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THE BROAD AX THE WHITE SOUTH HAS "SMELT A RAT" As to Booker T. Washington and Its Newspapers are Repudiating the Wizard of Tuskegee. THE WHITE S HAS "S As to Booker and Its New pudiating Tuskegee. Dr. Booker T. Washington has been such a remarkable phenomenon to Colored men of the North as a Colored man, clamming to be a benefactor to his race and seeking even political leadership, and yet on the other hand being a favorite of the white south, constantly praised by the bitterest Negro papers of that section, that criticism and censure of the Tuskegee educator by the white south, especially by those white papers that have hertofore lauded him for his position on the race problem is a matter of uncommon interest and curiosity. Last week we quoted from the Baltimore Sun a vigorous protest against the inferences implied in Dr. Washington's claim that the Negro who was the largest tax-payer or largest contractor, or who lived in a twostory brick house would escape lynching and secure the ballot, holding such a statement to be a reflection on white southern character by not recognizing character and to be injurious to Negroes in discouraging morality. But behold this week the Atlanta Constitution, the special friend of Doctor Washington ever since the unfortunate "Atlanta Compromise" in 1895, now objects to the "Property as a Cure-all" doctrine of Principal Washington as enunciated by that distinguished word artist recently at Philadelphia. In a long editorial it objects to his thus putting the stress on material thrift and admonishes him to lay the tress on moral characteristics. It flatly denies that property owning in itself will reduce racial friction, holds it may increase it, and is very much displeased with this Washington cult. It is a new turn for the white south to object to that sort of preaching which honest Colored men have censured in Washington, gross materialism, as both untrue and injurious to the race. Just what its full significance is we are not certain. Bro. Washington is in a bad fix. If his pet doctrines are to meet the double attack from his own race, and from its enemies, those doctrines must be indeed, exploded. It may be the white south believes it discovers a sinister design of Washington's in all this dollar panacea talk. If so he has done the race grave injury by giving away the game as to the acquisition of property. We have always held it was dangerous to make such loud talk about the Negro's getting property in the south anyway, and especially of his hope thereby to get political equality. For the white south knowing it can stop Negroes from getting rich, will proceed to do so if it becomes jealous or fearful, or thinks the Negro plans when he gets property to use it to secure the suffrage. However, there's one thing. We venture the assertion that though all Colored men's efforts to stop the Tuskegeeans's materialism have been unavailing, the white south will quickly make a moralist out of him. For that much be thankful. But here's the editorial from the Atlanta Constitution, under the heading "Property as the Negro's Cureall." It remains to be seen if Dr. Washington has struck a blow at the southern Negroes' commercial chances. "For some time (no one knew it) it has seemed to us that Booker Washington unduly magnifies and accentuates the importance of material success and thrift as the solution of what the Negro regards as his race problem. It is probably true that the Negro, being so rudimental in his men- tal and moral make-up is essentially a creature of the objective and can only be strongly appealed to by such an object lesson, but the prosperity that usually results from hard work intelligently prosecuted economy, self-denial and the other thrifty virtues, can never prove the open sesame to forbidden things in race relationships, and the president of Tuskegee, by scarcely covert inference, is always appealing to this false hope dormant in the breast of his race. If this is denied, it cannot be denied that the whole tendency of his oft-iterated counsel is to make the Negro a very modern materialist, with what that morally implies. By way of illustration, take Washington's address before the American Academy of Political and Social Science, in Philadelphia, Saturday. He said: "' Say or think what we will, it is the tangible or visible element that is going to tell largely during the next 20 years in the solution of the race problem." Then follows the Philadelphia speech about the largest taxpayer voting and largest contractor, in a brick house, not being lynched. "The ownership and occupancy of a two-story brick house is no safeguard to any Negro north or south, against being lynched. The basis of good citizenship, and too good good citizenship immunity from trouble at the hands of one's fellow-men or the law is morality. The worldly goods possessed by a Negro do not enter into the equation at all. If he is off color morally, the heightened insolence of property holding is more apt to increase his liability to get in trouble than to screen him from the retribution of his misdeeds. "There is that in Negro character and temperament which lends small encouragement to a theory of social evolution based on the selfishness of equisitiveness. That theory, practically and generally applied, is more apt to aggravate the inter-racial friction than to allay it. The ownership of a two-story brick business block in the center of town and a $5000 bank account by a Negro will not command white respect for the owner if he is not all that a Negro should be in other respects. The mere possession of property will never invest a Negro with a respect that he cannot inspire without the simple virtues that inspire respect in the poorest and humblest of his race. Nor is property going to cross a single leopard's spot. "Of course, we do not mean to imply that Booker Washington does not teach religion, morality and all the essential virtues as a part of his commercial scheme of Negro upliftment. He is too much inclined to stress material thrift as the prerequisite of his race's advancement, which, in our opinion, is apt to throw the Negro off his moral equilibrium as the tendency of the opposite advanced school of book education is to contribute to the same disaster. It is true, however, that the Negro who acquires property and becomes a factor in the material thrift of his community can only, as a general proposition, attain to such independence and respectability through the exercise of his moral qualities. The possession of property must imply good qualities in the Negro's case, and having those qualities, he will be accorded fair treatment at the hands of his white neighbors and the respect that is due his good character. (Washington means all this, as a HEW TO THE LINE. M. C. H. Whose labors in behalf of his race, during the anti-slavery struggle in this country and until his death, are being more and more appreciated by the Afro-Americans in all sections of the country. matter of course. We would like to see him stress the moral prerequisites more."—Atlanta Constitution, Feb. 13, 1905.—The Guardian, Boston Mass. IT WAS A GRAND SUCCESS. The complimentary testimonial tendered to Dr. A. Beatrice Schultz by her many friends at Arlington Hall, 31st and Indiana avenue, Thursday evening in spite of the knockers and kickers, was a grand success. The hall was well filled long before the program began. Col B. F. Moseley in eloquent words, presented the loving cup to Alderman John H. Jones which is a most beautiful thing, in behalf of the committee which had charge of the affair. Owing to the serious illness of Alderman Jones, he was unable to be present in person, but he was represented by his attorney, Mr. French, who has been a life-long friend of the Negro. Mr. French read a letter from Alderman Jones setting forth his regrets at not being able to be present and expressing his warm friendship for worthy Afro-Americans. In it he gave as his reason for signing Doctor Schultz's bond and assisting her in every possible way, that "he believed she was innocent of wrong doing" and time has vindicated his position. pour Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams was the next speaker and in well chosen words he pald a high tribute to Dr. Schultz as to her ability to skillfully handle all cases of sickness known to the medical profession. S. B. Turner also spoke and referred to the gerat work