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THE BROAD AX The Generals and Captains of President William H. Taft's Steam Roller Machine ARE STILL DOING BUSINESS AT THE SAME OLD STAND AND THE CONTESTING DELEGATES WHO ARE NOT FOR THE PRESIDENT ARE BEING KNOCKED OUT RIGHT AND LEFT—GOVERNORS, PROMINENT STATESMEN INCLUDING MANY COLORED POLITICIANS, ARE TAKING TO THE WOODS, FOR THEY ARE FEARFUL OF BEING TOTALLY EXTERMINATED BY THE WELL OILED MACHINE. REV. R. C. RANSOM AND NELSON CREWS WILL ADDRESS A LARGE MEETING AT BETHEL CHURCH, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, IN THE INTEREST OF THE WOULD BE PRESIDENT OF OYSTER BAY. MANY OTHER COLORED MEN WHO HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM OFFICE AND REFUSED APPOINTMENTS BY PRESIDENT TAFT ARE SHOUTING AND CLAMORING FOR THE FORMER ROUGH RIDING PRESIDENT. COL. THEODORE BOOSEVELT DUE TO INVADE CHICAGO THIS EVENING. Vol. XVII. The General tains of Pr William H. Steam Ro ARE STILL DOING BUSINESS AT CONTESTING DELEGATES WI ARE BEING KNOCKED OUT PROMINENT STATESMEN IN CIANS, ARE TAKING TO THE OF BEING TOTALLY EXTERM CHINE. REV. B. C. RANSOM AND NELSON MEETING AT BETHEL CHURC THE INTEREST OF THE WOU MANY OTHER COLORED MEN W OFFICE AND REFUSED APPOI SHOUTING AND CLAMORING PRESIDENT. COL. THEODORE BOOSEVELT DU Four years ago Col. Theodore Roosevelt, as President of the United States was the head and front of the steam roller machine, which smoothly ran over everybody who was opposed to the nomination of William H. Taft, at that time the members of the Republican National Committee, worked it overtime in order to carry out the express desire or purpose of the then impulsive President, regardless of the results and at that time many prominent men incurred the everlasting disfavor of President Roosevelt, for the simple reason that they were not in harmony with such raw methods which were adopted to force the nomination of his man Friday. Since that time Col. Roosevelt has become what might be called a sham reformer and at the present time he feels horrified to think that the members of the Republican National Committee are still adhering to his rough house ideas, in disposing of contesting delegates, that they are still doing business at the same old stand; that some of the older members of the committee cannot forget the steam roller tricks they picked up from him when he was in the saddle and rode rough shod over the rights of the members of his own party and the people in general as well, that governors of some of the states and other distinguished statesmen including many Colored politicians and delegates from the Southern States are being knocked out right and left and they are taking to the woods for they are fearful that they will be totally exterminated or crushed to death by the well oiled machine. To come right down to the cold facts in these contesting delegations from the various states, so far there does not seem to be much merit to the claims of the followers of Col. Roosevelt to entitle them to seats in the convention, it appears that in many instances the Col's camp followers, with plenty of money in their pockets held camp conventions after the regular Taft state or district conventions had been held and in order to brace or back up the false claims of Col. Roosevelt and his shouters and retainers bogus delegates were elected to the Chicago convention; at each session of the National committee these facts have been presented to its members and after listening to them the Roosevelt members of the committee have invariably voted in favor of seating the Taft delegates and up to date President Taft has received 159 of the contested delegates as against 9 for Col. Roosevelt who received one from Old Ky. and 8 from Mo. The managers for President Taft, now claims that they have more than enough delegates pledged to nominate him on the first ballot, although the Roosevelt managers they claim with easy money sticking out of their pockets are ready and willing to buy all the delegates who are anxious to desert the camp of President Taft and sell out for a good roll of money. HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY Four or five months ago no sane person could have conceived the idea that Col. Roosevelt and his silk stocking true reformers would be compelled to resort to such corruptible methods in order for him to win the third term nomination for President of the United States. On Monday evening June 17, Rev. R. C. Ransom and Nelson Crews who held a short job under President Taft, will address a large Roosevelt meeting at Bethel Church, 30th and Dearborn Street. It will be recalled; that four or five years ago, "that Rev. Ransom, stood up in the pulpit of this same Bethel Church, and in the presence of his changeable Methodist God he denounced Col. Roosevelt, in the bitterest and most sarcastic language, that he could command. He branded him as a rank enemy and a traitor to the Negro race, for discharging the four companies of the 25th Regiment, without honor and forever debarring them from holding any civil positions within the gift of the Federal government. Evidently, Rev. Ransom, has received new light from on high, in relation to Col. Roosevelt, and the Colored soldiers, or possibly, some of the campaign managers for the Col. have opened up a way for the Rev. gentleman, to come in contact, with some of the longgreen. Many other Colored men, who have been removed from office, and refused appointments by President Taft, are shouting and clamoring, for the former rough riding President, and when he strikes town this evening, many of these Colored men, will grace his heels for no other reason, than that he branded the Negro race as "a race of ranists and criminals." NOTES ON RACIAL PROGRESS As Reported by the National Negro Business League. J. G. Groves of Edwardsville, Kansas, one of the richest Colored men in this country, known as the "Potato King," raises from fifty to seventy-five thousand bushels of potatoes yearly. Perhaps the largest drug store owned by Colored men in the United States is the one in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the proprietors of which are Messrs. Allen and Wickliffe. They are engaged in a wholesale as well as a retail business, operating upon a capital of about $20,000. The drug store is located in The James Building worth about $15,000 and owned by a Colored man of that name. Two young men born in Texas but bred in California, have invented an electric device for controlling traffic in congested districts. The invention looks like a four-sided semaphore. It is electrically operated and obviates the necessity of the crossing policeman standing in the middle of the street. CHICAGO, JUNE 15, 1912 HON. CHA Secretary of Commerce and Labor and Taft's Steam Roller Machine Wh Wrinkles in the Followers of Col. C. W. Secretary of Commerce and Labor and One of the Moving Spirits of President Taft's Steam Roller Machine Which Continues to Crush or Smooth Out the Wrinkles in the Followers of Col. Theodore Roosevelt. Instead, he may stand on any one of the corners and by pressing a button, sound a signal and change the signs. The inventors are C. R. Bailey and W. O. Warren. G. W. Franklin, 610 Chestnut Street Chattanooga, president of the National Funeral Directors Association, the first of the group to be affiliated with the National Negro Business League, is one of the most successful undertakers in the county. He has an ample outfit of every equipment necessary in his line. His hearses numbering three, landaus and other vehicles fifteen, and ten on twelve head of horses, etc., and is estimated to be worth at least $20,000. In addition to his undertaking establishment, Mr. Franklin owns valuable city property and two farms aggregating $30,000. Henry Johnson, a prosperous farmer of Carroll County, Tennessee, has successfully demonstrated what thrift and constant attention to work will do for any member of the race. He is the proud owner of 1,700 acres of fertile land, which he has divided into seventeen farms and cultivated by his tenants whose chief crop is cotton. Mr. Johnson frequently has in operation at one time thirty-four plows on his land. He has his own blacksmith shop, haybalers, feed-crushers and sorghum mills. Men of Mr. Johnson's type are always in a position to command the respect and