The Broad Ax

One or Two Colored Men Who Borrowed $60.00 From a Prominent City Hall Politician and Never Paid It Back. SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO HAVE ANY OFFICIAL CONNECTION WITH THE MOVEMENT TO CELEBRATE THE FIETIETH ANNIVERSARY OF FREEDOM AMONG THE AFRO-AMERICANS RESIDING IN ILLINOIS IN 1915. THE EIGHT COMMISSIONERS TO BE APPOINTED SHOULD BE HONEST AND DECENT AFRO-AMERICANS. GOV. EDWARD F. DUNNE SIGNS THE PUBLIC UTILITIES BILL AND MAYOR CARTER H. HARRISON IS UP IN ARMS AGAINST HIM. THE HON. P. J. LUCEY, ATTORNEY-GENERAL, DECLARES THAT IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR WHITE AND COLORED PEOPLE TO BE BURIED IN THE SAME GEMETERIES IN ILLINOIS. Vol. XVIII. One or Two Who Borrow From a Pr Hall Poli Never Pair SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO WITH THE MOVEMENT TO GET SARY OF FREEDOM AMONG THE ILLINOIS IN 1915. THE EIGHT COMMISSIONERS TO B AND DECENT AFRO-AMERICA GOV. EDWARD F. DUNNE SIGNS MAYOR CARTER H. HARRISON THE HON. P. J. LUCEY, ATTORNE UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR WH BURIED IN THE SAME CEMET One or two Colored men who headed a touching committee that called on Mayor Carter H. Harrison some time ago with the view of requesting or commanding him to appoint one of their number a member of the Board of Education, and after promising them that he would do so, he gracefully side-stepped them at that time after the "man of destiny" had given them the marble heart as it were, one or two Colored men who were at that time and are at the present time living or getting by on their wits, borrowed $60 from a prominent city hall politician and so far they have never paid it back, and now that big politician starts on a dead run and locks himself up in a closet whenever he beholds the one or two Colored men making a beeline for his office. The one or two Colored men in question are ever ready to cuss and damn every decent and highly respectable Colored person who fails to act and think like unto themselves in relation to scheming to rake in a big roll of easy money. These one or two Colored men who have from time to time succeeded in touching several other politicians in this city for various sums of easy money and have never paid it back and as long as they are dishonest in this respect they should not be permitted to have any official connection whatever with the movement to celebrate the 50th anniversary of freedom among the Afro-Americans residing in Illinois in 1915, for if the one or two Colored men are permitted to have the slightest official connection with the movement they will consider it a great honor to be placed in a position where they will be amply able to rob both the living and the dead at the same time. Some of the friends of those one or two Colored men who are running or racing after any kind of political crumbs which may happen to fall into their wide-open mouths who are hungry NOTHING DOING The Appellate Court this week reversed the decision of the lower court in the case of Miss Elizabeth B. Slaughter, appellee, va. Eudora Johnson, new Mrs. Jesse Binga, appellant. In handing down the decision, Judges Emery C. Graves, James S. Baume and Warren W. Duncan went on to state that "The 1.2-3 instruction given at the instance of the plaintiff (Miss E. B. Slaughter) are subject to the criticism that they practically restrict deft proof in support of her plea of justification to the times above stated. If the record was otherwise free from error, the amount awarded by the jury as damages is so grossly excessive, as to necessitate a reversal of the judgment. The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded." Judge Charles M. Walker attempted to try the case and Col. Edward H. Morris, the ex-boss attorney for the "Gamblers' Trust," assisted him to fill the record full of errors and the result was that both of them were severely jolted in their necks by the judges of the Appellate Court. HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY unto death claim that it is just the thing—that it is fair and just for at least five of the commissioners to be White as the bill provides; that idea is in accordance with the one or two Colored men who delight to brand those as s. bs who may happen to differ with them, for on many occasions these one or two Colored men have exclaimed, "To h-l with the Niggers as long as we can get an easy job for the next two or three years and beat the people residing in Illinois, both White and Black, out of some money." The eight commissioners to be appointed by Governor Edward F. Dunne should be honest and decent Afro-Americans, for Governor William Sulzer of New York selected all Colored commissioners and they are the very highest type of Afro-Americans residing in that state—most of them being taxpayers and none of them can be classed with the dishonest dead beats. Governor Tener of Pennsylvania also selected all Colored commissioners and if there are not eight or nine Afro-Americans in this state who are not sufficiently advanced in civilization nor qualified to serve as commissioners and manage their own affairs in that respect, without having White gentlemen standing over them and bossing them like unto the old slavery days, then they should not attempt to celebrate their freedom and progress in 1915. Governor Edward F. Dunne has signed the Public Utilities Bill and it may prove to be a good thing for Chicago after all that is said and done, but Mayor Carter H. Harrison is up in arms against him for doing so because it fails to provide home rule for Chicago. The Hon. P. J. Lucey, Attorney-General of Illinois, declares that in his wise opinion it is unconstitutional for White and Colored people to be buried in the same cemeteries in Illinois. Some day if he lives long enough he may learn otherwise. MR. AND MRS. FRANK B. WARING PLEASANTLY CELEBRATED THEIR 12th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY As an Evidence of Their Popularity They Received Many Tokens of Friendship. Last Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Waring, 4529 Vincennes avenue, celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary and although the weather was extremely hot, hosts of their friends braved it and attended the reception which was held from 7 to 11 p. m. CHICAGO, JULY 5. 1913 1910 [Name] HON. WILLIAM L. O'CONNELL Treasurer of Cook County, prominent politician and one of the big leaders of the Democratic party, who may become chairmen of the Public Utilities Commission of Illinois. table was artistically decorated in yellow. The anniversary was linen and as an evidence of their popularity, Mr. and Mrs. Waring received a great assortment of the finest presents imaginable in that direction, at the same time receiving the hearty congratulations of their friends far and near. ing down any position which the White man does not need, provided the Negro understands that the White man is entitled to every available job in every line of work. The south handles its problems in its own way and there the "downtrodden" Black seems really contended with the fact that no protest ever is NEGRO CHAUFFEURS NO LONGEE DESRED. New York Garages Refuse to House Cars Driven by Colored Men—To Lose Keep of Other Cars is Protest Things Growing Darker for Negro. Organized Labor is Operating Against Him at Every Turn in the North—New York Paper Points Out the Difference Between North and South in Dealing with the Black Man. Negro chauffeurs no longer are permitted within the petrol-favored precincts of many of the best garages of New York and each day sees accessions to the list of these auto-storage places where the brother in Black is not wanted. The chauffeur may be only a quadroon, an octooon even, but standing firmly by the adage "a Nigger is a Nigger even if you whitewash him" the garage proprietors refuse sanctuary to the machine he drives. Whether the White chauffeurs are banded together in league against the Black is not clear, but certain it is that garage proprietors are daily inviting auto owners with Negro chauffeurs to store their machines elsewhere. "If I keep your machine," one auto-owner was informed, "I shall lose six or eight now stored here. It's a business matter with me." Really things are coming to a pretty pass here in the North. New York city's Negro population is growing steadily, and as fast as he is driven from one occupation the black is entering those fields which, either because they are new or because hitherto they have been occupied entirely by Whites, have not yet been closed to him. From the housebuilding trades and the mechanical fields he is largely excluded. The chauffeur is a development of the past ten years and it is only lately that he has become a factor. Office work thus far is limited to office boy and messenger service, but if this thing keeps up he will develop into a bookkeeper, office manager or corporation director, while his sister will be seeking employment as a hello girl or stonographer. But the sense of justice so strongly characteristic of the White brother in this neck of the woods will soon see to it that the Negro wins the privilege of hold. ```markdown ``` ing down any position which the White man does not need, provided the Negro understands that the White man is entitled to every available job in every line of work. The south handles its problems in its own way and there the "downtrodden" Black seems really contended with the fact that no protest ever is made that he is invading the White man's fields. He keeps to his own, but the southern White man has arranged matters so that there is work for every Negro who will work. The housebuilding trades, the mechanical fields, and occupations of many kinds are open to him, while the fact that socially and otherwise he is kept apart has developed a large and growing field of financial and commercial endeavor in which the better minds and hands find profitable employment. The Negro banker, real estate operator, retailer, lawyer, physician, dentist and publisher are found in every southern town, and a Negro board of trade can usually be found doing its part in the promotion of community interests. But then, everybody knows that the south mistreats its Negroes while the north calls him "mister" and sympathizes—New York Commercial, June 28, 1913. THE FORTH COMING NATIONAL BARTET CONVENTION Nashville, Tenn., June 27, 1913.