The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. LIBERAL COMMISSION PAID RELIABLE AGENTS FOR THIS PAPER CALL HERE The Oldes LIBERAL COM STAND UP B STAND UP BE COUNTED. IN A GOOD CAUSE. Eight years ago we came before the people in behalf of W. W. Rose, for may or of Kansas City Konsas. To-day we hold high in the blue canopy of heaven the same banner, and appeal to the people of this community in his behalf. It has come to the point where it is no longer a question of party politics, but one of fitness, honest manhood, good government and common decency. Every true citizen has become so disgusted with the rottenness, the dishonesty and flagrant corruption of the present administration, that abroad they are ashamed to say they are from Konsas City. Kansas. Is it possible that a great big city like ours will stand for this. Are the people all fools or are they hypnotized by the gum chewing femininity predominating over public affairs. We are advocating the cause of a man who stands for something, who has a back bone, who is broad gauged and enclosed with enough many qualities to fill the mayor's office with credit. A man who is eminently capable of wrestling with, and mastering complex municipal questions. If the people will elect W.W. Rose, there will be no need, or room to squeeze in a helper to fill The people of Kansas City Kansas to Vote for a man for mayor who can keep tab on the city's finance. A man who needs no spokesman. A man with executive ability, a man who will be a mayor and not an excuse. Remember a vote for W. W. Rose, the peoples choice means that you want a man for mayor, that you believe in Good government, honest officials and a "square deal to all men. About. Some People You Know Dad Johnson is in the wet goods business in Armourdale. Corvine Patterson, ex deputy sheriff is located on State avenue, where he makes a business of filling empty cestern and selling coal and wood, He is a Grand pa now. Dr. G. H. Horsey has a buggy and a swell suits of rooms at 500 Fifth St. a popular medician man. Dr. Goodwin is the new Deutist in town. He has fitted up elegant rooms and invites the patronage of those desiring first class Dentist work. John Wilson the present deputy sheriff is a member of the Real Estate firm of McCleland Brown and Wilson ann is prominent lodge man. W. S. Harris the real estate and rental agent in the Wyandotte bank building, wilt cut off his moustache in May. Ben Foster an ex policeman of the 2d Ward is quite a politician now-a-days. Fred Gleed late deputy sheriff is a hustling member of the Livery firm of Jones and Gleed. Mr. J. J. Thomas is among the well known gentlemen whose every heart pulsation is in the interest of his race. He is one of the young men who possesses the qualities of almost a distinct class. Judge I. F. Bradley, the thorough race man is among our best Shakespeare students, Can You Miss It? The Famous Alabama Babes Minstrel l in a grand entertainment and gorgeous production at the M. and O. hall on the evening of the 20th Admission 25 cents. Don't miss the latest hits. Vote for W. W. Rose the choice of the people. VOL 16 NO.2 Wanted. out the space in the mayors chair and make up the full quota of brains. Every loyal citizens heart swells with just pride when on great occassions, our mayor is intelligent enough to hold his own, amid the most lofty representatives and brainy men of other cities. In W. W. Rose we have a man who talters not at any stage of the game, who possesses force, broad comprehensive ideas and personal magnetism, we have no hesitancy in appealing to the entire populace irrespective of party lines to vote for him. There has been many charges mada against the present administration and none satisfactorily denied, we shall pay due consideration later. We want to say to every Negro who has a spark of manhood, who believes that he is as good a citizen as any body else, to every Negro who loves his home fireside and family, to every woman who is a woman who loves and admiree right and justice to all human kind, if there was ever a time in the munleipal history of Kansas City, Kansas it is now, that you should show your manhood and womanhood by voting for W. W Rose for mayor. If there was ever a time when your influence should be used in persuading goyour friends to vote it is now The Ideal Of Womanly Beauty. Beauty seems to have no established standards. Were the Venus of Milo or any other classic Venus to drop her marble immobility and come to life today I have no doubt she would be more criticed than admired. Personally I admire dark men and fair women, whether she possesses the qualities or not. women is supposed to typify light and hope—to suggest the angel, infact—and angels are always represented as fair, because they dwell in Realms of light. Man typifies power, strength, force—and we natually associate these attributes with dark men rather than with blonds. A blonde may be an intellectual giant but there is almost invariably a pronounced weakness in his character which makes hdm less a manly man than his swarthier brother. My ideal of a beautiful woman, the type of woman who would most attract me were I a man, is one not under five feet four and a half inches, not over five feet five, in her walking shoes. Her "net" weight is between 135 and 140 pounds, hair any shade from light lustrous brown to silver blonde--the latter preferable. Eyes like crushed violets, with slight shadows underneath: a mere suspicion of a tilt to a Grecian nose--just enough to save it from severity of line: a low brow, a rounded chin, full lips, with upturned corners, and an expression at once amenable and intelligent, but not intellectual. Let intellect be discovered--it must not be aggressively assertive. The background for this picture must be a skin of delicate quality and as suggestive of refined care as the teeth and hair. The whole personality must radiate health, and though the featres must shine a good. loving and sympathetic heart, or else the possessor is only a well graven image, not a beautiful woman. While this is my ideal, yet I know scores of beautiful women who are quite dissimilar, as I know scores of beautiful flowers which are not the carnation pink or the rose—Ella Wheeler Wilcox in The New York American. Coming Events The Palestine Gaurds will drill and the Massive Four quartette of Kansas City Mo., will sing at the M' and O. hall on the 14th, for the benefit of the Rosehill Baptist church it promises to be a great affair and a rare treat to all Admission 10 15 and 25 cehts. A rather high class entertainment is scheduled for the evening of the 13th. at M. and O. hall. Madame Lucas, the peerless Queen of song, Frederick Doug lass the noted tenor soloist, Miss Grant and Marsailes Bledseaux a musician and compreser of London will give a musical treat to the publo. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING. LOCALS Vote for W. W. Rose' for mayor. Mrs R. E. Bullet is still in Oaklaho mo Mr. Robert Miller of 411 Neb. avenue, is out again after a short illness. Mrs Charity Chinh of 740 Jersey ave is now visiting her son in South Omaha Neb. The A. M. E. has begun a seriers o revival meeting. Miss Effie Gant of 614 State avenue is quiteill this with an attack of La Gripp. Mrs T. J. Smith of Pleasanton Kansas, is visiting her. daughter M. Mae Lawrence of 1048 Washington avenue. Mrs Pauline Freeman of 406 State ave who has been sick for three weeks is im- proving. Miss Rebecca Thompson is very ill at her home 8th and Nebraska avenue. Prof. A J. Nealy attended the inauguration March 4th at Washington D. C. Mrs G. E. Horsey of 832 Freeman ave. is indisposed this week. Mrs Lulu Tolsome of I419 N. 5th St. who had a severe 'attack] of rheumatism this week is much improved. The class in millennery are doing good work. the ladies also the gentlemen. Mr. Andrew Wilson thinks Colorado one of the finest States in Union, he reports a fine visit may move there soon Mrs D. W. White cas been re-elected president of the Orphan home. Rev. E. L. Hayes has been assigned to the M E, church for another year. The members welcome his return with much pleasure. Mrs. Lula Johnson ii indispose this week. Mrs Anna Adams has organized a Club composed of the young people of St. James M.E. church They hope to accomplish much increasing the building funds. We are pleased to learn that Mrs Alice Baily of 411 Neb. Ave. is now able to be put again after under going several weeks of serious illness, Mrs Gertrude C, Overr of Leavenworth Kansas, was in the city, Friday and Saturday. Mrs Overr came down to play for the entertainment given by the Episcopal Chusch, Friay eve. In the hat trimming contest at the M and O. Hall last Friday eve. Lawyer Wassom. received first prize, and Dr. Anthony second prize Miss Fredreca Jones one of the teachers of a private School in Kansas City Mo. died last week the body was taken to Michigan for burial. Mrs Clark- Parson of Chicago stopped over a few days here with mother Mrs Francis Clark of 10th and Freeman ave. while enroute to SantaFee New Mexico. Rev. L. Thomas of Vally Fall Kansas returning home from Lincoln conference at Colo. Spring, stopped over a short while and made our office a pleasant call. Mrs I. F. Bradley is entertaining Miss Irene Walker of Omaha Edwin Reeves N. York. and Miss Lottie Davis of Bute Mont. some of the pupils of the late Miss Fredreka Jones, the private School of Kansas City, Mo. The Mozart club of the Christiau church was entertained Thursday eve. March 9th by the children, excellent programme. Mr. Benj amin Foster of Oakland ave is completing a very cosy little four room cottage at 312 Edgerton ave., where he will reside in the near future. It speaks much for the frugality and economy of the representative type of "our colored citizens", who put their money to good use. Miss Ruth Bradley and her little friends visited Douglass school accompanied by her moth er Mrs I. F. Bradley this week. Those who are looking ] for nice rooms and good board or room with out board will do well to call at No 1413 N. 5th street, rooms from $3 to 3'50 per week. J. C. Dickens Proprietor. The eighth, even of two of the Douglass School teachers' birth day, we suppose they will stop owning such an event soon. Well they were two of the youngest teachers, so they have their own reasons 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. 