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 THAT HE WHO RUNS MAY READ. VOL16 NO. 4 The Oldest LIBERAL COM HONEST THAT HE WHO The duty of every citizen, who is interested in the affairs of municipal government is plainly before them. Those who desire to make our little city, A fit place in which to live. Those who desire to laugh, stock and rid cule of every hamlet in the country can do either. It is plainly up to all, will we keep pace with other progressive cities? or will we give up, fold our arms and let corruption us to utter oblivion. If we are to do this, if we are men and women void of all love and regard for honesty and common decency then we sing Hark from the tomb a doleful sound." If we are men and women imbued with city id as, love our homes and our city, deeply interested in all that tends to assure us happiness and almost serene environment, then we must at this juncture Stand up" enlist in the great army of good people and push the battle of justice and right to the, Gate, open it and, stopping not to rest until the victor is won, our city, redeemed and W. Rose a great big broad gauged, brainy man is seated in the mayors chair, with firm hold on the reins of government. Every body can rest assured that within as pilot our city will move on to a higher rank in the aggregation of cities, good government, just taxes, good after cheap gas, honest account of the city finance and competent appointees who must account for their transactions a part and parcel of his administration. Our aquaintence of Mr. Rose has covered a number of years and it is no lie boasting or thread bare story we tell. When we tell the people of Kansas City Kansas that he is the man to vote for on the 4th of April. Search the city and day you will find those who are advocating the re-election of Tom Gilbert mayor, are either serving in an appointive position or have been promised one. If they are white men if not this administration, they are figuring a landing on, some of that $i25,000 that failed to reach the City Treasury. Those who doubt the correctness of this, will and out to their own satisfaction by investigating, that we are right. When the people of this city, awake in full realization of what they have group against in on effort to redeem city from the gang of graffers, that fast dragging then name of the metropolis city, in disgrace, down to the low-extremities of the infernal region city will lose no time in coming to employ the only hope in sight—electing W. W. Rose and a set of councilmen to sustain him in the proper conducting city, affairs. On one side ill gotten people in the hands of an organized machine, on the other side are the people fighting for common decency, honesty and justice in behalf of the whole people. We ask in the name of all that is near and dearest to you to vote to turn down the present city administration breaking with rottenness. To give our leaders and the public an idea what is really a fact? The Gilbert machine' consists of the Police and Fire Department. The street and other office holder in an effort to fool the people, the street corner been increased since the cam Our heart beats at all times in unmeasured pulses for "our race" Sixteen years we haue stood upon the hurricane sick of public opinion for justice and right to all mankind and particular the hero who has been denied the true privileges of American citizens. To day we stand unmovable. We appeal in the most serious tones of which humanity is capable and ask each and every member of the race, man and wcman for once on a lifetime, lay aside petty jealousies personal feel ngs and peculiar differences and rise up in the strength of a great nation and cast your vote for a man, who stands in your midst a man, a citizen, the lawyer and the equal of any man on any ticket who desires your support. We ask you to vote for Judge I. F. Bradley on the Citizen ticket for Police Judge. The public record or Judge Bradley stands untarnished by a single deed unbecoming a true servant of the people and for the people. No elaborate introduction is needed. The ability he possesses has been clearly demonstrated and in seeking the election to the office of Police Judge, he brings forward well seasoned --- paign started. Thirty four deputy S an tary Sergeants have been appointed when six has always done the work be fore Thirty deputy city assessors have been appointed to do the work that fifteen has always done before. What does this mean? It means that each man s walking delegate for the re-election of Tom Gilbert. It means that the tax payers of this city, in a very cunning way will be forced to help pay the campaign expenses of the present mayor. Notwithstanding that the $125,000 has been unaccounted for, you are still being hoodwinked in various [ways]. It is a natural supposition that besides giving their time and every effort, for Tom Gilberts re-election each office holder will contribute to the “pot.” The gambling houses and saloons see a club swinging over their heads to force them into line. It is said that one saloon keeper, who dared to express his feeling as an American Citizen, has a right to do, because he favored not the administration of Tom Gilbert, he was closed up. We cannot begin to tell the public half of the methods being used to get another two year whack at the city. It is no wonder that some people can buy farms, build houses and h-ve big bank accounts and chew gum. Were it possible that we could whisper in the ear of every Negro man and woman, in impressive tones, that they might view the true condition as we do, and all will be forced to view it, ere long Are we to be likened unto sheep driven to slaughter, or we to be the tool forever of a party, who unjustly claim they freed us, If the government derives its just power from the consent of the governed as a part and parcel we have something to say, The greatest weapon we have is the ballot intelligently used. It needs not the exhortation of a minister, the pleadings of a lawyer, nor the eloquence of a silver tongued orator to convince the great mass of citizens of either color that W. W. Rose is the choice, of the men seeking their snifflage for mayor. Once more we appeal to the loyal Negro who has always stood for the name of republican, to bind up their broken hearts conceal their wounds, talk less and do more. Be men and women honest in your convictions true to yourselves earnest in every effort, for W. W. Rose the most exalted type of representative citizenship. It is now being noised about that the Gilbert Machine will buy up the Negro vote. Will we as a race of people stand for insult after insult to be hurled against us? Are we to let the world know by our actions, that we barter away our rights, manhood and womanhood for a few paltry dollars that a gang might be retained in office to laugh in their sleeves and rake in their thousands of dollars. It is said the prices that have been considered for Negro votes are like this—One class 50 cents, another $1.50, the third 2.50, the fourth 5.00 the fifth class $10.00. The others will be promised a job that has already been promised to another. The rest will be expected to line up for the machine because it is *stamped republican*. experience and a thorough knowledge of dealing out justice befor the bar, we ask every Negro throughout the city tostand by Judge Bradley. God forbid that there is a Negro in Kansas City, Kansas of noble manhood and glorious womanhood who will stoop so low, Beat back the whisperings of a conscience, and stick a knife in a Negro, who as an American Citizen seeks your support on April 4th. Rev. J. R. Richardson is a candidate fo. councilman in the Third ward and Rev. G. McNeal a candidate for councilman in the Second. Making Wood Tar. It is curious to notice that wood tar is prepared just as it was in the fourth century B. C. A bank is chosen and a hole dug, into which the wood is placed, covered with turf. A fire is lighted underneath, and the tar slowly drips into the barrels placed to receive it. Shoesoles Eight Feet Thick We wear away two inches of shoe leather in a year. A pair of shoes that would "last a lifetime" would, consequently, have to be provided with solar from eight to nine feet thick. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING, LOCALS If you want a clean and honest city Administration for the two years, Vote for W. W. Rose Little Cecil .J. Williams .400. Oakl and Avenue, is quite ill . The. A. M. E. Church. cor. of Seventh h and State St. expect to render a cantata Conducted by Miss. Bertha. Cole. In the near future Miss Corbin and Estella. Wilson. expect to attend the teaches associton at Law-rene Rev. Moppin filled the pulpit of the A.