The Broad Ax

THE COMING MOSES Of the Negro Race in America By CHARLES GANO BAYLOR, Providence, R. I. Vol. X Of the Negro Am By CHARLES GANO B The coming Moses of the Negro race, is the civilized, educated American Negro, free thought Atheist. A far greater than Booker Washington, with the United States, Latin America and Africa for the arena of his intellectual mission, the American Negro free thought Atheist is the coming man of History who is to take his place side by side with the immortals. This great intellectual leader of a long mind degraded and superstition cursed race, is certain to arise. He is as inevitable as Teddy. Self-respecting Afro-Americans will not be long contented to occupy as their "Normal Condition" and "Natural Sphere" in life, the position of social menials, political, serfs and military vassals to the so called "superior" race. For a few brief years after the fall of the American slave owner the Negro tasted the exhilarating cup of liberty with that social honorable aspiration, without which "liberty" is a farce and life itself slavery. He liked the flavor of that cup of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness of "liberty, equity, fraternity." The cup was cruelly dashed from his lips by an ungrateful nation whom the Negro's black arm saved from destruction in the dark hour of the Jesuit inspired American Civil War of 1861-65. Not withstanding this, notwithstanding that his bravery and soldiery bearing at the battle of Caney Hill, Cuba, during the war with Spain, saved Shafter's advance and Roosevelt's Rough Riders from annihilation (for the real heroes of that battle were the officers and many of the 9th and 10th U. S. Colored Troops, the "Japs" of the American army. Notwithstanding all this, the Negro in the United States must rest for ever under the social ban and the degradation of race despotism and color-line barbarism. That decree has gone forth and nothing can change it. Not only this, but he is expected to be thankful, "loyal" and "patriotic" and to deem it an honor to polish the boots the toe of which has been unceremoniously applied in the face of the world insultingly to his posterior. There are signs everywhere, that the American Negro is getting tied of this. Not many years ago I read in John Mitchell's Richmond (Va.) Planet, a splendid letter from a Boston free thought, self respecting Atheistic Negro. It stirred my blood. It was a merciless criticism of McKinley and the hypocrisy and the "Nearer My God to Thee" Phariseeism which characterized the Republican administration, over the murder of a South Carolina U. S. Post Master for the threefold crime of being a Negro, the son of a colored Union veteran, and a duly appointed Post Master of the United States. The letter concluded with these words: "Let us proceed, Mr. Editor, without reference to McKinley or his God." In our last letter on Santo Domingo, we showed what could be done there by the Negro converting that island under free thought Socialism into the Insular Switzerland of the new world. But there awaits the free thought Atheistic American Negro, a still wider field. It is North Africa and the classical shores of the Mediterranean under the flag of the French Republic with liberal itself cutting lose from the United States and seeking protection under the French flag as a partly civilized France. Let that be the American Negro's reply to Ben Tillmanism, a Republican, color and barbarism. The colonization of Northern Africa by the American Negro under the flag of the French Republic aided by the French Government, would mark a distinct historical epoch making event in the world's affairs. Not only in the evolution of the race but in the solution of universal humanity. It would be as absolutely decisive in its effect, on the side of liberty and of a free humanity divine of its own rights as the re-appearance at this time, side by side with Republican France, of the German Republic of 1848, a possible impending event, which causes every tyrant in the old world to tremble; (and yet, the Republic of Germany, like the advent of the American Atheistic Negro civilization, making the Negro the Japanese of the new world, is on the cards. Reader, come with me a moment to Paris, France, and we stand on one of the magnificent Parisian boulevards. Before us is a palatial club house. It is evening. The club house is ablaze with lights. Police carefully guard its entrance. Elegantly dressed women and men in evening costume are entering its doors. From within comes the sound of music. After the music the voices of orators. What is this club house? What are those voices of public speakers that we hear? It is the new club house of the international free thought Negro liberty alliance, giving its opening banquet to the representatives of the French press in celebrating the alliance between the Negro and France, an alliance born of the political and social ambition of the free thought Atheistic Negro movement in the new world. Representatives of the American Negro are there in force from New Orleans, Chicago, Washington City, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston to join in the festivities of the demonstration which marks the beginning of that awakening of Africa along the lines of free thought, which is to place her side by side with free thought Atheistic Japan as a "Brain Power" to be hereafter reckoned with. Compare such a spectacle with the wall which comes up under Christian superstition from the swamps of Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas, mingled with the "Dixie" hurrahs of the Arthur Boalts, Ben Tillman, Jeff Davis, "Solid South." Democracy (?!) "Gib me mah luby water-million and mah possum fat and sweet popato, and mah young fat yaller legged rooster and mah banjo and mah coon dog and mah 'blessed' Lord Jesus and yo may hab all des." And mingle this soul elevating mind ennobling refrain from the Ben. Tillman ruled. South-land, with the Republican politician's slang in the north land: "Say, haw much 'Boodle' will it take to buy up the "Niggers?" What will the "Nigger" preachers and the "Nigger" editors cost?" Ye Gods! what a contrast. And there are thousands upon thousands of Negro men and Negro women in the United States who prefer to be men superstition cursed human monkeys to being self reverencing human beings and who prefer slavery in a new form to liberty. I repeat in conclusion, the words of that brave and enlightened Negro, Atheist, of Boston in the Richmond Planet already quoted, only slightly altered to suit the occasion: "Let the Negro proceed, without reference to Roosevelt or his "God." As for Roosevelt himself, let him continue to wear the military honors to which he is not entitled as the hero of the battle of Caney Hill, Cuba, honors of which the 9th and 10th U. S. Colored Regiments were robbed, a robbery \which has made the New York City and the New York State politicians and what your New York HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, APRIL 15, 1905. [Name not visible] Mayor WILLIAM C. CROLIUS. Mayor of Joliet, who is waging a successful fight for Republican machine politicians and rascals who ride into power, so that they can rob and plum enterprising city. Mayor William C. Crolius, who is a candidate for re-election in the City of Joliet, has demonstrated his fitness for the office by the excellent manner in which he has discharged his duties the last two years. He has truly been a friend of all the people of that city. He has represented the working people as well as the taxpayer. Under his administration, the rate of taxation has been reduced $50 on each $100.00. He has brought about the elevation of the railroad tracks through the City, which means a great deal to the laboring class of people. The colored people of the city of Joliet gave him their hearty support two years ago pointed selections in the colored voters interests and him the same two years ago Richard J. Biddate, is the companies and the Republican m and the City is not in favor road tracks a citizens of Mayor Crolius the railroads which will affil all the citizen City and New York State politician does not know about political combination, political pipe laying and political wire pulling is not worth knowing. Let the American Negro "proceed." The world is all before him, where to choose. WILLIAM F. CHILDS Appointed Sergeant of Police by May or Carter H. Harrison. One of the last official acts of Mayor Carter H. Harrison was to appoint William F. Childs as Sergeant of Police and he has been assigned to duty by Chief O'Nielt as one of the desk sergeants at the Woodlawn Station. Mayor Harrison's course in this respect was very pleasing indeed to his Afro-American admirers and it shows that down deep in his heart, Carter H. Harrison has a friendly feeling for the worthy and the progressive