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? 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 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 words; Then might I praise you as my heart would praise; Nor grieve though song should leave men dumb after days. Sense And Nonsense. Never be ashamed to work even if you have to work the other fellow. Never talk to much. A stiff lower jaw is as useful as a stiff upper. Colored brethren canst thou forget. The bird on a womans hat can't sing—but it makes her husband whistle when he gets the bill. Love is a sweet dream that matrimony turns into a horrible nightmare. A woman does not deplore the death of her first husband after she marries again, but the second husband often does. Occasionally a young man can be persuaded out of the notion of marrying a young woman, but an old man—Never. Men who preach by the yard practice by the inch, Fools rush in where angels wouldn't care to be caught by the,police. Kissing a fashionable young lady on the cheek is one way to remove paint. When a man disputes with a fool: the fool is doing the same thing. When a lot of womeu get together the main object of conversation is whether some other woman knows how her hue band is acting. Man proposes, woman imposes and the divorce court exposes. If one half of the world doesn't know how the other half lives it isn't the fault of the Art clubs and Sewing circles If you give a bald-headed man a fair show, he will always teel up in front --apologies to our Manager.. Man is made of dust, along comes the watering cart of Fate, and his name i Mud.. The man who attends strictly to his wn business has a steady job. You can always get a truthful answe if you ask a woman her age and she tells you none of your business. Writing for a newspaper is something like trying to preach a sermon, its mighty easy until you try it. NOW IS the time to Subscribe For the Weekly American Citizen. Gentlemen Desiring nice comfortable rooms in a nice locality can find them neatly furnished at 750 Neb. ave. K. C. K. The Latest Ideas. 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 M INN. AVE. KLEESS CITY, Ka PATTERSON & GAYDEN Dealers In- Hard and Soft Coal, Wood. Vault & Cesspool Cleaning. Gisterns Filled Tel. 215 West. 527 STATE AVE. MARCH 10, 1905 is Section CALL HERE The World's Wanderers. s wanderingers. Tell me, thou star whose wings of light Speed thee in thy fiery flight. 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 Seesthoul repose now? Weary wind, who wanderest Whee the whale the guest, Hast thou still some nest 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 of 905 whose reigns have ended miserably. NOTICE OF PUBLICATION. In the District Court of Wyandotte 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 asking for an absolute divorce on the grounds of abandonment and desertion, and unless youdumur, answer or otherwise obje ct 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, MeCombs, Deputy. STATE OF KANSAS } IN THE PROBAT Court IN AND SS FOR SAID COUNTY. n 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, 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 befit 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. L.F. BRADLEY executor of the Last Will and Testament of Jane Redd Deceased. First puolished Feb. 11th 1905. Notice of Final Settlement State of Kansas In the Probate Court in and for County of Wyandotte said County. 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 teams of the Prabate Court in and for said County, to be begun and the Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte, and in 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 Clare Williams, Dice Decreased In Witness Whereof, the undersigned. Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyondotte, State of Kansas, have heeto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Probate Court this 20th Day of January A. D. 1905 Winfield Freeman 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. 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, $40.0 ne Month. 15.0 Advertiseing 25 cts. Per Inch First Insertion. A Standing Display 'Add' for 3 Months or longer 15c 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 rd. 1879." 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. y 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 mauufactor of Pop corn in ball and brick at 316 Oakland ave A Word To 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 ook around and observe, see if you cannot discern that the signs of the times don't speak in thundering tones for a the public advocates of our interests han, why wait do your part by subscribing getting your neighbors to do the same und watch the good results. Notice of Final Settlement. State of Kansas. County of Wyando tt In the Probate Court in and forsaid County. In the Matter of the Estate of John R.Smith. Deceased. Creditors and all other persons interested n the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified, that at the next regular term of the Probate Court in and for said County, to be begun and held at the Probate Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte and State aforesaid, on the first Monday in month of February, A. D. 1905. I shall apply to said Court for a full and final settlement of said estate. JAMES D. SMITH. Administrator of the Estate John R. Smith. Deceased. In Witness Whereof, the undesigned Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte,State of Kansas,have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 24th day of December, A. D. 1904. Winfield Freeman, Probate Judge Res. 420 Nebraska ave. Tel.383 White. SOUTH AMERICAN MEDICAL INSTITUTE 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.. (Ax) . Kansas City, K TRUTH PROVED BY EXAMFLE. Storekeeper Certainly Lacked the Gift of Energy. William C. Greene, the copper magna- gate, was talking to a young man about success. "The secret of success is enterprise, energy," said Col. Greene. "To be lazy, to stick always in the same old rut, that is how to make a wretched fail- ure of your life. "I went West when I was 17, and after a spell of contracting and prose- pecting about Prescott, I farmed a bit in the San Pedro Valley. There was a storekeeper I used to buy my supplies from at that time who was a failure of the first water. This man's lack of enterprise was so great that people used to bring their children from miles around to study him. He was valu- able as a horrible example. "There,' they would say to the youngsters, 'take warning by Manners. He is a failure. He has no enterprise. Don't grow up like him. He resembles a tortoise, doesn't he?' "Poor Manners in his sluggishness did resemble a tortoise a good deal. I sent a boy in to him one day with a pack mule to get five gallons of molasses. The boy told me afterward that when he entered the store Manners was dozing. The boy coughed and the man awoke and got up. He opened his mouth wide, and stood on tiptoe and stretched out his arms in a vast yawn. Then he said to the boy: "Wotcha want?" "Five gallons of molasses, Mr. Manners,' the boy spoke up, sharp and quick. "Wah-h-h-h,' yawned Manners again. Then as he took up the jug he grumbled: "Ain't there nobody what sells molasses in this here town but me?" PLEASURE OF EASTERN WOMEN. Their Main Occupation the Diversions of the Toilet. An eastern lady of high degree spends an amount of time over her toilet that would quite astonish the most fashionable society lady. First she has her hair dressed by her maid, who, after anointing the long, silky black locks with a little oil, made from aloe wood or cocoanut, arranges it simply in a long, smooth plait, low on the nape of the neck, and decorated either with gold or jewelled ornaments. Next the bath is prepared as hot as it can be borne, and in this the lady may stay as long as two or three hours. Soaps are not used, but, instead, there are multifarious unguents, secret preparations of the bathing women, which render the skin soft as velvet and delicately perfumed. Oftentimes the face is washed over with milk, into which has been squeezed lemon juice. The hair of the oriental woman is usually beautifully long, soft and glossy, and the way they arrange it is invariably becoming to their soft type of beauty. Perfumes are much indulged in. These are introduced in the bath and permeate the garments, but are rarely used on a handkerchief. The Foam on the Top. Don't snuggle conceit to your bosom, my boy. Because you're on top of the wave. For here is a thought that might serve as alloy. To the gold of the credit you crave: The best is not always at surface, my son. And I think, if to notice you'll stop. You'll observe that the good to the bot- but the foam always lingers on top. I would not discourage your zeal, my dear lad; It is best to keep working alway. But this funny old world often labels as