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 WILL YOU VOTE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT AND COMMON DECENCY? VOL16 NO. 5 The Oldest LIBERAL COM OUR LAST WILL YOU VOTE FOR AND COMM In a few more days the citizens of Kansas City, Kansas will be called upon to exercise the glorious priviliges of an American Citizen, it is to be hoped that all have been enough interested as to lookup the true record of the man who seeks a re-election at your hands. We have always endeavored to be fair and just with everybody, and we have HON. W. W. The Choice For Ma made it our duty in hehalf of the public and our race to advocate the cause of one who stand for the best interest of all. Now, you can rest assured when we tell you a thing it is right. W. W. Here is the man we ask you to vote for on the plain grounds of being the best man. We present in this issue a cut of that distinguished gentleman, Hcn. W. W. Rose the peoples choice for the next mayor of Kansas City Kansas. The full determined, intelligent and brainy appearance of his countenance at once puts him beyond comparison with the narrow, contracted and undetermined man who seeks your sufrage for another term in office, upon his record as a business administration. If the administration of Tom Gilbert has been one conducted on business principles then the good people of this city, should run from another two years business administration. A political speaker in the present campaign has defined the initials in our present mayors name in reference to the administration—T. B. G.—Treason, Boodle, Graft., from undeniated reports the above triumvirate has been exceedingly predominant in municipal affairs the past two years. We are positive the good people want a change and will vot for W. W, Rose and the rest of the ticket he heads on next Tuesday. We make a last appeal to the Negro citizens and beg of them to "stand pit" he 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 it the laughing stock and ridicule 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 sink us to utter oblivion. If we are to do this, if we are men and wo men void of all love and regard for honour and common decency then we sing "Hark from the tomb a doleful sound." for the cause of right. Let the word be sent to President Roosevelt that the Negroes of Kansas are holding up his lofty ideas of voting for a man who stands for a "square deal to all men." Let the word be sent to him that the Negroes of Kansas City, Kansas—while the Republican party as it now exists is making steps backward—they are going W. ROSE Of The People ayor. forward exeating their force, as independent free thinkers, the scales having dropped from their eyes. The manhood and womanhood of every Negro citizen is at stake in this campaign, let us all stand up and be counted for once in a lifetime. In the next few days the bloody shirt will be waved until it becomes a tattered rag, the oft repeated story of Abe Lincoln and the republican party will be told, things that are as a bygone dream to the present generation will be rehashed. Money will be flashed in your face, unreasonable promises will be made, threats will be made and numerous lies will be told, in an effort to whip you into line for what they would have you believe is the "grand old party," but stand hitched to the warman in which W, W. Rose is seated and you will be a winner and with a winnerr a citizen respected for your true common sense and honest manhood. Let us be as loyal to W. W Rose and his cause, for his, is the cause of all, as we have been to the republican party after receiving so many hard kicks that are still smarting. We beseech you to be extremely careful, keep out of trouble because you are liable to be arrested on the slightest provocation, keep a clear head take no chances, Vote early in the morning. If you do not know clearly how to make out your ballot look for the rooster or chicken, make and X in the cir cle underneath the picture and let it go. If you must have help keep your eye on your helper and the ballot if we are men and women imbued with lofty ideas, love our homes and our city, deeply interested in all that tends to assure us happiness and almost serene contentment, 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 enter, stopping not to rest until the victory is won, our city, redeemed and W. W. Rose a great big broad gauged, brainy man is seated in the mayors chair, with a firm hold on the reins of government. Every body can rest assured that with him as pilot our city will move on o a higher rank in the aggregation of ities, good government, just taxes, good --- water cheap gas, honest account of the city's finance and competent appointee who must account for their transactions as a part and parcel of his administration. Our aquaintenance of Mr. Rose has covered a number of years and it is no idle 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 to 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 of his administration, they are figuring on landing on, some of that $125,000 that failed to reach the City Treasury. Those who doubt the correctness of this, will find out to their own satisfaction by in investigating, that we are right. When the people of this city, awakened to a full realization of what they have to go up against in an effort to redeem the city from the gang of gaunters, that are fast dragging the name of the metropolis city, in disgrace, down to the lowest extremities of the infernal region. They will lose no time in coming to embrace the only hope in sight—electing W. W. Rose and a set of councilmen to sustain him in the proper conducting of city, affairs. On one side ill gotten boodle 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 nearest and dearest to you to vote to turn down the present city administration wreaking with rotteness. To give our readers 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 force has been increased since the campain started, thirty four debuty Sanitary 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 is a 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 unaocounted 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 o timens of either color that W. W. Rose is the choice, of the men seeking their sniffrage 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 a bout 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 bar tear away our rights, manhood and womanhood for a few paltry dollars that a gang might be retained in office claugh 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 snother. The rest will be expected to line up for the machine because it is 'stamped republican. LOCALS If you want a clean and honest city Administration for the two years, Vote for W. W. Rose In W. W. Rose we have a man who alters not at any stage of the gam As a result of the revival services of the A. M. E. Church 90 were converted and 10 were reclaimed Misses Wilson and Corbin returned home. Sunday eve. from Lawrence and report a pleasant time. Quite a large delegation of teachers from this city, attended the N. E. teacher association at Lawrence. Presiding Elder Ransom filled the pulpit of the A. M. E. church. The infant child of Ruben Johnson is very sick. The first Christain Church 8th Everett street is preparing a program for Easter, and invite their many friends to attend the services. The Sorosis Club met with Mrs. J. L. Dyson Tuesday March 28th. Miss E. Herrington who has been ill for several weeks is improving slowly. Mr. E. Roberson of 728 walkers ave. died last Sunday and was huried Tuesday. Mrs. Dora Reed—Bell of the North end is very ill. Miss Bettie Houton of Nebraska Ave still liagers unimproved. Geo. W. Hubbard of State avenue, who has been ill is now able to be out. J. W. Anthony a well known citizen passed away last week after a brief illness The funeral of Robert Floyd of Oakland avenue, was held last Sabbath from the A. M. E. church under the auspices of Washingtou Temple no. 25. Mr. Gooden an old resident this city, is quite sick at 1128 Washingto avenue. Mrs, Charity Chinn of 740 Jersey ave. has returned from a 4 weeks visit in Omaha Nebraska. Many places of interest were visited by the teachers, among which Haskell Institute, seem to be the center of attration. There, all received a hearty welcom and were ucheered from building to building where saw hon studious the Indian girls and boys were applying them selves to their work. Selects Wife's Toilets. It is a common thing in Paris for a man to accompany his wife to the dressmaker's. The young wife who has known no gayer attire than the coming-out gown of the jesire file needs careful advice as to her toilets, and her husband, if he be a certain type of man of the world, knows how to give it. Japanese Swords Best. The sword makers of Toledo and Damascus have been reputed to be the world's most famous artisans in this industry, but in Japan the swordsmiths turn out weapons whose blades are fully as green and as hard and composed of metal of as fine quality as those of the old swordsmiths. Superstitious Criminals All criminals are great believers in dreams. Some time ago, at Manchester, a daring thief awaiting trial told a warden he had dreamed that he had seen a rainbow. From this he deduced that he would be acquitted at his trial. To everyone's surprise he was. Hunting in Japan. The Japanese, always keen sportsmen, used to take most of their game with goshawks and sparrow hawks. The only dogs they used were spaniels, which flushed the game. But now they are taking to dogs, and many good animals are being imported from England. Liquefies Illuminating Gas. A German chemist named Blau has succeeded in liquefying illuminating gas. In that form it gives a good light, which is useful in country houses, railway trains, etc. It costs more than ordinary coal gas, but less than electric light. R. A. Kope. 