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Booker T. Washington Under the Fierce Fire of the Southern Press. AND THE BLATTER SKITES EATS BLACK CROW. In Relation To Escorting John Wannamaker's Daughter to the Dinner Table. Vol. X Booker T. W Under the Fierce Southern AND THE BLATT BLACK In Relation To Escorting Daughter to the Within the past two weeks, the Southern Press, the blatter skites and that class of whites in the south, who are ready to proclaim themselves the Negro's very best friends, have as one man risen up against Booker T. Washington, and under their fierce fire, and half savage and half devil or rebel yell, they have forced the great Wizard or Tuskegee to eat black crow in relation to escorting John Wanamaker's daughter to the dinner table, at the United States Hotel Saratoga, New York, and in order to pacify his best friends in the South, Booker T. Washington, has furnished a statement, which has been sent broadcast over the country denying the fact that "he escorted any female member of Mr. Wanamaker's family to or out of the dining room." Mr. Washington, like a cringing coward, further states in his letter of explanation which he sent to The Age-Herald, Birmingham, Ala. "I did dine with Mr. Wanamaker and members of his family at a hotel at his request, for the purpose of talking on matters of business, but at the time was a guest myself at a colored hotel in Saratoga. During the last fifteen years I have been at a hotel where Mr. Wanamaker was on three occasions, when I was to speak at public meeting, as I was at this time, and no comment was made on it. "When in the South I conform, like all colored people, to the customs of the South. But when in the North I have found it necessary during the last twenty years to come in contact with white people in the furtherance of my work in ways I do not in the South." In stopping to explain his action or reason for dining with John Wana-maker and his family Prof. Washington has as usual proven himself unworthy to pose as the infallible leader of ten million people. In his letter of explanation he has failed to satisfy his Southern critics, and he has justly earned the boundless contempt of all men who admire an individual with plenty of backbone and with courage equal to that of a lion, by apologizing to the Southern whites for exercising his right as an American citizen added untold sorrow and misery on the entire Negro race, and gained nothing for himself in the estimation of the whites, for they still look upon him as a good white man's (nigger) one who is liable to do childish things unless they straighten him up once in a while for their own good. But if he had absolutely refused to pay the slightest attention to their maniac ravings or vaporings in this respect then he would have immortalized himself throughout the civilized world. Then he would not have given the press and the repre- --- sentative men of the South the golden opportunity to refer to him in the following manner: Birmingham, Ala.—"Because Booker Washington ate a piece of pie with John Wanamaker at Saratoga, N. Y. Lleut. Gov. Cunningham is mad and forgets the fact that in his town Negro women are running assignation houses for the benefit of white men, in order that they may practice social equality." "His conduct in accepting those attentions from Northern white people," said Lleut. Gov. Cunningham, "proves conclusively that he is an unwise leader of his race. it contradicts emphatically the policies that he has preached and the profession he has made. it impairs his usefulness to his people, for while he may be immune from the injury that will follow, they, credulous and ignorant, will suffer incalculably. "If he sat down and studied how he could most effectively array the whites against the blacks in the South, he could not have hit upon a plan that would have been more effective than the one he has adopted." "Mr. John Wanamaker, with whom Washington dined publicly, is a prominent member of the Northern Presbyterian church, and all Southern members of the church will resent his action. I blame Washington more than Mr. Wanamaker. He knows better, while Mr. Wanamaker does not understand sentiment in the South against anything bordering on racial equality." "Booker T. Washington ought to be ashamed to make a public appearance with a young white woman who has no more self-respect than to accept his escort.—Houston (Texas) Post." "Wanamaker no doubt considers Washington on a plane equal to the one which he occupies, and we are not disposed to disagree with him. If anything, the darky has the better of it. But Booker T. has alienated much of the sympathy which has been heretofore freely given him by white men in the South and this he will find is a loss for which the glory of dining with Wanamaker is a poor recompense.—Memphis News Slimilar. "It is about time for the Southern People if not the people of all sections to turn their backs on Booker Washington. His conduct at Saratoga was inexcusable. It was an exhibition of social equality that must inevitably destroy the good opinions the white people of the South have. Under the circumstances he is more to blame than Wanamaker and Wanamaker is not without blame.—Nashville Amercan. Birmingham Ala.—Dr. J. W. Stray Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of this city tonight said that the action of Booker T. Washington in Saratoga will retard the union of the Northern and Southern branches HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER 9, 1905. of the church for many years. of the church for many years. "Booker Washington claims that he conducts himself nigger-like in the South and social-equality-like in the north," "and it must be confessed that this coarse characterization of Mr. Washington's explanation aptly epitomizes his fawning utterance." Similar expressions have appeared in all the leading newspapers, in the South, which is evident that Booker Washington's actions have been very distasteful to his white masters, that they have no more respect for him, whenever he attempts to hold his head erect like an honorable American citizen, than they have for the commonest crap-shooting Negro. Therefore, under all the circumstances, it was not the proper thing for Booker T. Washington to write a letter of explanation, what he should have done was, to have reminded his best friends in the South, that he was sick and tired of their clap-trap and tom foolery that, it ill becomes any class of people, to be continually whining about social equality, who for two hundred and fifty years, bought and sold their own flesh and blood, in order to acquire wealth and brought forth the greatest crop or brood of bastard children, that the world has ever gazed upon, and established a universal harem in the South land. JUST THINK OVER IT. Few people have the remotest idea of how the profits of human labor are eaten up by a few usurers. And it all grows out of our ignorance of what money is if we knew what it really is we would not suffer the abuse. But to the point. One cent loaned out at ten per cent and reloaned with the interest doubles in less than 8 years. In a little over two centuries it will amount to over three million dollars. It would soon eat up the world's wealth. "But nobody ever thus lent one cent." No, but one house lent out five hundred million dollars nearly a hundred years ago and has regularly collected the interest and reloaned it yearly or quarterly, ever since. Up until some 40 years ago the half billion thus lent out had not grown to such a monstrous sum as to embaras the managers. By 1825 it had become a billion, and by 1865 it must have grown to 16 billion. From that time on its growth has been awful indeed. No other words can express it. It has long owned all the gold stock of the world forced all nations under its gold standard. Practically under the abmoinable bond and usury system all are slaves to this house. Our richest men are mere tools under it. The house can make all our paper bonds worthless as shavings. A panic will prove it. The idea of a commodity money is absurd. Government acceptances for their own revenues are the only sound money tokens. Why? Simply because we all owe the taxes and the whole circulation must go back into the Government Treasury to thence re-issue in payments for services rendered, for supplies furnished, for pensions, due, etc. Therefore Governments are the only proper issuers of the circulation. But this-free usury gold system turns it all over to usurers called bankers. The whole infernal system must be blown to hades. It is an abuse like slavery, landlordism, church, and state Divine right of Kings, blue blood aristocracy. It must end. Think! It now draws interest on hundreds of billions! You know that labor creates