The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. The Afro-Americans in Kansas--the Sunflower State REVOLT AGAINST THE POLICIES OF ROOSEVELT AND TAFT. NICK CHILES, EDITOR OF THE PLAINDEALER, DISCREDITED AND BRANDED AS A CHEAP POLITICAL SERVANT WHO RUNS HIS PAPER FOR REVENUE ONLY. WILLIAM T. VERNON SLAPPED IN THE FACE AND GIVEN TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE DOES NOT TOTE THE COLORED PEOPLE OF THAT STATE AROUND IN HIS HIP POCKET. SENATOR J. B. FORAKER COMMENDED FOR STANDING BY THE DISCHARGED MEMBERS OF THE 25TH REGIMENT. The Afro-Americans of Shawnee Sunflower, Kansas, and throughout the Sunflower state, have proven themselves to be no political slaves of the Republican party, for recently they held a line convention in Topeka, and passed the following resolutions in condemnation of Roosevelt and Taft, and at the same time they let it be known that Nick Chiles, who claims to be the editor of the Plaindealer, of Topeka Kansa, but who is simply a figurehead for white Republican politicians, dish up all the political news for him which appears in the Plaindealer from week to week, that he does not tote all the decent and thinking Afro-Americans residing in that state around in his hip pocket. They also reminded Wm. T. Vernon, who is putting in all his time in traveling around over the country, preaching for Taft, while drawing his salary as Register of the Treasury, of the fact that he is not the whole cheese in Kansas RESOLUTIONS. Whereas, Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States, albed and abetted by Wm. H. Taft, secretary of war, has seen fi', as commander-in-chief of the army and navy, to ignore Art. 5, Sec. 31. of the constitution of the United States, and condemn and dismiss from service the Colored soldiers stationed at Brownsville, Texas, in violation of said provisions of the constitution and laws of the land in time of peace; and Whereas, The government of the United States, through the Senate thereof, has investigated this matter and expended an aggregate sum of $30,000 to sustain the contentions of the president and his secretary of war, Wm. H. Taft, to condemn these old soldiers and the heroes of the Spanish-American war, through whose valor and bravery Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders were saved from annihilation; and Whereas, Such contentions have not been sustained by the facts as detailed by witnesses on the part of the government and the defendants, therefore be it. Resolved. That we as members of the Afro-American League of Topeka, Shawnee county, Kansas, condemn the policy as pursued by the president and secretary of war in the condemnation, without a trial, either by jury or pount martial, in the case of the soldiers of the 1856 industry on in violation of the constitution of the United States and laws of the land in time of peace, believing such a policy to be dangerous to the Colored people of the United States, who have ever been loyal to this country, as history shows, from the Boston Mob down to the present; and be it further Resolved, That the nomination and election of Wm. H. Taft as president of the United States is a menace and fraught with great danger to the future welfare of the Colored people, and for said reason we urge every possible effort be put forth to defeat his nomination at Chicago and, if falling there, bend every force to relegate him to oblivion at the polls in November; and be it further Resolved, That we condemn the statement sent out from Washington, as published in Sunday's Capital, to the effect that the Kansas Colored people have been "lined up" by W. T. Vernon and Nick Chiles for Taft, as a falsehood woven out of whole cloth; and be it further Resolved, That we do not propose to be dictated to or directed politically by any federal officeholder, who is under the direction and control or a certain United States senator and who seems willing to do the bidding of such senator without regard to the effect upon the race to which, we are sorry to say, he belongs, nor do we propose to be directed or advised by any man posing as an editor whose sheet is run for revenue only and who, we believe, is a political servant for a certain national committeeman whose bidding he does regardless of what it may have upon a race to which he unfortunately belongs; and be it further Resolved, That we condemn the practice of some white newspapers in proclaiming Nick Chiles, whom they once delighted to term "jointist," as a leader of the Colored people of Kansas; and be it further Resolved, That we sanction the deliberations of the recent council of Colored men at Philadelphia who had the moral courage to proclaim to the world their intention to defeat, if possible, either at the Chicago convention or at the polls, any man for president of the United States who represents the policy of Theodore Roosevelt, and further do we sanction the actions of the Colored men at Cherokee, Kansas, who proclaimed their disapproval and condemnation of the Roosevelt-Taft policy as regards the Colored people; and be it further Resolved. That we congratulate those Colored men of Oklahoma who have met in state convention and CHICAGO, MAY 23, 1908. 1 ALD. PETER REINBERG. One of the most popular German-American citizens in Cook County, who with his esteemable wife, Mrs. Rein berg, celebrated their silver wedding Thursday evening. Alderman and Mrs. Peter Reinberg, who have thousands of warm friends on the Northwest side, celebrated their silver wedding Thursday, and the twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage was the greatest social event that has taken place in that section of the city in many a day. In the morning high mass was celebrated at St. Gregory's church by Rev. Father A. J. Thiele, of St. Aloysius church, who performed the real wedding cermony in St. Henry's church at High Ridge, twenty-five years ago. St. Gregory's church which was largely built through the boundless generosity of Alderman and Mrs. Reinberg, was most elaborately deco selected fourteen Colored delegates to the Chicago convention to contest the Lily-White Taft delegates; and be it further Resolved, That we congratulate the American people, whether white or black, that the right to discharge whole battalions of American people by executive order has been challenged, and that the American citizen and soldier, by the conduct of Senator J. B. Foraker, has found an able defender in whatever place or position he may be found, and further do we extend to Senator Foraker our hearty appreciation of his magnificent defense of justice and fairplay as displayed in his recent able speech before the senate of the United States recognizing in him a man among men, who believes in the brotherhood of mankind, and we commend him to the American people, both white and black, to the most favorable consideration as chief executive of this great nation and urge upon all, high and low, rich or poor, to lend their support that he may be crowned with the nomination for that honor at the Chicago convention; and be it further Resolved. That we urge the Kansas congressional delegation to support Senator Foraker's bill for the relief of the soldiers of the 25th infantry unless they desire to court our displeasure; and be it further Resolved. That we urge upon the Colored people all over the state of Kansas to assemble in mass meeting and take some action along the lines as portrayed in these resolutions; and be it further Resolved. That a copy of these merican citizens in Cook County, who berg, celebrated their silver wedding rated with the new Mrs. Marshall Field roses, which were grown at Alderman Reinberg's greenhouses, who is the most extensive grower of cut-flowers in the world. In the evening their elegant residence, 3465 N. Robey Street, was the scene of gaiy and happiness. More than 10,000 roses and other choice cut-flowers were used in decorating every nook and corner of the house, while sweet strains of music floated out on the midnight air. Alderman and Mrs. Reinberg received the hearty congratulations of their hosts of friends over the celebration of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. resolutions be transmitted to Senator