The Broad Ax

The Dice Was Loaded Against the Man From Missouri Justice Willis Melville Held Him Over to the Grand Jury.----Col. "Pony" Moore Won His Five Hundred Dollar Bet.----Little Ed. Wilson's Big White Eyes Came Near Poping Out of His Small "Sham Reform" Head. Vol. XI The Dice W Against From M Justice Willis M Over to the C "Pony" Moor Hundred De Ed. Wilson's Came Near F Small "Sham Wednesday morning Jan. 10, 1906, as requested Cols. A. D. Gash, and Robert M. Mitchell, furnished Justice Willis Melville, with exhaustive briefs covering all the points of law involved the case of the people of Ill. better known as Col. "Pony" Moore, against the man from Mo. who naturally expected to have another day in court Thursday Jan. 11, but such was not the case, for on that date the seemingly crooked Justice continued the case to Thursday afternoon Jan. 18, all the time claiming that "he was too busy to devote any more time to it and that it ought to be settled out of court." When the 18th day of Jan. arrived, the man from Mo. was more than delighted for he was foolish or weak-minded enough to believe that it would all be over but the shouting on the part of Ed. Wilson who seems to be so hungry for money that he appears to be willing to wallow in the muck and immoral mire in order to earn it, and Col. "Pony" but again the man from Mo. was doomed to disappointment, for when date arrived, Justice Melville, informed Cols. Gash and Mitchell, "that he was going on a pleasure trip to Minneapolis, Minn., where he would spend two weeks, and that he would be compelled to continue the case until his return. On or about Thursday morning Feb. 1, the man from Mo. dropped into Justice Melville's office in the Unity Bldg. for the purpose of signing a new bond and for the further purpose of ascertaining if his unholy honor had returned from his tour through the Northwest; it happened that he struck town that morning, and after the morning greeting the first words fired at small-brained and apparently empty-headed justice of West Grosdale, "was did you find sufficient time to read the briefs during your absence from the city" he gave a negative response, then he went on to say that the "article in question was mighty strong and if it was not for the fact that Mr. Moore, was or had been doing business in the "Red Light District; it would be very illbellous." The man from Mo., very plainly informed him, that while he did not profess to know very much, but that no one need not rise from the dead for the allowed purpose of impressing the idea upon his mind that anything which had appeared in the columns of a nameless little "Nigger" newspaper, concerning Col. "Pony" newspaper, was illbellous for it was not, those hot shots poured into his seemingly disobescent sides held him level for a while, and towards the end of his conversation with the man from Mo., he wanted to know if the "lady with the three little children who visited Chief John M. Collins, and poured her tale of woe into his care, in relation to her husband spending all his hard earned money with a cheap white woman, whom he was supposed to meet at the Hotel De Moore, would take the witness stand and testify as to what she knew as to the truthfulness of her interview with Chief Collins;" he was informed by the man from Mo., that "the lady would not appear in his court, as his attorneys Cols. Gash and Mitchell, had decided that it was not necessary to produce her in court at that time, then he intimated that in the final round up "his ruling would be in favor of Mr. Moore" and he set the case for Wednesday afternoon Feb. 7. It will be remembered that from Thursday morning November 16, 1905, to Wednesday Feb. 7, which was only a few days less than three months that the man from Mo. wended his way once each week during that long period, to Justice Melville's so-called law shop in the Unity Bldg, where he waited for Miss Murphy, his office girl who is as homely as a mud fence, to write out a new bond for him to sign. It will also be re-called that from Thursday morning November 16, 1905, to the 7th of Feb. 1906, the one horse Justice of West Grossdale, told more than a thousand lies in reference to furnishing the attorneys for the man from Mo., with a copy of the complaint, which they were unable to obtain from him at any time, and like blind-men they were forced to fight it in the drak. As stated before Justice Melville selected Wednesday afternoon Feb. 7 to again set in Judgement on the case of the people of Ill., or Col. "Pony" Moore, against the man from Mo., and when that date rolled around Cols. Gash and Mitchell were otherwise engaged and it was impossible for either of them to accompany the man from Mo. to West Grossdale that afternoon, but in order to keep his word the man from Mo., boarded the 2 o'clock train bound for that point, with a letter from Col. Gash, to Justice Melville requesting him to continue the case until Monday Feb. 12. the man from Mo., entered his little uninviting court room just ahead of Col. "Pony" and Ed. Wilson his new pal, and handed the letter to Justice Melville, he read it, and then passed it up to Ed. Wilson who looked very wise while attempting to read it. At that point Col. "Pony" delayed the proceedings by exclaiming in a loud "Your Honor the pleasure is all mine!" as he rested his silk-lined brown overcoat and gold-handed cane and his new Dunlap hat on the top of Justice Melville's poorly constructed desk; and after the former king among the gamblers in the "Red Light District" had squatted down in a chair Justice Melville called on Ed. Wilson, to stand up and speak his little peace, and as he arose, he "declared that he had been practicing law at the bar in Chicago for eight years; and that he never liked to proceed with a case when the other side is not represented, and as far as he was son- CHICAGO, APRIL 7, 1906 [Name] The Present Wide-Awake County Commissioner, Who is Exceedingly Popular With His Associate Members of the Board, and Who Should be Renominated and Re-elected to his Present Position. cerned he was willing to have the case continued until Monday Feb. 12," and as he concluded Justice Melville, said "the court will now hear from Mr. Moore and see how he feels about the matter" and Col. "Pony" plainly informed his honor that "he was sick and tired of the case, that he wanted it settled and that he was not responsible for the man from Mo., not being able to have lawyers to represent him." Justice Melville looked very wise after Col. "Pony" had unbosomed himself of so much legal learning. white eyes came near popping out of his empty head, for he did not think the man from Missouri had the courage to talk to his white justice in such a manner, and Col. "Pony" won his five hundred dollar bet, for Justice Melville finally decided "that he did not feel competent to pass on the case, and that he would hold the man from Missouri to the grand jury, and the man from Missouri signed his own bond for five hundred dollars, and as he left the room Melville, Wilson and Moore had their heads close together a The man from Missouri was then called, on by the court for a few words, and in a very polite way he informed his honor that from the time "he began to monkey or trifle with the case he had" spent one week in Springfield, Ill., two weeks each in New Orleans, La., and Minneapolis, Minn., and that once each week for the past three months the man from Missouri had appeared at his office and signed a new bond for his appearance in court, and if he did not want to continue the case until Monday, Feb. 12th, as his attorneys requested, it would make not the slightest difference to him." Justice Melville butted in at that point, and said "that it was true that the man from Missouri had acted very honorably throughout the whole proceedings." Justice Melville then paused for a few minutes, and at last he declared that "he had not finished reading the briefs, which had been prepared by Cols. Gagh and Mitchell, and with these remarks he ran his hand into his coat pocket, and pulled from it a copy of the little "Nigger" newspaper of Sept. 30, 1905, which was supposed to contain the rough-on-rats article on Col. "Pony" Moore, and he bagan to run off at the mouth in the following manner: "I was in hopes that this case could be settled out of court, and this is a very strong article, and it does not follow that because Mr. Moore was engaged in business in the 'Red Light District' that he was as bad as it had painted him." Right then and there the man from Missouri addressed his honor as follows: "That he was responsible for everything which appears in the columns of his little "Nigger" newspaper; that he had no apologies nor refractions to make, and that he did not wish to be censured nor reprimanded by the court." That caused him to draw in his horns, and Little "Sham Reformer" Ed Wilson's large white eyes came near poping out of his empty head, for he did not think the man from Missouri had the courage to talk to his white justice in such a manner, and Col. "Pony" won his five hundred dollar bet, for Justice Melville finally decided "that he did not feel competent to pass on the case, and that he would hold the man from Missouri to the grand jury, and the man from Missouri signed his own bond for five hundred dollars, and as he left the court room Melville, Wilson and Moore had their heads close together as though they were getting ready to count out and divide up some money. (To be Continued.) THE ALDERMANIC CONTEST AND THE BROAD AX. No weekly newspaper in the city of Chicago exerted as much influence, as The Broad Ax in the Aldermanic contest which came to a close Tuesday evening. Its influence was not confined to any one spot or locality, but it reached out in many directions. Well on to 4000 extra copies were distributed last Saturday in the following wards, 1,000 copies in the 14th ward for Alderman Wm. T. Maypole and it saved the day for him among the Colored voters, for he only pulled through by less than fifty majority. 