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The broad ax., 1909-12-25
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. I. Watkins

Samuel Asbury Thompkins Wat
kins. was born Jan. %. 1869. at Mem
phis, Tenn. He received his early
education in the schools in the city
Of his birth, and in the course of time
he began his higher studies at the
celebrated Lemoyne Institute, gradu-
ating therefrom with high honors
May Both, 1883, for one year there
after he taught schools.
In the meantime he began the study
Of law in the ONCE Of T. F. Cassells,
ex-Assistant Attorney General of
Tenn, and was admitted to the bar
February 5, 1891. at the sametime en-
tering into partnership with his for
mer tutor the firm being Cassells and
Watkins.
He met with great success in the
law, and on May Both, 1892, he sp-
peared at the bar of the Supreme
Court Of Tennessee, and was enrolled
as one Of its honorable members, win
ming his first case before that high
tribunal after a hard fought legal bat
tie lasting three days.
1t is interesting to note, that Judge
Horace H. Lurton, was a member Of
the Supreme Court Of Tennessee at
the time Mr.. Watkins was admitted
to the bar, and extended the right
hand of fellowship to him.
The first part Of July 1892, Mr.
Watkins came to Chicago to reside,
and shortly after doing so, he was
admitted to its bar; also to the bar
of the Supreme Court OF Illinois, and
to the Supreme Court of the United
States.
Shortly before moving to this city
from Memphis, Tenn, he was happi-
ly united in marriage to Miss Matte
NJ. Robinson, also a product Of Mem
phis, Tenn, and with their son, they
reside in a beautiful home OF their
own at 1882 Calumet Ave.
He Is a prominent knights Of Py-
thias, being Supreme Attorney for
that order throughout the world. He
is agent for the property belonging
to the X. P.'s located at the South
west corner Of 33d and State streets,
and he collects in $500 rent per month.
October LIST, 1898, Mayor Carter h.
Harrison, appointed Mr.. Watkins, as
sistant prosecuting attorney Of Chi
cage, and he honorably and faithfully
served the city in that capacity from
that time down to May, 1907. At the
35th street Police Station, he repre-
scented both the city and the state.
and he made good at all times.
His law once Il located on the
fourth floor Of the Real Estate Board
Building, So Dearborn street, phone
Central 3142.' and being wen and faY-
orably known. he enjoys q good prac-
tiee, and lastly, he IL an honor to his
chosen profession and rejects great
credit on the Afro-American race.
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q. H. Johnson, 4oI5 State street,
Phone Oakland 2I24, the past year
purchased the property where he is con-
Quoting his storage, van and express
business in. and hS Is proving himself
to be one of the best Afro-American
business men in the Hyde Park distric.
Mr.. Richard W. Carter, one of the
old and respected citizens is very i'll
at his home, 1924 Dearborn st. Mr..
Carter is one of the oldest employees
for the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST.
Paul Railroad Company. and is high
" esteemed by all who know him.
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THE FElN8ERe AND PECK NEW
DEPARTMENT STORE, 31sT AND
STATE STREET CONTINUES TO
DRAW CROWDS OF HOLIDAY

SHOPPERS.
The rush Of business for the holt
day season at the new department
store OF Feinberg and Peck. 31st and
State streets. has been far beyond
their expectations, and the present
week, they are still offering for sale
holiday goods suitable for all classes.
much cheaper than they can be had
at many Of the stores in the down.
town district
See their ad. in another column Of
this paper.
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Open House Christmas.
THE PHYLLIS WHEATLY WON
ANS CLUB WILL KEEP OPEN

The Phyllis Wheatly woman's
Club will be pleased to receive their
friends from to S p. m, Saturday,
January 1, 1910, at the residence of
Mrs. John Johnson, 2SO9 Wabash ave
ana.
The broad ax., 1909-12-25
CHATEAU RINK NOTES.

Editor Abbott Of the Chicago Defen-
der, in making his many rounds, paid
a visit to the Chateau Rink. You are
always welcome editor.
The broad ax., 1909-12-25

For a good hearty laugh, visit the
Chateau Rink, 1924 State Street and
witness the Hurdle Race, tonight.
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A Merry Christmas TO all patrons
and friends of the Chateau Rink. Big
attraction all weak. Visit it tonight
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A good time in store for all who
visit the Chateau De La Plaisance
Rink during the holidays. Good music
and best Of decOrum.
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A Christmas gift to all who visit
the Chateau Ring tonight. Come now
and receive a present.
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Entered a. Sseond-cIasS Matter,
AuS. 20, fOO2 At the Post once at
Chicago, illinois, under Act Of March
9, iS7D.
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One hundred dollars in gold given
away to the one who can circle the
Rink floor in IA laps. One hour every
night during the holidays, ending jan
uary LIST, 1910. Come boys get on the
list.
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Installation Of officers January 9Th.
All members are expected to attend
this function.
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APPOMATToX CLUB.

