The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. Oldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of the Country Let The Passing. Generation of Negroes Teach the Coming Generation Good Citizenship and the Value of a Dollar then the olving of the Race Problem will be Assured. 15. NO. 45. TWO FALLEN STARS "Christmas," brought joy to many hearts yet in its wake sorrow followed. Never in the history of this city did a happening cause more profound sorrow and gloom than did the death of Rev. W. L. Grant, pastor of First Baptist Chuch and Mrs. Carrie L. Thomas a teacher in our public schools and generously beloved by all. Two more brilliant stars never were blotted from the intellectual sky than the two above deceased. While the Chistmas bells were pealing, invoking the divine injunction of "Peace on earth and good will toark all men," the spirits of the esteemed grand and beloved Thomas winged their flight to the unknown realms of another world. Both born in the blue grass state of Kentucky, both in the prime of glorious man and womanhood,both had reached and exalted position in the western community and dying have left a vacancy that long years will intervene ere the same are filled. GIVE IT TO THEM. GIVE IT TO THEM, The holiday edition the Negro journals throughout the county were of the highest commendable order. While other cities deserves special mentionwe must take our hats off to the Topeka Plaindealer whose effort was a brilliant climax in Negro journalism—Three cheers for Bros. Chiles and Childers. Is the exact condition we find many and we might say the majorin of the young Negroes' of to day with the golden opportunities to become master of their awful condition they are to be found by thousand drifting unconditionally with the tide. It may be said that there are a good many old Negroes too, that are drifting-They haven't anything. Don't want anything and don't want to see any body else to have anything. The highest aspiration of many negroes who have seen younger days is to have some kind of a tumble down shack, called home, and a little "grub" It is no wonder white people say so "Negroes are the happiest people on earth" We must quit dsifting and interest ourselves in the affairs of the world or fall by the wayside, in the struggle of life. Mr H. G. Porter of 563 Troost ave. is a dealer in coal and is one of those through going race men who deserves the patronage of the public. He is a man of much business tact and highly respected. Such man are solving the race problem. Mr. Willis Smith of Taylorville, Ill. is in the City the guest of his brother Deputy County attorney B. S. Smith. Mr. Smith is a very prosperive farmer quite well blessed with a considerable of this worlds good. Miss R. Thompson of 745 Neb. Ave. is making quit a hit with her shoe string novelties shopping bags and so forth, giving her a call. The department of zoology of the University of Chicago has bought a collection of 50,000 insects. This great number of "bugs" was collected from all parts of the world by the late John K Hurst, an entomologist of Brooklyn, N.Y. The collection is valuable because of its completeness and represents careful work extending over many years. Mr. Le Gallienne writes of Nature as a lover, but his poetic fancy does not dignify us from that we was bred in cities. In his chapter on what Nature brings to beautify the graves of the little dead, he writes: "The wren will sometimes bring her sky-blue eggs for a gift. . . ." Perhaps a wren may be permitted to do this sort of thing in a "tragic fairy tale," in every-day life she would have to purchase them from a commercially minded hedge-sparrow, for her own eggs are a pearly white, with reddish brown spots. is any memorial concerning Mr. Dick It is impossible to keep out some mention of Mr. Richard Le Gallellue's hair. Two literary friends of his were re- cently speaking of the disproportionate amount of adverse criticism he becca- lously received. One said: 'His work is often excellent; he is 'slated' because of the length of his hair. And that helped him at first.' An said the other, "it began as a boom and ended as a boomerang." Go to H. P. Stines Shaving parlor 349 Minn. ave. for first class work. The Metropolitan Street Railway Franchise has been granted by the present Democratic council and Mayor. It covers a period of twenty years. It is alright and received our endorsement along with many other fair minded citizens. The choir of the Metropolitan Baptist church will give its first of a series of Social Concerts at their church Sunday the 21st. Prof. T. Davis Jr. will give some of his triple tongue preformance on the cornet. Mr. C. D.Da ton of 381 Freeman ave. is improving after a few dys illness. Remember our Job department when you have Bills. tickets, letter heads and invitations. At the annual meeting of the members of the M. & O. association last Friday night the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: R. C. Clark, president; Wm. Gamble, treasure; H. G. Dwiggins, financial and general secretary; W. A. Butler, manager; R. Berry, assistant secretary. Directors: S. Lee, H. F. Johns.n. n. Smith, Gao. A. Dudley, R. Saunders. The Oratorical Contest and Musical Concert at Rose Hill was very good under the many disadvantages. Marie Davis sang so very sweetly that she is counted among the best soloists of the city. Our stiring Pianosist, Miss Celestial Scott performed while Mrs. Davis sang. Master Wallace Field secretary of Rose Hill church was winner in the contest for the prize last Thursday evening. Big Christmas tree and concert Wednesday, Dec. 24th, at Rose Hill. Mr. James Ingram of Kansas City, Kars., and Miss Lillie Coleman of Rosedale, Kas., recently from Kansas City, Kans., was married Thursday Dec. 18, at the home of the bride. Rev. D. B. Jackson pastor of the Rosehill Baptist church was called upon to unite them in holy matrimony. Rev. Jackson believing in punctuality so much that he was there on a very short notice, waiting for the grooms arrival. After the ceremony the table of refreshments was served in abundance, to the many friends there. Among the guest from Kansas City, Ks were: Mrs. Sibbie Anderson, Miss Birdie Anderson, Mr. Edgar Anderson, recently from St. Paul, Minn. Mrs. Laura Garington and Mr. Lee. Mr. & Mrs. Ingram will reside at 727 Walker ave. Mr. F. L. Martin and S. G. Toole, of Lawrence. Kas. made our office a pleasant call this week. P. C. Thomas, National Secy. of the Knights & Ladies of Protection visited our office & City. The work of securing members for this worthy Society will begin at once, every Person interested in the advancement should become members of this Society, being organized under the laws of Kansas. JONES & MARTIN. Among hustling negro enterprises desirving of a consideration from the public, is the successful grocery establishment of Joose and Martin, cor. 47 and Oakland ave. When we take into consideration the innumerable odalte negroes who engage in business must surmount if they win certainly when one can singled out as a success—communication should be unstinted. Perseverance economy and that hustling determination to succeed has counted much in bringing the firm of Jones & Martin to the front. J. W. Jones the Senior member of the firm is a well known gentleman prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity and a wide swake, up and doing citizen. Martin the Junior member is a young man highly esteemed and possesses much business tact and ability. We quote a few of their prices on goods below and trust our readers to a very large extent will fluo it to their advantage to give them their patronage. Three Pkg. Alls Oats 25ots Montuck Coffee per lbs. 30. Good Nvy Beena 7 lbs. 25. Sir Lois Stake per lbs. 12½. Nucky Stake per lbs. 7½. Dried Peaches per lbs. 8. Appricots per lbs. 10. Best Flour Star Brand per cwt. $2 $5 24 pound of Best Granulated sugar on order of $5.00 for $1.00 GET A MOVE ON YOU "You have to hurry if you want to see George" is a slang phrase but it can be applied to the new street car rules as it has been given out that unless you hurry in getting on and off—you may wait for the next car. The funeral of Mr. — Collier who died last week will be Sunday afternoon from King Solomon Baptist chapel under the auspices of the Operative Sons Lodge G. U. O. O F. ON THE TRACKS The following it is said are on the mayoralty track waiting for the sound of the gong. Nat Barnes, Tom Glibert, Orrin W. Shepard—all carry Republican colors. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY MORNING, Happiness. What a grand human emotion is Happiness After all, what is there to equal it? After all what is there of property or possession to match it? What human crime is greater than that which turns pure innocent joy into bitter sorrow? What human benefaction is greater than that which turns sorrow and bitter suffering into joy and happiness? I look into the big brown eyes of my trustful, loyal dog. I see there a deepsene contentment, a shining joy. Instantly the clouds of care roll away and I find for a few fleeting moments, my very life suffused with a halo of happiness. I speak to him in tones of tenderness and unbidden from a heart full of kindly emotion. Why? I know not. A miser, a hard mind better, died all alone in Kansas City a few days ago. A short time before the end the door opened him to make disposition of his property, which considerable, as he had not long to live. He said "No one on earth cares for me. I care n't for anyone." Next morning he was found dead in his room. A few days prior to this he told a man this simple story: He owned a ranch, out West. By his cabin there ran a noisy mountain stream; small, sweet, pure, in eternal motion. It broke into a tiny cisque near his cabin and sang its sweet song day and night. He said it worried him to think it had nothing in this wilderness to sing its song to, so he found some beautiful white stones, broke them up and put them at the foot of the little carcade so that this mountains stream would have something to sing to through all the centuries. He said when he had done that he felt happy and he thought the singing stream sang a happier song. Poor outcast! This tender story of his tooth to poetical tenderness at least one soul that honors the big poetic heart of him who died without sympathizing friends to smooth his cheerless way to the Great Beyond. Ab! This stenilous life! How much of cruel needles pain does it engenders, and all to what purpose? Simply to be measured high and mighty by the man made standards. ply to stand in imposing grandeur for a fleeting moment in the public gaze, then to be snuffed out as the butterfly about the candle—and then what? Every moment of joy, every hour of pure happiness is a gain which no power under the blue heavens or among men can rob its possessor. Every moment of pain, every hour of sorrow is just so much lost life. No power in this universe can give back these moments, obliterate their sufferings and fill their places with happiness. Then, as we go through if e in our various pathways of stern duty, may we not become a generous gift to humanity if we strive in all the places our presence may be called to scatter the sunshine of pure happiness? No more ampleous time comes in the cycles of the rolling years in which to scatter sunshine and the joy than in this generation of Christmas gift-giving. The above article was taken from a page advertisement of Jones Dry Goods Co., published in the Kansas City Star, Dec. 7th 1902. This article we are told cost $25.00 for space occupied. This is said to be the only store in this country that uses its expensive advertising space' to educate people in higher moral thinking and noble living. THE ARMOUR PLANT One of the great West's gigantic establishments is to be seen in the Armour Packing Company of Kansas City, U.S. A., when we can conceive a floor space covering 80 acres then a fair conception of the mammoth production of such a wonderful establishment can be obtained when it is known that over 5,000 men boys and women find employment beneath its roof, it is then that the real good, such mammoth institutions do. It is remarkable how everything is brought to perfection these 5,000 human beings are managed like a big family-skilled labor is used in all departments. The products of the Armour Packing Co. are sold around the world. The man velous rapidity with which cattle, hogs, sheep and poultry are converted into food, is a wonder to all who visit this establishment. It is one of the sights to be seen in a visit to the west Among the honored old veterans of the Civil war holding office at the hands of the public none are more highly esteemed than Judge M. H. Donoho, who is now filling out his second term as Judge of the North Side City Court. His action in every particular have been in keeping with the painstaking and exacting gentleman that he is. There hinges much on the decision of a judge. He must therefore be a cool, steady and decided man. Judge Donoho is this and more. He has won the highest respect from the public and has eminently won it, by his every action. There should be a certain amount of consideration given public officials who endeavor to, and do their whole duty toward their constituents. Judge Donoho has saved the county much needless expense, and satisfaction has been heard from all sources. IN GERMANY Miss Ollie (Burgoyne) Martin, formerly of this city and last seen in this city with Williams & Walker company in 1899, sends best regards from Berlin, Germany to her many friends. Mrs. Alice Houston of the Sea Foam block contemplates a trip to St. Louis soon. Mrs. Jno. Bibb of 626 Cherry St. does first class work in Hair swiches, Wigs and etc. Hair dressing a speciality. give