The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. Oldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of the Country The Future Political Salvation of the Negro Depends on Ignoring Party Lines and Voting for the Men Believed to be Mostly Interested in Their Welfare. VOL. 15. NO. 35. Oldest and The Future Political S THE PEOPL FOR GO THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE FOR GOVERNOR. MAYOR W. H. CRADDOCK. Kansas City, Kansas., MAYOR W. H. CRADDOCK. Kansas City, Kansas., We present this week a likeness of that champion of the peoples right Mayor W. H. Craddock of Kansas City, Kansas and the next Governor of Kansas—Why? he stands for all that is best and right. A man who has made a record at home of which to be proud and one that recommends him to the consideration of the common mass in whose interest he has so untriflingly labored in Wyandotte county. The alarming condition of affairs as they exist in this country speaks in no uncertain tones that poor laboring classes of all colors and nationalities must come together and vote for men who stand the nearest to their interest, no man ever aspired for any office at the hands of the people who were as near to them, heart & soul as Mayor W. H. Craddock we told the people this eighteen months ago when he ran for mayor-we tell them now as he ascends toward the executive chair of the state. He will make one of the OUR NEXT SHERIFF. We want to call along with other speci- attentions Hon.J. D. Waters the candi- date of the people for sheriff of Wyom- dette county. In him the people can W. H. HON. J. D. WATERS. find a representative of the highest stamp-a man who stands flat footed to do right in behalf of the people. A man who stands for all that is grand and noble in men. A man who will fill the office of sheffield with the greatest satisfaction to all. A man who is not now nor has been identified with any discriminating organization. A man whose reputation for integrity and ability cannot be questioned. A man who should receive the vote of every citizen irrespective of party or color he should receive it because he represents the highest type of honest indentation manhood. His record for manliness stands unquestioned he is a winner so help swell the majority. TOPEKA miss. Katie Link returned home from Lincoln Neb. Saturday. Mr. Adam Carter of Lawrence spent Friday in the city. Mr. E. Fields of Denver left Sat. for K.C.Mo The Ladies sewing circle met with Sirs, B.Sportsman Wed. afternoon. The city Federation of art clubs opened for the season monday after noon at the congregational church. Mr. Pressey Chiles departed this life Thursday a m. and was buried Saturday. Mr. Wm. Wilson who recently res- igned headwaiter ship at the Throp Hotel died suddenly at Omaha Neb. sunday eve. most conscientious and grandest governors Kansas has ever had. We appeal to the people all over the state if they feel their rights have been trampled on, who have been unjustly treated by being forced to pay more taxes on their little homes, than the big corporation—who are surely and swiftly grinding out your lives-vote for W. H. Craddock—if you want a government of the people an the people vote forW.H.Craddock. To the Negro voters throughout the state we point them to Mayor Craddock's record in this city in their behalf over $1,500.00 go into the hands of Negroes every month—can we not then judge a mans future by his past—we invite investigation all we say is true—Is it not the duty of every Negro to stand up and be found fighting till the polls close on Nov. 4th we believe that the Negroes throughout the state will show their appreciation for what he has done for the race in Wyandotte county. Let him be elected by an overwhelming majority. Miss. M. Benning entertained the Golden Rod club Friday afternoon. Rev G. N. Burrey is in the city enroute to California to join the A.M.E. conference of Cal. Misa Maud B. Tillery one of our leading young ladies has accepted a position as clerk at the People's Grocery Co. 436 Minnesota ave. Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Jones of Sedalia Mo. formerly of this has returned here and will make it their future home. A PRIZE WINNER Earnest L. Gayden Jr., the five month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gayden of 527 State ave. won first prize at for being the handsomest baby boy at the Missouri fair. Saturday Oct. 11th. A WINNER For Register of Deeds. Mr. Bert Cooke is the name of the estimable young man whose "out" we present in this issue and a candidate on the Republican ticket for Register of Deeds He is so eminently fitted for this office for which he aspires, we cannot believe a single voter can or will do other than MR. BERT COOKE. vote for him. His fitness comes from years of experience as chief deputy in the office for which he aspires. He is an exemplary young man of much popularity, painstaking, exacting and manly, thus he stands out in bold relief asking the suffrage of the people-guaranteeing future obligations by his good record in the past. He will fill the office with as much credit as he is now filling his present position as chief deputy. If you want to have good men in office in the "crowd vote for Bert Cooke and be assured you have done right. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY MORNING. Hon. J. E. McFadden. The Next County Attorney. Hon. Jnc. E. McFadden that stalwart young lawyer and councilman from the second ward and a candidate for county attorney on the democratic has so well acquitted himself in his public career that he stands in forefront of highly esteemed citizens and will be elected beyond all reasonable doubt, next county attorney. He is a Wyandotte production whom every citizen should take pride in honoring with their suffrage. We are proud to ask the people to vote for a man of Mr. McFadden make up. In him we find all the qualities that make men successful. He is steadfast in his conviction, honest to his friends, exceptional tenacity city and a polished gentleman. In the city council no man has labored more faithfully in behalf of the whole people and his 2nd ward constituents than "Mack" as he is known. No just complaint can be lodged against him in the discharge of his duty. He has not only looked after the interest of his own race, but has always had a listening ear and an honest endeavor to do right by the Negro. As we have said before no councilman ever elected from any party ever tried and did do as much as Hon. Jno. E.McFadden for the Negro in the 2nd ward. We feel confident that now is the hour of need, the Negro will rally to his support in appreciation for past favors if for nothing else, Give him your vote, we believe you will. We present in this issue a likeness of Hon. E. A. Enright the present republican county attorney and candidate for representative of the 10th district. HON. E. A. ENRIGHT. Mr. Enright is enjoying his second term as county attorney of Wyandotte county. He has made a host of friends and was a candidate for the nomination for Governor. He is a gentleman, a lawyer and a politician, his record in Wyandotte county is a guarantee of election this fall. His popularity is unbounded. He has proven his friendship towards all so it is but necessary to tell the people of his district that he is a candidate—result follow. Our County Treasure. Among candidates of any party no man is more generously respected, admired and highly esteemed than Col. D. D. E. Cornell that excellent old pioneer citizen the Republican nominee for county Treasarer His sincerity, faithfulness to friends. His other manly qualities are so prominent in all his dealings with his fellow man, his election is assured, and we want to tell the public irrespective of party that you indeed do an act of which you can be eminently proud when you cast your vote for D. E. Cornell making him the next treasure of Wyandotte county Pick out the best men whom it will be to your interest and that of the community to vote for let not party affiliation be in your way. OUR CONGRESSMAN OF THE 2ND DISTRICT. F. B. L. M. C. C. C. HON. HOAH L. BOWMAN. A Winning Candidate for Congress. 2nd District. We take great pleasure in presenting to our readers and the voters in the 2nd congressional district a "cut" of Hon. Noah L. Bowman the distinguished gentleman, a nominee for congress on the democratic ticket. We want to say in the out set that not withstanding that he is a candidate of one party he most truly represents the people. He is a man who if sent to congress the people of the 2nd district will hear from him for he is not an excuse for a man, but a man in the fullest sense of the word. He is fearless in the advocacy of the peoples best interests. He comes from the people therefore knows their wants. He has the moral courage of his convictions the back bone, vim, push and energetic hustling qualities that EX-MAYOR OUR NEXT COUNTY First EX-MAYOR MARSHMAN. OUR NEXT COUNTY COMMISSIONER. First District. Ex-Mayor Robert L. Marshman the Republican candidate for county commissioner for the first district needs no introduction to the people of this district. His immense popularity makes it only necessary to ask what his majority will be? His record has been in keeping with the common mass. His treatment of the Negroes during his two terms as mayor of Kansas City, Kansas should are eminent needed by the people representative in congress. We appeal to every voter in the 2nd district, who loves manhood, who want a representative and a man who it is to their own interest to see elected-vote for Noah L. Bowman. The knowledge we have of Mr. Bowman is a guarantee in our commendation of him for your support. He is in good faith with the people upright and honest. In sending him to congress you will make no mistake. In the great aggregation forget not that you owe it to yourself and the best interest of the district to cast your vote unmindful of party, but the man. Be true to yourselves in this matter you cannot then fail to vote for Bowman the next congressman from the 2nd district. MARSHMAN, TY COMMISSIONER. District. and will cause every Negro to have such a warm spot in their hearts for him that he will receive almost the unanimous support of every Negro in this district. They will vote for him not because he is a republican but because he is a man and has proved it. He is entitled to your vote because he deserves it. Let your conscience be clear by voting for Robert L. Marshman for county commissioner. For Probate Judge Another winner There is no more deserving candidate aspiring this fall for office than Hon. Mason S. Peters the democratic nominee for Judge, Probate Court. The great good he accomplished for Wyandotte county during his term in congress ought not make it necessary for one word to be said in his behalf. He should receive the vote of every man in this county whether he be identified with the Republican Democratic or any other party. If there was ever a man to whom appreciations should be shown by Wyandotte county it is to ex-congressman Mason S. Peters He is a man of sterling qualities, firm convictions and intense loyalty to the best interest of the people. His record in PETER H. BURKE HON. MASON S. PETERS congress stands as an open book, that he who doubts may read. Now if Wyandotte county people believe in upholding a man when he does something for them on Tuesday Nov. 4th is the time to show it, by voting for Mason S. Peters. The beautiful edifice, the custom house in this city stands as a monument of endurable fame to the energy of a true man, a Wyandotte county man and a gentleman of the highest possible type. He is a man of thorough reliability true to friends and energetic from the word go. We appeal to every voter white black, Democratic or republican to vote for a man whose every heart pulsation beats for the best interest of all the people. We have no fear in the presumption that he will acquit the orduous duties of Probate Judge with the utmost satisfaction of the humblest citizen to the high est—So don't forget we besech you to vote for him. A Poor Man's Friend. There is scarcely a voter in Wyndotte county who has not heard of Mr. Frank Holcomb the present county clerk and a candidate on the democratic ticket for FRANK HOLCOMB. re-election. He has demonstrated that he above all other things