The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX Col. William Randolph Cowan, In Order to Further the Scheme of Some Cold Blooded, Designing White Politicians, Has Decided to Run as an Independent Candidate for Alderman of the Second Ward in Order to Defeat Hon. Oscar DePriest and Assist to Elect a White Man in His Place Vol. XX. Col. William Cowan, In Further the Some Col. Designing ticians, Ha Run as an Candidate of the Second Order to Oscar DePri sist to Ele Man in His BY A. N. FIELDS. The present fight for the election of a Colored man to the City Council from the Second Ward is of such vital importance as to occasion the profoundest interest of every member of the race whose desire for success and race advancement is not stultified by selfish ambition. Immediately after the primaries, Mr. Anderson, under his own signature in the Chicago Defender, declared that he would gracefully accept the judgment of the people and support the nominee of the party. Mr. Griffin also gave out a statement to the effect that he would do likewise. Mr. Max J. Schmidt pledged his support to the nominee. This, of course, was as it should have been, but within the last few days a movement has been put into operation by a few men whose revolting ambition seems to be overleaping itself to run an independent candidate. These men have been able to bring to their aid some White men who, judging from their past record, real deep down in their hearts do not want to see any Negro elected to the City Council. These White men have agreed, it is said, to finance the scheme which they hope in the ultimate end will defeat DePriest for Alderman. One of these gentlemen is said to be the Hon. Chauney Dewey, the cattle baron of the West, who has contributed $500, and another, a big, rich White politician, it is said, has agreed to contribute $2000. This is the purchase price that these gentlemen have agreed to pay in order that the hopes and ambition of the Negroes of the Second Ward to secure just recognition in the City Council might be throttled. That any Colored man of standing and respectability would lend himself and his name to such a scheme is beyond human understanding. That any Colored man who has the confidence of the people would so far forget the importance of the things for which we are fighting as to permit himself to be used by designing and unscrupulous White men to defeat the efforts of his own struggling race in order that upon his brow he might for the moment wear a "crown of gold," should be branded as not only unit for leadership, but unfit for our present association and future respect. The Negro who accepts this responsibility will find that he has accepted a responsibility that will leave his hands stained with the blood of a just cause, and in the mingling and mixing of human society, he should be looked upon as a political leper to be shunned by all and respected by none. The Negro who will allow the "declare ```markdown ``` HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAX of gold'” to beguile him into a movement that will in the end, set back the progress of his own race is unworthy of even a decent burial in the land of his birth. Let us for a moment pause and consider the facts in this case, with cool calm and considerate judgment. Eight candidates entered the race in the primaries for Alderman. It was an evident fact that all could not win; they made their fight each upon his own platform and in the final judgment of the people. Oscar DePriest was nominated. Is it not fair by all rules governing the game of politics that the decision of the people in the primaries should be accepted as final! And if it had been otherwise, the friends of DePriest would have gone forth with unstinted support for the victor, and would not be now aiding and abetting in a movement, which of itself could only mean defeat in the effort we are making for just recognition. But ah, how different with these alleged race leaders who when they heard clankering of the gold, which was to them their "master's voice." They could no longer hold themselves in restraint, and when asked for a reason for their attempted betrayal of the hopes of the race, they cried out, as did, he whose name stained the pages of history, "Am I my brother's keeper!" They forgot all race pride, race hope race ambition; yes, it was all lost amid the sounding manifesto of the gold Blind with prejudice to their own best interest, permeated with the spirit of self, they have accepted this unholy gold and have gone forth to demoralize the hopes of their own race in the disguise "that a principal is involved." How long will this abnormal political condition exist? How long will the people be hoodwinked by these supposed leaders and permit them to barter away their rights and destroy their hopes? The time has come to speak out these false leaders must be unmasked; men, whose interest prompted only by their desire for leadership, do not deserve and should have no place in our confidence. We are fighting for our place in the sun and we will accept no man as bigger than our cause. This cause must triumph, not because it is Oscar DePriest, but because the thing for which he is contending means a step forward in our struggle for advancement. The men and women of Color of the Second Ward must band themselves together as one in this fight. It is their fight today, and unless we win it, it will be our children's fight tomorrow. Let us decide it in our day. This bat- CHICAGO, MARCH 13, 1915 1910 COL. A. D. GASH WHEELS IN LINE FOR THE HON. ROBERT M SWEITZER FOR MAYOR OF CHICAGO. Wednesday, the Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer returned to his home from his ten days' vacation trip to Hot Springs, Ark., much improved in health, and ready to fight to the last ditch for his election for mayor of Chicago. One among the many pleasant things to greet his ears on his arrival home was the announcement that Col. A. D. Gash, whose law offices are located in the Oxford Building, 118 N. La Salle street and who has in the past been one of the head leaders of Governor Edward F. Dunne's wing of the Democratic party in this city and state, stood ready to wheel into line for him and to make speeches in favor of his election. Col. Gash, who is one of our old steadfast friends, is president of the Highway Commission of Illinois. He is an eminent lawyer, a prominent Mason, a silver-tongued orator whose eloquence cannot be surpassed by many men in this country. And possessing all of these qualities with pleasing manners, and a polished gentleman at all times, a whole army of his friends will follow him into the Sweitzer camp or band wagon. THE SECOND WARD REPUBLICAN CLUB WILL GIVE A HOME-COMING TO CONGRESSMAN MARTIN B. MADDEN AT ENTERTAINER'S HALL. Monday evening, March 15, the Second Ward Republican Club will give a home-coming to Congressman Martin B. Madden at Entertainer's Hall, Thirty-fifth and Indiana avenue. ONE HUNDRED AFRO-AMERICAN WOMEN ORGANIZED THE DEPRIEST SECOND WARD WOMEN'S CLUB IN ORDER TO ASSIST TO BOOST HIM INTO THE CITY COUNCIL. Tuesday afternoon of this week more than one hundred Afro-American women met at 3109 S. State street, which will be their permanent headquarters until after the April election, and organized the DePriest Second Ward Women's Club. Their aim and object will be to boost the Hon. Oscar DePriest into the city council. During the meeting of the ladies Mr. DePriest was present and addressed them, assuring them that if each and every one of them and their friends would do their duty on registration day, Tuesday, March 16, and at the coming election, Tuesday, April 6, that he felt more than confident that he would win out and put to everlasting flight the false race leaders who are endeavoring to defeat him and elect a White man to the City Council. Mrs. Ida McKinley was elected president of the club; Miss Eva Artis, vice president; Mrs. Irene Lewis, secretary; Mrs. Lucy-Miller, assistant secretary; Mrs. Gabriello Taylor, treasurer. So it will be up to the Colored women of the Second Ward to put Mr. DePriest over the plate. PAPERS AGAIN UPHELD. Court Decision Says Paper Must Be Paid for if Accepted. Judge George Thomas of Columbus, O., recently decided that if a man accepts a paper that has been sent him he must pay for it. The decision was rendered in the case brought by the Columbus Telegram against a man for $2.35. The Telegram had been sent to the man's home, and he had accepted the paper. When called upon to pay for it he refused, and suit was brought. When Judge Thomas heard the evidence he instructed the jury to bring in a verdict for the Telegram. Judge Thomas rules that the old common law principle that what a man received and used he was bound to pay for applied in this instance. ALLOWED TO VOTE IN DEMO CRATIC PRIMARIES Moberly, Mo., March 10.—Special to The Broad Ax.—For the first time in the history of this town Colored men were allowed to vote in the Democratic primaries held a few days ago. Colored men have always been intimidated when they appeared to vote, but this time an agreement among the candidates allowed them to vote unmolested. Congressman Martin B. Madden Was Warmly Received at Tremont Temple at Boston, Mass. On Last Sunday Afternoon Where He Spoke On "The Many Wrongs Inflicted on the Colored People in the Southern States and in Other Sections of the Country" SPECIAL TO THE BROAD AX. Last Sunday afternoon Congressman Martin B. Madden, who is one of the truest friends of the Afro-American race residing in any part of the world, delivered a great soul-stirring oration at Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass. It was a history-making day for the Colored people living in that historic city, for during the time he occupied in talking it reminded one of the days of Wendell Phillips, Charles Sumner, William Lloyd Garrison, and the other immortal sons of humanity who spent their lives in battling for the cause of right and justice who have gone on before them into the next world. It is almost useless to state that the people of Boston extended to him a warm reception and as an evidence of their high appreciation for the great and undying services which he has rendered the race in and out of the halls of Congress he was so heartily applauded when he arose to speak that fully ten minutes passed away before he was able to proceed. His long-to-be-remembered manly and straightforward discourse was entitled "The Wrongs of the South." The following are a few burning extracts from his oration at Tremont Temple and from his utterances at other times. "Men who have power can afford to be just. It would be unjust beyond measure to adopt this amendment to the immigration bill. One-tenth of the American people are of the Black race, First Born $3\frac{1}{2}$ and Last One $1\frac{1}{4}$ Pounds—Mrs. C. O. McKnight, Cali- ifornia, Proud Parent. Redding, Cal., March 11.—Mrs. C. O. McKnight, 40 years old and weighing 105 pounds, who lives near Bella Vista, today is the mother of four babies, all born between 9.15 and 11.15 o'clock last night. All are normal. The heaviest and the first born weighs $3\frac{1}{2}$ pounds. The last to be born weighs only one and three-quarters pounds. Mrs. McKnight is the mother of nine other children. Sister McKnight is all right and at the rate she is traveling she will soon assist to fill up the far West with plen- ty of romping children.—Editor. JUDGE CHARLES N. GOODNOW AT THE APPOMATTOX CLUB. On Sunday, March 14th, Judge Charles N. Goodnow of the Court of Domestic Belations of the Municipal Court will address the membership and their friends of the famous Appomattox Club. Judge Goodnow is a good speaker and a splendid logician and is interesting. Miss Maude Roberts, the race's cultured soprano soloist will sing. All friends are invited. in Martin B. Was Warmly at Tremont Boston, Mass. Sunday After- re He Spoke Many Wrongs in the Colored the Southern d in Other theCountry" and no people in the world's history has ever been more loyal to a government than these people to this." "They are loyal and law-abiding and have made more progress since the close of the war than any other people in all the history." "I cannot conceive of a condition under which a White man should be allowed to cohabit with a Black woman not his wife without being compelled by law to marry her or provide for the care of her children." "It will not do to say that there is no such condition as that to which I allude. Every one knows better, else how does it happen that we have so many people of mixed blood in the United States?" "They have advanced from almost total illiteracy since emancipation until today 70 percent can read and write. They have among them musicians, artists, doctors, lawyers, mechanics, artisans, agriculturists, bankers, educators, preachers, merchants, and are engaged in every useful occupation. They have accumulated property valued at $700,000,000—$70 per capita—a marvelous showing, a greater showing, indeed, than has ever been made before anywhere during all civilization." CHARLES W. ANDERSON REMOVED AS COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE OF NEW YORK CITY BY PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON. Charles W. Anderson, who was appointed as Collector of Internal Revenue for one of the districts in New York City by former President Theodore Roosevelt, and who was retained in his same position by former President William H. Taft, and honorably served its citizens in the same capacity for two years under the Wilson administration, was last week removed from office by President Wilson. Mr. Anderson played in great luck to hold his job for so long, while there were so many hungry White Democrats and Republicans who were constantly hitting the trail for it. Mme. Lisa Lee Tyler returned home Friday morning from New York City and the East, where she spent four months on a theatrical tour which did not prove very successful, and Mme. Tyler is stopping with Miss D. Forston and other relatives at 2902 S. Wabash Avenue. No.25 Ever Have the Feeling? Who has not felt the sensation which the French call "deja vu" or "deja entendu," meaning that he is doing or seeing or hearing something he has experienced before? "In a perfectly new situation," writes a physician in the Government Hospital For the Insane, in the Popular Science Monthly, "in a place which he has never before visited, a person believes that he has been a visitor there at some previous time. These feelings of having already experienced such situations are frequently due to memory defects. "It is probable that what takes place is that one or several elements in the present situation are like those which had been experienced in the past, but that the dissimilarities in the situation are not observed. The individual has a memory defect in that he parallels or identifies a complex present experience with a similar complex past experience, although in the present experience the number of elements which are the same as those in the past may not be very great." House Chimneys Chimneys were scarcely known in England in the year 1200. One only was allowed in a religious house, one in a manor house and one in a great hall of a castle or a lord's house, but in other houses the smoke found its way out as it could. The writers of the fourteenth century seemed to have considered them as the newest invention of luxury. In Henry VII's reign the University of Oxford had no fire allowed, for it is mentioned after the students had supped, having no fire in winter, they were obliged to take a good run to get heat in their feet before they retired for the night. Holin-shed in the reign of Elizabeth describes the rudeness of the preceding generation in the arts of life. "There were," says he, "very few chimneys. Even in the capital towns the fire was laid to the wall, and the smoke issued out of the door, roof or window." In the year of 1639 a tax of 2 shillings was laid on chimneys.