recognition of their neighbors, both White and Colored. The United Garage Company, capitalized at $15,000 is the name of a new corporation which has recently been organized in Boston. Its object is to build, maintain and lease buildings for the storage and keeping and repairing automobiles and other motor vehicles, also to sell and operate the same. A tract of land 6,000 square feet has been purchased on Minon Street, Back Bay, at a cost of $6,000, on which to put the necessary buildings of the plant. Jesse Goode, of Goode, Denison and Henry Company, the wholesale and retail grocery firm of the South End is the president and James R. Jones, one of the few Colored men to own motor trucks, is the treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Leach have greatly improved and otherwise beautified their express and storage office, at $228 State street, and their many customers are under the impression when they enter it that they are frequenting a nicely fitted up drawing room. --- --- --- CHARLES NAGEL And One of the Moving Spirits of President ch Continues to Crush or Smooth Out the Theodore Roosevelt. HEALTH NOTES. Swat that Fly. When Nature does her best to make our surroundings bright and beautiful, we should certainly do all we can to help her. In other words, when the grass is green and flowers are blooming, when the trees are in full leaf and all outdoors is inviting us to come and have a good time, it is right and proper that we should keep our immediate surroundings in harmony with Nature's general plan of brightness and beauty. Hardly necessary, is it, to speak of those fly screens? Of course, you have had them in long ago. But how about that near-by manure pile? If you know of one, send your complaint to the Department of Health and an effort will be made to have the offending nuisance removed. If you are interested in having a good, safe milk supply talk to your alderman about it. Ask him how he is going to vote on the ordinance now pending before the council committee on health. The babies of Chicago have the right to live. Thousands of them are dependent on cows' milk. If the milk the babies get is clean and pure the babies will live. If it is dirty and laden with the germs of disease they will die. The ordinance the Commissioner of Health is seeking to have passed has for its purpose the securing of a safe milk for the babies. Are you with the babies? If so, ask your alderman to vote for the ordinance. Keep your eye on the near-by vacant lot and don't allow it to be used as a neighborhood dumping ground. J. C. Napier, Register of the Treasury, Washington, D. C., a strong supporter of President William H. Taft, arrived in the city this week to attend the Republican National Convention, and while riding on a State street car on Tuesday evening, in some unaccountable way, he either fell or was pushed off the rear end of the platform of the car at 43rd and State street, and he was severely injured about his face and head and other parts of his body. Mr. Naper was removed to the home of Dr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Williams, 445 E. 42nd street. It will be some days before Mr. Napier will be able to emerge from the home of his friends of long standing. The Republican National Committee Warmly Scored for Unseating the Southern Colored Delegates IT SEEMS THAT IN THAT SECTION OF THE COUNTRY THAT THE COLORED BROTHER IS DEBARRED FROM GETTING UP CLOSE TO THE THRONE OF GRACE. THE PRESENT LEADERS OF THE PARTY OF LINGOLN, GRANT, BLAINE, LOGAN, GARFIELD AND McKINLEY ARE CONTROLLED BY COMMERCIALISM AND ARE DRIFTING AWAY FROM THE PRINCIPLES AND SENTIMENTS WHICH WERE ENSHRINED IN THEIR HEARTS. CONTRIBUTED BY LAWYER BEAUREGARD F. MOSELEY. The National Committee representing in part the National Republican Party and in part the National Republican Bosses of the country convened in this city during the week and has been working overtime to show just how completely they can ignore the expressed mandates of the rank and file of the Republican voters. Nothing, except the incidents creating the rebellion has been quite so fragrant in the affairs of this country, since the landing of the Mayflower; it has been audacity, rascality, theft and thievery running amuck, and the most shameful part of this incongruous, unjust and outrageous program has been the recognition and seating of delegates from certain Southern States, who, in defiance of all Party principle, Party Law, custom and usage were elected in Conventions that barred men whose Republicanism was not questioned, whose standing was the best, but solely because they were men of Color. A great deal has been said about this outrageousness but very little about this aspect of the case. It is a tremendous wrong and outrage to unseat delegates who are fairly elected, but it is a crime and a step backward to seat delegates representing the bourbon spirit of the South which forbid colored men to sit in the Conventions of the States or to participate in the affairs of the Party that came into existence at Three Oaks, Michigan, in 1856 for the sole purpose of righting THE COLORED KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS OF GEORGIA WON THEIR CASE BEFORE THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. It will be recalled that four or five weeks ago that it was exclusively stated in these columns that former Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York City, Democratic candidate for President of the United States in 1904, at great length, argued the case of the Colored Knights of Pythias of Georgia before the United States Supreme Court at Washington, D. C. He was assisted by S. A. T. Watkins, of this city. At that time, it was also stated in these columns that the impression seemed to prevail that the Supreme Court would sustain or uphold the contentions of Judge Parker, namely, that White and Colored men have always had the undisputed right in this country to organize separate and distinct secret societies or organizations among themselves, and this week the Supreme Court handed down its opinion, setting aside the decree of the Supreme Court of Georgia, which had enjoined Colored men residing in that state from incorporating a lodge or lodges within its borders under the name of Knights of Pythias. Chief Justice White, of Louisiana, a Confederate Democrat, appointed to that exalted position by President William H. Taft, announced the opinion of the court knocking out the unlogical and the unreasonable decision of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Mr. Justice Holmes a Mass. Republican and appointed to the Supreme bench by President Rosevelt, rendered a dissenting opinion. No.37 these wrongs and making America the land of the free and the home of the Brave. It is a sad, sad commendation to think that in all this goodly band of statesmen, there has been none so far to raise their voice against this inhuman outrage against the men of color, not only in the South land but throughout the country. How can any self-respecting man, by act or word, encourage such perniciousness, and yet to sit in the National Convention with delegates from Louisiana and certain other Southern States is an endorsement and encouragement for the Republican Party, the Party of Lincoln, Grant and Logan to exist in colored communities with its doors closed to the entrance of colored men, simply because they are colored. The Negroes themselves should protest; the Negroes themselves who have a vote in the North should not vote at all, the ticket of any Party who openly subscribes to such principles. The day of retribution must come. It would partly be here, if those in control of the National Convention are defeated and the representative of the People is enthroned and the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt nominated for President; but it cannot be complete until the Party has a new Baptism that will free it from the damnableness of proscription either in its Conventions or at the Polls. This day of retribution must and will come, let us hope, soon. The persistent fight put up by the Colored Knights of Pythias of Georgia to maintain their constitutional rights simply shows that if the Colored people all over this country would have faith in one another to the extent of each and every one of them contributing five cents to be placed into a common fund, to be used solely to fight their legal battles in the higher courts, and by employing such eminent lawyers as Judge Parker, all the "Jim Crow car laws" and the disfranchising measures in the Southern States would be held null and void by the United States Supreme Court. GRAND MILITARY RECEPTION 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. THE BROAD AX Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Flooded Catholics and Singles, should have their say, anyone else have their say, as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for 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 ..... $8.00 Six Months ..... 