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THE BROAD AX The Rev. Hon. Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph. D.D. D., Starts On The War Path after Julius F. Taylor AT THE EDUCATIONAL MASS MEETING AT BETHEL CHURCH LAST SUNDAY HE EXCLAIMED THAT THE MINISTERIAL CLOTH WAS THE ONLY THING WHICH PREVENTED HIM FROM PITCHING IN TO THE EDITOR OF THE BROAD AX. HE MAINTAINED THAT HIS DAUGHTER WAS TRADUCED WHEN IT WAS STATED IN THE COLUMNS OF THIS PAPER THAT SHE HAD BEEN SELECTED AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ILLINOIS STATE COMMISSION TO CELEBRATE THE FIFTY YEARS OF FREE-DOM AMONG THE AFRO-AMERICANS IN THIS STATE. HE CONTENDED THAT MAJ. ROBERT R. JACKSON, ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, FURNISHED ALL OF THE INSIDE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO ITS TRANSACTIONS TO THE WRITER. HE STRONGLY AND EXCITEDLY INTIMATED THAT HE WOULD USE HIS GREAT POWER AND INFLUENCE TO HAVE THE GALLANT MAJOR REMOVED AS A COMMISSIONER. Vol. XVIII. The Rev. Hoy Jackson Carr D., Starts a Path after Ta AT THE EDUCATIONAL MASS MEET SUNDAY HE EXCLAIMED THAT THE ONLY THING WHICH PRETO THE EDITOR OF THE BROAD HE MAINTAINED THAT HIS DAUGHTER WAS STATED IN THE COLUMN BEEN SELECTED AS ASSISTANT STATE COMMISSION TO CELEBRATE DOM AMONG THE AFRO-AMERICAN HE CONTENDED THAT MAJ. ROBE MISSIONERS, FURNISHED ALL PERTAINING TO ITS TRANSAL HE STRONGLY AND EXCITEDLY BY HIS GREAT POWER AND INFRA MAJOR REMOVED AS A COMMISSIONER It is an old saying that wounded birds will flutter or that if you throw a rock in among a pack of fighting dogs that the dog that gets hit will run out from among the other dogs yelping and howling to beat the band. If this is true then some kind of a rock must have struck the Rev. Honorable Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph. D.D.D., right square between his tricky, political ministerial eyes recently, for in all of our experience in dealing or in coming in contact with public men, we have never heard anyone except the most ignorant fools beef and shy from the absolute truth like unto him, Sunday afternoon at Bethel Church. On that afternoon it was our pleasure in company, with Frank L. Hamilton, to attend the educational mass meeting held at that church, and just as it was winding up and after some of the preachers who spoke during the meeting had spent considerable time in assuring those who sat under the sound of their voices—that those who professed to be Christians were far superior to those who have never had all of their sins washed away in the blood of Jesus, the writer came in contact with the Rev. Honorable Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph. D.D.D., and the very minute his eyes fell upon us he began to froth and run over at the mouth, and he became as mad as a half drunken wet hen. He let it be known in a loud voice that the "ministerial cloth" which he wore was the only thing which prevented him from pitching into the Editor of The Broad Ax and going to the mat with us. Mr. Hamilton stood between the frothy holy man of God who was awfully hot in his collar and the writer so as to prevent him from disgracing himself right in the church on the Sabbath day. In the greatest anger and rage he maintained that his daughter was or had been traduced when it was stated in the columns of this paper that she had been selected as assistant secretary of the Illinois State Commission to celebrate the fifty years of freedom among the Afro-Americans in this state in 1915, and that she would receive seventy-five dollars per month for her services. Not one line has ever appeared in the columns of this paper which has reflected on the ladyship of his daughter in the slightest degree, and it is unmany and very cowardly on the part of the Rev. Honorable gentleman to contend otherwise, and if the fool killer should ever visit this earth again he should consider it his first and highest duty to visit the ranting and raging political preacher of the Institutional Church and whack him over his head for attempting to place a false construction on the plainest words in the English language, for it is impossible to traduce his daughter by simply stating that "Miss Carey, one of the highly accomplished daughters of Rev. Archibald J. Carey, HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY has become assistant secretary of the Illinois State Commission and will receive seventy-five dollars per month," and if he maintains that the above statement is tradueing or defaming anyone, then all we have to say is that he is a first class prevaricator and the truth of his so-called Living God is not in any part of his being. He must remember that the very minute his daughter permitted her name to be entered on the payroll of the State of Illinois, that moment she became one of its public servants and all the tax-payers in this state assist to pay her her salary, and as long as she is a public servant and her name appears on the state pay-roll the newspapers have the undisputed right to refer to that fact within the bounds of reason and decency, and if Rev. Carey who lost his hat while under the influence of the wet holy ghost while attending a Sunday school union at Milwaukee, Wis., some years ago, entertains a contrary idea, let him crack his whip and we are ready to meet him at any stage of the game. During his red-hot frothing at his mouth with us he contended that Major Robert R. Jackson, one of the commissioners, furnished all of the inside information pertaining to the transactions of the Commission to the writer, and he strongly and excitedly intimated that he would use his great power and influence to have the gallant and handsome Major removed as a Commissioner. In withdrawing from the august presence of the would-be fighting preacher we very politely requested him to take a fall out of Major Jackson himself and lay him out stiff and cold and tell the rest of his troubles to some policeman. THE EDUCATIONAL MASS MEET ING IN THE INTEREST OF THE ATLANTA NORMAL AND IND DUSTRIAL INSTITUTE, HELD AT BETHEL CHURCH, WAS WELL ATTENDED. Last Sunday afternoon an educational mass meeting was held at Bethel Church, 30th and Dearborn streets, in the interest of the Atlanta Normal and Industrial Institute of Atlanta, Ga., and the meeting was largely attended. Ex-United States Senator William Lorimer served as chairman instead of Bishop Samuel Fallows, who was absent from the city. Rev. D. P. Roberts, pastor of Bethel, delivered the invocation. the Invocation Rev. Dr. E. J. Fisher, pastor of Olivet Baptist Church, spoke on "Is the Sunday School Reaching and Making Better the Masses?"; Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams, "Sanitation Among the Masses"; "Co-operation of the Negro in Business," William L. Jenkins; Solo, Mrs. Patti Dean-Brown: "Practical Education for the CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER, 13 1913 Irish HON. JOHN E. OWENS. At the November election in 1910, after a most brilliant campaign, on the part of Hon. John E. Owens, he was elected County Judge of Cook County, to the great astonishment of many of the leading politicians, who claimed to be wise and who labored under the impression that he never would be able to defeat Judge Lewis Rinaker at the polls for re-election to that honored position. But owing to the shortsightedness of the politicians and the farsightedness of the present judge of the County Court of Cook County who visited the voters in all parts of the county and had heart to heart talks with them. He, without any trouble, easily defeated his Republican opponent and had a handsome majority at his back, Negro Masses of the South," Rev. Richard D. Stinson, Principal of The Atlanta Normal and Industrial Institute, Atlanta, Ga.; "The Significance of the Negro Celebration of Fifty Years of Freedom in Abraham Lincoln's State," Rev. A. J. Carey, pastor of Institutional Church; "The Business Acumen of the Negro," Mr. Anthony Overton. While the money was being lifted or the collection was being taken up for the school mentioned above, which amounted to a considerable sum, Mrs. Brown and Miss C. Delpha Boger very delightfully sang several old-time southern songs. After a few remarks by Rev. D. P. Roberts, Rev. James Higgins, pastor