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 It Needs Much. be the Metropolis City of Kansas and the Great West. To a person about town it is apparent that nothing needful in the two Kansas Tities is a Rescue Home among Negroes or the warward girls and women who are winding their way on down to the lowest regions of the bottomless pit, be cause when they would turn from a com-married life of shame, no hand is out watched to save them and they are locked and scorned by all, dragged into suits, sent to workhouses, to the jails necessitaries. The victims of the unlicensed passion entrates in men's clothing and scorns their own sex. Hundred of girls to go are on the downward road at a gal- gling speed who could be checked and suspectly make ultimately decent and regrettable citizens. Few people are will- 力 help a woman when she is down, always ready to shove them farther in the hill, the effort of a fallen woman to rise is in the most cases pitiful women with all their sympathetic positions, with all their love and ten passes, if they are on the top wave of critics are among the first and most critics of a poor unfortunate sister who has fallen by the wayside with the power to rise without help. Very few people will open their homes in a fallen woman who is struggling to form. It is therefore urgently necessary that a Rescue Home should be placed, where unfortunate girls and women could find rest, protection, care and mindness. this would go a long ways to reformation of fallen women. A case of an unfortunate colored girl stood as a fit subject for such a home was before Police Judge Simms recently. She was arrested by a colored officer and defended by a colored attorney. She was charged with street walk and a cocaine fiend, she was truly the pitted for inquiries made by us caught out the fact that she at one time was a good girl, but the cruelties at home presided over by a stepfather are responsible for her start downward. Credit to Judge imms for discharging set to make a new start. Who of our women our Christian workers will put the ball to rolling in a worthy use. The ordinance raising the salaries of the police officers in this city should be assessed. Firemen and Policecemen ought to be the best paid people in any municipality. Their lives are in jeopardy at all times. Their lot may be looked upon as happy ones, on the face, but it is from happy under the surface. Will duties block this ordinance, we await see. Courtly begins at home and if we can see straight it remains there. Notwithstanding that there are three charitable institutions in this city known and established as hospitals. A poor unfortunate without a dollar nor any means of holding on some stands in poor place in charitable inclined hospitals in this city. A great big city like ours interested in all that tends to make a city fit place to live, ought beyond all reasonable doubts have a City Hospital for the benefit of charity in reality. We neatly endorse Mayor Rose in his effort to better the water service to the extent of municipal ownership. We use with him in his stand for the most liberal terms toward the city, in the training of franchises. It should not be a matter of party lines when the peoples interest are at stake. Too long has political squabbling stood in the way of progressiveness in this city and the bringing out of all that is commendable in a public official who has good intentions. Mrs. Pauline Clay of Minneapolis Minn. is the guest of Mrs. Lulu Johnson of State avenue. The new K. of T. Hall will be open to the public on June 16th 1905. Anniversary services will be held at the first Baptist, Sunday, A CRYING NEED. WHY NOT? A CITY HOSPITAL WHAT IS DOING It is about time that the citizens of this city are awaken to the grand possibilities of a greater city. The civic pride of our city seems dead and they are content on running in the same old rut. In efforts to make this a greater Kansas City, color and politics should cut no figure, but one united band of citizens laboring toward one end, that of making this city the best place on earth to live. Needed Very Badly. In a progressive city like the above it is certainly a disgrace to a population one near 80.000 people that a big chicken coop, with so many pigeon holes for a City Hall is ours. To find all the city officials in this city one needs a map to properly locate them, because the chicken coop cannot house the official chickens. Second and Third class cities have a more commodious and decent looking building for a city hall than we the proud boasters of a First Class City. It would have be a great deal more commendable on the part of the citizens who have civic pride to vote bonds for a new city hall than a 'Jim Crow High Schools. It is disgusting and shameful to know that the little pigeon hole used for the Mayors office is not one half as respectable looking as the poorest lawyer's in this city. When we boast of pride and progressiveness, a look at our City Hall, put us in the plight of a peacock, being dressed in gay attire, looks at his feet and tucks his head in shame The City Treasurer's office graced by a womanis not muen larger then 2x4, and is built in a gang way. The furniture in the City Engineers office looks like relics from the recent flood. All this and even more in the boasted Metropolis city of the great West. If the major portion of the citizens had, or took time to inspect our City Hall, we believe they would all irrespective of party, creed or anything else, join in one great chorus for a New City Hall. The present city hall would not meet the demands of a village, Kansas City, Kans., is no longer in swaddling clothes its a full grown individual. Mrs. Nannie Ewing of Leavenworth pent Sunday in the City. Mr. H. P. Ewing formerly a potato king of the Kaw Vally lately manager of the K. C. Embalming and Casket Co. now a prosperus business man of Muskgoogee Indian Territory, is in the city among friends. Mrs. Emma Fields of Lafayette ave. is still very seriously ill. Mr. Geo. Bradford will leave for Los-Angeles Cal. about June 1st. Mr. J. J. Thomas has been appointed financial secretary and collector for the Knights and ladies of Protection. Insurance Society for Kansas City, Kansas. Mr. James Rutherford and family leave ere long for NiCodemus to reside permanently. The International Order of Twelve Hall at 11th and Washington avenue is being rapidly pushed towards completion. Mrs Joseph Wilson of State ave. and little family left the past week to enjoy the breezes of a country home in Missouri she will doubtless remain all summer The funeral of William Triggs of 3025 Sherman avenue, who died last Tuesday was held Thursday morning. he leavs a wife and large circle of friends to mourn their lost. The funeral of Mr. B. Mason, the old soldier, citizen and member of the Wasil hington temple 25 of the Internationa Order of Twelve, who died at Douglass Hospital the past week, will be held Sunday from the First Baptist Church Interment at Oak Grove. Largest Building in the World. The Crystal palace accommodates more people than any other building in the world. it will hold 100,000. According to the late returns, there are 1,756 distinct trades being carried on in London and its suburbs. Berlin Land Values Double. The ground value of the city of Berlin is said to be worth twice what it was in 1887. Trades in London. 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 jesire file needs careful advice as to her toilets, and her husband, if he be a certain type of man of the world, knows how to give it. Japanese Swords Best. The sword makers of Toledo and Damascus have been reputed to be the world's most famous artisans in this industry, but in Japan the swordsmiths turn out weapons whose blades are fully as green and as hard and composed of metal of as fine quality as those of the old swordsmiths. Superstitious Criminals. All criminals are great believers in dreams. Some time ago, at Manchester, a daring thief awaiting trial told a warder 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. Liguefies 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 roun' 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?" 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. Heit, a French inventor, has recently patented a compass which automatically registers minute by minute. The compass card is fixed on a steel pivot, which rests on a fixed agate, instead of having at its center an agate resting on a fixed steel point. The fixed agate is immersed in a drop of mercury, which serves as a conductor for the electric current that causes the movements of registering. 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 pauperis 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 an- clent 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. 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 the former are more excitable, and because the moderating power of the cerebral hemispheres is less in them than among men generally. Profound study makes men serious, and so foolish people are sometimes noted for laughing immoderately. Yet laughter is not so much an index to intelligence as it is to the condition of health. Healthy, vigorous people are proverbially of good-humored joyous, laughing natures, while the "sallow, gloomy-eyed dyspeptic" is a description scientifically accurate. The envious, wicked and malevolent rarely laugh, because, phrenologists say, they are impregnated with bile, and are, therefore, morose. The haughty, the vain and the awkward also laugh very little, for fear of losing their dignity. The Spanish people, proverbially grave, are a good example. People who have lines extending downward from the angle at the mouth toward the chin well marked rarely laugh, and, moreover, show a tendency to pensiveness in youth and malancholy 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 ma 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 indors, 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 oat sky high. Last Sunday Amy informed us That she and told Jimmy "yes," Pa, ma, and me. Can get on that porch, I guess, —Cleveland Leader. Making Wood Tar, It is curious to notice that wood tar is prepared just as it was in the fourth cury B. C. A bank is chosen and a mole dug, into which the wood is placed, covered with turf. A fire is lighted underneath, and the tar slowly drips into the barrels placed to reeve 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. Ruse of Courtship. A wise girl always pretends to be a little more daffy than the young man she is planning to face the parson with. Cure as Bad as Disease. Cure as Bad as Disease. Onlons are recommended as a cure for indigestion, but as yet there has been no cure discovered for onlons. 