The Broad Ax
Saturday, December 7, 1907
Chicago, Illinois
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THE BROAD AX
HEW TO THE LINE.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT UNWOUND HIS LONG MESSAGE
FOR THE EDIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF BOTH BRANCHES OF CONGRESS. HE WAS SILENT ON MOB AND LYNCH LAW AND THE DISFRANCHISEMENT OF THE NEGRO IN THE SOUTH.
HE BELIEVES IN THE SOUNDNESS OF THE BANKS. FAVORS ESTABLISHING POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS AND AN INCOME AND INHERITANCE TAX
PRESIDENT ROO
UNWOU
FOR THE EDIFICATION
BRANCHES OF CONGRE
MOB AND LYNCH LAW
MENT OF THE NEGRO
HE BELIEVES IN THE SOU
FAVORS ESTABLISHING
AND AN INCOME AND
The long Message of President Roosevelt, was read before both branches of Congress, Tuesday, and it will go down in history as one of the longest papers of its kind that has ever came forth from the White House. In it the President touches on almost a thousand and one subjects. He even found the time to dip into the affairs of China and Japan, Mexico and Latin America, but he was unable to find sufficient time to devote a few lines in it to condemn mob and lynch law in the United States or to the disfranchisement of the Negro, in this supposed "Land of the Free and Home of the Brave."
Many of the things which he dwells upon at great length will never be of the slightest benefit to the great mass of the American people, and his message cannot be regarded as a profound state paper except for its remarkable length, and on the whole it will not compare with state papers like it, which eminated from the White House by other presidents whose shoes he is unworthy to unlatch.
The Rough Riding President, has this to say in favor of an elastic currency and on banking in general, and in winding up his message along this line he declares that the banks are sound, and notwithstanding his statement in this respect less than two days after his message made its appearance the largest National bank in Kansas City, Mo., failed for many million dollars, and other banks in all parts of the country are going to the wall all most every day.
"I again urge on the congress the need of immediate attention to this matter. We need a greater elasticity in our currency; provided, of course, that we recognize the even greater need of a safe and secure currency.
"There must always be the most rigid examination by the national authorities. Provision should be made for an emergency currency. The emergency issue should, of course, be made with an effective guaranty, and upon conditions carefully prescribed by the government. Such emergency issue must be based on adequate securities approved by the government, and must be issued under a heavy tax. This would permit currency being issued when the demand for it was urgent, while securing its retirement as the demand fell off.
"It is worth investigating to determine whether officers and directors of national banks should ever be allowed to loan to themselves. Trust companies should be subject to the same supervision as banks; legislation to this effect should be enacted, for the District of Columbia and the territories."
Laws Cannot Give Men Sense.
"Yet we must also remember that even the wisest legislation on the subject can only accomplish a certain amount. No legislation can by any possibility guarantee the business community against the results of speculative folly any more than it can guarantee an individual against the results of his extravagance.
"When an individual mortgages his house to buy an automobile he invites disaster; and when wealthy men, or
men who pose as such, or are unscrupulously or foolishly eager to become such, indulge in reckless speculation—especially if it is accompanied by dishonesty—they jeopardize not only their own future but the future of all their innocent fellow citizens, for they expose the whole business community to panic and distress. Whether or not an elastic or expanding currency is just the thing to cure the financial ills which have been inflicted upon the people; one thing is dead sure, and that is there will never be real permanent prosperity in this country, absolutely free from financial furries, as long as private parties control the money channel, and slacken it up or lengthen it out to suit themselves, thereby causing money which should circulate among the people at free as water, to become scarce and dear.
Therefore the Gold Standard should be brushed aside and a new or independent financial system should be brought forward, one in which the government should freely supply the people with plenty of money so that they can successfully conduct their honest business enterprises, and divest the cut-throat bankers from controlling the money market and running it up or down whenever they feel disposed to do so, unsettling business conditions and scattering woe and distress in every part of this broad land. Even by establishing postal savings banks, as the President recommends in his message, will avail nothing as against the present rotten financial system.
The President sounds one healthy keynote in his message, and that is, in favor of an Income and Inheritance Tax, which is simply an old time Democratic doctrine, and the following are his views in this respect.
"When our tax laws are revised the question of an income tax and an inheritance tax should receive the careful attention of our legislators. In my judgment both of these taxes should be part of our system of federal taxation. I speak diffidently about the income tax because one scheme for an income tax was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme court; while in addition it is a difficult tax to administer in its practical working, and great care would have to be exercised to see that it was not evaded by the men whom it was most desirable to have taxed, for if so evaded it would, of course, be worse than no tax at all; as the least desirable of all taxes is the tax which bears heavily upon the honest as compared with the dishonest man.
"The inheritance tax, however, is both a far better method of taxation, and far more important for the purpose of having the fortunes of the country bear in proportion to their increase in size a corresponding increase and burden of taxation.
Much stress is laid on presidential campaign expenses, and one would hardly think, that he would have the nerve to touch upon such a delicate subject, when we take into consideration the fact, that he was elected President with money contributed by the heads of life insurance companies,
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which rightfully belonged, to widows and orphans.
As stated before, there is nothing in his last message to attract any special attention, except that it, smacks of Rooseveltism from beginning to end.
He pleads that the Negro should stay out of politics, yet he hob-nobs with the President of the United States regarding political matters.
He fights against the so-called social equality and tells the Southern man that he's "again it," yet, he never
MRS. ANNA M. BRADLEY ACQUIT TED FOR SHOOTING ARTHUR BROWN.
The long drawn out trial of Mrs. Anna M. Bradley, who was for a long time prominent in social and political affairs. in Salt Lake City, Utah, for shooting Arthur M. Brown in Washington, D. C., one year ago, who was chosen in 1896 a short term United States Senator from that state, came to an end last Tuesday.
The jurors one of whom was an Afro-American, without much difficulty decided, that Senator Brown had greatly wronged Mrs. Bradley, and it was not hard for them to reach that point to decide in her favor.
While residing in Salt Lake City, the writer came in contact with the late Senator Brown, Mrs. Brown and also Mrs. Bradley, and naturally we were greatly interested in the outcome of her case.
Judge H. P. Henderson, Senator Brown's former law partner and Hon William H. King and many of the other witnesses for Mrs. Bradley, as well as her chief counsel Judge O. W. Powers, who is one of the most brilliant and profound lawyers, in any section of this country, were among our warmest friends in Utah, and Mrs. Bradley owes her freedom, to the untiring efforts of her friends, and to the great legal ability thrown into her case by Judge O. W. Powers.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.
