The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX THE AFRO-FRENCH ALLIANCE Charles Gano Baylor Providence, R.I. France today is the foremost representative of modern free thought and progressive civilization. Naturally then the free thought Atheistic progressive Negro civilization of America should gravitate to France. Equal in importance in its ultimate results to the advent of Free Thought Japan with its Anglo alliance is the coming Afro-French alliance, led by the cultured, enlightened and civilized Atheistic American Negro. The modern Moses of the Negro leading this alliance, may emerge from American Unitarianism, that half-way house between Orthodox Christian Superstition and nationalism. (Mr. Miller please note.) And the fact, that the most enlightened Negroes of America are now entering the Unitarian church speaks volumes. The Jesuit of course, is playing for the American Negro and the control of the Negro vote. But with such an issue as The Broad Ax has raised, all such inferior issues as Unitarianism and Jesuitism, carrying with them the degradation of the manhood and womanhood of the race, will disappear. Our call is to the Negro as a Man. Of this, however, more hereafter as the great discussion proceeds. I have read carefully all which Mr George Frazier Miller has to say, in his letter published in The Broad Ax of the 15th. In reply it is sufficient to say that the civilized world has outlived the Inquisition, the ante de fe (these are to be found now only in our own South land), Papalism, infallibility, Mother Eddyism, the Salvation Army, Bass drum, Purgatoy, hellfire and infant damnation. This is the age of reason, of humanity, "Divine of Its Own Right," of the tunneling of the Alps and Bhering Straits, the age of the ocean fyer, of steam, electricity, wireless telegraph, the printing press, movable types, of the automobile, or aerial migration, of the phonograph, the graphophone, and the lyric drama. Is the American Negro to turn his back on all these achievements of the human reason, or shall he turn his face to the light? The Gehanah Jap conception of Deity, born of the dense ignorance, superstition and tribal and racial self-sufficiency and brutality of the semi-barbarian Jew, is exploded. Science and reason have overthrown the "God" myth. The orthodox Christian superstition born of this Jewish Jehovah Jah "God" fetish, is also exploded. No one any longer believes that this mythical "God" exists, and knows to a nicety and keeps on record how many feathers are on the body of a New York-Central Park sparrow, how many feathers are on the body of the sparrow, how many on the wings and how many feathers form the tail of the sparrow, and that this wonderful "God" knows such stuff is no longer believed by rational minds. The monstrous claim that this "God" invented by the Jewish priests born thousands of years ago, ordered the burning of the Iroquois theatre in Chicago, the steamer Slocum in New York, and the explosion of the steam boiler at Brochton, Mass., and all in order to call his children home. (that is the miserable "cant" of the bigots), is no longer tolerated by rational and humane minds. Grant the claim for omnipotence and omniscience of the Jews' Jehovah Jah, and universal moral responsibility goes with this claim. This wonderful "God" then becomes morally responsible for all evil and for all physical suffering including war. Is the enlightened American Negro willing to tie himself to such a reason dethroning fetish as that? And finally, is the self respecting American Negro, willing to perpetrate in the lives of his children's children the badge of hopeless menialage as their perpetual lot in this so Vol. X called "land of the free?" Depend on it, Mr. Editor, with North Africa and equal citizenship under the French flag where race despotism is unknown, open to the self-respecting American Negro, he will join the Afro-French Alliance. The Broad Ax, by its enterprise and moral courage and spirit of independency has raised an issue, which nothing can put down. The French Republic needs the American Negro, in North Africa. It will therefore help on the movement and guarantee the safety and honest treatment of colonists. Within a year there will be as a beginner, a Broad Ax Afro-French colony under the protection and guarantee of the French flag in North Africa. Stick a pin there. Mr. Miller says, that I ask the American Negro to abandon "religion." I ask the American Negro-to abandon mind degrading superstition. I ask him simply to be a man. Mr. Miller knows, that the Negro can never be a man in the true self-respecting and self-reverencing sense of that term, in the United States. Never! His reason should also teach him, that the irrepressible law of "race destiny" under the law of evolution, will draw the American Negro from degradation in America into which he was dragged by the African slave trade, more and more to liberty in Africa. And of all the locations most to be desired by the American Negro, North Africa on the shores of the Mediterranean under the French flag is the most attractive. If the white Puritans of old England sought "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" in a wilderness inhabited by savages and wild beasts, why should the American Negro hesitate to exchange unspeakable wrong and oppression for himself and his dear ones for liberty in the very focus and blaze of European civilization? Mr. Editor, the question is already settled. When The Broad Ax of Chicago called for an Afro-French alliance with the exodus of the persecuted and oppressed American Negroes to the North of Africa under the protection of the French flag, then and there you touched a vital nerve effecting universal civilization. Then and there you struck a "live wire." You rang a bell the sounds of which will yet echo from New Orleans and Paris to the shores of the Mediterranean. On with the dance! CHARLES GANO BAYLOR P. S. and Personal.—One of my objects in raising this discussion in The Broad Ax is to act as a professor as Harvard to the ambitious young women and men of the race in the United States. The discussion of an Afro-French liberty alliance, will prove highly educational. Of course, the discussion should be "free" and "liberal," with give and take. The discussion will, as an educational influence, be worth ten times the subscription price of The Broad Ax. It is bound to arouse the "Brain Power" of the American Negro long paralyzed and held in thraldom by superstition. Mrs. Carrie Warner, 5223 Dearborn street, was without question the most elaborately dressed of all the ladies attending services at St. Thomas church Easter Sunday. Her gown was an imported champagne colored sibline, tailor-made, and it fitted her queenly form very neatly. Her ornaments were diamonds in ostrich feathers completed her costume. Miss Ethel Burton, one of the most popular society buds of Grand Rapids, Mich., is in the city visiting with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Burton, 3603 Dearborn street. By C. G. B. HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, APRIL 29, 1905. [Portrait of a woman with a headband and necklace, wearing a dark dress with a high collar.] MRS. CORRINNE BROWN. One of the most popular song birds in this city, who appears as Meria- mum in "The Martyr." One of the most popular song birds in this city, who appears as Meriamum in "The Martyr." "THE MARTYR AT THE COLUMBUS THEATRE." Prof. H. Lawrence Freeman, late of Cleveland Ohio who is one of the