The American Citizen

Oldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of the Country GEORGE BEMARKT, THE CHOICE OF THE PEOPLE FOR MAYOR HAS THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CITY AT HEART AND ALL GOOD CITIZENS WILL VOTE FOR HIM. VOL 13, NO.49 Oldest and GEORGE BEMARKT, THE THE PEOPLE GEORGE BEMARKT, A MAY An Out an Out Gentleman Candidate--A Business H The citizens of Kansas City Kansas have now the opportunity of a life time to elect a gentleman, a Republican and a business man, Mayor of our city. Mr. George Bemarkt a business man with a successful record of twenty years in our city. Is before the people of Kansas City, Kas, asking their suffrage. He stands to day with a spotless record, as an upright citizen whose labors have been unceasing in helping to build up our city, that it might take its place in THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE. GLORGE BEMARKT, A BUSINESS MAN, FOR MAYOR. An Out an Out Gentleman--Not a Click or Gang Candidate--A Business Record of Twenty Years. The citizens of Kansas City Kansas have now the opportunity of a life time to elect a gentleman, a Republican and a business man. Mayor of our city. Mr. George Bemarkt a business man with a successful record of twenty years in our city. Is before the people of Kansas City, Kansas asking their suffrage. He stands to day with a spotless record, as an upright citizen whose labors have been unseasoning in helping to build up our city, that it might take its place in honesty at all times. He is not the or and have no dictator in regard to the proper fulfillment of his duties. He is no politician but a plain citizen and having great interests in the welfare of the city he is a competent man for the office. 7th. His interests are not looked after by a secret gang of spoil hunters, whose object is Rule or Ruin the grand old party in Wyandotte County. He is a man and a broad gauged one who believes in fairness and city, that it might take its place in GEORGE BEMARKT, Our Next Mayor. the ranks of cities, that are good places in which to live In George Bemarkt, the present Councilman from the 2nd, Ward, we find many excellent qualities that fit him for Mayor. 1st. He is a business man, whose business has been established to its own mammoth productions by his own unflagging industry. 2nd. He is one of those clean, upright, manly Republicans who knows no such a thing as color. 3rd. He is a min of the people whom the commonest citizen can approach and gain an audience. 4th He has done something to build up the city and is not a chronic office holder or seeker. 5th. By reason of his four years in the City Council he will be no experiment; he knows the needs of the city and its condition. 6th. He will be May- CAN YOU STAND FOR THIS? CAN YOU STAND FOR THIS? THE M. R. T's., a secret political organization that has for its candidate for Mayor of Kansas City, Ks. B. L. Short, is a branch of the Lilly White organization that intends to shut all negroes out of office as soon as they get strenght. We ask in the name of justice can the negroes stand for such an organization when the better class of white people shum it Can the citizens of Kansas City, the greatest city in the state, stand for a man who has contributed nothing to the up building of our city—but hold office for over sixteen years and now has an office paying $1,600 (eighteen hundred dollars) a year for which he is now ready to throw up) for a job paying only $1,000 a year. Why is this? Will any laborer who is getting two dollars a day throw it up for a one paying $1.25, (one dollar and twenty-five day.) We think not—unless he be the tool of some designing person who sees greedy gains, in ways not commendable as being right. If the M. R. T.'s is a legitimate organization? why can't negroes join it? If B. L. Short is the negroes' friend—why does he associate himself with such an organization? We appeal to every negro woman, every negro man, who believe that they are a part and parcel of this great commonwealth to take these things under consideration. We appeal to every white man and woman likewise—who believe in fair play to all American citizens. THE Best Weekly THE CHOICE OF THE PEOPLE E'S CHOICE. BUSINESS MAN, FOR YOR. Man--Not a Click or Gang Record of Twenty Years. or and have no dictator in regard to the proper fulfillment of his duities. He is no politician but a plain citizen and having great interests in the welfare of the city he is a com- petent man for the office. 7th. His interests are not looked after by a secret gang of spoil hunters, whose object is Rule or Ruin the grand old party in Wyandotte County. He is a man and a broad gauged one who believes in fairness and honesty at all times. He is not the man who would feast at the public pie counter for sixteen years and then throw up an $1,800 a year job for one that pays $1000. He has at heart the best interests of the city and not the rewarding of a few political tricksters The Negroes should remember that the gang Mr. Short trots with, is the same gang that knocked out Negro Street Commissioner in this city. Let them get in power again and watch the results. We ask the negroes to remember these things and be men Be men. Vote that way, stand together for your best interest. We ask the citizen to countenance only fair play and support men for office who have the city's welfare at heart. The Second ward as well as all the wards have now a chance to stand up for a man. We do not believe in gang rule, we believe that the people should have something to say. We, in common with all good citizens, do not counter the actions of the Republican Central Committee in their endeavors to thwart the people's rights and wishes. The Republican Central Committee were elected as the representatives of the Republican party, a party that has always stood for fair play, and not in the interest of a secret organized gang, whose purpose is not for the best interests of the city, but their own selfish gains. In the mad rush for office the best interests of the city are thrown to the winds. Will the tax payers and honest, upright citizens, stand for such actions? Do the people of Kansas City, Kas, want a man for Mayor who has did nothing to build up the city only hold office during almost his entire existence in our city. What business institution has B. L. Short established? What men has he given employment? Isn't it about time he was allowed to rest and let some other fellow have a chance? Sixteen years is a long while, friends, to feast at the public table. Besides, if he is sincere in wanting to serve the people as Mayor, why can he not take chances with the rest and not allow his fixers, in the hope of office reward, attempt to bullrag the people? Mrs Hattie S. Clark of Chicago is visiting her cousin. Mrs Hattie Moss of 2051 N. Water St KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY, 25, 1901. Ex-SENATOR REVELS: SUC CUMBS TO DEATH. FIRST COLORED MAN TO SIT IN EITHER HOUSE OF CONGRESS. Rev. Hiram Revels Died in Louisiana $ ^{8} $ Last Wednesday Evening. Rev. H. Revels, former United States senator from Mississippi, the first colored man to sit in either house of congress died in Louisiana on last Wednesday evening 16th. He at one time resided in Baltimore being the pastor of a colored Presbyterian church and at the outbreak of the Civil War it was largely due to his work that a number of colored regiments were raised in Baltimore for service in the Union Army. His first work as a minister was in African Methodist Church, but during the early 60s he was the pastor of the Madison Street Presbyterian Church in Baltimore. At the outbreak of the war he worked energetically in the recruiting of colored regiments in that city. In this regard he was largely instrumental in the raising of the Fourth, Ninth, Nineteenth, Thirtieth and Thirty ninth regiments. He has the distinction of being the first colored man to sit in ei her house of Congress at the age of 46, his colleague being Jas. L. Alcorn a Confederate General. Feb. 1870. He was born free in Fayetteville N. C., Sept. 1, 1822. He removed to Indiana, studied for the ministry and was ordained a Methodist preacher. He traveled through many states preaching, after the war he settled in Natch z and became presiding elder of the African Methodist Church. He was later in life president of a college in .ississippi. Farmer George Will Have Huts Buil To Accomodate 700 Colored Pers sons From Virginia. Port Jervis, N. Y., Jan 12 — George F. George a farmer at Monticello intend to establish a colony of 700 colored peo ple on his farm. Huts will be built for the colonists and a general store open for the community. It is expected that the colony will be an agency from which cooks, waitresses, porters and other domestic help can be hired for the surrounding boarding houses. Residente of Monticello do not relish the idea of so many colored people dwelling near their village. NATIONAL NEGROES HOME Congress Passes Bill Providing for Erection of Suitable Building in Tennessee. Washington, Jan. 21 — The house today, after devoting some time to District of Columbia business passed a number of bills under suspension of the rules. They were to provide a house for aged and infirm colored people out of the fund now in the treasury to the credit of deceased colored soldiers, amounting to about $30,000, to establish a branch soldiers' home at Johnson City, Washington county, Tenn., and to increase the salary of the Commissioner of Education of Porto Rico from $3,000 to $4,000. A bill to give citizens of foreign countries the right to sue in the court of claims for indemnity for alleged injuries, which had been recommended by the state department, was disastrously beaten. NEGRO COLONY AT CAPE MAY. A colored colony enterprise is reported from Cape May, M. J. An option has been secured on 1,800 acres of land near that place, where it is proposed to erect a saw mill and work up what timber there is on the land into houses and factory buildings. A shoe factory and other industries are projected, together with farming. HOW BASE BALL STARTED The devil was the first consoher,says a retired baseball editor. He coached Eve when she stole first, Adam stole second. When Isaac met Ressouce at the wolf she was walking with a pitcher Sampson struck out a good time when he beat the Palitines Moses made his first run when he slew the Egyptians. Cain made a base hit when he killed Able, Abraham made a sacrifice. The prodigal son made a home run. David was a long distance thrower, and Moses shut out Egyptians at the Red Sea. MOUND CITY'S CENTENARIAN. Mound City has a colored woman, Mrs Carrie Brooks, who is known to be 113 year of age. She remembers distinctly things which happened more than 100 years ago. PORTRAITS PAINTED The finest work done in the city and at the lowest prices Lessons given to those who wish to learn. Call and see the work and you will be delighted with the same. MISS M CROW. Office 417 Minnesota avenue, office AMERICAN CITIZEN. OUR CAPITAL CITY RESUME POLITICS AND OTHER NEWS. Interesting and Newsy Bits Gathered by Our Correspondents at Topeka, Kansas. The most interesting and exciting topic of conversation around the city the past week has been the burning of Alexander at Leavenworth. A