Nothing in recent years has created more dissatisfaction amongst the educated Negroes of the country, than the election of Booker T. Washington as a member of the trustee board of Howard University.
Mr. Washington, who, by the way, is the silkest man America has ever produced, has a face for every man he meets, and a speech for every section of the country. He can equal Tillman in showing the Negro "his place" when speaking to a Southern audience; he can equal Senator Foraker advocating the Negro's rights when talking to a Northern audience—and when before a Negro audience he can give statistics of race progress until those of us are easy to be led wild, are shouting ourselves hoarse.
He pleads that the Negro should stay out of politics, yet he hob-nobs with the President of the United States regarding political matters.
He fights against the so-called social equality and tells the Southern man that he's "agin it," yet, he never finds a Negro place good enough for him to encourage and stop with while traveling in these sections.
He pleads through his "Business(?) League" for the building up of Negro enterprises, yet all of his personal aid goes in other directions.
We believe in the doctrine of "Practice what you preach," and while everybody in the land may scrape and bow to him, we will crawl on our belly and eat dirt like a lizzard before we will make a fool of ourselves about this champion hypocrite. Bishop H. M. Turner, the old battle-scarred hero, who has braved the storms of adverse criticisms, and faced the bullets of the mob, and has had to hide in wells, and crawl under log cabins to save his life, because he dared to speak for the rights of his people, and condemned wrong, to our way of thinking is as far above Booker T. Washington in greatness, as day is brighter than night, as the sun is above the moon in brillancy and as Foraker is above Tillman in patriotism.—The Observer, Daylon, Ohio.
REV. PIE-EATING ' HUBERT, IS CUTTING A WIDE SWATH IN BOSTON.
Dr. Philip A. Hubert, general financial secretary of the Creek-Seminole college, with an Eastern office at 45 Albany Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cousins, 42 Elmwood street, West Somerville Mass. Dr. Hubert will tour the Eastern states this winter soliciting aid for the Industrial, Agricultural, and Domestic Science Institute of Boley, Indian Territory, for the benefit of Negroes, Half Breeds and Indians. Rev. Hubert is a wonderful orator and will be heard at Fannuel Hall at the Fitzgerald Rally. Tuesday night at which time Mayor Fitzgerald will also speak.
The above news item, is from one of our Boston exchanges, and it will be re-called that several years ago, Rev. Pie-Eating Hubert put in his time in hanging around Chicago, drinking fine wines, eating pie, living high and making love to many of the fair ladies.
Each Sunday while in this city Rev. Hubert, assisted the various Colored preachers to butcher up the Lord's
THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION $2,500,000 SHORT ON THE ENTERPRISE
WAS A GIGANTIC FAILURE, BAD AND CARELESS MANAGEMENT WAS THE OiDER OF THE DAY.
THE AFRO-AMERICAN WAS "JIM CROWDED" IN EVERY WAY BY ITS OFFICIALS. — AND NOW IT HAS PASSED INTO THE HANDS OF THE RECEIVER.
NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 30. — The Jamestown tercentennial closed tonight with the record of being one of the most complete failures in the history of expositions. Its debts form a total of $2,500,000.
Director General Martin to-day authorized a statement showing the total attendance at the exposition to have been about 2,800,000, of which about 1,500,000 were paid.
Features of the closing day were a final military spectacle, including parades and drills by all the United States troops that have been at the exposition since the opening; a children's carnival, all children under 12 years of age having been admitted without charge; a baby show and a ball to night.
Story of Mismanagement.
The story of the fasco can be told in two words, mismanagement and carelessness. The funds were misdirected, the work was delayed, the officials were not in harmony because of petty jealousies and the publicity department was bungled. When the exposition opened, April 26, it was only about one-third complete. The government pier, which was advertised as one of the chief attractions, was not dedicated until Sept. 10, and many other features were not in readiness until the doom of the exposition had been sealed.
The attendance was miserable; the people would not come. There were only a few days during the fair when the attendance was more than 50,000. The State of North Caroline carried off the palm with an attendance of 60,000 upon the day set apart for that commonwealth. Even Georgia brought people than did the Old Dominion, whose early history the fair commemorated. The daily average of attendance was between 3,000 and 5,000.
Gets Help to Keep Open.
About the end of August, with the treasury depleted and no funds in sight to meet the daily expenses of $5,000 it seemed that the fair must close prematurely. The company held an emergency meeting, and secured $65,000 from the local bankers. Then the railroad companies converging at Norfolk contributed $200,000, and the dying fair was animated with a little ante-mortem vigor.
The officials of the fair complain that it was "knocked" to death. Others declare that the shifflessness of the management deserves the criticism. It is certain that the opening day left many men who could have been of service to the enterprise in a disgruntled frame of mind. Many prominent visitors were ignored, and had to shift for themselves, naturally taking the incident as a snub. The newspaper men, visiting and local, were unanimous in the feeling that they "had been handed a lemon."
Even in the face of disaster, many of the officials want the fair re-opened
supper, and from Chicago he drifted to Omaha, Nebr., where he was arrested and imprisoned charged with assaulting a young Colored girl, and now this immoral saint, has become one of the great gods in Boston and the East, and a warm champion of the civil and political rights of the Afro-American and the purity of his home.
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next spring. The movement to this end has some strong adherents, but the possibility of a continuance of the tercentennial is remote. The various state commissioners oppose the project. There is no assurance that the government will permit its exhibits to remain here all winter. Many of the private exhibitors proclaim that they have had enough.
Still Owes $2,500,000.
The following table contains the essential facts in the financial status of the exposition:
Government loan to exposition ..... $1,000,000
Other government loans and aid ..... 2,000,000
Railroads' loan ..... 200,000
Norfolk and Portsmouth bankers' loan ..... 65,000
Total debt remaining ..... 2,500,000
Cost of government pliers.. ..... 400,000
Estimated value of property 5,000,000
The great government pliers, extending 2,500 feet into Hampton Roads and joined by the longest single span of concrete in America, cost the federal government $400,000, and were open to the public for only two months. To what use they can be put in the future is a vexed problem. There is a possibility that the government may purchase the site, valued at $5,000,000, deducting the $900,000 which the exposition company still owes it on a straight loan of $1,000,000, for the purpose of establishing a training station for sailors and marines there. It is pointed out by those in favor of this plan that the location is an ideal one for such an institution.
