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 Men as Actresses Japan boasts of several brilliant actors, but, strangely enough, she affords no encouragement to actresses. Women's parts are played by men, and played excellently well, too. Japanese boys who are destined for a stage career are brought up entirely by members of the feminine sex. By the time that they are midway in their teens they have acquired all the sexual female characteristics. Sultan's Titles. The sultan of Turkey has seventy-one titles and on the parchment containing them are the words "as many more as may be desired can be added to this number." Among the titles are "abul Hamid, the Eternally Victerious," "the, Eternally Smiling," "the Eternally Invincible," "Distributor of Crowns to the Heroes Seated on the Thrones" and "Shadow of God on Earth." Longevity in Europe. Of all European countries France is the most favorable to longevity; of every 1,000 persons forty-four reach the age of seventy. In Norway the number is forty, in Sweden thirty-three, Italy thirty-one, Switzerland thirty, England twenty-seven, Germany twenty-six, Spain twenty-four, Austria twenty-three, Hungary eight- Can't Interfere. "Your daughter plays a great deal of classical music in a rather original way," remarked the man with gold glasses. "Yes," answered Mr. Camrox, regretfully. "She bought the piano and the music out of her own spending money, and I suppose she feels that she has a right to do what she pleases with them." Deer Swifter Than Electric Car Deer Swifter Than Electric Car. A deer was found on the car track at Sturbridge the other day which when startled ran swiftly along the tides ahead of the car. The motorman opened the controller to the last motch, but the animal led the car for a full quarter of a mile and then leaped lightly over the fence and disappeared. Value of Moderate Eating Value of Mobility Eating. No matter what kind of food is eaten, the quantity should be small, the human body can live and thrive and work on a surprisingly small quantity of nourishment. Great modulation in eating is, therefore, one of the keys that unlock the doors on our living. Greatest Misfortune of Life. Mayors appear to have had their troubles two centuries ago. At bielefeld, Germany, there is a tombstone with this inscription: "Here lies Joannes Burggreve, who considered his selection as burgomaster of this city the greatest misfortune of his life." The Day's Length. By a simple rule, the length of the day and night, any time of the year, may be ascertained by doubling the time of the sun's rising, which will give the length of the night; and double the time of setting will give the length of the day. Cold Baths vs. Drunkenness In the course of a discussion at the minutary congress Mr. Weaver de- scribed that it was almost impossible for anyone taking a cold bath every morning to become an habitual drunk- ward—London Telegraph. Hunt Treasure at Mont Pelee. Treasure hunting has become the principal occupation of the islanders of Martinique. They dig day and night among the ruins caused by the interceptions of Mont Pelee for gold and other valuables. No Dutiful Wife Will Do It. Once when a man loses all love for this wife is when he holds a straight crush against four aces in a little po- er game and she has the four aces.— Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Radium Kills Mice. Before the Paris Academy of Sciences, M. Bouchard stated that mice exposed to enanations from radium died in six hours. Oysters are such nervous creatures that a sudden shock, such as a loud thunder-clap, will kill many hundreds of them. Not So Likely to Happen. It our hearts expanded as readily and as easily as our heads swell, the world would be the gainer. Prof. Rodgers gave quite an interes ing lecture at the A. M. E. church last Tuesday night. The Leavenworth teachers under the guidance of Prof. Wilson, visited the schools of this city, last Friday. Mr. Clark of Wathena was the guest of Mr. H. C. White Sunday. Miss Addie Clark of Pattersburg Mo. is spending some time with her auntie Mrs. C, C. Kelly of 740 Jersey avenue, A musical was glean at the 1st. chri- stain church, 8th and Everett ave. Frida May 12th, quite a large crowd was present, all enjoyed the programe which was rendered with success. For nice rooms, go to 1307 Wyandotte street Mrs. G. H. Wells the proprietress will make it pleasant for you. The Lincoln School will have their 8 A commencement at the first Baptist church cor. 5th and Neb. avenues May 23rd. Miss Maud Banks of N. 9th. street will shortly move to Chicago 11l. to reside permanently- Mr. and M-s. John Blakely of State avenue accompanied Mr. Samuel Taft to Los Angeles Cal. last week to dwell in future. James F. Clark of Denver City, Colo formerly a resident of this city, is spending some time here with his many old friends, and in company with Robert E. Patterson made our office a pleasant call his week. M. and Mrs. John Hagans of 5031 Shields avenue Chicago Ill whos fyrmer in this city, are all smiles over their fine Boy, his name is John, Thomas, Egbert Widupwid Fenix Hagans. King Solomon Baptist Church at 3rd and State ave is now prospering nicely under the guidance of Rev. H. H Cordon their able pastor, he holds alj things to its place, his congregation is proud of him and feel that in calligraphy him that they have made a wise selecchio they rai e on an avage of $400 per month Rev. H. H. Gordon is the right man n the right pla>, g out and hear him Miss Ella Sykes and Mr. Lay Fowler was quietly married on the 29th of April at the residence of the bride parenta quite a number of their friends was pre-Rev. J. R. Richardson officiated. The Amerien Citizen extends congratulation to the happy couple, and hope that their union may be one of much happiness through life. Thev Sav. By the way She was only teasing him. If some people only knew the truth. Hats, Hats we are making them to day What about the School Marm and the wedding bells. There can be traced some mighty crooked steps—yet he is a man of God. The railroad engineer may not be a society leader, but wealth and fashion frequently follow in his train. Womans success as an engineer is phenomenal. She frequently has a wash out on the line but no disasters are recorded. To the victors belong the privelege of fighting over the spoils. A Ten day meeting. There will be held at 10th and Neb. avenue beginning May 7th a ten days Holiness Tent meeting under the auspices of God's Holy missou. Inv tation extended to all, to come. Song service each evening. Go out and hear. Hot-air Fan. An electric fan that heats the air current that it delivers has been devised by M. de Mare, a Belgian electrician. The apparatus consists of an electric motor and a rotating fan, the blades of which are of mica. Upon these mica blades are fastened resistance coils, which are heated by the passage through them of a current of electricity. Qualities of Radium. The fact that radium exerts a very peculiar influence upon light-emitting bodies has given rise to the hope that it may eventually play an important role in the industry of light. A minute quantity of radium is sufficient to produce a strong light from a layer of zinc pyrites, and this light produces no heat, so that loss of energy is avoided. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING, 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 jester 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. 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 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. Automatic Compass M. Helt, 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. Bank Run by Negroes All the officers and stockholders of a bank in the Creek nation are negroes. English Paupers Costly England's expenditure on paupers is rising at the rate of $1,400,000 a year. If I might breathe your beauty into song, The singing stars would tarry into flight. To hearken, dreaming that death's ancient wrong. Enthroned on earth so long, Was scattered by the everlasting light, And earth new winged with singing and with flame. As when exultant she from out of chaos came. 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 penniveness 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, grandma," 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 us three, Pa, ma, and me Can get on that porch. I guess. —Cleveland Leader. The Porch. # taking Wood Taz. is curious to notice that wood tar is shared just as it was in the fourth copy by B. C. A bank is chosen and a dug, into which the wood is pliated, covered with turf. A fire is liged underneath, and the tar slowly trips into the barrels placed to re-see it. Shoesoles Eight Feet Thick We wear away two inches of shoe leather in a year. A pair of shoes that would "last a lifetime" would, consequently, have to be provided with soles from eight to nine feet thick. Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Mary Darkis. Plaintiff, VS. William Darkis Defendant. Notice The State of Kansas, to William Darkis Greeting, 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 cause in the above named Court, Wherein Mary Darkis is Plaintiff, and William darkis is Deiendant, and unless you answer on or before the first day of July 1905. Plaintiff petition will be taken as true Judgement 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 Plaintiff case demands. Mary Darkis. Chas. w. Frye, attorney First Published April 28th 1905. PUBLICATION NOTCIE WYANDOTTE COUNTY, STATE OF KANSAS, Fannie Johnson. THE STATE OF KANSAS TO LEWIS J. JOHNSON GREETING: You are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas by the above named Plaintiff. Fannie Johnson, whose petition is now on file in the office, and that you must as such defend, answer the petition filed by the plaintiff on or before Thursday 22nd, day of June 1905, or the petition will be taken as true and judgment will be rendered accordingly against you, and adjudging you to pay the cost, of said suit and this suit is for the further purpose of devesting the title to certain house and lots owned by you in the town of Quildar Wyandotte County Kansas and investing the title in the plaintiff as alimony and dissolving the bonds of matrimony now subsisting between the plaintiff and defendant and such other and further relief as the honorable court may adjudge in the, premises, as may appear just and equitable in behalf of the plaintiff. Wm. Needles Clerk of the said Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. per D. C. McCambs Deputy. Sleeper's Real Offense An eccentric minister caused some surprise one Sunday by declaring that he did not in the least object to people sleeping while he was preaching. A few minutes later he and his hearers were disturbed by the loud snoring of a man just below the pulpit. "Give him a tap on the head," said the minister. This was done, ineffectually. "Give him another," came the order again. Still the man slumbered. But at length by dint of much tapping and shaking, he was recalled into abashed consciousness. "You are making a wretched noise," roared the minister, leaning over the pulpit edge. "I don't mind your sleeping, but you are preventing other people from sleeping!" 