-M. E. Church Sunday last. In W. W. Rose we have a man who falters not at any stage of the game The funeral of Mr. Robert Floyd who died Wednesday of this week at his home on Oskland ave., will be held Sunday afternoon 1:30. at A. M. E. church under the auspices of Washington Temple No. 25, International Order of Twelve. Miss S. A. Chinn will be the guest of Miss Farinda Crouch during the association at Lawrence. Miss I. B. Generals and Mrs Maggie Clay will be the guest of Miss Trussie Smothers while in Lrwrence. The 8 street Christain Church is making great preparation for Easter. all are welcome. The teachers will attend the North eastern teachers State association at Lawrence 25 and 26th all of the public schools will be closed Friday. Miss Francis Garner expect oo from Lawrenze to Ottowa Kansas where she will spend a few days with her sister Mrs. Overs. Quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. church Sunday. Bishop Grant is expected to preach. Miss Trussie Smothers The nineth teacher in the Line in School is rapidly showing her ability as an able instructor. She comes with high honors from K. U. The progressive Art Club met at the residences of Mrs. Mattie Davis. Young man was clumsy enough to break a beautiful Picture. Rev. Hayes is quite a successful pastor, visit his church. Mrs Nancy Ellington of Clifton Hill Mo. returned to her home after a two weeks visit with her aunt Mrs. J. Williams. Mrs. John Williams entertained a number of her friends Saturday eve. Mrs. Eliza Graves and Mrs. T. J. Smith visited Independence Sunday. The Class in millery are doing excellent work. thethats will be on display at the M. and O. Hall Friday evening. The body of Dr. Griffin of Langston City Oklahoma in charge of his wife passed through the city this week, enroute to Macon city Mo. Where the interment will be made. Dr. Griffin was quite a prominent physician in Oklahoma. Mrs. Griffin is related to Mrs. Sylvia Robinson and Mrs. Pollie Bradford. The Alabama Babes Minstrel was a glowing success at the M, and O. Hall on the evening of the 20th. A rather creditable street parade coupled with the comical antics of Prof Payne the celebrated bicyclist were drawing features The remains of Mrs. Ido rahama well known lady an wife of Wm Graham of this city, who died last week, were taken to Lincoln Nebraska. Monday eve. for burial that city being her former home and the present abode of her parents. Many regrets of sadness were expressed by those who enjoyed her friendship in life, at her untimely taking off. A colored brother in advising some friends how to vote the complex Australian ballot said, "Scratch in the circle under the chicken and you'll get Mr Rose Logical and ture. If I might breathe your beauty into song. The singing stars would tarry into flight To hearken, dreaming that death's ancient wrong. Enthroned on earth so long. Was scattered by the everlasting light. And earth new winged with singing and with flame. As when exultant she from out of chaos came. Reaching the creamery one of the committee halted and said: "Sir, I wish to direct your attention to that grave. The man who lies buried there had to be provided with the largest coffin ever made in this city." The honored guest thanked his host not so much for the information as for relieving the strain.—Pittsburg Dispatch. 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 Touch Districts The experiences of the Bellevue hospital ambulance surgeons in the unlighted districts skirting East river, New York, where it is not safe even for policemen to venture sometimes, have led the hospital authorities to equip the instrument bags carried by the surgeons with a tubular electric dark lantern, sixteen inches long and two inches thick, weighing about two pounds. It serves equally well as a lantern and a night stick. According to the stories of the surgeons, when they have returned from calls to particularly dangerous districts, the defensive end of the contrivance has often proved more useful than the electric ends. To Kill or Cure the Dog? A Mr. Gray of George's Corner took his dog out recently, says the Marine Sportsman, to chase foxes. It was a hopeful dog, filled with the enthusiasm of youth. Somehow the hound got switched off from the fox's track and went after a lively loupcervier, and when Mr. Gray came along to shoot a fox, he found a very sad and dilapidated dog sitting under a tree, with the wild cat overhead among the limbs contemplating a fresh assault. Mr. Gray shot the loupcervier and took the 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 Wlsh. A Wish. If I might sing for you as waters sing In gushing melodies, or as the birds Whose soul soars on free, unfettered wing; If from my life might spring One song unramelled of the net of words; Then me I praise you as my heart would praise; Nor grieve though song should leave men dumb through after days. R. A. Kope the clerk of the North side court has made an efficient official and is certainly deserving of re-election We are doing but little recommending but we cheerfully recommend Mr. R. A. Kope as a gentleman and entitled to your vote: he is alright. One of Life's Tragedies. When a bachelor sees a widow he shakes his head knowingly. When a widow sees a bachelor she shakes her head knowingly. Watching them is a spinster, who also shakes her head knowingly. Feminine Solace. Sorrow finds a fertile field in femininity. Strange, too, are the remedies sought. Many women, overtaken by calamity and grief, find a deep solace in having their photographs taken. Husband of Little Importance. Among some of the ancient Mexican tribes the husband left his people and dwelt with his wife's family, where he seems to have been considered of minor importance. Homes in Various Countries Italy and Spain have fewer houses in proportion to their population than any other country in the world. The Argentine republic and Uruguay have the most. Log Cabin Philosophy Spite of all de bright sunshine in dis worl', some mens will go roon' huntin' fear 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. NOW IS the time to Subscribe For the Weekly American Citizen. Gentlemen Desiring nice comfortable rooms in a nice locality canfindthem neatly furnished at 750 Neb. ave. K. C. K. 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. KENNESSEY City, Ka PATTERSON & GAYDEN Dealers In- Hard and Soft Coal, Wood. Vault & Cesspool Cleaning. Gisterns Filled Tel. 215 West. 527 STATE AVE. MARCH 24, 1905 is Section CALL HERE EXECUTORS NOTICE STATE OF KANSAS. } 88 WYANDOTTE COUNTY. } IN THE PROBATE COURT OF SAID COUNTY. In the matter of the Estate of Mary L. Gordon Deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters tessamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the last will and testament of Mary L. Gordon late of said county, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid. Dated the 21 day of March 1905. Now all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said letters, they shall be forever barred. CORVIN PATTERSON Executor of the last will and testament of Mary L. Gordon. 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, 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 yououdem, 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 TOO'S. Attys, forlaintif. Wm. Needles, Clerk. By D.C. Mccombs, Deputy. EXECUTOR'S N in behal STATE OF KANSAS COURT IN AND FORSAID 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 afsaired, date the 6th day of February A. D. 1905. Now, all persons having claims against the said Estate are hereby notified that they must pr sent the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said Letters, or they may be precluded from any beefit 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 County of Wyaodotte Court in and for said County. County of Wyandotte) said County. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLARA WILLIAMS SLEDGE DECAESED Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesid 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 Prabate Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte and State aforesaid, on the first Monday in the month of March A. D. 1905. I shall apply to said Court for a full and final settlement of said state. Peter young Administrator of Clara Williams Sledge Deceased. In Witness Whereof, the undersigned, Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyon dotte. 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 The World's Wanderers The World's Wanderers. Tell me, thou star, whose wings of light Spread wide with the light In what cavern of the night Will thy pinnions close now? Tell me, moon, thou pale and gray Pligrim of heaven's homeless way, In what depth of night or day Seekest thou repose now? Weary wind, who wanderest Like the world's rejected guest, Hike the earth's secret nest On the tree or billow? —Percy Byshe Shelley. The Glories of a Throne. The stories 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. The British army quickly copied it, and other nations promptly followed suit. 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. c ne Month,.....15. c Advertising 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. 