mass meeting has been called to discuss the affair for Thursday night this week. W B. Townsend the lawyer from Leavenworth from which he has been an exile since the burning of Alexander is in the city, he will return the latter part of this week as by that time the feeling will be abated. Mr Townsend says as far as personally concerned he would not have left, but out of consideration to hi family and friends in as much as he had been threatened and waited on by the vigilance committee he left until the feeling had to some extent abated. "A house divided against itself can not stand" such as the conditions in so far as the colored vote of the city is concerned as to being able to have representation on either city or county ticket this year. And unless there is a decided change they will lose everything and gain nothing. At present the colored people are represented on our county ticket in the person of Jno. M M Wright as county clerk in the city Fred Boundtree as Councilman from 5th ward, Mr. Fred Stonestreet in Marshall of the City Con t. Mr. Roundtree is now a candidate to succeed J. M Wright is lethargic in his Campaign and allowed opposition to Spring is up A concurrent resolution calling for an amendment to the constitution (by the way of a josh we suppese) is about to be introduced in the legislature to change the boundary lines of the state and cut Leavenworth out of Kansas and donate the same to Missouri. Last Saturday two burley white bruces committed an unspeakable crime upon a boy on the out skirts of this city. They have so far eluded the officers. The Governor promptly offered a reward for their capture. So for he has failed to offer any reward for the mob that burned Alexan derat the stake. Attorney General of the State Goddard signified his willingness of bringing proceedings to oust Sheriff Everhardy from his office for failing to do his duty in Leavenworth affair and of prosecuting the leaders of the affair, efforts are now being made to secure testimony and it is safe to say that in a time not far distance there will be a warrant issued and served upon some parties whom it is known was ring leaders in the affair. At Tuesdays session of the house five more places as jailers was created in the house They were given to colored men, two from Shawnee, and three from different parts of the state. Nothing of pitticular moment as yet has been accomplished in the legislature with the exception of the election of a state frater and United States Se a o: The Hon. J. R. Burton was elected to that exalted position in joint session of the House and Senate. Wednesday noon he made a brief address of thanks and, immediately left for Washington and the east, where he will remain until after he is a wore in on March 4th. CITY POLITICS. This City is in the throes of politics uncertainty as to who will be the Candidate for mayor there is quite a preliminary struggle as to who will get the indorment of the law and order elections the race for that preference at this writing is between Col. J. W. F. Hughes and C. H. Nottle as soon as the law and order people have decided whom they want the liberal people will name their Candidate. Then the race for the republican nomination of the mayor of Kansas City will be on in earnest. The candidates for the minors office such as City Attorney, City Treasure Clerk judges and marshall of the City court are appearing on every hand and the politician will be in his glory when the flag falls and the judges call they are off. THE MASS MEETING IN THIS CITY. A mass meeting of five hundred negroes of the two Kansas Cities met Wednesday evening of this week at the Fifth street Opera House under the aupices of the Twin City's Business Men's League, and discussed the recent burning of one Fred. Alexander in the heathen city of Leavenworth. President J. A. Wilson, of the League, presided, and announced that the meeting had not been called as an indignation meeting, but one in which to discuss and set forth plans whereby there would be no necessity for such crimes, notwithstanding this announcement, and the strenuous efforts of the President to confine the session to a calm and deliberate one—a number of orators jumped the track and delivered some "hot stuff" in condemnation of the burning. Among the speakers were I. F. Bradley. Deputy County Attorney B. S. Smith, Rev. Scott Grant, Bacote, and Prof. Yates. The meeting, as a whole, was one of the most representative gatherings of negroes that has been together in this city for years. Resolutions were offered condemning the occurrence and praising the press throughout the country. The speakers more or less followed the same strain of thought in setting forth the vices of the race. WICHTIA NEGROES GONDEM THE BURNINING. Wichita, Kas., Jan. 22.—Three hundred and fiftygress met in convention last night in Wichita and passed resolution to codemning the Alexander burning and calling upon the governor and legislature to punish the perpetrators. They resolved that burning alive marks the Caucasian race as more or a hanso-sailed harbarians. CITIZEN "A house divided against itself can not stand" such is the conditions in so far as the colored vote of the city is concerned as to being able to have representation on either city or county ticket this year. And unless there is a decided change they will lose everything and gain nothing. At present the colored people are represented on our county ticket in the person of Jno. M. M. Wright as county clerk in the city Fred Roundtree as Councilman from 5th ward, Mr. Fred Stonestreet Marshall of the City Cou t. Mr. Round tree is now a candidate to succeed J. M. Wright is lethargie in his Campaign and allowed opposition to Spring is up on all hands which it seems he will not be to stem and it is not out of the range of possibilities that he may be compelled to retire from the race. J. H. Childers has been spoken of as a candidate but has not as yet anneunc, ed himself we suppose he does not intend to unless he sees there is no chance for Roundtree. Col Fred Joltz of Ledger fame is a candidate and is actively distributing his cards he elims the German Russian and his share of the colored vote this is the field what shall be the harvest. Prof. E. Ridley of the 6th ward has announced his candidacy to succeed Roundtree but strong and fierce opposition has sprung up against him and without this apposition can be forced down there is no earthly show for his nomination Even Fred Stonestreet our press efficient and popular City Marshall is to have opposition among his own people, as another colored man has announced his candidacy. And unless these Conditions are changed the Capital instead of leaving the her cities of the state along these lines will fall behind and close up in the rear ranks. LOCALLY Mr. Ed. Harris of Lawrence has been in the city for more than a week on business. Mrs. Amanda Parks continues very ill at her home, 6 miles east of own. Misses Ela Williams and Mary Jordan are spending this week in Highland Park with Mrs. Lizzie Cooper Brown. Mrs J. M. Wright enlisted the Golden Red Art Club very elaborately Friday afternoon. The Oak Leaf Club met with Mrs. N. Chiles Wednesday afternoon. The ladies are putting forth every effort to help make the Federation a success this June. Miss Pearl McNeil has been on the sick list for the past week. Exodus Lodge No. 2034 G. U. O of GF will give a grand Banquet Monday eve Jan. 28 at 615 Kans. ave. An excellent programme will be rendered. The Ladies Sewing circle met with Mrs Martha Bird Wednesday afternoon, a delightful luncheon was served. Revival services are being h-ld at the St. John A. M. E. Church. To keep posted on Topeka events read this paper. Many of the colored ministers of this city delivered Sunday special sermons touching upon the recent Leavenworth burning of Fred. Alexander, denouncing the same in the bitterest terms. The Rev. E. A. Wilson, of the Metropolitan Baptist church, took for his subject "the Mobbing of Jesus." Among other things he said, "There is no so-called civilized country in all the world that is baser in mob violence than the United States of America. The main cause of the Leavenworth burning of a human being last Tuesday in broad daylight, was on account of the cowardice of a set of weak officials who are unworthy of the offices they pretend to hold. Honest and brave men should be elected and not weaklings. Those lynchers should be apprehended and brought to swift justice. Not long does a city thrive that will burn alive uncondemned human flesh. Let justice be meted out through queue source of law Mr Howard Anderson of Kassinska Louisana, a nephew of R. C. Clark is in the city in company with our old and much esteemed friend, Sq. Lee made our office a pleasant call to day. Mr and Mrs Rife of Parksville Mo spent Thursday in the city visiting their mother Mrs R. Dagley of 1806 Highland Ave. Mrs John Rone of 1415 E. 17th St. is quite ill. Don't fail to Register. WHEN YOU BUY GOODS. Anywhere. See That You do Not Pay More Than They are Worth. These Prices You Cannot Get Anywhere Else. Bovs' No. 11 Shoes, $1.10 kind, Ladies Lace Shoes, $1.35 kind, Men's heavy Shoes, $1.10 kind, Fancy 15c. and 23c. Pumpedore, Fancy 23c. Back Combs, each Eastmans Fine Perfume, Galvanized Buckets, Large Fork and Spoon, each Egg Beaters and Nutmeg Graters, each Cloths Pins, per dozen, Cottonbale Soap, 5c. kind, 2 for Fine White Envelopes, 2 packages Mens Black Mens Linen Collars, Good India Linen per ward. Kansas City, Kansas. Mr P. C. Thomas one of the Topeka poplist is appointed door keeper at the Legislature on last Tuesday evening Jan. 22. The Revival Services at Rev. McNeals Church is progressing nicely, with forty at the anxious seat. The First Baptist Church has be gan Revivals. The Metropolitan Church Choir rendered on last Sunday morning some very choice anthems under the directions of Professor Webber and Jerry Stovall. Miss Nellie Barnett, of Lawrence, Kas., was in the city, the guest of Miss Maggie Jones of 44 South James street. Sir Frank Wilson went to Topeka and Lawrence last week on official business. He reports that during the past six months there has been paid out in eau dement over $600.00. Mrs. Henry Browning, of 827 Washington avenue, who was quite ill last week, is now able to be out again. Mrs. E. Silvers, of 1410 West 9th street, left Sunday night last for Higginsville, Mo., where she will spend two weeks with her parents. Mrs. Mary Kingcade, of 1819 W9th street, who has been very sick for several weeks, is slowly improving. Miss Jennie Kingcade and Mr. Harry Kelly were quietly married last Thursday evening. The Citizen extends to them its congratulations and hopes for them a prosperous and happy journey through life. Mr. D. S. Thompson, in company with Mr. Gee. W. Cork, of little Rock. Ark, made our office a pleasant call this week. Don't fail to Register. The books are now open, don't delay this matter. Miss Ellen Neal, of North 2rd, street has been quite ill the greater part of the week. The many friends of Mr. Moses Field of 706 E 6th, street, will be pleased to learn that he is'improving after a serious illness of four weeks. Mrs. James Anderson, of 909 Grand avenue, is spending some time in Pine Bluff, Ark., visiting her mother