The Broad Ax

BROAD AX News of Greater New York The National, Negro Business League, Convened At Palm Garden MANY DISTINGUISHED PERSONS IN THE CITY Deliberations Well Attended President Roosevelt States, League Is Free From Politics Every Man Expects and Should Receive a Square Deal GENERAL COMMENTS Williams and Walker Glee Club Sang Vol. X News of Great The National, Negro Bus At Palm MANY DISTINGUISHED Deliberations President Roosevelt States, L Every Man Expects a Squan GENERAL Williams and Walk With rainy weather to greet them, still with great pomp and lovely music and the famous Palm Garden in Fifty-eighth street to convene in. the National Negro Business League assembled Wednesday morning, the 16th inst., for their sixth annual session. Acting Mayor Fornes of New York, welcomed the delegates to the city, and messages were read from our National Manhood Rights champion, and president, Theodore Roosevelt, also from Gov. Higgins of New York State. The President's message in full said: "I wish all success to the National Negro Business League. Your organization is absolutely out of politics and in stimulating activity among your people and working to increase their efficiency in the industrial world it is also doing far-reaching work in the way of giving them a realizing sense of their responsibilities as citizens and power to meet these responsibilities. I need hardly say that I put moral betterment above physical betterment. But it is absolutely impossible to do good work in promoting the spiritual improvement of any race unless there is a foundation of material well being, because, this foundation necessarily implies that the race has developed the root-qualities of thrift, energy and business sense. It is as true of a race as of an individual that while outsiders can help to a certain degree, yet the real help must come in the shape of selfhelp. The success of your organization and the development among our colored fellow-citizens of the very qualities for which you stand will mean more for the solution of the race problem than any philanthropic efforts (merely from outside) could possibly do. Wishing you all success, I am, sincerely yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. During the speech of Acting Mayor Fornes to the League he expressed the belief: "That the organization would contribute more to the advancement of the Negro than any other single agency." One of the real interesting features of the convention was the exploitation of Colored gentlemen in firm and substantial business establishments and positions of worthy notice. Down in the basement of the Palm Garden visitors found on display, several hundred valuable photographs of business places and industrial and commercial establishments, including many banks, factories, manufactories, laboratories, apothecaries, brick yards, farms, publishing plants, stores, wood-yards, foundries and stores of general necessity, as well as cotton mills and large plantations owned and managed by American Negro capitalists. "The Memphis Students" with Mr. Ernest Hegan as their star, rendered several popular selections during the morning session. Prominent among --- the latter were these songs. "Uncle-Sammy" "Swane River," with Miss Abbie Mitchell Cooke as soloist, and "Swing Along," the famous dialect song by Mr. Will Marion Cooke; America's Colored director and composer. The evening session was attended by more favorable weather and the capacity of Palm Garden was taxed. Aside from many instructive and gratifying reports read by delegates of several states, and the oratorical and patriotic address, on Manhood and a plea for a square deal, Dr. M. C. B. Mason of Cincinnati, O., concluded the speaking of the first session. His subject was: "Business Development Among Negroes," and proved to be a source of inspiration and vigor to the entire assemblage who remained to hear him through to the end. Dr. Mason in a clear, thrilling voice and with a depth of patriotism (found only in men of loyal impulse and a love of his God, fellow-men and countrymen) was tremendously interesting in his plea for a square deal and the suppression of hypocrites and grafting methods. He spoke feelingly in support of reliable Negro business and especially pleaded to the race to generate a confidence in Colored business men of character and confidence. Dr. Mason spoke with especial interest and froufound gratitude of what the race had accomplished since its 250 years of serfdom and compulsory servitude, and of its indomitable patience, perseverance, and hopes and efforts toward a higher and nobler life. The Doctor eulogized the good black women who were contributing their indispensable share in the development of the race's moral character and deserving success. He said by the sweat of his own brow, and having nothing to begin with but a promise, the Negro, through the blessing of his Maker, and the sweet of his own brow, the Negro prodding on, and on, has now a wealth of $350,000,000 in business, and owns about $250,000,000 worth of property, and throughout the country there are 150 first-class colored drug stores, all owned by colored men, and 19 banks and financial institutions owned and operated by Negro capital, and officers. About twenty gentlemen sent in their names and $25 for life membership privileges, etc. During a short intermission of the evening session by special arrangement, the now popular "Williams and Walker's Glee Club" recently featured in the high-class vaudeville, sang some sweet selections and were heartily enceded by the highly appreciative audience: "Lift Your Voice and Sing" a new national Negro hymn or anthem), was indeed a musical treat, and a surprise to all present. The encore piece was equally good. Mr. Geo. W. Walker was with his artists, and extended every courtesy by HEW TO THE LINE. the many other distinguished gentlemen, gracing the rostrum. The latter was elaborately decorated, and pictures of the lamented Frederick Douglass, Pres. Lincoln, and Roosevelt were hung conspicuously and draped. Among the noted men seated on the rostrum were: Hon. W. D. Crum, Collector of Customs, of South Carolina; Dr. J. W. E. Bowen, of Georgia; Collector Chas. W. Anderson, of New York City; Dr. S. E. Courtney, of Boston; W. A. Jones, of North Carolina; Judge M. W. Gibbs, Arkansas; Justice Robert H. Terrell, Washington, D. C.; M. M. Lewey, Florida; J. E. Bush, Arkansas; Fred. R. Moore, New York City; Cyrus Field Adams, Washington, D. C.; T. Thomas Fortune, New York, John C. Dancy, Washington, D. C.; S. Laing Williams, Chicago; A. N. Johnson, Alabama; Isalah Montgomery, Mississippi; T. W. Jones, Chicago; Douglas Wetmore, Jacksonville, Fla.; and Mr. George W. Walker, who was a fitting representative of the Colored American actors and artists to represent the highest ideals of the Negro stage, and was made a life member. The sessions on Thursday and Friday were well attended and many distinguished persons from all parts of the country listened to the reading of the many interesting papers, and the speeches by the various speakers, Oswald Garrison Villard, Robert H. Terrell, T. Thomas Fortune, Dr. John R. Francis, Dr. Macon Webster, Dr. W. R. Pettiford, Robert C. Ogden, George F. Peabody, S. Laing Williams, Mrs. Carrie W. Clifford, and John Wanmaker, aside from Prof. Washington, were the most notable personages who addressed the members of the Negro National Business League. The banquet tendered to the League by the N. Y. members was held Friday evening, at 8:30 p. m. in the hall of the Palm Garden, and the New Amsterdam Orchestra furnished the music. The New York Republican Club members gave an outing Thursday evening, at Sulzer's Park, in honor of the delegates, and B. T. Washington, Principal of Tuskegee Institute, delivered an address. The Glenwood Park Association, of Bloomfield, N. J., held a barbecue and reception for the league delegates on Saturday, August 19. The Park Association furnished free transportation for the delegates. The Governor of New Jersey (Stokes) and the mayor of Orange delivered the addresses of welcome to New Jersey of the Negro League. The New York Colored Republican Club, 138 W. 53rd street, was the official headquarters of the National Negro Business League during their convention here in Gotham, and is was profusely decorated with Yankee colors and bunting in honor of the delegates. The Club's new President, Prof. James W. Johnson, of the trio of Cole & Johnson Bros., is now abroad on an European tour. Copies of The Broad Ax were distributed free at the club for the edification of the visiting League delegates. The interesting lecture given by Rev. C. T. Walker, D. D., LL D., and the