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THE BROAD AX George W. Williams' History of the Negro Race In America And other Literary Productions Which Should Find Their Way Into the Homes of All Afro-Americans. George W. William Negro Race And other Litera Which Shou Way Into the Afro-America Not very long ago while the writer was in conversation with one of the leading Afro-American business men of this city who is willing to spend much of his time in a effort to familiarize his friends with the latest dance, and he will give up much of his valuable time in order to instruct his married male friends how to spruce up real nice whenever they feel like doing a little side-stepping; but during our long conversation with this particular, bright business man of the race, who is of the opinion that "he knows more than all the other colored people put together," we were astonished to learn that he had never read nor heard of "George W. Williams' History of The Negro Race in America," it caused our warm blood to run cold to hear our smart business friend further state that "he did not know whether Mr. Williams belonged to the white race or the colored race." It caused our heart to feel sad and heavy when we realized that this so-called leader of the race and many others just like him are so utterly ignorant as to the greatest historian so far produced by the race in any section of the world. For the benefit of those members of the race and for all others who may take trouble to read this article, we simply state that George W. Williams, author of "Williams' History of The Negro Race in America," was the first colored member of the Ohio Legislature, and late Judge Advocate of the Grand Army of the Republic of Ohio, etc. In the preface of his most exhaustive work the author states that in the preparation of his history of the Negro Race in America, that he consulted over twelve-thousand of columns, thousands of pamphlets, almost one thousand of which are referred to in the foot-notes. He reviews the history of the Negro in this country from 1619 to 1880. Negroes as slaves, as soldiers, and as citizens, together with a preliminary consideration of the unity of the human family, an historical sketch of Africa, and an account of the Negro governments of Sierra Leone and Liberia. "Williams' History of The Negro Race in America" consists of two large volumes in one of more than one thousand pages. It is published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York City and London, and it is one among the many books which should find its way into the home of every Afro-American. The following are a few of the many other books by colored authors which ought to be extensively read and owned by all the Afro-Americans, namely: Prof. W. H. Crogman's "Progress of A Race or the Remarkable Advancement of The Afro-American Negro, from the Bondage of Slavery, Ignorance and Poverty to the Freedom of Citizenship, Intelligence, Affluence, Honor and Trust"; Charles W. Chesnutt's Life of Frederick Douglass, "The Marrow of Tradition"; "The Conjur Woman"; "The House Behind The Cedars" and several other works by the same author. Prof. W. E. B. DuBois" "Souls of Black Folk"; Prof. Booker T. Washington's "Up From Slavery;"; "The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass" by himself; Paul Laurence Dunbar's works. Every Afro-American who claims to possess one spark of "Race Pride" should be willing to live on one meal a day and let that meal consist of bread without butter, a glass of water or coffee without sugar, in order to save enough money to come into the possession of these and other valuable works or writings which will compare favorably with the works and writings so far evolved from the brains of man. In addition to owning the works referred to, which are within the reach of any ordinary person, the Afro-Americans, at least those who pretend to be the leaders or the representatives of the race, should also strive to come into the possession of the works of Herodotus, the great Greek historian, who was so fair; just and honorable in dealing with the black, dark or sunburnt races, who were the founders and the rulers over vast empires and kingdoms throughout the ancient eastern world; "The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World, by Sir George Rawlinson, M. A."; The Ancient History of The Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Meades and Persians, Macedonians, Grecians, Arablans and Ethiopians, by Charles Rollin. Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"; John W. Drapers "Intellectual Development of Europe and his Conflict Between Religion and Secence." Whenever the Afro-Americans drink in the contents of these imperishable enlarged ideas as to the immensity works, and refrain from referring to each others as "Niggers" on all occasions they will embibe new and of the universe, and the grand part the Negro has played in all the civilizations of the past ages, and the future possibilities of the Afro-American race. THE WEST SIDE SUNDAY CLUB OF ST. STEPHENS CHURCH. Last Sunday afternoon, the West Side Sunday Club which has met in St. Stephens Church for the past three years, and which is undeni-national was addressed by, Julius F. Taylor "On the Origin or the Civilization of the ancient Egyptians." The church was well filled and between three hundred and fifty to four hundred and fifty of the best and the brightest men and women on the West Side, very attentively listened to it. At its conclusion they extended to us, a rising vote of thanks and Rev. W. S. Brooks who has labored incessantly for many years in behalf of his Lord and St. Stephens, arose and stated "That within the past year, he had visited the land of Egypt; that from a historical point of view our address on those ancient and most wonderful people far surpassed anything he had ever heard or read pertaining to their achievements, that it required the expenditure of much time and energy on our part to collect all the undisputable historical facts in connection with their civilization, and Rev. Brooks further stated, that "The address was timely as there is no subject at the present time receiving more attention or is being more discussed by the historians and the students of history, than the civilization of the ancient Egyptians. Similar expressions were indulged in by other members of the club and all seemed highly pleased with our address. THE EDITOR AND THE DOCTOR. If an editor makes a mistake he has to apologize for it, but if a doctor makes a mistake he burries it. If the editor makes a mistake and does not correct it there is a lawsuit, swearing and the smell of sulphur, but if the doctor makes a mistake there is no correction, but a funeral, cut flowers, and a smell of varnish. A doctor can use a word a yard long without knowing what it means, but if the editor uses it, he has to spell it. If a doctor goes to see another man's wife he charges for the visit, HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 4, 1905. [Image of a man in a suit with a bow tie, centered within an oval frame]. Vice-President of the South Chicago Savings Bank, Who Has Supplied, Seventy-five Poor Families, Residing in the Eighth Ward With Coal This Winter, and The Broad Ax Will cheerfully and Loyally Support Alderman Jones for City Treasurer of Chicago, for His Heart is Located in the Right Place and He Knows No Man On Account of the Color of His Skin. but if the editor goes to see another man's wife he gets a charge of buckshot. When a doctor gets drunk it's a case of "overcome by the heat" and if he dies it is heart trouble. When an editor gets drunk, it's a case of two much booze, and if he dies it is a case of delirium tremens. Any old college can make a doctor. You can't make an editor, he has to be born.—Ex. MASONIC NOTES. SPURIOUS COLORED KNIGHT TEMPLAR IN THE UNITED STATES. On the 12th of December, 182 Caesar Thomas, F. Lattimore, Pete Richmond, Joseph B. Smith, Robe Barclay, Richard Nurse, Richard Parker and a few other of their associates who organized that self-constituted Union Chapter and Gran MEMORIAL ADDRESSES ON ABRA HAM LINCOLN, JAMES A. GAR- FIELD AND WILLIAM Mc- KINLEY. Congressman George P. Foster, has recently favored us with a copy containing the memorial addresses on Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield and William McKinley. The book is handsomely bound in Russia leather and it is worthy of a place in the library of the most festideous. From a historical point of view it is very valuable and we highly prize it. Congressman Foster has also furnished us with the latest official Congressional Directory and with one of the latest and most improved maps of the United States for which we wish to return our sincere thanks to the Congressman for all the courtistes extended within the past five years. THE OLD CHURCH ORGAN OR THE CONSERVATOR HAS NOT MADE ITS APPEARENCE FOR THE PAST FIVE WEEKS. Some of the old foggies and handkerchief head readers of The Old Church Organ or The Conservator who have paid in their money towards its support, have demanded of us to know what has become of it, and as it has not passed through the second class division of the Chicago Postoffice for more than five weeks and as we have not received nor heard of any one else receiving a copy of it during that length of time, it is fair to assume that it has not been published and that the various preachers and churches who are always looking for free doings when it comes to Colored newspapers who were astride its back, rode it to death. Mrs. Frank W. King 450 37th St., has a friend that phones her the contents of