—Unlike most religious efforts to show the growth of their denominations, the National Baptist Convention, which is to hold its annual session in this city, September 17th to the 22nd, plans to have a "Jubilee Celebration" in connection with the convention. The entire affair will be under the auspices of the Negro Baptists of the United States. Continued and careful preparations on the part of the local committee of this city, indicates an unflux of about twenty-five thousand visitors. Doctor E. C. Morris D. D. President of the Convention, when in the city a few weeks ago, stated that the official name of the occasion would be "Fifty years of Freedom". Unique in details and plans for the carrying out of the "Religious Jubilee" and "Celebration" will be its broadness inscope, while it will be held in different parts of the same city. The National Baptist Convention proper, will be held at the Auditorium, while the Exposition will take place at one of the celebrated parks of Nashville, so as to offer an opportunity for every member of the race to take in the "Fifty years of Jubilee". Commissioners from every state in the union are busy at work, collecting exhibits from every section forwarding them to Nashville, that they may be arranged in such a way as to display (2023) John Arthur Johnson the Heavyweight Prize Fighter of the World Has Lit Out for Europe by Way of Montreal, Canada HE WILL NOT RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES FOR MANY YEARS. HE AND SAM McVEAY WILL OPEN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR BUFFET AND CAFE IN PARIS, FRANCE. IT WILL BE RUN ON THE AMERICAN PLAN AND JACK JOHNSON WILL BE THE GREAT DRAWING CARD. MRS. LUCILE CAMERON-JOHNSON HAS WITHIN THE LAST THREE MONTHS ORDERED A DOZEN NEW GOWNS FROM BLUM'S ON MICHIGAN AVENUE. EACH COSTING FROM $300 TO $5,000, AND SHE WILL CUT A WIDE SWATH IN PARIS SOCIETY. Last Thursday evening, after carefully planning and scheming for more than three weeks, John Arthur Johnson, the heavy-weight champion prize fighter of the world, while all the federal authorities were fast asleep at this point, quietly made his "get away." He was accompanied by his loving wife, Mrs. Lucile Cameron-Johnson. They were bound for Havre, France. He well knew what he was talking about when he loudly boasted several weeks ago that he was willing to bet $10 on up to $1,000 that he would never serve one day in jail for running up against the Mann white slave act. Shortly after arriving in Paris he and Sam McVeay will open up a buffet and cafe in the French capital and it will cost one hundred thousand dollars. It will be run on the American plan and they will rake in the money right They had secured through tickets to that point by way of Montreal, Canada. On arriving at that point the federal authorities here sought to have the Canadian authorities to intercept or arrest him as an "undesirable citizen" and throw him back on the American side of the dividing line so that he could be nabbed by a federal officer who was to be stationed there to arrest him and return with him to Chicago. This part of the scheme or plan was not entered into by the Canadian authorities and on Saturday morning Mr. and Mrs. Johnson boarded the Allan Line steamer Corinthian. A Canadian detective accompanied them as far as Quebec to make sure that they would not tarry long on Canadian soil, and the best joke of the whole affair is that Johnson promised the Canadian authorities that he would willingly and cheerfully return to Chicago in time to answer present when his case is called in the United States Court of Appeals this coming October. In the meantime or prior to his flight Mr. Johnson had his four autos secretly shipped to Havre, France, and from there they will be transported on to Paris. It will be many moons before Mr. and Mrs. Johnson will again race up and down State street in his big, fast touring car, as he cannot be extradited from any country in the world for violating the Mann white slave act, and when his case is called his bond for $15,000 will be forfeited. actual growth and real development. Headquarters for the Publicity Bureau have been opened, together with committees for the different departments of exhibits have been arranged and selected. From the way the citizens of Nashville are working, it is assured that the entire arrangement guarantees a complete and successful Exposition. No. 40 OUR JOHNSON HWEIGHT PRIZE of the World out for Europe of Montreal, UNITED STATES FOR MANY YEARS. OPEN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, FRANCE. MAN PLAN AND JACK JOHNSON WILL ORD. N HAS WITHIN THE LAST THREE NEW GOWNS FROM BLUM'S ON ,000, AND SHE WILL CUT A WIDE He well knew what he was talking about when he loudly boasted several weeks ago that he was willing to bet $10 on up to $1,000 that he would never serve one day in jail for running up against the Mann white slave act. Shortly after arriving in Paris he and Sam McVeay will open up a buffet and cafe in the French capital and it will cost one hundred thousand dollars. It will be run on the American plan and they will rake in the money right and left and Jack Johnson will be the great drawing card. Within the next few months or year he will pull off several successful big prize fights and clean up a hundred thousand dollars and recover his lost fortune which his warm White friends relieved him of for he would not permit any Colored man or Colored woman to touch him for more than 25 cents. Mrs. Lucile Cameron-Johnson, who served one month in jail for her love for Mr. Johnson and beat at least one or two other White ladies from making a home run to him for his money, has within the past three months ordered a dozen fine new gowns from Blum's on Michigan avenue, each one costing from $300 to $5,000, and with her other expensive finery, including her costly diamonds and her private auto which cost four thousand dollars, she will cut a wide swath in Paris society. Since leaving Chicago Mr. Johnson has bitterly complained that he did not have a fair trial, that he was not treated right. If this is true he has no one to blame but himself, for the Colored people did not mistreat him even after he had renounced all allegiance to them. He had no use for them unless he could use them as a football, for all of his associates, both men and women, were White, and it was they and not the Colored people who stabbed him in the back, stripped him of his wealth, branded him as a criminal and caused him to become a fugitive from justice. The Rev. A. J. Carey, Ph.D., D.D., Chicago. Senator John Daily, Peoria, Representative Medill McCormick, Chicago. Major Ford has charge of the national dead grounds at Riverton, and so far he has not been accused of doing one thing for the elevation of the Colored people residing in Illinois.—Editor. Miss Grace Marie Walker of Denver, Colo., who is one of the most highly accomplished society queens of that city, will on September 15, become united in marriage to Mr. C. Creighton Thompson of this city. Mrs. Walker will accompany her daughter to this city and attend the fashionable wedding; they will spend their honeymoon near Benton Harbor, Mich., and after that they will reside in Chicago. THE BROAD AX Will promulgate and at all times unhole the true principles of Democracy, but Ostheilen, Protestants, Friars, Ladsides, can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newpaper whose platform is broad enough for all, even claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year ..... $3.66 Six Months ..... 