Foraker. A. H. Thomas, Secretary of Committee. ABUSING "OUR PRESIDENT." It is hardly to be supposed that all Negroes, no matter how honest their opinions, will, without carefully weighing or having weighed for them, all phases of the unfortunate situation, be agreed as to just how far the race should go in its opposition to the continuance in power of the present National Administration, if, indeed, there should be such opposition at all. Those Negroes, and their names are legion, who are unable to grasp the fact that, so far as political respect and prestige are concerned, the race has everything to gain and nothing to lose by protesting, even with their ballots, against the acts and policies within the Republican party which are palpably hurtful to the entire country, and through them, the entire country, are entitled to nothing out the consideration due those incapable of deductive reasoning, coupled with a patient endeavor to educate them out of such suicidal conceptions of their political duty. But it is difficult to regard with such patience and complacency those more enlightened Negroes, who, in the hope of applause and material gain from certain sources, insist upon branding as "abuse of OUR President," the most temperate criticism of the President's acts by Negroes the sincerity and common sense of whom have never yet been questioned. "OUR --- The "Brownsville Affair" Side Tracked in the United States Senate UNTIL AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. REPUBLICAN SENATORS TURNED THEIR BACKS ON THE NEGRO SOLDIERS. THREE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS VOTED FOR THE FORAKER BILL. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT JOINS HANDS WITH BEN TILLMAN—THE OTHER ANARCHISTS AND ENEMIES TO LAW AND ORDER! The "Brownsville Affair" was on the motion of Senator J. B. Foraker, called up in the United States senate, the past week, and through the well and deep laid schemes of Senators Warner, Lodge and other republican senators, who have at all times turned their backs on the Negro soldiers, it was passed along until after the presidential election next fall, and the middle of next December it will again have its day in the United States senate. Many of the republican senators being cowards, they labored under the impression that if there was any more talk on the Brownsville affair at this session of congress, that all the Negro voters except the office holding class of Negroes would be driven out of the lily white republican party. So these republican senators broke their necks in voting against any further action being taken, even in the way of talking about it in the American House of Lords, or the United States senate at the present time. It may not be out of place to state Presider is only a man, the same as those who question some of his acts, and we have never yet discovered about him a profundity, especially in matters concerning race relations, which make it binding upon the country to accept as final any act or policy of his concerning the race, merely because it chanced to be the flat of "OUR President." Indeed, some of the mild, but determined, critics of the President, including W. E. B. DuBois, against whom the President's self-appointed apologists are so fond of lodging the charge of "abusing OUR President," have forgotten more practical-common-sense regarding the multifarious and intricate phases of the race question, every one of which must be carefully weighed when considering any measures regarding the status of the race, than the President and his apologists will ever know. It stands to reason that such Negroes are more capable of correctly weighing the logical consequences of the present situation than are either the President or those Negroes whose every thought and act regarding the broad questions concerning the race seem to be diffused with selfish and mercenary motives. There is no element of citizens who do not, as has always, and justly, been the case, freely and without question, critise any acts or policies of the Chief Executive which they honestly regard as subservient of any vital interests. It remains for an element of Negroes, representing a rave who have felt more keenly than have any other class of citizens, the blighting blunders of a President, to seek to stifle honest criticism by branding as "abusers of OUR President" any Negro who dares to question the justice or wisdom of any of the President's acts—The Pilot, Philadelphia, Pa. No.38 ville Affair" packed in the States Senate PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. RETURNED THEIR BACKS ON ERS. ATORS VOTED FOR THE JOINS HANDS WITH BEN Z ANARCHISTS AND ENE- DER! that while the republican senators were fighting shy of the Foraker "bill." three democratic senators, namely, Paynter of Kentucky, Clarke of Arkansas, and Teller of Colorado, manfully stood by Senator Foraker, and voted against postponing further action on the reinstatment of me Black battalion until next December. Prior to the passing up, of the "Brownsville affair" President Roosevelt who has joined hands with Ben Tillman and the other anarchists and enemies to law and order, let it be known, that if the senate passed the Foraker bill, he would veto it, and it congress passed it over his veto, he would refuse to enforce it. Thus the President has displayed his anamosity against Senator Foraker, because he has repeatedly refused to slide down his cellar door, and the rough riding president has delighted to insult the entire Afro-American race and to set himself up, as the absolute dictator, of the law-making body of the American Republic! WHO ARE THE MURDERS? Well might the Boston Herald ask the very pertinent question of President Roosevelt, "Who are the murderers? The Herald had the following to say of the President's letters on the "Black Battalion:" Says the Boston Herald anent the president's scandalous and insulting comparison of the noble Colored soldiers, unconvicted, who saved his life and the degenerate confessed murderer and lunitic, Harry Thaw: "Why does the president compare, even by intimation, public sentiment upon the Brownsville case with "maudlin sympathy with murderers?" Have any of the Negro soldiers stationed at Brownsville been convicted of murder? If any man has been convicted of such crime, why has he not been punished? If there is evidence which will convict any man of the crime of murder, why has it not been produced and the guilty man tried in civil or military courts? There is no "maudlin sympathy" expressed in the Foraker bill. That measure provides simple justice for men against whom no offence has been proven and who have suffered because of accusations which has not been sustained. Senator Borah, who has spoken for the administration, says he believes that less than a dozen men participated in the shooting and that not more than an equal number of soldiers had guilty knowledge of it. No judicial authority before which the Brownsville affair has been investigated has been able to identify these men. By what superior knowledge in the president justified in referring to any of them as murderers? Why does the president concern the Foraker bill?—H ```markdown ``` will prominence and at all times uphold the true principle of Democracy, but Outcasts, Protestants, Freaks, Individualism, Pornism, Single Tumors, Republicanism may, no longer, be the language is proper and responsibilis is fixed. The Broad. is a newspaper whose platform is to get to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper, subscriptions must be paid in advance. Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 19, 1902 at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879. HEALTH DEPARTMENT TALKS. In a recent talk about files as agents by which certain diseases are scattered, we showed that the manure pile is their birth place. It being conceded that manure is the breeding ground for files, it follows that if we would get rid of these dangerous pests, we must abolish manure piles. A pretty big undertaking, this in a city like Chicago, and yet it can be done. A single stable containing but one horse can furnish ample breeding ground for files for a whole community, provider the manure is allowed to accumulate for weeks before removal, as is generally the case. All stables should be provided with tightly cover receptacles into which each day's accumulation should be placed. A small quantity of chloride of lime sprinkled over the manure each day will destroy any eggs that may have been deposited. Manure that is exposed to air and sunlight furnishes the most favorable conditions for hatching the eggs and for the rapid grown files. So, in a neighborhood where there are no stables and no manure piles there will be few files. It is of the greatest importance that the files be kept out of the house and in this way prevent them from having access to articles of food and drink. There is but one effective method of doing this, and that is to have all doors and windows securely screened. The screens should be sixteen mesh to the inch, which will exclude mosquitoes as well. Care should be taken to keep milk and all articles of food covered so that files cannot in any way come in contact with them. Keep your premises clean. Never allow garbage pails to stand uncovered. Keepers of groceries and meat markets should keep the rear of their places free from refuse that always attracts files, and from which they find easy access to the shop and home. It has been shown that the house fly can be the medium for the transmission of such diseases as tuberculosis, cholera, typhoid, anthrax, inflammatory affections of the eyes and wound infections. Dr. F. T. Lord in a series of experiments proved conclusively that files disseminate tuberculosis. By feeding files on tuberculous sputum he found that the bacillus increased in wonderful proportion and were deposited by the files. Gulnea pigs that were inoculated with excreta from the files, in a short time developed tuberculosis. The doctor in his studies also discovered that files will readily feed on tuberculous sputum even when other food is accessible. If afterwards they light on food, they are certain to deposit the tubercle bacillus in great numbers, thus infecting it wies the germs of consumption. The following is an approved method of taking care of manure in stables pending its removal from the premise. Build a box 6x8 feet, in a corner of the stable nearest the alley. The opening of the box connected with the stable should be provided with a tightly fitting door, as should the opening on the alley side. An open window, carefully screamed, should be placed in the outside wall. Each morning when the stalls are cleaned the manure should be disposed in the box and lightly sprinkled with chloride of lime. This w/ kill odors and also prevent the eggs from hatening should any have been deposited. In view of the things we know about files, it is important that there should be an organised and persistent light made for their extermination. And it is for the purpose of building along these paths that we have affectionate talk on this subject. It is certainly a good work, so let us all help it along. ROOSEVELT, TILLMAN & CO. When we consider that government of large numbers of people, even under the nearest practical approach to ideal democracy, must necessarily be to a large extent representative; when we remember that human beings are not yet, at least, to be assumed to be the personification of perfection, we must rather expect, within reasonable limits, to encounter governmental errors without meeting them with drastic counter action. But granting all this, moderation, which is not also supineness, on the part of the American Negro cannot oppose his most bitterly denouncing and most determinedly and unremittingly combatting lawlessness, not by those whose intellectual horizon is restricted by dense ignorance, penury and oppression, but by certain persons who are far beyond even a remote probability of ever being overtaken by want, who have no personal experience of the tyranny of which certain of the poorer classes complain, and whose remunerative public positions, acquired after they had become fairly well educated, bring to them a still larger degree of learning. Upon what can our public officials base an expectation of a healthy public respect for governmental regulations when they themselves furnish such conspicuous examples of unpunished contempt for admittedly just and proper legal procedure? Were we ourselves to accuse Ben Tillman of being a murderer, not only morally but also legally under the statutes of Michigan, no doubt some would be disposed to call us rabid. What can such critics say against us for asserting the well known fact that Ben Tillman himself said that he was a murderer? And he said it, not privately, but in the most public manner to hundreds of people in the biggest auditorium in the city of Detroit. Yet Michigan has ever heard of a confessed murderer, being even questioned officially as to his right to continue occupying a seat in the United States senate? Senator Burrows, of Michigan, hotly contested Senator Smoot's right to hold a sent in the upper house because of a more or less well founded suspicion that the latter was guilty of breaking or abatting the violation of the anti-polygamy provision upon which Utah's admission to statehood was conditioned. Moreover, even if Senator Smoot were guilty of the crime alleged against him, it must be admitted that he at least had the decency, as Tillman had not, or refraining from going around the country advertising his guilt in the most public and brazen manner, gloating it, and saying that he and his accomplices were still committing the crime. Is wholesale murder less criminal than wholesale polygamous marriage? A more recent contempt for the proper exercise of lawful authority, emanating from a course still higher in government than a member of the senate, and coming from one whose influence for ill is exceedingly strong with thousands who turn a deaf ear to Tillman's ravings, is being given a great degree of publicity at present. Not content with gravely wronging three companies of the Twenty-fifth infantry, against whom a Texas grand jury could return no indictment, Roosevelt subjects the accused to the elaborate espionage accorded by the national secret service department in an effort to unearth something, however trifling, upon which to base his accusations. But even these secret service experts had to come empty handed, as it were, to the senate investigation. And now that the most searching investigation has failed to reveal a single fact in support of Roosevelt's mere assumption; now that the Foraker bill for righting the wrong done these innocent men is pending, does Roosevelt exhibit moral courage and manliness enough to proffer assistance? Instead of doing so, he gives out one of the most censurably anarchistic utterances which we have heard for some time. He says that whenever, the Foraker bill is passed he will ignore the dictum of congress. He does not question the authority of congress to act in the matter. Indeed, how can he? Through the instrumentality of the Warner bill, he asks congress to act. But he warms them that if, in proper exercise of their unquestioned lawful authority, they should undo the wrong he has done these man, he will IGNORE THE LAW which they enact. Could the country expect anything worse in this matter from Tillman if he were president? Indeed, when Tillman defined his own position in this very matter a short while ago his words were no more accurately descriptive of his attitude than they were of Roosevelt's. Tillman says he will uphold Roosevelt's action in the matter, notwithstanding the fact that it is a plain violation of the law. Roosevelt now says that law or no law he will stand by his original usurpation; he will continue the wrong he has done these innocent men. What a strange coincidence; or, rather, how strange this coincidence would seem had it been precipitated suddenly upon us unattended by any premonory symptoms! For Roosevelt's original wrong prepared us, after the first shock, for the worst. But how one would have been ridiculed who four years ago would have said that within so short a time Tillman and Roosevelt would be paired up on the common platform of knowingly and wantonly ignoring the plain letter of the law for the purpose of, persecuting innocent Negroes!