The American Citizen

Oldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of the Country THE POOR TAX-BURDENED CITIZENS DEMONSTRATED BY ELECTING W. H. CRADDOCK FOR MAYOR THAT THEIR RIGHTS MUST BE RESPECTED NOW FOR WORK Oldest and THE POOR TAX-BURD THE PEOP A FITTING REBUK GANGISM. BOSSIS CIPLE M W. H. Craddock, the Pe Wins th A FITTING REBUKE TO REPUBLICAN GANGISM. BOSSISM AND UNPRINCIPLE MANHOOD. W. H. Craddock, the People's Choice for Mayor. Wins the Battle. "Craddock the Democratatic nominee and the People's choice wins by a majority of 1,393 votes over the M.R.T. candidate, called the Republican nominees" is the message that we herald to the public when announcing How things went at the mouth of the Kaw. Notwithstanding the snow and ice, mud and water the people turned out en masse and for the First time in Fifteen years gave the Republican party that had drifted from the true principles of Republi canism a solar plexus blow, putting them in a position they must remain for two years. While the Republi canws won out in several other offices it was a close call for the whole tick et. Its an evident fact that the people wanted a change. --- VOL 14. NO.7 We labored untiringly for the cause we believed to be right, and throughout the many thousand little homes we were a welcome visitor, as a representative of the people—our strong words of honest facts were given serious consideration, and on last Tuesday gave forth fruit. It can be truthfully said of the negroes in Kansas City, Kas., that they are at last coming to a realization of what is really best for them. Long, too long, have we suffered the sting and remorse of having our best and highest types of manhood defeated in their efforts to get 'a share of elective positions. We are in a new era, let us look up; the dawn of a new day is approaching. It has been demonstrated that after all the people do have sacred rights that must and s all be protected as well as respected. MEHARRY COLLEGE. The name Central Tennessee College, has been changed to that of Walden University, and its new president is the Rev Dr. J Benson Hamilton, of New York. The medical, dental and pharmaceutical departments of the college hold their 25th commencement exercises in Nashville, Wednesday evening, Feb. 27th, and it was pronounced the best in the history of the institution. The graduates were forty in number, making a total of four hundred and fifty, who have been armed with diplomas since the school began. Dr R. F. Boyd, dean, is perhaps the most illustrious and successful graduate sent forth by Meharry to administer the healing art. The Meharry graduates are doing a great work for the race throughout the South, and it is but proper to wish that their tribe increase—Christian Recorder. We overheard the following on Marriage which we jotted down unauthorized. People wonder why there are so many unhappy marriages. Why should we wonder when there is so little common sense put in to it? In fact very few people have any intention of marrying until death doth part." Some marry just to try married life—to see how it goes and to keep from being old maids and old bachelors. Some because there are a few dollars in it to be obtained, or to show their acquaintances that they can get so and so. Men and women should marry more because it helps them, either to live a more Christian and purer lives or because they wish to have some safeguard to keep them pure. They must also carry because they love each other. The next thing is no woman must expect to make marriage a success unless she can cook, keep house and sell a lattice. She must also be pleasant around her husband—scolding does a maa more harm than good. On the other hand a man cannot expect to make marriage a success unless he supports his family and is kind and affective. It matters not how strong a woman is she soon gets tired of supporting a man—it is contrary to the Bible. A lack of confidence has a great deal to do with one's happy marriage. If a woman has no confidence in a man or he has none in her, there is very little happiness. Married people will have to do the right thing by each other in order to have happiness exist. BUCKEYE BELL FOUNDRY Bucks of Parec and Tin for Churching Bucksons, Fire Alarms, Farms, etc. FULLY SERVICED. Same-day free service. VANDUZER & WEST THE Bird Best W URDENED CITIZEN PEOPLE W UKE TO REPE ASSISM AND U MANHOOD. People's Choice is the Battle. KAY Best Weekly OPENED CITIZENS DEMONS PLE WIN. E TO REPUBLICAN SM AND UNPRIN- ANHOOD. People's Choice for Mayor, the Battle. Now that the battle is over and the smoke is clearing away, let us all take up the duties of life, resume our journey upon the turbulent ocean of time resolving that each individual one, will do his part towards assisting the Mayor elect W. H. Craddock, to make our city a fit place to live and a Greater Kansas City. Mayor elect Craddock is an ideal type of manhood, 50 years of age and steps prominent into politics for the first time. We shall say more of him in our next issue. We most respectfully speak of the following gallant workers and did space permit, would gladly speak of more. The skill and executive ability of Mr. Jas. Van Peyma,the Democratic Chairman of the Executive Committee and manager of the successful campaign of Mayor elect Craddock, is to be highly commended. He proved the right man in the right place, whose name will shine form in years to come as a bright light shedding rays upon the path which leads to a greater Kansas City, Kas. Mr. Tom Bowling, ex-Sheriff of Wyandotte county, rendered most valuable service, owing to his familiarity with nearly every face in the city and the high regards all citizens, irrespective of party or color, hold him, speaks volumes for the keen foresight of the Democracy management in placing him at head quarters. Jay Carlisle, County Clerk Holcomb ex-Senator Zimmer and a host of others rendered great service. GORMAN ON DISFRANCHISEMENT There Was Good Opportunity for All to Learn to Read, the Ex-Sen- ator Says. New York, April 1.—Ex-Senator Arthur P. Gorman, of Maryland, in an interview regarding the recent political legislation enacted at Annapolis, which appears in a special from Washington, says: "If there are many illiterates in Maryland who will be affected by the passage of the present law, the blame lies with themselves. We have had the most perfect system of public schools for thirty years of any state south of Pennsylvania. Since 1870 the colored population have had ample opportunity to learn to read and write, by means of the schools furnihed by the white tax payers of Maryland. And if after these years of honest effort on the part of the white people in supporting these schools, the are, as is asserted, 26,000 of them who cannot read or write, the fault can be attributed only to their lack of desire to obtain knowledge. If they prefer to remain in ignorance, there is no way to compel them to learn unless the incentive to vote may hereafter encourage them to attend the schools. "The Maryland people would have no trouble in regard to the suffrage provided it was confined to the legislate residence of the state or the persons who have interests, but the exclusion of colored persons from participation in elections in the southern states, and, we believe, the systematic efforts of certain employers to obtain cheap labor, have been the means of bringing great numbers of undesirable colored men into Maryland who have no interest in our community and possibly do not possess sufficient intelligence to enable them to vote without assistance. They have been used, however, by the politicians, and threaten good order in the State. The Democrats of Maryland intend to protect the State against such inroads, with all the attendant ills that have followed in the wake of this immigration, and we have no anologies to make our course." Beauties of Warwick Castle. Warwick castle is held by many to be the most beautiful seat in England. The large baronial hall is a magnificent room. It is decorated with the most perfect specimens of armor, furnished in a luxurious manner, and masses of flowers and large palms abound on every side. AMERICAN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1901. Interesting and Other Very News Bits Gathered by our Correspondents at Topeka, Kansas. TALES OF TWO CITIES. TALES OF TWO CITIES. This has been an exceedingly exciting week in a political way, politics has been the absorbing topic of the week, based upon the relative merits of the two candidates for Mayer, Col. J. W. F. Hughes, the Republican nominee, and Albert Parker, the Democratic and Citizen's nominee. After the arguments on both sides had been submitted on Monday evening their claims was submitted to that great jury, the sovereign voters of the city of Topeka for their deliberation on Tuesday. After the deliberation for ten long hours the jury returned a verdict—that verdict was that Albert Parker, the Democratic nominee, was best entitled to the verdict of the jury upon the showing that he had made a majority of the jurors, was the requisite number required to return a verdict, and this jury returned a majority of 11. it was composed of 13,000 citizens. Col. Hughes has had the satisfaction, if any, of both an Austerlity and Waterloo, the former at the primaries last month, and the latter at the regular election on the 2nd, just. The two colored candidates. G. W. Williams, on the School Board, and F. M. Stonestreet, as City Marshal, pulled through by immense majorities. The office hunters are already dogging the heels of Mayor or elect Parker. It is a foregone conclusion that there will be a clean sweep in the city departments and hence a good many places at his disposal. In the opinion of Judge T. F. Gurerer, one of the most distinguished lawyers of the State, the biennial election law passed by the last Legislature, is unconstitutional, therefore the County Central Committees of this county will call primaries to nominate county officers as usual, and the candidates have again put on their armor and gone forth, and the politician has not yet lost out. Col. Jelitz, of the State Ledger, is a full fledged candidate for County Clerk. If the Colonel makes as good a success in running for office as he does in running a newspaper, over all opposition, he will no doubt succeed. The white votes at our Mayoralty election voted as they always do, to suit Miss Dora Wyatt, of our office, is quite ill at her home, on Jersey avenue. Mrs. Sarah Hawkins, of Minnesota avenue, leaves next week for Glanwood Springs, Col., to remain for the summer, possibly permanently Mr. and Mrs. J H. Buford, who have been stopping temporarily with Mrs. L. Johnson, have removed to their new home on North 6th street. Miss M. M. Crow, a typo in our office, left this week for Hutchinson. Kas, to visit her parents. John Brown, a well known young man who has been quite seriously ill for some weeks, still lirgers at the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs Joseph Brown, of Oakland avenue. Mr M. C. Murphy, our expressman, still linger at Douglass Hospital. Mrs. R. C. Wakes, of Ann avenue, is quite seriously ill and possibly will not recover. Miss Ardie Craig made our office a pleasant call this week. Rev. E. Wilson, of Kentucky, was installed as pastor of the Pleasant Green colored Baptist church, in rear of 588 Indy; endence avenue, last Sunday. Appropriate ceremonies were held. The Burlington Route Club, one of the lines of railroads running into the First Baptist church, who had a novelty arrangement in the shape of a "pig" which served as a receptacle of money, gave their first entertainment this week, and such a "hog killing one" one never witnessed, the hogs were beheaded but instead of drawing blood—they gave up money. There was a prize offered to the owner of the hog, having the most money Miss Ella Neal had the fattest hog, and consequently received the prize of a