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The broad ax., 1915-11-06
When jackson. Dined.

When Colonel Davy Crockett was q
member of congress and was at his
home In Tennessee some one asked him
about the dinner hour in Washington
He said the common people ate dinner
at II, the next above them at 1. the
merchants at 2. the representatives at
3, the senators at 4. members Of the
cabinet at D and the vice president at g.
But when does the president diner
what! Old HickoryT" said Crockett,
anxious to fix time that would suit
his idea Of Jackson's greatness. well,
be doesn't eat till next day!'
The broad ax., 1915-11-06
Hioher Than Pixies Peak.

Ask any schoolboy to give the high
est point in the state Of Colorado, and
nine out Of ten will name Pixies peak.
Pixies peak is 14.110 feet above sea
level, but there are many higher peaks
In Colorado. Massive mountain. In
Lake county. is one Of the two highest
points in the state. whose height has
been determined by the United States
geological survey and Is 14.4O2 feet
above sea level. Ebert mountain, In
the same county, has the same eleva-
ton. Blanca peak, In Costilla, Heur-
fano and Saguache counties, Is 1880
feet high; Castle peak. In Gunnison and
Pitkin counties, Is 1929 feet high;
Evans mountain, In Clear Creek coun-
ty, 1920 feet; La Plata peak. in. Cha
ney county. 1882 feet; Quandary peak.
in Summit county, 1926 feet; San
Luis mountain, triangulation station,
In Mineral and Saguache counties,
14,149 feet: Uncompahgre peak tri-
angulation station, In Hinsdale coun-
ty, 14,3O6 feet and Wilson mountain
triangulation station, In Dolores coun-
ty, 14,250 feet-all higher than Pixies
archaeological Survey Bulletin.
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Sunset aud TWILIGHT.

Twilight is phenomenon caused by
atmospheric refraction. When the sun
gets below the horizon we are not i'm
mediately plunged into the darkness OF
night Although the sun is below our
horizon, rays OF solar light are bent or
refracted by the terrestrial atmosphere
and continue to furnish some slight
illumination The process continues
with diminishing intensity until the
sun is so far below the horizon that
the refracting power Of the atmosphere
Is no longer able to bend the rays
enough to produce a visible effect. The
time after sunset that the sun reaches
such a position varies with the lati-
tude Of the place. There is less twt-
light at the tropic zone than at the
temperature or frigid zone This is due
to less time taken by the suns rays TO
pass through the atmosphere. at the
tropic zone the suns rays being per-
pendicular and at the temperate and
frigid zones oblique.
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VENTILATION.
Phone Douglas 3617

There seems to be a common error
in regard to the proper way to venti-
late. Many persons think that ven
tilation means to open the window or
windows at the top. Some other peo-
pie are of the opinion that ventilation
must not be done during the sleeping
hours.
The proper way to ventilate is to
have the windows open little at the
top and bottom, all day and all night,
in fair weather and in foul weather.
1t has often been stated in these col
umns that there is no danger in night
air, the only danger of night air is
not getting it.
Lack of ventilation is the cause of
many diseases of the respiratory or
gans. The two most deadly diseases
are known as respiratory disorders.
They are called pneumonia and
tuberculosis. They are both easily con-
tracted by persons who live in poorly
ventilated houses.
This is the season of the year that
respiratory diseases flourish. The reas-
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on for their spread is the tendency to
fear the fresh air. Fresh air will pre-
vent many diseases and will aid in
the cure of many, especially the respi-
ratory disorders.
Do not close the windows but leave
them open slightly top and bottom. To
close them even in severely cold
weather invites diseases of deadly
type.
Many persons close the windows in
order to save fuel. 1t takes more fuel
to heat warm air than it does to heat
the fresh cool air that comes in at
the lower opening of the window.
The dead expired air passes out at
the opening of the top of the window
that is lowered. The live health Civ
ing air comes in at the bottom of the
raised window. The ideal condition is
to have the window open top and bot
tom at the same time. The openings
need not be more than a quarter or
an eight of an inch.
The air is friendly at all times. Use
it freely.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06
Dumas Last Jest.

