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BROAD AX DOES NOT DEGRADE AT ALL Intermarriage Not Degenerate, Deficient or Decadent in Physique or Morals---Lynching the Cause. INDEED A REMARKABLE ARTICLE Mr. Oliver Writes the Article From Many Years of Actual hard Study and Experience. DOES NOT DECIDE Intermarriage M Deficient or De sique or Mo ing the INDEED A REMA Mr. Oliver Writes the Art of Actual hard Stu Mr. Sydney Oliver, an English Colonial official, who for three periods has been governor of Jamaica, has contributed to the International Quarterly a remarkable article on the race question of this country. In writing of "The White Man's Burden at Home" he has the obvious advantage of being a trained foreign observer, free from the prejudices that are apt to beset those who at close range treat the racial relations in America. But Mr. Oliver has not been content to get his opinions of the attitude of the whites toward the blacks from books and newspapers. On several occasions he has studied the subject on the spot, impelled, not only by personal interest, but by his duty as colonial official, to watch the recent developments affecting the colored people. Mr. Oliver does not hesitate to say that on these visits he has found himself "unable to account for an attitude of mind toward the race question which impressed one as superstitious if not hysterical, and which would appear from the tone of the Southern press to prevail widely in America." This is not because there is no race prejudice or hostility towards the black people in Jamaica. But such antagonism as appears is questionably diminishing, so Mr. Oliver reports. Moreover, a Jamaican of mixed race is not debarred from occupying any social position of the island, including the public service for which he is qualified. Although the mixed bloods and Negroes are in the majority, it has never been necessary to defend race purity by intermarriage; I should rather say the contrary." What is still more important, Mr. Oliver does not find that social and professional equality between the two races, when resulting from compatibility of temperament and interests, conduces necessarily or strongly to a likelihood of intermarriage. Among white creoles in Jamaica and other colonies there is a strong repugnance to intermarriage with darker peoples. But as to the mixed race being "degenerate, deficient and decadent both in physique and morals," Mr. Oliver admits that although he went to the West Indies the first time under the prejudice of this common theory, he has found it impossible to sustain this view after studying the question in Jamaica, Honduras, the Leeward Islands and elsewhere. Mr. Oliver has even less sympathy with those who would countenance social injustice in order to prevent social equality. As an administrator of judicial statistics, he finds that assaults by black or colored men on white women are practically unknown. The only terrors to Jamaican highways are white runaways from European vessels. Women and children often live for months on plantations without white protectors, surrounded by colored people. There has been, Mr. Oliver reports, "no savage punishments here, no terrorism, no illegal discriminations against the colored." And he adds significantly, that in his opinion the propensity to assault most dreaded by the whites south of the Mason and Dixon line seems to him to be compelling the individual Negro of merit or the race as a whole into inferior position. Colored men are land owners, clergymen, doctors and lawyers. Many colored men are magistrates, and some are the chief magistrates in their parishes. The majority of the Negroes are peasant proprietors or employees on sugar plantations. Those who rise to high position "associate with the white residents on precisely the same terms as persons of pure European extraction." Now, according to the theory prevalent in the Southern states, this condition of affairs could have but one result—the decadence of the white race. This has not been the case. While there has been and is intermarriage, especially between colonists of Irish, Dutch or German origin, and Negroes, as also between creoles and women of pure European blood, this former governor of Jamaica has been "unable to recognize that any sort of evil has resulted from their intermarriage. He agrees with many psychologists in affirming that there is "a constant storm of suggestion to the most imaginative and uncontrollable of passion in an excitable and imaginative race." Right here Mr. Oliver is unkind enough to put his finger on the very weakest spot in the whole Southern attitude. "When a class," he says, "makes the preposterous and self-damnatory announcement to another, whose women it has continually made the mothers of its offspring, that it is of an inferior order, there immediately is aroused all the self-assertiveness of the human equality which is as fundamental in the African as in any other race."—The Reporter, Owensboro, Ky. Comment on a Bible Yarn. "We are told that Adam called his wife's name Eve because it is said that she was the mother of all living, but up to this time there were no human beings except Adam and Eve, and she was not the mother of anyone yet. "In fact it could be more properly said that Adam was her mother, because it is said that she was taken from him; then if Adam from his sex could be considered Eve's father that would make her her father's mother, consequently her own grandmother. As she was her father's wife and the mother of all, living she was her own mother; this made her the grandmother of her own children, and her husband's mother-in-law, and being her husband's mother, she was also her own mother-in-law. Adam was his children's brother. As Adam was Eve's father, she was her children's sister, and as Adam was brother to Eve's children she was her husband's sister. "Pretty badly mixed up, don't you think? Then just imagine the Bible telling us that Adam and Eve were the first man and woman God made on this earth!"—Joel M. Berry in the Dickens (Iowa) Leader. HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, JUNE 3, 1905. T. L. F. REV. OWEN M. WALLER, M. D. Graduate of Oxford University, England, One of the Most Eminent Citizens of Brooklyn, New York, Who is One of the Special Contributors To This Paper. What the Chicago Negro Should Do to Better His Condition. By Geo. W. Faulkner. By practical experience, as well as by close observation of the affairs of Chicago's colored citizens, I have become to believe that to establish more business, to purchase more real estate and to have greater faith in the legitimate efforts of one another, we will have started the three essentials to success by securing better recognition, as is so desired by our colored citizens. There is sufficient proof as to the negro possessing ability, appearance and aptness of learning. Then why should this not be accomplished? What about the civil conditions of our people here in Chicago? Why should 80 percent of us be obliged to pay an excess rent, to live in houses and neighborhoods which are in a general state of dilapidation? Why should 90 per cent of our graduates be deprived of desirable positions, and why should not the colored people have greater faith in each other. The better situated class of Chicago colored citizens should at once start some kind of a movement which will have a tendency to cause every class of our race to put forth some legitimate efforts in the accomplishment of such, that more of us will determine to be promoters or representative of some legitimate enterprise, or either owners of some estate, also resolve to co-operate in faith instead of co-operate without faith. To do this, we can better secure all that we desire. There is about 95 per cent of our people's commercial trade here in Chicago given to white enterprises, and of the professional trade about 50 per cent is given to white. To give a greater amount of our commercial trade to the enterprises of our people, it would naturally cause employment to open for more of the colored graduates. It seems to me that the business which we least patronize, that is now being operated by members of our own race which would be the most beneficial, such as benefit insurance associations, real estate agents and brokers, newspapers and magazines publishers, contractors, manufacturers and