The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. Oldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of the Country ANNUAL ADDRESS OF WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION In convention the past week. The Annual Grand Session of the Woman Christian Association convened in Kansas City, Mo. the past week. this association is one of the strongest of its kind in the west, this session was quite well attended and the various reports show that the organization is in a prosperous condition the following address was delivered by the Supreme Grand President. This now being only our Eighth Anniversary as well as only our Second Grand Session held in this our own building now being purchased and paid for out of our own treasure. I deem it in place and most intensely appreciate this golden opportunity of speaking of our phenominal and rapid growth at this time as our very grazing success in every respect. Since our last Grand Session two-hundred have been added to our membership our financial success has been remark able and we are now in a reasonably sound and satisfactory condition financially. Kansas having been incorporated thereby extending our territory to broader and more numerous fields; our death rate has been comparatively small, having been but one during the period of one year, thus you see that with more work for all to do in various ways and with a greater death risk we have prospered still with God's help, in the fulfillment of his promise to be with us even to the end of the world. We therefore should feel encouraged and be stronger in the faithful assurance that God helps them that help themselves. God is ever present for Christ and good; He speaks to us through His word, by His Spirit, and through nature. Let us be comforted and heed his consoling words. The great teacher has said "Save your enemies bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you and pray for them that despitefully use you. This love and obedience of every intelligent being, must be tested. Tests make character. If we obey God's laws and walk in his ways, we become in character like God, thus upon these charity loving tests of obedience perseverance sacrifice and endurance in the name of Christ are we trying to build up an everlasting temple to His great name. There is nothing more natural than for us to hope for success in our work and be more or less craving for results. Half the compensation of labor is found in its returns, not only natural but mental, and it is but right for us to look for and enjoy these. Our reverses are sometime so numerous that we often from a lack of faith feel deceived and thereby fail to see the real success of our work, because it is often in its infancy and not at once forth coming and as rounded out and complete as we had hoped. Can we not see that fuition is largely independant of us. So far only can we go, then a mightier than we takes up our begun work, perfects it in an unseen laboratory and in his own good time presents to our wandering eyes the complete whole. Upon this principle do we expect to endure to the end; the race not being promised to the swift or given to the strong, to but him endure to the end. It is ours to begin; to perfect, belongs to God. The many ways in which this our begun work may be done are constant and continues and too various to attempt to enumerate; but of all, the one way of cheerful piety is especially advised Cheer people up by your piety. Do not talk as if the world were going from bad to worse, as if God and goodness could not make a headway against sin, and if ones chief religious duty were to complain and croak. People know better and you repel and misrepresent the bright and blessed gospel of Christ. Study up the influence of Christianity. Find out the facts. You will learn that it has actually transformed this world. there is sin enough and too much, left. There is woe enough to break a sensitive heart if it had nothing else to look at. But God lives and rules; and surely, even if slowly, He is bringing about the success of his purpose and the fulfillment of his promises. Look on the bright side and trust him. You will be the better yourself in this our begun work and do fifty per cent more good to others and be a fifty per cent better servant of Christ. Union in this our little band is our mot to for it has been said and well said that a house divided against its self will surely fall. Let not the evils of jealousy envy prejudice or malice creep in. Some are adapted by nature to lead others to follow. Let each and every one do his duty and all pull together for the love of Christ and good, cheerfully lending a helping hand here and there according to his or her talents; not all have been called to praach like Paul or to give their thousands, but there are among you who have a work to perform and some thing to give if but the widow's mite. Persuade, rebuke repose and endure in behalf of the good work begun. Our aim is the greatest good to the greatest numt or therefore, let us invade every imaginable avenue and walk of life to the advancement of our cause, or as has been said in the terms of the good books "Go ye into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in that his house may be befilled," for good. Each and every one of you can recall with pleasure some good that you have done to brighten the life of another in sodding have added another star to your crown. Have we not been told to work out our own souls salvation in fear and trembling? Is there time to stop? We have time to sit and hold our hands with sin all around us because our good deeds are not instantly rewarded; if so, what of our bad ones? We can afford to do Human nature shrinks from no thought more than from the thought that some world, should we not by some far reaching an noble act or deed make a living and mounds come the thought of a full well spent, rounded out life for Christ and good our credit which can never die and if not accounted on earth are recorded and recome we blessed of my father, enter into the joys of thy Lord prepared for the tree from the foundation of the world. Thou has been faithful over a few thing I will make the ruler over many. The Grand Session adjourned Saturday to meet in Hutchison Kansas Sept. 15 1903. Combination UAL ADDI OF THE the Grand Pr N'S CHRISTIAN ASS In convention the past week ional Grand Session of the We vened in Kansas City, Mo. n is one of the strongest of on was quite well attended n that the organization is a following address was deli d President. MRS. JULIA A. ROHE. only our Eighth Anniversary as well as our own building now being purchased, deem it in place and most intensely a tug of our phenominal and rapid growth in every respect. Since our last Grab to our membership our financial success in a reasonably sound and satisfactory way The Kansas Record would have the Negroes of Kansas belived some very fimay stuff about Mayor Croddock treatment of the old soldiers. It did not tell how many old soldiers voted for Mayor Croddock in the Spring of 1901. It did not tell the Negroes that the old boys club and organization of white Republic ans in this City fixing the qualification of membership so that no negro comrade could become a member It did not tell what the past republican mayor or Governors had done for the Negroes soldiers why not tell what the Republica u Governers have done or will do for the Negroes. The Kansas Record says the Mayor has only appointed two old soldiers in his administration! If that be true? then to show how game Craddock is one of them they tell you is a Negro. where has the uegro a kick then. . . . Governor Stanles had a right to appoint more old soldier then he did because they supported him twice very loyalty we want the Kansas Rechrd to to show us what the Republican mayor of Kansas City Kansas and the Governor of ttatd have done for the old negro soldiers. We want to say if the old soldiers support Mayor Craddock for Governor he will do more than any other Governor has done he will not only recognize the old white saldiers but the black one as well. Mr. A. E. Koontz and Miss Ella Neal two promising and well known young people were joined in holy Wedlock the past week by Rev. Mc Neal It was a quite affair plain and beautiful the bride is the daughter of Mrs. Lula Johnson she is rather petite but a Charming, little industrious young lady. The groom is an energetic and steady young man. The Wedding supper was served to the happy couple immediate friends and relative at the home of Mr. & Mrs A. D. Stevenson parent of the groom 1100 Tauromie ave' The young couple will take up the dutier of life together No 1246 Barnett They were the acciprents of some very useful prsents and ate wished by their past of friends a journey of istense joy good health peace and contentment down the ever restless waters in the stream og life. Mrs. Paul Jones and children returned this week from K. C. Mr. Geo. Smith is quite ill at his residence 1187 Lane St. Miss Missouri Benning spent Friday and Saturday at Eskridge Kans. Rev. and Mrs. A. M. Ward left Tuesday night for Wichita Kans. to attend the A M E conference. Miss Kate Harris went to Lawrence to spend two weeks. Miss Mary E. Reynolds left this week for Western University. The ladies sewing circle met with Miss Lida Baker, Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Airy White dieb at the residence of her son Thos Lyons Sunday and was buried Tuesday from the C.M.E churca In the District court of Wyandotte county Kansas. The above named defendant will take notice that she has been sued in the above named court, by the above named plaintiff and without she answers his petition now on file in the office of the clerk of said court on or before the 9th, day of October, 1902, petition will be taken as true, and judgment rendered against said defendant the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the noon matriarchy now existing being plaintiff and defendant, and for such other and further relief as in equity he may be entitled. In the Probate Court in and for said County. In the Matter of the Estate of Famille Turner, Deceased. Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified, that at the next October term of the Probate Court in and for said County, to be begun and held at the Court room in Kansas City. County of Wyandotte and state aforesaid, on the first Monday in the month, October 1902. I shall apply to said Court for a full and final settlement of said estate. Dennis Tunne. executor. Of Esther Nicole Tunner. Deceased. A9 D. 10. A.D. Concentration KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY MORNING. Winning TOPEKA Publication Notice State of Kansas County of Wyoming Wm. B. Colgan, Plaintiff by Hale and Mahar, Atty, for Plaintiff Aug.29 Then He shall bless us when we pray if our burdens, we cannot bear, Remember he is every where; He can make it move away. If by the way side we shall fall. And to him should well not call; If we love him he should know, Christ is all, all and all. Miss Florence Smith, 717 North 7th St. The Colored Citizen will Celebrate the Emancipation Proclamation on Monday, Sept 22nd at Kerr Park. A grand time is anticipated—Foot ball baseball foot racing and all athletic Sports will be inhaled in. Grand Speaking good music and plenty Refreshments Everybody should attend. A grand street parade is said to be a features of the day: Rev W.L. Grant pastor of the First Baptist church left this week for Colorado Spring and the west. Rev Grant is in poor health and is so journeying in hopes of an in provenent or restoration. He carries with him on his trip the blessing and fondest hope of not only his member but the whole state and their earnest prayer for recovery. Lawyer, W. Jamison and Son of Topeka was in the city last week the guest of Judge I.F. Bradley. Rev D.B. Jackson and wife lefe men day enroute for Aakansas where they will spend a fartnight visiting relative and friend will return Sept.28 after which a reception will be tendered then by his church. There will be a grand rally at St. Peter C. M. E. church on Sunday Oct. 5th. A grand entertainmest will be given by the C. M. E. church at the M. & O. Hall on Oct 3rd. Everybodyinviting to attend Admission only 10 cent. PUBLICATION NOTICE In the district court of Wyandotte County Kansas. Anna Divers, defendant. To the above named, defendant, that you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court by the above nsmdd plaintiff, and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 2nd day of September 1902, the petition files said case will be taken as true, 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 you, the said defendant, and for costs of said suit. BET ON WINNERS. The political races have began. The horses have been well groomed and both political parties are confident of winning the great race on November the 4, 1902. We have been handed the following list of horses by our book-master who says that they are safe to bet your money on and are known as speeders from the word "go" until the wire is reached. We believe beyond all question of a doubt that we give you a true tip when we say the following are "winners." Mayor W. H. Craddo for Gover nor. Hon. Noah Bowman for Congress man in the second district. Hon. J. D. Waters for Sheriff of Wyandott county. Hon. D. E. Cornell for Treasurer. Hon. Jao. E. McFadden for County Attorney. Hon. Mason S. Peters for Probate judge Hon. E. A. Enright for Representa tive 10th district. Hon. R L. Marshman for County commissioner of the 1st. district. Wm. Needles, Clerk of the District court F. H. Holcomb, County clerk On these the booking will be made. Now in the effort to get on the band wagon and listen to the delightful strains of music, take our list of winners All diseases start in the bowels keep them open or you will be sick cascarets like nature Keep liver and bowels activewithout a sickening griping feeling. six million people take and recommend cascarets. Try 10c box All drugcists 2. 