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 VOL16 NO.15 Business League. The next annual meeting of the National Negro Business League will be held in the Palm Garden of the Grand Central Palace, New York City August 16, 17 and 18, 1905. It is not, perhaps saying too much to state that this meeting will bring together one of the largest and most representative bodies of colored people that has ever assembled in this country, and the present plan of the officers not only embraces the bringing together of a large representation of colored business men and women from the countries as well Great preparations are already under way on the part of the New York local Business League for the reception and entertainment of the delegates. Aside from the business that will be attended to at the meetings, the social features of the gathering are to be made very prominent, and it is the hope that the male delegates will not only be present in large numbers themselves, but that they will bring their wives with them. Since the last meeting in Indianapolis about twenty local leagues have been organized in various parts of this country: the total number of local leagues is now considerably more than one hundred, besides a number state organiza- The National Organizer, Mr. Fred. R. Moore, 181 Pearl street, New York City is very anxious to keep in touch with all local leagues and to lend his service wherever needed in forming new local organizations. The strongest and most successful business men and women picked from different parts of the country will be given place upon the program. THE FIRST NEGRO POLICE SERGEANT William F. Childs, the first Afro-American in the United States to be appointed to the position of police desk sergeant has been a member of the Chicago police force eight years and has done patrol duty out of the Woodlawn station seven years of that time. He was one of the first to take the civil service examination for policemen, and was assigned to the Stockyards station, where he remained a year. He has been assigned to duty at the Woodlawn station. He was born at Marion Ala., in 1863, and is a graduate of Talladega College Ala. He came to Chicago in 1886. During his four years here he was employed as store keeper for the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul dining car service at the Union station. He has been an assistant postmaster at Marion and sub-carrier in Chicago. He is married and lives at 6003 Vicennes avenue. READ AND TAKE HEED We call the attention of our readers and especially the race to the following part of an address of Prof. W. H. Council of the Sala Normal school, Selma Alabama, reported in full in the Chattah nooga Times. It is burning words of truth to the Negro, every one should like them home. When the Negro men as a mass respect, honor and protect the women of the race. When they will unite their forces to-gether to bail enterprises and support them, that their children can find something to do. When they quit whining, get busy and do something for themselves, then the Race Problem will be wafted on the trees to unknown regions, never to be resurrected. Prof. Council truly says: "We cannot make a white man a Negro, nor a Negro a white man. God has made the distinction and set the bounds for each. Each will grow strong and great only as he is true to his own nature. I honor the white man because he honors himself. I honor him because he places his mother, sister, wife and daughter on a platform up among the stars, gets a thousand gatling guards and deceased death to him who seeks to drag them down. I honor him because he throws his powerful arms around every little freckled face, poor white girl and boy in the land face, make the way possible for them to rise in this world. I honor him because he does not go around whining and begging to be helped up but by faith in his own muscle he cuts and carves out his own destiny. Let the Negro do likewise, according to his own nature, and in his own sphere without prejudice to any, with love to all mankind, and he will succeed. Seize these opportunities, cultivate the most friendly relations with men." WHAT IS DOING AMONG US. Mr. Corvine Paterson made a short trip to Ottawa Ks. the past week. Mrs. B. S. Smith has gone East on an extended pleasure trip. Mrs. Sadie Masuir of State avenue who has been visiting in Omaha for several months past has returned home. Rev. C. J. Williams of Minnesota ave who has bee absent in Omaha for a few weeks has returned, Miss Bettie Houston of Nebraska ave is still very ill. Mr. Jessie Williams ex—patrolman of our city, has been contemplating a trip to the golden gate on the coast of the Pacific. Mrs. James Edmond is quite indisposed. Mrs. Emma Fields mother of our well known letter carrier F. K. Dougless is still quite ill. Mr. and Mrs. R. E, Paterson speut a part of last week in Leavenwoth with Papa and Mamma Mr. John I. Davis and Miss Charlene Mills were quietly married Saturday of last week at the home of Rev. R. Mitchell. They are at home 727 Freeman avenue. The Mother of Mr. Bishop, Mrs. Trice of 842 Freeman avenue, quietly passed away at home after a very short illness. Fletcher Chinn and wife of St. Joe spent easter Sunday with his mother in this City. Mrs. C. Penix made quite a few very pretty Easter hats for the ladies of this City. The teachers are quite busy preparing the exhibits which will be held at the Library all of next week. The juvenile Choir of the A. M. E. Church, rendered a sacred Cantata, April 6th with great success. Profs. W. Daley and Cook have invitations out for recitation at Prof. Cooks 24th and Montgall ave. K. C. Mo. Saturday May 6th. Rev. W. H. Bowen Pastor of 8th St. Cbristain Church will take his leave in a few days for Kentucky, where he will spend some time with his family. Ad excellent programme was rendered at all of the Churches Easter Sunday. Mr. Ambros Dudley remains unimproved. Mr. W. H. Edinboro of State ave. who has been ill for some days is improving. Miss Eva Wifly formerly a resident of this City, but now of Chicago 111. is in the city, visiting old friends. A Ten day meeting. There will be held at 10th and Neba avenue beginning May 7th a ten days Holiness Tent meeting under the auspices of God's Holy mission. Invitation extended to all, to come. Song service each evening. Go out and hear. man down. Dr. C. H. C. Jordan, has just received his Patent from Washington D. C. on his Medicated Bath Tubs. And he has been offered $15,000 cash already for his patent right, of which he refused. The ubs readily sell for $200 each, he installed one the other day in Mrs. Logan Swope house at Independence Mo. who is one among the wealthiest families in the State of Mo. IF IT WAS ONLY POSSIBLE. Could we but remove the Scum over the sight of every Negro's eye that he might see the real things in life Could we indefinitely impress upon the race the great necessity of being united being true to themselves' their race and their God, Could we but show them the great possibilities the grand opportuni ties that are ours to be a people if we will only awake to solemn duties that are required of us. if we be a notable and powerful race. we will feel that our journalistic efforts put forth under disadvantages and at times discomfort will be stars in a crown reserved for those who have earnestly labored in behalf of a fallen race. When we respect our selves we can then know how to respect of her people, has been sung until thread bare. --- KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING, United we stand and divided we fall has long since become a sing song. That the major portion of the race, in their contemptibleness and hatred to ward one another, stand in their own light, kicking about darkness, is a rather well established fact. In the light of this knowledge, what can be done by interested members of the race, that action may be brought about in the ranks to put it on a par with the progressive producing races of the world? BUILDING. The Washington Temple No, 25 and The Tabernacle of the Independent Order of Twelve in this City are building a Hall at 11th and Washington ave. it is to be a frame structure $30\times 60$ feet two stories high, It will be used for lodge purposes. arrangements will be made for the enlargement of the structure at a later date. This speaks well for the noble order of Twelve in this city, and especially Washington Temple now one of the largest and best secret fraternites in the city. Rev. Frank Wilson the Chief Grand Mentor of this Jurisdiction whose home is in this city, has shown remarkable interest in the work, among others are Sir. Ed Henderson C. T. Sirs. M. Washington C. S. and John Wilson C. T. 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 dwell 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 wort', some mens will go round huntin' fer happiness wid a candle.