her a call. A SERMON DELIVERED "The Preaching Needed be the Times." Preaching must always be a necessity and acceptable preaching a wonderful power every faithful minister realized how difficult it is to preach well and constantly strives for higher excellence in the presentation of the church. The times referred to in the subject are not the times now past and gone into eternity and which can never be recalled or corrected; nor the times yet to be for which we plan and hope much, but which may never come to us but rather the present times crowded with responsibilities and duties which must be met and performed with hero devotion to God and humanity. I heard one man say he thought that the efforts of the new century would be to have religion without the Holy Spirit Christianity without Christ forgiveness without repentance salvation without regeneration and politics without God. "Gen. Booth of the Salvation Army said this: We are living in restless times. The world was never under such pressure as we feel today. The stress a strains are tremendous. We are doing a more in than our Fathers did in a week. No sooner one goal reached then we strive for a higher one. One great discovery or invention goods us on to something greater, we master the tossing billow and safe from the storms which howel and dash upon its surface; then we turn to turn to the air above us and we are looking for the day when we shall ride upon the waves of either as we now pass through the waves of the sea. It took our father three days to pay a note after it became due and so the banks allowed that time, but now we must be on time as promptly as railroad train is supposed to be. The old Puritan divines used to preach sermons from 3 to 6 hours long, and the people were glad to listen; but now the people can scarcely endure a Sermon 20 minutes long, years ago Christians were so much in earnest in winning Souls for Christ, that they were willing to say with Charles Wesley "With Thee all night I mean to say, and restile till Break of Day." And restile till Break of Day. But this has been altered by a later poet so that it agrees with the spirit of the times in which we live,—with thee till nine I mean to say, And then get tired and go away.—The spirit of restlessness characteristic of the times in business, in social life, in politics, and in religion, and perhaps it is responsible to a great degree for the so called higher criticism —which has done so much to rob men of their faith in God's word-men are running two and fro, and a journey across the ocean is not considered so great an undertaking as a 50 mile stage ride was a generation ago. Another characteristic of the times is an increasing of knowledge. Literature is so abundant that the world's knowledge is accessible to all. The school boy of to-day knows more than the teachers of a few decades ago. People to day know more than ever before and the only fortunate thing is that they know so much that is not so. I do not mean that we have reached the high intellectual development of the Ancient Greeks. Though we have not reached and may never reach their standard of culture, our knowledge today is more varied and more practical and consequently, we have better government and better institutions in this age of vast intelligence than they. Individuals have gone on living and growing wiser for 18 centuries, hence all the wisdom of these ages is concentrated in them. But I solemnly assure you that no living man on this globe is 18 hundred years old, either in years or in wisdom much less are our congregations made up bodily of such men, I would rather have you bear in mind that you are not to preach to the times exactly but to those individual congregations who may happen to hear you; and when they are gathered within four walls to hear you, you might as well preach to them and let all who are outside alone, whether they be dead or living. This practice will bring you face to face, in a many equality, with the particular souls whom you are attempting to bless and save through your ministry, instead of setting up the times to fight, you will be helping to make the times without either you or themselves being very intelligent, an whether or not they have all been sufficient controversial, skeptical and obdurate. And it is not so clear that they have varied much from our days, at any rate your times will be cast principally in your own congregation; and the less you preach to those who do not attend your ministry, the more you will profit those who do' we are living in perilious times. There are perils from the saloon power perils from the dominated voter, perils from the mania for wealth, perils from attacks upon the family, perils from the estrangement of working people from the church and perils from the spirit of lawlessness that has taken hold upon the people and is seen not only in the assassination of President McKinley, but in the lynching now so common in all parts of the country, and in a growing discerned of the and in a growing disregard of the law. Both human and divine, an organized resistance to all authority in church or state, "It might be profitable to ask what is preaching? In brief it means Proclaiming the Gospel and in that sense it used in this paper. Preaching is God's method of bringing a lost world to Himself. Jesus commissioned the Apostles to preach¹ (in Rom. 10:14,15) but we find the familiar question how then shall they call upon Him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard, and how shall they hear with a preacher? and how shall they preach except they are sent? We cannot emphathize too strongly the great fact that preaching is God's, chosen method of bringing a lost world to a sense of its need, and of leading it to Jesus. It may be right for a minister to pursue literary work, to deliver lectures, and it is necessary for him to follow the example of Paul and visit from house to house, but he must ever keep in mind the fact, that the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe (1 Cor. 1:21) It may be a stumbling block to the Jews, and unto the Greeks foolishness, but to them that are called 'the preaching of Jesus Chaist' is the power of God and the wisdom of God' While we may all agree as to the importance of preaching. There may be a difference of opinion as to the character of the preaching needed by these times. I cannot endorse all that I have seen or read upon the subject and so I preface my conclusion by quoting the words of Paul, I speak as to wise men judge what I say" The times need Scriptual preaching The Holy Spirit commissioned Timothy through the lips of Paul, to preach the Word! Gods revealed truth was to be the theme of his preaching. Many centuries before, God had sent one of his prophets forth and with his commission God added "Preach the preaching that I bid Thee." (Jonah 3:2) God reserves the right of selecting the theme as well as the preacher; the message as well as the messenger, Some preachers seems to think that the Bible themes have lost their interest and power, and that the people must be entertained by some new things. But brethren let us learn from Paul who said "I am determined to know nothing among you but Jesus Christ crucified." He uses a strong word determined! He speaks as though there were difficulties in the way, temptations to present other matters and subjects than Christ Alas! this is too true. Many ministers are tempted to preach classical Sermons, because they study the classics to preach philosophy, because they study philosophy; to preach on capital and labor, and kindred matters. There are often presented strong temptations to preach on the cuarant topics of the day, politics science and phases of the social problem and these are to be handled so far as they influence morals, and process of the Kingdom of Christ; But no minister is justified in departing from the standards of preaching of preaching so far as to make his pulpit a lecture platform on current affairs, gathering his information and sermon materials from newspapers. Some other matters may be more acceptable to some peo peo than the plain, simple, strait forward Gospel; they may crave an exhibition of eloquence, or worldly wisdom an words of pleasing flattery rather than to have their sins probed into; but we must take our stand with the Gospel, and preach it in the fulness of its truth and power, whether men will hear it or not be pleased or not. Our motive should be cleaned of the desire simply to use high sounding phrases or deep reason, or to please the ear with the fine turns of rhetorical expression. The times may demand it, but Gpd condemns it, and seems to repeat to us with emphasis "Preach the Word! The Living! The revealed word! The ginspired word! The unchanging Word 2 Tim. 4:3-4. The times need fervid preaching. I have nothing to say against intellectual preaching for the highest culture is not too much to lay upon God's Altar; but preaching to men's heads instead of their hearts will not save them." When Peter preached at Pendecost the people were pricked in Their hearts," Their consciences were aroused; and they began to call for help from skies. In some things meu go head first Hut in Religion it must be heart first [Dr. Lewis A. Banks,] calls attention to the fact that the 13 inch Guns are not to be discharged by our U. S. Navy be YOUR OPPORTUNITY. "There is a tide in the affairs of men taken at the flood that leads on to fortune." Wm. Newton the old reliable New and Second Hand dealer is selling out at COST. Bargains you never heard of before are being offered on the best line of goods in the city, Beds, Matting, Carpets, Stoves, oil-cloth and all kinds of Good Furniture. Just follow the crowd. First come, First served. 433 MINNESOTA AVE Remember this is your opportunity for good bargains everything in the store will be sold at cost & less. cause they cost to much to fire them and do not hit anything when they are fired, and smaller guns are taking their places, rapid fire guns do the most excursion. The Ministry should watch for souls, as they must give an account, They are watchman on the Walls of Zion. [Ez. 33: 6.1] Bretheren We are engaged in a work of tremendus importance. The results of which are eternal in their character, and we should tremble as we enter the pulpit lest other Motives than love for Christ and a lost world should inspire our message. The Times need fearless preachin in many Congregations to day are men of prominence whose lives dishonor the profession they make, and there is a strong temptation to withhold a part of the truth, lest they should be offended and withdraw Their support. But the man of God must preach the Word. he must "cry a loud ann spare not" The truth; Jsa. 5:1:2 A Minister without Boldness is like a smooth file, a knife without an gun, of men will be bold in sin, ministers must be bold to reprove. I know it is true that some ministers have suffered because of their faithful preaching and probably others will. But it is far better to have the favor of God than of men who would have us "hold down the truth" and preace o Gospel that will not condemn their unholy lives. The kind of preaching needed to day is the same as the lace men and women. The world over have needed euer since the fall, that which reveals to man his oeed, and then point to the Lamb of God which takes away the sins of the world. The mistake has been made in trying to preach a New Gospel, or at least a changed Gospel to meet new condition. We forget that when our environment are changed men are not. They have the same corrup nature are subject to the same temptations, are in rebellion against God an in danger of an eternal hell, and need an almighty Savior to deliver them. The time limit has been reached. I know you are tired, long ago In conclusion I would say that I am fully convinced that if we ministers of the Gospel would give less, attention to other subjects and preach to men as lost sinners, and keep before them the fact that Jesus Christ is an Almighty Savior it would hasten the time when the Kingdom of this would shall become the Kingdom of our Lord and his Chrit, over which He shall reign forever. J. E. Anderson. THREE BROTHERS MURDERED. SALINA, KAS Dec. 18. — Word has been received here from Hoisington, stating that William H. Puleston, a student of Kansas Wesleyan university, of this city and his two brothers, John and Joseph, were murdered by a gang of desperados on a ranch near Colorado Springs. Col. recee tly. It was while attending school here several weeks ago that William Puleston received a telegram stating that his oldest brother John, had been murdered on a ranch in Colorado, while proecting his cattle. William went to Hoisington and got his brother Joe, and both went to Colorado to average the murder of their brother. They starred in pursuit of the murders, but no word was ever heard from them. Recent two unrecognizable bodies were found by searching party, buried under a pile of brushnear their ranch, and the opiation is that the bodies are those of William and Joseph Puleston. — K. C. Journa Christmas what tender recollections are parents as they look backward down lifes dusty highway to the days of innocent childhood, when light hearted and cheerful they were tucked away in little beds and waffled off by the long remembered lullaby of mother into the land of sweet forgetfulness in expectation of the morrow when the old San a will. have made his visit. How your little hearts bounded with joy on Christmas morning. At the sight of some long wished for toy and the abundance of candy. Who would gladly live over those joyful happy days again. Who would not welcome the impossible realization of the poet. "Backward turn ob time in your flight make me a