greatest musical geniuses and composers, belonging to the Afro-American race, in this or many other country, will for the first time present his new Opera, which is his masterpiece, entitled, "The Martyr," at the Columbus Theatre, Nineteenth street, and Wabash Ave, in a matinee performance, Thursday afternoon, May 4th, at 2:15 p. m. In the production of "The Martyr," Prof Freeman will be assisted by the following well known characters:—Sopranos, Mrs. Marion Adams and Mrs. Virginia Green, Contralto, Mrs. Corrinne Brown, Tenor, Mr. R. Taylor Thomas. Baritone, Mr. Sidney Kirkpatrick, Basso, Mr. J. E. Craige. Wallers—Mrs. Patti Brown, Mrs. M. B. Anderson, Mrs. Russell, Mrs. Valetta Dresden & the Misses Hattie & Edna Winslow. The orchestra consists of members of the celebrated Byron family, Messrs. W. Kemper, Harrell, Wm. Tyler, A. S. Scott, H. Haskins and Mr. Tucker, making in all a full orchestra, of fifty people. Reserved seats and boxes for sale at 3025 State st. Tickets 50, 75, and $1.00. With such an array of all the stars in the musical world among the Afro-American face in Chicago, the rendering of "The Martyr" in one of its most popular play houses cannot help from being a grand success. Professor M. M. Mangasarian Spoke on "The Old and the New Easter." Easter Sunday morning Prof M. M. Mangasarian spoke partly as follows in the Grand Opera House on "The Old and the New Easter:" "While we are celebrating the resurrection of Jesus let us not forget that man is still in his grave," he said "Of what advantage is it to us to know that Jesus is risen from the dead if we ourselves are still buried in selfishness and race and class hatred? Look at the bitterness between labor and capital, each appealing to the policeman's club for protection against the other, and tell me if there has been a human as well as divine resurrection. Look at Russia and Japan hailing each other with murder in their hearts and their hands red and hot with carnage. It is man and not a god who needs most to be raised. "Look at our little tollers in sweatshops, factories and in the sooty bowels of the earth. Of what comfort is it to them that the Easter bells ring to announce that Jesus is risen? Child labor! There is a phrase of our own coinage. Our wonderful industrialism has whipped even the little ones into the firece struggle for existence. If God raised Jesus from the dead, who shall raise the children from the grave of greed and cruelty? A civilization which has to legislate in order to prevent parents as well as employers from robbing children of sleep, school and play is its own condemnation. It is doubly heinous to violate the rights of the child because it is not strong enough to defend itself. The exploitation of the child is the unpardonable sin of our age. "The new Easter will celebrate the resurrection of man. Let the bells be muffled until they can ring in the new Easter—until they can announce the reign of peace, love and justice on earth. When we can have a religion without superstition, politics without corruption, national life without war, wealth without misery and liberty without disorder then let the Easter bells ring! Let the vision of such a future draw us with all the puissance of a loving kiss." The Gibson-Frye Wedding. The following are a few of the many handsome presents received by Miss Susie E. Gibson and Mr. Charlie H Frye at their marriage last Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stewart, 5434 Normal ave.; Mr. Q. J. Highland, handsome Morris chair; Mrs. Mary M. Gibson, dozen silver tea spoons; J. C. Gibson, half dozen silver tablespoons; Gibson's Art Gallery, handsome quarter-sawed oak rocking chair; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Barrett, $2.50 in gold; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stewart, cuparon dish and pin tray; Mrs. Ida Johnson, Japanese Charlotte pot; Mrs. W. D. Spencer; Mrs. Wm. Johnson, Japanese urn; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Augusta, two hand-painted Japanese vases; Mr. Joe Barnes, bon bon dish; Miss Annie Weaver, half dozen side dishes; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Chaney, cutglass berry set; Mr. S. M. Haywood, Miss Maud S. Pellum, Bohemian vase and salad dish; Mr. Edward Rayborn, holy bible; Mrs. Henry T. Bui, pickle stand; Miss Margaret Smith, salt and pepper set; Mrs. Turner and Mr. and Mrs. Bailey, handpainted Japanese tanker; Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Taylor, hand-painted scarf; Mrs. Bell Venable, beautiful dolly; Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Hughes, Japanese comb and brush tray; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Jones, Bohemian vase; Mrs. Crutchfield, Mr. Parratle, one dozen beautiful dinner plates; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Carter, Japanese vase. S. A. T. Watkins left Saturday evening on a two weeks' visit to Birmingham, Ala., and other points in the South. On his way home he will stop at Memphis, Tenn., and visit his father and mother. Patronesses and Managers of the Frederick Douglass Centre Charity Ball The following leaders of Chicago's four hundred,among the Afro-Americans, have been accepted as the patronesses and managers of the Frederick Douglass Centre Charity Ball, which will be given at the Masonic Temple, Wednesday evening, May 10: Mesdames— Claude Alexander, H. S. Anderson, Louis B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, Ida Wells-Barnett, James Barnett, Andrew Bason, Edward Blackwell, Henry Bolden, H. H. Boger, Edward W. Bonds, Arthur A. Brown, Frank Brown, Jack Bryant, Fannie Bryan, Harrison Carr, Samuel Carter, Edawrd G. Clark, Reuben Carter, Hattie Claybrook, J. Amburg Cotton, Samuel Cochran, William Cooper, Mark Cowan, William Cowan, W. H. Curd, Dennison Davis, W. H. Davis, C. W. Davis, Henry Daniels, Henry L. Dickson, W. W. Doyle, W. H. Eaves, Chas Ellington, William Emanuel, George L. Fields, Moses Flemming, John B. French, Charles Gee, Frank P. George, Frank Gillespie, David L. Graves, Philip Green, W. H. Green, George C. Hall, Alfred Hampton, C. V. Harris, Daniel Hardin, Robert Harper, William H. Hayman, Milton Hensley, Robert Hill, Harry Hudson, Joseph B. Hughes, Robert R. Jackson, James Johnson, Herbert, Johnson, Hottsie Johnston, Revells Johnston, Abe Jones, Joseph A. Kelly, Frank W. King, Lawrence Knight, Leonard Lewis, C. C. Lewis, Delbert L. Lee, R. M. Leach, J. Gray Lucas, John R. Marshall, Charles Martin, David McGowan, T. D. McFarland, E. S. Miller, B. T. Mitchem, B. F. Moseley, John Moore, Luther Moore, Ida Gray-Nelson, Wm. Owsley, J. A. Palmer, J. L. Parks, S. S. Paul, A. F. Perry, Frank Powell, Montrose Rankin, P. H. Robb, John E. Shaw, R. A. J. Shaw, J. H. Smiley, John D. Smith, George C. Smith, J. S. Tandy, Solomon Taylor, J. W. E. Thomas, J. E. Thompson, Samuel Thompson, Nina T. Tivis, George Townsend, Anna H. Underwood, George Henry Walker, S. A. T. Watkins, A. W. Williams, Rufus Williams, Frank Wright, Harry O. Woods, Messrs.