—The Informer, Detroit, Mich. NEGRO REPUBLICANS CALL FOR NATIONAL MEETING, JUNE 15TH, 1906 A call for a conference of prominent Colored Republicans of the United States to be held in Chicago, June 15th, was issued by the executive committee yesterday. It is as follows: We, the undersigned committee having had considerable correspondence with a large number of the leading men of our race in various parts of the country who belong to the Republican party in the next national campaign. We believe that much can be accomplished if we had a national conference of leading and most prominent men of our race to consult and advise upon several matters, and also to organize a national republican league in each city and county in every state and territory in the Union which will be the means of bringing us in close touch with each other. We issue this call for a national conference of Colored men who belong to the Republican party to meet in national conference on Monady morning, June 15th, 1908, at Quinn Chapel Church, corner of Wabash Ave and Twenty-fourth Street, in the City of Chicago. It is signed by W. M. Farmer, Chicag; A. J. Golden, Miss; Dr. W. T. Peyton, Ky.; Chas. L. Mitchell, Texas; W. W. Johnson, Chicago; C. R. France, Penn; Wm. T. Grant, La.; S. H. Prather, Chicago; Hale G. Parker, Chicag; J. G. Thurman, Chicago; C. J. Waring, Chicago, J. H. McGhee, Ala.; A. W. Burnett, Ind.; and by John G. Jones, chairman of committee, 185 Dearborn street, Chicago. MEETING OF THE WESTERN NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION. Official Call. Colorado, Springs, Colo. Pursuant to the Regular Appointment under the Provisions of the Constitution. The Western Negro Press Association of the United States of America is hereby called to convene at Des Moines, Iowa, in its twelfth annual session June 10. and 11. 1908. Proprietors, Editors, Managers and Correspondents west of the Mississippi river are eligable to membership in said association and are urged to be present. We cordially extend an invitation to the members of the fraternity and the friends of the Newspapers in general throughout the country to meet with us at Des Moines to consider those questions so vital to the welfare of the race in the United States of America. We also extend and expect all ministers and college professors, business men and professional men and women to join us in this meeting. Recent developments show the need of action on the part of the intelligent and thoughtful members of the race and the press with the aid assistance of the clergy, must undoubtedly take the lead. W. H. Duncan, President. Porter S. Simpson, Recording Secy. Nick Chiles, Chairman, Executive Committee. Address Hon. John L. Thompson, Des Moines, Ia., concerning hotel accommodations. DR. W. E. MACKEV WILL REST DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. The first of this week Dr. W. E. Mackey, gave up his office at 3111, state street, and in order to rest up a little bit during the hot summer months, he will hold forth at his home, 4042 Armour ave. Tel. Blue 6571; offices hours 9 to 12 A. M., 1 to 4 P. M., and night. STREET, PHONE, MONROE 3076. The Elks ball is over. There were Merry Widow Hats and great gowns of the ball, after the ball, there were empty pockets and great frowns. Mr. David Austin of Englewood and a party of North Side ladies were guests of Prof. Alex. Simpson last Tuesday evening. A sumptious lunch was served after which a theater party was arranged. The Old Needmore Club is trying hard to revive again under new management. West Side Sunday Club is doing a grand work for young and old. President, Dr. C. H. P. Miss Clara Etherly of Hyde Park has fully recovered from a sudden spell of sickness and was able to do the first and last dance at the Elks. Mrs. A. B. Parker, 3731 Rhodes Ave. on a recent date nearly hollowered herself hoarse at the Ireland's ball park; ask Mr. Johnson. Brides and grooms are plentiful over here at present, well yes, this is the year the girls has something to say, not leaving out the old malds. COLORED FEMALE UNDERTAKERS Mrs. Carrie Sules and Mrs. Ruth Dabney, two of the most enterprising Colored women, in Washington. D. C. have established an undertaking business at 32 F. Street N. W., Washington. Mrs. Dabney is the wife of undertaker James H. Dabney one of the leading undertakers of that city, and is an expert embalmer. It is said that she can handle a corpse equal to her husband. They were convinced that it is more congenial for females to handle females and that there are times when females die that it is embarrassing to families for them to be handled by men. Not only will these ladies embalm and bury the dead, but will keep a dozen teams that will be hired for balls, parties and receptions — EX. FIVE NEW BISHOPS ARE CHOSEN Bishop Henry M T Turner Placed on the Retired List. The A. M. E. General Conference which is winding up its sessions at Norfolk, Va., has selected the following new bishops: Rev. E. W. Lampton, of Greenville, Miss., Rev. H. B. Parks, of Kansas City, Kans., and Rev. J. S. Fliper, of Atlanta, Ga., will hold forth as bishops in the United States and J. Albert Johnson of Philadelphia, will serve as bishop for South Africa, and W. H. Hurd, of Atlanta, Ga., will serve his Lord as bishop for West Africa. Bishop Henry M. Turner who married a dashing young lady about a year ago, who was at that time supposed to be the wife of another preacher, was placed on the retired list, and from now on Bishop Handy will preside in the House of Bishops. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. Chicago, Ill., 5, 1908. Dr. Edward S. Miller and Dr. William A. Richardson desire to announce to their friends and patrons that they have removed their offices from 3160 State street to the southeast corner 31st and State streets, in the Gerity Block, number 3101 State street. They have fitted up the entire second floor as a suite of offices and are now ready to receive their patients at the new location. CHIPS Mrs. Noah Whalen, 6618 Vernon Ave., entertained a party of ladies at a "dove," Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Williams of the Original Dixie Jubilee troupe are spending a short vacation at their residence, 6618 Vernon Ave. Sargeant and Mrs. Wm. Childs, 6616 Vernon Ave., will have three charming young ladies as their guests during the summer. Mrs. E. Azalla Hackley left Monday for Kansas City, after having been royally entertained by several of Chicago's social leaders. Miss William Hart returned to her home in Indianapolis, Ind., Monday, after spending a few days as the guest of her sister, Mrs. John Fry, 2024 Indiana Ave. Miss Frances Murphy of Baltimore, will be the guest of her brother-in-law, Mr. Noah D. Thompson, next month. While here Miss Hurphy will attend the Chicago university. The musical-social given by the Helping Hand Club, for the benefit of Boreen Baptist church, at the home of Mrs. Geneva Smith, 5363 Dearborn St., Tuesday evening was a great success in every way. Col. Beauregard F. Moseley is making great headway in his candidacy for judge of the Municipal Court, and many of the judges of that court and leading lawyers of both races are willing to assist him to push his boom along. Walter Hill. 2351 State Street, Phone, Calumet 3720, continues to meet with success, in the express, van and storage business, and Mr. Hill wants all those who are figuring on moving or wants their trunks transferred to any part of the city to call and see him. The Pekin Theater, 27th and State Streets, will close for the summer season, Sunday evening and on Monday night a performance will be given for the benefit of J. Ed. Green, director of Amusements. The Pekin with many new musical comedies will reopen early in the fall. Miss Elizabeth B. Slaughter, 3544 Dearborn street, has been confined to the house with sickness ever since she returned home from a visit to Louisville, Ky., some four or five weeks ago. She was attacked with a nervous breakdown and rheumatism at the same time. But at the present time she is improving. The Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guard, will give a grand concert and full dress reception in honor of the delegates and visitors to the National Republican Convention, at the First Regiment armory, on Thursday evening, June 18. Band concert from 9 to 10 o'clock, grand march at 11 o'clock. Admission 50 cents. Mrs. W. H. Marshall of Chicago, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. D. W. Boyer, arrived here on Tuesday after a pleasant trip to visit her parents. Mrs. Mashall is an old favorite with the people in the Garden City, and her host of friends are glad to welcome her back to the old home even though her stay will be short.