The American Citizen

Oldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of the Country EVERY NEGRO CANNOT DINE WITH THE PRESIDENT BUT THEY CAN ALL BE POLISHED REFINED AND CULTURED LADIES AND GENTLF MEN AND BE RESPECTED VOL 14, NO.37 THE WORK HE IS DOING. Booker T. Washington's work as an educator of his people, as an author and as a Public speaker has attracted wide attention, has made him a hero among the people and gained for him the admiration of his fellow citizens, and if he were a well belated he might have been able to carry his honors gracefully. But he is modest and unobtrusive, and all respects a fine example of the self-made man. He was born at Halis Ford Va. "about" 1888. He w a slave until free by the Emancipation proclamation and then knew who was his father. He was named Booker Talirferro, probably because there were many prominent people the common wealth by that name, but the name Washington he took after he becomes free. He makes no denial of these biographical points and rather likes to upon them. He speaks of the people of his race as negroes and not as "colored people," and sets them a good sample for industry and ambition coupled with modesty. Washington's life reads like a romance. But there are for cheerful chapters in it until one meets the story of the young man. The child was buffeted about in drudgery and want. As the property of the Mather family he probably had more comfort in the "nigger quarter" than in the towich which his mother took him in West Virginia. There as a mere child he worked in the mines. While working in the mines and furnaces the child had a chance to furnaces the child of a year every, but he secured employment with a New Era and woman and had an opportunity to attend night school, and toen at old times "between jobs" he worked and studied until 1871, when he started for Hamp on school, of which he had heard much. Out of the $6 a month which the woman for whom he worked paid him for his services his savings were small, and when he reached Richmond on his way to Hampton he had to go to work to get enough money to make himself presentable at the institution. But he because the star pupil of the place, and was graduated with honors, although he worked his way through. After spending a while in his old home and teaching school he returned to Hampton as a teacher, and then star ed the institution at Taskegee. Ala, which will always be a notable monument to his energy and his help work in the interest of his race. Ta was started in 1881 in a shady. The one of a higher school for blacks in that part of the country caused amusement in many Southern circles, and the majority of white citizens who gave the thing any thought believed that the scheme of the young negro "enthusiast would be forgotten in a short time. But to day the Tuskegee college has birtly six buildings on its 2,300 acres of land, and 1,200 pupils, representing twenty-seven states, are being taught in the institution. A new hospital is building a carriage library is under way and a new dormitory, the gift of John D. Bockeferler, will soon become a part of the institution. The students reciece instruction not only in the ordinary school branches, but in twenty-eight industries, each pupil selecting the one for which he is best fitted or towards which he has the greatest inclination in his book, "Up From Slavey," Mr. YOUR PLACE IN THE WORLD. Somewhere out in the world is a place for you, and no one can fill it but yourself. No one can take up your work and do it for you. You alone must assume the responsibility of preforming the work committed into your hands by the Infinite Creator. He knows just what place in life you can best fill and the kind of work you ought to do. Of course, there are certain preparation made on your part before you engaged in the Master's work—this is, the work which comes after you begin to prepair for it. It is the beginning of work to prepare for its performance, and so if you begin to fit yourself to enter upon your life service, you are already engaged in it. Duty will lead you along, for this is one of God's brightest angles although it often assumes a stern aspect and leads in opposite ways frm which you wish you wish to go. "This is the way, walk in it," it is not always a pleasant command when you wish to go in some other way. Batty duty will lead you to your place in the world and to your life life w k if you will let it do so. It is very important that you fill your place in an acceptable manner and with cret to your life. By accepting Christ in your life in youth's fair morning you will be prepared, for this first step is the most important one in all your world's journey. with Christ for your guide, you will find your true place for duty is always obedient to His will. Do not think of finding your place in the world without the help of this Divine Friend. Accept His aid early in life, and you will grace your position in the world. This is the day of specialities the man or woman who can do even one thing, well really, is sure of employment. An instance of this is that of a young Irish girl who landed last year THE Washington says: "From the very beginning, at Tuskegee, I was determined to have the students do not on'y the agricultural and domestic work but to have them erect their own buildings." This plan has been carried out to the present day, and as the institution grows the list of nogro mechanic increases. Washington had seen the people of bishra race work in a "headless" way, and was determi rd to better their condition in that respect "My place was," he said, "not to teach them to work in the old way, but to show them how to make the forces of nature—air, steam, water and electricity—assist them in their labor." Washington set his people a good example as a workman and as a practical exponent of the principles which he taught. His daughter Portia, who is now a sdupe at Wellesley college, learned the dress-making trade while at the Tuskegae institution, and his eldest son, who is now 13 years old has been working at the briek mason's grade several years without curtailing his regular school course. He has a younger son who thinks himself "out out" to a physician. The boy goes to school at Tuskegae, but so works in the office of a physician, and hopes to rise from office boy to the position of a real doctor." The older boy, Baker Taliafero, has ambition in the direction of an architect's office, and Mr. Washington takes pride in showing a letter in which the little fellow writes: "I like my work so much that I want to work at my trade all day. Besides, I want to earn all the money I can, so that when I go to another school I shall have money to pay my expenses." In the spring of 1896, according to Mr. Washington's words, came to him the greatest surprise of his life, in the form of a letter from President Eisenhower of Harvard university, asking the negro president of Tuskegee to be present at Cambridge at the next commencement to receive the degree when Harvard intended to confer upon him. At that time he shared the honors with General Miles Dr. Bell, Eisenhower and Dr. Savage and growls went up similar to those which have been heard from the South since the dinner at the White house took place. At that time, as now, he was besieged by people who wanted him to talk on the subject, but then as now, his reply was, "I have nothing to say." But he returned to Tuskegee, miring themselves worthy of recognition, and by way of leading the column in that direction doubled his works in the interests of his shool. "I formed a resolution," he wrote, "in the secrecy of my heart that I would try to dulph a school that would be of so much service to the country that the President of the United States would one day come to see it. This was a bold resolution, and for a number of years I kept it hidden in my own thoughts, not daring to share it with any one." This dream was reized, and the visit of President McKinley and his eacubet to the school in December, 1898, is the brightest soft in the history of the institution. When question a' the intel gence off ce as to her capabilities, she seemed willing but ignorant of most kind of housework. "There's one thing I can do," she said with pride; "I can wash and iron." So on this guarantee, and that of her honest face, she was taken, into her firt i America can home. And she could wash' from the finest lace frills to the dish towels that work was done with exquisite care. "My mistress in Ireland made me learn." she said. "She told me I should be ashamed to go a to a country and know nothing but to feed a pig and scrub a floor, so I learned to wash, and now I love it." When the household was broken up, by her employers recommendation she secured a place as head laudress in a large establishment at high wages, and has held it ever since with honor, and has proved the value of the adage, "What soever thy hand findeth to do, de ti with thy might." The negro is letting some brilliant opportunities slip by in this section of the country, that is, a few years more will be gone forever. A negro may rest assured that he will reach the summit and be crowned a success if he does something that lifts him above common mass AMEN ! AMEN! No.withstanding the fact that Booker T. Washington has been so signally honored by the President, we have no greater desire to have a white son-in-law now than before. Can't Whistle on Sunday. The trains are to be forbidden to whistle within the limits of the city of Toronto on Sunday. AMERICAN WOMEN AT WORK. In this vary, very rapid, it is refreshing, occasionally, to stop a moment and think and wonder whether after all there is not a more sober and yet pleasant, side of life that one may take up and be more greatly benefitted than the round and round of pleasure we all think we enjoy so much. In looking over the large number of exchanges that comes to our office, we are occasionally struck with the large number of women who are taking up the serious side of life, we mean that side of life that has for its end the betterment of the human race and especially our own race variety. We find large numbers of Godly women engaged in the various societies and associations that are organized in various churches, doing their best along that, line and again we find them in the Womans Missionary Societies that are doing so much good for those in foreign lands that knows not the God we serve. This means something. It means that these noble women are sacrificing something. It means that they are giving of their time and money to those from whom they can never hope to receive any benefit. I mean personal benefit. Of course there comes to them that great satisfaction of knowing that they have done something that will bring to them the blessing that is promised those who work earnestly and faithfully for the Master. It is certainly inspiring to see the good work these noble women are doing, and we can but murmur a prayer for their future success and happiness. There is so much that women can do and there is so much that is to be done for after all these years of Christian faith and help, there are many waste places to look after and to build up. The poor the fortunate, the widow and orphan, are with us and they need our help and care and whosoever wishes can always find a field to work in and a work to do. There is no crowding in this field, it is large, and the only trouble is to find a sufficient number of workers who are willing to make the necessary sacrifices to undertake it. May I not say a word of encourage to those who are so nobly staving in their several fields of noble work. Do not be discouraged my sisters there will come a day when you will be fully repaid for all that you do here for God's poor and unfortunate You are not alone; consecrated women, everywhere are in the battle with you for there re yet thousands of your sister who society never consider and charity serves with o protest. Keep up the fight and the blessing will be yours. They Sav. Lower Minn. ave is not quite so warm but Armstrong is, is warming up. The boys at No 5 are swift movers any way. It was his night off and how he killed it. We sometimes play whist and sometimes we don't Ha! Ha! We wonder who that married man is that goes way out on the north end of Eight St. We often wonder if some folks think we are geese. It may be (Mabie) Butler. 