— Alfred Anderson, John R. Auter, George L. Alexander, Edward Alexander, George Arthur, J. W. Anderson, A. D. C. Barnes, John Bell, Jesse Binga, John M. Blackshear, George Bridgewater, Anderson Brodie, Bert Brent, Major John C. Buckner, Louls Buchanan William Cooper Wiley Casey, A. J. Childress, William H. Clark, Henry Cole, L. W. Crouch, John Crutcher, WILLIAM G. ANDERSON WANTS TO BECOME CHIEF PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF CHICAGO. As was stated in the last issue of The Broad Ax that Edward H. Wright, member of the Republican State Central Committee of Illinois and President of the Colored Republican League of Chicago; Col. B. F. Moseley, the star orator for John M. Harlan; S. B. Turner, who condemned Judge Dunne for running for Mayor for no other reason than that he was a hateful Democrat; J. Q. Grant, who ran for Constable on the Republican ticket at the last election; C. J. Waring, George Allen, Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams, each and every one of them worked against the election of the present Mayor, and in favor of the election of John M. Harlan, and they advised all the Colored voters to vote against Judge Dunne and support their candidate for Mayor on account of his father's friendship for the Negro, formed themselves into a delegation and they had the monumental gall to call on Mayor Dunne and urged him to appoint William G. Anderson Chief Prosecuting Attorney of Chicago, in and Managers of rick Douglass charity Ball Alvin Crutcher, De Witt Curtis, Theodore Cowan, Major Franklin A. Denison, Richard Drew, Shelby Davis, Rufus Estes, Robert T. Flute, John Foster, Bennett G. Gray, Blaine Gray, James Griffin, J. C. Holmes, David B. Hawley, W. A. Harper, H. D. Humphrey, Harry Horsley, D. F. Hoyt, D. Jefferson, Emmet Jordan, B. J. Johnson, D. M. Jackson, Charles Jordan, T. J. Kellar, E. Knox, John Leftlett, John Lewis, F. W. Logan, George C. Mason, Alonzo Malone, Dr. A. W. Mercer, Hon Wm. L. Martin, Dr. W. E. Mackey, M. Q. Marshall, Samuel McGowan, Dr. Bernard McKissack, Charles McGooden, Wm. A. Moore, W. H. Montgomery, F. S. Patton, Harold Ransom, James Riggs, Sylvester Roberts, Isaac Reed, Chas. H. Smiley, W. Roland Sobers, Dr. G. W Strickland, Jesse Stubbs, Alexander Taylor, George Thompson, W D. Turner, Henry C. Vaughn, Fernando Weisiger, George Williams, W. A. Wharton, Harold Washington, Louis B. White, John White, Dennis S. Williams, Luther Wiley, Lucius Woodford, S. Marcellus Wright. Mrs. George C. Hall is managing the affair, the proceeds of which are to go into the fund for the purchase of the Home for the Centre at 3032 Wabash ave., which was dedicated last Wednesday evening. Prof. N. Clark Smith's orchestra will furnish the music. Refreshments will be served during the entire evening; every arrangement has been completed, and carriages are to be called at one o'clock. Each patroness and manager have furnished a list of friends to be invited as the affair is to be exclusive, and persons not provided with tickets must present invitations at the door. Those who have received invitations may get tickets from Mrs. Hall, 5736 Rosalie Court. It is needless to say that all society is waiting to see who is who, and who will be debared on account of their social standing or lack of social standing. from participating in this, the greatest social function ever gotten up among the cream of the four hundred ladies and gentlemen who set the pace for all the other Afro-Americans in Chicago. Nothing will be said at the present time in relation to the personnel of the patronesses and managers of the ball, but after it is all over, we may be compelled to do a little cleaning up. the face of the fact that Mr. Anderson did not make one speech nor spend one dollar of his money to further the election of Judge Dunne. At this time nothing will be said in reference to Mr. Anderson issuing checks without having enough money in the bank to meet them, and without desiring to dictate to Mayor Dunne whom he shall or whom he shall not appoint to office among his personal friends, but if he selects Mr. Anderson as his Chief Prosecuting Attorney of Chicago over the Solemn protest of hundreds of Colored men who have assisted to hold the banner of Democracy aloft in this city for lo these many years, then he can expect to have a long and bitter fight on his hands. Mrs. Blackwell has become one of the lovely song birds in the choir of St. Thomas church and we imagine that we can hear the bright shinning angels in heaven softly singing "Praise God from whom all blessings flow, for as long as the lamp holds out to burn the vilest sinner may return." 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Exclusive Social Affair at Which No Republicans were Admitted Given Last Week by Justice Sam Edmonson in Celebration of the Election of a Democratic Mayor. * Thirty-five Negro citizens of the first ward in Fort Smith were banquetted last week at the apartments of Sam Edmonson, the Democratic boss and justice of the peace in that ward. This banquet was given by Edmonson as a reward to the Negroes for their support of Henry Kuper, the Democratic candidate for Mayor in the recent election. The Democrats made a strong bid for the Negro vote of this city and especially in the first ward, where Mr. Edmonson's efforts resulted in the Colored vote going practically solidly Democratic. Although the Colored in the third ward is heavy, Valle, the Republican candidate, received there only 32 votes, and these were mostly of white citizens. The Colored vote went to Kuper and "Boss" Edmonson gave the banquet as a partial reward. This banquet was decidedly a Democratic affair, no Republicans being admitted. The "spread" was held in the office of Justice Edmonson, only one other white Democrat being present. Many Democrats of Fort Smith voted for John Valle and others now declare that at the next election they will vote the Republican ticket. One Democrat who helped elect Kuper said, "The Democrats have clearly shown that they have no ground for designating the Republicans as a Negro party. The Democratic party managers of Fort Smith were glad to get the Negro vote and solicited it. Hereafter no Fort Smith citizen should refrain from the Republican ticket on account of the Negro feature. That argument is exploded and the Democrats know it. Edmonson is the object of much good natured railery from his Republican acquaintances on account of what was termed his "Booker Washington dinner."—The Fraternal Union, Fort Smith, Ark. St. Thomas's. On last Sunday being "Easter Day" there was a low mass for communion at 6:30 and a high festival mass at 11 a. m., at which time Stainer's Mass was sung with organ, violin and cornet accompaniment. Father Lealted preached the sermon and wore a lace Alb girdle and Biretta Easter tokens from the VolunteerWorkers Society, Mrs. R. A. Williams organizer. The children's festival and vespers at 7 p. m. was enjoyable. All received Easter eggs and cards. S. A. T. Watkins, Supt. of Sunday School; Mrs. Carrie Burch, Sec'y; Master Crayton Thompson and Charlie Dunn, Librarians; Dekovan Thompson, Organist. CALENDAR OF WEEK. April 10, 2001 April 30—Low Sunday. May 1st—S. S. Phillip and James apostles (color of vestments red). May 3rd—Invention of the Cross, A. D. 326. May 5th—Friday. Fast. May 6th—St John. Evangelist. Similar Symptoms Wise is the girl who can tell whether a young man is in love or is merely breaking in a new pair of shoes.—Chicago Daily News. Royal Jewel Collector The king of Siam, who is a connoisseur of precious stone, has one of the finest collections of jewelry in the world. Dyspeptic—What do you think is the best thing for the appetite? Heartman — Food. — Detroit Frees Press. Cast your bread upon the waters and you will realize how many people are out for the dough.—N. Y. Times. Bounty for Blue Jayz. Shasta county, California, offers a bounty for the killing of blue jayz, because they destroy quail eggs. 1 THE FASHION WEEKLY MRS. MARION ADAMS. One of Chicago's famous musical queens who appears as Shira in "The Martyr." 