The Broad Ax each week, gave a swell party Monday evening in honor of Mrs. Lular Williams and Mrs. Minnie Howard of New York City. There was music and dancing, card playing, and so on, and each and every one of the guests who greeted the ladies from New York greatly enjoyed the occasion. MASONIC NOTES. SPURIOUS COLORED KNIGHTS TEMPLAR IN THE UNITED STATES. On the 12th of December, 1820 Caesar Thomas, F. Lattimore, Peter Richmond, Joseph B. Smith, Robert Barclay, Richard Nurse, Richard Parker and a few other of their associates who organized that self-constituted Union Chapter and Granl Chapter of so-called Royal Arch Masons for the State of Pennsylvania, met in the city of Philadelphia on the 12th of December, 1820 and without any authority whatever and nobody claiming that they ever did have any and they have never been able to show that they ever possessed any power and authority from any Grand Commandery of Knights Templar or from any persons in the world they proceeded and claimed to organize St. George's Commandery of Knights Templar on the 8th of June they met and pretended to organize, in the year of 1844, a body called the First African Grand Commandery of North America with headquarters at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Thomas Henderson they elected as their first Grand Commander and Enos Hall as their Deputy Grand Commander. The organization of this subordinate Commandery and Grand Commandery was unlawful and irregular because they never had any authority or power to do so and they have never been able to show any. So, it will be seen that the other chapters of Royal Arch Masons and Commandery of Knights Templar in different parts of the United States, among colored men, originated from a bogus and spurious body at Philadelphia, Pa. That is the beginning of Royal Arch Masonry and Knights among colored men in the United States.—H. S. It seems that the colored Republicans of St. Louis, Mo., are not being treated right. We are Republicans, but we contend that if the Republican party don't do more than make naked promises, the will lose a good number of Negro voters and they should. You may talk all you want to about loyalty to party but the people must also be treated loyal. That's all.—The Forum Springfield Ill. The Young chaps running The Forum are talking very bold at the present time but just as soon as the next election rolls around and when they behold the face of one of their Lily White Republican masters they will tuck their tails between their legs like whipped dogs. Justice John Fitzerald of the stock yards District is in Hot Springs Ark., where he will rest up for two weeks. E. C. Richwald, Secretary of the United Societies of Chicago In Favor of Equal Taxation, Writes an Open Letter to Mr. L. A. Seeberger. Mr. L. A. Seeberger, City. Dear Sir:— Quite recently I read in the daily papers an address on "Revenue" delivered by you before the School Principals' club at a session held in the Northwestern University building, Lake and Dearborn Sts., formerly the Tremont House. In that address you are reported to have said "If there is a desire for more Revenue for the City, County and the Schools of Chicago, let us get it from personal property taxation. The placing of all personal property on the tax books ought to be forced. Make it a misdemeanor on the statute books of Illinois for failure to schedule all personal property." This is certainly severe on the small householder. What would you recommend for the large tax evader? Would you make it a crime and send him to the penitentiary for life at hard labor? Are you aware that there is now in Cook County nearly two hundred millions of dollars worth of railroad and church property that does not pay any taxes? The building you were speaking in (the old Tremont House) does not now pay any taxes, because now occupied and used as a institution of learning. An institution of learning, which charges fees, should by all means set an example before the community and pay taxes as all honest citizens do. There are many other Institutions of the same character in Chicago that own very valuable property which have a large rent income but pay no taxes. You may say "They have a special charter from the State of Illinois which exempts them from taxation." We reply that any institution that asks special privileges from the State of Illinois or any other State is not honest. It is the same as asking for an appropriation from the State and when the State grants the request it is an unconstitutional grant. The State of Illinois has no authority to grant such an ex-parte request. Formerly the Tremont House paid annually in taxes about ten thousand dollars, while it now as, an adjunct to the Northwestern University with a large income from rents and tuition fees pays no taxes. Is not this the equivalent of an appropriation of that much of the public money to the Northwestern University? It is against public policy, for under these ex-parte charters such institutions can buy large quantities of property in Chicago and have it taken off the tax list, thus dishonestly throwing an unreasonable burden on the other honest taxpayers which is now done by these institutions at the present time. A word now as to the exempting of the millions of church property from taxation; which is a flagrant and dishonest evasion of the well known principle which underlies the Constitution of the United States and of all the States with reference to the question of religion, there being express provisions against the donating of the public moneys for the support of religion. We have the high authority of the late Judge Story of the Supreme Court of the United States for saying that it is unconstitutional, "for any one to be compelled to support any place of worship or to maintain any ministry against his consent." What is this exemption of church property from taxation, but evasion? What difference does it make whether Legislatures openly donate so much of the public money every year to the support of the Churches or whether such institutions are exempted by unconstitutional legislative action from the operation of a general tax law? No.15 Secretary of the States of Chicago Equal Taxation, Open Letter to Reberger. None whatever, "Tax exemption is equivalent to direct appropriation equivalent to direct appropriation. An exemption is simply the presentation of a receipted bill for taxes. It is opposed to every principle upon which a republican government is founded. The theory of our government is that all interests that are protected by the State should contribute equally to the support of the State. If these institutions do not contribute to the support of the State, they are clearly not entitled to the support of the State. They are protected by our police and fire departments and if they were damaged by mob violence the City pays for the damages done, and yet they contribute not a dollar for the protection accorded them. There is only one church building on this continent that pays its taxes, and that is located in Toronto, Canada; the only honest Church in regard to living up to the express command of the Christ that it worships, who said "Render unto Cesar (or the State) the things that are Cesars," all others treating this positive command with entire indifference. It is well know that millions of dollars worth of railroad property in Cook County pays no taxes. Then why go and force all personal property on the tax books, making failure to schedule the same a misdemeanor? The small and poor householders have trouble enough now to make ends meet and it would be the height of injustice to take from their scanty means, when millions of valuable real estate is paying practically nothing? Is it "too much politics" in the Legislature? Being Secretary of the United Societies for equal taxation, I hope to take one or two cases to the Supreme court and test these unjust special privileges granted to rich corporations that pay no taxes but ask the public for all possible protection. I hope the Real Estate Board will appoint two delegates to represent your body at our meetings.—E. C. Richwald, Secy. Charles Light corke Buell, who claims to be some kind of a Lawyer after a fashion, and who occasionally hangs out in a poorly furnished Law shop in the rear of the Title and Trust Bldg., 100 Washington St., is still clubing himself, because the Colored voters' residing in the 1st Senatorial District made up their minds last fall that he was a farmer and they did not want him to misrepresent them in the Legislature at Springfield, we don't blame them for turning down Buell, for his actions would seem to indicate that he is dishonest. Elder J. H. Murphy of The Afro-American Ledger, Baltimore, believes he has no higher mission to perform than to white wash immoral whisky drinking Preachers, for the few dollars which he receives from them is of the opinion that men like Charles J. Bonaparte who has in the past contributed articles to the public Press, in favor of mob and lynch Law, especially for all Negroes who violate the Laws, and the late Gov. Lloyd Lowndes of Md., who was always very bitterly opposed to permitting the Negro to enjoy his civil and his political rights like other American citizens, are and were much better friends to the Negro, than men who have been in favor of giving him an equal chance in the race of life. In the discussion of all questions effecting the rights or the status of the Negro, it is gratifying to observe that the opinions of Elder Murphy are never seriously considered by those who may happen to come in contact with his dry and uninteresting Ledger, for they fully realize that his shouting religion has caused him to become effected with the softening of the brain. --- Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestant, and other religions, our own, our own, 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 freedom of the press. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year $250 1.00 JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago. II. as second-class Matter. Descriptive. Flora--You know I've been so anxious to hear from that friend of mine who is on such an interesting trip to South Africa. Dora—Yes. "Well, I've had a long letter from her and all she says is 'we had a beautiful trip around the Horn.' All the rest was about a man she had met on board!"—Detroit Free Press. Odd New Toy. The latest Paris toy is a terra cotta head, on the top of which, and in the place of which the eyebrows should be are furrows. A packet of fine grass seeds is sold with the head. The head is well wetted and the seed is put in the furrows. In a few days a fine crop of green hair and eyebrows is produced, to the great delight of all beholders. Immense Light. St. Catherine's lighthouse has just been fitted with a flashlight which is estimated to be equal to 15,000,000 candle power, and on nights when the atmosphere is favorable its beam is probably visible from the French coast. The old light was of about 3,000,000 candle power—London Daily Mall. Looks Suspicious. A writer in the Boston Cooking School Magazine, says: "In the second semester, at Bryn Mawr, if a girl refuses candy, it is supposed that she is keeping Lent, or that she has reached the chapter on "Habits," in Prof. James' text-book on psychology. Can't Be Done. California's botanical wizard is too practical to waste time on blue roses. He has already produced many valuable varieties of fruit and even hopes to improve on the Boston bean.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Barely Possible. Tom—What a soft, liquid voice Miss DeWines has. Jack—Yes; inherited it from her father, I presume. He used to run a speak-easy in Pittsburgh.—Chicago Daily News. Bell—Would you allow a man to kiss you? Maud Vim—Well, I think it is our duty to—er—to make allowances for the weaknesses of mankind—N. Y. Times. When the Hub Speaks. The situation in Russia is to be considered at a mass meeting in Boston this week. After that the czar and his advisers will know precisely what to do.-Providence Journal. No Deserving Beggars. "I have never known a deserving case of street begging," was the remarkable statement of Sir Eric A. Buchanan, secretary of the London Mendicity society, made the other day. Confidence. "He is very optimistic, isn't he?" "Oh, yes! He is absolutely certain he can do anything he has neyer tried to do."—Smart Set. Coaling Stations Of about 30 recognized coaling stations in the Pacific, Great Britain owns at least 12 and the United States six More Than a Pint A recent weighing of dandelion down has shown that 1,000,000 of the dainty parachutes are needed to make a pound. A French professor is the owner of a collection of 920 human heads, representing every known race of people. Long Flight of Bigeons. Eight pigeons recently flew from Kimberley to Cape Town, a distance of 512 miles. in 14 hours. Its the Other Ones. The emergencies that we are always prepared for never seem to turn up.—N. Y. Times. Saved. Father—What did the teacher say when she heard you swear? Small Boy—She asked me where I learned it. "What did you tell her?" "I didn't want to give you away, pa so I blamed it onto the parrot!"—Detroit Free Press. Bacheller (disgustedly)—Huh! You're to be married, I hear. "So I do, but none of them would have me."—Philadelphia Press. Literary Mexico. Mexico is credited with being at the head of the Latin-American countries in the matter of letters. Besides possessing the oldest organs of Spanish-American journalism, it is said to have in active existence the first library established in America, which is now at least 300 years old. In Chill, Argentina and Peru there are papers that have been published for 50 years and more. One is the El Comercio of Lima, which has had a career or 60 years of uninterrupted daily issue. Daily Thought. Skill in one's art, profession or trade is conscience applied; it is honesty, veracity and fidelity using the eye, the voice and the hand to reveal what lies in the worker's purpose and spirit. To become an artist in dealing with tools and materials is not a matter of choice or privilege; it is a moral necessity; for a man's heart must be in his skill, and a man's soul in his craftsmanship.—Hamilton Wright Mabie, in Detroit Free Press. Rice Crumpets. Beat three eggs until light and add one and a half cupfuls of milk and one tablespoonful of melted butter. Stir in one cupful of boiled rice, one cupful of corn flour, half a cupful of wheat flour, half a teaspoonful of salt and a level teaspoonful of baking powder. Bake in large crumpled rings on top of the stove, or in greased gum pans in a quick oven 20 minutes.—Washington Star. To Mend China. Here is a recipe for mending china which has stood the test of long time. The House Beautiful resurrects it, and this department passes it on: Tie the article to be mended firmly together and boil in skim milk for an hour. The finest china, being hard throughout, will not join, but the softer pastes will mend perfectly. Dishes so mended may be washed in hot water. Underground City To read of an inhabited subterranean city seems strange, yet a place of this character actually exists in Galicia, Austrian Poland, and with a population, too, of over 1,000 men, women and children. It is called the City of the Salt Mines, and has a town hall and a church. The latter has several statues, all of which are carved from rock salt. Plenty of Public Houses. Belgium, where public libraries are almost unknown, enjoys 19,000 public houses. That means one public house for 36 inhabitants, or one public house for 12 men above 17 years of age. During the last 50 years the population has increased 50 per cent.; the number of public houses 258 per cent. Not Worth a Life "Villain," he hissed, with a stage-hero gesture, "harm one hair of her head and your life shall pay the penalty." "Why go to such extremes?" inquired the other. "A wig like hers wouldn't cost over six dollars."—Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. Women M. D.'s in Russia. The number of women physicians is steadily increasing in Russia. According to a recent report there are now nearly 400 women studying medicine at Russian universities, the largest numbers being at St. Petersburg and Moscow. The Way of It. Mothers spend more sleepless nights than fathers because of the children when they are little, but when they are grown and gone away it is the father who says most about "ingratitude."—Atchison Globe. Milk-Fed Melons A farmer living near Marselles has discovered that by "watering" his melons with milk they will grow to twice their ordinary size. He carries off all the melon prizes at local agricultural shows. Highest Tide. The highest tide in the world is in the Bay of Fundy. The tide there sometimes rises to the height of 71 feet, and the increase is occasionally as much as a foot every five minutes. Oregon's Milk. Twenty-six million six hundred and sixty-six thousand six hundred gallons of milk were Oregon's production for the year 1904. The sale of this output aggregated $4,000,000. International Stamp One of the latest ideas to be propounded and which will be brought forward at a future international postal congress is a suggestion for an international stamp. Cotton in Yucatan Agriculturists of Catnus, Yucatan are cultivating cotton with good success. This year the cotton plantations will be enlarged. Pet of a Hero. Among the spoils of war taken at Lao-yang was a pet pigeon belonging to Gen. Kuropatkin. It is now in Tokio. All Criminals If evil thoughts were crimes, what penitentiaries would we need.—N. Y. Times. Should Be Let Bot. Too many quarrels are picked before they are ripe.—Chicago Daily News. Spider's Glue Spider's Glove. In the spider's web it is the glutinous beads that catch the victims. Safe Milk. Goats' milk is found to be immune from tuberculosis germs. Sponge Log Cabin. Lady fingers that are somewhat stale and that have become separated may be utilized for a very pretty dessert by spreading the halves with orange or lemon jelly and building them log cabin shape on a handsome dish, then pouring around them a white paste made of a pint of milk, half a cup of sugar, one tablespoonful cornstarch, and the beaten whites of two eggs. Flavor with vanilla, dotting the custard with small, cubes of the jelly. —Los Angeles Herald. The Teeth and Health To preserve the teeth in health and beauty is a most important matter, for thus one not only saves one's self pain and expense, but also actually prolongs one's life—the decay and loss of teeth being but the initial stages of the general break-up of the health. Artificial teeth are at their best vastly inferior to one's own teeth in good working order. To prevent decay of the latter, absolute cleanliness of the mouth is essential.—Chicago Daily Newa. Well Equipped. "This feller Janus was the god of January, ch." Inquired Nordy. "Yes," replied Butts, "the month of January takes its name from him, as it looks toward both the old and the new year. You see, Janus had two faces." "Had two faces, hey?" "Yes; he was two-faced." "Gosh! What a politician he would have made!"