The American Citizen

Oldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of the Country TALES OF TWO CITIES. VOL 14, NO.14 Oldest and HONESTY, INDUSTRY TALES OF T RISE ABOVE IT. Whatsoever ill befall Learn to rise above it all, Join your comrades in the strife. Through the shaft of sorrow's dart Rankles in your bleeding heart Hide your grief, and do your part. This is life. Why become a slave of chance? Why be crushed by circumstance? Rise ab e it, and advance Over all adversity. You're a king, and can create For yourself your own estate- You are master of your fate, You are free. All of this is ancient lore, Often has been said before, But I'd tell it o'er and oer, Sigit it to the heart of youth, However long 'tis told— Tis a lesson never old, For it bears a thread of gold— It is truth. Rise above the petty things That would bind your spirit wings— The inner voice that sings Songs of beauty all the while. Drive the demon of despair From your heart—and, free and fair, Meet the breeds of grief and care. With a smile. Rev. G. McNeal, of Pleasant Green Baptist church, is assisting in a great revival meeting at Doplin, Mo. He spent last sabbath at home and returned early in the week. Rev. E. P. Green, of King Solomon Baptist church, held Baptism services on the banks of the Kaw river last sabbath, and during which time he baptized in the raging waters ten tried and true. Quite an elaborate program is being arranged for the Eighth Annual Installation Services of the pastor of Pleasant Green Baptist church soon The meeting of the Forum Sunday, May 19th., was the most successful one tha far held. The attendance was larger and the enthusiasm was very great the Business Committee furnished the programme. Mr. E. F. Henderson opened the subject in a good ten minutes speech. He urged that business and Christianity are not in conflict, that religion should be mixed with business a churches should have more business in them. He advanced some new ideas in urging that business men should use up to-date methods. There was lively discussion which followed by Mr. D. W. White, Rev. W. L. Grant, Messrs. J. A. Wilson, D. E Over, J. S. Reddick and J. W. Gordon. The following resolution was offered by Mr J. A. Wilson an adopted by the Forum. That the Sunday Forum request that the Ministers Alliance and public school teachers to impress on their aidences and scholars the benefits to be derived from patronizing meritorious negro businesses. The Forum will hold its next meeting June 9th, second Sunday, at the Metropolitan Baptist church at 4 o'clock p.m. The race committee will furnish the programme. All men are invited. Read the letter from Lieut. Payne, of the 49th. Regiment, in Phillipines, on the 2nd. page. As announced sometime ago what would take place when the reses bloomed again -cards are out announcing the nuptials of Miss Pearl. M. Tillman and Mr. Frederic K. Douglass, Wednesday evening, June 5th. Ceremonies to be held at the St. James A. M. E. church, corner 7th and Ann streets. Reception at the home of the bride, No. 203 Gar field avenue. Mr. Lon McAdams, the w-l known and popular shoemaker, needs no introduction to the citizens of this community. He has re-opened his establishment at the same old stand, No. 348 Minnesota avenue. He desires the patronage of all former patrons and as many new ones as possible. His speciality is not alone in making to order any style of shoe or boot, but all kind of repairing is done. Read the Appel to the Colored Peoals of Kansas on the 2nd page. Gus Miller left this week for Holly Springs Miss Mo be present at the graduation of his sister at Holly Spring College on the 25th. Tom Crowder of the Mount Transfer company, who was stabbed some monts ago, has returned to the St. Margret Hospital to undergo a second operation on the unhealed wound. Mrs Mahala Williams of Walker Ave who died this week after a short illness will be buried Sunday under the auspices of Rebecca Tabernacle presumably from bi geolonon Baptist church. Rev. John R. Smith, formerly of this city, but now of Nashville, Tenn., is in the city on a vacation and visit to the old folks. NOTICE The United Brethren of Friendship met in their hall at 1734, Grand avenue, Kansas City, Mo., last Saturday night and completed arrangements for their Thanksgiving Sermon, which will be preached Sunday, May 26th., at Elder Ewing's church, 19th. and Vine streets, by the pastor, at 3 o'clock sharp. All brothers please meet us at 1734 Grand Avenue, at one o'clock. THE KA d Best Weekly TRY AND ECONOMY SHOULD F TWO CITIES. The memorial services of the honor dead held usually every year on the 80th of May, will be held as usual this year by the colored old soldiers at Woodlawn Cemetery. They will form the Third Division in the parade in the following order: Corvine Patterson, Commander. Band. Sumner Post. Twenty-Third Kansas Volunteers. Ladies Relief Corp. School Children. They Say. The pot will insist on calling the kettle black, and people just moved out of glass houses throw such terrible big stones. Is Queen Bess still in the race? There is a new restaurant and ice cream parlor in the Sea Foam block. Christianity's cloak covers a good many devils. Yes, we went to Kansas City Thursday night and whose business is it if we didn't come home till two hours after the commencement was over. There is a little speculation when the knot will be tied—Miss Ann and Mr. State Avenue. Oh! me! Oh! my, what an awfu gait some people travel. And still it goes, two souls with but a single thought, two hearts will soon beat as one. There is a likelihood of a Prof. and school marm joining issues before the leaves begin to turn. While its going you might remember that the Lawyer and the Schoolmarm will be in the push. And after all a newspaper man is not the worst devil living, for "there are others" If that's your society you can excuse me—well, it's all alike, there's many a black sheep in the fold. Miss Ann Avenue and M. R. promenaded the main thoroughfare this week We are wondering what's up. Some places in town it is impossible to tell who are Republicans and who are Democrats. Summer and all its glory has arrived in the sea Foam block and Foamy, yes, very foamy buttermilk is a favorable beverage. Ha! Ha! Some people thinks this paper lives on wind. Have you heard the latest? Well its a couple of big messes and somebody and something is surly going to drap. We wonder where he stays of night, this information will be taunkfully re-received by a few long gnosed hypocrites. She is so jealous of him that he is not allowed to look at any females. He certainly ought to be c ged for the sole benefit of those knowing people. The Colorado Statesman says: At a revival meeting over in a Kansas town a short time ago, a man arose and said he was the wickedest man in town. "I'd go straight to hell if I should die to night," he concluded. Immediately an old deacon started the hymn, "if you get there before I do, look out for me I'm coming too," and then the deacon wondered why everybody laughed. BRIDALSUPERSTITIONS Never in rehearsing the ceremony read the marriage service entirely over. A bride should use no pins in her wedding clothes. There is an old superstition against May marriages. December 31 is a favorite day in Scotland. A bride must wear nothing green. That color is emblematic of evil. To change the name and not the letter is change for the worse and not for the better. The origin of slipper throwing is not known. It means, however, good luck. In Yorkshire, England, the cook used to pour hot water over the door step after the couple had gone to keep the threshold warm for another bride. It is said 'blessed is the bride on whom the sun shines.' WANTED TO RENT A nice front room furnished for gentlemen only. MRS. CORA McPHERSON, 1500 V. 8th Street, Kansas City, Ks. Never trust a man who comes to you secretly and attempts by mean methods to overthrow his brother. If you watch him carefully the next time you find him in his field of operation he may be endeavoring to dethrone you. -Republican Guide. THE PRICE OF CHARACTER Superiority of any kind involves discipline, self-denial and self-sacrifice. It is the law of excellence that he who would secure it must pay for it. AMERICAN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 24. 1901. GOOD. BAD AND INDIFFERENT. PLAIN TALK ON NEGRO JOUR NAISM. The Negro who seeks to dey the newspapers of his race should put his hand on his big mouth. He seems to forget that when he makes such attacks they reequip with greater violence on him self. Negro journals may not be all that they should be; yes, they are certainly of superior merit when it is considered that they do not receive the loyal support of the race. If those who stand off and coolly criticise would be much lighter and his pathway run easier. Why these self appointed conceived critics will lend their support to prejudice white newspapers which publish the vices of their race in glaring headlines, and which blindly ignore our viruses, is a matter difficult to understand. Why these same four mouth race assassins pay promptly their subscriptions to white newspapers that oppose their race and refuse to pay their subscriptions to those who seek to defend is equally difficult to comprehend. Why these same blantant hypocrites feel contented to support newspapers in which they cannot find the name of an honorable Negro with the aid of the finest microscope and yet refuse to support their own publications which are at pains to publish names of the race is another mystery. Why these miserable humbags, subscribe for papers which give only the police court news about the Negro and then pass unnoticed and unheeded their own journals which seek to show up the progress of the race is another conundrum difficulty to master. Why these abominable barnacles upon society eulogize white newspapers which slander their race by contemptible cartoon infamous editorial, and then hold up their hands with holy horror because a conscious race journal seeks to remedy some previous fault of the race, is another matter that cannot be understood. These Negroes,with vacuums in that part of anatomy where their brains ought to be, give decent people a tired feeling', They strain at a gnat and swallow a camel." They are veritable 'mill-stones about the neck" of the race who deserves nothing but hatred, deli-ance and contempt. They deserve and will. "Sink down to the vilest dust from whence they sprung. Uwepelt unhonored and unsung " The proud bird of the air which fell to the ground mortally wounded