is a friend of the masses. His gallent fight for equal taxation is still remembered by the humble little home owner. He, it is that the mammoth corporations are endeavoring to defeat -why- because he stands out in bold relief for the people-can you afford to not vote for him? Is it not to your interest to vote for him? We ask all who want the fair and square thing to stand up for Frank Holcomb-Tell our friends to do the same. Tales of Two Cities Mrs. Vance of Topeka mother of Mrs. T. S Booker is in the city, the guest of her daughter of 727 Everett Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Alice Lossing of Okskalawe were the guest of Mrs. Jennie Edinb ro last week in the s a foam block Vote for J. D. Waters for Sheiff of Wyandotte county. Miss Grae Saunders of Lincoln Neb. is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Jones of 1040 Walker ave. The eleven pound arrival this week at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Thompson of this city makes it now possible that an other new medicine man may be added the list of five whose shingles are flap ping in the breeze in our city. It will now be senior and Junior or "Thompson & Thompson" medicine men. OCTOBER 17 1902 J' E Anderson Evangelist of the Christian Chu ch of Bloomington Ill. is holding a series meetings at the 8 h St. Christian church this all are cordially invited to attend the services each evening at 8 Oclock Sunday at 11 A.M. Subject Living Epistles 2 oor 3; 2 at 7 80 P. M. Subject Sin Against The Holy Spirit. Hon. B. S. Smith the Deputy County attorney of Wyandotte county made one of the most profound impressions ever made before a justice bar in Wyandotte county Thursday of last week at the Court of Common Pleas in the Falkenberg homicide case which went to the jury Monday. In behalf of the state Mr Smith in eloquent tones moved many of his audiences into tears as he plead in defense of law and order many declared they had never heard such soul stirring utterances from mortal man. We are proud to know that the four year record of Mr. Smith now drawing to a close in the office of deputy has been of the very highest commendable sort. It gives the race great pleasure and satisfaction to know that in eight years divided up between Judge I. F. Bradley and Hon. B. S. Smith no braiter lawyers in the court ever did credit to any office with as much satisfaction and esteem as they. All honor to our invincible legal light "Bradley and Smith." They Say Wedding bells continue to ring. It is said we are to have a hard winter. Who is the leading lady? Who leads colored "400" in K C. K. Do you ever see Miss Ann ave, or Mr. Sea foam block. The lady on the hill is seldom seen in the sea foam block now adays. Now captain I would report sometime its hard to live a week in only one day Ha! Ha! Ha! H. C. is getting to be a good little laddie now. Deacon always is good Ha! Ha! well The woods are full of them and what makes it so funny they are all singing papa's baby boy. The prize baby lives in the Sea foam block—poor old popu'ar block where art thou Preparation are being made for one of the grandest baby shows ever inaugurated in Wyandotte county—Keep posted by reading the Citizen. The wedding which is going to happen on J. St. is said to be quite popular—say when our reporter calls please tell him "What will the harvest be." TOO MUOH OF A PROBLEM. Astronomer Couldn't Get Line on Young Man and His Best Girl "In science," said the young man, "I have heard you say that the same law, when applied to the motions of all individualized aggregations of atoms, applies with equal persistency, and that, so long as we know what this law is, we can work out any problem to its ultimate conclusion, provided the conditions be such as to determine the nature of the problem." "Precisely." "We have, then, two bodies of polarized, aggregated animalcule (one of the first degree of density in Marshall's law, and the other of the second), alternately attracted and repulsed by the vibratory motion of Kepler's fourth equation. Moving together through space at the rate of seventeen miles per second, they are retarded by a fractional atmospheric pressure of one ohm to a specific gravity of 3,000 a year respectively. The varying degrees of density being duly considered, at the end of thirteen years and six months, what will be their respective relations?" "Where are these bodies at present located in regard to the sun?" "They are in the shade." The kindly old astronomer laid his hand on the other's arm. "My son," he said, nothing is easier in mathematics, once having the point of departure, the rate of speed and the relative degrees of density, to arrive at the location of two moving spatial objects, but I confess I am utterly powerless to get a line on you and your best girl."—New York Life. He Took the Job. A characteristic story is told of Abe Gruber, the well-known New York lawyer. When he was a boy looking for something to do he saw the sign, "Boy Wanted," hanging outside a store in New York. He picked up the sign and entered the store. The proprietor met him. "What did you bring that sign in here for?" asked the storekeeper. "You won't need it any more," said Bruber, cheerfully. "I'm going to take the job." Mrs. Thomas A. Hendricks, widow of the former vice-president, consented to set the home where her husband-spent his last years to make way for building improvements in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis negro, Cantrell, under arrest for grave robbing and confessing the crime, is a graduate of Tuskegee university. Professor Woodrow Wilson's inauguration as president of Princeton university, to which he was elected last fall will take place on Saturday, October 28. THE OTHER FOOL (With apologies to Mr. Rudyard Kiplinger. (A fool, who has made her prayers even as you and I— To a selah, corpulent, masculine bear, We called him the fellow with rooms to spare. But she called him her hero beyond com- pare. Even as you and I. Oh, the years we waste, and the tears we waste. And the meals we have left on hand, Awaiting the husband who never comes home. And now we know that he wouldn't come home, As long as he could stand. A fool there was and her store she spent- Even as you and I— Purity, youth and the price of the rent. Till she'd threaten to leave, and then he'd When the fool in her heart would grow kind and relent, Even as you and I. Oh, the pain he cost, and the gain he cost— The fool cried on till her eyes were red— Even as you and I, Which might have seen as she put him to be. But there isn't on record a word that he It's coming to know he was talking of home. Hearing from others he started for home. When he was unable to stand. - Clay Clement in October 10 StoryBook. The Serene Themes. (Copyright, 1901, by Authors' Syndicate.) 1901, by Authors' Syndicate). HE rain swept down upon the marshes in long, thin slants and the girl paused to gaze upon it with delighted eyes. Sidney Lanier's lines were in her heart and she gave him voice, joying with sympathy in the her: HE rain swept down upon the marshes in long, thin slants and the girl paused to gaze upon it with delighted eyes. Sidney Lanier's lines were in her heart and presently she gave them voice, joying with sympathy in the scene before her. "We marshes, how candid and simple, and nothing withholding and free. Ye publish yourselves to the sky and offer yourselves to the sea. Tolerant plains, that suffer the sea and the rains and the sun. Ye spread and span like the catholic man mighty work God out of knowledge and good out of infinite pain. And sight out of blindness, and purity out of a stain." She gazed a moment and then tramped on through the wet, turning her head from time to time to that the east wind might dash the fine rain against her face. How glorious it was. All this fresh air and freedom after that close, smelly sitting-room at home. "And those poor pitiful creatures, cramped up in stuffy chairs worshiping their serene Themes," she murmured. Because it is customary to站 in chairs, it would die for want of fresh air rather than not stay there. And she splashed her rubber boots delightedly through a shining pool of new-fallen water. "I have little use for you, O Themes. Your ideas of right and wrong do not satisfy the deeper instincts of my soul. Your eternal fitness of things appears to me as a shallow subterfuge." Some one laughed at her elbow. "And souls have instincts." In the you, she appeared, calmly. "Me" he admitted, "in my prehistoric duck paraphernalia." The girl laughed. "You look it—every inch," she criticised, frankly. "You don't suppose that I was going to let you go gadding about in the rain alone, did you?" "How was I to know that you were aware of my gadding?" she parried. "My study has a window, and so has my soul." "Your soul!" "I believe that is what poets call it. Don't they talk some sort of exquisite stuff about the eye being the window of the soul?" "O. You must excuse my density. A poetical allusion from you is as unexpected as moonlight at midday. Still," she continued, thoughtfully, "I came by the wagon road and that is beyond your range of vision." "Not when my power of sight is re-enforced by a spy-glass," he turned and looked at her. "Which it was," he said, slowly. "And how do you justify such proceedings to your serene Themes?" she mocked. "Is a spy-glass watch upon the movements of your women acquaintances customary? Does it coincide with her ideas of the eternal fitness of things?" "I don't care for the serene Themes," he returned, recklessly. The girl sat down upon a stump and looked out at the rain-swept marshes. "Behold his household god is in the dust. The ashes are cold upon his altars!" "Nonsense! Get up from there. Don't you know better than to sit down in a rain?" "I am a friend stuplied. When I hear one's friend deride his chosen godness." "Oh, Nan, have done! I knew that you could not keep away from the marshes on such a day as this." "But you did not pose to bespoke your other coat on an uncertainly," the remarked, wickedly. The color surging up slowly in his wed cheeks. "You ought not to be so hard on Themes," he said with a brave attempt at indifference. "She was the mother of Peace and Justice and the Fates." "And because the sins of the parents are visited upon the children, the virtues of the children should reflect upon the parents." But he must admire small admiration for your goddess of custom. Her golden chains of binding than any of the iron links forged by Vulcan." He was looking at her, but not listening. It was the first time in two years that she had called him friend. And she had done it in the old-time, pleasant way. The tone carried him back to the comfortable times one before they had quarreled over her reckless invasions against the laws of custom. "I know," he said, vaguely, when he realized that it was his turn to say something. "I'm not well up on Greek mythology." "But I am talking everyday sense. I say that there are more unwilling victims dragged at the charlot wheeles of customs today than ever, quarrels disjointed in their triumphs. In millions of people grinding their lives out doing things they detest merely because it is customary. You know what I mean?" "I wish to the Lord that I did." She looked at him with a touch of calm disdain, then let her eyes drift lazily to the drenched landscape. For an instant she found herself wishing that it was not quaint. "The rain makes his eyes so much bluer," she reflected. But that was scarcely a cause for avoiding their fearless glance. "I am going to organize an anti-Themes club," she announced. "The members are to pledge themselves to do whatever they feel like doing, irrespective of what is customary." "I will sign the pledge as soon as it is written." His voice shook a little. "Nan turned to look at him. Nan won't look at me again; then she faced about suddenly and quickened her pace. "It is going to rain harder, I think," she remarked. grimly. "No." he returned. "I saw a gleam on the marsh just now. The sun will be out in half an hour." "When are you going to write that pledge?" he questioned, softly. "Oh. I don't know." "What am I getting a little impatient to sign it." "Do you find the serene Themes a tyrant at last? Let me tell you, men get off easy compared to what women have to bow down