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 clause in the above named Court. Wherein Mary Darkis is Plaintiff, and William darkis is Deendant, 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. HOWSON 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 defendant, 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 Quidardo 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. Payne and Wassom, her attorneys. First Publication May 12th. 1905. Attest. Wm. Needles Clerk of the said Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. per D. C. McCambs Deputy. NOW IS the time to Subscribe For [the Weekly American Citizen. PATTERSON & GAYDEN -Dealers In- Hard and Soft Coal, Wood. Vault & Cesspool Cleaning. Cisterns Filled Tel. 215 West. 527 STATE AVE. 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. Woman Mountain Climber Woman Mountain Climber. By far the most expert woman mountaineer in the world is Mrs. Fanny Bullock Workman. In the Himalayas she has climbed to an altitude of 22,568 feet. On the same occasion her husband broke the world's record for men by 311 feet, by climbing 23,194 feet up a mountain 24,797 feet high. Mrs. Workman is of medium height, and there is nothing in her appearance to suggest the strength she has displayed in some of her wonderful feats. The kansas City Kansas Soap Company. is the name of a new Stock Company with a 2,000 capital stock recently organized and will soon be doing business at 1510 North 4th street it give promise of a successful venture Wm. Arnold general manager. Rev. M. Phillips ast manager. Mr. Wm. Overton a well known business man Treasure Mr. Isaac Parker President. Mr. J. W. Gillispie Secretary. Shares are $10 each, already 115 shares have been sold and indication are that the Capital Stock will soon be subscribed. Better get in on the ground floor of a good thing. Let your money help make you more EXECUTORS NOTICE STATE OF KANSAS. SS WYANDOTTE COUNTY. IN THE PROBATE COURT OF SAID COUNTY. In the matter of the Estate of Mary L. Gordon Deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters testamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the last will and testament of Mary L. Gordon late of said county, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid. Dated the 21 day of March 1905. Now all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate; and that if such claims 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 co unty State of Kansas. Mary Atkinson. Plaintiff. Vs. J. B. Atkinson. Defendant. No. 18997 The State of Kansas The State of Kansas to J. B. Atkinson, Greeting:— You are hereby notified that the plaintiff in the above entitled cause did on the 22nd day of September, 1904. file her petition in a certain action against you in the District Court in Wyandotte County State of Kansas. asking for an absolute divorce on the grounds of abandonment and desertion, and unless youdemur, 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. McCombs, Deputy. EXECUTOR'S n the matter of the Estate of, ' Jane Redd Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the Last Will and Testament of Jane Redd, late of said County, deceased by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, date the 6th day of February A. D. 1905. Now, all persons having claims against the said Estate, are hereby notified that they must pr sent the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said Letters, or they may be precluded from any 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. I. F. BRADLEY executor of the Last Will and Testament of Jane Redd Deceased. First published Feb. 11th 1905. Notice of Final Settlement State of Kansas In the Probate Court in and for County of Wyandotte said County. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLARA WILLIAMS SLEDE DECEASED Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesidr 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 Decided. In Witness Whereof, the undersigned, Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyon dote. 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 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. The Oldest Negro Journal Published Weekly in this part of the Country. FUBISHED WEEKLY at 1510 Norh 3rd Street KANSAS CITY KANSAS W. C. Martin Editor, Geo. A. Dudley, Publisher and Business Manager. Terms OF SubscriptioninAdvance. One Year, $1.00 Six Months, 65 cents Three Months, 40. c ne Month, 15.0 Advertiseing 25 cts. Per Inch First Insertion. A Standing Display 'Add' for 3 Months or longer 15c per inch, each insertion. Entered as second class matter December first, 1904 at the Post office at Kansas City, Kansas under the Act of congress of March rd. 1879." Grewsome Collection. A French professor is the owner of a collection of 920 human heads, reprecenting every known race of people. Scarlet for Bachelor Maids. When an unmarried woman dies in Brazil the coffin, hearse and livery of the coachman are all scarlet. Cost of London's Paupers. Every year $4,000,000 is spent on the food and clothing of indoor paupers in London. Here is the Place. J. T. ROBERTS TONSORIAL PARLOR, All the Latest Style Hair Cuts, Clean Shave strictly Up-to-Date. 438 MINNESOTA AVENUE. Call and see H.S. Sykes and and A. Gooden maufactor of Pop corn in ball aud brick at 316 Oakland ave A Word To You. The lack of proper appreciation of the efforts of Negro newspapers make in an uphill business to maintain the standard of excellence desired by those in the business. Just why the race is so utterly slack, in giving to their own the proper patronage is one of the unsolved mysteries. Each day and week bring to us the warring of being a unit in behalf of our own salvation. It takes something beside wind to publish the most weakly of weeklies. If every Afro-American family would pledge themselves to stand by an organ builped in their behalf, just one year, the results would be unbelieved we ask the colored brother to wake up look around and observe, see if you cannot discern that the signs of the times don't speak in thundering tones for a the public advocates of our interests han, why wait do your part by subscripting getting your neighbors to do the same end watch the good results. Notice of Final Settlement. State of Kansas County of Wyandott In the Probate Court in and forsaid County. In the Matter of the Estate of John R.Smith Deceased. Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified, that at the next regular term of the Probate Court in and forsaid County, to be begun and held at the Probate Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte and State aforesaid, on the first Monday in month of February. A. D. 1905. I shall apply to said Court for a full and final settlement of said estate. JAMES D. SMITH. Administrator of the Estate John R. Smith. Deceased. In Witness Whereof, the undesigned Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte,State of Kansas,have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 24th day of December, A. D. 1904. Winfield Freeman, Probate Judge. Res. 430 Nebraska ave. Tel.383 White. SOUTH AMERICAN MEDICAL INSTITUTE Office Houro: From 10 A. M., till 4 p. m. and from 6 till 9 P. M., C.H.C. JORDAN- M.M.M.D.. Reaching the creamery one of the committee halted and said: "Sir, I wish to direct your attention to that grave. The man who lies buried there had to be provided with the largest coffin ever made in this city." The honored guest thanked his host not so much for the information as for relieving the strain—Pittsburg Dispatch. TRUTH PROVED BY EXAMFLE. Storekeeper Certainly Lacked the Gift of Energy. William C. Greene, the copper magate, was talking to a young man about success. "The secret of success is enterprise, energy," said Col. Greene. "To be lazy, to stick always in the same old rut, that is how to make a wretched failure of your life. "I went West when I was 17, and after a spell of contracting and prospecting about Prescott, I farmed a bit in the San Pedro Valley. There was a storekeeper I used to buy my supplies from at that time who was a failure of the first water. This man's lack of enterprise was so great that people used to bring their children from miles around to study him. He was valuable as a horrible example. "There', they would say to the youngsters, 'take warning by Manners. He is a failure. He has no enterprise. Don't grow up like him. He resembles a tortoise, doesn't he?" "Poor Manners in his sluggishness lld resemble a tortoise a good deal. I sent a boy in to him one day with a pack mule to get five gallons of molasses. The boy told me afterward that when he entered the store Manners was dozing. The boy coughed and the man awoke and got up. He opened his mouth wide, and stood on tiptoe and stretched out his arms in a vast yawn. Then he said to the boy: "Wotcha want?" "Five gallons of molasses, Mr. Manners', the boy spoke up, sharp and quick. "Wah-h-h-h', yawned Manners again. Then as he took up the jug he grumbled: "Ain't there nobody what sells molasses in this here town but me?" PLEASURE OF EASTERN WOMEN. Their Main Occupation the Diversions of the Toilet. An eastern lady of high degree spends an amount of time over her toilet that would quite astonish the most fashionable society lady. First she has her hair dressed by her maid, who, after anointing the long, silky black locks with a little oil, made from aloe wood or cocoanut, arranges it simply in a long, smooth plait, low on the nape of the neck, and decorated either with gold or jewelled ornaments. Next the bath is prepared as hot as it can be borne, and in this the lady may stay as long as two or three hours. Soaps are not used, but, instead, there are multifarious unguents, secret preparations of the bathing women, which render the skin soft as velvet and delicately perfumed. Oftentimes the face is washed over with milk, into which has been squeezed lemon juice. The hair of the oriental woman is usually beautifully long, soft and glossy, and the way they arrange it is invariably becoming to their soft type of beauty. Perfumes are much indulged in. These are introduced in the bath and permeate the garments, but are rarely used on a handkerchief. The Foam on the Top. The Foam on the Top. Don't snuggle conceit to your bosom, my boy, Because you're on top of the wave. For here is a thought that might serve as alloy To the gold of the credit you crave: The best is not always at surface, my boy. And I think, if to notice you'll stop. You'll observe that the good to the bottom may run. But the foam always lingers on top. I would not discourage your zeal, my dear lad; It is best to keep working away. But this funny old world often labels as bad The thing that is good in its day. In fact may be it classifies wrong Some part of the great cartilage crop. And I think you will note as you journey along That the foam often gets to the top. We will not mention names if you please, my dear