and her many old acquaintances. Louis Goodrow and Henry Page became involved in an exhibition "go" on Tuesday night, in Front street, that resulted in Page firing six shots at Goodrow—being a very poor marksman he only succeeded in landing two shots, one in the left hand, the other in the left leg. Vote for Benmarkt for Mayor, the candidate of the people, at the primaries on Feb. 12th. Mr. Jessie McGee, an old and respected citizen in our community, who died last Thursday morning, the 17th., was buried from the A. M. E. church Saturday afternoon. He leaves a wife, two sons and a host of friends. Mr. McGee conducted a little lunch counter at 336 Minnesota avenue, for a long length of time and though, quite aged, he was always to be found at his post till only a short time ago he was taken ill, from such illness he never recovered. The bereaved have our deepest sympathy in the loss they have sustained. "Uncle Jessie," as he was often called, will be greatly missed from the busy throngs of our little city. NOTICE. Quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. church, Argentine, Kas. Sunday, January 27th. All are cordially invited. Early prayer meeting Sunday morning at 6 o'clock, preaching at 11 a.m., Sunday School at 2 p. m., Sacramental services at 3 p. m., and preaching at 7.30 p. m. Rev. J. W. Braxton, P. E., from Kansas City, Kas., will be present to conduct the services, assisted by Rev. Harris, from Kansas City, Mo. A grand, glorious time is expected. All come and bring all your friends. Respectfully Submitted, B. R. GUY, Pastor. Ladies Elastic Belts, 25; ones, 15c Mens Overalls, plain or rib, 15c Wild Locust Honey Soap, per box, 10c O. N. T. Thread Spool, 4c Ladies Plain White Handkerchiefs, 5c Mens White Handkerchiefs, 5c 4 Piece Collar Button Set, 5c Any size Curling Iron, 4c Show Piece Pair, 1c Hat Pins, two for, 1c Ironing Wax, each, 3c Wire Hair Pins, three bunches for, 5c Three-quarter Bleached Muslila pryd 4c Yard wide Yellow Muslin, 5c Ladies Fast Black Hose, 15c kiau 10 WER STORE. ETT & CO. venue, Karsas City, Kan as. Mrs. Jannie Buford of Kansas City, was a most pleasant caller at our office this week, in her sojourn among friends. There will be a rousing political meeting Saturday night at Rosehill church Jersey between 8th and 9th, sure acts. A Republican in every sense of the word. Rev. E. F. Henderson manager of the A. C. L. Coal and Feed Company is on the sick list this week at his home. Arnstrong ave. Miss Etta Burtette, Mary Green and Alma Henderson are among the only three colored graduates of the Eight A Crammar department for the High School The many friends of C. A. Whitening of 1408 E. 18th will be pleased to learn that he is able to be out again after a serious illness of several weeks. They Say. Lena Mason is stooping this old world of our thirty minutes at a jump at the A, M. E. church. Now will you be good—have you heard about it—well it's certainly tickling. Ha! Ha! Ha! It seems we can never stop laughing—there are some such awful funny happenings that even a dog would show his teeth. What's the matter with Bemurkt? He's alright. Who is the People's candidate, representing the Republican party? Geo. B.markt, the business man. If marriage is failure it is because so many inexperienced people go into it. We wound if she or he is the Zulu Babe. Efforts will be made to have the "Bridal Chamber" empty and ready for the next couple that are to marry soon. Its no use talking about it for my. dia mound is alright. She has certainly made a hit with him for he is often seen holding her little hand in his, whispering tales of fond affection. She is quite a frequent v sisi, we woner if its Lodge meeting all the time, Ua! Hai! The Bridal Chamber It perhaps might be interesting to our readers to know that in the Popular Block No. 83 stands a little cottage that some how has sheltered eighteen (18) Bridal couples in the past few years. It has now been styled the "Bridal Chamber" Mr and Mrs S. H. Estell a newly married couple took possession this week, why this unpretentious little cottage should be picked out as the first bome, for young married couples is a mystery, yet unsolved. There se ms to be a charm about it that at once meets favor with them all, on the start, but wears off in time, only to become empty and be occupied again by an bridal couple POETRY IN ABANDNMENT The following unique advertisement recently appeared in a Wen ern paper: "Julia, my wife, has grown quite rude; She has left me in a lonesome mood; She has left my board, she has took my bed, She has given away my meat and bread. She has left me in spite of friends and church; She has carried with her all my shirts Now ye who read this paper, Since she cut this luseless caper, I will not pay one single fraction Of any debts of her contraction." WANTED. - Capable, reliable per-ons in every county to represent burg 'a com- pany of solid financial reputation, $256 salary per year, p. yale wee: yer $-b day absolutely sure and all expenses straight, bona-fide, d-finite salary, no commission, salary paid each u n day and expense money advanced cash week. STANDARD HOUSE 334, DEA- nment Born. Chicago. AMERICAN CITIZEN PUBLISHING AND PRINTING CO. Every Week at 417 Minnesota Ave KANSAS CITY KANSAS W. C. MARTIN, EDITOR. Sentered at the postoffice at Kansas City ans, as second class matter. CALL FOR REPU N CITY PRI MARY ELECTION. A Republican Primary Election is hereby called for the purpose of nominating candidates for the offices to be filled at the City Election to be held in Kansas City, Kansas on April 2nd, 1901, as follows: Mayor, City Attorney, City Clerk, City Treasurer, Judge City Court, Second Dist., Clerk " " " " " Constable " " " " " One Councilman from each ward. One Member Board Education Second ward. Ono Member Board Education, Third ward One Justice of the Peace from each of the three Districts. Also one member of the Repub- ican City Central Committee from each precinct. The Primary election hereby cal- led shall be held on Tuesday, February 12th, 1901 between the hours of 1 and 5 p. m., of said day, and shall be by direct ballot under the Austra 1 an Ballot Syst.m as far as applica- ble. JUDGES AND CLERKS. There shall be three ju ges and two clerks in each voting place. In case a ju ge or clerk who is regularly appointed shall fail or refuse to appear at the opening of the polls such vacancy shall be filled by the electors present. OFFICIAL BALLOTS. The Ballots shall be of uniform size and color, and shall contain the names of the candidates to be voted for. The Ballots shall be delivered to the Judges at the voting places and shall only be given out by the Judges to persons desiring to vote, and each ballot given out must bear the initials of the Judge giving them ov. None but official Ballots bearing the initials of a Judge and marked in the manner prescribed by the general Election Ballot Law shall be received or counted. Two ballot boxes shall be provided, one for the male and one for the female votes That immediately after the polls close the ballots shall be delivered to the canvassing or returning board in the manner hereinafter provided for' and the canvassing or returning board heretofore appointed, to wit; E. S. Earhar, chairmau; A. MeKay T. C. Russel, chas. Haug, C. D. Davdson, and J. B. Robinson shall be and constitute the canvassing or returning board for this primary election. A voter who is unable to mark his ballot shall be assisted by one or more judgee or clerks. QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS. Know republicans only shall be allowed to vote at this primary election, and every person offering to vote must give his place of residence. The person offering to vote, must if challenged, take and subscribe an oath to be furnished by the Judges that he will support the nominees selected at this primary for the various offices to be voted for at the City Election, should the voter refuse to give his address when offering to vote, or refuse to subscribe the oath if challenged, his bailor shall not be received or counted. PRINTING AND BALLOT COMMITTEE. The canvassing or returning board a bove appointed shall also be and constitute the printing and ballot committee for this primary election. The said Committee shall have charge of the printing of the call and all other printing matters, the printing and arrangement of the ballots and the distribution thereof, the fixing of and the procurement of the polling places, booths, meals, and supplies for the judges the fixing of the assessment and the time, manner and place in which candidates may file the name on the official ballot and giving due notice thereof, the appointment of the judges and clerks, and such other matters may be necessary for a primary election. MAKING AND CANVASSING RETURNS. A uniform system of blanks for taking down the names and addresses of voters shall be provided. The ballots shall be counted as soon as the polls are closed and the result thereof set down on tally sheets to be provided for that purpose. The sheriff of Wyandotte county is hereby requested to appoint a deputy sheriff to be and serve in each and every voting place, whose duty and compensation shall be as follows. The ballots when counted and one set of poll books and returns shall be placed in envelopes to be provided and sealed up in the presence of all the judges and clerks and standers and given to the deputy sheriff appointed for that polling place who shall immediately deliver same to the chairman of the canvassing board at the 5th Street Opera House. The other poll book and returns shall be brought to the above place by one of the judges and clerks and delivered as above required. The deputy sheriff shall receive reasonable compensation to be fixed by the canvassing board. The canvassing board shall be in attendance at the abeve place as soon as the polls c ose to receive the said returns and shall forthwith canvass the returns and announce the result. The canvassing board shall allow any and all persons to be present when the returns are being canvassed. CONTEST. Any person desiring to contest the nomination of any person declared no nominated at this primary, must, within twenty-four hours after the hour of closing the poll, file written notice thereof with the chairman of the board and also with the person whose nomination is being contested, which notice shall state the grounds of such contest. The canvassing board shall then be called together at a time of which both parties snail have elocties and shall hear and determine the same. CHALLENGED VOTERS Any qualified elector may challenge the right of any person offering to vote on the ground that be is not a republican can or is not a legal voter at the time and place where his vote is offered. The judges shall require the person challenged to take and subscribe the eath herein prescribed, which if subscribed, the vote shall be received but shall not be counted, but shall be kept in a separate package and returned with the other ballots. Any candidate may appoint in writing, a challenger, who may be, and remain, in the voting plac e during the entire casting of the ballots and the counting thereof. Should the judges disagree as to the rights of any person offering to vote, they shall receive such ballot and keep same uncounted, in a separate pac kage to be returned with the other ballots. FILING. Candidates may file their names with the chairman of the canvassing board for the various offices commencing at Twelve o'clock noon on the 16th day of January until noon on the 24th day of January 1901 and shall deposit the assessment as fixed and receive a receipt therefor: ELECTIONEERING No person shall electioneer or solicit votes within one hundred feet of the poles. REGIRTRATIN The Judges may require of the person offering to vote at such primary election certificate of registration and, for that purpose the poll books, and registration lists for the year 1900 and 1901 shall be used or a certificate of registration for the year 1901, and a person offering to vote who is not registered in one or the other years, may be denied the right to vote. VOTING PLACES, JUDGES AND CLERKS. The votig places and the names of Judges and Clerks shall be announce later and announced in the daily papers Published by authority of the Republician City Central Committee. Announcements. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Councilman from the Second Ward, subject to the Republican primaries. T. C. RUSSELL I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Councilman from the Second Ward, subject to the Republican primaries. A. D. STEWART. HIS THEME "THE BURNING." Emilien Negro Divine Speaks of the Leavenworth Tragedy and Commends the Pieces. Rev. W. L. Grant, pastor of first Baptist (coiored) church, Kansas City, Kus., who is one of the most eminent negro divines in the state, preached Sunday to one of the largest congregations ever seen in that church The subject of his sermon, "Chirst in American Civilization," was selected from his theme on the burning last week at Leavenworth. Of the Leavenworth tragedy he said, "The burning of Alexander was a blot upon the name of our fur state. I puts Kansas alongside Texas and Georgia. The bones of old John Brown must have turned over in their cled all cottage. What must the world think of our religion and Christiantany? But let the bloodstained fingers of the Levenworth bandit tingle forever The scripture tell us one shall chase 1.00 and two shall put 10.00 to flight but this moral rule is being reversed in the conduct of the moo tward negro criminals. Indeed, it takes 5,000 to chase one negro and 8,000 to see him bu ned. Great God save the nation! "Ten thousand do lars should be collected to ascertain the cause of this infamous crime against good morals. "But we preachers and teachers and professional men must help to formulate some plan to reduce the tendency to crime among our people. The race in danger. There are too many dives and questionable places as public resorts established among us; too many agencies at work undermining the foundation of true religion and character, too many hotbeds of sin in the cities I believe night schools established for those who are in service during the day would be a blow to the prop that suports dancing academics; that savings institutions co operative concerns, which will lead to larger business relations will have much to do with the reduction of crime. "The white people, i. e., some of them given our colleges and churches support. We stil have friends. The voice in the wild rains in the Leavenworth tragedy was the honest, conservative criticism of the press of the country. Let the adjust itself to social and economic conditions of the country, educate the young, protect against the wrog, get home, and then, if the nation sows to the wind it will reap the whirlwind." Kansas City, Mo., is to have an Electrical Carnival parade this fall, which will be a most lasting advertisement to the great west. This could not be possible it not for the grand street car system of the Metropolitan Railway Company. Whatever the future of the twin cities will be, much can be attributed to the excellency of its Street Car services. The Metropolitan system under the direction of Mr. Walter H Holmes, has grown to such gigantic proportions that it stands today one of the marvels of the Great West, soon to surpass the world. Mr. Holmes, whose keen foresight and business push and activity is doing much for Kansas City, is to be commended for the efforts he has put forth in making the two Kansas Cities desirable places to live in. We have noticed recently a number of damage suits filed in this city by people living in Missouri. We think it would be a proper thing for the present legislature to pass a law prohibiting the filing of damage suits other than in the state the alleged damage was received. The tax payers of Wyandotte county have enough debts without being burdened by people from Missouri with others—simply because they can hire their suits here without charge, when in Missouri they must pay for flaring. We hope our representatives at the seat of the law making powers will look after this. AMONG the really disgusting after features of the Leavenworth burning that remains us much of a stigma as anything else, is that we have not a governor in the state of Kansas that has manhood and back-bone enough to offer a reward for the capture and punishment of the known leader of the mob, well might he be censured even though he be a Republican governor. Have some pride and style about you, even if you are poor. Going to the dogs is easy, but it will soon amuse you with dirt and vermin. Nobody likes or respects a depraved wreak of humanity. Do the best your circumstances and hold up your head. - Statesmen. publication Notice. Anna Fox, Defendant. No. 18107. The State of Kansas to Anna Fox, Greeting. You will take notice that you have been sued by plaintiff, A. W. Fox, for a divorce in the above named court, and that plaintiff's petition was filed January 7, 1901. That the grounds on which said divorce is asked is abandonment for more than one year. Now, unless you answer demur, or otherwise object, on or before the 17th. day of March, A. D. 1901, the allegation of divorce has been as confessed to be true and judgment rendered against you grazing and divorce as prayed for. L. W. JOHNSON. Plaintiff's Attorney. Attest. A. GUNNING. Clerk. UNION PACIFIC THE OVERLAND ROUTE WORLD'S PICTORIAL LINE. SHORTFST LINE CROSS THE CONTINENT The Union Pacific 'The Original Overland Route' always was, and is to-day, the shortest and best Line to the west. Two splendid fast trains leave Kan-sa City daily over this old established line. No change of cars between Kansas City and Denver, Ogden or San Francisco. All trains solidly vestibulated and fully equipped with latest improved Recycling 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 Li, t. Only line running two trains without change from KansasCity to Denver Low excursion cars on sale to Colorado-Utah Idaho, Oregon, Washington and California. Don't complete your arangements for a trip west until you have learned all about special inductions and attractions offered by the Union Pacific. For full information in regard to low.rates time etc., call on or address J. B. FRAWLEY. Gen. 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Intended to Generate the Current for Electric Light and Power of a New York Suburb—Thirty-five Feet High. (Pittsburg Letter.) A gigantic compound engine, the largest in the world, has just been completed at an East Pittsburgh establishment. It is to be shipped this week to Bay Ridge, N. Y., for the Kings County Electric Light and Power company's plant there. These monster engines, one of which has been erected temporarily, are of the vertical cross compound condensing type, especially designed for driving alternating current generators, mounted directly on the shaft of the engine. The engines have a nominal capacity of 4,000 horse power and will carry successfully overloads of 7,000 horse power. The principal dimensions of the engines are as follows: Height from floor line to top of cylinders, about 35 feet; length along the shaft, 38 feet 6 inches; width, 28 feet; diameter of high pressure cylinder, 86 inches; stroke, 60 inches; number of revolutions per minute, 75; steam pressure, 170 pounds. The diameter of the shaft in the center is 39 inches; diameter of shaft at bearings, 34 inches; length of each bearing, 60 inches; total weight of the shaft without crank-checks or fly-wheel centers, about 75,000 pounds. The shaft is of hydraulic forged upon hearth steel, having a hole its entire length 16 inches in diameter. The fly wheel is very massive, having 100 tons in the rim; diameter of wheel, 28 feet; velocity of rim, 6,600 feet per minute, or practically one and one-quarter miles. Each engine comprises two vertical cylinders erected side by side on massive frames, bolted to ponderous bed plates. In each engine there is room left between the two cylinders for a Westinghouse generator, which will furnish current for light and power. The revolving part of this generator is mounted directly upon the steel shaft of the engine, and is firmly bolted to a very heavy fly wheel. The new facilities at the works in the way of powerful machinery have much to impress a visitor, particularly the immense new straightaway and boring mills, the largest in the world. The equipment of the shops to turn out huge masses in machinery is, of LARGEST STEAM ENGINE IN THE WORLD. course, a source of wonderment, but the devices for handling the colossal working machines and the simplicity of their guidance excite the admiration as well. AN INGENIOUS SERVANT How a Brave Housemaid Caught a Burglar A rather curious method of burglar catching was resorted to by an ingenuous maid servant recently in this city. As the Electrical Review tells the story, while in pursuit of her household duties the maid noticed a man's foot inside the clothes closet. She did not scream, neither did she jump at the door, nor shut it with a bang; instead she took a broom and began to sweep that corner of the room near the closet. Her approach was gradual, and the sweeping was done so naturally that it would not have aroused the most suspicious burglar. At last the groom brushed the door gently but hard enough to close it to the fraction of an inch. Whith five or six more gentle sweeps that closet door was shut and almost latched, which she at length succeeded in doing by gently pressing her arm against it. As the telephone in her house was so near the closet that the burglar would be able to hear her if she called for assistance, she bethought herself of another plan. In the back yard some telephone linemen were at the time making repairs on a wire that runs to another house in the block. She went out and spoke to them. They promptly tapped a wire, attached a testing instrument and called up one of the downtown exchanges, which, in turn, called up Police Headquarters. From there the call was sent to the police station nearest the house and two policemen were sent around and got the man. As an Extra Induction to Trade. The Merchants' Review tells this story on a drummer for an Ithaca grocery house: The grocer recently sent out an energetic young man to canvass for new customers. He worked hard for the interests of his employer, and also somewhat weared the good housewives whom he called upon. At one house he used up his whole line of argument