to." "I don't know about that. I have gone around for the last two years half-dead to break one two laws, and not daring to do it." Nan's eyes measured the marsh. "I shouldn't imagine it would be easy to respect a man who was forever clinging to the skirts of custom," she remarked, impersonally. "Shouldn't you?" he echoed, absently his finger tips were beginning to tingle. The rain came down afresh, pattering briskly upon the back of their rubber coats and velling the marshes in translucent mists. "Neither should I," he added, after a long pause. "The serene Themes has stifled my life too long. By this sign I renounce my allegiance." His warm, wet lips caught hers and clung to them. In an instant Nan was facing him through three feet of mist rain. He was a crazy man, exclaimed. "Don't" he protested. "I have only done what I have been longing to do day and night for the last two years. I have renounced—" "We had better walk on," she cut in coolly. "The rain isn't exactly the ronner place for gossiping." "Ah, but we do not care a fig for the proprieties. Wait, Nan, I take it back! If you only knew how irresistible you were with those rain drops on your face. Besides, it really is your turn to be a little loving now. I have been doing it for two years." Does that mean that you propose to rest, from your labors?" "You little fraud, you know that it doesn't. You know that as long as I live I shall go on loving you through and through, even to your rubber coat." "Oh, for pity's sake, don't fall in love with my rubber coat. Recall the sad fate of those galoshes that got kissed into holes. It would trouble me to awake some morning to the fact that my rubber coat was a wreck." "Nan," he said, sternly, "does all this mean that you love me, or that you do not?" She turned to con a lesson of candor from the candid marshes, then she leaned her head back against him to meet his eager eyes. "It means that I do," she answered, honestly. GIRL BARTENDERS NOT IN IT. Americans Do Not Take Kindly to Them as Drink Dispensers. New York Correspondence Washington Star: The possession of a common language does not by any means bridge the inherent differences between the Englishman and the American. A couple of months ago a New Yorker who had spent some years in England thought that he had a great idea. He fitted up an elaborate saloon down in the financial district. Instead of putting male barkeepers behind the bars he employed pretty girls to "tend bar," after having them drilled by a professional "mixer" In the art of concocting ally, the fragrances of the mixed variety. The man who used the scheme thought that he was going to oversee the British barmald idea over to elevate the tone of saloons, as he fondly expressed the matter, and do a huge business from the lump. He didn't do any business at all, and the place has been closed for a fortnight. He couldn't drag the men down in the financial district into his ornate cafe with a laxat. Strangers passing through the street stimulants would push open the doors of the place, espy the pretty girls waiting expectantly behind the bars—and wheel about and get away from the scene at a jog trot. There is undoubtedly something in the makeup of the American which causes him to feel more or less cheap when he finds his hard or better being purveyed to him by women. One of the roof gardens here this year tried the experiment of employing tidy-looking young women as waiters instead of men. The management quickly found out that the patrons of the street had the information, and was abandoned. There are plenty of cigar stores over here now in which one but pretty girls are employed as clerks, and these places prosper. The "man on the street" doesn't mind dropping into one of these places for a smoke and a word or so of chat with a cheerful girl or a man and tooth, besides other marks of the social personality, but it has been thoroughly proven that the barmaid scheme is a hopeful frost. Squirrel Shooting in October Country Life in America: Sentiril shooting is good in the latter part of October, when the leaves have thinned out. The gray fellows are fat with much plundering of nature's free store, and furnish a favorite sport for many. Cunning from the inherited experience of many generations, they are by no means so easily secured as would at first appear possible, for Mr. Bushy-tail has a way of putting a tree trunk beaker and furnish a danger and it requires quick work of its napping. But of all the methods of his taking, there is none, to my mind, cleaner, and so filled with the true elements of sportsmanship, as still-hunting with a 22-caller rifle. It is a fair match of alert senses and skill against cunning and instinct, with the advantage with the game. If anything. The man with alert senses and hand steady that will bring down a squirrel treetop with a single bullet, and there is cause for a very honest satisfaction wherewith to flavor the savory stew which shall be the evening recompense for the morning's tramp. Moody's Manual of Corporations finds that Mr. Morgan's influence is paramount in 55,555 miles of railroad, or over one-fourth of the total mileage of the country; that this mileage is capitalized at $3,002,949,571; that he dominates the United States Steel corporation with a capitalization of $1,389,339,556, and three minor trusts; and that he is now to control a steamship combination of a capital at the start of $170,000. His total capitalized power is represented by $4,737,280,527—this aside from the finance which necessarily comes from the debt from so colossal a concentration of financial might. There is no longer any question of course, as to who is "the greatest living American." KANSAS NEWS BRIEFS. Orange J. Smith and James E. Dean, storekeeper and gauger in the Leaven- worth internal revenue district, have resigned. Rural free delivery service will be established on November 1 at Whites Cloud, Doniphan county, with two car- riers; length of routes, forty-seven and one-quarter miles; population served, 1,155. The oil inspection fees for the month of September were turned into the state government bureau. They aggregate $2,274. The expenses of the depar- ment were only $442. The grain department turned in $3,137 in fees. The expenses of that department for the month were $3,113. An attempt was made on the life of Rev. J. M. Jackson, pastor of the Euclid Avenue M. E. church of Topeka, Sunday night. The would-be assassin fired a shot at the minister in the latter's own yard and then fled, without inflicting injury. Mr. Jackson has been active in the anti-saloon agitation in Topeka and it is charged that the attempt on his life came from that source. Governor Stanley has demonstrated to paroled prisoners that it pays to live up to the conditions of the parole. Henry Watkins was sent to prison from Labette county in 1897 for ten years, for robbery. Joe Kutler was sent to uncle Logan county in 1898 for four years for grand larceny. Last year the governor paroled both of them. They compiled with the conditions of their paroles to the letter and as a reward the governor has issued them full pardons. Charles B. Hardy, formerly register of deeds of Kingman county, but recently sent to the Topeka asylum for insanity, threw himself in front of a Rock Island passenger train near the asylum grounds on Wednesday and was ground to pieces. He was at work in the garden near the tracks. When the train hove in sight he ran to the tracks and threw himself down. His body was cut to pieces. At one time he was an influential man in Kingman county, but lost his mind over a dispute concerning fees of his office. The farmers and cattlemen of near Brookville are aroused over several cattle thefts which have been committed in that vicinity within the past few months. Recently a number of cattle were stolen and two residents of Brookville were arrested, and the cattle were found in their possession, ready for shipment to Kansas City. Bruce Gentry, one of the men involved, acquitted. George S. Jones was tried, but acquitted of the charge by a jury in the district court. Later J. E. Putnam, of Salina, had nine head of cattle stolen. Secretary of State Clark has written a letter to each county clerk in the state calling his attention to the new law giving railroad men the right to vote away from home and have their votes counted at home. This law was passed upon the urgent request of Governor Stanley. In the past a large number of railroad trainmen have lost their votes because of their absence from home on election day. The new law provides that, if they are on their runs that day, they can go to the polls at any precinct and vote upon making an affidavit showing that they are legal voters in their own town. The ballots are kept separate and mailed to the county clerks at the homes of the voters and are counted by the canvasing boards. The result of next month's election in Kansas will be known much earlier than in former years. In the past, Kansas has had a slow way of counting. Sometimes when an extraordinarily large vote was cast, it would be at least twelve hours after the polls were closed before any news whatever could be received from the big precincts. Under the new law, the counting of ballots is greatly facilitated. Only one mark is necessary to count a straight ballot, where before a mark had to be made behind the name of each candidate on the ballot. The straight tickets are marked in one ticket really sheet; the scratched tickets are marked as of old. From one-half to two-thirds of the tickets are straight, so it will take but a shot while to count out the vote. By midnight on election day the result ought to be known. Orders have been issued by the navy department directing Commander W. E. Sewell to proceed to Guam and assume the duties of commandant of the naval station at that place, relieving Commander Seaton Schroeder, ordered home to await orders. Clarence—My gwacious! Such a vicious natuah Gussie has! Cholly—Has he wealy? Clarence—Fwightful. I had some words with him today, and he deliberately weached out his hand and disawaged my hair.—Philadelphia Press. "Why did you decide upon such a sudden marriage?" "Well, you see, Arthur got one of those French automobiles, and I got to thinking that a husband in the harness might be worth a good deal more than a lover in the wreck."—Chicago Record-Herald. Mrs. Mann—Tommy, you have been a very naughty boy. When your papa comes home I shall tell him about you. Tommy—I think, mamma, it will be more interesting if you remind him of those happy days when your loves were young and fresh. A man likes to hear sweet things when he comes home at night tired and weary. Indignant Mother—George, if you had a little boy who made himself as dirty as you are, what would you do with him? George (aged three, muddy from head to foot)—I'd wash him—Tit-Bits. Mr. Lion—The ostrich has just won another game. He seems full of luck. Mr. Bear—Yes; I understand he swallowed four horseshoes before the game started. CANCER CURED WITH SOOTHING, BALMY OILS. Cancer, Tumor, Catarrh, Piles, Fistula, Ulcera, Eosinus and all Skin and Female Diseases. Writ for Illustrated Books & Soft Care. Address DR. BYE, 90th St, Kansas City, Mo. These rural free delivery routes 1 Kansas will be established November 1: E. Emporia, Lyons county, one additional route; area covered, twenty-si square miles; population served, 450. B. Warkentine is president and C. W. Goss cashier, of the new state bank just organized at Newton. The capita stock is $60,000, all of which is held by local business men. A charter has been applied for and the bank will be read; for business November 1. The Synod of the English Lutheran church convened at Salina Wednesday night with a sermon by Rev. H. I. Yarger, of Atchison, president of the Synod. The meeting was largely at tended by delegates from all parts of the state. The twenty-second annual convention of the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society was also held there this week. Henry G. Parsons, who has severa contracts for carrying mail in Law rence and vicinity, was arrested Thursday day for setting fire to his property that city. The police have been watching Parsons for some time, as they suspected him of committing the crime Officer Jeans was concealed in the bar when Parsons