child again just for to night." DECEMBER 26 1.02 the Country oblem will be Assured. ORTUNITY. Fairs of men taken at the flood. Newton the old reliable New- ling out at COST. Bargains being offered on the best line settling, Carpets, Stoves, oil-cloth are. Not anything in his line, quitting the business. First come, First served. SOTA AVE opportunity for good bargains I be sold at cost & less. A HARD PLACE. It seems from various press reports that Dr. Crossland of St. Joe, No. our newly appointed Minister to Liberia, is involved in much trouble. The words of Hon. C. H. J. Taylor, former editor of this paper and ex-minister to Liberia are again brought to mind. He claimed that Liberia was the last place on the globe—we rather believe that Dr. Crossland will hink like wise ere long. Publication Notice In the District county of Wyandotte county Kansas, Lucy Hill. Plaintiff. vs. Amanda Hill. Defendant. To the above named defendant you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above namok court by the above named plaintiff and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 21st day of Feb. 1902, the petition filed against you will taken as true and a judgment rendered the nature of which is objectionable to the bona fide of matrimony existing between the plaintiff and defendant and for cost of this suit. Publication Notice In the District court of Wyandotte county Kansas. Ida Lafferty, plaintiff, vs. Benjamin Lafferty, defendant. To the above named defendant you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court by the above named plaintiff on that day, you appear and answer on or before the 21st day of Feb. 1003, the petition filed against you will be taken as true and a judgment rendered the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bond of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant and divorcing plaintiff from said defendant and warding to ber, her maiden name Ida Patterson, and for cost of this suit Miss Lucy Whitnii. of Denver Colo. is visitor at her mothers home in the Sea Foam block. Mr. Edward Davis of 727 Freeman ave, has gone to Pueblo Colo, It has been reported that the dead body of Leter Kennedy well known in this city has been found at Seattle Wash, where he misteriously disappeared supposedly having been foully delt with Kennedy was a Pullman Car porter. Mr. Burgess Jackson of N. 6th St. is very seriously ill with pneumina. Mr. A. R. Rutherford of State ave. is seriously ill. Mrs. Nancy Adams Brown of Chicago is expected the City to morrow. The entertainment of the A. M. E. Church Xmas evenieg at the M. and O. Hall was a success in every particular. Mr. Edward Morris, colored, of Chicago, has been elected to the Illinois Legislature a majority of 15,000. HAVE ANIMALS REASON? Experiments with a Poodle—He Was Taught to Read. "Have animals reason" was one of the questions raised by Lord Aveybury in an interesting address given recently at the London institution, and certainly it seems hard to deny the intelligent poodle, Dan, with whom Lord Aveybury experimented, some glimmerings of the faculty which is said to separate men from brutes. Dan was able after a time to distinguish between the number of cards inscribed with such suggestive words as "Food," "Tea," "Water" and when he required anything to bring the right card. Lord Aveybury thought it was hardly possible to study closely communities of ants without allowing that they are possessed of reasoning powers in some degree and even of moral feeling. On the other hand, says the London Chronicle, the processional caterpillar appears to be an insect of a very low order of intelligence. Processional caterpillars when out for an expedition weave a thread, by means of which they find their way back, and a small party was lured by an ingenious scientist up a flowerpot and round the top. He then cleared away the ascending thread and for eight days did those caterpillars walk round and round the top of the flowerpot, following the circular thread which remained, until they dropped off from fatigue and exhaustion. --- HISTORICAL CLUB HOSPITAL West Brookfield, Mass., claims the distinction of having the oldest hotel in the United States. It is a typical colonial tavern, which for nearly a century and a half has never closed its doors to the stranger. It was built in 1760 by Capt. David Hitchcock, who was its boniface for 51 years, and during his time he entertained many distinguished guests. Gen. George Washington stopped there Oct. 22, 1789, on his way to Boston, and entered in his dairy, "We were fed on the best the town affords." A short visit to Washington spent the night there. In 1799 President John Adams drove into town with his coach and four, and Landlord Hitchcock gave him the "best TURTLES BUIN VINES "One of our colonists," says an Algiers律师, "recently noticed that his vines had been gnawed around the roots, and, resolving to ascertain the cause, he went at night into the vineyard and soon heard a noise he thought it was of supernatural origin. "Having lighted a lamp, however, he discovered that it was made by an army of turtles, which was slowly making its way from the river to the vineyard. The mystery was now solved, for the turtles no sooner entered the vineyard than they began to ravage the vines. Summoning some horters, the owner encroached in getting rid of the turtles, but in order to guard against further assaults he was obliged to erect a wall around the vineyard." Three millions of the inhabitants of the German empire speak the Polish language. SAN FRANCISCO'S P A swan Most extraordinary is the bird, with its phenomenally long neck, that is San Francisco's pet black swan, Uncle Tom. Its home is Stow lake, an artificial sheet of water in the Golden Gate park, the city's delightful recreation ground for world-weary folk. Uncle Tom can swim in ducks and lion-like itself comprise the sole benefaction which San Francisco ever received, from the late Collis P. Hunt- A NOVEL ```markdown ``` Once more an ingenious lifeboat has been invented. It consists of an outer rotatable shell, an inner hanging carriage and a centerboard, which is longitudinally attached to the shell in such a manner that it can be opened or closed. At each end of the shell are a pair of transverse bulkheads, forming an inner compartment between them, and, ENGINE DRIVERS AS OCULISTS Most people know of the more apparent dangers to which railway engine drivers and stokers are exposed, but few know that the form of accident to which they are, beyond all others, most subject is injury to the eyes. Small particles of cinder and metal arp constantly getting into the eyes of the drivers and stokers, and sometimes, when the pain is agonizing and difficult signals have to be understood, the danger and inconvenience are not small. But these men have only one method of giving each other relief—a method that, however unpleasant it may seem How He Made His Fortune. "I once knew a man who appeared to me an unessential nincompoop, but he became a millionaire in two years. I will tell you how he did it," said Beerbohm Tree. "One day I met him on the road. 'How well you're looking,' he said to me. I was flattered and asked him to dinner, during which he confided to me how fortune had come to him. He wasn't looking at all well. With the familiarity which is distilled from wine, I asked him how he, a man of utterly contemptible brains as compared with the pauper who was entertaining him at dinner, had managed to amass so large a fortune. 'I will tell room in the house." Jerome Bonaparte, who was appointed king of Westphalia in 1807, spent the night there with his American bride, Miss Elizabeth Patterson, in 1804, and tradition shows the place where his coach ran into a fence and demolished it. Gen. Lafayette on his visit to America in 1824 stopped there, and many other notable personages have partaken of its hospitality. For 104 years the hotel and only three different landlords, an average proprietorship of nearly 35 years apiece. The Wayside Inn, made immortal by Longfellow, antedates the West Brookfield house, but it never had a continuous career as a hotel. LONG DISTANCE PIANIST In the newspapers of Padua a musician named Banca recently announced that on the following Sunday at 7 o'clock in the morning he would begin to play the piano and would continue to play for 40 hours, or until 11 o'clock on Monday evening. During this period he said that he would play 250 pieces of music from memory, and that he would rest for only 20 minutes—10 minutes at the close of the 14th hours and another at the close of the 29th hour. He added that his long performance he would take no nourishment, except a little water and some medicine of his own concoction, and that a committee of physicians would be present in order to see him accomplish his singular feat. The largest university in any English speaking country is Harvard, which has 5,576 students. ET BLACK SWAN ington. Nearly every child on the Pacific coast is on terms of easy intimacy with Uncle Tom, and Uncle, every considered, is the best tempered swan, white, black or parti-colored, now in captivity—if the freedom of a large sheet of water and the exclusive harbor for the small island may be termed captivity. Black swans are found only in Australia, and are rare even there. LIFEBOAT furthermore, there is a mechanism, by means of which the carriage can be locked to the shell in any desired position with relation to the centerboard when the latter is open. In a few other respects this boat differs from those now in use, and it is said by those who have examined it to possess some notable advantages over them. S AS OCULISTS to the average reader, is declared by the most eminent surgeons to be the one practical, feasible plan, and one that shows how devoted these co-workers can be to each other. And the method in question is this: stinging particle into his eye the driver Directly the stoker, say, gets some stinging particle into his eye the driver firmly, yet delicately, open the eyelids and maintain the unseen fragment—that is quite capable of producing tragic consequences—with his tongue. The public know little of this heroic remedy, but on every line in the world it is being applied daily. you, my dear fellow,' he replied. 'It is the simplest thing in the world—all tact. I went up to everybody I met in the street and said, 'How well you’re looking.' In that way I made hosts of friends. They put me into all their good things, and in two years I retired from business. Thank you for an excellent dinner. Good-bye. How well you’re looking."—Pearson's Weekly. Switzerland is not the only European country eager to promote the tourist traffic. It has 45 associations devoted to that subject, but Austria has more than 100, and Germany has 246. OLIO OF EVENTS OLIO OF EVENTS Progressive St. Louisans propose to change the name of Skinker Road, in that city, and a prize of $75 is offered by opponents of the change for the best protest against it. The protest is to be printed and made a campaign document. Excavations are to be made at Bury St. Edmunds, Eng., with the object of discovering the crypt in which the body of St. Edmund was buried by the monks when they were warned of the coming dissolution of the monastery. Among the exhibits at the Dusseldorf exposition was an apparatus which was described as a combination street-washing and sweeping machine and a mud dredger. While its cost is $1,428, it will enable a reduction of the staff of scavengers to one-half. During the past season France had 332 beet sugar factories in operation. The annual yield is over 400,000 tons, of which 200,000 are consumed in France. The results of the International congress at Brussels will be to close foreign markets to French beet sugar. Under the will of Jane Anne Maidstone Smith, recently filed in Philadelphia, several valuable paintings, including portraits of Queen Matilda of Denmark and Marie Antoinette, are devised to the Duke of Argyle in trust for King Edward. Somebody on the Kansas City Journal has been looking up the Christian names of the Sunflower state's governors. He finds that the executive chair of the state's governors (them a John Peter), two Jameses, two Thomases, two Samuels, one Jeremiah, one Nehemiah, one Daniel, one Jonah and one Judas. Bertillon, the expert who won unenviable notoriety in the Dreyfus case, has at last vindicated his claims for his system of detection. A mysterious murder was committed in Paris lately, and no clew was left by the murderer except certain finger-marks on a window pane. The streaks were photographed and enlarged, and Bertillon identified them as belonging to a man who hadidden an autograph system eight years ago. The man was found and arrested, and the murder has been proved against him. The postoffice department has prepared a set of statistics, which amount to an indictment against every fourth person in the country for 19,954,437 pieces of mail last year, which were wrongly or imperfectly directed. Nearly ten million of these were either forwarded with corrected addresses or returned to the sender. The money taken from the letters that found their addresses in the database, and for which no owners could be found, together with the amount realized from the auction sale of unclaimed articles accumulated in the office, aggregated $18,458.83. The annual auction this year is soon to take place. Mrs. Frances Fuller Victor, who died recently in Oregon, was known as the historian of the Northwest, being the author of a number of historical works on Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. She was born in Rome, N. Italy, and educated at the celer Walworth. At the early age of 14 she began to write for newspapers, and was a contributor of verse