The American Citizen

Oldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of the Country AFTERTHOUGHTS Kansas City Mo. June 26.1902. It is quite a stimulus to both the Negro club women of K.C.K.and Kansas City Mo. to have noticed the progress of the Negro women Art club of the state of Kansas. This convention will be one of long remembrance all who witnessed its proceeding and especially the graceful manner in which the ladies presided. with reference to the various papers read a side from the first class music rendered by the ladies. All were very good with plenty of woman since. But the one which made the deeper, impression with me,was the paper that exhibited the spirit of endependency aside from the white women club, "Let us organize a general Federation of our own" were the firm and decisive tones which floated into my ears; and well might the Negro club women as a whole take into consideration the above remarks and stamp into their minds a determination to organize a general Federation of their own; and stop not sooner than making such clubs all that could be desired of them in the club world, this I think would do more to solve the color club question than all the suggestion the lovely Miss Jane Adams of Hill house Clinton could make. Of course when these clubs shall have worked up to the average standard of clubdom, there will be a general understanding of the push and ability that is behind them it matters not whether they be headed by Mrs Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells Barnette on Mrs. P.L. Dunbar since she is a woman from the average thinking and doing class of woman. The kansas Record man may find himself in a ho net nest if in future, he his to tell what all the ladies wore at a public. From the healthy looks and the strength of their lungs a good many of the women seemed liked country Fed in stead of city fed. Peace and harmony ought to now prevail in the city Federation and the prodigal daughter ought to return Why should you care if you didn't receive the reception. Tales of Two Cities Mr. E. E. Seruggs our coming professional enjoy a trip to Quincy Ill. with the B. P. A's of Kansas City, Mo. this week and reports a most excellent time was had by all that went. Rev. D. B. Jookson, Mrs L. Sarders. Mrs J. L. Jackson Miss C.Scoot. Miss Lena Meade and Miss Blanche Coleman left Thursday morning for Lawrence Kan. to attend the state Sunday school Convention and state B.Y.P. U Rose Hill Baptist school is well represented. Mrs C. Bishop of 632 Campbell st. has removed to 634 Troost ave. The Funeral of Miss Emma Singletary of 105 Jersy ave who died last mo nday was held Thursday at the . M.E. Church. Mrs Mary White of 408 Jersey st. is quit this week. Chief H I. Zimmer will deliver a Fourth of July Oration at Kerr's park on the Fourth with one of these old time barbecues to follows. They say the chief is a nummer. H.R. Sinu, $49 minn. ave is the place where you can get a shave, a fair cut as axpression, a haborer and a musiicol and a first class shine if you are looks for it. Mrs C.H. James of the ssa Fom block who has been inbaling the deltight atmosphere of Denver Col. for some months has return to old familiar scene The city Federation held a harmonious meeting Thursday at the Metropollias church Miss May Monday a well known and rather aged lady, was buried Thursday morning from the A.M. church under the supiples of Pearly Gates of Kansas Temple of S.M.T.'s Miss Monday passed away at the asylum for the insane at Osservatome. Mr Harold Mull who has been in St. Joseph Mt. for the past six months returned home to day. Mrs Lea Down is spending a few days in Lawrence reumen tng it does not appear that the trans- ference of the American soldier to a tropical climate has injured his apper- ture. He eats no less than he did at home, he needs as hearty a diet, and he is teaching the Filipino to eat more. Gen. Weston says of the latter: "He is learning to eat and is doing it first rate and has improved physically. We have the assurance from the doctors over there that by our feeding they have less disease and are heartier men." THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. FOR SALE Two Acres of land adjouning the city can be purchased at a price that will surprise you. Call at this offices for further information. BARGAIN! BARGAIN!! Now is a chance for those who want a Bargain in lots we have on hand a few lots that can be bought now at a bargain Any one who wishes to provide himself with a home now is the time to buy. Call at this office and get location and price. They Sav The many hungry men who suffered during the sessions of the Fedurt on are now thankful that they are getting their thr e regular meals once more. There are others who are thinking of getting him to learn them the lullaby so nicely does he sing. Have you seen the newspaper from the sea foma b block! Was the poet right when he said it was better to have loved and lost than n ever to have loved at all. The American beauty or the rose. How many women really fill a woman place and is contented without trying to fill a mat's place. Florence Smith will hold a Juvenil School beginniig June 1st. Music, Arithmetic and so forth. The sea Foam block people' are puttin on air because they have a newspaper Don't fret put popular block you will have a paper by and by. My oh my oh low they rare bck at the Rarepack shop just down in a dge. The Can shoters Union will hold a meeting just after pay time Saturday vening Further information will be passed down the line on he works. PUBLICATION NOTICE. Number 5199. In the Court of Common Pleas of Wyandotte County, Kansas. L. J. Johnson, Plaintiff. vs. N. N. McFarson, Annie D. McFarson, T. P. Vaughn, Nannie A. Daili, Defendants. The above named defendants will take notice that they have been sued by the above named plaintiff whose petition against them has been filed in the above entitled court; and that they are required to answer the same on or before the 29th day of July 1902, or judgement will be rendered accordingly of the following nature to-wit: A personal judgement against said defendants, N. N. McFarson, and Annie D. McFarson for the sum of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) and the interest thereon at the rate of ten percent per annum from the first day of June, 1896, and all of the taxes paid by plaintiff on said real estate since the execution and delivery of the sale mortgage deed, acting to the term of a note for the amount executed June first, 1896 by said defendants; also for the foreclosure of a mortgage to secure the sum given by the said makers of said note on lot number thirteen (13) in block four (4) in Cobb Heights according to the recorded platinum on now in file in the office of the Register of Deeds of the county of Wyaadte, Kansas. Said Cobb Heights now being a part of Kansas City, Kansas, and an order for the sale of said premises, without appraisement, free and clear of all claims of the defendants and an appropriation of the proceeds to the payment of said personal judgement. C. D. Sharp, Attorney June 20.] for Plaintiff. Administrator's Notice. State of Kansas, } ss. County of Wyandotte. } In the Probate Court in and for said County. In the matter of the Estate of Sam Jordan deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration have been granted to the under signed, on the Estate of Sam Jordan late of Jackson County Missouri deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid dated the 6th day of June 1902. Now, all persons having claims against the said Estate are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersign for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they be precluded from any benefit of such estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said Letters, they shall be forever barred. I. F. BRADLEY Administrator of the Estate of Sam Jordan, deceased. In Witness Whereof, the undersigned, Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte, State of Kansas, have here-to set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 6th day of June A. D. 1902. K. P. Snyder Probate Judge Eating twelve pies between Christmas day and Twelfth day is said to insure the eater twelve lucky or happy months during the following week. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY MORNING, EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. State of Kansas, } ss. Wyandotton County} In the Probate Court of Said County. In the matter of the Estate of Ellen Buchanan deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters testamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the last will and testament of Ellen Buchanan, late of said County, deceased, by the Honorable the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 16th day of May, 1902. Now, all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estates; and that claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said letters, they shall be forever barred. Executor of the last will and testament of Ellen Buchanan, deceased. NOTICE Spend your pleasure evenings down at the Douglass Hospital where you can find all the Ice Creams, Soda Pops and other Refreshments for sale. Mrs. Ashton Woods, Matron. Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. Mary Smith, Plaintiff. vs. Allen Smith, Defendant. To the above named defendant you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court by the above named plaintiff, and unless you appear and answer, on or before the 1st day of July 1902 the petition will be taken as true and a judgment rendered against you the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant and divorcing plaintiff from defendant and for cost of suit. I. F. Bradley, Attorney Mary Smith. ANNOUNCEMENTS: I hereby announce myself as Candidate, for Representative of the Tenth District, First, Second and Third Wards of Kansas City, Kas.,-Subject to the Republican Primary. I hereby announce my self as candidate for Clerk of the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Subject to the Republican primaries. William Needles. I hereby announce myself as a Candidate for the office of Coroner of Wyandotte County Subject to the decision of the Republican Primaries. I hereby announce myself as a Candidate for relection to second term to the office of sheriff of Wyandotte County subject to the decision of the Republican Primaries. HARRY A. MENDENHALL. I hereby announce myself a candidate for County Attorney of Wyandotte County subject to the republican primaries. JAS. L. SMALLEY. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Register of Deeds of Wyandotte County subject to republican primaries. A. C. (BERT) COOKE. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Treasurer of Wyandotte County subject to the republican primaries. Publication Notice In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. Eli Porter, Plaintiff. vs. Pearly Porter, Defendant. To the above named defendant, you are here-by notified that you have been sued in the above named court, by the above named plaintiff, and that unless you appear and answer, on or before the 31st day of July, the petition filed against you, will be taken as true, and a judgement rendered thereon-, the nature of which will be decree, dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and and defendant and forever divorcing plaintiff from said defendant; and for costs of this suit. Eli Porter, Plaintiff by, I. F. Bradley, his attorney. Hot weather is on just keen going. When you want cesspool work done you can always find Patterson and Gayden at the old stand. 543 Minn. ave. Triumvirate EDITORIAL COMMENTS. It seems a rather perplexing question to Republicans what they want to do in Wyandotte County. If it shall we hold a convention? or shall we have the Crawford system and primaries. We want to tell somebody a thing or two, if any body chances to ask that somebody is going to be up against the real thing shortly and this is no pipe dream. HE IS A WINNER Mayor Craddock has now received the endorsement of the Populists in November he will receive the endorsement of the people a winner Gubernatorial honors. ARE WE NOT RIGHT? If you have to go up against it—just well have the Primaries as a convention you are in it anyway. The A. C. L. Grocery Company of 435 Minn ave., are making special prices in good groceries.Call and see them. Its your advantage. Don't forget that Henry Stine the bar ber at 349 Minn avenue is the Laboring men, Musicians and Expressmen headquarters also the place for a good shave WANTED. Woman as cook, and Laundress adc. Mrs. A. W Solomon Employment agt. Office 115 E. 5th St. Leadville Colorado In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kans. William Banks, Plaintiff. vs. Lizzie Bank, Defendant. To the above named defendant, you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above Court by the above plaintiff, and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 3rd day of August, 1902, the petition filed therein, will be taken as, and a judgement rendered against you, the nature of which will be a decree, dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant, and divorcing plaintiff from said defendant, and awarding to him the care and custody of two of the minor children, .Pearly Banks, and Corinne Banks, and for cost of this suit. Attorney for Plaintiff. King Solomons Baptist church will celebrate the glorious Fourth of July at Kerr's park with an old fashion barbecue, a sham battle and a professional baseball game. The leading Orotors of the State both white and colored, it is announced will be there to create H.R. Stimes Select will enliven the oo Utte most harmony prevailed in the annual of the A.C.I. Grocery and coa co. Wednesday night. President J.J. Thomas presided while Mr O.B.J. John son acted as secretary . about a dozen share holders were present, all of whom expressed themselves as pleased with the conduct of the business during the past year. Directors and officers were elected as follows! J.J. Thomas, president. Edward Jones, vice president R C Scales, securacy. Walter Owens treasurer. I. F. Bradley. T.W. Penix S H. Thomas. E-F. Henderson was spainted general manager All diseases start in the bowels keep them open or you will be sick, cascarets ct like nature Keep liver and bowels activewithout a sickening gripping feeling. six million people take and recommend cascarets. Try a 10c. box. All druggists. A Hard Set to Win In 1893 three Irishmen agreed to undertake a journey around the earth on foot for a jackpot of $150,000. Each one of the party deposited one-third of this sum in the Bank of Dublin, and it was agreed that whoever survived the trip and returned should receive the whole amount. In case all died Dublin hospital was to become the beneficiary. On Dec. 24, 1895, they started east across Europe and Asia Minor to Egypt, where they took passage for Australia. Their wanderings through the inner wastes of Australia proved the hardest trials of the journey, and the severity of this trip resulted in the death of two of the travelers. The third, Capt. Trevelyan, completed the voyage and won the money. -New York Press. Women as Lapiideres Women in the Philippines, at least in the island of Luzon, are showing wonderful kill as lapidaries and gem-setters. Their taste and workmanship are far in advance of the powers of men. The Maine Dend Remembered. The Long recently received by express from Chicago a box containing a beautiful wreath of red roses and lilies of the valley, on which was placed a small card, with the following unsigned message: "Kindly take this to the Arlington cemetery and place it on the mound of the Maine dead." Secretary Long directed that the flowers be turned over to the quartermaster's department of the army, so that the wishes of the unknown donor might be compiled with. Becoming Americanized. a western girl who attended a reception given by the wife of Minister Wu at the Chinese legation in Washington, writes to a friend saying: "The house is very much like an American home and the Wus are becoming more like us every year. Formerly the minister received and his wife was poked back in a corner. Now she receives and he wanders about looking lonesome, the same same like Melican man when his wife gives a party." Shah Collects Cats. The Shah of Persia has many hobbies, among these being the collecting of cats of all countries. He has, perhaps, the most magnificent assortment in the world, and when he travels the cats always accompany him. They have special attendants, who are paid large salaries for looking after them. To neglect one of the Shah's cats is practically the same as committing suicide. Heard Her Lover Die A cheerful telephone story is reported from Vienna. A young woman of Magyar-Czernya in Hungary was called upon the long-distance telephone by her sweetheart in the town of Taba. He said: "Would you like to hear how I shoot myself?" Then she heard the sound of a shot. It was found afterward that the man had really killed himself. House Built of Builtons A house built of buttons is the latest thing in architecture, and a certain French musical celebrity is building it. The walls, the ceilings, the doors, exterior and the interior are all ornamented with buttons of every description. Every country has been ransacked and some very curious specimens are reported to have been brought to light. Bible for the Coronation The king has already ordered the coronation Bible from the British and Foreign Bible Society, to be used in Westminster Abbey in June. It will be a large quarto volume, bound in red morocco, with gold clasps and stamped with the royal arms. It will become the property of the bishop who administers the oaths. London's Cathedral The Roman Catholic cathedral in London, now in course of erection, is 360 feet long and 156 feet wide. Apart from the site, it has already co $750.000. The material used is red brick, with Portland stone courses, and its Oriental decorative features, it is said, suggest a mosque rather than a cathedral. Small Navy of Uruguay. Three gunboats of twelve-knot speed constitute the invincible navy of Uruguay, a force which would have a hard time with the mobilized fleet of Siam, which has two 800-ton corvettes, six gunboats, a 2,500-ton deck-protected cruiser armed with fourteen guns, and a 650-ton cruiser. 400,000 Jews in Africa A writer in the Jewish World gives the total number of Jews in Africa at 400,000, of whom 20,000 have located in South Africa, where, says the writer, the most solid and tangible results have been attained by Jewish pioneers in all branches of development. Ex-Soldiers for Clerks. Ex-soldiers will in future be employed as clerks in all departments of the British war office. Preference will be given to such as possess first-class certificates of education, or have been invalided from active service by wounds or sickness. Steadr Vote of Nevada The vote of Nevada fluctuates very little. In 1892 it was 10,878; in 1894, 10,508; in 1896, 10,305; in 1898, 10,011; and in 1900, 10,196. No other state in the Union has such a record of an undeviating vote as has Nevada. Lucky to Be in dail. The believers in the thirteen idocy are now citing cases of the man with thirteen wives who was sent to jail the other day, as if a man with thirteen wives were not in good luck to get safely inside a fall. Convicta Ask Clemency: The white convicts employed on the breakwater at Capetown are sending a loyal address to King Edward, praying his clemency on the occasion of the approaching coronation. Paper Mills In America There are now more than 1,100 pulp and paper mills in the United States. They use about 1,000,000,000 feet of jumber a year. The azwmills consume twenty times as much. LORD KELVIN AS DAMOGLE The Great Scotch Scientist's Absolute Faith in Figures Lord Kelvin, so his friends say, used to make of himself a sort of Damocles, but it was a cannon ball instead of a sharp sword which was suspended over his head. Few living scientists have as high a reputation as Lord Kelvin, and few have to their credit more useful inventions or valuable discoveries. Though now in his seventy-eighth year the old professor, who for more than half a century occupied the chair of natural philosophy at Glasgow university, still maintains his reputation for being one of the most energetic men in Scotland. Those who know him are fond of telling of the boyish eagerness and almost incredible energy with which he attacks his work. When lecturing he used to become so absorbed and wrapped up in the experiments he was conducting that he scarcely felt for the results. Disdainting the services of an assistant, he scurried about his lecture room like a youth of 16. Indeed the students liked to say that they never saw him cross his laboratory except at a run. The ruling passion of Lord Kelvin, who is a member of half the learned societies of Europe, and who has been decorated by the emperor of Germany, the president of France and the king of Belgium, is his absolute faith in figures, and it is this ruling passion which led to his experiment as a Damocles. When he has once solved a problem in mathematics he is willing to stake upon its correctness not only his reputation, out, if necessary, his life. Taking an immensely heavy cannon ball, he calculated with the utmost accuracy the size of the smallest wire which would bear the weight of the load of iron. He then procured a length of wire of just the requisite strength, and to prove the truth of his figuring, had the cannon ball suspended over his lecturing platform at the very spot where it would be most likely to strike and crush him should the wire give way, and it remained there for weeks.