—Frank Stanton in Atlanta Constitution. Why. Indeed? "Why," asked Willie, as he sat in the grand stand with his father, "do they call it football when they play with their heads, papa?" Otherwise, the "Big Head" The first time a man is nominated for a back township office he thinks it is up to him to save the country from ruin. Old-Time Controversies Old-time controversies were often vigorous in language. In a controversy with Milton concerning the divine right of kings Salmasius called his opponent a piny piece of a man, a homunculus, a dwarf not having a human figure, a bloodless being, a creature of skin and bones, a contemptible pedagogue fit only to flog boys, a rhinoceros, a hangdog looking fellow. The great English poet not only answered in kind, but entered into an extensive correspondence with people in Holland to obtain petty gossip and scandalous anecdotes concerning his opponent. Costlier than Champagne. Although champagne is called the "wealthy water," there are few hotels in the country where one can pay more than $4 a quart for it, while, on the other hand, there are hundreds of places where Burgundy is sold as high as $35 a quart. At one hotel the menu advertises a special brand of this fine wine for $25 a bottle. There are any number of Rhine wines which cost above $8, and there is a big demand for them. Champagne does not improve with age as the other wines do and this probably accounts for the difference. If I might breathe your beauty into song. The singing stars would tarry into fife. To hearken, dreaming that death's ancient wrong. Enthroned on earth so long. Was scattered by the everlasting light. And earth new winged with singing and with flame. As when exultant she from out of chaos came. Restaurant At 21 Central avenue Kansas City, Kansas is the place to get quick meals Short Orders 10 cents, Regular meals 15 cents. NEWTON LEWIS PROPRIET.R. GOOD INDEX TO CHARACTER. Habits and Idiosyncracies Betrayed In the Laugh. Anthropologists say that the ability to laugh comes to the child as it grows older. The first smile is observed when the child is about forty to sixty days old, but it does not begin to laugh until some time after that. Children and women laugh more than men, not because the cares of life lie less heavily upon them, but because the former are more excitable, and because the moderating power of the cerebral hemispheres is less in them than among men generally. Profound study makes men serious, and so foolish people are sometimes noted for laughing immoderately. Yet laughter is not so much an index to intelligence as it is to the condition of health. Healthy, vigorous people are proverbially of good-humored joyous, laughing natures, while the "sallow, gloomy-eyed dyspeptic" is a description scientifically accurate. The envious, wicked and malevolent rarely laugh, because, phrenologists say, they are impregnated with bile, and are, therefore, morose. The haughty, the vain and the awkward also laugh very little, for fear of losing their dignity. The Spanish people, proverbially grave, are a good example. People who have lines extending downward from the angle at the mouth toward the chin well marked rarely laugh, and, moreover, show a tendency to pensiveness in youth and melancholy in after life. Those who have lines raying outward from the eyes are, on the contrary, people who laugh a good deal, especially when the upper lip is framed by two deep furrows running down in the mouth. OLD LADY WAS PRACTICAL. Looked for Serviceable Quality in a Present. A very practical old lady from the country was visiting her daughter in the city not long ago, and her young granddaughter was taking her through one of the big department stores on a little shopping tour. "Now," said the old lady to the salesman, "show me some dishes; I want to buy a set." Up in the china department the clerks had shown a number of dainty, pretty designs, which the old lady had admired, but still seemed to be looking for something else. "This pale green and gold tinted one is pretty, gradem," suggested the young girl, "why not get it?" "Well, you see," answered the practical grandmother, "your Aunt Jinnie is a-goin' to be married in the fall, and I thought I would get her a good serviceable present while I was up here. A black and white flowered set of china is what I want, if I could find it. Black and white is such serviceable colors, you know, dear; it don't show dirt."—Lippincott's. The Porch. When father built the veranda, He kicked about the expense, But ma, she said: "Don't mind it. Ed— Don't think of dollars and cents." That autumn Clara was married, It made pa glad as could be, And ma would smile Most all the while, "I'm proud of that porch," said she. Last summer both Belle and Amy Would race for the porch at night, And all the rest Of us thought best To stay indoors, out of sight. But Belle ran faster than Amy— She got her man in July; And I'll commend That porch to send A bachelor's oath sky high. Last Sunday Amy informed us That she had told Jimmy "yes," And now we unreserved, Pa, ma, and me, Can get on that porch. I guess. —Cleveland Leader. Making Wood Tarp It is curious to notice that wood tar is prepared just as it was in the fourth century B. C. A bank is chosen and a hole dug, into which the wood is placed, covered with turf. A fire is lighted underneath, and the tar slowly drips into the barrols placed to receive it. Shoesoles Elight Feet Thick We wear away two inches of shoe leather in a year. A pair of shoe that would "last a lifetime" would, consequently, have to be provided with soles from eight to nine feet thick. Publication Notice In the District Court SS of Wyandotte County. Mary Darkis. Plaintiff. VS. William Darkis. Defendent. Notice. The State of Kansas, to William Darkis Greetling, you are hereby notified that you have been sued on the grounds of gross neglect of duty, extreme cruelty; and adultery, in the above entitle case in the able named Court, Wherein Mary Darkis is Plaintiff, and William parkis is Deendent, and unless you answer on or before the first day of July 1905. Plaintiff petition will be taken as true Judgment will be rendered against you as prayed for. The plaintiff is asking an absolute divorce, custody of two minor children and a reasonable attorney fee. for cost, and for other relief such as the nature of Ploit- tiff case demands. Mary Darkis. Chas. w. Frye. attorney. First Published April 28th 1905. Automatic Compass. M. Heit, a French inventor, has recently patented a compass which automatically registers minute by minute. The compass card is fixed on a steel pivot, which rests on a fixed agate, instead of having at its center an agate resting on a fixed steel point. The fixed agate is immersed in a drop of mercury, which serves as a conductor for the electric current that causes the movements of registering. Selects Wife's Toilets. It is a common thing in Paris for a man to accompany his wife to the dressmaker's. The young wife who has known no gayer attire than the coming-out gown of the jeesie 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. Liguefles 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 NOW IS the time to subscribe For the Weekly American Citizen. PATTERSON & GAYDEN —Dealers' In— Hard and Soft Coal, Wood. Vault & Cesspool Cleaning. Gisterns Filled Tel. 215 West. 527 STATE AVE. 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. EXECUTORS NOTICE STATE OF KANSAS. WYANDOTTE COUNTY, IN THE PROBATE COURT of SAID COUNTY. In the matter of the Estate of Mary L. Gordon deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters tessamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the last will and testament of Mary L. Gordon late of said county, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid Dated the 21 day of March 1905. Now all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate; and that if such alms be not exhibited within three years after the date of said letters, they shall be forever barred. CORVINE PATTerson Executor of the last will and testament of Mary L. Gordon deceased. NOTICE OF PUBLICATION. In the District Court of Wyandotte county State of Kansas. Mary Atkinson. Plaintiff. vs. J. B. Atkinson, Defendant. The State of Kansas to J. B. Atkinson. Greeting: You are hereby notified that the plaintiff in the above entitled cause did on the 22nd day of September, 1904. die her petition in a certain action against you in the District Court in Wyandotte County State of Kansas asking for an absolute divorce on the grounds of abandonment and desolation, and unless youdurn, answer or otherwise object on or before the 30th day of January 1905, the allegations therein will be taken as true and upon further proof thereof judgement will be rendered as prayed for in said petition. JOHNSON and TOOLE AETYS, for Plaintiff. Wm. Needles, Clerk. By D. C, M.Cembs, Deputy. STATE OF KANSAS IN THE PRO- COURT IN J. S8 FOR COUNT. n the matter of the Estate of Jane Redd Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters Test- mentary have been granted to the unde- signed 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. 