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The Two Great Political Parties The Democratic and Republican, Hold Their Conventions the Same Day The Bosses of Both Machines Rushed Their Caucus Fixed Slates Through In A Jiffy One Ticket Is Loaded Down With Justices of the Peace for Judges of the Municipal Court, the Other With Assistant States Attorneys S.A.T. Watkins Turned Down---James J. Gray, Thomas Garey and Their Supporters Are Members of the Down and Out Club Vol. XI The Two The Democra Their Con The Bosses of B Fixed One Ticket Is Loaded of the M S. A. T. Watkins T and Thei Both of the political parties, in this city and county, the Republican and the Democratic held their conventions Thursday, the former at the First Regiment Armory, and the latter at the North Side Turner Hall, and the actions of the bosses of both machines have passed into history which can never be blotted out. Several days prior to the conventions the respective bosses of both parties met in secret caucuses, and they then and there in a cold-blooded manner proceeded to parcel out the prospective offices regardless of the likes or dislikes of the adherents of the respective parties and independent of the delegates who were selected for the avowed purpose of passing on the qualifications of the various aspirants for political honors, if this is not the duty or the work of the delegates, then it is no use in compelling the people to defray the expense of electing delegates to the numerous conventions and from henceforth the whole job might as well be turned over to the corrupt bosses of both parties. In the caucus which was held at the Grand Pacific Hotel, Alderman Mike Kenna, William L. O'Connell, Big-Headed Alderman "Jim" Dailey and Dead Duck Mike McInerney, who was elected Alderman of the 30th Ward by the aid of the Colored voters, when he was looked upon as a political tramp, and to pay them for their kindness he imported old One Eyed Ben Tillman into the Stock Yards District in 1904, for the special purpose of abusing this same class of voters, were selected as a committee to decide who should and who should not be chosen as candidates as judges of the municipal court, for the South Side and Alderman "Jim" Dailey who is always requesting S. A. T. Watkins to let up on some of his toughs or sluggers, at the 35th Street Police Station and seeking many other favors from him, and Alderman Kenna, who would have been defeated many times in his political fights in the First Ward, if the Colored voters had not have rallied to his support, and who has grown rich by the aid which they have rendered him in the past, and that is no lie either, and this bunch of eminent statesmen, decided that S. A. T. Watkins or no other "Nigger" lawyer as he was dubbed, was good enough to be selected as a candidate for municipal judge, and judging from their actions they only want Irishmen and those of a few other nationalities to vote for the ticket. The bosses of the Republican machine which was ruled over by Congressman Martin B. Madden, made short work of the convention, after the old machine had been well oiled up and the following slate was turned out without one scratch or break: Sheriff C. Strassheim. Twenty-third Ward; Trasurer, John R. Thompson, Sixth Ward; County Clerk, Joseph F. Haas, Twenty-eighth Ward; County Judge, Lewis Rinaker, Twenty-fifth Ward; Probate Judge, C. S. Cutting, Thirty-fifth Ward. Probate Clerk, Guy Guernsey, Second Ward; Superintendent of Schools, A. F. Nightingale, Twenty-fifth Ward; Board of Review, Fred W. Upham, Twenty-first Ward; Board of Assessors, A. W. Miller, Twelfth Ward; W. E. Schmidt, Eighth Ward; Criminal Court Clerk, Abram J. Harris, Ninth Ward; Circuit Court Clerk, J. E. Bidwill, Jr., Eleventh Ward. COUNTY BOARD President, E. J. Brundage, Twenty-fourth Ward. City Commissioners, Oscar De Priest, Third Ward; Joseph M. Dennis, Seventh Ward; M. Blumenfeldt, Tenth Ward; Louis H. Mack, Fourteenth Ward; W. Schrojdia, Sixteenth Ward; Alfred Lanio, Eighteenth Ward; E. J. Brundage, Twenty-fourth Ward; C. R. Chindblom, Twenty-sixth Ward; J. J. Ellas, Twenty-ninth Ward; W. J. Umbach, Fifth Ward. Country Commissioners, William Busse, Joseph Carolan, A. Van Steenberg, W. J. Hartray, August C. Boeber SANITARY DISTRICT. E. I. Williams, Seventeenth Ward; A. Bergman, Twenty-third Ward. T. J. Healy, Thirtieth Ward. MUNICIPAL COURT. Chief Justice, Harry Olson, Twenty- fifth Ward; Chief Bailiff, T. M. Hunt- ter, Thirty-fifth Ward; Chief Clerk, H. K. Galpin, Twentieth Ward. ASSOCIATE. IUDGES. Six years, W. W. Maxwell, Third Ward; W. N. Cottrell', Sixth Ward; E. K. Walker, Seventh Ward; W. N. Gemmill, 'Seventh Ward; Arnold Heap. Fourteenth Ward; Isidore Himes, Seventeenth Ward; E. A. Dicker, Thirteenth Ward; Judson F. Going, Twenty-fourth Ward; F. K. Blake, Twenty'sixth Ward. Four years, M. Bruggemeyer, First Ward; Frank Crowe, Nineteenth Ward; John Hume, Twenty-first Ward; John' C. Scovel, Twenty-fifth Ward; John W. Houston, Tween-seventh Ward; M. G. Girten, Thirty-first Ward; M'K. Cleland, Thirty-second Ward. S. A. Foster, Thirty-third Ward; J. R. Newcomer, Thirty-fourth Ward. Two years, F. L. Barnett, Second Ward; Fred L. Lake, Seventh Ward; C. N. Goodenow, Eighth Ward; Hcsea W. Wells, Twentieth Ward; Max Eberhardt, Twentieth Ward; H. C. Beitler, Twenty-third Ward; O. M. Torrison, Twenty-eighth Ward; Frank P. Sadler, Thirty-first Ward; A. J. Petit, Thirty-fourth Ward. As stated before there was no work for the delegates to do and they were HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, AUGUST 11, 1906 like so many dummies, and would-be County Judge Charley Alling and the other kickers against the slate never had a ghost of a show and they were not permitted to have a peep or a look in. The Democratic County Convention was set for 9 o'clock in the morning but as George J. Terrell, had no money to buy a new can filled with smooth oil and as James J. Gray, Thomas Carey and their supporters had become members of the Down-and-Out Club, several hours passed away before John J. Hayes, Chairman of the Convention was able to get the machine in motion, but finally with the help of Roger C. Sullivan, Col. William Loeffler, she made one or two slow revolutions, and at last it got under good headway, until it ran as fast as the Republican machine, and in the midst of curses and almost blows, bitter or bad feeling, and much disorder, the following slate ticket came forth from the old-time machine without either one of its favorites receiving the slightest scratch as they were shot forth from it right in front of the stoten bottled delegates who seemed to be nothing more than figure heads, to perform the will of their political masters. Sheriff, Harry R. Gibbons, Twenty-fifth Ward; Treasurer, Ernest Hummel, Eighth Ward; County Clerk, G. L. McConnell, Twentieth Ward; County Judge, Maclay Hoyne, Sixth Ward; Probate Judge, Mich. H. Hoey, Thirty-second Ward; Probate Clerk, J. W. Farley, La Grange. Superintendent of Schools, G. C. Griffiths, Thirty-fifth Ward; Board of Review, Thomas J. Webb, Twenty-third Ward; Criminal Court Clerk, W. A. Krueger, Tenth Ward. Circuit Court Clerk, Vincent J. Jozwiakowski, Sixteenth Ward. COUNTY BOARD President, John Minwegen, Twenty-first Ward. City Commissioners, John Minwegen, Twenty-first Ward; George Sultan, Ninth Ward; J. A. Mueller, Fifteenth Ward; Joseph A. Swift, Twenty-ninth Ward; Hugh A. Quinn, Thirtieth Ward; James L. Lyons, Twenty-second Ward; James C. Denvir, Thirteenth Ward; L. D. O'Hara, Eighteenth Ward; Thomas Blake, Fourth Ward; Albert A. Rose, Fifth