is Cant, a contractor Thick has just sued a local soup-preserving company, and a man named Offspring Webb was fined recently for keeping an unlicensed dog. Lightning Cake. For "lightning cake" break two eggs in a cup, add one-fourth of a cupful of melted butter, then fill up the cup with sweet milk. Into a bowl sift one cupful of flour, one cupful of sugar, a pinch of salt and one rounded teaspoonful of baking powder. Make a hollow in the center of the dry mixture, and gradually pour in the other ingredients, stirring all well together. When it has formed a smooth, even mass turn it into a cake tin, and bake. Though prepared in an entirely different way from the average cake, it is well worth trying.—N. Y. Tribune. A Stay at Home. "Mrs. Jason Gause, a demure little Quaker lady of Lyon county," says the Kansas City Journal, "certainly is unrivaled in her record for staying at home. She has just returned from a visit to a daughter in Texas. It was her first ride on a railroad train. It was the first time in nearly 50 years she had been outside of Lyon county. For 23 years she had passed but one night away from home. She is the mother of Prof. Gouse, of the State Normal school." Private Graveyard. The family of a member of parliament from Yorkshire has a private graveyard and has had it for several generations. The founder of it was a Quaker, and the rector of the parish in which he lived said to him after a dispute on religious matters: "Well, if you don't come to church when you are alive, you will when you are dead." But the Quaker thought otherwise, and founded the burial place, which is used to this day. Games of the Czarina. The czarina has, from early childhood, been naturally clever with her pencil, and possesses a rare ability for pictorial portraying, with just a touch of humorous exaggeration, little personal peculiarities of those around her. It is said, though, that none more enjoy an inspection of these caricatures than those who are the subjects of them. 4. Bathhouse Mistake. Around Stockholm there are many suburban resorts where sea bathing is indulged in when the weather is warm enough. At one of these resorts a visitor observed a large signboard at a gateway, reading "Dam Bad Haus." This notice gave him quite a shock, until he found it meant, "Ladies' Bath House."—St. James's Gazette. Bicycles in France. According to an official statement just published, 1,310,223 bicycles were taxed in France in 1903, being 103,481 more than in 1902. The department of the Seine (Paris) had the largest number (244,386), and Corsica the smallest (337). The number of motor cycles was 19,816, and of automobiles 19,886. Singing Insects. Among the natural curiosities of Japan are its singing insects. The most prized of these tiny musicians is a black beetle named "susumushi," which means "insect bell." The sound that it emits resembles that of a little silver bell of the sweetest and most delicate tone. Largest Beehive. The biggest beehive in the world is a natural one in Kentucky, known as the "Mammoth beehive." It is in reality a huge cave, the main compartment of which is 150 feet high, the floor covering ten acres in extent. No Thanksgiving Day In Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Utah, Thanksgiving day finds no place in the list of holidays by proclamation of their respective governors. Signifies Death. When a person dies in Switzerland his relatives put outside the house a little black table, covered with a black cloth, and having on it a black jar. Into this jar friends and acquaintances drop black-edged visiting cards. A Warning. The secret service officials announce the appearance of a new counterfeit $10 bill. Don't accept bills of any smaller denomination than twenties.—Cleveland Plaindealer. Warmed-Over Dish. A delicious warmed-over dish maybe made by mincing the cold remnants of the calf's head and heating them in a sauce made with the liquor in which the meat cooked.—Boston Budget. Finest Orchids. At Schonbrunn, the Austrian emperor's palace, is the finest collection of orchids in the world, numbering 18,000 plants. George Washington was so opposed to lying in any form that he refused to establish a weather bureau during his administration.—Chicago Post. The Best Mag. God has the best place for the best man, although men cannot always see this until the work is finished.—H. J. Steward. Severe winter weather begins in Siberia early in October. Ice often remains in the rivers until July. "Do you believe that awful story they are telling about Miss Prim?" "Yes. What is it?"—Judy. A Needed Ballast. Burdens may be the ballast that saves the ship.—Chicago Tribune. Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAIL YARDS: 51st St. & L. S. & M. S. Ry. 52nd St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO Phone 194 South A. B. 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Woodfolk and Mitchell Cigars, Tobacco and News Stand, 4902 State Street. News items and advertisements left at these places will find their way into the columns of The Broad Ar. THE WAY TO LOOK NEAT. And Comfortable is to have your hair nicely combed and put up in the latest style. If your hair is kinky and harsh it looks untidy and hurts when you try to comb it. You can easily change all that and make your hair straight, soft, beautiful and easy to comb by using the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow, it also gives this 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 Wahash ```markdown ``` $3.75 TIMELY TATTLINGS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. PRESIDENT'S LITTLE JOKE "Has Elevated the Bench"—Supreme Court Justices May Retire Some Possible Changes in Senate Committees. ASHINGTON. President Roosevelt jocularly claims that he has done much to elevate the bench. He does not