1906. Now, all persons have ing claims against the said Estate, are hereby notified that they must pr. sent the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said Letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such Estate; and that if such claims be not exh- bited within three years after the date of Salt Letters, they shall be forever barred. L. P. BRADLEY 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 Wyandotte 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 aforesidr estate, are hereby notified that at the next regular team 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 Marsh A. D. 1905. I shall apply to said Court for a final settlement of said estate. Peter young Administrator of Clara Williams Sledge Deceased. In Witness Whereof, the undersigned, Pro- bate Judge in and for the County of Wyon dotte State of Kansas, have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Probate Court this 20th Day of January A. D. 1905 Winfield Freeman The World's Wanderers. Tell me, thou star, whose wings of light Spread out the night, the night In what cavern of the night Will thy pinions close now? Tell me, moon, thou pale and gray Pligrim of heaven's homeless way, In what depth of night or day Seekest thou repose now? Weary wind, who wanderest Land the treasil rejected guest, Hast thou still secret nest On the tree or billow? —Percy Byshe Shelley. The Glories of a Throne. It has been shown that out of a list of 2,550 sovereigns 300 have been overthrown, 134 assassinated, 123 taken prisoners of war, 108 executed, 100 slain in battle, sixty-four forced to abdicate, twenty-eight died by their own hands, twenty-five were tortured to death, while twenty-three became mad or imbecile. This gives a total 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. First Use of Bayonet. The Oldest Negro Journal Published Weekly in this part of the Country. ILBIISHII WEEKLY at 1510 Norh 3rd Street KANSAS CITY KANSAS W. C. Martin Editor, Geo. A. Dudley, Publisher and Business Manager. Terms OF SubscriptioninAdvance. One Year, $1.00 Six Months, 65 cents Three Months, $40.0 one Month, 15.0 - Advertiseing 25 cts. Per Inch First Insertion. - A Standing Display 'Add' for 3 Months or longer 15c per inch, each insertion. - Entered as second class matter December first, 1904 at the Post office at Kansas City, Kansas under the Act of congress of March rd. 1879." Grewsome Collection. A French professor is the owner of a collection of 920 human heads, reprecenting 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. Every year $4,000,000 is spent on the food and clothing of indoor pau-pers in London. Here is the Place. J. T. ROBERTS TONSORIAL PARLOR, All the Latest Style Hair Cuts, Clean Shave strictly Up-to-Date. 438 MINNESOTA AVENUE. Call and see H.S. Sykes and and A. Gooden mauufactor of Pop corn in ball aud brick at 316 Oakland ave A Word To You. 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 warring of being a unit in behalf of our own salvation. It takes something beside wind to publish the most weakly of weeklies. If every Afro-American family would pledge themselves to stand by an organ builped in their behalf, just one year, the results would be unbelieved we ask the colorad brother to wake up look 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 end 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 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 month of February, A. D. 1905. I shall apply to said Court for a full and final settlement of said estate. JAMES D. SMITH. Administrator of the Estate John R- Smith. Deceased. In Witness Whereof, the undesigned Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyan- dotte, State of Kansas, have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 24th day of December, A. D. 1904. Winfield Freeman. Probate Judge Res. 480 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. Reaching the cremery one of the committee halted and said: "Sir, I wish to direct your attention to that grave. The man who lies buried there had to be provided with the largest coffin ever made in this city." The honored guest thanked his host not so much for the information as for relieving the strain—Pittsburg Dispatch. TRUTH PROVED BY EXAMPLE. Storekeeper Certainly Lacked the Gift of Energy. William C. Greene, the copper magiate, was talking to a young man about success. "The secret of success is enterprise, energy," said Col. Greene. "To be lazy, to stick always in the same old rut, that is how to make a wretched failure of your life. "I went West when I was 17, and after a spell of contracting and prospecting about Prescott, I farmed a bit in the San Pedro Valley. There was a storekeeper I used to buy my supplies from at that time who was a failure of the first water. This man's lack of enterprise was so great that people used to bring their children from miles around to study him. He was valuable as a horrible example. "There, they would say to the youngsters, 'take warning by Manners. He is a failure. He has no enterprise. Don't grow up like him. He resembles a tortoise, doesn't he?" "Poor Manners in his sluggishness did resemble a tortoise a good deal. I sent a boy in to him one day with a pack mule to get five gallons of molasses. The boy told me afterward that when he entered the store Manners was dozing. The boy coughed and the man awoke and got up. He opened his mouth wide, and stood on tiptoe and stretched out his arms in a vast yawn. Then he said to the boy: "Wothewa want?" 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 grumpled: "Ain't there nobody what sells molasses in this here town but me?" PLEASURE OF EASTERN WOMEN. Their Main Occupation the Diversions of the Toilet. An eastern lady of high degree spends an amount of time over her toilet that would quite astonish the most fashionable society lady. First she has her hair dressed by her maid, who, after anointing the long, silky black locks with a little oil, made from aloe wood or cocoanut, arranges it simply in a long, smooth plait, low on the nape of the neck, and decorated either with gold or jewelled ornaments. Next the bath is prepared as hot as it can be borne, and in this the lady may stay as long as two or three hours. Soaps are not used, but, instead, there are multifarious unguents, secret preparations of the bathing women, which render the skin soft as velvet and delicately perfumed. Oftentimes the face is washed over with milk, into which has been squeezed lemon juice. The hair of the oriental woman is usually beautifully long, soft and glossy, and the way they arrange it is invariably becoming to their soft type of beauty. Perfumes are much indulged in. These are introduced in the bath and permeate the garments, but are rarely used on a handkerchief. The Foam on the Top. Don't snuggle conceit to your bosom, my boy. Because you're on top of the wave, For here is a thought that might serve as alloy. To the world of the credit you crave: The best is not always at surface, my son, And I think if to notice you stop, You'll have the good to the bottom my run. But the foam always rings on top. I would not discourage your zeal, my dear lad; It is best to keep working away. But this funny old world often labels as bad 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 along That the foam often gets to the top. We will not mention names if you please, my dear youth. But look on the world as you go. See that the world we place at the summit, in truth. Then gaze on the mortals below. And I give you my word I have nothing to teach. And this brief little anthem will stop, If you do not agree with the thing that I preach. That the foam may be found on the top. -A. J. Waterhouse in Sunset Magazine. A Polite Discharge James Rankin Young, the new superintendent of the Dead Letter office admires politeness. "It is possible," he said recently, "to be polite always. It is possible to be polite even when discharging a drunken coachman. I know that this is so, for I have seen the thing done. "A friend of mine found himself obliged last week to get rid of his coachman for drunkenness. He summoned the man into his presence, and discharged him with this polite speech: "I fear, Montgomery, that we must part. It has been impossible for me to avoid noticing that several times during the past month you have been—er—sober. Now, I don't believe that any man can attend properly to drinking if he has driving to do, and, therefore, at the month's end you will be free to devote yourself exclusively to your chosen occupation." All Christians. In his article in the Woman's Home Companion, describing the International Sunday School Convention in Jerusalem, Doctor Devins relates the following significant incident: "An unexpected favor was received from the officers of the Russian church on the Mount of Olives. A meeting had been planned to be held near the place of the Ascension. As the leader of the meeting, the writer went to see if it could be held under the trees near the church. "Why not?" was the reply, accompanied by a smile on the saintly face of the speaker. 'Why not?' Do we 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 elopement, enter the room where the scared heroine had been secreted under the table. "Wretcht!" 