The American Citizen

The only Daily and Weeklv Negro paper in this section of Country THE V L 13, NO.1 HONOR TO DIXGN. The One-Timed Champion, Geo. Dixon, Given a Benefit—Handsome Sum Realized. New York, Feb. 21.—The friends and admirers of George Dixon, the negro feather weight pugilist, for many years world's champion, and who was recently deprived of his title by Terry McGovern, gave him a benefit at the Broadway Athletic to-night. Eight thousand dollars was realized. Gus Eubin, in the "Akron Giant," sparred with little Dave Sudivan. Jim Corbett and a pupil named Lester, gave an exhibition. Adolph Zinck, the "Lilliputian," seconded Corbet and made a burlesque assault on Referee Cherly White. Frank Erae, the light weight champion, sparred with Frank Zimfer. Tom Sharkey and Bob Armstrong gave an exhibition Joe Gans, of Baltimore and Dan Doughery, of Philadelphia, sparred three rounds. Joe Goaynski and Fred Morris gave an exhibition as did "Kid" McCoy and Joe Faivay. Dixon and Terry McGovern sparred three rounds, McGovern first handling Dixon a check for $500. McGovern's masager handed Dixon $250, Tom Sharkay gave $300 and Bob Armstrong gave a $50 bill THE FATEFUL THIRTEEN. To-day we enter upon our Thirteenth year as a weekly advocate of the Negro. It is a consolation to sit down upon the white capped mile stone and look backward down the years of the past, and to know that amid all the strife, uproar and harbours Negro newspaper men must go we are yet alive, with fair prospect of being spared a little longer. Our pathway has not been strewn with roses—nor have we lain upon downy beds—yet we are thankful we still live. Many that started with us, both papers and managers have long since fallen by the wayside—and in the onward march are forgotten. We have received many hard blows and much undue criticisms and have groaned beneath the burden—yet All is well. In our moments of despair when dark and angry clouds obscured the sun and all seemed over with us—there appeared through the gloom the smiling countenance of friends with helping hands and open pocket books. These are they who are entitled to credit for our existence, they are the ones to whom we are grateful. We have tried to do our duty in the past, as an advocate of justice and right for the Negro, we have advised as we believed best. Our efforts have not all been in vain, many have deeply appreciated all—while as to be expected, many have been extremely ungrateful. We have made some mistakes, as all humanity does, our paper is not what it ought to be—we all know. In commenting on this fact no allowance is made, everything is not considered for in the conducting of a Negro newspaper—there must be allowances. When the Negro reaches that point of intelligence, where he can—accord justice for what is accomplished individually and collectively by his race along any given line, then and not till then will any negro undertaking reach the acme of success. Nothing can exist on wind alone—when the proper patronage is given any undertaking it is bound to be a success—other things in proportion considered. 10. Make Imitation Ebony Simply. Any wood can be made to look like real old ebony by rubbing it with a little oil of vitriol dropped into a small quantity of water. Then hold the wood before the fire until it becomes quite black, and polish with a soft cloth. There are quite a number of Hebrew soldiers fighting with the British troops in South Africa. Sixteen Jewish officers and nearly 200 men are to be numbered among the regulars and police troops AMERICAN KANSAS CITY KAN., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23 1900. NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK. Culled From Our Daily for Our Weekly Readers. Funeral of Mrs. Fannie Russell, a well known citizen. Tuesday afternoon, at Mount Zion Baptist church, under the auspices of Rebecca Tabernacle and the Order of Good Samaritans. Frederick D. Duglass Memorial Exercise Tuesday evening, at the M.B. church Mrs. J. Silone Yates, of Kansas City, was the orator of the occasion. A grand event. Death of little Leonard Parker, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Parker, of the north end, Sunday. Serious illness of Mrs. J. W. Bell, of Water a reet. Rev. Wm. Franklin. of Nebraska avenue. A pleasant time had at the Butler Dancing Academy on North 8th street, Tuesday night. Interesting letter from Mr. John L. Waller, Jr., at the front with the 49th. Regiment, in our issue of last cabbath. Call issued for a meeting of all negro Editors of Missouri in Kansas City, Wednesday, March 14th, for the purpose of organizing a Missouri Negro Press Association. Squire Lee, the candidate for the Republican nomination for Constable of the North Side City Court, won by a majority of four votes. The weather has been more or less disagreeable—with snow and rain. Wallace Arthur, of the Soldiers Home, Danville, ll., was in the city. The Local Stationary Firemen gave a grand bad at 1717 State Line, on the 19th, which was a complete success in every respect. A grand drill by the N. M. Ts. at Fifth Street Opera House, Monday evening, for the benefit of Douglass Hospital was a success. Net proceeds $31,56. Revival services at Mount Pleasant are still having continued success. We are sorry to note the serious illness of one of our young men, Mr. Jas. Guerren, at Chicago, Ill. He has been ill for five months. Mrs. Samuel Willis, of Everett and First avenue, who died Tuesday, was buried from Mount Pleasant church yesterday afternoon. Rev. A. D. Jamison officiated, assisted by other Divines. Rev. P. D. Skinner lectured Sunday afternoon to about two hundred ladies. Subject, "The Beauty of the Noble Woman." The subject was ably handled. The ladies' choir was much larger than the men's and rendered some excellent music. The ladies' choir consisted of Mestesdames Fannie Anderson, J. J Peebies, Pennix, Charles Bradford, M. C. Younger, J. W. Gordon, Annie Hubbard, Mrs. Vance, E. A. Wilson, Misses D. B. Thomas, Ida Generals and Louise Smith. Fire destroyed the car barns of the Metropolitan Street Railway in this city early Sunday morning, burning a number of cars and entailing a loss of about $27,000. No new cases of small pox reported. Washington's birthday—legal Holiday—Thursday—appropriate exercises. Miss Ella Jones will spend a few days with her parents at Edwardsville, Kas, in company with Mrs. James Moore, of Ottawa Miss Eiiza Jones, of 1086 State ave., is on the sick list this week Miss Mamie Minor, of 1006 Nebraska avenue, feel down the back stone stepbab out two weeks ago, and sustained severe injuries. Is improving. Mr. Isaac Parker, of 125 Grevelv, who fell from the scaffold where he was at work on the 3rd of this month, and broke his arm, is able to be out on the streets among his many friends. The revival services at the M. B. church closed last Monday night aler 14 days of success. Results 18 convert and 10 addition to the church. The Rev, P. D. Skinner assisted the Rev, E. A. Wilson. Baptismal services Sunday Feb 25th, at 10, o'clock. The public have a general invitation. It is hoped that this Christian work will be taken up in other fields. Williams and Walkor company after a successful tour of the West are now playing a return engagement in the windy city by the Lake. They will remain East until the close of the season in May. Los Angeles , Cal. Web. 21 —Leslie 2. Keever, inventor of the Keely cure, died here this morning. Dr. Keever came here recently from his home in Dawight, ill. COLORED MAN'S CURIOUS HOME. IT IS WORK OF YEARS. Ceiling Can be Lowered—Keeps a Skeleton There—Guarded by Locks and Bells. Of all the curiously and artistically furnished homes in Kansas City that of Al Sneed, the colored porter for a Main street firm, heads the list. It is safe to say there is nothing else like it in Kansas City, at least. For years Sneed has put in his spare time in his little home, arranging and rearranging, until it is now finished, and he can only sit by and admire it. It is a strange combination, being a Moorish palace, Turkish mosque and Chinese pagoda, all in one, and yet is neither. Sneed's home is located at 921 Central street. You have to climb a tall flight of stairs, then follow a narrow passageway between two old houses, and there in the rear is a little one story, three-room cottage, unpretentious looking and save for two columns of curling smoke, shows no signs of life. Sneed must accompany you, or you will never gain admission, for he has a series of combinations and padlocks, known only to himself, to guard his home. When he opens the outer door a jingling bell is heard, and somewhere from the interior comes the sound of cow bells. When he unlocks the inner door another set of bells is set ringing. Once inside the vestibule you get a glimpse of small Chinese lanterns, diminutive mirrors, many colored papers, pictures from magazines and actors' photographs, all arranged in such a manner that every inch of space is covered on walls and ceilings. Al pulls a strings, a small skeleton drops from somewhere from among a labyrinth of lanterns. There are three rooms and each one is filled with surprises. Sneed sometimes entertains a small party and when he does he takes pride in showing his house and introducing his many surprises. A World reporter was invited with a few friends last week and introduced to the mysteries. In the middle room the ceiling can be raised or lowered by a series of strings which regulate the decorations. You attempt to look out the window but instead you see the interior of all the rooms. This is arranged by placing of a series of mirrors. You want music. Sneed pulls a string and a part of the decorations move aside and from a recess in the wall are procured a mandolin and guitar. Another hidden recess contains a choice collection of wines, fruits and cakes. The place is inhabited only by Sneed and his two dogs. After his years of work he is now content; to sit and admire his work and to occasionally entertain a few friends.