1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 5027 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL 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. THE KNIGHTS OF MOSES Douglas, Ga., June 12, 1912 Julius F. Taylor, Editor of the Broad Ax My Dear Editor: The Knights of Moses: Douglas, Ga. No. 1 extends you an invitation to be present or have a representative at the convention June 27th and 28th Atlanta, Ga., Pythians Castle Hall, Edgewood Ave. & Butler St. There will be Bishops of the Methodist Church, Presidents of the State Baptist conventions, Grand Masters of the Odd Fellows and Masonic Orders and Grand Chancellors of the K. of P. Newspapers, Editors and many other Leaders. The convention will devise means and ways, and Attack at Once every Law that Disfranchises the Colored people, of their Rights as an American Citizen? We will demand of the Supreme Court of the U. S. A. to Define our Position If we are American Citizens we want our Equal Rights: of the Ballot of making Laws that we are compelled to abide By: If we are Aliens we want the right of Citizenship Papers that every Foreign Nation is Given. This Convention will not talk But Act: We believe the Laws that now are existing and denying Millions of tax payers the privilege of Voting or even the right of asking for Public Schools to educate our children is Unconstitutional: The Time has arrived and we must make the stand if we ever expect to: and demand the Rights of the ever increasing Race and Coming Generation: We ask for the approval of your Paper of this Great undertaking: and can we expect you to have a representative with Us? and if you can not arrange to have a representative Do you desire us to send you the resolution and Proclamation that we will Issue to the Public? Through the mighty power of the Press Only can we awaken our people of the Precipice that we now stand Upon: Other states ar now agitating the disfranchisement act: We should and must demand our rights now if Ever: You will please let us hear from you by return mail your Approval or Disapproval of our undertaking: for the rights of Millions. The world is invited: You have the privilege of Publishing this invitation if you Desire Yours for the betterment of the Colored Race. J. H. MOORE, Seey. HENBRY LINCOLN JOHNSON, RECORDER OF DEEDS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WILL BE THE GUEST OF THE APPOMATTOX CLUB. Attorney Beauregard F. Moseley will be the host to-night at the Appomattox Club to Henry Lincoln Johnson, Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia as special guest, and the club members and visiting delegates. A buffet luncheon will be served. The following gentlemen will respond to subjects: Col. John R. Marshall. "The 8th Regt. and its influence upon the development of our citizenship." S. Laing Williams, "The Attitude of the public toward our lawyers." Dr. A. A. Wesley. "The medical profession's contribution to race development." Rev. Archibald J. Carey. "The influence of the church as a character builder." S. A. T. Watkins. "Legal battles to preserve fraternal life among Negroes." W. R. Cowan. "The Appomattox Club." Beauregard F. Moseley. "Our Guest." Henry Lincoln Johnson. "Bepose." In addition to the above set programme other talks will be made by prominent visitors present. Assistant County Attorney Louis B. Anderson will act as Chairman. HOPE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Englewood Society turned out in a body to vote for the baby of their choice at the 'Most Popular Baby' contest given by the Hope Presbyterian Church, 61st and Loomis Boulevard. The contest was given to raise the balance of an indebtedness incurred by the church in putting in their new pews. The judges were: Mrs. Wm. E. Harris, Mrs. S. A. Watson and Mrs. Gertrude Cranshaw, and the following prizes were awarded: First: Prizes awarded by The American Life Insurance Company of Illinois, 72 West Adams Street. First Prize: Jar of new Lincoln pennies—Little Sarah Bostwick, 7 months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bostwick, 422 Tremont St. Second Prize: Juunita Washington, 2 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Washington and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Brumfield, 5523 Indiana Avenue. Third Prize: Little Edward Brantley (6 years old), son of Mr. and Mrs. David Brantley, 6145 Aberdeen Street. Fourth Prize: Little Catherine Marshall, 3 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall, 6202 Aberdeen Street. Prizes awarded by the Ladies of the Church: Prize for best dressed baby: Juanita Washington, 2 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Washington, 5523 Indiana Ave., Silver Spoon. Prize for smallest baby: Box of talcum powder, Earl Ewing, Jr. (7 months old), son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ewing, great-grandson of Mrs. Mack, 6137 Loomis Boulevard. Prize for fattest baby: Little Lucille Price (17 months old), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Price, 6127 Loomis Boulevard, box of talcum powder. Prize winners in the most popular Baby Contest: First Prize: Handsome doll; Little Jessie Hill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hill, 6045 Loomis St. (2 years old). Second Prize: Gold chain and locket: Little Lewie Thompson, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Yarborough, 55th Street (2 years old). Third Prize: Gold ring: Little Ruth French, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack French, 6228' Ada Street (2 years old). Prize for cutest baby: Ethel Cleora Harris, 8 months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Harris, 6326 Marshfield Ave., and granddaughter of Rev. and Mrs. Harris, Pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, silver spoon. I. GARLAND PENN TO ENTER NEW DUTIES. Succeeds Dr. M. C. B. Mason as Secre tary of the Freedmen's Aid Society. Cincinnati, O., June 10—I. Garland Penn, who has just been elected one of the corresponding secretaries of the Freedmen's Aid Society of the M. E. Church to succeed Rev. Dr. M. C. B. Mason, will resume the duties of his new position in a few days. His headquarters will be at 220 W. Fourth street, this city. The position pays $5,000 a year. Rev. P. J. Mavety, a white man, was re-elected corresponding secretary on the first ballot and Prof. Penn defeated Dr. Mason on the third ballot at the recent General Conference of the M. E. Church. Prof. Penn was born in Virginia in 1867. After graduating from the Lynchburg (Va.) High School, he taught school for a few years. He was commissioner of the Colored exhibit at the Atlanta Exposition in 1895. He was one of the leading spirits in the Negro Young People's Congress in 1992 and is the author of "The Afro-American Press and Its Editors." For a number of years he has been an assistant field secretary of the Epworth League. The retiring corresponding secretary was born in Louisiana in 1859. He was educated at New Orleans University, Gammon Theological Seminary and Syracuse University. He is a speaker of ability. His connection with the Freedmen's Aid Society began in 1891, when he was elected assistant field secretary. Within a few months he was elected assistant corresponding secretary and in 1896 was elected senior corresponding secretary. Wednesday evening, at the home of her brother John H. and Mrs. Price, 809 12th avenue, Maywood, Miss May B. Price was united in marriage to Mr. Garfield Maney, Rev. E. T. Martin officiating. The bride was gowned in white Crepe Dechine, trimmed in duchess lace and seed pearls. The flowing veil was caught up with orange blossoms. It was a very fashionable wedding, and many guests were present from all parts of