the thing that is good in its day. In fact, I may say that it classifies wrong Some part of the great earthy crop. And I think you will note as you journey along. That the foam often gets to the top. We will not mention names if you please, my dear youth. But look on the world as you go. See the men whom we place at the sum- then gaze on the mortals below. And I give you my word I'll have nothing to teach. And I bring little anthem will stop, if you do not agree with the thing that I preach. That the foam may be found on the top. -A. J. Waterhouse in Sunset Magazine. A Polite Discharge James Rankin Young, the new superintendent of the Dead Letter office admires politeness. "It is possible," he said recently, "to be polite always. It is possible to be polite even when discharging a drunken coachman. I know that this is so, for I have seen the thing done. "A friend of mine found himself obliged last week to get rid of his coachman for drunkenness. He summoned the man into his presence, and discharged him with this polite speech: "I fear, Montgomery, that we must part. It has been impossible for me to avoid noticing that several times during the past month you have been—er—sober. Now, I don't believe that any man can attend properly to drinking if he has driving to do, and, therefore, at the month's end you will be free to devote yourself exclusively to your chosen occupation." All Christians. In his article in the Woman's Home Companion, describing the International Sunday School Convention in Jerusalem, Doctor Devins relates the following significant incident: "An unexpected favor was received from the officers of the Russian church on the Mount of Olives. A meeting had been planned to be held near the place of the Ascension. As the leader of the meeting, the writer went to see if it could be held under the trees near the church. "Why not?" was the reply, accompanied by a smile on the saintly face of the speaker. 'Why not? Do we act worship the same Christ?'" 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. The largest seeds in the world are those of the mora tree, which grows on the lstmus 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 Conduitins 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. At several points on the Great Eastern railway in England the line crosses rivers by means of swing bridges. The bridge-keeper is compelled to ride across on the engine, so that if he has not locked the bridge securely, and any accident should follow, he will pay the penalty for his own negligence. Watch Children's Eyes. Children in schools should be carefully watched in order to guard against trouble with the eyes, as shortsightedness is becoming yearly a more common defect. They should not be allowed to hold the books nearer the eyes than fourteen inches, and must not stoop over their work. Scientific Twaddle "All this talk about high tide and low tide," said Mrs. Partington's married daughter, "is the merest guff. Why, I've been down the bay at all hours of the day and night, and the water always comes the same distance up the side of the boat."—Baltimore American. Ancient Ann. A man who can't understand a woman's love of bargains will feel awfully proud when he allows a book agent to sell him one year's subscription to a magazine, with the works of a standard poet thrown in, for $4.79, marked down from $5.—Baltimore American. Not Meant to Be Humorous. A few years ago a well-known bishop married his second wife, and, returning home after his honeymoon, announced a series of sermons, the title of the series being "The Pentent's Return." This was obviously unintentional. Clannishness of Books: 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 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 toled 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. Barbers Cannot Talk. A European hairdresser, appreciating the extent of the evil of talkative barbers, advertises that all his assistants are deaf and dumb. Gum Made of Cassava Starch. Cassava starch, more popularly known as taploca, 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. MANY HOLIDAY GOOD THINGS ASPECIALTY. Call and be convinced. Look over our assortment of clean, fresh goods. H. Krueger. 1100 North 3rd St. W. B.R. B.RAYMO W. B.R A Y M O N D Manufacturer of and Wholesale dealer in UNDERTAKEN FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGE AMBULANCE FOR THE CON Undertaking Rooms, 431 Min Factory Co. 6 Kansas KANSAS CO. 1510 Are Manufactors of the ing Soaps. GIVE THEM Y One trial of their brand convince y REST 1012 Is the best place in the a.m, to ii p.m, every th MEAL Mrs. Thatcher the city and will please you SINESS STRICTLY COMPLI Money on Watches. CLOTHING 0 Watches and AT CASH Unclaim Pledg FINE WATCHES AN Union 427 Minnesota YOUR OP TO S Ladies suits, dress anything in the Dressm ERTAKER SUPPLIES CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSE AT A FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK A Rooms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone W Factory Co. 6 St. and Reynolds Ave. Kansas City Kansas KASAS 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 1012 N 3rd St. place in the city and will serve you o. m, every thing is cooked to taste MEALS 15 CENTS, Thatcher the prop, is one of the best will please you, give her a call. RICIETLY, CONDITIAL. J. H. COFIN, 116 Money to Loan Watches. Diamonds Je CLOTHING AND EVERYTHING 00000 Of Value 00000 atches and Jewelry Sold on Paym AT CASH PRICES. Claim Pledges For Sale C WATCHES AND JEWELRY REPAIRING Union Loan Office Minnesota ave. kansas city O R O P P O R T U N TO SAVE MONEY. suits, dressing, sacques, aprons a in the Dressmaking line UNDERTAKER SUPPLIES FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSE AT ALL HOURS AMBULANCE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED Undertaking Rooms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone West 32. Factory Col 6 St. and Reynolds Ave. Kansas City Kansas KANSAS CITY SOAP CO. Are Manufactors of the Best Grades of Toilet & Washing Soaps. A Home Institution. GIVE THEM YOUR PATRONAG E One trial of their brand the Snowflake and Union will convince you of their merits. RESTAURANT 1s the best place in the city and will serve you from 5,30 a,m, to 11 p. m, every thing is cooked to taste, 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 Watches and Jewelry Sold on Payments AT CASH PRICES. Unclaim Pledges For Sale Cheap. FINE WATCHES AND JEWELRY REPAIRING. Union Loan Office. 427 Minnesota ave. kansas city. kans. YOUROPPORTUNITY Ladies suits, dressing, sacques, aprons and in fact anything in the Dressmaking line MADE TO ORDER and sold on weekly and few prices: Belt dresses 50cts and up. Call and Mrs W. in weekly and monthly payments. Belt dresses $1.00 and up; dressi up. Call and see me. s W. F. Williams Third St. Kansas C and sold on weekly and monthly payments. Here is a few prices: Belt dresses $1.00 and up; dressing sacques 50cts and up. Call and see me. Mrs W. F. Williams. 1510 North Third St. Here is the Place. J. T. ROBERT TONSORIAL PARLO All the Latest, Style, Hair Cuts, Shave strictly Up-to-Date. 438 MINNESOTA AVENUE --- KANSAS CITY, KAS Y M O N D SUPPLIES ALL PURPOSE AT ALL HOURS ANCE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED ave. 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The system was adopted a few months ago, as it was found necessary to increase the capacity of the line, which takes all the matter for Roumania, southeastern Russia and a part of Bulgaria. The system works well at present, although the line is constructed of iron wire instead of copper. Good Luck for Turtles at Least. 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. I saw lately a dainty and original gift for a young mother. It was called "a measuring stick for baby," made of white wood thirty-six inches long, and marked off into inches as accurately as a tape measure. Forgetmenots were painted down the side, and at one end was a hole in which was a ribbon bow and loop by which to suspend it. Good Housekeeping. Moisture in Tobacco The presence of moisture in tobacco is, the Lancet believes, of some importance to public health, since the combustion of tobacco containing a large proportion of moisture is impeded, while as the g eration of vapor is increased, so are ie chances of the polsonous principle being carried into the mouth diminished. Early Japanese University It will surprise most readers to learn from a recent Japanese writer that there was a university in Japan in the eighth century, with schools of ethics, mathematics and history, and that text books were employed dealing with such specialties as the diseases of women, veterinary surgery, and materia medica. Casting a Gloom. "Yes, for local talent, it was a first-rate entertainment," said the suburban resident, "and we made several hundred dollars for the hospital fund, but there was one little hitch. The town undertaker was down for a tenor solo, and he insisted on singing 'Tum 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 die 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 German Colony in Palestine. Thirty-four years ago a German colony settled at Haifa, Palestine. To day all of the ninety families in it 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 tramwagcars in Berlin, but must be held in their master's laps and paid for as if they were human passengers. Credit Is a Necessity As trade now stands, there is not enough gold out of the earth, if it were all coined, to transact the business of a day. Nationalities Among Russians. The Russian population represents 110 nationalities, the three great stock being Finns, Tartars and Slavs. Aluminum for Sharpening Cutlery. Aluminum is superior to any stone for sharpening cutlery. Denmark's Honey Exports. Denmark exports 2,500,000 pounds of honey a year. FOUL BREATH. NO MONEY TILL CURED. 