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William H. Taft and His Speech of Acceptance The Unspeakable Hoke Smith of Georgia Was Invited to be Present at the Ceremonies. On Tuesday William H. Taft, Republican candidate for President of the United States, was officially apprised of his nomination for that high office, at his former home Cincinnati, O., by Senator Warner of Missouri, Chairman of the notification committee, who in upholding the acts of President Roosevelt in the United States Senate not so long ago, for dishonorably discharging the three companies belonging to the 25th Regiment, branded the Negroes as "Hirs and murders." The managers for Mr. Taft, in everyway endeavored to make the event a national affair. So they invited the unspeakable Hoke Smith of Georgia, who has been spat upon and spurned aside, by Hon. Clark Howell, editor of The Atlanta Constitution and the other decent Democrats in that state, and who was instrumental, in causing the death of many innocent Negroes, during his campaign for Governor of Georgia in 1906, was invited to be present and participate in the ceremonies. Thus showing that Mr. Taft, is willing to enlist the support of the worst and the most rabid Negro-hating element in the Democratic party, in order to be successful at the polls in November. In our humble opinion, Mr. Taft displayed rather poor taste, in giving Col. William J. Bryan, so much free advertising, in his speech of accept- NORMAN E. MACK Of Buffalo, New York, Elected Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Last Saturday the members of the Democratic National Committee charged with selecting a new chairman of the committee, met in this city for that purpose. Col. William J. Bryan came on from his home, Fairview, Neb., and his running mate, John W. Kern, came over from Indianapolis, Ind., to be present at the conference, and after viewing the situation on all sides, it was finally decided to select the following officers of the new Democratic National Committee: Chairman—Norman E. Mack, New York. Vice-chairman—Dr. E. L. Hall, Nebraska. Secretary—Urey Woodson, Kentucky. Treasurer—Governor C. N. Haskell, Oklahoma. Chairman publicity bureau—Henry Watterson, Kentucky. Sergeant-at-arms—John I. Martin, Missouri. John E. Lamb, Ind., chairman of the advisory committee and the other members of this last named committee are as follows: Josephus Daniel, N. C.; T. E. Ryan, Wis.; Henry Garber, Ohio; John H. Atwood, Kansas, and James Kerr, Pa. The headquarters of the committee will, until after the close of the presidential election, be in Chicago, with branch headquarters in New York City. Congressman Ollie James of Kentucky, was a candidate for chairman of the National Committee, but as he voted for the "Jim Crow Car Law" for Washington, D. C., he was waved aside and Mr. Mack was chosen for ance. For if the policies which Mr. Roosevelt stands for, as Mr. Taft admits he has none of his own, are far superior to those advocated by Col. Bryan. Then it seems to us, that he should have, simply elaborated on the superiority of Mr. Roosevelt's policies, and not have mixed them up with those false theories an policies which Mr. Bryan is supposed to stand for. By so doing Mr. Taft, has confused the mind of the average reader, who cannot tell, which is which. That is, he is unable to tell whether he is expounding the doctrines, declarations theories or policies, contained in the Democratic or the Republican platform. In his speech of acceptance, Mr. Taft gently, reminds the Negro, what the Republican party accomplished for him forty years ago, admonishes him to become a valuable citizen, and seek the friendship of those residing in the communities in which he lives. But he is silent in relation to abolishing the "Jim Crow" Car Law," and wiping out the distranchising measures in force in many of the Southern states, and restoring the members of the 25th Regiment, to their honorable positions in the army, in case he is elected President of the United States. In short, Mr. Taft's speech of acceptance, is full of taffy, generalities and largely, meaningless, and it will fall flat on the ears of the American people! the chairmanship, who, owing to his broadmindedness, has a strongfollowing among the Afro-Americans in the state of New York. Before Col. Bryan departed for his home Sunday evening quite a few Colored men called on him at the Auditorium Annex, and heartily wished him success in his race for president of the United States. NEGRO KISSER1 Reading, Penn.—In accordance with a belief of many of the old residents here that the kiss of a Colored person will cure a child of whooping cough, or will act as a sure preventive of the disease, Charles Miller, a Negro, is kept busy just now, owing to the prevalence of the disease here. Miller's kisses are said to be especially beneficial as a cure, and during the past week more than 30 white babies have been brought to him for that purpose. Many cures are reported. The kisses of Negroes have always been in demand, even apart from the prevention or cure of whooping cough. In the early days black mammils kissed their infant charges until they were wooed into the land of slumber. The luck producing properties of Negroes have since caused quite an amount of kissing by those desirous of basking in the smiles of good fortune. The blacker the Negro the more lucky the kiss. Of course, it is understood that the Negro does not profit by the good fortune. All he gets is possibly the pleasure of knowing that he has been of service to some one. HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, AUGUST 1, 1908. JOHN STANLEY BROWN JOHN EDWARD SCULLY. Popular and successful business misisoner and for President of the C him twice, once for the first and on Popular and successful business man, Republican candidate for Commisisoner and for President of the County Board. Everyone can vote for him twice, once for the first and once for the latter named position. John Edward Scully, Republican candidate for President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, is so well and favorably known, to all the people residing in Chicago and Cook County, that he needs no introduction, to the numerous readers of The Broad Ax. Having lived in Chicago all of his life, and having kept step with its progress and advancement. Early in life, he settled with his parents on the West Side, and for many years he has been prominent in business and political affairs, of that populous section of the city. He has served four years as a member of the City Council, from the 13th ward, and while a member of that body, he was ever ready to labor, for the benefit of all the people, which is to his great credit, and which should be a sufficient guarantee, when elevated to the position which he now seeks; that he will continue to labor in the interest of all the people of Cook County. For some years, Alderman Scully has been at the head of the Scully Paving Company, and his firm employs from five to seven hundred Colored men, paying them the very highest wages, and according to them the best treatment, and it can be said, that the great credit of Alderman Scully that he knows every Colored man woman and child on the West Side and hundreds of Colored people is other parts of the city and they will all work and vote for him at the Primaries August 8. In voting for him, each voter, mark his ballot twice. Once for Commissioner and once for President of the County Board, and if his white friend will stand by him like his Colored friends and supporters, he will vote out with both hands down, and he will be nominated and elected a member and chairman of the County Board of Commissioners. JAMES A. SCOTT Continues to Wage a Successful Fight in the Race for the Legisl- ature in the First Senatorial District. James A. Scott, who is one of the old timers in the Second ward, and as a worker in the ranks of the Republi- can party, has always been-popular with the boys in the pit as well as with the big chiefs of his party, continues to wage a successful fight in the race for the legislature in First Senatorial District, it is claimed by his many supporters in both the First and Second wards, that "he has the people on his side," which simply means that he is a winner and as far as the Primaries are concerned, Saturday, August 8th, it is all over right now with him but the shouting. Being an able lawyer and clearheaded at all times, Mr. Scott has made a strong hit with the people residing in the wards referred to, and with the Afro-Americans in general by publicly declaring that just as soon as he takes his seat in the legislature of Illinois, he will formulate a measure making it unlawful for cemeteries in Cook County, which are nothing more than public corporations, doing business under license granted by the state of Illinois to charge Colored people $40 for one single grave, and only charge those of other races $20 for graves adjoining those they