set the fire and arreste him at once. It is understood that Parsons is the party who fled complaint against Postmaster Caldwell recently. Jo'seph Chandler, a prominent citizen and a leading attorney of Iade pendence, died at his home Wednesday, morning. Mr. Chandler was 54 year old, a native of New York state, and a graduate of Beloit college, Wisconsin He was among the early settlers of In dependence. Mr. Chandler had been confined to his bed for the past three months and part of this time was in a hospital at Kansas City, but was taken home last week. His death is supposed to have been due to cancer. Claude Miner, a boy 12 years old while hunting rabbits in an old orchard on the Hopkins farm, five miles from McPherson, discovered a large cata mount in a tree. Not knowing what the animal was, the boy approach with his dog close under the tree, and fired at it, hitting it in the head and killin git. A number of wild cat have been killed in that county, but this is the first instance where a cata mount was ever found. It was an unusually large one, standing as high as a Shepherd dog, and was over four feet in length. Father Pio Mayer, a German, has been elected general of the Carmeli order in Rome. The opinion of the elder Rothschild who was certainly a most practical man, would seem at first glance to be a strong argument for the theory that after all there are "lucky" and "un lucky" men. He wrote to one of his sons: "Never have anything to do with an unlucky place, or an unluck man; I have seen many clever mer very clever men, who had not shoes to their feet; I never act with them; their advice sounds very well, but they can not get on themselves; and if the cannot do good themselves, how can they do good to me?" While visiting a small but stirring city in the Middle West, Mr. Charles A Moore, of the firm of Manning, Max well & Moore, was entertained by young married couple who are the parter of very vigorous sons. The younger had frequently confided to his mother that he wished he and his brother had a baby sister. However one afternoon he burst in upon her, ba in hand, and energy depicted in ever; line of his flushed, moist little face, ex claiming; "Never mind, mother, about that sister; we have got to have another boy for our nine, and so I think we'd better have a brother."—New York Times. Dr. Ormond, of the Princeton university faculty, is as noted in local circle for his physical rotundity as for his metaphysical profundity. Some time ago, on entering the nursery at his home, he surprised his offspring—half dozen young boys and a small girl—in ardent discussion of the "Abso One young philosopher turme to his appeal: "Father, can a man be absolutely good?" "No," replied the professor, "a man can't be absolutely good." "Father," another young sage de manded, "can a man be absolutel, bad?" "No," was the judicial response, "man can't be absolutely bad." And the little daughter, aged 4, piped up: "Father, can a man be absolutel fat?" But the philosopher's equilibrium was too embarrassed to reply. She—Oh, Fred, dear, you are so noble, so generous, so handsome, so chivalrous, so much the superior or every man I meet I can't help loving you. Now, what can you see in plain little me to admire? He—Oh, I don't know; but you certainly have good judgment. Perdita—If you continue much longer to play cards with my father, I won't marry you. Jack Dashing—If your father continues to play cards much longer with me, I won't need to marry you—New York Times. Miss Helen Gould is now an honorary member of the fire department of Tarrytown and Roxbury. While Miss Gould is not liable to actice fire duty, she is a full-fledged fireman, and is eligible to a seat in any state convention of firemen. Customer (to the coal dealer)—Have you got any name for those scales or yours? "I never heard of scales having a name. "Well, you ought to call your scales Ambush. You see, they are always lying in weight."—American Grocer. Every man must blow his own horn nowadays, and judicious advertising in the great horn that enables many to make themselves heard in the dn or competition—Jewelers' Circular-Weekly. The VViennese water color painter Rudolf von Alt, celebrated his 90th birthday on August 28. He is best known by his pictures of Vienna's architectural pride, the Stefansthrum. He has painted more than a hundred of each, each on showing a tower from a new point of view or in a new light. Don't Poison Baby. FORTY YEARS AGO almost every mother thought her child must have PAREGORIC or laudanum to make it sleep. These drugs will produce sleep, and A FEW DROPS TOO MANY will produce the SLEEP FROM WHICH THERE IS NO WAKING. Many are the children who have been killed or whose health has been ruined for life by paregoric, laudanum and morphine, each of which is a narcotic product of opium. Druggists are prohibited from selling either of the narcotics named to children at all, or to anybody without labelling them "poison." The definition of "narcotic" is: "A medicine which relieves pain and produces sleep, but which in poisonous doses produces stupor, coma, convulsions and death." The taste and smell of medicines containing opium are disguised, and sold under the names of "Drops," "Cordials," "Soothing Syrups," etc. You should not permit any medicine to be given to your children without you or your physician know of what it is composed. CASTORIA DOES NOT CONTAIN NARCOTICS, if it bears the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher. 900 DROPS CASTORIA A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS' CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SAMUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Sand Alk Sanna Alk Sanna Alk Sanna Papermint Carvencol, India Honey Liquid Ginger Liquid Whiskey Plaster Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Fac Simple Signature of Charles Pitcher NEW YORK. At 6 months old 35 DOSES - 35 CENTS EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. Even in Massachusetts There Is an Overplus of Bachelors. John G. Saxe a long time ago wrote a poem setting forth the failure of its supposed subject to wed because he was a superfluous man. He put into rhyme what the United States census of 1900 shows to be a cold statistical fact—except that instead of a single superfluous man there are in this country, to be exact, 2,531,333 of these unfortunate. There is reassurance for the disturbed who object to the recent order of the war department that no more married men can be commissioned as second lieutenants, for it is apparent that not only can the army be provided with second lieutenants, but that it can be equipped out of the supply of superfluous men with a full complement of line and staff, as well as with all the privates the country will pay for. Even then material sufficient for a calibrate navy will remain, says a consoling writer in Harper's Weekly. To recur to the census figures, they show that in the United States, including so much of our new possessions as Hawaii, there are 6,726,782 bachelors of 20 years old or more, while there are 4,195,464 spinsters, as the bureau's word has it, of the same age. No state has more unmarried women than unmarried men. Even in Massachusetts, one of whose governors collated the immortal phrase, "anxious and aimless," concerning the marriageable maldenhood of that commonwealth, there is an overplus of 5,221 bachelors. In some states, of course, the excess is relatively enormous, as in California, where it is 150,749; and in general the West and Southwest show the unmarried men to exceed the unmarried women in proportions far greater than obtain in the East. However, it is very assuring to hear that, in spite of this army of bachelors and spinsters, and with this discouraging phalanx of superfluous men, marriage is by no means out of fashion. In view of the very ugly showing made by the divorce courts, the census bureau's statement that the divorced are but a small fraction of 1 percent of the whole population, shows that affairs might be far worse. Statistics and observation combine to justify the impression that the happy home flourishes in America. "Excuse me," he said to the applicant for the typewriter's position, "but I would like to know your age?" The young woman looked astonished. "May I ask what that has to do with my fitness for the place?" she inquired. "Nothing," he promptly answered. "You see it's my wife that wants to know." "In that case," said the applicant, who was pretty as well as young, "tell her I am 47." And the smile that followed this ingenious statement brought out four delightful dimples.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. A long-distance test of Howe & Owen ball bearing journals is being made by the Illinois Central on a car recently shipped from Granite City, Ill., to New Orleans, La., loaded with 75,000 pounds of castings from the American Steel Foundry Company. It is claimed that but one-fifth of the power is required to move one of these cars as compared with the car equipped with the ordinary bearings. The car is to be loaded at New Orleans for Chicago, and it is expected that if this test proves satisfactory other cars of the Illinois Central will be equipped with the ball bearings. Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher. Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher. Dr. J. W. Dinsdale, of Chicago, Ill., says: "I use your Castoria and advis its use in all families where there are children." Dr. Alexander E. Mintle, of Cleveland, Ohio, says: "I have frequently prescribed your Castoria and have found it a reliable and pleasant remedy for children. Dr. J. S. Alexander, of Omaha, Neb., says: "A medicine so valuable and beneficial for children, as your Castoria is, deserves the highest praise. I find it in use everywhere." Dr. J. A. McClellan, of Buffalo, N.Y., says: "I have frequently prescribed your Castoria for children and always get good results. In fact I use Castoria for my own children." Dr. J. W. Allen, of St. Louis, Mo., says: "I heartily endorse your Castoria as an excellent remedy for my medical practice, and have always found it to do all that is claimed for it." Dr. C. H. Gilden, of St. Paul, Minn., says: "My experience as a practitioner with your Castoria has been highly satisfactory, and I consider an excellent remedy for the young." Dr. H. D. Benner, of Philadelphia, Pa., says: "I have used your Castoria as an excellent remedy for years past with the most happy effect, and fully endorses it as a safe remedy." Dr. J. A. Boarman, of Kansas City, Mo., says: "Your Castoria is a splendid remedy for children, known the world over. I use it in my practice and no hesitation in recommending it for the complaints of infants and children." Dr. J. J. Mackey, of Brooklyn, N. Y., says: "I consider your Castoria an excellent preparation for children, being composed of reliable medicines and pleasant to the taste. A good remedy for all disturbances of the digestive organ." Dr. Howard James, of New York City, says: "It is with great pleasure that I desire to testify to the medicinal virtue of your Castoria. I have used it with marked benefit in the case of my own daughter, and have obtained excellent results from its administration to other children in my practice." GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of Charles H. Hitchner. The Kind You Have Always Bought In Uee For Over 30 Years. THE GENTAUR COMPANY, 79 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. WHY THE DEAD SEA IS DEAD. W. E. Curtis Explains It — Jordan Water, by the Way, is Mostly Mud. Scientific observation justifies the estimate that a daily average of 6,500,000 tons of water is received into the Dead Sea from the Jordan and other sources during the year. During the rainy season the amount is very much greater; during the dry season it is, of course, very much less, but the average will be maintained year after year. During the hot outlet and the level down by evaporation only, which is very rapid because of the intense heat, the dry atmosphere and the dry winds which are constantly blowing down from the gorges between the mountains. This evaporation causes a haze or mist to hang over the lake at all times, and, when it is more rapid than usual, heavy clouds form and thunderstorms sometimes rage with great violence in the pocket between the cliffs, even in the dry season. A flood of rain often falls when the water is shining and the atmosphere is as dry as a bone half a mile from the shore. The mountains around the Dead Sea are rarely seen with distinctness because of this haze, says W. E. Curtis in the Chicago Record-Herald. The waters of Jordan, when they reach the sea, are as brown as the earth through which they flow—a thick solution of mud—but the instant they mingle with the salt water of the lake the particles of soil are precipitated, and they become as clear as crystal, with an intensely green tint. "I'm afraid, Bobby," said his mother, "that when I tell your father what a naughty boy you've been he will punish you severely." "Have you got to tell him?" asked Bobby earnestly. "Oh, yes; I shall tell him immediately after dinner." The look of concern on Bobby's face deepened. "Well, mother," said he, "give him a better dinner than usual. You might do that for me."