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THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. LIBERAL COMMISSION PAID RELIABLE AGENTS FOR THIS PAPER CALL HERE. The Old WEAR GLASSES DURING SLEEP. Habit, It Is Claimed, Will Cure Cases of Insomnia. The idea of wearing a pair of spectacles during sleep is one of the strangest of the many strange ideas that have come to our notice, says London Answers. The head of a large firm, who often traveled from one end of the country to the other, preferred to do so at night, so that he could sleep. Although his sight was perfect, his last act before getting into his berth was to put on a pair of spectacles, which were secured to the bridge of his nose by a good spring, and with this adornment he fell sleep. Those who adopt this peculiar aid to drowsiness appear to sleep without twisting and turning, as some people do; they instinctively acquire a knack of turning only so far as is safe, and they awake unharmed in the morning, with the glasses just as nicely adjusted as when they went to bed. The commencement of the habit is mostly traceable to a difficulty in wooing slumber and to an aversion to trying such dangerous remedies as morphine. Spectacles, when the eyes are not accustomed to them, have a somnolent effect, and the device afterward becomes a habit. CARE OF PLANTS IN WINTER. Air and Sunshine Chief Requisites for Window Ornaments. Give plants all the fresh air you can. Open doors and windows at some distance from them on pleasant days and give them a chance, to breathe in pure oxygen in liberal quantity. Give all the sunshine you can. And aim to keep the temperature of the room between 70 degrees by day and 55 at night. It will probably exceed these figures in both directions, but try to regulate it in such a way as to avoid the extremes of intense heat and dangerous cold. Use water liberally on the foliage of your plants. By washing off the dust it keeps open the pores of the leaves through which they breathe and it tempers the hot dry atmosphere usually prevailing in the living room. The only way to modify this condition is to keep water constantly evaporating on the stove or register and make frequent use of the sprayer. Planting Fruit Trees. When eating a good pear or apple save the seeds and plant them either in a flower pot, where they will germinate before long, or else directly in the garden, when they will come up next spring. To prevent their loss the place must be covered as a mark. It takes a number of years before they bear fruit, but to see the progress of growth from year to year is always interesting. People often think it is not worth while for them to plant trees; they will not live to have fruit of them, and so neglect it entirely. But some one will enjoy the harvest. It is just the individual egoism which affects all classes of society in many ways—Hartford Times. In New York's Tough Districts The experiences of the Bellevue hospital ambulance surgeons in the unlighted districts skirting East river, New York, where it is not safe even for policemen to venture sometimes, have led the hospital authorities to equip the instrument bags carried by the surgeons with a tubular electric dark lantern, sixteen inches long and two inches thick, weighing about two pounds. It serves equally well as a lantern and a night stick. According to the stories of the surgeons, when they have returned from calls to particularly dangerous districts, the defensive end of the contrivance has often proved more useful than the electric ends. To Kill or Cure the Dog? Kill or Cure the Dog? A Mr. Gray of George's Corner took his dog out recently, says the Marine Sportsman, to chase foxes. It was a hopeful dog, filled with the enthusiasm of youth. Somehow the bound got switched off from the fox's track and went after a lively loupcervier, and when Mr. Gray came along to shoot a fox, he found a very sad and dilapidated dog sitting under a tree, with the wild cat overhead among the limbs contemplating a fresh assault. Mr. Gray shot the loupcervier and took the pelt home for the purpose of patching up the places where the skin was missing from his dog. He says another wild cat is needed to complete the job. A Wish. If I might sing for you as waters sing In gushing melodies, or as the birds Whose rapture soars on free, unfettered wing; If from my life might spring One song untraummed of the net of words; Then might I praise you as my heart would praise; Nor grieve though song should leave men dumb through after days. If I might breathe your beauty into song, The singing stars would tarry into flight. To bearen, dreaming that death's ancient wrong. Enthroned on earth so long. Was seated by the everlasting light, And earth men winged with singing and with flame. As when exultant she from out of the CALL FOR REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. A republican primary election is here, by called for the purpose of nominating candidates for the offices to be filled at the city election to be held in the city of Kansa City, Kansas, on April 3rd, 1905 as follows: Mayor, City Attorney, City Treasurer, City Clerk, one councilman from each ward in the city of Kansas City, Kansas, one member of the board of education from the fourth ward, one member of the board of education from the sixth ward, one judge of the city Court, first district; one Clerk of the city court, first district; one constable of the city court, first district; one judge of the city court, second district; one clerk of the city court second district one constable of the city court second district one justice of the peace from each of the three districts, and one member of the Republican city central committee for each precinct. The primary election hereby called shall be held on Saturday, the 4th day of February, 1905 between the hours of one oclock and seven o'clock p. m. of said date, and shall be by direct ballot as hereinafter provided. JUDGES AND CLERKS. There shall be two judges and two clerks in each voting place. all candidates to be voted for at the primary election are hereby requested to file with the secretary of this committee a list of names of persons eligible to serve as judges and clerks in the various precincts in which said candidate shall be voted for and the city central committeeman from each precinct which is also requested to file a list of judges and clerks from the precinct which he represents. Said list shall be filed with the secretary of this committee on or before noon of the 31st day of January 1905, and signed by the candidate or committeeman so filing the same and the judges and clerks for said primary election shall be selected from said list so far as possible provined the same are qualified to serve. In case any judge or clerk who is regularly appointed shall fail to appear at the opening of the polls such vacancy shall be filled by the other judges and clerks present. OFFICIAL BALLOT. The official bellot shall be of uniform size and color and shall contain the names of the candidates to be voted for, The ballot shall be delivered to the judges for their respective voting places and shall be given out by the judges only to persons desiring to vote. None but official ballots marked in the manner described by the general election law as near as prudicable shall be recived or counted- Two ballot boxes shall be provided, one for male and for female zoters. I mediately after the polls close the ballot shall be counted and shall be delivered to the secretary of this committee as hereinafter provided. QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS only known republicans over twenty one years of age shall be allowed to vote at this primary election. any berson offering to vote whose vote challenged shall take and subscribe an oath to be furnished by the Judge that he or she will support the nominees elected at this primary election for the various offices to be voted for at the following general election: should the voter refuse to subscribe such oath. if challenged his vote shall not be received or counted a voter who is nable to mark his ballot may be assisted by one or more judges or clerks. REGISTRATION A copy of the registered voters of 1904 and 1905 will be kept at each voting place and any one whose name does not appear on said copies or who shall not hole a registration certificate shall not be permitted to vote at said primary- EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE A executive committee and the chairman. secretay and treasurer of this committee shall constitute the executive committee for the purposes of this election and shall have general charge of and conduct said primary election. MAKING AND CANVASSING RETURNS. A uniform system of blanks for taking down the names of voters shall be provided and the ballots shell counted as soon as the polls are closed and the result thereof shall be set down on tally sheets provided for that purpose when the ballots have been counted they shall be placed in envelopes. sealed up in the presence of the Judges.clerks and bystander and shall be taken to republican headquarters by at least two of the Judges and clerks and delivered to the secretary of the committee. The executive committee shall be in attendance at the republican headquarters as soon as the polls close to receive the per devoted to the Race in this Section returns and shall forthwith canvass the same and announce the results. TIME OF FILING. The filing for the various offices to be chosen at this primary election shall begin at twelve o'clock noon, Thursday January 26th, 1905, and close at five o'clock p. m. Saturday January 28th, 1905, and shall be received by the secretary of the committee, E. R. Callender, Room "E" in the basement of Husted building northwest corner of sixth and Minnesota avenue in the city, of Kansas city, Kansas. Said executive committee shall group the various precinct, together and secure suitable polling places for the purpose of accomodating the public and voters and shall announce their location through the daily papers as soon as possible and not later than February 1st. 1905. Adopted in committee at room 402 Husted Building in the city Kansas city Kansas this 23rd Day of January. 