by the arrow of the hunter, found to his sorrow upon examination, that instrument of death was a feather from his own wing. So it is that the criticism which give the Negro journalist's greatest pain and sorrow, are those which come not from without but from within. Such individuals do us insanecalculate harm, and deserve to be sing $ \textcircled{1} $ out, and held up to public execution. They deserve absolutely no consideration or respect. Judas Isacari, who betrayed his Savior for thirty pieces of silver, and Benedict Arnold who sold out his bleeding country for a paltry sum of money and a commission in the British army, were gentlemen compared to such infamous traitors to their races. The names of Judas and Arnold will live in history, but the names of these individuals will go down to ignoble decay and early death, because of their deeds being so little and contemptible in thus stabbing their race in the back. We know these may seem to be strong words, but they are none the less earnest. We feel sure that they will meet with hearty endorsement of every Negro Journalist engaged, as bands, in the thankless and self-sacrificing task of trying to defend the honor of his race, and seeking to perpetuate its good name to posterity. —Blue Grass Bugle. WHERE DO WE COME IN ANY- HOW? We have often wondered what a good many people in this community really think the Editor and Business Manager of this paper is composed—whether they believe them "good things" or easy marks. We from time to time give our brains and most precious time in best half of somebody or something, our hands are always in our pockets giving somebody that which we can ill spare (our money.) In fact the strings on our poKE; book have long since been thrown away it's kept open so much. We have almost come to the conclusion that a good many people think we are not human and possibly subsist off of "hot air." We have written long obituaries about many negroes who die—saying a lot of good things—yet those very negroes in their life time—wouldn't give two cents for an issue of our paper. We often go further, and contribute money to help bury them. We have given columns of big advertising to negroes and their big doings, gone to them and paid our money, written them up in a most creditable manner, and we have often failed to even receive the old chestnut of "Thank you." Everything that there was a dollar in, they took it to a white man. When it comes to being "puffed," "Mr. Negro, where there is no money in sight—you can get that. We have assisted in various ways many negroes during our fourteen years before the public and in many instances those very negroes would, condemn us as individuals and as a whole as the worst and most contemptible scoundrels that ever breathed the breath of life. THE appeals of charity are often met—but few ever stop to think a little charity towards us sometimes would be appreciated. We have gone steadily on trusting that the day will come when the negro will appreciate to that extent our efforts in their behalf, to accord us, if not all, at least half of the journalistic courtesies extended white journals whose representatives manufacture, color and put into print articles concerning you and your affairs to suit themselves. HEROISM (White William Phelps and James Staplebury were cleaning the ins de of an eight foot upright boiler, an employee turned on the steam thinking the cock was tight. It leaked and the scalding steam poured in on the two men. The only exit was up a ladder, for which both jumped. Phelps reached it first, took one step and stopped. He jumped aside and shouted: "You go first Jim, you are married." Staplebury sprang up the ladder and escaped. Tough Phelps followed close, his act of heroism cost him his life. Both men are colored. —News dispatch.) Fame's trumpets will not sound for him, Son of an outcast race— No rare and costly monument Will mark his resting place. And yet no braver deed was done Since first the world began, Ungrudingly he gave his life To save his fellow man. When animated by the charge, And heated by the fray, When emulation stirs the blood And Glory leads the way. Tis not so hard in times like this To face the blazing file— For, seen beneath the starry flag, Death almost wears a smile. But in a hole obscure and dark, With naught to spur the heart, And at a moment unprepared To play the hero's part. To think about your comrade first And your own life to miss, For his defenseless ones, what rare Unselfishness is this! Unknown and humble son of toil, I lift my hat to you The great of earth from you could learn Of heroism true. The holy ones of earth could wish A hope of heaven as bright. For though your outward skin was black, The soul within was white. Such deds as this I'd rather sing Than kneel before a crowd, Than heap redundant praise upon The altar of renown When acts so pure and generous In common life we find. Like springs in deserts, they renew Our faith in humankind. J. A. E. TALKING ABOUT NURSES. There are a: present 10,000 negro Baptist churches in America, using the Nashville Baptist literature and 5,000 churches which refuse, preferring to use, white literature. Not one white church uses negro literature. WHY NEGROES DIE YOUNG. From the Chicago Inter Ocean. The American Missionary Association makes public a report from one of its representatives in Nashville, Teen, concerning the death rate among the negroes of the South. The report states that in ten representative southern cities for the past five years the death rates of the whites has been 20 in 1,000; that of the colored people 32 in 1,000. The South is said to have shown much concern about the rapid decrease of the negro, since the census of 1900 made it appear that in the ten years previous the black race increased 12.24 per cent, and the white 23.91 per cent. The death rate of the negro is greatest under the age of 15 and least at the higher ages. The race is subject to a higher death rate than the whites from the following diseases. 1. Consumption at all ages, but especially between the ages of 15 and 45. 2. All diseases of infants. The colored mother too often does not know how to take care of her infant. 4. Scrofula and ooctagous diseases seem also on the increase. CITIZEN HOPKINS NEGRO IN SOUTH DEAD Hopkinsville, Ky., May 22.- Peter Postell, probably the richest negro in the South, died suddenly of heart disease. After the war Postell a grocery in which he accumulated a fortune estimated at $500,000. THE NEGRO DEAF AND DUMB. It is a great surprise to the majority of colored people that, we have in the United States." 37,447 negro deaf mutes and about 3,868 who cannot hear a loud conversation and are unable to speak, thus requiring them to be educated along with the totally deaf mutes. NEGROES IN WASHINGTON. From the New York Sun. Washington retains in the 1900 census the distinction which it had in the 1890 census of having more colored inhabitants than any other city of the United States. The explanation of Washington's popularity as a place of residence for colored people is that it is the winter quarters of many thousand negroes who at the beginning of spring began their exodus to Northern watering resorts and to Virginia and Maryland summer resorts. The cost of living for colored people in Washington is not high. The climate is equable, the national government does not authorize restrictions against colored people such as prevail in most Southern states as to residence and means of transportation. There is no discrimination against them in the Washington courts and the large transient population of the District of Columbia during the session of congress and when the public departments are under full headway causes a large demand for colored employees. Washington retains its popularity among colored people but the temporary depletion of its colored population which begins on May 1st. has been going on even more rapidly this year. then heretofore. In the month of October the return of the colored people to Washington sets in most strongly. WOULD LET A FEW NEGROES VOTE. Gen. Oates, of Alabama Would Not Beekeeped. Black Man Attacks. Exclude the Black Man Altogether. Montgomery Ala., May 21. —The paramount issue before the Alabama constitutional convention which meets tomorrow is the elimination of the negro vote. The plans of Gen. Wm. C. Oates, one of the delegates, for a qualification of the suffrage clause, have been widely discussed. They are outlined by him as follows. "The suffrage clause should not, in terms, exclude any one from the elective franchise on account of race, nor require an educational or property qualification, but intelligence and good character should be made the test. No felon, no man of notoriously bad character, no man who has not paid his poll tax, no man who has ever sold his own or bought the vote of another, nor anyone who cannot read intelligently or understand, when read to him, any section of the constitution should be allowed to register as a voter. And in order that no injustice be done by registration to anyone legally entitled to vote, an appeal should be given from such decision to the courts. The disfranehise of the whole negro race would be unwise and unjust. The negroes constitute a large majority of our state population—over 800,000. Among them are many haust, industrious and good citizens, capable of fairly understanding the issues of a campaign and for what they would be c lled upon to vote. Such men are patriotic. When volunteers are wanted to fight our battles they furnish their quotes. Some have acquired property and pay their taxes. But the great mass of them are properless and ignorant of the fundamental principles of government, and the ballot is a weapon which they know not how to use for their own good or the good of any one else." The Negroes have raised for educational purposes, since their emancipation, $13,000,000. There are about sixteen colored pupils enrolled at Harvard this year. The State of Mississippi ranks next to Georgia in negro population. The colored inhabitants of Pensacola, Florida, own more money in proportion to the number than the white Wm. E. hills, a colored resident of Wimingham, Del., has deeded to the Delaware Orphans' Home fo Colored Children his house and some horses and wagons, valued at about $3,000. He founded the home at his reside ce. Washington City has two colored members of the School Board, Mrs. Bettie Francis and Mr. J. F. Bundy. In the next few years many colored teachers, those who acquire Spanish, will be employed in the