—Pittsburg Dispatch. "Good heavens, old man, what have you got in —'ur carriage'?" "Nothing, old fellow, but my usual box of hamburger. It helps me to bear with the automobiles I meet."—Life. "Tomorrow never comes," remarked the Eventes and Things, "but the day after the night before always does."—Yonkers Statesman. A South Georgia exchange tells of a man who "whipped the devil out of a candidate." Wonder if he could be induced to fo the rounds?—Atlanta Constitution. "I wonder how Venus de Milo came to lose her arms?" "Broke 'em off probably, trying to button her shirtwist up the back."—Philadelphia Press. "He has made a great success in politics, hasn't he?" "Yes. He served two terms in foe offices and got away without facing the grand jury."—Chicago Record-Herald. "Goin' to do any political work this campaign?" "Naw, I got a reg'lar job."—Indianapolis News. "De times hez changed mightily," said the old colored campaigner. "No matter who yo' capacity is, yo' can' vote no mo dan once in dese new fangled elections."—Atlanta Constitution ONE HUMOR OF POLITICS. Mallice of a Billposter Spoiled a Candidate date's Election of Election One of the best political workers in England is Sir Yilliam H. Holland, one of the new knights, who, although a busy Manchester manufacturer—a cotton king, in fact—finds time to look up the details of a big crime attesting to the Rotherham in the West Riding. Sir William is a well-groomed man with a florid face that is seldom guilty of a smile. In spite of his some what doleful aspect, which seems to be made to match a lubrigulous tone of voice, he invariably has in hand a fund of anecdotes calculated to put armences in the best of humor. One of his stories is worth repeating. A personal friend of his, fighting a parliamentary contest in the south of England, had the disadvantage of being a "carpet-bagger," whereas the conservative candidate enjoyed considerable local prestige. Toward the close of the contest the liberal agent warned him that the matter was one of some importance, whereupon he replied, "Very well, then you can tell the voters that if they return me I will come and live here." But he had not reckoned all the circumstances. The agent printed bills setting forth that "if Mr. he elected he will live here." The boy got into the hands of an opposition bill poster and the result was that they were found placarded on every pig and barn in the division. That candidate, needless to say, was not elected. The father was testing his little boy knowledge of the story of Noah, which he had carefully rehearsed. The boy had been thinking hard, and his answer to the first question showed that he had at least the virtue of originality. "Now," said papa, "can you tell me how Noah knew that the waters had gone down?" The boy hesitated a minute, as if seeking for proper words to express himself; then he said: "Noah knew the waters had gone down because the dove came back bringing him a pickle." Olives and pickles were synonymous terms in the small boy's mind for things which come in bottles and which he did not like. "What do you suppose is the secret of Miss Blind's social success?" "She always remembered exactly what to forget."—Indianapolis News. "Your Majesty," advises the Head Physician to the Cannibal King, "had best abandon your meat diet for a few weeks." "What shall I do?" mused the Kate a hungry look spreading over his counterance. "Ah," he smiles, as a happy thought strikes him, "these last missionaries who came to the island said they were vegetarians."—Baltimore American. "Education," said the impassioned orator, "brings at home." orator, "begins at noon," said "That's where you are on," said the calm spectator, "begins in the kindergarten, is continued in the boarding school, football field, Paris, London and Wall Street, and ends in either Sing or Newport."—Life Here's a late story anent Christian Science: A Boston mother has little daughter: "If you had my faith, darling, you would have no toothache." The child replied: "Well, mother, if you had my toothache, you wouldn't have any faith."—Boston Herald OO OEE Rupture "7. UEP» glia ae cee Sia en cogne The Weber Salar” 0 CAPO Rae is ae Pampers Bee RN jcc cms Npe Sat - “a teri ay al oa Pach CAA gi) cinrenieca” Chalonnt Er () Et hee eae Beers peCEY Fc eats iy, We 2 COUNTRY PUBLISHERS CO., KANSAS CITY, VOL. 3. NO. 17 You Want Facts. J Present Them to You in the Letters of My Former Patients, You Do Not Pay, Me One Cent Until You Are Cured, resent to the readers of this cee ees aie patients whom I have cured of fire, ueleVing that the afficted Pit rather cortespond with some one seal Miiceu cared thag read what T too May soout myself. You cam more Bi estgate and convince yourself {aif tye ments of my treatment. You wee doubt aby statements I might Sift jut you cannot help but believe aiktvenents of those Ihave cured, Besiisk you to Write to any oF ali Aine. ‘If you are satisfied with of iihey say, about my reliability mae piicds of treatment, write to me freall and eee me, Remember that in tires | guarantee a etre and do not tistrove cent of money until you are wey Consultation by mail or é per- wah entirely free. Iwill be pleased me jrreejoud with you regarding your — DR. ERNEST HENDERSON. avery nd Case of Rupture Cured in See aescese of rapture for years, ana rey bal cae of rapturd for Years, seta ade a daa indice Air, Ste ates siete citng ofa stat rete Lieeienee ia tees stn Abyalo sch, ade te ete aR tno ay pet Seka sas Riva agets ek Sai ae onson watever 07 Tranlon on the Oare of ars bent Bren Pe nn aoa eatteer eum por insert © ate al Suber s none user lt sca enecertane dene eet Srhh et arto Peutedr os was Fatt toes sateen ee Entec cima aah ee eee Svein eee eae Bit Hud sR diate Whe Ses eee tie by ether Dostorm ds Tosor<l ih ontat aT tn me es retratat ace ena eta See een hal ere Sergi cen eee tear oe de eal aptan tacae 2 ftefivet, 1 determined to try the same and am isha erage Sey eaten SOG ee Ane pursrenpectfallg. FREE ELECTRIC BELT OFFER TENN “ETE BO Be). RaNHINS IN hae Be ape wee te ees a a Te HAs, ZS ee ee ee ren te eae yar oar heii ese ei SEARS, ROBBUCK & CO., CHICAGO. 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Cholly—Doctor, 1 want something for RY head, Dr. Gully—My dear fellow, 1 would- Retake it for a gift. “How can we Stop the sale of liquor?” aie! the Pronibitionist friend of Job Hedges, “Give it away,” he replied. The sretary of the treasury has ‘Rotified the senate that the assistant Feser of the United States at San Francisco had advised that he was no GEE" able to exchange silver ‘eortit Sates for standard silver dollars, for Tat,c! vault room in whieh to’ store three He says that: there are some- iit over 922,000,000 in standard dole $22 in the vaults of the San Byane ‘Neo subtreasuey. ‘Lutheran Minister Teil. of His Cure “Acter Suoring six Years Lattered for iz years nfths very bad roptar apd during all of thetimel wored'erent Einds Sf suseee day and night, with the hope ot eawct Soma Care, trey al faleatney coy old optus i piace, pon theadvice of Rev. F. Pete, of Sedalia way Teoeaated Py Repent Heusen, rep Srv apecialist lot W Nish street Kasans Ci He, Wo care me fae. fem Fens wile a eclug ms to a dangerone and painicl operation aera ee eee pera Debsed with my masse wilh iucontenionee: “Anyone des ring’ more information wil plete ‘*pply to me, personally or by leiter, Tem, espe JOHN savER, Nov. 141600 1575 Oak Se eahan Cy. Kattas Git, Moy June 3, 100. 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A bottle of Hamlin's Wizard Oil is # meiicine chest in itself; it cures pain in every form. 50 cents at druggists. Angry Mother—Now, Bobby, don’t let me speak to you again! Bobby (helplessly) —How can I pre ‘yent you, mamma?—Boston Globe. At the end of forty-four years only 8,000 of the 112,000 American soldiert in the Mexican war are alive. “Well my son, what did you learn at ‘school today?” “Not to sass Tommy MeNutt!""—Chi- cago Daily News. Yellow Editor—I_ see you denounce that last police shakeup story as a le. ‘New Reporter—Yes, sir. “Well I want to caution you that when denounc.ng any story as a lie, | you want to be sure that it did not or- iginate wih us."—Life. Et dey wuz ter take hell out er de Bible de politicians er de county would ‘goon raise it. —Atlanta constitution. “I think the Raines law might be amended.” “How? Want to make the hotels keep two sandwiches?” —Puck. “So you think music hs its advant- ages as a profession?” “Unquestionably,” answered: the gov- ernment employe. “No matter which way the election goes, the leaders ol the brass bands are always sure of thels jobs.”—Washington Star. oe | TRG | eee ee, | Little Ethel—Mamma, Mrs, Next- (door’s children are playing house in \their garden. Mayn't we play house in | ours? Mamma—Certainly. Little Ethel—That'll be lovely. Then we can quarrel over the back fence just like real neighbors. Mrs. Thomas A. Hendricks, widow o! the former vice-president, consented tc sell the home where her husband spent his last years, to make way for bulld- ing improvements in Indianapolis. ‘The Indianapolis negro, Cantrell, uu- der arrest for grave robbing anu ‘con- fessing the crime, is a graduate of Tus- ‘Kegee university. Professor Woodrow Wilson's nave. uration as president of Princeton unl- Yersity, to which he was elected last June, will take place on Saturday, Oc- tober 25. Lady—You say you served through the Spanish war. Was it in Cuba? ‘Tramp—No, mum, in Joliet prison. Me sentence happened to be going on at that time, In Formosa a man must have a i- cense before he {s allowed to smoke opium. Among the passengers who arrived at New York on the steamer Kron Prinz Wilhelm from Bremen were Katsunoke Inouye, Japanese ambassador at Ber- in; Blnora Duse, the actress, and Mme. ‘Sembrich, the singer. | It is not so many years ago when surt ‘bathing of @ very primitive kind pre- ‘Vailed at the eastern end of Long Is- Jand and, for aught 1 know, at other points, Every Saturday morning or af- ternoon, as the tide willed, throughout the summer big farm wagons trundied down to the beach and were swung around abreast of the line of breakers. Old fish-houses served the purpose of modern bathing pavilions, and the sea costumes were those of last year’s vil- lage street, The long rope was drawn from under the seats and hitched to the Wheel, and then some sturdy ex-whaler or life crew man, in red flannel sini and old trousers tled at his ankles, slip- ped his wrist through the loop at the end of this primitive lifeline and, wad- ing out, kept it as taut as circum- stances permitted, while the women ‘and children hung to it and reveled and wallowed and sbrieked, rejoising in their “Saturday tub."—Outing. “A long time ago, when trains trav- ¢led more slowly than they do now and ‘way’ trains were more common, two high rallway officials got on a train at Philadelphia, intending to ride out about thirty’ miles,” said an old rail- road conductor. ‘They had a lot to say to each other, and the train, which stopped at every woodpile, “worried them @ good deal. “A man recently landed got aboard a few miles out and added to their an- noyance by his persistence in asking the name of every station that the train stopped at. After they had politely an- swered his questions for a dozen or so stations one of them became angry and said to him: “ ‘See here, my friend, if you'll kind- ly tell me where you're going I'll see that you don’t get carried by the place? “The immigrant reached down to 8 capacious pocket and pulled up a ticket with about twenty coupons attached the last of which read Omaha.’