10c. box. All druggists A GRAND MAN. If all men who aspired for office at the hands of the people was as sincere and conscientious in their effort to do right as Mayor W. H. Craddock the peoples choice for Governor, Politics in this county would be something else besides a delusive dream and the common masses of struggling humanity would get an inning. We hope the people throughout this grand and glorious state of ours will and glorious state of our will consider well, before casting their votes this year for Governor we tell them with an acquaintance of over a quarter of a century,we say it with no fear of truthful contradiction no grander, broader, sincere upright and honest man than Mayor W. H. Craddock never aspired for any office in any country. His record as mayor of Kansas City, Kansas has been satisfying in the highest sense to the rank and file of the common people who elected him. No human mortal that ever filled a public position has successfully pleased everybody. A mans public record at home is the highest recommendation abroad. We want the people throughout the state when they hear akick from Wyandotte county on the municipal administration of Mayor Craddock, to look up the fellows record that kicks, you will either find it some boy who has not voted over twice in his life, a chronic office seeker or a disappointed sore headed would be. No man who stands for the best interest of the people unless he has an ax to grind will or can assail the excellent administration of our mayor soon to be our Governor. We believe when the good people in Wyandotte county remember Craddock, they will not forget that Hon. J. D. Waters is a candidate for Sheriff. A man who is eminently fitted to make this county the best sheriff it ever had. Mr. Waters is one of those plain men, hailing from the ranks of people therefore having their best interest at heart. He is well known and possesses that warmness of the heart that makes and holds friends. He will bring to the office of Sheriff qualities that will make him immensely popular and cause the citizens to rejoice that they supported a man among men. With big, broad and honest hearted Craddock in the executive chair of the state the most humblest citizen be he black or white would be charmed and made feel at home under the dome of the great capital building at Topeka. No man who loves his county; who belive in doing right and has that which is near and dear to him at heart can fail to stand until counted for Craddock and Wyandotte county. When you want water. When you want Coal. When you want cecspool work done you can always find Patterson and Gay- den at the old stand. 543 Minn. ave. WANTED. Woman as cook, and Laundress add. Mrs A. W. Solomon Employment agt. Mrs 115 E. 5th St. Leicester Collec section of the Country ace, Well Backed By Education. A. C. L, COAL CO. Office will hereafter be at 432 Minn. ave instead of 435 where they will gladly receive you orders for coal wood & feed, yard at 3rd& Minn ave K. C. K. The Joe Alport's Sample room at 727 Indepenpence ave., Kansas City, Mo. is the place to go for liquid refreshments of all the lipid dealers in staid old Missouri it remained for Mr. Alport to install a Negro bartender out and out. Mr. P.W. Upshaw is the man and the selection of him is indeed commendable from the facts that he is a man that stands well in the community and know Charge Medicine is just what it is recommended to be. it will take charge and eraticate the human system and purify the blood the sick and affected only need to try it in order to be convince 326 Wsker ave Kansas City Kansas "Don't ch U Need To C B, M. W For Fine Groceries and Confess Best line of goods in th Finest Display of Candies Smith Yost famous home m In fact everything cheap for c 741 Jersey ave. NOT BAPTIST MISSION CHILDREN "t cher know" Need To Call And See R. M. WILSON series and Confectioneries. One of goods in the city. Display of Candies, Cigars and Tobaccoes. Famous home made Pies always on hand. Mining cheap for cash. Give him a trial. Kansas City, Kas. NOTICE! IST CHURCHES MISSION CIRCLES, CHILDREN BANDS. "Don't cher know" U Need To Call And See B, M. WILSON For Fine Groceries and Confectioneries. Best line of goods in the city. Finest Display of Candies, Cigars and Tobaccoes. Smith Yost famous home made Pies always on hand. In fact everything cheap for cash. Give him a trial. 741 Jersey ave. Kansas City, Kas. NOTICE! BAPTIST CHURCHES MISSION CIRCLES. CHILDREN BANDS. TAKE NOTICE My Dear Co-Laborer:—It becomes me to Meet in Convention at the First Baptist tor., Kansas City, Kansas. Oct. 7-12, 18 We have been separated for Twelve months are called to bring in the Sheaves. THE FIRST—Greater demands are made up humanity, in the barren fields of Kansas SECOND,—The sons and daughters o and help us" as never before. THIRD,—The urgent call to help in the a duty too secret for us to neglect. Wit upon every mission circle and every churc We call upon you to come or send reps we may reason awhile together and be en Circulars will be sent you informing you year for State missions and amount due Convention will be sent you in a few day Buy tickets for Carnival. 300 delegates to One Thousand Dolls For further information write:— Rev. T. H. Ewing, Pres. 18 & Vine Sts. Kansas City, Mo. borer:—It becomes my duty to Sound the Trumpet calling you on at the First Baptist Church, Rev. W. L. Grant, D. D. Pas-Kansas, Oct. 7-12, 1902. Rated for Twelve months. It is now time for harvest and the reading in the Sheaves. This year has brought to us many blessings demands are made upon us to labor more zealously for Christ & Warren fields of Kansasasons and daughters of Africa are appealing to us "Come over ever before. urgent call to help in the education of the youths of our land is or us to neglect. With these urgent objects before you, we call circle and every church to lend hand and heart. to come or send representative to Kansas City, Kansas that tie together and be enable to do more effective work. sent you informing you of the money that you have given this tons and amount due state. Chuah blanks and programs of sent you in a few days. Rates will be one fare Round trip. carnival. 300 delegates are expected. Thousand Dollars is the Rally Cry. Information write:— Living, Pres. Kansas City, Mo. E. Arlington Wilson, Cor. & Financial, Sec'y. 618 Jersey ave. Kansas City, Kans. My Dear Co- Laborer:—It becomes my duty to Sound the Trumpet calling you to Meet in Convention at the First Baptist Church, Rev. W. L. Grant, D. D. Pastor., Kansas City, Kansas, Oct. 7-12, 1902. We have been separated for Twelve months. It is now time for harvest and the reapers are called to bring in the Sheaves. This year has brought to us many blessings FIRST—Greater demands are made upon us to labor more zealously for Christ & humanity, in the barren fields of Kansas SECOND—The sons and daughters of Africa are appealing to us “Come over and help us!” as never before. THIRD.—The urgent call to help in the education of the youths of our land is a duty too sacred for us to neglect. With these urgent objects before you, we call upon every mission circle and every church to lend hand and heart. We call upon you to come or send representative to Kansas City, Kansas that we may reason awhile together and be enable to do more effective work. 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H enjoys a wide acquaintance and will beyond a doubt prove a very valuable man to his employers. Our people when anything usually kept in a first class sample room should remember this place. Free Hot Lunch Day and Night. Read the Citizen each week AFTER USING MARTONA TRADE-MARK. BEFORE EUROPE. . MUSEUM OF A VOODOO PRIEST. ORRAL Langlade, Hayti, has a mausoleum covering the remains of a Voodoo priest. The structure is made of clay, the same kind that the people use for the construction of their huts. It is 148 x 108 x 108 cm. Curious faces and palm trees have been painted on the sides of the tomb. The representation of the coffin is also made of clay and is about twice the size of an ordinary one. The priest who lies buried under the mausoleum was the chief "Papa Lol" of the Voodoo worshippers have frequent gatherings around the tomb. They used THIS PLANT A Many a traveler in desert lands, when in danger of dying from thirst, has been saved by the plant known as the water or fishhook cactus. During the moist season it stores up a large quantity of water for the subsequent dry one, when all the ground is parched with heat and only channels filled with stones mark the course of footsteps. So well has this cactus provided for the safety of its precious liquid that it is no easy task to obtain it. The exterior skin is more impenetrable than the toughest leather and besides it is protected with long wiry spines curved INDIANS FORMING A TRUST. Lo! the poor Indian doesn't propose to remain poor any longer than is necessary, and though experience has taught him to be very slow in trusting his white brother, he has learned enough of pale face methods to form a trust on his own responsibility, to the end that he may control the output and prices of relics. On Omaha and Winnebago Indians of Nebraska have learned of the advantage in a "corner," so they have organized themselves into a grasping monopoly for the regulation of traffic in Indian goods. The leader in the combine is Great Thunder, a Winnebago, who is an expert in the manufacture of bows and arrows, and his active lieutenants are Green Rainbow and Prairie Chicken, chefs in the snakes industry, and John Belt in manufacturer of eagle head dresses. The combination proposes to settle the supply and the prices that shall be paid by the white purchasers of Indian goods for the purpose of reducing the hours of labor and increasing the amount of profits. The Paris correspondent of the London Morning Post writes: With a view to developing a taste for travel in the French colonies a special trip to Indochina is being organized in connection with the exhibition which is to be held in the autumn at Hanoi. The arrangements are being made by the French Asiatic committee. A special steamer used as a hospitalship during the fighting in China has been obtained and hourously fitted up, and it is hoped that Frenchmen will take advantage of the opportunity, at fares ranging from £10 to £184, to combine instruction, enjoyment and patriotism. A member of the Sixty-seventh English artillery has returned home and tells how he lost a small fortune at the battle of Wagon Hill. He found a bag containing 50 sovereigns in gold and 14 pounds of silver, and, for safety, hid it in the magazine of one of the guns, five minutes later a Boer shell struck the gun, exploded the magazine and blew it to bits. Jarring to Gates. That Colorado judge has succeeded in giving John W. Gates a jar.—New York Mall and Express. to sacrifice children during their religious rites, but this custom died out, or rather was stopped by the authorities, and they now are content with killing goats in connection with their customs. Few white people have succeeded in attending Voodoo festivities, but I gained a close account of how they are carried on through an old negro. The ceremony is a long chant. Each singer keeps on one chord, and as they all sing in a different key the chant becomes more complex. The song is accompanied by three tambours (drums), each of which is of a differ- WATER BARREL. into hooks at the end, yet so strong and aggressive they remain unpunished. by the spines be burned off, one may, by long and tedious effort, cut through the rind with a stout knife; otherwise nothing but an axe will enable him to get at the interior of this well-armored bone. The skin is covered by a hollow made by scooping out some of the soft inner part it immediately fills with water—cool and refreshing though a blistering sun may have been beating upon the tough skin above it all the time. The skin has a whitish or smoky tint, but when settled is as clear as crystal. VOLCANO'S QUEER FREAK During the recent volcanic eruption at Martinique a strange phenomenon was noticed at certain mineral springs near Prague. The water first turned brown and then red, retaining this latter color for a f.u. hour. Scientists are unable to account for this sudden change in the water, but those who reside near the springs are certain that it was caused by the volcano and do not fall to point out that a similar phenomenon was observed in 1755 on the day when there was a terrible earthquake in Lisbon. Abner Dunton, who claims the championship in athletics at Lincolnville, Mass., although 95 years old, offers to run a race, walk or whestle with any man of his age for money. He is lively as a cricket in spite of his great age and can cover a mile as fast as most men. Another hale and hearty Yankee is Bill Bean, who has served as justice of the county, Me. for 54 years. Mr. Bean is 81 years old. He served in the civil war as captain and assistant quartermaster and was breveted major. Henry P. Blackwell says that there are in Boston 18,500 women taxpayers, who, last year, paid taxes on real estate in that city valued at $150,000,000, "but who are not permitted any voice or vote in city affairs." About one-seventh of all the taxes collected in Boston, he adds, are paid by these unrepresented women property owners, while, on the other hand, some 65,500 women two-thirds of the city's present voters, pay no tax whatever—not even the poll taxes, for which they are legally liable. Nutmegs never grow so large that there is not a nutmeg grater. Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang has conditionally accepted an invitation from the Central Labor Union to deliver an address at Binghamton on Labor day. "I appreciate highly the friendly spirit that prompted this kind invitation," he writes to the committee, "and I will endeavor to see my way clear to accept it. It is specially gratifying to me to find that there are union men who hold such enlightened views of exclusive legislation, and I assure you it will be a pleasure to meet and address such broad-minded men." Do not judge a man's character by what his enemy says of him. ent size. One is very large and is struck regularly and slowly all through the chant. Another is small and has a flat sound. Another is a medium-sized drum, is played with both hands and feet. The player moves his feet up and down the sides of the drum to produce either a high or low sound. They end the ceremony by drinking the blood of a freshly killed goat. There are still many adherents of Voodooism in Hertwil, which dates back to time the Spaniards brought negroes as slaves from Africa to the West Indies. VERY BARE ORCHID Odontoglossum cripsum pittianum is the stately title of a rare orchid. Let a connoisseur look closely and he will find that the specimen differs widely from the normal white orchid of this name. For this reason it is one of the floral curiosities of the day in England and is esteemed so highly by its owner that he recently refused an offer of $4,000 for it. Amateur orchid cultivators are trying to account for this abnormal specimen, but though various theories have been advanced not one has been generally accepted. STATISTICS DO NOT STATE More than once the unreliability of statistics has been commented on, and now, in the face of all the oft-repeated stories, of many deaths from snake-bites in India, comes an English traveler and says that the figures are extreme exaggerations, yet he accounts for existence on very plausible grounds. This man is George F. Cloake of London, who was in New York last week on his way home. He says in India the law requires that when there is a sudden death a detailed report of it must be made to the civil surgeons, and as there are many such deaths far from the city, the report should be made, the under officers perform their duty with the least possible trouble. To save the annoyance of transporting dead bodies, or vital organs, and the loss of time in getting evidence on the facts of the cases—which may be plain murders, by poison or otherwise, or short of death by "snakebite" is made. This sort of a report is very convenient, and makes interesting statistics. ODD PRAYER FOR KING One of the most picturesque figures in London during the coronation week was the King of Uganda. He is, and he fancies himself the most enlightened in the world, because he rides a bicycle, and, when at home, lives in a two-story house, which is furnished with electric bells. Of King Edward VII, he has a high opinion, and while in London he said, "All I hope is that His Majesty will never be attacked with bert-beri. A terrible disease it is, which kills you while you are asleep. Forty thousand of my subjects have already been carried off by it. I cannot wish greater good luck for King Edward and his subjects than that they may never be attacked by bert-beri." If the average man who is unlucky in love spent half a year energy in hunting up some other energy as it he does in chasing the girl who is kind to him, he would soon be a good deal happier.—Somerville Journal. A Blow at Science "And the voltaic current," continued the lecturer, "was the discovery of Volta, and its development is a comparatively recent achievement of science." A still, small individual hoisted himself to a chair in the rear of the hall. "Hold on there, professor! What about the earlier discoveries of Noah?" "I don't understand you, sir." "Then brush up! Didn't Noah make the arc light on Mount Ararat?"—Baltimore News. It is hard for some young men to tell which is the more difficult, to pop the question, or question "pop." The international mining congress is to hold its fifth annual meeting in Butte, Mont. Sept. 1, continuing in session five days. The objects of the congress are to obtain reform which it regards as needed in the mining laws of the western state, to meet the changed conditions of the times, and to advocate the establishment of a mining bureau by the general government, to be represented by an additional member of the president's cabinet. The new Maas dock, at Rotterdam, will be the largest in the world. It covers 150 acres, and will be 28 feet deep. SILK CULTURE ASSURED Industry Actually Started in North Carolina and Proves Successful. Pioneer Press: Is the United States, which is one of the largest producers of textile silks in the world, as last to raise its own raw silk? That is the question which is agitating a large number of persons in the South. The manufacturers, who have to import from China, Japan, France and Italy some $45,000,000 of reeled silk annually, are skeptical and very much amused that after numerous failures extending over the last hundred years the project much harder. From the head of the entomological bureau of the agricultural department, Dr. Howard, is said to have given up in despair several years ago. The trouble has not only been the difficulty of growing silkworms free from disease, an obstacle that it is proposed to overcome by entomological processes, but the apparent impossibility of competing with the low-priced expert reeelers of the silk-producing countries. There is little doubt that the mulberry tree will flourish in the Southern states, and not much healthier, but when it comes to competing with the reeelers of China and Japan, who get from 6 to 10 cents a day, or those in Italy, who get 25 cents a day, success looks dubious. But the attempt is well under way, and those in charge of it seem confident. Not only has congress placed $10,000 at the disposal of the department of agriculture, which it is using to insure the healthy growth of the mulberry tree and the silkworm, but the biologist of the North Carolina department of agriculture, Mr. Gerald McCarthy, has actually got the industry started in his state. Early in the spring he distributed silkworm seed to about 10,000 farmers, he interested and only a small number of these have failed to produce cocoons. There is in fact a large quantity waiting to be reeled, and a fine flen grade of silk. Moreover, he is not the only one who has faith in the experiment. A company is being organized with $2-500,000 capital to establish] reeled plants, and a market has already been found for the present crop of cocoons. Mr. McCarthy has taken care to make it clear that silk-growing should not be undertaken by any one earning good wages except as a side issue. Oil people who cannot work, women who have time to spare and children can, however, acquire from $30 to $4 a summer by intelligent care, and that sum will be no small addition to the income of many Southern homes. But wade it is hardly doubled that some $3,000 000 of coconuts could be produced annually in North Carolina alone the only warmer climate in the world, making can be made commercially profitable is the faith of those who are putting money into reeling plants. They may know what they are about or they may be chasing rainbows. The trouble in a matter of this kind is not to find persons who are willing to start on small wages for the sake of getting something to do, but to keep the wages down when the workers become expert. Possibly, however, even in this delicate industry American ingenuity and efficiency will ultimately triumph and will permit the payment of American wages without angering the industry itself. If silk-growing and oiling can get a foothold it will be a boon to thousands of Southern farm families. But it will have to grow more rapidly than the South Carolina tea industries to startle the world and alarm Italy, France or the Orient. A SCIENTIFIC FARMER. Makes More Money in Five Years Than Others Do in Ten. St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Luther Burbank, the California "Wizard of Horticulture," is a scientist-farmer who makes the eyes of all other tillers of the soil open wide with wonder. He is a breeder of plant and tree life and by his art he can, in five or six years, add more trees to the garden. He the ordinary farmer can in 50 years. Burbank studies chiefly combinations, the blending of species and varieties by cross pollination. His mystified neighbors say he plants extensive gardens and nurseries one year, only to pull them all up the next year. But he sells one tree out of the number for more money than they make out of the seeds like the ants for number, and out of the resultant seedlings, when they fruit, he is satisfied with only a half dozen. The European walnut has been known to produce a single tree that sold for $3,000 (Von Muller); but Burbank was not content with that, and believes he has improved the incomparable grain of the wood by crossing it with the American and the California walnuts. Downing believed that crosses such as Burbank makes might often effect an advance of 20 to 30 years in the amelioration of a fruit. Dr. Nisson of Sweden, however, never yields to this temptation to splendid amalgamation. He believes in a return to the primitive type, purging it of all mongrel strains and allowing them to prototype originated by nature. He finds that every blend in a cereal impairs its vitality; all sorts that are mixtures of several strains are invariably of inferior quality. A mongrel between a bearded and a non-bearded variety of wheat is a distinct deterioration from either. At the Concert. "I's that a dead march they're play-ing?" "Why, no; it sounds lively." Way, no, it shouldn't live. "Well, it will be dead when they get through murdering it."—Philadelphia Bulletin. What Ping-Pong is Like "Ping-pong," said the lady in the golfing skirt, "is just like gold." "It is just like tennis," declared the lady in the linen suit. "You're both wrong," observed the heavy-set gentleman who was wiping his brow and breathing with evident effort. "It's just like hard work."—Indianapolis News. Still Hope: "I can safely say that no man ever attempted to bribe me, gentlemen." Voice in the crowd—"Don't be down-hearted, old chap, your luck may change."—Tit-Bits. Exclusion and Adulteration. The people of Portugal have shut out the trust-made products of the Americans, have been using flour, adulterated in some instances, one-half weigat with china clay. Sawdust, groun husks and other adulttreats have also been freely used. Whatever we may suffer from great combinations of capital they put standard goods upon the market. It is the smaller and more irresponsible class usually which gives us dishonest treatment in the quality of the products we buy for fdod.—Boston Transcript. WHEN MCGAN COMES TO TOWN J. Pierrot Morgan will now proceed to get busy.—Philadelphia Chronicle-Telegraph. J. P. Morgan has returned. We keep our railroad locked up nights.—Minneapolis Journal. J. P. Morgan, on his arrival, finds the fire is expected merely to reorganize the solar system.—Baltimore American. Judging from his hopeful note J. P. M. brought home from Europe about everything he went after.—Pittsburg Times. Mr. Morgan landed in New York without causing any appreciable dip on that side of the continent. Pittsburg Gazette will devise a few spare hours to settle affairs in his own country.—New York Mail and Express. Mr. Morgan has returned from Europe and people with railroads or pictures to sell are once more on the quivive—Washington Star. Mr. Morgan has brought home with him a train a settlement of the coal strike, it is to be hoped it was admitted free of duty.—Boston Herald. J. P. Morgan, who gives no "tips," says he cannot afford to. This explains why he rides in his private car, instead of a Pullman. It's cheaper.—Boston Herald. Mr. Morgan followed his usual custom and declined to talk to the reporters. Mr. Morgan only submits to interviews when named heads do the interviewing.—Pittsburgh Herald. Considering how many great things are expected of Mr. Morgan, the question naturally arises, how could the country ever get along without him? And yet the country could.—Boston Globe. It is now said that Mr. Pierpont Morgan desires to swallow the great lakes of America. It is not yet in evidence that he has swallowed the oceans. Until he demonstrates that he has performed the latter feat, suppose we consider the lake preposition off.