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 always "lifelike."—N.Y. Tribune. Sand Fire Extinguisher. Sand stowed in a large tank, from which it can be sifted automatically to any or all parts of the building in such a manner as to smother fire effectively is a new idea to be used in the new telephone company's exchange at Indianaapolis, Ind. Fruitful Fives. "Uncle Billy" Sumper, who lives near Madison, looks for big crops this year he bases his expectations on the number 5. He says that big crops were raised in 55, 75, 75, 75, 75 and now! How Rubies Are Made. Artificial rubles are produced in France by reducing small natural rubles 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 crystala. 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 Gerio 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. 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. 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. 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. Fatal Mistake. Why. Sure. Very Likely. Sand stowed in a large tank, from which it can be sifted automatically to any or all parts of the building in such a manner as to smother fire effectively is a new idea to be used in the new telephone company's exchange at Indianapolis, Ind. "Uncle Billy" Sumpter, who lives near Madison, looks for big crops this year we bases his expectations on the number 5. He says that big crops were raised in '55, '65, '75, '85, '95; and now it's 195's turn.-Kansas City Journal. Count zu Bullenberg, the kaiser's principal chamberlain, has just received his seventy-fifth decoration, which is a record even for Germany. Count von Buelow can wear only about 40 stars and crosses. The war correspondent who was given a glimpse of the czar's $325,000,000 gold board was not staggered in the least. He had just made out his expense account.—Chicago Post. Father—But do you think you can make my daughter happy? Sultor—Happy! Say, you should just have seen her when I proposed!—Brooklyn Life. She—What is meant by "multiple personality?" He—It's another expression for "wom a."—Detroit Free Press. A. J. Corbelsler has taught the midshipmen at Annapolis the art of fencing for 40 years. His pupils now exceed in number 6,000. 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. 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 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 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. "How old did your sister say she is?" "Eighteen." "How old is your sister?" A good many men would be tickled almost to death for a chance to pay a large inheritance tax. When "the good things of life" are our best things they become our worst. Chicago Tribune. The closer a man is the harder it is to touch him.—Chicago Daily News. Mere Brains. All men have brains, but some haven't sense enough to use them. Sand Fire Extinguisher. Fruitful Fives. The Kaiser's Chamberlain Didn't Seem Much Sure of It. Changeable Old Swordsman Striking Similarity Full Deck. Won't It Though Spanish Swordswomen After Facts Something Easy Injurious. For Money. THE JAPANESE KITCHENER. Kodama, Who Laid Out the Reduction of Fort Arthur with a Master Mind. 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 Formosa, for two years chief 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 shipwing 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. A Social Custom of Uruguay That Led to an Amusing Im- 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 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 "tail" 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 Chevalier, 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 hipopotamii 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. EPIDEMICS OF HISTORY. Some Terrible Visitations That Caused the Death of Millions of People. The decrease in the death rate of great cities during the last few years can only be appreciated by comparison with similar statistics in the past, says the New York Herald. In the twelfth century not less than 15 epidemics of diseases and many famines carried off the people of England. The thirteenth century saw 20 plagues and 19 famines, while the fourteenth had a black record of disease. In 1348 the "black plague," or "black death," which was brought into the country from the east, caused the death of 100,000 persons in London alone, while in Europe altogether 25,000,000 people fell victims to its ravages. In 1485 the "sweating sickness" appeared in England, causing great destruction of human life. It reappeared at various intervals for a century thereafter. The last terrible visitation of the plague in England was in 1664-1666, by which 100,000 lives were lost in London alone. This epidemic was followed by the great fire of 1666, which destroyed 16,000 houses, including all the most densely populated portions of the city. The rebuilding of London with some regard to sanitary laws appears to have put the first check on the epidemic diseases that had previously devastated its population. AN UNCONQUERED BOER. Refused to Surrender to the British and Is Now Raising a New Army. Commandant Jan Louw, the Boer officer who refused to lay down his arms when his fellow countrymen surrendered to the British, and who fled to the Longberg mountains on the borders of German West Africa with his band of burgher fighters, has been successfully resisting the combined English and German forces in South Africa for more than two years. In June, 1902, when the Boer army capitulated, Louw fled with only about 300 men. This was the nucleus of the present little army under him. Within the first year the 300 men was increased to 2,000, and to-day he is said to have a combined force of 8,000 sturdy warriors under his command. Many Boers still believe that their country can be reclaimed and many of them look to Louw as the man who will start the next rebellion. There is said to exist an understanding among the Boers and their sympathizers that the next uprising will be in 1906. It is also stated that 15,000 men have agreed to respond to the commander's call. HOW ISLANDS GET FORESTS Earth Carried by Animals and Birds Contains the Germs of Veg- When traveling among the islands of the Pacific or Atlantic one often wonders how it is that lands so far away from great continents have become covered with forests; but Darwin and other naturalists have solved the difficulty for us, says the House Beautiful. Thus we learn from Darwin that he took from the foot of a woodchuck a cake of dry earth in which was a seed of the toad rush. He planted the seed, and it germinated and flowered. Prof. Newton sent him the leg of a partridge which had been wounded and unable to fly. Attached to it was a clod of earth weighing six and a half ounces. He broke up the clod and placed it under a bell-glass. No fewer than 82 plants sprang from it. It is more than interesting to know that the clod of earth containing this treasure was kept three years before planting. Diseases of House Pets Our household pets are susceptible to a far greater variety of diseases than most people imagine. Parrots are known to be peculiarly susceptible to a disease so peculiar to themselves that it is called from the Greek word for parrot, "pittacosis." A number of fatal cases in human beings of what was at first supposed to be a malignant influenzae pneumonia were in Paris traced to the bacillus at present thought to be causative of the parrot disease. A