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BROAD AX Vote For Men-Not Party! The Negro Must Cease Being Whipped Into Line With the Party Lash. Vol. XI Vote For The Negro Whippe the Having read an article in the Topeka Daily Capital by Prof. Sol. G. Watkins of your city, and having given it a careful study, I have come to the conclusion of one of our most eminent men, Prof. W. E. B. DuBois, in his "Soul of Black Folk," that we need no alms. We need no one in congress to vote or ask for the reduction of the votes in the electoral college, or congressional representation. What we want is sympathy, and that from each other. We must get together as a race and a people; quit being tools to put some white man in office when we know it is for himself alone. Learn to use our ballot for our own interests. Let us have thrift and sobriety; be honest with God and man. Vardaman, Tom Dixon, Jr., and Ben Tillman see the signs of the times and the hand writing on the wall; and when we learn to vote for the interests of our race, regardless of party affiliation, then we will gain the confidence of the general public and the two great political parties now in America, which now have only contempt for us. As a race our most urgent need is money. Let us organize in small bands throughout the country, save collectively in a common treasury, say 10c a week each. Let each organization be non-partisan. Buy the land the white man has for sale to each other. Buy government bonds, railroad stocks and invest in city, town, electric plant, water mains, gas mains, telephone and street railway bonds, 10c a piece a month put in a common treasury will do the work. Figure it out. We have such an organization here in Denver. Allow your mind's eye to look thirty years ahead in the Southland; see the 17,000,000 blacks and the 9,000,000 whites; see its great manufacturing center of America and the world, with its great water power to propel machinery, instead of steam or electricity. Can you not see those factories filled with black boys and girls, black men as foremen, cashiers, etc., black bank presidents, black laborers, black farm hands? The minority cannot rule the majority. Can you see it? Vardaman, Tom Dixon and Ben Tillman can see it. We want no alms. We want the laws of the land enforced; we want the constitution of this great nation and the amendments thereto upheld to the letter. A party in power which will not do this is not worthy of our franchise. I regard state rights of legislation, but when those rights conflict with our national laws then it is time to say, "Hands off." We want to vote not for party, but for friends. A party in power which fails even to make an attempt to enforce the provisions of the constitution and its amendments, which it has sworn to protect, is not a friend, but an enemy, not only to the people whose rights are in jeopardy, but to a republican or democartic form of government. Our salvation lies in organization and we must soon get at it. Ten cent departments throughout this country, in every city, town and hamlet, in churches, lodges and social functions, the same to be invested not for individuals, but for the race. An opportunity will be thrown open and we will have the cash to entertain the proposition. Color lines will fade, and as time comes as fast as it goes, so will race prejudice. Stop preaching of the dead past to our people and telling them how to die, but learn them how to live in this great country of wealth and opportunities. Teach them to desist in their continued practice of spending all their money for three meals a day and a bed for the night. Tell them that while they are kicking about the "Jim Crow" ears of the South they are patronizing "Jim Crow" theatres in the North. Tell them that the money foolishly spent in five years by our people for dances, whisky, excursions, etc., throughout the United States would build a railroad from New York to San Francisco. To achieve this end means that thrift and intelligence must be the chief factors. Vote not for party, but for the benefit of the government and municipality in which you live. Think not of some one getting a jack-leg-political job, but of the people in general. Lincoln is dead, so are Sumner, Grant and Douglas. We are now living and it is time thrown away to fool with the past. We have lost out for such foolishness. Politically, we are where Lincoln and Grant left us. We have lost our congressional representation, and all for gaining the contempt of the two dominant political parties of this country—for supporting or rather a slave to one and an enemy to the other. And now both these parties have joined hands against the Negro's advancement. It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you do want and get it. Get an idea of your own. Get away from political slavery. Do not be dictated to by some one with less political sense. Strike the blow. We need no alms. Our electoral college in the South is all right, and when we wake up and take charge of affairs in the South we will not have to fight to regain what we asked to be taken from us, for the majority of the brain and muscle of the South is bound to rule. Vardaman secs it; so does Ben Tillman and so does Thos. Dixon, Jr., D.D., of Hades. —S. H. TAEBET, Denver, Colo. (In the Plaindealer, Topeka, Kan.) With the Immortals- "I believe in the jury box, the ballot box and the cartridge box."—Fredrick Douglass. "Annexation to the United States?" I would never consent to it. No white man will ever reduce me to the level of an Alabama Negro."—Antonio Macco. "I may be sent to death, gentlemen, but Hayti will live free and independent, for I have planted the roots of liberty so deep in Haytian soil that France will never be able to tear them up."—Toussaint L'Ouverture. "A white man is as good as I am, provided he behaves himself."—John M. Langstoh. "Say to the commander of each Impi that the invaders of our soil must be destroyed and the name of Cetewayo made terrible to the thieves who come to subjugate us."—Cetewayo. "Take not into your confidence the servants who work in the house and receive old clothes from their masters, they will betray us."—Denmark Vaezey. "Let us leave here, and go where we can enjoy civil and political liberty."—Robert Charles. "Liberty in the great thing to be obtained by men."—Menelik—Ex. HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, MAY 5, 1906 To Mr. Charles Francis Adams. In the South there are white people in mountain districts of Tennessee and the Carolinas who are known as clay eaters. There is hardly a more degraded class of humans to be found on earth. A similar class may be found in the most hilly regions of Pennsylvania and Ohio. There people have lived surrounded by civilization. All over the earth are tribes of white or red or yellow people, living as they have been for ages surrounded by the example of the highest enlightenment ever vouchsafed to man. Yet not one faintest ray of light ever penetrated the dark barbarian that envelops them. According to Chas. F. Adams these cases of persistent uncivilization in the few tribes should prove the utter incapacity of all the white, red or yellow beams. He found savage tribes of Negroes in Africa unaffected by the civility around them. Therefore, he says, the whole Negro race is utterly inferior and despicable. He sees no variety in the white races. All are splendid specimens of enlightenment. He sees no variety in the Negro populations. All are alike worthless. As a Christian he might well ask why did the Creator so prefer the Colored races that he has, until of late, kept the earth people by them in such large majorities and has especially devoted the fairest climes of the earth for their homes. Mr. Adams might observe before his eyes in Canada thousands of the black race whose ancestors settled there over a cetnury ago, in where manners, conduct and conversation he could detect no difference from the same traits in the best educated English or French descendants of original settlers there. By observation he might conclude, and so conclude accurately, that all the differences between the various races, tribes, nations of the world are due to environment, and that "of one blood hath he made all the nations of the world," and that no wild races of either men or brutes ever contracted tameness except through domestication. HOLT. ST. MARK M. E. CHURCH. State Req. 41 sts. Bishop I. B. Scott will preach at St. Mark M. E. Church next Sunday morning, and will also deliver his famous lecture on Africa on Monday evening. Bishop Scott has lately returned from Africa and is in attendance at the semi annual meeting of the Bishops of the M. E. Church. Bishop Scott is the only colored Bishop on the Bench. The subject at the Literary next Sunday afternoon will be "The Literary Side of the Bible." Mr. R. G. Bell will be the speaker. Mr. R. Finn will also speak. The next issue of The Broad Ax will contain a full account of our delightful trip to Columbus, Ohio. FREDERICK DOUGLASS CENTER BENEFIT. Everybody is talking about the grand benefit for the Frederick Douglass Centre to be given at the New Pekin Theatre next Monday night. The sale of tickets at the box office of the theatre, which began Thursday, shows extraor dinary public interest in the event. First there is a general desire to help the good work of the Centre. That work has been in active operation for a year and our people who have benefitted most largely have not contributed much toward its maintenance since the splendid support they gave Mrs. George C. Hall's charity-ball last year. They are there glad to help the work of the Fredrick Douglass Centre again and many will crowd the house for that reason. Another reason many will go to the benefit next Monday night is because they want to see Mr. Mott's New Theatre. And when you remember that it