1905 by a vote of 29 to 1. J. W. Dana, Chairman. By Erlr Callender, Secretary. Sleeper's Real Offense. An eccentric minister caused some surprise one Sunday by declaring that he did not in the least object to people sleeping while he was preaching. A few minutes later he and his hearers were disturbed by the loud snoring of a man just below the pulpit. "Give him a tap on the head," said the minister. This was done, ineffectually, "Give him another," came the order again. Still the man slumbered. But at length by dint of much tapping and shaking, he was recalled into abashed consciousness. "You are making a wretched noise," roared the minister, leaning over the pulpit edge. "I don't mind your sleeping, but you are preventing other people from sleeping!" Old-Time Controversies. Old-time controversies were often vigorous in language. In a controversy with Milton concerning the divine right of kings Salmasius called his opponent a puny piece of a man, a homunculus, a dwarf not having a human figure, a bloodless being, a creature of skin and bones, a contemptible pedagogy fit only to flog boys, a rhinoceros, a hangdog looking fellow. The great English poet not only answered in kind, but entered into an extensive correspondence with people in Holland to obtain petty gossip and scandalous anecdotes concerning his opponent. Costlier than Champagne Although champagne is called the "wealthy water," there are few hotels in the country where one can pay more than $4 a quart for it, while, on the other hand, there are hundreds of places where Burgundy is sold as high as $35 a quart. At one hotel the menu advertises a special brand of this fine wine for $25 a bottle. There are any number of Rhine wines which cost above $8, and there is a big demand for them. Champagne does not improve with age as the other wines do and this probably accounts for the difference. NOW IS the time to Subscribe For the Weekly American Citizen. The Latest Ideas. IN GOLD AND SILVER JEWELRY. Cut Glass and Trinklets. We call your attention to our excellent line of HOLIDAY GOODS. BARGAIN HUNTERS MECCA. If you are thinking of making an Xmas present in the Jewelry Line. See us and you will profit. ED. J. DUNNING, 549 MINN. AVE. Kansas City, Kas PATTERSON & GAYDEN —Dealers In— Hard and Soft Coal, Wood. Vault & Cesspool Cleaning. Gisterns Filled Tel. 215 West. 527 STATE AVE. LOCALS Ther ewill be a grand rally of the King Solomon Baptist.church on March. 5th all members and friends are invited to take part. Rev H.H.Gorden. Pastor. The Olympia Club met at the residence of Mrs. Ewing 1964. N.4th. st. Wednesday evening The girles dormitory at Quindaro Kansas was burned last night'Jan.24.th. The Olympia Club meets at the residence of Mrs. B. S: Snith Wed.eve.Feb·1.th Father Davis is improving Mr'Scales is much better at present The Mozart Club meets at the Chistain Church every thursday,evening under the auspicus of the young ladies all invited The St.James M.E. Church are in the midst of a series of meetings on Freeman between 9th and 10th. The Douglas A commencement was asuccess in every sense of the word The Sorosis Club meets every Tuesday evening Christian Church. 8th and Everet Mr and Mrs'Burton on washington ave.ar on the sick list The Janrtor'Mr Morton Gaves of the Douglas school has been on the sick list but is much better Rev.Ward filled the Pulpit of Allen Chapel.Sunday Mrs Rev.Peck is quite siek in the Hospital The A.M.E.Church on 8th and Neb.will start series of meetings soon Charle smiths of the Orphan Home died Wednesday age 5 years Harry Scott of 1618 N 4 st. died last friday furneal service held at the first baptist church Sunday after-noon he leaves a mother five sisters and five brothers to mourn their loss. The orphan Home has 7 inmates age aranging from 3 months to 10 years. squand and ugly. Is that the reason way Boston people like to visit the metropolis? NOTICE OF PUBLICATION. In the District Court of Wyandotte county State of Kansas. Mary Atkinson. Plaintiff. vs. J.B. Atkinson. Defendant. No. 18297 The State of Kansas to J. B. Atkinson. Greeting:— You are hereby notified that the plaintiff in the above entitled cause did on the 22nd, day of September, 1004, file her petition in a certain action against you in the District Court in Wyandotte County State of Kansas asking for an absolute divorce on the grounds of abandonment and desertion, and unless you demur, answer or otherwise object on or before the 30th day of January, 1005, the allegations therein will be taken as true and upon further proof thereof judgement will be rendered as prayed for in said petition. JOHNSON and TOOLE. Attys for Plaintiff. Wm. Needles, Clerk. By D. C. McCombs, Deputy. If President Rooselt was in town he would surely buy this Jewelery from us. The finest line of Gold and Silverware in the city. Watches, Diamonds, Opera Glasses and Every thing kept in an Up-to-date Jewelry Store. HOLIDAY GOODS A SPECIALTY MERRIAM MAKES STATEMENT. TELLS WHAT HE WILL DO IF ELEC TE Mayor This Spring. Willard Merriam who Tuesday night formally made the announcement that he would be a candidate for the mayraly nomination at the primaries February 4th has made a statement of his views on municipal affairs of and how he would conduct the affairs of the city should he receive the nomination and be elected. The statement follow To the people of Kansas city, Kansas: Having been selected at your meeting of January 24, to become a candidate for mayor, I deem it in place to publicly announce my views on city matters. I think the government of the city should be conducted on business principles' and if chosen as the republican nominee and elected mayor of the city it will be my purpose to carry on certain reformf and endeavor to fulfil the following pledges. I shall not be a candidate of any faction of the Republican party. Have made no ante-election promises and shall make none. I will treat the affairs of our city as I would the business of any large concern, believing that it should be conducted in a business like manner, and would expect to handle the same as I do my own. to the end that a proper balance might be made in all the departments at the termination of each year I believe that each department of the city should account to the mayor and the mayor in turn must account to the people and unless he can show a proper conduct of the affairs of the city during his term, he is not a competent man for the place. I am not opposed to corporations but believe that in the granting of franchises the city's interest and rights are paramount and should always be protected. Every dollar due to the city from fines, forfeitures and all other sources, should be accounted for and a proper record of the sum must be kept open to public inspection in order that the people might know that the city is the sole beneficiary. We are no longer a small village but the metropolis of the State, with a population of almost 70,000, therefore our demands upon the public service corporation have increased and we need better water service and more of it; more light and car service, and to carry out these reforms I have pledge my administration if elected mayor The appointee of the mayor must be competent efficient to such an extent as to merit an appointment. I am opposed to making any improvements where the property along the proposed street is insufficient in value to pay therefor. I believe in conducting the affairs of the city upon a sound financial basis in order that our bonds may sell of premium and not be peddled over the country looking for a buyer. I am opposed to "promoters and contractor's plugs," and in all matters of the city as well as in private affairs am a strong advocate of competition. Having expressed a few of my ideas and mindful of the fact that there are many more that I have not mentioned, I accept the honor to become a candidate for mayor, to pledge to you if nominated and elected, to devote my time to the same to such an extent that will be the mayor of all of the people, and not the representative of only a few. WILLARD MERRIAM. The above statement of Mr. Willard Merriam the prospective candidate for mayor commends its self to all citizens of this municipality irrespective of party He is the proper man to vote for at the coming brimaries. Register and get out early and cast your vote for an honest man. Tuskegee.to get more money. to be raised by friends of the late Williams H.Baldwin-to be a memorial funds New York Jan 16.-The general committee wich is to have charge of the W.H.Baldwin memorial Fund, was announced tod ay as follows: Hot-air Fan. An electric fan that heats the air current that it delivers has been devised by M. de Mare, a Belgian electrician. The apparatus consists of an electric motor and a rotating fan, the blades of which are of mica. Upon these mica blades are fastened resistance coils, which are heated by the passage through them of a current of electricity. Qualities of Radium- The fact that radium exerts a very peculiar influence upon light-emitting bodies has given rise to the hope that it may eventually play an important role in the industry of light. A minute quantity of radium is sufficient to produce a strong light from a layer of zinc pyrites, and this light produces no heat, so that loss of energy is avoided. Japanese Farming. The ingenuity of the farming in Japan may be inferred from the fact that the 45,000,000 inhabitants live almost entirely on the productions of a cultivated area about one-third the size of Illinois. You Should Read THE American Citizen JANUARY 27 1:05. GOOD INDEX TO CHARACTER. Habits and Idiosyncracies Betrayed in the Laugh. anthropologists say that the ability laugh comes to the child as it grows older. The first smile is observed when the child is about forty to sixty days old, but it does not begin to laugh until some time after that. Children and women laugh more than men, not because the cares of life lie less heavily upon them, but because the the former are more excitable, and because the moderating power of the cerebral hemispheres is less in them than among men generally. Profound study makes men serious, and so foolish people are sometimes noted for laughing immoderately. Yet laughter is not so much an index to intelligence as it is to the condition of health. Healthy, vigorous people are proverbially of good-humored joyous, laughing natures, while the "sallow, gloomy-eyed dyspeptic" is a description scientifically accurate. The envious, wicked and malevolent rarely 'laugh, because, phrenologi ts say, they are impregnated with bile, and are, therefore, morose. The haughty, the vain and the awkward also laugh very little, for fear of losing their dignity. The Spanish people, proverbially grave, are a good example. People who have lines extending downward from the angle at the mouth toward the chin well marked rarely laugh, and, moreover, show a tendency to penniveness in youth and melancholy in after life. Those who have lines raying outward from the eyes are, on the contrary, people who laugh a good deal, especially when the upper lip is framed by two deep furrows running down in the mouth. OLD LADY WAS PRACTICAL. Looked for Serviceable Quality in a Present. A very practical old lady from the country was visiting her daughter in the city not long ago, and her young granddaughter was taking her through one of the big department stores on a little shopping tour. "Now," said the old lady to the salesman, "show me some dishes; I want to buy a set." Up in the china department the clerks had shown a number of dainty, pretty designs, which the old lady had admired, but still seemed to be looking for something else. "This pale green and gold tinted one is pretty, grandma," suggested the young girl, "why not get it?" "Well, you see," answered the practical grandmother, "your Aunt Jinnie is a goin' to be married in the fall, and I thought I would get her a good serviceable present while I was up here. A black and white flowered set of china is what I want, if I could find it. Black and white is such serviceable colors, you know, dear; it don't show dirt."