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 roun' hunting' fer happiness wid a candle. Frank Stanton in Atlanta Constitution. Why, Indeed? "Why," asked Willie, as he sat in the grand stand with his father, "do they call it football when they play with their heads, papa?" Otherwise, the "Big Head" **1828.** The first time a man is in ainated 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. Desiring nice comfortable rooms in a nice locality canfind them 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, MARCH 31, 1905 this Section CALL HERE EXECUTORS NOTICE STATE OF $ KANSAS. } SS WYANDOTTE COUNTY, } SS IN THE PROBATE COURT OF SAID COUNTY. In the matter of the Estate of Mary L. Gordon Deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters testamentary 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 are 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 deceased. Dated March 21 1905. First Published 24 1905. 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. her petition in a certain action against you in the District Court in Wyandotte County State of Kaua asking for an absolute divorce on the grounds of abandonment and desertion, and unless youdurem, answer or otherwise ob- jet 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. EXECUTOR'S IN THE PROBAT COURT IN AND SS FOR SAID COUNTRY 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, date the 6th day of February A. D. 1905. Now, all persons have claims against the said Estate, are hereby notified that they must pre sent 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. L. P. BRADLEYI executor of the executor of the Last Will and Testament of Jane Redd Deceased. First published Feb. 11th 1905 Notice of Final Settlement State of Kansas County of Wyaodotte In the Probate Court in and for said County. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLARA WILLIAMS SLEDGE DECEASED Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified that at the next regular term of the Probate Court in and for said County, to be begun and held at the Probate Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte and State aforesaid, on the first Monday in the month of Mareh A. D. 1905. I shall apply to said Court for a full and final settlement of said estate. Peter young Administrator of Clara Williams Sledge Deceased. In Witness Whereof, the undersigned, Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte. 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. Tell me, thou star, whose wings of light are in thy fiery flight. In what case of the night, Will thy pinions close now? Tell me, moon, thou pale and gray Pilgrim of heaven's homeless way, In what depth of night or day Seekest thou repose now? Weary wind, who wanderest In the world's rejected guest, Hast thou stool the street nest On the tree or blow? —Percy Byshee Shellen 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. The bayonet was first used by the French in 1671. It was first made in Bayonne, France, and was considered a very deadly weapon. The British army quickly copied it, and other nations promptly followed suit. 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 150 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. 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 waruing 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 buplished 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 for said 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 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 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 magistrate, 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 me lasses 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, a thought that might serve also. To the gold of the credit you crave: The best is not always at surface, my and You 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; I would not discourage your zeal, my dear lad; It is best to keep working alway. But this funny old world often labels as a kid. The thing that is good in its day. In fact, I may say that it classifies wrong Some part of the great earthly crop. And I think you will note as you journey long. 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 summit, in truth. The men whom we mark as friends. Then gaze on the mortals below. And I tell you, my word I'll have nothing to teach. And this brief little anthem will stop, if you agree with the thing that I preach. That the foam may be found on the top —A. J. Waterhouse in Sunset Magazine -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 not worship the same Christ?" WIT IS NOT APPRECIATED. Glasgow, Scotland, Character Has Fun With Actors. A provincial theater in the east of Scotland is being tormented and amused at intervals by a wit among the gallery gods who insists on keeping up a running commentary on the play. He has enlivened many a dull piece by his droll interpolations, but he has also come pretty near ruining many an intensely dramatic or sentimental situation by the sudden and always apropos qualities of his interruptions. He has a high pitched, penetrating voice, and the town police, who have been on the verge of ejecting him a dozen times, say that he was a Glasgow cab driver who retired with a competence and now takes this way to give play to a wit that was once famous in the great city. On one occasion a dreary melodrama was being presented. The heroine of the play, pursued by the villain, had taken refuge in the house of her lover, who, as the hero of the play, was of course, at variance with his sweetheart's parents. The exigencies of the plot required that the irate father, sword in hand and at the head of his faithful retainers, should track the girl to the gates of the hero's treacherous and disgraceful element, enter the room where the scared heroine had been secreted under the table. "Wretch!" cried the furious father, "your life shall answer for this. I demand my child. Where is she." Then, shrill and startling in the expectant silence, from the gallery came the answer: "Unner the table, ye dinged lout! Dinna ye see her slipper stickin' oot?" The house was in a tumult of merriment in a moment, but it was the "angry father" himself, who ruined the situation, for he burst into immoderate laughter and the curtain fell in the middle of the act, to rise again upon an audience that could not repress its risibles for the rest of the evening. HE WANTED A MORTGAGE. Swede's Experience With a Deed Had Taught Him Caution. Halvor Steenerson, Congressman from Minnesota, tells a story of a Swede who went to that state from one of the Dakotas for the purpose of buying a farm. A land agent acted as guide and informant to the Swede, who eventually found what he wanted. When the time came to make out the necessary papers, the agent asked the Swede what method he preferred to adopt in making payments. "Ay pay all. Ay haf da money," replied the Swede. "Very well, then. I'll make out the deed," said the agent. "No!" suddenly exclaimed the Swede. "Ay no want deed!" "Why, yes, you do!" rejoined the agent, astonished. "You pay the money and you take a deed for the farm." "No, no!" earnestly asseverated the Swede. "Ay no want deed! Ay had deed oop in Dakota. Ay pay man da money. He gif me deed. Ay gif heem mortgage. Ay tak land. By en by he get land, he get deed, he haf da money. Dees time Ay want no deed; Ay want mortgage. Ay pay da money; you gif me mortgage!"—The Sunday Magazine. Getting Posted. "I would like to ask you a question if you don't mind," said the old man in the street car to the man on his right. "Go ahead, sir." "I should like to know the meaning of the term 'History repeats itself.' I come across it most every day. How does history repeat itself?" "That's easily answered," said the other. "For instance, if you should ask me what I thought of the weather I should tell you to go and be hanged to you. If we should meet a month, hence and you asked me the same question over again my reply would be the same." "I think I see—I think I do," mused the old man, as he leaned back and crossed his feet. "Yes, I guess I understand, and I want to tell you that you are a durned mean jackass of a man and that history is going to repeat itself every blamed time I run across you for the next ten years to come."—Chicago News. A Gentle Thrust. James Jeffrey Roche, the new Consult to Genoa, was talking about a magazine editor. "This man," he said, "rejected some of the best of my early verse. He rejected some of the best verse of my friends. Why he is an editor I can't imagine. He certainly has no critical sense. "I indicated this to him one day. He had announced to me that he was going to get married. He had praised the lady of his choice ardently, declaring her to be a poem. "‘A poem?’ said I. “‘A poem,’ he repeated. “And still you do not reject her? (exclaimed." Winter. Soft as the plumes of sleep drifts down The pure white silence of the snow The bells make merry in the town, Where happy faces come and go. The brooding quiet of the trees, Is broken sweet, in yonder glen. By "day, day day," of checkades And keen, sweet song of winter wren. Of glowing days some magic word Is warbled when the grossebsangs And in the moaning pines is heard The whisper of returning spring. This is the birthday of the year. Now far, off summer's battles start; And lo; the very cold grows dear. The storm wind warms the heart. 