The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. The Oldest Negro Paper devoted to the Race in this Section LIBERAL COMMISSION PAID RELIABLE AGENTS FOR THIS PAPER CALL HERE VOL 16 NO. 49 The Oldes LIBERAL COM 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 asleep. 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: 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? 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 hound 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 peit 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. sing for you as waters sing in gushing melodies, or as the birds Whose rapture soars on free, unfettered sing. If from life life might spring One song untrammeled of the net of words; Then might I praise you as my heart would praise; Nor gave 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 hearken, dreaming. Automatic Compass. M. Heit, a French inventor, has recently patented a compass which automatically registers minute by minute. The compass card is fixed on a steel pivot, which rests on a fixed agate, instead of having at its center an agate resting on a fixed steel point. The fixed agate is immersed in a drop of mercury, which serves as a conductor for the electric current that causes the movements of registering. Selects Wife's Toilets. It is a common thing in Paris for a man to accompany his wife to the dressmaker's. The young wife who has known no gayer attire than the coming-out gown of the jesire file needs careful advice as to her toilets, and her husband, if he be a certain type of man of the world, knows how to give it. Japanese Swords Best. The sword makers of Toledo and Damascus have been reputed to be the world's most famous artisans in this industry, but in Japan the swordsmiths turn out weapons whose blades are fully as green and as hard and composed of metal of as fine quality as those of the old swordsmiths. Superstitious Criminals All criminals are great believers in dreams. Some time ago, at Manchester, a daring thief awaiting trial told a warden he had dreamed that he had seen a rainbow. From this he deduced that he would be acquitted at his trial. To everyone's surprise he was. Hunting in Japan. The Japanese, always keen sportsmen, used to take most of their game with goshawks and sparrow hawks. The only dogs they used were spaniels, which flushed the game. But now they are taking to dogs, and many good animals are being imported from England. Liquefies Illuminating Gas. A German chemist named Blau has succeeded in liquefying illuminating gas. In that form it gives a good light, which is useful in country houses, railway trains, etc. It costs more than ordinary coal gas, but less than electric light. First Use of Bayonet The bayonet was first used by the French in 1671. It was first made in Bayonne, France, and was considered a very deadly weapon. The British army quickly copied it, and other nations promptly followed suit. One of Life's Tragedies When a bachelor sees a widow he shakes his head knowingly. When a widow sees a bachelor she shakes her head knowingly. Watching them is a spinster, who also shakes her head knowingly. Feminine Solace. Sorrow finds a fertile field in femininity. Strange, too, are the remedies sought. Many women, overtaken by calamity and grief, find a deep solace in having their photographs taken. Husband of Little Importance. Among some of the ancient Mexican tribes the husband left his people and dwelt with his wife's family, where he seems to have been considered of minor importance. Homes in Various Countries Italy and Spain have fewer houses in proportion to their population than any other country in the world. The Argentine republic and Uruguay have the most. Log Cabin Philosophy Spite of all de bright sunshine in dis worl', some mens will go roun' huntin' fer happiness wid a candle.—Frank Stanton in Atlanta Constitution. Why. Indeed? "Why," asked Willie, as he sat in the grand stand with his father, "do they call it football when they play with their heads, papa?" The first time a man is nominated for a back township office he thinks it is up to him to save the country from ruin. But He Has to Wait. Nothing would please the small boy more than the privilege of assuming the role of father to the man occasionally. A wise girl always pretends to be a little more daffy than the young man she is planning to face the parson with. Cure as Bad as Disease. Onions are recommended as a cure 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 pedagogue 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. 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. 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. Dealers In Hard and Soft Coal, Wood. Vault & Cesspool Cleaning. Gisterns Filled Tel. 215 West. LOCALS The Epworth League Society of the St James M. E. Church has been organized under the management of Miss. Adley Russell and is doing nicely. The funeral of Mrs. Lillie Walker who who died at the asylum Tuesday evening will be held Friday afternoon. Mrs. John. Wilson of 945 everett street is quite ill. The christian st. quire of 8th. and Eve rett. sung for Rev. Scott Kansas city mo at 21st. and Summit. The concert that was to be given at the A. M. E. Church cor.8th and State Feb. 14th was postponed to Feb. 22th. Well the new dentist has arrived and all the young ladies have something wrong with their teeth. Mr. Wash Aldrich. at the corner of Seventh and State is reported quite ill Rev. Plummer. is no better. Mrs. J. L. Dyson, who is visiting her mother in Danvill Va. is spending a very pleasant winter from zero wether. Mrs. Samuel. Walker. of 1035. Freeman ave. who has been for sometime at the Asylum in O' died the body will be brought here for burial. Mr. Preston an aged colord citizen of Everett. 