The American Citizen

Oldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of the Country VOL. 14. NO. 41. Oldest and Education, Wealth, The United Order OF KICKERS. FIRST ANNUAL SESSION MANY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS DISC CUSSED. DELEGATES FROM MANY CITIES. A COMPLIMENT TO THE AMERICAN There is now no excuse for this abundant change of color. I was recently informed of a case near New Franklin Mo., which ran like this, a young negro man had been keeping company with what he thought was a respectable young colored lady, she at the same time met at odd hours a well known white gentleman, if he can be called such, in the same little burg. This not being agreeable to the white brute, he in the usual white cap way informed this young negro that if he did not cease his attentions towards the young lady, she colored at that, he would be swung higher than Haman. Unheeding the warning he continued on, and about three weeks ago he was lynched of course by unknown parties. This is verified as being a fact. I move Mr. President that this body resolve in the strongest of language that each and every member will go forth from here with a set determination to discourage all intermarriages as well as the filthy practice of Negro women being mistress of white men. As he sat down one loud and long applause was heard and all the delegates, some you could hardly tell from white crief "Amen," right you are, before the next speaker was introduced a cry of firefire, was heard and in a short while Cart. Tom Booker and the whole company No. 5., were on the scene battling with the flames that had started in a commission house near the Opera House. After a brisk fighting of about ten minutes the flames were subdued. Order in the session was then restored and the black fire laddies were called upon the rostum and introduced to the assembly. A good many of the delegates were surprised to see Negro firemen. A great deal more surprise was evinced when it was announced that the affairs of this city were governed by Democracy and these black boys enjoyed the highest esteem from the highest to the lowest Democratic official, can it be possible? exclaimed one delegate from Washington County Miss. Mrs. G. H. Beenet of 2452 Woodland ave gave a dinner party, Thursday eve, in honor of her sister Mrs. G. W. Wood of Chicago, those present were: Mrs., Trenton Waton, Dave Jones., G. W. Harbard Carrie Johnson Jas. L. Bowlet and Mr. d. Mrs. John Lanley all of Kansas City Kans and Mrs., N. L. Clayks wark. S. Brown. S. W. Jermett and Mr. D Oth Kansas City, Mo. also Mrs. S. M. Watters of Witchita Kans. BITTEN BY BAD HABITS. Girls don't let bad habits bite you So many of our girls have been bitten by bad habits! First, you start with a dip of snuff and then a little toddy and then I must go down to the joint and get a little beer and then you are torn to pieces by bad habits. When ever we can get our young girls and young men to look upon themselves as a race we can move upward. The greatest responsibility lies in our girls. There are many other bad hats that some of our girls have taken up that I am unable to speak of. Not only our girls but we can find our old antics many times off of the track You can often hear them say: "I must sleep to day so I can be ready for tonight Why, what is the matter—they are bit by bad habits What can we be as long as such goes on, Men if you can't have a wife don't have what is so-called one. My son's unpathetic prayers for the race. ROOSEVELT AND THE NEGRO, In speaking of the Negro, President Roosevelt said, "God knows that their lot is of the saddest at. They keenly feel the ban put on them. Their lives are lonely and full of suffering, and I should bowy my head in shauns if I thought that I could do anything to add to their burden, or that I could neglect to do any thing to lighten it. The Negro is here to stay. It is better that he should be educated—better for him and better; for all. Much has been done for him already, and much more can be done. The warmest encouragement Booker Washington has received has been from the people in the South --- THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. He was symathetically received by an homeschool audience of Southern whites in Atlanta eight years ago. We refer to the magnitude of his work only to praise it, and to arouse other whites to friendly emulation. Let the truth be known that the Negroes are going forward! It will the better air us up to our own work. In Georgia the assessed value of property held by Negroes is placed at $15,000,000 representing a market value of $20,000,000. Of this sum $1,000,000 of assessment, $2,000,000 market value was added in 1900. The wealth of the Negroes in the Southern States is not less than $4,000,000. The building up of wealth owes the sharpening of the intellect If the untutored colored men of the past quarter of a century could mass almost half a billion dollars, why not the educated Negro during the next quarter of a century guardrupe that amount. RACE THOUGHTS. No man need shovel dirt upon the high ways unless he wishes to. It is from individual choice else he would not be there. If the man who thinks his lot is harder than that of his neighbor will make a personal study of himself, he will soon discover that it is possile for him to be a master and not a slave. The man who is a slave is because he has failed to recognize (through ignorance, in most cases) his own innate powers. It is impossible to keep any man in bourage who really desires to be free. But the ability to extricate one's self from any hardship or unpleasant duty, lies solely with the individual himself. The man who refused to acknowledge his own capabilities and trust them, is doomed to a long life of disappointments. And the man who spends his time fluding faults with the success of his neighbor instead of getting a hustle on himself, is also like to turn up in close proximity to a poorhouse. Doubtless the people on the Sabbath hear to much about heaven and not enough about hell. While we rejoice in the mateless results of grace as manifested in believers, let us as ministers not neglect the faithful portrayal of the fearful consequences sinful living, if persisted in to the end. "I the wages of sin is dea h" As long as the Negro is a citizen and tax-payers he must be recognized by this Government. Do not despair if you find difficulties and hardships before you. These are the conditions of strongest manhood. Men who have been exempt from these things seldom amount to much. He who bravely meets and heroically conquers them is the man who counts in the world's galaxy of great men. This false cry about social equality's based upon the fear that it might lead to the intermarriage of the races, Fear not, Cool down. All the equality that the intelligent and sensible Neoreus desire in this country is equality before the law and an equal chance in the race of life to make an honest living SHIRKING RESPONSIBILITY There is no rce living upon the face of the earth more progressive than the Negro, relative to church and state affair but of all races there exist none in Christendom that thirsts responsibilities as the one in question. We know of cases where he will not shoulder responsibilities even at the highest salary paid him. He would rather remain a meance to idleness and become a victim to nonsense. He will work just as hard for a resumation of five cents as he would for $5.00 in his way of doing thing. We can find only a few here and there who appreciate an honorable position. In glancing over the field of young women who have just left their college walls we find that they are in a great measure in a worse plight than those who lack good educational training Our experience has taught us that the higher a young colored woman is educated, the more worthless she is. An idea seems to be instilled in their minds that any time will suit to reach their places of employment and to say the least they care very little for the way in which their work is done just since some one has had it in charge who, perhaps, fortunately or unfortunately may have been collegebred. If we are to judge the fitness and capability of young, educated ladies by those whom we know received the finishing touches of the last branches in a college course and those passed out, we pity them. It would have been a better for them had they spent their time in learning accomplishments in the culinary arts and other branches of industry in which they are totally deficient. They have no respect for their obligations and would rather build monuments of the highest order, typifying themselves upon the standard of having achieved the title of knowing it all. Some of them have lived on parents, especially faithful mothers who labor from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same in order that their ambition for a higher education might be gratified and what has been the outcome in some cases? On their return from the college walls many have occupied the rocking chain while the mother has become an automaton to their every beck and call. They too sit in the interior until a late KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, hour, indulging some second handed gambier or d sperao and when called to by the mother that the hour of 10 o'clock has arrived, they reply 'such hour were upheld in your day, but now in our times, we by right og our education know just how long the company should remain and whom we should keep company with. Just so the condition is and finally the outcome is truble, not only for themselves, but parents whose thoughts by day and dreams by night have been that they should be honored and revered instead of a赦 credit to them—Charleston Messenger. They Say. Are they really all they profess to be. You would think by the smile she wears she was the best mortal on earth but in reality she is the meanest. If you could hear some people talk and follow them to places where they go and just take a peep in, you wouldn't believe your own eyes. If everybody didn't read this paper and this column, we could print some very racy news about somebody. It pays a wife to keep her eyes on the woman her husband dislikes. He wasn't in it a little bit, but he thought so-Ha! Ha! Ha! Every woman that goes a shopping*, in Kansas City Mo., doesn't always shop. He is going to have the sweltest house in town among the colored population. Eli is still on the run if Harvey is being watched. "Out on the world" ma'e a decided hit. He is a lover in real life, but not on the stage. Good morning Carrie! now how dye do this mourning. After the show was over. Every dog has his day. Vengeance is wise, I will repay. Daylight is waning. Dearest one. The night-bird's plaining Has just begun: As twilight deepens And shadows fall, Oh, hold me close In Lance's sweet thrall. For I would have thee Ever near me, Thv love embrace me Thy true heart cheer me My soul to know thee Ever mine, dear Would swoon in egestacy. Though day is dying, Dearest one, And I am sighing For one, but one, Though Fate should rive us From pole to pole, Thou'r mine, all mine, So reads the scroll. TILFORD DAVIS JR., K. C. K. Mr. Adopiun Humbles, a prominent colored storekeeper; at Jackson town near Lynchburg, Va., has purchased the Lyo burg and Campbell Turnpike, twelve miles long, and is putting the same in first-class order. The pike was built sixty-years ago, and has been owned by one company until sold to Mr. Humbles. This is an old story, the story of the Negroes building up a white man in business by giving him their undivided support and patronage and