address of the Hon. W. D. Crum at Dr. Chas. S. Morris Abyssinian Baptist Church, Tuesday, evening, was an exceptional oratorical feast for all those who attended. The lecture was under the auspices of the "Ladies' Floral Circle," with Mrs. Clara C. Price as President, and the proceeds (a regular collection) were used towards the expense of cleaning and redecorating the church. The large church in 40th street was filled with anxious listeners, and the subjects chose by the two respective gentlemen of distinction were "The Men and the Women of the Times," was thoroughly handled by our beloved Dr. Walker, and "Are the Negroes in America a Hindrance or a Factor of Progress to Their Nation?" Dr. Crum arranged his address under four subtitles: 1st, "Compulsory and Voluntary Slavery in the United States;" 2nd, "Period of Agitation—Civil War;" 3rd, "Reconstruction Period—Enactment of 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments;" and 4th, "The Crisis" (Continued on page 2.) [Name not visible] Doctor M. J. Brown, who is favorably known to the many readers of this paper, will open his office the first of the coming week for the general practice of medicine, at 3011 Dearborn street, main floor. The rooms which will be occupied by him are large, well lighted, and cheerful, making a desirable location as well as delightful offices. Doctor Brown is one of the few who shows his ability in the successful treatment of the diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. For more than five years, Doctor Brown has been in the office of the Jenner Medical College, 196 E. Washington street, and he has served as assistant secretary and is financially interested in its success as well as otherwise. He is also interested in the Peoples Pharmacy Company, corner 29th and Armour avenue. It will be recalled also that he is the gold medal man of his class of 1905. He was always well liked by his classmates who admired him for his ability as a student, and the stubborn defence he always made for his race. Prior to becoming connected with the Jenner Medical College, Doctor Brown graduated from the Alcorn College, Mississippi, and from the Law Department of the Howard University, Washington, D. C. He is therefore thoroughly educated and unbounded success awaits him in the medical world. SOUTHERN VISITOR CONDEMNS HIM FOR HAVING NEGRO AS GUEST AT DINNER. The news that ex-Postmaster General John Wanamaker entertained Booker T. Washington recently at his palatial home in New York and had the Negro educator act as escort for his daughter to dinner has aroused a storm of indignant comment in the south, according to J. B. McLean, a wealthy planter, from Lexington, Miss. Mr. McLean, who is a guest at the Stratford hotel, said that if Mr. Wanamaker was willing to concede Mr. Washington that kind of social recognition he ought to go a step further and accept the Negro educator on a basis of entire equality. If the former postmaster general is willing to dine Washington," he said, "and eat at the same table with him, he ought to be perfectly willing to accept him as his son-in-law with an open door to his home at all times. "I think Wannamaker did it more for notoriety and to take a slap at the south than anything else. His reason ought to have told him that anything like that would cause bitter resentment in the southern states. When the Negroes there hear of that incident it will make them more arrogant and selfassuming and will result in more trouble for the south. "We have a hard problem there and we understand how to handle it far better than the people of the north because it has been a familiar situation with us from our childhood. Whenever the Negroes in the south hear of a Negro being invited to dine with a white man it causes many of them to grow impudent and white citizens are forced to teach them a few lessons in the way of discipline to keep them from getting out of their places. "The people of the south used to have faith in Booker T. Washington's avowals for the educational advancement of his race when he held as otherwise. He is also interested in the Peoples Pharmacy Company, corner 29th and Armour avenue. It will be recalled also that he is the gold medal man of his class of 1905. He was always well liked by his classmates who admired him for his ability as a student, and the stubborn defence he always made for his race. Prior to becoming connected with the Jenner Medical College, Doctor Brown graduated from the Alcorn College, Mississippi, and from the Law Department of the Howard University, Washington, D. C. He is therefore thoroughly educated and unbounded success awaits him in the medical world. to the view of the social inequality of the Negro, but the fact that he again has dined with a white man gives the lie to all his utterances in that respect. They regard him now as a canter and a hypocrite."—The Record-Herald. This is from Alabama: ANGERED BY NEGRO AT TABLE. Former Alabama Mayor Withdraws Aid From B. T. Washington. Birmingham, Ala., Special.—Because Booker T. Washington, the well-known Negro educator, recently escorted a daughter of John Wanamaker to the table and dined with the family in public at Saratoga, W. Laville Drennen, former Mayor of Birmingham, has resigned from the board of trustees of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Mr. Drennen has long been a worker in the cause of uplifting the Negro, but declares he cannot countenance the social equality which Professor Washington seems to court. The sentiments and actions of these two southern gentlemen and the utterances of the southern press indicates that the people of the south are greatly indignant over the fact that Booker T. Washington permitted himself to dine with John Wanamaker and his friends, and it is clearly evident, that the whites of the South look upon the new Moses of the Negro race, the same as any other common Negro, whenever he attempts to step outside of the narrow and beaten path which they have mapped out for him. The great Wizard of Tuskegee, has no one to blame but himself for the attitude which the Southern people have assumed, in relation to his desire to dine with white people. For in order to curry favor with them, and to pander to their whims and prejudices, he declared, in his speech at the Atlanta Exposition, in 1895, that "In all things commercial the whites and the blacks could be as inseparable as his hand from his body. In all things social, they could be as separate or distinct as the five fin- No.44 gers on his hand!" That speech, made Prof. Washington famous throughout the South and in fact throughout the world. For he clearly then and there set the Negro off in a separate and distinct political class by themselves; and every time he attempts to jump over the fence which he erected for himself, the southern people rise up in arms against him and force him back into the menial position which he was glad to occupy in 1895, for the purpose of having them to contribute their money to assist him to educate his own children in the best universities in Europe. On that occasion how much better it would have been for Booker Washington and the entire Negro race, civially and politically if he would have had the courage to have stood up and proclaimed to the southern people, that he was unalterably opposed to "Jim Crow cars and the disfranchisement of the Negro and that he was in favor of the Afro-American enjoying every right which are guaranteed and enjoyed by all the other citizens of this republic, and as an American citizen he proposed to dine with any person as long as it was agreeable to those who invited him to do so, regardless of the likes or dislikes of any class of people" IT WAS AN ENJOYABLE AFFAIR. Tuesday evening a subscription party was given at the Oakland Music Hall, in honor of the many visitors in this city, and it was an enjoyable affair in every respect. The cream of the four hundred were in evidence throughout the evening. The following were the most prominent visitors who joined in the grand march and the many other dances which followed it: Mrs. F. L. McGhee, St. Paul, Minn.; Miss, Davis, St. Paul, Minn.; Miss Stewart, Nashville, Tenn.; Miss Bright, Nashville, Tenn.; Miss Page, Nashville, Tenn.; Mr. Lewis Easton, Cincinnati, O.; Mrs. Mamie Easton, Cincinnati, O.; Mrs. Davis, Cincinnati, O.; Miss Rickman, Cincinnati, O.; Miss Lylia Rickman, Cincinnati, O.; Mr. John Wheeler, Tuskegee, Ala.; Miss Mabel Wheeler, St. Louis, Mo.; Miss Lucas, St. Louis, Mo.; Hiss Hazel Harrison, La Porte, Ind.; Mr. Edmonds, Cleveland, O.; Mr. Stewart, Cleveland, O.; Miss May Stokes, Muncie, Ind.; Miss Ida M. Hall, New Orleans, La.; Miss Vance, Miss Winston, Mr. Trent, Miss