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THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. The Democratic Party In Albany, N. Y. Twice Nominated and Elected James C. Matthews Judge of the Recorder's Court. WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST JUDICIAL POSITION SO FAR HELD BY AN AFRO-AMERICAN IN THIS COUNTRY. HOW BENJAMIN F. BUTLER THE GREAT DEMOCRATIC STATESMAN CHANGED HIS VIEWS ON THE NEGRO --SELECTING GEORGE L. RUFFIN TO SERVE AS MUNICIPAL JUDGE IN BOSTON, MASS. OTHER COLORED MEN WHO HAVE HONORABLY DISCHARGED THEIR DUTIES IN JUDICIAL CAPACITIES. In order to curry favor with the unthinking rabble, and with that class of so called superior individuals who confine their reading to trashy or blood and thunder dime novels, the New York Police Gazette, and kindred publications, the adder headed editors and owners of all the leading daily newspapers in this city, have for the past few months tightly closed their ignorant eyes to the truth, in their efforts to pander to race prejudice, and to make the public believe that "T. L. Barnett, was the first Colored man in this country to be selected to run for a judicial office," and since his election as one of the Municipal Judges, these same rattled or crack brained editorial writers have persisted in setting up a long hue and cry to the effect that "never in the history of this country has an Afro-American occupied a position where he could set in judgement on the conduct or lack of conduct on the part of white men and women and pass sentence upon them. In giving expression to such ideas or sentiments these long eared and wild eyed editors display their utter ignorance of the true facts in history. It will be recalled by those who are familiar with the political history of New York, that "when Grover Cleveland made his great race, against Charles J. Folger, for Gov. of that state, in 1882, James C. Matthews of Albany who had been up to that time one of the most prominent Colored Republicans in the Empire state, deserted the G. O. P. and came out flat-footed for the election of Grover Cleveland, and he not only delivered many speeches for him but he also organized Cleveland clubs among the Colored people all over that state, and after his election Mr. Matthews retained from seeking a political position and continued to devote his time to his well paying law business for he had more white clients than Colored. Before Grover Cleveland had served out his term as Gov. of New York, he was nominated to make the race for President of the United States, in 1884, against James G. Blaine, the Plumed Knight of Maine, and Mr. Matthews, again organized Cleveland clubs among the Colored people throughout that state and delivered many eloquent and brilliant speeches in behalf of his election, and as Mr. Cleveland only carried that state by ten hundred and forty seven majority which gave him the victory over James G. Blaine, which landed him in the White House, he naturally felt very greatful to Mr. Matthews, for the valuable labor he had performed in his behalf among the Afro-American rosters. Shortly after assuming his duties as President of the United States, Mr. Cleveland earnestly desired to be fittingly reward Mr. Matthews, for his loyalty to him by selecting him as Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, but the Senate being strongly Republican Mr. Cleveland was balked in his plans in that direction. Three times he sent the name of James C. Matthews to the Senate to be confirmed for that position and three times it was rejected and it was a sight never to be forgotten to see John T. Morgan of Alabama and the other Democratic Senators voting to confirm Mr. Matthews and all the Republican Senators voting against him, Senator John J. Ingalls of Kansas lead the fight for the Republicans against him, and in one of his bitter attacks on him, he declared that "Mr. Matthews, was conceived in sin and iniquity, brought forth into the world in corruption, that he was a political monstrosity, that the Republican party freed the Negroes and that no Negro had a right to be a Democrat." Senator Ingalls being successful in his fight against Mr. Matthews President Cleveland was forced to retreat, and he was compelled to withdraw his name from the Senate, and he sent in the name of J. M. Trotter of Boston, Mass., father of William Monroe Trotter, the founder and editor of The Boston Guardian. In the meantime Mr. Matthews who had acted as Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia while the fight was being made on him in the United States Senate, returned to his home, Albany, New York, and resumed the practice of law, and in 1895, Daniel L. Manning editor and owner of the Albany Argus, and Secretary of the Treasury during Mr. Cleveland's first administration, began to boom Mr. Matthews, through the columns of his newspaper for Judge of the Recorder's Court, and when the Democratic party convinced in its city convention, white men composing all the delegates, Daniel L. Manning arose in their midst, and presented the name of James C. Matthews, for the honored position referred to, stating that "President Cleveland earnestly desired to reward him some way or other without conferring a cheap janitorship upon him, and at the conclusion of his remarks he received the nomination without the slightest opposition, and the morning after the election the following information was flashed to all parts of the world by the Press dispatches: "Albany, N. Y., November 8, 1895. James C. Matthews, Colored Recorder of Deeds, in Washington, D. C., in President Cleveland's first administration, has been elected Judge of the Recorder's Court of this city which office carries with it powers of HEW TO THE LINE. M. J. FRED A. WEBCOTT. Who was presented with a copy of the Resolution, as passed by the Board of Directors of the Black Diamond Development Company, on November, 1st., 1906. Supreme Court Judge. His majority is over 2,000. He was nominated and elected on the regular Democratic ticket. It is the highest judicial office ever held by a man of his race in this country." Judge Matthews, was again renominated and re-elected by the same Democratic party in a Democratic city, of one hundred thousand, with a trifle over two thousand Colored people all told, in 1899, honorably serving eight years as Judge of the Recorder's Court, being invested with greater and by far more important judicial power, than has been conferred upon any of the associate justices of the Municipal Court in this city. mouth, if I ever fail to defend the rights of those men who have given their blood for me and my country this day, and for their race forever, and God helping me, I will keep this oath" To the undying glory of Benjamin F Butler, he faithfully and courageously adhered to his oath, to the day of his death, and shortly after he became Governor of Mass, without consulting any of its politicians; he selected George L. Ruffin, a worthy Afro-American to serve as one of the Municipal Court Judges in Boston, Mass., and for six or seven years thereafter, Judge Ruffin intelligently discharge his duties and made one of the best judges in the Hub City. During the early stages of the war of the rebellion General Benjamin F. Butler, like the majority of the other prominent men residing in the North, including President Abraham Lincoln, were bitterly opposed to permitting the Negro to enlist in the Union army to fight for his own freedom; as the war progressed General Butler, changed his views in this respect and while delivering a speech in Congress in favor of permitting the Negro to wear the blue, and to receive the same pay for, his services as the white soldiers, and in concluding the great Democratic statesman exclaimed: "It became my painful duty, sir: to follow in the track of the charging column, and there, in a space not wider than the clerk's desk and three hundred yards long, the dead bodies of three hundred and fifty-three of my Colored comrades, slain in the defense of their country, who laid down their lives to uphold its flag and its honor as a willing sacrifice, and as I rode along among them and guiding my horse this way and that way lest he should profane with his hoofs what seemed to me the sacred dead, and as I looked on their bronzed faces, upturned in the shining sun, as if in mute appeal against the wrongs of the country for which they had given their lives and whose flag had only been to them—a flag of stripes on which no star of glory had ever shone for them—feeling I had wronged them in the past, and believing what was the future of my country to them—among my dead comrades there I swore a solemn oath; (may my right hand forget its cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I ever fail to defend the rights of those men who have given their blood for me and my country this day, and for their race forever, and God helping me, I will keep this oath" To the undying glory of Benjamin F Butler, he faithfully and courageously adhered to his oath, to the day of his death, and shortly after he became Governor of Mass., without consulting