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. will pronounce and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic Protestants are in Indole, Farmers, Single Taxes, Republic, Knights of Labor, or say, one can also have responsibility is fixed. His language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Brand . . . is a newspaper whose platform is broad for all, even claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago IL, as second-class Matter. "THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THOM. AS JEFFERSON." Last Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, the writer addressed the Bethel Literary and Historical Club "which meets 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 Independence. Before referring to our introductory or preliminary remarks or touching upon the main subject, we pointed out to the members of the club, the mission it should perform and suggested that its members should forego 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. Watson's "Life of the illustrous Thomas Jefferson," and a copy of Charles W. Chesnutt's "Life of the immortal Fredrick Douglass." At the conclusion of our address, Mrs. J. A. Washington sang a solo acco- companied on the piano, by Mrs. H. C. Bomar, and a rising vote of thanks was extended to her and the writer. The following letter speaks for its self. April 2nd, 1906. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, 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 lunched or cause promoted and advanced that had not its heroes, ploneers and its founders and the Ancient Order of Daughters, of Sphinx has been no exception to this well established rule and under the leadership and wise management of the Grand officers of the Supreme Grand Court of Daughters of Sphinx, the Ancient Arabic Order of Daughters of Sphinx of North and South America has become one of the strong and prosperous secret, benevolent organizations among the colored people of the United States. This order was first introduced 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 1893. Lawyer John G. Jones is now the Grand Secretary of the Most Worshipful St. John's Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. Masons of the State of Illinois and Masonic Jurisdiction and is the Imperial Grand Potentate of the Imperial Grand Council of the Mystic Shrine of North and South America and was the first colored Mason in the United States to have the Mystic Shrine degree conferred upon him. Some of the Grand Officers of the Supreme Grand Court of Daughters of Sphinx are Mrs. Isadore Nelson, Most Ancient Supreme Grand Matron, Cambridge, Mass.; Mrs. L. Sanders, Worthy Supreme Third Vice Matron, Pittsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Naomi Page Lewis, Worthy Supreme High Priestess, Denver, Colo.; Ill. L. W. Wright, 33, Worthy Supreme Grand Patron, Wheeling, W. Va.; Mrs. J. H. Johnson, Worthy Supreme Grand Conductress, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Flora Addison, Worthy Supreme Third Grand Conductress, Pittsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Lens Reacher, Worthy Supreme Grand Recorder, Johnstown, Pa.; Mrs. E. E Franklin, Supreme Grand Inspector, Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. Amalia Fos ter, Supreme Grand Captain of the Guard, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. S. C. Slaughter, Supreme Grand Exchequer, Johnstown, Pa.; Miss V. A. Hatcher, Asst. Grand Recorder, Ackervill, Ala.; Miss Fannie Kirk, Supreme Grand Lecturer, Pittsburg, Pa.; Illustrious, C. B. Swanee, 33 of Pittsburg, Pa.; Mrs. J. H. Walker of Caunton, Va. This order is composed of a large number of leading and prominent colored men and women throughout the United States and the next annual session 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 playhouse was crowded to the doors and many were turned away because every seat had been sold. Sunday night was a repetition of Saturday night. Miss Lizzie Wallace is making a great hit singing "Feather Your Nest." Ethel James, a Chicago product, is creating a favorable impression in the part of Prescilla. The Rag Time Ballet has proved to be one of the genuine stage novelties of the season. L. 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 the 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. Sager as Elder Cushingberry the presiding elder of Darkville. Aside from the fact Mr. Sager has been the recipient of many congratulations for the splendid staging he has given "The Man from Bam." M. FORTUNE-TELLER-MAN MAKES TROUBLE IN A LADIES SOCIAL CLUB. Between 34th and 35th sts., on Dearborn last Wednesday night these exclamations were heard by our correspondent who happened to be passing along the street—"I don't want nothing to do with you! If you go to heaven! I don't want to be there! etc. etc. These are some of the things said by the President of a fashionable South Side Ladies Club whose firm belief 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 respected women. Ladies we advise you against the Fortune-Teller-Man 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 3032 Wabash av. Sunday 3 p. m. Rev. P. E. Dewhurst of the University Congregational Church will speak. Vocal solos by Miss Elanche Wright and Mr. Jesse C. Stubbs, Prof. G. E. Bell will furnish a musical number. The West Central Neighborhood Improvement Association met Thursday evening and planned work for the summer. Monday evening the Men's Forum held its regular meeting with Mr. Barnett presiding. The paper, "Poets and Poetry," by Mr. John French was one of the best of the season. Mr. E. 