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THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. United States Senator Benjamin R. Tillman On the"Race Problem" IN HIS MAD RAVINGS AT AUGUSTA, GA. HE DECLARES THAT AMALGAMATION IS THE ITCHING DESIRE OF THE NEGRO IN THE SOUTH. WHITE MEN ARE WARNED TO LAY AWAY FROM NEGRO WOMEN. HE FAVORS THE STATES OWNING SLAVES INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUALS. ALMOST THREE THOUSAND OF THE BEST WHITE GENTLEMEN IN LOUISIANA ARE LIVING IN OPEN ADULTREY WITH NEGRO WOMEN. THE SAME CONDITION OF AFFAIRS OBTAINS IN THE OTHER SOUTHERN STATES. Vol. XI United Sta Benjamin On the "Rac IN HIS MAD RAVINGS AT AUGU AMALGAMATION IS THE ITCH THE SOUTH. WHITE MEN ARE WARNED TO LA HE FAVORS THE STATES OWN VIDUALS. ALMOST THREE THOUSAND OF T LOUISIANA ARE LIVING IN O WOMEN. THE SAME CONDITION OF AFFA SOUTHERN STATES. United States Senator Benjamin R. Tillman who is one of the greatest half devils and half savages in the South, who has received the hearty applause of the rich nabobs who occupy seats in the American House of Lords, or the United States Senate, every time he stands up before them and advocates mob and lynch law, and the shot gun policy for Colored men, women and children and gleefully relates how they murder Afro-Americans in S. C., for the amusement of the white ladies, and to prove that he white savages are for superior to decent and respectable Colored men, lectured on the "Race Problem" at Augusta, Ga. last Saturday night, and in his mad ravings, he exclaimed that he "was not an alarmist", that he had studied conditions in the South for forty years, having an experience extending back from old plantation days before the war, through reconstruction' down to the present time and that he had been an active participant in three race riots, there are some people who say that a 'Race Problem' settled itself, but I make the prediction that in less than ten years, I fear less than five, there will be an immense number of bloody race riots North and South, beside which the Atlanta riot will pale into significance." Then after sounding the alarm to the best of his ability old Ben laid down the following propositions which he claims cannot be disputed. "First white men of the South are united and determined as never before to maintain white supremacy, politically and socially, in every part of the Southern states. "Second. Negroes were never more intent on contesting in every way that they dare this position of the whites, the Republican national government aiding and abetting this idea. "Third Race hatred in every form is growing in intensity with both races. "Fourth. Lynching for criminal attack will continue as long as crime is committed. Escape of guilty inflames whites, precipitates riots and causes innocent Negroes to suffer. "Fifth. Amalgamation is the hope and ultimate purpose of the Negroes. White men are rendering them great aid in this by intimacy with the Negro women. The line must be drawn as sternly between white men and Negro women as between black men and white women. "Sixth. The burning issue is how to prevent and not avenge criminal attack, and lynching has failed. The superior race should protect many millions of innocent Negroes from false teachers and bad leaders, who are rapidly driving whites to desperation that means a race war that can only result in the destruction of the weaker race." The only proposition worthy of any serious consideration is the fifth, in which he declares that "Amalgamation" is the itching desire and the ultimate purpose of the Negroes and that white men are rendering them great aid in this direction by intimacy with Negro women, that the line must be drawn as sternly between white men and Negro women as between black men and white women. It is sufficient to cause the world to come to an end, and Old Bob Toombs, Jeff, Davis, John C. Calhoun, Preston S. Brooks, and the other rebels of the dead past to turn over in their graves and "shout" where are we at and what does the eminent Senator of S. C. mean, who is the greatest living statesman in the South at the present time, by admitting that white gentlemen could stoop so low as to consort with Negro women" and no doubt those old rebel mossbacks would be inclined to ring down the curtain on Old Ben and declare that he must be bughousey or full of S. C. whisky and that he is not responsible for his utterances in this respect. But let us proceed more seriously for many years we have endeavored to pump this one idea into the brains head of Old Ben, and we have contended right along that "white men must come clean handed first and lay away from Negro women before they attempt to raise their hands in holy horror, in favor of mobbing and lynching the few Negroes who are in many instances forced to make love to white women. The following illustrations are ample proof that the majority of the white men in the South, have never been in favor of race separation, when it comes down to the Colored women, for only a few years ago a member of the legislature of La. endeavored to enact some kind of a law which would prevent white men from spending so much of their time in the presence of their Colored mistresses, for upon investigation he declared that in La. "almost three thousand of the best white men, many of them being prominent church members, ministers of the Gospel, Sunday school teachers, statesmen, politicians, and the leading citizens in general are living in open adultery with Negro women, but his earnest appeal to the members of the legislature of La. to put a stop to so much unlawful cohabitation on the part of white men with Negro women fell upon deaf ears. In the State of Miss. sometime ago an honest member of its legislature proclaimed aloud from hill-tops that if it is wrong for Colored men to consort with white women, it is not right for white men to lay around with Colored women," and he introduced a bill making it a penitentiary offense for white men to monkey with Negro women, but the bill never reached its first reading, and the honorable member was implored to withdraw it on the ground that if it should pass, a penitentiary would have to be constructed large enoguh to cover the HEW TO THE LINE. ```markdown ``` whole state of Mississippi in order to hold all the majors, cols., generals, editors, preachers, law makers and the other first class gentlemen who were living with Negro women, many of them repulsive in every way and as black as the ace of spades. This same condition of affairs obtains to a greater or less degree in the other Southern States. Shortly after the close of the war of the rebillion a senator from Va. stood up in the United States Senate, and exclaimed that "the best Anglo-Saxon blood in that grand old commonwealth flowed through the veins of more than one hundred thousand Colored men and women residing within its borders." What does all the foregoing mean? why it simply means that all this amalgamation has been brought around or accomplished by white men, and not by the Negro To-day there are almost three million mullatoes in this country, the result of white men bringing forth children from Colored women, without saying anything about the one million Quadroons and Octaroons, who have entirely gone over and joined the white race and are now marrying and intermarrying into many of the best and the wealthiest so-called white families in the United States. Notwithstanding these undisputed facts, Ben Tillman and his crowd of braying donkeys are ever ready to dwell on the horrors of Miscegenation, and that it is the longing desire on the part of the Negro to amalgamate with the whites; when in fact ninety nine per cent of the amalgamation has come from the white side of the house. In his lecture, he favors re-establishing slavery and permitting the state to own the slaves instead of the individual, like unto Rome in olden times, and every Negro who would be unable to produce a passport would be reduced to that condition and be compelled to labor for the state. He also, contends, "that vicious Negroes should be shot down like wild beasts, and that whenever it comes to pass that the color of the Negro means his death warrant; then he will retaliate and shoot back in return." This is as true as gospel, and if this new theory or doctrine of Ben Tillman's is to prevail, then the Negro should turn anarchist, burn up his Bible, trample the teachings of the religion of the cross under his feet, and from henceforth, worship the gods and heroes of bloody war. "For vengeance is mine, sayeth the gods!" The Sprinfield, Mo., saloons bar Afro-Americans and many have discharged their Negro porters.