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 Consul 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 chickadees And keen, sweet song of winter wren. Of glowing days some magic word Is warbled when the grosbeaks sing; 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. 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Di CLOTHING AN Of W Watches and Jewe AT CASH Unclaim Pledges FINE WATCHES AND JE Union Lo 427 Minnesota ave YOUR OPP KASAS CITY SOAP 1510 N, 4th St. factors of the Best Grades of Toileting Soaps. A Home Institution THEMYOUR PATRO of their brand the Snowflake and convince you of their merits. RESTAURANT 1012 N 3rd St. place in the city and will serve you. m, everything is cooked to taste. MEALS 15 CENTS, Whatcher the prop, is one of the best will please you, give her a call. IRCTLY CONFIDENTIAL. J. H. COFIN, PRO Money to Loan Watches. Diamonds Jewelry CLOTHING AND EVERYTHING Of Value Watches and Jewelry Sold on Paym AT CASH PRICES. Claim Pledges For Sale Cl WATCHES AND JEWELRY REPAIRING Union Loan Office Minnesota ave. kansas"city EUROPPORTUN KANSAS CITY SOAP CO. Are Manufactors of the Best Grades of Toilet & Washing Soaps. A Home Institution. One trial of their brand the Snowflake and Union will convince you of their merits. RESTAURANT 1s the best place in the city and will serve you from 5,30 a.m, to 11 p. m, every thing is cooked to taste, MEALS 15 CENTS, Mrs. Thatcher the prop, is one of the best cooks in the city and will please you, give her a call. INESS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. J. H. COFIN, PROPRIETOR. Money to Loan on Watches. Diamonds Jewelry. CLOTHING AND EVERYTHING Of Value 0000000000 Watches and Jewelry Sold on Payments AT CASH PRICES. 427 Minnesota ave. kansas"city." kans. YOUR OPPORTUNITY YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE MONEY. Ladies suits, dressing sacques, aprons and in fact anything in the Dressmaking line MADE TO ORDER and sold on weekly and m few prices: Belt dresses $1. 50cts and up. Call and see Mrs W. F. in weekly and monthly payments. : Belt dresses $1.00 and up; dress up. Call and see me. rs W. F. Williams Third St. Kansas C and sold on weekly and monthly payments. Here is a few prices: Belt dresses $1.00 and up; dressing sacques 50cts and up. Call and see me. Mrs W. F. Williams. 1510 North Third St. The Indian rhinoceros is nearly extinct. There are two specimens in the London zoological gardens and 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. KANSAS CITY, KAS TY SOAP CO. 4th St. First Grades of Toilet & Wash Home Institution. UR 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 eher a call. J. H. COFIN, PROPRIETOR. to Loan amonds Jewelry. O EVERYTHING Value 000000000 Jewelry Sold on Payments PRICES. For Sale Cheap. JEWELRY REPAIRING. Loan Office. e. kansas"city. kans. ORTUNITY monthly payments. Here is a 00 and up; dressing sacques me. Williams, Kansas City, Kansas MME. L. F. JOHNSON, Shampooing, Manicuring, Massage and Scalp Treatment. Tel. 733 W. A SPECIALT 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 0z Good to Lick Baby With Later On. I saw lately a dainty and original gift for a young mother. It was called "a measuring stick for baby," made of white wood thirty-six inches long, and marked off into inches as accurately as a tape measure. Forgetmenots were paied down the side, and at one end w... a hole in which was a ribbon box and loop by which to suspend it. Good Housekeeping. Moisture in Tobacco The presence of moisture in tobacco is, the Lancet believes, of some importance to public health, since the combustion of tobacco containing a large proportion of moisture is impeded, while as the g eration of vapor is increased, so ar je chances of the poisonous principle, being carried into the mouth diminished. Early Japanese University It will surprise most readers to learn from a recent Japanese writer that there was a university in Japan in the eighth century, with schools of ethics, mathematics and history, and that text books were employed dead 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 several hundred dollars for the hospital fund but there was one little hitch. The town undertaker was down for a tenor solo, and he insisted on singing 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, sootheers, or fortune tellers, who interpret dreams, just as the soothsayers did in bible times, and from dreams and the future of the dreamer. Cancer Victims Well to Do Statistics show that cancer is more common among those who are accustomed to the refinements of life among the very poor, and to care for such patients the doctors say that good surroundings are a necessity. Snakes in India. About 400,000 snakes are killed every year in British India. The fees paid as rewards annually for the destruction of beasts of prey and venomous snakes by the government of India amount to about $125,000. German Colony in Palestine. Thirty-four years ago a German colony settled at Haifa, Palestine. To day all of the ninety families in are prosperous. They raise grape and make wine free from alcohol, which is sold to the natives. Irish Ledger in Court A ledger kept in the Irish language was produced at the Roscommon Abbey sizes, in Ireland, and the witness had to go on the bench to translate the terms for the judge. Gravity. An observing schoolboy wrote this short essay: "Gravity was discovered by Izaak Walton. It is chiefly noticeable when the apples are falling from the trees." Novices Leave Convent. Stealing the front door key from the pocket of the mother superior, three young novices escaped from the convent of Santa Clara in Lisbon and disappeared. Dogs May Ride in Berlin. Dogs are allowed to enter tramway cars in Berlin, but must be held in their master's laps and paid for as they were human passengers. Credit is a Necessity. As trade now stands, there is not enough gold out of the earth, if it were all coined, to transact the business of a day. Nationalities Among Russians. The Russian population represents 110 nationalities, the three great stocks being Finns, Tartars and Slavs. Aluminum for Sharpening Cutlery. Aluminum is superior to any stone for sharpening cutlery. Denmark's Honey Exports. Denmark exports 2,500,000 pounds of honey a year. Where Joy Returns Just under the white birch trees, Close to a sentinel pine; On the bank of a lake my tent is set And the joy of life is mine. Morning dew and evening breeze, Starlight, shade and shine; Song of bird and hum of bees, Tangle of shrub and vine; Wandering wind and washing wave, Whisper of birch and pine; Rustling leaf and flashing wing, And Nature's hand in mine. The Fear of Fear BY LIEUT. HUGH S. JOHNSON (Copyright, 1905, by Dally Story Pub. Co.) Gratton paced rapidly back and forth in the trenches striking at cloaks and roots with his drawn sword. Close against the rude parapet, the men huddled and cursed the heat, which was terrific. The rays of the sun heat straight down on the newly dug earthworks and the musty and oppressive odor of bruised yucca roots accentuated the stifling humidity of the atmosphere. Files and gaudy tropical insects buzzed and circled oblivious to the hum of high-aimed bullets and the scream of occasional shells. The company had occupied the same line of trenches since early dawn. The legs of the men were cramped by the strain of long sitting, but a nervous good humor pervaded the whole line. A riccotech bullet sent a shower of dirt and small stones rattling down on the heads of a crouching squad. The giant sergeant flicked the dirt from his dilapidated campaign hat with the delicacy of a snuff-taking gallant and the file on his right said "High Ball." The entire platoon glanced at Gratton to laugh if they could catch the glimpse of a smile on his dead white face; but Gratton did not laugh. He was struggling mightily with the very fear of fear. From his post in rear he could see the low range of hills a thousand yards in front and just below the crest a thin yellow line of fresh-turned earth marked the strong position of the enemy. At regular intervals the faintest veil of light blue haze appeared on the left of the little ridge and in an instant, silhouetted dead black against the steely sky, a fifteen-millimeter shrapnel caromed across the stretch of open and burst with the deadly accuracy of a well-cut fuse, just in front of the grove of palm trees on the left, where he knew the line of attack lay waiting for the final word. Once he heard the vicious "ptick!" of a sharpshooter's Mauser ball over his head and a single leaf and twig fluttered down at his feet from the one great tree in rear of the trenches, and his throat choked with the fear of sudden death. His eyes glanced nervously along the straw-colored open and up the gentle rise of ground. In ten minutes that ground would be torn and cut with bullets falling as thick as rain-drops and he must cross it. God! He could not do it—it meant death, violent and horrible. The earth and hills and sky reeled and danced before nis eyes. A mounted aid of the general's, a man who like himself had been a boy cadet at West Point scarcely