Send Price Skyward.
Wretched transportation facilities, with exhorbitant fares, was another condition which is believed to have helped to keep the public from patronizing the fair. The trolley lines leading to the grounds aroused much complaint. The hotels, restaurants and lodging-houses ran their prices skewed at the opening of the exposition, and the first arrivals, embittered by unreasonable charges, returned home to warn their friends against making the trip.
The managing mechanism was cumbersome in the extreme, and the board of governors was rent with bickerings. When failure stared the enterprise in the face J. M. Barr, former president of the Seaboard Air Line, was made director general, without salary. He appointed H. W. Kohlsaat his special representative to meet visiting dignitaries, whereupon President Harry St. George Tucker, who had been doing the honors, handed in his resignation. Then Mr. Barr took offense and also withdrew. Alvah H. Martin, county clerk and an influential politician, was his successor, but no improvement attended his administration and the fair continued to go down hill.
The financial backing of the fair was largely local. The bankers and capitalists of Norfolk have been harder hit than ever before in the city's history.—The Record-Herald, Dec. 1, 1907.
Not a great while before the opening of the Jamestown Exposition, the members of the Legislature of Old Va. which was the birth place of Liberty
Wil promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but never the false. The Right Taxes, Republic Rights of Labor, or any one of their own language in proper and proper language is Bred.
The Broad *is* a newspaper whose platform broad enough for all, claiming the editorial
Rentered at the Post Office as Chicago M. as Second-class Matter.
JUDGES IN LEGAL DUEL OVER NEGRO.
Learning that Municipal Judge John C. Scovel had discharged a Negro charged with attacking a sixteen-year-old white girl because the Negro said he was drunk at the time, Municipal Judge McKinzie Cleland issued a caplas yesterday for the Negro's arrest.
The case was heard before Judge Scovel last Monday. The girl complainant, Anna Gratsek, is employed as a domestic by Dr. Max Thorek, 322 West Twelfth street. William Evans, the Negro prisoner, was the doctor's coachman.
Anna said that she was awakened late in the night and found Evans standing over her. She screamed and he caught her by the throat. The girl was being slowly strangled into unconsciousness when a great Dane dog in the house bounded into the room. It would probably have torn the Negro to pieces, but Evans was quick enough to leap into a closet and slam the door after him. There he stayed with the dog on guard until Dr. Thorek got the police.
Evans, who is about twenty-one years old and a rather "pert" looking Negro, admitted that the story told by the girl was correct in every detail, but pleaded for clemency because he had been drinking.
Judge Scovel held that a man under the influence of liquor is not accountable for his actions and that therefore, Evans was innocent in the eye of the law. "The Negro walked out of the court a free man. Assistant State's Attorney W. H. Cornwell brought the case to the attention of Judge Cleland, who quickly issued a capias for Evans' arrest and put it in the hands of Detectives McGrace and Coan to serve. As yet they have not succeeded in finding the Negro.
Judge Scovel said last night that he had been asked by Judge Cleland if he would hear the case again, but that he had declined on the grounds that he would do exactly the same thing at the next hearing.
"I don't know what action will be taken," he said, "but I feel perfectly at rest that in discharging Evans I administered justice to him and to others concerned."—Examiner Dec. 4. Doubtless the trial-judge knows a great deal more about this case than the papers reported and while we will not enter into the merits or elements of the case, we will say for Negroes generally—we do not want any of our or any other criminal for that matter to go unpunished for proven crimes. If the Negro or any other man is guilty of the crime charged let him be given a fair trial and punished as his case deserves."—T."
THAT SKATING RINK
It is the custom of many preachers to go slumming. They visit places where immorality is practiced and gather material for sensational sermons. Too often places of amusements that are not altogether places of amusements, operate right under their immediate observation, pass unnoticed. In this latter class belongs a skating rink operated by white men for the pleasure and entertainment of Colored people—somewhere in Indianapolis within a short radius of four or five squares of our largest churches. The managers of this rink are not necessarily responsible for the morals of their patrons—but the place furnishes an opportunity for depolloring the character and ruining the reputation of girls not quite out of their teens, who ought to be tied to their mothers' apron strings. It is time parents were beginning to call a halt on their girls who visit this place. It is not an uncommon thing to see a young girl in short dresses in too close proximity with a man—not a boy—at hours of the night—decency and a regard for the social proprieties forbid us from completing this sentence. From a moral standpoint the influence of this skating rink upon
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the Colored youth, girls and boys, is distressingly demoralizing, and will cause many mothers to weep with sorrow and anxiety unless they bestir themselves and be more diligent in knowing where their daughters spend their evenings. This skating rink is a common nonsuance. It should be subjected to the strictest police surveillance and it would please a large number of citizens if the restriction were so rigid that it would be forced to close its doors.—The World, Indianapolis, Ind.
The Afro-Americans of Indianapolis, should become enterprising and open a skating rink of their own, and conduct it along first class lines, like the rink run in this city, by the Leland Giants Base Ball and Amusement Association.
A GOOD TIME FOR GOOD PEOPLE
AT THE CHATEAU DE
PLAISANCE.
5324-26 State Street.
5324-20 State Street The Chateau De Plaisance, is the latest enterprise in the city, where all good people are not only welcome but made happy by a high class cultured entertainment on Roller Skates, the best known Physical Exercise to build or reduce one to Normal size and condition and at the same time amuse and enthuse those who look on or participate in the whirling enchantment of these Miniature Autos,
REFRESHMENTS. In connection with the Rink, is a first class French, American and Chinese Restaurant, where food and refreshments of all kind can be had at surprisingly popular prices and in the summer garden where can be seated Two Thousand person, a Band Stand for Ffty Musicians and all of the paraphanialia that go to make the exacting requirements of a pleasant Summer afternoon and evening
The December Program, $100 in Gold
1907
During the month of November, the Management distributed to its patrons quite a sum of prizes and medals for fine fancy genteel Skating, and will double this amount by the rendition of the following program.
December 7, 14, 21, 25 and 28.—School Children's Grand March on Roller Skates, from 2 to 3 P. M. Prize awarded for the best behaved. 1 pair Steel Ball bearing Roller Skates to be presented January 1, 1908.
Dec. 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 25, 28 and 29.—Ladies Skate Contest from 3:30 to 4:30 P. M. Prize for the best and most graceful skater. 1 Set Sterling Silver Tea Spoons.