27 YEARS ESTABLISHED. we send FREE and portfoli a 232-page treatise on Piles, Fistula and Disease of the Rectum; also 185-page illus. treatise on Diseases of Woman. Of the thousands cured by our mild method, none paid a cill will. furnish their names on application. DRS. THORNTON & MINOR. 3800 O'Rie Street, St. Louis, Mo. and 1800 O'Rie Street, St. Louis, Mo. Also the New "HOT SPRINGS SPECIAL" leaving at 12:01 Noon; arrive in Hot Springs to Breakfast. Through Sleepers, Diners and Chair Cars to Ft. Smith, Little Rock and Hot Springs. For Pueblo, Denver and Pacific Coast Points at 10:40 a. m. and 1:30 p. m. For Joplin and Way Stations 2:25, 9:45 a. m. and 7:40 p. m. To Lexington, Sedalia and Way Stations, 5:45 a. m. and 5:00 p. m. Leavenworth, Atchison and St. Joseph, 5:45, 9:00, 10:50 a. m. and 6:00 p. m. For Kiowa, Wichita and Way Stations, 12:01, noon, and 10:30 p. m. For Local Coupon Tickets, Sleeping Car Berths and all information call at Gon Agent, Passenger Dept. 901 Main St. JOHN J. SHINING City, Kansas City, Mo. Telephone 740 619 Kissel Foul breath is caused by foul stomach attended with torpid liver, bitter or bad taste, furred tongue, loss of, or irregular appetite, heavy or full bloated feeling in stomach, "water brash," or sour eructations of gas, bloody diarrhea, diapause to despondency, or to the blues" irritable temper or pevishness of kind symptoms. Not all of these symptoms are present in every case. To tone up and invigorate both stomach and liver and start the digestive processes into healthy action, there is, to say the least, no solution for ageing. Pierce's Golden Dietary Discovery. It is the use of a particle of alcohol, from the active medicinal principles extracted from the roots of native American plants, and is an honestly made, safe medicine that any one may take without fear of forming an appetite for stimulants, its benefits and causes, and not simply the use of exhilaration, something experienced from strong alcoholic preparations. No man is stronger than his stomach, therefore, when the stomach is weak it should be promptly toned up and put in order to the end that it may properly digest and prepare for proper assimilation the lengthen the body. You cannot find a medicine that will do this more promptly and permanently than "Golden Medical Discovery." A whole train of bodily alliments result when the stomach becomes foul, torpid and weak, and, naturally enough, when the stomach trouble is relieved, the patient appears; hence it is that rheumatism, blotches, pimples, eruptions, scrofulous sores, kidney affections and various and diverse appearing maladies yield to the potent tonic and alternative properties of the "Golden Medical Discovery." Bear in mind that a potent medicine and not a beverage to be taken for its exhilarating effects. It is made to cure disease, not to appease a craving for stimulants. Don't be wheedled or over-persuaded into taking something else which may be said to be just a good food. Take only the proper Medicine for the body more than a third of a century's record embracing many thousands of well-attested cures. As it has cured thousands PILES NO MONEY We send FREE and postal Rectum: also 105-pages illus oormal method, none paid DRS. THORNTON MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY Also the New "HOT SPRING'S arrive in Hot Springs to Break and Chair Cars to Ft. Smith. For Pueblo, Denver and Pacific Coa- For Joplin and Way Stations. To Lexington, Sedalia and Way Leavenworth, Atchison and St. Joseph. For Kiowa, Wichita and Way St. For Local Coupon Tickets, Sleep- UNION DEPOT OR C E. S. JEWETI, Gen'l Agent, Pas- JOHN J. SHINE, City Tickot AG Telephone 7 ORGANS $20 to $40 Highest grade Estey, Mason & Hamlin, Story & Cark, Kimball, Chicago Cottage, slightly used, guaranteed like new; special descriptions and prices for the asking. Write to-day. WANTED Our Salesmen in this and adjoining territory, to present and advertise the Wholesale Department's standalone standing. Staple line. Salary. $35.90 per day, expenses advanced direct from headquarters. If necessary. We furnish everything. Position permanent. We build. Building, Chicago, IL. 632 Monon Building, Chicago, IL. VERY FEW, IF ANY, CIGARS SOLD AT 5 CENTS. COST AS MUCH TO MANUFACT- URE, OR COST THE DEALER AS MUCH AS "CREMO" IF THE DEALER TRIES TO SELL YOU SOME OTHER Salzer's National Oats Greatest oat of the century. Yielded in Ohio 187, in Mich. 221, in Mo. MS., and in N. Dakota 101 bus. per acre. You can beat that record in 1905. For 10c and this notice we mail you free lots of farm seed samples and cut big catalog. tell- ing all about this oat wonder and thousands of other seeds. JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO. WYU La Crosse, Wis. 12 Lowest report yield 60 bushels, when common oats run only 38% improved from 60 bushels. Proved extra early and hardy and its prolific yield astonished the heads often contain more than 20% of the strong, tall with broad leaves, doesn't rust or lodge. Stands our seed in practically two weeks earlier. Our seed is guaranteed. Write for our low prices. THIS FREE Five big package standard gardens have new catalogue and at usual prices, our business new catalogue and a 300 chair ballroom so may impress you 10c in stamps or silver. Catalogue free. Write stock code for our Premium List and give presents with your seed edible. GREENWOLD SEED CO., 113 Sq. 10TH St. Lincoln, Neb. it is likely to cure you, if you give it fair trial for any of the maladies for which we recommend it. After Physicians Fail "Discovery" Cures. DR. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y. Dear Sear, About two years ago I had an attack of diarrhea that left me in a very weakened condition. My doctor advised me to restress, and the taking of food was frequent and loosening or looseness of bowels. Had headache and trouble. Had a physician but he did not help me. I was a burden like this for some time, a man who Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, told me. Dr. Pierce's medicine and I procured a bottle of it. I felt the treatment by the time I had used the first bottle, and I discovered "Discovery" for several weeks until I was myself again. It is an excellent preparation and I am good it is. TOM W. WILSON 511-513 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. (Manager of the Enterprise Millinery.) Instialial and Liver Trouble Cured. DR. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y. Dear Sir—I was a victim of malaria so commonly and also had liver trouble. Doctored for some years, I continued to grow worse and I began to死 pair of recovery. Finally Dr. Pierce's Golden Discovery was recommended and I am happy to say that treatment with this remedy was most effective. began to improve, appetite returned, my health was better and bright, I regained my good spirit and been restored to health. I cannot say enough in favor of your medicine. Yours truly. 2025 St. Charles, New Orleans, La. Young married people should read the "Common Sense Medical Advice" Send to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. one-cent stamps, for the book in paper covers, or 31 stamps for a cloth-bound copy. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation. They are safe, sure and speedy, and once taken do not have to be taken with little Pellet" is a gentle laxative, and two little cathartic. They never Dell cathartic. They never gripe. By all druggists. TILL CURED. 27 YEARS ESTABLISHED. aid a 232-page treatise on Piles, Fistula and Disease of the breast. treatise on Diseases of Women. Of the thousands cured by aid a cantill cured - we furnish their names on application. N & MINOR. 3839 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo. and 1800 Oak St, Kansas City, Mo. Winter Service 1904 and 1905 6 TRAINS DAILY TO ST. LOUIS. For Omaha and Lincoln, 9 a. m. and 10:20 p. m. For Paola, Garnett, Neodesha, Independence and Coffeyville 9:55 a. m. and 10:30 p. m. SPECIAL," leaving at 12:01 Noon; Makafast. Through Sleepers, Diners h. Little Rock and Hot Springs. Last Points at 10:40 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. s 2:25, 9:45 a. m. and 7:40 p. m. Stations, 5:45 a. m. and 5:00 p. m. ph, 5:45, 9:00, 10:50 a. m. and 6:00 p. m. stations, 12:01 noon, and 10:30 p. m. Piping Car Berths and all information call at CITY TICKET OFFICE Passenger Dept. 901 Main St. Gent Kansas City, Mo. 740 Hickory. SPECIAL EXCURSIONS TO SOUTH WEST. February 7 and 21, March 7 and 21, 1905, Via Kansas City Southern Railway. TO PORT ARTHUR, BEAUMONT, TEX., LAKE CHARLES, GALVESTON, HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO, TEX., and all other points on the K. C. S. Ry., for tickets with 21 days limit and privilege of stopping off enroute on both going and return trip. For literature describing "THE LAND OF FULFILLMENT" the country along the K. C. S. Ry., or for further information regarding these excursions write to S. G. WARNER, G. P. & T. A., K. C. S. Ry., Kansas City, Mo. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. If afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water FARMS For Sale on crop payments J. MULHALL, Sioux City, Iowa. KIDDER'S PASTILLES A Sure relief for Asthma. Sold by all Druggists by mail. Kews. StOWELL & Co., Mrs. Charlestown, Mass. BEST BY TEST "I have tried all kinds of waterproof clothing and have never found anything at any price to compare with your Fish Brand for protection from all kinds of weather." (The name and address of the writer of this unsolicited letter may be had upon application.) A. J. TOWER CO. The Sign of the First Boston, U.S.A. The Sign of the Fift TOWERS FISH BRAND TOWER CANADIAN CO., LIMITED Toronto, Canada Makers of Warranted Wet Weather Clothing 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE MIXED FARMING WHEAT RAISING RANCHING Three great pursuits have again shewn wonderful reasons on the Free Homestead Lands of Western Canada this year. Magnificent climate--farmers plowing in their shirt sleeves in the middle of November. "All are bound to be more than pleased with the Best results of the past season's Barnsits."—Extract. Cool, wred, water, hay in abundance. Schools, churches, markets convenient. Apply for information to Superintendent of Immigration Office, Canada, or authorized Canadian Government Agents—J. S. Craford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Please say where you saw the advertisement. HUMOUR of the DAY Farmer Foddershucks. Farmer Foddershucks—"Say, Master Waiter, fetch me a plate o' raw oysters." Waiter—"Yes, sir—on the half shell?" Farmer Foddershucks—"No, sir— on the hull shell! I may be green, young man, but I got a little money yit, an' ye can't bunco me on no half shells. Huh! Fust thing I know ye'll bet me $5 I can't tell which shell the oyster's under. Git them oysters!"—Cleveland Leader. The Society Mother. "What a sweet little girl!" exclaimed Mrs. Societie, coming down the front steps. "Haven't I seen you before, dear?" "Yes'm." "I thought so. Where?" "In your house." "Oh, to be sure! You come to play with my little Gladys sometimes, I presume?" "No'm; I'm Gladys."—Houston Post. Hopeless Case. Mike—Shure, Bridget, an' yez don't mane to say that Pat has lost his job again? Bridget—That's roight; he won't stick to anything. Bridget—That's so; he can't even wear a porous plaster. A. Compliment "I am not rich," said the science crank to the great alienist, "and I have no fortune to leave to the cause of science. But when I die I am going to bequeath my brain to the students of your college for dissection." "Bellieve me," answered the professor, politely, "we shall appreciate your gift. We are profoundly grateful for these bequests, however small they may be. Letting Him Off Easy. Patient—Great Scott! Doctor, that's an awful bill for one week's treatment! Physician—My dear fellow, if you knew what an interesting case yours was and how strongly I was tempted to let it go to a post-mortem, you wouldn't grumble at a bill three times as big as this.—Modern Society. The Contented Burglar Visitor—"Don't you get awfully tired standing there making shoes all day and never being allowed to talk?" day and never being allowed to talk? Convict—"I don't mind it myself. But it's pretty hard on the female shoplifters in the next building. They are not allowed to even utter a verbal complaint while I turn out fifty pairs of these kicks per day." On the Ice. "It's easy," said Skayter, trying to teach Klumsay the backward roll. "Don't be afraid to throw your body well over. All you've got to do is go 'way back—' "And sit down! Yes, I know; I can do that, but it hurts." The White Pullet—"I wish Farmer Jones would provide better henroosts. This one makes me seasick." Information. Mrs. Porkchops—"I think the Thugs are an East Indian sect or tribe." Mr. Porkchops—"East Indian nothing! We have 'em right here in Chicago." The Latest Thing. "Is this dictionary absolutely up to date?" "Oh, absolutely, madam. The appendix comes separately." The following note of excuse was received by a New York teacher the other day: "Dear Teacher: Please excuse Emma for having been absent yesterday, as I had to take her with me to help an old lady who died and had no one to do her work." Progress. Aunt Fanny-"And how is the new aunt getting along?" RENEWING STRAWBERRY BED. Facts Well Worth Treasuring Up by Growers. I set out a strawberry bed in 1898, which has continually improved, both in fruit and plants, each succeeding year under my system of cultivation. I keep one soil well enriched and free from weeds. As soon as I finish picking the fruit, I mow the vines closely and rake them off. I then rake the bed thoroughly with an iron tooth rake, making the whole surface of bed fine and clean; then mark the bed crosswise of last year's rows, leaving the row strips about eight inches wide. I thoroughly, but carefully, hand cultivate between these strips so as not to injure the roots of the plants in these strips. In a few days the best and strongest plants will be up and running. I leave enough of the best and strongest plants to run and cover about one-half or two-thirds of the bed; carefully hoe out the plants not needed, and keep the soil clean, and fine about these running plants. When the runners have covered the amount of space wanted, I cut off all runners as they appear, keeping the open spaces well hoed. If needed I apply a dressing of good, fine manure before mulching the bed for winter. I set only perfect flowering kinds. I have had good success with Corsican, Mead, Jessie, Bradywine, Clyde, Gandy and Parker Earle.—Rodney Seaver in Farm Journal. THE BOY'S OPINION A small five-year-old, after tasting a cup of milk at the supper table one evening, set it down, and said: "Mamma, I'll bet a nickel to a doughnut that our milkman has got a sour cow."—Saturday Evening Herald. "Mamma ',said 5-yeaer-old Margie, 'I'll make a bargain with you." "What kind of a bargain, my dear?" asked her mother. "If you give me a penny every day to buy candy with," replied the small diplomat, "I'll not tell any one you have store teeth."—Chicago News. Dorothy: Say, auntie, is religion something to wear? Aunt Julia: My dear, why do you ask such foolish questions? Dorothy: 'Cause papa said you used your religion for a cloak. Hyker: I played in great luck at the races today. Pyker: So? Quit winner, eh? Hyker: No, but a friend at the track gave me a car ticket, so I didn't have to walk home. Not Much Risk. Examining Physician (for insurance company)—"I'm afraid we can't take you, sir. You are too great a risk." Applicant (resignedly)—"Well, perhaps I am. The fact is, that when I get sick I never send for a doctor. I just lay around until I get well." Examining Physician—"Eh? Um—we'll take you." Johnny: Mamma, why did you say I should not fight Willie Jones when I am at his house or when he is at my house? A Pious Lottery. Towne—I thought your pastor was one who got the oyster received a prize. Browne—Of course. The oyster was the prize—Philadelphia Press. THE TRICKS. Coffee Plays on Some. It hardly pays to laugh before you are certain of facts, for it is sometimes humiliating to think of afterwards. "When I was a young girl I was a lover of coffee but was sick so much the doctor told me to quit and I did but after my marriage my husband begged me to drink it again as he did not think it was the coffee caused the troubles. "So I commenced it again and continued about 6 months until my stomach commenced acting bad and choking as if I had swallowed something the size of an egg. One doctor said it was neuralgia and indigestion. "One day I took a drive with my husband three miles in the country and I drank a cup of coffee for dinner. I thought sure I would die before I got back to town to a doctor. I was drawn double in the buggy and when my husband hitched the horse to get me out into the doctor's office, misery came up in my throat and seemed to shut my breath off entirely, then left all in a flash and went to my heart. The doctor pronounced it nervous heart trouble and when I got home I was so weak I could not sit up. "My husband brought my supper to my bedside with a nice cup of hot coffee but I said: 'Take that back, dear, I will never drink another cup of coffee if you gave me everything you are worth, for it is just killing me.' He and the others laughed at me and said: "The idea of coffee killing anybody." "Well,' I said, 'it is nothing else but coffee that is doing it.' "In the grocery one day my husband was persuaded to buy a box of Postum which he brought home and I made it for dinner and we both thought how good it was but said nothing to the hired men and they thought they had drunk coffee until we laughed and told them. Well we kept on with Postum and it was not long before the color came back to my cheeks and I got stout and felt as good as I ever did in my life. I have no more stomach trouble and I know I owe it all to Postum in place of coffee. "My husband has gained good health on Postum, as well as baby and I, and we all think nothing is too good to say about it." Name given by Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich. Many Persons Have Catarrh of Kidneys, Or Catarrh of Bladder and Don't Know It. Say Plainly to Your Grocer That you want LION COFFEE always, and he, being a square man, will not try to sell you anything else. You may not care for our opinion, but What About the United Judgment of Millions of housekeepers who have used LION COFFEE for over a quarter of a century? Is there any stronger proof of merit, than the "It's the shots that hit that count." Winchester Rifle and Pistol Cartridges in all calibers hit, that is, they shoot accurately and strike a good, hard, penetrating blow. This is the kind of cartridges you will get, if you insist on having the time-tried Winchester make. ALL DEALERS SELL WINCHESTER MAKE OF CARTRIDGES. 