—Lippincott's. The Porch. When father built the veranda, He kicked about the expense, But ma, she said: "Don't mind it, Ed. Don't think of dollars and cents." That autumn Clara was married, It made pa glad as could be, And ma would smile And all the white "I'm proud of that porch," said she. Last summer both Belle and Amy Would race for the porch at night, And all the rest Of us thought best To stay indoors, out of sight. But Belle ran faster than Amy— She got her man in July; And I'll commend That porch to send A bachelor's oak sky h'g. Last Sunday Amy informed us That she had told Jimmy "yes, And now us three. Pa, ma, and me. Can get on that porch. I guess. —Cleveland Leader. State of Kansas In the Probate County of Wyandotte Court in and for said County. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLARA WILLIAMS SLEGE RELEASE CLARA WILLIAMS SLEDGE DECEASED Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesidual estate, are hereby notified that at the next regular team of the Prabatee Court in and for said County, to be begun and held at the Probate Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte and State aforesaid, on the first Monday in the month of March A. D. 1905. I shall apply to said Court for a full and final settlement of said estate. Peter young Administrator of Clara Williams Sledge Deceased. In Witness Whereof, the undersigned, Probate Judge in and for the Courty of Wyon dote, State of Kansas, have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Probate Court this 20th Day of January A. D. 1905. Winfield Freeman Probate Judge Reaching the creamy 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—Pittsburgh Dispatch The Oldest Negro Journal Published Weekly in this part of the Country. PUBISHED WEEKLY at 1510 Norh 3rd Street KANSAS CITY KANSAS W C. Martin Editor, Geo. A. Dudley, Publisher & Business Manager. Terms OF SubscriptioninAdvance. One Year, $1.00 Six Months, 65 cents Three Months, 40.c One Month, 15.c Advertiseing 25 cts. Per Inch First Insertion. A Standing Display 'Add' for 3 Months or longer Lic per inch, each insertion. Entered as second class matter December first, 1904 at the Post office at Kansas City, Kansas under the Act of congress of March 3rd, 1879." I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of Judge of the South side City Court. subject to Republican Primaries. CHAS. S. GRIFFIN. I hereby announce myself as a 'candidate for Constable of north side City, Court subject to the Republican primaries. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election for the office of councilman of the Third Ward subject to Republican primaries. E. E. Venard. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for councilman of the second ward subject to the Republican primaries E. M. Sternberg. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the office of City, Clerk subject to the Republica primarie PETER NUGENT. Announcement. I hereby announce myself as a candi- date for the office of cit y, attorney subject to the decision of the Republican Primaries. W. H. McCamish. A Liberal commission will be give to a good active lady or gentleman as agents, for this paper, we expect to increase its circulation five hundred or a thousand more by May first 1905. Call and see H.S. Sykes and A. Gooden manufacturer of Pop corn in ball aud brick at 316 Oakland ave A Word To You The lack of proper appreciation of the efforts of Negro newspapers make in an uphill business to maintain the standard of excellence desired by those in the business. Just why the race is so utterly slack, in giving to their own the proper patronage is one of the unsolved mysteries. Each day and week bring to us the warring of being a unit in behalf of our own salvation. It takes something beside wind to publish the most weakly of weeklies. If every Afro-American family would pledge themselves to stand by an organ builished in their behalf, just one year, the results would be unbelieved we ask the colored brother to wake up look around and observe, see if you cannot discern that the signs of the times don't speak in thundering tones for all the public advocates of our interests, han, why wait do your part by subscripting getting your neighbors to do the same and watch the good results. Notice of Final Settlement. State of Kansas, County of Wyandotte. In the Probate Court in and forsaid County, In the Matter of the Estate of John R.Smith. 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 held at the Probate Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte and State aforesaid, on the first Monday in month of February, A. D. 1905. I shall apply to said Court for a full and final settlement of said estate. JAMES D. SMITH. Administrator of the Estate John R. Smith. Deceased. In Witness Whereof, the undesigned Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte,State of Kansas,have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 24th day of December, A. D. 1904. Winfield Freeman, Probate Judge. SOUTH AMERICAN Office Houro: From 10 A. M., till 4 p. m. and from 6 till 9 P. M., C.H.C. JORDAN M.M.M.D.. 10 Minnesota Ave. Kansas City, K LEE A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN. His Religion a Strong Trait of Great Southern Leader Capt. Robert E. Lee says that one of the strongest traits of his father's character was his reliance on God as the supreme arbiter in all the affairs of men. In this Lee was not different from other great leaders of the confederacy. Jefferson Davis constantly called on his people to repair to their churches and thank God for victory or implore his favor in their sacred cause. Often all the churches of the larger southern cities were crowded to their utmost capacity at week-day prayer services. After the first battle of Manassas Gen. Lee said: "The battle will be repeated there in greater force. I hope God will again smile on us and strengthen our hearts and arms." When he was in the midst of the struggle for West Virginia, he wrote out of the fullness of his heart: "I enjoyed the mountains as I rode along. The views are magnificent—the valleys so beautiful, the scenery so peaceful. What a glorious world Almighty God has given us! How thankless and ungrateful we are and how we labor to mar his gifts!"—Chicago News. YOUTHFULNESS OF THE MIND. Enjoyment and Zest for Life Not Confined to the Young. Youthfulness is a quality very difficult to describe. As often as not it proceeds from the mind rather than from appearance, and one often feels with middle-aged and elderly people that they are in reality far more youthful in ideas, in the keenness of their enjoyment and in their fresh outlook than many of one's acquaintances who in point of years are mere girls. It is said that every age has its compensations and undoubtedly there are many mothers of families and grandmothers, too, who own to an enjoyment and zest for life equal to that experienced in early years. Youthfulness is temperament and the capacity for taking the simple goods that are to be found in existence rather than in waiting for superlative joys which may never arrive. The bored person or either sex is invariably a wearlsome companion, while one with a keen sense of enjoyment adds to the well-being of others a thousand fold.—Exchange. The Rescue. Adown the lane on frenzied feet Fled like a wind the maiden sweet. A large dog followed on her trail With open mouth and truncate tail. Shriek after shriek the maiden gave; And would no hero run to save? Well, we should smile? For at her cry The hero came in quick reply. With resolution naught could clog He fiercely whistled to the dog! And at his master's note the chase The dog forsook with perfect grace! They married? Ah, ca va sans dire! Elsewise 'twould be a case most queer. And drones, as if he'd slipped a cog, "Why did you do that?" —New Orleans Time-Democrat Highwayman Was Popular Highwayman was Popular. Jack Sheppard had a great hold upon the imagination of the people of his time. The fact that 200,000 people witnessed his execution at Tyburn on Nov. 16, 1724, "upon the tree that bears twelve times a yeare," is some witness to his grim popularity. But one of the strangest tributes ever paid him was the sermon preached upon him in a London church. "Oh, that ye were all like Jack Sheppard!" began the preacher, to the stupefaction of his congregation. He went on to draw a parallel between things of the flesh and those of the soul, and to point out that the genius shown in housebreaking might have been bestowed upon "pickling the locks of the heart with the nail of repentance." Travelers' Tricks Shown Up: Many have looked with awe upon suit cases and steamer trunks covered with labels of every size and color, and thought enviously of the advantages the traveled owners of such baggage had over the poor stay-at-homes. The baggage proclaimed that its owners had been from Sydney to San Francisco, from Copenhagen to Colombo, to say nothing of visiting half the capitals and health resorts of the continent. But the iconoclast has found shops where such baggage is sold, all shattered and battered and labeled with a score of foreign towns, although it may never have traveled two miles from New York. Value of Character: Character is one of the best things a man or woman can be born with or acquire. That is to say, good character. There has never been a time and there will never be a time when character will count for nothing in the building of success. It is one thing that no misfortune, no calamity, no continued run of ill luck can take away from a man if he wants to hold to it. It is exempt from forced sale and no man is a bankrupt as long as he holds it. Not Partial to Water. An old farmer arrived in Glasgow with a drove of cattle. The beasts had become leg-wearied, so that he arrived late and was reluctantly compelled to stay for the night at a hotel. The maid, on showing him to his bedroom, said: "Good night, sir; would you prefer a hot bath or a cold bath to-morrow morning?" "Hoots, lassie," replied the farmer; "gang awa' wl' yer nonsense; doe ye tak' me for a troot?" Process of Digestion. The French physiologist Fere has made experiments which show that the process of digestion diminishes the capacity for muscular work fully one-half. As regards the effects of stimulants like tobacco and alcohol, he has found that while they diminish fatigue, the effect never lasts more than ten minutes, and is followed by a greater degree of fatigue than would have existed if they had not been indulged in. Coldest Country of All. Siberia has the greatest known cold in the world. At Yakutsk the average for three winter months is 40 degrees below zero, while individual drops to 75 and 76 degrees below are not unknown. But at Verjohansk the average