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THE BROAD AX Col. Theodore Roosevelt Routed President William H. Taft. IN NEW JERSEY THE FORMER BOUGH RIDING PRESIDENT CAPTURED 22 OF ITS 28 DELEGATES TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. THE MANAGERS OF THE PRESENT OCCUPANT OF THE WHITE HOUSE WILL BE FORCED TO RESORT TO THE STEAM BOLLER METHODS IN THE CONVENTION IN ORDER TO LAND THE NOMINATION FOR HIM. WOODBROW WILSON, GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY—THE STATE NOTED FOR SWEET POTATOES AND BIG CORPORATIONS SEEMS TO BE IN THE LEAD FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT. GOVERNOR CHARLES S. DENEEN TO NAME A SUCCESSOR TO JAMES A. ROSE, LATE SECRETARY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Vol. XVII. Col. Theodor Routed William IN NEW JERSEY THE FORMER RO 22 OF ITS 28 DELEGATES TO THE TION. THE MANAGERS OF THE PRESENT WILL BE FORCED TO RESORT TO THE STEAM BOLLER METHOD TO LAND THE NOMINATION FOR WOODBROW WILSON, GOVERNOR OF FOR SWEET POTATOES AND BE THE LEAD FOR THE DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR CHARLES S. DENEEN A. ROSE, LATE SECRETARY OF In spite of the fact that Col. Theodore Roosevelt, continues to deliver many unlogical speeches and sets forth many false statements as to how the government should be run and the part that the common people should play in it or occupy in it, nevertheless he sways the so-called sober-minded as well as the thoughtless people throughout the heavy Republican States to his way of thinking and the result is that he is breaking down all opposition to his onward march and he is carrying everything before him. This week he routed President William H. Taft, in New Jersey, the former Rough-Riding President captured 22 of its 28 delegates to the Republican national convention and the Roosevelt boomers now claim that they have more than enough delegates to put him over in the convention. To a blind man up a tree it does seem that the managers of the present occupant of the White House, who seemingly has lost his hold upon the great mass of the American people, who has never been close to their hearts, will be forced to resort to the steam-roller methods in the convention in order to land the nomination for him. For with all the powerful forces behind him, and with all or nearly all the delegates selected, President Taft, is still about 40 votes short of having enough to nominate him and it is expected that his head managers will do considerable buying and trading of delegates on the floor of the convention in order to save him from defeat. Woodrow Wilson, Governor of New Jersey—the state noted for sweet potatoes and big corporations seems to THE NATIONAL CONVENTION CHAIRMANSHIP BY BEAUREGARD F. MOSLEY. On Tuesday, June 18th, 1912, at the Coliseum in this city, the 56th National Convention of the Republican Party will assemble, and the burning question of the hour, the question that seems to be agitating the minds of the People, through the press and the Politicians, is who shall preside as Chairman of this great body of Republicans, gathered from the four winds of the earth, Maine, Porto-Rico, Key West, Philippines, Honolulu, Alaska, The Western, Middle, Eastern and Southern States. The question is important because it will, in my judgment, be the last and final effort of the re-actionaries, the Politicians to control a Republican National Convention against the expressed wish of the Bank and file of the Republican voters. It is now plainly seen that those who have been repudiated in every State where a popular preferential primary for delegates to the National Convention is held, are determined to over ride the voice and will of the People and continue in control; to do this, means a contest, the end of which will only come when the Polls close in November next. For be it understood that the people represented by the delegates from the States, holding popular Primaries, are in no mood to be baffled with, cailed, controlled, or longer, the willing tools of the Bosses, but are determined to fight until the People, --- HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY be in the lead for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States, the other candidates who are kicking up some dust are the Hon. Champ Clark, of Old Mo., Congressman Underwood of Ga., Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio, Gov. Thomas R. Marshall of Ind., Col. William J. Bryan of Lincoln, Neb., Mayor Carter H. Harrison of Chicago, William Randolph Hearst of New York and Chicago, Gov. John A. Dix of New York, Gov. Foss of Mass., and many others, it is our firm opinion that Messrs. Harmon and Foss, would be the proper team for the Democratic national convention to nominate, for with those two men as the standard bearers of the united Democracy, they could sweep the country from end to end and put either Taft or Roosevelt out of the running at the November election. The unexpected and the untimely death of James A. Rose, secretary of state, which was a great shock to the people throughout Illinois, it devolves upon Gov. Charles S. Deneen, the duty of selecting his successor to fill out, the unrequived term of his office. He was first elected secretary of state in 1896 and was re-elected in 1900, 1904 and 1908. He was one of the best known figures in public life in Illinois and his popularity is best known by the large majorities by which he was elected secretary of state time after time, holding the office longer than any man ever before him. In every sense of the word; James A. Rose, was an honest public official, and he will be greatly missed by a wide circle of friends, throughout this state. and not the Bosses are in control of the Republican party, this means the nomination of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, either in the Coliseum or elsewhere in the City of Chicago, and his election in November. There are not enough People in all the camps of Col. Roosevelt's opponents were they united into one band, to defeat or even to disturb the Colonel's hold upon the confidence of the American people in November. If the Republican party is to survive, it has only the opportunity the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt affords; any other nominee will be as a man of straw, because the People, regardless of what may or may not take place at the Coliseum, are going to nominate Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and elect him in November. THE CHORAL STUDY CLUB AT QUINN CHAPEL. Monday evening, the Choral Study Club, consisting of 75 voices, Prof. Pedro T. Tinsley, conductor, gave its 86th concert, the last one for the season of 1911 and 1912. It was what might be called a May festival performance of Coleridge Taylor's Blind Girl of Castle Cullie, and Cowan's "St. John's Eve." Five soloists of considerable note, consisting of Mrs. Virginia Green, soprano, Mr. George L. Johnson, tenor, Mrs. Martina B. Anderson, soprano, Mr. T. Theodore Taylor, baritone, and Mrs. Clara K. Williams, contralto, were up CHICAGO, JUNE 1, 1912 JAMES Late secretary of state of Illinois, who at his home in Springfield Illinois. CANTERBURY Late secretary of state of Illinois, who died very suddenly Wednesday evening at his home in Springfield Illinois. to the standard in their several parts, and each one received their full measure of applause. The church was well filled, showing that those who appreciate high class music are still interested in the Choral Study Club. TUBERCULOSIS RAISES INSURANCE RATES. While state commissions and other bodies are trying to find a method for reducing the cost of life insurance, Prof. James W. Glover of the University of Michigan demonstrates that every policy-holder of a $10,000 ordinary whole life policy could save about $20.00 a year on his premiums if tuberculosis and typhoid fever were eliminated. Tuberculosis alone causes a loss to such a policy-holder of from $16.70 at age 20 to $17.70 at age 60. At age 20, with the present high death rate from tuberculosis, this one disease alone shortens the complete expectation of life by two years and 158 days. While the death rate from tuberculosis seems to be declining, the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis says that the combined effort of every man, woman and child is necessary to bring about a radical reduction in life insurance rates such as Professor Glover has indicated. Consumption and Genius. Not a few of the world's greatest