who, when he becomes opulent, is their bitter foe. The Conservator, a weekly race journal published in Chicago, calls attention to a baker in that city, who has become rich because of the large amount of trade given him by the colored people. This said baker began business without a dollar and with but little experience, but he has become rich through the patronage of colored people. He objected to his landlord renting the floors above his bakery to colored people and, when called upon by the editor of Conservator concerning the matter openly and boldly said that he didn't care for the colored trade. The Conservator says of this matter: "This baker has a large colored patronage, and the Conservator called on him to see if he had not been misrepresented by parties accusing him of hating a man for his color. But he was frank to say that he really objected to colored people living over him, and when his attention was called to the facts that he had a number of colored patrons in his business he said he did not care about colored people's trade and did not want it. This man who has grown fat and strong from Negro patronage in his thickly settled Negro neighborhood stands now in the garb of one of the most rabid Negro haters in the city and all on account of the color of the Negro skin. He does not take into consideration prior are does not take into consideration Send Your Sons And Daughters To Western University, A great school terests. Negroes should here train their children. DEPART Theological Department to pre- demands in our pulpits today. Normal Department PreParing and giving a higher training to those desiring Preparatory Fitting students for the Normal department those deprived of such in childhood. MUSICAL DI For Furnishing an opportunity for of fine art STATE INDUS A great school for our youth; now a part of our State's interests. Negroes should here train their children for the Work of life and its duties. Theological Department to prepare for the ministry, desiring to fulfill the demands in our pulpits today. Department It is the intention of this department to work of life in the industrial world. We are of labor unions and stern demands nothing will compete with any in the world of skilled labor the future of his children or the future of his Courses.—Architectural or Mechanical newspaper, Tailoring, Bookkeeping, Business plain sewing. FACULTY The faculty is composed of graduates from Fiske, Tuskegee and Hampton; the best school following is the faculty. Rev. William Tecumun in Hillosophy and Logic. Charles S. Browne and Carpentry; John Charles Wood, instructor force, instructor in business and steer teacher of tailoring; E. J. Vernon, B. S., of Moore of Fiske, professor of language and life; Mrs. Lulu Cunningham, piano music; Mrs. L. lecturers of various topics have been secured. OPPORTION The constantly labor for the betterment of the you helping hand to the same. No student is made tells. The most deserving are given credit for Expenses—Board per month, $1. It is not necessary the encouraged here; students are advised o bring apparel is not needed by one struggling for an arrangement for entrance can be made by you will send one of the latest complete catalogues. Write at once for information or catalogue to William It is the intention of this department to give our youth training, fitting them for the work of life in the industrial world. We are opinioned that in this day of competition and labor unions and stern demands nothing will so aid the Negro as to prepare his child to compete with any in the world of skilled labor. With such training no man need fear for the future of his children or the future of his race. Courses. — Architectural or Mechanical drawing Carpentry, Printing, both job and newspaper, Tailoring, Bookkeeping, Business Course and Stenography, Dressmaking and plain sewing. Fiske, Tuskegee and Hampton; the best schools of the country maintained by our people. Following is the faculty. Rev. William Tecumsch Vernon. [B. S. D., A. M., Press., Lecturer in Hilosophy and Logic.* Charles S. Bowman, Tuskegee, instructor in Mechanical drawing and Carpentry; John Charles Wood, instructor in printing; Joseph Nelson Garret of Willberforce, instructor in business's course and stenography; James T. Edwards of Hampton, teacher of tailoring; E. J. Vernon. B. S. of Willberforce; professor mathematics; A. F. Moore of Fiske, professor of language and literature; S. L. Gross, teacher of dressmaking; Mrs. Lulu Cunningham, piano music; Mrs. L. H. Moore, teacher of science. [In addition lecturers of various topics have been secured.] constantly labor for the betterment of the young people under their care and gladly lend a helping hand to the same. No student is made to feel the sting of poverty, but merit alone tells. The most deserving are given credit for the same. Expenses—Board per month, $5.50; tuition per month, $1; room rent per month, $1; incidental fee on entrance, $1. encouraged here; students are ady sed a bring strong substantial clothing, but expensive apparel is not needed by one struggling for an education. School opened Sept. 9, 1901. All arrangements for entrance can be made by writing Pres. W. T. Vernon, Quindaro, Kas. He will send one of the latest complete catalogues given full information regarding the same. Write at once for information or catalogue to William T. Vernon. the colored man's character or standing, he does not object to any particular colored man or family because i is bad or because it has a bad name. He objects to the Negro solely and alone because he is colored." He has grown rich from the money he has received from the colored people. American people will certainly stand by Pro. Hicks, when it costs them so little and the benefits are so great. His fine Almanac of 200 pages is only 25c, and his splendid family journal is only one dollar a year including the Almanac. Send to WORD AND WORKS Pub. Co. 2201 St. S. Louis, Mo. He has grown rich from the money he has received from the colored people. His case is only one of a thousand all over the country in cities and in towns where there are any number of colored people. This white man started out in business in a small way, got the trade of the colored people, became influential and afterwards became the Negro's bitterest enemy. There is a lesson in this and a moral. Colored people must sometimes learn to patronize their own race in a business way, for as soon as the white man can dispense with the Negro commercially, religiously, politically or otherwise, he will do so The True Reformer's Bank, of Hic mond Va and the National Negro Business League and other kindred organization are shining examples of the possibilities of the Negro in a business way. Don't boycott, is un American, but spend your money with your own people as far as you can and as far as it is practicable to do so. REV. IBL R. HICKS NOT DEAD REV. IEL R. HICKS NOT DEED Nowtwithstanding a widely current rumor that the Rev Irl R. Hicks was dead, he never was in better health, and nevhr did a harder and more successful years work than that just closing. He has just completed his large and splended Almanac for 1902 and with his staff of able helpers, has brought his journal, WORD AND WORKS, justly forward into international reputation. For a quarter of a century Mr. Hicks has grown in reputation and usufuess as the people's astronomer, and forecaster of storms and the character of coming season. Never were his weather forecasts so sought after as now, his timely warning of a serious drouth tais year having saved the people from loss and suffering. Millions of bushels of wheat were harvested through his advice to plan crops that would mature early. The 1 crops that would be Quindaro, Kansas, give our youth training, fitting them for the opinionated that in this day of competition and so aid the Negro to prepare his child to r. With such training no man need fear for race. drawing Carpentry, Printing, both job and Course and Stenography, Dressmaking and Lincoln, Wilberforce, of the country maintained by our people. B. S. D., A. M., Pres., Lecturer Tuskegee, instructor in Mechanical drawing in printing; Joseph Nelson Garret of Wilber- enography; James T. Edwards of Hampton. Wilberforce; professor mathematics; A. F. fature; S. L. Gross, teacher of dressmaking; H. Moore, teacher of science. In addition UNITIES teachers and officers people under their care and gladly lend a to feel the sting of poverty, but merit alone the same. th, $5.50; tuition per month, $1; room rent per month, $1; incidental fee on en- that Extravagant habits be strong substantial clothing, but expensive education. School opened Sept. 9, 1901. All writing Pres. W. T. Vernon, Quindaro, Kas. He given full information regarding the same. T. Vernon. American people will certainly stand by Pro. Hicks, when it costs them so little and the benefits are so great. His fine Almanac of 290 pages is only 25c, and his splendid family journal is only one dollar a year including the Almanac Send to WORD AND WORKS Pub. Co. 2201 St. Louis, S. L. Louis, Mo. EFFECT OF SMALL THINGS Mothers have you ever thought how much small things influence a child's life? Many things that parents scarcely every think of make their impress so deeply upon the child's life that it is never erased and becomes part of the child. Have you ever observed the child at play? Have you ever observed that, to a large degree, the boy or girls is the father or mother over and over again, almost as true as life. The same tone of voice, the same acents, the same poise of head and emphatic way of speaking is copied to the very least detail. If one wishes to know the manner in which the mother acts to bome when there is no one present but the little ones or at most the family, let that one watch the little girl at play with her doll and the mother's characteristics are shown as nothing else can show them. The truly courteous motor is polite and gracious to all, and is never for a moment caught off guard, saying things she ought not to say and doing things she ought not to do, even below the smallest of her children. She reconsiz that she cannot for a moment loose her own self-respect, and that even her little children are puck to deter any short-comings on her part, and not slow to imitate them. Therefore, in order that her children shall not only learn to respect her but that they must learn through her to respect themselves. Early training cultivates an attractiveness of manner that will follow all through life, and if a child learns by contact with parent or friend that graciousness of manner and contact with eo necessary to correct habits in aft life, white young, it will be a hard mat- --- er to eradicate them in the years to come. Mothers see to it that you are always on your best behaviour especially in the presence of your children. Jennie June is Alfro America. TOPEKA, Nov. 26.