Grand holiday party, Tuesday, IN
ion Masonic Temple Hall, 10th and
State Street Invited guests only.
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Julius =. TAYLOR. Editor and Pub
fisher.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-29

plunged IN audible cdtaract Of tears.
Couriers came and went.
Loud voices and renewed uproaf
were raised In front Of the boardi2s
house.
whats up now. Judyr' asked Mr..
AcCaskey.
Tis Missis Murphy's voice." said
hrs. McCaskey, barking. "she says
she's after finding little Mike asleep
behind the roll Of old linoleum under
the bed in her room"
Mr.. McCaskey laughed loudly.
"That's yer Phelan," be shouted sar.
donically. "Divn q bit would q Pat
have done that trick. II the bye we
never had is strayed and stole, by the
powers, call him Phelan and see him
hide out under the bed like q NANCY
pup"
Mrs. McCaskey arose heavily and
went toward the dish closet with the
corners Of her mouth drawn down.
Policeman Cleary came back around
the corner AZ the crowd dispersed.
Surprised, he upturned an ear toward
the McCaskey apartment, where the
crash Of irons and chinaware and the
ring Of hurled kitchen utensils seemed
as loud as before. Policeman Cleary
took out his timepiece.
by the deported snakes" he ex.
claimed. "Jawn McCaskey and his lady
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-29

''fH JUST POOR LITTLE WORKING GIRL"
she kept for those who failed to quail
tfy as doctors or dentists and led the
way to the second floor back.
Eight dollars?" said Miss Leeson.
"Dear me! I'm not Hetty. If do look
green. I'm just poor little working
girl. Show me something higher and
lower"
Mr.. Skidder jumped aud strewed the
door with cigarette stubs at the rap
on his door.
Excuse me, Mr.. Skidder," said Mrs.
Parker. with her demons smile at his
pale looks. II didn't know you were
in. asked the lady to have look
at your lambrequins."
They're too lovely for anything"
said Miss Leeson, smiling in exactly
the way the angels do.
After they had gone Mr.. Skidder got
very busy erasing the tall, black haired
heroine from his latest (unproduced)
play and inserting small, roguish
one with heavy. bright hair and viva
cious features.
"Anna Held IL jump at it." said Mr..
skidder to himself. putting his feet UP
against the lambrequins and disap-
pearing In q cloud Of smoke like an
aerial cuttle1sh.
Presently the tocsin call Of "Clara!'
sounded to the world the state of Miss
Lessons purse. A dark goblin seized
her. mounted stygian stairway,
thrust her into a vault with glimmer
Of light in its top and muttered the
menacing and cabalistic words 1.-TWO
dollars!"
'1'll take it." sighed Miss Leeson,
sinking down upon the squeaky iron
bed.
Every day Miss Leeson went out to
work. At night she brought home
papers with handwriting on them and
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-29
Student Humor.

when student does not know the
answer to an examination question he
does one Of three things" said a Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania professor re-
Gently. If he is good student he
will simply leave a blank space, while
II he is not he will either try to blun
it through or else pass it of as a Joke.
These latter cases are rare, and the re.
suit is generally painful and does
harm to the student who wrote the pa.
per. Occasionally, however, there will
be real gem, which does the student
good by putting the professor in a
good humor and 20 making him un.
consciously mark the paper less severe.
". l came across two such gems in
one paper recently. One question waa
Who was st. BrunoY to which the
student replied, ct. Bruno was = Great
Dane. brother Of st. Bernard The
other question was, What was the DIFF.
ference between the major prophets
and the minor prophetsr Here be An.
swered. 1T would not be right for me,
sinner. to make invidious compa-i.
sons between such holy men, '"-Phila-
delphia Record.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-29
His Rivals.