and gasped for more, as the lady of the house still said she was perfectly satisfied with her regular grocer. Then a happy thought struck him, and he said: "Mrs. Jones, I wouldn't for the world say anything against that grocer you patronize, but let me ask you if you think that he cares anything for you except your money? Do you think that he intends to plant roses on your grave? Now, you just trade with my firm, and I guarantee that they will give you entire satisfaction." French soldiers, when in active service, do not wear socks. German and Russian soldiers wear bandages on their feet instead of socks. Architect of Dewey Arch. Charles Rollinson Lamb, the architect of the Dewey arch in New York city, is a grandson of Charles Rollinson, who was the most prominent steel engraver of his time, and who, when the committee waited upon him to engrave the set of gold buttons for the suit in which the first president of the United States was to take his cath ode, did the work and refused compensation, saying the honor was sufficient. Valuable Almanac Free We have received a copy of the new almanac for 1901 published by the Royal Baking Powder Co. It is an artistic and useful book and will be of interest to housekeepers. A noteworthy feature of the almanac is a prediction of the weather for every day of the year, by Prof. DeVoe, who correctly prophesied the great Galveston cyclone and other important meteorological events. We are authorized to say that any woman reader of this paper can secure a copy without cost by sending a request to the company, at 100 William St., New York. Dangerous and Harmless Mosquitoes. Prof. C. W. Stiles, of the agricultural department, says that only the mosquito of the genus Anopheles carries the malaria germs. This species, the professor continues, can readily be distinguished from the common mosquito by its voice. The dangerous mosquito gives forth a deep, strong buzz, quite different from the gentler hum of the harmless mosquito. Oldest Yacht in the World The Royal George, Queen Victoria's first yacht, still exists. She lies at Portsmouth, a depot ship for the crews of royal yachts when they are under repair or refitting. She is the oldest yacht in the world. The last state occasion on which she was used was in August, 1852, when her majesty made her first visit to Scotland, accompanied by the Prince Consort. A Friend's Prophetic Joke. John W. Yerkes, commissioner of internal revenue, says that before the recent election, when he was a candidate for the governorship of Kentucky, one of his acquaintances among the mountaineers insisted on calling him "governor," and when asked why replied that it was because after election he wouldn't have a chance to call him that. --- **Austrian For Wind Instruments.** Experiments are being made to discover if aluminium may not be used in the manufacture of high-class wind instruments. If this could be done it is thought it would be very desirable, on account of its light weight and its freedom from verdigris deposits, and as it is not easily affected by changes of temperature the instruments would be less likely to get out of tune. **Austrian Emperor's Special Newspaper.** Every day the emperor of Austria reads a newspaper which is prepared especially for himself. It is composed entirely from extracts from the press, and by the emperor's desire nothing which concerns himself is omitted from it, no matter how unflattering or disagreeable it may be. Alleged Extravagance in Wisconsin. Senator's Wife a Club Woman: Mrs. Hawley, wife of the Connecticut senator, is an enthusiastic club woman. She served two terms as president of the Washington club, and is prominently connected with several Washington hospitals and other charities. POLICE OFFICER RESCUED. Officer A. C. Swanson of the Council Bluffs Force Tells an Interest- ing Story. Council Bluffs, Iowa, Jan. 19, 1901.—(Special.)—Kindhearted officer Swanson of the local police force is very popular in this city. He has lived here for seventeen years, and has enjoyed many high offices in social and society work. He is now Vice-President of the "Danebrog" Brotherhood, the largest Danish secret society in America, which combines benevolent with the social features. Owing to the constant exposure and many hours on his feet, which his duty as a police officer makes unavoidable, Mr. Swanson became the victim of serious Kidney and Liver Trouble. He was very bad, but has entirely recovered. He gives the story in his own words as follows: "I have been a sufferer for many years with Kidney and Liver Trouble, and have tried many remedies, some of which gave me temporarily relief, and others which were absolutely worthless. I began to think that there was no help for me, when my nephew gave me a part of a box of Dodd's Kidney Pills which he had left, saying that it would do no harm to try them, as they had certainly fixed him all right. What he gave me helped me so much that I felt justified in purchasing more, and I grew slowly better. It took almost two months to effect a complete cure, as mine was a very bad case, but I can cheerfully and truthfully say that I am a well man today, and I am very grateful that Dodd's Kidney Pills were thus brought to my notice." The wonderful cures effected by Dodd's Kidney Pills in Iowa have created quite a sensation in some parts of the state. There does not seem to be any case of Lame Back, Rheumatism, Kidney or Bladder Trouble which these wonderful Pills cannot cure. They are certainly popular here, and the sale through the local druggists is very large. Lazy Son a Trying One A Spartan mother on Long Island has twice applied to a police court for papers, which will compel her son to answer before a magistrate for what she calls "disorderly conduct," the basis of the charge being that the young man refuses to work and spends the daylight hours in playing golf. HOLWORTHY HALL. Historical Incidents Concerning a Build- ing at Harvard University. Two rooms are to be in Holworthy Hall at Harvard, with big bonuses offered for the takers, which offer tells something unheard of in the century's history of this old hall. Since 1812, when the famous hall was put up, there never has been a room to let. Now men who hold two rooms are offering bonuses to get rid of them. In this hall some of the most famous men who have attended Harvard have lived. Once its rooms were let to seniors only, Up to last year no freshman was allowed to apply for a room there, and though some freshmen had lived there, it was by error only. The hall was the prize hall of the college.. Others, more luxurious, with better convenences and more comforts, had been built. There were many that cost more, but there were none so popular. Never has a Holworthy room been posted on the official bulletin board long enough for the ink to get dry. Holworthy stands across the north end of the old yard at Harvard. It is a plain brick building, with a slightly tilted roof, four stories high, without ornament, or sixteen. It is oblong, with small intoxicent light windows, and is divided into three entries, with two rooms in an entry. The rooms are so arranged that big square rooms are in the front of the building, and from these two rooms bedrooms open running through to the rear. In two of the entries the rooms have light on three sides. It is these large rooms that make the place a favorite for a century. Formerly men of wealth lived here. A suite that cost $250 was too steep for the average undergraduate seventy-five years ago. Rooms were to be had from $30 to $50 then. Matthew Holworthy, an English merchant, left in 1678 to the "college or university in or of Cambridge in New England £1,000 for the "furthering of learning and promulgation of the Gospel in those parts." It was not until the early part of the century that the work was begun. President Kirkland, the head of the college, didn't have money enough to put up the building, so a lottery was opened, and the proceeds supplied the balance of the fund. It was finished and opened in 1812 by President Kirkland—New York Press. THE EAST GAINS. Causes of Changes in Population During a Decade In summing up the results of the last census Dr. Albert Shaw says in the Review of Reviews: "The period from 1870 to 1880 was marked by the great development in population of the rich wheat and corn lands that were still open to settlement under the Homestead and Pre-emption laws in Minnesota, Iowa, Western Missouri and contiguous regions. In the period from 1880 to 1890 there was a rush still further west into the Dakotas, Montana, the Puget Sound country, western Nebraska and Kansas, Colorado and southern California. The period just ended, from 1890 to 1900, has been especially marked by the growth of manufacturing population in the older states. Thus New Jersey's gain of 30 per cent has been principally due to the growth of manufacturing towns and of the Jersey suburbs of New York city. New York's gain of more than 20 per cent is accounted for largely by the growth of the great metropolis at the eastern end of the state, and of Buffalo and its commercial and industrial environs at the western end. Northern New England has gained very little, and would have lost decidedly but for the immigration of French Canadians and others. Massachusetts has gained about 25 per cent, which is evidence enough that her manufacturing prosperity is not a thing of the past. The gain of little Rhode Island in ten years has amounted to twice the population of the state of Nevada, Connecticut has now 908,000 people, and has gained 162,000 in ten years. This growth, like that of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, is due to manufacturing progress. There would seem no reason in the nature of things why little Delaware should not have more people than little Rhode Island; yet Delaware has not quite 185,000, while Rhode Island has more than 428,000. Manufacturers make the difference." Two Parliamentary Bulls. The last session of the British parliament was not particularly prolific of funny sayings, but there were a couple of good things unconsciously said. The first was by Mr. Field, M. P. He had made a statement at which Mr. Chamberlain shook his head, a silent negative. Mr. Field turned to Mr. Chamberlain and proclaimed: "The right honorable gentleman shakes his head—I am sorry to hear it." The second was from an Irishman, Mr. Flavin, M. P. He was about to put a question to a cabinet minister, when the right honorable gentleman reminded Mr. Flavin that a letter had been sent to him (Mr. Flavin) asking him to postpone the question until such time as the minister could obtain the information needed before an answer could be given. "Yes, sir," replied Mr. Flavin, "that is so. I have got that letter and have not had time to open it." German Law of Libel. The German law of libel is a curiosity. An editor recently said in his paper that a certain gentleman "was an unmannerly boor." in consequence of which a libel action was brought against the paper. The evidence given seemed to show that the only fault with the expression was that it was not strong enough. The case was taken from court to court in the usual way, until it reached the highest tribunal. The final decision was that the editor would have been perfectly justified if he had said that the plaintiff "had acted like an unmannerly boor," but since he had said that the plaintiff actually "was an unmannerly boor" he had committed libel. In Germany it is libelous to call a man a pig or an ass; but if you combine the two and call a man a pig-ass, then there is no libel, because such an animal does not exist. The favorite combination among Germans is, we believe, pig-dog (schweinehund)—Chambers' Journal. True friends appear less mov'd than counterfeit—Horace. SAWYER'S EXCELSIOR Keep Out the Wet Sawyer's Slickers Sawyer's "Excelsior Brand" Suits and Slickers are the best waterproof garments and warranted waterproof. Made to stand the roughest wounds. Jeans. Jeans for the trade run. If your dealer does not have them, erite i. catalogue. H. H. W. W. W. W. W. East Cambridge, Mass. 