The American Citizen

Oldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of the Country MRS. ROOSEVELT AS THE FIRST LADY IN THE LAND MAY NOT NOW NEED THE NEGRO AS SERVANTS, WONDER IF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WILL NEED 'EM. IN 90' Oldest and MRS. ROOSEVELT A HAS Interesting, Humorou And Newsy Tidbits able Disk HOPE FOR THE NEGRO. Looking at the other races in the world, whom must be reckoned, if they will show themselves to be so, as a part of people, whilst there is much to cause end even dispointaent to those who are their tuest friends, yet there is little from which to draw hope. People ever had more disadvantages extend with on their issue into freezing. They were due d. deceived d. Their habits of industry were dearly red, and they were fooled into believing that they could be legislated in in mediate equality with a race that, when mentioning superiority of ability and education, had a thousand years' worth of them. They were made to believe that their only salvation lay in alluring themselves against the other race, and follow blindly the adventurers, who came to lead them to a new Promised land. It is no wonder that they comed blunders and great excesses. Firstly a generation they have been spoiled along the wrong road. But now a people fire—brands, in arising a new class of leaders, which, with a wider horizon, a deeper sagacity, and a truer ambition, are endeavoring to establish foundation of morality, industry, and knowledge, and to build upon them a queen that shall be capable of availing it of every opportunity that the future may present, and worthy of wha. ever future it may bring. — Thomas Nelson lives in September Atlantic. "I can't my fault," declared the bachelor. "I would have been married long, age if the fates hadn't been against me, probably gave up when I discovered that the race was too swift for me. There was one when all my future was centered in certain young lady who lived in this City. But I had a detested rival who caused me a good deal of uneasiness. I resolved to settle the matter, so I loved myself in my best and mate for the girl's home. Say, but I was bored and when I met my rival at the door, something told me that he was on the une trand, and we stood there and gared at each other till the mother came to the door and informed us that the young lady had gone to a neighbour to wait to visit and aunt." As I turned away I chanced to notice a back passing. I know that there was a train leaving for the town where the man was in a few minutes, and it gave me ideas. Making a dash for the hack I jumped in and shouted to driver that I would give him $10 if he would get to the station in time to catch the train. Then I waved my hand to my wife, long as he was in sight and chuckled to myself at the success of my trip. Well I arrived at the town, found where my friend was staying and called without a time of ses, I had an idea that my mind would be down on the next train. Say I hope never to get married if that a fellow hadn't called her up b, telephone and settled the whole thing before I had even caught my train', Gale B. Jackson of the business league of Virginia said he was "one of those whom Lincoln encamped," and that in Virginia we have been aroused to the importance of business and property to the Negro Mr Washington spoke before our Legislature. We printed the address and have distributed 20,000 copies in the State. The Negro has $15,000,000 invested in business in Virginia and pays taxes on $17,000,000 worth of real estate. Education was made of a bank organized in Richmond in 1889. Since then it has done a business of over $7,000,000. Through all the hard time it never failed to open promptly for business, and no properly drawn upon it has ever been refused. At one time it loaned to the school board of the city of Richmond $10,000,000 which led the Superintendent schools to say 'The Negro bank has made a reputation to day.' A girl name plain Mary "at her birth dropped the "r" when she grew up and became Miss May. As she began to shine in social way she changed the "y" to "o" and signed her letter Mae. About a year ago she was married, and now she has dropped the "e" and it's just plain "Ma" That's evolution. The Charleston S C. Messenger says: "Let the colored men stop making so much fuss about political prestige, "why Now the fool? A voteless citizen is at the mercy of every scamp who wishes to close him it is even so in South Carolina. Charles WithesPoon'a negro farmer near Foney,was waylaid by unknown parties and shot to death, it is believed he was a wanton assassination and with our justification. ```markdown ``` VOL 14, NO.35 HE WAS SIMPLY BEHIND TIME Why au Old Bachelor Has Never Married—Not His Faulz. THE N EGRO IN BUSINESS. EVOLUTION FOR TRUE THE and Best BET AS THE FIRST ASH norous, Advising, adbits Forming A Dish For All, Best Weekly IS THE FIRST LADY IN THE SH. us, Advising, Sensible Forming A Relish. For All, Lyrebish law and Anarchism travel upon the same pike. Each is a foe to law and order. One is a domestic product the ether a foreign product, but both should be suppressed without fear or favor. At the Hampton'(Vs)Negro Conference Booker T. Washington said: "The Colored people are to much urged to pay for their coffin. I have known many who have paid for their coffins ten times over in ten years. These burial societies are doing a vast deal of harm. We must teach our people that one bath tub is worth ten coffins." Rememder that the bark hours of life only intensify the luster of the brighter ones. The greatest test of character is to be found in what is common rather than extraordinary. It is easy for the soldier to be faithful in the rush of battle, when sustained by a catching enthusiasm, than to maintain a high tone of persistent principle under the many trials of daily drills. The path to our trust and richet, experiences often lies through the furnace or affliction: The most distressing physical suffering not unfrequently develops the most perfect Christian character. To many, the most precious blessing of life have come wafed on the wings of some affliction. "Behold happy is the man whom the Lord correcteth. " The colored man or woman who reads race journals can get the pure unadulterated gospel of true racial elevation. Are you buying a home for yourself and family? This means you who are paying rent enough each month to pay for a lot in a year. The Negroes of the Twentieth century must be men and woman in the fullest senses of the word. The multitude of public school and the many opportunities for acquiring education renders reference to an unfortunate bondage of grand parents more than an extension. The Negro must get himself into an spirit of the age. —Pueblo Times. If the Negro will win, it will be by being clanish in its respects, Imitate the Jews; stand by one another in business. If this is done within ten years the business of the Negro will enable him to employ a third of his people as help. —Atlantic Age. The will of Mrs. Marthe C. Callanan in includes among its bequests $20,000 to Tuskegee Normal Institute, of Alabama Mrs. Callanan was the wife of James Callanan multi-millionaire philanthropist of Des Moines, Ia; and she possessed a large fortune of her own. The couple were recently thrown from a carriage; the accident resulting in her death. Booker T. Washington had succeeded in interesting herself and husband in the Negro industrial school, and it is believed her bequest forshadows a greater one from the husband. TO RECEIVE A LOVING CUP FOR IGNORING COLOR LINE. New York, Sept. 29. — The proprietor of the St. Erminie Hotel of London, who on demand of certain white Americans, refused to exclude from his hotel the Negro Bishops who were delegate to the Ecumenical Council, is to receive a splendid testimonial of appreciation from the Negroes of the United States. Many of the Negro organizations throughout the country have already endorsed the resolutions, and when the others have done so, they will be finely engrossed and forwarded to London. The solored citizens of Brooklyn took the initiative in the movement, and w. T. Jemmott, of the West Indian Benevolent League, a former subject of the English government, suggested the plan. The Bishops who were delegates from the colored churches to the council will arrive home during the week. 000,030 failed and no was ever to the chamond tendent Cyrus Field Ada- ter of the United heading a woman cap to the hotel Bugle. ____ Cyrus Field Adams, Assistant Registrar of the United States Treasury, is heading a movement to present a loving cup to the hotel proprietor. ---The Bugle. SOUTH OMAHA. M&R Mrs Johnnie Owen gave a party for Miss Cora Owens Friay Eve. Miss Cora Owens left Saturday Eve for Iowa. M&R Mrs Fitzgerald will spend a few weeks as the Guest of Relatives at Cedar Rapids Ia. All the boys say you can hear the girls say I am going down to pick chickens long enough to get me one of those Automobiles Ha.Ha. Mrs Fannie Washington entertained at 3 O'clock dinner Friday ave. The dinin room was beautifully decorated wit flowers, and the table was decorated i pink and heliotripe solos. Covers was laid for Rev. John Williams Mr. & Mrs. G. W. Reed, Mrs. Henry Howard Mrs. Gracie Davis entertained at dinner Sunday Mrs. Fannie Washington and Mrs. Johnnie Owens. --- mrs. johnson owe AMERICAN BEING A WOMAN. We seldom hear of a man who after careful consideration says he would if he could, exchange places with any woman he ever saw, yet there are men the wide world over who expect to find in woman their ideal of purity, honesty, truthfulness and virtue. Of course no woman can be anyone's ideal unless she were beautiful. I do not speak of the classical fea ures so often desired, for those may not cover a warm true heart. The drooping eye lashes over the most beautiful eyes may help one to sasm beautiful but unless when looking into those eyes they can get from them the impression of trust of confidence, people are apt to say I don't think she is beautiful, after all. Begwomen, places us under many obligations, these we must fill or fall out of being a true woman. None of us can afford to be wild, not ven the girl; being loud lowers ones dignity. We should not show any one that we need