a month before, rode into the trenches. The gaze of the entire company was fixed upon them as they held a low-voiced consultation—the great charge would take place at once—in five minutes—three! His heart was beating wildly. Oh, he had found it out too late. He was a coward—a coward, with a hundred men watching his every move for a signal to hurl themselves into a aalmost of death and fearful destruction. His brain worked with delirious rapidity and the thoughts followed each other like the separate pic C. C. C. faces of a kinetoscope. He caught a momentary glimpse of his father's proud face humbled by the news of his cowardice, and there were the men in the corps at West Point and his mother and a gray-eyed black-haired girl and the regiment and his own company and he—a shame to them all. Over on the hill, a cracking thunder broke forth and branches fell from the trees, the air was full of dust and the earth of the glacis was torn and plowed by a well-aimed volley. He opened his mouth and words came—hoarse and involuntary. The line of men in front of him were kneeling, tense and rigid. He spoke again, scarcely knowing what he said. A solid sheet of flame flashed out over the parapet and a ripping sound like that made by a can on fence pickets deafened him. Then seemingly from an immense distance he heard a great swelling cheer and succession of short staccato yells. The blood rushed to his face and head in a burning flood and he knew that he was running over stubble ground, yelling like a demon. Then there was a vision in a smoke A A black-bearded face, set white teeth and an uplifted rifle-stock. A black-bearded face, set white teeth and an uplifted rifle-stock. cloud. A black-bearded face, set white teeth and an uplifted rifle stock, a pistol shot in his very ear, a thrust in quarto of his own light sword, a wild struggle for a silken rag and the backs of many men scutelling over the sky line. When Gratton really came to himself the gray-haired colonel was shaking him frantically by both hands. There were tears in his blue eyes. "Oh, Billy, my boy, I knew you'd do it. The son of your father—I knew you'd do it." Gratton stared and looked about him astonished. "Come out of it, Billy, and let us congratulate you." It was the voice of his tent mate speaking in the fog. "The first in the trenches by a hundred yards. Gee! That's an ugly-looking scoundrel!" Billy followed his tent mate's eyes to the figure of a big black Spanish sergeant prone upon the ground. Firmly grasped in his hand was the dismantled staff of a flag. Slowly, Billy raised his own hand and gazed blankly at a torn bit of silk bunting. It was the emblazoned standard of the realm of Spain. The Jury Dodger. A juror came before a supreme court judge in Brooklyn with a certificate that he was incapacitated for jury duty by deafness. The certificate was couched in the most technical of medical phraseology, and the judge gravely read it through while the afflicted juror stood by, his hand behind his ear, in an attitude of palmed attention. Finally the judge looked up and said softly: "I'm sorry for you, sir, you can go——" "Thank you," said the delighted juror, starting to leave the platform. "—back and sit down!" roared his honor, "where you will be in readiness to act as a trial juror in this court. This certificate is a lie."—Leslie's Magazine. Weight of a Dinner. It has been seriously asserted by many people that we are naturally lighter after a meal. Average observations. however, show that we lose three pounds six ounces between night and morning; that we gain one pound twelve ounces by breakfast; that we again lose about fourteen ounces before lunch; that lunch puts on an average of one pound; that we again lose during the afternoon an average of ten ounces, but that an ordinary dinner to healthy persons adds two pounds two ounces to their weight.—Kansas City Journal. ```markdown ``` CURE YOUR KIDNEYS. When the Back Aches and Bladder Troubles Set In, Get at the Cause. Don't make the mistake of believing back ache and bladder ills to be local ailments. Get at the cause and cure the kidneys. Use Doan's Kidney Pills, which have cured thousands. Captain S. D. Hunter, of Engine No. 14, Pittsburg, Pa., Fire Department, and residing at 2729 Wylie avenue, says: the kidneys. Use Doan's Kidney Pills, which have cured thousands. Captain S. D. Hunter, of Engine No. 14, Pittsburg, Pa., Fire Department, and residing at 2729 Wylie avenue, says: "It was three years ago that I used Doan's Kidney Pills for an attack of kidney trouble that was mostly back ache, and they fixed me up fine. There is no mistake about that, and if I should ever be troubled again I would get them first thing, as I know what they are." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y. Cherries and plums should be among the trees grafted earliest. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it An “earliest green eating onion” is one of the new things of 1905. There is more Catarra in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven Catarra to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarra Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only Constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it falls to cure. See for circulars and testimonials. Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggasts, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. The principle products of some fato Pacific Coast National Meetings. There will be some fifteen or twenty National meetings on the Pacific coast this summer besides the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition at Portland, Oregon. The Santa Fe road announces very low rates for all these meetings. The ticket limits will be ample and with full provisions for stop-overs and side trips. The rates will be open to everybody, whether delegates or not. One grain of magnesia will color 50,000,000 grains of water. A Heavy Fine. Under the Elkins law, any railroad company which pays rebates in any form, or any shipper who accepts them, is liable to a fine of from $1,000 to $20,000, upon conviction. It also prohibits the carrying of freight at less than the published tariffs. The Interstate Commerce Commission is empowered to detect and prosecute violators of this statute. President Knapp of the Commission states that since this law was passed, rebate paying has been as rare as forgery. Marrying a boarding-house landlady is a lazy man's job. Nervous School Children. Statistics gathered by various School Boards, show that a large per centage of school children suffer from different forms of nervousness, mild or exaggerated. Some showed a tendency to melancholy, others mental depression, and many the nervous twitchings of mild chorea, or St. Vitus dance. Most of these troubles can be overcome by proper food, sufficient sleep, and Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin. It is a universal childrens medicine, because, if good food is eaten, it insures that the food is properly digested and indigestion and nerve poisons properly thrown out. It is pleasant to take, and safe and sure in results. Try it. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it falls. Be not simply good—be good for something. 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 %-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. Rich men have coughers and poor men have coughs. Those Who Have Tried It will use no other. Defiance Cold Water Starch has no equal in Quantity or Quality—16 oz. for 10 cents. Other brands contain only 12 oz. Proudley's Bab Break "Mrs Guschley remarked to me that it must be pleasant to be married to a clever man," said Proudley's wife. "And what did you say?" queried Proudley. "I told her of course, that I didn't know; and I had only been married once."