—Ex. the race for Congress in New York but it, his nomination is equal to DOCTOR D. R. STOCKLEY, THE LEADING PHYSICIAN OF EVANSTON, ILL., ARRESTED CHARGED WITH CRIMINALLY ASSAULTING A NORWEGIAN GIRL IN HIS OFFICE. The aristocratic citizens of Evanston, Ill., were shocked near unto death; when they read in the papers Monday morning that Doctor D. R. Stockley the leading physician of that burg, wealthy and a prominent church worker and member had been arrested, charged with criminally assaulting Miss Hannah Olsson, a Norwegian servant girl. Doctor Stockley is 60 years old, and the father of two beautiful daughters. It appears, that Miss Olsson had been going to his office for medical treatment, and the Doctor liked her so well, that he had her to call each day. On one of her visits, he attempted to criminally assault Miss Olsson who is only 20 years of age; who, after escaping from his clutches, returned to the home of her aunt, Mrs. Peterson, 1240 Sherman ave., and related the incident to her, who consulted the authorities, and Assistant States Attorney Barbour was called into the case and after questioning Miss Olsson and Doctor Stockley, he advised that a warrant be issued for his arrest. He was nabbed just like any other common criminal, and brought before Justice Boyer, who placed him under $1000 bonds and set the case for trial Tuesday Oct. 16th. Further comment is unnecessary at this time. DEATH OF BISHOP B. W. ARNETT. Sunday evening, Bishop B. W. Arnett passed out of this life, into the next, at Wilberforce, Ohio. At the time of his death he was in his 69th year. He was born at Brownsville, Pa., in 1838. He was one of the ablest and most intellectual men in the A. M. E. connection. In 1880, he became a bishop and served in that capacity to the end. For many years prior to that time, he filled some of the most important charges in the church. Bishop Arnett, was always prominent, in Republican politics and in 1896, he delivered many speeches in behalf of the election of William McKinley and while he was the President-elect, Bishop Arnett collected a conisedarle sum of money from those professing his religious faith and bought the Bible which Major McKinley kissed, when the oath of office was administered to him, March 4th 1897, the Bishop standing by his sme at the time; then the office appointed, two of his sons to office to reward him for his trouble in presenting the Bible to him; and then Booker T. Washington Discredited In the South By the Thoughtful Class of Afro-Americans! EARNEST WORDS FROM A WELL TO-DO AND CONSERVATIVE COLORED CITIZEN OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, ON THE RACE LEADERSHIP OF WASHINGTON SINCE HIS SPEECH TO HIS BUSINESS LEAGUE AND THE ATLANTA MASSACRE. WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT HIM BY COLORED PEOPLE NORTH AND SOUTH. Mr. Editor: Many intelligent Negroes of the South have been willing to look upon Mr Booker T. Washington's induscreet utterances in silence; because of the magnificent work accomplished at Tuskegee, and because of our unwillingness to fight any man who has contributed anything to the betterment of our people. However successful Mr. Washington has been as a money raiser for his school in Alabama, however great as an industrial leader the time has arrived when we must MUZZLE OR REPUDIATE HIM. He can no longer be the spokesman of ten million people. He is a DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE LEADER, PLAYING INTO THE HANDS OF THE NEGRO HATERS OF THE SOUTH. Washington Willing Whole Race Be Ruined for Tuskegee. Mr. Washington seems to be willing that the entire race be wiped off of the face of the earth so long as he and Tuskegee live what other construction can be placed on his utterances when he unblushingly declares that the NEGRO NORTH AND SOUTH COMMITTS ALTOGETHER TOO MUCH CRIME? He Knows Crimes Charged Are Untrue? No man knows better than he, that the crimes charged to Negroes have NO FOUNDATION in fact. What manner of leader is that who DenIES THE RIGHT TO A PEOPLE TO DE FEND THEMSELVES AGAINST THE ATTACK OF THE MOBS? This man has been injuring the race for some time. HE TALKS TOO MUCH. As long as he confined himself to industrial educational work he was useful, but no sooner had he branched out as a LEADER IN POLITICS, BUSINESS AND GENERAL SUPERVISOR OF THE Negroes of the country he has been LEADING US INTO TROUBLE. A cringing begging apologist for the Southern whites he is the ideal antebellum Negro, with hat in hand, bending low. No insult is too great. No matter how many of our people are butchered. No matter how many innocent lives are sacrificed. Mr WASHINGTON THINKS MORE OF THE DOLLAR THAN HE DOES OF HIS RACE. Can such a man make you or I believe that he loves his race? Those of us who are acquainted with the South know that when the White Press of the South praises a Negro, as a rule, that Negro will not do to trust in matters that concern his race. We know that the Sage of Tuskegee cannot afford to speak out like a man without imperiling Tuskegee but WHY NOT KEEP SILENT? WHY AID IN DESTROYING HIS PEOPLE? Washington's Indiecretion Helped Bring the Atlanta Massacre. THE LIVES OF THOSE NEGROES DESTROYED IN ATLANTA ARE the President repudiated that part of his oath, wherein he declared, that "he would suppress mob and lynch law, as it appertained to the Negro and entforce all the laws of the land." Washington In the South By the Class of Afro- !! WELL TO-DO AND CONSERVATIVE ANNAH, GEORGIA, ON THE RACE TON SINCE HIS SPEECH TO HIS THE ATLANTA MASSACRE. OUT HIM BY COLORED PEOPLE DUE AS MUCH TO WASHINGTON'S INDISCREET UTTERANCES, AS TO THE VITUPERATIONS OF THE ATLANTA EDITORS AND THE VITROLIC ADDRESSES OF THE POLITICIANS OF THE STATE. Every Negro editor, every Negro preacher, lawyer, public man, writer, public speaker, every man, woman or child of Negro extraction throughout this broad land of ours should PUT WASHINGTON DOWN. THE SOONER THE BETTER FOR ALL CONCERNED. What Washington Has done in South. We have been watching this man for some time. He has DISCOURAGED every effort looking towards the POLITICAL BETTERMENT of our people. He has given his APPROVAL to many of the DISFRANCHISING acts of the South. He has TAUGHT by implication that the DOLLAR was GREATER THAN MANHOOD rights. He has in his earlier career DISOOURAGED HIGHER EDUCATION and cajolled the South into the belief that the NEGROE'S SPHERE WAS THE PLOW, TE HOE and DOMESTIC SERVICE. Negro public opinion has forced him to a recantation. The South now mistrusts him, but it tolerates him, because though fooled he is the best champion and the foremost eringer in its interest today. His Influence in the North. He has invaded the North with his nefarious doctrines and caused an indifference to our cause. Many who have been contributing to the higher education of Negroes now believe that the NEGRO should be ADUCATED FOR HIS PARTICULAR SPHERE in life, meaning that we can make BETTER SERVANTS, etc. The business league is making a mistake in having Washington at its head. THOUSANDS OF NEGRO BUSINESS MEN throughout the country REFUSE TO FOLLOW a man whose obvious intention is to USE THEM for his own glorification and the DAMNATION OF HIS PEOPLE. IN OUR CITY WE DON'T EVEN WANT HIS NAME MENTIONED. The Atlanta affair has settled every doubt in our minds that Washington is a SOUTHERN WHITE MAN'S NEGRO, blowing hot and cold to suit the occasion. Let Mr. Washington run his school and attend to his own business. He has made a MESS of his leadership. From the time Washington has been recognized as a leader among the Negroes we have been steadily losing ground. For our safety and well being in this country Washington must get down and out.-By a leading Colored Citizen of Savannah, Ga, in The Guardian Boston, Mass. Oct. 6th 1906. Mr. Shelby James Davidson one of the lading literary lights of Washington, D. C., spent Saturday and Sunday in Chicago, the guest of his sister Mrs. Holloway 3620 Dearborn st. leaving Monday morning for Detroit, Mich., where he is supervising the construction of a new device for an adding Machine which he has patented and interested the government authorities for its use. THE BROAD AX. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestant, and non-Christian faiths, and can be equally proficient. Knights of Lobey, or any one else can have their way, so long as their language is proper and responsitorial is fixed. The Broad AX is a newspaper where planners is based and where the editorial is claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year. $9.99 Six Months. 