The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. Republican Prosperity Has Struck the United States Many of the Leading Financial Institutions Throughout the Country Have Closed Their Doors. The Banks In Chicago Refuse To Pay Money To Their Depositors. "Cheap Silver Money" Is Much Better Than Dear Or Scarce Money Vol. XII] Republican Pros Struck t Many of the Lea Institutions Country Haw Doors. The Banks In To Pay Me Depositors. "Cheap Silver M Better Than Money The past two or three weeks in the business or financial world or as far as the people, residing in the United States, are concerned, have been full of uncertainty and excitement. Less than two weeks ago the money or the financial pane, struck Wall street, New York City, with all its force or intensity and from there the black wave of financial depression with lightning speed extended itself to the other great business or money centers throughout the East, and in fact to all parts of the United States, and the result has been that many banks with millions of dollars of capital behind them have closed their doors, and smaller financial institutions in many sections of the country have been forced to follow suit. Some eight or ten banks went to the wall in New York City, in the twinkling of an eye and others in that same city no doubt, would have gone to the wall If Secretary Cortelyou backed up, by the federal government and several other big financial kings would have failed to chuck into the "Jack Pot" one or two hundred million dollars in order to hold them up, and this latest financial flury has demonstrated one thing and that is that the present national banking law is a gigantic humbug and that the government officials are ever ready to assist the great money kings at the expense of the common people! Within the past two weeks many of the vast manufacturing concerns in the East as well as in the West have been unable to weather the awful financial storms, which have sweeped over the country like the black pall of death, wiping out vast fortunes and dragging the financial lords under its feet, while scattering financial ruin and destruction in its path, have been forced to close down, thereby throwing thousands of men out of employment, and this is furthest evidence that the good old time republican prosperity has finally struck the United States! Several of the great railroad companies, to add to the unsettled business situation which prevails throughout the country, are discharging their employees right and left and with a long and cold winter confronting them these idle workmen will have a hard time to make both ends meet. The most prominent bankers in this city; became apprehensive that the financial storm might strike Chicago and carry many of its banks down in its path, so last Saturday afternoon they held a very important meeting in the Clearing house, and at its conclusion it was decided that in order to be on the safe side it would be unwise to pay out much money to anyone at the present time, and on Monday morning when the banks opened for business, the old rule was brought into force requiring depositors having funds in the savings banks to give 30 and 60 days notice before they would be permitted to draw their money out, and instead of paying out money to those having checking accounts, certificates were issued to them in instead of the actual money, and it has been up to every individual tooting these certificates around in his hip pocket to match them up with the other fellow or with those to whom he may happen to owe some money, and these same certificates are used in settling the indebtness of one bank to the other and the past week real money in Chicago has been as scarce as hen's teeth. This same system has been adopted in all the large money centers throughout the country. In 1896, all the leading money kings in America and its so-called patriotic statesmen proclaimed a loud from the hill-tops that they were bitterly opposed to "the free coinage of silver at the rate of 16 to 1 without waiting for the aid or the consent of any other nation on earth; that free silver would mean cheap money, and that they wanted or favored a sound dollar that would float around the whole world," but in these latter days these same bankers and the would-be patriotic statesmen who always favor dear or scare money, are well satisfied with some kind or imitation money which is hard to float it around Chicago or the United States! DEATHS OF JAMES REDDICK, CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE OF COOK COUNTY, AND OF DENNIS J. HOGAN, SECRETARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE OF ILLINOIS. Late last Saturday evening, James Reddick, one of the best known Republican politicians in the west, who was the Chairman of the Republican Committee of Cook county and Public Administrator, was instantly killed in an auto accident in the northern part of this county. At the time he was returning home from a pleasure trip with his wife, Mrs. Reddick and some of their close personal friends. Funeral services were held over his remains, Tuesday afternoon, which were largely attended by people in all walks of life. Mr. Reddick was the brains of the Republican party in this county. He was a tireless work, and at all times a great harmonizer, and his sudden death will be a great loss, in the ranks of his party. Sunday evening, Dennis J. Hogan, Secretary of the Democratic State Central Committee of Illinois, while conversing with his family, in his home at Geneva, Ill., without a moments notice or warning, was snatched on into eternity. Mr. Hogan was to the Democratic party of Illinois, what Mr. Reddick was to the Republican party of Cook county. He always had a pleasant smile and a glad hand, for everybody he met, and he was past-master in the art of harmonizing, the waring or contending factions, in his party throughout the state, and his death is a distinct loss, not only to his party at large, but to the community HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 2, 1907. in which he resided so long and was held in the highest esteem by its citizens. Funeral services were held over his remains at the Church of the Holy Name, which were conducted by Rev. Father M. J. Dorney, and were attended by a vast concourse of people, including