1.88 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 8887 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Battered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 18. Illinois under Act of March 6. HEALTH NOTES. As certain kinds of food make more heat in the body than others, it follows that in hot weather we should eat most largely of the fruits and vegetables and very sparingly of the fats and pastries. --- How many parents in this big town are doing the best they can to train and educate their children so that when they are grown up they will be, free from the physical, moral and mental standpoint, better men and women than their fathers and mothers were? --- The idea of a sane and therefore safe, Fourth of July has happily taken the place of the old idea that to properly celebrate our Independence Day we had to make as much ear-splitting noise as possible and incidentally kill and main a lot of human beings. Of course the boys will miss the noise and racket, but they will be better off for all that. There will be an absence of hurts and injuries to life and limb that will more than compensate for the loss of the enjoyment with the deadly toy pistol, the giant fire crackers and all the other instruments of danger and destruction with which we used to make the "glorious fourth" a day of terror and torment rather than one of sane, safe and joyous celebration. We have talked about a lot of things: of flies and summer heat, of dirty milk and vacant lots and things you should not eat. About fresh air and outdoor life, of field and park and wood, and many other things that we believed would do you good. But there's one thing yet we left unsaid; and that's why we want to say, be careful how you spend your time on Independence Day. Yes, things have changed since we were boys, for then we thought to make a noise was, in fact, the only way to honor well our Natal Day. So that was why with bang and screech, with roar and shout and fervid speech, we started out in morning bright, and whooped her up till, late at night, went to bed all tired out, and nearly dead. But people now have learned some sense; they dread the noise and the big expense; and wisely think the new way best to make it a day of peace and rest. --- Despite the dry weather we have been having in Chicago there has been pretty generally throughout the city an unusually plantiful and annoying supply of mosquitoes. In view of the fact that the little pests are most numerous in well drained localities and where there are no ponds or pools or stagnant surface water, the question is "Where do the mosquitoes come from?" The answer is, "From the catch basins in the street." It has been found that in dry weather there are more mosquitoes in a town or city with sewered streets than in the country or unsewered suburbs. Then a little investigation disclosed the further fact that the water standing in the street catch basins furnished ideal breeding places for mosquitoes. If catch basins be treated with kerosene, say a pint to each basin after each rain, the mosquitoes will soon disappear. This plan has been tried in some cities and found to be effective. WILLIAM ANTHONY GILCHRIST WILL STUDY FOR THE PRIEST- HOOD. William Anthony Gilchrist, a poor Colored orphan, 19 years old, who graduated from Holy Epiphany school for Colored people at Leavenworth, Kansas, last week will enter a seminary to study for the Catholic Priest- hood; after his ordination he expects to be assigned to work among the Colored people in the southern states. THE NEGEO NEWSPAPER. One of the reasons given by the average persons for not supporting Negro papers and journals is that they do not compare favorably with the papers of the White. Now if these two reasons were true, (which we seriously doubt) there is but one way to remedy them and that way is for the members of the race to support these papers and periodicals in every way, for as the common expression goes. "Believe me," it takes money, to run a newspaper or periodical of any kind. It takes study to educate people up to the standard where they should be, and it takes courage for these instruments to fight the battles of the people; you doubtless, do not realize that nearly all Negro newspapers are running at a financial loss and those who operate them are making great sacrifices of time, talent and money to fight for the causes that are dear to them. This should not be, for every member of the race owes it to themselves first, its people next, and the community third to have a medium through which they can discuss and endeavor to contend for what is best, as they see it, for the causes they believe to be right and as a race this then can only be done through the columns of Negro newspapers and periodicals, therefore you ought to support these papers. These periodicals are not what some people think, an easy method of obtaining money for easy work. For there is nothing easy about this kind of work, but there is plenty of work and little money in the work for Negro newspaper men. But they feel the necessity of having mouth-pieces in every community which will contend for justice for their people and the causes they champion. These causes can and will be helped in proportion to the number of readers of the periodicals published. Negro newspapers are in the reach of all, for at a cost of less than 3 cents a week, you will pay your subscription for them and this sum from a few thousand Negroes will build a paper that will do the race more good than all the preaching, begging, and pleading can do, as it will cover all of this ground through its columns. Then when you shall have in your community a good, strong, reliable newspaper, you have a medium through which you can speak and be heard by all. You may well argue that these papers are not strong and we will agree that they are not what they should be, but in their defense let us tell you that they are doing yeoman service for the race, and with the assistance of the people they will become indispensable to its progress. You may ask how can you assist Negro newspapers? Well, first, by subscribing, paying for, and sending in the important news of your community. Second, by getting others to subscribe for the paper, by being a booster for it and third, by helping the paper build up its advertising department. The third method is one that is completely overlooked by our people, yet it is the most important of the three (from a financial standpoint). Some of you little realize that if, as many as half a dozen readers of these periodicals would go to the merchants who advertise in them and let him know that you come to his store because you saw his advertisement in this paper, that it would be easy for our agents to get more "als" at better prices and that will enable them to get in more news for our readers. Few persons who have the ability to so, can afford to devote their time to this or any other kind of work without being paid a fair salary for their services, thus our inability to secure all the news we would desire. The main purpose of Negro newspapers should be to cover that field of publication that will encourage, inspire and work to bring to the front the best in our race, a field scarcely mentioned by the periodicals published by White people; to contend as do others for what is justly due our race, and to submit arguments that will, when backed by facts and united efforts prove to be great helpers to our people.—The Wide Awake, Birmingham, Ala. FOREST NOTES. FOREST NOTES. The officials of the Yosemite National Park are co-operating with the forest officers of the Stanislaus and Sierra national forests for fire prevention and control in both the park and the forests. The leading forest schools of the country not only have their own forest tracts for continuous experiments, but give their students actual experience in the woods by having them take part in big lumbering operations. The Balkan War has brought about a rise in certain lumber prices in Europe because of the big demand for wood for ammunition boxes. FAKE CONSUMPTION CURES MAKE MILLIONS OF PROFIT. Over 500 fraudulent remedies cheat people out of $15,000,000 annually. Within the last five years, no less than 500 fraudulent "eures" for consumption have been tried upon thousands of victims in the United States, and the exploiters of these nostrums have reaped a clear profit of not less than $50,000,000. This is an estimate made by The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis in a bulletin issued to-day. The National Association estimates that not less than $20,000,000 is invested in the business of manufacturing and exploiting fake cures for tuberculosis, and that the annual income from these concerns and individuals is $15,000,000. About one-third of this amount is spent for advertising, leaving a profit of $10,000,000 a year, which is "blood money" taken from ignorant consumptives. Three kinds of consumption cure frauds are distinguished by the Association, the first being the "institute" fraud, where a pseudo-hospital or dispensary is established and the wily "doctor" or "professor" administers "treatments" at so much per head. These concerns also carry on a mail order business with great profit. The second group of cures contains over a hundred different kinds of drugs and "patent" devices, any of which may be purchased at a drug store. Usually the consumptive is charged from $1.00 to $5.00 for these and the institute "cures," when he could make them up himself in exactly the same form for from one to five cents. The third group of "cures" includes home-made remedies, which certain self deluded individuals believe will cure tuberculosis. Among them are such things as onions, lemons, coal smoke, pig's blood, alcohol, dog oil, teas of various kinds, and a variety of diets, including goat's meat, clabbered milk and a score of other articles. These are not usually advertised for profit, but are usually given publicity in various ways. The consumptive is the most hopeful individual in existence when the question of a cure is suggested. The National Association has stated that no specific cure for tuberculosis has been discovered, except the well-tried hygienic-dietetic method of fresh air, rest and good food. "HOME COMING" Prof. N. Clark Smith and the Tuskegee Band Mid-Summer Musical Festival and Dance, 7th Regiment Armory, 34th St. and Wentworth Ave., Thursday Evening, July 17th. Prof. N. Clark Smith to be Warmly Welcome to Home City Musical Festival at 7th Regiment Armory, July 17th. Concert 8:30 to 10:00 p. m. Grand march 10:15. Daneing 10:30 to 1 a. m. Prof. N. Clark Smith and his famous Tuskegee Band will be in this city July 17th at the Seventh Regiment Armory. There are sixty trained musicians in the band which is now traveling in nine states in the south and west. Captain Smith will be given a "Home