The American Citizen

oldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of the Country INDUSTRY AND ECONOMY SHOULD BE OUR TRINITY FOR THE FUTURE, OUR RACE, THEIR ENTERPRISES GOOD CITIZENSHIP FOLLOWING CLOSELY. THE TALES OF TWO CITIES AM ON G CHURCHES AND MINISTERS The Grand Rally at the A. M. E. church while the threatening weather prevailed as large a Congregation, as would have attended had the weather been fair. The services nevertheless were good, and Rt. Rev. Bishop Shaffer with his usual ability delivered two excelent sermons. The total collection for the day was $100.00 and some cents. The Grand Rally services of the Pleasant Green Baptist Church last Sabbath were interrupted by the funeral of Mrs. Ross an aged lady c90 years in the after 100. Morning services were conducted by two young ministers Rev. H. Chambers, and C. Franc: Evening services R v. G. Mc Neal, the pastor delivered a telling sermon from the 9th Chapter of John. The total collection for the day was $33.00. The Grand Rally at mt. Pleasant Baptist Church last Sabbath was a memorable occasion in the history of that little church. Rev. J. R. Richardson was in prime condition and delivered a sermon that thoroughly croused many staid christians who have not given vent to thir religion for years. The Willing Workers Club under whose auspices the rally was held, wae out in numbers strong. A dinner that would make a hungry soul walk tea miles was served free in the basement of the church. This rally seemed to one initial ad a union of members and frends for a general religious julification was had—The amount of money realized for the day was $15.15 cents. At a recent meeting of the officers of this church Rev. Richardson was called to the assortage. He has accepted and will be installed with great ceremonies in September. A Basket meeting will be held at Kerr's Park on Sunday August 11th under the auspices of the St. Johns Chapel, of 911 Bell St., K. C. Mo., and St. Peters Chapel C. M. E. church of Oakland ave., this City. A grand and glorious time is anticipated. Everybody invited and all passors and their congregations welcome. Rev. Vernon and other noted orator divines will be present. In order to destroy expenses a small admission will be charged at the gate of Ten eats. A Union Picnic and barbecue will be given by the Second Baptist, Pleasant Green, Vine Street, and Allen Chapel at Union Park, 28th and Michigan Ave. Saturday Aug. 10th Admission to the Park 10 eents. Take Vine St cars of Brooklyn Ave. Grand preparations are going on for the Union Picnic and Barbecue by Mu-Ziot, King Solomon and Pleasant Green Baptist Churches at Kerrs Park on Monday Aug 5th. An excellent time is anticipated Speaking and good Music. Admission to the park 10 cents. Rev. Grant preached special sermon on "Christian Sanitation" is at Sunday to a large and appreciative audience. He affirmed that Sanification was begun in regeneration and that it untold the beauty and strength of the Christian life throughout a believers career, many expressions of approval were heard at the close of the services. Rev S. M. Sidney of Emporia Kansi Evangelist of the church of God and Saints of Christ was among our callers this week. Rev. W.L. Grant has received invitations to speak at the following named places: July 31, Dunlap, Aug. 1, Burlington, Coffeeville and Ottawa. Aug. 3rd, Wichita, Wellington Kaans, Guurie, O. C. Aug 6th, Clarinda, Iowa. Sept. 22nd, Great Bend, Hutchison, Kansas, Colorado Springs, and Henderson Ky. The Rev. has consented to speak at Dunlap, July 31st, Clarinda, Ia., Aug. 6th and Great Bend, Sept. 22nd. The Ministers Oratorical exercises are the First Bishop church on last Monday night, under the auspices of the Burlington Club, while advertised as a contest, was none the less highly entertaining and one of those Oasis one overtakes in the ever ceaseless trend of the deset life. we went prepared to give the public a decision as to the Rev. gentleman that was the best orator of the score or more we have in our city. Unfortunately or fortunately, all did not show up, so nothing was considered in the light of a contest: Rev. Mc. Neal, Jones, Berry, Griffith, Wilson, and Grant, were on hand and acquitted themselves in rare style—Rev. Grant the old and seasoned orator who use clarion声 has sounded from platforms all over the west, owing to the extreme lateness of the hour was not permitted to orate on—"The Dream of one Age and the realization of another," much to the regret of many, Rev. Wilson, on," the proper education in the development of the young," bundled into one magnificent bouquet, rare flowers, with much fragrance, whose odor will doubtless long remain with many, who were present. Mr. Amiel Turner one of our coming young literary lions orated to the delight of all. It can be said of the affair like the writer of the program Cards are out announcing the coming capitals of Mrs. Lulu Drake to Mr Wn. Jonson on the evening of Aug. 7th the residence of the bides parents and Mrs Jno. Taylor of 116 Parallel up to the time of going to press only Jennegro has received notification on' being been lucky in the New Okolahoma Mr. Mr. Jennings father of Jennolmen Frank Jennings. Quite a number of little colored boys are arrested this week charged with using the Temple of Economy. Jennegro played the most of the weekly play in police circles this week. Prof. W. T. Vernon Prince pal of the Western Industrial School at Quindaro this week for Ottawa Ks. where he operation yesterday. an american Mr. M. Phillips the well known pa t will have soon on an extended trip to missions through out Arkansas and Alabama, he will be absent till the lat part of Sept. Mrs. Ferguson, our well know, missman leaves shortly for Chicago, temporally, possibly permanently like future. Mrs. Henry Jones will shortly depart for the windy city of the West. Mrs. Ida Booker of Barnett Ave. tures tomorrow night for St Louis an Missouri points. The Negro Business men of this city will be well represented at the Second annual meeting of the National Negro Business Association in Chesogo Aug 23 24 h. Miss Annie Marshall of Liberty, Mo. visiting her friend Miss B. Cole of Northeast Ayc. Mr. Young Evans of Little Rock Ark- spending a few days in the city the mas of his brother P. P. Evans at 433 Freman Ave. Master Ablozo Taylor who has been bailing his sister Mrs. L. Johnson return- ed home this week Louisville Ky. Mrs. Ann Hubbard of the Sea Fawn chuck who has been so seriously ill he waken to the home her mother in dedalta Mo. this week in the hopes of deriving some beavits. Mrs. Mary King, of N. 4th St., who has been so dangerously ill for sometimes is recovering under the medical skill Dr. G. E. Horsey. Mrs. G. H. Barnett of 2524 Woodland Site has returned from Denver Colo. there spent four weeks with old coles and friends. Mrs. L. Lewis of 900 Grand Ave. who been quite ill for several days is to be in out again. Mrs J. W. Jones of 490 Oakland Av. again after a short illness. Thomas Kelly of St Joseph Mo is in the guest of Mrs. L. Lewis of Grand Ave. Miss Katie Walker and Mrs. Fannie out of St Louis are spending some mom the city the guest of Mrs. L. L. Lewis of 912 Cedar St. The funeral of Mr. Adam Yaney, the sidder citizen who passed away in the week was held Sunday nor under the auspices of the mom and Daughters of Jerusalem, Kieg Bishop Baptist Church Rev. Green and Reconcilation officiating Mr. and Mrs. Walker of 563 Harris m will leave for Sodalia Mo. Sunday there they will spend some time with their relatives and friends. The real races at Kerr's Park to-day will-morrow under the auspices of tha- tle Bibbon Driving Club will be a beautiful attraction that will undoubtedly really appreciated by all. Mr. Ld. Smith of the Popular Block has been suffering from the effects of using over come by the heat is much improved. Miss Bess Houston of the Sea Foam stock who has been ill since her return from the Sunny South is improving. Call up"Blue 375" when you have wrong in the news line. New furnished rooms with or without hairdress 1500 N. 8th t. Cora Paurson Mrs F. B. Grant wife of Rev. Rew has been visiting her mother and friends of Jefferson City, Mo., during the past three weeks she is expected home this week. Rev. H. V Pummer formerly pastor of Seoul Baptist church has been used to the pastage of a church in alaska, we have not learned as yet other he has accepted or not. Mr. T. J Roberts and Mrs. Stella sponsor a well known couple in this city, we married last Thursday eve A number of youngsters with a few ons were run in last Saturday charged with rolling the bones seems that it was about time these youngsters were taking a tumble and walk. the reports say R.E. Ballett was one of the lucky winners of a claim in the nock country. AMERICAN when he said, It would consist of Enquent orations abounding with wit, humor and goldengems, hung with diamonds of literature and that the orators would entwine the intellectual boughs and enchant the muses of poets and philosophers, they did it so far for truly it was a treat of rhetoric logic and history. Rev. E. P. Green will preschase from the Resurrection Sunday night at King Solomon Baptist church. Mr. Frank Clark and Miss B tite Black of K. C. Mo. were married Thursday ev' James Letoee and Bertha Upshaw f' this city were married Web. eve. by Rev. G. McNeil URNISHED ROOM FURNISHED ROOM. One large front room to let at 1310 Baltimore Ave., Suitable for two gentleman. Mrs. Jeanne Buford formerly of N. 6th St., and the wife of J. H. Buford died to-day at Salina Kans., and will be buried to-morrow. Mrs. Buford has been ill for some time and lately went to Salina in all hopes of recuper ing. She was a member of the S. M. T.'s. NEGRO BANKERS IN THE SOUTH There are many Negroes in the South who, in their thrift and industry, their devotion to business methods and their reliability, are setting good example to their race. The number of Negro property owners in Georgia is increasing steadily and we have in this state many successful Negro farmers who own valuable farms. We have also prosperous Negro merchants, contractors and employers of labor 1, other lines. It is not generally known that there are already in the South seven banks whose stockholders, directors and officers are all Negroes. The spirit of enterprise indicated in these institutions is creditable to the Negro race, as is the honesty with which the Negro backs have been conducted. DID NOT DIE SOON ENOUGH. An old six slave, who had accumulated considerable property, recently died in New Orleans, and left all her real and personal property, which amounted to over $12,000, to her former mistress. She had a large, family but did not leave them a cent. GENEROUS MR. W ASHINGTON Few people in the North associate the name of Tuskegee with any thing but the idea of Booker T. Washington and his great work for his race. It is practically unknown out side of that immediate section that there is another school at Tuskegee—a school for young whites women under the charge of Dr. John Massey, a man prominent in the church and educational affairs in Alabama and markedly free from littleness and prejudice. When fifteen years ago the now great Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute was in its struggling stage, Dr. Massey recognized the value of the work attempted and the genius of its founder. He not only gave his moral support to this effort at uplifting the colored race, but used his influence to ob ain $15,000 for Mr. Wasulongus, school from the Slater Fund. No further notices of this was taken than the usual expressions of gratitude. But Booker Washington on does not forget Recently when an effort was being made to erect a much needed building for Dr. Massey's school the *Dews reached Mr Washington*. He met the president and tactively asked him if a gift for the new building—Massey hall would be acceptable. The next morning was the time fixe1 for the commencement exercises at Dr. Massey's college. The secretary of the board of trustees spoke hopefully of the new work undertaken, and then made the announcement that the board had just received as a gift from Mr. Washington and others of the faculty of Tuskegee Institute the sum of $300 to be applied in any way needed for the college. REAL ESTATE YOUR CHANCE FOR A HOME ON EASY PAYMENTS. "Home" what tender recollections linger around that word—what a train of deep buried memories "Home Sweet Home" There is really no argument to advance why everybody should own a home and more especially the Negro. Here is a bargain among bargains. Nos. 2502, 2504, 2506, 2508 Hallock St. Four room cottages These beautiful little cottages are suitable for small families, are one block from the West Side electric line and all have cisterns attached with iots 25x150, they can be bought for $755.00 each $100.00 dwn, balance $10 00 per month at 6 per cent, interest The above are only a few samples, of W. S. Harris, the only Negro Real Estate Dealer in the city, office 206 Porismouth building Tel. West 83. AT PHILADELPHIA. Annual Meeting National Afro American Press Association. The twenty-second annual meeting of the National Afro-American Press Association will be held in Bethel A. M E. Church, Philadelphia, Pa., Tuesday, August 6th, 1901. The meeting will be on the ground where the first Afro-American church in America was erected, and where the bones of the great founder now rest in a tomb but recently made for him. All editors or pu listers of bona fide newspapers and periodicals published in the inerst of the Afro-American race are entitled to membership in the Association. Each publication has but one vote. The time selected for the meeting is just one day prior to the meeting of the National Afro-American Council, so that it will be present at the Press Association. A special rate of a fare and a third on the certificate plan has been granted on all railroads to persons attending the National Afro-American Council, and editors may take advantage of that and attend both meetings. It is hoped that the session will be largely attended. Cyrus Field Adams, President Geo. L. Knox, Vice President. Wm. H. Steward, Treasurer A. L. Manley, Secretary T. Thos Fortune, Chm. Ex Com. ORDER AT THE PICNIC, The Preparation That Was Made for Keeping It by United Brotherhood of Friendship. From the Louisville Courier. "Did you see the negro order of United Brotherhood of Friendship march-o-day, 500 strong, in full regimentals to Greenwood park," said the man on the corner. "What of it?" asked the man against the telegraph pole. "In the first place the members of this order claim that order originated in slavery times, but was kept secret from their masters, and as one of them told me, we held to the order and have developed and handed it down to this time. The order represents, as a whole, the best of our negro citizens. But this is not what I wanted to tell you. "The marching of this order to Greenwood park and the extraordinary police precautions made by the order itself to preserve order amends me of an occurrence in connection with a negro plenie which happened in Texas while I was living there. The better clas of negroes of the county gave a great picnic. The sheriff hearing of it went to the head man and warned them that there must be no disorder. "I am going to be there with my deputies, and if there is any cutting or shooting 101 will know that something has happened. "I hope you will bring yourself and lots of other good white men, because we means to have order and I want to show you something, Mr. Sheriff, what we bought to keep order, and this has been praached around among all colored people. "The sheriff was taken to a locked box. 