-London Strand Magazine. Weeds We Use In Our Toys Woods We Use in Our Toys. "It must not be considered that dolls are the only wooden toys in the manufacture of which American industry has been progressing," says the Southern Lumberman. "Among the toys made in this country from American woods are toy animals, blocks, boats, cannon and forts, children's chairs, circus sets, dolls, doll furniture, games, Christmas tree holders, swing jumpers, children's planes, pastry sets, babies' play yards, toy shooting galleries, hoblyhouses, popguns, toy wagons, toy autos and wheelbarrows. Basswood is the principal material for wooden toys and for wooden parts of metal toys. Next to basswood, sugar maple, beech, birch and white pine are the principal woods used for toys. The amount of woods used annually in the United States for toy manufacture is nearly $20,000,000 feet." A. Prohibited Inscription In the west cloister of Westminster abbey, in the oldest part of the building, imbedded in the pavement is a slab of marble marking the grave of John Broughton, who was a verger in the abbey for more than thirty years and before he obtained the situation was the champion prizefighter of Great Britain, holding the belt for more than twelve years. The guides who show people around the abbey say that when he was buried in the cloister some of his admirers wanted to immortalize him with an appropriate epitaph, and they indicate a blank space under his name which was left for the inscription, "For twelve years champion prizefighter of England," but it was prohibited. "Landiady." The distinction which the possession of land used to give is still exemplified in the titles of "landlord" and "landlady." Persons are amused at the colored washerwoman, for instance, who insists on the term "lady." But let the same woman run a rooming house of whatever description and she is not a "landwoman," but a "landlady."—Kansas City Star. Exasperating. "The phrase 'He hates himself' is intended for sarcasm when applied to an egolfist, I believe." "Quite right, but it's the unvarnished truth when applied to a man who starts to tell a funny story and forgets how it ends."—Birmingham Age-Herald. A New York engineer was surveying the route of a branch line for a railway system. An old backwoodsman with whom he stopped for a time admitted one day when he saw the engineer figuring in the field that mathematics always seemed a wonderful thing to him. Being young and enthusiastic, the engineer began to enlarge upon its wonders, telling the farmer how we could measure the distances to different planets and even weigh the planets; how we could foretell the coming of a comet or an eclipse years in advance of its actual occurrence, determine the velocity of the swiftest projectiles, ascertain the heights of mountains without scaling them, and many other things meant to astonish the old man. "Yes, them things does seem kinder curious," said the old man, "but what always bothered me was to understand why you have to carry one for every ten. But if you don't," he continued with conviction, "the darned thing won't come out right."—Everybody's Magazine. Seeing In the Dark Sir J. J. Thomson is authority for the statement that when a body is heated above the temperature of boiling water it ordinarily begins to be faintly visible, especially by averted vision, but no definite color is discerned until the temperature has risen considerably higher. This suggests that the first effects are felt by the "rods" and not by the "cones," which together form the retina. The cones are specially concerned with the perception of color. From this one would infer that animals which see in the dark must have retinas particularly rich in rods, and physiology shows that this is notably true of the owl, whose retina is remarkable for the extremely great proportion of rods to cones. In a faint light, states Professor Thomson, the owl sees no color, but he sees something, which is good enough for his purposes where we would see nothing at all—Philadelphia Record. A Remarkable Toad. The toad of Surinam, Dutch Gulana is very remarkable in one respect. It first awakes to life while on its mother's back. When the eggs are laid the male takes them in his broad paws and contrives to place them on the back of its mate, where they adhere by means of glutinous secretion and by degrees become embedded in a series of curious cells formed for them in the skin. When the process is completed the cells are closed by a kind of membrane, and the back of the female toad bears a strong resemblance to a piece of dark honeycomb when the cells are filled and closed. Here the eggs are hatched, and in these strange receptacles the young pass through their first stages of life, not emerging until they have attained their limbs and can move about on the ground. Over 120 eggs have been counted upon the back of a single Surinam toad. She Knew Bova The Employer—If my wife calls up say that I've just gone out. The Office Boy—Yes, sir; I'll say it every time she calls up. The Employer—You mustn't do that. My wife would have a poor opinion of your truthfulness. The Boy—Yes, sir; she has it now. The Boy—Yes, sir; she has it now. The Employer-What do you mean? The Boy-Why, she called up this morning and asked me if I was the new boy, and I said, "Yes, ma'am." And she said it was no place for a truthful boy. She said you had no use for a truthful boy. Then she said, "Did you ever tell a lie?" And I said, "No, ma'am." "And what did she say?" "She said, 'You'll do'!"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Porto Rise's Telephone Plant. Porto Rico has one very unique kind of "telephone plant," says the Western Electric News. It is an air plant something like an archid. It has no roots, but derives its nourishment from the air, the seeds evidently being carried by the wind or birds and insects to some substance where they lodge and sprout. This growth is found most frequently on insulated wire, although it has been observed on bare iron wire that has rusted. It has never been seen on new bare iron, copper wire or cable and causes little trouble, as the mass is seldom large enough to cross two wires. Way of a Woman. "So he won her, by fighting with his rival. I shouldn't think such a little虾mmp of a fellow could put up much of a battle." "Oh, he got licked; that's what made him solid with her—that's just like a woman, you know."—Florida Times-Union. Mines in Naval Warfare. Floating mines, under various names, have figured in naval warfare for nearly 350 years, but they were first used with really deadly effect in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5. Nettle Juice Dye. A fine yellow dye is produced from the roots of nettles boiled in alum. The juice of the stalk and leaves is used to dye woolen stuffs a brilliant and permanent green. The fastest time on record for a distance of over 440 miles was made by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern ern from Buffalo to Chicago, in June 1905, when the distance of 525 miles was covered in seven hours and fifty minutes. The fastest long distance run less than 440 miles was on the New York Central, on Sept 11, 1895, from New York to Buffalo, 436½ miles, in 407 minutes. The average speed was sixty-four and one-third miles an hour, with two stops and twenty-eight slow-ups, and on Jan. 1, 1903, from Albany to Buffalo, 302 miles, in 295 minutes.—Philadelphia Press. Girding Up the Loins In Biblical times the strong man "girded up his loins" when about to undertake some feat of physical endurance. And the custom is by no means obsolete among certain orientals at the present time. Thus in preparing for a fatiguing journey the oriental winds a piece of cloth about fifteen feet long and twelve to eighteen inches wide tightly around the abdomen and back. It is put on by having a person hold one end while the wearer winds himself up tightly in it, and the orientals believe that this girdle relieves fatigue and guards against intestinal troubles by preventing chilling. This explanation of the sustaining effect of the girdle is probably incorrect, although the good effects themselves cannot be doubted. In all probability it is the support given the abdominal muscles, rather than the protection to the skin, that explains the beneficial results.—Los Angeles Times. Odd Sheets of Note Paper A good way to use up odd sheets of note paper for which you have no envelopes is to make them, with the aid of your sewing machine, into a package of correspondence sheets that need no cover. Cut the note paper into halves along the folded edge and fold each half again. Remove the thread from your sewing machine needle and carefully run the paper under the guide of the machine, leaving an accurate quarter of an inch margin on three sides. The fold of the paper should remain untouched. That makes a double sheet, three of the four edges of which are perforated. When you are ready to send a letter write on the inside of the folded sheet, then molisten the edges with glue, seal them and write the address on the outside of the folded sheet. The person to whom the letter is addressed can open it by tearing off the margins that seal it. Youth's Companion. Unquestioning Obedience. Much trouble as well as much amusement was caused during the early stages of the Panama canal work by the inability of the Jamaican negroes to take any except a strictly literal view of orders. In unloading a vessel at Colon a rope in a pulley at the head of the mast got jammed, and a Jamaican was ordered to climb up and release it. He did as ordered. Some minutes later the boss of the gang missed him and asked with some impatience where he was. He was pointed out sitting calmly at the masthead. "What are you doing up there?" roared the boss. "You told me to come up here, sah," the man answered, "but you haven't told me to come down!"—Joseph B. Bishop, Secretary of Isthmian Canal Commission, in Youth's Companion. A Chicago Milk Story A family living in South Chicago found a good deal of cream on a bottle of milk which had been standing overnight, and when the driver called in the morning the pleased servant held it up to the light and said, "Look here; I have never seen anything like this before on your milk!" The man looked at it for a moment, scratched his head and replied, "Well, I don't know what's the matter, but you can throw it out, and I'll give you a fresh bottle in its place."—Chicago News. Can You Beat It? She—Oh, Jack, do excuse me for getting here so late! You poor fellow, you've had to wait an hour for me! He—Oh, no; it's all right! I've only just come. She—What! So that's the way you treat me, is it? If I'd come at the time agreed you'd have made me wait a whole hour.—Boston Transcript. Named the Bird. Irate Diner—Hey, waiter, there's not a drop of real coffee in this mixture. Fresh Waiter—Some little bird told you. I suppose. Irate Diner—Yes, a swallow—Princeton Tiger. The Hartford Constitution. The first written constitution in America governed the people of Hartford, Conn. This included the neighboring towns. The year was 1639.—Magazine of American History. Neah's Ark and Other Vessels. It is generally agreed that Noah's ark measured about 450 feet in length, 75 feet in breadth and 45 feet in depth. The Greeks and the Romans constructed several large vessels measuring upward of 500 feet. These were built for the emperors or rulers, and were little more than enormous scows, without any means of propulsion. A vessel 420 feet in length was built by Ptolemy, which was propelled by 500 rowers, arranged in five banks, using oars fifty-seven feet in length. The fame of the Thalamegus still lives. This boat, which measured 800 feet in length, 40 feet in breadth and 60 feet in depth, was said to have been the most beautiful craft in antiquity, and was used exclusively by the emperor. A king of Syracuse is also credited with having built a very palatial boat whose cabins were hung with costly silks and decorated with rare statues. After the decline of the Roman empire no great ships were constructed for more than 1,000 years—Pearson's. Wisdom of a Czar About a hundred years ago the Emperor Alexander I. of Russia returned to St. Petersburg after an absence of many months, during which time he had taken an active part in the war against Napoleon. Alexander was one one of the wisest and most magnanimous rulers of his time. It was to a great extent his firmness and wisdom that led to the overthrow of Napoleon, and after that event his magnanimity preserved the city of Paris from the fury of the Russian soldiers, liberated 150,000 French prisoners of war confined in Russia and sought to obtain for his fallen foe the most liberal terms compatible with what he deemed the safety of Europe. One of the first acts of the emperor after his return to Russia was to grant an absolute pardon to all his subjects who had taken part against him in the late war.-Pittsburgh Press. David Garrick. Feb. 20, 1716, was born David Garrick, the greatest actor who ever appeared on the English stage, for he was equally great in comedy and tragedy. Every one who saw him came under his spell. The actress, Mrs. Clive, who averred she hated him, stood in the wings one night watching Garrick and alternately crying and scolding. At last, disgusted with her exhibition of emotion, she stalked away, exclaiming, "Hang him, he could act a gridiron!" But an even greater compliment was paid by Rousseau, in whose honor Garrick gave a special performance. The first part of the bill was a tragedy, the second part a comedy, both in English. At the end of the evening Rousseau said to Garrick, "I have cried all through your tragedy and laughed all through your comedy, without knowing a single word of your language."—London Chronicle. Burns' Cottage The Burns cottage at Ayr is under the charge of trustees, who purchased it in 1881 from the Ayr Shoemakers incorporation for the sum of £4,000. The birthplace of the poet had up till that time been in use as a public house. The trustees abandoned the license and after a time removed the hall and other extraneous buildings which had been added to the premises and restored the cottage buildings as nearly as possible to the state they may have been in in Burns' time. A new museum was built at the northeast corner of the grounds. Most of the relics were removed to the museum, which now contains a priceless collection—a first or Kilmarnock edition of the poet's works, for which £1,000 was paid, and Burns' family Bible, acquired at a cost of £1,700.