32 YEARS SELLING DIRECT We are the largest manufacturers of vehicles and harness in the world selling to consumers exclusively. We Have No Agents but ship anywhere for examination and approval, guaranteeing safe delivery. You are out nothline not satisfied as to style, quality and price. We make 200 styles of vehicles and 65 styles of harness. No. 636. Combination Buggy with extra stick seat and 4-wheel axle. Please complete $8.40. As good as sells for $30 more. Elkhart Carriage & Harness Mfg. Co., Elkhart, Indiana. Our large Catalogue is FREE. Send for it. No. 827. Canopy Top Surrey. Price complete $715. As good as sells for $30 more. W. N. U., KANSAS CITY, NO. 10, 1908 BEGGS' BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES VIRUSES AND ELSE FILMS Best Cough Syrup. Motion Good. Uses in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION President Newhof and War Correspondent Richards Were Promptly Cured By Pe-ru-na. Mr. C. B. Newhof, 10 Delaware street, Albany, N. Y., President Montefiore Club, writes: "Since my advanced age I find that I have been frequently troubled with urinary ailments. The bladder seemed irritated, and my physician said that it was catarrh caused by a protracted cold which would be difficult to overcome on account of my advanced years. I took Peruna, hardly during to believe that I would be helped, but I found to my relief that I soon began to mend. The irritation gradually subsided and the urinary difficulties passed away. I have enjoyed excellent health now for the past seven months. I enjoy my meals, sleep soundly, and am as well as I was twenty years ago. I give all praise to Peruna."—C. B. Newhof. Mr. F. R. Richards, 600 E. Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. War Correspondent, writes: "Exactly six years ago I was ordered to Cuba as staff correspondent of the New York unit. I was in charge of a Sun Dispatch board through the Spanish American war. The effect of the tropical climate and the nervous strain showed plainly on my return to the states. Lassitude, depression in the verge of melancholia, and increased kidney trouble made me practically an invalid. This undesirable condition continued, despite the best of treatment. Finally a brother newspaperman, who like myself had served in the war, induced me to give a faithful trial to Peruna. I did so. In a short time the lassitude left me, my kidneys resumed a healthy condition, and a complete cure was effected. I cannot too strongly recommed Peruna to those suffering with kidney trouble. To-day I am able to work as hard as at any time in my life, and the examiner for a leading insurance company pronounced me an "A" risk." In Poor Health Over Four Years. Mr. John Nimmo, 215 Lippincott St., Toronto. Can a prominent merchant of that city and a member of the Masonic order, writes, "I have been in poor health generally for over four years. When I caught a bad cold last winter it settled in the bladder and kidneys, causing serious trouble. I took two greatly advertised kidney remedies without getting the Say Plainly to That you want LION or being a square man, will thing else. You may not What About the United of housekeepers who hare for over a quarter Is there any stronger p BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES Lion-head on Save these Lion-heads SOLD BY GROCER WINCH ```markdown ``` 32 YEARS SELL We are the largest manufacturers of ing to con We Have N but ship any amination a guaranteeing you a ing if not satis style, quality price. We e styles of veh No. $36. Combination Buggy with extra 65 styles of stick seat and 4 in rubber tires. Price complete $68.60. As good as sell M. B. desired results. Peruna is the only remedy which was really of any benefit to me. I have not had a trace of kidney trouble nor a cold in my system." Pe-ru-na Contains No Narcotics One reason why Peruna has found permanent use in so many homes is that it contains no narcotic of any kind. Peruna is perfectly harmless. It can be used any length of time without acquiring a drug habit. Peruna does not produce temporary results. It is permanent in its effect. It has no bad effect upon the system, and gradually eliminates catarrh by removing the cause of catarrh. There are a multitude of homes where Peruna has been used off and on for twenty years. Such a thing could not be possible if Peruna contained any drugs of a narcotic nature. to Your Grocer ON COFFEE always, and he, will not try to sell you any- y not care for our opinion, but United Judgment of Millions to have used LION COFFEE er of a century? ver proof of merit, than the Confidence of the People and ever increasing popularity? LION COFFEE is carefully selected at the plantation, shipped direct to our various factories, where it is skillfully roasted and carefully packed in sealed packages—unlike loose coffee, which is exposed to germs, dust, insects, etc. LION COFFEE reaches you as pure and clean as when it left the factory. Sold only in 1 lb. packages. on every package. leads for valuable premiums. CERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. HESTER ISTOL CARTRIDGES. demands delicate treatment, or the cuticle roughens and eruptions sooner or later appear JOHN H. WOODBURY'S FACIAL SOAP TRADE MARK. FOR THE SKIN SCALP AND Complexion is chemically and hygienically pure and curative. Its efficient cleansing value is the least of its advantages. It freshens, soothes and nourishes. 25 cents A CAKE. Woodbury's Facial Cream rests the tense and tired face tissues when applied nightly. 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., CINCINNATI, O. The Winning of Wiley. Dr. Wiley, of Washington, has been won over to the historic position occupied by Editor Reaves, of the Hardeman Free Press, and he now claims that whisky is a food—Memphis Commercial-Appeal. Much valuable information free about band instruments; write for the new catalogue to-day. JENKINS' MUSIC HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO. How easy it is for us, the night before to get up early in the morning. Earliest Green Onions. The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse Wis., always have something new, something valuable. This year they offer among their new money making vegetable, an Earliest Green Eating Onion. It is a winner, Mr. Farmer and Gardener! JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 16C. and they will send you their big plant and seed catalog, together with enough seed to grow 1,000 fine, solid Cabbages. 1,000 rare, luscious Radishes, 1,000 gloriously brilliant Flowers. In all over 10,000 plants—this great offer fails on us to test their warranted vegetable gecko. ALL FOR BUT 16C POSTAGE. providing you will return this notice, and if you will send them 26c in postage, they will add to the above a big package of Salzer's Fourth of July Sweet Corn—the earliest on earth—10 days earlier than Cory, Peepo'o Day, First of All, etc. [W.N.U.] Braid is used upon all materials and in combination with other trimmings. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because each 10c package contains 16 oz., while all the other kinds contain 12 oz. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. What a Maid Thought. John D. Rockefeller makes it a custom to address his servants at morning and evening prayers. One of the maids was asked by a friend if she appreciated the riscourses. "I never thought of that," she replied. And then she added: "I only looks at the old man, and thinks to myself: You poor, dear, gentleman, how you are enjoying yourself—George Creel's Independent. Kind Lady: What! you are here again? It hasn't been an hour since I gave you a bountiful dinner. What do you want now? The hobo—Ef it ain't too much trouble, ma'am, I'd tank yousef a couple uv dyspepsy tablets. TRADE MARK. For Cupboard Corner St. Jacobs Oil Straight, strong, sure, is the best household remedy for Rheumatism Neuralgia Sprains Lumbago Bruises Backache Soreness Sciatica Stiffness Price, 25c. and 50c. IDEAL HOUSE FOR POULTRY. Structure In Use at Prominent Agricultural College The poultry house represented in the accompanying illustrations is that, in use at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College at Truro. It has a double roof. The light is admitted through a large window in the front of each individual pen; it is hinged at the top Fig. 1—Cross section of pen showing arrangement of alley, roosts, scratching floor, curtain, window, etc. and swings up to open as shown in Fig. 1. The window reaches within about fifteen inches of the floor, in order that the sun may shine on all parts of the floor. It is desirable to have the dustbust stationed immediately below the window. The distinguishing feature of this house is the alleyway, which runs the entire length along the back wall. From this passage the drop boards are cleaned and the eggs collected. The north side of the building is sided with three-ply boards and two of building paper, the rest with two plies of boards and one of paper. This style of house may be extended any desired length. The roosting pens are separated by boards, and the scratching part by wire netting above a board 15 inches high. The fowls of ALLEY 3.0' WIDE ROOSTING PEN CURTAIN WATER Fig. 2—Section of floor showing the interior arrangement. two pens are watered from one vessel which extends through the partition as shown in Fig. 2.