The American Citizen

The only Daily and Weeklv Negro paper in this section of Country WILLIAM McKINLEY FOR PRESIDENT. STANLEY FOR GOVERNOR. CUBBINSON OUR NEXT STATE SENATOR. V)L 3, NO, 43 LOCALS. Mr. Wm. Yates, of Westport, Mo., is quite ill. Mrs. S. Harris, of Westport, who has been quite ill, is able to be out again. The Public School, of which Prof. Bufkins is principal, will close its session to-day. J. W. Smith of 534 Neb. Ave. 's making some very valuable improvement on his property. Mr Wm. Saunders, on Freeman ave. between 3rd. and 4th. streets, died last Wednesday. Rev. G McNeal is in Lexington, Mo., assisting Rev. R. Richardson in his revival services. Rev. L M Scholls, of Harris nvill, Mo., filled the pulpit of the Christian church Sunday last. This part of the county was visited Tuesday night with a very refreshing rain, doing a great deal of good. Rev. R. M. Mack, of Leavenworth Kansas, stopped over here a few days with his old friends while on his way to Fayette. Rev. A. L. Voohies, of Topeka, was in the city last week and spent a few days with his brother, J. W. Voohies, of 546 State Ave. The Matron of Douglass Hospital was presented this week with a lovey dress patron by the ladies of Missouri, Mrs. Cox being the leader. There will be Baptism Sunday from Rev. J. B. Anderson's church in Armourdale. We are informed that there will be eighteen candidates for Baptism Miss L. E. Pacy, of Lexington, Ky., is expected in the city soon, and will spend several months the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. J. Thomas, of 1519, north 8th street. Ta. Moderai Restaurant, managed by Mrs. A. M. G. Spencer, at 504 Nebraska avenue, is drawing great crowds Sunday afternoons. The house was crowded all day last Sunday. Mrs. Rachel Porter, of Warrensburg, Mn., who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Spencer, of 504 Nebraska avenue, for the past two weeks, left for her home Saturday morning. Miss Wallie L. Smith of Topeka, Kas., the wide awake agent and solicitor of the Plaindealer spent several days in the city this week. She is truly a business young lady and should be encouraged by all. The Modern Restaurant is the place to spend Sunday and Thursday evenings. You can be pleasantly entertained and also served with all the dainties of the season. The best ice cream of the season and cold soda drinks in the city. Within the past three years the Knights of Pythias of Texas has paid widows and orphans over $18,000, and the membership has increased to over 2,000. In the recent annual appropriation for colored schools in Mississippi the State Normal school at Holly Springs, received $4,500 and the Alcorn A. & M. College a Rodney, received $47,084 54. Joe Gant, the welter-weight, was married April 9, to Miss Madge Wadkins, at the home of her uncle in New York City. Miss Wadkins was a member of Williams & Walker company. There are estimated to be 5,000 colored business men in the United States, each of whom have over $500 invested, representing total capital of $8,784,636 to say nothing of thousands who have small amounts, less $500 invested. If the St. Louis letter carriers are not allowed to march in the Dewey parade next Saturday, then will it be made apparent that the administration does not approve of the honors paid to the admiral. A Negro born of American parents is full of trouble. Labor troubles in the North and race troubles in the South. He comes up a good citizen is lynched by a mob and is cut down by the Corner who proclaims that the deceased come to death at the hands of per-ons unknown. Mr Winnie Smith, colored of Louisville, Ky., has sued the L. & N. railroad Co., for $10,000. She alleges that on the 3rd, of April she was compelled to enter a Jim Crow car and that one white man came into the car with a string of fish and others followed smoking, cursing and drinking whisky, etc. Negro race enterprises sounds like something out of place in America, but they are absolutely necessary to the salvation of the race. What is to be done with the rapidly accumulating mass of educated boys and girls? Who is employing them? It is better to establish race institutions and run the risk of perpetuating race lines than run the risk of sending the boys and girls to the bad by failing to do so. AMERICAN KANSAS CITY, KAN., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1900. A CALL ISSUED The Colored Republicans of Kansas Have Called a Convention for Topeka, to be Held in May. THE CONFERENCE CALL. We publish below the call for a conference of the colored men of the state to convene in Topeka, May 14 and 15. This conference should be largely attended, as there are many questions of interest to the race in this state which are worthy of consideration. It is not a delegate convention, but will be made up of Republicans from all parts of Kansas who are interested in thoroughly organizing our people and helping to roll up the majority for the state ticket this fall. Through neglect we have failed to secure a colored delegate to the national convention of the party. We believe the men who will assemble here next month will devise a plan for thoroughly organizing the state next year. To the Coated Republicans of Kansas. FELLOW CITIZENS.—Recognizing the imperative need of a more perfect organization among our people to secure the higher virtues of exalted citizenship, career affiliation in the ideas of industry, agriculture, the trades and the professions and government, and believing that a tangible organization among the younger and older men which shall have for its objects, primarily, a more filial relationship among those who are making progress in letters and material advancement—the advocates of our industrial, civil and political life, we, the undersigned, after mature deliberation, call upon the Republican organizations in all counties of this state where such may exist, to meet in conference at the old court house, in Topeka, Kas., May 14th, and 15th., 1900, at 4.30 p. m., to consider the following propositions: First, our relation to the state and national administrations; second, to discuss public questions; third, to consider plans for a permanent state administration. Some may entertain objections to a conference or convention of colored men, on the ground that such meetings are usually held in the interest of some man or set of men who desire prestige before the public. We assure you it is not the case now. It is proposed that this will be a meeting of the people, for the people and by the people; free from bickerings and strife customary to such gatherings. Again, we are certain that no other class of citizens can object to Negro organization for their best interests in the face of the age—the spirit to centralize, unity and accelerate. The once famous Boston lecturer, Joseph C. Cook, has said "If the Negroes want to be respected they must materialize, agitate, terrorize, unite and do all within the pale of reason and the law." We believe these are the sentiments of every true, patriotic, American citizen, be he white or black, rich or poor. We must organize along all lines! We should have an intelligent conception of all public questions like labor, the gold standard, expansion, commerce and trade, trusts, imperialism, the rights of citizens, etc. The 20,000 Negro voters of Kansas should express themselves as to cutting down the quota of representatives in those states of the South, in the House of Representatives and in the United States Senate where the practical disfranchisement of Negro voters has taken place. Then, again, an organized sentiment should be effected to induce the migration of honest, enterprising colored people to this state to settle upon the millions of acres of Kansas lands as farmers. Signed, Dr. W. H. Hudson, Dr. Graat G. Brown, of Atchison county; Dr. B. A. McLemore, Maj G. W. Ford, Rev. J. Dudley, of Bourbon county; Rev. P. A. Delano, of Cowley county; Green Keith, C. C. James, of Douglass county; M. B. Berry, Robert Johnson, of Finney county, James F. Botta, of Johnson county; Prof. C. B. Bryant James Tompkins, of Jefferson county; J. W. French, of Labette county; Alex A. Reeves, D. F. Tipton, of Lyon county; Darnis Jones, T. W. Bell, of Leavenworth county; Capt. S. W. Jones, Rev. M. L. Copeland, of Sedgwick county; W. P. Akers, Weir City, John S. Lewis, Flieming and J. S. Hale, Chanute, of the Afro-American Council of the Third Congressional district; Robert Keith. Fred Roundtree, J. H Guy, W. E. Stewart, Capt. W. M. Reynolds, J. M. Wright, of Shawnee county. AN INDEX OF PROGRESS. The literature of a people tell us as nothing else, the successive advance of a race. Were this fact more greatly appreciated the various avenues of trade and commerce now a most entirely closed against Afro-American would be otherwise. The Afro-American Ledger has been in its humble way striving to accentuate and emphasize this fact by its very existence. The proper support of race journals is of far greater importance and significance to the race at large than to those who publish the same. The profit accruing to the publishers is