1024' was stricken sunday. with Peralysis while regesting for the Primary Mrs. I. F. Bradley. entertained many friends in honor of her cousin who is at present visiting her from Kentucky. Mrs. Bullet. has been absent from school two days her son Richard. being quite ill with pneumonia. Mrs. Rroberson, mother of John, and Rev. Frank Wilson is quite ill at her home 943 Everett, avenue. Mrs. John, Williams is able to up and about again. Rev. P. Sutte's of Tennessee. is in the city sojourning. Little Pat. the twelve and half pound baby boy of Mr. and. Mrs. E. W. Gayd en. and grand son of Carrivue. Paterson is doing nicely in the Sea Foam block Mrs. Ben. Foster. of Oakland. avenue sustained quite an injury by falling the first week at this writing she is improv- Mr. Floyd. Ransom. formerly of this city but now of St. Joe. Mo. was the guest of Mrs. Lula. Johnson. cf State avenue several days the past week. Read the Cities Little Miss. Ella. Nealy. daughter of A. J. Nealy. of Lincoln school is having quite a pleasant time visiting her greatmother of Danvill. Virginia. The Olympia Club met at the resideno of Mrs. I. F. Bradley. 400 Haskol Avenue The Progress art Club meets Thursday eve, with Mattie Davis 8th and Jer-Jersey. EXECUTOR'S IN THE PROBATE COURT IN AND SS FOR SAID COUNTY In the matter of the Estate of Jane Redd Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the Last Will and Testament of Jane Redd, late of said County, deceased by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, date the 6th day of February A. D. 1905. Now, all persons having claims against the said Estate, are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said Letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such Estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said Letters, they shall be forever barred. I. F. BRADLEY executor of the Last Will and Testament of Jane Redd Deceased. First published Feb. 11th 1905 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In the District Court of Wyan dotte county State of Kansas. Mary Atkinson. Plaintiff. vs. J. B. Atkinson, Defendant. 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, 1904, file her petition in a certain action against you in the District Court in Wyandotte County State of Kansas saking for an absolute divorce on the grounds of abandonment and desation, and unless you demut, answer or otherwise object on or before the 30th day of January, 1905, the allegations therein will be taken as true and upon further proof thereof judgement will be rendered as prayed for in said pettition. JOHNSON and TOOLE. Attys. for Plaintiff., Wm. Needles, Clerk. IS IT OVER. The first engagement in the municipal pal battle has been fought and the victory won by T. B. Gilbert the present mayor. It was a short but vigorous battle with advantages all on, one side. Mayor Gilbert and his forces were in. had the advantage of time money and organization and field officers. No battle was ever pitting unorganized forces against organized forces, Saturday primaries in behalf of the present mayor can not be attributed as the desire of the people, but to the fact that the administration had the advantages and used them to a finish. It is to mayor Gilbert credit that he had some noble workers whom zero weather undounted, backed by a lavish expenditure of money. entire control of the machuery success was bound to be achieved. Now that the smoke is cleared away it is a question in the minds of the Negroes who are not identified with the administration and who hold no job, what is in sight for them? It is said with a tinge of the truth there is an organization among the prasent city, employees and that for their faithful work, all will be retained n their same places. Negroes being like White men look for the pie to go around Wether the Negroes will stand hitched is a question nothing being in sight except for those who now hold jobs. There were only two Negroes who aspired for elective offices and of course they were defeated. Now will the Negroes line up or will they seek representation at the hands of those who believe and know they are entitled to the same. Whatever is to be done, however smit it may look maoyor. Gilbert. has a mighty rocky road to travel if he would hold his eat in the mayor office. THEY SAY. Who is it. The widows home has admitted a widower. What terrible liars live some where and some place. Read this paper help it to expand. Well who would have thought it. Some folks have queer visitors. Poor old Sea Foam Block. Girls have you seen the new Dentist. Funny things and funny people. 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. O LIDAY GOODS A SPECIALT Call and See Me. 34 MINN. AVE. Kansas City, Kas Gentleman Desiring nice comfortable rooms in a nice locality. can find them neatly furnished at 750 Neb. ave. K. C. K. Mrs Belle Chrisman of 1419 N 5th St. has returned home frm Galena Kansas where she spent several weeks the guest of her sister Mrs King. 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 which is to have charge of the W.H.Baldwin memorial Fund, was announced tod ay as follows: You Should Read THE American Citizen this week because its there Woman Mountain Climber. By far the most expert woman mountaineer in the world is Mrs. Fanny Bullock Workman. In the Himalayas she has climbed to an altitude of 22,568 feet. On the same occasion her husband broke the world's record for men by 311 feet, by climbing 23.194 feet up a mountain 24,479 feet high. Mrs. Workman is of medium height, and there is nothing in her appearance to suggest the strength she FEBUARY 10 1905. his Section CALL HERE. LOOK BACK, COUNT THE LOSS When Energy Has Been Spent, Nerve and Brain Force Gone. Just look back over the day and see where your energy has gone. See how much of it has leaked away from you in trifles. Perhaps you have wasted it in fits of fretting, fuming, grumbling, fault-finding or in the little frictions that have accomplished nothing, but merely rasped your nerves, made you irritable, crippled you and left you exhausted. You may have drained off more nerve and brain force in a burst of passion than you have expended in doing your real work. Perhaps you did not realize that, in going through your place of business like a mad bull through a china-shop, you pulled out every spigot and turned on every faucet of your mental, and physical reservoir and left them open until all the energy you had stored up during the night had run off. Look back and see whether your scolding, fault-finding, criticising, nagging and what you call "reading the riot act" to your employees has helped you in any way or accomplished anything. No; you only lost your energy and self-control, your self-respect and the respect and admiration of your employees.