300 in the 26th ward for Alderman Peter Reinberg, and it enabled him to come in under the wire, with a fraction less than 500 majority. 300 copies were distributed in the 21st ward among the Afro-American voters in the interest of Attorney Charles M. Foell, and he didn't do a thing to his opponent Harry R. Eagle except to put him 661 votes to the bad. 1,500 copies were scattered among the Colored voters in the 2nd ward in the interest of Alderman Thomas J. Dixon and the result was that A. B. Perrigo was shy 1613 votes and he is a "dead one" for keeps. 500 copies distributed in the 30th ward in the interest of Alderman John J Bradley and they buried Mike Walsh out of sight and he will never be in the Aldermanic running again. 200 copies were thrown in to the 5th ward for Alderman James J. McCormick and they enabled him to break down all opposition and to make a home run, back into the City Council, with 441 votes to his credit. The 100 copies sent into the 8th ward, in the interest of Alderman John H. Jones and the 200 copies sent into the 11st ward for Edward Carroll failed to ignite and they were the only Continued on page 2. Municipal Ownership Is On the Upward Grade in Chicago Aldermen Bradley, Dixon, Maypole, Finn, McCormick and Reinberg Win Great Victories In Their Respective Wards. Aldermen Jones and Kunz Fell on the Outside Of the Breastworks----The New City Council Will Be Democratic. Every proposition in favor of Municipal Ownership received healthy majorities during the Aldermanic contest in this city last Tuesday, except one, and that was granting the city the absolute right to operate its own street cars. That proposition was defeated by a small majority, but in the meantime the city can go right ahead and make all preparations to come into the possession of its own, and acquire the present street car systems either by purchase or by condemnation, or construct new lines in the place of the old ones, and lease them out to private parties at a good profit to the city until the operation proposition is gain submitted to the voters for their approval, for after all that has been said and done, Municipal Ownership seems to be in the air, and when it comes it will be much better for bright Afro-Americans—those who can pass the civil service examination, for they will have the same chance of becoming conductors and gripmen the same as their white brethren, whereas at the present time the Colored people expend several hundred thousand dollars a year in riding on the State street cars and street car lines in other sections of the city, and those who are directly benefited by these vast sums of money will not permit a Negro to work in any capacity except as a porter or bootblack. These are some of the reasons why every wide-awake Afro-American should be in favor of the city owning and operating its own street car lines. Those who are in favor of a wide-open town, and returning to the good old times when it was considered a great honor to be known as a first-class gambler, and when vice and crimes and all kinds of indecency was brazenly flaunted in the faces of honest and respectable men and their wives and children, so that they could not walk in the streets neither night nor day without being insulted, assaulted, murdered or robbed, joined hands last Tuesday with the whisky element, and with that class of saloon men, who entertain the idea that they should be permitted to own and run the town to suit themselves, in a mad effort to defeat the Alderman who had the courage and the manhood to record his vote in favor of high license, and in order to accomplish that object hundreds of thousands of dollars was spent by the sporting and the saloon element, but the fines were against them, for they only succeeded in causing two Aldermen to fall on the outside of the breast-works, namely Stanley H. Kunze, Sixteenth ward, and John H. Jones, Eighth ward, and both of No.24 Ownership the Upward in Chicago Valley, Dixon, May. McCormick and in Great Victories respective Wards. Jones and Kunz Outside Of the The New City Be Democratic. them will be greatly missed by their former associates in the City Council. It is true that Alderman John J. Bradley did not vote for high license, but as certain men fear his power and influence, they were after him just the same, but he easily scored a great victory over Mike Walsh, who has been repudiated three times in his reckless effort to become an Alderman from the Thirtieth ward. His so-called friends spent a barrel of money to land him, but it was no use, as he did not have The Broad Ax on his side, and without its support he was a "dead one." The very lowest and the most vicious element in the Second ward flocked afound A. B. Perrigo, who was foolish enough to believe that he could defeat Alderman Thomas J. Dixon, and break into the City Council with his crowd of unwashed gamblers, crap-shooters and bawdy-house bums at his back, but to the everlasting credit of the decent people residing in the Second ward he was dealt a stinging blow which sent him reeling into some of the low places in which he held his meetings, and Alderman Dixon was justly rewarded for voting in favor of high license and law and order by being re-elected to the City Council. An extraordinary effort was put forth by the liquor interest to defeat Alderman Nicholas R. Finn, William T. Maypole, and Peter Reinberg in their respective wards. But all efforts failed in that direction, and they achieved great victories and trampled down all opposition to their re-election to the City Council. Certain influences were after the scalp of Alderman James J. McCormick, but as it was only wind and bluster he will continue to answer the roll call in the City Council. The indications are at the present time that the new City Council will be Democratic by one or two majority. Col. "Pony" Moors is on the Run. Col. "Pony" Moore, who boasted some time ago "that in less than thirty days from that time he would put The Broad Ax out of business, and run its editor out of town," has given up the idea of endeavoring to secure a theatre and a saloon license in his own name to open up his palace, hold-out or resort at 359 Thirty-first street, and in the name of Walter Bacon-Moore he has made application this week in the Circuit Court for a writ of mandamus, which is for the purpose of compelling the city officials to grant him a theatre license, and to all intents and purposes "Pony" Moore and Walter Bacon are one and the same thing, and it is freely predicted that they will have a pretty hard time in knocking out the city. eh, a a “. ee ‘THE BROAD AX. onviceco want Be ea oe Sat ioasosacte pecan Tm srocngate and a Ses sos se Sorneien teen eens ee See oe es eee ne ‘ Soeoeaa goscta o ‘Subseriptions mest be paid in advance. _pomceohereatipaarnlly Iona THE AD AX ‘540 Armour Avenue, Objcago. Behe tk ape rseaqemee Ratered vt the Post Office at Chicago, ‘Th _ as Second-class Matter. ——_—_—_—— “THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THOM. AS JEFFERSON.” Last Sunday afternoon at 4:30 G'elock, the writer addressed the Beth. el Literary and Historical Club “which migets in Bethel church 30th and Dearborn street on “The Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson.” Those who attended seemed to be well pleased with our address on. the author of the Declaration of Inde- pendence. Before referring to our introductory or preliminary remarks or touchinz upon the main subject, we pointed out to the members of the club, the mission it should perform and sug: gested that its members should fore- go smoking cigars, and refrain from spending their money foolishly in other directions and save it for the purpose of establishing permanent club rooms which should be filled with the literary productions of the Afro- American race and kept open day and night and all races and nationalities should be welcomed within its walls and in keeping with our suggestions along these lines we presented the club with a copy of Thomas E. Wat. sons “Life of the fllustrous Thomas Jefferson,” and a copy of Charles W. ‘Chesnutt's “Life of the immortal Fred. erick" Douglass.” At the conclusion of our address, ‘Mrs. J. A. Washington sang a solo ac- companied on the piano, by Mrs. H. C. Bomar, and a rising vote of thanks was extended to her and the writer. The foliowing letter speaks for its- self. April 2nd, 1906. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Chicago. Dear Sir:— In addition to the many deserved compliments on your address on the subject of “Thomas Jefferson” before Bethel Literary and Historical Club yesterday afternoon, let me add that, the two books presented by you to our library collection, were eagerly sought by a number of members and have already been put in circulation. We wish you many returns for your Kindness and liberality toward us. Very truly yours, GEO. T. KERSEY, Pres. ANCIENT ORDER OF DAUGHTERS OF SPHINX. No great enterprise was ever lunch. ed or capse promoted and advanced that had not its heroes, pioneers and its founders and the Ancient Order of Daughters of Sphinx has been no ex- ception to this well established rule and under the leadership and wise management of the Grand officers of “the Supreme Grand Court of Daugh- ters of Sphinx, the Ancient Arable Order of Daughters of Sphinx of North and South America has be- come one of the strong and prosper- ‘ous secret, benevolent organizations ~among the colored people of the Unit- ed States. This order was first intro duced in the United States by Lawyer John G Jones of Chicago who is an ‘eminent and learned Mason. It was instituted in this country in the year of 4893. Lawyer John G. Jones is wow the Grand Secretary of the Most Worshiptul St. John’s Grand Lodge of A. Fi & A. Masons of the State of ‘[linois and Masonic Jurisdiction and “4s the Imperial Grand Potentate of the Amperial Grand Council of the Mystic “Shrine of North and South America “and was thé first colored Mason in the United States to have the Mystic {Shine degree conferred upon him. “Bome of the Grand Officers of the Su- 2 @.Grand Court of Daughters of Sphinx are Mrs. Isadore Nelson, Most “ancient Supreme Grand Matron, Cam tr ‘Mass.; Mrs. L. Sanders, Wor- by Supreme Third Vice Matron, Pitts. prthy Supreme High Priestess, Dex. over, Coln.; M. LW. Wright, 33, ferthy Supreme Grand Patron. fheeling, W.Va.; Mrs. J. H. Sohnson, Northy Supreme Grand Conductress, aes: om. ieee Pricey mises aeesa ms e, Joknsto ri, Pa; Peri ville; Fla; Mrs. . ‘Fos ter, Supremie Grand Captain of the (Guard, Chicago, IIL; Mrs. 8. C. Slaugh- ter; Supreme Grand Exchequer, Jobn- stown, Pa; Miss V. A. Hatcher, Asst. Gratid Recorder, Ackervill, Ala; Miss jag niin Lectur- ex, Pittsburg, Pa.; Mlustrious, C. B. Swanee, 33 of Pittsburg, Pa.; Mrs. J. H. Walker of Caungton, Va. “This order is composed of a large ‘number of leading and prominent col- ‘ored men and women throughout the United States and the next annual se:- sion of the Supreme Grand Court of Daughters of Sphinx will be held July 5th, 1906, at Boston, Mass. ‘John Sampson. “The Pekin Theatre.” “The Man from Bam has played to full houses during the entire week at the new Pekin Theatre. Saturday night, at the opening, the new play- house was crowded to the doors and many were turned away because every seat had been sold. Sunday nigu: was a repetition of Saturday night. Miss Lizzie Wallace is making + great hit singmg “Feather Your Nest,” Ethel James, a Ofiicago pro- duct, is creating a favorable impres- sion in the part of Prescilla. The Rag Time Ballet has proved to be on» of the genuine stage novelties of the ‘season. I, D. (Slim) Henderson as Jube Johnson, The Man from Bam, has made a.distinct hit and his rendition of the song, “I'm So Hungry” is one of the funny singing features of the performance. Andrew Tribble’s impersonation of the part, Sarah Hester Johnson, Jube's deserted wife, is a very clever bit of character acting and goes “big” with the audiences. His singing of to song, “I'm Going To Exist” calls for several encores at every performance. Another. piece of clever character work is the acting of Charles S. Sa- ger as Elder Cushingberry the pre- siding elder of Darkville. Aside from the fact Mr. Sager has been the re cipient of many congratulations for the splendid staging he has given “The Man from Bam.” M. FORTUNE-TELLERMAN MAKES TROUBLE IN A LADIES SOCIAL cLuB. Between 34th and 35th sts., on Dear. born last Wednesday night these ex- clamations were heard by our corres: pondent who happened to be passing along the street—“I don’t want noth- ing to do with you! If you go to heav- en! I don't want to be there! ete. ete. These are some of the things said by the President of a fashionable South Side Ladies Club whose firm be lief in the truthfulness of a *Fortune- Teller-Man who she had visited, led her to think some of her followers a little shaky in their love for her. The occasion we afterward learned was the meeting of a so-called Social. Club of limited membership among whom are several well-to-do and res- pected women. Ladies we advise you against the Fortune-TelierMan evidence; also to hereafter go to the woods and hold your meetings or to put a muzzle on the mouth of the President during its session. —An old rounder. FREDERICK DOUGLASS CENTER 2032 Wabash av. | Sunday 3 p. m. Rev. P. E. Dewhurst ot the University Congregational Church will speak. Vocal solos by Miss Blanche Wright and Mr. Jesse C. Stubbs, Prof. G. E. Bell will furnish a musical number. |The West Central Neighborhood Int | provement Association met Thursday evening and planned work for the meee Monday evening the Men's Fornm held its regular ameeting with Mr. Barnett presiding. The paper, “Poets and Poetry,” by Mr. John French was ‘one of the best of the season. Mr. E. |= ‘Wilson, Mr. D. D. Sargent and others took part in the discussion. ‘The meeting of the. Woman's Club ‘Tuesday afternoon was well attended Subject, “The Care of Our, Back Yards” was given by Mrs. John U'von. nor followed by others. The Phyllis ‘Wheatley Club held its regular meet. ing Thursday afternoon in charge o! the art section. A paper was read (by Mra. 6. Laing Williams. ‘The Tuskegee Anniversary brought eos re tentac See ‘The speakers Mr. Grant of the Har vard School and Mr. Smith of th: ‘Wendell Phillips High School, gave intéresting addresses. 5. ‘Clubs and classes as follows: Thurs day 4 p. m. the Girls’ Giub, 2 p. m i the I. B. W. Club, & p. m. Sociology \ clase, Friday 8p. m: the Physician: | gnd Girgeons’ meeting, Saturday 10 a m. the sewing class, 4 p. m. the Boys Chub, 8 p. m. English class, = “D’ Sandy W. Trice & Co. Open Their New Department Store. ‘This evening Gandy W. Trice & Co. will throw the doors.of their new de- partment storé open tothe public, and ee Easter and Spring opening will last throughout the entire week. They invite the public.to visit thelr store ‘and inspect their complete assortment ‘of ladies’ and gents’ furnishings, dry gods and notions, the best goods, at ‘reasonable prices, handsome souven- irs ‘given. with each $1 and 2c. pur. chase. See ad in another column of this paper. Remember the number, 2918 State street. pet ee THE FANNIE HALL-CLINT DRAMA. Tic CLUB. Monday evening April 23 the Fan nfe Hall-Clint Dramatic Club, wil render an interesting program at Bev. ean Baptist church 4838 Dearborn st.. for the benefit of the church. Its pas. tor Rev. W. S. Bradden ts working Ike a beaver to make this affair a! n- anclal success. Admission 25 cents. The Aldermanic Contest and The meant tm Continued from page 1. two candidates who were actively suported by The Broad Ax who failed to pull through, So it will be seen from these figures that The Broad Ax is the most power. ful and the most influential weekly newspaper published in the iaterest of the Afro-American race in this city, among the politicians of both the ledding political parties. CHIPrs Elaborate ‘preparations are being made for the Hall-Curtis wedding to take place in June. Mr. Rush Yerby 6613 Evans ave. has recently been promoted in his po- ‘sition as Post Office clerk. James Smith, a colored citizen of Salem, Mass., has left $4,000 in his will for the benefit of the Negroes of the town. Mrs. L. Q Dean 4834 State street has been seriously ill for the past two weeks, but at the present time she is gradually tinproving. Mrs. Rose Lively 6552 Champlain ave. will leave Thursday for New York City, later sailing for Europe and the Holy Lands. Dr. Geo. C. Hall left the early part of the week for the South where he will visit many of his professional friends and acquaintances. If you are raising children live in a cottage and avoid being tormented to death by the landlords who are look- ings for “anything for an excuse” to alse the rent. Mrs. Sathuel W. Thompson, daugh- ter and son, 6552 Champlain ave., will leave next week for California for a three months visit to “mother and grandmother” in Los Angeles. | Mr. & Mrs. James Parker will change their residence from 334 st. to the “Smart Set” neightorhood— where the landlords are sald to make tenants buy their houses for them. Rev. T. A. Clark, superintendent of the Trinity Mission and social settle- ment work 155 E. 18th st. continues to meet with success, which is more than pleasing to his friends. | The People’s Shoe Store is a new ‘venture by Afro-Americans at Mem- phis, Tenn., opening last month under the management of Thomas B. Harp er, a graduate of Atlanta University, class of "05. | Rumor has it that “Cupld is point- ing his little arrow at Mr. C. H. Smi- Jey and Miss Grace Knighten and ere many moons our Society folks will have some “swell doings” in the form of a wedding.” | Mrs. Philos Rogers, who ws born in Virginia in 1803, died April 3, 1906, at the home of her niece, Mirs. Rog- ers, 6223 Ada street. She was 103 years old at the time of her death. Undertaker F. A. Rawlins, 4834 State street, had charge of her remains, At the instigation of Dr. A. W.! Wil Mams and Mr. Conrad some of the Colored property buyers of the south- ‘eastern section of the elty met and discussed the problems of “home buy- ing and uptodate landlording” Fri- day evening, April 