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WHITE vs. BLACK THERE IS NOT MUCH ROOM IN HEAVEN FOR THE NEGRO A Strong Editorial From the "Morning Star," Indianapolis, Ind. WHITE THERE IS NOT IN HEAVY THE N A Strong Editor "Morning St apolis When religious denominations shy at the sight of a man with a black skin they ought not to complain if scoffers smile. Perhaps "it is a sin" for phillistines "to sit and grin" at their perturbation, but, being phillistines, they will do it. The Methodist brethren have for some time been disturbed by the color question, and now have pending a proposed amendment to the constitution of that church which will permit the election of Negro bishops whose episcopal jurisdiction shall be limited to the churches attended by members of their own race. This, it is thought, will tend to the establishment of separate churches and will help to a solution of the problem. By confining the Colored bishops each to his own special diocese they will be prevented from trespassing on sacred white territory, while, at the same time, the white bishops may go whither the will of the General Conference sends them—even to the point of supervising Negro churches. The Episcopal church is now struggling with the same problem. In many sections of the country this church has been regarded as very hospitable to Negroes, freely admitting them to membership when desired. It is a common thing to see Colored men and women in Episcopal congregations, especially in the smaller towns and cities. They are never very numerous, of course, but this may be accounted for by the fact that Episcopalians, whites and blacks, combined, are not numerically strong. Perhaps because the number of Negroes who wish to ally themselves with this church is commonly too small to arouse any serious objection on the part of the white members or to make it possible for them to form a separate congregation the subject has not hitherto been openly agitated. Now, however, it has become an important issue, and so strong is the opposition that many delegates at the triennial convention not only object to the appointment of Colored bishops, but would bar Negroes from membership in the church. This element would close all Negro missions and allow the communicants to die or become identified with other churches. In other words, if Negroes are to get to heaven, it is desired that they shall travel by some other than the Episcopal route. The whole matter resolves itself into the question of what the church and its mission is. As generally defined by protestants, in substantial accord with the Articles of the Church of England, it is "a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached and the sacrament duly administered in all those things that are of necessity requisite so the same." The pure word of God is commonly understood to be the gospel which the risen Lord enjoined upon His disciples to preach to every creature. Presumably He meant black as well as white "creatures," since He made no distinction of race or color, and Africans and other strange peoples were by no means unknown in Jerusalem and round about in that day. Critics of the church have sometimes charged it with being a club, largely social in its organization and with quite another standard of admission than the mere desire for salvation on the part of any applicant. This charge is violently resented by the ministerial profession and other friends of the church, but these same persons resent with equal energy the assumption that it is any part of a church's duty to extend welcome to shabby and obviously unimportant strangers; the entire rift of pulpit opinion expressed in the recent discussion of the subject being that a church is exclusively a place in which to worship the Almighty—a place in which to lay off worldly cares and considerations. It appears, however, that the tendency is to limit these worshipers to persons whose skin, if not precisely and literally white, has in it no tinge of the African variety of darkness. It is not denied that Negroes have souls, or that these souls stand sadly in need of saving. The point is that the saving must be done in other quarters than where white people gather to praise God and to thank Him that they are not as other men—black men, for instance. And yet—and yet, there is authority for the belief that the white man's Lord is the Lord of all, and that He knows no difference between small and great, rich and poor, bond and free. Only some of His people wish to save their own souls in an exclusive way—to travel to heaven by a special route into which only their own shall enter. Verily, these good people—and they are truly and sincerely good, according to their light—are strangely lacking in a saving sense of humor. It is their misfortune, not their fault.—The Morning Star, Indianapolis, Ind., October 16, 1907. The editor of The Star, has in a very few words expressed the whole truth in reference to the prejudice which the majority of the white Christians entertain against the Negro simply on account, of the color of his skin, and they do not want the Negro to worship their white Jesus, and for our part we are frank to admit that the white Christians are about right in this respect, for what the Negro needs most in the way of religion is a black Jesus and a heaven of his own here on this earth, and give up the foolish idea of being transported to some imaginary heaven which is supposed to exist somewhere in space, millions and millions of miles beyond the starry skies. For it hath been said that so far only one Negro has ever entered heaven, and it is claimed that he arrived at its outer gates just about noontime, and that after he was finally admitted St. Peter took in the situation and he ascertained that the Negro was from South Carolina, and St. Peter ordered his clerk to look up his past record and after searching and looking for a long time the clerk found that the Negro had been charged with stealing a shout down in South Carolina. Then St. Peter stepped forward and informed the Negro that he believed he was a good Christian, that the only thing that stood against him was his hog stealing record, which would prevent him from mingling with the saints in glory, and after the Negro had been provided with a good big dinner he was very politely turned out of heaven! This simple illustration indicates that there is not much room in heaven for the Negro editor. CHICAGO, OCTOBER 26, 1907. [Name not visible in the image] Head of the Well Known Legal Firm, Tolman, Redfield and Sexton Stock Exchange Building, who Would Make an Ideal Candidate for States Attorney of Cook County in 1908 CHARITY BALL FOR PROVIDENT HOSPITAL. Plans are well under way for a magnificent public affair to be given sometime in January, 1908, for the benefit of Provident hospital. The management is in the hands of members of the official board and many of our most prominent and public spirited citizens. No expense is to be spared to secure the most beautiful hall, charming decorations and the best dance music. The management appeals to our citizens to give hearty support to this effort to meet the financial obligations of an institution of which we are all justly proud. The public will be informed from time to time through the columns The Broad Ax of the progress of preparations and announcement of details. PREFERS WHITES TO OWN RACE. Mrs. McKinley Tella Court of Doctor's Likes and Dislikes. To starve among whites rather than have plenty by treating members of his own race was Dr. J. Frank McKinley's idea of existence, although himself of Colored origin, according to his former wife, Mrs. Maud Cuney Hare, who testified before Judge Barnes yesterday afternoon at a hearing involving their daughter, Vera, 7 years old. Mrs. Hare now seeks to gain possession of the child, whom, she asserts. Dr. McKinley promised to leave in her custody if she allowed him to procure a divorce. The principals were divorced in July, 1904, before Judge Kavanagh. At the time the girl was with her father and her mother was at Washington. The custody of the child was given to the father, but later the decree was modified and for a part of each year the girl was permitted to live with each. Shortly after their marriage in 1898 Mrs. Hare said she and Dr. McKinley came to Chicago, and in order to increase his practice he sought to hide all appearances of his racial origin. Few Colored persons who called on the McKinleys while they lived at the Du Chess hotel made a second visit, Mrs. Hare said. Mrs. Hare also testified that Dr. McKinley told her after their marriage that neither he nor she was Colored, but that they were Spanish-Americans. "When Vera was born a certificate was presented at the city hall by Dr. McKinley, showing that she was born Jan. 6, 1800, of Spanish-American parents." Mrs. Hare said. "He told me that he would rather practice among whites and starve than live in plenty and treat Colored persons. I told him I would not starve." Through the hearing Dr. McKinley was present and at one point Mrs. Hare appealed to him for protection from the questions of his counsel. Mrs. Hare lives in Boston and is a member of St. Mark's Congregational church. She is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music and gives lessons in music—The Evening News, Oct. 23, 1907. It was further brought out in the testimony, that Doctor McKinley is residing on Oakwood Blvd., that he was recently married to a white lady Miss Caroline I. Ennis, who is the owner of the Huntington Hotel and that he wants nothing to do with Colored people, except that class, who are endeavoring to play white and denounce and condemn, every Colored man and woman in the presence of white men and women. BLACK DIAMOND STOCK FOR SALE BY JULIUS F. TAYLOR The second annual meeting of the stockholders of the Black Diamond Development Company, was held last Thursday evening at Odd Fellows hall, 3335 State street, and after the reports were read as to the condition and progress of the company in