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.51 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. A Mr. 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 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 untrammeled of the net of wings; Then might I praise you as my heart would praise; Nor grieve though song should leave numb dumb through after days. 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 jeresie file needs careful advice as to her toilers, 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. Liguefies 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. 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. 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. 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?" Otherwise, the "Big Head." 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. Ruse of Courtship. 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 for indigestion, but as yet there has been no cure discovered for onions. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING, DEAD. JACKSON Died Feb. 20th 1895. Mr. Edward Laurry of 1608 N 3rn St, who has been very sick for more than week is improving. Ten years have flown in to the silent past bearing with them the cares and sorrows of an unfortunate and persecuted race. In the annals of this peoples history no star shines out in greater brilliancy than that blotted out on Feb. 20th 1895. Green in memory, loved by a race appreciated by a nation wife a tear from dimmed eyes though dead the qualities of the grand old man Hon. Frederick Douglass. are worthy of emulation. Garfield. Wiggins. Charley. Hines TomShinall Curtis. Johnson. the quartet of the Alabama babes sang at the Orpheum Thursday in the after noon. Wm. Lindsay, of greenriver Ill. is in The city visiting his relitive mr Lindsay is thinkig of locating in this city. 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. Kansas City As mentioned in our last issue the Seperate High School bill applying only to Kansas City, Kansas passed both the House of representatives and the Senate and as no one save a few ever doubted was signed by Governor Hoch, and now is a law. It has been the republican party that the Negro has always turned toward when in the mire and clay. It is to them, in days past and gone that the race has looked to. for all that tends to advance and insures equal rights and justice. There can be no dodging behind Democracy in the case of the High School bill so when you are looking for a shelter beneath the Wings of some political party keep this in mind as American citizens more than deeply affected by all that makes men, men we have long contended that the negro since the most he has is his ballot. he should vote intelligently and like the white man, there must be a union of forces among the negro along all lines and there is no delaying EXECUTOR'S NOTICE 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 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 beef of such Estate; and that if such claims are 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 Wyandotte county State of Kansas. Mary Atkinson. Plaintiff. No. 18297. vs. J. B. Atkinson, Defendant. The State of Kansas to J. B. Atkinson, Greeking:— You are hereby noified that the plaintiff in the above entitled cause did on the 22nd day of September, 1904, die 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 desolation, and unless you damu, 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 petition. JOHNSON and TOOLE. Attys, for Plaintiff.! Wm. Needles, Clerk. By D. C. McCombs, Deputy. IN THE PROBATE COURT IN AND SS FOR SAID COUNTY. LOCALS [ The Democratic pramarie will be he ld to morrow and than the battle will soon begin. The funeral of Mrs. Woodfolk. of Riverview was held Sunday after noon from the Mount. Pleasant. Baptis church. Mrs. N. D. Darnell. of 1006. Neb. Ave will spend sometime in Chicago. soon The annual sermon of the Knights o Pythian and Court of Calanthe of the Eastren and western Hemisphere. was at the A. M. E.'church sunday afternoon Sir. George. R. Gear. officiating an other excellent program was rendered. Mrs. E. Butler. of 1006. Nebraska Ave is contemplatling visiting soon in Tenn. where she will spend severl weeks with her parents. Miss. Evelyn. Thompson, of K. C. Mo made our office a pleasant call this week Kev. P. M. Mack. went to Boonville Mo. where he will spend several days and will go to Goochmill Mo, in the interest of his church before he returns home. The St. James M. E. Church. A reception will be given at St James M. E. church, Monday night Feb. 27th in honor of Rev. L. E. Hayes, who will leave for conference Tuesday Feb. 28. The rally on Sunday Feb. 19 was a great success both spiritually and financially. Rev. T. J. Moppins preached the afternon sermon, there was three addition to the church. Rev. T. J. Moppins of the C. M. E church has resigned his charge on the account of ill health and will leave for the South for a few weeks. The Knights of Pythias held their anniversary exercises at the A. M. E. church last Sunday afternoon. The matron concert was a success in every particular. Rev. A. M. Ward received a sprained ankle Monday while out attending to his duties. The Sorosis Club of the 1st Christain church met with Mrs Jackson 935 Neb. avenue. The young people spent an enjoyable evening. Dont forget the Mozart at the Christain church every Thursday. We are glad to know that Miss L. White of 1236 State street is still improving. Those who are looking for nice rooms and good board or room with out board will to well to call at No 1413 N. 5th street, room from $3 to 3'50 per week. J. C. Dickens Proprietor. It is about a settled fact that W. W Rose will be the democrat nominee for mayor of Kansas. City. Kansas. he is a rather live personage and is a hustler who will be heard. Dr. C. H. C, Jordan is meeting with a great practice in the two cities, and is constantly receiving calls from the most wealthyest families who live several hundred miles from here. He had a call this week from Mr. R. C. Witt of Ridgeway Mo. who is suffering from the effect of Gall Stones. Dr. Jordan has proved his self to be a success in the treatment of all such deseases. If President Rooselt was in town he would surely buy this Jewelery from us. The finest line of God and Silverware in the city. Watches, Diamonds, Opera Glasses and Every thing kept in an Up-to-date Jewelry Store. OL DAY GOCDS A SPECIALT Call and See Me. Gentlemn Desiring nice comfortable rooms in a nice locality. neatly furnished at 750 Neb. ave. K. C. K. You Should Read THE American Citizen this week because its there FEBUARY 24 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 a 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. Notice of Final Settlement State of Kansas In the Probate County in and for said County. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLARA WILLIAMS SLEJGE DECEASED CLARA WILLIAMS BLEDGE DECEASED Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesidr estate, are hereby notified, that at the next regular team of the Prabate 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 Mareh 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 dotele, 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. Bibi 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 Speed thee in thy fiery flight. In what cavern of the night Will thy pinions close now? Tell me, moon, thou pale and gray Fell in platterless homeless way, In what depth of night or day Seekest thou repose now? Weary wind, who wanderest Like the world's rejected guest, Hast thou still some secret nest On the tree or billow? 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 of 905 whose reigns have ended miserably. American Citizen The Oldest Negro Journal Published * Weekly in this part of the Country. ee ee at 1510 Norh 3rd Street KANSASCITY = KANSAS W. C. Martin Editor, Geo. A. Dudley, Publisher & Bus‘ness Manager. eee crane es Terms OF SubscriptioninAdvance. One Year, sc. 0.cs..shcss <2.- 2 8L00 Six Months,................ 65 cents Throe Months,*..............62..+.40.