Phillipine schools. The will of Mary Shannon, of Newton, fied in the Middlesex Probate Court at Cambridge, Mass., contributes more than $125,000 to charitable and public institutions. Hampton, (Va.) Normal Agricultural Institute gets $10,000, and Tuskegee, (Ia.) Institution, Kittrell, N. C., Normal and Industrial School for Negroes; Atlanta, (Ga.) University and Mallalieu Semi-nary for poor whites, Kinssey, Henry County, Aa., $10,000 each. Interesting and Other Very Newsy Bits Gathered by our Correspondents at Topeka, Kansas. EDITORIAL PICKINGS. The great Mayoralty handicap was finally decided this week in favor of Col. Hughes by the Supreme Court—the court was divided in their opinion by a vote of 3 to 4, so after all it was a close rub for the doughty Colenel. The great scramble will now take place for jobs in the different departments of the city, that is for minor places, as the major places have already been made and it is now a race of who of those constituting the smallry shall land. County politics has the boards at present—all are out hustling and keeping from spending any more money than they can help. Some go even so far as to say that they are going to win without being held up—the politicians and graffers laugh at these assertions and say that if any man wins a nomination in Shawnee county without a hold up he has yet to be born. The settlement of the Mayoralty contest this week, which was necessarily a disappointment to most of the wide awake and progressive citizens of Topeka, is a good thing in general, with the matter in the county business and every thing else was in an unsettled condition, and now with the matter setted in the courts everything can take its course and we shall again have a united people for the betterment and upbuilding of Greater Topeka. The Cyrene Commandry of Topeka gave one of their pleasant entertainment$^8$ on last Thursday night to a crowded house. Beside their matchless drill, a Only a bigot will make himself ridiculous by ostentatiously cutting off a paper, because in the exercise of its right of free speech it happens to run counter to his narrow prejudices. This applies to all who do that kind of thing, and to all others who sympathise wi.h it.—The Colored American. It is gratifying to all to learn of the continued improvement of Mrs. McKinley, the prairs from many a humble home have been wafted on the winds to the great Ruler on high during the past ten days that she might be spared a little longer, As the time approaches we sincerely trust our Governor will not overlook the fact that the negro as a part and parcel of this the great State of Kansas, desires to be remembered in the selection of commissioners to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis. We mentioned some weeks ago the name of Judge I. F. Bradley, our distinguished townsman, and up-to-date we have not heard a single dissenting voice from the rank and file of the negroes throughout our state When ever you hear a Negro kicking on this and that Negro paper with a thousand and one different excuses for not taking it you can notn it on the palus as a sure enough fact, at some stage of the game that newspaper did him a favor and he is paying them back AND THESE OUR BIG NEGROES. AND THESE OUR BIG NEGROES. It is a surprising as well as shameful state of affairs to even think, let alone breathe such a thing, that at least nine tenths of the "big negroes," so called by their intellectual capacity and the progressive heighth to which many have soared—do not read negro papers, nor do they have the manhood to take and pay for them that their wives and little home circle can enjoy the wholesome contents of which many are made up. We speak from fourteen years of experience in negro journalism and did we tell the truth regarding many of our intellectual giants in this community, it would be an endless tale of the utmost contempt some educated bitner, skites have treated us. We have lived after all and each week by the goodness of a Divine power, we are permitted to advocate the uplifting to a higher standard our poor and still ignorant race. It is said that the powers of either man or woman are developed five fold by working with a life companion who is in entire harmony. The ideal w fine programme was rendered, those of special mention were Miss Ogeal Wilson, who rendered a difficult violine solo, The Flower Song, by Lang. This was Miss Wilson's first public appearance since her return from the Chicago Musical College, and she made a good impression as a coming musician, Mrs. L. Care, of this city, sang the Holy City. We heard Black Pattie and other noted vocalists sing the same, but have yet to hear it as Mrs. Hare sang it on last Thursday evening. Mrs. Jno. M. Wright also rendered a selection and responded to an encore. Mrs. Wright of course always carries her audience. FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS There is no candidate for this office at the coming primaries who has a better claim upon the colored people for their support than Thos. V. Coddington. He has a splendid record as a soldier, having served through the civil war and part of the time was a lieutenant in the United States colored troops—has always been a staunch friend to the race; as a contractor in this city for years he has always given the colored people an equal chance for employment, has been a resident of Shawne County for thirty-four years and has always, and at all times, bee a staunch worker in the Republican ranks—has never held office and all classes, especially the old soldier and our people, will do well to remember him at the primaries on Saturday, June 1st. Read this paper for Topeka news as a rule has it in her power to make the ideal husband. What constitutes he ideal wife is discussed in an extremely able article by Lavnia Hart in the April Casmoplitan. WANTED HIS FREE PAPERS. Thought That Anti-bellum Days Still Existed. Fredericsburg, Va., May 11.—Al.no. over 40 years have e apsed since slavery was abolished, Alexander Grayson, residing in the upper part of Stafford county, did not know until this week that he was absolute a free man. He has lived a secluded life ever since the war closed, and his visit here this week was the second time he has been out of the county since those days. The knowledge that he was a really free man was imparted to him by Clerk of the Courts James P. Corbin, whom he called upon for his papers, saying that when he was mustered into service as a blacksmith he he gave his pappers to the clerk, John Chew for safe keeping and as he now desire to visit his b birthplace in the valley of Virginia he would like to have them returned so that could travel, as such was required. Upon inquiry Clerk Corbin learned that the papers referred to were formally known as free papers, and that for a colored man to go from one county to another he must have them. When informed that he was absolutely a free man, to go and come at will, he was completely astonished. Grayson is about 83 years of age and a tall, dignified and above the average of his race in intelligence. Ossif Gabrielowitch, the famous Russian pianist, in a recent interview in Chicago Chronicle, pays the following comp insert to the musical genius of the Negro: "One thing I cannot understand," he said, running his hand through his hair, "is the manner in which the American people regard the Negro. In my country, we had slavery long before it was introduced into the United States, but with its abolition all feeling of easte vanished and to-day the sons of former serf are elegible, they are fitted to the positions of highest trust in the nation. And we are not regarded as a republic, either. Then, again, the color man is really superior to the white man in one way. He is born musician. I have found that music is nearly always the expression of the highest intellectual, and the Negro is really one of the first musicians in the world. His ear is true and his songs are beautiful, appealing to the senses as as perhaps but few compositions of other race do His songs are not savage or barbaric, but some of them are really grand in their conception." The world judges a man by his financial failures or success. It does not ask what good has he done, but how much is he worth. We give much more thought to what is due us than to what is due from us. The breath of scandal is an ill win that blows no one good. AMERICAN CITIZEN PUBLISHING AND PRINTING CO. Every Week at 417 Minnesota Ave. KANSAS CITY KANSAS Weekly one year..... $1 50 Entered at the postoffice, at Kansas City Kans , as second class matter. AN APPZAL TO THE COLORED PEOPLE OF KANSAS. KANSAS CITY, KAS., April 21, 1901 DEAR SIR.—I am instructed by the Executive Committee of the International Minister's Union of Kansas, to inform you about the course of action which has been begun in the prosecution of those who burned Fred Alexander, we desire you to know the facts. We have spared no efforts to ascertain the facts that surrounds the life and character of the ill fated man. It is true that Fred Alexander was neither a John the Baptist nor a Milton, but a mere young man who frequented occasional y common resorts which are rendezvous of too many young men, black and white. We do not seek to vindicate the victim of this barbarous, inhuman outrage from any and all misconduct—he may have been disreputable and dangerous to society, but if he were, the criminal dockets of Leavenworth courts doesn't sustain the charge. He was the son of an honorable Leavenworth family, Rev Mr. and Mrs. A. Alexander, they own their own home, are decrypt with age, but stand high in the estimation of all Leavenworth—black and white. Their son Fred was but twenty four years of age when he was burned, he had served in the United States army Our duty as American citizens is not to protect criminals and defy law and order, but support the strong arm of justice and fairplay in all things that vouchesafes the sacred sovereign rights and immunities of citizenship to all the people, be they black or white. As a constituent element of the nation we as freeman should protest by all honorable means against mob violence since we know that it in the main is directed against the unfortunate of our race, but if its influences stepped there we night with suppressed indignation dismiss the more portentious evils as the means justifiable to the ends. Ah, this is not so, it adds to the already widen breach between the two races and places a badge of inferiority upon every Negro boy and girl. It is not our duty to repel such insults. Should we sit down and wait until Almighty God comes down in person to fight our battles for us? Should we not know by this time the price of liberty? Can we reasonably expect our white friends to champion all our interests. The following committee has been appointed to take charge of the prosecution: W. H. Hudson, M. D., Atchison, Kas., Rev. A. M. Ward, Topeka, Kas., and W. L. Grant, Kansas City, Kas. $2,500 needed. The committee has investigated all the circumstances and advised with competent attorneys. They are now ready to close the contract and file the suit. $2,500 are needed for attorneys. They are now ready to close the contract and file the suit. $2,500 are needed for attorney fees, one thousand dollars ($1,000) must be paid at once. We appeal prayfully to every pastor, every church, every race leader, every organization to rally to the support of the committee. Do not cavil or wonder what is to be the result and confuse the people longer. The time to act is now, if we fail in this matter it will be charged up to the WHOLE RACE and our MANHOOD will be deprived. The Plan—Every church with 200 members and over is requested to colect $16, those with less $8 to $10, and individual donor will be placed on the role. Send all monies to Evw. W. L. Grant. 