'Out on the world is to be the hottest thing of the season. How about the "Dutch Recruit." Lower Minn ave is now known as the Dixie circle from 5th St. to the River. Who said the Famous Sexette were dead ones? You can get 500 Negroes out to a political meeting and hardly 10 to a business meeting for the betterment of the race. A Negro is his own worst enemy. It would kill some Negroes dead to have decent lamp in their house. A Negro never thinks another Negro great until a white man says so. There are over 25 Negro families in this town who pay ten cents a week for a white paper and never open it 12 one day in seven. Few negroes study about to-morrow "aw, Lord right now. Some negro will turn his nose up at these remarks. Few negro enterprises succeed solely by negro patronage. Why? Every negro has it in for every other negro. A negro will not trust a negro like he will a white man. Wifey caught him on the fly and he certainly flew. She kissed him right in public and somebody said it was in the Sea foam block. Did you think they would ever marry? Now what about that other wedding before the holidays. Jack frost Dr. Thompson's fast animal who was to run against his own time is suffering from a sprained foot but the Dr. says he will be alright by next week the run will then take place. We are the upper crust, we wonder who is the filling. A acarity of sailors more general than ever before in the history of Maine shipping prevails at the present time, and the wages of seamen have risen to an unusual point. Our Quota the Smallest In time of war France puts 370 out of every 1,000 of her population in the field: Germany 310; Russia 210. Mrs. Lillie Lampkin of 710 E. 6 th St after spanding four months in Den ericity Colo. has returned and is suffering very much with the rheumatism Miss Kiffe of 1710 N. 3rd St. who after several weeks illness is now able to be out again withher many friend and associates. The funeral of Robert Smith of 922 Mogee St was held last Tuesday at the Second Babist Church under the auplies of the U.B. Fs., Rev. Bacote officiated. Miss Berthi Ewins of 1009 Woodl nd ave who has been quite ill isim noving; Mrs. Ellen Owens of 919 Uclid ave has removed to 1009 Woodland ave. Mrs. Jennie Higgerson of 548 Cherry St. has returned from Sedalia W. where she was called to the sick bed side of her sister, Ers. James Redman. Mrs L Brown of Harr'sonville Mo and John T. Renfof Chicago is the guest of Mrs. Laura Lewis of 909 Grand The home of Mrs. M. Phillip s 392 New Jersey ave. was entered by a sneaking thief last Wednesday, and robbed her of a small amount of money. Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandott County Kansas. Alonzo Aldreh, Piaintiff Marsha Aldrich. Defendant. To the above named defendant, you you are hereby 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 6th day of December A. D. 1901, the petition will be taken as true, and judgment rendered thereon, the nature of which will be a deeree dissolving the bonds of matrimony now existing between plaintiff and defendant and ever divorcing plaintiff from said defendant and for costs of this suit. I. F. Bradley. Attorney for Plaintiff Publication Notice. the District Court of Wyandoft County Kansas. William McKane. Plaintiff. 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. We wonder what the "Negro hater does when he gets hold of a $20 bill with Judson Lyens' name on it. Does he heir i ? One of the leading generals of the French army, the only one indeed who is covered himself with military glory since the days of the Franco-German war, and who has not only the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, but also the so highly prize "Medialie Militaire", is Genera Dodds, a full fledged mulatto, his mother being a negress and his father a French colonist of English parentage established on the west coast of Africa. When he returned home to France after the quest of Dehomey the entire nation, irrespective of party or politics, turned out to welcome him. Part of the Brain That Keeps Name Part of the Brain That Keeps Names An Austrian savant has declared that the human brain contains a "name center." He says that it is the office of this cell to retain names. A striking case which would seem to confirm this theory recently occurred at Cleveland. A brakeman was shot by a conductor, and the former could not remember the names of persons and things, although he could perfectly well describe the functions of all articles exhibited to him. A surgeon probed for the bullet and found it in the exact spot necessary to affect the remembrance of names, according to the Austrian's theory. When the pressure of the brain had been relieved the patient remembered names as well as he had done before his injury, and told the name of his assailant.—Scientific American. Highest Clock in the World The clock on the Philadelphia city hall is the highest in the world. It has the largest dials. If the dials were out of the way and tracks were laid, two trains could pass each other running through the holes. The glass in the four faces is fastened there by a ton of cement. The glass, if laid on the ground, would make a walk a square long and ten feet wide. The minute hand will finish its year's journey by completing a 110-mile trip on New Year's day. It is expected that this minute hand will travel 110 miles annually for many years to come. The clock is strong, and the minute hand is phosphor bronze, and weighs 260 pounds. STATISTICS OF SUICID Fewer Among Germans Than Formerly, More Among Negrites. Two peculiarities are shown in the recently published figures of suicides in American cities—the recession of natives of Germany from the head of the list which they long held, and an increase in the number of suicides among colored people. In the last published report on the subject in this city, all boroughs, it was seen for the first time that there were more suicides by natives of the United States than by those of Germany, though the disparity was very small. The change is explained in part by the fact that while the number of German men who commit suicide is larger than that of male suicides of any other country, suicide by German women is comparatively rare and gets rarer each year. The suicides of colored people have been more conspicuously observed in the large cities of the south than in northern cities, where the colored population is small and is not increasing, and the explanation of it is found in a single phrase, city life. Colored residents of farms or small towns seldom commit or attempt suicide; it is in the large cities, where the struggle for existence is under conditions most unfavorable to colored men, that a few of them overcome their repugnance to such an act of violence. In proportion to the total population, suicides among Englishmen residing in the United States are very much more frequent than among residents of Irish birth. Among male natives of France and Switzerland in the United States the rate of suicides is high; among women from France or Switzerland there is practically none at all. In respect to the total number of suicides compared with the population, Chicago and San Francisco rank highest among American cities. Baltimore and Richmond are low on the list. In New York city the ratio of suicides is higher in Queens than in The Bronx.—New York Sun. EUGENE FIELD FIXED HIM Accepted a Loan, and Faithfully Promised to Forget It "The late Eugene Field was notoriously improvident, his chronic hardiness being a sort of byword among his intimates," said an old friend of the poet recently. "But he managed to get a good deal of fun himself out of the paucity of his own resources. Once at one of those semi-public functions held in a saloon where every man is a host who has the price and every man a guest who has a thirst Field, as usual, went broke. There happened to be a hanger-on in the crowd, one of those whose considerable ambition is to say they have shaken hands and touched glasses with a celebrity. Calling the poet to one side he said: 'Now, I hope you'll take no offense, but I understand you to say you had run short of money. If that be true, I would be glad to oblige you with a ten.' 'How dare you!' snapped Field, affecting great indignation. 'I don't even know your name.' 'Beg your pardon a thousand times,' responded the other; 'I meant no offense. I assure you. I thought you might be able to use the money. Please forget it.' Field was silent for a moment as if in deep thought and then slowly drawed: "Forget it! All right; I will on one condition. 'On what condition? 'On condition that you make it $15." Soudan Up to Date. With the object of encouraging agriculture in the Soudan the British government has tentatively begun to purchase the crops raised by the fellaha Special commissions have been appointed for the regulation and establishment of titles to real property in town and country. These commissions settle the questions at issue on the spot. The continuous possession of a piece of ground for five years is regarded as sufficient evidence of title. The prohibition to grow tobacco has been withdrawn. An experiment in colonization has been carried out in the districts along the Blue and White Niles with two disbanded Soudanee battalions, but even so soon as this there is a considerable improvement in the condition of affairs in the Soudan. Fuel Out of Waste. One problem which municipal authorities of all countries have been seeking to solve is how to best dispose of the city's garbage. A process has been discovered in France, by which garbage is converted into briequettes. It consists of mincing the refuse, straw, paper and the like and adding tar and naphalene. The whole mass is then mixed in a kneading apparatus and dried, and pressed into briequettes. The director 'of the Paris municipal laboratory says that these briequettes have a slight odor of gas, burn brightly, and engender heat slowly. With a more highly perfected method of manufacture they will engender less ash, and the heat-producing qualities will be about the same as those of common coal. Restoring Frescoes. The castle of Cles, in Trient, at present used as a barracks, contains some very fine frescoes and wall paintings made when the Cardinal von Cles occupied the palace as bishop of the see. They date from 1530 to 1535. Three famous Italian artists were summoned to Cles to beautify the castle- Dosso Dossi, from Ferrara; Romanino, from Brescia, and Figolino, from Vincenza. Much of Dossi's work is visible, but part has been unfortunately whitewashed over. These works are now to be rescued as far as possible from destruction. CITIZEN TIME KILLING IN SOOIETY Typical Modern House Party on a Scotish Estate. I am sure our house party must be a success. The royalty, it is true, is an obscure scon of a German family, and his name looks more imposing in print than the owner does at breakfast. However, that is a detail. The fact remains that we are a typical modern house party, sumptuously lodged and fed by a typical modern millionaire. Everything in the house is luxurious. The morning tea is served up on priceless Sevres; we awake to the strains of the baggies; the breakfast table is laden with every delicacy; at lunch, when we join the shooters, a hot meal appears miraculously on the heather; the finest moor, the best deer forest, and a magnificent salmon river all appear to be at hand. Carlton has brought down seven stags to his own ride in four days, and landed, according to the gillie's account, the biggest fish of the century, and I am the proudest of wives. In the evening, between tea and dinner, our host touches a bell and an organist appears, who plays in the twilight on the beautiful organ in the hall; and after dinner a violinist (also on the premises) makes the most divine music in the drawing room. For our host is a patron of the arts, and to what more delightful use can money be put than that of encouraging talent and being able to gratify one's taste for it in one's own house? The Grand Duke encores throughout the performance; the cabinet minister keeps time with his foot, and at the close of the "Kreutzer Sonata" asks for Scottish airs. The celebrated beauties make heroic onslaughts on the eligible parts, who show distinct signs of following the Grand Duke's example. Mr. Veynor announces that the music is "too clear," and the generality of us escape upstairs to each other's sitting-room for a final game of bridge. Such is life.