6th. ‘This paper will publish a full report of the proceedings later. James Pease was so eager to be come Sheriff of Cook County that he assumed the duties of that office be- fore the Inte Thomas E. Barrett was planted under the sod, although it was ‘no occasion for such a rush, and to say the least it showed very poor taste on the part of the new Sheriff of Cook County and his backers and advisers. ‘A minister who was telling his flock , Sunday how hard it was for a rich {man to get to heaven was surprised ‘to find the poor getting up leaving ‘his congregation. Upon questioning as to why they were leaving, ‘one whose clothes were rags said: “qf it is as hard as you Said for a rich man to get to heaven, there’s no use of us trying. Hell is our home. —Dallas (Texas) Express. ‘A. L. Williams who holds a first class clerkship in the County Treas- arer's office, and who is a power, it polities in the 7th ward has been in- ferent the Hyde Park Colored Re publiean Club for County Commis- ‘sioner and Mr. Williams has many friends who would like to see him ‘and the nomination. ‘Mike Walsh prior to last ‘Tuesday. Yosted that ‘with a liberal expendi- ture of money on the part of himself and his few followers that he would ‘be able to swing the majority of the ‘Colored voters residing in the 27th, 2Sth and 29th precincts.” But he was unable to do so, for he lost the 28th precinct by 28 majority, 29th by 30 and he only broke even in the 27th. ‘Alderman Joha J. Bradley should feel proud of the vote he received over Mike Walsh in these precinets. eatin Sebeuniet ‘His Wife—Have you had a bad day, dear? ‘The Financier—Yes; I lost over $25,000. And the worst of it is that nearly $100 of that was my own money!—Life. - Foot Helps Growth. Measurements made in London schools show that the children’s stat- ure, as well as their weight, increases regu'arly in passing from the poor to the well fed and we'l clothed. Big Benefit. A ball was given in the Mechanics’ pavilion, San Francisco, recently, for the widows and crphans’ aid fund of the police departmcnt, and realized $21,009 net. ‘World's Pig Iron. ‘The London Statist estimates the production of pig iron of the world 10 1905 at 53,118,090 tons, an increase of 8,000,000 tons over 1904. Queer Horse Feed. Dried currants given to horses oc easionally, instead of oats, are said @ fncrease the animals’ powers of endur ance. Wik a ee England possesses 28 cows for every hundred of the poyulation, Australis bas 289. Britich Jute Industry. Just why the jute industry of Great Britain should have centered in Dum dee, Scotland, is not “apparent, but Such is the fact. It iezan there in a smal! wey in 1810, and now 40,000 Bands cre empicyel in the jute mills in end arcund Drn’es. In 1904 Great Britain {ported $21,000,000 worth of rat jute, an increase of $1,000,000 over 1902, besides $11,000,000 worth of jute mani’zctures. In return she exported §20.60,000 worth of jute manufsctures. Venturesome Women. Jn the North Bornto Herald it is re corded that two Englishwomen, Mrs. McEnroe and Mrs. Darby, recently paid @ visit to the lonely island of ‘Taganac. Among other adventures there the two sat up one night to wateh for turtles, and at midnight saw ® large one come out of the sea op ‘tothe sands. When it was returned to ‘the water first Mrs. Darby and then ‘Mrs. McEnroe mounted on its back 4nd rode tot esis: fitance. Distant Target. ‘While attempting to sboot the sky full of holes Saturday night so the rain could fall easily, says the Wilbur- ton, L. L, Journal, Loule Goolbasin, a Russian, was reported bysome folks who didn’t have umbrellas with them. Some say Louie's experiment cost him about $60 besides the three days’ am- munition he wasted. Shootemupski gotenufiski! Bringing It Home a doctor has got the par ‘son beat when it comes to curin’ ladies of the liquor habit,” remarked the Po- hick philosopher. “How's that?” “The parson tells ‘em it’s bad for the soul, but the beauty doctor tells ‘em it’s bad for: the complexion.”— Louisville Courier-Journal. He Got the Job. ‘Dn December 6, 1877, a young French Goctor sent in an application for a ‘small post under the government and heard nothing more of the matter till 2 few days ago, when he was required to fll up 2, blank ix order to get a nomination for the position he had ap plied for nearly 28 years before. Quotine an Ancestor. Lord Shaftesbury was sharpennng a pencil one day, the tead of which con- tinually broke. At about the tenth fail- ure he remarked: “D— the pencil!” Perceiving one of his sons to be pres ent, he saved the situation ty adding: “As your poor grandfather would have said."—London Globe. eae Didn’t Know His Name, Subeditor—Here’s another _ letter front the man who signs himself “Vox Popul.” Editor—Whet's he want now? “He wants to know if we will kind. ty inform bim what ‘vox popull’ smeana.”. - DREDGING FOR HUSBANDS. ‘How London. Social Gravel Is Baked for Matrimonial Nuggets of Value. Dredging for a husban.! is a develop. ment of the times which caises muci amusenient to the observant, say: ‘Truth. A girl who occupies a good po sition tn “society” and 1s intelligen ‘soon discovers that the number of rict bachelors of her own standing in life is very limited, that most of them ar: almost captured already, and tha many of them will have little to @ with her. + She then commences to “dredge” thé bed of the social stream. Buried im the gravel of this are many rich men, the sons of still obscure financiers, gant: facturers or merchants, and ! dredging often brings some of ther to the surface. Then the connection: are.generally cast back into the water and only the valuable elder son re tained for use. | “Dredging parties” have recently be come the rage. An expert “dredger’ ‘spends the winter in gathering the ‘necessary material in hotels on the ‘continent and in other directions, and im the spring and summer gives 5 series of at homes to West End “cus tomers,” charging a commission 0F tach completed transaction. Thus a “customer” captivates “dredged” bachelor, and becomes en: gaged to him. If his income is £10,00¢ a year, the percentage 1s capitalized and the amoumtt is paid to the “dredg er” on the wedding eve by the parent: of the girl. ‘The “dredgers” have hitherto mostly been the divorced wives or widows o! knights or baronets, but as the busi- ness is so remunerative many of the best known women in London ar: adopting it, for it is obvious that 2 duchess would be able to rake the “so cial” deep much more effectively than can even a lady who has made one reputation in “society” by losing an- ‘other in the divorce court. BALLOON IN FRENCH COURT Aeronaut Is Seized and Arraigned for Knocking Over Chim- ney Pot. ‘The balloon is now fighting ite way for a standing before the French courts. Though it appears to have be- come as established a fact as the bi- cycle or the automobile, nevertheless the idea is too new and original for the courts to have many precedents providing for aerial navigation as 4 method of transit, says a Paris report. However, the subject of ancient lights and ancient rights of air, etc., promises to some.before the courts of France in hundreds of different ways in the not far distant future. The first balloon case of the kind has just been before the court for adjustment. ‘The suit grows out of a balloon acel- dent of last year. An aeronaut named Bacon waspassing in his balloon over Paris when he unexpectedly came to within a few yards of the roofs. Final- ly he knocked down a chimney pot. ‘Thinking him in danger some people promptly seized the dragging guide rope and in sjxte of the aeronaut’s pro- test hauled him down {nto the street. He therefore had no choice except to order them to shut their windows while he de‘ated his gas bag. The gas engered a house throush a window carelessly left cpen and caused an ex- posion in which a man named Gou- zeau was killed. The question at is- Sue was as to whether the aeronaut having been an unwilling sufferer him- self was responsible for the situation created. The courts finally decided against the aeronaut and sentenced him to pay damages to the amount of $1,000 to the wirew of Gouzeau, the ‘man who was killed. SKEEING IN THE HIGH ALPS Expert Jumpers Scmetimes Make Phenomeual Leaps from the “Hop.” in Technical World Magazine, Fritz Morris describes the use of skeés, for doth business and pleasure, in ail thie European mountain countries. In Nor- way one of tne great events of the year is a national meet of skee-runners and Jumpers. “The skeeing track les on the tace of a fill rising from a frozen lake to a height of nearly 160 feet. The 1engtn of the track, on the slope, is 190 yards; and the “hop” or platform from whieh the leap is taken ts located about two- thirds of the way down. ‘The angie of the hill above the “hop” is about 15 degrees, and that of the lower portion 24 degrees; and the time occupied in descending from summit to base, when the snow is in perfect coneition. 