the leading and most prominent politicians of both political parties. His remains were laid to rest in Mt. Calvary cemetery. It must be done by the power and authority of another Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. The Origin and the History of the so-called Supreme Council that his Headquarters at New York City which Samuel R. Scotttorn claims to be connected with, and says that he is the Grand Secretary of it that was organized by Baron Augusta Husband in the year 1864, the corr ANSWER OF JOHN G. JONES 33 OF CHICAGO, ILL., TO SAMUEL R. SCOTTRON 33 OF NEW YORK. The records of the State of Illinois show that in the year of 1900 in the City of Chicago, I was elected a member of the Legislature of the State of Illinois for the period of two years, from the fifth Senatorial district of Chicago, and was elected by an overwhelming majority from the largest and wealthiest district of the State of Illinois. In the year 1881 on the recommendation of the late United States Senator John A. Logan of the State of Illinois and several other United States Senators, and a large number of prominent men throughout the United States, the late James A. Garfield, then President of the United States of America appointed me to the position of United States Minister and Counsel General to the Republic of Liberia, Africa, but on account of Bad Health at that time, I was compelled to decline the appointment, and having held other positions of honor and trust with these undisputed facts before the people, I am of the opinion that my character and reputation will compare favorably with an individual who resides in New York, who is well known as a Masonic Degree Peddlar and one who has made his living for a long time as a canvasser and a Drummer. That part of the writer's article in which S. R. Scottron speaks of Pullman Car Porters, I am well acquainted with a large number of Colored men in New York City, Chicago, St. Louis, Washington, D. C., San Francisco, and other places in the United States, who have been for many years, and are now employed as porters in the Pullman Car Company, and it can be honestly and truthfully stated by those that are acquainted with them that their wealth, intelligence, good citizenship, sound judgment, and veracity is in my opinion far superior to that of Samuel R. Scottron of New York. It must be borne in mind that the Grand Constitution of 1762 and the Grand Constitution of 1786 is the recognized law upon which the whole super-structure of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite rests. It must be recollected that one of the provisions of the Grand Constitution of 1786 is that there can be only one Supreme Council in each Foreign country and two in the United States of America and that in order to organize a regular Supreme Council of the Ancient and AAccepted Scottish Rite it is necessary and required that Letter No. 2. it must be done by the power and authority of another Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. The Origin and the History of the so-called Supreme Council that has its Headquarters at New York City which Samuel R. Scotton claims to be connected with, and says that he is the Grand Secretary of it that was organized by Baron Augusta Hugo Detulow in the year 1864, the correspondence from the Supreme Councils of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite from France on this matter, having been published in this country over and over again over 15 years ago, which at that time sent a death blow to the existence of the so-called Supreme Council of New York which S. R. Scotton is the Grand Secretary of and the numerous letters from the Supreme Council of France which was published showing clearly and exclusively that the so-called Supreme Council of New York was nothing more or less than a spurious and self constituted Supreme Council, and was instituted without the slightest power and authority from any legitimate source in the whole world. These facts having been published and submitted to the members of the Masonic Fraternity throughout the United States and in some of the foreign countries, and no person could be found at that time, who was so ignorant and possessed sufficient impudence to attempt to deny them. WHERE THE PRESIDENT IS LAME. One of the tameest speeches ever made by a chief executive was the one delivered by President Roosevelt at Mound Bayon, Miss., the other day. Among other things, he said: "The law can give absolute equality of treatment, absolute justice before the law, to all men, big or little; it should treat them all alike. This last phrase was the most pointed statement in the entire address, evidently in fear of offending the white south. The president was talking to an audience composed entirely of Negroes. We noted that while he was shooting bear in Louisiana cane brake the mob was shooting and lynching Negroes over the line in Mississippi. While he was enjoying the sport of the huntsman, officers of the law in Georgia were raiding church socials for Negroes to condemn to the infamous southern chain gang for the avowed purpose of digging county ditches. We further noted that while the president of this great nation was singing the praise of Jeff Davis and his southern armies at Vicksburg, a Negro show company was mobbed in Texas (its property destroyed and its women outrageously insulted, and the white officers of the looked on and laughed at the sport (7). Great God! What a mockery, when this man tells this audience of Negroes, as he did by the burden of his talk, to be good, hard-working citizens—The Informer, Detroit, Mich. OPENING OF THE CHATEAU DE LA PLAISANCE By the Leland Giants' Baseball and Amusement Association It Will Become the Rendevous for the Leaders of the Four Hundred in Afro-American Society. Grand Roller Skating Every Afternoon and Evening. The managers of the Leland Giants Base Ball and Amusement Association after the expenditure of large sums of money and much labor on the part of an army of workmen, have succeeded in remodling and transforming the old Columbia Dance Hall 5324 and 5326 State Street into a first-class in every respect amusement palace, and in the future it will be known as the Chateau De La Plaisance. This coming Saturday evening, the grand opening will take place, and