to the Home Journal, under the editorship of N. P. Willis. Her early poems and those of her sister were published in 1851, and her last work, also a volume of her own, was published half century she devoted herself chiefly to historical subjects, being the author of a dozen volumes. The Italian authorities are now engaged in constructing on Mont Chaberton a fort which, at the altitude of 3,135 meters, will be the highest situated fort in the world, and it will exceed considerably the French battery fort at Baryasse, at an altitude of 2,750 meters. The Secolo says (according to the Globe) that more than 50 meters have been taken from the summit of the mountain, so that big guns can be placed there; the workmen carrying out the work are protected from the gaze of the enemy by poses by more of mobile palisades of boards. Meanwhile, the French authorities have not been idle, for they have erected new fortifications on the high plateau above Barcelonette. Dr. Richard J. Gatling, the well-known inventor of the famous machine gun, who is now at work on a motor plough, celebrated his 48th anniversary of his marriage to Miss Sanders, of Indianapolis, at St. Louis, on Oct. 24. Mrs. Gatling's parents were Kentuckians. Her sister was the mother of Gen. Lew Wallace. Dr. and Mrs. Gatling have three children, all of whom, as well as their parents, live in New York. The celebrated inventor thinks his new invention will make agriculture on the great farms of the World. The plough will be run by a gasoline motor of sufficient power to propel the machine with the shares at any depth up to 12 inches. The plough will not only plough, but harrow, roll and seed the ground at the same time, thus saving one-fourth the cost of planting. The new president of Oberlin college, the Rev. Dr. Henry Churchill King, has been connected with the Oberlin educational work for a number of years. He was tutor in Latin, and afterwards in mathematics, in the Oberlin academy; then associate professor of mathematics for six years in the college; then professor of philosophy for seven years, philosophy and philosophy 1897. He has been a professor 1891. For many years he has conducted, on Sunday morning, a class for normal Bible study, numbering three or four hundred, mostly students, and has lectured at the Harvard Summer School of Theology and made addresses at Northfield. He was graduated at Oberlin in 1879, and from its Theological seminary three years later. He then took a two years' postgraduate course in theology at the University in Germany, in 1893-94. For the author of two books, "Reconstruction in Theology" and "Social Consciousness." The Rev. Joseph Lester, of South McAlerest, I., has decided to have published 250 love letters, written to him by that number of women. Lester was ten years in public life in an Eastern state as a preacher of the Gospel and gained a wide acquaintance at that time. His wife died three years ago and since Jan. 9, 1901, he has been placed in correspondence with more than 1,000 women through the kindly offices of a matrimonial bureau. From these letters Mr. Lester has chosen the 250 to publish in book form. Talking of his publication, he said: "I think I have written more love letters than I have written to the United States, though I am not a very good scribe, doing the most of my correspondence with a lead penil. You should see some of the letters that I have received. They are from women in every portion of the United States, but, of course, I do not mean to publish the names of the writers." Mr. Lester says his book will begin with an autobiography, followed by a love poem which he wrote to a young woman in Huron, S. D. Love is its theme. CROWN PRINCE TO WIN A story is current in London that the Kaiser's recent visit to King Edward had for its object the arrangement of the betrothal of Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia and Princess Alice of Albany. It is expected that the announcement of the engagement of the young couple will follow as a result of the visit. Above is Prince Frederick's latest photograph. THE FOUR HUNDRED OFF. Some of Them in New York Have Man Icures to Care for Pet Dogs. One enterprising young woman in New York makes a comfortable income taking care of the pet dogs of rich society women. Not only must a dog in this class have a tailor and hospital for his especial benefit, but he is becoming more fastidious than Mother Hubbard's remarkable pet. He must be waited upon by a manicure. The young woman who makes a business of this travels from house to house by appointment to make the dog's toilet in a most complete fashion. When the pet dog of Miss Cynthia Roche, daughter of Mrs. Burke Roche, is curled and bathed it is no exaggeration to say that its toilet articles are as dainty as any that might grace a spoiled baby's outfit. He are braced with spatless dimity to contain them, a comb of white with silver mountings, a powder box of crystal, and a puff to match. There are files for the delicate white nails, (that don't look a bit like a real dog's nails should), and there are scissors that would make many a proud mother's eyes gleam if they were a part of her coat. And with a silver soap box with autistic soap. All this is very pretty, but neverless there is an everyday side to it, as the young woman who cares for the dogs twice a week by appointment can testify.* This young woman is never late. If the dog is not on hand when she arrives she does not wait with a patient smile. Her time is well taken up, and the dog's bath is a matter of business. The operation usually consumes 25 minutes, for which the young woman is well paid. First comes the bath. This is a sweet-scented affair, toilet water being used. Often the dogs make things lively while in the bath, but the young woman says that, "if you hold them under the chin they won't move much." Mrs. George Gould has an entirely different outfit for her little pet. The basket is of wicker, and is padded with silk of dark color, without many bows and fixings on it. Around the sides are pockets for the brushes and combs. They are all of black ebony, with a small silver back on the back, engraved the family initials. This porcelain has a bath of its own—a small porcelain tub that might be the delight of some child's heart for her doll's house. Mrs. Jack Bloodgood has a white dog that is a perfect beauty, both in appearance and in manner. This dog is the delight of the manicure's heart. She is as docile as the proverbial lamb. This little white bit of life has long silky hair, but alas, it does not curt naturally. Its mistress is just as anxious that it should not curly as a mother is that her child with straight hair should be the possessor of ringlets in frequently there is an instrument of torture in the Bloodgood basket that does not often appear among the toilet articles of a dog—a pair of small curling irons and a spirit lamp to heat them. The dog is curled three times a week. Some up-to-date dogs are bleached. If they are a desipped yellow shade they are bleached white. If they are an ugly tan they are dyed black. Vanity reaches even to the dainne kingdom, for an arm with a yellow coat that is not particularly prepossessing seems when he has changed it for one of a shiny black.-New York Times OLD WAYS AND THE NEW Progressive Changes in Newspaper Reports of Testimony. In old times, relates the New York Sun, there were three ways to report testimony, the verbatim, the sketch and the summary. Let us give an example: John Smith sworn and examined by Mr. Jones: “Q-What is your business?” “A-I am a carpenter.” “Q-How long have you worked at your trade?” "A-I have worked at my trade for twenty years." "Q—Do you know the defendant?" "A—I do." "Q—How long have you known him?" "A—I have known him for the past ten years." John Smith for the verbatim. Now for the sketch. "John Smith, on being sworn, said he was a carpenter. He worked at his trade for twenty years and knew the defendant for ten years." And a secretary. "John Smith, a carpenter, knew defendant for ten years." The yellow fever, however, has evolved a new style of reporting: "John Smith, a tall and angularly formed fellow with bushy red hair and flaming whiskers, resounding smack, adjusting his green neckle, sat down in the witness chair, ran his right hand through his ruby locks, crossed his legs, which were closely inclosed in blue and white trousers, the last in the group, trussed into the eyes of Counselor Jones. In solemn tones the letter asked him his business. I am a The One Thing Lacking LL day long the ovation had lasted banners had waved, drums had beaten and the swarming masses of humanity, gathered from all parts of the country, had shouted themselves hoarse as they sat on the street, passed through the streets in his handsome carriage, bowing to right and left or chatting pleasantly with the president of the United States, who sat by his side. And now the night was bringing a more brilliant repetition of the day's festivities. Best of all, no envious voice was raised in all the multitude. For not only had the great man saved the honor of the country by his intrepidity in a moment of peril, but he flattered the national pride because he realized in every way the highest and finest type of American manhood. Then, too, he wore his laurels with a quiet dignity and modesty that the people, tired of blatant heroes, appreciated; so, in return they loved him, and as national love can only be expressed by badges and parades and illuminations, and much speech-making, all these things had their places in the swiftly-moving panorama of the day. In the eyes of all, at least in the eyes of the ragged street gamins, was to be the great dinner that night, when under canopies of rare flowers and to the soft accompaniment of beautiful music, the men of highest position, and the fairest ladies were to welcome their returned hero. In the meantime the object of all this adulation had been driven quickly to the hotel for an hour's rest before the banquet, and after reaching his apartments had thrown himself into an easy chair in utter exhaustion of mind and body. "Don't call me until I have barely time to dress, Matthews," he said to his alet, and the man, after carefully attending to the few wants of his master, left the room. Then the general, left to himself, walked slowly to the window and looked down into the street, where his name was still being shouted, and where remarkable presentments of himself in electric lights har begun to flash across the darkness of the sky. "Evening papers!" rang out the shrill voices of the newsboys; "all about the greedy people." Some one slipped copies of the late editions under his door and he arose and glanced at their glaring pages. But he soon threw them from him and sought the refuge of his chair, Then he looked around him. The room was radiant with flowers sent by countless admirers, and the soft light gleam among the national colors were draped. "Highest pinnacle of fame! Everything within his reach!" The absurd headlines contained in the afternoon papers rang persistently in his ears. He shrugged his shoulders a little wearily. Yes, people must think him a happy man, he said to himself. He could put himself in the attitude of the toilers of the crown, fall, and could realize that the heights to which he had climbed might seem to them the summit of all earth-born ambitions. Well—fame, honor, wealth, all had come to him at last, but, after all, was he the happy man which, according to all known precedent, he should be? Again, picked up a newspaper. He again restlessly in his chair, glancing down its columns. Then he gave a low exclamation and sat with staring eyes looking at the page before him. Two roughly-executed wood cuts had caught his eye, taken from two old photographs which some- enterprising young reporter had unearthed—one of the general himself, in his young man-hod, and the other of his girlish wife, taken soon after their marriage—the young man, who had been believed in his coming greatness; who had stinted and saved that he might have the opportunity to develop himself, and who had slipped quietly away into the Unknown Country long before there were any signs or portents that the world shared her convictions concerning her husband. The poor little picture brought back what the great man had done—the thought that he had at last accomplished all that she in her love had dreamed of; and now she to whom the credit of whatever glory he had won was due, was not there to share it with him! The world had never known—how could it know—that in the heart of the man whom it delighted to honor there was a shrine where sweet incense was always burning before the image of the wife of his youth; and in the heart of any other woman. Nor could the world encore the anguish his unshared honors brought him. The paper dropped from his hand unheeded, the tumult of the street was heard no longer as he liver over again the two short years when the one soul which had ever fully understood and loved him was ever by his side. There had not been much money in those days, and the new book or fine photograph meant many pretty economies which only made each acquisition to the little household stock more prized. But they had when very rich in love and happiness. When they saw together by the oystery fireside of the city, even even though they were always together, how they dreamed and planned for a golden future when they would wander through enchanted lands across the sea and share the treasures of the ages! What drives they had taken, too, in the mellow autumn days, over quiet country roads, gay with foliage which vied in its scarlet and gold with the rich coloring of the old Venetian painters drives when the whole beautiful