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BROAD AX Booker T. Washington The Wizard of Tuskegee and His Camp Followers Vol. X Booker T. W The Wizard of T His Camp We are frequently asked how it is possible to be favorably disposed toward manual training and a patron and helper of industrial schools yet be "opposed to Booker Washington. Without intending any offense we cannot refrain remarking that the question indicates a confusion of ideas comparable to that which frequently prompts a white man of one party to answer the arguments of a political opponent by asking, "do you think I want my daughter to marry a 'nigger'?" A friend from Iowa tells us that there was, not far from where he lived, a very bad, boggy spot in the road. Dally, loaded wagons and even light buggies would get stuck there, and a man named Chick who lived near by would be called upon to bring a team and pull the stalled vehicles out, which he would do for a small consideration. The hole ever growing worse, in the course of time he was obliged to keep several teams handy and made quite a "lump" of money pulling people out of "Chick's Hole," as it was called. It was a standing wonder why that particular spot, regardless of the season, was always miry, and many theories were advanced to account for it. Chick was in a fair way to become the richest man in the ecounty; and had already practically given up working his farm for the more lucrative pulling out business, when a farmer who had often been mulcted and had devoted considerable study to the matter, confirmed his own suspicions and solved the mystery by coming upon Chick one dark night with plow and double team out in the hole, assisting nature to keep it in proper condition for his business. In like manner the muddiness and WHY INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS ARE NOT POPULAR. W do not know whether President Frissel of the Hampton Industrial Institute for Colored Youth has changed his views or made any public disavowal of the views he expressed before the Industrial Commission in 1900. We have found, however, that all of the Colored graduates did not respond to the call for silver from graduate Booker T. Washington, which gift the latter handed Prof Frissell in one of Tiffany's expensive silver jewel boxes. In order to give the public a fair chance to judge whether those Colored graduates who did not join in the thanks offering were guilty of "ingratitude," or of self-respect, we reproduce a news report from the New York Sun of June 5, 1900 (before The Guardian was started): "Washington Jan. 4.—Negro education and the capacity of the Negro for advancement and development occupied the Industrial Commission this morning. The witness heard was H. E. Frissell, superintendent of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute at Hampton, Va., After explaining the methods of the Hampton school Mr. Frissell said: "The small Negro farmers in the South are increasing in number very rapidly. I think the small farm the best school for the development of the Colored man. In many districts in the South the condition of the Negro is even worse than the slavery of the ante-bellum days. Wages are small, and the farmer is unable to break away from the lien system of crops. Futures in crops are the only loan securities known in the South. The consequence is that most of the harvests confusion in the minds of many of the people, who have not given the Booker Washington controversy careful study and strict attention, is due largely to the work of interested persons; to hired promoters; to men who hold or seek office, political or ecclesiastical; to the hopes and fears of preachers, bishops, presidents of schools, and what not, who have received or look to receive favors or to be put in touch with those able and willing to help "the Negro of the right sort;" to men, especially those engaged in running or founding purported "race" newspapers and magazines, who prospering, gloat over; or who sinking, clutch at; the loot which falls to the lot of the fighters as well as the camp followers in an army which "lives on the country." Let us repeat here and now that our opposition to Mr. Washington is not based on his work at Tuskegee, but to the "machine" that he and his followers have built up over the country which seeks to control the entire political and educational activities of our people, as the "system" which is now being exposed by Thomas Lawson, attempts to absolutely control for its selfish profit the financial resources, transportation facilities, and industrial products of our country. We cannot enter further into the matter at present but those who will read these columns will find from time to time reasons given for these convictions. In the meantime be assured that we are not foes to manual training.—The Home News, Alexandria, Va. The Home News has gave expression to our sentiments in every way, respecting the unscrupulous and the corrupting methods which Prof. Booker T. Washington has resorted to for the purpose of posing as the Moses of the Afro-American race. are sold before they are reaped. Slavery, while a bad thing, was good in this, that it taught the Negro the English language habits of industry and some religion. This work has not stopped, of course. Since the war the South has spent $100,000,000 on schools for Colored pupils. Throughout the South there is quite as much opportunity for the respectable black man as the white. As a broad statement of results, about one-third of the Negro race has retrograded since the war, one third has remained where it was and one-third has advanced. Politics has proven an impediment of the worst sort. The Negro has been taught that his salvation lay through political channels and not through hard work. Colonization has not injured the Negro, as many persons think. On the contrary, it has helped him to live among others of his own race. When the darkey lives in a village of darkies with a white man's market available, he avoids the disaster of undue antagonism toward the whites." A casual noting of Dr. Frissell's praise of Southern giving to Colored schools, of his specification of the benefits of slavery to us, of the exemption from maltreatment of "respectable" Colored folk, of his strong declaration against politics for the race, will show perhaps the source from which Dr. Washington got the sayings that aroused his own race against him. His use of the word "darkey" we have reported before. In this speech may be seen the reason for the dislike which has been bred into many self-respecting Colored people for the whole industrial school business. Dr. Gordon, even, has not done so badly—The Guardian Boston, HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, JUNE 17, 1905. Sunday, June 18th, Mrs. Mary E. Lark Hill, will formerly open Queen Esther Mission at 5040 State St. It will be conducted by the Female Evangelistic Union. Services will commence at 11 a. m.; preaching by Rev. Alice Tinsley. At 3 p. m. there will be a platform meeting and Revs. Mollie B. Craft, Mrs. Bishop M. B. Hatcher, Mrs. Mattle Foster and Miss Brown, the girl preacher, will be among the speakers. At 7:30 p. m. the unveiling of a life size portrait of the founder of the Queen Esther Mission, Rev. Mary E. Lark Hill, painted by the National Art painter, Prof. S. A. Colman, will oc CHIEF O'NEILL AND THE COLOR ED POLICEMEN. As the great teamsters' strike seems to be drawing to a close, it may not be out of place to note that Francis O'Neill, Chief of the Chicago Police force was one man who could not be swayed by the tin-horn politicians—their lackeys, and who absolutely refused to bow down in front of the altar of race prejudice. For throughout the teamsters' strike in spite of bull-dozing, brow-beating and much bluffing on the part of certain individuals high up in the affairs of this city, Chief O'Neill could not be moved and he firmly adhered to his first or original idea of selecting colored men to serve as special policemen, and the result is that between five and six hundred colored men are serving as special police officers at the present time, and with few exceptions they are rendering better service than any other class of men sworn in. Chief O'Neill realizes the fact that some bad colored men as well as some very bad white