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THE BROAD AX THE CENSUS FOR 1910 IT SHOULD BE THE AIM OF THE NEGRO TO GIVE PROPER INFORMATION To See That the Facts as Regards Their Holdings and Numbers, etc.—This is necessary to Good Reports. THE CENSUS IT SHOULD BE THE NEGRO TO GIVE MATION To See That the Fac Holdings and Numb essary to Good Rep No people should be more interested in the success of the U. S. Census to be taken April 15, 1910 than the Colored people. What is wanted is the truth about the condition and progress of the Negro people. Nine persons out of ten in speaking and writing about the Negroes draw on their imaginations or their prejudices. The 1900 Census is probably the best source of information in the world concerning the Negro race in the United States. Let us see to it that the next census gives us more knowledge and more accurate information than ever before. How is this to be done? Uncle Sam spends millions of dollars and years of labor on the work. It is up to the Colored people to see that every man, woman and child is counted; that every dollar's worth of property is recorded, no more and no less; that every child that is in or out of school shall be enumerated. Uncle Sam is the teacher trying to find out how his children are getting along. If you do not report accurately, you cannot expect the teacher to praise you for your merits or to correct you when you are not doing as well as it is possible for you to do. Director Durand of the Census Bureau requests the active co-operation of the Colored ministers, teachers, journalists and other leaders of the race in the important work of instructing the Colored people in the methods of the enumeration to be taken beginning April 15, 1910. In response to the requests of Col "THE STORY OF THE NEGRO." Dr. Booker T. Washington is quite as notable as a publicist as a teacher. He speaks a great deal and has written much that is of value, but his new work on the history of the Negro which appeared last week is in many respects his most important contribution to letters. It is rather remarkable, considering how much the Negro has figured in our history and in that of the rest of the world, that he has had no written history that is comprehensive. Many phases of his history have been taken up, there have been many distribe against him, many defensive works, but the man who wants to know something about the history of the race has a hard task ahead of him. In his work, which has involved an immense amount of research, Dr. Washington gives us some new information and arranges all of the old in a fashion which we may understand easily, and especially does he give us some new views of the Negro past and present. The work is not one for mere historical record only. It is a sort of defense as well as a prophecy. No more severe critic of the shortcomings of the Negro is to be found than Dr. Washington. No one knows the Colored men better. No one is less inclined to blink the truth. But he has much more company in this direction than in his efforts to uplift the race. It is here that his work becomes valuable. He points out a fact which is known almost alone to anthropologists that there are as many tribes of Negroes in Africa as there ored people and their friends that special consideration be given to the census of the Negro people, the Director has secured the services of Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones of Hampton Institute, Virginia, for this work. Dr. Jones has for a number of years been studying Southern problems. He is recognized by the Colored people as a sympathetic student of their problems. His educational equipment was obtained in the Universities of the South and of the North. In 1900 he won the prize fellowship of $650 in sociology at Columbia University and later obtained his Ph. D. degree at the same institution. Since that time Dr. Jones has been engaged in research work among the Colored people of the South. The accuracy of the Census depends upon the interest and intelligence of the supervisors, and enumerators who are to ask the questions and also upon the intelligent co-operation of those who are to reply. Dr. Jones will endeavor to use both of these elements. The first task, is to awaken the interest of the Negro people in the census. The second is to aquaint them with the difficulties of the inquiries and prepare them to give correct answers. In this work, the Press, the Church and school are the most effective agencies. From time to time useful information will be issued to the public. It is hoped that the Census Bureau will receive the hearty co-operation of all Colored people that the next census may be a picture of the Colored people of the United States. are races of white men, and that these differ, not only mentally, but physically, in wide degree. It is no more proper to classify all Negroes as belonging to one class than to speak of Europeans in this manner. The differences are just as large. But the important statement of the author is that in a rather long and busy life during which he has traveled the country over many times, he has never met a single white man in the South, no matter how bitter his prejudices against the race, who has not admitted that he knew one or more Negroes of unimpeachable integrity. If every white man knows one or more such Negroes, the aggregate of the latter must be large. In many ways Dr. Washington shows that the prejudice against the Negro is utterly baseless. Dr. Washington makes the Negro out a better man and a better race than is commonly regarded, and he has done his work with his usual conservatism. He looks to a time when prejudice will cease and the great race issue will settle itself.—Editorial: Philadelphia Inquirer. THE TUSKEGEE NEGRO CONFERENCE TO BE HELD JANUARY 19TH AND 20TH. The date of the Tuskegee Negro Conference, which meets at Tuskegee, Alabama, has been changed from February, to January 19th and 20th, 1913, and under the guidance of Prof. Booker T. Washington, the sessions no doubt will be very instructive and interesting. 1910 JOHN J. BRADLEY. Ex.Alderman of the 30th Ward, and popular with all the citizen's in the Town of Lake, who would make an ideal candidate for Sheriff of Cook County, this coming fall. EVIL TONGUE IS GREATEST SIN. The tongue of the man of evil heart is set on fire by hell. "The sins of the tongue are the most terrible and deadly. Many a catastrophe has come to struggling human life; many a heart has been made to ache; many a splendid plan has been made to fail; many a cup of hope has been dashed from the lips of yearning mortals; many a victory has been turned to defeat; many a reputation has been blasted; many a life has been embittered and many a home has been broken up in consequence of the sins of the tongue. "There is the devil of falsehoods. Every lie is of the devil. There is no bright future for the man who cannot be trusted. "Then there is the devil of gossip. How many demons of that type there are in our day. "How persistently they keep at work. How diabolical their business. It is often times just, a half, criticism, a slight fling, a suspicious word, a depreciating sentence, an insinuation that ought not to have amounted to anything. The tale is repeated and you have an influence at work that will multiply itself as rapidly as thistles multiply. "There is also the devil of unkind speech. You will find him in good homes. You will meet him in the office. He is not a stranger at your club. You meet him everywhere. Is it not strange that we speak the unkindest words to those we love best? Have a care! These devils will not only blast the happiness of others but will rule you as well.—Rev. P. M. Swift." When Rev. Swift gave his Congregation at the Austin M. E. Church the above able "tongue lashing" he must have been inspired by experience and that they needed it, only he omitted to state that the Clergy and Church have been the originators and abetors of all kinds of "hell," real and imaginary.