—The World. TOPEKA. KS. Pianoforte recital by Miss Lucy Bledsoe. Tuesday evening, Feb. 27th., 1900, 618, Karsas ave. The Ladies Sewing Circle elected at their last meeting the following officers: Mrs. Mary Pace, Chairman of Modes Committee. The Circle meets this week with Mrs. M. Golden, 216 Crane street. Mrs. Ellen Huddleson is slowly improving. Mrs. M. Hall was buried Monday afternoon from the Shiloh Baptist church. The Oak Leaf Club met Friday afternoon with Mrs. Lizzie Washington, Spruce street. The Golden Rod meets this week with Miss Missoon Benning, Buchanan street. Mrs. Rosa Scott, of Chicago, is home visiting parents. Miss Jeannett Rodgers, of St. Louis, is in our city again. A Missoum man called a neighbor a liar over the telephone. It was a party in stering. They all appeared as witness $_{3}$ when the man was brought to trial for disturbing the peace and prisoner was compelled to pay $_{2}$ fine for once it was nice to have listeres on the line Boston's Bird Hospital Boston has a bird hospital and boarding house, run by a woman, who is house staff, visiting staff, matron and housekeeper, all in one. There are more canaries in the wards than any other birds. The troubles which all them most are of the lungs, and they have all the ills of this kind which afflict the human race. Consequently they have to be fed on soft food mostly. It would naturally be supposed that parrots would suffer chiefly from sore throat, but as a fact these birds seem to be especially hardy in all parts of their body which aid in producing raucous sounds. When folk go away to their summer homes they leave their pets at this house to be cared for until they return. Three Negatives. Three negatives of the same object or landscape can be obtained by a recently patented camera. One of the plates is placed directly at the back of the lens aperture as at present, while the other two are arranged one on each side of the first, and at an angle to it, so that the three plates represent half a hexagon. Two prisms arranged at the lens opening intercept part of the light for each of the two side plates, and the light that passes between the two prisms falls upon the central plate. Three identical negatives are thus obtained, the two side ones' being reversed, but for certain purposes—"color photography" being one—this reversal makes no difference. Potato Salad in Ancient Rome. Potato salad in Ancient Rome. The indefatigable German investigator to find out things. A Prague newspaper, in the course of an article on artificial ice, makes the following interesting statement: The use of snow and ice was general in Rome as early as the beginning of the Empire. The hands were washed in snow water before a banquet, wines were cooled with ice, and ice water and snow water were served. The younger Pliny, inviting his friend Clarus to a 'simple supper,' promises him groats with milk and ice, in addition to eggs, snails and potato salad. And yet ignorant folks still think that potatoes were first found in Virginia." Murderous Missile. Shrapnel shell is a beautiful and ingenious missile. It consists of a hollow, elongated shell, with a bursting charge of powder at the base, and filled with from 200 to 600 half-inch bullets, according to the size of the gun. It is fitted with a time fuse, which is "set" to fire the bursting charge at a given number of seconds after the shell has left the gun. The bursting charge in turn blows the head off the shell, and sends forward the 200 to 600 bullets, which continue their course in a conical shower on the ground. Business Flat in Porto Rico. Business in Porto Rico remains absolutely paralyzed. Nobody will invest a cent or undertake any enterprise until the island has some standing. In addition to this, the local elections, which have been in progress for over a month past, has annihilated what little business there was left. The census now being taken shows the population is increasing and that 106,000 have been added in 10 years, making the total 1,000,000. Smallest Diamonds Usually Best Smallest Diamonds Usually Best. There are more perfect small diamonds than there are perfect large ones, and where a man gets together a collection of perfect diamonds he is most likely to have a collection of small ones. Thus the diamonds owned by Americans are not, as a rule, so large as the ones owned in Europe. Artificial light enables the European diamond wearer to wear his big stones that are not altogether perfect. British Troops Fight in Plain Dress. Nothing in the military line is more gorgeous than a British guardman in his shining cuirass and burnished helmet. One likes to picture them going into battle thus splendid. They do not do that sort of thing at all, however. In South Africa they wear cork helmets and khaki uniforms, for all the world like other troops. Quick Disembarkation A remarkable piece of disembarkation work was accomplished when the Hawarden Castle reached Cape Town recently. Her troops, which numbered 1,700 men, together with stores, ordnance and rations for 14 days, were landed and entrained in 10 hours. Cured of Stuttering by Bullet Wound. A Mauser bullet passed through the throat of a soldier in a Colorado regiment at Manila. Before receiving the wounds he had been a stutterer, now he has no difficulty in talking. Central America Pyramid Builders. Barring the Egyptians, the ancient Mayas of Yucatan seem to have been the greatest pyramid builders the world ever saw. CITIZEN Tuskegee notes During the month of January, Principal Washington made an extended trip to the west. He spoke at several cities among which were Chicago, Galesbug, Omaha, Denver, and Colo Springs. The effort was in behalf of the school. Recently the institute received a road machin a donation through one of the school trustees, a citizen of Philadelphia This is a very valuable addition to the Agriculture equipment. The Workers Conference will be held here, February 22, the day after the Tuskegee Negro Conference. A large number of those who are teaching industry and thrift to the masses of the masses of the race are expected to be represented. R. C. Fairchild PUBLICATION NOTICE In the District Court of the 29th Judicial District of the State of Kansas, Jacob Ricketts, Paintiff, vs. Jotham A. French aud Thos. C. Foster, Defendants. To the above named defendants you and each of you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court by the above named plaintiff, and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 2nd. day of March, 1900, the petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered thereon, the nature of which will be a decree foreclosing two certain mechanics liens heretofore filed upon lot numeenin, in block one, in Morris and Early's addition to Wyandotte city, now a part of Kansas City. Wyandotte county, Kansas, and forever barring all right and title and equity of the said defendants in and to said premises, and ordering said premises sold at public sale according to law to satisfy said judgment and costs and ordering the Sheriff to make to the purchaser of said premises at such sale a good and sufficient deed for the same. By I. F. BRADLEY, his Attorney. IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT RICHARDSON WALKR & WOJDEN COAL and WOOD 7th. and Broadway, Kansas Ci y. Mo. will alwaysgive you a quare deal. This is a firm composed of gentiemen. Give them your trade WM. POSTLETHWAITE. 447 MINNESOTA AVENUE. GRAND PANTS MAKER. Special Sale of Trousers. Good Line of WORSTED nd Chevoits made up for $3.40. B. J. DUNNING, The Jeweler, DEALER IN Watches, Silverware, Wedding Presents, Club Prizes, Lodge Emblems, Etc. OF ALL KINDS. first class line or Jewelry always on. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. 544 Minnesota Ave., Blue Fron KANSAS CITY, KANSAS Russian Photographer's Way The Russian photographers have a strange way of punishing those who, having received their photographs, do not pay their bills. They hang the pictures of the delinquents upside down at the entrance to their studios. Bathing Saves Them: An army surgeon says that the English and American soldiers are so hardy because they, more than any other soldiers in the world, like to bathe, and keep themselves strong and hardy by this means. ```markdown ``` of Country GRESS OF OUR RACE Humors of Examination The humors of examination papers were further illustrated by Dr. Haig Brown, who, in speaking at the City of London college upon the responsibility which rested upon examiners in weighing fragments of knowledge, said that the question, "What are the Chiltern Hundreds?" once received the reply, "Small animals which abound in great numbers in cheese." The inquiry, "What is a cherub?" elicited, in its turn, the answer, "An immoral being of uncertain shape." — London Chronicle. The Population of London Last year's statistics show that the population of London is 4,484,717. For every 1,000 inhabitants there were thirty births and 17.7 deaths. The number of infants who died in their first year was 158 for every 1,000 births. During the period extending from 1887 to 1896 the mortality was lower than in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin and Copenhagen; but in 1897 it increased to such an extent that it is now very little lower than that of most European cities, Rome included. Slaves In New York State. Immigration officials say that many foreigners in this country are living in a condition of abject slavery. At Avon, N. Y., there is a colony of 270 Italians who are under the direct control of one