The Broad Ax

The Ninth Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax Reached High Water Mark in Negro Journalism. Vol. X The Ninth Anniver Edition Reached High Negro Jo It is freely admitted by all those who are capable of reading and pass in judgment on the artistic construction of newspapers that "The Ninth Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax," was by far the finest newspaper ever gotten up or published in the interest of the Afro-American race in this city." Its numerous readers are enchanted with it, and they are sending many copies of it to their friends in all parts of the country. They have been astonished at the fine quality of book paper used in its construction. Their admiration for it may increase when they learn that "the Aberdeen book paper, which it was printed on was bought from the J. W. Butler Paper Company, and it cost five and three quarter cents per pound, one thousand pounds or five reams were used for the occasion, and in order to save three per cent discount on each dollar the bill was receipted in full before the paper left the immense warehouse of the J. W. Butler Paper Company. The majority of the half tones, which illustrated it were made according to our instructions by the LeBeau Engraving Company, 65 Plymouth place, they are known to the printing trade as eighty-five lines to the inch, engraved on copper plates and in every respect they were lifelike reproductions of the various men and women which they were supposed to represent, and any time the many readers of The Broad Ax desire first-class cuts or half tones of themselves, we take great pleasure in commending them to the LeBeau Engraving Company, who can not be surpassed in their line of business in this city. Every cut and all the'reading matter was placed or arranged in the forms by the make-up man, Mr. M. S. Oden, a true friend to us and the rest of all civilized people, in accordance with our own ideas and suggestions, and from a mechanical standpoint the best and the oldest printers claim that "The Ninth Anniversary Edition The Broad Ax cannot be excelled." Although some few Colored people who profess to be so smart, but in reality are as ignorant as mush rats, assert "that a poor quality of paper was used in its construction, that the paper used by the Old Church Organ, in its so-called Christmas Edition, which was filled up principally with the cuts of shortest politicians and dead advertising CHRISTMAS OR HOLIDAY PRESENTS. Some of our staunch friends remembered us very generously with Christmas or holiday presents. One politician, who is not on the City Hall pay roll sent his check for $5.00, another politician forwarded his check for $2.00 to buy a bottle of wine for Mrs. Taylor. The third politician to remember us with a $5.00 check resides away over on the West side, and under an injunction from him and the other two political leaders we are enjoined from publishing their names. But $12.00, however economically spent, bought quite a few Christmas presents. Mr. Chas. Dennehy, 216 Randolph street, presented us with a Christmas token of a quart bottle of Old Undercoof Rye Whisky, which will be sufficient to supply us with tangle foot or knock-out drops for the next year. Joseph Healy, 436 W. 47th street, likewise furnished us with one bottle of Gleeson's Old Reserve pure rye and a bottle of claret. Several other nice and useful presents were received by us from our tried and true friends. Mrs. Taylor was equally well remembered with tokens of friendship which she greatly appreciates. matter, which cost less than two cents per pound, suited their taste better than the excellent quality of Aberdeen book paper, which "The Ninth Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax was printed on." The Linotype composition, printing and folding "The Ninth Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax" was performed by Linden Brothers, 116 Sherman street, Linotype composers, printers, pressmen and binders, whom we have had pleasant business relations with for more than five years. One whole day was consumed by Arthur Davis, who is one of the most expert pressmen in Chicago in making the forms ready and running them through the press in such a manner so that the ink would not blot nor blur the paper. The presswork was perfect and it was one of the best jobs or piece of work so far turned out by Linden Brothers in the publication line. Mrs. John Linden, who greatly assists her husband in business, and is one of the most amiable and pleasant ladies that we have had the good fortune in coming in contact with in many days, saw to it that all of the help around their establishment handled the Ninth Anniversaryary Edition of The Broad Ax very carefully so that it would be nice and clean and in good shape when it reached its many readers. Many of the readers of The Broad Ax have strongly intimated that they would like to see it all the time as large as the last issue. The only thing we have to say on that point is simply this: That between now and the tenth day of February each and every person who are indebted to this paper will receive a statement setting forth their indebtedness and if they remit promptly, it will mean that they appreciate and are in sympathy with the motives and principles which The Broad Ax is contending for. Then shortly after that date, providing, those who are indebted to it promptly remit their subscriptions, it will be enlarged and improved otherwise it must remain the same size. For it starts off on the New Year absolutely free from debt, and as newspapers even the size of The Broad Ax, cannot be successfully run on wind and water, we cannot afford to contract large printers' bills, without having the wherewith to promptly adjust our honest obligations. Inevitable Let us suppose what is the case in reality—that a government established by a few people owning a vast area, laws are to be made looking to the future when millions of wealth makers shall occupy the soil. The people delegate to ten or twelve persons out of each million of themselves power to make laws and regulations—to create places, fill them, provide their own pay, raise all revenues and spend them. In time such places are very desirable, wealth and power attach to them. The wealth made by labor under them is infinite. They have but to reach out and take it. Ambition increases, so do temptations. Laws are made for every conceivable purpose of making government great, firm, stable. Meanwhile the millions of laborers down in mines or on fields or in factories, on flying cars, on seas and rivers with heads bowed see nothing wrong, while of course all the wealth and power has gone to a few persons and their immediate servants. A vast idle poor class has developed of whom at a moment soldiers and police are made. The labor of the country is enslaved of necessity. In all like cases it must occur. CHICAGO, JANUARY 7, 1905. J. Former City Attorney of Chicago, Who Has Hosts of Friends, Who Would Like to See Him Nominated for That Same Position at the Next City Convention. Fallen Women. Hopeless indeed seems the condition of fallen women. Men can reform; society welcomes them back to the path of virtue; a vell is cast over their conduct, and their vows of amendment are accepted and their promises to reform are hailed with great delight. But as for man's victim! For them there are no calls to come home, no sheltering arm, no acceptance confessions and promises to amend. We may call them the hopeless classes. For all offenses besides we have hope. The drunkard can dash down his cup, and the murderer repent on the gallows; but for fallen women there seems to be no space for repentance, for her there is no hope, no prayer. How seldom we attempt to reach and rescue, and for them where is the refuge? Every form of temptation is put in their path—hard and cruel homes, a serpant for a lover, no work, love of display, promises of marriage, mock marriages, and strong drink. Possessed of beauty and personal attractions, they are sought after by experienced agents to leave the homes of their childhood, parents, friends, brothers and sisters, to lay aside virtue, chastity, honor, purity and all that is enobling for a life in the gilded palaces in the city. Over the doors of the caverns of "hell are written in letters of blood; Let all who enter here leave hope behind." Once inside, the short journey to the grave begins. With board, dues paid for priviliges of the house, the costliness of dress and ornaments that must be worn, the hair-dresser, coach hire, and the dash and display for which many of these girls have left homes and bade adieu to a virtuous life and all its honors and comforts, they have but little left. They lay up generally nothing. Their hold on gay life is very short, seldom continuing more than three years and some breaking in six months. Then the commence the downward path of the road in which they have entered. The next step follows—poorer houses, meaner dresses, coarser fare, rougher company and stronger drinks. Then comes street walking, low brothels, concert saloons, dance cellars, disease, the work house, a few months of misery, then