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THE BROAD AX THE REPUBLICAN CLUB OF HYDE PARK Celebrated the Eighty-ninth Anniversary of the Birth of Frederick Douglass. Its Secretary, A. L. Williams, Commended The Broad Ax. Vol. XI THE REPUBLI OF HYD Celebrated the niversary of Frederick Its Secretary, Commended Last Saturday evening the Hyde Park Colored Republican Club gave its second annual luncheon at the Avenue Cafe, 5209 Lake avenue, in honor or in commemoration of the 89th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass. It was in every way a highly enjoyable affair, and every one present felt it was good to be there. Judge S. Laing Williams, president of the Hyde Park Colored Republican Club, served as toastmaster, and very briefly with well chosen and elegant words reviewed the career of Frederick Douglass, and his remarks were enthusiastically applauded by those who were seated at the long banquet table. At the conclusion of Mr. Williams' oration Attorney Walter M. Farmer, late of St. Louis, Mo., very solemnly arose from his seat at the table, and in the most beautiful and classical language proposed that each and every one present should stand up in honor of the memory of the great sage of Anacostia Heights, and in an instant every person was on their feet. On the eve of partaking of the reapst Rev. Clarence R. Goggin offered prayer, and the first speaker after the inner man had been satisfied was A. L. Williams, Secretary of the club, who set forth its aims, objects and policy, and incidentally he referred to the disgraceful acts on the part of some Afro-American editors and newspaper men in this city, who for the sake of earning $3 or $5 as a little easy money are ever ready to boost up men for political honors who have always been known to be rank enemies in every respect to the best interest of the Negro, and Mr. Williams exclaimed that Frederick Douglass never knew knowingly support men for office through the columns of his paper who were opposed to the advancement of the race with which he was identified. Some one at that point in his speech interrupted him, and warned him to be very careful in what he had to say in reference to the newspapers, as the editor of The Broad Ax was present, and he might get a scorching while passing through his hands. Mr. Williams promptly replied that The Broad Ax was all right, that he was a subscriber to it, and that public men and candidates for office, whether Democrats or Republicans, unless they were favorably disposed to the advancement of worthy Afro-Americans, found no favor in its columns for love nor money, and that its editor would not sell his principles for $1 or $2 like some of the so-called Afro-American editorial writers in this city. As Mr. Williams concluded he was heartily cheered. Edward H Wright was the next speaker, and he certainly covered himself with glory. His tribute to Frederick Douglass was enobling and very inspiring. As a word painter, Mr. Wright ranks with the best public speakers. F. L. Barnett, Assistant State's Attorney, bubbled over at the mouth with eloquence. He very touchingly referred to his long friendship with Frederick Douglass, and declared that at the present time the race is sadly in need of another bold and courageous leader like him, who was always willing to sacrifice everything he possessed on the altar of justice, and for the upbuilding of his race along all lines, including civil and political. County Commissioner Oscar De Priest came next in the list of speakers, and in a few well chosen words he sounded the praises of the memory of the greatly lamented Frederick Douglass, and declared that while we cannot all become great orators like he was and become famous and achieve greatness in the performance of deeds which can never be effaced from the pages of history, we can all at least emulate his example and become good moral and law-abiding citizens, and that will be one of the best means towards helping to keep his memory green in the hearts of his fellow men. Attorney William L. Martin followed Commissioner De Priest, and in his talk he very pleasingly referred F. L. Barnett, Colonel B. F. Moseley, Edward H. Wright and S. Laing Williams as good timber to select from a candidate as one of the Judges of the new Municipal Court Mr. Martin's remarks along these lines struck a popular cord. At considerable length he referred to his intimate acquaintance with Frederick Douglass, and how he spent many hours in his company during the World's Fair year in 1893; how Mr. Douglass financially assisted Will Cook, the noted violinist, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and many other aspiring and struggling young Negro men and women to achieve greatness and prominence in all walks of life, and that there was one great characteristic which Mr. Douglass possessed which greatly endeared him to him, namely, that he never uttered any harsh criticisms against those who severly condemned him for exercising all of his rights as an American citizen, and that among the sons of men none were more broad-minded, unselfish, and have been willing to cheer and encourage their fellow ceratures to any greater extent than Frederick Douglass. Ex-Congressman George W. Murray, of South Carolina, was the next speaker, and as a forfound student and scholar and a man of public affairs, he boldly declared that "one of the greatest drawbacks to the Negro race to-day is that it lacks high ideals; that the majority of those who pose as its leaders are constantly planning how to get away from the race, and to become swallowed up in the Anglo-Saxon race; that they are anxious to wear the honors of leaders of the race without making any sacrifices on their part to advance its cause. In referring to Frederick Douglass and the great work performed by him in behalf of his race and humanity in general, he declared that the members of the Hyde Park Colored Republican Club and its guests honored themselves by honoring his memory, as he was one of the greatest HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 24, 1906 [Name not visible in the image] ALDERMAN JOHN H. JONES. Who is in Favor of Taxing the Saloonkeepers One Thousand Dollars a Year to Do Business in Chicago, Will be Re-Elected to the City Council From the Eighth Ward. Wednesday, Feb. 14th, Alderman John H. Jones, who has ably represented the Eighth ward in the City Council for many years, and who is exceedingly popular with all classes of his fellow citizens, was united in marriage in Washington, D. C., to Miss Emma Wolf, of Savanah, N. C. The bride is highly accomplished, and was one of the most popular belles in characters so far produced in the history of the world. Since their arrival in the city Alderman Jones has been kept busy in receiving the congratulations of his numerous friends. The newly married couple are at home to their friends at 7636 Bond avenue, and Mrs Jones will become an important addition to the fashionable set in South Chicago. George W. Perkins and the Other Insurance Rascals Who Contribute Major John C. Buckner, who owns one of the finest and largest libraries in Chicago, and who as a member of the Legislature of Illinois succeeded in having a resolution passed by that body asking Congress to make Frederick Douglass' birthday a national holiday, which movement was bitterly opposed by many leading Colored men, was the last speaker of the evening, and like an old-time orator the gallant Major in the most flowery language referred to the wonderful and most heroic accomplishments on the part of Frederick Douglass in the interest of the race of which he was the noblest and most conspicuous representative that has so far trodden on the soil of this or any other country. In concluding he referred to his dining with Frederick Douglass away back in the days when Third avenue was considered the Grand boulevard of the Colored residents of Chicago. He very earnestly urged those under the sound of his voice, and especially the young men, to get knowledge and to drink in the wisdom of such great historical characters like Frederick Douglass. Rev. C. R. Goggin, E. J. Brown, P. H. Williams, Clarence Smith, W. C. Clayton, F. L. Barnett, Edward H. Weight, Colonel B. F. Moseley, S. J. Manning, L. A. Howard, Henry T. Wells, Hon. Oscar De Priest, J. H. Zedricks, Major John C. Buckner Benj. F. Shepard, H. W. Rhea, W. D. Neighbors, A. L. Williams, I. B. Barefield, S Laing Williams, J. D. Jones, W. W. Bosmull, C. M. Gledy Robert E. Townes, Wm. L. Martin, Louis Seldon, Walter Brown, W. W. Peters, P. H. Thomas, E. L. McCreary, Robt. L. James, G. Gisdell, I. E. Franklin, Robt. W. Johnson, John W. Sagon, Walter M. Farmer, I. Dorsey, Hon. George W. Murray, L. W. Washington, W. R. Harris, W. H. A. Moore, John Logan, H T. Greenwood and Julius F Taylor were among those seated around the banquet table, and at the conclusion of the feast and the speechmaking all hands joined in singing "John Brown's Body Lies Moulding in the Grave While His Soul Goes Marching On." the Tar-Heel State. Since their arrival in the city Alderman Jones has been kept busy in receiving the congratulations of his numerous friends. The newly married couple are at home to their friends at 7636 Bond avenue, and Mrs. Jones will become an important addition to the fashionable set in South Chicago. George