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THE BROAD AX The Color Line Has Been Drawn By President William H. Taft in Selecting Census Enumerators. Director Durand Writes a Letter in Relation to Employing Negroes as Census Fnumerators in the Southern States. The Color Line Has By President W Selecting C ators. Director Durand Writes a ploying Negroes as C Southern States. The following persons have been selected as census supervisors for Illinois: First district, Willard E. Hotchkiss, Chicago, Cook County; Second district, Leon D. Nish, Elgin, Kane County; Third district, Frederick A. Schilick, Rockford, Winnebago County; Fourth district, Donald A. Callahan, Freeport, Stephenson County; Fifth district, Robert E. Wallace, Hamilton Hancock County; Sixth district, Frank W. Latimer, Galesburg, Knox County; Seventh district, Charles S. Burdick, Peoria, Peoria County; Eighth district, Edwin C. Perkins, Lincoln, Logan County; Ninth district, George W. Royster, Wattske, Iroquois County; Tenth district, Louis W. Fribourg, Decatur, Macon County; Eleventh district, Frank J. Hein, Jacksonville, Morgan County; Twelfth district, William J. Butler, Springfield, Sangamon County; Thirteenth district, Henry J. Schmidt, Nashville, Washington County; Fourteenth district, John J. Bundy, Centralia, Marion County; Fifteenth district, S. Bartlett Kerr, Metropolis, Massac County; Sixteenth district, John T. Galbraith, Bondale, Jackson County. The names should be advertised as widely and as speedily as possible so that those desiring to apply for positions as enumerators may know to whom to apply before the 30th of January. City enumerators will be employed 14 days or under; country enumerators for 30 days or under. Work begins April 15th. Remuneration is about $3 a day. Qualifications of enumerators are: 1. Honesty. 2. Legible to read, understand and explain the questions to be asked of the people. 4. Resident of the district to be enumerated. Director Durand has written the following letter on the employment of Negroes as census enumerators. Washington, D. C. Jan. 3rd—U. S. Census Director Durand issued today a letter of instructions to supervisors of census throughout the country, approved by Secretary Nagel of the Department of Commerce and Labor, defining the conditions relative to the employment of Negroes as census enumerators. They are directed to select Negroes, so far as competent ones are available, to count the Negroes in those enumeration districts in which two-fifths or more of the population consists of Negroes. He does not consider it desirable that in the south Negroes should enumerate white families and he informs the supervisors that it will be necessary in many enumeration districts to appoint both a white and a Negro enumerator. The THE JANUARY NUMBER OF THE HUMAN LIFE MAGAZINE CONTAINS MANY INTERESTING ARTICLES. The Human Life Magazine about people, published at 530 Atlantic avenue, Boston, Mass., is fast forging its way to the front, and taking rank with the best magazines published in this country. HEW TO THE LINE: LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY Director's letter to the supervisors is as follows: "Sir:— "It is exceedingly important to the interests of the people of the United States and particularly to the people of the southern States that the coming census should give complete and accurate information with regard to the Negro race. It is probable that the census will show approximately 10,000,000 of that race in the United States. In large, districts in the South, Negroes constitute more than half of the population; in fact, in many of the enumeration districts established by the Census Bureau, they will constitute from 75 per cent. to nearly 100 per cent. of the population. "Negroes can doubtless obtain the information required by the census from members of their own race more accurately than white enumerators. In various of the southern cities the Boards of Education regularly employ Negro enumerators to take the school census of the Negro population. This is true, for example, in Montgomery, Alabama, and in Savannah, Georgia. This practice shows that the white men of the South themselves recognize the desirability of employing Negroes to do work of this character among their own race. "You are therefore hereby directed to select Negroes as enumerators of the Negro population, so far as competent Negroes offer themselves for the position, in those enumeration districts in which a large proportion of the population, say two-fifths or more, consists of Negroes. "On the other hand, I do not consider it desirable that in the South Negroes appointed as enumerators should be authorized to enumerate white families. It is certain that in many, if not most parts of the South Negro enumerators would not be able to obtain as accurate statistics regarding the white population as white enumerators could. It will therefore be necessary in many enumeration districts to appoint both a white enumerator and Colored enumerator in order that the entire population may be properly enumerated. "It is understood, of course, that all applicants for the position of enumerator, whether white or Colored, should be subjected to such tests regarding their efficiency as may be prescribed, in order that only competent persons may be employed?" Its January number is chuck full from end to end with extraordinary fine reading. It is edited by Alfred Henry Lewis, who is one of the most surcastic and classical writers in America. His series "Traveling with Tatt" is still proving to be the leading feature of the Human Life Magazine, and the February installment, promises