death. The petted and giddy creatures, to whom the flowery path and seductive way is for a month or two fascinating, cannot believe that rough winds can ever blow upon them or that a rough word can ever be spoken, or want and sorrow can roll their black surges over them. While in their beauty and prime no creature can be more tenderly cared for. The woman who is their mistress has every motive to see them tenderly cared for. Their health and beauty are their capital. She makes merchandise of their flesh and blood. She employs masters for music and dances. The table is loaded with luxuries, noth- is too elegant or costly. The health of the girl is closely and anxiously watched. Their exercises and airings are carefully attended to. They are kept cheerful and buoyant. The deceived and infatuated creatures fancy that this will always last. But when sickness comes and charms fade; when new comers are introduced and the wan and faded women are put in contrast, the arrow enters into the soul; when they cease to be attractive and call visitors to the house no more, the door is opened and they are told to go. No tears, no pleas avail. Women that are moved by tears do not dwell under such roofs. Out these poor girls go without a penny, almost always they are brought in debt and so much of their flenry as will do for the new comers is retained. For the expelled there is no redress. The pavement is her home. The glare of the druggists' window suggests polson. The rippling of the dark, murky waters of the river suggests suicide. Some one picks her upon the pave at night, and her low walk with low women of her class commences down that path that ends in death. We know not from what source comes this increasing supply of brilliant, well educated, accomplished attractive and beautiful young girls. They are found as they are needed for the houses of fashionable infamy. But what causes them to fling away the great gifts God gave them? How came they to know of this way of life, what was their first wrong steps? Who aided them in their descent; why do they not fly from a life they evidently loathe and find refuge in the homes of their childhood, to their mother's arms; they are still wide open to receive them, all this is a secret locked in their bosoms. Soon her sunny dream will close. The bleak winds of winter will blow on that form trained to tenderness and reared in delicacy, and their feet will stumble on the dark mountain with no one to help or heed their bitter cry.—McDowell Herald. St. Mark Literary. The exercises at St. Mark Literary last Sunday afternoon was an emancipation exercise. Rev. S. S. Thompson, Messrs. Q. E. Whaley, G. Fowler, and W. W. Goff, delivered fine addresses. Mr. Roscoe Whaley delivered a fine oration on the "Achievements of War." A very fine solo was rendered by Miss Anna Murphy. Dr. H. C. Cress also delivered an address. Next Sunday the following program will be rendered: Solo, Mrs. Alice Smith; original selection, Robert Jackson; solo, Mrs. Josie Tobias; address, Mr. H. C. Fox, subject: "We should be more United; baritone solo, Mr. J. H. Meadows; During our rounds Mrs. J. C. Stewart, Mrs. Perry Bates and Mrs. J. T. Robinson, who looked as pretty as a young bride, carried off the cake in serving us with elaborate luncheons, and quite a number of the ladies were absent from home and some of them did not flash up any cake or other refreshments. Poem Written Specially for The Broad Ax by Francis Moore of New York. IN JACKSON PARK, CHICAGO. One balmy day in June Maud arose with the lark, And birds sang no sweeter tune, Than her's in Jackson Park. She sang in joyful mood, And seemed sweet and innocent; She sobbed and cried in solitude, And then seemed penitent. Oh, changeful Maud, did I remark, Before her, as I stood; Why sad and gay in Jackson Park, Why full of varying moods? The dusky maid did reply, In woman's winning way: My sweetheart in the war did die— One year ago today. Miss Elizabeth B. Slaughter, 3544 Dearborn St., left last week to visit her old Kentucky home in Louisville, where she will spend three weeks with friends. The Broad Ax, of Chicago, the only colored Democratic paper that reaches us, seems to think that the colored editors were fooled because the Negro was not mentioned in the President's message to Congress. No, we are not as badly fooled as the distinguished Broad Ax was disappointed in the recent election. Mr. Roosevelt is a white man and we were not expecting any special favors. If he continues his policy we will have no kick to make—The Index, Stanton, Va. —The gentlemen running The Index know they are simply stating that which is untrue when they contend "that they did not hope and pray that President Roosevelt would throw a little sop to the Negro in his message to Congress," for throughout the Presidential election the Rough Riding President, who is in favor of establishing whipping posts, presumably for Negroes, had promised many things respecting the Negro, but now that the election is over he is ready and willing to give his colored bréthren the go by. No.11 The Booklover's Magazine for January, is chuck full of interesting articles. It is one of the most superb numbers ever put forth, and its one million readers will be pleased with it. West Plummer, who held down a balliffship in the criminal court building by virtue of former Judge Pat Hanecy, has had to walk the gangplank; and loud mouthed West is now working for Street, Walker and Company. Miss Elin Anderson, the affable cashier for Jacob Felinberg, 31st and State Sts., who conducts one of the finest staple and fancy grocery stores in the city, is highly delighted with "The Ninth Annual Edition of The Broad Ax." Thomas W. Price of Stephens and Price, the popular restauranters, 2832 State St., is an up-to-date business man in every respect. Such men as he are a great credit to the Afro-American race. The members of the Appomatotox Club are laying plans so it is reported to hold a Pan-American Exposition in this city this coming year in the interest of the progress of the Afro-American race. Such an exposition properly conducted would be a good thing. Rev. L. M. Hagood, P. E., Lexington District M. E. Church, spent New Year's day at the home of Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Robinson, 4752 Armour ave. Rev. Hagood is one of the shining lights in his church connection, and he is highly esteemed by both saints and sinners. What has become of the famous Crescent Club? It seems to us that it is almost time for it to give some more free doings so that several ladies whom we know, how to rope in the boys, can make a showing and shine in their paste diamonds. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lawrence of 1416 Dunning street, gave an informal reception in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas of Paris, Ill., Monday, Jan. 2, 1905, from 3 until 11 p. m. A most delightful time was spent during the afternoon and evening. Mesdames Ida Hoarde and Frankle Askens assisted Mrs. Lawrence in receiving. Mrs. Fred Leber, 392 31st St., gave a luncheon New Year's evening. Those present were Mr. Jones of Oskaloosa, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Flowers, Mr. and Mrs. Marshbanks, Mr. J. H. Holmes, Mrs. Bouroughs, Dr. John Lewis, Mrs. White and Mr. Chas. Leber. 1 Old Santa Claus was very good to Misses Sadie, Josie Catherine, Margaret Healy and their little brother, David, 436 W. 47th St. He brought lovely dolls and many other nice presents for them and he presented Mrs. Healy with a nice new evening dress and hat to match, and all the Healys have promised old Santa Claus that they will be real good for another year. Mrs. Minnie Bishop. 3632 State st., was the center of attraction at the Charity Ball Monday evening at the First Regiment Armory. She was attired in a beautiful sky blue crepe de chine gown, with hat to match. Her ornaments consisted of pearls and corals. Mrs. Bishop possesses a very neat and trim figure and she is an exquisite and very graceful dancer. She is also very charming in her manners and all in all she was the creation of lovelliness. The Carter H. Harrison and the Robert E. Burke wings of the County Democracy celebrated New Year's day by keeping open house and Colonel Burke seemed to have the largest following. For more than two thousand of his friends and supporters were present to witness the installation of the new officers for the coming year. They were addressed by Colonel John F. Waters, Thomas Gallagher, who sounded the keynote for the spring campaign, Vincent H. Perkins, Chas. F. Gunther, Ex-Judge William H. Barnum, E. D. Green, Doctor Hall and several others. Refreshments at both headquarters were served free. ‘PUBLISHED WEEKLY. * wae nina eenpeaieee SS ee Sees Soe sshae Toy Bed esperar rem rai ae pate mg Saupaasnaetes ‘Bubscrip tions must be paid in advance. ‘Adgortisng rates made known on application. ‘THE BROAD AX ‘6060 Armour Avenve, Chicago. 