any of its politicians; he selected George L. Ruffin, a worthy Afro-American to serve as one of the Municipal Court Judges in Boston, Mass., and for six or seven years thereafter, Judge Ruffin intelligently discharged his duties and made one of the best judges in the Hub City. George H. Walker, of Boston, Mass., George W. Lee, Jacksonville, Fla., M. W. Gibbs, Little Rock, Ark., Johnson Montgomery, Mobile, Ala., G. W. Little, Nashville, Tenn.; G. H. Perkins, LaCrosse, Wis.; are among the other Afro-Americans, who have honestly served as Municipal Judges. Mr. Lee retired from the judgeship in Jacksonville, Fla., a few years ago and Mr. Perkins was elected to his office in 1905, and for the benefit of the Republican newspaper editors in this city, it can be said that the Colored judges were never charged with attempting to commit an assault on any white lady brought before them for trial. Neither have they ever been accused of freely discharging every Negro yanked before them charged with committing crime! D. C. Heyward, the hayseed Gov. of S. C., and little John Sharp Williams, of Miss., who puts in so much of his time in chewing tobacco and drinking moonshine hot stuff, that he does not know that the slave holders war of the rebellion is over, are still running off at the mouth on their great hobby the "Negro," and this week these two braying jackasses, addressed the Southern immigration and educational conference at Nashville, Tenn. and it is more than enough to give an old Tom cat the belly ache, to read their milk and water vaporings on the "Negro Question." The many warm friends of Alderman John Burns, have started his growing boom for city clerk. The Catholics And The "Nigger" Judge. Some Hard Or Sound Nuts For Roger C. Sullivan and His Henchmen to Crack. THE NEGRO BISHOP IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH STILL LIVES THE EMPTY HEADED EDITORS OF REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPERS WHACKED OVER THEIR COCOANUT PATES! Bishop is Not Dead. —The reported death of Msgr. Gomez Pimento, Bishop of Mariana, Brazil, and the only Negro member of the Catholic Hierarchy, is not true. The above item is taken from the last issue of The New World, edited by the Rev. Father Judge and the organ of Archibishop Quigley, head of the great Archdiocese of Chicago. From this it appears that the great Catholic Church can make a "Nigger" a Bishop when it finds one with the qualities of head and heart which fit him for the exalted office. And it does not make him a Bishop for the "Niggers" only as Colored Bishops are made by several of the Protestant churches in our free land. Bishop Pimento is the head of a whole diocese, black and white. In the person of the late Father Tolton we had in this city an example of the willingness of the Catholic Church to ordain into its priesthood a worthy "Nigger," Father Tolton was born in slavery and when his brave mother ran to the North, just before the close of the war of the rebellion, a reward was offered for the little band of "Niggers" whether captured "dead or alive." Mrs. Tolton was a plous Catholic and when traveling through the marshes and woods to freedom promised God to give her boy to the church if the party reached the north safely. The church authorities sent her black boy to Rome where he was educated and treated with every kindness. He returned to America a Latin, French, German. THE BRAVE AND LIBERTY LOVING AFRO-AMERICANS IN THIS CITY SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT ORCHESTRA HALL AND PREVENT, BEN TILLMAN FROM SPEAKING THERE, TUESDAY EVENING NOV. 27th. Every brave and liberty loving Afro-American in this city should rise up in their might and peaceably assemble in front of Orchestra Hall Tuesday evening November 27th and make an honest effort to prevent United States Senator Benjamin R. Tillman of South Carolina the bloody advocate of mob and lynch law for innocent Negro men, women and children, who is a disgrace to the United States Senate a disgrace to the race which he claims to represent and a disgrace to this nation, from lecturing there for the benefit of the Chicago Union Hospital. He claims his subject will be, "Shall the United States Annex Cuba?" This will only be used as a cloak for him to stab the Negro in the house of his friends and he should be choked off before he has the opportunity to spew out his race poison in this community. Spanish, Italian and English scholar and was treated by the venerable Archbishop Feehan as a son. Why, then, is it that in civil life the Democratic politicians who call themselves Catholics are making so unearthly and anti-Christian howl about the election of a "Nigger" to a Municipal Court judgeship? If Roger C. Sullivan or any one of his tribe of Catholic policiticians were injured seriously and thought he was in danger of death, would he not be glad to beg absolution at the hands of Bishop Pimento, Father Tolton—if alive—or any other "Nigger" priest who could be found in the emergency? Are these gnetlemen Catholics only on Sunday, or only in their deathbeds, or only "Catholics for revenue?" As to the Republicans they are too contemptible to be questioned. They hypocritically profess to be the champions and guardians of the Colored people, but when the clamor of race hatred rises against the "Nigger Judge" every Republican paper—except The Inter Ocean joins in the mad bowl, the mildest of them calling his election "inopportune." The Negro is denounced as worthless if he has no ambition and if he shows ambition and has the training to justify his ambition he is called an insolent, presumptious "Nigger." Between "friend" and foe what chance has he? Well, at least, he can live a decent, moral life as Judge Barnett does not such a life as is led by some of the drunken, licentious beasts who edit Republican papers in Chicago. The following ladies will act as the patronesses of the affair and graciously smile on Senator Tillman who openly boasts, that he has taken part in two or three race riots, in which some Negroes were killed: Mesdames:—P. D. Armour, W. A. Alexander, T. B. Blackstone, Jule F. Brower, Dr. Sara C. Buckley, L. A. Carton, John Crearar, Charles A. Chaplin, J. H. Shannon, Dr. Ella Ceverdon, D. Mark Cummings, John E. Dean, George W. Dixon, De Faranowsky, Edward F. Dunne, C. F. Ely, Princess Engalitcheff, W. Hauser Grey, Augustus W. Green, Wallace F. Grosvenor, E. D. Howland, Dr. Carolina B. Hopkins, John L. Jackson, Francis J. Kennett, Henry C. Lytton, Edward A. Leicht, W. R. Linn, McKay Leroy, O. T. McClurg, Elisha Miller, Malcolm McNeill, Willis Moore, Clarence I. Feek, Lawrence J. Reed, T. G. Springer, Dr. Julia Holmes Smith, Franklin P. Smith, Herbert L. Swift, Fenton B. Turck, Frederick W. Upham. J. M. Anderson, 2916 State street, was overcome last week with a severe attack of neuralgi which has confined him to his home. THE BROAD AX. *Fill promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Oathsies, Protestants, Patians, Infidels, Farmers, Single Taxes, Republicans, and others. Be sure to have them say, so long as their language is proper and responsibilty is fixed.* *The Broad, is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever 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.....$2.00* *Six Months.....1.00* *Address all communications to.* JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago, It, as Second-class Matter. 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 Main 4153. Residence 4856 Langley avenue, Phone Drexel 6302. NEGRO TROOPS DISARMED AT ROOSEVLT'S ORDERS Three Companies of the Twenty-Fifth Infantry Punished for Shielding Crime of Few Men. El Reno, Okla., Nov. 12.—The three Negro companies of the Second battalion of the Twenty-fifth infantry were disarmed at Fort Reno to-day, by order of President Roosevelt. They were dismissed from the service in disgrace because it is alleged they refused to reveal the identity of the men who "shot up" Browneville, Tex., last summer. The Negroes gave no trouble. Many of them were veterans in the service. Charles Dade of company D has been a soldier for twenty-two years. Another veteran of company D was First sergeant Israel Harris. He was in his full dress uniform and the service stripes on his sleeves nearly filled the space from elbow to wrist. Many of the soldiers shed tears as they watched their arms being packed in the guncases and sealed. They talked of nothing else than their discharge. Most of them are completely disheartened and have no plans for the future. The twelve men of the three companies who have been held under arrest in San Antonio since the Brownsville riot were not brought to Fort Reno by the troops to-day. They will be discharged from there. The Colored people from all over the country are beginning to send petitions to Washington, protesting against the action of President Roosevelt, in discharging the Colored soldiers. But what they ought to do, is to start a movement for the purpose of having the Rough Riding President impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors for presuming to set himself up as the sole judge in this case, and overriding all the established military laws, in reference to dismissing soldiers from the United States army. CHIVALROUS SOUTHERNERS Have Now Turned Their Attention to Murdering Innocent Women as Well as Men. Pelham, Ga., Nov. 11.