men have been sworn in to do police duty who are utterly unfit to service in that capacity. But he is fair-minded enough not to blame nor hold all colored people responsible for the contemptable conduct on the part of some of the tough characters belonging to the Afro-American race. It can be truthfully said to the credit of Chief O'Neill that he is unlike Sheriff Thomas E. Barrett. For when the representatives of The Chicago American and a few other big fellows whispered in Sheriff Barrett's ears against selecting colored men to serve as deputy sheriffs he weakened and declared that "He would not appoint any colored deputy sheriffs, that in case he did, race riots would break out, human blood would flow through the streets and the "niggers" would all cur. There will also be speaking by Mrs. Hill and other prominent speakers and workers. No men will be permitted to speak at any of the meetings and the services will be conducted on the opening day entirely by women. Everybody will be welcomed and good singing will be one of the leading features of the services. Queen Esther Mission is neatly furnished and one of the best arranged missions in the city and Mrs. Hill, who is well and favorably known to the church going people throughout Chicago, feels confident that success will crown her efforts in conducting her new mission. be killed," or words to that effect. But it was not so with the sturdy and courageous Chief of Police of Chicago, who boldly declared that "as long as colored men were full fledged American citizens, they had the undisputed right like any other class of citizens to serve as extra or permanent policemen and when the lumber merchants protested to him against sending colored policemen into the lumber district the Chief plainly intimated to them that they had no right to dictate to the city as to the color or the nationality of the men it selected to guard or to protect their property and his plain words cooled them off, and it is no trouble to observe plenty of colored policemen throughout the lumber district. Chief O'Neill is all right and if Mayor Dunne knows which side his bread is buttered on he will permit him to remain at the head of the Police force of Chicago. GRAND CONCERT AT ST. MARY'S CHURCH. Monday evening the Organ Club connected with St. Mary's Church 4926 Dearborn st., assisted by the best musical talent in the city, gave a grand concert which was a great success, Mmes. A. Garrett, Lena Bryant, Virginia Green, Patti Brown, F. Washington, Neale-Hawkins-Buckner, rendered excellent and classical selections, and it was difficult to distinguish which was the best among these lovely and popular song birds. Mrs. Fannie Hall-Clint made a great hit with her select reading. Messers Fred W. Burch, B. Brown, W. A. Hann, W. C. Buckner, Oscar Charles Hagen, were at their best in their respective parts The Dixie Quartette came in for their share of the honors, and their singing completely captivated the large audience which filled the church to overflowing. LETTER CARRIERS WILL PICNIC Members of the Letter Carrier's National Association have completed arrangements for a huge picnic, the date selected being Sunday, June 18. Elliott's Park being chosen for the scene of the festivities. Trains will leave Randolph Street Depot, Illinois Central R. R., every half hour from 9 in the morning till 2 in the afternoon, thus assuring ample accommodations to all desiring to attend. The committee of arrangements has provided many novel and attractive events for the entertainment of their friends, and a day of fun is assured the many friends attending. While music and dancing will be features, an extensive program of games and races has been arranged, including two games of baseball, morning and afternoon. Valuable prizes will be awarded and a good time is assured. The outings of the letter carriers have always been most enjoyable, and every effort will be made to have the forthcoming demonstration excel the former very successful affairs given by the association. The committee of arrangements embraces the following Jno. J. Hopper chairman; W. J. Convey, secretary; Committee—D. J. Geary, E. W. Daniels, Victor Burgess, Julius Boltz, P. J Skelly, J. W. Miller, Wm. Murphy, W. H. Shaw, M. Shinners. St. Thomas. Last Sunday being the birthday of the Christian Church commonly called Whit Sunday or the descending of the Holy Ghost upon the first heads of the Church at Jerusalem in the form of tongues of Fire every Catholic altar use the color red and the priest vested in red at the Holy Eucharist in commemoration of the same, but on next Sunday being the Feast of Trinity the color is white, and there will be a high celebration of the Holy Communion at 11 a. m. with sermon by the priest upon the Great Doctrines of Trinity, the foundation of the Catholic religion. Vespers will be sung at 8 p. m. After Trinity Sunday eve. the color of altar hangings and vestments worn by the celebrant at mass is green, except on Holy Days. CALENDAR FOR WEEK. June 18th, Sunday, Trinity (white) June 20th, St. Edward A. D. 981. June 22d, Thursday, Corpus Christi June 23d, Friday, Fast. June 24th, St. John Baptist (white) Card of Thanks Mrs. M. A. Woods, 3011 Dearborn St., heartily desires to express her thanks to her many friends for their love and sympathy during the long illness and death of her husband, Geo. J. Woods. George O. Jones, 701 W. Lake St., the popular funeral director and embalmer, has one of the finest establishments in his line in the city. The coffins and furnishings which he carries in stock cannot be excelled and by being a thorough up-to-date business man he has forged to the front very rapidly, and he has many patrons among the best class of whites residing on the West Side. County Commissioner Oscar De Priest, Robert A. Williams, J. Hockley Smiley and George Snowden, took in the sights of the White City last week and when they attempted to buy refreshments, they were turned down cold, on account of their color, and through their attorney Edward E. Wilson, they have brought suit against the management, under the Civil Rights Act. President Roosevelt, is always nosing into something he has no business to monkey with. At the present time he is bending all of his enegles to bring about peace between Russia and Japan and he is figuring it out so that Russia, will get the best of the deal. The Japanese should not enter into any peace negotiations and they ought to proceed with the war and utterly exterminate the Russians. For like the majority of the people of this country, they are uncivilized savages at heart and can contribute nothing to progress and civilization. No.34 CHIPS. Rev. J. F. Thomas has been out of town this week, Fishing. Mrs. J. A. Turner is visiting her mother in North Greene, New York. Mr. Arthur Woodard and mother returned from Booneville, Mo., Sunday evening. The Masonic Lodges, of Chicago, will observe St. Johns Day on Sunday June 25th. Mr. J. Edward Smith 5149 Grove Ave., is at work again after a trying spell of sickness. Dr. and Mrs. Jos. A. Kelly will visit friends and relations in the East sometime this summer. Rev. and Mrs. Duncan mourn the loss of their youngest son whom they buried last Sunday. Dr. A. A. Wesley, Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, has returned from down state on Lodge business. Professor Charles Frazier, of North Carolina, is at the University of Chicago, taking the summer course in modern languages. Hon. Andrew J. Ryan 100 Washington st., would make a tip-top candidate for Judge of the Circuit Court of this city and county. Mrs. Claybrook, so many of the ladies say, does "not wear so many costly dresses since the death of Rev. D. W. Jones. Mrs. George J. Woods, 3011 Dearborn St., left last evening for Waukebsha, Wis., where she will spend two weeks with friends. The Associated Lodges and the Household of Ruth gave a ball at the Colliseum Annex Thursday evening, which was largely attended. In Madagascar the Norwegian church employs 75 Negro pastors who are graduates of the seminary at Antanarivo, Madagascar. A colony of Negroes from Kansas City, Mo., have migrated to an open country 75 miles west of Nicodemus, Kan. They are doing well. Alderman J. C. Patterson who has been very sick for sometime is on the mend, and he will soon be able to again make