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. . tye American — Citizen The Oldest Negro Journal Published Weekly in this part of the Country. FUBIIS HET WEEKLY at, 1510 Norh 3rd_ Street MANSASCITY ~~ KANSAS _ W. C. Martin Editor, Geo. A. Dudley, Publisher and Bus‘ness Manager. —— ee Terms OF SubscriptioninAdvance. OBE Neary gcc LOO Six Months,................ 65 cents Throo Months,*..............6..4+-40.€ ey Mowth, 5.050 5i¢adea:.1 olin Advertiseing 25 cts. Per Inck First Tieating A Standing Display ‘Add’ for 3 Months or longer 15e per inch, each insertion. Entered as second class matter December first, 190 at the Post office at Kansas City, Kansas under the Act of congress of March rd. 1870." ee eee Grewsome Collection. A French professor is the owner of 8 collection of 920 human heads, rep- recenting every known race of people. Scarlet for Bachelor Maids. ‘When an unmarried woman dies in Brazil the coffin, hearse and livery of the coachman are all scarlet. Cost of London's Paupers. Every year $4,000,000 is spent on the food and clothing of indoor pau- pers in London. Here is the Place. TONSORIAL PARLOR, All the Latest Style Hair Cuts, Clean Shave strictly[Up-to-Date. "agp 438 Minnesora AVENUE. Call and see H.S. Sykes and and A. Gooden mauufactor of Pop corn in ball aud brick at 316 Oakland ave A Word To You. The lack of proper appreciation of the efforts of Negro newspavers make in an uphill business to maintain the standard of exeelience desired by those in the bus. iness. Just why the race is so ‘utterly slack. in giving to their own the proper patronage is one of the unsolved myster- ies. Each day and week bring to us the waruing of being a unit in behalf of our own salvation. It takes something besi- de wind to publish the most weakly of weeklies. If every JAfro-American fami- y would pledge themselves to stand by an organ buplished in their behalf. just ‘one year,the results would be unbeliey- ed we ask thecolorad brother to wake up vok around and observe,see if you can- not 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 subserip ng getting your neighbors to do the same und watch the good results, Notice of Final Settlement, State of Kansas. t Coumty of Wyaueott fs In the Probate Court in ana forisaid County, In the Matter of the Estate of John R.Smith Deceased, Creditors and all other persons interested n the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified, that at the next regular term of the Probate Court inand for said County, to be begun und held at the Probate Court room in ‘Kanas City, County of Wyandotte and State aforesaid, on the first. Monday. in month ot February. A. D, 195, I shall apply to sate Court fora full and final settlement oJ ‘said estate. James D, Sura, Administrator of the Estate John R Smith. Deceased. In Witness Wnereof, the undesigned Pro. bate Judge in and for the County of Wyan- dotte,State of Kansus,have hereto set my hand, and affixed ‘the seal of the sald Probate Court this 24th day of Deeember, A. D, 1904. , Winfield Freeman, Probate Judge. Bes.420Nebraskave. | Tel. 38 White, SOUTH AMERICAN MEDICAL INSTITUTE Office Houro: From 10 a. a, till 4 p. m. and from 6 till 9 P. «., C.H C. JORDAN- M.M.M.D.. Reaching the civauesy one of the eommittee halted and said: “Sir, I wish to direct your attention to that grave. The man who lies buried thiere had to be provited with the largest coffin ever made in this city.” ‘The honored guest thanked his host ‘net so much for the information as for felieving the strain—Pitisburg Dis TRUTH PROVED BY EXAMPLE. Storekeeper Certainly Lacked the Gift of Energy. William ©. Greene, the copper mag- tate, was talking to a young man about suecess, “The secret of success is enterprise, snergy,” said Col. Greene. “To be lazy, 9 stick always in the same old rut, hat is how to make a wretched fail- 1re of your life. “I went West when I was 17, and sfter a spell of contracting and pros- vecting about Prescott, I farmed a bit n the San Pedro Valley. There was a storekeeper I used to buy my supplies ‘rom at that time who was a failure of he first water. This man’s lack of en- erprise was so great that people used © bring their children from miles sround to study him. He was valu- ible as @ horrible example. “There, they would say to the voungsters, ‘take warning by, Manners. He is a failure. He has no enterprise. Don’t grow up like him. He resembles 2 tortoise, doesn’t he?” “Poor Manners in his sluggishness lid resemble a tortoise a good deal. | sent a boy in to him one day with a pack mule to get five gallons of mo- lasses. The boy told me afterward hat when he entered the store Man- ners was dozing. The boy coughed ind the man awoke and got up. He opened his mouth wide, and stood on uptoe and stretched out his arms in a vast yawn. Then he said to the boy: “‘Wotcha want?’ “ ‘Five gallons of molasses, Mr. Man- cers,’ the boy spoke up, sharp and quick, “Wah-h-h-h,’ yawned Manners again. Then as he took up the jug he grum- bled: “‘Ain't there nobody what sells mo- lasses in this here town but me?’” PLEASURE OF EASTERN WOMEN. Their Main Occupation the Diver- sions of the Toilet. An eastern lady of high degree spends an amount of time over her toilet that would quite astonish the most fashionable society lady. First she has her hair dressed by her maid, who, after anointing the long, silky black locks with a little oil, made from aloe wood or cocoanut, arranges it simply in a long, smooth plait, low on the nape of the neck, and decorat- ed either with gold or jewelled orna- ments. Next the bath is prepared as hot as ft can be borne, and in this the lady may stay as long as two or three hours. Soaps are not used, but, in- stead, there are multifarious unguents, secret preparations of the bathing women, which render the skin soft as velvet and delicately perfumed. Oftentimes the face is washed over with milk, into which has been squeezed lemon juice. ‘The hair of the oriental woman is usually beautifully long, soft and glos- sy, and the way they arrange it is in- variably becoming to their soft type of beauty. Perfumes are much in- dulged in, These are introduced in the bath and permeate the garments, but are rarely used on a handker- ahha The Foam on the Top. Don’t snuggle conceit to your bosom, my doy, Becausé 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 And I think, if to notice you'll stop, You'll observe’ that the good to the bot- tom may run, But the foam always lingers on top. I would not discourage your zeal, my dear lad; It is best to keep working alway, But this funny old world often labels as ‘The thing that is good in its day. In fact, I may say that {t classifies wrong Some part of the great earthly crop, And I think you will note as you jour- ney along ‘That the foxm often gets to the top. We will not mention names if you please, my dear youth, But look on the world as you go. See the men whom we place at the sum- ‘mit, in truth, ‘Then gaze on the mortals below, And I give you my word I'll have’ noth- ing £0, teach, And this brief iittle anthem will stop, If you do not agree with the thing that T preach, ‘That the foam may be found on the op. —A. J. Waterhouse in Sunset Magazine. Pe WA the James Rankin Young, the new su- perintendent of the Dead Letter office admires politeness, “It is possible,” he said recently, “to be polite always. It is possible to be polite even when discharging a drunk- en coachman. I know that this is 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 sum- moned the man into his presence, and discharged him with this polite speech: “I fear, Montgomery, that we must part. It has been impossible for me to avoid noticing that several times during the past month you have been —er—sober. Now, I don't believe that any man can attend properly to drink- ing if he has driving to do, and, there. fore, at the month’s end you will be free to devote yourself exclusively to - chosen occupation.’” ee etek *n his article in the Woman's Home Companion, describing the Inter ational Sunday School Convention in Jerusalem, Doctor Devins relates the ‘ollowing significant incident: “An unexpected favor was received from the officers of the Russian church on the Mount of Olives. A meeting had “een planned to be held gear 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, accom- panied by a smile on the saintly face at the speaker. ‘Why not? Do we Sot worship the same Christ?” WIT IS NOT APPRECIATED. Glasgow, Scotland, Character Ha: Fun With Actors. A provincial theater in the east of Scotland is being tormented ana amused at intervals by a wit among the gallery gods who insists on keep- ing up a running commentary on the play. He has enlivened many a dull piece by his droll interpolations, but se has also come pretty near ruining many an intensely dramatic or sentl- menial situation by the sudden and always apropos qualities of his inter- ruptions. He has a high pitched, pene- trating voice, and the town police, who have been on the verge of ejecting him a dozen times, say that he was a Glasgow cab driver who retired with a competence and now takes this wit} to give play to a wit that was once famous in the great city. On one occasion a dreary melo- drama was being presented. The heroine of the play, pursued by the villain, had taken refuge in the house of her lover, who, as the hero of the play, was of course, at