—The wife of Hicks, the Negro who killed John A. Akridge last Sunday, was found dead in her home on Tuesday, having been killed by unknown parties. Some time during the night she was shot with over 20 bullets. On the same farm and not far away a Negro, who, it is claimed, helped Hicks to escape, was found dead. He also had been shot several times. The coroner was notified. Hicks has not been captured. NEGRO SOLDIERS KILLED IN ROW Two Men of Twenty-Fifth Infantry Shot and Third Held for Crime. El Paso, Texas, Nov. 10.—During a quarrel in a gambling-room of a saloon near Fort Bliss, Texas, two soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, the Negro regiment a battalion of which was ordered discharged in disgrace from the army recently by President Roosevelt, were shot and killed. Another Negro, also a member of the regiment, is under arrest charged with the murder. NEGRO BANK CLOSES DOOR. Action Forced by South Carolina State Bank Examiner. Greenville, S. C., Nov 13.—The Workingman's Savings and Loan Company of this city, the only Negro banking institution in the state, closed its doors by order of the State bank examiner. Careless bookkeeping is said to be the cause of the bank's embarrassment. The capital stock was $14,000. THE OFFICIALS OF THE BLACK DIAMOND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY HAVE PASSED RESOLUTIONS HIGHLY COMENDING FRED A. WES- GOTT, FOR THE BUSINESS LIKE MANNER IN WHICH HE HAS Fred A. Wescott, whose suite of offices are located in the Security Bldg., 188 Madison St., Chicago, has just been presented with a copy or the following resolution, which was passed by the Board of Directors of the Black Diamond Development Company on November 1st, 1906, as a token of esteem and confidence, of not only the Board of Directors but every stockholder for the wide-awake intelligence and singular direction of this Company's interests and protection, and his honesty and integrity as has been proven in the promotion of the Black Diamond Development Company and the organizing of this Company through to success. Chicago Nov. 1st. 1906. "At a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Black Diamond Development Company, held on the above date, and after a report from the business manager of the Company, Mr. Fred A. Wescott that the entire contract entered into between he and the Company on the 24th day of October, A. D. 1905 for the purchase and development of the Company's property in the State of Kansas, and on the delivery of his receipt to the Company in full payment of the entire sum agreed to be paid to him for said purchase and development. The following resolution was read and unanimously adopted and ordered spread on the records of the Company. Whereas, The Board of Directors of the Black Diamond Development Company, at a regular meeting held on the 1st day of November A. D., 1906, at which there were present Fred A. Wescott, A. J. Carey, A. W. Williams, R. A. Ware, L. L. Jones and S. Laling Williams have received from Fred A. Wescott a report showing an entirely completion of the contract for the drilling of five wells on the property of this company, and also a receipt in full for the entire amount contracted to be paid to the said Fred A. Wescott for the purchase and development of the Company's property, and Whereas, The Company is in possession of evidence that the promises and representation made by Fred A. Wescott relative to the value and character of the property and its development, has been fully realized in every particular, and Whereas, This Company's interest have been safeguarded in every possible way by his wide-awake intellgence and singular direction of this Company. Resolved, That we, the Board of Directors, in behalf of oursives and in behalf of the whole body of stockholders, extend to Fred A. Wescott assurances of our sincere appreciation of his invaluable services in managing and developing the interests of this Company. Resolved, Further, That in enabling the Board of Directors of the Black Diamond Development Company to keep faith with the large number of poor people who have invested their [Name] [Name not visible] DOCTOR A. WILBERFORCE WILLIAMS. One of the most substantial Afro-American Physicians and Surgeons in the middle West, and Treasurer of the Black Diamond Development Company. Alderman Mike Kenna, promised to roll up four to five thousand Democratic majority in the First ward, if the bosses would refuse to nominate S. A. T. Watkina, or any other, "Niger" for Judge of the Municipal Court, but Alderman Kenna, failed to keep his word on the day of election, for he only carried his ward for boss Sullivan by a little over one thousand majority. There are 213 Negroes—forty-six of whom are women—enrolled in eighteen American universities and colleges not devoted exclusively to the education of the Negro. Twenty-five are studying medicine, twenty are studying law, seven dentistry, six electrical engineering and four pharmacy. The remainder are in various classical departments. hard-earned savings in the stock o. this Company. Mr. Fred A. Wescott has done a service that will do much to increase the confidence of the people in the business men of this community. Resolved Further, That these resolutions be spread upon the records o. the Company and become a permanent part thereof, and that a copy of the same be sent to Mr. Fred A. Wescott with assurances of our individual, as well as corporate esteem and confidence. (Signed): A. J. Carey, President; S. Laing Williams, Secretary; A. Wilberforce Williams, Treasurer; L. L. Jones, Vice Pres.; Reuben A. Ware, H. T. Kealing. It will be remembered that Mr. Wescott organized the Black Diamond Development Company on Oct. 24th, 1905, just one year ago and in twelve months this Company has made phenomenal success. Their property has been developed, their every ambition has been more than realized, and every statement and prediction that Mr. Wescott made to the Board of Directors and organizers on Oct. 24th, 1905, has been fully substantiated. Mr. Wescott was very conservative in his statements and promises at all times, and his assurance that if the Company carried out their part of the contract he would have the Company paying its stockholders dividends by Christmas 1907, as, in all statements made by him, he has accomplished more than he promised, for, the Black Diamond Development Company will be paying dividends by July first. This Company is proving to be the greatest enterprise that has ever been organized and financed by Colored men. The Company has just contracted for 25 more wells and seven times as much land as they purchased originally, and operations will be commenced at once Mr. Wescott will have entire charge of the Company's development, and with the record made by him during the past year in managing the Company's affairs, gives the Company an assurance of a still greater success. The stock of the Black Diamond Development Company was started at 10 per share on Oct. 24th, 1905, and will soon be拍, ($1.00) per share. A "special" stockholders meeting is to be held at Bethel Church next Tuesday night, Nov. 20th, at which meeting, Mr. Wescott will speak of the last years work, and outline the development to be made by the Company during the coming year. Other members of the Board of Directors will also address this meeting and it will be an opportunity to learn a great deal of the workings of a large corporation. Black Diamond Development Company's stockholders will learn much to their interest by attending this meeting (Tuesday), November 20th, 1906. 