is the only theatre in this whole country owned, operated and managed by a colored man, and that it is as pretty a place, thoroughly up to date in every particular as any theatre of its size in town, you will not wonder that the public wants to go and see it, and show the world we are proud of our race and its achievements. The following prominent public women under the leadership of Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett are working for this twofold result, and The Broad Ax believes they will succeed. Society will be out in force. Madames George C. Hall, M. W. Rankin, Wm. Manuel, B. F. Moseley, Belle Patton, David Manson, Miss Lucy Lindsay and others have box parties. Messrs. Theodore Jones, Jr., Charles Dyess, J. C. Stubbs, Robert Bacon and John White of the Bachelors' Club will serve as ushers, assisted by Messrs. J. Hockley Smiley, Noah D. Thompson and Robert Ball. The program of the Soper School of Oratory has been donated to the cause, and the musical numbers are furnished by our own people. Miss Flora Batson will sing Dunbar's "Little Brown Baby," Miss Howard will play (a cornet solo and Miss Gertrule Palmer the violinist will render a selection upon the violin. The Republican and Democratic Judicial Conventions Monday and Tuesday the Republican and Democratic Judicial conventions were held in this city. The Republicans held forth at the First Regiment Armory. Sixteenth street and Michigan avenue, and the Democrats were on the bill boards at the North Side Turner Hall. County Judge Orrin N. Carter was selected to make the race as a candidate for member of the Supreme Court, and George A. Carpenter was chosen to contest with William A. Doyle for the Circuit Court Judgeship, to succeed the late Judge M. F. Tuley. The host of Democracy selected as its choice William Fenimore Cooper to make the race for the Supreme Court Judgeship, and William A. Doyle was overwhelmingly chosen over Alderman W. E. Dever as a candidate for Judge of the Circuit Court. Both parties have nominated first-class candidates for those honored positions, and the people will be well served by the election of the choice of either one of the conventions, but the indications seem to point to the election of Messrs. Doyle and Cooper, for both of them are eminently qualified to serve the people in their respective capacities. The Nobler Part. To follow after what you deem the right. To live according to your highest light, For freedom and humanity to fight. To dare speak out the thoughts within your heart. To preserve, despite the sneers of fools. To speak, despite the isms and the fools. [Name] Candidate for Congress in the 8th Congressional District and one of the new members of the Central Committee of Cook County. The Church and the Negro. Is it not a strange anomaly that though the Church has ever been solicitous for the Negro, receiving him on the same footing as the white at her altars, and with the same love receiving his canonized relics thereon, there are comparatively few adherents, of the colored race in our Catholic doctrine. One of the greatest doctors of the Church was an African, and one of her latest saints is Benedict the Moor.—Catholic Union and Times. The antipathy of Negroes to the Catholic Church is not so inexplicable as our contemporary would suppose. Americans, broadly speaking, a Protestant country, and as such has instilled in the Negro that aversion to and prejudice against the Catholic Church, which though it may be growing less pronounced, is nevertheless the legitimate progeny of Protestantism. Coupled with this is the additional fact that Colored people have been educated to believe that whatever consideration is extended to them by the Catholic Church is inspired by an ulterior desire to add to its power by force of numbers, with little regard for Negroes as a race, or, infact, for any interests outside of that church. But it must be said that such a consulsion is an injustice to the moving spirit of Catholicism. True it is that many of the more ignorant adherents of that Church in this country have even maintained a blind and unreasoning antagonism to the colored race. But the same could truthfully be said in reference to many of the more ignorant adherents of most Protestant denominations. The Catholic Church has as much right to be judged by its representatives, and not by its irresponsible rabble as has any other denomination, or has the colored race. And it cannot be denied that when it comes to the great questions of human rights in this country, especially where Negroes are concerned, the leaders of the Catholic Church have spoken out in tones of thunder, while the leaders of most Protestant denominations have sealed their lips with silence, and bowed to the mandates of the most relentless foes to human liberty. It has been but a few weeks since Archbishop Ireland stood before 10,000 people in Kansas City, and made a plea for justice and fair play, not for Negro Catholics, but for the Negro race, such as has seldom been made in this country by any dignatary. To such representatives, and not to the ignorant rabble should Negroes turn in order to learn the true sentiment of the Catholic Church toward their race—Ex. No.28 GALLAGHER. North Congressional District and one of committee of Cook County. How the South Treats Colored People Those members of the Massachusetts legislature who have gone on record as favoring the appropriation of the money of all the people of this state raised by taxation for a project in the South have had weekly evidences of how the South treats Colored people. Passing over the mob-murder of the Colored men in Missouri under the statue of "Justice," on Easter Sunday morning, men admitted not to have been guilty, we find that the Convention of the Southwestern Commercial clubs meeting at St. Louis, composed of the representative white merchants of the southwest, "enthusiastically tabled" a motion condemning that Easter Sunday lynching in Missouri, and commending Gov. Folk for calling in the troops. A man from Texas, who unequivocally endorsed the lynching of Colored men suspected, not convicted, of "laying hands upon" a white woman, carried the day, became the hero of the moment, and the hon of the women's clubs (white) who presented him with a bouquet of roses. We are not mentioning the lynching of a 17-year-old Colored boy in Texas on Wednesday for "entering the house of a widow," for the action of the Southwestern Association of Merchants is that the best white element, done deliberately, without any circumstances of excited passions. It shows the idea the white South has as to the rights of the Colored Americans. In the eyes of the representative, leading, commercial class of the southwest Colored people have no rights whatever. The South is even worse in this respect than the Southwest. It has crystallized into law its outlawry of Colored Americans. Yet, in view of this plain fact and condition, Massachusetts senators make bold to declare their willingness to give the money of our Colored taxpayers to the project of a private corporation on Southern soil, to do it without condition or provision, and profess to take stock in the promises of a Southerner that our Colored citizens will not be discriminated against, and five-sixths of such senators are Republicans.—The Guardian, Boston, Mass. Mr. Wm. C. Bentley, formerly of Baltimore, Md., arrived in Chicago Thursday from Pittsburg, Pa. While here Mr. Bentley will stop with Mr. John Monamus, 7734 Greenwood avenue. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestant, and Unitarian, and must, Knights of Labor, or any one else can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Brodé *B* is a newspaper whose platform is based on the principle of claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. THE BROAD AX 5040 Armour Avenue, Chicago. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago IL, as Second Class Matter. International Theatre, Chicago It would appear that the International Theatre does not contemplate being outdone, not even by the high priced theatres, and seemingly with a determination equal to "bull dog" tenacity to excell, regardless of expense. Manager Cleveland has arranged for the appearance, week commencing Monday Matiney, May 7. of Eduard Waldman, the celebrated German-English tragedian, supported by his own English company in a dramatization of Robert Louis Stevenson's wierd story, Dr. Jekell and Mr. Hyde, with new scenery and costumes, and now that Richard Mansfield is to appear in Chicago about the same time in the same characters, it is not unlikely that dramatic critics and the clinetelles of the different Theatres will be up in arms as to which of the two celebrated actors is the better in these particular acts. Mr. Waldman has played in New York in opposition to Richard Mansfield, so Chicagoans will have an opportunity of judging for themselves as to which portraval best suits their tastes. Manager Cleveland insures his patrons something out of the ordinary in the Jekell-Hyde production in conjunction with his "Original Greater Vaudeville." In addition to the stellar attraction referred to, Verden & Dunlap, a comedy duo new to Chicago, will be seen in their lastest creation. The Degraw Trio, Comedy Acrobats. Noblett & Marshall in a comedy sketch. Harry Howard in a specialty original with himself, and the great Mantells. All these together with the Amphion quartette, the World's Trio, Tracy, Brooks and Young, and the new animated pictures in the 20th Century Optiscope, will surely go to make up a Vaudeville program, the likes of which has not been seen in Chicago in many a day. The 10 cent Matinees are attended by vast throngs of ladies and children. Of course the night prices remain the same, 10, 20 and 30 cents, the latter the highest price for the best orchestra seats. FREDERICK