W. Perkins and the Other Insurance Rascals Who Contributed Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars to Roosevelt's Campaign Fund Must Disgorge. Death of John A. McCall, Who Was Also Implicated in Robbing the Policy-Holders of the New York Life Insurance Company to Assist in the Election of the Rough Rider. The trustees of the New York Life Insurance Company, after familiarizing themselves with the report of the Fowler Investigating Committee of New York, have decided to bring suit against George W. Perkins, of Morgan & Co., and against the estate of the late John A. McCall for $148,702.50, which was the amount of money belonging to the policy-holders of the New York Life Insurance Company he contributed without any authority whatever from any source to the republican campaign committee in the presidential elections of 1896, 1900 and 1904. George W. Perkins, late vice-president of the company, will be compelled to disgorge and pay back to its policy-holders the $48,702.50 which he lifted from the treasury with his own hands and turned into the campaign fund to assist in the election of Theodore Roosevelt as president of the United States in 1904. John A. McCall died broken-hearted the first of the week from the exposure of his rascally connection with the New York Life Insurance Company. United States Senator C. M. Depew has been unable to look an honest dog in the face since it was learned that he drew $20,000 a year from the company by winking one eye and closing the other, which was highway robbery on his part, and unless Cornelius N. Bliss, United States Senator Thomas C. Platt, George B. Cortelyou, President Roosevelt and all others who directly or indirectly profited by the looting of the widows and orphans and the other policy-holders in the life insurance companies of New York make good the same fate will overtake them that overtook John A. McCall. THE ANTI-SLAVERY CAUSE OF TO-DAY A Notable Speech Delivered in Faneuil Hall, Boston. By Hon. Moorefield Storey, President of the Anti-Imperialist League of the U.S. Monday afternoon, December 11, 1905, at the Citizens' William Lloyd Garrison Centenary celebration, which was held in Faneuil Hall, under the auspices of the Boston Suffrage League, the Hon. Storey Moorefield, President of the Anti-Imperialist League of the United States, who is a broad-minded, patriotic citizen, spoke as follows on the burning question of the day, namely, "the indisputed right of every American citizen to freely cast one ballot at every election, and to have that ballot honestly counted." "This celebration comes at a fortunate hour. We are passing through a reaction against the great principles of freedom and equal rights to advance which Mr. Garrison devoted his life, and we need assured faith. We need to be reminded how much can be accomplished in a good cause by courage, persistence and unwavering devotion against odds which seem to be overwhelming—how certain is the triumph of right. In 1828 when Benjamin Lundy, the humble saddler of Ohio, traveled on foot to Vermont that he might persuade a young printer to 'join him in the work of seeking the abolition of slavery' nothing could have seemed more impossible than that these apparently insignificant men would shake the institution of slavery—an institution fortified by the Constitution, defended by the pulpit and the bar, guarded by the great financial interests which rested upon it and must be ruined by its overthrow, and protected by the instinctive feeling of a peace-loving people that social disorder and possible disunion would follow any serious attack upon it. The love of money, the love of peace, the love of country, were allied to maintain it. Worse than all was "the frozen apathy" on the subject which was more prevalent in New England than in the slave States, themselves, led Garrison to establish "The Liberator" in Boston. Against this gigantic evil deeply rooted in the life of the nation, what could a man or a handful of men without money and without social or political influence hope to accomplish? "Yet, with no arms but his pen and voice, with no funds and without a single subscriber to support his newspaper, Garrison attacked the monstrous wrong, and for a generation urged unrelenting war against it. Poverty and hardship, abuse, execration and contempt, the jail, the mob, and the danger of violent death, never appalled him nor turned him from his purpose. "It is altogether fitting that we should honor a man of this rare mold. but it is not by eulogies or meetings or statues that we honor him. He deserves all the honor we can pay best, but by following his example and showing at least of his constancy and courage. "The equal rights of men, which, when he died seemed assured in this country, are again questioned. In many states American citizens are denied the right to vote on account of their color. There and elsewhere they are exposed to lawless violence, are subjected to cruel punishments with No.18 CAVERY CAUSE TO-DAY Tech Delivered in Hall, Boston. Field Storey, Pres- Anti-Imperialist of the U. S. nities, are denied the equal opportunities which is the birthright of every man, are taunted with inferiority, while many insist that they are and of right must be forced to remain hewers of wood and drawers of water, incapable of higher things. Let us learn from the example of Garrison to resist with all our might and with untiring persistence the ignorant and un-Christian prejudice which is responsible for those wrongs. "Our task compared with Garrison's is easy. We have seen slavery overthrown. We have learned that all the strong forces once enlisted in its support were unable to keep 4,000,000 of free men down in a country where everything that they can see and everything that they can hear strengthens the impulse to rise, which is planted in the breast of every human being at his birth? Where he gave his whole life can we not each give at least a few hours? Where he made himself heard and felt in season and out of season, can we not speak as an opportunity offers? Is there not now "a frozen apathy" that we can help to stir? The occasional word of many men creates public opinion which is irresistable. Let us persevere in the path which Garrison opened for us until every man in the great country, the world, has an equal opportunity to be and to do whatever his powers permit, unfettered by law and unhampered by prejudice, looking forward to the day when mankind shall rise to his high plane, and we shall say with him: 'My country is the world. My countrymen are all mankind.'" (Applause.) Mr. and Mrs. Moses Ratcliff Celebrated Their 20th Wedding Anniversary. Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Moses Ratcliff, 4850 Dearborn street, who are prominent members of St. Mark's Church, celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in the midst of many of their friends. The real wedding ceremony was performed by Rev. White. Mrs. Ratcliff wore a beautiful and richly made white gown, and Mr. Ratcliff whispered on the side that she looked much prettier than she did when they were married twenty years ago. Miss Della Johnson acted as bridesmaid and Mrs. McCoy served as maid of honor. Little Miss Camile Cotton was the little flower girl. Mr. B. F. Smith was the best man. The house was beautifully decorated for the occasion in pink and white, and Mr and Mrs. Ratcliff received the congratulations of their many friends under a large wedding bell made out of white chiffon and flowers, which was executed and arranged by Mrs. J. Amberg Cotton. Elegant refreshments were served during the evening, and Mr. and Mrs. Ratcliff received many lovely and beautiful presents from their hosts of friends in honor of their 20th wedding anniversary. --- Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestant, Freemason, Infidel, Farmers, Single Taxes, Republican, Knights of Labor, or any one else can have responsibility is fixed. The Broad A is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago, In as Second-class Matter. Justin E. Carter, Lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guards, Arrested for Stealing Letters. For the third time in the past few months another Colored man has been arrested for stealing letters which were supposed to contain money. Wm Jefferson, the first victim to be caught in the act of stealing letters and money orders worked in the main postoffice. He was convicted of his crime and is doing time in the pen, the second to be caught in Uncle Sam's coon trap was Robert H. Harper, who held forth at the Twenty-second street station, and who will for the next two years rest up at hard labor behind the beautiful white garden walls at Joliet, the third, and we hope the last, was Justin E. Carter, who faithfully performed his labors at the Armour Station, and like Robt. H Harper, Mr. Carter has been a prominent officer in the Eighth Regiment Illinois National Guards. Some of the detectives or inspectors connected with the Armour station, it appears, the first of the week inclosed one marked paper dollar and a silver half dollar in a "decoy letter," and they managed to have it fall into the hands of Mr. Carter, who, it seems could not resist the temptation to open it; then as quick as chain lightning he was arrested charged with stealing letters, and he has been held to the federal