8 p. m. sharp. [Image of a man in a suit with a tie, looking slightly to the right. The background is a plain, light color. There is no text or additional details in the image.] --- There are 213 Negroes—forty-six of whom are women—enrolled in eighteen American univeristies and colleges not devoted exclusively to the education of the Negro. Twenty-five are studying medicine, twenty are studying law, seven dentistry, six electrical engineering and four pharmacy. The remainder are in various classical departments. [Name] ALD. WILLIAM E. DEVER. An honored and a valuable member of the City Council, who flatly refused to enter into the scheme to contest the election F. L. Barnett, as Judge of the Municipal Court. The Wednesday morning after the election several Democratic and Republican lawyers and politicians called on Alderman William E. Dever, who would make an ideal candidate for mayor of Chicago, and they wanted and urged him to enter a scheme to contest the election of F. L. Barnett as one of the Judges of the Municipal Court, but to the everlasting credit of Alderman Dever, he promptly and emphatically refused to have anything to do with their hellish scheme. ever, that he was not in favor of crushing any worthy man down solely on account of the color of his skin or nationality." These are some of the manly words uttered by Alderman Dever, who firmly believes that at all times right and justice should prevail. It can also be said, to the credit of Alderman Dever; that in 1902 Mayor Carter H. Harrison selected him as one of the members of the City Council, to represent Chicago at the Colored Exposition which was held at At the sametime stating in the plainest language that "he would not enter into such a racial contest, that Mr. Barnett had nothing which belonged to him, that in his opinion he had been vilified, harassed, kicked and cuffed, and abused in every way ten thousand times more than he deserved; that he did not believe it was right nor just to stir up so much race prejudice for no good purpose what- THE SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF THE PEOPLE OF HYDE PARK AND SOUTH CHICAGO. By L. W. Washington. The Hyde Park conservatory founded by Mr. Wm. Jobe 1 year ago celebrated their first anniversary with an interlectual treat that will be remembered for a long time by the vast number present. The school is located at 5209 Lake avenue. The program of the evening was as follows: Student's Cadet March, Prof. O. J. Buckner; Invocation, Rev. Clarence Goggni; Welcome Address, William Jobe, Pres. and Founder H. P. C. & A.; Plan and Purpose of the School, L. W. Washington; Piano Selection, Prof. Victor Garwood, American and Northwestern Conservatories of Music; Address, Mrs. Ida B. Wells Barnett; Piano Selection, Prof. Frank W. Van Dusen, American and Illinois Conservatories; Reading, Miss E. L. Dawson, teacher of Mathematics and Languages, H. P. C. & A.; Vocal Solo, Mrs. Martha B. Anderson, Chicago Musical College, Teacher of Voice Culture, Italian Sight Reading, H. P. C. & A.; Vocal Solo, "Sing to Me," Balfe, Mrs. R. Fouche; Reading, Miss Julia Johnson, teacher of History, and Literature, H. P. C. & A.; Piano Selection, Prof. O. J. Buckner, II Trovatore; Bass solo, Isaac Moman; Piano Selection, J. L. James. Miss Ether Worthington of South Chicago has become the leader of the smart set of that vicinity. The entertainment given by her that, was not published on the account of the Political news of last week, was the event of the fall festivities thus far, the young people in attendance were at their best, and the boys voted unanimously for the lorals to be given the girls for their beauty and dress captivated the assembly, the decorations were like those from the lands of a fairy queen. The affair was a success. The waiters of Hyde Park have organized an Independent Political club. They expect to be active in the spring election. They are cutting their eye teeth, in other words their eyes are open. Success to the club The Afro-American Building and Loan Association is the talk of this city. Watch this paper for its advancement. We will be pleased to give an account of social events visiting friends and newspaper notes all its costs you is the price of a stamp, keep this number in mind 5613 Jefferson ave., on or before each Tuesday of each week. WEDDING BELLS The wedding of Miss Nellie A. Stone niece of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Hoover 6601 Hartwell ave., to Mr. Oliver Lane of Cassopolis, Mich., was solemnized last Wednesday evening, Rev. Pitcher of Kansas City, uncle of the bride officiating. The bride was attired in a Princess gown of white mousseline and lace and carried a white leather prayer book, the long veil being fastened with a wreath of ever, that he was not in favor of crushing any worthy man down solely on account of the color of his skin or nationality." These are some of the manly words uttered by Alderman Dever, who firmly believes that at all times right and justice should prevail. It can also be said, to the credit of Alderman Dever; that in 1902 Mayor Carter H. Harrison selected him as one of the members of the City Council, to represent Chicago at the Colored Exposition which was held at the First Regiment Armory. That he gladly attended the exposition, freely mingled with the Colored people and was not afraid of turning black in the face. That he frequently addressed them and contributed some of his own money to aid the project. That for the foregoing reasons, he has endearled himself, in the hearts of the great mass of Afro-Americans, residing in Chicago. natural roses, Mrs. Fannie Hall-Clint acted as Matron of honor and wore ashes of Roses. The Misses Cecilia Johnson, Mabel Bryant, Lillian Clark and Henrietta Lawson all of Cassopolis, Mich., were the ushers, and Mr. John White of Springfield, Ill., was best man. A large reception followed the ceremony. The house was beautifully decorated with flowers for the occasion. The wedding gifts were many and beautiful. The happy couple left Saturday morning for Cassopolis, Mich., where they will make their home, followed by the best wishes of their many friends. THE TRIANGLE AND INNER CIRCLE CLUBS. The Triangle and Inner Circle Clubs will give their fifth annual Thanksgiving Ball, for the benefit of the Old Folks Home, Thursday evening, November 29th, 1906, at the First Regiment Armory, 1th st., and Michigan ave., Music by Eighth Regiment Orchestra. Admission 50 cents Officers and Members: T. J. Napier; W. H. Jackson, A. S. Barnett, J. H. Carr, J M. Brown, W. V. Holmes, W. D. Moore, B. D. Wilder, G: H. Snowden, S. L. Parks, J L. Fry, G. M. Turner, T. L. Douglas, Jno. N. Roberts, Capt. R. F. Ratcliffe, F. L. Coffee, President; P. W. Johnson, Vice President; N. D. Tho#pson, Secretary; E. M. Sutton, Asst. Secretary; J. W. Camp, Treasurer; Hon. O. De Priest, J. W. Ward, C. R. Johnson, R. C. Kelley, R. W. Lacey, J. R. McAllister, A. P. Nell, J. A. Parker, L. B. Anderson. These clubs are well known for their charity work and their entertainments should be well patronized by all who desire to assist in aiding our charitable institutions. The young men's North Side Sunday Club will assist in making this event a grand success. With a desire to do some worthy charity work, Capt. R. F. Ratcliffe and Mr. John N. Roberts, have joined the Triangle and Inner Circle Clubs and will exert all their influence and energy to make the Thanksgiving Ball at the 1st Regiment Armory the success it should be. The West Side subscription dance and supper given by Dr. J. W. Lewis Wednesday evening was a great social-success. A large number of South Side Society folks attended in full evening attire, to meet the West Side smart set which was out in full. About two hundred persons attended. Attorney B. F. Moseley, 6258 South Halsted st., I simply want to say that "The Broad Ax is the best newspaper published in the interest of the Afro-American race, in the west," and I would also like to state that "in case Judge elect F. L. Barnett, is forced to call for a recount of the ballots in order to come into the possession of his own, I am ready to give two hundred dollars to aid him in his contest." FACTS IN FEW LINES The diamond, in sufficient heat, will burn like a piece of charcoal. Beards are liable to taxation in some Japanese villages. The origin of the curious custom is unknown. Unslaked lime is useful in preventing rust because of its extraordinary capacity for absorbing moisture. Beautiful bronzes and alloys can be obtained by the electric deposition of metals suitably combined for color effects. One of the most prolific fishes is the turbot. The number of eggs in five specimens examined by a scientist recently varied from 5,000,000 to 10,000,000. New South Wales is just two and a half times the size of the British isles. Queensland is equal to three times the German empire and Belgium put together. The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, now under construction in New York, will, when completed, rank fourth in size among the world's cathedrals. Only St. Peter's in Rome and the cathedrals of Seville and Milan will surpass it in massiveness. The streets of Nottingham, England, are sprinkled with water in which chloride of calcium has been dissolved and are therefore dustless. One dressing every three or four weeks is enough to keep them so, even in the hottest weather. The cost is very small. Within the narrow limits of the city of London, with its mere handful of residents—only sufficient to people a small provincial town—there are still so many churches that you might worship at a different one every Sunday of the year without putting foot inside them all. The city council of Birmingham, England, has increased the number of women health inspectors from four to twenty because of the excellent results achieved in the homes of the poor and in the factories. In the same city the policemen have been taught the principles of "first aid." New York city consumes nearly 1,000,000,000 units of electricity per annum, while London, with nearly double the population, consumes not more than one-fourth of that amount. The consumption per head of population in New York is stated to be 282 units against only 42 per head in London. By a somewhat primitive system the town of Thompson Fall, Mont., manages in the hottest weather to keep rooms at a temperature of 55 