infinitesimal as compared with the manifold and diversified good which richly reward those who, in such a way, evince their growth along intellectual and material lines, by a generous maintenance of the vehicle which stimulate and incite and chronicle the upward tendenies of the people. The material success of the colored newspaper tells, in a few words, by its silent but effe cive visits in quarters not reached or touched by advanced Afro-American life, of the great and continued conquests the race is making along all the lines. And it is this new light steadily shining among those who know us not from our best and most hopeful side, that slowly but surely set to work forces by which public sentiment among the white race is gradually changed in our favor. And as it changes, the good results flow in increased showers upon those of the race who have had the good sense to contribute to the success and expansion of the colored newspaper. Of all the people in the world Afro-Americans should realize the greatness of the oppor unity of steadily changing and moulding ever again public sentiment among the white race by a most lavish and generous support of their press which is doing more than any other agency towards ushering that bright and glorious days of perfect mental emancipation from prejudice and false ideas concerning the race which forecast the golden days of racile life. There is no law which hinders any colored family from subscribing and paying for any racial paper published in their community, and for their highest good, and they should see to it that they are not negligent in such an important matter. To make this effective send in at once one dollar to the Afro-American Ledger and it will be sent to you every week, through the mails, for one whole year. Don't talk race pride, but act race pride. THEY WOULD HAVE A LIVE ONE. Allentown, La., April 23.—W. T. White, foreman of Alien & Wadleight's saw mill, was shot and killed last Saturday evening by Jefferson Riston, colored, in his employ. The murderer escaped to his home and when he saw a mob coming he committed suicide by sending a bullet through his brain, expiring at once. Although this crime was committed in the heat of passion, and too, after the white man had kicked and cuffed the Negro around, the whites in the vicinity gathered in a mob to lynch a negro. Failing to get the object of their desire by his own self-destruction, they sought out another and another and another and got their sweet revenge on them. To make it appear in the light of a blameless of an excuse for their dastardly deed, they set up the cry that two negroes lynched knew all about the killing of the white man and claimed that it was a plot to kill all the white men in that community. No one believes this sham, and look upon the cutage as a premeditated plot to kill off a few of the negroes for more pastime and the fun they can find in seeing men die. TRAILED BY A BLOODHOUND. Jim Harris, Alleged Murderer, Run Down by Trained Animal. LAWRENCE, Kas., April 23.—Deputy Sheriff Lysinger and Marshal Samuel Jeans returned from Burlington to day where they went yesterday with "Champion Joe," the blood hound, to trail Harris, who, it is alleged, murdered John H. Allen, a wealthy merchant of Ottumwa, last week. Harris had already been arrested and the dog was used only as a means of convicting him of the crime. The officers and dog were met at the depot at Burlington by over 1,000 people, and when the dog was put on the trail every means possible was used to throw him off his scent. He followed it successfully, however, from the place where Allen was murdered to the point where Harris was arrested. The dog was then turned loosed in the jail and singled out Harris from among all the prisoners. Harris then broke down and confessed the crime, implicating Mrs. Allen, who has since been arrested as an accomplice. BELATED LOVE. I have known a husband to neglect his wife in his pursuit of pleasure or business, and when finally she died he wrung his hands over her dead body, called her his angel wife, said his heart was broken and home desolate, and climaxed the whole by having built over the unconscious body the finest marble monument in the graveyard. She asked for love and he gave her a stone. And I thought as I pondered over the whole scene if some of the loving words he was pouring into the dead ear had been uttered in life, and if some of the dollars he had spent on the coffin had been invested in a way to make life and body essiar and less toil-worn, she would have been the happy-faced wife and mother of the home circle instead of sleeping alon-under the cedars and among the white monuments on the hill side. What we want is kindness in life and not in death. It is not flowers scattered on her coffin lid that will make a woman happy, but a bunch of them tied together in the form of a bouquet and given her with the words, "I love you." That makes her pulses leap, the erismon come into her cheek, the light come into her eye, and the warm, happy feeling rush to her heart. We want kindness shown us in this life. That is what our servant's look for; this is what the children need—the crave to be treated gently and kindly in life, not wept over in death. Hearts everywhere cry "Treat me lovingly now." When dead we do not hear the cries of affection around the coffin, or feel the tears dripping from overflowing eyes on our faces. Be kind now—Revival Sermons. Senator Chandler has introduced a bill in the United States senate which provides that "Any requirement of and any qualification for suffrage, prescribed by any State in its Constitution or laws which directly or indirectly, by express words or by any device or subterfuge, is made to apply in its terms or in its operation to the great body of the colored citizens of the state, while it does not apply to the great body of white citizens, is hereby declared to be unconstitutional, null and inoperative." Other sections of the bill authorize colored citizens to vote regardless of race or of state restictions. Colored citizens are also given the right of action for damages against registration boards refusing them the right to register. While Senator Chandler prepared the bill, he has announced that it was presented upon request and was not prepared to press its consideration. It is however only a question of time when some action like this will become necessary as it is more and more apparent, that the southern states are determined to suppress the colored vote, and as this policy has been sanctioned by at least the silence of the country, it is now being done by enactments in a end of by fraud and force. The spirit of this measure is just and equitable, and no good citizen could object to a measure that requires exact and equal qualifications of all voters in the states here they reside. QUAKER TALK Nell—"Has she any accomplishments?" Belle—"She talks golf." There is something queer about a girl who thinks her own brother is as nice as other girls' brothers. The telegraph linesman cannot vote offender than any other man, although he does a great deal of hanging around the poles. You can't tell from the color of a stray hair on a man's coat sleeve whether his wife is a blonde or a brunette. Tommy—"Pop, what's a martyr?" Tommy's Pop—"A martyr, my son, is a man who lives up to his wife's expectations of him." "Time spent in worshiping men is wasted," observes the Galveston News. It is, and so is much of the money spent in worshiping women. MISSOURIAN'S AWFU. DEE D. William Bolyard Kills His Wife and Himself. Upper Sandusky, O., April 29.—Wm. Bolyard, who lived about seven miles from this place, shot and killed his wife this afternoon and then killed himself. Bolyard's wife had left him, and he a kel her to-day to return and live with him. Upon her refusal to do so he shot her and then killed himself. The Bolyards came from Paris, Mo. CITIZEN Every Day IN THE Week. YOU CAN Buy Goods at these Prices: BENNETT & CO. FOUGHT LIKE A FIEN. Iusane Man Created Considerab'e Excitement in the Viciarity of Thirteenth and McCairy of Thirteenth rethumb and McGee Streets. A man who is supposed to be crazy, caused a commotion at Thirteenth and McGee streets last evening by appearing in "full dress" and crying out that some one was trying to kill him. A large crowd gathered, but as the man was inclined to be vicious, no one in the crowd dared to cope with him. Patrolman Morrison started to arrest him. Morrison is a small officer, while the insane man was large, weighing upwards of 180 pounds. The officer hung to him, but would have been worsted had it not been for the doubtable Martin Regan, the mascot of the fire department. While Regan got the man by the throat, Officer Morrison caught him by the wrists, and the ambulance was called. Just as the wagon arrived the crazy man seemed to have gained double strength and it required the strength of four men to hold him. By the time he got to police head quarters he was so violent that it was deemed best to let him remain in the wagon and send him to the city hospital. Assistant Police