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Telephone W Factory Co. 6 St. and Reynolds Ave. Kansas City Kansas SAS CITY SOA 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 Co. 6 St. and Reynolds Ave. Kansas City Kansas KANSAS CITY SOAP CO. 1510 N. 4th St Are Manufactors of the Be- ing Soaps. A GIVET HEM 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 MEALS 1 Mrs. Thatcher the prop- city and will please you, gi INESS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. Money on Watches. D CLOTHING AN actors of the Best Grades of Toile- ing Soaps. A Home Institution THEM YOUR PATRO their brand the Snowflake and convince you of their merits. ESTAURANT 1012 N 3rd St. place in the city and will serve you in, every thing is cooked to taste MEALS 15 CENTS, catcher the prop, is one of the best please you, give her a call. ACTLY CONFIDENTIAL. J. H. COLIN, PRO Money to Loan Patches. Diamonds Jew THING AND EVERYTHING Of Value Jewels and Jewelry Sold on Paym T CASH PRICES. Pledges For Sale Ch WATCHES AND JEWELRY REPAIRING Union Loan Office minnesota ave. kansas"city OPPORTUN Are Manufactors of the Best Grades of Toilet & Wash ing Soaps. A Home Institution. GIVET HEM YOUR PATRONAGE One trial of their brand the Snowflake and Union will convince you of their merits. RESTAURANT 1s the best place in the city and will serve you from 5,30 a,m, to ii 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. INESS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. J. H. COHN, PROPRIETOR. Money to Loan on Watches. Diamonds Jewelry. CLOTHING AND EVERYTHING Watches and Jewel AT CASH Unclaim Pledges FINE WATCHES AND JE Union Lo 427 Minnesota av YOUR OPP 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 TO SAVE MONEY. Ladies suits, dressing anything in the Dressmaking MADE TO and sold on weekly and m few prices: Belt dresses $1 50cts and up. Call and see Mrs W. F. suits, dressing sacques, aprons a the Dressmaking line MADE TO ORDER weekly and monthly payments. Belt dresses $1.00 and up; dress Call and see me. S W. F. Williams Third St. Kansas C Ladies suits, dressing sacques, aprons and in fact anything in the Dressmaking line and sold on weekly and monthly payments. Here is a few prices: Belt dresses $1.00 and up; dressing sacques 50cts and up. Call and see me. Mrs W. F. Williams. 1510 North Third St. Here is the Place. J. T. ROBERTS TONSORIAL PARLOR, All the Latest Style Hair Cuts, Clear Shave strictly Up-to-Date. 438 MINNESOTA AVENUE. 1100 North 3rd St. 0 0 0 C 0 0 0 0 0 0 KANSAS CITY, KAS Y M O N D SUPPLIES ALL PURPOSE AT ALL HOURS NCE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED ave. Telephone West 32. and Reynolds Ave. ity Kansas TY SOAP CO. at Grades of Toilet & Wash Home Institution. OUR 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 either a call. J. H. Cohen, Proprietor. to Loan Diamonds Jewelry. O EVERYTHING Value 000000000 ery Sold on Payments PRICES. For Sale Cheap. JEWELRY REPAIRING. Can Office. . kansas"city."kans. ORTUNITY acques, aprons and in fact ing line O ORDER. 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, MME. L. F. JOHNSON, Shampooing, Manicuring, Massage and Scalp Treatment. Tel 733 W. Duplex Telegraphy in Europe. The telegraph line from Vienna to Czernowitz is the longest line in Europe which uses the duplex system being 630 miles long. The system was adopted a few months ago, as it was found necessary to increase the capacity of the line, which takes all the matter for Roumania, southeastern Russia and a part of Bulgaria. The system works well at present, although the line is constructed of iron wire instead of copper. Good Luck for Turtles at Least. 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 down into inches as accurately as a tape measure. Forgetment were paled down the side, and at one end w. a hole in which was a ribbon bow and loop by which to suspend in Good Housekeeping. Moisture in Tobacco The presence of moisture in tobacco is, the Lancet believes, of some portance to public health, since the combustion of tobacco containing a large proportion of moisture is peded, while as the g eration of vapor is increased, so ar ce chances of the poisonous principle being carried into the mouth diminished. Early Japanese University It will surprise most readers to learn from a recent Japanese writer that there was a university in Japan in the eighth century, with schools in 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 an resident, "and we made seven 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 The Waiting for Thee."—New York Sun Consider Dreams Revelations. Among the people of the east 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 in bible times, and from dreams to the future of the dreamer. Cancer Victims Well to Do. Statistics show that cancer is not common among those who are accustomed to the refinements of life that among the very poor, and to care for such patients the doctors say the good surroundings are a necessity. Snakes in India. About 400,000 snakes are killed every year in British India. The paid as rewards annually for the construction of beasts of prey and roused snakes by the government. India amount to about $125,000. German Colony in Palestine. Thirty-four years ago a German ony settled at Haifa, Palestine. The day all of the ninety families in are prosperous. They raise grass and make wine free from alcohol which is sold to the natives. Irish Ledger in Court Irish Ledger in Court. A ledger kept in the Irish language was produced at the Roscommon sizes, in Ireland, and the witness is to go on the bench to translate terms for the judge. Gravity. An observing schoolboy wrote the short essay: "Gravity was disoriented by Izaak Walton. It is child noticeable when the apples are falling from the trees." Novices Leave Convent. Stealing the front door key from the pocket of the mother superior, then young novices escaped from the convent of Santa Clara in Lisbon and disappeared. Dogs May Ride in Berlin. Dogs are allowed to enter tramwars cars in Berlin, but must be held by their master's laps and paid for as they were human passengers. Credit is a Necessity. As trade now stands, there is enough gold out of the earth, if were all coined, to transact the business of a day. Nationalities Among Russians. The Russian population represents 110 nationalities, the three great ones being Finns, Tartans and Slavs. Aluminum for Sharpening Cutlery. Aluminum is superior to any other for sharpening cutlery. Denmark's Honey Exports. Denmark exports 2,500,000 pounds of honey a year. BAD STOMACH . Even the best housekeepers cannot make a good cup of coffee without good material. Dirty, adulterated and queerly blended coffee such as unscrupulous dealers shovel over their counters won't do. But take the pure, clean, natural flavored LION COFFEE, the leader of all package ecoffees— the coffee that for over a quarter of a century has been daily welcomed in millions of homes—and you will make a drink fit for a king in this way: HOW TO MAKE GOOD COFFEE. Use LION COFREE, becanse to get best results you must use the best coffes. flat your ION COFFEE rier fine, Uso se tablespoontul to each enpy and one extra for the pot.” First mix it with a littie cold water, enough to make thick and ‘tl white of km epg (if og isto be used as'a settler), then follow one of the following race: ist. WITH BOILING WATER. Add boiling water, and let it boll THREE MINUTES ONLY. Add a little cold water and set aside five Ininutes t0 settie, ‘Serve promptly. 2d, WITH COLD. WA‘ a your cold water to the peste and bring it to a boll. Then set aside, @ little cold water, and in tive linutes Its ready to serve- 3 {Don’t boll It too long. {Bont let It stand more than ten minutes before serving. DoNr’s (Don’t use water that has been bolled before. ‘TWO WAYS TO SETTLE COFFEE. Je With Bags, Use part of the white of an egg, mixing twith the ground LION corrézberorebohing. "With Cold Water instead of eggs. After boling add a dash of cold water, and set suid for digit oF ten manutes, then gerve through a strainer. | Insist on getting a package of genuine LION COFFEE, Prspare 1t according to this reeipe and you will only use LION COFFEE in future. (Sold only in 1 Ib. sealed ) igntead on every package.) (Gave these Lion-heads for valuable premiums.) SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. THE LINCOLN IMPORTING HORSE C0., “'NCOLN;., Bea eee, re ari ate Goat ‘Stallions: "Eroopscties tapes shanna enn re pay buyer's R. R. fare and can sell you a stall- Bie eee ews v so‘ cutitout.” A, L. SULLIVAN, Mgr. " with tainted, offenstve, oF foul attentd ior taste, especially’ Inthe breath. "ered tongue, sick or billows morninfas, poor or irregular appetite, bealttimich, = water brash” constipa: fm with strong tendeney 10 * the blues.” Hot Mondeney. are ail relieved and rad- oie “cured by the faithful use of Dr. ically S'Golden Medical Discovery. No Pea Oe stronger than his stomach fen it gets out of onder he, Becomes bil phere Sjeptie, hypochondriacal, peevis! oe et of sorts’: he feels languid, erty and “all fagged out.” “Noting will more speedily or perma- vty invigorate and tone Into action, fier and bowels than Dr. Pierce's Golden Noedical Discovery. It is. compounded jm the active medicinal principles ex- tracted, {fom native ‘medicinal plants, travjout the use of alcohol, not a drop of Miieh enters into {ts composition, Phe Wmnetit fplt from its use is