-London Outlook. TABLE MONEY, TWOPENCE Englishmen Up In Arms Over Extra Charge in Restaurants Just now we are in a condition of exasperation about the charge which is exacted in certain restaurants under the name of "table money, twopence." It is impossible to think of politics or the dire subjects in which our more solemn contemporaries are emersed until we open the brain valves and let some of the indignation escape that has been generated by "table money, twopence." Why is such a charge made in a restaurant intended for intelligent people? They won't let you eat your dinner on your lap, as is done at plenics, and the item is, therefore, not optional. Why not get the twopence out of the customer by asking him a penny extra for his soup or twopence more for his steak? "Table money, twopence!" And in the twentieth century! As well might the proprietor stand at the exit of the restaurant with his hat in his hand and beg for farthings. Both proceedings would be equally fair to the customer, but the latter would be a more honest form of begging. "Twopence for table money" is not only inequitable and a petty, mean annoyance to the customer, but unjust to the waiter. Many clients of the restaurant think he gets the twopence, which he doesn't, and then go away without tipping him—London Express. Relics of Menes. Exploration has now revealed relics of Menes, the founder of the Egyptian monarchy, fashioned more than 6,500 years ago. Till quite recently he was regarded as purely mythical. There has also been discovered the forearm of the Queen of Zer, the successor to Menes, still in its wrappings, with four splendid bracelets intact. This brilliant and exquisitely finished group of jewelry is 2,000 years older than the jewelry of Dahsshur, the oldest yet known, and had the great advantage of being carefully examined, as it was found and restruing in exact arrangement. The arm of the Queen had been broken off by the first plunderers and laid in a hole in the wall of the tomb, and there remained neglected by four parties in ancient and modern times, who successively cleared the tomb. A Bulky Bible. Count Otani's representative, who visited China during the campaign, received the Llama scripture, preserved in the Yong-ho-kung at Pekin. "Received" is a euphemistic way of stating the fact. It is the expression used by Japanese papers in describing the manner of the scripture's transfer. But the accounts originally transmitted were not of a character to suggest ordinary giving and taking. They spoke of the Japanese Buddhists as very anxious to remove the celebrated scripture, and General Yamaguchi as refusing to sanction the operation. Rumor then represented the volumes as sufficiently numerous and bulky to load twenty pack horses; so, by whatever process the scripture was secured, its transmission to Japan was no small undertaking.—Japan Daily Mail. Irishman Is Sheep King. The sheep king of Australia is Samuel McCaughney, an Irishman who went to Australia in 1856 with practically nothing. He did not succeed well at first, but started again with a small flock, and from year to year has added to his holdings until now he has more sheep than any other man in the world. He has more acres of land than sheep, and his possessions are in the best parts of Australia. One of his farms, on the Darling downs, is thirty-six miles long and forty miles wide. Altogether he owns more than 1,000,000 acres and leases about 1,000,000 more. LORD KELVIN AS DAMOGLES The Great Scotch Scientist's Absolute Faith in Figures. Lord Kelvin, so his friends say, used to make of himself a sort of Damocles, but it was a cannon ball instead of a sharp sword which was suspended over his head. Few living scientists have as high a reputation as Lord Kelvin, and few have to their credit more useful inventions or valuable discoveries. Though now in his seventeigh year the old professor, who for more than half a century occupied the chair of natural philosophy at Glasgow university, still maintains his reputation for being one of the most energetic men in Scotland. Those who know him are fond of telling of the boyish eagerness and almost incredible energy with which he attacks his work. When lecturing he used to become so absorbed and wrapped up in the experiments he was conducting that he could scarcely wait for the results. Disdainting the services of an assistant, he scurried about his lecture room like a youth of 16. Indeed the students liked to say that they never saw him cross his laboratory except at a run. The ruling passion of Lord Kelvin, who is a member of half the learned societies of Europe, and who has been decorated by the emperor of Germany, the president of France and the king of Belgium, is his absolute faith in figures, and it is this ruling passion which led to his experiment as a Damocles. When he has once solved a problem in mathematics he is willing to stake upon its correctness not only his reputation, but, if necessary, his life. Taking an immensely heavy cannon ball, he calculated with the utmost accuracy the size of the smallest wire which would bear the weight of the load of iron. He then procured a length of wire of just the requisite strength, and, to prove the truth of his figuring, had the cannon ball suspended over his lecturing platform at the very spot where it would be most likely to strike and crush him should the wire give way, and it remained there for weeks.—London Mail. MORGAN'S ONE "INTERVIEW." The Story of It, as Told by the Multi- millionaire Himself The interviewer disturbs J. Pierpont Morgan. He makes his boast that he never has been interviewed, and declares that in the last seven years but one interviewer ever has been able to approach him. The story of this one exception he yesterday told to Bishops Potter and Doane. On a recent trip to Europe a representative of the London Times would not take no for his answer. "Tell the Times man my time is worth £10 a minute," at last said Morgan. "The Times man says he'll take two minutes at that," came back the reply. "He handed me £20," said Mr. Morgan, "talked just two minutes by both our watches, did all the talking himself, and rose to go on the instant. 'Why do you want to see me?' I asked in curiosity. 'Oh, I wagered £100 that I would interview you personally, that's all,' was his reply. I congratulated him on his enterprise and dismissed him within the third minute of his call." "Did you keep his £20?" dryly asked Bishop Potter, as Mr. Morgan did. "Yes, and I haven't earned money in a long time that gave me the satisfaction that £20 did."—San Francisco Examiner A Slight Mistake The prospect of a dinner will generally keep a hungry man awake. But the victim of absent-mindedness seems at times unable to distinguish between what to eat and what to leave. This was the case with the man who went into a London restaurant, called for a newspaper, and, only when roused from his reading by a waiter, ordered coffee and a ham sandwich. The waiter executed the order and deposited with the homely fare a large pasteboard check. The absent-minded one went on reading his paper. Some quarter of an hour after the waiter returned. "Anything more, sir?" he said. "Yes," snapped the man, "get me a fresh sandwich; the one you brought me was as dry as a bone." The waiter looked down and gasped. "Lor!" he exclaimed, "here's the sandwich I brought! You've eaten the cheek!" French Glants Materialize. Every now and then another giant keeps turning up at Rouen, anxious to convince the executors of the Comte de Pierrecourt that he is the biggest man in France, and therefore entitled to a half-part of the count's £4,000 legacy. The Pierrecourt heirs have already begun suit to have the "giant couple" clause in the count's will set aside, averring that the testator was not of sound mind when he stipulated that method of improving the breed of Frenchmen. In the meantime the documents in the case are filed at the mayor's office and are accumulating amazingly. They comprise written applications enough to create the impression that there are not more than a handful of citizens in the whole country less than seven feet high. Ruins on Mesa Verda The Colorado Cliff Dwelling Association is endeavoring to preserve the ruins which lie on the Mesa Verda, in the southwestern corner of Colorado. Here are more than three hundred cliff dwellings, including the noted "Cliff Palace." All of them are in the Ute Indian reservation and a ten years' lease has been made with the Indians, since neither the general government nor that of the state can control Indian lands. The association is now in charge of the ruins and proposes to open a toll road to them, using the toll as part payment of the rent. AMERICAN CITIZEN PUBLISHING AND PRINTING CO. Entered at the postoffice at Kansas City k-ma-s, as second class matter. Boar Horse Well Trained. The Boer horses are remarkably well-trained animals, and when the Transvaalers desire to form an ambush or firing line, their horses are taught to remain stationary as soon as they feel the reins dropped over their necks. HOW THE CURFEW STARTED. Origin of the Custom Said to Be Lost in Obscurity. The origin of the curfew is lost in obscurity. The word is, of course, derived from the French, "couvre feu," or "cover fire." Rev. George S. Tayck writes in denial of the theory associated with William the Conqueror, and says that the old story at one time universally accepted was that William the Conqueror, fearful of plots among his newly vanquished subjects, invented and forced the curfew as a check to such schemes, and it has come in consequence to be often quoted as a badge of servitude and an emblem of tyranny. It is quite evident, however, that the great Norman was not the originator of the idea; and although he was probably the first to make it a general law in England, it is more likely to have been a useful precaution against fire than an attempted prevention of rebellion. It is evidence that a curfew bell was rung at Oxford in the days of King Alfred, nearly two hundred years before the Norman invasion. The history of that city states that "the custom of ringing the bell at Carfax every night at eight o'clock was by order of King Alfred, who ordained that all the inhabitants of Oxford should at the ringing of the bell cover up their fires and to go to bed, which custom is observed to this day." The enforcement of the curfew was no hardship. At a time when practically no one but the clergy could read and write, when the amusements of all classes were chiefly indoor sports, and when every one began the labors of the day almost at sunrise, there was little, if any, tyranny in the compulsory cessation of work at eight, while in the nature of the case all recreation ceased at dark. Youth's Companion. SCARING A DEBTOR. The Persuasive Power Which Lay in a Lawyer's Business Card. A good story is told of the way a Newark lawyer was tricked by a clever client the other day. The barrister was sitting in his office when Mrs. B, a friend, entered, and proceeded to tell him of the difficulty a Mr. C. was in through a loan he had made to Mr. D. Mr. C. was in great need of the money, but Mr. D. refused to return the sum, which was quite a large one. "I think," said Mrs. B. to the lawyer, "that if you should take hold of the case you could collect the money." "All right," said the barrister, thinking of the neat little fee that would be his after he had succeeded in inducing Mr. D. to part with the sum claimed by Mr. C. "I'll give you one of my cards to hand to Mr. C. If he will step in and see me I'll handle the case for him." Shortly afterward the lawyer left the city for a few days' outing in the country. On his return he inquired of Mrs. B. what had become of Mr. C. and his claim against Mr. D. "Oh that's all settled," replied the woman "Mr. C. said he just went to Mr. D. showed him your card, and said he had retained you in the case. Mr. D. paid the money at once." Now the lawyer is wondering where his prospective fee is coming in. He believes he has a good case against Mr. C. for about 10 per cent of the amount of Mr. C.'s loan but has not decided whether to press the case or not—Newark News. Correct Answer Astonished Teacher. The teacher of an intermediate grade in the third ward school was "showing off" her pupils before a number of visitors. The spelling class was on the floor, and one small, red-headed boy was given the word "introduction." He paused, twisted his lips, stared, and then in a faltering way spelled it correctly, and seemed rather surprised that he had done it. "Do you know what the word means?" asked the teacher. "No'm." "What, you don't know what introduction means?" "No'm." "Well, I'll explain it to you. Does your mother ever have callers?" "Yes'm." "Well, now, suppose that two ladies came to call on your mother. Your mother knows one of the ladies but doesn't know the other. She has never seen the lady and doesn't even know her name. Now, how would she become acquainted with this lady and find out her name?" "She'd send me out for a can of beer." As that was the correct answer the teacher had nothing further to say.