—The People's Press, Chicago, Jan. 1, 1910. Mr. Edward Hillman, the head owner of Hillman's up-to-date department Store, State and Washington streets, through Noah D. Thompson, bought five tickets for the great Charity Benefit ball, given by Mrs. William Emanuel. Attorney, S. A. T. Watkins, will leave this evening for Birmingham, Alabama, he will be absent one week. 'CHRISTIANITY IN THE SOUTH.' "We Cannot Evangelize a Man and Then Shut Door of Human Fellowship in His Face," Says White Author on the South. No Races Intermediate Between True Man and Brute He Says—Overlapping Races Can Participate in Same Civilization. Christian Reconstruction in the South. By H. Paul Douglas, Boston: The Pilgrim Press. With a sociological perspective the author popularizes some expert interpretations of the race problem. He is today a missionary, and he proves the competence of missionary judgment on national problems. He believes that the Negro's unrest is of a piece with the under man's struggle all over the world. The very missionary impulse is at stake in the ascendancy of race feeling. We cannot evangelize a man and then shut the door of human fellowship in his face. "No American in twenty-five years, with a shred of honesty, will dare engage in foreign missions unless race feeling in America is conquered." Mr. Douglas shows how the moral struggle is complicated with intellectual difficulties. He does not blink the issue which science presents under form of applied Darwinism, the gospel of racial aggression, which means the suppression of the unfit. He meets the dilemma with a scientific answer. He finds a favorable verdict in anthropology concerning the backward races. "The bottom of hell is level. No Negro can be lower than some white men." Overlapping races can participate in a common civilization, because the utmost that anthropology claims is a slight superiority in the white race. There is not the smallest justification for the conception that there are several races, physically intermediate between true man and brute. The true explanation is psychological. The true selection must be according to social and not physical heredity. Mulatto leadership springs not from the fact of biological superiority, but because the mulatto believes in his superiority. Social heredity works out human destiny as relentlessly as if it were physical heredity, and consequently beyond human control.—Boston Transcript. Millions Spent in Tuberculosis Crusade Survey of Year's Work gives Interesting Figures. Based on the reports gathered from all parts of the United States, the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis issues a bulletin today in which it is stated that $8,180,621.50 was expended during the year just closed by the various interests fighting consumption in the United States. The bulletin, which is preliminary to a longer report, shows that in the year 1909 over 10,000,000 pieces of literature were distributed, and that 117,312 patients were treated and assisted by the sanatoria, dispensaries and anti-tuberculosis associations. By far the largest amount of money spent during the past year was for the treatment of tuberculosis patients in sanatoria and hospitals, $5,292,289.77 being expended in this way. The anti-tuberculosis associations spent $975,889.59, the tuberculosis despensaries and clinics, $640,474.64, and the various municipalities, for special tuberculosis work, spent $1,111,967.53 The anti-tuberculosis associations distributed the most literature, spreading pamphlets, and other printed matter for the purpose of educating the public about consumption. The health departments of the different cities also distributed more than 1,056,000 copies, which with the work done by state departments of health, brings the number of pieces distributed during the year well over 10,000,000. The largest number of patients treated during the year was by the dispensaries, where 1,586 patients and hospitals treated 38,758 patients, while anti-tuberculosis associations assisted 16,968. New York State leads in the anti-tuberculosis work done during the AN EARLY WOMAN LAWYER. Among the most interesting treasures of the British Museum are the clay tablets of ancient Babylonia. These tablets, resemble unglazed tiles throw quaint lights and shadows on the manners and customs of long age. Usually the records are fragmentary but are occasionally fairly complete, as is that of legal proceedings instituted by a woman of Borsippa," which action is of particular interest as showing that a married woman's property law was in force as early as 550 B. C. The proceedings to which the "documents" refer were taken by a woman against her brother in law to regain possession of property left by her husband. The evidence showed that a man of Babylon had married the woman from Borsippa, and with the money of her dowry he had bought an estate. After a few years, having no children of their own, they adopted a son, and shortly afterward the husband mortgaged the estate. Later he died, leaving the estate mortgaged, and his brother attempted to claim the property. The widow took the matter before the court at Borsippa; but it was beyond the jurisdiction of this court and was referred to the High Court at Baby... Here the case was fully heard, and the Judges rendered a decision to the effect that, as the property had been the husband's, the widow could have it upon paying off the mortgage, and that the brother had no claim. Eventually, the estate would be the property of the adopted son. It is expressly stated, as though t in osis Crusade ives Interesting Figures. past year, having spent more money, distributed literature and treated more patients than any other state. Pennsylvania comes next and Massachusetts is third. The next seven states are Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, California, Colorado, Connecticut and Ohio. The following table shows the work done in these ten states: The following are the states, expenditures, literature, pieces distributed, and patients treated: New York, $1,669,179.76, 4,997,600, 41,779; Pennsylvania, 1,515,664.02, 261,300, 24,410; Massachusetts, 1,059,123.53, 217,605, 10,645; Illinois, 202,820.53, 254,500, 4,826; Maryland, 195,631.97, 29,500, 5,829; Ohio, 245,502.17, 127,000, 3,197; New Jersey, 211,600.62, 287,500, 2,159; Colorado, 566,205.17, 37,000, 3,229; California, 254,707.14, 107,075, 1,900; Connecticut, 220,190.98, 13,500, 1,141. Altough the survey of the past year's work shows that much has been done, the reports from all parts of the country indicate that this year the amount of money to be expended, and the actual number of patients that will be treated will be more than double that of the past year. For instance, special appropriations have been made in the various municipalities for this year's anti-tuberculosis work, aggregating $3,976,500. In addition to these appropriations over $4,000,000 has been set aside by the different state legislatures for the campaign against tuberculosis next year. Besides these sums, a large number of the present existing institutions and associations are planning enlargements of their work, and new organizations are being formed daily. a matter of some interest, that the woman pleaded her own case in the High Court of Babylon without assistance. OUR WOMEN. The Colored people realize that in the development of their women lie the best interest of the race, and, further, that education is essential to the highest type of womanhood. In addition to the thousands who have completed Normal and High School courses, several hundred have taken collegiate courses in the best universities and colleges of the country; from the University of Chicago. Cornell College, Radcliffe College, 10 from the University of Michigan, nearly 100 from Oberlin College, the first college open to all races and to both sexes on the American continent; 10 from Kansas State University; one from Vassar, several from Wellesley, Smith, Mt. Holyoke and the University of the City of New York. These numbers are substantially increased by graduates from the colleges of Atlanta, Fisk, Howard, Wilberforce and others, making up a list aggregating over 500 since the year 1862, when the first Colored woman received the degree of B. A. at Oberlin College. It is a significant fact that the number of Colored woman graduating from colleges in the year 1904, more than a score, is greater than the total number of the American women who had a college training in 1804. The country then had a population of five million free persons and one million slaves.