every afternoon and evening, grand roller skating will be in order. A large consignment of the best make of roller skates have been secured, and it makes no difference how large the crowd may be, there will be plenty of skates to go around. On of the finest restaurants in the city will be run in connection with the Chateau De La Plaisance, and everything to satisfy the inner man in the way of eating will be served at reasonable prices. Professor Alex. Armant will furnish the music on all occasions, and right here, it is not out of place to state, that at all times, the best of order will be maintained. As Major R. R. Jackson, the world's champion roller skater, will instruct the patrons of the Chateau De La Plaisance in that art, Jacob L. Parks, E. F. Moseley and others like them, could not afford to be connected with the management of this new pleasure resort, unless it was understood that it is to be conducted in first-class Let .the .Direct .Primary .Bill .be Defeated. The following are a few of the many influential Afro-Americans in Chicago, who are bitterly opposed to the passage of the new Primary Election Law, and a copy of the following protest has been sent to each State Senator. To the Honorable the State Senators: We the undersigned citizens of Chicago ask in our own behalf and at the special instance and request of the Colored citizens do hereby protest against the passage of the so-called Primary Election Law Bill being House Bill No. 895. We feel that the passage of this bill will completely eliminate from the politics of the state the Colored voters and take from them all opportunity of any member of their race being nominated to any office, and we respectfully ask that you vote against the passage of this bill. No. 4 E CHATEAU E LA PLAISANCE Giants' Baseball ent Association the Rendevous ders of the Four Afro-American kating Every Aft- Evening. On the opening night that is this evening, the judges will award three prizes to those who have sent in names to be selected from as the most appropriate, for this new place of amusement, and it has been intimated, that either the first or the second prize will be awarded to Mrs. William Emanuel, as she has chosen, so it is said a pretty name for adoption. The Leland Giants Base Ball and Amusement Association, is an enterprise which so far, has amply proven itself worthy of the confidence, and patronage, not only of those composing the Afro-American race, but others as well, for the men connected with it are fully alive and believe in doing something, and with the opening of this new place of amusement, means that quite a number of Colored men and women will be employed at good wages, which will enable them to support their families and those depending on them in much better circumstances, than some of them have been able to do in the past. Every enterprise which is not intended to degrade the Negro, conducted by Afro-Americans, tends to raise every worthy member of the race up in the business world, and as long as the managers of the Leland Giants Base Ball and Amusement Association conducts the Chateau De La Plaisance and all its departments in a first-class and orderly manner, it should receive the patronage of the decent amusement loving public. Chapel Church; Rev. John R. Thomas, pastor of Ebinezer Baptist Church; Samuel J. Bowels, tailor; L. T. Brenington, Jr., dep. street inspector; George W. Kearsy, postal clerk; Edward E. Wilson, att. at law; S. Laing Williams, atty. at law; W. M. Farner, atty. at law; James A. Scott, atty. at law; Albert B. George, atty. at law; Thomas Pearson, atty. at law; Julus F. Taylor, editor The Broad Ax; C. J. Waring, atty. at law; F. G. Maxwell, atty. at law; Hon Edward H. Weight, state central committeeman; A. H. Roberts, clerk municipal court. CHARITY BALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF PROVIDENT HOSPITAL. The people all over the city are discussing the Great Charity Ball for Provident Hospital, to be given in January, 1908. The people are proud of this magnificent institution and will prove their loyalty to this institution by making this the greatest event of the season. The people are glad of an opportunity to assist in liquidating certain pressing obligations of Provident Hospital. You will meet many of your friends from out of the city at Provident Charity Ball. The list of patrons and patronesses for this great event is steadily growing larger each day. This list will soon be published. Among the guests, will be representatives of Detroit, Mich., St. Louis, Mo., Indianapolis, Ind., Peoria, Ill., Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio. Get ready now for the greatest event of the coming year Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestant, Pride, Infidel, Farmers, Marxist, and any other one or any one other can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is Exed. The Broad 1st is a newspaper whose platform is treated with respect, and claiming the editorial 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.....$2.50 Two Months.....$3.00 Advertising prices made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 4000 Armour Avenue, Chicago. VILLAUS P. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago M., as Second-class Matter. POSITION OF TRUST IS HELD BY AFRO-AMERICAN. 一 It may not be generally known to the reading public that Mr. Wm Brown, a member of the race living in Elyria, Ohio, has been a railroad conductor for about 20 years. His crews have always been made up of white men. For years Ohio has also had Colored brakemen on both passenger and freight trains. Cleveland has Colored street-car conductors and motormen, about 15 Afro-American school teachers (ladies) in the mixed schools (no Colored children in any of their rooms), and all of them teach in different school buildings with from 15 to 20 other teachers (white). The private secretary to the president of the N. Y. C. and St. L. Railway (Nicket-plate road), which runs between Chicago, Ill., and Buffalo, N. Y., and has its three or four presidents of the road. This is one of the great Vanderbilt systems. These marks of honorable distinction ought to imbue the younger generation of the race to look for higher and greater things. —The Advocate, Portland, Oregon. DOCTORS ATTENTION. An old