—London Answers. Weak on Geography Geography floors most of us occasionally, and Dean Hole has recorded an instance when even a bishop nodded. Hole and Dean Spence were staying with Dean Pigou at Chichester, and their host began to talk about Korea. Suspecting some ignorance, he asked if they knew where it was. Hole said he thought you booked for Charing Cross and Spence that you got out at Baker street. There was laughter, and a bishop who had been listening asked in perplexity wherein lay the joke—London Standard. Great Families. The worst famines of modern times were the famine in Ireland in 1846-7, in which 1,000,000 people perished; the Indian famine in 1886, which claimed 1,450,000 victims; the Indian famine in 1877, in which 500,000 people perished, and the great famine in China in 1878, in which 9,500,000 died. Depending from the base of the brain like a berry on its stalk is a capsule about the size of a cherry. Tiny and obscure as this organ is, its derangements may have the most amazing effects upon the mind and body. Should it become superactive the body may suddenly shoot up to the stature of a giant. Should its functions become feeble in childhood the victim in old age will retain the stature and mentality of a six-year-old child, along with all the organic and decrepitness of senility. This gland is called the pituitary body. This suggests the fanciful possibility that ancient legends asserting the existence of giants may have had a scientific basis in pathology. Goliath was perhaps the victim of a deranged pituitary body, and in the ravages of the malady may lie an explanation of his falling so easy a prey to a rock slung by a shepherd boy. The Greek Titans may have been a tribe in which there was an epidemic of thyroiditis—Exchange. JOHN H. HARRIS Curious brain Organ. Bringing About an Agreement. "I have something for you here, my love," said Mr. Darley, as he proceeded to open a large round box. "What is it, precious?" "Wait and see." Darley carefully unwrapped the article and disclosed a lady's hat. "Isn't it a beauty?" he asked. "I bought it myself as a surprise to you. Don't you think it is a perfect dream?" Mrs. Darley gazed at the hat and burst into tears. "I can't wear it," she blubbered. "It doesn't suit me at all. You meant to please me, I know, but it isn't my style at all." "Don't cry, dear. The milliner said you could exchange it, and if you'll agree not to buy any ties for me hereafter I'll let you select your own hats and bonnets." An agreement was concluded on that basis—New York World. Headdress of Chilean Women The Chilean people are a combination of the original Indian population, a large and virile race, with the Spanish conquerors. This combination has produced a fine race of large stature, which takes readily to fighting and to an energetic development of the resources of the country, but which has been singularly deficient in the branches of literature and art which require a vivid imagination. Although the wealthy Chileans, especially those living in the capital, follow faithfully the slightest fluctuations in European fashions, the manto remains the distinctive headdress for street use by the Chilean women. This is a plain black cloth which covers the head, is caught in a loose knot behind the neck and then falls over the shoulders, sometimes almost to the ground. The manto is said to be unusually becoming to the Chilean type. Helooland's Lighthouse The Helgoland light is an electric one and the most powerful in Germany and is claimed by the Germans to be the most powerful light in existence. The light consists of a cluster of three revolving lights, having a lighting power of 40,000,000 candles, a magnitude of light which from figures alone is hard and difficult to realize. The lights are on the searchlight principle, and the cluster is surmounted by a single light, of the same kind and size, that can be revolved independently and three times as fast as the three lights. The single light is put into use in case of accident to the cluster of three. The electric power is generated by two steam engines and boilers, running belt driven electric generators—London Opinion. The late Thomas Flint, professor of divinity in Edinburgh university, was the son of a Dumfrieshre shepherd. When he moved to Edinburgh his father went with him and remained the head of the house. In this circumstance Professor Flint's biographer finds "something touching and beautiful." "One of the greatest scholars of his day, a man of worldwide reputation, the leading theologian of Scotland, sits humbly at the family table and kneels reverently at prayer while his aged father, a simple peasant, conducts the devotion of the household." Mrs. Stalor—John, don't you think I need a new gown? This one is beginning to look shabby. Mr. Stalor—I don't see anything the matter with it. You look well enough in it to suit me, and why should I pay money to make you more attractive to other men?—Exchange. Meard Downtown. "Pose my face is dirty," said the office boy in the elevator, "what business is that of yours? You ain't my father." "No, but I'm bringing you up," replied the elevator man—Boston Tran- Endorsed by the Regular 2nd Ward Republican Organization Residence, 4630 Evans Avenue Tel. Kenwood 5466 Dr. H. REGINALD SMITH EYE GLASSES SCIENTIFICALLY FITTED Office, 3401 S. State St., Chicago Office Hours: 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. 7 to 9 P. M. Phone Douglas 1248 Auto. 77-810 The Legion of Honor In 1802 Bonaparte proposed the formation of a legion of honor which was to include in its ranks men of distinction from every walk in life, not only soldiers, but savants, jurists and authors. "It is aristocratic in its tendency," said Berlier, a distinguished lawyer, "leading France back to the ancient regime when crosses, badges and ribbons were the toys of monarchy." "Well," replied Napoleon, "men are led by toys. The French are not all changed by ten years of revolution; they are what the Gauls were- fierce and fickle. They have one feeling-honor. We must nourish that feeling; they must have distinction." The oath taken by a new member of the Legion of Honor was to devote himself "to the service of the republic, to the maintenance of the integrity of its territory, the defense of its government, laws and of the property which they have consecrated; to fight against every attempt to re-establish the federal regime or to reproduce the titles and qualities thereto belonging." "Poleon and the End of the French Revolution," by Charles F. Warrick. Well Tempered Living The statistics of insanity show that the minds of men and women are often made aberrant through the steady drive of environment, in which the simple life and the spurring city life are equally at fault. The figures show the per capita of insanity differs little in city and country. Rural solitude and the abnormal life of the city are alike responsible for mental diseases. It is as bad for man to be too much alone as it is for him to be surrounded by perfervid life. The history of the race, the inquiries of investigators and the judgment of specialists in the diseases of mind and body tell us that the well tempered life, void of excesses, is the plane upon which men and women best endure in mental and bodily health, a temperance of thought and a temperance of action in an environment in which the individual is neither submerged by human society nor detached from it. — Seattle Post Intelligencer. Not So Very Cheap The man who wishes to economize was advised by a friend to go to a certain restaurant. "Mighty cheap," said the friend. So the would be boarder went there. Next day he met that friend. "Pretty cheap place, eh?" said the latter. "Not on your life!" "What do you mean? Can you get as good soup elsewhere as you can there for the price?" "Certainly not." "And did you ever get such roast beef at another place for what you paid at this one?" "I never did." "Well, then, why do you say the place isn't cheap?" "Because," said the man who wanted to save, "while I was eating somebody stole my hat and overcoat!"—New York Times. Silent Tragedies It is only the life of violence, the life of bygone days that is perceived by nearly all our tragic writers, and only one may say that anachronism dominates the stage, and that dramatic art dates back as many years as the art of sculpture. To the tragic author it is only the violence of the anecdote that appeals. And he imagines, forsooth, that we shall delight in witnessing the very same acts that brought joy to the hearts of barbarians, with whom murder, outrage and treachery were matters of daily occurrence, whereas it is far away from bloodshed, battlecry and sword thrust that the lives of most of us flow on, and men's tears are silent today, and invisible and almost spiritual—Maeterlinck. Breaking It Gently. "If you please, mamma," asks Bavamin, aged ten, "will you kindly lend me a pencil?" "But," said his mother, "I let a pen and ink for you to do your lessons with on the nursery table. Why don't you use that instead of a pencil?" "Well, you see," Benjamin explained, "I want a pencil to write and ask the editor how to remove ink stains from a carrot." PAGE THREE THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MARCH 18, 1915. NATTY SPRING SAILOR. Sailors are to be very popular for spring wear. The one illustrated is of leghorn, trimmed with a black velvet band and peacock feathers. SEVERELY SIMPLE SUIT. Suit of white gabardine for spring wear. The effect is quite tailored, the skirt being plain and short and the jacket belted and of hip length. The patch pockets are finished with crecent shaped flaps, and the collar and cuffs are of white uncut velvet. POPULAR SPORTS COAT. Sports coat of pepper and salt woolen mixture, cut with wide circular flare and loose, inset sleeves; high collar, with round tabs of plain black cloth; trimming of black cloth buttons. FROCK OF GOLDENROD SATIN. Frock of light gray goldenrod satin, the skirt hanging in simple folds from a girdle of king's blue velvet. Bodice of satin and cream lace with inset vest of cream daphne silk. SOME FASHION DONT'S. Don't wear any vell unless you can wear a fresh one, and don't wear one unless you can take time enough to arrange it neatly and daintily. Don't wear more than one ring on a finger if the finger is short. Don't choose a conspicuous style or color for a frock that must do long service. An equally smart dark color will look far better. Don't wear white topped boots if your ankles are large. Don't imagine that seventeen shades of brown, tan, putty and sand can be safely worn at the same time. They clash almost as badly as so many different shades of various colors. Don't forget that even in this day of front closings the back of the frock must be occasionally looked at in a mirror to make sure that its lines are becoming and that it is properly adjusted. CHIC SPRING HAT. Spring hat of white chip in Alpine shape. Brim is bound with cord of black velvet. Feather fantasy trims the side. STUNNING SPRING CHAPEAU. The hat shown is of fashionable black, coarse straw, trimmed with fururist flowers developed in wools of variegated shades. PRETTY LINGERIE FROCK. Sheer batiste hand embroidery and Irish crochet are used effectively in this girlish frock. It is buttoned straight down the front. SUIT OF COVERT CLOTH. The suit illustrated shows three salient style features. It is of the popular covert cloth, has the high waist line and the moderately full circular skirt. YOUTHFUL RUSSIAN FROCK. Youthful frock built on Russian lines, the long tunic belted by a narrow band of broadcloth, embroidered in blue. Plain V neck, finished in black with directoire collar. Plain skirt, fastening at side. Trimming of broadcloth covered ball buttons. PAGE FOUR THE BROAD AX THE BROAD AX Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Inclides, Single Takers, 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, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year.....$2.00 Six Months.....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to 'THE BROAD AX 2027 FEDERAL STREET, CHICAGO, IL. PHONE DREKEL 4590. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 19 1903, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under Act of March 3, 1879. THE HYDE PARK NEWS L. W. Washington. The Hyde Park A. M. E. Church was honored with the presence of two distinguished Christian workers in the persons of Detective Sergeant Starks, who preached on the subject "Eternity," his remarks were well received and quite an impression was made upon his hearers. Mrs. Lydia Hunt, Superintendent of the cradle row department spent a pleasant hour. We are very sorry to learn of the death of the grandchild of Mrs. Spinkston of 5613 Harpen Avenue. The sympathies of The Broad Ax is extended to the bereaved family. Mrs. Lucy Churchill of 5537 Kimbark Avenue, the sister of Mrs. Bell Pickett of the same number is sick and is now in the hospital. * * * Mrs. Meriman Martin of 5462 Kenwood Avenue, entertained a few of her friends Wednesday evening. * * * Mrs. E. H. Brown of 5526 Engleside Avenue, spent a pleasant evening at Mrs. L. W. Washington's, after which they both attended the Methodist prayer meeting. * * * Mr. E. E. Greene the very popular tailor is again in charge of the Chicago Beach Hotel tailor shop. If we are, but patient, our services will be rewarded, if they merit it. Dr. Mosely of 5039 Lake Park Avenue has returned from a pleasant trip in Texas. QUESTIONS GLEANED BY DAILY CONTACT WITH THE PEOPLE By L. W. Washington Watch this column. For things said in the dark, should be told upon the housetop. * * * In other words "Don't waste A Lot of Time Trying To Dope Out Why A Black Hen Lays A White Egg." "Get The Egg." Miss Ethel Cole, one of the young women of Harrison Stewart's Co., became unconscious Tuesday night on the stage at the Grand Theatre, and died Thursday. An attempt to get several of the ministers to come and preach the funeral, by her friends, failed, because of their Sunday engagements. Dan Jackson was the undertaker. The floral respect paid to her was beautiful. The scene most pathetic. Her body was shipped to New York City, New York. A customer dropped in to Nat Jones news stand, 242 E. 35th St., Monday morning about 9:30 A. M., and remarked that he was riding on the car, a fellow walking on the side-walk saw him, recognizing him, waved to him to get off. Knowing what the fellow wanted, he rode one block further than he should, to avoid the intruder. But his friend was on to his job. When he landed he caught him, so he took his medicine and coughed up. A great discussion took place last Sunday night at the news stand of Mr. R. H. Faulkner, 3109 State St., on the Constitution of the United States of America. It was a discussion that any body of intelligent men might feel proud of the manner in which the subject was handled. Mr. Carroll said, "That the constitution was a sufficient as well as a guarantee of the citizenship of every citizen be he Black or White, notwithstanding the opinion of others to the contrary and the deplorable condition of the Negro today, was due to false leadership." Mr. Parker another one of the participants, said that "In his opinion, that the trouble with this country in reference to the justice of our cause, was that every State was a Sovereign by custom, if not by National law, free and Independent States, each growing into a little kingdom of its own. Each defiant of the plain duty of the Nation, and oppressive of some of the rights of its own citizens, whose ultimate end means eternal disruption, disrespectful persuasion, and unpatriotic demonstration, which spells trouble, unless by National education this evil is corrected." Mr. Buchanan said: "That since every citizen be they Black or White are susceptible to the call to arms, to protect the rights, and property of its citizens as factors of the Nation. Said citizens are entitled to every protection in the power of the whole Nation to give them, irrespective of whether those citizens are Black or White. In other words, (says he) if the Negro is called upon in time of war to give his life for his country. His country should, regardless of what some of its members may think about it, treat him right in the time of peace, as it does to the White citizens of the same." A prominent member of the 5th Regiment of I. N. G. acting as judge of the discussion, gave his version of the principles envolved. He said "The Negro must be educated, by such education he would be enlightened, and by such enlightenment, his susceptibilities would develop to the extent of seeing his proper needs, Ignorance breeds immorality, and immorality is hurting us, most in this country. The great trouble," he says "is that our friends are becoming too familiar with our vices, and we with theirs." All because the ministry Black and White is neglectful of defending the truth. While I realize that something must be done to harmonize the relationship between the races, let me ask this question, whose going to do it, our present leaders won't do it, for they need money, and will have it, our churches won't do it because they are disinterested, and money will shut the mouths of the best and most gifted, and you can't expect the society folks to do it, for they have not the time to bother. During the early part of the week I happened to be straightening out some of the kinks in my notes, when Dr. Davis dropped in "He said I would like to have a black kitten, because I am very prejudiced to—!" They say (very abruptly) that a black cat is bad luck. We were pleased to greet the members of the Silis Frazier and W. R. Carter's Carolina Jubilee Co., on their return from a 18,000 mile trip during farmer's Institute work. Mrs. S. Frazier, Miss Bertha Wilson, Mr. Sidney Williams, Regina Brislo, Mr. James Douglas. They will remain in the city until the summer season in June. The Independent candidacy of Mr. W. R. Cowan, has lit up the second ward curses and praises are waged on every side. It fell in the political camp like an exploded bomb, the voters are still picking up the fragments. A committee of Ladies from the De Priests Women's Organization waited upon Mr. Cowan, requesting him not to run." Mrs. F. L. Barnett introduced a resolution in the equality league favorable to Mr. De Priest, and was ruled out of order by the chairman, Mr. E. H. Wright. Mr. De Priest told about 200 ladies in a meeting that he knew who the men were who met in council to elect an independent candidate for Alderman and a goodly number cried out, "Call their names, so we would know who the traitors are, "Dogs." Keep your eyes on this column next week. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The records of the office of the Clerk of the Probate Court of Cook County, show thousands of unsettled estates covering a period of more than twenty-five years past. This is contrary to law and they should be settled and closed at once. It may appear that many persons entitled to distribution have not received their shares and interests in such estates. The law requires that accounts showing the administration of estates be presented for settlement at the first term of the Probate Court after the expiration of one year after the date of the issue of Letters. The Statutes further provide that the Probate Court shall enforce the settlements of estates within the time prescribed by law. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MARCH 13, 1915. J. The regular Republican candidate for Alderman of the Second Ward, who will beat or defeat all comers at the election Tuesday, April 6. July 1, 1913, will be notified and directed to see to it that the particular estate in which they are interested is closed at the next term of the Probate Court following such notice. If the parties notified do not comply with such notice, citation will at once issue against them. This office is now checking up all estates pending prior to July 1, 1913, back over a period of 25 years, and notices will be sent out accordingly. All means at the command of this office and of the Probate Court of Cook County, will be used to compel the closing of all such estates. JOHN A. CERVENKA. CATHOLIC CHURCH U. S. MEM BERSHIP 16. 309. 310. There are 16,309,310 Catholics in the United States, according to the advance sheets of "The Official Catholic Directory," published and copyrighted by P. J. Kennedy & Sons of New York. The increase in the number of Catholics during 1914 amounted to 241,325. In ten years there has been an increase of 3,846,517 in the number of Catholics, and in twenty years there has been an increase of 7,231,445 American Catholics. There are 18,994 Catholic clergymen in the United States, 14,961 Catholic edifices, eighty-five ecclesiastical seminaries, with 6,770 young men studying for the priesthood; 229 colleges for boys and 680 academies for girls; 284 Catholic orphan asylums, with 45,742 orphans, and 1,456,206 children are enrolled in the parochial schools. New York has 2,885,824 Catholices; Pennsylvania, 1,756,763; Illinois, 1,473, 379; Massachusetts, 1,392,000; Ohio, 793,179; Michigan, 581,000; Wisconsin, 576,470; and Indiana, 245,141. NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE The public is cordially invited to come and hear Mr. Lewis Johnson, attorney at law, address the Negro Fellowship League at its meeting Sunday afternoon, March 14th, at 4 o'clock. The subject will be "Loyalty." Mr. Johnson is a young man of ability. Do not miss the opportunity to enjoy this literary treat. Meeting to be held at the Reading Room, 3005 State St. [Name] HON. EDWARD D. GREEN. One of the main supporters of Hon. Oscar DePriest in his race for the City Council from the Second Ward and predicts his election Tuesday, April 6, with a handsome majority to his credit. MAJOR ROBERT R. JACKSON IN TRODUCED THE FOLLOWING BILL LAST WEEK IN THE GENE- ERAL ASSEMBLY OF ILLINOIS AND IT IS BOUND TO BECOME A PART OF THE LAWS OF THIS STATE. For an Act to Prohibit Acts Tending to Incite Ill Feeling or Prejudice or to Ridicule or Disparage Others on Account of Race. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS REPRESENTED IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY: That any corporation person or combination of persons who shall advertise, publish, present or exhibit, or cause to be advertised, published, presented or exhibited, in any public place in this State, any lithograph, drawing, picture, play, drama or sketch, that tends to incite race riot, prejudice, hatred or antagonism, or to subject any individual, race or people to public ridicule, scorn or contempt; or that shall represent or purport to represent any hanging, lynching or burning of any human being, shall be fined not less than $200 nor more than $1000 for each offense—one half of said fine shall be paid into the school fund of the County in which the conviction is obtained. The above bill was formulated by Attorney Walter M. Farmer, 184 W. Washington street and it is considered to be sound and water proof in every respect. INDIAN GETS JOB FORMERLY HELD BY NEGROES. Cherokee Indian of Tahlequah Succeeds Gabe Parker as Register of Treasury. Washington, March.—President Wilson has nominated Houston B. Teehee of Tahlequah, Okla., to be register of the treasury to succeed Gabe Parker, who recently became commissioner of the five civilized tribes of that state. Teehee is a Cherokee Indian, and now is attorney for that tribe in Oklahoma. He formerly was a member of the lower house of the Oklahoma legislature. Clerk A BILL APPOMATTOX CLUB 3441 Wabash Avenue. SATURDAY, 13th—Lecture by Dr. A. W. Williams, "Eugenics." Address by Hon. E. H. Wright, "Race Solidarity." SUNDAY, 14th, 4:00 P. M.—Address, Prof. Geo. Foster of University of Chicago. Music. SATURDAY, 20th—Soiree and Storytelling Night. WEDNESDAY, 24th—Informal Dance. (Guests.) SATURDAY, 27th—"European War and Its Influence on the Darker Races," Prof. Richard T. Greener. SUNDAY, 28th, 4:00 P. M.—Musicale. AMATEUR MINSTREL CLUB WORKING FOR THE OLD FOLKS HOME Chicago will be presented with a great surprise Monday, April 12, at Eighth Regiment Armory, when the Amateur Minstrel Club will present their annual show and dance for the benefit of the Old Folks Home. A large stage will be erected and 1000 seats will be provided. Many new and novel features will be added to the show. These young men give their time and talent for true charity—100%. Let the Chicago people show their appreciation of these young men and their effort to help the Old Folks Home by packing Eighth Regiment Armory Monday, April 12th. SHE WAS SOME COLORED LADY. Somerville, N. J.-Special: Mrs. Elizabeth Dennis, who was only 38 years old, at her death the first of this week weighed four hundred and fifty pounds. She was so large that she was buried from an undertaking establishment as it was impossible to get the huge coffin into the Hotel Ten Eyck, where she was employed as an expert cook for some time. A MUSICAL TREAT Thursday evening a rare free musical recital was held at the Y. M. C. A., Thirty-eighth street and Wabash avenue. Mrs. Annie Hackley, vocalist; M. Pierre Caillaux, pianist; Carroll Dickerson, violinist, and others were on the program. It was a very enjoyable affair. It was under the management of Mr. Cary B. Lewis. REGISTEATION DAY TUESDAY, MARCH SIXTEENTH. All men and women of voting age including Black and White, who failed to register at the late primaries and who have changed their places of abode since the last general election, must register this coming Tuesday, March 16, if they desire to vote for Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer or the Hon. William Hale Thompson for mayor of Chicago at the election Tuesday, April 6, and for the aldermanic candidates of their respective wards; for one judge of the Municipal Court; for City Clerk and City Treasurer. Remember, that if you fail to register you will be a dead one, politically speaking, and you will be unable to express your preference at the polls in favor of any of the live candidates. REFUSE BURIAL TO NEGRO Supreme Court Declines to Review Case Against Cemetery Company. The United States Supreme Court at Washington, D. C., this week refused to review the decision of the Illinois Supreme Court, which declared that the Forest Home Cemetery Company of Chicago cannot be forced to accept the bodies of Colored people. The suit was started several years ago in this city by John B. Caspill for the purpose of forcing the company to issue a permit for the burial of his wife in a lot owned by him. The refusal to review the case was based on the decision of Chief Justice White who contended that the Supreme Court had no jurisdiction whatever over the case at bar. ST. MARK CHURCH "They saw no man save Jesus only" was the text used by the pastor, Rev. John W. Robinson last Sunday morning in St. Mark. The discourse developed the thought that Jesus alone can save. The singing of the choir was excellent. We have missed Mrs. F. E. Washington, who has been absent on acount of illness. There were two who united with the church during the day. Sunday is our great rally day. The Rev. John Thompson, secretary of City Missionary, will preach at the morning service. Miss Alpha Bratton will sing "He heard the voice," words and music by the pastor. Sunday, March 21st, is the fourth quarterly meeting day. The Rev. Gloster E. Bryant will be present and preach morning and night. The Commission Sermon will be preached by Rev. H. J. Callis, Walters A. M. E. Zion Church. The choir of Walters Church will sing. The Excelsior Club social at the home of Mr. Ruby Jackson, 5634 Grove Ave., Monday night, was splendid. The pastor attended and was highly pleased with the good work of the club. Refreshments were served to the delight of all. The debate held at St. Mark Lepcum last Sunday afternoon was very interesting and well attended. The Lepcum is offering good programs. MAJ. ROBERT R. JACKSON SELECTED TO SERVE ON MANY DEPORTANT COMMITTEES IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. This week the Hon. David Shannon, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Illinois, selected Robert R. Jackson to serve as a member of the following important committees: Insurance, License, Miscellaneous, Military Affairs, Revenue and Senatorial Appointment. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF COLORED PEOPLE. The annual meeting of The Chicago Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will take place at Lincoln Center, Oakwood Boulevard and Langley Avenue at eight o'clock P. M. Sunday evening, March 28, 1915. The president, Judge E. O. Brown will preside. The officers will make their reports and Mr. Isaac Fisher of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute and editor of The Negro Farmer will make the principal address on the Status and Progress of the American Negro. There will be other short addresses and good music. Come and bring your friends. ALPHA SUFFRAGE CLUB The regular meeting of the Alpha Suffrage Club was held at 3005 State street on Wednesday evening, March 3rd. The club endorsed Mr. Oscar DePriest, aldermanic candidate, and paved the same resolutions that were penned by a group of women at the meeting at DePriest headquarters on his Tuesday afternoon. It was also decided to give a reception to Congressmen Mrs. Hattie Osborn, 4224 S. Walsh avenue, has removed to Wilberforce, Ohio, where she will reside for some time. Mrs. Ida Petson, 1225 Batty street, Shreveport, La., is numbered among the many new subscribers of The Broad Ax. Mrs. William Emanuel, 6352 Rhodes avenue, has been on the sick list for the past two weeks with a severe cold and being a regular M. D. she has been able to prescribe for her own allure. Mrs. Sandy W. Trice, 6438 Eberhard avenue, has been confined to her home with a severe cold for the past two weeks. She is somewhat improving at the present time. C. C. Smallwood, 1912 Dearborn street, arrived home Wednesday from another successful trip to Los Angeles Cal., over the Great Salt Lake route. "Who made God?" asked the youngest member of the family of his mother. She confessed ignorance, whereupon the youngster inquired again "Dil Abraham Lincoln make God, mamma!" Mrs. Martha B. Anderson and Miss Cleo Mae Dickerson will appear in recital next Thursday evening at the A. M. E. Church at Evanston, Ill. [Name] Composer of the following and many other classy and catchy songs. "I Have Searched the World for the Girl of My Dreams" is Mr. Jacob Ledford's latest composition. Being a high class sentimental song of unusual type, it has been highly complimented by some of the best musicians, both Colored and White, and is predicted to take its place in helping to revolutionize the musical field of today. It is rapidly selling, so order at once. Our sale at 5412 Kenwood avenue, and Lyon & Healy music store, Chicago, III. Price 25 cents. William Adams, the most progressive and up-to-date Afro-American tailor on the South Side, has recently moved into finer and larger quarters, 3101 S. State street, where he is displaying the best fabrics or suits, which will be made up in the latest spring styles at the lowest prices. Wednesday evening a meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Cordelia West, 3226 S. Wabash avenue, in the interest of the election of Hon. Oscar DePriest to the City Council. It was addressed by Hon. Edward D. Green, Miss Nellie Callaway, Hon. Oscar DePriest, Mr. A. H. Roberts and Mrs. Irene Lewis. Miss Ethel Cole, who resided in the Cranford apartment building, 3600 Wabash avenue and whe for a long time was one of the popular and favorite entertainers at the Mineral Spring Cafe and who was one of the entertainers for the first two weeks at the Elite Cafe No.2, when it first opened, passed away last Friday morning from the effects of heart disease. Dr. Henry R. Smith, 3401 S. State street, gave her medical attention, but as he was unable to induce her to cease her labors, he could not give her much permanent relief. Her remains were transported back to New York City, her former home, for burial. Racket or Raguette When you use the racket in playing tennis you do not stop to think what it means and how difficult it has been to trace the word. Some thought that it was so called because of the noise made by the ball striking it, but this is impossible. The real origin is from the French raquette, the palm of the hand, which was originally used in the game before the racket was invented. It's all very simple when you know.