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THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. IN A RINGING SPEECH Bishop Wesley J Gaines Exclaims That the "Iron Heel of Oppression Must Be Raised From the Necks of the Afro-Americans. By Boldly Proclaiming the Truth the Couragous Bishop Should Be Hailed As the New Moses of His Race. Secretary Bonaparte Dishes Up A Lot of Stale Rot On "The Future of the Negro Race In America." Vol. XI IN A RING Bishop Wesley J G the "Iron Heel Be Raised From Afro-Americans By Boldly Proclaim Couragous Bishop As the New Mosque Secretary Bonapart Stale Rot On Negro Race In Among the most eminent and the most prominent persons to address the Negro Young People's Christian and Educational Congress which held forth at Washington, D. C., this week were Bishop Wesley J. Gaines, D. D., Atlanta, Ga., and Charles J. Bonaparte, Secretary of the Navy, and not since the days of Frederick Douglass, has one of the many so-called leaders of the Afro-American race had the courage to stand up and boldly proclaim the truth from pole to pole like unto Bishop Gaines and if he continues to thunder forth against the damnable and the outrageous wrongs which are constantly being inflicted upon law abiding Colored men, women and children in all sections of this so-called "Land of the Free and Home of the Brave," he should be hailed as the new Moses of the Afro-American race. In his history making oration Bishop Gaines exclaimed that "the white Americans cannot tread on the Negro forever and expect no murmur of discontent, that they must raise the iron heel of oppression from the necks of the Negro race." Bishop Gaines continued his notable address in the following manner: "We have stood almost on the brink of despair, but I thank God that in the darkest hour we have been able to gather courage and stand firmly in the hope of a future of better understandings and better days. "In spite of obstacles, the race has made progress in four short years. We should feel encouraged as our statistics show not only an increase along material lines but there is every evidence of mental and moral growth. In forty-one years of freedom our people have accumulated about $2,000,000 worth of property and we have advanced so that more than 50 per cent of our people can read and write." Taking up the question of the attitude of the whites toward the Negroes, Bishop Gaines said: "We look for Christianity to soften the hearts of the white people so as to give us a chance to help ourselves and not to strive with un-Christian spirit to crush us and prevent us from doing what we can. We have had to submit to the awful humiliation arising from separate car laws on both railroads and trolley lines, but we must not be discouraged." "The mob laws, the hangings and the burnings at the stake of Negroes in many Southern States, though most terrible to reflect upon, must not darken our minds so that we despair." Bishop Gaines then specifically named as avowed enemies of the Negro Senator Tillman of South Carolina, Governor Vardaman of Mississippi, Governor Jefferson Davis of Arkansas and Thomas Dixon. He added that John Temple Graves could be counted among them "as the most dangerous of the group because he is, the most highly educated. Secretary Bonaparte, true to his nature, dished up a lot of stale rot in relation to the "Future of the Negro in America", and in order to justify the many crimes committed against the Negro race, he declared that "the Negro was lazy. He warned the Negro against idleness, and intimated that the same fate would overtake him that overtook the Indians, who had been pushed to the wall and then crushed to death against it. "You must either share their fate or profit by their example. You can't in this country rest and be thankful, for if you try to do this you will soon have nothing to be thankful for. The idle and sensual and benighted are never really free and America now is a country only for free men. There is no robm in America for people who can not take care of themselves. Secretary Bonaparte, who belongs to the old Mossbacks of Maryland and who some-seven or eight years ago contributed an article to the public press advocating mob and lynch law for Negroes who were simply charged with attempting to assault white women, notwithstanding the fact that many of them are and always have been perfectly willing to make love to Colored men, also declared that "the Negro race was the only one which has ever been able to live with white people." One would naturally infer after carefully perusing Secretary Bonaparte's vapolons, that he was under the impression that he was addressing his remarks to a body of convicts or those criminally disposed instead of speaking to delegates in attendance at a Sunday school or educational convention. If he is capable of understanding anything at all, in reference to the history df this country, he ought to be familiar with the fact, that there is no comparison whatever between the Negro and the Indian. For on the one hand, the Indian has not contributed anything to the material wealth of this nation and has never in any large number raised his arm to defend it, while on the other hand, the Negro has freely poured out his blood on eery battle field, from the Revolutionary War, down to the Spanish-American War, to defend the flag of this country which affords him no protection, from its foes within and its enemies without. He has otherwise greatly contributed to the wealth, prosperity and happiness of the American people, and yet Secretary Bonaparte, is so narrow minded, bigoted and full of race prejudice that he is not in favor of permitting the Negro, to be governed by the same class of laws which govern white men, nor to enjoy his civil and political rights. Coroner Peter M. Hoffman, has earned the everlasting gratitude of the people of Chicago, for raising his voice in his report which appeared in the public press on Sunday against the reckless manner in the way the street car companies in this city, have killed 225 men, women and children, within the past nineteen months without saying anything about the vast number, who have severely injured in the same length of time. The writer thoroughly agrees with Coroner Hoffman, that the city council, the other city officials and the officials of the railways, should at once adopt some sane or safe method to check this appalling slaughter, of human beings. CHICAGO, AUGUST 4, 1906 IRELAND Justice of the Peace, the honest Police Magistrate East Chicago Avenue Station who will become one of the Judges of the New Municipal Court. The action of the recent Republican State Convention of North Carolina has been received by the country with mingled feelings of amazement and disgust It had been suspected for some time that the Republican party had quietly decided to "let the Negro slide," but it remained for the white "Tarheels" to blurt out the fact in open meeting. The principal issue in Southern States for some years has been the cunningly devised clauses in the State Constitutions, by the operation of which the ignorant whites were allowed to vote while the corresponding class among the Negroes was shut out entirely. All these provisions were limited in their duration and many of them have ceased to operate. In North Carolina the "grand-father clause" goes out of existence in two years and the Democrats were willing to let it expire without further action. But this did not suit the Republicans, the "professed friend of the Negro," who have actually come out in favor of extending the clause until 1920, or twelve years longer. In other words, they favor the continuation of a disfranchising process for the illiterate Negro voters which does not apply to the white vote. This is certainly amazing action for a party which for over forty years has been claiming to be the guardians and saviors of the Negro. Not content to do as badly as the Democrats, they seem determined to beat them at their own game. Herod is to be out-Heroded and Caesar stabbed in his own house by his professed friends. There is one advantage connected with this frank and brutal outgiving of these white Tarheelers. It strips off a mask which long has been hanging loosely and makes it impossible to longer keep up the hypocritical pretense that the Republican party is the only one that any self-respecting Negro can belong to. At this distance, it looks as if the North Carolina Republicans had slapped the whole Negro race in the face. They have grossly insulted them and forfeited any claim they may heretofore have held to their respect or support. Surely, as the thing stands, the Negroes of North Carolina have a better show in voting the Democratic ticket than that which owes them so much for previous fidelity. To vote the Republican ticket in that state this year is to vote for their own disfranchisement. This is certainly asking a good deal and it is difficult to see how Negro voters in North Carolina can find a worse bill of fare than that handed out to them by the Republicans. From the Democrats they expected nothing and usually received it. Of the Republi- mys they asked for bread and received a stone. It seems to be a case where our hereditary enemies are willing to do better for us than our hereditary friends. The situation emphasizes what the Freeman has been preaching for some time. That is, that the Negro race should cease to regard politics as a sentiment, an emotion, a religion, and learn that it is pure business. That party is the best for him which does the best for him and his vote should be influenced, not by hereditary prejudices, not by ancient history, not by "dead Saints," but by interests growing out of the living present. Let all our people refuse to herd together from sentimental considerations or inherited hatreds, and view every issue as it comes upon its inners. In this way we obtain the respect of others and, what is better, we assure our own self-respect. Parties, as such, have no gratitude and, like corporations, they have no souls. Thus we see that the white North Carolina Republicans do not hesitate to throw over and sacrifice their life-long and devoted friends, because they hope by this dirty deal to conciliate and win over their deadly enemies.