—Louisville Courier-Journal. Extinct African Animals Wonderful types of ancient animals have been discovered in the Fayoum district of northeastern Africa. It is believed that the animals of the elephant and mastodon class were developed in Africa itself, but this does not appear to invalidate the theory that most of the African fauna had a more northern origin, in Europe or Asia. Her Meaning. Miss Jenkins—Yes, she did say something about you, but I don't know whether it was meant to be complimentary or not. Mr. Kallow—Oh. I fancy I impressed her. "Well, she merely commented on your 'blooming cheek.'"—Philadelphia Ledger. Clear Sauce for Pudding Mix one tablespoonful of flour smooth with cold water; add boiling water to make a little thicker than cream and cook three minutes. Take from fire, add half a cupful of sugar, one teaspoonful of butter, and nutmeg and brandy or wine to taste, or lemon extract or juice.—Housekeeper. Improved by Wear "Furs are one item of dress that improve with wearing." said the head of a large wholesale establishment. "The more the warmth from the wearer's body gets through the fur the better, as this keeps the skin soft and pliable, and adds to the luster of the nan." Frost on the Pumpkin Susan Brett—What were you with this season? Hamlet Fatt—A rural drama called "The Pumpkin." Susan Brett—How'd you make out? Hamlet Fatt—Oh, we got frosted, of course.—Pittsburg Post. Understand English The countess of Aberdeen recently mentioned that when attending the international congress of women at Berlin she was impressed by the fact that nearly every German woman or girl met with understood English. Explained. Tom—Newrich says his daughter is named after a Greek goddess. Dick—'H'm! Glad you told me; I thought it was after some kind of patent medicine or a parlor car.—Cleveland Leader. A Matter of Weight "That would depend upon how much she weighed."—Kansas City Star. A cable to Panama will soon connect the infant republic to its home base and will make the canal strip a sort of weather strip on the edge of the republic--N. Y. Commercial. To Clean Asbestos When the asbestos in stoves and fireplaces becomes blackened it may be cleaned by sprinkling it with salt and allowing the gas to burn for a while. Household. Crime in Lapland In Lapland the crime which is punished most severely next to murder is the marrying of a girl against the express wish of her parents. Depth of Desert Sand It is supposed that the average depth of the sand deserts of Africa is from 30 to 40 feet. Kitchen Item. The dirtiest frying pan will become clean if soaked five minutes in ammonia and water. Words Enough. There are four times as many words in the English language as in the French. Mines in Spain. Spain has 1,027 iron mines, 461 coal and 21 lead and silver mines. Must Be Humble. He cannot be a saint who will not be a servant—Chicago Tribune. --- Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAIL YARDS: 1st St. & L. S. & M. S. Ry. 2nd St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO Phone 194 South A. B. SCHULTZ, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 2719 State Street Hours: 9 to 12 A. M. 3 to 5 and after 6 P. M. CHICAO Central 5768. L. BLANCHE WRIGHT PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER 167 Dearborn St., Room 611 MRS. E. L. AUSTIN SOPRANO 4853 ARMOUR AVE., CHICAGO. 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Wonderful what advances they have made in science. Who did it? He—The quarterback on the other team—Detroit Free Press 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 extravagant tastes and habits in a girl—Chic. Rich 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 elvish 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.—Chicago Post. London's Unemployed In one day recently acity firm received no fewer than 998 applications in response to an advertisement for a clerk. The salary offered was 30 shillings ($7.50) per week.—London Daily News. 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ASHINGTON.— Statuary hall in the capitol is growing more and more into a national Valhalla, where the effigies of great men of various states appear marble and bronze. The late Senator John J. Ingalls is the last to be represented in this group of illustrious men, a fine Ita- ASHINGTON.—Statuary hall in the capitol is growing more and more into a national Valhalla, where the effigies of great men of various states appear marble and bronze. The late Senator John J. Ingalls is the last to be represented in this group of illustrious men, a fine Italian marble statue of the wit, satirist and statesman having been dedicated a short time ago. Each state is entitled to place for two of its noted sons and when the complement is filled the old house of representatives, now known as Statuary hall, will resemble an art gallery. It is now Illinois' turn to present another statue and this she will do by honoring the memory and history of one of her most noted daughters, Miss Frances E. Willard, the great temperance advocate. This will be the first statue of a woman to appear in the capitol, but Illinois is proud to honor the great character and work of Miss Willard, which have made the state famous. One of the finest statues in this collection is that of a Jesuit priest, Pere Marquette, whose memory the state of Wisconsin has honored with a beautiful Parian marble presentment of this noted discoverer, missionary, priest and historian. At first there was some narrow-minded opposition to the admission of a statue of a Catholic priest, but as Wisconsin had selected Father Marquette as her greatest representative the statue could not be excluded from the hall. So far there are but 19 states represented in Statuary hall, and some of them by only one noted son. Some of the newer states are waiting to see what the future and their history may reveal before selecting the man or men who might best represent them in this group. There is an unwritten rule that the noted sons who are given a place in Statuary hall must be selected from those who are dead and gone. Some of the newar states may have to wait a good many years before they will have a list of dead statesmen to select from. S UPERINTENDENT of the Capitol Elliott Woods has prepared a list of the statues now in place. There is a plaster statue of George Washington that came from Virginia, but is not credited to that state. The other statues are: Roger Sherman and Jonathan Trumbull, of Connecticut; James Spields, of Illinois; O. P. Morton, Indiana; John J. Ingalls, Kansas; John Winthrop and Samuel Adams, Massachusetts; John Hanson and Charles Carroll, Maryland; William King, Maine; Lewis Cass, Michigan; Thomas H. Benton and F. P. Blair, Missouri; John Starke and Daniel Webster, New Hampshire; Richard Stockton and Phil Kearney, New Jersey; R. D. Livingston and George Clinton, New York; James A. Garfield and William Allen, Ohio; Robert Fulton and Peter J. Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania; Daniel Greene and Roger Williams, Rhode Island; Samuel Houston and Stephen Austin, Texas; J. Collamer and Ethan Allen, Vermont; John E. Kenna and F. H. Pierpont, West Virginia; Pere Marquette, Wisconsin. Statuary hall is a great show place for visitors at the capitol and the guides have the history of the statues at their tongues' end. In addition to the marble statues this hall is celebrated as a whispering gallery and for oddities in acoustics. Persons on the opposite side of the big room, when standing on particular spots, can converse with each other in whispers, although the hall may be crowded. In another spot when a person is spoken to by another at a distance the sound of the speaker's voice seems to be over his head and in tremendous volume. The ceiling of this old hall was reconstructed two or three years ago and some of the peculiar echoes were destroyed, but enough remain to help the capitol guides earn their fees by amusing the visitors. Historic Little Room. UST off from Statuary hall is the office of the clerk of the house, a small room that was used by the speaker of the house when that body met in this old hall. It was there that ex-President John Adams, at the time a member of the house, breathed his last, having been UST off from Statuary hall is the office of the clerk of the house, a small room that was used by the speaker of the house when that body met in this old hall. It was there that ex-President John Adams, at the time a member of the house, breathed his last, having been stricken while on the floor. In this room there is now a genial gentleman who has been clerk of the last, having been stricken while on the floor. In this room there is now a genial gentleman who has been clerk of the house for ten years, or ever since the republicans regained control in 1895. He is Maj. Alexander McDowell of Pennsylvania, and he is likely to hold that office as long as the republicans remain in power in the house if he wants to. He is extremely popular, as much on account of his ability as a raconteur as anything else, as he has a fund of amusing and timely stories always on tap. Maj. McDowell is a veteran of the civil war, but is never heard to boast of his exploits during that trouble. He is much given to joking his old comrades about war experiences and is inclined to "queer" some of the tales they are prone to tell about the part they played in the army. He relates an incident that occurred not long ago at a Grand Army reunion, where one of the veterans held his hearrs spell-bound as he told of a miraculous experience he had with a confederate bullet in one of the biggest battles of the civil war. This old soldier related how in the din of battle he distinctly heard whispered in his ear the warning, "T'll hit