In Turkey 1t often happens that
marriages are arranged a1fairs-ar.
ranged by the parents Of the man and
the woman. Such was the case, says
Demetra Vaka in Haremlik. with
HALL Bey and his bride. They had
never seen each other. and at first II
did not look as IL the match would
be good one, since the lady was
buried deep in German philosophers
in which the gentleman had little in.
terest.
By the time I had parted from Halil
Bey's 6ancee l was SO filled up with
high ideals that kept thinking. "Poor
HALL Beyw
The next morning found Halil
Bey in the garden. very impatient to
hear all about his fancee.
Tell me-" he cried out as soon as
We had shaken hands. "is she beauti.
ful?"
"very." I answered. but, my poor
boy. she is crazy over Kant and
Schopenhauer."
"Who are they?" he beloved. thun.
der In his voice and fire in his eyes.
'Tell me quick. and I will draw every
drop Of blood from their veinsv'
II have no doubt" said. that in
q f3st to fist encounter you would have
the best Of them. but they are both
dead and gone, and only their misera.
bic books are left to fight against"
"Oh." he laughed. lis that all2
think I can take care Of that"
As events turned out, he did.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-29
Ants That fiqht Spiders.

Few more wonderful adaptations are
seen in the whole round of nature
than the webs spiders spin to entrap
the wary ant. They are not high
hung. lacy affairs, caressing every
breeze, but low set silken tubes
stretched in the grass, the crevices Of
rock or about tree roots. Ants of
every size creep heedlessly into them.
The spiders eat them with relish, but
occasionally very little spider and a
very big ant engage in a duel to the
death. II the spider can bite, the ant
can sting and does it with right good
will. The spider does not try to get
nd Of such an ant as he does of d
wasp or bee too strong to be safely at
tackled. Such an insect, which threat
ems destruction to the web, is often
cut out Of it by the web builders. The
entangling cables are not loosed. but
the web rays neatly shipped in two,
first those underneath and at the very
last the highest flament. Often the
letting go Of such captive means de-
struction to half the nest But some
spiders are wiser than some people.
They know not merely when they
have enough, but when they have too
S,o,,o1>
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-29

0ee you On Phil Reynolds yacht q
year ago I've loved you-from the
very nrst hour
"Oh, hush!'
I'm not going to hush. I think about
you every minute while I'm awake
and dream about you when I'm asleep.
I'm not any good any more. and l
shan't be till I find out whether you
care for me or not. And II you don't
I'm going to the Philippines or some
where"
Don't talk 20 loud
II don't care who hears me. I've
kept it to myself just US long as can.
Carroll, darling, cant you care for me
q little?"
''Sh! Come tomorrow"
''1'll come tomorrow fast enough If
you tell me what l want to hear.
Haven't been coming day after day
for months without getting a chance
to tell YOU that love the very ground
you walk on! And now I've got it I'm
going to wait TIL you say yes or no.
II you can't love me l might as well"-
Abruptly the voice ceased. Carroll
waited expectantly. Then terrible
suspicion flashed through her mind
which in a moment had become a GER
tainty. Tremulously she accused the
operator. you've cut me off,"
''What number do you wantr' re.
piled that young woman.
'Oh. l don't know. l haven't any
idea. oh. why did you cut me of just
then?"
The trio at the card table were star.
ing at her strangely. How absurdly
you are acting, Carroll" exclaimed
Marie sharply. Come and finish the
game"
'Yes. come and finish the game, Car
roll" said her father. 'The other mat
ter can be settled another time, |
hope"
We've got 'em on the run. Miss Car
ROLL" chuckled George Freeman. who
happened to be Carroll's partner.
Slowly the girl moved toward her
place. What would Jimmy think
Perhaps he would believe that she had
deliberately hung up the receiver. pre-
ferring this way Of giving him his an
swer. And he had spoken of the Phil
ippines. She grew little dizzy and
groped for her chair.
Just at that moment the telephone
rang again, and Carroll bounded to-
ward 1t. her agility In surprising con-
trast to her late uncertainty and fee.
bleness.
"Hello! Hello!'
''Hello, Jimmy. will. mean I
do."
A long pause. II suppose it's too
late for me to come up this evening"
suggested Jimmy tentatively.
''Of course not. Only hurry" She
hung up the receiver and turned a
radiant face. Again Marie looked sus-
picious.
"That must have been a very i'm
portant conversation" she said scath-
ingly. II hope it's settled now"
Carroll answered her with a dignity
In which there was no suggestion of
the downtrodden younger sister.
1T u.s." she replied. Jimmy and I
are engaged"
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-29
The 8eatfu1 lif0.