training in good manners. Of course one may be ignorant of etiquette from force of circumstances but with common sense these defect may be overcome. Being women, we should never be found waiting in kindness, duiliy, in tact and saint - possession. Of course in going through this word do hesusian side of life does not present its self at once, therefore it is of great importance that we learn to differ without quarreling, and how to argue without suercing. Then too we cannot expect every one to see things from our point of view and it is this very difference opinion that should keep us on the look out less we become narrow-minded, when the moment of conflict comes we should know how to give rnd take and not shake ones dignity by getting angry. When we can rise above the mail indifferent things that seem to bind us to low ideas, when we meet both grief and relief with a smile and not be crushed by circumstances; when we can realise how quick is the succession on human events, the cares troubles and worries wisdom lasting beyond the night when we can do these things, thus we can prove the true worth of being a woman Jannie June in Afro-American. BLASTS FROM THE RAM'S HORN. The church is not a statue but a chisel Great deeds are achieved in the heart first. We lighten our own loads when we lift others. Men will trust the church that really trusts God. No man lives honestly till he has seen God openly. The best way to hide God is to try to analyze Him. All the rivers that bless the world have their rise in God. The man who prevails with God will not fall with men. Manhood and manner are more to a sermon than matter. When a man's honesty is only pro- tected by a policy it will be held at a premium. God does not waste time weigling worthless men. The only man who can bear the weight of the world's sin is he whom it bends in prayer. Men will not freeze to you because you are cold hearted. Saussure is the price that love pays for the privilege of service. Holiness is secret of all sacred things. The call of God may read, "Go," but it means "Come with Me." Churches may be better measured by their gifts than by their gains. When you contain God you do not. FARAWAY FROM HOME Miss Ollie (Burgoye) Martin our little Western Stage beauty now with the Louisiana Amazon Guards, a Company of Colored Artist in the Old Country, is playling this and next week at Copenhagen Denmark with great success. She sends regards to her many friends. We wonder what the "Negro hater" does when he gets hold of a $20 bill with Judson Lyens' name on it. Does he burn it? Publication Notice In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. Addie McKane. Defendant. To the above named defendant, you are here-by notified that you have been sued by the above named plaintiff in the above named court, and that unless you appear and answer on or before the second day of November A. D 1901, the petition filed against you will be taken as true, and a judgment rendered against you, the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant, and divorcing plaintiff from said defendant, and for cost of this suit. I. F. Bradley Atty. for Paintif TALES OF TWO CITIES Miss. Pretsie Hamilton of 109 Layfayette ave, is quite ill this week Mrs. Mary, williams of Denver Col. who spent two weeks in the City with her Daughter Mrs Katie Bell last Friday for Springfield Mo Where she will spend four weeks before she returns home. Mrs. Maggie Jackson of Olathe Kan is the guest of Mrs. Era Washington of 821 Everett St K C K. Rev. A Hary has returned to pastor the St. Peters Chapie C.M. E.4 and Oakland K.C K. he will preach his introductions Sermon Sunday Night. The Ray Frank Wilson was ordained! Elder at the C.M.E. Conference St Joe Mo.Sunday Oct 13.1901. Mrs. C. Gibson & Daughter Mrs. G Beatle of Atchison Kans. after spending a few days in the City the guest of Mrs. Geo. Fairfax of 417 Minn.ave returned home this week. The Columbian literary meets every Thursday eve, at the Metropolitan Church. The seperation of the High School will be discussed next Thursday eve. All scholars, parents, and teachers are invited to be present. The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Morris Matron of Western University-Quandara who passed away the past week will be held Saturday in Leavenworth. "Out In The World" is the name of a three act drama now under rehearsal to be produced in a few weeks under the auspices of the Olympia club. Mrs. Fannie Reams of Minnesota ove. is quite seriously ill. Call up 375 Blue when you have any ove. we will catch it. AT LAST. In a few more days the old place that has known us for so long will shortly know us no more forever. After years of struggling and toiling the St. James A. M. B. church has been, or on the verge of a forced sale and new quarters must be secured. Particulars next issue. Mr. Henry Martin, of Chicago, son of Mr. and Mr. Lous Martin of Ann avenue is home on an extended visit CARDS OF THANKS. We wish to turn thanks to our many friends who assisted us during the sickness of our dear boy and even after his death we desire to say to the many nephews who live in our city that we feel that its our duty to say this to the negro undertakers. As we think that they are worthy of being encouraged we feel satisfied that they did all in their power to make the sad occasion as pleasant for us as possible. We feel it our duty to turn thanks to our friends who assisted us during the sickness of our dear beloved husband and father during his sickness and after his death We also wish to encourage the Kansas City Embalming and Casket Co. A negro enterprise by saying we were well pleased with their services we believe they use every effort in their power to make the affair as, pleasant as possible under the circumstances. They Say. Wonder what the little gnat is driving at, 13th St. or the Sea Foam block. Lower Minnesota are. still holds charms. There were lately heard faint whisperings in the Sea Foam block of a wedding. Fitness, character and money win in England, and not color. It would be well for a few more white Americans to go to London and find that out. The Doctor thinks of selling Jack frost the Kentucky throughtubbed. Is that wedding a go, on N. 5th St. There is another wedding in the air. Honey! you sure look warm. Ah! Its a ragland I see, no its an automobile. What game when your gun is at home. Have you been to the new restaurant in the Sea Foam block? TOPEKA NOTES. Rev J.M Brown entered Washburn College this week. Miss Manerva Graham attended the Baptist Convention last Week at Atch i son Kansas. Prof.William Catter and Bride returned from Denver Colo last Thursday. Mrs.A.M who has been with her sick sister Mrs Early of K.C.K.retu rned home Tuesday. Mrs.Cooper of Chicago Ill. who has been visiting her sister Mrs. Scott will leave for her home within a few days. The Oak Leaf Club met with Mrs. M. Drane this week. Miss Missouri Beaning went to Esk- ridge this week on business. Miss Eva Paten returned from Denver last week. The 23 Regimental Band gave a grand musical concert Tuesday eve. at the city Auditorium. OCTOBER 18, 1901. LEAD ON HYPNOTISM. Will Hypnotize Man to Determine Degree of His Deafness. the use of hypnotism as a means of legal investigation has just been sanctioned by the Ghent court of appeals in regard to a case known as the "Borreman trial," which it was found impossible to elucidate by means of ordinary evidence. It appears that in the course of certain celebrations held at Alost in June, 1899, M. W. Borreman, a merchant of that town, was seriously injured, and as a result upward of twenty arrests were made. Four of the defendants were fined and one condemned to two months' imprisonment, while damages were awarded to the plaintiff. An appeal was subsequently made on behalf of defendants, and a new trial has been in progress for some time past. One of the principal points put forward by M. Borreman was that as a result of the attack made upon him, he suffered from deafness. Medical examination having failed to give satisfactory evidence as to the degree of deafness from which he suffered, its cause, or the probability of curing it, three experts who had charge of the case, and among whom is a professor of Ghent university, submitted that in order to elucidate these points they should hypnotize M. Borreman. The latter having given his consent, the court has just sanctioned the carrying out of the proposal. This is the first time in Belgium that the use of hypnotism has been sanctioned for judicial purposes. The result is awaited with considerable interest. BEAUTIFUL OCEAN ANEMONES Along the entire Atlantic coast there lie, day after day, tide after tide, clam shells, snail shells, and stones with dirty, slimy, wart-like specks on them. Rub them, and nothing is left except a disagreeable viscid fluid. Yet all these specks are living ocean flowers, the wonderful sea anemones that vie with land flowers in beauty and with the oddest of land animals of oddity. Pick up one of these dirty shells with the warts on it and place it carefully in a pool of clear, cold sea water, where the tide can reach it to keep it pure, and you will see a marvelous thing. So slowly that the motion is almost imperceptible the wart will lengthen itself out just the least bit. Then its apex begins to swell, and finally a sharp eye can see that it is opening. Suddenly petals commence to sprout from it. You are beholding the growth of a perfect sea blossom. Bit by bit the delicate, rich-tinted petal grows. It may take five minutes, it may take an hour, according to circumstances, before the flower is open. But it is worth waiting for, even if one has to wait an entire day. These petals are of every shape and of every size and of every color. Some anemones are exactly like splendid dahlias when they are fully open. Others are of a delicate texture and tint like purple asters. The Smallest Pony on Earth. The smallest colt in the world is owned by G. H. Hackstead, a blacksmith living near Ludlow, Ky. It weighs twenty-four pounds and is only twenty-two inches tall. The colt was foaled on a farm near Fountain Ferry Park. Its owner considered it worthless and sent it to Mr. Hackstead. At birth it only weighed about twelve pounds, although it was perfectly formed. Since that time it has grown very slowly, and for the last two months there has been almost no change in its height and weight. If it stops growing now there is no doubt that it is the smallest horse in the world. The colt is perfectly healthy and is well formed and strong. Its dam was a mustang pony of average size and its sire was a good-sized horse. The cross should have produced a medium-sized horse. The colt is good-tempered, although veris. It has been taught to follow its master like a dog and is very affectionate. The freak has attracted much attention since it has been on exhibition. Pope's Opinion of Woman's Clothes. Pope's Opinion of Woman's Clothes. The Pope has recently manifested a preference in regard to ladies' apparel over and above the strict regulation in regard to ladies who are received by the holy father at the Vatican. A niece of the pope was about to be married, and her distinguished relative took so great an interest in her trousseau as to stipulate that the young lady should only have white, blue or black gowns, adding that these were the three colors most becoming to young girls, "Gray and brown," remarked his holiness, "are only suitable for old women, and I do not like any other colors. Possibly the pope prescribed white because it is the symbol of purity, blue because it is the color dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and black because it is the time-honored hue of dress for outdoor wear for Spain and Italy.