sell to Colored people. If cemeteries in Chicago have the undisputed right to make this distinction on account of the color of a man's skin, and charge a Colored man twice as much as they charge a white man for a grave, then the Illinois Central Road, which is also a public corporation, and holds a permit from the state of Illinois to do business within its borders, would also have the right to charge a white in the interest of all the people of Cook County. For some years, Alderman Scully, has been at the head of the Scully Paving Company, and his firm employs from five to seven hundred Colored men, paying them the very highest wages, and according to them the best treatment, and it can be said, to the great credit of Alderman Scully, that he knows every Colored man, woman and child on the West Side and hundreds of Colored people in other parts of the city and they will all work and vote for him at the Primaries August 8. In voting for him, each voter, marks his ballot twice. Once for Commissioner and once for President of the County Board, and if his white friends will stand by him like his Colored friends and supporters, he will win out with both hands down, and will be nominated and elected a member and chairman of the County Board of Commissioners. man $20 to haul him from Chicago to Springfield, at the same time charging a Colored man $40 for permitting him to ride in a freight car to the same point. Therefore Mr. Scott is firmly of the opinion that he can wipe out this injustice, so he deserves to be boosted into the legislature and give him a chance to try it. FRANK D. COMERFORD, Candidate for the Democratic Nomination for Congress in the 5th Dis Frank D. Comerford, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 5th District, has for the past two weeks been holding rousing meetings in all parts of that District, and he seems to have the people with him, and by standing on the unique platform, he feels he has already won the fight. "The man who calls any voter a foreigner, speaks a lie. The politician who raises the question of nationality or religion to get your vote insults you. "Be a free man on Primary Day, August the 8th. Vote your own mind. Don't allow any man to deliver your vote. I ask your support on the following platform: "1. A revision and extension of our Immigration Laws to welcome to our country and its citizenship all. "2. Give the workingman Justice—abolish Government by Injunction. "3. Place the burden of taxation on the large incomes of the rich rather than on the por man's home, by an Income Tax and Inheritance Tax. "4. Prosecute the Millionaire Trust Magnate for his dishonesty with the same energy that we now prosecute Taft Headquarters Has Jim Crow Elevator Candidate's Home City Political Office in Building Where Negroes are Compelled to Ride in Freight Lift. Administration Race Press is Mighty Quiet About This Insult In a Northern City. What a howl was raised by the Negro political slaves of the Republican party a short while ago when the Y. M. C. A. of Charlestown, W. Va., excluded Negroes from the gallery of this Christian (?) association the evening of Bryan's lecture there! The more rabid of the subsidized Colored papers even asserted what they very probably believed was entirely untrue, viz. that Bryan himself or his manager had something to do with this discrimination. The informer reporter's interview with Bryan shortly afterwards, which was produced and editorially commented upon in The Informer at the time, confirmed what every adult having the least common sense and knowing anything about present-day conditions strongly believed concerning this. Charleston discrimination which neither Bryan nor his manager so much as knew of until after it was completed. This Charleston incident is recalled to us by the fact that up until the 19th inst., and presumably even yet continuing, Negroes visiting Taft headquarters in the city of Cincinnati, had to ride up in the freight elevator or walk upstairs. Now, we are honest enough, unlike those Negro papers which blamed Bryan for the Charleston incident, to admit most freely that we have not the slightest idea that William H. Taft ordered this discrimina- the man who steals a loaf of bread. "5. Postal Savings Banks to protect the savings of the working people. "6. Make all Political Parties publish where they get their campaign funds, so that people may know the men who campaign for their votes on corporation money. Put an X in the square before my name if you believe as I do. OUT FOR BRYAN. The Troy, N. Y., Press (white), a hitherto strong Republican newspaper which was an enthusiastic champion of the candidacy of Governor Hughes for the Presidency, and which greatly preferred Johnson to Bryan, is now boldly flying the banner of Bryan and Kern. As between party regularity and despotism, on the one hand, and independence and democracy, on the other, The Press did not hesitate to choose the latter. There is no greater menace to American institutions and American liberty than that parading under the banner of party "regularity," and no stronger safeguards to such institutions and such liberty than those independent citizens who insist on placing principle above party.—Ex. COLORED WOMAN WINS SUIT. Awarded $5 When Druggist Refused to Sell Her Ice Cream Soda. Greencastle, Ind.-Justice Ashton this afternoon awarded Mrs. Ida Mae Earnes, Colored, $5 damages against the Red Cross drug store. The woman brought suit against the store because No.43 rters Grow Elevator One City Political ding Where Ne- mpelled to Ride Race Press is About This Insult City. tion at his Cincinnati headquarters. But we wish to rise and remark that any Afro-American who would be guilty of visiting Taft's headquarters in the city named so long as this insulting regulation holds, is unfit to be noticed by, much less be a leader of his race. The people who excluded Afro-Americans at Charleston did not include either Bryan or his agent, but were a group of Christians (?), and the organization was an exceedingly non-partisan one. The place now making the discrimination is the location to the purely partisan, the purely Taft political headquarters. Of course, the right thinking people of Cincinnati are highly incensed at this affront, and the news item divulging the information says, "Taft could not be elected mayor of this town." One of the subterfuges so glibly indulged in by Negroes who are blinded by their Republican partisanship is that though Bryan himself is all right, we must knife him because of the anti-Negro scoundrels who manage the affairs of Bryan's party and to whom, in consequence, Bryan must largely defer if elected. Will those persons and papers who have been arguing thus now be honest enough to come forward and admit that this Cincinnati freight elevator business gives at least one reason to the Negro for opposing Taft's election?-The Informer, Detroit, Mich. the clerk refused to sell her an ice cream soda on account of her color. The justice rendered his decision on the ground that the store was a public restaurant, therefore coming under the statute guaranteeing equal constitutional rights to the Colored race. The drug company will appeal the case. TO BLEACH NEGROES. Washington White Preacher Thinks He Has the Secret. Washington, D. C.—"Rev." Zed D. Copp, a probation officer of the juvenile court thinks he has discovered a secret preparation which will turn Negroes into white folks. He says black is but a skin disease and by treating it with a germ which will destroy the bacillus a Colored man can be turned into a white man. So far as can be learned up to this time, no Afro-American has made application for the bleaching process. Col. James Hamilton Lewis, who is making the race of his life to secure the nomination for governor of Illinois, addressed 2,500 people at Quincy, Wednesday evening, and he feels dead sure of carrying Adams county and winning out at the Primaries August 8th. Ex-Congressman George P. Foster continues to wage an effective campaign in his fight for re-election to Congress in the 4th Congressional District, and the indications are that he will be successful at the Primaries August 8th. THE BROAD AX Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Includes. Single Taxation Republicans, anyone else can have their say, as much as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose print is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year .....$2.00 Six Months .....