the general merchandise business. To give the young Negro man highest encouragement in whatever legitimate idea or effort that may be made known or put forth by him, we should know that by so doing, we shall have begun in the surest way to success, by which to maintain and advance the wonderful progress which our race has achieved proportionately through sacrificed efforts of our predecessors. Every effort by our race to advance themselves along proper lines will meet with the approval of our white citizens, and every effort by the ministers of our churches to teach their congregation, to give greater material support to the deserving enterprises of our race will have a great effect in bettering the conditions of our people here. In starting a reformed effort among our people here in Chicago, I believe it could be best started by causing in some way all the young men of the race as possible to concentrate their energies in and for all honorable purposes, together with the advice, and the material support of our older and fairly well situated members. Then we could not do other than succeed. The opportunities are here for the young colored men, but the proper encouragement can not be had, not only from the white citizens, but also citizens of our own race. "National Woman's Day." At St. Mary's A. M. E. Church, 4938 Dearborn street, Chicago, Sunday, June 4, at 3 p. m. The public is cordially invited to be present. An excellent program and good music will be rendered. Representatives from every woman's club in the city are expected to be present. A special collection will be lifted and forwarded to Mrs. L. C. Anthony, treasurer, to swell the National Kindergarten Fund, which is used to help establish kindergartens in much needed districts. Come one and all and help a worthy cause—D. MORE NEW SUBSCRIBERS TO THE BROAD AX. As further evidence that The Broad Ax is still forging to the front, and that it is the best and the leading newspaper published in the interests of the Afro-American race in the Middle West, the following are some of the new subscribers to it: William Carroll, city electrician of Chicago; Geo. O. Jones, undertaker and embalmer, 701 W. Lake street; George Warner,5223 Dearborn street; Mrs. S. C. Wooton, 5001 Dearborn street; Dee Parker, 179 Lincoln avenue; Harry Ramsey, 519 Cleveland avenue; Mrs. Nelson Williams, 4838 Armour avenue; Albert J. Hall, 97 Lincoln avenue; James Harris, 4852 Washington avenue; Miss T. L. Mathews, 5112 Cornell avenue; Mrs. Nellie Glenwood, 143 East 22nd street; Mrs. W. H. Hackley, 100 Kearney avenue, Jersey City, N. J.; Mack Wiley, 1900 Collins street, Joliet, IL. The Teamsters' Strike Seems to be Fizzling Out. From the beginning of the great teamsters' strike, which seems to be fizzling out, down to the present time, everything which has appeared in these columns in reference to Marshall Field & Company, Mandel Bros., and the head officials of the Employers' Teaming Co., had no further use for the Negroes, they induced to come here from the far South and other sections of the country except to use them like so many slaves, as strikebreakers, for the Secretary of the Employers' Teaming Company was the first among his Negro-hating associates to formulate plans to dispence with the services of the colored men whom they had promised steady work and good wages, and even today before the strike has been finally settled it is a rare thing to see a colored man driving a team through the streets belonging to those firms whose regular drivers are on a strike. Marshall Field and Mandel Bros., were the first to discharge their colored drivers who they regarded as their slaves for the time being and their places have been filled with white men and many of them are hard-looking characters. Many other concerns who at the beginning of the teamsters' strike were glad to avail themselves of the services of the colored drivers were quick to follow suit, and in a short space of time the sentiment has become so strong against permitting the Negro to have anything more to do with the present strike, that the first of this week, none of the strike-bound firms would employ one Negro, and the white drivers for A. M. Rothschild and Company, refused to set in the same seats on the wagons with CHIPS Mrs. Julius N. Avendorf, and son left for Marquette, Mich., where they were called to the deathbed of an aunt. Mrs. Andrew Smith and son, of 3419 Dearborn street, are making preparations for an extensive summer vacation in the country. Miss T. L. Mathews, 5112 Cornell avenue, who is prepossessing and full of race pride, is one of the many new readers of The Broad Ax. Mrs. C. S. Tyler, 5026 Armour avenue, Tuesday morning prepared a fine hot breakfast for her friend, Mrs. Nelson Williams, 4838 Armour avenue. Edward G. Alexander is now located in the law offices of William W. Johnson, 167 Dearborn street, and he is doing real well and getting on his feet in good shape. Mr. Alice Jackson, 660 Carroll avenue, is the special representative of The Broad Ax on the West side, and news items forwarded to her on that side of the city will find their way into its columns. The Phyllis Wheatley Club will meet at the residence of Mrs. S. J. Hart, 4841 Armour avenue, Wednesday, June 7, at 2 p.m. Program under the auspices of the Domestic Science and Philanthropic sections. Monday evening, June 12th, the Organ Club of St. Mary's Church, 4926 Dearborn street, will give a grand concert for the purpose of assisting to purchase a new organ for the church. Admission, 25 cents. The following stars of the Dixie Quartette will participate in it: Mme. colored policemen, this race prejudice protest on the part of the drivers for Rothschild and Company, was hailed with delight by the drivers for other firms, and on Monday the lumber merchants in the lumber district on the weat side, sent their solemn protest, and a long petition to Chief O'Neill, against sending colored policemen into their district for the purpose of guarding their property. The actions of the lumber merchants in this respect should have been or ought to be treated with the greatest contempt by Mayor Dunne and Chief O'Neill, for as long as the city is willing to furnish police to them to prevent their property from being destroyed by mobs, they have no moral right to dictate to its authorities whom to send or whom not to send for such purposes, as long as the men discharge their sworn duty, and the color of their skin or nationality should cut no figure whatever. There is no desire on our part to discourage any citizen from doing his duty in times of trouble but for our part we would prefer to be shot down like a common traitor rather than permit ourselves to raise our little finger to protect the property of any citizen or individual who are always ready and willing to foster and manufacture race prejudice, at the expense of any race of people. In the past our sympathies have been with the striking teamsters, but as long as they and their followers will persist in waging an unholy warfare upon those who have never harmed them in the slingtest degree, it is time to call a halt and it is the duty of all law abiding citizens to array themselves on the side of law and order. Neale Hawkins-Buckner, Mrs. F. Washington, Mrs. A. Garrett, Mr. W. C. Buckner, Mr. Oscar C. Hagen, Mme. Virginia Green, Mrs. Patti Brown, Miss Ora Mable Hinson, Mrs. Fannie Hall-Clint and Mr. Bartlett Brown. Alderman Thomas F. Scully returned to the city Tuesday from Hot Springs, Ark., where he spent five weeks for the benefit of his health. Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Ricketts, of Stockport, Ohio, arrived in the city the first of the week, and they will spend the summer in visiting with their sons. Rev. Andrew N. Webb, the up to date and wideawake pastor of the A. M. E. Church in Hyde Park, is, with the assistance of his good wife, Mrs. Webb, meeting with great success in his efforts in behalf of his Lord. In the past year he has organized a flourishing literary society and by that means he has succeeded in getting many of the younger members and the older ones as well of the race interested in its literary productions, and if Rev. and Mrs. Webb never accomplish any more than this they can feel sure of their calling and election. The trustees, faculty and graduating class of Howard University have honored the writer with an nivitation to be present at the annual commencement for conferring degrees in Theology, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Law, Arts and Sciences and Pedagogy, which was held at Convention hall Thursday evening, June 1. We heartily thank the faculty of Howard for the nivitation to be present on that auspicious occasion, and we hope it will survive the waves of industrialism which threaten to submerge and entirely blot out of existence all institutions for the higher education of the Negro, and that it may live to enjoy many more prosperous years. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestants, Presidents, Infants, Farmers, Single Taxes, Republicans, and others, any one can also have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Axis is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. One Year..... $20.00 Six Months..... 1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Enclosed at the Post Office at Chicago IL, as Second-class Matter. CHIPS Alderman Thomas J. Dixon is being groomed by his friends for the nomination of Sheriff of Cook county in 1906, and it looks as though he will draw the winning card. Now is the time to get in on the ground floor, and secure The Broad Ax and either "The Souls of Black Folk" or "The Life of Frederick Douglass" one year for $2. See announcement in another column of this paper. Mrs. Eva Monroe, founder of the Lincoln Orphan Home, Springfield, Ill., and the only Afro-American attachee of the Juvenile Court of that city after spending two weeks in Rockford and in this city, returned to her home last evening. Several years ago Judge W—— and Col. M—— had their law offices at 260 Clark street, and one day the writer unexpectedly blew in to see them, and lo and behold, we observed a married woman who claims to be a first-class lady, stretched out on the sofa, and she acted as though she had been doped. The leaders of the Republican party of this city have decided to hold the primaries on June 23rd to elect delegates to the convention Saturday, June 24th, which will nominate candidates for judges of the circuit and superior courts and nine candidates as trustees of the drainage canal district. Mr. Charles C. McGruder, late of St. Louis, Mo., was united in marriage to Mrs. Hattie Pitts, formerly of this city, at Cheyenne, Wyo., Tuesday, May 23rd. The newly married couple are residing at 527 26th street, Denver, Col. The many friends of Mrs. Pitts in this city wish her much happiness on her second voyage on the sea of matrimony. Miss Meta Vaux Warrick, who for the past three years has been an art student in Paris, gave an illustrated lecture on "Life in the French Capital," at the Berean Church, Washington, D. C., May 17. Gustave Coquet, a famous critic, in speaking of Miss Warrick's work, said: "You will be struck in this gallery with the attractive work of Miss Warrick, her grasp of grouping and her characteristic capacity for interpreting life."—Ex. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Clark, 6510 St. Lawrence avenue, are among the most substantial Afro-Americans of this city. They own a first-class modern home at that number, and Mr. Clark holds a trusted position with President Ripley, of the Santa Fe Railroad, and Mrs. Clark, who is a native of Salt Lake City, Utah, and comes from one of its oldest and most highly respected families, is one of our warm lady friends. Messrs. Watts, Howard and William, who at one time furnished music for Wing's resort, 22nd and State sts., but now of New York City, and Mrs. Watts sailed for England and other parts of Europe recently, where they will for the next three months play and sing before the crowned heads of the old world. Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Howard still reside at 17 W. 99th street, New Work City, and they will spend the summer months at Atlantic City, N. J. Mrs. Estella Williams-Brown 4752 Dearborn street, left last Saturday for St. Louis, Mo., where she will spend one month in visiting with friends. The parade, on Decoration Day, Tuesday, through the downtown district by the military and other organizations was an imposing sight, and the Eighth regiment, Illinois National Guards, under the leadership of Col. John R. Marshall and Capt. Robert F. Ratcliffe, made a better appearance this year than ever before, and the popular officers and the members of the regiment covered themselves over with glory by their soldierly bearing and fine marching. The great naval victory over the Russians the first of this week, by the little warlike Japanese should be AN EXTRAORDINARY ANNOUNCEMENT This Offer Good to July 1st, 1905. In order to add two or three thousand new names to our subscription list, between now and July 1st, The Broad Ax will be sent to any address in the United States, and "The Souls of Black Folk," by Prof. William E. Burghardt Du Bois, or Charles W. Chesnutt's "Life of Frederick Douglass," for one year, for $2.00. "The Souls of Black Folk" consists of two hundred and sixty-five pages, printed on fine Aberdeen book paper, in large type and it now sells for $1.50. It is a book that should be read and studied by every person, white or black, who are interested in the settlement of the "Race Problem" in America. Charles W. Chesnutt's "Life of Frederick Douglass" consists of one hundred and forty-one pages, Aberdeen paper, and large type, and it is one of the many books that should be found in the home of every patriotic and liberty-loving Afro-American throughout this broad land. It sells for 75 cents. The regular subscription price of The Broad Ax is $2.00 per year. So you are getting "The Souls of Black Folk" or "The Life of Frederick Douglass" away below the publishers' price and the paper thrown in for one year for $2.00 which should cause you to feel happy and contented. The articles which appear in The Broad Ax from time to time on the "Race Problem" cannot be surpassed. It stands at all times for the highest ideals in human society. It is uncompromisingly opposed to notoriously immoral preachers robbing the people out of their hard earned money, which they should expend to improve their intellectual, moral and social condition. The old subscribers to The Broad Ax can take advantage of this offer by paying up their back indebtedness and paying $2.00 in advance which will entitle them to the paper for one year and either "The Souls of Black Folk" or "The Life of Frederick Douglass." Remember that this offer only lasts for thirty days. Send name and address and $2.00. The money can be sent by United States postal order, registered letter or express money orders. Street ..... City ..... And state which book you desire and it will be sent to your address postpaid. Twenty-five per cent commission allowed to agents and news dealers. Active agents wanted everywhere. Sample copies sent on application to any part of the United States. Address all orders to JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor The Broad Ax., 5040 Armour Ave., Chicago. an object lesson to the Afro-Ameri cans. For if the leaders of the race were up to snuff, they could negotiate with some strong foreign power like Japan and force the people of this country to permit the Negro to fully enjoy his civil and political rights. But this can never be accomplished while his so-called leaders are racing around over the country with their hats under their arms while waiting for some white person to toss them a few dollars. The Catholic Church will soon establish in Washington, D. C., a bureau for colored Catholics. The proposed bureau will have charge of the affairs of colored Catholics throughout the country. With the increased population of the country the colored element in the Catholic Church has likewise grown, and the archbishops believe that the time has now come to make some arrangements to take care of this rapidly growing element, and have decided to establish a bureau for this purpose. Rev. Thomas M. O'Keefe, assistant pastor of the Church of St. Benedict the Moor, New York City, has been suggested and is under consideration for appointment in charge of the work of the new bureau. Hitherto the stronghold of Negro Catholicism has been in the archdioceses of Baltimore and New Orleans. There are already supposed to be several hundred thousand and colored Catholics in this country, 100,000 of whom are in the two above-named districts.