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BROAD AX IT WAS A BRILLIANT AFFAIR Prof. and Mrs. William Emanuel Celebrated Their Eighteenth Wedding Anniversary, and Gave a Dancing Party and Reception in Honor of Newly Married Couples at the Douglas Club House. Vol. XI IT WAS A AFFA Prof. and Mrs. W. Celebrated The Wedding And Gave a Dancingception in His Married Couplas Club House Monday evening, Feb. 26th, prof. and Mrs. William Emanuel, who occupy one of the finest homes among the Afro-Americans in this city, 6330 Rhodes avenue, celebrated their eighteenth wedding anniversary, and gave a dancing party and reception in honor of the newly married couples at the Douglas Club House, 3516 Ellis avenue. It was a most brilliant affair in every respect, and it places Mrs. Emanuel in the front rank as a social leader and society queen. It was the last social function given prior to the beginning of the Lenten season. The host and hostess were assisted in receiving their honored guests by Mrs. Bessie Warren-Weisiger, Mrs. Virgil Pumphrey, Mrs. Maggie Fite-Robers, Mrs. Josephine Hubbard-Miller, Mrs. Marion French-Gray, Mrs. Myrtle Skinner-Coleman, Mrs. Katie Robinson-Johnson, and Mrs. Gertrude Moore Baley, all composing the newly married couples, and Miss Genevieve Lee, who will in the near future be married to Mr. Witt. The newly married couples and the hostess were beautifully gowned, and in fact all the ladies who had the honor of being presented to them throughout the evening were costumed in the most elegant dresses that could be created by the most fashionable modiste. White was the predominating color, and it caused its wearers to appear ever so lovely. Promptly at 8:30 the grand march was formed, which was led by the host and hostess and the newly married couples, and it was a beautiful sight to behold. It is safe to say that it surpassed anything ever witnessed by the four hundred in this city, and as those who participated in it looked joyous and happy and free from worldly cares for the time being, and this same spirit seemed to prevail during the evening. In fact a frown could not be observed on the faces of none of the two hundred and fifty guests present, for it was more like a family retention than an ordinary dancing party and reception, for everybody seemed to know everybody, and ceremony and introductions for the time being seemed to be out of order. Prof. N. Clark Smith furnished the music for the joyous occasion, which will long be remembered by those who were honored with invitations to attend it, and the music was simply of a high order and very inspiring, and it was instrumental in creating a good feeling among the dancers and other guests. Mrs. A. T. Smiley served the tempting and cooling refreshments, and she is past master in this art. Among the many guests present were: Col. and Mrs. John R. Marshall, Dr. and Mrs. A. Wilberforce-Williams, Major and Mrs. R. R. Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. D. P. French, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hockley Smiley, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gray Lucas, Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Wells, Mr. Charles H. Smiley and Mrs. C. C. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. J. Harrison Carr, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. J. Amberg Cotton, Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. George, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Harris, Dr. and Mrs. Rob- ert H. Hardin, Capt. and Mrs. James S. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. Julius N. Avendorph, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Julius F. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Blackwell, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. King, Mr. Noah D. Thompson and Mrs. Rose Lively, Mrs. Jessie Johnson and son Albert, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Shaffer, Prof. and Mrs. N. Clark Smith, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Tivis, Mr. and Mrs. James Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. David Manson, Mr. and Mrs. James Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Zeddricks, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. George Ayers, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Woodard, Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Hoggott, Mr. and Mrs. George Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. William P. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert L. Lee, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Williams, father and mother of the hostess. Mesdames Hotsie Johnson, M. Granberry, D. Young, Howard Cornwall, Philip Green, J. E. Thompson, Marie C. Hubbard, Anna Wells-Fitts, Amanta Hardy, A. E. Brown. The Misses Emma Shaw, Mabel Boths, Mabel Reynolds, the Misses Eryants, Myrtle Collins, Blanche Shaw, Lizzie Johnston, Mamie Seldon, Daisy Hoggott, Essie Arnold, Hazel Hodge, Jessie Gillespie, Hattle Curtis, Blanche Wright, Grace Knighten and America Brown. Dr. Daniel H. Williams, Col. B. F. Moseley, Dr. A. W. Smith and Messrs J. N. Blackshear, William Carroll, William D. Moore, Arthur A. Wells, Theodore W. Jones, Jr. F. L. Barnett, Jr. and brother, J. M. Anderson, W. R. Sobers, Harrison Floyd and McKinley Emanuel and Frank Hamilton. On leaving the club house the cream of the four hundred were unanimous in wishing Prof. and Mrs. Emanuel continued happiness and prosperity, and that they may live to celebrate their fifteenth wedding anniversary. On or about the first of last October, a cut of one of the most prominent Afro-American Doctors in this city appeared in the columns of the unleader, and each and every week thereafter the same cut could be observed in some part of the paper referred to, in the meantime the good Doctor, was busy in urging his friends among the M. D.'s to cultivate the friendship of the spreadeagle editor of the unleader, and drop a check for ten or fifteen dollars into his