grand jury by United States Commissioner Foote. Mixing. During the days of slavery the mixing of the races in the South was universal. There was no man of property hardly in all the land but had his Colored concubines. This was especially true as to men of political prominence. It will be remembered by elderly people that Johnson of Kentucky, candidate for the Vice-Presidency had quite a large family by his Colored wife. Gov. Walker of Louisiana had a Colored wife and several children. The writer knew him well, lived near him in Rapides Parish, La. About one-third of the white population of that region was mixed. There were about two hundred mulato planters and twenty-one black planters in the South among the slaves. It often happened that a rich planter, being unmarried, would leave all his estate to one favorite slave. In Rapides Parish a very rich planter left all to a black man who put all on the market at once and left the country for Tennessee, his native home. It was regarded as a matter of course that the slave women must submit to the "superior race." The truth is the present generation can have not the faintest idea of the intimate relations that existed between whites and their slaves in those times. In a very few years more our Gulf States must have been as mixed as the West Indies. The pure white would have been almost eradicated and the stronger blood must have outnumbered them in the census of 1900. "C. I." Here Be Facts. That beast who holds an position of Governor of Mississippi declares "the people of his state are tired of paying taxes to educate Negroes." Now in the name of all the gods and devils at once who are the people of Mississippi? The Negroes are by one-third more than the Whites, and they produce all the cotton, corn, and the like and do about all the hard labor. The Whites are mostly idlers. They own the land mostly and rent to the blacks. We are reminded just here of another point. When a crime is done by a Colored person there breaks out one universal curse on "the d——d niggers," and no thought is given to the fact that their numbers so far exceed the whites. And again if a woman is assaulted by a Colored man the Blacks bear the blame although statistics prove that such assaults are beyond all proportion done by mulattos for which crimes the white alone should be held responsible. Just remember these facts hereafter in your criticism of the Afro-Americans. There are districts in the Gulf States where the Blacks are from twelve to fifteen of the population for one White. Also among ten million people there will be some criminals. But in all the South there are not so many crimes done by the Blacks as are done by the Whites in Chicago. But the slightest misdemeanor done by a Colored person is promptly and severely punished. Accusing the Wrong Man. The statement of Mr Barrett before the Committee on General Laws, when the "Jim Crow" Barrett bill was under consideration last week that he had been told by several white men that in their opinion there was not a Negro in Richmond who did not want to sleep with a white woman, is a slander, shameful and vile. When white men begin to rail about race purity, miscegation and social equality, we begin to think of the millions of mulattoes in this country. The million evidences of white men's crimes against the Negro race. It is not the Negro man that menaces and prevents race purity, it is the white man. Why then accuse the Negro?—The St. Luke Herald, Richmond, Va. Bright Thoughts Washington, D. C., Feb. 12.—With a quartet on the scaffold singing "Jesus Lover of My Soul," William W Hamilton, Colored was hanged at the district jail as the penalty for murdering his common law wife, June 20, 1904. He had been confined in the cell occupied by Guiteau, assassin of President Garfield, and was executed on the same scaffold on which Guiteau paid the penalty for his crime. Hamilton choked his wife to death.—The Echo, Long Branch, N. J. First Negro Bank is Organized in Memphis, Tenn. The Solvent Banking and Trust Company is the name of a new organization recently launched in Memphis Tenn., which is composed of Negro stockholders entirely. Robert Church, reputed to be the wealthiest Colored man in the South, and James T. Settle, a close friend of Booker Washington, are prominent in the organization, which is the first o fits kind in Tennessee. CHIPS Miss Lena V. Pickett, the West Side belle, left the first of the week f. New Orleans where she will spend several weeks. Alderman Benard W. Snow, who is one of the best city daddies in the country, will be re-elected to the city council from 7th Ward. Rev. T. A. Clark and family who is in charge of the Trinity Mission. 18th and Dearborn St., have removed from 6142 Ada St., to 3600 Forest Ave. Representative Wiley, of Alabama has introduced a bill in Congress providing for a National Tuberculosis Sanatorium, to be opened to both races. Mrs. Mary Harsh, 2963 Armour Av., who is as honest and truthful as the year is long about paying her obligations, is a warm admirer of The Broad Ax. All graduates and ex-students of Hampton, Va., are requested to meet Tuesday evening, March 6, at the Frederick Douglass Center, 3032 Wabash Ave., at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of forming an Alumni Association. R. S. Abbott, Class '96. W. H. Smith, who in the past has been one of the managers for Col. Robert T. Motts, at his Pekin Theatre, has become advertising manager for our good friend and brother, Col. "Pony" Moore. Mr. George W. Claussenius, who is one of the best and most popular German-American citizens in Chicago, and who is a thorough gentleman in every sense of the word and one of our warm friends, would make an ideal candidate for president of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County. Fred W. Blocki, who ably and honestly handles the money belonging to the city of Chicago, and who is a power in West Side politics, is more than willing to pull off his coat and work hard in order to secure the nomination of his good friend, Harry R. Gibbons, for Sheriff of Cook County. An appeal from the Old Folks' Home has caused the members of the Triangle and Inner Circle clubs to call a mass meeting at Bethel Church, Tuesday night, Feb. 27th, to consider the disposition of the Endowment Fund Money, which is held in trust at The Corn Exchange Bank. All who helped to raise that fund should attend this meeting for their vote is necessary ere the home can obtain immediate use of the money. Father Lealted of St. Paul passed through the city the first of the week enroute to Cleveland, Ohio, where his mother-in-law is suffering from a paralytic stroke, which makes her condition serious. Mr. John J. Hayes, vice-chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Cook County, and one of Chicago's most progressive business men, is hearly in favor of the selection of Harry R. Gibbons, to make the race for Sheriff of Cook County. On Friday evening, Mr. Adolph Harris, Pres. of the Appomatox Club, entertained a party of gentlemen at supper in honor of Mr. Frank Hamilton of Duluth, Minn., who passed through the city enroute to Washington, D. C., where he will spend a month or so visiting his many friends there. Mrs. James E. Thompson, Mrs. Cashius King, Mrs. Robt, Williams, Mrs. J. H. Smiley, Miss Grace Sampson and Miss Lizzie Slaughter acted as the introducers of Father Massiah to the Chicago public last Monday evening. The ladies were attired in especially made evening gowns, and did the honors in a manner fitting the occasion. Mr. Wm. Hackley of Jersey City, N. J., passed through the city Thursday, enroute to the Pacific Coast. Bob Scott, an aged Negro, of Austin, Texas, was stricken while at prayer and is not expected to live. He was at church and the preacher called upon him for a prayer. Upon the conclusion of it, "Uncle Bob" fell over. He is a barber and weighs close on 300 pounds. His recovery is not expected.—Ex. It would seem from the above that the Lord does not want colored flocks to pray nor to pipe unto Him. The reception tendered the new Episcopal rector, Rev. Massiah, Monday evening, was one of the swellest affairs of its kind ever given in Chicago. The committee of ladies who arranged it deserve the greatest praise for the splendid manner in which they handled the large number of citizens who called to congratulate them and welcome their new prelate to our midst. May they lend him great assistance in his warfare against the vice and crime of which our city is full. Col. "Pony" Moore, will in the near future open up Col. Sam Snowden's old place on 31st Street, between Dearborn and Armour, as a vaudeville theatre, and all ladies attending the opening night will receive a beautiful souvenir. It is said that Col. "Pony" will, through his new attorney, Edward E. Wilson, begin mandamus proceedings against the city and mayor Dunne, and Chief John M. Collins, for the purpose of forcing or compelling it and its two honorable city officials to issue a saloon license to him. A lawyer has a perfect right to refuse to take an ugly case, but often owes it to his own reputation, to his own conscience to do so, and we are glad to know that Instances are not frequent when lawyers absolutely refuse to be identified with cases," says the Indianapolis News. The point is well taken and is applicable to our Colored lawyers as well as the whites.