members of the Afro-American race, as Mr. Childs belongs to the race and he has the distinction of being one among the few Colored men that have so far been elevated to such positions. In bidding Mayor Harrison farewell Monday he was pleased to learn that "his act in promoting Mr. Childs was appreciated by the Colored people." He also declared that "While serving as Mayor of Chicago, he always endeavored to deal fairly with his Colored brethren." The writer assured him that he was held in the highest esteem not only by the Colored people, of Chicago, but in all sections of the country and that if he should decide to run for President of the United States in 1908, or for Governor of Illinois or for Mayor of Chicago that the Colored voters in each and every instance would be ready and willing to follow in his footsteps. cessful fight for re-election against the and rascals who are endeavoring to rob and plunder the people of that two years ago, and he in return ap pointed several colored men to positions in the City Departments. The colored voters are again active in his interests and will undoubtedly give him the same support that they did two years ago. Richard J. Barr, the Republican candidate, is the tool of the railroad companies and the rotten and corrupt Republican machine of Will county and the City of Joliet. Senator Barn is not in favor of elevating the railroad tracks and for that reason, the citizens of Joliet should re-elect Mayor Crollus so that he can force the railroads to elevate their tracks which will afford better protection to all the citizens of Joliet. "Should women be as highly educated as men?" was the subject which attracted so much attention at the St. Mark Literary last Sunday afternoon. Mr. Q. E. Whaley and Mr. Glesner Fowler, President of the Standard Literary Society, contended that they should, while Messrs H. D. Smith and B. F. Smith took the negative views. The discussion was one of the finest that has taken place at St. Mark for some time. Among those who took part were Mr. George McKendly, Mr. Simmons, Mrs. Brewer, Miss Ward, Miss Payne and Miss Anderson. The subject for next Sunday afternoon is "The Moral Development of the Child." The paper will be read by Miss Henrietta French. Last Sunday being "Passion Sunday" Father Lealted at 7:30 celebrated the Holy Communion and at 11 a.m. preached an interesting discourse from the Gospel for the day. The offerty was an Voluntaire with Violin Obligato. And on Tuesday evening Father Boles of "All Saint" Parish was the preacher, and Thursday evening Father Wright preached. On next Sunday at 7:30 a.m. m. there will be low mass and the Blessing of the Palms and at 11 a.m. the Solemn Palm Procession and sermon, then the distribution of Blessed Palms. All Catholics are again reminded of their duty this solemn holy week" tears prayers" and abstain with a"strict fast on Good Friday," says our Holy Mother the Church. Mrs. Munley, the popular florist, 29th and Dearborn streets, has been suffering with the la gripe for the past three weeks, but she is gradually regaining her health. St. Mark Literary. St. Thomas's. GEORGE FRAZIER MILLER Replies to Charles Gano Baylor Julius F. Taylor, Editor of The Broad Ax: I respectfully beg the privilege of replying through your columns to the communication of your Providence correspondent, Mr. Chas, Gano Baylor, who, in your issue of March 25, appeals earnestly t the colored people to disregard all religion and declare for atheism. He proclaims himself an atheist and cites a number of personages, ancient and modern, as holding fellowship with himself. Every thoughtful reader of his article will thank Mr. Baylor for the interest he has manifested in the color. ed man's welfare and the desire expressed of seeing him altogether liberated from the social, political, industrial and intellectual thrashdom in the bonds of which, to more or less degree, he now finds himself. But his well-meant perhaps, but absolutely false and soul-blighting counsel must be, at once and for all totally repudiated as irreparably destructive of all that is sacred and louvices; and as subversive of the dictates of nature and reason the devotion to which he so appealingly invites us. The citation of distinguished names as adherents of a cult is no proof of its validity and the evidential force is proportionately weakened as a counter list is cited. Such enumerations, if forceful, may possess the dignity of probabism, but can never be apodictic—it does not prove anything. How completely then is the force of probabition contained in the argument overthrown when it can be shown that, in addition to overwhelming citations to the contrary, qualitative and quantitative, the writer shows a deplorable deficiency of information touching the bearings of character of his own catalogue. The greatest minds of the world from the foundation thereof until now, have been arrayed on the side of religion. The late Dr. Crummel once said: "There is a wisdom that, in our day, affects to hold that all true greatness calls for the intellect to deny God, the word of God, and the grand attributes of God. 'This wisdom, so called, but, which after all is nothing but folly, would tell us that religion is a weak and fond thing, only fitted for women and children. But then remember that the weak and simple ones who adored Christ, reverenced His holy name, and who held him precious to their souls are with millions of others, such historical and learned persons as Hannah More, Sarah Coveridge, Catherine Herschel, Mrs. Browning and Florence Nightingale. And the other ones who have worshipped the weak Christ were Augustine, and Jerome, and Gregory, and in modern times Newton, Barrou, and Pascal, Cudsworth and Butler, Edwards and Faraday, and Coleridge and Bushnell. A fine lot of simpletons of both sexes, who gave way to superstition and evidenced the shallowest brains!' How indefinitely could this list of celebrities be extended! Look at the whole range of Scottish philosophers from Hutcheson to Hamilton; German philosophers from Leibnitz down! These lists are too long for mention. But remember that the greatest metaphysician America has produced, Jonathan Edwards, was more celebrated for his religious zeal than for his penetrating intellect; and Emanuel Kant the most astute thinker and profoundest philosopher the world ever saw, (as far as history relates) the prophet of German philosophy which is the glory of philosophy, devoted his best hours to the elucidation of the phil- ZIER MILLER les Gano Baylor osophy of religion. But when one enrol's Aristotle, Plato and Socrates amongst the atheists we become suspicious also. Thus Epictetus discourses: "Concerning the Gods there are some who say that a Divine Being does not exist... And there is a fifth class, whereof are Odysseus and Socrates, who say. "Nor can I move without thy knowledge."—Of Providence, Chapt II. Book IV. Rolleston's translation. Socrates taught of a Supreme Deity who ruled in the affairs of men. Plato seems to have sprung up providentially as a precursor of Christianity. Does not Mr. Baylor know of the doctrine of the Lagas of Plato? Again the religion of Plato was essentially teleological; and so nearly parallel did the teachings of Plato run with the dogmas of Christianity that they were often quoted; and that approvingly, in nearly all the Patristic literature. Aristotle taught two stenals: an intelligent being and matter; he blended this dualism in such a way as to approximate the doctrine of Pantheism, but the result of his inquiry was something superior to Spinozism and that is a long way above atheism. I doubt very much that many of the others mentioned by Mr. Baylor were atheists. Neither your space nor my time will permit a concise statement of the grounds of religion in general or the evidences of Christianity in particular; so suffice it to say that the cause of Socialism, to which some of the colored people are turning a serious attention, will not be aided much if adherence to its principles demands the abandonment of religion. We are not versed in the doctrines of Socialism, but are interested in the subject and very desirous of learning its cardinal points. So far as we can gather from the writings of Mr. Eugene V. Debs, its chief exponent in this country, the distinguishing mark of Solcialism seems to be equality of opportunity untrammeled in any phase. If the Socialistic consciousness be an identity with that communistic spirit which swept through France toward the close of the 18th century, then we will none of it, and the cause as advocated by Mr. Baylor must be greatly injured. The citation of the remarkable progress and dazzling prowess of the Japanese does not enhance the force of Mr. Baylor's argument. It was the Christian missionary who introduced Western thought and customs into Japan and infused into that most receptive of oriental life, that must be accounted the most patent factor in quickening the Japanese self-sufficiency so characteristic of the East. If Mr. Baylor had somewhat of the spirit of Christianity he would likely argue with a people without insulting them. Many of us worshippers of the Lord Jesus and servants of the Jehovah Israel are neither "howlers" nor "shouters," but are intelligent in that worship; and know, at least, the ground and evidence of our faith as well as Mr. Baylor knows the reasons of his unbelief. Our faith cannot be shaken by the wickedness of men, we believe in a God of providence who will right all things; and believing we say with Job: "Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him." GEO. FRAZIER MILLER, April 6th. 1906 Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Perry Bates has removed from 6148 Aberdeen street to 6410 Morgan street. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestant, Pride, Tolerant, Liberal, Single, Christian, Liberal, Liberal, Liberal, one also can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is Exed. 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. One Year ..... $2.00 Fifty Months ..... 1.00 Address communications to JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered <t the Post Office at Chicago> ) Ill. as Second-class Matter. ENGLEWOOD NOTES. The marriage of Miss O. B. King to Mr. M. Ward took place at their new home,6152 Ada street, Wednesday evening, April 5, at 7 o'clock. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Harris. The wedding of Mrs. William Board to Mr. Neeley is expected to take place at the residence of her brother in Jefferson, Ill., the latter part of April, after which they will reside in Zion City. Mrs. Mary F. Keith, mother of Mrs. Geo. E. Maxfield, is now here visiting her daughter at her residence, 6022 Aberdeen street, for a few weeks. Mrs. Keith is from Cassapolis, Cass county, Michigan, where the people live long and enjoy good health. The wedding of Miss Mariah Hamilton to Mr. N. E. Grammer will take place at Shiloh Baptist Church, 62d and Aberdeen streets next Tuesday evening, April 18, at 8:30 p. m. Invitations have all ready been sent out to those expected to be present. Rev. Mr. Harris will officiate. Mrs. Caroline Humphrey's family nurse has removed from her old residence, 6127 Ada street to 6217 Ada street. Mr. and Mrs. Webb now tenants of Mr. Bureaugard F. Moseley, are expected to be tenants of Mr. Monroe Lyons, 6148 Aberdeen street. Englewood has lost another-resident, Mrs. Carrie Stewart. Being stricken down with paralysis a short time ago was the cause of her death. The funeral was held at the Shiloh Baptist Church where she was a member, last Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Stewart was very well liked by her neighbors and friends and leaves a husband, mother, brother and two sisters and two small daughters to mourn her loss. Her remains were reviewed from the house only. The pallbearers were six of Mr. Stewart's intimate friends. F. W. M. CREAM CITY NOTES. Milwaukee, Wia., Special, St. Mark's Literary Society. A very interesting program was rendered last Thursday eve, a paper was read by Mrs. H. U. James, subject, "Child Training." Solo, by Miss Laura Washington. Debate, resolved, 8hat Philippines should be independent. Wm. A. Morris and J. D. Cook represented the affirmative; Rev. H. Williams and B. Wright represented the negative. A large audience was present. Calvary Baptist Literary Society opened last Tuesday eve for the spring season the general discussion was; why are we as a race always late. A large audience was present. Mr. L. H. Palmer was called to Madison, Wis., last Monday by Gov. Lafollette. Mrs. Lilliam Abel will leave next week for Uniontown, Pa., to reside in the future. Rev. Jackson of Bayview is lying dangerously ill at his home in Bayview. Mrs. Clara Lyvers is on the sick list. Mrs. Pleasant has returned from Madison, Wis.. Mrs. Brownlee has returned to Chicago. Mrs. Brown has returned home after a three weeks' visit with her daughter, Mrs. Brownlee. —C. 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. South Africa's Diamond Yield. The diamond yield of South Africa, which began with $2,500 in 1867 and reached $18,000,000 in 1888, was $34,500,000 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. HILLMAN'S COMBINED STATE AND WASHINGTON ST. STORES ARE PRACTICALLY COMPLETED AND THE OPENING DATE WILL SHORTLY BE ANNOUNCED. The enlarged premises now comprising the entire State street frontage from Calhoun place to the Reliance building, numbers 106 to 116, and the Washington street building adjoining the corner, numbers 56 to 66. Three months of uninterrupted labor have been devoted to moderizing the entire group of buildings, bringing them fully up to the modern standards of safe construction and sanitation. It is a fact worthy of note that a portion of this State street frontage has been continuously devoted to the dry goods trade since 1865, giving Chicago's youngest State street store the unique honor of occupying the oldest stand. Interior arrangement and lighting have received special attention at the hands of the builders. The display windows have been rebuilt on modern lines, necessitating the use of some of the largest lights ever placed in Chicago. A thorough high-class power plant has been installed in the basement, including ice machinery to be used in connection with the great refrigerators in the meat market. The pure food departments, of which this forms a part, occupy the entire fifth floor of all three buildings, embodying grocery, meat and fish market, restaurant, with extensive kitchens, bakery and Japanese tea room, a complete dairy and coffee roasting plant. It is doubtful if any establishment for the sale of food products was ever organized on a more elaborate scale than the grocery and allied departments at Hillman's. Complete lines of food supplies for homes representing every stage of modesty or luxury will be constantly on hand. Other attractive innovations are promised in the departments devoted to furniture, crockery, house furnishings, cigars and tobacco. Augumented spaces, increased facilities and perfect organization are also apparent in the staple lines of dry goods and wearing apparel herefore comprising Hillman's stocks. That the firm's expectations of a vastly increased volume of business will be more than realized, is the opinion of all well informed judges of business conditions. Priest of the People. Father Gapon, the Russian priest who is such a prominent figure just now, is said to be guided in great measure by this epigrammatic advice given him long ago by his father: "Be a priest, but do not forget to be a man. Love the oppressed and remember that the only religion worth living and dying for is justice." Island for Drunkards The Glasgow corporation is considering a scheme under which the city's chronic inebriates shall be bafished to the islet of Shuna, one of the Hebrides group. This islet is leased to a farmer, and has been practically forgotten by the corporation of Glasgow, who have owned it for a century.—St James' Gazette. No Tobacco There. Ascum—Why don't you try one of those tobacco cures on your son? Wiseman—That wouldn't have any effect on him. "O, yes; they simply kill all appetite for tobacco." "But he smokes cigarettes."—Phila-delphia Press. The Persian Minister Gen. Morteza Khan, the new Persian minister to this country, is a bachelor, extremely wealthy and comes of a noble line. His father was the first man in the empire to introduce European ideas and started the Iran, the first publication approaching the newspaper as Americans understand it. Woman's Great Need. Some day a great reformer in whose aspirations sense is duly blended with enthusiasm will make and win a great fight for adequate pockets in women's street clothes. Why woman does not have more and better pockets in her clothes is one of the mysteries of civilization. Woman Writer's Watches The famous Austrian novelist, Mme. Mary von Ebner-Eschenbach, possesses one of the finest collections of watches. A number of these timepieces are over 200 years old, and many of them are set in diamonds. The collection is said to be worth over $50,000. Room for Blind Pigs After the admission of Oklahoma and Indian Territory as a state the sale of liquor is to be prohibited there for 21 years. It is safe to say that the blind pig will at once take a prominent place among Oklahoma institutions.