Ward. Country Commissioners, Adam Melzer, Louis Richter, John Lashinski, John Blazer, William Shields. SANITARY DISTRICT. J. L. Coffey, Thirteenth Ward; William Gliaison, Nineteenth Ward; Ross C. Hall, Oak Park. MUNICIPAL COURT. Chief Justice, Hiram T. Gilbert, Seventh Ward; Chief Bailliff, Frank C. Burke, Twenty-eighth Ward; Chief Clerk, Michael Zimmer, Twelfth Ward. ASSOCIATE JUDGES. Six years, F. J. Sullivan, Thirteenth Ward; A. J. Sabath, Eleventh Ward; J. J. Chileski, Sixteenth Ward. M. J. O'Donghue, Eighteenth Ward; W. H. Arthur, Fourteenth Ward; John R. Caverly, First Ward; Aug. Binswanger, Third Ward; Charles Werno, Twenty-third Ward; Wm. E. Dever, Seventeenth Ward. Four years, Jos. F. Kohout, Thirty-fourth Ward; D. V. Harkin, Fourteenth Ward; Jas. C. Dooley, Twelfth Ward; W. A. Janesi, Nineteenth Ward; J. K. Prindiville, Third Ward; Eugene Cox, Second Ward; J. J. Fitzgerald, Thirty-first Ward; Thos. F. Scully, Tenth Ward; Robert Lee, Fourth. Two years, Thos. J. Dawson, Twenty-sixth Ward; Theodore C. Mayer, Twenty-third Ward; Thomas Langtry, Twenty-first Ward. J. G. Mahoney, Twenty-fifth Ward; John Blair, Second Ward; James A. Long, Thirty-first Ward; Chas. H. Callahan, Seventh Ward; Chas. J. Trainor, Thirty-third Ward; Chas. A. Sutton, Twenty-first Ward. With a very few honorable exceptions the bosses of neither the Republican or the Democratic machines nominated their best or strongest men for Judges of the Municipal Court; the Republican bosses loaded their ticket down with six or seven Assistant State's Attorneys, and some of their candidates are first-water rascals, and they are not fit to be elected to any office. The bosses of the Democratic machine, piled all the justices of the peace, they could rake and scrape together, on their ticket and some of them, along with many of the other machine made candidates whom they selected for those honored positions, who are not known ten feet away from where they reside, and who have never conducted a law case in any court of record in Cook County will be defeated at the polls in November. Later on our comment will follow on the platforms adopted by the bosses of the Republican and the Democratic machines. WHY NOT TEST THEM? Instead of running "special" Negro trains to the Business League which meets in Atlanta, and the National Baptist Convention which meets in Memphis, why do not these two powerful and influential bodies each make a test, as interstate passengers, of the "jim crow" laws of the South? The courts have held that these laws do not apply to interstate passengers, why then do our best, most influential and strongest financial citizens submit to a thing which they know to be a wrong, perpetrated against Negro men and women simply because they submit to the same? The Business League with its wealth, barin and standing, ought to let one of its number from the North, East or West make a test case and then get behind it and see what results they will obtain. The National Baptist Convention with her big men coming from every section into the South, owes it to herself and to the Negroes of the country, not to submit like dumb, driven cattle to these degrading conditions. If these two powerful Negro organizations, are willing to run around these conditions by means of "special" trains instead of facing them and fighting them by all lawful means, for what in the name of high heavens, can the common people hope?—The St. Luke Herald, Richmond, Va. This is the gospel truth but as we see it Booker T. Washington and the members of his so-called business league are not greatly interested in the well being of the great mass of the common Colored men, women, and children, and he and they will not spend one dollar for the purpose of contesting the constitutionality of the "Jim Crow" car laws of the South, for their only ambition is to wiggle the hard earned money out of the pockets of the poor people, into theirs, in order to enable them to stop in first-class hotels, travel around over the country in Pullman Palace cars, and to spend money like drunken lords! SPECIAL NOTICE. "The Slave of Murillo" will be discontinued until the next issue of The Broad Ax. THE DOINGS AND SAYINGS OF THE PEOPLE OF HYDE PARK. By L. W. Washington. The sudden death of Mrs. Willis Comer who resided at 5613 Jefferson avenue, came as a shock to her many friends, in fact, so surprised is the publication of it that it is but common to hear her acquaintances say that they can hardly realize her death. The dinner placed upon the range at noon was still cooking as she passed out of time into eternity. The physician that attended her refused to give a certificate of burial stating that it was a coroner's case. The body was removed to undertaker Park's rooms, 3159 State street, to await the inquest terminated into a decision of abortion with no charge as to its performance. Her body, being accompanied by her husband, son and cousin, was taken to Terre Haute, Ind, for interment. Monday, Aug. 6th, George Marvell, one of the waiters at the Windemere Hotel, 57th and Connell avenue, shot and seriously wounded Officer Breen of the Hyde Park Station in an attempt to arrest him in the quarters where the boys sleep. Officer Breen returned the fire, Marvell fell upon the floor fanning dead the officer stepped back and called for a doctor he was asked what became of the boy. Oh, he said, "I have killed him," but no sooner out of view Marvell got up without a scratch, ran to the fire escape and disappeared. Several officers arrived upon the scene at this time including Inspector Hunt and several shots were fired, but without effect. On his route a Greek got behind a tree with the intention of jumping in front of him and throwing him to the ground with the unsuccessful attempt of a lost ear. This boy was accused of mistreating one of the scrub girls on Wednesday, Aug. 1st. There was nothing the matter until the other girls got to teasing this girl and causing her to weep, her mother of course insisted upon the girl to tell her what was the trouble and she said this boy had taken advantage of her when the fact of the case was that this boy stopped her from bothering him may it be truthfully said that that George Marvell an over-grown boy of about 20 years of age is not a ruffian, neither a brute. He worked under me at the Chicago Beach Hotel when second waiter and I found him sober, industrious and willing to do the right thing at all times. Mr. Long, headwaiter at the Windemere Hotel, can and does make the same statement and if the judgment of Mr. Moore, the manager, had been what it should have been there would not have been anything to it, but with that damnable spirit of forever trying to give a Negro the worst of it by such No. 42 C. MAYER. has been selected as one of the Judges principal Court. inhuman creatures caused all of this trouble. Officer Breen is a good man, a splendid officer, and should not have been made to suffer on the account of satisfying this manager's prejudices. He did not question the boy about the matter at all, but sneakily sent for an officer to arrest him upon trumped up charges. We hope that Officer Breen will recover. A twenty-five dollar ($25.00) floral piece was presented to Mr. Willis Comer as a token of friendship from the Windemere Hotel Boys. A new Maryland Chop Suey Cafe has just opened in Hyde Park at 5503 Lake avenue, with a real Negro Chinaman, who makes real chop chinman. The novelty of the thing has made business good. The Chinese places should now be a thing of the past with us. Mr. C. H. Claiborn, President of St. Stephens