claim that this is due so much to his appointments as to the fact that his candidacy at various times has re- W WUCKSTER WAC sulted in taking men off the bench. The other day he met Judge Richards, whom he appointed some time ago as a federal circuit judge, and after receiving the latter's congratulations on his victory, he laughingly said: "Well, judge, I have certainly been the means of elevating the bench in my career." "Why, how is that?" asked the judge. "Well, you see I have been the means of taking several men off it, and then I have placed you upon it." The men who left the bench on account of Mr. Roosevelt, were Judge Parker, Judge Van Wyck and Judge Herrick, all of New York, and all members of the New York judiciary. Judge Parker resigned to accept the democratic nomination for the presidency and run against Mr. Roosevelt. Judge Herrick resigned to become candidate for governor of New York against the republican candidate, Lieut. Gov. Higgins, and it is well known that he was selected because it appeared that Mr. Roosevelt's popularity would increase the vote of the republican candidate. Judge Van Wyck resigned to run against Mr. Roosevelt for governor of New York in 1898. So that the president in his political career caused three vacancies on the bench. Mr. Roosevelt will have further opportunity probably of placing men on the bench before his next term is concluded, as there will doubtless be several changes in the federal judiciary from members of the district court up to the supreme bench. Justices to Retire. Justices HERE is considerable talk of retirements from the supreme bench at an early day. Chief Justice Fuller has reached the age when, under the law, he can retire from active service and enjoy full salary the rest of his life. The law permits a supreme justice to retire when he reaches the age of 70 or when he has served 20 years. Chief Justice Fuller will be 72 years of age next February. He was appointed chief justice in April, 1888, and although he has not served 20 years, he is still eligible for retirement on account of age. It is understood that the chief justice has not been in the most robust health and is thinking of giving up the arduous work of his position. Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan is another member of the supreme bench who is eligible for retirement, both for age and for length of service. He was 71 years of age last June, and took his seat on the supreme bench in December, 1877. He will have completed 27 years as a supreme court justice on the 10th of December. He has been one of the strongest men physically of all the justices, but is now beginning to show his age. He has been an exceptionally hard-working member of the bench, and is still insistent on doing his full share of the duties of the court. He has led an active outdoor life, which accounts for his fine physical condition, and still at his advanced age is one of the most enthusiastic golf players at the national capital. There has been considerable talk of his retiring, but unless advancing years should tell on him more rapidly than they have, he may remain to complete 30 years of service. The next one of the associate justices who can retire for age in the near future is Justice Brown, who will be 70 years of age on March 2, 1906. He has been on the supreme bench for 14 years. Then comes Justice Brewer, who will reach the age of 70 in June, 1907. He was commissioned an associate justice in December, 1889, and has 15 years to his credit. Associate Justice Peckham was appointed in 1895, and will reach the age of 70 in November, 1908. The other members of the court are comparatively young men. Justice McKenna is 61, Justice White 59, Justice Holmes 63 and Justice Day 55. Senate Committee Changes. HE death of Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, the election of Senator Fairbanks to the vice presidency and afew other changes in the senate that have resulted from the recent election will bring about a reorganization of that body. It is HE death of Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, the election of Senator Fairbanks to the vice presidency and a few other changes in the senate that have resulted from the recent election will bring about a reorganization of that body. It is probable that the full rearrangement of committees will be postponed until next congress, but the vacancy at the head of the judiciary committee caused by the death of Senator Hoar will be filled by the designation of Senator Orville H. Platt, of Connecticut. Mr. Platt has for many years been the ranking member next to the chairman on this committee, and his preeminent qualifications for the chairmanship is recognized by everyone. He is one of the solid, conservative and able statesmen whose record is absolutely clear and of the highest grade. He is not one of the orators of the senate, and does not trouble that body with many lengthy speeches. When he does make an address, it is full of meat and not a lawyer in the body leaves the chamber during its delivery. Mr. Platt is known internationally as the author of the "Platt amendment" which has been incorporated in the organic law of the republic of Cuba and which virtually gives the United States a protectorate over the island. It permits the United States to prevent Cuba from swamping herself in debt, and prevents her forming an alliance with any other foreign power. The Connecticut senator has been chairman of the committee on Cuban relations, but as most of the important legislation concerning the relations between this country and Cuba has been accomplished, the position of chairman of the committee on the judiciary will be more commensurate with his ability and experience. Senator Platt is a typical New Englander, tall, angular and cold on the