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902 at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879. HEALTH DEPARTMENT TALKS. Hot Weather Hints on Files and Milk —Home-Made Ice Box. Some weeks ago we had a few words to say as to flies and the importance of keeping them out of the home. Here are a few short, pointed suggestions on the same subject that are worth observing: Keep the flies away from the sick, especially those ill with contagious diseases. Kill every fly that strays into the sick-room. His body is covered with disease germs. Do not allow decaying material of any sort to accumulate on or near your premises. All refuse which tends in any way to fermentation, such as building straw, paper waste and vegetable matter should be disposed of or covered with lime or kerosene oil. Screen all food. Keep all receptacles for garbage carefully covered and the cans cleaned or sprinkled with oil or lime. Keep all stable manure in vault or plit, screened or sprinkled with lime, oil or other cheap preparation. See that your sewage system is in good order; that it does not leak, is up-to-date and not exposed to files. Pour kerosene into the drains. Cover food after a meal; burn or bury all table refuse. Screen all food exposed for sale. Screen all windows and doors, especially the kitchen and dining-room. Burn pyrethrum powder in the house to kill the files. Don't forget, if you see flies, their breeding place is in nearby flith. It may be behind the door, under the table or in the cuspidor. If there is no dirt and filth there will be no flies. If there is a nuisance in the neighborhood, write at once to the Health Department. The mid-summer inspection work that is now being done by the department in the interests of the babies of the city, brings to light the fact that many babies are being fed on sour milk, simply because the parents cannot afford to buy ice or have no refrigerators in which to keep it. It is not only possible but easy to make, at a trifling expense, an ice box that will take but little ice and which will keep the baby's milk cool and sweet for 40 hours with five cents' worth of ice. In construction, it is very simple, and of trifling expense. A person can make one at a cost of from twenty-five cents to fifty cents. An ordinary wooden box, 13 by 18 inches, with depth of 11-12 inches, can be obtained from your grocer. In the bottom of the box place a substantial layer of sawdust. On this set a tin pail or can, 8 inches in diameter and tall enough to hold aquart bottle of milk. Care should be taken that the pail rests on sawdust—not on the wood bottom of the box. Around the pail place a cylinder of tin a little larger than the pail, then pack sawust about the cylinder—not between pail and cylinder—up to top of the cylinder. On the cover of the box nail about 50 layers of newspaper. Place the milk bottle in the pail and pack broken ice about the bottle. A refrigerator of this description will hold two quart bottles of milk or four eight-ounce bottles. It can be operated for about two cents per day. To prevent rusting, a little soda may be placed in the can each day. The Health Department recommends the use of an ice box of the kind described. The little expense involved is nothing as compared with the cost of sickness and death. Candidate for Captain of the 2nd Precinct Third Ward. J. P. Wolf, Chief Deputy U. S. Marshal, is one of the old timers in the Third Ward, and being warmly urged by his many friends, he has decided to become a candidate for Captain of the 2nd Precinct, of the ward in which he has resided so long. Deporting himself like a true gentleman at all times, Mr. Wolf stands high in the estimation of Bishop C. T. Schaffer, Rev. A. J. Carey, Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams, Mr. Davis, and many other worthy Afro-Americans who reside in the 2nd Precinct of the Third ward, and they will assist to pull him through and make it possible for him to be hailed as captain of their precinct after the 8th of August. HE KNEW THEY'D FIT. A Southern colonel had a Colored valet by the name of George. George received nearly all of the colonel's cast-off clothing. He had his eyes on a certain pair of light trousers which were not wearing out fast enough to suit him, so he thought he would hasten matters somewhat by rubbing grease on one knee. When the colonel saw the spot, he called George and asked if he had noticed it. George said, "Yes, sah, Colonel, I noticed dat spot and tried mighty hard to get it out, but I couldn't." "Have you tried gasoline?" the colonel asked. "Yes, sah, Colonel, but it didn't do no good." "Have you tried brown paper and a hot iron?" "Yes, sah, Colonel, Ise done tried 'mos' everything I knows of, but dat spot wouldn't come out." "Well, George, have you tried ammonia?" the colonel asked as a last resort. "No, sah, Colonel, I ain't tried 'em on yet, but I knows dey'll fit."—Everybody's Magazine. INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH Anniversary Services. 10:45 a.m. preaching by the minister, subject, "True Requirements of Life." Songs appropriate to the occasion. 'Responsive service and general praise meeting. Afternoon, 3 o'clock. Musical program; among the speakers will be Mr. McIntire and Senator Ettleson, Mr. William Wallace and the city pastors. Night Program—Song Service and oration by the Hon. William E. Mason. At the afternoon service as well as all day the music will be under the direction of Mr. E. Morris, the organist and director of the choir. A report covering the work for the last quadrennium will be made and given out. Geo. Alexander, Chairman, H. E. Stewart, Minister and Warden.—"S." ALFRED R. The efficient clerkof the Appellate for re-election to his present position. [Name not provided] ALFRED R. PORTER. The efficient clerkof the Appellate Court and Republican candidate for re-election to his present position. The efficient clerk of the Appellate Court and Republican candidate for re-election to his present position. In 1902 Alfred R. Porter, the present efficient clerk of the Appellate Court, was elected to that responsible position, defeating his Democratic opponent, Edward M. Lahiff, by a healthy majority. And in the history of Cook county, it has not had a more abler and efficient clerk of that court, than Mr. Porter. He has been so systematic and painstaking in his work, that the office since he has assumed its duties, has been run on businesslike principles, which is very pleasing to those who have business to transact in connection with his office. This fact alone, entitles Mr. Porter to receive the nomination and election to the present position, for he is highly endorsed by the Judges of the Appellate court, and the leading lawyers in Chicago, both Democrats and Republicans. Mr. Porter is also a popular citizen has many friends in all parts of this city and county, and he is a member of the following organizations: Hyde Park Methodist Church; South Park Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; Fairview Chapter; Montjolie Commandery; Independent Order of Foresters; Hyde Park Council, Royal Arcanum; Knights of The Maccabees; Hamilton Club; First Regiment Veteran Corp. So vote for him—reward merit and honesty. ```markdown ``` 3825 Dearborn Street Republican candidate for Judge of the Municipal Court, who should win out at the Primaries Saturday, August 8th. CHIPS Mrs. R. M. Marabo left the city July 29th to spend a few weeks in Philadelphia and Atlantic City, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Brown and others. Mrs. Philip Green, 343 West 47th street, left the city Saturday for New York, where she will spend a few days visiting. After which she will go to Atlantic City for an indefinite stay. The Bachelor Club will give their annual outing at Glenwood Park, Friday, August 7th. About three hundred invitations have been issued and a fine time is anticipated by those invited. After completing her summer course at the University of Chicago, Miss Frances Murphy of Baltimore, Md. left Chicago Tuesday morning for a visit with her uncle, Dr. J. B. Oliver, in Brazil, Ind. J. M. Higginbothan, 226 25th street, received a telegram Sunday morning informing him of the death of his mother, in the southern part of this state, and he left that same evening to attend the funeral. [Name] to the present position, for he is highly endorsed by the Judges of the Apellate court, and the leading lawyers in Chicago, both Democrats and Republicans. Mr. Porter is also a popular citizen, has many friends in all parts of this city and county, and he is a member of the following organizations: Hyde Park Methodist Church; South Park Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; Fairview Chapter; Montjole Commandery; Independent Order of Foresters; Hyde Park Council, Royal Arcanum; Knights of The Maccabees; Hamilton Club; First Regiment Veteran Corp. So vote for him—reward merit and honesty. --- LAWYER B. F. MOSELEY, Mrs. Gertrude Hancock-Carter, 3424 Dearborn street, left the city Tuesday morning for Cincinnati, Ohio, where she was called to the bedside of her sister, Mrs. C. H. Croker, who is seriously ill. Mrs. Claude Alexander and her sister, Mrs. W. H. Hayman, 3236 Wagash avenue, gave a most delightful informal dancing party Wednesday evening, July 29th, in honor of the many strangers in the city. Paul A. Hazard, Republican candidate for the nomination for Trustee Sanitary District of Chicago, is proving himself