—Pall Mall Gazette. The Value of a Mixed Die One of the most notable exemplars of peculiar dietary customs is an American army officer of good physique, who, in several years of exacting service at an out-of-the-way Western post, subsisted entirely on "canned goods." It was his custom to open cans at haphaazard, a single can for each meal; whether the contents were fish, fowl or flesh, vegetables or fruit, he ate that and nothing more, and he lives to tell the tale. But he was always active, physically and mentally, except when asleep, and he breathed fresh air twenty-four hours of every day—Saturday Evening Post. CITIZEN How Petroleum Is Refined. The refining of petroleum is a process of distillation, in which it is separated into several marketable products. There are two methods of distillation, known technically as "in vacuo" and "cracking." In the first the petroleum is distilled in a partial vacuum, and in the second, with superheated steam. This process receives its name from the cracking sound of the steam as it enters the undistilled petroleum. Ideal City Will Not Be Near Iran's City Will Not Be Noisy It is safe to conclude, says the New York Tribune, that the ideal city of the future will be less noisy than the average city of to-day. Street cries of ear-splitting shrillness and all sorts of tumultuous sounds will be moderated by the next generation, if the present municipal rulers do little or nothing to abate a grievous nausea. New Yorkers are the most patient people ever known. But some day they may break bounds. Thoroughly British Hicks—"Did you ever see anyone so uncompromisingly English as Perkins?" Wicks—"No, and I never saw anyone with any pretension to style make such a ridiculous breach of good form as he did yesterday. He appeared in full dress at 2 o'clock in the afternoon." Hicks—"That's all right from his standpoint. It was after 6, London time, you know."—Catholic Standard and Times. A Monument for Napoleon: Ex-Mayor Walbridge, of St. Louis, spoke on Missouri day at the Buffalo exposition July 2. He gave special attention to the coming celebration in St. Louis of the Louisiana purchase and announced the intention to raise a monument of Missouri granite to Napoleon, who ceded the territory to the United States.—Rochester (N. Y.) Democrat and Chronicle. Salt as a Medicine. Salt is considered one of the most useful medicines. Rheumatic people find great benefit in a glass of cold salt water taken regularly before breakfast. Falling hair is often arrested and a new growth insured by the daily application of strong salt and water, with considerable amount of friction, either with the finger tips or hair brush. Belts and Their Buckles. The greater number of belts are shaped, and white calf and patent leather are among the best. The harness buckle is the buckle for these belts. Occasionally there is a buckle that is covered. Some of the belts have buckles on either side of the front and open at one of them. Suede and velvet belts are studded with metal. Become Your Own Master. "There is no fun in working for others when you are able to set up in business on your own account," said Andrew Carnegie in a recent interview. "Always try to become your own master; that is my advice to every young man starting in life. Don't remain a servant all your days if you can help it." Eig Lemonade Dissolve one cup of sugar in one pint of water, add the juice of four lemons. Beat the yolks of four eggs until light colored and creamy, and then the whites until stiff. Mix them tooough, add the lemon water and one pint of fine chipped ice. Add more sugar if needed. Above: Suspicion. On being informed that a member of his race had been sentenced to the penitentiary for forgery, Brother Dickey exclaimed: "Dat's what comes er ds yer edication. Thank de good Lawd I never could read or write, en what's mo', I never will!"—Atlanta Constitution. Indian Girl to Be Lawyer. Wah-ta-wass, the full-blood Indian girl who is preparing to enter Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass., is at present employed as a typewriter and stenographer in the office of a Boston lawyer and does her studying for her examinations at night. Diameter of the Earth. Although the diameter of the earth has been roughly known for many years, it has only lately been accurately ascertained, after thirty years' labor and a cost of $500,000. It is 7,926 miles at the equator and 7,899 from pole to pole. A Flat 300 Feet High The largest plant in the world is probably the giant sea weed, called by scientists nereocystis. This plant often grows to a height of 300 feet. It grows around the South Sea Islands, where the natives use it for rope. Women in the Philippines, at lea- in in the island of Luzon, are show- wonderful kill as lapidaries and gem- setters. Their taste and workmanship are far in advance of the powers of men. Sea Depths Are Cold. Atmospheric sharps say that even at the equator the average temperature of the sea at the depth of a mile is but 4 degrees above freezing point. Integrity Baffles Duplicity: Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity than straightforward and simple integrity in another. LIGHTNING'S ODD CAPERS Unworthy Lover Killed on Grave of True Hearted Girl. The romantic have found food for contemplation in deaths by sudden strokes of lightning, in which they have conceived that a higher power visited upon the heads of sinful mortals a just punishment for offenses for which the human code had no penalty provided. One of these was where a few years ago a young girl descended from the Indian race, educated at Carlisle, and of refined tastes and lovely disposition fell in love with a young missionary who had gone to her tribe's residence to preach the gospel. The beautiful girl was a member of his congregation and he showed that he reciprocated her love, but it was developed that he considered the trace of Indian blood in her veins a bar to their marriage. The girl killed herself and a few nights afterward there came a severe thunder-storm, at the cessation of which the young minister was missing. Later his dead body was found on the grave of the girl, where he had been struck down by a bolt of lightning. The collectors of the curious stories of the freaks of lightning have preserved the account of the case where what appeared to be a ball of fire was observed rolling along the ground and finally into a shed where several pigs were penned. With comparatively slow and deliberate movements the ball traversed the inclosed rails, skirted the sides of the pen, and was pursuing its so far harmless way along the floor when an overcurious pig concluded to investigate it more closely by rubbing his snout against it. At the touch of the pig's snout the shed on that side flew into small bits and the porcine student of electricity and his half-dozen brothers and sisters were instantly killed. CHANGING A ROSE'S COLOR. Chemist's Scientific Knowledge Brings Climax to His Love Affair. It was a lover who lately discovered this trick. When he was not with his lady love he was studying chemistry and experimenting, and one day recently he found an easy method of changing the natural color of flowers. He was in the habit of presenting his sweetheart with bouquets of beautiful roses which grew in his garden, and a few hours after he made the discovery he took her half a dozen of the choiceest white roses and told her that she could learn through them whether he was really in love with her or not. "If you and I are destined for each other," he said, "these white roses will become crimson within five or six hours from now. Gradually but surely they will change color, and you regard the change not only as indication that the flowers are delighted to be worn by you, but also as an infallible sign that happiness is assured to us in the future." Sure enough before the eyes of the wondering maiden the roses changed color and were crimson at sunset that evening. Marvelous indeed the change seemed to her, for how could she know that the roses were originally red and that her lover had simply bleached them white by holding them for some time over a pan filled with smoking sulphur before he handed them to her? At Monte Carlo. The principality of Monaco is surrounded on all sides by the French Department of Alps Maritimes, except to the south, where it borders on the sea. Its total area is eight square miles and its present ruler is Prince Albert of Monaco, who succeeded his father in 1899. It is picturesquely situated, and many visitors are attracted by the mildness of its climate and its beauties as a health resort, but the main attraction to the great majority of its visitors is the legalized gambling at the Casino of Monte Carlo. The Casino Company, out of the profits of the gambling