'It was opened and there lay as a fine a wool of hangman's rope as ever collared a neck. "What do you mean? asked the sheriff. "Simply this, Mr. Sheriff. You white folks has been talking awful and about us colored people's picnics, cutting and shooting. Now those as is going to manage this picnic, met and decides that we would stop the whole business ourselves. And I tell you that if there's any pistol shooting or razor cutting, we will attend to the business ourselves and you won't have to arrest anybody. The rope will be handy." "Do you mean it?" "Mean it? Just as sure as frost kills green stuff." "What are you going to do?" "Why, sir, this box of rope will be in the first wagon." We will let all the negg roes see it. We don't expect to use it but Mr. cheriff, you needn't bother about any shooting or cutting man. We will keep order." LADIES Expecting confinement should consult D. Davis Paideless Accou cheur. All female complaints, diseases piles, fistulas and all rectal diseases treated by the Mild Medicine Method. No pay if not eured. Dr Davis' Health institute, 6th and KANSAS ave., Armourdale. THERE IS SOME THING IN LUCK From the Indianapolis Journal. While most successful men are inclined to credit their achievements wholly to industry, frugality and determination, leaving out chance or lack altogether, there can be no doubt that some men are more favorable in opportunity than others. At any rate, there is some consolation in this view for the earnest man who has not made what world call a success. It should lead plain to take more contentedly and be satisfied to accept the issue, aftr having done my best. EDITORIAL PICKINGS LYNCHED THREE. The brutal murder of Mr. and Mrs R T. Taliferro, on the night of July 33, led tonight to the lynching of Betsie McCray her son, Belffield McCray, and daughter Ida McCray, all colored. The mob, composed of about 500 white citizens of Carroll county, marched to the jail in order, demi nided the keys from the jailer Duke, proceeded to the cells of the negroes, bound them by the necks and hands and carried them to the corporate limits of the town where they hanged them to a tree by the public roadside and riddled thier bodies with bullets. The funeral of Sam Jordan St. at our time classed as the wealthiest negro of Missouri was held at St. Aquintine Chapel Thursday afternoon Kansas City M. All the old pioneers of the City know Sam Jordan. He had been ill for some weeks. LAW FOR WOMEN A father has a right to the services and earnings of his child while the child lives with him and is maintained, by him a right resting upon the parental duty of maintenance, and furnishing some compensation for the service he renders the child. How long this right may continue is open to question, but certainly until the child reaches the age of fourteen, and usually during the entire period of minority. But where a father refuses or neglects to support the child or compels him to support himself the right to his earnings ceases. At common law a mother had no implied right to the services and earnings of her child, as she was not bound, like father, for its maintenance. The tendency of the United States, however, is to treat a mother's rights with liberality, especially if she be a widow and has borne the burden of the child's support. TOPEKA NOTES. Rev Clammit Peters of Chicago is home resting his parents. Prof Ware of Oklahoma city is still visiting friends. The F. G. I. B. S. held thier Grand Lodge this week in grand Army Hall a large number of Grand Officers were present. Mr. Roscoe Guy is very ill with Typhoid Fever at his home on Western Av Little Miss Grace Ware was taken to Christ Hospital Wednesday for treatment. Wm Hamilton died Monday night at the home of his sister Mrs Roundtree two mile south of town The funeral was held Thursday 9. A. M. at the Church of the Assumption. Secretary Penn and wife of the M. E. Christain Eodeavor Association are in the city this week lecturing. The Benevolent Society held their Anual Aug. 1st. entertainment Thursday night. The best introduction that one can have is a good Character. It is capital either in prosperity or adversity, and is of more value to begin life upon than a good bank account. A good many though prefer the bank account. Ambition is one of the key stones to the future if the young Negro hopes to reach the summit, for ambition lives for conquest: rides carelessly over the field of gore, and is only satisfied when conquered. It is certainly disgraceful to know that the negroes by fighting, shooting craps, and stealing have figured so very heavily in police court this week. It is certainly time that Mr. Negro learned a few things and staid out of the courts. We are sure that the Almighty is not half done with sleepy old Leavenworth there will come a day when not only a crazy man will create havoc but the devils will fall out among them selves. Alexanders ashes will yet make it so dusty np there, that some of the ring leaders in the burying will be blinded for life. Truly was the Lord said vengeance is mine I will repay. If Gov. Stanley is all the negroes of Kansas baleed he was when they give him their suffrage then we will get one Commissioner to the Louisiana Purchase exposition Mississippi is at the bat this week and has lined out a three bagge CITIZEN WHAT IS COMING. The Nationa Afr-Americaa Council will hold its Fourth annual session a Philadelphia, Pa. on Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday August 7, 8 and 9th. The Afro-Americaa National Business League meets in Chicago. Ill. in Aug NEGRO MUSICAL TALENT Mr. Drury, the noted negro opera singer and mananger, has engaged for next season's tour as apprano Miss Marie Rovello, of Providence, who is descried as having both beauty and brilliant voice, and as bari tone George L. Ruffin who is now soloist of the cathedral in Boston. The New Yerk season of Mr. Drury's company will thus be of unusual interest. THEY SAY When a Woman's des is des e bed as a "perfect dream" its cost is apt to prove a night mare to her husband. The Minn. Ave barber won the Darby honors in a pretty evenly matched race in the Popular block. How he sang at the First Baptist only those who are enjoying the sweetness of a honey moon can tell. Tae bow cannot possibly stand always beat, nor can human nature or frailty subsists without some lawful recreation. He only is advancing in life whose heart is getting softer, whose blood is warmer, whose brain quicker, whose spirit is entering into living peace. And men who have this life in them are the only lords and kings of the earth they, and they only. The most common person has wild regions wiliness it may be of thought and feeling, which even his most intimate friends heardly ever enter. A nation of consumers, if rich at first, must be long be one impoverished—what then must be fate of nation already in the threes of poverty? When the products of Negroes, skill and brain and brawn are a matter of great concern to him—he is beginning to gibe something. Negro stores must eventually go if Negro patronage don't support them. Shall we help our own race or another? Negroes who consume more than the 7 produce are drones and should be driven out of the hive. The time will come when a man's ability and not the tint of his skim will determine whether or not he is capable of doing this or that. A chance to earn an honest living is all the more intelligent Negroes ask. There is a very strong undercurrent at work somewhere among the negroes of this city. As a race Journal we have continually tried to do our part in the way of advising the race in the way we thought and believed by expacence and observation was right. Never in the history of our fourteen year existence have we ever been so completely dumbfounded by the manly treatment the negro ministers of this city have accorded us. One after another they are learning the way to our establishment with their job work and to give us a word of good cheer. We are greatly pleased and truthfully appreciate the unusual desire on the part of ministry to help us. We will assure them with continued patronage we will are long be able to turn out work unexcelled and highly satisfactory, when the press and the pulpit are together great results can be expected. We trust everybody will consider that this is their paper and endeavor to help us make it newswy. There are many little happenings that you may know and we do not. It would be doing us a great favor if you would step to the nearest Telephone and call up "375 Blue" and tell us about it, if you cannot fix it up like it ought to be give us the main points and we will do the rest. And this is Success. "It is by doing the work that is at hand that we become useful and successful. Success comes by doing the common everyday thing of life uncommonly well. Do the lit is everyday duties of life without a murmur. Do them well. That is success. DRY CREEK LOCALS. Red Mike's saloon was raided last night and ten gallons of whisky and a caddy of Willow Twist tobacco was stolen. The fact that the Three Leaf Temperance club held a late session last night may furnish Mike a clue. Bill Feverdrops was released from the city jail this morning on the promise that he would behave himself and help his wife do the washing. Bill is a rattling good fellow when he is sober, but it is hard to catch him that way. The Carrie Nation society held its second meeting in the rear of Bill Axmaker's hardware store last night. The meeting was opened with prayer and closed sine die. This final action was taken owing to the high price of hatchets in Dry Creek. Joe Smith lost a valuable dog Monday. It was thought at first that someone had given the dog poison with malicious intent, but a post-mortem examination disclosed one of Mrs. Smith's breakfast biscuits in the dog's stomach. Joe has our sympathy. The Buzzard gives divine notice right here, once for all, that no more free church notices will be published in these columns unless a ticket to the whole performance accompanies the copy. We are down on begging societies and religious lotteries anyway, and we don't propose to be a willing accomplice to the game unless there is something in it for us. Sam Lander, of Coyote Gulch, was in town yesterday, the first time since he buried his mother. Sam hadn't been here two hours until he was fuller than a bath sponge and he insisted on shooting the ears off of a gentleman from Omaha. Sam was finally chased out of town by the marshal, and as we go to press some of the boys are trying to coax the man from Omaha to come out from under the meeting house. A box of dried up cake from the feasting boards of the Hodges-Blatz wedding reached this office two days after the charming Miss Blatz had thrown herself away by marrying Tom Hodges. If Tom thinks he can buy space in this paper and reinstate himself in our innocent affections by sending us a box of cullings from his table, he's mistaken. He was afraid to invite us to the wedding because he knew we used to be sweet on the girl he film-flammed into marrying him. The bride has the sympathy of the entire community.