Sunday Club of the West Side addressed the Hyde Park Sunday Club of Hyde Park. Subject: Anthens Contribution to Literature which was both forceful and effective, quite a number was out. Next Sunday will be interesting, Frank H. Shields, First Sargeant of 9th Calvery now stationed at Forth Leavenworth, Kansas, and Mrs. Rosey Moore, of the same city, is visiting their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kennett, 5613 Jefferson avenue. Mrs. Moore is the sister of Dr. O. A. Taylor, of Topeka, Kan.Sargt. Shields is now upon a furlow of three months, after which he expects to return to his regiment and proceed with it to the Phillipine Island in November. He has seen service both in Cuba and the Phillipine Island and will write a brief history for future readers of this paper. Let us give warning to the sore head the grumbler who unless they can run the preachers of Hyde Park to suit their own selfish interest, they will break up the church or dethrone the preachers, must cease. Both of these pastors are good men and the good citizens of Hyde Park should denounce any man that attempts to impede their progress, it has been the case heretofore that unless the Baptist preacher would do as Mr. B. dictated why they would start a row this is also true as to the Methodists and vice versa but some of them can go now there are too much brains, dignity and honor attached to these religious institutions to be lead astray by such rot. Both churches are doing splendid and the fellow who don't think that he can do right and live a true Christian life let him resign like a man, and not try to rule or ruin, for good people out here have made up their minds to keep both men out here as long as possible and to help them make this work a success for they both deserve it. PUBLISHED 'WEEEIY. ea Fr ran Sere eden Farm's Sine Tattre eres Ste Spas long ne take language i proper snd rerponslatity te axed. » Ti Brondcte 4, nemmenee whens, patton ‘Fight to epeak its own mind. neal communications wf receive attention. Write only oa oue sige of to paper” Subecriptions mast be pald in advance. ‘Adyerting rates made toon op application. THE BROAD AX sw Armonr Avenue, Chicago. FOLIUS F. TAYLOR, Béttor and Publisher. —— Entered xt the Post Office at Chicago, |. Ii, as Second-class Matter. LL W. Washington, General Agent for The Broad Ax in the Hyde Park District. : From on and after this date _unti 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 carly Thursday morning prior to the day of publication will find their way into its columns. RESOLUTIONS OF THE MASONIC CONGRESS OF COLORED MASONS. Resolutions of the Masoric Congres. of Colored Masons: At a meeting of the general Masonic Congress of Colored Masons of the United States held at Boston, Mass. July 9th, 1906, 73 delegates were pres- ent representing almost every state and - territory in the union. Much import- ant business was transacted. Mr. Henry Newsome of R. I, offered the follow- ing resolution which was adopted: Whereas, There has been much con- troverey going on for several years relative to the Masonic standing of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachu- setts, and Whereas, The delegates here as- sembled in the general Masonic Con- gress wishing and desiring to get at the truth of the matter as the Congress is now being held right here in Boston, ‘Mass. and Whereas, We have had a committee appointed by this General Masonic Congress for the purpose of securing . the correct infromation cn the matter and that the committee has reported that they have thoroughly investigated the matter and that they are unable to find any evidence that a genuine char- ter was at any time ever granted by the Grand Lodge of England to a lodge that is dsignate@ as African Lodge, No. 459. Therefore Be It Resolved, That inas- much as-the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts was formed in 1791 with only one lodge and there is no evidence that they are able to secure, that even this lodge had a charter that we here stigmatize and brand the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachu- setts a spurious and clandestine body and that each individual Mason and each subordinate lodge hailing under the jurisdiction of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts is clandestine and spurious, Resolved Further, That we now in- voke the corporation and support of every Colored Mason in the country and every regular and legitimate Grand Lodge in helping to crush out. this Bogus Masonry that has been instituted and perpetuated and spread by the spurious Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts—T. F. M. INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH 3825 DEARBORN sT_ The pulpit was filled last Sunday morning by Rev. S. Savage, at the evening service by Rev. J. Jackson. The Pastor will preach to-morrow at both of the services, 10:45 a. m, and 8 p. m. Subject for 10:45 a. m, “The Sub- Timity of the Atonement.” Text—Gal. 3: 13. “Christ hath re. deemed us from the curse of the law ‘being made a curse for us.” Subject for 8 p. m, “A Tragedy in Three Acts.” Text. Dan. 3: 16, 18. ‘The auditorium of this church is well ventilated so that the warmest weather the congregation will not suffer from the heat. The services are not lengthy. The choir under the direction of Prof. Johnston will render special selections at both of the services Sun- day. ‘The Institutional Church and Social Settlement, 3825 Dearborn street, will give a fall festival from Sept. 10 to 14, at the church, it will consist in a fine musical and literary cach sight. Some of the'very beat tleat of the city will assist. The object is to assist in the opening of the activities, A committee of ladies have the mat- fer in charge. Mrs. CM. West is ‘President of the Committee. F One special feature of the festival will be a programme furnished: entirely by men, also all the serving of the evening by men. New feautres to be added to the work this year will be millinery class, basket hail, A large room is to be fitted up for the gymnasium. The purpose is to have’ the kindergarten open at the be- ginning of the school year, instead of Getober. It will be placed in the room that is now used as the chapel. *A. statement will be made in about three weeks outlining the work for the entire year, giving the names of each person in charge of Activities —“S” en ee @UARITY PICNIC. Charity picnic at Rasch’s Park, 79% street and Lake Front, Thursday even ine, Aug. 16th. Given by Mystic Circl of Beacon Light Court No. 48 Order ‘of Calanthe. Proceeds to apply on en- trance fee of worthy sister into the Old People’s Home. Music. Admis- sion 25 cents. Mesdames Sarah Minor, Harriet L Jones, Ella D. Washington, Lula TB Brown and Maggie L. Harrison. Margaret. A. Womack, President; Mamie E. Shivers, Secretary, and J W. Womack, Manager. Take Manhat- tan Beach car at White City. This picnic is to be given for a worthy cause and it should be well patronized. + ea ie CHIPS Mrs. A. Robinson 3730 Dearborn 3° is on the sick list. ‘Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Malone of To- peka Kans. are the guests of Mrs. Jas. Murray, 3748 Wabash av. pr. T. Curtis Chapman of Kansas City is spending a few days in the city stopping at the Keystone Hotel. Mrs, Wm, Childs 6616 Vernon ave. entertained a number of lady friends ‘at lunch Wednesday afternoon, | Mr, Fred Johnson of Detroit Mich. is spending a week in the city the ‘guest of his brother Mr. Frank John- son 4813 Armour av. After a very pleasant visit of alx sweeks to this city, M'ss Margaret Bry- ‘an left