for January, 1885, was 69.9 degrees below zero, and the mercury at one time dropped to 90.4 degrees below, the lowest on record anywhere in the world. Big Seeds and Flowers The largest seeds in the world are those of the mora tree, which grows on the Isthmus of Panama. They are six ipches long, five inches broad and four inches thick. The biggest lily in the world is found in the region of the Himalayan mountains. It has a stalk 13 feet high and $11\frac{1}{2}$ inches in circumference. The flowers are as big as gobllets, white and very beautiful. Condemns Linen Handkerchiefs. Concines Linen Handkerchiefs. Prof. Calmette, of the Pasteur Institute in Paris, is making war on linen handkerchiefs, which he considers a great source of infection. He suggests the use of specially constructed wallets for Japanese paper handkerchiefs, with separate divisions for the new and used ones. The latter are to be burned. Must See to His Own Safety At several points on the Great Eastern railway in England the line crosses rivers by means of swing bridges. The bridge-keeper is compelled to ride across on the engine, so that if he has not locked the bridge securely, and any accident should follow, he will pay the penalty for his own negligence. Watch Children's Eyes. Children in schools should be carefully watched in order to guard against trouble with the eyes, as shortsightedness is becoming yearly a more common defect. They should not be allowed to hold the books nearer the eyes than fourteen inches, and must not stoop over their work. Scientific Twaddle. "All this talk about high tide and low tide," said Mrs. Partington's married daughter, "is the merest guff. Why, I've been down the bay at all hours of the day and night, and the water always comes the same distance up the side of the boat."—Baltimore American. Ancient Ann. A man who can't understand a woman's love of bargains will feel awfully proud when he allows a book agent to sell him one year's subscription to a magazine, with the works of a standard poet thrown in, for $4.79, marked down from $5. -Baltimore American. Not Meant to Be Humorous A few years ago a well-known bishop married his second wife, and, returning home after his honeymoon, announced a series of sermons, the title of the series being "The Pentent's Return." This was obviously unintentional. Clannishness of Books Rocks always inter-marry among themselves. If a rook brings a bride from a strange rookery, he is driven out of the community, and forced to start a place of his own at a distance. Church Gaining in England. The church is slowly gaining in England. Ten years ago the communicants numbered only one in eighteen of the population; now the proportion is one in fifteen. Labor Saved by Electricity. The twenty-two-ton bell at the Sacre Coeur church in Paris is toiled by electricity. A single choir-boy can thus do the work which formerly took five men. Maybe love is blind, as the old saw says, but it has been generally observed that the pretty girl, as a rule, is the one that gets married first. Barbers Cannot Talk. A European hairdresser, appreciating the extent of the evil of talkative barbers, advertises that all his assistants are deaf and dumb. Gum Made of Cassava Starch. Cassava starch, more popularly known as tapioca, is the chief element of the gum on the back of all postage stamps. Man Cheaper Than Horse. In the farming districts of Russia it costs 40 cents to hire a horse for one day and 35 cents to hire a man. Loss of British Seamen. Of 10,000 British seamen, sixty-six are lost at sea every year. Hibernating Mosquitoes. Mosquitoes hibernate like bears during the winter. It's up to YOU To trade with the largest and best Grocery store and meat market on North 3rd St. Where you can get the best of everything usually kept in a first class grocery also Fresh an Salt meats and country produces. The most reasonable of prices. Call and be convinced. Look over our assortment of clean fresh goods. H. Krueger. W. B.R. 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ESTAURAN 1012 N 3rd St. ace in the city and will serve you, everything is cooked to taste. MEALS 15 CENTS, catcher the prop, is one of the best please you, give her a call. TLY CONFIDENTIAL. J. H. COHEN, P Money to Loan Patches. Diamonds J OTHING AND EVERYTHING Of Value nches and Jewelry Sold on Pay T CASH PRICES. Pledges For Sale WATCHES AND JEWELRY REPAIRING Union Loan Office minnesota ave. kansas|cr R OPPORTU TO SAVE MONEY. suits, dressing sacques, aprons the Dressmaking line MADE TO ORDER weekly and monthly payments. Belt dresses $1.00 and up; dress . Call and see me. . W. F. William third St. Kansas 1100 North 3rd St. KANSAS CITY, KAS W. B.RAYMOND UNDERTAKER SUP-LIES Kansas City Kansas KANSAS CITY SOAP CO. Are Manufactors of the Best Grades of Toilet & Washing Soaps. A Home Institution. GIVE THEM YOUR PATRONAGE One trial of their brand the Snowflake and Union will convince you of their merits. RESTAURANT 1s the best place in the city and will serve you from 5,30 a,m, to 11 p.m, everything is cooked to taste, MEALS 15 CENTS, Mrs. Thatcher the prop, is one of the best cooks in the city and will please you, give her a call. CLOTHING AND EVERYTHING Watches and Jewelry Sold on Payments AT CASH PRICES. Unclaim Pledges For Sale Cheap. FINE WATCHES AND JEWELRY REPAIRING. Union Loan Office. 427 Minnesota ave. kansas city. kans. YOUR OPPORTUNITY YOUR OPPORTUNITY Ladies suits, dressing sacques, aprons and in fact anything in the Dressmaking line and sold on weekly and monthly payments. Here is a few prices: Belt dresses $1.00 and up; dressing sacques 50cts and up. Call and see me. Mrs. W. F. Williams, 1510 North Third St. Here is the Place. J. T. ROBERT TONSORIAL PARLO All the Latest Style Hair Cuts, Shave strictly Up-to-Date. 438 MINNESOTA AVENUE KANSAS CITY, KANSAS RY MOND and Wholesale dealer in SUPPLIES ALL PURPOSE AT ALL HOURS ANCE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED ave. 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The system was adopted a few months ago, as it was found necessary to increase the capacity of the line, which takes all the matter for Roumania, southeastern Russia and a part of Bulgaria. The system works well at present, although the line is constructed of iron wire instead of copper. Good Luck for Turtles at Least Good Luck for Turtles at Least. The Chinese have a peculiar custom with regard to turtles, which they consider as very good joss. Almost any day one can see these creatures, some of them of huge size, being carried on board the river steamers, not to be taken to Canton for culinary puposes, but to be dumped into the sea and restored to liberty and freedom. Good luck is thought to follow.—Hong Kong Press. Good to Lick Baby With Later On. I saw lately a dainty and original gift for a young mother. It was called "a measuring stick for baby," made of white wood thirty-six inches long, and marked off into inches as accurately as a tape measure. Forgetmenots were painted down the side, and at one end was a hole in which was a ribbon bow and loop by which to suspend it.—Good Housekeeping. Moisture in Tobacco. The presence of moisture in tobacco is, the Lancet believes, of some importance to public health, since the combustion of tobacco containing a large proportion of moisture is impeded, while as the g eration of vapor is increased, so are the chances of the polsonous principle being carried into the mouth diminished. Early Japanese University. It will surprise most readers to learn from a recent Japanese writer that there was a university in Japan in the eighth century, with schools of ethics, mathematics and history, and that text books were employed dealing with such specialties as the diseases of women, veterinary surgery, and materia medica. Casting a Gloom. "Yes, for local talent, it was a first-rate entertainment," said the suburban resident, "and we made several hundred dollars for the hospital fund, but there was one little hitch. The town undertaker was down for a tenor solo, and he insisted on singing 'I'm Waiting for Thee.'"—New York Sun. Consider Dreams Revelations. Among the people of the east a dream is considered to be a direct revelation from God, and there are, in the Orient, even tr-day, soothsayers, or fortune tellers, who interpret dreams, just as the soothsayers did in bible times, and from dreams tell the future of the dreamer. Cancer Victims Well to Do Statistics show that cancer is more common among those who are accustomed to the refinements of life than among the very poor, and to care for such patients the doctors say that good surroundings are a necessity. Snakes in India. About 400,000 snakes are killed every year in British India. The fees paid as rewards annually for the destruction of beasts of prey and venomous snakes by the government of India amount to about $125,000. German Colony in Palestine Thirty-four years ago a German colony settled at Haifa, Palestine. Today all of the ninety families in are prosperous. They raise grapes and make wine free from alcohol, which is sold to the natives. Irish Ledger in Court. A ledger kept in the Irish language was produced at the Roscommon Assizes, in Ireland, and the witness had to go on the bench to translate the terms for the judge. Gravity. An observing schoolboy wrote this short essay: "Gravity was discovered by Izaak Walton. It is chief noticeable when the apples are falling from the trees." Novices Leave Convent Stealing the front door key from the pocket of the mother superior, three young novices escaped from the convent of Santa Clara in Lisbon and disappeared. Dogs May Ride in Berlin. Dogs are allowed to enter tramway cars in Berlin, but must be held in their master's laps and paid for as if they were human passengers. Credit Is a Necessity. As trade now stands, there is not enough gold out of the earth, if it were all coined, to transact the business of a day. Nationalities Among Russians. The Russian population represents 110 nationalities, the three great stock being Finns, Tartars and Slavs. Aluminum for Sharpening Cutlery. Aluminum is superior to any stone for sharpening cutlery. Denmark's Honey Exports. Denmark exports 2,500,000 pounds of honey a year. CAUGHT BY THE GRIP RELEASED BY PE-RU-NA. MISS ALICE DIEHLKE MR. SILAS & LINCOLN JUDGE HONNATO J. GOSS MISS ALICE DRESSLER MISS JANE COWGILL NON JAMES R. GUILL "The World of Medicine Recognizes Grip as Epidemic Catarrh."