—Montreal Herald Contents of Silos A silo is undoubtedly one of the most valuable and profitable structures on a stock or dairy farm provided it is properly managed. Its use enables one to keep more stock and feed them better than if no silage is used. It provides green food in winter, which is of great importance in keeping stock in good thriving condition. It would be much better to put up one silo 30 feet high than two 14 feet and 16 feet respectively, for the reason that the silage keeps much better in a deep silo. No one having experience thinks of building a silo less than 20 feet high, and they are frequently built from 30 to 40 feet in height. The best form for a silo is circular. If built square the corners should be cut off, which greatly facilitates the settling of the silage and the exclusion of air at the angles. A round silo 13 feet on diameter and 30 feet high would hold about 75 tons of corn silage. In addition to good hay and a small grain ration a cow should have about 35 pounds of silage per day for a period of 180 days. At this rate of feeding 75 tons would feed 23 cows during the winter months. Manure Pit Beneath Stable Floor F. R.—1. If manure from a herd of cows were stored in a pit beneath the floor of the stable during the winter season, would it pollute the atmosphere of the stable? 2. Could a concrete floor be built on planks several feet above ground? 1. If the floor of the stable were tight, the trap-door close fitting, and the sides of the pit were open so that the wind may blow through, the atmosphere of the stable should not be polluted by the gasses from the manure. 2. A floor of cement could be built on a plank floor, but it would require very firm foundation timbers in order to prevent cracking. A cheaper and more suitable floor for an elevated stable would consist of sawed cedar blocks, laid in hot coal tar, with sand and tar filled in between the blocks. A floor carefully laid in this way would be water tight, durable and quite inexpensive. Lumber Required for Two Rooms. A. H.—How much lumber would be required to build a room 12x20 feet, also a kitchen 8x10 feet long, weatherboards, lining, rafters and shingles? Your house would require 800 feet of 2x4-inch scantling for rafters, plates and studding; 600 feet of sheeting for roof; 1,600 feet for weather boards and inside lining; six squares of shingles, 650 feet for flooring and ceiling, and 180 feet for joists. The plan of roof you give extends over the front of veranda. The above estimate is based on this plan. Cost of Windmill A. H. M.—What would it cost to put up a windmill to pump from a well in which the water is 25 feet from the top; the water to be forced 25 feet to the house and 450 feet to the barn over level ground? An eight-foot windmill on a 30-foot tower would cost approximately $75. If galvanized pipe were used it would cost about ten cents per foot, covering the distance in which the water is carried. An efficient pump to work in connection with the windmill would cost anywhere from $10 to $15. Counted Him Twice. This story was told me by a brother, Briton, and it may be old; but I can't help repeating it, so here goes. An Englishman was standing outside a saloon in Londonderry. He heard sounds of conflict, and suddenly a dark object shot out of the doorway. It picked itself up and spoke to the onlooker. "Did you see that? Stand where you are and count the dead ones as they come out." Then Patt disappeared inside again. A minute later another dark object shot out into the main street. "One," said the Englishman. "Stop that counting, ye djit!, exclaimed the object, picking himself up. "It's me again." Oldest Inhabitant Again. "That's the highest the Jordon has ever been known to raise," said one of Methuselah's friends just after a great rise in the historic river. "Oh, no," replied Methuselah. "It was a foot higher than that about 869 years ago, when I was a lad of 104."—Nallas News. Some women think the only stamp of elegance necessary is to wear a train. Doing Great Wurk Ward, Ark., March 6th.—(Special.) --From all over the West reports come of cures of different forms of Kidney Disease by Dodd's Kidney Pills, and this place is not without evidence of the great work the Great American Kidney Remedy is doing. Among the cured here is Mr. J. V. Waggoner, a well known citizen, who, in an interview, says: "Dodd's Kidney Pills have done wonders for me. My kidneys and bladder were badly out of order. I used many medicines, but got nothing to cure me till I tried Dodd's Kidney Pills. Two boxes of them fixed me up so that I have been well ever since. "Tell the poor kidney and bladder diseased people to take Dodd's Kidney Pills and get well." No case of kidney complaint is too far gone for Dodd's Kidney Pills to cure. They are the only remedy that has ever cured Bright's Disease. Real Suffering.—"We women," she was saying again, "suffer in silence." "I can readily believe that you do suffer in silence," the man replied. "You take so much pleasure in talk."—Philadelphia Press. When Your Grocer Says he does not have Defiance Starch, you may be sure he is afraid to keep it until his stock of 12 oz. packages are better than defiance Starch is not only better than other Cold Water Starch, but contains 16 oz. to the package and wells for same money as 12 oz. brands. Sympathy.—Mrs. Royle—"I have had such a cold that I couldn't speak for three days." Mrs. Coyle—"How you must have suffered!"—Tidbits. Shake in Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder, cures pain, smarting, nervous feet and ingrowing nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all druggists, 25c. Trial package FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Columbus would not have discovered America if he had been guided by precedents. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Voluminous muffs with fulled ends are furnished with narrow bands of fur and lined with white satin. USE THE FAMOUS USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. There is nothing so strong or safe in any emergency of life as the simple truth. 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. 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're 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." -Cleveland Leader. CUTE CLARA. Aunt Jane—"No, Clara, you aren't pretty. But I suppose the young man who calls upon you tells you you are the most beautiful woman in all the world?" Clara—"Yes, but it is after I have lowered the gaslight."—Boston Transcript. He'd Seen 'Em,'—"What business is papa in, mamma?" asked little Robbie. "Why, he's in the hardware business, my boy." "And does he sell cockroaches, mamma?" "Why, Robbie! What a question! Of course he doesn't." "Well, he's got a sign on the store window which reads, 'We sell everything that is found in the kitchen.'"—Yonkers Statesman. China not only denies that it has violated neutrality, but makes it clear that it will do either Russian or Japanese laundry work at regular prices. —Denver Post. It requires a derrick to get some people out of the rut onto the asphalt. A dealer always smokes cigars that don't sell. RELIC OF WILLIAM PENN. Sermon and Farewell to His People in England. "William Penn's last farewell to England" is the title of a rare tract which is to be offered with a fine collection of Americana at Davis & Harvey's within a few weeks, says the New York Times. There are only eight small quarto pages in the tract, which bears the date 1682 on its title-page. The work, while of great rarity, is not unknown, although it is not mentioned by Lownes, and Stan. V. Henkels, the veteran book auctioneer, has never had a copy pass through his hands. Divided into three parts, the tract is a simple sermon to Penn's people William Penns LAST FAREWEL TO ENGLAND: BEING AN EPISTLE Containing a SALUTATION TO ALL Vifitation to the Enquiring, In a Solemn FAREWEL to them all in the Land of my Nativity. London. Printed for Thomas Cooke, 1682. in England, being an "epistle containing a salutation to the unfaithful and a visitation to the inquiring, in a solemn farewell to them all in the land of my nativity." The last part is signed, "your well wishing Friend, W. P.," and is dated "from the Downs, the 30th of the Sixth Month, 1682." From this date it would appear that after Penn went on board the ship Welcome, which was to bear him to his beautiful province—Pennsylvania—he felt that he might never see his natal shores again, and so decided to send a farewell message to the world. To the unfaithful, Penn adds, as a peroration, "This I send you as a farewell to you, in the name and power of the God of my salvation, and in so doing am I clear of you all." CHINA'S GUILDS OF THIEVES Roguery Properly Organized in the Flowery Kingdom. China is the country of guilds, and the guild of thieves in any district might almost be described as a recognized body. It is treated with by all householders, until it has become a kind of insurance agency against theft. All gatekeepers and night-watcher pay a small monthly fee to this guild in order that no thieving may take place on the premises over which they have control; then if anything does go, it will be due to a free lance, who would be promptly murdered if captured by the guild thieves themselves A recent writer on China states that a friend of his who employs many hundreds of coolies, pays a regular monthly salary to the head of the thieves in that district. The man comes to the office on pay-days like other employees to draw his wages. If however, anything has been missed from the factory during the month, the value of it is deducted from his salary until the article is restored, which is invariably done within a short time and in full.