—The Forum, San Jose California. It is freely admitted by many of the big white republican politicians in Cook County that owing to the fact that Oscar De Priest has become so unpopular with his own people, and has the swell head to such an extent that he entertains the idea that he is the only dog in the meat house, it will never do to select him for the third time to make the race for county commissioner. Among the most prominent social lights who will visit Chicago during the convention are: Hon. Ralph W. Tyler and wife of Columbus, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. George A. Myers, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Judge Robt. Terrell of Washington, D. C. Living quarters at one of the down town hotels have been engaged for them, and their social pleasures will be looked after by Mr. Noah D. Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. N. Penticost who have had charge of a flat building for some time at 18 S. Homan Ave., lately bought a nice home of their own at 3537 Vernon Ave., but it being leased until the first of May, 1909, they are unable to occupy it until that time. In the mean time, they have removed to 5245 Dearborn street where they will be pleased to meet their friends, and on May 25, Mr. Penticost will start on a visit to his sister at Rome, Ga., whom he has not seen for seventeen or eighteen years, and he will spend six weeks in traveling through the South. Some time ago, Samuel and Lenora Larson, agreed to disagree, so they rushed into the divorce court with their domestic troubles, and Attorney Walter M. Farmer, representing Mr. Larson drew up and filed a bill to impeach the decree on the grounds of fraud. Melick and Reynolds, represented Mrs. Larson, and when the case came up before Judge Charles M. Walker, Friday May 15. Attorney Farmer being the only Colored gentleman connected with the case, His Honor decided in his favor, and Mr. Farmer was highly complimented for the skillful manner in which he handled it and his knowledge of the law governing such cases. At an informal reception, at the residence of Mrs. I. B. Well-Barnett, Sunday afternoon, Mrs. E. Azalia Smith Hackley, with the assistance of Mrs. Barnett organized a company of some of Chicago's substantial folks and music lovers who have pledged themselves to assist in the establishment of a prize or prizes for "musical scholarships" abroad; for members of the race whose progress along musical lines prove sufficient to warrant their studying abroad as did Mrs. Hackley, Clarence White, Fortia Washington, Folk Wet and others. Mrs. Hackley predicts for this movement a helpful impetus to our talent and believes that within ten years our reputation as thorough musicians will be thoroughly established abroad and at home. Mr. H. O. Tanner of Paris, France, has kindly consented to act as treasurer for the fund, and Mr. Noah D. Thompson of Chicago will serve the local organization as secretary and see that all subscriptions to the fund are properly acknowledged-"T." The Sporting World. King Edward has named one of his thoroughbred fillies Slim Lady. Audubon Boy, 1:50% is going to have a heavy season. More than thirty mares have already been booked to him. Eels, the Yale shortstop, handles self more like a finished ball, good than any college product seen in a good while. Thomas Barry's successor in coach of the Notre Dame eleven will be Dave Place, the former Dartmouth tackle and All American lineman. Seasick II., W. K. Vanderbilt's colt has been backed at 25 to 1 in the English Derby. The colt has won two big races in France this season. Plays and Players Clyde Fitch's play "The Truth" was performed lately in Hamburg, Germany. Grace George next season will have plays by both Jerome K. Jerome and Clyde Fitch. Cecilia Loftus will have a three act play next season into which her limitations will enter. Ada Dwyer, now playing in "Nurse Marjorie," has been selected by Liebler & Co. to play the role of Mrs. Wiggs in Australia. Paul Armstrong is writing a one act sketch for the use of the Naval academy cadets at their amateur dramatic entertainment. SHORT STORIES. The pineapple is said to be the most profitable fruit in Florida. Grape fruit comes next. Louisiana has a steel sawmill with a capacity of 000,000 feet a day, which is said to be the largest in this country. The Hudson-Fulton celebration committee in New York decided to change the date of the celebration from Sept. 18 to Sept. 25, 1909, to insure probability of good weather. The royal northwest mounted police after two years' work have cut an eight foot trail from Peace river through the Rocky mountains to the Yukon, giving a route from Edmonton to Dawson entirely over Canadian territory. Middleton island, in the gulf of Alaska, near longitude 146 degrees and not far from the entrance to Prince William sound, is becoming known as a garden spot. Last winter there was no snow, and grass was green every month. A rainbow before sunup was seen in York, Pa., one morning recently. The rainbow was perfect in form, very distinct and was spread across the heavens in the northwest. This atmospheric phenomenon vanished, however, in about ten minutes. HUMOR OF THE HOUR Man or Boy? A certain officer of the army who is of immense stature, being six feet four inches in height and tipping the scales at 240 pounds, has for many years been attached to a scientific bureau at Washington, and his writings are well known in the scientific world. Much of his work is done evenings, and sometimes he finds it necessary to carry home reference books. One morning he gathered together several of the volumes, none of them very small, and, putting them under his arm, started for his office. He had not gone far when he came face to face with a dark lad who, with an expression of great wonder, planted himself directly in the path of the huge officer. "Sakes alive, mister!" exclaimed the wondering boy. "Is they sendin' you to school?"—Lippincott's Magazine. Befety In Numbers "Yes," said Miss Passay, "Mr. Fox has called upon me several times later, but he always brings some other young man with him." "I suppose," remarked Miss Speitz, "he realizes that he can't be too careful in leap year."—Catholic Standard and Times. Interesting Games. Pearl—I was squeezed in bridge whilst last night. Ruby—Can I help you, dear? I have some pith money left. Pearl—Oh, this wasn't a financial squeeze. You see—or—Tom squeezed my hand under the table.—Detroit Tribune. Up in the Air. "Weren't you ever on a motor car?" "Yes; once." "What make was it?" "I don't know. I was only on the front of it for a second or so, and it got away before I could pick myself up."—Philadelphia Press. The Second Thought. "Remember," said the prudent man, "that the words once spoken can never be recalled." "No," answered Senator Sorghum, "but you can always make a fun and say you were misquoted."