has practically to bear the cost of spiritual and temporal government for the Principality, and, in addition $250,000 annually to the Prince for the concession. Last year the company paid $45,000 for grants to bishop, clergy, convents and educational institutions, and $30,000 in gifts to charity. They also paid $100,000 for army, police, law courts and expenses of government. Armora I Automebiles The progress of military automobiles in Germany is indicated by the fact that the minister of war has later ordered a series of machines which will carry two small Maxim guns, protected by nickel-stel plates. He has also ordered a series of automobile breaks which will be provided with tables. These breaks will be used by the general staff and the officers may thus consult their maps or papers en route, spreading them upon the tables, series of light vehicles, or voltrettes, is also to be constructed, to be used on the firng grounds for ascertaining the results of the cannon shot. In Austria-Hungary, the minister of war is having a series of automobiles constructed. Brave Little Women. Even the highest class of Japanese women have their household duties to perform, and, no matter how rich the family, Japanese girls are brought up to be able to sew, cook, and attend to their homes. The higher class women never go to market. The market comes to them—that is, the dealers call and offer wares for sale at their customers' doors. Nearly all Japanese women make their own clothes; at all events, even the very richest embroider their garments themselves. They are very economical little dressmakers, and do much planning, cutting, and basting and making over. . aye a x American Citizen’ say, MERICAN CITIZEN PUBLISHING aND PRINTING CO. Every Week at 417 Minnesota Ave. KANSAS CITY KANSAS Telephone “375 blue” pee W. C. MARTIN, EDITOR. Ta&RIS OF SUBSCRIPTION Weekly one year......... sees 8180) atered at the postoffice at Kansas City ‘@ns , a3 sec0ad class matter. Publication Notice, in The Court of Common Pieas of Wyandotte County, Kansas: Abner Robinson and Amanda Hines Plaintifts. ys. Paulina Moorehead and Jane Moore. Defendants, No, 4893. fo Jane Moore, ae ees: You are hereby notified that the Plain- tif above named has brought suit and filed ais petition against you, together with other Defendants in the above antitl- ‘ed Court, and that you most answer the petition aforesnid led against you on o before the Twerity-first day of Septew ber 1901,or said petition will be taken as true, and judgment accordingly rendered ‘against you as follows: First—A judgment making partition of the following deseribed real estate to wit; Lots Twenty-six [26] Twenty-sev- en [27] Twentyncight [28] ’4and Twenty 1 (29)in block One hundred and 9:2. ty nine (169) ia the former city of Wyan dotte, now a part of Kansas City in Wyandotte county ‘Kansas, as prayed for {in the petition, fled in the above entitled cas*, and for costs of suit, LF Bradiey. Attorney for Plaintiff ‘very Friday evening New Yor foses thousands of its residents, wh. go to other cities in the state and to Boston and Philadelphia. ‘These peo- ple are citizens of Albany, Utica, Syra- cuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Elmira, Bing- hamion and the travelers to Boston and Philadelphia have thelr homes in these cities, All of these men do bus!- ness in New York city. They return to New York from their homes on Sun- day. .at, arriving Monday morning, and from that time until Friday even- ing they are going after the almighty 4o}lar.—Baltimore News. Xothing Personal Intended. When Lady Blessington sent D’Orsay to complain of some delay on the part of her publishers, Otley & Saunders he used very high language. A dig- aified man in @ high, white neckcloth, ho Vas listening to him, sald: “Count D'Oreay, I would sooner tose Lady Blessington's patronage than submit to such persona? abuse.” “There was nothing personal,” said the count; “I you are Otley, then damn Saunders; it you are Saunders, then damn Otley." a ae eae John Beutler of Wapakoneta, Ohio, has manuscripts and books that have been handed down from father to son since the ninth and sixteenth centuries. He has original manuscripts of the code of Justinian the Great, emperor of Rome, written in the latter part of the fifth century. He also has original manuscripts of the annals of C. Corne- tus Tacitus, the Roman historian, writ- ten in Greek, about the middle of the sinth century. = ‘The Famous “Passion Play.” Already arrangements are eine made by the tourist agents to conduc! parties to Oberammergau this year the famous “Passion Play” having been fixed to commence on April 24. It wii Iast,as usual, till the end of September Since 1633, with only slight remodeling this mystery of miracle performance has been performed by village peasant tn tho Bavarian hichiwnds every te: yeare. Xmperer Wiliinw and Hite Sister Phe Queen and ue Empress Fed wriek have succeede« in bringing soout 4 full reconciliation between ihe Em peror William anl his siste> the Dutchess of Sparta, who spent a few days at Potsdam vith the mperor ond Empress before she left Germany the other day on her return to Greece. ‘The Duchess of Sparta was formerly the Emperor's favorite sister; but her sudden and unexneted “corverston’ to the Greek church ‘nfinitely exas- perated his’ majesty aud he has since See ee ein bike ‘No Use tor It. Uncle Zebulon, from one ot the back townships, was on a visit to bis nephew in the big city, and the two had gone to a restaurant for dinner. They hae given thelr order and were waiting for ft to be filled, when the younger man, who had been glancing at a paper that lay on the table, said: “By the way. uncle, did you ever have cerebro-spinai meningitis?” “No,” replied Uncle Zeb- lon, after a few moments’ menta: struggle with the question, “and J don't want any. I'd rather bave frie¢ Uver and bacon ang day.” A Miard Bet to Win %m 1893 three Irishmen agreed to un- Gertake 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, ané it was agreed that whoever survived the trip and returned should receive the whole amount. In case all died a Dublin hospital was to become the Deneficiary. On Dec. 24, 1895, they started east across Europe and Asia Minor to Egypt, where they took pas- sage for Australia, Their wanderings through the inner wastes of Australia proved the hardest trials of the jour- hey, and the severity of this trip re- sulted in the death of two of the tray- elers. The third, Capt. Trevelyan, com- pleted the voyage and won the money. —New York’ Press. ne KANSAS CLTY ) EMBALMING & bee ee CASKET White, | ou: Sy | COMPA NY J_@v ves, Vice Pres. Wet Gabi Trem NOW OPEN FOR, D. Ww. Waite, HL P. zee B U SIN ESS- | w. M. Gausble: Frank Wileoo ee | LF. Bradley, G. We Comager ee he The Dead,” i | eae SOLICITED: 1 .Telephone . Ge offic. 1014 N. 5th Street! j Sse Won 2 son, KANSAS CITY, Kans we OBOE SOOO OOS ORO we __i To the Colored People of the World. THE GREATEST OF ALL HAIR TONICS. STRAIGHTENS KINKY, NAPPY, CURLY HAIR. i God eels ae ak eos eet oe os Wie oa ed ore Sag Gat Regular $5.00 Complete. 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Keeping young is simply keeping abreast with the times we are tn, At the recent an- atversary In New York City of the founding of Stevens Institute, ex-Mayor Hewitt related this incident: “Wher {was a student at Ceiumbia, base ball vas our only game, and not such a det- Ament to a college as it is to-day. We fost most of our balls by knocking them over Into a yurd of a house in Barclay street. One day when we were short jand could not get any base balls, I was appointed a committee of one ‘o visit ‘he house and ask for some. A gen- tleman appeared in answer to my ques tion, and producing a basket contain. ing twenty-fve v7 thirty balls, asked 11 they were ours. I said that I supposed they were. ‘Every one of them hat broken a window In my house, he re- Joined. ‘You may take them, and when you bave all the vindows in my muslo wr s+ a= to Hoboker Dety co 8 Messe. Uncle Sam is a stern stickler for form, «nd the amount of red tape em- ployed: in the custom house is really remarkable, It was demonstrated the other day that not even a tiny mouse ean creep into our domains trom for- eign shores without paying duty, says the Philadelphia Record. A gentle- man returning from Europe brought with him a pet white mouse, of whick he had grown very fond. His “mouse~ lets” was assessed’ at 20 per cent. which so enraged its owner that he vigorously protested. The case was appealed, and the board of classifica- tion of the board of general apprais- ers, after mature deliberation in sol emn conclave, handed down a decision lim which the protest was overruled. Peanut Butter, According to a prominent dealer, peanut butter 1s rapidly becoming au important commercial product. It ts made by grinding peanuts very fine and reducing the mass to a paste, from which a large part of the oil is re- moved. A little salt is then added. Many physicians recognize the nutri- tous value of this butter. It has all the wholesome qualities of nuts with- out being so indigestible. Peanut but- ter is excellent for the poor, too, for tt contains quite as much nourishment as ordinary but er and 1s much lees ‘expensive. ae ete " UNION: aca (re SHORTFST LINE CFUSS ™=ECRTIBE 1] ‘The Union Pacitic “The Original Over- lard Route’ always was, and in tomday, the shortest erd test Line to the west. Two eplerdid fast tains leave Kansas City daily over this old establiched line, No change of cars between Kensas City ard Denver, Ogden or San Francisco, All trams solidly veshbuled and tully equipped with latest improved Reclining sleeping cars. Meals cerved in Pullman Palace diving cars on the restaurant pian at prices most restonable. All cars light- ed with the celebrated Pintech Lig t ‘Only line ruoning two trains with- out charge fic BersesCity 10 Denver Low excursion rates on sale to Colorado- Utah Idaho, Oregon. 