I'VE must live rhythmically IL we
would live BEAUTIFULLY" writes Grace
Dawson in "How to Rest and Be Rest
ed." ITO live rhythmically we must
not always strain tense nerves and
muscles. We must learn to relax. that
we may know how to economic our
nervous and muscular power. so that
some part Of Us will always be resting
while another is at work This is liv.
ing by the law Of rhythm. 1t is the
secret OF working tirelessly. resting
restfully, resisting disease. throwing
OF morbid feelings, Of living healthful.
" and feeling xest and enjoyment in
our lives"
We are living unrhythmically "when
we lie awake in the night with
harassed. with anxious. worrying
thoughts; when we rush to the sta.
ton In great anxiety and reach it In
such good time that we catch the train
before the one we went for: whenever
We get feeling Of being rushed or
driven or tied to time.'"
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-29

slapping Of wrists and burnt feathers
proving Of no avail, some one ran to
phone for an ambulance.
In due time it backed up to the door
with much gong changing, and the ca
pable young medico. in his white linen
coat, ready, active, confident, with his
smooth face half debonair, half grim,
danced up the steps.
Ambulance call to 49," he said
briefly. whats the trouble?"
"Oh, yes, DOCTOR" shifted Mrs. Par
ker, as though her trouble that there
should be trouble in the house was
the greater. II can't think what can
be the matter with her. Nothing we
could do would bring her to- It's
young woman, Miss Elsie-yes,
Miss Elsie Leeson. Never before in
my house,
"What room?' cried the doctor in a
terrible voice, to which Mrs. Parker
was stranger.
'"The skylight room. IT,
Evidently the ambulance doctor was
familiar with the location of sky|isht
rooms. He was gone up the stairs.
four at time. Mrs. Parker followed
slowly, as her dignity demanded.
On the first landing she met him
coming back. bearing the astronomer
In his arms. He stopped and let loose
the practiced scalpel Of his tongue, not
loudly. Gradually Mrs. Parker crum-
pied as stiff garment that slips down
from nail. Ever afterward there re-
mained crumples in her mind and
body. Sometimes her curious room
ers would ask her what the doctor
said to her.
LET that be-" she would answer
IF can get forgiveness for having
heard it will be satisfied"
The ambulance physician strobe
with his burden through the pack of
hounds that follow the curiosity chase.
and even they fell back along the side
walk abashed, for his face was that
Of one who bears his own dead
They noticed that he did not lay
down upon the bed prepared for it in
the ambulance the form that he car
ried, and all that he said was "Drive
like sin, Wilson," to the driver
That is all. Is it story? In the
next mornings paper l saw a little
news item, and the last sentence of it
may help you as it helped me to weld
the incidents together.
1t recounted the reception into Belle
vue hospital of young woman who
had been removed from 40 East -
street. suffering from debility induced
by starvation. 1t concluded with these
words:
"Dr. William Jackson, the ambu-
lance physician who attended the
case, says the patient will recover"
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-29

Judge-You are freeholder7
Talesman-Yes, sir; l AM.
Married Or single?'
Married three years last June"
Have you formed or expressed any
ooiniony'
mot for three years, your honor."-
Success Magazine.
] Hubbubs-How have you managed
to keep that excellent cook Of yours
% long?
subbubs-Oh, I'm foxy. Every once
IN awhile make blun at trying to
discharge her, and then she makes up
her mind to stay just for Spite -Phila-
delphia Record.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-29
A Quaint Tract,

A quaint tract entitled "Woe to
Drunkards," being a sermon by Sam
uel Waid. preacher Of 1spwich, was
printed In London in 1927 The
preacher based his remarks upon
Proverbs xiii. 1892. look not thou
upon the wine when It is red" ETC.,
and illustrated his arguments by ex-
amples from various parts of the king,
dom Of Goods judgments on drunk.
ards" Among other instances he
quotes the following one from Ten
by: AT Tenby. in Pembrokeshfre,
Drunkard being exceedingly drunke
broke himself all to pieces of an high
and steep rock in NEST fearefull man
ner, and yet the occasion and circum.
stances of his fall so ridiculous as l
thinke not fit to relate. lest in so seri-
Gus judgement should move laugh
ter Of the Reader."-Cardiff Times.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-29
THE SKYL|GHT ROOM I,
How Dr.. Billy Jackson Found the
Girl It Sheltered.
BY O. HENRY,
Copyright. 1906. by Mcclure. Phillips &

