The American Citizen

Oldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of the Country WEEKLY MEDIUM FOR ADVERTISERS WITH A RECORD OF THIRTEEN YEARS, NEVER MISSING AN ISSUE, REACHING THOUSANDS OF HOMES OF OUR READERS THE TWIN CITIES AT THE KAWSMOUTH VO. 13, NO. 19 Oldest and WEEKLY MEDIUM FO THE TWI AT THE KA KANSAS. When in need of a dreammaker, who can cut and fit to your sifaction, call on Madame J. Washington, at her dress-making parls, 1113 Barnett St. Mr. W. L. Yancy, an attorney, of Illinois, passed through the city this week from Joplin Mo., where he has spent the last two years. He carried with it a white and went on his way, hoping to live and die in Illinois. Don't forget to attend the giganic Fourth of July clearance sale at the Temple of Economy, at 524, 526 and 528 Minnesota, Ave. Pargains that can't be beat in almost everything you want. A visit to this store will indeed mean a giving to you of considerable change. There will be a grand entertainment given at the Pleasant Green Baptist church on the 4th of July. Rev. McNeal will go to Pittsburg, Kus. Thursday, to attend the State Executive Board meeting. Our distinguished friend, Dr. S. H. Thompson, called in company with Dr. R. B. Barnes, of Cleburna, Texas, this week, and paid our office a most pleasant visit. Dr. Barnes is a most prominent and physicist of this little city, and is sojourning through the west. He is much pleased with the progress of the race and the hospitality of its people. Mrs. Lizzie Scales, of 844 Jersey street will leave for a trip to Emoria, a and Oklahoma City, and other cities in Kansas soon. Mrs E. P. Lee, of 832 Freeman ave. returned home from a flying trip to Toppea, Kas. in company with her sister, Miss Adora Morrison, who will spend the summer w th her sister. During her stay in that city she visited the Art Club convention. Kansas City, Kansas, work leads the front. Mrs. R. C. Clark entertained the Art Club of Kansas City, Kas., Wednesday in the afternoon. Miss Dollie Yancy and Mrs. A. Dorah Hillman, of Kansas City, Mo., was the guest of Miss D. B. Thomas, of 526 Nebraska ave. Little Amanda Johnson was in the city a few days this week from west Kansas City, Kas., the guest of her sister, Mrs Arthur Craig. Mr. D. Gerria, of Kansas City, Mo. and Miss Francis Jennining, formerly on this city, but now of Kansas City, Mo., was quietly married 25th, at the home of the bride, 6th, and Garfield, b. Rev. A. A. Gilbert. Mrs. D. W. White left this week for Denver, Col., to spend some weeks. She is the guest of her mother and sister, the latter is now quite ill. Naomi Wellmore, who was recently adjudged insane, was taken to the asylum this week at Ossawatomie. Mertrude Jackson, of 345 Armstrong street, left Tuesday to it end the Sunday School convention at Junction City, Kas. Miss Belle Pa-sore, one of the young teachers of Indianaapolis, Ind., is in the city, the guest of Miss Gertrude Jackson, 345 Armstrong avenue. Mrs. Julia Smith entertained Mrs. Jesie Skinner Basset, of Emporia, Katsia at Budd Park, last week. A number of indies were present and a good time was had. Branch Willis, the wonderful 11 year old boy praacher delivered a most astounding sermon last Sabbath at Plea in Valley Baptist church, a large audience greeted him. Sabbath evening Rev J. S. Addison, of St. Luis, Mo., filed the pulpit. Rev. Strickland is working similarly in the building up on his church in the quiet little burgh—Rosedale. Rev. B. M. Campbell and Rev. R. H. Hawkins, God prize fighters, will close their meetings, which were held at the Church of Gor, on 9th street, near Hickory, Thursday, and leave for Memphis, Tennessee. The Brothers have given the devil a terrible chase this trip and succeeded in bringing love and harmony among God's people. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Clayton, of Denver, Col., arrived in the city cunday and stopped over a few hours with his uncle, Ge. Harvey, of 346 Minnesota avenue. He is coroner to Moberly, Mo., to see his sick brother, Geo Clayton. Mr. Thomas Manley and Miss Lola M. Bize, were licensed to wed in Kansas City, Mo. Monday of this week. Frank Scott, a colorful boy, had his right foot so badly mashed Saturday evening by a Missouri Pacific train, that the great toe and possibly the whole foot will be amputated at Bethany Hospital. The Sexette entertainment, given at the Metropolitan Baptist church, Tuesday evening, in honor of the Willing Worker's club, was one of the swellest events of the season. It was a success in every respect. THE d Best Weekly FOR ADVERTISERS WITH WIN CITIES. THE KAWSMOUTH. MISSOURI. MISSOURI The Mason's window, a gift to Allen Chapel, was unveiled last Sunday and hundreds of people witnessed it. The ceremony by the Masons was quite impressive. Prof. Joe Herriford, of Chilcothe Mo., was master of ceremonies. Gilbert and Blackburus' band furnished music for the occasion. There were a large number of St. Joseph people present. Miss Alice Walker, of this city, who has been spending several weeks in Jack serville, Ill., and Gagwou, Mo., is expected home Saturday, to her many friends. The Picoanies' band arrived home last Friday afternoon, and was given an arty welcome by their many friend. They have been on an extended trip to Australia and other places, for thirteen months. They were given a reception at Allen Chapel, last Friday night. Mr. John Wilburn and Miss Ida Foster, of Hannibal Mo., were united in marriage the 20th, and are speeding their honey-moon in Kansas City, Mo. The funeral of Wm. Brown was held at the family residence, 10 h and Walker Ave., the 21st. Mr. Brown was a young man, 22 years of age and well known in this city. Louis Seiglemeyer, of Gem, Kansas, claims he was robbed at Independence and Oak streets, last Tuesday evening, by a colored woman. From the number of robberies reported in a year in Kansas City, Mo., of this kind, white men should learn to keep their distance from colored women. Mr. Thomas Marly and Miss Laura Rhone were united in the boy bonds of matrimony, Wednesday, 4 P.M., at the home of the bride, 708 E. 17th St. R.V. W. C Ellis officiated. It was a very quiet affair, only the relatives and a few intimate friends being present. Miss Rhone is quite a refined and intelligent lady and has been an assistant teacher in the Phillips' School for a number of years. Mr. Marly is also a slightly respected gentlemen. We visit this couple a long and prosperous life. --- The citizens of Kansas City, both white and colored, are falling over each other in their efforts to eertain the great crowds that are now flocking to their city to attend the Democratic National Convention on next week. The Ne. cities who attend will be royally nor canned. A Grand ball and reception will be tendered the colored visitors at Vineyard Hall, July 4th, and 5th. Hos. Nes n C. Crews, the peerless negro orator at the West, will deliver the address of welcome which will be responded to by boston. J. C. Napier of Nashville Teen Smith's famous Pickaninny band that has just returned from a years trip in the Orient will furnish music assisted by Prof. Wille Young, pianist. Admission 50c per couple. The Twin City Business Association. The Twin City Business Men's association is the extensive name of an organization of substantial negro business men of the two cities, Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas City, Kas, that has been in existence for some months. The association has for its object a social and closer business relation of the reputable negro business man of the two cities and the development of their respective business with an increase of trade. The officers of the association, who serve for a limited time are J. A. Wilson, president, Samuel Diges, Vice President, Anthony Overton, secretary, D. W. White, assistant secretary, Richard McClean, treasurer. It may be interesting to note that several of the businesses represented in this association are out of the usual class of negro enterprises. Among them are a jewelry store, J. A. Wilson, proprietor, the Wyandotte Drug Company, the Hygienic Manufacturing Company, manufaturers of grocers' and druggists' specialties, Anthony Overton, proprietor, a wholesale and retail coal, feed and flour store, with branch office, E. F. Henderson manager, one of the large-junk businesses in the city, Samuel Diges, proprietor, and a furniture store with branch, D. W. White, proprietor. Other members of the association are J. C. Groves, the well known potato grower of the Kaw Valley, Henry Jackson, contractor and builder, J. W. Gordon and Henry Powell, restaurant keepers; A. Webb, William Gales, J. W. Jones, R. McLean, grocers. The association congratulates itself as being ahead of and in line with the movement at Booker T. Washington, the great race leader and able advocate of industrial education for negroes, is now agitating, namely, local negro business in every city where the negro race is in business. AMERICAN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 29, 1900. THE RACE MUST CALL A HALT. We do not believe that we should bolster up the race on false positions or seek to hide its deficits. We always invite criticisms when founded upon facts, but we have ever resented madious abuse. The race has made mistakes. It is making mistakes every day. But every day we are trying to correct, and the improvement can be seen. After the war of human liberty was over in 1865, the negro had坚韧 upon him the fights of citizenship, a condition he had not previously known—at that time not fit for it, and he followed the lead of those who belonged to his friends. The negro has ever been of a powering nature, and that has worked more to his detriment than to his glory. He went into politics when he should have gone to the farm; he went into classes when he should have been studying higher lessons in English. He went into the cities when he should have stayed on the farms, but in spite of these things he has made wonderful progress, and the Union still survives stronger than ever, despite the many predictions to the contrary. But conditions have a raison which require the most careful thought and careful consideration, and while this crisis is upon us, the negro must call a halt. In the family circle the first must be made; our young boys and girls must be taught to revere their parents more; they must be taught that there is the greatest dignity in labor; they must be taught to have respect and consideration for others which have ever and always will characterize the true gentleman and the true woman. Our parents too of ten teach their children that they are good as any one else. We are not as good as others only as we are good and have that true nobility of character. In the family circle a greater regard for morality must be taught and the negro must learn to honor chastity and escem virtue. A halt must be called in the school room; teacher must teach their pupils what true education is. The education that units a man or woman for work, is an education that runs. We are encouraging too many of our people to take up professional life. Only about two-thirds can find work to do along these lines—the other 80 per cent. should be skilled farmers, farmers and mechanics or masters of some trade. We have rather be a carpenter laboring for 25c a day, than a lawyer dressed in broad cloth with a cape, with his hands sticking in his pants pocket waiting for some one to come along to be a cigar from. In politics the negro must call a halt, and wait patiently for the dividing of the means and then go with the party that is going to do the most for the negro. If we stop row and do these things and live pure lives, fear God, regard our fellow an, make money and save it, there is great hope for us, and brighter days await us.—Raleguo (N. C.) Blad- LOVE OF WOMAN But few m. n., as they approach the threescore year's point in life, will deny, that weighed in the balance of real worth, the one thing that has made lifesurable amid all its trials, vexations and wearying vicissitudes, is the love woman. It may have been only a friend, a sister, a daughter, a mother, or that sweetest of all titles to real manhood, a wife, or all of these, or whatever the relation—this love of woman that has once been the incentive of highest aspirations and noble ambitions, and around it, as he approaches that final resting place of all flesh, are clustered the holiest memories, the fondest a-sociations and the one link in the chain of human experience for which he would surrender all the rest. It is no argument to point to profligate, ambittered and wasted lives. Antibiotically they emphasize the misuse and waste of the most golden of opportunities that come to men, and such lives end in remorse and regret as retrospection holds to view "what might have been." Mea do love-love women, Mr. Lincoln's first exclamation when told of his nomination for the presidency was, "There's a little woman down in Springfield who'll be glad to hear of this." And so it is,—every success in life is enormously enhanced by the knowledge that some "little woman will be glad," and to the n.a. who is deprived of this sweetest of all pleasures, life's triumphs fall flat and stale."—Ex. HAVE YOU THIS FORCE? Men and women of will force rule the world. You may be one of these, but you must first will it. The potent force of creation is desire. The people must desire better social conditions before better social conditions can exist. ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S OLD HOME, SPRINGFIELD, ILL. It was soon after John P. Altgeld was installed as governor of Illinois, that Robert T. Liauolin, in a carefully worded letter adressed to His Excel ency, offered the old Springfield home of his famous father as a gift to the State of Illinois, under certain prescri- bed conditions. These conditions were that the State should keep the old history home in good repair until the frosts of time had withered and de- sired forever the famous structure. Yes, the old home, the haven of rest, of Lincoln's law practicing days in Springfield was to become the property of the State, as long as beam and after successfully fought the ravages of decay, and when that inevitable hour was ushered in, the naked ground was to revert to Robert T. Lincoln, or his awful heirs. After this manner did the honored son of an illustrious countryman make a gift to the commonwealth of Illinois of the house of his childhood and youth. For some years previous to the sd ministrations of Governors Iifer and Altgeild, Mr. Lincoln had expressed to old-time friends in Springfield and else where his displeasure as the manner in which his father's old home was being used and cared for. By every tie of blood and affection did the son claim the right to change the aspect of things in his father's old home and to preserve it as a worthy historic memorial. In its restored form the home is a great resort for all visitors who come to Springfield; the r register shows a aviation of twelve thousand last year. The custodian is paid a salary, and the State keeps the premises now in the bist of repair. All the rooms have been repainted and repapered, with the exe- ption of one bed room up stair, and in this apartment the same paper has cling to the walls for over forty years. Ec. AN ANECDOTE OF JOHN BROWN. "At one time during the border war," says Mrs. Julia ward Howe, in her "Zeminisences." "John Brown hid taken several prisoners, among them a certain judge. Brown was always a man of prayer. On this occasion feeling uncertain as to whether he ought to spare the lives of the prisoners, he relied into a thicket near at hand besought the Lord, long and fervent; to inspire him with the right determination. The judge, overhearing the petition, was so annuated at it that, spite of the gravity of his own situation, he laughed a oud "Judge—" oried Brown. "if you mock at my prayers, I shall know what to do with you without asking the Almighty!" --- the "Colored Citizen" of Topeka, and r the management of col. James Bect and Hon. P. C. That man, has again loomed up, after a short rest. It is a Populist from stem to stero, and in the coming campaign, means to wage a flight unheard of before in Kansas. There is room for us all in our glorious old age, and while we differ politically, we nevertheless extend a friendly hard to our brother. Here's to you, gentlemen! CAN YOU 3 ILE? An Indians woman recently took a large dose of arsenic to whiten a complexion. The coroner says she succeeded. If twenty grains make one scrub', how many will it take to make one doubt? "I couldn't say certainly, and no body seemed able to tell," said the adjuster, "but is struck me it might have been the result of friction." "What do you mean by that?" asked his friend. "Weil," said the insurance man gravely, "friction sometimes comes from rubbing a ten thousand dollar policy on a five thousand dollar building." They Say. The can shooters' union will meet Saturday night to take some action in regard to the new deal of arresting them, when they would have a "cool kettle." What are the wild waves singing? It's a wedding soon, and you can't guess the centricating parties. The dashing widow of the West End is strictly in it. Boys—we are in the Sea Foam block. Don't bother us. CASUALTIES OF LAST SABBATH Railroad wreck near Atlantis, killed 35 CITIZEN TOPEKA. KAS. The Art Club report was received to late for publication this week: Misses Lutie B. wen, of Acht son, au Lillian Shoemaker of Trox, were among the delegates to the Omaha district Sunday School convention in North Topaaks, last week. Mrs. L. Thompson, of Kansas City, has been visiting in the city, for the past week. Mrs. A. C. Scott, of Leavenworth, soent a week in the city, the guest of Mrs. J. M. Johnson. Wm. Thompson, of Daverport, Iowa is the guest of his sister, Miss Len-Taumpson, of 507 East 5th St. Presiding Elder, H. South, and family, have purchased a home and located at 12th, and Lincoln Sts. The Ne Plus Ultra club met with Mrs. Alford, west of town, last Saturday after noon. Miss Carrie Phoenix, of Emmaus, spent a few days in the city last week. Mr. Jas. Scott returned Tuesday, from a month's visit to Indian Territory. Miss F. E Buckner entertained friends, Monday evening, in honor of Mrs. Thompson, of Kansas City, Kansas. Every one reports a delightful time. Miss OIVE Hender o., of Lee V in north is the guest of Miss Minnie Page. A LONG FELT WANT IN SIGHT. The absolute necessity of a hospital in connection with Meshary Medical College, of Nashville, Tenn., has long seen realized by persious interested in the institution, and the fact that steps are now being taken to bring about such a condition if things will give great joy to the friends of reliable old Meshary. The medical men of the north have taken up the project with an eagerness and sameness that bespeaks its ultimate success. Such able and influential men as Drs. Bower, Mason and Penn, of the M. E. church, heartily approve the movement, and have promised it their ardent support the project will have the endorsement and aid of the great M. E. church which has always stood for the adveancement of the negro. Mekury, with is long roll of successful graduates, is one of the many institutes of that great connection. The establishment at Nashville of a hospital, with its chemical features, nurse training, and internal sys tem, and facilities for affording treatment for those needing it, in both immediate and remote vicinities, cannot prove a boundless blessing. In the Common Walks. Mr. P. Price, our genial old farmer friend, of Edwardsville, was in town last week and dropped in our office to while away a few moments and pay his year's subscription. Years have come and gone and each year that passes, as regular as clock work, Mr. Price drops it to pay his subscription. A more exciting, straightforward, business like a tealman one never met. Mr. Price is the owner of a cozy little home in Edwardsville', situated on a beautiful farm, and for fifteen years he has faithfully delved into the bowels of the earth bringing forth richness. We are proud to know that he is to a certain extent his own independent boss. His home is presided over by a frugal, intelligent and pleasing help mate—who shares his joy and sorrows alike. Grat that their years may be long upon the earth together. He has been a constant reader of our paper for over five years. AT NORFOLK, VA., LAST WEEK. Wesley Perry, colored, age 17 years his morning chopped off the right arm, and nearly severed the left arm of Isaiah Etheridge, an aged white man living near Virginia Beach. The men were chopping timber, and quarreled over a trifling matter. Etheridge became incensed at the boy and rushed at him with his knife raised and made threats of killing the boy. Perry used the ax to defend himself. After injuring Etheridge, the boy brought a doctor to his assistance and then surrendered to the county authorities. Etheridge was brought to the Protestant hospital in this city this afternoon for treatment, but died soon after arriving here. Oklahoma. Congress has authorized the opening to settlement of the famous Kiowa and Comanche reservation. offering rare opportunities to secure free, fine farms, valuable town lots and rich mineral claims. Excellent openings for the business and the professions. Morgan's Manual, a book of nearly 200 pages, tells you how to initiate and perfect your claims. A complete settler's guide. Recognized authority. Morgan's Manual, a fecal map of this new country and Oklahoma, and a book, (illustrated) over 100 pages, full of valuable information concerning Oklahoma, all three sent on receipt of $1.00. Address Dick T. Morgan, Land Attorney, Perry, Oklahoma HOT WEATHER Needables. HOT WEATHER Needables. Bennett & Co. The Sunflower Store. NO. 435 MINNESOTA AVE. KANSAS CITY. KAS Ladies' Vest, Sleeveless each, Yards and Yards of Lawnns, Unbleached Muslin, 7 ets. kind, Men's Black or Tan Socks, Ladies' Tan Hose, per pair, Ladies' L w Shoes. NOTELETS If you will help support negro papers you will gain a better idea of the progress of the race than you will by doing otherwise; you will begin to have more confidence in each other. You will soon see the necessity of pulling together. The Negroes of Rome, Ga., have declared an absolute boycott on the Rome street railway, and since Sunday was a half dozen negroes have been seen on the cars. The boycott is the result of a strict rule restricting them to the three rear seats, which they bitterly resented. The colored ladies of Memphis, Penn., have organized a Woman's Industrial Association for the purpose of mutual benefits. They expect to purchase a building and conduct business in first class style. --- It is an abuse of language and at the same time demoralizing and misleading to be constantly speaking and writing of a "Race Problem" in reference to the negro or any other race variety. The misnomer only prejudices the case and implies a solution possible to outsiders or to those concerned as subjects. Those who prate about their ability to solve the so-called "Negro problem" in their way, when that way means prescription, injustice and persecution, have the wrong key to the problem jut-as Pharaoh and the Egyptians had in their dealings with the Iresilites of old. It is a "right" rather than "race" problem, and those who persist in their ungodly way of regarding it may sooner or later wake up in company with the host of Pharaoh in the cradle of the Red Sea.—Christian Recorder. THE National Standard bearers of the Republican party, have been chosen and the battle, is on. No better choice could have been made in the selection of President, Wm. McKinley, to succeed himself. We do think that there might have been a better selection for second place, other than Gov. Roosevelt. A man who does not appreciate what a negro does at one time, will not appreciate it at another. If Gov. Roosevelt, in his article in "Scribner Magazine of April, '98, would have given the 9th. and 10th. Calvary, of noble black boys due credit for saving his life and that of many of his comrades in that memorable battle of San Juan Hill, in the eyes of the negro he would to-day be classed as a great man. He did not do it—now what? Since he didn't do it, we, like the rest of the good republicans, must bow to the inevitable, cherishing the thought that all things come to those that wait. COMING EVENTS. Friday, July 6th., a National picnic and patriotic reunion at Washington Park. A number of distinguished visitors will orate, among them, Hon. J. F. Taylor, of New York; W. F. Scott, of Illinois; Hon. G. E. Faylor, of Iowa. There will be a grand concert and lifting exercises at the M. & O. Hall, Thursday, July 12th., for the benefit of St. James M. E. church. Admission 10 and 15 cents. At the Fifth St. Opera House, Friday night, the St. Augustine Guild, will give their first grand Garden Party of the season for the benefit of charitable institutions. Admission 15 Cents. Good music. In order to succeed as a political orator a man must be able to conceive, fets behind deceive words. PRICE TWO CENT the Country TIMES OF OUR READERS EATHER ables. Tooth Brushes, 5c. Face Powder, 5c. 3 bunches Wire Hair Pins, 7c. Sun Bonnets, 15c. Fancy Store Hat Pins 2 for 5c. Shirt Waist Sets, 5c. Men's Black or Tan Socks 4c. Ladies' Tan Hoes per pair, 4c. Ladies' Low Shoes, 59c. Egg Beaters, 1c. Table Oil Cloth, 20c. Blue, Black or Grey Calico, 5c. Apron Gingham, 5c. Shoe Strings per pair, 1c. Round Combs, 3c. & Co.. Power Store. E. KANSAS CITY. KAS. A PEULIARITY OF THE NEGRO One of the peculiarities of a negro is to tell the white folks what he is doing. This is such a fault among negroes that no secret organization organiz d for the purpose of accomplishing one thing or another can long be kept a secret, as its doings and object is soon glabbed out by some would be smart. Aleck of the race who considers it smart to tell the white folks his business. It is true that as a rule white people are generally ignorant of what a negro is really doing when it comes to something good or elevating, but when it comes to shooting craps or anything degrading they can always tell and say more than any one else that be a it may. Negroes, when they are about to make a big splatter, the first thing they do is to rush to a white paper with the news—forgetting that there is such a thing in existence as a negro paper. These very people are always the ones who never see anything in a negro paper. Reporters on white papers don't have to look up negro news, it is brought to them. The first thing negroes say when you ask them about news—is send your reporter around, they never have time to send news to a negro paper. These are most general your would-be leaders who style themselves the great "I Am's"—they are the ones who presach race unity and would have you b lie that they are wrapped up with lo e for race enterprises and the like. Any negro business man who does not know that charity begins at home—has no enough sense to be in business. Race unity and a close relation in business can never be obtained when negro business men fail to patronize and stand up for each her. It would seem absurdity in our part to ask the negro to patronize some negro firm in this city or any other city—that would not patronize other negro firms that had what he desired. Emperor William and His Sister. Emperor William and his sister. The Queen and the