—The Freeman Indianapolis, Ind. THOMAS CAREY. Chairman of the Harmony Committee Favors S. A. T. Watkins for One of the Municipal Judges. Last Friday evening a largely attended meeting was held at 4903 State street in the interest of Thomas Carey's boom for Congress in the Fourth District. The meeting was composed largely by the best class of Afro-Americans in the Town of Lake, it was addressed by Thomas Carey, Chairman of the Harmony Committee, who freely declared open and above board during his talk, to those who warmly greeted him, that he was "heartily in favor of S. A. T. Watkins for one of the Municipal Judges, and that he would do everything in his power to bring about his nomination as such." Edward M. Cummings, L. W. Washington and Julius F. Taylor were among the other speakers. It is almost useless to state that Alderman Carey has many Afro-American friends in the Town of Lake who are willing to boost him into Congress. J. T. Jones, who is one of the highly respected citizens of the fifth ward and who is an efficient clerk in the water department, could make a winning race for county commissioner, for he is an agreeable gentleman and quite popular in this neck of the woods. "The Slave of Murillo" An Interesting and Thrilling Story, Written Expressly for The Broad Ax By Colonel Clarke Irvine, Oregon, Missouri. CHAPTER V. When Sebastien saw he was alone he gave a bound of joy, but bethinking himself as to his position, he said in a very melancholy voice:— "My God! Twenty-five lashes with the whip if I don't find it—twenty-five blows if, on to-morrow, there are no new figures. Yes, and perhaps twenty-five more if they find out who really did the mischief! Come—it was all a dream—poor slave. Let me rub all of them out and let it never happen! again. Goodness! How sleepy I am," he added as he yawned: "I will pray to God. Maybe he will help me out of this scrape. Who knows?" Then he kneeled down on the mat that was his bed every night, but soon, tired as he was, sleep surprised him in midts of his supplications and his body, leaning against one of the columns of marble that sustained the roofs and galleries of the great hall, he there rested in a sound sleep. Dawn had just begun to peep through the windows of the atelier or work room, when Sebastien awoke The clock of the little cloister. St. Francis rang out half past three and the boy rose up wide awake. "Up, idler, up!" he said, forcing open his eyes and his legs to stand up firmly, and stretching his arms till the joints cracked—he repeated to himself," come boy! There are three hours—three hours before you that belong to you alone; three hours while you are the master—profit by them you poor slave until the others are awake. It will then be time tor you to take that whipping—to feel the chain and lash. Courage! Do what you can. Three hours—it will not be too much." The boy, now entirely awake, turned to the easel of Villavi: "Let me first rub out all these figures and faces," said he, taking up a brush that he worked into the oil, then he uncovered the head of the Virgin which lightened up as it was by the dawn seemed more pure and sweet yet. To efface it, he began, after gazing at it a moment and smiling at the delicacy of the image he had created the night before. "Efface it!" he exclaimed. "They—all of them had not dared to dc it with all their laughing and sneers, and me! will I have more courage than they had? No, no! I prefer to be whipped—killed if it must be so—but this head lives, she breaths, she speaks—my God, but if I rub it out—it seems to me that her blood will run! It would be assassination. Let me rather finish it." No sooner said than the palette was in his hands, the colors were gathered around within his reach, the mahlstick drawn up to the easel and he got wholly absorbed in his work! "After all," he muttered to himself, "if it must be effaced there will be plenty of time to do it before the scholars arrive and the master gets up. This hair don't wave as it should —here it is too stiff—there! A little softer touch as the master would say; let me glaze this—there again—that is the very thing I do believe—but stay! here is one line a little sohrt.She is looking—but the Virgin should be praying—her lips half open—Oh my gracious! Now she breathes! Her eyes are looking into mine! how charming is her face—how animated? I almost heard a sign under the vell that falls over her shoulders. O! my beautiful Virgin—holy mother of Christ! e of Murillo" Thrilling Story, Writ- for The Broad Ax Clarke Irvine, Missouri. The dawn kept increasing more and more—the golden rays of the sun were now penetrating the glass windows and inundating the whole gallery lighting up every object within and Sebastien occupied entirely with his composition was oblivious of all the world new stirring around him—of the heurs advancing—of his hard slavery of the 25 lashes he expected—wholly absorbed by the art born in him and which his life and work under Murillo had so miraculously developed. He saw nothing but the head of the Virgin Mary that seemed to smile on him with divine grace and kindness. He was free to the very heavens with her—when suddenly the noise of steps and of well known voices dragged him from his absorption and brought him down to earth and slavery. (To be continued.) WM. H. NORRIS SENT TO THE PENITENTIARY FOR TWENTY FIVE YEARS. Early the past spring Wm. H. Norris who was quite a prominent member of Hannibal Lodge, No. 6, K. P.'s in connection with one of his friends, got into a fight with an Italian by the name of Clarret, in which the latter lost his life. Norris was arrested, placed in jail and his lodge members and other big K. P.'s endeavored to get him off easy, and they thought the best way to do it was to pass up or turn down Attorneys S. A. T. Watkins, Albert B. George, R. A. J. Shaw, R. M. Michell, L. A. Newby, J. Gray Lucus and others who belong to that order. So they raised from the various lodges well on to $400, and cheerfully forked it over to a hungry looking lawyer by the name of Mr. Hughes, 59 Dearborn street and Lawyer Novak, 100 Washington street, and when the trial came up last Friday, Norris was convicted in Judge Kersten's Court and, sentenced to twenty-five years in the penitentiary at Joliet. So it must be apparent to the thick-skulled and bull-headed K. P.'s who were anxious to give all their money to real cheap white lawyers and ignore their own attorneys, that Norris could not have fared any worse at the hands of Colored lawyers. DOCTOR W. H. MARSHALL DOCTOR W. H. MARSHALL Succeeds the Late Doctor A. F. Perry as Medical Examiner and Court Physician for the Foresters. Dr. W. H. Marshall, 3432 State street, has been selected to succeed the late Dr. A. F. Perry, as Medical Examiner and Court Physician for the Foresters, No. 7895. The frinely contest between him and Dr. W. E. Mackey was quite lively, which terminated in favor of Dr. Marshall who is a graduate of the Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn., and after locating in this city a little over two years ago, he took a post-graduate course at the, Northwestern University, 24th and Dearborn streets. Dr. and Mrs. Marshall have made many frinds since casting their lot with the people of Chicago. The Old Settlers of Chicago will give their second annual picnic at Rasch's Grove, Monday, August 6th from 12 M to 12 P. M., 7859 Bond avenue. Admission 25 cents. Good music for dancing. Take cars to White City 63rd and South Park avenue, transfer and take Rasch Park cars to the grove. --- No. 41 THE BROAD AX. ‘PUBLISHED WEEKIZ. croc ost unas Proemstasin See See sarem Viealyemascec ee ‘Bubseriptions must be paid in advance. eee on ES ‘gypcnng rte made tnows ca application. THE BROAD AX (§© Armoar Avemee, Chicago. ZOLIUS F. TAYLOR, Batter and Pubtiser. Matered st the Pest Office at Chicagn, . Tyas Second-clam Matter. LL W. Washington, General Agent for ‘The Broad Ax in the Hyde Park District. From on and after this date until further notice to the contrary, L. W. Washington, 5613 Jefferson avenue. will act as the general agent for The Broad Ax, and news items and adver- tisements left with him not later than Wednesday evening or early Thursday morning prior to the day of publication, will find their way into its columns. OR MISSIONS OF HYDE PARK. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Editor of The Broad Ax: Dear Sir—Two of the great leavers that moves the great machinery of the Negro in Hyde Park to the higher call- ing with him, is the St. Paul Baptist Church, 5540 Lake avenue, and the Af- rican Methodist Episcopal Church lo- cated at 5539 Jefferson avenue In 1894 this acorn was planted by Andrew Staten in Old Mechanics Hall dn Lake avenue in the midst of the Hyde Park Literary organized in this section by the waiters of the Chicago Beach, Hyde Park, Windemere, Delprado, Vendome, Holland and other hotels out here. One Sunday afternoon by an appeal from them to the then presiding elder of the Towa district of the A. M. E. Church, Rev. Thomas, which has sprang into a mighty oak, this church has not ceased to exist since its birth. Five preach- ers have pastored her since that time, and today under the fatherly and Christian care of the Rev. Clarence Goggins she is in a prosperous condi- tion. Many souls have been converted, many couples united in matrimony, many children Christened or Baptized, many persons helped with her charity, and this community made better by her presents, many have been her friends among the white people who have con- tributed to her welfare, just a few days ago a $100 check was issued to Prof. ©. J. Bucknor, leader of her choir, with the promise that just as soon as she begins to lay the fotndation of a ay eich GER lok 4 snorciof tel same kind will come forth. This large hearted patron and philanthrophis and benefactor is Mr. H. A. Stillwell, guest of the Chicago Beach Hotel. Let the members and friends rise to the occa- sion and say to this pastor we will have a church and prove to our worthy benefactor that his gift is not in vain, already the start has been made and a nice little sum has been placed in the Hyde Park Bank for this purpose. We urge the pastorate and people of this in- stitution on with the movement, for- ward, on. We have others just as pumerable who are waiting for a start in this direction, last week we were pleased to note that the kind people raised a sum of $86 in the bazaar. They j have done nicely, they can do more. Soon after the birth of this Mission started another. The Hyde Park, St Paul Baptist Church, 5540 Lake ave- nue, by a young man from Evanston, Rev. Leonard. She like her sister church in the gospel has grown and prospered under the guidance of several pastors until today it is known no more as a mission but a church. It is 0 have been exceedingly blessed by men of our-own race, the assitance of the Olivet Baptist Church and its many white friends in Hyde Park The yuilding and grounds where this church s located and exist, was leased and fonated for service by Mrs. Powell, of Hyde Park, one of the noblest of! women who fited up a public library at yer own expense, a gymmasium for the yoys to advance along the lines of shysical culture and public baths for all rho were mot so provided, in order that Jeanliness should be the order of the fay. Much good has been accomplished yy her effosts until today under that Rev. Gentleman S. S. Sisson she has ecome self-supporting. I have said in art what the two churches have done! nd are doing out here for the Negro. Success to them, may they grow and/ rosper. L. -W. Washington ‘The city council at Boley, Creek Na- tion, Indian Territory is Negro ‘throughout, from the Mayor down. COL. ROBERT M. MITCHELL . One of the most eminent Afro-American K. P.s in this city, who has many friends among all classes of his fellow citizens, who are urging him to become a candidate for Municipal Judge 5 | Son See Sew Another Negro Journal Goes to thé Journalistic Graveyard—Said tc Have Had the Influence of Prof. Du Bois Behind It. The Moon, a weekly journal pub- lished here by E. W. Simon & Co., and edited by Prof. Wl E. B. DuBois of At- lanta, Ga, has set to rise no more, if all signs are true. Prof. DuBois is secretary of the Ni- agara movement, and a prominent edu- catot. It was supposed that with his influence the journal would be a suc- cess.—The Colored Citizen, Memphis, Tenn. CHIPs Mrs. E. Bennett, 3546 Dearborn street, is on the sick list. Mrs. Gambalee, an old resident of Chicago, is ill in Provident Hospital. Miss L. Bell, of Cincinnati, O., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Harry Duncan, 6448 Evans avenue. Messrs. Fryerson and Pentergrast, of the roth U, S. Cavelry, are visiting the city for a few weeks, stopping at Key- ‘stone Hotel. sae a Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, 3238 Wa- bash avenue, entertained a number of friends with a dancing party Tuesday eve. There will be some mighty hot fights at the primaries today and no one can tell how the black and white cats will jump until Sunday morning. Mr. Eddie Moran, 3746 State street, was struck in the face with a stone Monday night and severely injured. Thrown by an unknown person. Mrs. Clifford Johnson, 2712 State street, enfertained at dinner Monday Mrs. Lottie M. Cooper, of New York City. Mrs. Blanch Wilkins Williams, of Raleigh, N. C., is spending a few weeks’ vacation in the city, the guest of Mrs. J. Gray Lucas. Dr. Robert Hardin and family are camping out in the neighborhodd of Casopolis, Mich, where they will spend about two weeks. Women and cats resemble a great deal in the fdllowing manner: Both are graceful and proud, both are do-: mestic and both scratch—Ex. Butte, Mont., boast of a Negro mil- lionaire, Charles F. Jones, who has valuable interests in the silver and cop- per mines of the locality. Mr. Lloyd G. Wheeler, formerly an old resident of Chicago, resigned the position of business manager of Tus- keege Institute and will hereafter live in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Justice Chandler, 6351 Rhodes avenue, entertained several friends at the White City Wednesday evening in hohor of Misses Bryant and Tompkins, of Baltimore, Md. ‘Mrs. Louise Webb, 4712 Armour avenue, will depart Sunday evening for Quincy, Il, where she will attend he sessions of the Grand Chapter Or- ler of Eastern Star. In honor of Miss Alberta Davis and Miss Carrie Bryant, of Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Hugh Buchanan, 4116 Indiana ave- me, entertained a large party of friends Friday evening at his home. Dancing ind musical recitals, was indulged in 7 host and guest until 1 a.m. Col Edward D. Green may not be ble to spell quite as well as Col. Ed- rani H. Morris, but it is our opinion hat the former would be a much’ safer ter, for he would not spend all his time in endeavoring to pass laws in favor di the policy writers, the race horse touts and the tin-horn sports, like the slick attorney for the “Gamblers Trust.” Prof. Wm. Emanuel, 6350 Rhodes avenue, who has been confined to his home for several days -with a painful injury to his eye, is able to be out again. Mr. Frank Gellespie, 170 E. and street, underwent a slight operation on his arm Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Gel- lespie leave for Saratoga, N. Y., Satur- day, to spend the summer. Mr. W. R. Sobers and Mr. J. Laefe- lett have placed themselves in the front ranks of society by giving a very suc- cessful dance at Rache’s Grove, Wed- nesday night, which was largely at- tended and everybody had a gdod time. Eight young men, members of the re- cent graduating class of Meharry Medi- cal College, Nashville, Tenn., passed with hondrs the exantination before the State Medical Board at Dallas, Tex— Ex. If the bosses or the leaders of the Republican party should select Major | Franklin A. Denison as one of the ean- | didates for municipal judge, -he will i a mighty Totky road to travel. Prof. W. Kemper, Harreld, who is as pretty as the most beautiful lady in this town, and who always causes the hearts of the fair doves to flutter whenever he hoves in sight, has so far cleaned up the writer for a five case note. The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Berean Baptist Church held special missionary ‘services last Sunday evening. A large audience was present to listen to fin ap- propriately arranged program. | In honor of their roth wedding an- niversary, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cowan entertained Mr. and Mrs. Robt. L. Tay- lor, Mr. and Mrs. Edw. E. Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Anderson to a box party at the Pekin Theater, Satur- day evening, Aug. 4th. Alderman Henry L. Fick,-was not out looking for a new wife, but he spent last Sunday at Benton Harbor, Mich., and on returning home he rode of the front engine, and his brilliant diamond shirt stud illuminated the track for the engineer. Thomas Tobin has recently disposed of his buffet on the northeast corner of Root street and Wentworth avenue and he has opend up a new resort at 4133 Wentworth, or the southeast cor- ner of Root street, where he will be pleased to meet his many friends. Prof. Wm. Emanuel entertained a box party at the New Pekin Theater, Tuesday evening in honor of Mrs. Emanuels’ birthday. Those present in the party were: Mr. and Mrs. Charley Washington, Prof. and Mrs. Emanuel, Mrs. Lottie Cooper, of New York, Mrs. Clifford Johnson and Major Denison. Mrs. Lottie Meredith Cooper, df New York City, will leave Chicago on of about the 12th of August, after having spent a delightful visit of eight weeks at her old home, where shé has been accorded more social attention than has been given any visitor in recent years. She will leave with many happy recol- lectoins df her visit home. The Phyllis Wheatley Woman's Club will give a lawn fete at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Davis, 3226 Prairie avenue, Friday evening, Aug. roth. The proceeds from the entertainment will be used for the benefit of the club's new home for working girls. Dancing and other amusements will be on the program and refreshments will be| jerved. Admission 25 cents. ‘A very large and enthusiastic meet- ing of the stock hdlders of the Black Diamond Development “Company was held at Bethel Church, 30th and Dear- bom streets, Thursday evening, Aug. and. The meeting was graced with the presence of F. A. Westcott, who elucidated the affairs of this company to the clear and ‘lucid reasoning of all those present. Henry E. Linman who has been connected for many years with the highly honored legal firm of John C. and William J. King, 87 Washington street, is a staunch admirer of The Broad Ax, and he says, that “it is never ‘chucked in the waste basket, but it is read by all hands connected with the law firm and then passed around to some of its friends.” The newspaper man who can please everybody has yet to be born. If he neglects his duty, he has critics; if he does his duty, he has other critics. The only safe plan is to do what he believes to be right, and to pay no attention to idle gossip, which will die in course of time. If he attempts to “run down” all the stories he hears about himself, he will have little time for anything else. The best journalist is least moved by popular hysteria dr the unreasoning clamor of the multitude; yet is most sensitive to the real voice of the people when intelligently expressed—Richard W. Thompson in The Freeman, In- dianapolis, Ind. CHOICE MISCELLANY i Sianeli nine “The criterion of target practice is the actual number of hits per minute,” says Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte. “Many ships now average between 75 and 90 per cent of hits with all their main battery guns, whereas in former days the percentage was rarely over 40, even though firing slowly at a tar- get more than seven times as large as the present one. Then the target was 100 feet long and 25 feet high; today it ts 21 feet long and 12 fect high. This increase in hitting ability is due to the ‘assiduous training in the target prac- tices which have been carried out under the new system adopted and also to improvement in ordnance. Going back to 1898, when the navy was using black powdes and when sights and other Parts of the equipment were poorly de- ‘veloped, our firing was both slow and tnaccurate. At that time it was con- sidered satisfactory if a twelve inch gun fired one shot in five minutes. But ‘with each subsequent improvement in ordnance the rapidity was somewhat increased, and by carrying out sys- tematic target practice the present striking efficiency has been attained. For example, the heavy turret guns that were but few years ago allowed five minutes in which to fire a shot have recently fired three shots and made three hits in one minute.”—Har- per’s Weekly. ‘The English Army Tatlor. ‘The daily press is full of gibes at the British military tallor employed by the war department to assist in revising the cut of the uniforms of the enlisted men of the regular army. Scornful re marks on the “swagger clothes” of English Tommy lead to reminiscences of a glorious past. The ghost of the Continental stalks across the stage in his “ragged regimentals” and looks re Proachful. “Treason!” the antique fig- “ure seems to say, or so our patriotic scribes would read his expression. ‘Then they conjure up the soldier of the elvil war in bis biue contract slops. He also looks disapproval. Did he fight less well by reason of the sartorially shocking garments he wore? In all seriousness, much might be done for the uniforms of the enlisted men of the army of the United States. As they are now bullt they are not oily ugly, but they do not look to be com- fortable. And who can doubt that the war department will know how to Profit by the experience of the expert foreign artist without sacrificing any- thing of the essentials of adaptability to real service?—Army and Navy Life. ee ae, een. During the twelve months ended ‘Jane 30, 1906, there were fourteen per- ‘sons killed and forty injured from Brit. ish steam plant accidents, smaller re turns than for any year since the boller explosions act of 1892 was passed, the average for the past twenty-two years being twenty-eight persons killed and sixty Injured. On the other hand, the Locomotive, published at Hartford, Conn., gives 383 Dersons as killed and 585 injured in the United States. The number of steam bollers in America does not exceed by 50 per cent those in Great Britain; hence the total number killed in the states should not ‘exceed forty per an- mum, whereas the actual death roll is nearly ten times this amount. Heavy fines are imposed in Great Britain. on factory owners, engineers, engine builders and others to whom any blame attaches for explosions — From a Report by Consul Marshal Hal- stead. Geletn 60 he Wit Newfork’s recent roof garden mur. der gave prominence to the term “dope fiend.” What is the origin of “dope?” y deeptoian, bet pnhante tay ese a im this case is another one altogether, Gerived from the “doping” of horses and implying that the man was the peer ne aras ae in this country lheulS or etnlitasté toad os Oran Black Diamond Development Co Stock Holders in the Black Diamond Development Company are happy: Word has come from the Kansas Oil field that the second well has come in and it far exceeds in value and volumn the first well. These two wells will give the Company more than Two-Hundred Dol- Jars ($200.00) per day.. The price of Stock has jumped from ten cents to ninety cents per share. The prediction confidently made by the Directors of the Company that the value of the Stock purchased for ten cents, would be worth at least a dollar per share when five wells shall have been developed is coming true. The fact is that this Company of Chicago Colored men has struck it rich when eighty acres of oll land is in the richest belt in the whole Kar- sas field. People who want to buy some of this stock while it is below the dollar mark, ought to avail themselves of the last chance. ‘The followin telegram was received by our Treasurer, Dr. A. W. Wil llams, Wednesday morning. “Chanute, Kans, July 25, 1906. To A. Wilberforce Williams, 2840 State st. Number two splendid gas well, better than number one, 776 feett under control at midnight, will arrive Friday morning—Fred A. Wescott, 9 a. ™.” Now Ie the time t6 get your subscription in for some of the Black Diamond Development Company's Stock. The following members of Board of Directors have stock for sale: : Dr. A. J. Carey. 8. L Williams, 184 Dearborn st. Col. R. A. Ware, 503 State St Fred A Wescott, 1131-153 Lasalle St. Prof. H. T. Kealing, £31 Pine St. Philadelphia, Penn. Dr A. Wilberforeé ‘Williams, 2840 State st ‘The Board of Directors are confident that the Company will be in full operation by Nov. 1, 1906, For the time being the Board of Directors will hold meetings at 2840 State St, any one wishing information concerning the Company, or its Stock, can be had from any of the above named gentle: then. Get Stock now while it Is low. Black Diam ond Development Co—W. W. A- 4 fupneaui. The Scienmine Amencan says that {t once meant “a preparation of pitch, tallow and other ingredients which, being applied to the bottom of the shoes, enables the wearer to glide lightly over the snow softened by the rays of the sun.” It is believed to come from the Dutch “doop.” dripping or paste, which is from the verb meahing to dip. Enormous Value of Our Railways. The 220,000 miles of main track of the railways of the United States rep- resent property to the extent of $16,- 000,000,000, or as much as the total value of all the property In the coun- try In 1800, the year, of Lincoln's elec- tlon. Their income of over $2,000,000,- 000 a year is very nearly four times the annual revenue of the United States government. The number of men on thelr rolls 1s 1,500,000, an army as great as the combined forces that Oya- ma and Lineviteh had in Manchuria at the time of the peace of Portsmouth. The railroads are a vast Interest. Any- thing which would hamper them in their legitimate activities would deal a hard blow to every Important indus- try in the country.—Leslle's Weekly. ‘iliac it imate Here is another discovery—eyegiasses are recommended for those who stut- ter. It is stated that an improvement in the vision brings an improvement in the speech. Perhaps somebody will next find out that an added refinement tn the sense of smell will benefit the sense of hearing. At the same time this eyeglass idea may be a good thing, and every young man, for instance, who means to ask the adored one to “m-m-m-marry m-m-me” shouldn't fail to secure a pair of eyeglasses, or even two, before putting the fateful ques- tlon.