variance ~with uis sweetheart’s parents. The exigen- cies of the plot required that the irate father, sword in hand and at the head of bis faithful retainers, should track the girl to the gates of the hero's treacherous and disgracefu\ elope. ment, 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 de mand my child. Where is she.” ‘Then, shrill and startling in the ex pectant silence, from the gallery came the answer: “Unner the table, ye dinged lout! Dinna ye see her slipper stickin’ oot? The house was in a tumult of mer riment in a moment, but it was the “angry father” himself, who ruined the situation, for he burst into immod erate laughter and the. curtain fell iz the middle of the act, to rise again upon an audience that could not re press its risibles for the rest of the evening. HE WANTED A MORTGAGE. Taught Him Caution. Halvor Steenerson, Congressman from Minnesota, tells a story of ¢ Swede who went to that state from one of the Dakotas for the purpose of buying a farm. A land agent acted as guide and informant to the Swede, who eventu- ally found what he wanted. When the tim> came to make out the neces- sary papers, the agent asked the Swede what method he preferred to adopt in making payments, “Ay pay all. Ay haf da money,” re- plied the Swede. “Very well, then. I'll make out the deed,” said the agent. “No!” suddenly exclaimed _ the Swede. “Ay no want deed!” ‘Why, yes, you do!” rejoined the agent, astonished. “You pay the money and you take a deed for the farm.” “No, no!” earnestly asseverated the Swede. “Ay no want deed! Ay had deed oop in 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. bbls (ie “T would like to ask you a questior it you don't mind,” said the old raan in the street car to the man on his right, “Go ahead, sir.” “I should itke to know the meaning of the term ‘History repeats itself.” | ‘come across it most every day. How does history repeat itselt?” * - “That's easily answered,” said the ‘other. “For instance, if you should ask me what I thought of the weather I should tell you to go and be hanged te you. If we should meet a montt hence and you asked me the same question: over again my reply would be the same.” “I think I see—t think T do,” mused the old man, as he leaned back and crossed his feet. “Yes, I guess 1 understand, and I want to tell you that you are a durned mean jackass of a man and that history is going to re peat itself every blamed time I run across you for the next ten years tc come.”—Chicago News. | ® Gentle Sheast, James Jeffrey Roche, the new Con sul to Genoa, was talking about magazine editor. | “This man,” he said, “rejected some of the best of my early verse. He re fected some of the best verse of my friends. Why he is an editor I can’t imagine. He certainly has no critical sense. __“T indicated this to him one day ‘He had announced to me that he was ‘going to get married. He had praised the lady of his choice ardently, de claring her to be a poem. “‘A poem?’ said I. “‘A poem,’ he repeated. | “And still you do not reject her? { exclaimed.” Winter. Soft as the plumes of sleep drifts down The pure white silence of the snow ‘The bells make merry in the town, ‘Where happy faces ‘come and go. The brooding qulet of the trees, 15, broken ‘weet, in yonder, gien, Piand Wcens sweet song of winter wren. Of glowing days some magic word Aeneas ‘The whisper of returning spring S66 ee ‘And lo; the very cold grows dear, ‘The ‘wildest storm “wind warms the —R Brumbaugh, in Field aod Stream Telephone Bell W. 32, Telephone Home W. 32 Ww. B, Raymond - FUNERAL DIRECTOR, And, Embalmer The Very Best of Service, Fine Carri- lages For All Purpose. At All Hours. ~The Best Equipad White Enameled Ambulance For Sick and wounded | On Short Notice. Charges Reasonable Call At oer 431 “Minnesota, Ave. Kansas City, Kansas. Notice. Nice Furrished ROOMS AND BOARD AT A 1$3.25 per week At the Corner of second and Deleware streets in Armourdale Kansas. Andin a good location convenint to street car sevice. You will get best of treatment. MRS. E, L, SMITH PROPRIETRESS, KANSAS CITY SOAP CO. 1510 N, 4th St. | Are Manufactors of the Best Grades of Toilet « Wash | ing Soaps. A Home Institution. ~GIVETHEMYOUR PATRONAGE One trial of their brand the Snowflake and Union will convince you of their merits. | i yt A W ota [y RESTAURANT, is 1012 N 8rd St. 1s the best place in tne city and will serve you from 5,30 a,m, to lip. 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, givether a call. ~=— Money to Loan—~ on Watches. Diamonds Jewelry CLOTHING AND EVERYTHING crcorrers ()f Value seems Watches and -Tewelry Sold on Payments AT CASH PRICES.