Surgeon Snder gave the man morphine, but it did not seem to have any effect, and three officers were sent in the wagon with him to the city hospital. Nothing could be learned of the man. He is supposed to live in the vicinity of Thirteenth and McGee streets, for the police could not find any one who had seen him in any other locality. RACE WAR IN CUBA. The Waterbury (Conn.,) Dail; American says: The race issue has materialized at Santiago in Cuba. Sunday was marked by rival race reception committees to honor Gen Maximo Gomez on his way to San Domingo. Both the white and the black reception committee sent out tugs to meet the steamer. The black man's tug got in ahead of the white man's tug and took him in full charge. Incidentally, owing to the immense pressure of the crowd, the wharf at the landing broke down and one woman was drowned. This was only an incident. The white man's party, having been beaten by the black man's party, declined to recognize General Gomez. The white man's party included the officials and the Gomez parade was unadorned by either the civil governor or the mayor. The disgusted crowd started a riot and only the efficient charge of the police under the American officers prevented serious trouble. The Cubans are likely before they get through with it, to be in about the race condition of the South, except that the blacks won't put up as the Southern blacks do with the domination of the whites. Just how we are to intervene to prevent what seems to be the unavoidable result is not at present obvious, at least if we lesson the grip of our military control. There was no race distinction, as we understand it, in Cuba, before the Americans carried it there. We have no hones: right to bother with the domestic affairs of Cuba. We went there to free the Cubans, and having run the Spaniards out we should get out ourselves and leave the Cubans to settle the matter of government among themselves. "Our priceless principles" threaten to become a "priceless" curse to the Cubans.—The Age. GOOD PAY FOR AGENTS A big offer for only 15 days for agents in townships in Kansas and Missouri, near Kansas City. Send 66 cents for outfit and territory. W. M. JONES, General Weste r. Agt., 335 Minnesota Ave. For P. W. Ziegler & Co., Publishing Co. Puiladelphia. All of our worthy colored brethren shall be readers of the AMERICAN CITIZEN. PRICE TWO CENTS of Country STATE SENATOR. IN THE Week, CAN these Prices: Pearl Buttons, fine,..... 5c. Fine Underwears, Shirts or Drawers,..... 25c. Button Shoes, sizes 3 to 4½c., heavy,..... 50c. Black Stockings,..... 4 own collars, choice, five cents. T & CO., KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. 485. OLD SOLDIERS, ATTENTION! The additional Homestead Claims of all Soldiers or Sailors who served in the Union army or navy, their widows or minor heirs. Who filed a Homestead claim of less than 160 acres of land prior to June 22nd, 1874? Such persons are entitled to enough more land, including the number of acres embraced in their original entry, without living upon it, to make 160 acres. If they homesteaded 80 acres, they are entitled to 80 more, if 40 acres 120 more, if 159 acres, one acre more, or any other number as it may a year. By late rulings and decisions its not necessary that final proof should have been made on their original entry. that is, they are now entitled to such additional rights if their homestead was abandoned, canceled or relinquished, and all transfers can be made at their homes, before a Notary Public. All such claims I am prepared to buy and will pay the highest market price in cash, AT ONCE. Will buy fractional claims even if not more than one acre each. If you did not make a homestead filing you have no claim to sell. Will also buy Government Land Warrants, and obtain them for soldiers who have not yet had them is ued. This land is yours and don't wait but come to this office at once and get full particulars concerning this land. It is to your own interest to do so. AMERICAN CITIZEN OFFICE, 335 Minnesota Avenue. Plans are being considered for a department store in Philadelphia, which will cater exclusively to colored people and will be conducted entirely by men and women of that race. The project had its inception at a recent meeting of the Philadelphia branch of the "True Reformers," which has a membership of 800,000 in America, and national headquarters in Richmond, Va., where a similar store is soon to be opened. BUT FEW OBSERVED DEWEY DAY As Tuesday was Dewey day there was very little stirr on either side of the river. Two years ago, on a fair May morning, Admiral Dewey sailed into Manila bay and defeated the waiting Spanish fleet in a victory that electrified the world, and was perhaps unparalleled in its absolute completeness. The board of trade did no trading on 'change, in commemoration of the anniversary. In Kansas City, Mo., the day passed without any observance. A curfew law has been established in Tampa, Fla., and after it rings at 10 o'clock at night, no Negro must be found upon the streets. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. The State of Kansas, County of Wyandotte, ss. In the matter of the estate of Taylor McDonald, deceased. In the Probate Court in and for said County. Notice is hereby given that letters of administration have been granted to the undersigned, on the estate of Taylor McDonald, late of said county, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 3rd day of March.A.D., 1900. Now, all persons having claims against the said estate, are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said letters or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate, and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said letters, they shall be forever barred. I. F. BRADLEY. Administrator of the estate of Taylor McDonald, deceased. Kansas City, Kas., March 20th, 1900. In witness whereof the und-signed, Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte, State of Kansas, have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the确 Probate Court, this 18th day of March, A.D., 1900. K. P. SNYDER, Probab.e judge. FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR JUNIOR READERS. A Bozen Conundrums for the Little Folks—Story of a Dog and a Cat— Habits of Gray Squirrels—New Game for Boys. Her Little Boy. His voice is the same as the day he asked: "What makes the old cat purr?" Ever and ever he's just the same— A little boy to her. She needs not the lines of care That furrow his face—to her it is still As it was in his boyhood fair. His hopes and his joys are as dear to her As they were in his small-boy days; He never changes; to her he's still "My little boy," she says. "Always a little boy to her." And to him she's the mother fair. With the laughing eyes and the cheering smile Of the boyhood days back there. Back there somewhere in the mist of years— Back there with the childish joy. And to her he is never the man we see, But always "her little boy." "Always a little boy to her." The ceaseless march of the years Goes rapidly by, but its drumbeats die Ere ever they reach her ears. The smile that she sees is the smile of youth. The wrinkles are dimples of joy. His hair, with its gray, is as sunny as May. He is always "her little boy." Baltimore American. A Deformed Boy's Sacrifice He lived in a little village in Italy, at the foot of the Alps. His mother was a widow, and he, her only child, was a poor little cripple. When he thought of his sad condition—that he could not play like the other boys, and that if he grew up he would not be able to work like men—he felt very unhappy. One day he was going through the village and stood to rest under the open window of a room in which some children were playing. One of them chanced to break a plaything, when another took hold of it, and throwing it out of the window, said: "I'll throw it away; it's no more use than Hans, the cripple." Oh, how sad the words made poor Hans feel! He crept back home and told his mother, while the hot tears ran down his pinched little face very hard, indeed. His mother took him upon her knee and sang a little song to him that she had often sung before. It ended with this little chorus: "God has His plan for every man." And, although Hans felt very happy while listening to the sweet tune and voice, yet he could not believe that God had any plan for him. But he was mistaken. Just at this time the Austrians were at war with the Italians, and trying to take their country. In order that the Italians might know when the Austrian soldiers were coming, they had built large piles of dry wood on the tops of the hills, and put then to watch them night and day. When any of these men saw the Austrians coming, it was his duty to set fire to the pile. Then the man upon the next hilltop would see it and set fire to his, and so on, until all the valleys were made aware that the enemy was approaching and the Italians were roused to meet him. The piles were called beacons, and the men that watched, the sentinels. Now, one night a festival had been kept up in Hans' village. All the villagers except