Cox. Among the home ladies and gentlemen who attended were: Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Julius N. Avendorph, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. Washington, Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Perry, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Gee, Mrs. Haskin, Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Harris, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hayman, Mrs. Shoecraft, Misses Lena Pickett, Stella Bond, Blanche Wright, Mayme Seldon, Estelle Arnold, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Bolton, Mrs. A. E. Brown, Mrs. Smiley, Mrs. Warren, Mrs. Parrish, Miss Margaret Bell, Mr. and Mrs. David Manson, Col. J. R. Marshall, Major. Denison, Mr. Sobers, Mr. Dyess, Will Carroll, Claude Bell, Mr. and Mrs. John B. French, Mr. Paul, Mr. Moore, Mr. Blackshire, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gray Lucas, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Kelly, Miss Etta Evans, Miss Paul, Buffalo, N. Y., Dr. Servis, Mr. Samuel McGowan, Miss Ethel Wiley, Miss Crawford, St. Louis, Mr. Kemper Harold, Mr. William H. Clark, Miss Nettie French. Prof. N. Clark Smith's orchestra furnished the music, and whoever got up the party were so small or so short that they failed to forward complimentary tickets to the representatives of the press, and without being under the slightest obligation to anyone connected with the affair, one of the high priests connected with this paper put up the $1.50 and butted in, smiled on the fair ladies, tramped on the trails of their elegant costumes and caught several married men in the act of flirting with one or two very charming grass widows. Beton: > ee oy ei ses tapas at saRige oe a7 =e 23 — ee . on Ss St eee ‘ fee ee pee ee ee a Eo 1Ge 24 Jose ieee oe Sie + 3 eee a Pees = SS: ieee aay THE BROAD AX. + Frosueme Way. eee ESE rae caes Wcisnae ‘Babeoriptions must be paid in advance. ————— " —— THE BROAD AX ‘(© Armour Avenue, Chicago. nage tareue = sv te Pest Ofes wt Chicags, EE CHiPs Miss Bertha Thomas, 4630 Dearborn st. died August 21, buried August 24 Joe R. Dunn of Dunn and Hight 5050 State st, has bought and moved into bis new home at 5434 Dearborn st. Doe Dooley, 2917 Dearborn st, an old time railroader is still confined to his bed from illness. Miss Pannie West of Brooklyn, N. Y., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry ‘Stewart 3222 Vernon ave. Mrs. T. J. Henderson of Jackson, Miss., is visiting her brother Mr. Jos. B. Crum 293 E. 42nd st. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Simpson, have removed from 74 East 12th st., to 1213 - State st. Dr. Walter Adams of Louisville, Ky., is in the city visiting, stopping at 2627 Wabash Ave. Dr. O. 8. Sawyer of Humbolt, Tenn., is in the city visiting friends at 2314 Dearborn st. Invitations for Midsummer Dancing Party are out, given at Ackerman Pavillion. Friday eve, Aug. 25th. Mrs. Savanah Robinson, 3024 Indi- ana ave., is visiting relatives in Bux- ton, Iowa. Mrs. Emma surns Miller, of Vicks- burg, Miss, is visiting in the city, stopping at 2252 Indiana ave. Mr. Jessie Collier 3240 Wabash ave. ‘was appointed to clerkship in post- office. Mr. Robert Sampson, well known in Chicago, is spending his vacation in Denver, Colo. Dr. Redmond of Jackson, Miss., te-spen@mea few weeks in the city, stopping at the Keystone Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gellespie and Mrs. Brown are spending summer in Thousand Islands. Prof. Thompson of Washington, D. C., spent a few days in the city on his way to the West. Mrs. Doddie Duncan who has been visiting the east for the past month has returned to the city. Miss Lena Pickett, 424 Fulton st, entertained August 21, Dancing party South Side well represented by young people. Excelien lunch, fine time ete ;. Mrs. Geneva Smith 4764 Dearborn ‘St, is one of the neatest housekeepers in this city, and she is st¥il the leader of the smart set in the Town of Lake. Charles 8. Smiley, Mrs. C. C. Lewis, ‘Mrs. Wells and Mrs. J. Hockley Smi- Jey, arrived home Friday - morning from New York City. Mrs. L. M. Cummings, 6554 Cham- plain ave., entertained about twenty ladies,- at whist Saturday “evening, Aug. 19th. Mr. and Mrs. Easton Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mfs. Lamkin Tryone, Pa, are visiting Mrs. Hart 3236 Wabesh Ave. Mr. D. P. Seaton, D. D., of Balimore, ‘Md. preached_iast Sunday a. m., at Bethel church one of those “old time balleluiah” sermons. ‘Miss Mame Seldon 6522 Evans Ave., ‘has returned from Buffalo, N. Y., where with lier relatives she spent a two ‘weeks vacation. Attorney Edward B. and Mrs. Wil- son 3552 Forest ave., left Wednesday for Alegan, Mich, where they will en- ‘Joy a teti days outing. Dr. L. W. Lewis; 4Tt1 Btite st, who ‘bas been visiting New York city, and Atlantic City returmtd to Chicago August 23. Miss Vélld Crawford of St. Louis, Mo, Who his beét visiting the city nl oa ‘Webk bas returned home Sei renes "_Aitorhiey J. L nid} bond is cae thousand dollars. re ie ee ee eee ‘Ky., who has been visiting in the city accompanied tae official party of the K. P's, to Pittsburg, Pa, she wit re main in that city one week. Mrs. Henry Parish and sister, Mrs ‘Martin, efitertained about twelve couptes at Whist, in honor of Mise Bt ta Bvans, Wédnesday evetting, at \thelt residence 4708 Langley ¢ve. Miss Gertrude Smith of the West |Side gave a theatre party and hin: cheon last Saturday afternoon in’ hon: or of Miss Mable Wheeler of St Louis. Lawyer and Mrs. Jas. E. White have just returned from Detroit, Mich. while they were highly entertained as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. BC. Jackson formerly of Chicago. Mrs. Kittle Terrell, St. Paul, Minn, who has been visiting her bosom friend Mrs. Louise Webb, 4712 Arm- our ave., returned to her home Thurs day evening. Col. B. F. Moseley, is spending his vacation down in Ga, among the wa- termelions, and Mrs. B—, who al- ‘ways looks good enough to eat up, ap pears unhappy and very lonesome. Mr. and Mrs. Fred. W. Bigcki, and Mr. and Mrs. John T. Connery, left the city ‘Thursday evening for New York City, Atlantic, City, where they will spend three weeks. The Baptist convention which was to take place here the first of Septem- her has been postponed by cause of the Yellow Fever in the South from which section a large number of del- egates are expected. Hon. Charles E. Randall, 4747 Cham- plain Ave. member of the Board of Assessors of Cook County, and hir family returned home Sunday mornin; from a five weeks vacation trip through the mountains of Mont. / Hon. Frank Wenter, who has been one of the faithful servants of the people, as a member of the Drainage Canal Trustees, will be elected Presi- dent of the Board on the 7th of No- vémber. ‘Miss Gertrude Moore 6442 Evans ave. has returned from her eastern trip in a very disappointed frame of mind, for her trunk miscarried and she was-compelied to spend most of her time looking it up, had to return to Chicago without it. Mrs. George C. Hall, after having made all preperations Tuesday evening to attend, the swell social function or dance given by Julius Avendorph on that evening, was taken ill at the last moment, and she was unable to be present and shake her pretty feet on that oceasion. Mrs. Edw. H. Morris was literly cov- ered with diamonds last Tuesday eve., at the “Subscription dance.” Several strangers remarked that they had nev- er before seen so many, brilliant liz- ards, snakes and June bugs, together with sun bursts, in their life.” Mr. John Jones Wheeler of Tuskee- ge is visiting the city for a week, en route to Denver, Colo, for a few weeks rest. After his vacation Mr. Wheeler will go to Lincoln, Mo. to teach in the Uaiversity there. Having -esigned his position as instructor, at the Tuskegee Institute, before leay- ing for his western trip. The Legislature of Georgia, has abolished all the Negro military com- panies within that State, for no pur- pose but to humiliate the Negro and yet there are pin or mutton heade tools who claim that all the Southern People are the best friends to the Negro and that they are interested in their advancement. Miss Clara B. Shewcraft, Sioux Falls South Dak., who is on her way to Yp- dilant!, Mich., to take a 2 year course in the State Normal school, at that place, and Mrs. Carrie B. Brewer of Champaine, Iil., ar visiting Mrs. Clara E. Bowles, 4765 Dearborn st., both jadies are delighted with their visit to this city. ‘Wm. Jefferson 3437 Dearborn st, clerk in the Chicago Post office charg- ed with stealing letters from the post office, was on last Monday committed to jail in default of $2,000 bail. We ‘for mons ‘i at all tinies @ high- yy geticleman, who does not size anyone ap by the color of their skin, até Being an honor to his profes- sion, with an untarnished reputation, for honesty and square dealing wit: nig féllowmen, ft should be the ex- treme pléésure of every voter im this ity and county to assist to élevate ti to the Bench of the Cireuit Court. Mrs. Kate Garsér, 4913 Dearborn ‘St, who ts ever ready to work hard Ghd sderifice her time and money, m Order to help come poor unfortutiate creature, is an honest woman in every sense of the word and her word is her bond, for she promised to pay some money to the writer last Friday, as her subscription to The Broad Ax and in order to make good she came at 11 o'clock p. m., which proves that her heart is in the right place and that she will endeavor to keep her word. Joseph Grein, the new inspector of weights and messures, is hot after all dealers in coal, wood and ice, an those in other tines of business ho sive short weights and measures. 