Empress Frederick have succeeded in bringing about a full reconciliation between the Emperor William and his sister, the Duchess of Sparta, who spent a few days at Potadam with the Emperor and Empress before she left Germany the other day on her return to Greece. The Duchess of Sparta was formerly the Emperor's favorite sister; but her sudden and unexpected "conversion" to the Greek church infinitely exaperated his majesty and he has since been on the coldest terms. No Use for It. Uncle Zebulon, from one of the back townships, was on a visit to his nephew in the big city, and the two had gone to a restaurant for dinner. They had given their order and were waiting for it to be filled, when the younger man, who had been glancing at a paper that lay on the table, said: "By the way, uncle, did you ever have cerebro-spinal meningitis?" "No," replied Uncle Zebulon, after a few moments' mental struggle with the question, "and I don't want any. I'd ruther have fried liver and bacon any day." A Hard Bet to Win. In 1893 three Irishmen agreed to undertake a journey around the earth on foot for a jackpot of $150,000. Each one of the party deposited one-third of this sum in the Bank of Dublin, and it was agreed that whover survived the trip and returned should receive the whole amount. In case all died a Dublin hospital was to become the beneficiary. On Dec. 24, 1895, they started east across Europe and Asia Minor to Egypt, where they took passage for Australia. Their wanderings through the inner wastes of Australia proved the hardest trials of the journey, and the severity of this trip resulted in the death of two of the travelers. The third, Capt. Trevelyan, completed the voyage and won the money. —New York Press. Preserving Telegraph Poles A new method of preserving telegraph poles is to surround the portion in the ground with an earthenware pipe like a drain pipe. Inte this space between the pole and the pipe is poured a mixture of sand and resin. American Citizen. AMERICAN CITIZEN PUBLISHING AND PRINTING CO. Daily and Weekly 417 Minnesota Ave KANSAS CITY KANSAS TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Daily delivered by carrier per week. 10c Weekly one year. $1 50 Entered at the postoffice at Kansas City Kansas, 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 port of the country it ought to receive hearty support. THE CELEBRATED BACK SOAP Go to C. W. Clodfelters grocery, No. 68 Central Ave., and purchase a bar of his wonderful soap and give it a trial and you will use no other. No housekeeper should be without it. Half Rate Excursion. (Plus two dollars) twice a month via Union Pacific to points in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Montana and Washington. Call us up - Phone 1109, or call at office 1,000 Main street, and let us tell you all about these excursions. Short line to Salt Lake. The Union Pacific of course; hours quicker time. All the comforts of home Ticket of the 1,000 Main street. Telephone 1109. Remember Dining Cars on the Union Pacific that now stars from Kansas City daily. Unexcelled service, restaurant plan. Ticket office 1,000 Main street. Kansas City, Mo. Oddities in New York Names. If you keep your eyes open while riding around the streets of New York on the surface cars you can see many odd combinations of the names of business men and their trades, some of which are here given: Ashman, hotel; Burns, coal; Best, groceries; Burnham, real estate; Cook, fish and oysters; Coffin, beer and liquors; Coffey, teas and sugar; Forrester, real estate; Flood, rubbers, boots; Gutter, pawnbroker; Goodrich, carriages; rerb doctor; Katz, butcher; Love, chemist; McClean, shirts, etc.; Noyes, lawyer; Proudman, diamonds; Pitcher, milk; Rich, perfumery; Silk, dress goods; Swindel, teas and spices; Stickman, fish and clams; Wood, building materials.—New York Herald. Speed of Ocean Liners In an article in Cassier's Magazine on steam speeds at sea, OldMidham rays twenty-five years ago the Atlantic had never been crossed by a screw steamer at a greater rate than fifteen miles an hour, that of the fastest liner, Scotia. Today steamers have reached the speed of twenty-five miles an hour, and, although the power required to propel a steamer varies with the cube of the speed, yet, before a third of the next century expires, another increase of at least 50 per cent in ocean speed may be safely predicted. The construction of a steamer of 65,000 tons will probably not trouble the constructors of the future nearly as much as did the building of the Great Eastern those of the past. 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 nutritional value of this butter. It has all the wholesome 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. "Oh, Dat Watermelon." A solicitor in a Georgia court relates that he once overheard a conversation between his cook and a nurse, who were discussing a recent funeral of a memuer of their race, at which there had been a great profusion of flowers. The nurse said: "When I die don't plant no flowers on my grave, but plant a good old watermelon vine, and when it gets ripe you come dar and don't you eat it, but jes' bus' it on grave and let dat good old juice dribble down through de ground." Women in Brazil and Japan. The legislative bodies of Brazil and Japan present a rather striking contrast in their policies toward the movement for the freedom of women. The senate of Brazil has under consideration a bill to authorize women to practice the learned professions, and the Japanese parliament has just passed a new press law which prohibits women from becoming publishers or editors on the ground that "the discharge of such work by females is neither becoming nor desirable." Where Smoking Is a Crime. It is curious to find that there is a country in the world in which it is considered a crime to smoke. Abyssinia is the region, and the law forbidding tobacco dates from the year 1643. It was at first merely intended to prevent priests from smoking in the churches, but it was taken too literally and nowadays even foreigners have to smoke sub rosa as if they were still schoolboys. Aggravated Murder In sentencing a prisoner to be hanged for the murder of a soldier Lord Eskgrove dilated upon the crime as follows: "And not only did you murder him, whereby he was bereaved of his life, but you did thrust, or push, or pierce, or project, or propel the lethal weapon through the bellyband of his regimental breeches, which were his malesty's!" Church Directory. BAPTIST CHURCHES. African 3914 East 15th street. Greenwood, 2005 Hudson Avenue. Highland Avenue, 1119 Highland Ave. Macdonaldian ) Mission. { 216 East 21st. street. Missionary, 2605 Madison Avenue. Mt. Calvary, 15 northeast cor. Norton Avenue. Meunt Gay, 2100 Wyoming Avenue Mount Norib, 983 Bluff Street. Mount Oive, Villa, s. e. cor. Garnett. Mount Zion, 908 Hickory Avenue. Mount Zion, Primitive, 2815 Garnett street. Pigrim, 705 Charlott. street. Pigrim, barklet 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, s. Augustine Mission, 1025 Troost ave METHODIST & P:SCOFAL. Ashbury Chapel, 1620 Cherry street Burns, 11th S. W. Cor, Highland ave Clark's Chapel, 819 S. W. Boutwaird Westport W. Prospect Place Cor. 323 King Solomon Mission on 4th and Locust Colored Schools. Garrison Forest S. W Cor. 4th street Lincoln School 11th N W. Cor Camp bell street. Lincoln High School 816 East 11th st Page Rochester N.E. Cor. Prospect Avenue. Pern 4241 Shavne. Phillips 1917 Cherry street, Round Top 2817 Norton Avenue. Business Directory. J. A. Wilson Jeweller 1616 W. 9th st Chandler's Barber shop, Samuel Chandler Prop. S LCiens Mgr 112 East 6th st trest. Restaurant Mrs Amus Prop. 114 East 6th street. Field's Barber Shop 102 East 6th st Miller's Barber shop 113 East 6th B 'Bannon' Barber Shop W.T. O 'Ban on Precritor 501 Grand Avenue. Maupin's Barber Shop 1332 E 18th st Brown's Barber Shop 1329 E 18th st. Berry's Barber Shop 1432 $ E. 18th st Steer, George Grear, Prop. 1211 E. 18th st. D. M. Mitchell, Barber Shop, 576 Grand ave. Langston' Barber Shop 718 East 8th st Walker's Barber Shop 806 East 12th st H. J. George, barber shop, 1307 w 9th st. Cowdens Barber Shop 704 East 12th st Restaurant J. W, Gordon Prop. 554 Grand avenue. Restaurant H Powel Proprietor 573 Grand avenue. Restaurant Andrew Clark Proprietor 723 Independence ave. Saratoga Cafe L Mason Proprietor 805 Independence ave. Chicago Cafe H Compton Proprietor 706 east 12th street 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 Sun J.F. Cole, Editor, L. W. Wood, Manager 117 W. 6th st. Grocery, A. Webb, Proj. 9th and Holmes. The State of Kansas, County of Wy- andotte, ss. In the matter of the estate of Taylor McD-maid, 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 undersign for allowance of his own permit from the estate of said letters or they must preclude 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 County of Tayler McDonald, deceased. Kansas City, Kas., March 20th., 1900. In witness whereof the undersigned, Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte, State of Kansas, have heeted me set hand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court, the March. A. D. 1900. K. P. SYNDER. Probate Judge KANSAS CITY, KANSAS Enterprises. A.C.L. Coal Co. Main Office 492 Minn. Ave. F. F. Henderson, Mgr. D. W White Furniturestore, 420 Minn. Ave. J W Jones Grocery 400 Oakland Ave. M. Gordon Department store 1605 Nt a Clark & Lee, junk store, 1104 north 3rd. st. Kansas City Kansas Soap Works, 4th. st. between Oakland and Freeman. J. R. McClain, Greer, 1700 n 5th. st. J. R. Rucker, Butcher. 1609 n 16th. st Douglas Hospital, 312 Washington ave., L. M. V. Ashton, Matron. CHURCHES. METHODIST. 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 4 h. and 5 h. Mt. Pleasant, 3rd. st., between Oakland and Jersey. Rose Hill. Jersey ave. bet 9th. and 10th. Pleasant Green, Wood St. and Eplit-log ave. King Solomon Baptist, 3rd and State avenue. HOTELS. Dyson House 440 Minnesota Ave. Restaurants. J. W. Johnson's 6th and State. Mrs. Hall 507 Minn. Ave. Mrs. Sarah Thurston 1414 5 h. st. Mc Gee 448 Minn. Ave. E. Stoakes 1510 N. 3rd st. BARBERS. J. T. Roberts & Tucker, 507 Minnesota avenue. J. Gross, 412 Minnesota avenue. G. McClellan, 613 Minnesota ave. M. T. Corner, 608 Minnesota ave. Robt. Keith, 315 Minnesota ave. M. Patison, 1603 norta 3rd st. SHOEMAKER. Lon McAdams, 348 Minnesota ave. D. W. Wynne, 869 Minnesota ave. Lewis Blenchard, North 6th., State Line. Wils n, 5th. st. be ween Nebraska and State. J. W Ready, No. 1609 $_{1}$ n 10th. st. HALLS. Wyandotte Drug Store, 1512 north 5th. s. rest. DOCTORS. S. H. Thompson, 151. north 5th. st. G. H. Brown, 1010 Freeman ave. Jordan, 610 Minnesota a. ave. TEACHERS OF FRENCH AND ELOCUTION Athur A. Anderson, 541 Sate Ave. UNION PACIFIC THE OVERLAND ROUTE WORLD'S PICTORIAL LINE. SHORTFST LINE ACROSS THE CONTINENT The Union Pacific 'The Original Over and 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 taut equipped with latest improved Recolling 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. Only line running two trains without charge from Kansas City to Denver Low excursion rates on sale to Colorado-Utah Idaho, Oregon Washington and California. Don't complete your ars rampage for a trip west until you have learned all about special agreements offered by the Eagle City. For full informa in regard to low rates time, etc., call on or address J. B. FRAWLEY Gen Agt., Union Pacific, 1000 Main street, Kagasan City, Mo Publication Notice. State of Kansas. Ks. as Wandotte County, Ks. as In the District 'Court of County, Joseph County, Plaintiff, vs. Mara Law, Defective. The above named defendant, Maria Law, will take notice that she has been sued by the above named plaintiff*, Jos. Law, in the above named court, where the petition of the said plaintiff is now on file, paving for a divorce against you, the above named defendant, for causes set out in said pition, and that unless you answer petition on or before the 71st day of August, A. D., 1900, the same will be taken as arose of judgment thereon remuneration, verlag you from said plaintiff, and dissolving the hoods of matrimony now existing between you B. S. SMITH Attorney for Paintift. Finest Barber Shop in the City. Hair Cutting, 25c, Baths, 15c., Shaving, 10c., Newly Remodeled Path Rooms, Porcelain Tubs EAGERS Gem Dru MINNESOTA DRUGS, MEDICI Fine Toilet Soaps, Brus PERFUMERY AND FAN W. B. RA DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, Fine Toilet Soaps, Brushes, Combs, Etc., PERFUMERY AND FANCY TOILET ARTICLES W. B. RAYMOND Manufacturer of and Wholesale dealer in UNDERTAKERS * SURF FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL AMBULANCE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK A Undertaking Rooms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone W Factory Cor st St., and Riverview Ave. UNDERTAKERS * SUPPLIES 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. , and Riverview Ave. Telephone 28 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 L.i.n a trial and see for youelf. McKAY'S At No. 6, Store Life can be found one of the best Restaurants in the Twitties. Meis served on sh rn tn order, boud and boud $3.00 per week. I Cream, cake, and i.e every Sunday. The restaurant is an splendid ocation for the convenience of its patrs to any part of the two cell es RAILROAD NOTICES. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY, SUMMER EXCURSIONS. —West and North. To Pueblo, Colo. ride Springs and Denver and return, special summer excursions June 21, July, 8, 9, 10, 18, and August 2, final return limit October 31, $19 for the round trip. summer tourist tickets on sale every day from June 1 to September 15, inclusive, final return limit Oct. 31, round trip $25. Honeyees' excursions to western and southwestern points on June 5 and 10 Jul 3 and 17, August 7 and 21, tick for forty-four-one days, at rate of one dollar per the round trip. Tickets to St. Paul and Minneapolis at $21 for the round trip, good going any day, returning any time up to October 1. Very low rates to other northern prints. Special excursions June 21, July 7, 8, 9 and 18, and August 2 to St. Paul Minneapolis. Round trip at $15.55 Duluth and the Superiors at $9.85 Waterville, Minn., $14.40. Good to return October 31, 1900. From July 1 special round trip excursions to Ogden and Salt Lake City at $0.00 Liberal store owners. Good to return until October 31. June 20 to 20 Winfield and return $0.60 July 7 to 20, Ottawa and return $1.65 For particulars call E. S. JEWETT. Pessenger and Ticket Agent. City ticket office No. 901 Main street Kansas City, Mo Women Not Cowardly. When cowardice is described as a leading feminine attribute somebody makes a huge mistake. Women do the most daring things on record—take chances which would appeal a man. They may jump at the sight or mere mention of a harmless mouse, but they court death several times a year. It is one of the traits which makes femitine nature so puzzling. I have known women who were timid to a degree, under ordinary circumstances, come forth as heroes under the pressure of occasion. A woman who shudders at the sight of a small cut from which blood oozes will often exhibit a marvelous courage in a shocking accident. It is beautiful to think that dependence can be placed upon that species of recklessness which leads us into unnecessary trouble. Great Honor For German Crown Prince It is a great honor which the queen of Spain is paying to the young crown prince of Germany by investing him with the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece. The order is one of the oldest in Europe. It was founded in 1426 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, to commemorate his good fortune in "cleaning up" a large sum of money in a deal in wool. The uniform of the order is a cloak of scarlet, lined with ermine, and open at the throat to display the golden fleece and the motto of the order, which ornaments the collar. The order belongs of right to all the princes of Spain and Austria. KANSAS CIT DUG STORE AVENUE SALER IN. FINES, CHEMICALS, ashes, Combs, Etc., CY TOILET ARTICLES RYMOND. SUPPLIES ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HOURS NCE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED ave. Telephone West 32. and Riverview Ave. Telephone 28 Secure Tickets ..VIA THE.... Chicago, Milwaukee &St. PaulRy AND YOU GET.... Sleepers: & Ghair CH1CAGO and all intermediate points The shortest, quickest and besi tine to Chilocothe, Ou umws, Cedar Rapids, Subuque, 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 Gn'l. Southweste Agent F. L. LER HPassenger Agent. Office 915Main St. Kansas City MONEY FOR OLD SOLDIERS I WILL BUY The additional Homestead Claims of all Soldiers or Sailors who served in the Union army or navy, their widows or minor heirs. Who fled a Homestead claim of less than 160 acres of land prior to June 22nd, 1874? Steps pursus are entitled to enough 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 pear. By late ruins and decisions it is 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 relit quished, 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. This land is yours and don't wait come to this office at once and get full participants concerning this land. It is to your own interest to do so. AMERICAN CITIZEN OFFICE, 41 MIDDLESTONE Avenue. "WE KNOW OUR BUSINESS," YES! WE DO. We are Americans thro' and thro'. Fessess we'll follow the Red, White and Blue. Even tho' it lands us in Tim-bue too. The Great Rapbionian Song and Song Book for 1900. 10 Inspiring Sorgs, Words and Music, all for 25c. Stamps taken. Agent's wanted. McCallip Music Co., Columbus, Ohio Publication Notice First published the 15th. day of Jun 1960. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Brennty Bell, Plaintiff, vs Gussie Bell, Defendant. State of Kansas to Gusie Bell. You will hereby take notice that you have been and in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, for an absolute divorce on the grounds of abandonment, and unless you answer on or before the day of July, A. D. 1960, or demur or otherwise effect, the allegation there- in will be taken as true and judgment will be rendered as prayed for against you. JOHNSON & FRYE. Attorney for Plaintiff. Attest. A. GUNNING, Clark District Court. KANSAS --- SIMPLY GRAND! Is the exclamation of all who have reviewed the latest designs and patterns in 527 Minnesota Avenue. LEINBACH. 527 Minnesota A. eug. Where Moulings, Oils and Glass can also be found and at the most reasonable prices When you wish Wall Paper of the best quality at the lowest prices, don't fail to call on Leinbach, he will treat you all right. For an Evening of Recreation VISIT THE MODERN AND UP-TO-DATE. 1009. ST. LOUIS AVENUE. 1009. Kansas City. Missouri. It is the swellest place in the city. 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 No th 3-d. St. E F. HENDERSON Manager. A MODERN Restaurant. 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 Creams. Remember the number, 504 Nebraska Avenue, MRS. H. M. G. SPENCER, Proprietress. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS J. W. JOHNSON'S ICECREAMPARLOR The only Ice Cream Parlors in the two Kansas Cities where you can get the Best Ice 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 HOUSE + CLEANING Time has arrived if you are not satisfied with the interior of your house - SEE Pianos. Carpets. and Draperies ! és : E r ud Dizzy? Then your liver isn’t acting well, You suffer from bilious- fess, constipation. Ayer's Pills act direity o9 the tver, "For 60 years the Standard. Family Pat. Small doses cure. 25c. All druggists was ae Roce ae RUCKINGHAM’S DYE {ehiths-s Short Career of slogers The public eareer of a great singer, especially that of a woman, is a glort ous one while it lasts. She touches the hearts of her hearers and makes them happier; she moves their souls nnd makes them nobler, and in re- turn they make her famous and be- loved, She may become the idol af two hemispheres. But her power {3 short-lived, and Just when she seems to have reached the zenith of renowr, ber voice begins to suffer from con- stant wear and tear, and shows it. ne Mosk Beamentent Satletaas Been ‘The election of a pope is the most Important event that takes pice in the world. It affects immediately sev- al bundred millions of Catholics in ‘thelr 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 viecr bf Christ, a successor of St. Peter and an infallibie judge in the matter of éaith and morals.—Leslie’s Monthly. Gold Mintog In Japan. Goid is now being found in large quantities at Hokkaido, in the prov- face of Kitaml, in Japan. A territory embracing 650’ square miles, the cen- teal polsit of which 1s Mount Horo- No- Torn, is being worked with such splen- cid results that old diggers have styled it the Japanese Klondike. Almost alt the got is found in little pools and sireams, which have thelr source in Mount Horo-Nobora. Pasciiin taeda nal February, 1900, made the most re- marble record of any Feruary in the history of American foreign commerce. ‘The exports averaged $5,000,000 for every business day, and the total ex- ports were $119,769,762, or more than 25 per cent greater than those of any preceding February. MEDICAL BOOK FREE. “Know Thyself,” a Book For Men Only, gent Free, postpaid, sealed, to any male fealer megtionne’ this papery te" for fostage. The Science of Life, ot Self-Prom arvation, the Gold Medal Prizs Treatise, the best Medical Kool of th sor apy age 50 pps, with engravings and prescriptions Unie" She. papers covers. -Libvare Ealition, tat git sEOR" Adres The Peabody Sted ira! Institute, No. 4 Balfineh Bt, Loston, Nass, the oldest and best in this ‘counter: Write today for these Looks; ‘keys to fealth and igor, Women Want Smoking Care Evropean railroads have smoking compartments for men and women's compartments. They have now to deal ‘with women passengers who insist on smoking,.and will not go into the men's compartment. Belgium, where the first cases have arisen, now puts up the sign “smoking forbidden” on all women's compartments. Red Cross fs the best Ball Blue the World knows, Large package Sc. ‘maskauhaha tetenan idea All doubts as to the burial place of Louis XVI's great minister of finanee, Turgot, have been removed by the opening of a tomb in the chapel next to the Laennec Hospital, Paris, France. His coffin was found, which, together with those of his father and two other members of bis family, were in excel- leat preservation. Lagies Can Wear Shoes. One size smallerafter using Allen's Foot- Fase, a powder. It maker tight or new Shoes easy. Cures swollea, hot.sweating, sching feet, ingrowing pails, corns and bn Trial package PRED Uy mal Aa % aeee reas Allen 9 Oluoted: Le Hor. 3X. Life Saved by Kiectrie Lights An interesting calculation has re- cently beem made by an English stat- Isticlan, im which he shows that when the electric light has entirely displaced gas, oll lamps and candies in the Unit- ed Kingdom, there will be ¢,000 leas ccaths annually, these II'rutnapts be- fog so much more unhealthful than electricity. $25,000 x A $25,000 se Given Away de cel laapdsaplr habe ofS fio io cena of tbe £8 Py} | tseunncrne tor BS) FARM NEWS ET ores see é ‘Sr foe sareeoner the. Niles Ssanare, yom win, in €85,000, fa ae ‘The pian te copyrighted oy the Press Pace ‘z Anovistion, asd. has beta approved. DY Se Sere Scov up acuab of sis or more, giving each & mnneaieeerm atest Tish to recont a pumber of guess before sinteameretinaaes Rego SPECTAT- can FOURTH OF JULY Three Pree -otee%0 | Fracents Prise 3 fare, eine, 8 fice’? 22 Bias nate - gi prames inet. seen a This Pres Peoiiane amoriatios bes aepooned: Joe Ra ed ‘ea cates eae i Sen Goan Sara Ree SS See eee ——— RIESHEYER A. t S AT \ y EAR. wom The Pay of Rulers Other Lands as Compared With Ours a. 2 peek ', Hf the salary of the president of the United States seems ridiculously small for the chief magistrate of the richest nation in the world, the salary paid to some European rulers seems ridicu- lousy large. Of course, though, the Dresident of the United States is in no Sense a ruler his office being purely executive, Think of the czar of Rus- sia getting $12,000,000 a year, while his nation has a debt nearly double ours and a population about one-half more than-ours, and the boy king of poor, Poverty stricken Spain receiving a sal- Ary of $2,000,000, The salary first fixed for the president was §25,000. ‘This was by act of congress passed on Sept. 24, 1789. The salary of the vice-president at the same time was fixed at $5,000 a year. It was not un- til 1878 that the salary of the president ‘Was raised to its present amount of $50,000. ‘The salary of the vice-presi- dent was raised to its present amount ‘of $8,000 in 1858. Concerning the buying power of money in 1739 and at this time and the state and country finances then and now, the earlier sal- aries were far more liberal than those now. + Mulhall, the eminent English statis- ticlan, estimates the wealth of the United States at the close of 1896 as -$81,750,000,000, with.an annual earn- Ang capacity of $15,580,000,000. If these figures prove correct the census of the Present year will show our national wealth to exceed one hundred thousand millions of dollars. The same high au- thority estimated the wéalth of Eng- Jand at the same time at $59,030,000,- ou, France at $47,950,000,000, Germany ‘at $40,260,000,000, Russia at $32,125,- 000,000, Austria at $22,560,000,000, It- aly at $15,800,000,000, and Spain at $11,900,000,000. If these figures are Cremating ‘The custom of cremation for the dis- position of the dead {s becoming gen- erally recognized in the United States as is shown by the fact that nearly all the larger cities in this country have established crematories. ‘The in- creased number of bodies cremated yearly is another evidence of the growing belief that cremation is not only the best method of disposing of the dead from a sanitary standpoint, but also that it dispels any possibility of being buried alive. In Philadel- phia last year there were 116 crema- tions. The methods of cremation are similar to those that are used in plac- Ing a body in a vault. The funeral cortege arrives at the chapel, where the services are held. The hody is placed on a catafalque, which is sur- rounded by an ornamental brass rail- ing. After the services are completed the catafalque with the body descends by means of an elevator to the crem- atory. Before the coffin has entirely disappeared from view a black pall is drawn over the railing. After the body has reached the crematory the coffin, without disturbing the body, is Placed on a light traveler, which rests on the top of a long carriage or table Reeesges 3-2] Feae ane eee eaes eees FERTOA SRT OT EAN TTRS De} TRAINING & THE CHILD + seseeseteseneoeoeees [Sees eeeeeeoeesesons ‘The training of a child should be- 1 A child at six months is fully capable gin as soon as it is born. Any mother) of understanding whether no mean: knows how soon a habit is formed with | no or not, and on this point a mothe: ber child, and it is just as easy to| should be very careful. No chil form a good habit in a child as it is to} should be overburdened, but by the form a habit that will give every one | time it is a year and a half old som trouble and inconvenience. If the} very light duties should devolve upot nurse gives the child the habit of be-| it. At this age a child