youth. But look on the world as you go. See that the foam we place at the summit, in truth. Then gaze on the mortals below. And I give you my word I'll have noth- And this brief little anthem will stop, If you do not agree with the thing that I preach. That the foam may be found on the top. -A. J. Waterhouse in Sunset Magazine. A Polite Discharge James Rankin Young, the new superintendent of the Dead Letter office admires politeness. "It is possible," he said recently, "to be polite always. It is possible to be polite even when discharging a drunken coachman. I know that this is so, for I have seen the thing done. "A friend of mine found himself obliged last week to get rid of his coachman for drunkenness. He summoned the man into his presence, and discharged him with this polite speech: "I fear, Montgomery, that we must part. It has been impossible for me to avoid noticing that several times during the past month you have been—er—sober. Now, I don't believe that any man can attend properly to drinking if he has driving to do, and, therefore, at the month's end you will be free to devote yourself exclusively to your chosen occupation." All Christians In his article in the Woman's Home Companion, describing the International Sunday School Convention in Jerusalem, Doctor Devins relates the following significant incident: "An unexpected favor was received from the officers of the Russian church on the Mount of Olives. A meeting had been planned to be held near the place of the Ascension. As the leader of the meeting, the writer went to see if it could be held under the trees near the church. "Why not?" was the reply, accompanied by a smile on the saintly face of the speaker. 'Why not?' Do we not worship the same Christ?" WIT IS NOT APPRECIATED. Glasgow, Scotland, Character Has Fun With Actors. A provincial theater in the east of Scotland is being tormented and amused at intervals by a wit among the gallery gods who insists on keeping up a running commentary on the play. He has enlivened many a dull piece by his droll interpolations, but he has also come pretty near ruining many an intensely dramatic or sentimental situation by the sudden and always apropos qualities of his interruptions. He has a high pitched, penetrating voice, and the town police, who have been on the verge of ejecting him a dozen times, say that he was a Glasgow cab driver who retired with a competence and now takes this way to give play to a wit that was once famous in the great city. On one occasion a dreary melodrama was being presented. The heroine of the play, pursued by the villain, had taken refuge in the house of her lover, who, as the hero of the play, was of course, at variance with his sweetheart's parents. The exigencies of the plot required that the irate father, sword in hand and at the head of his faithful retainers, should track the girl to the gates of the hero's treacherous and disgraceful elopement, enter the room where the scared heroine had been secreted under the table. "Wretch!" cried the furious father, "your life shall answer for this. I demand my child. Where is she." Then, shrill and startling in the expectant silence, from the gallery came the answer: "Unner the table, ye dinged lout! Dinna ye see her slipper stickin' out" Duffa ye see her supper stickin' oot?" The house was in a tumult of merriment in a moment, but it was the "angry father" himself, who ruined the situation, for he burst into immoderate laughter and the curtain fell in the middle of the act, to rise again upon an audience that could not repress its risibles for the rest of the evening. HE WANTED A MORTGAGE. Swede's Experience With a Deed Had Taught Him Caution. Halvor Steenerson, Congressman from Minnesota, tells a story of a Swede who went to that state from one of the Dakotas for the purpose of buying a farm. A land agent acted as guide and informant to the Swede, who eventually found what he wanted. When the time came to make out the necessary papers, the agent asked the Swede what method he preferred to adopt in making payments. "Ay pay all. Ay haf da money," replied the Swede. "Very well, then. I'll make out the deed," said the agent. "No!" suddenly exclaimed the Swede. "Ay no want deed!" "Why, yes, you do!" rejoined the agent, astonished. "You pay the money and you take a deed for the farm." "No, no!" earnestly asseverated the Swede. "Ay no want deed! Ay had deed oep 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 gif me mortgage!"—The Sunday Magazine. Getting Posted. "I would like to ask you a question if you don't mind," said the old man in the street car to the man on his right. "Go ahead, sir." "I should like to know the meaning of the term 'History repeats itself.' I come across it most every day. How does history repeat itself?" "That's easily answered," said the other. "For instance, if you should ask me what I thought of the weather I should tell you to go and be hanged to you. If we should meet a month, hence and you asked me the same question over again my reply would be the same." "I think I see—I think I do," mused the old man, as he leaned back and crossed his feet. "Yes, I guess I understand, and I want to tell you that you are a durned mean jackass of a man and that history is going to repeat itself every blamed time I run across you for the next ten years to come."—Chicago News. A Gentle Thrust. James Jeffrey Roche, the new Consul to Genoa, was talking about a magazine editor. "This man," he said, "rejected some of the best of my early verse. He rejected some of the best verse of my friends. Why he is an editor I can't imagine. He certainly has no critical sense. "I indicated this to him one day. He had announced to me that he was going to get married. He had praised the lady of his choice ardently, declaring her to be a poem. "‘A poem?’ said I. "‘A poem,’ he repeated. "‘And still you do not reject her?’ f exclaimed." Winter Soft as the plumes of sleep drifts down The pure white silence of the snow The bells make merry in the town, Where happy faces come and go. The brooding quiet of the trees, Is broken sweet, in yonder glen, By "day, day day," of chickadees And keen, sweet song of winter wren. Of glowing days some magic word Is wretched when the grosbeaks sing; And in the meaning pines is heard The whisper of returning spring This is the birthday of the year, Now far off summer's battles start; And lo; the very cold grows dear, The widest storm wind warms the heart. Telephone Bell W. 32. W. B, FUNERAL And, Embalmer The Very ages For All Purpose. At The Best Equipment Ambulance For Sick On Short Notice. Chan 431 Minnesota. Ave Nice F ROOMS AN A 1$3.25 At the Corner of seco Armourdale Kansas. And to street car service. You w MRS. E, L, SMIT KANSAS CIT 1510 N Are Manufactors of the Be ing Soaps. A GIVET HEM YOU One trial of their brand th convince you RESTA 1012 N Is the best place in the city a.m, to n.p.m, every thing i MEALS 1 Mrs. Thatcher the prop city and will please you, gi NESS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. Money on Watches. D CLOTHING AN B, Ray GENERAL DIRECTOR The Very Best of Service Purpose. At All Hours. Equiped White For Sick and w Notice. Charges Reason Iowa. Ave. Kansas C Notice the Furries S AND BOA $3.25 per w mer of second and Del Kansas. And in a good lo ice. You will get best L, SMITH PROPRI S CITY S 510 N, 4th S of the Best Grades on aps. A Home Insti EMYOUR PA or brand the Snowflake since you of their me STAURA 2012 N 3rd S in the city and will serve everything is cooked to EALS 15 CENTS or the prop, is one of the se you, give; her a call CONFIDENTIAL. J. H. CO money to Lo es. Diamonds ING AND EVERY Of Value and Jewelry Sold on CASH PRICES. Pledges For Sale HES AND JEWELRY REP on Loan Of Iowa ave. kansas OPPORT W. B. Raymond FUNERAL DIRECTOR. And, Embalmer The Very Best of Service, Fine Carriages For All Purpose. At All Hours. The Best 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 A t$3.25 per week At the Corner of second and Deleware streets in Armourdale Kansas. And in a good location convenint to street car service. You will get best of treatment. MRS. E, L, SMITH PROPRIETRESS. KANSAS CITY SOAP CO. KANSAS CITY SOAP CO. Are Manufactors of the Best Grades of Toilet & Washing Soaps. A Home Institution. GIVETHEMYOUR PATRONAGE One trial of their brand the Snowflake and Union will convince you of their merits. RESTAURANT 1s the best place in the city and will serve you from 5,30 a.m, to n p. m, every thing is cooked to taste, MEALS 15 CENTS, Mrs. Thatcher the prop, is one of the best cooks in the city and will please you, give her a call. NESS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. J. H. COLIN, PROPRIETOR. Money to Loan on Watches. Diamonds Jewelry. CLOTHING AND EVERYTHING Watches and Jewel AT CASH Unclaim. Pledges FINE WATCHES AND JE Union Lo 427 Minnesota av YOUR OPP Watches and Jewelry Sold on Payments AT CASH PRICES. Unclaim Pledges For Sale Cheap. FINE WATCHES AND JEWELRY REPAIRING. Union Loan Office. 427 Minnesota ave. kansas' city. kans. YOUROPPORTUNITY YOUROPPORTUNITY TO SAVE MONEY. Ladies suits, dressing anything in the Dressmaking MADE TO and sold on weekly and me few prices: Belt dresses $1. 50cts and up. Call and see Mrs W. F. dressing sacques, ap Dressmaking line DE TO ORD only and monthly paym dresses $1.00 and up; all and see me. W. F. Willia St. Ka Ladies suits, dressing sacques, aprons and in fact anything in the Dressmaking line and sold on weekly and monthly payments. Here is a few prices: Belt dresses $1.00 and up; dressing sacques 50cts and up. Call and see me. Mrs W. F. Williams. The Indian rhinoceros is nearly extinct. There are two specimens in the London zoological gardens and on the European continent. Two few are left in a wild state in India and Assam, and unless special measures be taken for their preservation they will soon disappear. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1510 North Third St. Telephone Home W.32 Raymond DIRECTOR. Best of Service, Fine Carri- All Hours. Red White Enameled Rock and wounded ages Reasonable Call At Kansas City, Kansas. Notice. Furished RED BOARD AT per week and Deleware streets in on a good location convenin- will get best of treatment. TH PROPRIETRESS, CITY SOAP CO. 4th St. First Grades of Toilet & Wash Home Institution. OUR PATRONAGE The Snowflake and Union will of their merits. URANT, 3rd St. and will serve you from 5,30 cooked to taste, 5 CENTS, is one of the best cooks in the eher a call. J. H. CINN, PROPRIETOR. To Loan Diamonds Jewelry. TO EVERYTHING Value 000000000 Jewelry Sold on Payments PRICES. For Sale Cheap. JEWELRY REPAIRING. Loan Office. e. kansas' city. kans. ORTUNITY sacques, aprons and in fact ing line D ORDER. monthly payments. Here is a 100 and up; dressing sacques time. Williams, MME. L. F. JOHNSON, Shampooing, Maniouring, Massage and Scalp Treatment. Tel.733-W. A SPECIALT Kansas City, Kansas Duplex Telegraphy in Europe. The telegraph line from Vienna to Czernowitz is the longest line in Europe which uses the duplex system, being 630 miles long. The system was adopted a few months ago, as it was found necessary to increase the capacity of the line, which takes all the matter for Roumania, southeastern Russia and a part of Bulgaria. The system works well at present, although the line is constructed of iron wire instead of copper. Good Luck for Turtles at Least. The Chinese have a peculiar custom with regard to turtles, which they consider as very good joss. Almost any day one can see these creatures, some of them of huge size, being carried on board the river steamers, not to be taken to Canton for culinary purposes, but to be dumped into the sea and restored to liberty and freedom. Good luck is thought to follow.