—Chicago Record-Herald. Daily Thought. Nothing is so contagious as enthuissem; it is the real allogory of the tale of Orphene; it moves stones; it charms brutes. Bathhussem is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it—Bulwar. When he had his ticket to Richmond stowed away safely in his pocket, says the New York Times, the man from the south heaved a sigh of relief, and settled himself to an hour's leisurely wait in the station for his homeward train. "Ah," he said, in happy indolence, to an acquaintance who dropped into a chair beside him. "I am going down home, away from the sound of the eternal northern question: 'How long will it take?' "If a man in New York stops to have his shoes polished, he asks the boy: 'How long will it take?' Now, unless that man has been living the life of a tramp, he knows how long it takes to polish shoes; but it has become second nature to him to ask the question. "When he goes to the barber for a shave he asks: 'How long will it take?' And if it is not done quickly enough he will go elsewhere next time. It is the same at lunch. 'I'll take an oyster stew,' he'll say, and then: 'But hold on, waiter. How long will it take?' "You hear the same question at the drug-store, the bank, the hotel, and on the street. Everything is regulated by 'How long will it take?' "I was brought up in a part of the country where no one cares how long it takes to get a thing done; and I'm glad I'm going back. To-morrow I shall be mingling again with people who, when I ask them to take luncheon with me, will not answer, hesitatingly: 'Well, I would, but—how long will it take?' ONLY ONE KIND OF PIE. But There Were Other Kinds on the Bill of Fare When That Was On. An easterner on his way to California was delayed by the floods in Kansas and was obliged to spend the night in a humble hotel—the best in the town. "The bill of fare at dinner time was not very elaborate, says Youth's Companion, but the traveler noticed with joy that at the bottom of the card, printed in pen and ink, was a startling variety of pies. He liked pies, and there were custard, lemon, squash, rhubarb, Washington, chocolate, mince, apple and berry pies, and several other varieties. He called the waitress to him. "Please get me some rhubarb ple," said he. "I'm afraid we ain't got any rhubarb ple," she drawled. He took another glance at the list. "Well, get me some squash ple. please." "We haven't got that, either." "Berry pie?" "Lemon pie?" "No." "Chocolate pie?" "I'm sorry, we—" "Well, what on earth are they all written down here for? On to-day's bill of fare, too!" "Well, I'll tell you." said the girl, apologetically. "That list is always written down there for show when we have mince pie, because when we have mince pie no one asks for anything else." Mad Sold Both Ends. A Columbus shopper tells this somewhat amusing story, giving the incident as an actual happening: "I was making some purchases," she said, "in a downtown store, and was directed by the floor walker to the muslin counter. A young man, was in charge, and I noticed at first that he was slightly affected by liquor. After sorting over a number of bolts on the shelf, he finally threw down what I wanted. He looked at the cloth for a minute, meanwhile fumbling for the end. Finally, he said, disgustedly: 'Dick must have sold both ends of this; yes, I'm sure he did,' and with that he pushed his shears across the piece and from the end thus made he sold me the quantity I wished."—Columbus Dispatch. Stomachless Man The stomach proper has ceased to be a serious problem to the surgeon. He can invade and explore it with impunity. He can even, if circumstances demand, relieve the owner of it entirely, and so arrange the loose ends that the functions of nutrition are successfully maintained. To be sure, the patient can never thereafter derive much pleasure from his meals; he must restrict himself to a rigid diet; but for all the other affairs of life he may be as competent as before. There are to-day several stomachless men who are earning their daily predigested ration in occupations varying from clerk to expressman.—McClure's. One-Exed in Convention Several days ago there were gathered before the county court house several small bands of men discussing the topics of the day. One of these small conventions contained five men who were earnestly arguing over a case which had been decided in court the preceding morning. Suddenly one of them exclaimed, "My goodness, boys, all 'of us are one-syed." And so it was, five who had been so fortunate as to lose an eye had by chance collected in one group.—Columbia States. Explained in Simple Fashion. "Yes," said the conceited bore, "she was quite frigid when I called, but she became more pleasant the longer I stayed." "I understand," replied Miss Peppery, "the longer you stayed the nearer approached the time of your departure."—Philadelphia Press. Tiny in physique, Kodama is the brains of new Japan, mobilizer of the mikado's armies, directing the destiny of his people militantly, writes Richard Barry, in Everybody's Magazine. For ten years military governor of the War office, it was he who had perfected the transport service and tied the ends of the army together so well that the phenomenal six months' dash of the troops through Korea and beyond the Yalu startled the world as it was not startled since Kitchener set out for Khartoum. Kodama is the Japanese Kitchener, and he laid out the reduction of Port Arthur with the grand strategy of a master mind. His first plan failed, because Kodama underestimated the foe he had to face—a foe great in soldierly endurance, and in this instance allied with nature. Then Kodama came down from the north one morning, spent two days in looking over the ground, and settled back in the great house of the Russian mayor at Dalny, leaned his elbows on the table, reached forth his clenched fist, and, looking into it, said, with his lips parted over set teeth: "I hold Port Arthur there." He did hold Port Arthur there, and it could escape no more than he could. He saw that, mathematically, the problem was one for time and tactics to solve, but though the master directing the use of both he could hasten neither. LAST YEAR'S SHIPBUILDING Was the Poorest Season in This Country for the Last Six Years. Shipbuilding throughout the world is at its lowest point for the last six years, according to the figures made public by Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping in a special circular, and according to these same figures the year was the poorest in the United States for the same period. In Great Britain, there is a slight gain over last year, the low-water mark since 1897, and this despite the fact that the largest steamships are now under construction. All this applies to the merchant fleet, and war vessels are not considered in these figures. In the latter respect the showing by the United States for the last year—the launching of ships aggregating 171,000 tons displacement—has never been equaled with but one exception, the year 1901, when 210,000 tons of British war vessels were put overboard. With a decrease in building merchant vessels in the United States for the last year of 143,000 tons, as compared with the previous year, the enormous falling off is accounted for in the decrease recorded on the Great Lakes, which, from an average of 163,000 tons for the years 1901-1903, dropped to 49,000 tons in 1904. Yet the largest steamship—the Augustus B. Wolvin, of 6,585 tons—ever built on the lakes was launched last year. THE LADIES ALL BOWED. Social Custom of Uruguay That Led to an Amusing Imposition How different the social customs of Uruguay are from those of Great Britain was well illustrated by a story related by a South American visitor, says Cassell's. He told how a young Canadian went to Uruguay to join a friend from the United States, who had spent some years in Montevideo, the capital. The Canadian was much struck by the friendly terms which his friend seemed to have established with the fair ones of the place, and rallied him upon the fact. The American calmly replied that he knew every lady in the city! This struck the Canadian as a decidedly "tall" statement, and, his friend volunteering to convince him on the point, the two set off for a jaunt through the capital. In the course of the walk the pair met several hundred ladies, all of whom acknowledged the American's salute with a bow and a smile, and the Canadian admitted himself convinced. And his wonder was intense until he learned that he had been a victim of a Uruguayan custom under which any gentleman who bows to a lady in the street receives an answering bow of recognition whether she knows him or not. Vanished Saharan River August Chevallier, a French explorer and geographer, believes that Lake Tchad represents what was formerly the backwater of a great river which flowed northward across the Sahara and emptied into the Mediterranean sea. Neolithic relics indicate, he says, the former existence of prosperous communities where desert-conditions now prevail. At the present time Lake Tchad shows occasional changes of level. Since 1897 its waters have continued to fall, but sometimes, after several years of unusual rainfall, it spreads beyond its ordinary bed. In 1903 Lake Fittri dried up, and the hipopotamian which had inhabited it were compelled to go elsewhere.