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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
Neither Exactly Suited.

Its the thought Of the prospective
parents-ln-law," said Jerome X. Jerome
at bachelor dinner, that keeps many
a young man from marrying. But I
knew one young fellow who wasn't to
be daunted. When he asked the father
for the hand OF the only girl he ,ver
loved the crusty old gentleman said,
with a sneer:
"'You want to marry my daughter,
do you? Let me tell you that you're
not exactly the sort Of man I would
choose for a son-in-law'
"'Well, to be frank said the cheer
full youth, you are not the sort OF man
I'd choose for a father-in-law either.
But we needn't chum, you know, IN
less we want to- "-Women's Home
COMPANION.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
AROUND THE HOUSE.

In ventilating a room open the win
dow at the top and bottom. The fresh
air rushes In one way, while the foul
air makes its exit the other.
II a few drops Of ammonia are add
ed to the water in which silver Is
washed each day 1t Will keep 1t bright
as new without expenditure of strength.
In order to prevent lamp chimneys
from cracking put them into cold wa
ter and let 1t come to a boil. Before
taking the chimneys out the water
should be allowed to get cold
After washing lace curtains lay a
blanket on the floor in some empty
room, spread the curtains on the blan-
ket stretching them carefully, and
they will keep their place without any
fastening until dried.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
HUMOR OF THE HOUR


Ex-senator Billy Mason tells Of a po-
itical campaign in South Dakota
wherein he had been called upon by
the state committee to take a part.
When Mason arrived at his first town.
where he was to deliver a speech the
next day, he found that the two so
called hotels were crowded to the
doors.
Not having telegraphed for accommo-
dations, the Illinois man discovered
that he would have to make shift as
best he could.
He was compelled for that night to
sleep on a wire cot that had only some
blankets and a sheet on II. AS Mr..
Mason Is a man OF considerable avolr-
dupOis, he found his improvised bed
anything but comfortable.
WELL" asked the proprietor when
the politician appeared in the morning.
how did you sleepT'
Fairly WELL" answered Mason, "but
I certainly looked like a waffle when I
got up."-Cleyeland Leader.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
GERMAN GLEANINGS.

In 800 years, according to a Berlin
scientist, water will be worth Is cents
q drink.
1t is said, to be practically assured
that there will be a worlds fair In Ber-
lin in 1913 in celebration OF the twenty
NTH anniversary of Emperor Williams
accession to the throne.
Berlin has a veritable congestion Of
music halls. In addition to Bechstein
and Beethoven halls. the Philharmonic
and the Singakademie, that quartet
Of music temples, a new Mozart hall
has lately been erected on Nollendorf
platz.
Many German cities now have their
Richard Wagner streets, but greater
Berlin is going to name a whole quar-
ter after him. In the Friedman dis
trict there Is to be a Wagner place.
from which there will radiate eight
streets named after the heroines in
Wagner's operas-Elsa, Eva, Sieglinde.
Senta. Isolde. Ortrud, Gutrune and
Kundry.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

"a Marriage Of Reason" the Bellew
play, proved a dismal failure in New
York. 1t opened at Wallack's and
closed after two weeks.
Clyde Fitch's new comedy, The
Truth" which was produced in Lon
don recently. with Marie Tempest in
the leading role, was accorded favor
able reception.
THE White Chrysanthemums,"
widely heralded. has been sent to the
storehouse for repairs. 1t may be pre-
scented In New York later II a suitable
cast can be obtained and the piece i'm
proved IN spots.
Chrystal Herne. daughter OF the late
James Herne, will be promoted to star
dom next season under Charles Dill
lingham. Charles Kline's latest, to be
called THE Stepchild." has been Sc
lected for her vehicle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
SHORT STORIES.
Eight trained oarsmen pulling a boat
exert about two horsepower