—Hong Kong Press. Good to Lick Baby With Later On. I saw lately a dainty and original gift for a young mother. It was called "a measuring stick for baby," made of white wood thirty-six inches long, and marked off into inches as accurately as a tape measure. Forgetmenots were pat ted down the side, and at one end w a hole in which was a ribbon bow and loop by which to suspend it. Good Housekeeping. Moisture in Tobacco The presence of moisture in tobacco is, the Lancet believes, of some importance to public health, since the combustion of tobacco containing a large proportion of moisture is impeded, while as the generation of vapor is increased, so ars chances of the poisonous principle being carried into the mouth diminished. Early Japanese University It will surprise most readers to learn from a recent Japanese writer that there was a university in Japan in the eighth century, with schools of ethics, mathematics and history, and that text books were employed dealing with such specialties as the diseases of women, veterinary surgery, and matera medica. Casting a Gloom. "Yes, for local talent, it was a first rate entertainment," said the suburban resident, "and we made several hundred dollars for the hospital fund but there was one little hitch. The town undertaker was down for a tenor solo, and he insisted on singing the Waiting for Thee."—"New York Sun" Consider Dreams Revelations Among the people of the east dream is considered to be a direct revelation from God, and there are in the Orient, even to-day, soothsayers, or fortune tellers, who interpret dreams, just as the soothsayers did in bible times, and from dreams told the future of the dreamer. Cancer Victims Well to Do. Statistics show that cancer is more common among those who are accustomed to the refinements of life than among the poor, and to care for such patients the doctors say that good surroundings are a necessity. Snakes in India. About 400,000 snakes are killed every year in British India. The fees paid as rewards annually for the destruction of beasts of prey and venomous snakes by the government of India amount to about $125,000. German Colony in Palestine. Thirty-four years ago a German colony settled at Haifa, Palestine. To day all of the ninety families in are prosperous. They raise grape and make wine free from alcohol which is sold to the natives. Irish Ledger in Court A ledger kept in the Irish language was produced at the Roscommon sizes, in Ireland, and the witness had to go on the bench to translate the terms for the judge. Gravity. An observing schoolboy wrote the short essay: "Gravity was discovered by Izaak Walton. It is chief noticeable when the apples are falling from the trees." Novices Leave Convent Novices Leave Convent. Stealing the front door key from the pocket of the mother superior, three young novices escaped from the concvent of Santa Clara in Lisbon and disappeared. Dogs May Ride in Berlin. Dogs are allowed to enter tramway cars in Berlin, but must be held to their master's laps and paid for as if they were human passengers. Credit is a Necessity. As trade now stands, there is no enough gold out of the earth, if it were all coined, to transact the business of a day. Nationalities Among Russians. The Russian population represents 110 nationalities, the three great stocks being Finns, Tartars and Slavs. Aluminum for Sharpening Cutlery. Aluminum is superior to any stone for sharpening cutlery. Denmark's Honey Experts. Denmark exports 2,500,000 pounds of honey a year. Toasts by an Absentminded Poet Here's to the red of Somebody's head— I mean of Somebody's lips. Of course I did not mean what I said, Please pardon these little slips. Here's to Somebody's sapphire nose, The sky's and the ocean's hue; I had in mind, as the context shows, Somebody's lamps of blue. Here's to the ring of Somebody's voice— I mean the rings 'round her eyes; No, I mean the ring of Somebody's choice That Somebody's sweetheart buys. Here's to the gems that Somebody bakes— The pearl in her mouth—sweet chink— I mean—What makes me make such mis- takes? Am I going upon the drink or the blink? —New York Sun. AN EYE OPENER BY ALICE DE CARRET (Copyright, 1905, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) Miss Gilchrist had boarded an elevated train on her way to the shopping district. It was crowded with men and women going to business, but she was fortunate enough to get a corner seat, next to those running crosswise. on his head, which ish air, and as for were not conspicu there were half a car who surpass ground. "How's business It was not yet nine o'clock, but Miss Gilchrist was anxious to get to the shops early and have her purchases sent home before night. There were several things, an evening waist or two, a fashionable wrap and a stylish hat, that she must have before she could let herself be seen by anybody. "Anybody" meant Horace Whiting, the dashing New Yorker whom she had met the summer before at her home in Pineville. His advent had made her extremely critical of the men she had known all her life, particularly of Oliver Leighton, the greatest catch in Pineville. At any time previous she joyfully would have taken Oliver for better or worse, had she been able to bring him to the point of asking her to, but now she began to keep him at bay with a discreet mixture of coyness and coquery that bewildered him, and naturally his ardor grew as she became indifferent. Whiting was certainly no better looking than her Pineville admirer, and not half as well bred, but his air of knowing it all, his clothes and the way he wore them quite dazzled her. She began to have brilliant visions of life in New York that made Pineville seem unendurably dull and tame. She couldn't say that Whiting had made love to her, but he had taken her driving, singled her out on every occasion, paid her many florid compliments, and made her promise again and again that she would let him know the minute she came to New York. So she could easily picture his delight at learning that she was here, and that he would have an opportunity to entertain her as he had so often assured her he longed to do. Whether anything serious would follow she, of course, could not tell, but she had no intention of binding herself to any one else until she had given Whiting a chance to meet her again. Meanwhile she had obtained a refusal on Leighton, to whom she had promised an answer within a couple of weeks. The intervening time she would spend in New York, and thus fit herself to come to a proper decision. Miss Gilchrist's pleasing meditations on new frocks and hats, and the theaters and operas to which she would wear them, were rudely broken in upon by some one's trampling on her toes. Two men were pushing roughly by several women in their eagerness to get possession of the cross seat next her, which was just being vacated. Indignant at their indecent manner, she cast a look of contempt at their backs as they settled themselves comfortably. "Well, this is luck!" said one. "I've been out every night this week, and dead tired." The voice made Miss Gilchrist start and shrink back into her corner in dismay. For an instant she was conscious of nothing but the danger of J. M. dustmate enough to get a corner seat her being discovered in her out-of-date attire by the man who had spoken, the very one on whose approval hung so many of her plans. Her heart beat hard and fast, but as she remembered the thikl veil she wore her mind grew easier, and she began to study furthely the profile hat was so familiar, and yet so different from her recollection of it. Some way Whiting did not look at all as he had in Pineville. He had pushed his hat back on his head, which gave him a boorish air, and as for his clothes, they were not conspicuous here; indeed, there were half a dozen men in the car who surpassed him on this ground. "How's business?" asked the companion of the man she was scrutinizing. "Slow!" growled the latter. "I'm dead sick of it! Makes me feel like crawling into a hole and staying there. But no matter what happens, people seem to think you've got money to burn. Girls are the worst. Pay them the slightest attention and they think you are bound to keep it up. There never a let-up with them. That reminds me," feeling in his pockets, "of a letter I had this morning from a girl just in from the country. Met her last summer. Not a bad little thing at all; the best there was in Zenker "Not a bad little thing, at all." the place. Not a bad note, either, it. it." handing it to his friend. "Not at all," replied the latter, glancing over it and handing it back "Quite clever, in fact." "Just so. Means, of course, that she wants me to take her to the theater and so on. So I would if things were a little easier, but I ain't in shape to do it now. When you come to figure it out, it don't pay. There's five dollars for seats, flowers five, carriage five, supper ten—twenty-five in all. Take the girl home, press her hand at the door, bid her good night. 'Tain't worth it! I'll just wait a few days 'til she's gone back, then write her a nice letter, telling her I've been out of town, awfully sorry to miss her, and all that kind of thing. It's too bad, but a fellow must draw the line somewhere." The speaker wound up with a great yawn, and threw his head back with such a jerk that his hat tumbled into the lap of the girl behind him. "I beg your pardon, madam!" he cried, waving his arm wildly behind him in an attempt to regain his fedora. "Why, she's carrying it along with her. Confound it, she's trod all over it. What's the matter with the woman, anyway?" The other passengers grinned, but the object of his remarks was already out of the car. They were still a long way from the shopping district, but Miss Gilchrist had lost all interest in her purchases. Her only desire was to get back to Pineville, and to dear, dear Oliver. Their wedding came off three months later. Military Honors for Seagull: A seagull, which, with clipped wings, had remained in the Golden Hill Fort, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, as a pet of the Royal Garrison Artillery stationed there, has just died and has been buried with a semblance of military honors. The body of the gull, which was known as "Mac," was placed in a coffin and covered with a sheet. Two gunners acted as bearers, and others followed the coffin as mourners to the grave outside the fort, where it was buried with due ceremony. The soldiers saluted the coffin as it passed.