certain proportion of parrots are known to die from tuberculosis. Cats are known sometimes to have tuberculosis, and that they have in many cases been carriers of diphtheria and other of the ordinary infections directly and indirectly is more than suspected. Beneficial Bird Uncle Sam has been studying hawks. Of 124 stomachs of marsh hawks which were examined, 45 per cent. of the hawks had been feeding on mice, 18 per cent. on other small mammals, 18 per cent. on reptiles, frogs and insects, and only a very low percentage on poultry and small birds. We do not find that this bird is so very destructive to quail and partridges after all; and it is under this latter supposition that most sportsmen shoot hawks when they find opportunity. Uncle Sam concludes that the marsh hawk is a beneficial bird and that its presence and increase should be encouraged in every possible way. For Safety Towne—So you are learning the jiu jitsu method of defense? Browne—Yes, it's necessary in these auto days; teaches a man how to be knocked down without being hurt, you know—Detroit Free Press. Between First Little Girl—What! Don't you speak to your father any more? Second Little Girl—No. He's between times. He's too old to be any use and not quite old enough to be chloroformed—Life. 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 reniously resisted. Unless you have plenty of rest and relaxation, both of mind and muscle, your mirror will soon bign 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 fog 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 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 unnightly. 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 Eyebrows Paint your eyebrows every night with a camel'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. IS A WAR EXPERT PRESIDENT WATCHES CLOSELY ARMY AND NAVY MATTERS. HOW HE IMPROVED GUNNERY Instrumental in Having New Bayonet and Sword Adepted in the Army—Effort to Secure War Data from Japanese Proves Futile. WASHINGTON.—President Roosevelt finds time in all the multitude of big state questions and international problems that pour in upon him to give a good deal of attention to the details of various branches of the public service. He is an enthusiastic army and ASHINGTON. President Roosevelt finds time in all the multitude of big state questions and international problems that pour in upon him to give a good deal of attention to the details of various branches of the public service. He is an enthusiastic army and navy man, and everything pertaining to the personnel or equipment of those branches is of intense interest to him. There is not an expert in the navy who watches more closely the performance of battleships and cruisers in their maneuvers and the records made by their gunners at target practice. He is well acquainted with the technical part of gunnery, and the reports of the performances of the various ships are sent to him as soon as received, and he reads them with eagerness and discrimination. When Mr. Roosevelt was assistant secretary of the navy, he did more to advance the efficiency of the men behind the guns than anyone connected with the service for years. On several occasions he accompanied the fleets on their evolutions and at target practice, and he made a study of all things pertaining to the manipulation of the big and little guns on the ships. During target practice out on the open sea Mr. Roosevelt would become so intesely interested in the shots as to be oblivious to his surroundings. He would shout and cheer lustily when an extraordinarily good shot was made. To this day he maintains his interest in this very important part of the service, and frequently consults with the naval officers regarding methods of improving marine gunny, and criticises reports that do not show what he conceives should be a good record of efficiency. The president takes just as deep an interest in the army as he does in the navy, and studies the details of the army equipment just as he does that of the navy. A recent example of this was when he sent a letter to the general staff recommending that a change be made in the bayonets and swords used in the army. Wants Effective Weapons. M R. ROOSEVELT believes that if a weapon is to be used at all it should be substantial and effective. In this letter he criticised the light stillettolike bayonet that has been in service as being too small and brittle for practical use. He called attention to the fact that on the slightest test the thin blades would snap. In an engagement where the bayonet would be called into play, this weapon would be useless, and the president therefore recommended that something more substantial be adopted, and on his recommendation the general staff has adopted a broad, strong, dagger-like bayonet that can be wielded with terrific effect, if necessary, in close quarters. The president had the same criticism to make of the pretty, toy-like swords which the officers have been wearing, and he recommended that for actual service a good, sharp saber be substituted, one that would prove a weapon of defense and could do execution. Rather than depend on the fancy dress swords that have been in use, he declared it would be better to do away with such a weapon altogether and if practicable arm the officers with rifles. The latter suggestion he, of course, did not advocate, as he admitted it would be impracticable for officers in command of troops to be encumbered with a rifle. He did insist, however, on a change in the sword, and the general staff has in consequence adopted the saber, which is to be ground to a razor-like edge, so that it will mean something when used in a contest. Another arm that is engaging the president's attention is the new rifle, which is being supplied to the army. The president wants a thorough test to be made of these guns, and suggests the trials of their effectiveness be made on long ranges, such as may be found at some of the western posts. Little Data from Japanese War. N THEIR consideration of the adoption of new bayonets and shrap sabers, army officers have been eager to secure information regarding the use of such weapons in the present war between Russia and Japan. They have had considerable IN THEIR consideration of the adoption of new bayonets and sharp sabers, army officers have been eager to secure information regarding the use of such weapons in the present war between Russia and Japan. They have had considerable difficulty in gaining the knowledge desired. The war department recently invited the Japanese minister here to furnish what information he could on the effects of bayonet attacks in the present war, but Mr. Takahira very politely declined, and the general staff has been obliged to proceed with the investigation on such information as had been obtained from our own officers in Manchuria. Minister Takahira informed Secretary Taft that the Japanese government felt obliged to adhere strictly to the policy of retaining all information of whatever sort until after the war, when this government will be placed in possession of full facts and figures. This appears to be an overcautious policy, and the army officers here cannot understand what harm could come to the Japanese by reporting the effects of their bayonet and sword attacks in the recent battles in Manchuria. The army experts are anxious to learn the results of bayonet attacks, as there is a suspicion that the loss of life from that weapon is not as great as has been represented. Medical officers