Dec. 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 25, 28 and 29.—Young People's Tournament from 8 to 9:30 P. M. No one allowed in this race under 14 years of age and over 18 years. Prize for best and most clever skater, Manicure Set.
Dec. 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 25, 28 and 29.—Amature's Debute, on Roller skates from 9:35 to 10:30 P. M. For the best of this lot who can navigate on Roller Skates three times around the main rink unassisted in three minutes without falling three times. Prize, Commission as a Skater and Permission to Leave Amature's Retreat. Those three times on Roller Skates previously, eligible to enter the test.
Dec. 7, 8, 14, 16, 21, 22, 25, 28 and 29.—Department Race from 11 to 11: 30 P. M. Three best and most graceful skaters on the floor picked from not less than Fifty Couples, number allowed in contest. The prizes are, Three Medal Prize Badges Xmas 1907
Free For All.
Every evening from 11:45 to 12 M.
Prize for the most polite and genteel skater, Midnight Supper Xmas 1907.
All contestants must register their names and address with the Manager as the prizes will be awarded New Years day, Jan. 1, 1908, when there will be a contest between the Champions. Those holding Championship Badges eligible only. Prize Five Dollars in Gold.
Skating every afternoon and evening. Come out and learn and win health, wealth and fame.
N. B.-The management reserves the right to change this program at will.
Prize Winners Thanksgiving Day.
1st—School Children's Grand March.
Prize, Season Pass, Lorena Gory.
2nd—Ladies and Gentlemen's Skate
Contest. Prize, Ladies Toilet Set, Miss
Rena Backenburg and Harry Thornton.
3rd—Endurance Race. Prize, One
Dollar in Silver, Walter Burton.
5th—Department Race. Prize, three
medal Prize Badges, 1st to Miss Rena
Backenburg and Harry Thornton, 2nd
Miss Bell and Walter Burton, 3rd, Miss
F. Backenburg and H. W. Taylor.
6th—Free for all, Most polite and
gentle skater. Prize, Midnight Supper,
Mr. Isaac Bacon.
JOHN L. FRY.
The popular owner and manager of
the Keystone Hotel, 3022 State St.
Within the past two weeks the undersigned has received many letters from all parts of the country, which goes to prove that The Broad Ax, is extensively read, wanting to know our object for advertising to sell Black Diamond Development Company stock, a little below the market price of 50 cents a chare, if it is such a good thing.
As life is short at the very longest and as our time is too valuable to answer all the letters received by us in this respect and to answer all the questions propounded to us by many persons who would not invest one cent in any enterprise conducted by Colored men, and who put in most of their time in endeavoring to get away from paying their honest debts, and who delight to see every Colored business man, meet with failure, unless they can run him and his business, without putting one penny into it.
There is not the slightest doubt in our mind but what the stock of the Black Diamond Development Company is a good thing and our only object in offering to sell some of its stock a little below the market price of 50 cents per share, is that we own quite a few shares which is free and clear, which is not for sale, but in connection with one of our friends quite a few small blocks of the stock, has come under our control and by being able to buy it very cheap, we are in a position to sell it below the market price of 50 cents a share, and still make a handsome profit.
Aside from offering some of the stock of the Black Diamond Development Company; for sale, we are in a position to secure for sale in one or two good paying gold mines, and stocks in other enterprises, and none of these enterprises are run by "Niggers" as some of our so-called highly educated Colored citizens exclaim, who would not give one glass of fight and cussing whisky for all the property owned and controlled by the Black Diamond Development Company.
Perhaps now, the lunk or soreheads and the soft-brained fools, who will not do anything themselves and hate to see anyone else attempt to accomplish something, will now understand why some of the stock of the Black Diamond Development Company has been advertised for sale through the columns of The Broad AX.
JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor,
5038 Armour Ave.
THE COUNTRY FAIR WILL BE HELD AT ODD FELLOWS HALL MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS HOUSE.
Monday, December 9; a Country Fair will be given at Odd Fellows Hall, 3353 State st. for the benefit of the Friends and Neighbors House, 2825 Armour ave.
Among the many attarctions will be a few booths which are to attract the attention of all fun seekers:
Mrs. Wm. Emanuel, girl booth; Mrs. R. H. Williams, ventriloquist; Mrs. George, beauty; Mrs. Bernard, boys.
Mrs. L. M. Covington, fortune telling; Mrs. Clifford Johnson, freaks; Mrs. R. E.-Moore, soft drinks; Mrs. Albreta Smith, police court; Mrs. Thos Pearson and Mrs. Brady, guessing contest.
The doors will be open at 3 o'clock, at which time, the music and the fun will begin, and from 5 to 12 P. M. a hot turkey supper with plenty of other trimings and fixings will be served for 25 cents.
All the ladies interested, in the success of the Friends and Neighbors House, which is intended to uplift and benefit, those in the community in which it is located, are working very hard, to attract a large crowd at the Country Fair Monday evening, and as it is a most worthy object, it deserves to be well patronized.
FOR RENT.
$25.00, 5525 Grove ave., 8 room residence, modern, furnace heat. $17.00, 4822 Wentworth ave., 6 rooms, modern.
Jesse Bingn, 2627 State St.
DR: RANSOM AT BETHEL CHURCH
SUNDAY MORNING AND TUES-
DAY NIGHT.
"The Rights of the American Negro
are not "For Sale' and will not be
surrendered."
This is the subject of Dr. R. C. Ran-
som's address to be delivered at
Bethel Church Tuesday night. Members of the "Nlagara Movement" will attend in a body.
Among they honorary vice-Presidents of the evening will be the Hons. Chancey Dewey, Milton J. Foreman, E. H. Morris, E. H. Wright, L. B Anderson, S. A. McElwee, John R. Marshall, R. R. Jackson, J. C. Buckner, T. J. Dixon, A. H. Roberts, J. Gray Lucas, W. G. Anderson, Oscar DePriest, Alexander T. T. W. Jones, Robt. Taylor, G. T. Kersey, R. N. Ratliffe, Robt. Lacy, P. H. O'Donnell, Henry Golns, B. W. Fitts, R. L Barnett, S. L. Williams, W. R. Cowan, G. W. Murray, et al. Drs. C. E. eButley, A. A. Wesley, G. C. Hall, A. W. Williams, J. N. Croker, H. C. Cress, — Bundy, D. E. Burrows, M. A. Majors, Revs. D. P. Roberts, J. H. Ferribee, H. E. Stewart, J. S. Woods, J. F. Thomas, Jordan Chavis, Wm. Gray, W. S. Braddan, R. E. Wilson, W. H. Saunders, C. H. Thomas, E. D. W. Jones et al. Messrs. S. W. Trice, J. Edgar French, Julius F. Taylor, S. B. Turner, J. Hockley Smiley, L. L. Jones, M. L. Benson, J. H. Weakley, H. T. Wells, Wm. Emanuel, W. H. A. Moore, C. F. Adams, J. H. Woodlee J. Avendorph, Noah D. Thompson.