degrees. Wells are covered at the top, and large pipes tap the current of cold air a few feet below the surface of the ground, conveying it to different rooms in nearby buildings. A debt collecting agency which is run as a part of the regular public postal system is the newest "improvement" of the postoffices of Austria. Despite the novelty of the enterprise, the plan has worked admirably, so that many thousands are collected annually by the postmen throughout the Austrian empire. Few people probably suspect the extent to which Switzerland figures among the silk producing countries of the world, which, so far as Europe is concerned, have always been supposed to be France and Italy. But Switzerland exports annually silk to the value of about $20,000,000, nearly all going to European countries. Motor car reliability trials were held in 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 lilac and other flowers were thrown into the cars as they passed, and invitations to stop were given. The Vienna Abendpost claims for Siegfried Markhus of Vienna the honor of having invented the motor car. Markhus' Viertakt Benzinmotor was to be seen at the great world exhibition in 1873, as testified by the catalogues, which contain a description of it, and Guldner's text book on the motor vehicle says Markhus in 1883 was one of the first to bring the Viertakt Benzinmotor into use. Professor Goldwin Smith some time ago formally willked his brain to Cornell university. Some remarkable brains have been sold, not given. An Englishman has disposed of his to an American university for $10,000. He is a man of little education and for many years worked as a coal miner. He has a marvelous memory, especially for dates, and is now earning a good salary on the music hall stage. A Worcester business man says he has been troubled through his business career to keep the signs on the street level of his store looking decent because of the habit of men scratching matches along them. He has hit upon a plan which is working well for the time he has it in operation. A good sized spot in the center of each sign is well sanded and the words "For Matches" painted there. This tends to attract attention to the sign as well as to preserve the rest of it from mutilation. Hermann Oelrichs, the well known New Yorker who died at sea recently when coming home from Europe, was immensely popular with all sorts and conditions of men. He was a big, fine looking fellow, with clear eyes and a hearty laugh, and his prowess as an athlete made him the idol of the amateur sports. He was considered the best amateur heavyweight boxer in America, and his ambition in that line was to put on the gloves with John L. Sullivan, then in the heyday of his power. The latter refused to box in private, and so the two-never met. Mr. Oelrichs was a fine fencer, one of the strongest swimmers in the country, a fast runner and a splendid horseman. One of his delights was cooking, in which he was an expert. Benjamin Banneker The Negro Astronomer and Mathematican, Author of One of the First Almanacs In America. AN INTERESTING STORY WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE BROAD AX. BY COL. CLARKE !RVINE. OREGON. MO. CHAPTER IV. But like all men born in poor circumstances he had many difficulties to sarmount and although there did not exist, so intensely, that narrow minded and provincial prejudice on account of color as prevails to day yet there was enough of it to render his success harder to attain. The ban of slavery was not then so exclusively disgraceful to the Colored races as the whites themselves had hardly escaped from it. There were too many descendants of white people who had been sold into slavery and sent to the plantations for crimes. Thus slavery could not then be regarded as peculiarly a stain upon the freedom of any race. White people were arrested for vagrancy and sold and a system of apprenticeship existed in all the states that was a real enslavement. And it is only within the last century that white slavery has died out in Germany and some other nations. And we all should know that twenty million of white slaves were freed in Russia by the Czar just about the beginning of our Great Civil war of 1861. These facts should be borne in mind by all these who are disposed to regard the "previous condition of servitude" as attaching any stain upon the Afro-American body of the Negro race. Old Rome was the great slaveholder of the world. Her laws were the never ceasing fountain of slavery. Fathers owned and sold their sons into slavery. If the son redeemed himself he could be sold once more. All children of slave mothers were slaves. And the captives of war were sold into slavery. And thus as Rome grew old all of her surrounding regions swarmed with slaves. They were almost exclusively white. As slave holding there was not profitable and in some respects, The law favored emancipation, freedom abounded. And it became proverbial in old Rome that the first descendants of the freedmen were degenerates. They were inclined to be idle and became, to use our modern description "loafers and hard cases. And this too is a complaint in Russia of the offspring of the emancipated serfs. While the discipline of slavery is severe it no doubt may be beneficial in some respects. As one of the ex-German soldiers in a late magazine article entitled "The Soldier of the Kaiser," says: "It was bell—but it made a man of me," no doubt like all adversities it has its sweet uses. We have thus made a long disregression in order to state some truth, it were well our readers should forever bear in mind; the Colored for their own self-respect—the whites for the sake of justice to their fellow citizens. By the way, on leaving this subject let us state that Thomas Jefferson in his Auto-Biography says that in the debates on the constitution concerning the assessment of taxes and the right of representation by the South for her slaves, that John Adams declared emphatically that, the laboring people of the North were serfs as much so as the slaves of the South. The creed of the Declaration of Independence had few hearty believers. But for Thomas Jefferson we never should have had that. And although young Tom Jefferson had written it all out and enclosed it with all its peculiar phrases and, in portions of the article, with all its especial forms as an address to old Geo 3d some years before (see Note C. to Appendix of his Autobiograph). Yet several writers would rob him of that immortal laurel in the wreath that crowns his brow. Again to return. Ben found himself compelled in duty, as he conceived it, to assist his father about the time he had attained his 25th year. His former patron and master had retired from business. The library and store were kept by people who had no use for Ben's exclusive services. He sometimes assisted them more to get access to books than anything else. Being naturally industrious and a good son he alded his father in his work. He had a desk at the book store where he sat and kept accounts for the proprietor at such time as he alded him. A few books that were Ben's own property rested on a shelf over the desk. They were exclusively on astronomy, geometry, algebra, and kindred subjects. Surveying was one of them. Astronomy was his passoin and he made drawing and calculations in an admirable style. His skill as an ornamental book binder enabled him to draw his delineations of the ephemerides on charts and to express these situations, times and all the phenomena of the planetary worlds on maps very attractive indeed as works of art. The elegance and marvelous beauty of some of these were most attractive. At that time and even up to about as near to our day as 1840 the annual almanac was looked for, anticipated with great earnestness and anxiety. The trifling phamphlets issued by patent medicine vendors and given away, as now is the case, had not yet appeared. Then there was a great competition among publishers as to who could get up the most taking and attractive annual almanac. The competition was confined to the few most distinguished and enterprising publishing houses. Doctor Franklin issued his Poor Richard. Later there issued two or three comic Almanacs that reached at national reputation among the more famous of these were Davy Crocket's and Eiton's grotesque and hideous pictures deformed the pages of these and the Fough humor of the back wood, speeches, jokes, etc., of a style percluding Mark Twain, Phoenix, Doesticks, etc., filled all vacant spaces. Then came the present day almanac. The day of the more pretentious annual has passed away. In the labors connected with the getting up of such works Ben's ability was soon recognized and his local reputation made him looked on as a kind of prodigy, among those in the business, of book publishing; and of such there were not many at that time in America. (To be Continued.) CHIPS Mrs. R. B. Sims and Mrs. Jennie Jackson, 5106 Dearborn street have gone to Minneapolis, Minn., where they will reside in the future. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Ennals 6618 Vernon ave., returned Thursday from Detroit, Mich., whither they went to bury Mr. J. Brown father of Mrs. Ennals. When you dance at the Armory Thanksgiving night your pleasure will be two fold, for while you dance you give aid to The Old Folks Home a worthy institution of our own. Carter H. Harrison continues to shine forth as the one man who can unite all factions of the fighting Democrats and win the mayoralty contest in the spring of 1907. Mrs. R. L. Dunn of Windsor, Canada, is visiting her niece, Mrs. Ross 3439 Dearborn st. While here Mrs. Dunn will learn chiropody and facial massage and upon her return home engage in the work. Lucien H. Palmer, is the first Afro-American to be elected to the legislature of Wisconsin from the 6th district in Milwaukee, defeating Thomas F. Ramsey a white Democrat by 67 majority. Little pin-headed Ed Wilson, who has in the past delighted to train with Col. Pony Moore thinks he has brains enough to succeed F. L. Barnett, as Assistant State's Attorney, nit! Hon. John Coughlin, and Roger C. Sullivan must have forked over a bigwad of money to the outfit running The Chicago Tribune, in order to get that high moral sheet to indorse on its front and editorial pages, John F. Clare and Francis J. Sullivan for Judges of the Municipal Court. Prof. W. Kemper Harreld, continues to play the dude among the young girls and boys around town, but he has failed to dig up that five spot bill for the writer. PLAYS AND PLAYERS. Miss Amelia Bingham is the latest actress to be mentioned as a future star under the Shubert management. Sir Charles Wyndham and Mary Moore will be seen in "Captain Drew on Leave" when they come to America. When Ethel Barrymore completes her tour in "Alice Sit-by-the-Fire" she will be seen in a new comedy, "Kath leen," written by H. V. Esmonde. Miss Lillian Russell says that her favorite operatic role was the heroine in "The Grand Duchess." Her favorite dramatic role is yet to be written. George Edwardes, the London producing manager, is responsible for the statement that the speculation of the theatrical trust in that city last year involved them in a loss of $330,000. Liebler & Co. will produce a musical version of "Mrs. Wiggs." It will be a novelty in that it will be the first time a musical production has been shabby costumed by intention. There will be no chorus. "The Sweet Girl," an English version of "Das Suesse Maedel," an operetta popular for the past few seasons in Germany, has recently been produced in Nottingham, England. The piece has been offer promised, but has never yet received an American presentation. SHORT STORIES. It is said that 7,700 husbands deserted their wives in the city of New York last year. The earliest creatures which were furnished with eyes were the trilobites. The sense of hearing did not exist for ages afterward. With face lathered on one side and the other neatly shaved, the driver of a New York hook and ladder wagon was observed racing his equipage through the streets. He was only half shaved when the alarm came. The following announcement to the hungry was posted one day in the front of a restaurant conducted by a Greek in the Horseshoe section of Jersey City: "Kornut beefe and garbage in fin stille too-day." The proprietor said he made the sign all by himself. President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the University of California suggests for language reform that an international academy might be founded to have authority in the matters of language changes, just as the French academy and the Spanish academy have done. EDITORIAL FLINGS. Boston is 276 years old and has an undoubted right to wear spectacles, eat soft food and be cranky.—Chicago Tribune. A spiritualistic medium who aspires to do something striking should get into communication with the shade of Noah Webster.—Rochester Democrat. Pittsburg is to have a new $10,000,000 union station, but from the stories we have been hearing about her she is more in need of an addition to her jail.—Washington Post. A dog has succeeded in swimming across the English channel. Some disappointment will be felt that it was not a man that did it. But the benefits to accrue to the world from the fact will be just as great in the case of the dog as the man.—Pittsburg Dispatch. GERMAN GLEANINGS In Germany more than 500 out of every thousand women reach the age of fifty years, while only 413 men live so long. Every month about 3,700 articles are left in the Berlin street cars by their owners, about 600 of them being women's purses. Experiments made in Germany show that butter keeps best if mixed with 3 to 5 per cent of salt. If the percentage of salt is over 6, the result is less satisfactory. The empress of Germany has contributed a large sum of money to aid in the formation of an institution to be devoted to the saving of infant life, the mortality of infants in Germany being surpassed in Europe only by that of Austria and Russia. BOHEMIAN PROVERBS. Do the hard things first. It's hard to work, but harder to want. The heart that loves must be prepared to suffer. The world doesn't owe you a living. It was here first. Money isn't everything, but it often makes a good imitation. The seven ages of man—Baby, Willie, Will, William, Billie, Bill, Old Bill. Some people imagine that cunning and wisdom are synonymous, but cunning is as plentiful as wisdom is scarce. It is a shock to the man who thinks he is world famous to discover that there are people in the next block who never heard of him.—Paul Vincent in Bohemian. MEN AND THEIR EYES. Dante Gabriel Rossetti had gray blue eyes. Von Moltke, the soldier, had bright blue eyes. Julius Caesar had black eyes of great brilliancy. Darwin's gray eyes looked out from under heavy overhanging brows. Robert Louis Stevenson had brown eyes, humorous and very expressive. In the younger Pitt the sole evidence of genius lay in his brown eyes, which slowed like live coals. Charles Lamb had very glittering eyes of two colors, gray and hazel, with red spots on the iris. CHOICE MISCELLANY NEW SHORT STORIES CHOICE MISCELLANY NEW SHORT STORIES Was Paid $1,000 a Word. At the Franklin Inn, a literary club of Philadelphia, a young poet, licking his lips, said that Conan Doyle was paid $1 a word. "That is not," said a railroad advertising man. "I know of a case where a man was paid $1,000 a word. Our line used to have at its grade crossings a very long and complicated sign that began, 'Beware of the Engine and Cars,' and then this sign went on with a lot of injunctions and warnings that would have taken five minutes to read. "In a number of aident cases the claimants for damages declared that our long signs were not clear warnings. Therefore the line decided at last to get a new grade crossing sign, and Judge Paxson was engaged to write one. "The sign that Judge Paxson wrote cost $1,000 a word, but it was a classic. It remains a classic. It has been copied everywhere. It is as well known among us as 'Father, I cannot tell a lie,' or 'England expects every man to do his duty.'" "The sign that cost $1,000 a word, or $6,000 in all, was the famous 'Railroad Crossing-Stop, Look and Listen.'"—New York Press. A Modern Convenience Almost every large hotel in New York now has a "makeup room." The women call 'em dressing rooms, because that name does not savor of cosmetics, paste and the like. "The absolute candor which women 'put on' while making up before each other in the hotel dressing rooms is amazing," said a hotel clerk. "Three out of every four women who come in after a walk or ride or before entering the cafe dab their faces plentifully with powder, touch up their lips, then ask the maid to bring a box of rouge kept in the dressing table with cork tipped cigarettes for those whose 'nerves' demand a soothing puff or two of tobacco after dinner." Of course the hotels guarantee all the grease and powder. The maid shows the uninitiated woman who wants a wholesome complexion how to apply the coloring matter and declares that it is harmless and not the kind which wicked cosmetic makers are accused of selling and which doctors say cause physical breakdown.