for her home in Baltimore, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. S. Smith, 5363 Dearborn street, have returned to the city after a flying visit to Detroit and Canada. Miss Gerster Smallwood and sister Mrs Louise Smallwood-Pickett of Washington, D. C., are stopping wit Dr. and Mrs. E. S. Miller, 3642 Wa- bash av. Mrs, Lloyd English after spending two weeks shopping and visiting ho~ sister Mrs. B. Barley 4157 Ellis ave.. returned to her home in Cassopolis, Mich., Wednesday. Miss Mayme V. Kennedy, the popu- lar young nurse of Provident Hospital, has returned to the city after a three weeks’ vacation visiting relatives in Henderson, Ky. Misses William, Hazel‘ and Myre Hart will leave Saturday Aug. Tith for their ome in Indianapolis, after hav- ing spent a “Scrumptious time in this city. The sad news concerning the accident to Mr. Robert Wheeler of Honolula. has been confirmed he was so serious- ly injured that it is thought he can not live long. Dr. D. H Anderson 3100 State St who was called to St Louis, by the death of his sister-in-law Mrs. G. H. ‘Anderson returned to the city mondsy morning J. L. Thompson, the brilliant editor of The Bystander, Des Moines, Towa, wife and their little daughter Enola, will arrive in city the first of the week, they will be the guests of Mrs. Norton, 3409 Wabash avenue. Miss Anna Cole, the popular clerk for Jesse Binga, the hustling real estate agent, 3637 State street, has gone on a two weeks visit with friends at Flushing, O. | Charles A. Olson, general sales agen for John J. Dunn, sist and Armour so. will take his departure Monday morning for South Haven, Mich. where he will rest for the next ten = The Vatican announces the death o} ‘Mgr. Silvera Gomez Pimenta, Bishor of Marianna, Brazil He was the son ‘of parents who were slaves, and was ‘the only Negro living who had been made a Roman Catholic Bishop. | ‘Miss Nellie Tompkins of Balto, M¢., ‘will leave for her home the first of the ‘Week. notwithstanding her continuous work at the University Miss Tompkins ‘has enjoyed enough pleasure in the elty to vote it the best city she knows day evening at the home of Mr, awl | Mrs, Seay 6043 Loomis St., Music aud j dancing was the order of the evening |and every body had a happy time. Attorney William G. Anderson, 119 La Salle street, sho bought a fine home ‘Gor his family not so long ago at 503 | East ggth street, continnes to doa Jivsiness even if this is the vacation season for the judges or the courts. | | Dr, A, John Thomas V. 8. of Lex: ington, Ky., is visiting his sister Mrs, j Tossie Blair, Dr, Thomas fs about to live up his large practice in Lexing- ltcn to practice in the north or west j where “manhood” commands more i respect than skin color, . | -The mid-summer Tan fete and dane- jing party to be given at Mrs J. Harts, ' 236 Wabash avenue. Wednesday even- ing. Aug. 15th, under the auspices of the Woman's Aid an Auxiliay to the Old Folks’ Home, 610 Garfield boule- yard, promises to be a grand success. Prof. W. Kemper Harreld, 6626 Champlain avenue, is a member of the Bachelors’ Club, and he can always find money to take in all the swell fametions given by the four hundred, but judging from the way he cleaned us up for five dollars, he dislikes to pay his honest debts. Miss Nora Comerford, the amiable and efficient cashier and book-keeper, for John J. Dunn, wholesale and retail dealer in coal and wood, 51st street and ‘Armour avenue, resumes her duties Monday morning after spending her two weeks’ vacation at South Haven, Mich. Now that Col. Edward H. Morris has become a prominent member of the Down-and-Out Club and is a political dead cock in the pit in the Second Ward, it is safe to say hereafter the Old Church Harlot Organ, will not run his cut in its columns each and every week. ‘The picnic given Monday afternoon and evening at Rasch’s Grove, by the Old Settlers’ Club, was largely attended and it was in every way the finest and the most successful one so far given by its members, and each and every one who wended their way to the grove greatly enjoyed the outing. Col. John R, Marshall 3630 Calumet _ave., gave an informal reception at bls [residence to his Host and Hostesses Mr. and Mrs. Pickett. Miss Smo%l- wood of Washington, D. C., Do. Me, Kassick, W. R. Sobers and Miss Ar- nold were present. A game of whist concluded the programme. ‘At the luncheon given by Mrs. Dan- jel H. Williams 470 E. 42nd St, Sat- urday afternoon the following ladies were entertained Mmes. A. W. Wil Mams. Mary A. Williams, J. Allen, Memtrose Rankin, Misses Nellie Tomp- kins, Margaret Bryan of Balto, Md.. and Miss Lottie Woodford of Atlanta, Ga. ‘At the recent convention of photo- |graphers of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia, the work of Mr. Daniel Freeman, a Colored photographer of Washington D.C, received a high per cent above ‘the average required, and was hung in ; special salon amidst the work of some Jof the finest professionals of this coun- try. } William Robinson, 2422 La Salle street, has had charge of the 22nd Street Police Station for more than twelve years and so far he has never been before the trial board, for violat- ing any of the rules of the police de- partment, which fact speaks volumes for the honesty and the clear-headness of Mr. Robinson ‘The musical and dance given las: Friday evening in honor of Miss Bry- ant and Miss Davis of Nashville, Tenn., by Mr. Hugh Buchanan and his sister was one of the finest social af- fairs of the season, there was mu- sical talent to let and everybody who was called on to do a “stunt” did It so artistically that the strangers vis- {ting In the city wondered why Chiev- she would wear her crown im glory ‘until time was no more.” Mrs. Clif- ford Johnson, 2712 State street, the only ‘Afro-American woman undertaker in the State of Tinois, had charge of the remains, which were laid to rest in Oakwoods, Wednesday evening last a pretty re- ception was given at the home of Mrs. Sadie Hart, 481 Armour avenue, in honor of Mrs. Emma Blunt-Gray, of Haddocks, Ga, who is an old school mate and friend of Mrs, Hart. Those that assisted the hostess in recieving her guests were Mrs, Clara Allison and Mrs. Florence Gaskin. About sixty grests were present. Dainty refresh- ments were served, the table was decorated with choice cut flowers and those present expressed themselves. as having spent a delightful evening. Mrs. Gray returned to her Southern home last night. ‘The OldestChurch Organ is the great- est political harlot of the age, for right up until the Saturday before the pri- maries, it was shouting long and loud in favor of returning Col. Edward H. Morris to Springfield as a member of the legislature so that he could continue to protect the interest of the gamblers; it was also shouting, for Charley Alling, for County Judge, former Judge El- dridge Hanecy, and the other rotten members of the Second Ward gang of politicians) who would steal anything from a red-hot stove down to pennies from the eyes of the dead, bat at the very last hour no doubt for a little money the Oldest Church Or- gan ran out from under its old-time et Col. Ed. Morris, and it puffed and snoried in favor of Col. Ed. Green, and now it is safe to regard it as the greatest Old Church Harlot Organ in ‘the world. Pike's Peak. ‘The birthday of a mountain peak has seldom, if ever, been observed in America, but in September the birth- day of Pike's peak, so far as history is concerned, will be observed by the state of Colorado, with Prasident Roosevelt and some of the members of his cabinet as guests. The occasion will mark