1 is' prosecuting them to the full ex- tent of the law, and on the first 0 Oct. he will make ell the milk deal ers come to time, for on and after that date, all milk bottles must show their capacity and must bear the name of the dealer. ‘Mrs. J. Gray Lucas who is fast forg- ing to the front, as one of the new society queens, was overcome by the heat while participating in the grand march Tuesday evening at Oakland Wall. Several times throughout th. evening she fainted away, and Doc- tor A. F. Perry and one or two other doctors rendered her medical assis- tance, and much to the regret of her many friends she had to be conveyed to her home 5840 Lowe ave. before the ball wound up. ‘The Saturday Evening Post, of Aug- ust 19, contains an article on “Book- er T. Washington and the Negro,” by, Rev. Thomas Dixon Jr., also the Met- ropolitan Magazine for September, contains the story of the Ku Klux Klan by the same writer, who has de- monstrated the fact in both articles which should be extensively read by the members of both races that at least the vast majority of his white brethren of the South, are the most unregenerated, blood-thirsty, savages that have ever disgraced, the name of man. It is time for prof. Booker T. Wash- ington, who is the greatest single handed beggar in the world, to appoint another commitzee of real Southern gentlemen, we don’t think, to visit Tuskegee, and asssertain from his beautiful lady students, by opening their mouthes, and by pounding them on their breasts, whether or not they have any desire to place themselves on social equality with white ladies and gentlemen who may have a little Negro blood in their veins, and who have sucked the tits of their black mamies. CHURCH NOTICE. Services at Scott M. E. Chapel 618 Fulton street, Sunday, August 27, will be especially interesting. At 11:00 a. m. the pastor will preach on “How to Solve the Labor Prob- lem.” At 8:00 p.m, “Christ's Treatment of a Woman in Dis- grace.” At 4:00 p. m., the ladies of the Woman's Home Missionary Society” of St. Mark’s M. E. Church will render a very interesting pro gram. ‘Rev. D. H. V. Purnell, Pastor Gomes’ Réprimana. ‘The late Gen. Maximo Gomes once caught one of his brigadiers selling ‘brown sugar to the Spaniards. Gomes stripped the traitor of his stars and = “From this time forth you are ia Brigadier Sugar Cake. ‘To Cana for Water. ‘The boy had to describe our Lord's first miracle. The turning of water into wine, he wrote, was the frst miracle Scare eoarss to Cana for water.” ‘Warnine to Be Heeded. On the beach near a English town © sign bearing this legend was nailed to a post: “Notice—Any person beyond this polat will be drowned. ‘By order of the magistrates.” Big Crow Hunt A crow hiunt was recently held by 39 hunters of Elgin atid Kane counties, Tiitnots, lasting two days. Their reo- ord was 1,181 crows, besides 88 butcher Birdé and five hawks. The score of tides was STi and 560, Foxy Pa. “Pa, Why 40 you always insist on my singing when Mr. Spooziston tomes heret “Well, I don’t like the fellow, and Be Sh see ite oot sat = Musicians Flay Glists, Ip & London theater, at Witch » 3 play 16 ‘8 long ren, members, of the : : tock, et ee a) eee ee (Comeiuded from page 1.) '| Facing Us Today.” Dr. Crum prov- ed himself equal to his task and fully as gallant, able and patriotic ‘as he had been heralded, and his | metropolitan debate could not have {been miove satisfactorily made, than it was at Abyssinian Church, on Jat this burnitig moment in the race’: effort to stand or fall. Dr. Crum | will receive the support and the in- {terest of this journal and his entire race as well, if he continues to ex- pound the love of character, ideals, and honorable work and brotherhood as he has done, and is now doing for his fellow countrymen. His pol- icy is broad and well defined and is justly recognized as an indispensable factor and leader of his race and its best interests. And he seriously ad- vocates judgements of American Ne- groes according to their class, qual- ification, character and merits. The ladies said there was such a large collection taken they couldn't count it soon enough to report to the con- tributors then, but will later, A special feast was prepared for the speakers and their escorts. In tl: absence of Dr. Morris, R. C. Sim- mons presided. PROF. NOTES. With deep regrets, the colored per- formers and admirers of the distin- guished Basso, Mr. Thomas Craig, learn of his suddem demise last Mon- day night. Mr. Craig's death came suddenly, he having attended his re- hearsal the day before he was strick- en. Mr. Craig was valued in the several aggregations he had appeared with and was known from coast to coast as an artist. In respect to his service in the “Smart Set Co.,” and its members out of respect for their deceased comrade took full charge of the funeral and Mr. James T. Brym, musical director of the Smart Set Co., arranged a beautiful and fitting musical program which was render ed as a part of the obsequies at Beth- el church. The floral display was very elaborate. Interment was in New York City. All other race journals please mention. | Mr. Ernest Hogan’s Co. of 100 artists are now rehearsing their new show, “The Funny Folks Minstrels aud Eathopia,” at 25th and 6th av- enue, Chimney Corner, New York Among the noted comedians to ap- pear as Mr. Samuel Lucas formerly with “A Trip to Coontown,” and Mr. Harry Gillam, the Helyew char- acter comedian, who is a favorite with the coast people; Mr. Edward Greene, formerly stage manager of the “Smart Set,” is one of the big ones with Hogan. There are a ga- laxy of good people with the Hogan show, so what ever Mr. Hogan offers in his latest vehicle, we can rest as- sured it will be clean, and thorough- ly amusing. Mr. Will Dixon is succeeding nice- ly with Mr. Hogan's “Memphis Stu- dents,” at Hamersteins, this is the| last week of their long summer run, Will is a Chicago boy, and incidental to his directing the 25 students of music and song, he is studying har- mony. So we may expect some grand work from the author of “Bes- sie,” “Ruby,” etc., in the months yet to be chronicled. Mr. Shetman- Dudley is still the star of the Smart Set Co., Mr. Billy Young, the oldest active star of the race has been engaged in.a leading part in the show. Mr. Alpheus Gil- lam, the worthy successor of Bob Cole as @ tramp comedian, is alec connected with the Smart Set, this season. Mr. Billy Johnson is stag- ing the show this season, and is pro-| gressing sare with his new ideas and incidentals elaborating the vari- ous scenes and action of the play this season. Mr. Johnson is a pre-| aie fe his line. Manager Moore is i manager of the Smart Set. The “Three Funny Mitchells” are a decided hit on the bili at Hender- sor’s in Coney Island this week. Dr. J. W. E. Bowen preached at St. Mark’s church last Sunday, also, vara ¥. = A. Mr. C. B. Cooke! ritone soloist, sang at both places. ‘The 26th Regiment of Tateatey, State of New York, has been decided CARLE BROWNE COOKE, lastern Journalist, The. Broad Ax. Hp aE The Brood Ax COLOR OF BLUE LOBSTER. It Is Fast, MotWithstanding the Appearasics of Wearing. oa : Sedat mg Say remny omy at the Néw A - th the atédedents, 1 the Dive Iedstet, Which seemed to hist to be Ieing fee dolor. “NO,” was ie aaswer, “it simply iéeds duiting of. ‘That dark color on ‘tts back fs cansed by & fins, velvetlike ‘marind vemetation fhat has settled therd Gut of the watets of the tank nd had a chance to grow and spread be- cause the lobster here cannot well Keep itself clean. “Plenty of lobsters have been cap- tured with barnacles growing on them, attaching to them fust as barnacles ‘sttach and grow on turtles and on ships, and plenty of lobsters have been taken with marine