to be the most interesting of the whole series. CHICAGO, JANUARY 15, 1910. M. H. Member of the Finance committee of the city council, who without any trouble on his hands will be re-elected to that body from the 30th Ward, at the spring election. Two Pretty Southern Girls, Whose Racial Identity Is Not Clear, is the Cause of Trouble in New Orleans—The issue is Up in the Supreme Court, Which Is Called Upon to Determine the Race of the Girls. Railroads Placed Them in Jim Crow Cars. Father, Who Is Wealthy, Brings Suit For Damages. A newspaper dispatch from New Orleans, under date of Jan. 6, has this to say: Just how prominent a part the color line plays in the South was shown last Friday, when the Misses Edith and Bell Lee, daughters of Sam Lee, of Tammany Parish, were brought before the judges of the Supreme Court, so that they might have ocular proof as to the girls racial identity. The question at issue was: Are the Lee girls Colored or white? Up to this time it is still a motted question. Last Summer the Misses Lee boarded a New Orleans Great Northern train at Foleson and rode to Covington in the white coach. They were not molested, as the conductor believed they were of the Caucasian race. However, upon their return trip Conductor Keys spied them riding with the whites and ordered them to take seats in the "Jim Crow" car. Although the girls demurred, they finally went into the coach for Neges. As it was crowded, they returned to the white coach, and were informed by the conductor that unless they left the coach immediately, they would be put off the train. Arriving at a small station, the Misses Lee alighted and walked a mile in the dark to the homes of acquaintances, who drove them to their residence, a distance of 12 miles. The girls were due at home at 7 o'clock, and did not reach there until 1 o'clock in the morning, their parents becoming distracted because of their nonappearance in the meantime. Father Brings Suit. Proceedings were brought against the New Orleans Great Northern railroad for damages, it being charged that the girls were compelled to ride in a coach with Colored passengers. At the first trial of the case, the jury, made up of Southerners, and all claiming to know a Negro when they saw one, after wrangling for hours, reported to the court that no agreement could be reached, some claiming that the Lee girls were Colored and others white. Then the case was tried a second time before a judge, who gave judgment for the railroad company, and the case was appealed to the Supreme Court. The girls were taken to court so that the judges could decide in their minds as to what race they beonced. During the trial the girls sat in the front seat, where they attracted some attention, as both of them are very pretty, with straight, black hair and clean-cut features. Their father claims they have Indian blood, but that there is not a drop of Negro blood in their veins. During the argument the girls were asked to stand and both of them burst into tears over the ordeal they were forced to undergo, but after a time they dried their tears and became interested auditors. GRAND MILITARY ENTERTAINMENT ANR BALL WILL BE GIVEN MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14TH AT THE SEVENTH REGIMENT ARMORY, BY THE EIGHTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARDS. Monday evening, February 14th, the Eighth Regiment Illinois National Guards will give a grand military entertainment and ball; at the 7th Regiment Armory, 34th street and Wentworth avenue, for the purpose of raising funds to purchase the ground on Wabash ave., near 39th street, on which to erect its new armory. The admission will be $1.00 for lad and gentleman. The Chicago Tribune, October 23, 1909, contained the following able editorial on the Eighth Regiment. "The preliminary steps have been taken to secure an armory for the Eighth regiment of the Illinois national guard. A tract of land of suitable size has been purchased and the legislature will be asked to make an appropriation for the desired building. The regiment is the only one in the United States, so it is said, which composed of Colored men, is officered from colonel to corporal by men of that race. The Eighth was organized at the time of the Spanish war. It gave a good account of itself in that short conflict and has maintained an excellent reputation during the years of its existence. It has twelve companies attached to it, six from Chicago and six others in other parts of the state. It ought to have a home of its own, as other militia regiments do. The efforts of its colonel and other officers deserve to be successful. The thousands of friends of the Eighth Regiment will turn out to the ball on February 14, and assist it to secure a home of its own. Mrs. Sandy W. Trice, 2962 Wabash Ave, entertained a number of ladies Friday, Jan. 7th, in honor of Mrs. D. M. Beger, formerly of Detroit, Mich, now a resident of Jan Jose, California. Public Funds BIG AID IN TFIGHT. Percentage of Oation Rapidly BIG AID IN TUBERCULOSIS FIGHT. Percentage of Official Appropriation Rapidly Increasing. As an indication of the force of the crusade against tuberculosis, the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis in a bulletin issued 10-day points to the fact that while 53.5 per cent of the expenditures for tuberculosis in 1909 were made from public resources, appropriations made for 1910 indicate that over 75 per cent of the money to be spent this year will be from federal, state, city and county funds. In 1900, out of the $8,180,621.50 spent for the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis, $4,362,750.03 was spent from