a winner and he will come in ahead of all his opponents at the Primaries Saturday, August 8. Mr. Richard Coppard, private steward to the captain of the United States steamship Wolverine, and a former Chicagoan, was in the city last week. Mr. Coppard is now a property owner and resident of Erie, Pa. Miss Blanche Shaw will sue Mr. Noah D. Thompson for breach of promise at Bethel church Tuesday evening. Proceeds for the benefit of the Phyllis Wheatley Home for Girls. Come out and help the good cause along. Attorney William G. Anderson, suite 212 Douglas Building, 80 Dearborn street, is working very hard to bring about the re-nomination and the re-election of his old friend Alfred R. Porter, as clerk of the Appellate Court. R. B. Caldwell, 4733 Dearborn street, and D. C. Clark, 4741 Dearborn street, are opposing candidates for captain of the 27th Precinct of the 30th ward, and they will put up a hot fight at the Primaries August 8th, to see which one will ride the goat. Mrs. Emily Ryan, of Rome, Ga., who has been visiting in this city as the guest of her brother, Mr. Newton Penticost, 5245 Dearborn street, for the past six weeks, during which time many of her old friends and relatives called on her, returned to her Southern home Wednesday, July 29. Miss Grace Campbell, the only Colored Supervisor of Kindergartens of Washington, D. C., will address the regular meeting of the Phyllis Wheatley Club at the Home, 3530 Forest avenue, Wennesday, August 5th, at 2 p. m. Mrs. Martha B. Anderson will sing. Program under the auspices of the Art Section, Mrs. Lulu M. Farmer, Chairman. Mrs. Annie White, of Jersey City, N. J., is visiting her mother, Mrs. Fannie Mason, 3516 Calumet avenue. Mrs. White is the leading soprano of Bethel church choir in her native city, an active worker in many society and charitable organizations. She has many friends in Chicago who will endeavor to make her visit a pleasant one. Prof. M. B. Gray, the rising young teacher of music and language of Homer College, Homer, La., has been spending his vacation in this city, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hart, 4841 Armour avenue. Mr. Gray is well versed on all subjects and has a brilliant future before him. He returns to his Southern home in September to resume his duties. Mr. Harry C. Thompson entertained a large party of Chicago's elite aboard the United States steamship Wolverine, of which he is the steward, Sunday afternoon from two to four o'clock. Mr. Thompson, assisted by Mr. Richard Coppard, explained many points of interest about the life of a sailor aboard a man-o'-war. The ship left for Milwaukee Thursday morning last. Mrs. Jno. B. Hall, Mrs. L. M. Benjamine, of Boston, Mass.; Miss Elea-nor Curtis, of Washington, D. C., and Miss Uhlma Moore, of Atlanta, Ga., were entertained at a formal "Dance" at Woods' Academy, 3800 Vincennes avenue, Friday evening, from 8 to 12 o'clock. A Mr. Dorsey M. Hoxter served as host and a pleas-ant time was spent by all who attended. Miss Mattie R. Bowen, who has been so highly entertained during her month's visit in Chicago and Harvey, left for her home in Washington, D. C., this week. Miss Bowen inspired large audiences by her talks on "Woman's Work." "Builders" and kindred topics. Miss Bowen is an earnest worker, founder of the Sojourner Truth Home for Working Girls, and a popular teacher of Washington would that the race could boast of more women like her. Doers, not theorists, are needed for the uplift of any race. Miss Mattie Bowen, of Washington, D. C., addressed the Cornell Charity Club last Friday at the home of Mrs. Fannie Mason, 3516 Calumet avenue, on "Race Enterprises," and the indifference of a large majority of Negroes not supporting their newspapers and other lines of business. Miss Bowen talked straight from the shoulder and told the ladies present some plain cold facts. She was loudly applauded at the close of her remarks and her address should have been heard by a much larger gathering. The 6th Biennial Convention of the National Association of Colored Women, will be held in Brooklyn, N. Y., August 24-29, and the Wabash is making a rate to the delegates from Chicago to Brooklyn and return for $28, by way of Niagara Falls, tickets good for return until October 31st. It is expected that this will be a very important gathering, as some of the most prominent women in the country are connected with the Association. For further details as to the trip, address Mrs. Elizabeth L. Davis, chairman of the Transportation Committee, 3226 Prairie avenue. ruppant Flings The reason we dislike the end seat hog is that we want his place.—Detroit News. Man's conquest of the air has provided him with another element in which to have accidents.—Chicago News. "Paris is thronged with Americans," says a cablegram. But nothing is said about the churches being crowded.—Rochester Post-Express. One of the transatlantic lines has now put trained nurses on its ships. Pretty soon no man of moderate means can afford even to be seasick while crossing the ocean.—Kennebec Journal. The fly is being roundly abused for carrying microbes on its feet. It really does seem that the fly might carry its germs in a gripsack or its overcoat pocket or somewhere besides its feet.—Washington Herald. German Gleanings. The town of Westhofen, in Germany, still enforces an old ordinance which forbids any one walking in the street with a lighted cigar. The Prussian government has issued a proclamation warning people against drinking ice cold soda and mineral waters because of the injury they are likely to inflict on the digestive organs. A man named Niedband, at Marburg, Germany, who was left a wildower some years ago, married his wife's sister. She died last spring, and now he has married the mother of his two previous wives. One of the effects of the German old age pension scheme is rather peculiar. The pension is forfeited if the workman does not work forty-eight or forty-nine weeks out of the fifty-two on an average, and this provision has been a deterrent to strikes. New York City. In 1885 New York had only twenty-eight millionsires; now it has over 2,000. About 45,000 marriages are solemnized every year, one in every eleven minutes. Over 476,000,000 gallons of water are used every day in Greater New York. There are 112 theaters and two grand opera houses, seating about 110,000 people. A child is born every four minutes and a death occurs every seven minutes in New York city.—Success Magazine. WASHINGTON LETTER An item in the public appropriations bill 'passed by the late congress tends to formulate the as yet rather nebulous idea held by many minds that as the years pass a new residence for the president of the United States will become a necessity. So many of the rooms of the White House are and have always been devoted to public and official business that the presidents and their families, the tenants at will of the people, have always been limited as to sleeping rooms. A Future Possibility. The cloudy idea which in the future may be embodied in another structure is that the nation should supply two residences for the chief executive, an official and a personal one. The White House, rich as it is in historic associations, could be used as the public office building of the president, be more accessible to the general public than it now is and be the official theater of state functions. In addition, and separate from this, the executive and his family should be given a private residence in some desirable section of the city. The item in the appropriations bill which some interpret as looking forward to this provides for the purchase of a tract of land for park purposes. This tract is about two miles north of the White House and easily accessible by the Sixteenth street boulevard. Over a Century Old. It is almost 106 years since George Washington presided at the laying of the cornerstone of the executive mansion in the "federal city," as he called the city which was afterward to bear his name. This ceremony took place on Oct. 13, 1792, the three hundredth anniversary of the landing of Christopher Columbus. Eight years were consumed in building the "president's palace," and Washington had been dead almost a year when the second president, John Adams, and his wife, Abigail, took possession of the mansion. Despite the cries of extravagance $300,000 had been granted by congress for the building and furnishing of the house, in those days no small sum. Architect of the White House The plans of the building, submitted in a competition for a prize of $300, were drawn by a young Irish architect of Charleston, S. C., named James Hoban. Since it gained its name, the White House, from a coat of white paint bestowed after its sacking and burning by the British in the war of 1812, some inlanders of reverential mind cherish the fond idea that the building is of marble. It may lose in artistic and poetic value when they learn that it is built of sandstone from Maryland and Virginia