of St. Mary's Church, pronounced the Benediction and the interesting educational mass meeting came to an end. THE RECITAL AT THE BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH BY THE VOCAL PUPILS OF MRS. MARTHA B. ANDERSON AND THE PIANO PUPILS OF T. THEODORE TAYLOR WAS QUITE SUCCESSFUL. Monday evening, at the Bethesda Baptist Church, a very delightful recital was given by the vocal pupils of Mrs. Martha B. Anderson, who were assisted by the piano pupils of T. Theodore Taylor, who was the accompanist on the piano. It had been announced that the recital would begin promptly at eight o'clock, but notwithstanding this fact it was almost nine o'clock before it started up. Even after that long delay too much time was consumed between the ap- many Republicans voting for him, for they entertained the idea that he was the best qualified of the various candidates seeking that judicial office to discharge all of the duties pertaining to it, without fear or favor. Therefore it can be said, to the great credit of Judge Owens, that so far he has conducted the affairs of his office, open and above board, or in a straightforward manner, and whenever his decisions have been appealed from they have been invariably sustained by the Supreme Court of Illinois. And it is as plain as your nose on your face that these facts will all greatly redound in his favor when he comes up for re-election for the same position in 1914. pearance of each pupil on the platform which caused some of those attending the affair to become somewhat nervous, and many of them began to imagine that they were sitting on sharp needles. However, in all fairness it must be said that several of the pupils taking part in the recital displayed rare musical talent. None of them as it was announced at its conclusion by Mrs. Anderson, had ever attempted to play and sing before the public prior to that date. The following program was interestingly rendered: The Swallow's Return (Abt), Mmes. Addie Holland, Gertrude Towson. a. Absent (Metcalf). b. The Haunt of the Witches (Cassard). Mr. M. O. Turner. a. When to Try Vision (Gounod); b. If I Were a Rose (Hesselberg), Miss Gladys Campbell. Serenade (Schubert), Mrs. Nannie Mitchel, Mr. Raymond Dawson. Valse Arabesque (Lack), Melba Brown. My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice (Saint Saens), Mrs. Gertrude Towson. Even Bravest Heart (Gounod), Mr. Raymond Dawson. a. Valse (Durrand); b. Crescendo (Lasson), Bertha Jones. a. I Know a Lovely Garden (D'Hardelbot); b. Daybreak (Daniels), Mrs. Nannie Mitchem. Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes, Miss Gladys Campbell, Gertrude Towson, Messrs. Noah Kelly, Millin O. Turner. a. Love's Sorrow (Shelley); b. Burst Ye Apple Buds (Emery), Mrs. Addie Holland. Mrs. Carrie Warner, 5223 Dearborn street, has returned home after spending three weeks vacation at the West Michigan Resort, near Benton Harbor, Mich. The Tide Among The People Throughout The State Of New York Is Strongly Running In Favor Of Governor William Sulzer THE GREAT CITIZENSHIP OF THE EMPIRE STATE WILL STAND BY HIM TO THE LAST DITCH IN ORDER TO ENABLE HIM TO CONTINUE HIS MANLY AND COURAGEOUS FIGHT AGAINST THE GRAFTERS—THE BOODLERS AND THOSE WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF LOOTING OR ROBBING THE STATE TREASURY IN A BOLD AND HIGH HANDED MANNER. THE AFRO-AMERICANS RESIDING IN ALL PARTS OF THIS COUNTRY DEEPLY SYMPATHIZE WITH GOVERNOR SULZER IN HIS PRESENT TROUBLES AND DIFFICULTIES AND THEY WILL GREATLY REJOICE TO SEE HIM VINDICATED AT HIS FORTHCOMING IMPEACHMENT TRIAL, SEPTEMBER 18. In spite of the fact that Justice Hasbrouck, sitting in one branch of the Supreme Court at Kingston, N. Y., this week decided that the legislature of that state had the right to impeach Governor William Sulzer for improper conduct in connection with the duties of his high office, the tide among the people throughout that state continues to run strongly in his favor, for the great citizenship of the Empire state feel that it is their solemn duty to stand by him to the last ditch and uphold his hands so as to enable him to continue his more than manly and courageous fight against the grafters, the boodlers and those who are in favor of looting or robbing the state treasury in a bold and brazen-faced manner. It is a well-known fact that for many years in the past and right up to the very time that William Sulzer became governor of New York, the dishonest politicians and their associates, the contractors, wrung millions of dollars each year in various ways out of the pockets of the people of that state, and it was for endeavoring to stop this highway robbery and plundering of the people by Governor Sulzer that brought about his impeachment by the legislature of that state, at the behest of Charles F. Murphy and his associates. It is therefore the duty of the sober minded and right thinking people of New York to stand by Governor Sulzer to the bitter end and assist him to rid that state of the most corrupt gang of grafters and looters that has ever infested any state in this union. The Afro-Americans, residing in all parts of this country, deeply sympathize with Governor Sulzer in his present troubles and difficulties, and they will greatly rejoice to see him vindicated at his forthcoming impeachment trial, September 18, for they still have faith in his integrity and honesty. The following letter from Governor Sulzer, of recent date, speaks for itself. STATE OF NEW YORK, EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, Albany. September 8, 1913 Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Editor Broad Ax, My dear Mr. Tavlor: Your words of encouragement give me heart to go on with the struggle I am making to resist the seizure of the State of New York by those who have, and would, prostitute its government for private gain. When Mr. Murphy, and his allies, found out that they could not make a tool of me, they blocked my every step toward good government. Of course these men could defeat my appointments to this end; and they could strangle my recommendations for No. 50 Among The Boughout The New York Is Running In Governor Sulzer A EMPIRE STATE WILL STAND BY ORDER TO ENABLE HIM COURAGEOUS FIGHT AGAINST THE AND THOSE WHO ARE IN FAVOR STATE TREASURY IN A BOLD AND WIN ALL PARTS OF THIS COUNTRY GOVERNOR SULZER IN HIS PRESENTS AND THEY WILL GREATLY READ AT HIS FORTHCOMING IMPEACH- legislation—like direct nominations; they could shut off my funds for graft investigations; and they could obstruct in many ways, my efforts for honest government; but one thing they could not stop—and that is the machinery of justice, which I had set in motion against the criminals throughout the State who have robbed the taxpayers of millions upon millions of dollars. There was only one way to prevent me from sending these thieves to the penitentiary—and that was to impeach me, and get me out of office. So the boss in desperation employed a band of adventurers and criminals to bring baseless charges against me upon which they thought they could railroad me out of office with the consent of the recrant legislators owned and controlled by Mr. Murphy and the powerful special interests behind him. Much of the plot has been revealed. The rest of it will be laid bare before grand juries. The political conspiracy to destroy me will fail, and the conspirators will be punished if the taxpayers will stand by me in my efforts to serve them. I have been flooded with letters, and telegrams, like yours, and I feel sure that the eyes of the people are open, in spite of certain newspapers which are misrepresenting me in order to befog the real issue—which is: "Shall the State of New York be honestly governed; or shall it be governed by Mr. Murphy—for the grafters and the special interests?" If I had obeyed "orders," and called off the prosecutions of Mr. Murphy's grafting friends, I could have had anything I wanted. I was impeached by the use of promises and intimidation because I would not stop the machinery of justice. I was impeached because I would not violate my oath of office to the people of the State of New York. The facts will all come out in the end. When the people fully understand the truth I have no fear of the outcome so far as I am concerned. Very truly yours, WM. SULZER. Our old friend Noah D. Thompson, who was for a long time connected with the United States Express Co. in this city, who has for several years been successfully engaged in business in Los Angeles, Cal., recently became associate editor of the Liberator of that city, and aside from this he has engaged in the real estate business with J. L. Edmonds, under the name of the Noah D. Thompson Realty Co., and they are members of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Success to them in both lines of business. THE BROAD AX PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but not the false ones. Single Taxes, Republicans, or anyone else can 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 all, even the editorial right to speak its own mind. Advertising rates made known on application. THE BROAD AX 5027 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL PHONE DREXEL 4500. 