— Milwaukee Sentinel. Was Never in Jail. When Mark Twain was in London he frequently dined at a popular literary club, where it was the custom for each member to introduce his guests formally, and in set phrase, to the company. This unusual custom appealed to Twain, and when it came to his turn to return thanks he referred to it ecologically. "I like it," he drawled, "for it reminds me of a time I lectured in a little town in the Rockies. My chairman was a well-to-do 'cow-puncher', who found the situation evidently irksome. 'I'm told I must introduce this yer man t'ye boys,' he said, "but I can only see two things in his favor. One is that he's never been in jail and the other is that I don't know why', and then he sat down," as Mark Twain did. OUR GREAT OFFER To the Colored People of the World. LUSTORONE THE GREATEST OF ALL HAIR TONICS. STRAIGHTENS KINKY, NAPPY, CURLY HAIR. You can straighten your hair in your own home. No one besides yourself need ever know how your hair became straight. 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A young ensign hesitantly found his way into the admiral's cabin one day, and with a great deal of circumclimatous and coughing finally let it be known that he loved the admiral's daughter, and would be the happiest man on earth if he had her parent's consent to marry her. "No, sir!" thundered the admiral. "No, sirree! Not now, anyhow. No pauper of an ensign is going to marry my daughter. You'd better wait until you are promoted and are able to support yourself before you think of marrying." The young officer astounded the admiral by not retiring precipitately. He even ventured the reminder that the admiral himself had married when he was but an ensign, and that his married life had been a happy one. "Red Bill" Kirkland glared at the presumptuous speaker for a moment, and then thundered: "I know I married when I was an ensign. My father-in-law supported me for several years, too, but I'll be hanged if yours will!"—New York Times. Bandages and Red Tape During the South African war Rudyard Kipling discovered, at Cape Town, a hospital without bandages, and in desperate need of them. This too, was in a city where bandages were for sale in many shops. He told an acquaintance that he was going to meet that want, and the gentleman at once offered to pay for the bandages that Mr. Kipling would buy and take to the hospital. A cart was quickly loaded, and then the author was informed that, under army rules, the hospital authorities could not receive supplies from a private individual. "Well," said he, "I will dump the packages on the pavement before the door, and then tell them to come out and clear up the litter. Perhaps they can get them into the building in that way without tearing any red tape. He drove off with the bandages, and the supplies were somehow smuggled into the hospital. Ambushed, Poor Fellow! "When does the next train that stops at Montrose leave here?" asked the resolute widow at the booking office window. "You'll have to wait five hours, ma'am." "I don't think so." "Well, perhaps you know better than I do?"" Yes, sir! And perhaps you know better than I do whether I am expecting to travel by that train myself, or whether I am inquiring for a relative that's visiting at my house! And maybe you think it's your business to stand behind there and try to instruct pele about things they know as well as you do, if not better! And perhaps you'll learn some day to give people civil answers when they ask you civil questions, young man; but my opinion is you won't!" "Yes, ma'am!" gasped the booking clerk—London Answers. How It Looked to Him. This is what Short Stories tells of a starch young churchman who is most careful in his observance of the feasts and fasts of the year: When the owl lunch wagons in Herald Square were still a novelty he visited New York and saw one for the first time. "What have we here?" he said to his companion. "What a question from you!" was the retort. "A good churchman like you not to know a movable feast when you see it!" "Oh, I should call it a restaurant a la carte, promptly replied the "good churchman." 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 Dundruff, Baldness, falling out of the hair, itching, and all scalp diseases. 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At last the mystery was cleared up by a physician, who traced back the girl's history until he learned that at the age of nine she was taken to live at the house of an old pastor, a great Hebrew scholar, and that she remained there until the pastor's death. It had been for years the old man's custom to walk up and down a passage near the kitchen, and read to himself in a loud voice. His books were examined, and among them many of the passages taken down at the young woman's bedside were identified. The theory of demoniacal possession was abandoned. Youth's Companion. UNION PACIFIC THE OVERLAND ROUTE WORLD'S PICTORIAL LINE. SHOBTFST LINE THE Union Pacific 'The Original Overland Route' always was, and is to-day, the shortest and best Line to the west. Two splendid fast trains leave Kansas City daily over this old established line. No change of cars between Kansas City and Denver, Ogden or San Francisco. 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WRITE TO-DAY to PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION --- S The expression used by our grea* grandmothers, "turning tea," seems likely to be revived with their ancient card plates and laces. Instead of "pouring tea," the old-fashioned expression, "turned tea," is beginning to be used, and from the lips of the young society women presiding at the tea table it sounds quaint and charming. Italy's Woman Lawyer Signorina Teresa Laborioli is the first woman lawyer in Italy. She has passed her examination with advocates, but, as she does not desire to advocate the "new woman," she has determined not to practice. Was there ever an elocutionist who did not recite a piece in which she tilted her head toward the award, and, putt- it, to a tremulous laughter? A key is a big a key, "Halt!" Atchison Glenn Odd Rule Favors Women. At the old-fashioned inns and restaurants in Sweden it is customary to charge less for women than for men, the theory that they do not eat so much. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the closed air portion of the car. There is only one condition for the car to be closed: an artificial remedy. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucus lining of the nose or tube. When the tube is inflamed you have a closed air condition, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be relieved, the tube will not conition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by cataract, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the nose. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by eartight) that cannot be heard and would need for circulars, free. J. H. CHENLY & CO, Toledo, Sd. Sold by Druidware, 75e. 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Another woman has invented a lock with 3,000 combinations and a letter box now in daily use for houses. -Home Life. Joseph Cook Characterized. Dr. Lyman Abbott once said of the late Joseph Cook: "His brain never rests. He is always thinking. His eye is always, on fire—eager, restless, piercing. His power is the very antipodes of the quiet power of a Webster. He is an electrical machine. He is a surcharged thunder cloud. He sparkles all over. His lectures are skies with vivid flashes, sweeping rain and loud thunder." When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY; gives causes, book of lessons and cares worm free. R. L. H. GALKENY. Turning 150 Suffering Atchison: 'I was 'I am.' ```markdown ``` A story comes from Mankato of the arrest of a man for selling potatoes for less than $1 a bushel. Since the Trego county shale failed to pan out Topeka has decided to drill for coal, oil and gas. The little town of Nortonville is said to have fifty-five widows. For further particulars go to Nortonville. A horse was stolen from a Salina man this week and all the papers attribute the theft to a "desperado." The approach of frost has enkiled a firm determination among the people of Wellington to have an ice plant. An order has gone forth that all the "squatters" must leave the old Fort Hays premises, without any reservation. At a recent dance in Atchison the caller sang out: "Swing the girl that bakes the pies; swing the girl with the goo-goo eyes." The state board of charities is buying 7,500 bushels of potatoes this week, if there is such a thing as 7,500 bushels of potatoes. Since another gas well was struck in Chanute the stuff is so plenitual that it is kept burning all the time to light matches on. Alfaalfa seed on the market around Osborne is said to contain Russian thistles, and the innocent purchasers are likely to get stuck. Complaint is made in Leavenworth because some sharks have baled a lot of scrub oak, weeds and hazel brush and are selling it for hay. There is a proud, haughty girl in Wellington who refuses to live at home, and for no other reason than that her mother married a negro. A Fort Scott curio dealer has a set of knitting needles which the late Queen Victoria used over sixty years ago—that's what the curio dealer says. Papers for an obsolete legal proceeding were filed in the court at Wakeeney a few days ago. Old timers recall that the technical name for it is forceclosure. Broom corn is selling for $150 a ton around Sterling, and it is regarded as quite the correct thing to tie a ribbon on the broom and keep it on the piano in the front room. A Frenchman invented a plow that is propelled by alcohol, which leads the Leavenworth Times to observe: "Alcohol has run greater things than plows into the ground." Two companies stand ready to sink additional coal shafts in Atchison "as soon is the first one is a success. A lot of people are ready to buy Trego shale on the same conditions. Warden Jewett has ordered $130 worth of bocks for the state prison library. The money was derived from the contributions of visitors and the ten cents admission fee charged. The latest shooting in Hays City resulted from a dispute in which two men wanted to pay for the same round of drinks. It is always safest to acquiesce before firearms are produced. A Central Kansas editor has figured that two years ago it would have taken five billion bushels of potatoes to pay the national debt; now one billion bushels would be more than enough. A too sensitive school teacher in Western Kansas sent a boy home for no other reason than that he killed a Mephitis Americana with a club the last thing before appearing in his class. B. H. Giger's scheme to have the farmers in the wheat belt refrain from raising any wheat next year, to order to force up the price, will be a splendid thing for the farmers who do not follow his suggestion. Complaint is made