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 occa- sionally. Japanese Farming. The ingenuity of the farming in Japan may be inferred from the fact that the 45,000,000 inhabitants live almost entirely on the productions of a cultivated area about one-third the size of Illinois. EXECUTORS NOTICE STATE OF KANSAS. WYANDOTTE COUNTY. IN THE DROBATE COURT OF SAID COUNTY. In the matter of the Estate of Mary L. Gordon Deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters tenstamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the last will and testament of Mary L. Gordon born of said county, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid. Dated the 21 day of March 1905. Now all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit, of such estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said letters, they shall be forever barred. CORVINE PATTerson Executor of the last will and testament of Mary L. Gordon deceased. Dated March 21 1905. First Published 24 1905 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In the District Court of Wyandotte county State of Kansas. Mary Atkinson. Plaintiff. vs. J. B. Atkinson, Defendant. The State of Kansas to J. B. Atkinson, Greeting: You are hereby notified that the plaintiff in the above entitled cause did on the 22nd day of September, 1904. file her petition in a certain action against you in the District Court in Wyandotte County State of Kansa asking for an absolute divorce on the grounds of abandonment and desertion, and unless youdumur, answer or otherwise object on or before the 30th day of January 1905, the allegations therein will be taken as true and upon further proof thereof Judgement will be rendered as prayed for in said petition. JOHNSON and TOOLE Attys. for. Plaintiff. Wm. Needles, Clerk. By D. C. MeCombs, Deputy. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE STATE OF KANSAS IN THE PROBAT COURT IN AND SS FOR SAID COUNTY. n the matter of the Estate of Jane Redd Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the last Will and Testament of Jane Redd, the last of said County, deceased by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the county and State afloatssaid, the 6th day of February A. D. 1905. Now, all persons haveigh claims against the said Estate, are hereby undersigned 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 provided from any befit of such Estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said Letters, they shall be forever barred. L. F. BRADLEY executor of the said Will and Testament of Jane Redd Deceased. First published Feb. 14th, 1905. Notice of Final Settlement State of Kansas In the Probate Court in and for County of Wyandotte said County. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLARA WILLIAMS SLEDGE DECEASED Creditors and all other persons interested in the 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 March A. D. 1905. I shall apply to said Court for a full and final settlement of said estate. Peter young Administrator of Clara Williams Sledge Deceased. In Witness Whereof, the undersigned, Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyon dotte, State of Kansas, have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Probate Court this 20th Day of January A. D. 1905 Winfield Freeman Probate Judge. The World's Wanderers. Tell me, thou star, whose wings of light Speed thee in thy fiery flight. In what depth the airy night, Will thy pins close now? Tell me, moon, thou pale and gray Pligrim of heaven's homeless way. In what depth of night or day Seekest thou repose now? Weary wind, who wanderest Like the world's rejected guest, Hast thou still souls secret nest On the tree or pillow? —Percy Byshe Shellon The Glories of a Throne It has been shown that out of a list of 2,550 sovereigns 300 have been overthrown, 134 assassinated, 123 taken prisoners of war, 108 executed, 100 slain in battle, sixty-four forced to abdicate, twenty-eight died by their own hands, twenty-five were tortured to death, while twenty-three became mad or imbecile. This gives a total of 905 whose reigns have ended miserably. American Citizen Tho Oldest Negro Journal Published Weekly in this part of the Country. FUBIIS HIE WEEKLY at 1510 Norh 3rd Street KANSASCITY = = —_sKANSaS W. C. Martin Editor, Geo. A. Dudley, Publisher and Bus:ness Manager. ees Terms OF SubscriptioninAdvance. Oia Veatyaess sts. cor Six Months,................ 65 cents ‘Three Months,*..............66....40.0 Bb Monthy f.0...cccetccsec22e dbo SEE ee Advertisoing 25 cts. Per Inch First Insertion. A Standing Display ‘Add’ for 3 Months or longer 15e per inch, each insertion. Entered as second class matter December first, 104 at the Post office at Kansas City, Kansas under the Act of congress of Alarch Oe eae Grewsome Collection, A French professor is the owner of @ collection of 920 human heads, rep- Terenting 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 pau- pers in London. Here is the Place. TONSORIAL PARLOR, All the Latest Style Hair Cuts, Clean Shave strictly {Up-to-Date. ge" 438 Minnesora 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 newspaners make in an uphill business to maintain the standard of excellence desired by those in the bus- ines. Just why the race is so utterly slack. in giviog to their own the proper patronage is one of the unsolved myster- ies. Bach day and week bring to us the waruing of being a unit in behalf of our own salvation, It takes something besi- do wind to publish the most weakly of weeklies. If every [Afro-American fami- y would pledge themselves to stand by an organ buplished in their bebalt. just one year,the results would be unbeliev- ed we ask the colorad brother to wake up gok around and observe,see if you can- not discern that the signs of the times Son’ speak in thundering tones for a the public advocates of our interests han, why wait do your part by subscrip. ng getting your neighbors to do the same und watch tha “good results, Notice of Final Settlement, Ftate of Kenan | County of Wsgrdott f° In the Probate Court in and forisaid County, In the Mutter of the Estate of John R.Sulth Deceased. Creditors and all other persons interested n the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified, that at the next regular term of the Probate Court in and for said “County. to be begun and held at the Probate Court room’ in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte and State aforesaid, on the frst Monday. in month of February, A. D, 195, I shall apply to said Court fora full and final settlement of said estate. Taxes D, Sarre Administeator of the Estate John RB Smith. Deceased. Tn Witness Wnereof, the undesigned Pro- bate Judge in and for the County of Wyan- dotte.State of Kansas have hereto set my hand, und affixed -the seal of the sald Probate Court this 24th day of Deeeniber, A.D, 1904, Wintield Freeman, Probate Judge. Res. 4a Nebraskaave. | Tel.383 White. SOUTH AMERICAN MEDICAL INSTITUTE Office Houro: From 10 a. at, till 4 p.m, and from 6 till9 P. m., Reaching the cr-uuety one of the eommittee halted and said: “Sir, I wish to direst 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 sere ad the strain. —Pittsburg Di» pty ‘TRUTH PROVED BY EXAMPLE. s*orexeeper Certainly Lacked the Gift of Energy. William C. Greene, the copper mag- tate, was talking to a young man ibout success. “The secret of success is enterprise, mergy,” said Col. Greene. “To be lazy, © stick always in the same old rut, hat fs how to make a wretched fail- ire of your life, “I went West when I was 17, and tfter a spell of contracting and pros- recting about Prescott, I farmed a bit n the San Pedro Valley. There was a storekeeper I used to buy my supplies ‘rom at that time who was a failure of he first water. This man’s lack of en- erprise was so great that people used © bring their children from miles ‘round to study him. He was valu- ible as a horrible example. “There, they would say to the ‘oungsters, ‘take warning by Manners. He is a failure. He has no enterprise. Don’t grow up like him. He resembles 2 tortoise, doesn’t he?” “Poor Manners in his sluggishness Nid resemble a tortoise a good deal. 1 sent a boy in to him one day with a vack mule to get five gallons of mo- asses. The boy told me afterward ‘hat when he entered the store Man- aers was dozing. The boy coughed ind the man awoke and got up. He »pened his mouth wide, and stood on iptoe and stretched out his arms in a vast yawn. Then he said to the boy: “Wotcha want?” “ ‘Five gallons of molasses, Mr. Man- cers,’ the boy spoke up, sharp and quick. “Wab-h-b-h,’ yawned Manners again. Then as he took up the jug he grum- led: “‘Ain’t there nobody what sells mo- ‘asses in this here town but me?” PLEASURE OF EASTERN WOMEN. Their Main Occupation the Diver- sions 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 decorat- od either with gold or jewelled orna- ments. 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, in- stead, 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 whien has been squeezed lemon juice. ‘The hair of the oriental woman is usually beautifully long, soft and glos: sy, and the way they arrange it is In- variably becoming to their soft type of beauty. Perfumes are much in. dulged in. These are introduced in the bath and permeate the garments, but are rarely used on a handker- chief. The Foam on the Too. Don't snuggle concelt to your bosom, my OY, Becausé you're on top of the wave, For here is @ thought that might serve ‘as-alloy. ‘To the gold of the credit you crave: The best is not always at surface, my son, And I think, if to notice you'll stop, You'll observe’ that the good to the bot- tom may run, But the foam always lingers on top. I would not discourage your zeal, my ‘dear tad: It is best to keep working alway, But this, funny old’ world often labels as ‘The thing that ts good in its day. Infact, T may say that It classes, wrong seme part of the great earthly crop, and'E think You will note as sou jour. ney along That the foam often gets to the top. We will not mention names if: you please, my dear youth, But look on the world as you go. See the men whom ‘we place at the sum- ‘mit, in truth, a ‘Then gaze on the mortals below, And I give you my word Til have noth- ng fo) teach: And this brief little anthem will stop, {you do not agree with the’ thing ‘that Preach, That the foam may be found on the 01 —A. J Waterhouse in Sunset Magazine. Mai thie ee vames Rankin Young, the new su- perintendent 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 drunk- en coachman. I know that this is 80, 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 sum- moned 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 drink- ing if he has driving to do, and, there- fore, at the month’s end you will be free to devote yourself exclusively to your chosen occupation.’ ” it Cleciontceen In his article in the Woman’s Home Companion, describing the Inter aational Sunday School Convention in Jerusalem, Doctor Devins relates the ‘ollowing significant incident: “An unexpected favor was received from the officers of the Russian church on the Mount of Olives. A meeting had Seen planned to be held near the place of the Ascension. As che leader of the meeting, the writer went to see if it could be held unaer ‘he trees near the church. “Why not?" was the reply, accom panied by a smile on the saintly face of the speaker. ‘Why not? Do we aot worship the same Christ?" WIT IS NOT APPRECIATED. Fun With Actors. A provincial theater in the east of Scotland is being tormented ana amused at intervals by a wit among the gallery gods who insists on keep- ing up a running commentary on the play. He has enlivened many a dull piece by his droll interpolations, but ‘e has also come pretty near ruining many an intensely dramatic or senti- mental situation by the sudden and always apropos qualities of his inter- ruptions. He has a high pitched, pene- trating 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 @ competence and now takes this w.y to give play to a wit that was once famous in the great city. On one occasion a dreary melo- drama 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 luis sweetheart’s parents. The exigen- cies 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 disgracefu\ elope- ment, enter the room where the seared heroine had been secreted under the table. “Wretch!” cried the furious father, “your life shall answer for this. I de- mand my child. Where is she.” Then, shrill and startling in the ex- pectant 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 mer- riment in a moment, but it was the “angry father” himself, who ruined the situation, for he burst into immod:- erate laughter and the curtain fell in the middle of the act, to rise again upon an audience that could not re- press its risibles for the rest of the evening. HE WANTED A MORTGAGE. Taught Him Caution. Halvor Steenerson, Congressman from Minnesota, tells a story of ¢ 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 eventu- ally found what he wanted. When the tim> came to make out the neces: sary papers, the agent asked the Swede what method he preferred to adopt in making payments. “Ay pay all. Ay haf da money,” re plied the Swede. “Very well, then. T'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, nof” earnestly asseverated the Swede. “Ay no want deed! Ay had deed oop in Dakoty. 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 git me mortgage!"—The Sunday Magazine, Pia estinse itehaibeen “T would like to ask you a question it 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.’ 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 te you. If we should meet a montk 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 re- peat 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 Con sul to Genoa, was talking about a magazine editor. = “This man,” he said, “rejected some of the best of my early verse. He re- jected 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, de- claring 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 o¢ 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 gien, By “day. day day,” of chckadees ‘And Keen, Sweet.song of winter wren. Of glowing days some magic word 1g werbled when the grosbeaks. sing; ‘And Tit the moaning pines ts heard The whisper of returning spring + his Is tue birthday of the year, Now fa: off summer's battles start; And To; the very cold grows dear, ‘Phe,’ wildestatorm “wind “warms. the —B. Brumbaugh, in Field aad Stream. Telephone Bell W. 32, Telephone Home W. 32 | WwW. B, Raymond And, Embalmer The Very Best of Service, Fine Carri- ages For All Purpose. At All Hours. The Bast Equiped White Enameled Ambulance For Sick and wounded. On Short Notice. Charges Reasonable Call At 431 Minnesota, Ave. Kansas City, Kansas. Notice. Nice Furrished ROOMS AND BOARD AT At $3.25 per week At the Corner of second and Deleware streets in Armourdale Kansas. And in a good location conyenint to street car sevice. You will get best of treatment. MRS. E, L, SMITH PROPRIETRESS, KANSAS CITY SOAP CO. 1510 N, 4th St. | Ave Manufactors of the Best Grades of Toilet « Wash | ing Soaps. A Home Institution. ~GIVETHEMYOUR PATRONAGE One trial of their brand the Snowflake and Union will a convince you of their merits. CEC Nyt A rT RESTAURANT, - 1012 N 8rd St. 1s the best place in tne city and will serve you from 5,30 a.m, to 1p. m, every thing is cooked tto taste, MEALS 15 CENTS, _ -Mrs. Thatcher the prop, is one of the best cooks in the city and will please you, givether a call. | =—Money to Loan—~ On Watches. Diamonds Jewelry CLOTHING AND EVERYTHING Se a Watches and -lewelry Sold on Payments AT CASH PRICES. Ton einai ees ee Union Loan Office, 427 Minnesota ave. kansas’ city. kans._ TO SAVE MONEY. Ladies suits, dressing sacques, aprons and in fact anything in the Dressmaking line and sold‘on weekly and monthly payments. Here isa few prices: Belt dresses $1.00 and up; dressing sacques 50cts and up. Call and see me. ogge | Mrs W. F. Williams, 1510 North Third St. Kansas City, Kansas a , ‘xeoddestp woos 1ija som) | reese eee imme. L, F. JOHNSON, -seomr [ejoeds sso[un Duv ‘Wessy pue Uy 39 i eect TOE SU Sane UM 8 8 ae S91 )Shampooing, Manicuring, Massage Puv suapres [Poj30002 uopuoT om, and Scalp Trea tment, Uy suampoads om exe exo 7007 | e125 W 4 sPEcranr s -Xe Aj1veu 8} SO00UT4I UeTpUl egy, MME. L, F. JOHNSON, Shampooing, Manicuring, Massage and Scalp Trea tment. ‘Tel.733 W. “4 SPEsranr Duplex Telegraphy In Europe, ‘The telegraph line from Vieun Gxernowitz 18 the longest tine in yy Fope which uses the duplex aygen being 630 miles long. The sate was adopted a few months ago, a5 was found necessary to increase i capacity of the line, which taker g the matter for Roumanja, southeast Russia and a part of Bulgaria, ‘Ty system works well at present, though the line is constructed of ny wire instead of copper. Good Luck for Turtles at Least The Chinese have a peculiar cusing with regard to turtles, which they cp sider a8 very good joss. Almost ay day one can see these creatures, soa of them of huge size, being cam on board the river steamers, not to taken to Canton for culinary pupoye but to be dumped into tho sea a: restored to liberty and freeiiom, gay luck is thought to follow.—Hong Koy Press. Good to Lick Baby With Late. n. T saw lately a dainty and origiy gift for a young mother. It was cale “a measuring stick for baby,” mais white wood thirty-six inches long, a marked off into inches as accurty as a tape measure. Forgetmenots vey pas ted down the side, and at one aj W ~ a hole in which was a ribbon toy and loop by which to suspend i. Good Housekeeping. Moisture in Tobacco. The presence of moisture in tobag fs, the Lancet believes, of some portance to public health, since ty combustion of tobacco containisgy large proportion of moisture is ig peded, while as the g eration ¢ vapor {s increased, so ar te chang of the polsonous princit © being a tied into the mouth diminished, Early Japanese University. It ‘will surprise most readers learn from a recent Japanese vie that there was a university in Jepy in the eighth century, with schools ethies, mathematics and history, aj that text books were employed da ing with such specialties as the dy eases of women, veterinary surge and materia medica. Castina a Gloom. “Yes, for local talent, it was a fr rate entertainment,” said the subu) an resident, “and we made seve hundred dollars for the hospital fu but there was one little hitch. T town undertaker was down for a tex solo, and he insisted on singing 1 Waiting for Thee.’”"—New York Sa Consider Dreams Revelations. Among the people of the cast dream is considered to be a die revelation from God, and there a in the Orlent, even to-day, sovits ers, or fortune tellers, who inter dreams, just as the soothscyers a in bible times, and from dreams the future of the dreamer. Cancer Victims Well to Do. Statistics show that cancer is nm ‘common among those who are a tomed to the refinements of life among the very poor, and to care much patients the doctors say Good surroundings are a necessiy. Snakes in India. About 400,000 snakes are kil every year in British India. The pald as rewards annually for the struction of beasts of prey and omous snakes by the governmet India amount to about $125,000. German Colony in Palestine. Thirty-four years ago a German ony settled at Haifa, Palestine. 