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. HEALTH HONESTY. The Texas pure food law says that a food product is adulterated "if it consists either in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed or putrid animal or vegetable substance, or any portion of an animal or vegetable unfit for food, whether manufactured or not, or it it is the product of a diseased animal or one that has died otherwise than by slaughter. For the purpose of this act, the term filthy shall be deemed to apply to food not securely protected from flies, dust, dirt, and as far as may be necessary by all reasonable means from all foreign or injurious contaminations." The portion of the law quoted is intended to cover the sanitary phases making and marketing food products, and, if properly enforced, means that the people of the Lone Star State should have clean, wholesome food stuffs. --- Our object in giving the above extract from the pure food law of Texas was not so much to call attention to the excellency of this particular law, for nearly every state in the Union now has an efficient and carefully drawn set of pure food laws, so as to call attention to the lack of honesty that makes such laws necessary. Does it not seem a little bit strange that among those engaged in making and selling food products there should be so much dishonesty of the kind that destroys health and makes for disease and suffering? And yet it must be admitted that this sort of dishonesty does exist. The proofs are to be found in the records of our courts from the supreme tribunal of the United States down to the municipal courts in all our important centers of population throughout the land. In spite of the efforts of health officials and food inspectors, there are dirty food products everywhere. Sometimes it is dirty methods in the manufacture; again it is adulteration with inferior and dangerous ingredients put in to reduce cost to the maker and to increase his profits. Sham, shoddy, substitution and subterfuge, these are the standards of the dishonest makers and vendors of off-color articles of food. They care not one whit how much harm may be done as a result of their crooked methods, so long as their rascality is not discovered. --- There is need for more health honesty. Of course, just plain, every-day honesty would do just as well and cover, no doubt, a wider field of activity. But, because we are talking this week about the particular kind of dishonesty that destroys people's health and does them serious physical harm, we say that it would be better for humanity if we had more real health honesty. --- We need the kind of health honesty that will prompt the dairyman to produce clean milk from only healthy cows; that will impel the maker of food products to avoid all shams and adulterations and to have his goods clean, pure and wholesome; that will prevent the groceryman from trying to exchange bad eggs, half decayed fruit and vegetables and swelled can goods for good money. Incidentally, too, the consumer has a right to demand that the goods he buys shall be as good as the money he pays. MRS. EUDORA FISHER LOCKETT AND MISS C. DELPHA BOGER OPEN A NEW MUSICAL STUDIO. Mrs. Eudora Fisher Lockett, who received her musical instructions from Prof. Root, whose studio is in Kimball Hall, and Miss C. Delpha Boger, who is a graduate of the Chicago Musical College, have opened up a musical studio at 3524 Prairie avenue, and they will give instructions in vocal and instrumental music. THE EMANCIPATION CLEBRA TION AND EXPOSITION TO BE HELD AT PHILADELPHIA, PA., WILL BE RUNNING IN FULL BLAST MONDAY. SEPT. 15. --- Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 9, 1913.—The National Negro Nurses' Convention met last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in the Emancipation Hall, 1352 Lombard street. The nurses represented nearly every state in the Union. They were welcomed to the city by Hon. Harry W. Bass, secretary of the Emancipation Celebration Commission. Owing to the incomplete condition of the hall on the exposition grounds, the final reception was held in St. Peter Clavers Hall, when the nurses and citizens of Philadelphia, led by Mrs. Mary R. Tucker, a graduate nurse, and Mrs. Helen Stevens Bayton, a social leader of Philadelphia, gave the visiting nurses a grand reception. Mrs. R. N. Clark of Richmond, Virginia, was re-elected president. Meet Next Year at Norfolk. It was decided by unanimous vote to meet next year at Norfolk, Va., which would have been the place of meeting this year had the nurses not decided to meet in Philadelphia on account of the emancipation celebration. The nurses went away highly pleased with their cordial treatment in Philadelphia. . Graduate Nurses' Exhibit. I. Hospital Social Service and Tuberculosis Department. Lectures daily on Hospital Social Service and outlines of Tuberculosis Class. Class method with maps, charts, etc. II. Diet kitchen. Demonstration in the diet kitchen daily with preparation of food for invalids and children. Pasteurized, peptonized and sterilized milk prepared. III. Maternity department. Illustrations of mammy nurse of fifty years ago and graduate nurse of to-day. Records showing the progress of the Colored graduate nurse. All articles from graduate nurses will be placed in these departments. Mary R. Tucker, R. N., Supt. of Nurses' Exhibit. The tennis tournament ended Friday. The winners were Miss Margaret Brooks of Philadelphia, winner of Women's singles, and Prof. Wilkinson of Washington, winner of men's singles. Athletic Meet. The great athletic meet was held Saturday. Among those who took part were Howard P. Drew, the world's champion in the 100 yard dash, who came back rfrom an European trip especially to enter this emancipation celebration meet. More than 350 entries made this the largest event ever held by a Colored association in America. Emancipation medals of gold, silver and bronze were given to the winners to the value of more than $1,000. Grand Opening Sept. 15. The group of seven buildings erected entirely by Colored workmen are nearing completion and present a beautiful aspect, such as was never before seen in Philadelphia. They will be fully completed in time for Governor's Day, September 15. This will be a red-letter day. The historical pageant which will include something like 10,000 persons, a large number of floats representing historical scenes in the career of the Negro race in America, showing the progress for fifty years, will be the greatest feature of its kind, thousands of dollars having been spent to perfect it. After the pageant, Governor Tener of Pennsylvania will speak with distinguished men. White and Colored. Congresses The day previous, however, Bishop L. J. Coppin will preach the emancipation sermon at the grounds, at 3:00 p. m. The religious congress will be held September 16 and 17. Prominent Methodists, Baptists, Episcopalians, Congregationalists, Presbyterians and others will take part. Two features will be the symposium of representatives of these denominations on the "Progress of the Negro Church During Fifty Years," and "The Moral and Religious Progress of the Race." September 18 and 19 the Sociological Congress will bring together leading scholars such as Drs. W. E. B. DuBois, Kelly Miller, G. E. Haynes of Fisk University, R. R. Wright, Jr., W. H. Crogman, Monroe Work, etc. At