which it was set forth in the reports that the company ceased selling treasury stock, the first of last April, and that no more of its stock would be offered for sale by the company under no condition, and that the stock is now worth 50 cents a share; that well No. 9 will be "brought in" the first of this coming week and that 9 gas wells will then be in full operation. With these facts before us and with the further fact that Revs. J. F. Thomas, A. J. Carey, W. L. Taylor, of Richmond, Va., and other well known citizens have recently visited Chanute, Kan, and inspected the property belonging to the Black Diamond Development Company and they have all brought back such glowing reports as to the bright prospects of the company, that its stock is in great demand, and as the company has none for sale, the undersigned has entered into a deal whereby Black Diamond stock in blocks of 50 to 5,000 shares or more, can be secured a little below the present market price of 50 cents. Now is the time to get in on the ground floor and secure some stock in the Black Diamond Development Company, for it is a winner. For further information call on or address Julius F. Taylor, editor The Broad Ax, 503$ Armour Ave. Mrs. Thomas Merrith, wife of the late Rev. Thomas Merrith of Kansas City, Kansas, Is in the city to spend a few weeks' visit with her brother, Rev. Jacob Demby, 6450 Champlain Ave., assisted by her daughter, Mrs. Merrith conducts a good hairdressing and manicuring business which enables her to live comfortably at home and travel at will. Tillman's Argument Now Needs Doctoring The Letten Case In Louisiana Shows Where the "Race Mixtures" Comes In White Man Forsakes All for His Negro Mistress—Crushing Answer to "The Clansman" Thomas Dixon's drama "The Clansman" was just being advertised to play here on the 15th inst. to show the white people how wild a Negro man goes over the charms of the white woman and how the Klu Klux clans organized to protect the white woman from the lusts of the beastly Negro, when Charles Emile Letten, a white man, a man whose probity was always pointed to as worthy of emulation, a man whose exemplary conduct as a gentleman, as a husband and as a father formed the basis for the claim of the white man's superiority in the matter of domestic and civic virtues, family ties and honor, a man who was so universally recognized as the paragon of all honor and all integrity as to have made it a matter of unprudonable presumption and stupidity for the great State of Louisiana ever to dare to require him to give security for the safety of three quarters of a million of dollars, of the State's money which would have to be handled annually by him as chief clerk in the First District Tax Collector's office in this city, turned out to be, according to the findings of the grand jury, a deliberate adulterer, a devoted admirer to the extent of stealing and giving $500 per week to a Negro mistress for 192 weeks and a grand emzzeller of the State's fund in the stupendous sum of over one hundred and sixteen thousand dollars! Just think of it for a moment! A high-toned white gentleman, 58 years of age, with wife and children to support giving a "Nigger wench," as inspector of Police Whittaker called her, five hundred dollars a week, every week for four long years and stealing the money to do so! Antone Dubuclet, a Negro man, now dead, was state Treasurer in the much denounced reconstruction days in this State and not a penny of the millions he handled ever went wrong or to any white mistress for her smiles. Doctor A. Wilberforce Williams Re-elected President of the Black Diamond Development Company. George W. Murray Secretary. The newly elected directors of the Black Diamond Development Company last Saturday afternoon met at 188 Madison street, and elected the following officers of the company for the coming year. Doctor A. Wilberforce Williams, President; W. L. Taylor, Richmond, Va., First Vice President; L. L. Jones, who made the company give him a large block of stock to pay himself for selling his own stock and boosting himself up in the newspapers as the new and the greatest "Captain of high finance that the Afro-American race has so far produced." Second Vice President; A. J. Carey, Treasurer, and George W. Murray, Secretary. During the meeting of the directors, a strong effort was made to elect L. L. Jones secretary over George W. Murray, who has proven himself a successful business man and is more able to read and write and keep books in an intelligent manner, and Mr. Jones who has grown rich since he has become con- No. 3 What crushing answer is this Charles Emile Letten's stolen five hundred dollars a week given to a Negress every week for four years to Thomas Dixon, Jr.'s drama, "The Clansman"? And Letten's explanation of his conduct is that he always found Virginia Reed beautiful and charming though other people say the woman has big mouth, big nose, clumy hands, big feet and kinky hair. Whether this latter description fits Virginia Reed or not does not matter. If it does, it shows that this paragon of honor, C. E. Letten, a white, was crazy about her, would steal for her and was willing to go to jail for her. There is very little sympathy for Virginia Reed among the Negro people. She does not deserve any. She ought to have known better than to have permitted this white man's attention. The deal she is getting is invariably the deal every Negro woman who permits a white man to play with her honor gets when trouble comes out of the intimacy between them. She has been dragged to jail and locked up on charges of perjury and receiving stolen money, knowing the money to have been stolen. The amount of bond she must furnish to get out of jail is $52,000. All her property personal and real, has been sequestered. Yet Leten in his confession declares that she did not know he was stealing the money he was giving her, as he always represented himself to her as a rich man who successfully speculated in the cotton business.—New Orleans Times (Dem.) It would seem that it is about time for that class of white men in the South who put in their time during the day in damning the Negro, drinking whiskey, and making love at night to the most depraved class of Colored women, to set up a loud, long howl, to the effect that "the Negro, is spending all his time in plotting how to shine in white Southern society." —Editor. nected, with the Black Diamond Development Company by securing its stock for almost a song and selling it for 50 cents a share, would have been elected secretary if W. L. Taylor who thought he was helping the Black Diamond Development company out when he bought over five thousand shares of stock from Mr. Jones which turned out to be his own private stock would have voted for him. Instead of voting for Mr. Murray for secretary, notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Jones is no more qualified to fill that responsible and important position than the boss devil is of conducting a Sunday school in the amen corner of heaven! Fred. A. Wescott general manager of the Black Diamond Development company, who came on to attend the second annual meeting of its stockholders, returned to the field at Chanute, Kan., Wednesday evening. Mrs. Hornsby, one of Boston's most fashionable dressmakers, is visiting Chicago, with a design to making the west her future home. At present she is stopping with Mrs. Solomon Taylor, 33rd and Rhodes Ave. THE BROAD AX. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true purpose of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestant, Presbyterian, Infantry, Farmers, Single-Woman, Protestant, cane, Knights of Kirk, and so on; our else can have theirs as long as their language is proper and reasonable is fired. The Broad AX is a newspaper whose platform is tough 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. Year. $2.00 Months. 1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 500 Armour Avenue, Chicago. WILLIE S. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago, as Second-class Matter. HOW THEY EDUCATE THE BLACKS. Injustice in Distribution of School Fund in the South. A favorite theme of Southern orators and writers is the magnanimity displayed by the Southern white people in furnishing schools for Negro children in that section. An attempt has been made in several Southern States to appropriate for Colored schools only the taxes paid by Colored people for that purpose. In each instance wise heads among the white people have stopped it. The reason is now becoming known. If Colored people continue in the next ten years to increase their real estate holdings at their present rate, the taxes paid by them will be very much more than is now allotted to them. In fact, it appears that within a very short time in most Southern States the black man's taxes will be used to educate white children as is now being done in South Carolina, according to the following statement which cannot be contradicted: South Carolina is not a 'believer in Negro education. Its school reports show that for the year ending June 30, 1906, there were enrolled 147,053 white pupils in 2,674 schools, with 3,633 teachers. The cost of maintaining these schools were $1,538,565.13. For the same year 170,022 Negro children were enrolled in its public schools, or 24,000 more than there were white children. The appropriation for these Colored pupils was only $259,932.86, or about one-sixth of the amount appropriated for the white children. The injustice of these figures is all the more apparent from the fact that the Colored people of that State paid during that year $278,477.16 in school taxes, so that $18,544.30 of the money contributed by them to the cause of education was appropriated to the use of the white children.—The Odd Fellows' Journal. GETS MONEY FOR PATENT. Negro Inventor Gets Rich. Birmingham, Ala., Saturday.