1 day all of the ninety families is are prosperous. They raise 7 and make wine free from ali which is sold to the natives. Irish Ledger in Court. A ledger kept in the Irish lan was produced at the Roscommon sizes, in Ireland, and the witness to go on the bench to translate terms for the judge. deciding An observing schoolboy wrote short essay: “Gravity was dl ered by Izaak Walton. It is ctl hoticeable when the apples aré ing from the trees.” Novices Leave Convent. Stealing the front door key {rom Pocket of the mother superior, Young novices escaped from the Yent of Santa Clara in Lisvon ani appeared. Sidon Mae Ride in. Berle ‘Dogs are allowed to enter tral cars in Berlin, but must be he their master’s laps and paid for # they were human passenger Credit Is a Necessity. As trade now stands, there 1¥ @mough gold out of the earth # were all coined, to transact the ness of a day, Nationalities Among Russian The Rusgian population rept 110 nationailties, the three grett being Finns, Tartays and Slavs Aluminum for Sharpening Cutlet Aiurinum is superior to a0Y fer sharpening cutlery. Denmark's Honey Export Denmark exports 2,500,000 ef honey a year. WORTH REMEMBERING. There are three entirely different kinds of ingredients used in making the three different varieties of baking powders on the market, vlz:—(1) Mineral-Acid or Alum, (2) Bone-Acid or Phosphate, and (3) Cream of Tartar made from grapes. It is important, from the standpoint of health, to know something about these ingredients, and which kind is used in your baking powder. (1) Mineral-Acid, or Alum, is made from a kind of clay. This is mixed with diluted oil of vitriol and from this solution a product is obtained which is alum. Alum is cheap; costs about two cents a pound, and baking powder made with this Mineral-Acid cells from 10 to 25c. a pound. (2) Bone-Acid, or Phosphate, is the basis of phosphate baking powders and the process is fully described in the patents issued to a large manufacturer of a phosphate powder. The U. B. Patent Office Report gives a full and exact description, but the following extract is enough: "Burned bones, after being ground, are put into freshly diluted oil of vitriol and with continual stirring and in the following proportion," etc. From this Bone-Acid phosphate baking powders are made; such powders sell from 20 to 30 cents a pound. (3) Cream of Tartar exists in all ripe grapes, and flows with the juice from the press in the manufacture of wine. After the wine is drawn off the tartar is scraped from the cask, boiled with water, and crystals of Cream of Tartar, white and very pure, separate and are collected. It differs in no respect from the form in which it originally existed in the grape. Cream of Tartar, then, while the most expensive, is the only ingredient that should be used in a baking powder to act upon the soda, as its wholesomeness is beyond question. Cream of Tartar baking powders sell at about 40 to 50 cents a pound. Such are the facts, and every one, careful of the health of the family, should remember this rule:—Baking powders selling from 10 to 25 cents a pound are made of Mineral-Acids; those selling from 20 to 30 cents of Bone-Acid; and those from 40 to 50 cents of Cream of Tartar made from grapes. Nohting but the Truth. "I thought," said the friend of the family, "you said this election was going to be a walkover." "And it was," replied the ex-candidate, as he let out a soulful sigh. "The other fellow walked all over me." History Down to Date: Anne Boleyn heard her sentence unmoved. "I should have known better," she said, referring to her royal spouse; "I thought I was marrying a king, but now I find he is only a head waiter." With this parting shot she swept, scornfully, to the block. Banks--Young Smith is an extra ordinary youth. Hanks.—Why do you think so? "He has curly hair, yet he doesn't wear his hat on the back of his head." Emmi, this last china plate you painted is awful—awful." "Now, never mind about that, Edgar. I'll give a whist party one of these days." Unnecessary Concern Gentleman—Here, here! Stop hitting him with that base ball bat. The Urchin—Aw! dis is an old bat, anyway, mister. The Lad—And Mabel is married! Who is the happy man? The Lass—I should think the one she rejected. Clean House To-day Clean House 10-day. Don't wait till to-morrow, but clean house to-day, with Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin. Of course we mean your house of flesh and bone—your body. This is the best house you own, and should get the most care. Yet most people neglect it in a dressable manner. As a result, stomach, liver and bowels soon get out of order, and cause great pain, distress and dangerous internal diseases. The only safe, sure cure is Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It clears out all causes of sickness, cures constipation and indigestion, cleans house, and makes you well. Try it. Sold by all drugists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails. After a man gets a reputation for being lazy his conscience doesn't trouble him much when his first wife is doing washing for the neighbors. Write to S. G. Warner, G. P. and T. A. Kansas City Southern Ry., Kansas City, Mo., for information concerning Free Government Homesteads, New Colony Locations, Improved farms, Mineral lands, Rice lands, and Timber lands and for copy of "Current Events" Business Opportunities, Rice book, K. C. S. Fruit Book. Cheap round trip homeseekers tickets on sale first and third Tuesdays of each month. The short line to the "Land of Fulfillment." Gladys.—You lazy boy! Make haste and wash your face and brush your hair before the visitors come. Willie.—Oh, yes, and suppose they don't come? "So the lawyers got most all the estate. Did Ethel get anything?" "Oh, yes. She got one of the lawyers." When Cupid visits a summer resort over Sunday he seems to exchange his bow and arrows for a machine gun and gets busy. SEES GHOSTLY TRIO SEES GHOSTLY TRIO GOVERNMENT CLERK IN REMIN-ISCENT MOOD. Memories of Departed Personal Friends With Whom He Worked Crowd Memory of Old-Timer in His Noonday Strolls. Strolling along the corridors of the treasury building in an apparently dreamy and meditative mood, an old clerk, who admits that he has passed the time of life allotted to man by Dr. Osler, was accosted by a representative of the Washington Star, who proffered the traditional penny for his thoughts. "Well," said he, "I am thinking of the many men I have met in this building in my long career, and particularly of three that I knew very well, and of whom almost every other person, at least everybody in Washington, knew all about; but I knew them well, knew them personally. "The first of these," he continued, "was Nathan Sargent. His nom de plume was 'Oliver Oldschool.' Of course you know that. His office when he was commissioner of customs was on the floor above to the right of the center of the building from Fifteenth street. One of the courtiest of men, a thorough gentleman of the old school, as the term is—kind and genial to all his subordinates. I can see him now," he said, "In my mind's eye, Horatio," he quoted, as the Star man evinced a disposition to get a glimpse of the old author himself. "Right here where we are standing," the old clerk said, pointing at one of the rooms in the main corridor, "was Gen. Spinner's office. I knew him personally also, and recollect when his office was moved into its more spacious quarters in the new northern wing of the building. That old guardian of the public moneys was everybody's friend. Visitors to Washington were always anxious to greet him, and they were gratified, for he was glad to meet strangers all the time. Lord, how the women in his bureau loved him, and the men also, for that matter. I was here when he came and here when he went. "There is another man that I met in a spiritual sense, as I take this pedestrian exercise at almost every noon hour after I have disposed of my bread and cheese luncheon, and that was Walt Whitman, the poet. He was, like the others, my personal friend. He was not in this part of the building, but in that section of the new southern wing allotted in those days to the attorney-general, when the department of justice had its local habitation under this roof. I remember when Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' grated too harshly upon the sensibilities of certain people, and he lost his place in one of the other departments. "There is no use in describing him to you. Everybody in the city knew Walt Whitman, but I only mention him as the third in the trio of ghosts I fancy I see in my little round of exercise in these passages. "There are men in this department older than I am," he concluded, "but I doubt if any of them enjoyed the close personal friendship of the three I have mentioned to you. "In those days we worked only until 3 o'clock in the afternoon," he said with a sigh. "Now we peg away an hour and a half later. Things have changed in a hundred ways; but time's up—I must go back to my desk," And thus the old employee of the reminiscent mood bade the Star man adjue. A. Hangman's Bone. The rope which was used to-day in the execution of John Henry Young is just an ordinary hemp rope, but a wonderful story of tragic interest would be revealed, could it but speak. Nineteen times has one end been knotted around the gallows beam, and nineteen times has the noose been placed around the neck of a condemned criminal. This rope is the property of W. A. Stewart of Cleburne, ex-sheriff of Johnson county. Mr. Stewart had the rope made in St. Louis in 1898, to be used in the execution of John B. Shaw, a white man. The rope was made by a German and was hand-twisted, the very best quality of hemp obtainable being utilized in its manufacture. The rope is eighteen feet long and cost Mr. Stewart $12.50. The noose made to go around the neck of Shaw has never been changed.—Houston Post. Household Recipes. To decorate the walls of your dining room: Give a blueberry pie to the baby and leave it alone for forty minutes. Fricasseed tarpaulins: Take four nice large tarpaulins, cut in hexagonal lozenges and fry with six labels from red tomato cans. Baste frequently on the sewing machine. When done to a nice brown eat hurriedly with a sponge. To remove ink stains from the parlor rug: Burn the house. To cure chapped lips: Rub the lips and then whistle "Bedelia."—Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. God Knows. O tired heart! God knows, Not you nor I. Who reach our hands for gifts, That wise hands must deny. We blinder where we fail would do our best. Until aweary, then we cry, "Do Thou the rest." And in His hands the tangled thread we place. Of our poor, blind weaving, with a shamed face. All trust of ours He sacredly will keep, So, tired heart, Gcd knows, go thou to work or sleep. Jennah Goddinton ANOTHER LIFE SAVED. Mrs. G. W. Fooks, of Salisbury, Md, wife of G. W. Fools, Sheriff of Wilco- mico County, says: "I suffered with kidnery complaint for eight years. It came on me gradually. I felt tired and weak, was short of breath and was troubled with bloating after mico County says: "I suff fered with kidney complaint for eight years. It came on me gradually. I felt tired and weak, was short of breath and was troubled with bloating after eating, and my limbs were badly swollen. One doctor told me it would finally turn to Bright's disease. I was laid up at one time for three weeks. I had not taken Doan's Kidney Pills more than three days when the distressing aching across my back disappeared, and I was soon entirely cured." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster Milkman Go. Residence N. Will He Crokerize or Astorate? Good Deacon Rockefeller is said to feel real hurt over the envious criticisms how he got his money. This is what drove Mr. Croker into exile, too. DON'T FORGET A large 2-oz. package Red Cross Bali Blue, only 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. A good many women build themselves up these days to fit gowns somewhat too large for them. BABY CAME NEAR DYING. From an Awful Skin Humor— —Scratched Till Blood Ran— Wasted to a Skeleton— Speedily Cured by Cuticura. "When three months old my boy broke out with an itching, watery rash all over his body, and he would scratch till the blood ran. We tried nearly everything, but he grew worse, wasting to a skeleton, and we feared he would die. He slept only when in our arms. The first application of Cuticura soothed him so that he slept in his cradle for the first time in many weeks. One set of Cuticura made a complete and permanent cure. (Signed) Mrs. M. C. Maitland, Jasper, Ontario." Officer—Don't cry, little boy. I'll take you home. Jimmy—Thanks, Mr. Cop. And would you mind puttin' handcuffs on me so's folksll think I'm truly arrested? SIMPLE WALL DECORATIONS. New Material and New Ideas for the Decoration of Homes. The styles of home decorations have completely changed in the last few years, and it is pleasant to say that they have changed for the better. Time was when we hung monstrous patterns printed on paper against our walls, and considered them more or less pleasantly. It would hardly be fair to say that we considered them beautiful or artistic. But they were the vogue and were put on. The time has come when, with our better methods for interior decoration, better effects can be secured. In wall coverings, whether they be of paint, or of kalsime, or of Alabastine—whatever the material used to cover the wall—the thing desired is that which has the greatest covering power, as well as permanency and beauty of color. Alabastine, a wall covering ground from Alabaster rock—which means a hard white rock—is the ideal covering for a wall. The most beautiful wall decorations in the world are those which are laid on with the brush. The mural designs in our large public buildings, and the frescoed designs in the large cathedrals and churches, have a permanency and an art of which wall paper is but a cheap imitation. These mural schemes and frescoed designs can be brought within the reach of the every day home. They can be done with Alabastine, which is permanent in its coloring. It does not rub off, and it has the soft effect of pastille. A great many people defer the redecorating of their rooms not only because of the expense but because of the discomfort of it. With Alabastine there need be no discomfort and there can be no muss, for all that is needed is to lay a sheet or canvas on the floor, have your man come in with a pail, make the solution and simply brush it on the wall. That is all there is to it, and the room is perfectly clean and thoroughly renovated. Common sense is not very plentiful in this world; most of it is decidedly uncommon. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after 7 days of Dr. Kline's open nerve Restor- er. Send for FREE $2.00 trial bottle. Dr. B. KLINE, 313 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Two thing to beware—a crippled mule and a man with an unloaded gun. FRANK J. CERRY makes oath that he is senior vice president of the Bank of Toledo, County and State business in the City of Toledo, County and State Bank. He will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the purchase of AVALP's TARHAM that cannot be cured by the use of HALPS' TARHAM. NOTARY PUBLIC Hall's Catarch Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. Sold by all Drugstores, 360. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. It is said that girls may make gifts of knives without impairing friendship, as the kind of knives girls give won't cut butter, say nothing of anything as firm as friendship. The color of the turquoise varies from pea-green through a greenish-blue to a blue that is almost black, but the most valued specimens are of a clear sky-blue. A man's standard of beauty altogether depends on the woman who questions him. THE MODERN FARMER How He Lives, as Compared With Fifty Years Ago. he farming life of to-day, as contrasted with that of fifty years ago, is a paradise of comfort and convenience. The lonely loghouse, remote from market and devoid of advantages that a half cycle of time has made possible, would scarcely appeal to the present day farmer. 1 century soil tiller has practically all the modern comforts. His mail is delivered daily. He has telephonic connection with the buying and selling world, affording the best opportunities for marketing to advantage. His home is of recent architecture, constructed of wood, brick or stone, and well furnished. He has modern plumbing and modern heating, and with the advent of acetylene gas, he has modern lighting. At night his home is as attractively illuminated as that of his city brother, for it is a suggestive fact that "acetylene for country homes" has so appealed to the farmer, that of the 80,000 users of acetylene gas in the United States, the farmer is one of the largest of all classes. Ever seeking the best, he has not hesitated in availing himself of this new light The continued growth and progress of this great country, ever a cause of wonderment, has no greater exemplification than evolution on the farm. Already the farmer is becoming the most enviod of men—the freest, the healthiest, the happiest! The Best Banks. The best banks are those in which no such defalcation as that of $1,500,-000 in Milwaukee can be made by the president without knowledge of the directors. The next best banks are those in which such a defalcation can be quickly made up for without loss to depositors. With New Vigor. Our Chief Magistrate, having returned to the locale of the top hat and the frock coat, will don the regulation attire with all dignity—if with a sigh or two—and will resume the heaviest task allotted to a mortal with new vigor of mind and body. Qualified. "Poor Mrs. De Olde! Her eyesight is failing so fast she is of very little use in society." "Oh, she is in great demand." "What for?" "All the girls want her as chaperon." BLESSINGS THAT COMPENSATE This pathetic little story of a blind girl is told by Ian Maclaren: "If I dinna see"—and she spoke as if this were a matter of doubt and she were making a concession for argument's sake—"there's naebody in the glen can hear like me. There's no footsteps of a Drumtochty man comes to the door but I ken his name and there's no voice oot on the road that I canna tell. The birds sing sweeter to me than to onybody else and I hear them cheeping to another in the bushes before they go to sleep. And the flowers smell sweeter to me—the roses and the carnations and the bonny mossrose—and I judge that the oat-cake and milk taste the richer because I dinna see them. No, na, ye're no to think that I've been ill-illustrated by my God, for if He didn't give me a thing He gave my mony things instead. "And mind ye, it's no as if I'd seen once and lost my sight; that might ha' been a trial and my faith might ha' failed. I've lost nothing; my life has been all getting." Back at Work Again. Buffalo, N. Y., May 22nd.—(Special)—Crippled by Kidney Disease till he could not stand on his feet for the hours required at his trade, F. R. McLean, 90 East Ferry St., this city, had to quit work entirely. Now he's back at work again and he does not hesitate to give the credit to Dodd's Kidney Pills. "Yes," Mr. McLean says "I was too bad, I had to quit. I could not stand on my feet for the necessary hours. It was Kidney Disease I had, and a friend advised me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. I did so and after using six boxes am completely cured and am working as steadily as before I was sick. I recommend Dodd's Pills to any one afflicted with Kidney trouble." There is no form of Kidney Disease Dodd's Kidney Pills will not cure. They always cure Bright's Disease, the most most advanced and deadly stage of Kidney Disease. If cigarette fiends could smell themselves as others smell them they might not think so hard of the Indiana legislators. A. Philanthropist Poet—I see you accept one of my poems and refused the other? Editor—Yes; I took one of them out of smypathy for you and refused the other out of smypathy for the public. Before it produces bark of commercial value a cork tree must be fifty years old. It is estimated that the number of Chinese out of China is nearly eight million. "SPIDER" PLANT OF AFRICA. Curious Growth That Resembles Giantic Greening Thing gantic Creeping Thing. One of the most curious plants in the world is the one described by travelers recently returned from the Cape Nego district, a little known region of Africa. It is called the spider plant. These travelers often heard from the natives of a plant that was part spider and that, growing, threw its legs about in continual struggles to escape. It was the good fortune of Dr. Welwitsch to discover the origin of the legend. Strolling along through a wind-swept table-land country he came upon a plant that rested low on the ground, but had two enormous leaves that twisted about in the wind like serpents—in fact, it looked, as the natives had said, like a gigantic spider. Its stem was four feet across and but a foot high. It had but two leaves in reality; these were six or eight feet long, and split up by the wind so that they resembled ribbons. This is probably the most extraordinary tree known. It grows for nearly, if not quite, a century, but never upward beyond about a foot, simply expanding until it reaches the size stated, and looking in its adult state like a singular stool on the plain from ten to eighteen feet in circumference.