the Medical Congress on September 22, 23 and 24 there will be present such eminent physicians and surgeons as Drs. C. V. Roman of Nashville, Tennessee; Dan Williams and G. C. Hall of Chicago; Kenny of Tuskegee. Dr. R. Wellesley Bailey has charge of arrangements for the Medical Congress. Mrs. Emily Brazel of Lula, Miss., is visiting this city. She will spend one week with her brother O Brown and friends at 2934 LaSalle street, and the remainder of her time will be spent at the home of her sister, Mrs. Marie Clark, of Glen Ellyn, Ill. On her way home to Mississippi Mrs. Brazel will visit St. Louis and Memphis, Tennessee. [Image of a man in a suit with a bow tie, facing slightly to the right.] WILLIAM G. ANDERSON, The famous Habeas Corpus lawyer, who continues to put the best lawyers to flight in the courts of Cook County. One of the most sensational murder cases tried in the criminal court for years has just ended before Judge Charles B. McDonald of our criminal court. Bertha Woods and Charles Woodson were placed on trial for murder last Monday morning. Attorney W. G. Anderson who had been seriously hurt by an automobile three weeks ago, got out of his sick bed to defend these two defendants. After the evidence of the state was all in, Mr. Anderson made a motion to take the case away from the jury as to Mrs. Woods, which the court upheld, and Mrs. Woods was thereupon discharged. The case went on to trial as to Mr. Woodson. Some ten witnesses were put on the stand by the prosecution against Woodson. Mr. Anderson had to rely almost solely, upon the evidence of Mr. Woodson and so vigorously did he fight the case for Mr. Woodson that at the end of the trial on Friday it was freely predicted that Mr. Wood- THE FORTHCOMING NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION Nashville, Tenn.—Seven buildings with plenty of floor space and wall space, have been put at the disposal of the National Baptist Convention for their celebration of the Fifty Years of Freedom, which will be held in Nashville, September 17-22. The manager and proprietor of Greenwood Park, where the exhibits of this jubilee will be shown stated this week, that the following buildings would be at the disposal of the Exposition Committee: The "old merry-go-round building" is already at the disposal of the foreign mission board, the lower part of the grand stand, which has eight open and two closed rooms, not one of these rooms being less than 30x40, the Dunbar theatre, the Zoo building which has already been designated for the Tuskegee exhibits, the Spring House, which has been promised the home mission board, and the National Baptist Publishing House. Aside from these the Human Rouelette building, the Greenwood Club House and the space of several other buildings will be used by the committee. The owner of the park asserts that the grand stand will seat about 4,000 people with plenty of proclivities for an overflow or openair meeting. In addition to these buildings there are forty acres belonging to the park which will more than accommodate the tremendous crowds that will be the guests of Nashville during the convention week of September 17-22. THIS PICKANINNY'S INCOME $112,000. Struck Oil in Oklahoma and She Will Pay Largest Income Tax in the State. Muskogee, Okla.—A 10-year-old Colored girl will pay the largest income tax in Oklahoma. Sarah Rector, who lives just west of Muskogee, is the girl. Her income now is more than $112,000 a year. It is the old story of the lucky allottee and the oil well. Sarah is the descendent of a Creek freedman. She had nothing to do with the selection of her allotment and probably has never seen it and does not know where it is. But it is 160 acres of land and upon it has been drilled the biggest producing well in the mid-continent field near the town of Cushing. The well is producing over $2,500 a day and Sarah gets one-eighth of this as her share. son too would go seat free. At this hour of writing the case is in the hands of the jury. The argument advanced by Mr. Anderson in behalf of Mr. Woodson was a master piece of legal ingenuity. The defense set up by Mr. Anderson in Mr. Woodson's favor was based on the doctrine of "self-defense," decision after decision being cited to the jury by Mr. Anderson to the effect that the law of Illinois and elsewhere was favorable to Mr. Woodson. Mr. Anderson spoke eloquently in Mr. Woodson's favor for over two hours. The alleged murder took place at 2800 LaSalle street on June 17th, the victim being Sam Coleman, who was supposed to be infatuated with Mrs. Woods, and who was jealous of Mr. Woodson, a boarder in the house at the time of the homicide. Mr. Anderson made a great record in this case and his fame as a trial criminal court lawyer is well known. LAWYER BALKS ON NO FEE JOB Judge Brentano Forces B. F. Moseley to Defend Slavers. Prosecutor Denounces Negro Attorney's Efforts at Haste. Two Negro men yesterday faced Judge Brentano in the criminal court, fighting in the hope that they will end their days at Joliet instead of at the end of the hangman's noose. They had pleaded guilty to killing a man to get 60 cents. Stephen Malato, assistant state's attorney, read a long confession of the murder. Each admitted the killing of an innocent man, but laid the actual crime upon the other, and the blame for it upon a combination of cheap whisky and "coke." Kill Robbery Victim. The men on trial—Floyd Hall and George Taylor—on the morning of July 4, when "full of whisky and coke," went out to get some money. Their victim was Louis Eichten, a painter who was on his way fishing. While Taylor held him Hall searched him and then stabbed him to death when he struggled. As Eichten fell one of the thieves grabbed his coat and left his own in place of it. A letter found in this coat gave the clew which led to their arrest. Assistant State's Attorney Malato obtained their confessions and Judge Windes appointed Attorney Beauregard F. Moseley to defend Taylor. On Wednesday when he was notified the case would be called for trial, Moseley declared over the telephone he would not attend as he was "too busy with cases that paid him money." When told this Judge Brentano ordered him to appear and defend Taylor or stand in contempt of court. Lawyer Objects to Time Loss. In court Moseley appeared nervous while the Hoyne aid read the defendant's lengthy confession. "How long are you going to be?" Moseley asked, drawing out his watch. "I won't take long in the defense. I've got an appointment and I can't waste time on this case. There isn't a cent in it for me." "I'm here to convict these men and hang them if possible," Mr. Malato angrily retorted, "and if you are half a lawyer you will do your best for them." "Well, lawyers ought not to have to give up their time for charity cases," replied the defendant's lawyer. "Here I don't get a cent and maybe I lose $300." Taylor took the stand in his own defense just as court adjourned—From The Chicago Tribune, Sept. 11, 1913. WALTERS A. M. E. ZION CHURCH 38th and Dearborn Sts. Rev. H. J. Callis, Pastor. The Sunbeam's Club Rally on last Sunday afternoon was a splendid success and a crowning effort in a long struggle. The Sunbeam Club guided by Mrs. A. Ester Chapman, the president, has made a long and heroic struggle to pay the debt of six hundred dollars on our pipe organ. The last one hundred fifteen dollars was raised in this effort. The club deserves great credit for this accomplishment. The other services during the day were up to the usual interest. Three persons united with the church. Our next quarterly meeting will be held on the 28th of September. Our services for next Sunday will be as usual. The pastor will preach morning and evening. Every member of the church is expected to manifest his or her interest in the success of the November rally by beginning work at once. Our Tag Day will be September 18th. The tags, badges and offering boxes will be given out at the prayer meeting on Wednesday night, the 17th. The social held by the Number Two Stewardard Board at Mrs. Susie Davis's, 3510 Prairie avenue, on the 2nd inst. was a great success. All persons present had an enjoyable time and a neat sum was realized. Bishop C. W. Blackwell passed through the city this week en route to DuQuoin, Ill. He will hold the Missouri conference in Jefferson City, Mo., beginning on the 17th, "C." ST. MARK'S LYCEUM OPENS SUN- DAY, SEPT. 14. St. Mark Lyeum begins its fall and winter season Sunday, September 14th, at 4 p. m. The principal address will be given by Dr. D. A. Bethea, who some years ago was president of St. Mark Literary. Dr. Bethea comes to us from Boston, where he has been doing post-graduate work. Miss Maud Roberts, soprano soloist, and Miss S. E. S. Louis, of Minneapolis, Minn., dramatic reader, as well as Prof. A. J. Bowling, Prof. A. H. Turner and the lyeum choir each contribute to the success of the program. Don't miss this rare treat. CHIPS The Phyllis Wheatly Club will this evening give a reception in honor of the Phyllis Wheatly girls, at Johnson's Hall, 3518 State street. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jones, 6641 Evans avenue, are home again after spending a three weeks' vacation trip in traveling through the east. ____ Mrs. Marshall Drish, 6120 Ada street, has completely recovered from a severe attack of lumbago, which is pleasing to heg many friends. --- Miss Mabel Leake Smith of Covington, Ky., who was visiting Miss Eva Webster, returned to her home last Saturday after having spent a delightful two weeks. Miss Eva Webster of 6430 Vincennes avenue, who was home for the summer, returned to Covington to resume her year's work at the William Grant High School. Last evening a reception was tendered to Rev. W. S. Braddan, at the Berean Baptist Church, 4838 Dearborn street. It was the celebration of the twelfth anniversary since he assumed the pastorate of that church. R. Woodfolk, 3958 South State St., has bought out the interest of his late partner, Mr. Highwarden, where they conducted an up-to-date buffet at that number and at all times Mr. Woodfolk will be pleased to have his many friends to drop in to see him. Mrs. Sandy W. Trice, 6438 Vincennes avenue, returned home last week from a pleasant visit to Chatham, Windsor, Canada, Detroit and Grand Rapids, Mich., and for the next ten days Mrs. W. H. Smith of the last mentioned city will be the guest of Mrs. Trice. Frank J. Ryan, who is one of the leaders of the Democratic party out in Englewood and has served for the past two terms as a member of the Illinois state legislature, has become a strong candidate for clerk of the criminal court, and his many friends feel that he will be in the running in 1914. Mrs. Robt. A. Williams, 3544 Dearborn street, has just returned from Louisville, Ky., where she attended the funeral of her niece, Miss Alfred H. Slaughter, the sister of Miss Elizabeth on a visit to her aunt two years past she made a host of friends. A mother, sister and brother and numerous friends mourn their loss. Mrs. J. H. Bolden, 5116 Dearborn street, returned home this week from a visit with relatives and friends at Cleveland, Ohio, and next week she will leave for Minneapolis, Minn., where she will spend the winter with her husband. Mrs. Lottie Meredith-Cooper, who has spent the last two months in visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Edward Odom, 3733 Forest avenue, and with her many friends, leaves this evening for her home at East Orange, N. J., and New York City. The Negro Fellowship League has changed its headquarters from 2830 State street to 3005 State street, and its President, Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, one of the probation officers of the Morals Court, can be found there each morning in the week. If you are looking for a light job apply at the gas works. Mexico wants Americans to "leave her alone," but not to leave her. Invisible government is the kind the people get when they are not looking out. Norway has its first woman judge. Think how happy she will be when nobody can talk back. The conventions of dress differ with the time, the place and the girl. So does the official regulation of it. A visit to the tropics is interesting, but mainly it is an education in cold storage foods shipped from the states. Those who fail to register their votes are often the quickest to register their kicks. Meanwhile the mischief is done. The only reason there is not a duty on limburger cheese is that so many of the customs houses are already in bad odor. A German aviator reports that he ran his machine into a shower of meteors. There are rocky roads, even in the sky lanes. A woman's organization in Cincinnati has declared against slit trousers for men. This is not sarcasm; it is just plain retaliation. These X ray skirts and X ray shoes of which the fashion pages tell may be fine for summer, but how about winter's chilly winds? It is no surprise to learn that Americans are the greatest consumers of sugar in the world: we use a great deal of it in our politics. There can no longer be any doubt that John Armstrong Chaloner is sane. He has announced that never again will he live in New York. The French war office is training eagles to attack possible enemies in aeroplanes. German aviators will now take lessons in swatting eagles. Secretary of the Navy Daniels predicts that "airships will become an important arm of the navy." Mixed metaphor—he meant wing no doubt. The Calcutta prisoner, who picked the pockets of his police captors and then left them on a moving train, forgot something. He might have taken the train and the policemen too. All the diggers who are upturning cities thousands of years old report finding records of complaints of the higher cost of living. It began with the beginning and will continue to the end. Five-sixths of a jury may hereafter bring a verdict in a civil case in Minnesota. The one reasonable juror and the eleven obstinate ones can no longer hang up decisions there. It is worth trying in other states. Professor Shepard of the University of Chicago knocks "America" as a representative national song, because there are no "rocks and rills" to love around Chicago. Why not make it "frocks and frills," then? Now it is announced that Eve was made not from a rib but from the backbone of Adam. Now that rights and privileges are gone even traditions of former glory are being wrested from the downrodden sex. Sixty mansions in Boston's Back Bay district are in the market at "bargain prices," because of hard times and the growing influence of the automobile. If the devil wagon is depopulating Beacon street it is realizing the worst fears that its coming occasioned. The death of the last of the John Brown captors having been followed by the passing of the last of the Lincoln bodyguard, it's hard to tell whether the next turn belongs to the last of George Washington's slaves or the last of the Trenton girls who kissed Lefayette. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. The wife of Premier Zahle of Denmark is the official stenographer of the Danish parliament at $825 a year. One of this year's summer brides is Mrs. Mary Brown, eighty-one years old, formerly of Kent, England, but now of Victoria, B. C. Mrs. Brown came from England to marry a man ten years her junior. Mme. Curie, the discoverer of polonium and co-discoverer with her husband of radium, will leave France shortly to make her home in Warsaw, Russia. She will superintend a radiological laboratory in that city in connection with the Warsaw Society of Science. Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall, wife of the vice president, has established the most remarkable social record ever made by the wife of a vice president or of a cabinet member. Since March 4 Mrs. Marshall has made between 1,500 and 1,600 calls and has scratched every name from her card book with the exception of those persons living outside of Washington. Pert Personals. King George is said to be more cheerful than formerly when he goes into society. But he will never learn to enjoy life as much as his illustrious father did—Washington Star. Describing himself as "getting rather old," George Bernard Shaw has taken to motorcycling. Plainly, with advancing years, Shaw wishes to slacken his pace—New York American. "It is wonderful," said John D. Rockefeller on witnessing a session of the National Association of the Deaf. "I wish I knew the sign language." We thought John D. had retired from business.