Eight trained oarsmen pulling q boat
exert about two horsepower.
On the Tombigbee river, Alabama.
Is enough limestone to supply a cement
plant for 100 years.
A Dakota man, aged sixty. has mar
ried a girl Of twenty. while his son
married the girls mother, aged forty
four.
The pay of the chief justice of the
supreme court OF the United States is
$4,000 a year. The associate justices
OF the court receive $4,000 a year.
Douglas township. in Clarke county,
Ill, Is the holder OF a unique distinc-
ton. 1t Is the only township in the
state without a church, lawyer, doctor,
preacher. justice OF the peace, consta.
BILE or pauper.
The outcome OF the fund left to the
city OF Boston by Benjamin Franklin
30 long ago and which matured last
year and was doubled by an endow-
ment from Andrew Carnegie Is to be
q fine trade school.
According to a Bangor paper, Pat
rick McMann OF Jackson is the only
man in Maine who ever succeeded In
teaching woodchucks to play checkers,
having a pair not long ago which he
trapped and taught the game.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
OLD FASHIONED.

What has become OF the old fash
toned man who wore paper collars?
What has become Of the old fash
toned man who went home Ito dress
up" before going anywhere?
What has become of the old fash
toned man who was always figuring
on a great time when his ship came
in:
What has become Of the old fash
Toned parents who pulled their babies
through a horse collar for oliver
growth:"
What has become OF the old fash
Toned woman who said she worked her
fingers TO the bone shaving for her
children?
What has become Of the old fash
Toned woman who spoke OF light
hearted people as those who hadn't a
load on their hearts they. couldn't kick
OF at their heels?-Atchison Globe.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
NEW YORK CITY.

Telegraph instruments Of New York
city tick OF seventeen messages each
minute Of the day.
Public receipts and expenditures Of
New York city have increased In the
last four years in an amount equal to
$1o2, 900 each day.
It Is estimated that $4,000 persons
In New York city make their living by
their wits, which means the lack OF
wit In others
New York city Is not a windy city,
a. It's hourly average velocity Of wind
Is nine miles. The highest ever report
ed 70 eighty miles, which is the accept
ed minimum velocity Of a hurricane
below that down to sixty being known
as q great storm.-New York Herald
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
Fellow Travellers.
locker.

A Greenwich man tells Of Connect.
icut farmer who after having driven
a lot Of hogs TO Greenwich sold them
for precisely what had been offered
him before he left home.
"You don't seem to have made much
by bringing your hogs down here" re-
marked the man who tells the story.
"Well, no." replied the agriculturist
dejectedly. II amt made no money.
but then. you know" he added, his
face Frightening. Il had the company
Of the hogs on the way down."-IIar-
per's Weekly.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
What He PraXs For.

"Who's that. pa" a little Kansas
youngster in the senate gallery at the
capitol inquired as n magnificent look
ing old man rose before the opening OF
a session.
That" said the father, lis Edward
Everett Hale, the chaplain"
"Oh," said the boy. He prays for
the senate, doesn't heT"
well, no." said the father. mot ex-
actly. He gets up, takes a good look
at the senate, and then he prays for
the country" Woman's Home Com
panion-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
Unapproeiative.

'Your husband says that when he IS
angry he always counts ten before
speaking" said one woman.
"Yes." answered the other. Il wish
he'd stop it. Since he got dyspepsia
home seems nothing but a class in
arithmetic" -Bohemian Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04