20.08. TATION, Reet Patio. Entered xt the Post Office at Chicago, ) Th as Second-class Matter. ee WHAT WINS? ee eae ee ‘of me how to win their children, they say they have talked with them, and ‘sometimes they have scolded them ‘and bave lectured them, and signally failed. I think there is no way so sure to win our families and our neighbors and those about whom we are anxious to Christ, than just to adorn the doc- trine of Jesus Christ in our lives, and grow in all these graces, if we have peace and joy and love and gentle- mess and goodness and temperance, not only being temperate in what we drink, but in what we eat, and tem- erate in our language, guarded in our expressions, if we just live in our homes as the Lord would have us, an even Christian life day by day, we shall have a quiet and silent power proceeding from us that will con- strain them to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. But an uneven life, hot today and cold tomorrow, will only repel, many who are watching God's people, it is just the very worst thing that can happen to those whom we. want to win to Christ, to see us, at any time, in a cold, back-slidding state; this is not the normal condition of the Church; it is not God's intention, he would have us growing in all these wraces, and the only true, happy: Christian life is to be growing, con- stantly in the love and favor of God, growing in all these delightful graces of the spirit, even the vilest, the most | Impure, acknowledge the power of goodness; they recognize the fruit of the spirit, it may condemn their lives | and cause them to say bitter things at times, but down deep in their hearts they know that the man or the woman who is living that kind of life is su- perior to them; the world don't satisty them, and if we can show the world that Jesus Christ does satisfy us in our present life, it would be more powerful than the eloquent words of professional reformers. A man ang! Preach with the eloquence of an angel but if he don't live what he preaches and act out in his home and in his business what he professes, his testi- mony goes for naught, and the people say it is all hypocrisy after all, it is all shim, words are very empty, if there is nothing back of them, your test! mony is poor and worthless, if there {is not a record back of that testimony consistent with what you profess. ‘What we need is to pray to God to lift us up out of this low, cold formal state that we have been living in that we may live in the atmosphere of God continuously, and that the Lord may lift upon us the light of His countenance, and that we may shine in this world, reflecting His grace and glory, the first of the graces spoken of in Galatians and the last mentioned in Peter, is charity and Jove; we can | dea we connot work for God we have love, that is the key which unlocks the hu- -man heart; ff I can prove to a man that I come to him out of pure love, if = mother shows by her actions that it is pure love that prompts her ad- vising her boy to lead a different life, not a selfish love, but that it is for the glory of God it wont be long be- fore that mother’s influence will be felt by that boy and he will begin to think about this matter because true Jove touches the heart quicker than any thing else. ELIZABETH McDONALD. 6120 Ada street. ‘Many young dudes or fops attended the Inner Circle Club Charity Ball at the First Regimeht Armory Monday evening, and aside from chewing gum, smoking cigarettes, and spitting to- Daceo juice on the floor so that the ladies would soll their rich gowns, they were very noisy, and after they came near dancing the ladies to death they did not have money enough to Duy them a five or a ten cent giass of punch, but they would lead them up in front of the water trough so that they could drink free water like lovely cows. es Mra. Anna L . First Gass furaiahed soomager rest to ‘with beth and “is g 3 s a MD rca Se gatiomen. Résernshefaten, 08 - oe - Hard on the Stomach. This is the way the chief of the Paris laboratory puts it: “When s man takes milk for breakfast preserved with for- maldebyde, when he eats at luncheon 8 slice of ham kept good by borax, with ‘spinach or French beans made green ‘with sulphite of copper, and when be washes all that down with half a bottle of wine cleared with an excess of plaster of paris and that for 20 years, how is it to De expected that such a man can havea stomach?” ‘Women in Paraguay. In Paraguay the women are in the proportion of seven to one as compared with the men. The consequence is that the men are taken the greatest care of, and everything which is unpleasant or might be risky to the life of a man is done by the woman. The streets are cleaned, ships are loaded, oxen are @riven by them, and it is ever! said that they have taken part in their country’s wars, acting as substitutes for their menkind. Intending Emigrant. “How moch most I pay to go steerich to ze United States?” Booking Clerk—Five pounds ten. Intending Emigrant—Vat? I sought it vas two ponds. Booking Clerk—Ah, the rate war is over now. Prices have gone up. Intending Emigrant—Ver well, zen. I vill not go. I vill stay and be an Eng- lishman.—Bystander. ‘Word to the Wise. Here is how a Harlem tailor invites at- tention, through the medium of a win- dow announcement, to the service he seeks to give: “Before they were mar- ried he pressed his sut fir Angel- ina. After they were married Angelina pressed his suit—trouble! trouble! trouble! that might have been entirely avoided.” A word to the wise, it is as- sumed, is sufficient.—N. Y. Tribune. Hereditary Life-Saving. L¥e-saving runs in the family of Mr. J. Parson, a young lighterman, of the Hollows, Brentiord, England, who, on his twenty-third birthday, received the Royal Humane society's certificate for rescuing two boys trom drowning. His father saved 48 persons from ¢rownixe. and the son now has a tctal of 23 lives to his credit. Potato uffie. Twelve crisp potatoes, well mashed, four tablespoontuls butter; salt “and pepper. Add yolks of four or five eggs, beaten. When a little cool stir in lightly the whites of the eggs. beaten stiff. Put in baking dish and bake in hot oven till a golden brown covers the top—Chicago Post. Big Price for Small Fur. ‘Winter after winter large sums are paid for particular rare furs that are always in favor. Real blue fox skin, of a rich sooty shade, invariably com- mands a high price; but rarer still is the black with white hairs silver fox, for a single skin of which last season £480 was given —London Tit-Bits. Get Together. See how unevenly things are divided in this world! Kentucky stock is suf- fering from a shortage of water, while the Wall street stock is undergoing qualms from too much water. If they ‘could get together and even up both ‘would be better off—Pittsburg Dis- patch. An Adept in the Art. She—They tell me, Mr. Hefty, that you have had the shape of your nose changed. Wonderful what advances they have made in science. Who did it? | He—The quarterback on the other ‘team.—Detroit Free Pres@® Hint for Girls. « No sensible man falls in love with a hat or a costume, or a dapper pair of boots. Nothing so scares off the would- be wooer as the suggestion of extrava- gant tastes and habits in a girl—Chic. Bich Crown for Image. Women of the Spanish aristocracy have given jewels valued at £15,000 to make a new crown for the reputedly wonder-working silver image of the ‘Virgin in Seville cathedral. To Cover Jellies or Jams. Pour melted paraffin directly onto the jam or jelly, being particular to have it touch the glass on all sides so that the air may be perfectly excluded.—Chica- 0 Post. | London’s Unemployed. In one day recently acity firm recelved no fewer than 998 applications in re- sponse to an advertisement for a clerk. The salary offered was 30 shillings ($1.50) per week.—London Daily News. Ae ‘By the Young Idea. A man's self-esteem often receives & terrific jolt from the small boy who wants to know things—Chicago Daily News. Good Thine “How can you bear to live in a fiat where there are no closets?” “It avoids the possibility of family skpletons.”"—Detroit Free Press. In Heligoland. ‘No person under 16 years of age is permitted to enter a theater or tavern in Heligoland. ene Fieshes. A fiash of lightning is often « mile long. ‘Helped by Spoiling. ‘Failure is the one thing that is spoiled by success.—Chicago Daily News. a res ‘Hot Durable. _ Ai bed ot roses soon wears down tothe ‘thorns —Chicago Tribane. ‘The Dog’s Compass. ‘A friend writes us an interesting ac- count of a dog brought from Plymauth, Mass., to Cambridge, Mass., some 40 miles, says the Rochester Post-Express. He was kept tied up two days, then un- tied, and started for his old home in ‘Plymouth, where he arrived safely. ‘This is one of the thousands of similar eases, in some of which the dog has traveled hundreds of miles. Weremem- ber one in which the dog traveled up the Mississippi river from New Orleans to ‘@ northwestern state. What sort ofa compass dogs carry has never yet been ascertained. ‘White Potato Pudding. ‘Wash and peel four good-sized white potatoes, grate them up fine and pw ‘them in a dish with one quart of milk; set this over a gentle fire and stir un- til well scalded; beat four eggs and ‘mix one cupful of sugar with them, and stir into one quart of cold milk, one teaspoonful of salt, a small lump of butter and half a grated nutmeg, or ground cinnamon, if you prefer; mix this with the potato and pour into a deep dish, which bas been but- tered, and bake four hours.