—Success. HOW LONG ONE SHOULD LIVE. Insurance Experts Think Seventy Years About Right. Actuaries employed by insurance companies adopt a standard method of computing prospective ages of risks. To ascertain how many years a person of given age is ordinarily expected to live, the present age is deducted from 80, and two-thirds of the remainder will indicate the likely future span of life. Actuarial schedules are a unit in this system of calculation. In illustration of the above statement: Age 20 deducted from 80 years shows that 40 years is the allotment, while age 60 from 80, leaving balance of 20, represents that 13 years and 3 months should, in favorable routine, elapse before the insured individual's life is classified in the past-tense column. Thus it will be observed that insurance corporations go the biblical allowance of "three-score and ten" ten years better.—Chicago Journal. We Solicit Your Job Work Such al Cards Letterheads Billheads Counterbills Invitations Ladies Calling Cards Statements all kind of Bills, we will please you in both price and work. Mrs Flora Smotherman of 1512 N rd street is quite ill. Mr. James Bolden of 1512 N rd street is very sick. Writing for a newspaper is something like trying to preach a sermon, its mighty easy until you try it. If the sun had nothing else to do but to shine on the rightcous, it would' not have to rise so early in the morning. Notice of Final Settlement State of Kansas In the Probate Court in and for said County. County of Wyandotte IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLARA WILLIAMS SLEDGE DECEASED Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesid rent. 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 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 County 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. Young peoples meeting 6:30.p.m. Bibl Lesson 7.30.P.m.meeting Wednesday an Friday night. leaders Mrs L. E. Bullett Bettie, Page The World's Wanderers. Tell me, thou star, whose wings of light Splendid the night of the night. In what cavern of the night Will thy pinnions close now? Tell me, moon, thou pale and gray Pilgrim of heaven's homeless way. In what depth of night or day Seekest thou repose now? Weary wind, who wanderest Like the world's rejected guest, Has thou still the secret nest On the tree or billow? -Percy Byshe Shelley. The Glories of a Throne It has been shown that out of a list of 2,550 sovereigns 300 have been overthrown, 134 assassinated, 123 taken prisoners of war, 108 executed, 100 slain in battle, sixty-four forced to abdicate, twenty-eight died by their own hands, twenty-five were tortured to death, while twenty-three became mad or imbecile. This gives a total The Oldest Negro Journal Published Weekly in this part of the Country. PUBLISHED 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,4. 40. c One Month, 15. c Advertiseing 25 cts. Per Inch First Insertion. A Standing Display 'Add' for 3 Months or longer 15e 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, 1873. Grewsome Collection. A French professor is the owner of a collection of 920 human heads, representing every known race of people. Scarlet for Bachelor Maids. When an unmarried woman dies in Brazil the coffin, hearse and livery of the coachman are all scarlet. Cost of London's Paupers. Every year $4,000,000 is spent on the food and clothing of indoor paupers in London. Largest Building in the World. The Crystal palace accommodates more people than any other building in the world. it will hold 100,000. Trades in London. According to the late returns, there are 1,756 distinct trades being carried on in London and its suburbs. Berlin Land Values Double. The ground value of the city of Berlin is said to be worth twice what it was in 1887. The Indian rhinoceros is nearly extinct. There are two specimens in the London zoological gardens and two on the European continent. Very few are left in a wild state in India and Assam, and unless special measures be taken for their preservation they will soon disappear. Call and see H.S. Sykes and and A. Gooden maufactor of Pop corn in ball aud brick at 316 Oakland ave A Word To 1 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 warning 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 builped 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 h an, 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 Wyndott In the Probate Court in and for said 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 Wyndott and State aforesaid, on the first Monday in month of February, A. D. 1906. 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 Wyan- dotte,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. Res. 420 Nebraska ave. | Tel. 383 White. 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.. 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. But oftimes, when the lady sleeps. The husband wakes and weeps and weeps. And drones, as if he'd slipped a cog, "Why did I interrupt the dog?" —New Orleans Times-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 stifaction 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 "picking the locks of the heart with the nail of repentance." Travelers' Tricks Shown Un- 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腿-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," repilled the farmer; "gang awa' wi' 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 asts 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 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 inches 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 goblets, white and very beautiful. Condemns Linen Handkerchiefs Condemns Linen Handkerchiefs. Prof. Calmette, of the Pasteur Institute in Paris, is making wr 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 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 manried 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 Denlent's Return." This was obviously unintentional. Clannishness of Rooks. Rocks always inter-marry among themselves. If a rock 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 tollled by electricity. A single choir-boy can thus do the work which formerly took five men. What is the Answer? 