Chicago. [Image of a man in a suit with a white shirt and a black tie]. BEAUEGARD F. MOSELEY In Politician; Strong Supporter of Col. Theodore Roose- ncy, Who will Entertain this Evening at the Appomattox and Invited Guests, in Honor of Henry Lincoln Johnson, Washington, D. C. Well Known Republican Politician; Strong Supporter of Col. Theodore Roosevelt for the Presidency, Who will Entertain this Evening at the Appomattox Club Its Members and Invited Guests, in Honor of Henry Lincoln Johnson, Recorder of Deeds, Washington, D.C. LARGE ROOSEVELT MEETING AT ODD FELLOWS HALL. An enthusiastic mass meeting was held at Odd Fellows Hall Wednesday night, June 12, in the interest of the candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt. Speeches were delivered by Hon. Nelson Crews, Attorney James H. Hayes, Hon. John C. Daney, A. H. Miller and Isaac Allen, Mr. George W. Ellis presided. A resolution was endorsed denouncing Taft's Southern policy. There was another meeting held last night at the Pekin Theatre and prominent politicians delivered addresses. PROMINENT ROOSEVELT COL ORED DELEGATES. J. L. Rodgers, Shreveport, La. P. W. Howard, Jackson, Miss. John C. Daney, North Carolina. Judson W. Lyons, Atlanta, Ga. Hugo McBeth, 'Baltimore, Md. Attorney James H. Hayes, Richmond Attorney James H. Hayes, Richmond Va. Nelson Crews, Kansas City, Mo. Major John R. Lyneh, California. Dr. James R. Wilder, Washington, D. C. Attorney W. H. Brown, Richmond, Va. Col. H. A. Rucker, Georgia. John C. Asbury, Pennsylvania. J. R. Pollard, Richmond. S. H. Hart, Florida. E. H. Brunston, Georgia. A. Groves, Georgia. THE LITTLE SEVENTEEN MONTHS OLD SON OF MR. AND MRS. J. GRAY LUCAS PASSED AWAY. The first of the present week J. Gray Lucas, Jr., the 17 months old little son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gray Lucas, 508 E. 36th street, closed his eyes in death, after suffering the greatest agony and pain for four or five weeks. On Tuesday funeral services were held over its remains at their home, which were conducted by Rev. A. J. Carey, assisted by Rev. Moses Jackson, interment in Oakwood Cemetery. As an evidence that many people admired the little boy, who was the picture of health and weighed 35 pounds, before he was stricken down, 18 floral pieces were presented by loving friends including the members of the Choral Study Club, and by the members of the Home Missionary Society of Grace Presbyterian churge. Most of the floral offerings were turned over to Provident Hospital for the benefit of its patients. Mr. and Mrs. Lucas have the unbounded sympathy of a large circle of warm friends over the great loss which they have sustained. Rev. A. J. Carey, D. D., Ph., D. Minister. Service to-morrow will be inspiring and uplifting. Dr. C. T. Walker, "The Black Spurgeon," will preach. At evening a special service will be held complimentary to the delegates to the Republican National Convention. Among those who will speak will be the Hon. Henry Lincoln Johnson, Deputy Grand Master, G. N. O. of O. F. and Recorder of Deeds, Washington, D. C.; Judge Joseph E. Lee, Jacksonville, Fla.; Dr. R. C. Ransom, New York; Hon. J. C. Napier, Register, U. S. Treas. and others. Hon. Charles Nagel, Secretary of Commerce and Labor, a member of the Cabinet of President Taft will speak at the Institutional Church, Monday evening, 8 o'clock. --- W. E. Mollison, Vicksburg, Miss Isaac Allen, New York. The Institutional Church, Hon. Henry Lincoln Johnson, Deputy Grand Master, G. N. O. of O. F. will appear at the same time. Col. Johnson is Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia and one of the most eloquent men in America. CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM SULZ CONGRESS SHORT SPEECHES Congressman William Sulzer, who has represented the great east side of New York City in the lower house of congress for almost twenty years, and who is at the present time honorably and fearlessly serving as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the House of Representatives, has favored the writer with a neat little book composed of his short speeches and element orations. His masterly tribute to Abraham Linecoln is more than worth the price of the book, which sells for 25 cents. It is a gem within itself. The book is published by the J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 57 Rose street, New York City, and it will furnish good reading to those who desire to familiarize themselves with the tremendous amount of work which Mr. Sulzer has performed and the many measures which he has succeeded in having enacted into laws, since he became a member of Congress. CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL COOPERD-DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE A call has been sent out by the Colored National Democratic League with headquarters at Washington, D. C., to the colored committeemen and representatives of every Democratic Club in the country connected with the League to meet in Baltimore on June 24th next. The plan of representation is to be one Committeeman at large from every State with a conferee to be elected by every Club. St. Marys A. M. E. Ch. 5251 Dearborn St. S. S.: 2-200 o'clock. C. E.: 6-45. St. Mary's Choir will have a Song Recital Monday night. Prof. Britt, the great evangelist, of Louisville, Ky., will sing. June 24th, Pastor's Aid Society will give a Musical and Baby Carnival. CHIPS. CHIPS. John C. Daney, at one time Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, is in the city, stopping at the Keystone, 3022 State street. The house belonging to Mrs. Robert M. Mitchell, at 3733 Dearborn street, caught fire last Sunday evening and considerable damage was done. Cary B. Lewis has been selected secretary of the Roosevelt Colored Republican League of Illinois, instead of W. H. A. Moore, with national headquarters at 3522 South State street. Maj. John C. Buckner, Deputy Internal Revenue Collector, is an ardent supporter of President William H. Taft, and is confident that he will be renominated this coming week. Mrs. Lottie Carter, 3613 Dearborn street, who has spent the past two weeks in St. Louis, Mo., with her relatives, returned home Wednesday evening. Mrs. Hattie Arrant, 3635 Vernon avenue, arrived home the middle of this week from an extended visit to Independence, Kansas, and she enjoyed her visit very much to the Sunflower State. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith, 5363 Dearborn street, have just had their nice home repainted in a most artistic manner, which greatly improves its appearance in every way. Mrs. Carrie Warner, 5223 Dearborn street, has had a new cement sidewalk all around the premises and is otherwise beautifying the outward appearance of her lovely home. H. C. Bomar, 4956 Dearborn street, and with a new express and furniture moving office at 4706 Indiana avenue, has done a rushing business so far this season. Mr. Robert J. Roulston, prominently connected with the wholesale grocery firm of McNeil-Higgins Company, State and South Water streets, already has his pass in his pocket to attend the Republican National Convention. It was reported in these columns last week that John Q. Grant, 3232 Wabash avenue, had passed away. That was an error, although Mr. Grant was very low, he is alive and improving and he is not thinking about dying at the present time. --- C. S. A. Baker, a Colored man of Detroit, Michigan, has sold his patent of a friction heater for street cars to a Canadian company for $160,000. Baker conducted his experiments on a street car in Detroit, Michigan. E. B. Johnson, of Gellico, Tenn., a relative of R. M. Harvey, 3924 State street, arrived in the city Wednesday morning, from Louisville, Ky., to attend the Republican National Convention. He is on his way to St. Paul, Minn., to visit his brother J. B. Johnson. Capt. P. W. Jackson and Lieutenant William Robinson of Company A Uniform Rank of Odd Fellows, gave a smoker and social last Saturday evening at Odd Fellows Hall, to the members of their company and their friends in honor of their re-election as the ranking officers of their company. An exchange says a woman who is broad and not long stood in a crowded subway car the other evening, her arms full of bundles and her body careening and lurching dangerously; a man in the seat in front of which she stood got tired of snatching his toes back from eminent danger and growled: "Madam a strap is above you." "So's heaven," retorted the woman who was broad and not long. Hon. Beauregard F. Moseley will entertain the members and friends of the Appomattox Club at the Club House in honor of Henry Lincoln Johnson, Recorder of Deeds, Washington, D. C., Saturday, the 15th at 9 p. m. The most prominent citizens of the city will respond to toasts and sentiments and the evening promises to be one of the best yet had at this famous Club House. Those who do not know Mr. Johnson will be surprised to learn that he is one of the greatest Orators of the Race and a man of large parts. Dr. Carey and Roberts, Attorney L. B. Anderson, Editor Julius F. Taylor, W. D. Neighbors, Cashier of the American Bank, Dr. Hall, Dr. Wesley, and other eminent citizens will be present and respond to sentiments. FURNISHED ROOMS TO RENT Large light room suitable for man and wife. Also small front room suitable for lady or gentleman. Steam, hot water; good transportation, near 43d St. L. Phone Drexel 2934. 