The American Citizen

Oldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of the Country THE DUTIES OF THE HOUR DEMAND RACE LEADERS WITH SOMETHING ELSE BESIDES HOT AIR, FOR THERE ARE CRISIS TO BE MET IN THIS THE 20TH CENTURY VOL 14, NO.3 ABOUT THE NEGRO. VIEWS OF A DISTINGUISHED CLERGYMAN. Rev Lyman Abbott. in a Recent Address at Boston, Spoke of the Problem of the American Negro in the South. Rev Lyman Abbott made some interesting statements on the position of the Negro in the South in his eighth lecture on "A study in the Problems of Democracy" in Boston several days He said that when the Civil War ended a perplexing problem was presented. Should the South be treated as possessed territory and governed by Washington? This would be imperialism. Should the suffrage be given back to the ex-slave-holders? This might result in the re-establishment of slavery in a new form. Should it be gone the Union men? This would e cate a small oligarchy. The only alternative in Dr. Abbott's opinion, was adopted universal suffrage. The result of universal suffrage was to give political power to a great body of ex-slaves without previous training or education and without political capacity. The carpet-bag government not historically failed to protect person, property, reputation or family. The South engaged in a revolution for the purpose of overthrowing it. The bottom of society never ought to govern the top, and it would govern the top if political power was conferred upon a great body of ignorant and incompetent voters. Dr. Abbott declared that the North ought to sympathize with the end which the South had in view. He applauded the attempts in recent years to have the better element govern the South. The fact the Negroes, emerging from a condition of absolute poverty, new own a estate $300,000,000 worth of personal and real estate concisely shows that their personal and properly rights are in the main well protected. The further fact that the South expends about $40,000; 100 annually in school funds of which the Negroes contribute one-thirtieth though they receive the benefit of nearly one half, shows conclusively that the South desires the education of the Negroes. "There should be drawn, continued Dr. Abbott, 'not a color or race line, but a character line. Booked T. Washington should not be refused a ballot because his face is black when ignorant, in earnest drunken white man is all weed the right of suffrage. Manhood must come first, suffrage afterward. I regret the recrudescence of barbarians in the operation of lynch law, but with lynchings in Ohio with a Kaucasus woman smashing saloons in Topeka and another woman demolishing drug stores in Chicago we must realize that this evil is not distinctly Southern. DISFRANCHISING Bill Designed to Disfranchise Maryland Negroes Through Educational Quas ification to be Pruhled by the Democrats. Annapolis. Md., March 5.—The eve of what promises to be one of the most important sessions of the general assembly ever held in this state finds the ancient capital of Maryland crowded with prominent political leaders from all sections of Maryland. Chief among them is former United States Senator Arthur P. Gorman, who arrived to-day, he will direct the fight which it is generally believed will either result in his ultimate return to the United States senate or his final retirement from state and national politics. The Republicans are prepared for a bitter contest, under the leadership of United States Senator McComas. The bill to amend the election laws so as to prevent illiterates from casting their ballots is the principal object for which the special session was called. It has been prepared and will be introduced to morrow. It will provide that the names of the various candidates shall be no arranged on the ballet that no one who cannot read and write will be able to cast his ballot intelligently. The effect of this measure, if passed, would be to practically disfranchise about 90 per cent of the 52,000 colored voters of the state and make a Democratic legislature next year almost a certainty. The Democrats, however, have a bare constitutional majority in the Senate, and are visibly uneasy lest the bill fail of passage. BURNING DAMAGES Leavenworth, March 5.—The late affair of Alexander came up yesterday in the county board in the shape of three bills for damages done to property by the mob, amounting to $110 44. The damage to the jail building was $76.04. The owner of an old shed near the place of burning asked for $10 for damages to the building, clamming that boards were torn from it and used for the pyre. Mr. Michael Banks, of Bonner Springs, was in the city this week and made us a call. THE NEGROES IN BONDAGE. Columbia, 8. C, March 3.—Unusual revelations are expected Thursday, when the grand jury of Anderson county reports to a special sitting of the court upon the investigation ordered February 15, by Judge Bennett. The following alleged facts will be brought to the attention of the court: That in the convict pens in Anderson county were found negroes guiltless of any greater crime than refusing to comply with labor contracts which demanded absolute slavery. These contracts should not have been held lawful, and the negroes, though never taken before a magistrate, were by physical force kept in bondage and made to work as felons. The contracts signed by these ignorant negroes were negotiable paper. A land owner having a negro bound to him for a year's work, could sell his contract to a third party. The attention of the court was directed to this matter by evidence in the trial of Chatt Newell, a planter, whose farms are worked by convicts. Newell was charged with murder, having shot Will Hull, a negro trying to escape from his stockade, when it was shown that the negro had never been convicted of a crime before a magistrate or judge. OWES ALL TO BOOKER WASHINGTON Rufus Herron, an Alabama negro, who was born a slave, and who can neither read nor write, recently contributed $10 toward the support of a newly established school for white students in his state, and a few days later contributed the same amount toward the support of Tuskegee Institute for colored students. This man owns several hundred acres of land and good live stock, all acquired by his own industry and that of his wife. They give the credit for their thrift and prosperity to the inspiration which they have received at the Tuskegee negro conference, at which they have been regular attendants ever since Booker T. Washington established it ten years ago. DOG UNDERSTADNS 27 WORDS. A Swiss dog fancier at Rorschach has a pet animal which understands twenty seven words and phrases and never makes a mistake in regard to them. MUST HELP SOLDIERS' WIDOWS. New Law Says They Shall Not Be Sent to Poor Houses. Topeka, Kan., Mareh 4. —There will be no widows or children of soldiers of the war of the rebellion or the Spanish American war in the poorhouses of Kansas in the future. A bill by Senator Simons, which passed both houses and was signed by the governor to-day provides against it. "NEAER, MY GOD, TO THEE." "As a writer, as a poet, there were few in the literary world of London in the forties) who had not heard of Sarah Aflower Adams, the gifted woman to whom all Christendom to-day pays homage in its leve for her immortal hymn, 'Nearer, My God, to Thee.'" writes Clifford Howard in the Ladies' Home Journal. "It was written in 1840, and had subsequently been set to music by Eliza Flower, and included in a collection of hymns written and composed by the two sisters. Only within that year had their book of 'Hymns' and Anthems' been published, and the hymn that was destined to inspire the world had then been heard but once or twice, and within the walls of a single church - South Palace Chapel, London. "It was not, however, until after the year 1860, when the present well-know tunes was composed by Dr. Lowell Mason of New York, that the hymn attained its wid espread popularity. Up to that time it had attracted but little notice. Through the spirit of Dr. Mason's sympathetic music it was quickened into glorious life and brought within the reach of every congregation and every Christian soul. But this was long after the author of the hymn had passed away. She died in 1848, without knowing of the triumph and the glory that awaited her work. Her grave in the little village of har birth is unmarked by any monument to her fame." A HISTORIC SPOT. Among the many places of interest which surround Americas, Ga, there is none so historic in its character or of which so much has been spoken and written as Andersonville, the site of the old `confederate prison and the national cemetery, in which lie the remains of over 13,000 Union soldiers. It lies eleven miles northeast of Americas and can be reached by rail or carriage. The drive is a pleasant and picturesque one, the road winding among the hills and valleys and passing through forests of pine. Of the old prison pao, which was in fact, nothing but a stockade including thirty acres of land, through which runs Sweetwater Creek, little remains. AMERICAN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1901. PRINCES AND PRINCESES. In This Country They Are the People With the Ambition and Courage to Get to the Front. In this land of the free and home of the brave, every boy and girl has at least an opportunity to be a prince or a princess of the realm. This chaucer or opportunity puts the sager on the good of ambition, and so it generally hap pens that every young man between the ages of 14 and 30 and every young woman, is striving to obtain the crown. In this country those who succeed either by accumulating wealth or acquiring fame, or displaying courage or virtue or capacity for man desirable thing are, in the absence of rank and title treated royally by society—even as princes. One of the radical sex differences between young men and young women is in the way they go about securing their jobs as prince and princess. Every boy knows mighty well that if he succeeds in life he must work, he must give the world something or it will give him nothing. He learns to labor and to wait, to wear grimy clothes and take the slack from a lot of cheap screws in unimportant clerkships, to smile through a sooty face and saw wood. The girl on the other hand, at least too many a girl in this tree country, who has an ambition to be a princess, begins making up her part before she gets into corsees. She also begins acting the part. She scorns honest work. Her mother often aids and abets her. The two of them brag that the girl can do no house work—cheffly because that is the manner of princess. When she has got the lines of the princess all committed to memory she sits down a while and waits for her princess. Her mother fixes up the parlor as a kind of throne room, and the girl sits ready to gobble up the first prince that passes. Often the princess are scarce—that is full blown princess in the royal purple. But tae girl is cut out for a princess; she is no good as a partner in a working concern; she was brought up with the idea that she mustn't drudge as her mother drudged, and that anything approaching labor is low and mean. So when the princes don't show up on the girl compromises on a good house, boy who is trying to live at six, or eight or ten per, and then the family row be begins; whether the family small jump right 1a and make royalty look like thirty cents, or whether the family shall live on six or eight or ten per week and let the royalty slide for a few years. Over and over again this row is fought in Emporia and in every American town—the princess trying to outdo the nobility, the brevet prince trying to pay his bills. In the end the prince to be, throws up his ambition, loses heart, fizzes out, and settles down to the humdrum of the delivery wagon, and the princess compromises by gossiping about the nobility and binging up a daughter who won't have to be the drudge that her mother is. And so runs the world away. And yet for all that poor boys and poor girls do rise. They are rising every day: There is not a prominent man in Kansas today, who was not a poor man thirty ye ars ago and there is not a prominent woman today in the state who has not eaten the bitter bread of poverty. These princes and princesses have come into their heritage. They have worked for it and not only that, but they have for the most part—been worthy of their estate. They have lived as men and women. In all their poverty in all their poverty in all their hardships, in all their demlens, they have maintained their dignity as self respecting people. That is the point at issue. If the girl in the kitchen lives the life of a scullion she will die it. If the boy at the cinder pit has a heart above his surroundings, no ambition above the pit if he keeps a pit mind and pitt manners he will live a pit life. If the girl at the counter keeps a counter-heart for everyone to play with if she keeps a counter head full of the nonesence of the hour, if she keeps counter manners, smart and snappy she will always be a clerk no matter what money may do for her. If the boy on the street keeps street ways and street talk and street lore in his heart he will live and die a gamin though he be worth a million dollars at the end. It is because the Gazette hopes to see these boys and girls of kimporia grow that it takes plainly. For heavens sake young people, boys as well as girls, keep clean—in word deed and above all in thought. Don't make your self common. Join the gentle aristocracy that is kind but not vulgar that is helpful but is not every body's door mat. Girls who let every bdy handle them as a officio if they rise in the world are going to see the day when they will be ashamed to pass the place where the loafers congregate for fear some one will remember things! Boys who carouse have given bonds to appear in hell every time they meet their old somrades in after life. The world is a plain matter of fact place its juigments are inxorable. You can avoid them. If you are to be a princess begin now to live nobly. Begin to love your work: begin to get on terms with aristocracy of good clean wholoshe thoughts in your own heart. Do not go out and raise the devil with the rabble of sloth and laust and greed and vice that riot over the earth. Be princes and princesses of the royal blood. —Emperor Gazette. OUR CAPITAL CITY RESUME POLITICS AND OTHER NEWS. Interesting and Other Very News Bits Gathered by our Correspondents at Topeka, Kansas. TALES OF TWO CITIES. TALES OF TWO CITIES. This week witnesses the dissolution of the Legislature and the thinning out of the members and employees thereof. It has not been an eventful session but several good and wholesome measures have been