of the telegraph service along the Frisco road in Southern Kansas. An Oswego man telegraphed to Wichita and then caught a freight train and reached Wichita two hours ahead of the telegraph. The banks at Inman refuse to accept any more deposits. It is especially inconvenient because there is no place to store the money, as the corn crumbs are all full. The greatest drawback to the scheme to exterminate the prairie dogs appears to be the reluctance of the prairie dogs to diet on bisulphate of carbon after the state has bought it for them. Woodlawn also has a "model husband." While Mrs. Pearl Bennett was at a health resort her husband put up 400 cans of peaches and took care of eight children, besides attending to his cattle and farm. "New grinding machinery has been put in Kepple's barber shop," says the Burlington Jeffersonian, and several editors arise simultaneously to inquire what strange manner of whiskers grow thereabouts, that an emory wheel is needed to remove them. At the Sterling fair, according to the Bulletin, a man lost $18 at a surething game. The wife saw the family idiot lose his last cent, and marching up to the desk of the grafter grabbed a handful of money from the box, told him she had to have it to live on and walked away to the music of the crowd's cheers. Houses which, in architectural communities are said to "sit down comfortably," are referred to in Atchison as "squatty." Don't make any bets on the biggest fortune in Kansas until you hear from the Robinsons in Butler county, who are starting in to cut the fifth crop of alfalfa this season from 400 acres of land. When they consider that a man who once lived in that town is now royal photographer to the king of Sweden the people of Clay Center are inclined to let Parsons have that insane asylum, especially, as there is nothing more to do about it. A Beloit man who advertised for a wife has not only heard from numerous single women but from numerous married men who offer to give him, h.s heirs and assigns, a quit claim deed to all their right, title and interest in such calico as they already possess. "I don't like to come to town," remarked a farmer who, eight years ago, was roaring until the cottonwood leaves withered and dropped off. "The merchants I trade with kick so much about not making any money. I send the boys in with the farm stuff. I hate a kicker." Care of the Complexion Many persons with delicate skin suffer greatly in winter from chapping. Frequently the trouble arises from the use of impure soap and cheque. Washable and washed only in clear, hot water with Ivory Soap. A little mutton tallow or almond oil may be used after the bath to soften the skin. ELIZA R. PARKER Some men are considered narrow-minded because they make a specialty of minding their own business. WHEN YOUR GROCER SAYS he does not have Defiance Starch, you may he be sure is he afraid to keep it until his stock of 12 oz. packages are better. Defiance Starch is not only better than any other Cold Water Starch, but contains 15 oz. to the package and tells for same money as 12 oz. brands. Its difficult to love thy neighbor as thyself if the aforesaid neighbor has a mania for borrowing things. Foolish and obstinate people alone suffer from neuralgia or rheumatism. For they can always secure Wizard Cil and cure themselves. Every man likes to lean on some other man. Dropys treated free by Dr. H. H. Green's Sons, of Atanta, Ga. The greatest droopy specialists in the world. Read their advertisement in another column of this paper. It always amuses people to see little dogs fight. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color silk, wool or cotton perfectly at one boiling. Sold by druggists, 100. per package. The golf player who gets lost is anxious to locate the missing link. Piso's Curse is one oat medicine we ever used for all infections of the throat and lungs—W.M. O. ENDSLEY, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. If seeing is believing the blind man must be a skeptic. Clear white clothes are a sign that the housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package, a cents. Better a distant friend than an intimate enemy. FITS Permanently cured. Do it or no nervousness after first day's use of I.K. King's great New Restorer. Send a note to the best doctor and treat. Di. R. H. Klius, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. The "story" that sounds funny to you may not be funny to other people. Don't repeat it to often. Mr. Wisselwoug's Soothing Spyru. For children learning, softens the gums, reduces formation, allows pain, cure wind colic. See a bottle Somehow we feel sorry for a woman who is kissed by a man with a long beard. THOSE WHO HAVE TRIED IT will use no other. Defiance Cold Water Starch has no equal in Quantity or Quality-15 oz. for 10 cents. Other brands contain only 12 oz. What has become of the old fashioned man who said he was always on hand, like a sore finger? GUARANTEE ANY OTHER D MONEY REFUND HAS NO DEFIANCE IN QUALITY & STAY 16 MANUFACTURED BY MAGNETIC S To the L Don't let y package of laundr you can get 16 oz GUARANTEED SUPER ANY OTHER BRAND OF STARCH MONEY REFUNDED IF NOT CATTERED HAS NO EQUAL DEFIANCE TRADE MARK DEFIANCE IN QUALITY & QUANTITY STARCH REQUIRES NO COOKING PREPARED FOR LAUNDRY PURPOSES O 16oz MANUFACTURED BY MAGNETIC STARCH MFG O OMAHA, NEB. To the Ladies: Don't let your grocer sell you a 12 oz. package of laundry starch for 10 cents when you can get 16 oz. of the very best starch GUARANTEED SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER BRAND OF STARCH MADE. MONEY REFUNDED IF NOT SATISFACTORY. HAS NO EQUAL. DEFIANCE TRADB MARK DEFIANCE IN QUALITY & QUANTITY STARCH 16 OZ. REQUIRES NO COOKING PREPARED FOR LAUNDRY PURPOSES ONLY MANUFACTURED BY MAGNETIC STARCH MFG Co. OMAHA, NEB. How to Polish Finishing Foam Folding Guffs Shirt Bosons EXACT SIZE OF 10 CENT PACKAGE. 72 PACKAGES IN A CASE. that a customer claims to be unsatisfac thoroughly, and you must have it. ORDE MAGNETIC a customer claims to be unsatisfac oughly, and you must have it. ORDER MAGNETIC that a customer claims to be unsatisfactory in any way. We have made arrangements to advertise it thoroughly, and you must have it. ORDER FROM YOUR JOBBER. If you cannot get it from him, write us. Trifling that Costs. Neglect Sciatica and Lumbago And you may be disabled and incapacitated for work for many long days. St. Jacobs Oil Will cure surely, right away, and save time, money and suffering. It Conquers Pain Price, 25c and 50c. SOLD BY ALL DEALERS IN MEDICINE. 10 WEEKLY * coping letters at home; inclose two Western Employment Box, Box 20, Woman International Wor ne Lae don't let your g of laundry sta et 16 oz. of NTEED SUPERIOR TO BRAND OF STARCH MADE. IF NOT SATISFACTORY! O EQUAL. ANCE MARK QUANTITY MARCH REQUIRES NO COOKING PREPARED FOR LAUNDRY PURPOSES ONLY OZ. MARCH MFG Co. OMAHA, NEB. MAGNETIC STARCH MFG. CO. --- Women measure ity of Durin of life which afflic McL and H will bring relief unsurpassed in a kidneys; for Rheu its efficac in thousands to-day, Ladie our groce y starch z. of the How to Pedish Finishing Touch Folding Cuffs Shirt Bombs ory in any way. W FROM YOUR JOBB are in a great measure due to lack of vitality of the liver and kidneys. During peri-odical sickness, change of life, pregnancy, and for all the ills which afflict womankind, the use of McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm will bring relief, and benefit every woman. It is unsurpassed in all troubles affecting the liver and kidneys; for Rheumatism, Lame Back, Lumbago, etc. Its efficacy has been proved for many years in thousands of homes. Better buy a bottle to-day, and have it in the house. $1.00 at druggists. Made by The J. H. McLEAN MEDICINE CO. St. Louis, Mo. MANUFACTURED BY OMAHA, NEB. HANDSOME AMERICAN LADY, Independence husband, Address Misc. E, 87 Market St, Chicago, Chicagoland are in a great measure due to lack of vitality of the liver and kidneys. During per.odical sickness, chance of life, pregnancy, and for all the which afflict womankind, the use of McLean's Live and Kidney Bath I bring relief, and benefit every woman passed in all troubles affecting the knees; for Rheumatism, Lame Back, Lung Its efficacy has been proved for many in thousands of homes. Better buy to-day, and have it in the house. $1.00 at druggists. M The J. H. McLEA MEDICINE CO St. Louis, Mo. dies: grocer sell youarch for 10 cnt the very be made for price. more s the sam GO SLOW 12-oz. Laundry St to sell 12 ounces for petitor offers 16 oz. DEFIANCE STAR THE BEST COLD No Chromos, starch, and one-th tained in any other Having adopt facture of starch has made possible with every confid Consumers are be satisfied with the ting 5c. worth of some useless this worth of starch. with Defiance Star Quantity" as the of getting business in pushing this an guarantee with o authorize dealers way. We have made arra OUR JOBBER. If you cannot URED BY ARCH MFG. C --- are in a great due to lack of vital- the liver and kidneys. ing per.odical sickness, change pregnancy, and for all the ills womankind, the use of Lean's Liver Kidney Balm and benefit every woman. It is full troubles affecting the liver and umatism, Lame Back, Lumbago, etc. has been proved for many years ids of homes. Better buy a bottle and have it in the house. $1.00 at druggists. Made by The J. H. McLEAN MEDICINE CO. St. Louis, Mo. ES: er sell you a for 10 cents very best st made for the price. One more starc the same m To the Dealers: GO SLOW-In placing 12-oz. Laundry Starch. You to sell 12 ounces for 10 cents w petitor offers 16 ounces for the DEFIANCE STARCH IS THE THE BEST COLD WATER ST No Chromos, no Premium starch, and one-third more of GO SLOW-In placing orders for 12-oz. Laundry Starch. You won't be able to sell 12 ounces for 10 cents while your competitor offers 16 ounces for the same money. DEFIANCE STARCH IS THE BIGGEST THE BEST COLD WATER STARCH MADE. No Chromos, no Preminms, but a better starch, and one-third more of it, than is contained in any other package for the price. Having adopted every idea in the manufacture of starch which modern invention has made possible, we offer Defiance Starch, with every confidence in giving satisfaction. Consumers are becoming more and more dissatisfied with the prevalent custom of getting 5c. worth of starch and 5c. worth of some useless thing, when they want 10c. worth of starch. We give no premiums with Defiance Starch, relying on "Quality and Quantity" as the more satisfactory method of getting business. You take no chances in pushing this article, we give an absolute guarantee with every package sold, and authorize dealers to take back any starch Nature's Prices Remedy DR. O. PHELPS BROWN SORRY! O. PHELPS BROWN PRECIOUS HERBAL OINTMENT It Cures Through the Pores Adresse Dr. O. F. Brown, BW W. N. U. Kansas City No. 44, 1900 Does er lm an. It is liver and ambago, etc. any years a bottle de by ou a 12 oz. ents when test starch or the same One-third starch for the money. ```markdown ``` In placing orders for arch. You won't be able or 10 cents while your com- mences for the same money. CHICH IS THE BIGGEST— WATER STARCH MADE. no Preminums, but a better bird more of it, than is con- NODEGENERATE EXPERTS ON CZOLGOSZ MENTAL CONDION. HAD NO SYMPTOMS OF INSANITY "He is the Product of Anarchy, Sane and Responsible"—Like Others of His Station Until He Was 21, When He Became a Believer in Anarchism, With the Courage of Convictions. Doctors Fowler, Crego and Putnam, the specialists who were requested by District Attorney Penney to examine into the mental condition of Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin of the president, have made public their report, in which they state, as the result of frequent examinations of Czolgosz, of the report of his watchers, and of his behavior in court, that they have concluded that he was sane at the time he planned the murder, when he shot the president and when he was on trial. His first examination was but a few hours after the commission of the crime and while Czolgosz was still uninformed of the fate of the victim. During the first three examinations Czolgosz answered questions unhesitatingly. After that, however, he became more cautious and less