and value its race journals as other
races, for no other race paper will ever
record you. Read all newspapers, white
or black and remember birds of i
feather flock together in their own So
cial realm Because of our white
friendly contemporaries will print some
matter, our educated fools ignore their
own race papers.-The World, Carey,
Miss.
Will Booker T. Washington please
stand up and lead us in prayer:
John w. Hardy, who is one of the
best and one of the most popular police
officers among the Afro-Americans in
Chicago, is still retained on Chief Ship
pys special staff, and as long as Officer
Hardy continues to make good the
chances are that he will answer at roll
call on the second floor in the CITY
hall.
Mr.. Felix Wier, who spent several
days in the city preparatory to his recital
under the management of Mr.. Julius n.
Avendorph, left for Pittsburg, Pa,
Sunday where he will give a recital
Monday night He vii go from there
to Washington, d. C. Mr.. Weir will
appear at Bethel church, Saturday even
ing. May 4th.
The Felix Weir violin recital, on ac-
count of inclement weather, is postponed
until Saturday evening, May 4. at
Bethel Church. Mr. cambridge, a ten
or of rare ability and Miss Gertrude
Jackson will assist. Come, help give
our Chicago boy the reception he de-
serves. Admission, IS cents. S:4s
prompt Julius n. Avendorph, Mgr.
Col. and Mrs. ]. R. Marshall, enter
tanned with box party last Saturday
! evening, April 27th, at the Pekin thea
tire, after which supper was served at
the Lett Cafe. Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Moseley, Major
and Mrs. R. r. Jackson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hampton, Mr. and Mrs. Blackwell, Mr..
and Mrs. d. Manson and Prof. and
Mrs. VIM. Emanuel.
Col. Edward H. Wright. who has
worked harder for the success of the
G. o. P. than any other Colored Re-
publican in the state of Illinois, and
who has so far been left out in the
cold by the powers that be, has an itch
ing desire to become the new cir
sealer OF Chicago, but it appears that
there are too many German--Americans
after chat job for Col Wright to
land It
I The dramatic entertainment and dance
given at the Oakland Music Hall Tues
day evening, for the benefit OF the Fred
erick Douglas Senter. was well attended
by tn society folks of the city. The
Wife OF His Youth" by Chas. w.
Chestnut. was well dramatized by a
company of young folks who got lots
OF fun out of the production, while en-
PERTAINING the many well-wiShers OF the
Center Mines. George c. Hall and
Cecilia P Woolley managed the enter
tainment, while Prof n Clark Smith
served as musical director. A hand
some sum was realized.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
Strenuous.

Mother returning suddenly Ora
cious, children. what have you been
doing? Why, the room looks like a
hurricane had struck it, and Willie
looks Ike he had been through q
thrashing machine.
Tommy-Please, mamma, we have
been playing Russian douma, and Will
lie was the czar.-Chicago News.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
THE SPRINGTIME TERROR.

Hang the rugs upon the line:
Beat 'em black and blue;
FIJI your lungs with dust germs me
And your nose-kerchoo!
Yank the pictures from the wall
Till your muscles hurt
What IL some OF them should fall
You are out for dirt!
When the dust has made you blind.
Back the rugs you bring.
Then look around. and you will find
You can't find a thing,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
ONerruled.

The Maitland do you make love to
every girl you meet the same as you
do to me?
Young Lawyer-My dear young lady,
II Is unprofessiOnal to ask a question
that would tend to incriminate the wit
noss.-St. Louis POst-Dispatch.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
Handed Her a Bunch.

Eva-Yes, indeed. the bride wore or
ange blossoms, but no thanks to her
rival.
Katharine-And what did her rival
do?
Eva-Why, her rival sent her a bou-
quet OF lemon blossoms. - Chicago
News.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
Not So Comfortable.

Some Of those financial enterprises
Of yours are largely made up OF wa
ter"
"Yes," answered the stock manipula-
tor. And it is getting to be rather hot
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
HusTLINe coLoRED MAN WANT
TED TO SELL SUBURBAN REAL
ESTATE.

Wanted a good representative Co..
ored man to sell choice lots In a North
Shore suburb to Colored people can
make $4,000 to $4,000 per week No
capital required, must be man OF
ability and education. References
required. Address 81" care Editor
The Broad Az, 5o4O Armour ave.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
His Last Request.

Judge Ito prisoner just condemned to
death)-You have the legal right to ex-
press a last wish, and if it is possible
1t will be granted. Prisoner IA barber)
Il should like just once more to be al
lowed to shave the district attorney.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04

Little Girl (who has Just kissed her
father good night-Oh, father, your
beard is scratchy!
Father-Dear me. miss, you are par
ticular. 1t can't be very bad. shaved
It this morning.
Little Girl-Well, then, father, its
it's very tall for its age!-Punch.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
He Wanted to Know.