slipery hand, as he was in a position to do them some good, but lately no cut nor one line has appeared in the columns of the unleader in reference to the eminent Dr. and his movements and some claim that he fully realizes the fact that he ran up against a gold brick or a brace game. THE CIVILIZATION OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS." Tuesday evening March 6, Julius F. Taylor, will address the St. John Literary Society, which meets in St. John's A. M. E. church Throop street, near 63rd street. On "The Civilization of The Ancient Egyptians." An interesting program has been arranged for the occasion. HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, MARCH 3, 1906 MRS. GEORGE C. HALL. Who May be Induced to give Another Frederick Douglass Centre Charity Ball at the Close of the Lenten Season. ATTORNEY EDWARD E. WILSON AND HIS NEW CLIENT, COL. "PONY" MOORE. The Sham Reformer Was Anxious to Read the Chapter on Col. "Pony" in Clifton R. Wooldridge's Famous Book, "Hands Up in the World of Crime!" street, between Madison and Washinton streets, and he intimated "the possibly he would become Col. "Pon Moore's attorney, and that we ought to state in the columns of The Bro Ax that Major Franklin A. Denise for some cause or other was afraid to West Grossdale and try a ca before Justice Willis Melville (who The latter part of last September, after the police had made two or three successful raids on Col. "Pony" Moore's fine resort, 173 E. Twenty-first street, who was for a long time acclaimed the Boss or the Lord Mayor of the "Red Light District" by his devoted followers, the writer met Attorney Edward E. Wilson, who has always posed as a great reformer, and while in conversation with him he grew exceedingly red in his face while declaring "that such creatures as Col. "Pony" Moore should be driven out of town, for the kind of place kept by him was a disgrace to the Afro-American race, and to the respectable Colored men who are engaged in the caloon business in this city." He went on to say "that he wanted to commend The Broad Ax for the position it had assumed in reference to Colored, ladies frequenting Col. Moore's resort and that "Pony" Moore must not think because he had money to burn that he was greater than the laws of this city, and that he could at all times as far as the city was concerned, conduct his police-record saloon and the Hotel De Moore to suit himself." Attorney Wilson continued the conversation in this strain from his office, 113 Adams street, to the Western Trust and Savings Bank, 159 LaSalle street, where he drew some money to pay his subscription to The Broad Ax, and in the most emphatic language he declared "that it is greatly to be deplored that the average Negro entertains such shallow ideas in relation to decency and morality, and that men of the stamp of Col. "Pony" Moore should not be permitted to continue in business nor to associate with first-class gentlemen." On or about December 15th we called on Mr. Wilson to solicit his professional card for the Tenth Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax, and during our conversation with him seemingly his mind wandered back to his new-found friend or client, Col. "Pony" moore, and he wanted us to inform him where he could secure a copy of Clifton R. Wooldridge's book "Hands Up in the World of Crime," as he desired to read the chapter it contained on Col. "Pony" Moore. He was informed that he could find the book on sale at 340 State street, and we advised him to get and read it for himself. Within a few days from that time we met Attorney Wilson on Dearborn street, between Madison and Washington streets, and he intimated "that possibly he would become Col. "Pony" Moore's attorney, and that we ought to state in the columns of The Broad Ax that Major Franklin A. Denison, for some cause or other was afraid to go to West Grossdale and try a case before Justice Willis Melville (who to all appearances is as crooked as a ram's horn) for Col. Moore." No further conversation was held along this line with Attorney Wilson until last Wednesday. At that time he requested us to step into the little dark room adjoining his office, and upon entering it, we "demanded to know if he proposed to do us up in the dark," and very excitedly he exclaimed, "Oh, no, he did not intend to waylay us," but he went on to say "that he had been our friend, a supporter of The Broad Ax, and after unbosoming himself of a lot of other wild talk, he declared that "someone had informed him that it was our intention to have him arrested, simply because he was Col. 'Pony' Moore's attorney." Mr. Wilson was informed by us "that we were not responsible for all the wildcat statements in reference to our actions or intentions, and so far as we were concerned he had a perfect right to become the attorney for all the first-class gentlemen and gamblers in town; that we keenly realized the fact that he needed money to pay his office rent and to buy fine duds, so that he would be enabled to pose as a sham reformer." Former Alderman, Mike McNuerney, J. A. Haney and their followers, were not in the running with Alderman John J. Bradley, who swept through the 30th ward at the primaries last Saturday like a cyclone, and Haney only carried one primary district and received four votes in the Aldermanic convention which shows that everybody in the 30th Ward supported Alderman Bradley outside of a few sorehead, cheap pot-house politicians. John W. Hardy, who has faithfully served as a Policeman in the Town of Lake for a long time, has through the influence of his friend, Alderman P. J. O'Connell, been promoted by Chief John M. Collins, and he is now toged up in citizens clothes, and serving on the Chief's special staff, and it is time to score another point for Chief Collins and Alderman O'Connell. In spite of our carefulness in writing the article on the marriage of Aldermon John H. Jones to Miss Emma Wolf, of Savanah, Ga., our little office devil who thinks he knows everything