geniuses in art, science, and literature have died from tuberculosis, and on this account certain writers, such as Dr. Arthur Jacobson or Dr. John B. Huber, think that possibly this disease may provide a certain stimulus to the genius of an already great man. The following are some of the great men and women of letters mentioned by Dr. Jacobson who have died from tuberculosis: John Milton, John Locke, Alexander Pope, Dr. Samuel Johnson, Sir Walter Scott, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Goethe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sidney Lanier, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Voltaire, John Ruskin, Charles Kingaley, Immanuel Kant, Bousseau, E. P. Roe, and Paul Lawrence Dunbar. Among other great men who are reported to have died of tuberculosis may be mentioned Raphael, von Weber, Chipin, Nevin, Calvin, Cleero, and Ceil Ehodes. A. ROSE. died very suddenly Wednesday evening THE SUDDEN DEATH OF JACKSON GORDON, WELL KNOWN AND HIGHLY RESPECTED CITIZEN. Last Wednesday morning, May 29th, at about 8:30 o'clock, Mr. Jackson Gordon died suddenly at his residence in the Wellington Flats, 3435 Wabash Avenue; Mr. Gordon had been complaining for about a week, and had been confined to his home only one day; he was at Church last Sunday morning and evening, and his death was wholly unexpected. His wife was about to dress him to take him to Provident Hospital, where rooms had been secured, when Mr. Gordon suddenly leaned back in his rocking chair, and was gone. The funeral service will be held this morning, at 9:00 o'clock from the Grace Presbyterian Church, 3409 Dearborn St., of which Mr. Gordon was for many years a devoted member; interment will be at Mt. Glenwood Cemetery, which Mr. Gordon helped to organize and in which he took a great pride. Rev. Moses Jackson, officiting. Mr. Gordon was about sixty-two years of age; he was an old time Chicagoan, and had a State wide acquaintance among the public men of Illinois, for many years he held a position with the Cook County Board of Assessors, and enjoyed the respect and confidence of all with whom he came in contact. He was a man of large heart and generous impulses, and was always found identified with any movement looking to the public good. He was very active in civil and political life, and was able in the course of his long life, to do many things helpful to young men of promise. He took a deep interest in the Y. M. C. A., and was one of the leaders who brought in large subscriptions to that work. In the Grace Prebysterian Church, Mr. Gordon was the most faithful of the men members, being always on hand at every service, and lending a helping hand in every work undertaken there. Mr. Gordon leaves a widow, a brother in Helena, Montana, and other relatives in Philadelphia, Pa. His death removes another of the old set of Chicagoans who were known as its best citizens in the early days of this great metropolis. Peace to his ashes.—G. A. R. A Federal Remedy for Lynching. By Honorable Albert E. Pillsbury, formerly Attorney-General of the State of Massachusetts. [Reprinted by special permission from the Harvard Law Review, Vol. XV., No. 9.] Has the United States power to protect the lives of its citizens, or the lives of resident aliens to whom it owes protection, against mob violence within the States, if the States fail to protect them! Probably a majority of public men and constitutional lawyers, "under prepossession of some abstract theory of the relations between the State and national governments," as Mr. Justice Bradley once said in the Supreme Court, will incline to answer this question off-hand in the negative. An offhand answer is not enough. The progress of mob law in many of the States invites, if it does not compel, a serious inquiry into the constitutional question of federal power to put an end to it. This is not a sectional question, nor is it to be approached in a narrow or sectional spirit. The fact that the victims of lynching are usually of the Colored race does not limit the importance or the object of the inquiry. It is not a race question, but one which affects the integrity of the government. Lynch law is actual and concrete anarchy; the one complete form in which anarchism appears in our midst. The United States cannot afford to tolerate it within the national domain if the power of prevention exists. It is idle to denounce anarchism in the abstract, or to punish by special laws the killing of Presidents or other officers of government by anarchists, in a community where there is no system of laws adequate to protect the life of any person and every person against mob violence. The demoralizing effect of lynching upon the public moral sense is enough to compel attention to the subject, if there were no other reason for it. The practice is steadily increasing, by methods of progressive barbarity. When Hose was burned at the stake in Newman some ten years ago, a cry of indignation went up from press and people in all parts of the country. Burning alive was comparatively a novelty, even in Judge Lynch's code of punishments. Since that occurrence many lynchings have been perpetrated by burning, and they have excited hardly a word of public comment. Such statistics as have been collected, indicate that there were more murders by mob violence within the States during the last year than in any year before, and that in but about one-tenth of these cases was there even a charge of the peculiar crime to which lynching is sometimes considered especially appropriate. As a legal or political question, the character or degree of guilt on the part of the victim of the mob cannot enter into it. If the guiltier man is lynched today, the less guilty may be tomorrow, and the innocent man the next day. In fact, a substantial proportion of the victims are innocent of any offense. A mob cannot be trusted to determine this question, and often makes no attempt to determine it. It is less revolting if the mob kills the perpetrator of a heinous crime than if it kills for a trivial offense or no offense at all. But one case involves as much danger to the political system as the other. No civilized community can suffer vengeance to be wrecked or penalties to be visited upon any person by lawless violence. The possible consequences of tolerating such a practice do not need even to be suggested. It is not agreeable to reflect that lynching, as the Chinese minister has pointedly reminded us, is peculiarly an Remedy for thing. E. Pillsbury, formerly of the State of Husetts. American custom. It does not, and could not exist under any other government in the world having any pretensions to be called civilized. Not in Spain, Russia, or even Turkey, are men and women burned at the stake by mobs, with or without charges of crime. The American States enjoy a complete monopoly of this distinction. The weight of public sentiment in every State undoubtedly is against it. The better element of the people in every State would prevent it. But for one reason or another the States do not prevent it, and it has generally been supposed that the federal government has no power to interfere. A bill some time ago was introduced in each house of Congress, designed to afford to citizens federal protection against lynching, in default of protection by the States. In substance it provides, in section 1, that the putting to death of a citizen of the United States by a mob in default of protection of such citizen by the State or its officers, shall be deemed a denial to the citizen by the State of the equal protection of the laws, and a violation of the peace of, and an offense against the United States; in section 2, that every person participating in such mob shall be deemed guilty of murder and subject to prosecution therefor in the federal courts; in section 3, that the county in which a lynching occurs shall be subject to a pecuniary forfeiture, to be recovered by action prosecuted by and in the name of the United States; in section 4, that State peace officers who omit all reasonable efforts to prevent a lynching, and prosecuting officers who omit all reasonable efforts to bring the offenders to justice under the laws of the State, shall be deemed guilty of an offense against the United States and be liable to prosecution and punishment therefor in the federal courts; and in section 5, that State officers having the custody of citizens of the United States charged with crime, who suffer them to be taken from