922 Everett Avenue, Kansas City, Ks. The Toppe Plaidealer is the official organ of the union—a list of all donors will be published in it from time to time. The Inter denominational Minister's Union and Afro-American Council are working in perfect harmony in this at er. Will you help? A. M. WARD, Prest. W. L. GRANT, Sec'y. Inter denominational Minister's Union, H. P. EWING, Treasurer, Loring, Ks. FROM THE PHILIPINES. TIAON, PROVINCE OF TATADAS. P. I. FEB. 15, 1901. MRS. ISAAC DAKE—Dear Old Friend. To-day, as I have a few minutes of spare time I thought you would like to know something about the Philippine Islands. The Philippine Islands form a great part of the vast archipelago laying southeast of Asia, they were discovered by Magellan in 1521, but it was not until 1564 that the group received its present name in honor of Philippe II. In many respects these islands are Spains beat possessions, due to the abundance and variety of products, numerous and good ports, character of inhabitants and on account of the vicinity of certain countries of Eastern Asia, which are now entering upon a stage of civilization and commerce. The group is composed of some 2,000 islands, many of them are very small, but others are important on account of their size, resources and population, and in 1581 the City of Manila was founded. The principal islands are Luzon, Mindanao, Palanan, Parague, Samar, Minlorao, Leye, Negros, Cebu, Masbate, Bohol, Catanduanes, Polillo, Marinduque, Tables, Burias and Ticao. Luzon, the largest, as an area of about 4,100 square mile Mindanao, the next, about 27,500 square miles, and the five next in size have an FREE·TO ALL! TO THE COLORED PEOPLE OF THE WORLD: Be not deceived by loud advertisements that promise much and accomplish little. Do not send your money away until you know what you are going to get for it. We do not ask you to send us your money until we have proved to your own satisfaction that BEFORE USING PICTURED TAKEN AFTER USING LUSTORONE Straightens Kinky, Nappy, curly Hair. No hot irons are to be used at all. LUSTORONE straightens without any outside assistance. LUSTORONE is put up in two forms. No.1 causes the hair to grow long, silky, straight and curly. No.2 cures all forms of dandruff, tettler, eczema and all scalp diseases, and feeds roots of the hair. The two are used in connection. No.1 is used at night, No.2 is the morning. They must both be used in the treatment. LUSTORONE is only guaranteed to straighten kinky hair, stop the hair from falling, restore grey hair to its natural color, and create a new growth of hair on bald spots. It is not possible for any one to make a hair tonic to equal LUSTORONE. We have thousands of testimonials like the following we have not space to publish: Mrs. Mary Young Fowler, California, writes. LUSTORONE is a God-send to suffering humanity. Send me $5.00 worth at once. I know what it did for me. TO SECURE A FREE SAMPLE OF LUSTORONE send us your name and address and enclose 12c. to pay postage and we will mail to you a sample of LUSTORONE No.1 and No.2 (2 packages) same day money is received. This sample will convince you of the truth of our assertions. THE AMERICAN CITIZEN $1.00 PER YEAR. area of over 10,000 square miles each. The most reliable estimate places the aggregate land area of the group at 114,356 square miles, or equal to the area of Arizona. Luzon, on which the City of Manila is located, is equal in area to the State of Virginia. The Philippines malays are a superior race to many other Asiatic people—orderly, amiable, courteous, honest, and exceedingly superstitious, they are easily influenced upon profession of Christianity. Like most of the tropical people their efforts are intermittent rather than steady—their wants are readily provided for, and they take life easy. The inhabitants of the Island are composed of the most diverse mixtures of races, including Malays, Aelas, Negritos, pure black, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Moors, Europeans and mixtures of each with the others. There are nearly as many different tribes as there are islands and it is said that 600 languages and dialects are spoken in the islands. At the present day Spanish statistics are notoriously unreliable, and no accurate census has ever been taken, but the population has been estimated at about 8,000,000, of which the bulk are Malays' origin. Deer abound in the thickets of all the islands, the flesh very nutritious. There are many buffalo, (earavaso) and wild horses. The buffalo, called 'Karbo' by the Malays, is the great beast of burden, it is very strong and docile if domesticated, but dangerous in the wild state. The Philipines horses are small and of poor appearance but is a strong and sturdy animal, fine specimens sell for $100 to $150—$15 or $20 will buy a pair for demonstration. The bull (of Spanish origin) has propagated his species very numerously, and is found wild. There are various kind of mountains, mountains cats and the "nassian," a small quadruped that is death on rats. Among reptiles, are found the Bos, or Culebra, the Bython and the terrible 'Dehempalay.' the bite of the latter is almost instantly fatal—it is a short and slender snake similar in appearance to a rice leaf. Of the birds there are infinite species, fish abound in the seas, lakes and rivers—sharks and alligators are found in the seas, swamps and damp localities swarm with insects, the mosquito being conspicuous. The 'anay,' a sort of ant, destroys all wood except the Molane, with astonishing rapidity, from that is known of the mineralogy of the islands, there is no doubt that a scientific geological survey would prove that they are rich in ore deposits of many kinds. Gold is found, especially in the mountainous districts of Luzon and on the islands of Mindanao and Mindoro. The Philippine men are lazy and will not do only what they are made to do. The women are as true as steel, more so than our American women, full of love and kindness, in fact I cannot say too much in favor of the woman. I am at our new station, seventy-five miles from Manilla, away up in the mountains where we can get a fight any time we want one. I will have plenty of good cigars for when I return. I may except a commission in the regular army. I will close hoping to hear from you soon. Your Dear Friend, GEORGE E. PAYNE, 2nd. Lieut. 49th Infantry U S. V, Manila, P. I. THE DEEPER LIFE, Maurice Maerlinck. Each man has to seek out his own special aptitude for a higher life in the midst of the humble and inevitable reality of daily existence. Than this there can be no abler sim in life. THE ORIGIN OF "GRABS WIDOW" From the London News. Society in India, it appears from the Bengal papars, is being disturbed just now ever the origin of the term "grass widow," and considerable amount of reassemble has been directed to the subject. So far, the inquiries made have succeeded in tracing the word back to the year 1844, when it was used in "The Calcutta Review." In the opinion of qualified philologists the term the "grace widow." This is derived from: "vidua de gratig," which may be interpreted literally as "widow by favor." Executor's Notice State of Kansas, Wyandotte Co., In the Probate Court of said County. In the matter of the estate of Sophia Hamilton deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters testamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the last will and testament of Sophia Hamilton, late of said County, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 16th day of May 1901. 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About 150 delegates from all sections of the country applauded the idea. Some Iowa Election Figures There are few socialists in Iowa, but Eugene Debs polled 1,643 votes in the Hawkeye State last year for president. Of these 540 were cast in Scott county, which includes the city of Davenport, with a considerable German population. The vote for Woolley, Prohibitionist, in Scott county, was 68 only. Rothschild's Interest in Chess One of the Rothschild family, though he never takes part in tournaments, is known to be a first-class amateur and his interest in the game is so great that he has found positions in his bank in Vienna for many a struggling professional chess player—London Dally News. King of Greece: Hangles Plow: A pleasant way of spending some of the summer months is that adopted by the king of Greece. He turns farmer and works as hard as if he were a land laborer. He can plow a field, cut and bind corn—in short, keep farm going from start to finish, as though it were his business. Teeth LIQUID POWDER each 25¢ PETER BURTON Kansas News Notes. Willowdale has a postoffice. Minneapolis will vote bonds for a high school. Wichita will have another 150,000 bushel elevator. Hiawatha's churches are closed on account of smallpox. St. John's racing track will be one of the best in the state. Copper was stuck at a depth of fifty feet near Lanesville. Custer citizens have tacked up a warning to "hail insurance agents." Two citizens of Hayes City, aged 70 years each, will seek bridges in Russia. A Dodge City man gathered $250 worth of honey from twenty stands of bees. There are 200 rural mail routes in operation. There are applications for 300 more. Smith county also has a champion lazy