—"Peg Leg" Williams, the famous promoter of the first negro exodus out of North Carolina, has re-engaged in that business and is now in North Carolina getting up an exodus of 5 000 negroes for Kansas. Up until 1890 he had taken 30,000 negroes out of North Carolina. The whites there concluded that they needed all the negroes in their business, and had the legislature pass a law fixing a license of $10,000 a year on promoters of negro exoduses. This stopped "Peg Leg" Williams from operating. He couldn't pay the license. Last winter the whites of North Carolina decided they could spare some negroes, so they repealed the license law, and Williams is now back there rounding up a lot of 5,000 negroes for Kansas. He expects to scatter them among the Central Kansas towns. TALES OF TWO CITIES Robert Hughes our champion cake—walker has returned from Denver Colo. The executive committee of the Interstate Literary Association meet in this city to-day. Mrs. Emily May, of Topeka Kansas, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Thomas of 1519 N. 8 h. Et. Mrs. Laura McCee of 513 Buff St. is contemplating a visit to her sister at Bonner Springs. Mrs. L. Foster of Colo. Springs is in the city visiting friends. Miss Virgie Jones of 44 N. James St. is spending a few days in Oskaloosa K. Rev. Frank Wilson. Chief Grand Mentor of the Knights and Daughters of Tabor, Kansas—Nebraska jurisdiction went to Coffeyville Kans. this week where he paid a $55.00 endowment to the heirs of A. Garner in that city. Since July there has been $85.00 endowments paid. Nothing speaks in more glowing terms of the International order of Twelve, then the promptness which they always meet their obligations. There will be a grand musical treat at the Fifth St. Opera House on the night of Dec. 6th Admission 15 Cts. children 10 Cents. Proceeds to be devoted to the enterment of H inter State Literary which convene in this city the latter part of December. Rev. Gee McNeal Pastor of the Pleasant Green Baptist Church has returned from Leavenworth Kans where he assis ed, Rev. P. W. Banks of the Independent Baptist Church in a grand and glorious meeting in behalf of our Saviour. Thirty souls were given a new sight and put on the road to life the life that brings a reward, the Rev. is alright. He will return in a short while to assist Rev. Milton in South-Leavenworth. Thanksgiving Day at Mt. Pleasant Baptist church was a very creditable success in every particular one hundred and fifteen meals were served and a good time was had by all. An excellent program was rendered. Misses Minnie Gillmore and Nellie Hildebrand, former nurses of Douglass Hospital, spent Thanksgiving in Leave-worth, the guest of their parents. Mr. Solomon Miller of Leavenworth is the guest of his daughter Mrs. A. M. Bailey of 411 Nebraska Ave., K. C. K. All diseases start in the bowels keep them open or you will be sick. Cascarets act like nature. Keep liver and bowels active without a sickening gripping feeling. Six million people take and recommend Cascarets. Try a 10c. box. All druggists. The man who believes in helping the race by subscribing for a race paper is always in evidence, but the man who believes in helping the race by paying for paper for which subscribes is not half so numerous. The man who beats his newspaper with this kind of talk, or any other talk is doubly dishonest for he thus cripples and betrays the best friend and champion the race can have—the loyal press. No man of honor will long suffer himself to owe his race advocate. -Statesman. CANDY CATHARTIC THEY WORK WHILE YOU SLEEP 10c 50c 10c All Dreggle Service C.C.C. Never sold in bulk Genuine stamped C C C C. Never sold in bulk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell "something just as good." The dance at the M & O. Hall Thanks giving day afternoon and night for she benefit of the Orphans Home was a sue- NOVEMBER 29. 1901 the Country vation of the Negro. "Out on the World." CHANKS GIVING NIGHT. FIFTH ST., OPERA HOUSE. Thankgiving has come and gone but the pleasant memories of the closing hours of the night will linger long with those who availed themselves of the opportunity of witnessing the production of 'Out on the World,' a very pleasing and touching three act Drama, by a well selected conan of Negro Amateur artists under the management of Mrs. Lula Johnson. To begin we must compliment the management for the excellent business sagacity in getting on good terms with the Press of the city a point the majority of Negroes always overlook intentionally or by oversight. Few seem to have any conception of the power of the Press in redering material assistance and furtherid the cause of their projects. The play dealt with many phases of real life and were well portrayed by the members. Mr. Jas Harrison being, Mr. Alden A Sea Captain, as the leading man, though small in stature he made up in real earnest acting and won loud and long applause from an intelligent and appreciative audience. Miss Rosa McIntosh as Mrs. Alden acted well her part although the love making might have taken on a ii the more of reality and the fainting could have been made more dramatic. Mr. Wm. Koontz as the villian, being the possessor of an excellent vo ce his acting was with but few exceptions be rd the usual order and elicited much comment and praise. Mr Dennis Matthews, as the servant and the man who never seemed to be in a hurry carried off a big hunk of honors. Mrs. Addie Estes as "Bilddy" the Irish servant, as a character artist deserves the highest praise few better impersonations of "Oud Ire land" by other than the real people can be seen on the road to-day. Mr. Alex Koontz, as Zeke Crowell, a common laborer, did and honor to labor and himself as well. Miss Vona Holva, as the wife of Zeke Crowell, truly dejected that type of man's supposed to be better half, in their efforts to make poor old Hubbys life misrable. Miss Ida McIntosh as the daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Jas. Aiden did justice to a child's part and was generally applauded. Mr. Chas, Moppins as the adopted son of Capt. and Mrs. Alden played well his part. The Speciality work between acs was of an exceptional nature for amateurs and often the audience seemed to fo get that other than professionals were playing before them. Mr. Dillard Thompson. in "Good Morning Carrie," Ma Lady Lon, and "Coon, Coon, Coon," give a true touch of up-to-date ministerly surprising to a very great extent old artists in burnt work. Jas. Harrison as a joker assisted in a turn by Mrs Rosa McIntosh made a decided hit and from the gallery, long continued shouts were heard. Dennis Matthews as the Rag time Millionaire was immense. The entire company are entitled to much credit in their efforts to please the public. The verdict of the passed house was that they got over and above their monies worth. 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I thank you heartily and beg to be very true. Very true. Our treatment does not interfere with your usual occupation. Examination and YOU CAN CURE YOURSELF AT HOME at a nominal advice free. INTERNATIONAL AURAL CLINIC. 596 LA SALLE AVE., CHICAGO, ILL. THE MEN IN THE UMBRELLA Fall Shoes for Men The new fall styles are ready for inspection. We have them for all occasions. The "Waterking" Shoe for rain and mud is waterproof and durable. Lined with oiled fabric to keep out wet. The "All America" for dressy occasions is full of style and snap. The Erica Shoe. Handsomest $2.50 shoe on earth. Looks like the $5.00 kind and wears like iron. These and many others can be had here. Always glad to show them. Nelson Bro. The "Waterking" Shoe for rain and mud is waterproof and durable. Lined with oiled fabric to keep out wet. The "All America" for dressy occasions is full of style and snap. The Erica Shoe. Handsomest $2.50 shoe on earth. Looks like the $5.00 kind and wears like iron. These and many others can be had here. Always glad to show them. Nelson Bro. Minnesota Avenue. Gounod's Last Opera. Few people are aware that Gounod once, in a moment of anger, tore up the manuscript of an opera he had composed, and, though he afterwards repented of his action, he was quite unable to recall its melodies. Gounod's opera "Faust" was nearly lost to the world by the religious scrumps of the great composer. About the time he wrote it he determined henceforth only to write sacred music, but, happily for posterity, he thought better of his resolution. STATISTICS OF SUICIDES Fewer Among Germans Than Formerly, More Among Negroes. More Among Negroes. 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 the large 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. Rare Old Bible Found. A wonderful old Bible has just been discovered in Venice, the fortunate finder being Leo S. Olschki, a well-known antiquarian of Florence. It is in five large volumes, and was printed in Rome in the printing house of Don Pietro Massimo in 1471 and 1472. Soon after it came from the press it was purchased by a patrician family of Venice, and it was in the archives of this family that Olschki discovered it. A Czar's Novel Visiting Card A Czar's Novel Visiting Card. From the Lades' Home Journal: The Russians tell a story of the late Czar Alexander III. that upon the rare occasions when it was incumbent upon him to pay a call he would take a gold coin bearing his "image and super-scrumb" and twisting it between thumb and finger leave it in lieu of $ card—the only man in Russia who had strength for the feat. American Bottles the Best American bottles are preferred to all others for the export trade, and especially in warm climates where American and English goods come into close competition. American glass is said to stand tropical climates better than the English, the reason being that it is better annealed. Transvaal Minerals. The Transvaal is the richest country in the world so far as minerals are concerned. In 1877 England annexed the Transvaal, but evacuated it in 1881. In 1848 England conquered and annexed the Orange Free State, but evacuated it six years later. Tauric Acid on Metals Gold, silver, steel, aluminium and lead, when immersed in tauric acid, a new chemical discovery, becomes as pliable and ductile as putty. Best Heads of Hair Fair-haired people have the best heads of hair, 140,000 to 160,000 being quite an ordinary crop of hairs on the head of a fair man or woman. Tons of Gold In Use. The amount of gold coin in actual circulation in the world is estimated to be about 865 tons. heads of hair, 140,000 to 160,000 being quite an ordinary crop of hairs on the head of a fair man or woman. TRADE MARK. REGISTERED 1892. U.S. PATENT OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. Hartona will make the hair grow long and soft, straight and beautiful. Makes the hair grow on bald and thin places. Restores GRAM HAIR to its original color. Hartona cures Dandruff, Baldness, falling out of the hair, itching, and all scalp diseases. Hartona does not have to be used all the time, as it straightens the hair and gives it fresh life and lustre, and the hair stays and grows naturally beautiful and straight after the use of Hartona. No hot irons necessary. No pasting the hair down with grease. Hartona is positively harmless—the box can be used by everyone in the family. Benefits and improves children's hair just the same as adults. To meet the popular and ever-increasing demand for Hartona Hair-Grower and Straightener, we have placed it on sale in 25c. and 50c. sizes, in our special round, patent box. See that the word Hartona is on every box. Money positively refunded if you are not absolutely delighted with the Hartona remedies. Remember, we handle no fake goods, and you are positively protected by our $100.00 guarantee to any one proving otherwise. All our remedies are trade-marked, registered and copyrighted at United States Patent Office at Washington, D. C., in the years 1892 and 1900. We refer you, as to our responsibility, to the City Bank of Richmond, Va., Adams and Southern Express Companies, and to the editor of this paper. We want lady and gentlemen agents, white or colored, in every city and town in the United States. Write to us to-day, no matter if you are employed or not, and we will show you how to make a splendid living, with easy and pleasant work, and no risk of losing your good money. Write to us and