DOUGLASS CENTER 3032 Wabash Av. Members and friends of the Douglass Center, 3032 Wabash avenue, are urged to remember the benefit entertainment to be given at the Pekin Theatre, corner Twenty-seventh and State streets, Monday evening, May 7th, at 8 p.m. All the proceeds go directly to the Center, the entire expenses having been met by friends. Miss Jane Addams has assumed the cost of troops and players. The theatre, with orchestra, has been kindly donated by the proprietor, and the minor expenses have been contributed. The annual meeting of the Center will take place at 8 p.m. Full reports of the year's work in the various departments will be given. Two directors will be re-elected. It is hoped there will be a large attendance. Last Sunday Mr. E. H. Wright read a very practical paper on "Ideals of Citizenship," discoursing on the improvement work, clean ballot, and declaring himself in favor of woman's suffrage. Friday evening the Lyceum had a very interesting meeting. Mrs. G. M. Fauikner lectured on her work in the Liberia College, Africa. Sunday, 3 p. m., Dr. Charles E. Bemley will speak on "Values." Good music. All are invited. Thursday, 8 p. m., Dr. George C. Hall will speak before the Sociology class, relating his recent visit in the South. Members and friends of the class are invited. Sunday, 3 p. m., the Physicians and Surgeons hold their regular meeting. Saturday, 10 a. m., the sewing class, and 8 p. m. the English class—"D." INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH AND SOCIAL SETTLEMENT. 3825 Dearborn Street. The Pastor will preach at the usual hours of service 10:45 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. The illustrated service last Sunday night was well attended, the subject Pilgrims Progress was presented by the Pastor. The congregations are increas- 1 ing in numbers both morning and evening. The Educationalal and Musical Symposium will be given on Wednesday night the 9th instead of the 7th Miss Hallie Q. Brown is to deliver an address, Subject, "Songs and Sorrows." of the Negro." Prof. Smith's Orchestra will furnish the music for the occasion. Miss Brown has been on the coast all winter and wherever she delivered this address it was listened to with great interest. A Basket Ball team is being organized at the church. Miss Francis White instructor. The second class in millinery has commenced its work, and will complete the course some time in June. H. E. Stewart, Minister. COST OF THE WHITE HOUSE. In Connection With the President I ` is Above $125,000 a Year. State near 47th. (San Francisco Argonaut.) A correspondent asks: "Is the president able to save anything out of the mere $50,000 a year salary he receives?" Many people believe that the $50,000 a year which the president gets as salary is the sum total of his official income. It is a mistake. This is how he is paid: 36,000 is given him in addition to his salary of $50,000 to pay the salaries of his subordinates and clerks. His private secretary is paid $3,250, his assistant private secretary $2,250, his stenographer $1,800, five messengers (each) $1,200, a steward $1,800, two doorkeepers (each) $1,200, four other clerks at good salaries, ranging from $1,500 to $2,500; one telegraph operator, two ushers, $1,200 and $1,400, a night usher, $1,200, a watchman, $900, and a man who takes care of the fires, who receives $804 a year. In addition to this there is given him $8,000 for incidental expenses, such as stationery, carpets and the care of the presidential stables. And under another heading there is given him nearly $10,000 more. Of this $12,500 is for repairs and refurnishing the white house, $2,500 is for the greenhouse, $2,500 is for fuel $4,000 is for the greenhouse, $15,000 is for gas, matches and the stable. The white house all told costs the country in connection with the president considerably over $125,000 a year. The president is also well to do in his own right, having inherited a competence from his father. Add to this the royalties he has received from his income from magazine work, and it will be seen that the expense incident to the marriage of Miss Alice will by no means pinch the purse of the house of Roosevelt CHIPS My number was "23." Did you 'skidoo" on the first of May? Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Woodard entertained a number of friends Tuesday evening. A "Dutch" lunch was served. Messrs. Banks and Sampson, of La-Porte, Ind, spent Sunday in Chicago as guests of Mr. Casius King, of the west side. Mr. and Mrs. Rush Yerby entertained several friends at dinner last Sunday evening in honor of Mr. Fields, of Denver, Colo. Mr, and Mrs. L. W. Cummings, 6554 Champlain avenue, entertained a large number of masters and misses in honor of their daughter's birthday. Attorneys J. Gray Lucas, C. J. Waring, James S. Nelson, and I. J. Reed have removed from 167 Dearborn street to suite 51, 119 LaSalle street. While here on a shopping tour from LaPorte, Ind., Mrs. Maude Ralston Banks spent a portion of her time as the guest of Mrs. Clara Belle Barley, 4157 Ellis avenue. Did you move? Well, take your time in straightening up; nobody expects you to be "all set in a minute. You should notify us, however, of your new address at once. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hamlet have opened up at grocery store at 5028 Armour ave., and their many friends wish them success - in their new business venture. Miss Ella Claudena Cox of Indianola. Miss., and Mr. B. F. Hoyt, of this city were quietly married, Wednesday evening, April 25, Dr. D. P. Roberts officiating. Mrs Lillian Woods, 5032 Armour ave., wishes to thank her many friends for their generous patronage in behalf of the None Such Club which gave an entertainment at her home last Thursday evening, $15 was realized for the benefit of St Stephens church. The officers of the club are, Mrs. Laura Yancy, Fres.; Mrs, Cora Price, Sec'y; Mrs. Mollie Harris, Treas.; Rev. W. S. Brooks, pastor. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Kennedy, 5746 5th ave, celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary Wednesday evening, April 25. It was a large and very brilliant affair, more than one hundred guests being present. The bride and groom looked as charming as they did twenty years ago. Those assisting the hostess in receiving were, fifteen ladies, well known in her society. The bride and groom were the recipients of many beautiful and costly gifts, most notable being an exquisite dinner set of one hundred pieces. Dainty refreshments were served and when the guests departed for their homes all wished Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy many more years of happy, married life. 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Appearance Decalves "It's easy to pick out the bankrupt," said the unsophisticated reporter at the creature's meeting. "Yes?" replied the other. "See L. w. shabby and careworn he looks." "That's the principal creditor. The bankrupt is the man with the fur overcoat and diamonds." Only a Buffer. The editor of a Leipzig paper has gone to jail for six months for criticising some kings of Saxony who had been dead several hundred years. The paper will not suspend publication, however, as the editor is merely a person employed to serve in prison the sentences which may be imposed for what the paper prints. Kaiser's Novel Gift The silver wedding present that is said to have most pleased the kaiser was from the combined rowing and sailing clubs in Germany. It consisted of six silver models, representing the different styles of shipbuilding from the Viking galley to the emperor's yacht Meteor. Skulls Preserved. It is the custom in Brittany to dig up the bones of the dead after a certain time and preserve the skull only in a small box with a heart-shaped opening in its front. Each box is marked with the name and date of the dead. Queer English League There is a Compulsory Character league in England, the business of which is to urge on parliament the passage of a bill making it compulsory for all employers to give a written character to their employees when leaving. Liquid Measure The Secretary—I find that your property in Swampyville cost you four dollars a foot, sir. What price are you willing to sell it for? The Rich Victim—Oh, I'll let it go for two dollars a gallon—Life. "King's Weather." The recent visit of King Edward to France has given the French another English phrase, which they have added to "high life," "sportsman," "fashionable" and the rest. They now call fine weather "king's weather." Bread Was Sad "Ah, darling," remarked Mr. Newed, "I see you have prepared some pudding with your own little hands. What kind is it, pet?" "Th—that—" sobbed Mrs. Newed, "is b—bread!"—London Tit-Bits. Colored Y. M. C. A. The Y. M. C. A. in the United States has 106 branches for colored members, 74 of which are in educational institutions and 32 in cities. Their aggregate membership exceeds 8,000. Where It Landed Him "What a pendent young Goldrox has for getting at the inside of things." "What now?" "Bank, then jail."