changed our copy to read Savanah, N. C., whereas Mrs. Jones was born, raised and educated in Savanah, Ga. It Was an Error. HOW DOLLAR MONEY IS USED Bishops Are Above the Law---- The Misappropriation of Funds Money Used for Personal Expenses----Widows and Orphans Neglected----The Way Out. One of the wisest provisions for the support of the A. M. E. Church, is the Dollar Money law. Under this law, each minister is "To collect the sum of one dollar from or for, each member of his church for the maintenance of the church treasury;" that is, the general church treasury. The law further stipulates that "It shall be the duty of the bishops and ministers to use the greatest possible diligence in collecting the money thus asked for." No law in the discipline is so rigidly enforced by the bishops on the ministers as is this one. When this money reaches the annual conference, the law says it shall be divided as follows: 46 per cent. to the Financial Secretary; 10 per cent. to the Secretary of Church Extension; 8 per cent. to the Secretary of Education; and 36 per cent. to the conference finance committee. Of the 46 per cent. which goes to the Financial Secretary the law specifies that it shall be used as follows: 1. "For the support of efficient and inefficient bishops. 2. For the salaries of general officers. 3. To aid the Publication Department. 5. To aid needy colleges. 6. To aid the cause of missions. 6. For the relief of widows and orphans of deceased ministers and bishops. 7. To aid the Church Extension society. 8. The balance shall constitute a chartered fund, the interest of which shall be used for the support of superanuated bishops and preachers, and widows and orphans of bishops and itinerant preachers." Certainly this law appeals to all as a wise and humane regulation for the fostering of all the interests of the church, and, better still, caring for the worn out bishops and preachers and the widows and orphans of those who have given their lives for the church. Now of the 36 per cent, retained by the annual conference, the law specifies that the conference "shall appropriate the same to assit the widows and orphans of itinerant preachers who have not received their allowance." Surely between the general board and the annual conference finance committee, our worn out preachers, and our widows and orphans should be fairly well provided for, with all of this law in their favor. This is what we pastors must talk about when we want to inspire the people to pay their dollar money. But now we want to see how well this law is obeyed. In my first article I said that the Financial Board willfully and persistently violates the law. If I did not put it that strong, then, I wish to put it that way now; especially since the Christian Recorder says my "general charges must fall unless sustained by direct specification." Now this money is used to pay the salaries of the bishops and such general officers as are specified in the discipline; but after that is done there seems to be no reference to the discipline in deciding what to do with the balance. For instance, in 1901, there was a world's meeting of Methodists No.19 AR MONEY IS USED above the Law---- appiration of Funds for Personal Ex- ws and Orphans ne Way Out. in London and it was right that our church should be represented there, with all the other Methodist families. Every loyal African Methodist assents to this. But where shall the expense of the delegation come from? Not a department in the church has the money to spare. A few ministers could raise it from their congregations some of the bishops could afford to go at their own expense. But no. We must have a large delegation and they must live high while in London. The Financial Board has money, intrusted to it by the people of the church with which to foster the departments of the church, and to care for the widows and orphans of itinerant preachers. So we will appoint each of the general officers a delegate, and that will close his mouth, and the poor worn out preachers and the widows and orphans can't make any fuss, anyhow; and we will appropriate $7600.00 of the dollar money for the support of nineteen delegates, ($400.00 each) for their trip to London. It must be remembered, also, that the board of each delegate was paid by the London church during the entire sitting of the conference. This I charge as a cold blooded "hold up" of the sacred funds of the church, and there is not one word of law to justify it. I have said this through the Christian Recorder more than a year ago, and no one has ever undertaken to answer my charge. Will some one assume the task now? The year previous to this wholesale breach of trust, this same Financial Board purchased, or furnished the money to purchase a church in Chicago, known as the Institutional church. They bought this church for no other reason than to prevent the A. M. E. Zoin church from getting it, as it was trying to do. We bought it when we did not have a single member to put in it, and when we already had Bethel, only eight squares away, on which we owed fifteen thousand dollars, and Quinn Chapel, fourteen squares away on which he owed twenty-five thousand dollars. Now the thirty thousand dollars to pay for this Institutional church comes direct from the dollar money. Under what clause of the dollar money law. I ask, can money be taken to buy churches in Chicago, or anywhere else? Some one may try to say that this is assisting the church extension society, but it is not. The church extension society is to aid needy churches. Purchasing a new church where we already have more than we can pay for, is not aiding needy churches. Every dollar put into that church by the Financial Board was, and is a misappropriation, and a breach of trust. This same Financial Board has purchased another building in Washington, for, I believe thirty thousand dollars. Now they had a good four story building there, in which the secretary's office was, and where he resided. This, however, was not a corner building, though on a prominent street and only a few doors from the new building. The old building was not sold, but the new one is now occupied, by the secretary, where he hospitably entertains any preacher of the connec Continued on Page 2.) THE BROAD AX. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestant, and other religions, and will never owe them. Knights of Labor, or any one else can have their say, soelling as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad. is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago as Second-class Matter. The Sunday Editions of the Chicago Tribune, Record-Herald and the Chronicle Contained Nothing of Special Interest in Reference to the Afro-Americans. Thousands and thousands of Afro-Americans in this city each Sunday read the Chicago Tribune, the Record-Herald and the Chronicle, and one would naturally think that an effort would be made by the owners or managers of those great Sunday newspapers to gather and publish a little news which would be of interest to all classes of their readers, but such is not the case, for the only news contained in the three newspapers mentioned in reference to their many Afro-American readers last Sunday was the following account of the killing of Wiltze Page, a Negro, by a mob near Bienville, La., which was clipped from the Record-Herald: NEGRO IS SHOT BY MOB; LYNCHERS BURN CORPSE. Assailant of little Girl Killed in Lou isiana and Another Sentenced in Court to Die Within a Week After Crime. Shreveport, La—Wiltze Page, a Negro who attacked an 11-year-old school girl yesterday was shot to death by a mob of 500 men near Eienville to-day, after which the body was burned. The Negro was captured during last night. He was identified by the girl, and when a deputy sneriff started to jail with him a mob overpowered the officer and took the Negro. He was taken to the scene of the crime, where he made a full confession. The mob then stood him up against a tree and shot him to death, riddling his body with bullets. More than 500 shots were fired. After the shooting a fire was kindled around the body of the Negro, and the mob remained until it had been cremated. A military company ordered by Governor Blanchard from Homer reached the scene after the mob had been dispersed. In marked contrast to the lynching, was the conviction in the District Court here to-day of Charles Coleman, another Negro, on a similar charge, and his sentence to be hanged next Thursday, about one week after his crime was committed. The trial lasted but three hours. At its conclusion Governor Blanchard, who was present, signed the death warrant. Four companies of militia were on guard about the court-house during the trial, and every person was searched on approaching the building. As stated before, this was the only cheering news pertaining to the doings of the Afro-Americans found in the three leading Sunday papers in Chicago, and after carefully reading them through, in order to find out something about the Colored people, we were forced to return to the little Negro newspapers, and there was more real race news in one column of any of them than in all the Sunday papers in Chicago put together, and yet there are many stiff-necked, ignorant Negroes in all parts of this country who are ever ready to contend "that there is no news in little 'nigger' newspapers." FREDERICK DOUGLASS CENTER, 3032 WABASH AV. Sunday 3 p. m. Rev. Ernest P. Shaler of Oak Park and Rev. J. S. Massah, the new incumbent of St. Thomas church, will speak. Monday 8 p. m. the Men's Forum will meet to discuss the New City Charter. Tuesday 2 p. m. the Woman's Club, Miss Sarah C. Hill will lead the discussion on Dietetics. At 8 p. m. a meeting of the Hampton Alumni in charge of Mr. R. S. Abbott. Wednesday 2 p. m. the Phyllis Wheatley Club club, Program in charge of the Music Committee. Thursday 2 p. m. the I. B. W. Club will give a Paul Laurence Dunbar memorial program. At 4 p. m. the Girls' Club meets and at 8 p. m. the class in Sociology will begin the study of Ruskin's "Crown of Wild Olive." FRIDAY 8 p. m. The Physicians and Surgeons will hold their regular monthly meeting. Saturday 10 a.m. the sowing class meets. The class is doing excellent work and they are getting ready for a display some time in April. At 4 p.m. the Boy's Club meets and at 8 p.m. the English class. Democratic and Republican Alder manic Conventions and Nominations On last Saturday Democratic and Republican primaries were held in the various wards throughout this city, and several pretty hot fights were pulled off between the candidates in some of the wards, and on Tuesday after the smoke of the hard fought battle had blown away, the following candidates were nominated and nominated by the Democratic and Republican Aldermanic conventions: Republican. Ward 1. Frank Norton. Ward 2. *T. J. Dixon. Ward 3. *W. J. Pringle. Ward 5. A. C. Helser. Ward 6. A. B. McCold. Ward 7. *B. W. Snow. Ward 8. *John H. Jones. Ward 9. John J. Miller. Ward 10. F. J. Petru. Ward 11. P. S. Krump. Ward 12. *J. Z. Uhlir. Ward 13. George E. Nye. Ward 14. J. H. Lawley. Ward 15. *A. W. Beilfuss. Ward 17. A. Mathison. Ward 18. D. F. Murphy. Ward 19. James Ahern. Ward 20. Mathias Benner. Ward 21. C. M. Foell. Ward 22 Fred C. Llecht. Ward 23 C. P. Schaad. Ward 24 Edward N. Case. Ward 25 *A. D. Williston. Ward 26 C. F. Newkirk. Ward 27 Herman A. Ott. Ward 28 A. W. Roth. Ward 29 J. Golombiewski Ward 30 M. G. Walsh. Ward 31 *W. J. Roberts. Ward 32 *J. A. Badennoch. Ward 33 *Ernest Bhl. Ward 34 *J. Ruxton. Ward 35 *T. Hunter. Democratic. Ward 1. *J. J. Coughlin. Ward 2. A. B. Perrigo. Ward 3. L. E. Hamburg. Ward 4. *J. A. Richert. Ward 5. *J. J. McCormick. Ward 6. C. J. Mayer. Ward 7. F. W. Tegtmeyer. Ward 8. John S. Derpa. Ward 9. *Henry L. Flick. Ward 10. *Rudolph Hurt. Ward 11. *P. L. Hoffman. Ward 12. D. McLaughlin. Ward 13. *J. R. Considine. Ward 14. *W. T. Maypole. Ward 16. *S. H. Kunz. Ward 17. *W. E. Dever. Ward 18. *M. C. Conlon. Ward 