you, I'll hit you!" A moment after he was struck in the arm by a ball. Maj. McDowell followed this soldier and declared that he, too, had had a similar experience. At the battle of Fredericksburg he, too, had distinctly heard that whispered warning, "I'll hit you, I'll hit you. I'll hit you!" "When I heard that whisper," declared the major, "I said to myself: 'I'll be dered if you do' and got behind a tree." Grosvenor in Fighting Mood. GENERAL Grosvenor, of Ohio, usually termed the "Santa Claus" of the house, on account of his venerable white beard, is a busy man these days in fighting tariff revision ideas. The general is a rock-ribbed protectionist and has little patience G with any proposition to amend the present tariff laws. He says he wants a bill of particulars brought in to show wherein the present law works any injustice to the country. The other day he called at the white house and had a talk with President Roosevelt on the subject. Much as these two men differ in their tariff views, they are very warm friends and all their conferences are characterized by good nature. The president asked Gen. Grosvenor if he had studied the tariff schedules and found any on which the duties could be lowered. The general said that he had found just one. In looking over the law he found that there was a duty of one dollar a ton on basic slag. He said he did not know what basic slag was until he looked it up and found that it was used as a fertilizer. As it is the policy to admit all fertilizers, anything calculated to increase the productiveness of the farmer's land free of cost, he thought this one dollar a ton duty might be taken off basic slag. Gen. Grosvenor's other nickname in the house is "Old Figgers." He earned this by predicting very closely the majority the republicans would have in the Fifty-fourth congress when they came back into power. He followed this up with very close predictions of the states which Mr. McKinley carried in 1896 and again in 1900. A Favorite Haunt. 1 HERE is an humble little restaurant on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue, near Thirteenth street, which is a favorite resort for many of the old-timers in the house and senate. Occasionally these old fellows will introduce a new member to some of the attractive features of ordinarily, the this place, but ordinarily the uninitiated congressman will pass the house with a look of contempt, as it is about as unattractive as any restaurant or saloon in the city. It is a low, two-storied brick house, wedged in between pawnbills, with old-fashioned small-paned windows, not over clean, and a step down from the pavement to the doorway. Few strangers recognize in this little dirty brick house the celebrated "Hancock's," of Washington. The interior of this saloon or restaurant is as unattractive as the exterior. A little short wooden bar at one side, with an oyster counter at the other, and an extremely low-cellined, sawdusted, dark room do not appeal to esthetic tastes. Behind that bar, however, are some of the oldest and best liquors in Washington and the colored barkeeper is the son of the original dispenser of drinks whose secret decoctions tickled the palates of Daniel Webster, Henry Clay and other great dead and gone statesmen. The same brand of whiskies, rum, wines and brandies are there to-day and Hancock punch and Hancock cocktails are enjoyed by a few of the senators and representatives, just as they were 50 years ago by their predecessors in the capital In the kitchen of this little restaurant reigns a genuine old-time Virginia "mammy," with a bandana handkerchief tied around her head. The kitchen is faultlessly clean and out of it come the most appetizing and delicious dinners of fried chicken, terrapin, quail and other delicacies that were ever eaten in Washington or anywhere else. It has become the fad lately to have little dinner parties at Hancock's for a "fried chicken dinner." DOG FINDS RICHES IN GEMS Anine Gets Mixed Up in Rapids and Is Disentangled with Pearls Clinging to Him. Two French Canadians and a "bluenose" citizen of New Brunswick, who have been hunting along Lobster stream in Maine for three weeks with small success, returned to Bangor, carrying half a pint of pearls, all of them taken from Lobster rapids one rainy morning in a manner described below. Up to the present time these three have all been citizens of unimpeached veracity. They had taken a setter dog to camp to help them in shooting partridges, but they found so many fleas upon him that he was compelled to stay outside in disgrace. One morning about a week ago they heard the dog yelping for help from the stream. On going to his assistance they discovered that he was attached to some object under water which threatened to drown him. It required a strong pull to free the dog from the rocks. On taking him to camp the party discovered that his long, red hair was thickly spattered with the shells of mussels, which had closed upon his coat so tightly that he could not get free. On opening the shells in order to free them from the hair, they uncovered nearly 50 large pearls, all of good color, and fairly free from blemishes. At the lowest estimate the citizens think that the pearls they have secured will sell for $500, enough to pay for hunting trips for several years. SMALL FISH KILL A HORSE. Finny Creatures of South American Waters Slay Equine and Attack Its Master. An illustration in Youth of the danger that sometimes lies in small fishes is the case of a fish which is common in the rivers of South America, the serrasalmo. It is probably the most fearless of all fishes, very small, of peculiar shape, with powerful jaws, so strong and sharp that they can bite a piece out of an animal as neatly as though it had been done with a pair of scissors. In some places it is impossible to fish, as the moment a fish is hooked thousands of these vicious creatures flock to the spot and tear it to pieces before it can be brought to the surface. The fish apparently does not know what fear is, and has in more than one instance jeopardized human life, if not destroyed it. A traveller fin crossing a river on horseback was attacked by these fishes, the blood from his horse's legs attracting them in such multitudes that the animal was devoured as it swam. The rider leaped from its back and swam to shallow water surrounded by the throng. Though protected by his clothing he was bleeding from a hundred wounds, and had not the shallow water been near he would have shared the fate of his horse. CORSETS FAD OF ANCIENTS Oxford Man in Unearthing Palace Smashes Theory of Uncramped Women of Long Ago. Arthur Evans, the Oxford Archaeologist, who has made so many interesting discoveries in the so-called palace of Minos, in Crete, has found in a subterranean sanctuary certain very ancient, small earthenware statues, representing some goddess and two of her servants. The dress of the figures is said to be highly modern. The goddess, we grieve to say, wears a corset, just such a carset as contemporary man shyly wonders at in the windows of a department store. The skirt of the robe of the goddess is "in Louis XV. style." Her jacket is "exactly as is worn in the present day." Styles of say 2000 B. C., styles of 1904. Unless some humorist has "salted" the excavations, you are forced to hold, remarks Everybody's Magazine, that much nonsense has been written about the splendid, free, uncramped bodies of the female ancients. And "we shift and bedeck and bedrape us" much as our esteemed ancestors did in the morning of the world. Told by Truthful James A more or less truthful Australian relates that he put an unusually large porcelain egg in the nest of a hen and found that the next eggs she laid were of increased size. Then he put a goose egg in the nest. The hen ladd an egg just as large. He was so pleased with the scheme that he put a whitewashed football in the nest. When he went the next time to search for eggs he found one as big as a football, but no hen in sight. Securing the egg, he saw engraved on it, by hen protography, these words: "I'm no ostrich, but I've done my best." Later he found the hen inside the egg. Bowz as Kitchen Servants Boys as kitchen servants. The servant girl problem has been solved by University of Nebraska a students, many of whom have taken the place of the kitchen maid in a number of homes. This is because young men students at the university have taken up domestic science in the classroom, and are applying the know.edge thus acquired to earn college expenses. Sanitarium in Polar Regions. A Russian physician is talking of establishing a sanitarium for consumptives in the polar regions. He thinks it would be a success, because he has observed that the members of polar expeditions who succeed in getting home are always in good health. This is so because of the pure air and the absence of all microbes. Along the Killing Line. It is said in Maine that the first deer killed this season was shot by a woman. A man killed the first human being. RETURN DAY IN DELAWARE Old Election Custom Observed at a County Seat—Populace Assemblies and Hases Losers. Sussex county Delaware, on the day after election, as for a century past it has done on the Thursday following a big election, gathered at the county seat to celebrate the return day. The actual reading of the returns from the courthouse steps, the hazing of losers and the congratulations of the winners have passed with the birth of telegraph, telephone and newspapers, but with true Delaware exclusiveness the county clings to its unique post-election festival. Every man, woman and child in lower Delaware who could