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 O'Connor followed by others. The Phyllis Wheatley Club held its regular meeting Thursday afternoon in charge of the art section. A paper was read by Mrs. S. Laing Williams. The Tuskegee Anniversary brought out a large attendance last Sunday. The speakers Mr. Grant of the Harvard School and Mr. Smith of the Wendell Phillips High School, gave interesting addresses. Clubs and classes as follows: Thursday 4 p. m. m. the Girls' Club, 2 p. m. the I. B. W. Club, 8 p. m. Sociology class, Friday 8 p. m. m. the Physicians and Surgeons' meeting, Saturday 10 a. m. the sewing class, 4 p. m. the Boys' Club, 8 p. m. English class. "D." Sandy W. Trice & Co. Open Their New Department Store. This evening Sandy W. Trice & Co. will throw the doors of their new department store open to the public, and their Easter and Spring opening will last throughout the entire week. They invite the public to visit their store and inspect their complete assortment of ladies' and gents' furnishings, dry gods and notions, the best goods, at reasonable prices, handsome souvenirs given with each $1 and 25c. purchase. See ad in another column of this paper. Remember the number, 2918 Street street. THE FANNIE HALL-CLINT DRAMA- TIC CLUB Monday evening April 23d the Fannie Hall-Clint Dramatic Club, will render an interesting program at Beran Baptist church 4388 Dearborn st.. for the benefit of the church. Its pastor Rev. W. S. Eradden is working like a beaver to make this affair a financial success. Admission 25 cents. 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 powerful and the most influential weekly newspaper published in the interest of the Afro-American race in this city, among the politicians of both the leading political parties. CHIPS 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 position 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 improving. 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 looking for "anything for an excuse" to raise the rent. Mrs. Samuel W. Thompson, daughter 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 33d st. to the "Smart Set" neighborhood—where the landlords are said to make tenants buy their houses for them. Rev. T. A. Clark, superintendent of the Trinity Mission and social settlement 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 Memphis, Tenn., opening last month under the management of Thomas B. Harper, a graduate of Atlanta University, class of '05. Rumor has it that "Cupid is pointing his little arrow at Mr. C. H. Smiley 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, Mrs. Rogers, 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. Williams and Mr. Conrad some of the Colored property buyers of the southeastern section of the city met and discussed the problems of "home buying and up-to-date landlording" Friday evening, April 6th. This paper will publish a full report of the proceedings later. James Pease was so eager to become Sheriff of Cook County that he assumed the duties of that office before the late 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 them as to why they were leaving, one whose clothes were rags said: "If 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 Treasurer's office, and who is a power in politics in the 7th ward has been informed by the Hyde Park Colored Republican Club for County Commissioner and Mr. Williams has many friends who would like to see him and the nomination. Mike Walsh prior to last Tuesday, hosted that "with a liberal expenditure 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, 25th 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 John J. Bradley should feel proud of the vote he received over Mike Walsh in these precincts. Deeply Interested 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. Food Helts Growth. Measurements made in London schools show that the children's stature, as well as their weight, increases regularly in passing from the poor to the well fed and well clothed. Big Benefit A ball was given in the Mechanics' pavilion, San Francisco, recently, for the widows and crphans' aid fund of the police department, and realized $21,009 net. World's Pig Iron. The London Statist estimates the production of pig iron of the world in 1905 at 53,118,000 tons, an increase of 8,000,000 tons over 1904. Queer Horse Feed. Dried currants given to horses occasionally, instead of oats, are said to increase the animals' powers of endurance. Pienty of Cows. England possesses 28 cows for every hundred of the population. Australia has 280. British Jute Industry. Just why the jute industry of Great Britain should have centered in Dundee, Scotland, is not apparent, but such is the fact. It began there in a small way in 1840, and now 40,000 hands are employed in the jute mills in and around Dundee. In 1904 Great Britain imported $21,000,000 worth of raw jute, an increase of $1,000,000 over 1905, besides $11,000,000 worth of jute manufactures. In return she exported $20,000,000 worth of jute manufactures. Venturesome Women. In the North Borneo Herald it is recorded that two Englishwomen, Mrs. McEnroe and Mrs. Darby, recently paid a visit to the lonely island of Taganac. Among other adventures there the two sat up one night to watch for turtles, and at midnight saw a large one come out of the sea on to the sands. When it was returned to the water first Mrs. Darby and then Mrs. McEnroe mounted on its back and rode for some distance. Distant Target While attempting