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. 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. Callandbe convinced. Look over our assortment of clean,fresh goods. H. Krueger. 1100 North 3rd St. KANSAS CITY W. B.R. Manufacture UNDERTAKING FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGE AMBULANCE FOR THE Undertaking Rooms, 431 Factory Co. Kansas KANSAS 1510 Are Manufactors of ing Soap GIVE THEM One trial of their b convin RES 10 1s the best place in the a.m, to ii p.m, every ME Mrs. Thatcher the city and will please BUSINESS SPECIFIC CONE MORE on Watches CLOTHING B.R.RAY MO. Manufacturer of and Wholesale dealer in ERTAKER SUPPLIES CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSE AT A FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK A Rooms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone W Factory Cor 6 St. and Reynolds Ave. Kansas City Kansas SAS CITY SOAP 1510 N. 4th St. factors of the Best Grades of Toile- ing Soaps. A Home Institution THEM YOUR PATRO of their brand the Snowflake and convince you of their merits. RESTAURANT W. B.RAYMOND W. B.RAYMOND UNDERTAKER SUPPLIES KANSAS CITY SOAP CO. Are Manufactors of the Best Grades of Toilet & Wash ing Soaps. A Home Institution. One trial of their brand the Snowflake and Union will convince you of their merits. RESTAURANT 1012 N 3rd St. place in the city and will serve you o. m, everything is cooked to taste. MEALS 15 CENTS,. Chatcher the prop, is one of the best will please you, give her a call. MONEY to Loan Watches. Diamonds Je CLOTHING AND EVERYTHING Of Value Watches and Jewelry Sold on Paym AT CASH • PRICES. Claim Pledges For Sale Ch WATCHES AND JEWELRY REPAIRING Union Loan Office Minnesota ave. kansas|city EUROPPORTUN 1s the best place in the city and will serve you from 5,30 a.m, to 11 p.m, every thing 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. Money to Loan on Watches. Diamonds Jewelry. CLOTHING AND EVERYTHING Of Value 00000000000000000000000000000000 Watches and AT CA Unclaim P FINE WATCHES Union 427 Minnesot YOUR O T Ladies suits, d anything in the Dro Watches and Jewelry Sold on Payments AT CASH PRICES. 427 Minnesota ave. kansas city. kans. 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COHEN, PROPRIETOR. To Loan Diamonds Jewelry. TO EVERYTHING Value 000000000 ery Sold on Payments PRICES. For Sale Cheap. JEWELRY REPAIRING. Can Office. . kansas city. kans. ORTUNITY TO SAVE MONEY. monthly payments. Here is a 00 and up; dressing sacques me. Williams, Kansas City, Kansas A. M. HARPER, New and Second Hand Furniture, Carpets, Stoves, etc. 425 Minnesota Ave, KANSAS CITY. KANS. MME. L, F. JOHNSON, Shampooing, Manicuring, Massage and Scalp Treatment. Tel 733 W. A SPECIALTY. Duplex Telegraphy in Europe. The telegraph line from Vienna to Czernowitz is the longest line in Europe which uses the duplex system, being 630 miles long. 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 purposes, 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 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 paited 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 poisonous 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 to-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 Archives, 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 chiefly noticeable when the apples are falling from the trees." Novices Leave Convent 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 stocks 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. MIRRORS SAY some bitter things about people at times, and they talk to you to your face. Do you converse with your mirror? JOHN H. WOODBURY'S FACIAL SOAP TRADE FOR THE SKIN MARL. SCALP AND Complexion by its rare ability to nourish and cleanse the minutely constructed cuticle permits us to make a good looking-glass impression. 25 cents A CAKE. 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. 1 Cake Woodbury's Facial Soap. 1 Tube " Facial Cream. 1 " Dental Cream. 1 Box " Face Powder. Together with our readable booklet Beauty's Masque, a careful treatise on the care of the "outer self." Booklet free on application. BOSTON SYMPHONY SALARIES. They Vary According to the Man Engaged. The terms under which the Boston Symphony players are engaged are very various. The rank and file are for the most part under annual contracts for a season of twenty-nine weeks (of which twenty-four are devoted to the Boston concerts and five to travelling), at a salary of from $30 to $35 a week upward. The chief players—the first violin, or concert-master, and some of the other best violinists, the first 'cellist, the first performers on the other instruments—receive more, up to an annual salary of $5,000, with engagements of several years. Some receive weekly salaries of various amounts guaranteed for various periods of time beyond the regular season, sometimes as long as forty-five weeks in the year. The conductors have received salaries of about $8,000 or $10,000—From Richard Aldrich's "The Boston Symphony Orchestra" in the February Century. His Early Training. "I hadn't been in the saloon business a week," said the ex-pugilist, with an open-faced sigh, "when my place was pulled." "What was the trouble?" asked his friend from the west. "Same trouble I had when I was doing occasional stunts in the squared circle," replied the other. "I didn't know when it was time to shut up." A friendless man is one who is learning to play a cornet. A FELLOW FEELING. Why She Felt Lenient Towards the Drunkard. A great deal depends on the point of view. A good temperance woman was left, in a very peculiar way, to revise her somewhat harsh judgment of the poor devil who cannot resist his cups and she is now the more charitable. She writes: "For many years I was a great sufferer from asthma. Finally