established medical stand, with fixtures for sale. For full particulars or further information call or address 2353 State street, Chicago. THE EDITOR'S SONG. How dear to my heart is the steady subscriber, Who pays in advance without skipping a year; Who takes out his dollar and offers it gladly, And casts 'round the office a halo of cheer. Who never says "stop it, I can't afford it." Or "getting more papers each day than I read." But always says, "send it, the whole outfit, likes it— In fact we regard it as a business need." How welcome he is when he steps in the sanctum; How he makes our eyes fairly dance; How he makes our heart throb; We outwardly thank him and inwardly bless him— The steady subscriber who pays in advance. —Ex. THE GOSPEL TRUTH. Afro-American Ladies, who are undisputed ladies, express a fear of being thrown in contact with certain elements of Afro-American men, lest the men insult them. If such be true it's a sad commentary on the supposed manhood of the men and their alleged race pride. We believe, however, that ladies need never have any fear of meeting men, even though they do not always bear the earmarks of gentlemen. "Men" do not intrude on ladies. No, never.—The Republican, Seattle, Wash. What has been stated in the above is the gospel truth, for there are mighty few men, if they are not insane nor full of Old Ky. red eye, who will even attempt to insult a lady as long as she refrains from conducting herself in a bold and forward manner.—Editor. BLACK DIAMOND STOCK FOR 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 clients Chanute, Kans., 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. 5038 Armour Ave. Well Number Nine Has "Come In." Thursday morning Oct. 31, the writer received a letter from Mr. Fred A. Wescott, Chanute, Kans., in which he states that well number nine belonging to the Black Diamond Development Company was brought "in" Tuesday, that it is much better and has a greater flow of gas than well number eight, or the other eight wells which have so far been completed. This should be cheering news to the stockholders of the Black Diamond Development Company. NOTABLE FUNERAL FOR NEGRO ..ONCE A SLAVE. Many Citizens of Jackson, Miss. mourn at the alter of Oceanea Davis. JACKSON, MISS., Oct. 31.—A score or more or Jackson citizens went out to the Work plantation, several miles north of the city, today to attend the funeral of "Ucle Isaac" Berry, who died Wednesday at the age of ninety-five years. "Ucle Isaac," was a splendid type of the antebellum days, now rapidly passing away in the South, and despite his advanced age had made a good crop during the past year. The old Negro was brought to this state from Kentucky about sixty-nine years ago, having been given to Major George Work and bride as a wedding present when they left their native state. He traveled overland the entire distance, driving a mule team. In the same party came Jefferson Davis, Joe Davis, Major and Mrs. Work. WHITE WOMAN "JIM-CROWED." Suffolk, Va., Oct. 26.—The case of Mrs. Rosa Stone against the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company was begun here this afternoon. Mrs. Stone, who is a white woman, seeks $1,000 damages because she was forced to ride in a car provided for Negroes exclusively. CHIPS. Rumor has it that Mr. John Fry, proprietor of the Keystone Hotel will soon marry an Indianapolis belle whose musical talent has gained her considerable fame. The law firm of O'Donnell, Dillon and Toolen, suite 1218-1219 Ashland block, is composed of Patrick H. O'Donnell, William Dillon and Clarence A. Toolen, and they rank among the best lawyers in Chicago. D. J. Summons, 6752 Ada street, is at all times honest to the backbone, he net only believes in paying his debts, but he also belongs to that class of men who are far and few between who are always willing to send their subscription to The Broad Ax; without the least dumming. Those who live every day as the best day in which to enjoy life; who cultivate the virtues of kindness and courtesy; who love all humankind; who believe and trust in themselves, are the ones who find heaven, not in a hereafter but here, today and everday.—The People's Press, Chicago. Mrs. A. G. Clark left for her home in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Wednesday evening after spending two weeks here as the guest of Miss Lucy Lindsay and Mr. Robert Motte, 4110 Calumet Ave. Afternoon luncheons, theater parties, and midnight "chaffing dish spreads" are some of the pleausre features tendered Mrs. Clark by the hostess and her friends. Our good friend and brother L. L. Jones 2nd vice president of the Black Diamond Development Company, has for the past two months, been running his cut or picture in each and every issue of The True Reformer, which is published at Richmond, Va., and a long article in connection with it, in which it is stated that "the Board of Directors of the Black Diamond Development Company is still offering its stock for sale." This statement is untrue for as a matter of fact the Board of Directors of the Black Diamond Development Company, has not offered any of its stock for sale since the first day of April, 1907. HUMOR OF THE HOUR The Thoughful Landlord The Thoughtful Landlords. A New Yorker whose business frequently takes him through the south tells of an amusing experience in a country hotel in one of the Carolinas. The New Yorker soon learned that the landlord of this establishment laid it down as one of his principles of action to give his patrons a little more than they asked for—to be "extra accommodating," as he termed it. The New Yorker had left a call for 6 in the morning, so that he might take an early train north, and he went to sleep in the calm assurance that he would be aroused at the proper hour. "I seemed hardly to have fallen into a sound slumber," says he, "when I heard a terrific pounding at my door. I sprang up, wide awake. "What's the matter? I called out. "Four o'clock! Four o'clock!' came the landlord's voice from the other side of the door. Two more hours to sleep!"