—London Daily Mail. Eagle Whipped by Crows One hundred crows whipped a big eagle in a fight to-day at the farm of Darlington Beebe of Westtown, and drove it several miles from the place. The crows attacked the king of birds in a body, and at one time had it so exhausted that it alighted in a field and fell over on the ground, though it finally escaped—West Chester correspondence Philadelphia Record. GOVERNMENT LIGHT. GOVERNMENT LIGHT. HISTORIC CHICKAMAUGA PARK ABLAZE WITH ILLUMINATION. United States System of Lighting Military Post Pronounced Gratifyingly Successful—Six and One-Half Miles of Mains—Sixty-Five Street Lights. Chickamauga Park Ga., May 31. The United States government has here in operation one of the largest acetylene gas plants in the world. The military post at the entrance of the historical Chickamauga battlefield where thirty thousand Union and Confederate soldiers were lost in the memorable battle of Sept. 19 and 20, 1863, contains about one hundred buildings, the seventy-five principal ones of which are lighted with acetylene. To accomplish this six and one-half miles of mains and two miles of service pipes are in use, while sixty-five street lamps brilliantly illuminate the avenues of the post. In 1903 the War Department installed a test acetylene plant at Fort Meyer, Virginia. The results were so gratifying and the superiority of the illuminant so evident that the government, March 20, 1904, placed the contract for the Chickamauga plant, in which every citizen of the United States should have his pro rata of pride. But the government has not confined its acceptance of acetylene to this military post. Since becoming satisfied of the efficiency, superiority and economical advantages of this particular illuminant, the United States has installed a number of plants in Indian schools and other government institutions. Acetylene gas is one of the simplest as well as the most perfect of artificial lights. It is made by the contact of water and carbide, (a manufactured product for sale at a nominal price), is absolutely safe and gives a beautiful white light soothing to the eyes and nerves. It can be produced anywhere—in the farm home, the village store, the town hall, the church—and is so easily maintained as to be practical for all classes. It is a matter for national congratulation that in beautifying so historic a spot as Chickamauga, nothing but the best, including the lighting system, has been deemed good enough for the American people. A woman ha she to be mighty pretty to make you feel it would be a shame to expect her to know how to have good things to eat. Try me just once and I am sure to come again. Defiance Starch. The unfortunate man's friends all ways live a long way off. ULCERS FOR 30 YEARS Painful Eruptions From Knees to Feet Seemed Incurable—Cuticura Ends Misery. Another of those remarkable cures by Cuticura, after doctors and all else had failed, is testified to by Mr. M. C. Moss of Gainesville, Texas, in the following letter: "For over thirty years I suffered from painful ulcers and an eruption from my knees to feet, and could find neither doctors nor medicine to help me, until I used Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills, which cured me in six months. They helped me the very first time I used them, and I am glad to write this so that others suffering as I did may be saved from misery." The name of the empress of Japan is O Haru-"spring." The name of the crown prince is Yoshi Hito. Are the Packers Receiving Fair Play? When the Garfield report on the business methods of the packers appeared, after eight months' investigation, it was severely criticised and roundly denounced. After three months of publicity it is significant that those who attempted to discredit it have failed to controvert the figures contained in that exhaustive document. The public is beginning to notice this omission, and the feeling is rapidly growing that the sensational charges out of which the "Beef In Investigation" arose were without foundation. If the official statements of the report are susceptible of contradiction, a good many people are now asking why the facts and figures are not furnished to contradict them. The truth seems to be that most of the charges contain unfounded sensational assertions. A flagrant example of this appeared in a recent article in an Eastern magazine, to the effect that "forty Iowa banks were forced to close their doors in 1903-4 by the Beef Trust's manipulation of cattle prices." Chief Clerk Cox, of the banking department of the Iowa State Auditor's office, has tabulated the list of banks given in the magazine article and has publicly denounced the statement as utterly untrue. He gives separately the reasons for each failure mentioned and officially states that they have been caused by unwise speculations and by reckless banking methods. It may be well to suspend judgment upon the packers until the charges against them are proved. "Somebody who calls himself Prof. Trent, claims that Daniel Defoe, who wrote 'Robinson Crusoe,' was the greatest liar that ever lived." "I guess the professor never met one of our expert campaign liars." General Nogi, who is giving the Russians so astonishing an exhibition of his knowledge of the art of modern war, commenced his military education fighting in medival armor with the bow and arrow and the sword of the Samurai. OUT OF THE ORDINARY The Coal Tar Lemon Pie. (A pure food commission in Chicago recently dissected a lemon pie bought of stock, and found it to contain neither lemon, butter, nor sugar. The principal ingredients were various forms of coal tar and glucose.—News item.) They're making cotton clothes from wool And from mache from wood; They're making goodies out of scraps And nasty things from good; They're making paper things from rags And money out of "sky"; But this is sure the worst as yet— A coal tar lemon pie! They're making combs from keroseen And pearls from olive oil; They're making hares of cats And sirup out of soil; They're making buckwheat cakes from paste How Spiders Make Love. The courtship of the Satis pulex, a spider, is described by an expert in insect life as a most elaborate exhibition of skill and grace in dancing. Balancing his body on his long legs, he moves in a semi-circle for about two inches, and then reversing the position twists and turns in the opposite direction, repeating his grotesque figure scores of times, and pausing every few minutes to rock from side to side, and to bend his brilliant legs, so that they may be brought into full view of his admiring mate. A similar display, but with varied antics, marks the love-making of other sorts of spiders, but this manner of courting is not without its risks, and it may often happen that the lively suitor, if he prolongs his performance, or shows off his points of perfection too persistently, is suddenly seized and devoured by his more muscular mate. Carried His Coffin With Him The death of Thomas V. Reynolds at the home of Col. J. C. Evans, near this city, which occurred a few days ago, has brought to light facts which are so far out of the ordinary as to be of interest to a great many, as he had traveled all over several states, and will be remembered by a large number of people. Mr. Reynolds was a native of Henry county, Ky., and resided in Barren county for many years. He was twice married, his first wife being Miss Winnie Creasy. She died about twenty-five years ago, and when her coffin was made Mr. Reynolds had one made for himself. When he came here to live three years ago he had his coffin brought along, and in this his body was buried—Glasgow correspondence Nashville American. Railway Accidents Railway experts are continually seeking means to avoid accidents by insuring thoroughness of construction. A device just coming into use on the English railways is a screw used for fastening the rails to the ties. These are supposed to be screwed home with a spanner, but the workmen were accustomed to hammering them home, saving labor, but decreasing the efficiency of the screw. Now screws are made capped by a cone of soft metal. Two or three blows of a hammer will flatten this cone and result in the detection of the careless employee.—New York Herald. Editor Too Strenuous. The Gleaner was published at Manchester, N. H., sixty years ago, and was for many reasons out of the ordinary in the newspaper line. The paper was published by John Caldwell and bore under the headline the legend, "An independent newspaper—devoted to truth, both in politics and religion." On one of the interior pages under a cut of a man in the pillory is found a list of those who were behind in their subscriptions. This list became so long that the paper suspended after an existence of three years. Quickly Married and Settled: The record of getting married and settled in short order went all to smash in Bangor last week, when Frank Reeves, an ex-policeman of Machias, and Mrs. Laura Mace of Elsworth, bought a house, furniture to furnish it, were married, and ate their first meal in the new house inside of five hours from the time they arrived in Bangor. Small Deposit Grew. The oldest outstanding deposit book issued by the savings bank at Middletown, Conn., was presented a few flays since for payment. The account was opened in 1833, with a deposit of $2, and this was the only money deposited on the account. The bank paid the owner $02.37. Lucky Accident The wind which has been so much in evidence for the past few days certainly blew good to one Lynn man in spite of the fact that it treated his hat rather roughly. When he finally overtook the truant headgear he found a bright silver dollar under it—Boston Herald. Mammoth Goose Egg. Mrs. Frank Towne of Warren, Vt. has on exhibition a goose egg that is a record breaker. It measures around it from end to end eleven and one-sixth inches; around the center it measures eight inches, and it weighs ten ounces. A Do You Feel Chilly, Then Feverish and Ache all Over? Do You Feel Chilly, Then Feverish and Ache all Over? Feel Worn-out, Blue and Tired? Have You Fresh Cold, With Frequent Hacking Cough? Sensation of Soreness in the Chest or Back? Don't let your cold run into chrone bronchitis or pneumonia. The very best tonic alternative and body-builder at this time is Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Made