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The broad ax., 1915-10-02

awful regard for the predominance of
the ignorance that overwhelms those
whom we love and cannot convince.
The time to be examined is like the
time to prepare for the. final examina-
tion at the judgment seat of Jehovah.
1t is like the time to visit the sick or
the time to cease to do evil or the time
to learn to do well. 1t is now, today.
Each of US and every one of US instinc-
lively gives himself many examinations
each day. We all try to obey the old
injunction of the Greeks "Know thy
self" but our own examination is Ii
able to be prejudiced. Therefore our
own examination of ourselves cannot
suffice. The poet Burns saw a louise
on the hat of a fashionably dressed
woman in church and wrote the fol-
lowing lines:
"Oh would some power the giftie gle
US,
To see ourselves as ithers see u.s."
There are those who are trained to
look for the corruption that destroys
the body. They should be sought be-
cause of their fitness. Keep your eff
cheney up to standard by regular period
zeal examinations by your family doc
tor.
Many diseases are insidious and can
only be detected by very careful and
thorough examination. If treated ear
ly and vigorously such diseases need
not have fatal termination; they may
be absolutely cured by being nipped in
the bud.
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Church and School.

The Church of Scotland has 1890
ministers.
New York state Presbyterian preach
ers receive an average annual salary Of
S1.526.
There were 216.493 students in COL
leges. universities and chronological
schools in 1914. according to the an
nual report of the commissioner of ed
ucation. just issued. This is an in
crease of 14.262 over 1913.
The school savings bank of public
school No. a. of the borough of Queens,
New York city. has had $4,000 deposit
ed in it in the three years of its ex-
istence. More than half of this amount
is still on deposit either with the school
bank or with a state savings bank.
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The Cookbook.

Sausages will not burst if rolled in
-four before frying.
All clean bread scraps should be
saved. They are useful for crumbs and
may be useI in buildings. forcemeats,
hot cakes and escaloped dishes.
A nice way to serve onions is to
make a ring of mashed potatoes. put
the plain boiled onions in the center
and pour over some melted butter and
put into the oven to get piping hot.
When relocating meat place some
gravy in a deep frying pan. season it
and make quite hot. put in the meat
and simmer gently. but do not allow to
boil, as boiling makes the meat tough.
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Portland Cement.

FGftidnO SerUcHI.
In the manufacture of portland
cement, clay or shale and limestone
are ground together and burned" in
rotary kilns. The cement comes from
kilns In the form of hard. black, semi
vitreous Jumps, or ''clinker." When
pulverized this clinker becomes a gray
ish powder. which is the familiar ar
ticle Of commerce employed for great
variety Of purposes in practically every
type of building construction. 1t has
which the cement is ground is one Of
its most important characteristics, and
consequently specifications require that
IS per cent or more Of commercial
cement shall pass through No. 200
sieve. which has 10000 openings per
square inch. This is the practical
limit of mechanical sleeves In respect
to fineness. for although finer sleeves
can be manufactured the necessary
uniformity in size Of openings cannot
be attained. 1t is well known, how
ever, that the minute particles OF
cement. which are just capable Of pass
ing through the openings Of No. 200
sieve. are still too large to be Of value
as cementing material when mixed
with water. Hence the really valuable
portion Of the cement consists. in the
extremely fine powder, the amount Of
which can only be inferred from the
sieve test
The broad ax., 1915-10-02

Attorney Richard Hill, Jr, whose
father is one of the most prominent
citizens of Nashville, Tenn, was born
and educated in the. public schools of
that southern city; in time graduating
with high honors from Fisk University
and later on graduating from the Uni
versity of Michigan, completing Law
course at that same University in 1911.
Mr.. Hill more than successfully
passed the State Bar examination Feb.
1912, and has praetieed law in this city
from that time to the present; his law
offices are located at suite 3O3 and 4
Roma Pavilion, 74s South Halsted
The broad ax., 1915-10-02