exterior. He is a warm-hearted gentleman, however, to those who have penetrated his New England reserve. He is a fisherman and a hunter of note, and has a lodge in the Adirondacks to which he retires every year to indulge in his favorite recreation and rest from the grind of senatorial duties. Cortelyou in Demand. INVITATION UBBIE DUMEER INVITATION UBBIE DUMEER INVITATION UBBIE DUMEER ATIONAL Chairman Corselyou is now paying the penalty of greatness. After several months of close application and arduous work he believed himself entitled to a vacation. He laid his plans for an immediate trip abroad. but found that there were demands upon his time that compelled him to indefinitely postpone the rest he contemplated. He then arranged to take a hunting trip as a diversion and dream of a few weeks' quail and deer shooting in Virginia. The republican leaders, however, had other plans such as jubilee dinners and meetings at which he was expected to be present. As national chairman he could not decline these entertainments, and again his programme of rest was interfered with. Mr. Cortelyou takes everything philosophically, and lives on the hope of some time getting away from political worries and really enjoying a period of rest. Such an experience will be rather odd for him, as since 1897, when he became assistant secretary to President McKinley, and a year later secretary, he has had very little opportunity of enjoying the recreation and rest which ordinary mortals account as necessary. He has been in the habit of devoting from 16 to 18 hours every day to his work. That application did not seem to have any effect upon him, for he would show up at the white house at nine o'clock in the morning as fresh and energetic as though he had retired at nine in the evening, instead of two hours after midnight. The long strain, however, is telling even on Mr. Cortelyou, and the tremendous work he performed during the late campaign has added five or ten years to his age. If Chairman Cortelyou can get away he will either go to the West Indies or Europe, and remain there until the 4th of March. He will then enter President Roosevelt's cabinet as postmaster general. If he desires to indulge his appetite for work, he will not be disappointed in that position. Of all the heads of departments in Washington the postmaster general is the busiest and, if so inclined, can put in more hours of work than any of his colleagues. The Jefferson Bible. HERE is a tremendous demand upon congressmen just now for copies of the "Jefferson Bible," as it is called, or to be more accurate "The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth." This is a work of Thomas Jefferson, and is T now the property of the United States national museum in this city. At the last session of congress a resolution was adopted to print a facsimile of this interesting book for the use of congress. The photolithographic process was used, and 9,000 copies of the book, as prepared by Mr. Jefferson; were printed, 3,000 for the use of the senate and 6,000 for the use of the house. The volume is an exact facsimile of the one found in Jefferson's library and is bound in full red leather. It contains two manuscript leaves in the handwriting of Jefferson, and the title page in that stateman's own handwriting which reads: "The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, extracted textually from the Gospel in Greek, Latin, French and English." The compilation consists of parallel columns of extracts from the Gospels in the original Greek, the Latin, the French and English. There are no comments, and the book is of use only to those versed in these languages. It is generally valued, however, as a remarkable curiosity, and the demand for it is something unprecedented in the history of government documents. THE The girl living on a farm has so many materials at hand with which to make acceptable gifts to city friends, and not the least of these are the ingredients for harmless but helpful cosmetics. And, by the way, asks the Pilgrim, did you know that word cosmetic was derived from a Greek term signifying skilled in the art of decoration or ornament? From the first, rhubarb sprouts and lettuce leaves on through spinach (for coloring creams and lotions), strawberries, cucumbers, watermelons and quince, with honey and milk and nuts, the girl on the farm has the best and purest materials to choose from and work with. An expensive Italian cream is made from the ground green seeds of cucumbers, melons and pumpkins made into flour which is slightly perfumed and made into a paste with sweet cream. The basis of nearly all washes for chapped hands is quince seeds, so one can make their own at slight expense by adding extract of witch hazel to the emulsion. With care the girl living on a farm should have the proverbial rose leaf or peaches and cream complexion until she is at least 75 years of age. The juice of cucumbers enters largely into the preparation of many face creams and watermelon juice is a famous southern face wash. Tomato juice is fine for an oily, greasy skin and the acid of strawberries rivals that of lemons as a bleaching agent. The basis of the most satisfactory cream is clarified mutton tallow, which, made creamy with almond oil, sweet with your favorite perfume and colored with the juices of lettuce, spinach, rose petals or currants, will give both beauty and pleasure to the recipient. Try out mutton suet in a double boiler just as lard is rendered, and when it is cold use the top portion, melting it in a bowl set in hot water, strain through a hair sieve, then through cheese cloth, and heat in the almond oil or other ingredients while still creamy. The addition of one dram of tincture of benzoin or one-half a dram of salicylic acid will prevent the emulsion from becoming