vegetation attached to.and growing on them. I knew of an old lobater, weighing about 26 pounds, that had attached to it, growing in this manner when it was captured. sea grass two and a half or three feet long. “But lobsters with such growth on them would be most likely to be found on rocky bottoms; on sandy bottoms lobsters are likely to keep themselves efean. “If this blue lobsier was free and on a sandy bottom, it would bury itself in the sand and rub Iiself in it, as a chicken rubs and wallows in the dust, and 90 keep its shel? smooth and free from growths. Bu: we couldn't give this lobster sand itere, because if we 4id it would keep itself out of sight more or leas, and we keep it here to be seen. “No, the blue lobster is all right: all it needs is a little grooming.” STOUT WOMAN REVENGED. Street Gar Passenger Hed 2 Way of Getting Eves with Annoy- tag Man. It was a rainy. sloppy day. In a Lex ington avenue car a man gave up his sea: to an old woman who had just clambere¢ aboard and could not reach the hanging strap. That ia, relates a New York ex Mange, he intended to givaup the seat to her, but a stout woman sitting beside him grabbed a six-year-old girl, who was standing at her knee, and lifted her intc the seat. ‘T intended my seat for this Indy,” said the man, helping the olé woman to get further away fram the crowd at the door. “My child has paid her fare,” snapped the stout woman. “The seat ceased to be yours when you gave it up.” “Oh, never mind; I would as soon stand,” said the old woman. “It's selfish women Mke you that pre vent men from giving up their seats in cars to others of your sex,” said the maa. who was evidently in the mood for a dis- cussion; and thlked so that everybody in the car could hear him. The woman flushed and turned to the girl. “Trixie,” she said, “you may kneel on the seat if you want to, and look out of the window.” Trixie did. and for the next five blocks wiped her muddy shoes on the self-sacri- ficing man’s trousers. The stout woman smiled. She wus revenged. BERLIN'S BIG HOSPITAL. Immense Institution Will Require 750 Persons on the Med- ical Staft. “Health at wholesale” might well be the cry of the new Rudolf Virchow hospital in Berlin. which is now ap- proaching completion, for 4,000 pa- tents may be cared for at one time, in addition to those treated in the out- door department. ~ Seven hundred and fifty persons will be required upon the staff of this im- mense institution, and every appliance known to science will be installed, in- cluding a special building for one of the most complete X-ray equipments in the world. There will be an anatomical laboratory, a medico- mechanical department and one of the largest drug departments in Germany. ‘When it is known that the next largest hospital has but 1,600 beds and that most of the larger hospitals are Prepared to care for only 700 or 800 Datients some idea of the immensity of this new institution may be gained. It is the idea of the founders that here shall be centered the medical Progress of Europe, and upon the list ‘of surgeons will be found the names of many of the famous investigators in leading lines. Gee Ge “T used to think,” said a city man, “that the cow was an animal of a very low order of intelligence, one that, so to speak, wouldn't know enough to go im when it raineg; out now I think differently. geome céutly, on one of those melting days, 1 saw from the car window, in a Pasture field, four cows standing un- der four trees. The trees were all very smatl, none of them casting « shadow much bigger than a cow, which those cows apparently had thé sense to Know; for théy had not all tried to crowd under one trée, but each cow bad taken one of the little trees.” —N. Y. Sun. Ae Othire Gte te. Jimjones—What is your opinion of Windig’s veracity? Séuiginith—Well, f he was o cil him- elt a Mer I woulde’t believe him— Ghicago Daity News Furnished Reems to Rent. Neatly furnished rooms, all modern improvements, to rent to single ladies ot e or married cougles. itr. eer, 2806 Wabash its. Sve. Yas ae THE PROHIBITION POLICY. But # Single Break in Thirty Years fit the Record of Stand- ing Alotie It Bas been fot moré than 30 years the assertion of the probibitionists esta pees bake uses fo the policy of “standing alone concessfons to expediency other parties may have sinde by the nomination of candidates belonging to other organi- pan A pees ‘con- stice 1872 nominated only members of thelr own party, entirely regardless of the vote which they could poll. ‘The single break im this record of consistent nomination of candidates foredoomed to defea: was in New York im 1902, whew, under unusual circum- stances, the _prohibitionists for the first time put an opponent on their state ticket, nominating John Cunneen for attorney general, He was the democratic candidate for that office, and the prohibition vote of New York im the election, which wad 20,008, was sufficient to secure the success of Mr. Cunneen and thus break the prohibi- tion record. In the next year, 1903, there was no state election, and in 1904 the prohi- Ditionists resumed thet former policy of nominating only their own cand!- dates and had a nominee of their own for. attorney general against Mr. Cun- neen, whom they had supported at the previous election. ‘This prohibition candidate, Mill{- man by name, polled 21,027 votes, the full prohibition strength, and the Cun- neen nomination became in fact @ closed episode. The apprehensions of some ardent prohibitionists that it would weaken the cemperance cause in this state were not realized. It did not affect the prohibitioa vote a particle, neither increasing nor diminishing it. COUNTRY BEHIND GLASS. Florists Bring In Bits of Field and Forest for Window Dis- plays. In the midsummer the town florists keep their shop windows just as at- tractive as in spring. In one window, filled with field flowers, floats at will a ‘company of bees and butterfiies. ‘Thudding of the black and yellow bees against the glass draws attention to the window that has not already been ‘won by country bloom or light Iden butterfly wings. Thoroughly pleasing is the window which has been converted into a gar- den of decided landscape pretensions. Grass seed is sprouting over the gently ‘undulating Iawn that covers the entire floor of the window. A grove of dwarf maple trees flourishes in the back- ground. Below the grove lies a lake. On the water float various kinds of little water plants. About the rim of the lake runs a border of shrubs and vines. A picturesquely arranged pool of water is a favorite ornamental device in window arrangement among the floristy at this hot season. The pool of one window is surrounded by palms. One palm is tipped forward so that a great leaf dips haif way into the wa- ter. , Green is the keynote of all the win- dows. Ferns fill the background and sides, cover the flooring and hang sug pended from the ceiling. The pots of the ferns do not show from the street. The effect is one mass of unbroken PON STRAWBERRIES AS A CURE. Contrery to Tradition the Fruit Is Said to Be Efficacious in Rheumatism. That strawberries are injurious to rheumatic persons is as old a tradition as that tomatoes (love apples) are con- ducive to love. But against science no tradition is safe. It is now asserted that the strawberry is the “real thing” in food for rheumatics. Linnaeus, it is ‘said, kept himself free from rheumatism by eating strawberries. Fontenelli, an- other naturalist, attributed his longev- ity tostrawberries. He resorted to them as a medicine atid would frequently say: “If I can but reach the season of straw- berries!” Borheave is said to have classed the strawberry with the principal red fruit remedies containing iron as well as phos- phorus, salt, sulphur and sugar. It has long been a tradition that the chief demand for horse chestnuts has come from persons who believe in their efficacy as a eure for rheumatism, or at least @ palliative in rheumatic affections. Strawberries have heretofore been barred, but if they have all the merits now claimed for them, or indeed any of the mérits, the bars will be down and will stay down permanently. Geft Wood Mads Wart ‘Saft woods can be made into hard- woods for all practical purposes of in- duitry, sihce 4 Frenchman bas shown the world how to overcome the su- brémé diMiculty which put the ban up- Om the soft woods. This aimealty i the rapidity with which west and decay coeur afound the spikes and Ddits. Fae ateation by the French a. is of exceptional orem this by & device it betew Of W908 formed {hth & setow WHE an Gxesbtingly wide threat. 