- Pane ee eon So Union Loan Office, 427 Minnesota ave. kansas"city. kans._ TO SAVE MONEY. Ladies suits, dressing sacques, aprons and in fact anything in the Dressmaking line MADE TO ORDER. and sold-on weekly and monthly payments. Here is a few prices: Belt dresses $1.00 and up; dressing sacques 5Octs and up. Call and see me. one Mrs W. F. Williams, 1510 North Third St. Kansas City, Kansas. ee saved fot wonuassessd som 205 worm on sam (MME. L, F. JOHNSON, | seout Tepeds ee ae es i Hea aon sostinon eoainen om uo ony |SamPooing, Manicuring, Massage = Suepre8 [e91Z0j00z wopuCT em ‘and Scalp Trea tment, ere ox oe, omy aL Hin) ‘Tel.733-W. * SPEcrantr = MME. L, F. JOHNSON, Shampooing, Manicuring, Massage and Scalp Trea tment, ‘Tel.733-W. * SPectanr = Ouplex Telegraphy In Europe, The telegraph line from Vienny wy Grernowitz is the longest line ig ye Fope which uses the duplex syste being 630 miles long. The syeeg was adopted a few months so, a4 was found necessary to increase eapacity of the line, which takes 4 tho matter for Roumania, southeacten Russia and a part of Bulgaria, ty system works well at present, g though the line ts constructed ot wire instead of copper. Good Luck for Turtles at Least, ‘The Chinese have a peciliar cisiog with regard to turtles, which they ag sider as very good joss. Almost aq day one can see these creatures, say of them of Duge size, being cama on board the river steamers, not toy taken to Canton for culinary ppoae but to be dumped into the sea ay restored to liberty and freedom. Goo luck is thought to follow.—Hong Kg Press. | Good to Lick Baby With Later n. T saw lately @ dainty and origin gift for a young mother. It was cal “a measuring stick for baby,” made g white wood thirty-six inches long, 4 marked off into inches as accuraisy ag a tape measure. Forgetmenots vey pai ted down the side, and at one aj wa hole in which was a ribbon by and loop by which to suspend i,. Good Housekeeping. Moisture in Tobacco, ‘The presence of moisture in tobsey is, the Lancet believes, of some ip portance to public health, since ty combustion of tobacco containing large proportion of moisture is ig peded, while as the £ eration y vapor ts increased, so ar 16 canes of the polsonous princi} © being ax ried into the mouth diminished, Early Japanese University, It will surprise most readers learn from a recent Japanese writ that there was a university in Japa in the eighth century, with schools ethics, mathematics and history, aa that text books were employed da ing with such specialties as the ds eases of women, veterinary surgey and materla medica. Beh i it “Yes, for local talent, it was a fint rate entertainment,” said the subut an resident, “and we made ore hundred dollars for the hospital fist but there: was one little hitch. Ty town undertaker was down for a tent solo, and he insisted on singing tz Waiting for Thee.’"—New York su Consider Dreams Revelations. Among the people of the casta| dream 1s considered to be a dist Tevelation from God, and there in the Orient, even to-day, sooth ers, or fortune tellers, who intern dreams, just as the soothszyers df in bible times, and from dreams tl the future of the dreamer. Cancer Victims Well to Do. Statistics show that cancer is m0 common among those who are acct tomed to the refinements of life th among the very poor, and to care! Buch patients the doctors say tit food surroundings are a necessity. Snakes in India. About 400,000 snakes are kill every year in British India. The fe paid as rewerds annually for the ¢# struction of beasts of prey and vé#} omous snakes by the government ¢ India amount to about $125,000. German Colony in Palestine. Thirty-four years ago a German oF ony settled at Haifa, Palestine 1 day all of the ninety families in 4 are prosperous. They raise sre and make wine free from alcotd which is sold to the natives Irish Ledger in Court. A ledger kept in the Irish langul! was produced at the Roscommon sixes, in Ireland, and the witness bl to go on the bench to trausiate i terms for the judge. | Gravity. An observing schoolboy wrote short essay: “Gravity was dist ered by Izaak Walton. It is cbidlf noticeable when the apples are iH ing from the trees.” Novices Leave Convent. Stealing the front door key from & Pocket of the mother superior, th young novices escaped from the o vent of Santa Clara in Lisbon ani ‘appeared. she Seaside in Berlin. Dogs are allowed to enter tramm? cars in Berlin, but must be held # their master’s laps and paid for #! they were human passengers. Credit Is a Necessity. As trade now stands, there 1s ® enough gold out of the earth, ## ‘were all coined, to transact the ># mess of a day. Nationalities Among Russiant The Russtan population repros 110 nationaltties, the three great # being