public money, and $3,817,871.47 from funds voluntarily contributed. For the carrying on of state, federal and municipal tuberculosis work in 1910, over $9,000,000 has been appropriated. Of this sum, the state legislature have granted $4,100,000, the municipal and county bodies, $3,985,500 and the federal government, $1,000,000. two-thirds was from public money; Maryland about one-half; and in Pennsylvania three-fourths. In Colorado on the other hand, less than one per cent was from public money; in California about 15 per cent, and in Arizona none at all. These facts indicate, the National Association declares, that wherever an aggressive educational campaign has been carried on by private organizations, states and cities have been induced to make liberal appropriations for the prevention of tuberculosis. Twelve years ago, Massachusetts made the first appropriation for a state sanatorium. Since that time, over $10,000,000 has been appropriated by state legislatures for the prevention of tuberculosis and about an equal sum by municipal and county authorities. The federal government has over $1,000,000 invested in tuberculosis hospitals, and spends annually about $500,000 in the maintenance. Every year the percent In the States in which the most preventive anti-tuberculosis work has been done, the percentage of public funds spent is the highest, while in states where little or no effort has been made to prevent tuberculosis, and the treatment of the disease alone has been considered the percentage of public expenditures is very low. For instance of the $1,600,000 spent in New York in 1909, nearly 60 per cent was from state and city funds. In Massachusetts nearly FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND DETAILED REPORT OF THE CHARITY BENEFIT BALL AT THE 7TH REGIMENT ARMORY, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18T, 1910. Receipts. Box Office Receipts.....$ .653.00 Sale of Gen'l. Admission tickets ..... 248.00 Donations ..... 118.50 Coat Rooms ..... 97.95 Box Seat Sales ..... 38.00 Punch Bowl Sales ..... 23.65 Restaurant Privilege ..... 7.32 Flower Privilege ..... 5.50 Total Cash Receipts .....$1,196.92 Disbursements. Printing: Millar & Co.....$ 28.00 Fraternal Printing Shop.....40.50 Advocate Print. Co.....16.00 Total Printing .....85.40 Postage .....53.00 Advertising .....47.60 Chicago Charity Hospital.....10.00 7th Regiment Armory.....300.00 8th Regiment Band & Orchestra .....132.00 Office Supplies, care fares, etc .....8.10 Badges .....4.08 Janitor, 7th Regiment Armory .....2.50 COLE AND JOHNSON IN THEIR CELEBRATED PLAY THE "RED MOON," AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE, HALSTED STREET, NEAR 63RD, COMMENCING SUNDAY, JANUARY 16TH. Cole and Johnson, famous for their numerous song hits, have in this more pretentious work, "The Red Moon" given some music of the sparkling melodious kind. The production is full of catchy songs, finely staged with special effects and brilliant costumes. Among the features are: "The Spirit of the Banjo," "The Cotton Blossom Belles," "The Sunflower Ballet," the Spanish-Mexican number "On the Road to Monterey," and the gorgeously costumed song number of Aki Overton Walker, "Phoebe Brown." This number is extremely elaborate, UBERGULOSIS official Appropri- Increasing. two-thirds was from public money; in Maryland about one-half; and in Pennsylvania three-fourths. In Colorado, on the other hand, less than one per cent was from public money; in California about 15 per cent, and in Arizona none at all. These facts indicate, the National Association declares, that wherever an aggressive educational campaign has been carried on by private organizations, states and cities have been induced to make liberal appropriations for the prevention of tuberculosis. Twelve years ago, Massachusetts made the first appropriation for a state sanatorium. Since that time, over $10,000,000 has been appropriated by state legislatures for the prevention of tuberculosis and about an equal sum by municipal and county authorities. The federal government has over $1,000,000 invested in tuberculosis hospitals, and spends annually about $500,000 in their maintenance. Every year the percentage of appropriations made from public funds for tuberculosis work has increased. While private societies have led the way in the tuberculosis campaign, every effort has been made to have states, cities and counties do their share. The bulletin of the National Association states that the final success of the anti-tuberculosis crusade depends on every city and state providing funds to treat and prevent consumption. Construction of Box Divisions 15.00 Calcium Lights & Wardrobe Services 47.00 Ladies Maids 4.00 Coat Room Ticket Seller 2.00 General Assistant (Frappe Bowls) 1.00 American Cotillon Works 52.44 Typewritting, Typewritten Circular Letters, Secretary's Services, etc. 25.00 Frappe Ice for Punch Bowls. 