world seemed theirs alone, and no words were needed to express the perfect sympathy which enveloped them. He remembered—ah, how he remembered—the pretty way she had of slipping her hands into the air and such moments and lift-up her eyes to his face, saying as she did so “isn it a lovely, beautiful world?” Today as he had ridden at the head of the procession some bright autumn leaves had floated gently into the carriage from an overhanging bough, and in a moment all the pomp and ceremony surrounding him had vanished, and he was once more with her in the gentian-fringed roads, the trees swaying above them. He felt the gentle touch of the hand. A question from the distinguished man in his side had brought him back suspiciously to the actualities of his life, and he could have cried out with the pain of it. Now he lived over again the time that even in memory was not good for a man to dwell on—a time when all the pain of the world cried out to him through the one being for whom he would have given his life a thousand times over had it been possible—a time when his very reason had toothed, when he seemed to be living in some place, from which he awoke to find himself and many times he had prayed that he might low her, but fate only mocked him, for he lived on each year and brought added fame and honor, but what had it mattered. There was no one who reel- carpenter', was the humble reply made in a clear and high-pitched voice that was heard distinctly in the remotest corner of the court room. "How long have you been a carpenter? asked Mr. Jones with a threaten-ment. "I have been a carpenter, sir," said the man a great dignity and fully appreciating the importance of the question, 'during the past twenty years.' Then Mr. Jones drew himself up to his fullest height, and extending his right arm at an angle of forty-five degrees he brought it down again swiftly until his huge fist struck the wall. "What do you know the defendant?" he shouted in thunderous tones. "I do,' was the reply, made in accents pitched in a high key which contrasted strangely with the cavernous tones of the learned counsel. Then Mr. Jones with flashing eyes and clenched fist colled himself up and asked: "How long have you known him?" "Years," was the answer tossed back to the lawyer with lightning-like rapidity." Well, this method of reporting may be very beautiful, but it makes rather tiresome reading, and in these days when few citizens can afford the luxuries themselves to sleep, blatherstakes reports of murder trials are very much avoided. MUST CONSULT THE DOCTOR. Government Control of Mar-age in Kingdom of Spain. The minister of justice of the King- dom of Spain—a member of the cabinet —in a recent formal public address, made a proposal to prohibit marriages between persons who were not pro- nounced healthy by medical authority. Suggestions of the sort have been made in other countries, but this is the first occasion on which they have been taken up in Europe by high officials. The minister proposes first, to increase the minimum age for marriage, which is now 14 years for boys and 12 for girls, and to prohibit consanguineous marriages altogether. Here it may be par- sented to the authorities. In the past turies the Arabs have married their cousins, not occasionally, but as a regular custom. The name for a wife is "the daughter of my uncle," and so long as one of such daughters is unwedded, it is the duty of the young Arab man to espouse her. The minister of justice next declares that, in his judgment, the certificate of a physician should be required before permission to marry is given by the civil authorities, and, further, that the intervention of the physician is not less necessary to the welfare of society than that of the marriage of a woman or the magistrate (for the civil marriage); in fact, the intervention of the physician is the most important of the three. This pronouncement is important in several respects, and it is an extremely interesting fact likewise, coming as it does from a minister of his Catholic majesty, the king of Spain. —New York Sun. Margaret May, who is starring in "Winchester," is said to be one of the finest horsewomen on the stage. She gained her experience in the practical school of the prairie, having lived for a number of years on her uncle's ranch near Carthage, S. D. Everyone rides in the Dakotas. When a fellow wants to ride a horse, it afflicts a horse and rides tenors possibly josifly as his "best girl." When the woman folks want to do a little shopping they have to saddle up and do a stunt of considerable proportions to the next "burg." Ministers visit their parishioners, doctors their patients and lawyers their victims, on horseback. Miss May, while visiting her father's ranch last Fourth of July took part in a free-for-all race that was unique. It was on the halfway point, the race as called a race of all nations. There were entries. Each of the riders was dressed in a garb characteristic of some country. England was a stout John Bull, Germany a Bismarck, with a huge pipe in his mouth; France, Italy, Mexico, Spain and other nationalities were grotesquely garbed. Miss May was Columbia, with a red, white and blue describe it as follows: "The race was tested from start to finish. It was any one's race at the three-uarters, all being bunched, with England and Germany having a slight advantage, but on entering the stretch Columbia (Margaret May), who had been laying back in a good position, went to the whip and was soon neck and neck with the horse. The judge to the wire. Columbia forged ahead and passed the judge's stand a length ahead of England, Mexico and the rest of the world." Miss May's constant companion on her vacations every year is her beautiful black horse, Mazeppa, which she uses in "Winchester." As compared with its population, the production of coal in the United Kingdom still surpasses that in the United States. It amounted to five and one-half tons per head of the population in the United States and one-third tons per head in 1901, while in the United States it is still only just over three and one-third tons per head. In Belgium it also amounts to about three and one-third tons per head; in Germany, to rather less than two tons per head, and in France to about four-fifths of a ton per head. BY ALICE B. MORRISON. lighted, 1901 by Author's Syndicate) LL day long the ovation had lasted banners had waved, drums had beaten and the swarming masses of humanity, gathered from all parts of the country, had shouted themselves hoarse as the great general had passed through the streets ly cared, and each new prefere seemed to mark more planily his tion from his kind. How would have been of it in how would have rejoiced and supported now she could not know—not now!! Hot tears burned on general's eyes and he buried his hands. — "I beg pardon, sir, but I've you three times sir." It was the of the Matthews, and the general as with a start. Even the valet noticed that his tered seemed unusually depressed dressed for the night's festivities. "You're tired, sir," he said, definitely. "Yes, Matthew, I am tired, so hat—" but the general left all the unfinished. The banquet surpassed even the rose-colored expectations. Every that wealth and wilt and grace gave added to its success. Respects of all the powerful national earnest vied with his own national praises of the hero hour. Yet there were those thought that their guest was stray silent, and the dignified beauty who the place of honor of his right came to a friend the next day. "He must great, my dear, but if it were not legious to criticise him an mortal, I should be obliged to say he was both dull and stupid—angily sculp." A Few Points John's Wife Was to Acknowledge. He was very tired and he had dropped off to sleep when he nudged him. "What is it?" he growled. "John, do you remember that you told me about Mrs. Brown, you came home from the club and last?" she asked. "To heaven's sake——" "Do you remember it?" she rupted. "Yes." "The one her husband told you." "Yes." "Well, I was too sleepy to ask it then, but it's really funny. I thought I'd tell you." "Hang it all, Jennie——" But now she seemed to be so peacefully. A little later he felt the nudge. "John," she said, "do you mean that clever political speech you last week?" "Confound it, Jennie——" "Do you remember it?" "Well, when you waked me night I don't believe I quite grate cruciatingly good grind on the point of it, but I do now. It was cruciatingly good grind on the candidate, wasn't it? I can't laugh." "Blithering blinkers, Jennie." But she was laughing and did see to hear him, so he screwed breast and went to sleep again. Presently he felt the nudge more. "John," she said, "there were awfully clever things in that you went to see." "Howling dervishes, Jennie sleepy," he protested. "So was I when you woke me talk about it. Do you suppose can remember that next time you hoover on something amusing?" No answer. "John, do you know your less no answer. "John, do you know your less that you won't forget it?" "I do, he growled." I do. And he did.—Elliott Flower in $5.000 WAGER OVER A 00 Remarkable English Relic Bede hibited a Museum. A coat made as the result of a wager, says the London Express he exhibited in the restored J cloth hall at Newbury, which is reopened as a Victoria memorial seum on Nov. 7. This relic of the days when bury had a big cloth-making is lent by Sir Nicholas Throxell whose ancestor, Sir John Throxell, laid the wager in 1831 that at 8 o'clock the evening of June 25 he was down to dinner in a coat the which formed the fleeces of two at 5 o'clock the same morning. The feat was accomplished by Coxeter, a member of an old family, at Glenmills, on the skirts of the town. One the day mentioned, two having been shorn and all the pieces of wool into the completed in eleven hours, and the made in two hours and twenty it was worn by Sir John in the of 5,000 people who had gathered witness the performance. The Bridal Couple's Friend To deal with men in such a to best serve the ends of both ness and courtesy requires sources of fact and judgment One evening while in the att at Philadelphia, he noted that proaching couple were sidelfering attention. Another was a placard pinned to the man's contained the words: "We are Unhesitatingly, Mr. Roberts removed the offensive notice, calling the groom's attention, "Sir," said a young man followed in the rear, "I want that Man that is a friend of you assumed a threatening attitude." "If a man did that to me and to be my friend, I must be afraid him," said Mr. Roberts, as he cried. the paper. “Of course you would” said legged friend, gaining courage. “Wy, I'd fear that his best prova is hollow as his friend. The Pennsylvania's prestige be correct in his estimation. young man withered —Louisville journal. Since the production of “Flash Finn” a story has gained cash and Mark Twin as its central It appears that Twin is among stringing the Twin业 from Sawyer” and “Huckleberry Friederget by Lee Arthur” a young wright, and that by the time and the stage manager with it there wasn't much left author of the books to recount Ben Twin. we've got to cut that in Arthur glanced over Teal's at the manuscript and then gasp "For heaven's sake, Teal don't that--that's the only line. T wrote. Not all young men can marry lars, but they can marry some FISO'S GURE FOR DUSEN, WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS. Best taste Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by drugrints. CONSUMPTION Frauelin Bertha Krupp is said to be the richest woman in the world, with a fortune estimated at $75,000,000. Speech may be silver, and silence golden, but the fellow with the most brass gets the tin—Philadelphia Record. Scotch lassies dressed in Tartan costumes will act as waltresses at a number of refreshment depots to be opened in London, where oatmeal in various forms, from porridge to puddings and cake, will be offered to customers. "Oh, yes," replied the bright and scientific young mother; "I always give Clifford 25 cents when I speak him. The best authorities are quite agreed that punishing a child for nothing tends to confuse his ethical notions."-Puck. POOR MAN'S CHANCE. It is being said in many Eastern journals and not a few Western ones that the day of the poor man in mining is gone by; that no one but a big corporation can succeed in mining any more; that it takes big capital to do anything; that most of the good mining propositions are controlled by trusts or millionaires and that there is no doubt that a man with little money. This is all a mistake. The day of the "poor" mining man was never brighter nor greater than right now. The assertion that most of the good mines are owned by trusts or millionaires is heard most often, but there is least in that of any of the pessimistic utterances. One hears of the big millionaires, and of thousands of substantial companies that go right on with little morality, paying good wages and monthly yielding dividends. Finally, it may be justly said in answer to the assertion that opportunity no longer exists for the man with a little money, that never the world's history of opportunities in mining for the man with a little money than in the west half of America today. Are you interested? Send for our Booklet, it will cost you nothing and will aid you in making money. H. A. RIEEDL & CO., Bankers and Brokers, Colorado Springs, . . . Colorado. A bottle of Hamlin's Wizard Oil is a medicine chest in itself; it cures pain in every form. 50 cents at druggists. The Republic of Paraguay continues its efforts to attract European immigration, so much needed in that country, where the population has hardly reached again the figure of 700,000 inhabitants since the year 1870, when, at the end of its stubborn fight of five years' duration against the combined forces of Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, paraguay had seen its population of more than 1,000,000 reduced to 300,000. The government at Asunción, the capital, has recently granted a request of Mr. Bertoni, director of the agricultural school. He had applied for a gratuitous distribution of seeds, especially maize, to farmers, and an exemption from all duties, taxation, etc., for grain imported. Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup the very best for their children during the teething period. An extraordinary stage novelty is announced from Vienna. Count Stagard, who is to play shortly the character of "Pied Piper of Hamelin," will have as realistic accessories a thousand tame rats, which will follow him on the stage as he pipes. Water is so scarce in the Japanese island of Oshima that it is the custom for the bride to take a large tub of drinking water with her to her new home as a kind of dowry. W. J. Van Paton, who owns the farm where Ethan Allen lived before the Revolution, has decided to present it to the city of Burlington, Vt., to be used as a park. First Heilress—Why did you cut Miss Plumleigh so the other day? Second Heilress—OK, she's impossible. Not in our sphere at all. She's never been sought by a European syndicate. —Chicago Record-Herald. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature by Greentood See Fac-Simile Wrapper Below. Very small and as easy to take as sugar. CARTERS LITTLE IVER PILLS. FOR HEADACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR RILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION Price $5 Cents GENUINE MUST HAVE SIGNATURE. Purdy Vegetable. CURE SICK HEADACHE. CANCER A Cure Guaranteed. No money accepted until pa- tition. 100 book free. Address: Dr. E. O. SMITH, 10th & Main St., Kansas City, Mo The Science of Cure a beautiful illustrated medical treatise, showing an x-ray examination with full explanation. It should be in every home. Sent FREE to any party addressing The German-American Doctors, 512 Walnut street, Kansas City, Mo. You Want Facts. You Do Not Pay Me One Cent Until You Are Cured. I present to the readers of this paper a few testimonial letters and names of former patients whom I have cured of rupture, believing that the afflicted would rather correspond with some one who has been treated. I can read what I might say about myself. You can more fully investigate and convince yourself as to the merits of my treatment. You might doubt say stater entitle me make, but you cannot help but believe the statements of those I have cured. I will ask you to write to any or all of them. If you are satisfied with what they say about my reliability and methods of treatment, write to me or call and see me. Remember that in all cases I guarantee a cure and not accept one cent of money until you are well. Consultation by mail or in person is entirely free. I will be pleased to correspond with you regarding your DR. ERNEST HENDERSON. A Very Bad Case of Rupture Cured it three Weeks. McPherson, Kans., June 8, 1989. I had a very bad case of rupture for years, and suffered a broken arm and was cured in three weeks. I cannot say too much for him. I know he can do just what he says he can do. The Doctor does not ask one question, but the best guarantee he can possibly give to any person afflicted as I was. I will answer anyone who wishes to know more about my case. Write For My Treaties on the Cure of Rupture Sent Free. Another Bad Case Permanently Cured in a Short Time—Grateful for Same. My Dear Doctor: I-desire to add my testimonial to the list of the cases was a bad one and you made a permanent cure in a short time, without pains, and I never thought it would be possible for your cure, and would not be back in the condition I was for a thousand dollars. I thank you and would recommend your rupture cure to any one who falls your, FRED HARPER, 2011 Indiana Ave. Suffered for Years—Pronounced Incurable by other Doctors. Dear Doctor: I wish to state that I can most heartily recommend your rupture treatment. Since every injury has been良良 treated with a right scrape rupture that was pronounced by doctors to be incurable except possibly by a dangerous angiogram to take of your treatment, I determined to try the scrape and am glad I did so, for after taking your treatment for three weeks I am now sound and well. Your treatment is all well. Your respectfully. WM, LYNN, Bansom, Kas. 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Varicocelle, Hydrocele and Phimosis radically cured without pain. Book with full description of above diseases, effects and cure-sent sealed in plain book. Hours a, m, t, o, p, m. Sunday to 10 a.m. The Author Was Unknown to Him. A gentleman who spends his life entirely immersed in books, has a wife who never reads an/thing more ambitious than a fashion column, but she likes to occasionally pretend an interest in her husband's hobby; and so from time to time she goes to the library to read a book just for the sake of appearances. "I chose a book this morning," she remarked the other day to her husband, "by an author named Volly. Is he considered a good writer?" "Volly?" said the good man, in a puzzled tone. And then not liking to confess himself ignorant of the books in his own library, he added: "Yes. He is a considerable power who possesses a remarkable insight into his subtext." But when she had completed her elaborate toilet and had gone off to make a social call, he sneaked into her room to discover the book of the author of whom he had never heard. It turned out to be a volume of Browning's poetry, which happened to have been bound with no name to the back, where it merely bore the legend Vol. iv.—Philadelphia Telegram. Miss Florence Haywood, of St. Louis, has been commissioned to select talented women of England and the continent of Europe to represent their countries at the St. Louis expoition. JJack Dalton, the famous Alaskan explorer and pioneer, who has been searching for Russian landmarks in Alaska, at the instigation of the government, has just arrived in Alaska, having finished his work. Fearing, apparently, that they may be anarchists in disguise, the Burgomaster of Schaarbeek, a suburb of Brussels, has forbidden Italian organ grinders to enter his district. Bishop Clerk, of Rhode Island, 90 years old, is the oldest Bishop of Anglican communion in the world. A recent issue of the Scientific American contained a very interesting article on the aerodrome ("air runner"), the invention of Mr. S. P. Langley, secretary of the Smithsonian institution, Washington. It has no gas and no balloon, but is built almost entirely of steel, and is moved by a steam engine. A portrait of President Lincoln will be placed in the Mississippi Hall of Fame at Jackson. The picture was furnished by Robert T. Lincoln, in response to a request, and will be placed beside that of Robert E. Lee. M.E. P. Lutheran Minister Tell's His *Cure* I suffered for six years with a very bad rupture of trusses day and night with the loss of effect of trusses day and night with the loss of effect of a cure, but they all failed—they only held the trusses day and night. Upon the advice of Rev. F Pfeiffer, of Sedal a Mo., I consulted Dr Ernest Henderson, the rupture specialist, 103 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City Mo., who cured me in a few weeks without subjecting me to a dangerous and painful operation. The cure was complete and since then I have dispensed with my trusses without inconvenience. Anyone desiring more information will please apply to me, personally or by letter. I am, Kansas City, Mo. June 3, 1900 My Dear Doc, the rupture was so bad I could scarcely retain it with the aid of a truss. (Concern was growing.) I stand still, I stand no longer. I was much discouraged. After reading my advertisement I concluded to me in less than four weeks. I am glad to say after such a long time of suffering I am obliterated. I had your fee with pressure and still feel that I have to pay to which I hope to pay by inducing others to go to me. I will gladly write to anyone about my case. I considered your offer of receiving no pay until care was affected as she had guarantees you could afford. The Following Have Been Cured of Rupture and are Selected at Random from the Class of All Students. Please Enclose a Stamp for Answer. Mike Gaynor, 20 Welling St. Kansas City, Mo. M. Olson, McPherson, Kans. J. Brock, county attorney, Manhattan, Rans. N. M. Kent, 401 Orchard St. Chicago, Ill. Omar Dillon, 901 Campbell St. Kansas City, Mo. W. C. Peak, grocer, 21 Centra. Avo. Kansas City, Kansas. M. S. Welch, care Goodlander Milling Co. Ft. Scott, Scott Dr. T. F. Parker, 1517 Brooklyn Ave., Kansas Hermann Sagull, Kansas City, Mo. Wm. Lynn, Kanson, Kanss. Wm. Lyman, Kanson, St. Joseph, Mo. Fred Harper, 2011 Indiana Ave., Kansas City Mo. William Wellman, 410 Landis Court, Kansas City, Mo. Rev. F. Pfeffer, Salemia, Mo. R. J. Champion, Armour Station, Kansas City, Kansas G. Wood, merchant, Greenwood, Mo. Ch. T.昊, Humor, 24 Edmund St., St. Joe, Mo. W.B. Castor, 11 N. Spring Ave., St. Louis, Mo. M. R. Demore, Kansas City, Mo. R. B. Griffith, Temple Bigs, Kansas City, Mo. Thos. M. 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Of the 1,800 registered guides in Maine three are women and only one of the trio is regarded by the men as thoroughly competent. This is Mrs J. S. Freese, of Riverton, who is a graduate of wood to be found in the Maine woods. She is also an expert at tanning skins, and has in her home some beautiful specimens of her handwork. Mrs. Freese hunts all through the winter, spending weeks in camp during the coldest weather. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas county, ss: Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRER DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. A. W. 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The present average yield of lima beans in Southern California is 22,000,000 pounds, which is about three-fourths of the total production of the world. One ranch in the bean country covers 1,500 acres. This is the largest bean field in the world, and it requires forty tons of seed beans to plant it. The "Weber Junior" Pumper Can also be used for other purposes. 2½ H.P. FRANK J. CHENEY. OKLAHOMA BRIEFS. Hobart will have an oil mill by the first of the year. Marshal Montfort of Yukom was shot in the stomach in a fight with four robbers who blew the postoffice safe and escaped with their booty. The vacant government land aggregates 3,777,883 acres, of which over 3,000,000 are located in Beaver county, which is largely used for grazing purposes. Two million and thirty-five thousand acres of land, set aside by congress for territorial purposes, are now under lease. The net proceeds from land leases during the year were $435,915.85. Two plumed quails, doubtless the only ones of that kind in Lincoln county, were recently killed in Ponca township. The beautiful plumed quails are seldom found this side of New Mexico. One day last week a hunter went down into the southern part of Pottawatomie county and bagged fifty-six quail, four ducks, seven plover, fifty-five squirrels, fourteen wild turkeys and one mountain sheep. Three million, sixty-eight thousand, five hundred and two acres of Oklahoma land were filed upon during the year, of which 606,109.63 acres were homestead entries made by 4,007 different persons. Three big Eastern brewing companies have begun the construction of a brewing plant in Oklahoma City to cost $400,000 and to have a capacity of 100,000 barrels per annum. The plant will be completed and in operation in one year. The Kansas City, Mexico & Orient railroad has just let a contract for fifty-six miles of grade work in Oklahoma. This closes the gap in Oklahoma and will by the time this is finished give a grade from Wichita, Kas., to San Angelo, Texas. The railway mileage of Oklahoma, as returned for taxation in March, show 1,413.23 miles of main track and 178.55 miles of side track. Fully 500 miles of railway have been built in the territory during the past year and much is under construction. Doctor Wyman, government physiatan at the Sac and Fox Indian agency in Oklahoma, announces that a large majority of the tribe are afflicted with tuberculosis, pneumonia and other incurable diseases and adds that the tribe will be practically annihilated within a few years. The latest report says there are but 479 members of this once powerful tribe left. Oklahoma has twenty-five first-class cities, five of them having been incorporated during the past year. Assessed value of town property is $1,629,189. During the past year, seven towns have been enacted in the cities and towns 734 business buildings, and 1,417 are now in course of construction; 3,862 residences have been erected, and 952 are in course of construction. George Barclay and James Brummet, convicted of the murder of Captain J. I. Poole, were sentenced to be changed at Pawnee, February 12, 1903. The Oklahoma supreme court affirmed the sentence of the lower court, which was originally passed on May 3, 1901, and only the intervention of President Roosevelt can prevent this double execution. The murder of Poole was committed July 7, 1900, near Hominy, Dust in the Okeana resource zone in Poole with a posse of officers attempted to arrest Brummet and Barclay for horsesteading, when a fight ensued in which Poole was killed. INDIAN TERRITORY. A peacemaker who attempted to settle a fight at Comanche, was shot twice. He then drew his own revolver and killed the man who had shot him. The Indian Territory Teachers' association will meet in South McAlerter, December 26 and 27. All teachers and friends of education in the Territory are urged to attend this meeting. Articles of incorporation have been filed with the court of appeals by the Central Trust Company. The principal offices at South McAlerter. The authorized capital is $1,000,000, of which $100,000 is paid in. There is a movement now being made to ask congress to divide the southern district of the Indian Territory into two districts and establish two United States district courts, one at Duncan and one at Chichasha. Halleville is coming to the front and putting on metropolitan airs. The material for a first-class electric lighting system is on the ground there and will be in operation as soon as the men and money can complete the work. The mule drivers in the mines of the South-McAlerest Coal Company at Hartshone have gone out on strike because the company refused to pay the union scale of wages for such services. The mines are forced to shut down on account of the walkout. It is understood this is the first move in a general attempt to force the mines along the Choctaw to pay the union scale. Brick kilns are now fired with petroleum, one hundred pounds of oil being sufficient to burn a ton of brick. While the average number of persons to a house is eight in London, it is thirty-four in Paris and fifty-four in Berlin. It is reported that Rudyard Kipling will go to South Africa soon after Christmas to spend several months in that land, where it will be summer. The managers of the Swedish State railway have ordered a locomotive built especially for burning peat in the generation of steam. CANGER CURED WITH SOOTHING, SALMY OILS. Cancer, Tumor, Catarrh, Piles, Fistula, Ulcera, Eczema and all Skin and Female Diseases. 