¢ One-Monthi,. ses sees NB Advertiseing % 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 100 at the Post office at Kansas Clty, Kansas under the Act gf congress of March na ape Grewsome Collection, A French professor is the owner of ‘@ collection of 920 human heads, rep- resenting 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. ‘Céut of London's Paunave. Every year $4,000,000 is spent on the food and clothing of indoor pau- pors 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 Ber. Un ts said to be worth twice what it ‘was in 1887. ‘The Indian rhinoceros is nearly ex- tinct. There are two specimens in the London zoological gardens and two on the European continent. Very few aro left in a wild state in India and Assam, and unless special meas- ures be taken for their preservation they will soon disappear. Call and see H.S. Sykes and and A, Gooden mauufactor of Pop corn in ball and brick! at 316 Oakland ave A Word To ou ~ The lack of proper appreciation of the efforts of Negro newspaners make in an uphill business to maintain the standard of excellence desired by those in the bus- ines. Just why the race is so utterly slack. in giviog to their own the proper patronage is one of the unsolved myster- ies. Bach day and week bring to us the waruing of being a unit in behalf of our own salvation. It takes something besi- do wind to publish the most weakly of weeklies. If every [Afro-American fami- y would pledge themselves to stand by an organ buplishediin their behalf. just one year,the results would be unbeliev- ed we ask thecolorad brother to wake up ook around and observe,see if you ean - not discern that the signs of the times don’t speak in thundering tones for al the public advocates of our interests han, why wait do your part by sabserip. ng getting your neighbors to do the same vnd watch tha good results. Notice of Final Settlement. State of Kansas. + Cotyot Wyandotte {% In the Probate Court in and forisaid County In the Matter of the Estate of Joba R-Snitt Deceased. Creditors and all other persons interested In the uforesafa estate, are hereby notified, that at the next regular term of the Probate Court nand for said County. to be begun and held at the Probate Court room. in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte and State aforesiid, on the frst Monday in month of February, A. D, 195, I shall apply to said Court fora full and final settlement ot sald estate. « Jawes D,Surrn, Administrator of the Estate John R. Smith, Decensed, In Witness Wnereof, the undesigned Pro- bute Judge in and for the County of Wyan- dotte,State of Kansashave hereto set my hand, und affixed ‘the seat of the sald Probate Court this 24th day of December, A. D, 1904, Winfield Freeman, Probate Judge. Res.420 Nebraskaave, | ‘TeL.383 White. SOUTH AMERICAN MEDICAL = INSTITUTE Office Houro: From 10 a. a, till 4 p.m. * and from 6 till 9 P.«., C.HC. JORDAN. M.M.M.D.. eeote Ave. Karese City,K LEE A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN. His Religion a Strong Trait of Great ‘Soutiors “aadbe. Fe ee ee Capt. Robert B. 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 confed- eracy. 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 bat- tle 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 80 peaceful. What a glorious world Almighty God has given us! How thankless and ungratefur we are and how we labor to mar his gifts!"—Chi- cago News. YOUTHFULNESS OF THE MIND. Enjoyment and Zest for Life Not Con- fined to the Young. Youthfulness is a quality very dif- ficult 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 keennoss of their enjoyment and in their fresh outlook than many of one’s acquaint- ‘ances 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 en- joyment and zest for life equal to that experienced in early years. Youthful- ness 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 weari- some companion, while one with a keen sense of enjoyment adds to the well-being of others a thousand fold. — Exchange, alge a 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 gaves And Would no hero run to save? Well, we should smile? For at her ery ‘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 Tne dog forsook with perfect gracet ‘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 cox, “Why did i interrupt the dog?” —New Orleans ‘Times-Democrat. Silicate ert Jack Sheppard had a great hold upon the imagination of the people of his timie. The fact that 200,000 peo- ple 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!” be ‘gan 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 gentus shown tn housebreaking might have been be ‘stowed upon “picking the locks of the heart with the nail of repentance.” | “Siaalanet tebe ea wea Re Sots boar EE Cra, ee RO reer oh i eae ‘Many have looked with awe upon suit cases and steamer'trunks covered with labels of every size and color, and thought enviously of the advan- tages the traveled owners of such bag- gage 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 shat- tered and battered and labeled with & 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 ‘@ man or woman can be born with or acquire. That is to say, good charac- ter. There has never been a time and there will never be a time when char- acter will count for nothing in the building of suecess. It is one thing that no misfortune, no calamity, no continued run of ill Iuek 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 ar rived late and was reluctanty compel: e@ to stay for the night at a hotel. ‘The maid, on showing him to his bed. Toom, said: “Good night, sir; would you prefer hot bath or @ cold bath tomorrow morning?” “Hoots, lassie,” replied 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 cigestion 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 iasts more than ten minutes, and is followed by a greater degree of fatigue than would have existed if they had not been in- dulged 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 % and 76 degrees beiow are not un- kmown, But at Verjohansk the aver age for January, 1885, was 69.9 de grees below zero, and the mercury at one time dropped to 90.4 degrees be- low, the lowest on record anywhere | in the world. Bia Seede 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 18 feet high and 11% inches ‘in cir- ecumference. The flowers are as big @s goblets, white and very beautiful. Condemns Linen Handkerchiefs. Prof. Calmette, of the Pasteur In- stitute in Paris, is making wer on linen handkerchiefs, which he con- siders a great source of infection. Tie suggests the use of specially con- structed wallets for Japanese paper handkerchiefs, with separate divisions for the new and used ones. The lat- tez are to be burned. Must See to His Own Safety. | At several points on the Great East- ern railway in England the line crosses rivers by means of swing bridges. ‘The bridge-keeper is com: pelled to ride across on the engine, so that if he has not locked the bridge securely, and any accident should fol low, he will pay the penalty for his own negligence. Watch Children’s Eyes. Children in schools should be care- fuliy watched in order to guard against trouble with the eyes, as shortsightedness is becoming yearly 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 mar ried daughter, “is the merest guft. Why, I've been down the bay at all hours of the day and night, and the water always comes the same die tance up the side of the boat.”—Baltt more American, ebkenn aoc: A man who can’t understand a wom: an’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 stand: ard pet thrown in, for $4,79, marked down from $5.—Baltimore American. Not Meant to Be Humorous. A few years ago a well-known bish- ‘op martied his second wife, and, re- turning home after his honeymoon, announced a series of sermons, the title of the series being {The ~eni- tent's Return.” This was obviously unintentional. Clannishness of Rooks. Rooks 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 com- municants numbered only one in eighteen of the population; now the Proportion is one in fifteen, deli IR Ri Rae ata ‘The twenty-two-ton bell at the Sacre Coeur church in Paris is tolled by electricity. A single choir-boy can thus do the work which formerly todk five men. What Is the Answer? Maybe love is blind, as the old saw says, but it has been generally ob- served that the pretty girl, as a rule, is the one that gets married first, Barbers Cannot Talk. A European hairdresser, appreciat- ing the extent of the evil of talkative barbers, advertises that all his assist- ants are deaf dnd 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 ay and 35 cents to hire a man. ee are ae -Of 10,000 British seamen, sixty-six ‘are lost at sea every year. Hibernating Mosquitoes. Mosquitoes hibernate like bears dur 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 ima first class grocery also Fresh an Salt meats and country produces. The most‘reason- able of prices. MANY HOLIDAY GOOD THINGS ASPECIALTY. Call’and;be convinced. Look{fover'our assort- ment of clean,‘fresh goods. H. Krueger, 1100 North 3rd St. KANSAS CiTY, KAS Yr j if Ty i] . it 1 Manafacturer of and Wholesale dealer in UNDERTAKER SUP?LIES FIRST-CLAS® CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSE AT ALL HOURS |aumvcaxce FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THESICK AND WOUNDES Undertaking Roms, 431 Minnesota ave. —_‘Leleppone West 82. , Factory Cor 6 St. and Reynolds Ave. Kansas City Kansas KANSAS CITY SOAP CO. 1510 N, 4th St. Are Manufactors of the Best Grades of Toilet « Wash ing Soaps. A Home Institution. GIVE THEM YOUR PATRONAGE One trial of their brand the Snowflake and Union will convince you of their merits. | : eo eee a EIN Bh WWI BD WY PORES AOR NT, 1012 N 8rd St. 1s the best place-in tne city and will serve you from 5,30 a.m, to 1p. 