performed by Doctor Schultz in assisting to establish and carry on the work of Provident Hospital in its infancy. Doctor Schultz was heartily applauded when she arose to respond to the many kind words which had been showered on her by the speakers. She warmly thanked all of her friends who had steadfastly stood by her during her trials and troubles. At the conclusion of her remarks dancing was in order. NOTES FROM NORMAL, ALA., Dr. E. W. B. Curry, President of the Curry School, of Urbana, O., was a welcome visitor at the A. & M. College Thursday and Friday of the last week. Dr. Curry's talks to the students and the teachers were warmly received and were very impressive and full of inspiration. in Our Carnegie library is nearing completion From all the departments of this institution, there will be upwards of one hundred and thirty (130) graduates this year. REV. I. N. DANIELS' AND HIS MEM PEERS WERE PLEASED WITH Sunday' evening the writer addressed the members and friends of Rev. I. N. Daniels' Church Evanston Ill., on "The Civilization of The Ancinet Egyptians". The church was crowded to its fullest capacity, and each and every Person was so intensely interested in what we had to say respecting those wonderful people that it would have been no trouble to have heard a pin drop, during the delivery of our address. Before proceeding Rev. Daniels offered up an earnest and a plain simple prayer, which seemed to sink deep into the hearts of many of those who heard him. The choir which is composed of some ten or twelve of the most beautiful ladies of Evanston, sang several fine selections. In his plain blunt way Rev. Daniels, presented us to his congregation "as his old friend," which caused some of them to scrumtinize us very closely. At the conclusion of our address Rev. Daniels, thanked us for enlightening the minds of his flock on "The Civilization of The Ancient Egyptians," and on the side he declared "that we talked more like an old time Presbyterian minister, than an unregenerated infidel," then he extended a warm or a hearty invitation to all who desired to forsake their sinful ways and come over on the Lord's side to make the same known by raising their right hand. It appears that all those present felt sure of their calling and election, for no one made an outward response to his request. The choir then rendered several more selections, and the evening collection was taken up the money was carefully counted by J. E. Webb, one of the most substantial citizens of Evanston, he jotted the amount down on a piece of paper which he passed up to Rev. Daniels, who thanked the congregation for $12.00; at the same time he commended the members of the choir for singing so nicely. Rev. Daniels' who is one of our best friends, and who is a power for good in his community, has held forth in Evanston for three years, when he first went there the church owned very little property, but today through his wise financiering it owns almost one hundred feet of ground at 1107 Emerson St. and a fine two-story house which is located in a most desirable part of the city and the holding of the church at the present time runs up to almost eight thousand dollars. For the past twenty years all of Rev. Daniels, predecessors put together, in Evanston were unable to make such a good showing, and to sum it all up, it simply shows that he is an honest and a faithful servant of his Lord. CUT THIS OUT AND PASTE IT IN YOUR HAT. It is worth anyones time to familiarize themselves with the latest postal laws pertaining to newspapers: Newspaper Law. 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to the contrary are considered as wishing to continue subscriptions. 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of their periodicals, the publisher may continue to send them until all arrears are paid. 3. It subscribers neglect or refuse to take their periodicals from post office to which they are directed, they are responsible until they have settled their bills and ordered them discontinued. 4. If the subscriber moves to another place without informing the publisher, and the papers are sent to the former directions, they are held responsible. 5. The courts have decided that the refusing to take periodicals from post office, or removing and leaving them uncalled for, is prima facie evidence of intentional fraud. 6. If subscribers pay in advance they are bound to give notice to the publishers, at the end of their time, if they do not wish to continue it, otherwise the publisher is authorized to send it, the subscriber will be responible until an express notice with payment of arrearage is sent to the publisher. 7. The latest postal laws are such that newspaper publishers can arrest anyone for fraud who takes a paper and refuses to pay for it. Under this law the man who allows his subscription to run along for some time, unpaid, and then orders the postmaster to mark it "refused," and has a card sent notifying the publishers, lays himself liable to arrest and fine, the same as for theft, etc. ST. MARK LITERARY 47TH AND STATE STRET. Standing room was in great demand at the meeting of the Literary at St. Mark M. E. Church last Sunday afternoon. The occasion was the celebration of Fred Douglass' Birthday. The speakers were: Mrs. Cella Parker Wooley, Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Attorney Randall E. Walker, President of the South Side Epworth League Union, and Dr. M. C. B. Mason of Cincinnati, Mr. R. G. Bell opened the meeting with a synopsis of the Book of Ruth, Mrs. Elliott and Miss Elis sang a ful duet, Little Beatrice Robinson completely charmed the audience by her solo which was accompanied by the St. Mark Orchestra. Next Sunday afternoon will be the celebration of George Washington's birthday. Mr. R. A. Qralley, will be the orator of the occasion. Several musical selections will be rendered by the St. Mark Quartett. Solos will be sung by Mr. Henry, Mr. Bland, Miss Pierce and Miss Murphy, Elliott Washington will give a recitation. The meeting will begin promptly at 4 p. m. The first 15 minutes will be spent in studying Solomon. Mr. B. F. Smith will make the opening talk and the audience will respond with Quotations from Proverbs. .... H. D. Smith will give the news Review. Monday evening April 3rd has been set for the first Annual Oritorial Contest between all the Literaries and Sunday Clubs of the city. All the leading literary clubs are uniting their efforts to make this a grand affair. Watch! The Broad Ax! FREDERICK DOUGLASS CENTRE Some o ne most prominent speakers of both races will discuss The Negro In Business in Chicago. The President, Mrs. Celia Parker Woolley will define the object and aim of the Centre. The public is cordially invited to attend. No.18 CHIPS Mrs. Geo. C. Hall will leave forington, D. C., Monday, Feb. 27th. Alderman Bill Dever, if all reports are true can never raise enough money to buy a through ticket to heaven. Mr. Solomon Taylor, 3265 Rhodes ave., will entertain at a birthday "Smoker" about 50 gentlemen Saturday evening. Mrs. Sadie Scott 135, West 51 St., street, under the instructions of Prof. Lee, is progressing very nicely with her lessons in music. S. A. T. Watkins, Supreme Attorney of the K. P's, made a flying trip to Indianapolis Ind., last Thursday in the interest of his order. Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Odom, 5138 La Salle St., lost their eighteen months old baby the first of the week; it was buried from their home Tuesday. Little Alderman Pete Wendling of the 29th ward, will not be in the running with former Alderman Fred A. Hart on the day of election this Spring. Rev. J. Madison Mason, who does not hesitate in declaring that "The Broad Ax is the best and the spiciest newspaper published in this city, has removed from 3437 Dearborn St. to 3627 Dearborn St. Frank D. Comerford, who believes in standing by the people, and who has the courage to contend for their rights, will be re-elected to the legislature this spring from the Second Senatorial District. Doctor Daniel H. Williams, Dr. W. E. Mackey, Dr. Anna R. Cooper, Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams and Dr. Davis, were among the friends of Dr. Schultz who warmly greeted her at Arlington Hall Thursday evening. Snide little fatty-headed Alexander who understands how to skin the poor prisoners in the Cook County Jail out of their money without rendering them any aid, may jump out of this big town in order to avoid paying us the five dollars. Mrs. Anna Buchanan, who is stopping at the home of Rev. J. Madison Mason, 3627 Dearborn St., has been under the care of the doctor for the past two or three weeks, but to the delight of her friends she is rapidly regaining her health. Charles farmer-lawyer Buell, 100 Washington st., who looks as though he is dishonest, is still beefing because the colored voters in the first senatorial District refused to let him go to Springfield, and cock his big feet on top of the desks in the legislative halls of Illinois. John M. Harlan and his associates on the Republican ticket are all getting in fighting trim and as they will have a barrel of money to spend with the boys, they will wage a red hot fight from now until the poles close on the evening of the election. Alderman John J. Bradley and his partner Mr. J. M. Fields, 4709 S. Halsted st., are booming things in the Real Estate, and Fire Insurance business. They will insure your home or your furniture in some of the old and tried companies, and if you meet with a loss while carrying your insurance with them, they will pay you your money so quick that it will make your head swim. The Republican legislature of "Bleeding Kansas" has just enacted a bill providing for a separate High School for Negro pupils at Kansas City, Kans. The bill is now in the hands of Gov. Hoch who is a "red hot" Republican, and many delegations of white citizens have called on him and urged him to sign the bill, while on the other hand delegations of Colored men have waited on him and implored him not to sign the bill, it is right up to Governor Hoch to act in the matter of separating the two races in the public schools of Kansas. Later, Gov. Hoch, has signed the bill, and it will become a part of the organic Law of that state. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestant, Priest, Infidel, Farmers, Single, Married, and other classes also can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Aix is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance THE BROAD AX 800 Armour Avenue, Chicago. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago. It, as second-class Matter. Desert Telegraph Line. It is not generally known that there is a telegraph across the southern desert land of the Australian continent, 2,000 miles in length. It runs partially through an uninhabited country and long tracts of waterless desert. While it was being constructed more than 2,000 tons of material had to be carried far into the interior, and many of the iron and wood poles were conveyed 400 miles. A recent report says that the wear and tear of this telegraph construction has been inconsiderable, but there is great difficulty found in supplying the stations across the desert with operators. Pork Rolls. Cut cold roasted pork in thin symmetrical slices; season well with pepper, cover with minced onion and chopped parsley, roll up tightly and tie with a bit of clean wrapping twine. Dredge each roll in sifted flour, and fry brown in butter. To the gravity left in the pan add a little stock or milk, season with salt and epper, boil up once, pour over rolls, from which the strings have been removed, and serve at once.—Good Housekeeping. In Vaudeville The Dutchman—Vat's der difference between a man vat reforms at New Year's und a chap vat goes oud during our act? The Irishman—I give it up, Dutchy. Shoot away. "Vun turns a leaf, und der other leafs a turn." "All right, professor, a little music, if yez plaze."—Louisville Courier-Journal. National Airs. The national airs of great countries are short, while those of little countries are long. "God Save the King" is 14 bars, the Russian hymn is 16 bars and "Hail Columbia!" has 28 bars. Siam's national hymn has 76 bars, and that of Uruguay 70. Chili 46, and so on. San Marino has the longest national hymn, except that of China. Noble and Difficult Just to be good, to keep life pure from degrading elements, to make it constantly helpful in little ways to those who are touched by it, to keep one's spirits always sweet, and avoid all manner of petty anger and irritability—that is an idea as noble as it is difficult—Edward Howard Griggs. Fitted for Better Place One of the most remarkable prisoners in the United States is a convict in Sing Sing, who edits the prison paper, the "Star of Hope." He is there for burglary, but in his time has been lawyer, reporter, confidence man, secretary to a khedive of Egypt, preacher, forger and politician. Woman's Progress This invasion by women in all departments of work seems to be as inevitable as doom itself. It is not to be frowned upon or resisted. It has to be accepted. Women not only have come to the good places, but evidently have to stay—Chicago Chronicle. Cream Cheese Sandwich A delicious sandwich is made with cream cheese in which is mixed finely chopped black walnuts. A little salad oil may be used to bind the two together. Butter thin brown bread and spread with the mixture. Salt liberally.—N. Y. Post. Successful Launching Ernie—So Helen is married at last! Did her father make any demonstration? Eva—I should say so. You could hear him whooping and dancing for a block—Chicago Daily News. Household Hint Never use white canton flannel or white tissue paper for wrapping silver articles in. Blue paper and gray flannel are best, as the white contains a chemical which will blacken the silver in time. —N. Y. Post. Catnip Farm. Near New York city there has been started a catnip farm which is providing a profitable investment. The product is shipped to New York animal dealers, and sold to the owners of cats. Where Ignorance Isn't Bliss. Mrs. Homer—Our hired girl can't read a word of English. Mrs. Caller—What! Not even the bargain advertisements—Chicago News. "Say, ma," said the small boy, "my stomach sez it's dinner time." "Run away and play," replied his ma, "your stomach's fast."—Philadelphia Ledger. 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 custard made of a pint of milk, half a cup of sugar, one tablespoonful cornstarch, and the beaten whites of two egg. 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 Dally Newa. Well Equipped. "This feller Janus was the god of January, eh," 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 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 "Would you marry a girl who was worth her weight in gold?" "That would depend upon how much she weighed."—Kansas City Star. Our National Weather 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 Lepland 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. Working on Bumps. "Is your husband a showman madam?" "Yes, he does." asked the caller at. "Sure and he's not," said the big, red-faced woman who had opened the door. "You see, madam, I am a traveling phrenologist, and I'd like to examine the bumps on your husband's head." "You're too late. We did have a bit of an argument this morning, and my husband's gone down to the doctor's to have him examine them."—Yonkers Stateman. Life on the Moon? Prof. Max Maushofer, of the University of Berlin, believes that life, animal and vegetable, is not extinct on the moon. Water probably exists underground, and the last of the Selenites may dwell in pits, craters and caverns, fly or move by means of wings and live upon worms. They dare not face the sunlight as we do, and their eyes are like those of bats or owls. It would be interesting to know their ideas about ourselves—London Globe. Uniform for Church. Of all the impracticable suggestions ever made by man as to what woman should or should not do one of the most amusing is that recently made by an English writer for all churchgoers to wear a uniform costume, in order to eliminate the element of snobbery from the exercise of religious duties. How long would it take a modern ingenious dressmaker to evolve an expensive and distinctive style of sackcloth coats? The Too Careful Eater When we see an otherwise sensible man take for his entire luncheon day after day that which would not satisfy a cat, those of us who are under the impression that the organs of the body were made to work, and not to loaf, are apt to reflect that many men do a deal of worrying over things that nature is perfectly competent to take care of.