—Harper's Weekly. A Strenuous Hint. It was growing very late, but the young man in the parlor scene showed no signs of making a home run. "You evidently have a very vivid imagination, Mr. Borem," said the dear girl as she made an unsuccessful attempt to strangle a yawn. "Why do you think so?" queried the unsuspecting Borem. "I thought perhaps you imagined yourself in the arctic regions, where the nights are six months long," she explained. And thirty seconds later he had faded into the plumpsome gloom.—Chicago News. Future Housekeeping. Henry—I don't know, dearest, what we are going to do after our marriage. There isn't a house or cottage for rent in all the town, and you know how disagreeable flats are. Ethel—But, sweetheart, couldn't you rent a hammock?—Woman's Home companion. Too Busy. "I suppose you visited all the points of interest while you were abroad," said one young woman. "No," answered the other; "we were so busy addressing post cards to our friends that we hadn't time to do much sightseeing."—Washington Star. Too Much of a Shock. Too Much of a Shock. "Jane's engagement is broken." "Jane didn't break it, did she?" "No; he broke it." "What was the trouble?" "Why, Jane was silly enough to let him see her when she had the mumps." -Cleveland Plain Dealer. Willie Rabbit-This is Johnny Hedgehog. I can tell him by his quills. Comic Cuts. His Idea of It. Miss Froufrou—What is your notion of an ideal home? Acton Rounder—One containing a wife who doesn't expect you to stay at it—Puck. No Harm Done. Green—I hear you drew a gun in Blank's saloon last night. What was the trouble? Brown—Oh, no trouble at all. I drew it at a raffle—Detroit Tribune. "So her foreign trip was not a success!" "Oh, dear, no! Why, she didn't even become engaged to a man with a title and a bad record."—Chicago Post. The Very Best. "Rocks," promptly replied the wise old merchant - Philadelphia Press. Cannot Agree. "Say, Hugo, don't you get punished at home when you're naughty?" "Nope. Papa and mamma are both lawyers, and they can't agree on the punishment."—Flegende Blatter. A Saving Grace. Florence—I can't understand why Bithal married Mr. Gunson. He is old enough to be her father. Lawrence—Yes, but he is rich enough to be her husband—Judge. Agents Wanted. To sell Sa-ban-dy hair dressing. Good commission. Send 10 cents for sample and terms. Geo. W. Fields & Co., 3915 State Street, Chicago, Ill. Five Room Flat For Rent Five room flat to rent strictly modern and newly decorated, 5027 Armour Ave. Apply to A. B. Taylor, 5038 Armour Ave. MILLINERY AND TRAINING SCHOOL. At Bethesda Baptist church, 2823 Wabash ave., afternoon class at 2 P. M., evening class 7 P. M. Mme. Randolph instructor. 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 "Nearest the Pole" is his description of the action of an ice floe which threatened his ship. He writes: "Its slow, resistive 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 stokehold, 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 Remedies 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 martial patient washed off the lettering and drank the rinsings. The plan of the younger doctor was simpler. He scrawled his prescription on a piece of paper and gave it to the invalid to chew and swallow. 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 Tallman. WASHINGTON LETTER [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 runs scattered about. The Main Station. The main part of the station contains the largest room in the world—780 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: Samuel D. Crawford, an Erie (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 Igorrotes, 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 When Tanlemon Hitachlyama, 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 jeweled sword, such as used by the famous warriors of Japan in the days of old. Hitachlyama 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 swordmen 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. Americans are the best, Russians the next best dancers. The construction work last year in the District of Columbia amounted to $18,000,000. 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 Plermont 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 bureaus 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 $1,600,000,000, 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 Siberia 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 on 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 lampposts and impinging on the shelters, the unfortunate citizen knows not whither 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, Tyrolean hat of green with a feather on the side, blue petticoat, red jacket and a neckerchief. 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 phenomenon was recently witnessed by Captain James Horne of the British ship Loch Garry on a recent trip from Australia to Boston. A writer in Shipping Illustrated says: "The Loch Garry a few days before arrival at Boston lay becalmed, when a ripple on the sea surface aroused anticipation not of wind, as was supposed, but of the close proximity of the mighty river in the ocean known as the gulf stream. Spars, lumber, 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 in the unaffected portion of the ocean, which served, as it were, as a bank for the comparatively warm waters of the river in midcoast. "One heavy night during the civil war a 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 was within an ace of capture when suddenly her captain noticed and fully recognized the gulf stream ripple. He hedged her away to cross the providential ripple without awakening suspicion in the minds of the pursuers, got into the favorable current 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 Folger, 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 transatlantic passage than the ordinary cargo 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 south." Jewish New Year Greetings In London many Jews send their new year greetings to their friends through Jewish papers, and the issues on the Friday preceding the new year usually contain many columns of felicitations. This year a New York Jewish 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 express 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 Guggenheim wish you a happy new year." "Mrs. N. Wilkin and son wish everybody everywhere a happy new year. No cards." "Happy new year. With Zion's greetings. Annie Zeitlin." "Happy new year to everybody everywhere. Samuel W. Goldberg, 310 West Ninety-fifth street."