passed, mostly those in the cause of prohibition, none against and of violence. The ward politicians received a solar plexus blow in the law which passed fixing the election of county officers biennial instead of yearly as at present, this makes pickings so far apart that the professional ward politician will not now be able to make a living on politics alone, and take it all in all it is in all probability meritorious measure. And now that the big show is over, the pie counter has been cleared, where does the negro stand and what did he get? It is the same old story, he sought any old thin, and got it—nothing higher than janitorship was asking too much. The line has been drawn and the negro, although he was in line and saved the day, dare not cross it. There was $20,000 expended for legislative expenses, the negroes drew $5,500, the whites you know got the rest. This is the situation and there seems to be no indication of improvement but steadily grows worse as time fleeth. The legislature refused to make an appropriation for an Exposition for Kansas, but appropriated over $100,000 for Missouri and New York. The Oak Leaf Club met with Mrs. John M. Wrigt Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Shelby of Paola spent a few day, last week with her husband at the Chiles Hotel. AT THE CHURCHES The collection of the Trustees of the A. M. E. church, 7th, and Ann streets, last Sabbath, was $151 82. Rev. G. A. Griffith, the pastor, is doing excellent work in behalf of this church. Since his stay here he has increased the membership from 360 to 620. Miss Etta Scott, the fifteen year old wonder, who bids fair to become another Lena Mason, delivered a very telling sermon on the evening of the day above. It was listened to by many of the most representative citizens of the city. The Lord's Supper was solemnized at the Second Baptist church in Kansas City, Mo., on last Sabbath afternoon at 4:30, by Rev Bacote the past r. Quite a large crowd was present and the services were very impressive. Among the many familiar faces from Kansas City, Kas., we noticed Miss D. B. Thomas, Mrs. A. Burton, Mrs. Ella Johnston and E. A. Madison. We are pleased to be informed that the St. Paul A. M. E. church of Argentine, is completely out of debt. Rev. Guy is pastor. The Mount Olive Baptist church of Argentine is progressing nicely under the pastage of Rev. Radcliff. The Revival meetings have closed at the M. B. church and Rev. J. E. Ford, who has been assisting Rev E. A. Wilson, has returned to Denver, whence he came. He has left a pleasant memory behind him and many good thoughts to be digested by the populace. During his stay here he made it warm for the Devil and many of his followers. His return at any date will be welcomed. The M. B. church, under the pastorage of Rev. E. A. Wilson, stands in the foremost ranks of western Religious institutions that are doing a great work. AMONG BUSINESS MEN Afro-American Business Men's Association will give a grand affair to the M. B. church on the 24th. Particulars later on. The A. C. L. Coal and Feed Company are having fair trade in their line of business. The D. W. White New and Second hand Furniture and Commission Company now stands in the lead in their line. Mr. and Mrs J. W. King of the Great Western hotel on 4th St. have sold out their interest to Mr. "Tim" Roberts the popular tonsilial artist at 432 Mm., ave it is reported is learning the Chinese language. There is much speculation as to his future. Some say he is going to China in early Spring, other say he is to open a laundry. At any rate he is now giving his patrons the best bade and hair cut in town for the money and a quarter does it all. There will be a grand concert at Pleas, ant Green Baptist church by the Grand Comical Concert Co., Monday night, March 11, 1901. The concert consists of Drama, Farce, Comedy, Tragedy, etc. Don't fail to see the side splitting, rib tickling and bursting farce, entitled Trailby." Admission 10 cents, LOUIE WILSON. CITIZEN. CITY POLITICS I hereby announce myself as candidate for Mayor. Subject to the Republican primaries. J. S. WARNER. This is the closing week of the city campaign for the Republican nominations for Mayor, Councilman and members of the School Board, Euc., and it is also the most lively and exciting week, meetings are being held nightly in the various wards and enthusiasm for the various candidates runs high. Fred Stonestreet, for Marshal, E. Ridley, for Councilman from the 5th. Ward, and Wm. Williams, for the School Board, are the colored candidates who are be fore the people at this primary. It has been impossible for your correspondent to run down the news for this week, and will have to make up in next issue. LOCALLY Mrs. J. B. Taylor of St. Paul Minn is visiting her mother Mrs. Stewart at 1414 Van Buren street. Mr. Joe Brooks, the great Pelitician of Kansas City, Kansas returned home Wednesday. Mrs. Dan Mallory entertained the Ladies Sewing circle Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Patten of Wichita reurned home Tuesday. PROFESSIONAL MEN Artist O. J. Brooks is expected back early in the week from his professional trip through Missouri. Dr.S. H, Thomson who attended the Inauguration of President McKinley will visit many of the haunts of his boyhood days are he returns. Judge I. F. Bradley, the popular lawyer stands at the top as the leading all around race man in the West and has the reputation of being the best Joker and long story teller in this locality. Deputy County Attorney B. S. Smith notwithstanding his many duties finds time to lick the boys in an occasional game of Whist. A NEW DOCTOR IN OUR MIDST. Dr. G. E. Hearn, formerly of Chester, Pa., a graduate from the literary department, Wilberforce University, Xenia, Ohio, and a graduate in medicine from the renowned Mehary Medical College, Nashville, Teen., is in our city and will locate. Dr. Hearn is a young Christian gentleman, and as a physician comes well recommended. We hope the public will treat him with the courtesy due as a professional gentleman, and as there is always room at the top, he bids for part of your patrons age. He comes not to antagonize nor as a reflection upon the medical profession but as a young man of brains, beginning at the foot of the ladder. His location will be noted in this paper. AMONG THE LODGES The Pearly Gates of Kans S.M.T. hold their installation of officers this season in private Mrs. Sylvia Robinson has been re-elected W. P. Mrs. Cora Talyor W. S. and Miss. Luei V. Ashton W. Treas. A new number of U. B. F.'s is being organized and bids fair to become one of the strongest numbers of that organization in the City. The Washington Temple of the I. O. T. it is said have purchased a loon which it hopes at no distant day to erect lodge Headquarers. It has long been a mystery to us why Negro Lodges that spend their thousands in a year, for rent and fine regalia a could not come to-gather and build another Hall with ample room for all lodges. It is true there is two halls owned by Negro lodges in this city—yet the negroes are or such a Comtemptible Nature they do not and will not patronize them to the extent they ought-since this be the case, each lodge ought to own its lodge quarters. A party of Colored women met this week in this city to take steps toward the founding of an Orphan's Home. Its a worthy one and will not be culminated to soon. There is rightly some very severe condemnation to be heaped upon some heads in this city for the treatment meted out to Semi Orphans. The next meeting will be held at the residence of Dr. G. H. Brown March 12th. PERSONAL MENTION Mrs. L. M. Johnson of 211 Pearl St. Louisville Ky. is now visiting her daughter, Mrs. Edaa McCall, at 307 Breadway Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Johnson is a daughter of Good Samaria also one of The Mysterious Ten. Her visit to the city is not limited and she expresses a desire to meet her Sisters in both cities during her stay. Mr. J. H. Buford, formerly of this city, but recently of Missouri, although a business man in Armourdale, will shortly locate in a cozy little home in the northern suburbs of our city. Mrs. Jude Johnson, formerly of this city, but new of Denver, Col., is in the city on business. Mrs Cora Alexander, of 1731 Vine st., who has been visiting at Colorado Springs for some time, has returned to this city for a temporary stay. Mrs. Badie Michell, of 712 Oakland avenue, is spending a few days in Atchi son, Kas. this week visiting her mother, Mrs. Mattie King. OUR CITY CLERK Among the most deserving candidates that are before the people in this municipal campaign none or more deservedly popular then that estimable young man who has so ably filled the important position of city clerk the two past year and who now seeks as the Republican Nominee another term. A young man whom Kansas, not only our city, can take just pride in calling her own. A living example of glorious young American man-hood in whom every citizen irrespective of party should take pleasure in casting their vote for, we refer to W. B. Tremblay our modest hero of the late war and present most efficient city clerk who has entered upon a career in our city that is destined to bring him honors if not greater than those all dy obtained at least as great. It is with the citizens of this city to say by their votes in April whether they desire to promote the interests and up hold true and hon eat young manhood or whether they spurn the noble ambition of our coming young men. A vote for him means that you are a progressive citizen and believe iniding our future leaders onto greatness and have an eye single to the best interests of city as well. SICK. Mrs. L. Harris of 1407 West 27th st. who has been very sick for several weeks is improving. Mr. Wm. Bollup met with quite a serious accident while at work this week by sticking an ice hook through his hand. Little Hartzell Parham, of 1517 E. 17th street, who has been so dangerously ill for over a month, is rapidly improving. Mrs. Laura Crowder, of Armstrong avenue, is on the sick list. Mrs. Mary Love, well known in this city, was run down Wednesday afternoon on Minnesota avenue, by a keckless driver. She was quite seriously bruised up and possibly injured internally. Mrs Lizzie Burnett, of Argentine, is quite seriously ill. Miss R: Johnson is confined to her bed this week. DEAD The remains of "Col." A A. Jones, well known in the two Kansas Cities, were brough. to Kansas City, Mo., last Sabbath, from Helena, Montana, where death, the ever present monster, claimed him. The funeral was held from Allen Chapel and the prominent negro leaders served as pall bearer. "Col.' Jones was at one time Deputy Street Commissioner of Kansas City. Mo. "Col. Jones died in Hesena, Montana, Feb. 24th, of Pneumonia. He contracted a cold in the attendance at an entertainment by the Odd Feilows of that city. His remains were shipped here and buried under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias. Louis Jones colored 60 years old, well known as a porter and special policeman, died at the police station Monday night as the result, it is believed, of poisoning. Jones staggered into George Winfry's barber shop on Third street, shortly after 11 o'clock, and said; "I believe they've done me." He asked Wifry for a bed, but the latter took the old man to the station. Jones was there taken to the surgeon's room for examination. Within a few minutes he was dead. He had every symptom of poisoning. The dead man had been employed at Phil M. Hines barrer shop, 560 Grand Avenue as porter. Yesterday afternoon it is said, Jones and Hines quarried. The latter was held for investigation by the police last night. The dead man bore a good reputation. He was formerly a police officer at Independence. On carnival days, in Kansas City, he had generally served as a special offer. Reports have been received to the affect that Rev. L. L. Fox, former pastor of St. Peters Chapel, C. M. E. church, died in Kansas. AT THE FRONT. The following letter is from Robert E. Patterson to his father Ex-Deputy Sheriff Corvine Patterson in this city. Robert is well known here and is a graduate of our High School he served with the 23rd Kansas in Cuba and re-enlisted with the 49th Reg. now serving in the Phillipines. SAN PABLO, PROV. LAGUMA, P. I., JANUARY 21, 1901. DEAR FATHER.—A few days ago I wrote to you complaining of my eye sight I am glad to say that I am atmost all right at this writing. I have been very busy, though I couldn't see very good. Sunday week I could hardly see anything but I had to shoulder a rifle and go and make a raid on a cock pit. We only captured three hundred and twelve. (312.) Tuesday one of them tried to hit a guard with a stick, and his trouble was shot through the right lung. He is still living. The bullet did not stop until two others were shot. I have had to attend to them and to-day we had to take a foot off of one of them. Yesterday, just as I had finished writing a letter and had dropped it in our mail box, one native policeman shot another through the bladder so I had another job for the rest of the evening. You see I am at least occupied part of my time. I am gaining a little, as I now weigh over a hundred and forty (140) pounds. That is quite a falling off as compared to my weight when I left home. All of the talk here is about muster out. Most of the boys are going home, though some of them are going to stav. If I see a good sure opportunity I might stay myself but as yet though I have nothing in view. I haven't heard from Capt. Hawki s. Morroe or any of the boys since March. I don't know what they are doing or how they are getting along. We have a skirmish every few days but as yet we have had only one man, shot, and his was only a slight flesh wound in the calf of the right leg. At this writing we only had thirteen (13) in the hospital out of four hundred (400) soldiers. We couldn't expect a better showing if we were at home. We only have one very bad case. He has dysentery but we have hopes of saving him. Address my mail to Manilla as you have been doing, as they move me about so much I don't know where I will be when you write again. The dry season has set in and it is now very hot, least I don't see any one wearing an overcoat. How did most of the boys make it through the winter? There is a fellow here just from Manilla who says he saw George Bradford, so I guess George missed most of the frost and snow. Instead of going nearer to Manilla we are drifting farther away every day. Our Company left here to-day to be stationed six miles further in the mountains. It is the Company that Lieut. George Payne belongs to. I have seen trying to get a map to send you but as yet I have not found one. I will try and bring one