without alcohol or dangerous drugs, and it contains that rare combination of roots and herbs that will allay a cough (irons it out, as it were), restores the circulation, assists the appetite and digestion, and consequently restores tone to the entire system. That is the reason people look happy once more when they have a cough, because their liver is active, the blood in their arteries is full of that life-giving quality—rich, red blood. The blood in turn feeds the nerves. Nervousness and neuralgia are only the indication that the nerves are not fed on invigorating blood. This "Medical Discovery" of Dr. Pierce is nature's own restorer. It tones up the organism and stimulates its functions, furnishing to the body one of its necessary constituent principles of which it is in need. It makes it less pleasant, taste, agrees perfectly with rebellion and sensitive stomachs, and is extremely effective in restoring tone and vigor to the entire system. It cures gastric troubles of the stomach and at the same time the blood-vessels are given a stimulation Stupid Man Mr Newliwed—Goodness! this little shriveled loaf of bread is as heavy as lead. I'll bet you forgot to put yeast in it to make it rise. Mrs. Newliwed—Well, stupid, if it had risen it would still be bigger. Mr Newliwed—Well. Mr. Newliwed—Well? Mrs. Newliwed—Well, if it was bigger it would be heavier still, wouldn't it? He who doesn't marry too young remains in the bachelor class to the end, according to a disappointed benedict. ATAXIA IS CURABLE REPORTED CURE STANDS TEST OF FULL INVESTIGATION. A Former Victim of Locomotor Ataxia Now Free from Suffering and Actively at Work. "Yes," said Mr. Watkins to a reporter, "It is true that I have been cured of ataxia by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills." "Are you sure you had locomotor ataxia?" "The doctors themselves told me so. Besides I recognized the symptoms." "What were they?" "Well, the first indications were a stiffness about the knee joints that came on about four years ago. A few months after that appeared, my walk got to be uncertain, shaky-like. I lost confidence in my power to control the movements of my legs. Once, when I was in the cellar, I started to pick up two scuttles of coal, and my legs gave way suddenly, and I tumbled all in a heap in a basket. I couldn't close my eyes and keep my balance to save my life. Then I had fearful pains over my whole body and I lost control over my kidneys and my bowels." "How about your general health?" "Sometimes I was so weak that I had to keep my bed and my weight fell off twenty pounds. Things looked pretty bad for me until I ran across a young man who had been cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and who advised me to try them." "Did these pills help you right away?" "I didn't see much improvement until I had used six boxes. The first benefit I noticed was a better circulation and a picking up in strength and weight. I gradually got confidence in my ability to direct the movements of my legs, and in the course of seven or eight months all the troubles had disappeared." "Do you regard yourself as entirely well now?" "I do the work of a well man at any rate. I can close my eyes and stand up all right and move about the same as other men. The pains are all gone except an occasional twitch in the calves of my legs." Mr. James H. Watkins resides at No. 73 Westerloe street, Albany, N.Y. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills can be obtained at any drug store. They should be used as soon as the first signs of locomotor ataxia appear in a peculiar numbness of the feet. A fairy story: Once upon a time there was a female elocutionist who refused to speak a piece even after she had been invited to do so. Mother's Devotion To her children is one of the most beautiful things in life. When they are sick, the wise mother, who has taken the pains to study their best interests, promptly gives them Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin. It quickly relieves pain and fever, and can never do anything but good. Try it. In thy name, O Liberty, what a lot of divorces are sought. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the woman who suggest that a trial of Defiance Gold Weed Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because each 100 package contains 16 oz., while all the other kinds contain but 12 oz. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must --- which throws off a cold. One very good reason why it restores the health of run-down, pale and emaculated people is because it first throws out the poisons from the liver and kidneys. It then begins its reconstructive work in building up flesh and making good, rich, red blood. "I have been a sufferer from indigestion for years, and I have tried my best. M.S. W. Mullenax, of Circleville, W. W. Mullenax, have used medicine from several of our best physicians, which gave me only a little temporary relief, and I said I could never be cured. Last winter I was the worst spell that I ever had. I suffered with such severe pains in the pit of my stomach, could neither work nor sleep, and my weight had fallen. I was ninety-five pounds to one hundred and sixty pounds in about two months' time. I then concluded that I would try Doctor Pierce's first bottle was gone. If so, by the time the first bottle was gone, I felt that my severe suffering so continued until I had used four bottles of 'Golden Medical Dispenser.' I am truly thankful for the great benefit that I have received from my medicine, and can cordially recommend it to others." It Stands Alone only in respect to its importance, but also the only medicine for stomach, and blood disorders, which absolutely contain NO ALCOHOL. It Stands Alone as the best alternative medicine of which take their patients fully into their confidence and tell them exactly what they are taking. This Dr. Pierce can afford to do, because his "GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY" is made of such ingredients and after a working formula that has hundreds of thousands of cures to its credit, placing its merits above criticism. It Stands Alone as Nature's cure for almost all chronic diseases because the earth supplies the ingredients, which are as follows: Golden Seal (Hydrastis Canadensis), Queen's root (Stillingia Sylvatica), Stone root (Collinsonia Canadensis), Cherrybark (Prunus Virginia). Maniuraze (Poppinbull Pelletum). Constipation although a little ill, begets big ones if neglected. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cures constipation. To have a kind word for someone who is disliked is to be looked upon with suspicion. Many Children Are Sickly Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, Cure Feverishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders, Break up Colds and Destroy Worms. At All Druggies' 25c, Sample mailed FREE, Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. The chief virtue of some people is that taey are not bad. FIXING RAILROAD RATES. Making railroad rates is like playing a game of checkers or chess. Communities to be benefitted, producers, manufacturers or shippers to be aided represent the pieces used. Every possible move is studied for its effect on the general result by skilled traffic managers. A false move in the making of freight rates may mean the ruin of a city, of a great manufacturing interest, of an agricultural community. Railroads strive to build up all these so that each may have an equal chance in the sharp competition of business. So sensitive to this rivalry are the railroads that in order to build up business along their lines they frequently allow the shipper or practically dictate rates. Rate making has been a matter of development; of mutual concessions for mutual benefit. That is why the railroads of the United States have voluntarily made freight rates so much lower in this country than they are on the government-owned and operated railways of Europe and Australia that they are now the lowest transportation rates in the world. A hustler makes things hum and an idler makes them humdum. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 15 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in ¾-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 oz." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. A man can't be in two places at once unless he is an officeholder. 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 homeeekers tickets on sale first and third Tuesdays of each month. The short line to the "Land of Fulfillment." Many a lost umbrella is hardly worth recovering when it is found. When Your Grocer Save he does not have Defiance Starch, you may be sure he is afraid to keep it until his stock of 12 oz. package is sold. Defiance Starch is not only better than any other Cold Water Starch, but contains 16 oz. to the package and sells for same money as 12 oz. brands. Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day which must be done, whether you like it or not. Being forced to work and forced to do your best will breed you in temperance, self-control, diligence, strength of will, content and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.—Charles Kingsley. On the hundredth anniversary of Schiller's death 115,000 copies of the special edition of his poems will be given to the school children of Berlin. EVERY WALK IN LIFE. A. A. Boyce, a farmer, living three and a half miles from Trenton, Mo., says: "A severe cold settled in my kidneys and developed so quickly that I was obliged to lay off work on account of the aching in my miles from Trenton, Mo., says: "A severe cold settled in my kidneys and developed so quickly that I was obliged to lay off work on account of the aching in my back and sides. For a time I was unable to walk at all, and every make-shift I tried and all the medicine I took had not the slightest effect. My back continued to grow weaker until I began taking Doan's Kidney Pills, and I must say I was more than surprised and gratified to notice the backache disappearing gradually until it finally stopped." Doan's Kidney Pills sold by all dealers or by mail on receipt of price, 50 cents per nox. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. The Main Chance "Let's go over and call on the Greeng tonight," remarked Mrs. Fox, as the evening threatened to drag. "I don't care to go there unless we have an invitation," replied her husband. "But why not?" "Because they wouldn't have a lunch ready if they didn't know we were coming." Catarrh Cannot Be Cured CATARIN CANNOT Be Cured with ICE APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the heart, and in turn can cause tautuous tissue disease, and in order to cure it, you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarin Catarin is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucus in the eye, and on the mucous ciliate. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tions known, combined with other ingredients, to mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curcuma catarine. Send for testimonials, free from charge. CATARIN. Send for testimonials, free from charge. CATARIN. Sold by Drugs Inst. price 75¢. Sold by Drugstress, price 750. Take Halla Family Plus for construction Might Work Up to It Westerner—Do you people here seriously think of offering the mayoralty of you city to President Roosevelt after his term is over. Why not? New Yorker—Certainly. Why not? If he makes a success as President we ought to show him some substantial recognition of it, it oughtn't we? In 1955. Nordy—Well, that was a great victory the people won yesterday in Chicago. Butts—I'm a little rusty on the news. What was the issue? Nordy—Municipal ownership of alr and sunshine. Not Envious. Miss Amendt, who is said to receive $12,000 from the Equitable insurance company as an assistant to a vice president, is between thirty and forty years old. Lacking in Experience. "Somebody who calls himself Prof. Trent, claims that Daniel Defoe, who wrote 'Robinson Crusoe,' was the greatest liar that ever lived." "I guess the professor never met one of our expert campaign liars." Where the Money Goes "Why do Rounderly's children look so shabby and hungry?" "I can't account for it. He's a darned good fellow." "Ah, that accounts for it." Over 30,000,000 Published. An Oakland lady who has a taste for good literature, tells what a happy time she had on "The Road to Wellville." She says: "I drank coffee freely for eight years before I began to perceive any evil effects from it. Then I noticed that I was becoming very nervous, and that my stomach was gradually losing the power to properly assimilate my food. In time I got so weak that I dreaded to leave the house—for no reason whatever but because of the miserable condition of my nerves and stomach. I attributed the trouble to anything in the world but coffee, of course. I dosed myself with medicines, which in the end would leave me in a worse condition than at first. I was most wretched and discouraged—not 30 years old and feeling that life was a failure! "I had given up all hope of ever enjoying myself like other people, till one day I read the little book "The Road to Wellville." It opened my eyes, and taught me a lesson I shall never forget and cannot value too high. I immediately quit the use of the old kind of coffee and began to drink Postum Food Coffee. I noticed the beginning of an improvement in the whole tone of my system, after only two days' use of the new drink, and in a very short time realized that I could go about like other people without the least return of the nervous dread that formerly gave me so much trouble. In fact my nervousness disappeared entirely and has never returned, although it is now a year that I have been drinking Postum Food Coffee. And my stomach is now like iron—nothing can upset it! "Last week, during the big Conclave in San Francisco, I was on the go day and night without the slightest fatigue; and as I stood in the immense crowd watching the great parade that lasted for hours, I thought to myself, 'This strength is what Postum Food Coffee has given me!' "Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. The little book "The Road to Wellville" may be found in every pkg. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS Thieves robbed duchess of Westminster of $30,000 worth of jewels. Hungarian baron proves unable to form cabinet, not finding one man to assist him. Japan has placed contracts for $5,000,000 for tools and machinery with New York firms. Mrs. James Brown Potter denies alleged embezzling. British lawyer loaned her the money. King Victor Emmanuel says the American President has more power than the ruler of Italy. The Farmers and Merchants' bank of Cabool, Mo., has been organized with a capital stock of $10,000. Francis L. Honore, 72 years old, uncle of Mrs. Potter Palmer, is quitely married to Mrs. Sara F. Cowles. French diplomats expect that Russia will canvass the situation with friendly nations with a view to peace overtures. Washington diplomats think that when peace negotiations come Roosevelt will act as arbitrator. Clearings at Chicago banks in May are larger by $130,000,000 than the corresponding month of 1904. Mrs. Edward C. Shayer of Keene, N. H., has left $100,000 to found a home for poor girls and $5,000 for the Tuskegee institute. Frederick Cole, a son of George E. the members against persons who fail Robert Ray, May 20, was bound over they cannot stand the climate. East St. Louis physicians have organized a society for the protection of consider the formation of an international chamber of agriculture. President Roosevelt in an address at the unvailing of the Slocum statue in Brooklyn declares a strong navy is the surest guarency of peace. Major J. W. Johnston, father of Mary Johnston, the authoress, died at Richmond, Va. He was an artillery officer in the confederate service. It is estimated that Japan will demand $1,000,000,000 indemnity from Russia and not withdraw from any territory acquired during the war. Joseph M. Weber announces plans for an immense hippodrome in Chicago, the building and equipment of which will cost more than $1,000,000. Mysterious offer of $10,000 is made for the recovery of a stolen packet of letters which, it is said, would disrupt a New York family of wealth. Names are kept from the public. Powell Clayton, late ambassador to Mexico, called at the State Department to formally terminate his connection with the diplomatic service. Notices have been posted on the trees in William Rockefeller's estate in the Adirondacks threatening the owner with death if he visits that region. Canadian members of international waterways commission opposed operation of Chicago drainage canal and project to connect great lakes with Mississippi river. Five hundred employees of the American Can company at Davenport, Iowa, struck Saturday. The men demand a 20 per cent increase in wages and recognition of their union. The Northern Pacific and Union Pacific executive committees have agreed to build jointly 300 miles of line into the Nez Perces territory on the borders of Idaho and Washington King Alfonso of Spain on his arrival at Paris for a week's stay is threaten by a man, who, armed with a dagger, breaks through a crowd and attempts to approach the king's carriage. Germany is ready to ald President Roosevelt in any move to end the eastern war. Plans for action will be discussed by the cabinet Friday. France and Great Britain may also join the movement. St. Petersburg officials are stupeded by the extent of the disaster Russia's fleet has sustained. All official reports show the losses to be greater than even the Tokio dispatches would indicate. The Stockholm Tiding suggests that the union of Sweden and Norway should be reduced to the statues of a merely personal one, with the crown the sole link between the two nations which otherwise should be independent of each other. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Dehaven dissenting, at San Francisco affirmed the judgement of Judge Knowles of the District of Montana in the case of the United States against Senator W. A. Clark, involving the title to half a million dollars' worth of timber land in western Montana. The mutilated body of James Peterson, aged 40 years, a son of John Peterson, a wealthy farmer, was found lying just outside the barn door, a short distance from his father's home, near Latrobe, Pa. The body was badly cut and bruised and one ear almost torn off. It is supposed that he was murdered while returning from church. Artic relief steamer reaches Tromsoe on way to find Ziegler expedition. More than 100 preachers marched to mayor's office in Philadelphia and prayed for him to prevent gas lease. France thinks America will have the same trouble with the Russian fleet in the Philippines as she did in Indo-China. The thirty-first annual convention of the American Banker's association will be held at Washington Oct. 25. 26 and 27. The convention of the trust companies and the savings bank sections will be held Oct. 24. HUMOUR of the DAY Beware the Conceited Man. "I don't care for him," said the young woman, snapping her teeth together decidedly. "He's one of those men that match." "Match? murmured her friend who had just confessed to a certain interest in an acquaintance. "Yes; all the same color," was the answer, "shirt, handkerchief, socks—all the same shade. None of that kind for mine, thanks. Just think how much time they would take in primping every morning to get all those things the same."—New York Sun. ```markdown ``` Frowzy Frogmore—"Because I hain't got but 30 cents saved yit fer me new automobile." This Prophetic Soul Kindly Stranger—"Say, bub, you have been crying here for an hour. What's up?" Small Boy—"I'm appalled by an impending catastrophy, sir, boo-o-o." Kindly Stranger—"Bless my soul, what a child. And what is the catastrophy to be?" Small Boy—"Fishin' will be good about Saturday, and I'm afraid the weeds 'll have to be hoed out of the garden." Regular Jonah. "De ole mule th'owed Br'er Thomas head over heels inter de mill pond en a 'gator riz up en swallered him!" "Too bad!" "Yes, but I reckon we'll see him ag'in kaze de gator's done crawled up on de bank en he's lookin' mighty sick."-Atlanta Constitution Reflected Greatness "What makes Biones so proud these days?" asked the seeker after truth. "He has just discovered that he wears the same size collar that Roosevelt does," replied Mr. Conn.—Port land Telegram. The Lingering Kind. Mrs. Newlywed—1 don't know whether to bake a pie or a cake for dinner. Chum—Which will last longer? Mrs. Newlywed—Oh, it doesn't make much difference. One is as bad as the other!