handsome gold band ring. The entertainment provoked amusement. Quarterly meeting was held at the A.M. E. church on last Sabbath. Quite a large crowd was present and a large financial collection was taken. Three additions to the church was received. Baptizing last Sunday week resulted in twenty-four being added. Rev. W. H. Smith, of the M. E. church, has been given charge of the church in Slater, Mo., where he will remove his family. The Porters' and Waiters' Musical Club give a grand prize Waltz to-mor- row night at their headquarters, 1009 St. Louis avenue. The Kindergarten met with Mrs. F. D. Gleed of Troup ave.. Thursday eve- of this week. themselves, and this last time they had company, the black philanx, which has always been so docile and loyal, for once same up to the wire and voted (as Uncle Chet Thomas would have it,) as they—pleased. P. C. Thomas took an active part in the campaign and no doubt was of material help in landing Parker as a winner, as also did J. S. Brashear, Andy Jordan, W L. Mcnight and others. The narrow margin by which Parker won out leaves room of especial credit being given to all whom supported him. The Afro-American Executive Council met at Atticaon on last Saturday and transacted business of importance to the order. Topeka extends a hearty greeting to Kansas City on the overthrow of domineering methods and ostracism in local politics which follow with a stern rebuke at the polls, and hope that in the future the powers that be will not turn a deaf ear to a righteous call for justice on fair play. When this is done in the future, all will be well. LOCALLY Rev. J. J. Clark returned from the M. E. Conference which was held last week at Fort Scott. Mr. Gonir Wardell died at Christ Hospital last Thursday, of heart failure. Mrs. Mar) Scott was buried Sunday from the St. John A. M. E. church. Mr. Joseph Giler has been quite ill for the past week. Miss Eliza Hamilton has been on the sick list two weeks. The body of Saml. Rainey was brought from Chicago Thursday last to this city, for interment. Special Easter services at the various churches Sunday. The Willing Workers Club met with Mrs. A. M. Ward Friday afternoon. Mrs. Lulu Odell entertained the Oak Leaf Club Wednesay afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Holloway spent last week in the city with their mo her, Mrs. Keith. TWO CITIES. They Say. Oh! What a surprise. We didn't do a thing to 'em. Great day in the morning. Why the woods are now full of Craddock men. Who killed it Tuesday night? Who killed it Tuesday night? The Popular Block and the Sea Feam Block were not together in the election, hence the results. Funny how many people voted for a man when he gets elected. Now what about J. B. Blackburn and the Republican party? Trot out your men and continue to see them slaughtered. Mrs Edward Smith, an old resident of the Popular Block, who has been to Chicago, has moved back in the block, not to move again soon. We will be in the push on Easter Sunday, and don't you forget it. MR HENRY STANLEY DEAD. The friends and acquaintances of Henry Stanley, an old and well known acquaintance in Kansas City, Kas., are here informed that he died March 26th, 1901. He was born in Louisville, Ky., in 1844, came to South Omaha 1889, in the month of April, and identified himself with the A. M. E. Church of South Omaha, and proved himself to be a worker for the Heavenly Kingdom. His many friends in Omaha and South Omaha mourn their loss. He was an old and well known citizen of Kansas City, Kas., where he made his abode for many years. He is the last member of all of his kindred. He had no blood kin any where as he knew of except a wife, who left him about five years ago. His wife was notified of his death but on account of her illness she could not be present. The South Omaha people mourn his loss, as Brother Stanley, in his old age, proved himself to be a true Christian worker. He was always found an accepted visitor in the side room and amid the suffering, among his many friends in South Omaha. He will be missed among us. REV. P. D. DAVIS. The Royal House of S. M. T's. and U. B. F's. will give a grand Masked Carri-val at M. & O. Hall on Thursday evening, April 18th. It promises to be a swell and well attended affair. Mrs. Sadie Mitchell, of Oakland avi- rue, has returned from a second trip among the old folks at Atchison. CITIZEN Geo. H Hepworth, in New York Herald, And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind.—1 Chronicles xxviii 9. How differently we look on life at different periods! We really live three or four kinds of life between the cradle and the grave. In early youth, for example, the days go with leaden feet. From the half holiday in the middle of the week to the other half holiday at its end seems to be a small section of eternity. The hours of boyhood are longer than the months of manhood. In later years.on the other hand, when the coins in the treasury of time have grown to be small in number, we rush by the weeks as we rush by the telegraph poles when on an express train. But what an exquisite season our youth is! The boy opens his eyes on a beautiful world, and every passing moment is a special delight. He is in harmony with the universe and joins in the chorus as the morning stars sing together. He may not appreciate the situation, but he is charmed by it. He wants to live forever, and the thought of death chills, possibly terrifies him. In the full and magnificent flow of physical vitality, he dreams very great dreams, builds castles in the air of which no architect could make a definite plan, and is happier than any language can express. It is ordailed that we shall begin our long career in that way. When manhood comes stealing on with slipped feet the dreams fade away and we stand face to face with grave and stern realities. We need muscle of body and muscle of mind to do our work. Disappointments check our hoped for progress, and so far as his world is concerned we feel sure of very little. The optimism of earlier days gives way and the tendency, both spiritual and mental, is in the direction of a mild kind of pessimism, which as harmful as a drop of poisonous acid in a glass of pure spring wate. We are all of us conscious of this. and we all of us yield to it in some degree unless we know of a well from which we can draw water without the accompanying drop of poison. I venture the assertion that it is impossible for any man to go through life keeping a cheerful temper and a trusting heart unless he has that series of uplifting thoughts which it is the privilege of our religion to furnish. But with those thoughts in his firm possession he is superior to any possible experience. Life makes one tired, but religion is like the sweet sleep from which he rises refreshed. Life makes a one hungry, but religion is like the food which nourishes the worn tissues. Life is a stormy season, but religion is the sun that breaks through the clouds and floods the landscape with longed for light and heat. It would be folly to deny that from morning to evening we have a hard day's work. It is not easy to live comfortable .o do without religion of some kind. Your very health depends largely on your state of mind, and when your mind has soared to that realm in which your God dwells, not only does your body respond, but your whole out, look undergoes a change. If you look up and see nothing but darkness, the shadow of that darkness englows your days, but if your upward gaze discovers Ged and immortality, your path way becomes light, even though it be rugged and difficult. If there is nothing ahead of you. If graves are simply graves and nothing more, if broke ties will remain forever broken, your mental attitude produces a depression which is close to despair. But, if, on the contrary, you are convinced that the universe has a Master, and that your road to a better world lies through struggles as well as joys, through tears as well as smiles, and by if faith you an both look forward to rest, to higher activities, to reunion, there comes into the soul a something, a dynamic energy, a cheering force which makes despair impossible and changes de-spondency to hope. That kind of religion is what the boy needs when passing through the formative period, when he is laying the foundations of a character. It does not interfere with his joyousness, it is not a cloud in his sky, but an additional source of physical happiness. It is what the man needs when he is in the midst of affairs and when the pessimistic forces are at work. It illumines his ideal, as a white statue is illumined by a calcium light, and teaches him that loyalty to eternal things is better than the gainful success which he must leave behind him. It is what old age needs when it faces the invitable, for it opens the door of the future and discloses such radiant facts that death is only a sweet sleep from which the soul rises to cross the threshold of eternal life. Religion crowns all periods of life with hope and joy. THE FAIR, 424 Minnesota Avenue, Saturday and Monday, —WILL offer exceptional Bargains in— DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, MILLINERY, Tinware and Queensware. Plaid Dress Goods, worth 12½c., for 7c. per yard. Best Apron Checks, 5c. per yard. Calicoes, best qualities, 5c. per yard. Clark's O. N. T. Thread, 4c. Large Bar of Castile Soap, 5c. Shoes at unequalled prices. Having added a line of MILLINERY we are able to serve you in up-to-date styles of HATS from 50c. up to $6.00. Other Bargains too numerous to mention. GIVE US A CALL. BISHOP WALTERS Defends His Raoe With Facts and Figures. Negroes Worth $700,000,000, and Raised 11,000,000 Bailes of Cotton Last Year. Bishop Alexander Walters, president of the National Afro-American Council, has written an able reply to the Negro William Hannibal Thomas, who wrote a book in which he defames the race. The bishop's reply is published in last week's New York Independent, and has no doubt been read by thousands of the best white people of this country—the class of people Thomas sought to poison against the Negro—but as yet we have not noticed that the daily papers have been to no special pains to give Bishop Walters' reply any extensive bearing through their columns. With one or two exceptions, we have not even seen it alluded to. Nearly all the dailies and a number of Negro weeklies published whole columns of the vilest portions of Thomas' vile book. Just let a pretended big Negro say a lot of things about the Negro race that affirms that that race is morally, intellectually and religiously unit for American citizenship, and every white newsaper, from the big metropolitan daily down to the 2x4 crossroad sheet, will give it to their readers. But where a great and good man, like Bishop Walters, comes to the front with facts and figures, showing the real standing and progress of the race, it is quite different. Bishop Walters said, among other things. "The book is a wholesale and unwarranted slander of the Negro race." There are 2,500,000 Negro pupils in the public schools; students in higher institutions, 45,000; teachers, 35,000; students learning traces, 30,000; students pursuing classical and scientific courses, 8,000; students pursuing business courses, 1,500. I consider this a splendid showing for a race of people who have been emancipated less than forty years. The author endeavors to create the impression that the majority of Negroes are idlers. This is untrue. Besides the tobacco, corn, potatoes and rice, there were more than 11,000,000 bales of cotton produced mainly by Negro labor in the South during the past year. This could not have been done had the majority of them been idlers. Nine-tenths of the domestic service in the South is performed by Negro women, and one is surprised to know of the number of colored servants there are in the North, East and West; in addition to these there are quite a number of mechanics, miners and a large