Hans and his mother were there; and, although Hans had gone to bed, he could not sleep. So, after a while he arose up silently and crept up the hill to stay awhile with the sentinel. But no sentinel was there. Thinking there would be no danger that night, and being tempted to join the people in the village, he had left his post. Hans now thought he could be of some use, for he could watch the beacon on the hill until the sentinel returned. He had not watched long before he saw the dark form of an Austrian soldier coming upon his hands and knees, very stealthily, along toward the pile. Yes, so it was; and now he could hear distinctly the measured tramp, tramp, tramp of a number of armed men. Quick as thought he set fire to the pile. Now the country was warned and the people would be saved. But the enraged Austrian soldier saw, and fired his rifle at him. Hans fell, mortally wounded. Hours afterward he was found by some of the villagers and carried, bleeding and dying, to his mother. She took him upon his knees and wept over him as though her heart would break. But Hans looked into her face with his loving eyes and faintly whispered: "Dear mother, God has his plan for every man," and expired. A Dog and a Cat. Any dog, especially any small dog, greatly respects the teeth and claws of a cat. Generally speaking, he will no more thrust his muzzle into these, when they are in action, than a man will intentionally put his hand against the teeth of a buzz-saw in motion. As a rule, too, the cut is superior to the dog in strategy, knowing when to put her buzz-saw in operation and when merely to threaten with it. Sometimes, however, a cat may meet a dog who is cleverer than herself. A correspondent of the Youths' Companion in California tells of a shepherd puppy which was always given his dinner immediately after the family in which he resided had finished theirs. At the same time the black and white cat was given her dinner. The puppy ate his allowance with extraordinary haste, all the time eying the cat's, and making an occasional lunge toward it, indicating his intention to take it as soon as he had finished his own. His plate cleaned, he darted toward the cat, and received a sharp and stinging slap in the face, which caused him to retreat. Then he jumped around and barked—a proceeding which caused the cat no uneasiness. Then, setting his wits to work, he began a strategic movement. He got on the side of the dish toward which its handle projected, and began to crawl on his belly slowly up toward it. The cat ate on, merely watching the dog with one eye. Nearer and nearer the dog came, creeping and watching, until his nose reached the end of the handle. Then he gently took the handle between his teeth and began to back slowly away. The cat, somewhat confused, no doubt, made no attack; and as soon as the puppy felt sure that he had got out of the "zone of fire," he moved much more rapidly away—and then set himself industriously to finish what the cat had left. In this performance the dog showed intelligence of no mean order—perceiving the use of the handle of the dish, and also how the cat might be "bluffed" and outwitted. Hablts of Gray Squirrels. In Addison county, Vermont, writes M. E. Hall, I have often seen the gray squirrels, in the autumn, dig holes in the leaves and earth—apparently at random, and bury a nut therein. Again, in the winter, I have frequently watched them running over the snow on some warm day, and again apparently digging at random, bring up a nut from under the snow. More often, however, I have seen them thus digging, but I did not see the nut that they found. Still I am quite sure that they did find a nut—for almost invariably their mode of procedure was to run down a tree, thence to a spot some yards distant, dig in the snow a few moments, and then run up a tree again, being quite undisturbed. They had evidently found what they had dug for. More especially have I watched the fox squirrels do this in Greene county, Iowa. The fox is closely related to the gray, and almost exactly similar in movements and habits. I feel sure that the common red squirrel of the eastern portions of the country lay up a store of nuts for winter consumption. Once, late in autumn, in Vermont, I found nearly half a bushel of butternuts thus stored. In this case I was sure, as my wife and I watched the saucy little red carry several nuts to his hoard, which was deposited in a great cavity of an old butternut tree before we disturbed it. I think the pine squirrel of the Big Horn mountains, and farther west, which much resembles the eastern red, does not lay up a winter store. My opportunities of observing them were limited, but so far as they went I thought they gathered each day the seeds from the cones that hung on the tree all winter, so did not need to lay up a store. A Dozen Cooundrums. 1. Why do you go to bed? Because the bed will not come to you. 2. When is a ship like a book? When it is outward bound. 2. Why has an ocean voyage no terrors for physicists? Because they are accustomed to see sickness. 4. Why is a popular novel like autumn? Because its leaves are quickly turned and always read (red). 5. Why should a thirsty man always carry a watch? Because there is a spring inside of it. 6. Who are the most exacting of all landlords? Why, the children, because they never fail to make their father and mother parents. 7. What is it that no one wishes to have, yet, when he has it, he would be very sorry to lose? A bald head. 8. What conundrums are always at home? Those that are never found out. 9. What insect does a tall father represent. A daddy-long-legs. 10. When a lady faints what figure should you bring her? You should bring her two. 11. Why is a pig in the parlor like a house on fire. Because the sooner it is put out the better. 12. When are eyes not eyes? When the wind makes them water. A New Catch Game. Here is a new game of "catch" the boys will enjoy. It is called "stags and hounds," and in playing it one boy is at first the hound, and he must try to touch the other players. When he has touched one, the two hounds join in and catch another. When they have caught, the three join hands and run after others, until all except one have been caught and joined hands. Then the one that has not been caught has to be the hound for the next time. Lincoln in Scotland. Scotland seems a strange place to find a statue of Abraham Lincoln, and yet there is one there. It adorns a monument erected in old Calton burying ground, Edinburgh, to the memory of the Scottish-Americans who fought in the American civil war. WONDERFUL MEMORY WONDERFUL MEMORY OF A LITTLE GIRL ONLY NINE YEARS OF AGE. Lives Population of All Large Cities, Debts of All Nations, Financial History, Names All Rulers and Assistants —Is a Thorough Play Girl Withal. Gertie Cochrane is a little girl nine years old, who lives in Mount Vernon. She has a wonderful memory, which has puzzled all the doctors who know her, for they cannot understand how so young a child can manage to keep so much knowledge in her little brain. Gertie began to walk when only seven months old, and when ten months old could talk as well as most children do when they are two years of age. She remembers every new word mentioned in her hearing, and day by day gathered up the knowledge which she now possesses. She answers instantly and from memory thousands of difficult questions relating to a great variety of subjects. She can give the population of all the large cities of the world, dates of discoveries, inaugurations, political history, dates of great battles, with generals officiating and numbers killed and wounded; national debts of all nations, including the United States, and can give its exact size every year since the time of George Washington. She states the financial history of world's fairs, including the great Chicago World's Fair. She names the presidents and vice-presidents, giving them in order, both backward and forward; the kings and queens of foreign nations, capitals of all states and nations of the earth, and her knowledge of Bible history, dates, events and the like is remarkable. GERTIE A girl in a dress reclining on a bench. GERTIE COCHRANE When making her instant reply to any difficult question, her bright eyes sparkle with fun, and her winsome, childish ways are endearing to all who know her. In appearance Gertie is of slender form, has oval features and auburn hair that curls in a sunny mass over a shapely head. She is a thorough child, lavishing a wealth of tender affection on an ordinary doll, and she enters into the pleasures of childhood with keen enjoyment. Search to He Made This Summer at King Charles Land, Haxford Shipchaser Charles Land, Beyond Spitbergen. No hopes are longer entertained that Dr. Andree and his two companions have survived their attempt to cross the north polar area in a balloon. Sir Martin Conway voiced the general opinion when he wrote in the new "International Geography" that "an attempt by the Swedish engineer, Andree, to cross the north polar area in a balloon must be classed with the mysterious tragedies