should be ex. ing carried by the hour, this habit will | pected to pick up its own toys an be so firmly fixed by the time that the | to put away Its ciothes on its returt nurse leaves that father and mother | from an outing. A low drawer shoul: may spend the next few months walk- | be given to the child for its coat an‘ ing the floor with the soa and heir | other belongings, and upon its retur: in their arms. If, on the contrary, the | from an outing the drawer should b: child is allowed to remain on the bed, | opened for it, and it should be taugh' where it is far more comfortable, a| to carefully place its rubbers in good child may reagonably be expect- | small box intended for them; its cay ed. This is the first habit that is) in another box, and its coat, mitten usually formed. The next habit is|and other wraps laid smoothly an¢ the crying for everything that is/| carefully in place. Let the child hely wanted. A child should not be al-| itself as much a povsible, and you lowed to form this habit, for its owa | will make a self-reliant child of it happiness, as well as for the happi-| rather than one of those helpless chil. ness of all around it. A child knows | dren that one eo often sees. So with very soon whether father and mother | the toys. When done playing. let th: are to be obeyed, or it is to have! child pick up each block and put i everything that it happers to want. | in its own box. Ras Saconis Saiaibisidls 1 ‘Medi 40: Gaius Tain: ‘There once lived in a western vil- lage a woman who was anxious that her only son should achieve some great success in life, and lift himself above “the common run of men,” 8s she said, When she reflected that even the presidency of the United States is within the reach of the poorest and bumbiest boy, she did not wish her eon to fall far below that station in life, Long efter the son was a man, an acquaintance met the ambitious old lady, then visiting in a distant state, and asked her about her son's success in life, “Well,” she said, cheertly, “he ain't the president of the United States yet; he ain't a’senator, nor yet a congressman, nor governor, nor mayor; but I tell you he's the very best blacksmith there is in our part of the country. Indeed he is!”—Ciacin- nati Engulrer. Woman Lawyer's Cutting Retort, Clara Folz, the San Francisco wom- an lawyer, being told by the opposing counsel in court that a woman’s proper place was at home raising children, re- torted: “A woman had better be en- gaged in almost any sete ‘than raising such sir q<¥ 33 mes Dre ic-~2 Te Cos correct they prove that the United States 1s by far the wealthiest nation Im the world and jncreasing much fas- ter than any other. Our wealth ts ae equal the combined wealth of England and Russia, or England end Germany, and exceeds that of France and Russis, or of Germany and Russia, and nearly equals that of Austria, Russia, Italy and Spain com- bined. ‘As to a comparison of salaries of the higher officials the American lst 1s as follows: President, $50,000; vice-president, $8,000; cabinet officers, $8,000; chief Justice of the Supreme Court, $10,000; assoctate Justices, $19. 600; ambassadors, $17,500, Contrast this with the salaries in the following table of foreign, nations: England—Queen, $1,425,000; cablast offlcers, $25,000; ambassadors to the United States,832,500; Judges.lord high chancellor, $50,000; lord chiet justice, $40,000. France—President, $240,000; cabinet officers, $12,000; ambassadors to the United States, $28,000; judges, court of cassation, $5,000 (0 $5,000, and an al- lowance for expenses. Germany—Emperor, $2,852,370; cab- inet officers, imperial chancellor, $28. 000; minister of foreign affairs, §t1 500; ambassadors to the United States, $23,000; Judges, from $2.500 to $23,000. Russia—Czir.$12,000,000; cabinet of- ficers, {mperial mintoter of foreign at- fairs $15,288; ambassadors to the Unit- ed States, $81,200; judges, officers cail- ed senators constitute highest court in Russla, salaries, $3,600 to $6,500. Spain—King, $2,000,009. Greece—King, $200,000. Mexico—President, $50,000; cabinet officers, $15,000. Canada—Governor General. $50,000; cabinet officers, $7.00 to $8,000. the Dead ‘with wheels, that fit to a track lead- ing to the retort. The coffin is then covered or enveloped with a white cloth that has been saturated in a so- lution of alum. This fs done to pre- vent any part of the coffin igniting while it is being placed In the retort. The retort door is opened, and the coffin with the body is then moved into it by means of the traveler and table. The table is withdrawn, tho door is closed and.tightened so that no air can enter the retort or none of the gases escape. All is done quickly and in harmony with the solemnity of the occasion. ‘The process of distil- lation begins—first the gases of th: ‘wood of the coffin and finally the body. In about three hours the coffin is re- duced to charcoal, and the body to pearly white ashes. When the ashes are removed from the retort the char. coal fs separated from the ashes, and the ashes are then placed in a tem- porary receptacle until final dtsposi- tion of the remains are determined 02 by the relatives of the deceased Many are placed in bronze caskets eight Inches square, or in terra cotta urns and buried in the ground.—Phil- adelphia Times, A child at six months ts fully capable of understanding whether no means no or not, and on this point a mothe- should be very careful. No child should be overburdened, but by the time it is @ year and a half old some very light duties should devolve upon it. At this age a child should be ex- pected to pick up {ts own toys and to put away Its clothes on tts return from an outing. A low drawer should be given to the child for its coat and other belongings, and upon its retura from an outing the drawer should b3 opened for it, and it should be taught to carefully place {ts rubbers in a small box intended for them; its cap in another box, and its coat, mittens and other wraps Inid smoothly and carefully in place. Let the child help itself as much as possible, and you will make a self-reliant child of it, rather than one of those helpless chil- dren that one 20 often sees. So with the toys. When done playing, let the child pick up each block and put it in its own box. nee ‘edi al: Giana Tie British Guiana has long prided itself upon its gold mines, and, though American capital has never been at- tracted toward them to any consider- able degree, thousands of ounces are exported to England every fortnight by the mail steamer. It is now clatmed that diamonds have been dis- covered there and an agitation has been set on foot for their exploitation. Somewhat extravagant statements are made to the effect that Kimberley has found in them a more formidable foe even than the Boers, but it is an un- doubted fact that diamonds are there, and that it would pay to dig them out. It Is strange that American capital should always have fought rather shy of British Guiana. The productive- ness of the gold industry haz been sad- ly hampered by the lack of capital, and of an enterprising spirit, while the splendid forests of the country, which might produce timber second to none in the world, are untouched.—William Thorp in Chicago Record. ‘It may be comfortable to know that every cloud has a a oe eitver Melee thelr eecket, © ois as icy di 33 2 it @ ; aE 6) $3 22> $04 i <<. ADA Cres BAY Bee J aS 818.77 Fete OMY, PZ, CENTS DOW! Ont thle nd. oot nnd send to ne wth cents cts Fa aa eat Ta i A\, AD See Re CAN / 62 retinas cuaties Ratsaecremae SY GIS Sara is eae ane DOE OS ea ainiee carat a te He Bavecrenane” locas Secrest soe earns Cee eines meee neti tame ee enero toxin satan Pogues tres Ge Teather tag, Compete with tooled repair Italy's sanitary precautions are In- terfering with the Jubilee _pilgrim- ages. A trainload of 261 Marseilles pilgrims was stopped at the frontier and informed that every one must be vaccinated before entering Italy. The pilgrims refused to submit and were neut back to Marseilles. The govern- ment officials dectare that the measure ts due to the prevalence of smallpox In southern France, but the clericals maintain that It is devised solely to annoy intending visitors to Rome. First Rultway in London, There has just disappeared the last remaining relic of the first railway in London. In 1801 an act was passed au- thorizing the construction of a rait- way from Wandsworth to Croydon the sleepers being of stone. Motor Power Was provided by horses, The scheme included a dock at Wands- worth, and it is the anclent wooden erane connected therewith which has Just fallen into the waters of the ‘Wandle. Freveh Women as Lawyers It 1s practically certain that wom- en will be admitted to practice at the French bar. The senate commit- tee has adopted the law already voted by the chamber. Mlle. Chauvin, daughter of the deputy of that name, Will be one of the first licensed to prac- tice. She was refused a license ‘some Years since by the court of appeals. ini Cauliflower au gratin is a dish not to be despised. To prepare it first boil the cauliflower, then break {t into small flowercts. Place them in a pud- ding dish in alternate layers with white sauce and grated cheese, Cover the top with crumbs moistened with butter"and bake until the sauce bub- bles through the crumbs, Upward Tendency In Clubs. Half a dozen clubs cf New York are now quartered on the top floor of skyscraper buildings, and the advan- tages of such a locativs have proved many. These dining rooms far above the roots of adjoining bulldings ure among the most attractive in the city, particularly during the summer ‘months, i ee “Speaking of shooting Filipinos for missionary purposes,” said the cynic- al commercial traveler, “it reminds men of what a native Hawaiian once sald to me. The missionary came here and told us to look up to the sky where God was. So we looked up, and while we were looking they stole our land out from under our feet, ‘When the Kanaka looked down again the Iand was gone.” The number of Mohammedans has deen estimated bya missionary in Ara- bia at 196,500,000, Of these 18,000,000 are under the rule of the Turkish govern- ment, 23,000,000 are ruled by other Museulman sovereigns, 36,500,000 are subject to African princes, 20,000,000 live In China, and 99,090,000 are under Christian rulers, Of these last about 158,000,000 belong to India and Belooch- istan, The religion of the Arabian prophet extends from the north of China to the coast of Sierra Leone in Western Africa, but has no footiag in Japan, Australia, Southern Africa and ‘America. Dee ee ee ee ; Try Grain-O! ; Try Grain-O! Ask you Grocer day to show 308 : a packageof GRAIN.O, the new food rink that takes the place of coffee. { ‘The children may drink it without : injury as wellas the adult, Allwho ¢ > try it, like i, GRAIN-O has that $ rich seat brown of Mocha or Java, 4 but it is mado from pare grains, and $ the most telicate somack receives it E without d'atreen, }theprice of coffee, 4 15 cents and 25 cento per package. § Bold by all grocers. : E Tastes like Coffee : S Looks like Coffee S Inautthat yourgrocer give youGRAIN-O | accept nelson, ; ae ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Gchiline Carter’s Little Liver Pills. (MiecaFo 20d [GARTERS] ren omieess: Le aera Teele PENSI Get Your Pensi A Chict With Many Wives, ‘The affairs of the Comanche tribe are absolutely controlied by Quanah Parker, who is supreme In everything. He has the white man’s keen percep- tion, and the Indian's cunning. He converses weil in Engitsh and away from the tribe he wears the white man’s dress, At home he paints his face and dons a blanket. His residence is a large, two-story house on the southern slope of the Wichita moun- tains. The rooms are elegantly fuz- nished and cerpeted, ana his dining table amply supplied with china and silverware. Costly pictures adorn the walls, among them one in oil of his mother, Quanah may a3 well abandon all hope of a congressional career—he 4s the husband of seven wives. His last domestic acquisition 1s a beautiful and charming woman, said to have been purloined from a zeighboring In- @ian, who threatened dire vengeance. but was induced to stifle his anguish upon receiving $1,000 in money and mustangs. Nita ie ha George Whitton is a young Amerl- can boy who left his home to help to fight our battles. George, who 1s the grandson of an admiral and the son ot a well known painter of battle scenes, has adventure and a love of fighting in his biood. In his short Ufe (for he is still only 14) he has been a cowboy in the far west and steward on a merchant ship; and when he heard of the possibility of war In South Africa, he was one of the first to Join the mounted police. Young Whitton has already proved his mettie by saving the lives of two men st the imminent risk of losing his own, and has well won the right to be Included among the boy heroes of the British army. Engitsh Spoken in Mioemfonteto. One hears much English in the streets of Bleomfontein. Probably it 4s the native language of nearly one- Lalf of the white population. One also notices a preponderance of pure Scots ‘Doric, for Scotsmen are in the ‘ascendant in Bloemfontein, Many members of the volksraad are of Scot- tish descent, as such frequently re- curring names as Fraser, Macfarlane, Stuart, Macintosh and Innes abund- ‘antly testify. The talk in the parlia- ‘ment house is officially in Dutch, but there is a braw twang about much of ft which suggests that it has been ac- quired on the banks of the Tweed or fhereabouta, Sparrows Drove Robins Away. Congressman Cummings says that when he first came to congress, thir- teen years ago, the Capitol grounds and other parks were filled with rob- Ins, bobolinks and other song birds. Tho lawn below the piazza of the house wing was dotted with songsters, the robins abundant and the trees alive with music. “Today,” he says, “it ts a rarity to see a robin in Wash- ington. The English sparrows have driven them all away.” Kensay’ Fiftioth Anniversary. _ Kansas is to have an exposition ir 1904, in celebraticn of the 50th anni versary of its organization as a ter- vitory. ‘The initlatory steps have al: veady been taken. The Topeka Com- mercial Club hes presented the matter to the executive council of the state, and the latter will issue a call for the organization of a committee to pro- mote the enterprise. The committe: will be composed of one member from eacu county in the state, The plan is to hold the exposition in Topeka. ‘eichiiesa: ieikiee According to tabular information furnished to the state department by W. R, Holloway, our consul m_ St. Potersburg, the merchant marine ot Russia consists of 995 steamers and 4,49 sailing vessels. Nearly _two- thirds of the vessels of both classes were employed on the interior seas, the White, the Black, the Baltic, the Azov and the Caspian, The tonnage of the steamers is 428,551, and that of the salling vessels 499,275. An Engiteh “Cav” Outwitted. an English exciseman a few days ago went to the bar of a “club,” bought brandy, whisky, liquors and port, and later in the evening he went into the ballroom and had a bottle of champagne. Before leaving he had some more whisky, brandy and cigars. He then went away and took out a summons ogainst the club. As a consequence of the summons the club was fined $39. To Give Dewey @ Rest. Admiral Dewey 1s going abroad for awhile. He probably hopes that by the time he returns his fellow-country- men's sense of proprietorship in him will be so far modified that every act of his private life will not be regard- ed as everybody's business and he cen have a little peace.