—Milwaukee Sentinel. Neglect Husbands When one sees a woman making love to a dog it isn't hard to understand why there are some divorces. N. Y. Times. FLOWERS FED ON DRUGS. Experiments in the horticultural department of Cornell university are said to have demonstrated the fact that plants can be forced to grow with the aid of drugs, and can be made to mature in far less time than it takes to develop naturally, says the Indinapolis State. The plants are fed on ether or other medical potion for 24 or 36 hours, until they are thoroughly permeated with the fumes. Then they grow with the greatest rapidity. Easter lilies treated thus have 'put out magnificent blooms in a night, and narcissus flowers have doubled their size after a few hours treatment. Could anything be more dreadful? Could there be any more effective way of destroying the sentiment that belongs to flowers? As it is now, the forcing process of the hothouse, which increases the size of blossoms, but adds correspondingly to the natural fragility, and in many cases lessens their original fragrance, takes something from the spiritual charm that belongs by right to those "stars that in earth's firmament do shine," and that everyone feels in some measure. "Flowers are words that even a child may understand," says a poet; and George Eliot asks: "Is there not a soul beyond utterance, half nymph, half child, in those delicate petals which glow and breathe about the centers of deep color?" Flowers have a language of love and hope and cheer; they "breach to us if we will hear." COLLEGE YELLS EMBALMED Canned "Rah-Rahs" Would Be a Great Treat a Few Centuries Hence. Some thoughtful Austrian has induced the Imperial Acadamey of Sciences of that empire to secure photographic records of the numerous languages and dialects of Austria-Hungary, these records to be canned and sealed, as it were, for the enlightenment and delectation of future generations. The idea was so good that the academy has seen fit to extend it. Examples of languages and music have been secured in New Guinea and in certain sections of India. A party of scientists equipped for this research was sent to Australia last summer and another party is to start for Greenland at an early date. All these records are transferred to special archive phonographs and carefully stored away. While the field for this form of collecting is widening, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer, it might be pertinently suggested that the American college yells should be included in these interesting archives. To some people the vigorous "rah-rahs" and other exuberant syllables in use by the young collegians would prove fully as interesting as the heathenish gutters and tooming of the New Guinea savages, or the Sanskrit chants of the Hindustanese. So let the addition be made as complete as possible, with due cognizance of the "Hoo-rah kl-rah!" of our own Case school and the "O Sketlol!" of our Western Reserve. OLD-TIME PIANO PLAYING. Not Much Like the Place That Is Set by the Players of To- In these infant days of the twentieth century the pianist stands next to the singer among the princes of the musical world, writes W. J. Henderson, in the Atlantic. But it was not always so. The singer was the first to mount the public throne and reign with the specter of sweetened sound. Next came the violinist, and after him the virtuosi of wind instruments. Early concert programmes show the names of singers, but not of manipulators of the keyboard. The concert pianist of to-day, sweeping the keyboard of his grand and the heart strings of his hearers with sinewy hands, emerged slowly from the humble state of a poor dependent, creeping with anxious offerings to the door of his princely patron. It was not till almost the middle of the eighteenth century that the performance of solo feats on the harpischord began to attract public attention and to form the substance of concerts. Women Grape Pickers. The women of the grape pickers are picturesque in California. There is just a dash of Indian to give color to the cheek, a touch of Spanish, and just a suspicion of the old blood that built the wonderful cities ages ago in lower Mexico, making a combination attractive to the lover of the picturesque. Dark hair, flashing black eyes, intelligent faces, perfect courtesy, intelligence that but needs suggestion to lead to higher grades, indeed, one could not look at these pickers, these cholos, as the tenderfoot called them, picking grapes to see that it required but clothes and environment to make a remarkable change.—Charles Frederick Holder, in the Outing Magazine. Russian Conscripts Every year about 280,000 conscripts are added to the Russian army. In times of peace it numbers 1,000,000 men, and is the largest standing army in existence. Grill the He's There is one way the women get revenge on the men. When they want a fried chicken they always wring the young rooster's neck and save the pullets. HELP! HELP! The citizens of Chicago are urged to make immediate cash contributions for the sufferers in San Francisco and other stricken towns. Contributions may be deposited at the State Street Stores, the Newspaper Offices, or sent to David R. Forgan, First National Bank, Treasurer of the Chicago Commercial Association. THE WIDOW SPOILED IT. Pensioner of Marshall Field Who Was Persuaded to Ask for a Raise. Among the charities of the late Marshall Field was a pension list of persons to whom a stated sum was sent regularly each month. With these he was generous, but he disliked being imposed upon. One man, who had in some way impressed Mr. Field with his deserts, had a check each 30 days for $25, relates Youth's Compassion. He had gone far from Mr. Field's memory, but remained on the list. His pension made him quite "an eligible party" in the circle in which he lived, and at last he yielded to the blandishments of his landlady, an elderly, prosperous widow, and married her. "Now, Henry," she said to him next day, "we'll just be having your pay raised. You can't keep two as easily as you can one. Mr. Field is a rich man, and he will understand that. You go down and tell him you need $50 a month now." Away went Henry, and after much argument and persuasion obtained access to the inner office of the great merchant, where he stated his case. Mr. Field became interested at once. "A widow, eh?" he inquired, smiling. "Did she ask you—or you her?" "Well, sir," stammered Henry, "I would do lead up to it." "How old is she." "About 40. sir." "Did she support herself?" "Yes, sir. She has a big boarding house. I boarded with her. I do yet, in fact." "Ah, yes," said Mr. Field. "So you want a raise, do you? Let me see—how much was your pension? Twenty-five dollars? Well, you won't have to pay any board now, so suppose we make it $12.50? That will keep you in spending money." TURKS' CRUELTY TO HORSES Prefecture of the Ottoman Capital Will Take Steps to Re- A laudable decision has been arrived at by the prefecture of the Ottoman capital, with the view of protecting horses from misuse and ill-treatment, says the Constautinople correspondent of the London Lancet. The Turks are, on the whole, very kind to animals, and shield them from injury by every possible means. At almost every Turkish house in Stamboul there is to be found a small receptacle where water is poured in every day for the use of the innumerable street dogs. A Mussuman, building his dwelling place, rarely forgets to attach some contrivance for sheltering birds, pigeons, sparrows, etc. I am assured that a cabman who overruns a dog, heedlessly enjoying its dolce far niente in the middle of the street, has to pay a fine of several plastres, while the sultan is believed to spend a large sum on the feeding of the numerous canine scavengers around his klosks and palaces. There are, however, a good many employers of horse labor who use their animals in a cruel or thoughtless manner. To prevent this the employment of senile, debilitated or diseased horses has been forbidden. Municipal agents will have difficulty in Constantinople in insuring that the measure is strictly adhered to—that the load never exceeds the amount proportionate to the horse's strength, and so on—but, anyhow, the spirit which has influenced the new enactment is laudable. WANTED MINOR DETAILS. The Audience Was Sympathetic and Interrogated the Able Lecturer. The lecturer was talking on the "Influence of Surroundings." "There was an Englishman," he said, "who went to Australia and sought his fortune in the bush. He was quite alone and yet every night before he ate his frugal meal he put on evening clothes so that he would remember he was a gentleman." "One moment," said a thin youth in the back part of the room. "I would like to ask if the gentleman wore a dinner coat with conventional swallowtails?" Before the startled lecturer could reply another questioner faced him. "Kindly let us know," said this new seeker for information, "if the Englishman wore a black or white t." The lecturer gasped. "Another thing," said a third questioner, "did the gentleman affect any jewelry, and if so, were his shirt studs pearls or roman gold?" Then a fourth man arose. "Were his patent leathers laced or buttoned?" he shouted. The fourth man was thrust aside by the fifth. "Were his cuffs round-cornered, and did he wear a crush hat?" he belLOWed. "And spats" screeched the sixth man. And in the confusion which followed this last query the lecturer took his hat and fled. Frenchman's Queer Steed It is reported from Paris that an ingenious inhabitant of Monthucon, in France, has tamed a wild boar, which he caught young in the fores, and now drives it in a small gig or "boar chase," with intense gratification and enjoyment. The animal between shirts is said to appear more eccentric than stylish. A Difference. What constitutes a good dog in a show is vastly different from that which makes a good dog in the house. Wrong Implement "One of de difficulties 'bou de present time,' said Uncle Eben, "is dat too many men wants to be carryin' canes, when dey ought to be totin' whitewash brushes."—Washington Star. Trolley in Japan It costs 13 cents to go by trolley cars from Tokio to Yokohama, the port of the Japanese capital. Cars start every five minutes from five in the morning to 11 at night. Base Inuendo Most of the women who attended the dressmakers' convention went "with pads and pencils." But why pencils?