11.70 Total 800.82 Surplus for distribution 396.10 Emanuel Settlement 125.00 Home for Aged and Infirm Colored People 125.00 Amanda Smith Orphan Home 125.00 Total 375.00 Surplus 21.10 Morris Lewis Secretary. Mrs. William Emanuel, chairman of the committee which had charge of the charity benefit ball cannot be praised too highly, for the business like manner she displayed in conducting all of the affairs in connection with the ball, and one week after it was over she had her detailed report and financial statement ready for the public, which is a record seldom made by those having charge of charitable affairs among the Afro-Americans in Chicago. The lovers of piano music will enjoy a rare treat in listening to the playing of that instrument by Rosmond Johnson of Cole and Johnson, the authors and stars of "The Red Moon." His exhibition of piano playing stamps him as a genius in the art of exploiting the beauties of that instrument. His technique is wellnigh perfect, and he is a master of expression; together with Bobe Cole this individual specialty has become world-famous. Cole and Johnson, will appear for one week only, commencing Sunday, January 16th, with a matinee, in their great play the "Red Moon," at the National Theatre, Halsted Street, near 63rd Street. No.15 Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Inclubs, Single Taxes, Republican, or anyone else can have any of these languages is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform 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. Address all communications to JULIANE F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 18, 1982 at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1978. Application Blank TO Mr. L. W. CUMMINS, Sec'y 6554 Champlain Ave., Chicago The Choral Study Club of Chicago, (Inc.) Preparing for "HIAWATHA" in June Requirements for Admission: 1. A voice of fair affeitiveness, a correct ear, some knowledge of musical notation, and regularity in the attendance upon the rehearsals. 2. An annual fee of One Dollar is charged to active singing members which amount must accompany application. To music committee of the Choral Study Club. Please find enclosed $..... and kindly notify me when to appear for examination. Very Truly Yours, Name Address Voice Part High or Low Vouched for by— Name Name Address Address Date Note:—Rehearsals every Sunday from 3 to 5 o'clock at Institutional Church, 3825 Dearborn St. The installation exercises of the officers elected for the ensuing year took place at the club quarters last Saturday evening. Fully two thirds of the members were present. The new officers installed were: Louis B. Anderson, President; Frank L. Hamilton, Vice President; James E. Johnson, Financial Secretary; John Trott, Recording Secretary. The new members of the Board of Directors are: Alex, Stephens, H. S. Anderson, H. C. Catlin, Rufus Estess. President Anderson delivered an inaugural address outlining the policy for the club's future, making recommendations which will, if carried out, mark a new departure in the activities of the Appomattox Club life. He laid much stress upon the failure of the club to take a more lively and active interest in questions of civic life and race uplift in Chicago. He pointed out with much earnestness that the club could no more profitably employ its efforts than by missionary work among those of the race whose lack of culture, education, refinement and good breeding were contributing so much toward the popular impression that all Negroes are alike. He cited instances of bad public conduct by so many of the race which helped to form adverse opinions by the white race of the Negro race. He recommended that appropriate committees be appointed to confer with the churches with the end in view that meetings be held for the purpose of lectures along remedial lines effecting these conditions. The following committees, the chairmen of which constitute the cabinet of President Anderson, were appointed for the ensuing year: Rouse Committee, Rufus Estes, Chairman; B. E. Pinkney, H. S. Anderson. Entertainment Committee: A. A. Wells, Chairman; H. A. Morton, F. S. Enamuel, I. J. Reed, John Hedgepath, Auditing Committee; R. W. Lacey, Chairman; H. G. Hudson, J. S. Nelson, Membership Committee; John T. Morton, Chairman; H. S. Collins, I. C. Harris. Library Committee: J. R. Marshall, Chairman; R. H. Weldt, I. L. Fry. --- A Grand Musical treat was tendered the patrons of the Leland Giants Skating Rink last Sunday evening by the 1st Regiment K. of P. Band of 30 pieces. The music was good, encore after encore was received from the skaters and visitors. * * * Mr. Ed De La Vincent, Denver's best roller skater was among the skaters last Sunday evening. * * * The young men of the 1st Regiment K. of P. Band need encouragement. Visit the Chateau tonight and listen to some of the latest music and be convinced. Why not visit the only place of it kind in the world, the Chateau De La Plaisance, 5324 State street. Skating, dancing, best Orchestra music, best of decorum all for one dime, ten cents, come out any evening and have a good time. * * * The 1st Regiment K. of P. Band of 30 pieces, managed by Prof. A. P. Stewart will give a grand Rehearsal tonight at the Chateau Rink. Come out and bring your friends. * * * The Chateau Rink is open to the Public every night in the year. Visit us any evening and convince yourself. * * * Two hundred skaters participated in the Grand March last Sunday evening at the Chateau. The weather is just fine for roller skating, best exercise for any person, young and old. WAYMAN'S CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH, 912 NORTH FRANKLIN STREET. This church is at the present time making rapid progress; quite a successful revival has taken place and the persons accepting Christ will be baptized at the Church, Sunday night, Jan. 16. The Pastor Rev. H. E. Stewart performing he ceremony. The second quarterly meeting will take place; the Rev. Dr. Cook, Pastor of Quinn Chapel will preach the communion sermon at 3 o'clock. The congregations have increased in attendance and the last Sunday in each month the pastor gives an illustrated sermon on some popular subject. Sunday, January the 20th, at the morning service there will be given what is known as a bottle sermon, this will be of special interest to the young as well as the old. At the evening service, another illustrated sermon, taking up some of the great Bible scenes as well as the dramatic presentation of seven steps downward. Some of the very best songs.