—St. Louis State. When J. P. Morgan states that it is his opinion that American boys should not receive their college training abroad, his ideas will appeal to every broad-minded American. The schools of this country should be good enough for any boy or young man. If not, we would ask sharply, why not?—Peoria Herald-Transcript. Five-Dollar Bill That Doubled Itself He was portly and prosperous, an alliterative state of affairs that seem to give weight to his words. Therefore, the little band, gathered in front of an uptown hotel and which had watched with interest and laughed with mean delight at the man who chased his hat two blocks in one of those sudden gales, listened with respectful attention to the portly men who had laughed louder than the others. In the coming game reminds me of a peculiar thing which happened to me when a boy," he began. "I was brought up on a farm in this state and was one of those happy-go-lucky youngsters, always in trouble and with a happy faculty of getting out of scrapes. "One day my father gave me a $5 bill to go down to the village and buy some things for the farm. Boy like, I started off holding the bill by the corner and letting the wind flap it about my hands. There came a sudden puff and a shudder from my gras. I saw it fly over a bush and started off in hot pursuit. It meant recover that bill or get the worst liking ever a country boy received. "Jumping over the fence I saw the bill dancing merrily along about five feet from the ground in a ten-acre field, and nothing to check its progress. My, how I ran. Once or twice I nearly had it when a fresh gust of wind would send it in another direction. I chased the bill all around the field, and, finally, panting and exhausted, I grasped it and fell to the ground." Gentlemen, it is hard to believe, but when powered my breath and looked at the cause of my furious chase, I found it a $10 bill that somebody else had lost." Nobody had courage enough to ask what had become of the $5 bill, and the party dispersed in silence.—St. Louis Republic. A Woman Depositor "One day during the busy Christmas season, when every moment was precious," said a bank teller, "a woman presented her passbook and asked to have her money, which amounted to $600. "I always endeavor to save needless work, and, thinking that she intended making a payment to some one would only reposithe money. I asked her if she intended handing all the money over to one person; if so, a check mark back to me, all answer, with the reponse to the cash, as well as the cash, besides saving labor. "Crushing, me with one, distrustly." "Crushing me with one distainful look, she replied: "'I wish the money.' "The money was duly handed out in ten-dollar bills. After spending some 15 anxious minutes in her efforts to count the money, all the while licking her fingers regularly, she handed it back to me, al mixed up, with the remark: "I wish to leave this with you again; I just wanted to see if it were all here." I was near the operation isaped, but I was made ready for her. The next time I handed her six one hundred dollar bills. Much to my confusion and complete discomfiture, she returned them, saying, "I want those tens I left you." "She got them." — Philadelphia Times. It is announced at Philadelphia that Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, the noted physician and author, has written a personal letter to Judge Samuel W. Pennypacker, heartily indorsing his candidacy for governor. Aside from his prominence as a physician and writer, Dr. Mitchell has always taken a keen interest in the "I should like," said the man, "to get a position as proofreader." "Sorry," said the publisher, "but we've laid off our proofreaders; don't need 'em." "You don't?" "No; we're publishing nothing but dialect stories now."—Philadelphia Press. Lord March 2:11 1-2, by Mambrino King, is lame and will probably not be prominent in his class this season. Millard Sanders has declared Lou Dillon out of all her future engagements, and she will be saved till next year. The British fire prevention committee has arranged for an international fire exhibition to be held next year in London from May to October. One of the objects of the exhibition will be to trace the progress of fire protection from the past to present, and the exhibition will therefore, include a historical and literary section, including an art gallery. Mr. William Shakespeare's opinion that there is little value in a name is sustained by the killing of Lucky Joe, the Indian, by his son—Salt Lake Tribune. WEALTHIEST ROYAL FAMILY. Russian Reigning House Said to Have the Distinction. The Russian reigning house has it, is said, greater wealth than any other royal family in the world. In the Rev. H. N. Hutchinson's "Living Rulers of Mankind" it is said that the minimum revenue that the czar derives from the crown and state domains is estimated at $7,500,000 a year. More than 40 members of the imperial family not in direct line of succession draw revenues from landed estates set aside for that purpose by Emperor Paul I. To these estates is given the name of the imperial appanages; they cover an area of 2,000,000 acres, larger than Scotland, and the total income derived from them is $10,000,000. Before the emancipation of the serfs 800,000 peasants were attached to these vast estates, and were in a sense the property of their owners. Another item of the vast wealth of the imperial family, we are further told, is the quantity of jewels its members possess. The Russians love gems. Serfs have toiled to fashion these wondrous jewels! Emirs and shahs, the vassals of the czar, have laid them at his feet. The English ambassador's daughter said, laughing, that when Alexander III presented the various Grand Duchesses, ladies of the imperial family, with most costly jewels on the occasion of the coronation, they brought nothing of the gifts, but tossed them carelessly in a drawer. To ladies so plentifully supplied with pearls and diamonds a fresh necklace or tara was a thing of small account. A FLOATING FACTORY. Buttons Manufactured While Navigating the Mississippi. Taking the factory to the raw material, instead of bringing the material to the factory, is an innovation just put in operation on the Mississippi river by a button factory, and it is a plan that has many practical advantages. This factory, reports the New Orleans Picayune, is a boat 42 feet long and 12 feet wide, fitted with all the necessary machinery for the manufacture of buttons, and provided with a three horse-power engine for its work. The principal material used by this factory is mussel shells, which are found at nearly all points along the river, and one of the great expenses in conducting the business heretofore has been the cost of transporting the shells. Now the factory has reversed the operation and will go to the mussels. Then a bed of shells is found the boat is in the interior and go to work. When the bed is exhausted it will go on to a new location. In this fashion it will go from state to state, from Minnesota to Louisiana, passing along with the seasons. On the boat the workmen have their home, with all its comforts, and with freedom from land rent and the visits of tax collectors. Business Holidays and Vacancy New York Times: The steady increase in the number of business holidays in the year, the fact that Saturday is a half holiday in all seasons, and in summer is practically dies non from a business point of view, and the disposition to make Friday holiday extend over until the succeeding Monday, indicate that it is easier than it was a generation ago for the business man to "take a day off" without disadvantage. Men are no less diligent in business than formerly. Indeed, modern conditions make all gainful occupations more strenuous than they used to be, and in many cases, the relaxation of which are now offered the agencies for facilitating business are enabling the merchant and professional man to accomplish more work in less time than ever before. No doubt this grows out of improvements in inter-communication. The telegraph and the telephone, supplemented by fast and frequently distributed mails, release the man of business from much of the routine and drudgery of telephone communication. A patch in a brief time what was once a monotonous and voluminous correspondence, with necessarily tedious intervals between asking for information and getting it, or between the necessity for communication and the ability to communicate. Perhaps the most marked change resulting from these changes is that business of every kind calls for a higher order of intelligence and de- pends for success very much less upon close application to routine and detail than formerly. This permits a greater latitude in the matter of holidays, and may even demand more relaxation than was necessary in the days of the Civil War, and gives one box to the invoice and goods his mail weekly.—New York Times. The Justification of the College The distinction of the College. The truth is, colleges do not rest their plea for support upon their ability to a man more successful. In the world of college, we have been without a college. We do not have our boys to college because we expect them to become abler men of affairs, more profound jurists, more eloquent orators, more successful in the art of money-making, more supreme in the world of commercialism and manufacture than they would be without a college. It would be difficult to prove that the majority of the eminent men of Europe or America in law, statesmanship, business or world of business affairs owed much of thefulness and success to any college. The brief college training gives a youth has small influence on his fate if he is naturally a man of eminent parts. The real justification of a college is not that it doubly arms the youth for a battle with the coarse utilitarianism which is behind all the life of the business world, but that it stimulates his spiritism, his humanity, his humanity; it clarifies his taste, and its literature; it teaches him that he must of every sound human life and effort not bloated pecuniary success, but a sweet and high-minded character. If there is another life in which we live and move and have our being, we shall not bring to it any of the riches we have won here, save enlarged spiritual wealth, and if there is not another conspicuous life we shall enlarge the hapiness of the fellows by behaving as if the path of wealth was to glory. This is what the college teaches as contrasted with the apotheosis of mere wealth for wealth's sake, or mere brutal power for power's sake. Portland Oregonian. Dr. Theodore Heral, founder of the Zionist movement and head of the Palestine association, and Dr. Wolfson, president of the Hebrew Colonial trust, have returned to Vienna from Constantinople, and report that their conferences with representatives of the sultan with reference to the proposed settlement of Zionists in Palestine have been exposed sympathy with the Hebrews in their purposes, and named certain concessions which he would grant. These, however, did not meet the requirements of the Zionists. INTERESTING POINTERS ON THE LIGHT HARNESS GAME Ned Wilkes 2:09 3-4. The Rajah 2:09 1-4 is lame. Now it is Locanda 2:07 1-2. Lord March is reported. White Wings 2:09 1-4 is dean. Prince Alert 2:09 1-4 is on ear. Edith Hartzell (trial 2:12) is dean. New Richmond 2:09 1-4 is total. East Star 2:09 has a bowed neck. David B. 2:09 1-4 is being trained pace. Brash 2:15 is a brother to Chain B. 2:06 1-2. C. K. G. Dillings is trying to buy Monk. Direct Hal has shaved his record 2:04 1-4. Midnight 2:15 1-2 is Alcantara's est 2:20 trotter. Edith W. 2:05 will not start till in the season. Newark, N. J., is to have a speed 150 feet wide. Kansas City's new race track is cost $250,000. Jim Patchen 2:13:14 is a new one Joe Patchen 2:01:14 Interest in trotting is greatly on increase in England. Prince Albert 2:00:34 will make first start at Providence. Council Chimes 2:07:12 is at Vil- Farm, allowing a let up. Frank Bogash's game leg does not show any sign of weakness. The California mare, Anzella 2019, keeps up her winninghip. Audubon Boy is the largest more winning pacer of any year. Winfield Stratton and Locus 2:07-1-2 put Roamer 2:05-1-4 in tion to be beaten by Twinkle at Erie. Scott McCoy is now getting the Boy 2:01-4-1 down to hard work. Boralma 2:07 will never race again say his owner, Thos W. Lawson. Boralma 2:08 For a long time he Grand Circuit 2:04 is doing well in bread mould. Cambria Maid 2:03, by Hall ard, has again been placed in training. Zephyr 2:11 has rounded to, but he better keep clear of Rythmic 2:04. Allerton 2:09-1-4 gets a new 2:12 former in the pacer. Allerton 2:12 Schley Pointer, by Star Pointer, second in 2:09-3-4 at Brighton Beach Charley Herr is slowly recovering from the lameness he developed at trip. Plastic Pointer is doing well year, although having the use of one eye. It is said that Rythmic was whipped out when he reduced his record to 2:09-1-4. Anzella 2:08-1-2 seems to be leaking the 2:10 trotters on the "big ring" dog's life. Locanda, by Allerton, is the first 2:11 performer out of a daughter of Allerton. Mobel 2:10-3-4, by Moko, counts a land in the 2:10 list the next time wins a