—Montreal Herald. INCREASE SPEED OF SWIMMER. Weblike Attachment Gives Force to the Stroke. Despite the fact that none of the various swimming devices that perennially make their appearance in the patent records ever materialize, does not apparently deter other inventors from attempting this fascinating problem. Most of the devices are intended for attachment to the hands or arms, the fundamental principle in all being to increase the thrust area. The specific device shown here differ from most of its class in that it is designed to be attached to the sole or the foot of the swimmer. Two ree tangular shaped wings of light bu 1111 rigid material are secured by hinges of special design. These wings are secured to the foot by means of straps. As the swimmer makes a propelling kick or thrust of the foot the wings open to their fullest extent, thereby presenting a maximum' area to and consequently affording a corresponding increase in the efficiency of the stroke. As soon as the swimmer's legs are drawn toward the body, preparatory for another stroke, the wings of the device meeting the resistance of the water naturally close as far as the straps provided for the purpose will permit them. By combining extreme lightness and compactness with durability the inventors believe they have discovered a device that will greatly facilitate the speed it is possible for a swimmer to obtain. Given Lien on Gravestones Among the many remarkable acts of the Malne Legislature, recently adjourned, was the passage of a law establishing a lien on gravestones, by which the marble worker may, within two years from the erection of the stone, take possession of the memorial in satisfaction of any sum that may at that time remain unpaid. When the law was under consideration in the legislature it attracted very little attention, but now that it has been passed there has arisen a great storm of protest. The law is denounced as "ghoulish," and the legislature and tombstone makers are being roundly abused for their utter lack of decency in thus opening a legal way to the invasion of the sacred precincts of the dead. But it is the law and Malne people who wish to rest easy in their graves must now make sure before death that the tombstone maker will be paid in full. Swan in Mourning. A swan about which a curious story is told in Cumberland has just returned for its summer visit to Moorhouse Tarn. Originally the swan took up his abode on the lakelet in company with his mate, but their nest was robbed, and the female bird died, apparently brokenhearted. The bereaved consort covered the body with leaves and reeds and departed. Every spring since he has regularly returned to the grave, always alone and, with the water hens for company, swims disconsolately about the tarn throughout the summer.—London Daily Mall. This signature of Ras Makonnen, minister of Emperor Menelek of Abyssinia, took him half an hour to write. Lost Ring Found in Glove. A young manchester, N. H., woman lost a valuable diamond ring over a year ago. The ring disappeared very mysteriously and since that time the woman has been unable to find any trace of it until last week when she found it in the end of the fingers of a glove. --- Calumet Baking Powder Health- Economy Alabastine Your Walls Alabastine produces exquisitely beautiful effects on walls and ceilings. Easy to apply, simply mix with cold water. Better than kalsomine, paint or wall paper. It is not a kalsomine, it is a sanitary, permanent, cement coating, which hardens on the walls, destroying disease germs and vermin, never rubbing or scaling. Kalsomines mixed with either hot or cold water soon rub and scale off, spilling walls, clothing and furniture. They contain glue, which decays and nourishes the germs of deadly disease. If your drugstreet or hardware dealer will not get Alabastine, refuse substitutes and imitations and order of use. You will find stains and information about decorations. ALABASTINE COMPANY One night Sir Henry Irving, on getting into a cab, gave the driver a fine Havana cigar. By the time the end of the journey was reached the cabby was putting on airs. His hat was on one side and, sitting bolt upright, he was smoking with keen enjoyment—an enjoyment that rejoiced the heart of the actor, who told him he was glad he liked the cigar. "Yes I do. I never dreamed of such tobacco!" Thereupon Irving gave him another cigar of the same brand, with the injunction to smoke it after supper. "No, sir, I won't, for the very smell of such a cigar as this in my house would make the landlord double my rent." GRIP'S UGLY SEQUEL KNEES STIFF, HANDS HELPLESS, RHEUMATISM NEAR HEART. Mrs. Van Scoy Experiences Dangerous After-Efects from Grip and Learns Value of a Blood Remedy. The grip leaves behind it weakened vital powers, thin blood, impaired digestion and over-sensitive nerves—a condition that makes the system an easy prey to pneumonia, bronchitis, rheumatism, nervous prostration, and even consumption. The story told by scores of victims of the grip is substantially the same. One was tortured by terrible pains at the base of the skull; another was left tired, faint and in every way wretched from anemia or scantiness of blood; another had horrible headaches, was nervous and couldn't sleep; another was left with weak lungs, difficulty in breathing and acute neuralgia. In every case relief was sought in vain until the great bloodbuilder and nerve-tonic, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, was used. For quickness and thoroughness of action nothing is known that will approach it. Mrs. Van Scoy makes a statement that supports this claim. She says: "I had a severe attack of grip and, before I had fully recovered, rheumatism set in and tormented me for three months. I was in a badly run-down state. Soon after it began I was so lame for a week that I could hardly walk. It kept growing steadily worse and at last I had to give up completely and for three weeks I was obliged to keep my bed. My knees were so stiff I couldn't bend them, and my hands were perfectly helpless. Then the pains began to threaten my heart and thoroughly alarmed me." While I was suffering in this way I chanced to run across a little book that told about the merits of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. The statements in it impressed me and led me to buy a box. These pills proved the very thing I needed. Improvement set in as soon as I began to take them, and it was very marked by the time I had finished the first box. Four boxes made me a well woman." Mrs. Laura M. Van Scoy lives at No. 20 Thorpe street, Danbury, Conn. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are equally well adapted for any other of the diseases that follow in the train of grip. They are sold by all draggists. There are fifty makes of typewriters, all of which are likely to be considered the worst—except the one you are accustomed to using. More Flexible and Lasting won't shake out or blow out; by using Defiance Starch you obtain better results than possible with any other and one-third more for same money. Without Reserve "Is your husband very confidential with you?" "Very. He tells me everything he suspects I've found out about him." King Emmanuel of Italy has given J. Pierpont Morgan the Grand Cordon of St. Lazarus. If the king will look up the parable in the New, Testament he will see that Lazarus and the Rich Man where not on the best of terms. You can at least put your pride in your pocket when it is empty. MISS. MILDRED KELLER. RESTORED TO HEALTH. THANKS TO PE-RU-NA. Friends Were Alarmed- Advised Change of Climate. Miss Mildred Keller, 718 13th street, N. W., Washington, D. C., writes: "I can safely recommend Peruna, for catarr. I had it for years and it would respond to no kind of treatment, or if it did it was only temporary, and on the slightest provocation the trouble would come back. "I was in such a state that my friends were alarmed about me, and I was advise, to leave this climate. Then I tried/Peruna, and to my great joy found it helped me from the first dose I took, and a few bottles cure me. "It built up my constitution, I regained my appetite, and I feel that I am perfectly well and strong."—Mildred Keller. We have on file many thousand testimonials like the above. We can give our readers only a slight glimpse of the vast array of unsolicited endorsements Dr. Hartman is receiving. WASHDAY means a day of hard labor to housekeepers. But there is great satisfaction in seeing the line full of clean clothes. You can always rest assured that the clothes will be snowy white if you use It is pure and is guaranteed not to injure the most delicate fabrics. Good housekeepers everywhere endorse it and one trial will be sufficient to convince you of its merits. Sold by grocers everywhere. Large package 5c. WHERE? FOR THAT SUMMER TRIP? BE SURE IT IS VIA THE MKT Morgan Jasper & Rice Stores We may be able to assist you in deciding. There are any number of desirable trips—cheap too—which you can make this summer to the Mountains of Colorado, the Lakes of Michigan and Wisconsin or to the Portland Exposition. Let us send you rates and particulars. Free. ADDRESS GEORGE MORTON G. P. and T. A., M. K. & T. Ry., ST. LOUIS, MG. FOR FAST TIME TIME "THE KATY FLYER." W. N. U., KANSAS CITY NO. 21, 1905 W.L.DOUGLAS Union Made $3.50 SHOES For Men. W. L. Douglas makes and sells more Men's $3.50 shoes than any other manufacturer in the world. $10,000 REWARD to any one who can disprove this statement. W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes are the greatest sellers in the world because of their superior wear qualities. They are just as good as those that cost from $3.50. Their price is the price. W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes cost more to make, hold their shape better, wear longer, and are of greater market to-day. W. L. Douglas guarantees their value by stamping his shoe. Look for it. Take no substitute. W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes are sold in principal cities, and by shoe dealers where. No matter where you live, W. L. Douglas shoes are within your reach. EQUAL $5.00 SHOES. W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes for years, and consider them. They have given sales now on the market. They have given sales in Anderson, Real Estate Agent, Kansas City, No. Boys wear W. L. Douglas $2.50 and $2.00 shoes because they fit better, hold their shoes longer than other makes. W. L. Douglas $2.00 shoes. Corona Coin is conceded to be the finest patten leather produced. Color Eyelashes will not wear Brassay. Color Eyelashes will not wear mall order business in the world. No proof is a fit by mail. Contents extra prepay delivery. Illustrated Catalogue of Spring Shoes. W. L. Douglas. Brockman, New York. Although every Swiss is a born hotelkeeper, the nation does not lose sight of the fact that hotel keeping can be overdone. A league has just been formed, for the preservation of picturesque sites from commercial vandalism. The league's agent will travel constantly in the country, reporting on landscapes threatened by the creation of new hotels. The Test of Genius Farmer Geehaw—Waal, s'pose the railroads need regulatin'. Who's competent to do it? Farmer Glddap—Waal, ther's lots o' men. Sim Brown 'd make a good one, fer instance. Farmer Geehaw—Sim Brown! What's he know about regulatin'? Farmer Glddap—A heap. He onct regulated a $2 watch. Barnyard Chat. The Peafowl—What's the matter with the goat? The Rooster—He ate a bunch of wildcat mining stock and now his stomach is bothering him. The Peafowl—Serves him right. He ought to know better than to monkey with those indigestible securities. Defiance Starch is guaranteed biggest and best or money refunded. 