The American Citizen

Oldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of the Country THE CABINET MEETING DISSCUSSED THE SOUTHERN SITUATION. Mr. Cochan of Missouri and Other Democrats Assail Mr. Roosevelt for the Appointments That Have Stirred up Prejudice. Washington, Jan. 9.—There was very brief discussion at the cabinet meeting day of the Southern situation as creatively the appointment of Dr. Crum to presidency of Charleston, S.C. and the President's action in connection with the postoffice at Indianola, Miss. The president has not decided to withdraw the Crum nomination, and no action has been taken to reopen the Indian-postoffice. of the port or postmaster in a Northern state, but it was said today that the President not long ago was about to appoint a bright Negro to office, and his employer, a democratic lawyer in the South, raised his wages so he could continue as his law clerk. The President has appointed several Southern Democrats to office. Republican senators and members of Congress refuse to discuss the Crum appointment and the prospects It is admitted that the criticism of the appointment of Dr. Crum has caused an uncomfortable feeling in administration times. The whole South has been caused by the selection of the Negro doctor, when everybody was hoping that national feeling would be allowed to grow. Much of the trouble the President made for himself is laid to the door of James S. Clarkson, surveyor of the port of New York, who has been taken on the confidence of the administration to question of patronage in the south. In extenuation of the appoint a friend of the President said to him, that the President has actually appointed Negro men to office in the north pressed to specify, he said a Negro had been named as district attorney of Boston. An investigation shows that the President did not appoint Negro dis attorneys but did make one an assistant district attorney. A member of the administration has surely to point out a single instance hence a Negro has been made a collector TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN. An individual or a race must have a hope to "labor honestly and diligently his trade, profession or business." Above the mental positions, there is small hope for any number of Negroes obtaining employment, and in many of the union labor organizations it is impossible for the Negro apreparato to bear the bare rudiments of the tran- in empty purse, and empty stomach and hands are not conductive to good citizenship. But then the really good citizens are those who rise above obstacle and environments and make opportunities where seemingly there are none. Generally students of the race are extreme optimists or are equally pessimistic. They seem to have no trouble in putting the entire race upon the highest minds of success, or the present conditions indicate that we are a worse people than when we were the "bone of contention" and that the race is going to the demission bow-wow, with the swing from the other side of the incline. Neither position is true, and the pessimistic view is futherest from the facts. There is much in the faults of our people to be excused, not necessarily under the plea of ignorance, but just excuse them anyway. Give them the benefit of the desire to do right.—Plaindealer. Down in Richmond, Va., a whitman was put on trail for attenting to abduct a 14-year old colored girl. The trial jailhole was a Southern man to the man's the judge, in sentencing the white, is reported to have said: "Eastham, this court has no mercy for you, though you be a white man. Your purpose was too plain to be mis understand. You and all other of your kind must understand that colored people who respect themselves and are respected can get the protected of the law in this court. I therefore give you the fullest penalty, twelve months in jail. Mr Officer take him away at oce. While it is gratifying to know that we have judges in the South who shows a disposition to protect our women and girls against the insult and assaults of a too prevalent class of white men down there, it is fearful to contemplate what might have been the fate a Negro man, had he been accused—not convict of attempting to abduct a 14 year old white girl. But sleeping justice and fair play may awake by and by, and all persons charged with crime in the South allowed a trial by law. The Conservator. IT HELPS A banking institution owned and operated by colored people wae opened recently in Pine Bluff, Ark. A colorid boy nineteen years old, owns a fine farm of 125 acres in Texas. A good start. A colored woman it Texas owns two farms which are woll stocked wish the best of grade of cattle. A colord man in Montgomery county, Alabama, has discovered three very rich veins of silver on his farm, for which he is offered $3,875,000. Since the Republican pary in Colorado has been rabahilitated to power by the help of 10,000 faithful Negro voters, what will it mean to the colored element of the party? THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. of the port or postmaster in a Northern state, but it was said today that the President not long ago was about to appoint a bright Negro to office, and his employer, a democratic lawyer in the South, raised his wages so he could continue as his law clerk. The President has appointed several Southern Democrats to office. Republican senators and members of Congress refuse to discuss the Crum appointment and the prospects of confirmation. On the other hand, the Democrats are very outspoken. Representative Cochran of Missouri "As the New York Herald says, President Roosevelt, with all his audacious courage and strenuousness and thrill for excitement, would not dare to appoint a Negro collector and postmaster of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, or any of the great Republican strongholds in the East or West. In the Northern states the Negro practically occupies to day almost the same condition of slavery he occupied in the South before the war. The Northern people would not tolerate the appointment of Negroes to important federal offices and it will not be tolerated in the Soutd. President, cabinet and political agitators can not force the Southern people to submit to social equalities with the Negro. President Roosevelt is welcome to all the Negro delegates he can get from the South, but he cannot cram his Southern policy down cur throats." KANSAS CITY STAR COLORED VOTE IN THE NORTH. According to the census of 1902 the Negroes have considerable voting population in many of the Nothern states. For instance: STATES. Negro Votes Illinois 29.762 Indiana 18.186 Kansas 14.695 Massachusetts 10.456 New Jersey 21.000 New York 31.425 Ohio 31.235 Pennsylvania 51.668 Colorad 10.000 Also of these states sometimes go Democratic; most of them have repeatedly gone Democratic. In the majority of them the division between the parties is generally so close that the Negro vote would be more than sufficient to turn the scale.—Pueblo Standard. DON'T WANT US TO GO. The Washington Post talking on the question of Negroes going to Hawaii holds that: "Everybody familiar with conditions at the south knows that not a single Negro worth his salt has the least wish to leave home, kindred, life long associations, and the certainty of a comfortable livelihood to go forth into etrange lands with a certainty of nothing. They do not want it; their white neighbors and employers do not want. And the president may believe us when we say that it will never." That our great cities, our towns, and many of our rural districts—especially at the north—are somewhat overpopulated with Negroes who could be deported with the happiest results to the communities which they now infest, we willingly admit. Right here, for example, we have alleys and holes that might be depopulated to the great advantage of the city. We could even, at a pinch, spare a reasonable number of leaders a politicians-not accepting Mr. Commissioner Fortune himself. But how all this would help Hawaii we cannot see at all. As a matter of fact, it strikes us as a needless cruelty to flood Hawaii with a demoralizing and devastating riffraff. The conclusion may be false, but we do not think so." We had thought that a paper like the Post, which gives nearly half its time to abusing the Colored people, would be glad to get rid of them by any means. But here it is the first to object because "their white neighbors and employers do not want it!" That is the real cause too; all the talk about the "demoralizing and devastating riffraff" is only so many crocodile tears shed for the Hawaiins. It would not be natural, if the Negro is so "demoralizing" for the whites to prefer his presence with them rather than have him thuwands of miles away. But no doubt o contemporary would be glad to get rid of the Northern Negro and the "leaders." They it is who keep him awake at night by their incassant cry to their race from the watchtower to "remember your rights!" Ex. STILL THEY GO Press despatches tell us that 32 negro left New York the past week for Liberia Africa, they sailed from Georgia notwithstanding the uncanny stories a bout Africa they still go. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY MORNING. AROUND AMONG 'EM AT NO. 5. Mr. Joseph WilliamsJr. of the 2nd ward has succeeded Mr. Henry Curtly of the 3rd ward at No.5 Fire Station. U. F. Scales the "Deacon" at No. 5 is a seldom visita on the main through-fare. Bill Curtis the fearless driver of the gallant five still holds his own. Gus Clark enjoys his day off, SOME OF OUR FINEST. Jesse Williams, Press Younger, Ben Foster, Al MacRoy, and Wm McDonald. It is said Al. MacRoy is entitled to a medal for his bravery in rescuing a half frozen individual from a cake of ice in Missouri river last week. AMONG CITY EMPLOYEES John Wilson deputy street commissioner owing to a multiplicity of other duties is no longer president of the Twin City Mission Literary. Uncle Charlie Anderson the Deputy Sanctary sergeant of the 4th ward is waging war against dirt. Sam Walker Janitor of the city Hall is taking a course in oratory. Billy Martin the city imponder and Billy Goat had a lively time in the west end the part week—there were two of a kind but Billy G, won with honors. Jake Tillman is holding down the Sewer gang with Milton Washington at his back. AMONG THE PROFESHS The number of up-to-date graduate Negro physicians in this city at one time could have been counted on one finger but now we have the following roster. Drs. Thompson, Horsey, Soanes, Anthony and Brown, all are reliable sureties in curing your curable aches and pains. Lawyer Frye says he can cite, those who desire to know a successful experiment of perpetual motion. Lawyer Dorsey Green says it's a long ways to the top, but watch Harvey. Lawyer Martin says he is a new 'um but just give him a chance- Judge I. F. Bradley was in Topeka last week mixing in a race organization. Deputy County Attorney B. S. Smith has started on his reappointed position as Deputy. AMONG PASTORS & CHURCHES, The vacancy at the First Baptist Church caused by the death of Rev. W. L. Grant has not yet been filled. Rev. M. Phillips of the Primitive Baptist Church is somewhat indisposon. Rev. Ward of the St. James, A. M. E. Church was tendered a reception last week by members of his church and admiring friends. Work on the new St. James A. M. E. church has been checked by the extreme cool. Revival services are being held at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Rev. J. R. Richardson, pastor. Rev. J. E. Anderson the newly installed pastor of the First Christian Church is meeting with much success. A representative of this paper attended the Metropolitan Baptist church last Sabbath and was delighted with an excellent, sermon delivered by Rev. E. A. Wilson. He took occasion to review the events of the past year desolation, sorrow happiness and joy brought to many. His entire sermon was a master piece of eloquence and oratory. At the 8th Street Christian Church there will be preaching each Lords Day at 11.A.M. and 7.30 P. M. Sunday school at 1 O'clock P. M. All are cordially invited to attend the services, We Wel-You. J. E. Anderson, Pastos. The St. James M. E. Church bet 9th and 10th on Freeman ave. will hold memorial services at their church on Sunday Jan. 18th. Special programme has been arranged and a special invitation is extended to everybody, a rally will be held also. J. S. Burton, pastor. KANSAS City KANS. IS ALRIGHT Old Kansas City Kansas is not so bad after all for Carrie Nation and her little hatchet are to locate here representatives closed for her a deal the past week for a fifteen room house wherein she intends launching a Home for Drunkards wives Three cheers for Carrie and her little Hatchet. Akron, Ohio, Dec. 29.