4325 Forestville Ave. 3 Apt. Engines. An internal combustion engine is an engine where combustion occurs within the cylinder, in gas. An external combustion engine is where coal or gas is consumed outside, as under a boiler. The Word "Cigar." The word cigar occurs in a German dictionary for the first time in 1813 and in the Dictionnaire of the French Academie in 1835. Kant used the word "diggaro" in 1758. In Spain at the present day the word "cigarro" means a cigarette, for which they likewise have the word "pitillos". Their name for a cigar is "un puro." A Monster Iceberg Explorer Perry found an iceberg grounded in Baffin bay, twenty miles from land, which was 4,100 yards long. 3,800 yards wide and 51 yards high. It weighed 1,292,397,673 tons! Pay For Their Fun. The punishment for drunkenness in St. Petersburg is to make the offender, no matter what his social position, sweep the streets. Well attired gentlemen, some of them in dress suits, are occasionally seen sweeping the streets after a night's carouse. Piano Kevs. A soft rag moistened with lemon juice and then dipped in silver whiting will be found excellent for cleaning piano keys. The Life of Luxury. Feller in an easy chair Lets the hours go by; Looks across the bill o' fare An' heaves a weary sigh. Pictures hangin' on the wall, Rugs upon the floor- Has the best an' with it all Says that life's a bore. Feller standin' in a brook, Wet clear to the skin, Workin' hard with line an' hook- Never sees a fin; Tumbles from the mossy rock That he tries to climb; Trudges home at six o'clock- Had a bully time! He Stuttered Too Three strangers were in the Pulman man smoker when one of them turned to another and asked: "H-how f-f-f-far is it t-t to P-P-P-ittsburgh?" The man addressed made no reply, but got up and left the car. The stutterer then turned to the third man, who gave him the information. A few moments afterward the third man met the one who had left the car and said: "See here! Why did you go out without answering when that man asked you a civil question?" "D-d do you think I w-w wanted to g-g-g-get m-y head knocked off?" was the answer. 'Ladies' Home Journal Pedigrees. First Blooded Dog—Your master has a very long pedigree. I'm told. Second Ditto—No longer than mine. First Dog—They say he's inordinate proud of his family tree. Second Dog—It doesn't show the variety of bark mine does. And, besides, I'm away ahead of him in another respect. "Eh, how's that?" "No ancestor of mine was ever hanged."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Song and a Joke I breathed a song into the air. It fell to the ground. I knew not when. For nowadays not very long. Is the life of any old kind of song. I breathed a joke into the air. It fell to the ground. I knew not when. But a hundred times since then, it’s true. I’ve read it and heard it spring as ever. Fervent Pleading They sat in the hotel corridor. "Gimme just one," he pleaded. She shook her head. 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. Too Dull. "No." said Bill Squeezer, who was down from Bodie the other day. "No I didn't go to Judge Podger's wedding. The notice said 'No cards' and I'm darned if I can can fool away a whole evening where there's no chance of a little four-bit ante."—Milwaukee Sen tinet. No Joke. We're all so willing to do good. With money that we spent? We're all such cheerful givers when We haven't got a chance. Cincinnati Enquirer. A Useful Tip. "How did you get that fine spring overcoat?" "I had a sure tip on a horse race." "I never knew one of those sure tips to pan out." "Neither did I. So I didn't play it. Put the money into an overcast steed."—Louisville 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 suppose," sighed the despondent merchant, "but to wind up my affairs."—Chicago Tribune. The Promoter. The promoter is a pleasant chap. With ever smiling lips. He'll furnish all the ocean If you'll supply the ships. Glad Prospect "I hear they're going to have moving pictures in the schools." said one youth. "Yes," replied the other. "If they keep on making our studies so entertaining recess will seem fearfully notonous."-Washington Star. A Knockout For Science. Passerby-What's the fuss in the schoolyard, boy? The Boy—Why, the doctor has just been around examinin' us an one of the deficient boys is knockin' th' everlastin' stuffin' out of a perfect kid—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Economize. Bards who rime and never tire. Writing paper has gone higher. Cut your sonnets down in size. Make the muse economize. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Power of the Press. New Merchant—How big an ad, would you advise? Advertising Man—That depends on how many tons of customers your store floor will sustain. You wouldn't want 'em to break through into the cellar, of course. "England owns the finest diamond in the world." "Owns the finest diamond in the world. eh? That seems a shame when she doesn't play baseball."—Louisville Courier-Journal. ---GRAND AUGUST CARNIVAL--- AUGUST 17th to 31st 1912 Construction of arches, pillars, etc., to be a work of art. Designs for the street decorations will be a revelation of incomparable beauty. Over-head lighting, multicolored effects, a veritable blaze of glory. A Special Feature for Each Day's Program Every military organization, all secret orders, associations, clubs, institutions to be featured in this stupendous display of thrift. Daily Parades — Music Everywhere — Amusements Watch weekly papers for later announcements or call "Douglas1565" FOR CONCESSIONS ETC., JESSE BINGA, Manager, . . Corner 36th Place and State St. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Hours: 9 to 11 A.M., 2 to 5 P.M. 3158 State Street, Chicago Office Hours—From 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.; from 7 P. M. to 9 P. M. Sunday by appointment. DR. THEO. R. MOZEE DENTIST 4715 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO Phone, Oakland 4662; Automatic 73053 Frank Dunn and J. B. McCahey, Trustees Tel. Oakland 1550-1851-1552 Oakland, NJ 07501 Coal Wholesale Retail FIFTY-FIRST STREET and ARMOUR AVE. Railyards: 51st St. and L. S. & M. S. 51st St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO Residence, 1262 Macalister Place Telephone, Monroe 2714 Miles J. Devine Attorney at Law Suite 318-320 Reaper Block' Clark and Washington Streets CHICAGO Phone, Central 1249; Auto, 41-913 Tel. Central 3142 Franklin A. Denison Attorney at Law 36 W. RANDOLPH STREET Suite 708 Delaware Building CHICAGO Office Phone: Central 6624. Res. Phone, Doug. 4397. No. 508 East 36th Street. J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney at Law Suite 405, 145 Clark St. Cor. Randolph St. WILLIAM L. MARTIN Room 916-32 N. Clark St. Telephones: Main 4352; Auto. 32-361 CHICAGO Phones; Office, Main 4153 Res. Drexel, 7990 Auto. 33-736 WALTER M. FARMER Suite 708, 184 Washington St. Notary Public CHICAGO, ILL. Greatest Triumph for ---GRAND STATE STREET -FROM- 31ST STREET -TO- 35TH STREET Two Big Weeks of AUGU Construction of arco for the street deco beauty. Over-head of glory. A Special Fea Yew Trees. The yew tree, almost destitute of branches or bark, grows in the Caucasus to a height of from fifty to sixty feet and a diameter of a little over two feet. It is considered superior to mahogany and is almost indestructible