4 hols is ae © Or cole seh eer els are made of w: and Seddlted tates 60 fee wand ‘What sis Thought Mré. Jediti—For a poet thers ian’t aay. thing very poetical about mil’ taik; te _ Mes. io nr ete see SECRETARY BOOT IS REMARKABLY YOUNG LOOKING. Hospitality That Counts a Good Deal in Legislation — President Disapproves of Growing Bureaucracy in Navy Department. WASHINGTON.—Secretary of State Root did not stay in Washington long enough to warm his desk chair after taking gath of office. Nevertheless, he is secretary of state and the country feels easier. The people are perfectly content that he should go away off to Labrador to get a complete ASHIN GTON.—Secretary of State Root did not stay in Washington gon long enough to warm his desk chair after taking gath of office. Nevertheless, he is secretary of state and the country feels easier. The people are perfectly content that he should go away off to Labrador to get a complete rest from a hard year's labor in his profession, gain that physical tone that is so necessary to a public man and come back like a young man of 30 to take up diplomatic and state puzzles with a zest. Mr. Root is the youngest looking man there ever has been in the public service, and he will come back from the wilds of Labrador looking little more than half his age. There was a general approval throughout official circles when Mr. Root was named by Mr. Roosevelt as premier of his administration. No one had guessed this able statesman, who had a little over a year before resigned from the cabiné because he wanted to get back into the profession of law, where he could earn a competence before he grew too old. Few believed that, with all the enormous fees he had won in that short time, that he had acquired a sufficient fortune with which to return to public life. But it appears that within that time Mrs. Root has fallen heir to several millions, and her distinguished husband can follow the bent of his ambition in a political way. "I guess I was bitten by the diplomatic bug during our trouble in China over the Boxer uprising," said Mr. Root the other day, when he admitted that he wanted to be secretary of state. Mr. Root conducted much of the diplomatic business of that period. Secretary Hay being absent from Washington He ran both the war and state departments, and his promptness and decision counted for much. CE PRESIDENT Fairbanks seemed to strike a popular chord in his address at Sault Ste. Marie a few days ago when he spoke of the similarity of purposes between the United States and Canada and the harmony that existed between the two countries. Mr. Fairbanks has seen a great deal V of Canadians during the seven years he has been a member of the high joint commission whose object has been the settlement of a few troublesome questions between the countries. The vice president, as everyone knows, is not given to the expression of very decided views on any subject, but he said the other day to a friend: "It would be a good thing if the people of the United States had a closer knowledge of their neighbors to the north. Let them go up into the broad wheat lands of that mighty country stretching west from Winnipesg to the Rockies and they will find a pretty good lot of Americans there." This opinion is agreed to by a group of Washington correspondents who recently made a tour of Canada from Montreal to Victoria, spending a week in the great northwest wheat field. The people met by the Washingtonians and what they are accomplishing were revelations. Some of these newspaper men had never gotten rid of their school geography ideas that a few miles above the international boundary began the reign of eternal snow and ice. They knew, of course, that the Canadian Pacific railway ran clear across Canada, but without a practical view of what this railroad had accomplished they could not realize the possibilities and greatness of the country. When they found good farmers from the United States raising as high as 40 bushels of wheat to the acre as far north as Edmonton they reformed their ideas of geography and their estimate of Canada. A Btrict U NCLE JOE" CANNON, the genial speaker of the house of representatives, declares it is all a double blanked lie about his washing his fingers in the public drinking glass on the platform table at the Portland exposition and sneaking a piece of ice out of the pitcher with which to cool his being a lie, so also story that the wife of the president of the exposition reprimanded him and told him that a man of his age and position ought to have better manners, or words to that effect. The whole story is declared by "Uncle Joe" to have been a fabrication which did a great injury to a refined, gentle lady. He does not care for "fakes" about himself, but his native southern chivalry—he was born in North Carolina—simply resents the slightest afront to a lady The speaker was in Washington a few days ago and took a look around. He was so many years at the head of the house committee on appropriations and has been speaker of the house, that he feels a semi-paternal interest in everything the government does in the way of spending money. His paternal instincts prompt him to teach economy, and above all strict adherence to the letter of the laws making appropriations. He was not particularly well pleased, then, to find that congressional restrictions had been ignored in digging foundations for the new agricultural department building, and that they had been established in conformity with the plans of the trio of landscape architects whom the senate employed some years ago, instead of following the directions of the law that the new building should be where the present one stands. Congressman "Joe" Sibley. S PEAKER CAN- mon growled at this evasion of the will of congress, muttered a few remarks that might be interpreted to mean a good many things, among others some difficulty for the sponsors for the department building when they come before congress for more. Then he whirled money next winter. Then he whirled away in a "red devil" automobile, caught a fast train and hurried to the cool ghouls of Lake Champlain, where Congressman "Joe" Sibley awaited him in a beautiful summer cottage and soon made him forget the annoyances he had encountered in Washington. Congressman Sibley is the rich oil man and stock raiser of Pennsylvania, who has been a republican, a prohibitionist, a populist, a democrat, and then a republican again, but who is the most universally liked man in the house of representatives. And why should he not be popular? His three big touring car automobiles are at the command of his friends. He gives on an average two sumptuous banquets each month during sessions of congress in the marble mansion on K street built and occupied by the late John Sherman. These dinners cost about $25 a plate, and Sibley is not niggardly with his invitations. He has a swift yacht on Lake Champlain and a summer home where his congressional cronies are entertained in royal style. Sibley's popularity is not confined to his own side of the house, but all the democratic leaders are his guests at some time during the session, and the influence he can exert in a social way counts for a good deal in legislation. Sibley can speak on the floor, but his big-hearted hospitality is his greatest card. The War and Navy Departments. HERE is a great scurrying among officers and employees of the war and navy departments nowadays. These two departments are about the only ones that have not figured largely in "graft" discoveries and army and navy officers are wondering how long they will escape T the general scandal. The Bennington disaster, in which 65 sailors lost their lives, may draw the navy department into a general investigation, as President Roosevelt is very much wrought up over it, especially as there are hints that red tape and official delay are responsible for the explosion of the boiler. It is hinted that had prompt attention been given to reports concerning the conditions of the boilers the accident would not have occurred. There has been up in the war and navy department, particularly the latter, a bureaucracy that President Roosevelt is endeavoring to uproot. Bureau act independently of each other, and there are constant jars and friction over nearly every detail of the service. The president learned of this condition at first hand when he was assistant secretary of the navy, and endeavored to check it by centralizing power and responsibility as much as possible. The condition still exists, however, to a considerable extent, and the efforts of what is known as the Keep investigating committee, a special commission with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Keep at its head, will be directed toward curing the evil. The president is also determined