man. He drove five miles rather than open a gate. A pan of rhubarb exploded last week in Olathe. The report was heard all over the town. Fifty per cent of Greenwood county teachers failed to get certificates at the last examination. An Overbrook farmer lost seventeen hogs last week through their fondness for young cockle burr greens. Valley Falls citizens propose to stop ball playing and breaking of colts along the streets on Sunday. The heaviest 11-year-old boy in Kansas resides on Twin Creek, Osborn county and weighs 215 pounds. A spray of white arsenic and sal soda is being used on the canker worms in the Oskalosa orchards. Neuralists are puzzled by a tree in a Chetopa man's yard which gives out puffs of smoke in the early morning. In ten years the alfaifa acreage of Kansas has incased 800 per cent—from 34,384 acres in 1891, to 276,000 in 1901. All Hallows academy at Wichita is building an addition which, when finished, will give the sisters a $100,000 edifice. Coffeyville having thrown all her available supply of bricks at Cherryvale and Independence, will start up a new plant. An Olathe man is such a stickler for propriety that he calls the Santa Fe cut-off between Holliday and Emporia the "amputation." Boy pupils of Valley Falls placed sulphur in the furnace the day the dog show was there and thus got out to see the parade. The mocking bird that has sung at Ness City for two summers past has again appeared in the park from its winter home in the South. Complaint comes from all the fishing streams and lakes of Kansas that vandals are taking fish with seines and dynamite by the wholesale. In Kearney county the probate judge, in order to stimulate business, announces that he will give each bride a quart of sugar beet seed. Atchison young women are sawing wood these days. That particular exercise has been prescribed by specialists as a complexion beautifier. It is estimated that 20,000 men and 5,000 teams will be necessary to harvest the immense crop this year of the Kansas and Oklahoma wheat belt. The Kingman boy who hitched himself up with a calf is being congratulated because the runaway resulted no more seriously than in a broken arm. A man in Atchison 28 years old claims to be in the Chicago Algie's class. He "took a girl home" one night recently for the first time in his life. An Atchison man guards against going to sleep in church by watching a woman chew gum. He claims it is an impossibility for any man to watch a woman chew gum and to go sleep. Forty acres of Stewart Bros. & Co.'s land, lying in Peacock valley, five miles north of Galena was purchased by Eastern parties at $9,000 an acre. This is practically a new mining tract. No game birds, prairie chickens, quail, plover, etc., can lawfully be killed in Kansas for five years. This law was enacted by the last legislature but like the fish law is being violated daily. Reports from Kansas City clerks show that Kansas has 670,000 acres of school land which may be bought at $1.25 an acre. It lies mostly in Western Kansas, but much of it is as good as the land in the Kiowa country, where thousands will be disappointed. The Kiowa lands are not free and homeseekers need not wait for an opening in order to secure Kansas lands. It cost Kansas $29,360.47 to run its charitable institutions last month. The expenses of the various institutions for salaries and maintenance were as follows: Reform school, Topeka, $240.337; deaf and dumb school, Olathe, $320.507; insane asylum, Topeka, $9.911.94; imbecile asylum, Winfield, $1.02.27; insane asylum, Osawatomi, $0.969.24; industrial school for girls, Beloit, $1.830.35; school for blind, Kansas City, $1.771; orphan's home, Atchison, $1.249.79. Jewell county shows a disposition to voluntarily relinquish the title of the banner corn county of Kansas. This spring 10,000 acres of corn land, it is estimated, have been planted in alfalfa. A Kansas editor who published the fact that silver buckles were becoming fashionable on garters, and incidentally remarked that he hoped to see more of them, is now fighting a divorce suit instituted by his wife and is nursing "sore spots" from a cowhide in the hands of the only young lady in the town who wore silver buckles. Judge Stillwell of the Allen county district court has encountered fewer reverses than most men. The supreme court has disagreed with him only twice in twelve years. The New York Herald publishes a list of millionaires in the United States. There are 3.828 altogether, Kansas is credited with the following: David Auld, J. P. Brown and the John J. Ingalls estate, Atchison; S. A. Brown, Ottawa; J. A. Condon, Oswego; John B. Carey, Wichita; Calvin Hood, Emporia; Jacob Mulvane and J. P. Mulvane, Topeka; Lucien Scott estate, Leavenworth. Undigested, decaying food remnants, in the mouth and stomach, giving off pestiferous gases, are the cause of that awful breath, so repulsive as to cause a halt in friendship, affection, love,—any form of intimacy. Nobody can stand its overpowering stench, and it is a cause of terrible misery to those afflicted and their dear ones. There is only one way to cure it—disinfect the digestive canal with CASCARETS! Clean it out, keep it clean, let CASCARETS stimulate the lining of mouth and stomach, and put it in shape to work naturally and properly. Nothing but CASCARETS will bring about the desired result. BE SURE YOU GET THEM! ens.—Detroit Free Press "I have been using CASCARETS and as a mild and effective laxative they are simply wonderful. My daughter and I were borbered with sick stomach and our breath was very bad. After taking a few doses of CASCARETS, we have improved wonderfully. They are a great help in the family." WILHELINA NAGEL 117 Rittenhouse St, Cincinnati, Ohio. 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Nation came along and said: "How's business, colonel—renting and newspaper?" The colonel answered promptly, "The Times are out of joint," raised his hat and passed on. Women In British Mail Services The British postal service finds employment for 34,000 women out of 167,000 officers, and over 19,000 of these women are engaged, chiefly in the provinces, as assistants to postmasters. There are not many ranks closed to women. No fewer than 145 head postmistresses are to be found in the provinces, and more than one-third of the sub-postmasterships are intrusted to women. Grleyed at Public's Misconception: The new civil service commissioner, Mr. Rodenberg of this state, expresses himself as much pleased with his job, but has a grievance. He finds that in some way a great many persons have acquired the idea that he is a big fat man, with long whiskers. "All of which you can see for yourself is away off," as he said to a friend the other day.-Chicago Chronicle. Kilbert Trees from Greece. A number of young filbert trees have been sent to the agricultural department from Greece. The nuts from these trees are the largest and have the finest flavor of any filberts the department has yet discovered, and every effort is to be made to encourage their growing. An "M. D's" Open Letter. Benton, Ill., May 20—R. H. Dunaway, M. D., of this place, in an open letter, makes the following startling statement: "I had Diabetes with all its worst symptoms. I applied every remedy known to the profession, as well as every prescription suggested in our books. In spite of all, I was dying, and I knew it. "As a last resort, and with scarcely any faith whatever, I commenced taking Dodd's Kidney Pills. In one week I saw a great improvement. After I had taken five boxes, I was sound and well. This is ten months ago, and I have not taken any medicine of any kind since, and am convinced that my cure is a permanent one. "As a practicing physician with years of experience, I most positively assert that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best medicine in the world today, for Diabetes or any other Kidney Disease. Since using them myself, I have used them in many cases in my practice, and they have never failed." "I am making this statement as a professional man, after having made a most thorough test of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and because I feel it my duty to the public and to my professional brethren. The truth can never hurt anyone, and what I have said is the absolute truth." R. H. DUNAWAY, M. D. It is no wonder that the public are enthusiastic over this new medicine, when our leading physicians themselves, are being won over to its use. War on Flashy Posters. Anti-vice crusaders in Jersey City have begun war on flashy theatrical posters and will make a test case against a local manager. 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Liberal proposition; if you are out of employment and want a profitable steady situation and will devote your time to our business, DeSota Building, St. Louis, Mo. SKETCHES FOR MEMORIAL DAY A Memorial Surprise Party. Alma Maynard sat at the window, looking thoughtfully out at the newly budded trees. Poor Alma had been confined to the house all the spring with the scarlet fever which had left her so weak that at first she could hardly lift her head, but now that she was up and her young friends were allowed to visit her, she had been wishing they would come in a party some evening. She did not know that at school that very day her playmates were planning to surprise her on the afternoon of Decoration day, which was the next Wednesday. The day dawned bright and warm and about 1 o'clock that afternoon Mrs. Nelson said: "Alma, you had better go and lie down awhile." So Alma lay down and was soon fast asleep. At a signal from Mrs. Nelson the children trooped noiselessly from THEY RETURNED, LEAVING THE FLOWERS. a neighbor's, where they had gathered, and soon the room adjoining Alma's was filled with gay lads and lassies, all bearing sweet spring flowers which they arranged around the room and then sat down to wait for Alma to awake. At last she opened her eyes, then closed them again, thinking that the flower-filled room with its gay occupants was only a dream. Then Viva Leland, Alma's most intimate friend, came and took her hand and led her into the room, where the shout of "surprise! surprise! surprise!" met her on all sides. Half dazed, she looked from one to another, then broke into a gay laugh in which they all joined. The afternoon passed quickly and pleasantly, and at 6 o'clock they were called to the dining room for supper. And such a supper! They were seated in couples around the table, Alma and Ray Thornton, her favorite chum, presiding at the head. After supper Alma's father