the one hundredth anniver- sary of the discovery of the mountain by Lieutenant Zebulon Pike and may possibly be the occasion of an inter- national event of some interest. When Lieutenant Pike was captured by Spanish soldiers in February, 1807, he was relieved of several maps and manuscripts, which were never recov- ered. ‘They are supposed to have been ‘sent by the governor of Santa Fe to the viceroy at the City of Mexico and by him forwarded to Madrid. As the Spanish are careful about the preser- vation of historic documents and rec- ords, it is believed that Pike’s papers are still in existence. At the sugges- tion of Representative Brooks of Colo- rado Secretary Root bas requested the Spanish government to institute a search for them. If found they will probably be returned. case tine Last year forest fires In this country burned over an area of 150,000 acres. ‘This area is great, yet it is less than half of that which was swept by fire the year before. One reason for the difference is the increased efficiency of the fire patrol under the United States forest service. Its jurisdiction ts lim. ited to national reservations, but the influence of the forestry service ex- tends to many private wooded tracts ‘The professional foresters are teaching the people how to care for the trees. One simple rule, which the owner of s few trees can easily follow and the owner of many trees cannot afford to neglect, is to keep the underbrush cleared. Most forest fires start in brush. A wood clear of brush bas, so to speak, no kindling in which a fire can start. We Like Fruit. For strictly orchard products which found markets and presumably were consumed during the year ending June 80, 1905, the American farmer recelved $63,751,840, and we raised in American vineyards 1,500,000,000 pounds of grapes, which crop brought our Amer- fean ‘vineyardists over $15,000,000 more. American subtropical fruits brought the producers nearly $10,000,- 000, and we imported from thé West ‘Indies and southern Europe $25,000,- 000 worth of tropical fruits.—Ernest ‘C. Rowe in Leslie's Weekly. A Developing Empire. | The cutting up of the large land. holdings in the Sacramento valley into small farms simultaneously with the completion of great systems of irriga- tion has brought on an era of devel- opment in the northern part of the state the importance of which Is scarcely realized as yet outside the im- mediate vicinity of the undertakings. But the developments are big with m- Portance not only for the Sacramento valley, but for the entire state and par- ticularly for San Francisco—San Fran- isco Call. ‘The Nimes of Pose Pics. When the pope gave a dinner to cel- ebrate his elevation to the caniinalate he remarked to one of the guest that be had been nine years at the sem!- nary, nine years curate at Tombolo, aine years rector of Salzano and nine years-bishop of Mantua. Pius X. was also patriarch of Venice and eartinal for nine years. Black Diamond Developmen! (Co. Prize No, 2. Stock Holders in the Black Diamcnd Development Company are happy: Word has come from the Kansas Oil field that the second well has com? in and it far exceeds in value and volumn the first well, ‘These two wells will give the Company more than Two-Hundred Dol- lars ($200.00) per day.. The price of Stock is still twenty cents per share. “The prediction confidently made by the Directors of the Com Pany 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 3 veloped 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 Kat 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- liams, Wednesday morning. “Chanute, Kane., 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 2. ™.” Now Is the time to 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, 508 State st Fred A Wescott, 1131-153 Lasalle st. Prof. H. T. Kealing, 631 Pine St, Philadelphia, Penn. Dr A. Wilberforce Williams, 2840 state st sreangard of Directors are confident that the Company will be = ful operation by Nov. 1, 1908. For the time being the Board of Directors wl hold meetings at 2540 State St, any one wishing Information concerning ‘the Company, or Its Stock, can be had from any of the above named gentle jmen. Get Stock now while It Is low. GETET1"{ ~ Back Diamond Development co—W. W: WOMAN AND FASHION Ctreeiar Skirt. ‘The skirt herewith iustrated shows two box plaits at front and back, whieh provide generous fullness and flare at the lower portion while Sitting perfectly = SS \ | EF ; 7 z \ i i t = by Leff | ; LHe | Z Gly | Zhi Ae Z174d:\\ ALLL Z | 7 i SR Z CU DS | | cociiaai diehiiea: denned smooth over the hips. As illustrated it is made of heavy linen, with banding of linen braid, but it can with propriety be utilized for silk and for wool as well as for washable materials—indeed, for every material suited to gowns, to costumes or to odd skirts. New Fail Materials. For country wear tweeds, berring- bone, checks and striped, are prepared, and in these fabrics also gray Is a predominating color, with the blues, browns and greens to follow. Striped silks showing overplaids in a contrast- ing color will be fashionable in shades of blue, red, olive and myrtle green. Black silk dresses will also be much worn. Indeed, judging from the au- tumn colored ‘silk cards issued by a leading Paris firm, dark colors will predominate, with black as a special favorite. Among six shades of old rose rang- ing from a high to a dark tone the deepest somewhat resembles mahoga- ny and 1s known as “acajou.” It is really a dull old rose. pPtatted Skirts. ‘The plaited skirt, which seemed push- ed into the background by the circular and gored skirts earlier in the season, has asserted itself and in various forms is much in evidence. Many women in- sist that nothing is so practical and comfortable for rough wear as a man- nish tailored coat and a plaited skirt, and this model is made up by the best tailors in all the popular summer mate- rials suitable for the coat and skirt frock. Welle Geews Bu Beneiastes. The unqualified success prophesied at the beginning of the season for silk yolle has been more than fulfilled, for the fashionable fabric seems to spring out in fresh beauty every day. Some of the new princess skirts are made In ‘checked silk voile and show a novel ‘arrangement at the front, where they are finished-in a point which can be carried up to the yoke of the blouse and secured with a smart bow. Hatiess No Longer. Hatless maidens no longer are seen on the golf links or tennis courts. In- stead lingerie hats of various hues and materials are worn and in some cases are supplemented by vells so heavy that a-close inspection is necessary in order to recognize the wearer. TURNING THE COLORAD9, Effort to Be Made to Get 1¢ Mack 4 acre | An army of men will shortiy besin the titanie strugzle with the taste Colorado river, attempting (0 elie. yn ‘devastation which the chance iy 1,0 river's course has brousit w -5 states, Three hundred snare flooded, 200 miles of railrwil to... , washed out, a thriving industry ry.) ‘this Is the record of the caused by the river brestkine i; its banks and flooding the sur, - country. - | ‘The Colorado river is 1 < line between Arizou: and the . portion of California. eb water has poured into the Yin). fn Arizona, but the tlood I< ay brought destruction to the vo» ae try in the miles of the buruin= sie ern California desert. ‘The Sain ouce a part of the Pacific's ted. tr centuries past x level Lotion uf pone salt harvested year after year fr tue markets, has been floolet, ai tue unique salt farm has been wiped ont of existence, temporarily at leet. Hops are held forth that the works whicl tue Southern Pacific Railroad company is to begin will make the salt inioury Possible there again and that vice more the little village of Saltun, where the salt workers lived, will be popu lated. ‘To operate this novel salt farm a plow was designed, drawn bys cable attached to a small steam locomotive, This locomotive passed to and fr oa a minlature track, and by means of a big grooved wheel, set horizoutally in the fashion of a street cxble, the plow was drawn at right angles to the en- 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 retiuing Process, so pure was it. ‘The salt farm was a profitable inius try, and the operating company built 4 Uttle settlement at the foot of the mountain. Here the salt was treated ‘Mhen necessary, and here were the homes of the workmen aud their fame flies. 