to shoot the sky full of holes Saturday night so the rain could fall easily, says the Wilburton, L. I., Journal, Louie Goolbasin, a Russian, was reported by some folks who didn't have umbrellas with them. Some say Louie's experiment cost him about $60 besides the three days' ammunition he wasted. Shootemupski gotenufski! Bringing It Home "The beauty doctor has got the parson beat when it comes to curin' ladies of the liquor habit," remarked the Pohick 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. On December 6, 1877, a young French doctor sent in an application for a small post under the government and heard nothing more of the matter till a few days ago, when he was required to fill up a, blank in order to get a nomination for the position he had applied for nearly 28 years before. Quoting an Ancestor. Lord Shaftesbury was sharpening a pencil one day, the lead of which continually broke. At about the tenth failure he remarked: "D—the pencil!" Perceiving one of his sons to be present, he saved the situation by adding: "As your poor grandfather would have said"—London Globe. Subeditor—Here's another letter from the man who signs himself "Vox Popul." Editor—What's he want now? "He wants to know if we will kindly inform him what 'vox popul' means." DREDGING FOR HUSBANDS. How London. Social Gravel Is Raked for Matrimonial Nuggets of Value. Dredging for a husband is a development of the times which causes much amusement to the observant, says Truth. A girl who occupies a good position in "society" and is intelligent soon discovers that the number of rich bachelors of her own standing in life is very limited, that most of them are almost captured already, and that many of them will have little to do with her. She then commences to "dredge" the bed of the social stream. Buried in the gravel of this are many rich men, the sons of still obscure financiers, manufacturers or merchants, and careful dredging often brings some of them to the surface. Then the connections are-generally cast back into the water, and only the valuable elder son retained for use. "Dredging parties" have recently become the rage. An expert "dredger" spends the winter in gathering the necessary material in hotels on the continent and in other directions, and in the spring and summer gives a series of at homes to West End "customers," charging a commission on each completed transaction. Thus a "customer" captivates a "dredged" bachelor, and becomes engaged to him. If his income is £10,000 a year, the percentage is capitalized, and the amount is paid to the "dredger" on the wedding eve by the parents of the girl. The "dredgers" have hitherto mostly been the divorced wives or widows of knights or baronets, but as the business is so remunerative many of the best known women in London are adopting it, for it is obvious that a duchess would be able to rake the "social" deep much more effectively than can even a lady who has made one reputation in "society" by losing another in the divorce court. BALLOON IN FRENCH COURT Aeronaut Is Seized and Arraigned for Knocking Over Chim- The balloon is now fighting its way for a standing before the French courts. Though it appears to have become as established a fact as the bicycle or the automobile, nevertheless the idea is too new and original for the courts to have many precedents providing for aerial navigation as a 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 accident of last year. An aeronaut named Bacon was passing in his balloon over Paris when he unexpectedly came to within a few yards of the roofs. Finally he knocked down a chimney pot. Thinking him in danger some people promptly seized the dragging guide rope and in spite of the aeronaut's protest hauled him down into the street. He therefore had no choice except to order them to shut their windows while he deflated his gas bag. The gas entered a house through a window carelessly left open and caused an explosion in which a man named Gouzeau was killed. The question at issue was as to whether the aeronaut having been an unwilling sufferer himself 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 widow of Gouzeau, the man who was killed. SKEEING IN THE HIGH ALPS Expert Jumpers Sometimes Make Phenomenal Leaps from the "Hop." in Technical World Magazine, Fritz Morris describes the use of skees, for both business and pleasure, in all the European mountain countries. In Norway one of the great events of the year is a national meet of skee-runners and jumpers. "The skiing track lies on the face of a hill rising from a frozen lake to a height of nearly 160 feet. The length of the track, on the slope, is 190 yards; and the "hop" or platform from which the leap is taken is located about two-thirds of the way down. The angle 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 conduction, is about 15 seconds. On a recent occasion one man, a noted jumper, Olaf Tandberg, made a grand leap of 102 feet—the longest on Holmenkolen track—but fell. The best "standing jump," by which is meant one in which the man keeps his feet on alighting, and continues to the end without tailing, was made by Leip Berg, who covered 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." Doubling Up Battleships First England, as a result of observations of the Russo-Japanese war, began building an 18,000-ton battleship. Next Japan laid the keels 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 having observed before, the era of big battleships does not seem yet to be past.