—Andrew J. Beard, a Birmingham Negro, who has invented several car couplers and other appurtenances which are being adopted by various railroad systems throughout the country and which have netted him between $30,000 and $40,000, has just patented an improved coupler and is about to close a deal for the sale to a Northern railroad for $10,000. Beard is ambitious to win the prize offered by the government for the most perfect car coupler as a safety device.—The Citizen, Memphis, Tenn. HITTING THE BULL'S EYE. That which worries us is that the Negro haters are anxious to keep the Negro men separate from the white women, but they do not care about keeping the white men separate from the Negro women. They allow the latter to ride together even on the tail end of the street cars in this city. See for yourselves — The Planet, Richmond, Va. In this instance editor Mitchell, has struck the bull's eye right square in the center. For the majority of the white gentlemen in the South, would rather suffer death than to forego the extreme pleasure of embracing their Colored female iovers. MEYER ASSURES PUBLISHERS. Declares There Will Be No Increase In Second Class Postal Rates. Postmaster General Meyer announced at the banquet of the Federation of Trade Press Associations, held last week in Washington, that he would not recommend an increase in the rates on second class matter. "The postoffice department is not a money making concern," he said. "It does not have to return a cash dividend to its patrons, but it does desire to render the best dividend to the people of the United States by its service and in that way to give as much satisfaction as possible." ```markdown ``` WALLER IS DEAD. Word was received here yesterday that Capt. John L. Waller, formerly of Kansas, had passed away at his home in Yonkers, N. Y. He was one of the most widely known Negroes in the West, and during his residence in this state he was a leader in politics, having served as minister to Hati during Harrison's administration. Capt. Waller's career was one of the most romantic of any man that ever lived in Kansas, which we will publish in full next week. A host of Colored and white friends sympathise with the bereaved family.—The Plaindealer, Topeka, Kan. GRAVES TO BE GOTHAM EDITOR. Southerner Accepts Position at Head of American Staff. ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 19.—John Temple Graves, editor of the Georgian, has accepted the chief editorship of the New York American. Between Nov. 10 and 15 he will sever local business relations and resume work in the eastern metropolis. It is understood that Mr. Graves' salary will be $15,000 a year. If John Temple Graves endeavors to start a race riot in New York City like he did in Atlanta in September, 1906, he will soon learn where he will get off at. REFUSED LICENSES. Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 20.—The Montgomery city council unanimously refused to grant license to Negroes to sell whiskey in Montgomery. There was no debate. Licenses were granted to 164 white saloon-keepers. This is another sample of fair dealing with the Negro in the state run by Prof. Booker T. Washington. CHIPS Mr. Robt. Leach, 3216 State St. is visiting friends in Xenia, O. Mrs. Minnie Lee, 3628 Wabash ave. is visiting friends in St. Paul. Mr. Geo. Bynum, 2964 State St. has gone to French Lick Springs to regain health. Its easy to try Sa-Ban-dy. Send 10c. Mention The Broad Ax. See advertisement. Mrs. Sallie Wheeler, 4828 Grand Boul., is spending a few weeks in Columbus, Mo. Mr. Leonard H. Haley, 3153 Forest Ave. is spending a few weeks in Louisville, Ky. Mrs. Senora Seldon Yerby, 64th and Evans Ave., who has been so severely ill is improving. Mrs. G. W. McKoin of St. Louis, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Joseph B. Crum, 814 Inglewood Ave. Mr. Chas. Hall of Washington, D. C., is spending a few days in the city en route to northern Wisconsin. The Marquette Club entertained a number of its friends at a prize whist party, 3204 La Salle St., friday night Captain R. E. Moore has been in Provident Hospital during the present week for an operation by Dr. Dan Williams. WANTED—Situation by a number one young lady stenographer; familiar with a number of the standard machines. Phone 6562 Douglas. Mr. Julius Seals, 1409 Indiana Ave., after an absence of two years which time he has spent in New York, has returned to the city. Mr. and Mrs. George E. Brennan have removed from 6445 Yale Ave. to 7155 Yale Ave., and they are now at home to their friends. Dr. Spencer Dickerson of New Bedford, Mass., is visiting friends in the city. Dr. Dickerson is well known by many Chicagoans. Mr. Henry Smith, 3417 Dearborn St., entertained a small party of friends at a card party at his home last Saturday evening. A fine supper was served. Mr. and Mrs. Lapsley, 5028 Denborn St., entertained a number of friends at dinner Wednesday night in honor of their guest Mr. Ewing of Alaska. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Owens entertained a number of young folks at their home, 2841 Dearborn St., Tuesday evening, in honor of their daughter Edna's birthday. Mr. J. Edgar French of this city and Mrs. Lucy Overstreet, a graduate of Provident Hospital, now living in Frankfort, Ky., will be married in the near future. Doctor William E. Mackey can always be found at his new office, 3111 State street, where he occupies a nice suite of rooms and where he will be delighted to greet his many friends and patients! John G. Jones has returned home from a ten days business trip to Seals and Montgomery, Ala., where he delivered several lectures, and was royally received by the best class of white and Colored citizens. Bishops Grant, Shaffer and Revs. W. L. Taylor, A. J. Carey, J. F. Thomas and Fred A. Wescott, and L. L. Jones, are on the eve of organizing a new gas and oil company and to develop seven hundred and twenty acres of gas lands near Chanute, Kan It is said that Fred A. Wescott will be manager of the new company and L. L. Jones its secretary with a young white man to learn him how to keep books. The formal "open meeting" of the Woman's Auxiliary of St. Thomas Episcopal church Friday afternoon, was well attended by the members of the society and a large number of especially invited guests. The president's address on "Missionary Work," was readily responded to by many of the visitors, after which a fine collation was served. Mrs. Wm. Emanuel and Mrs. F. E. McDonald are the principal officers of the association. FOR SALE. We advertise Bargains Only. Our prices are the Lowest. Our Terms the Most Reasonable to be had on the South Side. Just think, only $300 to $500 down! Three story brick flat building, containing 4, 4 and 6 rooms, with baths, interior newly finished, 38th and Elmwood Ave. Can rent for $60 per month. Price for quick sale ..... $5,000 Eight room brick residence, porcelain bath, open plumbing, furnace heated, oak trim throughout. Price ..... $4,000 If you don't see what you want, ask for it. NEIGHBORS, MERRIWEATHER & COMPANY. Phone 4965 Douglas. 3916 State St. FINE MODERN BRICK TEN-ROOM HOUSE ON WABASH AVE., FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS. If you are looking for a home or an investment in Chicago real estate, you cannot do any better than secure the modern brick ten-room house, with all modern conveniences and in good repair; good stable in the rear. This fine property is located on Wabash ave., near 34th street and at present it is rented for $50 per month. Price $6,000, and it can be secured by paying $500 to $1,000 in cash, rest on easy terms. If you want to buy call on the editor of The Broad Ax, 5040 Armour Ave., and he will escort you to the owner of the property. MODERN BRICK AND STONE FRONT HOUSE ON .RHODES AVE., FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS. Now is the time to buy a modern nine room brick and stone front house on Rhodes Ave., near 32 street: This lovely building which at the present time rents for $30 per month can be secured by paying $500 down and the remainder on easy or monthly payments, $4,000 is the reasonable price for this property and it is worth a great deal more, but the owner is hard up and must sell. If you are interested dear reader in this dandy bargain, call on the editor of The Broad Ax, 5040 Armour Ave., and he will put you next to the owner of the property. MILLINERY AND TRAINING SCHOOL At Bethesda Baptist church, 3823 Wabash ave., afternoon class at 2 P. M., evening class 7 P. M. Mme. Randolph instructor. Making a Monkey of Him. Reggy Sapp--Yeas, the young lady from Boston said I reminded her of a beautiful flower. Wealy, don't you think I resemble a pansy? Miss Tabasco--Yeas, a chimpanzee-- Chicago News. It Made No Difference. Edith—If Jack Barlow were to propose to me I wouldn't know whether to say yes or no. Maud—Well, don't; worry, dear; I accepted him last night—New York American. A Shrewd Scheme. Gerald—How did you succeed in getting your father to consent to our marriage? Geraldine—I got mother to oppose it—New York Press. A Twr. Mr. Wr. wood Miss Phr, And he kr. When Miss Phr. left, then Wr. Kr. ar. BUCKING AN ICE FLOE. An Incident In One of Peary's Aristia Exploration Trials. One of the most striking passages in Robert E. Peary's "Nearcast the Pole" is his description of the action of an ice floe which threatened his ship. He writes: "Its slow, resistens motion was frightful, yet fascinating. Thousands of tons of smaller ice which the big floe drove before it the Roosevelt had easily and gracefully turned under her sloping bliges, but the edge of the big floe rose to the plank sheer, and a few yards back from its edge was an old pressure ridge, which rose higher than the bridge deck. This was the crucial moment. For a minute or so, which seemed an age, the pressure was terrific. The Roosevelt's ribs and interior bracing cracked like the discharge of musketry, the deck amidships bulged up several inches, while the main rigging shook slack and the masts and rigging shook as in a violent gale. Then, with a mighty tremor and a sound which reminded me of an athlete intaking his breath for a supreme effort, the ship shook herself free