number of professional men and women distributed throughout the country, who, though not receiving munificent compensation for their labor, have by their frugality secured for themselves comfortable homes. We have raised for education all purposes since our emancipation $13,055,000; have accumulated also in church property $40,000,000, school property $15,000,000. We have 150,000 farms valued at $450,000,000; 175,000 homes valued at $25,000,000; personal property $165,000,000. To the thoughtful observer these facts of themselves are sufficient refutation of the statement made by our cynical author that Negroes are all lazy and shiftless. Mr. Thomas seems to take delight in holding up to rfdicule and contempt the inefficiencies of the Negro ministers. He seeks to forget that at the close of the Civil War there were no properly prepared preachers and teachers to look after the spiritual and intellectual needs of the people. The white ministers and teachers of theouth would have nothing to do with the spiritual, moral and intellectual uplift of the Negroes, and it was impossible for the North to supply the entire number needed; therefore there was nothing else to do but place over Negro congregations inferior presachers and supply the schools with inferior teachers. But through a system of evolution we have gradually emerged from that state until to-day in many of our own churches we have scholarly and pious ministers, and in our schools efficient and moral teachers. I confess we are not all saints, but when it is remembered that for more than two centuries the marriage vows were disregarded and the sanctity of the home ignored by the maste class, is it to be wondered at that when we were emancipated our moral stock was almost at zero? Since that time we have been striving to develop our home life, and inculcate the principles of virtue and sobriety in our men and women. I am glad to be able to state that we have succeeded admirably with the work, for we have a great many homes in which there are virtue and refinement. To say that all the Negroes are unprepared to exercise the franchise is a myth; there are thousands of them in all sections of the country who are honest and intelligent voters, and if this and similar publications are for the purpose of furthering the work of disfranchisement of colored voters, they will fail. How anyone can believe that the Negro is retrograding in the face of the progress which he has made in the last thirty-five years, and is making to-day, is beyond my comprehension. Forty years ago he had practically nothing; to-day his real estate and personal property is valued at over $700,000,000. A little more than he emancipation he had no homes that he could call his own; to day he has thousands of them, some of them magnificent residences. At the time of his emancipation he was wholly illiterate; to-day nearly one-half of the race can read and write. Really I cannot see where the deterioration comes in. 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This offer will be carefully and conscientiously carried out and it should not be classed with catch-penny affairs. We will spend a large amount of money to start our trade and want your trial order—you will receive the greatest value in seeds ever offered. If two or more persons succeed in forming thirty words the $100 will be divided pro-rata. Many extra special prizes of value will be awarded to persons sending twenty words or more who will assist in introducing our seeds and specialties. Satisfaction is absolutely guaranteed. Send your list as early as possible. Address New CENTURY MAIL ORDER Co., 252 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. The Christian Association is still improving rapidly. Within the last passed seven years 650 members have been added to our list, and we are still trying to raise humanity, caring for the sick and burrying the dead. We are having quite a good deal of sickness, our Supreme President, Mrs. Julia A. Rhe, is suffering with a severe attack of brain prostration. Please pray for our success. Supreme President, JULIA A. ROHE. H. Woodside, P. Secetary. AMERICAN CITIZEN PUBLISHING AND PRINTING CO. Every Week at 417 Minnesota Ave KANSAS CITY KANSAS "outered at the postoffice at Kansas City Kans., as second class matter. It has long been a subject of much inquiry as to who and where the rich negroes live in our state. It will doubtless prove as much of an eye opener to the rest of the neehe following clipped from the Kansas City, Times, in a daily issue the past week as it proved to us; "Nick Chiles of Topeka is one of the richest negroes in the state His wealth is estimated at $40,000. He runs newspapers, a hotel, a joint when there is no excitement on, a farm, a dairy and the publican negro vote." The white man who faces a negro audience and endeavors to make them believe that the Republican party that has B. L. Short for its nominee with that organized secret gang behind him, is the party of Abe Lincoln should be hissed off the rostrum with the utmost conempt. The candidacy of B.L. Short the gang so called Republican party nominee for Mayor is not meeting with the popular that some of his scheming managers had hoped for. In fact the voters are not 'next' to the curves of the gang and conoration bosses and they have declined to be fooled by the promises being made by the manipulators. The M.R.T. gang that caused Mr. Short to enter the mayoral contest—are down in the mouth they are beginning to see the hand writing on the wall. They have discovered that W. H. Craddock is the people's candidate and that it is the people who elect officials and not Secret gangs of hungry office seekers. The election of Mr. Craddock as Mayor of the city will be the beginning of the end of corporation control in local Municipal government. He is for an honest assessment of taxes, believing that this is the only method by which this city can be placed on a self-supporting basis, and lessen the burden of taxation that the small property owner has been compelled to bear during years past. Remember that I. B. Blackburn, the only Negro on the ticket, is a candidate for Councilman in the Third Ward. Let every Negro stand up for him, then see what the Republicans will do. It's up to them. There is no disguising the facts there are changes at work in Wyan dotte county that will result ultimately in bringing the negroes to a realization of getting together in one solid phalanx: We are no prophets but in a course of a few years at the least: From faith, rumblings, unless the negroes lay aside all petty jealousies and unite for their best interests there is going to be something happen that will make us all open our eyes. IS ANARCHY TO BE THE OUTCOME? Where is to be the end if the insatiate lynching habit shall continue to grow by what it feeds upon in a ratio similar to that at which it seemingly has developed in the recent past? Beyond question the outlook is a most unpromising one. The swift and merciless meting out of vengeance by the inflamed and unreasoning mob when one presumably guilty of 'the usual crime' has fallen into its clutches has become a incident so commonplace as to attract comparatively little attention, even in instances where the faggot has superseded the noose as the instrument of torture and death. The burning of the negro wretch at Paris, Tex., some years ago, which so long stood out alone and unparalleled as the acme of inhuman atrocity as illustrated in mob violence, has within a twelve months been relegated to obscur- ity and long-term multiplied repetitions on a more shocking scale. but it seems scarcely imaginable that a further step in savagery is possible in this direction—the limit must have been reached;* The latest manifestations of a development of the appetite for a human victim, of the thirst for blood, point toward diversification. The 'usual crime and murder no longer provide sufficiently numerous occasions on which the hunger for a human sacrifice can be sated. Less provocation apparently must be accepted as a justification for an 'uprising of the people' in these strenuous ys of the twentieth century civilization. Roma, Tenn., woman had inflam passions on the populace there—no murder had been committed, no stable had been robbed of an occupant, nor yet even had the owner lair roost su a lift' A man had lost a pocket book which was said to have contained a little above $100. A boy found it in the street and session by a negro named Crutchfield on the plea that its contents were worth- Crutchfield's arrest followed, and, with his guilt easily established, the negro might have expected and presumably would have been given, anywhere else than among barbarians, reasonable and suitable punishment—doubtless a penitentiary sentence. Not so, however, in Rome, Tenn. No less a penalty than death should suffice, was the decision of these people who had 'risen in their majesty.' And the steps were taken to enforce the popular decree. The condemned wretch was led from the jail toward the spot whereon he was to be executed, but just here something happened which the programme hadn't included. The desperate negro broke away from his would-be executioners and escaped in the darkness. This was disappointing, indeed. But the blood-thirsty crowd's dismay was of short duration. Some resourceful leader be thought himself of the fact that at Crutchfield's home was a sister, who possibly might have connived at the retention of the money, although beyond question otherwise guiltless. Happy thought. 'Justice' should not be bequeathed, after all. And so these brave men went to the home of the unsuspecting, defenseless woman, dragged her forth to a nearby bridge, and there they killed her and threw her body into the stream below. There are the meager but awful details of a tragedy which only could have become possible anywhere in this so-called law-governed land through the natural and unchecked development of mob vengeance. Such is the inevitable outcome of the growth of the lynch law spirit. Is it to flourish and expand without bindrance until finally anarchy shall reign? - Kansas City Journal. PERSONALS. Mrs. L. Gibson, 708 Wyandotte has purchased a nice six room cottage a 2578 Highland avenue. Fred. Monday, of this city, now a residence of Kansas City, Mo., lives at 1502 Cottage avenue. died Thursday last. We are unable to learn the particulars regarding the funeral. Mr. F. Christian, of 1310 Baltimore avenue, who was quite ill last week, is now able to be out. Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kausas. 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, unless 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 confess- ance true, true as evidence, and d against you graning said divorce as prayed for. L. W. JOHNSON Plaintiff's Attorney, Attest. A. GUNNING, Clerk. Publication Notice. Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas John Greer Plaintiff, vs. Jane Greer, Defendant. The above named Defendants, Jane Greer, will take notice that she has been sued by the above named Plaintiff, John Greer, in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, where his petition is now on file, for grazing, for a decree of divorce from you, the said Defendants, 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.) Part of the Brain That Keeps Names Part of the Brain That Keeps Names An Austrian savant has declared that the human brain contains a "name center." He says that it is the office of this cell to retain names. A striking case which would seem to confirm this theory recently occurred at Cleveland. A brakeman was shot by a conductor, and the former could not remember the names of persons and things, although he could perfectly well describe the functions of all articles exhibited to him. A surgeon probed for the bullet and found it in the exact spot necessary to affect the remembrance of names, according to the Austrian's theory. When the pressure of the brain had been relieved the patient remembered names as well as he had done before his injury, and told the name of his assailant.