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Fashionable Bolero. Such a little bolero as this one makes & most charming adjunct to any toilet and can be made from silk; from rib- bon, from linen, from lace, from em- Ag S ea?) Le \ broidery, from almost any material that the individual may choose. In this instance white linen is trimmed with lace appliques and is worn over a waist of lingerie material, but the little silk coats are exceedingly charming for wear over white or colored dresses, while those of lace embroidery are par- ticularly smart. Black Diamond Development Co., Prize No. 2. lary et TURNING THE COLORADO, Eatokt to Be Made to Get 1 mack 4 “ieee Se - An army of men will shortly begin the titanle struggle with the rushing Colorado river, attempting to check 8 devastation which the change ty the Tiver’s course has brought to te, states. Three hundred square mils, flooded, 200 miles of railroad tracts washed out, a thriving industry ruin) —this Is the record of the destruction caused by the river breaking throug) its banks and flooding the surrounding country. The Colorado river is the dividing line between Arizona and the southors portion of California. Most uf the water has poured into the Yuma hasin in Arizona, but the flood has ais, brought destruction to the one indus. try in the miles of the burning south. ern California desert. ‘The Saiton sing, ‘once a part of the Pacific's bed, but for ‘centuries past a level bottom of pure salt harvested year after year for the ‘markets, has been flooded, and the unique salt farm has been wiped out of existence, temporarily at least. Hopes are held forth that the work which the Southern Pacific Railroad company js to begin will make the salt industry Possible there again and that once more the little village of Salton, where the salt workers lived, will be popu. lated. To operate this novel salt farm a plow was designed, drawn by a cable attached to a small steam locomotive. ‘This locomotive passed to and fro on a miniature track, and by means of a big grooved wheel, set horizontally in the fashion of a street cable, the plow was drawn at right angles to the ea. gine. Plowed into furrows, the salt was heaped in great cones, placed in cars and shipped to the market, the greater part of it requiring no refining Process, so pure was it. ‘The salt farm was a profitable indus. try, and the operating company built a Uittle settlement at the foot of the mountain. Here the salt was treated ‘<Mhen necessary, and here were the homes of the workmen aud their fam- ilies. But at the present the village is wrecked and the farm deserted, for it has become, literally, another Great Ralt 'lake—New York Tribune. A Good Home for Children. Wanted children, either White or Colored to board and room, they will receive the care of a good mother; charges reasonable. Mrs. L. Coleman, 2839 Armour Ave. 2d flat. 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WASHINGTON LETTER [Special Correspondence.] In pursuance of an item in the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation act passed by congress at the last session the patent office has published a notice in the latest issue of the Gazette to the effect that many of the models which have been in the possession of the office ever since its establishment and have been accumulating from year to year will be disposed of either by sale, gift or otherwise. Some of the models in the collection are very valuable, as, for instance, models of old patents which are the basis of many modern inventions over which litigation is constantly arising. Many of these the office will keep. Many of the devices that have been patented are, of course, of so little importance to the public that it will not be considered advisable to preserve their models. Some idea of the number of this sort of models may be had from the accurate statement that there have been 1.801 mouse traps patented since the office was established. Oppose Negro Colony. Five hundred residents of Bethesda, Friendship heights, Washington, near the boundary line between the District of Columbia and Maryland, are protesting vigorously against the proposed sale of Belmont subdivision to negroes. The promoters of the suburbs subdivision are advertising for negro purchasers. The white residents of the neighborhood declare that the negro colony which it is proposed to establish in their immediate vicinity will be across the district line in Maryland and therefore beyond the restraint of the District police. An organization has been formed to buy off the promoters, and still another organization declares its purpose to prevent the consummation of the scheme, using any means that may be necessary. German Embassy to Build. Germany is to have a new home for her ambassador and in the heart of the most recently fashionable residence portion of Washington. The site, which has just been purchased at a price said to be between $125,000 and $150,000, is on Kalorama heights, near Twenty-third street and opposite the site recently purchased by the French embassy for a home. Rumor among real estate circles has it that the German government will erect a home to cost $250,000 on the site thus selected. It is said that plans for the embassy are practically completed, but that it is not probable work will be begun before next spring. Trying to Save Fuel. For some time the geological survey has been conducting an interesting series of experiments on the exposition grounds at St. Louis with goals, ligates and other fuel substances, which have proved satisfactory to the engineers and others in charge. It has been stated that the people of this country spent about $1,500,000,000 for fuel during the last year, and the officials of the geological survey say that if the results of their investigations can save the country even 1 per cent of this expenditure the investment will certainly be a good one. In the past two years the geological survey has tested more than eighty-five different kinds of coals from seventeen states in the country, from which 1,000 chemical analyses have been made. In these coal tests it has been found that in the mining of coal in the United States fully 50 per cent of the coal remains in the ground. It has also been found that from 5 to 10 per cent is lost in handling and transportation. Washington's Fountains. There are thirty fountains in the various small and large city parks of the capital, and there are very few cities, and certainly none the size of the capital, which can boast of thirty fountains which play every day. These fountains are one of the features of the city and one of the most attractive of the many superior features of Washington over other cities. They are scattered all over in the various sections of the city, though perhaps they are more frequently met with in the northwest. Novel Wall Decoration. Novel Wall Decoration. In the bachelor quarters of an attaché of the British embassy in Washington is a "den" decidedly odd in ornamentation. The walls are papered with playing cards. That in itself is no new idea, but these playing cards are of every land that has such things. They have been put topsy turvy on the wall and varnished. The effect is striking. The Britisher has dwelt in many lands. Almost all nations, he says, have playing cards or a substitute. Turkish cards are thick and exquisitely tinted, and some of the far eastern countries have cards that deserves to be framed in gold leaf. The dado in the attache "den" is made entirely of face cards, arranged symmetrically with a deep red molding separating it from the hurly burly below. Swords, sticks and guns are hung on the walls. The furniture is conventional, but the walls and ceiling give a distinctive look to the room. Rock Creek Park. The movement long advocated by the Game and Fish Protective association for making Rock Creek park a game reservation is taking practical shape. Like all improvements in the District, this enterprise in its infancy is being provided for at private expense. When it has assumed some pretensions appeal will no doubt be made to congress further to extend the work. Already in the beautiful lake made by the Pierce mill dam several swans and ducks have been placed in Rock Creek. It is proposed to increase the number from time to time and to add various species of waterfowl. CARL SCHOFIELD. SELECTIONS STUDY FOR SCULPTORS Modern Discus Thrower Strikes a Graceful Attitude. "If any of our sculptors are seeking for a new subject," remarked an artist who was sitting through a set of athletic games at which Martin J. Sherdan was giving an exhibition of his skill at throwing the discus, "there is the man for them to study. Just watch him the next time he throws the thing from my point of view and see if you don't think they would be rewarded for their study." The spectator to whom this remark had been addressed kept his eye on the hero of the Greek games from the viewpoint of his sculptural possibilities, and this is the impression he received: A tall young man in a white, sleeveless jersey, running trunks and black spiked shoes stood quietly out in the middle of the field while a smart summer shower dampened his black hair until it was streaked down over his low forehead. His chest was unusually broad and deep, his shoulders square, the muscles of his legs having their greatest development in their long sinews rather than in circumference. His repose was the most striking thing about him after his muscular development, for he rarely moved, talked little and laughed or smiled less. It was plain he took his work for the moment seriously. Nor when it came his time to throw the discus did he alter his manner, except to grow more intense, if anything. Grasping the circular disk of wood and metal, he made one preliminary and wide sweep of his body and arms, the movement being noticeably slow, and then as he gathered the necessary momentum he twirled with almost incredible speed twice around on his toes, the second revolution carrying upward until it seemed as if he must necessarily leave the ground and fly up into space, so full of the suggestion of flying was the tense, beautifully graceful figure. As he rose on his toes in one of those revolutions of his body his figure had more grace than that of the classical "Discus Thrower" and suggested flying more than does Diana on her tower or the angel fluttering before Sherman as he marches to the see. Any sculptor who can create that effect in bronze is likely to be ranked among the masters of his kind and will do something far and away above the tinkling golf players or football warriors that so far represent the highest flights of our sculptors in works in the field of sport.