— Medical Talk. It spares no class or nationality. The cultured and the ignorant, the aristocrat and the paper, the masses and the classes are allike subject to the lappie. None are exempt—all are liable. Grip is well named. The original French term, la lappie, has been shortened by the busy American to read "grip." Without intending to do so, a new word has been coined that exactly describes the case. As if some hideous giant with awful grip had clutched us in its fatal clasp. Men, women, children, whole towns and cities are caught in the baneful grip of a terrible monster. Have you the grip? Or, rather, has the grip got you? If so, read the following letters. These testimonials speak for themselves as to the efficacy of Peruna in cases of the lappie or its after-effects: A Southern Judge Cured. Judge Horatio J. Goss, Hartwell, Ga., writes: "Some five or six years ago I had a very severe spell of grip which left me with systemic catarrh. "A friend advised me to try your Alexand J. B. Alexander Hilton. Alexander Hilton, formerly general passenger agent of the Frisco system, and prior to that, assistant general passenger agent of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis railway (now absorbed by the Frisco), has been advanced to the position of passenger traffic manager for both the Frisco and the Eastern Illinois systems, with headquarters in St. Louis. Mr. Hilton, besides being a broad, intellectual IOWA GROWN FIRE DRIED SEED COP Iowa Grown Seed Corn. Why don't you do the best varieties, with seed catalogue free. Don't Make two dollars where you now make one. J.B. ARMSTRONG & SONS, Seed COOOD SEED CORP make your farm pay. Send free, by mentioning this paper. (The Largest Seed Corn House in the World.) The Iowa GROWN FIRE DRIED SEED CORN Your neighbor has found that he can grow Iowa Grown Seed Corn. Why don't you do the same? Let us send you liberal samples of our variety, with seed catalogue free. Don't lay this paper down until you have sent them. Make two dollars where you now make one. Address. NO MONEY TILL CURED. 27 YEARS ESTABLISHED. We send Free and postpaid a 323-page treatise on Piles. Fishinis and Diseases of the Bacum; also 195-page treaties, treatise thallus. 1000s cured by our mold method, no paid a cure! till cured. we furnish thallus: www.application. DRS. THORNTON & MINOR. 3899 Olive Street. St. Louis. 0303 Oak St. Kansas City, Mo. La Grippe is Epidemic Catarrh. A Southern Judge Cured. Peruna, which I did and was immediately benefited and cured. The third bottle completed the cure."—H. J. Goss. Cured In a Few Weeks. Miss Jean Cowgill, Griswold Opera House, Troy, N. Y., is the leading lady with the Aubrey Stock Co. She writes the following: "During the past winter of 1901, I suffered for several weeks from a severe attack of grip, which left a serious catarral condition of the throat and head. "Some one suggested Peruna. As a last resort, after wasting much time and money on physicians, I tried the remedy faithfully, and in a few weeks was as well as ever."—Jean Cowgill. Saved by Pe-ru-na. Hon. James R. Guill is one of the oldest and most esteemed men of Omaha, Neb. He has done much to make it what it is, serving on public boards a number of times. He endorses Peruna in the following words: "I am 68 years old, am hale and hearty and Peruna has helped me attain it. Two years ago I had la gripe—my wife. I had saved of. Peruna saved me."—J. R. Gullah r Hilton. and, well-endowed gentleman, is also widely known as a successful and master railroader, respected in business for sagacity and fairness. As a passenger traffic man he has been widely known and justly popular. During the late world's fair he made a most enviable record, and is now president of the St. Louis association of general passenger agents. Mr. Hilton succeeds Bryan Snyder. Your neighbor has found that he can grow 20 bushels more corn per acre for your same? Let us send you liberal samples of our this paper down until you have sent for them,ress. Corn Growers, Drawer No. 21, Shenandoah, Iowa. We handle only the productive and well tested varieties. The fields and our stock are seed favors. Any quantity $1.00 per bus. and upwards. Our descriptive catalogue of corn and all kinds of Fruit and Garden Seeds, a book that will help us now. Always advised. Ratekin Seed Seed, Shenandoah, Iowa. FILL IN COURT 20 YEARS ESTABLISHED Cured In a Few Weeks. Saved by Pe-ru-na. HE REVISED THE RULES. Finally Budget Was Reduced to One Important Section. "Before we were married," cogitated the round-shouldered but otherwise upright man, as he proceeded with his task of drying the dishes, which his wife had left in an untidy state when she departed for the convocation of the sewing circle, "I concocted—in my mind—quite a long series of by-laws and regulations which should govern and shape our married life. There were rules and formulas calculated, so I believed, to fit almost any emergency that might arise; and from time to time I added codicils to it, as they occurred to me, till in the end it was a veritable constitution, duly authorizing two to live cheaper than one and happier than anybody else. "But shortly after the ceremony which made us two souls with but a single thought, as they say in stories, I began, little at a time, to amend the document—it was a mental one, as I said before—and, strange as it may appear, the more amendments I added the shorter it became, till now, after the lapse of fourteen years of wedded bliss, my constitution is so reduced that it is composed of only one section, which is as follows: "Section 1. What my wife says is law!"—London Tit-Bits. CHANCES ARE THEY WERE. Guest Asked for Soft-Boiled Eggs, but They Might Have Been Hard. The wife of an out-of-town clergyman had been away from home for a week and had left certain light household duties for her husband to attend to during her absence, among them the getting of his own breakfast. On her return she was dismayed to learn that a brother clergyman had come to visit him and had remained one night at the rectory. In fear and trembling she inquired into the details of his entertainment. "I took him with me to the boarding house for dinner," her husband told her, "so that part was all right; and I knew that you always kept the guest room ready for occupancy, so I was safe on that point. The only thing that I am not sure of having been satisfactory is his breakfast. He said on retiring that he would like to be called at 7 o'clock, and that all he would want to eat would be two soft eggs, so I put on the eggs at exactly 7, and then I called him. He never came down stairs until half-past 8, and there were his eggs boiling in the pot, and they may have been hard boiled for all I know."—New York Times. Welcome Home A New York custom house welcome described by an old lady: "The officer who meets you in the ship asks your name, address, what date you sailed from the United States, name of steamer, how many trunks you have, if you have brought any dresses or are talking any presents home. On the wharf the inspector opened my parcel of wraps, pulled out my nightgown, hot water bottle and leggings. "He then opened my handbag, looked into the little box where I keep my hairpins, also the box with the corn plasters, took my comb and brush out of the paper, looked into my bag with the sewing materials. Then my trunk was turned and he asked if everything was my own wearing apparel and no presents. "Took out some of the things on top, and everything wrapped in paper he opened. He was very suspicious of everything wrapped in paper. He wanted to know what that beret was you sent to J., and I told him it was my golf cap. As I am nearly 70, he looked a little surprised."—San Francisco Argonaut. An Office Idyl. Sing a song of shorthand. A shorthand of "pi"; Four and twenty letters. To be written by and by. When the Girl is ready. And the keys begin to sing. What a pretty pile of work. She to the Man will bring. Filial Sorrow. "The late William M. Evarts used to tell a good story about himself. While he was in the United States senate his wife and children were in their mountain home in Vermont. One of the latter was looking out of the window, thinking of her father, and wishing that she could see him, when a donkey in a contiguous pasture came to the fence, poked his head over the top rail, and brayed most dolefully. The child wiped a few lonesome tears from her eyes and then called to the donkey: "Never mind! Don't be lonesome, for papa will be home Saturday evening."—Philadelphia Record. Too Many to Remember A gentleman about to move out of the city and wishing information in regard to help called on a friend and said: "You've been living in the suburbs so long I suppose you've had considerable experience with servant girls?" "Well, yes," replied the other. "It's got so that when my wife is interviewing an applicant now she always begins by asking: 'Were you ever employed by me before?' If so, when and for how long?"—Philadelphia Ledger YEAR55 RAILROAD BUILDING. Falling Off of 25 Per Cent as Compared With 1903. Railway building in the United States shows a falling off of about 25 per cent compared with 1903, when 5,786 miles of new road were completed. miles of new road were completed. Official returns for the current year, not yet complete, shows that 4,168 miles of first track have been laid since January 1 last on 299 lines in 43 states and territories, says the Railwa Age. That there would be a decrease in new mileage this year was a foregone conclusion on account of the general business situation. There is a large amount of new work projected, much of which is still awaiting financing. The revival of business, however, since the presidential election has given an impetus to railway building which promises greater activity in 1903. While the day of parallel railroad building is practically over, there are many extensions and feeders projected which are needed to develop new territory, and much important work designed to shorten main lines and reduce grades and curves is planned. One of the large Western systems has comprehensive plans of this nature, and if this work is undertaken during the coming year it will mean much to contractors and dealers in material. According to the last edition of Poor's Manual, the railway mileage of the United States at the close of 1903 was 207,784 miles. The addition of the track laid during the past year makes the total main line mileage of the country in round numbers 212,000 miles. Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is adapted to both sexes and all ages. Cures kidney and liver complaint, and purifies the blood. 8 all druggists Silence is something more eloquent than a sermon. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure. J. W. O'Brien. 322 Third Ave. N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6. 1900. It is quite possible to grow sadder without growing any wiser. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cools wind colic. 250 a bottle The troublew ith a bore is that he never comes to the point. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES. Icthine Pillar Bedding at the wrist piles. Your drugstreet will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure you in 6 to 14 days. 50c. The man with a grievance is a grievance to others. Lewis“Single Binder” straight 50 cigar, made of extra quality tobacco. You pay 10c for cigars not so good. Lewis’ Factory, Peoria, ill. Never try to dictate to a woman—unless she is a stenographer. A Rare Good Thing. "Am using ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE, and can truly say I would not have been without it so long, had I known the relief it would give my aching feet. I think it a rare good thing for anyone having sore or tired feet—Mrs. Matilde Holtwert, Providence, R. L." Scld by all Druggists, 25c. Ask to day. Somehow or other the sermonette smothered in a concert never appealed to us on a Sunday morning. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. The ear is a mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is caused by the tube taken out and the tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing more than a mild infection. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Cataract Cure. Send our circulars, free of charge, to us. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. You can drive a horse even to a brewery wagon, but you can't make him drink. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the kitchen who is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because each 10c package contains 16 ozs, while all the other kinds contain but it is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must How Aboute je? When thou hast bet upon a horse And he has failed to go the route? Springs hope eternal in thy breast That he will will the next time out? TRADE MARK. THERE IS NOTHING more painful than Rheumatism and Neuralgia but there is nothing surer to cure than St. Jacobs Oil The old monk cure. It is penetrating, prompt and unfailing. Price 25c. and 50s. THE DISCOVERER Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, the Great Woman's Remedy for Woman's Ills. Yours for Health Lydia E. Pinkham No other female medicine in the world has received such widespread and unqualified endorsement. No other medicine has such a record of cures of female troubles or such hosts of grateful friends as has It will entirely cure the worst forms of Female Complaints, all Ovarian Troubles, Inflammation and Ulceration. Falling and Displacement of the Womb, and consequent Spinal Weakness, and is peculiarly adapted to the Change of Life. It has cured more cases of Backache and Leucorrhoea than any other remedy the world has ever known. It is almost infallible in such cases. It dissolves and expels tumors from the Uterus in an early stage of development. Irregular, Suppressed or Painful Menstruation, Weakness of the Stomach, Indigestion, Bloating, Flooding, Nervous Prostration, Headache, General Debility quickly yield to it. Womb troubles, causing pain, weight and backache, instantly relieved and permanently cured by its use. Under all circumstances it invigorates the female system, and is as harmless as water. It quickly removes that Bearing-down Feeling, extreme lassitude, "don't care" and "want-to-be-left-alone" feeling, excitability, irritability, nervousness, Dizziness, Faintness, sleeplessness, fatulency, melancholy or the "blues" and headache. These are sure indications of Female Weakness, or some de-engagement of the Uterus, which this medicine always cures. Kidney Complaints and Backache, of either sex, the Vegetable Compound always cures. Those women who refuse to accept anything else are rewarded a hundred thousand times, for they get what they want—a cure. Sold by Druggists everywhere. Refuse all substitutes. "HOT SPRINGS SPECIAL." Long looked for improved Train Service between Kansas City and Hot Springs, Arkansas, and return daily, is now provided for by the HOT SPRINGS LITTLE ROCK MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY FORT SMITH COFFEVILLE Rally. Arrive in Hot Springs to Break- nett, Neodesha, Independence (Kan.). Through Sleepers and Chair Cars special feature on this "Hot Springs This train connects at Little Rock and Southeastern Points in Arkansas, rortory. Press 10:30 p. m. Daily. arths, and all information, call or address Senger Dept. 901 Main St. and Kansas City, Mo. 440 Hikokory. Leaving Kansas City at 12:01 noon daily. Arrive in Hot Springs to Breakfast. This train runs via Paola, Garnett, Neodesha, Independence (Kan.), Coffeville, Ft. Smith and Little Rock. Through Sleepers and Chair Cars (all seats free) to Hot Springs. A special feature on this "Hot Springs Special" is the Elegant Dining Cars. This train connects at Little Rock with the Iron Mountain Trains for all Southeastern Points in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and all Mexican Territory. Hot Springs Night Express 10:30 p. m. Daily. For Excursion Tickets, Sleeping Car Berths, and all information, call or address E. S. JEWETT, Gon't Agent, Passenger Dept. 901 Main St. JOHN J. SHINE, City Ticket Agent Kansas City, Mo. Telephone 740 Hlokory. 60 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN WESTERN NADA REE THE FARMERS of the Free Homestead Lands of Western Canada Carry the banner for When Writing to Advertisers Please Mention This Paper. If afflicted, with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water THE LADY WHO IRONS knows how important it is 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE THE FARMERS on the Free Homestead Lands of Western Canada Canada, a land yields of wheat and other grains for 1904. 100,000 FARMERS Receive $55,000,000 as a result of their Wheat Crop alone. The returns from Oats, Barley and other grains, as well as cattle and horses, add considerably to this. Secure a Free Homestead at once, or purchase from some reliable land while lands are selling at present low prices. Apply for information to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Canadian Government Agent.-J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Salzer's National Oats Greatest oat of the century. Wished in Ohio, N.Y., in Michigan, 281, in Mo. 355, and in N. Dakota 310 bus. per acre. You can best that record in 1905. For 10c and this notice we mail you free loss of farm seed samples and our big catalog, tell- ing about our wonder and thousands of other seeds. JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO. WNU La Crosse, Wis. CONSTANT ACHING. Back aches all the time. Spoils your appetite, wearies the body, worries the mind. Kidneys cause it all and Doan's Kidney Pills relieve and cure it. H. B. McCarver, of 201 Cherry St., Portland, Ore., inspector of freight for the Trans-Continental Co., says: "I used Doan's Kidney Pills for back ache and other symptoms of kidney trouble which had annoyed me for months. I think and Doan's Kidney Pills relieve and cure it. H. B. McCarver, of 201 Cherry St., Portland, Ore., inspector of freight for the Trans-Continental Co., says: "I used Doan's Kidney Pills for back ache and other symptoms of kidney trouble which had annoyed me for months. I think a cold was responsible for the whole trouble. It seemed to settle in my kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills rooted it out. It is several months since I used them, and up to date there has been no recurrence of the trouble." Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents per box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Too Expensive. "Hello, Billson! Is it true that you are going to get married?" "Not much. I can't afford it." "But you draw a good salary." "Yes. But women spend so much these days I couldn't stand the pace. It costs too much to clothe them in the latest fashion." With which remark Billson lighted a 10-cent cigar, paid for two rounds of drinks and proceeded to lose seven straight games of billiards. Hard Luck. "Our postal service is becoming absolutely vile." "Why, I thought it was all right." "Well, it isn't. I swore off smoking New Year's day, and the next day I received a fine meerschaum pipe from a friend down east. He sent it by mail and it went astray and was gone more than a week." Procf Positive Northern Manufacturer—"It's monstrous, sir, to claim that the negro is not advancing. Why, sir, in your own state they have half a dozen weekly newspapers." Southerner—"How do you know." Northern Manufacturer—"Why, I—advertise my razors in them." HIS EXPERIENCE TEACHES THEM That Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure Bright's Disease. Remarkable case of George J. Barber—Quick recovery after years of suffering. Estherville, Iowa, Jan. 23d.—(Special)—The experience of Mr. George J. Barber, a well known citizen of this place, justifies his friends in making the announcement to the world "Bright's Disease can be cured." Mr. Barber had kidney trouble and it developed into Bright's Disease. He treated it with Dodd's Kidney Pills and to-day he is a well man. In an interview he says: "I can't say too much for Dodd's Kidney Pills, I had Kidney Disease for fifteen years and though I doctored for it with the best doctors here and in Chicago, it developed into Bright's Disease. Then I started to use Dodd's Kidney Pills and two boxes cured me completely. I think Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best in the world." A remedy that will cure Bright's Disease will cure any other form of Kidney Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills never fail to cure Bright's Disease Disqualified Citizen—"Sure it's little they'd know about politics. They waz barn here." Important to Mothers Important to mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bear the Signature of Charles H. Hutchins. In Use For Over 30 Years. Unanimous "Everything is getting higher these days," continued Snubbly. "That's right," replied Jaggsly, "I found the bottom of my coal house awfully close to the top this morning." 15 YEARS OF TORTURE. Itching and Painful Sores Covered Head and Body—Cured in Week By Cuticura. "For fifteen years my scalp and forehead was one mass of scabs, and my body was covered with sores. Words cannot express how I suffered from the itching and pain. I had given up hope when a friend told me to get Cuticura. After bathing with Cuticura Soap and applying Curticura Ointment for three days, my head was as clear as ever, and to my surprise and joy, one cake of soap and one box of ointment made a complete cure in one week. (signed) H. B. Franklin, 717 Washington St., Allegheny, Pa." Kansas Is Selfish. Governor Hoch, of aKnasas, is opposing pipe line propositions, and declares that "Kansas gas should be kept in Kansas." The proposition is a little selfish, as the rest of the country really enjoys a little Kansas gas now and then.—Washington Post. Not Changed in Any Way He—How did you find your friend whom you had not seen for two years? She—Oh, she had the same hat, the some dress and the same husband.