—Scientific American. Highest Clock in the World. The clock on the Philadelphia city hall is the highest in the world. It has the largest dials. If the dials were out of the way and tracks were laid, two trains could pass each other running through the holes. The glass in the four faces is fastened there by a ton of cement. The glass, if laid on the ground, would make a walk a square long and ten feet wide. The minute hand will finish its year's journey by completing a 110-mile trip on New Year's day. It is expected that this minute hand will travel 110 miles annually for many years to come. The clock is strong, and the minute hand is phospher bronze, and weighs 250 pounds. THE HAPPY DAYS OF AGE. Old Idea of Youth's Carelessness Has No Foundation. Youth takes itself with the same seriousness which belongs to age in a time of less knowledge; and one of the greatest proofs of a more complete mastery by the world of the art of living is the wish and ability to be careless, says Scribner's. The one who is learning to dance counts the step, and that is what age has ceased to do; while youth is still whispering "one, two, three," most seduously to itself. It 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 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 regulate 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 will remove all smells and bad odors of the body; cures sore and aching feet, chafed 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 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 W. B. RAYMOND. UNDERTAKERS FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES FOR AMBULANCE FOR THE CONVEYA Undertaking Rooms, 431 Minnesota Factory Corr st St., KANSAS CITY. W SOLICIT YOUR JONES, MA —DEAL Fancy and Sta FEED AND Tobacco and Cigars. All kinds of delivered to any part of the city. Corner of 4th and Oakland Ave., UNDERTAKERS * SUPPLIES FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HOURS AMBULANCE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDER Undertaking Knooms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone West 32. 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Consultation by mail or in person, free. Address. DR. E. O. SMITH'S SATURITARIUM, A. R. MCGLEARY, MANAGER. Rooms 6 to 11, N. E. Cor. oth & Main Sts., KANSAS CITY, MOSURI. SLIGHTLY MIXED in EER TERMS She walked into the office of the Judge of Probate and asked "Are you the judge of reprobates?" "I am the Judge of Probate was the reply. "Well, that's it, I expect." quo h the old lady "You see, my husband died detested and left me several little indie and I want to be appointed their executioner!" NEGROES BABRED. COLORED PERSONS NOT ALLOWED IN CALVERT CITY. A Stringent But Unwritten Law Carried Out by the Inhabitants of the Little Kentucky Town—No Colored Mar Dare to Live There. This town, in Marshall county, is on of the few places in the world that has effectually solved the race problem says a Calvert City, Ky., correspondent of the Denver Times. Not a negro is to be found within a radius of a dozen miles and the negro is yet to be discovered who has any permanent desire to come here. To threaten a negro with Calvert City is to bring before vii- picturees of death more horrible than by lynching. The peaceable, law abiding spirit that prevails in the little Kentucky town is swiftly banished when a negro appears. If he keeps going he is not molested, provided he attends to his own affairs and does nothing to provoke the ever alert hostility of the residents. But he can neither take up his abode there nor remain there all night, and so disastrous have been all past attempts to break this unwritten, but none the less stringent law, that no negro would to-day dare to move into Calvert City and announce his intention or remaining. The town itself is a small place of a few hundred inhabitants, situated on the Illinois Central railroad, only a dozen miles from Paducah, the "metropolis of southwest Kentucky. The intense hatred of the negro dates back 20 years or more. Professors to know its origin and many claim that it was born in the people, but some of the older innabants declare that it had its inception years ago, when two negroes married white women and settled there. The aversion of the people became so great that numerous attempts, resulting in considerable bloodshed, were made to expel the mismatched couples, and eventually the bitterest hostility among the negroes, and the white people soon grew to so hate the sight of one that every negro was ultimately run out of the vicinity, and one has never been known to live in these parts since. In recent years there has been no serious trouble, but it is estimated that no less than ten or a dozen negroes who have settled in the neighborhood have been shot from ambush or otherwise misledly killed. This reprehensible means of exterminating them, however, was always adopted as a last resort, and no one was ever punished for relieving the coomunity of their presence. The colored people in this part of the state generally are aware of this peculiar characteristic of Calvert City people, and usually avoid tae place. When a train stops here they can hardly be induced to poke a head out of the window. Last summer an excursion train from Memphis passed Calvert City and a big darky of the "bully" kind got off, stalked down the platform and bondly announced that he had come to stay and would like to get a look at some of the celebrated citizens of that town. He got it sooner than he anticipated, and in seeking safety on the train he left a portion of his wearing apparel. UNION PACIFIC LINES 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 restuled 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 Pintsch Lift. Only line running two trains without charge from KansasCity to Denver Low excursion rates on sale to Colorado-Utah Idaho, Oregon. Washington and California. Don't complete your ars rampages for a trip west until you have earned all about special inducements d attractions offered by the Union Pa- c. For full information in regard to rates time. et c. call on or addr J.B. FRAWLEY, Gen. Agt, Union Pacific 1000 Main treet. Kansas City, Mo. Obstacles to Art. Asked what she regards as the greatest obstacle to an artist's success, Mme. 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FACE, WAKE a five or six shades lighter, and w al use of the face wash. One bo blackheads, freckles, and all bllem Full directions with each bottle of the United States on receipt e. Thousands of delighted patric e not perfectly satisfied and deli- no matter if you are employed on NO-SMELL ly; cures sore and aching feet, ch agreeable odors caused by persp Address all orders to NA REMEDY CO., 909 E. M. AND OFFER. three large boxes of Hartona H small. Goods will be sent secure plainly. Money can be sent by p E. Main St., N A. C. L. C - IS HEADQU THE CHEAP The Best Goods, the Quickest and the pro GET THE COAL, WOOD, FEED, S Wholesale and Retail. Office 402 Yard and Storage 917 and 919 N EAGLE Gem Dru MINNESOTA D E DRUGS, MEDIC Fine Toilet Soaps, Brus PERFUMERY AND FAN MERRIAM, ELL Fire Insurance WYANDOTT Northeast Corner Fifth KANSAS CITY, DR. HENN 101 & 103 West 9th St., Kansas The Old Reliable Doctor, Older A Regular Graduate in Medi- Practice.--22 Y Authorized by the state to Cures guaranteed or the state re- no mercury or injurious medi- tions at a distance treated by free from gaze or breakage. Charges low. Over 60,000 free and confi- dence. Worst location. Matchless and Positively Unequaled for Straightening all Kinky, Knotty, Stubborn, Harsh, Curly Hair. HARTONA REMEDY CO., 909 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. THE CHEAPEST PRICES GET THEIR PRICES ON COAL, WOOD, FEED, FLOUR, AND BUILDIN STONE, Wholesale and Retail. Office 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 WYANDOTTE BUILDING, Northeast Corner Fifth and Minnesota Ave., KANSAS CITY. KANSAS Syphilis, that terrible disease, in all life. 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Does the hair grow on bald and thin places. Re- sults hair, itching, and all scalp diseases. Hair stret, and the hair stays and grows naturally down with grease. Hartona is positive hair just the same as adults. To meet the need it on sale in 25c. and 50c. sizes, in our nea remedies. Remember, we handle no fake all our remedies are trade-marked, marked, and 1900. We refer you, as to our response own in the United States. Write to us to co- with easy and pleasant work, and no risk one testimonials in your own State of pe- E, WASH. Hair shades lighter, and will turn the skin of a one face wash. One bottle does the work. Freckles, and all blemishes of the skin. Yet- tions with each bottle. States on receipt of price, 50c. per box bonds of delighted patrons send us testimon- 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. 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No detention free tients at a distance treated by mail and express Medicines free from gaze or breakage. No medicines sen. A., D., or Charge low, Over 60.00 cases issued. State your case and Consultation and confidential personality or by letter. MERRIAM, ELLIS & BENTON DR. HENDERSON. 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 By authorization the state to treat Chronic, Nervous and Special Diseases. Guarantees treatment for all medicines used. Medicines from the highest quality of injurious medicines used. Patients at a distance treated by mail and express. Medicines sent every time from gaze or breakage. No medicines sent. A, B, C, D, only by agreement. State to state. Send for terms. Consultation free and confidential, personally or by letter. Seminal Weakness and Sexual Debility, the results fully and excessively—assuring losses by dreams or with urine, pimples, itching, face, rushes of blood to the head, pains in back, confused ideas and forgetfulness, basishastics, aversion to society, loss of sexual power, loss or injury to life. I can stop night losses, restore lost sexual power, nerve and brain power, enease, permanently cured without pain. Hydrocele...cured without pain. Phimosis...see book in a few years. I can stop weak parts and make you fit for marriage. 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 Citizen is in the or keep your Eyes op LES NO MORE TILL CUR of the rectum treated on a positive Guarantee, and no more. 