-New York Press. Our Railways. The average number of passengers in each railroad train in the United States in 1904 was 50:25. This represents a growth from about 39 a train in 1898, but is still far below the development attained abroad. In 1898 Germany carried an average of 71 persons in each train, and India had the large figure of 189. The development of the electric railway in this country and the frequent train service help to keep down the average. On each of the 212,000 miles of railway in 1904 there were carried an average of 104-183 passengers. That is to say, the aggregate passenger mileage of the country, according to the Railway World, divided by the mileage of the track, gives the figure named. In Germany, as far back as 1898, this figure was 342,000 persons; in France it was 283,000 in 1897, in India 289,000 and in Austria 214,000. The figures for Great Britain are not obtainable. Absinth In the Class Room. An amazing discovery has been made in one of the communal schools of Paris. A class master noticed that after 10 o'clock every morning one of his pupils, a little boy of seven, seemed to become a prey to fits of delirium. He thumped his neighbors and when reproved by the master rolled on the floor shrieking and groaning like one possessed. The child was constantly in the habit of asking leave of absence for a minute or two, and the master had him watched. It was found that he carried a small bottle of absinth in his pocket and took a sip as often as he could escape from the class room. It has been proved that the child's mother filled the bottle for him every morning. A Deer and a Man. In Westboro, Me., Percy M. Arnold saw a deer the other day. The animal allowed the man to approach it. Arnold threw his arms around the deer's neck. The deer sprang off toward the woods at great speed, and the man was afraid to let go. The deer rushed through bushes and over walls in its endeavor to shake off its strange burden. At last the deer brought up against a tree, and as Mr. Arnold had no wind left after meeting the tree he dropped off. Arnold will be forced to buy a new suit of clothes to replace the tattered rags which the bushes left him, when the doctor allows him out once more. Bottle Making Machine. Fourteen years ago a bottle manufacturer, Claude Boucher, in Cognac, France, was forced to close his factory by the continuous strikes and exactions of his employees. He then set to work to invent a machine for the manufacture of bottles. This machine is now in use in various parts of the country. One-quarter of a million bottles are turned out by it daily. A single machine produces 35,000 bottles in twenty-four hours, and any one can learn to run it in a week. The bottles are stronger and look better than these made by the blowers. Henrik Ibsen's Long Walt. The London Globe quotes from a French contemporary an amusing incident in the courtship of the late dramatist, Henrik Ibsen. He had fallen hopelessly in love with one Fraulein Thoresen, but he was too timid to declare himself except by letter. He wrote her, therefore, setting a day and hour when he would call to receive her answer. According to his arrangement, she was to refuse to see him if she objected to his suit. If otherwise, he expected to find her awaiting him upon his arrival. At the hour appointed he presented himself at her home, was invited to seat himself in the parlor and was told by the servant girl that Fraulein Thoresen would appear shortly. Then his experience began. Three-quarters of an hour had gone, still no one, and Ibsen's pacing up and down the room became faster and P. M. "DO YOU FORGIVE ME?" more nervous. An hour, an hour and a quarter, and still no one came. He stopped to listen. Everything in the house was deathly silent, and the distracter lover asked himself if it would not be better for him to steal from the house and be gone. Yet if he went now he should lose his prospective bride forever. Once more he manked back on the sofa, which seemed to exercise a peculiar fascination over him. It could not be that Franklin Thoresen had become suddenly ill, for if it had been so they would surely have informed him. His thoughts became confused, and when an hour and a half had passed and he was still alone he began to think himself a fool for waiting there so long in that lonely, silent room. Two hours! She was evidently playing a trick on him, and when he had gone she would make fun of him and relate how she had made him wait two hours for nothing. A prey to mental torture, Ibsen at last could stand it no longer, and, dashing into the corridor, he was making for the door when he heard behind him the sound of a laugh—a merry, clear, silvery laugh. It seemed to come from under the sofa, and on hurrying back Ibsen, to his utter astonishment, saw the fair hair and bright, laughing face of his sweetheart peeping from beneath it. Her pretty eyes dancing with irrepressible fun, she exclaimed: "Do you forgive me? I simply wanted to find out how long you would wait for me. You have borne the test well. Now help me to my feet." Bonmots of Rossini and Twain A young student who had almost as high an opinion of Rossini's musical genius as of his own submitted to the maestro a funeral march which he had composed to the memory of Meyerbeer. When the youth had played the piece over he turned expectantly to receive Rossini's enthusiastic applause. "Well, there is one alteration I should have preferred," said Rossini. "What is that?" "I would rather have had Meyerbeer write a funeral march for you." Mark Twain on Wagner is also good. Addressing a Wagnerian society after dinner, Mark Twain spoke of his recent interest in the maestro, of his attending orchestral concerts to hear his music, of his study of his scores at home, and when he had thus worked up his audience to an enthusiastic welcome of this new convert to their idol Mark summed up thus: "The conclusion I have arrived at, gentlemen, is that Wagner's music is really not half as bad as it sounds."—Detroit News-Tribune. During a Filibuster. Although John Sharp Williams was conducting a filibuster in the house one day and he and Speaker Cannon had several sharp clashes with each other, there was no rupture of their friendly relations, and criticisms were interspersed with good natured badness. Replying to an inquiry from Williams, Cannon said: "The chair will state to the gentleman for his information that the house is eight short of a quorum and the sergeant at arms is attempting to bring in members under the rule, and on the motion to adjourn a second has been refused, and here we are." And the house laughed and applauded. A little later Williams made another motion which the speaker refused to entertain because there was no quorum. "We seem to be four short of a quorum," he said, "and the sergeant at arms reports that he is still hustling." Too Funny "Mister," said the bruised and battered man as he entered the newspaper office, "I want you to stop my paper. I can't stand the comic page." "Why," replied the clerk in surprise, "our comic page is conceded to be the funniest out." "That's just it, young man; it is too funny. Why, last night while I was reading some of the jokes in the kitchen I started to laugh, and, by gum, I laughed so loud I tilted my chair too far back, upset six jars of gooseberry preserves, knocked down the stove and killed the cat. Then the old woman came near killing me, so I reckon you better stop the paper."—Chicago News. An Improvement. "Say, Weary, here's a queer bit o' readin' dat says you ain't to go in swimmin' after eatin'." "Dat's good advice, Wobbly. But I kin improve on it." "How kni you, Weary?" "By not goin' in swimmin' before eatin' either."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Progressive. "Why have you changed your opinion in that matter?" "My dear sir," answered Senator Sorgum, "I am far too progressive in my ideas to hold on to an out of date opinion when I find I can replace it with one that is modern, convenient and profitable."—Washington Star. Reply Courteous. "Is your machine broke?" inquired the wayfarer, observing the chauffeur prone beneath it and perspiring mightily. "Not very well, thank you," replied the chauffeur. "It shiled at that last bridge, bucked a few times and now it has balked."