and pays for all. No wonder the worker starves. The attendance at the meeting of "Douglass Center settlement" last Sunday afternoon was large and enthusiastic. Much dissappointment was expressed by many who expected to hear the sweet voice of Miss Blanche Wright. After an able discourse by Mrs. Woolley. Dr. Princes Viroqua a prominent Indian was introduced for a few remarks on the race question. Her remarks were timely and well appreciated by an attentive audience. Princes Viroqua was educated in an eastern college, and thinks the Negro's and Indiana aare, unfairly treated by the "Fale faces." ```markdown ``` CHARLES H. SMILEY. The King of the caterers of the middle west who is amply prepared to serve the four hundred of this city during the social season of 1905 and 1906. THE BEE WASHINGTON, D. C. ON MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM H. HAY BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. MAN DELIGHTFULLY ENTER- Mr. Washington can only blame himself for the condition of affairs. He is reaping what he has been sowing, American prejudice. He has been teaching Negro inferiority to the white man. He has told the South that the place for the Negro is in a white man's kitchen, on his farm, in his stables, in his back yard and back door. The Southern white man becomes surprised when he sees Mr. Washington acting contrary to his teachings. Booker T. Washington's 'star is set.' He will soon be a being of the past. The helpless Southern Negro whom he has degraded in his speeches, humiliated and apalogized for wrongs committed upon him, will some day take his place in history. The utterances of Mr. Washington have led the white man to believe that the Negro is inferior to him. Mr. Washington sends his children to Northern colleges to be taught, while he teaches Southern Negroes to milk cows and feed hogs. He could have been a great man among his people, but he has fallen in their estimation. If he would confine himself to his work he would redeem his lost laurels. But has he not gone too far? Mr. Washington has been misled by his satellites. He is easily persuaded. He exists on borrowed light. The Bee has been informed that when he recommended a Southern colored man for appointment, the President told him that he could not make the appointment; that he (the President) could not offend the Southern white people any more. The administration is six months old and not a new colored man has been appointed in the South. The colored men who now hold office in the South were placed there by the late President McKinley. The Negro is receiving but little recognition under the present administration. He is being 'Jim Crowed' in the departments right under the eyes of the administration. State Republican organizations are ignoring him and today the Negro is a floater. He is to the Republican party South as a joker is to a euchar deck of cards. Mr. Washington has made him so. Mr. Washington is no longer any use to the Southern white people. It is too late for him to be redeemed in manhood. He has sown the seed of prejudice and discontent. His satellites follow him as files follow moiseses paper and when the Moses speaks the mummies flee to quarters unknown, Abolish the 'Jim Crow' car." MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM H. HAY MAN DELIGHTFULL ENTER- Last Wednesday evening, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hayman 3236 Wabash ave., gave a card and dancing party in honor of their visiting friends. The house was beautifully decorated with many rare flowers and palms. The charming hostess was assisted to entertain the one hundred guests, by her sisters, Mrs. Henry L. Dickson and Mrs. Claude Alexander. Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Easton, Cincinnati, O, Mr and Mrs Charles, J Pickett, Washington, D. C.; Mr. and Mrs. John Williams Pittsburg Pa.; Mrs. Charles Davis Mrs Adams, Mrs. N. B. Young and Mrs. S. J. Lampkin, Cincinnati, O.; Mrs Shook and daughters, Cleveland O. Miss Mabel Vance, New Orleans, La.; Miss Ross, St. Louis, Mo.; Doctor Walters, Adams, Louisville, Ky.; Mr. Warrick, Oberlin, O.; and Mr. Morrison, St. Louis, Mo.; were among the visitors present Choice refreshments were lavishly served and everything in connection with the party will cause those who participated in it to pleasently remember the evening which was so enjoyably spent by them. The National Life Insurance Company of Chicago. People who are interested in insurance will do well to look up the National Life, U. S. of A. The National is a Chicago Company, (159 La Salle Street) established in 1868. It has the largest capital of any Western company. The Illinois State Insurance Department just completed a thorough examination of this company and in its report speaks very highly of the company's investments and its methods of doing business, and especially commends the company for its promptness in settling all its death claims. It is a Chicago Company for Chicagoans. Mr. Samuel Roberts of 6638 Stewart avenue represents the National. Mr. Roberts is not a stranger to our readers for he is the author of "The Race Problem" published about a year ago in The Broad Ax, which received such hearty approval from our readers. The Directorate of the National go's most reputable business men. It Life are composed of some of Chicago is one of the few life insurance com- panies that does not draw the color line. Its efficient secretary Mr. Robert E. Sackett is ever ready to extend the right hand of fellowship to all those who contemplate taking out a policy in the National. FREDÈRICK DOUGLASS CENTRE 3002 WABAS HAVENUE. Prof. Nathaniel Butler of the University of Chicago will be the speaker on Sunday the 10th inst. There will be a meeting of the women of the Centre on Wednesday the 13th inst. The object of the meeting is to discuss the feasibility of forming a Women's Club or the best means by which the women may aid in the work of the Centre. A full attendance is earnestly requested. The kindergarten will open Tuesday the 12th inst., at 9 a. m., in charge of Miss Lillian A. Chapman. It is hoped that the members of the Centre and others interested will do all in their power-to make this part of the work a success. The children's sewing class will open for the second term on Saturday the 9th inst., at 10 a. m., under the direction of Mrs. A. E. Hampton. Fee five cents, (D.) ENGLEWOOD NEWS. Englewood was snocked last Monday evening to hear of the suicide of Mr. George W. Goff of 6123 Ada st. Mr. Goff was a Lieutenant in the Sanish-American war and considered a model young man. His wife committed suicide about a year and a half ago. The coroner's inquest was held Tuesday morning. Funeral Thursday, Hitzman the verdict was suicide while despondent. Mr. McKinney 6027 Loomis st. died Tuesday morning. Funeral Thursday, it was conducted by the members of the G. A. R. Twenty dollars was the amount cleared Labor day at the Fish Fry for the benefit of the Old Forks home. The Englewood representative of The Broad Ax. has moved to 6236 Peoria St., where he will be glad to receive all news. LLOYD SMITH. Dastardly Outrage. It is reported on good authority in Washington that a body of mounted men rode to the vicinity of the residence of Dr. Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee, Ala., last Saturday night, fired three volleys into the house and rode away. Mr. Washington and family being absent, no one was hurt. The information was conveyed in a private letter from Tuskegee and may be regarded as authentic. No cause was assigned but the action is believed to be due to the Washington-Wanmaker dinner episode. — The Home News, Alexandria, Va. Mrs. Margaret Goins, 2939 Dearborn st., who contemplated spending the summer at Clear Lake, Mich., was owing to a severe attack of sickness, compelled to return home a few weeks ago, and she has been confined at Wesley Hospital, where she underwent a serious surgical operation. She is now gradually regaining her health and she would be pleased to receive a visit from her friends at the above number. The average Negro is a strange and peculiar being. He reads but little, and thinks still less concerning the great problems of life. He is apparently happy and contented with an humble place in which to dwell, something to eat, a few good clothes, and a good time. He seemingly prefers to contribute to that which debases rather than to that which elevates. Strange being indeed is the average Negro.—The Watchman Topeka, Kan. Miss Nettie Norton 6324 Madison ave., was united in marriage to Mr. Charles Carson, of New Orleans, La., Tuesday evening September, 5th, Rev. Kennedy, officiating, only a few friends witnessed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Ford uncle and aunt of the bride, presented the newly married couple with a handsome Japanese dinner set. Mr. and Mrs. James Bates an elegant silver service, they also received many other beautiful presents. In the near future Mr. and Mrs. Simon Ford 6042 Dearborn st., will hold a reception in their honor. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestant, and secular, as well as secular, Knights of Labor, or any one else can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Acr is a newspaper whose platform is broad and its editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago IL, as Second-class Matter. ODD FELLOWSHIP AND ITS ORIG GIN AMONG MEN. History tells us that Odd Fellowship was first established among Roman Soldiers in the days of Nero. About 54 years after the Birth of Christ. But history traces its origin to some period anterior to the Christian era. There were two bodies of men reported to have practiced it. One Eleusis, a small town of Atica, in Greece, and another which was incorporated at Teos, Asia Minor by King of Pergamos. The members of the former were initiated in what was called the Dionysian Mysteries. They had signs and pass words; so that they could distinguish those who had become members of their fraternity. History also tells us that secret societies existed amongst the Israelites B.C. 606 when captives in Babylon. They were deprived of carrying on their religious worship of their God. According to the law of Moses. They had degrees, pass words and signs so that they could tell each other by night as well as by day. History tells us again of the secret societies." of the Eleusian mysteries that were brought in to Athens by Gumalpus, B. C. 1356. Odd Fellowship is from the following Descemantis and Origins, Egyptian school 1900 years B. C. We trace it all along the line by tradition to Greece still from there to Rome 54 years A. D. Odd Fellowship got her model from the Eleusinian Mysteries. Egypt is the mother of all secret societies. The first account of the order being spread in other countries are in the fifth century. When it was established in the Spanish Dominions and the sixth century by King Henry in Portugal in the twelfth century. It was established in France and afterward by John De Neville in England attended by five knights from France who formed a loyal grand lodge of honor in London. We assert, therefore of odd Fellowship that its materials, life blood and heat and soul are as old as the solemn and binding obligations that united the beating hearts of the first pair in the garden of Eden. When angels were 1-O-O-F. Odd Fellowship was introduced in to America December 23rd 1806 in New York by Wm. E and John Chambers, John R. Thomas, William Dubois, Geo. P. Morris. They met in the old Shakespeare House Fain street between Nassau street and Broadway, N. Y., This society of men ceased to exist in 1822. Prince Regens Lodge was instuted in New York 1816. Washington Lodge No. 1 at Baltimore in 1819 by Thomas Wildley, John Cheatham, John Welch. This trio met in the house of William Lupton in Baltimore, Maryland on the 26th of April 1819. G. U. O. of O. F. England granted to Peter Ogden a charter Dec. 19th, 1842, to open a lodge in America. The committee from Liverpool Lodge No. 448 Liverpool England were Peter Ogden, Robert Spark, J. M. Day; Its American founders were Peter Ogden, James Fields, Patrick H. Reason, J. C. Crummell, James Needham, Joshua G. Campbell, F. A Hinton, John Bowers. Household of Ruth, of the G. U. O. of O. F. This branch of the order is the Ladies Court or Lodge. This branch of the order was instituted Sept. 2nd, 1857 by Joseph C. Bustill of Harrisburg, Pa. its charter member. Gentlemen: Martin Peeg, John Galtor, D. M. Robinson, J. C. Bustill, Jerry Hinson. Ladies: Mrs. John Price, Mrs John Gaitor, Mrs Wm. Robinson, Mrs J. C. Bustill, Mrs-Jerry Hinson. This degree was founded on the friendship that existed between Ruth and Naomi B. C. 1372. I will give you a short history of the notable order It might be interesting to some of you to know something more about the order. History of the G. U. O. of O. F. among colored men early in the 40's about the winter of 1842 Peter Ogden a man of our race who was steward on a steamship that was playing between New York and Liverpool, England he became acquainted with some of the members of Victory Lodge No 448 G. U. O. of O. F. finding that they were willing to recognize a man as a man if his skin was black, he made up his mind to send in his petition to Victoria Lodge No. 448 of the G. U. O. of O. F. Liverpool and was received and initiated into the order of the G. U. O. of O. F. he was quiet and an unassuming man of good repute and of great patience. In the same year a literary society known as the Philamathean instituted in New York City formed themselves into an association and petitioned to the I. O. O. F. for a dispensation to open a separate lodge of the order thinking that they would gladly grant them such a favor but their color was against them and they were denied. Then the white Odd Fellows placed in their constitution the word white to show to the black man that they were to rule and the Negro was forever left out in the cold. This also shut the door to the great majority of mankind for a very small portion of the human race are white. ST. THOMAS'S. On the 11th Sunday after Trinity there was a Low Celebration of the Holy Eucharist at 7:30 and a High Mass at 11 a. m. with Sermon by Father Lealted, at the offertory Miss Lillian Beesley sang an Ave Maria which was finely rendered just after the mass there was an infant presented for Holy Baptism. The St. Andrews Brotherhood held their Corporate Communion at 7:30 on next Sunday Mrs. Jessie Smith will sing the Offertory at 11 a. m. Sunday School. Opens at 1 p. m. and Vespers is sung at 8 p. m. Calendar for Week. Sept. 10. 12th Sunday after Trinity. Sept. 14. Holy Cross Day—Color green—A. D. 335. Sept. 15. Fast. CHIPS Miss Viola Cabell, of Lexington, Ky., who has been visiting in the city, left for her home last Friday. Mr. Dan Jackson and Col. Poney Moore are spending their vacation in New York City. Mr. Will Clark of the Corporation Counsel's office is spending his vacation in the lakes of Wisconsin. Mrs. R. A. J. Shaw, 3727 Forest av., returned to the city after a months absence. Mr. Fred Leeber, 3143 Armour ave. died last Thursday, after a short illness. A. R. Cooper, a Negro shoe manufacturer of Findlay, Ohio, has invented an electric shoe. Miss Ruby Newman, of Harlsburg, Pa. is visiting her uncle, Mr. Thornton, Newman 4613 Dearborn st. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hopson of St. Louis, Mo., are in the city guest of Mrs. Larie, 202 E. 40th st. Miss Gussie Turner of St. Louis, Mo., who has been visiting friends at 322 E. 41st left for home, on Monday. Mrs. Maxwell and daughter guests of Mrs. C. H. Anderson, 4206 Langley ave., have left the city for their home in Xenia, O. Mr. W. Ashby Hawkins of Baltimore spent a few days in the city last week visiting old friends, he stopped at the Keystone Hotel. Dr. and Mrs. J. R. White, of 5808 Michigan ave., returned from Casopolis, Mich., where they have been spending the summer. Mr. George Walker of Evanston, was hurriedly called home from New York City, on account of illness of his little daughter. Dr. J. W. McDowell, of St. Louis, Mo, spent a few days in the city last week, he stopped at Wilson House. Dr. Bass, Intern Provident Hospital, was this week called home to Circleville, Ohio, on account of the illness of his father. Miss May Stokes, Muncie, Ind., who has been the guest of Mrs. J. Gray Lucas, 5840 Low ave., returned to her home the first of this week. Mrs. Sifax of Wash., D. C., was for the past week the guest of her Aunt and Uncle Mr. and Mrs. Payton Taylor 3243 Wabash ave. Attorney Israel Cowen, 613 Tacoma Blldg., is one of Chicago's ablest and foremost lawyers, and he transacts the law business for quite a number of Afro-Americans. Mrs. Emma tewart, the fashionable dress maker 268 33rd st., and her sister Mrs. Giles, returned home Thursday evening from a pleasant visit with relatives and friends at Springfield, O Mr. Chas. Seals the popular, South Side, druggist, who recently was baptized in the Episcopal faith by Rev. Leaitad, is still very sick, at his home 6354 Rhodes Ave. Mr. and Mrs. William Macey 5133 Grove ave., on September 17 start on a two weeks pleasure tour, to Denver, Colo., Salt Lake City, Utah, and other interesting points in the west. Mrs. James Green 5054 Armour ave. will leave on Sept. 12 for her old home Lexington, Ky., where she will spend 2 weeks with her mother, and visit the State Fair. David Lowery, an expert electrician, is foreman at the Urbana, O., electric light plant, and his color does not militate against his efficiency or acceptability to company or