—Exchange. Cured by Suggestion. "And you say that Jorkins was cured of an extremely bad case of insomnia by suggestion?" "Yes, purely by suggestion. His wife suggested that since he could not sleep he might as well sit up and amuse the baby. It worked like a charm." All Through. "Your friend appears to think that life has nothing more to teach him." "Yes; he seems to imagine he is the only living alumnus of the school of experience."—Seattle Post-Intelligencer. As He Saw It. Wife—Please hurry up. Haven't you ever buttoned a dress behind before? Hubby—No; you never had a dress that buttoned before behind—Life. Shoes and Nerves. Travelers say that the reason why nervous people don't exist in China is because it is the custom to wear soft shoes there. There is no doubt that hard soled, creaking footwear is responsible for such nervous wear and tear as well as physical, fatigue in western lands. Tired feet and tired nerves will find solace in a warm foot bath with a handful of salt in it. Move the feet about or keep them still, as best please you, as long as the water is pleasantly warm; then dry them with a rough towel and put on a fresh pair of stockings—Family Doctor. A Difficult Wife An Englishman thus described the wife of his bosom in his will: "Heaven seems to have sent her into the world solely to drive me out of it. The strength of Samson, the genius of Homer, the prudence of Augustine, the skill of Pyrrhus, the patience of Job, the philosophy of Socrates, the subtlety of Hannibal, the vigilance of Hermogenes, would not suffice to subdue the perversity of her character." Built Over Covered The ground under the city of San Salvador is full of caverns of unknown depths. A man was once digging a well there. At the last stroke he gave with his pick the bottom fell out, and he and his pick fell through, nobody knows where. At least so "they say." No Time to Waste. "Pa, if Mrs. Brown should come over and tell you that I had given her little boy a black eye, what would you say?" "I really don't know, young man." "Well, you'd better make up your mind quick; she's at the door now."—Detroit Free Press "Do you like Miss Prattley? "Yes, she's so generous. Never keeps anything to herself and is always ready to give away even her best friend."-London Tik-Bita "There are many methods of punishing naughty children." "Yes, but spanking takes the palm." —London Punch. Spick and Span. "Spick and span" comes from the "spikes" and "spanners"—the hooks and stretchers for stretching cloth new from the loom. Loaned Books. When loaning a book always keep the name of book and name of person to whom the book is loaned. Write it down. How Warships Communicate. Every battleship at sea has its wireless installation adjusted so that it can send and receive signals and messages to other squadrons at sea or in harbor and to stations ashore. For the purpose of obtaining information as to the whereabout of the enemy and guarding against surprises wireless telegraphy is, of course, invaluable, says the Wireless World. A great number of cruisers are sent out ahead and spread a number of miles across. The duty of these ships is to keep a thorough lookout and report to the ship in the battle fleet looking out on their particular wave length. This ship in turn reports by seaphorse or Morse lamp to the admiral of the battle fleet. The cruisers are sometimes assisted by torpedo boat destroyers. Now, if thirty of these ships are used it will be readily seen that the area of their vision is enormous, and it would be almost impossible for a fleet to pass unobserved. Immediately any of the ships sight the enemy's squadron they would report at once by wireless, stating the number of ships sighted, with their speed, latitude and longitude, etc. The admiral would then give his orders, also by wireless—Pearson's Weekly. Queerest Dollas In the World The dolls played with by little Mohammedan children are sadly unique. They are not allowed any features and are, in fact, little more than mere bundles of rags rolled up. Mrs. Penny in "Southern India" recalls the reason for this deficiency. The Moslems believe that any human figure that is made by man will receive life at the last day and will reproach its maker for having brought it into existence without having the power to endow it with human and spiritual privileges. One feels that the prophet might have compromised a little when it came to dolls, especially in view of what was later to happen. When British rupees were first circulated in India the figure of the sovereign in relief was regarded with distrust. Fortunately for the peace of the merchant the eye was so small as to be almost invisible. Through this loophole the followers of the prophet found a way of escape from the difficulty, deciding that no harm would come in the use of the money. A Stonehenge Legend. Friar's Heel is the name given to a large stone at Stonehenge, England. An interesting tale surrounds the placing of this stone in its present upright position. It is related that Geoffrey of Monmouth said that the devil bought some stones of an old woman in Ireland, wrapped them up in withers and took them to Salsbury plain. Before he got to Mount Ambre the withies broke and one of the stones fell into the Avon; the rest were carried to the plain. After the flend had fixed them in the ground he cried out, "No man will ever find out how these stones came here." A friar replied, "That's more than thee can tell," whereupon the flend threw one of the stones at him and struck him on the heel. The stone stuck in the ground and is said to remain there to the present hour. A Remarkable Prediction Manasheb Cutler of Massachusetts, in a circular in 1787 "booming" the settlement which the New Englanders were about to plant on the Ohio at the mouth of the Muskingum, declared that "the current down the Ohio and the Mississippi" for produce and merchandise of all sorts would one day "be more crowded than any other streams on earth," which was a remarkable prediction considering that it was made twenty years before Fulton's Clermont was launched in the Hudson, which was the first steamboat in the world ever put in successful operation. Family Fun. They had been having a quarrel, and after Mrs. Gilson had spoken the last word, as usual, she felt that perhaps she had overdone the matter and, picking up the evening paper, began to read little items from it. "Oh, Henry," she laughed, "isn't tills funny? Here is a man advertising for a silent partner with $1,000." "Funny!" growled Gilson. "Yes; it's terribly funny. If he'd married you he'd have been darned glad to get a silent partner even if she didn't have a cent." Philadelphia Record. Comprehensive Advice. It is probable that seldom has better advice been given than in the following condensed rules: Drink less, breathe more; eat less, chew more; ride less, walk more; clothe less, bathe more; worry less, work more; waste less, give more; write less, read more; talk less, think more; preach less, practice more. To follow these is to strive for better health, further popularity and greater success. "Robert," said his mother, "what mischief have you been up to now? I can tell by the look in your eyes that you have been naughty." "Oh," replied Robert, "that's part of the look left over from the last time I was naughty."—Chicago News. Love's Victim. "Where did you get that awful indication?" "My wife tried to win my love through my stomach."—Philadelphia Ledger. _____ Don't tell your enemy what you think of him; it will worry him lots more to have to guess—Smart Set. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MARCH 13, 1915 DAMES AND DAUGHTERS Miss Anna B. Crocker is curator of the Dr. Portland (Ore.) Art museum. Dr. Adelaide Brown of San Francisco has been named by Governor Johnson as a member of the California board of health. This is the first time a woman has been on the board. Sister Julie Rigard, a nun, acting as nurse in a military hospital war zone, has received the Legion of Honor for her valiant under fire. She saved a village from burning and secured food for wounded men, who were isolated, under heavy fire. Mma. Stephan Panaretoff, wife of the Bulgarian minister to the United States, is an American woman, who first met her husband while teaching in Robert college, Constantinople. During the Balkan wars their son was in the bodyguard of King Ferdinand. Mrs. Inosuke Senno, the first woman bank president in the history of Japan, began her banking career less than two years ago, though over seventy years of age. She lives but a few blocks from the institution itself and is at her desk sharp on time every morning. In the operations of the bank nothing of any financial importance is ever done without her approval and direction. Current Comment "Seeing America first" is considerably interfered with by the 40,000 billboards that garnish the natural scenery.—Chicago News. Flood damage and threats of flood damage we shall have with us perhaps always. It is the price of narrowing river channels, of cultivating bottom lands and of running bridge embankments across flood plains.—Toledo Blade. With a membership gain of 763,000, the churches of America may look upon 1914 with encouragement and 1915 with hope. But in this country of majorities the majority is still outside the churches and the big work is still to be done.—Philadelphia Ledger. SHORT AND SHARP. Don't rely on another man's pull to get you to the front. People will have a good opinion of you if you agree with them. Talent and genius are akin, but genius is generally a poor relation. The face of the earth, it may be said, presents just now a fine case of rash. The fellow who stands in his own light must expect to be thrown in the shade. Too many of us get the mistaken notion that life is what the other fellow makes it. At any rate, this war has done wonders in the way of popularizing the American flag. "All women are kittens," says a New York actress. Most of them, however, have their eyes open. A woman will forgive a man almost anything, except the fact that he beat her at her own game. If the war continues long enough North America may become acquainted with South America. Another probable cause of the high price of food. The railroads kill the cows and the automobiles kill the chickens. "When does a man attain his prime?" asks an exchange. When he develops the courage to talk back to his wife; but few ever do. Short Stories. South Africans are clamoring for a parcel post service with the United States. It is provided in the tariff law of Spain that the rates of duty shall be revised every five years. Over 3,800 miles in length, the cable from Lisbon to Pernambuco is the longest crossing the Atlantic. The only water in Iquique, Chile, for drinking or washing is supplied by a company that has had a monopoly for twenty years and pipes the water from a distance of ninety miles. German Gleanings. Over 800 members of the German nobility have thus far fallen in the war. Forbach, Germany, is said to have the most profitable town forest known. It yields an annual net gain of $12.14 an acre. A German's military service has four phases-active service, serving in the reserves, in the landwehr and finally in the landsturm. Germany numbers among her population 89,000,000 Protestants, 23,500,000 Roman Catholics and 258,000 Christians of other denominations. Servian Maxims Who does evil will receive worse. In evil days the man shows what he is. What is taken by force or unjustly is cursed. It is better not to commence than not to finish. If you wish to know what a man is place him in authority. The victory is won not by the shining arms, but by the brave hearts. A Blunt Excuse. There is a stray of an English clergyman who had taken temporary duty for a friend and who had the ill luck to injure his false teeth during the week. The plate was sent to the dentist for repairs, a faithful assurance being given that it should be returned by Sunday's post, but the dentist or the post proved faithless. With the assistance of the clerk the clergyman managed to stumble through the prayers, but felt it would be useless to attempt to preach. He therefore instructed the clerk to make some excuse for him and dismiss the congregation. But his feelings may be better imagined than described when, in the seclusion of the vestry, he overheard the clerk in impressive tones thus deliver the excuse: "Parson is very sorry, but it is his misfortune to be obliged to wear a set of artful teeth. They busted last Wednesday, and he ain't got them back from London today, as he was promised. I've helped him all I could through the service, but I can't do more for him. 'Tisn't any use for him going up in the pulpit, for you wouldn't understand a word he said, so he thinks you all may as well go home.' Wagging the Ears. You will rarely find that a man who can wag his ears suffers from deafness. The reason for this is very simple. Wagging one's ears exercises them just as much as walking exercises the muscles of the legs. A great deal of deafness is caused by the muscles of the ears becoming stiff and refusing to respond quickly to the sound_waves. Quite a large proportion of children can move their ears, just as they can move the skin on their forehead up and down, but as they grow up they lose their power through want of practice. It is a mistake to let a child lose this power, for it may mean the difference between good and bad hearing in after years. Dr. M. Fernet, the famous Paris doctor, has even gone so far as to suggest that people should be trained to wag their ears, just as they are trained to exercise any other muscles of the body.-San Francisco Chronicle. Illuminative. "This meter," explained the gas company official, "measures the quantity of gas you use." "And," asked the misanthrope who is present on all gladsome occasions, "where is the meter which measures what you charge for?"—Philadelphia Ledger. Not Artistic Work Footlight—And was the performance artistic? Miss Sue Brette—No; the scenery and the leading lady were both badly painted.—Yonkers Statesman. Too Much to Bear Friend—Why are you crying, Bobby? Bobby—Ma whipped me because my face was dirty and then washed it.—Judge. By the street of By-and-by we arrive at the house of Never.—Cervantes. The Hague peace tribunal was formed fifteen years ago. "Effendi" in Turkish has its equivalent in the British "esquire." Practically all cows used by Manila dairymen have been imported from Australia and are under the inspection of the bureau of health. Immigration through the port of New York for 1914 fell off to the extent of 601,410 persons, or 45 per cent, as compared with 1913. Statistics show that the number of departing aliens was greater by 37,818 than in 1913. The Jitney. The impression seems to be growing that operating a jitney bus is not all velvet.-Detroit Free Press. Dictionaries of the future will have to pay more attention to the word "jitney" than do the dictionaries of the present, which overlook it altogether.-Chicago News. Until there was so much in the papers about "jitney" we of Detroit had not realized that all along we have had a jitney ferry, both to Belle Isle and to Windsor.