man, who hires them to farmers and fruit growers and takes most of their earnings, while those who perform the labor get little more than enough to eat, and are housed in buildings little better than cattle sheds. Plum Pudding the Rage in London. A plum pudding craze has broken out in London. One firm sold 600,000 pounds of puddings three weeks before Christmas. Surprises are now enclosed in these, ranging from buttons, gold sovereigns and half sovereigns to thimbles and diamond rings. One pudding ordered had in it a diamond and opal brooch worth $500, enclosed in a silver box. Centenary of Electricity "Electricity as we know it" is just 100 years old. In 1799 the Italian scientist Volta gave definite form to the method of producing the current, and it is from his name that we have the term "voltmeter" to describe the instrument which measures the force of the current, and "volt" as the unit of that measurement. Art in Venice. Venice has had three international art exhibitions since 1895, and all of them have been successful. The last one, which closed on Nov. 13, occasioned the sale of $70,000 worth of paintings, 19 per cent of which went into the pockets of non-Italian artists. High Collars Injurious. Doctors say that the high collars so much worn by both men and women are productive of dire physical results. The head is thus thrown forward to relieve the back of the neck, and this narrows the chest and decreases the lung capacity. Masts and Sails The highest masts of sailing vessels are from 160 to 180 feet high, and spread from 60,000 to 100,000 square feet of canvas. Baby's Cry. A moderately intimate acquaintance with infants enables one to distinguish, almost from birth, three cries—the healthy yell, by which the child exercises his lungs, the fretting of moderate discomfort, and the acute cry of pain, the latter two including at first hunger, thirst, and dissatisfaction. By the end of three months the nurse or mother should be able to distract the fretting of actual physical discomfort from that of restlessness, and the sharp cry of pain from the less acute announcement of thirst, hunger, etc., while anger imparts a characteristic quality to the cry. If the baby is comfortably dressed and properly fed he will be less likely to be fretful and crying—Dr. A. L. Benedict in the January Woman's Home Companion." A Point in Carving Etiquette. The adept carver will not ask the guest of honor which is his or her favorite piece. We will give the one we would honor the cut of fish next the tail, that nearest the head being next choice; the emperor's muscle and oyster of the turkey, with a bit of brown fat added as a tribute to palate discrimination; the tenderloin of steak, the hock of the leg, the tenderloin with kidney of the saddle (with some brown fat); the loin of the hare or squirrel, the rib of the sucking pig. Other guests will express their preference promptly when asked, that none may be kept waiting—Ella Morris Kretschmar, in the January Woman's Home Companion. MIDDLE CITY PUBLISHING AND PRINTING CO. Daily and Weekly 335 Minnesota Ave. KANSAS CITY KANSAS TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Daily delivered by carrierper week. 10c. Weekly one year..... $1 50 Entered at the postoffice at Kansas City Kans as second class matter. This paper or some Negro paper should be in every Negroes home to keep posted on what the race is doing. As this is the only Negro Daily in this part of the country it ought to receive hearty support. Everybody should subscribe for the AMERICAN CITIZEN, daily and weekly. The American Citizen. Directory. Of KANSAS CITY, KANSAS AND Church Directory. BAPISTE CHURCHES. African 3914 East 18th Street. Greenwood, 2005 Maderson Avenue, Highland Avenue, 1119 Highland Ave, Macedonian ) Mission { 216 East 21th Street. Missionary, 2005 Madison Avenue. Mt. Calvary, 15 N. E. Cor. Norton Ave. Mt. Gay, 2100 Wyoming Avenue. Mt. Moriah, 933 Bluff Street. Mt. Olive, Villa, S. E. cor. Garnett. Mt. Zion, 3rd, N. W. Cor. Gillis. Mt. Zion, 908 Hickory Avenue. Mt. Zion, Primitive, 2815 Garnett st. Pilgrim, 705 Charlott street. Pilgrim, Charlott between 6th and 7th. Pleasant Green, East Forest. Round Top, Norton near 28th street. St James, 1411 East 18th street. St James Chapel, 518 High street. St. Marks, 1019 East 4th street. St. Pauls, 510 East 4th street. Second Baptist, Charlott, cor. 10th. Vine Street, 1825 Vine street. CHRISTIAN CHURCH 21st between Summit and Madison. Augustine Mission, 1025 Troost ave. METHODIST EPISCOPAL. Asbury Chapel, 1620 Cherry street Burns, 11th S. W. Cor, Highland ave Clark's Chapel, 819 S. W. Boulcvard Westport W, Prospect Place Cor. 23rd King Solomon Mission 4th and Locust Colored Schools. Attacks 2108 East 18th street. Bruce 3914 East 15th street. Dougless 27th N. E. Cor. N. Prospect Place. Garrison Forest S. W Cor. 4th street. Lincoln School 11th N W. Cor Campbell street. Lincoln High School 816 East 11th st Page Rochester N.E. Cor. Prospect Avenue Penn 4241 Shawne. Phillips 1917 Cherry street. Round Top 2617 Norton Avenue. Business Directory. J. A. Wilson Jeweller 1616 W. 9th st. Chandler's Barber shop, Samuel Chandler Prop. S.LClenens Mgr 112 East 6th street. Restaurant Mrs Amus Prop. 114 East 6th street. Field's Barber Shop 142 East 6th street Miller's Barber Shop 113 East 6th Midland Barber Shop Harry Parson Preprietor 1 5 East 6th rect. Palace Barber Shop Oarth & Warfield Proprietors 550 Grand Avenue. O' Bannon' Barber Shop W.T. O Ban' on Proprietor 500 Grand Avenue. McRay's Barber Shop Ben McRay Proprietor 819 Independence avenue. Langston' Barber Shop 718 East 8th st Walker's Barber Shop 806 East 12th st Cowden,s Barber Shop 704 East 19th st Restaurant J.W Gordon Prop. 554 Grand avenue. Restaurant H Powe Proprietor 572 Grand avenue. Restaurant Andrew Clark Proprietor 728 Independence ave. Saratoga Cafe L Mason I Proprietor 805 Independence ave. Chicago Cafe H Compton Proprietor 96 Independence avenue. Maupin's Barber Shop 1332 E 18th st. Brown's Barber Shop 1329 E 18th st. Berry's Barber Shop 1432 1 E. 18th st Grocer, George Grear, Prop. 1211 E. 18th st. Physicians and Surgeons. Drs. Shannon and Lambright 1215 E. 18th st. Dr. J.N. Birch 1339 E. 18th st. Dr. T. C. Unthank 1233 Independence Ave. Dr. L.J. Holly 1112 Campbell st. Rising Suu J.F. Cole, Editor, L. W Weed. Manager 117 W. 6th st. Grocery, A. Webb, Prop. 9th and Holmes. KANSAS CITY.·KANSAS A.C.L. Coal Co. Main Office 492 Minn. Ave. E.F. Henderson, Mgr. D. W. White Furniturestore, 420 Minn. Ave. J. W. Jones Grocery 400. Oakland Ave. M. Gordon Department store 1605 N 0th st. Restaurants. J. W. Johnson's 6th and State. Mrs. Hall 507 Minn. Ave. Mrs. Sarah Thurston 1414 5th st. Mc Gees 448 Minn. Ave. Mrs. R. P. Tyler 10 Joy st. E. Stoakes 1510 N. 3rd st. BARBERS J. T. Roberts & Tucker, 507 Minne sota avenue. J. Gros, 412 Minnesota avenue. G. McClellan, 613 Minnesota ave. M.T. Comer, 608 Minnesota ave. Robt. Keith, 315 Minnesota ave. M. Pattison, 1603 north 3rd st. SHOEMAKERS. Lon McAdams, 348 Minnesota ave. D. W. Wynne, 309 Minnesota ave. Lewis Blenchard, North 6th., State Line. Wilson, 5th. st. between Nebraska and State. Wyandotte Drug Store, 1512 north 5th. street. DOCTORS. S. H. Thompson, 151- north 5th. st. Harvey, 440 Minnesota ave. G. H. Brown, 1010 Freeman ave. Jordan, 610 Minnesota ave. ARTISTS. O. J. Brooks, 70, New York Life Building. TEACHERS OF FRENCH AND ELOCUTION. Arthur A. Anderson, 541 State Ave. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. The Bellows Falls Savings Bank. Plain tiff, vs. Willie H. Consal, Effie Consal, Fred A. Miller & Company, New England Loan & Trust Company, Otto T. Bannard, Receiver of the New England Loan & Trust Company, the Real Estate Trust Company, of Philadelphia, Penn. Trustee, the Quivira Investment Company: John, T. Parks and Eleanor T. Parks, Minors, Wm L. Priestly, Guardian of John T. Parks and Eleanor T. Parks, Minors. State of Kansas to Willie H. Consal, Effie Consal, Fred A. Miller & Co., New England Loan & Trust Company, Otto T. Bannard, Receiver of New England Loan and Trust Co., The Real Estate Trust Company of Philadelphia, Penn., Trustee, John T. Parks and Eleanor o T. Parks, minors. You are hereby notified that the plaintiff above named has brought suit against you, and filed his petition against you together with other defendants in the above entitled court, and that you must answer the petition aforesaid filed against you, on or before the 16th day of February, 1900, or said petition will be taken as true and judgment accordingly rendered against you as follows: First. A personal judgment against Willie H. Consal and Efle Consal upon the note and mortgage set out in plaintiff's petition, for $4,000 with interest at the rate of,6 per cent per annum from the first day of August, 1896. Second—that the mortgage set out in plaintiff's petition be declared a lien upon the south half of the following described tract of land in Wyandotte County, Ks., to-wit: Commencing at the southeast corner of lot "A" in Irving Place, an addition to Wyandotte City, now Kansas City, Kansas, as shown by the record plat thereof, and running thence west one hundred and twenty (120) feet, thence north ninety seven (97) feet, thence cast one hundred and twenty feet, thence south ninety-seven feet to the place of beginning. The same being forty-eight and one half (48½) feet by one hundred and twenty (120) feet in the southeast corner of said lot "A," of Irving Place, for the amount of the aforesaid judgment, prior and superior to the lien or interest of any on the above named defendants, and that the mortgage set on in plaintiff's petition be foreclosed, and the aforesaid lands and tenements be sold without appraisement, according to law, and the proceeds of said sale be brought into court and applied, first, to the payment of the costs of said sale and this suit. Second, the paym (title) aforesaid judgment, together with interest thereon, and the residue, if any, be held subject to the further order of said Court in the premises, and that from and after said sale and the confirmation thereof, all the above named defendants and each of them, or any person or persons claiming under, by or through them, or any of them, be forever barred and foreclosed from any right, title or interest in or to the aforesaid premises, or any part thereof. JOHN-C. HALL. Attorney for Plaintiff. When wanting something to eat and a place to rest your weary bones call at the Empire House 325 Murr. Perfumes, Soaps, Stationary, Hot Sodas. Everything to be found in first class house. See our Holiday display. Northeast Corner Sixth St, and Minnesota Ave., elephone West 122. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRANK GARNIER Jewelery a 536 Minnesota Avenue. Watch and Jewelry Bargains in Diamonds, Watches and Rrs. Mandoline, Violins, &c Sewing Mach Guns, Pocket Knives curings and Trimmings for dll s COLORED TRADE SOLIC THE Restaurant and MRS. R. P. TYLU gaurantees the best 10c Meal day or week. Board and Lodging and and rooms are nice and clean House Keeper No. 10 Joy Street, EAC Gem Dr MINNESOTA DRUGS, MED ine Toilet Soaps, B PERFUMERY AND F W. B. R Jewelery and Loan Offlce Avenue. Branch Store. 631 Kansas Avenue. Watch and Jewelry Work Done and Guaranteed. Diamonds, Watches and all kinds of Uuredeened Pledges also Guilt Violins, &c Machines, Revolvers, Pocket Knives, Catridges, Gun Shells; ALSO immings for dll String Instruments at the Lowest Price. ED TRADE SOLI ITED. Mention American Citizen. THE AMERICAN Restaurant and Boarding House E. P. TYLER, -- PROP She best 10c Meals in the city. She also boards by Board and Lodging $3, and $3,50 per week. Her bed are nice and clean. She is a fine cook a l a No. 1. Street, Kansas City Kan EAGERS n Drug Store MINNESOTA AVENUE DEALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, It Soaps, Brushes, Combs, Etc. ERY AND FANCY TOILET ARTICLES B. RAYMOND, 536 Minnesota Avenue. Branch Store. 631 Kansas Avenue. Watch and Jewelry Work Done and Guaranteed. Bargains in Diamonds, Watches and all kinds of Uredeened Pledges also Guit ars, Mandolins, Violins, &c Sewing Machines, Revolvers, Guns, Pocket Knives, Catridges, Gun Shells; ALSO Strings and Trimmings for dll String Instruments at the Lowest Pricen. COLORED TRADE SOLI ITED. Mention American Citizen. THE AMERICAN Restaurant and Boarding House MRS. R. P. TYLER, -- PROP gaurantees the best 10c Meals in the city. She also boards by day or week. Board and Lodging $3, and $3,50 per week. Her bed and rooms are nice and clean. She is a fine cook a 1 a No. 1. House Keeper No. 10 Joy Street, Kansas City Kan DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, Fine Toilet Soaps, Brushes, Combs, Etc., PERFUMERY AND FANCY TOILFT ARTICLES W. B. RAYMOND W. B. RAYMOND Manufacturer of and Wholesale dealer in UNDERTAKERS * SURP FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HOSPITALS AMBULANCE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK AID Undertaking Rooms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone W Factory Corst St., and Riverview Ave. KANSAS CIT! ARTAKERS * SUPPLIES BARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HOURS FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED Rooms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone West 32. Factory Cor st St., and Riverview Ave. Telephone 28 IT! KANSAS FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HOURS AMBULANCE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED Undertaking Rooms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone West 32. Factory Corr. St. & Riverview Ave. Telephone 26 GO TO THE GREAT J Wholesale Office 811 H ekory Street, IRON YARDS CO ron, Rags, B ash paid for scrap iron, rags, easier in junk. Here's the place w dealing. AT JUNK SHOP.olesale and Retail.ckory Street, Kansas City, Mo. GREAT JUNK SHOP. Office 811 Hekory Street, Kansas City, Mo. IRON YARDS CORNER 8th. AND HICKORY. Iron, Rags, Bottles and Metals. Cash paid for scrap iron, rags, bottles and metals. Wholesale and Reta dealer in junk. Here's the place where you can get correct weight and square dealing. SAM'L. DIGGS. Telephone, No. 126 Hickory REA Ameri The only Ice Cream Parlors in the two Kansas Cities where you can get the BestIce Cream Soda, and Ice Creams, Fine Lunch, Pies, Cakes AND Confectionaries Special attention paid to Churches, Lodges and parties. Ice Cream, wholesale, 75 to 90 cts. per gallon. Don't fail to give us a call. Corner 6th, and State streets, KANSAS CITY KANSAS The Best Goods, the Quickest Sales, the Smallest Profits and the promptest deliveries. GET THEIR PRICES ON COAL, WOOD, FEED, FLOUR, AND BUILDING STONE, Wholesale and Retail. Office 402, Minnesota Ave. Tel. 152 West. Yard and Storage 917 and 919 North 3rd. St. E F. HENDERSON Manager. THEY ALL READ "Well, this is the first daily Negro paper I've ever seen I really enjoy reading it. Everybody ought to read it. Only 10 cents per week." Our Paper. SPRANGLE & RICHARDSON, DEALER IN COAL, WOOD AND ICE. All orders filled promptly. Patronage solicited. No 929 Independence ave. KANSAS CITY. MO UNION PACIFIC POVERLAND WORLD'S PICTORIAL LINE SHORT LINEA CROSS THE COUNTRY. The Union Pacific 'The Original Overland Route' always was, and is to-day, the shortest and best Line to the west. Two splendid fast trains leave Kansas City daily over this old established line. No change of cars between Kansas City and Denver, Ogden or San Francisco. All trains solidly vestibulated and fully equipped with latest improved Reclining Chair Cars free and Pullman Palace sleeping cars. Meals served in Pullman Palace dining cars on the restaurant plan at prices most reasonable. All cars lighted with the celebrated Pintsch Light. Only line running two trains without change from Kansas City to Denver Low excursion rates on sale to Colorado-Utah Idaho, Oregon. Washington and California. Don't complete your ars rangements for a trip west until you have learned all about special inducements and attractions offered by the Union Pacific. For full information in regard to low-rates time, etc., call on or address J. B. FRAWLEY. Gu . Agt., Union Pacific. 1000 Main eleg. Barrys Civl Me Stringer Lodge No. 14 meets on the 13. and 3rd. Thursday nights of each month, at the M. & O. hall, at eight o'clock p. m. N. OSCAR BRYANT, C.C. MOSKS BALARD, K. of R. & S Lincom Lodge No. 9, o K. P., mee on the second and fourth Monday night at their hall, 1734 Grand avenue o'clock p. m. Visiting brethren wel- come. JOHN S CANNON, J. W. WHEELEER. C C Queen Ester Court No. 43. I. O. I Kansas City Mo., meets at their Hali no 9th, and Main streets at 2 o'clock p., on its 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month. Mrs. Julia Smith M.B.R Davis Chron. MASONIC LODGES Golden Leaf No. 6 Regular sessions first and third Tuesday of each Month at 2 P. M. Mrs: Annie Madison M. A. M. S. Finest Easter Shop inth City, Hair Cutting, 25 cents. Baths, 15 cent Shaving, 10 cents. NEWLY REMODEL D BATHROOMS PORCELAIN TUBS. GEO. McClelland SOLE AGENT FOR Crane's Toilet Soap, OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY KANS 612 Minnesota Ave., KANSAS CITY, KAS Lewis Blandchard No. 6, Sta e Line, K.C. K. Does all kinds of Boot and Shoe work. He does first class hand work, and also has one of the very latest and best Shoemaker's machine and guarantees the best and the cheapest work in the quickest time Give him a trial and see for you elf. Secure Tickets ...VIA TRE.... Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry ...AND YOU GET.... Sleepers. & Chair Car ...TO..... CHICAGO and all intermedate points The shortest, quickest and best line to Chilecothe, Ottumwa, Cedar Rapids, Dubnque, and La Crosse and Cedar Rapids, Rockford and Freport: 22nd St. and Grand Ave. Take Westport Cable. F. J. LERCH Passenger - Agent. Office 1515Mia St. Kansas City S. M. T. Gilbert Temple, No. 97. Meets at 6th and Charlett streets the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month at 1:30 p. m. MRS. A. THATCHER, M. W MRS. L. COLEMAN, V. P. MISS O. THATCHER, See'y Lilly of the Valley Tabernacle No. 56 meets at 6th and Charlett streets every 1st and 3rd Frid. yet each month M. E. BROWN C. P. MARY McEARLY, V. P. A. McCAMPBELL C. N. "I had a terrible cold and could hardly breathe. I then tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and it gave me immediate relief. I don't believe there is a cough remedy in the world anywhere near as good."—W. C. Layton, Sidell, Ill. May 29, 1899. Cures Night Colds How will your cough be tonight? Worse, probably. For it's first a cold, then a cough, then bronchitis or pneumonia, and at last consumption. Coughs always tend downward. It's first the throat and then the lungs. They don't naturally tend to get well. You have to help Nature a little. You can stop this downward tendency any time by taking Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Then take it tonight. You will cough less and sleep better, and by tomorrow at this time you will be greatly improved. You can get a small bottle of Ayer's Cherry Fectoral, now for 25 cents. For hard core bounty, at the group, the 50 cent size is better. For chronic consumption, as consumption, and to keep on hand, the $1.00 size is most appropriate. Attendance at Paris's Exposition. On the basis of results of previous exhibitions at Paris it is assumed that 62,558,280 people will pass through the turnstiles, and it is possible that the total number may reach 60,000,000 An All-Year Resort. The Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Ark. opens March 1, 1904. A most desirable, attractive and convenient resort for health and pleasure seekers. Ideal climate, pure sparkling water, best accommodations. Through Sleepservi on Frisco Line. Write for particulars to Manager Hotel or to any representative of Frisco Line. Beauties of Warwick Castle. Warwick castle is held by many to be the most beautiful seat in England. 