employees. The Rev. Robert Mason from Charleston, West, Va., is in the city, visiting his brother, Dr. J. M. Mason 3627 Dearborn st. We feel honored in having Rev. Mason visit our city. Hon. Walter S. Bogel President of the Crescent Coal and Mining Company 303 Dearborn st., would make an ideal candidate for City Treasurer in 1907. Al. F. Gorman is still active in politics in the 29th Ward, and he is the proper persons to succeed Alderman Thomas Carey, in the City Council in the spring of 1906. Special music will be rendered at Douglass Center at 3 o'clock sharp, Sunday, Sept. 10th as follows: Miss L. Blanche Wright, Soprano; Miss Bessie Warren pianist and Mr. W. Kemper Harreld, Violinist. The Chicago Amateur Musical Company, will render, "Folds Of Folly" Tuesday evening September 12, at Oakland Music Hall, Cottage Grove ave., and 40th street, for the benefit of the Phyllis Wheaty building fund. John Garner the hustling and popular proprietor of the Elite Buffet 30-30 State st., arrived home Monday morning from a pleasure trip to New York City, Atlantic City and other points in the East. Prof. W. H. Hart and Clementine, N. Bartlett of Washington have sued the Pennsylvania Railroad for $30,000 each, on account of being arrested and confined in jail under the "jim crow" car law in Maryland in 1904. David Knighten, the active Afro-American Democrat in the Second Ward will the latter part of next week leave on a three months trip to Detroit, Mich., New York, City and other cities in the East. Mr. Henry Hill, 3458 state st., entertained about 25 ladies and gentlemen to an elaborate dinner last Sunday evening in honor of Mrs. Lettie Shields, of Balto. and Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Pickett of Wash., D. C. Miss Sadie Allen the prosperous "bachelor maid" is now residing at 6447 Evans ave., Miss Allen has recently purchased a lovely flat building in the neighborhood of 67th and Vincennes ave. Justice Theodore C. Mayer who holds forth at the East Chicago ave., Police Station continues to rid that district of the criminal classes and owing to his splendid record as a dispenser of Justice, he will become one of the new municipal Judges in 1906. Alderman John J. Bradley, will put up a stiff fight to be elected one of the Trustees of the Drainage Canal, and if it was left to his army of strong friends to do the voting it would be all over with him right now but the shouting! Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Camp 9 So. Wood st, entertained the members of the Triangle and Inner Circle Clubs on Friday evening, at their residence A fine supper was served after which the club members made arrangements for their Charity Ball to be given Thanksgiving. What has become of the Fellowship Club, as it is composed of the blooms and the high rollers of this town it has failed to give one Private basket picnic or dancing party this season, will Doctor A. F. Perry, its active and wide awake President please stand up and answer these questions? Justice John Fitzerald has diligently labored all this summer at the Stock Yards Police Station and combated those who have been disposed to violate the laws by imposing good heavy fines upon them and he is one of the Justices, who will be selected as a municipal Judge, one year hence. William F. Taylor, who for a long time ran the Drug Store corner of 29th and Armour ave., will the first of this coming week, with his family remove to Cairo, Ill., where he will engage in the drug business at 1315 Washington ave., his friends wish him success away down in the Egypt land. Alderman Thomas Carey, has bought an elegant new home at 4427 and 4429 Grand Blvd., and next spring he will move into it and retire from the City Council from the 29th Ward. He has represented that Ward in the Council, for the past twelve years, and he is one of its wealthiest members. Mrs. Lillian I. B. Hilton, Sharron Hill, Pa., and Miss Bessie Matthews of Philadelphia, Pa., are visiting, Mrs. J. Hockley Smiley 69 E. 22nd st., Both ladies come from the oldest and most highly respected families of the Quaker City They are charming conversationists, and under the chaparage of Mrs. Smiley they are gerly enjoying the sights of the windy city. Col. Isaac P. Rivers, 396 33rd st., who is one of the most influential Afro-Americans in Illinois, has for the past three years been employed in the Chicago Post office and he has in that length of time accumulated a nice sum of money and his two sons also work for Uncle Sam and they are saving money themselves. The many friends of the Col. of both races are glad to learn that he is easy street. When a white man came to work with 12 Negroes, who were laying brick at Chapel Hill, N. C., they quilt, declaring they would not work with the white men. They were on a strike on the color line, as they wanted it all black without a stripe of white. Here was a unique situation, and, as the work had to go on and the larger force was necessary, the Negro union men had their way. Miss Minnie La Fontaine was united in marriage to Mr. Turner Williams at 10 o'clock Monday evening September 4, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hosh 2963 Armour ave., Immediately after the wedding a private wine party was given in their honor by twenty of their firends. The newly married couple will reside at 2903 Armour ave., where the groom is successfully engaged, in business. The Vigor of Modern Women Is Attributed in Large Measure to Use of Sweets. Various reasons have been assigned for the increase in stature and strength of the modern malen, who has most certainly grown uncommonly tall and proportionately muscular during the last few years. It cannot be that outdoor sports, gymnastic exercises and so on have stretched her out and made her as strong as she is, because her brothers have had precisely the same advantage and they have not developed at the same rate. The secret lies in the fact that of recent years girls have become far greater consumers of sweet-meats than were their mothers and grandmothers. Time was when we should never have dreamed of having sweets on our luncheon, dinner and tea tables. Now it would be quite extraordinary were one not to offer these dafties. And, what is more, we are not merely content to eat sweetmeats at our meals, but we consume them at all times and in all places between meals. It was recently said that boxes of bonbons play a conspicuous part in modern love-making, "sweets to the sweet" be apparently the text by which every young man of the day guides himself through the devious paths of courtship. The great Russian wrestler who is shortly to enter again into contest with the Turk, Madrall, tells us that the more sweet stuff one eats the stronger one grows. Sugar is the secret of strength, he declares. SOME RECENT INVENTIONS Many Remarkable Contrivances with Queer Names and for Various Uses. Among remarkable recent inventions are the pneumosilite, the topodict, the telemeter, the telephoneears and the thermophile. The pneumosilite is an automobile especially designed for use on ice, but which can just as easily be used on land. It moves by a propeller wheel run by a two and three quarters horsepower electric motor, the propeller turning in the air and moving the carriage at a speed of 20 miles an hour. The topodict is a combination of a pantograph and telescope, by means of which any person can make a drawing in correct perspective of any scene before him, even if he knows nothing whatever of drawing. By means of the telemeter the exact distance of far-away objects can be measured and recorded. The "telephoneears" is an apparatus by which a ship is automatically warned of submarine dangers. By the aid of the thermophile it is possible to furnish heat by means of a fine electric wire which can be woven into rugs, blankets or cushions, and all that is required is a very small electric battery. The inventor claims for it that it will do away with the necessity of ever having fires in even the coldest weather. school in the woods, a girl in a town. a girl with every appliance, or a girl with few helps may have the same experience. You tug along dauntlessly. It is uphill work. You slip back sometimes, but you plant your feet again firmly, and take a new start. You gain a little ground to-day; a little more to-morrow. Suddenly, you can't explain how or why, the difficulties vanish, the husk of trouble falls away, and out comes the perfect flower, white, fragrant, satisfying. You could not see yesterday, but you see to-day. You had no vocabulary last week, but words crowd on you now. A girl I know was studying a new language. She kept wailing over and over: "I have no words. I have no words. I have to find out every word I want in the lexicon. It is an endless task. I shall never understand, never