—Kansas City Star. Sadly Unmusical It has been said that the drum was the first musical instrument in use, but how anyone discovered that it is a musical instrument is still a mystery. Small Pav. Belgium gives the members of her lower house of parliament $800 a year and free railway tickets. Small Armies. South American republics can among themselves muster about 90,000 drilled soldiers. Power for Food. Anyone can be a power for evil- it takes character to be a power for good. Blind Student One of the most interesting figures in Harvard university is Edward Ray, a blind student who halls from a small country town in North Carolina. He has mastered the most difficult courses in higher mathematics, in geology, won a degree from the University of North Carolina, and is now working for the degree of M. A. at Harvard. Here he is taking some of the hardest courses in the curriculum, Gothic and Anglo-Saxon. Too Often Succeeds The more desperate, abandoned and notorious the criminal the harder his lawyer always works to turn him loose on society again.—Chicago Tribune. HELP! of Chicago are immediate cash PROFOSALS IN REGARD TO NI AGARA FALLS Interesting Theory of a Former U. S. Consul—Root of All Languages in Samoan Tongue—Denatured Alcohol. ASHINGTON. — A striking proposal has been made to the river and harbor committee of the house, which is engaged just now in framing legislation to preserve the beauty of Niagara Falls. One of the power ASHINGTON. A striking proposal has been made to the river and harbor committee of the house, which is engaged just now in framing legislation to preserve the beauty of Niagara Falls. One of the power companies, which has a charter to use water from the Niagara river and which would be cut off from the enjoyment of this charter by the enactment of Chairman Hurton's bill, has offered, in ease it is permitted to use a portion of the water conceded by its charter, to perform an engineering feat which, instead of diminishing the glory of the falls, will greatly enhance its spectacular beauty. This company, known as the Niagara County Irrigation & Water Supply company, plans, at its own expense, to excavate the bed of Niagara river above the falls so that nearly 50 per cent. more water will flow over the American falls every second than now flows over the same spot and that, too, after all the water needed has been diverted for mechanical purposes. At present, according to the engineers, the average fall of water over the American falls is 27,900 cubic feet of water a second. After the proposed excavation the fall will be 40,000 cubic feet. According to the same engineers, who have been living near the falls for 20 years, the present use of power has not affected the spectacular appearance of the falls so that it could be visible to the eye and they declare that if all companies now under charter should be permitted to use water to the limit of their charters the difference in the spectacular appearance of the cateract would still be unappreciable—not nearly as great a change as is wrought by an ordinary wind on Lake Erie from the southwest or northeast which varies the depth of water on the crest of the falls frequently as much as three feet. For Utilitarian Purposes. OME interesting comparisons have been laid before the river and harbor committee. One of the companies, for instance, proposes that it be permitted to use 17,900 cubic feet of water a second. This it S BROADWAY TOWN TOWN is figured, at a fall of 295 feet would produce 450,000 horse power. The use of this amount of horse power means new employment for 228,000 men, representing a population of 1,140,000. Based upon the census population of 1900 it would yield gross annual products to the amount of $514,000,000. The value of all the farm property in the state of New York in 1900 was $1,069,-000,000, the income from which at 20 per cent. would be $213,000,000, which is only about 40 per cent. of $514,000,-000. It is also estimated that the use of power to this extent will save 3,000,000 tons of coal a year, representing an annual disbursement of $7,500,000. If this could be accomplished by the use of 17,900 cubic feet of water per second, it is easily figured how much could be accomplished by the use of the entire force of the falls, which is 222,000 cubic feet per second. Of course, that will never be realized; because it is plain that the people will not permit the entire force of the falls to be devoted to utilitarian purposes; but something of what it signifies may be judged from the words of Daniel Webster who said at Rochester in 1844: "If the Thames had a fall of 250 feet within the limits of London, London would not be a town, but would be the whole world." Philological Research HE Carnegie institute is going to make it possible to discover the root of all languages if money can accomplish that result. Representations have been made to it that have commanded at once HE Carnegie institute is going to make it possible to discover the root of all languages if money can accomplish that result. Representations have been made to it that have commanded at once $15,000 for the presecution of a research into this interesting subject. At the instance of the Washington Philological society the Carnegie institute has authorized William Churchill, of New York, formerly United States consul in Samoa, to complete a most interesting investigation which he has been presecuting and which he believes will unquestionably prove that the root of all language is in the Samoan tongue. The Washington Philological society is of recent origin and owes its being to the interest excited by Mr. Churchill's most interesting researches. Not long ago Mr. Churchill wrote to a former classmate in the class of '82. at Yale, Mr. James Rice, a letter in which he seemed to move most clearly that in Samon he had discovered the earliest reducible language. Mr. Rice sent this letter to Senator Atttlege, a member of the United States senate from South Dakota, suggesting that some means be found by which Mr. Churchill could devote his life work to the prosecution of his philological researches. Senator Kittedge brought the matter to the attention of Mr. L. A. Coolidge, formerly a leading journalist of Washington and a man of scientific knowledge and attainments. Mr. Rice's rare discovery was discussed and it at once excited the deepest interest among scientific men in this city. It was determined to organize a philological society for the purpose of encouraging Mr. Churchill's work. The society was organized by the election of Hon. W. L. Chambers, formerly chief justice of the Samoan court, as president; Mr. Westcott, secretary; Mr. L. A. Coolidge, treasurer. Judge Chambers knew Mr. Churchill when the latter was in the consular service in Samoa and knew of his devotion to the study of the Samoan language and has great confidence in his ability to establish the theory that the Samoan language is the father of all languages. In union with the National Geographical society the Washington Philological society brought Mr. Churchill to Washington a few days ago and the latter delivered a most instructive and illuminating address embodying his favorite theory under the title of "The Reduction of the Samoan Root." Compete with Gasoline I HERE has passed in the house of representatives a bill, the friends of which are trying to persuade the farmers and fruit growers of the country will mean untold millions of wealth to them from a new indus- try. This the bill removing the tax from denatured alcohol. By making alcohol free from internal revenue tax, that is alcohol manufactured from potatoes, corn and other products after it has been rendered unfit for beverage or medicinal uses and by mixture with suitable denaturing materials a new industry has been established. This alcohol is expected to form a staple product of the country and be used as fuel and in the manufactures and in the running of explosive engines. In Germany the bulk of denatured alcohol is used for the purpose of light, fuel and heat. A lamp is made which produces a very strong, steady and high grade light by the use of alcohol. Experiments have been made with this lamp which show that one gallon of alcohol is equal to two gallons of kerosene for lighting purposes. During the past few months experiments have been made in adapting gasoline power engines to the use of alcohol. In Germany this has been successfully done for a number of years. There they mix 25 per cent. of the gasoline with the alcohol and obtain a more ready ignition of the fluid. The experiments in this country show that alcohol can be used by itself and the operation of the engine with its use is perfect. It is estimated that there are 300,000 motor engines in use in this country and the number is growing greatly every year, the annual output being more than 100,000. These engines are used on the farm for pumping water, cutting feed, filling silos, threshing grain and all the uses to which a stationary power on a farm is adapted. The objection to the use of gasoline is the danger of fire to farm buildings. The gasoline fire cannot be quenched with water. This danger is minimized by the use of alcohol, as an alcohol fire can be extinguished by use of water. Waste of Crops. Waste NICHOO HE possibilities of this new industry read like the dreams of Mulberry Sellers. By turning potato toes and corn into alcohol a better price for those crops can be obtained and at the same time the farmer can have at hand a convenient fuel and light and material for running all his farm machinery. A bushel of corn will make almost five proof gallons of alcohol. The corn has averaged in price for some years past about 43 cents a bushel. Alcohol after it has been denatured by the use of crude wood alcohol is worth about 20 cents a gallon. This would mean that a bushel of corn could be turned into about 90 cents worth of denatured alcohol. At the same time where corn is cheap and where potatoes are cheap this alcohol can be made cheaper than the price for which gasoline and kerosene sell. In Europe the principal