scour up a conveyance was there, says the New York Sun. Every one was in holiday attire and the horses were gaudy with flags and bunting. Thousands plenicked in the courthouse square and did everything, from talk politics to swapping horses. The negro, who forms a large percentage of the county's population, was out in force. He had money—he always has had since Addicks was in politics—and he was willing to barter his money for the cup that cheers. Frequently the colored brother started out to hunt trouble and always got it from the nearest citizen. Sometimes his ardor was cooled with a fist, at other times a club or an iron hitching weight was used. The remedy was always effective. The prevailing trend of conversation was that votes had brought a higher figure than ever before and that immediate prosperity was assured. FORTUNES MADE IN RUBBER King of the Belgians Is Waxing Rich in Central Africa—Carnegie's Prophecy True. The prophecy made by Andrew Carnegie that the coming men of power would be rubber millionaires is already being fulfilled. The late Henry M. Stanley left a fortune, accumulated in spite of his disregard for wealth, consisting largely of his interests in rubber plantations in central Africa. Stanley's dream was of building a great empire, but it never occurred to him to build it for himself, else his estate would have been infinitely larger than that of Cecil Rhodes. But the king of Belgium is a man of different mold from Stanley, and this royal rubber merchant is working innumerable thousands of acres of trees in the land where Stanley meant to erect a state, and amassing a fortune which will be simply stupendous in its figures. His enterprise is at the cost of whole races of nations, and of the trees, but such ruthless destruction is neither wise nor necessary, and civilized powers will yet put a limit to such inhumanity. Carnegie is right. There are millions being made, and yet to be made, in rubber, but it will be by the preservation and cultivation of both the rubber trees and the people who plant and care for them. GEMS AND WEATHER AGREE Up-to-Date Girl Inaugurates Fashion of Having Jewels and Forecast Match. The up-to-date girl no longer wears her rings to match her costumes, but to match the weather, says the N. Y. Sun. During the hot summer she discarded her diamonds and rubies for topazes, moonstones and turquoises. She declared the more ardent stones made her feel warmer than the weather. With the nippy fall days she puts on her emeralds and sapphires. On a bright, sunny day she wears pearls, but never on a gloomy day, for she says pearls are nothing but tears anyway, and the combination of pearls and clouds would be too depressing to endure. On rainy days she wears opals because they promise brightness and clear days to come. Her rubies, garnets and diamonds she saves for winter weather. The diamond is a good cold weather stone, even if it is somewhat stately, because it is constantly giving out flashes of brilliant color. Amethysts are always suggestive of thick clothes, and should be worn just as summer is changing into fall. Bounty for Porcupines Bounty for Porcupines. The governor and council of Maine are very busy preparing vouchers resulting from the enactment of the porcupine bounty law for presentation to the next legislature. This will be one of the first bills before the coming session, and will probably result in the immediate repeal of the act. At the last session an act was passed providing for an appropriation of $500 to be paid as a bounty on porcupines, 25 cents being paid on every animal killed. The returns to the state show that a total of 60,000 porcupines have been killed in the year of 1903, and the appropriation has been exceeded by $14,500. High-Priced Dirt The highest priced real estate in London is near the Bank of England. Land sells there at the rate of $375 a square foot—$160,250,000 anacre. From this center the price diminishes in a receding tide, rising again in the Strand to a price of from $60 to $100 a square foot. In Bond street, in the West end, a still higher price of $175 a square foot or more than $7,500,000 an acre, has been reached. The Double Cocoon. The latest breeding freak is a double-cocoon race of silk worms, which has been bred in Japan. Exempt from Service. Public officials and merchants are not obliged to serve in the Japanese army. MANNISH WAYS A MISTAKE. Women Will Never Win Adoration from Men by Adopting Them. Women are never more largely and gorgeously mistaken than when they think that they make a winning with men by trying to make imitation men of themselves. The tallacy that men pine for women to be little brothers to them has gained ground of late and found many adherents among women who affect masculine sports, discuss risque subjects, and endeavor to wipe out the sex line. Never was greater folly. It is woman's unlikeness to man, the difference of her point of view, that makes all her charms and lends pliancy to her society. If a man wanted the ideas of another man on a subject, he would seek one who had been born to the masculine estate, not one who has merely understudied the role. Men like what we call the old-fashioned virtues in women, says the Chicago Tribune. It is the fashion now for women to be blase and cynical, but there is no man so hardened that he does not shudder away from a hard woman. He may never put his foot inside of a church, but he wants a woman to be plious. He may disbelieve in everything in heaven and earth, but he wants a woman to have a childlike faith in everything, and no matter how much he laughs at her for her credulity, he loves her the better for it. He may judge the world mercilessly, but he wants a woman to be full of tender and unreasoning sympathy and pity. No man ever loved a woman who did not cry, or who was not tender to little children, or who would not give to a beggar and investigate his needs afterwards. The girl who thinks it smart to sneer at domesticity and declares that she will never debase her talents by learning to cook or sew, who hates children and mocks at religion, no matter how brilliant or beautiful she is, does not attract men. USEFUL UMBRELLA CASE. A Very Handy and Economical Art ticle for Every Traveler to Have. An umbrella will last twice as long if used with care and properly treated. Although it of course looks much neater to carry when folded, when put aside it should be undone to prevent the folds from cracking. When traveling, however, both parasols and umbrellas should be rolled up and packed in a case to prevent their getting rubbed or soiled. Our illustration shows one which is designed to be ```markdown ``` UMBRELLA CASE FOR TRAVELERS. made from cloth or waterproof material from 45 to 52 inches wide. About three-quarters yard would be needed, one-half yard of which forms the foundation, which must be turned in all around and machine stitched. The remainder is employed to make the receptacles for the umbrellas. These also should be stitched after having been carefully tacked in position, and should be placed so as to leave enough of the foundation to turn over and protect the handles. The whole is tied up with two lengths of ribbon which should be sewn neatly to the back of the foundation. LOVE AS A COSMETIC. Love is the greatest beautifier. The reason is easy to see. Love itself is beautiful, and, if we give unselfish love a lodgment with us, it is constantly exerting a moulding influence upon us. Love always appears at its best. When it goes wooing, it always chooses the most becoming attire and the most captivating adornments. So love, when it gets possession of a human body, proceeds to mould the face of that body into the most attractive form, for love always seeks to clothe itself in the most attractive garb. There is no masseur like love to work miracles in a homely face. There is no facial specialist who can begin to do as much to make a plain young man or woman attractive, to overcome deformity or hide blemishes, as the magician Love can do.—Christian Endeavor World. A Soothing Ointment When the skin is irritated because of some application, soothe with zinc ointment, which is prepared as follows: Add one part of the oxide of zinc, in very fine powder, to six parts of simple ointment and mix in an earthen or marble mortar. This simple ointment is composed of spermaceti, two and one-half ounces; white wax, one ounce; almond oil, one-half pint. Mix the first two ingredients in a double boiler over a gentle heat, and when they can be smoothly "creamed" add the almond all, drop by drop, stirring the mixture with a silver spoon or fork. CARING FOR THE HAIR. If Done Systematically It Is by Ne Means a Laborious Task for the Woman. When you have finished your housework and are ready to sit down at your sewing or darning, or perhaps to scan the magazine, you very naturally do not want to waste the precious and pleasant moments of the day struggling over your appearance. You haven't time for everything, you argue, and you must get the mending done or you must read and improve your mind a little, or you must finish a piece of fancy work. Well, do it; do any or all of the things you want to do or ought to do, but first choose a sunny corner, by an open window, and, sitting there with the sunlight filtering in on your back, let down your locks to the winds. Let them blow and play about your shoulders. Give them chance at the air and sunlight, just as you would give your flowers that chance to breathe and to draw in life. The divine Sarah Bernhardt never confines her locks when she is in private. All day long when she is at home they fly to the sun and winds