Mesdames Cella Parker Woolley, Ida Wells-Burnett, Fannie Barrier Williams, Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, Albreta Moore-Smith, Ida McIntosh Dempsey et al.
KISS CAUSES PASTORS EXPULSION.
Tuscaloosa, Ala., Nov. 30—The Rev. M. M. Blase, pastor of the Methodist church at Asheville, Ala., was expelled from the ministry and membership of the Methodist church to-day on a charge of gross immorality. He was caught kissing a young woman a few weeks ago.
This Rev. gentleman did not belong to any of the Colored churches, for if he did, and was caught kissing any of the ladies he would be furnished with a bishop's robe.
INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH NOTES.
Rev. Dr. Ransom, D. D., will preach at the Institutional Church Sunday night and will lecture Monday night. Subject, The Ideals of an American. The Kindergarten Committee Mrs. G. W. Anderson, President, will open the winter Bazaar for the benefit of the Kindergarten Monday night, December 9, and will continue until 12th inclusive. The public should avail themselves of this opportunity to assist a worthy cause. The activities of the Institutional Church are in a very healthy condition and the work that is being done is a commendable one. The proceeds of the lecture given Monday night by Dr. Ransom is for the Kindergarten.—"S."
THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION.
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in this country, passed a measure disfranchising and "Jim Crowings, the Negro, and the whites in the South who attended the Exposition was so full of race perjudice against the Negro, that they filled the air with hisses and hoots, when it was decided that J. B. Taylor, the great Negro sprinter had won in the contest over all of his white opponents. That incident was a good example of the fairmindedness and the chivalry of the majority of the Southern people, when it comes to rewarding merit to the Negro, for whatever he may accomplish that is worthy of praise, and from the first day that the Exposition opened its doors until they were closed every Negro was "Jim Crowed" in every way in and around it, and now the Jamestown Exposition, and all the exhibits except those that were in the Negro building, have passed into the hands of the receivers.—Editor.
Mr. and Mrs. Reed of 4849 Dearborn st., were the recipients of a fine daughter on Thanksgiving Day.
Trouvers for men this year must lose some of their volume if they are to conform to the London standards and to the styles of the first-class American tailors. Of course, this fashion is one which may or may not be followed—its adoption depending entirely on the amount of individuality in the purchase of smart toggery. For comfort, few styles of trousers have ever been invented which impass the loose flannelings. But, like all other styles, their large volume made them easy prey for the men who like to exceed proper limits. The exaggerations in time cause
The exaggerations in time cause an inevitable reaction.
Doctor A. Wilberforce Williams, president of the Black Diamond Development Company, spent last week in visitng with friends and relatives at Buxton, Iowa.
Alderman John J. Bradley, has served the people so well, for the past 6 years that he will be re-elected to the City Council this coming spring with almost no opposition.
Former Alderman John H. Jones, will no doubt enter into the running in the 8th ward, for his old seat in the City Council, at the next aldermanic election.
Jesse Binga has possession of 536-38-40 Wabash ave., five story brick building, 24 flats that will be newly decorated and rented to respectable Colored families, May 1, 1908.
W. B. Harris, of St. Paul, Minn., is visiting his sister, Mrs. Clifford Johnson, 2712 State street. Mr. Harris is favorably impressed, with the greatness of Chicago.
Mr. William Kendall left business Wednesday morning for his home and Detroit, Michigan, after spending about two months visiting his mother Mrs. Nathan Ennols, 6618 Vernon Av.
Mr. and Mrs. Moses Ratcliff, 4850 Dearborn street, last Thursday evening, entertained at dinner, Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Stovall, Miss Ray E. White, sister of Mrs. Stovall of Detroit, Mich., and Mr. E. H. Parker of Philadelphia.
The Bryan League, was re-organized last Sunday afternoon at the Grand Pacific Hotel, with Carter H. Harrison as president, Major Edgar B. Tolman, vice president; John E. Traeger was brought out as its candidate for Governor of Illinois in 1908.
Mrs. Alma A. Simpson, 1223 State street, conducts a new and second hand clothing store and she is the only Afro-American woman in this city engaged in that line of business, and for cleaning, dyeing and repairing, her prices are the lowest in town.
Governor Charles S. Deneen, opened his campaign, for re-nomination this week and States Attorney John J. Healy will continue to have the Grand jurors to indict gamblers in Cook County until after meeting of the Republican State Convention.
The November Grand Jury indicted about eleighteen or twenty big and little tin-horn gamblers, including, James O'Leary and Pat O'Malley, and recommened that the saloon license of a number of bad men who are engaged in the liquor business be revoked, which was a pretty hard slap at Mayor Busse and his reform administration.
L. L. Jones, second vice-president of the Black Diamond Development Company, has proven himself to be one of the solid business men among the Afro-American race in Chicago, and he has unbound faith, in the revenue producing qualities of the Blask Diamond Development Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. George, 4953 Dearborn street, who rank among the smart set, and the leaders of the four hundred, have seemingly lost their sweetness for each other, and they have for a while at least decided to live apart, and Mrs. George who is one of the faithful workers around the Frederick Douglass Center, is resting up at the home of her sister Mrs. Young, 4944 Wentworth avenue.
The general committee on the Charity Ball for Provident Hospital, met Thursday evening, December 5, at Provident Hospital at 8:30. The hall has been secured and all members were asked to complete their list of patron and patronesses and such other matter as is necessary for a formal announcement which will appear in the next issue of this paper.
Dr. Arthur J. Booker has resigned his position as Interne at Provident Hospital and will leave Chicago about the middle of the month for St. Louis, Mo., where he will have charge of Provident Hospital, of St. Louis. Dr. Booker is a native of El Paso, Texas, a graduate of Northwestern University, and a studious physician whose work as Interne and house physician at "Provident" has been "wolly satisfactory," On Saturday evening last the Supt. Internes and nurses at the hospital gave a "farewell reception" in his honor, and presented the doctor with a very fine case of instruments, as a token of the high esteem in which they hold him. Many Unicagoans are watching the progress of this young doctor and bespeak for him both fame and fortune—"T."