material for the manufacture of denatured alcohol, is the potato, but corn seems to be the best material found in this country. It does not need to be the highest grade of corn or potatoes, so that the farmer expects to be able to utilize a great deal of what has hitherto been waste in his crops. He can sell for food his largest and best potatoes and then turn the smaller and immature fruit into alcohol. If his corn should not all be perfect he can use it up in a profitable way by making it into alcohol to run his automobile, his motor launch or his farm machinery. Other grain, such as oats and wheat, that does not come up to the standard, can also be utilized and the visions of wealth now dancing before the eyes of the farmer are very WHEN MY LADY MOTORS. Superior Material for the Coat Is an Olive Tweed with Hair Line of Black. The chief point worthy of note at the moment with regard to auto modes seems to be the waning of the popularity of leather for coats, the general conclusion being that it is too reminiscent of the chauffeur. Apart from this, there is also the question of the way in which it shows the dirt, and, although it is, of course, quite possible to have such a coat cleaned, this is an extensive and expensive business. As a lining, however, leather is more to be desired than ever it was, and in this capacity it is much used. Under such circumstances it is possible to employ the most delicate tones, and champagne, pale blue and the palest green, are among the shades most frequently employed. The outer part of the coats thus lined is tweed, either self-colored or a mixture, and in the mixtures green is the predominant color. The particular tone in favor just now is an olive shade, and an ideal coat is of tweed, in which this predominates. It has collar and revers faced with plain cloth to match, and a band of the same drawing in the fullness at the back. The lining is a much paler shade of green leather, with a suggestion of spring about it. This olive green tweed with a black check in it is quite the most desirable of all the tweeds of the moment, and a very superior motoring suit is made of it, trimmed lightly with black kid. The suit is double-breasted, and instead of the ordinary roll-over collar, the collar is simulated in the kid stitched flat on to the coat, and decorated at the rounded corners with three little kid-covered buttons. The cuffs follow the same idea, making the garment particularly suitable for slim- NO NONSENSE ABOUT IT. ping in and out of a big coat, as there is nothing to cause inconvenient rucking. In the instances where the coats are themselves made of leather, the newest idea is Danish leather, a sheepskin used on the rough suede side, and differing very little save in name, from ordinary leather. The real distinction, however, lies in the fact that it is prepared in a new way, which makes it lighter, more supple and more comfortable to wear than anything else of the kind. One novel mackintosh seen the other day was entirely box plaited, both the sleeves and the coat itself, and, of course, delightfully roomy for putting on another coat. The waterproof coats looked charming, with the relief of facings of colored cloth, generally green, on collar and cuffs. There is a peculiar shade of red that is very successfully used in this way. THE PLAY UNIFORM. It Adds Very Much to the Child's Comfort to Have Overall Like One Here Described. Holland is used for this overall, which will be found a very useful style for outing wear, as it is easily washed and ironed. It is tucked at the top, both front and back, the tucks being shorter at the sides than in the center. The tucks are divided in series of fours by pointed straps of red and holland-colored embroidery. The lower edge is turned up with a hem one inch wide. The sleeves are gathered into straight wristbands, which, like the small turn-over collar, are edged with embroidery. Leghorn hat trimmed with cream silk snotted with red. Materials required: 2 yards holland 28 inches wide, 2 yards embroidery. Fashionable Buttons The making of buttons for spring gowns is something a woman should study, for the styles are changing fast and the little simple button, worked with a tiny design on top, has given way in the march of fashion to the one with an elaborate design, mostly conventional and always artistic. It is a very good thing to purchase two or three buttons of Parisian or Indian design in order that they may serve as copies. They will be of much assistance when one is embroidering one's button tops. Mending Gloves. When you mend gloves use fine cotton and as fine a needle as possible. Those long-eyed embroidery needles are splendid unless you're supplied with the short, satisfactory little things which come for the sewing of gloves. For the Hair. Decorations for the hair are growing larger. Huge birds of paradise, algrettes of great height and enormous butterflies. HOW TO USE A CHAIR. Very Few Women Seat Themselves Gracefully—A Few Pertinent Points Thereon. The little woman looks odd in a high chair. With her feet dangling and her back ill-fitting, she has a misfit look which is as uncomfortable to the beholder as it is to herself. She looks and feels and is out of place. In order to appear to the best possible advantage it is essential that my lady should be seated upon a chair that is neither too high nor too low. In her own house she easily can arrange it so she has a chair just suited to her. It follows that every drawing room should be furnished-with chairs of diversified heights. When this is the case guests of all statures will be able to find chairs that are exactly suited to them. The subject is of much greater consequence than the average matron or so- AN EASY POSTURE. clety belle has considered it—that is, if she has considered it at all. But once awakened to its importance she will devote to it some time and attention that she will find to be by no means missent. The resourceful woman can do much toward acquiring the desired accomplishment. So far the comprehensive correspondence school genius has not added the study to his curriculum, but in most large cities there are exclusive finishing schools where they give you lessons in sitting down. They divide the lessons into four parts: First, entering the room; second, the greeting; third, the selection of a chair; and, fourth, the being seated. In the fourth class there are many things to be grasped. The first is that you must not lean forward, when you sit down. It looks awkward. Don't sit with the body inclined forward. It gives one a look as though one were about to start. Don't sit with one foot doubled in under your chair; and, of course, don't sit on your feet. Place your feet in front of you, not extended too far, and don't spread them too far apart. Let them rest easily upon the carpet. When you sit down, don't foll; don't lean way back; don't cross your feet, and don't look too uncomfortable. Rest comfortably, but don't be too comfortable. Moderation in this matter is as important as moderation in anything else. THE COURTEOUS PERSON. Even Reproof Need Not Be Given Budely—About Various Points of Etiquette. There is never an excuse for rudeness; a perfectly well-bred person is never rude. If occasion demands, and reproof must be given, it need not be given rudely; rather with a dignity that makes it all the more effective. To be curious about other people's affairs is to be rude; to intrude when one is not quite sure that a conversation is private, is to be rude; to make direct personal allusions is rude; to turn remarks into a personal application is rude. In short, anything that in any way seems in the least calculated to make others uncomfortable is absolute rudeness, for which there is no excuse. A very rude thing is to interrupt with a contradiction or correction, either of pronunciation or of statement; in the first the person may be purposefully misstating with some ulterior object, with which one has no concern. If this is not the case, it is better to take the opportunity to call attention in an aside, rather than before others. To correct is to confuse: If it is in the matter of pronunciation, remember that different localities have different pronunciations of the same word, and yours might sound quite as bad, even worse, in such localities. Some very well-informed people have peculiar ways of pronouncing simple words; the close "u" of the Virginian is an example. This can by no means be considered incorrect; it is habit and the custom; therefore, it is rude to notice it in a fault-finding or corrective spirit. Also, in the matter of pronouncing words that are a little out of the ordinary; it is never so much the accent on the right syllable that is to be noted as that the word itself is correctly applied. Many learn from reading, and yet may not have opportunities of hearing such words pronounced as they should be. It is not the place of the listener to correct, unless requested, and then only in the polite spirit. Honey Ointment. Take equal parts of honey and white flour and stir together with a little soft water, just enough to make a thick paste, solid, not liquid. This is one of the good old-fashioned remedies for sores and boils. AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS WANTED. The Broad Ax desires to engage Agents and regular Correspondents in all the leading cities and towns throughout the country. The highest commissions paid to live hustlers. Sample copies furnished free. For further information, address Julius F. Taylor, 5644 Armour avenue, Chicago. THE BROAD AX. is for sale at the following news stands: The Afro-American News Office, 3104 State Street. O. 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. 