and are untouched by a hairpin or ribbon. That is why, even as a grandmother, she still has golden tresses instead of iron gray wispes of hair. Nothing is so good for the scalp and the hair itself as a daily sun and air DRYING THE HAIR IN THE SUN. bath, and nothing is so comforting or less trouble. Usually the little housekeeper is too poor or too frugal to patronize the hairdresser, or to indulge in a shampoo at a dollar or half a dollar at one of the hairdressing establishments. And so, in an irregular, off hand sort of way, she "washes" her hair when it is "dirty" or "sticky." For this "wash" she uses any soap that may happen to be about the house, rinses quickly and dries her hair over the racitor. Such treatment will kill the finest hair in a few years. You should decide upon a regular interval for shampooing your hair, and you should "shampoo" it. If you have very dry hair, do not wash it oftener than every three weeks, and you might let it go for four weeks with prudence. If your hair is oily you may indulge in a shampoo every two weeks, but not oftener. Some girls, during the rage for fluffy hair, were in the habit of washing their hair, once a week or oftener, a process which took all the natural life and oil out of the finest locks and left them dry, hard, dead, and ready to fall out at the first sign of ill health. Use for your shampoo a good tar soap or a plain castile soap—nothing else except warm water. Do not make the bath too hot, and do not put ammonia in it. To attempt to burn your hair out in this way is a fatal mistake. Scrub thoroughly, rubbing the scalp well and washing the hair as you would a piece of cloth. Above all, rinse the hair thoroughly in warm water, and be sure that every particle of the soap is removed, so that the pores are free to breathe. Dry the hair in the air and the sun. Fan it, if you like, and rub it with the towel, but avoid the life-killing, hot air from the radiator or the gas stove, if you do not want to rot and ruin the best part of your locks. Nearly half of your life is spent in bed, and thus nearly half of your life your hair is in tight pigtails and curl papers. This is unfortunate for many reasons. First of all, it keeps the scalp from the air and is not good for the roots of the hair. Secondly, it would drive the most devoted man to the other woman or the uttermost parts of the earth. Take quite as much pains as you would for a party. Do not attempt to put it up conventionally, but dress it picturesquely. One of the prettiest night arrangements is the Marguerite fashion of two plaits down the back, loosely woven and gracefully parted. KITCHEN DON'TS. Don't litter up the kitchen when getting a meal, because it will take hours to clean up after the meal is over. Don't put a greasy spoon on the table. It leaves a stain which requires time to erase. Put it in a saucer. Don't crumple up your dish towels. Rinse and hang them in the sun. Don't use knives for scraping the table and pots. Don't pour boiling water and soap on greasy spots. Molsten the spots first with a cold saturated solution of soda, then scrub them with the grain of the wood, using cold soapsuds. Don't put egg dishes into hot water — it makes the egg adhere. Soak the dishes first in cold water. Don't put tin pans on the stove to dry. They become heated, the solder loosens and they soon leak. CHIPS Prof. Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee Ala., had a long conference with President Roosevelt, at the White House the latter part of last week. Mr. and Mrs. William Bell and their three interesting daughters are permanently stopping with their old friends Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Tyler 5026 Armour ave. The truth that God is a myth is easily taught and quickly learned by those who have not become panic stricken by the priest's cry of fire! fire!—The Christian Educator. The Woman's Guild and Men's Club of St. Thomas church will give a Valentine Party at Arlington Hall 31st and Indiana ave. Tuesday evening Feb. 14th. You will meet the "Dahomian Queen," and make a fuss over her at the Masquerade Ball given by Inner Circle of Crispus Attucks Club, Central Hall, Feb. 6th. N. Clark Smith and Prof. Hill. Little Edward Alexander, who should be disbared from practising Law in any court in Cook County, for he is a disgrace to the Legal profession, claims he never will pay the five dollars he owes us. Saturday Feb. 25, the Democratic city convention will he held at the North Side Turner hall and at the present time it looks as if Judge Dunne will receive the nomination for mayor of Chicago. "You are welcome as the flowers in May" because "every little bit helps" at the Inner Circle of Crispus Attuck's Masquerade Ball, Central Hall, Feb. 6th. N. Clark Smith and C. L. Hill—That's all! A. Rowens, the Colored Policeman, has been suing his wife for a divorce but he was knocked out this week in Judge Dunne's court, and for quite a while in the future he will be compelled to contribute to the support of his ex-loving wife. Social circles are buzzing with the gossip of the coming Charity Ball to be given in May for the benefit of the Douglass Centre. Mrs. Geo. C. Hall is heading the movement and has already enlisted the interest of the leading social lights. The complimentary testimonial which will be tendered to Doctor A. Beatrice Schultz at Arlington Hall, 31st and Indiana avenue, Thursday evening, February 23, promises to be a highly successful affair as many of her friends are buying tickets for the occasion. Alderman John Burns, has for the past two years worked very hard in the interest of all the People residing in the 30th ward, and the chances are ten to one that the majority of them regardless of their politics will favor his re-election to the city council this spring. Mrs. Clara E. Bowles, 4765 Dearborn street, has been rusticating in Los Angeles, Cal., since last September. She will remain in that sunny clime until May 1st. Mrs. Bowles kepps posted on what is going on in Chicago, by reading The Broad Ax each week. Mrs. Deborah Prichard mother of Mrs. J. B. Hart 4841 Armour ave., has been confined to her bed for the past three weeks with a severe attack of rheumatism, but she is now on the road to recovery and her many friends hope to see her soon restored to health and strength. The Inner Circle of Crispus Attucks Club has the reputation of furnishing the star entertainment of the season. Our assembly to be given at Central Hall, Feb. 6th, '05, will not fall below the standard we have raised. We are prepared to offer with the assistance of N. Clark Smith the best affair with the best of order. The annual installation of the officers of King Solomon Lodge No. 7, A. F. and A. masons of Chicago which was conducted by Rev. Wm. Gray, and John G. Jones at Aqua Hall, 1086 West Lake St., Thursday evening Feb. 2, Col. Edward H. Morris, G. A. Nevels, and J. H. S. Jackson furnished free oratory for the affair. Daniel R. Wilkins has brought suit in the Superior Court against the Conservator, claiming that there is due him $1592.96 for his services as editor and manager. Lawyer Albert B. George will represent Dan Wilkins in his fight against the Old Church Organ. As a result of its last charity ball The Inner Circle Club, presented to the home for The Aged and Infirm Colored Folks, $100. To the Amanda Smith ophanage $40.00 and to some Chicago orphans residing in Tennessee, a large box of good wholesome food. Alderman Daniel V. Harkin of the 14th Ward has Made such a splendid record in the City Council for the past two years that all factions in his ward are united and will hand him the nomination on a silver platter, and they will pull, off their coats and assist to return him, to the City Council. The Colored Republicans of the 2nd Ward are nothing more nor less than a lot of political moral cowards. if they were not, they would nominate and elect an Afro-American from that ward to the City Council and permit Alderman Charlie Alling to devote all his time to studying his Sunday School lessons. Early Monday morning a telegram was received in Chicago from St. Louis, announcing the death of Mr. Granvill Harden, whom many Chicagoans will remember as a one time race benefactor. For years Mr. Harden was head waiter for H. H. Kohlsaat and gave employment to many of the boys when cold and hungry. J. W. Wheeler who claims to be the editor of the Palladium, St. Louis, Mo. runs the "Red Bud or Red Horse mission" in that city presumably for graft, and that is the reason the Lily white Leaders of the Republican party in Old Mo., laid away from Wheeler for they knew that he is full of hot air and gab. It might have also occurred to the Lily White bosses that Deacon Wheeler's handsome mug, would be just the thing to hang up in the field as a scare crow to frighten the birds away from eating the corn. William H. Clark who stands well with his Afro-American brethren throughout the 2nd Ward can make a successful race for the city council, and defeat the re-election of Alderman Charles Alling, whose chief stock in trade when it comes down to doing anything for the Colored People is the 'glad hand and a broad smile' but in these cold days no one can buy coal and meat with Alderman Alling's stock in trade, and if all the Leading Democrats in the 2nd Ward will act like true men they will nominate and stand by Will Clark, for he could succeed smiling Charley in the city council. Was the Broad-Ax of Chicago for Stringer or Deneen or was Taylor in this case in neuter gender? this case in neuter gender?