except by fire. Measles. The word measles formerly meant leprosy. Jack and Jill In Norway. A writer on Norway says. "Our familiar nursery friends Jack and Jill are descendants of Hjuji and Bll, the ebbing and flowing tides, the tumbling crests of which, breaking one over another as the waves wash the shore, are rather aptly described in the nursery rime." Sifted Pearls. Some years ago the sultan of Sulu learned that the pearl fishermen were reaping big profits. He supplied his revenue collectors with sieves and ordered that all pearls found near Sulu must be tested in these sieves. Those that dropped through were to be retained by the fishermen; those that remained in the sieves were to belong to the sultan for taxes. It nearly ruined the pearl fisheries. The Title "Colonel." The title colonel comes from the word almost the same in several languages, signifying a column. The colonel was so called because he led or commanded the column. Wool Varieties. There are a great many varieties of wool, due to the crossbreeding of the sheep, the climate in which they are reared in different parts of the world, the natural surroundings and the soil. Thus each kind of wool has its individual name, which it takes from the breed of sheep or the locality where they are raised. The First Typewriter Italians claim that it was one of their countrymen, named Ravizza, who constructed the first typewriter, as long ago as 1855. Radded Coachmen In Russia it is a mark of distinction for a coachman to have a very rotund figure. The drivers of fashionable carriages appear at first to be abnormally stout. As a matter of fact, this appearance is due to the skillful padding of the coachman's livery. The padding is done with cotton, and some remarkable results are obtained. Brazil Nuts. The Brazil nut is a rich food, 60 per cent of it being oil. A Hungarian Fire Eater. A famous Hungarian duelist celebrated in 1886 his thirty-fifth encounter. He gave a banquet to which only those were bidden who could prove six duels. An exception was made in favor of a woman who had met and killed her man. Dongcarts In Belgium Dogs have been trained in Belgium for centuries to be beasts of burden. Throughout the country thousands of dogs constantly work, singly or in teams, before small carts, giving perfect satisfaction. Hundreds of small wagons, as well as other light vehicles, are drawn by dogs throughout the country. First Piano. It was a harpsichord maker. Cristofori, in the employ of the Duke of Tuscany, who in 1711 made the first successful piano. It was a crude affair, but was the parent of the modern instrument. A winsome maid with Mobile face and curling Auburn hair Roams far Bayonne, her native place, With most Superior air. A round a Little Rock she strays, Then toward Ann Arbor green. No Streator alley meets her gaze— What Erie sight is seen? A charging Buffalo she spies, Commandingly young Lawrence spoke, He Spokane she obeyed. The beast so Great Falls at his stroke Andover it the mald. She sought to Barre from him her eyes, Hot Springs a tear in view. "A husband Fond du Lac!" he cries. "T'm bent on Marion you!" A happy Homestead Pa will give, Where nothing Mahanoy. How Joliet will be to live In Union full of joy! "In thanks to Providence I vow We'll long Revere this day, And, Wheeling up my cart, I'll now Tacoma bride straightway." -Harper's Weekly. Sensible Girl. The boat was drifting idly when he proposed. She gazed at him calmly from her end of the craft and said: "As a matter of common sense, realizing that we are in this boat on a body of water forty feet in depth and that if you were to act as you should act if I accepted you we would be capsized. I will decline your proposal at this moment—but—but. George, row to the shore as fast as you can and ask me again!"—Chicago Post. Not Entirely Reassured. "There will be no marriage nor giving in marriage in heaven." said Mrs. Henpeck. Mr. Henpeck drew a long, deep, sad sigh. "Why do you look so sad about it. Henry?" she asked. "We haven't any such assurance about conditions in the other place."—Pittsburgh Post. Johnny's Suit. Said Mrs. A. B. "What can I do with Johnny's suit?" I washed it—it has shrunk, you see— And now it's very clean and cute, But he never get it on. I really don't know what I'll do!" Said Mrs. B. B., "Why not take John And give him a good washing too?" Said Mrs. A. B., "You're right, I think; From washing most boys seem to shrink." —Judge Her Intuition. "What did you give your wife for her birthday?" "An imitation diamond." "Did she like it?" "No; she knew right away that it was an imitation." "How did she know it?" "Because I gave it to her."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Not Resentful. "Those people say they don't believe you ever reached the pole." "That's all right," replied the explorer as he looked up from his manuscript. "The more doubts there are as to whether I landed or not the longer this rather remunerative discussion is going to last." - Washington Star. At the Last Green A green little boy in a green little way A green little apple devoured one day. And the green little grasses now tenderly wave O'er the green little apple boy's green little grave. An Early Pessimist First Egyptian-I see they finished the great pyramid last week. What do you think of it? Second Ditto—Somebody got a big graft. You take it from me, fifty years from now the whole thing will have crumbled.—Puck. nals of Local History ARNIVAL--- S T A T E S T R E E T - 1 - F R M - 31st STREET - TO - 35th STREET Review of Enterprise 31st 1912 work of art. Designs ion of incomparable ects, a veritable blaze Day's Program FLAG READY FOR ODD FELLOWS Loyal Devotee of Time Honored Fraternity Christens Trophy at Big Social Function Before Sending It to New Temple In Atlanta—Johnson on Speaking Tour. Washington.—A large and beautiful American flag, 20 by 10 feet, will be unfurled from the flagpole of the new $100,000 Odd Fellows' temple in Atlanta, Ga., on the day set for the opening of the session of the biennial movable committee in September. It will thereafter continue to adorn that historical structure as a permanent patriotic decoration. The flag is made of the finest bunting and manufactured expressly for the purpose mentioned. It is to be the gift of General Henry Forrest of Washington, a prominent member of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. He enjoys a nation wide reputation as a philanthropist and public A. B. GENERAL HENRY FORREST. spirited man of affairs. The charming banner has been shipped by express to the officials of the order in Atlanta, ready for display in September in connection with appropriate dedicatory ceremonies. Before sending away the precious trophy General Forrest conceived the idea of dedicating it here and with characteristic generosity invited a number of congenial friends to assist him in the performance of this interesting function. The affair took place the latter part of May in the spacious headquarters of the Odd Fellows' Journal. An elaborate luncheon was served by Caterer Emanuel Murray, and the welkin was made to ring with wit and eloquence during its discussion. Associate Justice W. L. Houston acted as toastmaster, and among those who spoke in eulogy of the whole souled host and of the cause which he sought to honor were Messrs. H. P. Slaughter, editor of the Odd Fellows' Journal; J. N. Goins, manager of the Goins Printing company; R. W. Thompson, general correspondent; Emanual Murray, W. H. H. Terrell and others. General Forrest responded in a felicitous vein. A handsome necktie was presented to Mr. Thompson by the host. A telegram was dispatched to Acting Grand Master Henry Lincoln Johnson, regretting his enforced absence on account of speaking engagements in Georgia. This is the first instance on record where a member of our race has made a present of a fine American flag to wave over a building owned by a fraternal organization, and the act is destined to become historic. The general is noted for his liberality in helping secret orders, churches and needy individuals, and one of his most notable benefactions is his annual dinner given to the nurses of Freedmen's hospital. General Forrest is a widower and lives in a handsomely appointed flat in Carrollburg place. For many years he has been connected in a responsible capacity with the Pennsylvania