—Ex. --- THE BROADAX PUBLISHED WEEKLY. 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Everybody in Chicago are invited to the Emancipation Day exercises at the Institutional Church tomorrow, (Sunday) afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Come early if you wish good seats. The Fisk Club's Jubilee Singer's will render some jubilee melodies at the Emancipation Day exercises, Sunday, 3 p. m., at the Institutional Church, when Dr. Mason of Cincinnati, O., will speak. The Emancipation Anniversary Exercises at the Institutional Church, Sunday at 3 o'clock, will be under the auspices of the Negro Fellowship League, which is composed of some of the most intelligent young men and women of Chicago. They have chosen Mrs. Ida Wells-Barnett to preside, and Dr. M. C. B. Mason, Secretary of the Freedmen's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church to make the principal address. The A. M. E. Pastor's Meeting voted unanimously to co-operate with the Negro Fellowship League in observing the 47th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. They will act as vice-presidents of the meeting at the Institutional Church, Sunday, at 3 o'clock, as all ministers of the city, editors and presidents of women's clubs have been invited to do. The Standard Literary of Bethesda, and the Frederick Douglass Center, both did a graceful and gracious thing last Sunday, when they voted to hold no meeting Sunday, but to attend in a body, the anniversary Emancipation exercises at the Institutional Church, and hear Dr. Mason's address on "The Second Emancipation. CHATEAU RINK NOTES. Mr. I. Britton, of St. Paul, Minn. paid a visit to the Chateau last week and reported as having a splendid time. Mr. Andrew (Rube) Foster, Manager of the Leland Giants Baseball Club was entertained at the Chateau Rink last week. All had a good time. --- A great treat in store for all those who visit the Chateau Rink next Saturday and Sunday eve. The Cadet Band will furnish music for the skaters and visitors. Bring your friends and have a good time. The only live place in Chicago is the Chateau Rink. A great time for all every Saturday and Sunday eve. Good music, best of decorum. Come out and witness the Grand Skate Contest, Sunday eve at the Chateau Roller Skating Rink and join the Grand March. APPOMATTOX CLUB NOTES. Meeting of the New Board of Directors tonight. The new officers of the Club will be installed and a good time among the members anticipated. President Moseley will make a special report of importance and all Club members are requested to be present as matters of vital importance to the life and future of he Club will be considered. Mrs. Jacob L. Parks, 3150 State street, "takes great pleasure in stating that the Fourteenth Anniversary edition of The Broad Ax reached the highest art in newspaper work that can be produced and it put The Broad Ax far ahead of the other Afro-American Journals in this city. --- MRS. JOHN JONES, WHO WAS BURIED THURSDAY. Mrs. John Jones, who died at her home, 43 Ray street, last Sunday and whose funeral was held at her late residence, Thursday at 10 a.m. was well known among the Colored population of Chicago. She was the widow of the late John Jones, formerly Cook County commissioner, who at his death several years ago was the wealthiest and most prominent Colored man in the Northwest. Mrs. Jones was eighty-nine years old. She was a native of Tennessee, and came to Chicago with her husband about sixty years ago. CHINA AHEAD OF US. China has recently adopted a law upon nationality, consisting of 24 articles which grants any person who has lived in China for over ten years and is above 20 years old, of good moral standing, being useful as a citizen, the right of citizenship and membership of the China Empire. If he has lived in China over 20 years, he can serve in any position not above the foruth grade, but in this country, if the person is black. he can not hold office or vote in many parts, though he has been a good citizen, a patriotic soldier and a producer of business and wealth. We are behind China in progress. CHIPS Mr. and Mrs. Julius N. Avendorpha, entertained a small party of their friends at dinner New Year's day. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lewis, of 3310 $ \frac{1}{2} $ Rhodes avenue, entertained a large party of their friends New Years' eve, till the wee hours in the morning. Mr. I. J. Reed, 59 Dearborn st., left today on a very urgent business trip to New York. We wonder whether he will stop off at Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Barnett, 3234 Rhodes ave., received their friends formerly New Year's day. About two hundred persons called to wish them the season's joys. Born to Prof. and Mrs. John Hope of Atlanta University, a son Christmas day. Mrs. Hope was Miss Lugenzi Burns, of Chicago, before her marriage. Miss Olive Ramey, niece of Dr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Bentley, 441 E. 41st st. entertained the ladies of the Fortnightly Whist Club, Wednesday evening, Dec. 20th. Mrs. Ada Shreeves, of New York City was special guest. Feinberg and Peck, of the F. and P. new department store, State and 31st streets, who have always been friendly towards the Colored people, sent in their check to Mrs. William Emanuel, for the Charity Benefit ball. Messrs. Julius N. Avendorph, Sr. W. R. Sobers, theodore Jones, Jos. Crumb and Ferdinand Barnett, Jr. were among the young men who paid formal calls in the old fashioned way New Year's day. Mrs. Edward H. Morris, 2712 Dearborn st. entertained a large number of her female friends Monday evening, December 27th. The main feature was a Christmas tree which bore a present for each of the invited guests. The Woman's Aid for the benefit of the Old Folk's Home, 610 Garfield Boulevard, met at Mrs. McGowan's, 4809 Langley Ave., Tuesday, Dec. 28th. A very delightful meeting was held and the ladies of the Aid heartily thank the public for their share in contributing $47.15 on the adhesive tapes. Mrs. A. W. Williams, President, Mrs. Henry Pope, Secretary. On Monday evening last, in honor of her husband, Mrs. Mack Weaver, gave a surprise birthday party at their spacious residence, 3807 Wabash Ave. A musical program furnished by Miss Marie Burie and cards were the features of the enjoyment, for those fortunate enough to be invited. Mr. and Mrs. Coffee of Washington, D. C., Mr. and Mrs. F. Gillespie, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Selby, Mrs. Beatrice Hill, Mrs. H. Brown, Miss Irene Otis, Messrs S. McGowan and Clinton Weaver were among those present. Mrs. Weaver was attired in the handsome gray silk moree gown which she wore to the charity ball, a Christmas gift from her husband. Golden Fleece Lodge No. 1615 G. U. O. O. F., entertained the National Grand Master, W. L. Houston at a formal banquet, Thursday evening last. Covers were laid for over two hundred members of the order who turned out to hear the annual address of their N. G. M. Major Jno. C. Buckner, acted as tostmaster and assisted by Messrs. Morris Lewis and Wm. Jackson, in the arrangements. Atty. Edw. H. Morris, Capt. Radcliffe, George Augustus, John Long, Dora Bird D. G. M. Nosh D. Thompson and Dr. W. G. Dalley responded to toasts; a pleasant evening was spent by all. Mr. Houston left Chicago immediately after the banquet to spend the holiday with his family in Washington. D. C. Crowded Out. "Have you called on Gladys since she got back?" "Yes, but I'll have to go again." "Why?" "She got started first in telling her summer experiences, and I didn't get a' word in edgewise about what I'd been doing all summer." Omissions of History At the urgent request of the barons King John had just signed Magna Charta. "One would think. gentlemen," he said, with bitter sarcasm. "you suspect me of an intention to gobble the lake front, organize a milk trust or pull off a First ward ball." Inwardly cursing all reformers, from John the Baptist to Arthur Burragu Farwell, he even refused the request of an eager souvenir hunter for the pen with which he had affixed the royal name to the document.