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, cither White ot Colored to board and room, they will receive the care of a good mother; charges reasonable. Mrs. L. Coleman, 2839 Armour Ave., 2d flat. Special Announcement. From on and after this date all an- nouncements of entertainments, etc, for which an admission is charged, will be considered advertising, and will be charged for at the rate of 12 cents a line, seven words to a line The money must accompany the mat- ter and reach the editor no later than Thursday morning of the week in- tended for publicatfon. This rule will also apply to all personal items and matter for which no charges will be made. In other words, all news mat- ter must reach us either on Wednes- day evening or early Thursday morm- ing in order to find its way into the columns of this paper the same weet It is written, ‘Write plainly on one side of the paper only, and address all communi- cations to The Broad Ax, 5040 Armour avenue, Chicago, IIl., July 25, 1906. HUMOR HE PROVED HIS RIGHT. It Was Quite a Roundabout Way, but He Got His Water. A western lawyer says that he was once in a court in Missouri when a young man most fastidiously dressed sauntered into the temple of justice. None of the officials of the court had ever seen him before, and as the proceedings were unimportant and somewhat tedious it chanced that the stranger attracted some attention. On his part he eyed the judge narrowly, sized up all the attorneys, drummed loudly on the bench in front of him and finally rose and sauntered up to the bar, where he poured out for himself a glass of leed water. The judge presiding, a nervous and testy old fellow, had himself observed the young man and by his frowns had given evidence of his disapproval. When the stranger had boldly marched up to the bar and had taken the water it looked as if the judge would boil over with indignation at this exhibition of temerity, amounting almost to contempt. "That water, sir," roared the judge, "is for attorneys and other officials of this court." Whereupon the strange young man turned red and left the courtroom. But the court was to see more of him, for in about half an hour he returned, bearing in his hand a roll of parchment. The judge now glared at him in the most savage manner, but the young man filinched not. Finally, during a lull in the proceedings, the eccentric young person addressed the court: "Your honor!" "What is it, sir?" "I wish, your honor, to submit to this honorable court my certificate of admission to practice in the supreme court and all other courts of this state." "Well, what of that?" growled his honor. "Simply this, your honor. Now that I have presented the proofs of my admission to the bar I would move the court that I be permitted to drink from the official pitcher." The young attorney got his water.—Lipincott's Magazine. Honest Man. "Will you love me when I am old?" asked the kittenish damsel with the corkscrew curls, the false frizzes, the suspiciously bright teeth and the large bank account. "Why, I love you now, don't I?" asked the plain, everyday, matter of fact, undipolicatic man who was trying to provide for his future. And, oh, brethren, the voiceless wind that drifts across the open polar sea was a hot wave compared to the atmosphere that surrounded him in a minute.-Judge. Willing to Compromise. "Well, it's no use your kickin'," growled the cashier of the restaurant finally. "You et the food, an' arguin' about it won't help"— "That's so," said the disgusted patron. "Let's forgive and forget." "Eh?" "I'll forgive that miserable meal if you'll forget that I had it."—Philadelphia Press. Unrealistic. The heroine was supposed to fall in a fit when the climax of the play was reached. "Huh!" she exclaimed as she surveyed her new gown in a mirror. "It looks like I'd have to fall in a misfit tonight." And the villain still pursued her.—Chicago News. No Time For Extras. Tiny Sister (rushing into big sister's room)—Please hurry, Lulu. Mr. White is downstairs. Lulu (very grandly, while she dabs her face with the powder puff)—Very well, dear. I'll be down. Tiny Sister (nervously)—Oh, please don't wait to shave.—Woman's Home Companion. An Early Bird. "Procrastination is a dangerous thing in business, isn't it?" said the young man who is anxious to learn. "I should say so," answered Dustin Stax. "You don't know how thankful I am that I made my pile before all that furore for investigation started in."—Washington Star. Her Attractions "I can't understand what there is so attractive about Emily. She hasn't any accomplishments. All she does is to talk a little and smile a great deal." "That's enough, isn't it?"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Professor's Advice. The Professor's Advice. "Now, professor, suppose I should be attacked some night by a big, ruffianly fellow. What would you advise me to do?" "Now, professor, suppose I should be attacked some night by a big, ruffly fellow. What would you advise me to do?" "Holler fur der perlece and run like the dooze."—Pick-Me-Up. SELECTIONS STUDY FOR SCULPTORS. Modern Discus Thrower Strikes a Grateful 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 sea. 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 slip 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 those made by the blowers. FACTS IN FEW LINES FACTS IN FEW LINES A British press club is to be founded in Paris. The women of Bosnia have their arms and necks tattooed. There are many Italians employed in south Germany, probably 6,000 altogether, the German supply being insufficient. It is asserted that there are in the world over 250 anarchist journals, though it is calculated that there are only 40,000 anarchists. A man in Houlton, Me., bought a heavy four-year-old colt in 1886 for $100. After keeping it for ten years at hard work all the time the man sold the horse for $200. The Brunswick (Me.) Record tells of an eighteen-year-old boy named Joseph Lajoie who cut half a cord of wood into three lengths in just one hour and twenty minutes. China's public debt has increased 1,000,000,000 taels since the war with Japan. Part of it bears 7 and 8 per cent interest. It is proposed to borrow abroad and refund at 4 and 5 per cent. Thinking that she would get a holiday if her employers were stricken with grief, a fourteen-year-old servant girl at Distenhausen, Germany, confessed that she threw their baby into the river. A stranger who wished to demonstrate that he could get a fairly respectable meal in a New York restaurant without meat ate eighteen eggs, two bunches of asparagus, two bunches of radishes and a can of shrimps. There was considerable excitement in West Swanzey, N. H., the other day when a deer with a bulldog for a peaceable companion