—Chicago Journal. The first woman pastor in England is said to be Miss Gertrude von Petzold, who has recently been appointed pastor of a Unitarian church at Leicester. Dyspepsia of Women ABSOLUTELY NEEDLESS AGONY Caused by Uterine Disorders and Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound A great many women suffer with a form of indigestion or dyspepsia which does not cause to yield to ordinary treatment. While the symptoms seem to be similar to those of organic indigestion, yet the medicines universally prescribed do not seem to restore the patient's normal condition. Mrs. M. Wright Mrs. Pinkham claims that there is a kind of dyspepsia that is caused by a derangement of the female organism, and which, while it causes a disturbance similar to ordinary indigestion, cannot be relieved without a medicine which not only acts as a stomach tonic, but has peculiar uterine-tonic effects also. As proof of this theory we call attention to the case of Mrs. Maggie Wright, Brooklyn, N. Y., who was completely cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after everything else had failed. She writes: "For two years I suffered with dyspepsia which so degenerated my entire diet that I was unable to attend to my daily duties, felt weak and nervous, and nothing that I tasted good and it caused a disturbance in my stomach. I tried different dyspepsia cures, but nothing seemed to help me. I was advised to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable trial, a trial, and was happily surprised to find that I began to enjoy a proper digest my food. My recovery was rapid, and in five weeks I was a well woman. I have recommended it to many suffering women." No other medicine in the world has received such widespread and unqualified endorsement, or has such a record of cures of female troubles, as has Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Just the Thing. McFlub—I see the Senate wants to change the name of the Congressional Record. Wants something more appropriate. Sleeth—Well, they might call it the "Vindicator." — Louisville Courrier-Journal. Several investors are at work on a noiseless typewriter, but a perfect machine of the kind has not been made yet. Milan is trying an electric motor postoffice with apparent success. THE TEACHER'S FOE A LIFE ALWAYS THREATENED BY NERVOUS PROSTRATION. One Who Broke Down from Six Years of Overwork Tells How She Escaped Misery of Enforced Idleness. "I had been teaching in the city schools steadily for six years," said Miss James, whose recent return to the work from which she was driven by nervous collapse has attracted attention. "They were greatly overcrowded, especially in the primary department of which I had charge, and I had been doing the work of two teachers. The strain was too much for my nerves and two years ago the crisis came. "I was prostrated mentally and physically, sent in my resignation and never expected to be able to resume work. It seemed to me then that I was the most miserable woman on earth. I was tortured by nervous headaches, worn out by inability to sleep, and had so little blood that I was as white as chalk. "After my active life, it was hard to bear idleness, and terribly discouraging to keep paying out the savings of years for medicines which did me no good." "How did you get back your health?" "A bare chance and a lot of faith led me to a cure. After I had suffered for many months, and when I was on the very verge of despair, I happened to read an account of some cures effected by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. The statements were so convincing that I somehow felt assured that these pills would help me. Most people, I think, buy only one box for a trial, but I purchased six boxes at once, and when I had used them up, I was indeed well and had no need of more medicine. "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills enriched my thin blood, gave me back my sleep, restored my appetite, gave me strength to walk long distances without fatigue, in fact freed me from all my numerous ailments. I have already taught for several months, and I cannot say enough in praise of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills." Miss Margaret M. James is now living at No. 123 Clay street, Dayton, Ohio. Many of her fellow teachers have also used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and are enthusiastic about their merits. Sound digestion, strength, ambition, and cheerful spirits quickly follow their use. They are sold in every drug store in the world. Thoughtful Paul Paul Revere had just made his thrilling ride. "But if you had gone in an automobile you could have made better time than on the horse," suggested a friend. "Not at all," replied the hero. "I would have been stopped every few minutes while rural constables took my number."—Detroit Tribune. In Germany seed potatoes are often planted whole as the Germans claim the vines are not as strong if the potato is cut before it is planted. FEW PRESIDENTS HAVE LIVED LONG IN RETIREMENT. Grover Cleveland, at Present in Good Health, Ranks Well Up in the List —Still Is Engaged in the Practice of Law. Only ten men who have held the office of President reached or surpassed Mr. Cleveland's present age of 68; only six exceeded it by so much as ten years, and none exceeded it by quite twenty years. Only ten Presidents have survived their retirement from office longer than Mr. Cleveland, and four of these lived to a great age. Washington, who survived his retirement less than three years, thought himself an old man when he was first made President at the age of 57. John Adams survived his retirement a quarter of a century, and his son, John Quincy, who outlived his retirement nearly twenty years, was the only President who had nearly as conspicuous a public career after occupying the Presidency as before. Monroe's six years after his retirement from office were passed in comparative obscurity as a resident of this city, and his dying hours were embittered by scandalous accusations in connection with Jackson's seizure of Spanish forts in Florida during the first Seminole war. Polk outlived his retirement less than a year, and there is every reason to suppose that had Arthur compassed his ambition of an election to the Presidency in 1884 he would have died early in his term, for he outlived his retirement less than two years. Tyler, who outlived his retirement twenty years, emerged from obscurity near the end of his life to preside over the vain Peace Convention on the eve of the civil war. He afterward served in the Congress of the Confederate States. Buchanan lived more than seven years after his retirement, and took the opportunity to write what was in effect a defense of his administration. Jefferson and Jackson were the only Presidents who exercised a really powerful influence over party councils after their permanent retirement from public office, though Van Buren was an active politician as long as he had hope of renomination at the hands of any party. Johnson was the only retired President to enter the United States Senate, and the younger Adams was the only one to serve in the House of Representatives. Cleveland and Harrison have been the only retired Presidents to be公誊iously successful in private business. It is not generally known that Mr. Cleveland still serves as consulting counsel in law cases, in which his experience in the office of President may be supposed to have given him special qualifications as an adviser. His fees in such cases are large, as were those of Mr. Harrison as a legal adviser and a lecturer on constitution al law.—New York Sun. A Difficult Reputation One afternoon Harry came home from school in a frightful condition. His clothes were torn and covered with mud; his face was bruised and bloody, and tears flowed down his cheeks. "Harry, you have been fighting," exclaimed the small boy's mother," as he stumbled into the house. "Eddie did it!" sobbed Harry. "Eddie! You don't mean to say that your little brother did all that!" Eddie: You don't mean to say that your little brother did all that! "No, ma'am—he—he—it was his fault. He told all the boys that I could lick them and they—they all waited—waited for me after school. I couldn't lick them all—I didn't say I could—Eddie said it!" Just then Eddie came into the room and his mother asked: "What did you mean by getting Harry into all this trouble?" "Well, he wouldn't give me any c. his candy this morning." The Evening and the Morning. In the beginning, at Creation's dawning When God almighty in majestic mgt. Had made the world and saw that it was perfect. He sent forth His command. "Let there be light!" And through the clouds, till then impen- etrable. Piercing the darkness, burst the sun's bright ray— So after chaos came that glorious mor- ning. After the night, the day. Can'st thou not read, O burdened soul, a meaning— Remember His command. "Let there be light!" Though thou art downcast, then, and filled with sorrow. Comfort thyself—thou knowest that, in His way. After the evening still shall come the morning. Effect of Legislation. The bibulous husband had come home late at night. His wife met him at the door. His wife met him at the door. Seeing who it was she fastened the chain and talked to him through the remaining crack. "You cannot come in," she said. "Yeah," he thickly protested, "but I can c'min. Zish m'own housh. Go'kil c'min. Lemmein, telly." "No," said his wife firmly, "since the passage of the gasoline ordinance yesterday all tanks must be kept on the outside of the house." Seeing the force of her argument, even in his fuddled condition, he sat cown and wept over the cruelty of municipal tyranny.—Baltimore American. There is no Rochelle Salts, Alum, Lime or Ammonia in food made with Calumet Baking Powder —NOT IN THE BAKING POWDER TRUST It makes pure food. Jarred Love's Dream "Dear," she cooed, "do you think you can continue to shower candy and flowers and such things upon me after we have been married, in addition to meeting the household expenses?" "Good gracious!" excalled he "You don't expect that sort of thing to go no after we're married, do you! And me only earning $13 a week! Great Jumping Jehosaphat."—Louisville Courrier-Journal. Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch because they have a stock in hand of 12 oz. brands, which they know cannot be sold to a customer who has used the 16 oz. pkg. Defiance Starch for same money. Good Appetites. Eva-Yes, he is a real poet. But don't you think it rather odd that he should say his heart was hungry for me? Helen-Not at all. Poets are always hungry one way or the other.—Chicago News. Difficult Assignment City Editor—What has become of that new reporter? Assistant—I sent him out two on three days ago to get up a special article on "Politeness in Street Cars," and he hasn't come back. I'm afraid he hasn't found any material yet.—Chicago Tribune. He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have for gotten its cause. Plowing the garden when the ground is wet makes bad work. Better a good job a few days delayed. He who would board is usually bored. ANOTHER RECORD IN LAND HUNTING. This Spring's Exodus to Canada Greater Than Ever. It was thought in 1903, when over forty-five thousand people went from the United States to Canada, that the limit of the yearly immigration to the wheat zone of the Continent had been reached. But when in 1904 about as large a number of American citizens signified their intention of becoming settlers on Canadian lands, the general public were prepared for the announcement of large numbers in 1905. No surprise therefore will be caused when it is made known that predictions of fully fifty thousand more in 1905 are warranted in the fact that the Spring movement Canadaward is greater than it has ever been. The special trains from Omaha, Chicago, St. Paul, Detroit, and other gateways has been crowded. Many have gone to join friends and relatives who have prepared homes for them and others have gone relying upon their own resources, satisfied that what others have done can also be done by them. This year much new territory has been opened up by the railroads which are extending their main lines and throwing out branches in their march across the best grain and grazing lands on the continent. This new territory has attractions for those desiring to homestead on the one hundred and sixty acres granted each settler by the Canadian Government. Many also take advantage of the opportunity to purchase lands at the low figures at which they are now being offered. It does not require much thought to convince one that if Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and other lands, with a value of from fifty to one hundred and fifty dollars an acre will give a good living by producing ten to thirteen bushels of wheat to the acre and thirty to fifty bushels of corn to the acre, the lands of Western Canada at seven to ten dollars an acre, producing from twenty to thirty bushels of a superior wheat to the acre should produce a competence to the ordinary farmer in a very few years. These are the facts as they confront the reader. There are millions of acres of such land in Western Canada in addition to the other millions that are considered to be portion of the biggest and best ranges that ever invited the cattle and horse producer of the North American continent. What is particularly evident in Western Canada is the fact that the wheat lands, adjoining the grazing lands, make farming particularly agreeable and profitable. The agents of the Canadian Government, who are always willing to give information and advice to intending settlers, say that the acreage put under crop this season is greatly in excess of last season. There is another vanishing industry. The Birmingham jewsharp industry is stated to be in a bad way, owing to the collapse of the demand among savage peoples. The advance of civilization has been so thorough that nowadays in Central Africa nothing short of Wagner will satisfy the native souls. Recently Thomas Harte, an Irishman in Leeds workhouse, England, set forth the claim that he was 137 years old and the oldest man in the world. CUBAN MINISTER TO THE U.S. Senor Quesada, Cuban Minister to the United States. Senor Quesada, Cuban Minister to the United States, is an orator born. In an article in The Outlook for July, 1899, by George Kennan, who heard Quesada speak at the Esteban Theatre, Matanzas, Cuba, he said: "I have seen many audiences under the spell of eloquent speech and in the grip of strong emotional excitement; but I have rarely witnessed such a scene at the close of Quesada's eulogy upon the dead patriot, Marti." In a letter to The Peruna Medicine Company, written from Washington, D. C., Senor Quesada says: "Peruna I can recommend as a very good medicine. It is an excellent strengthening tonic, and it is also an efficacious cure for the almost universal complaint of catarrh."—Gonzalo De Quesada. RACES! RACES! Kansas City Jockey Club Elm Ridge—Spring Meeting, 25 Days 6 Races Daily, Rain or Shine 6 APRIL 22 TO MAY 20 Derby Day, Saturday, April 22 VALUE DERBY. $6,500.00 Congressman J. H. Bankhead, of Alabama, one of the most influential members of the House of Representatives, in a letter written from Washington, D. C., gives his endorsement to the great catarrh remedy, Peruna, in the following words: "Your Peruna is one of the best medicines I ever tried, and no family should be without your remarkable remedy. As a tonic and catarrh cure I know of nothing better."—J. H. Bankhead. RACES! Kansas City Elm Ridge—Spring 6 Races Daily, I APRIL 22 T Derby Day, Saturday, IMPORTANT FACTS FOR COW OWNERS The mechanical Cream Separator has become a vital feature of every home dairy just as of every butter factory. Its use means much more and much better cream and butter, as well as saving of water, ice, time and room. The difference in results is not small but big. Few cows now pay without a separator. Dairying is the most profitable of farming with one. 98% of the creamery blower of the world is now made with De Laval machines, and there are over 500,000 farm users besides. Send for catalogue and name of nearest local agent. THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO. THE GRAND PRIZE THE HIGHEST AWARD AT THE ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR WAS GIVEN TO TOWER'S FISH BRAND WATERPROOF OILED CLOTHING SLICKERS, HATS POMMEL SLICKERS A. J. TOWER ESTABLISHED 1836 BOSTON NEW YORK TOWER CANADIAN CO. LISTED TORONTO, CAN LEWIS'SINGLE BINDER STRAIGHT 5 CIGAR ANNUAL 7,000,000 Your jobber, or direct from factory, Peoria, Ill. 60 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE EXCURSIONS TO THE Free Grant Lands OF Western Canada. During the months of March and April, there will be excursions on the various lines of rail way and canals. Hundreds of thousands of acres of the best Wheat and Grazing Lands on the Continent free to the settler. Adjoining lands may be purchased from rail- way and land companies at reasonable prices. For information as to route, cost of transportation etc., apply to Superintendent of Immig- ration Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Cana- dian government Agent, K. S. Peoria, No. 98 W. Ninth Street, Kansas city, Missouri. ```markdown ``` There is but a single medicine which is a radical specific for catarrh. It is Peruna, which has stood a half century test and cured thousands of cases. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. All correspondence held strictly confidential. RACES! Jockey Club Meeting. 25 Days Rain or Shine 6 TO MAY 20 April 22 VALUE DERBY. $6,500.00 Cheerfulness, in most people, is the rich and satisfying result of strneuous discipline. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. The slow girl is often the soonest wed. Talking machines—Victor and Edison are the best: cash or payments, $1 weekly. Write to date. JENKINS' MUSIC CO., KANSAS CITY, MO. 30,000 records in stock, mention this paper. One thing about wild oats—they never fail to grow. FITS permanently cured. No fire or nervousness after. Send for DAYS' use of the Ninja Restor. Dr. K. H. KINSE, Ltd., 831 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Character is success and there is no other. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wrist, reco bottle. It is said that George M. Pullman got his first idea of a sleeping car from a miners cabin at Central City, Colo. 84 guaranteed interest semi-annually on all investments, in tropical plantation half as large as Rhode Island, 40 profitable products. Active managers wanted. E. Mcore, 211 Odd Fellows' Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. A good many men mistake egotism for faith in God. It shake out or blow out; by using Defiance Starch you obtain better results than possible with any other brand and one-third more for same money. Camphor trees flourish only in Japan. No chromos or cheap premiums, but a better quality and one-third more of Defiance Starch for the same price of other starches. The Czar can't be blamed much for not taking any great interest in affairs of state now—his baby is learning to walk. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue, Large 8-20 package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. Circumstances are beyond the control of man, but his conduct is in his own power. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Ough Syrup. Master Good. Use in time. Sold by drugrate. CONSUMPTION HUMOR OF the DAY An Accomplished Daughter. Mrs. B.