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Hartona No-Smell will remov> all smet's sd bad odors cf the body; cures sore and aching feet, chafed limbs, ete Hartona No-Smell is 2 God-send to all persons suffering from disagreeable odors caused by perspiration of the feet, arm-pits, «t¢ Sent anywhere on receipt of price, 10 cents and 25 cents a prekage. ‘Address all orders to HARTONA REMEDY CO., 909 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. SPECIAL GRAND OFFER. Send us One Dollar, and mention this paper, and we will send you three large boxes of Hartona Hair-Grower and Straight 0 large bottles of Hartona Face Wash, and one large hex of Hartona No-Smell. Goods will be sent securely sealed from observatior Write your name and post-office and express-office address very plainly. Money can be sept by post-oflice money order, or viclosd ina registered letter, or by express. Address all Orders to e HARTONA REMEDY CO..900 F. Main St., Richmond. 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Better keep your Eyes open PILES TILL ee sla eet Jor free Tob spe bob's eagle A ae H rs ae a a me We Sl oro MRS. IDA L. ROSER Grand-Niece of Ex-President James K. Polk, Writes to Mrs. Pinkham Saying: "Dear MRS. PINKHAM: I have been married for nearly two years, and so have not been blessed with a child. I have, however, suffered with a complication of female troubles and painful menstruation, until very recently. W. W. "The value of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was called to my attention by an intimate friend, whose life had simply been a torture with inflammation and ulceration, and a few bottles of your Compound cured her; she can hardly breathe, and she is blessed health. I took four bottles of your Compound and consider myself cured. I am once more in fine health and spirits; my domestic and officinal duties all seem easy now, for I feel so strong I can do three times what I used to do. You have a host of friends in Denver, and among the best count. Yourms very grateful."—Mrs. L. R. Lissner 326 18 Ave., Denver, Col. $30,000 forfeit if above testimonial is not If you are ill, don't hesitate to get a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once, and write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., for special advice—it is free. cannot be equated at any price. W. L. Douglas $3.00 and $3.50 shoes made of the finest grade leather used in $5 and $8 shoes and are just as good. Sold by the best shoe dealers everywhere, with name and price stamped on bottom. How to Order by Mail.—If W. L. Douglas sells shoes anywhere and price stamped on bottom, Sell shoes anywhere at receipt of price and $3 additional for carriage. My customer pair that will equal $2 and $4 custom made shoes, in style, fit and foot so show on model, state and usually worn; plain or light or light shoes. A fit guaranteed. Ya'll pair. Fast Color Fireworks used. Catalog free. W. L. Douglas, Brockton, Mass. Nature's Price Remedies DR. P. PHELPS BROWN'S HERBAL OINTMENT Mournals, *Murgantia,* *Wink Back, Sprains,* *Burns, Bores and All Pain* *Do not let your shoe be doomed not sell it, we brooke, we will free.* Dr. P. Brown, 88 W. Newbury, N.Y. CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING CO., Dept. W, 356 Dearborn St., Chicago. ACTUALLY GROWS HAIR ON BALD HEADS HONORABLE CURE. assist you to apply your remuneration three times a week. We have Street, Chicago, IL. have dandruff, felling scalp or falling hair which is a sign you are absolutely bald write Prof. Austin and tell him so. He will help you CURES DANDRUFF TOPS FAILING HAIR Take three fallen hairs from the morning combing and small pieces of your scalp and the colored skin of an assistant paint yearly standing and national recognition, who will send you an examination of your hairs under his specially designed and power- ful microscope. There is also charge whatever an assistant has absolutely painted. You are also absolutely FREE. When you are cured of the fourierment your hair is treated with Prof. Austin asks for your friends ask. SEND NO ROUGE. If you are al- ready partly or totally bald find the answer to what to stay in. PISO'S CURE FOR COURS WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. HOT LOUGH SYrup. Tastes Good. Use in Hime. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION --- $300 W.L.DOUGLAS SHOES $350 UNION MADE. For More Than a Quarter of a Century The reputation of W. L. Douglas $3.00 and $5.50 shoes sold all other makes sold at the prices. This excellent reputation has been won by merit alone. W. L. Douglas $3.00 shoes and $5.50 shoes because his reputation for the best $3.00 and $3.50 shoes must be maintained. The standard price for $3.00 and $5.50 shoes more values more value for his money in the W. L. Douglas $3.00 and $3.50 shoes. W. L. Douglas sells more $3.00 and $3.50 shoes than any other two manufacturers. W. L. Douglas sells more $3.00 and $3.50 shoes. He sells more $4.00 and $4.50 shoes. W. L. Douglas $4.00 Gilt Edge Line HERBAL OINTMENT It Grows Through the Pares O. D. Brown, B. P. INSIST ON GETTING IT. Some grovers say they don't keep DeFense Starch because they have a stock in the warehouse. They cannot be sold to a customer who has used the 16 oz. pkg. DeFence Starch You can grow a full head of flowers in Kind to Tenants in Dry Year. "Uncle George" Pollman of Macon county is a big-hearted Missourian who displays his philanthropy in a modest but practical way. He has a number of tenants on his land, and settlement day came recently. Just before its arrival he wrote to each of them, including canned notes and a receipt in full. He told them that he wished them to understand that they did not owe him anything; that all he should ask the present year was that they take good care of their families. Women's Method of Leaving Car "You often hear it said," remarked a street car conductor, "that women always get off the car backward, in direct contrast to men, who get off with the moving car. It is true that they never observe the direction in which the car is going when they alight. The real peculiarity, however, which all women exhibit is that they get off in the direction they wish to go after leaving the car."—Philadelph Philadelphia Times. Weight of the Honey Bee Careful weighing, it is said, shows that an ordinary bee, not loaded, weighs the five-thousand part of $ p $ pound, so that it takes 5,000 bees to make a pound. But the loaded bee, when it comes in fresh from the field and flowers, freighted with honey, often weighs nearly three times more Big Gift to Presbyterians Lord Mount-Stephen recently gave £40,000 to the Presbyterian church of Scotland, the income of which is to go to ministers in his native district of Aberdeenshire and Banffshire. Lord Mount-Stephen is the first baron of the name. He lived in Canada for many years and was president of the St Paul and Manitoba and Canadian Pacific railways. Mrs. Madison's Case. Polk City, la, Oct. 14th. For over ten years Mrs. Elizabeth P. M. disson, a respected lady of this place has suffered most severely with Kidney trouble complicated with derangements of the bowels and liver. Rheumatism another painful result of deranged Kidneys added its tortures to her burden of pain. Treatment's and medicines without number were tried; physicians also exhausted their skill, but all to no purpose. At this stage of the case a treatment of Dodd's Kidney Pills was resorted to and the results were simply miraculous, from the very first box an improvement was noticed and the continued treatment resulted in a complete cure. This remarkable cure created a decided sensation in the neighborhood because of the complications of the case as well as its severity and apparent hopelessness. Upon investigation Dodd's Kidney Pills are found to be the only remedy that has ever cured Bright's Disease, Diabetes or Dropsy and these hitherto incurable diseases are readily conquered by this remarkable remedy. Irying's Son Winning His Way. H. B. Irving, the elder of Sir Henry Irving's two sons, was 31 on Aug. 5. As an author he is winning recognition by his books. Mr. Irving belongs to the greatly increasing band of university men who have become actors, for he was educated at Oxford. It is now ten years since he made his first appearance on the stage, which he left for a time in order to finish reading for the bar. Lon'ts for Women. Don't keep the match box in a closet. Don't fold unlaundered curtains. Don't cool tomatoes in the ice box. Don't buy "cheap" lines as they are the dearest. Don't use "cheap" soap in the laundry as it costs the most. Don't use a starch that will produce that harsh crackling effect, but go to your grocery and order Defiance Starch, 16 ounce package for 10 cents. Made by Magnetic Starch Co., Omaha, Neb. Hoax—"There's an indication of an early fall." Joax—"What?" Hoax—"That banana skin on the sidewalk." PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are easier to use and color more goods brighter and faster colors than any other dye. Sold by druggists, 10c. per package. Perhaps the reason Ajax defied the lightning was because he had no mother-in-law to practice on. 'i was 'i am DON'T SPOIL YOUR CLOTHES. Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them white as snow. All grocers. 