his appearance in the City Hall. The Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias will meet at Calro Ill., on Tuesday, July 11th next. All the Knights are making preparations to go. Mr. Moses P. White has returned to Chicago to live after a stay of four years in the far west in various cities. Mr. White says there is no place like "Old Chl." The officers and scholars of the Grace Presbyterian Sunday School are making arrangements for their annual picnic. Time and place yet to be selected. Mr. David McK. Jackson has made several trips to the National Capital recently. We have not learned yet whether his affairs are "political" or of the heart. Mrs. Marshall Drish, 4613 Dearborn St., is suffering with a severe attack of muscular rheumatism and her many friends hope she will speedily recover from its effect. Mrs. Ella Webb, of 4619 Dearborn st., was granted a decree of divorce this week by Judge Patton. She will now resume her maiden name of Washington. John C. King, the eminent lawyer, 87 Washington st., is being groomed by his many friends for the nomination as one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Cook County. Mr. Chas. J. Pickett, confidential clerk to Senator Shelby M. Cullom, arrived in Chicago from Washington, D. C., Monday morning. Mr. Pickett will be kept busy all summer assisting the Senator in his campaign for a return to the Senate. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic Principles, Christian Principles, and Second-class Matter. 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St. Mary's Church 4926 Dearborn st., begins it 8th anniversary celebration Sunday June 18th. It will last eight days and nights and each day and evening interesting programs will be rendered. Last Sunday afternoon, Rev. A. J. Carey preached the annual sermon to the Households of Ruth of Chicago, the order turned out in large numbers and an excellent program was rendered. Mr. P. T. Tinsley and his pupils gave their 27th recitation at Grace Church last evening to a crowded house. The affair was under the auspices of the Ways and Means Society and the proceeds go to the Building Fund. A conference will be held at the Frederick Douglass Centre to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock to discuss the Negro and the strike. Many prominent Negroes are to be present as well as leaders of this race. Now is the time to get in on the ground floor and secure the "Souls of Black Folk," or "The Life of Frederick Douglass" and The Broad Ax for one year for $2.00. See ad in another column of this paper. Peter M. Hoffman, the efficient Coroner of Cook County, has remodeled and refitted his rooms in the Criminal Court Bldg., and it is now a pleasure to transact business in the Coroner's office. Miss Zoe Graves, of Council Bluffs, Ia., is taking a course in hair dressing at one of our down-town establishments. Miss Graves is stopping with her aunt, Mrs. Jno. B. French, 35th and Grand Boulevard. The "Young Girls' Guild" of St. Thomas Episcopal church are making great preparations for a week's outing in the woods of Wisconsin, under the champeronage of Mrs. Lealtad, the rector's wife. Justice J. J. Hennessy, 6301 S. Halsted St., whose reputation for honesty in his dealings with his fellow-men has never been questioned will become one of the new municipal judges of Chicago in 1906. Last Sunday Children's Day was observed at the Scott M. E. church on the West Side by Rev. Purnell, who is progressing with his church on that side of the city, and each week he takes several new members into the fold. Former County Commissioner Michael Irrmann, the successful cigar manufacturer, has removed his store and factory from 196 W. Madison St. to 632 the same street, and he now has better and larger quarters. Logan Webb, 4712 Armour ave., for the past two months has been sick and unable to make his regular trips to St. Paul, Minn., but in the next few weeks he will be hitting the ralls again. Under the new city code saloons or dramshops are not allowed to locate or do business within 250 feet of any church and now is the time for the pastors of Quinn Chapel, Bethel and Olivet Baptist churches to get busy and force the saloonkeepers to move their joints from right in front of their respective churches. Miss Portia Washington, daughter of Prof. Booker T. Washington graduated this week from Bradford Academy, a fashionable private school in Boston, So Prof. Washington thinks that, industrial education is plenty good enough for common colored people, but he wants his children to receive a classical educatin. --- "The Colored Harvest" published quarterly at Baltimore, Md., with the approbation of His Eminence, Cardinal Gibion, is the official organ of the Catholic missionary workers among the colored people of America. W. T. Vernon is indorsed by Dr. Washington for recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia. The Kansas "Watchman" makes a bitter attack on Vernon, and denounces him as being infavor of the "Jim Crow" policy.—Exchange. Mrs. Marion Adams-Harris, will give a grand trolley ride, and an open air concert, at Rach's Park Monday July 10th. It will be in the nature of a re-union of all the musicians in the city. For full particulars watch next issue of this paper. Col. Fred T. Carey, business manager for Robert T. Motts, 2700 State St., is dangerously sick, and his doctors are doing everything they can to pull him through, and they feel confident that they will succeed in rescuing him from the jaws of death. Rev. Father Kelly pastor of St. Cella's church, 45th and 5th Ave., and the eloquent chaplain of the Seventh Regiment Illinois National Guards, has a warm spot in his heart for all his fellow creatures, and he is highly esteemed by his fellow citizens in the Town of Lake. Mrs. Sarah Purnell very suddenly died at the home of Mrs. E. Louise Austin, 4853 Armour Ave., last Monday evening. Heart trouble was the cause of her death. Rawlins the undertaker 4834 State st., prepared the body for shipment to Philadelphia Pa. Timothy Cruise, Jacob B. Thielen Joseph E. Flanagan, Rivers McNeill John Minwegen, Joseph Donnersberger, Rollin B. Organ, Edward Kelly John W. Eckhart, Nober Gottlieb and James T. Bransfield are among the new candidates for Trustees of the Drainage Canal. "The Phonograph Harrisonburg, Va., which is edited by L. Campbell Garland, is one of the brightest defenders of the best interests of the Afro-American race that we receive on our exchange list, and being a Virginian ourselves, we always peruse it with delight. Rev. J. Madison Mason held a grand rally and platform meeting at Central Baptist church, 3705 State St., Sunday At one p. m. children's day exercises were held which were very Interesting, Revs. P. R. Thomas, M. L. Pierce, Wm. Williams, R. E. Manning, and Z. T. Mejors and other prominent church workers assisted Rev. Mason to conduct his "All Day services." One of the married lady members of St. Thomas' church, whose husband is a Pullman palace car porter, and is as soft as mush, thinks she is the whole thing with the men. At one time she resided on Calumet ave. near 30th st., and two married gentlemen, who claim to be lawyers made love to her on separate nights while her husband was out on the road, and this lady who now lives at 49th and Dearborn st. still masks as a good saint, and she expects decent people to bow down to her. A Missouri paper says that a new judge arose to charge the jury and spoke as follows: "Gentlemen of the jury, chargin a jury is a new business to me, as this is my first case. You have heard all the evidence, as well as myself. You have heard what the learned counsel have said. If you believe what the counsel for the plaintiff has told, your verdict will be for the plaintiff; but if, on the other hand, you believe what the defendant's counsel has told you, then you will find a verdict for the defendant; but if you were like me, and don't believe what either of them said, then I'll be d—d if I know what you'll do. Constable take charge of the jury."—Ex. 