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Nat Goodwin is conscientious in his statements. He says that to the best of his recollection he never before went to Germany for a honeymoon. His score is not yet equal to that of Henry VIII, but then he keeps no family ax—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Home Doctor. As a mouth wash nothing is better than the old fashioned tincture of myrrh and borax, a teaspoonful of this being added to tepid water. The white of an egg beaten in lemon juice and slightly sweetened is a simple remedy for hoarseness. The mixture should be slowly dissolved in the mouth before swallowing. Iodine can be applied with perfect safety to any wound. It is coming to be regarded as the very best of antiseptic washes. It prevents any microbes from reaching a raw surface and kills any that may be there already. Fashion Frills. Pockets for women is the newest slogan. Surely, but they will have to wear some clothes to put pockets in. Pittsburgh Dispatch. We only ask our rights—to wear slit trousers to the knee and then cut off all the trousering below the knee.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. "Women will wear a great deal of velvet this fall," says the fashion page. Readers will be glad to know that women contemplate wearing a great deal of anything.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. State Lines. There are 2,046,845 families in New York state. Illinois leads in the amount of internal revenue receipts. The state of Washington operates five stone quarries, using the product in road building. West Virginia now ranks third in the value of pottery produced, being exceeded by Ohio and New Jersey. West Virginia's product of chief value in 1912 was white ware, of which it is the second largest producer in the country. Animal Oddities. Wasps are almost as industrious as ants. The moth has a fur jacket and the butterfly none. There are 80,000 kinds of beetles. A horse sometimes sheds real tears of anguish. Most birds eat two and one-half times their own weight every day. The peacock has a very long span of life, reaching even to the century. Forest Notes. The national forests of Chile cover about 7,000,000 acres. The forest service of India has demonstrated that teakwood grown in plantations is just as strong as that grown in natural forests. Even the well protected forests of Germany are by no means immune from fire, and the Prussian fire protection system makes use of lookout towers and telephones. Base Hits. Modern baseball players have it easy. When we played the game over the fence was out, but now when a batter puts one over he gets a home run and an ear load of cheering.—Chicago Post. Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, has rented a house in which he will start a baseball school. It may work out all right, but in our opinion the corner lot will continue for a long time to be the most effective baseball school in this country.—Chicago Record-Herald. You're a Crook. When your business is successful and the work is done, you are ready. And they are all working overtime to keep You're a crook! By Jove! You're a crook! If your dividends are goodly, in proportion to the wage, And things are going as they should in this most advanced age, And effort's been rewarded and you're doing right well, And nothing seems to be in sight to break upon the spell, You're a crook! By Jove! You're a crook! When after years of labor you have got things going right, And finally at last you find you've won the awful fight, And you turn to greet your old age with a feeling quite secure And view your life work with a sense of satisfaction pure, You're a crook! By Jove! You're a crook! I wonder what incentive an ambitious man can find To put forth his best efforts in a life of daily grind. When at last, when it is over and success has crowned it all. He hears the "down and outer" in his monotonous call. You're a crook! By Jove! You're a crook! —Leslie's Weekly. He's Wise. He's Wise. Every seat in an outgoing street car had been taken. At the next corner several well dressed ladies were let on. As the conductor passed through taking fares he noticed a gentleman on an end seat who had fallen asleep. "Wake up, here!" he shouted to him. "No sleeping on this car" "I'm not asleep, sir," said the man. "If you wasn't asleep what did you have your eyes closed then for?" "Well," said the gentleman, "you know I just hate to see ladies standing up."—Judge. Maddening Advice. When the mercury climbs To the hurried mark And the public feels That in madness stark Is its only end It would slay the fool Who comes along And says, "Keep cool." When instead of peace The world's agog And each steps toward Some business bog And heat and toll Aches bring each brow Tls a jar to hear, "Don't worry now." The heat's enough In summer time To drive a man To any crime, But other plagues Must torment thrice— Mosquitoes, files And fool advice. -Josh Wink in Baltimore American. Appreciated the Judge's Wit. "That wasn't a bad epigram on the magistrate's part." said the somewhat educated tramp, who had been convicted for vagrancy. "What did he say?" asked the tramp's pal. "Seven days." came the reply. "That ain't no epigram, is it?" "I'm sure it is. I asked a cove once what an epigram was, and he says. 'It's a short sentence that sounds light, but gives you plenty to think about.'" —Pearson's Weekly. When old Sol waxes fiery hot And to the beach we look A little work that helps us out Is father's cute pass book If we've no dad to aid us when We look for takeable shoes The next best thing to get us there Is a pen and big check book But even that quite useless is Unless by hook or crook We own that little masterpiece— A leather bound bank book. And still without these little aids You can on pleasure look If you are but the owner of A well filled pocketbook. —Spokane Spokesman-Review Hardly Likely. "Didn't Oliver Goldsmith once live here?" asked the tourist. "I don't remember the name," said the janitor. "Who was the gent?" ("He was a poet." "Then it's hardly likely that he ever lived here, sir. We always demand the rent in advance."—Louisville Courter-Journal. Line 'Em Out. Look back three thousand years ago We find, if we inquire. They played good ball in Jericho And better ball in Tyre. Then Nineveh set quite a pace, Some class had Babylon. But when they closed the pennant race The Hittites always won. Mere signals, steals or inside plays Just make the sluggers grim. Today, as in those ancient days, The hittites always win. —Louisville Courier-Journal "Are you sure? "Reasonably so, mum. Of course they ain't guaranteed by no trust company."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch Fascination of Trouble. All strive to shun the various cares Which ordinary life contains, Yet when a man finds his affairs Are free from worry's wakeful pains And he contentedly might jog Through path that trouble cannot mar- He goes and gets himself a deg Or else he runs a motorcar. —Washington Star. Listing it. Listing It "How did you list the money that fortune teller got from you?" "I put it under the head of prophet end lost."