—N. Y. Medical Journal. Russian "Babists." At a recent meeting of the Imperial Geographical society at Weadikawkas, Russia, the explorer Arakelyani made some interesting statements about the religious sect of the Babists. This Mohammedan organization was founded in 1844 by the Persian Mirsa All Mohammed, and now numbers about 5,000,000 members. Life's True Wealth The only wealth is life; the only way to make the best of this world is to make the best of the other. For the two are one. The highest gleams ever through this lower. The pilgrim to the better country is the man who, living or dying, knows the bliss of perpetual youth.-J. Brierly. A Little Slow. Far eastern punctuality was illustrated the other day by the viceroy of Wu Chang. China, who had an appointment to review 5,000 school children at 8 a.m. and appeared, smiling, on the review ground at 2 p.m. The children had waited for him six hours. Plantation Flour Banaharina the new flour of fine quality from the plantain, is reported to have proven an agreeable and healthful food. In Venezuela, where it seems to be gaining Inflow, it is especially recommended as a nutritious food for children and invalids. Malicious Rumor The absurd tale that Lady Hopton Wood's pretty little Manx cat was suffering from diseased liver has no foundation in fact. The liver was perfectly good, and similar to that usually supplied.—London Punch. Medicinal. Carrots may be advantageously eaten by those with a tendency to gout. Celery is said to be excellent for those afflicted with rheumatism, as it contains so much sulphur.—Detroit Free Press. Money Difficulties Canadians who travel in the United States and Americans who travel in Canada alike complain of the embarrassments incident to the different money issues of the two countries. Diamond Drill Work It is calculated that when every precaution has been taken, a diamond drill working in rock of average hardness will near away about one carat for every 15 feet bored. The Undeveloped South: The south is practically a new country in its agriculture. Scarcely one fourth of its arable lands are in cultivation.-Southern Farm Magazine. No Birds on Hata The Arkansas legislature has recently passed a law which makes it possible to fine any woman wearing a stuffed bird on her hat from $25 to $50. The diamond yield of South Africa, which began with $2,500 in 1867 and reached $18,000,000 in 1888, was $24,500,000 last year. Slow Growth of Trade. Within the last 30 years the trade of the United States with South America has increased only five per cent. Something Harder Many a man with an iron will finds it crumpled against a woman's granite "won't."-Chicago Tribune. Young Jap Brides It is stated that not one bride was over 22 years old in the 246,590 marriages in Japan last year. Established 1877. Phone Oakland 1350-1551 John J. Dunn Wholesale and Retail Dealer In... COAL & WOOD Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. BAIL 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 8 and after 6 P. M. CHICAO Central 5768. L. BLANCHE WRIGHT PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER 167 Dearborn St., Room 611 CHICAGO MRS. E. L. AUSTIN SOPRANO Open for engagements, Church and Concert Singing a Specialty. 4853 ARMOUR AVE., CHICAGO. "What is an optimist?" 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Despite the reverses and troubles of the Muscovite government its representativeness in Washington preserves his imperturbability and no one would guess from him ASHINGTON.—The Count Cassini still holds the center of the diplomatic stage in Washington. Despite the reverses and troubles of the Muscovite government, its representative in Washington preserves his imperturbability and no one would guess from his placid exterior of the diplomatic corps, a position he has occupied since the death of the late Lord Pauncefote, the British ambassador, and he maintains that position with dignity and fills all the requirements, social and otherwise, in perfect style. He is deferred to by other diplomats in matters involving the etiquette of the corps, and when concerted action is necessary in any public function Count Cassini exercises his prerogatives and is accorded the respect and deference of his colleagues. The nearest the count has come to exhibiting uneasiness or a disturbed feeling was when a newspaper correspondent recently attributed to a high Russian official in this city expressions regarding the St. Petersburg riots and the internal affairs of Russia that virtually amounted to treason. Ordinarily impervious to newspaper comment and criticism, Count Cassini could not stand for this, and he immediately characterized the reported interview as false. The newspaper correspondent retorted by offering to publish the name of his informant if Count Cassini would give him written permission to do so. The Russian ambassador immediately accepted the challenge and sent a written authorization to the newspaper correspondent and asked that the name be published. This the latter did not do whereupon Count Cassini again appeared in the public prints, characterizing the correspondent's statement as false and the correspondent himself as a falsifier. The language used was hardly diplomatic, but it failed to reveal the identity of the high Russian official whom the correspondent represented as uttering the treason. The count declared that the correspondent never had any such interview, and there the matter rests. Count Cassini's Imperturbability. S an illustration of Count Cassini's self-possession and command of nerve, it is related that when the news of the fall of Port Arthur first reached him he looked up, allowed the monacle to drop out of his eye and said: "It is very S an illustration of Count Cassini's self-possession and command of nerve, it is related that when the news of the fall of Port Arthur first reached him he looked up, allowed the monacle to drop out of his eye and said: "It is very regrettable." As Port Arthur was the ambassador's special pet, he having secured its lease from the Chinese government for Russia, the place being rechristened Port Arthur in honor of himself, his splendid self-control can be better appreciated. A gentleman recently had another illustration of the count's self-possession. He called at the embassy to see the ambassador, and found the latter taking an afternoon's exercise by walking around the triangle on which the embassy is located. The count invited him to join in the walk, and they were followed by an immense dog, a sort of cross between an Italian grey hound and a Russian stag hound. The animal is so thin and gaunt that it is known in the neighborhood as the "spook" dog. It is a favorite of the count and goes by the name of "Tristan." On this particular occasion a lady was passing by the embassy, followed by a long-haired poodle. Tristan looked at the little animal, made one leap, grabbed it by the back of the neck and threw it about 20 feet away. The poodle yelped and squealed and the lady screamed. Again Tristan leaped on the little animal and tossed it in the air, causing more screams from the lady and yelps from the poodle. Quite a commotion resulted, several passers-by stopping to see what was the matter, while the lady was almost in hysterics. Count Cassinal continued his stroll, chatting with his visitor, but on the second attack of his "spook" hound he turned leisurely, dropped his monocle and in a low, even tone salt: "Tristan, Tristan, you must not do that," and resumed his walk. Opinions of New Indian Commissioner. ECONOMICALDRESSES WHAT THE CLEVER SEAMSTRESS MAY DO WITH ODDS AND ENDS. FINE GARMENTS PRODUCED purchasers are very glad to obtain pretty things for a song... higher education of the Indiana. He conceives that about all the red children are capable of absorbing in the way of education are the simple branches taught in the day schools. When it comes to reservation boarding schools and Indian schools in the east, he thinks a very careful selection should be made of the pupils who are to attend them. One plan the Indian commissioner has in mind for the development of the Indian boys at Carlisle school, Pennsylvania, is to pay particular attention to their military training and to teach them trades that would be useful to them in the army. They should be taught discipline and obedience to orders, and he believes that with the proper training they will make very useful soldiers. After they have served a number of years in the army they will be better fitted to take up some trade in civil life, like blacksmithing, carpentering, tailoring, and the like, which they learned in the Indian school and followed in the army. One profession that he advises for the Indian