we will send you a book of over one hundred genuine testimonials in your own State of people who have used and are using Hartona remedies. Is this not fair and honest enough? HARTONA FACE WASH. Hartona Face Wash will gradually turn the skin of a black person five or six shades lighter, and will turn the skin of a mulatto person perfectly white. The skin remains soft and bright without continual use of the face wash. One bottles does the work. Hartona Face Wash will remove wrinkles, dark spots, pimples, blackheads, freckles, and all blemishes of the skin. You can regulate the shade of skin on neck, face and hands to any shade you wish. Full directions with each bottle. Hartona Face Wash is perfectly harmless, and is sent to any part of the United States on receipt of price, 50c. per bottle; securely sealed from observation. It is your duty to look as beautiful as possible. Thousands of delighted patrons send us testimonials every year. Please remember that your money is positively refunded. If you are not perfectly satisfied and delighted with the Hartona remedies, We want agents in every city in the United States. Write to us, no matter if you are employed or not, and we will show you how to make money without risking any of your own money. HARTONA NO-SMELL. Hartona No-Smell will remove all smells and bad odors of the body; cures sore and aching feet, chafed limbs, etc. Hartona No-Smell is a God-send to all persons suffering from disagreeable odors caused by perspiration of the feet, arm-pits, etc. Sent anywhere on receipt of price, 10 cents and 25 cents a package. Address all orders to Send us One Dollar, and mention this paper, and we will send you three large boxes of Hartona Hair-Grower and Straightener, two large bottles of Hartona Face Wash, and one large box of Hartona No-Smell. Goods will be sent securely sealed from observation. Write your name and post-office and express-office address very plainly. Money can be sent by post-office money order, or enclosed in a registered letter, or by express. Address all Orders to HARTONA REMEDY CO.. 909 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. 1512 North Fifth Street, FOR THE PUREST DRUGS AND CHEMICALS, And the best of every thing in Paints, Glass and Wall Paper Prescriptions carefully compounded. Prices always the LOWEST at our store. Open day and night, Ring night bell. Phone W. 171 Medicines Delivered. W. B. RAYMOND W. B. RAYMOND Manufacturer of and Wholesale dealer in UNDERTAKERS FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES FOR AMBULANCE FOR THE CONVEYA Undertaking Rooms, 431 Minnesota Factory Cor st St. KANSAS CIT W SOLICIT YOUR JONES, MA —DEAL Fancv and Sta ERTAKERS * SUPPLY CLASS CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HOME FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK AND W ng Rooms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone West 3 Factory Cor st St. and Riverview Ave. Tele S CIT WI CIT YOUR PATRONA NES, MARTIN&C —DEALERS IN— CV and Staple Grocer UNDERTAKERS * SUPPLIES FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HOURS AMBULANCE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDE. Undertaking Rooms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone West. 32. SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE JONES, MARTIN&CO. DEALERS IN Fancv and Staple Groceries FEED AND SALT MEATS, Tobacco and Cigars. All kinds of Country Produce in season. Goods delivered to any part of the city. Corner of 4th, and Oakland ave. Kansas City, Kas Duty on a Mouse Uncle Sam is a stern stickler for form, and the amount of red tape employed in the custom house is really remarkable. It was demonstrated the other day that not even a tiny mouse can creep into our domains from foreign shores without paying duty, says the Philadelphia Record. A gentleman returning from Europe brought with him a pet white mouse, of which he had grown very fond. His "mouselets" was assessed at 20 per cent, which so enraged its owner that he vigorously protested. The case was appealed, and the board of classification of the board of general appraisers, after mature deliberation in solemn conclave, handed down a decision in which the protest was overruled. Beauties of Warwick Castle. MUSEUMS of Warwick Castle. Warwick castle is held by many to be the most beautiful seat in England. The large baronial hall is a magnificent room. It is decorated with the most perfect specimens of armor, furnished in a luxurious manner, and masses of flowers and large palms abound on every side. --- SPECIAL GRAND OFFER. SUPPLIES ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HOURS ANCE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDE. ave. Telephone West 32. and Riverview Ave. Telephone 28 R PATRONAGE ARTIN&CO. ARKS IN- ple Groceries Kansas City, Kas Making Wood Tar. It is curious to notice that wood tar is prepared just as it was in the fourth century B. C. A bank is chosen and a hole dug, into which the wood is placed, covered with turf. A fire is lighted underneath, and the tar slowly drips into the barrels placed to receive it. Shoesoles Elight Feet Thick We wear away two inches of shoe leather in a year. A pair of shoes that would "last a lifetime" would, consequently, have to be provided with soles from eight to nine feet thick. Awards in Pn manufacture. One hundred years ago it was considered a wonderful achievement for ten men to manufacture 4500 plus in a day. Now three men can make 7,500,000 in the same time. If You Didn't Die. Eating twelve mince pies between Christmas day and Twelfth day is said to insure the eater twelve lucky or happy months during the following year. KANSAS ..HARTONA.. THE GRANDEST OF ALL parations for the H The Original and Only Hartona. less and Positively Unequaled for St ning all Kinky, Knotty, Stubbo Harsh, Curly Hair. Makes the hair grow on bald and thin places. Restes of the hair, itching, and all scalp diseases. Hartou and lustre, and the hair stays and grows naturally bea hair down with grease. Hartona is positively harri 's hair just the same as adults. To meet the po e placed it on sale in 25c. and 50c. sizes, in our spec Hartona remedies. Remember, we handle no fake good use. All our remedies are trade-marked, registered 1892 and 1900. We refer you, as to our responsibl to the editor of this paper. and town in the United States. Write to us to-day, giving, with easy and pleasant work, and no risk of M genuine testimonials in your own State of people. ICE WASH. For six shades lighter, and will burn the skin of a m of the face wash. One bottle does the work. Beads, freckles, and all blemishes of the skin. You directions with each bottle. The United States on receipt of price, 50c. per bottle thousands of delighted pairons send us testimonials perfectly satisfied and delighted with the Hartona butter if you are employed or not, and we will show y O-SMELL. Sures sore and aching feet, chafed limbs, etc. Enable odors caused by perspiration of the feet, arm less all orders to REMEDY CO., 909 E. Main St., Richmond, D OFFER. The large boxes of Hartona Hair-Grower and Straight. Goods will be sent securely sealed from observati y. Money can be sent by post-office money order, E. Main St., Richmond EAGERS em Drug Sto MINNESOTA AVENUE DEALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICAL Toilet Soaps, Brushes, Combs, Etc. FERFUMERY AND FANCY TOILET ARTICLE The Citizen is in the R etter keep your Eyes oper OUR GREAT OFFER to the Colored People of the W LUSTORONE THE GREATEST OF ALL HAIR TO STRAIGHTENS KINKY, NAPPY, CURLY HAIR You can straighten your hair in your own home. No one besides yourself need your hair became straight. Regular $5.00 Complete Treatment for Lustorone is put up in 2 forms, both must be used to secure positive re Matchless and Positively Unequaled for Straightening all Kinky, Knotty, Stubborn, Better keep your Eyes open. JOHNSON BEFORE USING PICTURES TAKEN AFTER USING FROM LIFE. JUSTORONE No. 1—To be used at bed-time every night. Straighten, kinky, Curly Hair. It acts instantly by softening the hair. It acts instantly. You do not need it as a result. Lustorone is recognized as the only True Hair Stitches are used. Lustorone straightens without any outside assistance. JUSTORONE No. 2—Most be used in connection with Lustorone N. every morning. Cures all hair types, pigmented, discolored, and c. Causes the hair to grow long, silky and beautiful. Stones the hair and causes the hair to grow on the bald head. Rostores Hair to its N. JUSTORONE FACE BLEACH—Whitens the darkest skin, making it more shiny. All desired shade of color. Cures all Facial Hair, Black Heads, &, also, cures all bruises and removes box Foil. JUSTORONE SCALP SOAP—In absolutely pure. It should be used on Hair Tonic, as it absolutely prevents the hair from falling out. The regular price for the treatment is $5.00. LUSTORONE No. 1. —To be used at bed-time every night. Straightens Knots, hair. Lustorone Hairy. It acts quickly, taking only one box to thoroughly straighten the hair. Lustorone Hairy. It acts instantly. You can use it to wait weeks for the results. Lustorone is not suitable for hair. No lustorone. No hot irons are used. Lustorone straightens without any outside assistance. LUSTORONE No. 2. —Must be used in connection with Lustorone No. 1. It uses a Cure for all forms of Scalp Diseases, such as Dandruff, Tick, Eczema, Nc. Causes it to dry out, and causes the hair to grow on the baldhead. Restores Grey Hair to its Natural Color. LUSTORONE FACE BLEACH —Whitens the darkest skin, making it several shades blacker. Will bring the skin to any desired shade of color. Cures all Facial Blemishes, Pimpled Heads, &c., also cures all Skin Diseases and removes Small Fox Pits. LUSTORONE SCALP SOAP —Is absolutely pure. It should be used with Lustorone Hairy. It prevents the hair from falling out. The regular price for the product is $14.99. OUR GREAT OFFER! Cut out this advertisement and mail to us with $1.00 and we will the goods as named above, in plain wrapper, so no one can know we offer made to introduce Honest Goods. We can send to any place in the directions with every treatment. DOMINION MANUFACTURING CO., Stamps accepted. 2220 E. Marshall St., RICHMOND 00 New Subscr s, Wanted by J 1st. 1902 Cut out this advertisement and mail to us with $1.00 and we will send you all of the goods as named above, in plain wrapper, so no one can know contents. This offer made to introduce Honest Goods. We can send to any place in the world. Full Directions with every treatment. DOMINION MANUFACTURING CO., Stamps accepted. 