railroad. It is expected that at the Atlanta B. M. C. he will be chosen as inspector general of the Patriarchie, the military arm of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. Snug Surn For Atlanta Baptist College. Notwithstanding the prevailing high price of food, clothing and fuel, the colored people raised the neat sum of $15,000 for the Atlanta Baptist college within the past year and a half. The school freely recognizes the merits of Afro-Americans in every department of its work. There is no snubterge or red tape about its willingness to give the race a square deal. Zion Churchmen to Meet in Salisbury. The annual meeting of the Washington and Philadelphia conference of the A. M. E. Zion church will be held in Salisbury, Md., beginning on Wednesday, June 12. Bishop Alexander Walters will be in charge. Thomas A. Edison was explaining to a reporter the part played by M. Branly, the new French academician, in the discovery of wireless telegraphy. The poor reporter, a little bewildered by all the transmitters, volts, ohms and so forth, ventured on a question that made Mr. Edison smile. "That question," he said, "reminds me of the city father who rose and said: "Mr. Chairman, I'd like to know, for my constituents' benefit, whether this here proposed hydraulic pump is to be run by steam or electricity." "Ideal Power. Cause For Complaint: "Why; Mrs. Jocko, you seem vexed! What's the trouble?" "Trouble enough, Mrs. Tiger. Dr. Leo is using my portrait to advertise his beauty parlor." "That's a compliment." "Not much! Dr. Leo has labeled my photo, 'Before Taking Our Treatment.'"—Judge's Library. At Our Usual Column Rate. Within our flat Much room we miss; We have to write Our stuff like this. —Yonkers Statesman. Married Now. Ticket Seller to the Theater Manager—That young fellow who just left the window has married the girl. Manager—How do you know? Ticket Seller—Once a week for the past year he's bought two dollar seats. Today he came in and asked for two in the tenth row of the balcony.—Detroit Free Press. "An Ill Wind" "Yes; I was on the bill of fare for a wedding banquet." "Mercy! How did you escape?" "Oh, the bride broke the engagement."-Boston Transcript. The Call of the Weed. "Give up the weed and I will marry you." But that was rather more than he could do. So when his lady brought him to the scratch He lit the weed and threw away the scrach. Might as Well. "I understand your husband is a candidate for office," said a suffragette out west to her sister in the cause. "Are you going to support him?" "Oh, I suppose so!" answered the sister, somewhat wearily. "I've been supporting him for the past ten years." —Chicago Record-Herald No Cause For Worry. "Oh. George." sighed the lovesick malden. "I'm not worthy to be your wife." "Well." replied George wearily. "I'm not worthy to be your husband, so we're just about matched."—Catholic Standard and Times. After Moving Day. I stood on a chair at midnight. But the clocks didn't strike the hour. They were packed in the barrel with the china Or perhaps in the bin with the flour. —Chicago Tribune. Lucky Dog! "Paid 1,000 marks for the dog, did you? It ought to be well bred at that price." "I can only tell you that I wish I had a pedigree like his, that's all."—Fliegende Blatter. Information Wanted. Greene—Yes. What position on the nine is he going to play?—Yonkers Statesman. A Spring Tragedy. I climb upon an open carrh And gently puff on my cigarrh. A chilly breeze. Anon I sneeze. I get catarrh—and there you arrh! Another Lie Nailed Seeker—Nonsense! I've run for office three or four times, and it didn't do me a bit of good.—Chicago News. For Funds. Bertle—When I first came to college I wrote home once a month. Jamie—Did you quit it? Bertle-Oh. no: I write twice a week now.-Philadelphia Telegraph. Things of Importance. They are divorced, the papers say, And she gets half his boodle. The children are more entitled, but They're squabbling o'er the poood. -Houston Post. Taking Steps. Customer--Yes; I'm getting a divorce. —Minneapolis Journal. His Secret. First Walter--Did you ever have a tip that satisfied you? Second Walter (proudly)--Yes, but the donor never knew it.-Harper's Bazar. Sunday School Teacher—Willie, can you repeat the shortest command? It has but four words. Willie—Yes, miss: "Keep off the grass." — Boston Transcript. "What a sympathetic little thing she is!" "Yes, indeed. She even sheds real tears at a moving picture show." —Detroit Free Press. Young Lady—Please show me some ties. Clerk—A gentleman's tie? Young Lady—Oh, no; it's for my brother.—Fliegende Blatter. The circus, gorgeous enterprise. Though mostly joy, some sadness brings— With just one single pair of eyes One can't keep tabs on all three rings. —Judge. "What happened to that ticket you organized as a split from your party?" "That ticket?" echoed the restless politician. "Oh, it got punched."—Washington Star. Post—Do you think the day will come when there will be no coal left on earth? Parker—Well, it won't be our cook's fault if it doesn't.—Life. Doctor—You are all run down. You need some of "Nature's sweet restorer." Uncle Eben—I'll not take it, doc. I'm plum through with patent medicines.—Satire. Ethel—Was Jack put out when you told him he couldn't have a kiss? Kitty—Oh, no! He took it as a matter of course.—Boston Transcript. Don't use your mouth, My little dears, As often as You use your ears. —Cincinnati Enquirer. It seems impossible for some people to do a favor without entering it on the mental account book.—Puck. "Some one sent Jinx an infernal machine, I hear." "Yes; I heard it when I went past his house yesterday." "Heard it explode?" "No; phonographs don't explode."—Houston Post. 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. F. Tervalon, cigar store and news stand, 5004 Sate street. George I. Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 18 W. 31st St., near State. R. 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. B. Davis, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3532 State St. W. M. Maxwell, notions, cigars, tobacco, confections and news stand, 5244 State St. Edward Felix, notions, cigars and news stand, 52 W. 30th St. F. Bishop, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 8 W. 27th St., near State. Turner Williams' barber stop and news stand, 3252 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. T. Chilton, ladies' and gents' shoe shining parlors and news stand 5106 State Street. Harry Shelby, news stand 3308 1-2 State Street. Mrs. L. B. Taylor, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th Street, near State. Benjamin Z. Eakin news and advertising agency, 428 Indiana Avenue, indianapolis, Ind. THE AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS. Under State Government Supervision. $100,000 deposited with the State. Policies of all kinds, ranging from five cents to ten thousand dollars. Our Industrial Contracts give to the colored police holder more than any other company on the same weekly premium. Colored Agents to Write and Collect Your Business. 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Buy from your dealer, or by mail from McCALL'S MAGAZINE 236-246 W. 37th St, New York City New-Sample Copy, Premium Catalogue and Public Catalogue No. no request DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Miss Lillian T. Wilkins has been appointed a customs inspector for the port of Boston. She was selected out of nearly 100 applicants. Mrs. Jacob H. Schiff of New York has headed the list of contributions to build a lighthouse commemorative of the Titanic victims, giving $500. Mrs. Cecil Bingham is the "fashion plate" in London this season. The set still recognized as King Edward's set and still holding its own in Mayfair and Belgravia is the set which has appointed Mrs. Bingham as its head and the one to be followed and noted for fashion. Miss Alberta Read, who has, it is claimed, invented a new system for testing tea which will do more to prevent adulteration than all the inspectors now employed, is in the agricultural department at Washington. Miss Read is a thorough chemist, and her plan is scientific. Mrs. George Stwire Waters, who has just been appointed a chief of the Yakima Indian reservation, in central Washington, by President Taft, is the first woman who has ever been honored by selection to any office on the