Finns, Tartans and Slavs Aluminum for Sharpening Cutl0*. Aluminum is superior to any fer sharpening cutlery. Denmark's Honey Exports Denmark exports 2,500,000 ef honey a year. Brice of Kamenonyss Hoey ® Nene Bg alias ‘The Peadl in her mouth—swect chink— Am Teoing upon the drink or the blink? L fn “] a A\\\\ | | | >) AN IPENER IN + LY ALLE De CHLEZT + (Copyright, 1905, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) Miss Gilchrist had boarded an ele- vated vain on her way to the shop- pig district, It was crowded with ne end women going to business, jut she was fortunate enough to get comer seat, next to those running crosswise, twas not yet nine o'clock, but Miss Giebrist was anxious to get to the iors early and have her purehases gat home before night. ‘There were gveral things, an evening waist or tvo, a fashionable wrap and a stylish iat, that she must have before she could let herself be seen by anybody. “anybody” meant Horace Whiting, the dashing New Yorker whom she tai met the summer before at her tome in Pineville, His advent had male her extremely critical of the nen she had known all her life, par- tlarly of Oliver Leighton, the aeatest catch in Pineville. At any time previous she joyfully would have tuken Oliver for better or worse, had ste been able to bring him to the at of asking her to, but now she tegan to keep him at bay with a dis- eet mixture of coyness and coquetry that bewildered him, and naturally his anior grew as she became indifferent. Whiting was certainly no better look- fug thin het Pineville admirer, and tot half as well bred, but bis air of Jnowing it all, his clothes and the way he wore them quite dazzled her. She tegan to have brilllant visions of life fn New York that made Pineville seem unendurably dull and tame. She couldn't say that Whiting had male love to her, but he had taken ter driving, singled her out on every ‘ceasion, paid her many florid compll- ments, 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 opportun- ‘iy to entertain her as he had so often assured her he longed to do. Whether tnything serious would follow she, of course, could not tell, but she had 10 intention of binding herself to any one else until she had given Whiting 4 chance to meet her again. Mean- Ville she had obtained a refusal on Leighton, to whom she had promised i answer within a couple of weeks. Tee intervening time she would spend ‘c New York, and thus fit herself to fome to a proper decision. Ass Gilchrist’s pleasing meditations te new frocks and hats, and the thea- tes and operas to which she would ‘ear them, were rudely broken in ‘ion by some one’s trampling on her (es, ‘Two men were pushing roughly ly several women in their eagerness ‘® get possession of the cross seat next ke, which was just being vacated. Whisnant at their indecent manner, fhe cast a look of contempt at their _ BAS as they settled themselves corn- fortably. Well, this 1s luck!” said one. “I've ‘een out every might this week, and dead tired.” The voice made Miss Gilebrist start shrink back into her corner in ésnay. For an instant she was con- feious of nothing but the danger of A | oe sag ca a Va ‘CA: - ~<a | LG WHE. | Vi: Fe i “ YY ay |\(| OF Keg. | I SZ, M i} i f WY, || ify ail ao | Med i” Ohm 1 (We TM i! 1Y i : || WY ie SY I pee CZ Fortunate enough to get a corner seat, ber being discovered in her out-of-date te,2Y the man who had spoken, te very one on whose approval hung R2"Y of her plans, Her heart beat ttt and tast, but ae she remembered te thiok ven ahe Wore her mind Rrtclt, and she bogan to study ii ely the pronte hat was so famil- 204 yet co alttereat from her rec- Go of it. Some way Whiting fi 20t took a¢ ant oe he had in Pine- Me He had ushed ‘bis het bank On his head, which gave him a boor ish 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 com. panion of the man she was scrutin.z: ing. “Slow!” growled the latter. “I'm dead sick of it! Makes me feel like erawling 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's never a let-up with them, ‘That reminds me,” feeling in his pock- ets, “of a letter I had this morning from a girl just in from the country. Met her last summer. Not a bad lit: tle thing at all; the best there was ir Mul] tt a5 a Lx ) Cage “ek Be aft is hatin NESE Cok Nae RN eee ee ee the place. Not a bad note, either, te 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, ths’ she wants me to take her to the thea ter 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, car riage five, supper ten—twenty-five ir all. Take the girl home, press he: hand at the door, bid her good night. “Tain’t worth it! Y'll just waft 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 some where.” 