—The Recorder, Indianapolis, Ind. Will our good brother Wilson please stand up and lead us in prayer? The Democratic State Committee of Illinois met at the Serman House last Friday and after transacting much business, it decided to hold the next State convention at Springfield, Friday, May 11. During the meeting M. F. Dunlap, of Jacksonville, who is an old time croaker, and who entertains the idea that he totes the Democratic Party, and all its members around in his hind pockets, got mixed up with John P. Hopkins, and before the first round was finished the gentleman from Jacksonville was most effectively squelched by the former mayor of Chicago. Former Judge Abner Smith, who was always considered to be upright and honest while serving as one of the judges of Cook County, but it seems just as soon as he became President of the Bank of America, he permitted his servant girl, and several well-known scoundrels to draw thousands of dollars from it without security or upon worthless security, and by his loose business methods and the reckless manner in which he practiced high financing, in less than two months he has succeeded in stamping himself a criminal in the eyes of the law, and as the majority of the men connected with the Bank of America were experts at grafting and looting financial institutions, the result is that at the present time, the bank can only pay 50 cents on the dollar to its army of depositors. Little Woman's Day. This is undoubtedly the day of the little woman. There is a dash and a go about her impossible to women of larger growth. In many instances she is as nimble in mind as she is agile in body. Her thought flashes from one subject to another as her restless body dashes from this place to that. She combines the quickness and alertness of the bird with the easy playfulness of the kitten—Madame. Big Wireless Station. A wireless telegraph station which is being established at Norddeich, Germany, on the shore of the North sea, is expected to do business with Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Great Britain, Denmark, the greater part of Italy, Sweden and Norway and smaller parts of Spain, Russia and the states of the Balkan peninsula. Missions in China The year 1907 will mark the completion of the first century of Protestant missions in China. In 1807 Morrison sailed for China and labored for many years without a convert. In 1843 there were 12 missionaries and only six converts. In 1863 there were less than 2,000 converts, now there are 150,000. The missionary force now numbers 3,270 persons. Jeweler Happy Too Having sold for $25 to C. H. Baldwin, a Montpellier (Vt.) jeweler, a fresh water pearl which he had found, a small boy from Waterbury thought he was in great luck and "rich" beyond the dreams of avarice." The jeweler, however, is also happy. The jewel weighs 28 grains, is perfect in shape and flawless, and has an estimated value of $3.500. Wilhelm's Voice Dr. E. W. Scripture, who has been making researches in phonetics under a Smithsonian institution grant, has secured a gramophone record of the voice of Emperor William of Germany. It will be preserved by the National museum at Washington, and, of course will not be used in any public way in the kaiser's lifetime. Earth's Atmosphere The atmosphere of the earth acts very much in the same way as does the glass of a greenhouse—it allows the rays of the sun to pass through, but imprisons the heat. Thus it is cooler on the top of a mountain than at the sea level, because, though the mountain-top is nearer the sun, the atmosphere is very much less dense. Desperate Effort A French taller, who advertised "English spoken," was sometimes at a loss for the right word. On one occasion, wishing to tell a customer that her girdle was too high, he hesitated a moment, then, with a look of inspiration, he said: "Madyame, your curvature is too upstairs." Long Visit. Prof. Baldwin, of Johns Hopkins university, has just returned from Mexico, where, at the request of the Mexican government, he has spent six years inspecting the educational system of that country as a guest of President Diaz. "Facsimile of Herself." A Massachusetts woman is something of a Mrs. Malaprop. While visiting a friend in Dorchester she was recalling old times and gossiping of her friends and acquaintances, when she said: "Poor sis, poor sis. She's a mere fascisil of her old self." A Strong Inducement Weary Wander—I see they're goin' in fer free alcohol fer th' arts an' sciences. Limpy Lucas—That sett it. I'm goin' to be a artist.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Capable of Profound Thought The intricacies of life should have no terrors for a woman, when we consider that she can comprehend the descriptions of a dress pattern.—Philadelphia Record. Murder! In Russia the performance of annually blessing the waters of the Neva takes the place of the water wagon. They both are due to the Neva-again feeling.—Kansas City Times. Question A New York wife of 76 sued her husband of 39 for an accounting of the $300,000 she let him have. An accounting of why she let him have it would not be amiss. Osage "Baby Chief." Emery Gibson, a ten-year-old boy, has been chosen "baby chief" of the Osage Indians, according to the old tribal custom of choosing a new one every three years. Feminine tact is where a woman succeeds in making a front by putting everything on her back—Puck. South America has about twice the area and about one-half the population of the United States. Castro has retired to the interior and probably pulled it in after him. Pittsburg Post NEW KIND OF MAINE SLATE Bed of Superior Material Recently Uncovered in Somerset County A new variety of slate has been discovered by Prof. T. Nelson Dale, of the United States geological survey, in the town of Forks, Somerset county, in central Maine, between the Kennebec and Piscataquia rivers. The slate crops out in the bed of Holly Brook, where it is exposed for a thickness of 30 feet or more across the cleavage. The nearest railroad is the Somerset railway extension at Mosquito Narrows, six miles distant. The slate is bluish black and fine texture, with a cleavage surface which shows less luster than that of the Brownville slate, but is still bright. It is graphitic, contains a very small amount of magnetite, has no argillaceous odor, does not effervesce in cold dilute hydrochloric acid, is sonorous and is readily perforated. The ledge does not show discoloration nor do fragments that have been exposed for 15 years. The constituents of this slate, arranged in the order of their abundance, appear to be muscovite, quartz, chlorite, pyrite and graphite, with accessory tourmaline, zircon and rutile. This Pleasant Pond slate, to name it after the nearest topographic feature, would prove suitable either for roofing or mill stock purposes. Another ledge of similar slate has been exposed by trenching about a third of a mile away, but this slate shows some false cleavage, at least at the surface. Should that feature continue into the mass the slate would have little or no commercial value. The slate of the Holly Brook outcrop is free from that undesirable characteristic. SUNDAY LAWS IN VIRGINIA. Liquid Refreshments Not to Be Had Unless One "Knows the Ropes." "Down in the quaint old seaport of Norfolk a few days ago I saw a beautiful example of the workings of a strict Sunday law," said W. L. Rodgers, of Baltimore, according to the Washington Post. "It was not possible to get any liquid refreshments in the hotels and the saloons were hermetically sealed. "Strolling along one of the principal streets my attention was attracted to a crowd of men who swarmed in and out of a place as if it possessed a magnet. Sure enough it did, as I found by joining the crowd. The place was dingy and unattractive, but it had a bar in full blast and the man behind the counter couldn't dish out the liquor fast enough. I called for a drink, too, but the bartender, instead of waiting on me, asked me for my ticket. I told him I had none and he proceeded to explain: "This is a clubroom and we don't serve drinks to any except members. However, there is the secretary and you might ask him." "At this the person pointed out as secretary came up and repeated what the other had told me. "We have to comply with the Virginia law,' said he, 'or risk going to jail. But you look all right and I can make you a member of the club. The fee is 20 cents.' "I paid it without a murmur and thought it a pretty cute mode of selling a drink for 35 cents." TREASURE-LADEN BURROS. Train of Donkeys Loaded with Gold Fall Into Mexican River and Are Lost. The American owners of the Guadalupe de los Reyes mines, situated in the state of Sinaloa, are still mourning the loss of $100,000 of gold and silver bullion which was lost several months ago in a remarkable manner, relates the Mexican Herald. The train of donkeys, loaded with bullion, were on their way to Mazatlan, at which point the precious cargoes were to be shipped to San Francisco by water. The animals were going along a narrow trail bordering high above, the Plaxta river, when the roadway, softened by the rains, suddenly caved into the river, the animals and bullion and a number of the Mexican drivers disappearing in the current. As soon as the news of the heavy loss reached the owners