—Pittsburg Dispatch. Father Won't Work In Guam Uncle Sam's island of Guam Is the subject of a letter from Agana, the capital, to the Charlotte (N. C.) Chronicle. Guam has an area of 200 square miles, on which are 9,000 people. Statistics give eighteen schools and state that nine-tenths of the islanders can read and write. Yet the letter says that the people will not work. The shipments of merchandise from the States to Guam amounted in value to $101,900 in 1904 and only $610 in 1905. The only farming implement used in Guam is a hoe, used like the scuffling hoe in the States. Guam is thickly wooded, well watered and fertile, producing tropical fruits abundantly. There is a good harbor. The article concludes that "if the American people wish to help Guam they can do it quickly and efficiently by teaching the people improved agriculture." A Novel Postal Strike. Because the postal administration has imposed a duty of 5 pennants instead of 2 on postal cards intended for urban delivery the citizens of Hanover have inaugurated a singular strike against the postal authorities. Instead of writing postal cards they all write letters, and, not satisfied with sending their effusions in an envelope, they fill it with newspaper so as to bring the weight of the letter to the maximum of 250 grams. As the envelopes they now use are of the maximum size tolerated, it is easy to obstruct a letter box with only a dozen of such missives. The postal authorities are alarmed at this obstruction of the postal service, and it is probable that the former tariff of 2 pennants on postal cards will have to be re-established. Kansas Growing Up. It is a natural thing to ask a man, when introduced to him, what state he came from. The fact is, however, that Kansas is getting to have a big native born population. When the first census was taken in 1860 there were nearly a thousand more people living in Kansas who were born in Missouri than there were who had been born on Kansas soil. Only one-tenth of the people in the state then, including all the babies, had been born on Kansas soil. According to the last census, however, there were nearly half the people living in Kansas who were born in the state. By the time the next census is taken two-thirds of the people in the state will be native born.-Kansas City Journal. Calling a Husband on the Phone. Calling a husband up maliciously on the telephone day and night has been ruled in Massachusetts not to be an actionable misdemeanor in a wife. The judge added, however, by way of gratuitous observation, this: "I think that one having a telephone in his house could enjoy a person from continuously ringing him up day and night upon unimportant matters which he had no right to do to the loss of sleep and rest to the occupant and to his great annoyance."—Collier's Weekly. French Wealth on Down Grade: French wealth on down grade. All around nations are increasing their wealth, while we are beginning to descend the downward grade. Rival powers progress, while we remain stationary. Private initiative has shown what it can do when powerfully supported, but unfortunately the French government takes no interest in the commercial and industrial prosperity of the country—Paris Gaulois. Frank Miles Day, the well known architect and essayist of Philadelphia, stepped carefully from a Persian rug of dull green and old rose to another rug of rich blue, for the polished floor between was dark and smooth and slippery, like ice. "Rather a good polish there, I think," said Mr. Day's host, a resident of Rittenhouse square. "Remarkably good, indeed," said Mr. Day. The host just then slipped and nearly fell, and the architect, with a laugh, went on: "A friend of mine has beautiful floors and the other day sent for a floor polisher. "I want these floors polished," he said to the man as he led him about P. K. "I WANT THESE FLOORS POLISHED," the house. "They are, you perceive, fine ones. They ought to come out as lustrous as rosewood. Do you think you're capable of doing them justice? Give me some proof of your thorough competence." "That's easily done, sir," the polisher replied. "You just go and ask Colonel Snow, next door but one, about my work. He'll tell you. Why governor, on the polished floor of Colonel Snow's dining room alone five persons got broken limbs last winter, while two ladies slipped down the grand staircase during the Easter week ball, and one dislocated her hip, while the other fractured three rlbs. You ask Colonel Snow, sir. I polished that floor and that there staircase of his'n." A Pleasant Prospect. Superintendent E. C. Brennan of the volunteer life saving corps said of a freakish invention for life saving: "The man who tried to save life with that thing would have a pleasant prospect before him. Every minute or two a cord would be bound to snap or a pulley would be bound to break. The poor life saver would have as unpleasant an experience ahead of him as a friend of mine had last spring on a trout fishing trip. "My friend went trout fishing in Pike county. He got board at $3 a day at a small wooden farmhouse near a good stream. "Arriving late at night, his first meal at this farmhouse was breakfast, and when my friend came downstairs the next morning breakfast was spread on the kitchen table. "It was a splendid April morning. The sun had just risen behind the mountain tops. The dew sparkled on the grass. Birds sang. The air was sharp and sweet. "My friend was tremendously hungry, but he could not help smiling when he saw six boiled eggs ranged in a row beside his plate. "'Come, come, madam,' he said to the farmer's wife, 'I admit I've a good appetite, but you really shouldn't have boiled all those eggs. Two should have been enough.'" "Waal,' said the woman, 'ye mout as well try them six fust, an' if there hain't no good ones among 'em I'll boll ye half a dozen·more.'"—New York Tribune. Sherman's Capacity For Friendship. Mrs. Sill, then a young girl, wrote him hurriedly for the information needed, and his reply came by the next mall. It gave the full details required and covered two sheets of note paper. In it the general stated that he had just returned from a dinner party, and, though it was after midnight, he wrote at that hour in order to promote the interests of the children of his "favorite general, Morgan L. Smith." But if they had been the children of one of his favorite soldiers, were he a brave one, it would have been all the same to Sherman—Harper's Weekly. SELECTIONS LONDON MUSIC HALLS. W. T. Stead Calls the Performances "Drivel For the Dregs." "If I had to sum up the whole performance in a single phrase I should say, 'Drivel for the dregs'—only that and nothing more." In this terse sentence W. T. Stead, writing in the Review of Reviews, condenses his impressions after witnessing a full performance at a London music hall. "My first impression," he says, "was one of unutterable boredom. For three and a half solid hours I sat patiently listening to, the most insufferable banality and imbecility that ever fell upon human ears. "My second impression, which naturally followed upon the boredom, was one of wrathful indignation. It seemed intolerable that in Anno Domini 1906 the heirs of a thousand years of civilization and the product of thirty-five years of the education act should relish this inane drivel. "It was not the immorality of the thing that roused me so much as the imbecility of it all. Unlettered rusties at country fairs used to find it amusing to grin at each other through horses' collars. It would be more appropriate if the audience of last night had been fitted with the headgear of a kumbler and less intelligent congener of the horse. "My third impression was the absence, with one or two exceptions, of anything beautiful or melodious. There was not a haunting melody or a simple air in the whole jingle-jangle of valn sounds. And always, with one great exception and two small ones, there was a positive reveling in physical ugliness and ungraceful motion and poses. It is not funny. It is simply disgusting." Colns of Gilded Glass. Forty members of a large coiner's syndicate have been arrested in Paris. Hotel clerks have been their special prey. Dressed as well to do foreigners, they sometimes walked boldly into a hotel, tendered spurious gold for exchange and not infrequently complained of the rates of exchange. It was the practice of the gang to offer genuine French gold with the spurious, three or four counterfeits being mixed up in a handful of genuine coin. The spurious pieces are mostly 1856 and 1857 ten franc pieces, with the effigy of Napoleon III, and also the latest type of 1906 Republican twenty franc coins. These are admirably made. In fact, never before have spurious coins been produced to such perfection. They are made of crystal, heated to 900 degrees and cast in molds. Then by a galvanize-plastic process they have been covered with a thin coating of real gold. They have the appearance, finish, weight and sound of real coins if thrown on wood or marble. The fraud can be detected if the coin is sounded on a brass or metal counter. The Magnetic Needle That Columbus was not, as is popularly supposed, the first to note the declination of the magnetic needle has recently been graphically demonstrated by the discovery of the sun dials, dating from a time anterior to Columbus's first voyage and bearing on the compasses accompanying them lines indicating the declination of the needle. One of these, found at Innsbruck, was constructed at Nuremberg in 1451. Not only has it an engraved line indicating the declination at the time of its construction, but other lines showing the changes of direction undergone by the needle in subsequent years. Who first noted the declination of the needle is still an unsettled question. — Youth's Companion. Chinese Paper Fans The almost universal use of fans in many parts of China gives rise to an important industry. In Nanking some 60,000 or 70,000 people are employed in the work of making paper fans. Hardly any machinery except that of the simplest kind is used at present, but enterprising foreigners are investigating the possibility of supplanting hand work by machinery. Doubtless machines would reduce the demand for fanmakers to less hundreds than there are now thousands employed in Nanking, but what would happen to the displaced thousands? That is the burning question in China.