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 COO Of Value TooToo Watches and Jewelry Sold on Payments AT CASH PRICES. Paci peaees bon Sale eee Union Loan Office. 427 Minnesota ave. kansas\leity ®kans. TO SAVE MONEY. Ladies suits, dressing sacques, aprons and in fact anything in the Dressmaking line MADE TO ORDER. é and sold-on weekly and monthly payments. Here ig a few prices: Belt dresses $1.00 and up; dressing sacques 50cts and up. Call and see me. one Mrs..W. F. Williams, 1510 North Third-St. Kansas City, Kansas Here is the Place, _ J.T. ROBERTS TONSORIAL PARLOR, A the Latest Style Hair Cuts, Clean = Shave strictly Up-to-Dete. E 438 Minnesora Avenue. A. Tl. HARPER, New and Second Hand Fur- niture, Carpets, Stoves, ete. 425 Minnesota Ave, KANSASCITY, - —-KANS, ete” MME. L, F. JOHNSON, Shampooing, Manicuring, Massage and Scalp Treatment. Tel.733 W. 4 SP3ECtIaurs Duplex Telegraphy In Europe, ‘The telegraph line from Vieana tg Czernowitz is the longest line in ny rope which uses the duplex system being 630 miles long. The systen was adopted a few months ago. as 4 was found necessary to increase the capacity of the line, which takes aj the matter for Roumania, southeasters Russia and a part of Bulgaria. ‘Thy system works: well at present, gp though the line is constructed of ig wire instead of copper. Good Luck for Turtles at Least, ‘The Chinese have a peculiar custom with regard to turtles, which they con, sider as very good joss. Almost any day one can see these creatures, som of them of huge size, being carrieg on board the river steamers, not to be taken to Canton for culinary puposes, but to be dumped into the sea ang restored to liberty and freedom. Goog luck is thought to follow.—Hong Kong Press. Good to Lick Baby With Later on T saw lately a dainty and origina) gift for a young mother. It was callej “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 pait ted down the side, and at one en4 Ww. @ hole in which was a ribbon boy and loop by which to suspend it~ Good Housekeeping. Moisture in Tobacco. The presence of moisture in tobacco is, the Lancet believes, of some in Portance to public health, since the combustion of tobacco containing 4 large proportion of moisture is im peded, while as the g eration of vapor Is increased, so are 16 chances of the poisonous principle being car ried 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 ethies, mathematics and history, and that text books were employed deal ing with such specialties as the dis eases of women, veterinary surgery, and materia medica Meta a ealenins “Yes, for local talent, it was a first rate entertainment,” said the suburb an 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 cast dream is considered to be a direct revelation from God, and there are, in the Orient, even to-day, sooths ers, or fortune tellers, who interpret dreams, just as the sooths.yers di in bible times, and from dreams tal the future of the dreamer. Cancer Victims Well to Do. Statistics show that cancer is mon common among those who are accit tomed to the refinements of life that 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 killel every year in British India. The feet paid as rewetds annually for the de struction of beasts of prey and ver} omous snakes by the government of India amount to about $125,000. German Colony in Palestine. ‘Thirty-four years ago a German ce! ony settled at Haifa, Palestine. To day all of the ninety families in « fre prosperous. ‘They raise raps and make wine free from alcobd, which is sold to the natives, filet icaes in Court, ; A ledger kept in the Irish langustt ‘was produced at the Roscommon 4” sizes, in Ireland, and the witness hil) to go on the bench to translate tM terms for the judge. Gravity. An observing schoolboy wrote til short essay: “Gravity was diso0t ered by Izaak Walton. It is chieti noticeable when the apples are {al {ng from the trees.” Novices Leave Convent. Stealing the front door key trom Pocket of the mother superior, thr young novices escaped from the o vent of Santa Clara in Lisbon and a appeared. Dogs May Ride in Berlin. Dogs are allowed to enter tramvit ears in Berlin, but must be held # their master’s laps and paid for asf they were human passengers. Credit Is a Necessity. As trade now stands, there is 1 enough gold out of the earth, it were all coined, to transact the bit ness of a day. Nationalities Among Russians. The Russian population represet 110 nationaitties, the three great #18 being Finns, Tarta~s and Slavs. | Aluminum for Sharpening Cutlery Aluminum is superior to acy fer sharpening cutlery. Denmark’s Honey Exports. Denmark exports 2,500,000 ef honey a year. HAD CATARRH THIRTY YEARS. Congressman Meekison Gives Praise to Pe-ru-na For His Recovery. J. H. CONGRESSMAN MEEKISON PRAISES PE-RU-NA. Hon. David Meekison, Napoleon, Ohio, ex-member of Congress, Fifty-fifth District, writes: "I have used several bottles of Peruna and I feel greatly benefited thereby from my caurth of the head. I feel encouraged to believe that if I use it a short time longer I will be fully able to eradicate the disease of thirty years' standing."—David Meekison. ANOTHER SENSATIONAL CURE: Mr. Jacob L. Davis, Galena, Stone county, Mo., writes: "I have been in bad health for thirty-seven years, and after taking twelve bottles of your Peruna I am cured."—Jacob L. Davis. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman. President of the Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus, O. PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED. 27 YEARS ESTABLISHED. We send FREE and postpaid a 323-page treatise on Piles. Fistula and Disease of the Bactera; also UCS-pages illita. treatise on Diseases of Women. Of the thousands cured by our sold method, none paid a cuffill cured - we furnish their names on application. DRS. THORNTON & MINOR. IOWA GROWN FIRE DRIED SEED CORN Your neighbor has found that he can grow 20 bushels more corn per acre by planting our best varieties, with seed catalogue free. Don't lay this paper down until you have sent for them. Make two dollars where you now make one. Address. Real Frenzied Finance "Why do you stand in this one place?" asked the department store attache. "I am watching these people at the bargain counter getting their change. I never before realized what frenched finance meant."