my health got so poor that I found I could not lie down, but walked the floor whilst others slept. I got so nervous I could not rest anywhere. "Specialists told me I must give up the use of coffee—the main thing that I always thought gave me some relief. I consulted our family physician, and he, being a coffee fiend himself, told me to pay no attention to their advice. Coffee had such a charm for me that in passing a restaurant and getting a whiff of the fragrance I could not resist a cup. I felt very lenient towards the drunkard who could not pass the saloon. Friends often urged me to try Postum, but I turned a deaf ear, saying, "That may do for people to whom coffee is harmful, but not for me—coffee and I will never nort." "At last, however, I bought a package of Postum, although I was sure I could not drink it. I prepared it as directed, and served it for breakfast. Well, bitter as I was against it, I must say that never before had I tasted a more delicious cup of coffee! From that day to this (more than two years) I have never had a desire for the old coffee. My health soon returned; the asthma disappeared, I began to sleep well and in a short time I gained 20 pounds in weight. "One day I handed my physician the tablets he had prescribed for me, telling him he had no use for them. He stayed for dinner. When I passed him his coffee cup he remarked: 'I am glad to see you were sensible enough not to let yourself be persuaded that coffee was harmful. This is the best cup of coffee I ever drank,' he continued; 'the trouble is so few people know how to make good coffee.' When he got his second cup I told him he was drinking Postum. He was incredulous, but I convinced him, and now he uses nothing but Postum in his home and has greatly improved in health." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look in each package for the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville." SHORT KANSAS ITEMS The Alliance Co-operative association at Wakefield, is building immense new coal sheds. Yates Center has a population of 2,169, which is a gain of several hundred over one year ago. The telephone company is making a number of connections in the towns surrounding Wakefield. The city council has canvassed the recent census and reports there are 2,047 people living in Lindsborg. Major Tom Anderson, of Topeka, is referred to by the Hutchinson News as the "prima donna of the Modocs." Anna M. Carlson, editor of the Lindsborg News, asks: "Did you ever pin your faith to an ideal and get scratched by the pin?" Congressman Reeder of the Sixth district, is making a special effort in the interest of irrigation, during the present session of legislature. Abilene is bragging of the fact, if it be a fact, that certain citizens of that place has received a cash dividend on a bunch of oil stock. C. D. Walker, of Atchison, is after the Republican nomination for mayor, and says if he once gets the nomination he will do the rest. T. J. Fredericks, a capitalist of Eldora, Ia, was in Baxter Springs, and other Kansas towns, recently, looking up a location for a bank. It is said that fruit growers in the vicinity of Lenora believe that the extreme cold weather of the past few weeks has ruined the prospect for a peach crop during 1905. According to the Vermillion Times, one of the most accommodating men heard of lately was he who killed himself in order to give his wife a chance to get $130 life insurance. Of course everyone knows what the able editor of the Emporia Republican was trying to say, but it was exasperating that the printer should make him refer to Booker Washington as "an expiring example." The newspaper men of Wilson are a little particular nowadays of what they say in their papers. A few days ago an editor there was shot and killed because he made sarcastic remarks about the city marshal. Abraham Scherling, of Inman, was "touched up" for his pocket book, containing $37, at the Union station in Kansas City, recently. A friend bought him a ticket home, as he was "a stranger in a strange land." "Tie yourself to a post some day," counsels the humane editor of the Jewell City Republican, "and let your horse go in and warm and loaf around for two hours. Then come to this office and tell us how you like it." Frank H. Chubb, of Hoyt, boasts of the fact that while making a trip from Hoyt to St. Joseph, with a car load of stock, he was favored with three wrecks, and yet came out of the scrimage without any broken bones. The obituaries of "Muskogee Red" which were printed in many Kansas papers five or six months ago turn out to have been premature. "Red" manifested himself in Coffeyville recently long enough to work the fraternal panhandle. The Canton Commercial Club believes more in work than promises and has raised money for the purpose of improving highways in McPherson county, believing such a step more profitable than the passage of good roads resolutions. The death of Samuel W. Forsha, of Greene county, in a Kansas City hospital, is much regretted over the entire Seventh district, where he was widely known and highly esteemed. He was Victor Murdock's leading opponent for the congressional candidate after the promotion of Mr. Bond to the senate. From all over the state comes the reports of various attacks of what is presumed to be the grip. The disease generally attacks different persons in different places. Most of them recover, but some of them die. The attack generally lasts from three to ten days. The following counties in Kansas have organized county high schools: Atchison, Chase, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford Decatur, Dickinson, Gove, Labe.,e, Montgomery, Norton Potawatamie, Scott, Sheridan, Sherman, Sumner, Thomas, Cheyenne and Lane. All of these county high schools have arranged courses of study which meet the requirements for admission to the freshman class of the state university. The next time that Myra McHenry, discipline and imitator of Carrie Nation, dares the assistant county attorney, with headquarters at Winfield, to put her out of his office, she will probably be yanked out of the room, either standing or sitting. On