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 wom- an, 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 Artil- lery 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 cof. fin 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 sol- diers 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 80 exhausted that it alighted in a fleld and fell over on the ground, though it finally escaped—West Chester corre spondenes Philadelphis Record. 7 GOVERNMENT LIGHT, HISTORIC CHICKAMAUGA PARK ABLAZE WITH ILLUMINATION. United States System of Lighting Mill tary Post Pronounced Gratifyingly Successful—Six and One-Half Miles of Mains—Sixty-Five Street Lights, Chickamauga Park Gz., May 81— ‘The United States government has here in operation one of the largest acety- lene gas plants in the world. The mill tary post at the entrance of the histor. teal 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 bulldings, the seventy-five principal ones of which are lighted with acetylene, To accom- plish this six and one-half miles of mains and two miles of service pipes are in use, while sixty-five street Jamps brilliantly illuminate the ave nues of the post. In 1903 the War Department in- stalled 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 con- | aned its acceptance of acetylene ‘o ‘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 goy- ernment Institutions. Acetylene gas {s one of the simplest &s 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), fs absolutely safe and gives a beau. tiful white light soothing to the eyes and nerves. {t can be produced any- where—in the farm home, the village store, the town hall, the church—and fs so easily maintained as to be practical for all classes. It fs a matter for national congratu- lation that in beautifying so historic @ spot as Chickamauga, nothing but the best, including the lighting sys- tem, has been deemed good enough tor the: Ameriosn sanpie. A woman ha sto 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 eome again. Defiance Starch. ‘The unfortunate man’s friends al- 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 faved from misery,” ‘The name of the empress of Japan is O Haru-‘spring.” The name oj the crown prince is Yoshi Hito. Are the Packers Receiving Fair Play? When the Garfield report on the business methods of the packers ap peared, after eight months’ investiga. tion, 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 docu- ment. The public is beginning to no tice this omission, and the feeling is rapidly growing that the sensational charges out of which the “Beef In vestigation” arose were without foun- dation. If the official statements of the report are susceptible of contra- @iction, 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 sensa- tional 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 Beet Trust's manipulation of cattle prices.” Chief Clerk Cox, of the bank- ing department of the Iowa State Au- Gitor’s office, has tabulated the list of banks given in the magazine article and has publicly denounced the state ment as utterly untrue. He gives Separately the reasons for each fail- ure 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. Lacking in Experience. “Somebody who calls himself Prof. Trent, claims that Daniel Defoe, who wrote ‘Robinson Crusoe,’ was the Greatest liar that ever lived.” “Lguess 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. educat- lon fighting in medival armor with the bow and arrow and the sword of the ‘Samurai, DT | PINAL oo > How Snidere Maka Inve The courtship of the Saitis pulex, ¢ spider, is described by an expert in in sect life as a most elaborate exhibi tion of skill and grace in dancing Balancing his body on his long legs he moves in a semi-circle for abou two inches, and then reversing the pesition twists and turns in the oppo site direction, repeating this 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 ful view of his admiring mate. A similar display, but with varie¢ antics, marks the love-making of othe! sorts of spiders, but this manner o} courting is not without its risks, an¢ it may often happen that the livels suitor, if he prolongs his performance or shows off his points of perfectior too persistently, is suddenly seize¢ and devoured by his more musculai 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 tc 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 Win nie 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 te live three years ago he had his coffin brought along, and in this his body was buried—Glasgow correspondener Nashville American, Ratiwas Acsttanta: 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 serewed home with a spanner, but the workmen were ac customed to hammering them home saving labor, but decreasing the eff ciency of the screw. Now screws ar made capped by a cone of soft metal ‘Two or three blows of a hammer wil flatten this cone and result in the de tection of the careless employe.