1.99 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 600 Armour Avenue, Chicago. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago R., as Second-class Matter. L. 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 advertisements 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. PERSONAL MENTION. Walter M. Farmer, for 16 years an honored member of the bar in St. Louis, Mo., is now engaged in the general practice of Law. Suite 708, 171 Washington street, Phone Malu 4153. Residence 4856 Langley avenue, Phone Drexel 6302. MOBBING AND LYNCHING OF COLORED MEN, AND THE KILLING CF WHITE MEN, THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH FOR THE WEEK. Within the past week, many Colored men have been mobbed and lynched throughout the South, and several White men, have been shot to death by the Afro-Americans, at Macon, Ga., a Negro shot two white men Charles Adams and William Solomon, on the fair ground, before shooting the men it is claimed the Negro insulted the two women whom they were escorting; the Negro was arrested placed in jail, and a crowd of white men surrounded it for the purpose of breaking in its doors, in order to mob and lynch all the other Negro prisoners in the jail, at Pritchard station, Ala., forty-five white men, wearing white masks, boarded the train on which Sheriff Powers and Deputy Charles Green were returning with Robinson and Thompson two Negroes, who had been charged with assaulting three white women Edna Fowler, Lillian Sauall, and Ruth Sassaman, without raising their revolvers to fire one shot at the white masked gentlemen, or offering the slightest resistance to the mob Sheriff Powers and his ally permitted their prisoners to be taken from them, and they were pulled from the train, and promptly mobbed and lynched. Many curiosity mongers flocked to the scene to gather souvenirs. Henry Small, an Afro-American, connected with Cole Brother's circus, shot three white men at Manning, S.C., and he was rushed to the State Penitentiary by the Sheriff, for safe keeping and to prevent him from falling into the hands of the mob. A Negro was mobbed and lynched at Basin, Miss., charged with attempting to assault Mrs. Ketchum, a white woman. R. H. Eubanks, superintendent of a Construction Company, at Charlotte, N. C. was, shot and instantly killed, by Oscar Gaddy a Negro who was unsuccessfully pursued by a mob. At Argenta, Ark., Henry Blackburn a Negro whom the mob mistook for another Negro, was taken from jail and lauched. J. E. Gallard one of the three white men, shot by Henry Adams, at Manning, S. C., died from the effects of his wounds. Edward Jones, a Negro at Bloomington, Ind., shot and killed Alfred Stephens, a white man who ran a lunch wagon, and in order to prevent Jones from being mobbed and lynched Sheriff Sough; conveyed him to the Marion County jail Indianapolis. At Argente, Ark., Robert Colum, a Colored man who conducted an undertaking establishment, was recently killed by John Lindsay a white man; and Charles Colum, his brother Robert, in turn, shot and killed his son Milton Lindsay. The shooting took place in the undertaking establishment conducted by the Colum brothers. Following the shooting officers went to the scene, but were fired upon by the Negroes, who barricaded themselves in the place and afterward made their escape through a door in the rear of the building. The place was dynamited. The above are a few of the many THE EDITOR OF THE ATLANTA NEWS WHICH CAUSED THE MURDERING OF INNOCENT COL-ORED MEN AND WOMEN, STATES WHY BOOKER T. WASHINGTON MADE THE CHARGE OF EXCESSIVE CRIME BY HIS RACE.IN SPEECH BEFORE HIS BUSINESS LEAGUE. MAYOR JAMES G. WOODWARD'S LETTER SPEAKS FOR ITS SELF, COL-ORED MEN WERE NOT GUILTY OF RAPING WHITE WOMEN. crimes committed, by White and Colored men the past week. P. S. Warren G. Hartley, at Springfield, Mo., shot S. S. Galbraith, who was the leader of the mob, which lynched three innocent Negroes, at that place last April. Hartley had testified against Galbraith, in his recent trial in which he was declared innocent, by a jury, although it was proven in open court, that he placed the rope around the necks of the Colored men and assisted, to drag them through the streets of springfield. REV. J. B. MASSIAH OF ST. THOMAS CHURCH IN THE LIME LIGHT. A HOT ARTICLE BY ONE OF ITS MEMBERS WHO SEEKS SELF VINDICATION. Permit me through your valuable paper to publicly correct a mis-statement which is as malicious as it is ungrateful and misleading as it is false, which appeared in the columns of the October number of "The Monthly Record of St. Thomas Church in a letter above the signature of Messrs J. F. Kidwell & Bro. to the Rev. J. B. Massiah. I fully exonerate the Firm from all blame whatever as they were made the innocent tools of some designing person or persons whose sole object was to injure me in the minds of the congregation by the publication of an unvernished lie. The letter, a copy of which here follows, was not written by M'essrs. Kdwell & Bro., but simply signed by them on its presentation by, and at the request of the Rev. J. B. Massiah.—Chicago, Ill., Oct. 1, 1906. The Rev. J. B. Massiah, Rector St Thomas' Church, Chicago. Dear Sir: We are in receipt of your favor—$24 for flowers gotten by Mrs. Elizabeth Williams three years ago for decorations for the church. We knew that you were not responsible for this debt, and wish, therefore, to thank you for your interest in the matter. Enclosed please find receipt. Yours very truly, J. F. Kidwell & Bro. Now for the real facts. No such person as Mrs Elizabeth Williams. The following editorial from the Atlanta News, of September 27, shows that Booker T. Washington is a cringing coward, without any honest convictions of his own and that for a little patting on the back, he was more than willing to do the bidding of the murderous editor of the News: "Promptly upon his arrival in Atlanta to attend the recent convention of the Negro business men, Booker Washington called at The News office and the race situation and the condition existing in Atlanta at that time were discussed at length with the noted Negro leader. The editor of The News advised Washington to caution his people to be careful and law-abiding and urge them to do who've ever they could to stop crime among the Negroes, and especially the crime of criminal assault upon the white women. Washington said that he realized the importance of the situation, and stated to the editor of The News that the suggestion was a good one and that he would promptly take steps to deliver a strong speech to his people, urging them to use their influence among all elements of their race in favor of law and order, and implore them to put a stop to the wave of criminal assault which was waging in this country. Washington carried out his promise made at the suggestion of The News, and he did deliver a strong speech to the Negro people along the lines suggested by the news and accepted by Washington. His speech had a good effect for a short time and it looked then as if there was a prospect of peace among the races, but later another carnival of crime was started by the Negroes with the result now well known throughout the land. The statement in The Sun's article that a reward was offered for the lynching of Negroes is absurdly incorrect. It is well known that the reward referred to was offered for the capture and conviction of any person who assaulted a white woman. as referring to myself, exists on the books of the Firm, but Mrs. R. A. Williams; and no flowers were gotten by me "three years ago." As far back as 1903 there existed what was known as the Altar Guild, by whom the debt was contracted, and at its dissolution by the Rev. A. H. Lealted, there remained a balance for flowers of $12.95. This Guild was dissolved on account of a disturbing element therein, and a general invitation was issued to the members of the Church to take up and carry on the work. As no one would come forward I offered my services and assumed the responsibility. At the start I was confronted with this old debt of $12.95 of which I practically knew nothing, and, in order maintain creis for the members of St. Thomas' Church who have so loyally assisted in carrying on the work, to say how well it has been done and how basely I have been treated. Regarding the second paragraph of this notorious