will if I can find one in Manilla. I think we will be in Manilla about four days, if so I am going to bring home quite a number of things. The latest news from headquarters is that we wont leave here till about May 15, 1901. I guess I will get home on the morning of July 4th., as I understand we will have to put in ear full time, at least I hope so. I must close as my eyes are begining to pain me again. When you write again address as below. Kiss Ida and mamma for me and give my regards to Ernest and grandma and all inquiring friends. The Filipinos don't want to believe that the pictures I sent for are colored girls. They see so many dark faces that they seem to think most all colored women are black. Your Son. ROBBKT. Hospital Steward, 49 U. v. V. 1st Batalion, Manila, P. L. Thev Sav. Me killed it last week if he is fom of singing-All alone. It is believed they have kissed and made me. That Kansas City. Mo. girl may yet be a winner in the handicap race against Miss Ann ave. On! she is the warmest looking article in town with her new Baglan box coat. Now what's the matter with the young man and the Grass Widow in the Sea Foam block. The big little gnat often spreads his wings out North 5th street. She is a frequent visitor to the Sea Foam block it is believed the barber can explain. Greek will meet Greek some times in the Sea Foam block and what racy old times there'll be. We wonder if the same old debate will come up Sunday night again about the eau rang O tang. AMERICAN CITIZEN PUBLISHING AND PRINTING CO. Entered at the postoffice at Kansas City Kans, as second class matter. Webster Davis has shot his hat a gain this time it was a little dif- ferently constructed and he smiles to the tune of $180,000. Score one for the ex-mayor of Kansas City, Mo. OUR FUTURE. With all that can be said and done the future of our race will be neither more nor less than we earnestly labor to make it. Kindly representations of friends should not breed a feeling of false security nor should the bitterest opposition of enemies deter us from putting forth our most vigorous and persis t efforts for the continued betterment of our condition—Exchange. THE ULTIMATE END. Lynching and burning seems to be the favorite revenge of white men against a negro criminal alleged or real. There is to be an end somewhere and sometime, the meek and seemingly forever bearing negro, upon whom all sorts of vengeance is heaped—will yet rise up in his might and like Robert Charles, of New Orleans will, since die he will and die he must, sell his life dearly, and as the departing breath goes back to the great Giver the satisfaction of knowing that at the great bar of justice beyond, there will be others lined up to keep you company. We boast met, nor believe in, upholding negro criminals when they are proven to be such beyond a reasonable doubt, but we do say that unless the negroes exhibit more manhood in the future than they have in the past the potterfields throughout the country will be inadequate to hold their remains, those that escape burning. When white men realize that death stares them in the face, that temporary insanity, leaders of mobs are said to suffer when they lynch and burn a negro will cease. The ultimate conclusion it seems the negro must come to in that dangerous diseases requires dangerous remedies. Young women, value your virtue and chastity above all else. For though man's bravery may accomplish much and stand between you and danger yet (however great may be the desire), it cannot restore you to that with which you have so considerably parted. And since nature herself has so enwrapped you in her laws dictating a course that man has engrafted since his customs and laws. See that you do not declare these laws which in your keeping are centered the happiness and fate of a race, and of a nation—Daily Recorder THE POLITICAL SKY The political hor zon is considerably clouded in this city and much speculation is rife regarding the future. The Temperance people are suffering from another of their spasmodic complaints and there is much dissatisfaction in Republican ranks while the Democracy comes up smiling with a solid front and the very best timber that could be found to construct the municipal wagon which the party hope to ride into power. It has been years since the Democracy has ever hoped for success in municipal government but the satisfied smile that lingers about their faces speaks volumes for what glorious anticipations are their this year. There comes a time in the history of parties who have long held control of affairs that a physic is necessary to tone them up that they may be brought to a full realization of the duties they owe to the people, the common people. Organized gangs of political tricksters who thwart the peoples best interest are to be condemned in any party and more especially in a party that is founded upon the principles decency, honest, equal rights and justice to all mankind. Proud, grand glorious old America has ever stood in the front ranks of great countries. The grand old Republican party the party that give us Lincoln, Grant Sumner and a galaxy of noble heroes and has stood for all that is best—to day in Wyendotte county, stands on the verge of a precipice only a few steps and over to distrustion. Why is this? Who is to blame? We leave it rest for a few days with the people to find out, for their own satisfaction ere we speak. We call the attention of our young people to the article on the front page from the Emporia Gazett WAKE UP. The negro inhabitants throughout the country must wake up to a full realization of the conditions that confront the negro to-day. The time has arrived that every negro that has a child school age should trot it out that the disfranchising of illiterates which is falling so forcibly upon the negrees will in time be declared null and void, so far as their educational qualifications are concerned. It is only a question of time till the laws that are now in force in many states of the country will be enacted here. Ignorance is a sin. There is absolutely no excuse for a great deal of the ignorance exhibited by our people. It is said and truthfully so, "That one is never to old to learn," with thirty-five years of freedom many a negro who puts up the old chestnut that he hasn't time to study, could gained book knowledge enough to enable him to read and write. The time spent by many negroes in chinking cracks in their ulapdiated homes smoking a cob pipe in the chimney corner, arguing the Scripture discussing how John was baptised and backbiting their neighbors could be utilized in sports to secure a learning. The money spent for tobacco and having your morning today and your gin with an occasional can of beer, could have been paid for an instructor and books, well does the Colorado Statesmen put it when it says: "Let the best informed Negroes of today rise up in arms against ignorance and prejudice. The Negro must wake up to the true sense of manhood if he would succeed as a free American citizen. There are some Negroes living today that the sooner God takes them out of the way it will be better for the Negro's civilization. They are perfect drones in the way of those who would do. Lord take them out of our way and give us a clear sky of civilization and Christianity." The editor feels that his efforts to give the public, and the race especially, a good weekly paper, are not all in vain. Nothing is more pleasing and serves as an incentive to make one put forth their very best efforts than the appreciation of friends and the due consideration of co-workers. There are many people in the world who really appreciate and enjoy the fruits obtained by the labor of others, yet they are too mean to ever say one good word or give the least encouragement. This is true, and absolutely so, with a large portion of our race towards one another, and as a rule, not until the negro has gained the loftiest height recognized by the white race, do we as a race of people deem it necessary to give him a glad hand and an encouraging cheer. Although during our editorial career on this paper we have received many words of praise, the highest kind, and being always timid about tooting our own horn, we have placed them on memory's file and gone on our way, encavoring in the far distant future to surmount the hill top and receive—"well done thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into blessed rest." The following from the old ship (The American Baptist), of Louisville, Ky., that has sailed for twenty-three years upon the turbulent waters of the journalistic sea and whose sails are still stretched for a long continued voyage, needs no comment. "The AMERICAN CITIZEN, of Kansas City, Kansas, entered upon its fourteenth year with the current issue with bright prospects fo. the future. The CITIZEN is doing its measure of good in the work of uplifting and defending the race, and deserves to succeed." COMING on down the line is that staid little paper "The Daily Recorder," published at New Port News, Va., that is next to our heart, because its a real live daily negro paper, an experiment we tried with great success, notwithstanding the great amount of labor, worry and scheming it took. We know the trials, the ups and downs, and our heart goes out to Bio Lewis in his zealous efforts to run a daily. We have been there. It's a mighty rocky road, up a steep hill and is made so by our own people to a very large extent. We congratulate it on being the only negro daily in the South and about the second now living in the country. It has lived for three years and we hope it may live many more, it gives promise of a long life. Of us it says: "We congratulate the American Citizen on its 14th birthday. Measuring its usefulness by its longevity — one must conclude that it has been no small factor in defense of the race and those who are friends of the race It seems to have taken a new lease of life, and its editorial column was newsy in the extreme last week. We like the "Citizen" and hope it may live to celebrate its majority. You're Manuish I ween Because you're fourteen." You say, young man, you do your best to have a good time and feel discouraged because you have so little enjoyment. Well, in a few years you will probably realize why you fail it your pursuits As a matter of fact, this old world is a dutiful rather than a pleasurable one, and we are about the same kind of people it is a world. Do your duty well and after awhile it will be your greatest source of satisfaction if not pleasure. And while you are doing the rest, occasionally there will slip in little glints of enjoyment. They will come unexpectedly and depart before you are aware. You can not wheedle these golden moments to remain and keep you company. They come at their own free will. They go the same. One reason you feel despondent, is, you look around you and imagine every one else is having a fine time. The others think you are the one having lots of fun. Everyone keeps about even with the procession. --- Frugality is a very nice thing as well as being very useful. Most people fall into a habit of spending all their earnings from month to month. They are so "hard up" that they feel they cannot take a days vacation. Finally the malaria, the rheumatism, the gripe or something similar will come along and ask them to take a few days off. The disease hurts them a little, and they worry a good deal over the doctor's bill, the cost of the medicine and how they will ever "catch up." They wiggle into the grave worrying. Nothing else in the world does it. A few dollars tied up in an old sock promote longevity. President McKinley has been installed as our President for four years more. Prosperity stretches her wings all over our land to-day and in one grand chorus we sing 'Praise God from whom all blessings flow. What four years will bring us remains to be seen and felt. The Negroes of Maryland are to be highly commended in their efforts to meet the law expected soon to pass, disfranchising the illiterate ones of their race. The churches have been thrown open for the purpose of conducting night schools that the negroes might pass the educational qualifications. Let the good work go on until there is not a ne gro left that cannot read or write his own name. Fine feathers don't pay the landlord. The wise man always goes slow when he is in a hurry. Charity covers a multitude of sins—and so does success. Many Kentucky settlers look suspiciously like six-shooters. No man can be a successful miser unless he is lost to all sense of shame. Silver bullion owned by the government is often hard pressed for money. Mother Nature does a great many things that the stopmother habit tries to undo. Nature supplies a man with charact er, but he must furnish his own reput ation. Any fool can write poetry—but the wise editor doesn't allow it to appear in print. A man who is supposed to know says his butter half's idea of beauty is only sealskin deep. A misanthrope is a man who pretends to be disgusted with all mankind but in reality he is only with all himself. The Colored Kindergarten Association met yesterday afternoon at the residence of Mrs L. F Bradly on Huskell ave. Business of importance were transacted. 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 Kansas City daily over this old established line. No change of cars between Kansas City and Denver, Ogden or San Francisco. All trains solidly vestibulated and fully equipped with latest improved 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 Pintch Light! 