Dumas the elder was the son of q
general of Napoleon Bonaparte. who
would take his soldiers by the breeches
and fling them over the palisades to an
assault
Dumas inherited much OF that same
spirit 1t is said that Dumas left
Paris for the last time taking with him
q single gold piece. which he solemnly
laid on the mantelpiece Of his room at
Puys Toward the end his eye wan
dered across the sickroom to this coin,
and, pointing to it. he said to his son:
"See there! Fifty years ago when ]
came to Paris | bad one louis in my
possession. Why am l accused Of be-
ing a prodigal? ! have preserved and
possess it still. See! There it isP'
This was Dumas last jest
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Aeroplane winua-

Various kinds Of material including
linen, silk, cotton, ceIfuloid films and
aluminium foil, have been tried for
covering the wings Of aeroplanes, but
none has proved 30 satisfactory 30 far
as linen covered with several coats Of
a rubber solution. This coating In
creases the strength Of the linen about
8 per cent, makes 1t more enduring un-
der varying weather conditions and
causes It to stretch to an absolutely
smooth surface, q feature that Il Of
the utmost advantage In fast fights.
SILK, which would seem to make an
IDEAL covering on account Of its light
ness and strength, has been found un-
satisfactory. as 1t does not withstand
exposure to sun and rain and does not
lend itself readily to the application Of
coating compounds.-London Answers
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

Sale, last Saturday evening and as
assistant pastor of the Institutional
Church, he is accomplishing much
needed work and Improvement there.
He has succeeded in installing cleo
tric lights throughout the church or
building aud the Sunday School has
doubled its membership under his su-
pervision. He recently succeeded in
having constructed a new bulletin
board in front of the church which cost
$25.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

The Literary Essay Contest will be
held this year at Olivet Baptist church,
9th and Dearborn streets and the
prize for the successful lady contest
ant will consist of fine diamond ring
and a gold watch and chain will be
awarded to the gentleman winning the
lucky prize. The prizes will be dona-
ted by DR.. Louie Usselmann, $3.50 S.
State street, the up-to-date jeweler.
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POLITICS AROUND TOWN.

The Political Equality League met
at Chas. Jaekson's Chapel, 33rd and
State St., with Mr.. w. A. Wallace the
President presiding. Some of the
familiar faces were Mr.. w. H. A.
Woods, Mr.. E. 81. Wright, James Brew
ington, Mrs. Ada McKinly. The prin-
ciple features of the meeting was the
coalition movement with other clubs.
And the opinion expressed by some of
the leaders before the meeting con-
vened of the "time is not yet for an
other Colored Alderman"
The broad ax., 1915-11-06
FERDINAND PINNEY EARLE
MARRIES AFFINITY NO. 4.
Promises to Love, Honor, and Cher
ish Woman Who Has Been His Com
panion in Vicissitudes.

Promises to Love, Honor, and Cher
ish Woman Who Has Been His Com
panion in Vicissitudes.
New York, Nov.-Ferdinand Pinney
Earle, the man who made the word
"afinity" famous, has again promised
to love, honor, and cherish a wife, as
set forth in the conventional marriage
ritual, it became known today.
His latest bride, the fourth in the
course of twelve years, is Miss Char
lotte Herman of Rutherford, N. J., who
has been his companion through many
vicissitudes, including stays in Dutch
and French prisons, since 1913.
The marriage ceremony was per-
formed on the evening of Oct. 7 at
Oceanic, N. j., by the Rev. DR.. Charles
Fees in the presence of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Smith of Sea Bright, N. j.,
where Mr.. and Mrs. Earle are now
living with their daughter 10 months
old.
Today the certificate of the cere-
mony will be filed in Newark.
In announcing the ceremony, which
adds another splash of color to Mr..
Earle's large canvass of many loves,
he said tonight that "the union" has
but become "legal fact" and that
the immediate families of both parties
knew of the action and were "friendly
and glad.D
The broad ax., 1915-11-06
NEGRO SPEAKS GERMAN TO
GERMAN CONFERENCE.

st. Joseph, No., Special to the Broad
Ax.-On last Thursday, the Rev. ]. B
F. Shaw, president of the Meridian In.
stitute, Meridian, Miss, appeared be-
fore the German Methodist Conference
which was in session here, and de-
ivered an address in interest of the
Freedman's Aid Society of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church.
He spoke in German, and it was the
first time in the history of the con-
ference that it had heard an address
in the German language by Negro.
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Removing Stumps.