—Dry Creek Buzzard. STAGE WHISPERS. "Tsar Foris," a new play by Count Tolstoi, will soon be staged at Nijmogorod. Francis Wilson has in view a plan to revive all his old-time successes next season and this is being discussed now by his managers. Sybil Sanderson is giving a series of concerts at Budapest, after which she will sing at the Wintergarten, Berlin, and then return to Paris. It has been settled that R. D. McLean and Oddet Tyler will be under the management of W. G. Smyth next season, and they intend to make at least two elaborate Shakespearean productions. Sadie Martinot will soon begin a starring tour in "Sapho," under Louis Nethersole's management, and supported by Olga Nethersole's company. Next season Miss Martinot will star in a new play by Clyde Fitch. James K. Hackett is going to play next season Victor Mape's drama, "Don Caesar's Return," which Richard Mansfield put in rehearsal last autumn, but subsequently shelved because of his revival of "King Henry V." Mrs. H. C. De Mille and Harriet Ford have been at work during the winter on a new play for Richard Mansfield, founded on the life of Rembrandt. Last summer these authors went to Holland in order to study the history and atmosphere of their subject. HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS. Colored tissue paper is better than white for wrapping up laces and ribbons to be laid away. White papers so used will cause white articles to turn yellow. The woman who wishes for something serviceable and good for a duster now buys flannel in place of cheese cloth, which, when used by a maid, is worn out almost before it is hemed. Clothes sprinkling among the very up-to-date is done by means of a tin cup with a perforated lid. Water is shaken out upon the clothes just as easily as pepper would be put into the frying pan. If you will only have bare floors and rugs in your house there need never be a regular housecleaning period. The house will be cleaned from week to week, and carpet cleaning as an exceptional function will not be known. Commending itself to the economical is a neat little soap saver. It looks like a small popcorn cooker. Small pieces of soap left over from washing may be put in this and swished around in the water for a number of times before they are used up. "Don't forget to Order from the Grocer" is a neat, wooden memorandum board, with a long list of grocery articles printed upon it, and a row of holes alongside. Put in a small brass peg beside the needed article, and your memory then may go sailing off on something else—Milwaukee Wisconsin. MERICAN CITIZEN PUBLISHING AND PRINTING CO. Every Week at 417 Minnesota Ave. KANSAS CITY KANSAS W. C. MARTIN, EDITOR. Entered at the postoffice at Kansas City Kans, as second class matter. THE PRIDE OF THE WEST. CAN YOU GUESS? Kansas City is again to the front with abig enterprise, an enterprise stupendous conception and which is being carried with characteristic Western energy and enthusiasm. A short time ago the directors of Convention Hall, a building which is justly called, the pride of the West, announced that they proposed to raise enough money to complete the great public structure. In order to secure a part of the money needed for this purpose it was decided to give a series of entertainments in the hall in October. Convention Hall being a building out of the ordinary in all respects it was of course requisit that the entertainments should have some unusual features, and when the people of Kansas Cty heard that the directors of the Hall proposed $10 offer valuable prizes to purchasers of concert tickets they knew that it was well to be prepared for an interesting announcement. The first news that the directors of the Hall gave to the public was to the effect that K.B. Armour, who gave the fine Hereford heifer, Armour Rose, to Conventon hall when the original building was in process of construction, had given another Hereford heifer, Armour Sunflower, as the first prize in the guessing contest t. Mr Armour further agreed with the directors that if the person who secured Armour Sunflower did not wish to keep her he would pay $1,000-00 in cash for the animal. The Metropolitan Street Railway Company followed Mr. Armour lead and offered to give $2,000.00 in cash, to be divided into prizes of $1,000.00, $750.00 and $150.00. The Kansas City Electric Light Company was next in line, and its contribution came in the form of a donation of $1,000.00 in cash, to be divided into one prize of $500.00, one of $100.00 and a number of smaller ones. Then the merchants began, and there came ashower of pianos, organs, buggies, and traps, runabouts furniture, china, pictures and a hundred other gifts of value. On each of these articles the price for which it would be sold to a cash customer was placed, for the directors felt that they must stand by and see that the public was not deceived Flemish oak dining room set donated by Emery, Bird, Thayer & a collection of handsome furniture which was seen by the thousands of people who attended the recent Home Products Show in Convention Hall, and which is worth $499.50 in gold, down to the danty little toilet articles for men and women' no articles has a value of less than $5.00. The tickets for the entertainments and guessing contest had no sale when there came a startling announcement. The Kansas City Oat Meal and Cereal Co. better known as the manufacturer of Atlas oats, notified the directors that it would give a capitat prize of $5,000 in cash. The Atlas Oats Co. went farther and announced that it would present one concert ticket, with guessing coupon attached, for every twenty-five coupon taken from package of its product. The chance of securing $5,000 in cash for 25 cents, the price of the concert ticket with guessi on attached, was too good o be overlooked, and guesses began to pour into Convention Hall. The total cash prizes now amount to about $10,000, while the merchandise prizes have a similar value. In order to give everyone chance at the prizes the director have decided to let the guesses be upon the official votes of the State of Ohio at the next election, which is to be held Nov. 5 1901. The concert for which the tickets are being sold will be held a few days before the election—beginning, in fact, on the evening Oct. 30—and as soon as the secretary of the State of Ohio announces the official vote of the state the prizes will be distributed among those who have guessed the correct, or one rest the correct vote. In cases of tie guesses the directors have several plans in view, but whichever is adopted will be entirely fair to all parties, as it will be conducted under the supervision, as indeed is everything in connection with the contest, of some of the most prominent business men of Kansas City. The concert tickets with coupon entailing the purchaser to one guess as to the total vote of Ohio and a chance at all the big prizes, are sold at 25 cents each. Whle it is desired that all purchasers of tickets shall attend the concerts yet that is not necessary, as the guessing coupon are to be detached from the ticket and mailed to Convention Hall Kansas City, Mo., as soon as possible. in order that they may be properly recorded. Those who are not present at the concert have the same opportunity as those who are present in the matter of securing prizes. Agencies are to be established in every city and town in the directors having made arrangements to offer substantial inducements to those who get up clubs and sell tickets. Those who wish to secure their tickets direct should address their mail orders to Convention Hall, where all communications are all received by Louis W. House, the secretary. For the guidance of those who may wish to vote a statement of the official vote in Oh 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 REFORDS USING PICTURES 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 beautiful. No.2 causes all forms of dandruff, tettler, eczema and all scalp diseases, and feeds the hair of the hair. The two are used in connection. No.1 is used at night, No.2 is morning. They must both be used in the treatment. LUSTORONE is fully grown. You must 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. H. P. Ewing, Sec'y, - Mn'gr. J G. Groves, Vice Pres. W. M. Gamble, Treas, DIRECTORS. D. W. White, H. P. Ewing J. G. Groves, W. M. Gamble, Frank Wilson S. A. Rutherford, 1. F. Bradley, C. W. Comager W. M. Grigsby. AUDITORS. S. A. Rutherford, Frank Wilson, Miss E. V. Jones 1891.....705,681 1892.....861,625 1893.....835,604 1894.....776,819 1895.....845,906 1896.....1,020,107 1897.....864,022 1898.....793,169 1899.....920,872 1900.....1,049,121 An average vote of 876,397. Elections for governor are held in Ohio in odd years, and elections for secretary of state in even years. This year a governor is to be elected. Presidential elections are held in all years divisible by four. This will help you in your guess. To Whom it May Concern. This is to certify that Rev. G. McNeal of this city will appear before the Governor of the State of Kansas, on the 15th day of August 1901, to ask the pardon of one Robert Manuel now serving a ten year sentence in the State penitentiary, having been sentenced from the District court of Wyandotte County October term 1898, charged with Assault and atempt to kill. Some of England's astute statesmen don't seem to think any country can be regarded as settled until an Englishman gets there and floats the English flag. The duke of Marlborough may have an exceedingly fine ancestry but he can't present his wife with two fathers-in-law, as Consuelo has done for him. Congressmen are now engaged in mailing their constituents copies of speeches that were never delivered, but the "applause" and other trimmings go with them. The worst feature of the fact that Assistant Postmaster General Jones had to write his name 250,000 times last year is that the name he had to write 250,000 times was Jones. 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. "We Bury The Dead." PATRONAGE { SOLICITED,} Telephone office 1014 N. 5th Street KANSAS CITY, KANS. In 1893 three Irishmen agreed to undertake a journey around the earth on foot for a jackpot of $150,000. Each one of the party deposited one-third of this sum in the Bank of Dublin, and it was agreed that whover survived the trip and returned should receive the whole amount. In case all died a Dublin hospital was to become the beneficiary. On Dec. 24, 1895, they started east across Europe and Asia Minor to Egypt, where they took passage for Australia. Their wanderings through the inner wastes of Australia proved the hardest trials of the journey, and the severity of this trip resulted in the death of two of the travelers. The third, Capt. Trevelyan, completed the voyage and won the money. —New York Press. UNION PACIFIC THE OVERLAND ROUTE WORLD'S PICTORIAL LINE. SHORTFST LINE CROSS THE CONTINENT The Union Pacific 'The Original Overland Route' always was, and is today, the shortest and best Line to the west. Two splendid fast trains leave Kansas City daily over this old established line No change of cars between Kansas City and Denver, Ogden or San Francisco. All trains solidly vestibuled and fully equipped with latest improved Reclining Chair Cars free and Pullman Palace sleeping cars. Meals served in Pullman Palace dining cars on the restaurant pian at prices most reasonable. All cars lighted with the celebrated Pintsch Lig, t Only line running two trains without charge from KarssCity to Denver Low excursion rates on sale to Colorado Utah Idaho, Oregon. Washington and California. Don't complete your ar fences for a trip west until you have ried all (out of special) induc TRADE MARK REGISTERED 1892. U.S. PATENT OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. BEFORE USING HARTONA AFTER USING HARTONA Hartona will make the hair grow long and soft, straight and beautiful. Makes the hair grow on bald and thin places. Restores GRAY HAIR to its original color. Hartona cures Dandruff, Baldness, falling out of the hair, itching, and all scalp diseases. Hartona does not have to be used all the time, as it straightens the hair and gives it fresh life and lustre, and the hair stays and grows naturally beautiful and straight after the use of Hartona. No hot irons necessary. No pasting the hair down with grease. Hartona is positively harmless—one box can be used by everyone in the family. Benefits and improves children's hair just the same as adults. To meet the popular and ever-increasing demand for Hartona Hair-Grower and Straightener, we have placed it on sale in 25c. and 50c. sizes, in our special round, patent box. See that the word Hartona is on every box. Money positively refunded if you are not absolutely delighted with the Hartona remedies. Remember, we handle no fake goods, and you are positively protected by our $100.00 guarantee to any one proving otherwise. All our remedies are trade-marked, registered and copyrighted at United States Patent Office at Washington, D. C., in the years 1892 and 1900. We refer you, as to our responsibility, to the City Bank of Richmond, Va., Adams and Southern Express Companies, and to the editor of this paper. We want lady and gentlemen agents, white or colored, in every city and town in the United States. Write to us to-day, no matter if you are employed or not, and we will show you how to make a splendid living, with easy and pleasant work, and no risk of losing your good money. Write to us and we will send you a book of over one hundred genuine testimonials in your own State of people who have used and are using Hartona remedies. Is this not fair and honest enough? HARTONA FACE WASH. Hartona Face Wash will gradually turn the skin of a black person five or six shades lighter, and will turn the skin of a mulatto person perfectly white. The skin remains soft and bright without continual use of the face wash. One bottle does the work. Hartona Face Wash will remove wrinkles, dark spots, pimples, blackheads, freckles, and all blemishes of the skin. You can 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. 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 HARTONA REMEDY CO., 909 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. PATRONIZE The Wyandotte Drug Store 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 Deliver W. B. RAYMOND Manufacturer of and Wholesale dealer in UNDERTAKERS * SUPP FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT AN AMBULANCE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK A Undertaking Rooms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone W Factory Cor st St. and Riverview Ave. ARTAKERS * SUPPLIES CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK AVE. Rooms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone W Factory Corst St. and Riverview Ave. CITY. WE LET YOUR PATRO ES, MARTIN & —DEALERS IN— and Staple Groc SEED AND SALT MEAT Cigars. All kinds of Country Produce in a part of the city. and Oakland Ave, Kansas UNDERTAKERS * SUPPLIES FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HOURS AMBULANCE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDER Undertaking Rooms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone West 32. Factory Corst St. and Riverview Ave. Telephone 28 SOLICIT YOUR JONES, MA —DEAL Fancy and Sta FEED AND Tobacco and Cigars. All kinds o delivered to any part of the city. Corner of 4th. and Oakland Ave. FEED AND SALT MEATS, Tobacco and Cigars. All kinds of Country Produce in season. Goods delivered to any part of the city. Corner of 4th, and Oakland Ave. Kansas City, Kas Lewis Blandchard No. 6, Sta e Lire, K.C.K Does all kinds of Boot and Shoe work. He does first class hand work, and also has one of the very latest and best Shoemaker's machine and guarantee the best and the cheapest work in the quickest time Give him a trial and see for you self. Home Treatment that cures Cancers and Tumors. Used with perfect safety, harmless, soothing, non-irritating. prefer to have patients come to the Sanitarium for a treatment. We provide information and to our Sanitarium need not pay our cured. Write to-day for our 38 page book. I will provide information and hundreds of testimonials from the patients we have cured o cancer. Sent free. Consultation by mail or in person, free. Address. DR. E. O. SMITH'S SANITARIUM, A. S. M.C.LEARY, MANAGER. Rooms 6 to 11, N. E. Cor. 10th & Main Sts. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. --- KANSAS CITY. THACE MUSE SPECIAL GRAND OFFER. SUPPLIES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HOURS ANCE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED a ave. Telephone West 32. and Riverview Ave. Telephone 28 KANSAS. R PATRONAGE. ARTIN&CO. EERS IN- Apple Groceries, SALT MEATS, of Country Produce in season. Goods Kansas City, Kas Secure Tickets VIA THE..... Chicago, Milwaukaa & St. Paul Ry AND YOU GET..... Sleepers: & Ghair Cars ....TO..... Sexual folly and vice or with urine, face, rushes, back, confus bathhouses, and power, lo lift can's sexual oppres large and stu you fit for me Syphili Ovale, Ulicer, Ulcers, Sweet Glee, and a positively cu Strictu CH1CAGO and all intermedes point the Shortest quickest and bess line to Chilocothe, Otumwa, Cedar Rapids, Dubnque, and La Crosse and Cedar Rapids, Rockford and Freeport: .....Passenger Station at... 22nd St. and Grand Ave. Take Westport Cable F. J. LERCHPassenger Agent. Office 915Main St.. Kansas Cit Wonder why some people kick so well that they held. All diseases patient is cured testimonial lett- free. Address, ..HARTONA.. preparations Preparations for the Hair! atchless and Positively ening all Kinky, Matchless and Positively Unequaled for Straightening all Kinky, Knotty, Stubborn, Makes the hair grow on bare out of the hair, itching, and a life and lustre, and the hair stay- ing the hair down with grease. Children's hair just the same as we have placed it on sale in 25c. On the Hartona remedies. Remember otherwise. All our remedies are years 1892 and 1900. We refer to us, and to the editor of this paper, city and town in the United St. and living, with easy and pleas- unded genuine testimonials in y ough? FACE WASH On five or six shades lighter, and w ual use of the face wash. One b blackheads, freckles, and all blen Full directions with each bottle of the United States on receipt are. Thousands of delighted pat- ple. Thousands of delighted pat- no matter if you are employed or NO-SMED body; cures sore and aching feet, or disagreeable odors caused by pers- Address all orders to ONA REMEDY CO., 909 E. AND OFFER In three large boxes of Hartona. Smell. Goods will be sent secu- plainly. Money can be sent by p 9 E. Main St., A. C. L. C — IS HEADO THE CHEAP The Best Goods, the Quick and the pr GET THE COAL, WOOD, FEED, Wholesale and Retail. Office 43 Yard and Storage 917 and 919 EAG Gem Dr MINNESOTA DRUGS, MEDIC Fine Toilet Soaps, Brus PERFUMERY AND FAN M: RRIAM, EL Fire Insurance 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 435, Minnesota Ave. Tel. 152 West Yard and Storage 917 and 919 North 3rd. St. DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS. Fine Toilet Soaps, Brushes, Combs, Etc. PERFUMERY AND FANCY TOILET ARTICLES. Fire Insurance, Real Estate Northeast Corner Fifth KANSAS CITY. DR. HENY 101 & 103 West 9th St., Kansas The Old Reliable Doctor, Old A Regular Graduate in Medi- Practice.--22 Yr. Authorized by the state to Cures guaranteed or money re- serves. Unsupervised mea- tions at a distance can be free from gze or breakage. Charges low. Over 60,000 case Computation free and confidant Seminal Weekly. Emotional Weakness and Sexual Debility, the results folly and excesses—causing losses by dreams or with urine, pimples and blotches on the skin, confused idea to the head, pains in back, confused idea to the head, baskishness, aversion to society, hollies, unpower, loss of manhood, etc, cured for unpower, stop night losses, restore lost sexual power, stop weak brain power, enlarge and strengthen weak parts and make you fit for marriage. Syphilis, that terrible disease, in all its forms and stages, is for life. Blood Poisoning, Skin Diseases, Ulcers, Swellings, Sores, Gonorrhoea and Glees, and all forms of Private Diseases, positively cured or money refunded. Stricture radically cured without the use of instruments. A New and Infallible Home Treatment. No The Citizen Better keep you PLIES All diseases of the rectum treated on a positive cure. Send for free 104 page book; testimonial letters valuable to anyone afflicted. Address, Drs. THORNTON & MIN PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED. All diseases of the rectum treated on a positive Guarantee, and no money accepted small patient is cured. Send for free 104 page book: a treaties on rectal diseases, and both receipt of testimonial letters, valuation to anyone willing. Also our 48 page book for both sexes free. Address, Drs. THORNTON & MINOR 1004 OAK St. Kansas City, Mo. THE GRANDEST OF ALL arations for the The Original and Only Hartona. and Positively Unequaled for g all Kinky, Knotty, Stub Harsh, Curly Hair. uses the hair grow on bald and thin places. Re- rises hair, itching, and all scalp diseases. Hair strette, and the hair stays and grows naturally down with grease. Hartona is positively hair just the same as adults. To meet the need it on sale in 25c. and 50c. sizes, in our hair remedies. Remember, we handle no fake g All our remedies are trade-marked, register and 1900. We refer you, as to our respon- sible editor of this paper. Down in the United States. Write to us to do with easy and pleasant work, and no risk in nine testimonials in your own State of pe E. WASH. Hair shades lighter, and will turn the skin of a face wash. One bottle does the work. Freckles, and all blemishes of the skin. Y tations with each bottle. United States on receipt of price, 50c. per box of delighted patrons send us testimonials totally 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, and orders to EDY CO., 909 E. Main St., Richmond OFFER. Large boxes of Hartona Hair-Grower and Straw food will be sent securely sealed from observa- tion can be sent by post-office money order Main St., Richmond C. C. L. COAL — IS HEADQUARTERS FOR— CHEAPEST PRICE Best Goods, the Quickest Sales, the Smallest and the promptest deliveries. GET THEIR PRICES ON WOOD, FEED, FLOUR, AND B STONE, and Retail. Office 435, Minnesota Ave. Te and Storage 917 and 919 North 3rd. St. E F. HENDERSON EAGERS m Drug St MINNESOTA AVENUE DEALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICA ilet Soaps, Brushes, Combs, Et IMERY AND FANCY TOILET ART RRIAM, ELLIS & BEN Insurance, Real E The Best Goods, the Quickest Sales, the Smallest Profits and the promptest deliveries. M E RRIAM, ELLIS & BENTON WYANDOTTE BUILDING, Nearst Corner Fifth and Minnesota CITY. R. HENDERSON 8 West 9th St., Kansas City, Mo. (Op- erty) Reliable Doctor, Oldest Age and Longev- ing Graduate in Medicine, Over 27 Years Practice,--22 Years in Kansas City. Authorized by the state to treat Chronic, Nervous and Surgical guaranteed or money refunded. All medicines furni- sure no mercury or iquiduous medicines used. Hents at a distance treated by malaise express Medicines, free from rzee or breakage. No medicines sen. "D. only Chars low. Over 6000 cases cured. State court. Your confidence and confidential, personally or by letter. DR. HENDERSON. 101 & 105 West 9th St., Kansas City, Mo. (Opposite New York Life Bank) The Old Reliable Doctor, Oldest in Age and Longest Located. A Regular Graduate in Medicine, Over 27 Years Special Practice...22 Years in Kansas City. Authorized by the state to treat Chronic, Nervous and Special Disease. Cures guaranteed or nonguaranteed medicines used. No detention from business. No mercury or injurious medicines used. Medicines sent every week from distance treated by mail and express. Medicines sent every week from distance treated by mail and express. D, only by agreement. Charges low. Over 60,000 cases cured. Statewide and for term. Consultation free and confidential, personally or by letter. Citizen is in the keep your Eyes open LES NO MON TILL CUR of the rectum treated on a positive Guarantee, and no money Send for free 104 page book; a treaties on rectal diseases, valuable to anyone affected. Also our 48 page book for Drs. THORNTON & MINOR, 10th & Oak Sts., Kansas ```markdown ``` for the Hair d Only Hartona. Unequaled for Straight Knotty, Stubborn, and thin places. Restores GRAT- scalp diseases. Hartona does it and grows naturally beautiful a Hartona is positively harmless— adults. To meet the popular a- nd 50c. sizes, in our special round er, we handle no fake goods, and yea- grade-marked, registered and cop- ou, as to our responsibility, to t es. Write to us to-day, no matter at work, and no risk of losing you your own State of people who hau SH. will turn the skin of a mulatto pe little does the work. shishes of the skin. You can reg- of price, 50c. per bottle; secure sends us testimonials every year lighted with the Hartona remedy not, and we will show you how LL. nafed limbs, etc. piration of the feet, arm-pits, e Main St., Richmond, Va. Hair-Grower and Straightener, to ply sealed from observation. post-office money order, or enclos Richmond, Va COAL CO. QUARTERS FOR— PEST PRICE Best Sales, the Smallest Profits imptest deliveries. EIR PRICES ON FLOUR, AND BUILDIN STONE, Minnesota Ave. Tel. 152 Wet orth 3rd. St. E F. HENDERSON Mansger ERS Dug Store AVENUE SALER IN INES, CHEMICALS, fines, Combs, Etc. TOILET ARTICLES. LIS & BENTON e, Real Estate Beth and Minnesota Ave., KANSAS DERSON. Kansas City, Mo. (Opposite New York Life Blog let in Age and Longest Located, cine, Over 27 Years Special ars in Kansas City. Great Chronic, Nervous and Special Diseases. Uncured. All medicines furnished ready for use. Used. No description from insurer. Mail and express. Medicines sent by w- o medicines sent. 9 D., only be accurate. Cured. State postage and send for termi- cal, personally or by mail. pain and no exposure. No canes outfit, bourles or sound deception from light, and no shoes, hence euros are guaranteed or money refunded. Stand sand for book, which fully explains the acronym 'celec' = scotum-causing vous debilité, scotum-causing vous debilité, etc. permanently without pain. Hydrocele = dropy of the soreness. Phimosis = see book - cured in days without pain. Book for both ocular diseases, with full description of above ocular diseases, the etc. descriptions true to life, with full description of above ocular diseases, the etc. descriptions true to life, in plain wrappers for incens in stamps. Free Museum OF Anatomy for men Thousands of curiosities A sermon without words. OFFICE HOURS: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, 10 to 12 is in the Push. or Eyes open. NO MONEY TILL CURED. Live Guarantee, and no money accepted until trains on rectal diseases, and hundreds of Miles on all page books for cancer, both sent R, 10th & Oak Sts., Kansas City, Mo. Development of Steamships. In sixty years the speed of steam- ships has been increased from eight and one-half to twenty-three knots; the time on the voyage has been re- duced to about one-third of what it was in 1840; ships have been trebled in length, about doubled in width, and the displacement has been increased renfield. The engine power is forty times greater; the ratio of horse power to the weight driver has been increased renfield. tremine Many Ears The systematic examination of more than 40,000 pairs of human ears in England and France has resulted in some interesting conclusions. For one thing, it is ascertained that the ear continues to grow in the later decades of life; in fact, it appears never to stop growing until death. Firstst on Home Stretch A statistician has discovered that the average business walk in New York is a mile in twenty minutes, and the church-going walk is a mile in twenty-five minutes. The fastest walk is that of the homeward-bound Brookbrites, a mile in eighteen minutes. Sir Duston This Time South Bend, Ind. July 29th:—Six different doctors treated Mr. J. O. Landman, of this place for Kidney Trouble. He had been very ill for three years, and he despaired of ever being well. Somebody suggested Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mr. Landman used two boxes. He is completely cured, and besides losing all his Kidney Trouble, his general health is much better than it has been for years. No case that has occurred in St. Joseph County for half a century, has created such a profound sensation, and Dodd's Kidney Pills are being well advertised, as a result of their wonderful cure of Mr. Landman's case. A British Coal Kling. The Marquis of Londonderry, by recently acquiring a great deal more of mine property, has become the largest colony owner in the United Kingdom. BEYOND THE HEAT BELT. Mountain Breezes and Mountain Sports Available for Those Who Would Enjoy the Sizzling Heat. Out beyond the plains of Kansas, where the snow capped peaks raise their heads, in Colorado, is the Mecca for swiftering residents of the Hot Belt. There has not been such a season of torridity for more than a third of a century, and it is beginning to tell upon the powers of the people. Their minds are less active, and their bodies are tired, and their systems debilitated. The best remedy is close acquaintance with nature, fair, and robed in cool greens, and swept by invigorating breezes and fortunately the opportunities are at hand and may be taken advantage of by everybody. The Missouri Pacific Railway with its system resembling a net work of lines in the great southwest, runs fine trains of palatial cars by a direct and agreeable route to Pueblo, and there connections are to Pueblo, and there cars the pulleys are carried into the very heart of the great mountain range, through canyons of dizzy depth and along the busy sparkling waters which came from Snowland and brought its coolness with them. There are very many delightful places in the Rockies and plenty of sport for the judge and fisher. He displays excellent judgment who steals some time from his business and uses it in the pursuit of a favorite sport and for the benefit of his health. The Rio Grande Western is a natural connection of these two systems already mentioned, carrying their passengers still further toward the western outposts, into still more remote sporting country, and where forest and canyon wear their natural beauty the longer, and so to the Desert City by the Great Salt Lake. There is no more delightful short tour and it can be accomplished with comparatively small expense. Sizzling over a desk in the heat of summer is unprofitable and unremunerative self sacrifice and should not be endured when coolness and health are so near at hand. These railway systems make travel a pleasure, and nature, ever kind, is the great restorer. If you have not yet decided to take a summer trip, decide now to do so, and get out of the heat into the coolness of Colorado and Utah. Ladies Can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It makes tight or new shoes easier. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corn and banions. All dri rigs and shoe stores. Ec. Trial package FREE by mail. Address Allen O. Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y. Sorrow adds less to the undertakers' income than little green apples. 160 not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption in equal for coughs and colds—JOHN F BOTH, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 2010. Men who work in salt mines should be able to preserve their reputations. IF YOU USE BALL BLUE, Get Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents. I CURE FITS FREE A Full-Size #1 Treatment of Dr. O. Pabish Brown's Great Remedies. Fits, Follows and all Kernel Diseases. O. PHELPS BROWN, 98 Broadway, Newburg, N.Y. SCALE AUCTION BIDS BY MAIL. YOUR OWN PRICE. Scores. He pays the Freight, Binghamton, N.Y. DENSION JOHN W. MORRIS, Washington, D.C. Successfully Prosecutes Claims. 3 yr original Batman II. Written by 3 yr civil war. 15 adjudicating claims, attv since. STARK best by Test-27 YEARS. We PAY CASH WANT MORE SALEMES. Stark Nursery, Louisiana, Mo.; Danville, N.Y. Afflicted with use, Thompson's Eye Water When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. W. N. U. Kansas City, No. 31, 1901 PISO'S CURE FOR CURSES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Bought by Dr. O. PHELPS BROWN. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION Vibrate to Be Cured A new cure-all has come across the ocean to this country, which in many respects is as picturesque as the Knelpsp cure and which promises to have as great a vogue. Fashionable invalids in New York have taken it up, and now it is spreading among the great army of the sick and ailing in other parts of the country. Like the panacea of the Swiss priest, the new cure taboos the use of medicines, but its application requires no such inconvenient procedure as walking barefoot in wet grass in the early morning. Disease, according to the new idea, is a mere matter of altered vibration. If you have a headache, or dyspepsia, or rheumatism, or nervous prostration, you are, or that part of you affected is, out of tune—your rate of vibration has become too fast or too slow and needs adjusting. To effect the proper adjust- A mirror A woman seated in a chair, looking at a large mirror with a bird in the background. THE PEDAL TREATMENT. ment the new curists strap you to a machine and shake you (or vibrate you) until, like a pendulum, you get back into your normal swing. The system does not belong to any one person like the Kneipn cure. It came from Europe, and already there are half a dozen "institutes" in New York city and any number of practitioners who will bring their machines to private houses and give special treatment. There is one place in 5th avenue where the fashionables are shaken to their hearts' content. There is another in the heart of the shopping district, where tired women may stop in and be "restored" after a day's bargain hunting, and there are several "institutes" in the residential districts. The Fundamental Theory. Every new cure must have its fundamental theory. Here is the theory upon which the vibrationists go. In the first place all things are in a state of vibration-light, sound, heat, are vibra- A THE HAIR CUTTER VIBRATING MASSAGE. tion itself. But even those things which are popularly supposed to be in a state of inanimate rest, the houses in which we live, the very furniture upon which we sit, are said to be in a state of vibration. And so the very act of living is a matter of vibration. In other words, every living animal and vegetable pulsates according to its individual wave length. Every part of every animal has its rate of vibration, which, when normally maintained, keeps the member in a state of health, but which, when it departs from the normal, induces a state of disease. At least so say the high priests of the new movement, who reason, therefore, that the use of medicine is a very roundabout way of producing what can be accomplished with a few odd shakes. And since the writer himself saw the miracle of the palsied take place under his eyes by means of a vibration machine and since the machine itself is not so complicated but that, in the hands of an ingenious man, it might be constructed from an old sewing machine—perhaps within certain wide limits the contention is true. Sometimes it is not advisable for the sufferer to be strapped to the machine. In dispelling a shopping headache, for instance, the operator straps her own hand to a long rod attached to the vibrator. The machine moves her hand at the rate of many hundred, if not thousand, pulsations a second, and when her hand is pressed or stroked gently on the sufferer's forehead the thrill communicated is at least a delicious "new" sensation. The writer learned this during a recent visit to one of the New York "institutes" where many women go daily to be vibrated. The place is not pretentious. It looks like an ordinary doctor's office, plus the machine, which might be taken for one of those relics of the Spanish inquisition to be found in all dentist's offices. An electric motor is geared to a small spindle, and to the side of the spindle is attached a long steel rod, which, when the motor is revolved at great speed, moves rapidly in unison with it, like a platon rod. To the end of the platon rod is attached a heavy leather glove with the fingers cut out. The operator places her hand in the glove, and the platon rod, moving rapidly back and forth, gives to her hand a vibratory motion which makes it feel as though it were being A woman sitting in a chair, looking out a window. traversed by an electric current. In fact, to touch her hand gives you a sensation exactly like that obtained from the poles of a battery. Now, imagine a sedate but overworked Wall street gentleman sitting placidly with a far-off look in his eyes, while the young lady operator applies the thrilling touch of her hand to his forehead or to the base of his aching brain, and there is the cure in operation. While the operator moves her fingers defly along the bridge of your nose, bilaterally outward via your eyebrows and then downward back of your ears toward the upper end of your spinal column, she croons softly the reason for it all, telling you minutely just what is taking place inside of you while the process is going forward. Now, since the feeling in your spinal cord is precisely that described by the negro who said that mineral water tasted just as though his food was asleep, you are not as much impressed by her remarks as you might otherwise be, but there are certain A woman is being trained in hairstyling. She is seated in a chair and is being instructed by a woman standing behind her. The woman is holding a brush and a comb, and is demonstrating how to apply hair products to the woman's hair. The background is a decorative wall with floral patterns. words, such as "capillaries," "stagnation," "stimulation," etc., which stick by you and you remember it all afterward as you might a dream. All sorts and conditions of men and women had the machine applied to them while the writer looked on, for there was nothing in the treatment that required privacy. Some had rheumatism and some had gout, and some had nervous prostration which they wanted cured, and some had nervous prostration for fear of the machine itself, and of what it might do to them, and all the while the voice of the operator crooned low, telling of the wonderful success of the shaking machine abroad, how Prince Pedowilh thought it the greatest ever, and how Prince Alexander of Oldenburg recommended it, and Prof. Some-One-Else considered it the monitor of the coming medicine-less era, until only the veriest skeptic would have denied the efficacy of the new fad. A. Plea for Navajo Art Americans have been slow to awaken to the fact that we have in this land, among a people of which the Old World knows nothing and the New World little, arts that are quaint, original and worthy of long continuance. Such are the textiles of the Navajoes, the baskets of the various western tribes, and the bead and quill work of yet others. For centuries our Indians wove and embroidered, and none except their red neighbors gave attention to them. Now that their work is at last New Panacea Prohibits Medicine and Tunes Patients to Concert Pitch. receiving attention, their poverty induces them to make and sell as fast as possible, and hasty work is never good work. It is the whites who are responsible for the poverty of the Indian, in the destruction of his game, the obliteration of his hunting grounds and his introduction to sundry vices and diseases; hence, it is our duty to better his state, not as now, by pauzerizing him with gifts, but encouraging him to continue what is best in his work.—Saturday Evening Post. The Limestone Age. By the census of 1900 it was shown that granite and limestone were the chief building stones in use in the United States, the amount of limestone quarried being about 50 per cent greater than the amount of granite; and sandstone, marble, slate and bluestone following in the order named. During the five years following the census of 1890 there was a general depression in the building trade, as in other branches of American industry, and a falling off in the amount of stone quarried. Since 1896, however, there has been a large increase in the demand for building materials, and it has been supplied largely from two sources—Indiana limestone and Georgia marble. Indiana limestone, quarried in steadily increasing amount, is shipped to other states, one of the Indiana railroads deriving more revenue in a year from limestone than from any other item of freight income. Kindred stone is found in other parts of the Union. Georgia marble comes chiefly from the counties in the northern portion of the state near the Tennessee border.—New York Sun. Jerry Coopers Bare Good Luck. Jerry Cooper's Hare Good Luck. Jerry Cooper considers himself one of the luckiest men in England, and not without reason. He used to be a gymnastic instructor in the navy. Then he went into the merchant marine, and five years ago while on a trading vessel off Newfoundland the donkey engine on board blew up, killing four men and knocking Jerry speechless and deaf. Yet a man even in this condition must live, and to gain a means of livelihood when he returned to England he gave exhibitions of conjuring and contortions. A week or two ago he had a bad fall, which made him unconscious, and upon acquiring himself he found that speech and hearing had come back to him. And in all Britain there's no one happier than Jerry Cooper. James Gordon Bennett's Owls James Gordon Bennett's Owls. The owl, "big-eyed and solemn," is Mr. James Gordon Bennett's favorite bird. The singular ornament of an owl at bow and stern of his m. nifficient new steam yacht Lystrata will not strike those who know his preference as so strange, after all. On his famous old yacht, Namoua, one saw owls everywhere—stuffed, plaster, marble, silver, bronze, wooden owls, of all sizes, and in every position. Owls peered into the salt cellars on the dinner table, formed pepper boxes, seals, handles to walking canes, fire irons, paper knives, perched on the backs of his chairs, and so forth. It is the same at his delightful entresol in Paris. Buffalo Commercial. Hungry Bear's Destroy a Railroad. A logger named Johnson, who has a logging camp somewhere near Deep river, away down the Columbia, was in town looking for engines and wire cables to pull the logs cut out to the tramway, says the Morning Oregonian. He has been using horses for this work, but says he will have to use engines hereafter, as the bears tear up his skid roads. The grease used in the skids has attracted the bears, which not only lick the skids clean of grease, but dig them out and ruin the road in search of the grease which has been absorbed by the earth. He says the bears pursue their mischievous labors chiefly in the night, and he cannot stay up nights to shoot them. Cnre for Mosquito Bitez Cure for Mosquito Bites. Professor Dr. Voges, director of the national board of health at Buenos Ayres, according to German papers, has found a remedy for mosquito bites. He states that he discovered it by accident during his trip to Paraguay to study the pest. He had been supplied with all sorts of remedies, among them naphthalene, an article of no value whatever against the pest, but on using it for mosquito bites he found it of surprising effect. It neutralizes the poison, even when the spot bitten is greatly infamed. If fresh bites are rubbed with naphthalene no swelling follows. The professor considers naphthalene almost a specific against mosquito poison. American Bag-Time Inspiring: There is one American tune that is bound to go all over India, back to England, and even to Australia, as it has taken the British contingent by storm. When the Ninth Infantry band began to play "A Hot Time in the Old Town" everybody was on his feet in a second, wild dances were indulged in, and the band had to play it at least five times, and then again later in the evening. From the very first it "caught on" with the British, and now it has reached something of that power with which the famous "Ta-ra-ra boom de-ry" rolled around the earth—Lessie's Weekly. Margolis Is a Dairyman. The marquis of Ripon, who recently celebrated his golden wedding, has been a dairyman for years. In and about the picturesque town of