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The New England town meeting is ever a source of anecdote, and one that may bear repeating comes from Wellesley, Mass., noted for a college, and, until his recent death, for one Solomon Flagg, who attributed his fourscore healthy years to the fact that he had always used tobacco and liquor—if the liquor was good. Flagg was town clerk, historian and the traditional wit of the town meeting. At one of these March gatherings, the management of the poor farm was under criticism, and some one had made bold to defend the Superintendent, Robinson by name, who was charged with being intolerably lazy. Flagg listened intently; then cleared his throat and thus addressed the chair: "Mr. Moderator: Our friend who has taken his seat is an eloquent gand there may be some truth in his remarks. But, Mr. Moderator, in my opinion, a pair of paper taps on the soles of Brother Robinson's shoes would outwear a leather patch on the seat of his trousers." And Solomon Flagg carried the day.—New York Times. Hamlin's Wizard Oil will cure a larger number of painful alliments than anything which you can find. Tata, a Parsee multimillionaire of Bombay, is reported as entertaining the ambition to rival J. Pleepman Morgan as originator of a huge Steel Trust. His scheme comprehends the development of the iron ore deposits of Central India, and he is said to have secured the favor of the Indian government and leading commercial interests of India. King Charles of Roumania has a crown fashioned out of steel from a Turkish cannon captured at the battle of Plevna in the Turko-Russian war. Contrary to etiquette a court carriage in which the Archduke Otto was driving was overtaken and passed a motor car driven at Vienna. The latter has since been put under arrest for twenty-four hours of furious driving. Goose grease is being used by the working classes in Germany as a substitute for Benjamin Dealer wants 200,000 pounds per month which he is offering 20 cents per pound. It would almost pay to try down the wild geese flocking every winter to this state to supply the German demand for the fat. The American consul at Berlin says vast numbers of geese are raised in the country, but the local supply is far short of meeting the demand. Last year 6,431,277 live geese were imported to neighboring countries and an immense quantity of geese fat from far and near; still the supply is not equal to the wants of the people. John Hancock has been dead 100 years, but his estate has never been fully administered. Last week George C. King, a lawyer of Boston, representing that a remnant of the estate remains to be administered, asking the courts to appoint him legal representative of the family at the request of the next of kin of the patrol. Elizabeth L. H. Wood, apparently the only interested person, gives her written consent to the petition, which is to be considered by the court. Alexander McDonald, of New York, largely interested in the Standard Old Company, is endeavoring to buy Abbey, formerly the home of Sir Walter Scott, with the purpose of presenting it to the Scottish people. The palace is now owned by Mrs. Maxwell Scott, a distant relative of the poet and novelist. Nathaniel Lincoln, of Wiscasset, Maine, has in his possession the only picture of the good ship Wiscasset, the bark that brought Andrew Carnegie and his father from Scotland to America in 1849. More than a century ago the fear of being buried alive led to the establishment in German cities of mortuary chambers, in which a bellrope is placed in the hands of each corpse. In his recent volume on "Death and Sudden Death," Prof. Brouardel declares that there is no case on record of that bell having ever been rung anywhere. Ocos, formerly one of the principal Mexican ports on the Pacific coast, has almost completely disappeared in the sea, owing to the sinking of the harbor bottom after an earthquake. Among the anecdotes of the late Colonel Tom Ochiltree which are floating through the papers just now, the following is probably the best. Colonel Ochiltree was capable of telling some remarkable stories, when he had a mind to. Once upon a time he upset Lord Lonsdale, when that Englender named him on his way home from an expedition Alaska. His Lordship was regarded by some of his admirers as a wonderful explorer. He was quite a lion. A dinner was given in his honor by Hermann Oeirichs. Well, Lord Lonsdale told many thrilling stories, and an audible "oh!" went around the table when he finished telling of a petrified forest in Africa, in which he found a number of petrified lions and elephants. As the lions were lined up, the applause sank to an echo, all looked to Colonel Ochiltree to defend his nationality and beat this petrified lion story. "Texas," said the Colonel, after a pause, "has its petrified forest, but although they contain no petrified lions they are remarkable for having petrified birds flying over them." "Nonsense!" said Lord Lonsdale; that is impossible. Such a phenomenon is contrary to the laws of gravitation." "Ah, that's easily explained," responded Colonel Ochitree, quickly. "The laws of gravitation down there are petrified, too."—New York - Tribune. Colonel R. H. Pratt, head of the Government Indian School at Carlisle Pa., reports that the enrollment of Indian students there this year has reached the high-water mark of 1,073. The students are encouraged to earn money by hiring out during vacation time, and they made $32,000 that way last year. False Alarm. A late Archbishop of Dublin, who was highly gifted and widely known as an author, was not in very robust health, and had been for many years apprehensive of paralysis. At a dinner in Dublin, given by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, His Grace sat on the right of his hostess, the Duchess of A. In the midst of the dinner the company was startled by seeing the Archbishop rise from his seat, and still more startled to hear him exclaim in a dismal and sepulchral tone, "It has come! it has come!" "What has come, Your Grace?" eagerly cried half a dozen voices from different parts of the table. "What I have been expecting for twenty years," solemly answered the Archbishop, "a stroke of paralysis. I have been pinching myself for the last twenty minutes, and find myself enthralled." "Pardon me, my dear Archbishop," said the Duchess, looking up at him with a somewhat quizzical smile; "pardon me for contradicting you, but it is I that you have been pinching."—New York Tribune. The waters of the Dead Sea, where no rudder has been seen for centuries, are now being plied by German motor boats. By applying glucose or glycerine to their roots a French scientist declares that he has been able to stimulate the growth of plants. A French investigator has recently come to the conclusion that the brains of military men give out most quickly. He states that out of every 100,000 military men 199 are hopelessly lunatic. Of the liberal professions artists are the first to succumb to the brain strain, next the lawyers, followed at some distance by doctors, clergymen, literary men and civil servants. Striking an average of this group, 177 go mad to each 100,000. One in the four of the 650,000 immigrants who arrived last year could not read or write. The cleverest artist among Royalties is undoubtedly the Czarina. Her power lies in caricature, and she has depicted the Czar and many diplomats in all kinds of humorous situations. Dr. Frederick B. Percy, of Brookline, Mass., an old graduate of Yale, has seen every foot-ball game played between Harvard and Yale during the last twenty-five years. Census returns just published show an increase of 72,398 in the population of France last year. The Old Almanac Almanacs were in use long before the art of printing was discovered, but since the advent of the movable types and the printing press, their number and varieties have become legion. Millions upon millions of them are printed annually, and most them for free distribution. Each year they made more attractive and published in greater numbers. The calendar, an innovation of recent years, was popular for a time, but it could not supplant the old friend of earlier days—the Almanac—with its astronomical calculations and its more or less accurate weather predictions. While the Almanac of today is issued primarily for advertising purposes, they must of necessity contain interesting matter and be made attractive in every way possible, else they would not be read, and the money invested would be money wasted. Chas. H. Fletcher's New York Almanac has ever been one of the foremost in attractiveness, and the 1903 edition is no exception. It has a handsome, lithographed cover that almost says: "Take me home with you; contains the usual number of jokes; contains the valuable information relative to the care of infants, a record page in blank for baby's early days, and problems that will help to pass away many a long evening. Here is one: A child ask her father how old he was, and the father replied, "I am just six times as old as you are, but in twenty-four years you will be one-half as old as I." What were their ages? We understand that the Almanac may be had for the asking, either at drug stores or direct from Chas. H. Fletcher, New York City. Prof. E. B. Bryan, recently appointed instructor for the Philippine islands, was a farmhand twelve years ago. While plowing on his father's farm, two miles east of Kokomo, Ind., he was accidentally injured in such a way as to incapacitate him for such work. Then he went to college and later held chairs in Butler College and the Indiana University. When appointed to his present position he was principal of the Normal School in Manila. It is not generally known that Henry Norman, author of "All the Russians," a graduate of Harvard. He is an Engineer and was educated in France, but chose to take his degree in America, was he who started the agitation which he resulted in making Niagara Falls a state reservation. He is a Liberal and has represented South Wolverhampton in parliament for two years, but is best known as an authority on the affairs of Asia and the far East. A Problem Solved. Cabel, Kans, Dec. 22d.