—New York Tribune. In Southern Style In the course of an address extolling the virtues of the medical profession Dr. L. E. McBrayer of Asheville, N. C., used the following characteristic southern language: "Could I borrow from the sun his cheery smile, from the moon her golden beams of light, from the southern zephyr their softness, from the rose its fragrance, from the rainbow its celestial beauty, from the babbling brook its laughter and song, from the sea its awe and wonder, from the valley its serenity and from the mountains their majesty and put these down upon a piece of asure blue sky, with comets for commas and planets for periods, I might then paint for you what the practice of medicine is like."—New York Press. Ancient Customs That ancient customs are still practiced by primitive tribes is shown by the two following incidents: In the Blind it is written that when Asklepias "taw the wound where the bitter arrow had lighted he sucked out the blood," and so forth. In his recent work on the Australian aborigines John Mathew informs the reader that the doctor or sacred man made a practice of sucking the part affected. "There seems to be some efficacy in the sucking, for a friend of mine who was suffering severely from an inveterately inflamed eye allowed a black 'doctor' to mouth the eyeball, and the result of the treatment was immediate relief and speedy cure." Makes Straw Hard as Metal. Makes Straw Hard as Metal. A new process of manufacturing strawboard has been invented. It is asserted that in preparing the straw pulp the addition of the process will give the strawboard sufficient hardness to take the place of metal for machine journals. This, it is said, has been proven by a practical test. By dampening the strawboard it is said 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 oil of the journals in general use. CHOICE MiSCELLANY The Old Liberty Bell. 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 was cracked and who took the old bell as part payment. According to the Home Magazine, three of the sisters—Mrs. James B. McClosky, Mrs. G. D. Emerson and Mrs. S. B. Coward—live in Philadelphia. The fourth, Mrs. S. W. B. Diehl, lives in Washington. By an order of the assembly of the province of Pennsylvania the Liberty bell was cast by an English founder in 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, "Proclaim liberty throughout the land." The ownership passed from provincial authorities to the state, but in 1818 it was purchased by the city of Philadelphia, together with the old statehouse and grounds. During the celebration over the arrival of Lafayette in 1824 the bell was rung so vigorously it became cracked and a few months later was ordered repaired by a new bell cast by John Wilbank. The latter bell is hanging in the steeple of Germantown hall. Our Navy's Officers. 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 lasting a year not one-half of the officers at present in command would possess the physical vigor to remain on active duty. The extreme youth and lack of experience of the main part of the crews of these ships is another weakness. The percentage of veterans in the complement of each vessel is small. Our battleships are much underofficered with experienced 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 American youngsters now available for such positions. This gap between our veterans and youthful men and commanders is due to the neglect of congress, which permitted five years to elapse after the Spanish-American war before the number of midshipmen was increased at Annapolis.—Broadway Magazine. The Professor's Lot. Only a short time ago a college teacher spoke seriously in public of the banker, the lawyer and even of the burglar as being in touch with life in a truer sense than is the university professor. And the professors' frequent reference to the poor rewards and all the outward hardships of their work indicates some little envy of the goods of life which come to the merchant, the lawyer and the physician. Yet there is no lot on earth that offers greater rewards and greater opportunities. And when an individual has grievances the blame is often placed primarily on the president, since the form of organization encourages the professors to place the responsibility anywhere but on themselves. It would be more fitting if their constitution gave no excuse, but constantly invited each to perceive that with himself it rested whether he would succeed or fall—George M. Stratton in Atlantic. Most Cestly 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, contains but one-millionth part of 1 percent of radium, less than the proportion of gold in ocean water. We would think it a pretty thankless task to mine gold, or extract it, from sea water. But the work would be far easier, and we would get more gold from a cubic yard of sea water than we would radium from a ton of pitchblende. Perhaps, then, it will not be to appreciate how little radium is in the world—less than twenty grains, certainly not half a teaspoonful of pure radium bromide. A grain of gold can be had for five cents or less. Diamonds are worth by weight much more, perhaps $10 a grain, but the cost of radium is truly fabulous—$7,200 for a single grain—Harper's Weekly. China's Pernicious Tax System China's Permicious Tax System. Peking is now quite safe for foreigners to go freely in all parts of the city, except in the Forbidden City, where the emperor's palace is situated. The Chinese are developing slowly along the road toward western civilization, but so far they have not attained 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 in vogue for centuries, is the mother of all graft, the incubus under which the nation is suffering, and will keep the country back until the system has been completely wiped out-New York Times. Trying Ordeal For a Hunter While partridge shooting at Buxted a sportman suddenly had hundreds of wasps settle upon him. They crawled upon his hands and face, but he kept his nerve and did not interfere with them. The wasps scared the gentleman's friends, and they got some distance away, being afraid to go near him. After about ten minutes the wasps flew off in a body without having stung him--London Standard. The Central Bureau Owners and Renters