of exploration." Another effort will be made this summer, however, to ascertain the fate of the explorers by following up a clew that may prove to be important. On September 11 last year a buoy was picked up on the north coast of King Charles land, eighty degrees north latitude, and twenty-five degrees east longitude, which bore the words on a nickel plate "Andree's Polar Expedition." It was taken to Stockholm unopened, and there it was proved to be what Andree had called "the North Pole Buoy." It was the buoy in which he was to place a message and drop it when he passed through the north pole. It was opened in the presence of several arctic experts and members of the government, but no message was found in it. There was a coating inside the tube that seemed to resemble paper, but a microscopical examination showed that it was a growth of algae. The experts agreed that it could not have drifted from the neighborhood of the pole to King Charles land. There appeared to be no reason why it should have been thrown out empty and the view forced itself upon all that it was a part of the wreckage of the expedition. This is the clew that it is proposed to follow up. It is thought that the expedi- (Mt. Vernon (Ill.) Letter.) THE FATE OF ANDREE. tion. may have come to grief not far from the place where the buoy was found. Next summer a Swedish Russian expedition is to go to Spitzenbergen to relieve the party that has been spending a number of months there in the work of measuring an arc of the meridian in that high latitude. The Swedish steamer that will be part of this expedition will make a detour to King Charles land and carefully search the entire neighborhood for further traces of the lost party. It is thought to be highly probable that more wreckage will be found and perhaps considerable light thrown upon the fate of Andree and his men.—New York Sun. THE DIGNITY OF AGE. Honor Belongs to Old Men Who Have Served Mankind. When a man first begins to realize that he is growing old, he is likely to fall into a mournful frame of mind. But if he be wise, he will soon realize that there is a dignity about old age which may be coveted. And even if he can not reach this sound conclusion, he can at least acquire the grace to yield to the inevitable and make the best of a bad bargain. Of course, the weakening of the powers, and the dread, not of death, but of the ability to care for oneself are calamities. And all the philosophy of all the men that have written on this subject is powerless to make people view these things with equanimity. But in this case, as in most other cases, much depends on the individual. A man who has lived a clean and honest life, who has served his generation faithfully and well, who has not sacrificed his youth and early manhood to the getting and hoarding of money, who has made friends on his way through the world, and who has done good, as far as it was within his power, to all with whom he has come in contact, may well look forward to old age as a ```markdown ``` crown to a successful and honored life. Such a man is never forgotten or neglected. And when he comes to die, he learns what many young men doubt, that there is in the world such a thing as friendship. Such old men have always been a power. They are looked to for advice and counsel. The! judgment is trusted, and their disinterestedness is never questioned. BUSY, PUFFING LITTLE TUGS. Seventy or More in Boston's Interesting Fleet. In recognition of their importance, and the interesting variety of their performances, it seems no more than fair that the tugboats in Boston harbor should have their census taken. This would be a very simple matter, if the tugs could only be corralled, but it is not their way to stay long in any one place and a tug boat convention is a thing quite unheard of. But of Boston's seventy odd tugs none is so small as to be sneered at. Tugboats first came into use about half a century ago, but, finding a field of great opportunities ahead, they fast outgrew any bashfulness they might have labored under when first they appeared among the great ships. Fifty of the seventy tugs to be found along the Boston water front are classed as "harbor" or "harbor and bay" tugs. Of these, thirty-three belong to one or another of the five companies in the business, while eight are independent, and ten are engaged in connection with dredging companies. Leonard Webber of Brentwood, England, is perhaps the youngest living life saver. He is 5. The life he saved was his still younger brother's. Near where these boys live is a large, deep pond, and one day while they and a lot of other children were romping there the little 3-year-old Webber tumbled in and went down out of sight. His chums were panic-stricken, and most of them ran away, screaming, but Leonard Webber made a dash into the water and scrambled around until he found the little body, which he dragged to land before life was extinct. About one-fourth of the population of Puerto Rico are beggars. Youngest of Life Savers Ancestote of Cecil Rhodes. Cecil Rhodes hates women. He at one time had a private secretary of whom he entertained a high opinion and whose services he greatly valued. One fine morning this favorite abruptly announced that he was going to be married. The Colossus was speechless with indignation for a moment, and then, glaring at the culprit, he growled out, "What on earth am I going to do for another secretary?" Without waiting for a reply he strode from the room, slamming the door behind him with great violence. His good nature, however, prompted him to extend the forgiving hand later on, and he gave to the bride some fine diamonds. In addition, he lent them his own carriage and horses for use to and from the church. It never entered his head to give his erstwhile favorite secretary any more employment. Such a crime as matrimony, though forgiven, could not be condoned. Anis Keep "Cows." That curious habit of the ants, known to every school child, of attending the little insects called aphids, which they use much as human beings use cows, has risen to more dignity than that of being a mere entomological freak. The peach growers have found in it a vast danger to their orchards. The black peach tree aphid is a particular pet of the ants, and these intelligent little workers not only transfer their "herds" of aphids from one tree to another and from orchard to orchard, but they actually cut and gnaw the roots of the trees to give to their insect cows proper food. Horses in Auckland. Horses are so cheap in Auckland that pedestrianism bids fair to become extinct, says Blackwood's. The postman does his rounds on horseback; the butcher, a huge basket slung over his arm, canters up with ordered provender. School-boys, two frequently sharing a mount, ride to school, where a paddock is reserved for their ponies. Even the lamplighter performs his duties perched on an ambling nag, while the droves of live stock passing along the roads are always under the care of a mounted escort. The Most Important Religious Event. The election of a pope is the most important event that takes place in the world. It affects immediately several hundred millions of Catholics in their dearest hopes of religion, and it touches indirectly the interests of all other people on the earth besides. In the pope the world receives a vicar of Christ, a successor of St. Peter and an infallible judge in the matter of faith and morals—Leslie's Monthly. Millions Left to Hospitals Prof. David Edward Hughes, the inventor of the printing telegraph and of the microphones, has left his fortune of $2,000,000 to four hospitals, the Middlesex, London, King's College and Charing Cross. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of Brentwood See Pac-Simile Wrapper Below. Very small and as easy to take as sugur. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. FOR HEABACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION Price 25 cents Purple Vegetable. CURE SICK HEADACHE. TOWER'S FISH BRAND SLICKER WILL KEEP YOU DRY. 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TEETHINA Relieves the Bowel Troubles of Children of ANY AGE. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Bypass Treatment. Use in times. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION THE TWO TRUANTS, “| hate sehool!” The speaker, good looking, dark-halred boy, saap- ped his book shut as he spoke and eaned pensively upon the desk. “So do I,” came a pretty little voice, aa, looking across the aisle, Roland Havens saw Mamie Gray, the pret- tlest and sauclest girl in school, smil- jag and nodding at him. “I heard what you said,” sald Mamle, “and I agree With you. School is a hateful old thing.” “Let's play truant tomorrow.” ‘The words were out of Roland's mouth before he thought, but once having said them he was not going to take them back. “Ym afrald,” sald Mamio, looking at bim out of the corner of her blue ees. ‘“Pshaw! you needn’t be,” sald Ro- land. We can say we went visiting. 