—London Mail. MORGAN'S ONE "INTERVIEW." The Story of It, as Told by the Multi- millionals Himself. The interviewer disturbs J. Pierpoint Morgan. He makes his boast that he never has been interviewed, and declares that in the last seven years but one interviewer ever has been able to approach him. The story of this one exception he yesterday told to Bishops Potter and Doane. On a recent trip to Europe a representative of the London Times would not take no for his answer. "Tell the Times man my time is worth £10 a minute," at last said Morgan. "The Times man says he'll take two minutes at that," came back the reply. "He handed me £20," said Mr. Morgan, "taked just two minutes by both our watches, did all the talking himself, and rose to go on the instant. 'Why do you want to see me?' I asked in curiosity. 'Oh, I wagered £100 that I would interview you personally, that's all,' was his reply. I congratulated him on his enterprise and dismissed him within the third minute of his call." "Did you keep his £20?' dryly asked Bishop Potter, as Mr. Morgan nudged. 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As this old and abandoned cemetery was located in the center of the town, and afforded an excellent site for an hotel, the necessary per- mission was obtained from the proper authorities, and in less than a year a large and handsome hotel was erected In digging the foundation hundreds of skulls and bones were discovered, all of which were carefully collected and interred in the new cemetery. The hotel possesses a room in which service is conducted by a local preserver every Sunday. Last year the Battersea Vest voted a sum of £400 for the purpose of erecting a refreshment klosk in the Battersea Parish Cemetery, better known as "Modern Cemetery." Russian Dinners. The etiquette of a Russian dinner is decidedly formal. When the guests are seated, the host and hostess of the feast remain standing, it being their pleasure to attend upon the company and to see that the servants do their duty. Nothing can escape their observation; the plate of no guest remains empty for a moment, nor is a wine glass ever without contents. French wines are mostly drunk at Russian dinners. Madeira is also a favorite, and a bottle of port is always served to an English guest. At her own time the hostess gives the signal, and all rise from the table. Old Hudson Bay Receipts Among some curious records of the Hudson Bay company are receipts which read as follows. "Received per Lapwing, Jane Goody, as per invoice, in good condition." "Received per Osprey, Matilda Timbuc. Returned per Lapwing, as not being in accordance with description contained in invoice." These belong to pioneer times, when white men who settled in new parts of the country were either obliged to remain bachelors, marry squaws or send for wives, trusting to the judgment of the company to select them and send them out. Not the Right Names. A salesman in a thinaware establishment is responsible for the following: "A day or two ago," said he, "a lady came in the store and began to examine some fine cups and saucers. Nothing suited her. At last, however, she found some that pleased her, and, smiling innocently, said: 'Now, these are very nice, and I like the way they are made, with different names on them. If I could find some with the names I want, I would take them, but all I see read "Tom and Jerry."" Children as Toy Makers. The official report of the government inspector of factories for Coburg-Gotha gives the details as to the labor of children under 14 years engaged in their homes making buttons, toys, etc. It appears that in this district 5,455 such children employed. They work from four and one-quarter to six hours per day, and earn in button-making from 2 to 6 cents. In making dolls they earn from 3 to 18 cents, while on toy work they earn from 2 to 14 cents per day.-Baltimore American. 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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. Sons And Daughters To Eastern University great school for our youth; now a part of our State's in their children for the Work of life and its duties. DEPARTMENTS ment to prepare for the ministry, desiring to fulfill PreParing for the work of teaching in the public sch ose desiring the same. Saturary Department department and giving an opportunity for education of fine arts—music. L DEPARTMENT opportunity for Proficiency, in that Fine of fine arts—music. DUSTRAL Department to give our youth training, fitting them for work. We are opinioned that in this day of competition a nothing will so aid the Negro as to prepare his child of skilled labor. With such training no man need fear of future of his race. Mechanical drawing Carpentry, Printing, both job an ing, Business Course and Stenography, Dressmaking and ITY mates from Lincoln, Wilberforce, the best schools of the country maintained by our people. William Tecumsch Vernon, B. S. D., A. M., Pres, Lectur es S. Bowman, Tuskegee, instructor in Mechanical drawl ood, instructor in printing; Joseph Nelson Garet of Wilbe course and stenography; James T. Edwards of Hampton n. B. S. of Wilberforce professor methematics; A. language and literature; S. L. Gress, teacher of dressmaking music; Mrs. L. H. Moore, teacher of science. In addition seen secured. ORTUNITIES These teachers and officers ment of the young people under their care and gladly lend student is made to feel the sting of poverty, but merit even credit for the same. per month, $5.50; tuition per month $1; room re per month, $1; incidental fee on en essary that Extravagant habits be vised to bring strong substantial clothing, but expensi gging for an education. School opened Sept. 9, 1901. A made by writing Pres. W.T. Vernon, Quindaro, Kass. H. catalogues given full information regarding the same catalogue to William T. Vernon. Western University, A great school terests, Negroes should here train their chil- DERP Theological Department to demands in our pulpits today Normal Department PreParing and giving a higher training to those desir- Preparatory Fitting students for the Normal department those deprived of such in childhood. MUSICAL DE For Furnishing an opportunity for of fine STATE INDUS It is the intention of this department to work of life in the industrial world. [We are abor 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 ain sewing. FACULTY The faculty is composed of graduates from Fiske, Tuskegee and Hampton; the best scho- Following is the faculty. Rev. William Tecu- in Philosophy-and Logic. Charles S. Bowna and Carpentry; John Charles-Wood, instruct- force, instructor in business course and s teacher of tailoring; E. J. Vernon, B. S. C. Moore of Fiske, professor of language and lit. Mrs. Lulu Cunningham, piano music; Mrs. L lecturers of various topics have been secured. OPPORTUNITY The constantly labor for the betterment of the y helping hand to the sarcue. No student is ma- tells. The most deserving are given credit for Expenses—Board per mo- trance, $1. It is not necessary to encouraged here; students are advised to bring apparel is not needed by one struggling for a arrangements for entrance can be made by y will send one of the latest complete catalogue Write at once for information-or-catalogue t A great school for you; 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 Normal Department PreParing for the work of teaching in the public schools and giving a higher training to those desiring the same. Preparatory Department Fitting students for the Normal, department and giving an opportunity for education those deprived of such in childhood. For Furnishing an opportunity for Proficiency, in that Finest 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 ain sewing. The faculty is composed of graduates from Lincoln, Wilberforce, Fiske, Tuskegee and Hampton; the best schools of the country maintained by our people Following is the faculty. Rev. William Tecumseh Vernon, B. S. D. A. M., Press, Lecturer in Philosophy and Logic, Charles S. Bowman, Tuskegee, instructor in Mechanical drawing and Carpentry; John Charles-Wood, instructor in printing; Joseph Nelson Garrett of Wilberforce, instructor in business course and stenography; James T. Edwards of Hampton teacher of tailoring; E. J. Vernon, B. S., of Wilberforce professor mathematics; A. F. Moore of Fiske, professor of language and literature; S. L. Gross, teacher of dressmaking; Mrs. Luila 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 helping hand to the same. No student is made to feel the sting of poverty, but merit alon- tells. The most deserving are given credit for the same. Expenses—Board per