19. S. O'Donnell. Ward 20. *N. R. Finn. Ward 21. H. R. Eagle. Ward 22. *M. D. Dougherty. Ward 23. M. J. Jacobs. Ward 24. A. Krumbolz. Ward 25. C. A. McDonald Ward 26. *P. Reinberg. Ward 27. Hans Blase. Ward 28. Daniel Herlihy. Ward 29. John Downey. Ward 30. *J. J. Bradley. Ward 31. Ed Carroll. Ward 32. Philip Hesse. Ward 32. *T. E. Powell. Ward 33. H. V. Meeteren. Ward 34. P. J. Nolan. Ward 35. W. W. Mills. The Aldermanic election will be held Tuesday, April 3d, and in the meantime it is the duty of the voters in the respective wards to align themselves on the side of the best men regardless of their politics, and work for their election to the City Council. HOW DOLLAR MONEY IS USED- THE BISHOPS ABOVE THE LAW. (Concluded from Page 1.) tion who applies, It is very nice, and kind in the board to thus provide a free hotel for all of us who wish to visit the capital, but where does the money come from? This same dollar money. The building is to be paid for and ample appropriations are made for the support of this free hotel, out of the money that is given for the fostering of the departments, the support of the worn out preachers, and the widows and orphans of bishops and preachers. They may claim the right to do this under the law providing that "The balance shall constitute a chartered fund." But this does not apply, because the "balance" clearly means after all of the preceeding specifications have been carried out. Has not the publication department been on the verge of collapse for years, and is just now beginning to breath a little free. During the very period covered by the above charges, the publicatoin department has sometimes been practically closed, and yet this department is the first one that the Financial Department is to aid, after the salaries are paid. Then look at our struggling colleges, not one out of debt, or even in such financial condition as to properly do the work they are intended to do. Not one theological seminary financially able to maintain a competent faculty. Where then is there any balance? Well I will let these specifications suffice, for the Financial Board at present, and we will see what goes with the thirty-six per cent retained in the conference, On this point, the law specifies that "All proper allowances and claims of superannuated preachers, and widows and orphans of deaceless preachers shall have priority over all other claims on the conference thirty-six percent." Notwithstanding this plain provision we hear Rev. Dr. T. W. Henderson, of New York, in the Christalm Recorder of August 31, say "Don't you know a number of widows and orphans, and worn preachers who never get a cent of such money, or at best, a mere pittance, while the major part of said money is used for a dozen other purposes not specified by law?" It has been nearly six months ago since that scathing article came from the first Episcopal district, but to this date, I have seen no denial of the allegations nor will we see. Minutes from various parts of the connection are before me, and I see that instead of the conditions, in the New York conference being the exception, they are the rule. The last general conference sought to check one great source of misappropriation by providing that the Financial Secretary should pay each bishop $500.00 a year for the expense of his residence and his traveling to and from his annual conferences. But notwithstanding this, several of the bishops continue to draw from the conference dollar money, from one to two hundred dollars per year for episcopal residence. In one conference of the fifth district, I see that the three superannuated preachers received altogether the magnificent sum of seventy-five dollars, while the bishop received one hundred and forty dollars for his residence, and a visiting bishop, twenty-five dollars for traveling expenses. Over three hundred dollars, legally belonging to the widows, orphans, superannuated preachers, and missionary was misappropriated by that conference. Passing over the fourth episcopal district, where the same illegal practice prevails, and much other evidence before me, I put a general officer on the stand, Dr. W. H. Heard, who travels all over the connection. In the Christian Recorder January 25, Dr. Heard says: "The conditions in the A. M. E. church are apprehensive in many states. The leaders are narrow and only dicker with the bishops by appropriating one or two hundred dollars for their personal expenses. Men will appropriate two or three hundred dollars contrary to law, and throw a sop of five dollars at the general officers present." Where did the two or three hundred dollars come from? Invariably from the dollar money. Dr. Heard had visited Florida, Mississippi and Alabama conferences when he wrote those words. Well, the plain truth is that there are only a few districts in which the dollar money is distributed in the conferences according to law. One of those districts. I am happy to say, is the twelfth, in which I have the good fortune to serve, and over which that stalwart character Bishop James A. Handy presides. The minutes of our conferences show that not a dollar was appropriated except by the strictest application of the law. It would be interesting to know just how many conferences can say the same, and submit their minutes for inspection. I have not time to go into the evidence against those big conferences, which, for some strange reason, do not publish minutes, for I only state such things as I can easily prove. Now to sum up the evidence submitted, the facts stand undeniable, that much of the dollar money is grossly misused. The money which the people give for the support of widows, crphans and worn out preachers, is used for any other purpose that the Financial Board and the bishops may wish, even to taking European junkets, and meeting the running expenses of the houses of some of the bishops. Now in view of this fact, how can we as honest ministers of God ask the people to give dollar money any longer, unless we have