reservation. Her husband is head chief of the reservation. Fly Catches. Manager Kling has a three year contract with the Boston National league club. Sam Crawford is stealing bases for the Detroit Tigers in a manner to confound the prophets who predicted his slowing down this year. An ambulance fully equipped and with two white coated attendants stands in the Polo grounds, New York, each day. President Brush has made arrangements for this ambulance service for the season. Cincinnati's new park has a seating capacity of 23,000 in the grand stand and bleachers, with room for 5,000 standing. Garry Herrmann is proud of the new park, and the fans are patronizing it to its capacity. Recent Inventions. An electrically driven machine that weighs less than fifty pounds has been invented to scrub floors. An inventor has equipped a lead pencil eraser with a rubber bulb to blow away the dust which it makes. A machine to affix a postage stamp on a letter as the proper coins are inserted has been patented by a New York man. Resembling a huge pneumatic hammer is a new compressed air pile driver which delivers its blows so rapidly that a pile cannot spring back between them. Town Topics. It is said there are 50,500 windowless rooms in New York city, which is just 50,500 too many.—New York World. They are opening a hospital for the blues in Boston. Why don't the inhabitants take a run to New York now and then instead?—New York American. St. Louis is assessed at about $1,000,000,000 despite a shrinking modesty which prevents it from making a vulgar display of its wealth to the assessor.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Tree Twigs. Yews flourish for 2,000 years. Elms, it is recorded, have lived 300 years. The peach and plum are short lived trees. The pear and apple are long lived. The nutmeg tree begins to bear at the age of ten years. It keeps on bearing until it is ninety. In Europe and Africa the eucalyptus tree is in high favor because of its efficiency in draining swamps. Political Quips. About the blackest dark horses of the campaign are the candidates for vice president.-Duluth Herald. The cost of living may be high, but think of the cost of campaigning for a presidential nomination!-Philadelphia Press. Any American boy may become president; but, considering that a preconvention campaign is necessary nowadays, probably not so many of them want to be.-Cleveland Leader. Aerial Flights. When aeroplanes are used for delivering the mails the old remark about "dropping a few lines" will cease to be a mere figure of speech—Chicago Record-Herald. The German experiments with huge dirigible balloons have certainly not been encouraging. Parseval VI. is only one of a long series to come to grief—New York World. The Cookbook Potato balls which are sauted in butter after being boiled are delicious. They should be served with a generous sprinkling of minced parsley. Gingerbread is made doubly good by the addition of a few spoonfuls of grated chocolate before baking. This makes it richer and does not affect the flavor. Most people sprinkle fried apples with sugar just before serving. Try using salt instead and see what an entirely different flavor is given to the dish. SIRES AND SONS. Major Thomas L. Rhoads, selected by President Taft to fill the position of the late Major Butt, lost in the Titanic wreck, is the first army surgeon in the history of the nation to serve as such military aid. John Rennie, purser of the steamship Vassari, running between New York and Buenos Aires, celebrated his sixty-fifth birthday anniversary the other day. He has been following the sea since 1866 and has crossed the equator 350 times. Dr. Steininger will hold the position of mayor of Berlin, to which he was recently elected, for the next six years. He is forty-eight years old and was born in Nosbach, in the Rhine province. He studied at Basel and the Berlin Theological college. Frederic C. Howe, who became a municipal government expert under the tutelage of Tom Johnson, late mayor of Cleveland, has been appointed managing director of the People's institute, in New York city, to succeed the late Charles Sprague Smith. Dr. Veau, who has just been awarded the cross of the Legion of Honor and the gold medal of the Carnegie foundation, is surgeon of the Children's hospital in Paris. He contracted diphtheria in caring for children during the epidemic of 1911 and nearly lost his life. The Writers. John Muir, the author, was born in Scotland in 1838. He was educated in Scotland and at the University of Wisconsin and has honorary degrees from Harvard and Yale. Miss Harriet Quimby, the American aviator, who recently crossed the English channel in an aeroplane, is a magazine writer by profession and has been attached to the staffs of several New York publications. Lord Morley, who had undertaken the task of editing the letters of George Meredith, has reluctantly been obliged to give it up because of the pressure of public duties, and the work is to be done by members of the family. Israel Zangwill, the writer, who is a strong supporter of woman suffrage, declares that the recent statement by Sir Almzoth Edward Wright, the famous scientist, attacking woman's administrative capacity, is "a mass of disgusting prejudice." English Etchings. H. M. S. Queen Mary, England's largest warship, cost £2,000,000 to build. Sunday target shooting in the British army ranges is permitted in the London district except during morning church hours. Sovereigns to the number of 30,041,328 were coined by the British mint last year, an increase of approximately 800,000 over the year previous. As a result of the window smashing tactics of the London suffragettes every visitor to Hampton Court palace carrying a muff is required to leave it with an attendant before entering the state apartments. Flippant Flings. Lillian Russell says "scrubbing will not do a dark neck any good." Ever tried sandpaper?—Minneapolis Journal. An English food expert says that the annoying sparrows are delicous served on toast. Now for mosquitoes augratin—Boston Herald. Be careful about your twenty dollar bills. Some counterfeiters are in circulation. Look over your roll every night—Philadelphia Inquirer. An authors' union may not be practicable, but those who send manuscripts to magazines ought at least to be eligible to the waiters' union.—New York Mail. The Royal Box. The sultan of Turkey is one of the most enthusiastic chess players in Europe. He will play the game for hours without intermission. Prince Mohammed Ali Pasha, a brother of the khelive of Egypt, is expected to spend two months this summer in Newport. He will arrive in July, accompanied by his suit. The Duke of the Abruzzi has had some thrilling escapes. He has been shot over a precipe while motoring and has listened to the ribs of his ship cracking in the Arctic pack ice. Bunched Hits. Germany is now said to be taking up baseball, but is the language fitted for it?—Detroit Free Press. The club owners can discipline any rough tactics by their teams, but with the spectators remains the enforcement of unwritten laws of good sportsmanship.—Richmond Times-Dispatch. In a Boston game a legless ball player batted a home run and a one armed man ran the bases for him. Some of the crippled nines might introduce a pairing system.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Aviation. During the past year one aviator was killed for every 62,000 miles flown. The French government now requires aviators to be licensed, to have their airplanes numbered and to carry signal lights at night and borne for use in fogs. The British government's plans for development of aviation contemplate the establishment of a central flying school on Salisbury plain, at which 179 pupils will be instructed annually, of whom fifteen are to be civilians. THE BANK OF NEW YORK JESSE BINGA BANKER S. E. Cor, State and 36th Place, Chicago 3 per cent allowed on Savings Ac Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per cent allowed on Savings Ac Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per owed on Savings Accounts t Vaults, $3.00 per Year 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estates for non-residents, including payment of taxes and locking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicago Real Estate. 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