not, therefore, die to alcobolfe exhiliration, ‘and conse: treaty of short duration, but 1s endur- fie ani permanent, ‘The great, ae of diseases have their inception In a bad stomach, ind|- gestion, biliousness and impure blood. Kong these diseases are deadly con- jumption, nerve-racking, brain-wrecking Rinous.prosteation and exhaustion, foay-torturing rheumatism, insanity” breeding neuralgia, emaciating malaria teimanner of disiguring’ blood and Ruin diseases, Dr. Plereo's Golden. Med- {aul Discovery 5 a cure for all these dis- fess, if taken in anything like reasona- fie time. It Is not a cure-all, but cures the diseases mentioned for the reason that vey aro caused and aggravated by the same disorders. It makes the ppe tite keen, the: digestion perfect, the liver active, the blood pure and builds firm fesh and healthy nerve fiber. “Don't be whredied by a penny-grabbing dealer int taking somethlng else sald to be * just as food,” only that he may make a greater profit. ‘There's nothing “just as Foo E"dolden Medical Discovery,” with its fecord of cures extending over a third of beentury. "a eee teen ie | Ds RV. Prence, Buffalo, N. Y.: Dear Sir-Ms, health js better now than tt sen before for Many Years, a pes toon beth tot tintel bat a A or Ne ia . KA LEG bees A A ae Zea. Se \\ Rib vine rash SWEDOUGLASL) Vaton For nuts’ $3.50 SHOES S23. W..k: Dongias makes and sells more Movs aauonameretand acl saeco HRI iree He Thetwornds Brood SOY a whotas alptovthie ican, W. 1. Dongins 3.50 shoes are the Frets sche fac th tesa ae tieircellent style, enng efing ast Uurles eeising callie thse are detlae' god auctiiowe that cost frome 3.00 fo! 004 athe only difference ie icine We ka Bouin Gag hoes SON ore 10" taker la thete shane biter, Near longerand are of gremtee pile ban any oikge'SS BOvnogoe tho Bist ie SW ee bigs ues Kine om price ans aintae aoa Who lool for itn Rake ao substitute: cis Donigias “B80 ehoes wee wohl syst pisewn an stores! o rele ml cules and by shoe dealers oyert= Beery, Nemnatter where yourtives We Douslis shee re within your reaalic «Qua $5.00 SHOES. ise worn We 2s Douglas 640 EES hott pen beng $8 te Since gM aese, Red Bus SQN W. L: Douglas $2.80 and $2.00 Shas Because they At better, hold thett and wear lodger than other makes: fish Rowglas uses Corona Coltskin tn his fis ceerona Coke tates Fac (it Bret palene Kathe predec Ss Color Eyelets will not wear Brassy. HEE Dania hte tno lageetahoe gall ordge Mpa [2 cen crta ropuomaninareee alldos dese etic reparations fitted Catlogue f Sprig sip FL DOUGLAS, Peco may r Sale on crop TARMS For Sale s2ycsag 1 Btn eo WN. y, » KANSAS CITY, NO, 13, 1905 A KANSAS CITY, NO 18 05 en PISOsS (Tazo yy PoC tf ey prime. Soid by drug, ta. ea os CONSUMPTION = of gratitude, I was.for several years, trouble MiGh severe stomach Woubiee nee bees Ache and ‘nervousness. ‘Could: not gate eee thing witbout experiencing the most agoni- ing Dain, “Had little appetite and wes tree duently nauseated. My tek headinyee yes most violent and I could not Rest vightens 4a ah enin meat aod. thor sugny Gespondent, ‘and ‘no medicine that T eock {ake seemed ‘wo help mo at aioe eee father who sugxested that I try your mele cine and am grateful tosay hart had era Taking’ “Golden Medical Discovers Che than five months when i'was entirely cura, and ean now eat angthing withowe dieress iss Hose Stastny, North Arlington, New Jersey. — Astor Avenue |__ Cures When Everything Else Fails. Deg, RV, Prince Butalo, N.Y: SirT am bapps to say that T have found Dr. Piorce's Golden Mtodieat Discovery ‘to be a most efficacious remedy for stone |ouble. For many years T could searcoly eat anything without being dreadtally dls. ood H ted various mtb amt Be mit used various mesictsts eichent titect. ‘Later! bought a bottle of Dr Plefess Golden Medical Discovery. and it proved vo Satistactory that't boughe several Hore bots iles of the medicine and ‘used fe unt was entirely well. 'That wes about four months: You may'count on me fora staunch friend to “Golden Medical: Discovery." also to yous Sanitarium, which I know to be ono of te best in the’ country. ‘Asa M. Werxzams, 208 Riley Street Buifalor N. ¥. Dr. Pierce's 1000-page fllustrated book, “The Common Sense Medieal Adviser,’ {a sent free in paper covers, on receipt o 21 one-eent stamps to pay cost of malling only, "For 31-stamps. the cloth-boun Volume will be sent. Address Dr. 1 V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. ¥. , 9 When the “Golden IP. FLELCE'S Medical Discov: ery” is not quite texative enough, as in obstinate conetipe |tion. the little, pleasent, ‘suger coa “Pellets” should be talen to. afd. the “Discovery.” One or two for a laxative, fro 9 four for n cathartic. “Thay alons have beon known to cure many bad cases of stomach trouble, dyspepsia, and ind gestion, They ‘act on the liver and Togulata, the bowels," Put up im glass Vials, corked, ‘therefore, always) fresh and Tes jive Pleasant Pellets. ABS AEP bony Sage Matioy NE Tg SRY LED CLOTuIR RECEIVED THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE AWARD AT THE ST.LOUIS WORLD'S PAIR, Send us the names of dealers in your town who do not sell our goods, and we will send you a Collection of pictures, in colors, of fomous towers of the world. sm A.J. TOWER CO. ESTABLISHED 1036, Boston. New YoRn, emnenacs ‘TOWER CANADIAN CO. Linted, TORONTO CAN. LOOK FOR ' : THE NAME: “Hoosier School Shoe” on the inside lining when making | your purchase. It is a shoe of high | quality, both in material and work-. manship,,and sells at a low price. | It looks well, feels comfortable and | wears well. You may pay twice the | price but you can't get a better or more serviceable shoe. It is made in children’s, misses’ and women’s sizes. Look for the name “Hoosier School Shoe” on the lining of each pair. Your dealer has them or can get them. TAPPAN SHOE MFG. CO., COLDWATER, MICH. SMOKERS. FIND LEWIS, SINGLE BINDER ‘St Cigar better Quality than most 10¢ Cigars. StCiter better Quality than most 10% Cigars ¥ SHORT KANSAS ITEMS 3 Paul Kirk has seeured an interest in the Garnett Journal and Garnett Svening News. Mr. Sprig, an old resident of Jar. balo, was thrown from his wagon and Killed in a runaway recently. Emporiz Republicans expect their nominee for mayor, O. B. Hardcastle, to prove a “tower of strength.” Gomer Davies is now publishing a daily edition of his Kansan, thus giy- ing Concordia two daily papers. A. S. Hobart, for some years with the Mail and Breeze, has bought an interest in the Independent Journal at Ottawa. Arkansas City hopes to elect a sat- {sfactory set of officials next month, although there are only four tickets in the field. A man named Shindle, while driv. ing a team near Phillipsburg, was run down by a train and killed. His team escaped injury. A Topeka druggist is thinking of moving to Panam: He has been toid that whisky sells for fifty cents a drink down there. A car of Kansas eggs, 400 cases, and the first car to be shipped this season, were recently sent from Ott- awa to New York. Harvey Ford brought suit for a divoree from Martha Ford in Topeka this week and neither one shows any dispositinn to capitulate. Otto Luck, of Whiting, was the vic- tim of a runaway last week. Tithough the buggy and the harness were a to- tal wreck, Otto is doing well. Item from Pleasanton Observer:— The girls are playing basket ball every night this week and geting in shape for the big game with Ft. Scott. The political "slate having been pretty well cleaned off for this time , a number of citizens of Kansas will soon get busy running for office in 1906. One Third district paper has dis: covered that the Standard Oil “octopus” has a tail and that Con: gressman Campbell is the man who twisted it. Robbers who broke into the Milton State bank a few nights ago were rewarded for several hours of hard and dangerous work by a “haul” of fifty cents, Fort Scott might have known when it nominated an undertaker for mayor that a large number of paragraphs about the deadness of the town would be inevitable, Closing the “joints” in Salina the other day has already resuited in the discontinuance of the paid fire de partment, and stopped all street im provements. It means a loss of $12,000 of revenue to the city. 4 At Pleasant Hill, while Mrs, William Hendrix was burning the brush and trash which had accumulatd in_ the yard during winter, her dress caught fire and before it ‘could be put out, she was burned so badly that she died. Governor Hoch announced yesterday that the battle ship Kansas will be christened with a bottle of Kansas erud’ nil. It would also be an appro: pria . idea, in order to make the bot- Ue pop, to charge it with Kansas nat- ural gas. Over 500 teachers attended the An- nual Convention of the Northeastern Kansas Teachers Association wich was held at the University of Kansas last week. A number of interesting papers were read and fully discussed, much good being derived by the teach: ers, W. H. Woodbury, a farmer in Mitch: ell County, decided to move to town, and sold his farm. When he came to move, however, he could find no house, so he simply moved the house from his farm, a distance of three miles, Three traction engines did the work. The richest 400-acre farm in the world is said to be located near Neodesha. Its value is neariy $2.000- 00, and its annual output is about $8,000,000, It belongs to tie Standard Oil company, and is covered with oil tanks. Not a dollar's worth of any- thing else but oil is produced on tae farm, A iarge number of Kansas teachers are planning to enter the spring courses at the university, which are