—Phila- pelphia Telegraph. “Some people may think us ignorant of the fine arts, yet’—the cannibal chief pointed to’ a pile of bones— “there's the poet Laurie ate!”—New ‘York Press. “How did De Reiter's novel come ‘out? Was the end happy?” oye went even a step beyond that, 1 | believe. Its end was peaceful” As an illustration of Russell Sage’s eager desire to keep in close touch with what is going on in the financial world, ‘a Wall street broker tells this: An im- portant meeting was scheduled for 2 day on which Mr. Gage was unusually busy, and when he arrived at the desig- nated place the deliberations were over and all the participants had dispersed. Use the telephone as he would, Mr. Sage could not get in communication with any of them. Knowing that one of those who had attended the gather- ing passed the plate at a midweek ser- vice in a church near his home, Mr. Sage went there. He did not walt for the close of the service, but taking a seat on the aisle through which his acquaintance passed, he waited until he came along with the plate, and as_he put a dollar bill on it, remarked: “Kd. ward, what did you fellows do down there today? I did not get around ir time.” The gentleman spoken to smil- ed, and took the earliest opportunity to inform Mr. Sage of what had transpir- ‘ed.—New York Times. ABSOLUTE SECURITY, Genuine | Carter’s naa Liver Pills. | AheHezod ee ‘WASHED OVERBOARD. But a Big Wave Washed the Captain Back on the Vesse). | Honolulu Commercial Advertiser: Captain John Hodson, a night inspector in the Honolulu customs force, has ap- parently led @ charmed life. When a boy of 16 years he left his home in Norway, throwing away his chances of following in his father's footsteps as fan officer in the Norwegian army for a life on the sea. Since that time he hhas sailed all over the watery globe, and only a few days ago quit the sea lafter having been in many disasters. He was shipwrecked in the South Sea ‘islands, and only by a miracle escaped with his life, but the most remarkable experience Be had was while. captain of ‘a schooner trading between the |sound and California ports. | On one occasion he took a cargo of lumber from the sound to San Pedro. Before leaving the sound the ship's carpenter made some repairs to the bul of the vessel, and during his work the chips trom a piece of timber he was hewing fell {nto the hull of the vessel between the lumber and its sides. Shortly after leaving port the vessel encountered a heavy gale, and the ship commenced to leak. The schoonor's pumps were started, but the chips which the carpenter had dropped into her hold clogged them up. ‘The captain put his Vessel right before the wind and or- dered the men to take out the pump ‘and clear out the chips. While this was being done he stood with the man at the wheel to see that the schooner was kept right ahead of the wind. Waves of enormous height were chasing the schooner, and one of these washed over the vessel from stern to bow, throwing the man at the wheel flat on his face and tossing the captain over. poard, As Captain Hodson was swept over the side into the foaming water the ropes holding a boom broke, and it dropped to the deck with one end hang- Ing out over the side of the schooner. A broken rope dangling from this hit the captain on the head, and with the wild energy of a drowning man he caught hold of it. The vessel gave a tremendous lurch and her bulwarks were again under the water, while the speed of the vessel dragged the man In the water who was holding on to the rope along and finally tossed him on deck again. He was at the wheel as Soon asthe schooner righted, and nearly frightened the life out of the [sailor standing there, This man thought he had seen @ ghost and promptly ran |{rom the wheel. Captain Hodson seized [it, put the vessel ahead of the wind again and later weathered the storm. | “It’s the only time T have ever known of a man to have been washed over- ‘board and then washed back again,” ‘says the captain, who now declares that he has left the sea for good and is con- tent to live on land, AN EMBARRASSING EXPERIENCE A Horseback Ride That Proved Any- thing But Pleasant. London M. A. P.—Although Miss Kitty Loftus, the actress, is one of the most enthusiastic of motorists, on as ‘well as off the stage, horses as a means of holiday or sporting locomotion have in her time appealed to her. It was her custom not so very long ago when tour- ing to hire some sort of a saddle horse in every town; and in one place her ex- perience in this way was of a notable Kind. She was riding with a gentleman n Dublin when she discovered that the horses they had hired were such great friends that they refused to work apart and jogged along side by side as if In double harness. When they reached Phoenix park the gentleman managed, by the exercise of a few persuasive ac- tions which have long been associated with the ethics of equestrianism, to bustle the quadruped he was riding in- toa fairly decent canter; but Miss Lof- tus! horse, Which was not carrying com- radeship to the absurd length of canter- ing when it wanted to trot, looked out for another horse that was going com. fortably along and went and trotted be- side that, To Miss Loftus’ confuston the saddle of her horse's new acquaintance was occupied by a young gentleman who was an entire stranger to her, ‘They jogged along in silence for some minutes, he looking utterly bewildered over the strange business and she fee?- Ing hopelessly at a loss to know what to say. Naturaly as. young woman she didn't wish to say anything that would amount to the admission that the fault was her own; and naturally as a young man he didn't care a straw whose fault it was so long as Miss Loftus rode be- side him, At last Miss Loftus sald, in a tone which would have conveyed to third party the impression that the stranger's horse had followed hers: “Don't you think you had better tie your horse to a tree and walk mine away for me" The stranger dismounted, fastened up his horse, led the actress’ affection- ate animal about an eighth of a mile onward and went back. But In the exer- cise of its eccentric temper Miss Lof- tus’ horse had not “knocked off” for the day, Finding itself deserted by its new friend, it went in rapid search of the horse it had come out with, and went about this move in stich a reckless man- ner that its unfortunate rider was soot hit across the face with the branch of ‘a tree and knocked heavily to the ground. It may be that all this accounts for Miss Kitty Loftus having taken tc tpotering so keenly. ‘What “Oklahoma” Means. Oklahoma State Journal: In an in- teresting letter to United States Attor- ney Horace Speed of this city, Gover- nor-Elect Green McCurtain of the Choc- taw Indian Nation gives the following account of the naming of Oklahoms ‘and the correct meaning of the word. ‘This will be interesting to the people of Oklahoma in that the subject ha: been discussed so frequently. Governor McCurtain says: “Oklahoma is a Choctaw word, mean- ing red people, okla for people an¢ hhomma for red. This word has beer interpreted to mean various things b3 people who do not really know. An¢ the publie generally believe it to meaz red land or land of red men, ete. “Allen Wright, a full-blood Choctaw one of the framers of the treaty of 1966 suggested that portion of the treaty yor refer to, and intended at the time tha the organization mentioned should in clide not only the Five Civilized Tribes but also the wild tribes as they becam« civilized, who were located in the In dian Territory. “This proposed organization failed tc materialize on account that the Chero ‘Kees and the Choctaws could not agre as to membership, as to the number o members to which they should be en: titled.” It has been decided by the Prussia» government to establish a university ir Posen, the cblef town of the province in which the largest Polish population in Germany lives. The professors will all be German, and {t is expected that the institution will contribute largely to strengthen German influence amonz the Poles. The university at first will only teach natural science and techni. cal subjects, as well as the higher ranches of commercial education. be Aes | CANDY CATHARTIC SA eo ) ANNUAL SALE > pp \ 9 ° A MILLION AMERIOAN BOUNCING BABIES are kept crowing with the delight of living, because their mamas have learned to use CASOARETS Candy Cathartic. You all mow how neighborly neighbors tell each other of the: really good things they have learned from experience. CASOARETS are one of those good things, and the kind words said for them has created 8 sale of nearly A MILLION BOXES A MONTH. It 1s easy to protect infants against children's com- Plaints, because all these perils have their beginning in stomach ‘and bowels, and we have in OASOARNTS @ perfect medicine that will always keep the delicate machinery in a child's body clean, regular and in working order. Children like the little candy tablet, and are kept safe from all stomach, bowel, blood and skin diseases. All druggists, 100, 250,500. Never sold in bulk. Guaranteed to cure or your money back. Genuine tablet stamped OOO. Sample and booklet free. Address Sterling Remedy Oo., Ohicago or New York. om SALT IN COFFEE. JUSED BRIDGE FOR TURNTABLE.! A MWAQNTNCGIIN opine: A Little Experiment Worth the Trying Out of Mere Curiosity. | Between bites of the simple breakfast he had ordered the young clerk gazed nervously at the restaurant clock. It was plain he had overslept himself and was paving the way to future indiges- tion by bolting his food. The coffee was the stumbling block. It was hot— very hot—but the clerk needed it badly, and he sipped it carefully, having due Tegard for his mouth and tongue. But time pressed, and, with a parting ‘glance at the clock, he reached for his glass of ice water and prepared to pBur some of the frigid fluid into his cup. “Don't spoil your coffee, young man,” said an elderly gentleman who was eat- ing his breakfast on the other side of the table. “You take all the good out of it by putting ice or ice water init.” |The clerk was at first inclined to re- ‘sent the interference, but the patriarch- ‘al appearance of the other man temper- ed his resentment. “What a mi to do?” he asked. “lam ate for the office, and I want this cot- feo badly.” “Let me show you a little scheme,” said the elderly man. Taking the cylin- ‘drical saltcellar from the table, he wiped it carefully with a napkin, then, Teaching over, deposited the glass ves- fel in the cup of coffee. “Galt, you know, has peculiar cooling properties,” he said, meanwhile holding ‘the receptacle firmly in position. “They ‘put it with ice to intensify the cold ‘when making ice cream. It is used ex- ‘tensively in cold storage warehouses for cooling purposes, and being incased {nm glass does not affect its power to any great extent.” ree cipesere mi lar from the coffee and motioned to the younger man to drink. He raised the cup to his lips and, to his surprise, found the liquid cooled to such an ex- tent that he could drink it without in- ‘convenience, “The uses of salt are manifold,” said the elderly man, with the air of one be- ginning a lecture. “I remember once when I was in Mexico—” But the olerk, with another glance at the clock, thanked him profusely and dashed out of the restaurant.