told them stories; and later they returned to their homes, leaving the flowers for their convalescent playmate, and with them many wishes for a speedy return to health. A PATRIOTIC PIC-NIC BY CINNKE A. BRAMBLE A Juvenile Story for Memorial Day There was a regular houseful of Dawson's in the little, low, red house which stood all by itself on the edge of the village; there were six children who called the little house their home, and six noisier, happier, heartier children were never known. There were the twins, Fred and Frank, who headed the list, and then there were Grace and Nellie and Harry, and last of all came Minnie, the baby, the tiniest and noisiest of them all. There were great plans afoot today in the curly heads of the merry crowd. Tomorrow would be Decoration Day, and were not the four oldest of the young Dawson's to march in the long procession of school children and carry garlands and bouquets of flowers to strew on the graves of our soldier heroes? There were the flowers to hunt in the woods, for the Dawson flower garden showed only two flaming red and yellow tullips and a few fragrant illacs as its offering to the children. But that fact troubled them not at all; they were only too glad of an excuse for spending a long, delightful day in the woods. There would be the garlands to make and bouquets to arrange and "pieces" to rehearse and a thousand and one other things to do; so it was no wonder that all the little Dawson's were up and flying around as busy as bees at an exceedingly early hour. Even the baby was interested, and toddled around tipping over everything she could and getting into everyone's way. So much hustle and bustle made them a little bit cross, perhaps, and so it turned out that there was a slight disagreement between Grace and Nellie and the twins side added fuel to the flames, in the shape of sharp words and angry trowns, by the time they were ready to start for the woods the quarrel had grown to be something serious. The boys had been very provoking, and the girls were so angry with them that they decided to take the lunch basket and hurry away when the boys were not looking, and thus take revenge upon them for all the mean things they had said and done that morning. Their plan worked to perfection and they got safely away without being seen by anyone; but, somehow, they did not look very happy in their triumph, as they trougged silently along. They walked quite slowly as soon as they once were out of sight of the house, instead of skipping gaily along, as they always did upon such happy occasions. At last Grace stopped suddenly and said: "Nellie, I don't feel good one bit. I guess we'd better go back. I don't care if the boys were mean, we ought not to be mean, too, and 'tis awful mean to run away like this. The lunch is as much theirs as ours, and it's most as bad as stealing for us to take it all. Come on. I'm going back." And away she went on a run, with Nellie following as fast as she could at her heels. The boys had not missed them yet, and so they knew nothing of the girls' intended treachery. They seemed to have recovered their usual good-humor; and it was a very merry little party that started a few moments later for the woods. What good times they did have that day! What treasures of woodland wealth they found! How good the lunch did taste, and what fun it was to eat it out there under the green trees all alone. Yes, it was a long, glad, beautiful day. They enjoyed every moment of it, and stayed just as long as they dared. But at last they decided that they must start for home, for there were the flowers to arrange yet, and there would be but little time to spare if they noped to finish their tasks that night. It was even later than they and thought, they found, when they came to the edge of the woods and saw how low the sun had sunk. So they hurried along as fast as they could. When they came to the fallen tree upon which they had crossed the noisy little creek in the morning, pernaps they were a little careless, and when it came Nellie's turn she slipped, and, with a little frightened cry, down she went into the water. The creek was high with the spring rains, and the water was over Nellie's need; so it was no wonder that it was a frightened, as well as a shivering little girl that Frank dragged out upon the bank, a moment later. "Oh—oh, dear!" she cried; "I am so wet and cold, and all my flowers are lost," and she pointed a trembling finger at the basket which held all her pretty blossoms and was sailing gaily away with them to some unknown port. "Never mind," said Frank, cheerily, "I'll get it for you. I can't get any wetter than I am now" and in he plunged again, and in a twinkling the flowers were rescued, and they were on their way home; but Nellie's wet clothes were very uncomfortable, and her teeth fairly chattered before she had taken many steps. Suddenly Fred stopped and said: "Here, sis; why didn't I think before? You take my coat, and then Frank and I will take hold of your hands and run, and we'll be home in a jiffy. There, that's right—one, two, three, and away we go." A few hours later, Nellie and Grace, who had returned before the others, were sitting alone, finishing the last of the garions, when Nellie said, suddenly: "Oh, Grace, how glad I am that we didn't run away from the boys this morning. I am sure I would have been drowned, if we had," and sae shivered again at the thought of her icy bath. "Yes, I am glad, too," returned Grace. "An.. Nellie, I was glad all day. I am sure we had a much nicer time than we would if we had gone alone, and we would have felt so mean if we had taken the boys' lunch away from them." "Yes, so we would. And, Grace, do you know, after this when the boys are C. "ALL MY FLOWERS ARE LOST!" cross, I don't take to any notice and see what effect that will have upon their tempers." This plan Grace and Nellie carried out and it worked so well that harmony has reigned in the little red house ever since. The Good Old War Songs. The late war with Spain has aroused a fresh fervor of patriotism in the length and breadth of our country, but it has given us no war songs, which will take the place of the old ones. Forever fresh in the hearts of us all will remain "Marching Through Georgia." We will sing it a long time after "A Hot Time" has been relegated to the lumber room of the mind. That song has made its mark upon our land. The heroes of the sixties marched through the valley of death into Georgia, but they marched also into the undying love of their countrymen; surely that was a worthy compensation for it all. RAYMOND AND THIS COLOR BEARER Raymond had just been over to the hall with his basket of flowers, mostly, from the woods and fields. Decoration day always found him on hand; and although his contribution was simple, he was glad to be able to do even a little toward furnishing material for this touching memorial service. Raymond was the grandson of a veteran of the civil war, and this year he wanted to do something more than usual, to let the old friends of the grandfather whom he had never known understand his loyalty, both to his grandfather's memory and the country that he had died for. Suddenly he remembered an old tattered flag that stood in a corner in the attic, and beside it a musket, rusty and time-stained. Then he looked at Rover. "Can you do it, Rover?" Raymond's eyes asked the question. The soft brown eyes of the dog answered, "Try me." "All right. Rover. I will." Rover's tail ceased its impatient tattoo upon the floor, and with a yelp of delight he followed his master up the attic stairs. Half an hour later the boy and the dog sat side by side upon the door-step. The boy held a flat piece of wood in one hand, and his jack-knife in the other. Occasionally he lifted a faded flag, and slipped the end of the worn stick through a hole which he was whitling in the new piece of wood. At last he sprang to his feet, saying, "All ready now, Rover! Do you think you can hold that in your mouth?" Rover's eyes said, "Of course I can!" as his tail gave three excited thumps. Good, faithful Rover! Raymond knew that he could be depended upon to be his color-bearer. Now "WITH BARE HEADS AND SOLEMN LITTLE BROWN FACES." The sound of approaching footsteps and the beat of a drum floated up to the spot where the boy and the dog were making ready to honor their country's fallen heroes. From a window of the cottage a pair of tear-dimmed eyes watched the strange preparations. Raymond hastily donned an old soldier cap, and shouldered the rusty gun. he hoped that he looked like a soldier. Rover's admiring eyes assured him that he did. "Now, Rover," said Raymond, patting the dog's head, "I'm going to let you hold the flag." Rover never was happier than when he could carry a bundle; but this was such an unexpected privilege that for a second or two the flagstaff veered like a weather-vane with each delightful thump of his stub a tail. Then, seeing his master's motionless attitude, Rover took pattern; and as the little company of veterans drew near, the color-bearer and his master attracted instant attention. Every man in Company C loved Raymand; loved him for his own sake, for he was a bright and lovable boy, and also for the sake of the brave comrade who had marched with them through many a weary campaign, and at last had given his life for his country. There was a quick order from the front, and instantly every man lifted his hat, and the band struck up the "Star-Spangled Banner;" and Raymond, with his faithful dog beside him, and his grandfather's tattered flag waving in the breeze, was the hero of the day—Helen M. Richardson. Conquerer and Conquered. Have you noticed how gentle the man who wore the conquering blue is when he meets the one who donned the conquered gray? The victor has no sneer for the vanquished. The late war with Spain, which saw the sons of the brothers who had once been enemies stand shoulder to shoulder in the face of a common foe, has but cemented anew the friendship which began in 1865, and each successive Decoration day will see it closer yet. The man who was right can well afford to clasp the hand of the one who acknowledges that he as wrong in the past by giving up his son to fight for the grand old flag. Thousands of Unknown Dead, One of the largest national cemeteries in this country is located at Salisbury, N.C. There are 11,000 unknown dead in the cemetery, which is kept in splendid repair by the government. The society hand-shake isn't exactly what you'd call "a pretty how'd you do?" WHAT WE HEAR FROM