communicative. He had a common school education, the reports say, and read and wrote well. During the first day's examination, he said he planned killing the president three or four days after he came to Buffalo. The report then recites, in Czolgosz' own words, the assassin's story of the murder of President McKinley. The sanity of Czolgosz was held, the report says, "from the history of his life as it came from him. He had been sober, industrious and law-abiding. Until he was 21 years of age, he was as others of his class, a believer in the government of this country, and of the religion of his fathers. After he cast his first vote, he made the acquaintance of anarchistic leaders who invited him to their meetings. He was a good listener, and in a short time he adopted their theories. He was consistent in his adherence to anarchy. He did not believe in government; therefore, he refused to vote. He did not believe in marriage because he did not believe in law. He killed the president because he was a ruler, and Czolgosz believed, as he was taught, that all rulers were tyrants; that to kill a ruler would benefit the people. He refused a lawyer because he did not believe in law, lawyers or courts. "We come to the conclusion that, in the holding of these views, Czolgosz was sane, because these opinions were formed gradually under the influence of anarchistic leaders and propagandists. In Czolgosz they found a willing and intelligent tool, who had the courage of his convictions, regardless of personal consequences. The most careful questioning failed to discover any hallucinations of sight or hearing. He had received no special command; he did not believe he had been especially chosen to do the deed. He always spoke of his motive for the crime as duty; he always referred to the anarchistic belief that the killing of rulers was a duty. He never claimed the idea of killing the president was original with him, but that the method of accomplishing his purpose was his, and that he did it alone. He is not a case of paranoia, because he has not systemized delusions reverting to self, and because he is in exceptionally good condition and has an unbroken record of good health. His capacity for labor has always been good and equal to that of his fellows. These facts all tend to prove that the man has an unpaired mind. He has false beliefs, the result of false teaching, and not the result of disease. He is not to be classed as a degenerate, because we don't find the stigmatize of degeneration. Physically he has not a history of cruelty, or of perverted tastes and habits. He is the product of anarchy, sane and responsible." $142,161,200 FOR PENSIONS. Interior Department Estimate Calls to More Than Was Ever Appropriated. More Than Was Ever Appropriated. The estimates for the expenditures of the interior department during the fiscal year beginning next July aggregate $170,000,000, of which $142,161,200 is asked for pensions and the administrative work of the pension bureau, $1,964,270 being for salaries of the bureau personnel and $350,000 for the investigations by special examiners of pension cases. In addition to the $13,516,200 already appropriated for the twelfth census, $1,972,120 for the next year is asked. Of the amount heretofore appropriated for the census, $9,423,332 had been disbursed up to August 31 last, leaving a balance of appropriations unexpended on that date of $4,092,578. Other items call for $7,000,000 for the Indian service, $2,286,265 for the general land office, including the annual appropriation of $300,000 for forest reserves, $1,699,207 for the geological survey, and $39,400 for the patent office. Fled on Stolen Engine At Yuma, A. T., Thomas Hart, under sentence for murder, and a Mexican named Leibas, in jail for robbery, overpowered the deputy sheriff on guard, and, taking possession of a switch engine standing near a round house, ran it four miles into the country and escaped. Section Foreman Martin fired a shot through the speeding engine. When the men left the engine they opened wide the throttle and the oocomotive ran seven miles before stopping. Another Dold Fire. The larger portion of Jacob Dold & Co.'s packing establishment at Buffalo, N. Y., has been destroyed by fire. The flames were discovered in one of the smaller buildings of the plant, where the barrels are prepared for packing. The structure was of wood and burned like tinder. Sparks from the barrel house set fire to adjoining structures, and the flames got a foothold in several places at the same time. The firemen's work had but little effect, and in two hours most of the plant was destroyed. Loss. $100,000. THE MARKETS. GRAIN. Kansas City — Wheat — December, 66% @66%c; May, 70%c; cash No. 2 hard, 67%@71c; No. 3, 66@66%c; No. 2 red, 70%@71c; No. 3, 69%@70c; Corn—December, 59%@70c; May, 60c; cash No. 2 mixed, 60%@61c; No. 2 white, 61c; No. 3, 60%c; Oats—No. 2 white, 39%@40c; Rye—No. 2, 56c; Chicago—Cash wheat, No. 2 red, 71%@72%c; No. 3 red, 69%@70c; No. 2 hard winter, 69%@70%c; No. 3 hard winter, 69%@70%c; No. 1 Northern spring, 69%@70%c; No. 3 spring, 68@70c; Corn—No. 2, 58%c; No. 3, 58@58%c; Oats, No. 2, 37%@38; No. 3, 37%c; St. Louis—wheat—No. 2 red, elevator, 71%c; track, 72%@72%c; No. 2 hard, 69%@69%c; Corn, No. 2, 59%c; track 61c; Oats, No. 2, 39c; track, 39%@39c; No. 2 white, 40%@40%c; LIVE STOCK Kansas City —Cattle—Choice export and dressed beef steers, $4.00|$4.65; fair to good, $4.70|$5.70; stockers and feeders, $2.85|$4.25; western fed steers, $5.25|$6.25; western range steers, $3.25|$5.30; Texas and Indian steers $2.70|$8.35; Texas cows, $1.75|$3; native owls, $2.00|$4.40; heifers, $3.05|$2.55; bulls, $2.90|$2.50; Hogs —Top, $6; mixed packers, $5.70|$5.95; light, $5.25$5.25|$5.75; pigs, $4.80|$2.85; Sheep —Native lambs, $4|$5; western lambs, $3.75|$4.50; native wethers, $3.25|$3.65; western wethers, $2.35|$2.25; ewes, $3|$3.40; culls, $1.50|$2.35. Chicago—Lattle — Good to prime steers, $3.65; poor to medium, $3.80 10.50; stockers and feeders, $2@2.45 cows and heifers, $1.25@5; canners $1.25@2.25; bulls, $2@4.50; calves, $2@6.25; Texas steers, $3@4.10; Western steers, $3.60@5.15. Hogs—Mixed and butchers, $7.55@7.10; good to choice heavy, $5.85@2.00; rough heavy, $5.50@7.55; light, $5.60@5.95; bulk of sales, $5.80@5.95. Sheep—Good to choice wethers, $3.50@7.55; fair to choice mixed, $3@4.16; Western sheep, $3@3.75; native lambs, $2.75@4.75; Western lambs, $2.25@4.50. St. Louis—Cattle—Beef steers, $4.30@6.70; stockers and feeders, $2@4; cows, $2.00@4.40; heifers, $3.00@5.75 steers, $2.00@4.25; cows and heifers, $2.15@2.25. Hogs—Pigs and lights, $5.50@5.65; packers, $5.50@5.70; butchers, $5.75@2.29. Sheep—Native sheep $2@3.50; lambs, $3.75@5; Texas sheep $3@3.35. St. Joseph—Cattle—Market steady to strong. Hogs—Market 5c higher, top, $6. Sheep—Market steady to 10c lower. HIDES AND PELTS Green salted hides. No. 1, 8%c; No. 2, 7%c; Nos. 1 and 2 all around, 8%c; branded, 7%c; bulls and stags, 7%c; green, uncreated, 1c per pound less, and part curled 1/2c per pound less, than enud; branded or badly grubby kips or glue stock, 4c; green horse hides, large, $2.75; medium, $2.50, and small, $1.25@15c; ponies, $1.00@12c; dry flint butcher hides, 16 pounds and up, 14%c; dry hint hinders, 16 pounds and up, 13%c; under 16 pounds, 11c; dry salt, 11c; dry glue, 7c; very badly grubby, green or dry hides are classed as glue stock. Sheep pelts, green, 40@15c; sheep pelts, dry flint, 7@8c per pound; tallow No. 1, 5%c; No. 2, 4%c. HAY. Prairie hay, choice. $13@18.50; No. 1, $12@13; No. 2, 10.50@12; No. 3, $7@9; No. 4, 6%c; Packing hay, $10@1c; Timothy, choice. $12.50@13; No. 1, $11.50@12.50; No. 2, 11.50@12; No. 3, $9@11; Pure clover, $10@12; clover mixed, No. 1, $11.50@12; No. 2, 10.50@11.50; No. 3, $9.50; Alfalfa, $9@11. Straw, $4.475. HORSES AND MULES Horses—Draits's good, $60@100; drafts 1,500 to 1,700 pounds, $115@15; chunks good to choice, $80@125; chunks, common to fair, $40@65; drivers, medium, $40@65; drivers, good to fancy, $75 up; southerners, common to fair, $20@30; southerners, good to choice, $45@65; plugs, $5@15. Mules—Prices range as follows for sound, serviceable mules, 4 to 8 years old, in good hair and flesh and well broken: 15½@12 hands, fat and broken, $30@40; 14@14½ hands, fat, good hair, $35@45; 14½@15 hands, fat, $40@70; 15@15½ hands, fat, $70@ 95; 15½@16 hands, fat, $75@105; war mules, $55@60. THREE SCHOONERS WRECKED families of F shermen Almost Perish on Coast of Labrador. A dispatch from St. Johns, N. F., says: Three schooners were driven ashore on the Labrador coast last week during a gale. One was laden with the families of fishermen returning from a summer sojourn on the coast. The women and children were rescued with great difficulty, the schooner being beached at Sandy Spit, and the women and children being set ashore with ropes. In all three cases the crews were saved. Two other vessels, one carrying a Catholic priest who had been making a sacerdotal visitation, were driven seaward and have been missing for ten days. The steamer Glencoe went in search of them, but without avail. Twelve lives are involved and it is feared that all have perished. ELECTRIC CARS COLLIDE Four Persons Seolently Hurt and Several Others Niglytly Near Co'mumbes, O. Four persons were seriously hurt, one fatally, and several others slightly cut and bruised in a collision of two motor cars on the Columbus, London & Springfield electric railroad at Rome, 1 few miles west of Columbus, O. The injured: Miss Lola Rosmoser, spine and back badly wrenched. John Balser, dairman; skull fractured; may die. David Brundage, conductor; left ankle broken. Daniel Nelson, colored; right leg broken. The collision happened at the bottom of a steep grade and was caused by the brakes on a descending car falling to work, allowing it to crash into a car standing at a siding. Italy Ready to Make Treaty. Signor Mayor des Planes, the new Italian ambassador to Washington, has sailed for New York with full powers to negotiate a reciprocity treaty. Before leaving Rome he had repeated and prolonged conferences with the ministers of commerce and foreign affairs WAR STILL ON BLOODY BATTEL BETWEEN BOERS AND BRITISH. BRITISH LOSS MORE THAN 200 Seven Officers, Including Two Colonies, and 54 Men Killed—Loss of Boers is Unknown—Of the 160 British Wounded, Five Have Since Died—Boers Attack and Capture Two Guns. Lord Kitchener has reported to the London war office a disaster to the British near Bethel, Eastern Transvaal, in which two guns were lost, several officers killed or wounded and fifty--four men were killed and 160 wounded. The following is the text of Lord Kitchener's dispatch, dated Pretoria, November 1. "I have just heard of a severe attack made on the rear guard of Colonel Benson's column, when about twenty miles northeast of ethel, near Brokenlaarge, during a thick mist. "The strength of the enemy is reported to have been 1,000. They rushed two guns with the rear guard, but it is uncertain whether they were able to remove them. "I Tear our casualties were heavy. Colonel Benson was wounded, but not seriously. A relieving column will reach him this morning." Later, Lord Kitchener telegraphed as follows: "Colonel Barter, who marched from the constabulary line yesterday, reached Benson's column early this morning (Friday) unopposed. He reports that Colonel Benson died of his wounds. "The other casualties are the following: "Killed—Colonel E. Guinness, Major F. D. Murray, Captains M. W. Lindsay and F. T. Thorough, Lieutenants E. V. L. Brooks and B. E. Shepherd and Second Lieutenant A. J. Corlett. Died of his wounds—Captain Eyre Lloyd." Lord Kitchener then gives the names of thirteen other officers who were wounded, most of them severely, and announces that fifty-four non-commissioned officers and men were kiilled and 160 wounded, adding that four of the latter have since died of their wounds. The dispatch then says: "I assume that the two guns have been recovered and the enemy has withdrawn, but I have no further details. "I deeply regret the loss of Colonel Benson and the other officers and men who fell with him." In Benson the service loses a most gallant and capable officer, who invariably led his column with marked