Ripon, Yorkshire, may be seen milk wagors bearing his formal title. "The most noble the marquis of Ripon." He also has a milk store in London, where country dairy products are sold. Enthusiasm will lead a man to do things that Common Sense could not drive him to attempt. FIGHTS FOR ISLAM. CHRISTIAN AT THE HEAD OF MOROCOC'S ARMY. He Is a Scotchman with the Highland Name of Maclean—His Daring Decide in Battle Have Won Honor for Him. (Tangier Letter.) The commander-in-chief of the Moorish army is a young Scotsman named Maclean, a member of a Highland clan. Entering the British army thirty years ago Maclean saw some active fighting. When Mulai Hassan, the Sultan of Morocco, decided to reorganize his army, he applied to England for a drill master, and Maclean received the disappointment. Soon after his arrival among the Moors he won the Sultan's confidence and became not only the commander-in-chief of the Sherifian army, but the trusted adviser of the late ruler. He reorganized the army, and his daring deeds in battle impressed the natives so much that he practically held the nomination to the throne on the death of Mulai Hassan, although the grand vizier, Ahmed Ven Mussa, also possessed much influence. The sultan's brother was ready to seize the throne, but, as Maclean and Ben Mussa were the only persons present when the sultan died within two days' march of Marakesh, they had the body conveyed secretly to that city, where they announced the death and had Mulai Hassan's son, Abel-Aziz, proclaimed in his stead, and a slight outbreak was quickly suppressed by Maclean's admirably disciplined soldiers. The new sultan being only 13 years of age, a regent was necessary, and Ben Mussa was appointed, with Maclean's influence, power and hand behind him. An incipient opposition which broke out was suppressed with a strong hand, as all risings of tribes have been, notably that of the Misflaw tribe a few years ago. To prevent if possible the recurrence of such incidents, the heads of fifty prominent Misflaw tribesmen figure on spikes over the city gates of the port of Rabat and a similar number adorned the gates at Fez. Maclean always leads the punitive expeditions himself, and has thus seen much tribal fighting. On the death of Ben Mussa last year the Sultan took up the reins of govern- KAID MACLEAN. ment, Maclean still retaining his predominant influence. The Moorish commander-in-chief, whose full name is Harry Aubry de Vere Maclean, is a C. M. G., and is 51 years of age. He is married and has three daughters and one son living. At Fez and Martakesh the family live in palaces of Oriental magnificence. The army over which this intrepid Scotsman is the commander-in-chief comprises about 20,000 men, and is equipped with European rifles. The Kaiser's Song. The sons of the German emperor are being brought up in a strict school. While the crown prince is being initiated into student life at Bonn, his three younger brothers, Ethel Fritz, August Wilhelm and Oscar, are hard at work at Pleon, where they are subjected to a daily routine stricter even than that to which they are accustomed at home. Every day they are up at 5:30, have their cold tubs, then their breakfast, and forthwith begin work. The eldest of the brothers visits the first class of the cadet school, the s-econd one attending the lower fifth and the third the upper third. They appear to have all made plenty of friends there, and take an active part in all the games. The most popular games at the present moment is tennis, while the second place is apparently taken by riding and cycling. An Ancient Fashion. Is it generally known that the fashion of pretty girdles from which depend chains supporting knickknacks dates back to Louis XIII.? In those days there were girdles known as "demi-cent," which reached fabulous prices. From them hung gold chains, gold-handled scissors and gold-purses, like those which are in so much favor to-day, and small, round mirrors, for which women have displayed such rare fidelity, although their form has been slightly varied. Cutlons Tenures in England Some of the English tenures are exceedingly curious. A farm near Broadhouse in Yorkshire pays annually to the landlord a snowball in midsummer and a red rose at Christmas. The manor of Foston is held by a rental of two arrows and a loaf of bread. An estate in the north of England is held by the exhibition before a court every seven years of a certain vase owned by the family, another in Suffolk by an annual rental of two white doves. Critical Spot to Pass. A farmer driving into Caldwell, Kas., had a wheel knocked from his buggy by a runaway team. Going home in nearly the same spot another wheel was yanked off by a frenzied runaway. Prevent Baldness And light dressings with CUTICURA, purest of emollients and greatest of skin cures. 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If your neighbor is not taking the Journal he will take it if you ask him, and 25 cents is a small amount for a newspaper one year. The Journal is eight to twelve pages every week. If further information is desired write the Journal, Kansas City, Mo. We are all willing to admit just now that we like winter best. YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNSIGHTLY. Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue. All grocers sell large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. Fly-catchers—baseball players. Are You Using Allen's Foot Ease? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Cornea, and Drainage. For allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be poured into the shoes. At all Drugists and ShoS Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. This is what philosophy amounts to: "I do it but you should not." The greatest of professional athletes use Wizard Oil for a "rub-down." it softens the muscles and prevents soreness. What bright things we say in regartee in conversations we imagine. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. Price, 75c This weather makes the average man as cross as a banker out of balance. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing 5zrup For children teething, softens the gums, reduces fumigation, allays pain, curves wind colic. See a bottle. Some people, when they work, don't do anything. TOOK PRISONER FROM THE DOCK AND LYNCHED HIM FOUR OFFICERS BADLY HURT Wisin re) e7uios kaa es’ Acoma o Asnwult—When Hix Trial was Called He Introduced Witnemen to At tuck the Young Woman's Character—T he Mob Promptly Took sim. ‘The first lynching in the annals of DeKalb county, Tenn., took place when Charley Davis, who was charged with @ criminal assault on Miss Kate Hues, ‘was taken from the court house by a mob of about twenty-five friends and Felatives of the yourts woman and hanged. The assault -on Miss Hues ‘was committed a week ago and Davis was taken before a magistrate. He submitted his case and the trial was set. ‘When the hearing began the defend- ant introduced witnesses to attack the girl’s character. The father had said that he would not join or allow any violent measures unless this action was taken by the defendant. When the witness began to give his testimony friends and relatives of the girl arose and made for the prisoner. For a time there were wild scenes and the people were greatly excited. The prisoner tried to escape by jumping from the second story window of the court room, but several pistol shots were fired in the crowd and Davis was captured be- fore he could jump. He was taken a quarter of a mile from town and hanged. ‘The sheriff and one of his deputies and a constable, who were trying to prevent the lynching, together with the father of tne defendant, were severely injured in a clash with the mob. The ‘wounded officers are: Sheriff J. T. Odum, Deputy Bob Odum and Constable Maney Pass. ‘Milton Hues, the father of the girl, 4s a prominent grocer in Smithville and the mob was composed almost en- tirely of his relatives and friends. ‘There were about twenty-five men in the mob. ‘After the execution of Davis the mob dispersed and, while excitement is high, there is no danger of further ‘canta: LYNCH TWO WOMEN AND MAN, ‘Three Nogrocs Paid the Death Penatty at the Hands of s Carrolton, Miss.. Mob. Two women and a man, negroes, were lynched at Carrollton, Miss., for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. R. ‘T. Talt- ferro on the night of July 30. They ‘were Mrs. Betsie MeCray, her son, Bel- field McCray, and her daughter, Ida McCray. Five hundred white citizens of Carroll county marched to the jail, took the keys from Jailer Duke and bound the three victims by the neck ‘and hands. They were carried to the corporate limits of the town, where they hanged them to a tree and riddled their bodies with bullets. Ida McCray confessed knowledge of ‘the murder and said her mother and brother helped commit the crime. She further implicated others, who wil probably meet a like fate. The moth- er refused to make any statement. Governor A. H. Longino arrived by special train a few minutes after the lynching. He addressed a large crowd ‘and urged obedience to law and order. HE SHOT HER WITH A RIFLE, A Girt and s Utsh Stage Driver Wounded and then a Sulelde. ‘Erasmus Anderson, aged 27, shot Miss Emily Campbell, aged 22, and P. €. Christensen, a stage driver. He then committed suicide. Miss Camp- bell was driving in the stage toward (Mayfield, Utah, her home, and was jmet by Anderson, a discarded sweet- heart, who immediately began shoot- ing. He fired four shots, two of which entered the young woman's body. One penetrated her arm. The fourth shat- tered the arm of the stage driver. 1t is Believed that Anderson Intended to es- ‘ape, but his horse took fright and ran ‘way. Seeing this Anderson turned the rifle on himself. Miss Campbell may recover. | Fire at Clarksville, Mo. Fire destroyed the grocery store of ash and Marvin at Clarksville, Mo. It soon spread and consumed one en- tire block, including Cash and Mar- vin’s grocery, Werrick Bros.’ grocery. Huber’s restaurant, Nelson's meat market, Norman's harness shop, J. B. Middleton's big department store, two millinery stores, the Collins house, a parber shop and three or four res'- ences. The loss is heavy. | 4.810,000,000 Lead Company, ‘The American Lead Baryta company of St. Louis, with a capital of $10,000, 000 has been incorporated in Dover, Del. ‘The company is authorized to explore mines and operate the name ae Seieeoart.. | Death Reveals an Elopement. | Bt is alleged now that J. A. Gaither, ‘the Bourbon county, Kan., farmer who \died a few days since, after having fheen overcome by the heat, eloped last (March from his former home at Wash- ington, Ind., with Nannie Urbanks, a young girl who Was living at Fort Scott with him as his wife. Gaither ‘was 58 years old and left a wife in Washington of about his own age. He fs said to have owned much property in Indiana, and left a large estate ir Kansas. 4 1 omme SIrn ean ater, ‘The entire street car system of (Knoxville, Tenn., is tied up with the sption of a few cars run in an ir- Jar way, on actount of a strike ¥f motormen and conductors for recog: jmiton of their union. The effort t> run cars was, abandoned before dark. ‘Whe strikers are establishing hack ‘ines. They are backed in their strike pe the Central Labor Union. ‘Avarice sometimes miscalculetes ‘ead aiwaya deceives... CONFESSED T0 A MOB, Negro With Rope Around His Neck Said He Committed the Crime. ‘With a rope around his neck and death before him, Charles Bentley a negro, confessed to the murder of Jim Vann, alias Williams, a white man, and was hanged by a mob in Leeds, St. Clair county, Ala. The murderer's body was riddled with bullets and lett hanging to the limb of a tree. ‘The coroner's jury had just returned a verdict fixing the responsibility of the murder on Bentley. Members of the mob learned of the verdict and a crowd quickly gathered around the prisoner and, unheeding his pleas for mercy, hanged him to a tree. ‘The murder was committed early in the morning, while Vann and his wite and child were asleep in a camp three miles from Leeds. Vann's skull was crushed with a stone and his slayer then grabbed Mrs, Williams around the throat, but she screamed for help and the negro ran into the woods. Farm- ers living in the vicinity of the place answered the appeals for help and be- gan a search for the murderer. By a hole in the bottom of Bentley's shoe they followed his tracks to his house nearby and into the woods, some dis- ‘tance away, where they found him. ‘Bentley at first denied his guilt, but ‘confessed when taken to the tree to be hanged. He gave no reason for his jerime, and the citizens could. assign ‘none except an intended assault on the Neeeeracaal | BIG FIRE AT HAMMOND, IND. Three Manutuciuring Piants Destroyed and Entire Town Threatened Hammond, Ind., was threatened with destruction by a fire that consumed three large manufacturing plants and caused a 1oss of over $100,000 before it was under control. ‘The plants de- stroyed were the Simplex RaflwaysAp- pliance Company, the Western Raw- hide Tanning Company and the Ham- mond Buggy Company. A broken oil pipe in a furnace in the Simplex fac- tory started the blaze and the flames soon got beyond control of the local fire department. Assistance was sent from Kensington and South Chicago and the combined efforts of the three villages prevented any further spread of the fire until the wind shifted from the north to the northeast, carrying the flames away from the surrounding buildings which had been threatened with destruction. Over 500 workingmen will be thrown out of employment. THREE KILLED BY A BLAST, allroad Labourers Were Blasting and Failed to Gt Away. ‘Three men killed and one fatally in- Jared are the results of an explosion that occurred on the Rock Island ex- tension, twenty-five miles east of Santa Rosa, N. M., at W. 