-Montreal Herald. Trap Door Spider. i Trap door spiders construct homes in many cases by digging a cylindrical hole in the ground, smoothing its interior, and adding p silken lining. A neat lid is then constructed of a mixture of earth and silk. It is smooth on its under side, but rough externally, so as to exactly match its surroundings, and is provided with p silken hinge. Cigarettes Smuggled in a Book. A clever attempt to elude the customs has been frustrated by one of the St. Paul inspectors. A large book was received through the mail, addressed to a citizen of St. Paul. The postmark was that of a city in Turkey. The book was wrapped up in such a way that the sides were visible, in order to avoid suspicion. The inspector detected the fraud or lifting the book, which was suspiciously light in weight. An examination showed that the entire inside of the book had been cut and in the space thus made were some 5,000 Turkish cigarettes.—Minneapolis Tribune. Strange Sight in Sky According to a Woodford, Vt., corespondent a woman in that place happened to look out of her window at 2 o'clock in the morning recently and saw in the cloudless sky something that looked like a canoe, emblazoned with gold. Other members of the family were summoned and also witnessed the strange spectacle, which soon vanished. Woman's Kidney Troubles Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is Especially Successful in Curing This Fatal Disease Mrs. J. W. Lang and Mrs. S. Frake 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. 20 bushels more corn per acre by plant 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. The Difference Between Seasons Fully Exfoliated Spring planting of strawberries which requires work and has the use of one's land a whole year without profit, may be a good system in dry summers, but in wet summers like 1904 and the last three, give me late summer and fall planting. My spring plants were put on clean ground, but rains came on and made it too wet to go upon with horse and cultivator, but weeds grew like magic. Being busy with more pressing work, they had to be hoed or given to the weeds, not counting other crops, which would have to be neglected, it would cost more than the berries would bring, and so much of the spring planting must be plowed under. Now, let us look at the August planting. Early potatoes and bean vines were turned under August 1. First runners were set in rows three inches apart August 6 and would have made matted rows before frost, I followed to do so.—A. T. Goldsborough, in Western Fruit Grower. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hail's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hail's Catarrh Cure is not a quick medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, price 75c. Take Hail's Family Pills for constipation. Mamma: Because it isn't polite. Johnny: Huh! Then I s'pose I'll have to lay for him and fight him on the street. Gallops for Aid When your stomach is all upset, your liver in bad shape, your bowels out of whack, your head like to split, and every nerve in your body on edge, Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin gallops for aid and you get it. It clears out your poisoned system, brings fresh, clean blood supply to all your digestive organs, and restores to you that comfortable feeling of perfect health. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails. To err is human; not to air others' errors is divine. 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. If the years have done nothing else for a man, they have changed his opinion of what constitutes a good time. 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, Breaking Disorders, move and regulate the Breath, Destroy Worms. Over 30,000 testimonials. At all drugists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address A.S. O. Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y. For the afternoon gown, broadcloth is most seen. Woman's Kid Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege cially Successful i Disease. Mrs. J. W. Lang an Of all the diseases known, with which women are afflicted, kidney disease is the most fatal. In fact, unless early treatment is applied, the weary patient seldom survives. Being fully aware of this, Mrs. Pinkham, early in her career, gave exhaustive study to the subject, and in producing her great remedy for woman's ills—Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound—was careful to see that it contained the correct combination of herbs which was sure to control that fatal disease, woman's kidney troubles. The Vegetable Compound acts in harmony with the laws that govern the entire female system, and while there are many so called remedies for kidney troubles. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the only one especially prepared for women, and thousands have been cured of serious kidney derangements by it. Derangements of the feminine organs quickly affect the kidneys, and when a woman has such symptoms as pain or weight in the loins, backache, bearing down pains, urine too frequent scanty or high colored, producing scalding or burning, or deposits like brick dust in it; unusual thirst, swelling of hands and feet, swelling under the eyes or sharp pains in the back running down the inside of her groin, she may be sure her kidneys are affected and should lose no time in combating the disease with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, the woman's remedy for woman's ills. The following letters show how marvelously successful it is. Lvdla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound IOWA GROWN FIRE DRIED SEED CO. Iowa Grown Seed Corn. Why don't you do the best varieties, with seed catalogue free. Don't is. Make two dollars where you now make one. Add J. E. ARMSTRONG & SONS, Seed Co. FROM MISERY TO HEALTH. A Prominent Club Woman, of Kansas City, Writes to Thank Doan's Kidney Pills for a Quick Cure Miss Nellie Davis, of 1216 Michigan Avenue, Kansas City, Mo., society leader and club woman, writes: "I cannot say too much in praise of Doan's Kidney Pills, for they effected a complete cure in a very short time City, Mo., society leader and club woman, writes: "I cannot say too much in praise of Doan's Kidney Pills, for they effected a complete cure in a very short time when I was suffering from kidney troubles brought on by a cold. I had severe pains in the back and sick headaches, and felt miserable all over. A few boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills made me a well woman, without an ache or pain, and I feel compelled to recommend this reliable remedy." (Signed) Nellie Davis. A TRIAL FREE—Address Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers. Price, 50 cents. The appearance of comic valentines in the windows should suggest it to some public-spirited individual to work for a safe and sane Valentine's day—Denver Post. I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds—JOHN P BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900. The chances are that the man who looks before he leaps won't leap. "Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy's excellent for the liver. Cured me after eight relief sufferings." S. Perron, Albany, Y. World famous. A miserly man is one who refuses to lend you a few dollars. DON'T FORGET BREAT Alars 2-oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue only 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ia. It is best to settle a quarrel with out any outside interference. Lewis' "Single Binder" straight 50 cigar, No other brand of cigars is so popular with the smoker. He has learned to rely upon its uniform high quality. Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill. 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 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 grocer 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 oz." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. On coats of moderate cost o great many braids are used. dney Troubles etable Compound is Espe n Curing This Fatal d Mrs. S. Frake Mrs. Samuel Frake, of Prospect Plains, N. J., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: I cannot thank you enough for what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me. When I first wrote to you I had asked for years with what the doctor called for, and congestion of the liver. My back ached and I had to call the nurse and I suffered so with that bearing-down feeling I could hardly walk across the room. I did not get any better, so decided to stop doctoring with my physician and take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and I am thanked with my work, which entirely cured me. My own work is entirely tachec and all the bad symptoms have disappeared. I cannot praise your medicine enough, and would advise all women suffering with kidney trouble to try it. Mrs. J. W. Lang, of 626 Third Avenue, New York, writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: I have been a great sufferer with kidney trouble. My back ached the time and I was discouraged. I heard that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound would kidney disease, and I began to take it; and I have been me when everything else had failed. I have received all of people and they all praise it very highly. Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation. Women suffering from kidney trouble, or any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn Mass. Out of the great volume of experience which she has to draw from it is more than likely she has the very knowledge that will help your case. Her advice is free and always helpful. a Woman's Remedy for Woman's Health Your neighbor has found that he can grow 20 bushies more corn our sore by planting same? Let us send you liberal samples of corn by this paper down until you have sent for them. Corn Growers, Drawer No. 21, Shenandoah, Iowa.