rancid. HOW TO USE OLD CHINA A Novel Way to Change Broken Bits Into a Decorative Piece. The next time anyone in your family breaks a piece of china do not throw away the pieces, but save them carefully. If the piece broken should be a large plate, it will be especially valuable to you, although anything of the sort will be of use. If you have no paints of your own, wait until the family have some painting done about the house. Then get a little of the paint and a small brush. For five cents you can buy at any grocery store a small package of NOVEL CHINA PIECE. china cement, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. This will fasten together the edges of the broken china until the plate or other piece looks as good as now. However, it would not do to use it as if it had never been broken, for a very little use would smash it altogether, but for ornamental purposes it is all right. Cut from any old magazine the prettiest figure you can find. It must be a shilhouette figure; that is, full profile. You will find a large variety, especially in the advertising pages. Paste several of these figures lightly all over the bottom of the plate, or if the object broken be a pitcher or cup, all over the outside surface. Now paint over the whole thing, pictures and all, with your paint, putting on a good, thick coat. Before the paint is dry, loosen with a pin the edges of the figures you have pasted on the china. Now strip them all off, being very careful not to smudge the edges. Of course, there will be no paint on the china where it was covered by the picture, and the outline of the picture will show in white again its surrounding background of paint. The plate, thus prepared, will make a very dainty and attractive ornament, and you will find it lots of fun making this novel use of old bits of cloth. WOMAN'S CORNER A PRETTY DAISY PILLOW. Crochet Work Employed for This Novel Pillow, Which Can Easily Be Made. Any little girl who is able to crochet can easily make this pretty gift for mother, says the Boston Globe. First draw two circles any size you wish (18 inches in diameter is a good size) on paper. Cut out circle and lay on square of sage green denim (18x18 inches), and cut the denim into a circle the exact size of the paper circle. Then buy one spool of white silk finished cotton, one spool of dark green (for the leaves), and one spool of yellow. Crochet the daisies and leaves according to the following directions: For the daisies make four chain, using the yellow silk-finished cotton. In the first ch, make as many s c as are required to make a perfect circle. Break the silk and tie in the white; * ch 10, work back 10 s c in the ch just made, and fasten down with sl st. Pass to next st of center, and repeat from *; repeat all around. The flowers seen from the side are A DAISY PILLOW. made as follows: With the yellow silk make one-half circle, and work petals around the outer edge, as directed above. To make a side vein, showing the under side of flower, make a quarter circle with the green silk, and work petals around the edge as before directed. If you wish to vary the length of the petals you may do so by making some of the chains shorter than others. For the leaves, work 4 ch with the green silk, 3 d c in the first ch; turn and make 2 d c in the last st of the round just made. Work 2 sts in the next 2 sts of the last round; turn, make 2 d c in last st of last round, 3 d c in next 3 sts; turn and repeat for next row. Now narrow 1 st in each round till there are but 2 sts left. Insert the hook in both sts, and draw the silk through both sts; this points the end of leaf. Vary the size of leaves by making more or less sts at the beginning, widening and narrowing as directed for first leaf. Sew the flowers and leaves on the pillow as shown in accompanying illustration and draw with lead pencil the stems. Outline stems with the green silk. It is a good idea to buttonhole the leaves and flowers onto the denim. When this side is completed cut another circle of denim the same size, for back. Around the edge you may use a cord, a ruffle of ribbon or a ruffle of the denim with a herring bone stitch around edge of ruffle. This is also very pretty made with yellow daisies with brown centers on brown linen. Care of the Hands. When washing the hands always use a pure soap containing no free alkali and rinse the soap thoroughly away. Chapped hands are common to individuals with poorly circulating blood, and also to those who frequently immerse their hands in either hot or cold water. This cosmetic jelly should be used frequently as a preventive of a rough, sensitive surface. Thirty grains of gum tragacanth, seven ounces of rose water, one-half ounce of glycerin, one-half ounce of alcohol, one teaspoonful of pure borax and two drops of oil of rose. Let the tragacanth stand in the rose water for three days, strain and add other ingredients. This makes a delightfully lovely clear jelly, which dries immediately upon application and which never leaves the skin oily. It can be used on face or hands. The Lemon Bath A lemon bath is considered a daily necessity in the West Indies. Three or four limes or lemons are cut into the water and allowed to lie for half an hour, so that the juice may be extracted. Such a bath gives to the skin a delightful sense of freshness and cleanliness. Apple Gelatin. Make an ordinary apple sauce, having it rather thin. To every pint of this add a tablespoonful of soaked gelatin, beat hard and set aside to cool. Serve with rich cream or heap upon it uncooked meringue, sweetened.