—This part of Kansas has solved the great question, How can Kidney Troubles be cured, and as Rheumatism, Brights' Disease, Diabetes and other ailments resulting from Diseased Kidneys are common to all parts of the country the news is of great interest. The cure is Dodd's Kidney Pills. Hundreds of people will tell you this of their own experience. Take J. B. Cunningham for example. He had Kidney Trouble of long standing. He sought relief in vain. He had tried herbs and Medicines of different kinds. Finally he tried Dodd's Kidney Pills and he stopped right there. No one who tries Dodd's Kidney Pills for Kidney Complaint ever needs to look any further. Here is what Mr. Cunningham says. Dodd's Kidney Pills are all right for Kidney Trouble. I have used them and know for they have done me more good than anything I ever used." Professor Edmund S. Meany, of the Smithsonian institution, is the first scientist to visit the mummy caves of the Aleuts of Alaska. Many mummies, to be sure, have been sent from Alaska from time to time, but no man of learning has ever examined the caves themselves. The report which the Professor will doubtless prepare will be looked for with some interest. The Church Is Now Prosperous. When Theodore Roosevelt became chief executive fourteen months ago the little church in Washington in which he was a worshiper while assistant secretary of the navy at once rose to the dignity of the president's church. The unexpected honor also swelled the congregation beyond the capacity of the little building and the erection of a more common church. As soon as the project was announced money began to pour in. In a few months the cornerstone was laid and the building will be ready for occupancy early next spring. It is named Grace Memorial Reformed church. The congregation will be the same as that with which the president now worships, the new edifice being erected as a direct consequence of presiding over the church. The Roosevelt is the second president of the United States who has belonged to the Dutch Reformed church, Martin Van Buren having been likewise a member of that communion. There have been eight Episcopal presidents, six Presbyterians and three—Grant, Hayes and McKinley—Methdist. Garfield was one of those presidents. The church Christian church in Washougal, from whose pulpit he sometimes preached while he was a representative in congress. He was known in that body as a "lay preacher" and after his death the Garfield Memorial church was dedicated in his honor—Omaha Bee. The Chinese of New York are planning to erect a hospital in the Chinatown of that city where their sick may be treated by physicians of their own race. This hospital, if it is established, is to be conducted on the Oriental plan, and will be a distinct oddity in this country. Samuel I. Pickard, Whittier's literary executor and biographer, will sell many of the poet's manuscripts and books for the benefit of a fund for the restoration and care of Whittier's birthplace at Haverhill, and his home, at Amesbury, Mass. A complete rural free delivery service of mail matter will cost about $24,000,000. The present plan provides for the completion of the service within three years, to do which about 27,000 new carriers will have to be employed, to cover 700,000 square miles of new territory. Mrs. Bane, the daughter of Mrs. M. B. Harvell, of the Redemption Bureau of the Treasury, Washington, recently sent all of the clerks in the office presents from the Treasury to them, as theycribbae board, carved of the tusks of walruses. DIAMOND "C" TRADE C MARK SOAP "HUNTS DIRT." IT IS A GOOD HONEST SOAP MADE TO DO THE WORK.... Complete catalogue showing over 300 premiums that may be secured by saving the wrappers, furnished free upon request. Send your name on a postal card, and we will mail you the catalogue. Address: Premium Dept., THE CUDAHY PACKING CO. South Omaha, Neb. Diamond "C" Soap for sale by all grocers. .....BY ..... American Citizen Publishing and Printing Co. VERY WEEK AT 417 MINNESOTA 'AVE KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. Telephone "375 Blue" Entered at the post office in Kansas City Kansas as accou' class matter. EDITORIAL. EDITORIAL. The proposed bill for the re-establishment of the Fire and Police Board by the coming legislation has created quite a stir. It is a question of who shall be able to stand—with a good many of the boys. If Governor elect Bailey knew how much worry and tangled state of affair in this city He would encavor to dodge this one thing, the lot of the police men and fire men in Kansas City, Kansas is all but a happy one. It is sometime up and a sometime down and sometime flat upon the ground. The passing of the 20 year franchise to the Metropolitan Street Railway by the city council the past week was about as satisfactory as could be obtained. It would be a matter of impossible to have satisfied everybody and especially the Republicans. It would be a grand thing if our colored churches would open stores to supply the wants of their members and to give employm ents to the young. At first glance it seems impracticable to turn religious bodies, in a measure, into money-making concerns, but this is removed when we consider the wonderful success of the financial side of the Mormon church. In each community stores could be opened and the people would be tangt to support race enterprises. There would be some fraud, some stealing, but in too majority of the cases honest dealing would characterize the management. This is an age of great combinations and the Negro must catch hold of things and make a wafor himself. -Ex Practical churches and practical Christianity should certainly appeal to the negro. It must be finally left to the churches to solve the race problem as the negro is more religiously inclined than any *g* else. Why not teach the people now to live happy in this world? The standard by which a race is judged is its women. It is true that "The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world." Then the best of care and most of encouragement should be given to make the hand that rocks the cradle queenly. As a race, the black man learn to reverence, protect and better defend the hand that rocks the cradles of the race. We must learn to accord to our women that courtesy and regard to which they are entitled and which they should receive. We must so protect them that they will learn that no matter where they may see a black man they can feel that they see a protector and one that will defend them, even unto death. We must not only defend, protect and respect them, but we must give other men to understand that they must do likewise. The black man who will not protect a colored woman is no part of a mas. Let us accord to our women that amount of respect to which they are entitled. We heartily, endorse the editorial from the Searchlight of Wichata. We commend it to every reader of our paper. We hope they will take it to heart and keep it uppermost in their minds. If every man would do unto his neighbor as he would have his neighbor do unto him how much better and how pleasanter would this world be. If you do not want your neighbor to oppress you, do not oppress your neighbor. If you do not want your neighbor to say mean things about you, do not say mean things about your neighbor. These outlooks observed will mean more peace to many a troubled mind. —Searchlight. YOU can BUY TOYS lots of PLACES But Can You Buy THEM at These Prices Bannett and Co. 609 MINNESOTA AVE. Decrated China cups and saucer sloc always our price ..... 5C 10ct Ten Pins each in wood box our price on them ..... 8 Good wheel barrows red or natural color at ..... 8 2 wheel red Carts always 10 cts our price on them ..... 8 Assorted lot Doll Chairs we sell your choice ..... 9 Fine lot dressed Dolls worth 30cts, we sell them at ..... 25 Black wood Pianos with six keys our price is ..... 23 The Sunflo Bənnett 609 MINNE NEGROES EAT TOO MUCH. This one thing is responsible for much of the poverty in the race. It is true that the major portion of the Negroes are laborers and must of a necessity eat, to meet the requirements of such. In many cases though just half what is expended for food would satisfy and grandly appease the hungry of the race. In the performance of the same labor no other nationality eats as much as our race Tell nine out of ten Negroes that the reason they keep poor, is they eat too much and you will receive this answer—"I am not going to stint myself thats all I get in this world is what I can eat and drink," Thus they go toiling and worrying living up year in and year out to all they make misfortune and old age overtake them and the tender mercies of the world see their finish. A new Negro makes his bow to the American people, and he is quite different from the one who was seen in 1865. He has hopes, aspirations and wishes to be considered, as he is, an essential part of the American republic. He is buying homes, running business enterprises and many other good things, much of which is done under very trying conditions. He needs to do more of this, and we believe he will. Let him not be found in any one particular list; let him not fear or hesitate to enter any calling to which his inclination may lead. If he can't make it in one place, leave and go somewhere else. The world is large and the reward always comes to him who tries the hardest. Let him go to Cuba, the Philippines South America, in short, to any country where his chances are better and where people have more appreciation for honest labor. Don't be home bound, but branch out and make homes everywhere.—News Enterprise. Mothers often know their daughters are out but seldom if ever `know` their routes. The hapachar unconcerned way that a good many mothers raise up their daughters is responsible for a good many heartaches and hours of tear shedding & worry. It would be something, worthy of note if a good many mothers who take up precious time meddling with other peoples affairs, mixing up in neighborhood gossip—would associate themselves together and endorse to solve the problem of how to raise their daughters to virtuous woman-hood. A good many mothers who are helping to raise daughters should exert a fatherly affection over their neighbors-daughters instead of letting the brute passion predominate If parents, would see to it that their children and especially of tender years were in home at a reasonable hour of nights. It would not have to be told to the public that a 12 year old Negro girl was raped by a policeman in this city at the hour of midnight. That the awful tragedy to another gril occurred in a Kansas City Rooming house. If mothers and fathers were all they ought to be, there would not be as many illegitimate offsprings in this city. If mothers and fathers were all they ought to be, there many fun- Negro homes, and a good many in this city need cleaning up of their filth and dirt. If all the Negro Ministers in this city were Gd fearing men and would teach the people morals it would have a bettering effect on the community. If a searchlight was turned on the walks of a good many christian people and their OND C MARK AP 25 Cent Dollies go Carts fine lot 19C our price Fine Lot of Baby Rattles the 15 ccn kind our price 8 Big lot of Dominoes worth 8 to 10 cts our price..... 4 Big Lot assorted Games worth 15 cts our price..... 10 Big Lot of Fancy 35cts Childs Dishes our price is..... 25 Fine Ironing Board wash tub and board for the lot..... 10 Fine Lot Toy Furniture wood at each..... 5 Power Store and Co. SOTA AVE. leaders it would disclose just why christianity is on the wane in its influence over the sinning populace. If a good many married men and woman keep themselves in their places and in the bounds of decency it would tend to toward bettering the race. Nine out of ever ten cases of waywardness in boys and can be traced directly to the hidden life of a mother or fa her. It is surprising to know how many Negro homes in this city have skeletons in their closets, Some Negro who reads this article will be offended "WlyI—because we have too the truth and it is backed by absolute fact s. Publication Notice In the district court of Wyandotte county Kansas. James N. Turner, pla n Josie Turner, defendant. To the above named defendant you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court by the above named plaintiff, and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 23rd day of January 1963, the petition filed against you will be taken as true and a judgement rendered the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bonds of natriimory existing between plaintiff and defendant, and for ever divorcing plaintiff from said defendant and for cost of this suit. I. F. Bradley, Atty. for plaintiff. Publication Notice In the district court of Wyandotte County Kansas. Edward Divers, plaintiff, vs. Anna Divers, defendant. To the above named defendant, that you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court by the above named plaintiff, and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 15th day of January 1933, the petition files said case will be taken as true, and a judgment rendered against the bond which will be a decree dissolving the bonds in the plaintiff and divorcing plaintiff and defendant, and divorcing plaintiff from you, the said defendant, and for cost of said suit. Executor's Notice, State of Kansas. i. County of Wyandotte. ii. In the Probate Court in and for said County. In the matter of the Estate of Peter Lugbilh, Deceased. Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified, that at the next regular term of the Probate Court in and for said court, to be begun and held at the court room in Kansas City County of Wyndotte and State aforesaid, on the first Monday in the month, January 5, A. D. 1903, shall appear in Court for a full final settlement. Estate of Peter Lughigli, Deceased. December 1st, A. D. 1902. Dec. 12. Notice of Final Settlement. STATE of KANSAS, WYANDOTTE COUNTY, In the Probate Court of Said County. In the matter of the Estate of Mahala A. Robertson, deceasee. Notice is hereby given that letters testamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the last will and testament of Mahala A. Robertson, late of sale County, deceased by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the State of said county, cated the 7th day of November 1902. Now, all persons having claims against said county are hereby notified that they must present with the same to the undersigned for allowance with one year from the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate, and that if such claims be not exhibited within 3 years after the date of said letters, they shall be forever barred. WILLIAM S. PATTERSON. Executor of the last will and testament of Mahala A. Robertson, deceased. Dated Nov. 7th, 1902. Publicstion Notice State of Kansas, County of Wyandotte, ss. In the Probate Court In and for said County In the matter of the Estate of Anthony Dudley, deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned, on the Estate Anthony Dudley, late of said County, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid dated the 12th day of November 1922. Now, all persons having claims against the said Estate are hereby notified that they must present the same to the under signed for allowance with one year from the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate; and that if such claims be exhibited within three years after the date of said Letters, they shall be forever barred. ELIZA DUDLEY. Administratrix of the Estate of Anthony Dudley, deceased. 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