—Ex. LADY AGENTS WANTED! To Solicit For a Toilet Preparation in Connection With The Broad Ax. Two or three live, active and wideawake lady agents, either white or colored, wanted to solicit for a high class Toilet Preparation in connection with The Broad Ax. If you mean business, call or address Julius F. Taylor, 5040 Armour avenue, Chicago. POLYGAMY IN CONGOLAND Nothing But the Spirit of Chris tianity, It Is Said, Will Ever Wipe Out the Evil. It is the general opinion of competent observers that polygamy will survive for many years. Nothing but the spirit of Christianity will overcome the evil, writes Henry Wellington Wack, in "The Story of the Congo Free State." The native mind cannot be induced by ordinary argument to see any wrong in it. Why a man should not have just as many wives as he can afford to buy and keep is too much for his comprehension. He regards woman as created solely for his pleasure and profit and trades in her accordingly. He buys her from her father for one or two goats or a cow, she becomes the mother of his children, and prepares and cooks his food for him. That is her career, and she shares it with as many other wives as her husband's inclination and resources permit him to buy. When she dies she is buried—sometimes. Certain Central African tribes regard burial after death as a superfluous ceremony for women, and place their bodies where they will be devoured by hyenas and vultures. From two to three wives is the average quantum of the ordinary Central African barbarian, and between 30 and 40 for a chief. Fruit for the Future. Forty-six carloads, amounting to more than 300,000 fruit trees, have been received here for planting in the orchards in this neighborhood this spring. Nearly all of the shipments were to men from eastern states who have recently moved to western Colorado for the purpose of fruit raising. -Hotchkiss (Col.) Cor. Denver Republican. Excellent Exercise "Yes," said the good old professor, "the memory may be perfectly trained by proper study." "But," asked the absent-minded scholar, "what do you consider the best exercise for the memory, professor? "Remember the poor."—Catholic Standard and Times. I want boys from 5 to 10 years of age to board, rates $10 per month. Good suburban location and good moral surroundings. Excellent school and good home training. Not an orphan's home, but a home for the boys, where fresh air and outdoor play is not on the city streets. Address F. M. Waterfield, Harvey, Ill. 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, 5044 Armour avenue, Chicago. Bright Boys and Girls Wanted to Sell The Broad Ax. Bright boys and girls can make money in every community by selling The Broad Ax. It will cost you nothing to begin, as we will send you a supply of papers for the first week free. If there are any bright boys and girls in any section of the country who want to start in business for themselves, make money and be independent, write to us at once, and we will send you ten papers free of charge. You can sell them for 5 cts. each, this will give you the capital which you can buy more papers at the newsdealers' rate, allowing you a good profit. Thinking and progressive people read The Broad Ax. Your father, brothers, uncles and friends will buy the paper from you. If you mean business write to Julius F. Taylor, 5040 Armour ave. JAP AND RUSSIAN HEROES. Generals of Both Armies Who Have Won Distinction in the Great Battles. Kuroki was the favorite with the foreign audience when the land fighting was in its early stages. Oyama will apparently be the most important figure of the war in history, but he is not so picturesque a figure to the popular imagination, says Collier's Weekly. Nogi is perhaps best fitted to arouse sympathetic interest. He is an old man, whose hair is white. When he had lost his two sons and his only nephew, he smiled, but when he thinks he is unobserved it is said that he bows his head and sobs. "God took my sons," he said, "in order that I might be better able to sympathize with my countrymen who are likewise bereft, and so that I may the better answer to the souls of the many brave men whom I am sending to their graves." He took Port Arthur, doing things that military experts agreed in advance were impossible. He then hurried north to take a central part in the bloodiest fight in modern history. Next to him, among the Japanese, in the personal nature of the interest which he inspires among foreigners, comes Togo, who has the naval glory to himself. What the Japanese think—the public or the army—of their officers, we do not know. They do not talk and criticise. They go ahead and do. Their generals will probably not write books or deliver lectures. On the Russian side criticism is so public that no general's fame in this war is free of doubt. Stoessel was first in incense for a moment. His final placing is for the future. Kuropatkin's reputation has had its ups and downs, but the general opinion outside of Russia is that his accomplishments have been considerable, and that his failures have been due to obstacles that it would have taken a genius to surmount. ABOVE THE SNOWDRIFTS. Height at Which the Weather Cannot Affect the Operation of Trolley Road. "Throughout the western mining country aerial tramways built of wire rope are becoming popular," said E. E. Hickok, traveling representative of one of the largest independent wire-rope manufacturers in the country, reports the Milwaukee Sentinel. "To anyone acquainted with the topography of the western mining districts this mode of conveying ore will appeal forcibly. It can be operated more economically than the usual track and car equipment and at the same time is not dependent on weather conditions. At Encampment, Wyo., we have built an aerial tramway 23 miles in length over hills and dales, and it has not lost a single day in operation. A series of steel or wood derricklake towers are necessary, those at Encampment varying from 11 feet to 60 feet in height. The principle of operation is the same as that of the cable lines, except that the method under discussion is up in the air instead of on and beneath the surface. The speed of the car is regulated at the terminals. "Needless to say, only wire rope of high quality can be used in this work. Take the outfit at Encampment Eighty-eight miles of wire are necessary on that 22-mile stretch. Every inch of those 88 miles must be equal in strength and carrying power. The slightest defect will impair the usefulness of the whole length." For Rent One nicely furnished room. 515 W. 56th st. Fringe Does Not Stand Laundering Well and Hemstitching or Hand- worked Hem Is Better. Nothing in the way of fancy work can be more beautiful than the embroidered table pieces which have been so popular for several years. The material chosen is usually linen, and may be of any quality from the finest lawn to the heavy butcher's linen. The edges are finished with hem-stitched hems, buttonholed scallops or fringe. Hems are a neat and appropriate finish for square doilies and centerpieces; scallops are suitable for the round or fancy shapes, and may be made very durable if the stitches are deep, taking a firm hold on the linen so they will not pull out during the process of laundering. They are also strengthened by using coarse white thread around the edges, before working with the silk. Fringe is handsome at first, but is not recommended because it soon becomes ragged and tangled, says a correspondent of the Michigan Farm Journal. Pillow cas linen was the material used for a large centerpiece which was finished with hems two inches wide. A design of thistles and leaves scattered irregularly above the hem formed a border, the flowers worked in delicate shades of purple silk, the leaves in green and the stems in greenish-brown. There were six dolies finished in the same way, except that the hems are not quite so wide, and the designs are smaller. The Delft shades of blue produce beautiful effects when used on table linen. A set of round dolllies is decorated with a scroll design, one edge of which forms large, shallow scallops, which are worked in buttonhole stitch, and the remainder of the design in outline with several shades of blue. A large round centerpiece with dolllies to match is made of fine linen, and has a border of pink carnations with green leaves. The