—N. Y. Thune Royal Couple Live in Accordance with Severe Lessons of Economy. Romans have one criticism to make of their king, Victor Emmanuel III. He is that he does not live like a king. His wife's democratic manners form a strange contrast to the etiquette which still surrounds her mother-in-law Queen Mergherita, while the king himself, when he appears in public usually does so with a lack of orientation which causes the admirers of his father, the late King Humbert, to shake their heads in mournful prophecy. As a matter of fact, Queen Helena learned the severe lesson of economy at the frugal court of her father. Nicholas of Montenegro, while the king had too many shocking examples of prodigality left him by his father and grandfather ever to feel inclined to follow in their footsteps. Just now, King Emmanuel is being blamed by the Romans for having shirked the first of the two court balls which he annually holds, at the Quirinal. The censure is unjust, for the court went into mourning on account of the death of King Christian, and the king was not to blame if the first ball had to be postponed. It was later given, but with less than the usual ceremony. The second ball also took place as usual on the last day of the carnival but the voices of pessimists continue to be heard. SEA CULLS AS PIRATES. They Will Steal Like Politicians and Commit Murder Like Sea There may be an advantage in birds living in colonies, but I cannot see how any other birds would want to live near a colony 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 approach drove a murre or cormorant from its nest, the saintly looking scalawags swooped down to eat the eggs and young. While the gulls are freebooters and robbers on the island, it is 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 possessions are never left for an instant without a guard. But the fittest manage 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. Ten of these gulls are equal to a pig. TYPEWRITERS CATCH COLD Machines Soon Get Out of Order If Left in a Chilly Atmos- The employer looked on with a puzzled expression while the new stenographer carried the typewriter across the room and placed it on a chair in the immediate neighborhood of a steam radiator, says the New York 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 a warm room, when it gradually became better; but usually a machine yields to three or four minutes of warmth." Weighing the World This world is to be weighed once more, doubts being entertained by scientists as to the accuracy of previous estimates; but whether the error be a case of short weight or overweight has yet to be settled. An expedition 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 its proportionate size. The swinging of pendulums will be the gauge. From the force exerted by the pyramid in pulling the swinging pendulum from its natura, course the weight of the pyramid can be estimated, 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 London 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 laborers in western Australia. London Telephone Calls Presiding at the half yearly meeting of shareholders in the National Telephone company Sir Henry Fowler said the number of messages transmitted during 1905 was 1,053,000,000. To understand these figures shareholders should know that the number of inland telegrams transmitted by the post office was only 88,000,000. WASHINGTON LETTER PRESIDENT DENOUNCES THE SENSATION MONGERS. Uncle Joe Pleased to Hear of the "Congressional Song Service"—The Bucket - Shops Catch the Government Clerks. WASHINGTON.—President Roosevelt has no use for the sensation monger and for the indiscriminate attacks made upon public men, particularly upon the senate and house of representatives. He has taken occasion more than once to express W his dispute with certain magazine articles which represent the government to be honourably combed with corruption and members of the senate to be criminals who ought to be behind the bars. The president has already established beyond all question that he is the sworn enemy of the grafter, but he has no patience with the writers and magazines that would give the impression that every other man in the public service is a grafter. He regards the indiscriminate slander of public servants as nothing less than a crime, and recently declared that men who would deliberately misrepresent other men and attack public officials without the warrant of facts were no better than criminals. "If I had to choose between a thief and a liar," he said recently, "I believe I would choose the thief, for you would know where to find him, but you don't know where to locate the liar and the damage he can do." The president is in the habit of comparing the writers of anonymous and unfounded attacks upon the senate and other government bodies to the character in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress who wielded the mock rake. They gather all the dirt and flith and can see none of the good that surrounds. They delight in bewitching characters and writing sensational stories in order to sell their papers and magazines. This class of writers, the president declares, is doing more harm to the cause of eradicating graft from public life than any other force. A Rule Not Observed. NO SMOKING SITORS at the capitol will notice in the elevators and in the corridors placards bearing the legend "No Smoking." They will then see men passing through the halls puffing cigars and cigarettes with as much freedom as they would on the street. If they examine a little/more closely they will find instructions to the police and