copyright. 1906. by Mcclure, Phillips &
Col
First Mrs. Parker would show you
the double parlors. You would not
dare to interrupt her description of
their advantages and Of the merits of
the gentleman who had occupied them
for eight years. Then you would man
age to stammer forth the confession
that you were neither a doctor nor q
dentist. Mrs. Parker's manner of re-
ceiving the admission, was such that
you could never afterward entertain
the same feeling toward your parents,
who had neglected to train you up in
one Of the professions that fitted Mrs.
Parker's parlors.
Next you ascended one flight of
stairs and looked at the second floor
back at So. Convinced by her second
floor manner that it was worth the
$12 that Mr.. Toosenberry always paid
for 1t until he left to take charge of
his brothers orange plantation in Flor,
ida. near Palm Beach, where Mrs. Nc
1ntyre always spent the winters that
had the double front room with private
bath, you managed to babble that you
wanted something still cheaper.
If you survived Mrs. Parker's scorn
you were taken to look at Mr.. Skid
der's large hall room on the third floor.
MI. Skidder's room was not vacant.
He wrote plays and smoked cigarettes
In it all day long. But every room
hunter was made to visit his room to
admire the lambrequins. After each
visit Mr.. Skidder. from the fright
caused by possible eviction, would pay
something on his rent.
Then-oh. then-if you still stood on
one foot. with your hot hand clutching
the three moist dollars in your pocket,
and hoarsely proclaimed your hideous
and culpable poverty. never more
would Mrs. Parker be cicerone Of
yours. She would honk loudly the
word ''Clara!' She would show you
her back and march downstairs. Then
Clara. the colored maid. would escort
you up the carpeted ladder that served
for the fourth fight and show you the
skylight room. 1t occupied by 8 feet
Of floor space at the middle Of the hall.
On each side of it was a dark lumber
closet or storeroom.
In it were an iron cot. washstand
and chair. A shelf was the dresser.
Its four bare walls seemed to close in
upon you like the sides Of coffin.
Your hand crept to your throat, you
gasped. you looked up as from a we'll
and breathed once more. Through
the glass Of the little skylight you saw
a square of blue infinity.
1.-TWO dollars. suh." Clara would say
In her half contemptuous, half Tuske-
gecnial tones.
One day Miss Leeson came hunting
for room. She carried typewriter
made to be lugged around by much
larger lady. She was very little
girl. with eyes and hair that had kept
on growing after she had stopped and
that always looked as If they were
saying: Goodness me! Why didn't
you keep up with us?''
Mrs. Parker showed her the double
parlors. In this closet" she said,
lone could keep skeleton or an
aesthetic or coa"-
"But l am neither a doctor nor a
dentist" said Miss Leeson, with n
shiver.
Mrs. Parker gave her the incred-
ulous. plying. sneering. icy stare that
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-29
case Of Extreme Cruelty.

Algy Apely-Yaas. she bwoke Fwed.
dies heart. He nevah wecovered.
Percy Primrose = Deuce y say!
How'd she do It?
Algy Apely-Why, the day after the
deah boy bwoke their engagement she
had . million left hee.-Detroit V1ee
Press.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-29
When England Shook.

In the course Of its long history Eng
land has known q few serious earth
quake shocks. In the days Of william
Rufus one was felt throughout tue
country. and in 1874 an English cart
quake destroyed Glastonbury amoro .
its other damage. while part Of s
Paurs cathedral fell In as the resu'
Of an earthquake In the sixteenth csr-
tury. Perhaps the most recent serious
shock was that which inflicted much
damage In the eastern counties In 1884.
A Mansion House fund was opened for
the sufferers.-London Chronicle.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-29
BETWEEN ROUNDS,
Riffs In the Clouds That Dark.
ened the House of Mccaskey.
BY O. HENRY.
copyright. 1906. by Mcclure. Philips

The May moon shone bright upon
the private boarding house Of Mrs.
Murphy. BY reference to the almanac
n large amount Of territory will be
discovered upon which its rays also
fell. Spring was in It's heyday, with
hay fever soon to follow. The parks
were green with new leaves and buyers
for the western and southern trade.
Flowers and summer resort agents
were blowing. The mir and answers to
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-29
An UneompIimentary Estimate.

An UhcompIImentary Estimate.
NO." said Mrs. Tackpoint, II don't
want woman's suffrage. It's liable to
cause embarrassment"
''In what way?"
suppose the average woman's hus-
band is running for an office. II she
doesn't vote for him it will cause COM
ment, and If she does vote for him
now Is she going to satisfy her con-
science ?"-Washingto Star
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-29

In the Georgian language, spoken in
the mountains between the Caspian
and Black seas, dada means mother
and mamma father.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-29

N'OASKEY.
have been flghtin' for an hour and a
quarter by the watch! The missis
could give him forty pounds weight.
Strength to his arm"
Policeman Cleary strolled back around
the corner.
Old man Denny folded his paper and
hurried up the steps just as Mrs. MUIR
ply was about to lock the door for the
night.