—Nev York Herald. Editor Too Strenuous. The Gleaner was published at Man chester, N. H., sixty years ago, anc was for many reasons out of the or dinary in the newspaper line. Th paper was published by John Cald well and bore under the headline the legend, “An independent newspaper— devoted to truth, both in politics an¢ religion.” On one of the interior pages under a cut of a man in the pillory is found a list of those whe were behind in their subscriptions ‘This list became so long that the paper suspended after an existenc of three years. Guichen tibetan wnt Ganied: 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 Ells worth, 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 arrive in Bangor. Small Deposit Grew. ‘The oldest outstanding deposit booh issued by the savings bank at Middle. town, Conn., was presented a few tlays since for payment. The account was opened in 1833, with a deposit of $, and this was the only money deposited on the account. The bank paid the owner $62.37. Lucky Accident. ‘The wind which has been so much in evidence for the past few days cer- tainly blew good to one Lynn man in spite of the fact that it treated his hat rather roughly. When he finally over- took the truant headgear he found a bright silver dollar under it—Boston Herald. -_—— Di ticiietia’ edi Mins! Mrs. Frank Towne of Warren, Vt. has on exhibition a goose egg that Isa record breaker. It measures around it from end to end*eleven and one-eighth inches: around the center {t muusnres ight inches, and it weighs ten ounces, AY A eo ‘ ~ y) fj? aR IK AIR Wh Do You Feel Chilly, Then Feyerish and Ache all Qver ? "Sram ont, wie prasrer becca Cough? Sensation of Soreness in the Chest or Back? Don’t let your cold run into chronic bronchitis or pnewnonia, The very best tonic alterative and Bod yebaiiter at this time is Dr, Pierce's Golden Medical Dis- covery. Made without alcohol or dan- gerous drugs, and it contains that rare Combination of roots and herbs that will allay a cough (irons it ont, as it were), restores the circulation, assists the appe- tite and digestion, and consequently re- ‘stores tone to the entire system. That is {he reason people look happy ence more after taking it—they feel like living, be- cause their liver is active, the blood in their arteries {s full of that life-giving quality—rich, red blood. ~The blood in turn feeds the nerves. Nervousness and neuralgia aro only the indication that the nerves are not fed on invigorating blood. This “Medical Dis- covery” 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. This Breparation is of yen taste, agrees perfectly with rebellious and sen- sitive stomach’, and {s extremely effec- tive in restoring tone and vigor to the entire system, Tt cures gastric. troubles of the stomach and at the same time the ‘Nood-vessels are given a stimulation Oe Sirens Saiuiaeen 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, stupld, if it had risen it would still be bigger. Mr. Newliwed—Well? Mrs, Newliwed—Well, it it was big ger 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 be- nedict, ~ REPORTED CURE STANDS TEST OF FULL INVESTIGATION, Actively at Work. “Yes,” said Mr. Watkins to a reporter, “itis true that I have been cured of ataxia by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills.” “Are you sure you had locomotor ataxia?” “Phe doctors themselves told me so. Bosides 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 ina 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 tokeep my bed and my weight fell off twenty pounds. Things looked pretty bad for me until T ran across a young man who had been cured by Dr. Wil- liams’ Pink Pills and who advised me to try them.” “Did these pills help you right away?” “Tdidu’t see much improvement un. til Thad used six boxes. ‘The first bene- fit I noticed was a better circulation and a picking up in strength and weight. 1 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?” “Ido the work of a well man at any rate. Iean close my eyes and stand up all right and move about the same a: other men. The pains are all gone ex cept an occasional twitch in the calves of my legs.”” ‘Mr. James H. Watkins residesat No. 7: ‘Westerlo street, Albany,N.