beat. Trainer Abe Faluger seems to have the two-year-old Fanfanor going again. Prince of Orange 2:12 3-4 is the first standard performer for Prince of dia 2:13 1-4. Poteen 2:14 1-4 by Patron 2:14 14 out of Faovira 2:15 2,1 by Greg Wilkes. General Forrest 2:19 14 by Allerton. General first defeat at Frankfurt on 2:20 tret. Simlassie 2:11 14 by Simmochel 2:13 3-4 is the latest four-year-old golfer full of the year. The three-year-old filly, Gall Hammond, has been added to the stable Hudson & Gatcomb. A New York firm recently purchases seventeen trotting bred stallion in Michigan which will be converted into coach horses. All Right 2:09 1-3 has been added to the string of horses under the care of Matt Demarest. Council Chimes 2:07 1-2 has broken down and cannot be seen in a new season at least. Carl Wilkes 2:09 3-4 is a new 20 pacer. He was shed by Wilkes Nood, son of Nutwood. Once in a while the judges appreciate the fact that the public pay to race—not workouts. Ellen M., dam of Hal B. 2:04 1-2 Fanny Dillard 2:04 1-4 is in foal to Hal Dillard 2:04 3-4. Theoreon Powers 2:19 1-4, a new performer by Anderson Wilson, is in brother to Effie Power 2:08 1-4. Personetone 2:09 1-4, not having a earl, is in the Illinois free-for-all this season as she did last. The accident to Boralima makes the match between him and Tee the most anticipated in the league. Dolly Dillon 2:07 can show speed enough at times to justify the belief that she can trot in 2:05. September 4th will be Cressingham day for Columbus, Ohio, and the champions will start against his team by kicking King Niles 2:09 gets another standard performance to his credit in Bonnellia 2:29-14. Don Deby 2:07 is evidently quite a high class pacer. He is also own brighter of the famous Diabolo 2:09-14. Roy Miller began the Grand and Bounty Buffalo. But he and David Carr became in need. The back trotting gelding and which was expelled at Readville in fall, broke off a part of his hoof at A bany. A Pawnee Divorce M. Kolomaizeff, a medical student Moscow, has discovered an ingenu- method of hatching eggs. He carries for 18 days a turkey's egg in one his armpits and lo, on the 15th day, young turkey made its appearance. For some months M. Kolomaizeff been experimenting in this direc- tion and now he considers he is amply off with his labor. warded for all his discovery went on to R. of his discovery went on to Pete'sburg, and now coording to a Ruslan journal, personal persons there are trying to hatch eggs and ducks' eggs in a similar fashion. "Yes, I'm going to call on the Munch this afternoon." "Are you, dear? I wasn't quite sure about their pedigree." "You needn't be at all worried, my love. They belong to one of families on earth. Professor Bluestock says that they probably use them. Why, just think of it. They have whose forests filled full of family trees!" Cleveland Plain Dealer. It is stated that John W. Gates stands to lose $3,400,000 on Colorado Fuel and Iron. But we doubt it. John has asked for four more pieces - Peoria Journal. KANSAS NEWS BRIEFS. --- Joseph A. Zengin has been appointed a substitute clerk in the postoffice at Leavenworth. Albert C. Struban, of Etam, has been appointed a guard in the United States military at Fort Leavenworth. Contractors and workmen have arrived to build the sewers in district No. 1. A Llewins first sewers. The work will cost $1,000 and have a $5,000 outlet into the Smoky Hill river. The business portion of town will be covered by the new district. Two Boehman boys, Frank Zatecek and Timothy Rundus, were killed by getting near Belleville. The boys were two miles apart at the time, but both were killed at the same instant by being struck on the forehead by the E. W. Wellington and Perry Hoislion are hunting for gine horse for the officers of the national guard to ride at the Fort Riley maneuvers. They want a dozen of the best saddlers in the state, large and showy. Ablene will furnish two of them. Owners get it a day per horse and the animals save the best of care. The ministers of Topeka have held a meeting and have refused to accept the suggestion that union services be held in the big auditorium on the Sunday that President Roosevelt will spend in Topeka. The principal reason assigned by the ministers for their action is that the audience assembled would be a crowd of curiosity seekers, not an assemblage of worshippers. The first step toward testing the constitutionality of the new anti-fusion election law has been taken by the fusion state committees. Judge S. H. Allen, their legal representative, presented an application in mandamus to the supreme court asking it to compel the secretary of State Clark to certify down both the Populist and Democrat state tickets to the various county clerks to go on the official ballot. At the meeting of the board of trustees of Ottawa university Wednesday night, it was unanimously agreed to go ahead and rebuild the building destroyed by fire last week. The new building will be built on the lines of the old, as much of the old walls and foundations being used as possible. President Riggs was excused from his school duties and given charge of raising the necessary funds. It is estimated that $10,000 can be raised in Ottawa, $10,000 more in the state and $10,000 more in the East. Edward and Clyde Rookey, Charles Glassey and Clarence King have been infiltrated in the federal court at Wichita on a charge of counterfeiting. This quartette has been traveling about that part of the state in a wagon, stopping a few days or weeks at various towns, where it is alleged, they gained an uncertain living by piling or passing small counterfeit coin. They were arrested at Caldwell well about two months before piling, and when their outfit was searched the officers found several crude molds for making nickels and quarters and also found some of the counterfeit money on them. Thus Mauch, a young man residing at Talmo, Republic county, twelve miles from Concordia, was the victim of a murderous assault Sunday night that will probably prove fatal. He had been calling on a young lady near town and on his way home and while on a bridge near Talmo, he was shot just above the heart by a man whose face was concealed by a handkerchief. His assailant, after diring, dropped his resolver and ran. Arden Jewell, a young man residing two and a half miles from Talmo, has been arrested for the crime and the evidence against him is strong. Jealousy of Mauch's attentions to the young woman is alleged to have inspired the crime. Deputy Bank Commissioner Eugene Davis Tuesday took charge of the Clinton state bank, pending an examination into the condition of its affairs. The bank has been known to be in bad shape since last June, when an examination was made and its books were found to be badly nept. The officers of the bank were indicted at that time that they must straighten out their affairs. The deputy commission dropped on them Wednesday and found affairs as badly tangled as they were before and closed the bank. C. T. Vinson is present of the bank and A. S. Warner earlier. The bank has a capital stock of $5,000, surplus $1,000 and deposits to $43,000, half of which belong to residents of Gray county. It will not be known for a week or ten days whether the bank is solvent. Joan of Arc was reviewing the situation. "Strange," she murmured, "they talk about the Beef Trust, and yet it seems easy to get the Stake." Remarking that this was pretty Swift, she then proceeded to polish up her Armour. M. Baron, the popular French actor, is the possessor of a curious railway pass in accordance with French law, he pass contains the holder's purpose for purposes of identification, but in this case M. Baron is shown in the character of Nephistopheles. "Yes, I always do my thinking when I walk." Is a pity you gave it up." "Gave up what?" "Waking"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Still, Miss Sharpsonfat declares she has a good ear 'or music. Fudge. So has a mule; but he don't use his ears when he brays.—Baltimore Harbor. There are four daily newspapers at Atkinson, the new town established a year ago in the Kiowa-Apache-Comanche country in Oklahoma. Madame Charlotte Cardinal, the oldest person in Belgium, will shortly celebrate her 604th birthday at the litterage village of Hercules. She has been a widow since 1850. CANCER CURED WITH SOOTHING, BALMY OILS. Officer, Dearth Price, Fistula, Upright, and all Baird's Public Diseases. Write to the Inspector-Book, Freefax Address DR. DYE, 5th St. & Kansas City, Mt. W. G. Russell, of Russell, has been appointed a hydrographer in the geological survey service. State Oil Inspector Spencer turned $1,966 into the state treasury, fees collected for August. The expenses of the department were $450. State Gram Inspector Northrup turned in August fees amounting to $4,603; expenses, $3,001. The Galena Daily Times, which has heretofore been published as a democratic paper since its establishment six years ago, has declared itself independent. The Times was formerly run as a weekly paper six years prior to the establishment of the daily. The business portion of the town of Abbyville, the third in size in Rencounty, was destroyed by fire Tuesday night. Seven stores were burned to the ground. These were all the town contained, although it had a population of about 500 people. The loss is $40,000, with $10,000 insurance. R. J. Morrison, postmaster and storekeeper at Pawnee, was murdered and robbed some time Tuesday night. His body was found Wednesday morning, the throat cut from ear to ear. Five hundred dollars he had in the store are missing. There is no clue, but the theory is that someone acquainted with the hiding place of the money committed the deed. Spider McCreary, a baseball player with headquarters at Oswego, was shot and seriously wounded Wednesday night by John Braine, night cierk at Oswego. Spider was unnerved and got into altercation with one of the dining room girls at the hotel. Braine became involved and finally shot Spider in the lower part of the back. Braine was arrested on a charge of assault with intent to kill and was released on bond. Washington city is preparing to have the largest crowd ever assembled in the city on any previous occasion. The citizens have arranged for a manmoth street fair there four days, October 7, 8 and 10, and it is being extensively advertised all over the county. Washington has never had a street fair, and her citizens are very enthusiastic over it. There will be bands of music, parades and exhibitions of various kinds going on all the time and the visitors will be royally entertained. Nothing but bad weather will make the fair a failure. Miss Emma Garrett, of Muscatotah was instantly killed about 1 o'clock Thursday morning, while returning from the night performance of a circus Upon reaching Muscatotah, Miss Garrett her sister and brother-in-law took their team out of the livery barn and started to drive to their home, a few miles distant. The horses were fractions and became hard to manage. Miss Garrett was frightened at their actions and the buggy hitting on her head and rupturing a blood vessel. Miss Garrett was to have been married October 8 to a Mr. Mitchell, of Okanoma. Miss Garrett was buried in her wedding dress. The opening of the Kansas State Agricultural college Wednesday marked the beginning of its fortieth year Prospects were never better for a large attendance. Students have been arriving the past week and many are there who intended goin to Ottawa university this year. The professor are all there and a meeting of the board will be held next week to elect a professor of agriculture. Captain Andrew Rowan, of the Nineteenth United States infantry, has been detained to military science and tactics in the military department. Rowan was the lieutenant detalled by the government to "carry the message to Garcia" prior to the Spanish-American war. The attendance at the state fair at Hutchinson Thursday passed all expectations. There were 15,750 paid admissions, with some downtown places yet to report. The popularity of the fair was attested in another way. The live stock breeders are there with exhibits started a movement for a fair to be held annually in Hutchinson with an appropriation from the legislature. All of the national associations of beef breeders of cattle aided the fair this year with small contributions to the premiums and so well satisfied are they with this state fair under private auspices that they will ask the next legislature to establish an annual fair at Hutchinson. The localization that city makes is the most desirable town in the state for the first two fairs shows that the business men of that city have the enterprise to conduct a state fair in a proper manner. "He claims that hes a self-made man and nobody disputes him." "Of course not. If he willing to take the blame why should any one else go out hunting for it?"