their custody by mobs for the purpose of lynching, shall be deemed guilty of an offense against the United States and be liable to federal prosecution and punishment. Section 6 provides for the exclusion from juries, in such cases, of all persons whose character, conduct or opinions are such as to disqualify them, in the judgment of the court, for the impartial trial of the issue. Inquiry into the constitutional grounds for the exercise of such a power by the United States may begin by taking an analogous case. The United States, by international law and by treaty obligations, owes to foreign governments a duty of protecting their subjects resident within the States. So highly is this duty regarded by the law of nations that breach of it may be casus belli. Within fifteen years, to go back no farther, the United States has several times been called to account for the killing of foreign subjects by mobs within the States; although the practice of the State Department has been, for prudential reasons, to disclaim any direct responsibility for these outrages. Can it be doubted that the United States, having this duty of protection, and being answerable to the world for its performance, has power to perform it? There can be but one answer to this question. Whatever preconceived notions may have been, whatever the practice of the government may be, the powers of the United States are necessarily co-extensive with its lawful obligations. Where there is a recognized duty, there must be governmental power adequate to its discharge. Any (Continued on Page 2) THE BROAD AX THE BROAD AX PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Will promulgate and at all times unbold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholicism, Protestantism, Christian, Indies, can have their say, so as to their gauge is proper and boundless in its The Broad Ax is a newspaper where platform is broad enough for all, owing to the large number of readers who own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year ..... $5.00 Six Months ..... 1.49 Advertising rates made known on application. All communications to Address all communications to JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 19 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under Act of March 3, 1879. A FEDERAL REMEDY FOR LYNCH- ING (Concluded from Page 1) other rule would make the government a name of reproach. The equality clause of the Fourteenth Amendment forbids the States to deny to any person within their jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. This clause is judicially held to confer immunity from any discrimination, as a federal right. The protection which the State extends to one person must be extended to all. It does not forbid discrimination merely in the making of laws, but in the equal protection which the laws are designed to afford. Forbidding the State to deny equal protection is equivalent to requiring the State to provide it. Equal protection is withheld if a State fails to provide it, and the guaranteed immunity is infringed. The constitutional requirement may be violated by acts of omission, no less than by acts of commission. The omission of the proper officers of the State to furnish equal protection, in any case, is the omission of the State itself, since the State can act only by its officers. It would seem to follow that when a citizen or other person is put to death by a lawless mob, in default of the protection which the State is bound to provide for all alike, there is a denial of equal protection by the State, in the sense of the equality clause, which Congress may prevent or punish by legislation applying to any individuals who participate in or contribute to it, directly or indirectly. The citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, by express declaration, creates and confers citizenship of the United States; as a federal right, upon all who are born or naturalized within and are subject to its jurisdiction. Formerly, citizens of the United States within the States was understood to follow only from State citizenship. The Fourteenth Amendment directly reversed the conditions. Citizenship of the United States is now the primary right and status, proceeding directly from the federal government; while State citizenship is secondary and derivative from it. This effected a change in the relations between the United States and its citizens which has received little direct judicial consideration. The power to protect the lives of its citizens or subjects is an inherent power of every government. It was never doubted that the United States has this power, as a power necessarily implied, and may exercise it throughout the world outside the States. It is now judicially established, as above noted, that it may exercise such power within the States, for the vindication of federal rights or duties. The duty of a government to protect the lives of its citizens is correlative with the power. The citizen is entitled, as of right, to claim such protection. If the United States cannot exercise this power to its full extent within the States, it can be for no other reason than that it is reserved to the States, so to the people. In meeting citizenship of the United States by the Fourteenth Amendment, there is no excuse reser- vation of this power. The established rule of constitutional construction now is that the United States has the powers commonly incidental to sovereignty except the powers expressly denied or reserved to the States or people, and all implied powers properly incidental to the powers granted. The Fourteenth Amendment expressly authorizes Congress to enforce its provisions by appropriate legislation. Such legislation cannot, indeed, extend to establishing a complete code of laws. It must be limited to correction of the particular mischief resulting from violation of the amendment. Legislation to protect citizens in their lives against mob violence, in default of such protection by the States, apparently goes no farther than to correct the mischief resulting from the default. It is now held that there is, in legal contemplation, a peace of the United States, existing within and throughout the States. It seems to be judicially regarded as comprehending at least the existence, exercise and undisturbed enjoyment of the rights derived from or under the United States. It this can be taken as established, it would seem to follow that citizens of the United States, whatever may be said of other persons, are entitled to live in its peace, and to have it preserved for the protection of their lives. If the United States can legislate directly for the preservation of its peace within the States, the pending bill appears to be within its power. If the power and duty to preserve the peace of the United States within the States belongs solely to the States, which it may not be wholly safe to concede, and which seems to be inconsistent with principles already established, the failure of the States to preserve it is a breach of duty toward the United States. In this view it may be contended that the United States has power to deal with such a breach as an offense against itself, on the part of all individuals who contribute to it, directly or indirectly. The United States has, as all governments have, a political and legal interest in the lives of its citizens. If it has not full power to protect them in their lives, within the States as it has elsewhere, it can be, as already observed, only because that duty rests solely upon the States. If so, it is a duty owed to the United States, as well as to individual citizens. It would seem that open and notorious neglect or omission of this duty on the part of a State, by suffering lawless mobs to murder citizens for want of legal protection, may be declared an offense against the United States, and if so that the United States may punish all persons who contribute to it. It may be said that if the United States has power to protect the lives of its citizens within the States, it must have power to protect their other personal and property rights, and so to supersede State laws by a system of federal legislation, which is impossible. This does not follow. There is no doubt that so far as the express provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment extend, federal legislation for its enforcement may extend whatever the consequences. For example, if a State should omit to enact any legislation for the protection