—"S." GRAND OPENING OF THE FRANK L. GALE PIANO CO. 3140 State St. Thursday afternoon and evening, Jan. 20th, 1910. Upon this occasion, a grand continuous concert will be rendered by the following artists to which the public is cordially invited. Piano Selections, Prof. Wm. H. Dorsey, Prof. Sam'l. I. Lee, and pupils; Vocal Selections, Mr. Craig Williams, Miss Bertha Tohuler and Miss Annie Irene Hawkins; Organ Selections, Prof. Alfonso Johnson; the Brooklyn Trio, will render, Huggo and Head, latest success-"Jude." THE F. AND P. NEW DEPARTMENT STORE, 31ST AND STATE ST. For the remainder of the month of January, the F. and P. new department store, State and 31st Streets, are offering at the clearing sale, the best goods in all departments at knock down prices. The biggest bargains can be had in everything for men women and children to wear and eat. See their advertisement in another column of this paper. A Presidential boom for Judson Harmon, Governor of Ohio and member of one of President Cleveland's Cabinets, will be launched in Chicago at the Jefferson day banquet of the Democratic League on April 2. Among the speakers will he Governor Harmon, Mayor William J. Gaynor of New York, and F. Stanwood Menten, one of the founders of the Democratic League of the Empire State. of State Senator Eldridge a month ago, has caused N. C. Perkins, president of the Memphis Auto Club, to issue a call for a meeting to urge the abolition of Negro chauffeurs in Memphis. CHIPS Noah D. Thompson, is spending his mid-winter vacation with his little son, at Somerset, Pa., and he mav visit Baltimore, and Washington D. C. before he returns. Rhea's 1909 and '10 citizens directory now ready; a directory of the Colored citizens of Chicago; Price $1.50. Sold by Faulkner, 2105 State St., and H. W. Rhea, 6430 Vincennes Ave. Harry H. Jones, at one time manager of the Palace Theatre, is serving as manager of the Kentucky Club Cafe, 2260 State street, and he is always on hand to extend the glad hand to his numerous friends. Miss Essie Arnold, 3630 Calumet avenue, has been on the sck list for the past two weeks, but under the care of Dr. Daniel H. Williams, she is rapidly regaining her usual good health. Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams will address the Standard Literary Society at Bethesda Baptist Church, Wabash Ave., near 39th St., Sunday, Jan. 16th, at 4 p. m. Subject: "The Demands for the Success of the 20th Century," or "The Philosophy of Success." John B. Rogers, president of the Kentucky Club Cafe, 2260 State street, is numbered among the up-to-date Afro-American business men of Chicago. Mr. kogers understands how to make and hold friends and he is conducting the Kentucky Club Cafe, along strictly first class business lines. The Colored Commercial Association of Chicago will give its first monthly dinner, Tuesday evening, January 18, at the Pekin Inn Cafe, 2704 State street. Major R. R. Jackson toastmaster; F. L. Barnett, Dr. George C. Hall, Mrs. W. T. Stoball and Major F. A. Denison, will be among the speakers. The National Baptist Publishing Board of Nashville, Tenn., has issued its annual International Sunday School lessons and commentary, for 1910. R. H. Boyd, D. D. L. L. D. and Rev. W. S. Ellington, B. A. are the authors of the work which is to be used in all Baptist Sunday Schools throughout the country. Lucien Stebbins, formerly of North Paltte, Neb., now residing at 3560 Evanston ave. this city, is a writer of considerable note. He is the author of two interesting little books entitled "Socialism or Religion which" and "Landlords and Lobsters" "Creators of Imperial Wealth and Religion." It is worth any one time to read after Mr. Stebbins. Mrs. George T. Kersey of 6908 Cornell Ave., was greatly surprised on New Year's eve, when a party of friends called on her after she had retired for the night. She was awakened by the blowing of horns and ringing of bells, until she had come to the conclusion that the New Year was being ushered in. After some little delay, the ladies were admitted. They proceeded to make themselves at home by taking possession of the kitchen and dining rooms and in a very short time a luncheon fit for a king was prepared. Each seated themselves around the table d spun yarns until the hour of 12. Wishing the hostess a Happy New Year, the ladies departed for their homes. The party was composed of Mrs. Alexander Lane, Mrs. Sandy Trice, Mrs. L. C. Kindreel, Mrs. Robt. Radcliff, Mrs. John Cross, Mrs. James E. Bish and Mrs. Mosses Samnels. WHOLE HOG-OR NONE Wide Distrustful of Farmer Who Had Porker to Sell. "It's curious how the people have turned around within a couple of years and become so distrustful," said the old farmer as the matter of graft and trusts was touched upon. "I had four hogs to sell and advertised them in the village paper. Half a dozen people came out to see them, and among them was a widow. She wanted me to swear to the breed, the weight and the fact that the hogs were in good health. She wanted to be assured of their good eyesight and hearing. She wanted to be satisfied that they were good natured hogs. She wanted me to sign a paper that I had raised the porkers instead of stealing them. When I had done all this and the sale was about effected she suddenly turned and walked away. "Hello, now, but what's the matter? I called after her. "You've cut their tails off," she replied. "Yes; that was done when they were pigs." "Then you knock off 50 cents apiece for missing tails or I don't buy. If it's whole hog or none and we graft!"