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The bishop was joyful and interesting, and quite took the fancy of the cattleman, who presently said: "Where in hell have I seen you before?" The bishop's reply was the question, "What part of hell did you come from?"—Los Angeles Times. Marriage In Hindoostan Marriages in Hindoostan are very simple and are usually arranged by the parents of the principals. When an alliance is agreed upon the bride and groom are brought together and perhaps see each other for the first time. The bride playfully skips toward him and seats herself beside him. The priest ties a corner of the bride's veil to the groom's shawl and this simple proceeding makes them man and wife. In Australia a novel idea has been introduced for weeding out the "man who doesn't dance." Each lady has a slip of paper perforated in squares, one square for each dance on the program; she gives one of these coupons to her partner at the end of each dance, and any man who cannot produce a fair percentage of coupons is refused admission to the supper room. Grammar of English Dialects. Professor Joseph Wright is collecting phonographic specimens of English dialects, partly to enable him to check the material for a comprehensive comparative grammar of all the English dialects in the United Kingdom and partly to hand down to posterity a faithful record of the dialects as spoken at the end of the nineteenth century. Jewish Version of Talmud Rabbit Jacob David Wilowski, one of the most famous talmudists of Europe, is lecturing in New York. Later he will lecture at Chicago. This learned man, who presides over a large congregation in Sizuk, Russia, has attained literary fame by publishing eighteen volumes of commentaries on what is known as the Jewish version of the talmud. Tenant Equal to Occasion A landlord recently walked into a *Salem* (Mass.) store and ordered his tenant to vacate. The tenant meekly listened to the command, and then, exhibiting a constable's badge, ordered the landlord to vacate the premises under the threat of arrest for trespass upon the tenant's store. The astonished landlord got out.—Pittsburg Dispatch. Doctors in China: When a sick Chinaman consults a doctor he expects the prescribed medicine to take effect at once. Consequently most of the medical practitioners give their patients, for a first dose, some red-hot mixture, such as tincture of cayenne, which makes the invalids feel as if a torch'ght procession were coursing down elr throats. Some men are afraid of nothing but danger. The money paid the infant's nurse is apt to be hush money. What Do the Children Drink? What Do I need to tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food drink called GRAIN-O it is delicious and nourishing, and takes the place of coffee. The more GRAIN-O you give the children the more health you distribute pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee, but costs about $ as much. All grocers sell it and 30c. An essay on man—a woman's attempt to marry him. The only successful way of curing a bad complexion is by purifying the blood and cleansing the system: Take Garnald Tea movement can be seen after a few days. Idle wishes are apt to enfeeble the midd. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take LAXATIVA BROMO QUININE TABLETS. All drugs treat the movement can be seen after a few days. During the first year of the new century we should all look out for No. 1. FITS PERMANently Cured. warts or nervousness after first day of Dr. Kline's Great Serve Restorer. It has to be done. Dr. R. H. KLUSE, Ltd., 418 Arch, Philadelphia, Pa. No. Maude, dear; the fish known as smelt is not caught in the dead sea. Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all infections of the throat and lungs—W.K. O. 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It is thus within the memory of one lifetime that this nation has made its wonderful progress from a revolted colony of Great Britain to a position second to no nation in the world. It is a record for patrolistic Americans to be proud of.—Baltimore American. Son Follows Father's Footsteps Son Follows Father's Footsteps. It is a remarkable coincidence that John M. Francis, the founder of the Troy Times, should have held the same office which his son has now been called to fill. The senior Francis was made Minister to Greece in 1871 by President Grant and held the office for three years, resigning to return to active newspaper work. The son, succeeding the father as editor and proprietor of the Times, is now chosen to occupy the same post. Mexico Buys American Books Mexico buys American books. Mexico buys more American books than does France, and nearly as many as Germany. 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"I have nothing but praise for Peruna, and recommend it to those similarly afflicted whenever I can."—Frances M. Anderson. La gripe is, strictly speaking, epileptic catarrh—that is to say, a variety of acute catarrh which is so contagious and runs a course more or less definite, the same as scarlet fever, whoooping cough, or Dauro's stage of the gripe it is not a very fatal disease, but the condition in which it leaves the system has caused the death of a countless number. Indeed nearly every person who has had la gripe within the last three years finds himself more or less deranged by the pernicious effects of this disease. The majority of those who have escaped death find life scarcely worth living. If this vast multitude of people could only know with what certainty and promptness Peruna would relieve them of all the bad effects which la gripe causes, the amount of suffering would be averted! Thousands have already heard how quickly this remedy will cure in these cases and have been saved; but tens of thousands have not yet heard; and con- tinue to suffer on, dropping into the grave one by one. Peruna catahrn in all stages and varieties, whether acute or chronic, and is therefore the most effective remedy ever devised for removing all the derangements which follows la gripe. Samuel M. York writes from Union Grove, Ala., the following letter: Dear Sir—"Last week I was taken with la gripe and catarrhal deafness. I wrote you for advice and followed your directions. After taking two bottles of Peruna I found myself well of la gripe, and my hearing was fully restored. My health is better than it has been in five years. My life improved in health very much after taking Peruna."—Samuel M. York. Miss Caroline J. Kahl, Otisco, Ind., writes as follows: "Three years I had I laud gripe and pulmonary trouble. I was very sick. 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The loved of our own household band, Long gone to the mansions Elysian, Now clasp me again by the hand, And lead me to that happy country That mortal eye never hscanned. The home that I pictured ideal, Afar from earth's tumult and din, Was but a dim view of the real, Ever if I were to walk on On the border-land of the eternal, Unfettered by conflict and sin. I enter the wide open portal With feelings to sound for speech, And gaze on the glory immortal That human eyes never can reach, And list to the music of angels, That human lore never can teach. In voices of praise to the giver Unite the glad, glorified throng. Life's fountain and clear flowing river In harmony joining the song-- And a life all forever In chorus the anthem In rhythmical, thrilling completeness Each pulse of my being is stirred And chimes with the exquisite sweetness Of all the grand melody heard; To my spirit the Te Deum echoes, My lips cannot utter a word. I waken in regions terrestrial; On my pillow the sun's early beam Looks down from the pure land celestial, Whispers each shimmering glaem- "Sad heart, there's a brighter hereafter Than pictured your heart." S. J. Stevens. Gyp's Miss Polly. BY CURRAN R. GREENLEY. (Copyright 1900. by Daulx. Story Pub. Co.) (Copyright, 1800, by Daily Pub. Co.) The firelight flickered and fell along the wall in glancing rays, that centered upon Miss Polly's down-bent head and the crumpled mass of paper in her tightly clenched hands. To the world at large it mattered little that Edmund Garrett announced his marriage to Louise Lofton; but to the woman who had cast her youthpromise on the altar of his ambition, it was finality. The fire died down, but Miss Polly did not notice that. She was far away in the byways of dead years, and the way was dark. Long ago one voice had said: "Wait, sweetheart, till the tide comes in from the Fortuneat Isles." The tide came in, but the ship that rode its crest was not for her. The room grew chill. Gyp, the foxterrier, came and thrust his cold nose against her hands. Gyp was not a stranger to surprises, but the dark and cold were new to him, and he snugged still closer. Suddenly Miss Polly arose, lit the gas, and repressed the fire. Gyp wagged his approval. This was in his limit of things understood, but it went beyond when Miss Polly deliberately took her seat in front of the mirror, scrutinizing each feature as if it were a face seen for the first time. Masses of fluffy hair drawn severely from the pale oval of a wistful face, lit by the clear, gray of the black-fringed eyes—a face, in which youth had died; as yet untouched by age. A long time those two gazed at one another, Miss Polly, and the weary woman that fronted her; then Gyp beheld a transformation. Across the sweet cure of the patient mouth, there grew a hard, tense line, and a new fire leapt into the tired eyes. Miss Polly left the room, returning with a small box; this she placed near the mirror, then turned to the curious little black trunk that Gyp knew contained her treasures. Gyp sat up and looked puzzled as Miss Polly dragged it over to the grate. One by one, they were thrust into the glow of the flames. A Gyp wagged his approval. dainty silken gown, redolent with the sweetness of long-dead roses, a broken fan, letters—ah so many, and a picture that was held face down, and Gyp struggled still closer, as a faint moan came from Miss Polly's white lips. It crumpled into ashes, and with a quick movement, Miss Polly rolled the little trunk back to its place, empty, and resumed her seat before the mirror. With deft fingers she loosened, brushed, and wound the shining mass into picturesque disorder. Then—Shades of the standards that were! Miss Polly applied the contents of that small box; and Gyp knew that the laughing girl in the picture below the