—Rochester Demo- crat and Chronicle. a ie he Here is a genuine “Card of Thanks’ from an exchange: “I wish to exten tay most heartfelt thanks to the minis- ter, choir, neighbors, sisters anc brothers of the various orders and al those who 80 kindly aszisted in th. sickness and loss of my wife.” Muitione Lett to Wompteate Prof. David Edward Hughes, the in- ventor of the printing telegraph an/ of the microphones, has left bis for- tine of $2,000,000 to four hospitals, the Middlesex, London, King’s College ani Charing Cross. People who have long faces are apt to have short understandings. BELGIAN HARES, sratce"s.ctecsamen BELGIAN | eerie -ommnenaes < pe lnee. 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Chari Mare Sauria, the coustry doctor, who tn 18o1 avented the lucifer match, but was too poor to patent his invention. There are Austrian and Hungarian claimants to the priority of the inven- tion. ee ee mantis isis She America Vacs Mach tk The United States of America has now become the greatest raw silk con fuming country tn the world, except ing, of course, China, and perhaps Japan, ‘where correct statistics of home consumption are not yet avail- able. Dean't Get Feld. Use Cote Danraf Cure roruarty and yourbaie wil uot fall out” Sif droggiats Poome by itunes An influential London” reviewer, while mousing in the library of a friend, came upon a book of verse by Henrietta Huxley. Giancing through it, he was astonished to find three poems by Huxley himaelt. Apparently this side of the great scientist's mind had escaped the attention of his biog- raphers—Loadon Cable. 2 a SE ce NEA pelt, Something is always wroc. Dowor's Oldest Relic. ‘The oldest relic in Admiral Dewey's collection relates to the battle between the English and Spanish ta. Afantia bay in 1762, Another relic is a flag captured by sir Willlam Draper, whlch came into the hands of William Ever: ett of Massachusetts, who gave it to the admiral, atts Catareh Cure Tataken fnternaly, Price, fa. Reason is a man’s gu‘de, but prin- e’ple is his sa e-guard. Sone wee Dur Rt i, Kutna, Lutey2at Area St, tbuadetpiey Pot Why should a clock be arcested fo a riking the hour? dude ecm Gelade Teta soa ues Gutersine he lwona Get angry oceaslonally if you mast— but keep your month shut. “For Easy Ironing use “Fates Starehz"” Ro’ ticking, Bil toting or beecking All grocers 100 Only a very small man ever attempt so belittle others. : Fede hate recorery is Foul colot and sot to eee "Understanding is the path thar lends -o forgiveness. Prot. Chas. P. Curd, St. Louis, Mo.. writes: We uuhesitatinely attribute the recovery azdcontinued good health of our little boy tO PORTIA (TetaIS EON: the rivers cures 1s & matter of Tam sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved amy life three years e0.—Mrs. THOS. TMB, Maple Stroot, Norwich, X. Y., Feb. 17, 100, Docked horses should be wholesaled as they cannot be re tailed. Red Cross is the best Ball Blue the world knows. Large package 5c, Are You tug swe PooteRace? It Is the only cure for Swollen ‘Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken Inte the shoes.” At all Druggisis and Shoe Stores, 25¢. Sample sent FRER. Ad- dress Allen 8. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. ¥. A rural editor says the lay of the hen lays all over that of the poet. TO HOUSEKEEPERS And all lovers of good food, season- abie food, and food that satisfies, “Friends’ Oats" particularly appeals. Get a package trom your grocer and try It Save the trade marks; they are valuable. Write for full list of premiums, including silverware, ehoice dooks by the best authors, ete., ete. Telanie’ Cate. Meacation ta: ‘Some success has attended the treat- ment of leprosy by the injection under the skin in various parts of the bods of the anti-venene of Caimette. The case was a woman 36 years old, and in three months she recelved forty-seven injections. As a result she was: much improved, having lost her leprous ex- pression and the infiltration in various Parts of the body disappearing. ‘The blulsh color of the face changed to a healthy red, Some ulceration that ‘was present disappeared with several ‘tubercles. The skin became softer anl fairer, and she gained fourteen pounds to hee: Kars. — S2i sp fziaaump The ene thine that qvalle fies a person to give ate vice en any suitject Is experiance — exporisnee creates know!sdges No other porsca has so wide an exporience with female iis nor stv2h a rasord of success as Sirs. Pinkham has hath Gvor a hundred thou- sand cases come hefore her each year. Somepere ree others by malls iad this kas been going on for 28 years, day after day and day after day. Twenty years of cone stant success — think of the knowledge thus gained] Surely women 2ro wise ia seeking ade vice from a woman with such an expericnce, es= pecially when itis frees if you are Ili cet a bottle of dydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound at once—then write Mrse Pinkham. Lynn, Masse Guard for Boer Prisoners Intimation was received at Galway epot from the war office, for the men of the Gloucester militia, who are at present stationed there under the com- mand of the earl of Bathrust, to hold themselves In readiness to start at once for St. Helena, ‘The regiment bad volunteered for South Africa, and {t conjectured that possibly they are being sent to this celebrated island to act as guard to Gen. Cronje and other Boer prisoners who may be carried there, French Weddings In the Foath. A French country wedding In Loutse fana is pretty. ‘The bride wears white, with a wreath of orange blossoms, and holds a bouquet. ‘The bridegroom dresses in black. There are six brides maids, in white, all crowned wit orange blossoms, each bearing a boue quet. The six groomsmen are in black, The Cathoife priest officiates, After ‘the ceremony, each of the six men | Kisses the bride and the bridesmaida, gc tn cee Ee The gaps are a characteristic feature of the Appalachians. They show that in all cases the streams have cut through the mountains and indicate that either after or at the time of the upheaval there was a ttiting of the whole area to the eastward. ‘The s0- called “Wwind-gaps" bear additional evidence on this point. They were originally the beds of streams, but now contain nothing but wind. Bishops of Englt-h Charen. Of thirty-three bishops of the Church of England, three are the sons of temporal peers, two of bishops, eleven of clergymen, three of lawyers, one of a doctor, two of bankers, five of country squires, one of a tradesman, three of farmers, and two, the Arch- bishop of Canterbury and of York, of army officers, : wo That curious habit of the ante, known to every school child, of at- tending the little insects cailed aphids, which they uze much as human beings age cows, has risen to more dignity: than that of being a mere entomologi+ cal freak. The peach growers have found in tt a vast danger to their orbards. The black peach tree aphid is a particular pet of the ants, and these intelligent ttle workers not only trahsfer their “herds” of aphid from one cree to another and from crehard to orchard, but they actuallf cut and gnaw the roots of the trees te ive to their insect cows proper food, Success is frequently the result of jour ability 10 pessede. tio recep! Jou At your own valuation ‘The average women's Ideal hero fo man who will eat s cold disner. om washday without grumbling alout it, der Ve) hdd Bovshe on wane Scar Giie cg S ated wher ieee SL oeasae Clb lat iad Every Time He Was Hard Up He Shot off One of His Toes "We run across lots of things in this line of business that would make tip-up newspaper stories," said an old-time accident insurance man to a New Orleans Times-Democrat reporter, "but very few of them ever leak out. What I have in mind especially are attempts to defraud the company. As a rule we let such matters drop, if the claim is withdrawn, but sometimes we pay when we could clearly win a suit, simply to avoid the unpleasant advertisement of litigation. Frequently the cases are very curious. I call to mind a fellow in a certain little town who presented a claim against our company for the loss of a toe. According to his story he was cleaning his pistol, when the weapon went off accidentally and the second toe of his left foot followed suit. He had his papers made out all right, and on its surface the case seemed perfectly straight and honest, but some instinct warned me that we ought to investigate. An old insurance man develops a singular sixth sense in such matters, by the way, and will often spot fraud without being able to tell how he does it. I looked into this particular affair myself and found the claim limping around with one foot bandaged up as a pill as a pillow. When I suggested an examination by our own doctor he got highly indignant, but I was firm and finally he consented. I had expected to discover all five toes intact, but, to my amazement, we found only two. Three were missing, a couple of the stumps showing old scars and the other a fresh wound. With considerable embarrassment the fellow explained that he had met with two previous accidents of the same sort, and I found upon inquiry that he had been well insured on each occasion. Whenever he got hard up he simply shot off a toe and replenished his excheme from the insurance companies. It was a good scheme, but necessarily had its limitations, and I told him he might improve it greatly by getting married and shooting off his wife's toes. When the lady became toeless he could secure an Oklahoma divorce and marry another with a full set. He was ill-natured enough to take offense at my badnage and said we would hear from his lawyer. We never heard." INDIANA MAN IN JOLO. He Writes of His Experiences in the deltan's Island. Robert Gray, of 18 West Georgia street, says the Indianapolis News, has received a letter from William G. Cox, who is serving with company B. Twenty-six infantry, at Jolo, P. I. Mr. Cox says: "We are 700 miles below Manila and 140 from Borneo, on a very pretty island of the same name as the town we are in (Jolo). There is no trouble here, and we are doing garrison duty inside the walled city at present. When we first came here we were stationed about a mille out in the country at an old Spanish fort. We stayed there until the 15th of November, then went up to Zamboanga, which is 100 miles above here. In about three weeks we came back here and were stationed inside the city. We are quartered in an old Catholic church, the only one in the Sulu archipelago. Four of us got a pass last Sunday to go beyond the lines. We went back up the mountain. We were gone one day, and had a very good time, climbing hills eating bananas, coconuts and bread fruit. The native houses are all built of bamboo and up off the ground about five feet. Underground they keep their hogs and horses, or water buffalo. They have to climb up poles to inside their shacks, which consist of one room. They don't know what chairs are, and tables they have or use for. The tables they have chiefly consist of a pair of ear rings and a piece of cloth of ear rings and a handkerchief. The much talked of 'Sultan of Sulu' lives about fifteen miles across the island from here, at Miabum. He once in a while—a bum looking set of soldiers. This is the prettiest place I have seen yet, except Honolulu, and I don't think that place can be beaten for beauty. Our duty is very pleasant now—drill an hour five days in the week and on guard every eight days. His Roundabont Way. A man was going home to his wife and family. It was growing dark. His road from the station was a lonely one, and he was getting along as fast as he could, when he suddenly suspected that a man behind him was following him purposely. The faster he went the faster the man went, until they came to a grave yard. "Now," he said to himself, "I'll find if he's after me," and he entered the churchyard. The man followed him. Vague visions of revolvers and garroters grew upon him. He made a detour of a splendid mausoleum. Still the man was after him, round and round. At last he turned and faced the follow, and asked: "What the dickens do you want? What are you following me for?" "Well, sir, do you always go home like this? I am going to to Mr. Brown's house with a parcel, and the porter at the station told me that if I'd follow you I should find the place, as you live next door. Are you going home at all tonight?"