1873." Grewsome Collection. A French professor is the owner of a collection of 920 human heads, representing every known race of people. Scarlet for Bachelor Maids. When an unmarried woman dies in Brazil the coffin, hearse and livery of the coachman are all scarlet. Cost of London's Paupers. Every year $4,000,000 is spent on the food and clothing of indoor paupers in London. Largest Building in the World. The Crystal palace accommodates more people than any other building in the world. It will hold 100,000. Trades in London. According to the late returns, there are 1,756 distinct trades being carried on in London and its suburbs. Berlin Land Values Double. The ground value of the city of Berlin is said to be worth twice what it was in 1887. The Indian rhinoceros is nearly extinct. There are two specimens in the London zoological gardens and two on the European continent. Very few are left in a wild state in India and Asia, and unless special measure it was keen for their preservation ago," said Boon 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 colorad 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 subscripting getting your neighbors to do the same und watch the good results Notice of Final Settlement. State of Kansas, County of Wyandott In the Probate Court in and forsale County, In the Matter of the Estate of John R.Smith De ceased. Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified, that at the next regular term of the Probate Court in and for said County, to be begun and held at the Probate Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte and State aforesaid, on the first Monday in month of February, A. D. 1905. I shall apply to said Court for a full and final settlement of said estate. JAMES D. SMITH. Administrator of the Estate John R. Smith, Deceased. In Witness Whereof, the undesigned Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyan- dotte,State of Kansas,have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 24th day of December, A. D. 1904. Winfield Freeman, Probate Judge Res. 420 Nebraska ave. Tel.383 White SOUTH AMERICAN Office Houro: From 10 A. M., till 4 p. m. and from 6 till 9 P. M., C.H.C. JORDAN M.M.M.D., TRUTH PROVED BY EXAMFLE. Storekeeper Certainly Lacked the Gift of Energy. William C. Greene, the copper magiate, 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 failure of your life. "I went West when I was 17, and after a spell of contracting and prospecting 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 valuable 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 lid 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, 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 he 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 bottom may run. But the foam always lingers on top. I would not discourage your zeal, my dear lad; It is best to keep working away. 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 Scene part of the great earthly 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 the foam often gets to the top. But look on the world as you go. See the men whom we place at the summit, in truth. Then gaze on the mortals below, And I give you my word I will have noth- and to lose. And this brief little anthem will stop, If you do not agree with the thing that I preach. 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 not worship the same Christ?'" The French physiologist Fere has made experiments which show that the process of digestion diminishes the capacity for muscular work fully one-half. As regards the effects of stimulants like tobacco and alcohol, he has found that while they diminish fatigue, the effect never lasts more than ten minutes, and is followed by a greater degree of fatigue than would have existed if they had not been indulged in. Coldest Country of All Siberia has the greatest known cold in the world. At Yakutsk the average for three winter months is 40 degrees below zero, while individual drops to 75 and 76 degrees below are not unknown. But at Verjohansk the average for January, 1885, was 69.9 degrees below zero, and the mercury at one time dropped to 90.4 degrees below, the lowest on record anywhere in the world. Big Seeds and Flowers. The largest seeds in the world are those of the mora tree, which grows on the Isthmus of Panama. They are six inches long, five inches broad and four inches thick. The biggest illy in the world is found in the region of the Himalayan mountains. It has a stalk 13 feet high and 11½ inches in circumference. The flowers are as big as goblets, white and very beautiful. Condemns Linen Handkerchiefs. Prof. Calmette, of the Pasteur Institute in Paris, is making war on linen handkerchiefs, which he considers a great source of infection. He suggests the use of specially constructed wallets for Japanese paper handkerchiefs, with separate divisions for the new and used ones. The latter are to be burned. Must See to His Own Safety. At several points on the Great Eastern railway in England the line crosses rivers by means of swing bridges. The bridge-keeper is compelled to ride across on the engine, so that if he has not locked the bridge securely, and any accident should follow, he will pay the penalty for his own negligence. Watch Children's Eyes. Children in schools should be carefully watched in order to guard against trouble with the eyes, as shortsightedness is becoming yearly a more common defect. They should not be allowed to hold the books nearer the eyes than fourteen inches, and must not stoop over their work. Scientific Twaddle. "All this talk about high tide and low tide," said Mrs. Partington's married daughter, "is the merest guff. Why, I've been down the bay at all hours of the day and night, and the water always comes the same distance up the side of the boat."—Baltimore American. Ancient Ann. A man who can't understand a woman's love of bargains will feel awfully proud when he allows a book agent to sell him one year's subscription to a magazine, with the works of a standard poet thrown in, for $4.79, marked down from $5—Baltimore American. Not Meant to Be Humorous A few years ago a well-known bishop married his second wife, and, returning home after his honeymoon, announced a series of sermons, the title of the series being "The Dentent'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 communicants numbered only one in eighteen of the population; now the proportion is one in fifteen. Labor Saved by Electricity The twenty-two-ton bell at the Sacre Coeur church in Paris is toiled by electricity. A single choir-boy can thus do the work which formerly took five men. 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 tapioca, is the chief element of the gum on the back of all postage stamps. Man Cheaper Than Horse. In the farming districts of Russia it costs 40 cents to hire a horse for one day and 35 cents to hire a man. Loss of British Seamen Loss of British Seamen. 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 in a first class grocery also. Fresh an Salt meats and country produces. The most reasonable of prices. Call and be convinced. Look over our assortment of clean fresh goods. H. Krueger. 1100 North 3rd St. W. B.R'A B.RAYMO W. B.RAYMOND Manufacturer of and Wholesale dealer in UNDERTAKER FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES FOR AMBULANCE FOR THE CONVEYA Undertaking Rooms, 431 Minnesota Factory Co 6 St. Kansas City KANSAS CITY 1510 N. Are Manufactors of the Best ing Soaps. A GIVE THEM YOU One trial of their brand th convince you RESTA 1012 N. 1s the best place in the city a,m, to ii p.m, every thing i MEALS 1 Mrs. Thatcher the prop city and will please you, gi ARTAKER SUPPLIES CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSE AT ALL FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK AND ROOMS, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone W Factory Co 6 St. and Reynolds Ave. Kansas City Kansas SAS CITY SOAP 1510 N. 4th St. factors of the Best Grades of Toileting Soaps. A Home Institution THEMYOUR PATROLL of their brand the Snowflake and convince you of their merits. RESTAURANT 1012 N 3rd St. place in the city and will serve you m, everything is cooked to taste MEALS 15 CENTS, Chatcher the prop, is one of the best will please you, give her a call. 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 Co 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 PATRON AGE 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, MEALS 15 CENTS, Mrs. Thatcher the prop, is one of the best cooks in the city and will please you, give her a call. S. N. S. STRICTLY CONFILETIAL. Money on Watches. D CLOTHING AND 000C000000 Of W Watches and Jewel AT CASH Unclaim Pledges FINE WATCHES AND JE Union Lo 427 Minnesota av YOUR OPP TO SAVE Ladies suits, dressing anything in the Dressmaking Money to Loan Watches. Diamonds Je CLOTHING 'AND EVERYTHING 00000 Of Value 00000 Watches and Jewelry Sold on Paym AT CASH PRICES. Claim Pledges For Sale Ch WATCHES AND JEWELRY REPAIRING Union Loan Office Minnesota ave. kansas city U R O P P O R T U N TO SAVE MONEY. suits, dressing, sacques, aprons a in the Dressmaking line 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 m few prices: Belt dresses $1. 