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., Kane ```markdown ``` Unequaled for Straight Knotty, Stubborn, Early Hair. and thin places. Restores GRANDE scalp diseases. Hartona does not and grows naturally beautiful and tartona is positively harmless—our results. To meet the popular and 50c. sizes, in our special round. we handle no fake goods, and you make-marked, registered and copyed, as to our responsibility, to the us. Write to us to-day, no matter it work, and no risk of losing your own State of people who have SH. will turn the skin of a mulatto per little does the work. shines of the skin. You can regulate of price, 50c. per bottle; securely send us testimonials every year, written with the Hartona remedies not, and we will show you how to LL. safed limbs, etc. rotation of the feet, arm-pits, etc. Bain St., Richmond, Va. air-Grower and Straightener, two sealed from observation. st-office money order, or enclosed Richmond, Va. COAL CO., ARTERS FOR— BEST PRICES Sales, the Smallest Profits test deliveries. BIR PRICES ON FLOUR, AND BUILDING TONE, Minnesota Ave. Tel. 152 West 3rd St. E F. HENDERSON Manager ERS Bug Store AVENUE CALLER IN. LINES, CHEMICALS, Lines, Combs, Etc., BY TOILET ARTICLES. IS & BENTON e, Real Estate E BUILDING, n and Minnesota Ave., KANSAS DERSON. Kansas City, Mo. (Opposite New York Life Bldg. in Age and Longest Located. nine, Over 27 Years Special ers in Kansas City. Great Chronic, Nervous and Special Diseases, and. All medicines furnished ready for use used. No detention from business. and express. Medicines sent every where medicines sen. A, B, D, only by agreement. State your ease and send for terms personal, or by killer. pain and no exposure. No caustics, cutting bougies or sounds. No detention from business. Thousands cured. A permanent cure guaranteed or money refunded. Send stamp for book, which fully explains this disease. Varicocele=enlarged veins in the scrotum—causing nervous debility, weakness of the sexual system, etc., permanently cured without pain. Hydrocele=dropy of the scrotum cured without pain. Phimosis=see book—cured in a few Phmosis—days without pain Book for both sexes, 96 pages, 96 piles description of above diseases, the effect and sement, sent seal in plain wrapper for six cents in stamps. Free Museum of Anatomy for men 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sundays, 10 to 12 A Museum Without Words. is in the Push or Eyes open.. NO MONEY TILL CURED. Active Guarantee, and no money accepted until treaties on rectal diseases, and hundred of DR, 10th & Oak Sts., Kansas City, Mo. CONGRESSMAN BOTKIN The Well-Known Kansas Statesman, Cured of Catarrh of the Stomach by Pe-ru-na. AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS' SUFFERING. More Evidence of Interest to the Millions of Catarrh Sufferers in the United States. 1800 C. D. BOSTWIN CONGRESSMAN AT LARGE FROM KANSAS HON. J. D. BOTKIN, CONGRESSMAN-AT-LARGE FROM KANSAS. In a recent letter to Dr. Hartman, Congressman Botkin, of Winfield, Kan., whose fame is a national one, says of Peruna: My Dear Doctor—"It gives me pleasure to certify to the excellent curative qualities of your medicines—Peruna and Manalin. I have been afflicted more or less for a quarter of a century with catarrh of the stomach and constipation. A residence in Washington has increased these troubles. A few bottles of your medicine have given me almost complete relief, and I am sure that a continuation of them will effect a permanent cure. Peruna is surely a wonderful remedy for catarrhal affections."—J. D. Botkin, Congressman-at-Large. No black powder shells on the market compare with the "NEW RIVAL" in uniformity and strong shooting qualities. Sure fire and waterproof. Get the genuine. WINGHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. - - - New Haven, Conn. CONGRESSMAN BOTKIN is one of the most influential and best known men in the State of Kansas. Whatever he may say on any subject will be accepted by the people as the truth. So famous a remedy as Peruna could not have well escaped the attention of so famous a man. He not only has heard of the remedy, but he has used it and was relieved of an affliction. He has five years standing. Peruna is the one internal remedy that cures chronic catarrh. It cures catarrh wherever located. This is a fact that the people are rapidly finding out, but there are still a large multitude who need to know it. Mr. Frank Richter, of Winona, Minn., says in a letter to The Peruna Medicine Company: "As a remedy for catarrh I take pleasure in recommending Peruna for tatarrh of the stomach. I know what it is to be afflicted with this awful disease and consider it my duty to say a word in behalf of the remedy which gave me such relief. Peruna cured me, and I know it will cure any one else who suffers from this disease. It gives me great pleasure to testify to the curative effects of this medicine. Peruna is a well tested and frequently used remedy, and for catarrh of the stomach it is unsurpassed." "My catarrh was principally located in my head and stomach. I tried many remedies without success. I tried several doctors but they were unable to cure me. I read of Peruna in the papers and five bottles cured me."—Frank Richter. The gastric juice is secreted by the mucous follicles of the stomach. When this juice is normal it digests (dissolve) the food without producing any disturbance whatever. If, however, the gastric juice is not normal, digestion causes many disagreeable symptoms. This condition is known as indigestion. Many a girl has ruined a fine head of hair by the too frequent use of astringents. Nothing turns the hair gray so quickly. Ammonia in very small quantities is good for the scalp, removing the dead skin and acting as a cleanser, but used too frequently it will destroy the tiny follicle at the root of the hair and dry out the natural oil. Great Increase Under Elliot. When Dr. Eliot became president of Harvard the university was 233 years old, but during the period since then, constituting slightly over one-ninth of the period since its foundation, the invested funds of the university have been multiplied nearly five times, the number of students nearly four times, and the number of instructors nearly ten times. A Western Tenderfoot. It depends largely on environment as to who is a "tenderfeet". Mr. Payne of near Deadwood, S. D., who probably knows much about lariats, bucking bronchos and fancy revolver shooting, received knockout drops and lost $400 in Manhattan one evening last week. An Eastern innocent could hardly fare worse in Deadwood—Brooklyn Times. A nobleman in Madrid, after spending his fortune and getting deeply into debt, lost his wife. His friends advised him to marry, a rich bride, but, to the dismay of his creditors, he married a poor woman. When asked why he did so, he answered: "For revenge. To make my rascally creditors rave." Tree-Planting Association's Work. A tree-planting association in New Jersey, after an experience of several years, reports that "the results in improved appearance, general attractiveness and comfort during the summer season are most favorable and out of all proportion to the comparatively small cost." Charles L. Tiffany, head of the great New York jewelry house, celebrated his nineteenth birthday a few days ago. For the first time in a business career of sixty-four years he had been kept at home for two weeks with a cold, but on the morning of his birthday insisted on going "down to the store." World's Greatsat Peach Section Berrien county, Michigan, on the record of 1900, claims to be the greatest peach-growing section in the world. The number of acres cultivated last year was 4,753 and the total yield of peaches was 140,992 bushels, being more than half the entire Michigan crop. How to Get Rid of Fleas Sweep the entire house from top to bottom one day with salt. Then each day, for a few days afterward, brush up around the beds and in the nursery with salt strewn over the floor. This treatment will always be successful. New Use for Compressed Air. A London plumber has arranged a new system of burglar alarm by means of compressed air. When the modern Bill Sykes opens a window or door the compressed air blows a policeman's whistle and lights an electric lamp to act as a guide, so that the man in blue shall know where he is wanted. Opinion of Modern Legislature President Hadley of Yale, in a recent lecture on modern changes in legislation, said that the modern legislature was a place where votes were swapped, while the old fashioned and ideal legislature was a place were opinions were exchanged. Best Girl's Pleture on Arm. Think of having a photograph of your best girl printed on your wrist or arm! A Roumanian photographer has invented the process, and the practice has become a fad. The operation takes about three hours, and the pictures are clear and distinct. Pension Money Goes South. A little more than one-eighth of the amount annually expended for pensions goes to the south. Of early 1,000,000 pensioners of the Civil war 179,553 were residents last year of the fifteen southern states, including Maryland and Missouri. Mrs. Winston's Soothing Syrup. In a canister, mix 1/2 cup of syrup in 1/4 cup of water. Shake well. In a canister, slip pain relief wind cooler, a bottle of water, and shake well. HESTER NEW RIVAL" HADED SHOTGUN SHELLS compare with the "NEW RIVAL" in unl- fire and waterproof. Get the genuine. New Haven, Conn. When a fell try to beat him Garfield Tea to take in the healthy action the system and The gallery "stamp" of app Ladies who t clothes should u Dont Perspire When a fellow is a bad egg don't try to beat him. Garfield Tea is an excellent medicine to take in the Spring; it produces a healthy action of the liver; it cleanses the system and purifies the blood. The gallery usually gives the "stamp" of approval to a play. Ladies who take pride in clear, white clothes should use Red Cross Ball Blue. Too freely. It means that the skin is doing more than its share in the work of eliminating the impurities from the blood, while the liver and kidneys are shirking their duties. These organs, which are intended to sift the impurities from the skin, fail in their work. McLean's er @ Kidney nney m to a healthy, Louis, Mo. Mrs. Selina Tanner, Athens, O., writes: "I cannot find words to express my thanks for your kind advice. I never once thought I had catarrh of the stomach. I commenced taking Peruna as you directed. My stomach continued to attack me for about two weeks after I began the medicine and then it stopped. I now have a good appetite w h i l l before I w a nearly starved." Mrs. Selina Tanner. Mr. L. O. Marble, of Geneva, Neb. writes: "I do believe that my catarrh is entirely cured. I have not had any trouble with my stomach for a long time. I am as well as one of my age could expect (seventy years). I have had the catarrh ever since I was a young man, and have doctored for it for years and given it to me. And and your Peruna and Manailin I believe I am well of it. I can eat anything now and it doesn't hurt me, and Peruna is the only thing I have ever found that will cure the catarrh. I believe it is the only cure for catarrh, and I hope every one troubled with catarrh will try Peruna and be cured."—L. O. Marble. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, grieve with it, but please of your case and will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, president of the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. Care of the Hair. A Western Tenderfoot. "To Make Creditors Rave." Tigany's Great Age: How to Get Rid of Filters New Use for Compressed Air Best Girl's Picture on Arm Pension Money Goes South Forest Camps for Consumptives. It is proposed in Pennsylvania to establish camps for consumptives in the various forest reservations of the state. In these healthful camps it is believed that the sufferings of the diseased persons may be lessened. It is probable that the first camp will be opened on the reservation in Clinton county, which has an elevation of 2,000 feet above the level of the sea. This reservation has an area of 45,000 acres and is adjoined by two other large reservations.—New York Press. A Doctor Outwitted. A tender-hearted Boston physician, on being called to visit a poor patient, found the family in such poverty-striken circumstances that, besides prescribing, he gave $5 to the family. The next day, on making a second visit, he learned that another physician had been summoned, and had received $2. Some of the remaining $3 had been spent for beer, a box of dominoes and a pack of cards. Police with Medical 419f15 Patrol wagons of Allegheny, Pa., have been equipped with medical outfits, and the sergeants of the police have been instructed how to render aid to the sufferings of victims of accidents. The equipment includes antidotes for poisoning, dressings for burns and almost everything that is used in emergency cases. INDIAN MISSIONARY'S STORY. Years of Tollsome Ministry Among the Choctaw Little York, Ind., April 1.