quarries. It was not Hoban's fault that the occupants of the nation's house had space limitations placed upon their welcoming and social instincts. His first plans called for a three story building and in the third story were to be the sleeping apartments. An economical democracy decided that this was giving the executive too much; that two stories and a basement should satisfy all requirements. That Hoban planned well is shown in the fact that until 1902, when the executive offices were removed to the annex provided for them, the building was unchanged except for the addition of porches and conservatories and for repairs. A Historic Herb Patch. Close to the Dutch garden which decorates the south side of the White House is a little space where herbs have been raised ever since the first mistress of the executive mansion marked off a spot for a flower inclosure. There grow mints, savory, marjoram and other plants, many of which, tradition says, still come from the roots originally planted. All the dishes for the presidential table are seasoned with the products of this little patch, and the present mistress of the White House is as careful of this section of the grounds as of the handsomest flower bed. She has taken roots of spearmint, marjoram, sweet basil, tarragon and thyme to Oyster Bay, and she now has at the summer place one of the best herb gardens in Long Island. Parsley, of course, figures in the collection, including a French variety, unusually pungent. New Treasury Pillars. Long delayed work of tearing out the thirty ionic pillars which ornament the east front of the treasury building and replacing them with granite columns is now going on, and soon the last of the sandstone work will have disappeared, and the entire structure will be of granite and marble. The contract was let for $298,965 and calls for the replacing of the sandstone pillars with monolith granite. The granite must match that of which the north, south and west wings are constructed and was quarried at Milford, N. H. A. Costly Building The contract calls for the completion of the work by the end of this year, but in view of the delay the time will be extended. The granite pillars are a perfect reproduction of the historic sand columns and are finished by hand. They bulge slightly in the middle, and no machine has been invented which can do this kind of work. The fate of the old columns has not been decided. If they can be removed in sufficiently perfect condition they will be used for ornamental purposes in the parks and around buildings with spacious grounds, like the new war college. The treasury building as it stands represents an outlay of about $7,000,000. Its history has been one of constant change and enlargement. It is now 582 feet, north and south by 300 feet east and west, including the steps and porticoes at the ends and sides. CARL SCHOFIELD Brevities THE HALL OF FAME John C. Godding of Gardiner, Me., the oldest living papermaker in New England and probably in the United States, recently celebrated his ninety-fifth birthday. Rear Admiral Joseph Philibert, the French commander in Moroccan waters, has been promoted to the grade of vice admiral. Rear Admiral Berryer succeeds him in command of the Moroccan division. James Sherburne Weymouth of Laconia, N. H., is the last survivor of a family of thirteen children, twelve of whom lived to maturity and had families. He has seen seven generations of his maternal family. Young Cornelius Vanderbilt declares, "The happiest time in my life was when I was wearing overalls in the Baldwin Locomotive works in Philadelphia one hot summer a few years ago studying locomotive construction." Alvin F. Smith of Montpellier, Vt., aged ninety-three, claims that the use of tobacco has prolonged his life. Luther P. Wood of the same town, aged ninety, disagrees with Mr. Smith, and to prove that he was in good condition Mr. Wood, who has never used tobacco, recently walked two miles. Andrew Forrester, Sr., eighty-one years old, and his son, Andrew, aged forty-six, recently called at the office of the clerk of the district court, Kansas City, Kan., and took out their first naturalization papers. The senior Forrester has been a resident of the United States for nearly half a century. Sir Charles Matthews has been appointed by the British government as director of public prosecutions, with a salary of $15,000 a year. He was born in New York, where his father, Charles Matthews, the famous actor, was filling a theatrical engagement at the time, his mother having as Lizzie Davenport also been a footlight favorite. Charles L. Kimmens of Bolton, Mass., has resigned as town sexton after serving for four years. His brother was sexton four years; his father was sexton forty-five years; Jesse W. Babcock, Mr. Kimmens' stepson, was sexton two years; George Babcock, his brother, was sexton two years, making a total of fifty-seven years that the office has been filled by the Kimmens family. English Etchings. The Cremation Society of England has decided to lower its membership fees and otherwise to extend its operations. The drapery trade has supplied more lord mayors of London than any other business, the total being seventy-four. The foundation stone of the first skyscraper in England was laid at Liverpool recently. The new building, which will be 300 feet high, is being constructed on a site overlooking the Mersey. After sixty years of doing without a complete Young Men's Christian association building London, the birthplace of the movement, is to have what it needs in this particular. The new headquarters in Tottenham Court road will be a stately pile of buildings designed by Rowland Plumbe. Home Notes. If old keys are kept in a box by themselves some of them will frequently come into play in unlocking a trunk or other receptacle the key to which has been lost. If your cellar is dark and you are afraid of accidents when going down the steps have the last step whitened so that you will easily know when you are at the bottom. You can see this step plainly even in a dim light. The under oven in the range is a most convenient place in which to keep irons. They may be taken hot from the stove and placed there where they are out of the way. They are usually warm when taken out, thus heating up rapidly. Pith and Point. Freedom is like blue roses—there is no such thing. People don't care for explanations and don't believe them. It is not what you think of your employer, but what your employer thinks of you. Don't despise the ignorant man. If it were not for him the smart people would not have a chance to show how much they know.-Achilson Globa. Plays and Players. Joseph Hart, the well known vaudeville top liner, has made a big hit in London. Edward E. Kidder has written a play for Marguerite Clark called "The Moon Child." A theater in Meridem, Conn., is to be named "The Merry Widow." Marie Doro may continue to play abroad, as she has made a big social success in London. Reginald Barlow has retired from the stage to enter the ministry. He is a son of the old minister, Milton Barlow. NEW SHORT STORIES Shaving Under Difficulties. James K. McGuire, former mayor of Syracuse and a big Democratic politician in New York state, was in Washington not long ago, says the Saturday Evening Post. Mr. McGuire has a face that is hard to shave. His experiences with the hotel barber have been unsatisfactory, and he went down the street to see if he couldn't find one who could take off the hair and leave some of the skin. He went into a shop where the barbers are negroes. He noticed when he got in the chair that the barber who began lathering him was freely decorated on neck, forehead and cheeks with dabs of cotton held in place with court plaster. "Here!" McGuire shouted. "What's the matter with you? Who cut you up that way? Tell me before you go on." "Why, boss," said the barber reassuringly, "day ain't nuffin to sit' cited J. "WHO CUT YOU UP THAT WAY" 'bout. You all is puffy safe. You see, just befo' you all cum in I had a difficulty with a porter an' had to put him out. He rasped me once or twice while I was doln' it, an' he jist come back an' threw in a chunk of iron that hit me in the forehead. He's comin' back in a few minutes to throw in another chunk of iron, but you all is puffy safe. I'll stand here between you all an' the do', an' all you got to do is to dodge when I do." Mark Is Ever Mirtthful. H. H. Rogers on his return voyage from Bermuda last month said one evening in the smoking room of his traveling companion, Mark Twain: "He is an incorrigible humorist. Even in his most emotional moments he can't help being funny. "When he married in Elmira in 1870 his father-in-law made him a present of a fine, well furnished house in Buffalo. "The present came as a superb surprise. Mark Twain knew nothing of it till, amid a party of relatives and friends, he was shown over the luxurious place. Then when they told him it was his tears filled his eyes. "But he was still the humorist, and, turning to his father-in-law, he said, though in a voice that trembled a little: "Mr. Langdon, whenever you're in Buffalo, if it's as much as twice a year, you are to come right up here and take tea. You can stay all night, too, if you want to, and it shan't cost you a cent."