Mrs. Simpson was Familiarity known
as "Aunt Liza Simpson," and was
ehambermaid on a Mississippi river
steamboat in the later part of the sew
entities and early eighties, under the
late Captain Peter Layman. She had
three sisters and two brothers, and it
is supposed that there must survive
some nieees or nephews.
She left an estate which is said to be
worth $4,000. She was never married
and died without making a will. A
reward has been offered for informa-
ton as to the location of any of her
relatives.
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The Rev. Father ]. B. Massiah came
to Chicago in 1906, from Detroit, Mich,
where he held a pastorate for thirteen
years, and had established complete
parish equipment and left it free of
debt.
He found about 300 communicates
at old st. Thomas Church on Dearborn
and Thirtieth streets. He now has over
900 members. One year after he took
charge of this work, he purchased the
handsome church on Wabash Ave. ana
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Frances, the Suffragette" is the
title of the popular drama that is now
being rehearsed by the University So.
ciety. 1t is some play!
The alumni and former students of
Fisk University met last Sunday at
Douglass Center and perfected per-
manent organization, to be known as
"The Chicago Fisk Club" Formerly
this body only met for temporary mat
tiers. Officers elected were: w. S.
White, President, DR.. A. C. Browne,
Vice President, Miss Florence Jack
son, Sec ~, Mrs. Irene Mccoy Gaines,
Treasurer.
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Ag entsa and spondents Wanted Handle THE
BROADAAX. Liberal Commissions to Live Agents.
Address Julius Tayor 6532 St Lawrence Az, Chicago

People may he physically bit. but il
they have no imagination they are Grip
Piles.
Many a toiler would be glad to raise
an income that would have to pay an
income tax.
If we could boost with the persistence
that we knock lot of good could be
accomplished.
In spite of his luxuriant whiskers
Carranza is constantly displaying his
immense cheek.
Have you ever noticed how much
larger your troubles appear at night
than during the day!
Contentment is fine thing when ac-
companied by enough ambition to keep
the blood in circulation.
Some of the feats required Of d.
plomacy are as startling as those OF
the air men who loop the loop.
Every once in awhile some one men,
lions The Hague tribunal. 1t is well
to remember that it still exists.
Astronomer Mellish, who has discov-
cred his fourth comet. deserves much
praise. though we could have worried
along with the comets We had
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Town Topics.

Chicago knows that 1t Is the best city
in the country for the holding Of con-
ventions. but it likes to have this view
shared by others.vChicago News.
There is law m Philadelphia against
throwing any kind Of waste into the
streets. but nobody pays any attention
to 1t. not even the police.-Philadelphia
Press.
New York is not satisfied with q CEN
sus which gives only little over 5000
600 Inhabitants. But the state line that
separates 1t from Hoboken. Jersey
City. Bayonne and Newark cannot be
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THE ALPHA SUFFRAGE CLUB.

The Alpha Suffrage Club is making
preparation for its fall reception and
entertainment to take place October 81,
at the Douglass Hall, 35th and Ellis
Ave.
Delegates have been elected to at
tend the Equal Suffrage Annual Meet
ing at Peoria the last week in October.
All members are urged to attend these
meetings now, as matters of vital i'm
portance are being transacted every
week.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, President.
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Our Army Rations.

The average daily field ration Of the
United States army is made up as fol-
lows: Bacon. II ounces Tor fresh meat
20 ounces); bread, IS ounces; beans. %
ounces; potatoes. 20 ounces; prunes or
preserves, l.2S ounces: coffee. LIZ
ounces; sugar. 80 ounces; eyaporated
milk. ounces: vinegar. .16 Of gill;
salt, "a ounce; pepper (black). .O4 Of
an ounce: lard. 81 of an ounce; butter.
5 of an ounce.
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SEARCHING FOR HEIRS OF RICH
NEGRO WOMAN.

st. Louis, Mo-, Oct. ii. o. Farris,
7 N. Jefferson street, a Negro secret
service investigator, has been retained
to find the whereabouts of the legal
heirs of Elizabeth Mary Simpson,
formerly of New Orleans, La, who died
in Paris, France, March, 1901, at the
age of 70.
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Thirty-eighth streets, one of the best
locations in the city. This congrega-
tion is credit to our race, and it
is largely due to the excellent example
of its pastor, who attends strictly to
the work of the Gospel, and in acts of
charity. He resides close to the church
in his well appointed residence, and
always welcomes strangers at his door
as though he realized fully the object
of his calling.
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At the Zenith.

PA. what does IL mean when a pub
Lie man is said to be at the zenith OF
his popularity"
1T means. my son." replied the de-
feated candidate ruefully, that he Is
about ready to hit the toboggan."-
Birmingham Age-Herald.
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ATTY RICHARD HILL, JR.