—Boston Budget. Salmon Bisaue. Drain the liquor from a can of salmon and turn the contents into a saucepan. Cover with boiling water, add a pinch ‘of salt and cook for ten minutes. Drain thoroughly; be sure that there are no bones, then mash through strainer and place again over the fire. Add a pint of chicken stock and allow it to boil. Then turn in a pint of heated milk anc a cupful of cream. Stir until perfectly smooth, strain again and serve. If not rightly seasoned add more pepper and salt—Boston Budget. Sunken Station. The pumping station and coal shed a: Galien, on the Burlirgton railroad, a short distance east of Sterling, O., which began to disappear imo the earth re- cently, is entirely out of sight now, with the exception of the top piece of stove- ‘pipe. which is still visible in the large circular hole in which the buildings dis- appeared. Friendly Suggestion. Windig—i don't know what we are going to do with our youngest boy. Joblots—What's the trouble? “He's getting so we can't believe a word he says.” “Why don’t you get him a job in the ‘prediction department of the govern- ment weather bureau ?"—Chicago Daily News. Fourteen-Year-Old Bride. A marriage at an exceptionally early age—so far, at least. as the British Isles are concerned—was made at Melton when a girl of 14 was wedded {pa man of 22. The nuptials of the very youth- ful bride, who hails from Harby, in the Vale of Belvoir, took place in the local registry office. Cream Pancakes. Mix the yolks of three well-beaten exes with half a pint of cream, sweeten with two ounces of sygar, flavor witih powdered cinnamon, name and grated nutmeg, and fry quickly in sweet, heat- eg lard, drain and dich, sprinkling with granulated sugar, and serve halved oranges.—People’s Home Journal. ‘A Bough Route. Stranger in Detroit—I don't see why they charge three cents on one street car line and five cents on the other. Old Resident—The Ciree-cent liné throws off two cents for wear and tear on the passengers.—Detroit Free Press. ‘Worry Over Small Things. People worry over such mean things, and eat out their hearts and destroy their chances of happiness over micro- scople grievances which are not worth a moment's serious consideration — ‘Madame. : si "ltcaiaial eileen tilatians | Nothing seems to tickle a homeless ‘eur like a chance to lick the everlasting stuffing out of a curled and scented poodle in a silver-plated harness.—Chi- “cago Post. ' Really Dangerous Duel. __The Derouletie-Jaures opera bouffe French duel had more dangerous fea- tures than is common in such affairs. Both principals arrived on the scene in automobiles.—Brooklyn Times. ‘Most Sanguinary Battle. ‘The most sanguinary of modern bat- tles was probably that of the Moskewa in 1812, when of the 130,000 French 30,000 were lost, and of the 140,000 Russians 60,- 00. Did He Drink Itt ‘A policeman who has been on the force of London for six years has been sent to prison for stealing milk from doorsteps. Creased Hats Next. Now that coats and overcoats have to be creased as well as trousers, the Lon- don News says that collars and tall hats will be creased next. 5 Live Up to Them. It’s no use bragging of your ances- tors unless they should feel like return- ing the compliment.—Chicago Tribune. Hypnotism for Drink. Moscow asylum authorities are ex- perimenting on a hypnotic cure for al- cobolism. She Thought So, Too. Grace—He's just crazy to marry me. /_ Belli think 0, too—Detroit Free Press, Pity Tis, "Tis True. Joy masks as grief and attends many a funeral —N. Y. Times. ‘Batablisbed 1877. Phowe Oakland 1550-155! JohnJ.Dunn Whstesate COALe sacri |] WOOD Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. ase Yanoe:|SthSi snd armour Are. CHICAGO Phone 194 South A. B. SCHULTZ, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. . 2719 State Street 2 Hoon; 212 SiaieteroP.a. CHICAO Central 5768. L. BLANCHE WRIGHT PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER 167 Dearborn St, Room 611 CHICAGO MRS. E. L.. 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This would be a W striking innovation, as the induction into office of a president has been celebrated by dancing from time immemorial. In fact, the records show that only at Washington's first inaugural and at those of Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson and R. B. Hayes, a ball has always been given. Just prior to the celebration of Washington's second inauguration in Philadelphia the following card was issued which serves as authority for this form of inaugural functions: "The members of the senate and of the house of representatives of the United States are respectfully invited to a ball on the 4th of March, to be given by the dancing assembly in honor of the unanimous reelection of George Washington, the president of the United States; the anniversary of the present form of government of the United States and a parting leave with the members of the present congress." The first inaugural ball in Washington was held on March 4, 1809, in honor of President Madison. It was given at Long's hotel and was a grand affair, attended by ex-President Jefferson and the foreign ministers. Some 400 took part in the ball, although Mrs. Madison did not dance. For many years the inaugural ball was held in prominent hotels or public halls. Sometimes two or three balls were given on the night of the inauguration. Temporary buildings were used for balls on the inaugural days of President Taylor, President Pierce, President Buchanan and on the second inaugural of President Grant. Grant's first inaugural dance was held in the north wing of the treasury department. This was a very crowded place, and it is recorded that Horace Greely had to wait two hours before he secured his old white overcoat, and he "swore a good deal in the oddest and most miscellaneous style." The custom of holding the ball in the pension office building began with Cleveland's first inauguration. It is likely that the coming ball will be held in the same building. Aristocracy in the House. T HERE is an aristocracy in the house of representatives despite the democratic character of that body. It is composed of members who have been fortunate enough by long service, experience and abil- ity to secure appointments to the more important committees. These committees are those on rules, appropriations, ways and means, and judiciary. When a member is assigned to any one of these desirable committees he is looked upon as a house aristocrat and is an object of both admiration and envy. The honor of these positions is felt more in Washington than anywhere else, as a congressman's constituents do not, as a rule, appreciate the fine distinctions that obtain in the house organization. In fact, a member who has been made chairman of an obscure committee, one that has nothing to do and never meets, would be regarded by his folks at home as a much more important personage than if he were to be given a position on the committee on appropriations. There are 62 committees in the house, and the majority of them are only known by their names. A great many of them never hold a session, but a comfortable committee room is provided for them, and there the chairman is located, virtually enjoying a well-furnished private office and reception room where he can meet and entertain friends. To become a member of the house aristocracy means that the congressman must be a man of force and ability. The committee on rules is probably the highest, as in this small body under the present system is lodged the real power of legislation. When anything is to be put through the house that does not have the right of way under the regular rules, a special rule is reported from this committee. It consists of but five members, the chairman being the speaker of the house. Besides the chairman there are two majority and two minority members. It can be easily guessed that the speaker and the two majority members dominate the committee. Booster Invades Capitol. HORTLY after congress adjourned for the holidays a bit of excitement was created at the capitol by the performance of a big raucous voiced Plymouth Rock rooster which had been sent to the sergeant-at-arms of Iowa freed in Iowa HORTLY after congress adjourned for the holidays a bit of excitement was created at the capitol by the performance of a big raucous voiced Plymouth Rock rooster which had been sent to the sergeant-at-arms of the house by a republican friend in Iowa as a token of his appreciation of the big republican victory. The bird was sent here to crow over this victory, and he did it in fine style. Mr. Casson, the sergeant-at-arms, placed the fowl in a barrel and secreted it in one of the corridors of the basement of the capitol. His roostership did not fancy confinement, managed to escape from the barrel and started on a tour of discovery through the historical capitol building. After leaving the barrel he gave vent to an ear-splitting crow, and the capitol police started after him. The rooster ran upstairs and took refuge in the house interstate