1s about 15 seconds. On a recent occas- om one man, a noted {umper, Olaf Tandberg, made a grana leap Gf 102 feet—the longest on Holmenaolen track—but fell. The best “standing jump.” by which is meant one in which the man keeps his feet on alighting, and continues #0 the end without tall- ing, was made by Leip Berg, who cov- ered 93 feet. On such a day the falls, as might be expected, were numerous. During the first run, in which 140 men took part, only 64 kept their feet after leaping.” Deabline Un Rettlechine First England, as a result of obser- vations of the Russo-Japanese war, be- gan building an 18,000-ton battleship. Next Japan laid the keelg’of two such vessels. Then France decided that she ‘would have three of them. Now we are told that Germany will increase to that size two which she is about to build. ‘As our readers will recall our baving observed before, the era of big battie- ‘ships does not seem yet to be past.—2f Y. Uribune. o KING OF ITALY STINGY? Royal Couple Live in Accordanc with Severe Lessons of Economy. Romans have one criticism to wah: of their king, Victor Emmanuel Ll. | is that he dogs not live like a king. 11, wite’s wbaute manners form strange contrast to the etiquette whic still surrounds her mother-in-!sw Queen Margherita, while the kin, ‘himself, when he appears in publi usually does so with a lack of ostent tion which causes the admirers of bi father, the late King Humbert, 1. shake their heads in mournfu prophecy. As a matter of fact, Queen Hele: learned the severe lesson of econon: at the frugal court of her father, Nici: olas of Montenegro, whiie the king ha too many shocking examples of pro:!i gality left him by his father and gran: father ever to feel inclined to follow in their footsteps. Just now, King Emmanuel is being blamed by the Romans for havin: shirked the first of the two court balls which he annually holds, at the Quiri nal. The censure is unjust, for th: court went {nto mourning on accoun! of the death of King Christian, and the king was not to blame if the first bal had to be postponed. It was later giv en, but with less than the usual cere mony. The second ball also took plase as usual on the last day of the carnival but the voices of pessimists continue as eis i SEA GULLS AS PIRATES. They Will Steal Like Politicians and Commit Murder Like Sea Rovers. _ There niay be an advantage fn birds ‘Mving in co.nes, but I cannot see jhow any otuer virds would want to «ive near a coiony of gulls, says a writer In The World To-day. A gull in his own country will steal like a politician and murder like a pirate. They swarm about us like vultures after a battle. The minute our ap- Proach drove a murre or cormorant from its nest, the saintly looking scal- awags swooped down to eat the eggs and young. While the gulls are free- booters and robbers on the island, it | 4s only when other birds are frightened from their nests that they have a chance to carry on their nefarious trade. Eternal vigilance is the price ‘the latter pay for their eggs and young. Except when they are frightened by approach of some person, their pos- sessions are never left for an instant without a guard. But the fittest man- age to survive on the rocks, and these gulls are the most useful birds in the bays and rivers about the waterfronts of our cities. They are valuable as Scavengers and should be protected in every way. Three of them are equal to a buzzard. Tem of these gulls are equal to a pis. TYPEWRITERS CATCH COLD Machines Soon Get Out of Order If Left in a Chilly Atmos- phere. ‘The employer looked on with a puz- gled expression while the new sten- ographer carried the typewriter across the room and placed it on a chair in the immediate neighborhood of a steam radiator, says the New Yora Press. “I'll be ready in just a minute, Mr. L,” she said. “The typewriter got cold while the heat was turned off and it sticks dreadfully.” “Does the cold affect them?” he asked. “That's something new.” “Yes, sir. I find that it does, very much. Some machines regularly take cold if left long in a cold room. It’s especially hard on old machines that are pretty well worn, making them very unmanageable sometimes. I've known the cold to remain in an old one until it had been several hours in @ warm room, when it gradually be- came better; but usually a machine yields to three or four minutes of warmth.” Weichinc the World. ‘This world is to be weighed once more, doubts being entertained by scientists as to the accuracy of previ- ous estimates; but whether the error be a case of short weight or over- weight has yet to be settled. An ex- Pedition is to set out to Egypt, where the great pyramid will be utilized by the investigators. First, the weight of the pyramid will be ascertained, and then the weight of the earth estimated from {ts proportionate size. The swinging of pendulums will be the gauge. From the force exerted by the pyramid in pulling the swinging pen- dulum from its natura. course the weight of the pyramid can be esti- mated, and that of the earth—the exact size of which is known, can then be calculated easily. Demand for Laborers. Labor is so scarce in New Zealand that the government of that colony has asked its high commission in Lon- don to find in England and send out 1,000 laborers for the construction of a new railway in the North island. ‘Three years’ work are guaranteed, ‘and inducements will be offered them to remain permanently. There is also great demand for agricultural labor- ‘ers in western Australia. ; Presiding at the half yearly meeting ot im the National Tele- paced cunaentl kctliecr Waster ss the number of messages transmitted @uring 1905 was 1,053,000,000. To un- derstand these figures shareholders should know that the number of in- land telegrams transmitted by the ‘post office was only 83,000,000. WASHINGTON LETTER honor OR poestDENT DENOUNCES | THE SENSATION MONGERS. ae PEOPLE ARE DECEIVED ye Pleased to Hear of the‘“Con- ee ‘Song Service” —The ermoeuet Shops Catch the Government Clerks. ASHINGTON— President Roose- velt has no use for the sensation ! monger and for ‘ the indiscriminate (2 attacks made upon yt. ~ public men, partic. y iF2 ularly upon the with) senate and house ie of representatives LXer, He has taken oc- ye casion more than A Ti ae 7 r ia hs ye_7 psdisgu-- with certain magazine arti- eri. sepresent the government fe po combed with corruption Sumemisr of the senate to be erim- ais wo at to be behind the bars fh prestlee! has already established feyoat all question that he is the sworn ener") of the grafter, but he has Sr yatiense wich the writers and mag- ‘rises tbat would give the impression fot every ocher man in th® public gece is © srafter. He regards the jpiiscriminste slander of public serv- tas as nothing less than a crime, and recently declared that men who would Geiterately misrepresent other men od attack public officials without the warrant of facts Were mo better than criminals. “If | bad to choose between a thiet anda liar.” he said recently, “I believe Teould choose the thief, for you would! know where to find him, but you don't sno where to locate the Har and the damage he can do.” The president 1s ig the habit of comparing the writers of anonymous and unfounded attacks pos the senate and other government tedies to the character im Bunyan’e Pilgrim's Progress who wielded the puck rake. They gather all the dirt and filth and can see none of the good that surrounds) They delight in be- snirehing characters and writing sen- ‘tonal stories in order to sell thet ppers and masazines. This class o! ‘riters, the president declares, ts do fog more harm to the cause of eradi: cating graft from public life than an) other force. A Bule Not Observed. ISITORS at the capitol will notice a in the elevator: (4 andin the corti. | dors placard: ‘ | ¥ bearing the legenc & {No Smoking. tei. They will then sec men passing through the halls puffing cigars and cigarettes with a! much freedom as aan ai in oe ye f & Street. If they examine a little/more cosely they will find instructions to the police and other employes in the ‘@pitol to see chat there is no smoking, but they wil! n€ver see one of these employes interfere with the smokers. Tee fact is this rule at the capitol is 8 dead letter It is one of the relies ot 2 great reiorm worked by the late Speaker Reed in the fifty-fourth eon- Ges when he drove out of the capito: corridors apple women, eurlo sellers tad newspaper stands. He also had 2 Tule adopted that smoking faust be Wobibited in the corridors and in the eerators, end for some years this rule Mas religiously kept. In latter times. towever, it has passed into innocuous esvetude. Sometimes a new employe takes ‘hese instructions Iiteraity, but he usu- aly discovers that he is expected to Wik at the smoking. The other day 8 toorkeeper, who had just been put on, Yticed a nice looking old gentleman Tarching through the corridor puffing Ma dig, black cigar. “Excuse” me,” ‘aid the unorkeeper, “but do you see Sat?” pointing to the sign. Yes: isn't tt all right?” “We coo't allow that here,” @x- Rained th doorkeeper, pointing to the ign again. = “Why - doesn’t look offensive te Re; eving to take it down, eh?” “The rules are that we mustn't allov Shere.” nsisted the employe. “Ob, wel, if they think the sign i doing oo arm here take it out | Gxt curs Tt doesn't Jook any mor ‘Mdecen" 4 me than some of these ple {ures thot chey leave on the walls; ba there i. no accounting for tastes,” an¢ the nie old gentlemam, . chuckling Resse into the senate floor and th XM explore realized that he had beet Slostes” uy ome of the senators, Hi Ss bot ‘cn so eager to stop smoking {a the corridors since. a Every Sunday Evening. # ANYONE ines. tha & “s { their Banda MD sunaay: ot ts aa! oon aves 30S". ought tov cr Sag colony’ -of- ‘statesmen 6 aa, ie spe thelr Sunda and Sunday: evenings in