The German method OF removing
stumps Is simpler and less dangerous
than our way. They bore a hole in the
stump and pour into it equal parts Of
nitric and sulphuric acids. After a few
weeks the largest stumps of hard wood
are eaten by the acid and easily crum-
bled with pfck.-New York Times.
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Kent His Word.

Condemned Murderer ito lawyer)-
You said you could get me OF with q
Life sentence. and here l am to be cleo
trocuted In a week. Lawyer-That'sa
right You will be imprisoned for life.
won't you? And only a month. instead
Of long. weary years. Be reasonable.
Traveller.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

Attorney James l.. Curtis of New
York City, who at one time resided in
this city, has been selected by Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson, as resident
Minister and Consul General of the
United States to the Republic of Lii
IBERIA. He will succeed DR.. G. w.
Buckner, of Evansville, Indiana, who
recently resigned that position.
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DIXIE BEE LINE HIGHWAY
SELECTED BY COMMISSION
Will Run South from Danville Through
Terre Haute to Evansville, Thence to


Tere Haute to Evansville, Thence to
Springfield, Tenn.
Evansville, Ind, Nov-The Dixie
Bee Line highway as finally selected
by the board of commissioners will run
south from Danville, ILL.,, through the
following cities: Cayuga, Newport,
Clinton, Terre Haute, Sullivan, Vim
eennes, Princeton, and Evansville,
crossing the Ohio river at Henderson,
Ky, thence south through Dixon, Mad
isonville, Hopkinsville, Pembroke,
Trenton, and Guthrie, Ky, striking the
Dixie highway at Springfield, Tenn. A
branch line will run from jacksonville,
KY, east through Greenville to Rus
sellville, KY, joining the Dixie high
way there.
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His Cure.

A man who married a widow has IN
vented a device To cure her OF eter-
nally praising her former husband
Whenever she begins TO descant on his
noble qualities. this ingenious No. .
merely says, Poor. dear man-how
do wish he had not died!"
The broad ax., 1915-11-06
REMOVAL NOTICE.

From on and after this date, all
letters or other mail matter intended
fsx Julius F. Taylor or Mrs. Annie E.
Taylor or The Broad Ak, should be
addressed to 6532 st. Lawrence Ave-,
Jackson Park station. Phone Went.
wsTtA 1897.
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Agents and Correspondents Wanted to Handle THE
BROAD AK. Liberal Commissions to Live Agents.
Address, Julius F. TAYLOR 6532 St. Lawrence Av. Chicago

and now he lies at the morgue wait
ing for public sympathy to put his
body away decently. Every Colored
waiter of this city should at once be-
come member of the Hotel Employees
Benefit Association.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

Mark c. Cowan, who in connection
with his brother W. R. Cowan, has
charge of the Imperial Building, 26O
s. Clark street old number, was oper-
ated on last Saturday at Provident
Hospital. So far he is holding his own
and is improving.
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they were at war; she has nursed their
children when they were enjoying the
garden of Eden-in fact he is the most
humble man, woman or child of the
American continent. He is the servant
of the people (white). "The servant
is worthy of his hire" so saith the
Rible.=EX.
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HEALTH NOTES.

Plants will not grow and thrive in
dark, lily ventilated Easements.
Neither will human beings. Both need
plenty of air and sunshine.
Be temperate in all things to protect
your health and enjoy long life.
In padding your own canoe toward
the Harbor of Health, rocks are not
the only things to avoid. Do not run
into the other fellows boat.
A good way to fight disease is to
cultivate health.
Catch that fall fly.
The man with health is not lacking
in wealth.
More people are killed in this coun-
try by over-eating than by starvation.
Some men are old at As, others are
still young at 20. 1t is not so much
a question of the calendar as it is
matter of right living.
A pig has appetite plus, and little
brain. A man is little more than
porker, if he runs to banquets and neg
lects his biceps.
Forty inches about the waist in
man five feet eight inches tall, whether
twenty years old or fifty, is porcine
proportion. If he is not lazy, his en-
ergy runs to pushing a pen, eating
enough for two and "sitting tight"
He rides to and from his Office, be-
hind chauffeur, if he has one.
Ten to one he has to consult doc
tor suddenly, some day, for gall stones,
kidney stones, Bright IS disease or other
serious trouble. He spends the last ten
years of his life trying to escape pre-
mature decay.
Food is a misft when worry, fear,
anger hate, or disappointment domin-
ates. They check the flow of stomach
juices just as they interfere with ap-
petite. Good appetite and good diges-
lima NTH oh
The broad ax., 1915-11-06
THE WEBER COMPANY, THE UP
To-DATE TAILoRs.