—Washington Rips. our reputation as thorough musicians will be thoroughly established abroad and at home. Mr. H. O. Tanner of Paris, France, has kindly consented to act as treasurer for the fund, and Mr. Noah D. Thompson of Chicago, will serve the local organization as secretary and see that all subscriptions to the fund are properly acknowledged—"T." The Sporting World. King Edward has named one of his thoroughbred fillies Slim Lady. Andubon Boy, 1:59% is going to have a heavy season. More than thirty mares have already been booked to him. Bels, the Yale shortstop, handles himself more like a fullsided ball player than any college product seen in a good while. Thomas Barry's successor as coach of the Notre Dame eleven will be Dave Place, the former Dartmouth tackle and All American lineman. Seaslek II, W. K. Vanderbilt's colt has been backed at 25 to 1 in the English Derby. The colt has won two big races in France this season. Plays and Players. Clyde Fitch's play "The Truth" was performed lately in Hamburg, Germany. Grace George next season will have plays by both Jerome K. Jerome and Clyde Fitch. Ada Dwyer, now playing in "Nurses Marjorie," has been selected by Liebler & Co. to play the role of Mrs. Wiggs in Australia. Paul Armstrong is writing a one act sketch for the use of the Naval academy cadets at their amateur dramatic entertainment. SHORT STORIES. The pineapple is said to be the most profitable fruit in Florida. Grape fruit comes next. Louisiana has a steel sawmill with a capacity of 600,000 feet a day, which is said to be the largest in this country. The royal northwest mounted police after two years' work have cut an eight foot trail from Peace river through the Rocky mountains to the Yukon, giving a route from Edmonton to Dawson entirely over Canadian territory. HUMOR OF THE HOUR aghout the world : ’ United States: ané thes 000,000, wil Ga ts indeed "only comspilas ee the United » Stat 20 pa th Sa tren have ehaebaiete Ey ‘this i old, is ised ti rts of Ne word. Tafa isa ae o wy The lund opetatont ave ‘often ‘chenpelied be- cause Of thesized popalation. whic epends pon the telephone to ‘Speak two of three languages In addition to mene > gtey ne paces 3 Sea FUR ae ek. wae allowed bis subjects the: , tion by telephone. A bor been = oes on cry aor and Gemma et ereign’s ear and demand their 2S eee Each day 2 long ‘petitioners as- at a Sn Spe remains until ‘sundown, when it is closed. 4 . Indeed, the ‘telephone is proving “s powerful democratic influence in bring- Eng Edward. the coat ‘end the Ger omar man emperor are reached by this means much more often than was formerly possible. They are indeed fast becom- ing more accessible than many of New York's money kings whose telephone numbers appear in po @irectory, the op- erators being forbidden to reveal them under any ciretmstances Were this not the case, it is egid, the millionaires would be flooded with numberiess calis of every description. By revealing their numbers to only a few business and personal associates this bother is ellm- inated. Another novel use of ‘the in- strument in New York is the taking of testimony under oath by means of it. ‘The annual number of telephone mes- sages in the United States is almost incredible, totaling probably 1,500,000,- 000. Were one man to” attempt. to speak all these cémversations it would have been necessary for him to have started about 8,000 years before Christ, since the task, allowing three minutes for each call, would oceupy 5,000 years, Expressed differentiy, this number of calls would give every man, woman and child and even the babies in arms in this country about 100 a yeat—a remark- able indication of the point of derelop- ment which the telephone has reached in tts brief life of thirty years as an organized business. Vegetarian Legislators. ‘Vegetarian meals are a great success fm the house 6f commons. A special vegetarian table dhote has been. pro- ‘vided in the members’ dining rom tor some time. Perhaps not more than a doven members adhere strictly to the use of “no Sesh, mo fish,” ‘but aang are adopting a dietiry containing a re- Guced consumption of meat. Sir James Alfred Jacoby, chairman of the kitchen committee, began about the end of last session to cater for vegetarian dishes ‘which would appeal to members who were not vegetarians. He puts on the table “the -vegetarian dinner at -1 which the following is eaaia ‘ing is a sample menu: mis x cue cers and ve ee ‘alse or curried eggs and rite. fon! au gratin or saute potatbes. milk pudding or rhubarb tart, Sat of butter.”—London te 8 ——_—- Fi ‘The: Resinn Aad? Grand Duke Micha randro oe ers iy tie «ce nr ‘frst affair of the heart, but as the lady, cat ae nae ne ae ere <S eaeae retused ene but with the intimation: . ‘wil be rescluded a8. om ete ‘shall here: owe clase, aaa P -aach . eye Frcotaee nad. Gatch eat “ep ie Serre wer eee {2 six hours. Argonaut... rat oe Sse Biacovery 8 3 sien ap of an Frank cemotary at 2 aa onece ane aerave pert ay bent dened, Sata os zs ea Se aan eat = deal of the black 5 oe ae eee sbreoke Sunset found Seem whieh ee : 2S et wert See a te « Unghie waren Tit ct Seteeg toe Readies Seo eiats = 4 : NEW SHODPT sToor: oe eres Ass : Peet ee See Se te ee - fade, et as ee ecoune, ahd AY WP lve wel” Se aes ne more ia Cresson who™ a ‘wht quay etn are ae Tels, “barrels of apples, some marked Se eee feronlly, Dacle Seah? Uaeld to the old mn. "They vote tobe the tame Kind of apples: : “They ts the same kind, gon,’ the ee ‘opetied at ‘the top and ‘fome at the bottom** smnhee Justin ss ‘the. ‘capt ‘commission, told this nn ‘Se old codgér out to In- /@iana county who fears neltber lawyer not court. “Not long ago Dick Wilson @ case before the ‘squire,’ and. knowing bis man, he went to the office fortified with 2 dozen or more supreme ‘court decisions. “Wilson argued his case, cited sev- ‘eral opinions and fincily remarked, >» x AG ~~ % 7 aT NV 7 3 oie ee po Rs —_. ns I RECKON YOU'VE READ “‘Baquire, 1 have bere some decisions by ‘the supreme court of Pennsyivanis, swhtich I shall read’ - “Wilson finished one decision, when ‘the justice interrupted, saying: “Mr. Wilson, I reckon “you've read enough. Those supreme court decisions are all right ‘so far es they go, but if the sapreme court bas not already re- versed itself I bave no doubt that It ‘Wil do so in the pear future. Judg- ment is therefore given against your client.’ "—Philadelphia Public Ledger. i ee ee ae ‘& grizzled old colonel who is a vet- eran ‘ot ‘the civil war ind who bas since seen. hard, active service in sev- ‘eral Indian campsigns, the arctic re- gions, the Spanish war and the Philip- Pine insurrection. did not riew with pleasure the recent promotions of younger and almost unknown officers Who were jumped over his bead. ‘Strojilag about his in the Philip- ine, he came upou one of his officers fondling a monkey. > “Colonel,” sald the officer, “this is Pesaro meses: 1: ost saw. . be can take & stick and go ‘through the ‘manual of arms almost as wake meebo Resets” “Sh!” cautioned the colonel, giancing ‘sbout in grest alarm. “Don't tell any- body. Supposing the war department ‘heard of it, they'd make hitn « briga- ‘Gier general.” ’ = - Self Divided. “I interviewed Alfred Vanderbilt in Paris,” said a foreign correspondent. “on the coaching rum be will make this summer from London to Brighton. I know that run well—I ade it myseif Sees Sa wt cre road, between Pesca oo this te teteat tat, ona as. Mr: ‘Vanderbilt talked he poticed this. “If you make the ran with mie, he ae een oer oe eee Mare salt, ana. fat friend of: mine Aid, tor acca ee % |S My friend ordered two seats on the Seighton gro ao U pawanyegho == s . one * ga Ceres: The Lady Bidet Obiect. — ‘Whee Lert rayels be likes cham iets Pitan hcg bs wick bec iaia Seaeicinde joa big for reg. ‘with a round fur penny oh te Spree. s ‘€0t tn, glanced eins a asked aa a7 “Do yois object to smbking, risadumr* iy eae rs 7 Se Se Bias hr FACTS*IN'FEW LINES , * . } are WEES be See ee ee AS ie eae ge een Oe hing the problent of restoring te gp achatanwds ine Maybe moet ag oe Vere ae Poorchoen ct macrege! Fagen pect a cos ; 20 im prot | When the 30,400 or mor mas canteen niles oe ake Rome ea ee ae cate eh mat wat Gibek sacs coms we pte i oadec bs tops are toad ss é e liam Pe ce he a ¢ The pi ‘are | mere aes ome eee a cst than Yee = two. Sextet ce nee x ‘oa. ‘Same! EB. Graves, x miner nest Ka- tala, Alaska, who has been swallow- img gold for three years in order te ‘conceal thefts, has been operated on, and an ounce of auggets were found tm bis appendix. “The Luxemburg govetnment is tréat/ ‘mg incorrigible vagabonds to bread and water for the drt Tour days of their tmprisonment and to the lowest weale of ordinary diet ‘twice a week jafterward. The prisons are said to be emptying fast. A cotton mill io Zurich bas among tts employees 125 Italian girls, for whom 8 special lodging house bas been built. It-is looked after by alx Catho- Ye nuns, who are paid by the Arm. ‘Each girt pays 90 centimes-a day (174 cents) for food and lodging. The olive