month, $5.50; tuition per month $1; room rent trance. $1. encouraged here; students are advised to bring strong substantial clothing, but expensive apparel is not needed by one struggling for an education. School opened Sept. 9, 1961. All arrangements for entrance can be made by writing Pres. W.1, 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 From the London Globe: An informing story is being told of Mr. Kruger. Returning home from one of his journeys to England, he brought with him a pair of pajamas, and his appearance at night in this clothing nearly frightened the life out of the good Tante, his wife. "What's that?" she demanded. "Sleeping clothes from England," said Mr. Kruger, with misgiving. "Then take them off," responded Tante, "and come to bed in your velidtschoen (shoes). Can it be Mr. Kruger's habit to go to bed in his boots? Quindaro, Kansas, Tom Paul's Pajamas Armored Glass A recent German invention is stored glass, or glass cast with wedge incised in their substance, so that increase the resistance to pressure shock, and the effects of heat. Of the new material have been made at the Chemnitzer technological museum which show that the armored glass is much stronger, and where the ordinary glass broke under sudden applications of pressure the strengthened material only cracks, and the crack caused by changes of temperature did not allow either damp or flame to pass. BRITAIN'S MONARCH NEAR DEATH King Edward VII. Stricken with Fatal Illness on the Eve of His Coronation—All Ceremonies Indefinitely Postponed—Operation Performed in the Hope of Saving Life—Guests Go Home. Upon the eve of his coronation, stricken while the world waited to applaud, Edward VII, imperator and rex, lies suffering and helpless in his gorgeous palace in his capital of London, scarcely saved from immediate death from perityphyllis by the torture of a surgeon's knife. London, thronged with envoys from every nation under heaven, the streets filled as they never were before with crowds come to pay a loving homage and the vast stands and balconies lowering in expectant grandeur where the coronation procession was to pass, all testify to the glories and the honor prepared for this man. And he, no that any of the eve had ever seen and in the heyday of has such a picture of man been seen, tossing on a ness, when he had al reception of the ple. Aside from the sing shock which nation will suffer known to its itst ment of the coron disaster; it is mor of an empire, the will rest upon the KING EDWARD VII OF ENGLAND. KING EDWARD VIII. OF ENGLAND. British Monarch, Who Lies Stricke His Cor British Monarch, Who Lies Stricken with Serious Illness on the Eve of His Coronation. less relieved from physical pains than the meanest of his subjects, lies sick unto death and the magnificent coronation is postponed indefinitely—perhaps never to take place. A deep bush of sorrow settled over the city when the news of the King's serious illness became public, the streets, crowded with a swirling mass of questioning humanity, silent with the silence that only those feed who have one common grief. History presents few more pitiful spectacles than that of the mighty ruler of the British empire, with millions of subjects, with royalties at his neck and call, devoting himself to the preparation of a spectacle which should surpass in magnificence aught. Thousands of people in London are utterly bankrupt by the change of plan and throughout the country incribable consternation prevails. An order was issued by the arch bishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Frederick Temple, and the archbishop of York, the Most Rev William I MacLagan, appointing special form for the intercession services held Thursday. A large congregation in St. Paul's cathedral listened to the bishop of Stepney, who is one of King Edward's intimate friends. The bishop asks his congregation to pray for his mankind, the royal family, the king's physicians and to learn to hope. A brief notice was published in the CHRONOLOGY OF THE KING'S LIFE CHRONOLOGY OF THE KING'S LIFE Age to-day, 60 years, 7 months, 15 days. Born in Buckingham palace, London, Nov. 9, 1841, in the fifth year of his mother's reign. Second child and first son of Alexandrina Victoria, queen of England, and the prince consort, Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Created prince of Wales and earl of Chester Dec. 4, 1841. Baptized in St. George's chapel, Windsor castle, Jan. 24, 1842, as Albert Edward, the first name being that of his father, the second that of his grandfather, the duke of Kent. King of Prussia his sponsor. Education for the six years following conducted by Lady Lyttleton, sister of Mrs. William Ewart Gladstone. Attained his eighteenth year Nov. 18, 1855, and so became legal heir to the crown, receiving on that day a letter from his mother announcing his emancipation from parental control. became colonel in the army and re- ceived the Order of the Garter on the same day. SUCCESION TO THE THRONE. Status of Members of the Royal Fam- ily as It May Be Affected. my as It May Be Affected. There is no likelihood of any lapse in the succession to the throne even through King Edward's present illness. grave fatal. The heir apparent is the present prince of Wales, duke of Cornwall and York, whose recent tour of the world has given him much prominence. On the death of his father he will immediately succeed to the dignity and title. In case of his death he would be succeeded by his son, Prince Edward of York. The present prince of Wales is a young man of excellent character who is greatly beloved by all British subjects. The death of Queen Victoria caused some striking changes of precedence in the royal family. The duchess of York has hitherto followed the duke and duchess of Connaught. Princess Christian, the duchess of AKEY and Princess Henry of Battenberg. Now she precedes them all and with her husband stands next to the king and queen. Princess Victoria of Wales in the late that any of the empires of the past had ever seen and then being stricken in the heyday of his pomp. Seldom has such a picture of the impotence of man been seen as that of King Edward, tossing on a bed of mortal sickness, when he had planned a triumphal reception of the homage of his people. Aside from the sorrow and the stunning shock which has been caused the nation will suffer a financial loss unknown to its history. The postponement of the coronation is a national disaster; it is more, it is the disaster of an empire, the full force of which will rest upon the people themselves n with Serious Illness on the Eve of onation. Thousands of people in London are utterly bankrupt by the change of plans and throughout the country indescribable consternation prevails. An order was issued by the archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Frederick Temple, and the archbishop of York, the Most Rev. William D. MacLagan, appointing special forms for the intercession services held Thursday. A large congregation in St. Paul's cathedral listened to the bishop of Stephen, who is one of King Edward's intimate friends. The bishop asked his congregation to pray for his majesty, the royal family, the king's physicians and to learn to hope. A brief notice was published in the Visited the United States and Canada in 1890. Married Princess Alexandra of Denmark, March 10, 1863. Grand master of British Masons, 1874. Visited Egypt and India, 1875. Visited Ireland, 1885. Attended wedding of czar's daughter at St. Petersburg, April, 1894. Won the Derby with Persimmon, 1896. Grand master of the Bath, 1897. Took the title of Edward VII, king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India at a meeting of the privy council on Jan. 23, 1901, the day after his mother's death. At 4 o'clock of the same day the lords and commons took the oath of allegiance to the new sovereign. Proclaimed king throughout his realms Jan. 24, 1901. Opened his first parliament in person Feb. 14, 1901. Proclaimed the day of his coronation for June 26, 1902, on Dec. 10, 1901. reign stood tenth in rank, while now, as Princess Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland, she stands third. The duchess of Fife, who was in the ninth place, is now second, while her husband, the duke of Fife, is more than 1,000 points below her, ranking about No. 1,019. There is, of course, a similar gap between Princess Louise and her husband, the duke of Argyle. There has been, under the new reign, necessarily a pretty general readjustment of the order of precedence throughout the royal family. Outside of it, however, there is no change, the archbishop of Canterbury ranking next after the princes of the blood and being followed by the lord high chancellor. The rules of precedence are to day pretty much as they were under Henry VIII, and there never was a more resolute maintainer of them than Queen Victoria. TOWN RUN BY WOMEN. Man Has No Dominion in Little English Village. Away in a sequestered little nook on the Pembrokeshire coast of Eng- Gazette, as a result of which the entire state social and business arrangements throughout the country are paralyzed. The order is dated from the earl marshal's office and reads as follows: "I have to announce that the solemnity of the coronation of their majesties, King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra is postponed from the 26th to a date hereafter to be determined." The best informed opinion places the date of the coronation in about three months' time provided King Edward progresses well in the meantime. Queen Alexandra bore the strain with the bravest spirit. She was always fearful of what might happen. Her majesty took her part in the festivities at Ascot and elsewhere without revealing any sign of her inward anxiety, and when she was told that an operation was imperative and that the coronation would have to be postponed she quietly answered: "Have I not felt that this would happen?" and asked: "How does the king hear it?" Upon receiving an assuring reply Queen Alexandra exerted herself to appear cheerful and to devise means to lessen the king's grief and