-Gifts of $25.000 from Andrew Carnegie and the Female College buildings at Hillsboro, O., have come to the Loyal Legion of Labor anew Negro organization. The organization was formed about 18 month ago by Z. W. Mitchell of Springfield, Ohio, a colored newspapers man, after study the race problem in the South. Its object is the uplifting of the colored people by uniting them in educational work and for worthy political purposes. Mr. Cornegie's gift is conditional on the raising of a like sum by the organization. The gift of the College buildings is conditional on their being used for educational purposes. Men Declare their Love Under Strange and Strenuous Conditions. The most unique proposal on record is probably that of a young Englishman to a girl somewhat above him on the beach. Last summer the two accidentally came together at the same seaside boarding-house. They had previously met as friends, but the young fellow had never presumed upon a closer acquaintanceship. One day, while at the boarding-house, she asked him to join a party who were going for a day's yachting excursion, and he, of course, readily consented. while the merriment was at its height the girl accidentally fell into the sea. Immediately perceiving what had happened, her admirer sprang overboard and was successful in reaching her and keeping her afloat. He was an indifferent swimmer, however, and as the night was very dark, both were in danger of drowning before the yacht's boat could reach them. was evidently what the young fellow was, and being apparently determined that the girl should, in any case, know of the affection for her, he, in spite of the strugeness of their position, quickly declared his passion. The girl, however, had amused and frightened, made no reply, to the disappointment of the young fellow, who concluded that she was unconscious. Ultimately the two were picked up by the boat and brought safely on board the yacht again, and the party reached home without any further mishap. Next day the girl took the first opportunity of thanking the young fellow in private for saving her life, and she remarked that his proposal she was somewhat mal apropos. Need not to say the young fellow took fresh hope from this hint, and did not hesitate to propose in the orthodox manner, this time receiving a favorable reply. Not so happy an ending is attached to the story of a proposal made under somewhat similar conditions to the above by a young German, who was a passenger on the ill-fated Elbe, wrecked off Lowestoft in 1895. While on board he conceived a great affection for the young lady, but hesitated to speak to her because the crash came he succeeded in getting a life-buy for the girl, and by its sid managed to keep her affoat after the ship had foundered. Although it was an extraordinary place and time for him to declare his affection, the young fellow, doubtless with his mind on future possibilities, proposed both while were struggling in the sea, and to his great delight learning that his joy was quickly turned to grief, for shortly afterward the rough sea separated them, and although he himself was picked up by a boat, he never saw his sweetheart again. It would require more than an average amount of nerve and coolness on the part of any man to propose to a girl when both were in danger of being burnt to death. A particular feature, however, regarding a fireman's wedded life, was that he proposed a short time ago, was the fact that he proposed to his bride while trying to rescue her from a burning house. The fire occurred during the night at a country residence at which the young lady was employed as housemaid. At the commencement of the conflagration no one noticed that she was missing. But when the house was well ablaze the girl suddenly appeared at one of the top windows, having been aroused from her sleep by the smoke. The local brigade not being provided desecrated, she escaped and all most correctly. But her fireman lower quickly darted into the house and at great risk managed to reach her room. But as he did so the stairs behind him collapsed and thus cut off their only apparent means of escape. Doubtless it was the hopelessness of their position and the fear that his love would never be known which led the fireman to propose there and then, an thus surrounded by flames and smoke, the two plighted their troth Fortunately, a long ladder had taken the meantime being used and after moments of great excitement the two were rescued just in the nick of time. The rarity of prison proposals makes the following instance of Cupid's strange doing particularly interesting. A short time ago a clever and notorious French swinder named Gorland was sentenced in Paris to a long term of imprisonment. While his trial was still proceeding he applied to be a guard and carry his friend and accomplice, Borthe Daguneau, if she would accept him for a husband. The magistrate thereupon sent for the young woman and laid Gorandr's proposal before her. She then confessed that she loved him, and that it would be the happiest day in her life if Gorandr would marry her. The result of this unique proposal was that the two were married at the local mayor's office with four policemen as witnesses. A French aeronaut some time ago brought himself into unenviable prominence by taking a girl up in a balloon in order to propose marriage to her. She had often expressed a wish to make a balloon ascent, accordingly he had little difficulty in persuading her to make a trip with him. Taking advantage of the opportunity thus afforded, the aeronaut, after reaching certain height, declared his affection in passionate terms, adding that her refusal to his suit would cause him to commit suicide by throwing himself out of the balloon car. Greatly terrified, the girl accepted his proposal—New York World. --- Benjamin Kidd, the economist, who has just made a tour of the new British South Africa, says he believes the country to be richer than the United States west of the Mississippi and believes that its future is assured. President Diaz of Mexico, known as the "grand old man" of that country, from office on January 1. He will be succeeded by Joss Limantano now foreign minister of Mexico. Tales of Two Cities Goto H. P. Sines Shaving parlor 349 Minn. ave. for First class work. Miss R. Thompson of 745 Neb. Ave. is making quit a hit with her sho string novelties shopn.g bags and so forth, givh her a call. Mr. John Hunter of Leavenworth and Miss Georgia Harris of the city were quietly married by Probate Judge K. P. Snyder last week. Miss Lula Roberson of Mo. city, Mo., daughter of Albert Roberson spent the holidays in this city the guest of Miss Nora Clemons of 213 Garfield ave. Mrs. Mattie Anderson and Mrs. J. Watts of S. Omaha Neb. spent the holidays with Alice Baily the daughter of Mrs. Anderson of 411 Neb. ave. Mr. & Mrs. J. A. Mance of 1216 Highland ave. has returned from Olin, Ohio where they spent two weeks with his mother. Williams and Walker appeared this week in Kansas City Mo., for their 4th season, this week and as is usual they played to standing room. the entire week with a matinee to-morrow and the last performance to-morrow night. "In Dahomey" is their hit this season—Among the features are the harmonious choruses -customes and singing of the only Williams. The audience at every performance has been exceedingly lavish in their encounters and the company as individuals were exceptionally accommodating in responding. A reception and ball was tendered the company by Ben McRays B. P. A. on Thursday night and was a decided success., Mrs. I. F. Bradley of this city will tender the members a reception this afternoon at her home. Mrs. Bradley hails from Lawrence the boyhood home of Walker. A Negro watchman averted what might have been a serious fire at the Grand Opera House the past week. A small blaze was discovered by him in the scenery. We know not what his reward was or will be, but since he is a Negro doubtless his white employees think he did nothing less than his duty. John Fletcher a colored individual convicted in the Common Pleas Court for stealing a cow the past week passed through a remarkable happen ing in his life. He proved him self a modern Rip Van Winkle for he slept One hundred and twenty hours. After his long sleep he awoke and received a sentence of one year. HE IS ALRIGHT. In looking over the field through our glasses we find a good old reliable citizen in our community who would doubt less make good Alderman timber. He is a man thoroughly posted in municipal affairs a gentleman and one of high esteem. He would represent the whole city with that pride and dignity that comes from individual who put forth noble efforts to do their puty. The gentleman in question is none other than Mr. Francis House of the 2nd ward. He is the right man if he can be prevailed upon to make the race. THEY SAY We wonder if there will be a Broadway built in Dehomey by and by. We killed it after thd show, Ha! Ha! There is a new comer in the Sea Foam block the popular block is surely a dead one. A liberal reward will be paid to know the whereabouts of Mr. Sea Foam block and Miss Ann avenue. It was Williams & Walker or burst. Didn't she look like the leader of the colored aristocracy. Rareback paid a visit to the rareback shop on Minn. ave. Publication Notice In the District court of Wyandotte 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, and than unless you appear and answer on or before the 21st day of Feb. 1903, the petition filed against you will be taken as true and a judgement rendered the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bond of matrimony existed between plaintiff and defendant and dividing plaintiff from said defendant and warding to be, her maiden name ida Patterson, and for cost of this suit L. F. Bradley atty, for Plaintiff. HOW IT LOOKS A careful observation discloses the fact that Tom Gilbert of the 3rd ward is the most favorable looking candidate of the Republican party for Mayor. It must be conceded by those who have any knowledge of horse flesh that Tom Gilbert is a good goer. 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. YOUR OPPORTUNITY. "There is a tide in the affairs of men 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 inds of Good Furniture. 433 MINNESOTA AVE Remember this is your opportunity for good bargains everything in the store will be sold at cost & less. Colored Aurthors A Washington dispatch states that an assistant in the library of Congress has compiled a list of the books in that institution written by "persons of color" finding no less than 2,200 titles. The investigation shows that "a surprisingly large amount of literary work" has been done by mulattoes and persons who are oneofth, one-eighth or one-sixteenth African but "the stight blacks appear to have done almost nothing." The first colored author it seems, was Phyllis Wheatley, who published a book in 1773 and wrote a poem dedicated to General Washington. Whether she was a "straight black" or colored is not stated, but it is altogether likely she was the latter. As the former have done "almost nothing" in literature up to date, they could hardly have done anything as early as 1773, so soon after their importation from the African jungles. We have heard and read many a damaging piece of rot about Negroes, but the most damnable piece of infamy we ever read is the above Washington dispatch. The idea that a Negro must be nearly white to produce any literative of note is indeed enough to make a hog sick that librarian at Washington or any other place who collected such data is undoubtedly some bricks missing in his upper story and he needs to make another trial at collecting data. 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 nounk court by the above plaintiff and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 21st day of Feb. 1902 the petition fled against you will taken as true and a judgement rendered the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant and for cost of this suit. I.F. Bradley, atty for Plaintiff. Ple Log Staple Disc The pie center of the country is Brockton, Mass. It claims all kinds of records and from the figures of its industry it deserves recognition. For pie-making and pie-eating, for big pies and little pies, for thin pies and thick pies, for light pies and heavy pies, it is willing to enter the arena against any city in the Union, barring none. Three factories alone turn out 365,000 pies every year, but this is only a small portion of the city's pie industry. The 40,000 inhabitants consume about 3,000 pies daily, or over 1,000,000 each year. If laid in a straight line, edge for edge, they would make a pie bicycle path from Boston to Chicago. At 10 cents each, and they are worth more than that, Brockton consumes $2.70 worth of pie per citizen each year. The champion pie-maker of the town is a boarding house keeper, Mrs. Viola V. King, of 475 Montello street, a sister-in-law of W. L. Douglas, the millionaire shoe manufacturer. Her record last year was 4,635 pies, or about 13 pies a day for every day in the year. The holder of second place in the pie-making industry is another boarding house keeper, Mrs. Margaret Caskin proprietress of the Empire house, which has 2,840 pies to her credit. The proof of the wholesomeness of pie as an article of diet is in the ing, and Mrs. Caskin points to boarders that have been with her 19 years and have never had a day sickness from indigestion.—Oma World. Nangkang, a large city in Kwantan province, China, is reported to be on by rebels, who have been using the city for several days. gold, silver, steel, aluminum and ed, when immersed in turricic acid, new chemical discovery, becomes as stable and ductile as putty. Tons of Gold in Use. The amount of gold coin in actual circulation in the world is estimated to be about 868 tons JANUARY 9 1.03 the Country oblem will be Assured. ORTUNITY. fairs of monaster at the flood in. Newton the old reliable New falling out at COST. Bargains being offered on the best line cutting, Carpets, Stoves, oil-cloth are. unt anything in his line, quitting the business. First come, First served. SOTA AVE opportunity for good bargains will be sold at cost & less. AGRICULTURE FOR WOMEN. A Woman Who Has Observed Says Women Succeed as Farmers. Do women succeed as farmers? My observation proves that they do. I could cite a number of instances where women have farmed successfully for many years, my conclusion is that country girls who are compelled by force of circumstances to work for a living would find a broader field, with greater chances for profit and improvement, right at home, than in the crowded and less desirable occupations in the city. Few realize the possibilities of farm life, and few farmers' daughters cultivate a taste for agriculture; and yet, the few who did find a fascination in the work, creating an enthusiasm seldom found in any other occupation. Many times the farmer's daughter rushes from home to procure work possibly in a village store or dress making establishment, or as hired girl in some private housed, in order to procure ready money, when with a life co-operation with the home folks she could easily be enabled to earn the amount and at the same time lend her assistance to father and mother. I recall an instance of two loyal farmer girls. The question of help presented itself one year when farm help was either unobtainable or inefficient, with the result that these two daughters offered their assistance. The girls did anything which came to them, and the interest in the work which surprised them, led them. As soon as the autumn months set in, the elder, who held a second-grade certificate, obtained a school and taught during the winter, but the younger stayed until the rush of the