of the mines, a large force of men was sent out to search for the treasure, a search that has been in progress for some time, but not a single bar of the bullion has been recovered. It is supposed that the animals with their freight were swept down the river into the Pacific ocean. The hunt for the bullion is still on, and a group of employees of the mines are patrolling the river day and night for a distance of more than 100 miles, to keep outsiders from searching and getting away with the treasure. Leaves as Medicine Grape leaves are the sovereign remedy in Switzerland for cuts and fresh wounds. Decoctions of the juice of the leaves are used in poultices. An agreeable tea is also made from the leaves, which is said greatly to strengthen the nerves. The leaves are also excellent food for cows, hogs and sheep. The "tears" of the vine (used medicinally) are a limpid exudation of the sap at the time the plant begins budding, and are found on the vine where the slightest wound occurs to the plant. The liquid is collected by cutting off the ends of the canes, bending them down, and sticking the ends into the neck of the bottle, which will be filled in a few days. The wood and branches are used in the manufacture of baskets, furniture, rustic work; bark for tying material, etc., and, when burned, potash and salts. DOG'S HERDING INSTINCT. Incident Illustrating How It Manifests Itself in Looking After Hens as Well as Sheep. The way the instinct for herding comes out in sheep dogs is wonderful, says a New York Sun writer. I once had a young collie given to me. He was only six months old and had never received any training or seen other dogs managing a hand of sheep. I had gone out of sheep at the time and there was nothing about the ranch, apparently, for him to do. The puppy moped about for a week or ten days. Then a happy thought struck him. There were the heps! From that day on he never failed to herd the hens regularly. He would be on the watch for them when they emerged from their house on the side of the gumbo bank after feeding in the morning and would assume charge of them for the rest of the day. Collecting them in front of him, he would drive them, a clucking, waddling, protesting band, out about half a mile on to the prairie. While they ran about after insects or pecked at the weeds and grass he sauntered about on the outskirts, keeping a vigilant eye on every pullet and rooster. And punctually an hour before sunset he would gather them up into a compact little group and drive them home. This self-appointed task he performed with the greatest system of thoroughness, displaying all the highest gifts of the sheep dog—fidelity, judgment, tact, conscience. He was a most engaging little rascal, and I grieved for him as if he had been a human when, after a few months, he ate wolf poison and died. MEMBER OF NOTED COMPANY The Lady Washington, in Which a New York Fireman Gained Distinction. Hugh Bonner, deputy fire commissioner, became a member of the old volunteer fire department in 1860, and as a member of the Lady Washington Engine company gained his first distinction as a fire fighter, relates the New York Sun. The Lady Washington, known to all New York vamps, was a Fourteenth ward company, stationed in Mulberry street, between Broome and Spring, in the heart of a neighborhood which developed more active politicians at the period of its prominence than any other ward of New York, except the Sixth. From it John Kelly, Daniel O'Reilly, Judge John Hayes, Judge Clancy and James J. Hayes came originally. It was a district noted for fire fighters as well as for politicians, and sometimes the two were combined. The Lady Washington was the chief of the engine companies in the Fourteenth ward, as the Columbian (No.9), having its house with 40 on. Mulberry street, was the hose company, and the Hibernia (18), on Mott street, was the hook and ladder company, or truck, as the present designation is. The Lady Washington engine had a variegated history, being, in fact, the lineal descendant, as it were, of a company established in the same neighborhood in 1812, which after 20 years of activity was disbanded, to be reorganized ten years later. ICE COATING FOR WARMTH Fruit Cars Covered with Sheet of Frozen Water to Preserve Contents. The use of ice for heating purposes is one of the oddities of our modern civilization. It often happens that a train carrying fruit from South America to the northern states encounters a spell of cold weather en route. If the temperature goes below a certain point the perishable merchandise will be ruined. But it has been ascertained that such misfortune may be prevented by covering the fruit car with a coating of ice—a thing easily accomplished by turning a hose upon it and allowing the water to freeze, until the whole vehicle is enveloped in a glassy and glittering blanket. It may, indeed, be appropriately called a blanket, inasmuch as it prevents the radiation of heat from the interior of the car. The ice being a good non-conductor, the warmth is retained, and the fruit, or possibly it may be vegetables, goes on its way unspoiled even by zero weather. Some trucks used for transporting oranges are often fitted with "ice stoves," which, while useful during hot weather as refrigerators, are filled with ice during the cold weather. Dog and Snake Fight Two Ballarat sportsmen while on a shooting excursion to Lal Lal encountered a large snake that was attacked by a dog that accompanied them. The reptile wound itself around the dog, and an exciting fight ensued, during which the animal bit off the tail of the serpent. The sportsmen, anxious to save the dog, decided to shoot the reptile if an opportunity presented itself. This occurred when it thrust out its head over the hind quarters of the setter. The shot, however, instead of hitting the snake, entered the body of the dog, the death of which was instantaneous. The snake was then dispatched—British Australian. One Way to Cook a Quail A quail, as every one knows, is naturally one of the driest of birds, and it is always a question with cooks how best to preserve its juices. To take off the skin is to take away the greatest part of the juices, and such a quail broiled or roasted would be little better eating than cottonwood chips. In North Carolina they cook a quail in the middle of a big potato. This little receipt is worth a column on skinning quail—Forest and Stream. WASHINGTON GOSSIP NENATOR TILLMAN'S OPPORTUNITY FOR SPEECHMAKING. A RECALCITRANT MEMBER Mr. Bailey of Texas Beau Ideal of Public Speaker—Our Commerce Carried Under Our Own Flag. A S H I N G T O N.— If there is one member of the United States senate who is having the time of his life at this session it is that Cyclopean statesman from South Carolina, Benjamin Ryan Tillman. More subjects have come up in W the senate this session that have afforded him an opportunity of making characteristic speeches than there have been for several years. He is opposed to the tendency of corporations to monopolize trade and destroy competition, and in the railroad rate legislation and the propositions to investigate combinations of railroads Mr. Tillman has had his greatest opportunities to attack corporations in his imitative manner of speech. Tillman is nothing if not original and picturesque. He can say things on the floor of the senate that no other man would dare utter. He excuses it on the ground that he is "aplain, blunt man." When he first came to the senate the sticklers for senatorial propriety, like the late Senator Hoar of Massachusetts and Senator Platt of Connecticut, would take Tillman to task for his almost brutal form of speech when referring to his colleagues or government officials. The senator would promise to be good, but on the next occasion his temper would get the best of him and he would split out words that were patiently unparliamentary. The mentors of the senate got tired finally of trying to reform the one-eyed iconoclast from South Carolina and he is now allowed his own sweet way, unless he gets absolutely insulting. Mr. Tillman is now at home in his state patching up a few breaches in his political fences. He is a candidate for reelection next year, and already considerable opposition has developed. The old regime in South Carolina, the silk stocking arls'ocracy, do not relish being represented in the United States senate by a farmer like Mr. Tillman. The latter secured his election by an appeal to the common people, and he is still catering to that element. Attaining Notoriety. NOTHER Democratic senator has attained considerable notoriety this winter and is now an object of curiosity to strangers who visit the capitol. The latter want to see a man who has had the hardihood in these days of party discipline to A take an independent course and defy the orders of his party caucus. This man is Thomas MacDonald Patterson, an Irishman by birth, with all the fighting proclivities of his nationality. Mr. Patterson refused to be bound by the Democratic caucus on the question of the ratification of the San Domingan treaty and he received one of the severest lectures and castigations on the floor of the senate that has been administered for many years. This parliamentary trouncing was administered by Senator Bailey, of Texas, who has jumped into the leadership on the Democratic side. Mr. Patterson