CATTLE SHIPPING.
How Animals Are Loaded on Board Vessels in Hawaii.
Afterward I was taken to Kawalhae, where I saw cattle loaded in a most cruel manner. It was a little after o'clock when I landed on the beach among a lot of cowboys and half naked natives. The cattle were corralled under the trees, and when one was ready to be taken aboard a rope was tied about its horns. A cowboy on horseback then rode into the surf, dragging the frightened steer into the water. The rope was tossed to a half naked native who was swimming, and he in turn carried it to the men waiting in a small boat. These men pulled the animal, which must now swim or drown, to the boat and tied him by the horns to its side. After eight steers had been tied up in this manner the engine on the steamer was set to work and the boat pulled alongside by means of a rope. The cattle were then hoisted on board by the use of a bellyband. The method of handling these dumb animals is brutal, and, while the men seem to use as much care as possible in moving them about, their piteous bellowing caused by fear made as pathetic a scene as I have ever witnessed. Thousands are shipped every year, and it seems that some more human method of putting them aboard might be adopted.*
The Japanese sailor on these ships is said to be the best for keeping the ship clean, while the native excels in handling the boats, especially in rough water. The Hawaiian is a born swimmer, and native boys will follow these vessels for several hundred yards as they are leaving Honolulu, swimming alongside and diving for coins thrown overboard by the travelers. The passage on these boats is always rough, and on the Ewaiani, as the ship lay at anchor out in the channel, the nights were intensely warm. Freighting in this way is necessarily expensive, but those in authority say that it is the only way practical, as no wharf could withstand the lashing of the waves caused by the mad fury of the winds during the winter. At that season it is often impossible to make landings along the rocky coast of Molokal. Leslie's Weekly.
The Electro Magnet
In engineering works the electro magnet is taking a very prominent place. This device dispenses with hooks, slings and other lifting apparatus. By throwing a switch controlling the current the magnet is energized and thereby attaches itself to the bars, castings, scrap or pig iron which it is desired to lift. The magnet poles are shaped according to the nature of the material to be raised. For heavy rails they are oblong and are slung from the crane hook by a short chain. Castings weighing over two tons are successfully handled by electro magnets. Another use to which the electro magnet is put is in breaking old castings so that they may be melted and utilized. To accomplish this the magnet is made to lift and drop a steel ball weighing from one to six tons.
Passing of a Famous Bridge
At last the old bridge over the Golden Horn at Constantinople is about to be done away with and replaced by a new structure. An amusing tale is told in connection with the efforts of an American firm to secure the order. With a view to impressing the sultan with the quality of its work an elaborate painting was prepared for presentation to his majesty showing the bridge as it would appear during a storm which would have done credit to the Atlantic. However, the firm was informed that the sultan would be so horrified by this view that it at once prepared a picture showing the bridge as it would appear on a beautiful summer's day. Even this, however, Reuter says, failed to effect its purpose.
Picture Frame Reform:
A campaign against the classical gold frame one constantly sees on pictures is being made by an American artist, Charles Field of St. Louis, now in Paris. He contends that every frame an artist possesses should be especially designed as regards molding and carving to fit a given canvas, so it becomes not only part of the picture, but also the thing that shows it to best advantage. The movement has caused much interest and comment in American art circles. Already John Martin of New York has taken up the new idea, and two of his pictures will be exhibited in the coming autumn salon framed in this way.—Argonaut.
Cold Steal.
A new bayonet and also a new sword have been decided upon, but it is not known when they will replace the present regulation weapons. The sword is designed for thrusting and will be long, straight and narrow, after the pattern of the rapiper. The bayonet, too, will be long and thin, so as to give its wielder a good reach. It was said some time ago that the days of long range fighting had made the bayonet almost obsolete, but the Russo-Japanese war proved that hand to hand fighting has by no means been relegated to the past—London Court Journal.
Dangerous Sense of Hum
George G. Morton, a machinist residing on Russell street, has very sore ribs and all because he laughed too heartily. He was thoroughly enjoying a joke played on a comrade with a garden hose, and as he watched the sport from a window he laughed with great gusto, so much so that he was seized with paints and had to be helped to a seat. A medical man was called and found that he had fractured a rib and had torn away part of the lining about another rib—Bermuda Royal Gazette.
Selections
GREATEST OF PORTS.
New York Has Four Hundred and
Four Miles of Dock.
More than twice as_many vessels
clear the port of London, to be sure,
one avery Sonttigs Eaeeias me aoeuet
one every half hour for New York, but
the average cargo value is only $47,-
242, whereas that of New York is $92.-
307. In point of tonnage New York ex-
ceeds London by 1,000,000. This is dug
to a difference in the character of the
ports that must be borne in mind in
comparing them. London is Eng-
land’s one commercial center and aside
from Liverpool its only great place of
export and-import.
On the other band, New York is not
the commercial center of America.
When the manufacturer of shoes in
Boston sends his goods to Baltimore
he either sends them by rail or by ves-
sel direet without entering New York.
If be wants to send his goods to
France or Germany he sends them
from the port of Boston. That is, the
chief ports of the Atlantic seacoast,
New Orleans, Charleston, Mobile, Nor-
folk, Philadelphia and Boston, engage
In a coastwise and foreign trade in en-
ure independence of New York. Less
than 28 per cent of New York's ton-
nage is represented in coastwise trade.
Fully 50 per cent of London's com-
merce, amounting to $1,370,000,000 an-
nually, oF $685,000,000, represents for-
eign trade, whereas of New York's $1-
200,000,000 annual commerce $864,000,-
000 represents foreign trade, or an ac-
tual excess over London of $179,000,-
00.
To accommodate this enormous trade
New York has 404 miles of improved
water frontage—that is, 404 miles of
docks. This is ‘half the distance be-
tween New York and Chicago. Lon-
don bas less than 200 miles of similar
water frontage, Liverpool has less
than 100 miles, while Hamburg, Ant-
werp, Rotterdam or Havre has each
less than Liverpool. Practically all
the available water frontage of these
foreign ports has been absorbed by
their docks, while New York has im-
proved only a little over one-half of
its available shore. When all the
available coast is improved, as it must
be rapidly, it will measure nearly as
many miles as le between the Atian-
tic seaboard and the Mississippi river.
—Broadway Magazine.
When the Elevator Stops.