—Detroit Free Press. No Good for a Touch "There goes my friend, Jones, the human razor." "Is he so sharp?" "No—but he's continually strap ped." A Cheese With Life in It. Yeast—I see an English coroner remarked recently at an inquest that it was strange what a large number of people died suddenly after eating cheese. Crimsonbeak—Why don't they eat the kind of cheese which has life in it? It can be found, you know. A Sad Fate. Papa Worm—Heavens! That little boy is using my son to fish with! Ham. "My dear," said the facetious cannibal. "I've brought home a ham for dinner." "That's what I call adding insult to injury," murmured the shipwrecked actor, sottie voce. He was, however, in no position to protest—Louisville Courier Journal. Save the Babies. We do not hesitate to say that a timely use of Castoria would save a majority of these precious lives. Neither do we hesitate to say that many of these infantile deaths are occasioned by the use of narcotic preparations. Drops, tinctures and soothing syrups sold for children's complaints contain more or less opium, or morphine. They are, in considerable quantities, deadly poisons. In any quantity they stupefy, retard circulation and lead to congestions, sickness, death. Castoria operates exactly the reverse, but you must see that it bears the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher. Castoria causes the blood to circulate properly, opens the pores of the skin and allays fever. The Lesser Evil. First Millionarie—I'm in trouble. My daughter wants to marry our coachman. Second Millionaire—Going to give your consent? First Millionaire—Guess I'll have to First Millionarie—Guess I'll have to. If I don't she swears she'll marry a British duke. Bristles "Say!!" sneered the bulldog, "you don't know much about scientific fighting, do you?" "Perhaps not," replied the porcupine; "if you want to try a little bout with me, however, I think I can give you a few points." On the Speedway. Flora—I see that Miss Trotterby has a new trap. Dora—Yes. Do you suppose she will catch a man with it? One of the blessed, unending needs of heaven must surely be the need of giving forth into other lives the blessedness which God has poured into ours.—Lucy Larcom. In Record Time. Pinney Flats, Tenn., May 29th.—(Special)—Cured in two days of Rheumatism that had made his life a torture for two years, D. S. Hilton of this place naturally wants every other sufferer from rheumatism to know what cured him. It was Dodd's Kidney Pills. "Dodd's Kidney Pills are the greatest pill on earth" says Mr. Hilton. "I would not take any sum of money for what they did for me. For two years I had what the doctors called rheumatism. I could hardly walk around the house. It seemed to be in my back and hip and legs. I tried everything but nothing helped me till I got Dodd's Kidney Pills." "Two days after I took the first dose all pain left me and it has never come back since. I can't praise Dodd's Kidney Pills too much." Rheumatism is caused by uric acid in the blood. Healthy kidneys take all the Uric Acid out of the blood. Dodds' Kidney Pills make healthy kidneys. Most women would rather be inconsistent than otherwise. Lewis' "Single Binder" straight 50 cigar. Made by hand of ripe, thoroughly cured tobacco, which insures a rich, satisfying smoke. You pay 10c for cigars not so good. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. London's new county hall, on the banks of the Thames, will cover 5.6 acres. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue, Large 2-oz, package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. Quit comparing yourself with others to your own disadvantage. SAVE INFANT MORTALITY in all the children born in one-quarter, die before than one-third, before they We do not hesitate the jority of these precious lives infantile deaths are occasion and soothing syrups sold for morphine. They are, in con they stupefy, retard circulates exactly the revers Chas. H. Fletcher. Castori pores of the skin and allay 900 DROPS CASTORIA A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS & CHILDREN Promotes Digestion.Cheerfulness and Rest.Contains neither Opum,Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SAMUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed - Aix Saturea - Rochelle Sella - Anise Seed - Pimienta - El Carbamate Sella - Worm Steel - Cherished Sugar - Wintergreen Flour A perfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and Loss of SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of H. H. Pitcher NEW YORK. Alt months old 35 DOSES - 35 CENTS EXACT COPY OF WRAPPED. --- MENS PATRIOT $3.50 SHOE MAYFLOWER $2.50 SHOE These Shoes were Awarded Grand Prize at St. Louis World's Fair The PATRIOT SHOE for Men is made from all leather, over welted with a lace, fit any body, is a Goodyear waist, which means flexible soles, with no wax or traces to irritate the foot. The MAYFLOWER SHOE for Women is made in welted and hand turns. Is stylish, durable and comfortable. It does not not handle those shoes write us direct. We will please you and good you will save from 50 cents to $1.50 per pair in prices usually charged for shoes of this character. STAR BRAND SHOES ARE BETTER ROBERTS JOHNSON & RAND SHOE CO. ST. LOUIS, U.S.A. A CHILD Can Use the QUICK MEAL with perfect safety—it's proof against forgetfulness, ignorance, hired girls—the Insurance Companies have tested it to their full satisfaction every way they could think of. The Quick Meal is simplicity itself—no wearing parts—nothing to clog or get out of order—nothing to burnout. It is made from heavy steel and brass, and will just almost a lifetime—and it will do as good you will save from 50 as it did the first. Kitchen work is a delight when you have a QUICK MEAL (Evaporator) GASOLINE RANGE for you never have to wait, even a minute, for your fire—it's always piping hot, but your kitchen is cool, for the heat is under the kettles, which will keep it warm for a while. It will do as good you will save from dirt—no bother—just convenience, economy and safety, and your dishes done and the kitchen cleaned up before you know it. The Quick Meal is a city convenience you can have and ought to have. If your dealer doesn't carry it—ask us—we'll sell you. Whatever it is, you'll find it in your local store. If you like it you will simply sell your dealer's name and say what he carries Quick Meal. Sign your name plainly so it will reach you safely. Ringen Stove Co. Div., Makers, S. 6th Street. St. Louis, Mo. NO MONEY TILL CURED. 28 YEARS ESTABLISHED We send free and postpaid a 359-page plastic tissue at St. Louis, MO. Rectum; also 123-page illus. treatise on Diseases of Women. Of the thousand cases by our mild method, none paid a cent till curd. we furnish their names on applications Drs. Thornton & Minor, 3899 Olive Street, St. Louis, MO, and 1030 Oak St, KANSAS UITY, MO. Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher. F. A. F. Peeler, of St. Louis, Mo., says: "I have prescribed your Castoria in many patients who found it an efficient and speedy remedy." Dr. E. Down, of Philadelphia, Pa., says: "I have prescribed your Castoria in my practice for many years with great satisfaction to myself and benefit to my patients." Dr. J. E. Waggoner, of Chicago, Ill., says: "I can most heartily recommend your food to the public as a remedy for children's complaints. I have tried it and found it a great value." Dr. Edward Parrish, of Brooklyn, N. Y., says: "I have used your Castoria in my own household with good results, and has interviewed several patients to use it for its mild laxative effect and freedom from harm." Dr. J. B. Elliott, of New York City, says: "Having during the past six years prescribed your Castoria for infantile stomach disorders, I most heartily commited its use. The formula contains nothing deleterious to the most delicate of children." Dr. G. Sprague, of Omaha, Neb., says: "Your Castoria is an ideal medicine for children of all ages. It is desirable. While I do not advocate the indiscriminate use of proprietary medicines, yet Castoria is an exception for conditions which arise in the care of children." Dr. J. A. Parker, of Kansas City, Mo., says: "Your Castoria holds the system of the medical profession in a manner held by no other proprietary preparation. It is a sure and reliable medicine for infants and children. In fact, it is the universal medicine for infantile ailments." Dr. J. F. Merrill, of Augusta, Mo., says: "Castoria is one of the very finest and most remarkable remedies for infantile children. In my opinion your Castoria has saved thousands from an early grave. I can furnish hundreds of testimonials from this locality as to its efficiency and merits." Dr. Norman M. Geer, of Cleveland, Ohio, says: "During the last twelve years I have frequently recommended your Castoria as one of the best preparations of kind, being a kind of parents and very effective in relieving children's disorders, while the ease with which such a pleasant preparation can be administered is a great advantage." Dr. F. H. Kyle, of St. Paul, Minn., says: "It affords me pleasure to add my name to the long list of those who have used and now endorse your Castoria. The wrapper is one good and suitable product, the recommendation of any physician. I know of its good qualities and recommend it cheerfully." GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of Cha. H. Hitchens. The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURRAY ST, NEW YORK CITY. WORTH KNOWING. The average consumer of baking powder does not know that a reaction occurs in the process of baking. Food prepared with a cream of tartar baking powder does not contain any cream of tartar. A loaf of bread made from a quart of flour leavened with cream of tartar baking powder contains forty-five grains more of Rochelle Salts that is contained in one Seilfillz powder. Some eminent Boston physicians testified against the healthfulness of Rochelle Salts. Therefore, why should the consumer pay forty-five or fifty cents per pound for the cream of tartar or Trust baking powders when the best baking powder in the world can be made to retail at twenty-five cents per pound (the price asked for Calumet Baking Powder) and leave a fair manufacturer's profit? The manufacturers of Calumet Baking Powder have for years made a standing offer of One Thousand Dollars for any substance injurious to health found in food prepared from it. Bread made from Calumet Baking Powder is entirely free from Rochelle Salts, alum, lime or ammonia. When a girl tells a young man that she doesn't eat any more than a bird he should remember before inviting her to lunch that an ostrich is a bird—Chicago News. Where the Money Goes. "Why do Rounderly's children look so shabby and hungry?" "I can't account for it. He's a darned good fellow." "Ah, that accounts for it." In a Pinch, Use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. A powder. It cures painful, smarting nervous feet and ingrowing nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all druggists. 220-Trial package FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. The plainer the woman the longer it takes her to select a becoming bonnet. DON'T FORGET A large 2 oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, eight 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. Statistics can be made to show any old thing that the man behind the fixtures wants them to. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. SAMUEL Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. Quickest to question the morality of others are those most lacking in morality. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces fammation, allays pain, curbs wind cold. Excuse a Fox—I suppose her father was furious when his private secretary eloped. WOMEN'S MAYFLOWER $2 20 SHOE