—Flegende Bietter. Committee of International Congress Plans Thorough Educational Campaign. Early in October there was held in St. Louis, at the Hall of Congresses, in connection with the World's Fair, the American International Congress of Tuberculosis, which consisted of representatives gathered from all parts of the American continent, to discuss the best means of preventing and curing this dreadful disease. Special attention was given to the subject of prevention. The congress was in session three days. Many important questions were discussed and committees were appointed for the purpose of carrying forward an active campaign against this most terrible of all the foes of human life. The committee of publicity was charged with the duty of organizing a proper educational campaign in connection with Chautauquas, conventions, associations and fraternities of various sorts, for the purpose of placing in the hands of the public information relating to the best means of preventing and combatting this scourge. Those who are especially interested in this phase of the question should address for further information the American Congress on Tuberculosis, Committee on Publicity, 28 Thirty-Third Place, Chicago, Ill. Movement to Suppress Tuberculosis. Science has demonstrated beyond question that pulmonary tuberculosis or consumption of the lungs is both a preventable and a curable disease. This disease is produced by germs which find their way into the body through abrasions of the skin, through the mucous membrane of the mouth or the intestines and through the lungs. The germs of the disease are found in the sputum of persons suffering from tuberculosis. The germs are also found in the flesh and milk of animals suffering from the disease. The germs are found nearly everywhere. These germs cannot live in the tissues of a thoroughly healthy person, as the cells of the body are capable of destroying the germs, but when the body is weakened by indigestion, by the habits of breathing foul or bad air, by anything which impairs the health, the tissues lose their power to destroy germs so that when they enter the body they find lodgement, grow and develop and tuberculosis of the lungs, bowels or of some other part is the result. Statistics show that at least 150,000 persons die of this disease in this country annually. Four or five times that number of persons are sick all the time with this disease. Tuberculosis kills more than any other malady. Experience has shown that the disease is not incurable, as has been generally supposed, but is a very curable malady if taken in time, and if the right treatment is applied. Not less than one hundred thousand lives could be saved every year by the application of proper means for preventing and curing this terrible disease. Danger in Alcohol in Cold Weather Danger in Alcohol in Cold Weather. When the skin is warm it is red or pink in color. The cold air of winter causes the skin to become whiter in color. This is due to the contraction of the blood vessels of the skin. The amount of blood passing through the skin is decreased, and the amount of heat thrown off into the cold air is likewise decreased. If a glass of wine or brandy is taken the skin becomes red. The sensation of warmth produced is delusive. The victim imagines himself warmer. Indeed, the skin is warmer, but at the same time a great increase is observed in the heat thrown off from the skin. The result is an enormous loss of heat to the inside of the body. Dr. Parkes, the eminent English sanitarian, says: "All observers condemn the use of spirits, and even of wine or beer, as a preventive against cold." The names of Dr. King, Dr. Kane, Capt. Kennedy and Dr. Hayes may also be cited as holding to this opinion. In the last expedition in search of Sir John Franklin the whole crew were teetotalers. Prof. Miller states that the Russian military authorities "interdiet its use absolutely in the army when troops are about to move under extreme cold, part of the duty of the corporals being to smell carefully the breath of each man on the morning parade, and to turn back from the march those who have indulged in spirits, it having been found that such men are peculiarly subject to be frostbitten and otherwise injured." Dr. Carpenter is authority for the statement that the Hudson Bay company has, for many years, entirely excluded spirits from the fur countries of the north, over which they have exclusive control, "to the great improvement," as Sir John Richardson observed, "of the health and morals of their Canadian servants and of the Indian tribes." Health By Training. Health-getting, for the chronic invalid, is simply a matter of training, of health culture under favorable conditions, which include the discarding of all disease-producing habits, such as the use of tobacco, tea, coffee and all irritating, indigestible and disease-producing foods. The free use of flesh foods is no doubt a cause of liver and kidney disease, as well as of stomach disorders. The uric acid of flesh food is also a cause of rheumatism and gout, as well as nervousness and calculus. For substantial and permanent re covery, the best method is training. Weak muscles must be trained to act with energy. Weak nerves must be toned up and steadied. The weak stomach must be trained to normal activity and the whole body must be brought in harmony with the forces which make for health. Buttermilk for Consumptives Buttermilk is an excellent food for tubercular patients. It may be taken in the quantity of one to three quarts a day, according to the amount of other food taken. The patient may take two meals, three meals, or four meals a day, according to the quantity of food taken at each meal, and the kind of food. A safe rule is never to allow a consumptive to go hungry. He should eat whenever he has appetite, so that the full digestive power of the stomach may be utilized in furnishing the body with constructive material. Wanted—An. Annetite. Don't be without one. Why go to the dining room under protest. Don't try to buy appetite at a dollar a bottle. Earn it. One should enjoy eating and he will, if he has a natural appetite, such as comes to one who works for it. The outdoor life creates appetite, and a cold morning bath awakens the brain, lungs, heart, liver, stomach and the appetite. An ice bag over the stomach for half an hour before meals is a good natural appetizer for a bed-ridden invalid. Another method is a hot application over the abdomen for five minutes, followed by an ice rub over the same parts for one or two minutes. This not only produces an appetite but stimulates the flow of the digestive juices and thus furnishes the ability to digest. Diet for Tuberculosis The tubercular patient needs proteids, or tissue-building foods, but only just the amount which can be assimilated and utilized by the body. Any excess must be treated like poisons, and hence must be a burden to both liver and kidneys, and a waste of vital energy. Proteids must be taken, not only in moderate quantity, but in the purest form possible. The vegetable kingdom presents proteids in combination with fats in great abundance, and in nuts, which can be made easily digestible by thorough chewing or by proper preparation. The yolks of eggs afford also a combination of fats and proteids which is admirably suited to the tubercular patient. Milk, especially rich milk, is another food adapted to this class of patients when it does not produce "billiousness" through indigestion. Many tubercular patients have dilatation of the stomach. Such cases must avoid milk. Nearly all can take nuts if the right kind is selected and great care is taken with the mastication. Pecans, hickory nuts, almonds and filberts, pinons, or pine nuts are the best varieties. Half a pound of nuts may be taken daily by the consumptive, not only without harm, but with great benefit, if combined with other foods. A diet consisting of nuts, well-toasted bread and fruits is a perfect dietary for the tubercular patient. The yolks of a dozen eggs may be used in place of nuts. WHOLESOME RECIPES. Lentil and Nut Loaf—To one pint of rather dry lentil pulp add one cup of grated Brazil nuts and sufficient stale breadcrumbs to make a stiff mixture. Season with salt and sage if desired. Press into a bread tin and bake in a slow oven one hour or longer. Fruit Soup—Into one cup of warm water put one rounding tablespoonful of sago and cook in a double boiler one-half hour. Then add two or three whole cooked prunes, one-fourth cup stewed raisins, two tablespoonfuls stewed cranberries, one teaspoonful lemon juice and sugar to suit the taste. Allow it to heat until the fruit is hot, and serve. Vermicelli or pearl barley may be substituted for sago, and dried cherries, with strawberry and lemon juice, used in place of the fruits mentioned. Snowballs with Prunes—Steam rice one hour or until tender, then form into balls, with one large or two small prunes in the center. Serve with a hot sauce made by warming for a few minutes one-half cup of meltose, to which the juice of one lemon has been added and a little prune juice to make it of a consistency to pour easily. Banana and Nut Salad—Peel three bananas and slice thin; add one-half cupful broken (not chopped) walnut meats. Pour over this two-thirds cup of the dressing and mix well. Serve on platters garnished with lettuce leaves. Peas Croquettes—Boil until thoroughly done two cupfuls of Scotch peas. Rub through a colander and add two well-beaten eggs, a little minced parsley, a small grated onion, salt to taste and dry bread crumbs enough to make quite stiff. Form into croquettes, roll in beaten eggs and breadcrumbs and bake in oven about ten minutes. A cup of chopep walnuts will improve the croquettes. Savory Lentils—Cook two cupfuls of lentils until well done. Rub through a colander and add salt and sage to taste. To serve, heap in the center of the dish and pour tomato sauce around it. Two Rate Bills Introduced in the House Probably Prepared by Moody. WASHINGTON.-Two rate bills, said to have been prepared by Attorney General Moody, were introduced in the House by Representatives Esch of Wisconsin and Townsend of Michigan. These gentlemen are reputed to be the only Republicans on the House interstate commerce committee who really desire legislation affecting railroad rates. The two bills dovetall into each other and are obviously intended to be passed together. The Esch bill is an act conferring additional powers on the interstate commerce commission. It authorizes the commission, when rates are found unreasonable, to substitute just and reasonable rates, which must take effect within thirty days. The Townsend bill creates a court of transportation, which is to rank in a general way with the United States circuit court. It is to consist of a chief judge with a salary of $9,000 a year and four associate judges at $8,500, all appointed by the President. Try me just once and I am sure to some again. Defiance Starch. The sayings and doing of many a married man depend altogether upon the kind of a wife he has. Whopping Big Laundry Gulde—And yonder, ladies and gentlemen, that twenty-five story edifice is the renowned Flat Iron building. Visitor—Gee, what a big laundry. Salzer Seeds have a national reputation the earliest, finest, choosest the earth produces. They will send you their big plant and seed catalog, together with enough seed to grow 1,000 fine, solid Cabbages, 1,000 rare, luscious Radishes 1,000 gloriously brilliant Flewers. This great offer is made in order to induce these plants their warranted seeds— for when you once plant them you will grow no others, and. ALL FOR BUT 16C POSTAGE. providing you will return this notice, and if you will send them 28c in postage, they will add to the above a big package of the earliest Sweet Corn on earth-Salzer's Fourth of July—fully 10 days earlier than Cory, Peep o' Day, etc., etc. [W. N. U.] Good advice is well enough in its way, but a hungry man can't make a satisfactory meal of it. When Your Grocer Save he does not have Defiance Starch, you may be sure he is afraid to keep it until his stock of 12 oz. packages are sold. Defiance Starch is not only but contains any other Cold Water Starch, but contains 16 oz. to the package and sells for same money as 12 oz. brands. It doesn't pay in the end to get to the front by going back on your friends. Many Children Are Slokly Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, cure Feverishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders, Break up Cakes and Destroy Worms. At all Drugstigs. $2c. Sample mailed FREE Address Allen S. Olmsted, Ro. L. Roy, N. Variety. Philadelphia Man (with affected disgust)—"You don't live in Brooklyn, do you?" Brooklyn Man—"Only in the winter. I nsummer I go to my country house in Philadelphia." Interesting News It will interest all readers of this paper to hear that at last a genuine cure for -Constipation, Indigestion, Liver Complaint, Headache and Billiousness has been found in Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin. It is a pleasant, tonic purifying syrup, with a mild action and no bad after-effects. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails. Why He Was Jolly Jinks—"You ought to meet my friend Witties; most entertaining fellow you ever saw; bubbling over with humor; just chockful of jokes and furny stories." Blinks—"Indeed! Is he a writer of humor for the papers?" Jinks—"No. He's a reader of humor in the papers." Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in $ \frac{3}{4} $ -pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocery tries to sell you a 12 oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. Causes Folk Regret Representative Cook of the Missouri legislature says he was offered a bribe to vote for Niedringhaus. This is calculated to make Governor Folk wish he were back in the prosecuting attorney's office.—Omaha World Herald. He Feared Not. Blnks (as snow files)—I'm afraid, Barnes, that the train you're waiting for will be badly delayed. Barnes—No, it won't; my mother-in-law's on it—Omaha World Herald Courtland Is Waiting. When Kansas City secures a creditable union depot, Courtland will proceed to build a city hall.—Courtland Comet. Who Got the Whisky? It cost the ocunty $13 for whisky furnished the poor farm in December. And who drank the whisky?—Tongan- oxie Mirror. Wife Helps Him. County Cark Eaton has named his wife as deputy county clerk, and Mrs. Eaton has entered upon her duties.—Courier-Democrat. Big Pay Roll. Monday was pay day at the tank farm, and we understand the amount paid out to the laborers was about $6,000 - Humboldt Union. Senator Is Priminent.. Senator U. S. Griffin of the Jefferson-Douglas district, is one of the prominent members of the state senate.—Valley Falls New Era. Made a Discovery. The daily papers announce that coal is lower. It is. We discovered that fact when we went out and looked in our bin Saturday morning.—Hoyt Sentinel. Socialist Branch Growing. The Socialist branch of Pittsburg is growing at a rapid rate, the membership is now so large that the branch is seeking for a larger hall.—Pittsburg Kansan. Commissioners' Rights Attorney General Coleman has ruled that county commissioners can legally pay a commission to "tax ferrets" for turning up property secreted from taxation.—Vermillion Times. Then and Now. Some admirers of Governor Dockery of Missouri presented him with a cane the other day. Kansas Republicans caned Governor Bailey a year ago.-Scandia Journal. Married at Quenemo. Last Sunday morning at the Presbyterian parsonage occured the marriage of Miss Francisca Winter, of Neodesha, to Mr. W. W. McKay, of Kansas City.—Quenemo Republican. Bridge at Soldier S. N. Hayes has been awarded the contract to put in the rock abutments for the bridge one mile and a half north of Soldier. The steel bridge will be purchased February 4.—Soldier Clipper. Deputy Miss Leach The new register of deeds, Frank Leach, has appointed Miss Ethel Leach, his daughter, as deputy. Miss Leach has been a composer in the Perry Mirror office three years.—Oskaloosa Times. Cows Worth Feeding B. H. Ball sold $78 worth of butter from two cows last year besides having enough for home use. Eighty hens produced $77 worth of eggs and increased thirty in number. How's that?—Oskaloosa Times. Everybody Will Talk The Pant Teg telephone company have ordered their poles, which they expect to receive in about ten days. This line is 15$^3$ miles long with 36 patrons.-Lindon People's Herald. Meet at Toneka The State Temperance Union will hold its annual convention on the 15th and 16 th of February at Topeka. A very carefully prepared program will be given and noted speakers will be present to entertain all.-Scammon Miner. Will Carry the Vote The presidential electors met in Topeka and cast their ballots for Roosevelt and Fairbanks. The messenger who carles the ballots to Washington is paid 75 cents per mile mileage.—Beloit Times. Took the Oath On Tuesday, T. I. Eddy of Havensville was sworn in as representative of Pottawatomie county, succeeding J. W. Dunn of Onaga. R. P. Hayden of Wetmore succeeded J. K. Coding as state senator—Westmoreland Recorder. New Officers Named The county commissioners last week selected Dr. W. R. Breeding, county health officer; Frank Allen, court house janitor; P. D. Peril, of Clear Fork township, superintendent of county poor farm and Mrs. P. D. Peril, matron of the same.-Blue Rapids Record. The Boys Feel Good The Athletic club basket ball team of Osage City recently returned from a tour of eastern and central Kansas. The boys feel very good over the trip, as they won all games, having played in seven towns, some of the teams being the strongest in the state.—Melvern Review. Henry at the Helm Henry Ashford, who used to be devil and printer is this office, has leased the Galesburg Enterprise and is now at the helm. There is lots of hustle in Henry and he will make the Enterprise go if he gets half a chance. St. Paul Journal. What's the Difference? What's the difference, morally, socially and politically, between a champagne drunk in Kansas City with political chums and boosters, and a plain whiskey drunk in Parsons or Oswego? Perhaps some of those seeking favors from the appointive powers could tell. —Mound Valley Herald. Editorial Sympathy. Monday was a cold, stormy day and we people on the street had a feeling of brotherly sympathy for shivering hogs loaded in wagons and being taken to Wamego for shipment; the market was good and some thirteen cars of hogs and cattle were shipped to Kansas City from Wamego.—Louisville Live Buried Treasure These two words often describe the lost opportunities for facial improvement. Delve after impurities and bring out the best that nature can bestow. JOHN H. WOODBURY'S FACIAL SOAP TRADE FOR THE SKIN MARL SCALP AND Complexion JOHN H. WOODBURY is busy making facial fortunes, its free curative lather, acts as a balm while cleaning. INITIAL OFFER. In case your dealer cannot supply you send us his name and we will send prepaid, to any address for $1.00 the following toilet requisites. Together with our readable book! Beauty's Masque, a careful treatise on the care of the "outer self." Booklet free on application. THE ANDREW JERGENS CO. CINCINNATI, O. Does that woman live who can drive a lazy horse without slapping it with the lines about every ten feet? Smokers find Lewis' 'Single Binder' straight 50 cigar better quality than most 10c brands. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Some blondes are oxide and some are peroxide. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take a Bath. Put onaine tablets. All drugs return the money if it falls to theurer. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. Counting His Toes "What in the world are you doing with your shoes and stockings off this cold morning?" asked the mother of a bright youngster aged six. "Studyin' my lesson," answered the little fellow. "This old book wants to know how many four times five is and as I ain't got enough fingers I've got to count my toes, too." — Washington Post. A man begins to get some idea of how his wife works when he undertakes to dress the children in the morning. A GREAT SUFFERER LAY HELPLESS AND SPEECHLESS FOR HOURS AT A TIME. Sinking Spells, Headaches, Rheumatism, All Caused by Poor Blood—Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. When Mrs. Williams was asked for some details of the fearful illness from which she had so long suffered, she spoke as follows: "Ever since I had nervous prostration, about thirteen years ago, I have had periodical spells of complete exhaustion. Any excitement or unusual activity would throw me into a state of lifelessness. At the beginning my strength would come back in a moderate time, but the period of weakness kept lengthening until at last I would lie helpless as many as three hours at a stretch." "You were under medical treatment, of course?" "Yes, when I became so bad that I had to give up my housework, in May of 1903, I was being treated for kidney trouble, and later the doctor thought my difficulties came from change of life. I was not only weak, but I had dizzy feelings, palpitation of the heart, misery after eating, hot flashes, nervous headaches, rheumatic pains in the back and hips. The doctor did me so little good that I gave up his treatment, and really feared that my case was incurable." "What saved you from your state of hopelessness?" "In July of 1903 I had a very bad spell, and my husband came in one day with a little book which told of remarkable cures effected by a remedy for the blood and the nerves, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. He bought a box for me, and that was the beginning of my return to health. My appetite grew keen, my food no longer distressed me, my nerves were quieted, and my strength began to revive." "How long did you take this remedy?" "For two months only. At the end of that time I had regained my health and cheerfulness, and my friends say that I am looking better than I have done for the past fifteen years." Mrs. Lizzie Williams is now living at No. 416 Cedar street, Quincy, Illinois. The pills which she praises so highly, cure all diseases that come from im-poverished blood. If your system is all run down, Dr. William's Pink Pills are the very best remedy to take. Any drug-gist can supply them. Use Its Bark "Papa, have you heard that the hair of the dog that bites you will keep you from having fits?" "Yes, my son, the sheer is a legend to that effect." "Well, papa, what do you do in the case of a Mexican hairless dog?" Mrs. Jason—A chafing dish. You see, my husband is her husband a physician—Brooklyn Life.