a recent occasion the attorney in question carried her out of his office while she was sitting in her chair, which had been courteously tendered her before she began her tirade. Miss Jessie Perry of the Eldorado Republican was in Topeka the other day and wrote a "piece" about it for the folks at home. She concludes: "Next to the governor, Mr. Stubbs is the most important personage here. He is a big man in every way and will go higher. The weather is fine and everybody is on the streets. Have no criticisms to make, but I do wish ladies would not pick their teeth in public. That might do in 'darkest' Arkansas, but in enlightened Kansas—never. Eldorado ladies never think of doing such an impolite thing." The state flag presented to Senator Miller two years ago has been returned by him to the state. The Carbondialian suggests that if anybody else in Osage county has anything in their possession that was given to them, by either the house or the senate, in years gone by, it will be a good dea to return it to the state. It is probable that a law will be passed by the Kansas legislature permanently prohibiting the killing of quail in any part of the state at any time of the year. The same law will also probably contain a provision that native hunters will be required to take out a $1 license and non-residentrly required to pay $15 for a license. UTICA FENCE TOOL & BUTTON PLYER UTICA DROP FORGE & TOOL CO. Largest Makers of Nippers and Plyers YOU BUY ONE GET NINE TOOLS 2 WIRE CUTTERS, 1 WIRE STRETCHER 2 HAMMERS, 3 STAPLE PULLERS, 1 WIRE SPLICER. HAMMER WIRE SPLICER WIRE CUTTER ASK YOUR DEALER FOR IT! UTICA DROP FORGE & TOOL CO. UTICA N.Y. U.S.A. 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"I used in all eight or ten boxes, and when I stopped I had got back my regular weight and a good healthy color and the gain has lasted. I can eat what I please without discomfort. My nervousness is entirely gone, and, while I had constant headaches before, I very rarely have one now. I cheerfully recommend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to women who suffer as I did." Mrs. Stone was seen at her pretty home in Lakewood, R. I., where, as the result of her experience, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are very popular. These famous pills are sold by all druggists. A book that every woman needs is published by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. It is entitled "Plain Talks to Women," and will be sent free on request. When a man constructs air castles he is apt to have lofty views. WANTED—One person in every community to represent old well-known house. Good income. Send address. Donohue Co., 425 Dearborn St., Chicago Senator Spooner's Conundrum. Senator Spooner has been getting a lot of fun out of a conundrum which was recently propounded to him. It is cleverer than most things of the kind and the senator enjoys trying it on others to see whether they will fall, as he did. This is the conundrum: 'Which has more feet—one cat or no cat?' Of course everybody gives it up whereupon Mr. Spooner gives the answer: "No cat, of course. One cat has four feet. No cat has five feet." A pretty girl says many a young man knows where to stop doesn't know when to go. NO SLEEP FOR MOTHER Baby Covered With Sores and Scales —Could Not Tell What She Looked Like—Marvelous Cure by Cuticura. "At four months old my baby's face and body were so covered with sores and large scales you could not tell what she looked like. No child ever had a worse case. Her face was being eaten away, and even her finger nails fell off. It itched so she could not sleep, and for many weary rights we could get no rest. At last we got Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The sores began to heal at once, and she could sleep at night, and in one month she had not one sore on her face or body—Mrs. Mary Sanders, 709 Spring St., Camden, N. J." tI is hardly ever worth while to know more than the man you want to like you. NEARLY ALL SURVEYED. Interesting Facts About the Indian Territory. With the exception of the small reservation in the northeast corner, the entire area of the Indian Territory has been surveyed and mapped on the scale of 1 to 125,000 by the United States geological survey. The atlas sheets made from these surveys have served as a guide in the preparation of a recent bulletin published by the survey, which is entitled "A Gazetteer of Indian Territory." In it is given the location of every village, town, creek, river, hill, railroad and reservation in the territory, with the name of the atlas sheet on which it may be found. Mr. Henry Gannett the author of the bulletin, has also written an introductory chapter to the gazetteer proper in which he relates many interesting facts concerning the territory. The total population of the territory in 1900 was 392,060, of which not less than 302,680 were white, 52,500 were Indians, and 36853 were negroes, either former slaves of the Indians or their descendants. The chief industries of the Indian Territory are farming and cattle raising. The rainfall is ample and the soil rich and nearly every crop produced within the limits of the United States can be raised in the territory. The prairies of the Cherokee nation have been in large part leased to cattlemen and enormous herds of cattle range over them. In 1900 the number of farmers in the territory was 45,505, and 15.4 per cent of the territory was under cultivation. The average size of the farms was 100 acres, considerably larger than the average in the United States.—Kansas City Journal. 