took his dose of medicine without even making a wry face and he says it will take more than the dictum of two-thirds of the Democrats in the United States senate to read him out of the party. Somewhat like Cataline of old, he defied them and declared that if he went he would return and at the next national Democratic convention he would be there to greet his Democratic friends and to do business as a delegate from Colorado. Mr. Patterson was no match for Mr. Bailey in the colloquy that arose over the former's recalcitrance. He has not the voice nor the presence that belong to the young statesman from Texas. Mr. Bailey is the perfection of manhood in appearance, being six feet tall, splendidly proportioned and without superfluous flesh. His face is as round, full and as highly colored as that of a boy of 16. His dark eyes are clear and his hair as black as a raven's wing. He is an unusually handsome man and that, coupled with oratorical ability and brains, make him the beau ideal of a public speaker and statesman. Ship Subsidy Bill A FTER many years there is good prospect that congress will pass a ship subsidy bill. This old subject has been before congress for many many years and has been fought over in both houses of congress by earnest pie of siding the American merchant marine by giving a bounty to ships constructed in this country and sailed under the American flag is to be recognized. The bill that is likely to become law, it having already passed the senate, does not make any great draft upon the public funds. In fact for several years none of the present revenues of the treasury will have to be touched, as the subsidy will be furnished by an additional tonnage tax levied upon the vessels. The present proposition only contemplates the granting of a bounty or subsidy for ten years. The one fact that appealed to congress more than any other in favor of subsidizing the American merchant marine is that less than ten per cent. of our foreign commerce is carried under the American flag. The old homely illustration of a merchant hiring the delivery wagons of a competing firm to deliver his goods has been used with good effect in pressing the necessity of this country furnishing the ships that carry our commerce to the world. This bill has been fought through for years by Senators Frye of Maine and Gallinger of New Hampshire, and to them belongs much of the credit if it becomes a law. They found it difficult to arouse a sentiment in the country outside the districts that are interested in shipbuilding, but by their persistent efforts they have finally convinced the western wheat and cattle grower that it would be to his advantage to ship his products throughout the world under the American flag. "Uncle Joe's" Gifts I F Speaker Cannon were to accept all the gifts that are offered him he would have enough to furnish his person and house for years to come. He is averse to receiving presents and turns down any that arouses sus- picion that their tender has been made for some ulterior motive. In contrast tc most of the offers of presents the gifts of some southern friends have been accepted gratefully and appreciatively by "Uncle Joe." Down in North Carolina, where he was born, there is an old lady who never saw him, but who has watched his public career and believes that he has brought honor to his native state, although he left it when but a child. This old lady has not forgotten the frontier art of spinning yarn and weaving cloth. Last fall she wove with her own hands, on an old-fashioned loom, a web of homespun cloth that is a marvel of fine texture and workmanship. She sent to Speaker Cannon enough of the cloth to make him a suit of clothes. He had his tailor manufacture the garments, and all winter he has proudly worn that dark gray suit of homespun while presiding over the house. It is a becoming suit and has excited the admiration of all his friends. Another North Carolina lady knit the speaker a pair of white wool socks, such as kept our ancestors' feet warm when deer skin moccasins were more plientful than fine leather shoes. Still another gift came from the same state in the shape of a pair of knit suspenders or "galluses" as they were known in "Uncle Joe's" boyhood. He has put these away in his cabinet to preserve for his grandchildren, so they may know what sort of clothing was worn in their grandfather's early days. To make his outfit complete, Col. Hemphill, of Charleson, S. C., sent the speaker a genuine "wool hat." The Whipping Post. The Whi ONGRESS, which acts as select and common council for the District of Columbia, has decided that it will not authorize a return to barbarity by establishing a whipping post in Washington. Mr. Adams, of Philadelphia, better known in so- clety and among his colleagues as "Bertie" Adams, has been advocating for two or three years the establishment of a whipping post in the District for the punishment of husbands who beat their wives. On several occasions he has advocated his bill on the floor of the house, and it has always led to an uprarious time. Mr. Adams is an old bachelor, wealthy and a good deal of a society man, and the picture of his espousing the cause of abused wives has always provoked amusement. The last time the bill was up a few days ago it was defeated by a three-fourths vote; but not before the house had had an hour: rare entertainment. All sorts of amendments were offered to the bill, including propositions to revive the thumbscrew, the boot, the stake, the ducking stool and other forms of torture and punishment that belong to the dark ages. There were propositions to exempt from the operations of the law relative to the whipping post the president of the United States and members of congress. When the vote was taken a shout of laughter was caused by Mr. Nicholas Longworth, then just on the eve of his marriage to Miss Roosevelt, voting against the bill. Mr. Longworth laughed when he cast his vote and this led the house to see the humorous point. His friends told him that he was wise not to give up any preoperative he might have to beat his wife. TO ROUND HOLLOW CHEEKS Woman with Sagging Face Should Use Skin-Food or Try Suction-Cup to Improve Contour. The woman with what is known as the sagging face can relieve her haggard and old appearance by persistent treatment before her own mirror. This is done either by a combination of skin food and massage or by use of a suction cup. The best skin foods all contain lanolin and many women fear to use it because it has the reputation of growing hair. This danger can be avoided if the skin food is properly used. First, wash your face thoroughly and dry it more than thoroughly. Leave not a speck of moisture upon it. Now apply the skin food and massage well, using upward and outward strokes, never downward. Then wash out the skin food with pure soap and water and dry thoroughly. The reason a growth of hair follows the use of skin food is that the pores are damp and the oil sticks in the pores. The following is an excellent formula for skin food: White wax, one ounce; spermacetti, one USE THE SUCTION CUP. ounce; lanolin, two ounces; sweet almond oil, four ounces, coconut oil, two ounces; tincture of benzoin, 30 drops, orange flower water, two ounces. Melt the first five ingredients together. Take off the fire and beat until nearly cold, adding little by little the benzoin, and lastly the orange flower water. The suction cup is on sale at any first-class drug store and costs from 59 cents up. It looks like half a glass, topped by a rubber bulb. To use this cup, plant it firmly on the face in the middle of the chin, press the bulb and the edges of the glass will attach themselves to the skin. Now, work the suction cup upward and outward, covering as much surface as you possibly can on the right cheek, then press bulb and release the glass edges. Start again in the middle of the chin and work your way upward and outward on the left cheek. Always clean the cup thoroughly after using. A common cause of hollow, sagging cheeks is bad teeth. No woman who makes a pretense to good looks can afford to have one tooth missing from her mouth. Cosmetic dentistry has made it possible to build up a new tooth on a mere fragment or shell, and teeth are even planted in the gums. Porcelain fillings are now preferred to gold, which make the teeth look dark and porcelain false teeth are preferred to the more conspicuous gold crowns. Great hollows in the jaws cause not only sagging cheeks, but uncleanliness of the mouth, offensive breath, indigestion and malnutrition. PEANUT PARTY MAKES FUN This Kind of Evening Easy to Provide For and Sure to Furnish Plenty of Amusement. Peanut parties are always enjoyable and easy to prepare. On the invitations fasten a peanut saill or have a string of peanuts painted on the card in water colors. Have a generous supply of peanuts concealed in the rooms, in every spot imaginable, behind pictures, under rugs, on window sills, etc. When the guests have arrived, give each one a silk bag or paper sack and let the hunt begin, each man for himself. After a half hour, call time and count the spoils, according a prize of a box of salted peanuts for the greatest number and a bag of unshelled nuts for the smallest lot. Next provide some peanuts, toothpicks, pen and ink, tissue paper and gum, and allow ten minutes for the making of a doll. The result will be most amusing. Serve peanut sandwiches, coffee, salted peanuts, peanut candy and ice cream with peanuts in it. Write quotations and place inside peanut shells, one for each guest.