50cts and up. Call and see Mrs W. F. in weekly and monthly payments. Belt dresses $1.00 and up; dress 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. ROBERTS TONSORIAL PARLOR, All the Latest Style Hair Cuts, Clean 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. Telephone West 32. and Reynolds Ave. City Kansas ITY SOAP CO. 4th St. First Grades of Toilet & Wash Home Institution. PATRONAGE the Snowflake and Union will of their merits. URANT, 3rd St. and will serve you from 5,300 cooked to taste, 5 CENTS, is one of the best cooks in the love her a call. J. B. COTH, IECPRIETOR. to Loan amonds Jewelry. O EVERYTHING Value 000000000 Jewelry Sold on Payments PRICES. For Sale Cheap. JEWELRY REPAIRING. Loan Office. e. kansas city. kans. ORTUNITY MONEY. sacques, aprons and in fact g line monthly payments. Here is a 00 and up; dressing sacques me. Williams, Kansas City, Kansas A. M. HARPER, New and Second Hand Furniture, Carpets, Stoves, etc. 425 Minnesota Ave, KANSAS CITY KANS. MME. L, F. JOHNSON, Shampooing, Manicuring, Massage and Scalp Treatment. Tel 733-W. A SPECIALTY. Duplex Telegraphy in Europe. The telegraph line from Vienna to Czernowitz is the longest line in Europe which uses the duplex system, being 630 miles long. The system was adopted a few months ago, as it was found necessary to increase the capacity of the line, which takes all the matter for Roumania, southwestern 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 in inches as accurately as a tape measure. Forgetmenots were pai ted down the side, and at one end w 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 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 disases of women, veterinary surgery, and materia medica. Casting a Gloom. "Yes, for local talent, it was a first-rate entertainment," said the suburban resident, "and we made several hundred dollars for the hospital fund, but there was one little hitch. The town undertaker was down for a tenor solo, and he insisted on singing 'I'm Waiting for Thee.'"—New York Sun Consider Dreams Revelations Consider Dreams Revelations. Among the people of the east a dream is considered to be a direct revelation from God, and there are in the Orient, even to-day, soothsayers, or fortune tellers, who interpret dreams, just as the soothsayers did in bible times, and from dreams tell the future of the dreamer. Cancer Victims Well to Do Statistics show that cancer is more common among those who are accustomed to the refinements of life than among the very poor, and to care for such patients the doctors say that good surroundings are a necessity. Snakes in India. About 400,000 snakes are killed every year in British India. The fees paid as rewards annually for the destruction of beasts of prey and venomous snakes by the government of India amount to about $125,000. German Colony in Palestine. Thirty-four years ago a German colony settled at Haifa, Palestine. Today all of the ninety families in 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 Stealing the front door key from the pocket of the mother superior, three young novices escaped from the convent of Santa Clara in Lisbon and disappeared. Dogs May Ride in Berlin. Dogs are allowed to enter tramway cars in Berlin, but must be held in their master's laps and paid for as if they were human passengers. Credit Is a Necessity. As trade now stands, there is 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. Oe ha BM eARR Ere 9s 2 aaanee eee NO MONEY TILL CURED. 27 YEARS ESTABLISHED. E Wo send FREE and postpaid» 232-pge trate on Piles, Fitla and Dsssses ofthe Actin: aaa Lobsags ae tate on Danaes of Women, Gf the ihusends sree PIL S Sarl tod, nono paid a vat eured~we frih thle ames apple DRS, THORNTON & MINOR, 22 Sire Streot. 5t. Louis, Mo, | oom | a ; ay i Yoo | vi "3 jee ae ie [aNegetable reparation forAs- j) similating eh ting the Stomachs and Bowels of Shireen HILDREN ! Promotes Digestion Cheerful- }| ness and Rest.Contains neither Opium,Morphine nor Mineral, Nor NARCOTIC, aa |) racgpe of Old! Dr SAMUEL POVCHER |) Payee Sead |) fete Sie |) re Sent | Piet Ware Seod- | ee) |) Aperfect Remedy For Const | eee Stee eee !) Worms Convulsions, Feverish- | ness and LOSS OF SLEEP. | FacSimile Signature of | Licht. ||__NEW_ YORK. | WEN C eeae iy os Ibias SLs EXACT COPY OF WRABPER, ae ioe Sere oyes, a0) Sw ee eee AS ON EXCURSIONS 3 eR TO THE a aoe Free Grant Lands WeaNt ae oF Om Western Canada. Daring the months of March ond April, there eile fucustons onthe various Hees of fale Ter the Canadian Wese : Hundreds of thonsands of eres of tho Des Wire set Goting Lands ou tho. Coutinsat Fra be oer Aijpinine nis may be parenased trom ral: aja and eanen at reasonsble priose uate apply te Superintendeat of tate fran Oitate: Canasta or to authorised Gow Sins ovemmint Agent "3-8. Crawford, No aes Cane Ae ey Around the World “1 have used your Pish Inthe Hagcltad ides and found them the only Gow inthis country) ‘Sarot sour cota (rat OW appLicaTion). RICHEST AWARD WORLD'S FATR, 1904, Theworlwide repute folictcscndity pONEDey assures the buyer ol lethe<! igo ths Since Tie “SG BRAND A. J. TOWER CO., Boston, U.S. A. TOWER CANADIAN CO., LIMITED, fe sPabaegooee VERY FEW, IF ANY, CIGARS SOLD AT 8 CENTS. COST AS MUCH TO MANUFAGT- URE, OR COST THE DEALER AS MUCH AS fi C R =M 0 : IF THE DEALER TRIES TO SELL YoU SOME OTHER ASK YOURSELF WHY? » “THINGS WORTH KNOWING” AUSTIN, Tey. MUSKOGEE, |. T. ‘Mls, Tex, WACO, TEX. FL Worth, TEX, ‘SAN ANTONIO, TEX. @UESTON, TEX. ‘SHAWNEE, 0. T. GUTHRIE, 0. 7, ‘$0. McALESTER, 1, T. *OUSTON, TEX. OKLAMOMA CITY, 0.1 The Largest Cities in TEXAS, OKLAHOMA AND INDIAN TERRITORY ‘Are ait Located on the MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS RAILWAY | Tis ‘|S a reason why you should (i Nel and ship your freight via ‘The Katy’. UZ AS VY Salzer’s , Nd7 National Oats \\\ Se $Tratet oat of the contary. isis ROSE ee Tou ad het Sat roord tn 150, ) For 10e and thisnotice } Tsou treetot of mem seed I Hapialsod eerie Sace see ‘Geel hoee ns cr ua ga ‘Woatbdeat ether sce <a dll a ict aa Sd GASTORIA The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the : Signature of (iy f In , Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA TABOOS DINNERS TO TRANSLATE. An Innovation That Furnishes Food for Mind, Miss Lina Small, following the lead of so many fashionable women who have somewhat tired of society, is ta- booing dinners and teas and devoting her talents to the translation of pop- ular American novels into Germon, She has spent much time in Ger. many, and while in Berlin last sum- mer suggested to the proprietors of a publishing house that she be allowed to submit some of her translations. ‘The result was that she closed a contract with them, and the publish. ers are much better off financially for the Chic&go girl’s suggestion.—Chi- cago Inter Ocean, A Queer Delusion, Mr. Campbell, the Irish solicitor general, speaking the other day upon delusions, told a story of a North of Ireland Prot tant who was perfectly sane save on one point. This staunch Protestant harbored the delusion that one of his legs belonged to a Roman Catholic, and therefore when he went to bed every night he used to leave the Catholic leg outside the blanket by way of punishment. An Ex-Sheriff Talke. Scott City, Kan., March 20th—(Spe- cial.)—Almost every newspaper tells of cures of the most deadly of kidney diseases by Dodd’s Kidney Pills Bright’s Disease, Diabetes, Rheuma tism and Bladder troubles, in fact any disease that is of the kidneys or caus ed by disordered kidneys is readily cured by this great American remedy. But it is in curing the earlier stages of kidney complaint that Dodd’s Kid- ney Pills are doing their greatest work. They are preventing thousands of cases of Bright’s disease and other deadly ailments by curing Kidney Dis- ease when it first shows its presence in the body. Speaking of this work Ex-Sherif James Scott of Scott County, says: “I have used eight boxes of Dodd’s Kidney Pills and must say that they are just the thing for Kidney Disease. We have tried many kidney medicines but Dodd’s Kidney Pills are the best of all.” Lemon juice is much niceh for sal- ads than vinegar. This is especially ise of fruit salads. GOOD POSITION For You If You Clip and Send this Notice. Five young men or women from each County may take.a course in Draughon's Business College, Kansas City, St. Louis, Fort Seott, Kans.; Muskogee, I. T,,’and elsewhere, and give agree ‘ment to pay tuition out of salary after course is completed and good position, which the College will guarantee, is secured. If not secured no tuition to be id. Pa ens | Applicants not ready to enter under this offer may take lessons BY MAIL FREE until they can enroll for personal instruction which would save cost of board, ete. ‘The above Company conducts a chain ‘of twenty (20) Colleges in THIRTEEN STATES. Largest corporation of the kind in the world; $300,000 Capital. Seventeen Bankers on Board of Diree- tors. If interested CLIP and SEND this notice, and you will receive Cata- logue and full particulars. When you find a patient man, you have found a hero. & ‘Much valuable information free about band instruments; write for the new catar log-ie: to-day. JENKINS’ MUSIC HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO, ‘Wash fruit-stained hands in lemon juice to take off the stains. 