The Weber Company the up-to-date
merchant tailors at 81 West Washing
ton street, bank floor, Max Weber,
manager, make to order all kinds of
fine clothes which they will turn over
to their regular customers on easy
payments, see their ad in another col
umn of this paper.
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A WAITING Mansion.

Perhaps there Is mansion In heaven
that will always be empty-a mansion
waiting to receive those who IN their
youth never snubbed their anxious par
ents.-J. J. Bell.
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Naturally.

Teacher-In the sentence have Just
read tongue IL a noun. Why3 Oh
servant Pupil-Because Il Is q part OF
speech. Baltimore American.
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HYDE PARK NEWS.
By w. L. Washington.

Mrs. Rosa FOuche won q fifty lb.
sack of flour at a Halloween Party
given at Odd Fellows fall last Satur-
day night. She was costumed as a
messenger boy.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

The Chicago Treble Clef Club, will
give a popular concert at Quinn Cha
pei, Tuesday evening, November 9,
Mrs. Martin B. Anderson, director, Mrs.
Estella c. Majors, accompanist. Ad-
mission % cents.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

Mr.. Carroll Nelson a second ward
precinct captain, who gave more votes
for Thompson, feels that he has been
ignored by the Colored Political lead
ers who represent the administration
and makes no bones about expressing
his disappointment in very strong Ian
guage.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Phenox the
newly wed is now living at 5539 Har-
per ave., where they are keeping house
and wish to see their many friends.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06
REV. ALoNZo J. BOWLING HAS
BECOME ASSISTANT PASTOR OF
INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH.

Rev. Alonzo ]. Bowling, who is q
life member of the Alumis Association
of the University of Michigan, attended
their annual banquet at the Hotel La
The broad ax., 1915-11-06
FOR SALE.
Begin Small Payment Down Rather
Spend All for Rent.

2-S room houses in fine residential
neighborhood, all conveniences, stone
fronts, clean and best condition, ready
to move in, bargain terms. Telephone
Kenwood 1891.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

The Willing Workers Club gave a
Halloween Party at the Hyde Park
A. NJ. E. Church. Two prizes were
awarded, the successful contestants
were Mrs. Stella Davidson and Mrs.
Joseph Quinn.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

Mr.. Gus Simms who was one of the
most active workers Alderman De
Priest had, is silently waiting his ap-
portunity with his political ak. And
Oh! how those political chips will fly,
when he begins to ehopping down those
political trees.
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Pert Personals.

One thing to be thankful for is that
nobody as yet has sent Henry James
to report battle.
Miss Farrar has told us herself that
marriage is not for the artist. If she
marries now will that be the end Of her
art, or is she simply defying consisten-
cyeNew York Sun.
Ambassador Morgenthau, at Con-
stantinople, representing eight nations
besides his own, would like the name
and address of the person who says
American diplomats don't earn their
salaries.-Pittsburgh Gazette Times.
Opening the Dardanelles Is an enter
prise whose consumption of time and
capital would discourage any engineer
In time Of peace.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

ISeA nc the Pest 0mes sa Chicago. minsis,
u16sr Act Of March Q, lszS.
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THE NEGRO. AND THE INDIAN.