—St Louis Free Disturbance There is a dorist 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 cidest 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 $2:04\%$, is by that good race horse Hal B., $2:04\%$, 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, Bowdolin, 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 Sienklewicz, author of "Quo Vadis," says he can write to his satisfaction only when he uses scarlet ink. At seventy-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 Viaud 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 Sharlet 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., 978; 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 Bronford versus Engler, 194 N. X., 323; 57 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. 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 Wilnipeg 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 armament. 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 Haley's comet and that the electrical or magnetic effects of the comet's passage would probably be directed only by the most delicate NATIONAL THEATRE HALSTED STREET, Near 63rd POSITIVELY LAST TIME IN CHICAGO America's Foremost Colored Comedians Aida Overton Walker Stovaine. The erstwhile gloomy hospital Is now a cheerful place, With happy suffers all about And smiles on every face. The patients on the chopping blocks Now laugh and talk and sing And look upon the surgeon's knife As quite a charming thing. They simply love to be cut up And in it find such ease, That hospitals will soon come out With operation teas. The old unhappy days are gone, There's pleasure now in pain, And surgeons will be overworked Unless they drop stovaine. —New York World. Old Blank Joe. Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay; Gone are my friends of an earlier, hap- ple day; Gone with the flag of revolt upraised, I know. I hear their gentle voices saying. Knife old Joe! CHORUS. I'm cussing, I'm cussing. For my paw, it's abbing low. I hear their fendish laughter mocking Poor old Joe! —Kansas City Times. A Diagnosis. "How's yer 'usband after the accident, Mrs. Ginnerty?" The way, sumtolimes he's betther an sumtolimes he's wurse, but from the path he yilns 'a takes on when he's betther O! think he's betther when he's wurse."—Kansas City Journal. Paradoxical. Our language very queer appears; Some phrases cause us doubt. When men a race have started on, "They're off!" the people shout. Then as the runners forge ahead We hear above the din This cry: "He's losing all the rest! I'll bet that he will win!" Next morning in the press we read: "His victory was sweet. He walked away from all his foes And ran 'them off their feet.' —Detroit Free Press. Her Winter Garb. Woman likes a contrast When the weather's rough— Rather believes In elbow sleeves Coupled with a muff. Woman likes a contrast When a freeze occurs— Has a quirk For openwork Worn with heavy fur. —Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Twenty Minutes For Lunch. Walter - Dessert, sir? Passenger—Ice cream and clear coffee. Waiter (shouting through to the kitchen)—Draw one in the tunnel and a dash for the pole!—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Two Ways of Telling It. Two Ways or Failing It. Once upon a time a Persian king in his sleep dreamed that all of his teeth fell out before him, one by one. He summoned a soothsayer and asked him to interpret the dream. The soothsayer said, "O king, the meaning of thy dream is that thy family and relatives shall die in thy presence, one by one, till all are gone." Then he sent for another soothsayer and again asked for an interpretation of the dream. The soothsayer made answer, "O king, the interpretation of thy dream is that thy family and relatives shall die, one by one, and thou thyself shall outlive them all." With this answer the king showed approval and commanded that a present be given to the interpreter and that he should be sent home with honor. London's One Horse Tram Caps. Bermondsey enjoys the distinction of possessing the last one horse tram car in London. It is a curiosity which should attract "rubber neck" sight-scenes. From Old Kent road to St James' church, Bermondsey, this, the only car on the route, runs slowly backward and forward all day long, and the fare is only a halfpenny. It is a pantomime looking vehicle, low down on the ground and mans top under-London Tit-Bim. Augmented Orchestra The nittle Boston boy had renamed 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 cared for It is a certain sign that they Would like their trousers pressed. —Detroit Free Press. Invoking the Law. 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. Poems off 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. 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. —St. Louis Star. 