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Women in Our Hospitals Appalling Increase in the Number of Operations Performed Each Year-How Women May Avoid Them. Miss Ruby Mushrush Mrs Fred Seydel 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? Thresher more corn per acre by planting best varieties, with seed catalogue free. Don't lay this paper down until you have sent for them. Make two dollars worth of ARMSTRONG & SONS Seed Corn Growers Book No. 21, Shannon Imagery. Going through the hospitals in our large cities one is surprised to find such a large proportion of the patients lying on those snow-white beds women and girls, who are either awaiting or recovering from serious operations. Why should this be the case? Simply because they have neglected themselves. Ovarian and womb troubles are certainly on the increase among the women of this country—the creep upon them unawares, but every one of those patients in the hospital beds had plenty of warning in that bearing-down feeling, pain at left or right of the womb, nervous exhaustion, pain in the small of the back, leucorrhoea, dizziness, flatulency, displacements of the womb or irregularities. All of these symptoms are indications of an unhealthy condition of the ovaries or womb, and if not heeded the penalty has to be paid by a dangerous operation. When these symptoms manifest themselves, do not drag along until you are obliged to go to the hospital and submit to an operation—but remember that Lydia E. 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He drew the short term, which only lasted a couple of months, so he determined to lose no time. He caught the presiding officer's eye and with his formidable voice proceeded to deliver a speech. Edmunds gazed with astonishment at the orator and then asked his neighbor: "Is that a member of the house?" "No, it is a senator," was the reply. When did he get in?" further inquired Edmunds. "He was sworn in yesterday," was the response. "Sworn in yesterday and making a speech today," mused Edmunds. "Well, I guess it is time for me to quit." Then he got his resignation ready. What the average man doesn't know is that he doesn't know half as much as he thinks he knows. ness, sleeplessness, melancholy, "allgone" and "want-to-be-alone" feelings, they should remember there is one tried and true remedy. The fol. owing letters cannot fail to bring hope to despairing women. 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"I understand," began the large, scrappy-looking politician, "dat youse had a piece in your paper callin' me a thief." "You have been misinformed, sir," said the editor, calmly; "this paper publishes only news."—Cleveland Leader. $66.00 per M. Lewis' "Single Binder," straight 50 cigar, costs the dealer some more than other 50 cigars, but the higher price enables this factory to use higher grade tobacco. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. There are times when the so-called fatal gift of beauty looks as if it had been purchased at a bargain sale. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Lakze Bromo Quiline Tablets. All drug gifts refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. drive signature is on each box. Exc. Women who dress their hair to look like wigs are the limit. This issue carries advertisement of the Utica Black Bull Three Prong Wire Fence Repair Kit and Butter Pipe. The tool is well and substantially made. And is the handiest thing on the farm for this class of work. It can be purchased from any hardware store or direct from the factory at Utica, N.Y. Needed More Time. "And I suppose you're a very good little boy?" "That's wot! Wy I only got out o' the reform school yiddy." Simple Remedies Best Astrology and the War Astrology and the War Windfall for the Waiter A Notable Missouri Duel The Stars and Stripes! It may be said, with little fear of contradiction from those who know the facts, that if a cast iron law for bidding the use of any drug whatever in the treatment of headache could be enacted and enforced there would be much less misery for the coming generation than there is for this. A sufferer from repeated headaches who has found a means of relief in "headache powders" or other even less harmful drugs may dispute this assertion, but the victims of some drug habit or the friends of one whose heart, poisoned by acetanilid or antipyrin, has suddenly ceased to beat before its time will look at the matter from another point of view entirely. During the Spanish war numbers of would-be recruits were rejected because of a weak heart, and in the epidemic of pneumonia which ravaged the country last winter an unusual number of deaths occurred from failure of the heart to meet the added strain. Although various causes have doubtless been at work to weaken the hearts of the present generation, there can be no question that one potent influence has been the indiscriminate use of headache powders. In all cases of habitual headache A Japanese newspaper recently received in this city tells a remarkable story of the part played by astrology in the present war with Russia. It states that Japan has for many years looked forward to a war with Russia, and the Mikado got the opinions of the most noted astrologers in his realm as to the most favorable time to begin hostilities. It seems the old science of astrology is still regarded in Japan as a valuable aid in determining the affairs of life, and the various aspects of the planets are studied with great care. In astrology every country is ruled by a certain sign of the zodiac, and the fortunes and misfortunes of any country can be determined by the beneficent or malefic planets as they pass through the country's zodiac sign. The sign of Aquarius rules Russia, and when the Mikado's astrologers were consulted about five years ago they at once gave it as their opinion that the most opportune time to begin war would be when the evil planet Saturn passes through that sign. Saturn's influence is very male- From time immemorial the umbrella has been considered any and every man's property and subject to a different ownership at any minute, all depending upon circumstances. The average honest man will stoop to confiscate an umbrella and pass by a thick wallet which might be beside the rain protector. It may be readily understood, therefore, the strong temptations which surged through the hearts of a party of four men who were about to leave a prominent Broadway hotel the other night after a comfortable dinner, when the waiter rushed after them and asked: "To which of you gentlemen does this umbrella belong?" at the same time extending a handsome ivory-handed affair, evidently a Christmas gift. "It was on the floor