farm work was over, when she began attending the home school, having to study early and late to make up for lost time. When I last heard of her, she had won a scholarship, in well and college in the West, and was intending to make use of it the following winter, "when the crops were all in." Both of these girls were gentle and refined in appearance, and held high positions socially in that community. A woman of my acquaintance, after the death of her husband, a farmer, conducted her farm, and raised a large family of children, educating each, with little outside help. Another acquaintance has adopted swine-breeding in connection with her farming operations. In this undertaking she has been eminently successful. Living not many miles from the writer is a feminine farmer and cattle breeder who has some of the finest Hereford blood in the state in her stables. She hires her work done, and is independent financially. Some of the best known exhibitors of blooded stock have been women, showcased in the stock as an industry may be safely and profitably engaged in by women having the will power and tenacity to succeed. Scientific agriculture is both instructive and lucrative, and the range possibilities in this line is unbounded. Let our farmer girls consider twice they give up the wonderful opportunities offered by the farm for the less remunerative ones held out by village and city—American Agriculturist. ALWAYS THE BEST OR BIGGEST. Marquis Ito's Observation of the Very Common American Trait. Lurumblo ito, former premier of Japan, was impressed by a number of things when he made his trip through the United States. The success of the Americans, he thought, was due to every man believing that he and his possessions were the best and largest in the world. No matter where he visited, the citizens tried to convince him that it city contained either the tallest buildings or the largest power, the greatest stores or the largest mills, the greatest breweries or the windmills of the greatest power. One city had the most famous preacher in the world; another the sweetest toned pipe organ. Several claimed the prettiest women. One day the premier arrived at a town where he was desirous of visiting the grave of a famous American. From observations made through the street the diplomat concluded that he had at last reached a city which had nothing to boast of. He would not be too certain, however; nor remained alert. Reaching the creamery one of the committee halted and said: "Sir, I wish to direct your attention to that grave. The man who lies buried there had to be provided with the largest coffin ever made in this city." The honored guest thanked his host, not so much for the information as for relieving the strain—Pittsburg Dispatch. KANSAS NEWS BRIEFS. --- Prosperous Fruit Year This has been a prosperous year for fruit growers in Kansas in general, according to reports made by delegates from different counties to the state horticultural meeting held at Topeka. In some spots apples fell short and in other peaches failed to grow, in taken as a whole, the crop this year. About 200 delegates attended the meeting. Nearly every fruit growing county in the state was represented. Some of the big fruit counties of Eastern Kansas had a dozen delegates. These papers were read: "Bitter Rot in Apples," John H. Stinson, Mountain Grove, Mo.; "Re-planting Fruit in Apples," J. Ferris, Osage City; "Orchard Success in Apples," Earl Miller, Shawnee county; "Bird Isolation for Bird Protection," D. Lantz, Riley county; "Report on Entomology," Professor E. A. Popenoe, State Agricultural College. She Traveled 'Round the World. Miss Mary Rockwell, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Bertrand Rockwell, of Junction City, has returned to Junction City from a trip around the world. She went to Manila last spring with her father and her sister, and after a trip into China and Japan, she returned to Manila to join the transport McClellan, on which her uncle, General Adna R. Chaffee, and wife, had planned to return to the United States by account of the illness of Mrs. Chaffee, however, General Chaffee decided to return by the way of San Francisco, but Miss Rock well and Miss Helen Chaffee held to the original plan. The trip from Manila to New York took just two months, including stops. Favors Consolidated Schools Sentiment in favor of the wholesale consolidation of rural schools is spreading rapidly. It was the chief topic discussed by the Kansas teachers at Topaka. It was shown that in Ellsworth county, where the system has been adopted, the efficiency of the schools has been improved greatly. One of the strongest points in favor of it is that the per cent of attendance is larger than in the district school. However a stormy day comes the pupils stay away from the district school. In a certain section where there is a consolidated school the pupils are hauled to and from school each day. As a result the weather never interferes with the attendance. W. H. Barnes has been re-elected secretary of the State Horticultural society. He has held the office ten years. Miss Cordelia Blue, of Columbus, daughter of ex-Congressman R. W. Blue, died of lung trouble at El Paso, Tex., last week. Miss Blue was a most estimable young woman with a large circle of friends. William Allen White, president of the Kansas Day club, has received word that General Leonard Wood will attend the Kansas Day club's banquet and will respond to a toast. The banquet will be in Topeka, January 29. Theodore Rand, 70 years old, a rider in the Pony Express service in the early days, died suddenly of heart disease at Abilene. Rand carried the mail from Box Elder to Julesburg, Col. from April, 1860, to November, 1861. The Execelor Club, composed of about twenty little girls, of Arkansas City distributed food and clothing to the poor families in that city on New Year's day. No fewer than 100 homes were visited and goods given out. The members of the club range from 9 to 13 years of age. --- An unique order to the effect that no relative of an official shall be employed in a 'position subordinate to that official on the Missouri Pacific & Iron Mountain system went into effect the first of the year, and resulted in a number of changes at every division point on the lines in Southeast Kansas. 一 Professor E. M. Rugby, a well known citizen of Parsons, was horribly burned at his home last week. Rugby was experimenting with a new stereoception lantern which he recently purchased. He invited a few friends in and was giving an exhibition when there was a sudden explosion. Olin Castle, one of the central figures in the Jessie Morrison murder case, has left Eldorado for California to make his permanent home. He was accompanied by his widowed mother and his sisters. Olin Castle formerly was engaged to Jessie Morrison, he jilted her and married Clara Wiley. Then Jessie Morrison went to his home and killed her. He spent twenty-five years sentence for the murder but is out on bond awaiting a decision of the supreme court on an appeal. The month of December was a cold and cloudy one. According to the report prepared by Dr. F. H. Snow from observations taken at the University of Kansas, there has been but one colder December for the past thirty-four years. The rainfall, including melted snow, was 25 per cent above the December average. The relative humidity was unusually high and there were three times the average number of fogs. There was much less wind and a lower barometer than is usual for a Kansas December. County Treasurer Frey of Geary county has just paid the Fort Kearney railroad bonds that were voted by that county thirty years ago, and which dated from December 7, 1872. The amount of the bonds was $17,000. Since the day they were issued Geary county has been paying 7 per cent interest on them, making the payments semiannually. The interest on the bonds for thirty years amounted to $35,700, making a total of $52,700 of the interest and principal. The road is owned and operated as a branch of the Union Pacific. At Greensburg, after the railroad had appropriated eighteen cars of coal that were billed for that town, it set off the car for its own use. As soon as the fact was known forty men with teams gathered round it and proceeded to help themselves. They weighed and turned in their tickets to the station agent and told him they were ready to pay for the coal any time the railroad company wanted it. They thought taking coal billed to other folks was a game that would work both ways, and it did. The body of John Mann was brought to Ottawa from Orange county, Cal., where he died as a result of flea bites. The bites had a peculiarly irritating effect on Mann. Inflammation was started and blood poisoning was the result. Dr. Andreen, formerly vice president of Bethany college of Lindsburg, but now president of Augustana college at Rock Island, Ill., left for Stockholm, Sweden. He took along 30,000 crowns in gold for the famine stricken Swedes. This money was all raised among the Swedes of the Central West. A St. Louis dispatch said Governor Stanley had gone to St. Louis to see David R. Francis on exposition business, and that Stanley was miffed because Mr. Francis was out of town at the appointed time. Governor Stanley disposes of the matter by saying that he hasn't been in St. Louis since seven months ago. The Coding railroad in Pottawattomie county enjoys the distinction of being the only railroad in the United States which does not issue passes. The line is thirteen miles in length. Senator J. K. Coding is general counsel and general manager of the road, yet he has to pay his fare just the same as the humblest citizen. It is told of a Western Kansas man elected justice of the peace that at his first marriage ceremony he became so badly rattled that after he had pronounced the couple husband and wife he remembered one phrase he had forgotten and said: "Does anyone know of any reason why this couple should not wed? If they do, it's too late now." At the home of Herbert Levett, in Emporia, an upset lamp caused an explosion which resulted almost fatally for Mrs. Levett. In trying to prevent the flames setting fire to the cradle which held her 6-months-old child Mrs. Levett's clothing caught fire and she was perhaps fatally burned. She put out the fire however, and her child was uninjured. Mrs. Jennie Springer, a Doniphan county widow, is in hard luck. Her husband sold his farm for cash and soon after they quarreled and she threatened a divorce. Fearing that the money would be taken away she dled without telling anyone where it is buried. Now the widow is hunting for the money, without much hope of finding it. 一 The body of Del Mahan arrived at Emporia last week from West Point, Ark, where he was killed by his cousin and business partner, Orlando Miller. Letters from relatives in West Point state that the tragedy is yet a mystery, as Miller is unable to tell about it. Miller wrote a brief letter to his aunt, Mrs. Mahan, stating that he killed Mahan in self-defense. Miller was shot by Mahan but is not dead yet. 一 The Christmas dinner of S. L. Scott and his family, near Abneyville, was ended tragically by the killing of their little girl through the accidental discharge of a gun. The family with several guests were at dinner and 3-year-old Mabel Scott and her two brothers, 6 and 9 years old, were playing in the other room. A report was found that Mrs. Spitler found the little girl dead. Neither of the other children was injured. Governor-elect Bailey told R. B. Spitler of Atchison on a train recently that his latest letter proposing marriage was from a young woman who lives in Illinois. She sent her picture, and Mr. Spitler says if it does her justice she is a very pretty girl in need. Mr. Bailey told Mr. Spitler he has received fully 500 of these letters. He thought at first they were from practical jokers, but lately he believes that some of them are genuine. 一 A Phillipsburg merchant whose safe has been blown open a time or two, has a way of sticking what money comes in after banking hours around in odd places. One night recently he buried it in the bean barrel. When he came to look for it in the morning he found that a clerk had weighed it out with a measure of beans he had sold. He took the trail and followed the beans to a customer's house, where the money was recovered. Henry Hagner, about twenty-seven years old, was found unconscious on the Santa Fe tracks near Independence last Friday morning. He had come in on the midnight train intendently married. It is supposed that while walking along the track on his way home he was slugged and robbed and thrown on the track. One hand had been cut off by a passing train and a gash was cut across the back of his head where he had evidently been hit. He cannot recover. Miss Blanche Hines of Wilson and Lieutenant Bates Tucker of Sault Ste. Marle, Mich., were married last week at the bride's home. The marriage was the result of an acquaintance formed about three years ago, while Lieutenant Tucker, then a private, passed through Wilson on a soldier's back. The soldier dropped his card from the car window. It was found by Miss Hines, who wrote to the soldier. The correspondence culminated in marriage. Dr. E. C. Franklin, professor of physical chemistry at the University of Kansas, has accepted the associate professorship of organic chemistry at Leland Stanford university. Mr Franklin is a native Kansan. He was born in Donphan county. He was graduated from the University of Kansas in 1887 and took his doctor's degree at Johns Hopkins university. He has traveled and studied extensively in European universities. He has investigated the electrical conductivity of liquid ammonia and has done much original work. He succeeds Dr. Alexander. A bunch of old soldiers were tazing at Ottawa the other day, when Curley Harrison came along. "I belong," said Harrison, "to the only exclusive organization among the old soldiers. It is an association of those who admit that they did not put down the rebellion, and who further admit that they got scared and ran repeatedly. There are only thirty of us in the state, the last recruiting be Joe Waters, of Topeka 1 myself." Mr Harrison said in conclusion, "was promoted to a corporal for outrunning every body on the battlefield of Chicka manga." USE OF THE RIGHT HAND. Prof Cunningham pointed out how it is evident that as far back as he can trace man he was preferentially right-handed but bus Dr R Lehmann, who was exalted by the book of prehistoric man from southern Bavaria and had found that the clavicle and the long bones of the right upper limb were distinctly heavier and more massive than the corresponding bones of the opposite side. All the evidence at our disposal goes to show that right-handedness is due to a transmitted functional preeminence of the left brain, and this functional preeminence was not a haphazer acquisition which had been picked up during the lifetime of the individual, it rested upon some structural foundation which transmitted from parent to parent, and this is why if we have correctly interpreted Prof. Cunningham's meaning, would seem to show that there is a distinction in nature of the right hand. It is indulitably the one by which most delicate manual actions are performed, with one marked exception—namely, the fingering in the play of stringed instruments which are played with a bow. If, as Prof. Cunningham, in referring to the crossing of the motor impulses, says, "it thus came about that the left cerebral hemisphere controlled and regulated the muscles of the right hand, the right palm, and portiority over the right hemisphere was indicated by the subservient position which the left hand held with preference to the right, and the manner in which all manual acts which require precision and skill, all the movements which specially required the higher guidance of the brain, were performed by the right hand"—if this be so, how come if that the fingering is performed by the left hand, acquiring the higher guidance of the brain, is always, so far as we know, performed by the left hand?