—Houston Post. She Wouldn't Be Fooled. "Why do you want a divorce?" asked the lawyer. "I have had my husband shadowed by private detectives for six weeks," she replied, "and they report that he is innocent. It looks very suspicious. He has probably bought them over."—Chicago Record-Herald. The Sea Widow. "The idea!" exclaimed the first mermaid. "What's all that green stuff on your head?" "Oh," exclaimed the other, "didn't you know of my husband's death? These are my widow's seaweeds."—Philadelphia Press. We All Know Him. "In spite of his lack of education he is a man of pronounced ideas." "Perhaps, but I notice that he generally mispronounces them."—Philadelphia Press. Jumped at Him. "Oh, yes, he's Miss Passay's second flance." "Nonsense! He's the first and only one she ever had." "You misunderstand me. I mean she accepted him in a second."—Philadelphia Ledger. Up In Geography. Piggmus—Dobson writes me that while exploring the banks of the Nile he had to shin up a palm tree to escape a crocodile. Dismukes—So he's having adventures in a foreign climb, eh?—American Spectator. Boston Exclusiveness. Mrs. Newrich of New York—Did you bathe during your recent visit to Atlantic City? Mrs. Emerson Saltonstall of Boston—No. I had intended to do so, but another lady was using the ocean!—New York Life. Should Be Electrocuted. "What do you think of that painting?" asked Mrs. Neurich, pointing to a recent art purchase. "I think," rejoined the critical friend, "that hanging is too good for it."—Chicago News. No Wedding Bells. Jack—Will you be my wife and make me the happiest of men? Iris—I'm sorry, but I'm selfish enough to want to be happy myself.—Detroit Tribune. After Getting Aboard. Howell—You shouldn't run for a street car; it's bad for your heart. Powell—Worse than that; it's bad for my fountain pen.—Woman's Home Companion. Beth Sides of It. Him—With the possible exception of a girl who acts boisterous.—Pick-Me-Up. Mind. Church—You say he takes life seriously? Gotham—Yes, when he's killing mosquitoes he does.—Yonkers Statesman. American Brick Co. President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY Vice President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. MANUFATURERS OF Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf Dryer. Output of Winter Yards ..... 140,00 per day Output of Summer Yards ..... 300,00 per day Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAIL YARD: 151st St. & L. S. & M. & RY. 152nd St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO Tile and State Hauling a Specialty. COAL J. H. 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Camille Saint-Saens, the famous French composer, is to visit America next winter for a professional tour. Henry Broadhurst's only tailor for some years after the commencement of his parliamentary life was his wife. The delegates of the United States to the international wireless telegraph conference in Berlin in September will be General James Allen, Rear Admiral H. N. Manney and John I. Waterbury. Major General O. O. Howard of the Union army and Lieutenant General Stephen D. Lee of the Confederate forces are talking of writing a joint history of the civil war. The men were classmates at West Point. The rich carpet manufacturer, Alexander Smith Cochran of Yonkers, N. Y., has purchased the Martin farm, near his city, and will improve the property and erect on it a complete sanitarium for the treatment of tuberculosis. When Lord Curzon was appointed viceroy of India, the post recently vacated, he completed one of the dreams of his school days. From the time he first knew the government house, Calcutta, was a facsimile of his ancestral home, Kedleston Hall, near Derby, he desired to occupy it as governor general of India. Edward Iveson Goldsmith bears the treble distinction of being the oldest native citizen of Lynn, Mass., the oldest veteran of the civil war now living in the Bay State and one of the youngest looking men of his age in the world. He has just celebrated his ninety-fourth birthday and does not look a day over sixty-five. M. T. Freeman of Crawford county, Pa., one of the original Fremont Republicans, is now in his eighty-first year. When the campaign of 1856 was at its height he made a compact that he would not shave until Fremont should be elected. He kept his vow, for since that time no razor has touched his face, though he has never allowed his beard to reach inordinate length. PLAYS AND PLAYERS. Mme. Bernhardt will spend the summer at her chateau on the French coast, near Trouville. D. L. Don has been engaged to support Montgomery and Stone next season in "The Red Mill." Thompson & Dundy will next season present Edward Abeles in a dramatization of "Brewster's Millions." "L'Alglon" and "Hamlet" are Bernhardt's favorite male roles. She plays "L'Alglon" as a sort of toy "Hamlet." Richard Carle writes his own lyrics for his comic operas and proves himself to be a verse maker of much facility. Walter D. Nealand has been re-engaged for next season by John P. Slocum as manager of "The Yankee Consul." Charles Frohman has obtained the American rights for a new version of "Brigadier Gerard," by Sir A. Conan Doyle. Charlotte Hunt, the charming leading lady of the Bowdowin Square theater, Boston, has been on the stage since she was four years of age. FACTS FROM FRANCE. Esperanto is to be taught to the cadets at the French military college of St. Cyr. In consequence of the increasing abuse of opium its sale in France harbor cities has been forbidden. A boy of twelve in the custody of the Paris police told them that it is their business to find out his name and address. The French people are the greatest consumers of cheap wine in the world. It is used more generally than milk in the United States. Even the little children drink it. The public schools give it to the pupils. The servants insist on the daily allowance for wine. Yellow spectacles for weak eyes were recommended by Dr. Motals in a paper he read before the Academy of Medicine at Paris. The doctor declares that yellow is very soothing to weak eyes and that for fifteen years he has prescribed glasses of this color with excellent results. PITH AND POINT. Who has to suffer for your fool acts? If you do wrong, sooner or later you'll get caught. Might make right, but it doesn't always make good. Next day after you throw a thing away it becomes valuable. You have your weak spots. It is not surprising that other people have theirs. There are some people who ask for no greater distinction in life than to be asked in time of trouble "to break the news."—Atchison Globe. ADVERTISING A picture advertisement to get returns must tell the story at a glance. Folks with money to spend ain't looking for puzzle pictures. Any advertisement, like a man, must present a good first appearance, but to get the returns there must be something more than mere appearance. Advertising is like duck hunting—you must advance carefully, shoot at the right time and with the right sort of ammunition in places where there is a possibility of game. Exchange. BRITISH BRIEFS. For every 4 shillings spent in Britain on drink only a halfpenny is expended on education. The English agricultural laborer gets 18s. 3d. a week against 19s. 3d. in Scotland and an average of 10s. 11d. in Ireland. Ireland's high water mark in population was reached in 1841. She had then 8,175,124 people. She has now fewer than 4,500,000. Gibraltar is the smallest British possession. It measures less than two square miles. Canada is the biggest, with 3,746,000 square miles. Owing to the large profits accruing from the various municipal undertakings at Bolton, England, for last year, the corporation has been able to hand over in relief of the taxes the sum of $217,500. In London the other day an Australian postage stamp, the fourpenny blue, with the swan inverted, was offered at auction and was withdrawn when $2,000 had been offered. Only nine specimens are known to exist. One was sold a short time ago for $2,000. SHORT STORIES. The first instance of collaboration in English literature was that of the plays by Beaumont and Fletcher. Astronomers are the longest lived of any class, not even excepting clergy. Thirteen of the great astronomers have been over ninety at their death and thirty-two over eighty. In Rockland, Me., the other day a shipment of live lobsters was made to Seattle, Wash., which is believed to be the longest distance thus far for a consignment of that kind. "This town," says the Washington (Kan.) Republican-Register, "has a young man who pawned his watch to obtain money for a bath. We contend that this is a claim for distinction possessed by no other town on earth." One of the curious customs in congress is to furnish free lemonade for senators, while representatives must pay for the same luxury. The latter are beginning to grumble at what they call discrimination. No one seems to understand why the distinction is made THE STATELY ELM. It rivals the oak. It is always stately. It is charmingly graceful. It makes a delightful avenue. Its growth suggests a playing fountain. It requires a goodly amount of moisture. Its wood is hard, heavy and coarsely grained. It should be away from the shade of other trees. Its bark is ashy gray and what is known as flaky. Its lovely oval, alternate leaves are pliquantly pointed and double serrate. It grows all the way from Newfoundland to Florida and then onward to the distant Lone Star State. The elm of old England was planted in New England by a wheelwright who found it superior for the hubs of his wheels. MODES OF THE MOMENT. Very few strictly tailored garments are seen, even the long coated linens such as occasionally appear having rather an out of date look. Transparent lace is a favorite trimming for smart tub dresses, and batiste and mull embroidery is another charming and fashionable decoration. Vells form important accessories to the up to date toilet, and there are almost as many varieties and as many ways of arranging them as there are people to wear them. Very smart skirt suits, or, rather, three piece suits, are made with plaided silk skirt, and coat and waist of plain skirt, matching the predominating color in the plaid. Many of the linen and mercerized gowns show little vests of contrasting color or material, sometimes both, buttoned blindly or straight down the center, with self covered buttons.