and jumped upward till her propeller showed above water. The big floe snapped against the edge of the ice foot forward and aft and under us, crumpling up its edge and driving it inshore some yards, then came to rest, and the commotion was transferred to the outer edge of the floe, which crumbled away with a dull roar as other floes smashed against it and tore off great pieces in their onward rush, leaving the Roosevelt stranded, but safe." On another occasion it required thirty-five and a half hours of incessant strain and struggle to clear a way through the obstructing ice floes to the open water beyond. Mr. Peary says: "The Roosevelt fought like a gladiator, turning, twisting, straining with all her force, smashing her full weight against the heavy floes whenever we could get room for a rush and rearing upon them like a steeplechaser taking a fence. Ah, the thrill and tension of it, the lust of battle, which crowded days of ordinary life into one! The forward rush, the gathering speed and momentum, the crash, the upward heave, the grating snarl of the ice as the steel shod stem split it as a mason's hammer splits granite or trod it under or sent it right and left in whirling fragments, followed by the violent roll, the backward rebound and then the gathering for another rush were glorious." At such times the physical tension was intense: "Every one on deck hung with breathless interest on our movement, and as Bartlett and I clung in the rigging I heard him whisper through teeth clinched from the purely physical tension of the throbbing ship under us: 'Give it to 'em, Teddy; give it to 'em!' More than once did a fireman come panting on deck for a breath of air, look over the side, mutter to himself, 'By thunder, she's got to go through!' then drop into the stakehold, with the result a moment later of an extra belch of black smoke from the stack and an added turn or two to the propeller." A. Whirlwind Ship. "Typhonold," a word derived from a Greek term meaning whirlwind, has been applied to a new type of boat invented by a French engineer, who seeks to do away with the present day screw propeller. The new screw is placed at the bow of the boat instead of at the stern, and it is believed that by it the centrifugal displacement and the central void of the present type are converted into benefits, and the limit to the advantageous increase in velocity of rotation of the propeller is removed. The apparatus is designed to work by suction in the manner of a waterspout. The inventor figures that his boat, with a thirty-two and a half inch screw, will go through the water at a rate of more than sixty-two miles an hour. The Picture Postal Card. The picture or souvenir postal card is probably doing more to make the world known to the untraveled than all the geographies and gazetteers. There is scarcely a village anywhere in the domain of the postal union that has not had its picture taken for a postal card impression in black or white or in colors, and thus its humble fame has been carried over seas and introduced to the four corners of the Union. All the allens and prodigal sons cannot return for the old home week celebrations, but, thanks to the man who invented the picture postal card, they may be reminded: the old home scenes at an expenditure of a few cents—New York Sun. Tough Bodies Tibet's army is to be modernized, and with it probably will be the grand lama's military medical staff corps. The sick Tibetan soldier, it was reported a year ago, was put through a sort of faith healing process. An army physician of the old school chalked a prescription on a board. The marital patient washed off the lettering and drank the rhinings. The plan of the younger doctor was simpler. He scrwled his prescription on a piece of paper and gave it to the invalid to chew and swallow. Windmills and Electricity Windmills and Electricity. The use of windmills for generating electric current has given favorable results in the tests for the Danish government made by Professor La Cour. The four wing wheel proves to be the best form. With such a wheel having fifteen square yards of surface he obtained two horsepower from a wind of twenty feet per second and ten horsepower from a wind of thirty-five feet per second. The plant will feed 450 incandescent lamps, with some are lamps and motors.-Maxwell's Tallisman. WASHINGTON LETTER [Special Correspondence.] [Special Correspondence.] No ruler in the world has so luxurious a private railway station as the one which is now nearly completed for the president at Washington. Officially this new private station will be known as the executive annex, and it will consist of an entire wing of the new Union railway station, which covers more ground than any other building in America and is the biggest station in the world. Built of white marble, it will be uncommonly beautiful. But its distinctive and most conspicuous architectural feature is the presidential wing, which comprises a superb entrance for carriages, a vast state reception room, a private room for the chief magistrate and several other apartments. Closed to the Public. This wing when not in use by the president will be closed against all visitors. It will be thrown open, however, on order from the White House to receive foreign dignitaries calling at Washington as well as important officials of our own government, who will pass through it on arriving and departing from Washington. They, however, will use the entrances opening upon a portico on the east side. The president's entrance will be reserved for him and his suit. The President's Room. The president's room, as it is called, will be most beautifully and luxuriously furnished. Costly oriental rugs will cover the floors. The ceiling will be done in gold and color, and the walls will be paneled in blue silk. In the middle will be a table suitable for writing, provided with a solid silver inkstand and other appurtenances to match, this and all the other articles of furniture being of mahogany. All of this luxury will not cost the chief executive a penny, but will be paid for out of the pockets of the railroad companies. The State Reception Room. For receiving high foreign dignitaries is provided the state reception room, into which the vestibule opens. Thanks to an arrangement conveniently made for the purpose, the president can step directly out of his private room into this great apartment, which is 70 feet long by 30 feet wide. The railroads are going to try to make the state reception room the most beautiful apartment in the United States. Its vaulted ceiling will be exquisitely frescoed in colors, and its furnishings of red leather and mahogany will be the finest that money can buy. The floor will be a parquet of rare woods highly polished and with priceless rugs scattered about. The Main Station. The main part of the station contains the largest room in the world-760 feet in length. It is called the concourse, is roofed in with glass in a magnificent arch and is intended as a gathering place for people who are waiting for trains. The novel features of the building are a room set aside for the exclusive use of invalids (a physician being always on hand) and a small morgue for use in case of fatal railroad accidents. Would, Light, Playgrounds That the playgrounds should be lighted so that they can be kept open at night is one of the suggestions made in the annual report of Dr. Henry S. Curtis, supervisor of the Washington Playgrounds association, to the District commissioners. He says that it has been found in other cities where this is done the attendance during the summer at least is larger between 7 and 9:30 o'clock in the evening than at any other time. The total attendance at the playgrounds for the year was 272,732. Last year was the first in which the playgrounds were kept open after the beginning of school, and the attendance during the fall and spring months was nearly as great as during the summer. Curios From the Philippines. Curios from the Philippines. Samuel D. Crawford, an Erle (Pa.) man, who is a lieutenant colonel in the Philippine constabulary and has been in the islands over six years, recently presented to the president a number of curiosities from the islands. Among these were a head ax, a dangerous weapon made by hand process by the Igorotes, the wildest and most uncivilized of the Philippine tribes; a G string, which is a fine piece of cloth for wrapping the body, and some aromatic tobacco, grown in the mountains of the islands. Jap Sword For Roosevelt. Jap Sword For Roosevelt. When Tanlemon Hitachiyama, the Japanese wrestler, left Japan to come to this country his one ambition was to have an audience, with President Roosevelt. Because of his achievements as a wrestler his native town of Mito some years ago presented him a solid gold jewelled sword, such as used by the famous warriors of Japan in the days of old. Hitachiyama asked permission of his townsmen to present this sword to President Roosevelt, and permission was readily given. The wrestler had the sword with him when he called upon the president and made a formal presentation of it. The president said that in view of the fact that the sword represented the good wishes of Japanese citizens he would accept it. He praised the Japanese as the greatest swordsmen in the world. Upon the return of the president from his western and southern trip he will receive' the Japanese champion and some of his suit of wrestlers and will witness an exhibition of the Sumo style of wrestling, as it is called in Japan. The Japanese ambassador will also be present. Hitachiyama belongs to the old samurai, or warrior, class of Japan and began his career as a wrestler when he was seventeen years old. He is now thirty-four years old. CARL SCHOFIELD. FACTS IN FEW LINES Americans are the best, Russians the next best dancers. The construction work last year in the District of Columbia amounted to $13,000,000. In two big trunks left unclaimed on a Hoboken steamship pier recently a customs inspector has found 800 