—London Lancet. SACRED PICTURES IN RUSSIA A picturesque ceremony is performed in times of public distress by the peasants of various parts of Russia. They bring from the churches the sacred pictures which adorn the walls, or the silken banners embroidered in silk and gold figures which rest on the alairs and carry them in long procession to the prayer booths which they have erected in appropriate places. If drouth is rubbing their harvests with blood these cultivated booths near river; if too much rain has fallen build them in a neighboring field; if pestilence has smitten their villages they build them in the burying ground. The moujiks of the village then gather about the church. With bared heads they wait while certain of their number enter and bring forth the sacred picture. This is often heavy, as in many instances it is framed in gold. But the peasants are not discouraged by its weight. They have made a rough frame in which they place a picture. The bearers of poles whose arms are slipping through the frame, after the manner of a palanquin, and stagger with their sacred load over the rough road. The rest of the moujiks follow accompanied by their village priest, who leads in the prayers and chants. When the booth is reached the peasants kneel round the picture, supplicating for relief, and the priest sprinkles the field, river or burying ground with holy water. After this service the picture is carried back to the church procession. This picture ceremony has been performed very recently in certain parts of Big Russia, where the fields have been deluged with rain and the crops have been in danger of destruction—Syracuse Herald. SOUTH SEA OFFICE HOLDING Judge Morrow of the federal bench on the Pacific coast has been at the capitol this week, and in renewing friendships with a few senators from the slope, recurred to an anecdote of the era when he was a member of congress and a pioneer expansionist. "A consulship vacancy occurred in our group of islands of the North Pacific, the only way of reminiscence." I commended a friend for the vacancy; he was appointed, and, as it was imperative he should reach his post at the earliest possible day, he sailed from San Francisco with the understanding that his commission should follow him, and that he should take the oath of office before a local magistrate after he had arrived. Well, the new consul sailed, and it was six months before the state reported there, heard from him. He reported there, heard from him. He reported there, heard from him. He reported there, heard from him. He could not take the necessary oath before the king. The secretary wrote him in the affirmative, and it was several months later when another letter came, this time by sailing ship, after going round the world. It contained the graphic information that the aforesaid king had in the meantime gone to an adjoining island and taken to the brush. Should the consul follow him? "Again he was given an affirmative answer. The archives of the state department will show that he eventually located his South Sea island king in the brush, was sworn in, and after the lapse of nearly two years from the date of his appointment, was fully qualified to enter upon his consulship."—Washington Post. The board of physicians appointed by Governor Ferguson to investigate the territorial insane asylum at Norman, has reported, showing 341 patients there, with not a serious case of sickness. The Oklahoma asylum came into public notice recently on through which resulted the dismissal of Governor William M. Jenkins from office by President Roosevelt. At that time it was alleged that the asylum was not properly or sanitarily operated. The physicians report everything in the best possible condition. The King of Portugal inherits the scientific tastes of many members of the house of Braganza. His father was a patron of literature and art, and a teacher who wrote a great lot of English letters. The king is distinguished for his scientific qualifications and not long ago published a volume detailing the results of the scientific investigations made on a voyage on board the yacht Amelia. A hitherto unknown portrait of Martin Luther, painted by Lucas Cranach, has been uncovered in the town church of Wittenburg. Peter De Villa, the discoverer of gold in the Klondike region and once fabulously rich, is now earning a livelihood by nailing boxes at the Ben Lemonn winery at Santa Cruz, Cal. He has a suit pending for the recovery of one of the richest mines in the Nome region, but has no means with which to prosecute it, and the case is likely to go against him by default. So much struck was Prince Henry of Pless by what he saw in America during his recent visit that it is likely he will shortly pay another visit to the United States. His beautiful wife will accompany him on his second tour. So much struck was Prince Henry of Pless by what he saw in America during his recent visit that it is likely he will shortly pay another visit to the United States. His beautiful wife will accompany him on his second tour. NEW YORK letter: Midwinter fashions are at their height now and rapidly beautiful. The models are produced for Christmas and New Years will be the last of the season to be declared, for after the holidays the fashions for Easter and spring will absorb Dame Fashion's interest. Indeed, a few very advance go-between styles have already arrived from abroad. These gowns are intended for use during the period elapsing between the discarding of winter clothes for those of spring, but are designed and executed with the same care that marks the modes of a full season. It is safe to predict that white will increase in favor and enter the new year without a rival. It is really so cold there is a special member of the Smart Set who affects it most exclusively and sometimes she affects a touch of soft brown which melts into the hazel of her beautiful eyes. This combination is deliciously carried out in a beautiful princess gown of white crepe de chine appliqued in white daisies. The soft petals of the blooms are so life-like that one might almost imagine they had been dropped there by accident. The centres are of brown chenille, with the faintest suspicion of yellow flecked here and there. The round neck is finished with folds of white chenille, and the brown French knots. The shoulder straps are of silk tiled in butterfly bows combined with lace through which brown chenille threads are run. At this season when everyone seems imbued with the merry spirit of vuletides there is a great demand for decorations in holly and mistletoe. These, however, are detachable so that they can be easily removed when the passing season renders them inapropos. Probably the prettiest brook of the week was worn at a Fifth avenue dance a feweenings ago given in honor of Miss Jean Reid, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Whitalew Reid. White chiffon was employed, made over lustrous frosty satin and spangled with silver sequins and crystals. The skirt and natural flowers, the Christmas roses, those delicious flat, brood-petalled, creamy blossoms just tinged with pink. The flowers are arranged in a loose, natural-looking spray on the skirt and also adorn the decolletage and edge the short puffed sleeves of chiffon. Crepe de Chine, chiffon and chinchilla figure strikingly in an afternoon gown. The design has the princess-inguaged effect in the bodice, which suits tall, slim women so well. The wide fur collar is a praiseworthy solution of the neck part of the cape. Collarettes or fur collars of sable or chinchilla which have done service previously, may find fresh use on the costume cape this season. The sleeves are of black chiffon over white chiffon, fitting snugly at the top, but showing a voluminous puff below the elbow gathered into a cuff of emeralds if appropriate bottom with the tiniest band of fur. The hat is a simple affair, as many of this season's chapeaux are. It has quite a lot of brim and this is enriched with a wreath of foliage with no flowers, but colored ribbon rosettes taking their place. It is considered the smart thing this year to have the muff as big and as flat as possible. And, it may be mentioned for the information of those whose thin muffs are made more for beauty than for service, that they are provided with pockets of all sizes in which any number of small articles may be deposited in the kitchen, the Christmas and New Year weeks are the business weeks in Gotham and stores that gladdy send a spool of thread or paper of needles at other seasons refuse to deliver far more important packages at this time. They are compelled to do so by the great rush and in her desperation, the woman who objects to carry even small bundles finds her "compartment" muff a veritable cloak of charity. An odd feature of dress which has met with rather uncertain favor hitherto is likely to become quite the rage in the fashion world. Automobiles have horseslous vehicles have attained an unusual dignity in their comparatively brief existence in that they exert a distinct influence upon fashion. Automobile hats, gowns, coats and shoes, to say nothing of the thousand and eyes and completion and all unique and interesting. The smartest sown for such a purpose OKLAHOMA BRIEFS The cotton crop of Oklahoma is estimated at 175,000 bales, the greatest in the history of the territory. Twenty of the twenty-six counties produce cotton and the acreage is gradually increasing. Several weeks ago malicious parties threw a quantity of old iron into the rest well at Cushing after it was down 700 feet, but just been removed and the well will be sunk to the 1,500 foot level. Wan-wah-sah, a well known Ozaukee Indian, whose wife died in his wigwam on Euchere creek last week, is said to have mourned his loss by riding around her grave for three days and nights without food or drink. A new forage and seed plant has been discovered in Oklahoma. The head looks like a cross between cattail and kaffir corn or millet. Some stalks with the head just forming measured eleven feet in height. It may be planted in June and will mature before fall. From information conceded to be reliable it becomes certain that the Rock Island will soon begin the construction of a railroad from Enid northwest, through Carrier, Karima, Holena, to Ingersoll, where towns will be made with the Choctaw Northern from Antioy and Alva. 