disappointment, although she was evidently greatly distressed. The pope and the king of Italy and other monarchs have cabled anxious inquiries concerning King Edward's progress, and dispatches received from all parts of the world reflect the intensity of feeling occasioned by the unexpected news of his majesty's illness and sympathy with the British nation. A significant feature and one which indicates the serious aspect of the king's condition is the fact that no orders were issued for the troops now in London to return to their various posts. Nor will there be any such orders issued until it is known whether they will be required for the funeral of the ruler or not. There is a growing fear that the whole pageantry will have to be changed from one of joy to one of wee. King Edward is in a room facing the beautiful gardens of Buckingham palace and far from the noisy street and the crowd. If the present progress is maintained he will probably tide over the effects of his severe operation, which has successfully removed the local trouble. But should any complication occur, such as septic peritonitis or bloodpoisoning, it is feared his majesty's present physical and nervous condition would prove unequal to the strain involved. There is consequently intense anxiety as to the outcome. The king's doctors believe that his majesty would have been dead before now except for the operation. His condition became so alarming that at one time it was feared death might ensue before the suregon's knife could afford him relief. Intense swelling of the extremities, accompanied by alarming symptoms of mortification, constituted the emergency which demanded an immediate operation. To the last the king tried to avoid this and he was willing to be carried to the abby for the coronation in order that it should occur as arranged. The influence of Queen Alexandra was enlisted, however, and the royal patient was prepared for the operation, which even the skillful hands of England's best surgeons was fraught with grave danger. Sir Frederick Treves performed the operation, which it is claimed was successful. While the operation was being performed the great central courtyard of Buckingham palace, so lately the scene of such brilliant gatherings, was utterly deserted and an impressive silence reigned throughout the building. The querries talked in whispers, servants tiptoed about and the tension grew almost unbearable. Then the word was passed around "all had gone well." Lord Salisbury and Mr. Balfour then went in to congratulate Queen Alexandra, and afterward an informal and historic discussion occurred between the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught and Lord Salisbury, Mr. Balfour and several other members of the cabinet, at which it was decided to proceed with affairs without securing the king's signature. Personal messages of sympathy and land there is a village entirely managed by women. In Langum—for such is the hamlet's name—woman reigns supreme. She is the dominating force of the mart of trade, the household financier, the family account, and, in fact, fills all the positions which, in any other community, whether civilized or not, are, by established precedent, voted to man. Langum has a race apart from the world in its laws, in its exclusion of the stranger, and in its utter disregard of the vast area of world and things lying beyond its borders. Its quiet life is dominated by two all-powerful factors—womankind and oysters. There are men in Langum, but they exert little or no influence upon the affairs of the quiet little Welsh village. The Langum man neither is nor pretends to be. He recognizes the right of womankind to own and rule, and is perfectly satisfied to be described as Annie Jones' man or Mary Williams' man. He neither requires nor appreciates compassion. Sitting of an evening at THE KING AND HIS FAMILY THE KING AND HIS FAMILY. FROM A PHOTO NOW PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE KING, QUEEN AND PRINCESS OF WALES IN THE FIRST ROW; PRINCESS OF WALES IN THE SECOND ROW; IN THE SECOND ROW, THE CHILDREN ARE THE LITTLE WALES! expressions of sorrow were made by many of the leading diplomats in the city. Foremost among these were the expressions from the American colony. Whitelaw Reid declared that he was pained beyond expression and could find no words to convey the earnestness of his hope that the king's illness would speedily yield to treatment. He added that the king's gracious manner to his own people and to the representatives of other nations had made every emperor, king and president glad to send special representatives to felicitate him on his assumption of the crown of England. Chauceyn M. Depew voiced the sentiment of the official American contingent when he asserted that the king's illness went to the heart of every American and inspired an earnest prayer for his majesty's well-being. DISASTER WAS FORETOLD: Propecy Made That the King Would Not Be Crowned. King Edward has long been haunted with a superstitious fear, engendered by several prophecies to the effect that he would never be crowned. Reports have been current in London that the king has been much depressed over these prophecies, and at times has appeared moody and moo COLLEGE ANNOUNCEMENTS rose, it is said that he was apprehensive that he would never see his coronation day. There is an old story that at the time of Edward's birth a prophecy was made which ran: "King shall Edward be, but never shall he be crowned." Another prophecy of a like foreboding nature was made early in the present year by Cheiro, the Parisian palmist, who predicted the death of Queen Victoria six months before it occurred. Cheiro said: "The new king, near the months of May or June this year, will be in serious danger of his life." Companies have been demanding a premium of 20 per cent on policies THE KING AND FROM A PHOTO NOW PUBLISHED FOR THE THE KING, QUEEN AND PRINCESS OF WALES AND PRINCESS VICTORIA ARE THE LITTLE 'WALEES! his cottage door with his faithful brood playing round him, his wife and daughter busy within reckoning the gains of the day's work, he is vexed by no mental anxieties or perplexities; divested of all responsibilities of life, he is as as pleased as the oyster for which his native place is famed. American Venomous Snakes. There are four kinds of venomous serpents in the United States—the rattlesnake proper, the copperhead and the moccasin, the coral snake and the ground rattlesnake. The diamond rattlesnake and the copperhead are the most deadly. The former is undoubtedly the cause of more deaths from snake poisoning than any other in the United States. This is due to its large size—it grows not infrequently to seven feet in length and three inches in diameter—and to the great length of its fangs and the copious amount of venom it injects into wounds. Probably not more than fifty persons die of snake bite in the United States in any year. Perhaps 30,000 would be a fair estimate of the insuring the coronation within the month. June 26, which was the date King Edward selected for his coronation, is the same date originally fixed for the crowning of Victoria in 1838. The young queen insisted upon changing it to June 28, because June 26 was the anniversary of the death of King George IV. When the white coronation robes were decided upon it was pointed out that they had only been used on three occasions, and, curiously enough, each wearer came to a violent end. Richard II. was crowned in white satin. Next was the unfortunate Henry VI. Despite the strong persuasion of the Earl of Pembroke, Charles I. was also invested at his coronation in white satin. The king has always had a superstition that he would never be crowned. It was pointed out by the superstitions that in the program of the procession in the thirteenth carriage was to be seated the Duke d'Aosta of Italy, Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria and hereditary Grand Duke Michael of Russia, all representatives of dynasties which have felt the hand of the assassin. In February, 1901, the king's "expectation" was figured at fourteen years. With allowance for "moral hazard" this was reduced to ten years. Four big insurance companies in New York reported the king a bad risk. A New York doctor said he had Bright's disease. An old gypsey saying passed through London to the effect that the "Prince of Wales would be killed as soon as a great honor was conferred upon him." From Edward I. down sorrow, warfare and domestic tragedy have attended the Edwards. England hoped the magic number seven might turn the frown of fate from the Edwards. Edward I. spent most of his days rolling up trouble for himself and incurring a general hatred by his bitter warfare against Scotland. Edward II., profligate and weakling, was murdered in prison. Edward III. lived to see his only son—the Black Prince, whom he idolized—die and himself died knowing he was to be succeeded by a vacillating, delicate grandson, who might upset the grand dynasty the Black Prince and his father had built up. Edward IV., after usurping England's throne and causing the death of Henry VI., lived but a short time in a court rent with dissensions; then, while young, died of disease. Edward V. was murdered in the Tower of London by order of his father's brother, the Duke of Gloucester, afterward Richard III. Edward VI. died while still a mere boy. Edward VII. has been compelled to wait until he was over 60 before ascending the throne. Now, with the crown just within his grasp, he is stricken and may die an uncrowned king. HIS FAMILY. A FIRST FAMILY OF WILLS IN THE FIRST ROW, PRINCE IN THE SECOND ROW. THE CHILDREN world's annual death rate from the bite of venomous snakes, notwithstanding the long and practically fruitless efforts of science to discover an antidote. Famous. Parrot Sold. Dick, the famous Deal House parrot, was sold to-day to a New York gentleman for the sum of $200. The purchaser's name is Walcott. Several weeks ago when the advance agent of the Eugene Cowles company was in the city he stopped at the Deal and took a great liking to the parrot. When he reached New York he