"Par'
"well, my sonT'
"Pa. is it really true that gran'pa
used to do as much work before break
fast as we do in all dayT'-Woman'S
Home Companion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
Carrying Out the simiIs.

'aThey tell me Mrs. Bitterpnl works
Ike a beaver"
Eyes. guess that's right She fell In
love with a perfect stick and has been
chewing about it ever since."-Judge.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04

"Sumson is a mean man"
why so?"
He's got a way Of keeping his wife
from going through his pockets for
loose change"
"How's that?"
HE spends it all before he gets
home"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04

,'Ts it not lovely, when husband and
wife are always of the same opinions"
Certainly; only 1t makes such
great difference whose opinion it II"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04
FURNISHED ROOM TO RENT.

Nice furnished room to rent to mar
and wife that can come well recon-
mended, 4613 Dearborn st.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04

Mr.. VIM. H. Clark has moved to 1922
Dearborn St.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04

There is a principle in everything
but when leaders of the race teach the
masses not to read Negro NEWSPAPERS.
the entire race should rise en- masse
against them. Newspapers are records
Of history and very race should read
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
SOUTHERN PACIFIC WILL
OPPOSE CROCKER HEIRS
Secretary Miller Declares
That Company Did Not
Agree to Payments
NO INTEREST EARNED
Says Corporation Is Not
Bound to Liquidate
as Is Alleged
NO INTEREST EARNED

NEW YORK. March 30.-The South
ern Pacific Railway Company never
guaranteed, nor in any way became
bound to pay interest on the income
bonds of the Galveston. Harrisburg
and San Antonio Railway Company,
according to a statement issued today
|, by Alexander Miller, secretary OF the
Southern Pacific, with reference to the
suit which has been begun against the
company at Austin, Tex
The suit was brought by. the Crocker
heirs of California to enjoin the pay
ment of Southern Pacific dividends
until such time as the company sees
fit to pay the interest on the second
mortgage bonds of the Galveston, Har-
rtsburg and San Antonio Railway Mr..
Miller said today:
The Galveston, Harrisburg and San
Antonio Railroad Company is a Texas
corporation, which owns and operates
railroad from Houston to FL Paso.
The Southern Pacific Company owns
it's stock. but does not possess or ope-
rate its railroad, as 1T does the roads
west of Ell Paso and Ogden. The laws
of Texas prohibit foreign corporations
from operating railroads in that State,
but not from owning stock. The
bonds in question are second mortgage
bonds covering that portion of the
road between San Antonio and Ell
Paso. They were issued in 1881 to a
construction company, and through the
construction company found their way
into the hands of the Huntington,
Crocker, Stanford and Hopkins inter
ests. then in control of both compa-
MES. The interest originally was
obligatory. but 1t was never earned,
and the semiannual defaults and the
great accumulation of unpaid coupons
were interfering with the marketing
of the per cent bonds upon the same
line, which were held by the owners
of these bonds, that in 1891 they
deemed it to their interest to waive
the obligatory feature and the unpaid
interest and convert them itno mere
income bonds.
There has been absolutely no
change in the methods of accounting
since the owners of these bonds parted
with the control of the road. Much of
the territory traversed by the line is
unproductiye, and has never earned
the interest on these bonds. There
has been an annual deficit, which,
however, has been lessening. and the
Southern Pacific Company. to protect
its interest In the stock. has advanced
from time to time the money neces-
sary to make up the interest on the
first mortgage bonds.
The road has never contributed
dollar to dividends upon the stock of
the Southern Pacific Company and the
company has never guaranteed. nor in
any way become bound to pay interest
on these bonds of the Texas company.
We, therefore, are unable to say just
what obligation we are under. legal
or moral. with respect to them,
particularly in the connection of
those who issued them We
also are unable to say what con-
nection Southern Pacific Company divi-
dends has with them"
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
Has Used Duffy's for Fifty Years