一 Associate Justice Panceast, of Oklahoma, has adopted drastic measures for protection of game in the territory. Sheriffs in his district are ordered to seize and sell all illegal shipments and turn the money into the court for the common school fund. Prior to this, everything depended on the game warden. Peanuts are becoming a crop which finds great favor with the farmers of Oklahoma, because of the good profits obtained from planting both in quantity and price. The average yield is from fifty to sixty bushels per acre. The price varies from 50 to 75 cents per bushel. For fattening hogs they are considered equal to corn and more economical. The crop this year is estimated to be fully 50,000 bushels Arthur N Daniels, first speaker of the Oklahoma legislature, is dead at the age of 50 years, having been a noted character in political life in three states, Minnesota, Illinois and Oklahoma. He was a native of Galesburg, Ill., a graduate from Knox college and a local politician there of note. Afterward he was a member of two Minnesota legislatures and was candidate for one prominent state office as a Republican. He made the run into Oklahoma in 1898, secured a claim and was elected as a Greenback but was not legislature That party had the balance of power and them was chosen speaker. He was prominent in the passage of two bills, locating the territorial capital at both Oklahoma City and Kingfisher, both of which were vetoed by Governor George Steel, now the Indiana congressman. INDIAN TERRITORY Another Indian Alottment Another Indian Almostment Ten million acres of farming land are to be divided among the Indians of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations beginning February 1. On this date the United States will open a government land office at Atoka, and each man, woman and child. In the two nations will be given 320 acres. In addition to the 10,000,000 acres to be given the Indians, the United States will sell to whites more than 2,000,000 acres of farming and grazing land in the Choctaw nation. When an Indian receives patent to his land he will be allowed to sell one-fourth of it in one year, one-fourth in three years and the remainder in five years. The Cherokee land office opened at Vintna with a large attendance. The Dawes commission gave out numbers to Cherokee citizens last week and no filing was made until Monday. W. W Hastings, attorney for the Cherokees, drew the first number. It is announced that Judge C. W. Raymond of the Western district of the Indian Territory has appointed C. L. Leeds, a Sapulpa attorney, to be United States commissioner for the Sapulpa commissioner's district. Judge Leeds assumes his office at once and will hold court at Sapulpa, Tulsa and Bristow. Great-great-mother Roubidoux, aged 98 years, who is a member of the Iowa Indian tribe and a daughter of the once famous Joe Roubidoux, the founder of St. Joseph, Mo., and a chum of Kit Carson, was a visitor in Stroud last week. The old squaw lived in the west and wealthy white relatives in Kansas City who would gladly take good care of her, but she insists on passing her whole life with the Indians. Governor Green McCurtain of the Cherokee nation and Governor P. S. Moseley of the Chickasaw nation have joined forces in their opposition to any kind of statehood for the Indian territory until 1906, when all the tribal governments are to be abolished. In public letters they indorse the anti-statehood resolutions adopted at a recent meeting of Indians at Eufaula. The Indians are preparing to open a hot campaign against statehood and literature will be forwarded to Washington at once, where several Indian delegates will use it to advantage. --- Judge Townsend has rendered an important decision in regard to the collection of the tribal cattle tax in the Chickasaw nation. Several cattlemen recently applied to Judge Townsend for an injunction against the Indian agent and members of the Indian police to prevent the collection of the cattle tax and the driving off of their cattle. Judge Townsend responds to grant the injunction. This is similar to the decision handed down by the supreme court of the District of Columbia in regard to the collection of a similar tax in the Choctaw nation. It is reported that after fighting various contestants in court, Jacob F. Muller, German, at Bartlesville, I. T., has been declared the legal heir to a $1,000,000 estate left by Mathias Muller, who died in Minnesota. CANCER CURED WITH SOOTMING, BALMY OILS, WITH URINE, WATER, URINE, Rosmarin and all Skin and Female Discense. Write for Illustrated Book. Sent free Address DR. BYE, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Me. MISS New York Fashion Notes EW YORK letter: Mid-winter fashions are at their height now and rapturously beautiful. The novels introduced for Christmas and New Years will be the last of the season to be declared, for after the holidays the fashier and spring will absorb is made of leather, untanned calf flecked with short silky hairs. The effect is something that of camel's hair, or in fact resembles it as much as it is possible for two materials to do so when the chief elements are identical. No trimming is used for these gowns except stitching. Coats made of the leather are lined with fur, perferably squirrel. The matter of the shape of hats, fashion is going in for roundness. The turned-up sailor stands in high favor just now, looking particularly well in felt or chamois. Velvet costumes that are too elegant to be worn with wraps, are made comfortable by interlining of chamois and accompanied by stole-scars of plush, fur-trimmed velvet or fur. Tailless cermine finds expression in the latest and most attractive designs. They are yards and yards in length, though only a little over a quarter of a yard wide. The scarf is white and if there is a contrasting fur this is shown in an edging of slunk Many of the most beautiful furs of the season are of humble origin hidden beneath a high- sounding name which is supplemented by an elegant effect. Narrow bands of squirrel, slunk and wedge bands with pronounceable Russian designations enrich the all-lace costumes which are in such great demand this winter. A trimming which would seem out of place if incongruities were not the rule in dress, is fringe and lace. This combination is used upon dress coats for matinee and theater wear. Rich silk gulps with heavy gulpure bands edge the decorative corsers and extend down the front of the coat. House gowns are comfort idealized. The newest designs are carried out in the sheerest of sheer materials made over a lining which is not fitted, but sufficiently curved into the figure to avoid a shapeless effect. Taffeta and lace make the daintest foundations, but the mutilation silks which are just as effective when one wishes to economize. It can not be claimed that house dresses are simple. Indeed they are all fuss and frills. Yards and yards of lace and ribbon are used to trim them and the lace must not be too inexpen­ sive to spoil the effect of the design. It is necessary to ruffles of sheer material edged with lace of mass of cheap lace frills. Elegance is a leading not in the scale of fashions, and while imitations are permissible, they must be of the quality that will do justice to the article duplicated. HOUSEHOLD HINTS Sardine Sandwiches—One box of sardines drained and boned. Rub to a paste. Yolks of three hard-boiled eggs, mash smooth, and season with one ingredient, teaspoonful salt, add a bit of pepper, and add omelets lemon juice. Add sardines and mix thoroughly. Spread on thin slices of bread and cut in inch-wide strips. --- Egg Sandwiches—Four hard-boiled eggs, season with salt and pepper, and a small piece of butter. Cut rounds of bread very thin, spread with butter and a touch of mustard, spread with egg and cover. --- Baked Eggs—Butter a shallow baking dish, cover bottom and sides with fine bread crumbs, break in as many eggs as will cover bottom of dish with toppings together; put on top tops of butter, cover with pepper, cover all with fine bread crumbs. Bake in hot oven ten minutes. Scrambled Eggs—Butter size of half an egg in a dish (or frying pan). When hot put in sx eggs, which have been broken in a dish; season and stir until cooked as much as desired. Some prefer a little cream with the eggs. --- Filling for Sandwiches—Chop cold-balled chicken very fine (ham or tongue may be used instead), and to every four teacups (even full) add and even teaspoon salt and one-third teaspoon pepper. Mash the vikings of five lard heels, add two tablespoons melted butter, beverage well, and gradually beat in one-half cup of cream or milk. When smooth stir in the chopped meat. Buckwheat Griddle Cakes—One pint of buckwheat, one-half tablespoon brown sugar, one pint warm water. one-half teaspoon salt, one-third cakes of yeast in one-fourth cup water. Well, cover closely and let rise over night. Fry in morning, having griddles hot and well buttered. Canned Cranberries—Cranberries are excellent canned alone, with a little sugar, for pies and puddings. It is better to put them up early in the season as there is likely to be more waste later on. --- To Bottle Cranberries—Pick the cranberries quite clean and put them in clean bottles; fill the bottles with cold water that has previously been boiled-bement the corks, or cover them with thin paper rubbed over with white egg, and keep them in a cool, dry place. To Pick Over Cranberries—Pour boiling water over the cranberries. This instantly swells all the good ones and makes it easy to pick off deceased eggs. Stew the fruit until soft in a very little water. When soft add sugar to taste. Stewed Cranberries—To a quarrel of cranberries allow one quart of water and nearly a pound of sugar; the water heat while you wash and loosen the berries; drop them in the water and let them cook for 20 minutes, then add the sugar. After it is dissolved let the sauce come to a boil, then take from the stove. Some cook strain the juice to make it clear. To purify large quantities of water in case a filter is not obtainable it is a good plan to use alum, for this will cause all impurities to sink to the bottom, when the clear water at the top may be poured off and will be fit for use. One tablespoonful of alum will be required for four gallons of water. It must be stirred in thoroughly and then allowed to settle. --- Be sure the water is a a boiling point, before putting in vegetables to be cooked. If it is cold or lukewarm, the freshness and flavor will soak out into the water. Place the saucepan over the hottest port of the stove so that it will boil as quickly as possible and be careful that the boiling does not cause until the contents are thoroughly cooked and ready to be dished. Carpets that are often taken up can be cleaned in the following way, which raises no dust and leaves the carpet looking very bright and fresh. Get a bucket of lukewarm water, to which liquid ammonia in proportion of a tablespoonful to two gallons has been added. Dip the clean house flannel in, and wipe it with the water, and wipe the carpet with the grout, dirt and dust will collect in lumps before your flannel. The cloth needs frequent rinsing, and the water must be changed as it gets dirty. SOME NAMES FOR BIBLES. They Are So Called Because of Errors Made While Printing Them. The Gutenberg bible is the earliest book printed from movable types, says the Washington Post. It is in the Latin language, and was printed by Gutenberg at Mentz in 1450. The Bug bible is so called from its rendering of Psalm xci, verse 5: "Araid of bugs by night." It was issued in 1551. The Breaches bible gets it queer name from its rendering of Genesis, ili, verse 7: "Themselves themselves breeches out of fig leaves." The Place Makers' bible translates Matthew v., verse 9, as follows: "Blessed are the Place Makers." It was printed in 1562. The Treacle bible translates Jeremiah viii, verse 22, thus: "Is there no treacle (instead of balm) in Glied?" It was issued in 1568. The Rosin bible translates the same chapter and verse in Glied?" Issued in 1608. The Rosin bible renders Ruth lili, verse 15, thus: "She went into city." The other has it: "He went into the city." The Thumb bible gets its name from its size, being one inch square and half an inch thick. It was issued in 1670. The Vinegar bible is so named because in the twententh chapter of Luke the parable of the Vineyard is translated as the manage of the Vinegar." Issued in 1717. The Printers' bible is so called because in Psalms exix. the word "printer" was used instead of the word "princes." The Murderers' bible translates in Jude, chapter xvi., the word "murders" instead of "murmurors." It was issued in 1801. The Memorial bible was wholly printed and bound in twelve hours, but only 100 copies were finished. This was done in 1877. How Captain English Was Honored. "At a Dutch town we started for the theater and lost our way. We found ourselves opposite a guard station of troops, and we inked, in knowing the general politeness of soldiers, to ask our way. Captain English couldn't speak Dutch, but I could make a stagger at it. I asked the captain of the guard it he would kindly direct myself and my friend, Captain English, of America, to the theater. The Dutch officer headed to his feet and exclaimed: "Ach, Goe Captain English, of the American army! here! Out the guard our army, here we could protest, out asked about 15 minutes, out satited and satided with the most perfect precision. The captain waved us to follow as he marched his company ahead of us, clearing the streets before us to the theater, where he lined 'em up and saluted as he waved us into the entrance of the playhouse!" "How did Captain English take it!" "He whispered to me: 'My heavens, Cruff, are we arrested?' But when he caught on he enjoyed it splendidly, and gave the soldiers $3 to go to bier-haus and have one on Captain English, of the American army.—Atlanta Consti- Bridging a Chasm. Dr. Alexander McKenzie in one of his sermons tells a pretty anecdote of the early life of Louis Agassiz, the great scientist. As a child Agassiz lived in Switzerland, on the border of a lake. He had a younger brother, and one the two ladies started to cross the lake. It was frozen, and the ice looked safe enough, but their mother watched them. The boys got on very well till they came too crack in the ice, perhaps a foot wide. The mother could not call to them, although her heart failed her as she thought: "Louls will get over well enough, but his little brother will try to step over and will fall in." As she watched she saw Louls get down on the ice, his feet on one side of the crack, and on the other side, manacles a bridge of his body, and the little brother crept over him to the other side. 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Basket makes employs half a million persons in Germany, where the ages range from 18 shillings to £2 nearly for skilled workers. Daniel L. Smith, an ex-senator of Bombing is about to begin a career as actor. His role will be that of a army Sweele. Hamlin's Wizard Oil will cure a larger number of painful ailments in anything you can find. It is proposed to erect state convalloped homes in Austria for anaemic children and those whose weakened condition renders them liable to conspion. A battle of Hamlin's Wizard Oil is being staged in itself; it cures pain every form. 50 cents at druggists. The largest log carrier in the world has been put into operation between Hide and Chamberlain, north of Banar. Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's酵母 Syrup the very best for their children during the teething period. Earl Roberts will be the guest of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Boston next September. POOR MAN'S CHANCE. It is being said in many Eastern ignals and not a few Western ones on the day of the poor man in min- ingals gone by; that no one but a big operation can succeed in mining any earth; that it takes big capital to do going; that most of the good min- ing propositions are controlled by miles or millionaires for a man or a little money. This is all a mis- sure. The day of the "poor" mining is never brighter nor greater right now. The assertion that most of the good ones are owned by trusts or million- es is heard most often, but there is in that of any of the pessimistic interances. One hears of the big mil- lionaire owners more than he does of the business that so right on with little sorcery, paying good wages and nobly welding dividends. 