—Marion Harland. Inventive Ability, Says Professor Thomas, Is a Sure Sign of Mental Soundness. Another test of mental ability which deserves special notice is mechanical ingenuity, says Prof. W. I. Thomas, in the Forum. Our white preeminence owes much to this faculty, and the lower races are reckoned defective in it. But the lower races do invent, and it is doubtful whether one invention is ever much more difficult than another. On the psychological side, an invention means that the mind sees a roundabout way of reaching an end when it cannot be reached directly. It brings into play the associated memory and involves the recognition of analogy. There is a certain likeness between the flying back of a bough in one's face and the rebound of a bow, between a serpent's tooth and a poisoned arrow, between floating timber and a raft or boat; and water, steam and electricity are like a horse in one respect—they will all make wheels go around, and do work. Now, the savage had this faculty of seeing analogies and doing things in indirect ways. With the club, knife and sword he struck more effectively than with the fist; with hooks, traps, nets and pitfalls he understood how to seize game more surely than with the hands; in the bow and arrow, spear, blow gun and spring trap he devised motion swifter than that of his own body; he protected himself with armor from the hides and scales of animals, and turned their venom back on themselves. That the savage should have originated the inventive process and carried it on systematically is indeed more wonderful than that his civilized successors should continue the process; for every beginning is difficult. JAP WROTE POEM IN BLOOD Handkerchief Found on Person of Dead Islander Contains Verse Telling Loyalty. On my way to the rear, after the battle of Nanshan, writes a Japanese officer, in Leslie's Monthly, I came suddenly upon a couple of soldiers with a lantern. They were about to take the lifeless body of one of our officers from the hostile trench. The uncertain light of the lantern fell upon the pallid face of the lifeless officer covered with blood; in the dead man I recognized one of my own friends. Thrusting my arm under his head, I took him in my arms. Tied around his brow was a piece of cloth, a towel, perhaps a handkerchief. It was stained with blood from the fountain that a Russian bullet had opened at his temple. I untied the piece of cloth around his head. In the light of the lantern which the soldier held always beside me I saw the round sun of our imperial standard. It was not a towel, then, not a handkerchief. Beside the sun of our national flag, in spite of blood stains, I saw something on this flag that made me frown. I made out two lines of writing upon it, evidently a classic couplet. The rusty red of the letters told me that it was written in blood. In spite of the blood-stains I managed to make out the following couplet: "Forever shall we guard the august standard of our sovereign prince. Even though these, our lives of earth, should vanish with the dews of the morrow." ROMANCE OF SUMATRA LEAF Many Little Episodes Are Attached to This Unique Tobacco Plant. The story of Sumatra leaf tobacco, as grown under cheese-cloth in Connecticut, is one of the romantic episodes of agriculture, says a writer in Country Life in America. A Florida fruit grower had some tobacco plants that got into his pineapple shed by accident, and he noticed that they were taller and of finer texture, under the lath shade. The bureau of soils, while surveying the Connecticut valley, found a soil that was practically the same as that of Sumatra, on which the famous tobacco is grown. (The bureau has samples of soil from almost every important agricultural region of the world.) The government got an expert to start an industry, and the first two years some of the growers made over 100 per cent profit. The industry, as a whole, is successful. A large company with plenty of capital is necessary, for it costs $650 to cover and grow an acre of this tobacco. The growers receive from $1.20 to $2.50 per pound for the product. The imported article brings $2.50 to $3, and we have been importing about $6,000,000 worth a year. Costlier Than Champagne Although champagne is called the "wealthy water," there are few hotels in the country where one can pay more than four dollars a quart for it, while, on the other hand, there are hundreds of places where Burgundy is sold as high as $35 a quart. At one hotel the menu advertises a special brand of this fine wine for $25 a bottle. There are any number of Rhine wines which cost above eight dollars, and there is a big demand for them. Champagne does not improve with age as the other wines do, and this probably accounts for the difference. No Scar Under Red Light As a result of experiments made in some of the hospitals in Paris, it is stated that vaccination performed under a red light leaves no scar and causes less pain. The patient is vaccinated in a room where the only light is an incandescent lamp with a red globe. After an exhaustive examination of the case for and against athletics, Dr. Robert E. Coughlin, of Brooklyn, N. Y., comes to the following conclusions: "The prime object in athletics is improvement of the general health. Each writer has said that health, like happiness, does not exist. Each has a goal or limit which, while seemingly attainable, eludes perfect possession. The body consists of a number of mechanisms which have the closest and most exact relations, and as they approximate to harmony there is health, but when disordered there is ill health. To obtain good health muscle-building is not a necessity. One cannot judge of a person's health by the size and hardness of the muscles. We have seen that the converse may be true. To obtain health one must not be in a perfectly trained condition, owing to the effects of severe training on the nervous system. There is no evidence to prove that athletics and muscle-building improve the constitution. One should always keep in mind the fact