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At another gun Smith, the captain of the team, fired a string which tied with McAndrews. "Bringoff, Christensen and Lame, who defend the ball on the gridiron, fired three strings of record shots each from the 13-inch guns without a miss. With the six-pounders it took Ridge. --- our well-known pitcher, to fire the banner gun of the ship, while Lucid, whose value on the diamond we all know, takes the second place. "A man who demonstrates his ability in the field of sport and shows his enthusiasm and interest in athletics will invariably be found not wanting in the other duties he is called upon to perform. Training and development in one line mean an increased efficiency in the other." GLASSES AID TO HEARING. Those Used at the Opera Said by Optician to Serve in That Capacity. "Hurry them along, please," said the woman customer as she left a pair of opera glasses for repairs at a Chestnut street store. "I can't hear well at the theater without them." Another customer who was waiting amiled, when the woman left, at her apparent mistake, says the Philadelphia Record. "She meant she couldn't see," he observed. "No," rejoined the optician, "she meant just what she said. Opera glasses are an aid to hearing as well as to sight. You can prove it any time you are seated well toward the rear in a theater by training the glasses on a singer. As long as you keep the singer under scrutiny with the glasses you will be able to follow the words of the song with ease. Drop the glasses and you will notice a difference. It will require more or less of a strain to catch the enunciation distinctly. "By the use of opera glasses a theater patron is enabled to note distinctly every movement of a singer's lips, and the unconscious 'lip reading' greatly aids the sense of hearing. If you ever attend a public meeting where it is impossible to get close to the speakers provide yourself with opera glasses and you will be surprised how greatly they will aid you in hearing." Enough Said In a letter to a friend in Atlanta a rural younger姑 said: "Bad tried to break a mule to a wagon. The mule is still with us."—Atlanta Constitution. Nothing Like Plentiful Use of a Good Cold Cream for Imparting the Desired Smoothness. It is only a short time ago that a society of Parisian artists voted upon the merits and demurits of their models. There were 12 models in the voting contest, which was to be decided wholly on the beauty of the complexion. The majority of the votes were cast for a certain model, "not because she was so beautiful," explained one of the artists to the writer, "but because she has such a classic complexion." A "classic complexion" by the way, is one that is absolutely smooth. English girls in their early youths have classic skins. The skin is smooth and has a ripe color. The skin of the Irish girl is a little too fair. It is too pure and too suggestive of vegetarian diet, which is not very strengthening. It fades too early and plumpness is succeeded by pudginess. But the classic complexion endures. It is found most often in Italy and it is engendered by the genial climate which brings out the good points of the complexion. "You sweat out the impurities," explained a Virginia girl to a friend more truthfully than poetically. Of late years the American girl is rejoicing in this skin, and on the street of an afternoon among the best groomed girls one will see a dozen or so with this classic skin. It is not white, nor brown, not pink, nor yellow. It is olive, perfectly smooth, clear in color and it looks as though nothing had ever disturbed it and never would. It is a dust proof complexion, a complexion which can stand the snow as well as the rain. It is a complexion through which the May winds and the July sunshine cannot hope to break. A professional model whose complexion is of the classic type has this to say about her smooth skin and its treatment: "I suppose I ought to say that I owe my complexion to soap and water, but to tell the actual truth, neither soap nor water agrees with my skin very well I seldom wash my face, vulgar as this may sound. "I am accustomed to taking a cold bath every day, which is a matter of habit. It is good for some people and bad for others, but it agrees perfectly with me. I feel invigorated by it. "In the natural course of events, my face gets its dash of cold water, but otherwise I do not wash it, except for a light steaming, which it gets once in awhile, say once in ten days or so. "At night I cover my face thickly with cold cream. I put it on in great layers. I let it remain on for a few minutes and then remove it with a soft cloth. I then apply another thick coating of cold cream and this I leave on all night. It seems to sink into the pores and to supply the moisture which has been taken out of it during the day. "You cannot expect to have a smooth young skin unless you use lots of cold cream on your face. You must experiment until you find the right kind of cold cream to use. If glycerin hurts your skin, do not use it. If you cannot stand rose water and alcohol, why, it is best to omit them. Discover the kind of cream you can use and stick to it. That is the way I did." NICE PHOTOGRAPH FRAME Made of Silk or Satin and Embroidered * by Hand an Attractive Addition to One's Room Here is a suggestion for a pretty frame made from a few small pieces of silk, satin, or linen that is ornamented with embroidery or palings. These frames may be made for either cabinets, carte-de-visites, or midgets the size varying, of course, according to the size of the mount they are intended to frame. Two pieces of card the requisite size must be cut, and in one of them a heart-shaped opening is cut. The silk used as the covering of EMBROIDERED PHOTOGRAPH FRAME front must have a spray of flowers painted or embroidered at the top left-hand corner and a small bunch at the right-hand; or a monogram might be substituted for this latter. Cover the card that has the hole cut in it with a layer of wadding, stretch the silk over this, cut the heart-shaped opening three-quarters inch smaller than the opening in the card, notch the edges of silk, turn them over the edge of card, and fix at the back with glue; cover the back with sateen, then glue the two together, leaving the lower end open to pass the photograph through. The support at the back is of double card covered with sateen, leaving one inch of sateen standing out at the upper end by which to glue it to the back of frame. Heliotrope Sachet Heliotrope sachet is one of the best that is made and it imparts a delicious fragrance to clothing. Make it thus: Mix well together and pass through a coarse sleeve half a pound of orris-root, a quarter of a pound of ground rose leaves, two ounces of powdered tonquin beans, half a grain of musk and two drops of essence of almonds. EMPEROR WILLIAM'S PIPES. The Kaiser Has Discovered That They Afford Sweeter Smokes Than Cigars. It is only recently that Emperor William appears to have made the discovery that a pipe is a sweeter smoke than a cigar, and with his customary enthusiasm he has become an admirer of fine pipes, says the New York Herald. More than a score of extremely handsome pipes decorate his personal rack in his smoking-room, but of these many have never been filled and others have been set aside after their first dedication to "My Lady Nicotine." Some few have second place in his affections, and are occasionally filled and lighted, but for his regular use he has one pipe, made from a design drawn by himself and worked out by a well-known artist. The meerschaum bowl is large, even for a German pipe, and is provided with a stem of Turkish wood. A cluster of leaves is the decoration of the bowl, while the stem is ornamented with a large silver W, on which a bird is perched. In this handsome pipe is smoked only a special blend of Cuban tobaccos prepared for the emperor and imported direct. Most Havana tobaccos are poor pipe mixtures, but this blend appeals peculiarly to his majesty and he refused to experiment with any other mixture. WISDOM WAS SOLOMON-LIKE For Equitable Impartiality, the King Here mentioned Was a "Gen. Lew Wallace," said a resident of Crawfordsville, "was visited one day by a rich man who feared that after his death his will would be contested by his two sons. "He had his will with him and he read it to Gen. Wallace. The latter thought that, here and there, it was not fair and impartial enough. He suggested amendments, and these amendments the old man agreed to make. "You see," said Gen. Wallace, as his friend was taking leave, "it