In some of the downtown skyscrap-
ers the elevator service is suspended
on Sunday, and the janitors and their
families, who in many buildings are
quartered on the topmost floor, have to
descend and climb from twenty to thir
ty flights of stairs whenever they want
to get in touch with the outside world.
In one building, which is twenty-four
stories high, the ten-year-old daughter
of the janitor makes three round trips
each Sunday—one when she goes to
church in the morning, one when she
attends Sunday school in the after-
noon and another when she goes to
meet her playmates after dinner. Each
flight consists of twenty steps, making
960 steps to a round trip. Three trips
make it 2,880 steps, a mountain elimb-
ing record.—New York Tribune.
Short on Princesses.
By the birth of the little son and
heir to Prince and Princess Alexander
of Teck the number of unmarried Eng:
sh princes is now increased to eleven
end if to these are added the two sons
of Prince and Princess Louis of Bat:
teulere there may be said to be thir
ten princes for whom wives will have
ts Le found at some time. It is note-
worthy that at the present time Eu-
rope is suffering from a dearth of
young princesses. Of late boy babies
have appeared in all the royal faml-
lies, and even as matters now stand
fs dificult to see bow these little
Princes are to be mated in the future.
Such princesses as there are Ukely £0
be seem too old for the small boys who
‘re coming so quickly on the scene.
Santos-Dumont Makes a Bet.
M. Sentos-Dumont has made a bet
that in eight months he will have con-
‘structed a hydroplane capable of trav-
eling at a speed of sixty miles an
hour. This idea of a gliding craft or
bydroplane is no new one. So long ago
8s the year 1831 a Frenchman named
Garpon built a sort of fiat bottomed
boat for river navigation which was to
all intents and purposes a hydroplane,
in that it drew less than an inch of
Water. Its means of propulsion, bow-
ever, consisted of small, old fashioned
engines working a ridiculous apparatus
at the rear that resembled a fish's tail
‘and fins combined.
London's American Colony.
A correspondent writes: “The consu-
lar estimate of the number of citizens
of the United States permanently resi-
dent in London efther for business,
Pleasure, proft or because generally
they prefer to live outside the United
States is 5,000. Of these the names of
8500 are known to be in the London
directory; about the remaining 1,500
there is more uncestainty, and the
Dumber itself is an approximate caleu-
lation London Times. ~
Mason and Dixon's Line.
Fine distinctions in American geog-
"phy are not always observed by for-
tigers. Le Tour du Monde contains
‘this enlightened remark upon the pres-
ent prohibition movement in the south:
“If in America one draws a straight
oC Die, ey ee te Oa
soon everything south
lise will become total abstinence terri
ry.”
SHORT STORIES.
Tt ts sald that there are only twe
‘Chinese women in St. Louis.
An Indiana judge bas ruled that
when a woman marries a drunkard
she must live with him.
A footpad at Taunton, Mass., stretch
@d a clothesline across the street, which
tripped up pedestrians and enabied him
to rob his victims.
‘There are no grapes to equal those
Produced at Hoezidert, in Belgium
‘They are grown under giass, and the
‘vVineries are one of the sights of the
Place. 3
A camera suspended by a cable to a
Series of kites at 2 height of 2,000 feet
was used at Kansas City to take a
20 by 54 inch photograph of the busi-
ness district of the city.
A Bath (Me.) family holds # remark.
able record in the birth of their three
children. The date of each birth was
July 1, and all were born at the same
hour of the day. There was a differ.
ence of two years in the last two chii-
dren.
Dr. Charles A. Eastman, the noted
Indian author, has just completed 2
revision of Indian names on the Sioux
allotment roll and has given new sur-
ames to 28,200 Indians in the Sloux
nation after four years of continuous
‘shor
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.
Odette Tyler and R. D. McLean are
to have a season in vaudeville.
Miss Florence Roberts began her tour
im “Zira” at Milwaukee recently.
Leo Dietrichstein has finished a new
comedy in which he himself will play
the leading part.
‘The Bernard Shaw comedy, “How
He Lied to Her Husband,” was recent:
ly revived by Arnold Daly, supported
by Helen Ware and Holbrook Blinn.
Master Gabriel, known for his imper-
eonation of Buster Brown and other
Juvenile characters, is the smallest Ma-
fon in the world. He ts twenty-three
years old.
Robert Courtneldge and A M.
‘Thompson are authors of the book of
“Tom Jones,” and Edward German ts
the composer. They have all come to
this country to rebearse thelr work.
Henry Miller is making arrange-
ments to send Henry Woodruff to Lon-
don next summer in Rida Johnson
‘Young's comedy, “Brown of Harvard.”
At the same time Mr. Miller and Miss
Anglin hope to present “The Great DI-
Vide” in the British capital.
SCRAPS OF SCIENCE.
‘The earth compares with the sun as
pint compares with 3,500 barrels,
Streamers of flame 80,000 miles long
continually shoot up from the sun, and
a solar wind blows at the rate of 380,
000 miles an hour.
‘When the telephone wires are over
Jand the speed of transmission is at the
Fate of 16,000 miles a second. Where
‘the wires are through cables under the
sus tha speed ealy 6000 mates a see
‘There are stars many, many times
Digger than the sun. The telescope re
veals in space 50,000,000 of such vast
stars. There must be many billions
more in those remote black interstellaz
‘mpaces that no telescope is powerful
aa.
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stands:
A. F. Tervalon, 134 W. Sist street
Cigar Store and News Stand.
C. H. Green, cigars, tobacco and
news stand, 2718 State st.
‘Mra. Nellie Phelps, Cigars, Notions
and News Stand, 131 W. Sst street
T. B Hall's Cigar Store and
Launéty office, 381 Seth St
W. &, Cole, 354 Thirty-first street,
cigars, tobaceo and news stand.
J. RB. Peters Cigars, ‘robscco and
News Stand, 388 E. 27th street.
airs. A. E Beker, Notions and News
Stand, 419, 36th street.
W. P. Johnson, Notion Store aad
News Stand 3704 State st.
‘Turner Williams’ Shaving Parior
and News Stand, $903 armour ave.
‘BR Davis, cigars, tobaccs, and con
fectionery, 8533 State ot
C. C McLain, cigars, tobacco and
news stand, 2906 State street.
‘Mrs, J. W. Hadley 116 W. Sist st.
cigars, tobacco and news stand.
‘Mrs. KatHerine R. Hamlet, Cigars,
tobacco, and fancy groceries and news
stand 6028 Armour ave.