letter, I appeal to the intelligenlce of the public as to whether or not it is a reflection on the business aptitude of the Firm in question to exonerate the Reverend gentleman from the responsibility of a debt he had at his own request assumed in presence of five living witnesses. How could this Firm possibly have written:—"We knew that you were not responsible for this debt" after knowing that he had taken it out of my hands and had personally acknowledged to them the entire responsibility? If I surrendered to him my responsibility, and he was not responsible to the Firm, then who was? Was it not for this the Bill would have been paid long ago, and it was surprising to me that it remained so long unpaid and I was bothered with reminders. I therefore disclaim the right of the Reverend gentleman to any thanks whatever and his title to any interest in the matter. Who wrote the letter? Echo answers. But let me again assure you that Messrs. Kidwell & Bro. did not write a word of it. Should any doubt my statements I can support them by incontrovertible proofs. The amount contracted by me was The communication of Mayor Woodward in regard to the offering of rewards is as follows: "To the General Council of the City of Atlanta—Gentlemen: It becomes my painful duty to officially call to your attention the deplorable conditions that have existed in our beloved city since Saturday night. "It is to be deeply regretted that such scenes as were presented upon our streets on last Saturday night should have occurred, and I do not believe that they would have been possible at any other time during the week than Saturday night, when such large numbers of people are congregated upon the streets. While there had been several beastly crimes attempted by black brutes upon white women during the past few weeks, yet I do not believe that violence would have been resorted to if it had not been for the inflammatory, sensational newspaper extras that were continually flooding the streets; and the reports they contained in some instances, were upon investigation found to be utterly void of any foundation. Such work is a stigma upon reputable journalism, and should be, and I believe will be, condemned by all classes of our people. "I thoroughly understand that our people will not tolerate the crime of rape, but at the same time there is nothing that justifies the infliction of punishment upon innocent people. According to all the information that I have the victims of Saturday night's outbreak were industrious, law-abiding Negroes who had no reason to expect such treatment. While there were a great many people upon the streets, I do not believe that there were a great many actually engaged in riotous conduct. "I hope that your honorable body will give this matter your earnest consideration. The fair name of Atlanta before the word demands it, and I recommend that you offer such a reward as will bring the offenders to a speedy (trial, that justice may be meted out to each one engaged. It should be sufficient satisfaction to those who desire to take the law into their own hands when they are sure that they have the actual criminal; and they should not kill or punish an innocent, law-abiding citizen for the vicious crime of a brute. "Respectfully submitted, "JAMES G. WOODWARD." $21.70 of which I personally paid $9.65 and Mrs Della Johnson $1.00, making a total of $10.65 thus leaving my actual balance of $12.95 which it is falsely and maliciously stated that I contracted. In conclusion I would call the attention of those holding copies of "The Monthly Record" referred to above that the paragraph unitems of Interest referring to $5 from another source" means me. am the other source; and this sum was on April 2, 1906, turned over by me, in presence of a witness, to the Rev. J. B. Massiah. This amount was subcribed for the sole purpose of a Memorial Altar to the lamented founders of St. Thomas Church, the late Rev. James E Thompson, with the distinct understanding that if it was to be returned to the donors. Mrs. R. A. Williams 3544 Dearborn St. Chicago, Ill., Oct. 11, 1906. CHIPS Mrs. J. Jackson, 5121 Armour ave., is confined to her bed with illness. Mrs. Florence Thompson Woodard is visiting friends in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Alfred P. White, 3132 Armour ave. has been on the sick list for the past two weeks. Mr. Nelson Crews of Kansas City spent three days in the city last week in the interest of politics. Mr. Fred. Turbin of Denver, Colo. is in the city to spend the winter studying music. Stopping at 6122 Langley ave. Mr. Chas. Washington, 6443 Champlain ave. after a two months visit to his mother in Springfield, O. has returned to the city. Mrs. Thomas Tivis 6440 Vincennes ave. will spend several weeks in St. Louis, Mo. visiting among relatives and friends. John Chapman, an Afro-American of Albany, is cashier of the largest printing and publishing house in central New York state—Ex. Mr. Jno. Cooper formerly of Chicago but now of Louisville, Ky., is visiting the city, stopping at 2824 Wabash ave. with Mrs. J. Johnson. Mrs. Mable Jameson, 328 Oakland Boul. is spending a weeks vacation visiting her mother-in-law. Mrs. Jameson at Newport, R. I. Mrs. Chas. Phelps of St. Joe, Mo. left Thursday after a very pleasant visit to the city as the guest of Dr. & Mrs. E. A. Miller, 3642 Wabash av. Mrs. Sadie Jones, wife of Rev. S. B. Jones, Matoon, Ill., is on a months visit with Mrs. S. J. Hart 4841 Armour av., and other friends in the city. Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Owen, 4433 Evans ave., entertained a number of young folks Monday eveningng in honor of their guest Miss Frankie See of Omaha, Neb. Mhj. Jno. C. Buckner 3638 Dearborn st. entertained at dinner Sunday afternoon Mr. Shelby J. Davidson of Washington, D. C. & Mr. B. C. Jackson of Detroit, Mich. The Liberty Pleasure Club, will give its third annual complimentary ball, Collisum Annex, Monday evening October 15th. Music by the Eighth Regiment Orchestra. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Jackson Cincinnati, O., friends of Mrs. R. W. Carter 3424 Dearborn st. have bought themselves a home at 3253 Rhodes av., and they will become permanent residents of this city. Gov. Vardaman, of Mississippi, said in a recent speech that he knew the Negro was fit only for manual labor, and that his is the opinion of the wisest man of the race, Booker T. Washington—The Republican Seattle, Wash. Teddy offered to send a petition to the Czar of Russia on account of the slaughtering of Jews in that country. It is in order for him to transmit a petition from the Russians to the Governor of Georgia.—Ex. Messrs Irving Williams and Jasper Taylor, two of Chicago's old boys, who have been making their homes in St. Paul for the past two years are spending a months vacation in this city, stopping at the Keystone Hotel. After spending a week visiting friends in the city, Mr. Benj. Jackson of Detroit, Mich, left Friday morning for Lexington, Virginia, where he will join his wife, visit several eastern cities together and return home in Detroit about the first of Nov. Mr. Will Francis, passed through city this week on his way home to St. Paul from Richmond, Va. where he has been attending the conference of the Odd Fellows, Mr. Francis was formerly a Chicagoan. Mr. Robert H. Harden 6349 Rhodes ave., entertained a number of gentlemen Thursday evening at a Stagg Whist. "Senator Bailey talks, as there is no law against his utterances. 'The free Negro' he declares in his amable attempt to induce in his hearers a calm and rational mode of thought, 'is a more serious menace to the South than the Negro in Slavery,'" says Collier's Weekly. Senator Bailey is now talking some more in an effort to explain his connection with the finances of a subsidiary concern of the Standard Oil Company.