—Chicago Tribune. Mail and Female. But thanks flow from my Alleen's pen For candy, flowers, dances ten. Alas, my hours are all too few To count my little billets doux! The first few morns of each new month My mall slot rattles giadomsely. I lie in bed so sadomely The first of every month. With Page & Shaw and Galvin, too, I play a postal peekaboo. Alas, my hours are all too few To count my billets overdue! —Harvard Lampoon. "Havin' a Tollable Time." Can't git all the joy in a minute: In that there no reason or rhyme. You're good to the world if you're in it! 'Ain' havin' a tollable time. Ef the dollars are slow in the dancin' A feller can keep feelin' prime Ef he'll jest go his way in the sunshine each day. Havin' a toliable time. - Atlanta Constitution. Actions Speak Louder "Hubby, do you love me as much as you did when we were first married?" "Of course." "Seems to me you don't tell me so as often as you did." "Yes, I do. Seems to me you're harder to convince."—Louisville Courier Journal. His Lack. He had the strength to do great things. He had the knowledge and the chance; But, plagued in vain imaginations, He looks upon the world askance. His fight has been a losing fight. He lays his bitter blame on fate; He had the knowledge and the might. But did not have the will to wait. —Chicago Record-Herald. The Revenues of Time. The ancients were a lucky crew; The world and everything was new. The ancients they were happy men Because the jokes were modern then. The ancients had the modern jokes; Us moderns are unhappy folks. The ancients had the modern puns; Us moderns have the ancient men. Ahead of the Hounds Old Lady—What is the title of the picture, dear? Daughter—"Dogs," after Sir Edwin Landseer. Old Lady—I can see the dogs, but where on earth is Landseer?—Ally Sloper. The Fashion That Stays. Fashion's mandates, as you ken, Must be borne. Ears, it is decided then, Won't be worn. It may seem a bitter pill; Never mind. Noses are in fashion still, So we find. —Louisville Courier-Journal. Hard to Please. Candidate—If elected I shall carry out the policies of the present administration. Voice From the Bear—Don't take the trouble to carry 'em out! Throw 'em out!—Southwestern's Book. Oh, Why? Oh, why should the newly made play-wright be proud? When its only a "drop" from the flies to the crowd? When—to make this new figure full, rounded, complete— It's only a drop from a star to the street? —Boston Herald. Too Hasty. The Chicago man who demands a divorce because his wife has become a physician has acted in a hasty manner. He should have taken his medicine more philosophically.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Miss Nellie Robinson, who is an attorney in Cincinnati, has made a record in assisting unemployed women to find work. Mrs. Mollie Pingree of Denmark, Me, has a towel made from flax that was raised, spun and woven by her great-grandmother. Mrs. Lucy O. Perkins, now an expert guide at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, has been on the regular staff of the museum for several years. Mrs. Hall Calne acts not only as her husband's literary adviser, but as his secretary. He has repeatedly tried to get her to give her place to a typewriter, but she enjoys the work and refuses. Mme. Carmen-Melis, the dramatic soprano, now singing in grand opera in America, is known as a philosopher and poetess of scholarly attalments. Previous to her adoption of the operatic stage Mme. Melis had gained recognition for her literary ability. Lady Marjorie Erskine is one of the few women of title who are graduate nurses. She took the full course of training at Guy's hospital in London, where she was not only noted for her title, but because she was one of the most beautiful of the nurses in the institution. Woman Suffrage. Full woman suffrage now prevails over one-fifteenth of the earth's area. Woman suffrage papers are published in seventeen different countries and in twelve different languages. The Illinois Woman Suffrage association has opened permanent headquarters in the Fine Arts building, Chicago. The work is under the direction of Mrs. Ella S. Stewart, president of the state society. Mrs. T. P. O'Connor and Mrs. Marion Holmes are the editors of a new woman suffrage weekly paper, the Vote, which has just been launched in London. It is the official organ of the Women's Freedom league, of which Mrs. Despard is president. Recent Inventions. In a new egg beater, the invention of a Connecticut man, the wire dasher is revolved by pulling alternately the ends of a string wound around a drum attached to the top of the dasher. One of the newest automobile tires, a Pennsylvanian's invention, consists of a number of rubber blocks to be mounted in a steel channel and reversible, so that a new surface can replace a worn one. A patent has been granted a Louisiana man on a plane in which the blade is replaced by a piece of sandpaper which may be adjusted or removed and replaced by a fresh piece by two knobs that screw into the base. Facts From France. The Bank of France is owned by 28,200 shareholders. According to the Paris Matin, France will build two 23,000 ton Dreadnoughts every year for the next six years. The telephone service in Paris is admittedly the worst in Europe. The operators are inattentive, and service is obtained only after exasperating delays. Official statistics for the first six months of 1909 show a continued decline in the population of France. The marriages decreased 6,201 as compared with 1908, divorces increased by 533, births decreased 12,692, and deaths increased by 25,019. Royalty on Horseback. King Alfonso is a daring, even reckless man. The empress of Russia is colonel of a regiment of uhlans and when in good health rides splendidly. Queen Mand of Norway can ride across country at a regular breakneck speed, and she is said to have beaten the record of the late empress of Austria in the hunting field. The queen of Italy, the gentle, humane Elena, who actually dislocated her arm lifting the wounded at Messina and is generally known and beloved for her charity, enjoys nothing more than a wild dash across country with her husband. Things Theatrical. Jessie Millward has been engaged as leading woman with Arnold Daly in "Know Thyself." Charles Dillingham is to revive "Triby" in the shape of a light opera of which Harry B. Smith is to write the book. It is said that Nat C. Goodwin is to return to musical comedy shortly in a work of which the book is by C. M. S. McLellan and the music by Ivan Caryll. Margaret Anglin has secured the rights to a French play, "La Rival," of which Frederick Fenn, the author of "Hop o' My Thumb," will make the English adaptation. English Etchings. London has 1,116 registered clubs. The London police apprehend over 108,000 people a year. Once made in parliament, a motion can only be withdrawn by unanimous leave of the house. The government will take entire charge of the telephone system of Great Britain in 1911. During the whole of last year London's famous clock, "Big Ben," never varied more than four seconds from the correct time. A Lobster? The little Boston boy had returned home from a visit to New York. "And did you meet any other little boys?" asked his mother. "Yes, but I had some difficulty in fathoming their idioms," replied Waldo. "For instance, one of them referred to me as a crustacean of the order Homarus vulgaris."