—Youth's Companion. Forced Latitude Miss Sweet—The little boy that is playing with your little brother is scratching up the parlor furniture terribly! Miss Van Fleet—I know it, but if I tell him to stop, he'll go home and tell the whole family that I'm cross, and his big brother is my latest catch—Detroit Free Press. TEMPER BEAUTY'S ENEMY. A Calm and Placid Manner and Way of Looking at Life Conducive to Growth of Physical Charm. Temper has much to do with the destruction of a fine and delicately tinted skin. You are familiar with the woman who becomes pale with anger or purple with rage, yellow with disappointment or green with envy. The pallor, the purple patches, and the jaundice are apt to become fixed—and a woman whose complexion consists of a scheme of color in which these tints predominate, distinctly bears the color imprint of the sere, the yellow leaf. A bad complexion is sometimes the outward and visible sign of a bad temper, hence serenity is to be cultivated as an aid to natural beauty, says a writer in the American Queen. Worrying about household matters and servants is to be avoided at all cost as tending to accelerate the fading of June's roses from the cheeks of the not too youthful, and the temptation of the active minded, always to be doing something, must be s renuously resisted. Unless you have plenty of rest and relaxation, both of mind and muscle, your mirror will soon begin to cast reflections on your face and tiny little wrinkles will appear one by one, as the stars come out on a summer's night. But "when soft slumber allures thee," be careful not to sleep with the hand under the cheek, as this certainly tends to numb and wrinkle the skin. Another point to attend to is not to allow the jaw to drop when you fall asleep; this is apt to foster the appearance of lines on either side of the mouth. Undoubtedly bad temper is not the only enemy of beauty, but also the first cause of many nervous disorders, and many of the ills that follow a bad digestion. Who has ever seen a really happy woman with an unwholesome looking skin? Worry, continuous fretting, envy and maliciousness not only wear the face with ugly lines, but destroy the foundations of the entire constitution. Therefore beware, and use the only solvent remedy. Cultivate calmness, courage, cheerfulness, amiability and affection, and as the sun drives the fogs of night before it, so the ugliness will give place, if not to beauty, then to charm. RETAIN YOUTHFULNESS. Many Women Let Themselves Grow Old and Faded Through Neglect of a Little Precaution. The old woman who wants to be young must learn all over again how to walk. And before she does this she must learn how to stand. Stand well and you will walk well is a pretty good rule, declares Mme. D'Arcy. To stand well your feet must be comfortable. And this is a good thought for the elderly woman. Make your feet comfortable. Few old women are able to stand well because they have aches and pains which make their feet feel ill at ease. Feet can be kept more comfortable by rubbing them with vaseline every night. They can be kept comfortable by changing the shoes every day. Never wear the same pair of shoes all day long. And there is another shoe rule—namely, that shoes should be frequently eased. Take your shoes and wet them soaking wet. Take a walk in them and let them dry on the feet. This will mold them to the form of the foot. And another thing. If the shoes feel hard and stiff rub them with oil. Grease your shoes frequently if you want to have them comfortable. You must keep the leather soft and pliable. Stockings should fit the feet. There are too many pairs of ill-fitting stockings. And when the matter of shoes and stockings has been arranged there should come the question of heels. As soon as a woman feels old and tired she begins to wear low heels. She takes the "lifts" off her heels and she lets her step become laggy. Have your heels of good height. Preserve the arch of the foot. Don't let your feet grow flat. Try always to have trim, neat-looking shoes. These are excellent foot rules for any woman. Now, about the walk. There is an English instructor who gives these rules for "walking young." "To walk young, walk erect. Bring the abdomen in. Throw the chest out. Take long steps. Place the feet at right angles or as nearly as so you can. Lift the chin. Throw back the head. Raise the eyes. Breathe deeply. And don't mince." How to Treat Gloves This is the proper way to treat a glove: When you spy a tiny hole mend it without delay, that it may not increase in size. Mend it on the inside of the glove with fine cotton of the same color as the kid. Do not use silk, for it soon wears out. Never break off your cotton, but cut it, so as not to draw your stitches too tightly and make the seam hard and uneven. When sewing a split in a finger seam insert a finger into the glove and draw the edges together so that they meet and that is all; a ridge would not only be uncomfortable, but would look unsightly. When a glove is too small and slits it is worse than useless to sew up the rent; it must be patched. The patch must be of kid of the same color. To Help the Evebrows Paint your eyebrows every night with a caramel's hair brush dipped in sweet oil. Warm the oil, but do not heat it. If you prefer, use vaseline slightly warmed. Do not use much oil, but just enough to lubricate the eyebrows. This Ornamental and Useful Article Will Answer the Vexed Question of Where to Lay Time-Piece. This is a pretty little ornament, and useful at the same time. It consists of cardboard covered with silk, that for the front being worked with a design of ribbon embroidery, the half of which is shown in No. 2. Very stout cardboard should be used, and for the NO.1. WATCH STAND. front it must be cut four and one half inches deep and three and one half inches wide. The silk for front must be cut an inch larger all round; this is worked with the embroidery design, the half of which is shown in No. 2. The design along the lower edge is merely a repetition of the center part 260 of side. China ribbon and silk are used for the embroidery. Cover the face of the card with a layer of soft wadding, then lay the embroidered silk over this, turn the edges to the back of card, notch then so that they may lie flat, then fix with glue or secoctine. Cover the back with a piece of plains silk or sateen; a piece of very thick card or wood must next be cut, as shown, to form a support to the back; this should also be covered, and must be firmly glued to the back. A piece of wood will be the best thing for the foundation upon which to place the stand; this should be covered with silk, and the lower edge of stand and support glued, or sewn by the silk. THE FRESH AIR TONIC. For the Woman with a Mottled on Dingy Skin the Following Is Written and Should Be Observed. Fresh air is a superlative tonic in the promotion of beauty. Many a woman's motfled complexion is due to the vitiated atmosphere she breathes. For one reason or another, she gets very little of the fresh air tonic. She comes to notice a slight dinginess creeping over the natural clearness of her face. Forthwith she wonders what she is using that is spoiling the texture of the skin. She tried another kind of soap and changes the brand of her cold cream. But her complexion keeps right on gathering a shadowy hue. True, she isn't feeling very well—just a little languid. She tells herself "that tired feeling" means that all the cure she needs is "rest." She doesn't mistrust that this lassitude is a physical hint that she needs fresh air tonic in order to keep the muscles elastic, to invigorate circulation of the blood, to stimulate the skin. When any of these physical conditions begins to lose tone the complexion pays the penalty. When the dinginess is ever so slight, the fresh air tonic should be taken without delay. A walk of a mile or two provides fresh air and exercise. The face should not be covered with a veil. A cool wind is a first-rate stimulant for the skin. The walk should take place every day and a longer distance should be covered, gradually. The fresh air tonic may be taken in a heated,room with the windows open. The walk may be taken up and down the room with a variation in swinging the arms and practicing high steps. Moreover, the woman with a dingy or mottled complexion should sleep in a room in which there is a circulation of fresh air. Fashionable Comb The fashionable comb is the high Spanish one and the most attractive are those made in the shape of a fan. To carry the similitude further the leaves and sticks of the fan are imitated in carvings or inlays of gold or silver with jeweled bars to separate each panel. So delicate and fine is some of the carving that it suggests lace. Short Dresses. Paris is preaching long skirts, but American women cling persistently to walking length, giving in only so far as to bring out a new length that just touches all round. The simpler of the dresses, though, will cling to the present length—an inch to an inch and a half from the ground. WASHINGTON LETTER ACTIVITIES OF THE PRESENT MOMENT AT CAPITOL. PLANS FOR CITY BEAUTIFUL Subordinate Officer with Much Responsibility—Selfishness of Congress in Authorising Structures for Own Use. ASHINGTON.