will find 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. Occupants for furnished rooms. We make valuations for fire adjustments. List with us and we will certainly treat you right. Leland Giants Base-Ball and Amusement Assn. Now Organizing-Capital Stock $100,000 The Stock-Holders of the Leland Giants Base-Ball Association, has concluded to dissolve that Association in order to give room for the former, with it's increased Capital for the purpose of buying a Permanent Home For The Leland Giants Base-Ball Club and Establishing For All The People, The Only First Class, Up-To-Date Amusement Park, With It's Theater (Light Opera), Figure Eight, Shoot The Chutes, Minature Ry, Electric Theater, Dance Pavilion, Roller Skating, Hurley Burley, Double Swing, Boating, Auto Riding, and all the latest fun making devices and laugh producing concessions, together with a First Class Summer Hotel, large enough to accommodate 1000 guests, at it's present location, 9?th and Wentworth Ave., twenty (20) minutes ride on the Electric Cars to the Loop District in Chicago. The Public is Base-Ball mad, and amusement Crazy. Stocks have doubled in value in a single season. Millions can be made by those Who Take Stock In This New Enterprise. Are You In Favor Of The Race Owning And Operating This Imense And Well Paying Plant, Where More Than 1,000 Persons Will Be Employed, between May and October of each year, where you can come without fear and Enjoy The Life and Freedom of a Citizen unmolested or annoyed? The Answer can only be effectively given by subscribing for Stock in this Corporation. it has been made purposely low so that all Loyal Members of the Race can have a Share and Interest in the Twentieth Century Enterprise. Think of it, Shares Only Ten (10.00) Dollars Each. You Squander More than this amount Any Holiday around Amusement Parks and Public Places, where you are not wanted and never welcome. Come! buy and build one of your own by filling out the attached Coupon and mail with Ten Dollars to the Leland Giants Base-Ball and Amusement Association. Do it to-day so that we may commence to build. Leland Giants Base Ball & Amusement Assn. 6258 Halsted Street, Chicago, Ill. Mr Beauregard F. Moseley; Treas:- Enclosed please find $_____ which I am sending as Part (or infull) as subscription fee for shares of the Capital Stock of the Leland Giants Base Ball and Amusement Association. I agree to pay $_____ per month until the full amount $_____ has been paid, at which time I am to recieve my stock certificate. N. B. All payments on Stock Accounts must be made to the order of Beauregard F. Moseley, Treasurer, 6258 Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois. All Stock- holders are entitled to prefer- ances as employees and should inform the Treasurer with their final remittance of their inten- tions to apply for employment. For further information go address Leland Giants Base Ball and Amusement Assn. 6258 Halsted St, Chicago, Ill. Name _____ Address _____ City _____ State _____ Physician & Surgeon OFFICE: 3102 STATE STREET. Hours, 8-10 a. m., 2-4 & 6-8.30 p. m. Sundays by appointment. Phones Residence, 4792 Douglas. " Office, 4796 Douglas. Dr. W. E. MACKEY 3111 STATE STREET Phone Doug. 4101 HOURS: 9 to 11 A. M., 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P. M. RESIDENCE: 4842 ARMOUR AVENUE Phone Blue 6571 HOURS: 7 to 9 A. M. and Nights CHICAGO. Telephone Calumet 185 DRUGGIST AND CHEMIST 2842 South State Street Cor. Twenty-Ninth CHICAGO The Centre (NOT Real Estate, Real Suite 26, 81-83 SOUTH CLARK STREET Owners and Renters will find if you want to sell, buy, rent or exe We build, remodel, repair and d Farm Lands a Specialty. Occu We make valuations for fire ad List with us and we will certain Call Frank H. Lewis, Prop. Phone Oak THE RAILER Imported and Dried Liquors Cafe in O N. E. Corner Fifty-first and POOL AND BILLIARDS WILLIAM THE FROM CL Phone Callnet 2940 Leland Giants Base-Ball Now Organizing $100 The Stock-Holders of the Leland included to dissolve that Association in order increased Capital for the purpose of buying Giants Base-Ball Club and Establishing EVENT AFTERNOON AND EVENING At CHATEAU de la PLAISANCE 5324—26 State Street BEST RESTAURANT IN THE CITY IN CONNECTION MUSIC BY ARMANT ADMISSION 15 CENTS Leland Giants B. B. & A. Assn. 6258 Halsted Street Phone Douglas 2338 T. A. CLARK & CO. Real Estate & Renting Loans & Insurance 3345 STATE STREET CHICAGO,ILL. Phone 194 South A. B. SCHULTZ, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 2719 State Street Hours: 9 to 12 A.M. 3 to 8 and after 6 P.M. CHICAO Rural Bureau INC.) Planting and Loans TELPHONE Main 3014 to their advantage to call on us, change property. Decorate at the most reasonable prices ants for furnished rooms. Instments. y treat you right. 81 and 88 5. Clark St. Telephone Main 8014 Opp. New County Building Lou Seldon, Mgr. and 1787. ROAD INN Domestic Wines & Cigars Connection Armour Avenue, Chicago, Ill. CIGARS AND TOBACCOS I LEWIS INTANAC CLUB 239 E. 22ND STREET CHICAGO Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. EARL VARCO: JUST ST. & L. & B. & M. B. RY. JUST GIRL and Armour Ave. CHICAGO Tel. Douglas 1585 Notary Public REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND RENTING FIRE INSURANCE Bates Building 3637 STATE STREET CHICAGO Gaskins' Billiard and Pool Parlors 3004 STATE ST. All Newly Furnished with Latest Tables and Fixtures. Will also carry a Fine Line of Cigars and Tobacco Chas Gaskins, Prop. First-Class Service Guaranteed our Patrons. Tile and Slate Hauling a specialty. COAL J. H. COLEMAN & CO. Express & Van Moving TRUNKS EVERYWHERE. 