'T, Montgomery's camp. ‘The four men—Francesco Lope, Cecilio Raol, Pablo Liueero and Caltxt Gurule—were engaged In. blasting rocks on the railway right of way. They had prepared a heavy blast, but did not get away soon enough after igniting the fuse. The explosion killed Lopez, Raol and Lucero instantly, and fatally injured Gurule. Lopez and Gu- rule had gone from Los Vegas to work ‘on the railway, and each of them has -a wife and family living there, Raol nd Lucero came from Santa Fe, and | but lttle ts known of them, SS See ‘The waves from a passing steamer near Central City, W. Va. upset a small boat containing a pleasure party, drowning four people. Their names: Mrs. Fanny Hemming, aged 45; Kath- len Hemming, her daughter, aged 14; Imogen and Theodore Apperson, grand children of Mrs. Hemming, aged 6 and 7 years. Locomotive Holler Explodes. The boiler of the engine of the West- ern & Atlantic passenger train whieh leaves Atlanta, Ga., at 8:15 in the morning, exploded at Bolton, Ga., at 8:45 a. m., fatally injuring Fireman J. L, Aenchacher, of Atlanta, and badly injuring M. V. Bell, also of Atlanta, ‘The engine was demolished and the baggage car derailed. Assistance was hurried to the scene. Another Chicago and Alton Week. ‘A head end collision occurred be. tween two freight trains on the Chi- cago & Alton at Grain Valley, about fifteen miles west of Odessa, Mo. En- gineer Jacques, of the east bound train, was killed; Engineer Walsh and Fire man Pulliam, of the same train, in- jured. Both engines and several cars were wrecked. ‘The cause as given Is that the air refused to work on the west bound train. feNcisi eeitkcs cea a iene John Miermaster. a farmer living south of Abilene, Kan., was attacked by a bull and narrowly eseaped death. ‘The bull smashed one leg and other- wise severely injured the man and was only attracted elsewhere by the passing of a horse, Then Mr. Miermaster was rescued, Dropped Dead on Street. K. F. Vanoken, of Panca City, Okla. Aropped dead on the street in Wichita, Kan., as the result of heart trouble. Vanoken was" prominent and wealthy attorney in Ponca City, and won con- siderable fame as a contest lawyer. He leaves sa wife and two children. His body will be shipped to Ponca City. An Atchison boy who has been working for two days is taking a week's layott. GRETA nG Eee we Ernest Rehmmeyer, a prominent German farmer near Higginsville. Mo. was shot by his wife and it ts believg¢ was fatally wounded. What the cans was is not known. His wife was hi¢ in the smokehouse and as he went out to feed the stock she opened the doo, and emptied the contents of a shotgun into his left side, eight buckshot. en: tering his body. Marriage ties sometimes connect man with his wife's apron strings. SAN. FRANCISCO AT THE MERCY OF A BIG STRIKE. BUSINESS IS AT A STANDSTILL 15,000 Union Teamsters, Dockmen and ‘Allied Trades Out—Shipping Almost Entirely Stopped and the Whole- ‘sale Houses Will Close Thetr Doors—City Light Is wicasaneas ‘The labor trouble in San Francisco has reached a crisis and as a result ‘maritime trafic and labor along shore ‘are almost st a standstill and indus- ‘try are almost totally paralyzed. ‘The order for a general walkout of the City Front Federation has been made effective, ‘The City Front Federation com- prises fourteen unions and organiza- tions, with a full membership of about 15,000. Three thousand of these men are employed at sea or in other cities and ‘the strike order does not apply ty ‘them until they return to San Fran- cisco, | Twelve thousand men have obeyed ‘the order. ‘The City Front Federation is com- posed of the following organizatons: Sailors’ Union of the Pacific, four Jocal unions of longshoremen, marine firemen, Brotherhood of | Teamsters, Ship and Steamboat Joiners, Porters, Packers, Warehouse men, Ship Clerks, Pile Drivers and Bridge Build- ers, Hoisting Engineers, Steam and [Hot Water Fitters and’ Coal ‘Team- aters. "When the onder to walk ont went Into effect all the big shipping com- ‘panies with one exception were left without a union man. By a special ‘agreement entered into some time ase ‘between the Pacific Coast Steamship [company and the Firemen’s union, firemen remained on the vessels of that company. Four coasting steamers, a ship and a schooner were the only’ vessels that went to sea. It is claimed by the officers of all the organizatons involved, it is said, that the strike Is not purely an ex- pression of sympathy with the unlou of teamsters, or any other body of workers who are in dispute with thetr employers, but is a taking up of the gauntlet thrown down by the Em Ployers’ Associaton. In other words, the city front federation is determined to defend the principle of unionism Which the associated employers have Announced their intention to crush out. Both sides seem determined to ear- ry the fight on, and all efforts on the part of the mayor and others to bring about a conciliatory settlement have thus tar proved unavaiing. It 1s re Ported unauthoritatively that several of the larger wholesale houses will Close down until the strike Is settled, "There is every prospect that mary other unions will be drawn into the fight, in which case the business of the city will be completely tied up. ‘The coal handlers may refuse to han- dle the fuel supply of the city or the drivers of oil wagons to deliver oil to manufacturers who use that pro- uct for fuel. The coal supply of the city will last but two weeks with or inary consumption, ut with econ- omy it may be made to last a fev fveeks Ionger. Should the coal az oil supply be cut off the lighting com- panies willibe compelled to close down fand the city will be left in darkness cecxe aientiall. CUDAHY TRICK PLAYED AGAIN. Mysterious Writer Demands $2,000 of Wealthy Mattoon, TL, Man, ‘Two thousand dollars is the price demanded by unknown persons from Richard Hearn, a wealthy retired farmer of Mattoon, Ill, for the safety of himself and only daughter, Maud, aged 13 years, A week ago Hearn re- ceived a letter in which the writer de- manded that the money be placed in a tin can at the southeast corner of the Episcopal chureh. A second mis- sive stated that failure to comply with it would result in the girl's abduetion and his own death, When doth letters failed to bring the money a third letter was sent, which 50 alarmed the father that he revealed the affair to the police ‘The last letter said that this was Hearn’s final opportunity, for he and the girl would both be captured, and the former would witness the horri- fying spectacle of his daughter with her eyes burned out and heart cut from her body. Then he would also be killed. Hearn is worth $75,000, but. thinks best not to accede to the extortione:s demands, His daughter is not al- Towed to leave his side, and while the police are trying to capture the would- be Kidnaper, the residence will be closely guarded. Several persons ate ‘ganvected by the-pollce.. A French Gift to the University of Chicago The advent of two French lecturers at the University of Chicago recently was made memorable by the an- nouncement of a gift to the Chicago branch of the Alliance _ Francaise from a capitalist of Paris. The donor is Robert Lebaudy, a wealthy suga: refiner, who sent without solicitation 10,000 francs to be devoted to the uses of the alliance in affiliation with the university. ‘The money will be used in bringng to Chicago eminent men of France to lecture on the French lan- ‘guage, art and institutions. Ikalph Datcher Captured. __Steritt Vincent, of Cherokee county. Kan,, has captured Ralph Duteher. ‘the aileged young horsethiet, Duteh- - Worked for a man named Dobe- Uaur, near Pittsberg, Kan, He stole ee horse, it is charged, bridle and eaddic and $20 in money. He tried to sell the horse, Dnit was seared of by close questioning and he left the horse. He stated in the conversation that le was going to Junction City, whore be was later arrested on a spesnage from City Marshal Mason, of Sarsoun, WORDS IN HOUSE OF COMMONS ‘Two Irish Members Suspended for Refuse 81 to Rematn Orderly. There was wild uproar in the house of commons, in London at the conclusion of the debate on taxation of agricultural property. The Con- servatives interrupted Mr. Walton, Liberal, with eries of “Divide.” Wil!- jam Redmond, on a point of order, called the attention of the speaker to the interruption, but the speaker ruled that the point was not well taken. Mr. Walton resumed, quite inaudibly, owing to the persistent cries of “Di- vide.” Mr. Redmond shouted: “Polica, police.” ‘The speaker said this expression was disorderly. ‘Mr. Redmond: “Why don’t you keep order?” ‘The speaker directed him to leave the house and “named” him. Mr. Balfour, the government _ leader, moved Mr. Redmond’s suspension and this was carried by a vote of 303 to 71. Patrick O'Brien persisted in tke same point of order and was in turn named and suspended, The bill was adopted. KENNAL EXPELLED, American Writer and Lecturer Forced From Rassla. Adviees received from the corre- spondent of the Associated Press at St. Petersburg give details of the ex- putsion from Russia of George Ken- nan, the American author and lec- turer, who, as cabled exclusively to the Associated Press, was called up at his hotel at St, Petersburg and was informed by a high police officer that he must leave the country. Mr. Ken- nan was courteously treated, but was not allowed to leave his room in the interim. THis expulsion was. carried out quietly. He was provided with a traveling passport, sisned by the chist of the political police, and boarded a train for Wirballin, accompanied by ‘an escort. His own passport was re- turned to him on his arrival at Wir- ballin, WAS AS GOOD AS HIS WORD, Arkansas Negro Warned Whites That | anaes Cerca) Sin aeiare. A party of white men near Cam- den, Ark., sent word to Lige Seigler, a negro, that they would attempt to whip him, and received word that some of them would get killed if they came. The party went out and the report is that Seigler and his son shot into them, killing Lewis Haynie, brother of State Senator Haynie, and Hop Hallon, a brother of John Hal- lon, a prominent merchant of Steph- ens. There are some 400 negros and thirty white people in the township and it is said that the racial troubles have been brewing for some time. At last reports parties of white people had left for the scene of the trouble from Waldo and Stephens and the negro’s house was still surrounded. THRESHERS /RE RIOTOUS. Eight Machine Crews Create Diaturhance in Kanna. Fight threshing machine crews struck the town of Colwich, Kan,, and because they couldn't get liquor on account of a Sunday law, thoy smashed five joints and in addition wrecked a number of town pumps. ‘The citizens organized a party tn cause their arrest, but the threshers made them retreat. The rioting was resumed, when the citizens again tried to arrest the threshers, but again they had to give up. The sheriff hae been asked to come at once to the scene. TEXAS MONEY LENDER’S END, A Detective Shot John Vaughn, Who Had a ee John T. Vaughan, a money lender of Houston, Texas, shot and killed Patrolman William’ Weiss. Vaughan fied, but later in an endeavor to reach his room he was mortally wounded by a detective, He fell within fifty feet of the place where his victim lay, and died shortly afterward. Vaughan’s brother was locked up, but refuses to talk and uo one knows the cause of the killing of the patrolman. ‘The Vaughan's came to Houston from Powder , Springs, Ga, where thelr father lives. Fleet Anaihitated. The first battle in the British naval maneuvers took place a few days ago when the erulser squadrons of the opposing fleets were engaged off Sicily islands, with the theoretical re- sult that the defending fleet was an- nibilated. ‘The channel is now appar- ently at the mercy of the enemy. Eighteen cruisers were suppositiously sunk. Barn Is Struck By Lightning. Lightning struck the harn of Daniel Muntzel, four miles east of Boonville, Mo., destroying it and the contents. whic were valued at $350, A mule whieh was in the stable tot was also instantly killed. There was $300 in- surance on the barn. Pe ee ae Harold, the 11-year-old son of L. C. Roundtree, was drowned at Cedar Bluff, in Shoal creek, near Galena, Kan. He, with four other companions about the same age, was in swimming and the young boy sank for the last time before his companions mistrust- ed that anything was wrong. Boy Shot With Target Hie. Ezra Hamaker, 7 years old, living near Deerfield, Mo., was accidentally shot in the head with a 22-caliber tar- get rifle and fatally hurt. Rodenburg Rack From Hawall, Civil Service Commissioner Roden- burg has returned from the official trip to Hawaii taken by himself and Chief Examiner Serven of the com- mission, Mr. Rodenburg says an ex- celfent elvil service system is im oper- ation in Hawai, Murder at Wheeler. LT J. W. Franklin, a well Known mali carrier, was shot and instantly killed at Wheeler, I. T., by Mart Wheeler, a resident of that town. It fs said do- mestic troubles led to the <illing. TWO MAIL COACHES BLOWN UP FOR TREASURE. THE EXPRESS CAR IS OVERLOOKED Daring Hold.Up on the Outskirts of Chi- ‘cago—Lonely Spot Across the Indians, StateLine Chosen for the Pince, and the Fast Eastern Flyer on Baltimore & Ohio Was ‘Marked fon Piesdse.. ‘The Baltimore and Ohio passenger train from the East, which was due to arrive at the Grand Central depot, Chicago, at 9 o'clock in the evening, was held up by five masked men at 8 o'clock between Edgmere and Grand Calumet Heights, Ind., thirty-one miles out of Chicago. One of the mail ears, which contained no money, was dynamited and wrecked. ‘The attempt at robbery was made after the two mail cars had been de- tached from the train and run a quar- ter of a mile ahead. The failure of the robbers to make a rich haul was due to the fact that the express car, which contained the train’s treasure, was in an unusual place. It was the third car in the train, Atter wrecking the mail car and ob- taining no booty, the robbers disap- peared in the darkness without at- tempting to rectify their mistake. The only loot that they carried awzy with them as a result of thelr adven- ture was the gold watch of the en- gineer. ‘The train was the New York and Washington vestibule limited. Most |of the trainmen were shot at and had narrow escapes from the bullets. No person was Injured either by the dy- namite or firearms, The place where the robbery occurred is a lonely dis- triet where houses are far between. ‘The train was running at a high rate of speed as it passed Calumet Heights, and immediately after pass- ing out of sight of the station En- sineer J, W. Collins saw directly in front of his engine a large Gre on which some rails had been placed. He slowed down, and as he did so three men with masks over their faces jumped into the eab, cov- ered Collins and his fireman, James Whipple, with revolvers. Just before climbing into the cab, the three men commenced to fire with their revolvers, to frighten away all assistance. ‘The shots produced the liveliest kind of a panic in the sleep- ing cars, where the passengers made every effort to hide their money and valuables before the robbers could get at them. No attempt was made, how- aver, to rob any of the passengers. 