Street, Phone Monroe 1897.
He is a member of Tyree Chapter,
No. 20 F. and A. M. President of the
18th Ward Independent Political Club,
Vice President and attorney for the
West Side Protective Association; men,
Der Chrupus Attacks Club, Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity, Greek and TIA
Ian Proctel.
Mr.. Hill is a splendid example of
what a young man can accomplish who
makes up his mind to hustle early and
late and not to permit the grass to
grow under his feet.
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seanx Courtesy,

Opportunity came knocking at the
door.
I'm give him two minutes to eT
plain his proposition" said the great
magnate.-Eansas City Journal
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Loves Progress.

Knicker-How can you tell how long
they have been married?
Bocker-By whether she wants him
to stop smoking to save his health, his
money or the curtains.-New York Sun
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THE OUT GOING AND INCOMING
OFFICERS OF THE STAR LITER
AIRY SOCIETY OF EBENEZER
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Retiring Omcers.

het1r1ng OmcerS.
Henry Humphrey, Pres, Joseph Criss,
Vice Pres, William Page, End Vice
Pres, Miss lola Clay, Sec y, Mrs. Lula
Powell, Treas, Mr.. Geo. Cowherd,
Journalist, Mrs. S. Ming, Critic, Mr..
Arthur Jackson, Chaplain, Miss Edna
Powell, Pianist and Chorister, Walter
Kellar, Chair of Prog.
New Officers.
R. L. Ferguson, Mrs. T. G. Cutcliff,
Mr.. Robert Lewis, Miss johnson, Ass t.
Sec ", Miss B. Jones, Mrs. s. Ming,
Miss Edna Powell, Mr.. Geo. Cowherd,
Miss c. Crudup, Mrs. Lula Eddington,
Mr.. VIM. Warrington.
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People may he physically bit. but il
they have no imagination they are Grip
Piles.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-22

over sixty winters, but who be- comes violent and abusive once she imbibes of spirituous and intoxicat- ing liquors was before Judge John H. Kirkham in police court this morning on a charge of intoxication She was sentenced to thirty days in jail but judgment was suspended and she was sent to the town home in charge of the probation officer.
 The record of Mrs. McKeagney is probably more unusual than that of any other woman in Connecticut for during the last twenty-one years she has been arrested for drunkenness in this city alone thirty-eight different times. Her first arrest was in 1894 and until Officer Michael Cosgrovc
New Britain herald., 1915-12-22
LODGES MEET TO
 ELECT OFFICERS Installations Will Take Place
 Early in January

Officers were elected last evening by the following lodges: Order of the Golden Cross. Past noble ommander-Charles H. Otis. Noble commander-Edward L. Will Hams Vice noble commander-CoraM Nal lory.
 Worthy prelate-Elizabeth Williams Keeper of records-Fred c. La~ Finance keeper Of records-Franb G. Houck.
 Treasurer-Paul J. Famon. Worthy herald-Edward c. Reeve. Worthy inside guard-Anna Shilo- sky.
 Worthy outside guard-James J. Recor.
 Trustee-S. Reeve, Charles H. Otis, Thomas Reeve.
 Representative-Cha H. Otis. Alternate-S. l.. Facey.
 The installation will be held Tues day, January 4.
 CArt Beethoven, F. of A.
 Chief rangerWilliam Boukosky. Sub chief ranger-Herman Rusch- kowske.
 Treasurer-Charles Burkarth.
 Financial secretary-Joseph Die mand
 Recording secretary-Charles Mi fish.
 Senior woodward-Charles Ere. Senior beadle-Stephen Ulrich. Junior beadle-William Dickman. Lecturer-Andrew Kodak.
 Trustee-August Huber.
 Physician-Dr. J E. Martin
 Captain-Max Graesser.
 The installation will be held Tues. day, January 4, and will be conduct ed by District Deputy Grand Master Philip V. Burkarth. Two applications were received. A three-month piro- chle tournament will start January 1.
 Leading Star Lodge.
 mmander-Timothy Collins Vice commander-Harold Swift. Chaplain-Harold Sleath.
 Treasurer-James A. Duffy Scribe-Miss Minnie Lynch. Marshal-Miss Kate Duggan. Inside guard-Miss Kendall. Outside guard-May Collins. Trustees Pinkus and J. Sleath.
 F1nanclal Secretary-MlSS Eliza beth Flaherty.
 New Britain Lodge, N. E. o. P. Junior past warden-Miss Rather inc Klett.
 Warden-Miss Jennie P. Fades. Vice warden-Mrs. Annie Volkman Secretary-Charles Klett.
 Financial William Scha- efer
 Treasurer-William Nichols. Guide-Mrs. Caroline Fritz. Guardian-Fred Lotus. Sentinel-William Diehl. Trustee for three years. Miss Ca therine Klett. 1 Representatives to grand lodge William Schafer-Charles Klett. Alternates-Mrs. Nettie Samlow 1 and Mrs. Caroline Fritz.
 Chaplain-Mrs. Louis Macholtz. The officers will be installed on Jan uary by William J. Morton of Mcr- iden.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-22