commerce committee room, where he made his presence known to Chairman Hepburn, of Iowa, by a series of tremendous roars. Col. Hepburn ordered the bird caught and dispatched, but some one told him that it was an Iowa bird, sent here to celebrate the republican victory. "If that is so," said Hepburn, "just kick him gently; don't wring his neck, and then drive him down to the committee on merchant marine and fisheries and let Gen. Grosvenor hear him crow." The bird on being driven out of his refuge, scuttled downstairs to Speaker Cannon's room, but found that statesman had gone to his home in Illinois. He then darted into the house lobby and finally into the house itself, where he perched himself on the desk of Gen. Bingham, the father of the house, and emitted another patriotic shriek. From that point of vantage he flew to the speaker's chair, and was just preparing to give a sample of his vocal ability when he was captured by an active page, and now confines his songs of triumph to Sergeant-at-Arms Casson's back yard. The Swayne Impeachment Trial. NE of the big attractions in the congressional show during the remaining two months of the session will be the impeachment trial of Judge Swayne, of the eastern district of Florida. In some ways this will be 0 the most spectacular performance that has been witnessed in the halls of congress for many years. There has been no,impeachment trial since that of Secretary of War Belknap, in President Grant's last administration. There has been no impeachment of a federal judge since that of Judge Peck in the famous trial of 1830. The matter-of-fact business methods of the present day congress will rob this trial of its most sensational features, as was shown when the committee of the house notified the senate the other day that the house impeached Judge Swayne. This notification required about three minutes and created scarcely a ripple in the senate proceedings. Those who have in their mind the most noted of impeachment trials—that of Warren Hastings by the English parliament, will be disappointed in the coming trial of Judge Swayne; but there will still be enough of the unusual to attract much interest and attention. In former trials, in the early days of the government, the senate chamber was appropriately draped and the old ceremonials adhered to. To-day the senate will handle the case more as a matter of routine business. Judge Swayne will be present either personally, or by counsel, and there will be a committee of managers on the part of the house, who will conduct the trial, much as a case is tried in court. Noted men were engaged in former impeachment trials. James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, afterwards president of the United States, was one of the managers on the part of the house in the case against Judge Peck. In the impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson, James F. Wilson, of Iowa; Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts; Charles Sumner, Senators Conkling, Morton, Bend Wade, of Ohio; Benjamin F. Butler, and other statesmen of great fame were engaged. Buckwheat Cakes and 'Lases. RESIDENT ROOSEVELT bair fair to start a demand for an old fashioned southern delicacy. He is now using on his buck wha t cakes, served at the white house breakfasts, a fine quality of Alabama sirup which has been RESIDENT HOUSEFELT bids fair to start a demand for an old fashioned southern delicacy. He is now using on his buck wheat cakes, served at the white house breakfasts, a fine quality of Alabama sirup which has been presented to him by a southern admirer. This sirup is made from cane juice, is a clear white color, a little thicker than maple sirup, and the president says is just the thing for buckwheat cakes. The cane from which this article is manufactured is grown on the gray hammock soil, near the coast, and partakes of the color of this soil. The grinding of the cane and the evaporation of the juice to a sirup is an industry of the southern upland planter which is growing in importance. The old-fashioned New Orleans molasses and clear sirup have gone out of fashion somewhat, but the taste for the juice of the cane is now liable to be revived on account of the use of the article by the accident of the United States. Senator Proctor, of Vermont, is a little jealous of the efforts to popularize the trussle from the south, as he wants the genuine, old-fashioned maple syrup from the granite hills of his state to hold first place in the affections of the officials in Washington. He has made it a practice for some years to keep the president's table and those of his official friends in Washington well supplied with this toothsome delicacy, and he laughs to scorn the idea that the southern syrup can take the place of the aromatic maple as an accompaniment, to the president's natutinal dish of batter-cake. BEAUTY NOTES IN GENERAL Something About Care of the Eyes, the Hair and the Complexion. Your druggist will give you an eye-wash of borax and camphor water which will be of benefit to the eyes if they are tired or inflamed. Mix it with a little warm water and apply with an eye-cup. The lashes can be strengthened in growth by use of this ointment: Two ounces red vaseline, one-eighth ounce tincture cantharides, 15 drops oil rosemary, 15 drops oil lavender. Be careful not to let it get into the eyes, for it will emart. Daily scalp massage and a good tonic, such as eau de quinine, will put your hair in better condition and may check the gray growth. Brush out the dandruff with a stiff brush, penetrating to the scalp, once a week, but do not use the fine comb unless you are skillful with it. Leave off cold cream and powder for awhile, and give your face a thorough treatment with castile soap, hot water and the face brush. Use every night, and don't be alarmed at the red spots that at first will appear. They are the blackheads making their way out. There is no way that straight hair can be made wavy except by use of artificial curlers. Use kid ones, avoid the iron. Water in which quince seeds have been boiled keeps the hair in curl for some time. Noses have undoubtedly been changed in shape by some of the violent methods employed, but there have also been serious results from the same methods. I should certainly leave my nose as it was formed and to try to be as pretty as possible in other respects. You can make people forget one faulty feature if you will. You had better let your warts be treated by electrolysis. This is the surest and safest method. This is an excellent lotion for baldness: Eight ounces alcohol, one ounce spirits lavender, one-half ounce glycerin, eight grains sulphate quinine, two and one-half drams tincture rhatany, one and one-half drams tincture cantharides. Apply twice a day. Shampoo with tar soap once a month and brush dandruff from scalp every week. Massage at night in this manner: Place the tips of fingers on scalp, move them with the scalp in rotary manner, go from spot to spot until the whole scalp has been loosened. The brown blotches are probably from liver trouble, and the trouble must be corrected by a physician. For freckles try this: One ounce lemon juice, one ounce alum, one pint rose water. Use the following skin food with massage: Four ounces sweet almond oil, one ounce white wax, one ounce spermaceti, melted together. Add to this mixture one and one-half drams pulverized borax which has been dissolved in one and one-half ounces glycerin and one-half ounce orange flower water. Stir constantly until almost hard, and then add, dropping, one-half dram tincture benzoin and one drop oil of neroli.—Washington Star. USEFUL HAT-PIN HOLDER. Fills a Long-Felt Want—A Suitable Case in Which to Keep These Pins. A test-tube inserted in a fancy case makes a pretty and useful receptacle for the necessary hatpin. Three rows of insertion and three rows beading, sew together, edge top ```markdown ``` and bottom with lace, run ribbon through beading, leaving ends long enough to tie. Insert test tube, and the very convenient little novelty is finished. Narrow insertion and beading are used so as to just fit the test tube. Chop Suev. Scrape the meat from the bones of half a chicken and cut it into strips a half-inch long. Slice an onion thin. Soak a handful of mushrooms for ten minutes in cold water, then drain. Cut a stalk of celery into inch-long pieces. Wash and slice six Chinese potatoes. Cook a cup of rice so that each grain stands alone. Put the chicken into the frying pan with butter and fry until done, but not dry and hard. Add the sliced onion and cook a little. Add the mushrooms. Now pour over all a small dessert dish of Chinese sauce. Add some water and stew for ten or 15 minutes. Add the celery and at the end of five minutes the potatoes. Thicken with a little flour and water; boll up once and serve with the rice.