was seen wandering through the streets of the town. The two odd mates seemed the best of friends. The Euclid avenue home of Mrs. Cassie Chadwick in Cleveland, O., where the erstwhile queen of finance resided in the days of her prosperity, has so badly deteriorated that its large and spacious front yard is now being used as a cow pasture. Spain during recent years has lost only one ruler by assassination—Canovas de Castillo. Russia has lost two czars, Turkey two suitans, Persia a shah, America three presidents, five other republics one president each and Austria, Servia and Korea have also suffered. A man in Hillstown, Conn., declares kerosene to be a complete antidote for a rattlesnake's bite. A cow, nearly dead from a bite, was treated with the oil, a bath of it being given, and very soon the swelling went down and in a short while the cow was none the worse for her experience. O. B. Hadwen, president of the Worcester County (Mass.) Horticultural society, suggests the formation of a school where women would get accustomed to bugs and snakes. He claims that the antipathy which is demonstrated by shrieks is entirely unnecessary and could easily be overcome with a little training. M. Etienne, the French minister of war, pinned upon the tomb of Leutenant Latour, who was killed at Lens, the cross of the Legion of Honor. This gives Latour's three daughters the right of admission to one of the schools of the Legion of Honor, and it is considered a great honor to have been educated in one of them. M. J. Archer of Wabash, Ind., who is a piano tuner, tuned a piano by telephone recently. He gave his instructions to the lady who owned the piano and had each note sounded so he could hear it through the telephone. The instructions were carried out so carefully that the piano is in as good condition as if it were tuned by some one close at hand. In Holland potatoes are not received in the parcel post, Denmark will not receive almanacs and Egypt will not permit sausages to be posted. Germany refuses anything of American origin and has some clauses directed against Japan, while air guns, maps, wax matches, rosaries, relics and jewelry are the miscellaneous lot barred by Spain. The gardens of the palace of La Grandja, where Alfonso and Victoria are spending their honeymoon, is celebrated for its fountains. One of them, the Banos del Diane, spouts to the height of 130 feet. When this fountain was completed Philip V., the builder of the palace, sald, "Well, it has cost me $3,000,000, but for three minutes I have been amused." King Edward's tailors have a standing order for 100 suits a year, apart from military uniforms and court dresses. The king selects the patterns and materials himself, but the suits are all fitted to a dummy, a skillful contrivance that perfectly represents his person. The royal wardrobe at Buckingham palace is ninety feet long by thirty-six feet wide. One result of Wagner's celebrity was that it made Baireuth famous. The great composer once said: "Before the time of my trilogy the place was so little known by the German postoffice that letters addressed to Baireuth were constantly sent to Beirut, in Syria. Seigfried and the dragon Fafner have altered all that. Correspondence for Beirut now often comes here." In the states of Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas, Oregon and Wisconsin an alien may vote upon complying with the state laws, after having made his preliminary declaration to become a citizen of the United States. Under possible exigencies of American politics the election of a president and vice president and the determination of the policies of the government might be determined by the votes of aliens. In all the other states no person is allowed to vote who is not a citizen of the United States. HUMOR OF THE HOUR HUMOR OF THE HOUR 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 catin'." "Dat's good advice, Wobbly. But I kin improve on it." "How knl 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 shied 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. Both Sides of It. Her—There is nothing more disgusting than a boy who acts girlish. Him—With the possible exception of a girl who acts boisterous.—Pick-Me Up. Mad. 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. Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf Dryer. Output of Winter Yards ..... 1440.0 per day Output of Summer Yards ..... 3040.0 per day Established 1877. Phone Oakland 1350-1354 John J. Dunn COAL & WOOD Wholesale and Retail Dealer in... Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAIL YARDS: 1st St. & L. S. & M. S. Ry. 2nd St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO Tile and State Hauling a Specialty. COAL J. H. COLEMAN & CO. 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One year's subscription (12 numbers) costs 50 cents. Latest number, 5 cents. Every subscriber gets a McCall Publication. Lady Aguirre Wanted. Handsome prehmers of liberal cash commission. Pattern Catalogue of 600 designs and Premium Catalogues (showing 60 prehmers non free). Address THE MCCALL CO. New Yeshu. J. GARNER Tel. Douglas 3256 THE FLITE BUFFET FINE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS Pool and Billiards Cigars and Tobaccos WILLIAM LEWIS THE FRONTENAC CLUB UP STAIRS 289 E. 22ND ST. TEL. CALUMET 2940 CHICAGO American President and Treasurer, THE Vice-President, JO Secretary MANUFAT Common and Office an ICE CREAM CIGARS, TOBACCO SHIRT WAISTS KIMONAS MRS. A. E. BAKER NOTIONS 419-35TH STREET Underwear a Specialty CHICAGO 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. 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James Cobb and Jennie Korn were recently wedded at Hobart, Okla. ‘The king of Portugal is said to be an enthusiastic and able amateur painter. 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 Jobn I. Waterbury. ‘Major General 0. 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, Alex- ander Smith Cochran of Yonkers, N. ¥., 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 va- ‘ated, he completed one of the dreams of his school days. From the time be first knew the government house, Cal- cutta, was a facsimile of his ancestral home, Kedleston Hall, near Derby, he desired to occupy it as governor gen- eral of India. Edward Iveson Goldsmith bears the treble distinction of belng the oldest native citizen of Lynn, Mass., the old- est veteran of the civil war now living in the Bay State and one of the young- est 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 Re- publicans, 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 touch- ed his face, though he has never allow- ed his beard to reach inordinate length. PLAYS AND PLAYERS. Mme. Bernhanit will spend the sum- mer at her chateau on the French coast, Bear Trouville. D. L. Don has been engaged to sup- Port Montgomery and Stone next sea- son in “The Red Mill.” ‘Thompson & Dundy will next season present Edward Abeles in a dramatiza- ‘tion of “Brewster's Millions.” “L'Aigion” and “Hamlet” are Bern- hardt's favorite male roles. She plays “L’Aigion” as a sort of toy “Hamlet.” Richard Carle writes his own lyrics for his comtc operas and proves himself to be a verse maker of much facility. Walter D. Nealand has been re-en- gaged for next season by John P. Slo- cum as manager of “The Yankee Con- oul” 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 Bowdoin 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 ca- dets at the French military college of ‘St. Cyr. In consequence of thé increasing abuse of opium its sale in France har- bor cities has been