of a certain class of citizens against crimes of violence, forbidding and punishing such crimes only when committed against the other class or classes, it can hardly be doubted that Congress, under the enforcement clause, may supply the omission by direct legislation, or may perhaps annul the whole system of discriminating laws, leaving the State to provide others which will conform to the requirement of equality. The consequences of the failure of a State to enforce laws made for protection against violence are no less disastrous to the unprotected class than the failure of the State to make any such laws. It is difficult to perceive why the power and the duty of Congress to interfere, under the enforcement clause, are not as clear in the one case as in the other. Apart from the Fourteenth Amendment, it may well be that the United States owes its citizens protection in their lives while not owing them a complete system of laws for the protection of all personal and property rights, and that its power is coextensive with its duty, but extends no farther. Without attempting an exhaustive inquiry into this delicate and difficult subject, it can safely be assumed that preconceived opinions are not conclusive of the question. In view of express constitutional provisions, and in the present state of judicial decision, the existence or non-existence of this power in the federal government can be determined only by submitting a statute to the test of judicial examination. HEALTH NOTES Good habits make for good health. The outdoor season is here. Make the most of it. Now is the time to suit your diet to the season. From now on until the coming of cold weather you will need less meats and rich grays and can make larger use of fruits and vegetables. DR. EDWARD S. MILLER Secretary of the Mt. Glenwood Chautauqua Association who is working might and main to make its first great meeting at Mt. Glenwood the latter part of July a grand success. Buttermilk is a good summer drink. Try it and see. During the summer months, especially, we should drink an abundance of water. Many people make the mistake of drinking too little water at all times. But in warm weather more water is needed to keep body functions properly working and to maintain physical health and vigor. Keep an eye on that vacant lot and see to it that it is not used as a public dumping ground by your neighbors. And about the fly nuisance. Are you taking any sort of practical interest in its suppression? If not, why not? Have you tried the trolley? This sort of weather is fine for trolley rides. It is good for city people to get out into the open under God's sun and sky. Ten cents will take you a big ride far beyond the city limits. So fix up a basket of lunch and spend the Saturday half-holiday in the outlying suburbs. The outing will do you good. Then, do not overlook the city parks. They are in their beauty just now, and if you can't get to the country, why, do the next best thing and visit the parks. The point is, get out of doors and stay out all you can. TALK OF MOVING ODD FELLOWS HEADQUARTERS. Building in Philadelphia Said to be a Losing Venture and Removal Talk is Engaged in by Members. Washington, May 26.—Talk has again started about the probable removal of the headquarters of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows to this city or Atlanta. William L. Houston, of this city, past grand master of the order, is being groomed by the administration forces to succeed James F. Needham as grand secretary of the order. This and the fact that the $100,000 headquarters of the order at 12th and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, is not considered a paying investment by many are taken as the indications that the headquarters may come here, where the office of the Odd Fellows' Journal has been located for the past eighteen months. Mr. Needham, it is said, has been promised another comfortable berth should he retire in favor of Mr. Houston, who is now an associate justice on the Odd Fellows' Supreme Court. DEMANDS PROTECTION FOR THE COLORED MAN. Julius P. Taylor, Editor of the Broad AX, in regards to the Negro and his Vote for President. The American Negro makes me absolutely sick. I think it is high time—as they are casting their votes, to demand that the men running for Presidethe Colored newspapers start a campaign before election this fall, and demand that the men running for President pledge themselves to see that every Governor of every State protect their respective citizens, the powers that he can interfere in Cuba and Mexico and I think it is time to do something at home. Edgar J. Baldwin, and L. W. Washington have opened up a real estate office at 3123 State street, and as both of them are widely known, they ought to meet with success. GRAND MILITARY RECEPTION AND BALL. EIGHTH REGIMENT Tuesday, June 18th. The stellar attraction during the week of the National Republican Convention will be the grand military ball and reception given in honor of the Negro delegates and visitors by the Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guard, at the 7th Regiment Armory on the evening of June 18th. In addition to the dance program the Regiment will give a full dress parade, after which long and honorable service medals will be presented to those of the command who have been continuously in the Regiment for five years or more. Do not fail to attend and meet thousands of visitors who will be in the city during convention week. Tickets of admission fifty cents. --- Justin McCarthy. it is said, used to dream his stories. "When I awoke and recalled the whole," he is quoted as saying. "I wrote it word for word as if I were copying without taring my brain to provide ideas or word dressing." The Caucasus. No fewer than thirty languages are spoken in the Caucasus. The inhabitants are Russians, Armenians, Tartars, Georgians and divers Mohammedan tribes. Rochefort Cheese Rochefort cheese gains its distinction and its flavor by ripening six months in a cave in the mountains near the little village of Rochefort, in southern France. Part of the process which it undergoes is the pricking full of little holes, into which the air of the cave penetrates. This air remains of the same temperature the year round. Only sheep's milk is used for making Rochefort. Where They Don't Use False Scales. The name of Irkutsk, Russia, will not impress many of us, yet in that district he who is caught using false scales is deprived forever of the right to trade. Queen Bess and Coal Fires. Queen Elizabeth so distilled the smelt of coal fires that the brewers-of-London decided not to use coal in their breweries near Westminster. Japan In the Eighth Century. As early as the eighth century a university had already been established in Japan that included such modern divisions as schools of medicine, ethics, mathematics and history, and some of the textbooks employed at that remote period dealt with materia medica and veterinary surgery, types of textbooks which appear to have been unknown in European countries until about 1000 years later. Shantung Bilk. Shantung silk is produced by a special sort of worm which lives on the yellow flesh of time Chinese provinces and which differs from the silkberry free silkworm. The Swantiana. The Swantiana who live in the inaccessible mountain range between the Miao and Chifun sands, are probably the highest people in the world. It is the invariable rule to observe holidays four times a week. With such days it means. AFRO-AMERICANS IN CUBA. Bromator Nelson Bugy With Inquiries From Prospective Settlers Havana.—The interest taken in commercial and agricultural pursuits by colored Americans is causing some uneasiness among some of the white people from the southern states of America. The influence of Mr. George Davis and family, who recently arrived from Bessemer, Ala., has given new impetus to the situation. Mr. Davis has already deposited $15,000 in the National Bank of Cuba. He has purchased eighty-three acres as the nucleus for other landholdings for the accommodation of fifteen families from his former home in Bessemer. The aggregate wealth of the fifteen families is placed at $250,000. Arrangements are being made for their arrival, which is scheduled for the latter part of July. R. M. R. Nelson Lista, Havana, says his mail is large and growing; that he has over $50,000 worth of buyers promised and thirty-seven pledged excursionists to visit Havana this summer with a view of investing if the "look over" proves satisfactory to them. Indications point to an awakening of the thinking Negro. He is slowly seeing that there are riches in Cuba and great opportunities without color barriers. The Clerks' club of Havana, with one of the world's finest ballrooms, has 25,000 members, several of whom are colored. Any Afro-American who knows mules and horses has before him an opportunity in Cuba. Ten thousand Afro-American colonists will need many mules and horses. Young George Davis, late of Bessemer, Ala., will take up the study of law at the University of Havana (that he may be able to serve capably those who may need legal aid. Young Davis has a working knowledge of the Spanish language already. WOMEN PREFER PARTY OF ACTION TO ONE OF PROMISE Anti-lynching Society Questions Sincerity of National Republican Party. Boston.