is always necessary, if we wish our wills to be uncontested, to make them perfectly equitable. We should draw up our wills with Attila in mind. "A certain chief of Attila's once died leaving his property to his two sons to divide among themselves. That was a foolish course. The two sons quarreled over the division for three months and finally, in a deadlock, asked Attila to arbitrate. "The king listered to their story carefully. He thought a little while. Then he said, turning first to one young man and then to the other: "I decide that you, being the elder brother, shall have the division of the property, but also decide that you, the younger brother, shall have the choice of the two shares." "PULL" WAS ON HIS DOOR. on Success. Lincoln Steffens, the author of "The Shame of the Cities," was talking about a Pittsburgh contractor who thrives more through political influence than through business ability, relates an exchange. "I heard something about this man the other day," he said, "that may or may not be true. If it isn't true, it should be, for it is certainly appropriate. "A young man called on the contractor and asked for a job. The contractor wouldn't give him a job, for he had voted the wrong way in the last election. He read him a lecture, though, on his poor success—told him it was a shame, at his age, to be out of work, and so forth—and then wound up impressively: "'My boy, the door to every successful busine is labeled Push.' "The young man assumed a puzzled look. "But your business is fairly successful, isn't it?" he asked. "Yes, fairly so," said the contractor. "Why do you ask? "Because," said the young man, "I noticed that your door is labeled Pull." Water in the Desert Even the Egyptian desert may be made to blossom as the result of the advance of engineering science. A recent expedition sent to the desert area of southern Egypt found a plentiful supply of water at a depth of 145 feet by the aid of drillers. It has also been established that on a large area of land lying 20 miles north of Kharga water flows freely a few feet below the surface. Stone Soles for Footwear An inventor has hit upon a method of putting what are practically stone soles on boots and shoes. He mixes a water-proof glue with a suitable quantity of clean quartz sand and spreads it over the leather sole used as foundation. These quartz soles are said to be very flexible and practically indestructible and to give the foot a firm hold even on the most slippery surface. His Last Wish Casey—An' Kelly's laalt wurds wuz: "Oi wish Oi cud live two days longer." Rilley—An' fer what? "So he could see how manny hacks wud be at his funeral."—Judge. Well Informed Little Willie—Say, pa, do you know anything about watered stocks? Fa—I ought to, my son. I've been soaked often enough.—Chicago Daily News. WASHINGTON LETTER CHARLES BONAPABE NOT OF ARISTOCRATIC TENDENCIES. What Impressed Admiral Dewey in Busso-Japanese Conflict — Senator Hale, of Maine, Is Differently Taught. WASHINGTON.—HERE may be some "little Americans" who will criticise the appointment of Charles J. Bonaparte to be secretary of the navy on the ground that he is of royal blood. He is a grand nephew of the great Napoleon ASHINGTON. HERE may be some "little Americans" who will criticise the appointment of Charles J. Bonaparte to be secretary of the navy on the ground that he is of royal blood. He is a grand nephew of the great Napoleon Bonaparte and a grandson of Jerome Bonaparte, whom Napoleon made king of Westphalia. This is a great chance for the anti-imperialists. They will doubtless point to the selection of a grandson of a king as sure proof of the imperialistic tendencies of Theodore Roosevelt. And Theodore Roosevelt will just laugh. So will Charles J. Bonaparte, who, though an aristocrat, is a democrat in principle and practice. Mr. Bonaparte does not rest his claim to fame upon his family. He has made his own reputation, and if the truth were told, he is probably not proud of his royal ancestors. His grandfather, Jerome Bonaparte, was under the thumb of Napoleon, and at the latter's command was divorced from his American wife, the beautiful Elizabeth Patterson, of Baltimore, Mrs. Bonaparte, it is said, lies buried in a Baltimore cemetery under a stone marked "Elizabeth Patterson." She had one son, whom she named Jerome, and the latter had two sons, Jerome and Charles Joseph, the latter being the new secretary of the navy. Charles Joseph's brother inherited royal tendencies. He did not become an American citizen, but had an ambition to regain the French throne. He became a soldier in the French army and was known as Prince Napoleon. Charles Joseph, however, is an American in thought and feeling, and is a lawyer of great ability. Secretary to the President. MONG the cabinet rumors that have been circulated recently is one to the effect that 'Secretary' to the President Loeb is to follow in the footsteps of Col. Lamont and Mr. Cortelyou and reach a seat in the cabinet. This rumor has not affected Mr. Loeb, who is an imper- MONG the cabinet rumors that have been circulated recently is one to the effect that Secretary to the President Loeb is to follow in the footsteps of Col. Lamont and Mr. Cortelyou and reach a seat in the cabinet. This rumor has not affected Mr. Loeb, who is an imper- turbable gentleman, not easily fooled and who would not be likely to confirm the rumor by even so much as a nod, even if it were true. "Do you enjoy the office of secretary to the president?" he was asked the other day when the cabinet rumor was first circulated. "I like it best of anything I ever did," was his reply. "It is the center of things. I would not trade it for any other job under the government." "Not for a cabinet office?" "No." Mr. Loeb is a hard worker, and says that he has no time to consider the stories that have been put into circulation. He entered life with the idea of working, and he has had plenty of opportunity to indulge his ambition. He picked out as his profession that of stenography, which involves plenty of activity. When he decided to become a stenographer, he also made up his mind that he would be one of the best in the country. That he succeeded in his determination is evidenced by the fact that he became one of the official stenographers of the New York legislature at Albany. It was while in pursuit of his official work in the New York capitol that he came under the notice of Mr. Roosevelt, who was governor of the state. There were four official stenographers attached to the executive offices at Albany, and the new governor had his choice. During the first week of his administration Mr. Roosevelt tackled a big pile of correspondence one morning, and said: "Send me that man I had the first day." This was after he had tried all the men, and the man he referred to was William Loeb, Jr., who has been with him ever since, as governor, vice president and president. Increase in the Navy. DMRAL DEWEY and the general board of the navy department of which he is the head, with President Roosevelt and the secretary of the navy and the officials of the navigation bureau will form a formidable body to appeal to congress at the next session for DMIRAL DEWEY and the general board of the navy department of which he is the head, with President Roosevelt and the secretary of the navy and the officials of the navigation bureau will form a formidable body to appeal to congress at the next session for increases in the navy, particularly in the line of building battleships. These distinguished officials declare that one lesson above all others that has been taught by the battle of the Sea of Japan is the necessity of the battleship in the modern navy. Admiral Dewey has always contended that these big men of war constitute the supreme factor in naval operations. Probably no naval officer in the world watched with more intense interest the movements of the Russian and Japanese fleets or studied more closely the performance of the vessels in those fleets in the engagements at Port Arthur and in the Korean straits than did Admiral Dewey. Since his great victory in Manila bay, seven years ago, the admiral has been absolutely convinced of the superiority of the battleship, and he now declares that the virtual annihilation of the Russian fleet in the Korean straits was accomplished