‘M. A. Johnson, news stend, cigars
and tobacco, $812 State Street.
‘The Informer News Co, 188 Ban-
doiph St, Detroit, aie.
‘The Standard News Co 131 W. 58rd
st., New York, City, W. ¥.
Standani News Company, 49 W.
185th street, New York City, N. ¥.
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Now Organizing—Capital Stock
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The Stock-Holders of the Leland Giants Base-Ball Association, has con-
cluded to dissolve that Association in order to give room for the former, with it's
ncreasei Capital for the purpose of buy.ng a Permanent Home For The Leland
Giants Base-Ball Club and Establishing For All The People, The First
lass, Up-To-Date Amusement Park, With Ite Themer Light Opera
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quests, at it’s present location, 79th 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.
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Leland Giants Base Ball & Amusement Assn.
6258 Halsted Street, Chicago, Ill
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ftems taken at office rates.
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care of The STANDARD NEWS COMPANY BUREAU DEPARTMENT.
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Special prices to churches.
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The only Ice Cream Factory owned
and opetated by Colored People
in Chicago
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Humor
IT WAS NOT TO BE.
Angelina Would Have to Go Hungry if She Married Rastus.
As their wedding day approached they sat down one evening to figure a hit on household expenses. He got out pencil and paper and put down coal and wood and gas and rent, but as they came to provisions a worried look appeared on his face.
"Ah 'spec' its gwine ter cost a heap ter feed us, Angelina," he remarked, with a deep sigh, as he paused to sharpen his pencil.
"Huh! Doan' you' 'spec' Ah kin cook widout wastin' she? she asked. "Yo jes' go on now an' put down wot we' hab fo' one Sunday dinnah, an' yo'll dun see it ain't gwine ter cost sich a heap' kase Ah' make wot's left ober las' all week. Go on, Rastus, an' den we'll figger on de price later. Now, one five pound chicken."
"Uh-hu, mah lub."
"One quart ob potatoes."
"One loaf ob bread."
"Oh hub angel oh paradise."
"One can ob co'n."
One can ob ob
"Uh-huh, mah rosebud."
"A quart ob onions."
"Uh-huh, queen ob kings."
"One dozen bananas."
"Uh-huh, gem of rubles."
"A pot ob coffee."
A pop-up in huh, mah pink dove." "Ub-huh, mah pink dove." "An' a mince ple. Well, Ah reckon dat's about all. An' nw"— "Hol' on, dar, Angelina!" he interrupted as he looked over the list. "You's dun made a big mistake yere."
"How's dat?" she asked.
"Why," he said, "yo's only dun named wot Ah generally eats mahself fo" Sunday dinnah. Wot yo' gwine ter hab?
She looked at him speechless with astonishment for a moment or two; then, realizing that with his appetite they could never marry on $14 per week, she uttered a shriek that was heard all over the neighborhood and swooned at his feet—A. B. Lewis in judge.
The Fringe of Art
Eilhu Vedder, the painter, lives in Rome, where he has a beautiful apartment, and in Capri, where his white villa looks down on the sea.
"Eilhu Vedder," said a New York illustrator the other day, "is as bohemian as ever. Fame has not spoiled him. I visited him last year, and his bohemian ways were delightful.
"You know they tell a story of a visit that he once paid to Alma-Tadema in London in that glittering house which Mrs. A.-T.'s money, made in grateful, comforting cocoa, bought.
"The morning after his arrival, very early, before even the servants were up, Vedder began a thunderous knocking on his host's sandalwood floor.
"Alma-Tadema turned in his gold bed, threw back the lace coverlet and sat up.
"Who's there? What is it?' he cried in a startled voice.
"I say, Tadema," shouted Vedder, where do you keep the scissors that you trim your cuffs with?"—Washington Star.
Truly Admirable
An Illinois politician who once delivered what seemed to him an excellent and striking speech on the trust question was most anxious to ascertain its effect upon the Democratic part of his audience, these for the most part being Irish.
"Was the speech to your liking, Pat?" he asked an old friend in the audience.
"Sure, it were a grand speech," averred Pat in a tone of such sincere admiration that the politician felt moved to investigate further.
"Was there any part of it more than another that seemed to hold you?" the speaker asked.
"Well, now that ye ask me, I'll tell ye," responded the Celt. "What took me most, sir, was ye perseverance—the way ye wint over the same thing agin and agin."-Harper's Weekly.
Sandy's Opinion.
A COLD WEATHER PLAINT.
Priscilla Jane's a helpmate, worth her honest weight in gold.
A wife who never fault finding and who's worth known to scold.
Of calm and even temper, meek and quiet as a lamb.
Who, whate'er the aggravation, never gives the door a slam.
Yet her mood oft oft annoy me when from work night I come.
And I do not draft from the parlor on the threshold strikes me dumb
With experienced conviction, born of my ten wedded years—
The furnace isn't working, and Priscilla Jane's in tears!
It takes but one wee moment to assure me of the fact
That since midday or thereabouts Priscilla Jane's been racked.
Chilled, worried, grieved and frozen, sooted, grimed and smudged in turn
By a cranky furnace fire that would do all else but burn.
That fire should not convinced me, so I felt caught of surprise
At her choked, subdued booohooling, with her apron to her eyes.
On a cold day I expect it, and there's ground for all my fears—
That the furnace isn't working, and Priscilla Jane's in tears.
The mild warm days of winter never give me great concern.
I know such days our furnace, all uncared for, is sure to burn!
When it's too warm for much fire, yet too chill to do without.
'Twill, raging, feed on nothing—sheer perversity, no doubt!
But it until the mercury's at zero or below.
And just as sure as preaching when from work at night I go
I find a cold reception, and fruition of my fears—
Our furnace isn't working, and Priscilla Jane's in tears!
—Roy Farrell Greene in Puck.
BAN
Absentminded Professor—Dear me?
I know that one is to remind me to purchase some coffee, and the other is to prevent my forgetting to pay my insurance, but I'm hanged if I know which is which—Harper's Weekly.
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 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., accepted 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 buses toppling over on the sidewalk and private motors knocking down lampposts 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 dream in a kind of uniform, Tyrrells hat of green with a feather on the side, blue petticoat, red jacket and a necklace.
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 taught 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 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, 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 hard to appreciate how little radium there 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 Permitious 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 sportsman 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.
BUCKING AN ICE FLOE.
An Incident In One of Peary's Arctica 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, 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 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 hung 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 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
"Typhoonid," 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 aliens 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 Talisman.
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