—Chicago Post. Shaw and Root, of the president's cabinet, are booked for political speeches in Chicago next week. The name of Viscount Tiverton, son of the Earl of Hailbury, has been added to the list of British peers who are seeking fame and income in the theatrical profession. All the gas companies of Greater Boston are to be merged. Adjutant General Dameron has issued an order for the organization of a new company at Jackson, in Cape Girardeau county, to be known as Company F and attached to the Sixth battalion. Chief Edward F. Croker, of the New York City fire department, has seen elected president of the international Society of Fire Engineers, without opposition. The convention decided upon Atlantic City as the next place of meeting. Sven Hedin, the explorer, will need at least two years to put into book form the result of his recent African explorations. It was in the kitchen of a Fifth avenue palace, and Mary, the cook, was bewailing her hard lines. All work, never any fun, nothing but stick in the kitchen from morning till night. "Then why don't you go out for a walk with Minnie?" suggested the laudress. "Why, do you suppose I'd be seen walking with a laudress?" annotated Mary—New York Times. Rupture A $500 Piano Given away during the Fall Festivities. You May Get It By registering your name at our store. Write or call on us for particulars Every one a winner. We are agents for the Baldwin, Bush & Gerts, A. B. Chase, Linderman & Sons, Ellington, Victor, Howard, Hamilton. Valley Gem and others Martin & Vernon, Music Co. Watch our Advertisements. No one under 18 years of age allowed to register, 1016 Walnut Street. You Want Facts. I Present Them to You in the Letters of My Former Patients. You Do Not Pay Me One Cent Until You Are Cured. I present to the readers of this paper a few testimonial letters and names of former patients whom I have cured of rupture, believing that the afflicted would rather correspond with some one who has been cured than read what I might say about myself. You can more fully investigate and convince yourself as to the merits of my treatment. You might doubt any statements I might make, but you cannot help but believe the statements of those I have cured. I will ask you to write to any or all of them. If you are satisfied with what they say about my reliability and methods of treatment, write to me or call and see me. Remember that in all cases I guarantee a cure and do not accept one cent of money until you are well. Consultation by mail or in person is entirely free. I will be pleased to correspond with you regarding your DR. ERNEST HENDERSON A Very Bad Case of Rupture Cured in three weeks. Mary Ann, June 3, 1989 I had a very bad case of rupture for years, and suffered great agony. I went to Dr. Headcaster and he said I cannot say too much for him. I know he can do. The Doctor does not ask a seat of pay until the patient is well. This is the person inflicted as I was. I will answer any person who wishes to know more about my case. Very truly yours, A. R. OLSON. Write For My Treaties on the Care of Rupture Sent Free. Another Bad Case Permanently Cured in a short Time—Gratful for Same. My Dear Doctor—I desire to add my testimonial to those of you who have a permanent case was a bad one and you made a permanent case in a short time, without pain, and I never had a day in my life without for your cure, and would not be back in the condition I was for a thousand dollars. I thank you once. I see you with me and I am truly full yours. FRED MARPER; 2011 Indiana Ave. Suffered for Years—Pronounced Incurable by other Doctors. Dear Doctor: - I wish to state that I can most easily recommend your rupture treatment. I am confident that you will be with a right scapular rupture that was pronounced by a to be incable scapular excess. possibly by a dangerous wound. I am able to treat your treatment. I determined to try the same and treat your treatment. I determined to try the same and treat three weeks I am now sound and well. Your treatment is all that you claim for it. You respectfully. You are responsible. Wow. SPALDING'S COMMERCIAL 37th Annual Fair given in Bookk 64-page Illustrated Catalogue and Journal sent from A $500 Given away during You Ma By registering you store. Write or c Every one a winn We are agents for the Baldwin, Bush & C Linderman & Sons Howard, Hamilton Martin & Watch our Advertisements. No one under 18 years of age allowed to register, COUNTRY PUBLISHERS CO., DR. HENDERSON 101W. 9th St. Kansas City, Mo St. Kanaa City, Mo. Odin at age 25 years, Odin at age 25 years, Odin A Regular Graduate in Medi- cal 25 Years' Special Practice. Authorized by the State to SPECIAL DISEASES. 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September 12, known in Baltimore as Defenders day, is a municipal holiday in that city, and Governor John Walter Smith his issued a proclamation making it this year a legal holiday throughout the state of Maryland. It is celebrated in memory of the successful resistance offered by the city to the British in 1814. A wheelbarrow with ball bearings has been put on the market by an Ohio firm. Mr. Baer, the coal magnate who recently wrote of "the Christian gentleman to whom God in His wisdom has given control of the mines," is coming to be regarded by his fellow magnates as a sort of Burohard of the trust companies. His utterances have been repudiated in guarded fashion on several occasions, one critic saying that Baer reminds him of Bob Toombs' definition of a fanatic—"a man of weak parts and strong convictions." Lutheran Minister Tells of His Cure After Suffering Alive Years I suffered for six years of the bad, rupture and during all of the time I wore different kinds of trusses day and night, with the hope of effecting a cure, but they all failed—they only held the rupture in place. I, on the date of Rev. F. Pfeiffer, of Sedalia, Mo., I consulted Dr Ernest Henderson, the rupture specialist, 103 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Mo., who cared me in a few weeks without subjecting me to a dangerous and painful operation. The result of the completion of the procedure passed with my trusses with no inconvenience. Anyone desiring more information will please apply to me, personally or by letter. I am, — Respectfully, JOHN SAUER, 1877 Oak St., Kansas City. Kansas City, Mo., June 3, 1900. My Dear Doctor:—I suffered for over five years—many times the rupture was so bad I could not do it. I was so much more than I could do to do it. Constantly grew worse and the pain so great I could stand it no longer. I was much discouraged. After reading your advertisement I concluded to try your treatment: To my surprise you cured me in less than one year. I was still doing it after such a long time of suffering. I am absolutely sound and well. I had your fee with pleasure, and still feel that I owe you a debt of gratitude which I hope to pay by inducing others to go to you for treatment. I will gladly write to anyone about my case. I considered your offer of receiving no pay until I cure was effected as the best guarantee you could give. It gave me confidence in your treatment. The Following Have Been Cured of Rupture and are selected at Random from the following candidates: Please Enclose a Stamp for Answer. Mike Gaynor, 30 Ewing St. Kansas City, Mo. Brian O. McPheson, Kans. Brian J. Brock, county attorney, Mahattan, Kans. N. M. Kent, 401 Orchard St. Chicago, Ill. Oscar Dillon, 601 Campbell St. Kansas, City. H. M. McDonald, Dennison, Kans. B. F. Bohua, 1930 N. 17th Kans. Kansas City, Kans. S. H. Hamick, plumbing Kansas City, Mo. Thos. Bafo, Kansas City, Mo. W. C. Peak, grocer, 21 Central Ave. Kansas O. M. S. Moeller, care, well cared Milling Co. Ft. Sr. School, Kansas Dr. Parker, 1517 Brooklyn Ave. Kansas City. Mo. William Weltman, 410 Landis Court, Kansas City, Mo. R. J. Pfeiffer, Sedalia, Mo. R. J. Champon, Armour Station, Kansas City, Kansas. J. T. Wood, merchant, Greenwood, Mo. R. J. Champon, 42d Edmond St. St. Joe, Mo. Will B. L. Krause, St. Louis, Mo. Fred Phares, Kansas City, Mo. E. R. Demorest, Kansas City, Mo. B. Griffith, Temple Bldg, Kansas City, Mo. M. E. Demorest, Temple Bldg, Kansas City, Mo. E. W. Demorest, restaurant keeper 109, E 18th St., residence 1021 Locals St., Kansas City, Mo. M. months old, residence 1021 Locals St., Kansas City, Mo. Independent county surveyor, Ind. Kansas assistant county surveyor, Indiana penceon, Mo. Washington Bake, Hall's Summit, Kansas. ADDRESS DR. ERNEST HENDERSON, 103 West Ninth St. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. 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Mark Twain has given a six-volume edition of his books to the library supplied for the prisoners in the United States prison at Atlanta, Ga. "I would gladly send the other set," writes Mr. Clemens to Mr. Tupper. "the complete one, if I could afford the expense, it would cose $55—and there is no cheap edition. The newspapers are trying to make me out a rich man, but the continued discrepancy between my income and my outgoing convices me that they are not succeeding." In Russia factories are usually near forests, wood being still the chief fuel. The late Senator McMillan of Michigan used to tell about a green Irishman employed on his country place near Detroit. He had a severe attack of malarial fever and the senator sent him a box of five-grain capsules of quinine. Upon the occasion of his next visit to the farm the senator called to Pat and asked him if he received the medicine all right. "Yes, son," said Pat. "and it cured me, too, but it was a lot of trouble to dig the medicine out of those little shells." A Young Man Without Money Will find special facilities for SELF SUPPORT while educating himself at the Kansas City University Many students here get employment yielding from three to ten dollars per week hours labor per day. Term opens Sept. 17th. Kansas City, Kansas SEPHENS, Chancellor, Kansas Brown's Business College. 1228 Malu St., Kansas City, Mo. Voucher Bookkeeping, New Standard Shorthand, Practical Telegraphy, Finest Penman in the West. 5 montha Gregg Shorthand $25, to introduce. Write for free catalogue. WHEN A BOAT TIPS OVER. It Is Well for Women to Know What to Do. On the question discussed at the public baths, whether a girl's skirts if she fell overboard would buoy her up or drag her down there seemed to be a division of opinion. Finally, it was agreed that they might buoy her up a few seconds, but as soon as they were wet they would tend to drag her down, and make swimming practically impossible. Of course, how soon they got wet would depend on the material of which they were made. Miss Clark, the teacher, pointed out that when a woman dived into the water the air under her bathing skirt formed a big hole which hampered a swimmer so that she reached back and pressled it out as bubble would to this same bubble would undoubtedly buoy up a non-swimmer for an infinitesimal space of time. On the other hand, this air chamber lasted much longer in a wet bathing suit than in a dry one, ior in the former the pores of the material were to a certain extent filled with water and the air escaped slowly. The suggestion of an undressing drill seemed particularly to please Dr. Mosher. Its practical value was evident as in nine cases out of ten the drowning accidents are the results of an overturned boat, and its occupants are not in bathing suits. The children used to swimming there in the lightest possible attire, for except with the teachers the skirred bathing suit is used to tempered almost to rendering their knowledge of swimming useless if they were called upon to save themselves with their high shoes, two or three petticoats on, and in the case of the older girls, long skirts and possibly corsets. It is not that undressing in the water is particularly hard. Most of those who swim for pleasure have probably done it, but the youngsters should be taught that they can and that in an emergency they must undress sufficiently to be able to put their knowledge of swimming to practical use. One or two lessons would be all that would be needed. The matron suggested, and the suggestion was a good one: "At least teach them to pick up the front of their skirts and hold them in their teeth to keep them out of the way. I always do that even with my bathing suit if I am swimming any distance."—Brooklyn Eagle. Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use for their children during the teething period. The following notice used to be displayed in a barber's window at a little village in Yorkshire: "That I begin of shaving on Sat- days at 5 o'clock for one halfpenny— till 8 o'clock. "After 8 o'clock one penny till 9 o' "After 9 o'clock I shall please myself whether I sleep or not. whether I shave off. I wake up noon from 12 o'clock to 1 o'clock on halfpenny. "Razors cleaning up 1½ apiece. Going out to shave, one penny; out of town, twopence. "Now, I shall be very glad to shave any person that feels it worth their pleasure to come and pay like men, and not get shaved and never come no more when they have got one penny or three halfpence on. If it is not worth one penny, let your beard grow." The Scotsman. A bottle of Hamlin's Wizard Oil is a medicine chest in itself; it cures pain in every form. 50 cents at druggists. The ingenuity of a Yankee inventor has devised a use for that humble and unlikely shrub of the Western deserts known as the "greatswood." It has been found to contain a gum that affords a valuable substitute for rubber. The method of obtaining the gum, which has been newly patented, consists in bruising the woody stalks of the greasewood, soaking them in a solution of carbon disuphide, and then drawing off the liquid, which is distilled. The chemical used as a solvent is driven off by heat, and there remains in the bottom of the vessel a gummy stuff, flexible and elastic. Finally, the gummy stuff is washed and purified, the result being a fair substitute for India-rubber—so good, in fact, as to suggest the notion that some day the American deserts may be made to yield very satisfactory profits in the production of raw material for gum shoes and bicycle tires. A girl never shows her age until she tries to hide it. Hamlin's Wizard Oil will cure a larger number of painful ailments than anything which you can find. "He has a good ear for music, don't you think?" remarked the woman with operatic aspirations. "I doubt it," returned her brutal husband. "Why?" "He listened to you for thirty minutes without making a protest."