—New York Times. The New Vampire. A rag draped bone With a hank of hair Was the thing once known As a maiden fair. But the modern maid As she past us files Is upon parade With a change of styles. And she cuts a swath In her costly stuffs As a sheath clad lath With a bunch of puffs. —Louisville Courier-Journal. Works Both Ways Men say that every time we kiss And hug, depend upon it. We're going to ask our husbands for Another gown or bonnet. Now, husbands play the selfsame game. When we are much caressed It is a certain sign that they Would like their trousers pressed. Darekis, Frees, Roess Invoking the Law Hyker—Where are you going in such a hurry, old man? Pyker—I'm going to consult a lawyer about having my wife indicted for making incendiary speeches. Hyker—You don't mean it? Pyker—Yes. I do. She insists on my getting up and starting a fire every morning.—Chicago News. Attend to Business. Poets oft apostrophize Other men. I address my earnest cries To the hen. Eggs are rising day by day, Dealers vow. If you have an egg to lay, Do it now. —Pittsburg Post. True Friends. Two dear girl chums one day Resolved to tell the truth About each other—come what may— 'Twas the innocence of youth. The faults of each were pointed out For less than half a week. And now it is somewhere about Ten years since they did speak. —Chicago News. The Reason of It. Gritty Bill—It ain't my fault I stay poor. Benevolent Gent—How do you make that out? Gritty Bill—It's all the fault of nature. I was born with a bunch of very expensive tastes and without enough brains to keep up with them.—Spokane Spokesman-Review. Hattery. I love to go to the opera And listen to the songs And fall in love with the fair soubrette And see her many wrongs All righted in the closing act. Yet things are fierce at that... To have to sit behind some dame Who won't remove her hat. Imminent Depreciation "What is the value of the contents of this trunk?" asked the customs inspector. "Which do you mean," asked Miss Cayenne, "their value now or after you get through mussing over them?"—Washington Star. There Are Exceptions. "Each rose must have its thorn," So a poet does affirm. But every toe has not a corn Nor every lane a turn. And now and then a chestnut warm Has not a single worm. —Chicago News. Mature Fulfillment "When he first grew up he always wanted people running after him." "Did he gain his wish? "Oh, yes; only the last time I heard of him the people who were running after him were the police."—Baltimore American. Didn't Work. He read, "It is not good For man to live alone." He with the Scripture stood And made a maid his own. Poor fellow: He is lonesome yet— He went and wed a suffragette. Leader Expensive. Mrs. Newlywed—Father always gives something expensive when he makes presents. Mr. Newlywed—So I discovered when he gave you away—New York Journal. Convivial Research. The man who stays out late at night Has found a tale that isn't trite. He says: "My dear, just let it pass. We were looking for the comet through a three inch glass." -Cleveland Plain Dealer. Internal or External Use? Young Woman Customer—I'd like some rice, please. You have different qualities, haven't you? Grocer—Yes, miss—wedding or pudding?—Boston Transcript. Hit by the Missouri Girl. A girl from St. Louis, Mo. Was seized with a terrible fo. She killed about three. But got off scot free. For her looks made a hit with the jo. —Columbian Jester. That's Plain. "Why wouldn't you stop at a mountain resort?" "Because these mountain resorts are not on the level."—Houston Post. Just Girls. Some girls raise a hue and cry. When they're kissed upon the sly. In some the hue alone's begat; Some, by George, can't raise e'en that! —Boston Transcript. SIRES AND SONS. There is a florist at Pekin, Ill., whose name is John Bloompot. Herman Boehr, who defeated Tom Johnson for re-election as mayor of Cleveland, O., is a brewer. James J. Hill believes that "the high cost of living is the beginning of every national decline" and so stated in a recent visit to the White House. Thomas Jefferson had few equals as a holder of office. He was in official positions covering a period of forty one years. He succeeded in dying poor. Pitman Pulsifer, clerk of Senator Hale's committee on naval affairs, is one of the great naval authorities of the world, and his yearly handbook is standard. General Weyler, once the Spanish ruler of Cuba and not particularly successful, is now the Marquis of Tenerife, having been decorated with the title on account of his military services. Sir Edward Morris, the premier of Newfoundland, has long been the strong man in politics of the island province. He was born in St. John's graduated at Ottawa university and became the leading criminal lawyer of the colony. In 1885 he went into politics Robert T. Lincoln, now sixty-six years old, is the eldest and the only one now surviving of Abraham Lincoln's three sons. He is at present president of the Pullman company. Excepting four years as secretary of war and four years as ambassador to England, Mr. Lincoln has devoted his life to business interests in Chicago. Sporting Notes. Donaldson, the South African runner, is credited with running 120 yards in $11\frac{1}{4}$ seconds at Pretoria the other day. The latest pacing sensation on the Pacific coast, a three-year-old who has trialed in $2:04\frac{1}{4}$, is by that good race horse Hal B.. $2:04\frac{1}{4}$, out of the dam of Irish II. Emilio Lunghi, the sensational Italian middle distance runner of the past season, who recently returned to his native land, is to revisit America early in February. Lord Lonsdale's championship belts that are being offered in England as emblematic of the different pugilistic titles can be completed for only by British boxers. A stranger can box for the title, but he does not get the belt if he wins. Maine has the only college football league in the country. The four colleges of the state—Colby, Bowdoin, Maine and Bates—play a series of six games for the state championship under the control of an intercollegiate association. Colby won the past season. The Writers. Henryk Sienkiewicz, author of "Qno Vadis," says he can write to his satisfaction only when he uses scarlet ink. At seventh-three, it is announced, Sir William Schwenck Gilbert is at work on a new comic opera, which will shortly be produced at the Savoy theater in London. Pierre Loti, the celebrated author, whose real name is Vlaud and who has made his whole career in the French navy, is about to be placed on the retired list owing to his age. Miss Sharlot H. Hall has been appointed official historian of Arizona, the first woman to hold a salaried territorial office. Miss Hall has written many poems for the magazines. Law Points. That a voluntary deed by a man of his personal estate cannot be set aside by his wife as a fraud upon her rights is declared in Hall versus Hall, 14 Va. L. Reg., 973; 63 S. E., 420; 21 L. R. A. (N. S.), 533. That one cannot evade the provisions of a statute requiring a person conducting a plumbing business to secure a certificate of competence by employing a licensed master plumber as manager of the business is declared in Bronold versus Engler, 194 N. Y., 323; 87 N. E., 427; 27 L. R. A. (N. S.), 176. Short Stories. The United States is now the largest wool consuming country in the world. Dr. Ford of Johns Hopkins says mushroom poison is not destroyed by boiling. The walls of the lock of the Panama canal at Gatun will be re-enforced with 7,000 tons of rails. There were 25,000 visitors in Yellowstone park the past season, of which one-third were in camping parties. In the Japanese schools a long, reproachful look from the teacher is considered more effective than corporal punishment. The chemists of the Agricultural college in Winnipeg have produced a virus which exterminates the rats in the grain fields and granaries by producing a disease which much resembles typhoid. Science Siftings The dog star is the brightest star in the firmament. It was so called by the Egyptians because it watched the rising of the Nile. Assistant Professor Henry N. Russell, Ph. D., of the astronomical department of Princeton university says that no bad physical effects are to be anticipated from Halley's comet and that the electrical or magnetic effects of the comet's passage would probably be detected only by the most delicate instruments. WM. D. 