other employees in the capitol to see that there is no smoking, but they will never see one of these employees interfere with the smokers. The fact is this rule at the capitol is a dead letter. It is one of the relics of a great reform worked by the late Speaker Reed in the fifty-fourth congress when he drove out of the capitol: corridors apple women, curio sellers and newspaper stands. He also had a rule adopted that smoking must be prohibited in the corridors and in the elevators, and for some years this rule was religiously kept. In latter times, however, it has passed into innocuous desutete. Sometimes a new employee takes these instructions literally, but he usually discovers that he is expected to wink at the smoking. The other day a doorkeeper, who had just been put on, noticed a nice looking old gentleman marching through the corridor puffing at a big, black cigar. "Excuse me," said the doorkeeper, "but do you see that?" pointing to the sign. "Yes; isn't it all right?" "We can't allow that here," explained the doorkeeper, pointing to the sign again. "Why doesn't look offensive to me; going to take it down, eh?" "The rules are that we mustn't allow it here," insisted the employee. "Oh, well, if they think the sign is doing any harm here take it out. I don't care. It doesn't look any more indecent to me than some of these pictures that they leave on the walls; but there is no accounting for tastes, and the nice old gentleman, chuckling, passed into the senate floor and the new employee realized that he had been "joshed" by one of the senators. He has not been so eager to stop smoking in the corridors since. Every Sunday Evening. I P ANYONE imagines that congressmen spend their Sundays and Sunday evenings in sleep or frivolous diversion he ought to visit the lobby of a certain hotel in which a colony of these statesmen dwell! Every Sunday evening after dinner the congressional guests gather about the reception room and lobby and indulge in a service of 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 himself. He had sung but a verse or two before two or three other voices joined in, other hymns were started and it was discovered that a village choir was not in it with the sweet-voice group of statesmen. The next Sunday evening this performance was continued, and there were a number of recruits to the chorus. A wider selection of hymns was made and the song service was continued for over an hour. On the third Sabbath one or two brought hymn books with them and the service took on a more formal character. It is now the regular thing to have this Sunday evening service of song, and the porters of the hotel arrange chairs and distribute hymn books among the audience, so that everybody can join in. There are evidences, however, that the congressmen are wearying a little of the good work. The ladies at the hotel were charmed with the scheme and they joined in in goodly numbers, until now there are not enough male voices to counterbalance the sopranos. Much Speculating F OR its size the city of Washington is said to contain more speculators and patrons of the "bucket shop" than any other place in the country. There are in active operation here about 25 brokerage houses, of which probably five are straight exchange houses with the best outside 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 permitted to indulge in speculation in these places. The large number of government clerks here who receive a 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 Washington, but the practice of clerks speculating 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 government buildings to the nearest bucket shop and taking a whirl at the market. There have been some sensational runs of luck on the part of government employees who "pike" along on a few dollars and one per cent. margins. About ten years ago a little group of these every day clerks began playing in the bucket shops and later went to the legitimate exchange houses. One of them began with a $10 bill, which in the course of four years had run up to $1,000,000. This is a historic case and has inspired more patronage for bucket shops than any other incident in the history of the city. This man's money could not stay with him, however, as he dropped his whole amount in the Northern Pacific squeeze a few years ago and he is now an ordinary "piker", but without a government job An Age Limit. G ONGRESS is wrestling with a most puzzling question just now, and one that is causing wrath, fear and anxiety among the federal employer in this city. The wise man in this house and senate are endeavoring to devise some scheme whereby government employees who have reached an age where their usefulness is impaired can be separated from the government payrolls. Chairman Tawney, of the house committee on appropriations, and his colleagues have worked out a scheme which prevents the paying of employees over 65 years of age more than $1,000 salary. It further provides that after the year 1913 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 department has revealed a large number of 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 a proposition through congress. This is realized by the leaders, and they have, substituted the other scheme of reducing the pay of old clerks and cutting them off after reaching 70 years of age. They have fixed the year 1913 in order to give the clerks who are approaching 70 or who have exceeded that age a chance to make some provision for the time when they will be separated from the government service. This