—Chicago Post. "And you spent only one night at Uncle Preeer's? Hadn't they a spare bed?" "Indeed they had. It was so spare I nearly froze to death."—Chicago Tribune. Seventy-eight profit-sharing schemes, affecting $3,526 work people, were in operation last year in this country. Germany's Crown Prince has become infatuated with the automobile. He is said to be a capable chauffeur and thoroughly understands the mechanism of the larger road and racing cars. Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes of New York proposes to make a tour of Switzerland on foot. He has always been noted as an enthusiastic pedestrian, seldom using a carriage, although he owns several. 25 CLEAR PISO'S CURE FOR CURS WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Beat through bruises. Use in hoops. Hold by druggists. CONSUMPTION Handicaps Often Put by Parents on Their Children. What names thoughtless parents give to their helpless offspring. By marriage, to be sure, Henrietta Dudley may attain to the estate of being a Copp, or Reverend Mr. Fiddle may have the honor of being made D. D—the little incidentals are in a measure voluntary and avoidable; but what excuse is offered by those who are relied upon the existence of Cornellus Cobin? That through a long life he has risen superior to his guardiansmen, till his white hair (what he left), are crowned with a professorship; but every boy under his influence, while he loves and honors him, to prominence of every successful soldier, or statesman, or naval hero, is followed by a crop of pigmy namesakes, who grow up to disgrace or shed further luster on the name they have no right to bear. Of course, this is not done by parents without malice aforethought, in the enthusiasm of political preference or the hope of reflected favor by the oppressor. Martin ain vn Burens all over this free compass have to step aside for the perambulators which carry Deweys and Hobson's and "Teddy's." Deplorable as this bit of human weakness, or the appropriation of meaningless names from popular novels, or the "ie" which ruins the beauty of so many fine names, I suppose we must accept it. But is a protest in order against saddling a name which is an offense alike to euphony, good English and a common perception of the eternal fitness of things? We smile, albiet with a quick throb of sympathy, when our son John comes home from school and tells us, with the inhuman glee peculiar to his kind, that the new boy's name is Otis Sweet! Or when Constance—named for her grandmother or her mother's side—speaks of her little brunette friend Isadora Black (I refrain from multiplying examples); but the unfortunate owners of such names do not smile, and have shed tears, many and bitter, over a trial they should never have borne, and for which they are in no way responsible. As Captain Cuttle said: "The valley of these observations lies in the application of 'em."—Good Housekeeping. Kansas City Mo Sept 1st 1902 I would be more than glad to have the story of my sickness told in print, if it would help some other sufferer to be relieved. In October, 1900, I had a stroke of paralysis, which came upon me without a moment's warning, and left me completely paralyzed. I could not move a muscle of my left side. I laid for months in this helpless condition, had several physicians, who agreed that they could do absolutely nothing for me. I was in a hospital for three months, and was sent nome as a hopeless case. When I had abandoned all hope of recovery, and was awaiting another stroke to complete the work of affliction, I was persuaded to try Mr. Wyckoff's treatment (Mr. Willard F. Wyckoff, 333 Southwest Boulevard, F. Kansas, Danea) as a last resort. I can truthfully say I had no idea he could do anything for me, for I was so absolutely helpless. After a few treatments I was amazed to find that I could walk, and I gradually recovered the use of my entire body. The dream of transportation from prison suffered for years, was also cured completely, and when I never expected to be able to move, I can now do my housework with ease, and walk any distance. I cannot be thankful enough to Mr. Wyckoff nor say enough in his praise, for he certainly saved my life when all others failed. All this was done without medicine. I hope that these words may reach others who are afflicted, and if they will call on me at 3107 Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City, Mo., I will gladly give them full particulars. MRS. C. H. BIEGER. Very curious is the almanac which has been published by a foreign criminologist. It is entitled the "Almanac of Crime," and its object is to indicate those periods in each year when the various crimes are most likely to be committed. Here are some extracts: "Murder—Many cases of this crime occur in August, January, November and December. "Infanticide—Dangerous periods are February and May; very few cases occur in September and December. "Poisoning—May is the favorite month for criminals of this type; during September as a rule they remain absolutely idle. "Threats of death—Many such threats are made in August and a few in February, May and November. "Forgery—During April, October and December forgers are most busy, and also during the first days of every year. "Theft—More crimes of this kind are committed in December and January than during any other months of the year." Senator Hoar celebrated his seventy-sixth birthday at his home in Worcester, Mass., quietly on 9 August 29. He has been in public life since 1887, when he was elected United States senator. One way to persuade a girl that she isn't as beautiful as she thinks is to get her to have her picture taken by an amateur photographer. — Somerville Journal. Among English artists probably the quickest worker is Mr. Caton Woodville, the brilliant painter of battle scenes. Mr. Woodville has been known to commence and finish an elaborate canvas within three weeks. General Kitchener, it is announced, will be superintending the military maneuvers at Delhi, India, in December. This disposes of the rumor of an engagement matrimonial which gossips had set for the Christmas season. Japan has ordered a complete armor-plate mill from a Sheffield firm. Mrs. Carter H. Harrison, wife of the mayor of Chicago, has written a book of fairy tales. It has been known for some time that she had some literary work in hand, but she deprecated any suggestions that she was "an author." Manila is soon to have its first electric cars. Then the American in Manila will get run over without the trouble of coming home. Lord Cheylesmore, who died recently in London, presented his splendid collection of mezzotints to the British Museum. George Taylor, a prominent farmer living near Mullahi, was scalded to death as the result of a threshing machine engine breaking through a bridge over the Skikton river. Taylor jumped to save his life, but broke his leg and was unable to move. The engine fell toward him, the boiler burst and the scalding water poured over his body. N. E. Eby, a prominent citizen of Kremlin, was killed by a Rock island passenger train in Reno. Tuesday night. In attempting to leave the train he fell beneath the cars and was ground to pieces. The wheels passed over his body just above the hips. The body was horribly mangled, the arms and head also being crushed. The Osage Indians, of whom there are about 2,000 left, are receiving their regular quarterly annuity payment from the government at Pawhuska. The agent has painted a sign, which reads: "The slightest sign of intoxication or of liquor about an annuuit will be deemed sufficient to withhold the payment of annuity to such person." John T. Logan was almost killed at Lawton Wednesday night by Wheele Frennie, who struck him in the head with an ax. Logan went into a tent where Frennie and Logan's wife were and Frennie at once attacked Logan, cutting a hole in his head. Logan will recover and Frennie is at large. All the parties were negroes. INDIAN TERRITORY BRIEFS. A postoffice has been established at Redbird, Creek nation, with Alexander White as postmaster. The South McAlester city council, at a special meeting, has ordered a special election to be held, Saturday, October 18, to vote on bending the city for $150,000 for the construction of waterworks. The plan adopted provides for the building of a large reservoir on Purkers' creek, a mile northwest of town. The comptroller of the currency has approved applications of the following organizations to organize national banks in Indian Portway, First National Bank of Boynton, with $25,000 capital, A. C. Trumbo, A. W. Patterson, Clay Alley, R. N. Eggleston and N. F. Hanoock; the Boynton National Bank of Boynton, with $25,000 capital, B. A. Randle, J. L. Dabbs, John F. Coad, Jr., and J. I. C'Connor. Cattlemen who have have been feeding their stock in the Indian Territory are much worried over the shortage of stock cars. Many are now ready to tlip and are unable to get cars. At Davidson, one of the principal loading quarantine points for Southern cattle, there was not a car to be had Wednesday, and there were more than an amount ready to tlip in them. The cars are all in use and have been carrying the great number of cattle that have recently broken the receipt records at Kansas City and other markets. Pleasant Porter, governor of the Creek Indian nation, has called a meeting of the governors of the five civilized tribes to be held at South McAlester on September 26, for the purpose of formulating a general plan for bringing Indian Territory into statehood at the expiration of tribal government in 1906. Governor Porter says the Indians are opposed with Oklahoma, and other governors with Oklahoma, of the Chickasaws; Green McCurtain, of the Chickaws; Buffington, of the Cherokees; and Johnson, of the Seminoles. The meeting will be the most important ever held on Indian soil, since five Indian governors will form plans to dissolve their governments to adopt that of the white man. George G. Tyson, vice president of the firm of Tyson & Co., who own news stands in the Waldorf-Astoria and other leading New York hotels, has been arrested on a warrant sworn out by internal revenue officials, charging the firm with having refilled imported cigar boxes with cheap cigars known to the arade as "stuffers." A second complaint was also made against Mr. Tyson, charging the firm with having failed to cancel the revenue stamp, as required by law. Mr. Tyson was held under ball in the sum of $2,000. Six additional cases of cholera, including one death from that disease, have developed on board the United States transport Sherman at Nagasaki, Japan, from Manila. All the sufferers are enlisted men. General Chaffee has ordered the Sherman to continue in quarantine for five days. Cholera is light in Manila, and bad in the provinces. The totals to date reported from the islands are 59,579 cases and 41,804 deaths. These are unofficial estimates. She—There goes a lucky young man. Some philanthropist sent him through college. He—That's not thing. I've been through college. She—Yes, but he got him a job as carpenter afterward—Life. Professor Edmund De Vemie of Kansas City, Mo., is one of the greatest linguists in the country. He speaks and reads seventeen languages, and reads, but does not speak, eighteen. Before giving others advice try a sample of it yourself. "I'm afraid that she has discovered that I have a 'past'." "Then it's all up with you. She'll marry you now, anyway!"—Puck. Brigadier General Kobbe, commanding the department of the Dakota, has been ordered to Fort Riley for duty in connection with the army maneuvers there. Baltimore has been chosen as the convention place of the sovereign grand lodge of Odd Yellows for next year. Hot Springs and Eureka Springs were candidates, but lost out. Albert von Koliker has been Professor of anatomy in the University of Wurzburg, Germany, for the past fifty-five years. Church—You know French who keeps the restaurant? Gotham—Oh, yes. "Well, he wants a new typewriter." "What's the matter with the good-looking on he had?" "What's the other day he told her to write and get the price of frogs' legs and the addressed the letter to the Hop Growers' association."