2220 E. Marshall St., RICHMOND, Va. 1000 New Subscribers, Wanted by Jan. /~ pirst Brewery of Its Kind, que cul Hotbury brewery, in. West Te, Cal, has been leased by a ek". rm for the purpose of man- eve Japanese Wquors. The du- je" jiquors from Japan is so high as iso" practically prohibitive, and th eS oonpany Jntends manufacturing ge “jrinks for the consumption of geese in this country and Hawail, pete tne Sra manntactny, Oni Ain che United States. The Tease bal Uiyje for ten years. It is pro- re to employ about 100 men when ele isin running order, pores Cora; Familiar with Statsaman eehiid States Senator Arthur pe Gorman, of Maryland, was in the corr of the Fifth Avenue Hotel {rer breakfast the other morning, sa street gamin who had been on wMfeand for some one came up to jim end seid: “Say, blokey, change a fever for me, will you? Dem guys (ee desk is too stuck up to do busi- Es wid me." The senator looked Boplised at first, but gave the lad qeiisose, Toa friend standing with {ole wid: “What shocking place Dive in New York must be to a fan ct extreme egotism.” < wie ala eee: Why is the sea blue? Briefly, because war is blue; @ green leaf absorbs the {a sellow, blue and violet. compo- pets of 2 ray of Might, and gives us fark the green. So a tomato rejects silbut the red; blacklead is greedy and sorts all It cam get; a white rose fales in scarcely anything and reflects sincst the entire ray as white light. Water absorbs a Uittle of the blue of the ray, and the effect of layer upon layer of very light blue 1s‘to make the mass look a deep colon—London News CANADA'S CAPITAL AROUSED, Neer (sis ‘There Such Exettement— ruysielans’ Assoclation Trying te ene ae: onawa, Canada, Noy. 25th—This city is Stirred up as never before. Some seven years ago the local papers pulsed an agcount of a man named George H. Kent of 408 Gilmour street, vho was dying of Bright’s Disease and bo st the very Iast moment after several of ovr best phystelans had de- flared he couldn't live twelve hours, vas saved by Dodd's Kidney Pills, People who know how low Mr. Kent yas refused to believe that he was cared permanently and the other day in order to clinch the matter the pa- pers published the whole case over gain and backed up thelr story by sworn statements made by Mr. Kent, in which he declares most positively that in 1894 he was given up by the doxtors and that Dodd's Kidney Pills snd nothing else saved him, and fur- ther that since the day that Dodd's Kidney Pills sent him back to work seven years ago, he has not lost a single minute from his work. (He is printer in the American Bank Note Printing Company.) Ms. Kent is kept quite busy during his spare hours answering inquiries pronally and by letter, but he is so grateful that he counts the time well speat, Indeed he and his wife have shown their gratitude to Dodd's Kid- hey Pills in a very striking way by having their little girl—born In 1896— christened by the name of “Dodds.” \tlogether it fs the most sensational ‘ss that has ever occurred in the his- tory of medicine in Canada and the perfect substantiation of every detail leaves no room to doubt either the compleleness or the permanency of ‘The local phystelans have made the case of Kent and Dodd's Kidney Pills the subject of discussion at several of the private mectings of thelr assocla- rat Another British Sporting Man. ih spore as Land tonal, “The lator owns the finest pack of hounds in Eng- land, is a splendid boxer, rides and drives to perfection, and has earned tame at yathteman, hunter and eX Dire He is alo patron of fry chureh livings.—Philadelphia Times. 1 yo wis ental iar wb cots ot Hai" Ra ise age Sa it a gil Way and has tote of wine ae ia ale vivacious, None LE AND EASTING, Fela ale SGN ai?” ct len possible with any other DR | WE HAVE HEARD | OF IT BEFORE | There ten nconaty or us to sfler | Ea vernedy to a aches ond panae= | ; Neuralgia, Sciatica, Pleurisy, Sore- | em Pains in the Limbs and Pains In the | aes ; e ‘St.Jacobs Oil | Tenover fats It ats ke mate, | eee ee a oe eee | eee aaa ees | Seas k : Conquers Pain Price, age and soc. [SOLD RY ALL DRALERS 18 MEDICTE, FOR 30 CTS. . Re vodn bo Gaon Anon alt Order Hour inte Feld 1, cd Se (silver or stamps) for our family cate- petra aos, Se Set ses eee Ue ou ap asl ope bags ‘& popeest ‘Shy bd, Bhthe Speak Sa ane ats ‘stealer guitiwaeenteash ete pees sh powder Sade ae ola Srey ta fraea Pete peckage raat para ae ser hl TEA houtags tn age sel pa aes ounty Fair, 310 State Sts Chicago Sounty Fale, 10 State St Onions. Tochuge tor exam PATENTS 22: seminars eS a Seats ee Upstate anes Patent Attorneys Weabington Dot @ z= <—s = WB) a oe oe ee AD ae Baa > | WY ¢ EY Ss ies RBH be Ves um x = wa << AlN AE 2 ay tain ( a y i (2 \/ Autumn Ceaves | 3 ae yy Last WD af) ak Se (| cai ai oie oar x Sale eaves that wore ot ee ay <a Hi Ty at vagrant summer breeze: eu ey Me SAAN) “soe ee i a ih, er % 4 eee watel em float vy ‘ho yl le 4 a = h In tender jutteriny : ee: TAMA ocr iseset aot ba ee ay, etme fee ond) Sign’ hat now, with age grown yellow, SO See is rift down in death today, ae a ne re peal es ‘or, with faint touch caress hase into the dying leaves. fo 3 MRE ec Oral a Bey ORICON LGD 7 Spee — 1 WED Sf 2 : on ges Lt Secs SF ae AP a ; Paar ee ies 9 eee eee a Looting of China. be Cag eae Copyright, 191, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) ‘Wun Sock jeaned over the hearth and drew with his bow a melancholy tune out of an old violin. Again and again he drew the bow across the in- strument, holding a particularly deep note, bending forward slightly and looking intently at a spot on the hearth, The room was dimly lighted by a tallow dip. Weird enough were the surroundings—the figures of drag- ons on the walls, Joss perched on a shelf, the giant shadows cast by the flickering light—without the accom- Paniment of unearthly music. Tweuty minutes, half an hour, forty minutes, ‘and then, with an exclamation of Chi- nese disgust, he lald the violin down, took up a large cork from the shelf, fitted it in a hole in the hearth and blew out the tallow dip, and, after a few puffs at the reststless pipe, threw himself on his cot and slept. ‘A few minutes later Chip In opened the door of the little join and tiptoed softly in. Lighting the tallow dip and seeing the violin lying there, he began where Wun Sock left off, first. taking the cork out of the hole in the hearth. ‘Chip In drew forth the same monoto- nous tune, even more dismally than his predecessor. Twenty minutes, haic and hour, forty minutes, and then, with an execration, he repeated Wun Sock’s actions, throwing himself on the cot next to his worthy contempor- ary, while that gentleman emitted a snort which mey have signified gross displeasure at the confusion aroused by Chip In, or intense confusion at some hallucination superinduced by the pipe. While Wun Sock was muttering in- coherent monosyllables to himself, in stalkel Sip Gin, and, judging from his wavering gait and the reverse position of his hat, he had been a partaker of the cup that inebriates but does not inevitably cheer, He made his way unsteadily over the hearth by the light of the street lamp, and looked about in ‘a bleared sort of way, accidentally touching the violin with his hand. In- ‘tuitively recalling @ forgotten injunc- tion, he took up the instrument. Long hhe drew the bow across the strings and long he held the monotonous tone with ‘the tenacious bow, playing, however, ‘with somewhat more feeling than the others. The light from the street lamps shone dimly through the little ‘square panes of glass to the hole in the hearth. Sip watched closely with ‘only the aid of this, The violin con- tinued to wail and moan. Then from the hole emerged an object, moving al- ©) (and x Ss | AX OP ix coe) si iy ieee, - ’ [re hod Z| le) re €c | i FR aN L?] o>) as t 4] a/ a r i re Mi Saar B From the hole emerged an object— most indiscernibly, frst its head, the neck, and finally writhing its whole form out upon the hearth, standin erect and almost touching Sip Gin wit Its nose—a cobra of immense size. Si continued to draw the bow as imper. ceptibly as possible. Suddenly, with a movement ao aufek as the fach of « abr, he croppat bots bow ana violin and grabbed the reptile just behind the head. With @ shriek he awoke Wan Sock and Chip In, while the struggles te atwelel amonmen oecaer with Sip’s already too unsteady head, nearly carried that gentleman off his Talaice, A light belng. produced, ke feained Lis oqllibrlita, while, ta compartiots uttered exciamations of intense gratification at the victorious although somewhat inebriated Sip. in bly rage the serpents Head, was eee da ey mo |! = { SAN | i gL INGE! Bel i! = | ot , BV ies) 4) ia = on 2 Sue. a. 2 9 Ss 2s e poh It was Chin Lip. the barber. ‘flattened out, resembling a hood, on ‘the back of which were the spectacie- ‘like marks, and the brownish-olive form wriggled in a desperate effort to escape. Quickly it was thrust into a box, and while it was venting its rage on the interior Sip pulled himself to- gether and adjusted his disheveled rai- ment. The rest of the night they sat up to discuss a conspiracy, Wun Sock conducted a prosperous laundry near the barracks, his busi~ ness having increased with the influx of the Americans, Sip Gin was an all-around sport, who spent most of his ‘time and money in the gambling joint which is at present the scene of this ‘narrative, and of which Chip In was ‘sald to be the sole proprietor. Wun ‘Sock had by artful competition forced Hop Hi, a rival laundry, man, to the wall, for which plece dt mercantile ‘courtesy he incurred that Celestlal's unmitigated enmity. Hop having mi- ‘grated to Bombay, returned the com- ‘pliment in the form of this cobra, neat- ly ensconced in a box, which Wun ‘Sock, in delight and ignorance of its ‘contents, took around to Chip In's to ‘open before that heathen’s usually ad- iicesea “Open forcing: Opin tue ‘serpent made a pass at him, and but for the tool with which he opened the box, and which be still held in his hand, the result would surely have been fatal to Wun Sock. In the ex- citement, during which they all re- treated, the cobra made good his es- cape, taking refuge in the hole in the hearth, which they promptly stopped up with a cork. Knowing the power of music to charm these reptiles, a violin was pro- cured, and for six nights they met at the joint and vainly extended an in- vitation to the cobra to emerge from the hearth and be again immured within the walls of his box, It re- mained, however, for Sip Gin, inspired to sentiments of tenderness by the in- fluence of a soothing liquid, to draw the bow with sufficient witchery to charm the otherwise indomitable crea- ture and coax him from his lair. Once out, it was a one-shot victory, a shoot- or-be-shot chance, and Sip had drunk just enough to give him a reckless abandon and steady nerve to complete the feat with glory. ‘With such a potent agency of death in their possession and a means where- by to deal an everlasting blow to the enemy, of which a Chinese 1s never ‘entirely without, these Celestials im- ‘mediately bethought how to use this deputy of the devil to the best advan- tage. Each recited his list of those whom he would be pleased to annihi- late, but it was dileult to select the most eligible. > Lam Chop, the restaurateur, just then happened in and was let into the secret. He smiled to himself, Wun Sock with five enemies, Chip In with seven, Sip Gin with three, while he Lam Chop, had oniy one—an enemy who had spoken evil of him to all his race—Chin Lip, the barber. “But be not vindictive,” sald Lam Chop, as he rubbed his sleeve across his face to hide a smile, “Let your enemies live and list to the chance of a lifetime ‘The government of Uncle Sam will give $5,000 for Aguinaldo, dead or alive.” Lam Chop knew his hiding place and his disguise. “Think of 5,000 of Uncle Sam’s big dollars, that buy ten times as much as our brass money! Back to China we can go and live ke Li Hung Chang.” Great was the idea, but how was It to be executed? Lam Chop would teli ‘them. On the night of the full moon Wan Sock was to carry his venomous burden, boxed neatly, with the lid ‘merely latched, to a deserted hut on ‘the outskirts of Manila, There Aguin- aldo took refuge after nightfall and slipped out early every morning dis- guised as a coolie. He would see the box and naturally open it; death would result and the reward be sure to follow. Wun Sock on the day appointed has- tened to do the bidding of Lam Chop. At sunset he went to the house, de- posited the box in a conspicuous place and decamped. Next morning three Chinamen could besseen walking along the road leading to the outskirts, Lam Chop did not appear