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GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 84-85 La Salle Street, Chicago Suite 615 to 616 Telephone Main: 3077 Tel. Calumet 3221 Dr. M. J. Brown Physician and Surgeon 2701 Dearborn Street, - CHICAGO Hours: 10 to 12 m.; 2 to 4; 7 to 9 p. m. RES. 3809 WABASH AVE. Tel. Douglas 1165. HOURS UNTIL 9 a. m. and after 9 p. m. DR. A. L. SMITH Physician and Surgeon Assistant County Physician OFFICE HOURS: 10 to 12 s. m. 2 to 4 p. m. 7 to 9 p. m. Sunday 1 to 3 p. m. Phones Calumet 185 & 2252 COR. 29th & STATE STS. CHICAGO, ILJ. General Expressing To and From All Depots Ice Coal Wholesale and Retail By Bage, Basket and Tons Henry M. Turner Crystal Ice Company 352g DEANBORN ST., CHICAGO Phone Douglas 4983 Established 1867 Phone Oakland 2550-155 John J. Dunn Coal and Wood Wholesale and Retail Dealer in FIFTY-FIRST STREET AND ARMOUR AVENUE Ball Rards: 51st St. & L. S. & M. S. By., 62nd St. and Armour Avenue CHICAGO B. H. JOHNSON Van and Express Furniture Moving a Specialty STORAGE WAREHOUSE 4915 STATE ST. CHICAGO NOTARY PUBLIC Frank W. King Undertaker LADY ASSISTANT 2004 STATE STREET CHICAGO THE F. & P. DEPARTMENT STORE CORNER OF STATE AND THIRTY-FIRST ST. ROBES AND NEGLIGEES. The articles of apparel that women are least liable to buy for themselves are always the most appreciated gifts. Negligees and Klimonos are in this class and we are amply provided to supply the present increasing demands upon our lines with assortments that are much the most attractive we have ever offered, in styles, varieties and values. SILK WAISTS. Hand embroidered Lingerie, Walsts, beautiful allover embroidery walsts, hand embroidered walsts, also tailored linen walsts with plaited fronts. Feinl CORNER OF ST Phone Douglas 2234 NOTARY PUBLIC Henry T. Wells Real Estate, Loans, Renting and Insurance 3321 STATE STREET CHICAGO, ILL Katherine R. Hamlet DEALER IN CIGARS, TOBACCOS and CON- FECTIONERY, NOTIONS, GRO- CERIES and BAKERY 5036 Armour Avenue CHICAGO E. A. Stack Prescription Druggist Deutsche Apotheke 2842 S. State Street. CHICAGO Corner Twenty-ninth Street Telephone, Calumet 188 George M. Porter, Ph.G. Pharmacist 2842 Armour Avenue, - CHICAGO U. S. Sub Postal Station THE BROAD AX CAN BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS. From, On and After This Date, The Broad Ax Can Be Found on Sale At the Following News Stands: R. M. Harvey's Barber shop, 3924 State street. J. S. Dorsey's drug store, 20 W. 51st street, near Dearborn. A. F. Tervalon, cigar store and news stand 5004 State street R. J. Jones, news stand, barber shop and pool room, 5264 State street Thos. H. Crump, news dealer notions and stationery, 3704 State street. George I. Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 18 W. 31st street, near State. Mrs. Nellie Fhelpe, cigars, notions and news stand, 31 W. 51st street near Dearborn. --- Leach's Express &Vans ALL PHONES 2840 DOUGLAS LEACHS STORAGE WAREHOUSE LEACHS STORAGE WAREHOUSE STORAGE EXPRESS VARS STORAGE STORAGE STORAGE Private Rooms for Furniture, Heated Piano Rooms. Money Loaned on Furniture in Storage Main Office, 3228 State St. Warehouse, 4430 State St. TAILORED SILK POPLINS. 2 typical models from our line of man-tailored waists, feeling confident that they will impress every one who is interested in the subject of waists, various colors, some have plaited fronts others made with Gibson plait over shoulder, trimmed with pockets and pearl buttons. HANDKERCHIEFS. The widest range of exclusive styles. There is a marked preference for the exquisite novelies we show in Handkerchiefs, supplying as they do the demand for gifts that are distinctive, always highly acceptable and comparatively inexpensive. berg & L STATE AND THIRD Leach's Exp ALL PHONES LEACH'S STORAGE WAREHOUSE Private Rooms for Furniture Money Loaned on F Main Office, 3228 State W. S. Cole cigars, tobacco and news stand, 34 W. 31st street, near Dearborn. Philip Smith, cigars, tobacco and news stand 8 W. 27th Street. T. B. Hall, laundry office, tobacco and news stand, 11 W. 29th street near State. Mrs. Jas. H. Lewis, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th street near State. B. Davis cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3532 State street. E. D. Burt, notions and news stand 2636 State street. W. M. Maxwell notions, cigars tobacco, confections and news stand 5252 State street. L. Miller shoe shining parlor and news stand, 39 W. 37th street, near Dearborn. J. P. Winstead, cigars, notions and news stand 6 E. 33d street, near State. James W. Graves, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3008 State street. SILK PETTICOATS and the showing which we offer meets all requirements. Immense varieties now in readiness for this sale. Rich in colorings and attractive styles almost entirely exclusive with us. PERFUMES IN EXQUISITE ODORS. The rare delicacy of the new odors now being introduced in our displays—many of them identical with the natural perfume of the flowers they represent—makes this section more than ever attractive to the increasing numbers who use fine perfumes. Peck IRTY-FIRST ST. press & Vans S 2840 DOUGLAS LEACH'S STORAGE WAREHOUSE STORAGE Furniture, Heated Piano Rooms. Furniture in Storage State St. Warehouse, 4430 State St. Chateau De La Plaisance 5324-26 State Street Offers for the Winter Unique and Superb ROLLER SKATE PROGRAM Every night in the week from 7 to 12 P. M. with the following SKATING from 7 to 10:30—Dancing from 10:30 to 12 P. M. every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday night, with the best Orchestra music. Cash Skate Prize Contest every Wednesday, Sunday and Monday night. Go where you will, pay what you may; but the CHATEAU leads in real wholesome health-giving entertainment. Come away from the stuffy, tubercular, 5 cent death given, cheap theatre and enjoy the invigorating, health-giving atmosphere of the CHATEAU. Admission, 10 cents—one dime LELAND GIANTS BASE BALL & AMUSEMENT ASS'N. Ladies and waiting maids among the ancient Greeks and Romans wore plain bohoe of gold or silver in their ear, and as time progressed these became more elaborate, precious gems being set in them. Covered Carriages. Covered carriages were first used in England in 1580. Catherine de' Medici. Catherine de' Medici of France was a tall, dignified woman of striking personal appearance. Her manner was often cold and repulsive, her language haughty. She was never popular or well liked. Her features were regular, and the chief merit of her countenance was a full black eye that seemed to fascinate those on whom she looked. New York's First Theater It was a quarter of a century before the signing of the American Declaration of Independence that the first theater was opened'in New York. Falling Leaves The falling of a leaf is caused by the formation of a thin layer of vegetable tissue at the point where the leaf stem joins the branch of the tree. After a leaf ceases to make starch and sugar for the tree this tissue begins to grow and actually cuts the leaf off. After a leaf has fallen the scar left in the end of each twig