—Yonkers State American Citizen Publishing and Printing Co. VERY WEEK AT 417 MINNESOTA AVE KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. Telephone "375 Blue" W. C. Martin Editor weekly one year ..... $1 00 Entered at the post office at Kansas City Kansas as secon class matter. Chicago & Alton, B. R. The best and most popular line from Kansas City to Chicago and St. Louis is the Chicago and Alton Ry. "The Only Way" Elegant up to date equipment fast time coeemployees, etc. CURES DIPLOMATIC AMBITION. A Short Term in the Zanzibar Con- nstitute Government Office suitship Generally Sufficient. Undesirable consults have long given rise to humorous incidents. But Zanzibar, to which the President had appointed Mason Mitehell, a rough rider, seems to be in the lead in unattractiveness, if the length of consult terms proves any test, says the Washington correspondent of the New York Evening Post. Indiana has usually claimed the honor of furnishing candidates for this place, but after the resignation of a man named Rogers of Shoales, the Indiana senators notified the President that they were through with it. They had constituents who were willing to take chances, but the senators were not prepared to promise that these turesome individuals would stay more than a month. Before Rogers took the place it was held for nearly a year by "bob" Mansfield, at one time private secretary to Senator Beveridge and now consult at Valparaiso. Mansfield came back, according to Indiana, descriptions, "as thin as a toothpick and as yellow as June butter." He said he had stuck it out as long as the insurance company would let him and that he returned to save his premiums. Before Mansfield, there was an Indianian named Billheimer, described as a husky Hoofer, with a large nose and frame piked in malerla. He was cured of diplomatic ambition in about two months, and has never asked for a place since Before Billheimer, Judge Riley of Virginia served; he remained as long as his aversion to the negroes would permit. Finally, he is said to have taken a gun and emptied a load of fine birdshot into the dusky natives who persisted in taking a daily bath in front of the American consulate which, the Judge "allowed," was an indignity to be resented by this government's representative. HE LIKES FRIED POTATOES. Grand Duke Alexis Has a Favorite Dish, So They Say. Grand Duke Alexis of Russia is very fond of fried potatoes, and during his recent visit to Paris he was wont to buy a few every day from a woman in the street and to eat them beside her stall. The woman did not know him, but as he paid her in princely fashion, she was very anxious to find out who he was. "I can tell you who he is," said a neighbor one day. "He is Grand Duke Alexis, uncle of the czar and one of the greatest men in Russia." Utterly amazed, the woman asked: "In heaven's name, how should I address him?" "Oh, call him 'Your Excellency', or 'Your Royal Highness,' was the answer. The woman resolved to do so, and the next day, as she was sprinkling some salt over the smoking potatoes which the grand duke had bought, she said: "I can recommend them to your royal highness, for I know your excellence has never tasted better potatoes." The grand duke burst out laughing, and paid more for the potatoes than he had ever paid before, but he was annoyed at finding himself recognized and never returned to buy another potato. Girard Was Considerate. One of the sea captains in the employ of Stephen Glirard had a rural Yankee's fondness for whittling with his jackknife, and on one trip succeeded in getting away with a large part of the rail, although, feeling that he was not without the artistic sense, he really regarded the rail as greatly improved in appearance. When the vessel came to Philadelphia Glirard went aboard, made a general inspection in the captain's absence, and, as he was about to return to shore, asked one of the seamen who had been cutting the rail. The seaman told him the captain, and then, afraid his telling might have unpleasant consequences were the captain to learn of it in a roundabout way, informed that official of the interview with Glirard. The captain was in terror of a reprimand, but, hearing nothing from his employer, supposed the incident closed. As he was about weighing anchor ready to leave port, a dray loaded with shingles drove down to the wharf, and the driver hailed the fessel. "There must be some mistake! shouted the captain, "Our bill of lading doesn't mention shingles!" "This is where they belong!" sung back the driver. "Mr. Girard, himself, told me to deliver them! He said they're for the captain to whittle!" Gilf Stew Real Sherlock He Gillette a Real Sherlock Holmes. William Gillette, whose impersonation of Sherlock Holmes has become so famous, has acquired much of theunning of the character he portrays, and on being interviewed by the newspaper reporters extracts from them all they know without himself imparting any information. On his return from Europe the other day all the Boston scribes sought to learn of his future plans, but were obliged to chanlon the effort. Eustorine is put up in 2 forms, both must be used to secure positive results. LUSTORONE No. 1. —To be used at bedtime every night. Straightens Knotty, Nappy, Curly Hair. It acts quickly, taking only one box to thoroughly straighten the hair. You do not have to wait weeks for the results. Lustorone is recognized as the only True Hair Straightener. No hot irons are used. Lustorone straightens without any outside assistance. LUSTORONE No. 2. —Must be used in connection with Lustorone No. 1. It is used on hair of Scalp Diseases, such as Dandruff, Titch, Eczema, &c. 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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 Buttons 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, *force* which would have a hard time with the mobilized fleet of Slam, 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. Steady 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 Jail 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 fail. Complete Ask Elementary 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 lumber a year. The sawmills consume twenty times as much. The new Australian federal government is appointing a Commonwealth Day on the lines of the American Independence Day. It is now engaged in weighing the claims of July 1, when Queen Victoria assented to the constitution; September 30, the date of the proclamation; January 1, the inauguration of the Commonwealth, and May 9, the date of the Duke of Cornwall's opening of the first federal parliament. The January date is the one most favored. Holland and Its Colonies. The hold that Holland has on its East Indian colonies is rather precarious. The Archon war, stretched over well-nigh thirty years, is having a period of recrudescence that will sadly try Dutch resources. The Jambt war has also kept the Hollanders busy. Strange to say, in both districts the Dutch troops are doing what the Dutch condemn in South Africa—burning farms. They are even destroying whole villages. Henrik Ibsen's Early Life. Henrik Thesen fifty years ago was serving behind the counter of a country drug store. The dispensing of medicines, however, did not suit tastes of the celebrated Norwegian, and during his apprenticeship he was hard at work reading for the profession of a doctor. In order to outfit a very small salary he took to training, with what result the whole world knows. Fortunate Child. in the town of Manzanares, in Spain, the birth of the first year of this century was curiously honored by the municipality. Having recognized the claims of the expiring year by paying the funeral expenses of the last inhabitant of the town to die in it, the local authority undertook to bear the cost of the education of the first child born in the new year. Lakes in Arld Australia Subterranean lakes have recently been discovered in the Euclia district, Australia. They lie about thirty feet below the surface and contain an abundance of water. This discovery is of the greatest practical importance to this especially arid district. It is of scientific value also, as it affords an explanation of the disappearance of certain rivers. Robbery by Wholesale A remarkable robbery has been committed at Birds' Island, near Toulon. There was on the island a bed containing 100,000 two-year-old oysters. They were safe at a recent date, but on the proprietor visiting the place again seven days later the whole stock had been cleared without any clue to the robbers being discoverable. Flying Not a New Idea. Flying is not a twentieth century idea. As far back as 1273 Friar Bacon predicted that flying would "shortly" become a general practice and Bishop Wilkins in 1652 said: "It will yet be as usual to hear a man call for his wings when he is going on a journey as it is now to hear him call for his boots." Honor for Italian Literary Man. Prof. Rodolfo Lanciana has just received the greatest prize a literary man can hope for in Italy. The Academia Reale della Science of Turin has awarded him the triennial prize of 12,000 lire, called the Premio Bressa, from the name of its founder, for his recent scientific work. Home of the Cholera The marshy ground of the Ganges delta, with its vast masses o. vegetation, decaying under a tropical sun, is the native home of the cholera. In that pestilential region the cholera and plague are found every year and all the year round. THE BEST Laundry Soap ON THE MARKET, AND PREMIUMS GIVEN. DIAMOND "C" SOAP AN HONEST SOAP SEEK NO FURTHER DIAMOND "C" IS THE BEST. 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Publication Notice To Isaac Hatton, Jr. You are hereby notified that the will of Isaac Hatton Sr. has been filled in the Probate Court of Wyandotte County Kansas, for the purpose of probating the same, and that the hearing on the same will be had on the 6th day of May 1902, at 9 o'clock a.m., you will take due notice thereof and govern yourself accordingly and be present to represent and protect any interest you may claim under the said will. Respt. Yours Iretta Hatton Baker. CANDY CATHARTIC THE WORK WHILE YOU SLEEP 10c 25c. 50c. Draggles Genuine stamped C C C C. Never sold in bulk. Beware that the stamp may sell to sell "something like a rose." THE Laundry ON THE M AND PREMIU DIAMOND "C" SOAP AN HONEST SOAP SEEK NO FURTHER DIAMOND "C" IS THE BEST Complete catalogue showing over 300 premium be secured by saving the wrappers, furnished free Send your name on a postal card, and we the catalogue. Address: Premium Dept., THE CUDAHY PACKING CO. South Omaha, Neb. Diamond "C" Soap for sale by all grocers. Sheriff's Sale State of Kansas. County of Pleasant, County of Wyandotte. L. J. Johnson, Plaintiff. vs. N. N. McFarson, Nannie Dail. Annie D. McFarson, T. P. Vaughan. Defendants. Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Wyandotte in a certain cause in said Court, number 5199 Wherein the parties about named were respectively plaintiff and defendants, and to me, the undersigned, Sheriff of said County directed, I will offer for sale, at public auction, and sell to the highest bidder, for cash in hand, at the front door of the Court House in the City of Kansas City in said County, on Monday the 20th day of October A.D. 1902, at 10 o'clock A.M. of said day, the following described Real Estate situate in the County of Wyandotte and State of Kansas, to wit; Lot Thirteen (13), Block four (4), in Cobb Height in Wyandotte County, Kansas, now a part of Kansas City, Kansas. H. A. MENDENHALL, Sheriff of Wyandotte County, Kansas. In the Probate Court in and for said County. In the matter of the estate of Clara Williams, Alias Clara Slurge, deceased, Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned on the estate of Clara Williams, Alias Clara Slurge late of said County, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 8th day of February A. D. 1902. Now, all persons having claims against the 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 Estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said Letters, they shall be forever barred. PETER YOUNG. WANTED—AN IDEA Who can nana thing to patient? Protect your life being you wealth. Write JOHN WEDBUR- PON & PETER CUNNON, Washington FOR SALE No 921 Walker. 3 rooms Nice 25 ft lot. Price $650 Cistern & shed. No 923 Walker ave 3 rooms 25 ft Lot Cistern & shed Price $650 No 214 Troup ave Large 6 rooms house good lot South front Cistern & Barn. Price $900 No 1108 Oakland ave 3 room Good South front lot Cistern and shed Price $600. 361 George ave 7 lots & 3 rooms house Cistern & shed Price $1.100. Two Acres of land adjourning the city can be purchased at a price that will surprise you. Call at this offices for further information. 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. 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. BEST Soap MARKET, MS GIVEN. ems that may upon request. will mail you 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 the care and custody of two of the minor children, .Pearly Banks, and Corinne Banks, and for cost of this suit. Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. To the above named defender 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 1602 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. Read The Citizen. --- DRUGS, MEDICINE, CHEMIALS. & Fine Toilet Soaps, Brushes, Combs, Etc. PERFUMERY AND FANCY TOILET ARTICLES The Citizen is in the Push Better keep your Eyes open FEED AND CALT MEAT. Tobacco and Cigars. All kinds of country Producein season. Gold delivered to any part of the city. Corner of 4th. and Oakland Ave. Kansas City DEAFNESS OR HARD HEARING ARE NOW CURABLE by our new invention. Only those born deaf are incurable. HEAD NOISES CEASE IMMEDIATELY. F. A. 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