catch up." All at once, words began meeting her with friendly faces. They were no longer strangers. She knew their inflections, their cadences; the vocabulary of another language was her own. Hard work had brought its reward. "Never" is a word to be turned away from one's door. There need be no such word. School honors and prizes are worth striving for. The girl who can win her teacher's approval is always enviable. But on the whole, the dull girl who wins it with effort is more enviable than the bright one who did not try hard. And I believe that it is much more pleasant to have the full approval of one's personal conscience, to know that let happen what may, one has done one's very best, than to carry off marks and medals and certificates. Some of you are handicapped by having too many studies at one and the same time. It is unwise to attempt too much. If the class work includes more lessons than you can assimilate, ask to have some of them dropped. Teachers are willing to aid an earnest pupil who is doing what she can to overcome her own deficiencies. But if you drop something, let it be the thing you are fond of, not the thing you dislike. The study you care for may be taken up at any time in the future. The other must be faced and conquered now, or it will never give you the joy of victory. Yes, I love the youthful winner. With the medal and the mark; He has gained the prize he sought for; He is joyous as a lark. Every one will haste to praise him; He is on the honor list. One? Ah, me! they count by thousands, Those who have not gained the race Though they did their best and fairest, Striving for the winner's place. Only few can reach the laurel; their chance flit by. Many see their chance hit by. I've a tender thought, my darlings. For the earnest band who try. POINT AND HONITON LACE. The Vogue of Hand-Work Brings to the Fore Products Turned Out by Skillful Needlewoman. Fine muslin braid and a small patterned Honiton are used in making this lace, which is an easily worked and effective design. Materials required for one yard of TWO BRAIDS USED. lace: Nine yards muslin braid, two yards Honiton, two yards purl edge, three skeins thread. No more charming present could be bestowed at-Christmas than a bit of this exquisite hand-work. Children's Hair. The reason that children's hair darkens as the children grow older is because the hair pigment changes, the sulphur of iron increasing and becoming more powerful than the magnesia. The condition may be kept away to a certain extent by shampooing the little one's glory halo every week with eggs and hot water, a suggestion of salts of tartar being added to the first water. Dandruff cannot exist when the scalp is kept perfectly clean. Twenty-four hours before the shampoo apply pure olive oil to the child's head, rubbing it in well. This will act as a tonic, and when your little girl is a big one, wearing trailed gowns and enduring other afflictions of the mature life, she will have a fine, healthy, thick head of hair. Furnished Rooms to Rent Nearly furnished rooms, all modern improvements, to rent to single ladies and gentlemen or married couples. Mrs. Malline Vance, 2806 Wabash Ave. phone 5354 Calumet It Has Much to Do with a Man's Credit and Standing in the Business World. "Did you ever stop to think just how much character has to do with a man's credit in the business world?" asked a man of the Milwaukee Sentinel. "While it is not regarded as good business principle from a banker's standpoint to loan money out without sufficient and good property security, still it is done a great many times. A man will enter a bank's doors with the request for a loan and if he is sized up as honest and possessed of business acumen he will hardly ever fall to get credit for any reasonable amount. "That is not so true in the east as it is out west. In the east a different atmosphere prevails, while in the west men of means will take a man's character as his principal asset. That fact has had a great deal to do with the development of the country. In Scotland, I am told, a man with a good character and known to possess business ability can secure any reasonable amount of money to start in business without giving any security other than his promissory note. "The same principle prevails to a great extent in selling goods on the road. Some houses will not deliver an order unless the buyer is rated highly. But I have sold many an order and at the same time written my house that the buyer is all right, although his financial standing is not known. The house will often take the salesman's word for it. "Of course, sometimes the man who risks on no security comes out at the little end of the horn. But it is the exception rather than the rule." BRITISH. MUSEUM'S BOOKS. Reading-Room Constantly Crowded by Students Investigating Various Subjects. In the reading-room of the British museum the desks are crowded with students all day long, and in addition to the books of reference, some 20- in number, which fill the open shelves of the room, from 3,000 to 4,000 volumes are given out every day. Theology in a wide sense, including the Bible, Biblical literature, church history and works on the religious rites and ceremonies of all races and creeds, is easily at the head of the list, with about 300 volumes. Topography comes next, with about 20 fewer, and of these books on London amount to a quarter, books on English topography to another quarter, the other half being for the rest of the world. History and biography come next, English history being mostly in demand, and books on France and the French provinces second. Essays, criticisms and miscellaneous literature take the fourth place, and are followed by fiction—not less than five years old—moral philosophy, poetry and the fine arts, the drama, law and philology, political economy and so on down to politics, mathematics and chemistry, which have about 40 volumes apiece, and, lastly, work on naval and military subjects, which seldom have more than three or four volumes each. It is a curious list, and throws a useful light on the sort of studies taken up by the readers in the museums. DECLINE OF MOTOR-CYCLE. The Machine Is Not Meeting with Practical Requirements in England. Consul Mahin, of Nottingham, England, writes that efforts to overcome the unpopularity of the motor bicycle, because of its failure to meet every condition of road travel, have proved unsuccessful. The consul says: "The chief promise of the motor cycle rested in the expectation that these objectionable points would eventually be eliminated. But they have not been, and the expectation that they will be is fading away. Consequently, those who have the machines are growing anxious to sell them at any procurable price, while those who have none are beyond temptation to buy at almost any figure. The result, of course, is a collapse in market prices. New motor bicycles, which a year ago sold at $375, are now offered at $125. Several firms, formerly engaged extensively in making motor cycles, have entirely abandoned that branch. As might be expected, the ordinary bicycle is in correspondingly high favor. The output of factories is large at present and prices are firm. These conditions are not likely to be disturbed unless the motor cycle should be so radically improved as to remedy its present serious faults." Antique Wager. In the Gentleman's Magazine, an old English publication, for 1750, appears the following: "On Wed. 29 (August) at seven in the morning was decided at Newmarket a remarkable wager for 1,000 gunneas (5,000) laid by Theobald Taaf, Esq., against the earl of March and Lord Eglinton, who were to provide a four-wheel carriage with a man in it to be drawn by four horses 19 miles an hour; it was performed in 53 minutes and 27 seconds." Each of the horses was ridden by a jockey, and only harnessed to the carriage by loose straps. Between the kind wheels sat another jockey, who guided the carriage by moving a handle like that of the modern bicycle. Judging by Remarks He—Is the captain's parrot a good sailor? She—Well, he may be a good sailor, but from his conversation I think he's a pretty bad parrot—Konkona State man. WASHINGTON LETTER PRESIDENT CASTRO OF VENE- RULA DANGEROUS FREAK More Care in Supervision of Naval Athletics—Boom Which Location of British Embassy Gave to Real Estate. WASHINGTON. — There is much amusement, mingled with just a tinge of apprehension, in official circles here over the antics of President Castro of Venezuela. In the language of a state department official Castro is a freak, but a somewhat danger- WASHINGTON. There is much amusement, mingled with just a tinge of apprehension, in official circles here over the antics of President Castro of Venezuela. In the language of a state department official