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now. Every woman imagines she's a perfect image of her feminine ideal. A man's last will and testiment is in a measure a dead give-away. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces infammation, always pain, cures wrist collar. Soe bottle. The ascent of the ladder may be difficult, but homehow we never notice the splinters until we begin to slide down again. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Large. Large 2-oz. 0612. The Russian Company. South Sure Sign. Grayce—I want to introduce you to Miss Soandso. Reggie—You needn't bother. She's too ugly for em. Grayce—How do you know that? You've never seen her. Reggie—True, but everybody says she's such an awfully sweet girl. Blarney. Grayce—George says that I satisfy his soul hunger so thoroughly that we need have no formal engagement. He says that in spirit we are already one. What do you think of that? Gladys—All very pretty. But just the same, I wouldn't let him talk me out of the engagement ring. These Extravagant Times. First Billionaire—How much do you suppose Astorblit is worth? Second Billionaire—Not over twenty-five millions. First Billionaire—Is that all? Why, I always considered him a well-to-do man. The Massacre of Language. City Editor—Well, what's new. Reporter—Man suicided over on the south side. City Editor—What else? Reporter—A retail merchant has ar- soned and two prominent citizens have bigamied. A playwright's occupation has a pleasant sound in name, but there's more work than play about it, all right. GREAT CHANGE From Change in Food. The brain depends much more on the stomach than we are apt to suppose until we take thought in the matter. Feed the stomach on proper food easy to digest and containing the proper amount of phosphates and the healthy brain will respond to all demands. A notable housewife in Buffalo writes: "The doctor diagnosed my trouble as a 'nervous affection of the stomach.' I was actually so nervous that I could not sit still for five minutes to read the newspaper, and to attend to my household duties was simply impossible. I doctored all the time with remedies, but medicine did no good. "My physician put me on all sorts of diet, and I tried many kinds of cereal foods, but none of them agreed with me. I was almost discouraged, and when I tried Grape-Nuts I did so with many misgivings—I had no faith that it would succeed where everything else had failed. "But it did succeed, and you don't know how glad I am that I tried it. I feel like a new person. I have gained in weight and I don't have that terrible burning sensation in my stomach any more. I feel so strong again that I am surprised at myself. The street noises that used to irritate me so, I never notice now, and my mind is so clear that my household duties are a real pleasure." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Now why was this great change made in this woman? The stomach and the brain had not been supplied with the right kind of food to rebuild and strengthen the nerve centers in these organs. It is absolute folly to try to do this with medicine. There is but one sure way and that is to quit the old food that has failed and take on Grape-Nuts food which is more than half digested in the process of manufacture and is rich in the phosphate of potash contained in the natural grain, which unites with albumen and water—the only three substances that will make up the soft gray filling in the thousands of delicate nerve centres in the brain and body. Grape-Nuts food is a sure road back to health in all such cases. HUMOUR of the DAY His Tongue a Trifle Thick. Mr. Jonsmith—How did you catch that awful cold? Mr. Tombrown—It is the result, sir, of my inability readily to pronounce barbarous combinations of consonants. Mr. Jonsmith—Why, how's that? Mr. Tombrown—I forgot my latchkey last night and was obliged to ring the bell when I got home. And because I was unable to repeat with instant fluency the ridiculous expression, "Six slim, slick saplings," my wife refused to unlock the door. The Spenders. Mrs. Wickwire—If woman were given the credit she deserves, I don't think man would be quite so prominent in the world's history. Mr. Wickwire—I expect you are right. If she could get all the credit she wanted he'd be in the workhouse. "I heard you were run into by a trolley car, Sam. Is that true?" "Oh, yes, sah, dat's de gospel truf, sah. De car struck me on de head, sah." "Couldn't have been much damage done,Sam. You don't look as if you'd been hurt." "Oh, well, boss yer jist oughter see de car!" -Yonkers Statesman. She—Would you have me believe I am the first girl you ever proposed to? He—Goodness, no! I suppose I've asked a dozen. She—And they all refused you? He—Of course. Every one of them knew I was head over heels in love with you. She—You dear boy!—Boston Transcript. Resorting to Desperate Remedy. Agent—I came to deliver your book on "How to Play the Plano." Lady—But I didn't order any such book. Agent (consulting his note-book)—Have you a next door neighbor named Jones? Lady—Yes; is it for her? Agent—No, she ordered it for you. Church—A man over in Brooklyn was arrested for falling off a ten-story building? Gotham—Was he attempting suicide? "No, he was exceeding the speed limit." A Different Boat: "There goes a broken old hulk," said the police reporter, pointing to a battered individual who was being led from the jail to the court room. "How can you call me that?" asked the prisoner, turning his head reproachfully, "when you see that I am only making my trial trip." In the Magazine Office "No man can understand this poem," said the office critic. "Good!" said the editor. "Give it first place; our readers haven't had anything to exercise their minds since our first number!"—Atlanta Constitution. --- "I see that there is talk of bringing the body of Pocahontas back from England to Virginia." "Good. I don't doubt that the Smith family would be glad to contribute a nickel apiece to help the project along." Father—In asking for the hand of my daughter, young man, I trust you fully realize the exact value of the prize you seek. Prospective Son-in-law—Well—er—I had not figured it quite so close as hat, but I guessed it at about half a million.—Chicago Journal. Unreasonable Criticism Unreasonable Criticism. First Heeler—They say we sell our otes to the highest bidder Second Heeler—What do they exect us to do—sell them to the low st? His Seasonable Sermon. "That's twice in two weeks the preacher took the text, 'All liars shall have their portion in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone.'" The old deacon looked solemn. Then he reached a hand over and said: "Bill, ole boy, let's you an' me quit the fishin' business!" "I want you to take back that parrot. He uses dreadful language." "But only in Spanish, ma'am, only in Spanish." "Yes, I know." "But how can madam know?" "I studied Spanish to find out what he said." Rural Justice—I swan! That thar toll gate keeper ain't got nary bit of sense." Caller—Think not? Rural Justice—I know it, by heck! Here I wanted to catch them thar city automobile fellers for fast riding and he goes to work and warns them to slow down. How does he think I'm going to get a new pair of boots and a "biled" shirt if I can't collar a few fines?—Chicago News. Insist on Getting It Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because defiance contains 16 oz. for the same money. Do you want 16 oz, instead of 12 oz. for same money? Then buy Defiance Starch. Requires no cooking. Where others quit is just where we get our second wind. RAILROADS AND PROGRESS. In his testimony before the senate committee on interstate commerce at Washington on May 4, Prof. Hugo R. Meyer of the Chicago university, an expert on railroad management, made this statement: "Let us look at what might have happened if we had heeded the protests of the farmers of New York and Ohio and Pennsylvania (in the 70's, when grain from the west began pouring to the Atlantic seaboard). and acted upon the doctrine which the interstate commerce commission has enunciated time and again, that no man may be deprived of the advantages accruing to him by virtue of his geographical position. We could not have west of the Mississippi a population of millions of people who are prosperous and are great consumers. We never should have seen the years when we built 10,000 and 12,000 miles of railway, for there would have been no farmers west of the Mississippi river who could have used the land that would have been opened up by the building of those railways. And if we had not seen the years when we could build 10,000 and 12,000 miles of railway a year, we should not have to-day east of the Mississippi a steel and iron producing center, which is at once the marvel and the despair of Europe, because we could not have built up a steel and iron industry if there had been no market for its product. We could not have in New England a great boot and shoe industry; we could not have in New England a great cotton milling industry; we could not have spread throughout New York and Pennsylvania and Ohio manufacturing industries of the most diversified kinds, because those industries would have no market among the farmers west of the Mississippi river. And while the progress of this country, while the development of the agricultural west of this country, did mean the impairment of the agricultural value east of the Mississippi river, that ran up into hundreds of millions of dollars, it meant incidentally the building up of great manufacturing industries that added to the value of this land by thousands of millions of dollars. And, gentlemen, those things were not foreseen in the '70's. The statesmen and the public men of this country did not see what part the agricultural development of the west was going to play in the industrial development of the east. And you may read the decisions of the interstate commerce commission from the first to the last, and what is one of the greatest characteristics of those decisions? The continued inability to see the question in this large way. The interstate commerce commission never can see anything more than that the farm