girls is that of trained nurse. The Indian by nature is unsympathetic, and a trained nurse from an Indian school would be more likely to carry out orders of the physicians and not be affected by the sufferings or whims of patients than their white sisters. Features of Inaugural Parade I N many ways the inauguration of President Roosevelt on the 4th of March will be the most unique ever held in Washington. The parade that is being arranged will include more varieties of organizations than any that has ever passed along Pennsylvania. avenue One striking feature will be the turn-out of Indians. The old Apache chief, Geronimo, who kept the United States army on the go for so many years in the southwest and who is to-day a nominal prisoner of the government, will be present and will head a band of well-known Indians. The inauguration committee has donated a sufficient sum of money to bring these Indians to Washington, where they will be furnished with genuine Indian ponies to ride in the parade. Following this band of Indian chiefs will be a battalion of Indian cadets from the Carlisle school. It is said that old Geronimo is anxious to come to Washington and see the Great White Father. He long ago gave up any idea of fighting the whites. When he was taken to the Omaha exposition in 1898 as a prisoner from Fort Sill, Indian territory, he looked at the throngs of visitors, shook his head and said: "Too many whites, too many whites. Me no fight any more." It was there that he met Gen. Miles for the first time since that gallant officer had captured him and his band after years of fighting. Another feature of the inaugural parade will be the president's Rough Rider escort. If the weather is fine this escort will appear in blue shirts, khaki trousers, campaign hats, blue polka-dot handkerchiefs around their necks, and their coats strapped behind them on their saddles. This will be a wonderful contrast to the glittering troops of cavalry that have always acted as escorts of honor to the president. There will be regular troops, infantry, cavalry, artillery, marines, bluejackets and sailors, state militia and a dozen or more civic organizations in line to complete the parade. The Real Senator Tillman. TCHFORK" Ben Tillen, the fiery, eloquent senator from South Carolina, is again the victim of a serious throat affection, and his friends are greatly worried about his condition. This product of the Palmetto state has made a unique P place for himself in public life. Few men ever came to Washington with greater prejudices against him than did Mr. Tillman. To-day he has as many friends in the United States senate as any other member of that body. He has offended every rule of the senate and has shocked the dignified senators many a time and oft, and has even engaged in fisticuffs within the sacred precincts of the senate chamber. Despite all this his honesty and his willingness to give and take in a fair fight on the floor have won him respect and affection. He is not a lawyer, but has proven a tough antagonist for some of the best lawyers on the floor and has gained their admiration. The senator is a man of taste, and he has won the hearts of many of his colleagues by inviting them to his house to parakee of genuine southern hospitality. He has an old South Carolina negress as a cook, and the dinners he gives to his senatorial friends are appreciated above the best banquets served in the city. Nowhere else do they get three-year-old Smithfield ham, pure hominy, South Carolina rice, corn bread and a multitude of southern delicacies in the profusion and perfection that they find on Senator Tillman's table. These good things are washed down by a soft, pleasant native wine made from the scuppernong grape. It is at his table and in his home that the senator is seen at his best. He is an exceedingly well read man and chuck full of poetry and sentiments. His "pitchfork" is only for spectacle use, and those who know him best know him for a warm-hearted, hospitable gentleman. Sleeves Make or Mar Dress HE sumptuous-looking garments shown in the accompanying cut were made from remnants picked up here and there at end-of-winter sales. The shop-keepers desire to close out old stock for new. T If you wish to carry on your wave of economy, of course you will not take your remnants to an expensive dressmaker, but at home will endeavor to utilize the odds and ends bought "because they were so cheap;" perhaps there is a waist length here, a short three yards of lace there, a bit of inserting, some embroidery, you scarcely know what to do with. One of the best ways to use such an assortment is in the making of the little dressing sacks and shirt waists, and sometimes an evening waist can be concocted that is surprisingly modish—and surprisingly unskimmed. Bits of lace and fine thin stuffs, both insertions and embroidery, may be put to good use for the chemisettes, under-sleeves and deep cuffs now obtaining, as well as for effective bits of trimming on sack or waist. Lace is always property and kept long enough will prove its value. Nets are so much in favor today that a few yards cannot fall to come in well for something; we suggest a fancy waist of net made up over chiffon (a remnant, of course.) and worn over an underslip of colored silk. A remnant of flannel will make a bedroom jacket, and this may be trimmed with a collar built up of bits of lace remnants. Often the remnants are shop-worn, very far from clean, but if one is capable and can clean the articles at home there is decided economy in buying things that have lost their first freshness. For instance, take a short length of solled blue wash-silk, give it a tubbing and a careful ironing with an iron not too hot; then lay a pattern on and see if there is enough for a dressing-sack. No, there is not enough fullness, and everybody knows a scant sack is impossible. Suppose you cut it out as best you can, and ERTAIN that your sleeves are right, you can feel quite comfortable. They are not all to be cut from one pattern, but should follow the same general principles; bigness, and bigness at the top. ERTAIN that your sleeves are right, you can feel quite comfortable. They are not all to be cut from one pattern, but should follow the same general principles; bigness, and bigness at the top. One fashion authority declares seamstresses the country over are now engaged in turning last season's sleeves upside down, and while this is a rather emphatic statement yet it has considerable truth about it. We are glad to say that this topsy-turvy treatment of sleeves is comparatively simple, last year's fullness at the wrist easily lending itself to this year's fullness at the shoulder. And another readily effected SLEEVES OF THE DAY. change is made by utilizing the late approved blousing at the belt for pushing the bodice up higher to make the present approved short yoke. Also see to it, you that are to remodel, that the shoulder line is not so long; usually this can be accomplished by a little change of trimming, and sometimes by setting the sleeves up higher. If one finds the waist shortened too much by pushing up the yoke, see if one of the broad girdles, still very much in evidence, will not hide this defect. But to return to our theme, sleeves. The ones illustrated were designed for the fashionable lingerie blouses, all save the most severe-appearing one, made of light-weight material. A very pretty model, and exceedingly modish, is that trimmed about the puff with inserting band edged with frills and having a deep cuff likewise finished off with ruffles. This trimming may be either of fine embroidery or of Valenciennes lace. Embroidery promises to be more worn this season than it has been in a long time. Another sleeve in which the cuff extends over the upper part in gauntlet fashion, and another attractive one, has the fullness unconfined. The strap on the cuff may be used or omitted, just as the taste suits the taste. The sleeve on the leg-of-mutton order has a band of inserting along the seam and tucks extending out a short distance from the seam. To hold out the sleeves at the shoulder various devices are tried; some dressmakers run short tucks just at the shoulder line a short distance, not more than four inches; sometimes narrow inserting is set in to run down in a sharp point; sometimes V-shaped fine where it needs width employ ribbon laceings. The effect will be even better than if just the right amount of silk had been used. Fashion