—One of the busiest men in the whole government service is Col. Clarence R. Edwards, chief of the bureau of insular affairs of the war department. Although only a subordinate officer, he has as much responsibility and as many duties as the head of a department. W The fact is that his bureau is entitled to be a department and its head to be a cabinet officer. Col. Edwards has charge of all affairs relating to our insular possessions, and when the extent of the latter is considered, the responsibilities he has to shoulder can be appreciated. While the Phillippine government is administered by a governor general and assistants and a sort of territorial legislature, congress has general supervision of all the affairs and the carrying into effect the laws enacted by congress rests largely in the bureau of insular affairs here in Washington. In addition to superintending the fiscal affairs of the Philippines, Col. Edwards is charged with a good deal of the administration of the government in Porto Rico, Guam and the Hawaiian islands, and now the Panama strip is added to his field of labors, as his bureau will audit the accounts of the Panama canal. President Roosevelt is pretty well tired of the Panama canal commission, and has concluded if anything is to be accomplished the smaller of the number of employees and officials the better chance there is to get work done. He will therefore prosecute the work through the war department, and Col. Edwards' bureau will have the handling of accounts and probably the letting of contracts, etc. Col. Edwards is a regular army officer, but he is a better mixer and has more general business sense than usually goes with one who wears an army uniform. He has adopted the policy of publicity in his bureau, and every transaction is done in the light of day, such as the awarding issues of bonds and certificates in open competition. The Conscience Fund. HERE was recently received at the treasury department the astonishing sum of $12,000 from an unknown "sinner," who became conscience stricken and returned that sum as a fourfold payment of money of which he had robbed the government. This is the second largest MISCELLANEOUS MONEY amount that has been turned into the "conscience fund" in the history of the government. Several years ago a repentant government employee who had succeeded in robbing Uncle Sam without having been found out, mailed to the secretary of the treasury from some place abroad the large sum of $14,000. The money thus received is called a "conscience fund," but that is merely a fictitious designation, as there is no particular fund to which these contributions are placed. All this money is turned into the Treasury. The origin of the "conscience fund" was away back in 1811, when President Madison received a letter telling him of a commission of a crime against the government, and inclosing a sum of money as restitution. Since that time, almost a century, it is estimated that about $400,000 have been turned into the treasury by conscience-striken people. One of the most interesting letters recently received was from a man in Chicago, who wrote about a year and a half ago as follows: "Years ago I took a small apple tree from the government orchard at Fort Sheridan, and, wishing to make compensation for the same, I herewith inclose one dollar." Some years ago a man sent a contribution of $8,000. He sent the money in the shape of eight $1,000 notes, cutting them exactly in half when he sent the first installment. He wrote that he would send the other half when the first part had been acknowledged through the newspapers. This was promptly done, and the other halves of the notes were received. MY BUSY DAY PLANS IVE years from now there will appear upon Capitol hill a group of the finest government buildings in the world. They will surround the ten-acre park immediately in front of the capitol building, and will be conspicuous objects from any point in the district. This group of buildings magnificent capitol and national libraries and two splendid marble buildings for the use of the house and senate. The capitol building is to be enlarged and improved go as to conform with the original conception of what it should be. The old part of this fine structure, which was originally erected and which is built of ordinary Virginia sandstone, is to be extended flush with the two marble wings at the north and south ends of the capitol building. This will bring the main, or center, building a considerable distance out from the present front and the extension will be constructed of marble, so that when finished the whole building will be of that beautiful material. The style of design will conform exactly with the architecture of the house and senate wings. Just southeast of the capitol work is now being pushed on the house office building, which is to be erected for the use of the members, each one of whom will have a fine suite of office rooms. On the corresponding square to the northeast of the capitol a similar building will be erected for the senate. These two great office buildings will harmonize in architecture with the capitol and the national library, so that when completed a finer group of four government buildings cannot be found in the world. Within the next two or three years a Grand Union railroad station will have been completed a short distance north of the senate end of the capitol, and it, too, will be in harmony with the government buildings. A. Grand Esplanade HESE magnificent improvements on Capitol hill illustrate the willingness of congress to beautify Washington when the new buildings are to be for the personal use of the members of the two houses. Some people think there is no little selfishness exhibited in the authorization of these T NEW YORK TIMES structures, as congress has not viewed with great favor a larger scheme for the beautification of the national capital. This latter scheme was worked out some three or four years ago by a commission appointed under a resolution of the senate secured by the late Senator McMillan, of Michigan. It included in the future development of Washington practically the improvements which are now being made adjoining the capitol. But it went further in developing a grand esplanade, or mall, to occupy the government reservation stretching from the capitol westward past the Washington monument to the Potomac river, where a splendid memorial bridge was to span that stream and connect with the national cemetery at Arlington, the ancestral home of the Virginia Lees. This wide park, or succession of parks, was to be bordered by public buildings to be erected in the future, and its development contemplated the clearing out of a considerable portion of the city now built up. It was an expensive scheme, and its full completion would mean the expenditure of probably $150,000,000. The advocates of this park system urged that it need not be carried into execution for half a century to come, but that the general idea should be adopted and future improvements be made in conformity to it. President Roosevelt has taken up the scheme and is a firm believer in it. He has already directed that two new buildings, one for the department of agriculture and the other for the District of Columbia, which are soon to be under construction shall be located to accord with this park system, and their exterior design to harmonize with the style of architecture that the projectors of this scheme have determined. Were the whole scheme to be carried out one could stand on the capitol steps looking west and the whole group of government buildings would lie stretched out before him, bordering a most beautiful park filled with miniature lakes and fountains, statues and impressive memorials with delightful driveways and walks. This beautiful picture is not likely to be unfolded for many years to come. Mr. La Felletta G OV. LA FOLL. LETTE, of Wisconsin, is keeping the leaders of the republican party guessing as to what he will do. He has been elected a member of the United States senate from Wisconsin, but no one knows whether or not he will take his seat. He has indicated that his acceptance of this election must be conditional and if the present legislature does not carry out his policies and enact the laws he has recommended he will hold his place as governor and give up the senatorhip. The critics of Mr. La Follette declare that he is undecided what to do because he is not certain whether he could make a stronger canvass for the presidential nomination as governor of Wisconsin or as senator from that state. That he has the presidential bee buzzing in his bonnet everybody seems to admit, and in the speculations for 1908 he plays a prominent part as a western radical candidate for the republican nomination. The closest friends of La Follette are unable to fathom his designs and ambitions, and no one has undertaken yet to say whether he will wear the senatorial toga or continue to be the leader of radicalism in the northwest as governor of Wisconsin. They All "Look Pleasant." Mexican photographers have hit upon a way to make their subjects "look pleasant." After peering through the apparatus and emerging from under the black cloth, the photographer says: "By the way, would you like a drink?" "Well, I don't mind," says the man, with a pleased smile. "What have you got?" "Beer, whisky and wine," says the photographer, and then, before the man can say which he'll have, the camera does its duty. The "expression" of his photograph is all ways "lifelike."