carnation is one of the easiest flowers for beginners to embroider, and is very effective. Maple, ivy and geranium leaves are very popular decorations for table linen. Upon a round centerpiece of butcher's linen is traced a design of ivy leaves, so arranged that the edges form scallops. These are worked with green silk, making very strong and durable edge on heavy material. It has often been observed that linen is worn more by careless laundering than by use, and in spite of the fact that embroidery silks are warranted not to fade, any of them will do so if these articles are put in with the regular washing and rubbed and boiled like other white clothes. Use soft water, heated until it is lukewarm. Rub lightly between the hands, using plenty of Ivory soap to get them clean, and rinse in two waters, adding a little boiled starch and a very little bluing to the second. Hang them in a shady place and leave until about half dry. Roll tightly for an hour or two, and iron on the wrong side, placing the linen on an ironing board that is covered with several thicknesses of flannel and a clean white cloth. This will bring out the embroidery nicely, making it look like new every time it is washed. A TRIM SHIRT-WAIST. Hand-Made Tucks Give This an Air of Elegance and the Narrow Frills Add to the Daintiness. It shows groups of tiny tucks either side of a center band of embroidery edged with plisse frills. The back A PRETTY PATTERN. boasts a pretty pointed yoke and the novel sleeves are tucked without fullness into plain cuts of embroidery. Poke Bonnets The poke bonnet will be popular for children, and some young women with a bent towards the picturesque may adopt it. A number of most attractive models are being shown. One of coffee-colored lace straw lined with white tulle and trimmed with pink and white roses and green ribbon was noticeable. The right type of girl would have been very charming in that bonnet. However, the poke is rather too conspicuous for ordinary wear. It should be reserved for garden parties, weddings and other dressy occasions. Polo Turban Dainty, plquant faces, after having been overshadowed by the immense hats, will be enhanced by the tiny polo and kindred hats, which are the most charming of headresses. A wing of Mephistophelian pointedness is at the left of the most recent example. Very Dainty and Frenchy Little Frock with the Long Waist and Short Skirt. One piece waist and shirt frocks are worn not only by little girls just out of first short frocks, but also by girls of all ages up to ten, the waist line, in the case of the older girls, being shortened to a point approximating the natural waist line; but the same general effect is given by the suits whose skirts button onto the waist. Both models are made up in all the pretty wash fabrics, organdle, flowered dimity, embroidered swishes and mulles, and batistes, linens, chambrays, ginghams, percales, madras, pique, etc., and valenciennes are the fa- 1 vored trimming for the sheer stuffs, as in the case of the wee tots, though for the older children more embroideries are used than for the younger ones. The plaid and checked ginghams and mercerized cottons, so remarkably pretty this season, are welcomed enthusiastically by the makers of children's frocks, and these materials, while bright and childlike, are yet dark enough to be serviceable. They are usually made up with white guimpes or worn with a white collar of the Eton sort. Mohairs, serges, light weight check and invisible plaid suitings, and regulation plaids and checks in light weight wool, cashmere, Panama, volle, broadcloth—all these and many more are utilized for the wool spring frocks of the small schoolgirl; and stitching, contrasting bands, embroidered galloons, soutache braid, fiber braid and tiny buttons are the trimmings most often seen upon these frocks. HOW TO KEEP YOUNG. Those That Rust Out Lose Youthfulness Sooner Than the Busy and Energetic Workers. As a rule the women by whose youthfulness I have been struck most have been famous workers, writes Robert Hichens in the Sunday Magazine. Men who work hard and successfully, on the other hand, often appear careworn and elderly before their time. Women are becoming cleverer than men are, in this way, as in so many other ways. In comparing the women who live quiet country lives with those who drain life to the dregs, I must say that my theories and those of many doctors have been upset. Age, in the heart of the country, seems generally to make its appearance just when one would expect it to do so. Country women of 50 usually appear 50. I believe that a perpetual calm is decidedly ageing, and that too much repose even in fine air, induces a heaviness, a phlegm, which shows youth quickly to the door. The human vegetable Is seldom or never young. It always seems what we discreetly call "a good age." But the surest way of presenting youth is to keep your interest in people and things. Are modern women more keenly interested in their lives than modern men in theirs, and is this the secret of their remarkable youthfulness? Certainly the modern woman's life is constantly becoming more varied, more full. She does a thousand things now that she used to leave undone. Both in work and in play she has a far better time. Perhaps that is why she is getting to appear so preposterously young. She is gazing toward the horizon of time, and watching the far-off figures of coming joys, against a sky in which there are not so many clouds as there used to be. Her youth should put man on his mettle. The Lingerie Hat The lingerie hat has been brought to a state of perfection. The handsomest of these are extremely simple, and depend on their daintiness and the beauty of their materials for their charm. They are trimmed hardly at all, a large bow of ribbon or ribbon rosettes serving for sole ornamentation. A typical model was a sort of Tam O'Shanter in embroidered mull over a lining of skyblue silk. The silk very full and plisse, appeared in the brim, and two great choux of the silk on one side completed the hat. Gloves Quite as much attention should be shown to the fit of the gloves as to that of one's shoes; insist on long fingers and remember that a tight glove does not make the hand look any smaller when on, and does make the hand look very red and ugly when it is removed. The Stout Woman The Louis XVL coat is a becoming style to the stout woman, because it is long in its lines, fitted in the back, not necessarily fitted in front, and has wide skirts as a contrast to the slenderness of its waist line. WASHINGTON LETTER INTERESTING GOSHIP FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITOL His Is a Familiar Figure Among Old- Timers—The Home of Many Ex- statesmen and Lawmakers— Other Items. WASHINGTON. — In the group of ex- senators and ex- presentatives who have made Washington their home since leaving the public service, no figure is more familiar or inter- esting than that of Henry W. Blair, or New Hampshire who in his seven WASHINGTON. — In the group of ex-senators and representatives who have made Washington their home since leaving the public service, no figure is more familiar or interesting than that of Henry W. Blair, of New Hampshire, who in his seventy-second year is one of the most active attorneys before the departments and congress. He has altered very little in appearance since he left congress 14 years ago. He is a giant in stature, with a well filled out frame, is slow and deliberate in his movements and still canable of hard work. Mr. Blair wound up his congressional career with the reputation of being an interminable talker, because of his celebrated education bill, which he advocated in season and out of season during the Fiftth and Fifty-first congress. This was a measure to which he had given the best thought of his life and which contained great principles, but to which it was difficult to attract attention and about which it was next to impossible to arouse enthusiasm. Its main object was the betterment of conditions in the south in an educational way and it aimed to put the negro on a higher footing as regards education. Mr. Blair believed that in educating the negro the great southern problem would be solved. He occupied the floor of the senate for days and days and week after week in discussing his measure, but it never reached a vote. In his service in the senate