that built-up or hypertrophied muscle has a tendency to degenerate. The heart being a muscular organ shares in this tendency. Although the evidence for and against athletics is contradictory, the whole subject may be summed up by saying that athletics are beneficial when properly and judiciously applied, and highly injurious when the precautions above mentioned are ignored or carelessly regarded." BLACKS MORE CONSUMPTIVE Increase of Disease Among Negroes Since Emancipation Is Becoming Noticeable. According to Dr. Thomas J. Mays, of Philadelphia, pulmonary consumption was comparatively unknown among the plantation slaves of the south before the war, while in the large cities of the south it was no more prevalent among them than it was among the whites. In Charleston, S. C., the negro death rate of consumption in 1860 was the same as among the whites—viz, 1.75; in 1876, whites 2.00, negroes 6.95; in 1890, whites 3.55, negroes 6.86; in 1902, whites 1.43, negroes 5.74 Before the civil war insanity, like consumption, was comparatively rare among the negro slaves. According to Dr. T. O. Powell this disease increased 705 per cent. among these people from 1870 to 1890 in Georgia. The same is true of North Carolina, for Dr. J. F. Miller, superintendent of the eastern insane hospital of that state, declares that from 1885 to 1896 insanity increased 256 per cent. among the colored people in that state. The conclusion of Dr. Mays, which was presented to a recent medical congress, was that slaves as property were better cared for than free negroes care for themselves. As to the future, a "campaign of education" is suggested. POSTMAN FOR EACH TONGUE Cosmopolitan Letter Carriers Are Now Employed by Authorities of Singapore. It is in Singapore where the British post office authorities employ letter carriers for each language. In that city there are so many different races who receive correspondence addressed in their own native language that proper delivery is extremely difficult. In several districts it has been found necessary to send the postmen upon their rounds in sets of three. One of these, a Malay, in charge of all packets for Europeans, Jews, Armenians, Malays, Arabs, Parsees and Japanese, which are presumably addressed in European script or in writing akin to it. The second of the tro is a Chinaman, who deals with correspondence bearing ideographic characters, while the third is a Tamil, who delivers letters addressed in the writing of his own race, as well as any in Telegu and southern Indian writing. These cosmopolitan postmen have, of course, often to consult each other as they deliver the mails, but sometimes even their varied linguistic attainments have to be supplanted by a Sikh who understands Hindostani, Persian and the characters of northern India. Had His Own Burial Place. The family of a member of parliament from Yorkshire has a private graveyard, and has had it for several generations. The founder of it was a quaker, and the rector of the parish in which he lives said to him after a dispute on religious matters: "Well, if you don't come to church when you are alive you will when you are dead." But the quaker thought otherwise and founded the burial place, which is used to this day. Number Six Glove Larger Glove manufacturers say that they now make a No. 6 woman's glove larger than they did five years ago. This is because women have become more athletic and thin hands have accordingly grown larger. But they won't acknowledge it, and still insist on wearing the same numbered glove. Our National Industry. There were 60,000 divorces in the United States last year, or an average of nearly seven every hour of the day and night, Sundays included. The business of making and unmaking misfit marriages appears to have become a great national industry. Too Severe. A California man who has beat his mother-in-law; a member of his household, has been sentenced to solitary confinement. That is what most men would call capital punishment. CHiPs. Rev. Mrs. M. W. Wolf, of Waycross, Ga., has become one of the iiny new readers of The Broad Ax. ‘The ladies of the S. 8S. S. Whist Club will entertain their husbands at & prize whist party, Thursday evening, ‘Dec. 27th at the residence of Mrs. Jas. Townsend, 435 E. 35th 8t. Justice Theodore C. Mayer, owing to his straight forward conduct and up to date busienss methods places him at the head of the Justices of the Peace of Chicago. : Justice John Fitzgerald is still ma- ing the waves in the Stock Yards dis- trict, and at all times each prisoner brought before him receives just what is coming to him. Mrs. J. T. Robinson, 450 35th St, bas been confined to her home through sickness for the past two weeks, but under the watchful care of Dr. George C. Hall, she is on the Toad to recovery. The Phyllis Wheatly Woman's Club will meet with Mrs. W. M. Toler, 4129 Michigan Av., Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 2ist. A fine literary and musical program has been arranged and the members hope to have all ladies inter- ested in their good work attend. Mr. Charles Dennehy, the pleasing headlight of the well known firm of Chas. Dennehy and Company, can in a few words tell any one all about the superior qualifications of Old Un- deroof Rye, is an up-to-date business man, and he would make a tip-top city treasurer of Chicago. Alderman Henry L. Fick who has been a reader and supporter of The Broad Ax for the past five years, says: “It is as dead as a dead cock in the pit. Since it has joined the re- form ranks, and does not devote so much of its space in fighting the preachers. | Alderman John Burns for the past two years, has been one of the most | valuable members of the City Council. | He has been untiring in his efforts 1 | helping to keep the 30th Ward cleaner | and in better shape than it has been | in for years, and if he consents to run next spring, the Democrats will find that it will be no easy task to knock | him out. | Prof. W. E. B. Du Bois of Atlanta | Ga., addressed the Chicago Woman's | Club, Wednesday afternoon on the | “Race Problem” in the South, About | five hundred members were present, | at the conclusion of his eloquent ad- dress he and Chan Pak Sun, the Chi- nese speaker was served with tea by the Ladies. While in the city Prof. Du Bois, was entertained at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bentley. If the Chicago Broad Ax is sincere its a traitor and if it is not sincere its a traitor. Poor Julius Taylor is doomed.