say that if this is proven it will be an interesting discovery and will present a new phase of the value of the bayonet, the moral influence of which has been well established. The declination of the Japanese minister to give any information on this subject is another illustration of that reticence which has been so marked on the part of Japan all through the present war. New Figure in Political Field NEW figure, it is said, is about to appear in the field of national politics and in the public service. This is Mr. Henry C. Frick, of Pittsburg, the business associate of Andrew Carnegie and the warm personal friend of the late President McKinley and of NEW figure, it is said, is about to appear in the field of national politics and in the public service. This is Mr. Henry C. Frick, of Pittsburg, the business associate of Andrew Carnegie and the warm personal friend of the late President McKinley and of President Roosevelt. It is persistently reported that Mr. Frick will at some time in the near future enter President Roosevelt's cabinet. The portfolio which is to be offered him has not been so positively predicted. There is a strong impression, however, that if Secretary Shaw retires next February, as it has been intimated he may, then Mr. Frick will be invited to become the financial head of the government. Mr. Frick has had a phenomenally successful business career and is a financier of high rank. He has amassed great wealth in the coke business and in the steel business in connection with the Carnegie interests. He is much more democratic than the "Laird of Skibo." He has had a taste of politics and in a quiet way has had a good deal to do with local and state affairs. He was a very warm friend and supporter of the late Senator M. S. Quay, of Pennsylvania, and is a close personal friend of former Attorney General, now Senator. P. C. Knox. President Roosevelt became personally acquainted with Mr. Frick three years ago this summer, when he attended a Fourth of July celebration in Pittsburg, as the orator of the day and guest of honor, and was entertained by Mr. Frick at the latter's palatial home in the Smoky city. Since then the Pittsburg has been a frequent visitor at the white house, and a fine painting representing Pittsburg with her glowing furnaces which hangs in Mr. Roosevelt's study is a token of Mr. Frick's regard for the president. Mr. Frick also engaged the French artist, Chartran, to paint a picture of the signing of the peace protocol with Spain, and presented that to the late President McKinley as an addition to the white house collection of paintings. The picture cost $20,000. Japanese Labor for Isthmus. HE Panama canal commission has decided that Japanese is the only labor available for digging the canal. Chief Engineer Wallace, who has spent many months on the isthmus and personally observed the force of men at work there, the influence of the HE Panama canal commission has decided that Japanese is the only labor available for digging the canal. Chief Engineer Wallace, who has spent many months on the isthmus and personally observed the force of men at work there, the influence of the climate upon them and their efficiency, gives it is his opinion that the little Japs are better adapted to this work than any other class of laborers that can be obtained. He has consulted with Secretary of War Taft on the subject and the letter agrees with his conclusions. White labor cannot exist on the isthmus on account of the climate and the sickness it produces. Chinese are not available, as they are prohibited by law to be landed on the isthmus. The West Indian laborers, the colored men from the various islands, are too shiftless, lazy and inefficient. South Europe labor is not available either. The question has resolved itself, therefore into the employment of Japanese labor if good execution is to be secured. Repugnant as it is to the customs and laws of the United States this Japanese labor will doubtless be employed through the Padrone system. Contracts will be made with Japanese contractors who will furnish the laborers and charge the government so much per head per day. The labor leaders have been sounded on this question, and it is understood they raise no serious objection to the employment of contract labor on the actual digging of the canal. They appreciate conditions on the isthmus and recognize that no body of laborers that could belong to their organizations, could endure the climate and do the work. As the interests of labor organizations have been safeguarded in other ways, such as the manufacture of machinery and material, the employment of ditch diggers does not interest them particularly. Chinese in Canada Canada's law imposing a tax of $500 on every Chinese entering the Dominion has had a prohibitive effect. From July 1, 1904, not a single Chinese arrived, with the exception of two who escaped from steamships. In each case the steamship company had to pay the poll tax of $500. The exclusion of Chinese has deprived British Columbia of a handsome revenue. In 1903 the province received from the poll tax $225,000, and the year before over $250,000. Old-Time Voter William W. Clark, of Uniontown, Pa., has voted at 17 presidential elections and has never missed even a primary since his first vote for Martin Van Buren in 1836. He voted for every democratic candidate for president since the year named. Mr. Clark has just celebrated his ninety-second birtday. He has spent all his life in the place where he now resides, never needed medical attention and has enjoyed three meals a day since boyhood. Oldest Osage Indian One of the oldest living Osages is Bare Legs, now about 80 years old, though he does not seem to be more than 50. Bare Legs is one of the old-time full-bloods who pine for the days and conditions of long ago. He is opposed to allotment, opposed to everything except the old regime. He takes his annuity, however, in the most approved style, and spends it with lavish Indian prodigality—Kansas City Journal. Did Not Understand the Noise "Good gracious, Alice! What on earth is the matter?" asked the mother, as she rushed into the parlor, after hearing an ear-splitting sound. "Why, I'm taking my singing lesson from the professor, mamma!" "Oh, gracious, child! I thought perhaps the professor was trying to kiss you!"—Yonkers Statesman. Too Many Medals Originally 100.000 bronze medals were struck by the British for distribution to soldiers who took part in the South African war. Some one in authority, however, objected that it would be unwise to issue the medals to natives. Consequently 59.000 medals have been returned to the mint to be remelted. Undoubtedly The widower had proposed to the maid. "I hardly know how to answer you," she said, timidly. "Oh, don't let that worry you," he replied. "You'll learn before we have been married a week."—Chicago Daily News. Democratic Suktan Like a modern Haroun Alrashid, the sultan of Zanzibar has been wandering about London, seeing people and things of the great city for himself. The sultan went to school in England, speaks the language perfectly and found no difficulty in escaping special notice. Democratic Duchess. It is said that the duchess of Devonshire is very democratic with her domestic servants, often reading aloud to them, and does not hesitate to ask her guests to aid her sometimes by the exercise of their musical talents. Long Auto Speedway. A project is under consideration to build a 20-mile automobile speedway, from 60 to 100 feet wide, in Mercer county, N. J. It is reported that options on the necessary property have been obtained. A. Real "Thriller" Bill—How was the show last night? Jill—Oh, it was thrilling! Why, my wife's hair stand on end so much that all the "rats" she had in it ran out— Yonkers Statesman. Tardy Reward. The British war department has just awarded a medal to Sergt. Maj. McClorey for bravery at the capture of Pegu in 1852. The sergeant has, however, been dead several years. Would Make More If the average man had his life to live over again, he thinks he would avoid all mistakes, but the chances are he would make more than ever.