success and judgment. "The fighting was at very close quarters and maintained with determination by both sides. The enemy suffered heavily, but I have not yet received a reliable estimate. The Boers ventured into Colonel Benson had been for some time operating in the vicinity of Bethel, which is northeast of Standerton. He surprised a Boer laager October 22 near Trichardsonfortin, taking thirty-seven prisoners. Three days later, according to Lord Kitchener's report at the time, after a long night march the commandos under Grobelaar and Erasmus "heavily attacked Benson" rear guard and flanks at Yizvarkfortin, but was easily driven away." Whether this was the attack which resulted so disastrously or whether the Boers who were repulsed took advantage of the mist to renew the attack is still unexplained. Lord Kitchener does not give the date of the Bethel engagement. TRIPLE TRAGEDY IN LOUISIANA Jealous Negro Kills Negro Man and Woman and Then Kills Himself. The story of a triple tragedy has reached here from Greenwood, La. fourteen miles from Shreveport. The parties implicated are all negroes and were employed on a plantation known as the Hoss place, near Greenwood. Wash Rawlins entered the home of Victoria Anderson, a negro woman and found her in the company of a negro named Charley Williams. He at once opened fire on Victoria, killing her instantly. The weapon was then turned on Williams, who attempted to escape, but failed, and was fatally wounded. Rawlins rushed to the door, turned his weapon on himself and pulled the trigger, dying instantly. Fire in a Michigan Mine A fire which started in the Aurora mine at Ironwood, Mich., generated gas and spread to adjacent workings closing up the Pabst mine. Many of the workmen were rescued with difficulty and several are still in a precarious condition from gas. A number of mules working below are dead and +00 men are laid off. Gas is coming into the East Norris mine and may force it to close. Mistook Him for a Deer. John Torrence, who owns a ranch about one mile outside the village of Comox, B. C., was shot and killed by John Peacy, a hunter. Peacey was deer hunting and coming out of the woods to Torrence's farm, saw Torrence in a ditch, which he had been digging, peacey mistook him for a deer and fired, shooting Torrence through the neck, and killing him instantly. A man who prospers gets even with some of his enemies by making them envious. Heavy Whisker Tap Collection The collections of internal revenue for the fifth, or Peoria, district, for the month of October, amounted to $3,375,428, with Rock Island yet to hear from. This represents about 3,000,000 gallons of spirits. At this rate the collections will approximate $40,000,000 an increase over last year of nearly $10,000,000. The worst robbers are the most respected men of civilization. Any merchant in town can tell you who they are. SURPLUS PILES UP. Government Receipts Far in Advance of Expenditures. The monthly statement of the government receipts and expenditures just issued shows that, for the month of October, 1901, the total receipts were $49,831,952 and the expenditure $40,645,835, which leaves a surplus or the month of $1,186,117. The receipts were nearly $2,000,000 less than for October, 1900, and the expenditures nearly $7,300,000 less. The receipts from the several sources of revenue are given as follows: Customs: $23,415,570, an increase over October, 1900, of nearly $3,000,000; internal revenue, $23,511,649, decrease, $4,100,000; miscellaneous, $2,402,372, decrease, $477,000. The expenditures on account of the war department were $943,470; decrease, $5,700,000; on account of the navy, $6,124,279; increase, $1,500,000. For the four months of the present fiscal year the total receipts were, $191,980,841, a decrease of $5,400,000 from those of the corresponding period last year. The expenditures aggregated $164,614,671, a decrease of $27,000,000 as compared with the corresponding period in 1900. Reserving the right to discontinue without previous notice, the treasury department has announced that for the present it will accept offerings of United States bonds if tendered at the treasury department in Washington or at the subtreasury, New York, at prices to yield the government interest as follows: On the 3 per cent bonds, loan of 1908-1918, 5 per cent bonds, loan of 1904, and 4 per cent bonds, loan of 1925, to yield 1.906. In speaking of his action in resuming the purchase of bands, Secretary Gage said: "The terms I offer are practically the same as those under which the purchases were made under the last call. I took the market quotations and made the price above the mean between the offers and bids, which, of course, is a shade above the prices at which the actual transactions were made, this I believe to be entirely fair to both the government and to the bond owner. My reason for making the offer at this time is that I find from the treasury statement that we took in in cash this month $9,301,952 more than we paid out, and for this single day the excess of receipts over expenditures was $1,814,444. The circulation of the country could not stand this drain very long without being affected seriously, and as I do not wish to increase the deposits in the national bank depositaries, there was only one thing left to do, and that was to buy bonds. I can give no approximate idea of how long this offer will remain open or how many bonds I shall purchase. Bondholders who wish to sell would do well not to count on any great length or time. TWO IOWA BANKS ROBBED Nitro-Glycerine Used At Arise, Ia, to Open a Safe - Dynamite at Mateck. The Bank of Arise, Ia, was entered by robbers who blew open the safe and the aid of nitro-glycerine, shattering the door to bits and knocking out a portion of the front of the one-story building in which the bank was located. Every dollar in the safe was secured by the robbers, only a few pennies scattered on the floor remaining of the $450 taken. The robbers left their coops in the bank and were seen to leave the town by walking down the Great Western tracks. While the robbers were at work a heavy rain storm was in progress. The total loss is estimated at $1,000, not including notes and mortgages which are missing. The sheriff is following the robbers with a posse. The Bank of Matlock, Ia., was robbed by six men who secured about $2,000. Of this amount $300 was in silver. Four men stationed themselves so as to guard all points while the other two went inside. They made free use of dynamite, three heavy shots being fired, waking a good many people. The safe and vault were shattered and the building badly wrecked. All the glass in the windows was broken out and some pieces of the safe a foot square were blown through the sides of the building and into the street, thirty yards. An old man sleeping in an adjoining building was compelled by the robbers to return to the house and keep still. There is absolutely no clue and no effort was made to follow the robbers because all were so heavily armed. The total loss in money and damage to the safe and building is over $4,000. Twenty Buildings Burned. Twenty buildings were destroyed by fire at Uniontown, Pa., involving a loss of $50,000, with insurance of probably one-third that amount. The entire square from Pittsburg street to Arch street is left without a building. The principal loss was sustained by the News-Standard newspaper, whose loss will be about $20,000. Other losses to tenants in the Standard building will reach $10,000 more. The other buildings destroyed were mostly old and of no great value. A Negro Slipped the Noose Silas Esters, a negro, charged with a crime against a boy, was taken from jail at Hodgenville, Ky., and hanged to the courthouse steps. He managed to slip the noose from his neck and made a break for liberty. The mob made after the negro, firing at him with guns and pistols. The negro fell, when about 100 yards from the jail house, riddled with bullets. The noose was again placed about his neck and he was dragged to the courthouse and swung to the topmost step. Exiled Afghans Summoned Home. The Ameer or Afghanistan, Habid Abulla Kahan, has caused to be spread broadcast a proclamation informing all Afghans who have fled from their country because of extortion, oppression or fear of arrest on false charges, that they can return safely, and that lands confiscated from them will be restored, that loans will be advanced for improvements, and that a year's taxes will be remitter STRUCK A TRAIN HENRI FOURNIER'S AUTO- MOBILE WRECKED. ALL THE OCCUPANTS ARE INJURED Two of Them Were Thrown 150 Feet—Automobile Was Demolished—M. Fournier was Touring Long Island Looking for Good Road Over Which to Try For New Record. As Henri Fournier, the French chaffeur, was crossing the tracks of the Long Island railroad near Westbury, L. I., in an automobile in which five other men were seated, the machine came into collision with a locomotive and disastrous results followed. All six men were hurt and the machine demolished. The names of those in the party and the extent of their injuries are: N. B. Fullerton, special agent of the passenger department of the Long Island railroad; badly cut about the head and face and compound fracture of one leg. A. G. Batchelder, of the New York Journal, chairman of the National Cyclists' Association board of control; broken leg and other injuries. J. H. Gerrie, New York Herald, broken shoulder and leg. Arthur Lewis, of New York; cuts on face and hands and ankle sprained. Henry J. Everall, of New York; bruises and cuts and leg sprained. Henri Fournier, foot sprained. Mr. Fournier says that the party was on its way home to New York, when the accident occurred, having been out all day in company with William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., in his machine, looking for a good road on which it was Fournier's intention to try for the mile record. "I had just reached the crossing," he said, "and the front wheels of my machine were just touching the first rail when the locomotive loomed up and I realized that an accident was inevitable. "I gave the handle a quick turn which moved the front wheels to the right, and then the crash came. The locomotive struck the machine two or three inches behind the left front wheel, throwing it around so that the rear of the autorobile was brought against the locomotive. The first thing I remember was somebody calling and asking me if I were dead. I think I was unconscious for about a minute. The machine was completely demolished. It was not one of my racing machines. It was of only ten-horse power, very heavy, and was built to hold six persons." There is no flagman at the crossing, which is hidden by buildings, but an automatic bell is supposed to ring on the approach of a train. The members of the party say it did not ring. The railroad people claim otherwise. Fournier, who was handling the lever, and Everall, were thrown about fifty feet. Fullerton and Batchelder were hurried 150 feet, while Lewis and Gerrie were mixed up with the wreckage of the machine. Foxhall Keene, W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., and a party of ladies who were starting for the Meadowbrook gunt saw the accident and gave aid to the injured until a number of physicians arrived. Fournier and his companions were taken in a special car to the Nassau hospital at Mineola, L. I. Later Fournier. Everall and Lewis were taken to their homes in New York City. Fullerton, Batchelder and Gerrie are still at the hospital and the surgeons say Fullerton, though much more seriously hurt than the others, will recover. DRESSED AS A NUN. Miss C. Becera Escapes From President Castro's Clutches. Miss C. Becerra, the daughter of Ricardo C. Becerra, who was Colombian minister to Washington fifteen years ago, has escaped from Venezuela, where she had been detained by President Castro. She has rejoined her family in Trinidad. Her father, who is blind, has lived there since his expulsion from the Venezuelan capital. The girl's brothers are constuls for Colombia in Trinidad and Curacao, and it is said to have been because of a desire to hold them in check that President Castro refused to permit her deportation. With the assistance