—I suppose you find your daughter very much improved by her two years' stay at college? Mrs. Proudmother—La, yes! Mary Elizabeth is a carnivorous reader now, and she frequently improvises music. But she ain't a bit stuck up—she's unanimous to everybody, an' she never keeps a caller waitin' for her 'o dress; she just runs in nom de plume, an' you know that makes one feel so comfortable.—Lippincott's Magazine. Why He's Glad. "I see by the paper," said Bookkeep, "that the golf season has opened, and I'm mighty glad of it." "Why, I didn't know you played," responded Clerkleigh. "I don't. But the old man's a fiend for fair, and always leaves the office about an hour earlier when the season's on." -Detroit Tribune His Good Point. Binks—You don't seem to take to my little boy. He has some mighty fine points. Spinks—Yes, there's one thing about him that any father should be thankful for. Binks—Ah! Thought you'd acknowledge it. What is it? Spinks—He's not a twin. Doctor—During the spring months It is natural for people to have a sluggish feeling. Mr. Hen Peck—I know it. My wife is affected that way. She slugged me twice this morning—St. Louis Star. Ah. Me. "You are mine at last," he said, as they sat cheek to cheek. "I had made up my mind to move heaven and earth to win you." "I think you succeeded in moving heaven," she responded, with a happy sigh. "At least, it seems to be right here on earth."—Detroit Tribune. Trials of the Ground Hog. Bobby—I've been working all day like a dog, pop. Father—Glad to hear you are getting industrious, Robert; but what have you been doing? Bobby—I've been digging out a woodchuck, pop!—Puck. He's a Wonder Jones—I understand that your friend Gray is quite an orator. Smith—That's what. Why, he can describe a boarding house prune supper in such grandiloquent language that it makes one's mouth water with desire. Unnecessary "What character did Charley Chapleigh assume at the costume party?" "A chump." "He told me he just went as himself." Mrs. Henpeque—So you did an act of charity to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of our wedding? Mr. Henpeque—Yes, I refuse a raise of salary to one of my clerks who wanted to get married. Bad Pault for a Shopper. Mrs. Phamley—May's really too young to go shopping alone. Mr. Phamley—Yes, I suppose she is too impressionable. Mrs. Phamley—How do you mean she's impressionable? Mr. Phamley—She's flable to get excited and buy something. A Definition. The Cub—What is a gun, ma? The Bear—Why, it is one of those things so many hunters don't shoot anything with. Wrong Impresslon. He—Am I right in presuming to think you care for me? She—No; you are left Two Kinds of Men Needed. The cry of "more men" in any civic department under any administration be it Democratic, Republican, Tammany, reform, fusion, hybrid, contract, revange, knock-out, or any old kind administered to Father-Knickerbocker, is all rot. What is needed is a brand of men of the better or commonly honest variety.—New York Evening Telegram. Poor Seasoning. Temperance society in England seeks the passage of a bill providing that barmaids must be thirty-five years old and upward. With grandmothers passing out the firewater the teetotals will deal the demon rum the worst blow he ever received.—New York Telegram. The ont fatal mistake which is committed habitually by the people who have the scarcely desirable gift of half-genius, is "waiting for inspiration." One of the strangest freaks in the country is possessed by the town of Greenwich, Ind., being a tree growing sturdily on the top of the courthouse tower. That cause is strong that has not a multitude, but one strong man behind it. For Growing Girls. West Pembroke, Me., April 24.—Mrs. A. L. Smith, of this place, says that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best remedy for growing girls. Mrs. Smith emphasizes her recommendation by the following experience: "My daughter was thirteen years old last November and it is now two years since she was first taken with Crazy Spells that would last a week and would then pass off. In a month she would have the spells again. At these times she would eat very little and was very yellow; even the whites of her eyes would be yellow. "The doctors gave us no encouragement, they all said they could not help her. After taking one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills, she has not had one bad spell. Of course, we continued the treatment until she had used in all about a dozen boxes, and we still give them to her occasionally, when she is not feeling well. Dodd's Kidney Pills are certainly the best medicine for growing girls." Mothers should heed the advice of Mrs. Smith, for by so doing, they may save their daughters much pain and sickness and ensure a healthy, happy future for them. He who can take no interest in what is small, will take false interest in what is great. TORTURING HUMOUR. Body a Mass of Sores—Treated by Three Doctors but Grew Worse —Cured by Cuticura for 75c. "My little daughter was a mass of sores all over her body. Her face was eaten away, and her ears looked as if they would drop off. I called in three doctors, but she grew worse Neighbors advised Cuticura, and be fore I had used half of the cake of soap and box of ointment the sores had all healed, and my little one's skin was as clear as a new-born babe's. I would not be without Cuticura again if it cost five dollars, instead of seventy-five cents, which is all it cost us to cure our baby. Mrs. G. J. Steese, 701 Coburn St., Akron, Ohio." An inch of rainfall is equal to 14:500,000 gallons per square mile. Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy cured my wife of a terrible disease. With pleasure I treatly to its marvelous efficacy." J. Sweet, Albany, N. Y. Almost the entire output of radium is now being obtained from American ores. DONT FORGET A large 2-oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 6 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. Most women are generous to a fault—if it isn't one of their husband's. Superior quality and extra quantity must win. This is why Defiance Starch is taking the place of all others. The literary output of France last year was nearly ten thousand works. Much valuable information free about band instruments; write for the new catalogue to-day. JENKINS' MUSIC HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO. Idle men are scandle incubators. Alabastine..... Your Walls The most desirable thing in wall covering is opacity (covering power). Next to that is ease of application. In both of these Alabastine stands pre-eminent. Then there are other points—the firmness, the permanence, the binding qualities, and it is mixed with clear, pure water. Alabastine is not dependent on sour paste, nor smelley glue to bind it to the wall, it is an Alabastere cement that sets on the wall. It is the purest, the nicest, the best wall covering made. The most beautiful color effects, the most beautiful color schemes, the most beautiful designs are possible in Alabastine. ALABASTINE is specially suitable for church and school house work. Write for color ideas for such work. The best dealers sell it. If yours doesn't, send us his name and we'll see that you are supplied. ALABASTINE COMPANY Grant Ave, Grand Rapids, Mich. BEGGS' BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach. BUSYBODIES VS. TRUTH. Busybodies who see in success only falsity, who, without making an effort to inform themselves, blatantly cry offense against honesty and truth—seem to forget that a slur against Dr. Pierce's well-known non-alcoholic family remedies is a slur against the intelligence of thousands of clear-thinking American women who know they have been helped and cured by Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It is not a "patent medicine" in the true meaning of the word—it is simply the favorite remedy which Dr. Pierce used in an extended practice for the treatment of the diseases of women. bursts. Dr. R. V. P speak the truth-his famous medicines are founded and have thousands of truthful testimonials as to for which they are recommended. True Speaking. No man ever lost a telling the truth. In the the truth will prevail a The ingredients of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is here given to the public. 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Brosses Mass. $50 POSITION PAY TUITION AFTER POSITION IS SECURED The first eight who clip this notice and send it to DRAUGHON'S PRACTICAL BUSINESS COLLEGE Kansas City, Ft. Scott, St. Louis, Ft. Smith, Muskogee or Ft. Worth, may, without giving notes, pay EVERY CENT of tuition out of salary after course is completed. If good position is not secured no pay required. MAIL COURSE FREE. If not ready to enter college now you may take lessons by mail FREE until reasal, which will cost of board, fees, B. Q. Co. has $500,000,000 capital, seventeen bankers on Board of Directors, and TWENTY Colleges in THIRTEEN States, to claim it makes. Established 18 years. Clip and send this notice. ```markdown ```