-Detroit News. Industrial Items In Malaga, Spain, shoemakers get 64 to 72 cents a day. Factory inspection laws were established in Switzerland in 1877. Illness among the workers annually involves a loss of $750,000,000 in the United States. The value of all the gold produced in the United States from 1792 to Jan. 1, 1814, is estimated by the United States geological survey at $3,549,799,400 and the value of the silver at $1,709,517,000. Charity SIRES AND SONS. Patrick Grant, seventy, has just retired after forty-nine years of service as a policeman in New York. Ernest Roume, former governor general of the French province in East Africa, has been appointed governor general of Indo-China by the cabinet. Marshall Morgan, recently appointed secretary of the American and British claims arbitration commission, has been for the last three years managing editor of the Nashville Tennesseean. The Right Hon. Thomas Burt, who rose from pit boy to privy councilor and who is known as "the father of the house of commons," is to retire on account of his age. He is seventy-seven years old. In recognition of over twenty-five years' service with the Hamburg-American line Julius P. Meyer of New York has been given the decoration of the Red Eagle of the fourth class by the German emperor, through Ambassador Count Bernstoff. John M. Carnahan, the telegraph operator who fashed the news of the Cluster massacre to the world in 1876, retired on New Year's day, after active service of more than fifty years. He has entered upon the enjoyment of the pension which the company granted for long service. Flippant Flings. One thing that bothers us is what a jitney passenger does with his strap arm.-Toledo Blade. Women have started a movement to conceal their ages when registering. Very few of them look as old as that!-Chicago News. Adulteration of merchandise has gone so far that rubber is now found in cotton bales and copper in barrels of sugar.-Philadelphia Record. One of the latter day prophets says the destruction of men by war will ultimately result in a revival of polygamy. Not while the price of bonnets remains at current quotations.-Houston Post. Town Topics. Killing bank robbers has become a habit in Cincinnati—Pittsburgh Post. Cleveland police are forbidden to wear wrist watches. But are they permitted spats?—Detroit Free Press. The perfect man is being sought by Chicago tailors. The only joke in this news consists in the fact that they are looking for blim in Chicago.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. There is some complaint in Boston that baseball is interfering with art. Still baseball has given Boston considerable prominence that would have been impossible to art.—Philadelphia Press. Wireless Whispers. Test messages of wireless telegrams sent in Peru with five kilowatt power passed the Andes mountains from 14,000 to 20,000 feet high. Japanese electricians were among the first experimenters with wireless telegraphy and have perfected one of the most efficient systems known. Two German wireless experts have succeeded in sending messages through the earth from mines 1,600 feet deep and one and one-half miles apart. Culinary Capers. Lamb chops are improved if dipped in lemon juice just before cooking. Instead of boiling beetroots roast them in the oven. The flavor will be much improved. To successfully bake a pie crust without its filling line it with paraffin paper and fill with uncooked rice. BRIGHT BRIEFS. The easiest way to get a living is to earn it. The more you know the less sure you are. A stitch in time is worth two needles in a haystack. A short answer is often followed by a long silence. Mexico seems to have found the secret of perpetual motion. Better not try it on the dog—unless you are sure of your dog. Every time a man picks up a few cents' worth of experience he drops a dollar. Indeed do we live in a rapid age. A history of the present war is on the market. It's easier for a young man to make love to a girl than for him to make a living for her. The income tax doesn't bother the man whose principal holdings consist of casties in the air. The only way to tell for sure that you don't owe more than you can pay is to go ahead and pay it. If there is anything you haven't seen now is the time to take a good look. Manufacturers announce a jump in the price of eyeglasses. PAGE FIVE FIERCE BATTLES OF POLISH BORDERLAND Region of Masurian Lakes Scene of Gigantic Conflicts. Ruin and desolation everywhere mark the terrific battlefields of the Polish and East Prussian borderland. The illustration shows a wrecked bridge over the Warte or Warta river on the road from Kalisch to Warsaw. Kalisch is the westernmost city of Russia in Poland and is 120 miles from Warsaw. The bridge was destroyed by the Russians to cover a retreat and was hastily repaired by German pioneers. All about has been the scene of terrific engagements in which the Germans have won some notable victories under the leadership of the redoubtable Von Hindenburg. This is the region of the Masurian lakes, where the Russian general, Renenkampt, received a terrific setback during the latter part of last August, when his army by superior strategy on the part of the Germans was driven into the lakes and swamps with a reported loss of 125,000 killed and THE FALL OF THE BRIDGE. Photo by American Press Association. DESTROYED BRIDGE OVER WARTE RIVER wounded, while 70,000 prisoners were taken. This was known as the battle of Tannenberg. In this region, too, the Russians just recently received a second disastrous defeat at the hands of the Germans. This latter fighting has been described as the February campaign in East Prussia and north Poland, and it is regarded as a second Tannenberg. The Russians, composing the Tenth army, were under the command of General Sievers. It is true that this commander, by a skillful use of the railroads at his disposal and by the sacrifice at times of entire battalions in order to bring off a few guns, succeeded in saving a greater part of his artillery, but no fewer than 60,000 of his 150,000 men were counted among the German prisoners, while his killed and wounded in the four days' battle with which these operations were inaugurated and the subsequent running fights are estimated at not fewer than 30,000 man. The Russians, however, aver that the last German victory at the frontier has been exaggerated and that the Germans failed to force the extreme flanks of the Russian position. A MODERN AMAZON Society Woman of Vienna Discovered In Ranks of Austrian Army. Fraulein Marie Weissman, a social favorite in Vienna, was discovered serving in the ranks of the Austrian army. She secured the proper equipment and, disguising her sex and name, enlisted as a one year volunteer. This class furnish their own equi- Mary PAGE SIX CENTENARY OF BISMARCK'S BIRTH APRIL 1 is the birthday of the great Prussian statesman and unifier of Germany, Otto von Bismarck. He was born in 1815, so this year marks the centenary of his birth. It was the intention to hold a great national celebration of the event this year, but this, on account of the war, has been given up, and only the usual local celebrations will take place. Every municipality of any size in Germany has its Bismarck monument, and every year local celebrations have taken place, and this year these will have a special meaning and interest. The main and unique feature of these celebrations has been the burning of bonfires on the top of monumental towers that have been erected throughout the cities of Germany for this purpose alone. Bismarck died on July 30, 1898, eight years after he had sent in his resignation as chancellor to William II. In the December following the Stud. In the December following the Students' association met at Hamburg, and here the scheme for the burning of bonfires on Bismarck's natal day and the erection of memorial monuments was first broached. An appeal was sent to the students of all educational institutions and to burgomasters and others to assist in the execution of the idea. It was not sufficient that a mere load of wood or other inflammable material should be lighted. It was necessary and fitting that the fire should be contained in some solid structure, and it was proposed that a Bismarck monument should be designed and a replica be placed in such communities as desired it. The idea spread like wildfire and everywhere the appeal stirred up the greatest enthusiasm and every com- O OTTO VON BISMARCK, AN UNUSUAL PICTURE TAKEN DURING A BRIFE PERIOD WHEN HE WOKE A BEARD. munity of any size expressed its desire for a Bismarck monument on which to light its Bismarck bonfire. A competition was started for a design for the monument, and the lines upon which the monument was to be constructed were indicated in the appeal. It should be massive, but simple and without ornamentation, save that the pedestal should bear the arms and motto of the iron chancellor. In its massiveness it should resemble him, and in design it should be capable of reproduction in all sizes to suit the means of all communities. The German Students' association resolved to erect two monuments at its own expense, one at Friedrichstrube and the other at Strasburg. Students of those high schools took up the matter in their own districts. Government officials gave their co-operation, hotels, funs and business houses displayed placards asking for pecuniary and other assistance, and in sparsely populated districts like West Prussia, where other means were not effective, a traveling committee was formed to go from parish to parish in furtherance of the cause. Meantime the chief committee was at work in connection with the design for the monument. No fewer than 330 artists sent in designs for this national memorial. The one finally selected was by the well known Dresden architect, Krels, and since that time these monuments have spread all over Germany. The prize design shows a simple dignified monumental structure of square section with a massive column at each corner; the architrave supports the metal firepot, which is separated from the masonry by a layer of nonconducting material. The fireplace is reached by steps in the interior which lead from a door in the back of the monument. It will be seen that a monument constructed in accordance with this design will fulfill all the requirements which the association had in view. In itself it resembles the character of Hismarck, and it also is an indication of unity. Hence on April 1 next German skies will glow with the reflected glory that Germany will be offering on many pyres to her great statesman. SIRES AND SONS August Bebel in 1900 predicted the present European conflict. William Melvin of Columbus, O., recently had his hair cut for the first time in eighteen years. Major General Arthur Murray, who retires from active service on April 29, has been in command of the western department since June, 1911. He graduated from West Point in 1874. Lieutenant General Erich von Falkenhayn, who recently resigned as minister of war of Germany, has been made a general of infantry and in addition to this honor retains his place as chief of the general staff of the field army. The Rockefeller family in America is descended from John Rockefeller, who was born in Germany in 1634. His son, Johann Peter Rockefeller, was the first of the family to emigrate to America, settling in New Jersey near the close of the seventeenth century. Sidney Edward Mezes, the new president of the College of the City of New York, is a native of California and a graduate of the University of California of the class of 1884. Later he attended Harvard. Since 1808 he has been president of the University of Texas. Train and Track. Railway freights in Argentina are about three times what are paid in the United States, owing largely to the costly fuel. Railway sleepers of redwood imported from California cost $1.20 each in China. The French railway in Indo-China uses metal sleepers entirely. A remarkable instance of railroad building where no traffic was to be obtained is found in Scotland in the Paisley and Barrhead line. It was authorized by parliament in 1897 and was finally completed. From the day of its completion to the present not a single train has ever run over the line. Current Comment. The American Indian also is fighting to the last ditch.-Detroit News. The witnesses who can find no better excuse for high wheat prices than the demand created by the war are singularly unimaginative-New York Sun. Justice to the jitney would seem to require recognition of its superiority to the street car, the subway and the submarine in point of ventilation.-Cleveland Leader. The suggestion of Dr. Wiley that an hour should be given to each meal may have merit, but it would not leave some people with time enough to earn the price.-Philadelphia Press. Industrial Items Fine lace and strong ropes are each made from the Siberian nettle. Steel barrels are now made quickly and economically by means of the oxacetylene torch, which welds the joints. A Danish company has contracted with the Chilean government to establish three lines of steamships between Copenhagen and Chile. In many parts of India the production of toys is carried on to an important extent, usually as a kind of cottage industry, as in Germany and Japan. Telephone Calls There are sixty phone calls per day between New York and Chicago. Chile has 8,000 miles of telephones worked by an English company. With the completion of the line from Denver to San Francisco there is now a continuous commercial telephone line stretching across the continent from New York to the Pacific coast. BRIGHT BRIEFS. Persistence is more effective than brilliancy. To keep a gun from scattering put in a single shot. Safety first at sea-calls for the long, long way around. A rumor doesn't need fertile ground in which to grow. The man who sells his honor deals in something that he has not got. It would take an army of experts to classify the various kinds of trouble in Mexico. Skirts, says a fashion note, will show five inches of ankle—when there is that much. It is easier to wage that war in Europe than it will be to collect the taxes to pay for it. Belligerents can be rapidly drifting to the view that retaliation is the first law of nature. Golden weddings can be celebrated only by the kind of married folks that go "fifty-fifty" together. A man's as old as he feels, they say, but the age he feels depends a good deal on what he's been doing. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MARCH 13, 1915. We have come to look upon the Indians as practically quiet and pacified and resigned to their fate, but quite recently some of them have shown that they are not all "dead Indians" yet. Witness the recent trouble between renegade Ute Indians and a posse of United States marshals near Bluff. Utah. Here a marshal was ? Photos courtesy American Museum Natural History. A UTE CHIEF AND A UTE SUMMER SHACK. killed and two wounded and the pose was so surrounded by hostile forces that grave apprehension prevailed. The trouble was caused by one Ute chief known as Tse-Na-Gat, also known as Edward Hatch, who took the warpath last October after he had been indicted in Denver for the murder of a Mexican. No one seemed to care so much that he had killed a Mexican, but the fact that he resisted the authority of the government was the point upon which the trouble started. He joined his Utes in the reservation in the southeastern section of Utah and since then has defied arrest. General H. L. Scott, chief of staff, U. S. A., famous Indian fighter, has been detailed to settle peaceably the trouble with the Utes. PRIME MINISTER OF ENGLAND Herbert Asquith's Career Has Been Marked by Strength and Success. Premier Asquith's recent speech in the house of commons declaring the purpose of England and France to cut off Germany from all trade with the rest of the world has aroused profound interest all over the globe. The career of Herbert Henry Asquith, prime minister of Great Britain, who has become an outstanding world figure, has in each of its four epochs been marked by strength and success. Without the aid of wealth he won his 1930 way by scholarships to Oxford, where he proceeded from one academic triumph to another. He won his way into parliament by his magnificent clearness in enunciating his political principles of Liberalism. Without influence he secured a commanding position at the English bar, and having proved himself during the last six years the strongest statesman of modern times in England by his overthrow of the house of lords and by the final placing of the Irish home rule bill on the statute books he has now in foreign policy achieved a new fame. CAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Mary Cunningham of San Antonio is the first girl born in her family in 120 years. Anna Patandametri pays $12,120 a year rental for a flower stand in City Hall park, New York. Miss Helen Dalton, prominent among the young women amateur athletes of New York city, not only makes the 100 yard dash in 12½ seconds, but is a clever gymnast, swimmer and basket ball player. Miss Marie E. Stocker, who has been teaching school in St. Louis for the last thirty-four years, has just been granted citizenship papers. Miss Stocker is of German birth and came to this country with her parents in 1863. Dr. Mary Plerson Eddy is a missionary heroine who has been doing splendid and heroic service in Syria for a number of years. She has done good work for the tuberculosis cause and in medical itineration and is said to have shown skill and courage in whatever kind of work she has undertaken. Town Topics. Having its river terminal system complete, New Orleans is getting all the advertising, to say nothing of the business.