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FOR THE COMPLEXION PRICE $1.00 Coin GENUINE MUST HAVE SIGNATURE. Purely Vegetable. CURE SICK HEADACHE. CANGER A Cure Guaranteed. No money accepted until psi. client is well. 100 book sent free. Address. St. & Smith, 100th Ave. Main St., Kansas City, Mo illustrated medical treaties, shows an x-ray examination with full explanation. It should be in every room. SAVE FREE to any party address- ing. The German-American Doctors, 812 Walnut street, Kansas City, Mo Rupture You Pay When Cured. WEBER GASOLINE ENGINES 14 H.P. are easy to start and anyone can operate. These engines line and are best for running grinders, shredders, cutters. Herschel, gate. The Weber Junior. Pumper. 28 H.P. can also be used for power powered powered fully guaranteed. Catalogue free. Weber Gas and Gasoline Engine Co. Kansas City, Mo. COUNTRY PUBLISHERS CO., KANSAS CITY, VOL. 3. NO. 24. Present Them to You in the Letters of My Former Patients. I present to the readers of this paper a few testimonial letters and names of former patients whom I have cured of rupture, believing that the afflicted would rather correspond with some one who has been cured than read what I might say about myself. You can more fully investigate and convince yourself as to the merits of my treatment. You might doubt any 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 do not accept one cent of money until you are well. Consultation by mail or in person is entirely free. I will be pleased to correspond with you regarding your DR. ERNEST HENDERSON A Very Bad Case of Rupture Cured in three Weeks. McPherson, Kans, June 8, 1890. I had a very great friend. I suffered a great agony. I went to Dr. Headerson and was cured in three weeks. I cannot say too much. He was very kind. He can say he can do. The Doctor does not ask one sent of pay until the patient is well. This is the best guarantee he can possibly give to any person. He is very kind. Anyone who wishes to know more about my case. Very truly yours, _____ A. R. OLSON. 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 those you have cured of rupture. My case was a bad one and you made a permanent cure in a short time, pain, and never, you will work. You worked for my cure, and would not be back in the co. I did not I was for a thousand dollars. I thank you and would recommend your rupture to any one you wish to cure. DORI HARPER 2011 Indiana Ave. Suffered for Years—Pronounced Incurable by other Doctors. Dear Doctor: I wish to state that I can most heavily recommend your rupture treatment. Since early youth I had been troubled with a rigid sacral rupture that was caused by doctors to be incubate able, possibly by a doctorous surgical operation. Hiding of the treatment, I determined to try the same and glad I did so, for after taking your treatment for three weeks it is now normal well. Your treatment is all that you claim for it. Yours respectfully. W.M. LYNN, Bansom, Kas. WEBER GASOLINE ENGINEES 14 H. P. Weber is easy to can operate; line and are fine; thresher, etc. Junior "Purse" fully garrant free. Weber Co. Ka DR. HENDERSON DR. HENDERSON St. Kanea City Mo. The Old Reliable Doctor, Old Reliable Doctor, Old Reliable A Regular Graduate in Medi- cal Over 28 Years" Special Practical 法 Authorized by the State to SPECIFIC DISEASES, Nerous Debility- or SPECIAL DISEASES, Nerous Debility- or SPECIAL DISEASES, Nerous Debility- or SPECIAL DISEASES, Curses guaranteed or money refunded. 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We cannot give the full list for want of space, but a few samples will serve to show the harsh and tyrannical character of the laws imposed upon these unfortunate people in that country. One law, passed in 1887, excludes Jews from the Tobacco trade, from the public service and public works, and penalizes Roumanians employing Jews in any retail trade. Other laws of later date prohibit Jews from being employed in important posts on railway work, and in any manner in the public sanitary service and health departments. Other states enacted laws to prohibit Jews from secondary and upper schools, and also from agricultural and professional institutions of learning. But more sweeping than any other is the law passed in March of the present year prohibiting the employment of Jewish working men in any trade or calling. And, as a clincher to this last enactment, a clause was added requiring that Jews coming into Roumania from other lands must prove that similar rights are granted to Roumanians in their (the foreigners') country.—Leslie's Weekly. Slaughter. Prohibited. For two years the slaughter of cows, heifers, and calves for sale as meat is prohibited in the Transvaal, under a decrement of 60 fine or six months imprisonment. Ratti's Talisman Madame Patti, it is said, preserves as a tallsman the boots she wore at her debut over forty years ago. Afflicted By Baldness Baldness afflicts almost every young man who spends any length of time in the Philippines. Every native and naturalized citizen in Denmark over 60 years old and unable to support himself or family receive a pension varying from $2.50 to $4.50 per month. Over 1,000 children attending Nottingham Board schools have learned to swim. A German has invented an electric sand pump for cleaning stone buildings. The nationality suffering most from cancer is the German. Lutheran Minister Tells of His Cure After Suffering Six Years. I suffered for six years with a very bad rupture and during all of the time I wore different kinds of trusses day and night, with the hope of getting a cure, but it was all failed—they only heid the rupture in place. Upon the advice of Rev. F. Pfeiffer, of Sedal's Mo., I consulted Dr. Ernest Henderson, the rupture specialist, 108 W. Ninh Street, Kansas City Mo., who curd me in a few weeks without suspecting me to a dangerous and painful eye at the cure was completed and since then I have dispensed with my trusses without incoherence. Anyone desiring more information will please apply to me, personally or by letter. I am Respectfully John S. AUREER N/A 1877 Oak St. Kansas City. Kansas City, Mo., June 3, 1900. My Dear Doctor:—I suffered for over five years—many times the rupture was so bad I could scarcely retain it with the aid of a truss. Constantly grew worse and the pain so great I could stand it no longer. I was much discouraged. After re-ing your advertisement I concluded to try your treatment: To my surprise you cured me in less than four weeks. I am glad to say after such a experience, I am so glad to have found a sound and well-being. I paid your fee with pleasure, and still feel that I owe you a debt of gratitude which I hope to pay by inducing others to go to you for treatment. I will gladly write to anyone about my case. I considered your offer of receiving no pay until a cure was effected as the best guarantee you could give. It gave me confidence in your treatment. The Following Have Been Cured of Rupture and are Selected at Random from the Class of Students. Please Enclose a Stamp for Answer. Mike Gaynor, 20 Ewing St. Kansas City, Mo. A. R. Olson, McPherson, Kans. A. J. Brock, county attorney, Manhattan, Kans. N. M. Kent, 401 Orchard St. Chicago, Ill. Oscar Dillon, 901 Campbell St. Kansas, City. H. M. 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A gallon of quinine and whisky, ordered for a valuable horse belonging to Miss Genevieve Winterbotham, daughter of a Chicago millionaire, was responsible recently for the temporary uselessness of two stablemen at Bryn Mawr. When Miss Winterbotham, who is a student at Bryn Mawr college, came East she brought with her a valuable bay saddle horse, but on account of the change of climate the animal became ill, and it was necessary to secure the services of a veterinarian, who prescribed quinine and whisky. The mistress of the sick horse took brand of whisky obtainable, and taking it to the stable gave it to the men and told them how to use it. When she called the next morning she approached the horse, but detected no smell of liquor. The stablemen when seen and asked why the horse was not given any of the medicine, winked and said the demijohn must have been cracked, for it was empty. The two men were ill for the rest of the day, but they declare they feel safe from catching a bad cold. The next supply of the fiery stuff was given in charge of the owner of the stable, to be administered to the horse by him.-Philadelphia Enquirer. The Oldest Log Schoolhouse The "old log schoolhouse" at Camp Run, Westmoreland county, Pa., is said by the Young People's Weekly to be the oldest schoolhouse in the county, and the only one in the county's appointments, but the teacher, Miss Celia J. Miller, who is only 16 years old, has enlisted the help of the "big boys" to make some improvements. Giants Are Short-Lived. Persons of great stature and well constituted physically and mentally are exceedingly rare. Giants are usually ill-formed and short-lived. Frederick K. Landis, the newly elected member of the Eleventh Indiana district, will be the youngest member of the next House. Taxes on foreign visitors and residents are proposed to the Vaud canton, Switzerland. Upwards of 4,000 British postoffice employees served in the South African campaign. King Christian of Denmark begin his daily work at 8 c'clock every morning. UNCLE BILL AND The Editor EDGAR BAKER LIME nestles in most every one's ear what'll give a chance," said Uncle Bill, as he pulled a yellow-covered book from his pocket which had for its title 'The Trial of Crime.' "C "Yes," assented the editor, "crime makes strange bedfellows. Sometimes a community is shocked at the knowledge of a crime having been committed by one of its most influential citizens." And fur all that," remarked Uncle Bill Barr, "we were not the law our lawyers would have to have learn a new trade. The lawyer has ter study books a hull lot but that's ter add dignity ter his devilty, cause the lawyers stand ready ter skim one man out uv all he's got if the other fellow will pay him well fur it, or divy up." "I should have to take exceptions to that," said the editor with some display of feeling. "The lawyer, as I see him, helps protect the client from being robbed by——" "The other lawyer," interrupted Uncle Bill Barr, as he grinned maliciously. "But he didn't hurt me." "Haitn not gothin' again him. I only wish that my head had the right kind uv bumps on ter make me one." "Why, would you like to be a lawyer?" asked the editor. "Oh, 'cause it's sort uv a two call five game with a card up yer sleeve ter stand pat on. It's a game where yer stay an' the other feller calls- ter hand in his contribution. I remember when I was back East, of hearin' a good one on ole Judge Long. He was a fine man on the court and we expired to we ter practicin' law practicin' how ter defeat the law, I amn't jest clear on that point myself. Enhow, a sneak tief got inter the hotel and stole $0 out uv a feller's clothes an' while he was dun' uv it the feller woke up an' caught him jest as he leavein' the room. Wall, they searched the thief but didn't find only 'bout 3 cents on him an' 'bout that time the sheriff come in—they'd telephoned fur him- and he searched him as he leftin' the room. The next mornin' the thief demanded that the county furnish him a lawyer- yer see he was an old hand at the business- so the sheriff took him down ter Judge Long- where he took all such cases- an' says, 'Judge, I've got another case fur yer', an' the judge says 'What's the charge, sheriff?' an' he says 'this feller is accused uv stealing $0 out of a room in the hotel, caught right in the act. 'Then he didn't get away with the money?' asked the Judge. 'That's the funny part uv it, Judge!' says the only found 25 cents on him. Then the judge says, 'Till take his case, sheriff, an' then turning ter the thief he said, 'Young man, come inter my private office, 'an' soon as the door was closed, the judge turned sudden like an 'whispered into the thief's ear exciting, 'You was silk ter hide the money 'bout yer so't they didn't find it an' the thief nodded an' grinned. Then the judge whispered again in the house, if they find it on yer, ver a goner—yer see, he was used ter the business—an 'at this the thief went up under his shirt near the small uv his back an' brought out the $80, an' when the judge see it he exclaimed, 'Give it to me, quick!' an' at that the thief handed over the money an' then the judge took the prisoner out ter the sheriff an' said when a man stakes money an' is caught in the house, there is a chance to get money, there is jess a possible chance that he didn't git the money, Sheriff, an' the sheriff took his prisoner back ter jall feelin' that an innocent man was bein 'persecuted.' "Did the judge clear his man?" asked the editor. "Now, what do you s'pose the judge was there for? He had had the honor uv bein' judge, an' now he was prac- becoming interested in his own story— a happy faculty peculiar not alone to himself. Continuing, he said, "Wall, after two or three weeks the case was called fur trial, as it had been railroad- through the justice's court an' the grand jury had indicted him, so he landed one mornin' in the district court which was chosen an' the case was tried—" "And the jury found him guilty?" interrupted the editor. "GH back inter yer harness, an 'don't pull up inter yer collar so," said Uncle Bill. "T'm tellin' uv yer jest as fast as I can come the point. When the proxecutin' attorney summed up the case he made things look purty durn blue for the thief an' he looked purty solemn like, but the old judge got up with his big fat smillin' face an' said, 'Yer Honor, an' Gentlemen uv the Jury, I always fear it an hour that he cannot afford it hire a lawyer, especially when I believe him ter be innocent uv the crime which has been charged against him, as this young man seems ter be. We do not deny, gentlemen uv the jury, that the money was stolen, but who has got that money? is the question that is interestin' all uv us now. My client is charged with the crime uv stealin' uv it' an' the claim is made that he was caught