becomes entirely healed over. The Chinese Plow A Chinese plow is a light affair, made of a crooked stick, with a steel point fastened to it, and is pulled by a water buffalo. The Feminine Face. A perfect feminine face should measure exactly five times the width of an eye across the cheek bones. The eye should be exactly two-thirds the width of the mouth and the length of the ear exactly twice that of the eye. The space between the eyes should be exactly the length of one eye. Doctor Ants. Doctor ants do incredible cures—if they were not vouched for by Huber, Lubbock and others. They bathe and sun the sick, put them to bed and show more humanity than most folk. Bank of Venice. The Bank of Venice, the first establishment of the kind in Europe, was founded in 1171. It continued in existence without interruption until the overthrow of the republic in 1797 by the revolutionary army of France. Red Grouse The female red grouse is said to vary its dress according to surroundings. It is a fact worth remembering that the red grouse occurs in no other part of the world but the British isles. Substitute For Sean There are a few people to whose skins soap seems an irritant. They should use bran. The sons of one of the old kings of Holland were forbidden the use of soap. They were to use bran and a slice of lemon, the latter to remove ink stains. Napoleon never used soap, but kept his hands beautifully white by the use of bran. Long Lives. In Russia men have been known to live for 160 years, while cases have been chronicled of Arabs living through two whole centuries. The Chinese Cavalry. Each member of the Chinese cavalry receives the equivalent of about $4 a month, and out of this he is required to furnish fodder for his horse. In case of the death or disability of the animal he must supply a new one at his own expense. The Chinese cavalier is therefore very careful of his horse. Gibraltar. The rock of Gibraltar rises 1,439 feet from the sea. Without a Ring. A wedding without a ring seems incongruous, but in Cadiz, Spain, no ring is used. After the ceremony the bridgream moves the flower in his heels' hair from left to right, for in various parts of Spain to wear a rose above your right ear is to proclaim yourself a wife. Thus the rose takes the place of the ring. The Wild Duck No one has been able to give a satisfactory reason for the formation adopted by the wild duck or mallard in flight. The birds arrange themselves in two converging lines, like a huge V, the leader occupying the point. A. Gate Covered With Shoes The principal gateway of Allahabed is thickly studded with horseshoes of every size and make. There are hundreds of them nailed all over the great gates, doubtless the offering of many a wayfarer who has long since finished his earthly pilgrimage. The sacred gates of Somnath, in the fort of Agra, are similarly adorned. Halibut. In the beginning of the last century hallibut emigrated to deeper and deeper water until they are now caught in depths of 150 to 380 fathoms in deep sea valleys. Arab Music. Arab music has been described as the singing of a prima donna who has ruptured her voice in trying to sing a dust with herself. Each note starts from somewhere between a sharp and a flat, but does not stop even there and splits up into four or more portions, of which no person can be expected to catch more than one at a time. LIKE HAMMERED GOLD. Proposed Monument For the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition monument, to be the crowning work of sculpture of the international exhibition of 1900, will be covered with solid gold leaf. Gold donations to the amount of $7,000, necessary to completely cover the great shaft with the shining metal, will be solicited from Alaskans, Yukoners and the people of Seattle. An appropriation to cover the cost of building the monument in staff has been authorized, the drawings made and the sculptor is engaged in building his clay model. The monument is to stand in the center of the plaza in front of the magnificent group of United States government buildings and directly at the head of the Oascades. Looking south from the monument will be first the central features of the exposition, and then the eye will travel over a panorama of eighty miles of mountain, lake and woodland scenery to Rainier and the Cascade range. The exposition monument is to be more than seventy feet in height. The monument proper will stand on a pedestal twenty feet high. This column will be of Corinthian design, on the top of which will be a globe giving the signs of the zodiac. On top of this globe will be a huge American eagle with outstretched wings, as in flight. Grouped about the base of the monument will be three seated female figures symbolic of the northland, the south seas and the orient. Every foot of this great monument will have the appearance of having been hammered out of pure gold if the donations are sufficient to complete the undertaking.—Seattle Times. Youthful Suicides. There is a shocking proneness among youthful Bengalis to kill themselves on the least pretext. It seems to be an exaggerated form of silliness, and one would like to have a medical opinion on the matter. A student is reprimanded by his parent because his studies don't show the advancement expected. The boy swallows some opium and ends his studies. A girl wife in Howrah takes a dislike to the second choice of her husband. She also secures an exit by the easy means of opium. A Bengal woman in Howrah wanted to go on a pilgrimage to Gays. Her mother said she could not advance the railway fire, and the girl went out to a tree and hanged herself. These are all recent cases.—Calcutta Empire. A. Pleasant Prison. The prison at Cettinje, Montenegro, has been described as surely the most extraordinary one in existence. It presents little to indicate that it is a place of confinement, there being apparently nothing between the prisoners and absolute liberty. There are no outer prison walls, and in the cells the men—about eight or ten to each—are contentedly and comfortably housed as their own personal domestic belongings can make them. Moreover, they are generously fed, and cigarettes without stint, wine occasionally and no work at all combine to check any desire to escape more effectually than would strong walls, iron bars and an army of jailers—London Globe. Tees In the Trestops. Here is a story speaking better for the German emperor's goodness of heart than his knowledge of the ancient and royal game of golf. "So you want ground for your golf club, Sir Frank?" said the kaiser to the British ambassador at Berlin. "We haven't got nice grass meadows round Berlin, as you have in England, but I'll give you a hit of the Grunewald," a pine forest near Berlin and a great Sunday resort of the Berliners. "Ah, sire," Sir Frank Lascelles replied, "I am afraid there would be too many trees!" "Trees!" instantly replied the emperor, with bonhomie. "All the better to keep the sun off you when you are playing in the summer!" Cold Storage Poultry. The state board of health of Massachusetts has issued a bulletin on cold storage poultry in which this advice is given to housekeepers: "In order to guard obtaining waterstogged and refrigerated poults the consumer should demand the frozen bird and thaw it himself. If thawed quickly by immersion in a bucket of hot water it may be eaten with impunity and with relish the same day it is purchased, or if long overnight at room temperature it may be ready for use the day following." The Funny English. James S. Palmer, vice president elect of the United States, may possibly look forward to filling one day the position of president. It will be remembered that on the death of President McKinley, Mr. Roosevelt, who was then vice president, succeeded automatically to the presidency without opposition. Should anything happen to Mr. Taft (which we sincerely trust, for his sake, may not be the case) Mr. Palmer would probably, if precedent were followed, take his place. — Illustrated London News. The Moving In Party "Yes, they have a new sort of function in Chicago that is quite the rage." "What is it called?" "It's called a moving in party. When the hostess learns that the empty house next door is to be occupied she calls her guests by telephone, and they come and draw cuts for the front windows and then sit there and also up the new neighbor's stuff as the movers carry it in."