—St. Louis Republic. Talk of making St. Paul and Minneapolis one city is liable to precipitate internecine strife as to which shall stand in front of the hyphen.—Washington Post. It has taken a Detroit man seventeen years to get a divorce. Detroit is not so big as Cleveland, but in some of these little details she has it all over us.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. There is some complaint in Boston that baseball is interfering with art. Still baseball has given Boston considerable prominence that would have been impossible to art.—Philadelphia Press. PITH AND POINT. The only way to be a neutral is to talk about something else. An explosive mine has no sense of discrimination or of safety first. Cotton is vainly waiting for fashionable philanthropy to boom the calico dress. He who relies on posterity to do him justice will not feel the pain of disappointment. When a fellow puts on the gloves with old habit he is in for an interesting bout. All the nations want peace with "honor." The trouble will arise over defining the latter word. We shall not surely know whose ocean it's going to be probably until it is settled who wins the war. Mines and submarines, it would seem to a landlubber, are about enough to blow the romance out of the sailor's life. Iceland has had an earthquake. The country that has not had something in the way of trouble is, indeed, a lonely one on the map. He who lives much out of doors is seldom out of sorts, and the only weatherwise are those who do not mind the weather. With so much wealth being shot away every day, the dollar's purchasing power shows only a middling to poor recuperative power. Evidently the man who takes a cold bath every morning isn't repaid by the resulting benefit; he has to talk about it to get his money's worth. Faots From France France has a population of about 40,000,000. Among the laws of France which have been suspended because of the war is the one that requires that the banns must be posted in the city hall two weeks before weddings take place. In order to encourage the erection of beautiful residences in Paris the authorities award three gold medals annually to the designers of the most artistic dwellings. The owners of these homes are relieved of half of their annual taxes. State Lines The highest point in Maryland is the summit of Backbone mountain, in Garrett county, 3,340 feet above mean sea level. In 1918, the last year for which the official record is in, over 1,000 changes in name were allowed and decreed by the probate judges of Massachusetts. In 1914 there were 71,931 births registered in North Carolina, while the total number of deaths registered during the year was only 31,484, which shows an increase in the population of over 40,000. Tales of Cities. Cincinnati requires study of municipal laws by policemen. Naples, on the Mediterranean, is the most important of the Italian cities and does a large export and import trade. Strasburg, the capital of Alsace, was annexed by Germany in 870, taken by France in 1681 and recaptured by Germany in 1870. ROMANCE OF THE DARDANELLES Classical Echoes Wakened by Booming of Modern Guns. THE allied fleet in the Dardanelles has awakened classical echoes, and echoes that may be farreaching in their results, in case of the complete success of the allies. The conquest by the allies of the highway between the Black sea and the Mediterranean is of vast importance as regards political results, which, in turn, are bound to influence the military situation. The delicate balance in the near east and Italy will respond to the new pull on the allied side. But even the immediate results are of the highest importance. With Turkey split in two and her offensive power reduced to a minimum the pressure on Russia in the Caucasus will be relieved. The safety of Egypt will have been secured. The large English forces in Egypt will be released for service elsewhere. To Russia there will be an immediate profit in the establishment of an important line of communications with her allies in the Mediterranean. There is much talk of the outpour of Russian wheat when the Dardanelles is opened. But more important for the moment will be the inpour of munitions of war into Russia from the west. With her arctic port frozen in, Russia at present can draw supplies only by way of Vladivostok, a roundabout way, considering how great are her needs of war material. German authorities have laid stress on Russia's enormous losses in guns and munitions and have predicted that long before her supply of men gives out Russia will be in want of arms and equipment. The opening of the Dardanelles will change all that. The fall of Constantinople means the exit of the Turk from Europe and will realize for Russia her long dream of ```markdown ``` Photos by American Press Association. ABOVE, BOBERT COLLEGE, CONSTANTINOLE, FORTS AT FOOT; BELOW, FOE OF SEOD EL BAHB ON DARDANELLES. an outlet in the Mediterranean, for Great Britain has expressed her sympathy with these aspirations. The Dardanelles takes its name from Dardanus, who was supposed to have founded the lost city of that name near that other and far more famous lost city, ancient Troy. It is from one to five miles wide, the most romantic part of the passage being only a mile wide between Sestos in Europe and Abydos in Asia, where "Leander swam the Hellespont his Hero for to see," at the time of the largely mythical war of the Greeks and Trojans so celebrated by Homer. The feat of Leander had for long years been pronounced impossible, but Lord Byron in 1810 swam the Hellespont, clubfooted as he was. from Sestos to Abydos. Here, too, Xerxes crossed with his great army, 480 B. C., and a century and a half later Alexander the Great sped from one shore to the other with his hosts. Long later Romans and crusaders from England and France overran these lands and waters. The very name of Mohammedm Constantinople dates from the removal of the Roman capital to Byzantium by Constantine, a Christian emperor, in A. D. 830, with great pomp, inaugurated the new capital and christened it Constantinople. In 1807 Admiral Duckworth of the British navy forced the passage of the strait to Constantinople. Various other invasions sought final control, but in 1841 one of those treaties was made which are made to be broken, declaring that no foreign ship might pass the Dardanelles without British control. In 1891 the sultan gave permission for vessels of the Russian volunteer fleet to pass through even when carrying soldiers, and during the Russian-Japanese war the Russian cruisers Petersburg and Smolensk sneaked through from the Black sea under commercial flags, hoisted the Russian flag when they sailed into the Red sea, stopped German and British ships and ceased these exploits only when they received instructions from the earl to go. SHORT AND SHARP Why not establish a merchant submarine? Borrowed money soon begins to look like borrowed trouble. The trouble with most people is that they have too many troubles. Everybody loves a quitter when he has been talking a little longer than enough. A silencer for party telephone lines would contribute greatly to a decrease in gossip. The man who starts something is all right and a desirable citizen if he has good sense. The man who plays cards for money often finds that the other fellow did the same thing. It does not do much good to keep some of the Ten Commandments and smash the others. Letters and articles that try to show the brighter side of war all fall because there isn't any. Maxim Gorky has made peace with the czar, which is the first peace news from Europe in some time. International law is something which all civilized nations highly respect and uphold—in times of profound peace. The high cost of living should bring a fletcheristic revival. Horace's dictum was "if you chew more you won't eat so much." If variety is the spice of life Mexico City must be about the spicest place on earth just now. It changes hands almost every day. Echoes of the War. The greater truth is not that the United States is unprepared, but that it is unwilling for war.-New York World. Between bombs dropped from the air and torpedoes shot beneath the sea neutral commerce does not seem to have much to encourage it.-Philadelphia Press. Making history is an interesting process, but we can't help feeling glad it is being made in Poland instead of in South Carolina.-Charleston News and Courier. The announcement is made by each nation in turn that renewed arrangements have been made to push the war. In the meantime The Hague continues to issue no bulletins whatever.-Washington Star. Flippant Flings. Sometimes we feel as if we didn't care whether we ever speak to Europe again.-Toledo Globe. A Massachusetts specialist says he can live on 10 cents a day. He has our permission.-Detroit Free Press. Speaker Clark advises a proportional elimination of all the armies. Well ain't they doin' it?-Washington Post. In view of what is going on, one is disposed to inquire what has become of the old fashioned gayety of nations.-Chicago News. Seattle physicians are puzzled over a woman who hasn't slept in seven years. Perhaps her husband talks in his sleep.-Washington Post. The Royal Box. Kaiser Wilhelm has been German emperor for twenty-seven years. Queen Alexandra of England receives an annuity of £70,000 from the state. The king of Spain is said to be the only monarch who does not sign his name to documents and edicts. His signature is simply "Yo, el Rey" ("L the King."). About four years previous to his ascending the throne King Emmanuel of Italy fell in love with Princess Helen of Montenegro while on a visit to Russia, and the marriage took place in October, 1896. Short Stories. The salary of a general in the Russian army varies from $1,500 to $2,500 a year. The Dover strait is only twenty-one miles wide at Calais, which has been connected with Dover by cable since 1851. A system is in vogue in Italy by means of which mulberry leaves are preserved in cold storage as food for silkworms. Peru is considering a tax on business earnings because the country's revenues for 1915 are estimated at $12,500,000 and the expenses $20,000,000. Fashion Frills. Spring straws show which way fashion blows itself--Baltimore American. Silk trousers this summer, announces the tailors. Fickle fashion, indeed!-New York Sun. Women's hats are to be costlier, according to reports. They usually are--Pittsburgh Dispatch. Here comes the low crowned derby again, as if men were not funny enough already--Chicago News. Wasp shaped gowns announced in the near future should be named for the mosquito-the sting is in the bill Washington Post. 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Little Margie had watched a man tune the piano and was told it was for the purpose of improving the sound. One day when her infant brother was crying she said, "Mamma, can't I telephone for the baby tuner?"—Chicago News. Passing Judgment Producer - The comedians seemed nervous. What they needed was life. Criff - You're too severe! Twenty years would be enough. - Judge. The Bible. The Bible has been so called only for the last 700 years. It was formerly called "The Books" or the "Divine Library." Frugality, when all is spent, comes too late.—Seneca. Illuminative. "She had money to burn when she married the count." "Yes, and so he made light of her fortune."—Philadelphia Ledger. Oh, Pudgal "How did Minnesota get its name?" "I suppose Ferdinando D. Soto named it after his daughter Minnie." —Louisville Courier-Journal. Too Previous Hilarity. Love often laughs at locksmiths and subsequently has occasion to heartily regret its hilarity. — New Orleans States. 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If the two numbers 41,096 and 83 be written out in multiplication form very few will endeavor to write down the answer directly without first going through the regular work. By placing the 3 in front of the 4 and the 8 back of the 6 the answer is obtained at once, thus: 41,096x83 equals 3,410,968. A larger number which can be treated in the same way is the following: 4,109,589,041,096x83 equals 841,095,880,410,968—Popular Mechanics. Tibetans and Prayers. for early La. The Tibetans are the most pre-eminent praying people on the face of the earth. They have praying stones, praying pyramids, praying flags flying over all the houses, praying wheels and praying mills and the universal prayer, "Om mani pad me haun," is never out of their mouths.—Exchange. she her Crystal Wedding Anticipated. "What did he send you for a wedding present?" "Cut glass." "Ah! Tableware, I suppose?" "No; a necklace."—London Standard. f" "to" Gressed Terpedoes. It is not generally known that every terpedoes is covered over with fine vase-line so as to make it run easily in its tube as well as to protect the valuable weapon from rust and sea water. Hard Luck. "Trouble predicament Jones was in." "What was that?" "Get in hot water and couldn't get anybody to bail him out."-Baltimore American. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MARCH 13, 1915 Every Inch of Ground In France Carefully Studied. Probably no army ever had the benefit of so farreaching a system of secret service as that which the Germans developed in France. It is now known that every inch of the ground had been carefully studied, the ready money in every town estimated, every suitable horse and every ton of hay recorded and the plans of every bridge drawn. There is nothing particularly new in the stratagems employed by the German spies, but the patience thor- A ARREST OF SUBPROTED GERMAN SPY BY FRENCH SOLDIERS. oughness and hardihood with which they have worked are worthy of note. As long ago as 1887 the topography of the region in which the battle of the Marne was fought was carefully studied by spies, who presented themselves even at the mayors' offices and at the prefectures as engineers studying the ground for new railway lines. They got all the information they wanted. When it was discovered that the projected railway lines were myths it was too late. It is known that more than 3,000 German spies were arrested in Belgium, most of whom have been tried by court martial. How many have been arrested in France no one knows. The government has thrown an impenetrable vell over all these proceedings. ROYAL HEIRS TO TROUBLE. Children of Belgium's King Are, In a Way, Victims of War. While uneasy rest the heads that at present wear the crowns of Europe, the little heads on which last July the crowns were destined to shine understand but little of the significance of the awful struggle they know is going on about them. Innocent children born to kingdoms have become heirs to trouble. They I GROWN PRINCE LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM AND HIS SISTER PRINCESS MARIE may be when the war ends as poor as the poorest, for the present war may be a cataclysm which will destroy the European throne. The map of Europe seems likely to be remade and what domains, if any, will fall to the children of royalty not even the diplomat profess to know. The children of King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium are sad examples of the hard days that have fallen upon juvenile royalties. They are exiles from the land which has been so devastated by war and are now living in London. There is doubt that the Belgian throne will descend to the heir apparent. The kingdom has been claimed by the invader, and what will be the status of Belgium when the war ends is a question which only one answer. The metamorphosis of Francisco (popularly known as "Pancho") Villa from a bandit of the mountains of northern Mexico to the dominant figure in his country has been accomplished in a little more than four years. He is both the enigma and the key of the present situation. Long ago it was reported that Villa intended to establish a separate republic in the north. He has already A. M. established a definite and distinct government which lacks only a name. At first Villa intended to maintain this government and let the Carranzistas and Zapatistas fight it out in the south. Now he is fully determined to gather in the whole of Mexico, but intends to take it at his lesure and not weaken any of his northern points or communications in order to wage his southern campaign. It is a campaign of resources more than of bullets, with the advantage clearly on Villa's side. Villa has declared that he would stand for no military leader elected to the presidency. He desires a civilian in that office, and as he will probably be in control of the situation his desires are likely to be carried out. He is confident of establishing peace inside of two months, or three at the most. Constructive Criticism. He- Is your literary club progressing satisfactorily? She-Indeed it is. At our last meeting we had a perfectly fascinating discussion of style. He-Fine. Shakespeare or 'Shaw? She-Neither. Skirts. - Richmond Times-Dispatch. A Good Example. Father (in a lecturing mood): You never heard of a man getting into trouble by following a good example. Son (Incorrigible): Yes, sir, I have—the counterfeiter. A Vision of Judgment? "Extremes met at our boarding house today," remarked the star boarder. "How so?" asked the innocent by-sitter. "I ate deviled ham and had angel cake for dessert." — Philadelphia Ledger. Measurement. "Remember," said the efficiency advocate, "that time is money." "I suppose so," replied the worried man. 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Davis of New York has a plan for organizing a farming colony for ‘woman prisoners. ‘Metinda Scott, president of the New York Women’s Trade Union league, is striving to have similar organizations formed in cities in other states. ‘Sister Margaret Clothilde Macdonald, matromin-chief of the Canadian army nursing service, who accompanied the Canadian army to England, together with half a hundred nurses, is a native of Nova Scotia, but was trained as a amurse in New York. : ‘Mrs: Stella von Turnau, who has ‘deen decorated with the order of Fran- tis Joseph by the emperor of Austria, 4s the frst woman on whom the honor ‘has_ever been conferred. She is a ‘crack shot snd a remarkable horse- ‘woman and followed her husband to the front, where she distinguished her- self in the trenches. e Food Prices. ‘With the price of bread advanced in & year when we raised more wheat ‘than-ever before possibly it is just as well that the crop was not larger— Detroit News. ‘Statistics as to the sitpply of cattle indicate that the cost of beef should ot go up. But statistics have never ‘been considered reliable as a basis of ‘prediction —Washington Star. ‘It wheat goes higher use cornmeal, da the advice of an expert. Why not? ‘It 4s healthy; it. sustained our fore- fathers; it is good all the way from “cakes to pone And, being the ‘most _ American thing we can eat, it ought “to feed the common patriotism —Phil- ‘adelphia Ledger. S - => SHORT AND SHARP. Bese Sere Lait ee =e ae ct eS — ‘magne 5 apenas nen pera fh at Flippant Flings. It will be funny to see dignified office seekers tiptocing around for fear of a ee ‘Constitu- George W. Perkins advises consum- ers to buy in bulk and save on the cost of living. How would you buy liver by the bulk?—Detroit Free Press. ‘A Kansas man wants a divorce be- cause his wife snores. Goodby mar- riage if he gets it and a precedent is established. —Atianta Constitution. Since the White House is the tra- @itional goal of every American boy, what is now left for President WU- ‘son's grandson to plug for?—New York ey Ea BRIGHT BRIEFS. A grievance is never improved by secret nursing. Industry is the mother of success. ‘Lack is merely 4 distant relation. ‘Mexican generals are spectacular in everything except getting killed off. ‘When « man writes bis autoblogra- phy many interesting facts are omitted. Some men are so lucky that they even fall down when nobody is around to see. Swolled head is the daly disease in which the suffering is ne by other people. wasn ‘The greatest mistake ts to become Giscouraged because you have made a mistake. Kipling insists that the English are the only humorous nation. If they can fathom that joke they are. Scientists are agreed that the old earth is cooling off. But the process Goosn’t extend to the firing line. It ts oad to'see family relics sold at ‘auction, but the most painful thing un- der the hammer is generally your ‘thumboadl. ‘With its armed neutrality, tts mount- ing Geficits and its dearth of tourists, Switzerland finds its scenery less satis- factory than usual. -Hlumein Kemal, the new kbedive of ‘has a larger moctache then the A census of the men who hare been meets eater Sates coe — pee Atanas & tee > n. P * . ay WITT. WAT 5. 3 THE BROAD AX, OHIOAGO, MARCH 1! “4 TEE BROAD AX CAN BE FOUND| ‘Th Keystone SUE ON SALE AT THB FO Oo ‘There are severa! theories arAebs Pennsylvania come be From on and after this date The| Heystone State. The one wo Broad Az, ean be found on sale at the| ' AccePted toe tee oa following news stands: tive state, is that Pennsyivan N, B, Jones, magazines, cigars, to- Dacco and news stand, 248 E. 35th St. N. ©, Chalmers, cigars, tobseeo, no- ‘tion store and news stand; 5012 8. ‘State street. "L. EB. Chilton, news stand, 8, E, cor- ner Slst and State streets. 8, Berenbaum, Cigars, Notions and News Stand; $1 W. 61 Street, near ‘Dearborn. E. H. Faulkner, news agency; 3100 8 State street. a George I Martin, maker of fine cig: are and news stand, 18 W. Slst St. near Stata = __ B, M. Harvey’s barber shop snd nows stand, 3924 State street. W. M. Maxwell, notions, cigars, to baceo, confections and news stand 5244 Btate Bt. Edward Folix, notions, cigars and news stand, 52 W. S0th St. FP. Bishop, cigars, tobseco and news stand, 3 W, 27th St, near State. Sylvester MeGlodin, news stand and laundry office, 4122 State St. William Gaughan, laundry office cigars, tobacco and news stand, 263¢ Btate Bt. E. M. Oliver, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th Street, nea State. ‘A. D. Hayes, cigars, tobsece, notions stationery and news stand, 3640 & State Bt. George MeFaro, shoe shining parlor and news stand. 3800% State street ‘T. B. Hall, Laundry office, cigars tobacco and news stand. 8618 South Btate street. ‘Fred M. Waterfield, cigars, tobseco, notions and news stand, 5202 South State street. Coleman & Glanton, cigars, tobscco and news stand, 3342 8, State street. Miss B. M.’ McClain, hair dressing parlor and news stand. 30 W. 30th street. F. M. Diffay, cigars, tobsceo, notions ‘and news stand. 3605 State street. Tiny German States. While it is well known that some of the German states are of llliputian size, few persons are aware that It ts quite possible to visit seven of them. including two kingdoms, two duchies and three principalities in an easy walk of four and a balf hours. A good walker, starting from Steinbach, in Bavaria, will arrive in half an hour at Lichtentanne, which is situated in Saxe-Meiningen. Thence the road pro- ceeds in.one and a half bours to Rauschengesees (Reuss, elder branch), after which tr. a few minutes Gieima. in Schwarzburg-Rudoistadt, is reached. ‘Half an hour's walk brings the pedes- trian to Altengeseees (Reuss, younger Dranch). An bour farther on lies Drognits, on Prussian soil, and the last #tage is another hour's stroll, finihing up at Saalthal, Saxe-Altenburg—Wash- ington Star. Over Their Meade. Lady Southwark, in her “Social and Political Reminiscences,” relates this experience of her father, the late Sir ‘Thomas Chambers, during an election meeting in 1880, when Gladstone was speaking for hit in St. Pancras: “When my father arrived the crowd outside the building was so dense that it seemed physically impossible for him to get in. An inspector, realizing this, suggested that he shoud go over and not through the crowd. This extraor- inary idea was carried out. My father ‘Was lifted up with a gentle shove and Propelied along on the heads of the people on all fours. This, he said, was ‘Rot so difficult, as most wore bowler hats. Willing hands assisted, and when he reached the inside of the door he was gently lowered totheg 4.” One Exception. Mra, Blane said to her daughter one day: “I am certainly easy on shoes. Look at this pair of elastic sidex. I've worn them three years, and they're as good as new. I'm easy on clothes too ‘There's my tweed—just as fresh as the day I bought it seven years ago. And ats, gloves, stockings—in fact, I'm easy on everything.” “Except father, eh?” said the ¢augb- ‘ter—Detroit Free Press, ie tes Stites f It ts claimed that during the siege ef Paris im 1500 the Parisians invent- ed the fret bombs ever used. Being short of ammunition with which to reply to the artillery of the Bearnais, they set to fabricating it as best they could. Old nails and bits of wire, copper and other metals were rolled Up in leaden envelopes, and the can- mons were loaded with these impro- vised projectiles. Right and Left. A writer says that probably in every language, as in English, “right” orig: mally signified merely “straight,” “straightforward” and thus “normal” “Left” at frst was wo opposite to “right,” but meant’ “weak,” ~ineft- clent” ‘More Worry. ~ « Gnctiees lands of the body, thereby tek i > ear eae wit smhe' ase Seely ioaiorme CoorteJournti = 8 8 § <<”) ~The Keystone State. na are severa! theories as to how . ‘Stat re ene a pees ite. one most een posescemarcs took on: who own Pennsy!vania as their na- ‘tive state, is that Peonsyivania decided eee eens ‘At the meeting of the Continental ‘congress in Philadeiptila July 4, 1776. the rote adopting the Decldration was ‘taken by states. Of the thirteen orig- fal states six bad already voted in the affirmative and six in the negative. ‘when the delegation from Pennsylva- ‘nia came in, John Morton casting the deciding vote in the affirmative. Thus Peonsylvania, by her vote, decided and was named the Keystone State. Another reason advanced is that In constructing a bridge between Penn- syivania avenue and Georgetown. Washington, a single arch was erected of stove left from building the walls of the capitol. On the thirteen “vous- soirs” or arch stones, the names of the thirteen states were engraved. Penp- sylvania, falling in the Keystone of the ‘arcb, became still more widely known as the Keystone State—Philadelphia Peet. a SS etiecie and the Bese. In “Ants, Bees and Wasps” it is re Jated that one summer some Ofty years ‘ago Sir John Lubbock became inter ested in a curious parasite of the bum- Diedee. He wished to complete his in- vestigations, but as the winter came on @id not know where to get the bees, so be advertised. In reply to his advertisement a man wrote offering him a supply of bees at one and six apiece. The price was igh, but in the cause of science Lub bock did not demur, only when he had bought all the bees be required be ‘wrote to the man and said, “Now that 1 have bad the bees, for which 1 am greatly obliged, would you kindly tell me, to satisfy my curiosity, bow you are able to procure them at this time of year?” The man wrote back quite courteously, but quite firmly, saying: “No. Since I can sell the bees at eignt- eenpence each, | think it pays me bet ter to go on doing so than to tell any- body else bow to procure them.” ‘The Aleckane. According to the government statis tics, the natives of Alaska are about 28,000 in number, and they are spread over more than 350,000 of the 500,00 square miles of the territory. Thel small settlements extend along 10,0. miles of coast and on both sides of the Yukon river and its tributaries, for s istance of more than 2,500 miles. Une of the supervision districts contains a fall 100,000 square miles. The others ‘average more than @5,000 square miles each. Of the natives of Alaska ap proximately 11,000 belong to six tribes of Indiaos in southeastero and soutb- erm Alaska sod in the valley of the Zokon. About 11,000 are Eskimos on the western and northwestern coasts, along the Bering sea, the Bering strait ‘and the Arctic ocean. Something more ‘than’ 8,000 are Aleots and mixed races through the Aleutian islands —Chris tian Heraid. Pe ee a ng “['ve got the most wonderful dog tn the world—the smartest, | mean,” said one of a party camping in Canada tast fall. “When 1 bring out my rife be knows ['w going after deer, and he never offers to follow me, bat if ne sees me reach for my shotgun be knows that means partridges, and when 1 get to the woods I find him there waiting for me. Actually that dog knows the difference between 2 rifle and # shotgun.” “That's nothing.” said another of the party from his place at the other side of the Gre. “You fellows have seen my little Towser, haven't you? Well. when I begin to get out my Gshing kit Towser runs up behind the barn and begins digging worms.”—Saturday ‘Svening Post. Our Paste! Gervice, ‘The beginning of the postal service in what is now the United States dates from 1639, when a house in Boston was employed for the receipt of letters for and from the old world In 1672 the government of New York colony established a post to go monthly from New York to Boston. A general post- office was established in Virginia ip 1602 and ip Philadelphia in 1608. In 1780, when the federal government ‘Went into operation, the number of offices tn the thirteen states was only about seventy-Gve—New York Amer- team Chinese Language Where the Chinese language, writ- ten or spoken, came from nobody mows any more than they know ‘where the original Chinese themselves ame from. But it is probable that the primary Chinese characters existed 6,000 years ago pretty moch as they do today. A Gentle Reminder. Hle—Have you decided what you wih wear at the next german? She—That depends somewhat on the Sowers that Gre sent me. I have a perfectly dear Srould be font too Sven for eating too sweet Richmond Times-Dispatch. ‘Wiest We Mememher ‘The will governs the memory. 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