effort to get better service from the clerks and to eliminate those who are useless has aroused an intense feeling among the 25,000 government employees in this city. The local papers are filled with letters giving instances where men over 70 are the most efficient employees of the government. They also call attention to the fact that the effective men in the senate and in other branches of the government are those who have passed the allotted three score and ten. EARLY SCRANBLE BOES IL FOR DAY'S SUCCESS. Schoolgirls 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 Leisurely—Take Plenty of Time to Dress and Eat Breakfast. BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER. (Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles.) Penelope came in with a frown on her brow. Her pretty face was puckered. Her mouth drooped at the corners, and she had almost the effect of being in a very bad temper. Penelope is one of my greatest favorites, and I was sorry to see that with her the wind was in the east. "What on earth has gone wrong, my dear?" I said, anxiously. "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 verbs, or what is the matter?" "The matter," said Penelope, "is my monthly report. I am awfully disturbed 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 astronomy, in algebra and geometry, some days, anyway, if not every day, and here 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 said that such a report was as great a mortification to her as it could possibly be to me, and she trusted I would do better another month, and not have to take such a record home again. "Possibly, Penelope," she said, "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 answered, "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 reports sprinkled all over with A's, like stars in the sky or daisies in a meadow in 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 think so?" "You are very cross," said Penelope, "and not a single bit sympathetic, and I wish I hadn't come. But maybe I 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*up when I am called; 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 scowl had vanished and she dimpled and blushed and 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 beginning the day aright." So many schoolgirls have exactly the same trouble that I wonuer very much why it is that their mothers and teachers do not help them out of it, and that their own good sense does not come to the rescue. The truth is that a successful day for a schoolgirl begins at nine o'clock the night before. At that hour she should say good night to everybody and go to bed. If she has had dinner early and feels a bit hungry, it will do her no harm to take a very simple luncheon of bread and milk before she goes to her room. Then without undue delay, she should undress, say her prayers, put out the light and go to bed and to sleep. It is the wretched habit of sitting up until half-past ten or 11 in a warm room, with the family talking, singing, playing games on the piano, or perhaps studying too late, that makes girls drowsy in the morning. Sleeping in an ill-ventilated room helps along. Be very sure that you have fresh air to breathe while you are asleep, and protect yourself against cold if necessary, by wearing a garment of outing flannel or of some woolen stuff instead of too thin a night dress. If a girl goes early to bed and sleeps soundly 'all night, she will be able to rise as soon as she is called. Haste in the morning upsets one terribly, and literally pursues one like a friend all the rest of the day. Rise in time to take a sponge bath from head to foot, to arrange your hair, and to have a few tranquil moments for devotion. Never think of leaving your room to begin any day without kneeling in prayer to the Heavenly Father Who has watched over you during the night, and Who will guard you during the day. Eat your breakfast slowly, gather your books and papers with deliberation and set off to school with a light heart. Hurry and 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 in the habit of beginning the day in this leisurely and sensible manner, and which tumble out of bed and into their clothes and lose their wits and their tempers before they have attacked the day's business. An ancient philosopher once said that there was everything in keeping an even mind. Those of us who have a 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 instead 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 singling out of parts is the life of despatch. For he that doth not divide will never enter well into business. To choose time is to save time, and an unseasonable motion is but beating the air. I knew a wise man that had it for a by-word when he saw men hastening to a conclusion, stay a little that we may make an end the sooner." If so great a man as Sir Francis Bacon thought it well to act with deliberation and map out his 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 it out with myself. I said: I wonder if I, too, cannot turn a new leaf here. We older 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 our 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'erhead." FOR A SCALY SKIN. Virtues of the Oil Bath—How to Use and Make a Good Skin A dry scaly skin indicates that the skin and tissues are in need of nourishment. This may be supplied by 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 oil bath; it tones up the whole system. It is not necessary to use more than two or three tablespoonfuls of oil at one bath. Be sure and get a pure oil. 