land of some farmer is decreasing in value, or that some man who has a flour mill with a production of fifty barrels a day is being crowded out. It never can see that the destruction or impairment of farm values in this place means the building up of farm values in that place, and that that shifting of values is a necessary incident to the industrial and manufacturing development of this country. And if we shall give to the interstate commerce commission power to regulate rates, we shall no longer have our rates regulated on the statesmanlike basis on which they have been regulated in the past by the railway men, who really have been great statesmen, who really have been great builders of empires, who have had an imagination that rivals the imagination of the greatest poet and of the greatest inventor, and who have operated with a courage and daring that rivals the courage and daring of the greatest military general. But we shall have our rates regulated by a body of civil servants, bureaucrats, whose besetting sin the world over is that they never can grasp a situation in a large way and with the grasp of the statesman; that they never can see the fact that they are confronted with a small evil; that that evil is relatively small, and that it cannot be corrected except by the creation of evils and abuses which are infinitely greater than the one that is to be corrected." A man on a horse is being led by two women in dresses. The Young Physician. WHAT HIS EXPERIENCE PROVED. In the early sixties it was usually the duty of a practicing physician to ride many miles every day on his regular round of visits upon his patients. In those days a young man who had received a splendid medical training in one of the best medical colleges of that day was accustomed to wear twenty or thirty miles or more visible arm and an afflicted. His success was soon phenomenal. Doctors and families called him for consultation to towns at considerable distances by rail. One of his specialties was the cure of those distressing diseases of women. He had early discovered that by combining the vegetable extract of tomentosa and mineral plants in just the right proportion with his hol—his prescription invariably cured such cases. Later, in order to place this remedy before the public in a shape easily to be procured, he established a laboratory at Buffalo, N. Y., where regularly qualified chemists were put in charge to accurately prepare his prescription and put it in shape for shipment to all parts of the country in his remedy, which he named Dr. Pierce's patent medicine, is not a "patent medicine" in the common acceptance of the term, but a tonic for women, and a regular physi- Conviction Folk When buying loose coffee or anything to have in his bin, how do you getting? Some queer stories about could be told, if the people who had speak out. Could any amount of mere talk housekeepers to use Lion Coffee the leader of all package co of a century, if they had not found it su Purity, Strength, Flavor Lion Follows loose coffee or anything y how do you know queer stories about coffee the people who handle it count of mere talk have Lion Coffee all package coffee had not found it superior length, Flavor and Follows Trial coffee or anything your grocer happens do you know what you are stories about coffee that is sold in bulk, who handle it (grocers), cared to mere talk have persuaded millions of in Coffee, package coffees for over a quarter found it superior to all other brands in Flavor and Uniformity? ON COFFEE Conviction Follows Trial When buying loose coffee or anything your grocer happens to have in his bin, how do you know what you are getting? Some queer stories about coffee that is sold in bulk, could be told, if the people who handle it (grocers), cared to speak out. Could any amount of mere talk have persuaded millions of housekeepers to use the leader of all package coffees for over a quarter of a century, if they had not found it superior to all other brands in Purity, Strength, Flavor and Uniformity? This popular success of LION COFFEE can be due only to inherent merit. There is no stronger proof of merit than continued and increasing popularity. If the verdict of MILLIONS OF HOUSEKEEPERS does not convince you of the merits of LION COFFEE, it costs you but a trifle to buy a package. It is the easiest way to convince yourself, and to make you a PERMANENT PURCHASER. LION COFFEE is sold only in 1 lb. sealed packages, and reaches you as pure and clean as when it left our factory. Lion-head on every package. Save these Lion-heads for valuable premiums. SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. valuable premiums. GROCERS WHERE E CO., Toledo, Ohio. Chieftain Ball Bearin tain Ball Bearing Stackers NO PULLEYS TO WEAR OUT ROPE AND INGREASE DRAFT romatic head, holds hay against strife he has shortest distance to travel and he mounted or unmounted. We also Lever, Sweep and If Your Dealer Doesn't Hear CHINE COMPANY ENDS WOMEN TRIOT MAYFLOWER SHOE $2,295.00 these Shoes were Awarded Prize at St. Louis World's Best in Shoes for which means flexible soles, with MAXFLOWER SHOE hand turn. Is stylish, durable durer for them. If he does not hans they will please you and you w they will please you and you w BRAND SHOES ARE BY JOHNSON & RAND S LOUIS onists One W holds has against strong whids and delivers it on stock best distance to travel and return. Absolutely lightest draint or unmounted. We also make beats. Sweep and Rear Hitch Rakes Dealer Doesn't Handle Them, Write Us. THE COMPANY, ALBIA, IOWA WOMEN'S MAYFLOWER $2,200 SHOE Wages were Awarded St. Louis World's Fair 50% is made from all leathers, sole lasts, to fit any look. The are as flexible soles, with no wax or tacks MAXFLOWER SHOE for Women M. In style durable and one handle. m. If he does not handle these shoes please you and you will save from 50 prices usually charged for shoes of SHOES ARE BETTER SON & RAND SHOE CO. U.S.A. its One Way Tickets Automate head holds hay against strong winds and delivers it on state lines. It also distances hay from absolutely lightest and either mounted or on a trailer. We also make best WESTERN MACHINE COMPANY MENS PATRIOT $3.50 SHOE $2.00 These Shoes were Aw Grand Prize at St. Louis W The PATRIOT SHOE for Men is over stylish yet comfortable lasts, to Goofer, a make which means flexible sole to irritate the foot. The MAXIMO is made in wolts and hand turns. Is stylish. Ask your dealer for them. If he does write us direct. They will please you and cents to $1.50 per pair in prices usualy this character. STAR BRAND SHOES A ROBERTS JOHNSON & RAN ST. LOUIS Cheap Colonists One WESTERN MACHINE COMPANY, ALBIA, IOWA THE PATRIOT SHOE for Men is made from all leathers, over one inch wide and fit any foot. They are Goodear wefts, which means flexible leather. You can irritate the foot. The MAYFLOWER SHOE for Women is made from a stretchy, stylish, durable and comfortable. Ask your designer for them. You should these shoes, write us direct. They will please you and you will be satisfied. The pair in prices usually charged for shoes of this character. Cheap Colonists One Way Tickets MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY $25.00 to California $25.00 to Portland, O Seattle, Wa Tacoma, Wa $20.00 to Salt Lake City, Utah. Ogden, Utah. Tickets on Sale Daily Until May 15th. For all E. S. JEWETT, General Agent Bell 'Phone 740 Hickery. Portland, Ore. 25.00 to Seattle, Wash. $ Tacoma, Wash. I尔 Lake City, Utah. en, Utah. Pullman ing Cara. Chair Car Until May 15th. For all informa SWETT, General Agent, 901 ary. Portland, Ore. Seattle, Wash. $22.50 to Spokane, Wash. Tacoma, Wash. Utah. Pullman and Tourist Sleep- ing Cars. Free Recording Chair Cars. 5th. For all information Write or Call on General Agent, 901 Main St. $25.00 to California $25.00 to Portland, Ore. Seattle, Wash. $22.50 to Spokane, Wash. Tacoma, Wash. $20.00 to Salt Lake City, Utah. Ogden, Utah. Pullman and Tourist Sleep- ing Cars. Free Recording Chair Cars. SMOKERS: FIND LEWIS'S SINGLE BINDER 5ft Cigar better Quality then most 10ft Cigars Your jobber or direct from Factory, Pearl, In ```markdown ``` clan's prescription, and contains the following non-alcoholic ingredients: Lady's Slipper (Cappipedium Pubescens) Black Cohosh (Camellia Faga Recosonensis) Unicorn root (Chamomile Luteum) Blue Cohosh (Calophyllum Thalictrale) Golden Seal (Hydrastis Canadensis) Scientifically prepared by experienced chemists at the Laboratory of the Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N.Y. Dr. Pierces does not claim for his "Favorite Prescription" that it is a cure-all. It is recommended as the most perfect specific for woman's peculiar needs. So uniform are the results which follow the use of this remarkable remedy that it can be truly affirmed of "Favoritecription" that it always helps and dures Rumor. It is eight per cent of the women who give this medicine a fair and faithful trial are cured and remain cured. It is a powerful invigorating tone imparting health and strength in particular to the womb and its appendages. The local, womanly health is so intimately related to the general health that when she chooses the delicate womanly organs are cured the womb body gains in health and strength. For women and sickly women who are "worn-out," un-down- or debilitated, especially for school women, work in store, office or school, who sit at the typewriter or sewing machine, or bear heavy household burdens, Pierce's Favorite Prescription will prove a priceless benefit because of its health-restoring and strength-giving power. THE PROOF. "I want to tell you of the great improvement in my health since taking your 'The Prescription,'" says Mrs. H. S. Jones of Pierce's Favorite Prescription, "uses my I use it was physical wreck and had been having good health again. Could it be all day. I noted a great improvement in the first bottle was all used. Was sufferer with almost every condition, the woman is subject to; had inflammation and painful and suppressed periods, and other symptoms of female disease. After taking this prescription, I feel like a new person. Can ride and take all kinds of exercise and not fail." FEEL CRANKY?—Case of constipation A man or woman who neglects constipation suffers from slow poisoning. Dorie Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation. One little "Pellet" is a guide laxative, and a two mild cathartic. 25 CENTS PISO'S CURE FOR GUESSES WHERE ALL ELSE FAIL. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggist. CONSUMPTION THE PROOF LION COFFEE WOOLSON SPOT GROUND KANSAS CITY, MO.