Coming" when he reaches Chicago and he will give the people of this city a "Musical Festival." A committee composed of Dr. George Cleveland Hall, chairman; Col. John R. Marshall, reception; Mrs. Charles S. Washington, ladies; Miss Essie Arnold, young ladies; and Cary B. Lewis, promoter, are working to make the function the grandest ever held in Chicago. A general committee of a thousand will be asked this week to help honor Prof. Smith on the night of July 17. Among the out-of-town visitors will be Miss Edith Jones, Columbus; Mrs. Hattie Curtis Hall, Boston; Miss Jessie Faucett, Philadelphia; Miss Georgia A. Lattimore, Louisville; Mrs. Alice Kemp Harris, Brooklyn; Miss Mayne Burgett, Milwaukee; Miss Jennie Noel, Nashville; Mrs. Mayne Stone Roman, Shelbyville, Ky.; Mrs. Jessie Gillispee, Atlants, Mrs. Harry S. Cummings, Baltimore; Mrs. Walter Johnson, Detroit; Miss Josephine W. Conway, Peoria, Ill.; Mrs. Josephine Prescott, New Orleans; Mrs. Sophia Garner, Macon, Ga.; Miss Theresa Lee, Boston; Miss Lucy C. Wright, South Bound, Ind; and Miss Susie A. Brent, Quincy, Ill, and others. The Eighth Regiment band, of which Mr. Smith was director, has been invited to be an escort of the Tuskegee band on the evening of the festival and dance. Col John R. Marshall has invited every member of the Eighth Regiment to be present and Dr. Hall has invited every physician to be a committee. Mr. Jesse Binga will be asked to invite every business man in Chicago. Attorney Franklin A. Denison of the lawyers' committee will urge the lawyers to be present and Mr. Joe Schoecraft to form a committee among the theatrical men to do honor to Prof. N. Clark Smith and the band that will be here July 17.—Adv. SHEEP GO FOUR MONTHS WITH OUT WATER. Washington, June 30.—Sheep on the Nebo national forest, Utah, go four and a half months without water except for such moisture as they get from the dew and the juices of foliage plants. Grazing sheep on a range entirely destitute of water is a recent innovation due to the increasing demand for forage and the efforts of the forest officers to find a place on the forest ranges for all the stock that can safely be admitted. The area on the Nebo which has now proved usable by sheep is high and rocky, a portion of it being above timber line, and it has neither springs nor streams of sufficient size or accessibility to be used for stock watering purposes. The grazing season lasts from June 15 to October 31, and during this period of four and a half months the animals do not get a drink. Under such conditions, however, the sheep have done extremely well, and last year's lambs from this range had an average weight at the close of the season of 68 pounds on the Chicago market, which was rather above the normal weight from that vicinity. In one area on the Targhee Forest in Idaho sheep get water only twice during the four-months summer grazing season. There is no water on the range, but the sheep are driven to a near-by stream lower down the mountain side. Lambs from this range weighed 65 pounds on the Chicago market. GRAND MILITARY PAGEANT BAR BECUE AND MOONLIGHT PICS NIC Thursday, July 10th from 12 noon to midnight, the 1st Battalion 12th Regiment Patriarchy of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows, will give a Grand Military Pageant-Barbecue and moonlight picnic at the American Giants Base Ball Park, 39th and Wentworth Ave. One of the most interesting features will be an exhibition drill between the Knight Templars, K. P's and Patriarchy; the Boy Scouts will have charge of the program. If the weather is fine the Base Ball grounds will be crowded by those who will want to enjoy the good eating. Witness the fine drilling and join in the other amusements.—Adv. ENJOINS NEGRO "ELKS" FROM USE OF NAME. Dayton Court Rules They Infringed on White Men's Order. Dayton, O., July 1.—The Negro order of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World is forever enjoined from the use in Ohio of the name Elks and from using the insignia, emblems and symbols of the White men's order known as the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America by the terms of a decision announced to-day by Judge Resinger in injunction proceedings instituted by the White men's order here in August last. Judge Resinger held that the action of the organization constituted an infringement. FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS NEW MEMBERS CAN JOIN THE AP- POMATTOX CLUB FOR $5.00. From on and after this date or until July 7 new members can under a special dispensation join the Appomattox Club for five dollars, and the dues thereafter will only be one dollar per month. Attorney Walter M. Farmer, 184 West Washington street, left Thursday evening for St. Louis, Mo., where he will remain until Monday morning, July 7th. The late Mrs. Walter M. Farmer, has arrived in the city from her southern home away down in Alabama, she will rent her fine home on Langley Ave. and later on return to the south to roside. Mrs. Hattie Curtis-Hall of Boston, Mass., and her little son are in the city stopping with her mother, Mrs. Curtis, 6618 Vernon ave., she will visit here with her many friends for about one month. FINE ELEVEN BOOM HOUSE FOR SALE REASONABLE PRICE. For Sale—On the North Side, cheap, eleven room house, barn, lot 48 x 125. For information call Phone Ravenswood 4698. Buccaneers. A "buccaneer" originally merrit a man who used a "buccan," or frame for drying and smoking meat and so preening it for long voyages. Wiremaking. Wire was originally made by hammering, but is now produced by means of powerful machinery which draws the heated metal through a series of holes of gradually diminishing size. The first wire mill in England was set up at Mortlake in 1683. Enormous quantities of wire of differing grades and sizes are now used, ranging from a thickness difficult to bend to the finest thread. Mending Felt. Breaks in stiff felt frequently may be mended by holding under them a lighted match, the heat causing the shellac used for stiffening, to melt and run together. A. Kitchen Range Hint 'A flatiron stand will be found useful on the range to keep the contents of a saucepan warm without danger of burning. It is also useful when one desires food to simmer. There is then no fear of sticking or burning on a hot stove. Siam's Petroleum Petroleum is obtained from the earth in Siam by the natives digging pits about sixty feet deep and dipping it out with pails. Lilies of the Valley. The cultivation of lilies of the valley is one of the oldest branches of commercial horticulture in Germany, and since about 1850 shipments of the crowns, or "plips" as they are called, have been made to the United States in increasing quantities. The First Silk: The first silk was made 2600 B. C. by the wife of a Chinese emperor. Aristotle in 350 first mentions silk among the Greeks. Corneau's Unconventionality Carpetau's Unconventionality, the sculptor Carpeau was always a bohemian and generally absentminded. Invited once to the Tulleries by Emperor Napoleon III. and the Empress Eugenie, he pulled out his pipe after dinner, filled it and, discovering that he had no matches, took a scrap of paper, climbed on a chair and lighted the pipe from the great chandelier above the table. "You don't mind smoking, do you, ma'am?" he said to the empress. San Domingo's Showers San Domingo has an average rainfall of 108 inches. The Fleur-de-lis. Almost every country has its national flower. It was not till the reign of Henry VI. however, that England's came to be the rose. France is the only European country upon whose arms a flower appears. The fleur-de-lis is really three illies. Straw Men of Korea On the last day of each year the Korean throws out of the house a straw image of a man, which is said to carry sins and bad luck with it. Mount Apo. The highest mountain in the Philippines is Mount Apo, on the island of Mindanao, according to a statement by the United States geological survey. The height of this mountain above sea level is given in the Encyclopedia Britannica to 10.312 feet. A Well Lighted Stage The stage lights of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York number over 2,000. There are 700 white lights and 468 each of blue, red and amber. Sponges. Nothing is known of the food of sponges. It is taken in through the canal system and in a finely divided state, but of what it consists is an unanswered question. Sponges are said to have few natural enemies. The rate of growth under natural, undisturbed conditions is also a matter of uncertainty, but it is estimated that the average six inch sponge is probably four years old. Gold and Silver Weddings From Germany we get the custom of celebrating gold and silver weddings. Pidain English. "Pussy he belong housey," in pidgin English means a cat. "Pussy he belong bush," a hare. A servant trying to explain "pins and needles" in his legs described it this way. "That leg belong me he all same make like soda water." Mammoth Cave Mammoth cave breathes once a year. That is to say, in summer, when the temperature of the external air is above that of the cave, the current sets from the latter to the former. In fact, the cave is the entire summer making an expiration. On the other hand, when the order is reversed or the outer atmosphere is below 54 degrees, the cave makes an inspiration or draws in its breath. This is accomplished during the winter. Glowworms, like ants, are very sensitive to vibration, and when approaching them in the grass one must not tread heavily or they will extinguish their light and thus be lost to view. The Ole Swimmin' Hole. The "ole swimmin' hole," immortalized by James Whitcomb Riley, was in Hancock county, Ind. a particular part of Brandywine creek. "Real Dressy." An associated charity worker making a visit to a poor mountain woman in a southern town observed that her three small children wore spectacles. "It's a pity that they all have trouble with their eyes, isn't it?" she remarked sympathetically to the mother. "There ain't nothin' the matter with their eyes, 'm." "Then why on earth do you disfigure them with glasses?" asked the visitor in wonderment. The woman bridled. "Why, I thinks they looks lovely." she said. "I like them on little children. I think they're real dressy." Harper's Bazar. To a Gardener. To a Gardener. They say you rise at four o'clock And charge upon the weeds. Of sleep 'tis said you make a mock- That weeds. I never can rise while it 'tis dark And spade to music of the lark. They say you have a wondrous knack At making seeds to sprout. For me the radishes hold back. The onions ne'er come out. I plant them nicely, row on row. But somehow not a thing will grow. They say yours is a model yard, By gardeners esteemed. But from such pleasures I am barred. Though of them I've dreamed. I ne'er could master--that I know-- That complicated thing, the hot! -Denver Republican Hia Reasons. "Sambo," said the owner of a country place to his gardener, "concerning that tree I wanted you to cut down, my wife thinks it had better be allowed to stand." "Well, Ah think it ought ter come down, Massa Brown," was the reply. "What are your reasons for thinking so, Sambo?" "Well, sah, de first reason am dat de tree done keep de light off de greenhouse, de secon' reason am dat it's gettin' old, and de third reason am dat Ah cut it down las' night."—Exchange The Exit of the Oyster. Companion of the midnight hour, We hailed thee with delight Where mirth and music filled the air And smiles and gems were bright. The evening spent upon Broadway With sweetheart or with friend Was never yet complete without Thy presence at the end. A cordial greeting thou hast met At every function swell. But now the time is surely here When we must say farewell. Plump comrade of the amber draft, Adieu, but pray remember We'll all be here to welcome thee The first of next September! -Minna Irving in Leslie's. Models Inexpensive Anyway. Artist—I wish, my dear, that you would order some kindling wood and shingles this morning. His Wife—What in the world do you want kindling wood and shingles for? Artist—I'm going in for cubism, and I want to construct a model—Boston Transcript. Yesterday and Today. We hear no more of the moss grown well. Once praised in glowing terms, For the moss grown well, as it befall, Disseminated germs. The oaken bucket has gone its way. It was our father's pride. But in that pall, so runs the tale, Fell microbes used to hide. There's little romance left on earth. As rimesters oft avow. No more we sing of the forest spring; We boll our water now. —Kansas City Journal "When men with itching palms have to scratch for a living." — Baltimore American. Money. Money won't buy happiness Or ease an aching heart. It will not bring the sunbeams back If ever they depart. It will not drive the rain away Or make a sad day gladdome Nor chronic indigestion cure. But still I wish I had some. —Detroit Free Press. FLATS TO RENT S. Richardson, Real Estate, Loans and Insurance, 160 N. 5th Ave., Room 506, near Randolph St., phone Main 2133, Automati. 33-201, has the following flats to rent: 2410 La Salle St., 5 rooms $12. 2720 Dearborn St., 7 rooms $19. 3002 Armour Ave., 5 rooms $14. 3741 La Salle St., 5 rooms $18. 5521 Shields Ave., 5 rooms $18. FOR RENT. Desk Room for business purposes in branch law office of W. G. Anderson & L. A. Newby, 35th and State St. N. W. corner. PROGRESS IN EDUCATION. Agricultural College In Normal Closure Two Students Win Prizes Normal, Ala. — The thirty-eighth annual commencement of the Agricultural and Mechanical college in this town, of which Walter S. Buchanan is president, has closed what is to all intents and purposes the record breaking year in the history of that famous institution. After four years of his administration young Walter S. Buchanan is able to present Normal to the public in much of its same glory and popularity it enjoyed in the best days of its founder, the well known William H. Councilill. Although this young educator found the plant in a much run down condition after the death of his distinguished predecessor he has been able to add many facilities and improvements, to erect four buildings in four years and to re-establish the institution on much of its former basis Fifteen young people received diplomas from the normal or academic department and eighteen from the various trade divisions. All of the graduating exercises centered in a discussion of the rural school, each speaker from the salutatorian to the valedictorian taking part in the symposium of the subject. Increased interest in rural school education for Negroes was heightened by the fact that every subject was illustrated by actual demonstration. "Plans For the Rural School" was the subject of the salutatory presented by Joseph W. Falls, who exhibited a model school-house containing a cooking room, a sewing room and two cloak rooms. Three other graduates, William Fennoy, James H. Herbert and James H. Hunter, demonstrated "Building a Schoolhouse," "Plastering a Schoolhouse" and "Painting a Schoolhouse" respectively, each doing the actual work before the audience. "Sewing In the Rural Schools" was undertaken by Rosalyn V. Harris, while Elias J. Murdock took for his subject "The School Farm as a Means of Extending the School Term." Rosa Belle Black, in demonstrating "Cooking In the Rural School," prepared an appetizing lunch for six at an itemized cost of 75 cents. On account of the inability of Rev. Richard Carroll to be present and deliver the annual address, Dr. Rev. R. S. Gavin, pastor of the First Baptist church (white) of Huntsville, spoke to the graduates and emphasized the importance of loyalty to self, to others and to their religious creeds. "No matter what your life's calling may be," said Dr. Gavin, "make up your mind that you are going to grasp every opportunity that comes your way." He commented upon the advantages of the kind of education given in a school like Normal, where young people are not only educated, but trained, and declared among other things: "The plan of the work proposed in this school is ideal. It is not possible to overestimate the value of an institution like this." The nurse training department of the school offers superior advantages to young women. It has comfortable quarters in the new Virginia McCormck hospital, of which Dr. W. L. Council is surgeon in chief. Dr. Wills E. Storrs delivered the annual address to the students of this department. The annual musicale was a splendid success. Mrs. Ida C. Buchanan presided. Editor O. W. Adams of the Birmingham Reporter delivered the address to the preparatory department. Prizes in the speaking contest were awarded to Dorsey E. Payne and Armola Whitfield. THRIETY BUSINESS CONCERN. National Benefit Association In Washington Has Rapid Growth. The National Benefit association at Washington, operating in six states, owning property valued at $200,000 and embracing a membership of 20,000, is doing a phenomenal work for the commercial uplift of the race. It began business fourteen years ago in a six dollar per month room. The association now owns the building in which it was then a humble tenant—a modern office building with twenty-seven finely appointed rooms, valued at about $50,000. After using much of the space for its own offices the association collects $1,800 per annum from its tenants. It has regularly employed in its home office twenty-seven clerks and stenographers, making with its army of field agents, etc., a total of 750 persons earning a good living through the National Benefit association. Long Island Baptist Summer School The Long Island (N. Y.) Baptist association held its summer session in the First Baptist church in Flushing, New York, week ending June 21. The association is composed of about seventy churches in Brooklyn and on Long Island. Among the speakers were many distinguished pastors who have had the oversight of the work for many years. One of the most helpful addresses was that of the Rev. Dr. William M. Moss, pastor of the Concord Baptist church in Brooklyn. Lucas In Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Mr. Clarence Edward Lucas, head bookkeeper at Howard university in Washington, has been made a member of the Beta chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Young Lucas is a law graduate of Howard. He was made a notary public during ex-President Taft's administration. Mr. Lucas is a graduate of the public and high schools of Brooklyn and is held in high esteem by the people of Brooklyn, who admire him for his ambition and manly bearing. Wealthy Indians In Oklahoma are 23,000 Choctaw Indians, worth about $5,000 per capita, which is claimed to be the largest per capita wealth of any group of people in the world. Sedan Chairs Sedan chairs were first used in England by the Duke of Buckingham during the reign of James I. The first chair aroused much indignation among the people, who said that men were being forced to do the work of beasts, but later on they became very fashionable. Pupil of the Eye. The pupil of the eye is a deep hole filled by a transparent lens and fitted with a most exquisite arrangement of muscles which widen it when the light is dim and narrow it in a strong glare. Sacred