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 easily prepared, and if properly used the results are very good. Prepare as follows: Lanolin, nine ounces; cocoa butter, one-half ounce; white wax, five ounces; spermacetl, one-half ounce; almond oil, six ounces; water, nine ounces; borax, 50 grams; three drops of oil neroll. Fuse the lanolin, cocoa butter, white wax, spermacetl and almond oil, being careful not to get too hot; test by touching the finger to it; dissolve borax in the water, pour into the oils, 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 Guessing Contest. Here is a clever game which can also be used as a novel way to pair partners. On cards write the following; the key is given below. 1. What is the most religious state? 2. What is the most egotistical state? 3. The father of states? 4. The state where the untidy 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, Ill.; 9, Md.; 10, Tenn.; 11, Ark.; 12, O. BORDER AND CORNER. This Sort of Needlework Is Again in Vogue and May Adorn a Variety of Articles. Here is a simple design to be used as a border for any article such as toilet-mats, table-cloths, tray-cloths, etc., where a corner is also needed. CROSS-STITCH. The corner is shown at the right-hand end of design, the border being continued on the second side like the first. It may be repeated to any length. Good Toilet Water. You can prepare a very good toilet water of 30 drops each of oil of lavender, oil of bergamot, oil of lemon and orange flower water, half pint deodorized alcohol. Cork and shake well. The Visiting Card. Black, either plain or shaded, plain script, French script and shaded old English lettering are all fashionable types for the engraving for the present visiting card. American Brick Co. President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf Dryer. 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THOMAS CAREY. JOHN SHELHAMER, ary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. TURERS OF Sower Brick Not Extravagant Praise. "What did the editor say about your story?" asked the young man's friend. "I don't believe he liked it very well." "Well, there are differences in the appreciative faculty as well as in the ability to create. The same man's taste will vary according to circumstances." "I suggested that, and he agreed with me. He said that if a man found himself on a desert island with nothing to read except my story and a back number city directory, he might read my story."—Stray Stories. Benignant Soul The following advertisement recently 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 professional visit I'll give him a drop of rum to put in it. Milk taken neat on cold moralings and an empty stomach is likely to injure the internal economy of outdoor workers. Address, etc." Chinese Millionaire Foon Chuck, a naturalized Chinaman in Mexico, is estimated to be over $1,100,000 in gold. He went to Mexico from California 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 in his line of hotels. He also owns a farm of 11,000 acres in the state of Tamaulipas. He employs 100 Mexicans and 25 Chinese coolers. Aid to Swimmers. A new float in the form of a tubo, three yards long, is inflated by the swimmer and wound around his body. At each end is a tube which is stopped up with a plug, and a leather strap, which serves to fasten the float to the body. It is wound around the waist, then the neck, and finally around the arms. First Wall Paper. The manor house at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire, England, has what is said to be the first wall paper used in England. The paper, which is like blotting paper in texture, and has a cream-colored ground and chocolate design, is fastened to the wall with small tacks. Post Mortem Arrest. A 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 man was believed to be an escaped convict. This was found to be true, and the body was taken to the prison burial ground. Simulate Sickness Many animals feign illness. In military stables cases are recorded of horses pretending to be lame in order to avoid going to a military exercise. A certain chimpanzee had been accustomed to receive cake when Ml. After his recovery, he often feigned coughing, in order to procure ainties. 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. Girl Lineman. Miss Grace Brenneman, of Lindsay, O., is a telegraph tineman. She can splice, put on a new insulator, replace a fuse or repair a dropped switchboard. Climbing a pole is child's play to her. She is just 20 years old. President's Grave M. Fallieres, the new president of France, wears a butterfly tie fastened to his collar button with a piece of elastic. He says that he has worn that kind of tie for 30 years, and is not going to change, presidency or no presidency. Getting Flipnant "London," says the queen, "formerly splenetic and morose, has totally changed its character. Everything is looked at lightly, airily, and we make fun even of such tragedies as our climate and the county council." Jewel Trade. Importations of precious stones at New York in the month of February were appraised at $3,067,038, compared with $2,407,038 in February, 1908. Occasionally a woman marries her ideal man, but in most cases it is not long until her aircastle is transformed into a flat. Menu of the Eagle. The voracity of the eagle is a well-known fact, but it has been left to a Swiss hunter to define exactly the variations which take place in its daily menu. In a nest in the Alps, side by sled with an eaglet, he found a hare, freshly