Castro is a freak, but a somewhat dangerous one. The defiance which this little South American demagogue has cast at the United States and his threats to buy a navy and send it into the gulf at New Orleans and his boast that he can bring the United States to terms are all very amusing, but trouble may be brought about by his very boasting and arrogant manner. Castro has really gone to work to get some sort of navy and has just bought $2,000,000 - worth of guns in France and Germany with which to fortify his sea ports. It is also reported that he intends to make a tour of the adjoining republics, Bolivia, Peru and Chile with the avowed purpose of arousing them in opposition to the United States. This is all a chimerical dream on the part of this adventurer, but the United States may yet be compelled to administer to him a good, sound spanking. There is ample excuse for interference in the treatment which Castro has given the New York and Bermudez Asphalt company which has been cheated out of the concession for which it paid well. It is not likely, however, that the United States will send any warships to Venezuela to settle the claims of a private corporation. It is certain if Castro continues in his insulting course and any American citizen should be maltreated or denied rights he is entitled to then the United States will step in and give Venezuela a good trouncing. Castro has shown some shrewdness in the purchase of his munitions of war, as he has made these purchases from countries that have claims against Venezuela and he doubtless counts on the buying of a bill of military goods as a sure way to check any disposition on the part of these powers to press the claims of their citizens. He has bought vessels from England and guns from France and Germany. Secretary Bonaparte Hard at Work. S BONAVANT ECRETARY of the Navy Bonaparte is a lawyer of high ability and when he buckles down to a case he is apt to go to the bottom of it. He has been very much worked up over occurrences in the navy since he took charge and the evidences there have been of an undue amount of red tape in the transaction of naval business and also of the interference of bureaucrats. It is said that he proposes to make a systematic and thorough investigation to ascertain what remedies can be applied to the present system and what legislation, if any, is needed to better the service The first knowledge Secretary Bonaparte had of the death of young Cohen on board the Yankee, which resulted from participation in a boxing bout came through the public press. This angered the new secretary who is of the opinion that such important events should be immediately communicated to him and that he should be the judge as to whether all its horrors and uncertainty as to its responsibility. A court-martial is to be held which may develop where the responsibility lies for vessels getting into the condition of the Bennington. It is said that a quiet investigation has revealed a very unsatisfactory condition of engines and boilers in a number of other vessels of the navy. The death of the blue jacket on the Yankee has been somewhat of a blow to naval athletics. Secretary Bonaparte is satisfied that the death was due to an accident and might have occurred in any other sort of contest such as a mile run or a high jump. An Opinion on Women Employees. women Employees. recent bulletin of the census office seems to prove the contention that women are gradually displacing men in certain lines of work. In the government departments in Washington this is to a great extent true, as a large percentage of employees are of the fair sex. lefs of bureaus and recent bulletin of the census office seems to prove the contention that women are gradually displacing men in certain lines of work. In the government departments in Washington this is to a great extent true, as a large percentage of employees are of the fair sex. There are some chiefs of bureaus and departments here who contend that the employment of women is to a great extent a matter of sentiment and not one of good business principles. A large number of women appointed to office here have secured their places through influence with politicians who favor them for the purpose of providing a livelihood for some needy but necessary constituents. The chief of a bureau employing perhaps the largest number of women in the service has this to say regarding them: "If the work of the government was done by men alone there would be better results at perhaps one-third the cost. I am not now dealing in guesswork, but from actual experience covering many years. I know I should be called all sorts of names and subjected to all kinds of criticism if I should say so over my own signature, but there can be no question that the presence of so many women in the departments here exercises a wholly demoralizing effect that is reflected in the scandals with which the public has been edified of late years. "I say fairly that woman is out of her sphere in industrial and official life. I do not mean to contend that there are not some admirable women earning their bread both in private concerns and in the government, but we are talking of generalities. I have myself in my bureau two women who perform efficient service and more than earn their salaries, although they receive $1,600 per annum. There are others getting $1,200 a year who would not be receiving more than six dollars a week at the outside at any department store in the city and they are not worth a penny more to the government." Permanent Diplomatic Homes. HE German government - is the last to secure a permanent diplomatic home in Washington. It has purchased a site for its embassy just opposite the property that was purchased two years ago by the French government for its new embassy and both of the sites overlook Sherl REAL ESTATE dan circle which is on the outer edge of the ultra-fashionable northwest section of the city. The location of these two embassies in that section will attract society there and in a few years that will be the fashionable center of the city. The history of the location of the British embassy will doubtless be repeated in the building of those of France and Germany. Some 20 years ago Great Britain purchased a large lot of ground on Connecticut avenue in a section which at that time was anything but attractive. Nearby were negro settlements and just beyond were marshes and swamps. The property, however, seemed to be adapted to the wants of Great Britain, she obtained a title to it and erected a substantial building which is now one of the interesting sights of Washington. The boom which the location of the British embassy gave to real estate is well remembered. Consult General Wynne of London, then a newspaper man in Washington, desired to make a small investment in that section of the town and attended an auction sale of some vacant property near the embassy. He did not buy and in relating his experience said to his wife: "Mary, the fools are not all dead yet. Just think that property we were looking at sold to-day for 40 cents a square foot simply because it is near the British embassy. It is funny how people will pay to get under the shadow of royalty." German Embassy. HE property which the German government has bought stands at a considerable height above the street and is shaded by magnificent trees. It will be one of the most beautiful diplomatic residences in Washington. It is proposed to erect a splendid stone structure of the T style of Frederick the Great, reproducing perhaps in general outline the famous "Sans Souci" castle, or the new castle at Potsdam. The plans and all the details have not yet been completed, nor has it been decided just how much money is to be expended on the new house and grounds. Baron Speck von Sternberg, the German ambassador, has discussed with the authorities in Berlin the plans of the embassy and a decision will be reached as to the arrangement of the house and its cost. It is probable that soon after his return construction work will begin. The present home of the embassy on Massachusetts avenue has been found entirely inadequate to meet the needs of the ambassador. The dining room is so small that it will not accommodate more than 20, which proves a severe tax upon the hospitality of the embassy, as it makes necessary a constant series of small dinners. When Emperor William's brother, Prince Henry, was here some three years ago he was entertained in the house and saw for himself how small the quarters were. It is understood that he reported to the emperor the condition of affairs and the latter has taken a keen interest in the subject of a new embassy. THE PROHIBITION POLICY. But a Single Break in Thirty Years in the Record of Standing Alone. It has been for more than 30 