pounds of Sumatra wrapper. William Ryan, a fake cripple, arrested in New York, was weighted down with twenty pounds of small coin secured under his bandages. The Himalayan peak of Trisul, the summit of which is 23,406 feet above sea level, has been ascended by Dr. Longstaff. The cold on top was quite arctic. The Haitian government is going to export the silver coin in the treasury and sell it as bullion. It's worth much more disposed of that way than used as currency. After a double wedding in Memphis the bridegrooms put their wives on a steamer to take a trip to Cincinnati, and the men went to work, they said, to get sufficient money to furnish their homes. Twice as many women as men ride in the cabs of New York city. A lone woman or two women are far more frequently seen than one or two men, and as a rule a man is accompanied by a woman. A work car of the Western Ohio railroad painted red maddened a bull near Wapakoneta, and he charged at it with such force that the car was thrown off the track and the road blocked for two hours. Fishermen along the Hudson river from Albany to Piermont are marveling at the mysterious return to those waters in great numbers of crabs, which have been growing scarcer each year for the last two decades. The Savannah Press looks forward to the time when express agents in "dry towns" will be sending out notices like this: "Dear Sir-Your package of books has arrived, and you should call for them at once, as they are leaking." Secretary Wilson of the agricultural department gave the visiting zoologists from abroad an increased idea of our public works when he told them that congress annually appropriates $5,000,000 for the three zoological bureaues of his department. In the old days when Robson and Crane played "The Henrietta" a check for $40,000 that was passed on the stage was marveled at for its size. In a play now running a similar check transaction involving $6,000,000 attracts less attention. The waterworks of Hongkong are to be increased by a reservoir holding 1,200,000,000 gallons. It will involve the construction of a dam sixty feet high across the shallow head of Tytam bay. The government has advertised for tenders for the building of this dam William G. McAdoo, who is at the head of the company that is digging tunnels under the river to aid in New York's transportation system, does not wish to have his name used in connection with the work. He thinks "Hudson tunnels" is sufficient and more appropriate. Boswell G. Pearce of Flemming, Ky., has been the victim of one of the most novel thefts ever recorded. About 5,500 pounds of tobacco which he had in a barn located about a quarter of a mile from his house was stolen in some mysterious manner, and the thieves left not a single trace. The municipal debts of the country are approximately $1,100,000,000, a sum larger than is owed by the federal government and all the state governments. Of the total it is worth while to note New York contributes, when all sinking fund deductions are made, about one-fourth. Vladivostok is now said to have the appearance of a semi-Chinese town. The higher wages paid in Siberla and in the Amur provinces are attracting the Chinese. As far inland as Irkutsk they are busy as truck and fruit farmers, coming to the railway stations to dispose of their produce to passengers. Bolton, Conn., is without police or fire, protection, but there are thirty-seven telephone subscribers in the town, and they have hit upon the scheme of using the phone as a fire and burglar alarm. Eight sharp rings will henceforth bring at least thirty-seven persons to the assistance of a subscriber. Ell Taylor of Fairfax, Vt., accosted Amos Rugg, who was pushing a wheelbarrow, and asked him what he would charge to wheel him home, three miles distant. Mr. Rugg thought $2 would be a fair price, and the offer was taken. Mr. Rugg stopped only once, then to take off his coat, and covered the distance in about an hour. To elderly people London is no longer a pleasant place of residence. The streets have become a labyrinth of horror and difficulty, a region of hideous sounds and foul smells. With motor busses toppling over on the sidewalk and private motors knocking down ammpposts and impinging on the shelters, the unfortunate citizen knows not whether to wend his trembling steps. Many women in Munich support themselves by street sweeping. It does not follow that they are lifelong citizens of the city because they brush and carry away the dirt of its streets. The recruits of this army come from the country, strapping daughters of small farmers or laborers, and the task is a coveted one to these stout and wholesome young women, so that there is always a waiting list. They dress in a kind of uniform, Tyrolese hat of green with a feather on the side, blue petticoat, red jacket and a neckerpole. Selections THE GULF STREAM. its Edges So Sharply Defined That ‘They Are Visible. ‘That the edges of the gulf stream are so sharply defined that they are visible has been reported on more than ‘one occasion. The phienomenon was re- cently witnessed by Captain James ‘Horne of the British ship Loch Garry on a recent trip from Australia to Bos- ton. A writer in Shipping Illustrated says: “The Loch Garry.a few days be- fore arrival at Boston lay becalmed, ‘when a ripple on the sea surface aroused anticipation not of wind, as ‘was supposed, but of the close proxim- {ty of the mighty river in the ocean ‘known as the gulf stream. Spars, lum- ber, a life buoy and other flotsam were ‘borne past the ship to the eastward at the rate of about a couple of miles an hour, yet the vessel herself remained 4m the unaffected portion of the ocean, which served, as it were, as a bank for the comparatively warm waters of the iver in midocean. “One hazy night during the civil war @ blockade runner left Wilmington, N. C,, intent on gaining the open sea. Next morning a federal paddle wheel ‘warship hove in sight not far distant and at once bore down. The blockade runner wa~ within an ace of capture when suddenly her captain noticed and fully recognized the gulf stream ripple. He edged her away to cross the providential ripple without ‘awak- ening suspicion in the minds of the pursuers, got“into the favorable car- Tent while the paddle wheeler was striving against the adverse current on the other side of the ripple and got clear away. “A Nantucket whaler, Captain Fol- ger, first pointed out to Franklin that ‘the gulf stream was a decided factor in the passage making problem of ‘those sailing ship days. Rhode Island merchants had complained that the packets were longer making the trans- ‘aftantic passage than the ordinary car- go carriers despite the fact that the latter followed a more circuitous route. Captain Folger showed that, while the gulf stream retarded the packets along the ‘northern track, it helped the less well found cargo carriers keeping well Sewich Maw Year @rettiom. In London many Jews send their new year greetings to their friends through Jewish papers, ahd the issues on the Friday preceding the new year ‘usually contain many columns of fellc- itations. ‘This year a New York Jew- ish paper has followed the custom and has published one page of “greetings,” among which are these: “In order to assist in preventing the ‘congestion of the malls Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lucas and the Misses Nieto ex- press their new year greetings to their many friends in this manner. No. 56 ‘West One Hundred and Fifth street, ‘New York city.” “Senator and Mrs. Simon Guggeo- helm wish you a happy new year.” “Mrs. N. Wilzin and son wish every- Dody everywhere a happy new year. Nocards.” “Happy new year. With Zion’s greet: ings. Annie Zeitlin.” “Happy new year to everybody ev- erywhere. Samuel W. Goldberg, 310 ‘West Ninety-fifth street."—New York ‘Tribune. : ~ In Southern Stvie. tu the course of an address extolling fer \ictues of the medical profession le. 1. Lb. MeBrayer of Asheville, N. C.. coc! the following characteristic south- era languege: “Could 1 borrow from the sun his cheery smile, from the moon ber gold- en beams of light, from the southern zephsrs their softness, from the rose its fragrance, from the rainbow its ce- Jestial beauty, from the babbling brook its laughter and song, from the sea ite awe and wonder, from the valley its serenity and from the mountains thelr majesty and put these down upon a piece of azure blue sky, with comets for commas and planets for periods, I might then paint for you what the Beactice of medicine J Ike"—Hew ‘Press. Amoies?® GCauscteanss ‘That ancient cr~toms gre still prac- ticed by. primitive tribes is shows by the two ‘following incidents: In. the Tad it is written that when Astiepias “saw the wound where the bitter ar- son Sel means a eeeee oat ‘Biood,” 80 forth.