1 ‘will tell the teacher tomorrow that I went to see Sister Sue and you can tell her you went to spend the day with your grandmother.” Mamie’s eyes flashed, “We can go and gather violets,” said Roland. “I know where there's a whole bank of them, blue as indigo and as big as—as—wild roses.” “Is it far?” No; only in Hatfeld's weods, where we bad our plenic last summer. We can start in the morning before 9 and get back by 4 o'clock. They won't say anything to us at home when we bring them all the violets.” ‘The next morning saw a guilty little pair seudding along the paths which Jed out of the village” and trying to avold observation by climbing the tall fenees and walking the other side of the bare hedges. It seemed so good to be out in the air once more. Roland enjoyed it thoroughly, and Mamie liked it as well as her guilty conscience would per- nit. ‘They were the leaders in all the pranks in sehool, these two children, and when anything went wrong the question was always asked, “Did Ro- land do it?” or “Was it Mamie Gray's fault?” Yet neither meant to be naughty, and you may be sure that neither would have gone out that day had they known what trouble the day would bring forth, “I guess this is where we turned off last fall,” said Roland, pointing to two ¥ ie SES BE Sy ea tm came | eg su ue he wee Hae CES pI sh Wig large trees which formed the begin- aing of a dense woods. In the sum- mer the woods hung thick with green eaves, and a carpet of green lay upen the ground, but mow it was bare, and {a spots there were muddy pools and bits of marsh. “Ob, Roland, look, look!” erled Mamie, beading down, and pushing back the carpet of dried leaves. “Here isa violet!” And sure enough, there it lay, half turied im the ground, yet peeping forth blue and lovely. “And here are others, oh, dear! oh, dear!” “Here.” said Roland, “put them ia "5 muffer; we will make a bag out of it, so. ‘Then we will fill it with violets.” Deeper and deeper into the woods they went, picking ever one more vio- et and ever venturing a little deeper into the blackness. “What makes it so dark?” asked Roland once, stopping and looking p atthe sky through the trees. “Oh, dear!” be exclaimed, “it is going to nin.” “Well, I'm hungry,” said Mamie, “and I'm going to stop and eat my Inch if it does rain.” So with the drops falling gently Sound them, they sat upon the cold, ‘Wet earth, and ate their lunch. How Food it tasted. There was some gin- ferbread in Mamie's lunch box and {bur very fat little sandwiches. Ro- Bed had a big apple pie, a cold sau- ‘age, and two big slices of roast beef, ‘tides ever so many slices of bread. ‘thought we might get hungry,” sald bs loughing, as he pulled out the con- t's of his tin pall, “so I helped my- elf thie morning.” “I think,” said Mamie, “that we M4 betier go back now. I feel cold cet if setting late. It must be 2 Welock.” (All tight," said Roland, “where Ate the violets?” nid ‘tousht you had them,” said Ma- ri gate them to you,” sald Roland. They were gone, muffler and all, it Sisappointed, the two children “arted back to find them. How it happened Roland never quit tell, but they started in the Wore direction, and after they had Tkt¢ a good hour they saw they had Ride a mistake. “I guess we'd better wat stoung,” said Roland, “and go . Bas dear!” said Mamie, whimpering litle, “I'm a0 tired.” aetetter hour's walking brongXt Tente'? Bearer the outskirts of the Ga *24, in a dilemma, they sat '®n to think it over, “I'm afraid wo are lest,” sald Ma- “T don't know,” said Roland bravely, “but if you don’t feel too tired, Me- mie, I guess we'd better walk’a little further on. It isn’t much further.” Baers a ie Meanwhile all was excitement in the village. When Mamie and Roland did not ap- Dear at school the teacher sent home for them, and when it was found that they were gone search parties were Sent out for them. Inquiry was made at the home of all their relatives, and thon, mot finding them, the parties Searched further. ‘They scarcely thought that the children could have been venturesome enough to go to the woods, but there was really no telling what they would do. Finally the searching party found s ‘mitten dropped by Roland at the fence which led into the weods, and with this clew they started on their search in the cold, wet forest. Tt was 6 o'clock when Roland’s fa ther found his muffler, filled with vio- lets, and this cheered them on. Al 9 they came across the children nestled snugly against the roots of s big tree, both fast'asleep. The next day Roland went back te school a changed boy. He realize how much trouble he had made his father and all his friends and deter. mined to do better. Mamie took het share of the blame, too, and for while at least no one would have rec- ognized the studious boy who stood al the head of his class as the careless Roland of a short time before.—Co lumbus Dispatch, FUN FOR THE BoYs. — oa a eepes She Genpeem Dignity of Ghooll Chas. The department of state is infermed that the Persian government has de- cided to send another diplomatic rep- resentative to Washington. It has had no minister in this country since 1888, when Hodij Hossein Ghooli Khan fied from the city in indignation and dis- may because of the treatment he re- ceived from the curious public, Mr. Ghooli Khan, says a Washington cor- respondent, was a proud and haughty person; he dressed in Persian costume, and whenever he appeared upon the street was attended by his dragoman or ckasseur, Mirza Mahmoud, whe Wore an even more gorgeous costume, and walked in front of his master, carrying a naked cimeter, such as you see in the comic operas. The specta- cle very naturally attracted public at. tention, and, much to his annoyance Ghooli Khan was usually followed by a large crowd wherever he went. Mos! of his retinue was composed of unruly and ragged negro urchins, who did noi comsider his feelings in making com- ments upon his appearance. The chas- seur, who ostensibly came out for the Protection of his gorgeous master, used to brandish his sword and make desperate charges into the ranks of his followers, but it only aggravated them, and the greater the demonstra. tion the faster the crowd would grow. Prince Ghooli (for khan means prince) ‘appealed to the department of state; the police were notified, and officers were sent to guard the legation, bul that only attracted attention and made matters worse. Finally the poor man, ‘driven to distraction by the attentions ‘he received from the populace, re- turned to his own country, and the Persian legation has been vacant since. The Persian government now Proposes to try it again, but if the new man makes as much of a parade as his predecessor, he is likely to sul fer from the same annoyances, Wemen Not Money Makers. In Harper's Bazar, Hetty Green, th faraous woman financier, tells wh) women are not money-makers. She says: "In the first place, woman i entirely too impulsive for business She sails gayly into the world o commeree, believing in everything and in herself most of all. A cer tain stock may be increased tempo rarily in value, owing to the enter prise of its owners, who are them selves advancing the market. The woman speculator. with her usual im petuority, thiuks: ‘I must hava som of that, If it is this high, I can sel it for more.’ She does not stop tc look over the market; she has no trained her judgment, but, with both hands outstretched, offering her littl all, ehe plunges headlong into the grasp of cunring speculators. The next Gay—or the next hour, perhaps —the stock fatls in value, She ta just the prey the sharpers are looking for: More money is made in the end by ax eversupply of caution than by indis- criminate recklessness. I am not ad- vising timidity. Quite the contrary. Be sure that you are right first, then 50 ahead.” seesenntin Seetiias on tm President Eliot of Harvard Univer- sity recently celebrated his sixty-sixth birthday. “I can not acknowledge that as the years go by I am growing old,” he says. “I have evidence to the contrary. When I was a proctor at Cambridge a few years after my grad- uation, I learned that the students spoke of me habitually as ‘Old Eliot.’ A few nights ago, on the other hand, I met a group of students in the strest, and when I had passed them I heard one say to the others: ‘I wonder where Charlie has been so late.’” Emperor Mast Nat Turn Corners. The Chinese emperor must never turn a corner when out for a drive. It he is seized with a fancy to drive out—which, fortunately, does not oe- cur often, as it means enormous ex- pense—all the streets must be made straight; if any houses interfere, they are promptly swept away, while even a dried-up watercourge must be spanned with s bridge. AMERICAN SHOES THE BEST. Foreign Makers Do Not Make the Com- fortabie Kind ‘We are very apt to think of im- ported goods as something superior to those of our own manufacture, ‘This is particularly wrong of Amex {can shoes. Nowhere in the world is made the equal of our shoes. I know women who find from experience that it ts best to carry with them on » trip abroad, whether to the land of French heels or English common- sense soles, a full supply of footwear to last until their return, finding it impossible to buy comfortable shoes in any foreign land. There are some tacts about shoes that one should not disregard if they would have that most desirable thing—comfortable feet: Never wear a boot or shoe tight anywhere, or one that will not allow the great toe to lie in a straight line. Never wear a shoes that pinches the heel, or that is so large in the heel that the foot is not kept in place. Never wear a shoes that pressos up into the hollow of the foot, nor have the top of the boot tight, as it inter- feres with the muscles and makes one walk badly. Never wear one pair of shoes all the time unless compelied to. ‘Two pairs of shoes worn a day at a time alternately will last longer, be more comfortable and much more healthful. It is restful to have light shoes for house use. Never imaging that feet will grow large from wear- ing a comfortably large shoe. Pinch- Ing the foot makes it grow not only large, but unsightly. Allowance for the natural use of the muscles makes 2 foot compact and attractive. WOOD PAVING. A New Method Sald to Be the mest Knewn, The decision of the city council of London, upon recommendation of the city engineer, to pave two new streets with wooden pavements has caused new interest to be taken in wooden pavements on both sides of the At- lantic, This new system of wood pav- ing is said to be the most durable and the most easily repaired. It is said that it is the only kind of wooden Pavement that can be relied upon to stand the traffic of cities like London and New York. Instead of fashioning the wood blocks into dice, hexagons, polygons or dove-tailed complications in any form, by the new process barked trees of any size or quality are sliced into cylindrical pieces about 13 inches in thickness, The largest pieces are put down first into a good founda. tion, and then the smaller pieces, unt!) the remaining interstices may be filled up with what may be called pigs Ramming renders the whole one solld mass of timber, and not a chip is wast: ed. The surface presents end grap only, and with the different sorts and sizes afford much better foothold than either granite blocks or asphalt, ‘Weeden Bedsteads Retern to Faver, Wooden bedsteads are coming into fashion again, not only in this coun- try, but in England, whence the idea of the metal bedsteads was imported, Aside from the love of change which has its effect in causing many house- keepers to revert to the wooden bed, the advance in the price of brass 1s partially responsible for this revival, ‘Then many persons like to have sets of furniture and can match things up better with a wooden bed than with ‘one of fron or brass. Most people who have welcomed the simplicity and cleanliness of the metal beds will be loath to give them up or believe that any one will, but the fact remains that dealers are selling five or six times as many wooden beds 2s they did last year. eee ai A stout old lady, seeing at one oj the English railway stations an auto- matic machine from which, by drop- ping a penny in the slot, you receive the portrait of a celebrity, carefully reconnoitered it. She dropped the colp in, and wearing her best smile, posed herself in front of the machine for a few seconds, opened the drawer and drew out a portrait. Adjusting her spectacles and looking at if, whal should meet her astonished gaze bu! the portrait of a lady acrobat In cos. tume. “Well!” she ejaculated, “so this is me, eh? If I don’t speak to the authorities about this, my name {a no! Marla Jenkins!” Sugar and Prosperity. ‘The theory was recently broached that the prosperity of a country may be estimated by the amount of sugar which its inhabitants consume in a year, and certain political economists do not hesitate to maintain that sta- tistics bear testimony to the truth of this theory. These statistics show that each inhabitant of the coftntries named consumes on an average the following amount of sugar in a year: England: 91.31 pounds; United States, 59.20; France, 31.02; Germany,*30.22; Aus- tria-Hungary, 17.34; Russia, 12.01; Turkey, 7.08; Italy, 6.28—New York Herald. aoa Mini ee An idea of the great increase in the eost of diamonds imparted by the la bor of polishing and mounting, as wel as by the profits of the traders, may be obtained by comparing their price at the mines in South Africa with the prices in the jewelry shops. 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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. The American Citizen. Directory. Of KANSAS CITY, KANSAS AND KANSAS CITY, MO Church Directory BAPIST CHURCHES. African 3914 East 15th Street Greenwood, 2005 Madison 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 a, S E. cor. Garnett. Mt. Zion, 3rd, N W. Cor. Gillis. Mt. Zion, 908 Hickory Avenue. Mt. Zior, 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. Record Baptist, Charlott, cor. 10th. Vine Street, 1825 Vine street. CHRISTIAN CHURCH 21st between Summit and Madison, Augus ine Mission, 1025 Troost ave METHODIST EPISCOPAL. Asbury Chapel, 1620 Cherry street Burus, 11th S. W. Cor, Highland ave Clark's Chapel, 819 S. W. Boukvard Westport W. Prospect Place Cor. 23rd. King Solomon Mission 4th and Locust Colored Schools. Attu ks 2108 East 18th street Bruce 3914 East 15th street. Douglass 27th N. E. Cor. N. Prospect Place Garrison Forest S. W Cor. 4th street. Lincoln School 11th N W. Cor Campbell sreet. Lincoln High School 816 East 11th st. Page Rockster N.E. Cor. Prospect Avenue. Business Directory. J. A. Wilson Jeweller 1616 W. 9th st. Chandler's Barber shop, Samuel Chandler Prop. N LClen ens Mgr 112 East 6th street. Rest urant Mrs Amus Prop. 114 East 6th street. Field's Barber Shop 102 East 6th stree Miller's Barber Shop 113 East 6th Midland Barber Shop Harsy Paison Proprietor 1 5 East 6th rect. Pasco Barber Shop Oarth & Warfield Proprietors 550 Grand Avenue. O Bannon' Barber Shop W.T. O Bannon Proprietor 550 Grand Avenue. Manila Barber Shop Madison Bros. Proprietors 769 Independence avenue. McRay's Barber shop Ben McRay Proprietor 819 Independence avenue. D. M Mitchell, Barber Shop, 576 Grand ave. Langston' Barber Shop 718 East 8th st. Walker's Barber Shop 806 East 13th st. H. J' George, barber shop, 1307 w- 9th. st. Cowden, s Barber Shop 704 East 12th st' Restaurant J.W Gordon Prop. 554 Grand avenue. Restaurant H Powel Proprietor 572 Grand avenue. Restaurant Andrew Clark Proprietor 723 Independence aven. Saratoga Cafe L. Mason Proprietor 805 Independence aven. Chicago Cafe H Compton Proprietor 706 east 12th street Maupin's Barber Shop 1332 E 18th st. Brown's Barber Shop 1329 E 18th st. Berry's Barber Shop 1432 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. Wood.Mansger 117 W. 6th st. Grocery, A. Weib, P.O. 9th and Holmes. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS Enterprises. 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 Clark & Lee, junk store, 1104 north 3rd, st. Kansas City Kansas Soap Works, 4th. st., between Oakland and Freeman. J.R. McClain, Grocer, 1700 n 5th. st. J.R. Rucker, Buteher, 1609 n 16th. st Douglass Hospitals, 312 Washington ave., Miss L. V. Ashton, Matron. CHURCHES ST. JAMES A. M. E., cor. 7th. and Ann. St. James M. E., Freeman ave., between 9th and 10th. C. M. E. Oakland ave., bet. 4th. and 5th. CHRISTIAN. 8th. St. Christian, cor. Everett and 8th. 9th. St. Christian, cor. 9th. and Nebraska. BAPTIST. 1st. Baptist, corner 5 h. and Nebraska avenue. Metropolitan Baptist, cor. 9th. and Washington. Mt. Zion Baptist, Virginia ave., between 4th. and 5 h. Mt. Pleasant, 3rd. st., between Oakland and Jersey. Rose Hill, Jersey ave. bet 9th. and 10th. Pleasant Green, Wood St. and Split-log ave. King Solomon Baptist, 3rd and State avenue. HOTELS. Th. Empire House 335 Minnesota Ave. Dyson House 440 Minnesota Ave. Jamison House 417 Minnesota Aye. Restaurant's. J. W. Johnson's 6th and State. Mrs. Hall 507 Minn. Ave. Mrs. Sarah Thurston 1414 5th st. Mc Gees 448 Minn. Ave. E. Stoakes 1510 N. 3rd st. BARBERS J. T. Roberts & Tucker, 507 Minnesota avenue. J. Gross, 412 Minnesota avenue. G. McCellan, 613 Minnesota ave. M.T. Comer, 608 Minnesota ave. Robt. Keith, 315 Minnesota ave. M. Pattison, 1603 north 3rd st. SHOEMAKER3. Lon McAdams, 348 Minnesota ave. D. W. Wynne, 309 Minnesota ave. Lewis Blanchard, North 6th., State Line. Wilson, 5th. st. between Nebraska and State. J. W. Ready, No. 1609½ n 10th. st. HALLS. M. & O., 1306 north 8th. street. Sons of Protection, State and 6th. DRUGS. Wyandotte Drug Store, 1512 north 5th. street. DOCTOR3. S. H. Thompson, 1512 north 5th. st. 