-San Francisco Chronicle. Roosevelt's Strenuous Life If the account is correct, the strenuousness and the abounding vitality of President Roosevelt have been expressed by no one with more aptness than by his own wife. A man in Washington was trying to secure a plaster cast of the president's face. "How long would it take to make the cast?" Mrs. Roosevelt asked. "Twenty minutes," was the reply. "That settles it," answered Mrs. Roosevelt. "No human power could induce my husband to remain still for twenty minutes."—Leslie's Weekly. The Obstinate Poles German authorities are finding the Polish school children in the eastern provinces to be more than their match. Those children who resist the efforts of the teachers to compel them to speak German during religious instruction are hailed as heroes, and other children are fired to emulate their example. One little fellow who was laid over a chair by two teachers and soundly "strapped" for disobedience cried out, "You may whip me as much as you like, but you will not force me to pray in German!" - American Brick Co. - President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Me meter Wittine neeriyAn. MANUFATURERS OF - _ Gommonr and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: -45th and Robey Sts. with the ates Improved Well Dryer : i gee ete eh ee : Telephone Yards 128. Jas. J. 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Only & limited edition of seoreenths eeltand totocaticaly oi bered from 2 up.” First fosdere in, wil get the low pumbers in rotation except | ‘No. 1, which goes to Mrs. Sercombe. Address ee ‘2238 Calumet Ave. Ghicago, til. 40 CENTS THE COPY. $1 A YEAR. John J. Dunn zzz |lWoon eas JH. COLEWIN & CD. Express. @ Yin Moving jPnone Oakland 15238 F, A. Rawlins ‘The Modern Embslmer UNDERTAKER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR When hia work is finished you have no displensure, 4834 State St., CHICAGO Phone Dougins 1550 ICE CREAM CIGARS. TOBACCO SHIRT WAISTS KIMONAS MRS. A. E BAKER NOTIONS Soccoseooe 419—S6TH STREET Underwear a Specialty CHICAGO THE ELITE BUREET mes or THE FRONTENAG . 2B es L. JONES. 8. GRAY. The Twentieth Century | Barber Shop Agent for the Black Diamond De- ee Fine Stock of Cigars. we ar ae @) Le i Re at) Wy - j = row Se Eee enna fee ess _ ~ Shoe Styles. ‘ Pointed toes are on hand for best shoes. Purmps did not win favor, as ‘expected. The blucher cut has retaln- ed the affections of the wearer of low aboes. The Cuban heel still holds tts own. Box toes and dull leathers or else all shiny colt's skin are for ‘the ‘winter. : Pinta shoes. Bo great is the craze for plaids that ‘even footwear has succumved to It, ‘and now in addition to plaid stockings —and very pretty ones at that—shoes ‘with leather vamp and plaid cloth-up- per are worn. ‘Watstcoats Popular. ‘The waistcoat is to be much of a feature of street sults this season, as last. The tendency this fall is toward waistcoats of velvet to mateh the suit or of ebecked velvet. Fashionable Colors. In broadcloth the range of colorings 1s particularly beautiful—soft hyacinth blues, the new Russian greens, jacque- ‘minot, red and the crushed frult shades. ‘White Collars. Plain silk collars to silk shirt waists with neat turnovers of white always ‘gre £004 style. ‘Waist In Shadow Stripe. ‘The waist here shown is made of a shadow striped foule in tones of brown, with collar and cuffs of a plain brown cloth. The shield and half cuffs ‘= way SP vt f ep re SSNS: RS pO BAN A UY We i ‘ ba eI ei (_ BR Py y — a ek SEN s ay (| \ Wy \ Wy Re ai are of lace, or they might be made of the plain material, braided. ‘The front vest effect Is gained by narrow tucks turned toward the front. The sleeves may be full lexzth or shorter, and the waist is suitable to development tn any of the new waistings, including mq hair, silk, cashmere aud voile. EMANUEL’S WONDERFUL. Foot Lotion—Ointment cures corns and perspiratoin. Sore feet, etc. Ask the druggist, ointment 50 cents, per box, Lotion per bottle 50 cents. A Good Home for Children. Wanted children, either White or Colored to board and room, they will receive the care of a good mother; charges reasonable. Mrs. L. Coleman, 2830 Armour Ave., 2d flat, LL. W. Washington, General Agent for ‘The Broad Ax In the Hyde Park District. From on and after this date until further notice to the contrary, L. W. Washington, 5613 Jefferson avenue will act as the general agent for The Broad Ax, and news items and adver- tisements left with him not later than Wednesday evening or early Thursday morning prior to the day of publication, will find their way into its columns. Oiee Dt ee From on and after this date all an Mouncements of entertainments, etc. for which an admission is charged will be considereq advertising. - and will be charged for at the rate of 11 cents a line, seven words to a line The money must accompany the mit ter and reach the editor no later then ‘Thursday morning of the week ‘tn. tended for publication. This rule wil) also apply to ali personal items and matter for which no charges will be made. In other words, ail news mat- ter must reach us either on Wednes dey evening or early Thursday mort ing in order to find its way into the columas of this paper the same week it ts written, i ‘Write plainly on one side of the paper only, and address all communi- cations to The Broad Ax, 5040 Armour avenue. ‘ AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS S WANTED. The Broad Ax desires wo engage Agents and regular Correspondents 4s all the leading cities and towné throughout the country. The highest commissions paid to live bustiers farther information, address Julius. 4. A Dennett, H. D. Coghtim, O'Donnell & Coghlin Attorneys at Law Phone 264 Mam Metroplitan Block N. W. Cor. LaSalle & Rasdoich Ste. ues eee ae GRAY g MORAN ATTORNEYS AT LAW Quite 1114 Ashiand Block, Clark and Randolph Sts. Tel, Central 569. See ee <tr aia 12? TPO atte 8000 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW — a CHICAGO. ce HILLMANS WHERE EVERY PATRON Saves ON EVERY PURCHA=; Jacob F'einbergs ~— ‘Wholesale and Retail MARKET AND GROCERY TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 565 _ 81st and State Streets 4. 4. Bradiey ‘Telephone Yards 698 4. M. Fields BRADLEY & FIELDS REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE 708 &. Halsted Street CHICAGO A. D. GASH [= 94-86 La Salle At eet, Chicaco, Sue 616 0619, ‘Telephone Masa 3077. JOHN E. OWENS ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR aT Law 929 ASHLAND ‘BLOCK TELEPHONE CENTMAL vee cnicaeo POLICE MAGISTRATE Telephone Hyde Park. South Chicago 2582 Charles H. Callahan JUSTICE OF THE PEACE eT RESIDENCE: 9208 Commercial Ave., (448 Greenwood Ave. CHICAGO. Telephone Yards 6016. John Fitzgerald JUSTICE OF THE PEACE emer SOUTH HALSTED grazer. Residence 1B W. Garteld Bowl, CHICAGO | Theodore C. Mayer GEE OF THE PEACE | Tlortgages, Deeds, Notes and Legal Documents Drawn | and Acknowledged. Room 23, 37 North Chart. Sicaot ace eeeracs —. 3 CHICAGO Telephone Main 4839 es St Sets St J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney At Law. SUITE 51, 119-121 LA SALLE 8ST. CHICAGO ‘Tel. Dougias 1565 Notary Public Jesse Binga REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND RENTING FIRE INSURANCE Bates Buliding 3637 STATE STREET CHICAGO) . e Sandy W. Trice & Co. 2918 State Street New Deoartment Stor Why don’t you get in the habit of doing your trading in the New ‘Store? Every Tuesday and Friday special saleeday and two of Fish Trad- ing Stamps with each 10¢ purchase. . We carry a swell line of Ladies’ Shirtwaists, Underwear and Cor- acts. A spiendid assortment of Shoes Hosiery, Gloves, Belts, fine Purses, Laces, Ribbons, Gowns, Bracelets, M'llinery and everything you wear. We make @ specialty of Men’s Balbriggan Underwear, Hosiery, swell Waistcoats, Pants, Shoes, Fedora and Derby Hats. A beautiful line of soft Percale N cligee Shirts and Suspenders. A fancy line of Neckwear and H?Mdkerchiefs. ‘See our Novelties in Jewelry, Watch-chaina, Fobs, Cuff-buttons, Studs and Safety Pins. Boys’ Suits, Pants, Hats, Shoes and Shirts. | Geer Montaomerys DR. J. ARTHUR COTTON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON | Hours: Omce: Sollam 233_22ND ST. 2 to4p.m Tel. 8243 Calumet 7to9 Dp m. CHICAGO s { Ses! Soveras** Mr. W. A. Marshall Physician aud Surgeon Wours—10 to 12 A.M. 2 to 5:30 P. M. | and nights—Sundays, 3 to 5 P. M. Special Hours by Appointment. $82 STATE STREET © CHICAGO Medical Examiner and Court Physician for the Foresters No. 7895. — Js Brewer : Phone 194 South : | A. B. SCHULTZ, M. D, ence = Siiitiesr mw CHICAGO Dr. M. J. Brown ry free clinics at Provident Hos- pital free dispensary eye, ear, toe ‘and throat department, Mohday, Wed- = and Friday. Huurs 2 to 4 SOUTH SIDE __ » TAILORING Co. Not Incorporated. :~ George M. Oatts, Prop. PAMre mata ‘ts Onder ‘pase. SE Soa ae — elephons-Hiyde Park s0x7,