—New York Mail and Express. SIGN YOUR LETTERS. ‘Many People Write Letters and Forget the Signature. “Many people write letters that they forget to sign,” said a postomice clerk. “ePople come to us every duy with such letters in the hope thet they may be able to trace the writers. Some- times we can do so, but not often. Of course only a small percentage of srch letters are brought to our attention, s0 the total number must be very large. “It the name of the writer is on the envelope or letter head, the lack of a signature is of less consequence, but it happens frequently that important let- ters cannot be traced to the writers. “A certain business house in this city brought in a letter one day minus the signature and containing a ten dol- lar bill to pay for certain goods order- ed. It came from a village in the inter- for of the state, and it was sent to the postmaster of the place, with the re- ‘quest that he ascertain the name of the writer, if possible. He failed to do so, and the matter rested for some time. One day we received a letter from the same town asking us as to the reliabil- ity of the firm to which the letter had been written, saying that the writer had sent the firm money for an order of goods and had received no reply. It tnrned out to be the persou we were in search of, and the mistake was explain ed. But this was an exceptional case.” —Chicago Inter Ocean. Marie Henriette, the late Queen of the BeBigians, bequeathed her twelve horses to her private secretary, Baron Goffinet. | Henry Stenk{ewiez, the notde author, invariably uses red ink when writing his manuscripts. | “You! Complain of being half starv- ed on account of the high prices! Why, ‘man, you are making a fortune off your truck farm.” “That's just it. I can’t afford to eat ‘any of my vegetables when they're worth so much in the market, b’gosh.” —Chicago Tribune. “[ gave you @ shilling the other day on the plea that your child was serious- ly tll—at death’s door in fact. And yes- terday I saw him as lively as a cricket.” “ Yes, kind lady; he’s the most dis- | appointin’ boy you ever see.”—Moon- shine. G. Uz, of Sargent, Mo., has possibly the shortest surname on record. Lord Alverstone, the Lord Chief Justice of England, is president of a madrical society, and often gos stright from the law courts to its monthly meetings, where he sings his part with the greatest enjoyment. “Hit seems to me,” said Brer Wil- ams, “dat dar's heaps er times when dese automobiles oughter be immobiles. Dey’s more onreliable than a Morgan County automule.” —Atlanta Constiti- pe BRIDGE FOR TURNTABLE. Paderewski Insisted ‘That His Car Should Be Turned Around, Paderewski caused a lot of commo- tion among the yardmen of the Rock Island at Davenport, Iowa. He went from Chicago to Davenport to give a concert, traveling in his private car. He insisted that the car be turned around for the return trip, as he could not or would not sleep except with bis head toward the engine. It was soon found that there was no turntable in that vieinity large enaugh for his seventy-foot Pullman. After every ‘scheme available in the railway yards had been tried the railway men had about determined to run the car tc Colona, Il, and around the ¥ formed with the Burlington tracks there, when some one suggested that the car be turned on the draw of the government bridge that crosses the Mississippi at Davenport. This draw swings both ways, and is the biggest turntable in America, but was never used for that purpose before. With the car centerei over it the draw was swung around half circle, and the car was ready for the pianist. A CURE FOR RHEUMATISM. | Bridgeport, Wash., Oct. 20th.—Rheu- matism and Kidney Trouble seem to be the prevailing ailments in this ter- ritory and particularly in Douglas County. ‘A remarkable and plainly sure cur¢ has, however, recently been introduced It is called Dodd's Kidney Pills and although but a short time on the mar- ket, it has already worked many won- derful cures. ‘One of the most striking of these is that of Mr. John Higgins, who for 2 long time suffered with Rheumatism and Kidney Trouble. ‘The pains of these diseases had combined to make his life very miserable indeed, and he could get nothing to do him any good till he heard of this new remedy. He tells his experience with it in these words: “Dodd's Kidney Pills have done more for my Rheumatism and Kidney Trou: ble than anything else I have ever used. ‘There is more virtue in them than 1 any other medicine and | will always highly recommend them to all of my friends.” Some Things that Please a Woman It pleases a woma.. to be told that she is well dressed. It pleases her to be called sensible. It pleases her to depend on some man and pretend that he is ruling her. It pleases her to be told that she im- proves man by her companionship. It pleases her to be treated courteous- ly and with respect and to be talked with reasonably. It pleases her to be treated sensibly and honestly, and to be considered and questioned, and not treated as a butter- fiy, with no head or heart. it pleases her to be loved and admir- ed by a man who {s strong enough to rule and subdue her and make bis way her way, to lead her and take care of her. HOW'S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re- ward for a.y case of Caterrh that can- aot be cured by Hall’s Catarra Cure. F. J, CHENEY & CO., Props., z: ‘Toledo, 0. ‘We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney tor the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all Dusiness transactions and financially able to carzy out any obligations made by thelr firm. ‘West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern- ally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price ‘Be. per bottle. Sold dy all Druggists, ‘Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pilis are the best. He was wandering in Ireland and came upon @ couple of men “in holts” rolling on the road. ‘The man on top was pummelig the other withi an inch of his life, The traveler intervened. “It Ja an infernal shame to strike a man when he {s down,” said he. “If you knew all the trouble T had to get him down,” was the reply, “you would not be falking Uke that.”—Sport ing Times, Facts, {t s well known, are stubborn things, but but they are not nearly so stubborn as some fictions. —Indlanapo- lis News, ‘Mrs. Gabbie—Mrs. Kraft has been married ten years, I'm sure. I wonder how old she was when she married? ‘Mrs. Bizzy—I tried to find that out the other day. At a farm house near Rochester, 0.. six robbers attacked three aged men named Meach, and as a result two of the robbers were shot to death, one probably fatally wounded, and two of the Meach brothers were badly beaten. ‘The Crown Prince of Siam seems to have been coached in his duty. Wed- nesday he visited the tomb of Wash- {ngton at Mount Vernon. A MAGNIFICENT BRIBE, Story of How Gambetta Spurned Ten ‘Million Francs. Jn General de Galliffet's continuation of his memoirs in the oJurnal des De= bats we are brought on to the year 1880, when the writer was commanding the Ninth Army Corps at Tours. When he went to Paris on official business he sometimes looked Gambetta up. He found with him M. B. (probably Ranc), the stanchest of all his friends, and @ “man of great intelligence and courage, |who regarded the general as a dreadful soldier, but won his esteem, nevehthe- less, One day the card of a retired ‘staff colonel was brought to the writer ‘at Tours. This visitor, after remark- ‘ing that he had heard that General de Galliffet was on intimate terms with Gambetta, spoke to him of a wonderful enterprise for the rapid transport on a railroad, which was to be constructed, of warships from the ocean to the Mediterranean. ‘This would mean the suppression of Gibraltar. He was to ve Jone of the directors, and most of the capital would be found in the United |States. All that was now wanted was to obtain the concession from the French government, and if General de Galliffet would only favor him with a letter of introduction to Gambetta, the matter would be practically settled. (‘the general. The general asked hin to return later in the day, and in the meantime he invited General Arnau~ |deau, who commanded one of the divis- fons, to meet him. After the second in- terview the two generals talked the ‘question over together, Arnaudeau say ing that {t was impossible to judge, but ‘that he could not condemn the scheme, so that that evening the colonel started for Paris with the letter to Gambetta, | ‘Three days afterward he returned, saying that he had been very well r2- ceived, Gambetta had told him that he was studying the plan for connecting the two seas by means of a canal, and that he would think of his project. Less than three weeks afterward the colonel returned to General de Galliffet in quest of another letter. “Don't you |think,” he inquired, “ that I should do well to broach with Gambetta the ques ‘tion of his benefice?” “Take good care ‘not to do that; M. Gambetta does not work in the pot de vin line,” General de Galliftet answered sharply, but a few days later he received a registered let- ‘ter from M, Arnault de I’Arlege, relat- ing that the colonel had returned to Gambetta, and had left a check, which was inclosed, on his table. Gambetta’s first impulse was to have him arrested, but then people would have said that he was giving himself a fine advertise- |ment. So, would the general kindly 1e- turn the check, with a hint that the coionel was never to go near Gambetta ‘again. General de Galliffet hurried to Paris with the check in his pocket, and went to his lawyer and friend, M. ‘Pre- vost, whom he asked to ascertain wheiher this was a genuine affair. It ‘was as it turned out, for the bank, a |great one, replied that it was prepaid ‘to pay this check for 10,000,000f. The General returned to Tours, and, in the \presence of two of his chief officers, he wrote a line to the colonel, expressing his opinion of him in very plain lan- guage, and inclosing the check in the envelope, which was duly sealed and then registered at the postoffice by the two witnesses. The colonel never thanked or saw him again.—London ‘Telegraph. James Russell Lowell used to tell the story that one of the gentlemen he met in Chicago had a great deal to say of his travels in Europe. Lowell remark- ‘ed that Georges Sand was one of his favorite authors. This reference to the great Frenchwoman called forth a characteristic rejoinder. “Oh, yes!” ex- claimed the representative of Chicago culture, “I have had many a happy hour with Sand.” “You know Georges Sand, then?” asked Lowell, with an expression of surprise. “Know him? ‘Well, I should rather say I do,” cried the Chicago man, and then he added as aclincher: “I roomed with him in Paris.” Professor Freeman, United States consul at Copenhagen, has just arrived at his home at Madison, Wis. We says he believes that Germany will ultimate- ly absorb Denmark, as the kaiser covets that country. Sir Conan Doyle displays « fine sense of the fitness of things in insisting that his publishers shall not use his citle of Knighthood in connection with his dooks. It is a frank acknowledgement of the fact that he was knixated not as ‘an author but rather for his services as ‘@ surgeon in South Africa. Besides, good wine needs no bush. ——_—_—- Mrs, Gabbie—What did she say? ‘Mrs. Bizzy—I asked her at what age she was married, and she said: “At ‘the parsonage.”—Philadelphia Press, ee re) ee ag ee condemnation proceedings in the cir- cult court at St, Louls to extend Union station at a cost of several million dol- lars. Union station is now said to be the largest structure of its kind im the ‘United States, if not in the world, and ft is contemplated to add at least six city blocks to the train shed. The train shed now accommodates over thirty coe Leone a American Citizen Publish- - ing and Printing Co. VERY WEEK ATT MINNESOTA AVE KANSAS CITY, KANsAs, Telephone “$75 Blue” W. C. Martin Editor Terms Of Subscription. eekly ono year................91 00 Entered at the pos! sfficeat Kansas City . Kansas assecoud class matter. Chicagor& Alton. R. 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When you want cesspool work done you can always find Patterson and Gay- den at the old stand. 543 Minn, ave. Charge Medicine is jus) what it is recomended to be. it will take charge and eraticate the human system and purify the biood the sick and affected only need to try it in oraer to be coavi- ce: 326 Welker ave Kansas City Kansis 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. E. F. Henderson: Gen Manag. acareity ,of sailors more gcners! e sore” ofore tm the history of Maine shippisig prevails at the present time, and tae wages of seamen have san cnupnal polat. 