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 arrangements for a trip west until you have learned all about special inducements and attractions offered by the Union Pacific. For full information in regard to low rates time. et. c. call on or addr. Gen. Agt., Union Pasific 1000 main street, Kansas City, Mo. TRADE MARK REGISTERED 1892. U.S.PATENT OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. BEFORE USING HARTONA AFTER USING HARTONA Hartona will make the hair grow long and soft, straight and beautiful. Makes the hair grow on bald and thin places. Restores GRAY HAIR to its original color. Hartona cures Dandruff, Baldness, falling out of the hair, itching, and all scalp diseases. Hartona does not have to be used all the time, as it straightens the hair and gives it fresh life and lustre, and the hair stays and grows naturally beautiful and straight after the use of Hartona. No hot irons necessary. No pasting the hair down with grease. Hartona is positively harmless—one box can be used by everyone in the family. Benefits and improves children's hair just the same as adults. To meet the popular and ever-increasing demand for Hartona Hair-Grower and Straightener, we have placed it on sale in 25c. and 50c. sizes, in our special round, patent box. See that the word Hartona is on every box. Money positively refunded if you are not absolutely delighted with the Hartona remedies. Remember, we handle no fake goods, and you are positively protected by our $100.00 guarantee to any one proving otherwise. All our remedies are trade-marked, registered and copyrighted at United States Patent Office at Washington, D. C., in the years 1892 and 1900. We refer you, as to our responsibility, to the City Bank of Richmond, Va., Adams and Southern Express Companies, and to the editor of this paper. We want lady and gentlemen agents, white or colored, in every city and town in the United States. Write to us to-day, no matter if you are employed or not, and we will show you how to make a splendid living, with easy and pleasant work, and no risk of losing your good money. Write to us and we will send you a book of over one hundred genuine testimonials in your own State of people who have used and are using Hartona remedies. Is this not fair and honest enough? HARTONA FACE.WASH. Hartona Face Wash will gradually turn the skin of a black person five or six shades lighter, and will turn the skin of a mulatto person perfectly white. The skin remains soft and bright without continual use of the face wash. One bottle does the work. Hartona Face Wash will remove wrinkles, dark spots, pimples, blackheads, freckles, and all blemishes of the skin. You can regain late the shade of skin on neck, face and hands to any shade you wish. Full directions with each bottle. Hartona Face Wash is perfectly harmless, and is sent to any part of the United States on receipt of price, 50c. per bottle; securely sealed from observation. It is your duty to look as beautiful as possible. Thousands of delighted patrons send us testimonials every year. Please remember that your money is positively refunded if you are not perfectly satisfied and delighted with the Hartona remedies. We want agents in every city in the United States. Write to us, no matter if you are employed or not, and we will show you how to make money without risking any of your own money. HARTONA NO-SMELL. HARTONA NO-SMELL. Hartona No-Smell will remove all smells and bad odors of the body; cures sore and aching feet, cafed limbs, etc. Hartona No-Smell is a God-send to all persons suffering from disagreeable odors caused by perspiration of the feet, arm-pits, etc. Sent anywhere on receipt of price, 10 cents and 25 cents a package. Address all orders to Send us One Dollar, and mention this paper, and we will send you three large boxes of Hartona Hair-Grower and Straightener, two large bottles of Hartona Face Wash, and one large box of Hartona No-Smell. Goods will be sent securely sealed from observation. Write your name and post-office and express-office address very plainly. Money can be sent by post-office money order, or enclosed in a registered letter, or by express. Address all Orders to HARTONA REMEDY CO., 909 E. Main St., Richmond, Va PATRONIZE The Wyandotte Drug Store, 1512 North Fifth Street. FOR THE PUREST DE And the best of every thing in Paints, carefully compounded. Prices always and night. Ring night bell. W. B. RA FOR THE PUREST DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. And the best of every thing in Paints, Glass and Wall Paper. Prescription carefully compounded. Prices always the LOWEST at our store. Open day and night. Ring night bell. Phone W. 171. Medicines Delivered Manufacturer of and Wholesale dealer in UNDERTAKERS * SUPP FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT AN AMBULANCE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK A Undertaking Rooms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone V Factory Corst St., and Riverview Ave. 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 St., and Riverview Ave. Telephone 28 publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. A. W. Fox, Plaintiff. Anna Fox, Defendant. No. 15107. 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, you answer demurge, or otherwise object, on or before the 17th day of March. A. D. 1901, the allegation of said petition will be taken as confessed to be true and judgment rendered against you graining said divorce as prayed for. L. W. JOHNSON. Plaintiff's Attorney. Attest. A. GUNNING, Clerk. Lewis Blandchard No. 6, Sta e Line, K.O. K. Does all kinds of Boot and Shoe work. He does first class hand work, and also has one of the very latest and best Shoemaker's machine and guarantees the best and the cheapest work in the quickest time. Give him a trial and see for you self. CANCER Home Treatment that cures Cancers and Tumors. Used with perfect safety; harmless, soothing, non-irritation. We prefer to have patients come to the Sanitarium for a speedy visit. Est. 211 rca. to our Sanitarium need not pay a fee. We charge $10 for it. It contains much valuable information, and contains memorials from patients we have cut off; canes from consultation by mail or in person, free. Address. DR. E. O. SMITH'S SANITARIUM, A. P. HOLLERY MARKET, Rooms 6 to 11, N. E. Cor. 10th & Main Sts., KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. KANSAS CITY. A. W. Fox, Plaintiff. TRUST BANK SPECIAL GRAND OFFER. RUGS AND CHEMICALS, Glass and Wall Paper. Prescription the LOWEST at our store. Open day Phone W.171. Medicines Delivered YMOND, SUPPLIES ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HOURS ANCE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDER ave. Telephone West 32. and Riverview Ave. Telephone 28 KANSAS. Secure Tickets VIA THE.... Chicago, Milwaukaa &St. PaulRy AND YOU GET.... Sleepers: & Ghair Cars ...TO... CH1CAGO and all intermedsate points The shortest quickest and besiline to Chilocothe, Otumwa, Cedar Rapids, Bubque, and La Crosse and Cedar Rapids, Rockford and Freepart: .....Passenger Station at... 22nd St. and Grand Ave. Take Westport Cable. City Ticket Office, 915 Main street, Ridge Building. A. B. BRIDGES Gen'l. Southweste Agent F. J. LERCHPassenger Agent. Office 915Main St. Kansas Cit Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. John Greer Plaintiff. Jane Greer, Defendant. The above named Defendant, Jane Greer will take notice that she has been sued by the above named Plaintiff, John Greer, in the District Court of Wyandotte County. Kas, where his petition is now on file, praying for a degree of divorce from you, the said Defendant, and that unless you answer said petition on or before the 12th day of April 1901, said petition will be taken as true and judgement thereon rendered against you, fully and completely divorcing you from said plaintiff. B. S. Smith Attorney for John Greer. Attest: A. Gunning Clerk of Dist. Court (First Published March 1.) Wonder why some people kick so hard when the truth is told. There is soon to be another wedd- jg. --- ..HARTONA.. preparations Preparations for the Hair atchless and Positively ening all Kinky, Matchless and Positively Unequaled for Straightening all Kinky, Knotty, Stubborn, fairful. Makes the hair grow on balm out of the hair, itching, and al- life and lustre, and the hair stay- ing the hair down with grease. In children's hair just the same as a we have placed it on sale in 25c. a the Hartona remedies. Remember otherwise. All our remedies are the years 1892 and 1900. We refer yea- and to the editor of this paper. city and town in the United States did living, with easy and pleasan- dured genuine testimonials in ye high? ACE WASH in five or six shades lighter, and w ual use of the face wash. One bo blackheads, freckles, and all blen Full directions with each bottle of the United States on receipt. Thousands of delighted patre we not perfectly satisfied and deli- no matter if you are employed on NO-SMEL only; cures sore and aching feet, ch agreeable odors caused by persi- Address all orders to NA REMEDY CO., 909 E. M. AND OFFER. In three large boxes of Hartona H Smell. Goods will be sent secure- plainly. Money can be sent by p E. Main St., A. C. L. C THE CHEAPEST The Best Goods, the Quickest and the pro- GET THE COAL, WOOD, FEED, Wholesale and Retail. Office 4029 Yard and Storage 917 and 919 N EAGLE Gem Drugs MINNESOTA DE DRUGS, MEDIC Fine Toilet Soaps, Brus PERFUMERY AND FAN MERRIAM, ELL Fire Insurance THE CHEAPEST PRICES GET THEIR PRICES ON COAL, WOOD, FEED, FLOUR, AND BUILDING STONE, Wholesale and Retail. Offiee 402, Minnesota Ave. Tel. 152 West. Yard and Storage 917 and 919 North 3rd. St. DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS. Fine Toilet Soaps, Brushes, Combs, Etc., PERFUMERY AND FANCY TOILET ARTICLES. Fire Insurance, Real Estate Northeast Corner Fifth KANSAS CITY. DR. HENY 101 & 103 West 9th St., Kansas The Old Reliable Doctor, Older A Regular Graduate in Mod Practice.--22 YE Authorized by the state to Cure gastrointestinal or urinary no mercury or injurious medi- tations at a distance treated by free from gaze or breakage. I Charges low. Over 80,000 cases. Consultation free and confide Seminal Weakness and Sexual Dobility, the results Northeast Corner Fifth and Minnesota Ave., KANSAS CITY. KANSAS Authorized by the state to secure guaranteed or money reimbursed at a distance treated by fire from fire from Charges low. Over 60,000 case Consultation free and confide Seminal Weakness and Sexual Debtility, the results folly and excesses—causing burns or with urine, pimples and blotches on the face, rushes of blood to the head, pains in back, confused ideas and forgetfulness, weakness, loss of usual power, loss of manhood, etc., cured for life. I can stop night losses, restore lost sexual power, nerve and brain power, eliminate weak parts and make you fit for marriage. Syphilis , that terrible disease, in all for life. Blood Poisoning, Skin Diseases, Ulcers, Swellings, Sores, Gonorrhoea and cysts. Skin infections, skin rashes, positively cured or money refunded. Stricture radically cured without the use of instruments. A New and Infallible Home Treatment. No The Citizen Better keep you PILES N All diseases of the rectum treated on a post patient is cured. Send for free 104 page book: testimonial letters, valuable to anyone affect free. Address, Drs. THORNTON & MIN The Citizen is in the Push Better keep your Eyes open. PILES TILL CURED. All diseases of the rectum treated on a positive Guarantee, and no money accepted until patient is cured, and for first 100 pages booked, treaties on rheal diseases, and handouts of testimonial letters valuable to anyone affected. Also our 48 page book for women; both same free. Address, Drs. THORNTON & MINOR, 10th & Oak Sts., Kansas City, Mo. KANSAS. THE GRANDEST OF ALL arations for the The Original and Only Hartona. and Positively Unequaled for g all Kinky, Knotty, Stub Harsh, Curly Hair. the hair grow on bald and thin places. Re- mise hair, itching, and all scalp diseases. Hair stret, and the hair stays and grows naturally down with grease. Hartona is positively hair just the same as adults. To meet the need it on sale in 25c. and 50c. sizes, in our own remedies. Remember, we handle no fake g all our remedies are trade-marked, register and 1900. We refer you, as to our respons e the editor of this paper. own in the United States. Write to us to do with easy and pleasant work, and no risk one testimonial in your own State of pee E. WASH. For shades lighter, and will turn the skin of a face wash. One bottle does the work. Freckles, and all blemishes of the skin. Y ations with each bottle. United States on receipt of price, 50c. per box ands of delighted patrons send us testimoni ently satisfied and delighted with the Hartona if you are employed or not, and we will sho -SMELL. Store and aching feet, chafed limbs, etc. Odors caused by perspiration of the feet, orders to EDY CO., 909 E. Main St., Richmond OFFER. Large boxes of Hartona Hair-Grower and Stras- ods will be sent securely sealed from observa- tion. Money can be sent by post-office money order Main St., Richmond C. C. L. COAL C - IS HEADQUARTERS FOR— E CHEAPEST PRICE Best Goods, the Quickest Sales, the Smallest I and the promptest deliveries. GET THEIR PRICES ON WOOD, FEED, FLOUR, AND BU STONE, and Retail. Office 402, Minnesota Ave. Tee and Storage 917 and 919 North 3rd. St. E F. HENDERSON EAGERS m Drug St MINNESOTA AVENUE DEALER IN: DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMIC ilet Soaps, Brushes, Combs, E UMERY AND FANCY TOILET ART RRIAM, ELLIS & B EN Insurance, Real E The Best Goods, the Quickest Sales, the Smallest Profits and the promptest deliveries. WYANDOTTE BUILDING, Nearst Corner Fifth and Minnesota CITY. R. HENDERSON 3 West 9th St., Kansas City, Mo. (900) and Reliable Doctor, Oldest in Age and Longest Regular Graduate in Medicine, Over 27 Years Practice.--22 Years in Kansas City. Authorized by the state to treat Chronic, Nervous and Cures guaranteed or money refunded. All medicines furnis no mercury or injurious medicines used. No detention fee as a distance treated by mail and express. Medicines free from gaze or breakage. No medicines sen. o. o. D., on Charges low, Over 60,000 cases cured. State your case and Consultation free and consider me personally to doctor. 101 & 103 West 9th St., Kansas City, Mo. (Opposite New York Life Bldg. The Old Reliable Doctor. Oldest in Age and Longest Located. A Regular Graduate in Medicine. Over 27 Years Special Practice.