at the hour ap- pointed to bring the body of Aguin- aldo to the government of Uncle Sam; s0, after waiting half an hour, the three decided to go without him. As they approached the hut their coyate- nances beamed with antictpation,, Wun Sock pushed open the door slowly and peeped in, There Aggy lay stretched ‘out on the floor. The box open and empty. Sip Gin then took a peep, and lastly Chip In. Making sure the cobra had eseaped, they filed in and turned the body over, when all fell back aghast, It was Chin Lip, the barber! After their consternation subsided thoy rifled his pockets and filed out. ‘A nice trick Lam Chop had played on them! He, who had sail “Be not vindictive and let your enemies live," had used their weapon for his own ends. It galled their Chinese souls However, they would make Lam Choy pay for his little trick. They looked for him, but he was not to be found He had vanished. The accumulated wealth of Wun Sock, Chip In and Sty Gin had been detached from its hiding places and had gone along, too. He had sold his restaurant the day pre- vious to a mutual friend, who reported that Lam Chop laughed so loud and so long that it was only by chance that he caught his parting words, which referring to his victims, were, “Three | muchee gullible fools!” House Ventilation In Bombay, Most of the new houses in Bombay have a fine show of windows on the outside, but no corresponding opening to allow a current of air to pass through. The mean annual tempera- ture is 79.13 degrees Fahrenheit, and the mean relative humidity 77 per cent, ‘The mean annual range of temperature 4s 46.9 degrees, but there are periods during the rains when the diurnal range of temperature does not exceed 2 degrees, and, unless there is wind, ventilation is practically stopped, be- cause the outer air and that in the buildings are reduced,to nearly one temperature. With the thermometer at 82 to 8 degrees, and the air beay- fly charged with moisture, the surplus heat of the human body escapes too slowly, and much discomfort ensues. As it is not possible to dry the air in ‘an ordinary house, the usual remedy is to produce a current by means of 2 punkah, and although the influence of this is very local, it has been found that in the worst Bombay weather Ife is made tolerable in its current. ‘The chief drawback of the punkah is the punkahwalla, He is dirty, unre- Hable, especially at night, and his work, counting day and night, cost: 24 rupees per month for a single pun- kah.—Collier's Magazine. Meith Aaa: tia The intense desire of the Australian people to make their royal guests fee “at home” led to some quieer incidents ‘On one occasion, I am told, a carriags headed a procession of which the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York were witnesses, and in this carriage sat the nearest approach to a double of King Edward VII. that Australis could supply. He was clad in roya robes, with a crown upon his head an¢ fa seeptor in his hand. By his side sa fa lady representing Queen Alexandra ‘The duke's amazement at this aston ishing spectacle could not be concealed but vociferous cheers from thousand, of loyal subjects greeted the appari tion—London Week End. A Tribute €) It, Mrs. A. (before the full-length por. trait of a girl)—"Oh, if I only knew the painter of this!” Artist (stepping forward joyfully)——“Permit me madam, to introduce myself as the painter.” Mrs, A.—“What extraordi nary good luck! Now you will tell me —won't you—the address of the dress maker who made this girl's frock?”— London Tit-Bits. i cia a ala “Will, you marry me, and preside over my household as’ queen?” he asked. She was inclined to laugh his proposal to scorn, “You may never have such another chance,” he con- Be ee es feat servanv girl who (balou: to leer ter present place) and. whom 1 coul enuage at once.” ‘Thereupon. ahe fel pon his hosom.—Philadelpaie. Press. It is expected that the railway now being built to connect Valparaiso with Se ee ca Ne ate eee A OS RIO EH GAO BEGET Oa tan RE Ce OUR UE OE 1 SYRUP - MGs . Is a SAN Bycey ede Family LAXATIVE cELENT ‘7 HING TO THE AST, Ee TW REFRES AND Acts sg 3 ann PLEASANTLY AND GENTLY. 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IT WOULD ENDANGER RAILROADS Interruption of Passage of Trains Nui to be Tolerated—Precedent Was Estab- Mahed Last Year When Columbian Innurgents wore Notified They Woald not be Allowed to ecidbiniie Waisacan. WASHINGTON.—(Special.) It Is pretty well understood here that there is to be no bombardment of Colon by either side. While Commander McCrea ‘was given wide discretionary power and nothing was said to him about stopping the bombardment directly, nevertheless the state department es- tablished a precedent in these matters Jast year when it instructed Mr. Gudger to warn some insurgents at Panama that they would not be allowed to bom- bard that port. If the government troops on the Pinzon should persist in their purpose, it Is said that the com- manders of the varions warships at Colon would require that ample time be allowed for the withdrawal from the town of all foreigners, and that the at- tacking force, to escape restraint, would be obligéd to direct their bom- hardment with such rare precision as to destroy the insurgent defenses with- out harming the railroad property, and even without endangering the passaze of trains, conditions probably not to be met. ‘The secretary of the navy has cabled Captain Perry, of the Lowa, to assume full command of all the United States naval forces on both sides of the Isth- ams, in order to insure harmonious operations. Conul General Gudger's Jast dispatch was about as follows: “Our troops have arrived at Matach- in, one-half of the way across the isth- mus. No ovstruction and Colombian government seemed to be victorious over the insurgents.” 2 COLON, COLOMBIA.—(Special.) The ‘commotion on the streets as this dis- patch is sent, is ended, and calm now sreigns. There is no jubilation, which is evidence that the Liberal army is not advancing towards Panama. It is reported to have been defeated at Mat- achin by General Alban’s command. ‘The latter is said to be pushing on semis NEGROES LYNCH NEGRO Members of Murderers Own Race Take Him From White Onteors, SHREVEPORT, LA.—(Special.) The particulars of a sensational murder and lynching have just reached this city from Herndon plantation. about eizht miles below Shreveport, on the Bossier parish side of Red river. The men who did the lynching were negroes and strung up one of their own race. The negro avengers not only determined upon the summary execution of their victim, but took him from the hands of a white officer for that purpose. The Killing which led to the lynching oc- curred a few nights ago, Prank Thom- as, a negro employed on the Amelia plantation, shot and killed a 14-year- old negro boy named Wilburn over a debt of 30 cents. The killing was wit- nessed by a number of excited negroes. Deputy Sheriff Holmes arrested Thom- ‘as and was proceeding toward Shreve- port with his prisoner when a mob of 200 negroes and five or six white men suddenly appeared in the road, took possession of Thomas, and promptly strung him up to the limb of a tree. FOUR HELD FOR MURDER ‘Woman Gives Information Which Caused the Arreat of Atleged Murderers PORTLAND, ORES-(Special.) Four men were arrested here on a charge of murdering James B. Morrow, who was found dead on the sidewalk: near his home on the East side one morning last week. The accused men are Jack Wade, alias Kenuck McFadden, of Pittsburg, Pa.; Frank Dawson, Charles Smith and W. E. Martin. The three latter were arrested by Detectives Day and Weener and three police officers ‘at a lodging house kept by Mrs. W. ‘T. Whitlock, near the corner of First ‘and Campbell streets, where they had rooms. ‘Wade was taken into custody several hours previously at the Lafayette lodge house on the North end. The informa- tion which led to the arrest of the four men Was furnished by Mrs, Whitlock, who became suspicious of the move- ments of the men. aaee toh nee Marquis Ito, the Japanese states- man, has arrived in St. Petersburg. 3 Cecil Rhodes has arrived at Port Said and it is reported that he will make a journey up the Nile. 3 «.. The Lokal Anzelger, of Berlin, prints ‘a'=ngclal dispatch from St. Petersburg, asserting thattiermany and Russia are together preparing a common circular note proposing an anti-anarehist con- ference. According to a dispatch to the Lon- don Standard from Odessa, 130 per- sons perished in the recent earth- quakes at Erzeroum. ‘The health of Count Tolstoi is im- proving. His fever and pains have ceased. His appetite has improved and he is sleeping better. ‘The quarterly meeting of the exec- tive committee of the Texas Cattle Raisers’ Association at Fort Worth indorsed William E. Skinner, of Chi- ago, for director of the sive stock de- partment of the St. Louis World’s Fair. General and Mrs. Wood have left Havana for New York on the Ward Hine steamer Monterey. General Wood ‘expects to meet the Cuban reciprocity ‘commissioners in Washington and to discuss the question of reciprocity. German newspapers assert that Bar- on Von Reisswitz has been summarily dismissed from the army by order of ‘Emperor William. Baron Von Reiss- ‘witz was colonel of the regiment in which Lieutenant Blaskowitz, who was recently killed in a duel with a broth- er officer, had served. KILL IN AN EXPLOSION Nine are Dead and Forty Injared ts Detroit. DETROIT, MICH.—(Special.) The boiler in the factory ef the Penberthy Injector Company, Seventh and Ab- dot streets, exploded with such force that it demolished the entire three story brick building in which it was located. Inside the structure some fifty employes were at work. About forty of these were injured. The bodies of nine killed have been taken out. The rear or mechanical build- ing was 54x10 feet in size. It was separated from the larger structure adjoining by a sixteen foot alley. ‘The mechanical building was de- stroyed and a portion of the wall of the other one blown in. No one in the latter building was hurt except one girl, Effie Davis. The dead thus far ascertained are: Samuel Reilly, John Frey, tester; fireman, new employe, name unknown; Richard Ryan, five unidentified. Forty are injured. The property loss is estimated at $150,000, partly insured. LAWTON TAKES A FORT With Glory om Mekal Jaana. MANILA.—(Special.) Capt. Edward P. Lawton’s company of the Nineteenth infantry has attacked and captured an insurgent fort on Bohol island, south of Cepu, in the Vizayan group. ‘This fort was surrounded on all sides by a precipice and the only entrance to the higher ground was guarded by a stockade with a line of entrenchments behind it, Captain Lawton sent Ser- geant McMahon and twenty men to climb the precipice and attack the fort in the rear. Sergeant McMahon's party accomplished their task after three hours’ climbing through the thick un- dergrowth of brush and vines that cov- ered the almost perpendicular cliff ‘They took the enemy by surprise and arove them from the fort. As the in- surgents escaped they had to pass the remainder of Captain Lawton’s com- pany at a distance of 150 yards. Here the enemy suffered terrible losses. ‘The insurgents defended themselves with both cannon and rifles. The can- non were captured, the smaller ones being removed, while the larger onés were buried. Captain Lawton, in his report, makes special mention for bravery of Sergeants List and Me- ‘Mahon, SHOT IN A POKER GAME Son of Pittsburg, Pa., Oll Operator Meets An Tenomintons Death, PITTSBURG, PA.