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Prevents Falling Out of the Hair and Prema- ture. Baldness. HARTONA POSITIVELY STRAIGHTENS THE KINKIEST HAIR. Guaranteed harmless, Sent anywhere on Aeeelre of price—25e. and 50c. Fc box. PARTONA FACE BLEAC! oa any turn the skin of a black or dark person five or six shades lighter, and will turn the skin of a mulatto person almost white. HARTONA FACE BLEACH rewoves Wrinkles, Dark Spots, Pimples, Freckles, Black- heads, and <1 Blemishes of the ‘km. Guaranteed absolutely harmless, “Sint to any addr--. on receipt of priee—2oe, and 60s, er bottle. Pe* flartona Remedies are absolutely guaranteed, and aes is positively refunded if you are not perfectly sa¥isfied. Write to us, and we will send you free a book of testimonials of more than one hundred people in your own State who have used and are using Hartona Remedies. Send us One Dollar and SPECIAL GRAND OFFER. Sen4,n= One Dollar and swe will sent you three large Ubaes of HARTONA HAIR GROWER AND ‘STRAIGHTENER, ‘two large bottles of HARTONA FACE BLEACH, and one large box of HARTONA NO-SMELL, which removes all disagreeable odors caused by Perspiration of the Feet, Arm-Pits, &. Goods will be sent securely sealed from observation, Write your name and post-office and express office address very plainly. Money can be sent in Stamps or by Foet-Offee Money Order, or encloéed in Registered Letter or by Expresr Address all orders to— TH? DE-MARK, ‘TRADE-MARK. ge, HARTONA REMEDY CO. (443 2 os 909 E. Main Street, pa i oy “> RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. (am Pe Cae AS Opp scesrs WANTED in Every Town and @ev eg Biss oe City. Liberal $+ ary Paid. Sa inion, GREER SES sions To the Colored People of the World. THE GREATEST OF ALL HAIR TONICS. STRAIGHTENS KINKY, NAPPY, CURLY HAIR. ea i sale oo os toe: as ese feed need ests Gur Regular $5.00 Complete Treatment ft $1.00 Lustorone is put up in 2 forms, both must be used to secure positive resul.s. iz Seas aes (ZEN Ses Ce ee Be ee eee RO HETAY Oy i AD Whe ( Kf SUA fd Mee SN al ' eT LA ee BEFORE USING Tana AFTER USING Ss eae ee a ein eer ee eee ie eee ree eect ee ee FUSTORONE No. 2.~Mus'be eed in conection wth Lumorons Not, 134 wel BEFORONE Now 2 Mente ena consis bene et Seen ee pe ee a ee coe ca oe Liierreee oe tele etieaaeece piroaies the wat hoe as Ss geet me helpeeh OUR GREAT OFFER! Ae Cut out this advertisement and mail to us with $1.00 and we will send you i ti poets eed eee, te pis ei os we es case is ‘This otter tnae tu lntroanco osust Condes" Wersa sand twany pce ie tower, Fall Directson Gute erory tree DOMINION MANUFACTURING CA., ‘Stamps accepted. 2220 E, Marshall St., RICKMOND, Va, rel, BrougM tiappiness te the Dyme Margaret Bottome, in “Heart te Aeart Talks" in the Ladies’ Home Jour- al, relates this pathetic incident of ‘er ministrations to the sick: “Just before 1 left for Europe last summer, a great box same to me filled with dolly, all dressed, and the request game with it that I should have tham sent to a ehildren's hospital. There ts & hospital in New York for consumptive @bildren, as well as for older people with the same disease, and I gave the 4olls to a physician who 1s connected with that hospital. He sald afterward be wished { could have seen the chil dren trooping toward him, each carry fag a doll. But the most touching thing te me was what the nurse told the 4oo tor, that after every child was furn.sned with a doll there were a number left, ‘nd the poor women dying with con- sumption asked if each might have ¢ folt. They all wented them, and to vsech the dolls were given, and the aurse seld she could not have dreamed Mf the! oeing such a comfort to those poor sick women. There were just ‘enngh 4olis for each te have ene, Ab Asyhalt Pavements: ‘About twenty-five years ago govern- ment engineers decided to pave Penn- sylvania avenue in Washington with asphalt, ‘That was the beginning of the general use of the scientific mys- tery for street pavements, To-day over 234,000,000 square feet of street Pavements in the United States and Canada are covered with asphalt. This asphalt pavement would mak a boule vard twenty-six feet wide ovr 1,760 miles long and would reach from New York to New Orleans, and tlien have several miles for side streets, “Chalr-Hoase” Lodging. Known as “the chair house,” a New York institution's title is derived from the fact that human beings so poor they can not buy a lodging at the cheapest Bowery resorts put up five cents for a chance to occupy a chair for the night. By 11 o'clock the night's contingent is fast asleep in the chairs, the usual number being twenty- five or thirty men, of all kinds and de- grees of decrepit poverty (TX BICYCLES.BELOW COST f = high grade guaranteed 1802 MODELS FP\y S000 ere wSib ra fam 1900 and 1901 Models dit $7 to Sil / } I Catalogues with large, photograzhic engravings £0 () } full detailed specifications sent jree to any address. fi i We SHIP ‘ON APPROVAL to anyone inU S \ iN or Canada without a cent in advance and allow Lan HiMio DAYS FREE TRIAL %,':'° a Den Ree || ca 5 uy e “4 gang ane nat crea 8 1038 ii ] ALM peice thar price sanirs casa ting gece falta a eke, a |!/\\ bax RIDER AGENTS CITED suscshisrtie ew || Be Srcgrte tevee, pout mare umes can a SA BAL | Wf we makes erence con deere ae J jj... MEAD GYGLE 6Y., Ghicago, if, D JAMOND C oa Cr cy) HUNTS DIRT. IT IS A GOOD HONEST SOAP Complete catslogue showingorer MADE TO DO THE WORK, , , 200premiumathat may be gecured — bytaring the wrappers, furnished free upon request. Send your name on’ postal card, and we will mail you the catalogue. — Address:” Promium Dept., THE CUDAHY PACKING CO., South Omaha, Wed. Diamond ““C”* Soap for sale by all grocers. The best place in town to have your boots and shoves repaired. Mr. D. A. Wynne the old reliable boot and shoe maker, has re-opened at 1110 N. 5th St. where he invites all his old customers and new ones as well. ‘His reputation isso well estalished that he needs no elaborate introduction. When wanting anything done in his line don’t fail togive him a call. Publictacon 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 Coun- ty Kansas, for the purpose of probating due notice thereof and govern ourself accordingly and be present to. represent and protect any interest you may claim under the said will. Respt. {Yours Iretta Hatton Baker. tate Drassite Genuine ee CC. Never sold 'n bulk, Beware of the dealer who tries to sell ; “something just as good.” court of Common Pleas, t ore nave D Mearson Te P, Vaug- | eee ee ee ‘Wyandotte County. § "Inthe Probate Court in and for said County. | In the matter of the estateof Clara Williams,Alias Clara Slurdge, deceased, ‘Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration have been granted to the ‘uridersigned on the estate of Clara. Wil hams, Alias Clara Slurdge 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, 1302. Now, all persons having ‘claims sgainst the said Estate, are here- by notified that they must presont the same to the undersigned for allowance within one yearfrom 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. Pere Youso, WANTED~All (DEA wiacetiass fp a p Auieeeert> gene ee - : EAGERS Gem Drug Stor, MINNESOTA AVENUE D#ALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINE, CHEMIALS & = Toilet Soaps, Brushes, Combs, Etc, — P&RFUMERY AND FANCY TOILFT arricrys | The Citizen isin the Pugh Better keep your Eyes op n WE, a SOLICH YOUR PATRONAGE hag ES, MARTIN&CO, ie and Staple Groceries Tobacco a ay ARR. foe neal, ms Goad eae, ae, Rentas oy, FOR SALE Ny 821 Walker 8 rooms Nie 29 ft lot. | Price $650 Cistern & shed. No 028 Walker ave $ rooms 26 ft Lot Cistern # shed | Price $650 No 2i4 Troup ave Lorg: 6 rooms bouse good lot South front Cistera & Barn. Price $900 No 1108 Oakland ave 3 100m Good South front tot * Cistern and shed Price $600 361 George ave 7 lots & 8 rooms house Cistern & shed Price $1.100, "Two Acres of land adjouning the cit can be purchased ata price that wi surprise you. Cail et this offices fo futher information. _ vs TRE a a KE RES ARE yee SD Bh You z BAS, READ BS “34 Wei DEAF? «Race NOISES? 1 Yd ad 8 ES ALL CASES OF DEAFNESS OR HARD HEARI: ARE NOW CURAELE HEAD WOISES: CEA ‘SE born deaf are incurable, rly F. A. WERMAN, OF SE _/MMEDIATEL ; Gentiemen :— Being entirely cured of deafness, thanks to your treaties, Tl ve era ee re eee ee eee cette ecpeee ener at 1 Peta Wate Be ele fre mest wit! ey enzo com ie faye eens eee i ay re ited due ate Setlg cede Sco wen. Wa ne” saa sept aie at coe mrp acter, aed tera a Ba eee en Gee meee eae ee cae Reartiy asd begloremaa hen 4 e PY Wena, 26, Broadway, ier 8 Our treatment does not interfere with your usual occupation. semetetc™? YOU GAN CURE YOURSELF AT HOME “sv ‘ INTERNATIONAL AURAL CLINIC, 596 LA SALLE AVE., CHICAGZ-ILL. 1512 North Fifth Street, T E PUREST DkUGS AND CHEMICALS, <rd the best of every thing in Paints, Glass and Wall Paper. Presevipsi0s efuily cornpounded. Prices always the LOWES# at our store. Open da night, Ring night bell, B@H-Phone W.171, Medicines Delivered. W.B. RAYMOND . . al Manufacturer of and \ holesale dealer in UNDERTAK Rod Vee eias FINST-CLASS CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HOUR AMBULANCE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THESICK AND WOUNDEs Undertaking Kvoms, 431 Minnesota ave, —‘Leleppone Wei 32 Factory (0° 6 St. and Reynolds Ave. Kansas City Kansas NOTICE Spend your pleasure evenings down at the Douglass Hospit- al where you can find all the Ice Creams Soda Pops and other Refreshments for sale. Mrs. Ashton Woods Matron. BARGAIN! BARGAIN!! Now is a chance for those who went 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 ne In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kans. William Banks, Plaintiff. v8. Lizzie Bank, Defendant. To the above named defendant, you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above Court by the above plainfiff,and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 3rd day of Aug: ust, 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 matri mony existing between plaintiff and de fendant, and divorcing plaintiff trom said defendant, and awarding to him the care ard custody of two of the mino1 children, ..Pearly Banke, and Corinne Banks, and for cost of this suit. 1. F. Bradley, Attorney for Plaintiff. Tee want: ieee] NS HARTONA ea’ ae + ay Waa POSITIVELY STRAIGHTERS fy a —ALL— Ae SF i ; Gi epee Kinky, Knotty, Stubborn, “ote ime ° s Bay MARronA Harsh, Curly Hair. HARTONA HARTONA makes the hair few long, straight, beautiful, soft, and glossy. Cures Dandruff, Baldness, Itching, Eczema, and all Scalp Diseases. Prevents Falling Out of tho Mair and Prema ture Baldness. HARTONA POSITIVELY STRAIGHTENS THE KINKIEST HAIR. Guaranteed harmless. Sent anywhere 02 Feceipt of price 35g, and ie. per Loz. JARTONA FACE BLEACH will gradually turn the skin of & black or dark person five or six shades lighter, and will turn the skin of a mulatto rson_almost white. HARTONA FACE BLEACH removes Wrinkles, Dark Spots, Pimples, Freckles, Black. heads, and all Blemishes of the Skin. Guaranteed absolutely harmlem: Sent to any address on reecipt of prieo— zie. and be bottle, : Hartona Remedies are absolutely guaranteed, and {orate is positively refunded if you are not perfectly satisfied. Write to us, and we Will send you free a book of testimonials of more than one hundred people in your own State who have used and," using Hartona Remedies. ; SPECIAL GRAND OFFER, Send_us One Pa oa Se mention this paper, an ‘we will send you three large boxes of HARTONA HAIR GROWER AND STRAIGHTENER, two large bottles of HARTONA FACE BLEACH, and one large box of HARTONA NO-SMELL, which Femoves all disagreeable odors eaused by Perepiration of the ue Goods will be sent securely scaled from observation. Write LE name and post-office and express office address very plainly. paey cnn Be sont t in Stamps or by ‘Post-Office Money Order, OF enclosed Letter or b; Gatun closes eae eas eit UARTONA REMEDY CO. gif 909 E. Main Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. @ _ ¥ WY AGENTS WANTED in Every Town and 4" yi City. Liberal Salary Paid. eed Publication Notice. 8 {n the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. Mary Smith, Plaintiff. Allen Smith, Defendant. To the above named defendent you are nereby 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 Ist day of Jaly 1902 the petition will be taken as true and a judgment rendered against sou the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony ex- isting between plaintiff and defendant aod divoreing plaintiff from defend on and for cost of suit. I. F. Bradley, Attor- oey Mary Smith. Read’ The Citi itizen.