Mr. Blain demonstrated that he was a debater of unusual ability on all questions and there were few of the members of that body who cared to arouse him or oppose him in an extemporaneous debate. When he went out of the senate he was a poor man and has worked hard ever since. He practices before the departments and is willing to take any honorable piece of work that will bring him a commission. Not long ago he acted as agent for a certain make of pen which he succeeded in introducing in some of the departments. To many of his old colleagues it was rather a pathetic sight to see this once able debater in the senate selling pens to the government. Many Familiar Names W LAW SHINGTONaffords a field for a great number of states men who once held foremost rank in the house or senate, but who have become the victims of political fortune or misfortune. A number of them have taken up the practice of law in this city and when any great measure is before congress involving particular interests in the country they can be found appearing for one side or the other in arguments before committees of congress. Among some of the better known ex-senators might be named Mr. Faulkner, of West Virginia; Thurston, of Nebraska; Marion Butler, of North Carolina; Gen. Matt Butler, of South Carolina; William Pitt Kellogg, of Louisiana, and Mr. Chandler, of New Hampshire. Mr. Chandler is head of the Spanish claims commission and does not do a general attorney's business. Mr. Faulkner is a lawyer of note and when in the senate was one of the strong men on the democratic side. It is of advantage to all parties in interest to have the ex-senators and representatives appear before committees on matters of legislation. Their knowledge of legislation is often illuminating to the committees, as well as valuable to their clients. Measures for the upbuilding of the merchant marine, the present discussion of railway rate legislation, the bills for statehood for the territories and other subjects afford a field for their efforts. The big appropriation bills also contain matters that seem to require the services of attorneys in representing various interests. Warren and Warner. Warren ENATOR Warren, of Wyoming, says that if Senator Warner, of Missouri, the newly elected senator from that state, does not move from the Willard hotel, he will have to move. This, of course, is only a good-humored threat, but arises from the annoyance he has experienced because of the similarity of their names. Senator Warner, as the republican senator from Missouri, is naturally the political referee for republican office. giving in that state. He has come to Washington to look after the interests of his constituents and the president relies upon his advice in distributing political favors. The result is that Senator Warner is in great demand. The telephone in his room at the hotel is used very freely and some one seems to want to talk with him every minute of the day. Unfortunately when he is asked for over the telephone the clerk is apt to get his name confused with that of Senator Warren and that big, breezy westerner finds himself pestered with all sorts of inquiries about Missouri appointments and other matters that are of no interest to Wyoming. "Warner" and "Warren" sound very much alike when spoken over the telephone. This same confusion was experienced last winter by Senator Crane, of Massachusetts, and Senator Kearns, of Utah. Although these names are widely different in spelling, their pronunciation over the wire is very much the same. At their committee rooms at the capitol these two men were continually being called up and interviewed on matters belonging to each other. Now that Senator Kearns has retired Senator Crane expects to be relieved from the annoyance and will not be called upon any more to explain why he is fighting the Mormons or be asked for inside tips concerning the progress of the case against Reed Smoot, the other Utah senator, who was Mr. Kearns' colleague. Roosevelt to Go South. P TOWYA TOWYA RESIDENT Roosevelt has agreed to make a trip through the south next fall before the extra session of congress meets in October. His reception in the southwest, particularly in Texas, during his recent tour made a great impression upon him as well as upon the southern democrats. He has no idea, however, that his visit in Dixieland will result in the conversion of that section to republicanism, but he believes that it will be conducive to a better feeling between the sections. The change in sentiment in the south towards Mr. Roosevelt has been marvelous in the last few months and a great deal of it has been due to his personal contact with the people of that section. Mr. Roosevelt's many trips throughout the country have taken him into every state and territory of the union, with the exception of Florida, Arkansas, Alabama and Louisiana. In his coming southern tour he hopes to visit these states and become acquainted with their citizens. Probably none of his predecessors was ever so thoroughly acquainted with the different sections of the country, the characteristics of their people, their industries and their needs. He wants to complete his knowledge of the whole country and it is safe to say that his trip next October will be as successful and interesting as those he has already made. The southern tour will also serve the president to arouse general interest in subjects which he will bring to the attention of congress when he calls it in extra session on October 16. During the summer months interest in some of these matters may languish, but it is easy to imagine the speeches he will make while on his tour that will put the whole country on the quiv re-regarding railway rate legislation and possibly the tariff. Presidential Boomlets FOR PRESIDENT PRESIDENT R. ROOSEVELTS reiteration of his decision not to be a candidate in 1908 and not to consider a nomination no matter how u n a nimously it may be offered is giving impetus to the booms of aspirants to the presidency. The candidates are watch- each other closely and none of them can make a move but what his opponents hear of it and discuss it with their friends. There is just a little jealousy at present among other aspirants over the prominence that Secretary of War Taft has been given in public affairs. Mr. Taft created somewhat of a sensation when he announced the policy of the Panama canal commission regarding the purchase of supplies in the open market. "Taft thinks he has made a ten-strike by that move," remarked another prominent man who is quietly seeking the nomination, "We will see whether it pans out." Each of the candidates is seeking an issue. There is some anxiety therefore felt as to how popular Mr. Taft's policy will be with the people. Opposed to this idea of the government securing canal material in the cheapest markets will be the policy of Secretary Shaw, who is likely to appear before the public as a "Standpatter" candidate. He will in all probability leave the cabinet next February and inaugurate his campaign. Vice President Fairbanks is a candidate and using all legitimate methods to advance his interests. He is the apostle of conservatism and is also closely watching the effect of Secretary Taft's rather radical declaration. Senator Foraker, of Ohio, is a strong protectionist advocate and is being pushed by his friends for the presidency on that issue. There is every indication of an interesting and lively contest for the nomination in 1908. ABOUT RHODE ISLAND. Not an Island, But Takes Its Name from an Island Named by Indians. Rhode Island is the most interesting state in the union. Her people are generally known as "Gun-flints." She is about the size of a postage stamp, yet has two capitals, says the New York Press. Her rival in that respect, Connecticut, had two until New Haven yielded to Hartford in 1873. Rhode Island is not an island, being surrounded on three sides by dry land. There used to be an island of the name—the Indians called it "Aquidneck"—but its identity was lost when the "peaceful island" annexed the Providence plantations. Wasn't that the original American "merger?" The name "Rhode Island" is of very obscure origin. The early settlers of "Little Rhody" had grim experiences, as we may infer from the names bestowed upon the physical features of the state. These represent the whole gamut of human suffering, human