¥. Dr. Wil liams’ Pink Pills cau be obtained at any drug store. They should be used as ot as the first signs of locomotor ataxia ap pear ina 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 ons 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 @ lot of divorces are sought. To the housewife who has not yet Decome acquainted with the new. things of everyday use in the market and ‘who is reasonably satisfied with the Old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guar: anteed by the manufacturers to be su- Perior to any other brand, but because ¢ach 100 package contains 16 ozs. while all the cther kinds contain ‘but 32 ozs. It 1s safe to say that the lady {who once uses Deflance 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, nae and emaciated people is be- cause ft first throws out the poisons from the liver and Eitors ‘It then begins its reconstructive work in building up flesh and making good, rich, red blood. ctikirs East gual fs vipa soxiphamt ding Sauter frm Judleetips $. W. Mullenax, of Circlovitle, W. Va. "and phyaicinas oleae tee eee pega Set didie fsx of eS Perret gmaven ag gia coer Bora Talc oer aes 3 could Note Seat uy ane eeied ree eee such severe pains in the pit of my stomach. Hie Fes ahora oy ae abd ae auanee rote gorateny ant TRE Aranda manera ae Bie, Ae none tted and Someday teeny enone the acjaatay Ret mould cborta Flercys soltee Netieal pies, Be ti te pe ents nae foot. ia ging alt ah BPs Maer eoeenganea oat Steg rate acca Beet De, Some D tas Lie ins os ee anes It Stands Alone zetouy go t=: spect to its in- ME SEANCES ALONE Soest 1 also as the only medicine for stomach, liver and blood disorders, which abso- lutely CONTAIN NO ALCOHOL, It Stands Alone s.c2,%esa1: terative medi- TT cine, the makers 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 “GouDEW MepicaL 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 eriticism, It Stands Alone s.As*nzess cure for almost ———————. allchronle dis- eases because the earth supplies the in- gredients, which are as follows: Golden Seal (yarastis Canadensta, “Queen's root (Stillingla Syleaticn). Stone root (Collinsonia Canadensis), ‘Cherrybarke (Prunus Firginiann, ~“Bloodroot (Sanquinarta Canadensis), | Mandrake (Podophylium Peltatum). Constipation although a little ill, be: ts big ones if noglected, Dr. Pierce's Bleasant Pellets cures constipation, To have a kind word for someone who is disliked is to be looked upor 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, Heade ache, Stomach ‘Troubles, Teething Dis. orders, Break up Colds and Destroy Worms. Atall Druggists’,25c. Sample mailed FREE, ‘Address Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. ¥. ‘The chief virtue of some people is jthat tuey are not bad, | «FIXING RAILROAD RATES. Making railroad rates is like play- ing a game of checkers or chess. Com- munities to be benefitted, producers, manufacturers or shippers to be aided represent the pieces used. Every pos- sible move is studied for its effect on the general result by skilled traf- fic managers. A false move in the making of freight rates may mean the ruin of a city, of a great manufactur- ing interest, of an agricultural com- munity. Railroads strive to build up ali these so that each may have an equal chance in the sharp compett- tion 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 vo practically dictate rates. Rate mak- ing 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 rail- ways of Europe and Australia that they are now the lowest transporta- tion rates in the world, A hustler makes things hum and an idler makes them humdrum. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Deflance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it hever sticks to the fron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full ;pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in %-pound pack- ages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chem- feals. If your grocer tries to sell you @ 1207. package it is because he has @ stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance, He knows that Deflance Starch has printed on every package In large let- ters and figures “16 ozs.” Demand De- fiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron stick Ing, Defiance never sticks. A man can't be in two places at once unless he is an officeholder, Write to 8. 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. 8. Fruit Book. Cheap round trip homeseekers tickets on sale first and third Tuésdays 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 Saye the does not have Defiance Starch, you may be sure he is afraid to keep it un- til “his stock of 12 oz. packages are: sold. Defiance Starch is not only bet- ter 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 poets will be fatren tole echocl <hilaren 8 Beriia 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