—Ex. A delightful dancing party and musical in honor of Mrs. Chas. Helps of St. Joe, Mo. and Mrs. Charles Pickett, Washington, D. C. was tendered Wednesday eve. by Dr. & Mrs. E. S. Miller 3642 Wabash ave. About forty of Chicagoes elite responded to invitations, danced to the beautiful strains of Prof. N. Clark Smith's Orchestra and enjoyed the lunch served by Smiley. Mrs. Miller is a charming hostess and but few Chicago homes are equal to hers for social gatherings. For Feminine Comfort. Charming effects in negligees can be realized with the daintly figured chalis and inexpensive silks, not to mention the many pretty washing fabrics of which no one need deny herself so pleasing an accessory. The sack shown 8 A CHARMING NEGLIGER. has a few tucks at the neck front, a fanciful collar, which may be made very attractive with lace or ribbon, and long, short or flowing sleeves. The girdle around the waist may be omitted if a loose flowing sleeve is desired. Satin In Favor. Satin is greatly in evidence as a trimming fabric and in combination with dull luster cloths and silks; likewise satin surfaced weaves of various sorts for entire costumes, this by way of contrast, trimmed with dull surfaced cloths or velvet. Croquet. Croquet stands as high in favor today as it did when Leech immortalized the game in the Punches of the sixties and seventies of the last century. Croquet is played in London and the country, at Ranelagh and at Hurlingham. Several men and women in smart society have become experts, and much high betting takes place when a match is in progress—London M. A. P. A Runaway House A runaway house is certainly a novelty, but a record performance by one is reported from Butte, Mont. It was moved on rollers, broke away, ran a distance of three blocks and killed four horses, as well as tearing down telegraph poles and wires and wrecking vehicles. A house that has not been trained to stand quietly is dangerous to have around. Baltimore News. Brains. All over the civilized world there is a strong demand for brains that are a little above the average in quantity for purposes of dissection. Scientists have for the most part nothing better to dissect than the brains of paupers and lunatics. These, however, leave much to be desired, and it is to the interest of the human family that the brains of cultured and learned people should be placed at their disposal. A certain number of such brains are forthcoming. In the great majority of cases they are bequeathed by their respective owners—New York Tribune. Sirius and the Sun A new estimate of the comparative amount of light received on the earth from the sun and from the brightest (apparent) fixed star in the heavens, Sirius, has been made by Mr. Ceraski of the Astronomical observatory of Moscow. The sun, according to his estimate, sends us about 17,000,000,000 times as much light as Sirius does. But this of course is a matter governed by relative distance, so that if the earth were halfway between Sirius and the sun Sirius would appear between sixteen and seventeen times as bright as the sun. HUMOR SOME GOOD STORIES No Reward Offered—Proved an Aliibi. Blessed Are the Compassionate. "Have you lost anything, madam?" asked the polite floor walker of the square jawed, austere looking shopper who stood before the "lost and found" window of the large department store. "Yes, sir," she replied. "I've lost 114 pounds of husband in a light brown suit, with black derby hat, small turtl of hair on its chin and a frightened look. I lost it in a crush at the fancy goods counter. It's probably wandering through the building in search of me, and I thought perhaps you could find it easier than I can. I want it on account of a bundle it is carrying under its arm." "We hear some strange things in this office sometimes," said the superintendent of sewers. "One of our inspectors went one day to inspect an old house in the country. There was a good deal of smell about the old place. The inspector walked about sniffing. "Dear me,' he said, 'what an unpleasant odor. Can it be the drains?' "The owner of the house shook his head positively. "It can't be the drains,' he said, 'because there ain't none.'" The young man stooped, picked up a coin from the floor of the street car, examined it attentively, and then "Has anybody lost a five dollar gold piece?" he called in a loud voice. Instantly the solemn man at the other end of the car strode forward. "Yes, I've lost a five dollar gold piece," he said eagerly, holding out his hand. "Well," said the young man, giving him the coin, "I'm sorry for you. Here's 5 cents toward making good your loss."—Woman's Home Companion. The Modern Stage Robber "One moment," said the affable stage robber. "The lady with the camera evidently wants to take me. Will this do, ma'am?" And he struck a tasty attitude. The lady smiled. She was a camera fiend, and the chance to humor her pet fad quite overcame all thought of danger. "Look pleasant, please," she said. The stage robber smiled. "I will give you the pleasant look of the man who has just taken several thousands from the express box, a few hundreds in loose change, two bags of dust, eight watches, four diamond rings and an opal scarfpin," he merrily said. Then the camera clicked, and with a sweeping bow the robber remounted his horse and dashed away.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Lucky Rich Mamma Roxtoburn — Ethel will be five years old in a week. Papa Roxtoburn—True! "Of course she will have to have her own footman now, as well as her three maids." "Of course." "And I've been wondering"— "Well?" "If she oughtn't to have her own social secretary likewise, what with all the affairs she will be invited to."— New York Life Crooked Joke. "Say, Bill," exclaimed the second story man as they wended their way down the avenue on a warm night. "I'm all but roasted. Let's go in here and get a soda." "Not for mine, pal," laughed the safe cracker. "Why not?" "Well, you see, I might be a safe cracker, but I don't want people to say I am a soda cracker."—Chicago News. Leaver the Holes. The Gourmet—I tell you I certainly am fond of Swiss cheese sandwiches. The Dyspeptic—Oh, that's the cheese with the holes in it! Very indigestible. The Gourmet—They are, eh? Well I never eat them.—Philadelphia Ledger. Explained Satisfactorily. Percy—I say, Chapple, old boy, why do you-aw—smoke bown papah cg-awettes? Chapple—To match me wusset shoes, doncher know. EXPAND LION FOXY Englishmen are now talking about "repatriating" the dust of Richard Lion Heart, which has been lying these many centuries in the abbey of Fontevrault, near Saumur, in the valley of the Lolre, France. Negotiations to this effect are now pending between Sir Francis Bertie, British ambassador at Paris, and the French government, and it is expected that Britain's wishes will be compiled with. As long ago as 1869 Lord Derby begged Napoleon III to permit the removal of the remains to England, but the negotiations were interrupted by the Franco-German war. Appraising a Gilded Jew An insurance man who has been busy for some months with the problems of adjustment arising from the San Francisco fire says that one of the queerest questions was the loss on a Chinaman's joss, a big glided god. "The adjuster found that some sixty or seventy minor josses were also insured. When he reported this we certainly had a merry time trying to figure how much a god was worth who couldn't care for himself. But we finally arranged a scale of values that satisfied everybody." THE HALL OF FAME. Signor Caruso, the famous tenor, is a gifted black and white artist. The Austrian emperor has more titles than any other monarch. He is a king nine times over and a duke eighteen times. A. E. Eccles of Chorley, England, has distributed 40,000,000 publications relating to temperance, hygiene, politics and religion. Mr. Carnegie sang in the choir of his church when he was a boy in Scotland. He made it a rule never to be away from the choir practice. Some time ago Mr. Carnegie presented the church with an organ in memory of his boyhood. John Morley of England is so considerate of everybody and everything that it has been said of him that if he kept a score of horses he would probably refuse to use them because he feels so keenly for the brute creation that he will only consent to be driven on the level. Louis Mickaud of Paris has published a collection of all the caricatures promoted by leading periodicals and newspapers in Europe and America pertaining to King Edward. It is similar to the work compiled by the same author a couple of years ago concerning Emperor William. B. T. Lowery has the distinction of being the only peripatetic editor. He is the publisher of Lowery's Claim, formerly issued from Nelson, B. C., but as the Canadian postoffice has excluded his paper from the mails he has taken to the road and is issuing his paper from wherever he happens to be. George Hughes, the only son of Thomas Hughes, famous as the author of "Tom Brown at Oxford," is the owner of a large ranch in Kansas, where he does a large cattle raising business. He is said to greatly resemble his father in features, but not in stature, being comparatively small, whereas his father was very large. Sigananda, the