—Madame Merri. Good Tooth Powder. A simple formula for tooth-powder is this: Four ounces of powdered precipitated chalk, one ounce of powdered myrrh, one ounce of pulverized orris, two ounces of pulverized borax. Mix and sift by forcing several times through bolting cloth. Use a firm brush when cleansing the teeth. Remove all foreign particles with a bit of dental floss. Twice a year have your dentist scrape away the tartar that is sure to form in spite of the greatest care. Hair Tonic. Forty grains of resorcin, one-half ounce of water, one ounce of witch-hazel and one ounce of alcohol. This is particularly good when the hair is very oily. Shampoo your glory crown every week or two with eggs and hot water. If tiny bits of the whites of the eggs adhere to the hair strands, don't fret yourself to a fever, because the brush will remove them. Hot water is necessary if the shampoo is to be thorough. All the grime of the day should be thoroughly removed at night and the pores of the face allowed free breathing space, advises Mme. Hebe. In the next place, don't use soap and water on the face any more than is necessary. Now, I am sure many soap-and-water fiends will exclaim: "Oh, I never can do without soap and water." Well, those who want to use soap, and oftentimes hard or dirty water, can do so, and when they get a good crop of wrinkles and large pores they will wish they had taken my advice. A learned physician once took me to task for advising a cleansing cream for the face, and said he always used soap and water, through the day, and from the very florid condition of his skin, and quite as many wrinkles as his years would warrant, I could readily believe he used soap and water, and not the best soap in the world or the purest water. When I compared his skin with a dainty, perfectly clean little woman's, with fine pores, clear, soft and delicately tinted, who for years had used only a cleansing cream, and a dainty toilet water during the day, I then and there decided to stick to my opinion. It is necessary to use certain preparations of soap and hot water once daily, but this should be used at night, and after this a cream. When the pores are large and coarse don't expect to improve them by scrubbing the face, as you would the kitchen floor. The face should be treated with a great deal of respect and gentleness. Large pores will respond to persistent massage, vapor and an astringent, but not to the scrubbing brush. Those who use water should never, never use hot in the morning, unless they also use cold. They can use hot water at night, and then a massage cream. When the muscles are relaxed, bathing with very cold water will help to make them firmer, but see to it that the water is soft and clear. Those of my readers who wish to have a clear, fine, unwrinkled skin, with the least trouble, try the following rules, and I am sure in six months' time you will feel well repaid for the little extra time it may require and the extra pin money expended. Take a warm bath every afternoon or night, and use a bath brush. Cleanse the face with a cleansing cream, or good soap, and warm water, followed by an application of cream, the last thing before retiring. Sleep in a well ventilated room. Ten minutes' physical culture exercise in the morning, and a cold sponge bath in a warm room; if not an all-over sponge, at least the throat and chest. Dampen a towel with toilet water and wipe the face, or in cold water, omitting soap. FOR EVENING DRESS Bodice May Be Made of Almost Any Soft Materials Trimmed with Silk and Lace. This pretty bodice is suitable to be reproduced in soft woolen materials, such as volle, delaine and crepoline, or in silk. It is slightly full, and pouched all round over a deep swathed band of silk. The trimming consists of straps of silk terminating in pointed ends each side front; these are laced together in LEMPA. A GRACEFUL BODICE. center by ribbon passed through rings that are worked over in buttonhole stitch with silk to match the color of the material. The outer edge of the strap is trimmed with a frill of lace, that is carried round the pointed ends. The sleeves consist of double puffs arranged on a tight lining and finished at the elbow by frills and lace ruffle. Materials required for the bodice: $3\frac{1}{2}$ yards silk 22 inches wide, about six yards lace. A Scented Hairbrush Waves are scented by touching them with a brush that is itself scented. A scented brush is the nicest thing that can grace a woman's dressing table. It must be very clean, and must not be used for general brushing of the hair. Twice a week a few drops of jasmine can be poured upon it and the brush when not in use lies in a silken box with a cover upon it. When you are dressing the hair and have finished combing it take the brush from the box and run it lightly a dozen times through the hair. The result will be a delightful scent which will pervade the frieses all day. - American Brick Co. - President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. MANUFATURERS OF Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf Dryer. AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS WANTED. The Broad Ax desires to engage Agents and regular Correspondents in all the leading cities and towns throughout the country. The highest commissions paid to live hustlers. Sample copies furnished free. For further information, address Jullus F. Taylor, 5043 Armour avenue, Chicago. THE BROAD AX. Is for sale at the following news stand: The Afro-American News Office, 3104 State Street. A. F. Tervalon, 2826 State street, Cigar Store and News Stand. Richard Webb, 2642 1-2 State St. Mrs. Nellie Phelps, Cigars, Notions and News Stand, 131 W. 51st street. Richard Pinn, 4836 State street. T. B. Hall's Cigar Store and Laundry office, 281 29th St. W. S. Williams, Tonsorial Parlor, 399 21st st. J. R. Peters Cigars, Tobacco and News Stand, 338 E. 27th street. Mrs. A. E. Baker, Notions and News Stand, 419, 36th street. J. H. Harris, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2508¾ State St. W. P. Johnson, Notion Store and News Stand 3704 State st. Turner Williams' Shaving Parlor and News Stand, 2903 Armour ave. Mrs. B. Williams, Cigars, Notions and News Stand, 486½ State street. B. Davis, cigars, tobacco, and confectionery, 3532 State st. Whitley Bros. 2724 State St., Gent's furnishings and new stand. The Stationery, 2970 State street. Cigars, Tobacco and News stand. The Afro-American News Co., 439 W. 35th St., New York City, N. Y. The Informer News Co., 183 Randolph St., Detroit, Mich. News items and advertisements left at these places will find their way into the columns of The Broad Ax. Built on Games. In Lima, Peru, there are still many buildings which on account of earthquakes are constructed of canes set upright and liberally plastered with clay, then painted over. Loguacious. Lawson—What did your wife say to you when you got home last night? Dawson—Say? She said an 18-volume encyclopedia.—Somerville Journal. 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Our Complete Catalogue—a a correct guide to proper dress in the Dialing Room, Kitchen, or Bar will be sent free on application. tions how to order. Marcus Ruben (Inc.), 390 State St., Chicago Brick Co. - THOMAS CAREY. DHN SHELHAMER, ry, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. URERS OF Sewer Brick When Strong Words Come Ready. In America we will fight the swearing habit. We will admit that it is immoral and unwise to cuss, but there is a heap of comfort in the fact that when the jelly refuses to jell and the stepladder falls and the door closes on two fingers and a boll finds its resting place on the end of one's nose, there are words, oodles of them, in this good English language that might be used if a victim was so minded. There is nothing like having a thing handy, even if you do not want it.—Mobile (Ala.) Herald. Lest Advice from Wife. William Brookfield, the English churchman, used to tell this story: "The new bishop of New Zealand, in a farewell and pathetic interview with his mother after his appointment, was thus addressed by her in such sequence as sobs and tears would permit: I suppose they will eat you, my dear—I try to think otherwise, but I suppose they will. Well! We will leave it in the hands of Providence. But if they do—mind, my dear, and disagree with them." Pathetic Devotion. A touching case of learning to write with the left hand is that of Mrs. J. R. Green, widow of the late author of "Short History of the English People." She had acted as his amanuensis for long years, and so hard did she work, often writing to his dictation eleven hours a day, that her right hand became paralyzed. Shortly before he died she had begun to be able to write quite easily with her left hand. Perilous Position. A story is told of a man who, crossing a distant used coal field late at night, fell into an apparently bottomless pit and saved himself only by grasping a projecting beam. There he clung with great difficulty all night, only to find when day dawned that his feet were only four inches from the bottom. Handicapped. "Yes," said the beginner at golf, telling his troubles, "the caddy was so sarcastic and impertinent, I felt like hitting him over the head." "Well, why didn't you?" asked his friend. "I would have done so, but I didn't know the proper club to us for that purpose." Musical Bed. A native ruler owns a musical bed. The weight of the body sets the works in motion, and it plays half an hour, while sife-sized figures of Grecian maidens at its head and foot finger stringed instruments. Fans are waved by a concealed motor, which keeps them going the whole night long. Biggest Soldier. Sergt. Fred Calhoun Fagan, of the Thirty-ninth coast artillery, now stationed at Ft. McHenry, is the largest man in either army or navy and is one of the best gunners in the former. He weighs 289 pounds and is serving his fifth enlistment. Irish Goods from Japan. "Erin-go-Bragh" was stamped on a cup purchased by a patriotic member of the Clonmel (Tipperary) Industrial association. He was surprised on examining the cup to find that it had been made in Japan. A Color Change. "Did you ever notice what queer effects in color the air of society can produce?" "In what respect?" "It makes a green man turn red."