—Philadelphia Record. Hia Ficst Offense W. C. Phillips of the Association For Improving the Condition of the Poor said recently in New York that among infants artificially fed fifteen times more died than among those fed naturally. "We will learn in the end to live correctly," said Mr. Phillips. "As things stand now we are not much wiser in our way of living than an immigrant of whom I heard the other day. "This immigrant, a Magyar, was arrested for stealing a bottle of whisky. At the station house the sergeant said to him, pointing toward a tub: "Strip and take a bath." "Vat? Go in de vater?" shrieked the Magyar. "Yes,' said the sergeant; 'take a bath. You need it. How long is it since you have had a bath? "The Magyar lifted up his hands and rolled his eyes. "Oh,' he said, 'I never was arrested before!" No Loopholes There. Eugene Walter, the extraordinarily successful young playwright, said at a recent dinner in his honor in New York: "The playwright to succeed must make his point inevitably. Every point, by fair means or foul, must be captured. Not a loophole for failure to creep in may be left." Mr. Walter smiled. "In fact," said he, "the playwright must be as sure of his point as was the young lady who took advantage of the present leap year to propose. "She didn't give me a chance,' her husband explained afterward to a friend. She said: 'Will you marry me? Have you any objection?' Thus, whether I said yes or no, she had me cornered." "Well, you might have kept silent,' said the friend. "That is what I did,' the other replied, 'and she fung herself on my breast, murmuring that silence gave sound!" COUNTING THE STARS. Use Made of the Microscope and of Photographic Plates. The gigantic but fascinating task which J. Franklin-Adams, F, R. A. S. has undertaken of counting the myriad stars in the heavens and assigning to each its proper magnitude is one which demands the quality of almost infinite patience. Mr. Franklin-Adams has already secured photographic plates covering the whole of the southern hemisphere, and these, with the series dealing with the northern hemisphere, will number more than 200. Each plate, which is fifteen inches square, records from 20,000 to 250,000 starry images, and on a rough calculation the total number of stars photographed will prove to be about 23,000,000. The task of counting the stars on the plates has already been commenced, and that work, together with the cataloguing, will take another ten years. The method of counting the stars on the plates was explained by R. J. Mitchell, Mr. Franklin-Adams' chief assistant. "First taking one of the plates," said Mr. Mitchell, "we move it across a graduated grating contained in the field of a high powered microscope. A horizontal strip in the grating is then examined, and the stars in this small area are then counted from left to right. Of course it is impossible to insure absolute accuracy, for there is the possibility that a star may be counted twice or missed altogether. "Then there is the difficulty presented by mechanical specks on the plates, which may at first be taken for stars, but Mr. Franklin-Adams has a method by means of which all stars above the tenth magnitude can be differentiated from dust specks. Mr. Franklin-Adams and his assistants check one another in the counting, but there is always a slight difference in the totals, due, of course, to the personal equation as represented by the operator. "Merely to count the stars on an average plate apart from noting their photographic magnitude occupies the time of two men for more than a fortnight if they work seven hours a day. In taking the plates Mr. Franklin-Adams used a triple achromatic ten inch lens working at F4. In the northern hemisphere the minimum exposure was two hours twenty minutes and in the southern, with its clear atmosphere, two hours."-London Mall. An Ingenious Swindle A large number of chemists in Paris have just been the victims of an ingenious swindle. About 200 of them the other day received a visit from an individual who handed in a prescription to be made up. Among the ingredients was one which was quite unknown to them, and a note was added to the effect that it was to be obtained only at a certain wholesale depot. The chemists almost to a man sent off to the depot for the special ingredient and paid 12 francs for a bottle of stuff. The prescriptions were duly made up, but were never claimed, and it now transpires that a couple of men had temporarily hired the depot and sold bottles of colored water to the unsuspecting chemists at 12 francs apiece. The Paris police are anxiously inquiring for them as well as for their confederates who visited the chemists' shops. Barrels of Money. As the dot of his bride, Grand Duchess Maria Paulowna of Russia, 3,500,000 rubles have been deposited to the credit of Prince Wilhelm of Sweden. The money was shipped from St. Petersburg in thirty-five barrels, each containing 100,000 rubles in gold. The Swedish royal mint will recast the gold into Swedish values free of charge, and the young couple will then be enabled to establish their royal menage on a fitting scale. While this sum is a free gift of the bride to her husband, the grand duchess retains the income from her landed estates in Russia for her own pin money, and in addition to this the caar is having built at his own expense a castle for the royal "honeymooners" near the capital.-Argonaut. Wonderful Surgery. Among recent wonderful surgical operations is one of the most daring and unusual nature. An idiot six years old, the daughter of a resident of Berlin, has been converted into an intelligent being by the process of grafting part of the mother's thyroid gland upon the child's pancreas. In more popular language, this means that part of the mother's throat has been transferred by the grafting process to a gland, or tissue, lying directly at the back of the stomach. The operation was carried out by Dr. Carl Garre, a German surgeon, whose success in the transplanting of organs from one animal to another and even from the lower animals to human beings has attracted wide attention. How Far We Are Behind. Over 1,000 years ago Switzerland possessed a forest system and had developed a scientific forestry by the fifteenth century, says the American Magazine. As early as Louis XIV. France awoke to the fact that her forests and her life were draining away together. But it was too late. Today she is spending $24 an acre to reforest her watersheds. The same experience is costing Italy $20 an acre. Ambrose Channel Ambrose channel, leading from New York bay into deep sea water, is the most important waterway to the city. Since its improvement was started, about seven years ago, more than $2,000,000 has been spent on it, and an equal sum will be required before the work that is planned will be completed, about four years from now—New York World. IN THE SOUTH, WEST, AND OTHER SECTIONS OF THE _____ COUNTRY _____ PATRICK H. O'DONNELL WILLIAM DILLON CLARENCE A. TOOLEN Tel. Central 4660 O'Donnell, Dillon & Toolen ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1218-1219 Ashland Block RANDOLPH & CLARK STREETS CHICAGO ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1114 Ashland Block, Clark and Randolph Sts. Tel. Central 508. CHICAGO. Residence 87 Macallister Place Telephone Ashland 286 Office Telephones Central 1859 Automath 5040 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 318-320 Reaper Block CLARK AND WASHINGTON STS. CHICAGO. A. D. GASH Attorney at Law, 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago Suite 615 to 619. Telephone Main 3077. JOHN E. OWENS ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW TABLEPHONE CENTRAL 808 CHICAGO Phone Main 4153 NOTARY PUBLIC Phone residence, Gray 5670 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 708, 171 Washington St. Res., 4856 Langley Av. CHICAGO F. A. Rawlins The Modern Embalmer UNDERTAKER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR When his work is finished you have no displeasure. 4817 State Street CHICAGO Phone Douglas 1860 Phone Calumet 1579 Morgue and Private Chapel. C. JOHNSON UNDERTAKER AND LIVERY R. W. GREEN, MGR. 2712 State Street Chicago Agents IN THE SOUTH, WEST, AND COU Hours: 9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 4 p. m.; and Nights. City Office, 500 Burton Bldg. 39 State Street Hours 4-7 P. M. Phone Central 3207 .D. Langford, M.O. FOURS—9-12 m. 1:30 p. m. After 7:30 p. m. Phone Calumet 264 Dr. A B. Schultz Hours: 2719 STATE STREET 9 to 12 A. M. 3 to 5 CHICAGO and after 6 p. m. C. E. Kreyssler Chemist and Druggist 5059 STATE STREET N. E. Cor. 51st St. CHICAGO Telephones: Oakland 246 and Oakland 245 Arthur Johnson Merchant Tailor Strictly First Class and Up-to-Date Work at Reasonable Prices Spec Attention Given to Orders for Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing and Repairing Goods Called for. Orders Delivered. 