51st street. Richard Pinn, 4836 State street. T. B. Hall's Cigar Store and Laundry office, 281 29th St. W. S. Cole, 354 Thirty-first street, cigars, tobacco and news stand. W. S. Williams, Tonsorial Parlor, 399 31st st. J. R. Peters Cigars, Tobacco and News Stand, 338 E. 27th street. Mrs. A. E. Baker, Notions and News Stand, 419, 36th street. J. H. Harris, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2508 $ \frac{1}{2} $ State St. W. P. Johnson, Notion Store and News Stand 3704 State st. Turner Williams' Shaving Parlor and News Stand, 2903 Armour ave. L. Klawans, 118 W. Forty-seventh street, corner Armour avenue, cigars notions and news stand. B. Davis, cigars, tobacco, and confectionary, 3833 State st. 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How to order: Margaret Kline (Inc.), 300 State St., Chicago Brick Co. - THOMAS CAREY. JOHN SHELHAMER, Bury, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. SURERS OF Sewer Brick d Yards: Robey Sts. 14,000.0 per day 300,000 per day Yards 128. Cormick, E ROOM AND CIGARS Shortening Words A writer in the London Chronicle says: 'Our language's trick of decapitating words, as 'bus,' 'phone' and 'wig,' is not at all a modern falling. Take the common words 'spend' and 'sport.' Cur very early ancestors had the verb 'spendan,' and yet 'spend' is really a disguising abbreviation of the Latin 'dis-pendere,' to pay out. 'Sport' is another very old English word, yet it is really 'disport'—'dis-port,' to carry apart, which acquired the metaphorical sense of pleasure or amusement precisely as 'divert' and 'transport. The Dark for His "Ah, doctor," said the student, "it must have been a touching and dramatic moment when the bandages were taken from the poor fellow's eyes and he saw again for the first time in 16 years." "It was," said the doctor. "The man groaned, wept and reached for the bandages again. You see, the first thing his eyes rested on happened to be a girl in one of those new spring hats with the paradise plume." — Washington Star. Tree's Grewsome History. The little village of Aldworth, which is close to Streatley-on-Thames, possesses one of the largest yew trees in England, and one which has a greewsome history. The yew tree is nine yards in circumference, and hanging from one of the lower branches is an ancient rusty chain, in which the lifeless bodies of the daring highwaymen of the Berkshire downs have swung to and fro as a warning to their fellows.—London Graphic. Eagles in British Isles. The eagle has grown scarce in the British isles. The eggs of the bird grow yearly higher priced. A couple of eggs from Scotland recently brought ten dollars apiece. An old record states that in the seasons of 1831-24, inclusive, no fewer than 171 mature specimens of the eagle, together with 53 young and eggs, were destroyed in a single county of Scotland—Sutherland. Improved by Fires. Of the 958 lots burned over by the fire of two years ago in Baltimore, building permits covering 820 have been issued. As in the case of the Chicago fire in 1871 and of Boston's in 1872, the valuation of the burned district is increased largely in Baltimore, the gain being put at fully $100,000,000. Annoving Letters All member of parliament are more or less burdened with letters from constituents, but the labor members are the greatest sufferers. One of them the other day received a letter of 1,700 closely-written pages, about a personal grievance of the writer, in which he thought parliament should intervene. Failure of Wireless In the recent British naval maneuvers off Lagos wireless telegraphy was found unreliable in the existing circumstances. Several cases of friends firing on friends occurred, and it is announced that visual signaling will be adhered to the British navy till wireless telegraphy is much improved. Autos in Germany German firms are unable to fill all foreign orders for automobiles. Vice Consul Schemmer, of Mannheim, writes that the German motor production for 1905 was $10,000,000, the export to England and France increasing 400 per cent. So Distinguished Looking Pardon me," said the guest to the hostess, "but won't you kindly permit me to meet those distinguished-looking gentlemen in the library?" Value of Regular Habits A writer in a Washington paper says that sleeping late on Sunday morning is injurious. Certainly. Any irregularity may be said to be injurious. A person should sleep late every morning.-Buffalo Express. What Class? Miss Marie Hall, the talented young violinist, who has returned to England from her American tour, sums up her American experiences in four words: "Iced water: hot hotels" Smallest Potted Plants German women collect what are supposed to be the smallest potted plants in the world. They are cacti growing in pots about the size of a thimble. Flower-Shop Town In proportion to its size and the number of its inhabitants, Stockholm has more flower shops than any other town in Europe. Linen from Ireland The Irish linen industry is booming as it has not flourished in years, largely on the expanding exports to the United States. It is foolish to fix an age at which men become comparatively useless. Some men are young at 70, others are old at 80.—Success Magazine. People can enjoy doing most anything unless they make their living by it-N-Y. Press. First $1,000,000 Policy. The first $1,000,000 policy ever issued was taken out in 1897 by George Vanderbilt, at the age of 35, in the Mutual. It was a 20-payment life, 20-year distribution policy, that is, he is to pay a yearly premium of $35,000 for 20 years. At the end of that time he will receive a paid-up policy of $1,000,000 and a cash dividend. If the policy had been taken out 20 years ago, at the same age, he would have paid by this time the sum of $700,000 in premiums, which at four per cent. compound interest would amount to nearly $1,085,000.—World's Work. His Pull. Lariet Lem, of Gory Gulch, who had been elected to the legislature, had attended his first session and returned to his admiring constituents. "You don't seem to have had any trouble in catching the speaker's eye, Lem," said one of them. "You bet I didn't!" answered the rising statesman, setting down his glass. "He knew blamed well that if I failed to catch his eye I'd catch his nose the fust time I saw him on the street."—Chicago Tribune. The Third Term. Concerning a third term for presidents of the United States, De Tocqueville said: "President Washington established the practice of declining a vote election, and every one of his successors, either from a sense of its propriety or from apprehensions of the force of public opinion, has followed the example. So that it has become as much a part of the constitution that no citizen can a third time be elected president if it were expressed in that instrument in words." Microbe of Morbidness The mass of people are morbid enough about their food. It is not advisable to seek to add to their terrors-by exaggeration. If all could reach the comfortable frame of mind of the man who declared that he could stand it if the microbe could people would be less finicky and perhaps there would be less stomach trouble.—Minneapolis Tribune. California's Salt A great California industry is the manufacture of salt from sea water. In Alameda county 100,000 tons were produced last year. Only a few years ago the state imported all its salt. Now it produces enough for its own use—which is enormous, owing to the fisheries and packing houses—and exports large quantities as well. Turkish Postage Stamps. The Turkish government offers a bargain to stamp collectors through its minister at Vienna. Rather more than a million Thessalian stamps are to be withdrawn from circulation. They are of all categories and colors—red, blue, green, etc—and an open offer is made to sell the lot for $8,000. Jack Has Arrived. Jack Walters, of South Georgia, has made his arrival and didn't bring but seven dogs; said he didn't have room for his family, but that they would come later. You bet Jack will make one more industrious and good neighbor.—Lavonia (Ga.) Times. Business Basis. The count's wife had asked for divorce. "Am I to understand," he asked, "that the arrangement I supposed was a sale was merely a lease?" This proved to be about the idea.—Philadelphia Ledger. Boer Claims Awarded The British commission appointed to examine into claims for compensation put forward by noncombatants whose property was injured or destroyed in the Boer war, has finished its labors, after awarding $47,500,000 in damages. Dog in Snake. A New South Wales farmer went out the other day and tied his small dog to a fence. On his return he found a large carpet snake attached to the end of the leash and no signs of the dog. Busy Bill For the fourth time "Swiftwater" Bill Gates has established an entente cordiale with fortune in the Klondike. It is said his clean-up for this season will be $500,000. Tea in Ireland Urging the parents to give their children a potato and oatmeal diet instead of tea, the bishop of Galway says if his advice were carried out there would be less lunacy in the country. Giving Too Much. When the heart runs away with the head there is sure to follow a feeling of resentment toward the world in general. He Is Numerous. The man who unexpectedly gets two dollars and celebrates by spending five dollars lives in your neighborhood; also in your neighbor's neighborhood. Our Export Trade The United States export trade in South America is but a dollar annually for each of the inhabitants of that continent. Use American Machinery Artificial ice is being manufactured in Athens with machinery shipped to Greece from western Pennsylvania. Philanthropist's Plan. Bolton Hall, philanthropist, lawyer, sociologist and tax reformer, prompted by the good results that have attended his experiments in Philadelphia and other cities, is preparing to open a farm for the poor near New York city on the same lines that have met with success elsewhere. By arrangement with the Astor estate he has