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. BROOKLYN MUSEUM S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone: Douglas 1565 3 per cent allowed on Savings Ac Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per owed on Savings Accounts at Vaults, $3.00 per Year 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT As agent buy and sell Real Estate on c dents, including payment of taxes and J on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patro Office Phone, Douglas 727 E. JA FUNERAL 2959-61 STAT Branch: 1310 Bingh Fine Carriages for Hire A Good Drug Store We do not claim to be the Store But we are doing everything we w Customers will always feel that t full value received. We most cordially invite you t use from a Drug Store. We wow home in our store. Bring your fi welcome. Customers may rely upon Physicians' Prescriptions and F Our best Bargain White FOR THE HAIR—ELEGANT G Invigorates the Scalp and renders illable Pomade for Ladies and Ge John H. Montg Gerald Bldg, 26th and JACKSON MAL DIRECTOR STATE ST., CHICAGO Bingham St., Pittsburg, Pa. For Hire to Parties and Weddings Drug Store to Trade At. Be the biggest, best or oldest Drug Store on Earth Being we can to make this a Drug Store where feel that they are being well treated and getting Date you to come here and buy whatever you We would like to have you feel perfectly at your friends with you. You will always be rely upon obtaining pure medicines. and Family Recipes Accurately Prepared. White Rose Pomade 10c NATURALLY PERFUMED, PURE AND HARMLESS. and renders the Hair pliable and silky. The re- and Gentlemen. Montgomery, Druggist 6th and State Street, Chicago A Philosopher's Fable. As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estates for non-residents, including payment of taxes and looking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. Office Phone, Douglas 727 Res. Phone, Douglas 1856 E. JACKSON FUNERAL DIRECTOR 2959-61 STATE ST., CHICAGO Branch: 1310 Bingham St., Pittsburg, Pa. Fine Carriages for Hire to Parties and Weddings A Good Drug Store to Trade At. We do not claim to be the biggest, best or oldest Drug Store on Earth But we are doing everything we can to make this a Drug Store where Customers will always feel that they are being well treated and getting full value received. We most cordially invite you to come here and buy whatever you use from a Drug Store. We would like to have you feel perfectly at home in our store. Bring your friends with you. You will always be welcome. John H. Montgomery, Druggist Gerald Bldg., 26th and State Street, Chicago in the Revue d'Hygiene Dr. Mategnon, who lived for many years in China, gives some curious details of the food of the Chinese. This is what he says of the sons of heaven and the way they eat eggs: "The Chinese are great eaters of eggs, which they take hard bolled. One finds them in all the roadside places for refreshment. The Celestials have an expression, 'Eggs of a hundred years.' The eggs are not always a century in age, but one is able to get them of many years' standing. The Celestials have a preference for the egg of the duck or goose. They are placed with aromatic herbs in slaked lime for a period, the minimum time of treatment being five or six weeks. Under the influence of time the yoke liquefies and takes a dark green color. The white coagulates and becomes green. The product of the eggs, which has a strong odor, from which a stranger betakes himself quickly, the Chinese eat as have Cocavres, and it is said to have the taste of lobster." Five bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal church, who complained to the interstate commerce commission some time ago that they were discriminated against by southern railroads and by the Pullman company in transportation, dining car and sleeping car facilities, have been informed by the commission that their complaint was not warranted. The bishops are Wesley J. Gaines, H. M. Turner, Evans Tyre, C. S. Smith and F. W. Lampton. Most of the complainants and their witnesses testified that they actually did ride on sleeping cars. It is held by the commission in its decision that undue discrimination or prejudice was not shown, and the complaint, therefore, was dismissed. Shrewd Business Man. Shrew Business Man. A large number of Afro-Americans are engaged in the hack and carriage business in connection with the railroad train service at White Plains, N. Y., among whom is George W. Freeman, who meets all trains and gives special attention to the traveling public. His courteous demeanor has made business for him. —Purpure. "Who was it said that art was long?" I don't remember now, but I think it must have been somebody who was trying to learn to siddle"—Chicago Record-Herald. Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage—Emerson. --- Arthur Aull is responsible for this one: "Folly, Genius and Common Sense once went walking and came to a stream. Genius, having his head in the clouds, naturally started to wade across, paying no attention to the depth. The waters soon went over his head, and he was drowned. Common Sense hunted for a safe way to get across, and finally he found a foot log. As he got out about the center of the stream the log swayed, and he fell into the water and sank to rise no more. Folly stopped at the bank of the stream to amuse himself by throwing pebbles into the water and watching the waves. He sat upon the moist, cold bank until he caught a cold which developed in pneumonia, of which he soon died. Moral.—It doesn't make much difference, after all, whether you are a genius, a sage or a fool. You'll get it sooner or later anyway." Wife—Would it please you, dear, if I learned another language? Husband—Yes, it would delight me infinitely. Wife—Well, which one shall I study? Husband—The sign language.—Smart Set. A Woman's Secret Biggs—There goes a woman with a past. Boggs—Yes, and there are about twenty years more of it than she is willing to own up to.—New York Journal. Great is the fact that our interests gradually take a wider scope, allowing more scope for the healing power of compensation.—Dinah Mulock Craik. Commodore Vanderbilt discovered in James H. Butter, then in the employ of the Erie railroad, a man he believed the freight department of the Central needed, says the Baltimore News. It is related that some time after he took charge of the Central's traffic office Butter called on the commodore to submit a plan for improvement. When he had stated the case the president looked at him sharply and asked: "Butter, what does the New York Central pay you $15,000 a year for?" The reply was, "For managing the freight traffic department." And then the commodore said, "Well, you don't expect me to earn your salary for you, do you?" Butter went out and carried through his plan on his own judgment. The result was highly satisfactory. Butter became president of the Central. HILLMANS STATE WASHINGTON ST. WHERE EVERY PATRON Saves ON EVERY PURCHASE Telephone Yards 693 JOHN J. OHN J. BRADLE JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO Good Colored Tenants Always Appreciate Colored Tenants Always Appreciate Good Colored Tenants Always Appreciated AND TREATED ACCORDINGLY Stove Heated Flat and houses to suit your income. I rent only my own property. When you want to rent, you will save many a weary step, if you first call on to suit your income. 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