sleep or frivol- ous “diversion he ought to-visit the lobby of a certain hotel fm whien a colony of these statesmen . dwelt. Every Sunday eve- Srery Sunies see te. Sonal guests gather about Gc revp:ion room ané-lobby: and th- dtige in 2 service 6? sacred songs. ‘The exercises started some weeks ago by Representative Otjen of Wisconsin, who had the orchestra play a familiar hymn tune and started the words him- self. He Lad sung but a verse or two defore two or three other voices joined im, other hymns were started and it was discovered that a village choir was not in it with the sweet-voice group of ‘The next Sundsy evening this per- formance was continued, and there ‘Were a number ef recruits to the chor- Us. A wider selection of hymns was made and the song service was contin- ued for over an hour. On the third Sabbath one or two brought hymn Dooks with them and the service took 0D @ more formal character. It is now the regular thing to have this Sunday evening service of song, and the por- ters of the hotel arrange chairs and distribute hymn books among the audi- ence, so that everybody can join in There are evidences, however, that the congressmen are wearying a little of the good wcrk. The sadies at the hotel ‘were charmed with the scheme an¢ they joinéd in in goodiy numbers, until now there are not enough male voices to counterbalance the sopranos. ici inion JR its size the city of Washington ts said to contain more speculators and patrons of the “bucket shop’ than any othe: place in the coun- try. There are in active operation here about 25 bro- kerage houses, of which probabl five are straight ee 1! Wu cm ie \sand exchange houses with the best outsids connections. The remainder are what are known as bucket shops. This is a pretty good number for a town of about 300,000 inhabitants, of whom 100,000 are negroes who are not per- mitted to indulge in speculation t these places. The large number oi government clerks here who receive @ stated salary probably accounts for the patronage of the bucket shops. They are sure of their pay and squeeze out a few dollars every week or month to “throw at the birds” in these places. There is no anti-bucket law in Wasb- ington, but the practice of clerks spec- ulating in them is frowned upon by the higher officials in the departments ‘That makes no difference, however, as the clerks claim they have a right to do what they, please with their own money. At noon, when a half hour is given for luncheon, hundreds of clerks can be seen rushing out of the big gov: ernment buildings to the nearest buck- et shop and taking a whirl at the mar ket. There have been some sensational runs of luck on the part of government employes who “pike” along on a few dollars and one per cent. margins About ten years ago a little group 0! these every day clerks began playing in the bucket shops and later went tc the legitimate exchange houses. On¢ of them began with a $10 bill, whict im the course of four years had run uj to $1,000,000. This is a historic cast and has inspired more patronage fot bucket shops than any other inciden’ im the history of the city. This man’ money could not stay with him, how ever, as he dropped his whole amoun’ im the Northern Pacific squeeze a fev years ago and he is now an ordinar} Spiker,’ but without a government job An Age Limit. (ia “i hh Si ae NW ef a lng with a mos! puzzling question just now, and one that is causing wrath, fear anc anxiety among the federal employe: in this city. The wise'men in thi house and senate are endeavoring devise somé scheme whereby government employes in eninest reached an age where their usefulnest is impaired can be separated from the government pay rolls. Chairman Taw- ney, of the house committee on aypro- priations, and his colleagues have worked out a scheme which prevents the paying of employes over 65 years ‘of age more than $1,000 salary. It fur- ther provides that after the year 1912 no one shall be employed as a clerk who has reached the age of 70 years ‘This looks like a harsh and cruel measure, but investigation of the de- partment bas revealed a large number bf superannuated clerks who are really ‘a detriment to the service, but who are drawing good salaries. \. There is such a decided opposition to the establishment of a civil pension list that it would be useless to attempt to put such’ proposition through con- gress. This is realized by the leaders, and they have, substituted the other ‘gcheme of reducing the pay of ol¢ clerks and cutting them off after reaching 7¢-years of age. They have fixed the year 1913 in order to give the clerks who are approaching 70 or whe have exceeded that age a chance to _make-some provision for the time whez ‘they will be separatéd from the gor- “ernment service. “This effort to get better service from the clerks and to eliminate those whe ‘are useless has aroused an intense feel- ‘mg among the’ 25,000 government ext ployes-in this city. The local papers ‘are filled. with letters giving instances ‘where men over 70 are the most eff cleat employes ‘of tie government sale’ call attention’ to the fact that the effective ‘men in the senate ad tn other brunchen of the govern: ment are those have passed ‘qllotied three atore and ten. — ie RARLY SCRAMBLE BODES ILL FOR DAY’S SUCCESS. Gechoolgiris Have Trouble Getting to School in Time—Habit of Sitting ‘Up Late in Warm Room, Talking, Singing, or Perhaps Studying Makes One Drowsy Next Morning —Haste Will Upset the Calm of a ‘Whole Day—Begin the Day Leis- urely—Take Plenty of Time to Dress and Eat Breakfast. ~ BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER. ners, and she had almost the effect of | being in a very bad temper. Penelope | is one of my greatest favorites, and 1 was sorry to see that with her the | wind was in the east. “What on earth | has gone wrong, my dear?” I said, anx-| fously. “With whom are you vexed,| and why are you out of sorts? Have! you lost your purse, or your place in| the class, or fallen out with your, chum, or are you convinced that you| ‘never will conquer irregular verLs, or | ‘what ts the matter?” | “The matter,” said Penelope, “is my | monthly report. I.am awfully dis-| turbed about it, and ashamed to show | it at home, and I am angry at Miss —, who might have made it a great deal better if only she had chosen, but I am not one of her pets. I have had good marks in French and in astron- omy, in algebra and geometry, some days, anyway, if not “every day, and bere I am marked B and C and C minus, and I have not a single A in the whole month. My teacher handed me this very reprovingly, and sald that such a report was as great a morti- Geation to her as it could possibly be to me, and she trusted 1 would do bet- ter another month, and not have rs [ake sem a secere home again. “SPosaibly, Penelope,” she sald, ‘you are graded too high and would better drop-some of your work and fall back Into a lower class.” Do you wonder,” stormed Penelope, “that I am furious? Who wouldn't be?” “I hardly see, dear child,” I an- swered, “why you should be furious, as you call it, although I think your unfortunate teacher has every right to be indignant. What is the reason that you have done so badly? The work is not too much for you, your health is perfect, and you ought to be at the head of your class, bringing home re- ports sprinkled all over with A's, like stars in the sky or daisies in a meadow fn June. You must be shockingly careless, or you would get on in school as well as anyone else. Where is the loose plank? Something is wrong in your way of working. If we could find ‘out just what it is and where it is we might mend it. Don’t you thimk so?” “You are very cross,” said Penelope, “and not a single bit sympathetic, and I wish I hadn't come. But maybe | might get on, as you call it, a little better if it wasn't such hard work to start in the morning. I am so sleepy that I cannot wake*ap when I am Jcalied; then I have to scramble | through dressing and breakfast and fairly fly to reach school in time. Very often when there I find that I have forgotten a book that I need, or my pads and pencils, and I am so upset that it takes me almost an hour to |feel quiet and composed. My day '|somehow runs off the track every | morning and does not get back until ‘| the afternoon.” | By this time Penelope's scow! had ‘| vanished and she dimpled and blushed ‘land finally laughed, like the sweet | good-tempered girl she is. | “You dear,” I said. “You have put ‘}your finger right on the weak spot '| Your whole trouble comes from not be | ginning the day aright.” ele ee | So many schoolgirls have exactly th ,| same trouble that I wonuer very muct .| why it is that thelr mothers and teach -Jets do not help them out of it, ant -|that their own good sense does no’ :|eome to the rescue. <| ‘The truth is that a successful dai s| for a schoolgirl begins at nine o’clocl -|the “night before. At that hour sh 3] should say good night to everybod: | and go to bed. If she has had dinne early and feels a bit hungry, it wil i] do her no harm to take a very simpl -|juncheon of bread and milk before sh :| goes to her room. Then without up y| due delay, she should undress, say he ¢| prayers, put out the light and go t bed and to sleep. It is the wretche n| habit of sitting up until half-past te »|or 11 in a warm room, with the fam t| fly talking, singing, playing games o -|the piano, or perhaps studying to .