to weed out of the department in Washington army and navy officers who have secured assignments here but who are really performing civilians' work. They will be sent to sea or to their posts on land. The navy is short of officers to man the ships now in commission. Johnny—It's when a feller says he leaves his teacher—Cleveland Leader. CROCHETED TRIMMING. With the Revival of All Handwork, Our Old Friend the Crochet- Hook Comes to the Fore. This design, which is suitable for chemise trimming, should be worked in fine cotton (No. 36 Chadwick's is a nice size) and with a fine steel hook. Commence with six chain, join round. First row: Six chain, one double treble into the ring, *, two chain, another double treble into the ring, keep repeating from * until there are 12 double trebles in the ring counting the first four of the starting chain as one double treble, join round with a slip-stitch. Second row: A double crochet in each stitch all round (36 stitches). Third row: Four chain, one double treble into the nearest stitch of the previous row; do not complete the stitch but leave the last two loops on the hook, a double treble in each of the next two stitches, still leaving the last loop of each stitch unworked (five loops on hook), cotton over and draw through all the loops at once, *, five chain a double treble into the same stitch as the last double treble of the previous group, a double treble in each of the CROCHET AGAIN IN FASHION. next three stitches, still keeping the last loops of each stitch on the hook, draw through all these loops at once and repeat from * until there are 12 groups of double trebles round the star, join the last five chain to the first group with a slip-stitch. Fourth row: Twelve double crochets under each chain loop, all round, fasten off. All the other stars are worked in the same way, but the two middle stitches of each of the two first scallops are caught to the corresponding stitches in the preceding star. The illustration will show where the corner ones are joined. For the top: First row: Work chains from the middle of one scallop to the middle of the next (just as many stitches in each loop as will let the work lie flat), using double trebles where the long stitches are required. Second row: One treble in first stitch, *, one chain, pass over one stitch, one treble in next, repeat from * to end of row. See illustration for corner of each row. Third row: A row of crossed trebles; three chain, pass the first two stitches of the previous row, one treble in next. five chain, a treble into the top of the treble just made. * cotton twice over the hook, pass the hook through the next stitch of the previous row, cotton over and draw through this stitch, cotton over and draw through two loops, leaving three loops on the hook, cotton over, pass two stitches, draw through the next (five loops on the hook), draw through these two at a time until only one loop is left two chain, one treble into the middle of the last-made stitch, and repeat from *. This row should be threaded with ribbon. Fourth row: Two double trebles under the first chain, loop four chain, two more double trebles under the same loop, pass to the next loop and repeat. Fifth row: Ten double crochets under each chain, loop all round. Work round the lower edge like rows one and two of top. To Clean Canvas. White leather belts and shoes are not unalloyed joy, for they're constantly getting dirty, and, like everything else white, they must be irreproachably white to be acceptable. Gasoline cleans them more easily than anything else—belts regularly washed in it, or rubbed with a cloth wet in gasoline, and shoes cleaned by the latest method. If you use the purified gasoline, that unpleasant odor about cleaned things, often noticeable when they've been most carefully aired, will be avoided. And be careful about the use of gasoline—a warning that can't be too often repeated—don't rub too briskly, or the friction will result in an explosion, nor in a room where there is an artificial light or a fire. Freckles. A simple lotion for the annihilation of freckles is made by combining one dram of borax, one-half fluid ounce of diluted acetic acid, one-half fluid ounce of rose water. Apply at night. When freckles are decidedly obstructate a good proprietary bischac can now be bought and will do away with freckles without separating one from one's face after the manner of some bleaches. To Remove Pimples Pimples on the face or any part of the body are most unclean and unpleasant. Bathe your arms with tepid salt water, using flesh brush, drying and rubbing afterward with listerine. This will surely heal the wretched little blotches and bumps. Velvet Bibbon Trimming. Particularly is velvet ribbon for trimming in high esteem. Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. BAR YARD: 1st St. & L. S. & M. S. RY. 2nd St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO J. W. ARMS —DEALER IN— Coal & Wood Expressing and Moving to Any Part of the city. 139 WEST FIFTY-FIRST STREET Between Dearborn and Armour Ave. Phone 3804 Gray Residence 5050 Dearborn st. Tilean Slate Hauling a Specialty. COAL J. H. COLEMAN & CO. 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A terrier wandered on to the railway line when an express was approaching. It was so fascinated at the sight of the monster that it stood stock still, and the train thundered over it at 50 miles an hour. The dog was found unhurt, but shivering with fright. Where Hypnotism Fails. A Boston scientist says that hypnotism can develop only natural instincts, and that the best hypnotists in the world cannot make a really moral person do wrong. From experiments he has made he believes that 75 per cent. of the human race, if unrestrained by family pride and other like considerations, would steal. Big Request to Servants Lady Diana de Vere Huddleston, who died in London recently, left a will bequeathing $90,000 to her servants and directing that her ashes after cremation should be placed in the oak shrine awaiting them at Courts' bank and buried with those of her husband, which she had carried with her wherever she wore for 15 years. Auto Invention Inventors are now turning their attention to the smaller details of the automobile. One of the most recent patients is applied to a wire frame arranged to sweep the rubber tires. This, it is claimed, will avbid many punctures, since it will remove tacks and bits of glass as soon as picked up. Pessimistic Russian Admiral Rojestvenaky, the Russian admiral, has always been considered a pessimist. In response to an English girl's request for an autograph, he wrote: "Life is stupid. A little gayety, a little weariness, and then — good night." New York's Venice New York has its Venice in a little shack village built along the water between Manhattan and Coney Island. While the buildings bordering the waterway lack the elegance and historic beauty of the palaces on the Grand canal, they are comfortable quarters. Bright Girl. Dr. W. D. Grace, England's most famous cricketer, recently gave a little girl his autograph. She returned for another, and in explanation said: "I gave the other in exchange for two bishops." She got her second autograph. Poor Husband! In northern New Zealand recently a native woman deserted her husband and ran away with another man. A native court fined the deserted husband horses, cattle and money for "lack of martial authority in not being able to retain his wife." Suffering Dumb Animals Not only do misused horses suffer throughout the heated months, but in many parts of the city dogs and cats abandoned by owners who have gone out of town supply a melancholy illustration of inhumanity.—N. Y. Tribune. London Lacking Horse ambulances are still a "crying need" in London. The other day a man, taken seriously ill in the street, had to wait where he was four hours before a conveyance could be obtained to take him to a hospital. Courageous. In Atkinson a man called another man a liar recently, and the accused replied: "I know I am a liar, but I thought you were too much of a gentleman to refer to it."—Kansas City Star. Lake Turns Red Lake Morat, in Switzerland, has the curious property, every tenth year, of turning red, owing to the presence of certain water plants, which are not found in any other lake in the world. Good Authority "Who was the originator of the folding bed?" said the furniture man. "Lazarun," replied his son. "History says that 'he folded his bed and walked away.'"—Detroit Free Press. Healthy Occupation. Workmen attending the pans in salt works are never known to have cholera, smallpox, scarlet fever or influenza. "Here's Looking at You." A great many men keep themselves poor, says Uncle Hiram, buying so many looking glasses—Kansas City Drovers' Telegram. Too Bad. He—I only know that I love you. She—Oh, dear; I thought you knew all about an automobile, too!