a public acknowledgement of their wrong by these controlling parties and a public pledge that the money hereafter, will be used according to law. This would be rather humiliating, but sin always humiliates, and it is the only way to restore confidence. It would require the disposal of the Institutional church, Chicago, and the second building at Washington, also the closing of the free hotel, or at least, no more appropriations for its support Honesty requires of those bishops who have taken dollar money from their annual conferences, for episcopal residence, traveling expenses, telegrams and postage, etc., since May 1904 to return every cent of the same. They knew when they took it, that it belonged to the widows, orphans, worn out preachers; and yet they took it in the face of the widow and the orphan. How dare they call themselves ministers of God, much less bishops of God's heritage? No wonder that bishop Turner, in a recent issue of "The Voice of The People" says "The bishops of the A. M. E. Church, with but few exceptions, feel themselves above law; they have paid but little respect to the book of Discipline, or to any act of the General Conference." Bishop Turner, be- ing the senior bishop, and the president of the House of Bishops, must know what he is talking about, and yet, what can he do to change this lawlessness of the bishops? Bishop Turner is powerless, but the people are not. They are demanding reform and they will have it, for they furnish the money to run the church. What shall be done? 1. The bishops should jointly agree and publish to the world their agreement to transfer no preacher from any conference against whom there are any accusations of crime, until the accusations have been fully investigated and the bishop himself is fully satisfied of the groundlessness of his complaints. 2. That when they know personally of the intemperance, or immorality of a preacher, though he is not convicted in the due forms of the law, he, the bishop will reduce him in his appointment. 3. That they, the bishops, will return to their respective conferences, any money which they have received for episcopal residence, traveling expenses, telegrams and postage, or other personal expenses since May 1904, such money having been received in express violation of the law passed by the General Conference in Chicago in May 1904; and further that they will no longer receive such money, but will see that all dollar money at the annual conferences is appropriated according to the discipline. The Financial Board, which meets in April should acknowledge its violations of the law in the past and agree: 1. That hereafter all money coming into its hands shall be appropriated as the law in the discipline specifies and in no other way. 2. That the Board will dispose of all surplus property purchased from the Dollar funds, and return the money thus obtained to the funds from which it has been illegally taken. If these things are done, there is hope; if not then this great Dollar Money fund will become a thing of the past. D. A. GRAHAM. Detroit, Mich. In the Freeman Indianapolis Feb 24, 1906. CHIPS Mrs. James Clark, has removed from 4747 Dearborn St., to 4840 Dearborn st. Alderman Peter L. Hoffman will be returned to the city council from the Eleventh ward. Rumor has it that Dr. D. H. Anderson will join the ranks of the beneficents—before many moons. Mrs. Edward S. Miller, 3642 Wabash avenue, who is one of our warmest lady friends, is getting on her feet again after a long spell of sickness. Mike G. Walsh will make the race for Alderman in the Thirtleth ward against Alderman John J. Bradley, and he is already a dead one. Appleton's Booklovers magazine for March, is chuck full of interesting articles, and under the new management this old, tried and true magazine is more popular than ever. Justice Theodore C. Mayer, who has made an honorable record as Police magistrate at the East Chicago Ave., Police statioin, will be nominated and elected as one of the Judges of the New Municipal Court. Jacob Feinberg, who has for many years conducted a first-class grocery store, and an up-to-date meat market, corner of 31st and State streets, would make an ideal candidate for County Commissioner. Alderman James J. McCormick cleaned up last Saturday in the Fifth ward, and Alderman Charley Martin, who is one of the most expert bluffers in this town, and his friend, Patrick J. Carroll, got it in the neck. The Afro-American Ledger Baltimore Md., is displaying considerable enterprise, while it continues to shout for Booker T. Washington, by sending to the members of the newspaper fraternity a beautiful Calendar for 1906. Ex-Mayor Carter H. Harrison, has returned to the city from California where he spent the winter with his family. He is stopping at the Virginia Hotel, and he will be rested in time to take a hand in the political game thus spring. Miss Lottie Harding was on last Thursday evening untied in marriage to Mr. W. L. Sledge the traveling merchant tailor. Rev. A. J. Carey performed the ceremony. The bride and groom will reside at 3110 State st., after March 5th. Alderman John A. Richert put Alderman Jim Dalley and his crowd of foul or loud-mouthed followers to flight in the 4th ward last Saturday, and Alderman Richert will continue to faithfully serve all the people of his ward in the city council. Alfred B. Cosey, the leading Afro-American lawyer of Newark, has prepared a bill, which will be introduced in the legislature of New Jersey, which if passed by that body it shall at all times be unwalful to segregate Afro-American pupils in the public schools of that state. It is said the President has appointed an Indian to West Point Military Academy. What is the matter with a Negro appointment, Mr. President? O, well, it may be that the Indian has more votes than the Negro. It must be that. Don't you think so? Or, may be the Indian has done more for the flag than the Negro? Hasn't he? He has fought against it, and now it protects and educates him. The Negro fought for it, but it doesn't protect him and neither is he given the opportunity for education at West Point.