of an officer of a French steamer, and dressed as a nun, she escaped to Trinidad. Miss Becerra was educated in the United States. Apple Famine is Predicted. The apple famine which dealers have been predicting is now an assured fact. Ever since the unfavorable apple weather in the spring buyers and growers have anticipated a short crop. New York dealers announce that the situation is even worse than anticipated. One dealer is quoted as estimating the crop at 23,000,000 barrels, as against 48,000,000 barrels last year, and 70,000,000 barrels the year previous. On a Grade Crossing Three persons were killed and one seriously injured by being struck by the 4:20 p. m. train en route to Chicago on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road, while driving over a grade crossing at Oakwood, a small town fifteen miles south of Milwaukee. The dead: Mary Bonzel, Joe Pauliski, Anne Kenter. Seriously injured: Martha Bonzel. Girls who wear fancy shoe strings shouldn't get mad if a man looks at their feet. The Nicaragua Canal His Plan Henry Clay Hall, for thirty consecutive years consul in Cuba and minister to Central America, died at his home in Millbury, Mass. aged 81 years. He served under eight presidents, from Buchanan to Cleveland, a record unparalleled. He was known as the father of the Nicaraguan canal and drafted the first canal treaty for that route. Nothing makes a white man quite so mad as to have to work while some colored man is loafing around. MERCHANT ACCUSED OF ARSON Explosion in a Store Causes Burial of Twenty-Three Business Houses. Twenty-three business houses, composing the heart of the town of Timmonsville, S. C., are totally destroyed by fire. There was an explosion in the store of Smith & Dennis that aroused the town and then the flames burst out. There was no apparatus for fighting the fire. One block of ten brick stores, including the bank of Timmonsville, is in the burned district. The loss is conservatively placed at $100,000, with less than one-third insurance. A sensational feature developed soon after the fire, when W. F. Dennis, of Smith & Dennis, general merchants, was arrested on a charge of arson. Smith had left town when citizens called at his place. Dennis refused to talk. Because of the peculiar manner in which the fire started, suspicion rested on these men and a search of their premises revealed boxes of goods, shoes, etc., stacked in their houses and barns. It is supposed these goods were removed from their store before the fire. SULTAN MUST PAY. If He Does Not, France Will Sleeze a Customs House. "The entire French Mediterranean squadron has left," says the Toulon correspondent of the Paris Figaro "While one division put in at Salins-D'Hieres, another, composed of three battleships and two cruisers, under the command of Admiral Callard, proceeded to the Levant. Two thousand troops will be added to this force. "Admiral Callard's orders are that if complete satisfaction is not immediately given by the Ottoman government to all the claims of France, he shall seize the custom house of the port nearest his squadron. "It is believed his destination is the Island of Hitylene, or Salonika. The island commands the entrance to the Dardanelles and the Gulf of Smyrna." Several morning papers confirm the Figaro's Toulon advices. Rumors to the same effect are current in Paris, but the foreign office professed to know nothing about the matter. OUR ARMY PAY ROLL. Last Year it Amounted to $53,215,345- Big Investment Big Increase over Previous Year. Paymaster General Bates, in his annual report says that the pay of the army for the year was $53,215,345, an increase over last year of $1,301,364. He makes several recommendations relative to pay accounts in the army, the most important being that officers of the pay corps no longer be compelled to furnish bonds. He says that this should apply especially to officers detailed for service under the new law, as they get no increased rank and are compelled to pay from $90 to $180 when so detailed. Most of the officers prefer commands in the line to such work. He says that engineer officers handle and disburse millions of dollars and are not required to give bond, and only in one or two instances has the government sustained any loss. SMALL BOYS ON A STRIKE Wanted to Get off for Halloween and Struck at a Refusal The two fruit jar glass factories of Bail Bross, at Muncie, Ind., employing 1,000 hands, and the Hemingway Flint Gass works, employing 500 hands, were almost closed down because of a strike among the small boys employed as helpers The day force quit, and the night force, with a few exceptions, joined. The boys demanded to be permitted to take part in Halloween festivities, and when refused struck for more pay, demanding 15 cents on the day. They receive from 85 cents to $1 per day and men can hardly do the work for any price, not being quick enough. Fire in a Poultry Store There was a lively time among the negro boys of the North end in Kansas City when fire was discovered about midnight in a building at 115 East Fourth street occupied by Aaron & Co. poultry dealers, and a hundred live chickens were freed from their coops and scattered in all directions. The fire was directly back of the Centropolis hotel and the bright light shining through the windows caused considerable excitement among the guests, and many of the more exotic rushed from their rooms attired as they were for the night. The damage amounted to about $200. Two Deaths From Plague in Liverpool. The local government board at London has issued a statement that two persons died from the plague during the month of October at Liverpool, according to bacteriological tests made after the deaths. Three suspected cases and all who have been in contact with the suspected posses have been placed under observation. The board says the plague was first thought to be influenza. Increase in Philippine Customs. A comparative statement just made public by the division of insular affairs of the war department shows that the total customs revenue for the seven months ended July 31, 1901, at Philippine pora was $5,025,139, an increase over the same period of 1900 of $1,124,333, and over 1909 of $2,469,682 John McPhearson, a white man, manager of a large plantation at Glen Flora, Texas, was killed by a negro named William Hicks. Several hundred men are hunting for Hicks. Six other negroes are in jail. While Everett Bohannon, a school teacher with one leg, at Beech Grove, Ky., was whipping Marshal Hardin, aged 18 years, for misbehavior, Hardin kicked the crutch from under Bohannon's arm and stabbed him in the left side with a knife. Bohannon is dying. The boy has been captured. The Official Gazette publishes a denial of the statement that King Edward is suffering from cancer, and declares untrue the report that specialists were in consultation regarding him during his recent visit to Denmark. Lemon Juice for Nose Bleeding. Dr. Benjamin Edminson says in the Medical World that lemon juice is a remedy for nose bleaching. One part of the juice to three or four parts of water is used by insuffusion after clearing the nostrilla by "blowing" in emergencies he has used the juice unindulged, but would not advise this procedure in ordinary cases. The author claims no credit for this method; he "picked it up" many years ago, he says, and he does not know who is entitled to the credit for first use. The Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette says: "Walter Baker & Co, of Dorchester, Mass, U. S. A., have given years of study to the skillful preparation of cocoa and chocolate, and have devised machinery and systems particular to their methods of treatment, whereby the purity, palatability, and highest nutrient characteristics are tained. Their preparations are known the world over and have received the highest indorsements from the medical practitioner, the nurse, and the intelligent housekeeper and caterer." Philanthropist of Bars, N Charles A. Spring, Jr., who died in Chicago last July, was a philanthropist of rare modesty. He had many gifts to the Illinois Manual Training School aggregating $80,000, yet he was not a rich man, and so modest was he his giving that the public has mutil now been unaware of his generosity. A Giantle Dwelling House The largest dwelling house in the world is the Freihaus, situated in a suburb of Vienna. It contains in all 1,200 rooms, divided into upwards of 400 separate apartments. This immense house, wherein a whole city lives, works, eats and sleeps has three courtyards—five open and eight covered—and a garden within its walls. Catholic Education in Phillip Chipman. Celestine Sullivan, a newspaper man of Atchison, Kan., was recently appointed by the Catholic University of Washington, D. C., to go to the Philippines and promote Catholic education there. Mr. Sullivan will remain three years, establishing Catholic schools similar to those in the United States. Spools and Thread The spool mills use about $2,000 cords, or 16,000,000 feet, of birch annually, turning out 800,000,000 spools, each spool large enough to carry 200 yards of thread. The amount of thread that could be wound upon these 800,000 spools would reach 3,600 times around the world at the equator and leave a little for mending. The Teacher's Wife Clarissa, Minn., Oct. 28th.-Mrs. Clara Kalee keys of Charles Kalee school teacher of this place, tells us wonderful story. For years her life was one of misery. Her back ached all the time; her head ached all the time; morbidity pains drove her to desperation. She used much medicine, but failed to get any relief till she tried Dodd's Kidney Pills. She says: "Very soon after I began using Dodd's Kidney Pills all my aches and pains vanished like the morning dew. I consider this remedy a God-send to suffering womanhood." Encouraged by their success in her own case, Mrs. Keys induced her mother, an old lady of 74 years, to use Dodd's Kidney Pills for her many aches and pains. Now both mother and daughter rejoice in perfect freedom from illness or suffering which is something neither had enjoyed for years before. Alaskan Native and Religion In Alaska there are something more than 25,000 Indians and Eskimos, of whom 7,600 are Protestants, 13,753 are under the care of the Greek church, and about 500 are Catholics. Ten Protestant societies are at work. The Greek church receives $60,000 a year from the Russian government, and yet is steadily declining in influence. Lancashire's Cotton Industry As showing the remarkable growth of the Lancashire cotton industry, it is stated that whereas ten years ago 100,000 bales of the raw material sufaced to keep the country's mills in fall operation for a year, the same amount now would feed the spindles for a day and a quarter. Kleing New Converts The new religion being introduced in a colored church of this city that has as one of its features the kissing of a new convert by the whole congregation, has its strong and its weak points.—Boston Herald. Heard Nothing of the War Sven Hedin, the explorer, reached Charkhlik, in the heart of China, last April, without hearing of the troubles in the eastern part of the empire. He found the Chinese polite and obliging. Polita for Women. Once a starch is applied, It is the best cold water starch even made. Each and every package contains sixteen ounces. A single sixteen ounce package cost only ten cents; other starches cost ten cents for twelve ounce packages. Every package contains a written guarantee to refund money if satisfaction is not given. It gives clothes that stiff, glossy finish that is a guarantee of comfort to the wearer. No other starch has this advantage. it contains ingredients that enables its manufacturers to omit all chem- icals, the presence of which in other starches have proved injurious to linen. There is nothing in it that can even in the slightest degree injure the most delicately woven fabric. It will not: blister nor break the goods. It will not stick to the iron. It requires no premiums to promote its sale. It speaks for itself. It will not disappoint on sale by all grec- ers. If your grocer "hasn't heard of it" insist that he order some for you from his wholesaler. Made by Mag- netic Starch Co. Omaha, Neb.