~ Tecent Work on the. Aastra aborigines John Mathew informe the resder that the doctor or sacred ran made a prac tie of sucking the part wffected. “There seems to be some, efficacy in the sucking, for a friend of mine who ‘was suffering severely from an invet- rately inflamed eye allowed a biack ‘doctor’ to mouth the eyeball, and-the result of the treatment was immediate Telief and speedy cure.” Makes Straw Hard as Metal. A Dew process of manufacturing strawboard bas been invented. It is ‘sserted that in preparing the straw pulp the addition .of the process will give the strawbourd sufficient hard- Ress to take-the place of metal for ma- chine journals. This, it is said, has been proven by a practical test. By @ampening the strawboard it is stid that it is made pliable enough to be molded into any shape. The difference in material reduces the. friction, and the test demonstrated that journals of strawboard require scarcely half the efi of the journals in general use. CHOICE MISCELLANY) ‘The Old Liberty Bell. | Se eee oe Contrary to general belief, the old Liberty bell is not the property of the nation or of the city of Philadelphia, but of four sisters who are heirs of John Wilbank, the man who made the new bell shortly after the old one war cracked and who took the old bell as part payment. According to the Home Magazine, three of the “sisters—Mrs James B. MeClosky, Mrs. G. D. Omer son and Mrs. 8S. B. Cowerd—live ix Philadelphia. The fourth, Mrs. 8. W. B. Diehl, lives in Washington. ‘By an ander of the assembly of the province of Pennsylvania the Liberty dell was cast by an English founder fn 1751. Soon after arriving in this country the bell broke, but was recast from the same metal in the same form and with the original inscription, “Pro. claim liberty throughout the land.” ‘The ownership passed from provin. ‘elal authorities to the state, but fn 3818 It was purchased by the city ot Philadelphia, together with the old statehovse and grounds. During the celebration over the arrival of Lafa. Fette in 1824 the bell was rung so vig. orously it became cracked and a few months later was ordered rep.aced bs a new bell cast by John Wilbank. The latter bell is hanging in the steeple of Germantown hall. i a eli In the eyes of foreigners there are some startling defects in the personnel of our navy. Perhaps the principal one is the age of the flag officers and captains. Not a navy in the world numbers so many men of advanced years in command. All our admirals ‘are between sixty and sixty-two. It is probable that in the event of war last- ing & year not one-half of the officers at present in command would possess the physics! vigor to remain on active duty. ‘The extreme youth and lack of expe- rience of the main part of the crews of these ships is another weakness. ‘The percentage of veterans in the com- plement of each vessel is small. Our battleships are much underofiicered ‘with exper‘enced subordinate officers, gun division officers particularly. ‘The men-of-war of all other nations carry many more officers than ours and more experienced than the Ameri- can youngsters now available for such positions. ‘This gap between our veter- ans and youthful men and command- ets is due to the neglect of congress, which permitted: five years to elapse after the Spanish-American war be- fore the number of midshipmen was increased at Annapolis. Broadway Magazine. ‘The Professor's Lot. Only & short time ago a college teacher spoke seriously in public of the banker, the lawyer and even of the borgiar as being in touch with life in a truer sense than is the university professor. And the professors’ fre- quént reference to the poor rewards and all the outward hardships of thelr work indicates gome little envy of the goods of life which come to the mer- chant, the lawyer and the physician. Yet there 1s no lot on earth that offers greater rewards and greater opportuni- ties. And when an individual has grievances the blame is often placed primarily on the president, since the form of organizitjon encourages the professors to place the responsibility anywhere but on themselves, It would be more fi.ting if thelr constitution gave no excuse, but constantly invited each to perceive that with himself it rested whether he would succeed or fail—George M. Stratton in Atlantic. Most Costly Thing In the World. Some idea of the difficulties in the way of extracting radium from the pitchblende waste may be appreciated when we learn that pitchblende, the mineral that is richest in radium, con- tains but one-millionth part of 1 per cent of radium, less than the propor- tion of gold in ocean water. We would think it a pretty thankless task to mine gold, or extract it, from sea wa- ter. But the work would be far easier, and we would get more gold from a cabic yard of sea water than we would radium from a ton of pitchblende. Per- ‘haps, then, it will not be hard to appre- late bow little radium there is in the world—less than twenty grains, cer- tainly not half a teaspoonful of pure radium bromide. A grain of gold can ‘be had for five cents or less. Dia- monds care Worth .by wetght~ much more, perhaps $10 a grain, but the cost of radium is truly fabulous—$7,200 for 2 Single grain—Harper’s Weekly. ae ee Peking is now quite safe for foreign- xs to go freely in all parts of the city, except, in the Forbidden. City, where the emperor's palace is situated. ‘The OBinese are. developing slowly along the road toward western cly- iisation, but.so far they have not at- tained’ any great speed. Men who have spent their lives in the east and know ‘the country thoroughly declare that China will not develop materially Until she has a good government. The present system of collecting taxes, which has been tm vogue for centuries, ts the mother of all graft, the incubus under which the nation is suffering, the neve : completely wiped ‘Trying Ordeal For « Hunter. ‘While partridge shooting at Buxted a sportsman suddenly had hundreds of wasps settle upon him. They erawied upon his hands and face, but he kept his nerve and did not interfere with them. The wasps scared the gentie- man's friends, and they got some dis- tance away, being afraid to go near him. After about ten’ minutes the wasps flew off in a body without hav- ine stung him.—Lendon Standard. , (NOT INC.) Real Estate, Renting and Loans Sulte 26, 81-83 SOUTH CLARK STREET =< — Telnphone Main 3014 Owners and Renters will fin’, it to their advantage to call on us, if you want to sell, buy, rent or exchange property. We build, remodel, repair and decorate at the most reasonable prices Farm Lands a Specialty. Occmans for furnished rooms. ‘We make valuations for fire adjustments. List with us and we will certainly treat you right. ON US ‘81 and 83 5. Clark St. Ga ] ] us°’UP Telephone Main 3014 te ON YOU Opp. Hew County Building Frank H. Lewis, Prop. Low Seldon, Mgr. Phone Oakland 1787. . THE RAILROAD INN Imported and Domestic Wines Liquors & Cigars "Cafe in Connection — __N- E Corner Fifty-irst and Armour Avenue, Chicago, III. . eceeeaepanies se THE FRONTANAC: a a | Leland Giants Base-Ball and Amusement Assn. : Now Organizing—Capital Stock $100,000 The Stock-Holders of the Leland Giants Base-Ball Association, has con- cided to dissolve that Association in order to give roow for the former, with it’s ncrease:i Capital for the parpose-of buy:ng a Permanent Honte For The Leland Guants Base-Ball Club and Exablshing For Ail The People, The Only Firs | 3lass, Up-To-Date Amusement Park, With It's Theater ~(Light ), | tigure Eight, Gboot The Chutes, Minature Ry, Electric Theater, Dance | avillion, ae Hurley Burley, Double Swing, Boating, Auto | Riding, end all the latest n making devices and laugh producing concessions. to- other with a First Class Summer Hotel, large enough to accomodate 1000 | ‘wests, at it's present location, 79th and Wentworth Ave., twenty (20) minutes | <de on the Electric Cars to the Loop District in Chicago. | D District ‘The Public is Base-Ball mad, and amusement Crazy. Stocks havé doubled in value ina single season. Millions can be made by those Who Take Stock In This New Enterprise. > ‘Are You In Favor Of The Race ‘And This Im- snense’ And Well Peviog Plast’ Wiese wore ian 1,¢08 Potone Will ie Eenoloyed, between May and Octobe of each yar, where you can come wit Sut fear and Enjoy ‘The Life and Freedom of a Gitizen unmolested or annoyed? Tne Anewer can only be efcuively given by eabseniting for Stock in thie Corpore- tion, thas been made purposely Jow so that of tn aoe ome ve a Share and Interset in ‘Century Enterprise. Think Shares Only Ten (16.60) Dollrs Each "YouSguander More ian tas seu Any Holiday around Amusement Parks and Places. where yor are not ‘wanted and never welcome. Come! buy and build one of by filing out Be-oached Coupon and mall with Tan Doles tothe Lars Geete Base-Ball and Amusement Association. -Do it to-day so that we may commence to build. ‘Leland Giants Base Ball & Amusament Assn. . a Mr Beauregard F. Moseley; Tress:- : eines * Enclosed pleasefind $_ which Lam as Patt (or intully as subscription fee es Tinres of tne Copal Stock of the Laland Clans Base Ball aid Kanes T agree to pay $____.__________per month ‘until the full amount $__........_-...-.---...has been paid, at which time I-am to recieve my stock paid. =. : my ; eS 3 BE on Stock Ac- News eae ae Pas oa Sage Sy SE aie nt ee | as and should 7 ye ‘ol tir tae Ree ee te Mtorempioyment. City 2 = agahicd pea eS Teg SM, aaa erent sas Dr.J. William McDowell i : Physician & Surgeon OFFICE: 3102 STATE STREET. | Hours, $10 a m., 24 & 68.30 p. m. Sundays by appointment. no See See Or. W. E. MACKEY noone ys me E.A.STACK . Cn Toa = CMNCAGS GRAND ROLLER SKATING EVERY AFTERNOON and EVENING eae CHATEAU de ta PLAISANCE 5324—26 State Street BEST RESTAURANT IN THE CITY IN CONNECTION ‘MUSIC BY ARMANT ADMISSION 15 CENTS Leland Giants B. B. & A. 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Money back if not satisfied. Mail orders filled. Write or call GEO. W. FIELDS & CO. 3916 State St. Chicago, It. > Phone Douglas 4965 NEW SHORT STORIES Feminine Cleverness. Mrs. Chapman Sinnickson, the west ern lecturer, said in the course of a debate in St Paul: "Why shouldn't woman vote? She is as clever as man, cleverer in some things, in affairs of the heart much cleverer. "I used to know a pretty girl whom a young banker was courting timidly. One afternoon in the gardens the banker scraped up courage enough to ask in a tremulous whisper for a kiss. "The pretty girl looked at him gravely. "‘A kiss,’ she said. ‘You ask me for a kiss. Now, applied to the hand, a T THE GIRL WAS WHISTLING. kiss signifies respect, on the forehead it denotes friendship, upon the lips it indicates—all things—or nothing.' "She paused pensively, then she went on: "Yes, Herbert, you may, since you wish it, kiss me. You may express yourself in one kiss. Proceed." "The timid Herbert, red and confused, pondered. "I mustn't lose her,' he muttered to himself. 