—Washington Star. Midlions In Outs Salzer's New National Oats yielded in Mich. 240 bu., in Mo., 255 bu., in N. D., 428 bu., and in 30 other states from 150 to 300 bu. per acre. Now this Oat if generally grown in 1905, will add millions of bushels to the yield and millions of dollars to the farmer's purse! Homebuilder Yellow Dent Corn grows like a weed and yields from 157 to 260 bushels and more per acre! It's the biggest yield on earth! Salzer's Speltz, Beardless Barley, Macraon Wheat. Pea Out, Billion Dollar Grass and Earlett Cane are money makers for you, Mr. Farmer. JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 10c in stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crusse, Wis., and receive their big catalog and lots of farm seed samples. [W. N. U.] Trying the East Cure No, she married a poet." If you don't get the biggest and best it's your own fault. Defiance Starch is for sale everywhere and there is positively nothing to equal it in quality or quantity. Many a first class kitchen mechanic has been made over into a thirty-second class actress. Princess Victoria has been operated on for appendicitis. When her zapa had the malady they called it perity- philitis. Hundreds of dealers say the extra quantity and superior quality of Defiance Starch is fast taking place of all other brands. Others say they cannot sell any other starch. Many a man and woman get married and live happily ever after getting a divorce. Afflicted with sore eyes, use KIDDER'S PASTILLES. SKOWELL & CO., Mfrs. A Sure relief for Asthma. Sold by all Druggists, or by mail, 35 cents. Charlestown, Mass. RISO'S CURE FOR COBER WHEEK HILL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Else Cough Use. in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION W. N. U., KANSAS CITY, NO. 8, 1905. BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH SYRUP cures coughs and colds. Should the development of the study of toxins and anti-toxins render possible the production of an anti-body capable of neutralizing the results of muscular fatigue, the consequences could hardly be predicted. Yet a German investigator seriously claims to have taken more than one step in this direction already, and publishes results that are at least surprising. An authority says he has obtained a stable anti-toxin, which when taken by the mouth in moderate doses, permits the output of an increased amount of muscular energy without fatigue, and when taken continuously causes a sense of general bien etre and augments the capacity for work. He commends his preparation to clinicians as a promising analectic for convalescents, neurasthenics, etc. This fatigue antitoxin is obtained from horses by injecting them with fatigue toxin produced in the muscles of animals that have been subjected to extreme muscular exhaustion. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the dissection portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and is based on an inpatient or constitutional remedies, and is administered by an inpatient or mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or intolerance, is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases of deafness are treated by Catarst, which is an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces, but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces, given one Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness and another Hundred Dollars for cured by Hall's Catarst Cure. Send for circulars, CHENY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists. 256 Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. A man's wife believes every word he says—if he is in his sleep. Don't you know that Defiance Starch besides being absolutely superior to any other, is put up 16 ounces in package and sells at same price as 12 ounce packages of other kinds? Gorky Has Many Friends. The Literature-loving people of the world are urged to importure the czar to save Gorky. Gorky must be getting fine material for a novel and ought to be allowed to write it. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children's Home in New York, cure Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30,000 testimonials. At all Druggists, 35c. Sample FREE. Address A.S.Olmsted, LeRoy, N.Y. New Province in China. A new province has been formed in China. China does not want other powers to divide her, but she does not mind slicing herself up a little. There should be a law to prohibit weak-minded people from impersonating real actors on the stage. A cat has no use for a king if there is a mouse in sight. VARIOUS IDEAS AS TO HADES Heathen Conceptions of the Infernal Regions Previously Horrific Regions peculiarly horrible. "I am writing," said an author, "a monograph on the infernal regions as the heathen races of the world have at different times imagined them. "The infernal regions of Buddhism are horrible. They comprise a great bell and 136 lesser hells. In these hells, according to the sculptures of the Buddhist temples, men are ground to powder and their dust turned into ants and fleas and spiders. They are pestled in a mortar. The hungry eat red-hot iron balls. The thirsty drink molten iron. "Islamism says of the infernal regions: 'They who believe not shall have garments of fire fitted to them; boiling water shall be poured on their heads and on their skins and they shall be beaten with maces of iron.'" "In the Scandinavian mythology the mythology of Odin and Thor, we are told that 'in Nastrond there is a vast and direful structure with doors that face the north. It is formed entirely of the backs of serpents, wattled together like wickerwork. But the serpents' heads are turned toward the inside of the hall and they continuallyend floods of venom, in whichvade all those who commit murder or forswear themselves.'" "In the past the Christian idea of the infernal regions was as hideousas the heathen idea, and in their sermons clergym loved to describe hell. The present tendency, however, is toavoid discussion of this place—to dwell upon the gentler and more lovely side of Christianity." WORKS OF ART LISTED. Spanish Government Keeps Track of Famous Paintings. A man who unexpectedly came into fortune not long ago found among his new belongings three pictures. They were painted by a Spanish artist eminent in his lifetime and of increasing fame since his death. Before he had had time to become accustomed to the joys of possession he was startled by a communication from the Spanish government severely official in appearance and language. He knew enough Spanish to make out that it was an inquiry into his identity, the condition of the pictures and the date on which they came into his hands, and not, as he at first feared, a challenge of his right of ownership. In due time he learned that in conducting this inquiry, the Spanish government was following its usual course in regard to the notable painters of Spain. Every picture of importance painted by a Spanish artist is accurately described in the catalogue compiled under government supervision, and each incident of its history is noted in the record. The fact that a change of ownership of these pictures in New York was known so soon in Madrid shows with what vigilance these records are kept. - New York Sun. HARD TIMES FOR BABIES. Frequently Made Martyrs to Old Established Customs. Even in some civilized countries babies still have hard times. In parts of Flanders the mothers wind linen cloths around the heads of their children because it is considered beautiful there for girls to have flat temples. In parts of France there is still a worse custom. The style in heads there is to have the back of the skull as flat as possible, so a board is strapped to the back of the infant's head. In Brittany many houses have a pole fastened in the floor. Attached to this is a movable arm that is free to turn completely around the upright The babies are strapped to this arm, and are expected to amuse themselves by lurching around and around in a ring. The Breton peasants imagine that it teaches them to walk, and they don't seem to care that it makes their legs bandy. Floored William Leary of New York, "the original Roosevelt man," was apologizing for the length of time that some booms require to mature. "A boom," he said, "is not like a pan of dough. You can't set it to night and have it full blown in the morning. A boom is a long and tedious piece of work. "The man who complains about a boom's slow growth is as unjust and unreasonable as the man who complained about the length of time it took his wife to put up her hair. "Hang it all," he said, 'why do women require such a tremendous long while to do their hair in? It only takes me ten seconds to do mine.' "That, John," his wife retorted, 'is one second per hair. If I worked at that rate you'd soon know what waiting means, dear." Coldness of Spring Water "It is a fact," remarked the head of a certain fascinating soda water department, "that spring water keeps older very much longer than ordinary river water, such as is served through Philadelphia water pipes. You can make the test, even in summer, by going to Fairmount park, drawing a jug of spring water, bringing it home and putting it in your cellar. Not only will it not get warm during the trip to your house, but it will remain much colder than will hydrant water drawn and kept beside it for a number of hours. This is said to be due to the lack of warm animal matter in the spring water which is filtered through the earth at a low rate, it's a great pity we couldn't have just water here in Philadelphia."