killed; 27 chamois' feet, four pigeons' feet, 30 pheasants' feet, 11 heads of fowls, 18 heads of grouse, and the remnants of rabbits, marmots and squirrels. Coin for Mexico. The Mexican government lately concluded 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 coling $1,000,000 on a rush order. Since the establishment of the gold standard in that country the capacity of their mints has been overtaxed. Nearly a Ton. A reunion of the Weewee family was held recently at the home of Leonard Weewee, west of town, reports the Rushville (Ind.) Republican. There are nine brothers, and their aggregate weight is 1,780 pounds, an average of 178 pounds to the man. All are six-footers. This is probably the "largest family" of boys in this country. Isolated Danish Colony. A curious circumstance in connection with the death of the king of Denmark is the fact that one of the Danish 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 King Christian's birthday on April 8 in the usual manner. New Lawnmower. A lawnmower has made its appearance built on the lines of the agricultural reaper, which in itself suggests to the average mind the familiar barber's clippers. It is said for this machine that it does not mutilate the grass so much as the usual rotary knife lawn mower, which has a tendency to drag the roots and feeders. Got Chummy. Henry St. George Tucker, president of the Jamestown exhibition, told a congressional committee about his audience with King Edward. He said he and the king had a very pleasant talk. "As near as I can gather," said a committee member, "the king was calling' him 'Tuck, old boy,' before he left." Naturalistic Notation. Fishes have no eyelids, and necessarily sleep with their eyes open; they swallow their food whole, having no dental machinery. Frogs, toads and serpents never take food except that which they are certain is alive. Serpents are so 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 vertical wall 800 feet high. The inhabitants rarely make a journey into the outer world, and practically they form a little community all by themselves. Scotland's "Plighting Stone." The "plighting stone" was used until quite recently in parts of Scotland. Troths were plighted by grasping hands through the stone. These troths and promises were involvate in matters of love, business and all social relations. Limedron's Finish "So Smithherby 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 being willing, euthanaziated him."—N Y. Times. Getting Dangerous. The market for American poker chips is said to be seriously threatened by undervaluation the Japanese article. Many patriots will now begin to believe in the reality of the yellow peril. Deserved It. "Hit!!" whispered the stage villain, creeping stealthily away. "I expected you would be," rejoined the callboy, making a bolt round the back of the stage—Stray Stories. She Turns to Whining "Many a marriage turns out a failure," said the philosopher, "mainly because the winning ways of the sweetheart became the whining ways of the wife." The Real Thing. "De tho' nuff financier," said Uncle Eben, "is de woman wif only a two dollar bill an' a family of eight to market fur."—Washington Star. Use Their Noses. The negroes of Tahiti, one of the Society islands in the south Pacific, play the flute with the nose instead of the mouth. Small Minded. "Some folks," said Uncle Eben, "return to mights day kin make up for de own shortcomin's by scoldin' at de childern."—Washington Star. Sousa's Short Speech. Sousa, the famous conductor, hates public oratory and never, if he can help it, makes a speech in public. After one of his performances in Cork his audience kept clamoring for a speech and refused to be satisfied with the usual bow. Finally Sousa stepped to the front of the platform and, raising his hand, said impressively: "Ladies and gentlemen, can you all hear me?" There was the usual "Yes." "Then I wish you good-night." When Conversation Lagged. They were at the theater together; and conversation lagged. At last, during the entracte, he turned to her and ventured: "Don't—don't you think the acoustics here are very bad?" She hesitated an instant. "Why, no," she said, a little uncertainly, "I don't smell anything."—N. Y. Times. Shrewd Boy. Tommy (at the breakfast table)—I dreamed last night I found a bag of 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 of thought it was a dream, and I just kept on dreamin', and had a mighty good time with that money 'fore I waked up."—Chicago Tribune. Dickens Character Dead. Joseph Jennings died lately at Colchester, England, at the age of 100 years. A lawsuit in his family over a disputed will was the foundation of Dickens' "Jardynce vs. Jarndynce." On the tombstone of one of the litigants, in a Colchester churchyard, is the text from Jeremiah: "Though decent, they refused to know me." Olive Oil in Algiers. Consul Johnson, of Aigiers, writes that the adulteration of olive oil with cottonseed oil has caused a law to be promulgated there requiring all admixtures to be so marked, plainly, and with the proportions of adulteration. Any deception in its sale will be published according to law. In Their Own Tongue. English Guide—The echo 'ere in these mountains is very fine, sir. Tourist (after shouting "Hello!")—Well, there is an echo, but it isn't intelligible. "You don't understand the language, sir. These are Welsh mountains, y' know."—Philadelphia Press. Rat-Catching Horse. There is a horse that catches rats and mice in Manchester, England. 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