134 W. 51st Street, Chicago THE CONTINENTAL NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO Wanted Established 1877. Phone Oakland app. 916-252-2525 John J. Dunn COAL & WOOD Wholesale and Retail Dealer in... Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAL YARD. JINT St. & L. S. & H. B. JAND St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO W. R. Cowan A. C. Harris M. C. Cowan W. R. Cowan & Co. Real Estate, Loans and Insurance 260 S. CLARK STREET Tel. Harrison 1075 CHICAGO ICE CREAM CIGARS TOBACCO SHIRT WAISTS KIMONAS MRS. A E BAKER NOTIONS 419-36TH STREET Underwear a Specialty CHICAGO J. GARNER Tel. Douglas 336 THE ELITE BUFFET FINE WINES, LIQ. ORS AND CIGARS COOK Waiters and Cooks Prefer Our Makes JACKETS AND LINEN because they have found them satisfactory. Write for complete Catalogue FREE. giving full instruction how to order Marcus Ruben (Inc.) 390 State St. CH1(AG) THE BROAD AX ! for sale at the following news stands: A. F. Tervalon, 134 W. 51st street Cigar Store and News Stand. Geo. L. Martin, maker of fine cigars, and news stand, 342 East 31st St. C. H. Green, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2718 State st. Mrs. Nellie Phelpa, Cigars. Notions and News Stand, 131 W. 51st street. T. B. Hall's Cigar Store and Laundry office, 281 39th St. Mrs. Alma A. Simpson, news agent, 1255 State street. W. S. Cole, 354 Thirty first street, cigars, tobacco and news stand. J. R. Peters Cigars, tobacco and News Stand, 338 E. 27th street. Mrs. A. E. Baker, Notions and News Stand, 419, 36th street. W. P. Johnson, Notion Store and News Stand 3704 State st. Turner Williams Shaving Parlor and News Stand, 2903 Armour ave. R. Davin, cigars, tobacco, and con- fessionary, 3832 State st. C. C. McLain, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2906 State street. Mrs. J. W. Hadley 116 W 51st st. cigars, tobacco and news stand. Mrs. Katherine R. Hamlet, Cigars, tobacco, and fancy groceries and news stand 5028 Armour ave. M. A. Johnson, news stand, cigars and tobacco, 3812 State Street The informer News Co. 188 Han- st. Detroit, Misc. The Standard News Co 121 W. 58rd st. New York, City, N. Y. Standard News Company, 49 W. 185th street, New York City, N. Y. 10 15 50 YEAP --- Selections Boon a Railway Will Mount to the Tep of the Great Peak. . In about four years’ time, when you ‘wish to climb the Matterhorn, instead of engaging a guide and waiting days for fair weather and then risking your neck in a breathless, glorious scram- Ble over the ginclers and cliffs, you ‘will simply press a button and shout, “Going up!” The railway to the top of the mountain, which is to be com- pleted at a cost of $1,250,000, will be the most interesting of the world’s great elevators ‘und will carry the “rocking chair climber” to those grand viewpoints which defied all mountain- eers until the memorable ascent in 1885 by Mr. Whymper, Lord Dougias ‘and their companions, which ended tragically. The road will pierce its way upward through tunnels in the living ‘Tock to a point within sixty feet of the summit, at an altitude of 14,780 feet, where a number of rooms wil be cut. ‘The mpnouncement ts made that the terminus will be pro- vided with various novel contrivances, not the least of which will be a special chamber filled with compressed oxygen for tourists suffering from mountain sickness. It is needless to say that the true mountain climbers, whose pride and joy it is to conquer the mighty Alpine snow peaks, look upon this Prospective intrusion of the raflroad and hordes of “trippers” with ill dis- guised grief. It was bad enough, say ‘they, to have Jungfrau desecrated, but ‘the Matterhorn, that superb peak, pro- nounced by Ruskin to be the perfect mountain, should have been left alone. On the other hand, thousands of peo- ple for whom the climb would be a physical impossibility are fully cape- Die of appreciating the glories of the patlook and the uplift that comes from standing on so renowned a summit. No One has an exclusive property in woch = pesk as the Matterhorn —Bos- ‘ten Transcript. ‘The Radium Supply. Mme. Curie possesses 15 milligrams ef radium; Professor Bordas, 10; M. Becquerel, 10; Sir William Ramsay, ‘20; Sir William Crookes, 20; Professor @Arsonval, 20, and Thomas A. Edison, 20 milligrams. About twenty milli. (grams more are in the possession of ‘ther professors. All this is in the form of pure or nearly pure radium ‘and its salts, and the entire amount is 185 milligrams, or about two grains ‘troy. Commercial low grade radium is dis ‘tributed among a great many hands, ‘and Its strength is very variable; hence ‘efact statistics are not obtainable, but ‘ft ts estimated that the entire amount ef commercial radium contains less pure radium than the quantity in the possession of scientists, as stated above. ‘To these supplies must be added the ‘comparatively enormous quantity of ‘three grams of radium which Profess- ors Exner and Wien have lately ex- tracted from half « ton of Joachimstal piltchblende, «the value of which is est!- ‘mated at $90,000. One gram of this is to bé sent to Sir William Ramsay for experiments on radium emanation — Belentific.American. eS >: Gieie. at Deanest, <Rome a seaport! This ideal which ‘has deen long under discussion, 1s, ac coring to a British consal's report ‘about to be realised. Several schemes have been brought forward, including ‘one fora ship canal something like that which has opened Manchester to fhe sea. The royal commission ap- pointed to study the question has, how- ‘ever, adopted the project proposed by ‘the Italian board of works, which is to @redge the Tiber ‘sufficiently to allow ‘oniinary steamers to approach Rome from the river's mouth at Fiumicino, ‘where important entrance works are to De undertaken. Thus the transfer of ‘eargoes from steamer to rail at Civite Vecchia, fifty miles off, will be ne longer necessary. ‘The Great Little Pin. One hundred and thirty-three mil Bon gross of pins—nineteen billion pins! The census bureau is the author ity for the statement that the output of pins in the United States for the year 390T alone reached these stupendous figures. It is not strange that man- Rind bas-for many years wondered ‘where ali the pins go to. Nineteen bil- ‘pins supplies 225 pins for every woman and child in America ‘fs this all. ‘These figures ere for : ‘pin and do not incinde sgetiy ates nee: Sis Sap Sa pins other countries —Exchange. ‘Lendon’s Ons Horse Tram Cer. Bermondsey enjoys the distinction of possessing the lest one horse tram car fm London. It is 2 curiosity which mbould attract “rubber neck” sight- seers. Prom Old Kest road to St Jamew’ church, Bermondsey, this, the nly car on the routs, runs siowly Dackward end forward sll day long, ‘gnd the fare is only s haifpenny. “It te 2 pantomimic looking vehicie, low Saaniee k Sees 8 tees Sey geats—London pa Milton's Cottage. Tn tile year, the tercentenary of Bat the onis one of the sever] bouses im whic he is kows to bare lived Lerits. That is the Mtile cottag p hygroma i the hee s ors tie when the’ plarue A COLOR BEARER. —— alee — ‘With James Augustus North ~ [galled on hint one afternoon ‘When that great day hed passed (And found the country’s colors still A-fiying at the mast. ee bravely with the white a — 4nd when I asked him how he felt He gave @ loud “Boohoo!” ‘Which proved to me that James August- ‘Us felt extremely blue. > ee ‘Home Companton. Prudent. If Wf 7 wigieie i - "Op Wp =~. ae /k OSS Sige Th : LON Y A zp 2 Fp a Ee y AY ie’! ;, Lp £ Vis “Pm glad I-kept my old umbrella. 1) can’t afford to let my new’one get wet | ‘The Story of an Obedient Boy. “Mamma, you told me that wher -one of the boys wanted to pick a fight ‘with me I must turn around and burry away.” “Yes, dear.” - “Well, Willie Jones tried to pick a fight, and when I turned around he Kicked me. Then I burried away.” “That was right, dear.” “Yes, mamma. 1 hurried around the Uttle cirele in which is the fountain, ‘an’ Wille Jones burried after me. But, you see, I can hurry twice as fast as hhim, an’ pretty soon I catched up to ‘Willle an’ grabbed him by the batr an’ slapped him good an’ plenty. Wasn't that right, mamma—'cause I did just ‘what you told me to do?” And what could mamma say ?—Cleve- land Plain Dealer. Strange Actions of a Steam Car. Our little four-year-old has always Mived in an inland village and there- fore is not much acquainted with nav- tical affairs, though deeply interested im rallroad trains and othep’forms of terrestrial locomotion. Recently he visited in a neighboring town which 4s situated on a river. Standing on the shore, he srw a little ferryboat ap- proaching and became much excited. Seizing his mother’s skirts, he exclaim- ed: “Oh, look, mamma! Here comes a choo-choo car tn swimming!” — Wom- an’s Home Companioo. . ‘The Tender Thought. Harry is six years old. “Pa,” be asked one day. “if I get married will I have a wife like ma?” “Very Mkely.” replied the father. “And tf I don't get married will I ‘have to be an old bachelor like Uncle Tom?" “Very likely.” “Well, pa.” he said after 2 moment of deep thought, “it's a mighty tough ‘world for us men, ain't it?"