| late, that makes girls drowsy in th r| morning. ‘ 4| Sleeping in an ill-ventilated” room r|helps along. Be very sure that yo e|bave fresh air to breatlie while yo e| are asleep, and protect yourself agains 0} cold if necessary, by wearing @ gat o| ment of outing flannel or of som | woolen stuff instead of too thin a nigh -| dress. If a girl goes early to bed an gleeps soundly“all night, she will b | able to rise as soon em calle Haste in the morning one tet -| ribly, and Uterally pursues one like -| fiend all the rest of the day. s| Rise in time to take a sponge bat from head to foot, to arrange you -| hair, and to-have 2 few tranquil me .| ments for devotion, Never think t} leaving your room to begin any da your breaktast slowly, gather your books and papers with deliberation and set off to school with a light heart. Hurry end worry devour one’s ease of mind and make it impossible for one to do justice to her own powers. I think I can tell in looking around the group of girls which of them are fm the habit of beginning the day in this leisurely and sensible manner, and which tunible out of bed and into their clothes and lose their wits and thelr tempers before they have at- tacked the day's business. ‘An ancient philosopher once said that there was everything in keeping an even mind. Those of us who have & good deal to do in the course of a day or a week, are weil aware that we ‘accomplish nothing if we lose our heads and rush where we should in- stead go slowly. | So great a thinker as Francis Bacon, ‘who was a very learned man, said in ‘an essay an Dispatch “that above all ‘things order and distribution and sin- ‘gling out of parts ts the life of des- patch. For he that doth not divide ‘will never enter well into business. To choose time is to save time, and an ‘anseasonable motion is but beating the air. I knew a wise man that had ft for a by-word when he saw men has- ‘tening to a conclusion, stay a little (that we may make an end the sooner.” __If 0 great a man as Sir Franeis ‘Bacon thought {t well to act with de- |\iberation and map out bis days with forethought, do you not think that schoolgirls like Penelope and her [friends may as well do the same? |_After my talk with her I had tt out |with myself. I said: I wonder if 1, too, cannot turn a new leaf here. We alder people may as well be frank. We do not always set the girls the best example when the matter is one of beginning the day. There is great comfort in doing ow best and leaving the rest. As Longfellow says, pithily: “Trust no future, howe'er pleasant, | _ Let the dead past bury its dead; | Act, act in the living present. ‘Heart within and God o'erbeed.” FOR A SCALY SKIN. ‘Virtues of the Oil Bath—How to Use and Make a Good Skin Food. A dry scaly skin indicates that the skin and tissues are in need of ndur- ‘ishment. This may be supplied py the use of a good skin food for the face and neck, and after your bath an oil ‘rub. There is nothing more beneficial ‘than an oll bath; it tones up the whole system. It is mot necessary to use ‘more than two or three tablespoonfuls of of] at one batn. Be sure and get a pure ofl. Rub on with the hands, and until it is mostly absorbed, drying off with a heavy soft towel. Massage the skin food well in the face, using the cocoa butter skin food. It can be eas- |ily prepared, and if properly used the results are very good. Prepare as fol- lows: Lanolin, nine ounces; cocoa but- ter, one-half ounce; white wax, five “ounces; spermaceti, one-half ounce; al- |mond oil, six ounces; water, nine ounces; borax, 50 grams; three drops |of olf neroll. Fuse the lanolin, cocos | butter, white wax, spermaceti and al- | mond oll, being careful not to get too hot; test by touching the finger to @; | dissolve borax in the water, pour inte | the olls, and beat with Dover egg | beater until creamy; add neroll, beat | until cool, and pour into jars. A GAME OF STATES. Game of States May Be Used to Pair Partners and Is a Good Guess- ing Contest. Here is a clever game which can ‘also be used as a novel way to pai- ‘partners. On cards write the follow- ing; the key is given below. | 1. What is the most religiohs state? 2. What is the most egotistical state? 3. The father of states? tthe state where the untiay should live? 5. The maidenly state? “6. The state for students? 7. The best state for miners? 8. The most unhealthy state? 9. The state to cure the sick? 10. The decimal state? 11. Best in time of floods? 12. The state of astonishment? KEY. 1, Mass.; 2, Me.; 3, Pa; 4, Wash.; 5, Miss; 6, Conn.; 7, Ore.; 8, IIL; 9, Md; 10, Tenn; 11, Ark; 12,0. 0 ~ BORDER AND CORNER. ‘This Sort of Needlework Is Again in Vogue and May Adorn a Va- riety of Articles. Here is a simple design to be used as a border for any article such as tollet-mats, table-cloths, tray-cloths, etc., where a corner is. also feeded. eee ee a bs Sea Pa ets he cae, ny (CROSS-STITCH. / ‘The corner is shown at the right-hand end of design, the border belng con- tinued on the second side like the first. It may be repeated to any length. Good Toilet Water. “You cam prepare @ very good toilet water of 30 drops each of oll of laven- der, ol! of bergamot, ofl of lemon and orange flower water, half pint deodor- zed alcohol. Cork and shake well. ‘The Visiting Card. Black, either plain or shaded, pian script, French script and* shaded old EngiBh iettering are ne Arye i the eneraving the present - American Brick Co. - President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. MANUFATURERS OF Gommonr and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: 45th and Robey Sts. Se wee ee Telephone Yards 128. - Jas. J. McCormick, . AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS WANTED. . The Broad Ax desires wo 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 farther tnformation, address Julius F. ‘Taylor, 501) Armour avenue, Chicago. ‘THE BROAD AX. te for sale at the following news stands: ‘The Afro-American News Office. 2104 State Street. ©. S. Smith News stand, and Barber Shop 3700 Dearborn st. ~ A. F. Tervalon, 2826 State street. Cigar Store and News Stand. Mrs. Nellie Phelps. Cigars. Notions and News Stand, 131 W. 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Douglas 3256 ‘THE &LITE BUFFET | FINE Promega | 3030 State Street CHICAGO Randel Woodfolk SAMPLE ROOM E . igs a4 ie p «| Li . a a ae cat Jt ied | iN \ 25 ee Pi | WAITERS AND COOKS , Prefer Our Make JACKETS AND LINEN because they have found by h experience that they are the most satisfactory and econo mical goods on the market. ‘Our Complete Catalogue— a correct guide to proper j) dress in the Dining Room, Kitchen, or Bar will be sent free om application. ‘tons how to onder. ‘Marcas Ruben (Inc. ), 390 Stats SL, Chicage ‘Not Extravagant Praise. “What did the editor say about your ‘tory?” asked the young man's friend. “I don't believe be iked it very weil.” “Well, there are differences im the ‘appreciative tacuity as well as in the ability to create. The same man's taste will vary according to ‘circum- stances.” “I suggested that, and ne agreed with me. He said that if 2 man found him self on a desert island with nothing to read except my story and a back number city directory, ne might read my story.”"—Stray Stories. Benignant Soul. é The following advertisement recent: ly appeared in a London paper: “Milk—if the individual who stole the milk off my doorstep this morning will be good enough to knock at the door on the occasion of his next pro ressional visit I'll give him @ drop of rum to put in it. Milk taken neat on cold mornings and an empty stom ach is likely to injure the internal economy of outdoor workers. Address ste.” Citenen MTenaicn Foon Chuck, a satfatized China- man in Mexico, is estimated to te ‘worth over $1,000,000 in gold, He wen: to Mexico from Caii‘ornia 20 years ago with less than $20, and went to work as cook for the railway construction company. He now owns three truck farms and raises all vegetables used ia his line of hotels. He also owns a farm of 11,000 acres in the state of Tamautpas. He employs 100 Mexicans and 25 Chinese coolies. Aid to Swimmers, A new ficat in the form of a tubo, three yards long, is indlated by the swimmer and wound around his body. At each end is a tube waich is stopped up with a plug, and a Jeather strap, which serves to fasten the float the body. It is wound around the waist, then the neck, and finally around the arms. First Wall Paper. The manor house at Saltfieet, Lin- colnshire, England, has what is saii to be the first wall paper used in Eng- land. The paper, which is like blottins paper in texture, and ‘has a cream- colored ground and chocolate design, fs fastened to the wail with small tacks. West Bertem Arrest. 