--22 Years in Kansas City. Authorized by the state to treat Chronic, Nervous and Special Diseases. Cold and flu, headache, sinusitis, sinusitis, sinusitis, sinusitis, no mercury or injurious medicines used. No detention from business. Patients at a distance treated by mail and express. Medicines sent every week free from gaze or breakage. No medicines sent. 9, 9, D, only by agreement. Cold and flu, sinusitis, sinusitis, sinusitis, sinusitis, sinusitis, Consultation free and confidential, personally or by letter. Citizen is in the or keep your Eyes open LES NO MORE TILL CUR of the rectum treated on a positive Guarantee, and no mon- . Send for free 104 page book; a treaties on rectal diseases, ers, valuable to anyone affected. Also our 48 page book for Drs. THORNTON & MINOR, 10th & Oak Sts., Kana G for the Hair Only Hartona. Unequaled for Straigh Knotty, Stubborn, and thin places. Restores GRASS scalp diseases. Hartona does not and grows naturally beautiful and Hartona is positively harmless—on adults. To meet the popular an- d 50c. sizes, in our special round er, we handle no fake goods, and you made-marked, registered and copi- on, as to our responsibility, to the es. Write to us to-day, no matter it work, and no risk of losing you our own State of people who have SH. will turn the skin of a mulatto pe- ticle does the work. fishes of the skin. You can regi- of price, 50c. per bottle; secure us send us testimonials every year hited with the Hartona remedy, not, and we will show you how to LL. safed limbs, etc. ciration of the feet, arm-pits, et Main St., Richmond, Va. air-Grower and Straightener, two y sealed from observation. st-office money order, or enclose Richmond, Va COAL CO., WEST PRICE At Sales, the Smallest Profits uptest deliveries. OUR PRICES ON FLOUR, AND BUILDING TONE, Minnesota Ave. Tel. 152 West 3rd St. E F. HENDERSON Manager. ERS ug Store AVENUE TOLER IN. NES, CHEMICALS, ches, Combs, Etc., BY TOILET ARTICLES. IS & B ENTON e, Real Estate Ith and Minnesota Ave., KANSAS DERSON. Tasca City, Mo. (Opposite New Baltimore Age and Longest Located. Cine, Over 27 Years Special ars in Kansas City, Great Chronic, Nervous and Special Discase. All medicines furnished for used lines. No detention from business, mail and express. Medicines seen ever before. All medicines seen ever cured. State your case and send for termi tality, personally or by letter, pain and no exposure. No nasties, cutt bougies or sounds. No detention from busi ness. Thousands cred. A permanent account of money and money for book for which explains this disease. Varicose veins in the **Book** for both sexes, 96 pages, 27 pictures true to life, with full description of above diseases, the effect a curse, sent sealed in plain wrapper for贮藏 **Free Museum** OFFICE HOURS: of Anatomy for men 3 a.m. to 11 a.m. Thousands of curiosities Sundays, 10 to 12 Asemian without words s in the Push. or Eyes open. NO MONEY TILL CURED. Live Guarantee, and no money accepted until treaties on rectal diseases, and hernia care. Also our 48 page book for women; both used DR, 10th & Oak Sts., Kansas City, Mo. "Mrs. Pinkham Saved me from an Operation." Hospitals in our great cities are sad places to visit. Three-fourths of the patients lying on those snow-white beds are women and girls. Why should this be the case? Because they have neglected themselves. Every one of these patients in the hospital beds had plenty of warning in that bearing-down feeling, pain at the left or right of the womb, nervous exhaustion, pain in the small of the back. All of these things are indications of an unhealthy condition of the ovaries or womb. What a terrifying thought! these poor souls are lying there on those hospital beds awaiting a fearful operation. Do not drag along at home or in your place of employment until you are obliged to go to the hospital and submit to an examination and possible operation. Build up the female system, cure the derangements which have signified themselves by danger signals, and remember that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has saved thousands of women from the hospital. Read the letter here published with the full consent of the writer, and see how she escaped the knife by a faithful reliance on Mrs. Pinkham's advice and the consistent treatment of her medicines. Every one of these patients in the hospital beds had plenty of warning in that bearing-down feeling, pain at the left or right of the womb, nervous exhaustion, pain in the small of the back. All of these things are indications of an unhealthy condition of the ovaries or womb. What a terrifying thought! these poor souls are lying there on those hospital beds awaiting a fearful operation. Do not drag along at home or in your place of employment until you are obliged to go to the hospital and submit to an examination and possible operation. Build up the female system, cure the derangements which have signified themselves by danger signals, and remember that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has saved thousands of women from the hospital. Read the letter here published with the full consent of the writer, and see how she escaped the knife by a faithful reliance on Mrs. Pinkham's advice and the consistent treatment of her medicines. Mrs. Knapp tells of her Great Gratitude. "DEAR MRS. PINKRAM: I have received much benefit from using your Vegetable Compound and Sanish Wash. After my child was born, blood poison set in, which left me with granulated inflammation of the womb and congested ovaries. I fell from my pressured, and menstruation from a girl. The doctors told me the ovaries would have to be removed. I took treatment two years to escape an operation, but still remained in miserable health in both body and mind, expecting to part with my reason with each coming month. After using ovaries with the Compound, I became entirely rid of the trouble in my head. I continued to use your remedies until cured. MRS. F.M. KNAPP "The last nine months have been passed in perfect good health. This, I know, I owe an vegetable Compound." "My gratitude is great indeed to the one to whom so many women owe their health and happiness." -Mrs. F. M. KNAPP, 1528 Kinnie- REWARD people have from time to time questioned the genuineness of the testimonial letters, we are constantly publishing, we have depoisoned with the National Oil Bank of Iowa, Man, Soo, which will be paid to any person who will show that the above testimonial is not genuine, or was published before obtaining the writer's special permission. - LYDIA E. PINKHAM MEDICINE Co. DOUGLAS SHOES UNION MADE. Douglas $3.00 and $3.50 makes is $4.00 to $5.00, cannot be equated to our $3.00 and $3.50 shoes sturkers in the United States. Douglas $1 and $3.50 shoes are sold YAULT THEATER dealer exclusive in each town, on having W. L. Douglas shoes with a price and $2.00 extra for carriage, will be sold with all welcome showing new Spring styles. W. Douglas Shoe Co., Brockwood, IL. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 & $3.50 SHOES UNION MADE. The real worth of W. L. Douglas $3.00 and $3.50 shoes compared with other makes is $4.00 to $5.00. @ $4.00 Glt Edge Line cannot be equalled at any price. @ $4.00 Glt Edge Line cannot be equalled at any price than any other two many units of the United States. WINCHESTER FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS "NewRival," "Leader," and "Repeater" Insist upon having them, take no others and you will get the best shells that money can buy. ALL DEALERS KEEP THEM. FREE! Special Offer to Ladies! A large Fountain Syringe worth $1.50 A package of Magic Anti-Fever Cure worth 65c. FREE! The Syringe is large, strong and well made, and is very cheap at $1.50. The Magic Anti-Fever is a marvel, sedation requiring no special care, and is for cutting all hair and pain. It is a Scorpion Killer. It is the same colored remedy I am selling everywhere today. You can get it for $1.50. I will positively send and prepaid, to each customer ordering a trial box of my Syringe Raven for Female Tracurus. 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Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical community. Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upwards and downwards faces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient sufficient rest and assistance nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative power that they believe it will assist any case that it fails to cure. Send for his or testimonial. J. H. CHEN & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. It doesn't take a particularly strong girl to throw a fellow over. Try Red Cross Ball Blue. 5 cents. It's hard to convince an honest man that the world is full of thieves. Try Grain-O1. Try Grain-O1 Ask your Grocer to day to show you a package of GRAIN-O1, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adults. If the price of coffee, IK and 23 cts. per package. Sold by all grocers. The base ball pitcher is the power behind the thrown. The prominence achieved by Garfield Tea as a blood purifier has not been equaled by another remedy; an improvement in the complexion can be seen after a few days' use. Happy is the wife who imagines her husband is the best man on earth. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. THE LAKATIVE BROOQ QUINNE TABLETS. All drugs are made to cure E. W. Grove's signature is on the book. If a man can't be a Christian at home he is not apt to be one abroad. WANTED AT ONLY! Traveling salesmen with or without experience. $90.00 and expenses. For particulars write Pocahontas Tobacco works, Bedford City, Va. When a man is too lazy to work he usually drifts into politics. All goods are alike to PUTNAM FADELESS DYES, as they color all fibers at one boiling. Actors as a rule are pretty well posted—so says a bill sticker. For frost-bite, chilblains, sore and lame joints, stiffness of muscles, try Wizard Oil. It won't disappoint you. Many a family photograph album holds a lot of empty mugs. Mr. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces fumigation, sills pain, cures wind cold. En a bottle. The burglar makes hake while the sun doesn't shine. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a bough cure. J. W. O'Brien. 322 Third Ave, N. Minneapolis Minn. Jan. 6, 1900. next to charity is the appreciation thereof. Drugs have their use, but don't store them in your stomach. Beeman's Pepsin Gum aids the natural forces to perform their functions. Competition is the life of trade and sometimes the death of it. The great public schools of the large cities use Carter's ink exclusively. It is the best and costs no more than the poorest. Get it. No, Maude, dear, a sliding scale is not a machine for weighing ice. FITS Permanently Cured, softer or nervouser after first day's use of Dr. Kine's Great Nerve Restorer, Send for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. R. H. Kline, Ltd., 334 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis乖 to ask whys. What Do the Children Drink? Don't buy 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 kids, the more Grain-O you give through their systems. Grain-O is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee, but only 1/4 % as much. All grocers sell it. Joe and 25c. Insanity in New York State. People in New York state have learned with disagreeable surprise that one out of every 300 inhabitants within its borders is an inmate of some kind of hospital for the insane. The commission in lunacy reports that in all there are 23,000 insane patients in the state. Red Cross Ball Blue is better than bottle or box blue and also much cheaper. Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. New Zealand's Cheap Postage. New Zealand has awakened to the advantages of cheap postage. Letters to foreign countries will hereafter be carried from that country for a penny stamp. The government anticipates that for the next year there will be a loss of $400,000; but that increased correspondence will soon make up this loss. An Inactive Liver, Stomach disorders. Sick Headaches and other ill arising from an imperfect digestion are caused in herfield Tea, which is made from Herbs. Money In Supplying Druggists A man in western Kansas keeps ten others at work digging snake root and rosin weed from the prairies for the drug trade. In the last eighteen months he has shipped 35,000 pounds, some of it to Europe. THE GENUINE TOWER'S FISH BRAND POMMEL SLICKER BLACK OR YELLOW WILL KEEP YOU DRY NOTHING ELSE WILL LOOK FOR ABOVE TRADE MARK. TAKE NO SUBSTITUTES CATALOGUES FREE SHOWING FULL LINE OF GARMENTS AND HATS A.J TOWER CO., BOSTON, MASS. soon to open to settlement. Opportunity of a lifetime. THE KIOWA CHEF, devoted to information about these hands, will contain production fixing date of opening. One year $1.00; 6 mos. 60 cents; 5 cents per copy. MORGAN'S MANUAL, (Complete Secteur's Guide) with seasonal map. $1.04. MANUAL, MAP, and CHIEF 6 mos. $1.86. For sale by book and News Dealers, or address DICK T. MORGAN, Perry, O. T. A TRAPPER'S BOOK of 30 pages. Pictures of 46 wild animals and their skins. Price of new fur. All for a 2c stamp. L. W. HIDE & PU CO., Minneapolis, Minnesota. The following is a list of the most important bills enacted into laws by the Kansas legislature: Regulating railroads. Knocking out fusion. Rating to foreclosure of money lien mortgages. Providing for free employment agencies in first class cities. Providing for cattle brand inspection in Western Kansas. Organizing mutual hail insurance companies. Providing for the parole of prisoners. Permitting soldiers in the Federal Soldiers' home vote. Relating to the resignation of absent voters. Permitting railroad and traveling men to vote away from home. Apportioning the state into representative districts. Cutting out exemplary damages in libel suits. Giving the live stock commission additional powers. Maintaining a ride on a train a crime. The trainmen are clothed with authority to make arrests. Prohibiting prizefights and boxing contests. To prefer the wages of employees of defunct corporations. Providing for the care and control of neglected children Creating a state board of medical registration and requiring physicians to be examined. Reorganizing the system of managing the state charitable institutions and providing for the trial of persons charged with insanity before a medical board instead of a jury. Giving the state board of health power to enforce is quarantine rules. Accepting the abandoned Fort Hays military reservation and providing for the establishment of a branch normal school and agricultural experimental station thereon. Raising the fees for the inspection of grain. Giving a district judge the right to punish for contempt of court without trial by jury. Reorganizing the state militia on regular army lines. Providing for the erection of a governor's mansion at Topeka. Consolidating school districts and enabling school boards to transport pupils to adjoining districts. Providing for a tax commission to revise the tax laws of the state and permit the state legislature. Making joints and declaring that government liquor stamps shall be prima facie evidence of the existence of a joint. Prohibiting the sale of morphine, cocaine and chloral, except upon prescription of a reputable physician. Placing the Mother Bickerdike home under the contro. of the state. Accepting Pike's Pawnee Indian Village in Republican county and appropriating money to nix it up. Abolishing year-to-year county elections and providing for a constitutional amendment to make township officers elected on even numbered years. Giving the sheriff the right to call in bystanders to serve on a jury when the regular panel is exhausted. Providing for the vacation of about 75 additions and townsites. Appropriations made by the legislature that the fiscal year 1902 and 1903 follow 1% 11%. Extermination of prairie dogs $ 5,000 $ Hume's company cavalry..... 4,000,000 total of all appropriations, $... 