ASSINIBOIA, WESTERN CANADA, "Don't Think of Coming, but Some." To the Editor: The above is the emphatic manner in which a friend in Yorkton writes to a friend near St. Paul, Minnesota, and it is pretty nearly right, too, with the advantages that Western Canada offers to those seeking homes. The Assinibolua district is one of the best. The writer from whose letter we quote goes on to say: "John, if you miss this chance you are foolish, for you can get out cheaper when there are so many coming, and I would not tell you to come if I thought you could not do well, and if you don't come in the spring you will have to go away back, for you do not want to think that there is no one living out here but me. I saw nice buildings out here than I ever saw before, and if the country was no good what would they want them for? John, if you sold everything you have and came out here you would be worth more than ever you were before, and if you can bring your team. You can get anything you want on tick, and when they do that with strangers they are not afraid they can't make enough to pay for it. I saw as nice wheat as I ever saw in my life, and if they could not grow grain what would the flour will be for, and it cost $20,000." Now this was what Mr. Thomas Fitzpatrick, of Yorktown, Assiniboine, Western Canada, wrote to a friend. There will be opened up this summer new districts in Saskatchewan and Assinibola at low prices, particulars of which can be had of any agent of the government of the Dominion of Canada, whose advertisement appears elsewhere in the columns of your paper. Yours truly. An Old Reader. Asks Bachelors to Aid Charities Father Scully of St. Mary's parish, Boston, entertains deep-rooted dislikes for lay bachelors, and on occasion has preached at them. Now he has gone a step further and announces that in future unmarried men between 25 and 35 in his parish must pay $25 annually to some charity. Between 35 and 50 the fine will be $50, and after the last-named bachelor will be allowed to escape, as no woman would care to marry them then. Jury Selected by Agreement In the district court of Logan county, Oklahoma, the Guthrie & Western Railroad company had a land suit against George Cooper. The defendant asked that the case be tried by seven members of the Masonic order instead of the usual jury. The railroad attorney, himself a Mason, agreed, and the case was so tried, both parties furthering agreeing that no appeal should be taken from the verdict. Cooper won. Some Timely Health Hints The house mother may do much towards preventing the spread of tuberculosis by insisting that paper handkerchiefs be used for any alliment of the eye, ear, nose or throat, when discharges occur from these organs. The handkerchiefs should be quickly burned. Children should be taught never to use one another's handkerchiefs any more than they should use one another's toothbrushes. Sixty-Two Years Married Near Attica, the other day, when the neighbors went over to congratulate Grandpap and Grandma McDaniel on the sixty-second anniversary of their marriage, they found grandpap out in the field planting corn, while grandma was cleaning up the breakfast clutter in the kitchen. When the good folk told grandpap the object of their visit, he said: "Lordy, lordy, how time does fly!"—Kansas City Journal. The One We Like Best We must have a weak spot or two, says Oliver Wendell Holmes, in a character before we can love it much. People that do not laugh or cry or take more of anything than is good for them, or use anything but dictionary words, are admirable subjects for biographies. But we don't always care most for those flat pattern flowers that press best in the herbarium. Recognizing Voice Over Telephone Where a witness testifies to a conversation over a telephone, and that he recognizes defendant's voice, the Supreme Judicial court of Massachusetts, in the case of Lord Electric company vs. Morrill (59 N. E. Rep. 807), holds that there is sufficient evidence of identity to justify the admission of the conversation. Susan Hunt Keen Cates Closet The duty of keeping gates closed at a private farm railroad crossing is held, in Swanson vs. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad company (Minn.), 49 L. R. A. 625, to devolve upon the landowner for whose benefit and convenience the gates are made. The other authorities on the question, as to which there is some conflict, are collected in a note to the case. Schlatter in the Northwest Schlatter, the bogus Messiah and divine healer, now registers at a Sioux Falls hotel as Dr. Charles McLean. He formerly professed to work miraculous cures without compensation; now he claims to have drawn a $15,000 fee from Richard Croker, the Tammany leader.-Chicago Chronicle. Ouaranting Officer Transferred Dr. John J. Kinyou, federal quarantine officer at San Francisco, has been transferred to the department of Dakota headquarters at St. Paul, Minn. His buhicon plague hobby goes with him.-Chicago Chronicle. Prosecution of Criminals Is Costly Prosecution of Criminals Is Costly. Considering the fees paid to prosecuting lawyers and "expert witnesses" in criminal trials, it seems that it would be better to pension the criminals than to try them. Certainly it would be cheaper—New York World. Gust to University of Iowa Charles Noble Gregory, associate dean of the University of Wisconsin, has accepted an appointment to the place of chancellor of the law school of the University of Iowa POWERSOBJECT UNWILLING TO ACCEPT DE- CREASED INDEMNITY; AMERICA IS STANDING ALONE President's Proposition Does Not Meet With Favor—Meeting of Ministers Was Very Unsatisfactory—Great Britain Inclined to be Liberal—Another Ministerial Conference Soon. A dispatch from Pekin under date of May 23 says: The foreign minister's meeting was very unsatisfactory. No power was willing to accede to the American's idea of the reduction of the Chinese indemnity to $200,000,000, though Great Britain recognizes the advisability of some reduction. There will be another meeting to-morrow. The last of the American troops here, with the exception of the legion guard, left Peking at 7 o'clock this morning. The headquarters staff departed at 10 o'clock. In spite of the early hour and the long distances they had to march, all the bands of the British troops escorted the Ninth United States infantry from the Temple of Agriculture to the depot, where a Japanese band awaited the troops. All the British generals and their staffs and all the officers off duty were present. The scene was one of great enthusiasm. As the later train left a great crowd was present to wish General Chaffee farewell. Count von Waldersee, General Yamaguchi, General Gaslee and all the other generals and members of the legations were among those present. The Seventh Rajput acted as a guard of honor. CLERK ACCUSED OF FORGERY. Former Volunteer Private Charged. With Gross Irregularities at Mallia. E. C. Lawrence, formerly in the Thirty-third volunteer infantry, and afterward employed as a civilian clerk in the adjutant general's office at Manila, has been accused of forging the signature of Captain Slavens, the insular disbursing officer, to certain checks purporting to be payable to indorsements of General MacArthur to General Shafter and to E. C. Lawrence. Two of these checks of $200 each have been cashed at San Francisco, but another negotiated at St. Louis has been returned to Manila and pronounced spurious by Captain Slavens. Lawrence is suspected of other forgeries. Ex-Congressman Glover Wasn't DrownPe. A dispatch from Victor, Colo., says: Ex-Congressman John M. Glover of St. Louis is safe. He was absent from home on a prospecting trip when the flood swept down the West Beaver valley. The finding of a horse without any rider caused his neighbors to believe that he had been drowned. Girl of 14 Tired of Life In a fit of despondency over her school work Miss Mabel Seeley, the 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Seeley, prominent citizens, attempted suicide by shooting herself with a 38-caliber revolver. She is yet alive but little hopes are entertained for her recovery. He Misused the Malis. W. S. Lawson, charged with violating the postal laws by sending an oncene letter to a woman at Audrain, Kan., was found guilty by a jury in the United States district court at Salina, Kan., and Judge Hook sentenced the prisoner to a term of two years in prison. Small Boy Sets a $3,000 Fire. A large barn belonging to Mrs. M. F. Jones, near Humansville, Mo., was burned, three horses perishing, with a large amount of grain, hay and farm implements, all valued at $3,000, covered by $400 insurance. The fire was set by a little boy who lives with Mrs. Jones. A Bank Cashler a Spicide Frederick C. Foster, of Cambridgeport, Mass., who was under suspicion of the police in connection with the explosion which wrecked the Cambridgeport National bank, committed suicide by shooting himself. A police officer had called on Foster to make inquiries in connection with the case. Young Wife Kills Herself. Mrs. Thomas Bales, a young wife, who resided five miles north of Sedalia, Mo., accidentally killed herself. Coroner T. P. McCluney, who made an investigation, decided that an inquest was unnecessary and that suicide had not been attempted. Major General Henry C. Corbin, adjutant general of the army, will sail for the Philippines on the transport Hancock, which leaves San Francisco soon. He intends to make a general inspection of the military conditions in the islands. Murder in Second Degree Wellman K. Huff, who fatally stabbed Robert Woods, at Downs, Kan., has been convicted of murder in the second degree. Huff used a knife on Woods in a drunken row, from which wounds Woods died. Dynamite for Non-Union Men. A boarding-house in which were eight non-union miners was blown up by dynamite at Madisonville, Ky., but none of the occupants was killed. Tornado in South Carolina A tornado struck Fort Mill, S. C., and followed the Catawba river to Mountain island. The office building of the Charlotte Brick company, at Fort Mill, was blown away, leaving nothing but the ground floor on which rested the safe. Many small houses were blown down, but no lives were lost. They Ate Green Mulberries Three small children of William Wood died at California, Mo., from eating green mulberries. SHELEFT HIM $2,500,000. Inmate of Dayton, O., Soldier's Home ReMembered in a Woman's Will. A copy has just been received at Dayton, Ohio, of the will of Josephine Kelat, nee Falfax, an Englishwoman who died recently in France, which