is kindly just at present and lends itself to the needs of the bargain woman. If you have not enough material for long sleeves, the fashionable elbow sleeve is better anyway. Filmy cuffs may help out any short waist length, whether of wool, silk or cotton, and the "tucker" also gives a fraction of ald. Deep girdles will cover short-comings at the waist line, a fancy vest can be inserted if the waist be too narrow. For once, Dame Fashion is friendly to the needy. Make your girdle with a sharply-pointed front to give the effect liked now of small waist, clear outline. We bear rumors that the girdle has had its day, but as yet there are no serious indications that such is the case. The narrow belt was with us such a long MADE OF REMNANTS. period the girdle in justice should have a little more show. Signs are rife that spring hats are to be smaller, that the great picture hat is to be ousted. The polo turban probably will be very popular the coming summer, a neat close affair very different from the wide head-gear of recent years. This turban is trimmed very simply, sometimes only a bunch of flowers. Promise is given that taffeta jackets worn with odd skirts are to be much the thing this spring, and if the promise be fulfilled the fashion will be a boon to many that have found it very expensive to try to have a coat matching every skirt. Although the redingote is in vogue, the Eton blouse is not to vanish; one new design for the latter was lately shown, the Eton having short rounded basques and a surplice front. The surplice is by no means confined to waists, but will be seen on many spring coats. tucking extends out a short distance from the upper armhole. Do not employ any trimming that will interfere with the square-shouldered effect we must all zealously strive for now. Lace buttons and buttons of pearl are used on the deep cuffs, it being almost impossible to make these fit save by the more or less troublesome means of butting and unbutting. One must be willing to take a little pains if she intends to wear the fashionable long cuff. And that reminds us that the stores are at last offering for sale the separate deep lace cuffs with collar to match; and these are to be had in the pretty and inexpensive machine-made Irish crochet as well as in the costly handmade lace. ELLEN OSMONDE Sir Beaumont Before Public. Sir Beaumont Before Public. The appointment of Vice Admiral Sir Lewis A. Beaumont, former commander in chief of the Australian station, as British representative on the North Sea commission, brought a well-known soldier into prominence. Admiral Beaumont is known in America, having married a daughter of Charles G. Perkins, of Boston. Admiral Beaumont has had a long and enviable career in the British naval service. As a lieutenant he was decorated with the arctic medal upon his return from the arctic expedition of 1875-76. He was also promoted, and in 1882 was appointed naval attache for Europe. Soon afterward he became private secretary to Lord Northbrook, then first lord of the admiralty, in which capacity he went to Egypt in 1884. Seven years later he was promoted to commodore of the first class, and for two years he commanded the training squadron. In 1894 he was appointed director of naval intelligence, and after serving as aid-decamp to the late Queen Victoria for a short time was promoted rear admiral in 1897. In the following year he was given command of the Pacific fleet. Unaccustomed Sweetness. The new minister was taking dinner at the Smiths' on the occasion of his first visit to that household. A man of grave and dignified bearing, a few moments of his presence had served to instill into the minds of his host and hostess a proper idea of the solemnity of the occasion. Little Willy, however, was not so easily impressed, and from the beginning of the meal had been vainly trying to restrain unmistakable evidence of amusement. Noticing a peculiar look upon the face of the clerical visitor, and ascribing it to annoyance at the ill-concealed emotions of his son, Mr. Smith commanded sharply: "Willy! Less laughing, or you must leave the table." "I can't help it, for the new mi-minister looks so funny. He went and salted his soup from the sugar-shake."—Lápincott's Magazine. Ham and— "What's the matter with you?" querted the ham. "I am busted," saidly replied the egg. "Houston Post." WHEN CHICAGO WAS YOUNG What the Present Great Metropolis Looked Like to a Visitor in 1850. In his book, "The Illini," Col. Clark E. Carr tells how Chicago appeared to him in 1860 when he reached it after a trip up the lakes from his home in New York state: "It was low and flat; the buildings were small and beyond them there was nothing to relieve the eye but more flat land. As we entered the narrow river, which is the harbor, we could see muddy streets, along which were successions of small frame buildings, with a few of brick, and no two of them of the same height, with broad sidewalks on such different levels that pedestrians in walking a single block were obliged to ascend and descend stairways a dozen or more times. The plank street crossings were covered with mud and only seemed to keep the foot passengers from sinking out of sight. Chicago seemed to me only a transmission city, a place of meeting and separating, of hall and farewell." While wandering along he saw "Long John" Wentworth. "As I was looking down Dearborn street I saw approaching us in the distance what appeared to be a giant. He walked a few steps upon a level with us on the sidewalk, then descended, his legs, his body and finally his head disappearing; then his head and body reappeared, but not his legs. He descended again, and again rose, revealing his whole great frame, and again descended till lost to view, and so appeared and disappeared until finally he came up the steps to where we were. "He was simply walking the street toward us up and down stairs, on a Chicago sidewalk as then constructed. He stopped before us and looked at us with a smile and then a grimace. He had a way of drawing back the corners of his big mouth, giving him a fierce look, and then relaxing the muscles of his face into a grin. He stood six feet and six inches in his stockings." NOT SO MANY MILLIONAIRES The Number Generally Supposed to Exist in the World Is Greatly Overestimated. There is a great misapprehension as to the number of millionaires in New York and in the world. Chaucey M. Depew said recently that there were 100,000 millionaires in the United States. According to a great commercial agency, which is probably nearer right, there are only 7,000. The Financial Red Book, a most carefully compiled publication, gives the names of practically all the persons in the United States who are supposed to be worth more than $300,000. And there are only 15,000 names on the list. No claim is made that the name of every person worth that amount or more is given, but the proportion of those left out is extremely small, for a most exhaustive investigation has been made. In the last few years there has been a marked tendency among men of wealth to conceal the amount of their worldly possessions. The first incentive in this respect is the vulgar prominence given to the man that has lots of money. There are other reasons men have for suppressing knowledge of the amount of their wealth. Some wish to avoid heavy taxation and give false returns. Another man may have made his money in a business not uncommonly supposed to be especially lucrative, and he doesn't care to have his affluence blazoned forth to arouse competition. HAD HUSBANDS TO BURN. What a Spinster Said About a Widowed Friend Just from the Country. A good sort of trolley conductor, who has ears for other things besides the bell of his fare register, and whose run in Brooklyn brings him passengers to and from a certain cemetery, vouchers for this story, says the New York Sun: A woman boarded his car at the cemetery the other day shaking with sobs. She had not been in the car long when two women took seats opposite her. One of them seemed to recognize the woman from the cemetery, hesitated for a moment, then crossed the aisle and spoke to her. The sobbing one looked up and the identification was complete. "Why, Mary," said the woman who had crossed the aisle, "where have you been for so long, and what is the matter?" "I have been married," came the sobbroken answer, "and I'm just after cremating my husband." Condolences were offered and the widow soon afterward left the car, apparently cheered, while her friend returned to the seat beside her companion and told all that Mary had unbosomed to her. "And she's got husbands to burn," remarked the companion enviously, "while I'm still single." Hundred Thousandth Pheasant Hundred Thousandth Pheasant. There is a game preserve in Germany owned by Count Tschirchaky Renard, who has raised a monument there in honor of the kaiser. It commemorates the occasion when the kaiser shot his fifty thousand cock pheasant. Marble and orphyry witness to this achievement for the rest of time. But that happy cock pheasant was immolated two years ago, and since then the kaiser's bag has grown prodigiously. What monument, even in brass, will be good enough to celebrate his hundred thousandth cock pheasant?