450,000. THE TEXAS OIL LAKE AFIRE Flames 500 Feet High Lighted the Country For Fifty Miles. Sparks from a locomotive set fire to the oil in a large pond near the great Lucas geyser, Beaumont' Tex, and in a short time the whole lake of petroleum was on fire. It spread to the oil banked along the railroad track and the flames increased in fury. A large boarding house where live eight covered an area of probably 75 acres and the quantity amounted to about 500,000 barrels. The flames at times leaped to a height of 500 to 600 feet, and illuminated the country for fifty miles around. The Finnns in this country a year ago organized the Kansan synod with a view to Americanizing their religion. The anniversary of the society was recently held at Ashtabula, O, and the fact was there brought out that the synod will soon establish its first Finnish university in this country, probably locating it in Ashtabula, which is an important Finnish center. There is already one other Finnish university at Hancock, Mich., established by the Soviin synod. Government Profit on Pennies Pennies do not consist of copper alone, there being in them 2 per cent of tin and 3 per cent of zine to 95 per cent of copper. They cost the government about 42 cents a pound, exclusive of stamping, and there are 148 in a pound, so that the government makes a fair profit on every pound minted, since while they are redeemable in gold, but few are ever presented. The less some men know the more they tell. AFTER THE GRIP COMES CATARRH. GRIP BACILLUS CATARRH Dont miss the helps to Life and Health Keep Well by taking McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm With the Liver and Kidneys in healthy action, there is little to fear. Avoid Head- ache, Backache, Billiousness, Diabetes, Rheumatism and Dyspepsia by the use of the Balm. Sold by all druggists for $1.00 per bottle. Made by The Dr. J. H. McLean Medicine Co., St. Louis McLean Liver and Kidney 6 of all their friends and relatives. There's only one certain way of keeping clean inside so as to prevent disease and that is to take CASCARETS. Perfect disinfectant and bowel strengtheners. All diseases are PREVENTED BY Cascarets LIVER TONIC BEST FOR THE BOWELS 10c. 25c. 50c. NEVER CURE all bowel troubles, appendicitis, bili- looness, bad breath, bad blood, wind in the mouth, mouth, headache, indigestion, pimples, pains after eating, liver trouble, sallow complexion and skin, constipation, rarely you are getting sick. Constipation kills more people than all other diseases together. It is a matter of health, not suffering that come afterwards. No matter what you suffer that come afterwards, you will never get well and be well all the time until you put your bowels right. Take our advice; start using CURE an absolute guarantee to cure or money refunded. LIKE A TERRIBLE CYCLONE grip bacillus has passed over our country, from the Atlantic to the Pa- L **from** the american to the Pa- cific, leaving behalil to a dark cloud of anguish and despair. Catarrh follows grip as effect follows cause. A multitude of catrarh victims will spring up in the trail of the awful epidemic of grip that has just passed over our fair country. The hope to these people is Peruna. Most people know this already. Everyone who has had the least touch of grip, should not fail to take a course of treatment with Peruna. Peruna eradicates every vestige of the disease and leaves the system in a normal condition. Hon. Joseph B. Crowley, Congressman from Illinois, writes from the National Hotel, Washington, D. C., as follows: "After giving Peruna a fair trial I can cheerfully recommend my remedy to anyone suffering with coughs, colds, lapipe and all cataract complaints." —J. B. Crowley. Hon. George H. White, Congressman from North Carolina, writes: "I am more than satisfied with Peruna, and find it to be an excellent DEATH begins in the bowels. It's the unclean places that breed infectious epidemics, and it's the unclean body—unclean inside—that "catches" the disease. A person whose stomach and bowels are kept clean and whose liver is lively, and blood pure, is safe against yellow fever, or any other of the dreadful diseases that desolate our beautiful land. Some of the cleanest people outside are filthiest inside, and they are the ones who not only "catch" the infections, but endanger the lives remedy for the grip and catarrh. I have used it in my family, and they all join me in recommending it as an excellent remedy."—George H. White. H. J. P. Megrew, Superintendent U. S. Capital Police Force, of Washington, O. sens. "Having suffered from the grip, I was advised by a friend to use your Peruna. I also used it for my catarrh, and I can now cheerfully recommend your remedy to anyone who is suffering from the grip and catarrh."—J. P. Megrew. Miss Anna Russell, Past Worthy Counselor, Loyal Mystic Legion, 233 Endicott Bldg, St. Paul, Minn., writes: For years I have unfortunately found my system in a peculiarly receptive addiction in which I have been exposed in any way to inclement weather. At those times I would be severely afflicted with la gripe and its unpleasant consequences. "Now for the past year and a half I have used Peruna in such cases and have found that it not only cures me quickly, but it also cleanses my blood and renders me less liable to catch cold. It is the finest preventative of colds that I know of and a very superior tonic."-Anna Russell. Miss Alice Dressler, 1313 North Bryant Ave. Minneapolis, Mn. writes; "Last spring I suffered from la gripe and was partially cured, but the bad after-effects remained through the summer, and somehow I did not get strong as I was before. In the fall I caught a cold after getting my feet wet and attending a lecture in a cold hall, and I suffered a relapse. An unpleasant catarrh of the head and throat followed, and as I was in a hospital my eyes prevailed to this, it took but little to break me down completely. "One of my college friends who was visiting me, asked me to try Peruna, and I did so and found it all and more than I had expected. It not only cured me of the catarrh, but restored me to perfect health, built up the entire system, and brought a happy feeling of buoyancy which I had not known for years." -Miss Alice Dressler. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, or send a copy of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. bowels. It’s the unclean need infectious epidemics, unclean body—unclean in- taches” the disease. A stomach and bowels and whose liver is live- pure, is safe against yel- any other of the dread- at desolate our beautiful of the cleanest people lthiest inside, and they who not only “catch” but endanger the lives certain way of keeping to take CASCARETS. diseases are BY bowels NEVER SOLD IN BULK. TEED TO CURE: Five years ago the best box of Cure. Now it is over six million boxes a day. The world. This is absolute proof of the absolutely guaranteed to cure of buy today, two 500 boxes, give them a new one on 500 box, return the unused 500 or to us by mail, or the weight from it, and give money back. For both price, so matter what all you - start the day with the day's VACASEROES. Book free by mail. REEDY CO., NEW YORK or CHICAGO. THE TWO SIDES PARTY LEADERS DISCUSS APPROPRIATIONS. CANNON AND LIVINGSTON'S FIGURES Statements of the Appropriations of the Fifty-Sixth Congress—Both Place the Total at $1,490,602,546—$710,150,862 for the First and $729,911,683 for the Second Session—Mr. Livingston's Comment. Representative Cannon, chairman of the house committee on appropriations, and Representative Livingston, the senior Democratic member of the committee, have prepared statements of the appropriations of the fifty-sixth congress. Both place the total appropriations at $1,440,602,545, placing those for the first session at $710,150,862 and for the second at $729,911,683. Mr. Cannon publishes a table showing the expenditures of the previous congress at $1,568,212,637, and Mr. Livingston compares with the fifty-fourth congress, which appropriated $1,044,850,273. In his statement Mr. Cannon says, "The appropriations of the session aggregate, as nearly as can be ascertained, at this time, $729,911,683. This sum includes $123,732,688 for the postal service and $53,000,000 for the sinking fund. The increase over the appropriations made at the first session is $1,124,000; and this sum is more than accounted for by the increase of $10,124-450 made on account of the postal service and by $13,513,057 in the bill that provides for the maintenance of our navy and for the construction, armor and armament of the new ships of the navy. One large item is the appropriation of $5,250,000 authorized by legislation at the first session of this congress for the St. Louis exposition. The total appropriations made at the sessions of the fifty-sixth congress are $123,150,000; the appropriations made during the two regular sessions of the preceding congress." Mr. Livingston says that the fifty-fourth congress was the last one that made appropriations for the support of the government prior to the beginning of the Spanish-American war. The fifty-sixth congress is the first to appropriate for the support of the government since the close of the Spanish war. The difference between the fifty-sixth and the fifty-sexth and those made by the fifty-fourth congress is $395,482,272. "The most casual explanation of this table makes comment practically unnecessary. It show that the army for each of the two years prior to the Spanish-American war cost a little over $23,000,000 and but little more than $46,000,000 for the two years covered by the fifty-fourth congress, while for the army for each of the two years since that war, 1901 and 1902, it cost nearly $115,000,000 or $230,000,000 for the two years, exclusive of deforestation in large sums out of the appropriation made for expenses of the Spanish war during the fifty-fifth congress. "The navy cost for the two years 1897-1901, $63,562,000, while for the years 1901 and 1902 these appropriations amount to- nearly $144,000,000. For the payment of pensions the appropriations show an increase of nearly $8,000,000 to the two years. "In a word this table shows that the price to the people of the policy of this administration that has been thrust upon them by the Republican party is $400,000,000 within a period of ten years that has been contemplated has not yet been put in operation. The ship subsidy measure that has been deferred, but not abandoned, will cost $180,000,000 more, to say nothing of the lesser schemes that are proposed." CABINET IS REAPPOINTED President McKinley Sends the Names of His Advisers to the Senate TO LIMIT DEBATE. Senate Considering Question of a Cloture Rule. Mr. Platt, of Connecticut, has offered an amendment to the rules to limit debate in the Senate. Its proponent had no purpose to provoke discussion upon it, but several senators expressed their views in no uncertain terms. Senator Mason, of Illinois, thought it did not go far enough, and gave notice of an amendment under which he said the majority would not be under a control of the minority. Senator Wellington, of Maryland, and Bacon, of Georgia, denounced the effort to change the rules as unseemly, the former challenging the right of the Senate to consider the proposition at this session. Americans Killed by Filipinos A wagon train and a detachment of the signal corps, together with six Macabee scouts, were attacked by the insurgents about midway between the towns of Silang and Das Marinas, in Cavite province. Three Americans and two of the Dutch scouts were wounded, while one man is missing. Four horses and one mule were killed. James Callahan, charged with kidnapping Edward Cudaby, of Omaha, nailed preliminary hearing and was hounded the district court in $7,000 bond. Place For Ex-Senator Chandler. Ex-Senator William E. Chandler, of New Hampshire, has been selected to be president of the Spanish claims commission. The other appointments will soon follow and it is intended the commission shall get to work as soon as possible, in view of the vast amount of work to be done. American Brandy for Germany The German government has ordered 300 barrels of California brandy for use in its army and navy. This is the first shipment of the kind and is the result of unsatisfactory experiments with other brandies. ASSAILS ENGLAND. Senator Morgan Warus Her of Her Impending Doom. Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, who offered a resolution declaring the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty between the United States and Great Britain, addressed the Senate for nearly two hours upon his proposition. His admonitions to Great Britain were particularly sharp. He declared that if Great Britain should endeavor to enforce the terms of the treaty, the effort would result in a war in which the great empire, which has conquered the war scores of the merces of the world, would be swept from power and her king would be left with only sovereignty over his own island. He challenged any senator to point to a single proposition which Great Britain had made for such a modification of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty as would admit of the construction of the Nicaragua canal. No such action, he said, ever had been taken by Great Britain, but the doctrine when Americans were "hugging to their bosoms" the delusion that Great Britain eventually would enter upon a friendly arrangement for the construction of the canal. Great Britain had preserved a profound and golden silence. He called her silence "golden," because, he asserted, Great Britain, through Liverpool, which was the commercial center of the world, was because of the lack of the protection because of the lack of the Nicaragua canal, was contributing to the enriching of Great Britain. "If it is the purpose of Great Britain," said Mr. Morgan, "still to look for delay, she will not get it. If it be her determination to pick a quarrel with us about it, she will find the United States can muster at least half the number of men who voted for the President in the last election, fighting men. And she will find, when that the steel that which binds the throne in London with Australia and India and passes through Canada will have been rent in twain, and, with its severance, down wi, go the empire." TAFT'S REPORT. The Philippine Commissioner Says Every- thing is Getting Along Well Secretary of War Root has received the following cabelgram from Judge Taft, president of the Philippine commission: "On the eve of the President's second administration I wish to convey to him the assurance of the great progress that has been made toward peace. Since January 1, 1,127 firearms have been captured, and 1,368 surrendered. Captures and surrenderers, both due to co-operation of the natives. Since November, 5,000 bolzen have been captured, and 1,368 surrendered and Camarines; 6,000 residents of Panay have taken the oath of allegiance; offensive