in the act uv takin' it. We admit, if yer please, that he made there, but we deny that he stole the money, for a man can not take $50 from another, be caught in the act an' searched at the time by the accuser and the sheriff, without having the money on his person, or having secreted it in the room, an' as I said, where is that money? I am not gain' ter say that perhaps the accuser may have lost his money playin' poker, I shall not say that for it would be mean ter intimate such a thing; but some queer pranks are cut by these trailin' men, pranks, if yer please, where she sums up made there, to fur the loss uv the money. He exclaimed, I do claim my client, this poor, wronged, young stranger, is a somnambul an' was walkin' in the sleep when he entered that room. He was more surprised than anyone he was awakened an' found himself in that room. Wall, when the judge finished arguin' the case, after the jury was charged by the court they retired an' in 15 minutes brought in a verdict uv not guilty." "What did the thief do after he was set free?" asked the editor. "He went down ter Judge Long's office after the money," said Uncle Bill, in an unsatisfactory tone. "Which, of course, the judge returned?" interposed the editor. "No, that was a case uve the ex-court still, knownt, himself" remarked the old man, as he paused to light one of the editor's cigars, after which he continued, "The judge said, Young man do you wish me to give you a little advice? An uv course he did, the judge then said, 'Git out uv this town as quick as yer can, or they'll trump up another charge agin yer, an' then the thief said, 'I will take yer advice judge, give my money my money, I will make my move, give the judge said, 'Young man charge me for the advice is $' I will jest keep the money, an' you git." "Did he get?" interestingly asked the editor. "Yes," replied Uncle Bill, "He come round the next night though, an' stole the $80 an' $50 more with it, from the judge." "How did the story get out on the judge?" asked the editor. "Oh, the feller was convicted in another town an' then he told on the judge," replied Uncle Bill, and as he ever on a jury, a be a leetle suspicious uv comambullists what ain't wearing 'night shirts' Edgar Baker OLD JOHN BULL AS "UNCLE." Almost Every Country in the World Owes Him Large Sums. There is not a country in the world which has not had to borrow money from Great Britain, and there are few governments which have not had to fall back on John Bull when they've been in Queer street. They has borrowed a large amount of British capital. How do matters stand today? The bonds for $500 are worth somewhere about $115 only, and there has been no payment of interest since June, 1899. Then even only a paltry 2 per cent was paid, and half of that was not in cash. Honduras is a far worse debtor. The bonds cover a face value of $500 are due at $25. We are owing that Honduras spends far more than it earns. Colombia, strictly speaking, owes British investors $17,500,000. Nearly the whole of these debts are due to British creditors. In 1897, called its creditors together and made them an offer of a composition of so much in the pound. The creditors paid by giving new bonds for $13,350,000 on which it paid 14% per cent interest. Even other countries, about which we know far more, such as Greece and Turkey, are almost as bad. A Greek $500 bond is worth from $155 to $240, according to its class. A Turkish bond, "series D," is worth but $100. That is what we want. Greece owes her existence to John Bull. Then the money she owes him! This must amount to somewhere about two and a half millions, excluding the loan of 1898, all of which is gone hopelessly. The latter loan was one of $34,000,000, and was guaranteed by Britain, France, and Russia, each country being liable for a third of it. Should France and Russia decide to renounce its liabilities, it John will have to go bail for the full amount. Likely this loan will never be repaid. Greece's old taskmaster is another unfortunate debtor. In 1881 the Ottoman government, being unable to meet its liabilities, was obliged to call together its creditors in order to enter into all their debts with them. John Bull must have a sum of about 20,000,000. This is the balance still owing to a loan of $25,000,000 made in 1895 in order to help Turkey to fight Russia. Egypt owes a loan obtained so recently as 1897. In John Bull's account of his expenditure there is a heading, "Special Services: Egyptian Government." Under this is an amount of £788,802. This is because John lent Egypt something better than money. He lent her men with brains, who have made her into a healthy, prosperous country of the sort that pay off their debts in return. He has other debts than monetary debts to pay off — Pearson's Weekly. STORY OF THE RIPLEY TRIPLETS They Are Seventy-three Years of Age and All Flourishing. The Ripley triplets were born in Londonderry, N. H., seventy-three years ago and are all living today. Daniel Simpson Ripley, Mrs. Addie K. Thayer, and Mrs. Angie K. Boutell are the names of the triplets. They are of a family of six children, all of whom are enjoying fair health. Mrs. Simpson Ripley, P. Ripley and Mary C. (Clark) Ripley. The father was born in Londonderry in May, 1801, and died in Nashua in 1890. Mrs. Ripley was born in Londonderry in 1806, and died there in 1888. On Sept. 24, 1829, to Mr. and Mrs. Ripley were a born to children. The old family doctor, who attended in the case at the time, Daniel Simpson, M. D., was so elated over the advent of the three babies that he deserved a special place in the family. Daniel Simpson Ripley, and the girls for his wife and his wife's sister. This was agreed to by Mr. and Mrs. Ripley—Boston Globe. How John Barrett Rose. Eight years ago John Barrett occupied a humble position on a Portland newspaper. Today, at 36 years of age, he steps into a position of great honor and opportunities for distinction to receive $12,000 a year. As minister to Japan he will be the accredited representative of the United States government to a nation of 43,000,000 people, whose rapid advance the past ten years seems to assure it speedy recognition among the first-class powers of the globe; he holds the position of state and for his country and for the state and city with which he has always preferred to be identified all through the years when his work has called him elsewhere. His success is worth the attention of any ambitious boy, and it rests upon three things—he thought well of himself, cultivated people worth knowing, and he accomplished what he undertook. Nothing is gained in this world by the false modesty that presents itself to society in a self-deprecatory aspect. Men are large at taken at their own ambitions, and is worth the ambitions boys' while to make men of success and influence. Acquaintance that is of value must be sought, and when gained and deserved is of inestimable service in the furtherance of a career. But self-confidence and acquaintance are powerless to aid a man unless he has the resolution and diligence to hold them. Every task to which John Barrett was assigned by President Cleveland, President McKinley, Chairman Hanna, President Roosevelt and the St. Louis exposition he performed with fidelity and zeal. Every trust repose in him must be accepted to be in demand for work that was hard to do and to be done just right. Every such career is a demonstration in the limitless opportunities of American life and a rebuke alike to incompetence and to envy. - Portland Oregonian. CASTORIA The Kind You Have Always Bought has borne the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one to deceive you in this Counterfeits Hotions and "Just-as-good" are but Experiments, and endanger the health of Children—Experience against Experi Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paragoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and causes Gastric Gerness. It cures Diarrhea and Wind Colic. It relieves Tetanus and Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, restores the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend. CHILD'S FAITH IN GOD. Story Told by Bishop Cleand K. Nel son Illustrating Faith. Bishop Cleland K. Nelson, of Georgia, tells this as the story of the simplicity of a child's faith in God: The little daughter of an Atlanta man had been taught to kneel each night at her crib and repeat little prayers. When the family was leaving the boarding house in the mountains where it had spent the summer, the child was told to say good-by to the others in the house. This she did, and then insisted on going back to her room. Her mother followed, to the curb, kneeling go straight to the curb, kneeling and, folding her hands, say gravely: "Dood-by, Dod." Then she was ready for her journey. —New York Times. WOMAN'S LATEST CRAZE Child Criticises the Beads Now So Widely Worn. Lulle was riding up town on a car with her mamma, and was much attracted by the amber necklace worn by a woman opposite. Mamma, she she claimed, "are those that the lady has on a string around her neck?" "But, mamma," persisted the child, "they look just like those beans papa wouldn't eat last night."—Exchange Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contains Mercury as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is tenfold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrch Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the good and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrch Cure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. By Drugs Drummets, 75c per bottle. Hall's Family Pills are the best. A Girl of Discernment Madge--You should see all the new things Tillie has. Marjorie--She told me she was making some purchases. Madge--That's hardly a name for it. I never saw so many lovely things in my life. Why, she has a new watch, the reunion book, a play, revolving book stands, and sets of all the popular authors. I wonder what it all means?" Marjorie--Why, she's going to be married at once, you little fool. Madge--I don't know why I should have guessed that from seeing so many lovely things in her house." Marjorie--I will be glad, dear, if I had known as much about them as I do. She has bought them all on the installment plan, and it will be up to her husband to make nearly all the payments.—New York Times. The Child's Wisdom. Mother (sternly)—Willie, you took some of these preserves from the pantry. Willie (shrewdly)—Oh! who told you that? Mother—No one told me. I suspected it Now, tell the truth, didn't you? Willie—Ma, "children should be seen and not heard."—Philadelphia Press. Painting Pictures of Royalty Emma Silboni, the well known American miniature painter, has received an order from Queen Alexandra of England to paint the portraits of the Queen's grandchildren, the children of the Duke of Fife. Studying Scientific Farming. More than fifty girls are studying scientific farming in the Minneapolis College of Agriculture. The course they take include botany, chemistry, physics, and geology, requiring in the first two years two terms of each. For the Employees Senator Proctor, of Vermont, is president of the first manufacturing corporation in New England to erect a fine building near the works for the educational and moral benefit of the employees. Miss Wainwright and Miss Schroeder, the latter a daughter of the governor of Guam, have just entered Washington society. The young women are great granddaughters of Benjamin Franklin. Sarah Bernhart, the 8-year-old daughter of Maurice Bernhart, will follow the footsteps of her illustrious grandmother and become an actress. Nine eyes and three mouths were possessed by a collie puppy born recently at Henley, England. It lived four hours. Sultan's Mandate Disobeyed. "The Westminster Gazette" tells the following story, whose author is a consul resident at Tangier: "The French government presented a fine automobile to the Sultan, and sent over an expert chauffeur to run it for him. The potentate was charmed by the new means of covering the ground, and it looked as though horses and state carriages would go to the stables for good. But one day when the Sultan was spinning out a roar the machinery got out of order and the carriage escaped from the chauffeur's control. Then a fire exploded and the steering gear refused to work. The machine ran away. "The Sultan called upon it to stop, but it refused to obey. Then the machine struck a rock, and both the Sultan and the chauffeur were launched into space, while the automobile turned over with the wheels still spinning." "The Sultan was not badly hurt, but he limped back to town, and sent the royal sledgehammer to smash the royal auto to royal sithereens. "Then he forbade by an edict, an order, a ukase, a law, a proclamation, and a bull that any of his subjects could drive him to automobile."—Westminster Gazette. Spreading the Good News. Whatcom, Wash., January 5th.