described the bird to Mr. Walcott, who was an intimate friend, and that gentleman wrote Mr. Kerr, asking his price on the parrot. Mr. Kerr placed the price at $200, thinking that it was too large and that he would back out. However, a message was received this morning stating that he would send a man from New York in a few days to take the bird. Dick is probably one of the finest parrot in the country, as he can distinctly say over 200 words—Bucyrus Telegraph. The Cool Northern Route to the Mountains Lakes and Sea APPLY TO NEAREST TICKET AGENT, OR ADDRESS L. S. McClellan, Western Passenger Agent, Webash Railroad, City Ticket Office Cor. 9th and Delaware St., Kansas City, Mo. Difference in Girl Students Difference in Girl Students. Bare-headed and with their sleeves rolled above their elbows, the learned girls of Chicago University go about the campus. Not so their studious sisters out at Evanston, the Methodist suburb. "There is such an atmosphere or refinement and culture in Evanston," that I do not believe it would be possible for our girls to be careless of their appearance about the campus." Naval Officers Not Good Dresse's. A deal of friction between the army and the navy has been caused in London by the publication of a remark by an army officer overheard in a club window in Pall Mall. Some naval officers were passing and the critical military observer exclaimed: "I have never seen a naval officer with a well cut or well-fitting pair of trousers." And now the fight is on in the newspapers and is raging with much bitterness. South Kensington museum possesses the largest elephant's tusk known. The second biggest was bought in Anwarp recently by a Sheffield firm for £325. It weighs 216 pounds, is ten feet long and twenty-three and three-fourths inches in gird. The Secret of Health in Old Age. Shepherd, Ill., June 23d.—Sarah E. Rowe of this place is now 72 years of age and just at the present time is enjoying much better health than she has for over 20 years. Her explanation of this is as follows: "For many years past I have been troubled constantly with severe Kidney Trouble, my urine would scald and burn when passing, and I was very miserable. "I am 72 years of age and never expected to get anything to cure me, but I heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills and thought it would do me no harm to try them. "I am very glad I did so, for they cured me of the Kidney Disease and stopped all the scalding sensations when passing the urine. "I feel better now than I have for twenty years." If a poor man has the sand he may win a girl with the rocks. Marriage is good for nearly everything in the world except modesty. WHY IT SELLS. W. C. Patton & Bro. run an update drug store at Richmond, Mo. They are enterprising and keenly alive to the latest and best of every thing for the benefit of their customers. In a letter to the manufacturers of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin they say: "We have sold your medicine for four years. It gives satisfaction. It is a repeater. We use it in our own families and take pleasure in recommending it to others. We have one-half gross in the house, yet have just ordered another gross for immediate shipment. Medicine cures Constipation, Indigestion, Sick Headache and Stomach troubles. At druggists. It's the young girl of 30 who generally becomes a golf enthusiast. ONE FARE FOR THE ROUND TRIP.—Via Grand Trunk System. Chicago to Portland, Me., selling dates, July 5 to 9, inclusive. Also via Grand Trunk System, Chicago to Providence, R. I., selling dates, July 7, 8, 9. For limits, time tables and further information apply to Geo. W. Vaux, A. G. P. & T. A., 135 Adams St., Chicago, ill. The one thing we are all willing to share with others is trouble. WHEN YOU BUY STARCH buy Defiance and get the best. 16 oz. for 10 cents. Once used, always used. 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MILLIONS USE CUTICURA SOAP, assembled by CUTICURA ORAL, the great skin cure, for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales, and dandruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening, and soothing red, rough, and sore hands, for baby nies, itchings, and chaflings, and for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery, all of which are used to do the form of baths for annoying irritations, inflammations, and excorations, or too free or offensive perspiration, in the form of washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and for many sensitive, antisec-to purposes which readily suggest themselves to women, especially mothers. CUTICURA RESOLVENT PILLS (Chocolate Coated) are a new, tasteless, odourless, economical substitute for the celebrated liquid CUTICURA RESOLVENT, as well as for all other blood purifiers and humour cures. Put up in pocket vials, 60 doses, price, 25c. Sold throughout the world. Soap, 25c. Orion, 50c. PILLS, 25c. British Depot 7-29. Chatehouse 50. LONDON, French Depot 5 Rue de la Faux. Port, U.S.A. DEGO AND CHASE. Conf. Sole Proper. Boston, U.S.A. AGENTS AND SALESMEN Wanted for the KANTUT-U Safety Razor Guards. Retail for 25c. Fit any razor; a quick seller; good profits, entirely new. Address & E. 1015th Ave. N.Y. City. T-829-1015 Evolution of Our Flag. Although the United States is one of the youngest nations of the world, its flag is one of the oldest among the powers. The country's standard, with its thirteen stars and stripes, which was first unfurled June 14, 1777, just 125 years ago, has remained practically unchanged through the progress and growth of the country of which it saw the birth. The star-spangled banner which now floats over Uncle Sam's possessions on lands and seas, is unaltered, with the exception of the number and arrangement of the stars, from the one which Betsy Ross, at Gen. Washington's request, made at her home. No. 239 Arch street, Philadelphia. The device of a rattlesnake was popular among the colonists, and its origin as an American emblem is a curious feature in our national history. It has been stated that its use grew out of a humorous suggestion made by a writer in Franklin's paper—the Pennsylvania Gazette—that, in return for the wrongs which England was forcing upon the colonists, a cargo of rattlesnakes should be sent to the mother country and "distributed in St. James Park and other places of pleasure." Col. Gadsen, one of the marine committee, presented to congress on the 8th of February, 1776, "an elegant standard, such as is to be used by the commander-in-chief of the American navy," being a yellow flag with a representation of a rattlesnake coiled for attack. The Connecticut troops, who took part in the exciting times that followed Lexington and Bunker Hill, had a state banner with the state arms and motto, "Qul transtult sustinet." The troops of Massachusetts adopted First Flag Made by Betsy Ross. First Flag Made by Betsy Ross. the words, "An Appeal to Heaven." Early New York records speak of different standards; indeed, the regiments from the different states, hastening to Washington's aid, flaunted flags of numerous devices, having only local interest and being only used on the occasion that originated them. The first striped flag was flung to the breeze in America at Cambridge, Mass., Washington, headquarters, Jan. 2, 1776. It had thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, and the united crosses of St. George and St. Andrew on a blue field. When reported in England it was alluded to as the "thirteen rebellious stripes." In 1775 a navy of seventeen vessels, varying from ten to thirty-two guns, was ordered. The senior of the five first lieutenants of the new Continental navy was John Paul Jones. He left it on record that the "Flag of America" was hoisted by his own hands on his vessel, the Alfred, the first time it was ever displayed by a man-of-war. This was probably the same design as the Cambridge flag used in January, 1776. We now come to the time when the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew were taken from the Union flag and a blue field with white stars substituted for the symbol of English authority. One hundred and twenty-five years ago this June 14 the American congress, in session at Philadelphia, resolved "that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; the union to be thirteen stars, white, on a blue field, representing a new constellation, the stars to be arranged in a circle." Betsy Ross enthusiastically undertook the work, and in a few days a beautiful star-spangled banner was ready to be unfurled. She had made one alteration in the design submitted by Washington. The General had made his stars six pointed, as they The Flag As Altered in 1795. were on his coat-of-arms. Betsy Ross made her stars with five points—and five points have been used ever since. For several years Mrs. Ross made the flags for the government. The first using of the stars and stripes in military service, it is claimed, was at Fort Stanwix, renamed Fort Schuyler, now Rome, New York. 1777. Aug. 2 of that year the fort was besieged by the British and Indians; the garrison was without a flag, but one was made in the fort. The red stripes were of a petticoat furnished by a woman, the white for stripes and stars were furnished by an officer, who gave his shirt for the purpose, and the blue was a piece of Col. Peter Gansevoort's military cloak. Three women worked on the flag, and it was raised to victory on the 22d of August, when the redmen and the English were defeated at the fort. The next record of the using of the Stars and Stripes is on the first anniversary of American independence, which was celebrated at Philadelphia, Charleston, S. C., and other places, July 4, 1777. The banner was used at the battle of the Brandywine Sept. 11, 1777; at Germantown, Oct. 4 of the same year, and it also floated over the surrender of Burgoyne. This flag cheered the patriots at Valley Forge the next winter; it waved at Yorktown and shared in the rejoicing at the close of the war. Some of the first flags were made under difficulties and at great cost, the greatest ingenuity being required on occasions to secure the