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 affair. But every dog 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 mold his own. For follow! He is ignorant yet --- WM. D. NEIGHBORS & GO REAL ESTATE AT LOWEST PRICES Easiest Terms to be had in Chicago Loans on first and second Mortgages Fire Insurance placed in any company Main Office: Branch Office Sulte 64, 95 Washington St., CHICAGO, ILL. 3517 State Street 'PHONE 4366 CENTRAL 2260 State Street (Up-Stalrs) Phone Calumet 3527 Chicago's Newest and Finest Dining Parlors Best to Eat. Best Service. Best Decorum. Special Trial Offer for the relief and treatment of affections of the Throat and Lungs such as Coughs, Colds, Croup, Whooping Cough, Hoarseness, Bronchitis, Tickling in Throat, etc. Cut out and bring this advertisement and receive a bottle of this Syrup for 20c. We do not claim to be the biggest, best and oldest Drug Store on Earth, but will make Customers feel that they are being well treated and getting full value. C. E. KREYSSLER, CHEMIST and DRUGGIST 5059 State Street, N. E. Corner 51st St., Chicago. Phones Oakland 245 and 246 Pianos ALL KINDS OF NEW AND SECOND HAND PIANOS ON EASY PAYMENTS THIS MONTH CALL BEFORE YOU BUY Local Branch Agent for Bissell, Cowen Co. Easy Terms and Easy Payments Fine Funeral Furnishing Goods and Livery in Connection. Open Day and Night Now is the Time to Subscribe for The Broad Ax ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1218-1219 Ashland Block RANDOLPH & CLARK, STREETS Residence 87 Macallister Place Telephone Ashland 363 Office Telephones Central 1229 Automatic 3666 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 818-320 Reeper Block CLARK AND WASHINGTON STB. CHICAGO JOHN E. OWENS ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW 888 ASHLAND BLOCK TELEPHONE CENTRAL 888 CHICAGO A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago Suite 615 to 616 Telephone Main 3077 Phone Shaun 4158 NOTARY PUBLIC Phone residence, Gray 8700 ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 768, 171 Washington St. Ben., 4886 Langley Av. CHICAGO Tel. Cohmet 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. General Expressing To and From All Depots Ice Coal Wholesale and Retail By Bags, Basket and Tons Henry M. Turner Crystal Ice Company 3528 DEANBORN ST., CHICAGO Phone Douglas 4883 Established 1867 Phone Oakland 2550-155 John J. Dunn Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Coal and Wood FIFTY-FIRST STREET AND ARMOUR AVENUE Rail Rides: 81st St. & L. S. & M. S. Ry., 85th St. and Armour Avenue CHICAGO, Dorsey's WHITE ROSE Petrolatum For Chapped Hands, Faces and Lips. KINGSTON PHARMACY J. & DORSEY, B. Ph., proprietor 116% W. 51st Street, near Dearborn, Chicago TELEPHONE OAKLAND 803 Our Motto is Purity and Accuracy Phone Oakland 1828 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 1550 Office Phone Douglas 8796 THE F. & P. DEPARTMENT STORE Corner State and Thirty-First Streets Don't overlook the Big Bargains we are offering in our Clearing Sale which will run through the month of January. Big Reductions in all Departments. Feinberg & Peck CORNER OF STATE AND THIRTY-FIRST ST. Oh, man is a peculiar elf, Who braves full many a wordy storm! What'er may benefit himself He classifies as a reform. —Washington Star. Unlike the Auto. Knicker—Why do you want an air- ship? Bocken—Because it is impossible to crawl under it when it stops.—Harper's Bazar. Playing Safe. "Hitch your wagon to a star" Fairly good advice may be. But if you'd know just where you are Hitch your airship to a free. —Chicago News. A Little Too Much. Mrs. Flatleigh—Good morning, janitor. It's cold this morning. Janitor—Yes, ma'ma, but I hope you don't blame me for that.—Boston Herald. Winter Revision. Mary had a little lamb— This is no childish bluff. It was a little Persian lamb— She fleeced it for a muff. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Pride. Howard—Who is that man who is boasting so of his long descent? Coward—He's an aeronaut—Boston Herald. Doctoring the Pictures. "Before and after" pictures. Which many quacks display. Are often better doctored Than the patients they portray. —Kansas City Times. For the Meek Man. "I buy all of John's shirts," said the tall, firm jawed woman, "and I don't allow him to wear loud colors. Show me some subdued shirts." "Yes, ma'am," hastened the witty clerk. "Just step this way. Here are some subdued shirts for subdued husbands."—Detroit Tribune. 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 L. Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 18 W. 31st street, near State. Mrs. Nellie Phelps, cigars, notions and news stand, 21 W. 51st street near Dearborn. Leach's Express &Vans ALL PHONES 2840 DOUGLAS LEACH'S STORAGE WAREHOUSE LEACH'S STORAGE WAREHOUSE STORAGE EXPRESS VAN STORAGE AL ROUTE BEDROOMS LOCKING SHOP Private Rooms for Furniture, Heated Piano Rooms. Money Loaned on Furniture in Storage Main Office, 3228 State St. Warehouse, 4430 State St. W. S. Cole cigars, tobacco and news stand, 34 W. 31st street, near Dearborn. T. B. Hall, laundry office, tobacco and news stand, 11 W. 29th street near State. 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 variations: 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, Sunda day 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. Earrings. Indies and waiting maids among the ancient Greeks and Romans wore plain hoops 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 Soap Substitute for soap. 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 100 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. Without a Ring. A wedding without a ring seems incongruous, but in Cordia, Spain, no ring is used. After the ceremony the bridegroom moves the flower in his bidders hair from left to right, for in various parts of Spain to wear a rose above your right ear is to preclaim yourself a wife. Thus the rose traces the place of the ring. The Wild Duck The Wild Duck. No one has been able to give a satisfactory reason for the formation adopted by the wild duck or mailard in flight. The birds arrange themselves in two converging lines, like a huge V, the leader occupying the point. A Gate Covered With Sheeps. The principal gateway of Allahabad is thickly studded with horseshoes of every size and make. There are hundreds of them pailed 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. The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition monument, to be the crowning work of sculpture of the international exhibition of 1909, 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 Cascades. 