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WINCHESTER GUN CATALOGUE FREE Send your name and address on a postal, and we will send you our 156- page illustrated catalogue free. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. 17-Winchester Avenue, New Haven, Conn. Meat smoked in a few hours with MUSSELS' LIQUID EXTRACT OF SMOKE. Made from sliced pork, cleaner, sugar, and sugar than the old way. Send for circulation. E.KRAUSER & BRO., Milton, Fo. DR. ARNOLD'S COUGH CURES COUGHS AND COLD'S. PREVENTS CONSUMPTION. All Druggists. 25c. KILLER W. N. U. Kansas City, No. 8, 1900. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL HIS FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION THE FEMININE OBSERVER. Art and heart rhyme all right, but that is about the only way they make any sort of union. A woman's idea of reform generally has something to do with making over last's year's frocks. A woman can be stopped from fainting by the knowledge that she has on an old pair of shoes. The trouble with most of us is that we want to find a way out of a difficulty other than backing out. The persons who get on best with each other are those who talk regardless of what the other has to say. A woman's religious influence in the home circle is not apt to be very great when she comes home from church cross. A person with a poor memory enjoys a theatrical performance the most because the jokes always have a fresh sound to him. It seems about the hardest thing some persons have to do in this world is to forgive any one who is more successful than they are. The latest contortion of the slang about "rubber necking" is to use stock exchange parlance and exclaim when the condition warrants it: "Rubber is active!" There is nothing that so stimulates a woman's curiosity as to have one in her neighborhood speak in whispers. Whatever is being talked about, if uttered in the ordinary tone, would possess no manner of interest for her. —Philadelphia Times. OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES "Papa," said little Harry. "when two people marry are they made one?" "Yes, my son," was the reply. "Which one, papa?" asked Harry. Tommy, aged 5, was strutting around the house in his first pair of boots and being told his baby sister wanted to kiss him, said: "I'll just bet a cent that kills take me for her father." Little 4-year-old Mabel was running down hill, holding her dress tightly. "Be careful," called her mother, "or you will fall." "Oh, no, I won't," replied Mabel, "'cause I'm holding tight to myself." Small Willie, accompanied by his father, was taking in the circus and menagerie. "Oh, papa," he exclaimed, as they stopped in front of the elephant, "look at the big cow with her horns in her mouth eating hay with her tail." "Why was it forbidden Adam and Eve to eat of the fruit from the tree of knowledge?" asked the teacher of the juvenile class. "Mebby he was afraid they'd fall out of the tree an' get hurt," replied a little fellow who had his arm in a sling. Teach a boy to be saving after the following fashion and he may grow up and become a much-sought-after bank cashier: "Yes," said the father to a visitor, as he stroked his litter son's head, "Johnnie has started a bank for his odd pennies and nickels. How much have you saved up, Johnnie?" "Seven cents," replied the youthful banker, "besides the $3.90 you owe me." REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. Love will begin to rule the world the minute the world quits trying to rule love. A woman without a soul-yearning is about as rare as a butcher shop without a cat. Bereavement always has a new and tender meaning to a woman after her palm dies. When a girl feels that her lips are quivering she tries to look more piteous by trying to smile. A woman will never admit that she feels funny the first time she wears a skirt that is made perfectly flat in the back. A pessimist is one who estimates his sorrows by his joys; an optimist is one who estimates his joys by other people's sorrows. Every man would feel more contented if he thought his wife was; every woman would if she thought her husband was less so. You can always tell when a girl is practicing what she thinks is a fascinating way of looking back at a man over her shoulder—New York Press. The sandwich was named for the earl of Sandwich. Gumbo soup is okra soup; the southernners call okra gumbo. Hominy is a corruption of anhuminea, the Indian word for parched corn. Mulligatawny soup derives its title from an East Indian word for pepper water. "Gooseberry fool," so popular in England, is a corruption of gooseberry foule—pressed gooseberries. The Narragansett Indians had a dish called m'sickquatash, which we have borrowed and named succotash. When you order waffles for breakfast you are really referring to wafel, a German word meaning honeycomb. Charlotte comes from the old English word charlyt, meaning a dish of custard, and charlotte russe is simply Russian custard. DEFINITIONS. Success—What far too many think warrants the means. Love—Spoken of as generous, but generally selfish, as its sacrifices are made that the lover may be happy. Sentiment—The spirit that brings together, in the mind, the inanimate things of the past and the animate things of the past and present with such force that the fire of action turns it into the spirit of heroism. If you want knife No. 75b, and the following grand collection of THE BEST VEGETABLE SEEDS retail price is over $20, and we will send 1 pkg. Gem Pess, 1 pkg. Dwarf Wheat Beans, 1 pkg. Eenns, 1 pkg. Robbie Gem Watermelon, 1 pkg. Marble Mammoth Drumhead Cabbage, 1 pkg. Green Citron Musk- ing, 1 pkg. Orchard Tomato, 1 pkg. Orchard Tomato, 1 pkg. Turpil, 1 pkg. Global Union, 1 pkg. Hollow Crown Beans, 1 pkg. Early Long Beans, 1 pkg. Double Curled Parsley, 1 pkg. Celery, 1 pkg. Ettlemei, 1 pkg. French Breakfast Red- lettuce, 1 pkg. Summer Crooknock Squash, 1 pkg. Ettlemei Blood Turpil Beet, 1 pkg. Early Turpil Tomato, 1 pkg. Curled Simpson Lettuce, 1 pkg. Early Turpil Tomato, 1 pkg. Scarlet Turpil Radish, 1 pkg. Denver Market Lettuce, 1 pkg. Early Russian Cucumbers, 1 pkg. Cutlum King Cabbage, 1 pkg. Sweet Pumpkin, 2 pkg. Early Minnesota Corn. Also 20 other pks. fresh garden seeds not mentioned above, 53 altogether. KNIFE FREE! At Tots, the 4, black, Congress buckhorn handle, best steel warmer, above collection at 60 cents, through this advertisement, or we will furnish the 31 fresh pks. of garden seeds without the knife to any buyer without 10 pts. No better seeds grown or sold at any price than our LARGE PKGS. SEEDS WITH KNIFE FREE. T. M. ROBERTS' SUPPLIER HOUSE, MINNEAPOLIS, MN. Pimples, eruptions, blotches, scales, ulcers, sores, eczema and chronic swellings are caused by bad blood. CASCARETS are wonder-workers in the cure of any disease caused by bad or impure blood. They eliminate all poisons, build up and enrich the blood, enabling it to make new, healthy tissue. Pure blood means perfect health, and if you will use Cascarets they will give you good health and a pure, clean skin, free from pimples and blotches. To try Cascarets is to like them, for never before has there been produced as perfect and so harmless a blood purifier, liver and stomach regulator as CASCARETS Candy Cathartic! Don't be imposed upon with "something just as good" as CASCARETS-you can't find it! CASCARETS do all claimed for them and are a truly wonderful medicine. I have often wished for a medicine pleasant to take, and at last have found it in CASCARETS. Since taking them my blood has been purified and my complexion has improved wonderfully, and I feel much better in every way." MRS. SALLIE E. SELLANS, Luttrell, Tenn. A Biblical Explanation. ANNUAL SALES, 5,000,000 BOXES. THIS IS THE TABLET THEY WORK WHILE YOU SLEEP 10c. 25c. 50c. DRUGGISTS CASCARETS are absolutely harmless, a purely vegetable compound. No mercurial or other mineral pill-poison in Cascarets. Cascarets promptly, effectively and permanently cure every disorder of the Stomach, Liver and Intestines. They not only cure constipation, but correct any and every form of irregularity of the bowels, including diarrhea and dysentery. Pleasant, palatable, potent. Taste good, do good. Never sicken, do gripe. Be sure you get the genuine! Beware of imitations and substitutes! Buy a box of CASCARETS to-day, and if not pleased in every respect, get your money back! Write us for booklet and free sample! Address STERLING REMEDY COMPANY, CHICAGO or NEW YORK. Men with long heads very so ldom have long faces. $100 Kewara $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that has been seen in all its stages, and that this dreaded Hall's Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucus surging from the nose and throat, foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and strengthening the prorators have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for it, which it fails to cure. Send for list of Testimonial. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Bold by druggists 76. Hall's Family Pills are the best. "Twenty minutes for dinner," is one railway time-table. The liberal offer made by the T. M. Roberts Supply House of Minneapolis, Minn., should be of interest to all our readers. In addition to the best bargain ever offered in seeds they give a high grade knife free of charge with each purchase. The firm is thoroughly reliable. The suitor for a girl's hand ought to suit her. UNION SOLDIERS Who homesteaded less than 160 acres prior to June 22, 1814, even if they abandoned homestead, are entitled to additionals. I will buy. Address S. B. WILLOCK, 44 Shadley Bldg. Kansas City, Mo. When a hen roosts on a roost she must be a rooster. The Best Prescription for Chills and Fever is a bottle of GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. It is simply iron and quinine in tasteless form. No cure—no pay. Price, 50c. "They say" is an excuse some people have for lying. A Million Women have been relieved of female troubles by Mrs. Pinkham's advice and medicine. The letters of a few are printed regularly in this paper. If any one doubts the efficiency and sacredly confidential character of Mrs. Pinkham's methods, write for a book she has recently published which contains letters from the mayor of Lynn, the postmaster, and others of her city who have made careful investigation, and who verify all of Mrs. Pinkham's statements and claims. The Pinkham claims are sweeping. Investigate them. THIRTY YEARS OF CURES TO PLACE OUR GARDEN SEEDS IN EVERY BATTLE KNIFE THIS KNIFE FREE KNIFE With Lot No. 77 S. B. June Peas, 1 pkg, yellow Danvers Flat Oakton, 1 pkg. 1 pkg, Trophy Tomato, 1 pkg, Durley Simpson lettuce King Cabbage, 1 pkg, Sweet Pumpkin, 2 pkg, Sunflower dis, best steel warranted knife, sunflower personnel yarding of the above collection at 91 cts, through 10 cts. No better seeds grown or sold at any price than Bad Blood Part of the Brain That Keeps Names. An Austrian savant has declared that the human brain contains a "name center." He says that it is the office of this cell to retain names. A striking case which would seem to confirm this theory recently occurred at Cleveland. A brakeman was shot by a conductor, and the former could not remember the names of persons and things, although he could perfectly well describe the functions of all articles exhibited to him. A surgeon probed for the bullet and found it in the exact spot necessary to affect the remembrance of names, according to the Austrian's theory. When the pressure of the brain had been relieved the patient remembered names as well as he had done before his injury, and told the name of his assailant.—Scientific American. Hotel in a Graveyard. One of the largest hotels in Central America and by far the largest in Belize, Honduras, is surrounded by tombstones. As this old and abandoned cemetery was located in the center of the town, and afforded an excellent site for an hotel, the necessary permission was obtained from the proper authorities, and in less than a year a large and handsome hotel was erected. In digging the foundation hundreds of skulls and bones were discovered, all of which were carefully collected and interred in the new cemetery. The hotel possesses a room in which service is conducted by a local preacher every Sunday. Last year the Battersea Vestry voted a sum of £400 for the purpose of erecting a refreshment klosk in the Battersea Parish Cemetery, better known as "Modern Cemetery." Elevator Sickness. Physicians have discovered a new and distinct modern allment, which they call elevator sickness. It is asserted by reputable medical men that the large increase in the number of cases of brain fever and nervous disorders is due in no insignificant degree to the extension of the elevator system. Most people feel a sensation as if they were falling when going down in a rapidly moving "lift," and the constant repetition of this seemingly slight dizziness induces chronic headache or other nerve disorders, and even leads to brain fever in some instances. Those who habitually ride up and down six or eight stories two or three times a day almost invariably become a prey to some form of nervous trouble. IN 3 OR 4 YEARS AN INDEPENDENCE ASSURED If you take up your homes in Western Canada, the land of plenty. Illustrated pamphlets, giving experiences of farmers who have be- came dependent on wheat, reports of delegates, etc., and full information as to reduced railway rates can be had on application to the Superintendent of Immigration, Department of Interior, Ottawa, Canada, or to J. S. Cawford, 21 West Ninib St., Kansas City, Mo. Union soldiers and widows of soldiers who made homes outside countries before June 22, 1854 of less than 100 homes (no matter if abandoned or occupied) if they have not sold their additional homeless rights, should address, with full particulars, giving district, &c. BENET N. COPP. Washington, D. C. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. HOME IN THE COUNTRY we offer fresh gardens as if you want the entire 61 packets and the k i p g. K i p g. K i p g. Watermilton, 1 pkg. Marble Mamme melon, 1 pkg. Rutabagh, 1 pkg. Big K i p g. Giant Rose, 1 pkg. Double Curled Parsley, 1 pkg. Heart Carrots, 1 pkg. Summer Brooksquag, 1 pkg. Early Dutch Turpure 1 pkg. Scarlet Turpure 1 pkg. The 79 knife is just what every farmer should have. Exist this advertisement, or we will furnish the 31 fresh piks on our LARGE PKGS. FRESH SEEDS WITH NICE OLD QUAKER LADY Cured of Gatarrh By Peruna After 20 Years' Suffering. MRS. POLLY EVANS, A LIFE-LONG FRIEND OF PERUNA. "My wife (Polly J. Evans) says she feels entirely cured of systemic catarrh of twenty years' standing. She took nearly six bottles of thy excellent medicine, Peruna, as directed, and we feel very thankful to thee for thy kindness and advice. She did not expect to be so well as she is now. Twelve years ago it cured her of la grippe. I want to tell thee there has been a great deal of Peruna used here last winter. Peruna does not need praising. It tells for itself. We can and do recommend it to anyone that is afflicted with catarrh." As ever, thy friend, John Evans, South Wabash, Ind. When catarrh has reached the chronic stage, of course it has gone beyond the reach of all local remedies. Nothing but a systemic remedy can reach it. Peruna is the only remedy yet devised to meet such cases. Peruna eradicates catarrh from the system. It does its work quietly, but surely. It cleanses the mucous membranes of the whole body. It produces regular functions. Peruna restores perfect health in a natural way. No one should neglect to procure one of Dr. Hartman's free books on catarrh, sent to any address by The Peruna Medicine Company, Columbus, Ohio. John Evans, South Wabash, Ind. mucous membranes of the whole body. It produces regular functions. Peruna restores perfect health in a natural way. No one should neglect to procure one of Dr. Hartman's free books on catarrh, sent to any address by The Peruna Medicine Company, Columbus, Ohio. NEAR THE PRESIDENT THE DOORKEEPER AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Capt. Loeffler Has Enjoyed the Confidence of Seven Chief Magistrates—Began as a Message Bearer for Lincoln—German by Blirh. One of the most interesting characters about Washington is Capt. Charles Loeffler, the confidential messenger and doorkeeper of the president. Capt. Loeffler probably knows more famous men than any other person living, because he has stood at the entrance of the executive chamber for over 30 years, and everybody who has entered the presence of the chief magistrate of this nation during all that time has handed a card to him. Capt. Loeffler is a native of Germany, but he came to this country when a child, and enlisted in the army as soon as he became of age. He rose from the ranks to be a sergeant before the civil war broke out, serving as a trooper under Fitzhugh Lee, and was detailed for confidential duty with Secretary Stanton at the war department. During the entire war he served as a messenger and bearer of dispatches for President Lincoln and Secretary Stanton to the commanding generals in the field, and US US CAPT. LOEFFLER. the day after the assassination of President Lincoln was detailed as a body guard for Secretary Stanton. That was not a very pleasant duty just at that time. The president had been murdered, the secretary of state lay at the point of death because of the attack of an assassin, and every member of the administration, it was believed, was marked for a similar fate. Secretary Stanton was the most offensive of all the officials of the government to the conspirators, and many attempts were made upon his life. Loeffler was with him night and day. He guarded the door of his office and slept in his bed-chamber. The day after the inauguration of Gen. Grant Capt. Loeffler was detailed as an orderly for the president, and took charge of the door at which he now stands. He has been there ever since. President McKinley made him a captain in the army. Hearing With the Eyes. All over Europe today deaf and dumb mutes are being taught to communicate with the world by articulate speech. The oral method, which develops the voice by training the sight, so that congenital mutes literally hear with the eye, is entirely superseding the use of a sign language. This is accomplished by accustoming the eyes of a child to distinguish and remember the movement of the lips that accompany certain vowel and consonant sounds. At the beginning the pupil is taught to hold one hand upon the throat and the other upon the chest of the instructor in order to note the various different vibrations produced in the body by emitting letters and word sounds. He then places his hands in similar positions on his own body and endeavors to imitate the sounds. Average deaf and dumb children are taught, by the oral method, to speak and write connected and often intricate sentences in sixteen months' time. They have, in fact, learned to hear with the eyes. Pupils in the eighth year write elaborate essays and read anything on sight, carrying on a conversation with an entire stranger with perfect ease. The first man to teach pure oral speech to deaf mutes was Samuel Heinecke, of