—Smart Set. Great Britain's government has decided to secure and protect for the nation the ancient ramparts erected by Edward I. around the town of Berwick-on-Tweed. These ruins are of great antiquarian and historical value. They form one of the most interesting monuments of the bitter strife that existed for centuries between England and Scotland, as they are situated right on the border. The walls include the old bell tower, from which a firing beacon gave-warning to the English farmers of the approach of the bands of marauding Scots. "Is You or Ain't You." This conversation is said to have taken place between a Guthrie ball player and a bartender: "Is you got any smokin' tobacco?" asked the ball player. The bartender did not reply at once, and question was repeated. "I ain't said I ain't," retorted the bartender. "I ain't ast yo' if yo' aint. I ast yo' if you is. Yo' is ain't yo'?'"—Kansas City Journal. Open Air. "Why at this time of year, Pat, a man never feels as comfortable as he does in the open air." "Faith, is that so? Well, I'd have you to know that the day I wint up with the blast I was in the open air for tin minutes, and I was niver so uncomfortable in me whole loife!"—Yonkers Statesman. Big African Gone days gone by he was monarch of all he surveyed in Central Africa and started several cemeteries to prove his prowess as a warrior. Eventually the roller of civilization assimilated his tribe and crushed poor Tippoo Tib. Lofty Lineage. Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, now the duke of Connaught's son-in-law, is a great-grandson of the German Emperor William I. and his ancestors include Gustavus III. of Sweden, King George II. of England, grand dukes of Baden and highnesses of Bavaria and Wurtemberg. Sheep-Killing Wolves A Lafayette county (Kan.) farmer, whose sheep were being killed by wolves, covered a lamb's carcass with strychnine one night and left it outside his sheep pen. The next morning nine dead wolves were found within 60 feet of the carcass. Needed Clean-Up. Each person in the Dog Hill congregation is requested to bring his hoe with him to church next Sunday. There will be no preaching, and the time will be spent in chopping down the weeds around the front door.—Murray (Ky.) Monitor. Like Down-Easters Not only the nasal sounds, but many American phrases, are quite common in Suffolk, England, among the farmers and the peasantry, and a stranger passing an afternoon in Woodbridge market might fancy himself in Massachusetts. The New Religion A noted Hindoo is here in the interest of the unification of religions and the establishment of a world's faith. Bless his oriental heart, it's here already, and is generally known as the dough.—N. Y. Telegram. Historic Town Kustenji, the Roumanian port in which the mutineers of the Knizla Potemkine surrendered, is the ancient town in which the poet Ovid was banished by Emperor Augustus, and where he died. An Americanism The use of the word "yesterday," in connection with the preposition "on" seems to be confined to America. "If happened on yesterday" would sound strange to English ears. Books for Japan. Japan in 12 months was supplied by Germany with 96,394 books, Great Britain being second with 87,608. This was in 1901. The following year England supplied Japan with over 315,000 books. She Would Never Tell. "She has taken very great care of herself, you know." "Yes; but her age is telling on her at last." "What ingratitude!"—Stray Stories. Remembrance. He—I was an intimate friend of your late husband. Can't you give me something to remember him by? She (shyly)—How would I do?—Punch. Slam at the English To an Italian charged in a London court with drunknesses, the magistrate said: "Italians don't often get drunk. Don't get English ways." Arabic Word. Alcohol is the English form of the Arabic "alkohl," spirit or essence. In the original the word corresponds exactly with our word "etheral." Not So Humble Personal contact with the alleged "humble opinion" is apt to show that it is quite stock on itself. -Puck. Dryden's Word. The poet Dryden is said to have in varied the word "witticism." It is curious to observe that even the greatest realists do not venture to bestow eye-glasses on their heroines. It is rather odd, too seeing how many charming women do in real life wear them, and are not debarred by them from the most dramatic careers and the most plongant emotions. But while the modern novelist has bestowed eye-glasses on everybody else he has not yet had the hardihood to put them on the nose of his heroine. Why?—Mrs. John Lane, in London Outlook. Queer Russian Tax. Russia has probably the most curious tax in the world. It is called the "amusement tax," and was instituted a year or two ago to found an institution for the poor, under the title of the "Emperor Marle Foundation." The tax is laid on every amusement ticket sold, and the managers increase the price accordingly. Already more than 1,000,000 rubles have been raised in that way. Fearless Duke The duke of Abruzzi is fearless. He has been shot over a hedge while motoring; he has listened while the ice pack cracked his ship's ribs in at Prince Rudolph island and escaped with the frost bitten fingers; he has surveyed the world from his balloon and attained points on the Alps before unexplored. Size of Raindrops The largest raindrops are about one-fifth of an inch in diameter. To determine the size rain is allowed to fall into a thick layer of flour, each drop forming a pellet of dough, and these pellets are compared with dough pellets obtained from drops of known size delivered on the flour by artificial means. Where Twilights Meet In midsummer the twilight of evening meets the twilight of morning, in the extreme northern parts of the United States, the light of the sun, while that orb is far below the horizon, being reflected from dust particles in the upper atmosphere. Cumulative Sentence Sir John Madden, chief justice of Victoria, has discovered a new plan of punishing old offenders. He adds up all their previous terms and makes the total their sentence. The other day he sentenced an offender to nine years and one month—his aggregate record. Rural Postal Privileges in France. Inhabitants of the rural districts of France may now obtain from the postmen on their rounds postal orders, etc., and may hand them money for deposit in the savings banks, thus avoiding the trouble of going to the nearest post office for these purposes. Chinese Want to Enlist Claiming the right to serve as British subjects, 20 Victoria (B. C.) Chinese have applied for enrollment in the Fifth regiment, Canadian artillery, in that city. The commander has referred the matter to the minister of militia at Ottawa. No Friend. Bacon—I saw a friend of your family sitting on your stoop yesterday when I went by. Egbert—Oh, that wasn't any friend of my family; that was my wife's mother.—Yonkers Statesman. No Friend. Thus We See. How vain and fleeting is epitaphy. In a Philadelphia cemetery founded 80 years ago scarcely a line of the glowing words grawn on the headstones remain for the edification of visitors. Time's ruthless paw plays tricks with fiction. Titles Huckstered Advertisement in the London Times: "Titles of Nobility—Foreign Decorations and Orders procured for Gentlemen of means without publicity; replies by letter only requested from serious persons. Apply, etc." Vanity of Man. A man never gets too old to believe that with a little practice he can still play baseball as well as when he was on the college team.—N. Y. Commercial. Injury from Radium. Edison admits that he has found radium a dangerous substance to experiment with. It has injured one of his eyes seriously and had a bad effect upon his stomach. Comrades. She—I shouldn't be surprised to hear of another engagement—John and Celia are such close friends. He—Yes, comrades in arms.—Yale Record. The Result. "Mr. Tawxem, the orator of the evening, exhausted his topic, no doubt." "No," answered Miss Cayenne, "only his audience."—Washington Star. From the French. The word "adieu" is purely French. In its original form it was "a Dieu," "to God," but in its full meaning expressing "I commend you to God." Lots of "Dope." Part of the cargo of the steamship Korea, which arrived at San Francisco on July 11, was $344,500 worth of opium. Big Load of Dust. The steamship Zealandia arrived at Seattle from None on July 8, bringing $1,500,000 in gold dust—None's record shipment. Just for Fun. 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