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 Rafter 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 sultiness, 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 Bengali woman in Howrah wanted to go on a pilgrimage to Gaya. Her mother said she could not advance the railway fare, 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 man--about sight 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 stink, wine occasionally and no work at all combine to check any centre to escape more effectually than would strong walls, iron bars and an army of jailers--London Globe. Teen in the Trestags. 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 embassador at Berlin. "We haven't got nice grass meadows round Berlin, as you have in England, but I will give you a bit of the Grunwald," a plus street near Berlin and a great Sunday resort of the Berliness. "Ah, sure," the Frank Lascelles replied, "I am should there would be too many trees!" "These," instantly replied the emperor, with bobbins. "All the better to keep the sun off you when you are playing in the summer." Adobe Photoshop The state board of health of Massachusetts has issued a bulletin on cold storage potty in which the advice is given to housekeepers: "To order to quickly obtain waterlogged and re-flood fowls 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 president 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 use up the new neighbor's stuff as the movers carry it in."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone: Douglas 1565 GENERAL BANKING Allowed on Savings Accounts at Vaults, $3.00 per Year ESTATE DEPARTMENT State on commission, manages estates for non-resi- ties and looking after assessments. Money to loan the patronage of Chicago business men. 727 Res. Phone, Douglas 1856 JACKSON MAL DIRECTOR ESTATE 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 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 SENTLY PERFUMED, PURE AND HARMLESS. and renders the Hair pliable and silky. The re- and Gentlemen. Montgomery,! Druggist 6th and State Street, Chicago 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year 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. Office Phone, Douglas 727 Res. Phone, Douglas 1856 A Good Drug Store to Trade At. 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. Arthur Aull is responsible for this case: "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 into pneumonia, of which he soon died. Moral—It doesn't make much difference, after all, whether you are a ginger, a sage or a fool. You'll get it sooner or later anyway." Wife—Would it please you, dear, if I requested another language? Husband—Yes, it would delight me infinitely. Wife—Well, which one shall I study? Husband—The sign language—Smart Set. wing car by the int was 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. Gafnes. 3. Smith the com-tertified sleeping Great is the fact that our interests gradually take a wider scope, allowing more scope for the healing power of compensation.—Dinah Mulock Craft. "Rutter, 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?" Rutter went out and carried through his plan on his own judgment. The result was highly satisfactory. Rutter became president of the Central. BROOKLYN MUSEUM 3 per cent allowed Safety Deposit Vau REAL ESTATE As agent buy and sell Real Estate on c dents, including payment of taxes and l n 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 o 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 f welcome. Customers may rely upon Physicians' Prescriptions and Fo Our best Bargain White FOR THE HAIR—ELEGANT P Invigorates the Scalp and renders little Pomade for Ladies and G John H. Montg Gerald Bldg, 26th and in the Revue d'Hygiene Dr. Mangonon, 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 boiled. 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 naked lime for a period, the minimum time of treatment being five or six weeks. Under the influence of time the yoke liquides and takes a dark green color. The white conglates and becomes green. The product of the eggs, which has a strong odor, from which a stranger betakes himself quickly, the Chinese eat as hors d'oeuvre, 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. Gafnes, H. M. Turner, Evans Tyre, C. S. Smith and F. W. Lampton. Most of the com- plaintants 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. 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. "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 fiddle."—Chicago Telephone Yards 693 JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO Good Colored Tenants Always Appreciated Stove Heated Flats 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 Samuel Richardson, 142 La Salle Street Telephone Main 2188 CHICAGO Room 1, OTIS BLOCK THE RAILROAD INN Imported and Domestic Wines Liquors & Cigars Cafe in Connection N. E. Corner Fifty-fifth and Armour Avenue, Chicago, IL. A Philosopher's Fable. American Brick Co. President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER. Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. Common and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: Telephone Yards 128. A Woman's Secret. Commodore Vanderbilt discovered by James H. Rutter, 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 Rutter called on the commodores to submit a plan for improvement. When he had stated the case the president looked at him sharply and asked: Now is the Time to Advertise in THE BROAD AX