—The Forum Springfield, Ill. Out of compassion for the watery- brained fellows who are less fitted to run a newspaper than the devil is to conduct a Sunday school, we will re- frain from expressing our boundless contempt for them for like cringing slaves they are unable to refut the arguments which we have advanced against the Republican party and its shaby treatment of the Negro. Col. W. A. Johnson, who earns $75 per month as one of the hard-working attaches of the water department, re- cently lost some of his easy money while playing poker or some other game of chance, in his friend Bass’ saloon, and after loosing quite a wad of his money, it is claimed “that he even went home and squelled to Mrs. Johnson, who compelled Mr. Bass to give up some of the money,” and In order to retain his friendship, Colonel Johnson gave him a promissory note for twenty-one dollars which fell due a few days ago, but he refused to pay it. Mr. Bass claims he will have his money or force Colonel Johnson to loose his job. = James Nott, Jr., 23 years of age, died of tuberculosis of the throat at 12:30 Saturday, Dec. 10, at the residence of his uncle, Mr. Wm. Nott, 3850 Dear- born St. Entering the employ of the United States Express Co. five years Bgo a8 & messenger Mr. Nott was in- duced to study shorthand, after which he was promoted to the position of stenographer through the efforts of der the awful strain he writes of his Ge.inquents as follows: “You may approximate the state in a nail keg, hang the ocean on a grape vine to dry, wipe the nose of a cyclone on a towel, cut off the tail end of a tornado for a keepsake, put the sky in the ground to soak, unbuckle the bellyband of eternity and open the sun and moon as health resorts, but never be deluded with the idea that you can escape the other side of pur: atory if you don’t pay for your paper.” If you are a subscriber to a paper why not treat it as you do your gro cery bill and pay for it when due. The man running a $2 per year paper needs his $2 every year just as badly as the butcher or the grocer. We ‘know of an editor that traveled over 300 miles to collect some subscription bills, and yet some of those indebted to the concern had the audacity to tell him to “call again.”—The Repub- lican, Seattle, Wash. ; Tea Cakes. Dainty little cakes for the afternoon tea may be baked in tins of fancy shapes, iced, sprinkled with broken nut meats and doited with candied fruits. An excellent old rule for cake calls for an equal weight of eggs, flour, but- ter and sugar. Cream the sugar and butter together very thoroughly. Then drop in the eggs one by one, beating each after it goes in until the mixture is very foamy. After the beating has made the batter as frothy as possible fold in the flour. Bake this cake slow- ly. Otherwise it will be tough.—Bos- ton Budget. Australian Slot Machine. The English newspapers report a new application in Australia of the principle of the coin-in-the-slot ma- chine, stating that if a stamp cannot be purchased converiently it will be possible in the future to drop a letter into one orifice of a postal box and a penny into a second orifice, and the words “One penny paid” will be found impressed on the envelope when the box is opened by the post office au- thorities, thereby securing the trans- mission of the letter. Warriace in Thibet. The ordinary marriage customs of the orient are reversed in Thibet. Instead of the men having a esis of wives, the women have a plurali of husbands. Lately a photograph of one of these women, a rather pretty young woman of not more than 21, who was the proud possessor of four husbands, was seen; she looked fairly cheerful and was seen to be rather nice and bright in manner, and altogether quite a superior specimen of a Thib- etan woman. Delicious Cun Cakes. For delicious little cup cakes, cream one and one-half cupfuls of sugar and a half a cupful of butter, and add two eggs. In a bowl sift two cupfuls of flour with a teaspoonful of cream of tartar. Then stir in the other mix- ture, add half a teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in a little milk, about enaugh to make a batter of the regular consistency. Bake in small cups or in muffin tins, and frost in any simple manner.—N. Y. Tribune. A Little Thought. A little thought will show you how vastly your own happiness depends on the way other people bear themselves toward you. Turn the idea around, and remember that just so much are you adding to the pleasure or the mis- ery of other people’s days. And this is the half of the matter which you can control.—George S. Merriam. Stes Gee Gn Diane The French treasury has up to now benefited to the extent of $1,600,000 by the tax on cycles and motor cars. Motor cycles contribute $50,000 of this amount, and motor cars $375,000. Since 1900 the number of motor cars paying the tax has increased by 1,089 per cent. ‘Wew Becord for Lazy Man. “Yes, sir, he was the lazieet man on record. What do you reckon he did when his house was on fire?” “Dunno.” “Warmed his hands at the blaze, and thanked God he didn’t have to split the wood for it!”