4 splendid funeral procession was proceeding from Hongo, Japan, to bury the remains of Tarofi, the head of a gambling den; when the police ‘stopped the ceremony, as the dead ma” was believed to be an escaped cou- viet. This was found to be true, and the body was taken to the prison burial ground. Simulate Sickness. ‘Many animals feign illness. In mill- tary stables cases are recorded of horses pretending to be lame in order to avoid going to a military exercise. A certain chimpanzee had been accus- tomed to receive cake when Wi. Afte~ his recovery, he often feigned coug!:- ing, in order to procure cainties Sacred Gate. ‘When the prince and princess of ‘Wales desired the other day to inspect the golden temple, at Amritsir, in the Punjab, the sikhs declined to allow them to enter the main gate, because they were not sikhs, but said they could enter by a side door. The offer ‘was declined. aii iii. Miss Grace Brenneman, of Lindsey, ©., is a telegraph fineman. She can splice, put on a new insulator, re- place a fuse or repair a dropped switchboard. Climbing a pole is child's play to her. She is just 20 years old. . President’s Cravat. - M. Fallieres, the new president of ‘France, wears 2 butterfly tle fastened to his collar button with a piece of @lastic. He says that he nas worn that Kind of tie for 30 years, and is not going to change, presidency or 20 presidency. ee Getting Flippant. “London,”. says the queen, “former- ly ‘splenetic and morose, has totally Serer ee chaser, Everything 1» at-lightly, airily, and we make fun even of such tragedies as our cl!- mate and the county council.” Jewel Trade. Importations of precious stones at New York in the month of February were appraised at $3,067,088, compared ‘with $2,407,089 in February, 1908. i len” “Occasionally 2 pen sere aes ‘Dut in most cases ‘Rot deus until bor airceatie ts tradetwo wats tat. ea Dolly—The second time I few him eC ; ai _ Russia ideds the world in j ape gai@ never to weer out ‘Menu of the Bagle "The voracity of the eagle is a well- known fact, but it has been left to-a Swiss hunter to define exactly the va- riations which take place in its daily menu. In a nest in the Alps, side by ied with an eagiet, he found s hare, freshly killed; 27 chamois’ feet, four ‘pigeons’ feet, 30 pheasants’ feet, 11 ‘beads of fowls, 18 heads of grouse, and ‘the remnants of rabbits, marmots and squirrels. | Coin for Mexico. | ‘The Mexican government lately con- eluded a contract with the Philadelphia mint for the coinage of about $4,000,000 ‘worth of gold which Mexico has been accumulating for about two years. ‘The mint has already begun coining $1,000,000 on a rush order. Since the establishment of the gold standard ta ‘that country the capacity of their mints has been overtaxed. Wearly a Ton. A reunion of the Weewee family wes held recefitly at the home of Leonar:! ‘Weewee, west of town, reports the Rushville (Ind.) Republican. There are nine brothers, and their aggregate weight is 1,780 pounds, an aver- age of 178 pounds to tne man. All are six-footers. This is probably the “largest family” of boys in this coun- uy. Isolated Danish Colony. A curious circumstance In conne tion with the death of the king of Den- mark is the fact that one of the Danisn colonies, Greenland, would not learn the news for three months, owing to the difficulty of ships reaching the land. In ignorance of the event, the Greenlanders will celebrate Kins Christian's birthday on April 8 im the ‘usual manner. New Lawnmower. A lawnmower has made fs appear- ance buflt on the lines of the agricul- tural reaper, which in itself suggests to the average mind the familiar bar- Der’s clippers. It is said for this ma- chine that {t does not mutilate the grass so much as the usual rotary knife lawn mower, which has a ten- dency to drag the roots and feeders. Got Chummy. Henry St. George Tucker, presi- dent of the Jamestown exhibition, told & congressional committee about hit audience with King Edward. He sai he and the king nad a very pleasant talk. “As near as I can gather,” sail ‘© committee member, “the king was calling”bim ‘Tuck, old boy,’ before he lett” Naturalistic Notations. Fishes have no eyelids, and meces- sarily sleep with their eyes open; they swallow their food whole, having no dental machinery. Frogs, toads and serpents never take food except ihat which they are certain 1s alive. Ser- pents are 86 tenacious of life that they will live for six months or longer without food. Crater-Dwellers. About 20,000 people live in the crater of an extinct volcano, 30 miles from Kumamotu, Japan. They dwell in this pit-like town, surrounded by a vertica! wall 800 feet high. The inhabitants rarely make a journey into the outer world, and practically they form a Uttle community all by themselves. Scotland’s “Plighting Stone.” ‘The “plighting stone” was used unt!) quite recently in parts of Scotland. Troths were pltgbted by grasping hands through the stone. These troth: and promises were inviolate in mat- ters of love, business and all social re- lations. Limedrop’s Finish. “So Smitherby married Limedrop’s widow. Good friend of the husband's, wasn't he?” - “Yes, indeed. Said he couldn't bear ‘to see ‘him suffer, and, the widow be- ing willing, euthanaziated him”—N Y, Times. Getting Dangerous. ‘The market for American poker chips is sald to be seriously’ threaten- ea by undervaluation ¥ the Japanese article. Many patriots will now be- gin to believe in the reality of the yel- tow peril. g ‘Deserved It. “Hist!” whispered the stage villain, creeping stealthily away. “I expected you would be,” rejoined the callboy, making a bolt round the ‘Deck of the stage—Stray Stories, She Turns to Whiniznc. “Many © marriage turns out « fall- vere,” said the philosopher, “mainly Decause the winning ways of the sweet- Deart became the whining ways of the wite” # ‘The Beal Thing. ‘De’ dho* nuff Baancier,” bald Uncle jpn ‘tee family or tight 1 fur" —wadligtio. Bea, Te SELES st thie “hose ot the mouth. Mathis to “Hidetes dey Xin make up ‘gob Geir own shortcomia’s by scoldin’ at Ge obiléera.”—Washingtou Star. ONE DOLLAR Freak Book Offer 3 SO FUNNY SO UNIQUE Nothing] SO INSTRUCTIVE SO RARE As a FREAK BOOK COLLECTION Why not commence now? WE OFFER FREE “FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE" READ AANND PONDER! I received the copy of “Cradle to the Grave” and am puzzled and delighted with its rare quality. It is rotten literature, if there be such; the very acme and triple dis- tilled essence of rottenness. So serious that it is rare in humor; so cleanly that it is foul; so placid that it is “‘bug- house”; so dull that it is sublime. A case of intelligence out on a strike. Yours for the ludicrous, ALBERT SCHNEIDER. Send One Dollar for To-Mortow Magazine, one year, and receive “Cradle to the Grave” FREE. ‘We have others, ask Sercombe Himself. THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY "es acta he fe Bae SE, THE NEWRSYCHOLOGY, _ Sousa’s Short Speech. Sousa, the famous 001 hates ante coumy and’ woven, be cam help “Wt, makes a speech in public After one of his performances in Cork his audience kept clamoring for speech and refused to be satisfied with the usual bow. Finally Sousa stepped to the front of the platform and, rais- {mg his hand, said impressively: “La- dies and gentlemen, can you all heat ye?” There was the usual “Yes.” “Then I wish you good-night.” ‘When Conversation Legged. ‘They were at the thoater together, and conversation lagged. At last, dur- ing the entr'acte, he turned to her an ventured: “Don’t—don't you think the acous- ties here are very bad?” She hesitate: ap instant. “Why, no,” she said, a little uncer tainly, “I con't smell anything.”—N. ‘YY. Times. Shrewd Bov. Tommy (at the breaxfast table)—! reamed last night 1 found a bag 0! gold In a cave. Mr. Tucker—And’ just as you were about to grab it you woke, did you? “Bet your life I didn't! I kind 0 thought it was a dream, and I jus: kept on dreamin’, and nad a mighty good time with that money ‘fore | waked up.”—Chicago Tribune. Dickens Character Dead. Joseph Jennings died lately at Col- chester, England, at the age of 100 years. A lawsuit in his family over a disputed will was the foundation of Dickens’ “Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce.” Ou the tombstone of one of the litigants, in a Colchester churchyard, {s the text from Jeremiah: “Though decent, they refused to know me.” Olive Oil in Algiers, Consui Johnson, of Algiers, writes that the adulteration of olive ofl with cottonseed ofl has caused a law tc be promulgated there requiring all ad- mixtures to be so marked, plainly, and with the proportions of adulteration Any deception in its sale will be pun- ished according to law. In Their Own Tonenae English Guide—The echo ‘ere in these mountains is very fine, sir. Tourist (after shouting “Hello!”)— ‘Well, there s an echo, but it isn’t in- telligibie. “You don’t understand the languidge, sir. These are Welsh mountains, y’ know.”—Philadelphia Press, Rat-Catching Horse. ‘There is a horse that catches rats and mice in Manchester, England. If &@ rat or mouse runs across bis man- ger, he will grab at it and if success- ful in getting it will drop it into his bucket of water, which is always left with him. Good Guess. Young Borem (in the parlor)— Tommy, does your sister know I am bere? Tommy—I think so. She told mamma this morning she had a pre- sentiment that trouble was coming— Stray Stories. Suited Him Just as Well. Araminta (exhibiting the family cherub)—Is there anything sweeter than a baby? Young Spoonsll—Why, I sometimes thing a baby’s 18-year-old sister is just @ little—er.—Stray Stories. J. A. O'Donnell, H. D. Coghtin, O'Donnel & Coghlin : Attorneys at Law Phone 264 Maio Metropslitan Block IN. W.\Cor. LaSalle & Rgndoioh St. | Chicago | Rea SUC At NS Chicago s Vost Modern, flost Complete and Most Convenient Department Store GRAY s MORAN ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1114 Ashland Block, Clark and Randolph Sts. Tel. Central 569. CHICAGO. Jacob Feinberg ~ Wholesale and Retail . 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