5c. a package. It may seem strange, but drummers never beat their way. DEFIANCE STARCH should be 1 oz. household, none so good. Besides 4 oz. more for 10 cents than any other brand of cold water starch. Kansas News Notes. ```markdown ``` It is quieter in Beloit now. The big Racket store was burned to the ground last week. A baby in Lyndon swallowed a trunk key and symptoms of lockjaw are looked for any day. A man in Blue Rapids has fallen in love with his wife. She has inherited $60,000 since he left her. Charles I. Hallam, near Downs, was struck by lightning and killed while chopping kindling in his back yard. The Italian fruit business in Galena is sufficiently flourishing to enable the dealer engaged in it to build a residence. One may form an idea of how hard the wind blows out in Inman from the fact that it blew a $20 bill out of a man's hand. The breeze is mischievous out around Sterling. A paper there complains that the old stone mill is being blown away. Last week's tornado at Clifton didn't amount to much—just enough to remind the East that Kansas still has them in stock. Lillian Skelton was divorced from Robert Skelton in Wilson county last week. They must have had something in their closet. Several farmers around Gaylord have made the original price of their land this year by selling alfalfa seed at $6 a bushel. When a Harvey county hen reaches her eight birthday she is given a free ride to California and palmed off as a spring chicken. A woman in Strong City discharged her servant girl because she persisted in wearing better clothes than any one in the family. A man in Baldwin is doing a thriving business by raising black cats, which he sells for 75 cents each. He guarantees them fast black. There is no formula for getting rich. The stingiest man in Topeka is worth $500,000; the stingiest man in Elk county isn't worth $14. E. W. Snyder and A. A. Kelly, two of the best known members of the American farm in Leavenworth, have consolidated their banks. At least this will be one winter when the venerable story about the farmers in Western Kansas using corn for fuel will not appear in print. According to the Students' Herald of Manhattan, a fire started from spontaneous combustion in the "chemical cow barn" at the State Agricultural college. Some of the Western Kansas papers object to the term "executive mansion" because it sounds too highfalutin. How would "executive dugout" do? A Fort Scott man who fell through a hole in a board sidewalk not only wants a new plank put down, but wants the city to plank down $15,000 damages. Robbers who went through the general store at Danville overlooked $165 in the cash register. But robbers in the tue wheat belt have no time to frivol on small change. Among the prosperous farmers 21 Marshall county are counted Mrs. Anna Holthusen and her two daughters, who do all the work on the farm and reap all the benefits. The first boy born in Dickinson county was G. W. Staats, who came into the glorious commonwealth of Kansas May 8, 1861, in a log house with the earth for a floor. After all, the legislative appropriation of $5,000 to exterminate prairie dogs wasn't so extravagant. If the estimate of 100,000,000 prairie dogs is correct, that's only one cent for each 200 dogs. One Downs woman is on record as a kicker because the gas company didn't put a meteor in her house; and another citizen notified the water company that the hydrogen that they placed in his front yard leaked. A man in Burr Oak has a bath room in connection with his laundry, possibly to furnish a secure retreat for those who desire to have their work done while they wait. A Western Kansas temperance agitator makes it a point to use only such figures of speech as will appeal most strongly to those in that particular locality. "Whisky," he declares, doesn't drown sorrow; it irrigates it." The Farmers' elevator at Russell Center was opened with a procession of eight loads of wheat, from north of Bison, headed by a band, with the star spangled banner floating from many of the wagons. 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While the manner of his taking off is perhaps, a minor incident compared with the major fact that he is to pay the penalty of his life for his crime, it is a common a on the advancement of the world that an assassin guilty of the most he nousse is to be executed, not as in the old days by a more barbarous and painful death than that meted out to other murderers, but in the most humane method approved by the laws of the state in which he was convicted. Time was when the CHAIR OF DEATH IN THE EXECU assassin of a ruler was dragged to pieces by four horses atached to his four limbs and drawn in opposite directions. In some of the oriental countries to this day the most cruel and revolting tortures are reserved for those who even attempt the life of a pentactate or are suspected of complicity in plots against him. Bolling in oil, drawing and quartering are among the least terrible of these punishments, while the lopping off of single members from the living body until death relieves the victim is a common punishment for notable crimes. Means of Death Humane. MEANS or DEATH HUMANITY. In China to this day criminals suspected of plots against the emperor or other high officials are placed in a bamboo cage and kept constantly awake by their guards until death from fatigue ensues. They are provided with sharp instruments on the least sign of sleep and their sufferings are impossible to dcribe after three or four days of this torture. But Czolgczas, who would have m't a fite as terrible as any of those had he committed a like crime in an oriental country, or even in many European countries, is to meet death in the form declared to be most humane and practically painless by medical men. A current of electricity is to be shot through his body, paralyzing the heart action instantly and causing death in a fraction of a second. In the familiar phrase of the street, "he will n' ever know what struck him" after the electrician concealed in an inner room moves the fatal switch which will send 2000 or more volts of the mysterious current through his body. Result of Long Agitation Result or Long Agitation. More than ten years ago the agitation looking to the abolition of hanging was begun in New York state. After several magazine and newspaper articles had been published expressing the opinions of eminent physicians and criminologists on every phase of the subject, a commission was appointed by the legislature to make an exhaustive inquiry into the subject. This investigation dragged along for several years, during which time the matter was thoroughly exploited in the newspapers, and at last a favorable report was submitted recommending that electricity be substituted as a death THE STATE PRISON AT AUBURN Marie Joanna Kersaho, whose death on the Island of Croix in France has been announced, had the distinction of being the only woman sea captain in the world. She went to sea with agent for the time honored rope's end, which had been used in most English speaking countries for hundreds of years. A bill was passed by the legislature authorizing the change in 1897 and it was ordered in the law that all executions should take place in the state penitentiaries. Electrocution chambers were constructed at Sang Sing and Auburn, equipped with the "death chair" which superseded the old gallows, wires which took the place of the rope and an electric switchboard which performs the functions of the old "trap." Death Is Instantaneous. Several executions have taken place under the new conditions and with results which more than verifi all the TION ROOM AT AUBURN PRISON. claims of the physicians. Autopsies were held on the books of the first criminals executed in order that the surgeons and officials might learn exactly what effect the tremendous current had upon the tissues and organs of the body, and discover if possible in that way whether death was instantaneous. It was found that the blood was coagulated and other indications went to prove that euthentication was a certain, instantaneous and practically painless form of death. This is what awaits the assassin who murdered President McKinley and plunged the nation into grief. Under the law he has an interval of twenty-one days between the date of his sentence and his execution in order that any legal stays of proceedings may be brought by his attorneys before the higher courts, but in the present case, of courses, nothing of the kind will be attempted. The Chair of Death The condemned man will be led by guards into the death chamber in the Auburn penitentiary. Near the wall at one end of the room is an oak chair, constructed something after the manner of an easy chair, with broad wooden arms. It rests upon a rubber matted, which insulates it completely. Attached to the back of the chair is an adjustable board, against which Czolgosz will rest his back, and this board is equipped with a sliding rod to which it is attached the "death mask." a strap which can be fastened around the head at the forehead. On the innr side of this strap are two small sponges, which press upon the t pleses and which are connected by wires with the rod in the back of the chair. This rod carries the electic y, conduct d to it by heavy wires from the wall. There are straps fasten d to the back of the chair to pass around the upper arms of the condemned man and holding the arms securely against the chair, other straps on the arms of the chair itself binding the for a ms own and preventing the least stuggle. Another stout strap or belt attached to the back of the chair passes across the abdomen of the prisoner and binds him securely to the seat. His ankles are also strapped to the foot rest at the bottom of the chair. When all is in readiness two small electrodes fitted with moist sponges IN WHICH CZOLGOSZ WILL DIE. her father when she was only 12 years old. After her father's death she commanded three vessels and received several medals and money rewards for heroism on the water. THE TREATMENT OF A BUSTED MAN AN ORDEAL TO BE ENCOUNTERED BY THE ASSASSIN Anarchy's Impossible Task. like those przing against the forehead are placed against the bare calf of each leg, the trousers either being slit for the purpose or turned up as far as the knee. When these electrodes are fastened into place the body of Czolgosz will form part of a circuit from the wires at his head to those at his legs, and any current entering the upper wires must pass from the electrodes attached to his legs and thus back to the dynamo. Method Is Simple. The execution itself, these details being attended to, is exceedingly simple. Upon the wall of the death chamber is a large switch board and a number of gauges which register the number of volts of current passing over the wires. One of the officials selected for the put pose, either the sheriff or some other officer legally charged with the execution, puts down a handle on a switch, which completes the circuit, and in a fifth of a second about 2,200 volts of the deadly electricity leaps through the body of the murderer and passes on through the wires. In that fraction of time it is all over. He is dead as certainly as though a guillotine had descended upon his neck. The current is usually allowed to remain at that intensity for about ten seconds, when it is reduced to 1,800 volts. After several seconds, in order to make assurance doubly sure, the current is again increased to upward of 2,000 volts and then cut off. The execution is over in less than a minute, the