rebel Zulu chief who has been court martialed and sentenced, is 107 years old. His captive sons are verging on ninety, and many of his grandchildren have passed the allotted span. But the quality of mercy is not strained even when warring with semibarbarians, and the treasonable old chief will probably live to die a natural death. SHORT STORIES. Mushrooms grow all over the world and are as good in Siberia as in the tropics. Half the so called mad dogs have nothing the matter with them but the toothache. Australia contains more unexplored territory in proportion to its size than any other continent. One-third of all the derelicts who apply for aid to the New York Y. M. C. A are college graduates. There are 273 newspapers published in Mexico, of which seven are printed in the English language. J. E. Bennoch of Orono, Me., has come into possession of the old Orono flag which was used a very long time ago to adorn the flagpole in the village. The fact that the flag has only thirty-two stars attests its great age. In constructing the East river tunnels, New York city, according to the statement of the engineer in charge, fourteen men have succumbed as the result of working in the high pressure, thirty-four pounds to the square inch above the normal pressure of the atmosphere. ENGLISH ETCHINGS. The Channel islands are the oldest appanage of the British crown. They have been British since 1066. The first woolen cloth made in England was manufactured about 1330, though it was not dyed and dressed by the English until 1667. Frederick Townsend, charged in a London court with maliciously wounding James Ridley, pleaded in justification that Ridley had called him a "Glasgow Irishman." In a London police court the other day a woman, testifying to bad language used to her by another woman, stated that her next door neighbor came out to see what the trouble was, and when she heard the language she dropped dead. Sixty per cent of the London police are on the night service, which they prefer to day service because there is less to do. One of their main duties at night is to see that doors and windows are barred and to notify the occupants of houses when they are not HOME REMEDIES Arnica diluted with warm water acts like magic in soothing tired, swollen feet. Camphor is very soothing in cases of chillblains and should always be kept in the house. It is simply rubbed on. A simple and effective ointment for cold sores or fever blisters: Five grains of camphor, one-half dram of powdered arrowroot, one-half dram of submilte of bismuth, one-half ounce of ointment of rosewater. Apply to the blemish. Onion sirup made in the following manner will relieve the congestion in cases of croup. Cut several raw onions into slices, sprinkle the slices with granulated sugar and squeeze out the juice. The dose is a teaspoonful every fifteen minutes until relief is obtained. This sirup is also much used in cases of bronchitis. WASHINGTON LETTER Among the recent changes in the White House and one which concerns the social world is the improvement made in the east wing, through which guests enter and leave the mansion when attending receptions and other large entertainments. Formerly they had to pass in and out through the hallway of the wing, between the long rows of hatboxes, and the passage frequently became uncomfortably congested with the large number of people invited. A number of large archways have been made from the wing into the long glass inclosed gallery which runs parallel with it, and rich carpets, comfortable seats and numerous lights will make it a pleasant retreat for guests while their wraps are being checked or obtained for them from the hatboxes along the hallway. Temple of Justice. It is fully expected that congress at its next session will authorize the erection of a great temple of justice on Capitol hill, just across the plaza from the capitol, at a cost of $5,500,000. The building will house the supreme court of the United States and also provide a spacious hall of international courts of arbitration, peace conferences and meetings of the representatives of this and foreign governments, such as the pan-American conference. It is intended that the architectural design shall be similar to that of the Parthenon of ancient Athens, with great columns extending from the base to the roof In severely classical style and that it shall be constructed of white granite. It will stand between the Congressional library and the new senate office building and occupy an entire square. The Episcopal Cathedral. In the construction of the Washington cathedral by the Episcopal church an architect is wanted who is capable of building vaults on pillars supported by buttresses that will stand the erosion of time for a thousand years. After a six weeks' tour of Europe, during which time he gathered much valuable data regarding church building. Bishop Satterlee returned more than ever impressed with the Gothic type of architecture, which was unanimously decided upon by the chapter. Patent Models Safe. According to patent office authorities, a damper has been placed upon the hopes of those college professors and heads of educational institutions who expect to receive some of the models of inventions stored in the Union building. To store these models it has been necessary to rent three floors of the Union building by the year at $6,500 a floor, or $19,500. At the last session of congress the appropriation was cut down to $10,000, and for a time it was believed that the patent office would be forced to hire smaller quarters, and plans were on foot to dispose of some of the models. Recently the management of the building decided to accept a reduction in rental and let the patent office retain the space at $10,000 a year. President's Orchids. With the addition of the 702 orchids recently received from the Philippines President Roosevelt has one of the finest private collections in the country. The president already had a fine collection of orchids, including an earlier shipment from the Philippines, one from Panama and another from South America. Carnegie Institution. The Carnegie institution has acquired property at Sixteenth and P streets northwest on which it will erect an administration building at a cost of $200,000. President Woodward and his staff now occupy spacious offices in the Bond building, but the great institution founded by Andrew Carnegie five years ago and endowed by him with an annual income of $200,000 is without a home which it may call its own. Its operations extend over the greater part of the globe, yet it has no central building. No Scholarships. "We do not need the building because the institution is a university, for that is just what it is not," said President Woodward recently. "Nor is it an educational institution. Its purpose is the furtherance of original research by those who have shown themselves capable of it in their respective lines of work and its aim to bring about practical results that will be of benefit to mankind. It is not an institution where men merely study, but where they investigate and achieve. I am deluged with applications for scholarships, of which there are none. Work of the Institution. Work of the Institution "The institution is rapidly pushing along its work in many directions. For instance, we have a geophysical laboratory just beyond the zoological park, a zoological station on Long Island, at Cold Spring, and another at Dry Tortugas, Fla. Good work is being done in our botanical station at Tucson, Aris. Our observatory in southern California, which was especially established for the study of the sun, is better adapted to find out the nature of the sun than any that has yet been constructed. If by making this study of the sun and its spots so as to be able to predict a wet season, like the present one, six months in advance, it will be of great economic value. will be of great "This is only a small part of the work we are doing. Besides these and many other investigations which we are aiding we are co-operating through 100 institutions and 400 individuals. Great results for the benefit of mankind may be expected in the next few years from the Carnegie Institution of Washington." CARL SCHOFIELD. THE FIRST RADIUM. His Production Almost Made Paupers of Curie and His Wife. When Professor Curie was run over and killed on a street of Paris not long ago the entire world recognized that it had lost one of its foremost experimenters. Yet it was only six years ago that the wonderful element, radium, which