'Where, then, shall I kiss her? The forehead, the head? Through respect and friendship love may eventually be gained, but if I am at the start too bold'— "Suddenly his meditations were interrupted by a trill of divinest melody. It was as if a nightingale were singing. The young man looked up. "The girl was whistling, her red mouth puckered into the shape of a rosebud. Her hat was pulled down over her eyes, hiding her forehead completely, and her hands were thrust up to the wrist in the pockets of her jacket." A Good Retort "The late Robert Pinkerton of the great detective agency," said a Chicago detective, "was a religious man, and he liked nothing better than to listen to a good, liberal, intelligent sermon. "He was once talking to me about the change for the better that has come over American sermons in the past ten or twenty years. He said sermons were gentler than they used to be. They no longer reeked of fire and bristle. "Once," he said, "he heard a famous evangelist preach in San Francisco. The evangelist shocked his congregation a good deal. He told them that his grandmother had been a good and moral woman, but she had never professed religion, and therefore he was confident that at that moment the aged lady was suffering eternal torment. "A young man arose at this and, with a look of disgust, started for the door. The evangelist pointed an accusing finger at him. "There is a young man,' he cried, 'who is also on the downward path.' "The young man turned. His face was very red. But he smiled pleasantly and said in a loud, pleasant voice: "Is there any message I can take to your grandmother, sir?" John Fox and the Kentuckian According to a story told by Will Payne, the novelist, John Fox usually spends his summers in Maine with his friend, Thomas Nelson Page. Once while on a visit to Page he ran into a Kentuckian whom he had not seen for a long time. Suddenly it began to storm. Large hallstone were rattling down. The Kentuckian grew sad. As the storm and hall increased in fury, he became sadder. Finally he broke into uncontrollable sobs and cried like a child. "What is the matter?" asked Fox in utter bewilderment. "Matter?" replied his friend. "Look at that waste of cracked ice in a prohibition state!" — Saturday Evening Post. Unenviable Farm. "That city is as notorious for its rottenness as the town of Peebles is notorious for another characteristic. "Here is an incident that will give you an idea of the reputation of Peebles: "On a train one day a man rushed into a car, held up his hands for attention and shouted excitedly: "Anybody here who belongs to Peebles." "Aye, I do," said a small, dry old fellow calmly. "Then," said the other, jend us per seckowon." CHOICE MISCELLANY A New Fashion in Wines It is quite time that a new fashion in wills should appear, declares Law Notes. The old style has been to make wills as full of holes as a sieve for the lawyers to fight about. It now seems to be the growing practice in New York to have one's will subjected to expert antemortem construction and criticism. The idea is for the testator to assume that he is dead and to discover by an independent expert examination during his life what is likely to happen to his will after his death. Daniel S. Remsen of the New York bar, author of "Remsen on the Preparation and Contest of Wills", recently said: "The plan of submitting wills to a rigid criticism after they have been made and before the testator's death is new in the sense of its becoming popular. It is also justified by results. In a majority of cases such examinations reveal one or more weak spots, and frequently grave errors are found in wills drawn by lawyers of high standing. A little caution on the part of Mr. Tilden would have prevented his flasco. As a result of this movement I predict that the rising generation will be spared much litigation, and many fortunes will be saved from the blight of family discord." Twelve Years In a Bath. A tepid bath, which has lasted over twelve years, has just come to an end in the State hospital at Brunswick owing to the death of a patient named Ferdinand Schlimme, a bricklayer, who injured his spine through a fall in November, 1894. The lower portion of his body was completely paralyzed through the accident, while his stomach and other organs were badly injured. Several operations proved unsuccessful. The patient showed remarkable tenacity of life, but suffered excruciating pain, which rendered his stay in bed unendurable. The surgeons therefore decided to render existence more comfortable by immersing him up to the breast in a tank, through which water ran continuously. There he has lain ever since, with a supporting band round his breast and his head on air cushions. He soon became accustomed to the position, and, as his hands were free, he learned to knit and to carve wooden toys, becoming eventually so expert that he earned a good subsistence and was able to support his aged mother. This lengthened stay in the water, however, induced tuberculosis, from which he died-Berlin Cor. London Telegraph. Tooth Plugging. "You remember," said Mr. Killikin ton, "that grand old song. 'Grandpa's Teeth Are Plugged With Zinc?' Well I always supposed that zinc business was simply a grotesque humorous flight of fancy. I never thought that anybody's teeth could really be filled with zinc, but now I am not so sure about that. Lately I have had four teeth filled, and no two have been filled with the same material. One was filled with amalgam, one with gold, one with porcelain and one with gutta percha, and now the material they used to fill grandpa's teeth with in the song doesn't seem to me anything like so ridiculous as it did. I have seven teeth yet to be filled, and if the dentist keeps on as he has begun, using something different for every tooth, why. I wouldn't be surprised if before I got through I had one tooth at least filled with zinc."—New York Sun. A Prayer For Pie Anawered. An act of Providence which is considered one of the most unique in local huntsmen's history occurred near Milnot, N. D., recently. Attorney Ben Bradford, Sam Clark, editor of the Reporter, and two other business men had spent a successful morning in pursuit of game and were finishing their noonday meal. At its conclusion one of the party bemoaned their forgetfulness in neglecting to bring ple. Hardly had he mentioned the fact when across the prairie came a buggy drawn by a runaway pair of horses. The team was stopped, and on the seat, with a knife inserted under their crusts, were found two apple pies.—Minneapolis Journal. It Wasn't Funny. "The Clark of the Day" in *the Boston Transcript* tells this story: "Two of the Clark's neighbors were recently battling over the Commonwealth Country club links. All went fairly well, although bogie remained practically intact, until they reached a tee overlooking a pond. Each drove furiously, then cautiously, a half dozen balls into the murky depths of that pool. Strind near by was a little girl, stupid, I curious. After the twelfth ball h plunged to rise no more she quar blankly, but sincerely, of the golf "lay, mister, what is the fun in t game?" The Tobacco Moth. Tobacco dealers in India are greatly troubled by a moth or fly that finds its way into a box of cigars or tobacco and lays an egg that soon develops into a destructive worm or grub, which boxes through the wrapper into the body of the cigar and ruins it. Hardly anything will keep these pests out except to incase each cigar in a bottle or wrap it in heavy tin roll. Brevities THE HALL OF FAME. Emperor Francis Joseph has appointed Lieutenant Baron Prucschen to be the first permanent Austrian naval attache at Washington. Twins at eighty is the distinction attained by George and Charles Buckley, two men well known in Hartford (Conn.) business circles for forty years. Ellijah L. Robinson, a deaf and dumb news dealer of Cleveland, claims to be a direct descendant of Pocahontas is the ninth generation on his mother's side. Royal T. Languiland is a barber in Salem, Mass. He also claims to be the champion fencer of the country and has defeated some of the noted swordmen of the world. W. E. Schutt, who has been appointed secretary to President Schurman of Cornell, was a famous two mile runner in his undergraduate days and held the intercollegiate record before going to Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. F. D. Price, who was Mansfield's first manager, says that he believes no other man could take a mixed company of men representing the arts and public life and entertain them with such courtesy, grace and tact as he. The story goes that Mrs. Stuuyvesant Fish learned enough Swedish to welcome Prince Wilhelm in his own language. The prince knows English well, and it is said that his constant companion for a long time in preparation for his American trip was a tutor who gave him lessons in the colloquial phrases that he would be likely to bear. The late Dr. Joachim had one of the finest collections of violins in the world. One of his most valuable instruments was that presented to him by his admirers in London, formerly the property of Viotti and said to have cost $6,000. He had several "Strads," most of which were given to him at one time or another as tokens of appreciation of his skill. SHORT STORIES Only one man in 150,000 takes snuff. Men tallors sew much better than women. In India and Persia sheep are used as beasts of burden. Nearly 33 per cent more women than men wear false teeth. In Dresden there is a public bathing establishment for dogs. Experts at Washington say that the value of real estate in this country has been increased $750,000,000 by the rural free delivery service. The Edson veteran drum corps of Chester, Vt., which has been in existence for fifty years, is said to be the oldest of its kind in New England if not in the United States. Years ago when the Amesbury (Mass.) postoffice was moved from the Wilman block some one forgot to take down the "Postoffice" sign. Now a correspondent thinks that something ought to be done about it. Ownership of the historic Dent farm of General Grant, located outside the city limits of St. Louis, has changed hands, having been sold at auction for $75,000. The old log cabin occupied by Grant is still standing. MODES OF THE MOMENT. Some qualit sleeves are made by narrowing a moderate kimono top until it clasps the wrist tightly. Skirts, even among the walking skirts, are less full than they have been, the plaiting, if plaiting there be, being less deep and regular. Belts show an unusual variety in that about everything that has ever been worn is worn now, and most of the designs are modeled along old lines. The beautiful new shades of cloth that have come out this season almost universally may be effectively braided, if not in self color, then in some harmonious shade. Buttons are one of the conspicuous features of the new frocks. They are used lavishly in all sizes and are often the most important trimming detail of coat and skirt costumes. Tunic effects appear, as they do, perennially, and some of these tunic skirt models are lovely in sheer supple stuff, but they are not so inevitably becoming as are the skirts of long unbroken lines.