crushers of Spain had a ‘meeting the other day, at which some claimed that without adulteration ex- portation would be impossible, while others insisted that only their absolute parity would insure the sale of Spanish ‘olive ‘oils in foreign markets. A Russian girl, aged twenty, shot herself dead in a forest near Lindan, She left a letter inclosed in a volume ‘of Tolstoy explaining that she had ‘taken her life Secause she Zound tt too ‘Gull and asking to be buried as 2 pauper, as she did not wish to reveal her identity. ‘The native peariers oppose the as- sumption that the pearl fisheries of Burma are becoming exhausted and need a long rest. They claim that the productiveness of the banks is as great as ever and that the shortage noted is entirely die to the class of divers hav- Ing deteriorated. Johuny Goff, who was Roosevelt's ‘guide during his Colorado bunt, is pow living near Cody, Wyo. One of Gots ‘Beighbors, when contemplating a trip to Wesbington the past winter, men- ‘tioned the fact to Goff, “Say, If you 1B,” said the guide generously, “lemme know. I'll drop the president « line ‘and have him look you up.” Dr. George C. Nichols of Phippsburg. ‘Me. owns one of the oldest signboards im the country. Eighty yeats ago, when la ferry was in operation over the Ken- fmebec river from Phippsburg to (Georgetown, this sign was located on the main highway and read, “To Ar- ‘Towsic and Georgetown over Lees fer- pia At present sil the world is building warships. Inthe shipyards of Europe and Asia, public and private, there are ‘Row under construction 41 battleships. ‘21 armored cruisers, 13 scouta, 04 de- stroyers, 62 torpedo boats and 106 sub- tmarines. Great Britain, France, Ger- many. Japéu and Russia are all urging work on war vessels, - La Nature asserts that the military population of the German empire sum- ‘bers @68,868 men. In Alsace-Lorraine ‘are quartered 81,100; at Metz, 12.085; im the environs of Mets, 11819; “at ‘Strassburg. 15,408; environs of Strass- burg, 1,183; at Colmar, 5,062; at Mul- on 3 ‘The other garrisons on the are much Jess important. _ Portraits of cabinet ministers are painted at Washington by all sorts of artists With cll kinds of ‘pant and nung ib their departments, and it ts reported thet Secretary of State Root son fhe war beputtocnt any io to to collet ‘ad ieee the “portiale” Rata ie wee bo ere meee ‘The request of Emperor Francis Jo- seph to bis people to celebrate the stx- tith anniversary of bis reign, tf ther ‘wish to belebrate at all, by “doing good to cop! Deen regarded by oe Bt apa et eet eee Sane eels ee te Bch) labia: sede aan stat oa A 4 ‘Mohammed Nasrotieh Khan This Should Interest You gocueee to show your race,loyalty and at the same nites aes eee trceeen Sheen Sere eae Now Rs Flot ate fy igo pnd age aprene Feito A vghoe tend es. Names of Comutissioners:. PS ‘ ! eee se 4 SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING Sian anaes ae: ta the elty sould call and register om oar visitors: es dag gTRE STANOAND MO Conboy i chk (ele TRICK H. O'DONNELL =~ ee ; Mi, Oita & . Ros: -catteméts at uw ore oe & CLARK. STREETS cHIcago GRAY g MORAN a al TLRS J. DEVINE A. D. GASH Atersy at haw, (94-86 La Salle Btroet, Chicace Suis 615 619, ‘Telephone Mata 3977, JOHN E. OWENS 3 arronner & Soungaton (988 ASHLANO (BLOCK Toews ‘Main 4153 Sart PUBLIC alter M. Farmer ATTORNEY aT Law | ) Sutee 708, 271 Washington ‘st. Res, 4856 Langley Av. CHICAGO Phone Oakland 1538 F.A, Rawlins The Modern Embalmer UNDERTAKER ‘AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR | When his work is fished you have no displeasure. 4817 State Street CHICAGO Phene Deugias 1550 Phone Calumet 1579 | Morgue and Private Chapel. C. JOHNSON. ; R. W. GREEN, MGR. 2712 State Street Chicago ae ] ane Meliawel ~Phphicin & Sargeoa mth ien teinatl 5 Sem nd alent > Bimbe ao 2 oye ) $100 STATE ST, cHicago. iis feign —— Dy. W. E MACKEY ‘4842 Armour Avenue. Phone, Blue 6571. CHICAGO. Hours: 9. te 12a m; 1 te 4p mj | and Nights, “Clty Office, $00 Burton Big; . ‘39 State Street . Hours 47 P.M. Phone Central $207 W.D Langford, M.D, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Home Office, 2383 State Street BOURS—O13 m. 1:20 p.m After 7:20 p. m. Phone Calumet 264 Telephone, Calumet 194 Dr. AB Schultz Hours: 3729 STATE STREET 2 tod A ML 2 tos cHcaco ) and after ¢ p. m. C. E. Kreyssler Chomist and Druggist oo. a] = q 4 $$$ a diate ek a ° Sadi Titec a WooD eae a — WR Cowan AG Harely MO. Conan © ae ner 3 VA toa Real EstatesEaams abd” nen: ey Paar to's cuAne'ethddr, ‘Tet. Harriton’ tors) | pub $A JA. 6 Express & Yan Moving ‘Phone 009 Calumet omvengo MRS. A. E. BAKER nomions 41e—seTH STREET ‘inderwear a Spoclatty suicdeo is GARNER ‘Tel. Douglas 385 THE ELITE BUFFET FINE WINES, LIQsORS AND CIGARS ~ 2090 State Street CHICA Phone Dougias 3393 CHAS. GASKIN, Prop. CHOICE WINBS,, LIQUORS “AND CIGARS Z Cafe In Connection Chicago Bo i are PA ee om 4 » Waiters and Cooks sacneTs AMO Line Wee for completa: Cotelogne ot Saeen. Marcus Ruben (Inc.) soo Sate Se, CRNCAGO. Tee enoab Ak ‘a fer salc st the following sews A. B. Torvalen, 134 W. Sist strest Cigar Store and News Stand. Geo, L Martin, maker of fine cigara, and news stand, 343 Bast Sist St. C, HL Green, cigars, tobacco ‘and agen se Oe hs a ‘Lasadiy ofice, 381 Seth ot ‘Mra. Alma 4 Simpson, news agent, 1255 ‘Btate street. ; W, 8, Dole, 886 Thirty drat strect. pba Bowe andl in ee he ped sfch eirest. = 2 Jelnce, Hoton: Stine and Teme, Willems, Ghevtis tome Seind, 2909 armour a sseacry, #2 — 3a) Gite cpr, lat Sat Me Tedero A fami, Conn, Fy fe tees. = Sn peal, Wl 8 Ba ke eel ee Seat Tees Sea ee et age. ie ee VISITING YOUR FRIEND. No Place Like Home, After All, Go a Victim Believe. Visiting has ever been a form of discomfort. Your friend, who has a new home, a lately replenished library, a unique garden or something which represents money enough to make him vain in its possession, cannot rest until he has dragged you from a happy home to cater to this feeling of vanity. As for yourself, you put it off as long as possible. Of course you want to go. The thought of not having been able to get to see him has, you assure him, filled you with perpetual gloom. But circumstances over which you have had no control save forbidden. All this you assert until the fatal moment arrives when you realize that no further subterfuge is possible, and, with many protestations of antipathory delight, you start off. Your friend meets you at the station with his auto. He explains its workings, its superiority over all others, as you proceed back. If it breaks down on the way, as is more likely, he smiles brightly. Such a thing has never happened before. He knows, of course, what the cause was. He mentions it carelessly, thereby implying that it was of so little consequence that it was scarcely worth while to avoid it. You arrive at his house. Filled with enthusiasm and reveling in a new victim, he proceeds forthwith to drag you over its weary length before you have had time to change your shoes. "Fine room this!" he exclaims, with a burst of honest pride, and so on. By and by, when he is getting tired, his wife, like a relay pony, takes up the lecture where he leaves off. So plastic are we that at the time by a sort of fictional warmth you really seem to be enjoying yourself. You exclaim in wonder over the fact that you have been so long in getting there. And when at last, a week later, you reluctantly leave you tell him, with tears in your eyes, that you had the time of our life. It is only when once more you find yourself joyful in your own humble apartments, with its faithful bed, whose very imperfections have endearled themselves to you, that you cry out in deep gladness, "Thank God it's over, for, after all, there's no place like home!"-T. L. Masson in Puck. They prayed Running. Harry and Ethel were crossing a field on their return from Sunday school when they encountered a bull. At the animal's approach they fled in terror. Faster and faster they ran, yet nearer and nearer came the bull. "We must pray," panted Harry. "You do it." Ethel pleaded. "We'll kneel down right here." "No; we pray running. You ought to do it. You're a girl." "O Lord—O Lord—I can't!" sobbed Ethel. "You do it." The proximity of the bull demanded immediate action, and Harry rose to the occasion. Loudly and fervently he prayed: "O Lord, for what we are about to receive make us truly thankful!"