—Marion Harland in Chicago Daily News FOR THE LACE-WORKER. The Soft Scarf*Is a Nice Christmas Present to Make for Elderly Ladies. Elderly ladies find the soft scar, very becoming, and now that lace is so much in vogue no better gift can be offered at this time than that modeled after the design in the accompanying cut. A piece of fine net the desired length should be edged with lace braid, and the ends ornamented with lace fashioned from the same braid. The lace design here shown is a comparatively simple one; includes what is frequently called the simple lace stitch, the wheel or spider, and in the stem pattern the single bar is used. If preferred, the lace and net idea may be carried out in stock or turn-over collar instead of the less A NEAT LACE SCARF END. common scarf. Speaking of collars, there comes to mind a dainty bit of neckwear recently seen in the shops, and which could easily be made at home; one of the revised old-fashioned sort, a lay-down collar to wear with an old-style brooch. Sew together three strips of fine insertion, finish with a frill of lace, faster upper part of collar to a neck band. This may be made by the home needlewoman for a few cents, but costs dollars when bought down town. HAND-SEWING REVIVED All Kinds of Hand-Made Things Now Much in Esteem, Especially Fine Needlework. Needlework as an art has long been despised, but is now being revived. The day will soon dawn when, once more, a girl will blush to have to own that she cannot stitch, sew, tuck, hem, gather, whip, and fell linen into beauty and usefulness. Hand-embroidered and crocheted, knitted or netted lace, lasts for years, and puts the machine-made imitations to scorn. With clever fingers a very little money suffices to render a house beautiful, and the pleasure derived from the work of one's hands is priceless. Curtains of serge or velvetteen may be transformed into splendor by embroidery and stitchery. Tablecloths that would cost ten times the money in a shop can be made and embellished at home. Pretty underclothing is a necessity to every nice girl, and it is prettiest when she makes it herself in dainty shapes and with fine trimmings of frills, lace or embroidery. A girl never looks sweeter than when occupied with a feminine handcraft. Then there are the poor. "Blessed are they which consider the poor." If girls knew with what delight tired mothers of the people buy cheaply good and beautiful clothes for their bairns and themselves, there would be more ladies' handicraft clubs. These clubs are formed by a number of girls who meet one afternoon or evening at a member's house or the clubroom and work for the poor. No garment or article is given away. The workmen's wives and mothers pay a low price for each, covering the cost of the material. The club members give the time and work. The garments are simple, but beautiful in shape and make, the aim being to show that plain clothing need not be ugly or gaudily vulgar. Handicraft clubwork is not limited to the needle. Small bookshelves and cupboards, fret work, poker work, leather work, curtain work, ribbon work, bent-iron, metal and bead work, are all useful. FOR THE NEEDLEWOMAN. Pretty jabots are made from fine lace handkerchiefs. Gilt threads are used with good effect in embroidering white linen collar and belt sets. Pretty plaited waists of sea-green albatross figure among the least expensive blouses. The new-old and exquisitely beautiful ribbon embroidery appears on collars, cuffs, belts, bags and gowns. An ingenious woman made an old white lace shawl into a beautiful evening wrap by lining it with innumerable frills of white chiffon. Some of the lingerie petticoats have flouances and ruffles cut out in deep scallops, tiny ruffles of narrow lace set on the under ruffle and showing in the fan-shaped spaces. Embroidered brussels lace cravats are among the pretty models that may be easily constructed at home. They may be of white, cream or black net and the embroidered done in geometrical designs. A newspaper-cutting book can be contrived by making an outer cover of cartridge paper and inserting between it a blank paper writing pad from which the leaves are loosened all but an inch at the left side. You can paste your paper cover on to it and paint on the outside a large cluster of many-colored pansies to represent the inclosed "thoughts," painting in gold the word "pensees" under the flowers. A Kitchen Necessity Borax is a useful thing to have in a kitchen. Add a little to the water when boiling out enameled saucepans and it will help to cleanse them. In added to the water dish clothes are washed in it will help to keep them a nice color. SEEKING WATER POWER. Use of Niagara Falls for Generating Electricity Stirs Other Countries to Action. The lesson of the use of Niagara falls for generating electricity has been put to worldwide application, says the New York World. Throughout the world falling water, according to a paper read before the British association by Mr. Campbell Ewinton, yields to man's use an energy equal to 1,483,390-horse power, of which Great Britain figures for only 11,906-horse power. The British Aluminum company gets 7,000-horse power from the falls of Foyers and it expects presently to procure 17,000-horse power from Loch Leven. The North Wales Electric Power company is about to tap Lake Llydaw, on Snowdon, and hopes to obtain 8,200-horse power for every working day of nine hours. Finally, the Scotch Water Power syndicate is peering round in quest of waters that it can imprison at lofty levels and so generate electric power. From Loch Sloy, 757 feet above Loch Lomond, it is going to get 6,600-horse power, and at Ardului, higher up, it proposes to get further energy. Even a modest stream that drops several hundred feet may be a source of power. UMBRELLA A WIRY THING. If Not Attached to Owner by a Chain It May Disappear with an Entire Stranger. Umbrellas are proverbially a hard thing to keep, says the Illinois State Journal. They have such a way of making up with an absolute stranger and walking away with him. No matter how much a man may be attached to an umbrella, if it is not attached to him with a chain he may as well bid it an affectionate farewell whenever he puts it down in a corner and turns away to transact some business. However, this rule, hard, fast and inflexible as it is, does not apply unless the umbrella is new and shiny and cost more than 39 cents at retail. To keep an umbrella on down through the years and have it on hand to will to your grandchildren, select one with a cracked handle and a hole in the cover as large as a bollermaker's hand. Then you can't lose it, or if you do after repeated attempts a small boy will be around at your door with it in the morning claiming a reward for his honesty. JAPAN AS OUR CUSTOMER. England and the United States Are Favored in Trade of the Innsular Country. According to an article in the German Export Review, quoted in the consular reports, the materials needed for shipbuilding are bought in England. Even big ships built for Japan in Germany years ago were ordered to Armstrong's in England for their armament. Recently Krupp and the French firm of Schneider are preferred. The fact that England and the United States are favored is shown by the purchase of material for the Yokohama waterworks. In calling for bids it was provided that the cocks come from England and the water meters from England or the United States, the names of firms even being specified. Locomotives for the railroads in Japan and Korea are bought exclusively in the United States, presumably because they are more quickly obtainable there. The friendship for the United States is increasing. BUSY LAKE SEASON ENDS More Traffic This Year on Great Bodies of Water Than Ever Before. "The great lakes are about to see the close of one of the busiest seasons they have ever known," said a lake captain in the Washington Post. "A large number of immerse new vessels were added to the carrying fleets this year, but the increase in capacity was not sufficient to meet the increased demand. No vessel, no matter of what class, ever had to be without a cargo. One of the big steel vessels of to-day carries as much as 25 or 30 vessels of the type in use a few years ago, and they make their trips in about one-fourth or one-fifth the time. Why... we had to depend on the old-timers, the great lakes would have to have more ships, numerically, than there are on all the seas in the world." THEATER ON MOUNTAIN TOP Opera House at Thale, Germany, Is the Most Novel Resort in the World. Probably the most novel theater in the world is that which was recently opened at Thale, in Germany. The theater is on the summit of a mountain, and is surrounded on all sides by steep rocks; the seats for the audience are hewn out of the rock and accommodate 1,000 persons, and the stage, which is also hewn out of the rock, is 80 feet long by 54 feet wide. No artificial scenery is used, but the background is formed by the dense forest and by the outlines of the mountains in the distance. The dressing-room for the actors is close at hand in the forest, but completely hidden from the audience. The theater is fully protected from the wind, and its acoustic properties are so excellent that every word is heard. New Beggars Deserving "I have never known a deserving case of street begging." was the remarkable statement Sir Eric A. Buchanan, secretary of the London Mendicity society, made the other day. There Are Many of Them, But the Bacteria Crushing