Mrs. Anna B. Depew OF Whar-
ton, Ohio, who has just celebrated
her lo1st birthday, is still hale
and hearty, says that she would
have been under the sod If it had
not been for DUFFY'S PURE
MALT WHISKEY.
Mrs. Depew has a good appe-
tite, sleeps well and enjoys per-
feet health, notwithstanding that
the doctors gave her up to die ] 4
years ago, and she says she
believes that she would have died
if it were not for the prompt use
of the great family medicine
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey.
The following are Mrs. Depew's
own words, written Aug. 18th,
1906, after she had celebrated her
101st birthday:
"I wish to tell you what DUFFY'S
MALT WHISKEY has done for me.
Fourteen years ago the doctors gave
me I'D TO die. We had some DUFFY
MALT WHISKEY in the house
which | commenced to use right of,
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and finally became well, taking 1t
according to directions. ] have used
it for fifty years, and have had 1t IN
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sleep well. | was born in Vermont,
east of the Green Mountains, in 1905,
and would now be under the sod
if it were not for DUFFY'S MALT
WHISKEY."- Anna B. Depew,
Wharton. Ohio, Aug. 18th, 1906.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
CONVICTED MAN BEATS
SHERIFF TO THE PRISON
DR.. Force Hastens From California
to Minnesota Penitentiary and
Awaits Commitment

MINNEAPOLIS. March 90.-Dr. J. F.
Force, former president of the North
western Life Insurance Company, beat
the Sheriff to prison today. Early In
the week the State Supreme Court
affirmed the trial courts sentence Of
DR.. Force to three and a half years
for grand larceny. DR.. Force was then
in California. Today the Sheriff re-
ceived this telegram from him:
Meet at IL a. m. Saturday at war
dens Office, saltwater"
The Sheriff found DR.. Force there
awaiting commitment.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
TEXAS DEMANDS ALL THAT
SHOWBILLS SET FORTH
Bill Provides for Fine Upon Theatri-
cal Companies Not Living Up
to Advertisements

Ell PASo, Tex. March s0.-As an
outgrowth of the San Carlo opera af-
fair here. when a riot almost ensued
because Campanari was not present as
advertised and because the opera was
cut. Senator Hudspoh of Ell Paso has
introduced into the State Legislature
bill providing for the imposition Of
heavy fine. on any theatrical COM
pany that does not give all it's adver-
tises.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
FIRE DOES sLrGHr DAMAGE

An alarm turned In from box 2S3
shortly after midnight yesterday morn
ing summoned the Fire Department
to 224 Duncan street. where a small
fire, which had started in the base
ment of the premises, was in progress
The loss, amounting to a few hundred
dollars, was covered by Insurance.. The
structure is owned by Mrs. E. M. Nell
son and occupied by George Sexton as
an electrical shop.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
FINDINGS IN CASE OF
CONNECTICUT TURNED IN
Judgment on Captain Swift and Lieu
tenant Yarnell Will Soon Be
Made Known

WASHINGTON. March 30.--Admiral
Snow. president of the court martial
which has just completed the trial Of
Captain Smith and Lieutenant Yarneii
of the battleship Connecticut on
charges growing out of that ship s
striking on a rock on January IL In
Culebra harbor, arrived in Washington
today with other members of the court.
The proceedings and findings of the
court are in custody of Commander
Knapp, who was the Judge advocate.
and will be turned over to the judge
advocate general for review, after
which the result will be published.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
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the
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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
MURDERED ITALIAN WAS
THE VICTIM OF A PLOT
Grazio Sato. Recent Arrival in Chi
cago, Found Dead With Bullet
Wound in Head

CHICAGO, March 30.-Grazio Sato. "a
years old, who arrived here two weeks
ago from London, was found dead early
today upon the sidewalk in front Of
his home at SO law avenue. He had
been shot in the head. From what can
be learned it is thought that-Sato was
the victim of a plot.
Dominic Datolo, accused of killing
Sato, was arrested and the police are
looking for nine other Italians, whom
they wish to detain as witnesses.