—Philadelphia Record A Marvel of Relief ST. JACOBS OIL For Lumbago and Sciatica CANADA'S NEW RAILROAD. It Will Span the Country and Will Cost $125,000,000. The length of the main line—the new transcontinental railroad in Canada—from Moncton to Port Simpson, is estimated at three thousand, five hundred miles. It is expected to cost in the neighborhood of one hundred and twenty-five million dollars, of which sixty-five millions are for the Eastern section, to be built by the government, and sixty millions for the Western section, to be built by the railway company. In addition to the main line, there are several projected branches, some to connect with the principal towns and cities to the south of the railway, and others to open up new districts still farther north. Nothing here has been definitely decided, but it is practically certain that, in the East, branches will connect the new transcontinental railway with Montreal, Toronto, Sault Ste. Marie and Fort William; while in the West branches will be built to Regina, Calgary, Prince Albert and other important centers in the wheat and ranching districts. In British Columbia, connection will probably be made with a line running north from Vancouver, and a branch line will run north to Dawson City. A possible development of the future may be a branch from some point on the Eastern section extending northward to Hudson Bay. Railways to Hudson Bay have been projected and chartered time and again during the past ten or fifteen years, but have always fallen through because of the immense expense involved, and the uncertainty as to the forthcoming of prorits for many years after completion. With the new transcontinental road opening up so much of Northern Canada, the cost of a branch to Hudson Bay would be very materially reduced, and its commercial success correspondingly increased.—From "Success Magazine." A. Minor Defect Weaver—What do you think of my verses? Bilkins has the face to say they are not pretty! Grumple—They come mighty near it, then. They at least possess two of the three leading elements of poetry. The lines begin with capitals, and end with rhymes. The only thing that is lacking is the ideas, that's all. —Boston Transcript. THE NEIGHBORS ALL USE THEM NOW. Quick Cure of Rheumatism by Dodd's Kidney Pills. How They Saved the Shop of a Kansas Blacksmith—Cure was Permanent too. Goodhand, Kan., Feb. 20th.—(Special)—So quick and complete was the cure of N. E. Albertson, a local blacksmith, that it almost seems like a miracle. He had Rheumatism so bad he feared he would have to give up his shop. One box of Dodd's Kidney Pills drove away all the pains and they have never returned. Speaking of his cure Mr. Albertson says: "I had Rheumatism in my shoulders and arms for years. Part of the time it was so bad I could not sleep at night. My arm hurt so that it seemed I would have to give up my blacksmith shop. I went to the drug store and bought one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills and took them. I have not had the Rheumatism since. A great many of the neighbors are using Dodd's Kidney Pills since they saw how they cured me." New Province in China A new province has been formed in China. China does not want other powers to divide her, but she does not mind slicing herself up a little. Now and Then Some thorough and careful physician invents, in his practice, some special medicine, that proves so universally successful whenever prescribed, that he proceeds to place it before the public to be reached through the newspapers. This is the history of Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin. For years, prescribed by Dr. W. B. Caldwell for constipation, and all disorders of liver, stomach, and bowels, it was at last manufactured on a large scale, and is now the most successful medicine in the world for these diseases. A pure, scientific tonic, laxative syrup; pleasant to take and perfect in results. Try it. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails. A New Point of View For once the Russian authorities are disposed to underestimate the losses inflicted by their troops.-Chicago News. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take lazard down. Outline. Indicate. All groups refund the money if it fails to cure. E.W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. Solid business man are not of necessity hard characters. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. All women follow the fashions—some a long distance behind. Much valuable information free about band instruments; write for the new catalogue to-day. JENKINS' MUSIC HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO. Miss Snowflake—"What did Jim Jackson git married for?" Miss Wash-tubb—"Lawd only knows—he keeps right on workin'"—Puck. Health of American Women A Subject Much Discussed at Women's Clubs- The Future of a Country Depends on the Health of Its Women. Mrs. T.C.Willadsen MissMattie Henry Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Succeeds Where Others Fall Truths that Strike Home Your grocer is honest and—if he cares to do so—can tell you that he knows very little about the bulk coffee he sells you. How can he know, where it originally came from. In each package of LION COFFEE you get one full pound of Pure Coffee. Insist upon getting the genuine. (Lion head on every package.) At the New York State Assembly of Mothers, a prominent New York doctor told the 500 women present that healthy American women were so rare as to be almost extinct. This seems to be a sweeping statement of the condition of American women. Yet how many do you know who are perfectly well and do not have some trouble arising from a derangement of the female organism which manifests itself in headaches, backaches, nervousness, that bearing-down feeling, painful or irregular menstruation, leucorrhoea, displacement of the uterus, ovarian trouble, indigestion or sleeplessness? There is a tried and true remedy for all these ailments. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has restored more American women to health than all other remedies in the world. It regulates, strengthens and cures diseases of the female organism as nothing else can. For thirty years it has been curing the worst forms of female complaints. Such testimony as the following should be convincing. Mrs. T. C. Willadsen, of Manning, Ia, writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— "I can truly say that you have saved my life and I cannot express my gratitude to you in doctoring without any benefit for menstrual irregularities and I had given up all hopes of ever being well again, but I was persuaded to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and three bottles have restored me to perfect health. Had it not been me I would have been in my grave to-day." Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Comp Sure, safe, reliable. For nearly a quarter cost no when you with fun garden Write for it. RATEKIN'S SEED Truths that S Your grocer is honest and you that he knows very little sells you. How can he know, THE LION In each package of LION pound of Pure Coffee. Insis (Lion head on every package.) (Save the Lion-heads for SOLD BY GROCER WO "Dey ain't no sich thing ez gittin' married in heaven." "Course dey ain't. Don't de Bible tell you it's a place er peace en rest?—Atlanta Constitution. 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 ¾-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. It's a woman's fondness for change that prevents many a husband from ever having any left in his pockets. ST. JACOBS OIL Miss Mattie Henry, Vice-President of Danville Art Club, 429 Green St., Danville, Va., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—"Many years' suffering with females weakness, inflammation and a broken down system made me more anxious to die than to live, but Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has restored my health. I am grateful that I am suffering woman to know what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will do for her." When women are troubled with irregular, suppressed or painful menstruation, weakness, leucorrhoea, displacement or ulceration of the womb that bearing-down feeling, inflammation of the ovaries, backache, bloating (or flatulency), general debility, indigestion, and nervous prostration, or are beset with such symptoms as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, excitability, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, "all-gone" and "want-to-be-leaf-alone" feelings, blues, and hopelessness, they should remember there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles. No other medicine in the world has received such unqualified endorsement. No other medicine has such a record of cures of female troubles. Refuse to buy any other medicine, for you need the best. Alight heart, a cheerful countenance, and all the charms of grace and beauty are dependent upon proper action of the bodily organs. You cannot look well unless you feel well. Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. Her advice and medicine have restored thousands to health. Address. Lynn. Mass. by a quarter of a century they have stood the test. They cost no more, they yield more, and save disappointment when you buy them. Our big 21st Annual Catalogue with illustrations and descriptions of all farm and garden seeds, mailed free if you mention this paper SEED HOUSE, Box 10 Shemandoh, Iowa At Strike Home and—if you cares to do so—can tell you little about the bulk coffee he know, where it originally came from, how it was blended—or with what—or when roasted? If you buy your coffee loose by the pound, how can you expect purity and uniform quality? LION COFFEE, the LEADER OF ALL PACKAGE COFFEES, is of necessity uniform in quality, strength and flavor. For OVER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, LION COFFEE has been the standard coffee in millions of homes. LION COFFEE is carefully packed at our factories, and until opened in your home, has no chance of being adulterated, or of coming in contact with dust, dirt, germs, or unclean hands. MILLION COFFEE you get one full Insist upon getting the genuine. age.) heads for valuable premiums.) OCERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. gittin' y ain't. face er uation. FARMS For Sale on crop payments J. MULHALL, Sioux City, Iowa. know Cold they use it ORGANS $20 to $40 Highest grade Estey, Mason & Hamlin, Story & Clark, Kimball, Cottage Cottage, slightly used, guaranteed like new special descriptions and prices for the asking. Write to-day. JENKINS' MUSIC HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO. When writing mention this paper. Salzer's National Oats Greatest oat of the century. Yielded in Ohio 157, in Michigan. 251, in Mo. 265, and in N. Dakota 319 bus. per acre. You can beat that record in 1905. For 10c and this notice we mall you free lots of farm seed samples and our big catalog, telling all about the cut wonder and abundance of other seeds. JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO. La Crosse, Wis. For Lumbago and Sciatica is one of life's necessities, so cuticle nourishment is essential to the health of the outer-self. JOHN H. WOODBURY'S FACIAL SOAP TRADE FOR THE SKIN MARK. SCALP AND Compliance. builds up and nourishes while cleansing There may be a more delightful face balm than Woodbury's Facial Cream but try it before you decide. 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. THE ANDREW JERGENS CO., OINGINNATI, O. The Czar's Hermitage. The czar sometimes wishes privacy. In his palace at Peterhof there is a summer dining house, so arranged that there need not be any servants present during the meal. A bell is touched at the end of every course and the table and all of its contents descends through the floor, to reappear laden with the dishes for the next course. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, curts wind-colc. Esca bottle. Another Solution Often Adopted. Husband—I can't afford to keep a girl, and you don't know the first thing about housekeeping. Wife—No, and I'm not going to learn either. The idea! I want a girl, and I'll have one, too, and pay her myself. "Hum! How will you manage it?" "I'll keep boarders." Did you ever notice how much people can get out of the smart sayings of their own children? Dealers say that as soon as a customer tries Defiance Starch it is impossible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. Practical Statistics The progress that Dr. Wiley is making in his discussion of adulterated and unadulterated whiskey is as if he had been sampling the one kind or the other or both. Talking machines—Victor and Edison are the best; cash or payments, $1 weekly. Write to-day. JENKINS' MUSIC CO., KANSAS CITY, MO. 30,000 records in stock, Mention this paper. Even the wise man who thinks he knows it all doesn't know why the strenuous old hen lays an egg instead of standing it on end. Wax figures of gum-chewing females are unknown. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bear's the Signature of Char. H. Klitchow. In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. Gorky Has Many Friends. The literature-loving people of the world are urged to importune the czar to save Gorky. Gorky must be getting fine material for a novel and ought to be allowed to write it. Millions of Vegetables When the Editor read 10,000 plants for 160, he could hardly believe it, but upon second reading finds that the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., than whom there are no more reliable and extensive seed growers in the world, makes this offer which is made to get you to test Salzer's Warranted Vegetable Seeds. They will send you their big plant and seed catalog, together with enough seed to grow 1,000 fine, solid Cabbages, 2,000 rich, juicy Turnips, 2,000 blanching, nutty Celery, 2,000 rich, lettuce, 2,000 splendid Onions, 1,000 rare, luscious Radishes, 1,000 gloriously brilliant Flowers, ALL FOR BUT 160 POSTAGE, providing you will return this notice, and if you will send them 20c in postage, they will add to the above a package of famous Berliner Cauliflower. [W. N. U.] Suspicious Declaration McFlub- How did Dedbrooke come to lose his sweetheart? Sleeth-By telling her that he could not live without her. McFlub—Why, that makes a hit with most women. Sleeth—Yes; but Dedbrooke's girl was an heress. Grayce—Maude asked George to kiss her. Gladys—Well, I like her cheek. Grayce—So did George. OUT OF THE ORDINARY Ode to the Prune. (The California prune crop this season is 150,000,000 pounds—News note.) Fair fruit, though greater bards refuse To chant your praise; although they scorn ye. This is the acme of good news From California. Great poets do not care to tune The lyre to such a lowly ditty. And pity 'tis, 'tis true (O prune, Tis true you're pitty). Perchance the pruning knife should cut That pun we made the verse above this. Perhaps we say, it ought to, but We simply love this! The punishment must fit the crime. As Gilbert said in "The Mikoado." But O to make it fit a rhyme Of El Dondojo Oh, presque prune, they've done you wrong. Who needn't be tuneful To chant your sweetness in a song. Bah! They were pruneful! Esculent prune, we have a hunch. As sure as we're a luckless sinner. We'll have breakfast, lunch And maybe dinner. But, welcome, prune, by pint or peck. We're glad your crop is so extensive. We're tired of you, but—by heck! You're nexpilious. - New York, Mall Oyster, Aged 25, a Foot Long. A wholesale oyster dealer was sizing up a new invoice yesterday. "There are some old fellows in that lot," he said, as he shoved to one side some abnormally large ones. He picked out one and measured it. The shell was eight inches long. "The age of an oyster has absolutely no affect upon its quality," he said. "It doesn't get tough with age, like the higher order of animals. How long does an oyster live? Well, I couldn't say exactly. I have known Maurice river oystermen to claim that an oyster undisturbed in a neglected cove would live for twenty-five years before it finally died of old age. And an oyster of the Maurice river type keeps on growing all the time. I have seen some myself that measured nearly a foot in length.