secured control of a farm adjoining the Morris park race track and will use it for the purpose he has in view. German Export Rates The German railroads give quick transit of goods for export at favored rates. The rates from Plauen to Bremen, American Consul Hurst reports, for export, express, are only 38 cents per 100 pounds for a distance of 315 miles, and to Hamburg 37 cents per 100 for 300 miles. If the goods are not for export, the usual rate for express, taking a longer time, costs nearly three times as much. Sent Forth to Die It was at the Port Arthur siege during the assault on the celebrated 103-meter hill which cost the Japanese so many men. Before sending forth to certain death a regiment held until then in reserve Gen. Nogl, addressing the colonel, said: "Your regiment is the first in all this world!" "General," replied the officer, gravely, "it will be the first in the other!" Fruit Diet Hospital. For three years a hospital has been in existence at Bromley, near London, where only a fruit diet is allowed to the patients, and where during that time there have been only two deaths among the 500 patients who have received treatment. The institution is known as the Lady Margaret Fruitarian hospital. Odd Society Pet. A baby rhinoceros is being shown at all the social functions at Nairobi, British East Africa. At a children's party the other day the quaint pet played till he was tired, drank the milk of three cows and then went to sleep. According to the local newspaper, he is shortly to be sent to London. Harvard Student's Honor. Vilhjalmur Steffansson, now a student at Harvard, has been appointed a member of the newest expedition in search of the north pole, which will leave Vancouver early in May under command of Capt. Ejner Mikkelsen. The Harvard student will be the youngest member of the expedition. Looking Ahead. Angry Creditor—What's the use of offering me a check? It wouldn't be worth a cent at the bank. Struggling Genius—Perhaps not, sir, but some day in the future, when I am dead and gone, my autograph will make that check worth hundreds of dollars—Chicago Tribune. Honored German. Chancellor von Buelow has had showered upon him princely rank by the kaiser and bequests from admirers and other unexpected honors, among them the printing over his name of the pictures of Hans von Buelow, the pianist, in American newspapers. Hope Deferred. Madge—Don't worry about a husband, dear. A pretty girl is certain to marry. Marjorie—It would be all right if there wasn't such an uncertainty about the certain things of this world.—Smart Set. Pie Capital. A lumber firm in Maine has shipped 2,000,000 fiber pie plates to a pie baker in Providence. This seems to settle the question as to what city may be regarded as the capital of the Pie Belt. Prize Offered. Philadelphia is to have rapid transit. A prize will be given to any person who can offer a suggestion as to what Philadelphia will do with such a thing as rapid transit—N. Y. Mall. Energetic Monarch The king of Italy is one of the most energetic of monarchs; he was taught by his tutor never to be idle for a moment and was always punished if caught doing nothing. Underground Road The longest underground thoroughfare in Great Britain is in central Derbyshire, where you can walk seven miles upon a road connecting several coal mines. Hungry Bunch. The new British parliament drinks half as much wine as its predecessor, but eats twice as much, and the kitchen committee is losing money on its restaurant. Uncle Allen. "I know men," said Uncle Allen Sparks, "who talk about the good, the beautiful and the true, and chew tobacco in church." -Chicago Tribune. Vicious Hound. While handling a dead fox after a run in the Belvoir country, the marquis of Exeter was severely bitten by one of his hounds. An ordinary railway engine is equal in strength to 900 horses. J. A. O'Donnell, H. D. Coghlin, O'Donnell & Coghlin Attorneys at Law Phone 264 Main Metropolitan Block N. W. Cor. LaSalle & Randolph Sts. Chicago GRAY & MORAN ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1114 Ashland Block, Clark and Randolph Sts. Tel. Central 569. CHICAGO. Residence 57 Macallister Place Telephone Ashland 363 Office Telephones Central 1239 Automatic 5940 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 318-320 Reaper Block CLARK AND WASHINGTON STS. CHICAGO. A. D. GASH Attorney at Law, 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago. Suite 615 to 619. Telephone Main 3077. JOHN E. OWENS ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW 323 ASHLAND BLOCK TELEPHONE CENTRAL 908 CHI CHICAGO Telephone Yards 6016. John Fitzgerald JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 4737 SOUTH HALSTED STREET. Residence 113 W. Garfield Boul. CHICAGO J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney at Law Suite 611 167 Dearborn St., Cor. Monroe. Chicago. Phone 194 South A. B. SCHULTZ, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 2719 State Street Hours: 9 to 12 A. M. 3 to 5 and after 6 P. M. CHICAO W. Kemper Harreld TEACHER OF VIOLIN 6626 CHAMPLAIN AVE. Tel. Went. 2821. Expensive Antics. Two young men who played the part of ghosts in Galway, Ireland, with extraordinary success, found it an expensive pastime. An elderly woman was acting as caretaker of a vacant house, and the young men gained an entrance to the upper rooms, where their antics so convinced the woman that the house was haunted that she left the place. The owner on his return found feather beds and pictures missing, and for these the two lively ghosts have been sentenced to six months' hard labor. Dramatist's Opinion An opinion from Bronson Howard, the well-known dramatist: "Like almost everyone else who has seen 40 years' of theatrical life, I think the stage just now is overburdened with scenery and swamped with extravagant clothes. This condition cannot be kept up much longer. The managers cannot stand it. It is too expensive and the rivalry between them, each trying to outdo the other, must bring about a reaction that will do away with the whole scheme." Wonderful Device Prof. P. E. Shaw, of University college, Nottingham, England, is credited with inventing an instrument of such wonderful delicacy that one seventy-millionth part of an inch can be measured. The apparatus is suspended by rubber bands from a frame in a felt-covered box, and it can be used only at night, when all the factory machinery of the city is still. Duchess' Benefaction To help the Scottish fishwives and lasses, who have been put to much distress by the failure of the herring fishery, the duchess of Sutherland has introduced the manufacture of carpets at Helmsdale, on the Sutherland estate. Material and dye, as well as labor, will be of local production, and experts will supply the necessary instruction. HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. Chicago's Most Modern, Most Complete and Most Convenient Department Store Jacob Feinberg Wholesale and Retail MARKET AND GROCERY TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 565 BRADLEY & REAL ESTATE, LAND INSURANCE BADLEY & FIELD REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE Listed Street BRADLEY & FIELDS REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE 4709 S. Halsted Street CHI POLICE MAGISTRATE Hyde Park. Charles H. C JUSTICE OF THE Charles H. Callahan JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IDENCE: Greenwood Ave. 9206 Comm CHIC heodore C. May ICE OF THE P pages, Deeds, Notes and Legal Documents Acknowledged. Room 22, 27 North RESIDENCE: 6448 Greenwood Ave. Theodore C JUSTICE OF T Mortgages, Debts, Notes and Leg and Acknowledged. Theodore C. Mayer JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Mortgages, Deeds, Notes and Legal Documents Drawn and Acknowledged. Room 22, 27 North Clark Street. POLICE MAGISTRATE RESIDENCE East Chicago Ave. Police Court 337 Burling Street CHICAGO Phone Douglas 655 SANDY W. TRICE INCORPORATED UNDER THE LA MEN AND WOMEN'S F DRY GOODS AND N 2918 STATE STREET, Here is your chance. A join We carry a complete line of Men's and W Hats and Notions. A limited number at the Secretary's Phone Douglas 6581. DY W. TRICE & COMM CORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ILLINOIS WOMEN AND WOMEN'S FURNISHERS DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS 2918 STATE STREET, CHICAGO. is your chance. A joint stock com- plete line of Men's and Women's Furnis- hed Notions. A limited number of shares are at the Secretary's office. SANDY W. TRICE & COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ILLINOIS MEN AND WOMEN'S FURNISHERS DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS 2918 STATE STREET, CHICAGO. We carry a complete line of Men's and Women's Furnishings, Shoes, Hats and Notions. A limited number of shares are on sale at the Secretary's office. DIRECTORS: Sandy W. Trice, President. C. C. Watson, Trustee. Milton J. Trice, Vice President. Dee Parker, Trustee. H. T. Henry, 2nd Vice President. A. J. Carey, Treasurer. James M. Lee, 3rd Vice President. A. W. Williams, Secretary. NOIS BRICK ILLINOIS BRICK CO. WILLIAM G. KUESTER. SUPERINTENDENT. 1994 N. Western Ave., CH N. Western Ave., Ch 1994 N. Western Ave., Chicago. Telephone Lake View 270. Telephone Yards: 718 Junk's Brew Telephone Yards: 718 Telephone Yards: 718 Junk's Brewery M. JUNK, Proprietor JOS. P. JUNK, Manager 3700-3710 South Halsted Street and 897 to 929 Thirtyseventh Street CMICAGO J. J. Bradley FIELDS LOANS NCE Iahan ACE 9206 Commercial Ave., CHICAGO. Mayer E PEACE Documents Drawn 27 North Clark Street. COMPANY OF ILLINOIS. NISHERS MOTIONS CHICAGO. stock company. Men's Furnishings, Shoes. Shares are on sale. C. C. Watson, Trustee. Dee Parker, Trustee. A. J. Carey, Treasurer. A. W. Williams, Secretary CK CO. o., Chicago. w 278. Is: 718 ewery J. M. Fields CHICAGO Telephone South Chicago 2582 RESIDENCE 337 Burling Street