years the assertion of the prohibitionists that the solidity of their party lines is due to the policy of "standing alone and standing together." Whatever concessions to expediency other parties may have made by the nomination of candidates belonging to other organizations, the prohibitionists have consistently since 1872 nominated only members of their own party, entirely regardless of the vote which they could poll. The single break in this record of consistent nomination of candidates foredoomed to defeat was in New York in 1902, when, under unusual circumstances, 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 in the election, which was 20,000, was sufficient to secure the success of Mr. Cunneen and thus break the prohibition record. In the next year, 1903, there was no state election, and in 1904 the prohibitionists resumed their former-policy of nominating only their own candidates and had a nominee of their own for attorney general against Mr. Cunneen, whom they had supported at the previous election. This prohibition candidate, Millman by name, polled 21,027 votes, the full prohibition strength, and the Cunneen nomination became in fact a closed episode. The apprehensions of some ardent prohibitionists that it would weaken the temperance cause in this state were not realized. It did not affect the prohibition vote a particle, neither increasing nor diminishing it. COUNTRY BEHIND GLASS. In the midsummer the town florists keep their shop windows just as attractive as in spring. In one window, filled with field flowers, noats at will a company of bees and butterflies. 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 inden butterfly wings. Thoroughly pleasing is the window which has been converted into a garden of decided landscape pretensions. Grass seed is sprouting over the gently undulating lawn that covers the entire floor of the window. A grove of dwarf maple trees flourishes in the background. 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 florists at this hot season. The pool of one window is surrounded by palms. One palm is tipped forward so that a great leaf dips half way into the water. Green is the keynote of all the windows. Ferns fill the background and sides, cover the flooring and hang suspended from the ceiling. The pots of the ferns do not show from the street. The effect is one mass of unbroken green. STRAWBERRIES AS A CURE. Contrary 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 conducive 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, another naturalist, attributed his longevity to strawberries. He resorted to them as a medicine and would frequently say: "If I can but reach the season of strawberries!" Borheave is said to have classed the strawberry with the principal red fruit remedies containing iron as well as phosphorus, 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 auree for rheumatism, or at least a 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 merits, the bars will be down and will stay down permanently. Soft Wood Made Hard. Soft woods can be made into hardwoods for all practical purposes of industry, since a Frenchman has shown the world how to overcome the supreme difficulty which put the ban upon the soft woods. This difficulty is the rapidity with which wear and decay occur around the spikes and bolts. The invention by the French engineer is of exceptional merit in overcoming this by a device consisting of a screw dowel composed of a cylindrical piece of wood formed into a screw with an exceedingly wide thread. A hole is bored in the center to admit either a screw bit or ordinary spike. The dowels are made of well seasoned and enveloped beech or birch wood. What She Thought. Mira Jenks—For a poet there isn't anything very poetical about his talk, is these? Mrs. Malaprop—It; his talk's kind o' Pamasc. —Isn't- 'Philadelphia Lodge. Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. BALL YARD: 51st St. & L. S. & M. S. Ry. 31st St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO Tile and Slate Hauling a Specialty. COAL J. H. COLEMAN & CO. Express & Van Moving -TRUNKS EVERYWHERE. 2540 State Street Tel. 699 South CHICAGO Peoples Pharmacy Pure Drugs and Chemicals Prescriptions Promptly Filled at All Hours 29th St. and Armour Av. Phone 526 South CHICAGO Telephone South 1579 MORGUE C. JOHNSON UNDERTAKER, EMBALMER, AND LIVERY, 2712 State Street CHICAGO Private Chapel in Connection Phone 194 South A. B. SCHULTZ, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 2719 State Street Hours: 9 to 12 A. M. 3 to 5 and after 6 P. M. CHICAO Phone Oakland 1328 F. A. 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Two or three live, active and wide- awake lady agents, either white or colored, wanted to solicit for a high class Toilet Preparation in connec- tion with The Broad Ax. If you mean business, call or address Julius F. Taylor, 5040 Armour avenue, Chicago. 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 order. Marcia Ruben (Inc.), 390 State St., Chicago Preacher's. Crooked Story. A negro preacher from out in the state paid a visit to Topeka recently, says a local exchange. Upon his return home his flock discovered that he was short his watch and some other jewelry. He explained that some people in a room across the hall at the Topeka hotel had robbed him. An investigation was instituted and it was found that there was no room across the hall because there was no hall. The preacher is now looking for another job. Perpetual Sunshine By keeping always a cheery heart, we are continually making happy those we meet, and those we greet, and those with whom we dwell, and then all those who are thus influenced by our kind words and bright smiles will be impelled by the sunshine imparted by us to pass it on to others, and thus it moves along from one to another, and another, and another, this joyous perpetual sunshine. Words of Famous Women. When a woman is in love there is in her entire manner something which betrays her in spite of herself. The more she tries to keep her secret, the more it overflows from her heart like a cup too well filled. It is an intimate light, the radiance of which she tries in vain to conceal; her eyes, her lips, all her features are illuminated by it. —Princess Ola Cantacuzene. Brake Tests. At a recent official brake test in Toulon, France, the results showed that at 11 miles an hour a horse required 26 yards to come to a full stop, while an automobile traveling at the same rate of speed came to a standstill in two and three-quarters. Tests at other distances showed similar results. Tale About Queens. It used to be said of Queens Mary II. and Anne of England that they were granddaughters of a washerwoman; that the mother of Anne Hyde, their mother, had been a laundress before she married a brewer and afterward earl of Clarendon. This Jacobite story did not hurt the queens' popularity. Two in a Sentence A double bull in a single sentence was perpetrated by the late John Hollyhead, an Englishman. He wrote: "When Lord Mohun was killed he was living in Macclesfield house, Gerrard street, Soho, at the back of Leicester house, a site now occupied by the defunct Pelican club." Electricity and Dyspepsia A scientific-han in Buffalo proclaims that he has discovered that working about high voltage electric apparatus results in "grave disturbances of the digestive organs, loss of appetite, distress after eating," and a whole train of dyspeptic symptoms. Enamel on Cards The enamel of address cards is produced by rubbing over the card a mixture of Kremnitz white, which is a fine variety of white lead. When dry the surface is rubbed with fannel dipped in powdered talc and polished by vigorous rubbing with a hard brush. No Distinction. "I am proud to say that my grandfather made his mark in the world," observed Mrs. Newriche. "Well, I suppose he wasn't the only man in those days who couldn't write his name," replied Mrs. Uppish.—Stray Stories. Generous. First Boy—Pop's going to lead the simple life. Second Boy—What's he doing? "He's given away all his private cars to the poor people in the neighborhood."—Life. Is It a Petrified Hat? A hat-shaped stone has been found on the Jasper Todd farm at Bethany, Conn. It weighs about 50 pounds and the shape is so perfect that many who have seen it say that it is really a petrified hat. An Extremist Mother—Has Charles proven himself to be a thoroughly abstemious man? June Bride—Yes, indeed! He particularly abstains from giving me any money!—Detroit Free Press. Danger Signals. As we grow older we learn not to expect a good meal if the hostess sits down looking as unruffled as if she had never seen a kitchen.—Atchison Globe. A Prodigy. "There's a boy for you," exclaimed the Billville citizen. "Been to town six times, an' never blowed out the gas but once!"