he and his wife discovered, passed almost unnoticed among the exhibits in a Paris exhibition, and a stranger, seeking the physicist, found him only through the lucky help of a street gamin. In the 1900 exhibition in Paris, says London Truth, the compilers of the catalogue and the jurors entirely overlooked the tiny vial containing its speck of radium, which the Curies had sent. An exhibitor of diamonds, annoyed because its presence spoiled the color of his jewels, had put it out of sight. An English visitor, however, who had read a reference to the discovery in an obscure journal, hunted it up and later set out to find the discoverers. He went to many places, the Mines School, the Sorbonne and elsewhere, but no one in any of them could tell him anything of the Curles. At last, by a strange chance, he ran across a gamin who had heard of radium from a chum who worked as an attendant at the City of Paris industrial laboratory, where Curle then worked. By this roundabout information the Englishman was brought to Professor Curle, who was a little amazed, but pleasantly so, to find that some one was at last interested in what they were doing. Mme. Curle, he said, had herself pounded in a mortar with her own hands all the pitchblende from which the speck of radium had been obtained. Pitchblende was costly, and she had not wasted a grain. She had ruined her hands in the work. They were then spending every penny for pitchblende. Mme. Curie had given up gloves entirely and was wearing very old and badly patched cheap shoes and old fashioned clothes. The professor had on old shoes and a threadbare coat—his only coat. Their little girl was dressed as cheaply. But by their economy and their diligence they had enriched humanity incalculably by their discoveries in radio activity and their isolation of radium itself. An Improved Postal Card. Our postal card is in need of improvement. The writing on it is in plain view, to be read at leisure by any postal employee from the time it leaves the sender until it arrives at its destination. It is safe to assume that this has been the cause of no little trouble and embarrassment. During my first stay in Brazil I found that the postal card there in use was supplied with a flap or covering of dark paper which when gummed down completely hid the writing. This flap was attached to the back of the card, the edge gummed and perforated, the insertion of a finger tip being all that was required to open it. It served the purpose of a letter at half the expense. I fail to see why our government did not adopt this style of postal card long ago, the additional expense being so slight as still to leave a handsome profit—Chicago News. ARCHIBALD J. CAREY President S. LAING WILLIAMS Secretary Blaok Diamond Phoenix, Ariz., & 28 To the Stockhold We are pleased to announce the proves to be in accordance with our The following copy of Telegram Blaok Diamond Development Co. Phoenix, Ariz., & 2840 State St., Chicago. To the Stockholders--Greeting! We are pleased to announce the bringing in of No. 3 Well, which proves to be in accordance with our usual luck and former predictions. The following copy of Telegram will tell its own story: Black Diamond Development Co., Chicago. NO. 2 BROUGHT IN TO-DAY; IT IS A DANDY BETTER THAN OTHERS. W. A. WEBER, Driller. We are in receipt of a Telegra feet; will drill in Monday night or Success has crowned the BLAC and it still continues to push us on Stock has advanced to 40c per shortly. Don't be surprised that you ha don't buy QUICK! Later news from Our Manage tiddings that No. 4 will come in C We are in receipt of a Telegram today saying "No. 4 was down 700 feet; will drill in Monday night or Tuesday." Success has crowned the BLACK DIAMOND DEVELOPMENT CO. and it still continues to push us on to immense success, with each well... Stock has advanced to 40c per share and will be $1.00 per share shortly. Don't be surprised that you have to pay $1.00 for your stock if you don't buy QUICK! Later news from Our Manager Mr. Fred H. Wescott brings the glad tiddings that No. 4 will come in Oct. 10th Upon the strength of the coming in of well No. 4 Black Diamond Stock advanced from 40c to 50c per share. The Co. expects to pay its first dividend in 6 months after well No. 5 comes in. 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Je 2801 again a submarine earth- (quake threw up a wall of water seven- tyvfeet high and more than 800 miles ‘Jn length, ‘which overwhelmed the greater portion of the Nipbon islands, On ‘this occasion 84,000 houses were swept away and 10,000 people lost their lives. -. Woree-still was a buge wave which 4a, 1868 wiped out of existence in «few minutes the cities of Arequipa, Iqui- que, Tacan and Chencha, drowning 25.- 900 persons ‘and destroying property ‘worth £80,000,000. ‘The waters-of the Pacific first retreated nearly half a mile, then rashed forward with irresist- Bile force,.so that great ships were carried far inland and there left hich ‘and dry for-future generations to won- der at. At Port Royal, Jamaica, again, many houses were engulfed forty fathoms Geep, with above 2000 of their in- habitants, while about the same time an earthquake made wave so complete- ly Gemolisbed Catania, in Sicily, that of the town and its 18.000 inhabitants mot a trace remained. — Pearson’s Weekly. ‘Bow Would You Like This Leunérst Prices are high in South Africa, and bills for laundry are frequently exor ‘Ditant. Persian, Kaffir and Cape wo- men do the work after a fashion. “One susaally pays $5 per month 2 head,” ‘ays'2 woman correspondent, “and the swoman who washes for you takes ev- erything for that, but is apt to vanish for a month on end with your clothes. ‘You seek and find her after infinite @ificulty and discover her in the bos- ‘om of ber family, her busband and sons arrayed in the clothes of your mankind, if you have any, and her ‘@anghter and hersetf in yours. 1 walk- ‘ed in On my laundress one morning after seeking her ten days and found ‘Ber in my best white silk tea gown, ‘squatting on the earth cooking herself ‘@ meal, while her daughter sat near in my valenciennes lace petticoat and tea jacket peeling potatoes.”—Chicago News. é ie ae “Look out for absinth in bonbons.” says a large candy dealer. “They are on the market, and they are loaded. I ‘doubt if any are on sale as yet in Phil- adelpbia. but they have been offered ‘to ms, and I have seen samples of them. Lhave no doubt they will soon be seen here. It's Ukely that their stay will ae however, for the authorities be after them of the kind of ‘bonbons that were ‘sent to us would ‘make x pretty stiff drink ‘of abstath, and2n innocent customer might get Inld ont cold before be knew it. “Those ‘sent to-us were from Eurepe, where, I ‘their manufacture bas re- from certain restrictive legisia- the sale of aleobol.”— a ula. Record. 2 rage ‘Ifyou didn't buy a red giass tumbier, swith; Your name written on ft In Spen- ‘eerian characters while you wait, you'd forget ‘all about ever having been to Magara. As it 1s, when people ask you, “Have you seen the falls?” you faquire: “Niagara ‘falls? _ Niagara falls? Name sounds familiar somehow. eS gpcolge Rae ‘answers: “Why, yes, Gear. Don’t: you remember? You got that ed glass cup there.” .And you say: Mery pretty view there, as I recall it.” ‘Istick up for souvenirs.—Eugene Wood te MeChure's. = kita 2h aralghaniodigeyetrer the antis movement ts making headway in other cities. It.certainly ie no! eo oom. In this and that the nolsiest man most neces- sazily be the most active one. It ls geing to take a long time to eradicate Wis fallacy. In the meantime the lv- terior of the loop ts about as restful a place 05.4 it ‘Itine per- 8 eS a - x Spa eee “Ht caunot be jong before the torpede ‘controlled and directed from a depot ‘ship becomes an actual factor in mod- qevn warfare The advantages of such Ap atrangement are so obvious that this direction will be wateh- ‘ed with the greatest interest. A ma- chine made war, governed as all wars a Eby the question of cost, is 2 devoutly to be wished. % a FACTS IN FEW LINES aia hee | Weaving eottou-tn Africa is slow and ae ae eee " into a-desert by the incursions of the fs ‘ited retars Jost lowuet-by the ‘Japancse government gives the wealth ‘of Japan at the end of-1904 as $6,510,- 408,000, or $145 per bead. ‘The first arctic expedition was made by Corte Real, a Portfiguese, in the year 1900. ‘This was fifty-three yerrs before ‘that under Sir Hugh Willoughby. According to Borough President Co- Jer, Brooklyn tna few months will re- cetve_an addition to its water supply ‘of 50,000,000 gallons a @ay from arte- sian wells. ‘The purest breed of Arab horses are the Kochiant, “whose gencology hes ‘Deon preserved for 2,000 years. They ‘are Bald to be derived trom King Sol- ‘omon's stables, ‘The estimated number of cantaloupes shipped from the famous“Rocky Ford istrict in Colorado last season 1s 12,- ‘000,000. Seven hundred cars were sent out, being an increase of 108 cars over the previots season. ‘While looking over some old articles 2 Wilton (N, H.) man ran across an old ‘map of Massachusetts which was print- ed In 1820 just after the census was taken. The map gives Boston as bay- Ing 43,298 people and the whole state 523.287. When Richard Harding Davis met Li Hung Chang in St, Petersbarg be was asked how old and how rich be was and what he did.