stall's was really his Miss Polly. In the days that followed there came a revolution into his small life. He was actually left to the care of Bridget, while Miss Polly only came and went, attended by a small army of women with bundles. No more quiet evenings; but a tumult of making ready; for what he could not tell; yet Miss Polly moved through it all, quiet and determined, unheeding the protests of an excited family, that clamored for an explanation. It was a very disgruntled household that a week later waved its good-bys to the carriage that bore Gyp and his mistress away—away to the far southern town. Gyp sat perfectly still, and eyed her new suit case with becoming gravity. Clearly there was something in all this—something his doggish brain could not fathom. Then came a horrible time in the baggage car with a man, whose familiarity he treated with well-bred contempt. At last he heard Miss Polly's voice, but it was that girl in the picture that came down the platform, and his miss Polly was not there at all. He never found her; but the "girl in the picture" claimed him, and they drove away to a big house, where another girl came out, and called her "dar- ling Marlan." It was all very puzzling to a small doggie; but very pleasant, for the 'girl' "took him for long walks down on the sands, where he lay in the sunshine and listened to Miss Polly's voice, although he never could The "girl" came and went, as Miss find her. Polly had never done. One night the maid forgot to put him to bed, and he lay on his cushion a long time in the dim-lit room. The door opened, and the "girl" came in. Gyp was almost afraid of her—and yet, she was very lovely, in the glisten of the white gown slipping down from her shoulders, and the bright things in her hair. Then the other girl came in. "Marian, did you talk with Edmund Garrett?" "Yes—that is—well; we were not together more than a minute." "He is very brilliant; but his wife—Ugh," said Margaret. "Who was she?" "Who? Well simply a gyp with an unlimited bank account. They are new people. War contracts, I believe." "The girl" laughed. She always laughed now—a laugh like cold little bells, that made Gyp shiver. His Miss Polly had never laughed like that. "These 'new people' are your pet aversion, my Margaret; but the world, our world, gladly accepts that bank account in lieu of a grandfather." "Marian," the other girl had grown earnest, "there are things that have died; but do not trample too hard upon their graves. What are you going to do with Jack Ronald? Is he merely a resource?" The two looked at each other, and the "girl" began a hurried pacing over the room; her white robe agleam in the dusky light. "Well?" said Margaret. "I mean to marry him." The words fell heavily; and there was silence between them for a little space, then Margaret folded the shining figure into "Jack" called her "his Marian." a long, close embrace. "God help you, dear," she said, and passed out. All that night Gyp lay unnoticed upon the foot of the bed, while the sibilant breathing from the depths of the laces and pillows told of the battle fought out in the darkness. And so the days went by, but now, when they walked the sands, there was a man who joined them; and soon there was another man, who never seemed to know that they were coming; but somehow, always managed to meet them. He never was in a pleasant humor; but the "girl" laughed always, that cold little laugh, as the three paced the beach together. Mr. Ronald was the first man's name; then, after a time, she called him "Jack." It was puzzling, very. At last, there came a morning when "Jack" and the "girl" went down the sands, and Gyp followed. The "other man" was not there. They found a sheltered nook behind a pile of driftwood, and Gyp sat up very straight, and listened, as little dogs will, when "Jack" called her "his Marian" and then—he found his Miss Polly, as the girl" grew pale, faltered, and bowed her head, as "Jack" plunged into the old, passionate story whose echo never dies on human lips. The little waves danced up at their feet, with the sun-gold of the sea. Far out, the gullwings flashed against the brazen blue of the sky, under the throb of the sea-voice, the man's voice rang, tender and low. At the faint, half-spoken "yes," Gyp shivered with delight. He was certain now that it was Miss Polly, but he did not approve of this—there, there, little dogs cannot understand these things. Really, it passed belief; but Miss Polly did not seem to object to the strong arm that drew her tawny head down to its resting place against the rough tweed shoulder. Gyp sprang up and barked as loudly as he could, but too late, the "other man" had rounded the pile of driftwood. There was a long moment—a moment, when the shimmering irides of Miss Polly's gray eyes flashed a message across the desert of ten wasted years. Heliographs, that signaled a sleeping host; a mighty thing, that rose and beat its self-manacled hands. Reeling, staggering, with tense hands clutching at his throat, the "other man" fell headlong on the sands; and Gyp shivred, as her laughed rang out—the laugh of the "girl in the picture." Seek Farmers from Japan. A novel experiment in colonizing is about to be made in the Argentine republic. It has been found that the French, German and English immigrants for the most part have selected the cities and large centers of population for their residence. In these places they have got control of many industries, and take a leading share in the commerce of the country. The Italians have been engaged heavily in river navigation, while the stream of Irish, which used to supply the demands for agricultural labor, filled up the shipyards and supplied the labor of docks, flows no more. Some French, Swiss and German peasants have founded agricultural colonies and in certain places the Russians and Poles form the bulk of the rural population. But the Argentine government has decided that none of these nations supplies in sufficient numbers a rural population for the development of the country, and have decided to import Japanese farmers. A great concession has been given in the province of Formosa for the first colony and arrangements have been made to bring over 20,000 Japanese farmers and settle them there. The Kaiser will drink no coffee except such as is grown in Mexico. A supply is sent to him each fall from the state of Michoacan. (Mexican Letter.) After a very happy sojourn in the City of Mexico, the day for leaving came and the journey homeward was to be one of continued interest over the Mexican Central railway. In this new route I was to see new cities, a new country, and pass some places of rare historic interest and see many developments of various industries. The first place of note is the city of Queretaro, having a population of 50,000 inhabitants. It is a most important manufacturing city, more than 2,000 persons being employed in the cotton mills and flour mills there. Just outside of Queretaro are the great Hercules cotton mills, and as I looked at them in the beautiful valley I was reminded of some of the cotton mills I had seen in Connecticut. In the war Where Maximilian Dled. Where Maximillian Died. against the empire. Emperor, Maximillian was captured at Queretaro by General Escandon and soon afterward was shot, according to the edict of war. This scene was enacted on a beautiful hill to the west of the city about one mile. With him to share his fate were Miguel Miramon, once a president of Mexico, who had joined his fortunes with the empire, and Maiji, a Mexican, who had been a faithful follower. The greatest efforts were made by Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria to save the life of Maximillian, who was his brother, and the Empress Carloa journeyed to Rome with the utmost haste to enlist Pope Plus the IXth to intercede for the life of her husband, and then she went to Napoleon of France to give his aid in the matter. In the exigency of the case she turned to Secretary Seward of President Lincoln's cabinet, but all was in vain. The victorious leaders of the cause of liberty in Mexico refused to consider the appeal of anyone, and Maximillian was doomed. The day of death was June 27, 1867, and as the party proceeded to the field to meet their fate Maximillian said: "What a lovely day on which to die!" They were put in po VILLA DE MADRID sition with Maximilian in the center, but before the order to fire was made, he turned to Miramon and said: "My dear Miramon, you have always been faithful, and now you must have the position of honor." Thereupon he changed places so that Miramon stood in the center. At the first volley all was over. Melij and Miramon are entombed near each other in the Panthenon of San Fernando, in the City of Mexico, quite near to the tomb of Juarez, who brought about their ending; Maximilian rests in Vienna, while poor Carolina remains on earth with a mind clouded since those awful days thirty-three years ago. The man who goes to I invest must produce will sell if he succeed in many ways, a labor cheap and good laboring class is easy kindness, for they are of natural industry as to duty as a rule. Kin ble capital as far as cerned. Room for Men of "Is it a good place who are out of employing for a job?" "In answer to that there is abundant opene City of Flowers and Fruits City of Flowers and Fruits. Leaving Queratoro and its history behind we soon arrive at Irapuato, the city of flowers and fruits. Here strawberries ripen every day in the year and the fertile region about is given to the cultivation of small fruit. Turning to the westward over the Guadalajara branch of the Mexican Central railway we enter the valley of the Lerma river, a mighty stream 800 miles long—the Mississippi of Mexico. For 150 miles the railroad follows the river through valleys that are the granary and the garden of Mexico, and to the Falls of Junicatlan, the Niagara of Mexico, and to Lake Chapala, the great unsalted sea of the country. If one should ever go to Mexico he should not fall to visit Guadalajara, the second city of the republic in population, but perhaps first in beauty. It is the capital of the state of Jalisco, the largest and most progressive states of the Mexican union. Back on the main line again we come to Agua Calientes, an important city, famous for its hot springs. The name of the city, which is also the name of the state of which it is a capital, means "hot water." The water from the springs on the western suburbs, varying in temperature, is conducted to different parts of the city by open ditches, and is used for laundry purposes and irrigation. There is a free public bath for the poor and everybody looks clean. The largest smelting works of the republic are located here, and the country round about is noted for its production of corn, beans Through Rich Valleys. Through Rich Valleys, and wheat. The rich valleys continue northward until Zacatecas is reached. This city is one of the leading mining camps of the world and is very picturesque. It is at the high point of the mountains, and as we continue our journey we get into a lower altitude, and reaching Torreon we enter the cotton belt of the great Laguna district. Here for miles immense cotton fields are seen, with many gins and cotton mills along