open to teachers whose schools close in April. This enables them to earn half a credit toward a degree in each subject and also articulates them with the work of the summer session, Recently a party of farmers near Leloup, interposed with the laying of gas mains in that vicinity. The gas company claims to have contracts to cross the farms and the farmers question the existance of such con- tracts. The farmers are now in ad- vantage, and the mater will be settled in court. Disgusted with Topeka and the re. sult of her efforts to establish a “rest room” and school for W. C. T. U. workers there. Mrs. Carrie Nation has decided to pull out of the wicked Kansas capital. The property she vacates is located at the corner of ‘Twelfth street and Kansas avenue, has been offered for sale. It is valued at $7,500. The cayotes in the sandhills south. west of Cimarron pricked up their A PLACE OF ENDURING CHARM. Physical Features of the Everglades of a Beauty Beyond Description, No description of thé physical feat- ares of the Everglades can possibly convey any true idea of their beauty and their charm, Both are indescrib- able and indefinable, yet the one ts as clear as the sunlight which brings it into view, the othter as keen as the touch of an awakening love. Both charm and beauty blend in a strange, Sweet sense of mystery, which even one least responsive to this new mood ‘of nature canot possibly escape. As far as the vision can compass, grasses of gold wave over fields of silver, teaching away to a sky-line 0 feobalt blue. Green islands, so dreamlike that they seem to float in the tremulous sea of a sleep just ready to waken, open arms of welcome to their en- chanting shadows. Across the match- tess blue of a summer sky the chil- dren of the storm chase each other in seudding clusters of feathery cloud; but they are only children at play, for at their worst they break into soft showers which seem to have no pur- ose save to make broken bits of rain- bow and to add a little to the sum of tue life that is everywhere, For life is everywhere in this enchanted re- gion, where earth and water and air, plant and tree and sky, all seem to quiver and throb’ with its birth-throe. ‘The edge of an active crater compels the thought of the suppressed anguish of creating nature; the smoking sea at early dawn suggests the menace of death held in the leash of life; the desert and the prairie tell of a life which, though it has passed, still lin- gers on the edges of its old arena, But here, in the lake of mystery, with its islands of enchantment and its un- told story, life is alive. Over it all and through it broods that informing spirit of the essential life which is the heart of all things. Here one pardons—even applauds— the Spaniard, who so often gave the sacred name to the unhallowed object, What the Dentist Says. Toledo, Ohio, March 27th—(Special.) —Harry T. Lewis, the well known den: tist of 607 Sumit street, this city, is telling of his remarkable cure of Kid: ney Disease by using Dodd's Kidney Pills, “I was flat on my back and must say I had almost given up all hope of ever getting any help,” says Dr. Lewis. “My Kidneys had troubled me for years. The pains in my back were severe and I had to get up several times at night. 1 tried different medi- eines but kept on getting worse till T was laid up. “Then a friend advised me to try Dodd’s Kidney Pills and in about two weeks I started to improve. Now I am glad to admit I am cured and I cannot praise Dodd's Kidney Pills toc highly.” If you take Dodd’s Kidney Pills when your kidneys first show signs of being out of order you will never have Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Dropsy, Gravel or Rheumatism, When trouble calls most men seem to be hanging around home expecting it cco. cL moe a So named because 50 acre produced so heavily, that its proceeds built a lovely home. "See Salzer's catalog. Yielded in Ind. 157 bu., Ohio 160 bu., Tenn. 198 bu., ‘and in Mich. 220 bu. per’acre. You cai beat this record in 1905. WHAT D0 YoU THINK oF THESA YeELDS? 120 bu. Beardless Barley per acre. 310 bu, Salzer’s New National Oats per A, 80 bu. Salzer Speltz and Macaroni Wheat! 1,000 bu. Foes Potatoes per acre. 14 tons of rich Billion Dollar Grass Hay. 60,000 Ibs. Victoria Rape for sheep—per a 160,000 Ibs. Teosinte, the fodder wonder. 54,000 Ibs. ‘Salzer’s Superior Fodder Corn rich, juicy fodder, per A. Now sich yields you can have in 1905, if you will plant my seeds. JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 100 in stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., and receive their great cata- Jog and lots of farmseedsaraples. [WLN-U,] ‘When a man sows his wild oats he seldom fails to have a crop to reap. Much valuable information free about band instruments; write for the new eatae lorie to-day. JENKINS’ MUSIC HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO. Many a man fs found outside of jail because he is not found otherwise. iso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used fof all affections of the throat. and lungs. Wa ‘Gi Dansier, vachures, 18.2: wee The self-made man forgets to list himself when the assessor calls. Do Your Clothes Look Yellow? ‘Then use Defiance Starch, it will keep them white—I6 oz. for 10 cents. ‘When a man starts out to get even with another he is never satisfied until he gets ahead. FITS: ‘cared. No fits or nervousness after Erase eeres Send fr BE x an Here eer A bright man naturally finds it best to look on the bright sidee of life. Seb gaR e You may have discovered that the oldest inhaitant is seldom a woman. Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces in a package, 10 cents. One-third A man who gets his pay in advance never wohks overtime. ae ose THE FAMOUS ong ERTS woe eats. The Russ Company, Sowa Beas Ind Nothing beats a good wife—except @ bad husband. ARMY CHAPLAIN _STYERE«RIONEY P a GO- IMIS a << 4 A & SS CHAPLAIN D.L. JAYCOX, x aA QE Cee er Vigan sk rts SS er Ore So A Se Flee ee Rec ale & V ee ind — —. ¥ eee pee ee : ee raat gm Nae ts 8 RG (AR ice = =) ee S = 4 eat —t Se oe ( \ jl J I \ Hl \ ces) | Do O90 mt Ree tA UN Ay A Weert yl] Dr eh IN rd ae ot Ul) VN “ a aan : HALF OUR ILLS ARE CATARRH. H eS ——— P| MI Gea Thousands of People Have Kidney Trouble and &my I |} eS Don't Know It Is Catarrh. HS —— I c They have aay Mr. David LL. Jayeox, Chaplaing|/doctored i = Clarinda, I. 0. @.'Ty and Chaplain ¢| with every a ee G. A. R., 865 Broadway, Oakland, 2| conceivable Ay Wee Cal., writes: drug, have a Los «Lam anold war veteran, Icon. | ©0PS™1 te aN C= tracted severe bladder and kidney) */} Schools—SM i \es trouble. I spent hundreds of dollars 3) fpedicine. = —= | Hea \ 2 and consulted a host of doctors, but ape H)- = neither did me any good. Sears GENS ! b|\ “Peruna has proven the best medi- $| ¢o use, hows 4 cine I ever used. My pains are gone | ever, ‘that R\ and I believe myself to be cured. I$|the'se. old ont feel well and would not be without | soldiers a bottle in time of need for ten dh a hoa found a remedy that would actually ee | eepedin of catarrh of kidneys and ladder have been cured by Peruna Hundreds ioe ‘war iad have kd- than all other medicines combined: Rey easeeisderitecanley Address Dr. 8. B. Hartman, President Impure drinking water, sleeping on ct The HerGaen Sanitarium, Columbuy hio, and he wil leased to give I han os es sures to wet and cold weather produced | Ait correspondence held strictly rors catarrh of the kidneys and bladder. _| dential. DRAUGHON’S endo ane Ft, Scott, Kans. PRACTIGAL BUSINESS * Leola I . = CATALOGUE FREE. Add. J.F. DRAUGHON, Pres. | atone City, 0. Ts Chain of 20 Colleges. Inc. $300,000.00 Capital. Estab. 16 years. 2 = POSITION $50 per 220nth GUARANTEED or money refunded, oryou may pay +S 9 tuition out of salary aftergraduating. Novaeation, Enver z any time, In thoroughness and reputation D. P. B. C.’s are to other Bus. Colleges what Harvard University is to Academies, "7,000 stadente annually. Indorsed by business men from Me. to Cali, Cheap board, EQ | Contract given torefund money fatter taking our Tome STUDY | Study by mail, you are not satisied, Write for prices, $2 5 t C lif VIA SANTA FE From Kansas City to Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco. ‘These are only a few of the places to which tickets may be bought at this rate. Proportionate reductions from other points, You've heard of California's rich soil, its picturesque scenery, the kindness of its climate, ‘The place for farmer, tourist, invalid, Tickets on sale—daily—March 1 to May 13, Liberal stop-over privileges. No better train service than the Santa Fe’s, ‘Three trains daily. Tourist Sleepers, Free Chair Cars, Harvey Meals> ‘Whether you go now or later, write the undersigned for descriptive literature, information about trains and rates. Ask all the questions you desire. We'll answer them. GEO. W. HAGENBUCH, General Agent, The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company 905 Main Street, KANSAS CITY, MO. Winter Service 1904 and 1905 M es, 6 TO ae) EWE ‘ ST. LOUIS. Sn 7G yale z For Omaba and Lincoln, 9 a. m, and Se 10:20 p. m. For Paola, Garnett, Neodesha, Inde- pendence and Coffeyville 9:55 a. m.and 10:50 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 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 6:00 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 ee Berths and all information call at 1, Gens Agent, Passenger Dopt.