—Columbian. British Soldiers Knit. The wounded British soldiers often amuse themselves during convalescence by knitting and doing similar work. At The Gables, Surbiton, England, a convalescence home for returned soldiers, one man knitted a pair of stockings for his baby one day. Others knit for themselves and their wives, and a favorite article is a Berlin wool belt, bearing the name of the owner and that of the action in which he was wounded. Spring Cabbage Good Food. Spring cabbage never fails to receive a cordial welcome from all, and though there is hardly any other vegetable which in its growth so impoverishes the soil of the garden, there are few others from which we gain so many of those valuable phosphates needed for the enrichment and purification of the blood. THE TOOTH OF "COLUMBUS" How Circus Men in Mexico Managed to "Pull" the Mighty Molar A man is pulling a large elephant with a plow. In the background, there are several horses and people standing in a large tent. Pulling an elephant's tooth is not the easiest task in the world: This was discovered at the Orrin Brothers' circus, now traveling in Mexico, when two well-known and experienced surgeons and dentists worked for two hours before they succeeded in removing the huge molar. The patient in the operation was the big Asiatic elephant Columbus, who for years has been one of the leading attractions of the Orrins' circus. For over twenty years Columbus has been with the show. He figures in every parade, does his little act in the ring. 1 and being as docile as a lamb has carried hundreds of thousands of children on his back. In fact, there are grown men and women in Mexico and other parts of the world who have been carried by Columbus when they wore kilts and pinafores. Consequently there is not a child in the state of Mexico who does not know Columbus. The elephant man with the show never had the least trouble with Columbus. Consequently, when he reported to the owners that there was something the matter with Columbus the owners of the circus were surprised. They went to his quarters and found Columbus sitting back on his haunches swinging his head from side to side. His trunk was swinging around like a huge pendulum. Every now and then he would bellow as if in great pain. The elephant keeper or the owners had no idea what aled the even-tempered Columbus, who now had become rather ugly. In fact, it was deemed safe to chain him, something unusual for Columbus, who was in the habit of going about very much as he pleased. For two days he was not on exhibition, and the children were not permitted to ride on him. Several veterinaries were called in and examined Columbus, but they were unable to tell what allied him. The elephant keeper, however, noticed that when he watered Columbus the latter would fill his trunk and blow the contents into his mouth and permit it to run out. This was reported to Dr. Fabbli, the well-known veterinary surgeon, who made an examination and found that Columbus' gum was swollen in a terrible manner and he was confident that a huge tooth was decaying at the root, and this was the cause of the trouble. An operation was decided upon and Dr. Patechek was called in. It was a new operation for the surgeons, but it proved successful. Pain was relieved by the frequent application of cocaine. This was applied by using a big syringe. As soon as it began to ease the pain Columbus began to grow quiet and he was then chained down on his haunches. His forelegs were chained closely to a couple of stakes, and being safely chained his trunk was strapped up and held tight by a rope around his back. In this position he was put at the mercy of the surgeons, unless he should manage to break loose. The doctors then went to work. The gum was soaked with cocaine and then a three-quarter inch augur was brought into use. A spot several inches from the gum was selected and a hole was started. Boring through solid ivory is no easy work, and each doctor took his turn at the instrument. Every now and then work would be suspended, as Columbus would be getting nervous. More cocaine was injected around the spot, and the work of drilling through the big tooth was resumed. For nearly two hours the surgeons worked and finally the hole was completed. This done, they rested for a while, and then the real work was begun. A small iron rod was run through the hole, the ends projecting about four inches on either end. An inch rope, heavily soaked and smeared with tar, was then wound or wrapped around the tusk, the tusk preventing it from slipping. While all this was going on the cocaine was being applied. When all the preliminaries had been completed the tarred rope was run through a pulley. It was then carried out and attached to the traces of four big horses. When everything was in readiness the doctors and attendants retired to a safe distance. The other attendants were armed with elephant hooks, and not a few had Winchester, as there was no telling how Columbus was going to take the real thing. Finally the word was given and the driver whipped up his horses. As soon as they began to pull the elephant beaten to bellow. He tried Baroness, for Whom Four Men Were Killed, Lies Dying in Nizza A to release himself by bracing his front feet against the stakes. This was just what was wanted. Another crack at the horses, and, amid a terrible bellowing, out came the big tooth. A profuse hemorrhage and a great deal of matter from the ulceration followed. But the extraction was a relief, and Columbus, after a few bells, became quiet. The surgeons then washed out the cavity with a strong solution of creoline, and then dressed it with a solution of perchloride of iron to stop the hemorrhage. The tooth was twen- A THE CRITICAL MOMENT. ty inches long and four inches in di- ameter at the root. It had commenced to decay, and this caused an abscess. In the operation there were used six gallons of cocaine, one quart of creo- line and two quarts of perchloride of iron. The doctors received $300 for their work. A Wonderful Clock London Special: The Royal Society, at its annual conversazione, Burlington house was shown a remarkable new invention in the shape of a clock controlled at a distance by wireless telegraphy of the Herztian wave system. The great potentialities of the invention may be understood when it is explained that under the conditions which the exhibitor, Richard Kerregs, proposes, it will be possible for all the clocks in London to be simultaneously adjusted by one clock to which the necessary contrivance is attached. To render a clock sensitive to the influence of the wave system it will only be necessary to affix the receiving instrument with a coherer arrangement, which might be extended, not only to the public clocks but to those in private residences. Packing Butter in Glass. A new use has been found for glass. It consists in packing butter in a box made of six sheets of ordinary window glass, the edges being covered with gummed paper. The closed box is then enveloped in a layer of plaster of parls a fourth of an inch thick, and it is covered with a specially prepared paper. As the plaster is a bad conductor of heat, the temperature inside the hermetically sealed receptacle remains constant, being unaffected by external changes. The cost of packing is only about 2 cents per pound. It is used to a great extent in Australia. Butter has been sent from Baroness, for Who Killed, Lies I Wealth and splendor have gone, the man who killed four others for her love lies moldering underground with his victims; the world that bowed before her beauty has forgotten her, or, if it remembers, remembers only to pity for a passing moment; the beautiful eyes that once were watched eagerly by hundreds for a glance are sightless. It is the end of the glory of the Baroness Jenny von Rahden. She lies in Nizza—blind, miserably poor and dying. The magnificent trained horses which she loved passionately, and with which she won applause from Melbourne to Kimberley, in Africa, and the butter was found to be in a perfectly sound condition. Cases are now made which hold as much as 200 pounds of butter.—Scientific American. Bird Life Trivial? Some good people think that this question of bird life is too trivial for consideration. They scoff at our caring for the birds when there are so many children in the world uncared for. From an economic standpoint this is a great question. Continue to kill the birds as they have been killed for several years, and they will at no distant day be exterminated. Nature keeps the balance between bird life and insect life. Disturb that balance and all the insecticides that scientists can compound will not save our crops. But if there were no economic side to BROOKLYN make the consideration of this question imperative, would it not be worth while to save the birds for the beauty and gladness they add to the world? Will little children be less cared for when there is tenderness enough in our hearts to protect the birds? Further, is it not thought for the little things and the cultivation of the minor virtues that makes us able to meet the great responsibilities of war?—Bird Lover (Keokuk, Iowa). Monument at Waterloo M. Gerome, the French sculptor, has been commissioned by a French military and historical club to design a monument to be placed on the field of Waterloo at the spot where the last squares of the French army fell under Napoleon. It will be the first French monument on the field. Aged Literary Woman. Julla Ward Howe celebrated her 51st birthday the other day. In girlhood she and her two sisters were known as the Three Graces, but in late life she became equally identified with the Muses and has been an important figure in the social progress of her time. Terrible New Women. A woman made a spectacle of the Sloux City convention, women are annoying the Methodist conference at Chicago, and women have become a terror to the British officials in South Africa. "What's got into um?"—Indianapolis News. Size of Audiences Max O'Rell, who was so ill that he had to give up lecture engagements in this country, has recovered his health since his return home. Wonder if the size of the audiences made him sick? -Indianaapolis News. om Four Men Were Dying in Nizza all of Europe, have been sold long age for debt, and she does not know who owns them now. She has made with barely one step the voyage from magnificence to bitter misery. It was as the high school equestrian Jenny Weiss that she first became one of the celebrities of the continent. Many woody her. Of them all none wooed as did the big, handsome, dashing, prodigally rich Russian, Baron von Rahden. He won her, and became as fierce an adorer of his wife as he had been her adorer during courtship. What He Found in Western Canada to Induce Him to Settle There. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Feb. 20th, 1900. To Whom it May Concern:—Especially to those who are desirous of obtaining health and wealth for themselves and families, I wish to state a few facts in regard to the Canadian North-west, where I went, leaving Sault Ste. Marie on May 2nd, 1899, for the purpose of seeking a better home for my family in the future. I got a special rate ticket for Ft. McLeod, Alberta. Through Manitoba and part of Assinibolia the farmers were busy employed ploughing and seeding. I found the farmers very kind and friendly, willing to talk and assist in giving me the particulars of the country. At McLeod I spent a few days looking over some ranchers' stock, which I was surprised to see looking so well; they were in better condition than any stock I ever saw in Michigan, even those that had been stabled, and most of these had never seen the inside of a shear or received any feed from the hands of man. But as I was also looking for mixed farm land I found McLeod no place for me, it is only fit for ranching purposes. Retracing my way back to Winnippeg, I stopped off at Lethbridge, where I found some of the greatest horse ranches I ever had the pleasure of looking at. It is a fine level country, and lots of water and good grazing. At Medicine Hat, which is located in a valley, there were lots of sheep, cattle and horses in the surrounding country and all looking well. On July 14th I went to Regina, there I began to see mixed farming lands in abundance, and the crops looking remarkably well, and as long as daylight lasted I saw the same all along the line and on the 15th day of July I arrived in Winnipeg, just in time for the exhibition. There I met with one of the most beautiful pictures of the world's records, for as soon as I entered the grounds my eyes met with all kinds of machinery, all in motion, and the cattle, grain and produce of the country was far beyond my expectation, in fact it was beyond any industrial exhibition or agricultural fair I ever visited and I have seen a good many. From Regina to Prince Albert, a distance of 250 miles, it is all good for mixed farming, and well settled, with some thriving little towns. In some places the grain, just coming into head, would take a man to the waist, and the wild fruit along the line was good, rich and in great quantities, from Saskatoon on the south branch of the Saskatchewan river, to Prince Albert on the north branch of the same river, is one of the best farming districts without any doubt that ever laid face to the sun, and everything to be found there, that is necessary to make life comfortable, all that is required is labor. There is lots of wood, good Poems by Huxley. An influential London reviewer, while mousing in the library of a friend, came upon a book of verse by Henrietta Huxley. Glancing through it, he was astonished to find three poems by Huxley himself. Apparently this side of the great scientist's mind had escaped the attention of his biographers.