the way. These fine farms are called haclendas, a name for a vast estate, comprising thousands of acres of cultivated lands under one ownership. A little south of Chihuahua the Mexican Central railway runs directly through one haclenda for more than twenty-five miles. I was much pleased with the city of Chihuahua, which is the capital of the state of the same name. It is a beautiful city and an attractive business center, for to the south are the vast cotton fields, to the west the mining district, while to the north and east is an almost boundless cattle range. From the Capital North Through Rich Valleys There are many Americans living in Chihuahua, and many have made fortunes there. Governor Ahuamada is a great favorite with the Americans and a most progressive executive. All Like Americans. In fact everywhere throughout Mexico there is a warm feeling for Americans who conduct themselves properly, but the Mexicans are quick to detect shoddy in character, and when this observation is made they have an exclusiveness that is impenetrable. In other words, if a Mexican likes you, all he has is yours, theoretically at least, but if he does not like you he simply will not know you. It was along in the night, as I was crossing the great state of Chihuahua, that I was fortunate to have an opportunity of talking with Mr. H. R. Nickerson, vice-president and general manager of the Mexican Central railway, who, with Mrs. Nickerson, was going to Boston. "Yes, this is a great country," he said, "and it is growing greater." Since the Mexican Central railway has been in operation the country and the people have changed very much. Building railroads in Mexico in the early days was no easy matter, as the iron for the Mexican Central was sent from Pennsylvania via the Gulf of Mexico and then transported on mules and oxen across the mountain for 200 miles to the City of Mexico. The engines, cars and ties were also carried in the same way, and it seems almost a miracle that such a prodigious work could be accomplished under such disadvantages. "How do Americans get along in Mexico?" I asked. "They do well if they are deserving. It is not difficult for the Americans to learn enough of the Spanish language to get along with ordinary affairs, and anyone who has a little capital, say at least $2,000 in American money, can settle in Mexico with a well-founded hope of success. With that sum he can buy and properly equip for production land enough to soon earn him a comfortable home. CARACOL The man who goes to Mexico to live or invest must produce something that will sell if he succeeds. This can be done in many ways, as you will find labor cheap and good markets. The laboring class is easily managed by kindness, for they are a gentle people, of natural industry and are faithful to duty as a rule. Kindness will double capital as far as labor is concerned." Room for Men of Ambition: "Is it a good place for Americans who are out of employment and looking for a job?" "In answer to that I will say that there is abundant opportunity in Mexico for anyone with capital, large or small, with energy and prudence, and anyone who cannot bring with him these essential items had better stay where he is until he can acquire them, comparatively few American laborers or artisans can get employment in Mexico, and those who do must be able to speak and understand the Spanish language. Most of the railroads in Mexico are required by the government in return for privileges granted them to employ native help in certain capacities. In addition to this, many positions can only be filled by Mexicans, and thus the number of openings in railroad employment available to foreigners is very small." "Do the American residents adapt themselves to the government?" "Oh, yes, and very easily. In most essential matters the government of Mexico is similar to that of the United States, and there is no difficulty for honest people to get along there. President Diaz has created a strong government, but a just one, and he is greatly admired by Americans resident in Mexico." "There are opportunities for Americans to make money in Mexico," continued Mr. Nickerson, "but men must have means there as elsewhere to succeed. It is a fine country for climate, soil and mining, and with a stable government assured, Mexico has a great destiny." WILLIAM B. ROBERTS. Old Newspapers Are Valuable Old Newspapers Are Valuable. An insurmountable obstacle to the making of old newspapers into a good quality of paper was the fact that printer's ink, with its resin and its heavy linseed oil, could not be got rid of by any known process. Paper was made of old newspapers, but it was poor in appearance, poor in quality and always betrayed its origin. So old newspapers became in a certain sense more waste until about six years ago, when a young man named McEwen, from over in New Jersey, cliphered the fact that the resin and the oil in old newspapers, when the whole mass of ink and paper fiber together was subjected to a very high temperature, would be just the thing for sizing for box-board paper. Mr. McEwen had no capital, and he had difficulty in interesting people who had, but he succeeded at last, and now he is a millionaire. He himself ships from his mills 5,000 tons of box-board paper—"news board," as it is called from its newspaper origin—to England alone in the course of every year.—New York Sun. --- TRAINS BICYCLISTS O. L. Pickard's Methods of Handling Track Biders. There is probably no other cycle rider today who is so versatile as is O. L. Pickard, trainer of Johnnie Nelson and Johnnie Lake, now team mates. Pickard rides in the races, trains his men, attends to the motors, and builds training quarters or cycle tracks with equal facility. In his position he attends to everything, from cutting down a motor frame to wiring a motorcycle complete, or building a new bicycle. He rides the motor, either on the front or rear seat. He knows the cycle and the motor tandem, as he knows everything else, thoroughly. His work was responsible for much of the success of Nelson during the past season, for he attends to every detail, and allows nothing to go undone. Many have called Nelson lucky in winning several hard races, forgetting that it was the fact that a second motor was always kept ready and waiting to pick him up, or that a second wheel was always under the hands of this trainer, and ready to be rushed to him at any point around the track. In five races Nelson punctured, but he won all five contests. His extra wheel was not in the dressing room at such times, under lock and key, but was waiting for him at the point where he dismounted. That was not good luck, certainly. The extra motor for Nelson was not on the stand, and cool, but was circling the track, and at all times the riders were watching Pickard for a signal, under instructions from him. The fact that they picked up their men so quickly and neatly, was not good luck. A man of the caliber of Pickard is hard to find, and when a rider has found him he is certain that unless in the hardest kind of luck he will have an even break for the money.—Chicago Inter Ocean. MISSION OF TONGUE. Art in Literature and Beauty of Ex- expression Literature is art. It is art whose crude material is language, as the sculptor's material is marble, or as the potter's is clay. Its mission in the first place is so to shape its material that form and beauty may emerge. The day has not passed wherein the grace of words fifty spoken has power to quicken and inspire human life, nor has Spencer's dictum "For pleasing words are like the magic art," lost in reality any of its value, despite the chronicle, the intelligencer and all the apostles of the matter of fact. It cannot be denied, however, that a practical age has had its effect. Men certainly do hesitate frankly to confess that in their own usage language is used as an artistic material and subjected to artistic treatment. There is apparently a feeling that the confession would involve something demeaning to the content of thought. Rhetoric is in bad odor—chiefly the name. In the schools they try to hide it under the name of "English." There never was, however, in all the days of our civilization, a more widespread and certain demand for what is called "good English," or a more perfect appreciation of what is said to be "well written." Rhetoric as a name has fallen into discredit, because it has come to be associated with tinselled phrase and empty words. But this is no rebuff to the art. Every material of the arts, from ivory to wood, has sometime been misused as tinsel. The empty display of material is not art; it is child's play.—Atlantic Monthly. PRESENCE OF MIND. Ragman Makes Scene in Detroit wit Wagon Afire. The ragman blew a mighty blast and then entered to see if there were any old clothes for sale. After he had purchased $5 worth of goods for 50 cents, he went to the front and let out a yell that turned the lady of the house deathly pale and caused the hired girl to fall down the cellar stairs. Explanation came later. The perambulation merchant is troubled with cold feet. To counteract this affliction he used an old iron kettle for a stove with paving blocks for fuel. He kept it in the front end of his wagon, and when he came out his whole cargo was adfre. After the yell he made a flying leap into the rickety wagon, thrashed the defected-looking horse into a semblance of animation, and went up the street creating a bigger sensation than Ben Hur's charlot race. Shouting boys and barking dogs were in the train, and all the elder heads coincided in a belief that the man who was thrashing his horse, shouting in a foreign tongue, who fell through a broken seat as he made the corner, his head and heels being all of him in sight, was crazy. But he was not. His presence of mind was to be envied by many a statesman, for he pulled up in front of a hose house and the laughing fire laddies soon conquered the conflagration. Scorched, half-drowned and gazing sadly upon what was left of his rig, the victim hissed between his teeth that he would sue the city.—Detroit Free Press. Bishop Potter's Day. The necessity for occasional relaxation never seems to trouble the bishop. One of the family, when asked if he ever took a nap, scouted the idea. "A nap! Oh, dear no," she said; "he never goes to bed in the daytime." A glance at the bishop's notebook would show why he could not indulge in a slaesta even if he would. For months ahead his mornings, afternoons and evenings are mortgaged to the church or the public. One Sunday not long ago he preached in the morning at St. Paul's church, Tivoli; in the afternoon at Trinity church, Madalin, and in the evening at St. John's church, Barrytown. This is not at all an unusual program for Bishop Potter after a week in which he has done the work of two or three men. Another Sunday he preached at Vassar in the morning, at 3 o'clock held services, confirmed 38 candidates and addressed them in one church, at 5 confirmed 22 candidates and addressed them in another church and 7:30 preached, confirmed 24 persons and spoke in a third—New York Sun. The colors of a kingfisher become full after death. No one who has seen only the stuffed bird can form any idea of the brilliance of its plumage when alive.