—Philadelphia Record Turned Round by the Sun A large granite ball, weighing two tons, in a cemetery in Ohio is slowly turning on its axis. During the last five years the ball has turned $13\%$ inches. When the ball was placed in position an unpolished spot 6 inches in diameter was left in the socket of the pedestal on which it rested. A year ago it was noticed that the unpolished spot was turning upward on the south side of the monument. The revolution of the huge polished ball, which it would require a derrick to lift, is supposed to be due to the sun's heating one side of it, the south, and causing it to expand, while the north side, which rests most in the shade, does not expand to the same extent and thus the ball gradually shifts its position by turning. Long-Lived English Family Do modern records contain anything to equal the following entry in the parish register of Old Whittington, Derbyshire: "Thomas Ashton, son of Mr. Arthur and Mrs. Jane Bulkeley, was baptized July 1, 1744 Godfathers: Edward Downs, esq, great-great-great-great-uncle; Dr. Charles Ashton, great-great-great-uncle; Joseph Ashton, gent., great-great-great-uncle. Godmothers: Mrs. Wood, great-great-great-grand-mother; Mrs. Green, great-grand-mother. Registered at the request of Joseph Ashton, of Landon, gent., who nominated the godfathers and godmothers, believing they are not to be paralleled in England." Wonders of the Hand. The human hand is a profound study. No instrument devised by man compares with it for complication. It is a hammer, a vice, a forceps, a hook, a spring, a weight; it pushes, draws in, and the fingers alone contain elements of chisels, gouges and all the tools a sculptor requires in modeling. From the elbow to the digital extremities its movements are produced by nearly fifty muscles. So complicated is the cordage of a human hand that expert anatomists can hardly keep in remembrance its intricate mechanism. With it all the emotions of the mind may be both manifested and intensified. It is a wonder of wonders. Hunted Deer Invaded Store A deer, pursued by the County Down (Ireland) staghounds, bolted through a grocer's shop in Crossgars, the other day, and then through the scullery and yard into a neighboring kitchen. It overturned the furniture, and tried to jump through the window, but it became wedged in the frame, and was captured there. In spite of the noise the animal made, a child which was sleeping in the kitchen was not awakened. "Funeral Services" Over Saloon To the solemn wall of a dirge, which followed "funeral" services, a saloon at Laurel street and Freeman avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, was closed permanently the other day. The "services" were conducted by members of the Young People's society of the Lincoln Park church, which long objected to the presence of the establishment. The church people made business so poor for the saloonkeeper that he was driven out. Monster Bass Caught. A striped bass three feet six inches r length and weighing twenty-five and one-half pounds was caught in Russian river, California, recently. It took several hours to land him. Half This Man's Sufferings Would Have Killed Many a Person, but Doan's Cured Him. A. C. Sprague, stock dealer, of Normal, Ill., writes: "For two whole years I was doing nothing but buying medicines to cure my kidneys. I do not think that any man ever suffered as I did and lived. The pain in my back was so bad that I could not sleep at night. I could clines to cure my kidneys. I do not think that any man ever suffered as I did and lived. The pain in my back was so bad that I could not sleep at night. I could not ride a horse A. C. SPRAGUE. not ride a horse and sometimes was unable even to ride in a car. My condition was critical when I sent for Doan's Kidsil Pills. I used three boxes and they cured me. Now I can go anywhere and do as much as anybody. I sleep well and feel no discomfort at all." A TRIAL FREE—Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers. Price, 50 cts. Not Guilty. Deacon Raisem (suspiciously)—I missed two of my finest turkeys Saturday, Uncle Ebony." Uncle Ebony (with dignity)—I didn't dine at home las' Sunday, sah. I dined wif Elder Black. DON'T FORGET A large 2 oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. Captain Clado says he saw the torpedo boats through a night glass. Is that the same as through a glass darkly? A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES. It is hardest. Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Your druggist will refrain until AXAG OINTMENT falls to cure you in 6 to 14 days, soo. Ambition is a pipe dream preceded by a horrible nightmare and followed by a rude awakening when the pipe goes out. Feet Comfortable Ever Since "I suffered for years with my feet. A friend recommended ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. I used two boxes of the powder, and my feet have been entirely comfortable ever since. ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE is certainly a godsend to me. Wm. L. Swormstedt, Washington, D. C." Sold by all Druggists. 25c. Poetical Prose. When at eve the sun sinks below the horizon, even the murky clouds floating piecemeal over the deep blue are fringed over with scarlet lining. And a child may gaze on the spectacle and rejoice in the approach of what it imagines to be a glorious morning. But alas, slowly and one by one, the floating clouds put off the gorgeous trappings, and before long the evening gloom spreads itself stealthily all over the sky and nights stands on the threshold, begemmed with stars. If India still cherishes the beguiling thought that her present contact with the West that appeared, only before her, as a conqueror, will slowly lead in the normal course of time to an awakening of her people from the slumber of ages, she will be undeceived when it is too late and when grim darkness will have encompassed her on all sides. The flush of crimson light that flooded her horizon as if to announce the approach of dawn since the days of Rajah Rammohan Roy, is slowly fading away; the clouds are giving up their natural transient glories, and everywhere lingers the dull uniformity of a pale yellow. But still the lingering hope nestles within our hearts that forgotten nature may at last work a miracle and usher in, amid this dulness of the approaching doom, the meridian glory of a new day and dispel the gathering gloom that is ominous of death.—New India. READS THE BOOK "The Road to Wellville" Pointed the Way. Down at Hot Springs, Ark., the visitors have all sorts of complaints, but it is a subject of remark that the great majority of them have some trouble with stomach and bowels. This may be partly attributed to the heavy medicines. Naturally, under the conditions, the question of food is very prominent. A young man states that he had suffered for nine years from stomach and bowel trouble, had two operations which did not cure, and was at last threatened with appendicitis. He went to Hot Springs for rheumatism and his stomach trouble got worse. One day at breakfast the waiter, knowing his condition, suggested he try Grape-Nuts and cream, which he did, and found the food agreed with him perfectly. After the second day he began to sleep peacefully at night, different than he had for years. The perfect digestion of the food quited his nervous system and made sleep possible. He says: "The next morning I was astonished to find my condition had disappeared. I could not believe it true after suffering for so many years; then I took more interest in the food, read the little book 'The Road to Wellville', and started following the simple directions. "I have met with such results that in the last five weeks I have gained eight pounds in spite of hot baths which take away the flesh from anyone. "A friend of mine has been entirely cured of a bad case of indigestion and stomach trouble by using Grape-Nuts Food and cream alone for breakfast. "There is one thing in particular—I have noticed a great change in my mental condition. Formerly I could hardly remember anything, and now the mind seems unusually acute and retentive. I can memorize practically anything I desire." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. HUMOUR of the DAY Why She Was Watched. Miss Lighted—I was very much adored at the wedding ceremony last night. I noticed one gentleman who never took his eyes off me the whole evening. Miss Sharpe—Did the gentleman have a black mustache, waxed on ends? "Yes, do you know him?" "I know of him. He is a detective. He was sent to watch the presents.— Tit-Bits. Foiled. "Archery seems to have played out," sighed the love-sick swain. glancing pointedly at the maid. "O, I don't know," muttered Cupid, letting go a shaft. The maiden jumped nearly six feet "Ah, at last. Do you feel the prompts of love?" whispered the swain. "No, I should say not," replied the maid. "It was only a safety pin." Thoughtful. Old Party—You worry your mother terribly. Why are you so wicked? Bad Boy—'Cause if I'm good she'll worry thinkin' I'm sick.