2540 State Street Phone 699 Calumet CHICAGO ICE CREAM CIGARS, TOBACCO SHIRT WAISTS KIMONAS MRS. A. E. BAKER NOTIONS 419-36TH STREET Underwear a Specialty CHICAGO Telephone Harrison 5657 Davis Express FURNITURE MOVING TRUNKS DELIVERED Claim Checks given 118 E. HARRISON ST. CHICAGO Bet. Custom House Pl. & Clark St. PATENTED DENTISTRY at Cost Until Dec. 1st. We control patents and discoveries by which missing teeth can be replaced without the old-time removable plate or bridge and by which loose and falling teeth can be tightened. We also blood-gouge (Riggs' disease), sore and bleeding gum, can be cured. Call and have us examine your teeth and you will get satisfaction. WHAT WE WANT NORTHWESTERN DENTAL CO THE BROAD AX. Is for sale at the following news stand: J. W. Hagan, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2718 State st. A. F. Tervalon, 134 W. 51st street Cigar Store and News Stand. Mrs. Nellie Phelps, Cigars, Notions and News Stand, 131 W. 51st street. T. R. Hall's Cigar Store and Laundry office, 281 29th St. W. S. Cole, 354 Thirty-first street, cigars, tobacco and news stand. J. R. Peters Cigars, tobacco and News Stand, 338 E. 27th street. Mrs. A. B. Baker, Notions and News PATRICK H. O'DONNELL WILLIAM DILLON CLARENCE A. TOOLEN Tel. Central 4660 O'Donnell, Dillon & Toolen ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1218-1219 Ashland Block RANDOLPH & CLARK STREETS CHICAGO GRAY & MORAN ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1114 Ashland Block, Clark and Randolph Sts. Tel. Central 569. CHICAGO. Residence 87 Macallister Pines Telephone Ashland 363 Office Telephones Central 1889 Automatic 5690 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 318-320 Reaper Block CLARK AND WASHINGTON STS. CHICAGO. A. D. GASH Attorney at Law, 94-86 La Salle Street, Chicago Suite 615 to 619. Telephone Main 3077. JOHN E. OWENS ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW 822 ASHLAND BLOCK THE ELITE BUFFET FINE WINES, LIQSORS AND CIGARS 3030 State Street CHICAGO F. A. Rawlins The Modern Embalmer UNDERTAKER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR When his work is finished you have no displeasure. 4834 State St., CHICAGO Phone Douglas 1589 Waiters and Cooks Prefer Our Make JACKETS AND LINEN because they have found them satisfactory. Write for complete Catalogue FREE. giving full instructions how to order. Marcus Ruben (Inc.) 390 State St., CHICAGO. American Livery Company. GUY WOODS, PRES. 4746-48 Cottage Grove Avenue Sollicits your patronage. A first-Class Livery, newest equipment, prompt and courteous service guaranteed. New theatre coaches : : : : : : Telephones Oakland 522, 523. NEW SHORT STORIES Feminine Cleverness. Feminine Mrs. Chapman Sinnickson, the west ern lecturer, said in the course of a student in St Paul: debate in "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 P 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 hand? 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 sing- ing. 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 bristmite. "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 Payie, 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 hailstones 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 Fame. Lincoln Steffens in an address on "Municipal Politics" said in Chicago of a certain city: "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, 'lend us yer enough.' CHOICE MISCELLANY A New Fashion in Wine 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 fiasco. As a result of this movement I predict that the rising generation will be spared much litiation, and many fortunes will be saved from the blight of family discord." Twelve Years In a Bath: 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 Schilme, 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. Killikinton, "that grand old song, 'Grandpa's Teeth Are Plugged With Zinc?' Well, I always supposed that 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 Answered: A Prayer For Pie Answered. 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 pie. 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 ples.-Minneapolis Journal. It Wasn't Funny. "The Clerk of the Day" in the Boston Transcript tells this story: "Two of the Clerk's neighbors were recently battling over the Commonwealth Country club links. All went fairly well, all though 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. Stand near by was a little girl, stupid, I curious. After the twelfth ball h plunged to rise no more she quer blankly, but sincerely, of the golf 'Say, 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 bores 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 foil. Great Changes D. B. Carothers, the well known railroad man and a big official on the Baltimore and Ohio road, is a frequent summer visitor here. Mr. Carothers was formerly Miss Leeland of Lewiston—Lewiston Journal. How things do change—Boston Herald. Yes, we've changed proofreaders—Lewiston Journal. Brevities THE HALL OF FAME. Emperor Francis Joseph has appointed Lieutenant Baron Prucuschen to be the first permanent Austrian naval attaché 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. Elijah L. Robinson, a deaf and dumb newsdealer of Cleveland, claims to be a direct descendant of Pocahontas in the ninth generation on his mother's side. Royal T. Languirand 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. Stuyvesant 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 Viottl 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 tailors 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 iog cabin occupied by Grant is still standing. MODES OF THE MOMENT. Some quaint sleeves are made by narrowing a moderate klimono top until it claps 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 stuffs, but they are not so inevitably becoming as are the skirts of long unbroken lines.—New York Sun. ENGLISH ETCHINGS. The pier at Southend 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 novelity 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. Librarians 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 increasing. PLAYS AND PLAYERS. Fritzl Scheff is appearing again this season in "Mille, 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. L., 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 Miles 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 wailing 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 $4,000,000 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. Germany needs a million horses for her army on a war basis. This is more than any other nation of the world. 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. MARKET AND GROCERY TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 565 81st and State Streets BRADY REAL AM BRADLEY & FIELD REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE BRADLEY & FIELDS REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE 4709 S. 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