—(Special.) Harry MeGee, son of a well known oil ope- rator of this city, is dead as the result of a shooting’ affray during a poker game at his home in North Bridge- water. About 2 o'clock in the morn- ing McGee and several companions, among whom was Leroy Evans, a young colored man, were engaged in a game of poker, and while arguing over the possession of a jackpot, McGee is said to have struck Evans. The lat- ter left the house, saying he would re- turn to get even. In about an hour he came back and chalienged McGee to a duel. ‘This proposition was refused. Betore others could interfere, Evans drew his revolver and fired, the bul- let penetrating McGee's right lung, While McGee was falling he pulled his revolver and fired at Evans, but miss- ed. Evans fired two more shots with- out effect. MeGee died from the ef- fects of his wound and Evans 1s under arrest charged with murder, A SOLDIER’S LAST CRIME, JeREHON OT oer Buchanan, the murderer of Officers The sheriff eft the prisoner at 9 when Deputy Sheriff Nicholson opened dates | Arcee deo ee beaut was choking he could have saved him- teenth cavairy, stationed at Fort Riley. before while he was drunk and resist- ‘ing arrest. He was caught hiding in a > ees, _ BIRMINGHAM, ALA.—(Special.) A two Louisville & Nashville freight from this city, killing Engineer T. A. Coghill, Conductor John Rittenberry ‘Thompson. Mike Everin, engineer, brakemen were badly injured. Swept Overboard. PHILADELPHIA.—(Special.) Cap tain Hill of the steamship Belgenland has arrived from Liverpool, and re- ports that when the steamship was abreast Nantucket light, early the day before, Mrs. H. McNeal, wife of Dr. MeNeal of Ann Arbor, Mich., was washed overboard and drowned. ‘There was a heavy sea running at the time of the accident. Dr. McNeal, who was on deck watching the storm, went to his stateroom and called his wife to come on deck and view a passing steamship. The couple had been standing together for a few min- utes when an immense wave swept over the Belgenland, carrying the wo- man overboard. Cotton Belt Train Wrecked. PINE BLUFF, ARK. — (Special.) Near Goldman, ‘about thirty miles north of here, the engine of a Cotton Belt fast freight jumped the track and turned over. Conductor Walter Noble, of Jonesboro, was killed, and a brake- man, a fireman and an engineer were probably fatally injured. Six cars were datnoilshed, Kansas Notes and if it finds any the town is going to have a blow out. ‘The supreme court has decided, in a ‘ase from Russel county, that barbers are “professional men.” Judge Welihouse, the “apple king,” has sold this year’s crop for $18,000. His crop amounted to 33000 bushels. Chief Stahl is backing an ordinance in the Topeka city council which will enable him to suppress opium joints. Clay Center's broom factory is turn- ing out thirty-five dozen brooms every day and makes a neat profit on them, It is customary to fine jointists $111 in Winfield, and the judge's record looks like an election judge's tally sheet. ‘A hymn that might be appropriately sung now at tne federal penitentiary at Leavenworth is, “Where are the Nine?” Eight hundred bushels of apples are going to waste at Cottonwoou Falls and the worst of it is that they aren’t Ben Davises. Omar Gregory of Osborne, aged 60 years, has eleven married children, sixty-two grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren. Dan Paramor of Logan may not be so ardent hereafter, Lightning struck his barn last week and killed ‘five horses and two hogs. Abilene was boring for oil and struck a flow of brine at a depth of 1,260 feet. Now Abilene is hustling for a pickle factory to go with it. ‘A genuine financier is the Jewell county man who prevailed on a lot of outside capitalists to bore for coal, gas and oil on his farm with their money. ‘The old Manker hotel in Centralia is to be raffled off between now and January 1, The man who owns it has a plan to sell 4,000 chances at $1.00 each. i ‘Two Mitchell county men had five lawsuits over one cow and each time the jury had disagreed. It would be cheaper to mix ground glass in the cow's food. ‘A shrewd business man in Blue Rap- ids, who had a lot of canton flannel mittens in stock which he found him- self unable to sell, finally advertised them as “golf mittens,” ard didn't have enough to meet the demand. At the end of the present term Prof. E. D. Adams of the department of his- tory in the Uuniversity of Kansas will resign, He has been offered the same chair in the Leland Stanford univer- sity, ‘Thirty gallons of mince meat, 1,800 pounds of dressed turkey and two bar- rels of cranberries will go towards making Thanksgiving day agreeable to the inmates of the Oskaloosa asy- lum for the insane. ‘The clamor for jobs as mail carriers on the rural delivery routes is not as great as it was. One carrier out of ‘Troy, whose salary is $500 a year, has found that his necessary expenses the first year were $624, No unnecessary time Is consumed in courtships out in Pratt county, aecord- ing to the Union. It says: “W. 8. Grant, of Emerson, came down Satur- day and ‘made a mash’ on one of our handsomest widows, took her to chureh, fixed his wires all 0. k., ther returned home a happy maa.” According to the Emporia Gazette the engineer who handles engine No. 999 on the Santa Fe is a Spiritualist of tae most genuine type and says he talks with the spirits of the people Killed in the Lang wreck every time he passes there. Charles M. Kinney, the nitro-glycer- ine financier who was killed while blowing open a safe in Hutchinson, has a wife and three children in larned. It was the “blow” that killed father. The unknown man who gave $50,000 to Washburn college, Topeka, has asked the trustees to hurry up and spend it, because he may want to make another bequest some day, ‘An Eastern man wrote to the sec- retary of state and asked for a list of all the orphan’s homes in Kansas, He explained that he is rich and wanted to bequeath to them some money. But the chances are that every orphan's home in Kansas will be flooded with circulars advertising. trundle-beds, cures for measles and patent safety pins. E In Winfield the judge found it neces- sary to disarm the prosecuting attor- ney last week. Now when court is con- vened the bailiff calls: “Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye. The honorable district court in and for the county of Sum- ner is now open. Stack arms.” Kansas has a school population ot 568,000—more than the combined school population of Montana, North Dakota, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut. The difference in favor of Kansas is 19,000, No state has so great a school enroll- ment according to the population as Kansas. z ‘Those who are inclined to poke fun at clerks in a small town will do wel to ponder over this for a while: “One Hiawatha clerk is worth $15,000. An- other clerk in the same town is so well fixed that he can borrow $10,000 at any time without interest.” A Franklin county man wanted to sell his’ farm, but a judgment of $500 which was pending in the courts pre- vented the transaction. Of course the Tarmer was hopping mad about it. ‘This week the case was decided against him, but he discovered that his farm < 3 : News; :Latest Kansas News: Fedde docipb abi aba eSB OHSAS IIASA ASAD AIO CALLS IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL. A KANSAS GHOST STORY. Boe es ceopyene geet lice caets OS a ne Thai TOPEKA—(Special.) Judge R. F.! weiLINGTON.—(Special.) On th ‘Thompson, of the Lincoln county dis-| 14 Booth farm, a few miles east 0 trict court, has rendered a decision | petiepiaine, this county, stands a dilap holding the peddlers’ law unconstitu- | gated house, which is making troubl tonal. This law was passed at the’ ror a new owner of the farm, who i Agents, peddlers of steel ranges and |putiding was moved back few rod the like. It imposes a heavy license | ang work begun on the new structure on non-resident peddlers. A merchant |For several nights the carpenters slep could peddle his wares in his own in the old house, but their rest wa but it he got over into an adjoining | ang shrieks as of a woman in pain brought in Lincoln county, Judge 'for'a time, but finally pulled out fo ‘Thompson held that no license system | Belteplaine, and have refused to con law was invalid, The case will likely )county’s settlement, the house of be appealed to the supreme court 80] family of apparent wealth and refine as to get a final decision on the | ment, who did not mingle with thei question, neighbors and were regarded with sus eee ee picion. One day the husband an JOURNEYED OVER 6,000 MILES, | children were seen driving to Wichit Wite of Kansas City, Kas., Physician Went | gained currency that she had bei ee eee | murdered, and the place has been re KANSAS CITY.—(Spectal) After s Journey of over 6,000 miles, which included @ voyage across the Pacific ocean, the young wife of Dr. B. R. ‘Tenney, formerly a Kansas City, Kan., pigsician, but now with the medical sta ffot the United States army, has reached her husband, who is stationed fon the island of Siasi, in the Sulu archipelago, Dr. Tenny left for the Philippines a ygar ago, his wite re- maining here. ‘She hoped for his ear ly return, but as there were indica- tions that the doctor would remain in the orient for another year. she de- cided to attempt the long voyage. A cablegram last week announced her safe arrival. When Dr. and Mrs. Tenny are ready to come home, they wifl return by way of the Suez canal, thus completing a trip around the world, Ralned Nearly $1,000 for Books. ABILBNE.—(Special.) ‘The ladies of the clubs of the city have just com- pleted one years work for a public library. ‘They began last fall without a cent and have now $891 in the treas- ury, with more than enough coming to maMe an even $1,000 for the open- ing of the hbrary. ‘Two rummage sales have paid over $500 profit. They are working for a lbrary building ‘and expect soon to have one be- gun. inate a ‘TOPEKA.—(Special.) D. W. Kent, the absconding secretary of the Kansas grand lodge I. 0. 0. F., was bonded in the American Surety Company for $3,000, The grand master has demand- ed the money from the surety com- pany, but it has declined to pay it on the grounds that the other officials of the order did not take proper precau- tion to prevent a defaleation. Killed with w Ball Bat. CHERRYVALE.—(Special.) Henry Linton, aged 19 years, died from the effects of a blow of a ballbat, delivered by a young man named Bird, who lives in the country. The trouble arose over a dog belonging to young Linton. Lin- ton was not .hought to be seriously hurt at first, He walked home and ate supper. He was the son of W. H. Lin- ton, a stock dealer of this city. A Leavenworth Man Acquitted of Murder LEAVENWORTH.—(Special.) James Baker, a joint keeper, who shot and killed’ Robert Simpson, a negro, in June, has been acquitted of the charge of murder in the district court here. ‘The jury was out an horfr and a half. Baker pleaded that he shot Simpson in self-defense. Baker came here from Platte county, Mo. a aa TOPEKA.—(Special.) Dr. R. S. Magee, of Topeka, attempted to drive a cat out of his house a few days ago. ‘The animal sprang at him, biting him on the hand. Blood poisoning set in and spead to his shoulder and for a while it was feared that he could not survive. However, the poison was ‘ehecked and he is now out of dan- ger. | WICHITA—(Special.) John Wil- son, a laborer 35 years old and mar- ried was run down by the southbound Mecie. busao elcent a an instantly killed. Wilson was cross- ing the track at the time and evi- dently did not notice the approaching train, Jury's Long Dellberation. OSKALOOSA.