—N. Y. Tribune. How Rubies Are Made. Artificial rubies are produced in France by reducing small natural rubies into a very fine powder, which is melted in an electric furnace, cooled rapidly and crystallized. The product obtained, from what was of little worth on account of minuteness, possesses a comparatively high value. The main difficulty encountered is to prevent cavities and fissures in the crystals. The new process cannot be employed with emeralds and sapphires, as they become discolored by the action of the heat. Reason for Coldness She—Why did you look so coldly at Mr. Sharp when he came into the car? He—Because I was in a railroad collision with him the other day, and in the shake-up a whole bunch of derby hats flew off and got mixed up together. I know he got mine, and he knows it, too, but he didn't mention it, and I couldn't prove it, because my initials weren't in it. He took a mean advantage. 'That's all—Detroit Free Press. Hunting for the Gerro American investigation has shown that yellow fever germs are disseminated by the mosquito, and now the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine is about to send a second expedition to the Amazon to discover, if possible, the actual cause of the disease. At Para, on the Amazon, the disease is constantly present in a greater or less degree. Never Mind the Old Man. Grayce—Yes, as they neared the finish, Ferdy was about 400 yards in the lead. He looked like a sure winner when suddenly he knocked down and ran over an old man. This careless person's body caused Ferdy's auto to swerve, and Algy shot by and won. Gladys—Now wasn't that tough on Ferdy!—Chicago Sun. Fatal Mistake. A Liverpool man who had been parted from his wife for some years thought he recognized her among the ballet girls on the stage of a theater. He sprang up, pointed to her, cried: "My Minnie," and fell dead. But he had made a mistake. The woman was not his wife. Same Sensation. Returned Explorer—You don't seem at all appalled at my description of the way I was chased by a boa constrictor. Miss Fluffy—No; I was chased by a garter snake once, and I know just how you felt—Detroit Free Press. Why. Sure. The Senator—Why mustn't I vote for that bill? Henchman—Because the people don't want it, senator. "What have the people got to do with it? Ain't election over, hey?—Chicago Sun. Very Likely. Friend—How do you suppose your baby caught the whooping cough? He hasn't been near any other children. Mother—He probably inherited it from me. I had it when I was just his age—Detroit Free Press. Striking Similarity Gunner—Have you noticed the large stamps in the latest issue? Guyer—Yes; I call them Jap stamps. "Why so?" "They are not easily licked."—Chicago Sun. Full Deck. Irate Wife-That's the fifty-second falsehood you've told me this week. Unabashed Husband—Well, now you can see what is meant by the expression "a pack of lies."—Pittsburgh Post Won't It Though California announces a 15,000,000-pound prune crop ready for shipment. It will not make much difference if next summer's strawberry crop is a failure.—Rochester Post-Express Spanish Swordswomen All well-educated Spanish women are taught from the earliest years to handle the sword, and as a result they are noted for their admirable figure and easy walk. After Facta. 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In answer to an advertisement for somebody to take charge of a church choir and play the organ the following reply was received: "Sir: I noticed your advertisement for an organist and music teacher, either lady or gentleman. Having been both for several years, I offer my services."—Tit-Bit. Learn by Experience Most men have to get in debt before they can learn to save.—Chicago Record-Herald. Help-Eat Many a man would starve if his wife didn't keep a few boarders.—Chicago Daily. Man's Purposes. A man may be measured by the things he seeks.—Chicago Tribune. Once there was a lady who made a resolution to thank every man who gave her his seat in the street car. After that, nobody ever gave her a seat. —Chicago Tribune. Berlin's Population Census returns published show that Berlin's population reached the 2,000,000 limit on Dec. 18. The baby girl who completed the total will be christened Berolina. Snowy Volcano. 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Montgomery, 4743 Shields ave- nua, hgs spent the past five weeks in Montgomery, Ala., where he was call- ed by the serious illness of his aged mother. Hon. Frank Wenter Would make a tiptop City Comptroller of Chicago, and Lawrence E. McGann should be made to walk the gang-plank, for he has cold feet and he has nibbled at the public crib entirely too long. Stewart-D. Fowler, Jr., infant son of Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Fowler, 5119 Grove avenue, died last Wednesday night at 1045 o'clock. Funeral was held ‘Thursday morning from the residence. Mayor Dunne should lose no time fm landing on Dr. Arthur Reynolds, health commissioner, for at all times Dr. Reynolds is ever ready to show his racial prejudice, and his black hand whenever he has any official dealings with those composing the Afro-American race. _ In the makeup of the chairman. ships of the various committees of the new City Council, Alderman Bill Dever has been left out in the cold, which is just and proper, for he has the largest head and less in it than any other member of the City Coun- cil. Rev. J. W. Robinson, late headlight of St. Mark's Church of this city, and Mrs. Robinson and the young Robin- sons are now located in their new home, 86 East Ninth street, Coving- ton, Ky., and each week they will peruse The Broad Ax and keep posted ‘on the doings in Chicago. James Brouder, who has for many years served as the faithful police man in the City Council Chamber and the Counell Committee Rooms, was appointed Sergeant of Police by Mayor Carter H. Harrison, and Ser- geant Brouder is kept busy in receiv- ing the congratulations of his numer- ous friends. Miss Susie E. Gibson will be united in marriage to Mr. Charlie H. Frye, ‘Wednesday evening, April 19, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stew- art, 5434 Normal avenue. Rev. E. J. Fisher will perform the marriage cere- mony. Immediately after the wed- ding a reception will be held. Honest John E. Traeger should be selected as Commissioner of Public ‘Works by his Honor, Mayor Dunne, for in every way Mr. Treager is well fitted for that important post, and his selection for it would be hailed with great joy throughout this city by the united Democracy. James A. Quinn, the efficient and hustling City Sealer of Chicago, swung the 2ist Ward away from John M. Harlan over to Judge Dunne, and it is freely predicted by the wise ones that Mayor Dunne will retain the -pop ular city sealer as a member of his cabinet. ‘Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald, Probation Office of the Juvenile Court, can from on and after this date be found every Saturday from 12 to 1 o'clock at the Institutional Church, 3825 Dearborn St, and on each Thursday from 11 to 72 o'clock. All messages left at the church between those hours will be forwarded to her by Rev. Townsend. ‘The famous libel suit between Dr. Daniel H. Williams and editor 8. B. Turner, of the Illinois Idea, came to a close in Justice John R. Caverly's Court Monday afternoon, and “Col.” ‘Turner was held over to the Criminal _ Court under a five hundred bond. His bond was signed by Col. B. F. Mose- ley. Mrs. Blackwell, who is one of our warm lady friends, and who is a de vout member of St. Thomas Church, declares “that she