—Atlanta Constitution. Disciple of Darwin. Prof. Ernest Haeckel, in a recent lecture in Berlin, stated that, in his opinion, it is absolutely certain that man is descended from apes. Some people manufacture crosses for the satisfaction of thinking that they are earning crowns by carrying them. Valuable Relie John Paul Jones' original commission, issued in 1776, is owned by Joseph A. Newton, of Haverhill, Mass. Retort by Mark Twain. Mark Twain had finished his speech at a dinner party, says a writer in the Boston Herald, and on seating himself a lawyer rose, shoved his hands deep into his trousers pockets, as was his habit, and laughingly inquired of those present: "Doesn't it strike the company as a little unusual that a professional humorist should be funny?" When the laugh that greeted this sally had subsided, Mark Twain drawled out: "Doesn't it strike the company as a little unusual that a lawyer should have his hands in his own pockets?" Red Cross for Horses. Better treatment for horses wounded in battle is being sought by the English Church society for promoting kindness to animals. At the present time horses are not protected by the Red Cross, but are treated as belligerents. Hence the English society has approached all the signatories to the Geneva convention (1864), pointing out that the convention is deficient in its provision for the relief of the sufferings of wounded animals. Andes Ore Carriers. Probably the greatest weights carried on the backs of men for any distance are the loads of ore brought up from the mines of the Andes by miners of Chill. In a copper mine in a ravine leading from the main range of the Cordilleras, all the ore is carried a vertical distance of 450 feet, and the average weight to a man is 250 pounds. Journalistic Grammar. One must never be hard upon the grammatical slips of the journalist. So much that the slaves of the pen reel off is produced at too high a pressure for attending to the niceties of syntax; many an able journalist knows far less of the rules of grammar than a lad in the fourth form.—Bystander. Notable Wedding Three brothers were wedded to three sisters, and a sister of the brothers to a brother of the three sisters, at Durren, England, recently. Bride and bridegroom in each case were of the same age, varying from 19 years to 28. They stood in a row at the altar and answered the questions together. France's Population A century ago France had 26 per cent. of the population of Europe; now it has only 11 per cent. of it. At one time French was spoken all over the world. To-day it is the language of 45,000,000 people; while German is spoken by 100,000,000, and English by nearly 150,000,000. Disgraced Mascot The mascot of a British infantry regiment, a monkey, has been dishonorably discharged from the service for absence without leave and for theft committed in neighboring poultry yards. He is now serving a life sentence in the Manchester Zoological gardens. Queer. Towne—My wife never likes me to refer to her age. Browne—My wife's funny that way, too. She doesn't want me to remember her age and yet she gets mad if I forget her birthday.—Philadelphis Press. Rare Roses. At a recent floral exhibition at Bad Kreuznach, Germany, 24,000 rose bushes were on view; among the curiosities were green roses and a bush that had roses of three colors, some being red, others rose, and others yellow. Flowers from Togo's Garden Pink and white nympheas, which are being placed among other aquatic plants in the inner court of the Petit Palais de Champé Elysees, Paris, were taken to Europe from Admiral Togo's gardens in Japan. Had Proof. Mrs. Jimson—Do you think that brutes have a language? Mrs. Johnson—I know it. You ought to hear my husband when he can't find his clean shirts.—Cleveland Leader. London Art Gallery The national gallery, in London, was founded in 1824 with 38 pictures. It now contains over 1,200. The gallery was finished in 1838, but has been three times since enlarged. Guer Strike. A strike among public vaccinators is the latest novelty reported from Austria. In one district no child has been vaccinated for the last three months. Poor Fishermen. The Irish have never taken kindly to sea fighting, although it would prove a source of wealth close at hand. Know the Difficulty People who have children of their own are always slow to advise others how to raise their children. Invested in Russia. A New York life insurance company holds $8,000,000 worth of Russia's railway securities. Drunkard Bee. "I have been hearing of the bunny bee until I am tired of it," says Drake Watson. "A bee works during the summer and then reests all winter, like a plasterer. And a bee has bad habits. Go into a vineyard and you will find bee drunkards around bursted grapes. The drunkard bees sap the juice until they become full and then fall to the ground and sleep off their debauch; a drunkard bee knows enough not to go home with a jag."—Kansas City Journal. Still Leaving Ireland The emigration statistics for Ireland for the year 1904 show how Ireland continues to lose some of the best of her population. Last year 36,902 natives of Ireland, a number equivalent to 8.3 per 1,000 of the population, left their homes, the vast majority to go to the United States or Canada. Since 1851 no fewer than 3,997,913 of the Irish people have left their native land. It Ought to Work. "A gentleman writes to inquire," said the lady who conducts the "Answers to Correspondents" column, "how he may keep the flies from bothering his bald head. Can you suggest anything?" "Oh, yes," promptly responded the boll weevil editor. "Advise him to hire a good-sized spider to live in one of his ears."—Pittsburg Post. Grafted Eveliç A physician at Bordeaux, France, was called upon to graft an eyelid on a man whose face had been shockingly burned. As there was no healthy skin left near the eye, he partly severed a piece of skin from the man's left arm and kept the arm in contact with the eye for ten days. The operation was a complete success. So Live. It is not only a part of the wisdom of happiness, but it is absolutely essential to the conditions of any true work in the world, to so live that one may not be too greatly affected by the attitude of other people. A man's life is, after all, primarily between God and himself.—Lilian Whiting. Bailway Accidents During 1904, according to a parliamentary report just submitted, 1,073 persons were killed by accidents connected with running of trains and movements of railway vehicles, or 86 less than in the year before. Casualties from train accidents show a very marked decrease. Big Angora Clip. What is thought to be a record clip of mohair from Angora goats has just been sold by a company which last year started a goat ranch near Tacoma, Washington state. The goats yielded from four to nine pounds of hair each, a total of 4,500 pounds. What "Sully" Saves John L. Sullivan, who is playing at a San Francisco theater, remarked the other night in an interview: "I bet that I've got more fame tucked away for me after I'm dead than Carnegie or Rockefeller can buy with all their saved-up root of all evil." Mean Thing! Grayce—Miss McPrim tells me that she has made arrangements to lecture for a term of years. George—Do you mean that she is going on the lyceum platform, or is she about to be married?—Pittsburgh Post Titled Parsee. The late Sir D. M. Petri, a parsee of Bombay, who founded numerous cotton mills in India, gave $2,500,000 to benevolent projects and was created a baron, an honor conferred on only one other native. Warned the Scorpions The British Deaf and Dumb association met at Bowness, England, recently and the district was placarded: "Motor Cars and Cyclists Beware—a deaf and dumb congress is being held this week." Brush Strokes in Portrait A correspondent of Nature says he had his portrait painted by two well-known artists, and calculated that in each case about 20,000 strokes of the brush were made. Mammoth Turtles Sea turtles are caught in very large numbers on Ascension island. They each weigh between 500 and 800 pounds, and 50 shillings is their average price. Apt to Run Loose The courage of one's convictions is an excellent thing, but it should never be allowed to become unyoked from the discretion of one's reason.—Puck. Perverse Human Nature. Such is the nature of things that the meek who are to inherit the earth are usually, if not invariably, people who don't want it.—Puck. Know a Good Thing The English are beginning to appreciate our maple sugar, and it is expected that a good market for it can be made with them. Radium Found in Texas Vast quantities of earth containing radium compounds have been discovered in the Llano mineral region near Austin, Tex. Good Move. 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