—London Chronicle. South American Cities Santiago de Chile, the third largest city in South America, has now a population of 262,000. The largest is Buenos Ayres, followed by Rio de Janeiro. A MECHANICAL MARVEL Thermit a Powerful Agent in the Working of Metals in Great Machine Skops. Recent demonstrations by Prof. Hans Goldschmidt, of Essen, Germany, of the remarkable powers of thermit in its application to engineering and metallurgy, open up many new possibilities in the fusing of metals. The heat generated by burning a compound of powdered aluminum and sesquil oxid of iron, which is fired by a bit of magnesium tape, is so intense it can only be estimated, as no pyrometer could measure the temperature. Most notable, however, is the concentration of the applied heat. The fused combination burns a hole through an iron plate of any thickness without heating the plate except at the point of perforation. This new chemical marvel promises to prove of especial utility in electric railway construction because of the rapidity of its operation and the fact that the unions in joining rails are as good as the body of the rails, making the process less expensive than the adequate bonding of rails now employed. The fact that no sensible heat is radiated also makes thermit of value in such difficult operations as mending broken shafts on ocean liners, drivers on locomotives, and parts on other machinery where its removal for welding is not desirable. The intense concentration of heat was shown by the demonstrator, who immediately after pouring from the ladle a mixture of fused iron and corundum took the vessel in his naked hands and turned its glowing mouth to the audience to show the intense incandescence of its interior. POSTAL CARDS AS NEWS. The Pictured Pastboards Are Put to a New Use in the British Isles. Through the enterprise of a news-dealer a new use has been found for the ubiquitous postal card. When the recent attack of the Baltic fleet upon the Hull trawlers was the news of the day this man had an inspiration which he lost no time in putting into effect, reports a London paper. Within 24 hours after the damaged vessel had returned to port, printing machines were running hundreds of thousands of pictorial post cards illustrating the effect of the Russian shells upon the vessels and the fishermen. Street vendors were soon out with huge packets of these cards, which they disposed of in no time. Every stationer's shop in the country soon received its share of these cards, though owing to the great demand they were a week behind the demand. Within a few days more than 1,000,000 of these cards had been disposed of. Such incidents being, as they are, of general interest, are veritable gold mines to the dealers. Royal visits always make sales for these cards. When the king and queen of Portugal made their recent visit to England they were met at every turn by the all pervasive post card bearing pictures of them. Some $25,000 was netted during the tour from the sale of these cards. It is needless to say that the success of most cards demands that they shall be on sale when the subjects which they depict are at high-water mark of interest. RULES FOR BANKING IN WEST Gentle Code That Is Said to Have Come Into Vogue in Wyoming. Apropos of the recent bank robbery at Cody, it may of interest to know, says the Portland Oregonian, that most of the Wyoming banks display the following sign: "Member American Sharpshooting association. "Patrons thinking an error has been made are requested not to shoot the cashier before investigation. "Strangers must enter the bank holding their hands above their heads, or they will be fired on by the staff. "Deposits of persons killed on the premises remain the property of the bank. "The bank will not be responsible for lost guns or bowie knives. "Patrons desirous of keeping in practice are requested to shoot the pens from the clerk's hands and to leave the cashier undisturbed. "Persons desirous of transacting business quickly will please remember that shooting out the lights tends to delay rather than hasten the work of the staff. "Undertakers—This bank will not be responsible for the funeral bills of persons killed by the staff in the course of business." Heroism of Various Kinds Heroism is a hard term to define. The times, the conditions, the material of which an army is composed, the temper of the people on whose sentiment an officer must lean for support—all these factors have to be taken into account independently with each occasion as it comes up for judgment. Moral heroism may sometimes wear the guise of physical cowardice, the valor of one act might be the purest theatricalism in another. The public should be slow in forming its opinion. And, above all, it should not do its hysteresis first and its calm consideration afterward—Washington Post. Expensive Signatures. Paderewski, on his recent season in San Francisco, sold his signatures at one dollar each, with a bar or two of music at two dollars, toward his share of the fund for the erection of a monument to Chopin in Poland. Land of Nebohs Almost the entire commercial wealth of India, with its population of 300,000,000, is said to be in the hands of less than 90,000 persons. A Trojan Horse. Rev. W. R. Gullin, president of the Citizens' League of Steelton, Pa., is waging holy warfare against the Dunn Bill—now before the legislature of Pennsylvania, appropriating $200,000 to establish a Normal and Industrial School for colored students only. And thus the "jim crowism" of the South creeps and crawls. The slavery of the South crept and crawled. It would not and could not be controlled. We tell our friends of Pennsylvania, beware of this Trojan Horse: once established, other "jim crow" legislation will be comparatively easy. Doesn't this show the necessity of all the Negroes of the country making common cause against Disfranchisement and the "jim-crow" Car?—The St. Luke Herald, Richmond Va. CHIPS. Hon. Lawrence A. Young, President of the Washington Park Club, has to the gratification of his friends been elected second vice-president of the Chicago City Railway Company. - The Inner Circle Club held its annual election of officers, Feb. 24th at the residence of their President Mr. T. J. Napler, 491 W. Madison St. The officers were all re-elected. - Alderman Charles Alling was afraid to make the race for the city-council this Spring for he was fearful that he would be defeated by William H. Clark or by some other Colored man. Rev. W. S. Braddan, the hustling Pastor of Berean Baptist Church realizing that newspapers cannot run very long on wind and water, therefore the Rev. gentlemen blew past our home Monday morning and paid his subscription to The Broad Ax. "Thomas Paine needs no monument made by hands; he has erected himself a monument in the hearts of all lovers of liberty. The 'Rights of Man' will be more enduring than all the piles of marble and granite man can erect."—Andrew Jackson. Mrs. Perry Bates. 