| 91 Sonn 5 "GHiNies City Vioket AGone nT COPE | SO t main Bt. | Telephone 740 Hickory. EXCURSIONS TO THE Free Grant Lands oF Western Canada. BRT Deon EXCURSIONS igi aeR A To THE wes NA A Free he Lands Cai Western Canada. During the months of March and April, mere willbe excisions on the various Lines of Tall: ray to the Canadian West Hundreas of thousands of acres of the best Wheat and Grazing Lands on the Continent free w the settler. ‘Adjoining lands may be purchased from rail way and land companies at reasonable prices For information as to route, cost of transpor tation fe. apply to Superintende at of Imumt gration, Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Can: dian Goverament Agent-J. S. Crawford, No 12 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, MssourL BEGGS’ BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach. 10,000 Plants fori6c, pup ee Sta aan itera pinta aecnrenorrat (Se) else suf wwarrantoa seals PG ap inske's Soi Yollowlag wap ESS YT ccdented citer: ¢(\ For 18 Cents Postpaid O setcencinntas acti oes teat i Hy So tik nat ete H 3909 Brien baie 400 Gierlously Sriulent ioters, per esres stages ria sttietaakeis Sena pe flow ers ans 'ts and lots of choles ei Sacctie taal anaes EoseesSuall Prater etc ail for aa RA lise nes diel netiee, JOHN A. SALTER 00,. KC ))y) 2a a BALLER SEED A Prominent Cincinnati Woman Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Completely Cured Her. The great good Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is doing among the women of America is attracting the attention of many of our leading scientists, and thinking people generally. Mrs. Sara Wilson The following letter is only one of many thousands which are on file in the Pinkham office, and go to prove beyond question that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound must be a remedy of great merit, otherwise it could not produce such marvelous results among sick and ailing women. Dear Mrs. Pinkham: "About nine months ago I was a great sufferer with womb trouble, which caused me severe pain extreme nervousness and frequent headaches, from which the doctor relieved me. I tried Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, a short time left better, and after taking five bottles of it I was entirely cured. I therefore heartily recommend your Compound as a splendid uterine tonic. It makes the monthly periods regular and without pain; and what happens is such a remedy after so many doctors fail to help, am I pleased to recommend it to all suffering women." Mrs. Sara Wilson, 31 East 3d Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. If you have suppressed or painful menstruation, weakness of the stomach, indigestion, bloating, leucorrhea, flooding, nervous prostration, dizziness, faintness, "don't-care" and "want-to-be-lealone" feeling, excitability, backache or the blues, these are sure indications of female weakness, some derangement of the uterus or ovarian trouble. In such cases there is one tried and true remedy—Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. He Found Out. As it is Captain Frank Conn's business to build trolley roads, he always patronizes them on principle whenever possible and eschews cabs. The other day, a cab driver accosted him with the regulation, "Keb, sir, keb?" "How much to the Long Island ferry?" "Two dollars, sir." "No." All right, sir; make it a dollar and a half." "Is that your lowest?" Yes, sir; isn't that cheap enough?" "Oh, I suppose so." "All right then. Jump in." "Oh, I don't want a cab. I only wanted to find out how much I would save by taking a street car." Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children. "I'd like to see your mistress. Is she engaged?" "Lord, sir! she's married; ben married for twenty years." New Equipment on the Santa Fe. An order for some new equipment was placed the other day by the Santa Fe. It comprises 75 locomotives, 5,300 freight cars and 60 passenger coaches, and postal cars, all to be delivered within the next four months. Fifteen of the new engines are Atlantic type balanced compounds, thirty Pacific type balanced compounds, and thirty Santa Fe type. This big expense, aggregating more than $5,000,-000, is incurred in order that growing traffic may be promptly handled. Present facilities are ample for to-day's travel and shipments; to-morrow they may not be sufficient. The Santa Fe looks ahead; that is why it gets the business. A juvenile idea of a hero is a bad little boy who keeps pestering a good one. SOUTHERN CONDITIONS AND POSSIBILITIES. In no part of the United States has there been such wonderful Commercial, Industrial and Agricultural development as along the lines of the Illinois Central and the Yazoo and Mississippi Mississippi and Louisiana, within the years. Cities and towns have doubled their population. Splendid business blocks have been erected. Farm lands have more than doubled in value. Hundreds of industries have been built. The result there is an unprecedented demand for Day Laborers, Skilled Workmen, and Especially Farm Tenants. Parties with small capital, seeking an opportunity to purchase a farm home; farmers who would prefer to pay for a years before purchasing, and day laborers in tortories should address a postal card to Mr. J. F. Merry, Assistant General Passenger Agent, while those who will accompany a kind matter concerning the territory above described, and give specific replies to all inquiries. The fool-killer should be removed from office before the end of the month or he may do damage. Miss Stallmate—"No man who kisses the wine cup kiss me." Ferguson—"And I suppose it is only the man who has kissed the wine cup who has any desire to kiss you. Awfully awkward, isn't it?"—Boston Transcript. Nervous old lady (on seventh floor of hotel)—"Do you know what precautions the proprietor of the hotel has taken against fire?" Porter—"Yes, mum; he has the place inshored for twice wot it's worth."—Pittsburg Gazette. THEY SPEAK OUT PROMINENT MINISTERS AFTER JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER. HIS MONEY IS NOT WANTED Claim the Church Which Accepts His Donations Will Stain Its Hands and that No Good Can Come of Such an Alliance. BOSTON, MASS.—Many New England ministers attacked John D. Rockefeller and his gift of $100,000 to American board of missions, in their sermons Sunday. They spoke of his system as "pernicious," and said the church would stain its hands in accepting his money. A few clergymen favored accepting the gift. The Rev. Charles G. Hale, pastor of the fashionable Leyden Congregational church in Beacon street, Brookline, said: "Mr Rockefeller stands to-day under arraignment by the American people. He stands for a system which is among the most pernicious influences in our American life. He is teaching the young men of the nation the doctrine of success at any cost by methods of competition which shoot to kill. This is the grossest materialism. "Standing on this ground alone without going any farther—which I could justly do—into his methods, I ask the question:'Can the church accept his gift and accept his system and methods, which it is its high duty to do? Can it honor the man without seeming to approve?" "Mr Rockefeller has made millions by methods of monopoly," said the Rev. E. S. Stackpole of Bradford, one of the signers of the protest, "and he has made more millions by means of watered stock. "It is a crying evil and one that is a discredit to the legislators of this country, that a man in thirty years can accumulate, by any means, a fortune of from 500 million to 1 billion dollars without getting into state prison. The legislatures and courts of the country are being bribed and bribery is one of the favorite methods of all monopolies. "A trust is business defined as a thing not to be trusted, just as a gold mine is a hole in the ground owned by a liar." Dr. Stackpole declared that it was impossible for the church to accept such money without staining its hands. It would inevitably be considered as hush money, whether offered with that motive or not, and would have its effect as such." The American Board ought not to be compromised by accepting a gift from a man so helplessly tangled in an iniquitous business method," said the Rev. John G. Taylor, in the Arlington Heights Congregational church. "To say that Rockefeller's money can accepted without honoring the man—without recognizing the man—no sane man would claim." "The acceptance of the money would be a betrayal of principle," said the Rev. William H. Butler, in the First Methodist church in East Wymouth. COLUMBUS, O.-The Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden, pastor of the First Congregational church and moderator of the general council of Congregational churches of the United States in a sermon Sunday discussed the gift of $100,000 made by a prominent capitalist to the American board of missions. He said: "The money proffered to our board of missions comes out of a colossal estate whose foundations were laid in the most relentless rapacity known to modern commercial history. The success o fthis business from the beginning until now has been largely due to unlawful and outrageous manipulations of railway rates. The United States government is now engaged in a strenuous attempt to ferret out and punish this injustice "And the people of the United State have a tremendous battle on their hands with the corporate greed which has intrenched itself in this stronghold and has learned to use the railways for the oppression of the people. And now, on the eve of this battle, they are asked to accept a great gift of money from the man who more completely than any other represents the system they are summoned to fight. I hope they are not mean enough to take his money and then turn around and fight him. I hope they are not so faithless to their obligations as to take his money and shut their mouth or become his apologists. We do not want this man's money. To accept it would be to honest men: to reject it will strengthen our churches in the affection and respect of millions who are inclined to doubt whether the churches love God more than mammon. "Our missions will be richer and stronger without it than with it; and we shall lose nothing by our loyalty to the things unseen and eternal." Oil Road Information for California. OIL CITY, A.