—The Forum Springfield Ill. The Broad Ax favored the election of Lawrence B. Stringer, as against Charles S. Deneen who belongs to that class of Lily White Republicans who entertain the idea that no Negro has the undisputed right to think and act for himself in politics that as long as he is black in the face he must be a Republican and that was the reason why Mr. Deneen as State's Attorney of Cook County joined hands with Revs. Archibald James Carey, Abraham Lincoln Murray, David Rantiny Wilkins, Old Pap Jasper F. Thomas, and with many small fry Colored Republican politicians for the purpose of crushing out The Broad Ax, but the whole bunch put together with the assistance of the Grand Jury were not smart enough to accomplish that object. Wanted—a Partner, f or a good money-maker $10.00 to start in. Call and see me at 7 o'clock p. m.-C. Brown, 5711 Wabash avenue. King Edward's Overcoat The favorite overcoat of the king this winter is a double-breasted sack Chesterfield, made of dark gray, soft vicuña overcoating. The lapel is kept light, and the step runs in the true horizontal, with very little opening between the collar end and the lapel. The length extends well over the knees, and the lapel turns moderately low, giving full view to the collar and the worn underneath. The collar is covered with velvet, and the edge is double stitched. A turnback cuff forms the finish of the sleeve, and horizontal flap pockets are placed on the hips.—Tailor and Cutter. Prof. Roentgen's Modesty. One of the least self-advertised of scientific authorities is Prof. Roentgen. He has never been interviewed, has never been banqueted and is even said to have refused immense sums of money offered him by American publishers for a book on what he himself modestly styled "a new kind of ray." Like many other investigators of his race, he carries his years gallantly, and, though 60, looks more like a man who has led a healthy outdoor life than one who has spent the whole of his manhood in investigating strange physical problems. —Medical Record. Walking Lizards Some lizards are able to walk on their hind legs, of which the most remarkable example is the frilled lizard of Australia, a powerful form, which attains a length of about three feet. Should danger threaten, it scutts off on its hind limbs with considerable speed for as far as 30 or 40 feet in a half crouching attitude, with the fore limbs hanging down and the remarkable frill folded up. Pope Leo's Wit. Pope Leo X. is credited with having administered a most appropriate rebuke upon a presuming visionary who pretended to have discovered the philosopher's stone and demanded a recompense therefor. His holiness presented the discoverer with an empty purse. "The true possessor of the philosopher's stone," said the pope, "is the miner, whose iron, copper or tin are always convertible into more precious metals. Agriculture is the noblest of all alchemy, for it turns the common earth into gold and confers upon its cultigator the additional reward of health." Thrifty Queen. Wilhelmina, queen of Holland, is making money by selling milk and butter. As a child Wilhelmina "kept chickens." She loved them dearly, but pet names for most of them, fed them, and quits incidentally made pocket money out of them. Not long ago Prince Henry bought for his royal wife several cows which are placed on the rich land adjoining the palace at Loo. These prospered so well, and their milk and butter added so much to the delights of the palace table, that the queen decided to engage in the business of dairying. To Keep Soldiers Alive An emergency ration, packed in a small two-compartment cylinder of tin, is carried in the haversack of every British soldier. As its name suggests, the ration is not to be used except in cases of the direct necessity. One compartment holds four ounces of cocoa paste and the other a similar quantity of concentrated beef. If consumed in small quantities it will maintain strength for many hours. Our Petty Exclusiveness. "If Japan holds a world's fair," says a contemporary, "it will not insist on compelling all the American girls to leave the country after it ends." More than 50 years ago, through our sailors, we rescued Japan from her exclusiveness. It now seems about time for Japan or some other nation to rescue us from our exclusiveness.—Louisville Courier-Journal. Green Diamond. Quite a unique jewel is an apple-green diamond owned by the prince of Wales. It was discovered in South Africa, and is the largest stone of the shade in the world. Apple-green is a very rare and precious species. It was found two and a half years ago, and weighs three and a half carats. The value placed upon it by connoisseurs is £1,600. Helped by Irrigation About 1,000 acres of valuable-fruit lands have been brought under water by the construction of the De Weese dam, in the Wet mountain valley, near Westcliffe, Col. The reservoir is one of the largest in the centennial state and its waters render valuable much land in Lincoln Park, near Canon City. Distinctly Agricultural At present New Zealand is distinctly an agricultural and dairying colony, but recent investigations by engineers as to the possibilities of deriving electric power from rivers and waterfalls indicate that it may become a great manufacturing center. Guessing It. "My dear," began Merchant, rather awkwardly, "if anyone should tell you they saw me at lunch to-day—" "Who was she, John?" interrupted his wise wife, "and who saw you with her?"—Philadelphia Press. In Polar Regions. Outside the polar regions there remans unexplored, it is claimed, about one-fifth of the land surface of the globe. Fifteen years ago the unknown portions were about one-eighth of the earth's total. Fresh Fish. In some Russian cafes fish are kept alive in tanks. A guest at one of these houses selects his fish from the pool of water, and waits until it can be dressed and cooked especially for him. Nothing New. Miss Noozy—You didn't know I was interested in business, did you? Miss Beling—Why, yes, I supposed you were, as usual; but I didn't know whose—Philadelphia Press. Ribben Sign. In south Greenland the color of the hair ribbon which a woman ties around her head denotes the social condition of the wearer—whether she be maid, wife or widow. Easy Mark. What is an optimist? "A man who thinks that if he writes 'Rush' on a letter it will be delivered sooner than otherwise."—Cleveland Leader. In Most Cases When a married woman wishes she were a man her husband is apt to echo the wish.—Chicago Daily News. Just Fall In. It is another illustration of the loss of compensation that most men who fall in life succeed in love. Spain's Mendicants. There are 190,227 professional beggars in Spain, of whom 51,948 are women. Australian Seaweeds Australian seaweeds. No fewer than 1,132 different species of seaweed are found on Australian coasts. Joseph A.O'Donnell, Henry D.Coghlin. O'Donnell & Coghlin Attorneys at Law Phone 264 Main Metropolitan Block N. W. Cor. LaSalle & Randolph Sts. Chicago James J. Gray. M. J. Moran. GRAY & MORAN ATTORNEYS AT LA N Suite 1114 Ashland Block, Clark and Randolph Sts. Tel. Central 569. CHICAGO. Residence 57 Macallister Place Telephone Ashland 363 Office Telephones Central 1239 Automatic 5940 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 318-320 Reaper Block CLARK AND WASHINGTON STS. CHICAGO. Telephone Central 3089 Res. 904 W. 12th Street Blvd. Tel. 1626 Morgon ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. 806 Tribune Building S. E. Cor. Dearborn and Madison Sts. CHICAGO A. D. GASH Attorney at Law, 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago, Suite 615 x 619, Telephone Main 3077. JOHN E. OWENS ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW 322 ASHLAND BLOCK TELEPHONE CENTRAL 898 CHICAGO PHONES {Office, Main 1157 Res. Brown 42 STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS LAWYER Suite 200, 123-125 Lsalle Street CHICAGO Telephone Yards 6016. John Fitzgerald JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 4737 SOUTH HALSTED STREET. Residence 113 W. Garfield Boul, CHICAGO 'Phone 1864 Central. JOHN G. JONES LAWYER 185 Dearborn Street Adams Express Building Room 607 Reg. 3717 Armour Ave. CHICAGO J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney at Law Suite 611 167 Dearborn St., Cor. Monroe. Chicago. Tel. Cent. 5789. Res. Tel. Went. 4892. J. J. HENNESSY, Justice of the Peace, 6301 S. Halsted St. WILLIAM TREXLER, CLERK. TELEPHONE WENTWORTH 287 Police Magistrate Englewood Police Court. P. J. O'SHEA ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 1444 Unity Building 79 Dearborn St. Chicago. Robert M. Mitchell Attorney at Law Suite 9, No. 77 South Clark St. CHICAGO HILLMAN'S 112-114-116 STATE STREET. Clearing Stocks. Reducing Prices. A New Building Under Way. JACOB FEINBERG Market and Grocery Telephone 565 South And State Sts. CHICAGO John J. Bradley Estate, Insurance and Managed. Abstracts examined. Renting. Legal paper. Halsted Street SEPHENS & PRICE Restaurant Service Department to All. Special Attention to Dinner Pan Rooms. Phone 4753 Calumet. 22 STATE STREET, CHICAGO Leodore C. May VICE OF THE PRICE Hages, Deeds, Notes and Legal Documents Knowledged. Room 22, 27 North C MAGISTRATE Ave. Police Court RE 337 E CHICAGO NOIS BRICK 81st and State Sts. CHICAGO John J. Bradley Real Estate, Insurance and Loans Property managed. Abstracts examined. Renting. Legal papers prepared. 4709 South Halsted Street Chicago ALEX. STEPHENS THOS. W. PRICE STEPHENS & PRICE First Class Service Home Cooking a Specialty. Courteous Treatment to All. Special Attention to Dinner Parties in private Rooms. Phone 4753 Calumet. 2832 STATE STREET, CHICAGO. Theodore C. 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