1) ARLE : a => Silas Angry. “Dy husband wus real mad to-day,” Said Mrs. Slias Gray. “Our cow got tangled ii her rope, An’ choked herself to-day. Well, ba had gone down to the store, T sex to little Dick; ‘Run tell yer daddy "bout the, cow, An’ ‘tell hhim'to come quick? “When Dick found pa. he simply ses: “There, sonny, keep. yer hea We'll taice an’ git another cow. If our ole’ May is dead," He led the youngster home agin But by that time old May Had got herself untangied an’ ‘Wus calmly eatin’ hay. “When Silas saw that animal, My sakes? but he ‘wus mad He sez: ‘How comes it she ain't dead? An’ ‘say, he took on bad ‘Nex’ time. ‘he sez, "you fetch me home renen that ceca” gets sick, Ef she gets well ‘fore 1 arrive, You better kill her: quick.’ Kansas City ‘Times, Gites ak aia eee) The English, a homely nation, are So fond of seeing their soldiers “set fled down” to the comforts of home that they even go to the trouble and expense of sending brides to the furthermost corners of the earth for Tommy Atkins, The recent dispatch of 30 young women for India in the troopship Plassy, on marriage bent, was by no means an uncommon occurrence. The good-behaved soldier, when he has been in the service a specified time, usually finds that he is in love and whether he is stationed on the sandy plains of Egypt, or in India, his lady love will be invited to take pas: Sage on a troopship to share his lot in life. ‘The old troopship Himalaya, now in use as a coal storeship, holds the record of having conveyed the great: est number of soldiers’ wives and Sweethearts abroad.—Stray Stories, Cent for Every Horasahae. Ralph H. Whitney, one of Houlton’s enterprising blacksmiths, has a unique method in regard to keeping account of the number of horseshoes he nails on each year, For every shoe that he places on a horse's hoof he gives his wife 1 cent, and at the end of the year he can easily tell the exact number. He has followed this method ever since start ing in business, and the amount of money which his better half has saved is not small. In the year 1903 the number of shoes was something like 14,000, and during the year 1904 the whole num ber was 12,101—Kennebec Journal, Alarm Clock Centuries Old. In the town of Schramberg, in the Black Forest, there is an alarm clock which warned sleepers it was time to set up when Charles II. was king of England, it was made in 1680, and is an ingenious piece of workmanship. In form it resembles a lantern in which is a lighted candle, the wick of which is automatically clipped every minute by a pair of scissors, ‘The candle is slowly pushed upward by a spring, which also controls the mechanism of the clock, and at the required hour of waking an alarm is scunded, and at the same time the movable sides of the lantern fall ané the room is flooded with light. Concert in a Well. For many years there has been a scarcity of water at Woolley, Hunt ingdonshire, the result being that when at last a new well was dug the villagers thought it a most important event. A religious service was conducted around the well on Thursday after hoon, all of the women and children afterward being entertained at tea, In the evening the men of the hamlet assembled at the bottom of the well which was, of course, dry, After a prayer by the Rev. A. E, Farrar, the rector, there were songs and speeches and refreshments were handed round —London Daily Mail. Strange Ending of a Concert, In the middle of a charity concert at Dtchet-on-Thames on Tuesday nignt the accompanist, mistaking his cue, struck up “God Save the King.” Before any one of the performers realized what had happened, the hall was empty, the audience having gone home with the idea that the concert was over. As a consequence comic singers and ballad vocalists, some of whom had traveled long distances to render their services, could not give their turns, and yesterday the organ- izers of the concert were walking about the village apologizing to every. body.—London Chronicte. Man Broke Shark’s Jaw. According to a letter from John Ginder, street commissioner, a shark attacked him while he was bathing in the surf at Palm Beach, Fla., with Walter Phares and F. P. Holz, also of this city. Holz and Phares, being expert swimmers, made for the shore, but the shark made for Ginder. Seeing he could not escape he dived and seiz- ed the shark by the jaw. Being a Her- cules in strength he broke the jaw of the shark and carried the “maneater” ashore, The jaw has over seventy teeth.—Trenton (N. J.) Cor. New York World. : Fell 300 Feet Without Injury. The watchman who {s maintained ‘by the railroad at the base of Mt. Washington during the winter slip. ped while descending the mountain recently and rolled about 300 feet be- fore he was stopped by a rock. He broke no bones. but was badly shaken by the fall PE-RU-NA CONQUERS CATARRH THE WORLD OVER. os ss ca SSG Fe OED \y fie CF Ss BOER re” CGO Ee rd Nu pos Gees Jo's & &. the Earth i oy Vp A f) Ryall a bet ee a TS see Million G te $3: . a ui » <7 Die Annually of USS ae “oe 2. To: ut We Ze a Catarrh. 7 ae: oe Se en gi Ss 7), —— > ESTES, ee, yf yy PP ROO 7/ 4g) Amer te vent mm ON, SP ES YY if tinct) NN pe Se YW) el —— oP. oY Vi} Y i) Cape Pen rom ate: VU VW Ace over ths world Peranais * known and used for catarrhal ~ diseases. The Peruna Girl has traveled ‘round the globe. Her face is familiar everywhere that civilization reaches. Universally Praised. From Africa to Greenland, from Man- churia to Patagonia, the face of the Peruna girl is familiar and the praises of Peruna as acatarrh remedy are heard. ‘Successful In North and South, Peruna crossed the Equator several years ago, to find in the Southern Hemisphere the same triumphant sue coss that has marked its career in the Northern Hemisphere, A Standard. Peruna is a standard catarrh remedy the world over. It cures catarrh by eradicating it from the system. Permanent Cure. Tt obviates the necessity of all loca treatment and its relief is of permanen: character. Without a Peer. No other remedy has se completely dominated the whole carta as Peruna In Every Tongue. In all languages its glowing testi monials are written. an all climes the demands for Perun: fae! Lemon juice added to fruit juices that do not jell readily, such as cherry, strawberries, ete., will cause them to jell. A GUARANTRED CURE FOR PILEs. © Téchings Bund, Bleeding oF estudne Phen tgue ‘rugelai will rotund ioney if PAZO OINTMENT fahs"to cure you In 6 to Le ayes 80S. Gargle a bad sore throat with a strong solution of lemon juice and water, sa ae THE FAMOUS ross Ball Islue. Large 20%, package 5 cents. The Russ Company, Sou-h Bend, tnd, Joy cometh in the morning—but not if you've made a night of it. Te 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 90,000 testimonials. At all Druggists, 250. Sample FREE. Address A.S.Olmsted, LeRoy, N.Y. The man who does his very best work today fs in a fair way to do even better tomorrow. Millions of Vexetabien. ‘When the Editor read 10,000 plants for We, he could hardly’ believe it, ‘but upon second reading finds that the John A- Salzer Seed (o., La Crosse, Wis, than whom there are’no more reliable and ex- tensive seed growers in the world. makes § Ui this offer which is made to get you to teat Salers Warranted Vegetable Need They wil send you ther big plant and seed catalog, together with enough seed to grow 57000 fine, solid Cobbages, 21000 rich, juicy ‘Turnips, 21000 blanching, nuty Celery, 2,000 rich, buttery. Lettuce, 1/000 splendid Onions, 1,000 rare, luscious Radishes, 1,000 gloriously brilliant Flowers, ALL FOR BUT 160 PostacE, Providing you will return this notice, and WFvou wall send them 20e in postage,’ they will add to the above a Tackage off mous Berliner Cauliflower, TW. S, .) ‘The juice of half a lemon in a cup of black coffee without any sugar will cure sick headache. SPECIAL EXCURSIONS TO SOUTH: wEST, ‘February 7 and 21, March 7 and 21, 1905, Via Kansas City South- ern 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 coun- try along the K. ©. 8. Ry., or for furth- er information regarding these excur- sions write to. © . 8.G. WARNER, @ P.& T. 4,” KC. S. Ry., Kansas City, Mo. Let Common Sense Decide Do you honestly believe, that coffee sold loose (in bulk), exposed to dust, germs and insects, passing q through many hands (some of them not over-clean), “blended,” - you don't know how or by whom, Sir is fit for your use? Of course you a Gy don't. But \V ‘ Nera is another story.’ The green GA) ee \ berries, selected by keen a A N judges at the plantation, are QP CSE skillfully roasted at our fac- Ne tories, where precautions you oo é would not dream of are taken oe, to secure perfect cleanliness, ee oY flavor, strength and uniformity. PY From the time the coffee leaves > the factory no hand touches it till it é3 opened in your kitchen. ‘This has made LION COFFEE the LEADER OF ALL PACKAGE COFFEES. Millions of American Homes welcome LION COFFEE daily. ‘There is no stronger proof of merit than continued and inereas- ing popularity. “Quality survives all opposition.” 4 onlyin1 1b. packages. Lion-head on every package.) Gold ony our Iuon- eal for valuable premiums.) a SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE ! WOOLSON SPICE 00., Toledo, Ohio. Winter Service 1904 and 1905 iit Le To e— a alee y a IL. For Omaha and Lincoln, 9.6. m. and ne 10:20 p.m. For Paola, Garnett, Neodesha, Inde- pendence and Coffeyville 9:55 a. m.and 10:30 p.m. 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 3:30 Dm. 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 £. 8. err, ee t, Passenger Dept.| 901 Main z Sohn SMearmso el Aaa eigenen BOPt | 201 Main as, Telephone 740 Hickory. Fo eee R Sgr ay Scag ten ee ‘To supply this remedy to the whol world taxes to the utmost one of the best laboratories in the United States, ‘A Word From Australia. : Walter H. Woodward, Bomadier Royal Australian Artillery, Hobart, Tasmania, writes: “I suffered for several years with 2 distressing condition of the head and throat, caused by continual colds. “My head and nostrils were stopped up most of the time and there was « discharge, and my sense of smell was affected badly. “After two weeks use of Peruna 1 found this condition quite changed, and soI continued to use this remarkable medicine for over a month. “Tam very glad to say thateat the end of that time I was cured and felt ir fine health generally, and am pleased to give Peruna my honest endorse ‘ment’? Doers previeces, <-(, Asthma, STOWELL #00, Mfrs, Gualeotown. Sse BEGGS’ BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach. — Prince Jonah Kalantanaole, delegate in Congress from Hawaii, writes from Washington, D.C., as follows: “I can cheerfully recommend your Peruna as a very effective remedy for coughs, colds and catarrhal trouble.” A Coban Minister. Senor Quesada, Cuban Minister to the United States, writes from Washington, D.C., as follows: “Peruna I can recommend as a very good medicine, It is an excellent strengthening tonic, and is also an efficacious cure for the almost universal complaint of catarrh.”—Gonzalo De Quesada. From All Quarters of the Globe. We have on file thousands of test!- monials like those given above. We can give our readers only a slight glimpse of the vast number of grateful letters Dr. Hartman is constantly receiving from all quarters of the globe in behalf of his famous catarrh remedy, Peruns. W. N. U. KANSAS CITY, NO. 12, 1908 PaCS RM A azo a Soa RO RTT Ik atolx mae is detected by a gradual loss of elasticity in the outer skin which subtly turns expression lines into wrinkles. JOHN H. WOODBURY'S FACIAL SOAP TRADE FOR THE SKIN MARK. SCALP AND Complication WOODBURY'S FINGAL SOAP. WOODBURY'S FINGAL SOAP. keeps the skin firm wholesome and well nourished, thus retarding the ravages of time. For over 30 years this Face Soap has been indispensable to its acquaintances. 25 cents A CAKE. Woodbury's Facial Cream applied regularly whitens and preserves the natural condition of the face skin. 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." Making a Sale. "Let me see some of your black kid gloves," said a lady to a shopman. "These are not the latest style, are they?" she asked, when the gloves were produced. "Yes, madam," replied the shopman; "we have had them in stock only two days." "I didn't think they were, because the fashion paper says black kids have tan stitches, and vice versa. I see the tan stitches, but not the vice versa." The shopman explained that vice versa was French for seven buttons, so she bought three pairs—Tidbits. How It Began. Representative Hay, of Virginia, tells of an altercation in a colored club in Richmond that resulted in nearly all the members being hauled before a police magistrate. "You were present during this trouble?" asked the magistrate of a witness. "Yes, yo' honah." "Then tell us, in a few words, just how the difficulty began." "Well, yo' honah," replied the darky, with much gravity, "I think it was when the chairman of de entertainment committee swatted de secretary ovah de head wif de lovin' cup."—Collier's Weekly. Limited Capacity. "Barney says he reads all the new books that come out, and yet he can never discuss them." "Probably reads them so fast that he has to forget one to make room for another."—Detroit Free Press. When a man is set in his ways he is not apt to hatch out any new ideas. SCIATIC TORTURE PAIN SUFFERED BY MR. MARSTON AS GREAT AS MORTAL CAN STAND. For Six Months He Could Not Turn in Bed—He Tells of a Remedy Which Has Given Perfect Relief. The case of Mr. Marston shows that sciatica can be cured, and no one afflicted by it should allow himself to be disheartened. He was first stricken about a year ago, and for six months he suffered pain which he thinks the most intense that any man could possibly stand. Asked about the details of his remarkable recovery, Mr. Marston gave the following account: "I was attacked by a numbness or dull feeling just back of my right hip. I didn't know what the matter was, but thought it was simply a stiffness that would wear away in a short time. It didn't, however, and soon the pain became so very bad that every step was torture for me. When I finally succeeded in getting home, it was just as much as I could do to reach my room and get to bed. "The doctor was sent for, and when he had examined me he said I had sciatica. He prescribed for me, and advised me not to try, to leave my bed. The advice was unnecessary for I couldn't get out of bed if I wanted to. It was impossible for me to turn from one side to the other. The moment I attempted to move any part of my body, the pain became so excruciating that I would have to lie perfectly motionless. "I suffered this torture for six months without getting any relief. Then I discharged the doctor, and on the advice of a friend I bought a box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and began to take them, three at a dose, three times a day. I was determined to give them a thorough trial, "Two months after I began to use them I was able to leave my bed and walk about the house, and a month later I was entirely cured and able to go about my work as usual. I think Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are the best medicine I ever used, and I heartily recommend them to anyone who suffers from sciatica." Mr. Marston is a prosperous farmer and may be reached by mail addressed to Charles P. Marston, Hampton P. O., New Hampshire. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have cured other painful nervous disorders, such as neuralgia, partial paralysis and locomotor ataxia. They are sold by all druggists. HUMOUR of the DAY Taking Fiendish Revenge. Friend—Well, your old love has married your rival, I see. Discarded Suitor (fiendishly)— S'death! I've got even with him! They will quarrel the first week, fight the second and separate forever in the third. Friend—Great snakes! What have you done? Discarded Sutior—I presented the bride with one of those fuzzy, reeled, snarling, barking pet dogs.—New York Weekly. Handing Out a Strong Hint: "Say, Doc," insinuated the man who was trying to get a little free medical advice, 'supposing you had a case of chronic dyspepsia, now; what'd you consider the best course to pursue?' "Well, sir, if I had such a case I should treat it according to my professional ability, and then charge what I believed a fair fee. Do I make myself plain?" A Gentle Touch. Mrs. goodthing—Here's some ple, but you got a dinner from me yester- day. Why don't you learn some trade? Tramp—I have learned one, ma'am, I'm a retoucher.—St. Paul Pioneer Press. A. Bad Break Nordy—Why did you fire your stenographer? Butts—Oh, he was always making blunders, and he finally got me into serious trouble with my best girl. Nordy—As to how? Butts—I dictated the message, "I send you a box to keep your collars in," and he transcribed it, "to keep your colors in." Too Much of a Celebration. "I saw Henpeck to-day and he was very much under the influence of drink," remarked Nagget. "Well, there's some excuse for him," replied Mrs. Nagget. "He lost his wife last week." "I know, but a man should be able to celebrate without making a hog of himself."—Philadelphia Press. Avoiding Extravagance Mr. Bibles—Now, m' dear, I'll tell you how I happened to get home so late if you'll only listen. Mrs. Bibles—All right. Turn off the radiator before you begin, will you. Mr. Bibles—Wha' for? Mrs. Bibles—Oh, it seems so extravagant to have steam and hot air both going at once. Her Mirror "I'll take that," said the man, indicting a silver-mounted hand glass, "and I want you to engrave on it: From J. J. B. to Phyllis." "Very well," replied the salesman; "we'll put it on the back here—" "Oh, no, put it around the edge on the front. I want her to see it."