forbidden. A boy of twelve in the custody of the Paris police told them that ‘t is their business to find out his name and ad- dress, ‘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 chil- dren drink it. The public schools give {t 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 Medl- cine at Paris, The doctor declares that yellow is very soothing to weak eyes and that for fifteen years he has pte- scribed glasses of this color with ex- cellent results. PITH AND POINT. ‘Who bas to suffer for your fool acts? "If you do wrong, sooner or later you'll get caught. Might may make right, but tt doesn’t always make good. Next day after you throw a thing ‘away it becomes valuable. ‘You bave 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 re- turns must tell the story at 2 glance. Folks with money to spend ain't look- ing for puzzle pictures. Any advertisement, like a man, must Present a good first appearance, but to get the returns there must be some- thing more than mere appearance, Advertising is like duck bunting— you must advance carefully, shoot at the right time and with the right sort epee os snes seve thes fe BRITISH BRIEFS. For every 4 shillings spent in Britain on drink only a halfpenny is expended ‘on education. ‘The English agricultural laborer gets 186. 3d. a week against 19s. 3d. in Scotland and an average of 10s, 11d. in Ireland. Ireland’s high water mark in popu- lation was reached in 1841. She had then 8,175,124 people. She has now fewer than 4,500,000. Gibraltar is the smallest British pos- session. It measures less than two ‘square miles. Canada fs the biggest, ‘with 3,746,000 square miles. Owing to the large profits accruing from the various municipal undertak- ings at Bolton, England, for last year, the corporation bas been able to hand over in relief of the taxes the sum of $217,500. : In London the other day an Aus- tralian 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 lterature 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 ts 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 clatm for distinction pos- sessed by no other town on earth.” One of the curious customs in con- gress is to furnish free lemonade for senators, while representatives must pay for the same luxury. The latter are beginning to grumble at what they cali 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 foun tain. It requires a goodly amount of mois ture. 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 Piquantly pointed and double serrate. It grows all the way from Newfound- Jand 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 trim- ming for smart tub dresses, and ba- tiste and mull embroidery is another charming and fashionable decoration. Veils 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 plaid- ed silk skirt, and coat and waist of plain silk, matching the predominat- ing color in the plaid. Many of the linen and mercerized gowns show little vests of contrasting color or material, sometimes both, but- toned 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 mon- keys of themselves—New York Her- ald. Bryan is grandpa, Emperor Wil- liam 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 4m even more dangerous machine for the same price?—Indianapolis News. ry SEA BATHING HINTS. Never bathe directly after a meal. It ts 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 frst bath of the season should mot last lofiger than a quarter of an Bour. However well bathing may suit you, never remain in the water longer than half am hour at a time—New York Mail = 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 easler, 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 Bhe'd bury them for future use. But that which makes me doubt the most ‘Those higher powers that humans oast Is not so much a fault lke that, Nor yet her fondness for the cat, But on our pleasant country strolls ‘Her dull indifference to holes! Oh, if T once had time to spend To reach a hole's extremest end, Td grab it fast, without a doubt, And promptly pull it inside out, ‘Then drag it home with all my power ‘Tp chew on it In a lelsure hourt Of all the mistresses there are ~ ‘Mine is the loveliest by far. Fain would I wag myself apart If T could thus reveal my heart, But on some things, I must conclude, ‘Mine 1s the saner attitude. Burges Johnson in Harper's Magazine... Hard to Please, PP di am Tit SAV if \_ [fi : RO via | t : \ ks IS \ eZ Mr. Saily—You — worried. ‘There's no danger. Miss Vain—That's just it—no chance of a heroic rescue and all the folks talking about me! “When old Uncle Weatherby was a Poor farmer he used to go up to town and eat ple with a carving fork. The People smiled.” “You don't say!” A “Then later on he began eating it ‘with a tablespoon. The people inaghed.” “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 oll on his farm and rated him as a millionaire he eats ple with his fingers and everybody nods his approval and says he Is bi- zarre.”—Chicago News. On the Other Hand. She—And do you really think you cannot live without me? He—You want the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, I sup- pose? She—Certainly. He—Well, I can live without yeu, all right, if necessary, but I don’t see how you can possible live without me— New Orleans Times-Democrat. nie. “You need not be so critical,” says the Person accused. “You say I have a vinegary disposition, but every one knows that you have one too.” “I acknowledge it,” retorts the ac cuser. “But minc {s a genuine pure elder vinegar disposition, while yours 4s the commercial compound of sul- ‘phuric 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 ‘Father 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 post- graduate course.” “Not at all. I was going to tell you that she was married last week”— “Yes, that's what I mean.”—Phila- | delphia Press. ——_— | “I begin to realize,” sald 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 sup- pose in a month or so you'll have an- other one.”—Detroit Free Press, One Great Advantage, “Of what benedt to society will the ecovay of tha arth pele Ber” “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. ‘ties eesti See “Yes,” she said, “I made him acknowl! ‘edge the corn.” | “How?” queried her friend. “I stepped on it,” she explained —De- troit Tribune. Among Girls, Patience—Would you believe she was twenty-eight? Patrice—Oh, yes. I believed it the first summer I heard it — Yonkers Satesman. J. A. O'Donnell, HD. Coghtin, O'Donnell ‘8 Coghlin Attorneys at Law Phone 264 Main Metropolitan Block N. W. 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A beautiful line of soft Percale Negligee Shirts and Suspenders. A fancy line of Neckwear and H?rdkerchiefs. See our Novelties in Jewelry, Watch-chains, Fobs, Cuff-buttons, Studs and Safety Pins. Boys’ Suits, Pants, Hats, Shoes and Shirts. | over Montgomery's Drug Store. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Hours: Office: 9tolla m 233—22ND ST. 2todp.m ‘Tel. 8243 Calumet Tto9p. m CHICAGO Lesa Secaao i { Res terns *® om Ir. W. A. Marshal Physician aud Surgeon Mours—i0 to 12 A.M. 2 to 5:30 P.M. and nights—Sundays, 3 to 5 P. M. Special Hours by Appointment. 3432 STATE STREET CHICAGO Medical Examiner and Court Physician for the Foresters No. 7895, ILLINOIS BRICK C0. Phone 194 South A. B. SCHULTZ, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 2719 State Street mom $2 2itiliesr mm — CHICAO eat Or. M. J. Brown holdz 1 ce clinics at Provident Hos- pital irce dispensary eye, ear, nose and throat department, Monday, Wed- nesday and Friday. Hours 2 to 4 Jk Brewer | v 7 ee