6148 Aberdeen st., returned to her home Wednesday morning from Canton, Mo., where she attended the funeral of her eldest sister last Sunday, Mrs. M. Woods, who was born and raised in that thriving little city, and who was highly respected by all of its oldest citizens, of both races. If Frank Solon, and Pat. White, the so-called leaders of the Democratic party in the 2nd and third wards possessed any horse sense, and were not in favor of playing into the hands of the Republicans in those two wards they would nominate two live colored men to run in opposition to Milton J. Foreman and Young Real Estate Harding. Gov. Charles S. Deneen, recently removed the colored butler who has had charge of the Gov's mansion at Springfield, for many years, and has in stalled in his place a green Irishman, who is unable to tell the ladies how to dress when they attend the social functions at the mansion, and the dear creatures are up in arms against Gov. Deneen, and his Irish butler. Senator Ben Tillman, seems to be on his last legs. Lately he has undergone a medical treatment in Philadelphia, and it is said "that he is suffering from grip poisoning which has affected his nerves and that he has gone to S. C. and that he will not return to Washington during this session of Congress." If there is any one individual in the wide world who has justly earned the utter contempt of all decent men and women that individual is Benjamin R. Tillman. Col. James Mamilton Lewis, Quinn O'Brien, Charles H. Stevenson, Ald., Charles Werno, Joseph A. O'Donnell, Paul C. Meir, Hubert White, Daniel L. Cruice, Prof. Albert H. Putney, Arnold D. McMahon, and many other prominent Democrats residing on the North Side have organized a club of their political faith, and its members will work like beavers to further the election of Judge Edward F. Dunne as Mayor of Chicago. The Afro-Americans residing in the second and third wards should assert their political independence and brake away from their white political masters, and nominate two of their best men for Alderman in those wards, and each and every man regardless of their politics should work for their election, for their independent political action in this respect would cause all the politicians of both political parties to treat them with more consideration, whenever they attempt to approach them. Aldermen Linn H. Young, 6th ward; Frank I. Bennett-7th ward: P. H. Moynihan, 6th ward; Michael Zimmer 12th ward; Daniel V. Harkin, 14th ward; Lewis D. Sitts, 17th ward; J. C. Patterson, 20th ward; William H. Ehemann, 24th ward; Winfield P. Dunn, 25th ward; Silas F. Leachman, 27th ward; John Burns, 30th ward; Henry F. Eldmann, 32nd ward; William Johnson, 33rd ward; Frank L. Race, 34th ward; have been on the side of the People for the past two years and each and every one of them deserves to be returned to the city council. Mr. and Mrs. James Clark, 4747 Dearborn st., celebrated their third wedding anniversary last Friday evening. The house was beautifully decorated with red and green. Mr. Clark surprised his good wife by presenting her with a handsome china cabinet, and both of them received lots of useful presents. Supper was served at a late hour. Those who enjoyed the occasion were: Mrs. and Mrs. Chas. Tuck, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Toles, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Cotton, Mr. and Mrs. E. Panky, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley, Mr. and Mrs. G. McGayack, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholes, Mr. and Mrs. H. Tuck, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Cotton, Miss Marrie Heuy, Mr. J. Dobs, Mrs. N. Tate, Mr. S. M. Bell, Mr. Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Hart, Mr. and Mrs. J. Stokes, Miss Fannie Tusco, Mrs. K. Smith, Miss F. McCoy. Pope Leo's Wit. Pope Leo X. is credited with having administered a most appropriate rebuke upon a presuming visionary who preta ded 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, had pet names for most of them, fed them, and quita 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 remains 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 Nocey—You didn't know I was interested in business, did you? Miss Beating—Why, yes, I supposed you were, as usual; but I didn't know whose—Philadelphia Press. Very Lively Swine. A hog in Arkansas had always fed under the cars loaded with grain. Last summer, while eating under a car, the train started and caught him, cutting off one leg. Several boys amputated the crushed leg and bandaged ft, and when healed got a piece of rubber hose, sewed the bottom end, and filled it with sawdust. They then attached the hose to the stump and the hog can now be seen running around the cars at Malden, Mo., as lively as ever. Premature Burial Bare. Although premature burial is extremely rare, except perhaps on the battlefield, the possibility of such an occurrence cannot be denied. It is well known that, owing to this possibility, remote as it is, many otherwise strong-minded persons have lived under the shadow of a great fear, and have in their wills directed payments to be made to physicians who should be willing to run the risk of homicide to prevent live burial. Dog-Watch. Dog-watch is a corruption of dodgewatch, and is the name given to two short watches of two hours each on shipboard—one from four to six p. m. and the other from six to eight p. m. The dog-watches were introduced to prevent the same men from always keeping watch at the same hours of the day; hence on these occasions the sailors are said to dodge the routine, or to be doing dodge-watch.—Boston Globe. War "Insanity." What has been called "war insanity" manifested itself among the population of London and its neighborhood during the Boor war and afterward. A number of persons were admitted into asylums believing that they were pursued by Boers, especially Kruger's relatives. The name "Splon kop" seemed particularly to fascinate persons with morbid fancies. King Finds Husbands. Girls who are not married in Siam before they reach a certain age are put under the care of the king and he finds a husband for them. This is a simple thing to do, for he goes through the list of prisoners in the jails, picks out one man and tells him he can have his liberty if he will marry one of these girls. Sea-Air for Tuberculosis It is proposed, says the London Lancet, to attempt a new departure in the treatment of tuberculosis by sea voyages. A large sailing vessel will leave England for a long voyage in warm latitudes, and will be prepared to convey a number of consumptives, inebriates and "other invalids." Just Out of College. If it wasn't for the young man just out of college the rest of us wouldn't realize how little we really know." Herbert Spencer maintained that some things are unknowable. The average young man just out of college will, of course, dispute this. Philadelphia Record. Land Owners in Denmark In Denmark there are 224,000 rural landowners. More than half have not more than one acre, 96,000 have less than four acres and only 2,000 have more. The small landowners mainly occupy themselves with the egg and fowl industry. Not a Sign of Spring. A man who saw snakes the other day says it is a sure sign of an early spring; but there are others, particularly the medical gents, who will beg to file a dissenting opinion.—Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. Words in Bible. The precise number of words in the Old and New Testaments is 773,692 and by reading something like ten minutes a day at a pace of 200 words a minute one could read the Bible through in a year. "Blue Moon." The London Lancet says that "Once in a blue moon" does not mean never, but seldom. The last blue moon in England was on December 10, 1883. Its color was due to atmospheric conditions. Pensions for Workmen Dr. Tillau, of Paris, whose death was recently announced, has bequeathed $20,000 to a fund for providing old-age pensions for workmen. The Complex Life Between pretending to be what we are not and not to be what we are, we are under a considerable strain to keep up appearances.—Puck. Long Beard. Scotland has Kansas beaten. Alexander Wilkie, of Upper Craigie, Perth boasts a beard more than eight feet long. It is still growing. Imitators. Great Britain is now getting excited over race suicide. What a lot of imitators those Britishers are, anyway.—Toledo Blade. First Pie Tins. The first pie plates were made early in the eighteenth century by the German potters who settled in Philadelphia. Daily Thought. A great man's path is strewn with the things he has learned to do without.—Phillipa Brooks. Not She. It isn't the woman who gives away the secret. It is the people she tells it to who let it out. Joseph A.O'Donnell. Henry D.Coghlin. O'Donnell & Coghlin Attorneys at Law Phone 264 Main Metropolitan Block N. W. Cor. LaSalle & Randolph Sta. Chicago GRAY & MORAN ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1114 Ashland Block, Clark and Randolph Sts. Tel. Central 569. CHICAGO. Residence 87 Massillon Place Telephone Ashland 263 Office Telephones Central 1829 Automatic 5049 MILES J. 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