-The Anti-lynching society, of which Mrs. M. C. Simpson is president, is not only working to create sentiment against the lynching of human beings as a substitute for punishment for offenders against the law instead of punishment according to law, but is wielding a potent influence along political lines. The society is taking a leading part with those persons and organizations which have for their aim the securing of the franchise to those of our male citizens who in many sections of the country are denied the exercise of their suffrage rights according to the amendments to the constitution of the United States. The members of the organization are in favor of a party of action rather than a party of promise—a political party that has the courage of its convictions, a party that will carry out as far as possible within the bounds of law its platform of principles in respect to securing just legislation for the benefit of the body politic and not simply as a means to personal ends for a few. Surely if this is the work which the women of the Anti-lynching society is endeavoring to do they deserve the hearty commendation and support of all persons of whatever race or political creed who favor equal justice and protection for all American citizens. In a recent circular letter issued by the society to Afro-American voters particularly attention is called to some of the unfilled pledges made by the Republican national convention in its platform four years ago in Chicago. Portions of the platform alluded to are the following: "We demand equal justice for all men without regard to race or color. We declare again and without reservation for the enforcement in letter and spirit of the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the constitution, which were designed for the protection and advancement of the Negro, and condemn all devices that have for their real aim his disfranchisement for reason of color alone as unfair, un-American and repugnant to the supreme law of the land. "The Republican party has been for more than fifty years the consistent friend of the American Negro. It gave him freedom and citizenship. It wrote into the organic law the declarations that preamble for his civil and political rights and believes today that his noteworthy progress in intelligence, industry and good citizenship has earned the encouragement of the nation." As the party has not enforced the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the constitution or condemned all devices adversely against the distranchishment of colored citizens nor enforced or made laws to prevent their being tyned, the society asks for what purifies such declarations were made. Major Cunningham's Work Appreciated The colored people of Caddis O., who quick to recognize the distinct services of Major David Cunningham, member of the Ohio state constitutional convention, in his concession to have the world "white" stricken from the new constitution, which will come up the adoption at the fall election this year. Major Cunningham is a believer in equal rights and justice for all citizens without regard to race, color or creed. His success in the convention is the success of all Americans who believe in justice and equality according to law. Hon. Harry O. Smith also de- grees much credit for the part which he has taken in co-operating with Major Cunningham in matters of legislation. CHIPS. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gray Lucas, 508 E. 36th street, is still seriously ill. Mrs. Anna Richardson, 4333 Greenwood avenue, continues to be an admirer of this paper. Attorney Edward E. Wilson left last Saturday for Allegan, Mich, where he spent the past week in resting up and in fishing. Alexander Sullivan has removed his law offices from the Ashland Block to Suite 1116 Otis Building, La Salle and Madison streets. Mrs. Nellie Phelps, 31 W. 51st St., and her sister, Mrs. Hotchkiss, spent several days this week in visiting their old home, Dwight, Ill. Mrs. Robert M. Mitchell, who for many years resided at 2733 Dearborn street, has moved into her new home at 3149 Prairie avenue. C. J. Waring has removed his law office from the Metropolitan Block, La Salle and Randolph streets, to Suits 405-145 N. Clark street. Charles E. Morrison, special messenger to Mayor Carter H. Harrison, has been under the weather for the past couple of weeks, but he is now able to discharge his duties again with much vim. J. D. Harkless, a prominent Afro-American Democrat of Colorado, has been duly elected a delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore, Md. He is one among the first Colored men to be honored in such a manner. Harrison Emanuel, the young violinist, and Clarence Lee, son of Prof. and Mrs. Samuel I. Lee, took part Monday evening in a violin recital by the pupils of Frank P. Mandy, at Kimball Hall. The program rendered was very interesting. Dr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Smith, and their bright little son, are again back in the city and are occupying the top flat in the building at 3809 Wabash avenue. The Doctor has completely recovered his health and will soon re engage in the practice of medicine. Bobt. W. Lacey, an eminent Chicagoan and prominent Odd Fellow, who has just returned from a tour of the State, predicts the election of Col. Beauregard F. Moseley as District Grand Master of the Odd Fellows at the annual meeting in St. Louis in August next. Miss C. Brown, of Baltimore, Md. who has been the guest for several weeks of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. T. Watkins, 3632 Calumet avenue, appeared in a concert last Friday evening, at Bethel Church, under the management of Mr. W. H. Hackney, who seemingly does not believe in spending any money for printer's ink or advertising in all of the established newspapers among the race in this city, and the result was that the affair was very poorly attended, and Miss Brown, who possessed a highly cultivated and a well trained voice, was forced to sing to empty seats. St. Mary's A. M. E. Ch. 5251 Dearborn St. Rev. Jas. Higgins, Pastor. Services—10:45, 7:45. S. S.—2:00 o'clock. C. E.—6:45. We had a great time last Sunday; the services were well attended. Sunday is General Class. Monday, June 3, the Sunday School Orchestra will give a Recital and Musicale. Thursday, June 6, Christian Endeavor Rally. All the Christian Endeavors of the city are expected to be present echoes from the General Conference. MRS. SUSLE NEWTON, District President. WESTERN WESTERN WESTERN THE LATE JACKSON GOLD f. I. Kg, ¥ ! PRYSIGIAN OAD Office Hours; 9 t0 A. ML" 2985 3158 State Swreet. ‘Chigase fron 7 P. Me 9 PMs Sender: Df. THEO. A. MOZEE DENTIST 4715 SOUTH STATE STREET += CHICAGO "=~ ro ang easirm John J. Dunn Coal Wholesale Retail sive \Sia.Suend Armesr Ave, CHICAGO Residence. 1262 Macalister Place : ‘Telephone, Monroe 2714 Miles J. Devine Attorpey at Law once nda Sst? Tol Central 3142 a Franklin A, Denison Attorney at Law Suite 708 Idewate Biliding == CHICAGQ. | Office Phone: Central 6624. . Res. Phone, Doug. 4397. 3337 Wabush Ave. Third Apes. J. GRAY LUCAS ~~ ‘Attorney at Law ‘Suite 405, 145 Clark St. (Cor. Randolph St. WILLIAM L. MARTH LAWYER Room 916-32 N. Clark St. * |] Telephones: Main 4352; Auto. 32-361'5 CHICAGO B Phones: Office, Main 4153 Res. Drexel, 7990 * ‘Peabo. 