attacks by the insurgents are now of the rarest occurrence; Delgoda, the leader of the insurgents of Panay, with 350 men and rifles, and Angeles and Simon Techon, with 200. Bulacan, have surrendered, Lacuna, Cabo, Pablo, Techon and Sandico and other leaders have made overtures for surrender, but their rejection has been for alleged complicity in assassination, which was not ceded, has delayed consummation. The federal party, the avowed and direct outgrowth of the election, has spread with wonderful rapidity to all parts of the archipelago, and is active and urgent in advocacy of peace and in presenting the advantages of civil liberty under American sovereignty, assisted by surrenderers in Panay. The party's banquet of 300 on the eve of Washington's birthday, and the party's banquet of 300 on the eve of Luneta to hear the loyal and earnest aureoles of the leading Filipinos, were most convincing of its power and purpose. "Conditions never before have been so favorable to restoration of complete peace and the accomplishment of declared purposes of President." MURDERED AT KNOBNOSTER. A Coroner's Jury Held a Negro Responsible—He is in Jail. At Knobnoster, Mo., Nellie Allen, 17 years old, was found dead a half block from the home of her mother. The body lay in the middle of the street and showed marks of violence on the face. The coroner's jury found that death was inence and held William Wiseby, a negro, responsible for the crime. Wiseby is now in jail in Warrenburg. Wiseby declares his innocence. A. New Stockman's Association About 350 delegates were present when the first annual convention of the American Cattle Growers' association was called to order in the Tabor Opera house, Denver, by H. H. Robinson, temporary president. The entire territory west of the Missouri river is represented. The largest delegations are from Colorado, Wyoming, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada. John E. Searles Assigns. John E. Searles, the well known financier, and at present in the general corporation and financial business has made an assignment to Edward F. Dwight for the benefit of creditors. Mr. Searles is president of the American Cotton Company, of which Senator Jones, of Arkansas, is a prominent member. He is a director in many big trusts. Allen Still a Senator. Senator Allen's name is still carried on the rolls as a senator from Nebraska and it is understood it will be until the Nebraska legislature elects or adjourns. A $20,000 Loss for Kansas University. The bill passed by Congress appropriated $20,000 to pay the claim held by the University of Kansas, for the destruction of the 1982 Free State Hotel in 1855, has been vetored by the President. The attorney general's opinion led the President to take this action. Motiny in Italian, Prison A serious mutiny of convicts has occurred at Santa Caterina prison, Italy, resulting in the military being called in to the battle being killed and fifty-seven wounded. Passed 400 Bills. Over 400 bills were passed by the Kansas legislature; 270 in the house and 160 in the senate are the figures; total 430. A number of substitutions were not made in the rush of business at the end so that there are several duplicates, and the number will remain about an even 400. The Philippine Tariff. A copy of the proposed Philippine tariff shedule, as recommended by the Philippine commission, has been forwarded to the war department. The classification of the Cuban tariff has been followed in the main. BRITISH HOUSE COMMONS. WERE CARRIED OUT BY POLICEMEN Some of the Members Fought and Strugled, Free Fights Between Policemen and Nationalists were General—Sixteen Removed by force Because They Would Not Retire for Division. In the British Commons Mr. Balfour applied the closure of the education estimates and the nationalists shouted "Gag" and refused to leave the house when the division was taken. The chairman twice asked them to retire to the division lobby, but they certainly not. Mr. Plavin cried: "I protest against the way all Irish votes are closed." The speaker named sixteen recalcitrants and Mr. Balfour moved their suspension. This was agreed to without division. The speaker ordered them to withdraw, but they refused amid great uproar. The speaker called upon the sergent-at-arms to remove them. They shouted defiance. The deputy commissioner announced and asked them to leave; still they refused. At this a number of officers and policemen entered to enforce the removal. Eugene Crean, member of Southeast Cork, struggled desperately against removal, and there was quite a free fight on the floor, lasting five minutes, other Irishmen assisting him. Eventually he was carried out bodily by six policemen, amid yelts and cheers. The police then returned and carried out each of the remaining recalcitrants of the same manner, although there was no further actual resistance. Six policemen sufficed for each member, with the exception of Mr. Flavin, who is a big man, and required eight. Many, as they were being carried out, waved their hands and shouted, "God save Ireland." GERMANY AT OUR DOORS. Fast Establishing a Foothold in Central Germany recently appointed her first salaried consul to Central America, accredited to the state of Nicaragua, with a consulate to be established at Managua. Besides this salaried consul, said Mr. Diederich, United States consul at Bremen, in a report to the state department, there are at present in Central America fifteen German consuls, vice consuls and consular agents, whose duty it is to look after the interests of at least 4,000 German residents and business firms in Central America. The German commercial interests in Central America, the consul says, have been rapidly increasing during the past few years. It has been officially stated, says Consul Diederich, that the German government has invested fully $59,000,000 in various enterprises in Central America, and German farms and plantations occupy more than 742,000 acres. The large German business houses in Nicaragua, Guatemala and Costa Rica, besides transacting the Central America, control most of the trade between Central America and England and California. The trade between Germany and Central America amounts annually, in round numbers, to from $7,000,000 to $12,000,000. The shipping on the entire coast is largely in the hands of German steamship lines. Germany takes foremost place in the control of Guatemala and controls about one-half of the coffee and sugar crops. It was expected that the first German consulate would be opened at Guatemala City. However, the future canal across the insiusm gave Nicaragua the precedence. In closing his report, Consul Diederle sounds warning as to the foothold which the insiusm is granting on this continent, saying: Those who are familiar with the thoroughness of German methods generally, with the wonderful progress this nation has been making during the past dozen years in almost every field of human activity, and know how alert it is to extend trade into every quarter of the world, by the organization of the German consular service in Central America is a step of no mean importance." RYDER'S BEER BILL UPHELD. Missouri's Supreme Court Holds Inspection Constitutional The Missouri supreme court has handed down its opinion, long expected, declaring the beer inspection law constitutional. The law was passed two years ago as a revenue measure under cover of a sanitary measure to inspect beer made and sold in the brewery. The judge, Billy Ryder had haunted the sittings of every general assembly, asking for the passage of this act. John M. Bixman of Clinton was arrested for selling beer without the inspection stamps on the package, and by agreement the question went to the supreme court as a test case. Bixman had been arrested and sentenced from the lower court's decision. The law under which he was fined provides that the brewers shall pay one cent a gallon and two cents for stamps for each package. In bottled goods the package is a case. The court in deciding divided, four to three, Judge Bruce, Judge Marshall and Judge Bruce, Judge Marshall and Judge Bruce, sustained him. Burgess wrote a dissenting opinion, in which Sherwood and Robinson concur. BURTON'S SECRETARY. Frank Grimes, Kansas State Treasurer Will Succeed W. W. Smith It is the opinion of Kansas politicians that the appointment of W. W. Smith to be Senator Burton's private secretary is only temporary, to last until late in October, when Frank E. Lincoln is appointed to accept the position Mr. Burton will hold the office of treasurer of state, and the scheme is to delay the resignation until too late for his successor to be chosen at the November election. The governor will appoint T. T. Kelly, the present assistant treasurer, to succeed Mr. Grimes and next year the Republican state convention will nominate him. Lost Money on Auto-Cabs The Illinois Electric Vehicle company, operating a hundred autocabs in Chicago, has announced that it will go out of existence. At the next annual meeting of the stockholders, April 6, the directors will recommend that in view of the losses due to heavy repairs continually made necessary by the bad condition of the streets, there is no longer any use of keeping the company in operation. The capital stock of the company is $2,500,000. Kansas News Notes. Rabbits are ruining fruit trees in McPherson county. Boy loafers have been barred from Efingham barber shops. The latest carload shipment to New York from Garden City was one of broomcorn. A Chicago music firm puts out a song entitled: "Carrie Nation and Her Hatchet." The Union Pacific has stored away twenty-eight carloads of ice from Green River, Wyo., at Solomon. Brown and Harvey counties lead in the number of students represented at the University of Kansas this year. Traveling straight north from Villete in a five mile limit, five Johnson families will be passed, none of whom are related. A party of Iowa men have purchased 1,000 acres of farm land in Franklin county at an average of about $30 an acre. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway shops at Parsons have turned out a $25,000 private car for the president of the road. C. F. Conklin, who carried off most of the honors in this winter's billiard tournament in New York, is a former Kansan. Scott Hopkins, whom Governor Stanley appointed a regent of the University of Kansas, is a graduate of that institution. The oldest school teacher in Kansas is said to be W. W. Walkey of Sheridan county, who has been teaching since 1849. He has been in Kansas twenty-one years. Cattlemen in Greenwood county are making hard times for lawyers. They have established a system of arbitrating differences. Three men are chosen as an arbitration committee. They investigate the trouble and make sure that $8,000 was settled at Eureka last week by an arbitration committee. You should patronize the merchants who advertise. If a merchant don't think enough of your trade to let you know that he has goods for sale why should you care to hunt him up, when you come to town? A nice, clean stock of goods is worthy of the puffing it can get—Grant Shaw. Orlando P. Troxlel, who graduated from P.O. Box 1000, has been assigned to an infantry regiment in the Philippines, is the son of a farmer living twelve miles north of Ablene. The town marshal of Grandy was recently embarrassed for room when a steel gang of sixty railroaders got drunk. He filled the calaboose and then took the rest and lowered them into an 80-foot coal shaft, where they remained safely, all showing up for trial. Jesse Powell figures out that during the thirty-five years his wife has been 191,625 hot biscuits, of which he has eaten one-half. That's an average of seven a day. Mr. Powell weighs more than 200 pounds. The farmers of Doniphan county in their efforts to corner pickles will plant acres and acres of cucumbers. Hiawatha is the modern Eden of Kansas. The town has fourteen churches, a bible class of 300 students and not a joint耐 n a druggist with a liquor permit. Even the Chinese laundryman is a church member. At Woodbore, the Rev. W. M. Cleveland, of Herrington, held a temperance meeting, after which a vigilance committee called on the only jointist in the town, and ordered him to leave at once. The jointist agreed to leave and lose his job at once. "I hought some apples from a Chinaman yesterday, giving him an American dollar," writes a Kansas boy from Pekin. "In the change which he gave me was an American half dollar of the date of 1813. I have refused $10 for it." Fear of insanity caused Clark Baldwin, a single man, 22 years old, to shoot and instantly kill himself in Wichita. Baldwin was a graduate of Fairmount college and a printer by trade. Before he committed the deed he wrote a note to a friend in which he stated that he was about to kill himself because of his ill health which he thought would eventually lead to insanity. In an Atchison spelling match everybody went down before the word choutchouc. Caoutchouc is a word which one may look at intently for ten minutes and then turn away without the eloquence to spell it. State Superintendent of Schools Nelson has made the semi-annual distribution of interest money to the schools of Kansas. The total school population this time is 508,860, as compared with 504,130 six months ago. The per capita apportionment was 38 percent of 504,130 six months ago. This is due to the increase in school population and the fact that last year almost all of the back interest on bonds was paid up. Noting the marriage in that city of A. J. Brownless and Alice G. Keith, the Eldorado Republican clothes the affair in romance. Fifteen years ago these people were sweatyears in a small town in Missouri. The man went away to Dakota to make a home for his intended bride, and soon after the girl moved to Eldorado. The man succeeded not only in making a home, but also quite a fortune, but in this making he forced the girl to ask her something recalled her to him one day; he wrote; she answered; the engagement was renewed, and then the marriage. It is reported that the joint crusaders are planning a raid on the Topeka club, the Elks' club, Turner hall and the Arlons' hall, and the organization of Topeka, having an aggregate membership of 1,000. The members declare that they will not stand for a raid, and are preparing to defend their property. Each place will be guarded nigh, and day in the future, and arrangements have been made to notify the members in case of trouble. General J. K. Hudson will sell his home in Topeka and reside in Southwest Missouri, where he has mining interests. Santa Fe employees are booming Charley Short, conductor on the Kansas City-Topeka "plug," for a place on the state board of railroad commissioners. The