penalty demanded by the law has been paid. Death Is Palless. This method of excution has met with so much favor from criminologists, physicians and humanitarians that it has been adopted by several other states, notably Massachusetts and Ohio. It is an improvement in hanging from several standpoints, being swift, sure and painless, and the removal of the body within a minute after the current is turned on is a great advance from the old method, where a man was allowed to hang from ten to fifteen minutes slowly dying, while a jury of doctors counted his failing pulse beats and finally pronounced him dead. There are no pulse beats in the electric-chair execution. The movement of the handle on the switch board is pactically s'multaneous with the stoppage of the heart, the obliteration of all sense and feeling and immediate death. Since the imposition of sentence Cozlogaz has lost the nerve which carried him through the ordeal of the trial and has collapsed a most completely. The chances are that by the time the day of his excursion arrives he will have to be dragged or carried to the chair. His collapse occurred on his arrival at Auburn pent n'tary at 3 o'clock on the morning after r his sentence was pronounced in Buffalo. Up to that time he had carried himself marvelously well. He stood the trying test in the courtroom and even the imposition of n sentence without a visible weakening and marched back to his cell almost as jauntily as though he had been acquitted. Scene of Horror Expected. But the people of Auburn had heard AN ORDEAL TO BE ENCOU that he would arrive that morning, and a mob of about 300 had assembled at the station. When the train pulled in there was an outcry from the mob for the murderer's blood. As he was hustled from the train to the prison fists struck at him and hands reached over the officers' shoulders to seize him. Immediately he collapsed and What an abd'ing faith in the stability of our g.v.rament has Sinaor George Farquar of Massachusetts! It is sublime patriotism which found expression in these words at the Republican State Convention in Massachusetts the other day: "You and I are Republicans. You and I are men of the North. Most of us are Protestants in religion. We are men of native birth. Yet if every Republican were today to fall in his place, as William M. Kinley has fallen, I believe our countrymen of the other party, in spite of what we deem their errors, would take the republic and bear on the flag to liberty and gory. I believe if every Protestant were to be stricken down by a lightning stroke, that our brethren of the Catholic faith would still carry on the republic in the spirit of a tue and liberal freedom. I believe if every man of native birth within our borders were to die, this day, the men of foreign birth, who have come here to seek homes and liberty under the shadow of the republic became panic-striken. Falling upon the floor of his cell, he screamed with fear and agony and begged the officers not to give him up to the mob. That seemed to be his greatest fear—that he would be lynched. As the days passed he grew a bit quieter, but it is apparent to his guards that he has lost his nerve, and they fear he will make a pitiable spectacle of himself when the time comes for his last march on earth—that from his cell to the death chamber. An arrant, coward, the chances are that he will be paralyzed with faan when he views the apparatus prepared for his death—the grisly chair, the head piece and the straps. It is, indeed, a spectacle which might make the most blustering braggart quail, and in the case of a pliful coward like the man who mu dered the president the effect will probably be distressing in the extreme to the sheriff and other officials charged with his l1 gul execution. But they have little pity for him. Indeed, at the start before his trial the sheriff die vredt at that guards stationed outside his cell were practicing a mild form of torture by keeping him awake at night. They managed to make nooses whi h startled him every time he went to sleep; they talked or sung or whistled and gored in the fact that their endeavors were driving sleep from the brain of the murderer—a mild form of the Chinese torture which keeps criminals awake until they die. But as soon as the sheriff heard of this he put a step to it, largely because he did not want Zolgesz to appear in court thin, drawn and haggard as though he had been persecuted in the jail. In the eyes of the law he was still innocent until he had been proven guilty, and orders were issued to feed him wall and let him have plenty of sleep. The result was that when he came into court he was fat and sleek after his two weeks of rest and good food and looked much better than he did when he was arrested. May Make Trouble at Execution. But since his sine nce he has changed his demeanor. Realizing that his clumsy attempts to seign insanity were deceiving no one, he dopped them after the trial and conduct d himself in a quiet, ode ly way, as though he were quite resigned to his face and wanted only to have it hurried along and get it over with. But the incident at Auburn, when the mob clamoured for his blood, work'd a cemitél change in him and seemed to take away whatever spirit of bravado he had up to that time. He has been a trembling whispering wretch ever since and the chances are that he will be led to the execution shriekking with terror or practically unconscious from fear. But in that event the redeeming feature is that the sparecake will not last long. At a hang when a prisoner faints or stuggs there is always a painful scent, as it is necessary to have him on his feet in o d to place the noose around his neck. With the electrocution chair this trouble is obviated. The most weak-kneed and trembling of condemned man can be placed in the chair and bound in the usual way without the slightest muscular aid on the r own NTERED BY THE ASSASSIN. part. The current can be flashed through them and the crime has been explicated. The Princess Louise (duchess of Argyll) has opened a private hospital for invalid soldiers. The hospital is situated on one of her husband's estates. would carry on the republic in God's appointed way. I believe if every man of the North were to die the new and chastened south, with the virtues it has cherished from the beginning, of love of home, and love of state, and love of freedom, with its c urage and its constancy, would take the country and bear it on to the achievement of its lofty destiny. The anarchist must slay 75,000,000 Americans before he can slay the republic." Plans for the Babcock Memorial Presbyterian Church in Baltimore have been completed and accepted by the committee. The building is a memorial to the lats Rev. Maltieb D. Babcock, D. D. for years one of the most influential pastors in Baltimore. The church will cost $50,000. Dr. John G. Davies has been installed as professor of Oriental and Old Testament literature in Princeton Theological Seminary, taking the place made vacant by the death of Dr. Henry Green. --- NINTH AVENGED DETACHMENT OF INFAN- TRY IS ATTACKED. BUT SAVED FROM ANNIHILATION Heavy Losses on Roth Sides—Americans Lose Ten Men Killed and Six Wounded—Filipinos Leave Eighty-One Dead on the Battlefield— The War Department is Greatly Alarmed. Five hundred bolzenes attacked a detachment of forty-six men of the ninth infantry at Bangajon, on the Gandara river, island of Samar, killing ten and wounding six. The remainder of the company arrived on the scene in time to prevent further slaughter and routed the enemy, killing over a hundred of them. It is believed that the enemy only retired for reinforcements. As soon as the news was received at Catbalogan two gunboats were dispatched, General Smith going in person to the scene. The following brief cablegram from General Chaffee reporting the recent fight of the ninth infantry in Samar has been received at the war department: "Manila, Oct. 18.—Corbin, Adjutant General, Washington: Forty-six men, company E, ninth regiment, United States infantry, under First Lieutenant George Wallace, in field, lower Candara, Samar, were attacked by 400 bolzenum October 16. Our loss: Ten killed, six wounded: names not received. Eighty-one of the enemy left dead on the field. Enemy beaten off. "CHAFFEE." The war department officials were somewhat dismised at the new setback on the island of Samar. The ninth infantry, which suffered there, was the same organization that engaged in the latest fight at Bajapon. An inspection of the dispositions made of the troops on the island of Samar shows that before the Balaganga fight there were no less than thirty-eight separate posts. These were so disposed that supplies could be conveyed to the troops by water. General Hughes has left Samar and gone to the Island of Cebu to recuperate, which accounts for the assumption of the command on Samar by General Smith. General Hughes was worn out and suffered from the effects of a severe fall received while chasing insurrectionists in the mountains of Samar. DECREASE IN LYNCHING Few Mobs in Georgia Recently Though Nine Negroes Have Assaulted Women. It is not expected that Governor Chandler will have anything to say in his forthcoming message to the legislature on the subject of mob violence. Speaking of the matter, Governor Chandler said: "It is a gratifying fact that this crime has greatly diminished in the last eighteen months. At the same time there has been not so great an abatement in the frequency of assaults by negroes upon white women. A mania for the perpetration of this crime seems to possess the lower class of negroes, not alone in Georgia, but all over the Union, where any considerable number of negroes is found, and the same spirit of madness to summarily avenge the crime takes possession of the friends of the victim, whether it be in Georgia or Mississippi, Onio or Kansas. "During the past twelve months there have been in Georgia nine cases of assault of white women by negro men. In only one case the mob got possession of the negro before he could be apprehended by the officers of the law and inflicted cruel and barbarous punishment." MAINE RELIEF FUND SPENT. Captain Sigbee Sent the Last $50 to the Widow of a Private. The battleship Maine relief fund has now