took her into custody last night, hel last previous appearance in policl court had been on November IT, 191f About seven years ago the woman wa; arrested in Hartford by policemG ! to whom she took violent exceptiolj Before she could be restrained sh1 slashed his face to ribbons with i hat pin.
 1t is a strange coincidence thal of the thirty eight times she has bcc1 arrested it has fallen to the lot d1 Officer Cosgrove to bring her in oa twenty times. Officer Cosgro1e hal been on the regular police foTcl for twenty-two years and before tha time, when he was supernumerary, h had arrested her several times.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-22

to have been held in G. A. R. hall on Friday, December "A. has been postponed until Thursday, December 30, at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon.
 Judge J. H. Kirkham in the city court has rendered a judgment of $9o ana costs In favor of the plaintiff in the case of w. J. Dunlay & Company vs. Bertha McBride. Lawyer A w
 Upson represented the plaintiff and
New Britain herald., 1915-12-22

on February II. An effort will be made to secure a speaker of nation al prominence.
 William c. Kranowitz, a student at Columbia University, is home for the Christmas recess.
 Furs cleaned at the Union Laundry, 266 Arch street. Tel. 994.-advt.
 The regular meeting of the Sons of Veterans Auxiliary, No. l, which was
New Britain herald., 1915-12-22

H. P. Roche appeared for the tele- fendant.
 Through Lawyer A. w. Upson, the s. N. F. Telephone company has sued the Connecticut Good Roads Con struction company for $1O0. Another suit for $50 has been preferred against Walter H. Hutchings of Plainville.
 Stove Shurberg had advertised will be drawn off at Rapelye's Stove Store Dec. 22, 7:30 D. m..-advt.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-22
:. CHy Aetns

pp-to date lavalliers, M. c. Levitt. Ldvt.
 kt meeting of the executive com- |tee Of the Third Ward Republican
 b last night it was decided to hold Lincoln banquet at. Turner hall
New Britain herald., 1915-12-22
WOMAN IS ARRESTED
 THIRTY-EIGHT TIMES
iccord of Mrs. Julia Sullivan Me Kcagney is Most Unique in
 Connecticut
Connecticut.

Mrs. Julia Sullivan McKeagney. q neat, mothcrly appearing old woman, hcr, hair whitcned by the passing of
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-31
What "Carbler" Once Mea Mt.

"Garble," "garbled." "garbler," are
words which nowadays convey quite
a different meaning from that which
was formerly accepted. "Garble" orig
inally signifed simply ito select for a
purpose At one time there was an
officer, termed the garhler of spices"
whose duty it was ~ visit the shops
and examine the spices, ordering the
destruction OF all impure goods. His
duties were similar TO those Of the in
spector of the modern health depart
ment. who forbids the sale Of decayed
vegetables or tainted meat. The word
comes from a root meaning Ito sift.'
The impurities sifted out have in the
course of generations corrupted the
term till ''garbled report" is no long
er report wberefrom all uncertainty
has been removed, but one that is full
Of misrepresentation and made mis-
leading with deliberate intent.
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Cleopatra and Poisons.

Cleopatra assembled all kinds Of
deadly poisons and began experiments
with all the criminals sentenced TO
death in order to see If the action of
the poison was painless. AS she OBJ
served that those which acted quickly
brought death with great pain and that
the milder poisOns worked slowly, she
began experiments with poisonous an
imals, setting them upon other ami
mails in her presence. This she did
daily and noted that among them all
only the bite of a certain poisonous
snake evoked without tremor or pain a
certain numbness and invincible desire
for sleep so that the victims gradually
died with a light sweat upon the face
and gradual darkening Of the senses,
and when one tried TO awaken them or
to brighten them were as unwilling as
those who are in a deep sleep.-Plu-
farch
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The DAUGHTERS Idea.