- He replied, “I write books.” “Why do you write?” said the viceroy. “Are you not strong enough to work?” ‘One of the few bells cast by Paul Revere now in existence is to be taken from the belfry of the old Baptist church in Warren, B. L, to be recast at Troy. A member of the church will oversee the task and will write an ac- count of the undertaking for historical purposes. _ Captain Cook’s chest, the one which he carried with him on his voyage of | iscovery over a hundred years ago, oc- cupies 2 conspicuous piace in the home of Rev. BR. Crosby of North Branch, Mich. ‘The chest has been in the pos- session of tlié Crosby family for many years, but was recently shipped to America by the English branch of the family. Motor car reliability trials were held tm Scotland recently, and the drivers were astounded at their reception along the route. In every town and ‘village the women and children lined the roadside and shouted enthusiastic ‘welcomes. Sprays of ilac and other flowers were thrown Into the cars as they passed and tnvitations to stop were given. For peach harvesting J. H. Hale of Glastonbury, Conn., never employs any but Italians. When the season is at its height he has 150 of them working in the orchard. Italian waiters in Del- monico’s, Sherry’s, the Waldorf and other places go there on their vacations and go to-work in the orchards. They love to be near the fruit. Advertisement in Five Islands (N. 8.) exchange: “J. R. Fuller, dealer in soft and hard coal, ice cream, wood, lime, | cements, perfumery, nails, putty, spec tacles and horseradish, chocolate cara- mels and tar roofing, gasfitting and un- dertaking m all its branches, hides, tallow and maple sirup, fine gold jew- eiry, silverware and salt, give, codfish and gents’ neckwear, undertaker and confectioner, diseases of horses and ehildren a specialty.” ‘The so called “potato king” is a shrewd negro of the name of Groves, who jives on a farm near Kansas City, | Kan, end raises and sells more pota- toes than any other man tn the world. | Besides his own production be buys and sells the potatoes of others. In |' Kansas City be maintains a commis-| sion offleé and employs some ten stemograpbers and bookkeeper. Real- | izing that such a large business needs | | & well trained head, be has sent his son Sirst to the Kansas Agricultural | ectiace toc af agricultural edveation |’ ad then to @ business college for a | business education. Bev. Charles Wolfe, the author of the immortal poem entitled “The Burisl of Sir Jobn Moore,” was ac- cused not long ago by a magazine of literary piracy. It was said that Wolfe || bad eribbed the poem bodily from the | French. The matter has been given wide currency in the press, owing to | ' ire Seat. popslartty the poem bas en-| joyed for nearly a century. Now it sere Tibet tse a ai poem was a | Derpetrated ie tuov: epics” eneact perro Prout”) and published in “Father |! co.” It is really. dover’ 2 Y, = ‘trans- of France.” It is really a clever t 4 “PLAYS AND PLAYERS. Giles Shine has been-gecuted for the See ‘Miss May Hosmer and Francis Bogs wine "wo Orphans” "company, ‘The singer. Caruso has already {n- vested a large uumber of his American See eee : m Dills, a character comedian ast summer with a stock company Ip ‘Portiand, Ore. bas lost all his savings through the suspension of the Milwac- kee Avenne State bank, Chicago. In Clay Clement's forthcoming play, “Sam Houston,” Miss Marie Taylor will-be seen as Roaring Kate, a histor Jeal, character of Sam Houston's day. The actress is a niece of General Hous- toa. “Tu Command” has been selected as the title of the new mnsical play by Bea. M. Jeremy Which. will be pro Guced under the direction of the Ben M. Jerome Amusement company on Noy. 1 in Elgin, It.. ‘The scene is Pan- ama. ‘There will be ten stock companies in Chicago this season if all present plans carry—the Players’ theater (Donald Robertson's), the New theater, the Chi- cago Opera Housé, the People’s, the Bush Temple, the Marlowe, the Ave- nue, the Calumet, the Howard and the Mindel. | FACTS FROM FRANCE. A Paris joiner named Dereboul made ‘a bet that he could consume ten yards of sausages. He won it, but died after ‘ward from congestion. For the first time a party group has ‘been formed in the French chamber for the defense of the rights of women headed by Henri Cheron. Making postal cards carrying insult- ing allusions to the German emperor Is a pleasing Parisian industry. The par tisan political postal card is quite com: mon. ‘The Paris budget committee in tak- tag pp the estimates for 1907 struck out the salary of Diebler, the public ‘executioner, thus foreshadowing the disappearance of the guillotine. French officials are considering scheme for providing a standing army of long service men, one feature of which is to be the compulsory enlist- ment of all French schoolboys in na- tional rifle corps, so that from their earllest years they may be accustomed to habits of discipline and knowledge of arms. NEW YORK CITY. | New York city has ready for duty im ‘the state militia 10,367 men. During the last twelve months $40, 218,000 in precious stones were brought to New York city. Out of every hundred persons in New York city sixty-one are unmarried, thirty-one married, five widowed and three divorced. New York being an alleyless city, its streets are too often marred by long arrays of ash and garbage cans. Along ten Harlem blocks 822 of these fron- clad decorations (1) were counted on a recent morning. In the 805 square miles of water that is in New York city, with its 353 miles ot water front, is wasted enough ener- gy every day to supply the continent with negled power. In this body of water the tide daily raises and lowers 6,000,000,000 tons of water an average of four feet—New York Herald. PITH AND POINT. Fools brag where wise men only ad mit. ‘Most people like to tell their imagt nary troubles. Habit is stronger than either judg: ment or passion. The man who lacks polish doesn't al ‘ways lack humanity. After all, the easiest way to do « thing is to do it right. In prosperity the proud man knows eer aereny nobody knows . A man’s worth to-others sometimes depends on how much they can work ‘him for. It's a pleasure to make wishes, and ‘that Is about all the satisfaction the most of us get out of them—Chicago News. DON’T QUARREL. ‘Life is too short for quarrels. Keep away from people's pet abom- instions, avoid subjects they are sensi- tive about. Don’t quarrel with any one if you can possibly help tt. One quarrelsome member of 2 bousebold can poison the entire bome atmosphere. ‘There is no pain equal to that of be- Ing unable to forgive because !t is too that espa von roms king or Trang you or forgiveness. Remember that “many go forth tu the morning who have never come ‘ack at night,” and never let any of your Gear ones go off in the morning ‘with band feelings between you" and {hem.—Brookiyn Times. 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We carry a swell line of Ladies’ Shirtwaists, Underwear and Cor sets, A splendid assortment of Shoes. Hosiery, Gioves, 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 Necligee Shirts and Suspenders. A fancy line of Neckwear and H2rdkerchiefs. See our Novelties In Jewelry, Watch-chains, Fobs, Cuff-buttons, Stud? and Safety Pins. Boys’ Sults, Pants, Hats, Shoes and Shirts. ome Mentgemery’s DR. J. ARTHUR COTTON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Hours: aes a as Tel. 8243 Calumet Twoip m CHICAGO rom { SER Dr W. H. Marshall Physician aid Surgeon ‘Wours—10 to 12 A.M. 2 to 5:36 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. = BRICK CO. JK Breve oon a A. B. SCHULTZ, M. D. 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