Cate. In Ptolemy's time any one who killed a cat was put to death. Earthquakes. There are five times as many earthquake shocks recorded on the Pacific coast of the United States as on the Atlantic coast. Columbia River Ages ago, scientists assert, before the melting of the Okanogan glacier in the state of Washington, the Columbia river made Niagara insignificant by comparison. It plunged from the upper to the lower valley in the Grand Coulee, a sheer fall of 400 feet. A Hot Knife. "A knife that cuts butter when it is hot" (and under no other circumstances) we sometimes meet with, and the reason of this is easily explained. Heat expands metal and in proportion to the amount of metal which is heated. There is more metal in the breadth of a blade than in its thickness, and the former therefore is expanded immensely more than the latter. In other words, the wedgellike shape is lengthened, and the tool becomes "sharp." Salmon as Jumpers At their best salmon can jump at least ten feet above the surface, a feet achieved by slapping the water with the powerful tail and flexing the body until the head and tail all but meet. Sea Anemones. Sea anemones will exist on water nourishment for four years. Stacks of Hay. A ton of newly stacked hay will occupy about 500 cubic feet; three months later it will haye settled to four-fifths that bulk. Military Ante In parts of South America there is a huge species of ant, looked upon as considerable of a pest, which really has in its midst a social and military discipline, a society in which strict order is preserved. Close observers of these creatures insist they have seen certain fractions ants penned up in holes and carefully guarded by watchful companions. And no one ant is allowed to kill another without having death inflicted upon him in turn. Smoking In Japan Nearly everybody smokes in Japan. The girls begin when they are ten years of age and the boys a year earlier. Soda Fountains. Authorities in the drug business calculate the number of soda fountains in use in the United States at not less than 75,000, and they are said to represent an investment of $50,000,000. The annual receipts of these supplies of soft drinks may reach $600,000,000. Belgian Convicts. Three-tenths of the earnings of a Belgian convict are given to him on the expiration of his term of imprisonment. Watch Works The watch hairspring was the invention of Dr. Robert Hooke, an Englishman, in 1658, and Hooke was also the first to use the lever escapement in 1666. The use of jewels for the bearings of the pivota was introduced about 1700, and the compensation balance was invented in 1767. "Cattle Unaccompanied by a Drover Are Forbidden to Cross This Bridge," runs the inscription on a notice board near Haarlem, Holland. Black Opals These are commonly the result of artificial coloring, but true black opals have been mined in New South Wales during the past nine years. The output was at first very small, but for a few years amounted to 30,000 or 40,000 per annum. At present they have become extremely rare, scarcely any having been found during the last nine months. Rafts. Bafax were used by nearly all the nations of antiquity. Herodotus, the father of history, tells us that they were in use in ancient Chaldea. About the best way rice can be cooked is to boll it for twenty minutes in two and a half times its bulk of water. If covered with a piece of cheesecloth it will keep warm for an hour. At the same time the rice will not only be tender and sweet, but will have retained a good share of whatever nutriment it originally possessed. Bill--You say you got caught in a shower? Jill--I certainly did. "Didn't you have any umbrella?" "Sure. It was the fellow who owned the umbrella that caught me."--Yonkers Statesman. If money could talk you would hear the world holer. The tales coin could tell would make most of us glum. And we'd stop to think where we spent every dollar. It saves lots of trouble to have money dumb. —Cincinnati Enquirer. "How did he raise the wind?" "Well, he had a fine air to start with, so he just blustered a bit and blew about his prospects."--Judge. Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods there be I at least did well at the fourteenth hole. —Chicago Inter Ocean. "I don't know what it is," gushed the animal lover, "but there is something about cats that sort of takes hold of me." "Oh," said his matter of fact friend, "Fil bet it's fleas."—Fun. It used to make a man enthuse If he could keep the habe in shoes. But modern mankind but aspires To keep a motorcar in tires. —Louisville Courier-Journal. Enthusiast—Oh, don't you love a good play? Modern Girl—Yes, indeed. It adds so much to the scenic effect and costumes. —Life. The old basket picnic Is with us again. The day it is planned for I hope it will rain. —Detroit Free Press. "Dearest, I told your father I meant to prove my love for you not by words, but by deeds." "What did he say, George?" "He asked me if they were title deeds."—Baltimore American. The newest freak of fashion, The latest fad in dress, May rouse some angry passion Or cause more man distress; It may arouse his laughter Or move his tongue to scorn. But women follow after The fad—and it is worn. —Cincinnati Post. Mrs. Angus—She has a terrible time training Henry in the polite language of our set. Mrs. Datus-Yes; she was a year getting him to say "haberdasher" instead of "gents' furnisher." — New York Globe. The iceman grinds a fiendish smile As warm days grow still hotter, And still the busy ice cream man Don't cool us like he "ougher." —Spokane Spokesman-Review. "I am going to make that boy stop whistling!" said the nervous man. "Don't. If you knew the words of that song you'd be thankful to let him whistle it instead of singing it."—Washington Star. A hen after laying will vainly Stand and cackle absurdly, insanely. Though you wonder, no doubt, What she's talking about, She's egging you on very plainly. —Los Angeles Express. "I saw a cubist painting of a man on horseback yesterday." "How did you know it was a man on horseback?" "Why, anybody could see that." "Then it was not a cubist painting."—Houston Post. Adam had an easy time Back in the garden there. When he was late in getting in there was no chance for him to skin His shin against a chair. —Chicago Record-Herald. Proprietor — What would you suggest as a sign for a first class second-hand shop? Sign Painter — How would "Up to Date Antiques" do?—Exchange. Thinkin' on the life way You're still the upper crust; But, though you bear your daily load Or race like lightning on the road, You don't raise all the dust. —Atlanta Constitution. "So Miss Brown is married. Well, I'm not surprised. She always despised her own name for its commonness and declared she would change it at the first opportunity. By the way, whom did she marry?" "A Mr. Smith."—Boston Transcript. No doubt the coming income tax Will raise the green stuff down in stacks. "It is only a question of time when the suffragists will sweep the country." "Nonsense! Not half of them know how to handle a broom."—Town Topics. Our legislator's with us. We're proud of him, by jinks! He showed his fellow members A lot of brand new knits. His laws were most all freakish And gained him widespread fame, And he's signed up for ten thousand In the lecture circuit game. —Denver Republican. Visitor—Are you going to get a new hat? Congressman's Little Daughter — I don't know yet. Mamma has passed the appropriation, but I'm awfully afraid papa will veto it. He is opposed to every bill we send in—Brooklyn Citizen. The female of the species Is more deadly than the man, But nowadays in England They put them all in jail. —Philadelphia Press Stung Again. While Jones was waiting for his change in an uptown store he happened to glance down and there, lying right at his feet, was a five dollar gold piece just waiting there for somebody to come along and pick it up. Quivering with excitement and glancing cautiously around to see that no one was watching him, he dropped—quite accidentally, of course—one of his gloves on top of the coin. He picked up his glove, but the sa alas, did not accompany it. The elusive coin remained still where it was—upon the floor. He made a second attempt to get hold of it, but with the same result. Then, just as he was contemplating the wisdom of a third endeavor, a store demonstrator came up to him and said: "Good evening, sir! May I be allowed to show you a bottle of our famous liquid glue? As no doubt you are aware its sticking powers"— A Village Sunday When Sunday strikes the country town and all the stores are closed. When on the plank sidewalk the dogs for hours and hours have dozed And when the sun is boiling hot, a heat one must endure. I see the signs about and know that this is Sunday sure. The fields show empty furrows now, the weary working teams Are in the littered stable lot enjoying Sunday dreams. And in the cabin doorways are the men who yesterday Were hard at work, but who have put all thought of work away. Upon the fields and trees and woods the blazing sun beats down. And farmers and their womenkind have gone to church or town. For Sunday has come on the land, the Sabbath sweet and blest. And men and fields and mules and all enjoy the Sunday rest. -Galveston News. The Ceaseless Flow: A ring at the telephone drew the office boy. "Lady to talk to you, sir," he said to the senior partner. The senior partner took up the receiver and stood at the phone for several minutes. Then he laid the receiver down and went back to his desk. Twenty minutes later he raised the receiver, said a few words and presently hung it up. Then he turned to his partner. "It was my wife," he explained. "She was still talking and hadn't missed me."