—Baltimore American. Wicked Only in Church. It is funny how a man will get up in church and confess that he is the chief of sinners and deny it at home if anyone accuses him of simply being an outside guard at the sinners' club.—Atchison Globe. An Insinuation "Step lively!" said the conductor. "Not on your life," responded the grouchy passenger. "If I felt like doing that I'd walk and beat your old car."—Philadelphia Ledger. Double-Eved Fishes. Fishes have been discovered at Guatemala with two pairs of eyes. One pair does duty above the water, the other below, the fish thus being able to see in two elements at once. Boat-Sled. A Halifax oarsman has invented a machine for keeping in trim in the winter. It is a sled with a rowing seat. With the aid of steel-edged oars he rows over the ice at great speed. Earliest Election The earliest election of which the numbers polled have been preserved is that at Lincoln, England, in 1547. At this 84 "voles" were cast. Sure Sign. When the cook doesn't give notice it is a sign that she has already gone.—N. Y. Press. No Easier Work by any other name is just as hard. Waiting Blessings. Great blessings are often held waiting for some small obedience. 3 Religious Freedom. It is stated that ten persons have left the orthodox church of Russia and united with the Swedish Lutheran St. Catharine's congregation in St. Petersburg. When the new members were received by the pastor of the congregation, the church was filled to its utmost capacity. These ten persons were the first who took advantage of the czar's late ukase giving religious freedom. Swiss Canals. Zurich newspapers are discussing a great scheme proposed by a Swiss engineer to unite Switzerland with the North sea and the Mediterranean by two great canal systems. The first system would connect Lake Constance with Rotterdam by means of the Rhine and the second would join Lake Como and the Mediterranean by means of the river Po. Long Distance Lecture. A pretentious person recently said to Colonel Green, of Woodbury, N. J.: "How would a lecture by me on Mount Vesuvius suit the inhabitants of your town?" "Very well, sir; very well, indeed," answered the colonel. "A lecture by you on Mount Vesuvius would suit them a great deal better than a lecture by you in this town." The lecture never came off—Tatler. Put in His Class. "What's this man arrested for?" "He's a keyhole expert, transom artist and closet specialist." "Put him in the cell with that porch-climber." The prisoner declared that he was merely a contributor to Weekly Banterings, and no burglar, but this didn't help his case. -Philadelphia Ledger. "Learnt 'Em." It was a lecture on health, delivered before a roomful of working girls. The word oxygen had been used. Immediately one of the girls rattled out glibly: "I know—oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen." "Well, what do you know about them?" asked the nurse. "Oh, I dunno nothin' about 'em, but we learnt 'em at school," was the answer. Very Flattering Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, who at 86 is still addressing audiences with unabated vigor, was recently presented in a most flattering way by an enthusiastic presiding officer. "Dear me," said Mrs. Howe, as she rose to her feet, "it is lucky my name was mentioned, for I never should have recognized myself from that description." Fruitful Soil. The soil of Cuba is extremely fruitful. Cabbages there are so large that heads weighing 20 pounds each are common. All vegetables do well. Radishes may be eaten from 14 to 18 days after sowing, lettuce in five weeks after sowing, while corn produces three crops per year. Sweet potatoes grow all the year. Dangers of Humor. "This is queer. I have just been reading where a yarn mil was seized by the sheriff and a squib factory exploded." "That ought to convince people it is no joke to be in the funny business." —Baltimore American. Out of the East Light. "Who is that earnest looking individual over there?" That's the Boston lecturer on higher criticism of the Bible as literature. She conducts the 'beliefs without pain' classes here in town."—Life. Wealth from Farms The products of American farms in 1905 were of the value of $6,415,000,000. Every working day of the year Uncle Sam's farms earned $21,000,000, or $21,000,000 for each hour of ten hours a day. So 'Tis Said. There are two things a girl does every night; one is to say her prayers and the other is to wish she knew what color eyes the man she marries is going to have.—N. Y. Press. Negro Legislator. Dr. Shadd, a negro, has been returned to parliament for the new province of Saskatchewan. He is the first negro elected to the Canadian legislature. American Perils China might regret that she sent those commissioners over here if they conclude to introduce English comic opera and American breakfast food into China—Baltimore Sun. As Others See Us. Mabel--During the excitement Sapleigh completely lost his head. Stella—Oh, well, the poor fellow will probably never miss it.—Chicago Daily News. Keen of Scent Blind horses never err in choosing their diet when grazing. Their sense of smell guides them infallibly in the selection of food. Too Late. When a bachelor meets the right girl he is apt to discover that he's the wrong man. Tree That Shoots. When the lofty palm tree of Teilan puts forth its flowers, the sheath bursts with a report like a pistol. St. Mark Literary. Last Sunday afternoon Dr. C. E. Bentley and Mr. W. A. Wallace addressed the St Mark Literary, this being the Fred Douglass birthday anniversary. Next Sunday afternoon will be Woman's Club day. The subject will be "The Mission of the Colored Woman." Addresses will be made by Mrs. E. L. Davis, Mrs. Cordelia West and Mrs. S. D. Brown. Institutional Church and Social Set element Last Sunday at both services a large congregation assembled. The pastor, Rev. H. E. Stewart, preached at 10:45 a.m. on the subject "Steps Leading Upward." The men's forum met at 4 o'clock and listened to an inspiring address on Frederick Douglass by the Hon. S. L. Williams. At the evening services the pastor preached an illustrated sermon, subject "Paradise Lost and Regained," closing the sermon with beautiful views illustrating the flight of the soul from earth to heaven. These sermons promise to be of great benefit to the church and community, and judging from the large congregation that filled the auditorium it will be helpful to the work for the pastor to give them regular. Next Sunday is to be the second quarterly meeting at the church, at which the Rev. T. Reeves will have charge of the meeting. Rev. W. H. Sanders will preach the communion sermon in the afternoon. Monday night, Feb. 26th, there will be given a musical at the church under the auspices of the Choir Aid Club, a recent organization of the church, Mrs. Emma Burton president. The first Sunday in March at the morning services Rev. J. H Jones will preach, and at the evening services there will be a musical programme. Prof. N. Clark Smtih's orchestra will begin with Thursday, March 8th, and every Thursday thereafter will give a musical at the church. The one to be given on the 8th will be free admission. This promises to be an interesting feature of the settlement work, and a feature that will be of great benefit to all. Paul Laurence Dunbar Memorial. On Sunday evening, March 11th, there will be held a memorial. An excellent programme is being prepared, which will be announced at a later date. The church has been divided into states for the purpose of raising and canceling all back debts which stand against it.—"C." Just a Few. "All men make fools of themselves a number of times in this life." "Oh, I don't know; some men love but once."—Houston Post. Watch Works. An ordinary watch contains about 150 pieces, but complicated repeaters, chronographs, etc., as many as 800, and in one case 975 pieces. We'd think a good deal better of some people. if they didn't think so well of themselves as to make it unnecessary.—Puck. Soap in France. Six pounds per person per annum is the average consumption of soap in France. The average is ten pounds in our country. Living Easy. 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