by the gun fire and masterly maneuvering of Admiral Togo's battleships. The reported exploits of the torpedo boats the admiral claims were only rendered possible by the fact that the battleships had crippled the big vessels of the Russian navy and left them at the mercy of the little torpedo boats. President Roosevelt has had many a discussion with the admiral regarding the performance of the different types of vessels in the recent fight between the Japanese and Russians. He agrees with the admiral that the policy of building more battleships must be kept up, especially now since Japan is likely to become the queen of the Pacific through her victory over the Russians and the capture of so many of the latter's vessels of war. Against More Battlesips. HERE is one man who can be depended upon to contest the administration's battleship policy, and that is Senator Hale, of Maine, chairman of the senate committee on naval affairs. Mr. Hale is conscious and honest in his contention that naval development is too uncer- T tain to warrant the government putting so many millions into one type of vessel. A battleship fully armored and equipped represents an expenditure of over $7,000,000. Mr. Hale contends that this expensive floating arsenal is at the mercy of a torpedo boat costing three-quarters of a million dollars. He, too, is likely to draw lessons from the Russian-Japanese war, but on the side of the smaller vessel and in favor of going slow in building big vessels until it is absolutely demonstrated that they are the dominant factors in a modern navy. Senator Hale has never been in thorough accord with the enthusiasm of Mr. Roosevelt or the subject of the navy. It is well remembered that before the breaking out of the Spanish war Mr. Roosevelt, as assistant secretary of the navy, had the foresight to prepare for that war. Admiral Dewey freely and frankly gives him the credit of making it possible for the United States vessels to annihilate the Spaniards in the Bay of Manila. This he did by ordering supplies of ammunition and coal to Dewey's fleet in the orient so that when war was declared that fleet was in condition to leave neutral ports and seek the enemy. Secretary of the Navy Long was absent about this time, and Senator Hale, in nosing about the departments, learned what Mr. Roosevelt, as acting secretary, was doing. He learned that Mr. Roosevelt expected a war with Spain, and was so startled that he rushed over to the white house and secured an audience with President McKinley, to whom he declared: "For goodness sake call Long back. That crazy man over in the department will get us into war with Spain." President Roosevelt often refers to this scare of Senator Hale, and laughs about it. He is willing to bear the charge of being "a crazy man" in the light of what his foresight accomplished in preparing the navy for the war that was inevitable. Attracting Men to the Army U.S. ARMY FORBIDDEN WARRIOR RMY officers are doing what they can to make it more attractive for young men to enlist in the army. The various recruiting stations are being renovated and at the barracks throughout the country improvements are recommended that will be for the comfort and pleasure of the men. One recommendation is that a band be established at each recruiting depot. Army officers declare that the influence of music will add much to the military spirit. It has further been recommended that barbers be furnished at government expense, to be paid out of the company or general mess fund. There has been some talk of requiring soldiers who were barbers to act in that capacity at army posts, but it is probable that they would object to doing so unless they received extra compensation. This post exchange building will be built of brick and will be paid for out of the appropriation for army public buildings of the current fiscal year. It will have a gymnasium fitted with all modern appliances for athletic work; a large public hall, where the entertainments of the enlisted men can be held, including their dances; a reading room, where will be kept the weekly and monthly periodicals, together with a small library; lockers where the men will keep their gymnasium clothing; bowling alleys and an administration room, where the officers in charge will have their desks. If this building seems to meet all the wants of the enlisted men it will be duplicated at other posts and army life will be made as attractive as is comportable with discipline and strict discharge of duties. A WASTE-PAPER BASKET. As One Needs Many of These Articles Directions Are Given for a Home-Made One. Since no room is complete without a writing-table, every room should be provided with its necessary accompaniment, a waste-paper receptacle. This, although not usually placed obtrusively in the foreground, should be in sight and ready to hand, and therefore it is well to choose one that will be in keeping with the furniture of the room. A subdued green or russet-brown would go with almost any coloring. Our sketch shows a pretty and practicable idea built upon a cardboard box. A square one of convenient size should be obtained, or it might be concocted by pasting pieces HOME-MADE AFFAIR. of strong cardboard together with strips of linen. Cut the edges in the curved form depleted. It might be lined with silk or sateen pasted flatly down at the edges with Higgins' colorless glue, or if economy be studied, the lining might consist of brown paper. The latter would not look quite so nice but would have one advantage, it could be more easily replaced when soiled. For the outside, take a strip of silk about $1\frac{1}{2}$ yards long and one-half yard wide, turn in to form a wide hem and gather to fit the edge, where it must be either sewn or glued very firmly. Gather again on the other edge, and turn _underneath_ the box where it must also be stuck down. To make it look neat, over this paste a sheet of paper. The four corners are finally decorated with bows of ribbon to match the silk. Materials required: One and three-quarter yards of silk, $1 \frac{1}{4}$ yard for lining, three yards of ribbon. A FEW FASHION NOTES. Soft Kid Waistcoats Remain in Favor and Velvet Collars and Cuffs Again Return. In making plaits of any kind for trimming, the fact should be borne in mind that it is good policy to leave the bastings in the plaits until the garment is entirely finished. Many home dressmakers are in too big a hurry to take out basting threads. In buying a ready made box plaited or plaited skirt, it will be noticed that when it reaches home the garment still has the plaits stitched down with bastings, and that ought to be hint enough to induce the amateur to leave her bastings in place till she is almost ready to wear the garment. Of course, this does not apply in the case of bastings for seams or hems, but just for those which are put to hold certain things in place and which can just as well remain in the garment till such time as it is completed. Plaits in waists, especially sleeves, can be left in, though the temptation is strong in the amateur to remove them and "see how it looks." But the exercise of a little patience in this respect means added comeliness to the completed garment. The soft kid waistcoat is as popular as ever. It is generally made doudly breasted, and cut away to take in a themisette of plaited muslin and Valentines lace, or one of coarse lace and perhaps a rolled collar of some colored velvet. A touch of velvet is always a welcome finish to a cloth frock, and on a plain sleeve buttonting tightly down to the wrist we often note a small, turned back cuff of velvet to match the rolled collar of velvet at the neck of the habie bodice. The changes that have been made in tailor mades are not so great as those that have been made in other branches of dress, because for some time past the pioneers in the sartorial world have determined that the tailor made frock should be plain in cut, with sleeves of small, neat dimensions, and the note of elaboration is struck by braidings and similar trimmings. Dangerous Hat-Pin "It ought to be possible for an ingenious milliner to devise some less dangerous method of fixing on the hat than the modern hat-pin." declares a correspondent. "Not only is the hat-pin dangerous but on a windy day the leverage on the roots of the hair when the large and flapping headgear is endeavoring to sail away is one of the causes of the headache of which most women complain after a buffeting by the elements." For the Hair. To make the hair grow have it shampooed every fortnight with eggs and hot water. Every aight rub in this tonic with the finger tipe: Forty-eight grains of resorcin, one-fourth ounce of glycerin, diluted alcohol to fill a two-ounce bottle. Remember that the general health has much to do with the condition of the hair. Children's Collars Children's collars are stunning. Great squared or rounded collars they are, for the most part, quite simply scalloped by hand, with a few rare ones of the sheerest sort of linen, embroidered with flowers and scrolls as delicately as a French handkerchief. Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAIL YARDS: 1st St. & L. S. & M. S. Rv. 2nd St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO Telephone Blue 6572. B. H. 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Mrs. Nellie Phelps, Cigars, Notions and News Stand, 131 W. 51st street. Richard Pinn, 4836 State street. J. C. Campbell, cigars, tobacco and fancy groceries, 4710 State street. A. F. Tervalon's Cigar Store and News Stand, 2826 State street. Edward Felix's Cigar Store, 348 30th street, N. E. Corner Armour Ave. T. B. Hall's Cigar Store and Laundry office, 281 29th St. H. T. Greenwood, newspaper and periodical distributor, 110 1-2 E. 53rd street. Mrs. M. Burroughs, cigars, notions, news stand, 320 W. Lake street. Mrs. Alice Jackson, 660 Carroll ave., 2nd flat. Mrs. B. Williams, Cigars, Notions and News Stand, 486% State street. B. Davis, cigars, tobacco, and confectionery, 3832 State st. The Stationery, 3970 State street. Woodfolk and Mitchell Cigars, Tobacco and News Stand, 4992 State Street. The Afro-American News Co., 439 W. 35th St., New York City, N. Y. J. D. Cook & Company news stand and cigar store, 26 Juneau avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. 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Spanish Swordswomen All well-educated Spanish women are taught from the earliest years to handle the sword, and as a result they are noted for their admirable figure and easy walk. After Facta. "How old did your sister say she is?" "...gheeen." "Hold old is she?"—Houston Post Something Easy. A good many men would be tickled almost to death for a chance to pay a large inheritance tax. WONDERFUL GROWTH OF HAIR. "I had typhoid fever and my hair" "all came out. I used three bottles of" "Ford's Original Ozonized Ox Mar" "row, and now my hair is nine inch" "es long and very thick and nice and" "straight. Most every one seeing" "how good the Ozonized Ox Marrow" "done my hair, they to are anxious" Cleans, brightens and beautifies the home. It gives new life and lustre to the furniture and woodwork. Cleans all the spots and dirt from carpets, bringing out the colors as bright as new. 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Ford's Original Ozonized Ox Marrow has many other good qualitels, too. See their advertisement in this paper. Price only 50c a bottle at druggists or dealers, or send us fifty cents and we will mail you a bottle postpaid. Address Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. 76 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. WAITERS AND COOKS Prefer Our Make JACKETS AND LINEN because they have found by experience that they are the most satisfactory and economical goods on the market. Our Complete Catalogue—a correct guide to proper dress in the Dining Room, Kitchen, or Bar will be sent free on application. Write for catalogue and full instructions how to collect. Marcus Ruben (Inc.), 390 State St., Chicago Advice to Ambassador At the farewell banquet tendered Ambassador Reid by the New York Lotus club ex-Mayor Low said the best advice he could offer the new ambassador was that given to St. Clair McKelway by two negroes who found the Brooklyn editor hemmed in a very close space by pieces of wreckage in the south a few weeks ago. "Now, boss," said the negroes to Mr. McKelway, who, Mr. Low pointed out, is of generous girth, "you just push yourself ahead, but don't spread yourself." Sorry He Spoke A young man started in the livery business, and the first thing he did was to have a sign painted "representing himself holding a mule by the bridle. He was particularly proud of this stroke of business enterprise, and asked of his wife: "Is that not a good likeness of me?" "Yes," she replied, "it is a perfect picture of you; but who is the fellow holding the bridle?"—N. Y. Globe. Prison Sentences Lord Justice Mathew, of England, speaking at a meeting of the Catholic Prisoners' Aid society the other day, said that when he first became a judge he asked a certain prison governor what it really meant to a man to be sent to a convict prison. The reply was: "Five years do not hurt him much, especially if he is a young man. But seven years means utter ruin to him. He very rarely recovers from that." He Got Off Easy. Him- How can you be so cruel as to throw me down in this manner? Her—I thought it better to hurt your feelings than risk seeing you hobble around on crutches. "Why, what do you mean?" "Papa said if I didn't throw you down he would, and papa's terribly strenuous, you know."—Chicago Daily News. Romance of the Wind Belt "You met my husband in Kansas I believe?" "Well, you could hardly call it meeting him. You see, a cyclone came along, and when I recovered consciousness I was sitting on John back of what had once been a pumping station. Isn't it strange how fate brings people together sometimes?"—Chicago Record-Herald. The Sense of Humor Every man or woman born believes that, whatever other quality he may lack or possess, he is endowed with an unfailing judgment as to what is the proper object of laughter, what is really funny; but he is convinced that this unerring sense of humor is granted to very few indeed besides himself. —Academy (London). Sultan's War Drum. The Niam-Niam expedition, which has returned to Khartum after putting down the revolt of the Bahr-el-Gazel, has brought back a curious trophy in the shape of the sultan's great war drum. It is cut out of the trunk of a tree, stands four feet high, and is carved to represent a buffalo. Life's Woes and Comforts. For the dissatisfied man all life is unsatisfactory, and for one that is contented the world is full of comforts. And for the cheerful man even the easterly wind is musical in the window crevices, and it makes solemn anthems for him in the woods.—William Mountford. Converted Indians Atthe recent meeting of Baptists north and south in St. Louis among those who attended were a number of Indian chiefs who have been converted to Christianity, including White Arm and Bread, from the Crow reservation. They appeared in full uniform. Pop's Proposition: "What would your father do if we should elope?" "Just what I wished to speak to you about, dear; he says he will give us what the wedding would cost to start housekeeping on." -Houston Post. First Negro. The first appearance of the negro in the English colonies in America was in 1619, when a cargo of negro slaves was landed at Jamestown. By 1714 the number had increased to 58,850 (estimated). Opium Cure Institute An institute for the treatment of sufferers from chest complaints, neuralgia, catarrh and other maladies, by means of opium smoking, has been opened by London physicians. Three More to Hear From "I named six of my children after big men," said the Billville father, "and so fur I've been quite lucky. Only three of the big men went wrong!"—Atlanta Constitution. Good Advertising There is no advertisement for a business house like having its men go around bragging because they are working for it.—Success Magazine. Royal Show. In three days 60,000 people inspected the gorgeous court train of the German crown prince's betrothed, which is on view in Berlin. Largest Island. The largest island in the world is New Guinea, 306,000 square miles; Great Britain is 83,526. Talking and Thinking. Some men think without talking and some talk without thinking.