—The St. Luke Herald Richmond, Va. 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. A wireless telegraph station which is being established at Norddelech, 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. 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. Having sold for $25 to C. H. Baldwin, a Montpelier (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. 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. 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 colder 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. A French tailor, 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." 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. 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 sald: "Poor sis, poor sis. She's a mere facsimile of her old self." Weary Wander—I see they're goin' in fer free alcohol fer th' arts an' sciences. Limpy Lucas—That settles it. I'm goin' to be a artist.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. 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. Castro has retired to the interior—and probably pulled it in after him.—Pittsburg Post. Furnished Room To Rent. Modern furnished front room to rent. Steam heat, Telephone service. 3634 Calumet ave. --- Little Woman's Day. Big Wireless Station. Missions in China. Jeweler Happy Too Wilhelm'a Voice Earth's Atmosphere Desperate Effort Long Visit "Facsimile of Herself." A Strong Inducement Capable of Profound Thought. supposition. 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 band 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 hens! 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 run 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 30 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 a 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 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 SENATOR TILLMAN'S OPPORTUNITY FOR SPEECHMAKING. Mr. Bailey of Texas Beau Ideal of Public Speaker—Our Commerce Carried Under Our Own Flag. WASHINGTON.—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 inimitable 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 spit out words that were patently 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 Notoriously. 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 everest 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 recalcitrancy. 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 honest advocates and opponents, and at last it seems as though the mind- ple of alding 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. 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 to 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 he 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 being 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 plentiful 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 Charleston, S. C., sent the speaker a genuine "wool hat." The Whipping Post. C 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- ciety 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 uproarious 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's 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 new 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 precrative 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; spermaceti, one USE THE SUCTION CUP. ounce; lanolin, two ounces; sweet almond oil, four ounces; cocoanut 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 uncleanniness 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 suell 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 Merril. 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 freet yourself to a fever, because the brush will remove them. Hot water is necessary if the shampoo is to be thorough. Cleanse Throughly at Night with Hot Water—Cream Should Be Preferred to Soap. 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 vetted 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 voile, 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 MENA 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 tresses all day. American Brick Co. President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. 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Last 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 "A 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 use 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 site-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 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. Work by any other name is just as hard. Waiting Blessings. Great blessings are often held waiting for some small obedience. 2 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 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 mul 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. 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 Tellan puts forth its flowers, the sheath bursts with a report like a pistol. An Amateur Juliet. We thought that the citizens of Athens respected and desired freedom of the press. Apparently they do not, says the Athens (Kan.) Eagle. James B. Parker, whose wife is taking the part of Juliet in the charity series, objected to our calling her skinny, and waited for us at the theater last night. Fortunately we caught him one on the eye, which destroyed some of the effect his objection might otherwise have borne. J. Parker is a danger to the community. She is skinny, anyhow. "Animalness" of Doyle. Here is a pen portrait of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as drawn by a spectator at a recent London meeting, in which the author took a prominent part: The massive figure, the sun-scorched, crimson cheeks and the entire healthy animalness of the man were unavoidably conspicuous, giving the lie in stentorian tones to the oft-repeated fabrication that brains can only be cultivated at the expense of the body. Deadened Him. To an official of the Sudan railway in Africa there came a telegram from an outlying station: "Stationmaster has died. Shall I bury him?" The reply was sent as follows: "Yes, bury stationmaster, but please make sure he is really dead before you do so." In due time back came the message: "Have buried stationmaster. Made sure he was dead by hitting him twice on the head with a fishplate." A Firm Stand. "Young ladies" said the presidentess of Wassar college, severely, "it has come to my knowledge that upper classwomen have refused to give recipes for making fudge to lower classwomen. This must be stopped. Hazing will positively not be tolerated at this institution."