beside your table," explained the waiter, "so I The Walker-Marmaduke duel of 1862, although fought outside the state, is listed among Missouri duels on account of the prominence of Gen. John S. Marmaduke, who afterward became governor. Mr. Smith, the historian, says that the duel was fought on the banks of the Arkansas, seven miles below Little Rock. The quarrel arose a few days before Price's evacuation of Little Rock. Gen. L. M. Walker and Gen. Marmaduke each held the rank of brigadier general, but Walker outranked Marmaduke on account of seniority of commission. A cavalry engagement had taken place at Reed's bridge in which the federal forces were repulsed, but Marmaduke took exceptions to Walker's conduct on the field and practically accused him of cow- recurring periodically, a physician must, of course, be consulted, that he may find the cause—eye strain, disease of the ears, nose, stomach or other distant organs—and remove it if possible. But the separate attacks of headache have to be relieved if severe, and in these cases it is better not to resort to drugs unless the drugs are taken under the special guidance of a physician. In the congestive headache, marked by throbbing and made worse by stooping or lying down, a cold towel or an ice bag applied to the head, a hot water bag to the spine, a mustard foot bath—one or more—will often give relief when many drugs fail. In the anaemic form of headache marked by pallor, in which the pain is made less severe by lying down, massage of the head or the application of warm cloths to the head and face will often be found grateful. A threatened bilious headache may sometimes be warded off by a dose of epsom salts, as may other headaches due to "autointoxication," and one due to overuse of the eyes or eye strain will usually, if taken at the moment of the first warning, be arrested or mitigated by closing the book and going for a walk.—Youth's Companion. fic, and astrology has it that any person or country afflicted by that planet's influence is doomed to fail. Saturn passed into the sign Aquarius last year and remains therein two and a half years. By retrograde motion the planet has now reached the fifteenth degree in that sign, wielding its powerful influence against the fortunes of Russia in favor of Japan. Considering the success Japan has so far had in the war, the prophecy of the Japanese astrologers has been in part fulfilled. However, Japan must win before Saturn passes from Aquarius into the next sign, Pisces, for then the influence of evil will have passed away from Russia and Japan's chances against her would not be so favorable. In order to accomplish this Japan is pushing the war with all possible speed, feeling secure in the belief that the stars are on her side, while Russia, with all her resources and vast army is for the time helpless because of the celestial influence operating against her. Students of astrology all over the world are watching the outcome with great interest.—Exchange. take it for granted it must belong to one of you." For an instant there was a pause. None in the party was the owner and each knew it; but the umbrella temptation almost conquered. To an eye witness it seemed that every man was about to claim the prize, but each apparently dreaded that one of the others would speak first and thus arouse suspicion in the mind of the waiter. Finally the elder man of the party found voice enough to say reluctantly: "No, it doesn't belong to anybody here." Then all breathed heavily and went out. As they passed through the door the spokesman was heard to say savagely: "I'll bet that blank waiter will keep that umbrella himself."—New York Press. issouri Duel ardice. He refused longer to serve under Walker and the latter, fearing he would lose the respect of his soldiers, challenged Marmaduke to personal combat. The challenge was immediately accepted, with Col. Robert H. Crockett and Maj. John C. King the seconds of Walker and Capt. John C. Moore and Capt. William M. Price of Marmaduke. Coit's navy revolvers at fifteen paces were used. All six chambers were to be loaded and the firing continued until empty or one party fell. At the word both fired simultaneously and missed. Marmaduke was the first to fire the second shot, at which Walker fell mortally wounded. Marmaduke was arrested, but, since his services were needed, he was soon restored to his command. Built of the hills and the plains and the lakes, With her great sky for its dome. And 'rah for the stretch of the eagle's wing That covers this Western world: And all hurrah for the sand in his crew And the flag that shall never be furled! The battle line, the bloody breach. Have seen its folds of flame Where dripping steel and the shrapnel's screech And though heroes fell in a rain of hell— Yet never a man forsook it! Then it's steady, boys—ready, boys— For the banner of liberty! The flag that blesses hill and plain And kisses the bounding sea. Light of the hopeless, hope of the world. Mankind it ever shall bless; It will shed its light till the world is bright And its shadows never grow less! George F. Vett, in Leslie's Weekly. BISHOP OWES HEALTH AND LIFE TO PE=RU=NA. Ministers of All Denominations Join In Recommending Pe-ru-na to the People. Public speaking especially exposes the throat and bronchial tubes to catarral affections. Breathing the air of crowded assemblies, and the necessary exposure to night air which many preachers must face, makes catarral especially prevalent among their class. Peruma has become justly popular among them. BISHOP L.H.HALSEY. The Bishop's Strong Tribute to Pe-ru-na. L. H. Halsey, Bishop C. M. E. Church, Atlanta, Ga., writes: "I have found Peruna to be a great remedy for catarrh. I with this terrible disease for more than twenty years, until been using Peruna, which has relieved me of the trouble. "I have tried many remedies and spent a great deal of money for them, but I found nothing so effectual in the cure of the great medicine, Peruna. "I feel sure that Peruna is not only a triumph of medical it is also a blessing to suffering humanity. 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