—Chicago Daily News. Strange Inquests. In England when hidden treasure is found the law requires the coroner to hold an inquest over it. Formerly it was a coroner's duty to hold an inquest in case of a burglary. A statute of Edward I. decrees that "when coroners are commanded by the king's balliffs or by the honest men of the county they shall go to the places where any be slain or suddenly dead or wounded or where houses are broken or where treasure is said to be found, and shall forthwith command four of the next towns, or five, or six, to appear before him in such a place." Fooled the Censor. During the South African war the censorship of soldiers' letters home was very strict. One soldier, who always sent an account of the doings of the regiment, which account was always blotted out by the censor, laid a plan for revenge. At the foot of his next letter he wrote: "Look under the stamp." The censor did so, after spending considerable time in steaming the stamp from the envelope. And he found these words: "Was it hard to get off?" Japs at School. The Japanese have adopted a compulsory system of national education. A boy and girl must attend school as soon as they attain the age of six, and remain there until the age of 14. The first four years they teach them the Japanese and Chinese languages, and the latter four years they add English; when a boy and girl are graduated from the Japanese common schools they can read and speak English. Duty Well Performed No kind word ever spoken has brought a moment of regret, and no gentle act of kindness ever performed has failed to bring its blessing to recipient and giver. Words of appreciation fully repay the most laborious effort—and there is always the sunshiny approval of a duty well performed, and a mind at peace with the world and its Omnipotent Ruler. —Detroit Free Press. College and Common Sense Prof. H. C. Annsling, in a recent address in London, said that school and college education were mostly destructive of common sense. The classical school was not a school of thought, but of prejudice; and under the present unfortunate system of education it was chiefly the games which promoted alertness, individuality and common sense. Poor Pay in the Pulpit Somebody has hunted up the figures and found that the average salary of a Harvard professor is $3,980, while the average minister in the vicinity of Boston draws $600. This may partially explain why the theological schools are not turning away applicants.—Minneapolis Journal. Cheap Brides. In one district near Uganda, East Africa, most of the natives profess Christianity, have formed parliaments of their own and made laws. Considerable discussion was raised lately by a law fixing the price of all brides at $3.30, irrespective of their beauty and accomplishments. The Great Lesson of Life To accept the inevitable; neither to struggle against it nor murmur at it, simply to bear it—that is the great lesson of life—above all to a woman. It may come late or early; but she will never be a really happy woman until she has learned it—Dublin Mullock Craik. Sleep Promoter. If the muscles are not tired there cannot be a full demand for sleep; unless, of course, the brain has been overworked. Healthy bodily exercise, carried to the point of rendering rest sweetly welcome, is one natural means of promoting sleep. Max Was Mixed. After promising to get some fish for dinner, Max Hartmann, having gone mad, went to the Hamburg Zoo, removed a young alligator from a pond and took it home for his wife to cook. Good Word for False Teeth. Say what you please about false teeth, there is this in their favor. You do not have to cut them in the first place or have them pulled in the end. —Atchison (Kan.) Globe. Took All. Bill—I suppose you took off your winter clothing when you went to Florida? Jill—Oh, yes; the landlord got that, too!—Yonkers Statesman. Not the Way. Few men acquire the habit of throwing the cloak of charity over the faults of others by the practice of hiding their own sins.—Chicago Tribune. Not Trustworthy The fellow who can be late when his own interests are at stake is pretty sure to be late when yours are.—Success Magazine. Gold in Japan. Japan's gold production in the year ended February 28, was $5,976,000, or double that of the preceding year. the bitterest of all good medicines is work.-Chicago Record-Herald. Money in Whales A single Greenland whale is worth over $13,000. North While. Whatever adds in even the smallest way to the world's brightness and cheer is worth while. One who says an encouraging word to a disheartened neighbor, gives a look of love to a lonely one, or speaks a sentence which may become strength, guidance and comfort to another, does something worth while. It is always worth while to live nobly, victoriously, struggling to do right, showing the world even the smallest fragments of divine beauty.—Chicago Daily News. French Matchmakers. A recent writer says of the commercial side of matchmaking in France: "In most French marriages money plays the important part. The first question asked by the young, man is 'How much?' As a rule, it is an easy matter to ascertain without applying directly to the papa, but even when no question of dowry is raised at the formal demand there is always a contract, drawn up by a notary, which specifies the exact sum the girl receives." American Word. "Schooner is a word of American manufacture. At Gloucester, Mass., about 1713 Capt. Andrew Robinson built the first vessel called by that name. As it slid off the stocks into the water a bystander shouted: "Oh, how she scoons!" (skims). Robinson instantly said: "A scooner let her be." The name has been universally adopted, but, singularly enough, is spelled in the Dutch manner, though it is provincial English. Cocoanut Rafts. Cocoanuts, being lighter than water, are transported along waterways in the same manner that timber is floated. Thousands of them are thrown together and the whole mass surrounded by long strands of bark fiber. One native can tow a number of such rafts, and the fiber is tough enough to stand considerable rough treatment. Hung Fire. B. F. Benson, addressing a meeting of the Dramatic Debaters in London the other day said his company was playing "Romeo and Juliet," and in the balcony scene a cannon went off. He sent for the property man, who explained that it was a cannon that should have gone off in the performance of "Henry V." two days before. Historic Character. H. B. Blackwell, the venerable reformer and publicist, lately celebrated his eightieth birthday in Boston. He was a potent factor in the free soil movement and married Lucy Stone, a leader in the woman suffrage movement, in 1855. He has been a persistent advocate of suffrage for women. He Knew Better. Weary Willie—Dis paper sez dat yer kin tell be de bark at de foot of a tree how old it is. Frayed Freddle—Huh! I guess de man dat wrote dat wuzn't never up a tree under circumstances. Dat ain't no way ter tell a dog's age.—Philadelphia Press. Versatile Lady. Her grace of Somerset is one of the most versatile ladies in English society. She is a daring rider to hounds, drives a four-in-hand "like a man" and is a capital shot. She is a first-rate cyclist, drives a motor car well, writes very interestingly and composes songs. Professional Best Man. In London is a man who has been "best man" at 300 weddings. The explanation is that he has been a city missionary for many years and in that time has befriended hundreds of young couples, helping them to enter the married state. A Rival. "The old professor's one hobby is entomology. They say he's got the greatest collection of insects in the world." "I don't know about that. Did you ever see my dog?"—Philadelphia Press. Radiating Sunshine Good manners pay even if they do not make friends, because we cannot try to make others happy and to radiate sunshine without feeling better and purer ourselves.—Success Magazine. Woman Suffrage in Vienna Ellen Kay, one of the foreign leaders of the movement for equal rights for women, expressed her regrets in a recent lecture in Vienna at the "Americanization" of that movement. Nuts as Nutriment Walnuts, butternuts, almonds and Spanish peanuts are full of oils and nutriment. Are much more sustaining than meats and easily digested if thoroughly masticated. Must Have Nerve No man who is ashamed to act as motor to a baby carriage has any business to butt into the matrimonial game.—Chicago Daily News. Divorce Preventive. 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