-Baltimore American. SIRES AND SONS. John D. Rockefeller, Sr., seldom carries or uses an umbrella. He considers it a nuisance. Charles Grimaldi, a newly discovered Italian composer, whose work is said to be remarkable, has been blind from birth. He is a professor in a school for the blind in Rome and has aroused the personal interest of Queen Dowager Margerita. Postmaster General Burleson is the early riser of the administration in Washington. He rises at 5, reads papers until 6, breakfasts and reads reports until 9, works at his department desk until 5, dines between 6 and 7 and scoots to bed at 10 p. m. The Rev. R. H. Charles, D. D., the new canon of Westminster, has been speaker's lecturer in biblical studies at Oxford. He graduated at Queen's university, Belfast, and became a scholar of Trinity college, Dublin, when he took his doctorate of divinity. James Wilson, who recently retired after a long career as secretary of agriculture at Washington and is now traveling abroad, has received the honorary degree of doctor of laws from the University of Edinburgh. He is a native of Scotland, but came to this country when a youth. Train and Track In all the world there are less than three times as many miles of railway as there are in the United States of America alone. The popular belief that the Panama railroad was constructed at a cost of one life for every railroad tie is a gross exaggeration. There were 140,000 ties and in the five years of its construction a total of 7,000 laborers were employed. A recent estimate places the total number of miles of single track railroad in the United States that have been changed from steam to electric operation at about 1,600 miles, and the same authority finds that approximately 1,500 miles of single railroad track will probably during the next few years be subjected to the same change. Tales of Cities. Philadelphia is to have a museum of art building to be erected on the site of old Fairmount park reservoir to cost $3,000,000: Arrests last year in Los Angeles totaled 34,561, or four every hour. The police recovered stolen property valued at $115,742 and cost the city $651,915. Eleven million dollars was spent in additions to and support of New York city hospitals during 1912, or about $2 for each man, woman and child in the municipality. Returns issued by the Tokyo city authorities show that the population of the capital of Japan at the end of last year was 2,099,181, with 511,804 families. The figures show an increase of 102,709 in population and 23,369 in families as against the preceding year. Education Notes. There were 17,238 students in the University of Paris last year, of whom 3,267 were foreigners. Systematic study in citizenship is given in the elementary schools of France, Denmark and Finland. It is estimated that six out of seven English children never appear in school after reaching the age of fifteen. Letters from correspondents in twenty-six foreign countries have been received by school children in one New York school district through a letter exchange maintained by the school authorities. Automobile Runs. Over 1,000,000 pleasure autos are registered in the United States. The latest automobile goggles have reflectors so that the wearer may see behind him. There are 85,941 motorcars of all sorts registered in London. Of these 22,110 are motorcycles. According to figures just compiled by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, $40,000,000 worth of automobiles and parts thereof were sent out of continental United States in the fiscal year 1913 against about $1,000,000 worth in 1903, a decade earlier. Science Siftings. Uranus is 1.781.680,000 miles from the sun. We are about 92.882,000, or one-nineteenth the Uranus distance. All the planets in our solar system move ever from right over to left, from west to east opposite to the motions of the hands of a watch to one in north latitude and facing the equator. Professor Barnard is using the great forty inch Yerkes refractor in a very useful piece of astronomical work in following the temporary stars of recent years long after they have become invisible to ordinary telescopes. Laundry Lines. Use very little bluing in washing laces, for the lace absorbs a great deal of blue. An asbestos pad or mat is an excellent flatiron rest. This at hand there is no danger of the cover to the ironing board being scorched. A good way to bleach handkerchiefs when it is not convenient to hang them out of doors is to wash them and let them soak overnight in water in which a little cream of tartar has been dissolved. "Sore throat, eh? Get your wife to give you one of her old stockings to wrap around your neck." "Tried that, and it did me no good. She had nothing but these new fangled openworks."—Washington Herald The silt skirt is a wondrous tube, When first I gazed upon it. Said I, "I'll bet some careless boob Has ripped it, stepping on it." —Detroit Free Press. Gibbs—It is very evident that your wife has a mind of her own. Dibbs—You think so? Well, so do I, but she keeps telling me that her mind is made up—Baltimore Sun. "Did whisky lead that man astray?" The joker made reply "Td put it in another way—It just sent him a-rye." —Lippincott's. He—They say kissing brings on diseases. She—Well, a little illness must come into every life.—Boston Transcript. To him it never has occurred That credit's what you make it, And so he always keeps his word Because no man will take it. —Cincinnati Enquirer. Benign Old Gentleman—Poor little chap! Where did that cruel boy hit you? Tommy—Boo-oo-oo! We were 'aving a naval battle, and 'e torpedoed me in the engine room!"—New York Journal. When nations have a falling out And threats of war begin. 'Tis then the soldiers, past all doubt, Must start to falling in. —Denver Republican. "Did you see the lovelight in her eyes?" "No. The gaslight was in her eyes, and she squinted."—Flicked Up. Stone beans do not an infidel make Nor iron demes a team. Some changes I shall have to make. And that's no pitcher's d eam. —New York Evening Mail. "If I were poor would you be as eager to marry me as you are now?" "Every bit, my dear. But we might have to postpone our wedding for a year or two."—Detroit Free Press. I've written of the summer girl More times than I can tell And on her many charming ways Have fondly loved to dwell. I never met her till last week, And hard 'twas, you'll agree. But when I had been introduced She'd scarcely speak to me. —St. Louis Dispatch. Gladys — Mamma, when people get married are they made into one? He shakes as he waits by the altar As the bride floats down for her marriage. But he hasn't half the dignity Of the groom she left on her carriage. —Puck. Nell—How do you know he is married? Belle—Oh, he's such a good listener. —Philadelphia Record. Oh, girls, remember what I say! The days are waxing warm. And you should dress with care each day Lest you display bad form. —Boston Advertiser. "Say you will be mine! If you don't I'll throw myself into the Selene." "Thank you for warning me. I must get a filter."—Paris Follies. Though in life he plays but a minor part, My friend the teamster is glad of heart, And few're so lucky as he, I guess. Whose work is teaming with happiness. —Kansas City Star. A lady visiting the studio of a post impressionist. "Now, that surely is one of your best works hanging on that nail there?" she said. "Oh, that." explained the master, "is my palette." —London Bystander. She goes abroad for everything Since she came into wealth, Her gloves, her hats, herlinger, Her dresses and her health. —Philadelphia Press. Knicker—Think the treasury deposits will cause credit inflation? Bocker—Nope. I struck Smith for a fiver yesterday and didn't get it.—New York Sun. He lost his collar button. And of trouble he'd a peck Till he happened to remember He'd a wart upon his neck. All things on earth, you will observe, Were made some purpose to serve. —Pittsburgh Press. Farmer Wayback (starting home from the station)—Please, ma'am, do you wear false teeth? Fair Boarder—Sir! Farmer Wayback—Oh, I don't mean to be curious. Only this road is a leetle rough, and if your teeth ain't good and fast you'd better put 'em in your pocket—Spokesman-Review. "Speculation" and "investment"—These are terms that oft confuse. "Tis "investment" when you win, but "Speculation" when you lose. —Lippincott's. "A Massachusetts man who died the other day directed in his will that a phonograph be employed to sing the hymns at the general service," said the old fogy. "I wonder what his idea was? "I guess he wanted his relatives to feel sorry that he was dead," said the grouch—Cincinnati Inquirer. "Oh, come into the garden, Maude!" We heard our neighbor shout. The rain, it seems, and the sun's beams Had brought a radish out. Boston Advertiser. Home is the place where the heart is; Home's where you hang up your hat. The spot for small sociable parties In palace or cottage or flat. Home is the place for reposing When shadows have shut out the day, A haven for dreaming and dosing. Forgetful of storms far away. Home is the place where the cleaner Performs with a paint brush or suds. Where moth balls each autumn smell meaner. As you settle them out of your duds. The alarm clock will wake you at seven. Your skill as a truck horse to prove. Home is a corner of heaven— Except when they houseclean or move. —Washington Star. The Reason. Ragged Party—You need me in partnership with you. You'll find me a very valuable man. Proprietor of Employment Agency-Why? Ragged Party—You always need men to fill positions—and I'm always out of a job.