—(Special), —Twenty-five years ago the Rev. C. H. Thompson left Indiana. For a time he preached in Arkansas, afterwards entering on the regular missionary work among the Choctaw Indians. For five years he lived and labored among the full bloods of the western prairies, until on April 5th, 1885, having lost his wife, he left the circuit on which he had preached so long, and commenced traveling missionary work among the Indians of the various tribes scattered in the west. This irregular work involved a great deal of travel over the prairies. The drinking of so much alkali water, brought on kidney troubles which terminated in Diabetes. Finally, while laboring among the Creek Indians at Wagoner, Indian Territory, this noble man was stricken down completely. A Chicago specialist was summoned, and after a careful examination declared that there was not the slightest chance of his recovery. Besides the prescriptions of the doctors he tried many other medicines, but all to no avail. He says: "I had concluded that my days were drawing to a close, when I picked up an almanac telling of the cures of Diabetes by the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills. I sent for two boxes. I gained strength and spirits from the time I commenced to use them, and so I sent for more. I am now completely cured, and have not the slightest symptom of my old trouble. "I am 68 years of age. I tell everybody of the wonders Dodd's Kidney Pills have done for me. I can certainly endorse them heartily, and vouch that they are all that is claimed for them. They have certainly been a God-send to me." Dodd's Kidney Pills are the only Remedy that has ever cured Bright's Disease, Diabetes or Dropsy and they never fail. Barbers' Brushes Are Dangerous. Medical authorities declare that infectious diseases are often transferred from one person to another by means of the barber's brush. To obviate this risk, a German has devised a brush made of plant fibers which is so cheap that a new one can be used for each shave. AMONG THE RAILWAYS. Rock Island Will Run Cheap Excursions to Colorado. The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railway, which made a phenomenal success of cheap excursion rates to Colorado last season, has again asked its competitor, the Colorado Springs, Passenger associations to agree upon a series of cheap excursions to and from Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo, for the approaching season, on the following basis: Tickets to be sold from Chicago, Rock Island, and Denver, June 18, 25, July 16, 23 and 20, Aug. 6, 13, 20 and 27, at rate of one fare plus $2, or $1.50 for the round trip. On July 2 and 9, Sept. 3 and 10 a rate of $15 is to be made from Chicago, and $15 is to be made from Colorado, round trip. Intermediate territory will have proportionate rates. Tickets are to be day later than the dates given above in each case. Proportionate rates will be made to and from Woods Springs, Salt Lake City and Ogden. A series of east-bound excursions is also proposed, tickets to be sold from Colorado common points every Thursday, commencing with June 29 up to and including the round trip. All tickets will be limited for return passage to Oct. 31. These rates will be tendered connecting lines for basking purposes, which will probably insure a number of rates throughout the United States for these excursions. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific will unquestionably make these rates and arrangements effective, regardless of the action of its competitors, and will run special trains, only one night out to and from Colorado, on the dates named—Chicago Inter Ocean. The Beamount-Port Arthur Oil Strike. Experts claim that the wonderful discovery of oil between Beamount and Port Arthur, Tex., has produced the greatest oil gusher ever known in the world. The flow from the well is estimated between twenty and twenty-five thousand barrels per day. This great strike is at once a benefit not only to the vicinity of the well, but to the entire state of Texas and the South. It is a well known fact that coal is a very scarce commodity in Texas and it is already predicted that oil will soon be used by the railroads in lieu of coal as a result of this great discovery. Hundreds of people are flocking to the new oil district, which is located on the Kansas City Southern Railway, seeking homes and investments. It adds one more attraction to the list of resources for which that railway is already noted. The Kansas City Southern Railway operates solid through trains, with free chair cars and sleepers from Kansas City to the Beaumont-Port Arthur oil district, leaving Kansas City (1:00 a.m. m. daily. Arriving at Beaumont 8:42 p.m. Arriving Port Arthur 9:30 p.m. CURE all bowel troubles, appendicitis, bloating on the stomach, bloated bowels, foul mouth, headache, indigestion, pimples, stools, and dizziness. 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True happiness is the natural result of trying to make others happy. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not spot, streak or give your goods an unevenly dyed appearance. It is an art to be able to conceal the defects of art. A dyspeptic is never on good terms with himself. Something is always wrong. Get it right by chewing Beeman's Pepins Gum. Diligence is a fair fortune and industry a good estate. Carter's Ink best for school and office. It costs no more than poor ink. Always ask for Carter's. Every misery a man misses is a blessing. Piso's Care is the best medicine we ever used to misery in the throat and lungs.—W. O. KENDLEY, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. Blue Monday is often the result of painting things red on Sundays. PAYS FIVE TIMES AS MUCH AS CARN. Bake Rice in S. E. Texas and S. W. La. at 40; at 90 per square inch. W. N. L. Mila Houston, Tex.; Cameron & Moore, Liberty, Tex.; Geo. J. McMannis, Beaumont, Tex.; E. F. 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When this tube is inflamed the air is blocked, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be controlled, and when the condition, hearing will be destroyed forever, nine cases out of ten are caned by cataract, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the ear. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarib) that cannot Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHINESEY & CO, Toledo, O Sold my deafness Hall's Family Pills are the best. Only an idiot would draw a sight draft on a blind man. ```markdown ``` 10c. 25c. 50c. ALL DRUGGISTS. "IFollowed Mrs.Pinkham's Advice and Now I am Well." A A woman is sick—some disease peculiar to her sex is fast developing in her system. She goes to her family physician and tells him a story, but not the whole story. She holds back something, loses her head, becomes agitated, forgets what she wants to say, and finally conceals what she ought to have told, and this completely mystifies the doctor. Is it a wonder, therefore, that the doctor fails to cure the disease? Still we cannot blame the woman, for it is very embarrassing to detail some of the symptoms of her suffering, even to her family physician. This is the reason why hundreds of thousands of women are now in correspondence with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. To her they can give every symptom, so that when she is ready to advise them she is in possession of more facts from her correspondence with the patient than the physician can possibly obtain through a personal interview. Following we publish a letter from a woman showing the result of a correspondence with Mrs. Pinkham. 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Now it is over six million boxes a year, and medicine in the world. This is absolute proof of merit, and our best testimonial is that CASCAETE has guaranteed to cure or refunded. Go buy today, two $60 boxes, give them a call, and you will receive a free gift. After using one $60 box, return the unused $60 box to you purchased it, and get your money back for both. Take our advice—no matter what your story, you start with CASCAETE. We will start the use of CASCAETE. Book fees by mail STERLING BENEDY CO., NEW YORK or CHICAGO. M. B. H. NEVER SOLD IN BULK ToRun 155 Miles an Hour KAFFIR HOUSEHOLD LAWS Vicksburg’s ‘eg ~e River ‘Suecess seems at last to be crowning the efforts of the national government to make a river town of Vicksburg. tAfter nine years of attempts and fall- lures, the canal which 1s to bring the ‘Yazoo river down the front of the city’s levee is being dug with aston- ishing rapidity, says John L. Mathews, writing from Vicksburg, Miss., to the Chicago Record. Since the end of De- cember more than a mile of tt bas ‘been excavated, and soon steamers will ‘be running from the Mississippi be- low town to the front of the old ware- house, while the dredges are working their way across the Centennial lake toward the Yazoo. It Is now twenty- five years since the Mississippi, cutting through a narrow neck of land near Dela, La., abandoned the frowning ‘bluffs which Pemberton's cannon had defended thirteen years earlier. The channel through which, in the face of “Whistling Dick” and other Parrot rifles Grant had rin his ironclads, Decame a body of stagnant water— Centennial lake—and the river, merely touching the hilis two miles south of the city, coursed away through its an- clent channel. At high water steamers could pass intoCentennial lake through ‘West pass, and so by a cut at the foot of De Soto island reach the city. No street car line was ever built from the town to the new levee—the business center remained on the shure of the lake and all communication between there and the river was by hack and by mule-hauled drays. So Vicksburg stood still, to. the great proft of Natchez and Greenville, The Yazoo river rung into an abandoned channel known a5 the “Old river,” and so into the Mississippi ten miles above Vicksburg. From Centennial lake to the nearest point of Old river is but three miles. Government engineers, therefore, conceived that by cutting a canal across there and another up the old levee front of Vicksburg—the chan- nel having been already obliterated— and by damming West pass and the mouth of the Old river they could bring the Yazoo down by Vicksburg to scour an artificial channel. The ‘Yazoo Is a river of considerable cee- Tent. Contracts for accomplishing this work have been let from time to time during the last nine years. Companies have sent dipper dredges, removed thousands of yards of material trom the canal and abandoned the task as impossible of accomplishment, The Germany intends leading the way io the matter of ideal railroad transpor- tation, and through the secretary of war has placed at the disposal of an electric company the military line be- tween Berlin and Jossen, upon which it is proposed to run electric cars at a rate of 155 miles an hour. There seems to be no doubt in Ger- many that this enormous speed will be attained, and with full government support and endorsement the result, if possible, will be reached. The work {sto be accomplished during the pres- ent year. In this country the German attempt fs regarded favorably. A. M. Young, of New York, an expert electric railway constructor, says that the attainment of a speed of 155 miles an hour would not surprise him, and he adds that he expects to see in this country electric trains running at the rate of 100 miles an hour, and that before long. Charles W. Price, editor of the Elec- trical Review, has this to say: T see no reagon why 150 miles an hour should not be covered by an elec- tric train, It is entirely feas ble, and, indeed, speaking with experts some time ago on this very subject, they ‘The duties of husband and wife are distinctly defined among the Kaflirs of South Africa. The husband does not expect his wife to build the kraal, or hut. That is his work. It takes from 500 to 1,000 young trees to make tho beehive kind of dwelling which fs in favor, and which is excellently adapted for protection. When the husband has erected the hut it Is the wife's place to cut grass. carry it home and thatch the kraal once a year. She looks after all that is needed in the hut, cooks the food, gets the firewood, and