—Philadelphia Bulletin. Her Conclusion "I've got my opinion of a woman that can't cook," growled William De Kikkur, glaring at his better half. "I suppose that if our cook should get married I'd starve to death!" "You needn't worry about that, William," said Mrs. De K. gently. "Our cook has been married once, and I don't consider it at all likely that she would care to——" But her irate spouse had slammed the door behind him. Ruling Passion. "Now, Dr. Pullen, I want you to fix my teeth in good shape," said the lady to her dentist. "Depend upon me to do that, ma'am," replied the man behind the chair. "You see, I'm keeping company with a veterinary surgeon now; and I know, before he proposes, he'll want to look at my teeth to see how old I am!" Those That Weren't Buried "I have not buried a case of pneumonia in the past ten years," remarked a physician noted for not holding his light under a bushel to a fellow practitioner. "I have heard many of your deceased patients are being cremated," said his friend, who does not like to call a man a liar. The Brute "John," said Mrs. Twicewed, "you are a brute! You don't express any sorrow that my mother is dying. I don't believe you'd care if all my relatives died!" "Yes, I would, Maria," answered the brute, cheerfully. "I often find myself grieving over the death of your first husband." Out of the Question. "Looking for a birthday present for your little boy, eh? Why not get him a Noah's ark?" "Oh, that would never do. We're strict vegetarians, you know, and he'd be sure to swallow some of the animals." Inconsolable. Miss Dull—I hear that young Mrs. Blank is perfectly inconsolable since her husband's death, and will see no one. Mrs. Sharp—Yes, she denies herself to everyone but her hairdresser, her modiste and her milliner. Look at Her. "O, lorks!" groaned Mr. Parrot, on the left, "I'd like to meet the fellow who taught my wife to talk!"—Jester. "I suppose politics is pretty lively in Kentucky, Colonel?" "Oh, yes. Still, there are quite a few noncombatants in both parties." Disproved In Scientific Fashion. Groggy—M'dear, this room m'sbeahly cold; I kia shee m' breath. Mrs. Groggy—You are entirely mistaken. Alcohol does not cause Should the development of the study of toxins and anti-toxins render possible the production of an anti-body capable of neutralizing the results of muscular fatigue, the consequences could hardly be predicted. Yet a German investigator seriously claims to have taken more than one step in this direction already, and publishes results that are at least surprising. An authority says he has obtained a stable anti-toxin, which when taken by the mouth in moderate doses, permits the output of an increased amount of muscular energy without fatigue, and when taken continuously causes a sense of general bien etre and augments the capacity for work. He commends his preparation to clinicians as a promising analytic for convalescents, neurasthenics, etc. This fatigue antitoxin is obtained from horses by injecting them with fatigue toxin produced in the muscles of animals that have been subjected to extreme muscular exhaustion. Short, but Strong An old woman met a well-to-do and humorous Irishman, and said: "Kind sir, could you give a penny to a poor old woman who is short of breath?" "The Irishman gave her a shilling, with the remark: "There you are, my good woman, Now, don't talk any more, for begorra, ye may be short of breath, but what ye have of it is it mighty strong."—Spare moments. Storekeepers report that the extra quantity, together with the superior quality of Defiance Starch makes it next to impossible to sell any other brand. Many women sweeten their tea with gossip instead of sugar. Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs.—W.M. O. ENDLEY, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1909. A cat has no use for a king if there is a mouse in sight. Lewis' 'Single Binder' straight 5c cigar. Made of ripe, mellow tobacco, so rich in quality that many who formerly smoked 10c cigars now smoke Lewis' 'Single Binder.' Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Much of to-day's worry is the result of yesterday's neglect. Wanted—Representative in every community. Money-making home business. Any one can do it. Find out what it is. Send address. M. A. Donohue & Co., Chicago. What it Costs to Grow Corn. Farm renters who pay $2 per acre for poor land on which to raise corn and come out in the hoe every year may read the following and see what it costs them to grow their crops. An old corn grower says that when a crop of sixty bushels to the acre is secured the corn costs 13 cents a bushel to produce for 50 bushels it is 15 cents, for 40 bushels it is 18 cents, for 35 bushes it is 22 cents and for 30 bushels it is 30 cents. "These figures," says the Albany Ledger, "are not far out of the way, and it is thus easy to know when you are selling corn any below the costs of production." SALT RHEUM ON AANDS. Suffered Agony and Had to Wear Bandages All the Time—Another Cure by Cuticura. Another cure by Cuticura is told of by Mrs. Caroline Cable, of Waupaca, Wls., in the following grateful letter: "My husband suffered agony salt rheum on his hands, and I had to keep them bandaged all the time. We tried everything we could get, but nothing helped him until he used Cuticura. One set of Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills cured him entirely, and his hands have been as smooth as possible ever since. I do hope this letter will be the means of helping some other sufferer." A Definition. Little Clarence—Pa, what is an optimist? Mr. Callipers—An optimist, my son, is a person who doesn't care what happens if it doesn't happen to him.—Puck. Real Frenzied Finance "Why do you stand in this one place?" asked the department store attache. "I am watching these people at the bargain counter getting their change. I never before realized what frenzied finance meant."—Washington Star. "Drepsepa Tormented Me for Years. Dr. David Porter, Vice President, Mrs. C. B. Dougherty, Milwaukee, Millsville, Lovers Over Reason." Not Reassuring "Did you ever long for death?" asked the soulful young man of the practical young woman. It was the fourth long call he had made on her that week, and she was sleepy. "Whose death do you mean?" she asked in a dry, discouraging tone—Cassell's. 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Asked if she could make any suggestions that would be helpful to others less fortunate, she said: "My complexion would not have pleased you, if you had seen it two years ago. It was then about as bad as it could be, and it gave me a great deal of dissatisfaction. If you want a good complexion you must take care of your health, especially of the condition of your blood. My health was at that time completely broken down. I was nervous, had frequent headaches, a torpid liver and a great deal of pain in that region. I suffered also from indigestion. It was clear that my blood was in bad condition, for pimples broke out all over my face." "It is hard to realize that, for others isn't the slightest trace of such blemishes now." "It was unfortunately quite otherwise then, and a long time passed before I found anything that gave me any relief. I became very weak and listless. The doctor's medicine did me no good, and I took a number of highly recommended tonics with no better result. As soon, however, as I began to use Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People my complexion cleared up, and after I had taken two boxes there was not a sign of a pimple left on my face. My cheeks became rosy, I gained flesh and have had perfect health ever since." Rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes are merely signs of healthy blood. They have come not only in the case of Miss Conway, whose home is at 1241 East Eighth street, Canton, Ohio, but to thousands of women for whom Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have made new blood. There is no surer way for you to obtain them, than to buy a box of these pills from any drug gist and try them for yourself. They can rect irregularities and banish weakness Too Short to Talk. Wife—John, I'd like to have a short talk with you after breakfast. Husband—It's no use, Mary. I'm short myself—Chicago News. 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