Germany. Automatic Glass-Blower The old method of blowing glass has been entirely superseded in the glass manufactory at St. Helens, England, by automatic machinery that greatly increases the output of the furnaces and lessens the expense of manufacturing. The new arrangement consists of molds and blowpipes worked by compressed air, and is automatic in action. By the old methods of glass-blowing the daily output of a full gang of expert workmen rarely exceeded four hundred tumblers. Mechanical glass blowing turns out tumblers at the rate of five thousand a day, lamp chimneys at the rate of three thousand a day, and large articles at a proportionate rate of speed. The Capital of the Whole World. The recent report of the director of the mint at Washington, taken in connection with similar reports made throughout the world, goes to show that the money capital of the universe makes the neat sum total of twelve billion and some few millions of dollars. Of this amount about $4,360,-000,000 is made up in gold, $4,270,000-000 in silver, and the rest is in paper. Of this sum the United States owns $2,455,780,323. REVIVAL OF THE BULLFINCH. Little Red-Breasted Songater Enjoying Great Popularity. In the usual course of change in fashions, which affect the choice of pets just as much as they affect taste in dress, literature and drama, that old favorite the piping bullfinch is coming into high favor in New York just now. The bullfinch is "the parrot of the temperate zone," not because he ever learns to talk, like his tropical prototype, but because, having no "wood notes wild" of his own, he can learn to whistle human music and often distinguishes himself as a solist. A leading New York bird seller who is now doing a flourishing business in bullfinches last week gave this account of the bullfinch revival: "They used to be favorite pets on the other side; I don't know that they were ever before very popular here. Of course, the bullfinch is not an American bird, but a native of Europe. Some of those I import come from England, but more from Germany. As you know, a fashion like that is generally set going by some notable or another. In this case the German kaiser is responsible. Bullfinches are a hobby with him; he has six of them that whistle 'Die Wacht am Rhein' in chorus, and now some of my men from over there tell me he has a new bird learn to whistle a song which has lately become popular in Germany—Kruger is a Bully Boy." This somewhat startling indication of the kaiser's international tendencies, the dealer said, has not yet got into print on this side of the Atlantic. "But," he added, "we in the trade are far ahead of the papers on all that kind of news." The consignments of birds are brought over from Germany under the care of a regular professional "vogelhandler." The great field for gathering bullfinches is said to be the duchy of Hesse. There the birds are taken, unfledged, from the nests and patiently taught to whistle their little repertoires while they are still young. The old story that needles are thrust into their eyes to make them sing better is ridiculed by the dealers, who say that nothing but petting will make a bullfinch a good performer. "You can't do anything with them by punishment. Even a cross word will upset a bullfinch and make him sulky. As for putting out their eyes, to say nothing of the cruelty of it, it would ruin a bird's appearance and destroy his market value."—New York Tribune. THE TRANSVAAL EXHIBIT. In spite of its bloody war with Great Britain the South African Republic has had time to plan and complete a building at the coming Paris Exposition and make it ready for the Transvaal exhibit. Every visitor to the great exposition will be specially interested in this display. The chief feature of the exhibit will be a collection of native minerals, including the gold ores of the Rand and uncut diamonds. The exhibit will also contain specimens of the agricultural industry of the Transvaal, such as fruit and cereals. A collection of hunting trophies, including the skins of lions, leopards and other wild animals, will show what the Boers have had to encounter in their march north THE TRANSVAAL BUILDING AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION through the wilderness. The building has two stories, with a central tower and cupolas on the corners. At Last a Self-Regulating Clock. A really noteworthy invention is a clock that has run without winding since August, 1898. It was designed by P. M. Ravenskilde of Illinois, who claims that it has received absolutely no attention since the initiatory tick. The clock is run with a wheel of sixty inches in circumference, and from the outside of the wheel are suspended one hundred and twenty eups, forty of which contain steel balls three-eighths of an inch in diameter. Every minute and a half, as the wheel turns by the weight of the balls, one of them falls out of its cup and rolls down an inclined plane twenty inches long, when by its weight it reunites a broken circuit of electricity and is elevated by a little car traveling along another inclined plane to the top of the wheel, where it falls into a cup. After the wheel discharges its cargo it is carried back to its original station by its weight. From cup to cup a ball travels three feet. The electricity used is generated by an ordinary storage battery, and requires no attention for a year or more. Value of Soap as a Disinfectant Soap is an important health factor. White almond soap and potash soap are claimed to destroy cholera germs. In all germ diseases copious use of soap in washing is recommended by physicians. It is not only the removal of dirt and effete matter by the use of soap, but the destruction of microbes, parasites and germs of disease. THE INCINERATION OF JASPER GREEN. THE INCINERATION OF JASPER GREEN. "Remember," Jasper Green used to say by way of opening an evening's conversation, "when I am dead I wish to, be cremated. I've no mind to be food for worms. I prefer the swift, clean process." "But what do you want us to do with your ashes, uncle?" his nephew, Harold, would inquire. "Do you expect us to keep them in a marble urn in the front parlor?" "My ashes!" Jasper would cry with dramatic gesticulation. "Scatter them to the four winds of heaven! Let them go to the east, the west, the north, and the south! What care I about my ashes?" "Please don't talk about your ashes this evening, Jasper," his sister-in-law would plead. "It isn't at all pleasant to me to think of you as being thrown to the four winds of heaven." "But, Sarah, my dear, you know I have always been a traveling man," he would respond. He had, in fact, known the dusty ways of the commercial traveler for 20 years, and had shown sufficient unselfishness to remain a bachelor. He made his brother's house his home, and acted the role of Providence to his young nephews. His sister-in-law was glad she had married into his family. "Jasper," she once said to him, "if you would take life more seriously and death more lightly, I wouldn't have a word of fault to find with you. As a matter of fact, you know, death is a thing of no especial importance. But life is tremendously important. You ought to realize it, you ought to be thinking of marriage and of laying up for old age, and of attaining some sort of a position in the community." "My goodness, Sarah! How can you think of so many terrible things at once? Now, you just content yourself, my dear sister. The life I live suits me well. I enjoy doing the Arab act—folding my tent and silently stealing away, and all that sort of thing. As for what you are pleased to term my undue interest in death, that is my affair, too. If I choose to think the "IF YOU WOULD TAKE DEATH MORE LIGHTLY." crematory at Philadelphia a more interesting institution than a theater, that is a matter of taste, you know." It was evident that his amiable sister-inclaw, in her efforts to conventionalize him, would have her trouble for her pains. It was invitable, perhaps, that, hearing Jasper speak with frequency of the crematory at Philadelphia, she should forever associate the city with that concern. She laughed about it to her husband one day when she was doing up a faded ceru dress which she intended sending to Philadelphia to be dyed brown. "Jasper would be sure to address this to the crematory," she said as she tied up the bundle. It was a fortnight after this that word came, most suddenly, that he was dead. He who had lungs astonishing expansion, a clinking good heart, and an ostrich-like digestion, and who seemed fitted to endure life's vicissitudes to the extreme limit of man's time, had gone off with hideous promptitude at the attack of some microscopical beast of prey—an untamed germ from the jungle of disease. It chanced that his brother was at the extreme of the continent, at San Francisco. As for his devoted sister-in-law, Sarah Green, she would have hastened on the sacred errand of taking his remains to Philadelphia, according to his oft-expressed desire, but a seriously sick child kept her at home. She was forced to give directions by telegraph, and to mourn him with deep sincerity at home. Also she awaited with something like nervous dread the home-coming of that little box, which would contain the ashes of the once robust, jocund, eccentric, lovable man—an hour ago a powerful entity. "Scatter my ashes to the four winds of heaven," he had directed. But Sarah Green was not inclined to indulge him to that extent, living or dead. It would have seemed impious to her. She determined that the little box, when it came, should be laid away with Christian ceremonies in the cemetery with the dead Greens. In course of time it came—the expected box, and rested over night on a table strewn with lilies of the valley. The next