—Success Magazine. Trapped. "I saw the cutest thing today," began Miss Passay coyly. "It was a painting of the—er—what is the name of that little god that represents matri-mony?" "Well, now," said Mr. Timmid, "you've got me." "Oh, Mr. Timmid, this is so sudden!"—Philadelphia Press. Ripping Times. Gunner—Hot times out at the ball game. The players were slamming balls all the afternoon. Guyer—And how about the bleacher-ites? Gunner—Oh, they were slamming the umpire!—Chicago News. Co-operating With Reform. "Do you think racing will ever be stopped?" "The trouble I have always had," replied the hard ink specialist, "is that the horns I bet on always want to stop."—Washington Star. A Lung Developer. HOSE BUYER'S LOVE DEVELOPER Liftman (for the second time)—No smoke! in the lift. Navy—I ain't smoke! Liftman—Well, don't you call that a cigar? Navy (trying once more to make his "smoke" draw) — New, of course it ain't. It's a bloomin' lung Developer. Tatier. CHOICE MISCELLANY The Rooster Muzzle. They were like fairy helmets—little wire helmets no bigger than a walnut. "They are rooster mussels," said the city farmer as he 'led the way past the pen beds on the window sills, the potato field on the back porch and the flourishing mushroom crop under the outhouse. "Rooster mussels!" "Even so. Mussels, not to prevent roosters from bling—for even the gamer fowl! has never been known to snap—but to prevent them from crowling. See here." They had reached the tiny chicken run. The city farmer caught a rooster and gently slipped a muzzle over its fierce head. WHERE EVERY PATRON Saves ON EVERY PURCHASE $4,500—S. W. cor. 57th and La Fayette Ave., 2 flats 5-6 rooms, modern, hardwood throughout. $5,250—6337 Langley Ave., 2 flat brick and stone, 5-6 rooms, steam heat, hardwood throughout. $9,000—3444-45 Wabash Ave., 2-9 room stone front residences; will sell separate. Make terms. $2,000—3718 LaSalle St., 6 rooms, frame, brick foundation. $2,000—3720 LaSalle St., 2 flat, brick and frame, 5-5 rooms. $2,000—3722 LaSalle St., frame building, 6 rooms, modern improvements. $2,800—3940 Dearborn St., 2 flat frame, 5-6 rooms, bath. JESSE BINGA, 3637 State St. Phone, Douglas 1565 "Now," said he, "it cannot crow. It can't wake the neighbors with its crowns at daybreak; hence, thanks to this muzzle, it is at last possible to keep chickens in the most crowded city quarters. Jacob Feinberg Wholesale and Retail MARKET AND GROCERY TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 565 81st and State Streets "Harrison Weir invented the rooster muzzle. A rooster to crow, you see, stands erect, flaps his wings, throws back his head and opens his beak wide. If he can't open his beak no crow can come from his little red throat."—New Orleans Times-Democrat. Artificial Dyes. A recent investigation as to the chemical industries of Germany shows how rapidly artificial coloring agents are taking the place of the natural dyes formerly used. The change is indicated by the decrease of imports of various logwoods. Among these are bluewood, native to Mexico, Haiti, the British West Indies, the Dominican Republic and the United States; yellowwood, which grows in Austria-Hungary, Mexico and South America, and redwood, indigenous to British India, the west coast of Africa and Mexico. BRADLEY & FIELDS REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE For ages the Arabs have used the redwood of India for sandals. During the last forty years the cultivation of mudder has become nearly extinct in western Europe. Cochineal has been almost entirely driven from the market. Indigo alone holds its place strongly, although the competition with artificial indigo is now very keen.—Harper's Weekly. ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARDS THE RAILROAD INN Imported and Domestic Wines Liquors & Cigars Cafe in Connection N. E. Corner Fifty-first and Armour Avenue, Chicago, Ill. The 8th Regiment Ill. N. G. will give a Band Concert and Full Dress Reception in honor of the Delegates and Visitors to the National Republican Convention at the 1st Regiment Armory on Thursday eve., June 18, 1908. The Panama Hat. "The panama hat will still be the most correct hat for summer wear," said a Broadway hatter. "Only fine panamas will be worn, though. I am stocking nothing under $12. "The panama will always be correct because it is at once handsome and costly. It is not a durable hat. It can be folded like a handkerchief and then returned unharmed to its original shape. It can't be passed through a finger ring. It can't be used with impunity as a drinking cup, a pillow, a baseball, a doormat. --- POOL AND CIGARS AND BILLIARDS TOBACCOS WILLIAM LEWIS THE FRONTANAC CLUB 239 E. 22ND STREET Phone Calcnet 2940 CHICAGO "No, a good panama must be treated carefully. Rough handling will split it the same as any other straw. And with the best of treatment it will only hast a few years. "For the panama is not an overdurable hat. We have learned that our ideas about it in the past were mostly fallacies." Exchange. New York is to nave the largest morgue in the world. It is to be seven stories high and will accommodate 275 bodies. Twenty enormous refrigerators, costing $50,000, with plate glass front and couches, will hold the unidentified dead so that they may be viewed. The percentage of unknown dead of New York is increasing every year. Once Washington square was the potter's field. The poor and unknown dead of half a century did not all it. If Washington square was lald out like a cemetery now, with every grave having its separate plot, one year's interments of the poor and unknown would fill it. The deaths from accident, suicide, drowning and violence are more than 5,000 in a year--Pittsburg Dispatch. Enlarged Skating Rink, Health Merry Go-Rounds, Picture Shows, Band Concerts and Vocal Solos, Parisian Gallery, Soda Fountain and Cafe in connection. A Fair Sized Wager. "The biggest election bet I ever knew to be made was a wager of $65,000 that George B. McCellan would be elected president in 1844," said Arthur B. Wright, a veteran Chicago politician. "This amount was wagered by a well-known sporting man of that period, and the loss of the sum put a big crimp in his bank roll. Looking back at the campaign of 1864, it seems absurd now to have supposed it possible for McCellan to defeat Lincoln, and yet plenty of good judges rather liked the chances of the Democratic candidate." -Baltimore American. 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 its 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 Arenumusement 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 its 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. Are You In Favor Of The Race Owning and Operating This Immeasure And Well Paying Plant, Where More than 1,000 Persons Will Be Employed, between May and October of each year, where you can come with 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 this Twentieth Century Enterprise. Think of it, Shares Only Ten (10.0) 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. Native American Wit. During the last session of congress a newly appointed representative called on a brother congressman to ask him to support a certain measure. The new representative is an accomplished member of one of the well known Indian tribes. The elder member, with a patronizing air, smiled his disapproval of the request made and asked, "How did they happen to send you to congress?" "Well, you know, the country never sends its best men to congress," quickly replied the Indian representative—John Post. The Forty-sixth Star. In order to make room on the flag for the forty-sixth star, which must shine there on the Fourth of July, the rows will be entirely rearranged. There will be six rows, four containing eight stars each and two containing seven. This leaves two vacant spaces for future occupation. A change in the flag involves an expense of many thousands of dollars. The array will need about 8,500 new flags, and the treasury department will have to supply about 450 for federal buildings throughout the United States.