will give us a horse- whipping or take a ahpt at us if we do not keep her name out of the col- umns of The Broad Ax.” Mrs. Black- in order to prevént “demoralization im the army.” B ‘The Oratorical Contest held at St. Mark's Church Monday evening was well attended. Doctor George C. Hall bere as master of ceremonies. C. H. Clayborn;“H. W. Rhea, A. H. Rob- ers and Q E. Whaley were the lead- ers in the contest. Messrs Albert B. George, 8. A. McElwee, W: D. Neigh: bors and D. A. McGown acted as judges and they awarded the first prize to Mr. Whaley. Rev. W. 8. Braddan was present and poured out his spiritual blessing om the gather ing. ‘The following em appeared in ‘The Broad Ax, February 4, 1904: “a. Rowens, the Colored Policeman, has been suing his wife for # divorce but he was knocked out this week in Judge Dunne’s court, and for quite a while in the future he will be com- pelled to contribute to the support of his exloving wife.” ‘And in justice to Mr. Rowens, it is sufficient to say that the court re fused to grant a divorce to either party, and that Mr. Rowens will re tain the custody of thelr child, and ts exempted from supporting his wife Monday evening in the presence of ‘vast concourse of people, who had ‘assembled in the Council Ghambers, Carter H. Harrison finished his labors as Mayor of Chicago, and Judge Ed. ward F. Dunne was sworn in as the ‘Chief Executive of this city. In as ‘suming the duties of his office Mayor Dunne intimated that at present “he would not make many changes in the heads of the various departments.” At the conclusion of the inauguration ceremonies the City Council adjourned until Monday evening, May 1 AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS WANTED. The Broad Ax desires to engage Agents and regular Correspondents in all the leading cities and towns throughout the country. The highest commissions paid to live hustlers, Sample copies furnished free, For further information, address Julius F. Taylor, 5040 Armour avenue, Chicago. a His Explanation. “I see that one of the latest novels is dedicated “To the woman with the red hair.” “The author's wife, I suppose.” “What makes you think so?” “If it had been any other woman he would have sald ‘Titian tresses.’ "— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Not a Judge. “There!” triumphantly exclaimed the poet, as he finished the last stanza, “what do you think I ought to get for that?” “I don’t pretend to be a judge,” re- plied his fFiend, wearily, “but if I were T'd give you six months.”—Houston Post. Gecitte in Seinen. ‘The legislature of Nevada has re- pealed a law that compelled gambling to be done on the second floor of build- ings. So Nevada is again a state in ‘which gambling can be carried on in any place, so long as the gambler pays the license tax. | London's Death Rate. * Prior to the year 1880 London had never had a death rate of less than 20 per 1,000. Since 1894 it has never had ‘one above that figure, and last year yielded the absolutely lowest death rate ‘on record for the metropolis, viz., 15.2. Scotland’s Deepest Lake. In a survey of the Scottish lakes a depth of 1,017 feet was reached in Loeh Moray. This proves tobe the deepest lake in the United ingdom. Only seven deeper lakes are known in Europe, four being in Norway and three in Italy. Only a Dream. Dinguss—You had a delightful dream last night? What was it about? Shadbolt—I dreamed you were pay- ing me all the money you had bor- rowed from me at various times.—Chi- cago Tribune. ei ala Dreamy Dick—Dey say dat fortune knocks wunst at ev'ry feller's door. Plodding Pete—Huh! Dat ain't much conserlation fer us guys wot ain't got no doors.—Detroit Tribune. No Women There. On the borders between China “and Russia; in Asia, is a good-sized town known as Marinatchin, which is inhab- ited exclusively by men. An old law forbids women to live there. Guilty Conscience, Paterfamilias—There is to be a gas Anvestigation. Pretty Daughter—Why, paps, it was only half past ten last night—N. Y. Sun. | Kiways the Same. |_ Mrs. Gabbie—I am a woman of few words. ‘Mr. Gabbie—Yes, but you warm them ‘over 80 often.—Brookiyn Citizen. | Pecalidr to Politicians. | A physician says he Has noticed that nearly all politicians are aMficted with cutaneous disease known as the ‘keke oaden Te Commoner, ‘Merely Mislaid. “Doctor,” said the man who several weeks before had been operated on for appendicitis, “I'm afl right except for a heavy feeling in the pit of my stom- ach and a slight metallic, rattling when I walk.” “There!” exclaimed the M. D., slap- ping his thigh; “I knew that case of surgieal instruments would turn ap eventually. Will you pay me for them and keep them, or shall I remove them? ‘The cost will be about the same.”—Houston Post. Cost of English Elections. “It is much easier to demand & constitutional government, as the sub- fects of the czar of Russia have done, ‘than it will be to get it,” remarks a critic. “Every general election in Engiabd costs at least Se ‘Every seat after such an to the general electorate represents a private ‘outlay of $7,500, of which sum the ‘winning candidate has paid at least $3,500. And then his outlay is only ao ‘Wife-Reaters in Germany. | Wife-beaters are punished in a sen- able manner in Germany. . They are arrested every Saturday after they have finished their week's work, and kept tn prison until the following Mon- day. This is done every week until the sentence is worked out, the object belng that the delinquent shall be able to earn money during the week to sup- port bis famuy. | ‘Truth of the Conge. . A French journal, La Verite sur le ‘Congo, which, as Its name indicates, is published by way of refuting English charges relative to the misgovernment ‘of Congo, declares that whereas Hol- land, Germany and Japan forbid the opium trade in their colonies, Eng- land benefits by it to the extent of $22,000,000 a year. | “Kaiser's New Idea. It is announced that, by order of the kaiser, biograph pictures of the Ger ‘man avy are to be shown in all Ger ‘man towns, to stimulate interest in ‘the development of the service. The idea originated some years ago in ‘England, where it was found to stim ‘ulate recruiting for the navy. : inet etn _ In a company of literary men in London a bore who thought he wrote ‘poetry, after complaining that the ‘critics had entered into a conspiracy of silence against him, asked one of his hearers what he would advise bim to do. “Join it,” was the reply. | A Cut-Up. “Ouch!” exclaimed the man in the jchatr, “you are carrying frivolity too far.” “How do you mean?” queried the bar- ‘ber, reaching for the alum. | “¥ou do altogether too much cutting ae Post. Japanese Gymnasiums. Every barrack in Japan has a gymna- ‘sium, and so well trained are the Japan- ese soldiers that in less than half a minute they can scale a wall 14 feet high by simply leaping on each other's shoul- ders, one man sustaining two or three others. Great Whittler. . | All Missourians like to sit around and whittle. A man from Platte county vis- ited in Montana recently and found the red pine of that state such good whit- tling that he remained a month longer that he intended.—Kansas City Star. / ‘Zhe Caar’s Forests. | The crown forests of Russia com- prise 30,000,000 acres, belonging to the ‘czar, and 33,000,000 farmed by the na- tional exchequer. The czar employs 27,000 wood police, who cut 12,000,000 tons a year, chiefly for firewood. eee | Application of the Idea. Gayman (in front of the mirror)—I don't know whether to wear a white necktie or a black one this evening. ‘What is good form for a man over 60? _Mrs. Gayman—Chloroform.—Chicago Tribune. Strong Denial. | Mrs. Caller (sweetly)—Isn’t your husband getting a little bald? ‘Mrs. Homer (indignantly)—1 should say not! There isn't a single bald ‘alr om his head—Chicago News, Big Price tor Dog. "Four hundred pounds sterling is the record pricé paid by an American fan- ‘ier for Champion Tip, the celebrated Irish terrier, and winner of the king's ‘cup at Lynn last year. Tree Swamp Drainer. ‘The Austrian eucalyptus tree is be- ing grown on a large scale in southern Europe and northern Africa, because of bo tendency to drain swamps. : Gatien -tn Sta 2) __ By order of the Siamese government, gambling, which is « government mo nopoly, has been abolished in the provinces of that kingdom. : Seekers for Justice. Lots of men who claim to be look- ing for justice will find themselves be hind the bars if they ever get it—Chi- en: ioe “When is the proper time to ask » girl for a kiss?” “After you have got the kiss.”—Fort ‘Worth Record. India Pays. . ‘The cost of the British expedition into Thibet was $4,063,750, all of which India will have to bear. Ae H acs S STATE STREET. Combined State and Washington Street stores are nearing completion! watch for the Openings! 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