—Philadelphia Press. A Crusher for Ton: "I wish they'd invent a new expression occasionally," said Top, as he perused the account of a recent wedding. "It's always 'the blushing' bride." "Well," replied Mrs. Top, "when you consider what sort of husbands most girls have to marry you can't wonder at them blushing."—London Tit-Bits. A Preliminary Step. 'Wot are yer cherishin' so tenderly in the bottle, Daniel? Dopey Dan—It's some gasoline I foun'. I'm goin' to look aroun' and see if I kin pick up an ottermobile Needed Money De Style—Was the Duke on his knees when he proposed to Miss Milllys? Gunbusta—No; on his uppers. Not always; did you ever see a hen on a porcelain exrt* A QUICK RECOVERY. A Prominent Topeka Rebecca Officer Writes to Thank Doan's Kidney Pills for It. Mrs. C. E. Bumgardner, a local offi cer of the Rebeccas, of Topeka, Kans., Room 10, 812 Kansas Ave., writes: "I used Doan's Kidney Pills during the past year for kidney trouble and kindred ailments. I was suffering from pains in the back and headaches, but found after the use of one box of the remedy that the troubles gradually disappeared, so that before I had finished a second package I was well. I therefore heartily endorse your remedy." of Topeka, Kans., Room 10, 812 Kansas Ave., writes: "I used Doan's Kidney Pills during the past year for kidney trouble and kindred ailments. I was suffering from pains in the back and headaches, but found after the use of one box of the remedy that the troubles gradually disappeared, so that before I had finished a second package I was well. I therefore heartily endorse your remedy." (Signed) Mrs. C. E. Bumgardner. A FREE TRIAL—Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers. Price, 50 cents. 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." A Modern Cottage. Paper Hanger—We'll have to paper right over the old paper. We can't get this paper off without taking the plaster along with it. Owner (modern cottage)—Because the paper sticks to the plaster? Paper Hanger—No, because the plaster sticks to the paper. Dolly's Reminder Charlie Dinbins (to Dolly Semisquaver, who is about to make her debut)—Tell me when you sing and I'll send you some flowers. Dolly—Please remember at the time that the only flowers I care for are on hats—Town Topics. 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. All Arranged In Advance. Tess—They say if you walk downstairs backward with a lighted candle in your hand the first man you meet will be the one you marry. I'm going to try that on Halloween. Jess—So am I. It must be done on the stroke of 8 o'clock. Jess—Yes, I do. I told Jack Hanson to call promptly at 8 o'clock. His Explanation "But why," I asked the good wife, "are you so anxious to secure the top flat in that ten-story apartment house?" "Because," exclaimed the household freight payer, "the elevator would be a great help to us in bringing up the children." Qualifying. "They're comparatively rich, aren't they?" "Well, I wouldn't say 'comparatively,' but 'relatively.' They have a rich uncle of whom they expect great things." You never hear a man advocating polygamy in talking to his wife. THE SIMPLE LIFE. Ways That Are Pleasant and Paths That Are Peace. It is the simple life that gives length of days, serenity of mind and body and tranquility of soul. Simple hopes and ambitions, bounded by the desire to do good to one's neighbors, simple pleasures, habits, food and drink. Men die long before their time because they try to crowd too much into their experiences—they climb too high and fall too hard. A wise woman writes of the good that a simple diet has done her: "I have been using Grape-Nuts for about six months. I began rather sparingly, until I acquired such a liking for it that for the last three months I have depended upon it almost entirely for my diet, eating nothing else whatever, but Grape-Nuts for breakfast and supper, and I believe I could eat it for dinner with fruit and be satisfied without other food, and feel much better and have more strength to do my housework. "When I began the use of Grape-Nuts I was thin and weak, my muscles were so soft that I was not able to do any work. I weighed only 108 pounds. Nothing that I ate did me any good. I was going down hill rapidly, was nervous and miserable, with no ambition for anything. My condition improved rapidly after I began to eat Grape-Nuts food. It made me feel like a new woman; my muscles got solid, my figure rounded out, my weight increased to 126 pounds in a few weeks, my nerves grew steady and my mind better and clearer. My friends tell me they haven't seen me look so well for years. "I consider Grape-Nuts the best food on the market, and shall never go back to meats and white bread again." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Look in each pkg. for the little book. "The Road to Wellville." PLAN FOR BASEMENT BARN. Quarters for Twenty Head of Cattle and Two Teams. The accompanying plans are for a basement barn 35 by 58 feet, to accommodate twenty head of cattle and two teams of horses. The basement wall is 8 feet high, 1 foot thick, and composed of cement concrete. If stone is used for wall instead of cement, the building should be 2 feet larger each way to allow for the thick walls that would be necessary. Unles gravel is scarce and stone plenifit cement is much to be preferred t stone masonry and is cheaper. A is the horse stable; B, the bo stall; C. root house; D. cow stables H D C B H H D 5 A H D Ground Floor Plan: H. passages. The small squares, three on one side and two on the other, shown in the ground floor plan, are ventilating shafts 10 inches square, which extend from the ceiling of the basement to the plate of the barn where they are open to the outside. Fresh air should be admitted through 2-inch tiles placed in the walls one foot above the level of the basement floor, and in such position that draughts will not strike the animals. Windows should be all hung at the top. Stable doors should all be cut in two horizontally, making the bottom part 3 feet (4 inches high. The barn posts are 18 feet high and the roof is hipped. The cost of building varies in different localities, but a fair estimate would be about as follows: Excavating, $10; cement wall, $325; cement floor, $125; timber, $230; lumber and shingles, $315; lumber for stable fitings, $70; hardware, $40; carpenter work, $175; silo, $140. This estimate is for first-class workmanship, and matched lumber. The foundation timbers may be made up of 2x10 inch planks. For the superstructure, square timber should be used. The outside timbers marked A are 2x10 in. planks lying on concrete wall. The cross timbers marked B are 10x10 in. The small black square represents the location of posts, which are placed so as not to interfere with passager in the basement. A House of Cement and Stone J. W. R.—Would it be advisable to build a house 24x28 feet and 18 feet high of cement and stone? How thick should the walls be? How much cement would be required and what would be the cost of the walls? Houses built of stone are durable and warm, but they never should be plastered directly on the stone. The walls should be strapped and then lathed and plastered, for if plastered on the stone wall, the walls are always colder, especially in the winter, and the moisture in the rooms will condense on the walls, making them wet. All brick, stone or concrete walls should be strapped before being lathed and plastered. The walls should be 20 inches thick for first story and 18 inches for second story. Mortar for laying stone for such a building may be composed of one part of Portland cement to five parts of sand. The cost of stone work will depend on the cost of material, where the building is erected and the class of stone work required. For plain rubble work the usual price per cord is fifteen dollars where cement is used in making the mortar. Your walls would cost $420, estimating them at $15 per cord. You would require about 40 barrels of cement. H. How to Mend Table Linen: A housewife whose table linen always does her good service mends it with embroidery cotton of a number to correspond with the quality of the cloth. Under the ragged edges of the tear she bastes a piece of stiff paper, and makes a network of fine stitches back and forth over its edges. Thin places and breaks in linen may run with the flax or embroidery floss, and towels should be mended in the same way. Tea Growing Experiments. Some of the farmers near Santa Rosa, Cal., are experimenting with tea growing, and their efforts seem to be meeting with success. It is said that there is no reason why tea should not be grown in some sections of this country, though the earlier South Carolina experiment is not known to be making great headway. Sensible Rules of Club Some easy-going citizens of Hume, Mo., have organized a "Don't Worry club. The certificate of membership bears the following pledge "I hereby promise that, to the best of my ability. I will not