-Chicago News. Remember? Oh, don't you remember the ball games, Ben Bolt. The ball games we played years ago? We played on a humpy old two by four lot And walloped the ball to and fro. And don't you remember the runs, Ben Bolt. The runs that were made by the score? The count at the end of the glorious fray Was one hundred to seventy-four. And don't you remember the chill, Ben Bolt. The chill that went through every vein When a home run went over the neighbor's fence And bing went a big window pane? -Milwaukee Sentinel. Obliging. Nickler--Did you move to the country in order to bring your children up to play on the grass? Subbubs--No; so that the real estate agent could bring his children up decently in the city--Brooklyn Life. Piscatorial. She meant to play a sportsman's part And show herself an angler firm; But, oh, so tender was her heart That she could not impale the worm! And when she caught the finny prize So strange and grasping did it look She vowed with sympathetic cries She could not take it off the hook. Though much assistance she required To catch the fish, as we narrate, No help she needed nor desired To tell a lie about its weight. -McLandburgh Wilson in New York Sun. Bedmaking Done at Home. Bedmaking Done at Home. He-Young Mrs. Newlywed just told me that she finds housekeeping a mere picnic. She-No wonder! She has all her cooking brought in and all her laundry sent out-Boston Evening Transcript. Where She Fails There are many things that a girl can do if she's genuine suffraget through and through. But she falls—and the records show it clear— Woman's Rights His Fliance (finding her younger sister enconced on her young man's knee)—Why, Mabel, aren't you ashamed of yourself? Get down! Mabel—Shan't! I got here first—London Opinion. Hit or Miss. Said the young man who owned a canoe "I should like to go boating with yoe." But the young woman said: "Solid bone is your head!" "Sohne both is your head. Go drown by your lonely, now doe!" Said the youth who possessed an air rock. "I don't know who you be, But I'm sure that I like you a lacht!" —Chicago Daily News. Bird. Blobbs—Yes, I took her out to supper and the bill came to $14.80. Slobbs—Why, she told me she didn't eat any more than a bird. Bird. Blobbs—Well, an ostrich is a bird, you know.—Philadelphia Record. The Petticoat. Lost—a shaken petticoat, Or maybe it was lawn, With a robe running through the flounce A robe as the dawn A daring, dainty petticoat, A fluff and frosty lace, With dear, delicious satin bows To keep the frills in place. Lost—Louisa's petticoat That rippled round her feet And gave a tantalizing glimpse Of slender ankles neat And flashing buckles on the toes And slippery on the small. For since the narrow skirts came in She wears it not at all. —New York Times. Paws-es! A little boy having his music lesson was asked by his teacher, "What are pauses?" And the quick response was, "Things that grow on pussy cats."—Woman's Home Companion. The Hygienic Horse. When the steed had nobly sped him And the stableman had fed him To the drinking trough he led him, But he coaxed to no avail The horse trolled, with hauteur, "You may lead me to the water, But to make me drink you'd oughter Have an individual pall." Proving His Trade Magistrate (to burglar)—What is your trade? The Handy One—Locksmith, yer worship. The Handy One—Making a bolt for the door.—John Bull. Latest fad in aviation is. How far can you fall and rise again? Just as good a time as any to do your Christmas shopping early. If matrimony were a more exclusive club so many would not have to be kicked out of it. The trouble with birthday reminiscences of famous women is that they never mention the year. New York reformers are great and noble men, except when they attempt impossible tasks, such as reforming New York. The czar of Russia is to encourage football in the hope that it will be an antidote for nihilism. Plainly the czar never saw a real game. Chicago's new inspector of morals is twenty-seven years old. But then only a young man would dare to say what is moral and what isn't. "The sooner this case is ended the better it will be for all," says little Evelyn. Are you ready for the question? The ayes have it. It is alleged that the slit gown was known to the Romans. Possibly so. Immodesty was the beginning of the end in that triumphant empire. That New Jersey artist who painted a landscape miniature on a grain of corn some forty years ago couldn't afford such an expensive canvas now. A sister ship to the Imperator is now on the ways. The mammoth liner is apparently "here to stay" until yet larger boats challenge its supremacy. The determination of the powers to force Turkey out of Adrianople is having so great an influence that now two Turks are there where one was before. It is time to call in the prevaricator who keeps circulating the old story that the average European family could live on what the average American family throws away. A great many members of congress have ideas about how newspapers should be edited, but they have never been able to get together and make the dear old Record much of a popular success. A French financier is said to be trying to revive the time "when every workman sang at his bench." But was there ever such a time? There is a great deal of romancing about the "good old times." Now that the gaekwar's leading daughter has been married to the Maharajah Kumar Jitendra Narayan of Cooch-Behar the effect will be pronounced throughout India, and the name, too, perhaps. Automobilists contend that the elimination of brilliant headlights would force them to reduce the speed of their machines, which is one of the best arguments yet advanced for the elimination of brilliant headlights. By working industriously a chain of good roads can be completed to the Pacific coast in time for the Panama canal, exposition, and the incidental feat would be quite as worthy to be celebrated as the main event. New York is spending far more money than any city on earth and yet this year it has 100,000 more children than it can accommodate in its schools. But the supply of saloons and similar places is equal to all demands. The National Suffrage association will take part in the Maryland elections, and this is no longer the joke which the politicians used to hold it. The women have made themselves a force to be reckoned with everywhere. An American woman in Paris saw an "apache terror" snatch her purse. She ran after him, caught him and turned him over to the police. American women in Paris do not permit themselves to be robbed outside of the shops. James E. Sullivan says that if the proposed $500,000 fund for British athletics were to be used to hire "amateur" athletes Americans would withdraw. As the fund would never be so used and as it is an utter failure, bitterly denounced by British sportsmen, we need not worry. Among kings there is no conditional royalty. Manuel of Portugal remains a king in the king row, and a little drawback like the loss of a kingdom doesn't affect his regal standing. There is something amusing about the serious fashion in which these title bearers assume inalienable rights. Somebody in St. Louis suggested a searchlight on top of a new skyscraper there to aid in the detection of crime. The chief of the prevention bureau doubted its value in that direction, but thought it would be of assistance in locating fires. Hunting fires with a searchlight! Can you beat it? "Eat garlic with all your meals and live a hundred years," says a wise man of Croatia. And at the same moment a culinary counselor tells that the faint, elusive touch of garlic imparts the very poetry of flavor. Why should man cling to his few days and full of trouble when poetry and preservation are linked thus together by a wise and artistic nature? The Greatest Book in Fifty Years Mr. Johnson is fast forging to the front as the foremost poet, regardless of race or color. Praised in glowing terms by leading critics, authors and the entire press of United States and Canada. Christmas Edition only 75 Cents. Volume De Lux Edition. For sale at all bookstores. Published by Peterson Company, Chicago. 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