necessary materials for the banners. History tells us that Madame Wooster and Mrs. Roger Sherman made the first Flag of the Colonies. national flag for the Connecticut troops used in the army from their own dresses. As long as the states remained thirteen in number the original design of the circle of stars was all right, but when, in 1791, Vermont, and in 1783 Kentucky were taken into the Union, it was decided to arrange the stars in the form of one huge constellation. In 1795 it was decided to add a stripe as well as a star for each state which came into the Union, consequently in that year Vermont and Kentucky were marked on the flag, one by a white and the other by a red stripe; but some wise prophet, looking ahead some twenty or more years, saw that this plan of adding a stripe as well as a star for each state added to the Union would mean a constant changing of the flag, which would, in a few years, become so large and ungainly that its beauty would be lost. A committee in 1812 was elected by congress to decide upon a permanent design for the flag, and tae result was that the thirteen original stripes were again used, the stars arranged on the blue field in the form of a square, with one constellation for each new state. In 1818 this plan was formally adopted by congress, and the flag, with its thirteen stripes and stars The Flag As It Is To-day. correspondng in number to the states in the Union, became the established emblem of America. HIT AT THE NEW PEDAGOGY. Modern children, whose education is in the hands of "advanced" experimentalists, are the victims of every kindergarten fad and new-fangled method that pedagogy can devise. A boy who had been the patient of some school teacher's nonsense was brought by his mother to consult an oculist. The physician, says a New York paper, went about in the usual way to discover defects of vision. He placed a chart before the boy. The first word was "hat." "Now read this word," said the doctor. "Hhhuhah-tuhhh," gurgled the boy. "Then try this," said the doctor, pointing to "big." "Buh-hu-guhhh," was the sputtering attempt. "Madam," said the physician, "there is some trouble here that has nothing to do with vision. The vocal organs seem to be affected." "Oh, no," answered the mother, "he pronounced the words correctly!" "Pronounced them correctly!" "Yes; that was all right. That is the phonetic method he is taught in school. He used to speak and see as other people do before he began to learn this method." "Madam," said the doctor gravely, "send him to a good school or take him out of the school and put him to reading good books in clear type. Then there'll be nothing the matter with his sight or his education, and he won't talk like a bullfrog." Siam Crown Prince in Vienna. The crown prince of Siam was recently made much of in Vienna. On his arrival he wore a plain khaki uniform of English cut, with a tropical helmet which had a gold spike, while gold epaulets and colored orders contrasted well with the dull gray. Standing close to the emperor the prince scarcely reached his shoulder. Modesty prevented his taking the place of honor to the emperor's right offered him by his majesty as they entered the carriage to drive to the Hofburg. The prince lost no time in repairing to the tomb of the Capucins, where he laid a lovely wreath of hyacinths and violets on the late empress' sepulchre, afterward depositing a wreath of beautiful tea roses and lilies on Crown Prince Rudolph's tomb. 1902 PORTO RICO A boat full of men and women is being pushed by a large boat with a flag on its side. The water is churned up, and the sky is filled with clouds. A GET A BIG RAISE STEEL TRUST ADVANCES WAGES OF 100,000 MEN. ACCREGATES $4,000,000 A YEAR Advance Applies to Practically All Non-Tonnage Men—It Was Made Voluntarily and Without Notice to the Employees—Other Steel Companies Expected to Follow Lead. PITTSBURG, PA.—(Special.) The largest voluntary increase ever known in the wages of 100,000 men has been decided upon by the United States Steel corporation. They will receive an advance of ten per cent, which will increase the annual pay roll of the steel corporation by $4,000,000. The advance applies to union as well as non-union men. Strictly speaking, the advance applies to non-tonnage men of every constituent company of the corporation. This decision has just been reached by the executive committee of the United States Steel corporation, after numerous conferences with the highest officials of the underlying concerns. The first men here to profit by the increase were those of the Carnegie Steel Company, who were not already working under a private scale. The next advance will come to the employees of the American Steel and Wire plants. The advance has already gone into effect in the Chicago and Jillet, Ill., plants. In the Pittsburg district 30,000 men will be entitled to the increase. Chief among them will be the blast furnace workers, all day men, laborers and machinists. The wages of the blast furnace workers and day men of the Edgar Thomson and Homestead steel workers and all furnaces operated by the Carnegie Steel Company were advanced without notice. Workmen working under a private scale will be debarred from the advance, as well as coal miners, coke workers, rod men and tube workers. It is estimated that out of the total number of employees of the corporation, one-third of them are paid on the tonnage basis. It is expected that the largest independent steel and iron producers in the country will grant their day men, laborers, machinists and blast furnace workers a similar advance. DR. MILLER ARRESTED. Coroner's Jury Holds Him Responsi ble for Loss of Life CHICAGO.—(Special.) O. E. Miller, president, and Henry Clark Davis, general manager, of the St. Luke Society, were held responsible Tuesday by the coroner's jury for the fire at St. Luke's sanitarium which destroyed eleven lives. The four other employees arrested after the fire were released. Miller and Davis were arrested a few minutes after the verdict of the jury was read. Against the hospital officials it is charged that no effort was made to rescue the patients, who were helpless in locked rooms, with barred windows, and some of whom were strapped and bound, while others were delirious and under treatment. NORBECK IS CAPTURED. Infatuation for a Woman Led to Re-arrest of Bribe Taker. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.—(Special.) infatuation for a woman led to the capture Tuesday of City Detective Christopher C. Norbeck, whose disappearance last week caused the suspension of his trial for bribe taking. Norbeck's bondsmen had offered $1,000 reward for his apprehension. The fugitive stepped into the long distance telephone booth at Carver, twenty-five miles from here. Tuesday afternoon, and sought communication with Carrie Emerson, the woman now in jail, charged with aiding him in his flight from justice. Norbeck was evidently ignorant of her imprisonment. The telephone operator detained the fugitive and sent a message to the sheriff. The arrest followed. Brought $1,000,000 in Klondike Gold. VANCOUVER, B. C.—(Special.) The steamer Dolphin arrived Saturday from Skagway, bringing down from Dawson $1,000,000, most of which was taken on to Seattle. A systematic search is being made for new placer fields in the Yukon territory. Operations have been commenced on the ful, the search will continue on down ful, the search will continue on down the Yukon river below Five Fingers and prospect the streams flowing north from that point. Life is Saved By a Dove. JANESVILLE, WIS.—(Special.) Mrs. Louis A. Hemmens, recently married, attempted suicide Saturday morning by turning on the gas in her room after her husband had gone to his office. Her life was saved by a woman living next door, who saw a dove飞 to the window and then leave. Jealousy is assigned as the cause. Mrs. Hemmens will recover. Big Fire at Dallas. DALLAS, TEXAS. — (Special.) Twenty-three residences were destroyed in East Dallas Wednesday and over 100 people were made homeless within two hours. Fireman John Clark was overcome by heat and died. Eight other men and one woman were overcome by the heat and injured otherwise during the progress of the confagration. The property loss will reach fully $10,000 and the insurance in most cases is very light. The fire originated in a residence at Haskell and Simpson avenues. Tornado in Ohio. MARIETTA, O.—(Special.) Marietta was swept by a tornado about 8 o'clock Thursday evening. The loss is estimated at not less than $200,000. The fine plant of the Parkersburg & Marietta Interurban Company is laid flat and no light assists the hundreds who are anxiously searching for friends and relatives. One life is known to have been lost. Engineer Severance, of the electric light company, was killed when the building went down. Probably twenty persons are seriously injured. JURY FOUND HER INSANE. Jane Toppan, a Nurse Suspected of a D dozen Murders. BARNSTABLE, MASS. — (Special.) Miss Jane Toppan, a nurse, was found "not guilty by reason of insanity" of the murder by poisoning of Mrs. Mary D. Gibbs, of Catumet, on August 12, 1901, before a special sitting of the superior court here today. The time occupied in the trial was scarcely six hours. When the government presented its evidence the sensational incident appeared in the testimony of Dr Henry R. Stedman, of Boston, an alienist, who said that Jane Toppan told him in the presence of other medical experts that she had caused the death of Mrs. Gibbs by giving her a poisonous dose of atrophine and morphine. When the defense puts its medical experts on the witness stand, the contention of moral and mental irresponsibility of the defendant was maintained. Miss Toppan was ordered committed to Taunton insane asylum for life. She will be taken there at once. While Miss Toppan was tried on the indictment charging the murder of Mrs. Gibbs, she was charged also by the government with the deaths of Mr. Alden P. Davis and Mrs. Genevieve D. Gordon, at Catumet. These deaths occurred within a short time of each other. In addition, the deaths of the following persons, who were nursed by Miss Toppan had been inquired into. Israel D. Dunham, of Cambridge, died May 26, 1895, aged 86 years. Mrs. Dunham, his wife, died September 15, 1897. Mrs. Connors, died at Cambridge in 1900. Mrs. Alden P. Davis, died at Cambridge, July 4, 1901, aged 62 years. Mrs. O. M. Brigham, of Lowell, died August 29, 1899, aged 69 years. Florence N. Calkins, housekeeper for Mrs. Brigham, died January 15, 1900. Mrs. Edna Banister, of Tunbridge, sister of Mrs. Brigham, died August 27, 1901. BRIBERY SENSATION. Cleveland Alderman Flourishes $2,000 Which He, Says, Was a Bribe. CLEVELAND.