—New York Post. EDITORIAL FLINGS. A recent experiment in New York shows that "lemon" candy containing an overdose of muriatic acid is bad for children. -Syracuse Post-Standard. Monkeys are used to test the merits of English whiskies. Men are used here, but in the end they make monkeys of themselves. -New York Herald. Bryan is a grandpa, Emperor William is a grandpa, and President Roosevelt is a father-in-law. Well, well! How the boys do keep growing up! -Chicago Record-Herald. Airships, it is now promised, will soon be on the market at $1,000 each. Why fritter away your installments on an automobile when you can get an even more dangerous machine for the same price? -Indianapolis News. SEA BATHING HINTS. Never bathe directly after a meal. It is dangerous. After dressing take a brisk walk to restore the circulation. Don't go into the water when you are feeling chilly or out of sorts. The first bath of the season should not last longer than a quarter of an hour. However well bathing may suit you, never remain in the water longer than half an hour at a time-New York Mall. REMARKS FROM THE PUP. She's taught me that I mustn't bark At little noises after dark, But just refrain from any fuss, Until I'm sure they're dangerous. This would be easier, I've felt, If noises could be seen or smelt. She's very wise, I have no doubt, And plans ahead what she's about. Yet after eating every day She throws her nicest bones away. If she were really less obtuse She'd bury them for future use. But that which makes me doubt the most Those higher powers that humans boast Is not so much a fault like that, Nor yet her fondness for the cat, But on our pleasant country strolls Her dull indifference to holes! Oh, if I once had time to spend To reach a hole's extremest end, I'd grab it fast, without a doubt, And promptly pull it inside out, Then drag it home with all my power To chew on it in a leisure hour! Of all the mistresses there are Mine is the loveliest by far. Fain would I wag myself apart If I could thus reveal my heart, But on some things, I must conclude, Mine is the sander attitude. Burges Johnson in Harper's Magazine. Hard to Please. Mr. Sally-You seem worried. There's no danger. Miss Vain-That's just it—no chance of a heroic rescue and all the folks talking about me! Change. "When old Uncle Weatherby was a poor farmer he used to go up to town and eat pie with a carving fork. The people smiled." "You don't say!" "Then later on he began eating it with a tablespoon. The people laughed." "I don't blame them." "From that he changed to a knife. They roared." "Great Scott! And is he still sticking to the knife?" "No. Since they found oil on his farm and rated him as a millionaire he eats pie with his fingers and everybody nods his approval and says he is bizarre."—Chicago News. On the Other Hand. cannot live without me? He—You want the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, I suppose? She—Certainly. He—Well, I can live without you, all right, if necessary, but I don't see how you can possible live without me. New Orleans Times-Democrat. Pride. "You need not be so critical," says the person accused. "You say I have a vinegar disposition, but every one knows that you have one too." "I acknowledge it," retorts the accuser. "But mine is a genuine pure elder vinegar disposition, while yours is the commercial compound of sulphuric acid and water." — Woman's Home Companion. Mental Limitations "Your honor," said the arrested chauffeur, "I tried to warn the man, but the horn would not work." "Then why did you not slacken speed rather than run him down?" A light seemed to dawn upon the prisoner. "Gee!" he said. "That's one on me. I never thought of that."—Houston Post. Cooking For Him. "May Pechis graduated from our cooking school last year and now"—"Yes, I know—she's taking a postgraduate course." "Not at all. I was going to tell you that she was married last week"—"Yes, that's what I mean"—Philadelphia Press. Two Hairs. "I begin to realize," said young Mr. Kallow, "that I am no longer a mere youth now that I've got a little hair on my lip." "Yes," said Miss Knox, "and I suppose in a month or so you'll have another one."—Detroit Free Press. One Great Advantage "Of what benefit to society will the discovery of the north pole be?" "Well," answered the scientist, "for one thing it may put a stop to the loss of life and property among the explorers who want to be the first there."-Washington Star. "Yes," she said, "I made him acknowledge the corn." "How?" queried her friend. "I stepped on it" she explained.—Detroit Tribune. Among Girls. J. A. O'Donnell, H. D. 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 07 Macallister Place Telephone Ashland 363 Office Telephones Central 1339 Automatic 5940 MILES J. DEVINE Suite 318-320 Reeper 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 Yards 6016. John Fitzgerald JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 4727 SOUTH HALSTED STREET. Residence 113 W. Garfield Beul. CHICAGO Telephone Main 4839 Residence, 6626 Champlain Ave. Tel. Wentworth 2821 J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney At Law SUITE 51, 119-121 LA SALLE ST. CHICAGO Tel. Douglas 1565 Notary Public Jesse Binga REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND RENTING FIRE INSURANCE Bates Building 3637 STATE STREET CHICAGO Over Montgomery's Drug Store. DR. 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WHERE EVERY PATRON Saves ON EVERY PURCHASE Jacob Feinberg Wholesale and Retail MARKET AND GROCERY TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 565 81st and State Streets BRADLEY & FIELDS REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE 4709 8. Halsted Street CHI POLICE MAGISTRATE Hyde Park. Tele South C Charles H. Callahan JUSTICE OF THE PEACE DENCE: 9206 Comme Greenwood Ave. CHICA Theodore C. May VICE OF THE P ages, Deds, Notes and Legal Documents cknowledged. Room 22, 27 North RESIDENCE: 6448 Greenwood Ave. Theodore C. JUSTICE OF THE Mortgages, Dues, Notes and Legal and Acknowledged. Room Theodore C. Mayer JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Mortgages, Debts, 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 Sandy W. Trick 2918 State St New Department Why don't you get in the habit of doing y Store? Every Tuesday and Friday special sales ing Stamps with each 10c purchase. We carry a swell line of Ladies' Shirtwa sets. A spendiid assortment of Shoes, Hosiery Laces, Ribbons, Gowns, Bracelets, Millinery and We make a specialty of Men's Balbriggan Waistcoats, Pants, Shoes, Fedora and Derby H A beautiful line of soft Percale Negligee Sh A fancy line of Neckwear and Handkerchie See our Novelties in Jewelry, Watch-chain and Safety Pins. Dy W. Trice & 2918 State Street Department S If you get in the habit of doing your trading in Tuesday and Friday special sales-day and two with each 10c purchase. A swell line of Ladies' Shirtwaists, Underwear Did assortment of Shoes, Hosiery, Gloves, Belts, Gowns, Bracelets, Millinery and everything a specialty of Men's Balbriggan Underwear, H nts, Shoes, Fedora and Derby Hats. A line of soft Percale Negligee Shirts and Susp one of Neckwear and Handkerchiefs. Lovelities In Jewelry, Watch-chains, Fobs, Cuff-b ns. CHICAGO Why don't you get in the habit of doing your trading in the New Store? Every Tuesday and Friday special sales-day and two of Fish Trading Stamps with each 10c purchase. We carry a swell line of Ladies' Shirtwaists, Underwear and Corsets. A spendid assortment of Shoes, Hosiery, Glovees, Belts, fine Purses, Laces, Ribbons, Gowns, Bracelets, Millinery and everything you wear. We make a specialty of Men's Balbriggan Underwear, Hosiery, swell Waistcoats, Pants, Shoes, Fedora and Derby Hats. A beautiful line of soft Percale Negligee Shirts and Suspenders. A fancy line of Neckwear and Handkerchiefs. See our Novelties in Jewelry, Watch-chains, Fobs, Cuff-buttons, Studs and Safety Pins. Boys' Suits, Pants, Hats, Shoes and Shirts. ILLINOIS BR NOIS BRICK ILLINOIS BRICK CO. WILLIAM C. KUESTER. SUPERINTENDENT. 1994 N. Western Ave., C N. Western Ave., Ch 1994 N. Western Ave., Chicago. Telephone Lake View 270. Telephone Yards: 718 Junk's Brew Telephone Yards: 718 Junk's Brewery M. JUNK, Proprietor JOS. P. 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