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Man's Portion. Man wants but little here below, Man wants but your money If you will wager money, bo, That that all he gets. -Cincinnati Enquirer. The man who gets but little here Upon this busy earth. Is if the trunk spread abroad-- Just getting all his worth. -Los Angeles Express. Man gets but little here below. E'en then, avoiding strife. He takes his weekly wad of dough And hands it to himself. -Youngstown Telegram. Man gets but little here below And isn't long on deck: Just when he thinks he stands a show He "gets it in the neck." Age-Herd. A Difference. "Say," remarked Harry. "how d'ye teach a gurl t' swim" "O-oh, that's easy." replied his chum. "You take her vurry gently down t' the water, an' you put an arm aroun' her waist, an' you whisper, De-ar, don't be 'fra''" "Come off yer perch! It's my sister!" "Oh, yer sister! Shove her in!"—New York American. Illusion. Unrest awaits us everywhere. Howe' our course is set. You think elsewhere the sun and air Are always better or yet. On mountain top or by the sea, By woodland or the beach Illusion You think that "somewhere else" must be The spot you long to reach. And still you make the old mistake For "somewhere else" you'll always find Becomes plain ploding "here." He Explains. "I hear you passed my wife on the street the other day and said she was not much for looks." "I can explain, old man. You see, my wife was along, and she asked me if I didn't think your wife a perfect beauty. As a married man yourself, you know that was my cue to disagree."-Louisville Courier-Journal. The Duplicates. The first contains two growing plants; The second holds her pickles; The third, her letters; fourth, perchance Odd pencils, dimes and nickels; The fifth, potatoes yet unpeeled; The sixth contains some chowder. Within the seventh lie concealed Some cold cream and some powder, "Why, what reception does it make," so varied? Just unt glass dishes, if you please, For she was lately married. -Grace McKinistry in Judge Must Chew the Pill. "Is there any way you can suggest by which we can cure her of her infatuation for him?" "Oh, yes, that's easy. Just"— "I mean without letting her marry him?" "Not that I know of."—Houston Post. Lines For Sundial. Nor cloud nor dark of night I count as mine. The shadows I invite Mark but the hours that shine. —Harvey M. Watts in Lippincott's. ZION HONORS DR. BOLDEN. Energetic Young Minister Goes to Switzerland at Church's Behest. New York.—Rev. Dr. R. M. Bolden, one of the most prominent of the Zion churchmen and for four years pastor of the Mother Zion A. M. E. church in this city, has been appointed as a delegate to represent the Zion church of America at the seventh world's Sunday school convention to be held in Zurich, Switzerland, July 8 to 15. Dr. Bolden has been granted a sixty-five days' leave of absence from his church. He sailed for London Saturday, June 21. Before returning to America Dr. Bolden will visit Geneva, Genoa, Florence, Rome, Venice, Berlin, Antwerp, Brussels and The Hague. The selection of Dr. Bolden to represent his connection at this great gathering is a signal honor for the young pastor, who has made such a commendable and distinct record as a pastor in this city. Mother Zion church is proud of the honor that has come to its pastor, and the congregation has assumed the entire responsibility of the expense of the trip. Dr. Bolden has maintained the high standard which the Mother Zion church has held in the connection for many years. He has taken in the the church over 500 members and has raised in collections for the support of the church $25,000. The church has under its control property valued at $275,000, all of which was secured under the pastorate of Dr. Bolden. The church is well organized and is the pride of the Zionites. Dr. Bolden is one of the most energetic men in the ministry here and is ever ready to encourage and help the young men of his church. He has been the means of inspiring many of them to enter the ministry. He is a strong and forceful preacher. He is a graduate of Liv ingstone college, the connectional school in Sallisbury, N. C. Mother Zion church, which was founded 117 years ago, is one of the most historic church institutions of the race and has back of it a long and interesting history. Around the church has grown up a most worthy tradition, and the church has been the means of inspiring many of the well known professional people on the beginning of their career. The church was founded in 1797 by a committee of nine pioneer religious workers of the race, who withdrew from the White M. E. church. The first service was held in Miller's cabinet shop. Afterward the first trustees of the church were granted a corporate charter under the Zion A. M. E. church in New York. In 1860 the general conference made the name "Zion" part of the corporate title. The growth of the church necessitated its moving to larger quarters. It is now located in its handsome new home, with every convenience, on West Eighty-ninth street. UTOPIA NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB MAKES ITS ANNUAL REPORT UTOPIA NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB MAKES ITS ANNUAL REPORT Raises Large Sum and Aids Many Needy Persons In New York. The Utopia Neighborhood club in New York was organized in November, 1011. The object of the club is to do social settlement work generally among the people of the community and city. It has concerned itself for the past year with raising funds in aid of the movement to establish a home for delinquent colored girls. The club had a small beginning, but has steadily grown in membership and usefulness. Meetings are held weekly on Monday evening. The meetings are divided into two groups or classes, business and social. At the June business meeting the annual report was made public. It showed a membership of seventy-five active persons, who are constantly working for the relief of the masses in the thickly settled sections of the city. Their efforts have not been confined to their own race alone, but to the white people of the community as well. The report also showed that the organization has given assistance to twenty needy persons, secured homes for two infants and raised the sum of $1,076 toward the delinquent home fund. The money was placed with the National League on Urban Conditions, of which Dr. George E. Haynes of Fisk university is chief director, assisted by Professor Eugene Knickle Jones, who has charge of the work at the league's headquarters on West Fortieth street, New York. The officers of the Utopia Neighborhood club are greatly encouraged over the success of the work and are planning for an active campaign the coming fall. The general officers of the club are: Mrs. A. S. Reed, president; Mrs. Ella McCall, vice president; Mrs. Prince D. Smith, corresponding secretary; Mrs. William H. Tyers, financial secretary; Mrs. C. Franklin Taylor, treasurer, and Mrs. Mary E. Terrell, chaplain. Bessemer's Thrifty Business Man Bessemer's Thrifty Business Man. The Grand Benevolent association in Bessemer, Ala., is engaged in an enthusiastic membership campaign. The organization is proving its right to exist by the actual good which it is accomplishing for and among the masses of our people in various parts of the south. Grand Master J. F. Thomas is one of the most thrifty business men in his town and knows how to get results. The grand lodge of the order will hold its annual meeting in Meridian, Miss., beginning the second Tuesday in November. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Miss Mary Terry of Chicago weighs 600 pounds. Mrs. Eleanor Wheeler of Chicago has celebrated her one hundredth birthday. Mrs. William Foote, daughter of General Baldwin of Denver, was the first white child born on the Santa Fe trail. Mrs. Rebecca Karp of Brooklyn for twenty-two years has sold newspapers for a living and has accumulated a fortune of $25,000 in the business. Countess Lamsdorf of St. Petersburg claims to have attended 1,100 balls and to have danced steps equivalent to 15,000 miles. Thinks she has set a record. Miss Kate Daffin is superintendent of the Confederate Woman's Home at Austin, Tex., and is also state president of the Daughters of the Confederacy. Miss Daffin is a brilliant lecturer of literary ability, and has been president of the Texas Woman's Press association. Pen, Chisel and Brush. G. K. Chesterton, the famous English writer, is still on the sunny side of forty. Karl Theodore F. Bitter, who designed the Thomas Jefferson statue, as part of the Jefferson memorial, which has recently been dedicated in St. Louis to commemorate the statesman, and also the acquisition of the Louisiana Purchase, is a native of Vienna, but since 1889 has resided in this country. Sir John Tenniel, the greatest of English political cartoonists, is now in his ninety-fourth year and despite his great age is in good health. He joined the staff of Punch in 1851, retiring in 1901. Though probably most widely known for his political cartoons, he won undying fame by illustrating the "Alice" books and "Lalla Rooh." Don't be a lazy pup. Just roll those high cufted trousers down And roll your sleeves way up. —Cincinnati Enquirer. "Start the love interest early," directed the magazine editor. "All right. I'll be glad to," said the prominent author. "It's easier to write love gush than epigrams."