—Evidence is gathering here by Los Angeles, Cal., attorneys as to methods employed for laying dust on roads by the use of crude oil. The evidence is to be presented in the United States district court of California, in a case for alleged infringement on a patent for laying dust on roads by the use of oil. Nebogatoff's Squadron Sails. SUEZ.—The whole of Vice Admiral Nebogatoff's squadron has sailed southward. The Western Trail Magazine offers six prizes aggregating in value $300 in railroad transportation, for letters from residents of Arkansas, Eastern Colorado, Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. It wants letters that will induce energetic and ambitious men and women to settle in the great and growing Southwest, and there engage in farming, cattle raising, dairying, fruit growing and similar pursuits. To accomplish the purpose which it has in view, The Western Trail offers the following prizes in railroad transportation for the six letters which, in the opinion of a competent judge, shall be deemed best suited to its requirements: 1st Prize $100 in Railroad Transportation. 2d " " 75 " " " 3d " " 50 " " " 4d " " 25 " " " 5th " " 25 " " " 6th " " 25 " " " The Conditions Are Easy. Letters should deal with the writer's experiences since he settled in the Southwest. They should tell how much money he had when he arrived, what he did when he first came, what measure of success has since crowned his efforts and what he thinks of that portion of the country in which he is located. Letters should not be less than 300 nor more than 1,500 words in length, and will be used for the purpose of advertising the Southwest. Letters are desired not only from farmers and farmers wives, but also from merchants, school teachers, clergymen; from everyone who has a story to tell and who knows how to tell it. Poetical contributions are not wanted. All cannot win prizes, but by their contributions they can assist The Western Trail in its efforts to colonize and upbuild the Southwest. Contest closes June 30, 1905. Prizes will be awarded as soon thereafter as results can be determined. Address The Western Trail, 736-144 Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL. $20 to $40 Highest grade Esterey Chark, Kumbla, Chicago Cottage, slightly used, guaranteed like new; special descriptions and prices for the asking. Write to day. JENKINS' MUSIC HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO. When writing mention this paper. Some men never wander from their own firesides because they live in steam-heated flats. Write Eugene Moore, 210 Odd Fellows' Bldg. St. Louis, Mo., for full information of 288,000 acre plantation. Stock for sale Easily payments. 8% dividends guaranteed. Active Managers and Agents wanted. Laugh and you husband laughs with you, weep and he goes to a club. Try One Package. If "Defiance Starch" does not please you, return it to your dealer. If it does you get one-third more for the same money. It will give you satisfaction, and will not stick to the iron. One of these days the princess in every family marries a man with a title, and then there is trouble. RESTORED HIS HAIR "I was troubled with a severe scalp humor and loss of hair that gave me a great deal of annoyance and inconvenience. After unsuccessful efforts with many remedies and so-called hair tonics, a friend induced me to try Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The humor was cured in a short time, my hair was restored as healthy as ever, and I can gladly say I have since been entirely free from any further annoyance. I shall always use Cuticura Soar and I keep the Ointment on hand to use as a dressing for the hair and scalp. (Signed) Fred'k Busche, 213 East 57th St., New York City." A wife gets through expecting her husband's conscience to wake up. GOOD POSITION. Draughon's Business College Co. whose ad, will be found elsewhere in this issue, will take five students from each county and accept an agreement to pay tuition after course is completed and position is secured. If not secured no pay asked. Clip this notice and send with your application. Set the hens at night rather than by daylight. When You Buy Starch buy Defiance and get the best, 16 oz. for 10 cents. Once used, always used. Alimony in the hand is worth a new husband in prospect. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Lakestone Bromine Quinine Tasties. All drugs refend the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. Fine feathers don't make fine birds, but they do make fine hats. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, aids pain, cures wounds. 25c bottle Values of commodities depend on whether you want to buy or sell. Sensible Housekeepers will have Defiance Starch, not alone because they get one-third more for the same money, but also because of superior quality. If all men were wise the gold brick industry would cease to flourish. Temperance-lecturer—"Now, ladies an' gentlemen, this here chart shows the terrible effects of whisky on the linin' of the stummick. Now, what would you call a man that deliberately drinks whisky after knowin' the facts?" The village wag (not strictly sober)—"Well, prof., suppose we call him an interior decorator."—Judge. Mary—Anna is very much in the air these days. Jane—Whats happened to her? Mary—She's jjust got accquainted with a girl named Muriel. MISS BULL RECOVERS FEARFUL DEGLINE OF STRENGTH COMPLETELY ARRESTED. Medical Skill Had Almost Exhausted Itself in Vain Attempts to Relieve Her-A Remarkable Result. The recovery of Miss Gertrude L. Bull is of great interest to the medical world. A very bad cough followed a severe attack of pneumonia. It seemed impossible to break it up or to restore her strength, which had been sadly undermined. In spite of the best efforts of the doctors and the use of several advertised modes of treatment her condition daily grew more serious. She finally discontinued all medicine and gave herself up to despair. "What was your condition at this time?" she was asked. "My stomach was so weak I could not keep food down. I suffered from constant nausea. My kidneys were in terrible condition. My feet and ankles were swollen so badly that it pained me even to stand on them. I was very bilious. My heart was in bad shape so I could not go up and down stairs or stand any exertion or sleep in a natural position." "It seems a wonder that you should ever have recovered. How did it happen?" "You may well call it a marvel, but Dr. Williams' Pink Pills wrought it. None of my friends thought I could live many months longer. My parents had no hope. Just then a pamphlet advertising Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People was thrown in our door. It was a great event for me. These pills saved me from the grave. Within a week from the time I began to take them I felt better, and in three months I was entirely well. I cannot praise Dr. Williams' Pink Pills too high and I dearly hope that my experience may bring good to some other sufferers." Miss Bull, who was so remarkably cured, resides at Union Grove, Illinois. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills act immediately on the blood, purifying and enriching it. In all debilitating diseases, such as lung troubles, grip, fevers, and in all cases in which the system is thoroughly run down, these pills perform wonders. They are sold by all druggists throughout the world. A valuable booklet on diseases of the blood, will be sent free to any one who applies for it to Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Scheectady, N. Y. Mrs. Caller Early—"Miss Oldgirl" is looking for a husband." Mrs. Cutting Hintz—"She can have mine."—Houston Chronicle. STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO. 55. LUCAS COUTY. FRANK J. KRANK makes oath that he is senior business in the City of Toledo. Councillor aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CURSE that cannot be cured by the use of HALP'S CATARRH CURSE. Extreme intellectuality is the cause of baldness, according to scientists, but it must be remembered that a good many of these same scientists are bald. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES. Ictching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT falls to care you in 6 to 14 days. 500. In choosing a wife it is advisable to pick out a busy little body rather than a little busybody. DON'T FORGET A large 2 oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 6 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. It is said that a certain Atchison dressmaker can give the Czar of Russia a pointers on being a tyrant. Legitimate expenses paid to purchasers of fine imported Percheron, Belgian, English, Shire or German Coach Stallions. See Lincoln Importing Horse Co. ad in this paper. Be ware of the man who speaks of the shortcomings of his neighbor with tearful eyes. 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. To most women the mirror is a great aid in the study of art. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in ¼-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocery tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. Constant handling of eggs in an incubator will often soil the hatch. Mrs. Watkyns—"Henry, I want a dollar this morning." Mr. Watkyns—"Great Caesar, woman! Do you think I am made of money? When you want large amounts you ought to let me know twenty-four hours in advance."—Somerville, Journal. Frenzied Finance: The farmer (excitedly)—"Say, Mister Constubble, I've jest bin bunkered out uv every durn cent" The policeman (irritably)—"Well don't honer to me, you come on! I ain't no magazine publisher!"—Puck. "PHONES" FOR BOTH BANQUETS New York and Chicago Democrata May Hear Jefferson Day Speeches. NEW YORK.—It is possible that the guests of the Jefferson birth anniversary banquet in this city and Chicago will be enabled to listen to the speeches of the orators in both cities on the same evening by means of telephone wires connecting the two banquet halls. A suggestion that such in arrangement be brought about has been made by officials of the Iroquois club of Chicago and the proposition will be considered by a committee of the Democratic club of this city. Should the local club take favorable action plans will be perfected to have each guest supplied with a telephone receiver connected with a direct wire between the banquet halls in Chicago and New York. William Jennings Bryan will be one of the principal speakers at the Chicago club, while Alton B. Parker will be one of the speakers at the banquet in this city. M'KINLEY IS CHIEF EXECUTIVE The Lieutenant Governor Will Not Go to Jefferson City, However. JEFFERSON CITY.—With Governor Folk out of the state, Lieutenant Governor McKinley of Unionville is the chief executive, under the constitution, until Governor Folk's return. It is understood, however, from a high source that the two officials have reached an understanding whereby the lieutenant governor will not go to Jefferson City unless an emergency arises, since all of the official business of immediate importance was disposed of by Governor Folk before he left the capital. If, by any chance, Lieutenant Governor McKinley should be called to Jefferson City to transact any of the state's business, it would be the first time in three decades that a Republican has acted as executive officer of Missouri. CANAL RESIGNATIONS CALLED. The President Has Decided to Weed Out the Panama Commission. WASHINGTON. — Under direction from the President, Secretary Taft has sent a note of the Penama canal commission, requesting some of this commission to tender their resignations. Following is the text of the Secretary's letter: "The President directs me to ask the members of the commission to hand in their resignations in order that he may have a free hand in reorganizing the commission. Please wire General Davis, requesting that his resignation be forwarded." The resignations have been sent to the President. WU IN TROUBLE IN CHINA. Evil Days for the Ex-Minister to the United States. WASHINGTON.—Wu Ting Fang the ex-Chinese ambassador, whose humor won popularity for him in America, has fallen upon evil times in his native land. He is charged with having deceived the empress dowager as to the real condition of the Hankow-Canton railroad, whose affairs he administers, and even with having enriched himself out of the revenues of the road. Should the charges be sustained he may be disgraced or receive an order to swallow gold leaf. That would mean death. THOMAS H. WICKES DEAD. The End to the Vice President of the Pullman Company CHICAGO. —Thomas H. Wickes, vice president of the Pullman Palace Car company, is dead. The tire of one of the wheels of his automobile was punctured, and Mr. Wicks sent the machine to a shop to be repaired. He started to walk down town, but had proceeded only a short distance when he was attacked by acute indigestion. He hailed an automobile and was taken home. He died shortly after he had reached there. EAGER FOR JAP WAR BONDS. Londoners Fought to Get the Prospectus at the Banks. LONDON.—When the prospectus of the Japanese war loan of 150 million dollars was issued the neighborhood of the banks resembled the scenes witnessed on first night in a popular theater. Long lines of people were struggling for admission and special forces of police controlled the streams o feager investors. The interiors of the banks were filled with shouting crowds struggling to get prospectuses. CAN EASILY TAKE SAKHALIN. Russia Is Not in a Position to Defend the Island. ST. PETERSBURG.—According to government mall advices brought to the mainland from Sakhalin and telegraphed from Kharbarovsk, the Japanese were expected to land at Korsakovsk within a fortnight, the port being free from ice early in April. The Russians are not in a position to resist, the whole force on the island being less than 2,000 soldiers and prison guards. A Big Gas Strike in Blackwell, Ok. BLACKWELL, OK. — An oil company here struck a new flow of gas equal to about 2 million cubic feet a day at a depth of 800 feet Saturday. This is the strongest flow of gas that has been found in this part of the country. MUSKOGEE, l. T. -While trying to arrest Walt Wodd, a white man, at a negro dance, Oklahoma, "Tennessee," a negro deputy marshal was shot and killed. A wonderful powder of rare merit and unrivaled strength. Alabastine .... Your Walls Walls are smoky and grimy after the winters' coal and soot. They need cleaning with Alabastine. The new color schemes and harmonies for this year can only be done in Alabastine. The colors are the richest, the tints the most permanent, the hues the most beautiful in Alabastine—there isn't any wall covering that is just as good. ALABASTINE does not need washing off before a fresh coat can be applied—you simply mix ALABASTINE with cold water and apply with a brush. Any decorator or painter can apply it—or any woman can apply it herself. Remember Alabastine comes in package—take no substitutes—do not buy in bulk. You can use it, you send us his name and we will that you have Alabastine. Beautiful time to use free color suggestions free for the skins. They'll Believe Anything They in Believe Anything. "Tell that to the marines," sneered they. "Your reply is rather ancient," reported we. "Well, tell it to an Ohio banker." A 480-ACRE FARM YIELDS 25 PER CENT PROFIT IN A YEAR What a Mercer County (Ohio) Farmer Received from One Year's Crop. Extracts from an interesting letter from P. H. Rynhard, of Starbuck Manitoba, Canada, gives an excellent idea of the prosperity, of those who have gone from the United States to Canada. He says: "I bought, August, 1903, 480 acres of land, paying $12,000 for it. We threshed 2,973 bushels of wheat and between 1,200 and 1,300 bushels of oats and barley from 200 acres. But part of the wheat went down before filling and was not harvested except for hay. The crop was worth a threshing time, $3,000. Besides 120 acres laying idle except a timothy meadow, which is not included in the estimate. Counting the value of the product and the increase of value of land will pay me more than 25 percent on the investment. Two brothers in the same neighborhood bought 160 acres each six years ago. They have not done a single thing to this land except to fence it and break and cultivate about one-half of it. Harvested last year 28 bushels wheat per acre. This year 27 bushels per acre. They can get any day $25 per acre. These are only a few of many hundreds of such chances. It looks like boasting, but truth is justifiable and the world ought to know it, especially the home-seeker. I know of quite a few farmers that have made for tunes in from 10 to 20 years, retired with from $20,000 to $100,000. Writing concerning another district in the Canadian West, S. L. Short says: "Dear Sir—I have to inform you that I have just returned from the Carrot River Country in Saskatchewan, where I located land of the very finest black vegetable loam, which I am proud of, and will move in the spring. Farmers are still plowing there. A mild climate and beautiful country to behold. Cattle are fat and running outside. Wood and water good. Saw oats weighing 42 pounds to bushel. Potatoes large and well ripened; also wheat that brought there 82 cents. The country exceeded my expectations. Saw oats in stock, thicker on the ground than appears in many of the illustrations sent out in descriptive pamphlets. I have been in many western states, but the soil excels any I ever saw." The Canadian Government Agents at different points report that the requiries for literature and railroad rates, &c., to Western Canada are the greatest in the history of their work. Nightmare. Miss D'Oyley—May I give you some of this Welsh rabbit, Mr. Orme? Rief Orme—No, please excuse me. I ate some the other night and dreamed I was living back in Cincinnati again. The Best Results in Starching can be obtained only by using Difference Starch, besides getting 4 or more for same money—no cooking required. Some men were born about a hundred years to soon to suit their neigh bors. Tip for Speculators Henry Clews is earnest and grave in his advice to the speculating public large to be very cautious in its stock investments in these days of unrest abroad and of prospective anti-traff road, anti-trust, and anti-tariff legislation. Mr. Clews' advice should be heeded, as he has all the logic on his side.—Cleveland Leader. Every time a woman strikes the word "and" in her conversation she seems to have reached a new power station for a fresh start.