—New York Sun. ENGLISH ETCHINGS The plier at Seathend is over a mile and a quarter in length. The king's cook gets £2,000 a year, and he has to work only about two hours a day. Dr. W. G. Grace once received three young pigs as a present from an unknown admirer who had witnessed his prowess in the cricket field. The red banana, which is not a novice in America, is regarded as a curiosity in London, where it costs three times as much as the yellow variety. Edward Yates, who recently died at Walworth, England, leaving a fortune of £5,000,000 in real estate in and about London, began business life as a poor bricklayer. Liberarians in many parts of London agree in stating that the public taste for the reading of fiction is showing a very decided falling off and that the popularity of works of travel, history and biography is correspondingly im PLAYS AND PLAYERS. Fritz Scheff is appearing again this season in "Mile. Modiste." There are four "The Lion and the Mouse" companies on the road. Harry Bulger will appear in a one act vaudeville sketch this season. Mrs. Leslie Carter is expected to open her season in Washington some time in November. Eben Plympton will have a very strong part in "The Man From Home," which Liebler & Co. will produce. The marriage of Lawrence D'Orsay to an English actress is announced. The ceremony was performed in England. "The Quicksands," the new play in which Wright Lorimer opened at Providence, R. I., scored a success. The play is said to be intensely dramatic. After a short season in vaudeville Burr McIntosh will return to the moving picture business. His Philippine pictures have proved a decided success. Edward Knoblauck, the author of "The Shulamite," is at work on a play that will be one of Mme. Kailch's future offerings. Mr. Fiske has accepted for production this coming season a play of American life by Rupert Hughes. Instead of going to Europe on a honeymoon trip George Cohan will play the leading role in "Fifty Mlies From Boston" and in addition to this will devote much of his time to the preparation of a new play in which he will appear at his own theater. FACTS FROM FRANCE The laws of Paris do not allow persons dead by suicide or murder to be cremated. A comparison of divorce statistics in France shows a constantly increasing ratio since 1884. The cost of a grave in a cemetery outside the fortification of Paris is 50 francs for five years, 317 francs for thirty years and 527 francs for a perpetual title. The Touring Club of France is searching for the "most affable, expert and suitable" hotel keeper in France. When they find him he is to have a gold medal and £100. Grave charges are being made against the public hospitals of Paris. Not many years have elapsed since the nursing sisters were expelled, and already the tip system infects them from top to bottom like a dry rot. The poorest must pay or suffer neglect. PITH AND POINT. If you can't stand for a turndown, don't ask unreasonable things. Watch yourself carefully lest you make of a sympathetic friend a walling place. You can't make much of an impression by telling a crazy man about his insanity. Quite frequently men do things that remind you that common sense is not so common as it should be. The meanest man in the world is the man who will ride a free horse to death unless it is the man who becomes impudent when treated kindly. About the same number of boys seem to be leaving the farm, although the cream separator in place of the churn was expected to make a difference—Atchison Globe. EDITORIAL FLINGS The Englishman whose deceased wife had no sister is now in a quandary.—Minneapolis Journal. The Moors are going to be sorry for all that, too, when they get down to paying the indemnity.—Indianapolis News. We frequently read of automobiles "turning turtle," but not one of them has yet been accused of turning small.—Manchester Union. There are said to be intelligent people on Mars. If so, they must be much amused every time they look toward the earth.—New York Mall. It is claimed that a cucumber is 95 per cent water. We always supposed there was more than 5 per cent of polson in a cucumber.—Dayton News. NEW YORK CITY. The grand jury of New York county returns on an average sixty-four indictments each day. New York city contemplates the expenditure of $40,000,000 in the next two years for a municipal office building. New York city is receiving a daily average of 740 Italian immigrants, including those from Italy, Sicily and Sardinia. Records of the homes for the aged in New York city show that all of the forty institutions are now full and have long waiting lists. Unclean milk cans are a menace to the health of New York city, and investigation by the board of health shows gross neglect in their care.—New York Herald. Army and Navy. In the United States the enlisted strength of the regular army is limited by law to 100,000. Motor cycles are now used in the Austrian army for the rapid laying of field telegraph lines. The most recent men-of-war of the British fleet have been equipped to carry a large quantity of oil to be used with coal. HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. ON EVERY PURCHASE 31st and State Streets BRADLEY & L REAL ESTATE, L AND INSURAN BADLEY & FIEB REAL ESTATE, LOAN AND INSURANCE Installed Street REAL ESTATE for $300 FIRST PAYMENT, BALANCE L'KE R EMPLAIN OF HIGH RENTS? Y & FIELDS STATE, LOANS INSURANCE CHICAGO STATE for sale RENT, BALANCE L'KE RENT. RENTS? BRADLEY & FIELDS REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE REAL ESTATE $300 FIRST PAYMENT, BALANCE WHY COMPLAIN OF HIGH RENTS? See us and Neighbors, Merriwe Phone 4965 Douglas 30 Sandy W. Tri 2918 State St New Department Why don't you get in the habit of doing y more? Every Tuesday and Friday special sales Stamps with each 100 purchase. We carry a swell line of Ladies' Shirtw ts. A spendid assortment of Shoes. Hosiery Hoes, Ribbons, Gowns, Bracelets, Millinery and We make a specialty of Men's Baibrigger Balletcoats, Pants, Shoes, Fedora and Derby H A beautiful line of soft Percale Negligee Sh A fancy line of Neckwear and Handkerchief See our Novelties in Jewelry, Watch-chain and Safety Pins. REAL ESTATE for sale $300 FIRST PAYMENT, BALANCE L'KE RENT. WHY COMPLAIN OF HIGH RENTS? See us and get a home of your own. Hibors, Merriweather 65 Douglas 3916 STATE dy W. Trice & 2918 State Street Department If you get in the habit of doing your trading Tuesday and Friday special sales-day and tw with each 100 purchase. A swell line of Ladles' Shirtwaists, Under child assortment of Shoes. Hosiery, Gloves, B Bs, Gowns, Bracelets, Millinery and everythi a specialty of Men's Baibriggan Underwear ants, Shoes, Fedora and Derby Hats. A line of soft Percale Negligee Shirts and S line of Neckwear and Handkerchiefs. Oveltles in Jewelry, Watch-chains, Fobs, Cus tains. Trice & Co. State Street Petment Store of doing your trading in the New special sales-day and two of Fish Trad- ies' Shirtwaists, Underwear and Cor- ses. Hosiery, Gloves, Belts, fine Pursees. Millinery and everything you wear. Albriggan Underwear, Hosiery, swell and Derby Hats. Negligee Shirts and Suspenders. Windkerchiefs. Watch-chains. Fobs, Cuff-buttons, Stude and Shirts. Brick Co. - THOMAS CAREY. JOHN SHELHAMER, Mary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. TURERS OF Sewer Brick and Yards: Robey Sts. and summer, equipped loved Wolf Dryer. 14,000 per day 20,000 per day Yards 128. BRICK CO. Neighbors, Merriweather & Co. Phone 4965 Douglas 3916 STATE ST., CHICAGO. Why don't you get in the habit of doing your trading in the New Store? Every Tuesday and Friday special sales-day and two of Fish Trading Stamps with each 100 purchase. We carry a swell line of Ladies' Shirtwaists, Underwear and Corrects. A spendiid assortment of Shoes. Hosiery, Gloves, Belts, fine Purses. Laces, Ribbons, Gowns, Bracelets, Millinery and everything you wear. We make a specialty of Men's Balbriggan Underwear, Hosiery, swell Waistcoats, Pants, Shoes, Fedora and Derby Hats. A beautiful line of soft Percale Negligee Shirts and Suspenders. A fancy line of Neckwear and Handkerchiefs. See our Novelties in Jewelry, Watch-chains, Fobs, Cuff-buttons, Studs and Safety Pins. Boys' Suits, Pants, Hats, Shoes and Shirts. American Br President and Treasurer, THOMAS Vice-President, JOHN SE Secretary, WILLIAM MANUFATURER Common and Sev Office and Yards: 45th and Rol Yards running winter and sum- with the latest improved Wolf Output of Winter Yards Output of Summer Yards Telephone Yard ILLINOIS BRID American Brick Works Agent and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAM Secretary, WILLIAM SUN MANUFATURERS OF Lemon and Sewer Office and Yards: Lemon and Robey Yards running winter and summer, equip with the latest improved Wolf Dryer. Telephone Yards NOIS BRICK President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf Dryer. Output of Winter Yards ..... 14,000 per day Output of Summer Yards ..... 60,000 per day Telephone Yards 128. ILLINOIS BRICK CO. WILLIAM G. KUESTER, SUPERINTENDENT. 1994 N. Western Ave., CH Telephone Lake View 270 1. Western Ave., CH Telephone Lake View 370 n Ave., Chicago. ake View 270. J. J. Bradley J. M. Fields CHICAGO