33-736 WALTER. FRYER la "AT LAW Suite 708, 184 Washington St. Netary Public CHICAGO, {LL. A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 North La Salle St. Chicago Suite 615 to 616 Tahobere MES 29°F Olan 1609 Rea T6O Ate. 19186 HENRY G. BOMAR & SOW TOvEns, PACKeay am suumesas 2 Teton Dally po Ql Devote ‘OME FORE FOUR'EO BETED BOR 4: peek, See - 70 RENT—S¢in¢ fine 4 $0 7 rete fete Soloed people whe Wot omy fu te owe same Here is a few of them. cae STA We ‘rooms. Sac mae peng eT Pee fa Ea rey F mom and bath. ent’ gio! ? bak non on PEM A re sae be v7" cream gaat eeeaatenin oe oT PS re Zi = ea’, : : ‘Room 307, Phone Central eper RACE HAS BRIGHT FUTURE Pam = ber eae *t faearee Dae Tbe cise a Riser 9, by its chen tab ingto Terre # well mown throughout ‘the todiltry"es a9 Tseme te Fh co “t activities 1 tesdenth matter dealing with facts aod fi Het Sepiendid career for the past ecade. q| Mrs. Terrell was a member of the board of education in Washington fot eleven years. She is an ex-president of the -National Association of Colored Women's Clubs. She was ope of thé speakers at the internationa! congress of women in Berlin in 1904. Her ad- Gress was considered to be one of the best delivered by any woman on the Droerin syns! te Feesfons of the congréss. Her pide justice and | ee ze " ad iz LOE ] ———————— ‘MES. MARY CHUBCH TERRELL rot oper tor her Fuge tt Chass Babe Bote nba foe ‘sons in the sudience to tears. sari to tne rece sa Genbegnt ete to the race ‘Satis the scans Ge Wnbsagton be Gently tenderéd Mra. Terrell a magnif et testimonial. The people of Okie coast io tigh apres ete ‘work Which ‘Mrs. ‘Tetref? {8 doing for the race in creating correct and favor- able sentimest for fair treatment cur people to roupecs o thir civ ah ST ree ee ° trestment race ochclead nce ate ts at Sos thistic “and presented convincing facts to the presept status of the race, ite believes in Uernt edacatioe for ow young people and also urged our sens to support the business enterprises among us. feottl wferd ACE © @umeED TE preciated by Students, Mrs. Julia K. Shaw, directress of in frets ac tive educational forces. She is a Orm believer in the efficacy of domestic sct- ene in 6 Promotion of buman hap- piness and takes a lively interest in all that tends to present its virtues in ‘an attractive light to the people of ev- ery kind and con@itéon. Sa ca coments ate peplie are ei loud in their praise of her because of the sympathetic atten ton she bas given them throughout thie long end exacting gourae! * © 7 ‘Mis. Shat Bes beech Uiviied to take charge of the domestic science work this summer at the Oe wees eee teas ak de Gecide to accept. A better qualified instructor could not be found. a eee a eee a ‘The commencement esercises of the rae ee ea Gay, 15" Be ating cum women. The principal of the school Dr. Muttbew Anderson, bas boas emt ee aoe Pee ‘of thé board ef trestecs, | 2200 Meqyw act ati got Progress ‘Of Puréigt Miusion Werk. ‘The wert of foreign twimous~ ws fama Cay. uae recy ty Big W.. ened ot Monro ; b \pteady of Sierra Leone, and the er. J. P. ‘who represents the tems are work was Sevenbed oat nse mee testo ates See : Preceunst’ Bate thoMas: on/@uard. sa cor sar ert Daw wr where rate “cave Ge the jalls and isces of confinement. x ata STRONG PLEA FOR JUSTICE : of Colored People—Spingarn, Mer- | ton and Stewart Plead Cause. ' By Mra LYDIA C SMITH. Brooklyn. — Interest in the work of the National Associstion For the Ad- vancement of Colored Pedple con- tintes to grow in public favor among both ‘races. Besides the fecfutes by Dr. W. E. B. Da Bols in various sec- tions of the cousitry from: time’ to time, masi\mectings are regularly beld in the large cities of the country, in which the organisation maintains branch beadquarters, Acting. upon the’ initiative of the Smeg tast bein ve ou donst os redect PotkarS; ead = eens t i 3 which was largely attended. The Rev. Dr. C. P. Cole, pastor of the church, ected es temporary chairman. After ‘the singing of Julia Ward Howe's “Battie Hymn’ of the Repubilé’~Dr. Cole ‘intrdduced “Mr. George i Wibe- can as inabter of coremoaies.~ —** ae a oem samen F, Morton, aoe ee Se ot te * Yok ‘Draseb of" the “essocié tiou, Spies eee lance 5 Jones, Te See ee oman Mise ‘Dra wes st the piano tonight Gre among the best citizens of this “coestry: They "ate. tiving ‘thelt ie ee eee ee ee thent t0° bring “about™& Vetter ender that juptiey thiky Be: om but: thet” -work’ thr /bemen rigaas, whic® tebefits the ‘nation == 5S Lawye Morton wala that the na- tonal aabociation is not theofetical, but eminently: practical fn iti sim to create right and fust conditions. Prejudice ts not oaly 19 the sowth, but rigtt bére ta our northern cities. Ours is an organt- sation of dnlightenmedt' to save! both tet arty egies se acu charity. on bf race of olor Bepacwt every man or race should be given a chities W Sirhan hotest livelitiood and enioy fhe Plepings of our five Jo- Rpofessor J. N. Spingarn, who had jug returned {0 tiine for the meeting at oo in toe ioegeiee eat the ‘more arty “wpecific rags. 1 wish I could tell you of the eae ner gation. I-beve seep the peo Gown through “néariy’ Svery’ fortti of | pees sat eae op have the marvelous progress sisde by phd in forty-eight years agiilaét oct eps Le and property, put the accumulation of wealth alone wil Seve we rede, for af din’ be eter way in a minute if it has no political fghtey® -- —-—. -- -- --— Mr. Gilchrist Stewart, who with Pro- | fessor Spingarn and other members of re in ota conviction pescciec saemagee Ser voellaal ec ie | vil rights law for refusing orchestra | jeats to an Afro-American, also made i strong plea for and yar people to ' nd thereby show ' nfiuential white ‘ho ' hg for the race through the national | sociation as did the abolitionists for | be freedom ofthe aves, owt Seller sieve ensue con ot oe | resent, ‘but hekrtily apptoved of the | ; yérs ‘which the-styaniaation ‘is doing | br the advancement of Ameritan citt | poship. Rev. George Frazier Miller, | ; be. William L. Hunter-and the Rev. J. |; aoe nee ae ee Sasi ae ‘ 1 Ren tee ee | } Bay ; Mra See rersen: | dea secre: | SS ert | c 4 . sum was presented ‘& meeting beld at the Bethany Bap- | ; .chugch on Tuesday evening, May 21. ———— ‘ The organization of ai i sebool attendance, as recently suggest Dy President John O. Spencer of ri would Dea aie i eet : an geaaane an fre 3 shed far wech organizations % imper THE COATESVILLE LYNCHING. Seta ee “Holds No One Minteies ‘of Chester me taeen Seles ee tm despair, ‘Mt impossible ® conviction tn-afiy of the casts ees ox Se ck hoes Se ‘Walker at Coaféeville, and bas caused ‘the last one of tite several indictments to-tie taken ffom the let. “And Pest syivania rightfully takes ber place fa ‘the Line of mob and tynch* lew, ‘mys the Pittsburgh Courier. ~ When it ts remembered that simal- ‘taneously with this action in Chester ‘county @ southern grand jury returned fodictments against’ white men for a ‘Sotithern lynching, the shame and dis- grace of Pennsylvania stand oct all the more prominently. There is no es. caping the shame. - ‘The whole state must shoulder the curse. Until a changevof venue was Gemianded and refused the public eye Was directed to Chester county only, but the refusal of a petition to change thé venue, ‘together with the failure of & Chestet ‘county Jury to convict’ atti gle participant, spreads the “infamy throughout the vtate. ‘The rabble of Coatesville have sown the seed. We have but to await the harvest. Meanwhile let it not be for- gotten that the blood of Zack Walker will be required at the handw of white ALUMNI WORK AT HOWARD “SHOWS SPLENDID RESULTS Effort to Raise Funds For Gymnasium Building Succeeds, The Alumoi association of Howard university, ta “Washington, recently reached’ high water mark tn its cam Deign for the gymnastum fund, which ‘Bas dées going oo for some time-t ‘all séctions of the country whet grad ‘ates Of the school are found: * The general officers of the cestral gymine- ‘Miller, ebairenen; ‘Mr. Robert -) Pet bam, sectetarytreaburer, and Mr. Shel- by I. Devitison; Snesetal agent: = ‘Bince the" first of the’ year tbe com- mittee bas been edufecting 4 aystem- atic correspondence wit members of cutie accom ae penetiee ce country, appesting to thems to the Deseeeity for the bullding-af thé gym- sundoo-on tov couches tet So abe p tbe condition that tie alums ~2be: renponses ‘from! fhe wumal and Sawai tince the tosuguration of the campeles or ope G.c00 na $e (inp fo gees than |. OF the cash in hand at the Ooiset he reports that an addition of $000 has bees made, making the’total collections about $1,500. The effort to personally reach as many of the alum- 2 fe being ted with macd meoceee pledged $1,000 toward. the gympasium fund. Preparations are under way ia Baltimore for a meeting of the jocal alumi, an@"{t: is> believed ‘tint ‘with this ‘strong’ afd~interested Contingent the otrome- will be favorable to the gymbasthm proposition. ‘With the graduates of the university numbering niche that 8,000; many, if wot “all of ‘them, ‘Seeply Bndebted to Howasd whiversity for what they have accomplished in life, there seems 06 reabot Why> the gymnasium as a tam gible evidence of the algmpj interest should not prove a success.” Barely no one who has been through Howard unt | versity th Thi Seriier Gays Will tekitate | not only to contribute his quota, but will go out of his way to speak.e word ef encouragement for ‘June 5 has been a or et cooeoruens aod ante Re est commencenieats ings in the hiftery-Of the b Every alumnus is thvited to cbitie back. Bach bag. the ani ts f a. end Howarf university, with & ‘Gnited glumni at tts back, wil} take its place among the colleges of the country. ine- Woods Nuptials Announced. | "Osta nae been Becetvad fa ies | cent iharriage of their Qabght af rae eee Sau of Obio and iingis, He ts trent years of age.Isbmediately efter tak- seas tees Soe ee ate 3: ‘Veraiy, epecalning 10 veeertoary | Seige oo Toros ere das (9, Migs WW.oods 03 ace ioe ease: lets» society, pelle of CRicne? Saag. ET See os feteg. Seen 8s : “eas hs ae wot pidesefegegrit ms Sw Fuk a ee Sede: sess ee ce when sho anid) otra i tu Whe -sbuts and ‘than % Tye bes ‘mants to the highest dreams of the ‘white man’s civilisation.” Captain 'Chartes Edwards of the Wal- ‘BUt street police station was sitting in his offes the other evening: when ‘Degro woman entered his office with & man whoti'te captain hed sean before tow... - . “Excuse me for taking your time, Mr. Officer, but I wants to know is this the man that you-ell hed in jail last Satur- Gay. night and. Sunday. You'bee, be futiag to come Some’ and "$e6§ mo be bad “Weked up. I guessbd right away_be deevated from the “gospel truth and brougtt hini right 6éwn here ‘witti' me to prove it to him.” “I regret to say, madam, but he was our special’ guest ‘over Sunday,” 9n- *“Ohy Yauch,” my “dear boy, will you fver forgive me for not betlevin” ypu? PGor't'care how’ many times you'are ‘arrested, just so’'s I knows where you in "éald thé egress as she fell on Bach's’ beck, begging forgtrendes Kansis City Journal. eal a ‘The impossible ideal. ‘That fellow mn the picture aa. ‘He causes me regret. Itoften leaves me strangely ead That we have ever met. 4 stunning suit of clothes he wears; He shaves himself with gies. Wo matter where Took, he stares = Contentediy at me. ‘He eats all kinds of breakfast food; ‘Ho emokee all kinds of weed: bane bse pre pees oat et. ‘That picture fellow haunts me still ‘And leaves me fecling grim, [eee . Washington Star, Paternal Pride. A northern Missouri justice of the peace, Whose feico marks the bound ary between Missouri and Iowa, ts ‘much impressed with his position. Ode gay he saw bis son and th Bired man fighting and ran toward them shouting: “Cease, th the name of the state of Missouri” ‘Just then the combatants crashed halted. “Give it to him, son!” he whéoped. body's Magasinn! Leoked Like it- ‘They were. looking at the canvases on exhibition in the artist's stadio~ “Does this one represent @ real land. scape?” inquired tbe portly gentleman ‘With the doubie-chin. = | See, sir. answered the artist; “that rpde.shack in the foreground is..¢ Mmoonshiner’s cabin tp the Teanesees ‘mozntains.”: oe "Ob, ges; this must be the painting called ‘Still Life’ tp the catalogue." Chicago Tribune. ~ "And Good’ tr Everything.” ‘I must emarch for some good; with a wide eee, a xtae AEB estar. Bome virtue in calabesh pipes . Peoria Hérald-Transcrigt. Sia “I object tothe use.of dummy direc. fess _whe do cinaly What Gay’ om “Well,” replied Mr. Dustin Stax, “I dont Khow that ¢ dummy director is any more belpless as a persona! quan. tity than an instructed delegate or a member of an electoral college."— Never Tested. “I used to think I would know just how to manage my wife when I got her.” a * $flee your aystem proved to be fui orem: « $ “No; the system may be all right, as far as I know. She bas never let me try 4&"—Ohicago Record-Herald. - “* os = Seapets When We Will Admit It, “Lam mach overrated, at acy Save saat “ I deny what's stated } the tax assessor's book.” Where Walle Have Eare. Mr. Wrenter-Suppose We call on those peopRe tn the rooms on the other Gide of the ball. Mrs. Wrenter (who has been isten- ingy=We-can’t do it now. They're eat- }fng thelr dinner. They have just fin- fshed the soup” an@ begun’ on the cel- =Culcayo Tet : cea sa bien Filial Piety. Tommy Twiddies—Ob. 1 don’t want to'go'td wehoo!! = Pw Twidiies—But don't you want a good education? "” : Tommy Twaddles (ingratiatingly}— No, pa; Ta’vattier-grow up to be just Mike you—Th Bits. - The Sneek, Witwmi sen meee wine bewt—the oniow keer seid thocaau 1-10 tooant Der Se * ware |“ = vchized up tn'other MOET toot’ Waves repled the young man. “I'm s lawyer.”--Cincie- yrs Pray. ce? Snell 4 With «owe : : y-Do you beer those knogka? Perera 1 picabeder ee eae a Ot ee “SWhat this town decds ls d goed esate da twiae die taken sith gt some cae req ent op re my wife's got ae aoe ha — “Ob, auntie, can I go to the fancy Grede bait avn milkmaid ; “No, darting: you're too small.” ‘TWell,’ them, cac't I go as a com- Getived milkmaid 7’ —Sketch. : If fies that get inside our home ete aca “AEa every mince oy, Yor if one pauses for a reat ‘The grim destroyer’s got him; ‘Tao tortant that he lands she's there —Detrott Free Press. “Do you own your own home?” “Yes. That is, I now own the right to pay the taxes, the repair bills and the monthly installments on the pris; ctyal."—Detrott Free Press. * “He pretends to be a very busy man” “By Jinks, there's no pretense about tt He supports a wife and seven chik Gren on a salary of $60 2 month°— Chicago Record-Herald. And vow that life is full of care? ‘Each moment that goes swiftly by Is sure to bring a laugh somewhere. And the supply is ever new, ‘And louder grows the note of cheer. ‘The clothes that fashion brings to view Are getting funnier every year. ‘These hats and shoes and all the rest Ee Sate that meats our game ‘greet with wild, hilarious sest ‘Aa-now We fest of other days ‘The present price tag may exert ‘A certain influence severe. But look aheas! for laughs alert ‘Our clothes get funnier every year. =Washington Star. “Mercy, Laura, what dy von mean Dy beginning to wrive just nx soon am the train pullx ear “Ob, Fo just writin sv yemteard to my busband teltine aim we arrived safely-"—Clevelaud Main Dealer, “What did you de with all the gee Fieb-quick: money you landed?” asked Ma, Flamm. “Lost it.” replied Mr Mitmm..““A fellow lnvented a get-richer- quicker scheme and lured me into 1" —Washingtoo Star. J, Henry Peck, quite gay. forsooth, Had just emerged from voting booth, “This ‘equa} rights Is great,” quoth be ie Gland errr hn res did bat ‘With caution great, Hank looked around, $2h, Sereaicene, Ne weiee he Seana 4g the frat chance ta my. iie Ive had to vote against my wife.” ear ‘—Chieago Tribune 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: A. P. Tervalon, cigar store and news stand, 5004 Sate street. George L. Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 18 W. Slst St., near State. B. M. Harvey’s barber shop and news stand, 3924 State street. ‘Mrs. Nellie Phelps, cigars, notions ‘and news stand, 15 W. 36th St, near ‘Dearborn. W. 8. Cole, cigars, tobaceo and news stand, 34 W. Slst St. near Dearborn. T. B. Hall, laundry office and news stand, 11 W. 29th St, near State, B. Davis, cigars, tobseco and news stand, 3532 State St. ' W. M. Maxwell, ‘notions, cigars, to- daceo, confections and news stand, 5244 ‘State St. Edward Felix, notions, cigars and news stand, 52 W. 30th St. B. Bishop, cigars, tobacco and news stind, 8 W. 27th St, near State. ‘Turner Williams’ barber stop and news stand, $252 State St. Sylvester McGloffin, news stand and laundry office, 4122 State St. ‘William Gaughan, laundry office, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2636 State St. N. . Chilton, Indies’ and gents’ shoe shining parlors and news stand 5106 State Btreet. Hairy Shelby, news stand 33081-2 Stdté Street. - BEE B Siler, ations, ign news stand, 15 W. 36th Street, near State. Benjamin Z. Eakin news and adver tising. agency, 428 Indiana Avenue, in- dianapelis, Ind. . Mc€all’s Magazine m= For Women —: | aed Mend Find 7 ote cd Sees a iced ae Exeeaass di Call Patterns Lond 1ll others ‘= siyle, $1. galore oi) Call Prearha tags any ofl