morning it was taken on a black-draped cushion to the cemetery, and in the presence of many tearful friends dropped into the receptive and concealing earth. Then with a sense of duty well performed, Sarah Green returned to her ordinary life—a life tinged with a distinct sorrow because of a good friend gone. A week later a box reached her from Philadelphia. "There!' she said, with vexation, "is that brown crepe of mine that I had dyed. It's really useless to me, now that I have put on mourning for poor Jasper." She undid the wrappings and beheld a little cubical box neatly labeled: "Jasper Green. Died Aug. 10, 1899." The meaning of this hardly reached her bewildered sense. With trembling hands she opened the receptacle. Within was a handful of delicate and innocuous ashes. She stared long. Then laughter seized her like a curse. "I have buried my old brown dress," said she. She was a woman of resources, and of determination. At dead of night she and the sexton made the transfer of boxes. And safe back home, she made a crematory of her own, and incinerated the brown dress in her furnace, and, while she wept, she laughed, too, and it seemed to her that there in the still of the night she heard the sardonic laughter of Jasper Green mingling with her own hysterical mirth. A CRUEL GAME Upon Poor Women That Make Bunka Steering Respectable by Comparison "About the cruelest fraud I know of," said a prominent New Orleans lawyer, "is the 'work-at-home' swindle. The thing has been exposed ever and over again and has been hotly pursued by the postoffice authorities, but as soon as it is suppressed in one shape it bobs up serenely in another, and it seems utterly impossible to get rid of it altogether. My attention was called to the subject lately by the experience of a couple of young women in our neighborhood. They earn their own living, and have rather a hard time making both ends meet. Some months ago they saw an advertisement in a Northern paper stating that any intelligent person could earn from $1 to $25 a week by work at home and inviting investigation. They wrote and were informed that the work consisted of making artificial flowers, for which an outfit, costing $2.50 and a book of instructions at 75 cents were absolutely necessary. The circular went on to the firm that any one could become expert in a week's practice and that the firm would then purchase all the flowers that could be out at a liberal scale of prices, which was given. The two girls sent for the things and applied themselves industriously to flower making. They succeeded pretty well, but the first consignment they sent on was promptly returned with a notification that it had been 'rejected by the forewoman.' At the same time it was suggested that they secure some different material. It was the old story, and, to cut it short, they had invested $6 in cash and several weeks' time before it dawned on them that they were being systematically swindled. They never sold one penny's worth of work. I took hold of the matter for them, and tried to bluff the sharpers into returning the money. They answered my letter with a circular advising me to get my wife to try artificial flower making, and after that I gave them up. It is a pretty cruel game, as I said before, because it preys on poor women and girls. Bunco steering is gentlemanly by comparison."—New Orleans Times-Democrat. Oak Shutters in Blot Times Oak shutters in Riot Times. "I reckon there are enough police men in New York to squelch any riot that you might have," said a western man who had been studying Broadway, "for I don't see any old-time shutters on the windows of the stores. In my town, as well as many others in the west, during the civil war, where we had no police, the old-fashioned shutters were all the protection the business men had against jayhawkers and bushwhackers. The shutters were made of oak and were screwed in front of the windows at night and taken down in the morning. When the jayhawkers and bushwhackers came yelling down the street our merchants rushed out and put up the shutters, if they had time. The enemy knew better than to try to batter the shutters, or shoot through them, for they couldn't do it. When the merchants put up the shutters in such an attack they locked the door and fled to the cellars and stayed there until the disturbance was over. Cellars were as safe from jayhawkers and bushwhackers as they are from cyclones. Cellars and oak shutters are great protection. But I haven't seen an oak shutter in New York." Forewarned Is Forearmed. From the San Francisco Wave: In a Canadian town in which the contracting business is quite largely in the hands of Scotsmen there has long existed fierce competition between the several firms engaged therein, the result being that the municipality has had its work done below cost. Owing to protracted losses several of the competitors were retired and the two surviving concerns decided that the time had come for an agreement. The best settlement seemed to be on a fair division of the work, and both contracted to bid only on certain portions of a big job for which contracts had just been called. The last day for sending in bids had gone by when the rival managers met in the street. One of them began to apologize. Owing to some unfortunate misunderstanding, his junior partner had prepared and sent in estimates for the whole of the work to be bid upon. He was very, very — "Aa, weel," interrupted the other, "ye need no' trouble yer heed about that; for to mack sure they'd be nane mistake, we did the same oorsels!" A Different Article. Sightseer (in the senate gallery)—"So these are our national solons, are they?" Guide (amazed at such ignorance)—"Naw. Them's the senators."—Life. ONE HOD O. COAL WILL DO MORE WORK IN A RIVERSIDE RANGE THAN IT WILL IN ANY OTHER. ALL RIVERSIDES ARE QUICK BAKERS AND DURABLE YOUR NAME ON A POSTAL WILL BRING YOU A SOLVENIR WORTH WHILE ROCK ISLAND STOVE CO. Rock Island, Illinois Peanut Butter. According to a prominent dealer, peanut butter is rapidly becoming an important commercial product. It is made by grinding peanuts very fine and reducing the mass to a paste, from which a large part of the oil is removed. A little salt is then added. Many physicians recognize the nutritious value of this butter. It has all the whelsome qualities of nuts without being so indigestible. Peanut butter is excellent for the poor, too, for it contains quite as much nourishment as ordinary butter and is much less expensive. A MINNESOTA FARMER WRITES OF WESTERN CANADA WHERE HE IS NOW LOCATED. The Farms in His Neighborhood Are Being Rapidly Taken Up by Former Residents of the United States. The following extracts from a letter written to Mr. Benj. Davies, Canadian government agent at St. Paul, Minn., give an excellent idea of what is said of Western Canada by those who have gone there during the past two or three years. "When we first arrived here and took up our homes on the prairie near Dalesboro, Assa., for a short time we had a fit of the 'blues', but now all hands are settled to business, hale, hearty and contented, enjoying the finest winter we have ever seen. We have got very comfortably situated, with considerable preparations for a crop, and all hopeful. I think this is a very fine country, and if the past season's crop is not an exception, which they claim not, I believe this is going to be the wheat field of the West. It is filling up fast. In this township last spring there were 25 quarter-sections of land vacant and today there is not one. I can stand at my house and count ten houses where there was not one last spring, with six more to go up this spring. This is only a sample of what is going on all round. We intend to build a church next summer, right close to my place, so we will be strictly in line. It would have amused you to have been here last spring. There were crowds of land-seekers, and sometimes in the spring the prairie is not very inviting, and of course lots were discontented. There was one in the crowd who jumped on me for putting a letter in the paper, only for which he never would have come here, and he was very hostile, but eventually he got a place and today claims he would not take a thousand dollars and move out, so I am glad he is satisfied. "Well, my dear sir, as Arthur Finney is about to move out in March, with his family, and also one of my sons, anything you can do for them to assist them along and to make things smooth as possible, will be greatly appreciated by me. I will close for this time, and will write from time to time to let you know we are living. Drop us a few lines to let us know how things are moving in St. Paul. Most things people are compelled to take, have been "picked over." SUCCESS FOR THE DAIRY. To secure the best results in the care of milk and butter, attention must be given details, making must be properly done, and all vessels used must be kept scrupulously clean by washing morning and night in hot water with Ivory Soap, then rinsing well in cold water and setting out to air and sun. ELIZA R. PARKER. Buttermilk Refreshing and Digestible. Chemical analysis shows that in its nature buttermilk greatly resembles koumyss, with the exception of which it is the most grateful, refreshing and digestible of the product of milk. 1900 There is every good reason why St. Jacobs Oil should cure RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA LUMBAGO SCIATICA for the rest of the century. One par-amount reason is—it does cure, SURELY AND PROMPTLY "Deeds Are Better What does Hood's Sarsaparilla do? The answer comes full- throated from a gigantic chorus of healthy men and happy women. "It does just what it claims to do." It purifies the blood as nothing else can. 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