ambition, human weakness. Take the islands Prudence, Patience, Hope, Despair, all under the hand of Providence. And don't overlook Hog island. The coat-of-arms is a golden anahor, fouled, on a blue shield, and the motto is "Hope." Rhode Island in 1776 ordered that the name of the "Colony of Rhode Island" be the oath of allegiance instead of "to the King of Great Britain." Oh, she was a very proud, haughty, independent little body, and set herself up against the United States, refusing to ratify the constitution until congress threatened to treat her as a foreign power. MANUFACTURE EXPRESSION Photographers Can Produce Any Cast of Features Desired by Sitter. "A remarkable fact in my profession," said a photographer, according to the Chicago Chronicle, "is that we portrait artists can give to a sitter any expression that is desired. A bland look, a noble look, a serene look—it is no trouble to put any one of these expressions on the most wooden face. "The matter is achieved by the repetition of certain words. If you, for instance, came to me and said you wished to look distinguished I would pose you in a distinguished attitude and then I would get you to say 'brush' just before I snapped the shutter. For some inexplicable reason the pronunciation of the simple word 'brush' gives to the mouth an air of the most striking nobility and distinction. "If you want to have in a photograph a look of serenity you must say 'bosom.' "If you want to make your mouth look small say 'flip.' If you want to make it look larger say 'cabbage.' "To have an expression of melan- choly it is necessary to say 'kerchunk.' "To have an expression of pride or hauteur it is necessary to say 'phoenix.'" EASILY AND QUICKLY DONE Street Car Conductor Had a Neat Way of Suppressing a Public Nuisance. There was a crowded street car on Thirty-fourth street, relates the New York Sun. A big man, very fat and very full, entered, and wedged himself into a seat. Then he unsteadily, but firmly, extracted a big cigar from his pocket, lighted it, and puffed away, despite all rules and regulations, and oblivious to the disgust of his fellow passengers. The conductor, busy with fares, did not at first notice the smoker. As the smoke increased in volume the women became more and more angry, and some of the men had begun to screw their courage to the point of risking an affray with the man, when the conductor's duties brought him again to the firing line. This time he said nothing, but as he passed the drunken smoker he neatly drew the cigar from between the fellow's lips and threw it into the street. Only that, and nothing more—except the explanatory remark: "That's what we do when smokers don't obey the regulations!" Russian Vegetarian Diet It has been said so often lately that the Japanese owe their strength largely to a vegetable diet that it is interesting to read in a traveler's account of a visit to Moscow in 1698 that the same thing was said then of their present enemies, the Russians. He attributes their being "of a very strong constitution, very tall and bulky," to the fact that "above one-half of the year being taken up with their fasts, the common people feed upon nothing else but cabbage and cucumber." Lest the total abstainer as well as the vegetarian should rejoice at this, though, we must add that our traveler also says: "It must be allow'd that they promote the digestion by the brandy and leeks which, questionless, correct the viscous humors arising by such indigestible nourishments." So there is nothing new, even in the modern war of diets.—London Chronicle. An Old Query Answered "Where, oh, where, are the Hebrew children?" According to the latest enumeration there are something more than three-quarters of a million of them on the island of Manhattan.—Life. Meant Well She (indignantly)—Do you mean to say that Charlie Prettyboy is not a gentleman? 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By day they fish or harpoon turtle or dive for oysters; but every night they put back to the shore. If the weather is bad at sea they land with their dogs and then poach, catching porcupines, squirrels, armadillos, hog deer and the like, of which they make savory stews, as American gypsies do. Burglars Wear Gloves London burglaries now go about their business with gloves on their hands. This is because the Scotland Yard police have so thoroughly mastered the system of identification by finger marks, or "whorls." Except for a few indistinct smudges on the window panes of houses recently robbed the burglaries left no clues likely to be of value to the police. These smudges were photographed and enlarged, after which it was discovered that they had been made by gloved or otherwise masked hands. Irrigation in India A great irrigation project involving an expenditure of about $25,000,000 has been authorized by the secretary of state for India. The area commanded by the canals is about 6,250 square miles, although only a small part of it will be reached for a number of years to come. In this area it is estimated that about 3,000 square miles will be irrigated. The Cold Shoulder Johnny (over the 'phone)—I'd like to talk to you about your daughter's hand. What time shall I call at the bank? Bank President—Any time after three o'clock. Johnny—What time does the bank close? Bank President—Three o'clock—Cleveland Leader. Hanoverian Rule. In addressing Highlanders who placed wreaths on the memorial cairn at Culloden on the occasion of the anniversary of the battle recently, T. Napier said "the Hanoverians" had now ruled for 200 years, and he thought they should "make a graceful bow and retire." Easy. "How in the world could you remember that your wife wanted dark brown silk?" asked the friend. "Oh, I just kept my mind on the taste I have in my mouth this morning," replied the man who had been to a banquet the night before.—Chicago Dally News. New Mormon Colony. A fine cattle ranch of 66,500 acres, near Calgary, Alberta, British Columbia, has been bought for $400,000 by President Smith, of the Mormon church, and the land will be colonized by Mormons, of whom there are other colonies in that part of the country. The King's Rain. It is said that the people of Tangier received King Edward so enthusiastically because it was raining on the day of his arrival. The country had been suffering from want of rain and the Moroccans thought he had brought it. Washington Population A recent police census accrets Washington with a population of 322.572. In 1900, when the last national census was taken, the population of the national capital was 278,718 and in 1809 the population was 230,392. Curious Entertainment Chilliwick, a little town on the Fraser river, holds the curious record of having performed a play in which no fewer than 2,000 individuals took part. All the characters were red men. To Cultivate Friendship. A friend is one whose acquaintance has been cultivated. To obtain the most perfect friendship, his faults should be plowed under and his feelings never harrowed.—Life. The King's Horses. One of King Edward's rules is that when a horse has been in his service it shall not be sold. The horses are kept until they no longer can be used and are then chloroformed. Its Always Waiting "Pa, what's ready money?" "The kind the man who offers something for, nothing generally takes away with him in barrels."—Chicago Record-Herald. Expensive Throw An English judge recently altered a sentence of 18 months' hard labor to five years' penal servitude because the prisoner threw a bottle at him. No Cast-Offs. Upson—What do you do with your old clothes? Downs—Wear them.—Detroit Free Press. Needless to State King Alfonso says he will marry for love, but does not state whether for love of money or not.