been exhausted. This fund was turned over to Captain Charles D. Sigbee, chief intelligence officer of the navy, for disbursement when he came ashore from his last sea duty, and he has been distributing it as fast as deserving applications were received. His attention was recently called to the destination of Mrs. Elizabeth Boyle, of New York, widow of Quartermaster James Boyle, who was killed during the explosion on the Maine, and he sent her a check for $25. The remainder of the fund, $50, has been sent to Mrs. Ottille Stock, widow of Private H. E. Stock, of the marine corps, another victim of the disaster. Now that the fund has been exhausted, Captain Sigbee has requested Secretary Long to appoint a committee to audit his accounts. Truth doesn't seem to be stuck on lying at the bottom of a Texas oil well. Shooting in a Court Room. John W. Oldham, a well known race horse man of Spotsville, Henderson county, Ky., was shot by Enoch Clary and his son, James, in Justice Anderson's court room at Reed Station. Oldham and the elder Clary were being tried for fighting. The jury was out when the shooting began. Enoch Clary used a shotgun and the son a Winchester. Oldham will die. Both men escaped. Now does the aristocratic potato make goo-goo eyes at the millionaire. Paymaster Robbed of $2,000. Peter D. Colgan, paymaster of the Virginia iron furnaces, at Middlesboro, Ky., was waylaid, shot and robbed of $2,000 about midway between the town and the furnaces. Colgan had just drawn the money from the bank, and was taking it to the office to pay the hands. A large crowd pursued the robbers to the mountains. Colgan will recover from the wounds. America's cup looks suspiciously like a schooner. IRON AND STEEL TRADE. Mills Will Be Pushed to Fill Orders for Months to Here. With ample work for blast furnaces, steel works and rolling mills assured beyond a doubt for the balance of the year, interest centers in the study of conditions as they bear upon the first quarter and first half of next year. The tube, sheet and tin plate mills are under immediate pressure to meet past engagements, and it will require months of work to restore to their normal condition the stocks which the trade must carry, from the great jobber to the cross-roads store. Reports from the principal markets indicate continued activity in pig iron. The November output of the Valley furnaces has been taken up with the exception of a moderate block of Bessemer pig. The recent purchases of the leading interest in the Central West have included considerable forge iron, the balance being chiefly basic pig. It is not true that large lots of the latter have been sold for Pittsburg delivery by Southern furnaces. Cincinnati notes further activity in Southern pig and St. Louis reports sales of two lots aggregating 25,000 tons. In the Chicago bar trade there has been good buying of steel bars, but the tonnage of bar iron has fallen off. Very large amounts of structural material have been taken in Chicago by contractors and by architectural works. An interesting point is that the largest single order was placed for shapes by an outside consumer. In the rail trade a sale of 15,000 tons for Cuba was made by an Eastern mill. It is probable that the Pennsylvania steel rail order for 175,000 tons will be placed this week. NATIONAL LIVE STOCK MEETING A Large Attendance Expected at Chicago In December Martin D. Madden has been selected as chairman of the committee on arrangements for the fifth annual convention of the National Live Stock association, which will meet in Chicago the first week in December. 'there is unusual interest in this meeting for the reason that the convention will take up some important questions, which will be referred to Congress direct from the convention. The stockmen, it is said, will ask Congress to appoint a special committee to investigate conditions on the public ranges and report back a plan for the future government of the ranges in such a way that the conflicts between sheep and cattle grazers may be averted. Ranges are becoming so overcrowded that the struggle for grass is resulting in almost daily conflicts, in which bloodshed is becoming altogether too frequent. Another important question to be considered is a bill providing for government inspection and the tagging of all woolen manufactures to show the percentage of "shcddy" and cotton used in all aneged woolen fabrics. These, and other questions fully as important, are expected to draw to this meeting the largest gathering of stockmen in the history of the country. Mr. Madden will select a committee of prominent business men to assist him in providing entertainment for the visitors. As the International Live Stock association will be in session at the same time, it is expected there will be over 100,000 stockmen in Chicago. BANK MESINGER MISSING. He Went Out to Collect $50,000 in Drafts and Never Came Back. George Armitage, a messenger of the New Amsterdam bank, New York, has been missing since Tuesday last. When he disappeared he had with him $50,000 in checks and drafts. According to the Commercial Advertiser the bank officials believe that he has been fouly dealt with. On Tuesday Armitage went out to collect on checks and drafts received by his bank, the sum being variously stated at from $25,000 to $60,000. He failed to return to the bank and has not been seen since. The bank officials have received by express the bank's wallet, which Armitage had carried, containing all the missing checks and drafts except $5,996.58, which may be actual cash or negotiable paper. It is argued by the officials that, if Armitage had absconded, he would have never returned the wallet. The missing messenger was formerly employed by the Chase National bank, and has always borne an excellent reputation. An American in Trouble A man protesting that he belongs to Chicago, and that his name is Schultz, has been convicted at Lublin, Russian Poland, of having a false passport under the name of Degachoff, and has been sentenced to four years penal servitude, and thereafter to deportation to the island of Sakhalien. Schultz avers that he was born in New-York in 1875 and is the son of Philip Schultz, who died in Chicago in 1895. He says he came to Russia by way of Germany and that the embassy did not give him an American passport on account of defective proof of his citizenship. WILL LOAN LIBERTY BELL. Philadelphia Council Votes to Allow Relic to be Taken to Charleston. Both branches of the Philadelphia city council unanimously passed a joint resolution authorizing the council's joint committee on Charleston exposition to take the Liberty bell to the Southern city, where it will be an attraction in the Philadelphia building. Four Philadelphia policemen will guard it day and night while it is at the exposition. The mayor of Waco, Texas, has asked the Philadelphia authorities to allow the Revolutionary relic to be taken to that city, but the request was reluctantly declined. The councilmen did not dare to risk the danger from injury to the bell in traveling so great a distance. Brought $1,510,000 From Nome. The stamship St. Paul has arrived at Seattle from Nome. The vessel had over $1,500,000 in treasure, $245,900 of which was for Seattle and the remainder for San Francisco. TRADE PARK EVERY MAN WOMAN AND CHILD who suffers from Rheumatism should use St. Jacobs Oil It Conquers Pain, acts like magic, and has no equal on earth as a pain killer. 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A Place of Genuine Meri THE CENTROPOLIS HOTEL, of Idlewey, offers more for the money, than any hotel in West. Conveniently located to all the popular places in one book of Court House and City Hall. Situated on a class table service, all for $2.00 per day. Lodging facilities include a 24-hour room service (a $4.00 per hour) and $1.50: rooms with bath $2.50. Headquarters for stockmen, merchants, families shopping and living, are located in the Electric surface cars, bring you direct from all depots to our door. TRY IT! The chestnut vendor and the joke-smith are getting ready for the fall season. $10 WEEKLY copying letters at home; enclose two stamps with application. Woman's Western Employment Bureau Dept. A. Box 33, Quincy, Illinois. The fellow who neglects golf to attend to business can never be much of a player. Millions of sufferers use Wizard Oil for pain every year and call it blessed. Ask the druggist, he knows. It's the policeman's duty to watch that others may not prey. The thief likes to keep himself unspotted. Governors Talk Over rily Days. Governor Shaw of Iowa and Governor Savage of Nebraska recently met in the little town of Dakota City, Neb., where both delivered addresses to the pioneers. Thirty years ago the two governors were residents of Denison, Iowa, the Iowa executive a young lawyer and the Nebraska executive a justice of the peace. It happened that the first case that Governor Shaw tried was before Governor Savage, then justice of the peace. Crispl's Witty Retort A Paris newspaper gives a retort of the late italian prime minister. He was receiving a French journalist who was also a deputy. Suddenly M. Crispi said to his visitor: "I seem to recollect that your government put you in prison some years ago?" Yes. I was in prison for a political offense, like everyone else in France." "That's right!" replied Crispi. "Begin by being in prison and you will finish by being able to send others there--like me." A. Ribbon Secret. In the room of a college girl was discovered a secret for an always perfect ribbon, stock or belt. She had eight or ten little toy rolling pins, such as children use, in her ribbon drawer, and on each she wound smoothly as soon as she took it off, a belt or ribbon, fanning it with a tiny pin. The crush vanished instantly from her neckwear. Some of a Century During the nineteenth century 235 new comets were discovered, as against sixty-two in the eighteenth century. The nineteenth century also beheld a greater number of large and brilliant comets than did its predecessor. The finest of these were the comets of 1811, 1843, 1858, 1881 and 1882. In the year 1800 only one periodical comet was known. Halleys now many are known, of which at least seventeen have been seen more than one return to perihelon.