—Mrs. A. M. Ferguson who came here from Winnipipe, Manitoba, relates how that great destroyer of Kidney Complaints, Dodd's Kidney Pills, first reached the extreme Northwest corner of the United States: "I had used Dodd's Kidney Pills for what the Doctors pronounced Bright's Disease in Winnipipe." Mrs. Ferguson says, "and the disease disappeared entirely. That was about three years ago and I enjoyed good health till about two years later when I removed to it." "Whether it was the change of climate I can't tell, but my old trouble returned in full force. My legs were swelled to nearly twice their size. I could not go up or down stairs for about two months." "My husband hunted Whatcom for Dodd's Kidney Pills but could get none till a Druggist sent away and got them for him." "I began to get well as soon as I began taking them." Others in Whatcom have learned to know and appreciate Dodd's Kidney Pills. Received in Exchange Your work, be it ever so humble or poorly paid, is your great opportunity to carve your life statue from the rough marble given to you. The salary you receive, compared with the real value of your work to yourself, if it be done in the proper spirit, is as are the chips which fly from the sculptor's chisel to the angel which he calls out of the formless marble. Your week's endeavor is the calling out of the lines of grace and beauty in your life statue. The money you receive in exchange for your services, at the beginning of your career, is but an incidental feature of a temporary arrangement. The opportunity to make yourself larger and nobler, more competent and skillful, is the main thing to be considered. You can draw from the faithfulness of your work, from the high purpose which animates you in its performance, a recompense so magnificent that your emperors beside it will seem ridiculous beside it. You are working for him on gross material, but your real work, that which will tell now and through all the years to come, is upon—yourself—Success. The Ex-Guerrilla Leader John S. Mosby, who won fame as a commander of the guerrilla band in the service of the Confederacy during the civil war is now a special employee in the department of the inter- Rev. Thomas H. Lewis has the rare distinction of being president of two colleges at one time—the Western Maryland and the Adrian, of Adrian, Mich. Oldest Woman in Vienna. Frau Theresia Kulla, the oldest woman in Vienna, has just celebrated her one hundred and third birthday. Doesn't Read His Books. Rev. J. A. Zahn, the Catholic educator and author, says he never reads the books he writes. On January 29, the anniversary of President McKinley's birth, the West Side Republic club, of Newark, will give its annual dinner. Leslie M. Shaw and Senator Depew will be among the speakers. One Australian syndicate has offered General Dew W $1,250 weekly and expenses for a lecturing tour in Australia. Count Adami has presented to the Pope his magnificent villa near Chett, Italy, and some 600 works of art contained therein. American Citizen Publishing and Printing Co. W. C. Martin Editor entered at the nec. affection Kansas City Kansas as a second class matter. Stones were formed into the shapes of beetles by the ancient Egyptians. They regarded the beetle as an emblem of immortality, and hence it was the most popular of all forms of ornament. Counterfeit beetles of common stones were commonly buried with dead persons, and it was customary to engrave upon them the expression of wishes for future repose and happiness, dedications of the soul to God and various hieroglyphics. One of the latter was a hawk with a human head, symbolizing resurrection. Another, the vulture, meant maternity. A goose was the son of a king. "She had just refused a man worth a million." "Is it possible? Any rational explanation of her act?" "Oh, yes. She had just accepted another man worth a million." Blobbs—Do you consider it good luck to pick up a pin? Slobbs—Well, I guess it's better luck to pick up one than to sit down on it—Philadelphia Record. "We tried a new breakfast food at our house this morning." "What was it?" "Bee steak—Chicago Tribune" DRY CREEK LOCALS. Red Mike's saloon was raided last night and can gallon of whisky and a caddy of Willow Twist tobacco was stolen. The fact that the Three Leaf Temperance club held a late session last night may furnish Mike a clue. Bill Feverdrops was released from the city jail this morning on the promise that he would behave himself and help his wife do the washing. Bill is a rattling good fellow when he is sober, but it is hard to catch him that way. The Carrie Nation society held its second meeting in the rear of Bill Ackmaker's hardware store last night. The meeting was opened with prayer and closed sine die. This final action was taken owing to the high price of hatchets in Dry Creek. Joe Smith lost a valuable dog Monday. It was thought at first that one had given the dog poison with malicious intent, but a post-mortem examination disclosed one of Mrs. Smith's breakfast biscuits in the dog's stomach. Joe has our sympathy. The Buzzard gives divine notice right here, once for all, that no more free church notices will be published in these columns unless a ticket to the whole performance accompanies the copy. We are down on begging societies and religious lotteries anyway, and we don't propose to be a willing accomplice to the game unless there is something in it for us. Sam Lander, of Coyote Julah, was in town yesterday, the first time since he buried his mother. Sam hadn't been here two hours until he was fuller than a bath sponge and he insisted on shooting the ears off of a gentleman from Omaha. Sam was finally chased out of town by the marshal, and as we go to press some of the boys are trying to coax the man from Omaha to come out from under the meeting house. A box of dried up cake from the feasting boards of the Hodges-Blatz wedding reached this office two days after the charming Miss Blatz had thrown herself away by marrying Tom Hodges. If Tom thinks he can buy space in this paper and resistate himself in our innocent affections by zending us a box of culled frost his table, he mistaken. He was afraid to invite us to the wedding because he knew we used to be sweet on the girl he film-flammed into marrying him. The bride has the sympathy of the entire community.-Dry Creek Buzzard. STAGE WHISPERS. "Tsar Foris," a new play by Count Tolstoi, will soon be staged at Nijmil Novgorod. Francis Wilson has in view a plan to revive al. his old-time successes next season and this is being discussed now by his managers. Sybil Sanderson is giving a series of concerts at Budapest, at which she will sing at the Wintergarten, Berlin, and then return to Paris. It has been settled that R. D. McLean and Oddet Tyler will be under the management of W. G. Smyth next season, and they intend to make at least two elaborate Shakespearean productions. Sadie Martinoft will soon begin a starring tour in "Sapho," under Louis Nethersole's management, and supported by Ola Nethersole's company. Next season Miss Martinoft will star in a new play by Clyde Fitch. James K. Hackett is going to play next season Victor Mapes' drama, 'Don Caesar's Return' which Richard Mansfield put in rehearsal last summer, but subsequently shelved because of his revival of "King Henry w." Mrs. H. C. De Mills and Harrie Sford have been at work during the winter on a new play for Richard Mansfield, founded on the life of Rosebrandt. Last summer these authors went to Holland in order to study the history and atmosphere of their subject. HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS. Colored tissue paper is better than white for wrapping u laces and ribbons to be laid away. White SOAP CHIPS OF DIAMOND C SOAP MAKE Washing Easy Complete catalogue showing over 300 premiums that may be secured by saving wrappers, furnished free upon request. Send your name on a postal card, and we will mail you the catalogue . . . . CURES DIFLOMATIC AMBITION. A Short Term In the Zanzibar Cer vocabulary Generally Sufficient sulphide Generally Sufficient. Undesirable consults have long given rise to humorous incidents. But Zanzibar, to which the President has appointed Mason Mitchell, a rough rider, seems to be in the lead in an attractiveness, if the length of consular terms proves any test, says the Washington correspondent of the New York Evening Post. Indiana has usually claimed the honor of furnishing candidates for this place, but after the resignation of a man named Rogers of Shoales, the Indiana senators notified the President that they were through with it. They had constituents who were willing to take chances, but the senators were not prepared to promise that these ven turesome individuals would stay more than a mouth. Before Rogers took the place it was held for nearly a year by "Bob" Mansfield, at one time privately to Secretary to Senator Beveridge and now consult at Valparaiso. Mansfield came back according to Indians descriptions, "as thin as a toothpick and as yellow as June butter." He said he had stuck it out as long as the insurance company would let him and that he returned to save his premiums. Before Mansfield, there was an Indian named Billhelmer, described as a husky Hoosler, with a large nose and frame pickled in maleria. He was cured of diplomatic ambition in about two months, and has never asked for a place since Before Billhelmer, Judge Riley of Virginia served; he remained as long as his aversion to the negroes would permit. Finally, he is said to have taken a gun and emptied a load of fine birdshot into the dusky natives who persisted in taking a daily bath in front of the American consulate, which, the Judge "allowed," was an indignity to be resented by this government's representative. HE LIKES FRIED POTATOES. Grand Duke Alexis Has a Favorite Dish, So They Say. Grand Duke Alexis of Russia is a very fond of fried potatoes, and during his recent visit to Paris he was wont to buy a few every day from a woman in the street and to eat them beside her stall. The woman did not know him, but as he paid her in princely fashion, she was very anxious to find out who he was. "I can tell you who he is," said a neighbor one day. "He is Grand Duke Alexis, uncle of the czar and one of the greatest men in Russia." Utterly amazed, the woman asked: "In heaven's name, how should I address him?" "Oh, call him 'Your Excellency,' or 'Your Royal Highness,' was the answer. The woman resolved to do so, and the next day, as she was sprinkling some salt over the smoking potatoes which the grand duke had bought, she said: "I can recommend them to your royal highness, for I know your excellency has never tasted better potatoes." The grand duke burst out laughing and paid more for the potatoes than he had ever paid before, but he was annoyed at finding himself recognized and never returned to buy another potato. Girard Was Considerate One of the sea captains in the employ of Stephen Girard had a rural Yankee's fondness for whitling with his jackknife, and on one trip succeeded in getting away with a large part of the rail, although, feeling that he was not without the artistic sense, he really regarded the rail as greatly improved in appearance. When the vessel came to Philadelphia Girard went aboard, made a general inspection in the captain's absence, and, as he was about to return to shore, asked one of the seamen who had been outing the rail. The seaman told him the captain, and then, afraid his telling might have unpleasant consequences were the captain to learn of it in a roundabout way, informed that official of the interview with Girard. The captain was in terror of a reprimand, but, hearing nothing from his employer, supposed the incident closed. As he was about weighing anchor ready to leave port, a dray loaded with shingles drove down to the wharf, and the driver hailed the vessel. "There must be some mistaken shouted the captain, "Our bill of lading doesn't mention shingles!" "This is where they belong!" sung back the driver, "Mr. Girard, himself, told me to deliver them! He said they're for the captain to whittle!" Gillette a Real Sherlock Holmes. William Gillette, whose impersonation of Sherlock Holmes has become so famous, has acquired much of the running of the character he portrays, and on being interviewed by the newspaper reporters extracts from them all they know without himself imparting any information. On his return from Europe the other day all the Boston acribes sought to learn of his future plans, but were oblig'd to abandon the effort He took the Job. A characteristic story is told of Ade Gruber, the well-known New York lawyer. When he was a boy looking for something to do he saw the sign, "Boy Wanted," hanging outside a store in New York. He picked up the sign and entered the store. The proprietor met him. "What did you bring that sign in here for?" asked the storekeeper. "You won't need it any more," said Bruber, cheerfully. "I'm going to take the job." A scarcity of sailors more general than ever before in the history of Maine shipping prevails at the present time, and the wages of seamen have risen to an unusual point. Our Quote the Smallest. In time of war France puts 370 out of every 1,000 of her population in the Gold: Germany 210; Russia 210. Publication Notice In the district court of Wyandotte county Kansas. James N. Turner, plan vs. 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 matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant, and for ever divorcing plaintiff from said'defendant and for cost of this suit. L. 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 1903, the petition files said case will be taken as true, and a judgement rendered against you a nature of which will be a decree dissolving matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant, and divorcing plaintiff from you, the said deft dant, and for cost of said suit. Executor's Notice, State of Kansas, s. County of Wyandotte, s. In the Probate Court in and for said County. In the matter of the Estate of Peter Lugibihl, 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 county, to be begun and holded in the Court in Kansas City County of Wyandotte and State of Wisconsin, on the first Monday in the month, January A. D. 1903. We shall apply to said Court for a full final settlement of said estate. Sibilla Lugibihl, Mary Scheller, Amelia Hinton, Frances Hinton Estate of Peter Lugibihl, Deceased. December 1st, A. D. 1902. Dec. 12. Notice of Final Settlement. STATE of KANSAS, 85. WYANDOTTE COUNTY. In the Probate Court of Said County. In the matter of the Estate of Mahala A. Robertson, decease. 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 saie County, deceased by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the State aforesaid, cated the 7th day of Novem- ber. Now, all persons having claims against sailee are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of sailetts, 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 sailetts, they shall be forever barred. WILLIAM S. PATTerson. enter of the last will and testament of Mahala A. Robertson, deceased. State of Kansas, County of Wyoming, Cities. In the Pricetate Count 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 Trustee Count of the County and State of Kansas on the 15th of November 1602. New, all persons having claims against the said Estate are hereby notified that they must present 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 surrender; 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. Nov. 13. When you want water. When you want Coal. 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