makes the beer. which is not a small task, for the men drink {t in immense quantities. It is made from millet and mealies, and is mild but intoxicating. Until quite recently everything was carried on the head. A Zulu woman UDO EDU OUT O COCO aaes CHANGE THE WORLD'S MAP. Recent Events Have Puserled Stadents of Geogr phy: ‘Why, where is Patagonia? was the astonished query recently put to me by ‘an old schoolmate, as, carelessly turn- ing the leaves of his little son's geogra- phy, he suddenly came upon a recent map of South America, says a writer in Scribner's Magazine, ‘The boundaries which we boys had once regarded 9s commutable had changed, and tae map, which the vivid impression of youth had engraved firmly upon cur memory, was no longer in existence. ‘The experience of my friend, a man ot considerable jntelligence, is not an isolated instance. The rapidity of our geographical progress within the las: decades has rendered it extremely dit- ficult for the layman to follow the course of events. In 1825 three great continents were practically unexplored. Australia, or New Holland, as it was then called, was nothing more than a terra Incognita—a mere geographical idea; the vast expanse of Africa—with the exception of the Mediterranean region and the little settlement at th ‘cape—was still the land of wonder and conjecture, and as it had been in the CANAL TO ERING YAZOO INFRONT OF 3% XX 2% CITY. Atlantie, Gulf & Pacific company fin- ally secured the contract, work to be begun not later than Jan. 1 of this year, and at least 260,000 cuble yards ‘of material to be removed monthly thereafter until the whole was accom- plished, It was estimated that 7,500,- 000 yards must be mover to construct ‘a canal nine miles long, ninety feot “wide at the bottom, having sides “‘slop- ‘ing one foot In five, and having its bottom five feet below zero of the river gauge at Vicksburg.” ‘The material ts silt, clay and sand, and the contract ‘price is 12 2-5 cents a yard. Included pele ea ee levee work, consisting chiefly of the | West pass dam across Centennial lake, which will require 2,000,000 yards of ‘material. To accomplish this work the company e-nt to Vicksburg two cen- ‘trifugal suction dredges, delivering ma- terial through pipe lines. They were ut to work late In December. At the same time an eight-yard dipper dredge, with a capacity of 100,000 yards a month, was begun on the spot, and is now almost completed. One dredge, known as “No. 5,” is a typical mod- ern sand cutter. ‘It is equipped with a set of revolving knives at the end ot a long “ladder,” having a suction pipe in the ladder opening back of the knives. ‘The latter are turned by an engine at the head of the ladder. An eighteen-inch suction pipe leads to centrifugal pump, driven by a triple expansion marine engine at 200 revo- lutions a minute. From this leads a pipe line over a row of pontoons, where flexibility is provided by rubber joints and then over the land to the shore of De Soto island. The dredge has two “swinging” lines running from elther bow, and swings upon a “spud” aft, 80 as to cover the whole channel. In January this dredged 160,000 yards of material, while the other one, “No. 4” which was shut down for some time, dug out 100,000 yards, It should be understood that these dredges are cutting against a bank from one to twenty feet higher than the water they float in. It will thus be seen that these dredges earned in a single month $92,240, and they will draw this much from the government appropriation, the work having been accepted to date. In an average month these two dredges will cut 300,000 yards at no greater ex- pense, earning over $37,000. This must cover levee work and all other ex- panes, Such Speed Proposed 9 ® to be Attained on = 8 Electric Rallway in JUL 3 Germany. 3 BOODHIAIOOOOVOV GOHOOHOOTHD said 200 miles an hour would not be impossible. Other persons in position to speak authoritatively speak well of the pro- Ject and predict that electricity will be the motive power of the future, Shrowd Onto Farmers. William G. Gehrung, a farmer of Dresden, 0., has been fined $25 by his neighbors for eavesdropping over the independent party telephone. Some time ago the farmers organized a tel- ephone company. When the telephones were put In, the party principle was employed, and half a dozen ‘phones were put on the same line. This ar- rangement is such that when one tele- phone bell rings all ring. For weeks the subscribers have been trying to find out who was lstening when they talked. Green and Brown were talk- ing oyer the line one day when they heard another subscriber take down his ‘phone. Then they heard the clear tones of a clock striking. Green and Brown knew the clock, from Its pecu- Nar tone, and that it belonged to Geh- rung.—Philadelphia Record. will carry 200 pounds of mealies in this fashion. Scared the Toothache Out of tim, A novel cure for the toothache was inadvertently applied by Dr. Parmer- tier at Tremont, N.Y. A man, suffer- ing from a raging tooth, called at the dentist’s house at night, forgot to ring the bell, found the outer door open, entered the hall, unintentionally step- ped on a burglar alarm and brought the dentist to the dark. hall with a pistol in his hand. The dentist threat- ened to shoot and the visitor was so terrified that the ache departed from his chattering teeth. ‘The tooth often bites the tongue, ‘and yet they keep together. days of the Romans; while Ceatral Asia, with its millions of inhabitints, was effectively closed to Europeans. In the south nature had reared her mighty barrier, the Himalayas, and in the east we find China immured, bth in a literal and figurative sense, w'tain that gigantic wall of exclusiy ess which seemed designed to sereen for- ever from the prying gaze of the «. il- ized world the sacred and invic ble “empire of the sun.” Yet itis upo the American continent that the most -nar- velous changes have been wrought— changes whose magnitude we, the liv- ing witnesses, can scarcely appreciate, As the rising flood imperceptibly but steadily advances the water line, thus constantly altering the contour of the beach, so the swelling tide of popula~ tion, surging westward, has, through this entire century, surely but inces~ santly pushed forward that long west- ern boundary line of 1,600 miles, the outlines of which have never for a moment remained the same. ‘The only undertaker in the United States senate is Mr. Warren of Wyo- ming, whose place of business is in Cheyenne. fe (La Wee 1d WI B&OS-< A] J—R IED WZ ae IE See | oC... Easter Lilies Seger Etcossr ansaid toain etter ae a es ly into her friend's room. “Mary,” she cried, “is {t possible you have refused Christopher Patton?” Mary Vane, a tall, pretty girl, who was adjusting her fur collarette be- fore the mirror, turned quickly, her soft cheeks flushing scarlet. “Why, Brunetta,” she exclalmed, “how can you expect me to answer such a question?” Brunetta, who was small and stout, and attired in the height of the pre- vailing mode, sank down in a chair ‘and laughed. “I didn't expect you to answer It. There is no necessity you should do 0. Mr. Patton told Tom last night that you had thrown him over. I don’t see how your conscience allowed you to act so, He is such a catch—young and go0d-looking. Best of all, he is enor- mously wealthy.” Mary smiled as she speared a crown of her demure little turban with a long pin, She was thinking of a man who was no longer yotng—near forty, per- haps—who was handsomer in her eyes than all other men, and who was by no means wealthy. “[ really believe,"went on Miss Roth, “that you have an absurd fancy for Charlie Everett—t do, indeed!” Mary's smile became quizzical. “Really?” she said. “Oh, I have no patience with you!” declared Brunetta, wrathfully, “You've known Charlie Everett three or four years. All this time he has been most devoted to you, but not one of your friends knows to this day whether you are engaged or not.” | ‘The smile faded from Mary's lps. “We are not,” she answered, and the gay little cousin fancied her tone was ‘sad. “And yet you have been more gra- ‘cfous to him than to any of the others,” ‘pursued Miss Roth, relentlessly. “Mary, are you in love with him?" “Isn't that,” counter-questioned Mary, evasively, “what the lawyers would call a leading question? I don’t wish to seem rude, or to hurry you, Brunetta, but I have an engagement to sign some papers this afternoon at the office of Deal & Burrit. Can't you come with ma?” “Yes. I must see Mme. Mireau about my Easter hat. One must arrange with her in time, as she is always rushed with orders. Are those papers con- nected with your uncle's will?” “He left you everything! What a lueky girl you are! I suppose now you feel you can afford to marry whom you please.” : The conversation again turned on Charlie Everett as the girls rode down town together on the Metropo:itan Ele- vated. “He 1s a mysterious fellow,” Bru- netta remarked. “Mysterious!” Mary sent her a sud- den look of inquiry. “What do you mean?” “Well, there really is reason why he should be considered a good deal of an enigma. While not wealthy like Chris- topher Patton, Tom tells me he has a good salary, and adds to this by writ- ings. But you know he does not spend money as other men in our class do. He {s not liberal in the matter of thea- tess or flowers. He lives quietly. He Bolt I a ie Ff Eas ts rh ps at |i Ny: Wir IY LE) le es) oe Se er eee EER, ewe ene ‘does his money go?” "Mary Vane was silent. “There 1s one house in the suburbs where he is known to frequently vis- ft," the other went on. Brunetta, as will be observed, was not above enjoy- ing a gossip. “Two women live there. One is apparently a superior sort of aservant. The other is a pretty, deli- cate-looking little creature of about twenty-five or thereabouts. Oreasion- ally Mr. Everett takes her driving through the parks. Has he ever men- tioned her to you?” Mary forced herself to answer: “No.” i “Nor to anyone else. But I have seen him out with her Who Is she?” ‘A feeling of unrest, an undefinable fear, thrilled the heart of Mary Vane. She recalled the night Charlie Everett had told her of his love. “I cannot now ask you to be my wife,” he had said. “I will some day, God willing, The tlme may not be far off, but T love you too well to bind you by a promise you might later find burdensome. And yet—dear, you will trust me and wait?” /“E will wait for you till I diet” she had replied, and ad questioned him not at all, Then he had protested that this was not an engagement—that she was free—quite free. Only he was bound. “Very well,” she had agreed. “We are not engaged.” But the understanding that existed between them was sweet to both, ‘That was a year ago, And now she had to acknowledge to herself that she knew little more of his private life or of his personal af- fairs than she knew then. She was unusually silent as she and Brunetta descended the steps and walked to- gether to the lawyer's office. Her er- rand there attended to, Mary Vane went with Brunetta to see about the latter’s Easter hat, Then the two walked down State street just as the matinee-goers were flocking from the theaters. Brunetta paused suddenly before a florist’s window. “0, T had almost forgotten! Mamma told me to order some flowers for to- morrow. Will you come in with me?” ‘They stood a few minutes admiring the display in the window, the golden daffodils, and shy biue crocuses, pure lilies of the valley, flaunting tulips, starry Jasmine, and cool green ferns forming a tender background for them all, The attendants were busy when they entered. The girls stood back of a high rubber tree admiring some rare chrysanthemums when the door was flung open and a gentleman came in. He was of medium height and had a kind, brown-bearded, thoughtful face, Not noticing any one in the store he went directly to the counter. To a ‘man at that instant disengaged he gave his order. “Twenty-eight Ilies,” he