—Atlanta Constitution. England’s Millions. _ The British empire to-day numbers 400,543,713 citizens. The recent com- pletion of the Cape census enables the total to be made up. Over 11,876,745 square miles of British citizens are dotted to the number of about 36 per square mile. Wis Plans. Her Mother—Mr. Sloman has been soming to see you for quite a long while, Maude. What are his inten- tions?” Maude—Well, I think he intends to keep on coming. Pay of Jockeys. Mr. Harry Payne Whitney's 17-year- old jockey gets $30,000 a year. No won- der college professors occasionally be- come depressed and say strange things to their classes.—Columbus Journal. _ Very Wide. Sharpe—Yes, the fat lady in the museum is an acquaintance of mine. ‘Whealton—H’m! I suppose that is what you'd call “having a wide ac- qematance.”—Chicago Daily News. Lone Procession. Bacon—Why does he call his dachs- hund Procession. Exgbert—Because it takes him so long to pass a given point.—Yonkers States- High Cost of Living. Tinker—Some of the politicians ar forever crying against the high cost o! living; but I guess there's nothing in it Hayens—Think not? Tinker—No, I do not. Why, only yesterday a little boy begged me to give him a nickel to buy his father pair of pants. If clothing is really a8 chéap as that, I don’t see any sense in talking about the high cost of liv- ing.—Boston Transcript. aoe eee Relics for Sale. In strong contrast to the ceremonies lately taking place in Belgrade is the pilgrimage to London and Paris of the ill-fated Queen Draga’s nephew, 8 young Servian officer, George Petro- vich, who is endeavoring to dispose of the Alencon lace wedding gown and much of the jewelry that belonged to his aunt. He was on the black “list list” on that fateful June 11, and owed his life to the fact that the soldiers sent to arrest him mistook his address. © ———— Vast Riches in Corn. The greatest hoard of the yellow metal ever gathered in any country could not buy one year’s harvest of the American corn and wheat. To buy one season’s corn crop would take all the gold minted in this country in six years. In the last seven years all the gold mines have produced only enough to buy one year’s yield of our six lead- ing cereals. - ————_ . fast Thinc-—Push It Along. Properly cooked corn is an excellent and healthful fool. It is a cheap substi- tute for wheat flour, which the specu- lators are doing their best to put out of the reach of modest livers. Our housekeepers would do well to make a study of the hundreds of ways in which corn yields itself to the demand of ap- petite when suitably solicited. —Phila- delphia Record. Be Optimistic. ‘You will find it less easy to uproot faults than to choke them by gaining virtues. Do not think of your faults, still less of others’ faults. In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong. Honor that, rejoice in it, and, as you can, try to imitate it, and your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.—Ruskin. Tealian Enterprise. The interest shown by the Italian gov- ernment in various ways in aiding the different branches of industrial produc- tion in Italy in order to enable them to carry on international competition and to satisfy the home market has been made the subject of an interesting report from the Austrian consul-general at Genoa. —<—$—$—$———— Fruit Soup. One chopped pineapple, two chopped oranges, one pint of canned strawber- ries (whole), one cupful of powdered sugar, half pint sherry wine, mix well together and serve very cold in punch glasses. Just before going to table add a covering of chopped ice.—Good House- keeping. Some of Us Use It. There is still another agitation in Washington in the interest of better drinking water. This seems to be an indication that water is used as a bev- erage in Washington to a greater ex- tent than the rest of the world had supposed.—Scranton Tribune. Rich Woman’s Fad. ‘The duchess of Manchester, formerly Miss Zimmerman, of Cincinnati, is spending large sums on her pet dogs, and now has taken up the fad of hav- ing her pets manicured several times a day. Too Boisterous. “He protested, quite properly, I think, that he had a right to air his views.” “Yes, but Ifis trouble usually is that he doesn’t use ‘air,’ but ‘wind’ for that purpose.”—Philadelphia Press. a a ey A new marine reptile has been dis- covered in the Hosselkus limestone in the upper triassic of Shasta county, California, by Miss A. M. Alexander, an enthusiast on the subject of fos sils. Restricted Applause. Music hall audiences are very much restricted in Glasgow. In one of them a notice on the walls says that “Whis- tling or cheering with the feet is strict- ly prohibited.” Happy Crackers. Cotton enough in the country to cover us, corn enough to feed us, and fiddles enough to keep the whole state dancing.—Atlanta Constitution. Buse Failed. Four Chinese attempted to get over the North Dakota boundary line recent- ly by impersonating Japanese. Their ruse failed and they were deported. ‘Was His Wife a Fichter? “It’s terribly slow here,” wrote the war correspondent to his wife; “I haven't actually seen any fighting since I left home.”—Yonkers Statesman. Disastrous Omission. Togo still has the reputation of be- ing the Dewey of the Japanese navy. The Russian navy doesn’t seem to have any Dewey.—Somerville Journal. Once in Awhile. It sometimes happens that a father knows almost as much as his son.— Chicago Daily News. Big-Eyed Birds. The eyes of birds that fly by night are generally about twice as large as those of day birds. JACOB FEINBERG Market and Grocery Telephone 565 South 81st and State Sts. CHICAGO Joseph £.D’Donnell. Henry D.Coghlin. O'Donnell & Coghlin Attorneys at Law Phone 264 Main Metropolitan Block . N. W. Cor. LaSalle & Randolph Sts. Chicago a James J. Gray. M. J. 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