—(Special.) After be- ing out for about twenty-seven hours, the jury in the Klusmire murder trial brought in a verdict of murder in the second degree, a er WELLINGTON.—(Special.) Andrew Grim, a wealthy farmer living west of Caldwell, has reported that he is the victim of confidence men, who tried to get possession of his farm through a check which was drawn on a bank not existing. According to. Grim’s story he was induced, to sign articles of agreement to dispose of his farm for $10.000, although it was worth much more, after drinking with the men, When he recovered consciousness: he was told that he could have the agree- ment for $300. He refused to accept the proposition. Topeka Woman Kidnaped. TOPEKA—(Special.) George Domme, a Russian living in “Little Russia,” a suburb of North Topeka, reports tc the police that two men, John Dagan and George Konradi, Russians, came to his house and kidnaped his wife ‘Tne police are at work t-ying to locate the woman and her alleged kidnapers. Domme and his wife have always got along well and they have » family of “enveret suhibten. A KANSAS GHOST STORY. House Said to Be Inhabited by Murdered Woman's Spirit. WELLINGTON.—(Special.) On the old Booth farm, a few miles east of Belleplaine, this county, stands @ dilap- dated house, which is making trouble for a new owner of the farm, who is trying to put up a modern two-story ‘residence on its former site. The old ‘pullding was moved back a few rods ‘and work begun on the new structure. ‘For several nights the carpenters slept ‘in the old house, but their rest _was disturbed by uncanny noises, moans and shrieks as of a woman in pain. Every time the moans were heard one of the doors would fly open and refuse to stay shut. ‘The carpenters stood it for’a time, but finally pulled out for Belleplaine, and have refused to con- tinue work. ‘The old house was said to have been, in the early days of the county's settlement, the hotse of a family of apparent wealth and refine- ment, who did not mingle with their neighbors and were regarded with sus- piclon. One day the husband and children were seen driving to Wichita without the woman, and the story ‘walned currency that she had been ‘murdered, and the place has been re- garded as haunted by her ghost ever since. ANOTHER OIL CRAZE. Satine County Men Think They Have Dis- a aoe eta SALINA.—(Special.) Brookville, in the west part of Saline county, Is un- dergoing the first stages of an oll craze. Indications of ofl have been discovered near the town and the business men are quietly organizing a company for the purpose of prospecting. Leases have been secured on several thousand acres of land and several prominent railroad officials are said to be backing the company. An expert has been sent for to examine the lands. The line of ofl indications is in a narrow brown sandstone formation, which is said to run north and south through the state, with an average width of seven or eight miles. To Prove John Collins Innocent. EMPORIA.—(Special.) Tom Wil- liams, a negro, just out of the peni- tentiary, says John Collins, who is now in the penitentiary, is not guilty of the murder of his father, and that he (Wil- Hams) can prove it. Williams further says that John Jordan offered him money tw® years before the crime was committed ii he would murder the father. Jordan was one of the prin- cipal witnesses against Collins, “A Manecous Wetwlnn: WICHITA.—(Special.) D. J, Tang- ney. proprietor of the Topeka Avenue hotel, was struck on the head with a heavy hammer by a burglar whom he surprised in the act of robbing the hotel office and received injuries from which he may not recover. An exami- nation of the office showed that the cigar case had been broken open and several dollars worth of — stampg taken. ealerae tanks aie LEAVENWORTH.—(Special.) John Morgan, a convict at the federal prison, made a successful escape while work- ing in the quarry, his asence not being Aiscovered until 5 p. m. He was sent up from Leavenworth on the charge of unlawfully selling government prop- erty and had one year yet to serve. Superintendent Hancock Resigns: TOPEKA. —(Special.) Superinten- dent W. 8. Hancock, of the state re- form schol has tendered his resigna- tion, to take effect Jamuary 1. He will be succeeded by Dr. H. M. Charles, of Washington, Kan, Areadia, Kas, Merchant Falls, FORT SCOTT.—(Special) An in- voluntary petition in bankruptey has been filed in the United States court against George W. Fowier, a promin- ent merchant of Arcadia, Xan, His liabilities are said to be about $15,000; assets, $8,000. Kansas Belde Dead In Manta, SALINA.—(Special.) Mrs, May Ag- new, wife of Captain Agnew, formerly of ‘Company M, Twentieth Kansas, died at Manila, where she went re- cently with her husband, who is an officer in the regular army. She had been married only a short time and formerly was Miss May Sexton of Minneapolis, Ken. The news of her death was sent by cablegram to her parents at Minneapolis. sce eee Bata. TOPEKA.—(Special.) Will Brown and his wife, negroes, got into a dis- pute the, other night, and Brown knocked fis wife down. She got up, grabbed a razor and used it with tell- ing effect. Brown is now in the hos- pital in a dangerous condition. His wife was arrested. Women's Bodies Found. WICHITA—(Special.) News of the finding of the frozen bodies of Mrs. Armstrong and her daughter, at Gage, near here, has just been received. The death is supposed to have occurred last week. The bodies were found scantily clad on the prairie about three ‘miles south of Gage. It is supposed ‘that they wandered out from their home, and had been overtaken by the ‘blizzard that passed in the region of Gage, and died of the cold and ex- ‘posure. Their frozen bodies were found accidentally by a man who was out eee for a strayed horse. A Veteran's Saicide, PITTSBURG. — (Special) H. A. ‘Brown, one of the early settlers of ‘Crawford county, committed suicide at ‘his home in Girard. ‘The only cause ‘that can be assigned by his family and friends is despondency on account of ‘bad health. He left his bed about midnight, went out in the back yard jand fastened one end of a rope to the limb of a mulberry tree and with his ‘neck through a noose in the other and sueueeh tron a chaise th cits WHAR DEW | CUM IN?” t (Being the Soliloquy of a Farmer on the Free Raw Sugar Quests.» “Thar’s a mighty let er talkin’ about farmers 'n thar rights, IN the wonderful prosperity thet beet growin’ invites, ‘That's a heap er foolish crowin’ 'n the ‘beats’ begin ter shout ‘n holler fer the Tariff ter keep free raw sugar out! But I notis thet the beet-producin’ farms are very few, An’ the farmers through the country ain't got much ef it ter dey, ‘The hull land ain't a-raisin' beets, 'n ain't goin’ ter begin, | Beet growin’s right fer sum, I guess—but, whar dew | cum in? ‘The farmer gits four dollars now fer every ton o' bects— A haiisom price, F must allow—but hidin’ sum deceits, Beet sugar manyfactcrers admit es they hev found ‘Thet “granylated” costs ‘em sumthin’ like tew cents a pound, In fact thet leaves a profit on which they'd greatly thrive And—if it kin be sold fer three, why should we pay ‘em FIVE? It seems ter me ¢s thet's a game thet’s mighty like a skin— But—if thar’s any benefit—waal,—whar dew 7 cum in? When Uncle Sam's in want 0° cash we're glad ter help him out, 'N we'll stand all the taxes thet are needed, never douti, But when his pocket-book’s well lined an’ nary cent he lacks, Et seems ter me his duty’s ter repeal thet sugar tax. Them fellers wot is interested sez its to protect ‘The beet-producin’ farmer thet the duty they collect, But I guess thet explanation es a little bit too thin— ‘The sugar maker,—he's all right ;—but—whar dew we cum in? Take off raw sugar'duty an’ the price will quickly fall, To everybody's benetit, fer sugar’s used by all. ‘The poor will bless the Government thet placed it in thar reack— Cn millions of our citizens free sugar now beseech) The dealer ‘ll be delighted—less expenditure fer him— More demand 'n bigger profits—which at present are but slim, An’ the farmer 'Il be as well paid as he ever yet hes ben— But he'll buy his sugar cheaper—thet’s whar he an’ I'll cum ia, Now, whar’s the sense er reason of the sugar tax to-day, When our treasury’s a-bulgin’ an’ we hev no debts ter pay? ‘The duty on raw sugar's Filty million every year— An’ the people's got ter pay it—thet’s a fact thet’s very clear, Fifty million ! Great Jerusha! Ter protect beet magnates, to: Why should they tax ALL the people—just ter help a scattered FEWE And the FEW? Beet-sigar MAKERS! Don't it really. seem a sia ‘Thus ter help an’ fill thar coffers? Whar dew you an’ I cum in? ‘The farmer growin’ beets hes got a contract price fer years — Free raw sugar wouldn't hurt him, an’ of it he hes no fears But mebbe, like myself—he's also growing fruit so nice— ‘Ter preserve it—at a profit—he needs sugar—at a price! ‘The repealing of the duty surely cuts the price in two— ‘Thee'll make a mighty difference, neighbor. both ter me an’ you! Let the sugar mianyfactrer make such profits as he kin— ‘Ter him it may seem right enufi—but whar dew I cum in? An’ I ain't a-goin’ ter swaller all the argyments they shout ‘Thet the farmers need protection—an’ must bar raw sugar out Common sense is plainly showin’ that the people in the land Want raw sugar free in future—an’ its freedom will demand, "Tis a tax no longer needed—hateful to the public view, ‘Taxing millions of our people to enrich a favored few. They can’t blind me any longer with the foolish yarns they spin.— While they're busy makin’ money—whar dew you and I come in? I'm a-goin’ ter keep on hustlin’, talkin’, pleadin' with my frends— ‘Ain't no sense in lettin’ others gain thar selfish privet ends I'm a-goin’ ter write ter-morrer to my Congressman ‘nd say ‘Thet he onghter do his best ter kill that tax without delay! Feller-farmers, do your utmost—whether you grow beets or not To repeal the tax on sugzar—you can but improve your lot! 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J., Reb. 17, 1900 Everything comes to the man who waits on himself. ‘To Live Long and Happily gat pure, wholesome food. ATLAS OATS fn the purest cereal made. “Ail grocers, ‘When a man confesses his ignorance he is apt to boast of it. tapi eee ee EES pli ina Seal Occasionally a small boy tries to keep elean 80 he won't have to be washed. "or weak, wliees and soronos to aned peop one Wier gt Toa druggist knows this and sells the oil. It is no disgrace for a man to be poor—if he doesn’t owe you anything, Ip Light attires The people of Stockten. Kan, #” laughing at a dumpy little pair of mt ried folks who live in that city. TH fire bell rang in the middle of the nist! and the husband pitched out of b! and ran to the scene without ston7ité to change his nightshirt for anythine more clothful. But scarcely had he Teached the crowd, which already b! gathered, when his wife came brett lessly after him, carrying his 1rouse™ which she urged him to put on—=te herself being clothed in nothing mors tangible than her rove de nuit—Kae as City Journal. eee ie | | buy Deflanee and get the best, 16 o& ‘The Bank of Kngiand has a capita ‘of a little over $72,000,000 and 4 sur plus of about $16,90,000, yt the gover year. The pay of the ‘twenty-four d+ rectors is $2,500 each per annum. China has imported this year DAY bottles of beer from Germany than ay other country in the world. ‘The Prt ence of the German army is beld 's part responsible for this. Chickens in a sovenloe ‘A White Cloud (Mei man was $8 fon the street carryiny 2 rusty store pipe, Another fellow kicked the store pipe, and out tumbled several chick” a ipan was making awoy wilh