row from your depler, or ty sail fre netgear McCALL'S MAGAZIN mete ees dw teehee “SIRES AND SONS. \" Bir Charles Eliot. the newly sp Pointed principal of Hongkong univer sity, speaks twenty-three languages. James D. Preston, superintendent of the senate press gallery at Wash fngton, began as messenger boy tn the gallery. Senator Smith, who conducted the investigation of the Titanic disaster, started out in life as a newsboy ip Grand Rapids. but he always bad. one eye on the nations! capital. Ex-Senator Chauncey M. Depew re- cently celebrated his -eventy-eighth Dirthday. In replying to congratula- tions be announced that it was bis ambition to live to be 100 years old. Charles Horace Mayo and William James Mayo. the famous surgeons of Rochester, Minn., came by thelr profes- sion by inheritance. Their father was @ physician. Archibald Astor Ferguson is the name given to a Washington baby born on the day the Titanic sank and ‘whose parents especially admired the heroism of Major Butt and Colonel Astor. Jacob B. Schmidlapp, a Cincinnati capitalist, says any family of five members or less can live on $15 & week and save $2 “When I was & young man.” he says, “I lived on $2 a week. When I earned $1,000 a year I saved $000.” Town Topics. ‘The town of Ismay, Tex, wants to iget its name changed and won't be satisfied with Yams! etther—Washing ton Post. Buffalo is maintaining tts reputation as one of the most healthful cities tn the country. The death rate last year was much less than that of any other city in the United States, and the fig ures for the first four months of this year show an even greater reduction — Buffalo Times. ‘Now that Cincinnati is to have Dr. Ernst Kunwald, who has been for five years conductor of the Berlin Philhar- monic orchestra, to succeed Herr Leo- pold Stokowski as conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony orchestra she will very likely renew her claim to being the musical center of America — Boston Herald. Flippant Flings. ‘The old fashioned little boy who used ito hide behind his mother’s skirts |would stick out on both sides if be tried it now.—Ohio State Journal. ‘The government reports are funny. |One states that the average life of the Gollar bill is fourteen months. About fourteen minutes is what ft has always jseemed.—Dututh Herald. A Philadelphia explorer has gone to ‘Brazil to obtain moving pictures of a boa constrictor. but we are inclined to jthink thet the films will show some |moving pictures of a Philadelphia ex- plorer.—Waxhington Post. The Royal Box. ‘The queen of Norway has a great fondness for the mandolin, which she plays exceedingly well. Ex-Queen Alexandra's favorite hob- |bies are water color painting and nee \@ework. Her majesty is an artist of jeonsiderable ability and is « skilled em- broideress. ‘The kaiser does not dance nimself, but he takes a great pleasure in watch- ing others while they are dancing. He ‘a predilection for ancient danas to the exclusion of others. Household Helps. Give a tape measure firmly across the front edge of your sewing machine Tt saves much time when sewing. ‘When drawing from linen in hem jstitehing. save those long, even threads, jas they come in handy when mending table linen A Gust brush, such as painters use before applying paint, will unearth Jots of dirt from cracks about the house where no cloth or brooms will reach. Political Pointers. Dark horses are still eating thet heads off in the stable—Buffalo Times. ‘The hide of the whale is two feet tm some places. What a fine hide ‘would be for » man running for Press. Let us bope that something short of ‘Titanic Misaster in politics will serve gwaken the people to the danger of ‘mania there—Albany Journal. Facts From France. ‘There are tn Paris 200,000 more wo than men. ‘Paris ts to raise 2 loan of 940,000,000 fmptoving tts gas service. ‘In 1550 there were three public coach- 4m eperation in the city of Paris. It fe-proposed. in France to pay a 2 additional a Gay to all married oficers, -. Bunched Hits. ‘Hank ODay. manages as well as be ‘which is saying @ good Geal hi News” of: “inside” baseball, a ‘been: organised by the tn- ‘et the federal penitentiary st Capital. ee @ phynical <7 Pa eta me Bat Gf Gaereise‘n fellow gets de the ability of the home team. - ‘Gasette- Times, ‘The Life of Luxury. Feller in an easy chair ‘Lats the hours go BY; ‘Looks across the bill & fare ‘Aa’ beaves © weary sigh. Piotures bangin’ on the wall, ugs upon the Soor— Hag the best an* with #t all ‘Gays that Life's « bore. Feller standio’ in» brook, ‘Wot clear to the skin, ‘Workin’ bard with line an’ beol= ‘Never sees a fin; ‘Tumbles from the mossy rook “That he tries to climb: ‘Tradges home at six o'ciock— ‘Had » bully timet Washington Star. He Stuttered Too. ‘Three strangers were in the Pullman smoker when one of them tamed to another and asked: “B-bow f-f-f-far is it t-to P-P-Pitts- burgh ‘The man addressed made no reply, but got up and left the car. The stut- terer then turned to the third man, who gave him the information. ‘A few moments afterward the third man met the one who bad left the car and said: “Bee here! Why di4 you go out with- out answering when that man ssked you a civil question?” “D-é-do you think I w-w-wanted to g-e-¢-get m-my head knocked off?" was the answer.—Ladies’ Home Journal. Pedigrees. First Blooded Dog—Your master bas a very long pedigree, I'm told. ‘Becond Ditto—No longer than mine. First Dog—They say he’s inordinate. ly proud of his family tree. Second Dog—It doesn’t show the va. riety of bark mine does. And, besides, Tm away abead of him in another re- pect. “Eh, how's that?” “No ancestor of mine was ever banged”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Song and a Joke, I breathed « song into the air. It fell to the ground, I knew not where, Yor nowadays not very long In the life of any old kind of song. I breathed a joke into the air. It fell to the ground, I knew not where, But a hundred times since then, it's troa, T've read it and beard it sprung as new. —Kansas City Star. Fervent Pleading. ‘They sat in the hotel corridor. “Gimme just one,” be pleaded. She shook her bead. Presently he emerged into the lobby. “That fellow was pleading pretty hard for a kiss.” remarked a lounger ‘who had overheard the conversation. “Is that an engaged couple?” “That couple,” said another lounger. “They're married. It was a dollar he was pleading for; not a kiss."~Kansas City Journal. Teo Dull. “No,” said Bill Squeeser, who was down from Bodie the other day. -“No; I didn't go to Judge Podger’s wedding. The notice said “No cards, and Pm dered 1€ 1 can, Sook.ewey 8 whete evening no chance of a Mite fourbiente”<allwankes. Sex tinel. : is ‘We're all so willing to do good ‘With money that we've spent: ‘We're all such cheerful givers when ‘We haven't got « cent. Cincinnati Eqguires, A Useful Tip. “How did you get that ‘fine spring overcoat?” “I bed a sure tip on a horse race” “I never knew one of those sure tips to pan out.” “Neither aid L So I didn’t play it Put the money tnto an overcost in- stead.”—Louisvitle Courier-Journal Logical Course “Yes, sir.” said the expert accountant, who had spent a week in looking over the books, “I have found the key to Your financial difficulties at last” “Then there's nothing to do, I sup- pose,” sighed the Gespondent merchant, “bat to wind up my affairs."—Chicago ‘Tribune. The Promoter, ‘The ise re eo ee ht ia “I hear they're going to have moving Pictures in the schools,” said one youth. “Tes,” replied the other. “If they keep on making our studies so enter taining recess will seem fearfully mo- ‘otonous."—Washington Star. A Knockout Fer Sciences, Passerby—What's the fuss tn the schoolyard. boy? ‘The Boy—Why, the doctor has just deen around exeminin’ us an’ one of {the deficient boys is knockin’ th’ ever Jastin’ stafin's out of a perfect Kid — Gleveland Plain Dealer. ‘Bards and ‘who rime never tire, Soe your comets Qoem te Soe ‘Make the use econemise. ‘Cleveland Plain Dealer. Bower of the Prene New Merchant—How big an af ‘would you advise? Aévertising Man—That ‘depends on how many tons of customers your store oor will sustain. You wouldn't want “em to break through into the cellar, of course —Puck. ‘Wasted Material. “Bugiend owns the Kohinoor, the ‘ffmest Giamond tn the world” “Owns the finest diamond ip the World. eh? That serms a shame when she doesn't play basehall™ Lomiavili- (CourferJourna! ¢Z> JESSE BINGA a2) =©=BANKER > eee © S. 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