christopher COLUMBUS, the QlS-
coverer of America, after landing, the
first human being that he discovered
was the cred" man (the indiana. His
struggles as a leader were many, to
subdue them and bring them unto hum
BILE submission of the white man in
order that he may be used as hewers
OF wood and drawers of water. But
the red man (the Indian), of an ire
sistible character, fought like demons
to regain the lands they once possessed
notwithstanding the fact that they had
shed blood that would float a small
canoe, and had been annihilated to a
minority of all races that inhabit the
American continent Still they fought,
first with the bow and arrow, then
with the pen, until today they are vic
tors of all they surveyed, having been
reimbursed by the government for their
possession of American lands, educated
in some of the best schools, colleges
and universities of the country. The
Indian who fought in those days did
not fight altogether for himself or that
he would be a recipient of the pos
sessions that he fought for, but he,
ignorant and savage, seems to have
had an "instinct" to live or die for
his posterity. Apparently Providence
has so reserved his posterity that they
are this day, yet reduced to a minimum
far below any race that inhabits the
Western Hemisphere, but because of
his. persistence i'll cOntending for his
rights he has been reimbursed for his
native land; his birthright that was
usurped has been achieved by the pen
through the highest court of the land
The American Negro.
1t is true, according to- history, that
the American Negro is an alien and
native. First an alien because he was
brought to this country against his
will, without being entitled to citizen
ship in many respects, politics and civil
service, where that he pays first-class
price and gets third-class service, in
many instances denied entirely. See
oud, natives, because that the children
of the alien Negroes were born in
America and were made hewers of
wood and drawers of water under the
lash of a whip. The Negroes have
done more for this government and a
grexter benefactor for the White man
THAN the Indian. He was used as
bresstworks for the two contending
fsrees during the wars from 1872 to
the present day. He has spilled his
blood not for himself, but for the ma
tiel- Why should our claims be hope |
less3 Answer: The government has
no. money for Negroes. "Don't let
nobody turn you around" Glass legis-
lation. Yet he is ignored in the high
est court of the land, for his claim as
an. ex-slave. What has he done to
put forth such a claimf He has made
the mountains, plains and the valleys
level; he has cut the trees of the forest |
and made timber to lumber; he has
plowed the bosom of a reluctant earth;
he has excavated the way for railways
across the American continent; he has
ssred for his masters family while
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CHIPS

Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert L. Lee have
removed from 3239 Prairie avenue, to
3403 Forest avenue.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

Mr.. James Ray more has moved from
5606 Lake Park ave., to 1888 Kenwood
ave.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

The Mayor is silent, while the Alder
man is gumshoeing it. While other
leaders are sitting in the saddle hold
ing the reins and are trying to keep
in the middle of the road, which seems
to be very hard thing for the driv-
ers to do.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

Another important secret political
meeting was held the other night at
or near 31st and State streets and it
is rumored that there will be several
Colored candidates in the field next
year, from ward committeeman to con-
gresham of the United States. While
theer seem to be a great deal of pres
sure being brought to bare to prevent
it. 1t looks now that we must have
it any way. The Political pot is boil
ing, the fire is raging and the cooks
are busy as the bee in her hive.
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InQuisitive,

Edgar, aged six. was recently sent to
school for the first time, and upon his
return home he asked. Papa, who
taught Adam the alphabetT
Pert Personals.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

Only one person in every 5000
thinks, according to one professor,
while another says the ratio should b
two In every $4,000. And each proba-
bly, thinks he Is thinking.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus w. Miller is now
living at 1898 Kenwood ave.

Another waiter working at the Hyde
Park Hotel by the name of Hender-
son. This is the third Colored waiter
that has died very suddenly at this
Hostelry since last April. All of them
with the very same complaint. Many
are asking the question, why is it7 Is
it the sulphur water or the food, or
is it from dissipation, something should
be done to find the cause. Let us
find the cause, then we may be able
to apply the proper remedy. The last
subject became the victim of an in
quest, which said by its verdict that
he died from eating or drinking some
thing. What was it he ate or drank
that took his life, does not this state
ment call for some investigation
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

A speaker can always get the glad
hand by declaring for good roads, but
the enthusiasm wanes when he dis
cusses ways and means.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

The walters have organized a Hotel
Employees Benevolent Association for
the purpose of stopping their unfortun-
ate brothers from being sent to the
Potters field or from being buried by
public begging. Self preservation
alone should be the greatest incen-
tive for all walters to join it end keep
up their dues while employed. As was
the case of the last name mentioned
he had no insurance, he belonged to
no lodge, and had no bank account,
and left no record of his relatives so
that they could be communicated with
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

A pig has appetite plus, and little
brain. A man is little more than a
porker, if he runs to banquets and neg
lects his biceps.
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PUBLIsHD WEEKLY.

JEL1Gs Z. TAILOR Eaftsr and Publishes
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

Plants will not grow and thrive in
dark, lily ventilated Easements.
Neither will human beings. Both need
plenty of air and sunshine.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

Some men are old at As, others are
still young at 20. 1t is not SO much
a question of the calendar as it is a
matter of right living.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

Be temperate in all things to protect
your health and enjoy long life.