bequeathes to Hamlet Henry Hawthorne, a veteran of the Soldier's home at Dayton, a fortune of $2,500,000, this being his reward for saving the woman from drowning. About 1854 her boat upset in the surf off Kent, England, and Hawthorne swam to her aid. He refused all offers of reward at the time, came to America, enlisted in the army and fought through the civil war. The will instructs him to marry some good woman to aid in carrying out the provisions of the will. Hawthorne is to establish in New York city a poor man's church, and is instructed to devote much time to charitable giving, especially to homes for widows and orphans. At death it is expressly provided that he is to be buried in the vault beside his benefactress, clothed in a uniform such as he wore during the Civil war. Hawthorne will carry out the provisions of the will. NEW GOVERNOR OF ALASKA. Appointment Expected Soon After President Retunts. Alaska may have a new governor soon after President McKinley returns to Washington. Governor John G. Brady's term expired this month and he is now holding office through that provision of the law which keeps him in until his successor is appointed. The term of Joseph W. Ivey, collector of customs, with headquarters at Sitka, has also expired. Collector Ivey will probably remain in office for four years more. He has just been to Washington and has returned with a number of new appointments. The appointees have all been selected and will go north on the Thetis and the Manning to their several Alaska stations. GOVERNMENT LOSES California Supreme Court Holds That Mission Rock is Private. The navy department has been advised informally that the higher courts in California have rendered a decision against the government on the ownership of Mission Rock in San Francisco harbor, where an extensive naval coaling station was to be placed. The case will be appealed to the United States supreme court. Naval officials regard the ownership of this site as of great importance. The early decisions of the courts were favorable to the government, so that the report of an adverse decision came as a surprise. Asks $80,000 Damages. Henry L. Maloch, formerly of Bollvar, Mo. but now of Fayetteville, Mo. has filed suit in the United States court at Springfield, Mo. for $30,000 damages against Frank Adams, W. J. Lane, T. H. B. Dunnegan, W. B. Dunnegan, J. G. Upton, J. M. O'Kelley, J. C. Weaver and B. J. Perryman, all prominent citizens of Bolivar. The plaintiff alleges that the defendants ran him out of town. He alleges that they accused him of setting fire to his hotel for the purpose of collecting insurance, and so annoyed him that he was compelled to leave. Is Unconstitutional The old soldiers' appointment law passed by the last Kansas legislature, and which compels the appointment of old soldiers to state and municipal jobs, has been declared unconstitutional by Judge A. R. Clark. The decision was in a test case brought by W. B. Hadlock, of Sterling, Kan. In passing judgment Judge Clark says the legislature might as well try to force the voters at the polls to vote for old soldiers as to force their appointment Wichita Freight House Burned The Santa Fe freight house at Wichita, Kan., through an electric wire, caught fire and burned to the ground. It was stored to its utmost capacity with freight. The loss cannot be definitely estimated, but it is said it will reach $60,000. Division headquarters, which adjoined the freight house, was saved by the heroic work of the firemen. Children Killed by a Bear The three children of E. E. Porterfield, a mountaineer about twelve miles southeast of Job, W. Va., were killed and partly devoured by a bear. They had been gathering flowers in the woods. The bodies were found by a searching party. The bear was discovered later and killed. The parents are left childless. Kansas Women on an Outing Mrs. S. E. Hagerty, with her mother and daughter, who live at 828 Laramie street, Atchison, Kan., leave in a covered wagon in a few days for Utah. The three women will travel without escort. They have a small income and often travel in a covered wagon for the outing. Horse Thleves at Concordia. A regularly organized band of horse thieves appears to exist around Concordia, Kan. A team of work horses was stolen from F. M. Davis, who resides in the north part of the city. The country has been scoured without finding a trace of the horses or thieves. Oil Strike in Arkansas Oil has been discovered in large quantities at Prescott, Ark., at a depth of 175 feet. The find is in the corporate limits of Prescott. Admiral Schley at His Son's Bedside. Rear Admiral W. S. Schley has arrived in New York on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse; having hurried across the ocean on receipt of news that his son, Dr. Winfield Scott Schley, was ill. Dr. Schley has been suffering from blood poisoning at St. Luke's hospital, but is reported to be out of danger. General Fliz John Porter Dead General Fitz John Porter died at his home in Morristown, N. J., from chronic diabetes. He was 80 years of age. A FAMOUS OLD HOUSE The house of Walter Baker & Co., whose manufactures of cocoa and chocolate have become familiar in the mouth as household words, was established one hundred and twenty-one years ago (1780) on the Neponset river in the old town of Dorchester, a suburb of Boston. From the little wooden mill, "by the rude bridge that arched the flood," where the enterprise was first started, there has grown up the largest industrial establishment of the kind in the world. It might be said that, while other manufacturers come and go, Walter Baker & Co., go on forever. What is the secret of their great success? It is a very simple one. They have won and held the confidence of the great and constantly increasing body of consumers by always maintaining the highest standard in the quality of their cocoa and chocolate preparations, and selling them at the lowest price for which unadulterated articles of good quality can be put upon the market. They welcome honest competition; but they feel justified in denouncing in the strongest terms the fraudulent methods by which inferior preparations are palmed off on customers who ask for and suppose they are getting the genuine articles. The best grocers refuse to handle such goods, not alone for the reason that, in the long run, it doesn't pay to do it, but because their sense of fair dealing will not permit them to aid in the sale of goods that defraud their customers and injure honest manufacturers. Every package of the goods made by the Walter Baker Company bears the well-known trade mark "La Bella Chocolatiere," and their place of manufacture "Dorchester, Mass." Housekeepers are advised to examine their purchases, and make sure that other goods have not been substituted. An attractive little book of "Choice Recipes" will be mailed free to any housekeeper who sends her name and address to Walter Baker & Co., Ltd. 158 State Street, Boston, Mass. Old Lady Speaks Garlic King Edward has an aged subject in the British islands who cannot speak the language. She is Miss Mary Stewart, a descendant of the Stewarts of Appin, and was born at Ardnamurchan, Argyleshire, in 1791, so that she has been fifty-three years in service in different places between Appin and Iverary district. She is still hale and hearty and able to get up and about. The old lady does not know any English, but speaks Gaelic. Starts Girls in Business Mme. Barbet-Batifol bequeathes an annuity of 10,000 francs ($2,000) to the city of Paris on condition that is be given to the young unmarried working girl who by virtue of her intelligence and good conduct is capable of setting up in business and only requires the necessary funds. The applicants must be French. Each year the prefect of the Seine will select what he considers the most deserving case. Loaded Down with Offices A pooh-bah at McBain, Mich., distances all others, either of local or operative fame. William H. Brown of this place is deputy sheriff, marshal, street commissioner, pound-master, fire warden, health officer and truant officer. He is also an officer in several lodges. The combined earnings of all these positions foots up about $00 per annum and Mr. Brown's busy day comes around seven times a week. Fixing Dead-Line May Mean Battle. Trouble is expected between the cattle and sheepmen in the vicinity of Green River, Wyo., as a result of a recent meeting of the cattlemen when they established a dead line and sent notices to sheepmen to keep away from same. The sheepmen say they have been using the territory claimed by the cattlemen for many years and they propose to stand by what they consider their rights. German Navy Building Ship The German navy department has given several orders for new ships to private shipbuilding firms. The Wester company, in Bremen, is to build two small cruisers. Blöhm & Voss of Hamburg are to build an armored cruiser. The Howaldt works, in Kiel also has a small cruiser on hand and contracts for two more battleships will shortly be given out. Boulder to Political Twitter The English duke of Rutland regrets that he ever wrote and published verse, but the other day, when twisted by a political opponent with sentiments expressed in his rhymes, he replied: "I would rather be the foolish child who wrote these lines than the ungenerous middle-aged man who quoted them." Kent Area of Africa Africa has an area of practically 11,500,000 square miles, something more than thrice that of the United States and its possessions. Twenty years ago, save for strips of territory along the coasts, with occasional shallow indentations into the interior. It was in fact as well as in name the "dark continent." Regularity of Ocean Mails Regularity of ocean Ocean steamships nowadays are as regular as the railroads in carrying the mails. They have their habitual rates of speed and are expected to make the voyage of 300 miles over a trackless ocean through wind and storm in the same number of hours and minutes, winter and summer, never slowing down or heaving to, except on the very rarest occasions. Cutting Into China's Tea TEA Cutting Into China's Tea Trade. India and Ceylon have competed so successfully with China in the production of tea that whereas in 1880 2,100,000 hundredweight of the leaf were exported from China, only 1,631,000 hundredweight left the country in 1880. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. W. N. U. Kansas City, No. 21, 1091 PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Use in tums. Sold by druggers. CONSUMPTION