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. UNION PACIFIC THE OVERLAND ROUTE WORLD'S PICTORIAL LINE. SHORT LINE Across the Country The Union Pacific 'The Original Overland Route' always was, and is today, 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 Lig't Only line running two trains without change from KansasCity to Denver Low excursion rates on sale to Colorado-Utah Idaho, Oregon. Washington and California. Don't complete your ars ranglements 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. ERAWLEY Gen. Agt., Union Pacific, 1000 Main street, Kagas City, Mo Finest Barber Shop in the City. Hair Cutting, 25c, Baths, 15c., Shaving, 10c., Newly Remodeled Bath Rooms, Porcelain Tubs GEO. McCLELLAND, OF WYANDOTTE CO., KS 6 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Ks EAGERS Gem Dru MINNESOTA DRUGS, MEDIC Fine Toilet Soaps, Brus PERFUMERY AND FAN W. B. RA m Drug St MINNESOTA AVENUE DEALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICA et Soaps, Brushes, Combs, Et MERY AND FANCY TOILET ART B. RAYMO DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, Fine Toilet Soaps, Brushes, Combs, Etc., PERFUMERY AND FANCY TOILET ARTICLES W. B. RAYMOND Manufacturer of and Wholesale dealer in UNDERTAKERS * SURPRISE FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HOS AMBULANCE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK A Undertaking Krooms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone W Factory Cor st St., and Riverview Ave. KANSAS CIT RTAKERS * SUPPLIES CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HOURS FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK AVE. WOODS, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone W Factory Cor st St., and Riverview Ave. CIT FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HOURS AMBULANCE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED Undertaking Kooms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone West 32. Factory Cor st St., and Riverview Ave. Telephone 26 KANSAS CITY KANSAS GO TO THE GREAT JU Wholesale Office 811 H ekory Street, IRON YARDS CORN Iron, Rags, Bo Cash paid for scrap iron, rags, b dealer in junk. Here's the p'ace when dealing. AT JUNK SH wholesale and Ret Mckory Street, Kans ERON YARDS CORNER 8th. AND HICKORY Kags, Bottles and M er scrap iron, rags, bottles and metals, Who Here's the p'ace where you can get correct we SAM'L. D1 GREAT JUNK SHOP. Wholesale and Retail. 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 Retail dealer in junk. Here's the p'ace where you can get correct weight and square dealing. SAM'L. DIGGS. Telephone, No 126 Hickory REAL Ameri DAILY and GO J. W. JO ICECREA The only Ice Cream Parlors in the get the BestIce Cream Soda, and Pies, Cakes AND Special attention paid to Ice Cream, wholesale, £75 to 90 a call. Corner 6th. and State street KANSAS CITY READ THE American Citiz LY and WEE GO TO W. JOHNSON CREAMPARL Cream Parlors in the two Kansas Cities Cream Soda, and Ice Creams, Fifi Cakes AND Confection al attention paid to Churches, Lodges and p wholesale, $75 to 90 cts. per gallon. Don't 6th. and State streets, CITY American Citiz n. DAILY and WEEKLY. J. W. JOHNSON'S ICECREAMPARLOR. 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 KANS Lewis Blandchard Does all kinds of Boot and Shee 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. Tauric Acid on Metals Gold, silver, steel, aluminium and lead, when immersed in tauric acid, a new chemical discovery, becomes as pliable and ductile as putty. Tons of Gold in Use. The amount of gold coin in actual circulation in the world is estimated to be about 865 tons. BUG STORE AVENUE SALER IN LINES, CHEMICALS, ashes, Combs, Etc., BODY TOILET ARTICLES RYMOND SUPPLIES PURPOSES AT ALL HOURS ANCE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED ave. Telephone West 32. and Riverview Ave. Telephone 28 KANSAS UNK SHOP. and Retail. Kansas City, Mo. ER 8th. AND HICKORY. Bottles and Metals, bottles and metals, Wholesale and Retail. you can get correct weight and square SAM'L. DIGGS. Kansas City, Mo. O THE can Citiz n, WEEKLY. TO JHNSON'S MPARLOR. The two Kansas Cities where you can Ice Creams, Fine Lunch, Confectionaries Churches, Lodges and parties. lets, per gallon. Don't fail to give us, KANS Secure Tickets ...VIA TBE.... Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry ...AND YOU GET.... Sleepers; & Chair Cars ...TO.... CHICAGO Cars and all intermediate points The abortest, quickest and bes tline to Chilocothe, Otumwa, Cedar Rapids, Bubnue, and La Crosse and Cedar Rapids, Rockford and Freeport: ...Passenger Station at... 22nd St. and Grand Ave. Take Westport Cable. City Ficket Office, 915 Main street, Ridge Building. A. B. BRIDGES Gen'l. Southwester Agent F. J. LERCH Passenger Agent. Office 915Main St., Kansas City EVERYBODY LIKES TO SAVE. Everybody Likes to Spend Its pretty hard to do both, but it can be done by trading here. Come to-morrow and you will find out. Dry Goods Wonders. All our high grade parcles we are going to clean out for to m row's sale, pet yard, 10c. Big line of light colored dress prints, special price for to-morrow's sals, per yard. 41c. Special in Scotch Lawns, nice patterns to choose from, per yard 34¢c. Big selection of ladies' parcale and calico wrappers made with ruffles and seperate waist lining, full size, to-morrow each 98c. All over Swiss embroidery per yard 50c., 75c., 85c. and $1.00. Ladies lack silk shirt waft, a special lot we bought very cheap, worth $5.00, to-morrow, $3.69. Big line of white lawn shirt waft with plenty of inse ting, to-morrow 50c., 75c., 98c, 1.19. $1 25c. and $1.50. Silk shirt waist patterns, neat stripes and plaids in four yard lengths we will give you your selection to-morrow pattern xx, $1.98. A clean up in 35-inch wide light peacoles suitable for shirts worth 10c per yard, to-morrow one half yd. 5c. Big table loaded with select patterns in shirt waist with plenty of embroidery and lace trimmings, every one a value, to-morrow 98c. Special clean up in red calicoes light and dark patterns per yard, 4 3-4 cents. Big purchase of 100 doz, assorted fans, all new bright goods, ranging in price from 2c. to $1.00. childrens trimmed leghorns, big dis- trict to $1.50, special 69c. silk Maline, worth 250c, to-morrow xxxxxd grade all silk mousseline day yard 50c. sailors with black and white bands, one of children's Mexican Hats for 40 of violets with foliage, per bunch to 25c. flowers we are selling loads to price will be per bunch 10c. trimmed hats that we are selling. purchase one here. $1 50, $1 98, $2 $4.98. eleven Days More of those beautiful pictures we are pickets and see if you have enough Special lot of childrens trimmed leghorns, big display for Saturday, worth from $1.25 to $1.50, special 169c. All colors in silk Maline, worth 25c., to-morrow per yard 15c. *5-inch best xxxxxxd grade all silk mousseline de soie, we are still selling it for per yard 50c. Notice our trimmed hats that we are selling. It doesn't take a heavy pups to purchase one here. $1.50, $1.98, $2.50, $2.98, $3.50, $3.75, $4.25 and $4.98. Just Eleven Days More Left To get one of those beautiful pictures we are giving away free. Gather up your tickets and see if you have enough to get one. Elev. en days more. 524-26 28, Minnesota Ave. SCHULTZ THEO. SCHULTZ & SON, THEO. SCHULTZ & SON, WHOSE REPUTATION AS Gro Has been established through this city, have Resumed —AT THE 542 Min Where they will be glad to w will invite the public to call and line of TAPLE AND FANCY EARLY At prices to compete with a and you will never regret it A. C. L. —IS HEA THE CHEA The Best Goods, the Qu and the GET OAL, WOOD, TEEB wholesale and Retail. Offie Yard and Storage 917 and Grocers shed through these many years of med Bus Has been established through these many years of prosperous business in this city, have Resumed Business —AT THEIR OLD STAND,— BE MINNESOTA AVE. be glad to welcome all their old customers to call and examine their stock. The FANCY GROCERIES, EARLY VEGETABLE compete with any house in the two cities ever regret it. C. L. COAL —IS HEADQUARTERS FOR— THEHEAPEST Prices Goods, the Quickest Sales, the Smallest and the promptest deliveries. GET THEIR PRICES ON FOOD, SEED, FLOUR, AND STONE, Retail. Office 402, Minnesota Ave. Storage 917 and 919 North 3rd. St. E F. HENDE Where they will be glad to welcome all their old customers and friends, and invite the public to call and examine their stock. They now have in a full line of STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, FRUITS AND EARLY VEGETABLE At prices to compete with any house in the two cities. Give them a call and you will never regret it. A. C. L. COAL CO., THE CHEAPEST PRICES 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. A MODERN Resta staura deals Cooked to UNCHES ON SHORT NOTICE, HOME MADE PIES IN THE CITY Restaurant. Good Meals Cooked to Order. COLD LUNCHES ON SHORT NOTICE, THE BEST HOWE MADE PIES IN THE CITY, CAKES AND CONFECTIONARIES. When you want good Ice Cream go to the Modern Restaurant Ice Cream Parlors Where you can always find delicious Ice Cream. Remember the number, 504 Nebraska Avenue, MRS. H. M. G. SPENCER, Proprietress. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. TEMPLE OF ECONOMY and Everything. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. LTZ & SON cers many years of prosperous busi Business Nissota Ave. All their old customers and friends in their stock. They now have in COCERIES, FRUITS AND VEGETABLE use in the two cities. Give them GOAL CO., MARTERS FOR— BEST PRICES Sales, the Smallest Profits test deliveries. OR PRICES ON FLOUR, AND BUILDING TONE, Minnesota Ave. Tel. 152 West 3rd St. E F. HENDERSON Manager. urant Millinery.