worry, knock, fret, roar or chew the rag, but will endeavor to remain sweet and contented for a whole year." Lettuce for Insomnia. Insomnia can be cured by eating lettuce. Treating Wrong Disease. When St. Jacobs Oil The old monk cure, strong, straight, sure, tackles Hurts, Sprains, Bruises The muscles flex, the kinks untwist, the soreness dies out. Price 25c. and 50c. Many times women call on their family physicians, suffering, as they imagine, one from dyspepsia, another from heart disease, another from liver or kidney disease, another from nervous exhaustion or prostration, another with pain here and there, and in this way they all present themselves and indifferent, or over-busy doctor, separate and distinct diseases, for which he, assuming them to be such, prescribes his pills and potions. In reality they are all only symptoms caused by some womb disease. The physician, ignorant of the cause of suffering, encourages this practice until large bills are made. The sufferer, probably worse, by reason of the delay, wrong treatment and consequent complications. A proper medicine like Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, directed to the cause would have entirely removed the disease, thereby dispelling all those distressing symptoms, and instituting comfort instead of prolonged misery. It has been said that "the doctor cured." In cases almost innumerable, after all other medicines had failed to help and doctors had said there was no cure possible, the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, supplemented when necessary by medical advice and counsel of Dr. Pierce, has resulted in a perfect menstrual cure. The gineminess of these menstrual cures is testament to entirely disappearance of pain, but by a gain of flesh, a clear complexion and a cheerful disposition. A SCIENTIFIC MEDICINE—Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a scientific medicine, carefully devised by an experienced and skillful physician, and adapted to woman's delicate organism. It is purely vegetable in its composition and perfectly harmless in its effects in any condition of the system. It contains no alcohol, opium, digitalis or other injurious ingredient. DR. R. V. PIERCE Buffalo, N. Y. : Dear Sir--I was very low, and our home physician said I would never be well until I went to the hospital. Knowing what I did of your medicine I concluded to try it and felt sure it would cure me. To-day I thank God we have a vegan keeping house the 11th day of April to crawl about and in three weeks I could do all my own work, laundry and all I have A Neat Compilment. It is not always the critic who pul- rizes the poet. At a literary dinner the other day, the New York Tribune says, two minor poets were heard in conversation. "I saw your villanelle in the Blank Magazine," said one. "Did you?" said the other. "Yes, and I heard rather a neat com- pliment passed on it by a young lady." "What did she say?" The first minor poet laughed. "Why," he replied, "she wanted to know if I had written it." Not Quite Such a Fool as He Looks. Cholly—So Miss Tartun loosened up and said a good word about me, did she? Archie—Yes; she said that when one got better acquainted with you one found you were not half as big a fool as you appeared to be.—Chicago Tribune. Second the Motion. So far his testimony warrants the belief that any time he would like to have an "h" placed after the last letter of his name, Senator Smoot's request will be cheerfully granted.—Chicago Inter Ocean. Awful Anxiety First Tramp—I was worried to death when I was in the hospital. Second Tramp—T'ought you was goin' to die? First Tramp—No; but I was scared dey might gimme one of dem cures for de drink habit.—Brooklyn Life. The First Piano A Boston man has the first American piano. Boston ought to worship an instrument that has never had ragtime played on it, and that has never been hitched tandem in front of a mechanical player. His Excuse. Mrs. Caudle—What excuse have you for coming home so late? Mr. C.—M'dear, I had an exshellent one when I left the club, but I fancy I must have lost it getting out of the cab. Foreigner: What is the significance of the eagle that is stamped on American money? Uniter States Citizen—It is the emblem of its swift flight. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that satured Cataract has to cure in its stages, and that is Cataract. Hail's Cataract Cure is now known to the medical fraternity. Cataract being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hail's Cataract Cure is taken in conjunction with the surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient the opportunity to up the constitution and assist nature in doing so. Cataract may so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. A good way to rid plants of lice is to wash them with soap suds which have no odor. Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because Defiance contains 16 oz, for the same money. Do you want 16 oz, instead of 12 oz, for same money? Then buy Defiance Starch. Requires no cooking. A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him. taken six bottles of Dr. Pierce's medicine and feel real good, but am not going to stop until I see your face. Dr. Pierce's wonderful medicine about Dr. Pierce's wonderful medicine about all say, "how good you are looking Mrs. Pierce?" and all say, "is all due to Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Thanking you once more for your kindness, I remain. Yours truly. Mrs. E. G. TAYLOR. Box 91. Spring Arbor, Mass. An honest dealer will not urge a substitute in place of "Favorite Prescription." There is nothing in the world that is as good," although avaricious druggy sometimes say so for the sake of the greater profit to be made upon the inferior article. Shun all such. Every wise and careful housewife recommends me some medical book. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Advisor is that kind of a book the best of its kind. It used to sell for $1.50 per copy. Now a big edition is being given away—FREE. For paper-copy copy, see "one-cent stamps, to be used for extra. Slip cloth binding ten cents extra. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo, N. Y. ASSIST NATURE a little now and then, with a gentle lactic, or, if need be, with a more searching and cleansing, yet gentle cathartic, to remove offending matter from the stomach, and to invigorate the liver and quicken tardy action, and you thereby avoid a multitude of derangements and diseases. Of all known agents to accomplish the purpose, Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are always in favor. Their secondary effect is to keep the bowels open and regular, not to further constipate, as is the case with other pills. Hence, their great popularity with sufferers from habitual constipation, piles and their discomfort and manifold derangements. The "Pleasant Pellets" are valuable in all cases of billiousness, sick and billious headache, dizziness, costiness, or constipation of the bowels, sour stomach, windy belchings, "heart-burn." pain and nausea after eating, and kindred derangements of the liver, stomach and bowels. The marked-down habit was strong in her. She had been telling her husband that her dearest woman friend had made her feel so cheap. "Like 30 cents" she queried. 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. The less polish a man has the more reflections he is apt to cast. Catarrh of the Bladder and Kidney Trouble absolutely cured by Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. World famous for over 30 years. $1 a bottle. Who would not rather be a victim of prosperity than of adversity? TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Cureure, Guided by Dr. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. A doctor's generosity usually euds with the prescribing of large doses. Talking machines—Victor and Edison are the best; cash or payments, $1 weekly. Write to-day. JENKINS' MUSIC CO., KANAS CITY, MO. 30,000 records in stock, Mention this paper. It's a whisky strait for the topper who hasn't got the price. 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. To keep lemons fresh a long time invert over them a glass dish that fits closely. DON'T FORGET A large 2 oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. A jackknife in the hands of a boy is almost as dangerous as a jackpot in the hands of a man. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces the fumination, helps pain, cures Wrist Inflammation. Ez a bottle. A man is compelled to lie to a woman an occasionally if he would retain her friendship. All Up-to-Date Housekeepers use Defiance Cold Water Starch, because it is better, and 4 oz. more of it for same money. Lemon juice and salt will remove iron rust. FARMS For Sale on grocer onproper J. MULLEL, Sioux City, Iowa. $20 to $40 Highest grade Essay Clark, Kibum, Chishai, Hanki, Story garanteed like new; special descriptions and prices for the asking. Write to day. 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