Mrs. Brown was in the habit of In
Producing her big daughter as: This is
Jane. She's only fifteen. You'd never
think it. would you?"
At last the girl protested. Its mean
of you to tell everybody how young
am. | could have lot better time If
you didn't
Perhaps you could. But don't pro-
pose to have people saying after you've
been out in society couple Of seasons:
Don't tell me Jane Brown is only
twenty. Why. she was a grown girl
years ago."
Just the same" retorted the daugh.
ter. you wouldn't like it If | intro
duced you to my friends as: This is
my mother She's only forty-eight.
You'd never think 1t, would yOuY"-
Judge.
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EARLY CLUBS IN AMERICA.
The First One Was Founded In Phila-
delphia In 1717.

The two earliest clubs in America,
according to Colonel Henry Wat.erson
in his History of Manhattan Club"
were the Fish House club of Philadel-
phia, founded in III, and the Ho-
boken Turtle club of New York. which
was started in 1897. Then came the
Sons of Liberty and the Sons of ST.
Tammany. which originated in he
brain of one William Mooney, an up
holsterer of % Nassau street.
The Sons of ST. Tammanv, Colonel
Watterson finds. were so called after
an Indian chief in derision of Eng
lands patron, st. George, and one Of
their main objects was not. as some
have supposed in the case OF the Tam
many organization, TO put good Demo
Gratis into every job that paid any
thing but Ito arouse anti-British feel
ing and to discriminate knowledge
concerning the principles Of true po-
litical liberty"
The Sons Of st. T3mmany. later the
Society Of st. Tammany, was opposed
to all trends of aristocracy. and it
counted as its natural enemy the So
ciety of the Cincinnati. whose men,
bership was originally designed TO pass
down by Inheritance.
The first club Of New York founded
on the lines of the London social in
situations was the Union. in 1886.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-31
SWISS DIVORCE CASES.
The Court Always Tries to Settle
Them by Reconciliation.

In one important respect the Swiss
ment of their divorce cases, says On
English correspondent.
In every town there is q kind of Off
cial paper known as the Feuille davis.
in which one may read daily the fol-
lowing announcements:
m. and Nine. ", who are in in
stance Of divorce. are requested 10 ap-
pear privately before the Judge. alone
or with their lawyers, in order To come
20 a reconciliation if possible.
Before the beginning of every di-
vOrce case in Switzerland this notice is
published and sent out TO the interest
ed parties, leaving the couple. of course.
free to attend before the judge or not,
as they wish. Often the couple meet.
Although there are no statistics pub
lished on the subject. l am told by q
leading lawyer in Geneva whose spe-
cialty is divorce cases that at least go
per cent of divorce cases-"much to
my loss. unfortunately" the lawyer
added. with smile-are settled by the
paternal advice of the Judge at these
meetings out Of court.
In fact, Swiss lawyers will not def
nitely take mp divorce case until it
has passed through the reconciliation
process.
If one of the couple does not attend
the rendezvous this means that the af-
fair is to be fought ont, but in any case
Swiss divorces are not eypensive.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
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Outlawry In Scotland.

The unusual sentence OF outlawry
recently pronounced by the Scottish
courts is relic of the days before ex-
tradition existed. For it was the usual
avoided the execution Of legal process
and was inflicted upon the criminal
who fed the country and could not be
brought back. In the old days to be
outlawed-in the case of women they
called 1t waived-meant that one could
be knocked on the head by any passer.
by, and outlaws in fact were said to
be caput lupinum-that Is. they had a
VOLTS head and could be treated as a
wild BEAST ondon Mail.
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MODERN GREEKS.
Those at Home Outnumbered by Those
In Other Countries.


What and who are these modern
Greeks? The most skeptical investi-
gators admit that in most Of them Is
some blood transmitted from ancient
Greece and that there is a proportion
of Greek descent in Greece about equal
to that of Anglo-SaXon descent in
America For the rest the modern
Greeks are either Albanian or Slav or
Vlach.
Besides the Greeks in Greece there
are other Greeks who far outnumber
them. They are found on all the coasts
of the Ottoman empire. Crete and the
other islands until very lately under
Turkish sovereignty have no other in.
habitants important in numbers. They
are numerous in Asia Minor, In Syria
and in Egypt.
While dOmiciled elsewhere they re-
main passionate In devotion to the
Greece they style Hellas, the modern
kingdom, whose people are called Hell
lenes, and. being masters of commerce
and finance many of them have gained
enormous fortunes, from which they
pour great sums into Athens particu-
larly, but into Greece generally. for
public buildings and endowments.-
From THE Balkans-A Laboratory Of
History" by William Milligan Sloane.