—London Cable. Dewey's Oldest Kelle The oldest relic in Admiral Dewey's collection relates to the battle between the English and Spanish in Manila bay in 1762. Another relic is a flag captured by Sir William Draper, which came into the hands of William Everett of Massachusetts, who gave it to the admiral. Be a philosopher, but amidst all your philosophy, be still a man. Editor with Blood in His Eyes "Next week," announces a determined if not desperate north Missouri editor, "we will be running this paper as Jesse James would have run it. Delilquent subscribers may expect a call from us with their accounts stuck in the muzzle of a six-shooter. Otherwise this paper will have to be run as the sheriff would run it." Machine Affixer Stamps Stamps can be rapidly affixed by a new machine, which has a tube in which the stamps are stacked gummed side up, with a wick running from a water chamber to the top of the tube, to wet the envelope as it is inserted at the end of the tube, when a knob is pressed to force the envelope against the stamp. Inventor of the Lucifer Match. St. Lothaire, in the Jura mountains, has erected a monument to Charles Marc Saurla, the country doctor, who in 1821 invented the lucifer match, but was too poor to patent his invention. There are Austrian and Hungarian claimants to the priority of the invention. That curious habit of the ants, known to every school child, of attending the little insects called aphids, which they use much as human belongs 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 orchids. 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. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Dignity always begins where boasting ends. Walking in one's sleep is a peculiar trance-action. Some men believe in drowning care in the flowing bowl. The helm is but a little thing, yet it governs the course of the ship. The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history. A fur cap trimmed with lace is like a hot plum-pudding with ice cream sauce. water, and abundant hay land, and the climate is excellent. Prince Albert is a flourishing little place, situated on the north Saskatchewan river, having a population of about 1,800, with good street and sidewalks and churches of nearly every denomination, three school houses, and another one to be built at once, also a brewery and a creamery. Here I stayed for about four months, working at my trade of bricklaying, and met with farmers and ranchers with whom I made it my special business to talk in regard to the prospects. I also visited several farmers for some distance out in the country while crops were in full bloom, and I may say that I never saw better crops in all my travels that I saw along the valley towards Stoney Creek and Carrot River. In the market garden there is grown currants, both red and black, and as fine a sample of roots and vegetables as ever went on a market. The soil in and around this district cannot be beaten for anything you may wish to grow, and besides the season is long, giving time for everything to mature. The cattle were looking as good as I saw anywhere, good pasture and hay land, and plenty of water wherever you go. The country is dotted all around like islands with timber fit for fuel and building purposes and within a day's walk of lumbering woods, where lumbering and tie making is carried on in winter. Both large and small game is plentiful. There are two good saw mills in this district, with a good supply of all grades of lumber all the year round and also two good brickyards with an excellent quality of brick. There is no scarcity of building material and at a reasonable price. Clothing and living are no higher than I find in Michigan, and furthermore I wish to say that there is a great demand for laboring men all the year round and good wages ranging from $1.75 to $2.00 per day, and from $25.00 to $35.00 per month with board. I wish to say that I am perfectly satisfied with the country and I intend to return to Prince Albert early in the spring of 1900. Any reasonable man can go there and in from five to ten years make a good and comfortable home for himself and family, and if any person into whose hand this letter should fall, desires more information, please write to me and I will freely give them my best opinion. I am writing this for the benefit of those who may want to make a better home for themselves and families or friends. Trusting that this statement may be useful to you in the publication of your next pamphlet and be the means of guiding at least some of those who are in search of a home. I remain Your humble servant [signed] WILLIAM PATNE. The above letter was written to Mr. J. Griere, Canadian Government Agent at Saginaw, Michigan. Information as to lands, etc., can be had from him or Mr. M. V. McInnes, No. 2 Merrill Block, Detroit, Michigan. Real Estate and Mining Real Estate and Missionaries. "Speaking of shooting Filipinos for missionary purposes," said the cynical commercial traveler, "it reminds men of what a native Hawaiian once said to me. The missionary came here and told us to look up to the sky where God was. So we looked up, and while we were looking they stole our land out from under our feet. When the Kanaka looked down again the land was gone." Uward Tendency In Clubs Half a dozen clubs of New York are now quartered on the top floor of skyscraper buildings, and the advantages of such a location have proved many. These dining rooms far above the roofs of adjoining buildings are among the most attractive in the city, particularly during the summer months. A Card of Thanks. Here is a genuine "Card of Thanks" from an exchange: "I wish to extend my most heartfelt thanks to the minister, choir, neighbors, sisters and brothers of the various orders and all those who so kindly assisted in the sickness and loss of my wife." 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. Commemorating a Great Work In commemoration of the building of the Siberian railway, which is now approaching its completion, the czar has ordered a monument to the late Emperor Alexander III, on whose initiative the work was undertaken, to be erected in front of the Nicaloi railway station, the starting point of the Siberian railway. The monument will be executed according to the design of Prince Trubetzkol, the sculptor, and M. Schaechtel, the architect. The number of Mohammedans has been estimated by a missionary in Araba at 19,500,000. Of these 18,000,000 are under the rule of the Turkish government, 23,000,000 are ruled by other Mussulman sovereigns, 36,500,000 are subject to African princes, 20,000,000 live in China, and 99,000,000 are under Christian rulers. Of these last about 58,000,000 belong to India and Belochistan. The religion of the Arabian prophet extends from the north of China to the coast of Sierra Leone in Western Africa, but has no footing in Japan, Australia, Southern Africa and America. _____ Milk is a man's first drink, but it's only a matter of time till he comes to his bier. Probably the dog didn't want to go into the ark because he had a bark of his own. Three dangerous courses—the course of time, the course of true love and the race course. In a card game a good deal depends on good playing—and good playing depends on a good deal. Says a rural editor of a rival: "He is a reservoir of falsehood and an aqueduct of ignorance." CHEAP RATES TO COLORADO. Special excursion tickets to Colorado and Utah will be on sale via all lines from Chicago, St. Louis and points east of the Missouri river, June 20, July 9, 17 and August 1, and from Missouri river points and points in Kansas and Nebraska, June 21, July 7, 8, 9 and 18 and August 2, at a rate of one fare plus $2, for the round trip. To enable tourists and pleasure seekers who take advantage of these special excursions to visit the many points of interest in the Rocky Mountain region, the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, "The Scenic Line of the World" will make very low rates for the round trip from Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo to all principal resorts and scenic points of interest in Colorado and to Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah. A TRIP "AROUND THE CIRCLE" The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, with its numerous branches penetrating the great state of Colorado, has some 37 different "Circle" tours through the mountains, one of which in particular is the famous 1,000 mile tour, passing the following points of interest: La Veta, Poncha Pass, Toltec Gorge, Durango-Dolores Canon, Rico, Lizard Head Pass or Las Animas Canon, Silverton, Ouray-Cimarron Canon, Black Canon, Marshall Pass and the Royal Gorge. This trip can be comfortably made in four days, but at least ten days ought to be devoted to it so as one may leisurely inspect the principal sights and occasionally gain rest from fatigue incident to railroad travel. ANOTHER NOTED TRIP ANOTHER NOTED TRIP is the trip from Denver to Grand Junction and return going via the narrow gauge line climbing Marshall Pass and winding through the Black Canon of the Gunnison, returning over the broad gauge through Glenwood Springs and the Grand River Canon, over Tennessee Pass, through Lead- ville and the Royal Gorge. This trip is most conveniently made by leaving Denver, Colorado Springs or Pueblo on the night train which arrives at Salida the next morning for breakfast, continuing from there over Marshall Pass and arriving at Grand Junction in the afternoon. Here close connec- tions are made with trains for Glenwood Springs, "The Kissingen of Amer- ica," arriving there in the evening; at this point travelers should at least remain over night. When leaving Glenwood Springs it is most desirable to take a morning train, as this completes the arrangement to pass all of the scenery on the trip by daylight. A TRIP TO SALT LAKE CITY. Tickets reading to Salt Lake City via the "Scenic Iole" in connection with the Rio Grande Western Ry., are available over the Denver and Rio Grande, either via its main line through Leadville and Glenwood Springs, or via the line over Marshall Pass and through the Black Canon, thus enabling the traveler to use one of the above routes going and the other returning. For free illustrated pamphlets descriptive of Colorado's natural advantages, and information regarding rates and routes, call on your nearest Ticket Agent, or address S. F. Hooper, G. P. & T. A., Denver, Colo. THE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS. Prohibition, at Chicago, June 27, 28, 1900. Tickets on sale June 26, 27. Democratic, at Kansas City, July 4, 1900. Tickets on sale July 2, 4. The road to take to attend these conventions is the Chicago Great Western railway, the populr "Maple Leaf Route,"with its vestibulated trains, free chair cars, satisfactory dining car service, and its unsurpassed sleeping car accommodations. Only one fare for the round trip. For further particulars apply to any agent of the Chicago Great Western, or address F. H. Lord, G. P. & T. A., 113 Adams street, Chicago. There is no friendship, no love, like that of parent for child. Ironclad Out of Action. The British ironclad Warrior, which is the oldest warship of its kind in her majesty's navy, has just been stricken from the roll of vessels in active service. The Warrior was launched in 1860 and completed the next year. She has a displacement of 9,210 tons and her iron armor is four and ore-half inches thick. Surgeon's Observations on War One of the most distinguished British surgeons in South Africa says the things that have impressed him most are the merciful wounds made by the rifles in use, the popularity of the X ray and the ineffectiveness of artillery to destroy life. The loss in killed is insignificant in comparison with the battles of the past. America Uses Much Silk. The United States of America has now become the greatest raw silk consuming country in the world, excepting, of course, China, and perhaps Japan, where correct statistics of home consumption are not yet available. Some success has attended the treatment of leprosy by the injection under the skin in various parts of the body of the anti-venene of Calmette. The case was a woman 36 years old, and in three months she received forty-seven injections. As a result she was much improved, having lost her leproous expression and the infiltration in various parts of the body disappearing. The bluish color of the face changed to a healthy red. Some ulceration that was present disappeared with several tubercles. The skin became sootter and fairer, and she gained fourteen pounds in weight. ODDS AND ENDS. Lots of men would rather have half a loaf than a steady job. A race may be won by a head, but it's usually the legs that land the money. The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has organized a second expedition to West Africa for the study of malaria. Queen Victoria directed that during her absence from England the great quantities of flowers daily cut for her be sent to the London hospitals.