—Chicago Sun. Murdered Missionaries. It now appears that the recent murder of the five American missionaries at Lienchou, China, was due to the anti-American sentiment which exists strongly in southern China. Two of the missionaries, bride and groom, had been on the field only three days. Wolf in Town. A girl aged five was seated on the doorstep of her mother's home at Victor, Col., the other day and was about to eat a piece of bread and butter, covered with sugar, when a large gray wolf dashed up, snatched the bread out of her hand and went off with it. Canada's Immigrants. According to E. B. Osborne, who lectured recently at the Royal Colonial Institute, London, Canada's immigrants are best in the following order: Scottsmen, Americans, Englishmen, Scandinavians, Germans and Doukhobors. Missionary Honored. A high honor has been paid by the British government in India to an American missionary, Rev.D.J.C.R.Ewing, of Lahore, in making him chairman of the relief work among the sufferers from the recent earthquakes. Long Time in Debt An English debtor has been allowed to pay off a debt of about $80 at the rate of one penny a month. It will require 209 years to complete the payments. The sum was due a money lender, which explains the decision. Odd Coincidence. Bables arrived last Good Friday in the homes of twin sisters, living within a block of each other on Colgan street, Louisville, Ky. There was but 56 minutes difference in the time of the births. Ban on Suicides. In view of the frequency of suicide at Dover, England, the local clergy have agreed not to use the prayer book order of burial at the funerals of those who have taken their own lives. All that is best you will All that is best in whiskes you will find in Old Underoof Rye It is thoroughly matured, soft and rich. CHAS. DENNEHY & COMP Chicago. CHAS. DENNEHY & COMPANY Chicago. GRAY & MORAN ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1114 Ashland Block, Clark and Randolph Sts. Tel. Central 569. CHICAGO. Residence 57 Macallister Place Telephone. Ashland 363 Office Telephones Central 1239 Automatic 5940 MILES J. DEVINE Suite 318-320 Resper Block CLARK AND WASHINGTON STS. CHICAGO. A. D. GASH Attorney at Law, 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago. Suite 615 to 619. Telephone Main 3077. JOHN E. OWENS ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW 323 ASHLAND BLOCK TELEPHONE CENTRAL 908 CHICAGO Telephone Yards 6016. John Fitzgerald JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 4737 SOUTH HALSTED STREET. Residence 113 W. Garbeld Boul. CHICAGO J. 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Mayer JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Mortgages, Deeds, Notes and Legal Documents Drawn and Acknowledged. Room 22, 27 North Clark Street. POLICE MAGISTRATE RESIDENCE East Chicago Ave. Police Court 337 Burling Street C. H. Smiley, Pres. and Treas. 76 E. TWENTY Two Phones, South 584. Phone SANDY W. TR INCORPORATED UNDER 2918 STATE S Now is your chance. The Company will open a Depa- State St. Namely Sandy W. Trice complete line of Men and Womens tions. Shares ten dollars. A limi- Company's Sec'y. office. Y, Pres. and Treas. J. Hockley Smith Cat 76 E. TWENTY-SECOND STREET, South 584. Phone Douglas 6581. RY W. TRICE & COMP. CORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ILLINOIS. 2918 STATE STREET, CHICAGO. is your chance. A joint stock company will open a Department Store in the near Jamely Sandy W. Trice & Company. The company of Men and Womens Furnishing Goods Shoes, ten dollars. A limited number of shares are cly. office. C. H. Smiley, Pres. and Trena. J. Hockley Smiley, See'y. Smiley Caterer 76 E. TWENTY-SECOND STREET, Two Phones, South 584. CHICAGO. SANDY W. TRICE & COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ILLINOIS 2918 STATE STREET, CHICAGO. Now is your chance. A joint stock company. The Company will open a Department Store in the near future at 2918 State St. Namely Sandy W. Trice & Company. The company will carry a complete line of Men and Womens Furnishing Goods Shoes, Hats and Notions. Shares ten dollars. A limited number of shares are on sale at the Company's Sec'y. office. DIRECTORS: Sandy W. Trice, Pres. Milton J. Trice, Vice Pres. A. T. Henry, 2nd Vice Pres. R. R. Wright, 3rd Vice Pres. Dee Parker, Trustee. A. J. Carey, D. D. Treas. 2151 Forest Ave. A. W. Williams, M. D. Sec'y Office 2340 State St. Phone South 1023, Chicago. NOIS BRICK ILLINOIS BRICK CO. WILLIAM C. KUESTER. SUPERINTENDENT. 1994 N. Western Ave., CH N. Western Ave., Ch 1994 N. Western Ave., Chicago. Telephone Lake View 270. Telephone Yards: 718 Junk's Brew M. JUNK. Brewster Telephone Yards 718 Telephone Yards: 718 M. JUNK, Proprietor JOS. P. JUNK, Manager 3700-3710 South Halsted Street and 897 to 929 Thirtyseventh Street CHICAGO J. J. Bradley FIELDS LOANS NCE Mayer E PEACE Documents Drawn 27 North Clark Street. J. Hockley Smiley, Sec'y. Smiley Caterer STREET, CHICAGO. COMPANY OF ILLINOIS. CHICAGO. stock company. In the near future at 2918 The company will carry a goods Shoes, Hats and No- f shares are on sale at the A. J. Carey, D. D., Treas. 3151 Forest Ave. A. W. Williams, M. D. Sec'y Office 2340 State St. Phone South 1033, Chicago. CK CO. o., Chicago. w 270. is: 718 ewery Telephone Yards 693 J. M. Fields CHICAGO RESIDENCE 337 Burling Street