sald. “Yes —like those, Have them tied with broad white satin ribbon. Send to this address.” ‘And he laid a card and a bill on the counter. An instant later he had received his change and walked out, ‘The girls stared at each other, “That,” gasped Brunetta, “was Char- lie Everett!” “Yes, I know,” murmured Mary, Before she could put out her hand to stop her meddlesome friend the latter had stepped to the counter and read the address on the card which lay there. “Just as I thought," she remarked a few minutes later, when they were out in the street together. “The ad- dress is 14 Forest Avenue, Idlewild. That is the suburb in which his mys- terious acquaintance of whom 1 told ‘you lives.” ‘That number, street, place, burned in Mary's brain. “She parted from Bru- netta and went home. A fierce fever of jealousy possessed her. Who was this woman to whom he sent Lenten Miles? Idlewild was directly south of her own home. A cable car ran out to the pretty place. She would go there. She would call at the house. She would ask the lady who dwelt therein: “What is Charlie Everett to you?” When that Was answered she wotld know how worthy of continued loyalty was her confessed lover. But not until the morning. She would not go until morn- ing. “Shame to doubt bim!" crted her heart through all the sleepless night that followed. But her rigid will si- Jenced that assailing protest. So the morning of the beautiful day that followed found her at the gate of a cosey cottage set back amid a group of bare-branched maples. There were drifts of snow in the little garden, but | the alr wae warm with the eftlgent preselence of spring. So peaceful was the place, the hour, her courage almost failed her. All the blinds were down. ‘The entrance she chose brought. her to a side door. She rang the bell. A maid appeared. “May I—” Mary Vane began, then faltered. For whom should she ask? “Yes,” the.girl replied, “Come in.” Marveling, Mary followed her. She Jed the way into a front room. The curtains were drawn. Tapers burned in the dimness, At first Mary fancied that— “There was silence, and nothing there But silence, and scents of egianterre And jasmine, and roses, and rose- mary—" ‘Then she saw that there was some- thing else. A coffin, and in {t lying a ‘white-robed form, with folded hands, and Mites lying on the pulseless breast. Mary shrank back. “Oh,” she cried. “She is dead.” “Yes, Miss. I thought you wished to see her. A good many of the neigh- bors were in last evening. She had many friends hereabout for all her misfortunes, Ain't those lilies beauti- ful? Mr. Charlie sent them, Twenty- elght for twenty-eight years.” Mary went nearer, looked down on the dead face, a young face which had once been lovely, but bore the unmis- takable impress of sorrow and suffer- ing. “It’s not many men,” went on the servant, wiping her eyes, “who would do what Mr. Charlie did. After his brother was Injured in that railroad wreck four years ago he bésged»Mr. Charlie in dying to take care of his young wife, Mr, Charlle promised him, He has supported her and given her every comfort since. She was al- ways weakly, and when her mind gave out from brooding over her husband's death, and she was such a charge, Mr. Charlie was that gentle and patient with her—my! She had spells of un- derstanding, Then she'd beg not to be sent to an asylum—not that Mr. Char- Me would think of such a thing. She wouldn't hurt a bird, poor dear! There! That is Mr, Charlie now!” A step crossed the hall. Looking pale and worn, Charlie Everett came into the room. His face lighted up at sight of his sweetheart. “You—Mary!” he cried. “Hush!” she begged. She broke down, crying bitterly. “Don't look at me—don't speak to me until I have told you how it is that I am here.” She brokenly whispered the truth. “You can never trust me again,” she sald in conclusion. He took her in his arms. “Perhaps I should have spoken to you of her, but I hated to cast so dark a shadow over your young life, 1 could not keep up two households, and she was penniless. She was my charge before I learned to love you. My first duty was to her. The doctors agreed she could not live long. As for trust- Ing—my dearest, you must forgive me for not having confided in you—I you, for your doubt of me, So we are equal. Is it not Whittier who writes: “Love searce is love that never knows ‘The sweetness of forgiving!” ‘They passed out together into the brilliance of the Sabbath morning. S 3 Lifting” and “Heaving : SOOO HOOOHOSHATIGOGOES The practice of “lifting,” once great- ly in vogue and still to be found here and there in England, 1s one of the most curious of the Easter customs. It was observed on Easter Monday and Easter Tuesday, the men “lifting” or “heaving” the women on the former occasion, and the women returning the compliment the next day. The process consisted in placing the person to be lifted on the crossed hands of two or three others, and raising him high off the ground three times. At the end of the ceremony the lifters expected a ‘ton OF ules or a tllver sixpenct, aod He SiLa Any By 9 cz \Ged nes 2) Sandi No A (te) me ALE ES \ gre meet CV AS CUS a Yoh CRN Daa R f ay aN Bree (esa ne) hY VK Cae Sy Al i} PANN \€ Ai ore SURPRISED A TRAVELER. troubles in a gayly decorated chair, During the last century the Bible was translated Into 250 languages, and it is now accessible to nine-tenthe of the world's population. ‘Greveted Farmers’ Wives in Kanens. ‘A Topeka woman recently visited @ friend who lives on a farm not far from Manhattan. To entertain her, her hostess gave a dinner party, and of the fitteen persons present all ladies and ell living on neighboring farms in Riley county, eleven had traveled abroad, Several had been through Eu- rope and Egypt and the Holy Land and one woman had Iived four years in Japan. So much for the kind of folk that live on up-to-date Kansas farms. —Topeka Capital. \ikediinicta Micuaciaee thes ten dnialitieaiininne Ira Wilson Hoover of New York City has been awarded by the University of Pennsylvania the John Stewardson memorfal scholarship in architecture, yalued at $1,000, the holder of which ss to spend one year in travel and in the study of architecture in Europe. The award was made by a committee of architects, The competitors, after a preliminary examination, submitted designs for a casino and baths at a health resort for the final examination. Keeping Kate Oat of Ships Since the bubonic plague has broken out at Cape Town, a strict quarantine has been established at New Orleans. That city 1s in constant communica- tion with Cape Town through the transports carrying mules and horses to South Africa. To prevent the land- ing of rats, vessels are required to pro- vide their hawsers with metal funnels opening toward the ship, the funnels to have sharp-toothed edges. Old Friends Make Home. ‘The New York Times relates a din- ner incident there to illustrate the es- sence of courtesy and politeness on the part of a New Yorker who lately re- turned from a long sojourn abroad. He met an old friend at a dinner party the other night, who gave him a cor- dial handshake and asked him when he had arrived home, “The moment I saw you,” was the quiet answer. ee ee ee, During @ recent smallpox scare in the south the mayor of a small town in Alabama took the extraordinary precaution of appointing all the con- @uctors on city and suburban lines as ‘quarantine officers, and all persons coming from adjacent infected districts ‘were required to show a health cer- tificate before belng allowed to enter the elty. Americas Education In Honduran | An American education 1s to be ex- tended to the youny women of Hon- duras. Dr. Jenckes of Indianapolis, has opened a school for girls at Santa Cruz and the government and wealthy People have subscribed enough to erect permanent stone structures for fa college for women. Apparatus and f full corps of American teachers re- cently left New Orleans for tuis work. Parson's Son Goes to Prison. Baward Spencer, a minister's con In Mexico, Mo,, who killed Benjamin Ba- dleman last Christmas, has been sen- tenced to ten years in the penitentiary. ‘The court held that although Spencer's life had been threatened by Eddle- man, he had no right to kill bim un- | ess the latter had made an effort to carry out the threat, which, it is claimed, was not a fact in this case. eee An odd example of English is given In the Barbers’ Journal, which, speak- ing of the “benefits” pald by the Jour- neymen Barbers’ International Union, says: “What a blessing to the wite, mother or sister to be enabled to give to the departed loved one a respectable burial without depriving them of the comforts of life.” Gold Medal for Explorations. Rear Admiral George W. Melville holds a gold medal for arctic explora- Uons granted by act of congress and is a member of thirteen patriotic socie- ties, He has been honored with the degree of LL. D. by Georgetown unt- versity, with that of master of sclence by Columbia and doctor of engineering by Stevens Institute of Technology. Girls Joke on Sweetheart. ‘A young man in Emporia, Mo., re- cently received a letter from his sweet- heart in another town and in it he was told to look “under the stamp on the envelope.” The young man spent an hour steaming that letter and when he finally got the stamp off he read: “Was It hard to get off?" Northern Families Golng Sonth. ‘There are signs that the immigra- tion of northern families to the south, which has been notably large for the past five or six years, will be larger this year. Western states contribute ‘as much to this flow southward as do ia suatecdatataa Wife’ Mother Lay Til ‘A north Missour! paper pretends to have heard of the following call for professional services sent by a local resident to a doctor in a neighboring town: “Dear Doctor—My wife’s moth- er is at death's door. Please come at once and see if you can’t pull her through.” PiGienddam aaa. Pamedioon: Crimes and criminals, as shown by statistics, are decreasing in number. But while crime in general ts thus on the decrease, the class of professional criminals is on the Increase and is be- coming a more and more serious pub- Me menace, Work of Visiting Nurses, The Visiting Nurses’ Association of Chicago during the month of Febru- ary cared for 836 patients and 3,528 vis- its were made. Free service was ren- dered in every case. The association 48 supported by voluntary contribu- tions of charitable persons. Snowbirds Served ax Quail. When quail are out of season in Missouri the first-class restaurants in Kansas City offer “snow-birds” to their patrons. It is said that the flavor of the snow-bird is identleal with that of the quail. —Sre For the Ladies. A PRIESMEYER S80= ES THAT WEAR. ; 1m, SHCES Dealer For Them. Woe esas eee ‘The Hon. David Wark of Fredenc, ton, N. B,, one of the senators reat senting that province in the ue chamber at Ottawa, and who is said y, be the oldest member of any legis tive body in the world, recently os. served the ninety-seventh anniversary of his birth. Senator Wark is sti active and continues to enjoy po4 health—Boston Evening Trauserip: If @ mar. is unable to, inspire ates tion his earthly happiness is limite Minnesota's Tatlest stan, Minnesota claims to have the tatiay man in Louis Wilkins, born on a tara near St, Paul, who is now 26 yeay old, weighs 364 pounds and lacks leas than one inch of being nine feet high Tey Gratn-Ot Tey Grain-o1 Ask your Grocer to-day to show yong package of GRAIN-O, the new fool int Bhat takes the place of coffee.” The chlist may drink ft without injury ax well as 1 adult, All who try it, likeit) GRAIN) hat that rich seal brown Of Mocha or Java (at itis mado from puro grains, aid the fast diate eamact retires it itt tress. 1 the price of coffee. 15c aud “Seu tebecage Goll by al rooms A fee simple is money gtven to the quack doctor. ABSOLUTE — SECURITY, Genuine Carter’s Little Liver Pills. 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