—(Special.) During a meeting of the city council Monday night, Councilman Kohl held up over his head $2,000 in money, at the same time making the statement that it was a partial payment on what was to be a bribe of $5,000 to him for his efforts to introduce certain amendments unfavorable to the applications of the East Ohio Gas Company (natural gas) seeking admission to this city. There was the greatest excitement in the chamber when this statement was heard, and Mr. Kohl turned the money over to the council clerk. Mayor Johnson, who was present, then charged Dr. F. W. Daykin as being the man who was acting as a gobetween and who gave Kohl the money. At a late hour Dr. Daykin was closed in the mayor's office with a number of city officials. The East Ohio Gas Company is a Standard Oil branch and wants a franchise to run pipes into the city. At midnight Dr. Daykin was placed under arrest on the charge of bribery H_e is locked up at central police headquarters. FOR DEFRAUDING A BANK. Baltimore Cotton Broker Convicted of Obtaining $25,000 Falsely. WASHINGTON—(Special) John K. Messersmith, the cotton broker, who has been on trial before Judge Ritchie in the criminal court for the last five days, charged with obtaining $25,000 by means of false pretenses from the Merchants' National bank, was convicted Tuesday. Messersmith was released under $10,000 bonds, pending decision on a motion for a new trial. For many years Messersmith was one of the leading cotton brokers of Baltimore, and was also a member of the New York cotton exchange. The specific charge against him was the alteration of an old and worthless bill of lading, upon which he obtained a credit of $25,000 from the bank. Portable Engine Explodes. MT. VERNON, IND.—(Special.) A portable engine exploded on the farm of George W. Rowe, near this city, Tuesday, killing the engineer, Tom Rowe, and fatally injuring George W. Rowe, Harry Rowe, John W. Thomas and a young boy, Harry Rowe, Jr. A woman named Smith, who was near, was also badly hurt. Afraid of a Whipping. CRESTON, IA.—(Special). Walter David, a 12-year-old boy living near Lenox, committed suicide Tuesday evening by hanging himself with a halter strap. A team of horses ran away with the boy Monday and he is supposed to have committed the act in fear of chastisement. Lightning's Deadly Work. MADRID.—(Special.) While a funeral was being held in a church at Pinerl, in the province of Orense, Wednesday, the building was struck by lightning and as a result twenty-five people were killed and thirty-five injured. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. C. H. Wessels and P. G. W. Groebler, who have been in the continent of Europe for some time past, in the interest of the Boers, have started for England, with the view, it is said, of taking the steps necessary to permit of their return to South Africa. Fireman Montgomery, injured in the Northern Pacific wreck near Staples, Minn., last Friday, died Tuesday, making the seventh death from the accident. David T. Littler, former state senator and a well known Republican leader, died at Springfield, Ill., Tuesday of Bright's disease. For over twenty years he was a strong factor in Illinois politics. William Bement Lent, of New York, author of "Halcyon Days" and other books, died at his summer home at Norfolk, Conn., Tuesday, aged 60 years. The appointment of C. O. Bunn, formerly of Denver, Colo., to be assistant prosecuting attorney of the Southern district of the Indian Territory is announced. A Cherryvale man walked from a moving train between stations, in his sleep. The strange part of the story is that when he regained consciousness he ran after the train and overtook it. "Kansas and Her Resources," a pamphlet compiled from Secretary Coburn's reports and well illustrated, has been issued in attractive form by the Santa Fe passenger department. It shows that Kansas is a "good place to live in," and the Santa Fe is a "good road to reach it by." Wine glasses are among the articles made by the Cherryvale glass factory. The demand is mostly from out of town. Ex-Chancellor Snow has been out in the western part of the state and has gathered 10,000 bugs. Such large catfish are being caught in the Cottonwood river this summer that the papers have quit giving their weight, and specify only their waist measurement. "The only bank failures in Kansas this year," says the Lane New Leaf, "have been failures on the part of the banks of streams to hold all the water that has fallen." A pair of trousers "with a history" is on exhibition in a Junction City store window. Twenty-two years ago a farmer bought them, and they have been worn, off and on, ever since. The store considers it a good advertisement for the quality of its wares. A Monroe City man set out some trees for a doctor. Later the doctor treated the man's wife, who died. The doctor presented a bill and collected for his services. The man made out one for the trees. The doctor objected. "Why, the trees died," he said. "So did my wife," was the reply. John Lofty of Osage has been elected principal of the Salina High school. One creamery in Salina has an output of two tons of butter a day, which is nearly ten times greater than the Salina input. A strange thing happened in Neosho Falls a few days ago. A man retired from the banking business to start a restaurant and bakery. A Topeka paper reports that there were 183 marriage licenses issued and 472 births in Topeka during the year just ended. Last year in Sedgwick county 1.40 inches of rain fell in May and 3.76 in June. This year 10.35 inches fell in May and 12 inches have already fallen this month, an increase of over 17 inches. Practically all that remained of last year's broom corn crop was sold in Marquette last week for $70 a ton. Guy Atkin, a Leavenworth boy who served two years fighting in the Philippines, has joined the regular army in search of more fighting. His love for strife can possibly be attributed to the fact that he is the son of a preacher. Ministers change their place of residence so often that their sons, in theory at least, naturally become expert fighters. A Horton young man took a girl buggy riding one evening last week and the conversation turned to fortune telling. He asked her whether she believed in palmistry. She looked up demurely and said: "Well, I don't know, but I think I could foretell more enjoyment if I saw the lines in one of your hands." The young man, who was slow to comprehend her meaning, sat with bowed head and wrinkled brow until at least two miles had been traversed. Then great light broke upon him and an expansive smile illuminated his features. He took the lines in one hand and grasped the situation. Considerable adverse comment has been made in Macksville because at a wedding recently the groom chewed gum during the service. Bankers are supposed to be exempt from error in money matters, but a banker in Marquette was swindled on the old "rare coin" game last week. Prof. Henry Worrall, who died in Topeka last week, was a genius and the father of a family of geniuses. He had lived in Topeka nearly forty years and was well known to all the old timers. He arranged the Kansas exhibit at the Philadelphia Centennial in 1876, and the state was proud of its display. At the Chicago fair ten years ago he was in charge of the Rock Island railroad's exhibit. He was an accomplished musician and a composer of music, but it was as a painter that he was best known; his favorite subject was the Kansas prairie. Mr. Worrall was born in Liverpool in 1825, and ran away to America before he was a dozen years old. During his first few years in this country he was a newsboy in New York and Cincinnati. He was the only regular subscriber to the London Punch in Kansas, and his bound files extend back to 1855. A Spring township agriculturist, who was summoned as a juror in the Jessie Morrison murder case, allowed a stranger to fleece him out of $250 in Eldorado the other day. He should make an excellent juror. A tourist printer landed in Topeka a few days ago and was arrested twice for drunkenness before he found work. "I am afraid," he remarked apologetically to the chapel chairman, the next time he showed up in the Capital composing room, "that the people here will get the notion that I am serving a life sentence on the installment plan." Dr. Herrick of Everest was fishing at Sugar Lake a few days ago, and hired a young man to row the boat at $1.00 a day. He saw a very fine and large field of wheat. "Who owns that wheat?" he asked the man. "We do." was the reply. This was kept up all afternoon; the young man seemed to own all the land in the neighborhood. "How many acres of land you own here?" Herrick finally asked. "Eighteen hundred," the young man replied. It was Will Hutson. "Let me out." Herrick said; "I'll let no man row me around who could buy and sell me IRONING A SHIRT WAIST. Not infrequently a young woman finds it necessary to launder a shirt waist at home for some emergency when the laundryman or the home sewer can not do it. Hence these directions for ironing the waist: To loosen summer shirt waistso that they will look like new it is needful to have them starched evenly with Defaust starch, then made perfectly smooth and rolled tight in a damp cloth, to be laid away two or three hours. When ironing have a bowl of water and a clean piece of muslin beside the ironing board. Have your iron iron, not, but not sufficiently so to scorch, and absolutely clean. 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