—Chicago Sun. Y No. A New York woman whose front name is "Byrdie" is suffering, from "melancholic hysteria." Can you blame her?—Buffalo Express. Easy Enough. Work will bring success—and the more folks you have working for you the more success you will achieve. Chicago Daily News. Daily Thought Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.—Johnson. Sudden Deafness. A sudden fright will sometimes cause permanent and complete deafness, especially in children. Marriages in Germany. The number of marriages recorded in Germany in 1903 was 463,150. The number of births was 2,046,206. Novelty in Paris. The unique sensation of the hour in Paris is a play which is both decent and popular—Hartford Times. Don't Win. Sarcasm has many admirers, but few friends. Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAIL YARDS: 1st St. L. & S. M. S. Ry. 2nd St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO Telephone Blue 6572. B. H. 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Stevenson, 100 Washington street, is doing a flourishing business these lovely spring days. C. B. Britton, the popular barber, 139 West 47th street, is one of the best hair-cutters in town. Edward M. Lahiff has returned from a flying trip to southern California, and has resumed his duties as City Collector. Mrs. Jackson Gordon attended services at St. Thomas church Sunday morning and she looked very pretty in deep mourning. T. Webster Brown, who is connected with the law offices of Col. Edward H. Morris, is a charming entertainer and he takes well with the married ladies. The Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guards, will give a grand military ball at the Seventh Regiment armory, 16th and Dearborn streets, Wednesday evening, May 17th. St. Thomas church Sunday morning looked like a flower garden, and the beautiful decorations was largely the work of Mrs. Robert A. Williams, 3544 Dearborn street. Mrs. Jennie E. Lineberger, the fashionable dressmaker, 3159 State St., who is a prominent member of Quinn Chapel, wants to be free and easy. She is, therefore, suing her husband for a divorce. Hon. W. H. Weber, Sec'y of the Board of Assessors of Cook County, can have the loyal support of The Broad Ax if he will make the race for County Treasurer in 1906. Mrs. Minnie Bishop, 3632 State St., has been seriously ill for the past two weeks, but her many friends will be delighted to learn that under the watchful care of her doctor, she is regaining her health. Mr. Robert Redfield, attorney for the local board of improvement, has a new salt and pepper colored spring suit, with a broad-rimmed hat and a stunning imported English overcoat to match it. Mrs. Savannah Robinson, 5333 Dearborn street, attended services at Institutional Church Sunday morning. She was costumed in a lavender silk made over taffta and wore a lavender hat trimmed in white tips and she looked ever so pretty. Mine. Marlon Adams Harris has met with wonderful success since she has assumed charge of the choir at Quinn Chapel, and the music rendered by it at the services on Easter Sunday could not be surpassed by any other choir in the city. Rev. D. P. Roberts is ever ready to assist and encourage Mrs. Harris in her choir work, for he appreciates fine music and good singing. Miss Ellen French and Miss Black Mag, the two most popular landlads in the sporting or the "Red Light District," were in evidence at the Knight Templars' ball at the Coliseum Annex, Monday evening. Miss French wore a very beautiful baby blue dress, with opera coat and hat to match it. Miss Black Mag looked very charming in her black skirt, white silk waist and her new Easter hat. Easter Sunday the churches were filled with ladies rigged up in expensive finery and broadrimmed, outlandish shaped hats. Many of the ladies bought their new duds on the easy payment or installment plan, and they will just about manage to get them paid for between this time and next Easter. Mrs. Margaret Golns, 84 35th street, was the most richly gowned lady attending the Knight Templars' ball at the Coliseum annex, Monday evening. She wore a costume of imported pink chiffon, sprinkled with gold spangles, which was perfect in its fit. An opera coat of steel gray velvet trimmed in lamb's wool completed her elegant toilet. Prof. Tivis and his wife, who are prominent members of St. Thomas church, have come to the parting of the ways and they no longer hug and kiss each other whenever they meet. Mrs. Clara E. Bowles, 4765 Dearborn street, who spent the cold winter months in southern California, on her return home last week presented the writer with a handsome paper knife made of orangewood which is ornamented with the head of an Indian chief. We greatly appreciate the token of remembrance on the part of Mrs. Bowles, and she now heads the list of our many lady friends. The Jolly Rollers Dancing Club gave one of the largest and most elaborate luncheons of the spring season Friday evening. The affair took place at their club rooms, $749 Cottage Grove ave. The tables were moss beautifully decorated with spring flowers, each in a different color, and between courses there were impromptu remarks by club members. The guests of honor were William Bailey and George Greensup. Mrs. Pepper Johnson and Mrs. Prof. William Emanuel, took St. Thomas church by storm Sunday morning. They rode to the church in a carriage and communed together. Mrs. Johnson wore a steel gray crepe de chine dress with bell-shaped skirt so tight around the hips that she was compelled to pull it up before she could sit down and some of the ladies were fearful of her poping it. Mrs. Emanuel was attired in a bluish gown and she wore a large white hat, made over medallions which caused her to look very girlish. Charles Gano Baylor in his article in The Broad Ax of last week refers to the Negro soldiers at San Juan Hill as the "Japs" of the American army. He is mistaken. The black boys who carried the day at San Juan Hill are a part of the original Black Phalanx of America. They have no prototypes, and all comparisons, simples or metaphors of heroism in which these born fighters are mentioned must be based on them, not they on others. They are the original model, others are the likeness.—The Fraternal Union. Some of the ladies attending services at St. Thomas church Easter Sunday who are considered high steppers, had evil in their hearts, for just as Mrs. D. Y—— was getting ready to kneel down to ask her supposed God to forgive her of all her past sins, Mrs. H. C——, who occupied a seat in the pew next to Mrs. D. Y——, exclaimed in a low voice, which was just loud enough for someone connected with this paper to catch her words: "You had better get down on your knees and pray, you dirty wench, for you have been running after all the single and married men in town." That is what the vast majority of the Colored people call worshipping their God on Easter Sunday. 