Machine Is Last. Many ways of killing the bacteria in milk have from time to time been suggested. A recent and ingenious way is to crush the bacteria to death by pressure, as a man crushes an insect under the pressure of his boot. "A bacteria-crushing machine," said a chemist, "has been built and tried with partial success. This machine is capable of putting forth a hydrostatica pressure of 450,000 pounds to the square inch. Milk has been squeezed under it till the bacteria howled for mercy. Seriously, milk has received at the hands of this machine a pressure of 90 tons. The effect of a pressure so enormous was to make the milk keep longer—it kept for five, six and seven days. This showed that some of its bacteria, the fermenting bacteria at least, had been killed. But though the milk remained sweet it began to emit finally a strange, new odor and it had a strange, new taste. This showed that other bacteria in it had not been harmed. Prof. Wiley's poison squad's tests have proved that preservatives in milk are harmful. A pressure of 70 tons preserves milk for three or four days and there is no strange odor or strange taste. Maybe before long chemicals as a preservative of milk will be succeeded by pressure." MUSIC AS A THERAPEUTIC. Mental and Physical Ils May Be Relieved by Its Aid—One Example of Use. Much assistance is in many instances to be derived from the intelligent use of music, either vocal or instrumental, as a therapeutic adjunct. Melanchoilia, insomnia, hysteria, family affliction, business reverses, delirium, pain, fatigue, mental or physical, will all be helped by the beneficial influence of music, rightly used. As a post-operative measure it would have an undoubted influence for good in taking the patient's mind from his bodily distress. So, also, could "painless" dentistry be relieved of some of its pain and distress by the quieting influence of music, which would, as has been amply demonstrated, produce a pleasanter mental influence during the administration of nitrous oxide or other anaesthetic. A German writer recently stated (February, 1904), that in a number of test cases in which music was provided during the administration of the anaesthetic there was an absence of distress and resistance on the part of the patient: also an absence or reduction of the post-operative nausea under the same circumstances. To be advantageous the nature of the composition must be carefully selected with a view to the needs of the individual case, and the execution must be as nearly faultless as possible. UNNECESSARY DISTINCTION Expressions "By and By" and "By the Bye" Are Cause of Arguments as to Origin. The two expressions "by and by" and "by the bye" are really derived from the same original word, and the words "by" and "bye" have the same general sense. But the spelling "bye" has long been used in the second of these phrases, without any real reason for the change, de- clares St. Nicholas Magazine. We should not speak of a bye-law or a bye-path, and yet many are careful to write "by the bye" and "by and by." In "good-bye" there might be some reason for keeping the final "e", since it stands for the word "ye" in the shortened form of "God be with ye"; but where so much has been dropped the "e" is hardly worth keep- ing, especially as the old meaning is seldom recalled. MUSIC A GOOD STIMULANT. Experiments Prove That Melody Acts on Heart Thus Causing Rapid Breathing The experiments of Ginet and Courtier were conducted with a view to determining the effect of music upon breathing and upon the action of the heart, writes Gustav Kobbe, in Good Housekeeping. It was found that lively major chords, without relation to melody, quickened breathing. Melodies, grave or gay, caused rapid breathing, the respiration approximating its time to that of the music, Rallentando and diminuendo effects made the breath come more slowly. Single notes without tune accelerated the heart's action, but melodies quickened it still more, operatic pieces resulting in the quickest action. These experiments would seem to show conclusively the stimulative effect of music. Would Seek North Pole According to British sources, the duke of Orleans has applied to the Norwegian government for permission to hire Dr. Nansen's ship, the Fram, for the purpose of an arctic expedition next year. A Norwegian newspaper states that the admiralty will propose as conditions of the arrangement that Otto Sverdrup shall captain the ship, that the plan for the expedition shall be sanctioned by the Norwegian authorities, and that the University of Christiansia shall have the benefit at least in part of the scientific results of the expedition. Jackies Join Christian Endeavor. Forty-one of the jackies on board the battleship Ohio, at San Francisco, have become charter members of a Christian Endeavor society, which was organized on the ship on October 31. Major John C. Buckner was strictly in it Monday night during the Charity Ball at the First Regiment Armory. The gallant Major devoted all his attention to Miss White nee Mrs. Wharton, who wore an elegant fiery red dress and a beautiful broad rimmed red hat. Miss White is very voluptuous in appearance, with enchanting manners, and she so charmed the handsome Major that he was willing to dance, and walk all night around the hall with her in order to receive her smiles, which caused him to exclaim in a low voice: "Way down in my heart I've a feelin' for you," and I am "willing to give up bachelor life for you if you will only consent to become my darling bride. President Roosevelt has appointed W. Hall Harris postmaster of Baltimore, Md. Mr. Harris is an old time Democrat who does not know that Jerferson Davis has been dead for many years, and The Afro-American Ledger whose supposed editor is a slavish time server, in speaking of that appointment has the unlimited brass and gall to say that "men like Charles J. Bonaparte and President Roosevelt do not pretend to have any special liking for the Negro." If this is true why in the thunder manager Murphy did you brand every Negro editor as an enemy and a traitor to his race who refused to toot his horn for Colonel Roosevelt? Are you too cowardly to answer this question Brother Murphy? Rev. Archibald James Carey always entertained the idea that "he could buy any editor of a little 'Nigger' newspaper for one or two dollars, to assist to cover up his dirt and short comings," but the wet holy ghost Bible smother changed his mind in that respect after his two church officers or slaves, Dr. H. C. Cress and deadbeat T. J. Hunter, failed in bribing or buying us for one hundred dollars, providing we would not have one word to say in relation to his disgraceful conduct at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the meeting of the Sunday School Union held in that city in June, 1903. But we will forgive Rev. Archibald James Carey for placing such a low estimate upon our honesty and reputation, and present him with ten dollars on the side if he will write and forward the article to us for publication "setting forth his connection with Old Mrs. Anderson and the five hundred dollars. Origin of Petroleum. Until recently it was almost universally believed that petroleum, like coal, was derived from fossil vegetation or possibly from animals or fishes of some long past age. Now it is asserted by many scientific men that it may not be of any organic origin, but may be due to subterranean chemical action. The Little Things Life is made up of little things—words, acts, duties, pleasures. They come to us one after another, calling us out of ourselves, or seem to rush hurriedly past us, and they leave an impress on our spirit, and our characters are made or marred by their influence.—Rev. B. Lowry. British Territory. It is possible to go round the world and touch on British territory all the way-viz., from England to Halifax (Nova Scotia), across Canada to Vancouver, across the Pacific to Hong-Kong, thence to Singapore, Penang, Cape Town, St. Helena and England. White Pepper. In French kitchens white pepper is preferred over black, partly for the flavor and partly because there is a dislike to black specks showing in the food. The idea is worth adopting.