house has passed the bill permitting the prison officials to sell penitentiary coal to the wagon trade in Leavenworth county. Two shooters of craps at Iola were fined $50 which will be thrown in the school to aid the young idea in learning how to shoot. The house by a vote of 65 to 44 passed the bill authorizing railroad employees to vote wherever they may be on election day. A SETTLED QUESTION. A SETTLED QUESTION. IS THE TARIFI F NO LONGER OPENED TO CONTROVERSY? Dangers of Too Much Confidence Demonstrated by the Fact That Protection's Enemies Are Only Biding Their Time for Another Attack. Overconfidence is a more subtle but a scarcely less dangerous evil than is lack of confidence. It has betrayed the American people more than once. Because the country has been prosperous so long, because its prosperity had grown continually greater, the majority of us got to imagining that we would go on being prosperous, no matter what we did or what policy we adopted. The people began really to believe that business and politics had little or nothing to do with each other, and so they voted for a change in 1892. We have gotten over that folly now and are not likely to make the same mistake again. But our overconfidence is laying another trap for us. This time it takes the form of saying that the tariff question is settled, that there is no need of counting that as an issue any more. Only a few days ago the New York Sun said editorially: "The tariff question has been removed from controversy, and practically has settled itself. * * * This policy of developing American industry has received a practical vindication so complete that there remains only feeble academic opposition to it. Politically it is accepted by all parties. It did not provoke controversy in either of the two last national campaigns." The Sun forgets, apparently, that the platform of the Democratic party adopted at Kansas City last July denounced the Dingley tariff law. It forgets, apparently, that Mr. Bryan, the late Democratic candidate for the presidency, is still on record as declaring that a protective tariff is vicious in principle, or it would not say that politically protection has been "accepted by all parties." The editor of the Sun must have been curiously unobservant of the words and writings of many political writers besides Mr. Bryan; he must have skipped many things in recent editions of many papers which must be on his exchange table, his neighbor, the Times, among the number, if he thinks that the only opposition to protection is either feeble or academic. There can be no doubt in the mind of any person of sense or judgment of the fact that the American people are, by an overwhelming majority, in favor of the system of protection. So far as belief goes, the tariff is settled; but not all the free traders are by any means convinced. They are only binding their time, and not until denunciations of protection are eliminated from all political platforms, both state and national; not until the leaders of all the political parties are men who stand on a protection record will the tariff question be no longer a political issue. The policy of protection is safe enough if a little guarding is done, but no policy and no principle is safe if its friends forget it. Its enemies will not be so forgetful, and the Sun and every other protectionist paper which is inclined to think that the tariff is no longer an issue in politics and needs no further defending will do well to remember that the enemies of protection are always watchful. The tariff is settled for all time in favor of protection only if the protectionists of the country see to it that they are equally watchful. IT HAS STOOD THE TEST. Englishmen Beginning to Recognize the Value of Protection. Not the least important among the results of the recent election is the emphatic indorsement of protection as a national policy. After the two trials of a different policy under Mr. Cleveland, the first election of Mr. McKinley was a distinct verdict in favor of a return to protection. His re-election emphasized that verdict, for while the tariff was not the paramount issue it cut an important figure. This second verdict of the people means that for many years to come protection will be the fixed policy of this government. It will be strange if the extraordinary prosperity of the United States under this policy does not have an effect abroad. It used to be the fashion of British statesmen, followed by their American free trade imitators, to deem protection as unscientific, opposed to sound economic laws, crude in theory and hurtful in practice. They said it would surely give way before advancing intelligence and a better understanding of true economic principles. The present position of this country is an effective answer to those claims. A policy that has made the United States the most prosperous country on earth the most dreaded rival of all other commercial countries and the prospective mistress of the world's markets cannot be disposed of by calling it unscientific or crude. The success of protection as demonstrated in the United States is one of the great commercial facts of the nineteenth century and likely to become still more prominent in the twentieth century. There are special reasons why the success of the policy is likely to set British statesmen and the English people to thinking. The United States began the war with Spain with a full treasury, prosecuted it to a successful conclusion with the greatest ease financially, and is now about to make a large reduction in taxes. On the other hand, England had serious difficulty in financing the war in South Africa, and her chancellor of the exchequer is now recommending an increase of taxes. There is no resort as yet to new tariff duties, even for revenue. The proposed increase of taxes is on free trade lines, being an increase of income tax, stamp duties, taxes on wines, tobacco, tea, etc. But there is a limit to this kind of taxation, and some Englishmen are beginning to wonder why parliament does not try the method of raising revenue that has proved so easy and successful in this country. A writer in the "National Review," referring to the coming needs of the government for naval armaments, etc., asks "Whence are we to get the millions that will be needed if our national position is to be rendered secure?" He characterizes free trade as a political fad of the past and says: "A tariff of fers us at once a means of raising funds or naval armaments, or obtaining allies and of weakening the enemies who are plotting our fall". It will be hard to overcome British conservatism to the extent of substituting protection for free trade as a government policy, but stranger things have happened. England has condescended to learn a good many things from America in recent years and it may be the unexamined prosperity of this country under protection will finally convince them that it is not such a crude and unscientific theory after all. Meanwhile the United States will adhere to it and continue to make its splendid results an object lesson to other nations. -Indianapolis Journal. A REPUBLICAN TRIUMPH. What Sound Principles Have Done for American Trade. The present era of American prosperity, which has attracted general attention throughout the world, is identified with a Republican tariff. American manufactures are going forth to every continent, and those who purchase them are not troubled in the least about the Dingley law. Under a system of moderate protection our manufacturers and artisans have advanced until they are able to supply to foreign markets a better article at more favorable prices than can be obtained elsewhere. Our goods go to old manufacturing centers abroad. Formerly a few American specialties were disposed of in Europe, but the demand has greatly broadened. This is the third year of the Dingley law. Our exports in 1900 were double those of 1888 and five times those of 1862. Exports per capita are $19.42, against $10.46 in 1870. Imports per capita are $10.90, against $11.96 in 1870. With total foreign exports in 1900 amounting to $1,470,000,000 and exports of manufactures of $440,000,000 a year, the whole list of free trade arguments is damaged beyond repair. Supporters of a wise protective tariff meet the same old weapons whenever it is proposed to apply the principle to a new industry. The Democratic assault upon the beginnings of the tin plate industry was especially savage. Yet that branch of manufacture in the United States today is of immense extent and value. At the present time Democratic invective and ridicule are directed at the ship subsidy bill intended to revive and build up our merchant marine. The industry in Europe is subsidized and encouraged in every possible material way, yet the Democratic party contends that it is public robbery and favoritism to aid our own shipping, though it has been cut down by protected competition to an insignificant total. The methods that have developed our enormous foreign trade and our manufactures will be equally effective when applied to our merchant shipping—Port Townsend (Wash.) Leader. GERMANY AND PROTECTION. GERMANY AND PROTECTION. The fact of American prosperity under the protective policy of the Republican party is causing much talk in other countries. But the economic conditions existing in other or in old European countries are entirely diverse from those existing here. The German government has decided to yield to the demands of the Agrarians and to impose a protective tariff. The agitation has been long and persistent and the government yielded only with great reluctance. It is probable that a protective tariff will be imposed in the near future, which will put Germany theoretically upon the same plane as the United States in regard to foreign nations. Of course the Germans cannot expect the same benefits from a protective tariff as those enjoyed by this country. Germany does not produce enough meat and enough foodstuffs for her own population. The imposition of a protective tariff will, therefore, raise the price of meat and of breadstuffs to such an extent that the general public will suffer for the sake of increasing the profits of the Agrarians—Wichita (Kan.) Eagle. RACHEL STILL MOURNS. The deposits of wage earners in our savings banks, under Cleveland and the robber Wilson tariff and free soup, decreased $37,000,000 in 1894. During the last four years under McKinley, the Dingley protective tariff and the full dinner pail, their savings have increased $500,000,000. And during all these four years of McKinley has gone up the piteous wall of Fifty-Cent Dollar Bryan, Anarchist Altgeld, Shotgun Tillman, Boss Williams and Gentile Blackmail Croker: "Oh, wage earners, wage earners, how often would we have relieved you of the grievous burdens of a full dinner pails and savings for a rainy day, and ye would not. Behold, we must bear these heavy loads as long as McKinley and vile protection piles them upon you!" Then George Fred further weep and murrureth, "It is plain that Republican voters do not understand the dangers of the situation." And George refuseth to be comforted. "Canned Life" In Cities. "Canned Life" is the term that J. P. Mowbray in Everybody's Magazine applies to the constricted and humdrum life of the city man and his wife in a New York flat. Seven-eighths of their income goes for rent, food and clothes, the small balance for the incidentals. "The Making of a Country Home" tells the story of the revolt of a bright young man and his spouse who decide to cut down expenses, save money and make a home for themselves in the country. Most men entertain a similar ambition and the story of how this young couple set out conquering their difficulties will surely be an incentive to others to do likewise. Incidentally Mr. Mowbray's comments on new phases of commercial life are very suggestive. Speed in Counting Money. The Girard National bank of Philadelphia claims to have two clerks of champion speed in counting cash. One of them has the record of having counted 1,000 Bland silver dollars in one and a half minutes. The other has counted in fifty-two seconds 100 one-dollar bills. The largest diamond found in this country welged over twenty-three carats. An Englehman's Will. An Englishman who recently died had three children, one son and two daughters, and he mentioned all of them in his will. The first clause is, "I leave my piano to Mary Elizabeth, when Arthur has done with it." The other clause is, "To Susan Jane—she may take whatever Arthur wishes to give to her." There is no doubt of Arthur's standing in the document, but the pointed question is raised, "Are Mary Elizabeth and Susan Jane beneficiaries under the will?" Cincinnati's Sensible Tenement Laws The city council of Cincinnati, O., has passed an ordinance requiring that all new tenements shall have a bathroom for each suite of rooms having a separate hallway, and that remodeled tenements shall have a bathroom for each three rooms. Penalties of fine and imprisonment are provided for violation of this ordinance. Maryland Wants New Census Marylanders are so much dissatisfied with the recent federal census of their state that they are urging that a new census be taken forthwith by state authority. They want it especially that what they call manifest errors may be corrected before the reapportionment for representation of the counties is made. Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar Grand Duchess Willemia. The present heir to Queen Wilhelmina's crown is a German, the rich and young grand duke of Saxe-Welmar, considered the best royal match in the world. His grandmother, the late Grand Duchess Sophia, was the aunt of the present queen of Holland. AFTER EIGHTFEN YEARS: Mrs. Doty, of Highland, Iowa, Restored to Health - A Muracious Case -Iher Highland, Ia., March 4.—(Special.)—Friends of Mrs. W. H. Doty are very much pleased to notice the wonderful improvement in her condition. For eighteen years she has been a sufferer from rheumatism, and the torture she has endured during this time is past all description. Mrs. Doty tells the following story: "I have suffered for the past eighteen years with Kidney Trouble and Rheumatism. I have tried doctors, patent medicines, plasters, liniments, electric treatments, and nothing did me any good. I had nearly lost all faith in anything, when I sent for six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. I said to my husband I expected that it was some more money thrown away, but when I had taken them a week I could see that they were helping me. The lameness I had suffered with for so long is nearly all gone. It is not a quarter as bad as it was. 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