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 Jullus F. Taylor, 5044 Armour avenue, Chicago. Why the "State of Maine?" A really curious question has been raised by the Boston Herald. Why, it asks, does a Maine man always speak of his part of the country as "the state of Maine," instead of calling it simply "Maine," as a New Yorker would say "New York," as a Nebraskan would say "Nebraska?" As an adequate answer to the inquiry it says: "Maine was not one of the original states, but up to 1820 was a part of Massachusetts. It was then known as the district of Maine. In 1820 Maine achieved her independence and became a separate state of the union." Oyama's Wife. It is said that Marquis Oyama, wife of the Japanese field marshal, while in this country in 1876, embraced Christianity and was baptized. The rite was performed in the historic Christ church, Upper Merion township, near Norristown, Pa. At that time Mile, Bonchita, as she was then, was traveling with the Japanese minister and a girl friend from her own country, having recently graduated from Vassar college. Shortly afterward she returned to Japan and became affanced to the now famous soldier. Smoke and Beauty Here is a theory—London smoke is a tonic. Is the sulphur that finds its way via smoky chimneys into the air of London the secret of the London complexion? Over and over again it is remarked how much finer is the town than the country complexion. Put a London girl beside a country girl, and ten chances to one the London girl's complexion is the better.—Black and White. Titled Masseur. London society is againt because Count Von Lewenhaupt, nephew of the Swedish ambassador, has set up as a professional masseur. For years he lived in a most extravagant manner, but his relatives refuse any longer to pay his debts. He frequented the best society and is now sending cipulars to all his friends asking their patronage. Easy Name. The late Jay Cooke was the son of Eleutheros Cooke, and got his name in rather a strange way. His father was always in trouble getting people to pronounce his name and spell it correctly, so when his son was born he said he would give him a name which would spell itself, and so called him Jay. Good Fishing About ten-miles south of Orlando is a lake known as Jim Witty's lake—where a fellow has to get behind a tree to put on his bait to keep the fish from eating it, before he can get his line in order in the lake. This is on the authority of Dr. McEilroy. -Orlando (Fla.) Star Before starting on the trip, make bags for everything. Make them with draw strings and of different material to suit the various articles, advises Arnold Bartlett Parker, in Recreation. Oil silk for your toothbrush, canton flannel for your fish reels and bags of different colored cloth for the other objects. Make each bag distinctive, so that you can readily identify its contents. In packing my duffle into camp I use a pair of war bags made by a western concern. They can be used as valises on board train or ship, can be strapped to a mule's back, or made into a knapsack. They are thoroughly waterproof and hold nearly as a steamer trunk. Another important item in my outfit is a light rubber pouch, which serves many purposes and occupies small space in the bag. Bags should be obtained for the transportation of provisions and a careful review of any of the catalogues issued by the large outfitting people will reveal a varied assortment from which to select. Every member of a camping party should be supplied with a good knife, a pocket compass, a folding drinking cup, and a waterproof matchbox. Other important adjuncts of the sportsman's kit are wire nails, canvas water pails, an ax and several lanterns, preferably those made of aluminum folding in a small space. NEW YORK'S ODD CORNERS Quaing Survivals of Other Days That Are But Seldom Noticed by People Now. Travelers like to visit the oddly-named little streets of old London Town that they may talk of them to their antimates, but few of those who pry into the corners of foreign cities know of the quaint survivals of other days in the very heart of the new world metropolis, of Flat and Barrack Hill, Tin Pot Alley, Edgar Street and Petticoat Lane in the midst of the financial district of New York, writes Charles Hemstreet, in Four-Track News. Standing at 57 Broadway one looks down a steep and narrow street that was the joy of the small boys of a century and a half ago, for then this spot was known as Flat and Barrick Hill, and down the slope in winter time the lads and lassies coasted, speeding on into Garden street, as the rude road was known after it crossed Broad street. Now, under the more significant name of Exchange place, this street wriggles between great sky-scrapers, and from Broadway one can see the edge of the largest office building in the world, the Broad exchange, on the southeast corner of Broad street and Exchange place. THE BRAVE WOODCHUCK. Stood His Ground Against a Dog and Put the Intruder to Flight. It is unusual to see a woodchuck drive a dog; it is usually reversed, and the chuck takes to his hole, to be dug out by the dog, says the Bangor (Me.) News. A Phillips canine followed his mistress, who was on a drive through the back towns of Phillips the other day, and after driving off all the hens from the farms along the road, he came upon a woodchuck near the road. He barked with joy at the sight of that strange animal, and with one leap he landed in front of the woodchuck. Then he stopped—there was something in the woodchuck's eye that indicated that there might be serious trouble. The dog discovered it, and backed away to safety, and, strange to state, the woodchuck followed him; followed him until the poetry was all out of the experience and the fun was all gone. Finally, the dog acknowledged his defeat by dropping his tail and starting for Phillips at a very fast pace. LUNAR SURFACE CHANGES Signs Which Lead Scientist to Believe There Is Life on the Moon. Scientific research is all the time overturning old and cherished ideas, and the latest example of this is found in the statement by an astronomer that the moon is not the dead world we supposed it to be, says Cassell's Journal. He finds there are distinct changes visible on the lunar surface, due to volcanic action, to frost, and to vegetation. What is believed to be hoar frost is seen to cover a portion of the surface of the moon when the lunar day begins, and thereafter to dwindle away just as hoar frost would do on our earth. Dark patches which deepen in hue are seen on many parts of the surface, and are believed to be some form of vegetation. Seven-Foot Sea Perch. A correspondent sends the dimensions of a sea perch, recently caught in the Hooghly, which are enough to make every angler's mouth water. Its length is nearly seven and a half feet, its girth just behind shoulder is a little more than five feet nine inches, and its weight the day after its capture was 460 pounds. The fish is so old and worn that its specific identity must remain in doubt, but it agrees fairly well with Day's description in the "Fauna of British India." of "Epinephelus lanceolatus." Bloch. Apparently it is the largest specimen ever captured, for the record sea perch hitherto, which was taken in 1786, was seven feet in length.—London Nature. Judging by Gasoline. Church—Is your neighbor's automobile the same make as yours? Gotham—I guess so. It smells like till—Yonkers Statesman. J. A. O'Donnell, H. D. 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