4 BIG REVOLT IN VENEZUELA, A dispatch from Willemstadt, Isl- and of Curacoa, dated July 31, says: “Dri Rangel Gardiras, at the head of 5,000 men, has revolted against Pres- ident Castro of Venezuela. The in- surgents are near San Antonio de Tachira, on the Columbian frontier. The Venezuelan government has sent 10,000 troops to the scene of the up- rising. Other outbreaks are expected. The whole country is ready to rise against President Castro. Constitu- tional guarantees have been suspend- ad and complications with Colombia are feared.” ‘The State department at Washing- ton has received the following tele- gram from the Amerean legation at Caracas: “Martial law has been declared in Venezuela by the president of the sountry in consequence of the in- vasion of a revolutionary foree from Solombia, It is reported that an army >f 10,000 men will meet the invaders.” BALDWIN’S LATEST MESSAGE, ‘We Wil! Stand By Our Flag,” the Kan- Re rn ne eee ‘The America, the flagship of the Baldwin-Zeigler North pole expedi- tion, which sailed from Tromsoe July 16, has touched Vardoe, Norway, ard proceeded from there direct for Cape Plora, Franz Josef Land, Mr. Bald- win sent a farewell message to the United States as follows: “All well. Await one of the best efforts. We will stand by our flag.” ‘There are 426 dogs and sixteen ponies aboard. Mr. Baldwin intends to push as far north as possible and establish winter quarters. Kitls Wife and Himsett. ¥, Kirby, proprietor of the Park hotel, at Dodge City, Kan., shot an killed his wife and then shot himsel?, doth dying instantly. The cause as- signed is a disagreement over prop- erty. Kirby and wife had been mar- tied twice and had a child each by a former marriage, He was 40 years old and his wife 96 years old. ‘They had been running the Park hotel since February. a cae ee ‘Twelve masked men visited the res- Mence of Peter Drum, a wealthy farm- tr residing eleven miles east of Bucy- ‘rus, Ohio, and after seizing and bind- Ing the various members of the fam- ly, procesded to torture Mrs. Drum In an effort to induce her to disclose the hiding place of money wach a2 was suppored to have secreted in the ‘were finally frightened away by the fereams of the women, who aroused the neighbors. ‘The robbers escaped. sind $1,045 Concealed In Her Dress. Mrs, Antonia Van Osten, an aged Holland woman, fell dead from the heat while on her way from church at Grand Rapids, Mich. She was suy- posed to be in very impecunious cir- cumstances, but a cloth pouch was found tied about her waist under her sxirts, containing $1,045 in gold and bills. It you want to get a boy up early in the morning, promise to give him something at exactly 5 a. m., and no ‘other thine, aad be will be there, AMERICAN IN BLOODY DUEL ‘Young Man From Duluth Severs She “nee lar Valn of a German. ‘A special from Duluth, Minn., says: Word was received in Duluth that Adolph Hartman, son of Emil Harty man, of this city, has just fought duel with swords wita Lieutenant Pachmann of the German army. It ‘yas a bloody encounter, in which the Heutenant received a number of se- vere wounds, one of which severed the jugular vein. Hartman was also seriously wounded. Hartman graduated from the Du- luth high school in 1899 and went to Achen, Germany, to take a course in mining engineering, At the “com- mers" which was attended by the students, army officers and others, Hartmann and Lieutenant Pachmann became involved in a quarrel, which resulted in the young Duluthian slap- ping the face of the military man. A challenge followed, and the matter being referred to a court of honor, it was decided that a duel of the first class must follow. As young Hart- mann was unfamiliar with the sword, he was allowed six months in which to “train” for the encounter. At the end of that time the contestants mat and the duel began. In the second round Hartman wounded the lieutenant on the lett side of the head, almost severing the ear, In the third round the American was himself wounded in the head, a piece of the scalp being cut away. From the third to the seventeenth round the fighting was fierce. In the latter round the Duluthian again wounded the lieutenant, his blade gashing clear across his foreheac. Althouzh both were weakened from loss of blood, the fight continued until the nineteenth round, when the lieu- tenant was wounded in the throat, the sword severing the jugular vein. ‘The American was then adjudged the victor. Prompt attendance by the surgeons present saved the officer's life, but it will be at least six months before he is fit for duty CROWDED TRAIN WRECKED Rock Island Passenger Filled With Home- eepkabe Traraiioa: Rock Island train No. 2, north- bound, was wrecked eight miles north of Enid, Okla. Seven cars were de- railed and wrecked. Soft roadbed from heavy rain caused the track to slip, throwing the rear truck of the baggage car off. The cars turned over, but hung together, forming a cirele. The engine, mail und express car remained on the track. One man was killed and twenty-one were injured, but none fatally. The train was crowded, The Enid wreck- ing crow built a track around the wreck and traffic has been resumed. ‘The dead: . R, McClain, Enid, Okla. ‘The injured: A. L. Morrison, Junc- tion City, Kan., right shoulder; J. ‘Tagg, Clearwater, Kan., head cut se- verely; C. E. Reney, Tioka, Okla., right arm sprained; A. J. Beckett, Dover, Ill, shoulder blade broken; H. H. Hoelchere, Warneytown, Mo., leg broken; T. H. Knight, Highill, Mo., head cut; Peter Cape, Metnebot- ney, Mo., scalp and nose wound; Polly Ann Brook, Mannon, Tl., head and breast wounds; T. T. Sargent and wife, Watonga, Ia., cut face and head; R. T. Overstreet, Dearborn, Mo., arm broken; D. Hallaman, Mammouth, Ill, arm dislocated; W. H. Scott, Blythe- dale, Mo., badly bruised; Bertha Bent- ly, Hamburg, Ia., arm and breast cut; Mrs. 0. P, Allen, Fort Worth, ‘Texas, face cut; Hattle Reeder, badly crushed; D. H. Smith, nose, head and face cut; R. N. Smith, Meluin, la., hurt internally; D. A. Seaman, Joplin, Mo., left eye out, Old Farmers Quarrel. ‘Two old men, farmers, living near Mulhall, Okla., got into a row on the streets and John Fowler cut J. R. Dil- lard from the shoulder downward across the back, also making an ugly wound across the ribs. Trouble aross over some cattle, The physicians hope to save Dillard’s life, but the chances are against him on account of his age, Fowler was taken to Guthria and placed in jail to await the result of his victim’s wounds. St Joseph Woman Kilis Herself. Mrs. Leah Hurlburt, aged 32 years wife of Ellsworth B. Hurlburt, a con- ductor on the Kansas City, St. Jo- seph and Council Bluffs railroad, shot and killed herself in front of the rest- dence of Mrs. L. Duvolon, 1712 Sw vannah ayerue, St. Joseph. Her baes was found lying face downwayd in a pool of blood. Relatives belleve ths act was committed during a terver- ary fit of insanity. eae ana Le etal ‘The fast East bound mail train on the Wabash collided with a bridge train near Erle, four miles west of Peru, Ind. The trains were running at a low rate of speed and beyond the demolishing of the coweatcher on the engine of the mail train no serious damage was done. Shotbina Man a Saletde. George Flechsenhar, a well-to-do German of Shelbina, Mo., blew his brains out with a revolver, first or- dering his family ail out of the house. He had been acting queerly for some time, and insanity was the probable cause. Asleep on the Track Ralph Owens, a farm hand, was Killed a mile west of Utica, Mo., by a West bound Denver fiyer. He was asleep on the track. His wife and children live at Mooreville. O14 Browning Landmark Sold. ‘The Odd Fellows’ old hall, the third business house built in Browning. Mo., and erected in the summer of 1875, has been sold at public auction. It was purchased by Mrs. Lawrence and will be converted into a photograph gallery. It will be removed from its present site and some brick structure erected. |. A homely woman shouldn't wear a ‘sun-bonaet, because she looks worse, and fa pretty one shouldn't hide her beauty under one. PRIMITIVE CHINESE Moncy ‘© Batonet. ‘The little brass cash, the Obines coins, the lineal descendants, in us broken order, of the bronze axe of r4 mote Celestial ancestors. From. tie regular hatchet to the modern cig one can trace a distinct, if somewtat broken, succession, £0 that it is in. possible to say where the oue \eavey off and the other begins. Here is how this curious pedigree first worked is. self out: In early times, before the coin ‘was tnvented, barter was usually con. ducted between producer and consum. er with metal implements, as it stil) is in Central Africa at the present day At first the Chinese in that unsophis. ticated age were content to use real hatchets for this commercial purpose but after a time, with the profound mercantile instinct of their race, it oc. curred to some of them that when man wanted half a hatchet’s worth ot goods he might as well pay for them with half a hatehet. Still, as it woulg be a pity to spoll a good working im. plement by cutting it in two, the worthy Ah Sin ingeniously compro- mised the matter by making tix hatchets of the usual size and shape but far too slender for practical usaze By so doing he invented coin, and what is more, he invented it far earl fer than the claimants to that prou distinction, the Lydians, whose » trum staters were first struck in the seventh century B, C.—Cornhill Nasi- zine. NICKELS ARE DESPISED. RNS 6 DUES Wroreh There are many stories in this city where a nickel is not a welcome me dium of exchange, because notliag « cheap Is sold, but it is hard to believs that there Is a street stand whiea would not welcome a five-cent ju! chase. If any one is curious in this 1» gard let him go to one of the fruit stands in Cortlandt street, near the Pennsylvania railroad ferry, and try to make such a purchase, says the New York Tribune. “Let me have five cents’ worth of cherries,” said a man the other day, pointing to a loose pile of the little red fruit. “As much as all that!” exclaimed the street merchant and not for a single minute did be cease dusting a bunch of bananas. The intending purchaser waited a moment, then crossed the street and repeated his request to another stand. “Well, you're a cheap one!” exclaimed the vender. “You want to spend a whole nickel do you?” He did not stop sort- ing oranges. The man who longed for cherries tried a third stand. “We can't sell you less than a dime’s worth of anything at these stands,” replied the man in charge. “You'll find an Ital fan up the street who will take tho lead money. The “cheap” man decided he didn't want cherries after all, ani, going into a cigar store, bought a whole bunch of cigarettes with the money. ‘piss! aikcg aoaabtiloaas Bozeman and, in fact, the whole of Gallatin county, Mont., is afiticted with a scourge of dandelions. They are to be seen in every garden, and in nearly every field of the county. In the summer the little globes of fluffy, cot tonlike substance, containing the sevis ‘of the dandelion, float through the ait ‘and alight in every nook and coruer No matter how poor the soil the dan- delion flourishes. Old-timers say that thirty or thirty-five years ago thera ‘was not a dandelion in the country. A farmer's wite some thirty years axo longed for dandelion greens and seat to friends in the east and asked them to send out some seed. They complied with her request and the seeds took root in the lady's garden. They spread from the garden into the lane which runs by the ranch and in the summer either side is a yellow mass of flowers and later it looks like a miniature cot- ton field, When the winds come the little puff balls of seeds are blown bither and thither, and now the plants are worst evil in the country. 1 isis eis a | “Speaking of cheap restaurants,” said a gentleman who has just return- ed from a vislt to London, to a Wasti- ington Star writer, “reminds me of a dining saloon in the Whitechapel dis- trict of London, where a relishing ant fairly substantial meal may be had for half a penny, or one cent in our money ‘This cheap repast Is not served up in the shape of a cut from a joint and 19 vegetables. It is a big brown pie, very jniey and very hot. The absence of beefsteak is evident when you cut the pie, but you find inside a liberal sprinkling of sheep's liver, onions ant turnips, and a plentiful supply of gravy. For a half penny extra tw? slices of bread and a cup of tea a: supplied, Between the hours of twelve and two the poor and hungry from all parts of the east side of the city flock to the dining room. Most of the pit rons are shoeblacks, penny toy me costermongers, and now and the” young clerks whose salaries will not permit them to indulge in a more cost ly dinner.” a laa. ‘There is far more in the oft-repea'*? statement that old buttons {f usef! for no other purpose may serve as a0 offering to the Lord, It is recorded a fact that a clergyman's wife 3: mending clothes for her boys when 022 of her neighbors called in to have ® friendly chat. It was not long Dov" the visitor's eye was attracted bY 3 Jarge basket more than half filled wit® buttons. The lady could not help ™ marking that there seemed a very 600% supply of buttons. Thereupon ste 0 gan to turn them over and suddenly exclatmed: “Here are two buttons °¥ factiy the same as those my husben! had on his last winter suit. 1 shout know them anywhere.” “Indeed.” s%4 the clergyman’s wife. “I am surprise! to hear it. As all these buttons © found in the col’ection bag 1 ‘ust! I might as well put them to some u** Before she had finished speakios th Visitor hastily arose and said she 2° bbe going. | Concelt may puff a man ur, Dit fs not a good prop.