—Chicago Chronicle. Willing Worker. The man who takes an interest in his work is seldom without employment—The Commoher. - Paragon Wanted An advertiser in the Wimbledon (England) Gazette wants "a lad about 20; must be a churchman, of good education, who can drive a horse and cart, assist in the stable and garden (melons and cucumbers), milk cows and understand pigs; must be accustomed to wait at table and of gentlymanly appearance; early riser and teetotaler; good references required." The wage of this paragon is to be $50 a year, but he must lodge and furnish his own meals, except dinner. Justice in Trouble. A justice of the peace living near here has addressed the following inquiry to us: "Please let me know if there's bin any change in the code of Kansas sence I got mine, as some o' these triflin' lawyers tries to make out that my rulin' ain't accordin' to the code, an' if I'm right, an' they ain't, I want to disbar 'em 'an fine 'em for contempt, an' show 'em what's law. All I wants to do is to do right"—Osage (Kan.) Free Press. "Cimarron." Prof. Charles W. Gould, of Oklahoma university, is authority for the statement that the name Cimarron, borne by one of Oklahoma's characteristic streams, is a Mexican word derived from the Apache language. It means outcast or wanderer and was first applied to an old Apache Indian, who left his tribe and settled on the headwaters of this stream—Kansas City Times. Burned Her Year's Supply. A Centralia woman who hid a year's supply of clothing in the fireplace forgot all about it and the next morning started a fire with the result that the apparel was entirely burned. No, it wasn't an unusually large fireplace, but the lady's clothing for the year was in the shape of $65 in five-dollar bills.—Kansas City Journal. Sure-Thing Bet. A Kansas man has made a bet that he could invent a question to which 50 people would all give the same answer. The experiment has been tried and it works like a charm. The question is this: "Have you heard that Smith has committed suicide?" Answer: "What Smith?"—Kansas City Journal. Volcanic Dust A volcanic eruption at St. Vincent once threw a cloud of dust against the wind to Barbados, a distance of 100 miles. The deposit fell for 12 hours over the entire island, attaining a thickness of nearly half an inch. Its estimated weight was therefore nearly 2,000,000 tons. Paris Excursions to London. Eight hundred Paris butchers made an excursion to London recently and stayed five hours. They were cordially received. Such excursions are fashionable now, on account of the entente cordiale. Several hundred London sewermen recently paid a day's visit to Paris. If the Truth Were Known. If the Truth Were Known. Old Campaigner—One of the hardest things in making a speech is to say exactly what you mean. Older Campaigner—Yes. But now and then it is pretty hard to mean exactly what you say—N. Y. Times. Railway Class Colors. On the state railways in Germany the colors of the carriages are the same as the tickets of their respective classes; thus, first-class carriages are yellow, second-class green and third-class white. One on the Girl. Customer (at department store)—Mosquito bar at this counter? Affable Salesgril—Miss Keetabar? No, sir. What department does she—O, I see. Three aisles down—Chicago Tribune. Women Barbers in Austria. Female barbers, numerous in Australian cities, are always compelled to pass an examination before commencing business, to demonstrate their ability in shaving, hair-cutting and hair-curling. Kindliness of the Pope. Pope Plus X. recently gave audience to a poor man living at Tivoli, near Rome, who personally presented the pontiff with a bunch of asparagus of his own growing. Cheaper Cure. A Paris doctor says radium will cure snake bite. This is an insidious assault on the internal revenue system in the United States—Cincinnati Enquirer. Tramp Vindicated. "Bathing is the curse of the earth," says a New York sun worshiper. Thought some one would vindicate the tramp yet. "Florida Times-Union. Nation of Farms. Germany is able to feed about nine- tenths of her nearly 60,000,000 inhabitants on the products of her own soil. Outrageous Limitations. In Russia people must marry before 80 or not at all, and may marry only five times.-Spare Moments. Reign. of Kings. The average reign of English monarchs has been 23 years; of Russian only 16. But Easily Detected. Honesty is a much counterfeited policy.—Chicago Sun. Inhuman German Officers. Inhuman German Officers. A German noncommissioned naval officer named Hummelt, has been sentenced by court-martial at Kiel to three months' imprisonment for cruelty to recruits. He wrapped a thick woolen cloth around the neck of a recruit named Proch and compelled him to perform military exercises close to the door of a glowing stove until he fainted. Another time Proch was obliged to hold out a rifle at arms' length and when his arms dropped from weakness Hummelt prodded them with scissors. A medical examination disclosed ten wounds on each arm. Glass and Sunlight. Common clear glass left exposed in certain desert regions of the earth soon changes greatly in appearance and acquires color, sometimes rose purple and sometimes amethyst. This change has been attributed by some observers to alkaline soils, but others maintain that such changes occur where there is no alkali and that it must be due to the great activity of the actinic rays of the sun where the atmosphere is very clear. Foreign-Born Pilots. In time of war the foreign-born pilots in British waters would be of great service to Britain's enemies. Fifty-nine pilotage certificates for the London district and Thames and Medway approaches are held by foreigners, of whom 30 are Dutch, 13 Swedes, eight Germans, three Danes, three Russians and two Belgians. Englishmen are not allowed to obtain pilotage certificates in foreign ports. Odd Calling in Asia The trade of tooth-stainer, followed in eastern Asia, is as odd a calling as any. The natives prefer black teeth to the whiter kind, and the tooth-stainer, with a little box of brushes and coloring matter, calls on his customers and stains their teeth. The process is not unlike that of blacking a boot, for a fine polish is given to the teeth. The pigment is harmless. Amateur Gardener. Mrs. Black—Your husband is so straight out from the shoulder. He always calls a spade a spade, doesn't he? Mrs. White—I thought he did, but yesterday I was listening while he was spading up a garden patch, and I'm sure I heard him call it something else!—Detroit Free Press. Phosphorescent Shrimps. Luminous shrimps have been discovered by the prince of Monaco in the course of his deep sea fishing in the Mediterranean. They live at a depth of 1,100 to 1,600 fathoms, and are studded with small phosphorescent spots, which light their way through the gloomy depths. The Star in Turkey. Turkey's government has issued an order to its custom authorities not to admit any foreign goods which bear the mark or design of a star. It is supposed that the reason for this is that the representation of a star is a part of the Turkish coat-of-arms. City Wins Lottery Prize. The city authorities of Lemberg, Germany, had some tickets in this year's Vienna lottery, but decided to sell them, and an official was directed to do so. He forgot, and now Lemberg finds itself winner for the first prize. $60,000. Back to the Bog! A large lump of butter has been found buried in an Irish bog. No one knows how old it is. It is thought that it is at least,100 years old, possibly ten centuries. The butter is said to be in excellent condition. Takes It Kindly. The wise man hopes for the best, prepares for the worst and swallows the dose fate ladles out for him with as cheerful a smile as though it were just what he was looking for.—Chicago Sun. Educational. A Philadelphia Y. M. C. A man is in Manchuria teaching the Jap soldiers to play and to pray; they already know how to keep their powder dry. —Philadelphia Press. Oldest Bible Manuscript The exposition of rare old books and manuscripts now being held in the British museum includes the oldest known manuscript of the Bible, of the ninth century. The Turkish language is said to be the softest and most musical of modern tongues, being better suited to musical notation and recitation than even Italian. Not a Thing! What would be the matter with a law to prevent a fellow at a summer resort writing back home about what a great place it is to fish?—Springfield Sun. Leading "Loafer." Sir Mountstuart Grant-Duff says that there is this inscription over a baker's shop at Poona, in India: "Best English Loafer to His Excellency." Shop Girls' Retreat A hundred acres of mountain side have been set apart to form a convalescent retreat for shop girls of Chicago who are in ill health. Naturally. The plainer the woman the longer. It takes her to select a becoming bonnet. Chicago Daily News. Attorneys at Law Phone 264 Main Metropolitan Block N. W. Cor. 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