—N. Y. Post. Cracks in Plaster To fill cracks in plaster mix plaster of paris with vinegar instead of water, and it will not "set" for 20 or 30 minutes. Push it into the cracks and smooth off evenly with a table knife—Household. Animals Detest This Plant There is no plant which animals so detest as the castor-oil plant. A goat will starve rather than eat it, and even that destroyer of everything green, the locust, will not feed upon it. Revivals in Wales A mania for religious revivals pervades Wales. Often the revivals last all night, and the people go from them to their work singing hymns. Reason Enough. The Parrot—Why did the crow leave his last place? The Owl—He was discharged for caws—Illinois State Journal. Rubber in Africa Rubber is now successfully being cultivated on the gold coast of Africa. Several companies have recently started work on a large scale. Where Kiss Insults The women of Finland regard a kiss on the lips as the greatest insult to which they can be subjected, even from their husbands. London Strand. About 80,000 people pass along the Strand in the course of every working-day. Motor Cars in Germany. The Berlin correspondent of the London Standard reports an interesting legal tangle for owners of motor cars in Germany. According to a law passed in 1901, a motorist can be punished for allowing his car to give off too great a smell of benzine. A German automobilist was fined for this offense recently, and appealed to a higher court. It has now been decided that punishment for such an offense can only be meted out "when the smell of the benzine is so great as to force passers-by to take to another road than that used by the automobilist in question." Great Jap Warrior. When I-ince Fushimi and Justice Holmes, of the United States supreme court, met in Washington the judge sald, jokingly: "I suppose the emperor sent you over here because he was afraid you would get killed unless he prevented you from fighting any more?" The famous Jap fighter replied, seriously: "Well, in the Chinese war I was really apprehensive of getting a bullet, because I wanted to live to achieve something, but now I am ready; I do not care; I felt no apprehension."—Chicago Chronicle. The Gypsum Industry. There has been a great advance in the gypsum industry of the United States in recent years, the output for 1903 having exceeded 1,000,000 tons. The expansion has resulted mainly from the increased demand for gypsum wall plasters, which have almost entirely supplanted the ordinary lime plasters for modern structural purposes. A very large quantity is used also in the manufacture of plaster of paris and as fertilizer.—Engineering and Mining Journal. Cattle of England. A herd of aboriginal, wild white cattle, which has been confined for nearly 700 years in Chartley Park, Staffordshire, England, on the hereditary estate of the earl Ferrers, is to be sold. The park, consisting of 900 acres, is to be divided up. The herd has numbered as many as 43, but numbers now only nine. It was shut up in 1248. Batter Steak. Cut one pound of steak into small pieces and put into a well-buttered baking dish, season to taste, make a batter of one egg, one cup of flour and one pint of milk; beat the egg light, add the milk and a little salt and beat up light and pour over the meat; bake about one hour.-Chicago Post. How. Indeed? "That fellow Potter, you know, thoroughly believes that we all 'become what we eat.'" "But he's a vegetarian." "Of course." "Then, how does he explain how he became such a lobster?"—Philadelphia Press. How the Cotton Market Is Ruled. The error of a telegraph operator caused a decline of the New Orleans cotton market lately. It's getting so that anything except the actual supply of cotton can play the mischief with the cotton market—Atlanta Journal. Servant Question. The servant question has reached such a crisis in Germany that the housekeepers of Hamburg have decided to start a school for the training of domestics, in the hope that a free education in cooking and waiting will attract a better class of recruits. Spent in Mountain Climbing Numbers of Englishmen spend the Christmas holidays mountain-climbing in Cumberland; and a Christmas gathering of climbing men at Wasdale Head, near 3,162-feet-high Scafell, is every year regularly observed. Gone with Dueling. With the evil of deeling it is certain that we have abandoned at least a little good. The pink of courtesy, the fine sense of breeding—these have almost disappeared with the duel. — London Saturday Review. Two Cents Left A western national bank that failed left two cents in the safe for the bank examiner. Its president was one of the leading orators on safe banking at the last State Bankers' convention. Poorest Railroads The French provincial railroads are among the poorest in the world. Some of the cars are several decades old, and on one line not long ago the floor gave way and the car literally fell to pieces. Odd Prison Lessons. Photography lessons for prisoners says the report of the prison commissioners for Scotland, have been attended with very successful results. Drowned by Boots It was declared at Edinburgh recently that more fishermen were drowned from the custom of wearing long boots than by all the storms. Hot Gold Mines. The heat in some gold mines is so intense that joe, if dropped into them, would melt before reaching the bottom. Tax Theater Passes San Francisco has adopted the plan of taxing each theater pass ten cents for the benefit of the Actors' Home. Where Money Fails. One realizes the impotence of money when he tries to buy love.—Chicago Tribune. Cross-Channel Swimming. Cross-channel swimming A novel cross-channel swimming race from Calais to Dover has been promoted by the Belgian Swimming Federation for a challenge cup, to be known as the cross-channel cup. The competition is open to the world for teams of five amateur swimmers. The first of each team would swim as far as possible across the channel. The second man would then take up the task, and would be followed by the others in turn. The team whose man first reaches shore would win the cup. The race is to take place in July or August. Two on the Druggist. Two men went into a Boston drug store and told the proprietor they had made a soda water, bet and would have their sodas now, and when the bet was decided the loser would drop in and pay for them, if that would be satisfactory to the druggist. He answered that it would, and after the sodas had been enjoyed, he asked: "By the way, what was the bet?" "My friend, here," said one of the men, "bet that when Bunker hill monument falls it will fall toward the north, and I bet it won't."—Argonaut. To Guess Any Number. This is done by multiplying the last number by two. Ask one to one think of an even number. Tell him to triple it, halve the product, triple this half, then tell you how many times nine goes into it, and you will tell the original number. Suppose eight to be the number. Triple this, and the result is 24. Halve this, making 12. Again tripling this gives 36, into which nine goes four times. This four times multiplied by two gives eight, the number originally thought of. Marriage. By a happy ending most people mean marriage. Well, isn't marriage often an unhappy beginning instead of a happy ending? Yet it is the sad truth, patient to every writer to-day, that if he keeps his characters of story or drama away from the altar he sacrifices the opportunity of multiplying his income five times, and is often driven to it through poverty. It is a great temptation to set up as a marrying parson.—I. Zangwill, in N. Y. Sun. Loss in Cargo. When the German ship Siefahrer arrived at San Francisco the other day from Antwerp her cargo was short 5,000 pounds of canary seed. The loss was laid to the rats, but the United States district court has decided that the rats could eat only about 1,000 pounds in the time they had, and the Siefahrer was condemned to pay for the rest. On Wooden Bails. There are still several wooden railways in existence in Canada and the United States. One of them is in the province of Quebec, and is 30 miles long. The rails are of maple, and trains are run over them with remarkable smoothness at the rate of 25 miles an hour. This road is used for the transportation of timber. Great Assurance. Two and a half years ago a man mysteriously disappeared from Pontsaru, south Wales, leaving a horse and cart he had been driving in charge of a lad. The whole country was searched, but no trace of him could be found. On November 25 he appeared to claim $60 due him as wages. He had been to America. Belgium's Suffrage Law. Under the Belgian law, unmarried men over 25 have one vote, married men and widowers with families have two votes, and priests and other persons of position and education have three votes. Severe penalties are imposed on those who fail to vote. Whale's Products. The profit from a single whale that is captured is very large. One about 59 feet long weighs 140,000 pounds, and will give 60,000 pounds of blubber, from which 48,000 pounds of train oil can be made, and 3,000 pounds of whalebone. Hard. Very Likely. "How did he take his uncle's death?" "Well, you see, the old man bequeathed him nothing except his autobiography." "H'm! How did he take his uncle's life?"—Sunday Magazine. A Big Risk. She—Why, no; they wanted to charge me nine times the regular rate!—Detroit Free Press. Zebras in Africa. A report from German East Africa is to the effect that there are over 260,000 zebras in the colony. They appear sometimes in herds of from 200 to 400 animals. Shoe-Blacking. The ingredients which enter into the composition of shoe-blacking are bone-black, treacle, oil of vitriol, sperm oil, gum-arabic, and vinegar, or sour beer. Mule Meat in Paris. Last year, in Paris, 14,840 horses, 257 donkeys, and 80 mules were killed and consumed as food. Costly Monument The dowager empress of China has already spent nearly $4,000,000 on her own mop. California Roof Gardens. In the southern part of California rooft gardens are becoming features of all the new buildings. Not Necessarily. 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