—Louisville Courier-Journal. First Convict—They say it took Mifon fifteen days to write one page of a book. Second Convict—That's nothing. I've been on one sentence six years, and I'm not through yet.—Judge. Cholly Callow—They say, you know, that music makes the hair grow. Miss Jolleigh—If you think it will help your mustache I'll play something for you.—Boston Transcript. "I hold no brief for any trust," The lawyer said. "No magazine with a lot of dust Supplies my bread. "I've often gnawed a moldy crust Or chewed a quid. Emily (at prom)—I wonder if Phil expects me to dance the turkey trot with him? Dorritt—I don't see why. I heard him call you a bear a minute ago.—Wisconsin Sphinx. There was once a happy old Ute Who dwelt at the top of a butte. All day long he would toot On a every old fute. Oh, he was a beaut of a Ute!—Springfield Union. Jim—Why aren't you at work today? Out on strike? Tom—Yes. I struck the boss for a raise, and he fired me.—Boston Globe. Don't argue, son. It's better for To try to keep away from it. Bear this in mind, unless you are A lawyer and get pay for it.—Cincinnati Enquirer. How long did it take? "Not long. I wore my shabbiest suit."—Birmingham Age-Herald. "We look before and after And pine for what is not." The cards we throw away one hand Would help the next a lot. —Judge. "How does Mary look in her new Balkan suit?" asked Marionne. "If she only had a beard she'd be the perfect image of the magazine pictures of Tolstoi in peasant garb," answered Myldredde.-Milwaukee Sentinel. A cannibal king thought his Mrs. Too fond of a guard named Ulrs. So that horrid old king Fricasseed the poor thing, And Ulrs mrs her krs. Griggs—My wife feels sure that boy of ours will be president some day. Briggs—Well, he may go to Mexico or South America, you know.—Boston Evening Transcript. The open car is now in bloom In many city streets, And right aboard the women get And take the smokeout seats. —New York Press. The New Bonnet. She bought a new bonnet, And I have quit smoking. Our home? Mortgage on it! She bought a new bonnet, I say—oh, doggone it! Tis no theme for joking— She bought a new bonnet, And I have quit smoking! Chicago Daily News. ```markdown ``` THE BROAD AX CAN BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS: From en 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 State street. George L. 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. 51st St., near Dearborn. 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. Sylvester McGloffin, news stand and laundry office, 4122 State St. William Gaughan, laundry office, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2636 State St. Mrs. L. B. Taylor, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th Street, near State. J. H. Roberts, barber shop and news stand. 3308½ S. State St. T. B. Hall, Laundry office, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 3618 South State street. Bell and Alford, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 3128½ South State street. T. S. Harris, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 2845 South State street. Fred M. Waterfield, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 1343 W. 61st street, near Ada. THE AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS. Old Line Legal Reserve Co. Under State Government Supervision. $100,000 deposited with the State. Policies of all kinds, ranging from five cents to one hundred dollars. Other industrial Contracts give to the colored policy holder more than any other company for the same weekly premium. Colored Agents to Write and Collect Your Business. Information of rates and values at your age will be furnished free, upon giving your age, name and address to The American Life Insurance Co., of Illinois. Tel. Randolph S. Home Office—Harris Trust Building. 15 W. Monroe St. CHICAGO. TELEPHONES Oakland 1609 Res. Oakland 17601 Aute. 79156 HENRY C. BOMAR & SON FINE FURNITURE AND PIANO MOVERS, PACKERS AND SHIPPERS OFFICE HOURS Phone Oakland 4642 From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Automatic 73-058 From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday by Appointment DR. THEO. R. MOZEE DENTIST 4709 S. State St CHICAGO Notary Public Office Phone Automatic 44-183 Res. Phone Automatic 79-137 W. G. ANDERSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Suite 5, Methodist Church Block S. K. Cor. Clark & Washington St., CHICAGO Residence: 3642 Prairie Ave. Everybody's Doing It. Everyone's striking For this or for that. And 'tis quite the fashion For strikes to stand pat. Tis labor strike, ballot strike, Hunger strike, too. With school strike now added— Oh, what a to-do! The women are striking Because they can't vote. They strike against eating To make folks take note. The schoolboys are striking Because they must work And some of their lessons Would willingly shirk. Well, dear heaven, help us! Perhaps hens will next Start strikes against laying And show them. And strike against milking. Twilw on down the pike Until all creation Is out on a strike. —Baltimore America City Life. Forty-two per cent of the population of America live in cities. Pointed. A teacher told one of her boys that the next time he wrote a composition there must be some point to it. The subject of his next disquisition was "Needles." Weight of the Earth. One earth weight about 68,000,000,000,000,000 tons of 2,000 pounds each. These figures are so enormous that the mind can form no conception whatever of the quantities involved. 2 Phenom Office, Male 4158 Ron Drummel, 7990 Auto, 33-736 WALTER M. FARMER ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 708, 184 Washington St. Notary Public CHICAGO, ILL J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney-at-Law 118 N. La Salle Street Oxford Building Suite 403 CHICAGO Franklin A. Denison ATTORNEY AT LAW 36 W. Randolph Street, CHICAGO Suite 708 Delaware Bldg, Tel. General 3142 [A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 North La Salle St. Chicago Suite 615 to 616 Telephone Main 3077 Mexican Landowners. One thousand families control nearly all the soil of Mexico. Pompeii. Pompeii was overwhelmed by an eruption by Vesuvius on the night of Aug. 24, A. D. 79. The city lay buried in ashes for fifteen centuries, when a countryman, turning up the ground, found a bronze figure, which led to further search, with the result that the whole city was at last uncovered. The Czar's Private Car. The private car of the czar of Russia is dynamite proof, and owing to its weight it could not run on the greater part of the European lines. Oxford Bibles. As an illustration of what the Bible output of the Oxford University Press involves, it might be mentioned that the skins of 100,000 animals are used every year for the covers of Oxford Bibles alone, and 400,000 sheets of gold are required for gilt lettering. The Tallest Men of Europe. The tallest men of Europe are found in Catalonia, Normandy, Yorkshire and the Ardennes district of Belgium. Prussia gets her tallest recruits from Schleswig-Holstein, the original home of the Anglo-Saxons; Austria from the Tyrolese highlands. The Albanian Turks are still an athletic race, and the natives of the Caucasus are as sinewy and gaunt as in the days of the argonauts. A Regiment of Wives. King He-Me-Hah, one of the early rulers of Egypt, we are assured by a Pennsylvania university professor, had 800 wives. Shark Worship In Hawaii. The shark has been perhaps the most universally worshiped of all the Hawaiian animal gods. Strange as it may seem, the islanders formerly regarded the shark as being the friend and protector of all those who pay him devout attention. Each locality along the coast of the main islands of the Hawaiian group formerly had its patron shark, whose name, place of abode, history, etc., were all well known to his superstitious worshiper. Molecules. In a drop of water there are about 2,000,000,000,000,000,000 molecules. If one of these molecules were magnified till it appeared twenty feet in diameter the atoms of which it is composed would look like floating specks of dust. And each atom is like a solar system. Odd Punishment. Bigamists in Hungary get odd punishment. The man silly enough to marry two wives is legally forced to live with both of them in the same house. Cartridges as Currency. Cartridges asCurrency. Cartridges in Abyssinia form part of the currency and are recognized as one-sixteenth of a thaler. An amoul, or salt bar, is accepted as from one-third to one-fifth of a thaler. Thalers bearing the portrait of Maria Thetessas as still minted in Austria for the purposes of Abyssinian currency. Aluminium. 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Is Are Best Cooked Moderate Heat juiced vegetables should be cooked weet juiced sorts, such as peas and did "simmer" over a slow fire. The modern way is to cook your vegetables in the oven—this scheme preserves the flavor and sends the odor up the flue pipe. Some of our new types of "Composite" Gas Ranges have burners in the bottom of the lower oven—especially for cooking vegetables. Every "Composite" is of course equipped with a "simmering" burner on top. You will find a "Composite" Range much more economical than a hot plate or single oven stove. They are sold on monthly payment plans—delivered and connected free. We are selling over 150 "Composites" every day. Telephone Randolph 4567 and ask for handsome illustrated catalog. Stores in Every District Gas Light & Coke Co. Apples Gas Building craft, Mgr. Chicago Mort Shoecraft "A STORE FOR EVERYBODY" HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. Everything to eat, to wear and for the home. 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