—Success Magazine A Resentment. “What made you draw yoh razzer when dat man said he didn’ have no Kind o' soda water flavorin’ ‘ceppin’ @ocolate?’ inquired Miss Miami Brown. “T's tired o° hearin’ "bout drawin’ de color line,” answered Erastus Pinkley. “I wanted to give notice dat I ain’ gwineter stand foh no Jim Crow soda fountains."— Washington Star. Real Circus. “Mister, did you ever see a circas train?” drawled the station master at ‘Bald Eagle Junction. 5 “{ Should say so,” laughed the soap salesman. “I came down here on a train with fourteen honeymoon cou- ples. ‘Talk about a cireus train! Well, you should have seen those couples when we entered a tunnel.”—Chicago Just Like a.Man. Mrs. Stubb—Jobn, how about the new shades? ‘Mr. Stubb (pettishly)—Oh, hang the shades! ~ =. Stubb (sweetly)— Why, John, 4s Just what I have been trying tc Serene ante nce sae Teo Suacestive. "es | Sandy Pikes—You didn't remain at de warside cottage long. Gritty Gedrge—No. De lady was too poetical. She pointed over to de sun- set and said de clonds reminded her of bars of steel. I thought tt was time to beat it—Denver News-Times, . Ciassifying It. . “I see that ballooning Is to become ‘gacclety sport.” * “Rather more elevating than monkey ‘tuners, eh?” “Bxactly. It's decidedly a sport that 0 ges eee | Ghronie Borrower. Timblecute—Smawiey strikes me as one of those chaps who are al- s ‘trouble. ay Sey naic Sale ieaeth Ss eet BS - Rowoune 0 eae 5687_ STATE. Seer 4 Curcaco. Lasts neocTIATED, EXCHANGES MADE, PROPERTY MANAGED. ior Sale $4,500—S. W. cor. 57th and La Fayette Ave., 2 flats 5-6 room~ modern, hardwood throughout. $5,250—6337 Langley Ave., 2 flat brick and stone, 5-6 rooms, stean: heat, hardwood throughout. $9,000—3444-45 Wabash Ave., 2-9 room stone front residences: 1’ 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 in: provements. 4 $2,800—3940 Dearborn St., 2 flat frame, 5-6 rooms, bath. JESSE BINGA, 3637 State St. Phone, Douglas 156: te'and Giarts Base-Bal! and Amusement Assn. zs Now Organizing—Capital Stock $100,000 ‘The Stock-Holders of the Leland Giants Base-Ball Association, has con- -laded to dissolve that Association in order to give room for the former, with it’s increased Capital for the purpose of a Permanent Home For The Leland Giants Base-Ball Club and For All The People, The First Class, Up-To-Date Amusement Park, With It's Theater (Light Figure Eight, Shoot The Chutes, Minature Ry, Electric Theater, Pavillion, Roller Skating, Hurley Burley, Double Swing, Bosting, Auto Riding, and all the latest fun making devices and laugh producing concessions. to- gether with a First Class Summer Hotel, large enough to accomodate 1000 "guests, at it's present location, 79th and Wentworth Ave., twenty (20) minutes "Tide on the Electric Cars to the Loop District in Chicago. The Public is Base-Ball mad, and amusement Crazy. Stocks have doubled in yalue 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 Ia. mense And Well Paving Plant, ‘Where More 1,000 Persons Will Be Employed, between May and October of each year, where you can come with- out fear and Enjoy The Life and Freedom of a unmolested or annoyed? The Answer canonly be effectively given by subscnbing for Stock in this Corpora~ tion. it hes 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 (10.00) Dollars Each You Squander More than this amount Any Holiday around Amusement Parks and Public Places. where yor are not wanted and never welcome. Come! buy and build one of your own by filing out the attached Coupon and mail with Ten Dollars to the Lelar Giants Base-Ball and Amusement Association. Do.it to-day so that we may commence to build. Leland Giants Base Ball & Amusament Assn. 6258 Halsted Street, Chicago, IL Mr Beauregard F. Moseley; Treas:- Enclosed please find $____.__. which I am sending as Part (or infully as subscription fee for shares of the Capital Stock of the Leland Giants Base Bail and Amusement T agree to pay $__....___.___per month until the full amount Boni enccenneeeveeeeseeveee= has been paid, at which time I am to recieve my stock certificate. XB. aineemuts ei tetitp: Wane = oo eS FBeaureqare Fe Mossley, ‘Treasurer, 6258 Halsted Street, Chicago, ilinais. All Stock: Addi holders are ented tele. a ead {ntorm the Tressarer with thir final remitance of Weir inten City : Sons £9 apply for employment SS For further information e4- Gress Leland Giants Base-Ball nd Amusement Asan 6288 ‘Halsted St. Chicage, [ll State ‘Twe Little Wayfarers. The boy and girl bad spent the half dozen years of thelr tranquil lives tn & country home on the banks of the James river. ‘The contrast when their parents moved to the great, bustling northern city was exciting in a thousand ways, but reached its climax when they found themselves two indistinguished midgets in an enormous public school buflding among hundreds of other chil- dren representing almost every nation ‘under heaven. It was opening day, and the teacher to whose grade they were assigned ‘was inscribing names and nationalities fm her book. : ‘She came at last to the little brother and sister clasping each other's hand tightly under the desk. “Americans, of course,” she concind- 4 hurriedly as she wrote down their ‘ames in the book. Edward's eye sought Evelyn's in- quiringly, and she telegraphed back her doubt. Then she rose to her little feet in the interests of truth, her knees smiting together. “Please, Miss Teacher,” she quaver- e@, “I think we're Americans, bat I'm Rot sure, bot I know for certain we're Leshan "Woman's Home Compan ‘The Fickle Summer Maid. Rodrick—Man at the seashore discov- ered Ginmonds in the surf. Did you ever discover any jewels when you ‘were there? ‘Van Albert—I thought I discovered a Jewel last summer, but after she jilted te I came to the concinsion that she was only an imitation—Chicago News. . Reversing the Rules. “You must watch my feet closely,” gaid the ballet tescher to her pupil, “tor when your turn comes, 1 tell you, ‘You will have to toe the mark.” “Then,” said the intelligent pupil, “you go ahead and I will matk the ton."—Baltimore American, —_ Tae Always Presteng tt ‘Teso—Inn't May the lucky girl? * Jeus—Yes. She's got an engagement Miei-Yen, and, net's. moods eft handed Philadelphia Press. H SALSA a wit i VERY “ATRON y ives «>> ‘ tY PURCHA E Jacob F*einberg MARKET AND GROCERY TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 565 8lst and State Streets | . 4. J. Bradley - ‘Velephene Vents Olt 4. M. Fields BRADLEY & FIELDS REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE Frank H. Lewis, Prop. Lou Selden, “igr. THE RAILROAD INN Imported and Domestic Wines Liquors & Cigars 2 Cafe in Connection N. E. Corner Fifty-first and Armour Avenue, Chicago, iM. BILLIARDS Fi TOBACCOS _WILLIAM LEWIS THE FRONTANAC crLiLUB BAe THE LELAND GIANTS VISITING ‘TEAMS Saturday and Sanday Fly Catches. Sheckard’s given name is Samuel, bat he has always been known as James or Jimmy for some reason never fully explained by the player. Moxey Manvel, the ambidertrous twirler drafted by the Chicago Amert- cans from New Orleans, showed some veal baseball class recently at St Lou- is, where Manager Fielder Jones sent him into a breach unexpectedly. |_ The acquisition of Pitcher Charles ‘Rhodes by the Cincinnati Nationals from Bt. Louis recalla the fact that Pitcher “Dusty” Rhodes, now of Cleve- land, once wore « Cincinnati uniform. George Stone of the St. Louis Amer- teans is not only a great hitter, 2 grand chap and en bonest man, but he can manipulate the turgid udder of the mulley cow, harvest the esculent roast ing ear and make the industrious pota- to bug get a bustle on. In other words, ‘Stone is some pumpkins as a farmer. Facts From France. - American Brick Co. - MANUFATURERS OF Gommop and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: f 45th and Robey Sts. So aaa eae ee a Be m= - Felephone Yards 128. Southern France sent to Paris last year over 58,000 tons of fruits and tc foreign countries nearly 46,000 tons. The French have now prohibited the importation of the dodder, a leafless, twining parasitic plant, because of its avages. It destroys hops, peas and almost anything, and it is almost im- ‘poasible to eliminate ft. An suthor who was assisting at 2 Tehearsal of his play in a small Paris ‘heater ventured to make some te marks on the performance. The man- Saas was not there to eiticise. | The minister of fine arts in France as signed a decree authorizing the ap- petutment of women es attendants in the public Mbraries and museums. The ‘Wee the men candidates, must ‘en examination, which varies ac ‘to the post applied for. ‘Gubscribe for The Breed Ax