The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. The Oldest Negro Paper devoted to the Race in this Section LIBERAL COMMISSION PAID RELIABLE AGENTS FOR THIS PAPER CALL HERE Men as Actresses. Japan boasts of several brilliant actors, but, strangely enough, she affords no encouragement to actresses. Women's parts are played by men, and played excellently well, too. Japanese boys who are destined for a stage career are brought up entirely by members of the feminine sex. By the time that they are midway in their teens they have acquired all the sexual female characteristics. Sultan's Titles. The sultan of Turkey has seventy-one titles and on the parchment containing them are the words "as many more as may be desired can be added to this number." Among the titles are "Abul Hamid, the Eternally Victorious," "the Eternally Smiling," "the Eternally Invincible," "Distributor of Crowns to the Heroes Seated on the Thrones" and "Shadow of God or Earth." Longevity in Europe. Of all European countries France is the most favorable to longevity; of every 1,000 persons forty-four reach the age of seventy. In Norway the number is forty, in Sweden thirty-three, Italy thirty-one, Switzerland twenty, England twenty-seven, Germany twenty-six, Spain twenty-four, Austria twenty-three, Hungary eight- Can't Interfere. "Four daughter plays a great deal of classical music in a rather original way," remarked the man with gold glasses. "Yes," answered Mr. Camrox, regretfully. "She bought the piano and the music out of her own spending money, and I suppose she feels that she has a right to do what she pleases with them." Deer Swifter Than Electric Car. A deer was found on the car track at Sturbridge the other day which when startled ran swiftly along the tails ahead of the car. The motorman opened the controller to the last notch, but the animal led the car for a full quarter of a mile and then leaped lightly over the fence and disappeared. Value of Moderate Eating. No matter what kind of food is taken, the quantity should be small. The human body can live and thrive and work on a surprisingly small quantity of nourishment. Great modulation in eating is, therefore, one of the keys that unlock the doors of living. Greatest Misfortune of Life Mayors appear to have had their troubles two centuries ago. At bielefeld, Germany, there is a tombstone with this inscription: "Here lies Johannes Burggreve, who considered his election as burgmaster of this city the greatest misfortune of his life." The Day's Length. By a simple rule, the length of the day and night, any time of the year, may be ascertained by doubling the time of the sun's rising, which will give the length of the night; and double the time of setting will give the length of the day. Cold Baths vs. Drunkenness In the course of a discussion at the sanitary congress Mr. Weaver declared that it was almost impossible for anyone taking a cold bath every morning to become an habitual drunkard.—London Telegraph. Hunt Treasure at Mont Pelee. Treasure hunting has become the principal occupation of the islanders of Martinique. They dig day and night among the ruins caused by the eruptions of Mont Pelee for gold and other valuables. No Dutiful Wife Will Do It. Once when a man loses all love for his wife is when he holds a straight flush against four aces in a little poker game and she has the four aces.—Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Radium Kills Mice Before the Paris Academy of Sciences, M. Bouchard stated that mice exposed to emanations from radium died in six hours. Thunder Kills Oysters. Oysters are such nervous creatures that a sudden shock, such as a loud thunder-clap, will kill many hundreds of them. Not So Likely to Happen. If our hearts expanded as readily and as easily as our heads swell, the world would be the gainer. WEAR GLASSES DURING SLEEP. Habit, It Is Claimed, Will Cure Cases of Insomnia. The idea of wearing a pair of spectacles during sleep is one of the strangest of the many strange ideas that have come to our notice, says London Answers. The head of a large firm, who often traveled from one end of the country to the other, preferred to do so at night, so that he could sleep. Although his sight was perfect, his last act before getting into his berth was to put on a pair of spectacles, which were secured to the bridge of his nose by a good spring, and with this adornment he fell asleep. Those who adopt this peculiar aid to drowsiness appear to sleep without twisting and turning, as some people do; they instinctively acquire a knack of turning only so far as is safe, and they awake unharmed in the morning, with the glasses just as nicely adjusted as when they went to bed. The commencement of the habit is mostly traceable to a difficulty in wooing slumber and to an aversion to trying such dangerous remedies as morphine. Spectacles, when the eyes are not accustomed to them, have a somnolent effect, and the device afterward becomes a habit. CARE OF PLANTS IN WINTER Air and Sunshine Chief Requisites for Window Ornaments. Give plants all the fresh air you can. Open doors and windows at some distance from them on pleasant days and give them a chance to breathe in pure oxygen in liberal quantity. Give all the sunshine you can. And aim to keep the temperature of the room between 70 degrees by day and 55 at night. It will probably exceed these figures in both directions, but try. to regulate it in such a way as to avoid the extremes of intense heat and dangerous cold. Use water liberally on the foliage of your plants. By washing off the dust it keeps open the pores of the leaves through which they breathe and it tempers the hot dry atmosphere usually prevailing in the living room. The only way to modify this condition is to keep water constantly evaporating on the stove or register and make frequent use of the sprayer. Planting Fruit Trees. When eating a good pear or apple save the seeds and plant them either in a flower pot, where they will germinate before long, or else directly in the garden, when they will come up next spring. To prevent their loss the place must be covered as a mark. It takes a number of years before they bear fruit, but to see the progress of growth from year to year is always interesting. People often think it is not worth while for them to plant trees; they will not live to have fruit of them, and so neglect it entirely. But some one will enjoy the harvest. It is just the individual egoism which affects all classes of society in many ways—Hartford Times. In New York's Tough Districts. The experiences of the Bellevue hospital ambulance surgeons in the unlighted districts skirting East river, New York, where it is not safe even for policemen to venture sometimes, have led the hospital authorities to equip the instrument bags carried by the surgeons with a tubular electric dark lantern, sixteen inches long and two inches thick, weighing about two pounds. It serves equally well as a lantern and a night stick. According to the stories of the surgeons, when they have returned from calls to particularly dangerous districts, the defensive end of the contrivance has often proved more useful than the electric ends. To Kill or Cure the Dog? A Mr. Gray of George's Corner took his dog out recently, says the Marine Sportsman, to chase foxes. It was a hopeful dog, filled with the enthusiasm of youth. Somehow the hound got switched off from the fox's track and went after a lively loupcervier, and when Mr. Gray came along to shoot a fox, he found a very sad and dilapidated dog sitting under a tree, with the wild cat overhead among the limbs contemplating a fresh assault. Mr. Gray shot the loupcervier and took the pelt home for the purpose of patching up the places where the skin was missing from his dog. He says another wild cat is needed to complete the job. A Wish. If I might sing for you as waters sing In gushing melodies, or as the birds Whose soups soars on free, unfetched wing If from my life might spring One song unramelled of the net of waves Then might I praise you as my heart would praise Nor grow with song should lee- men dumb through after days. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING, Mrs. Wheeler of 333 Minnesota avenue sustained some server brushes Wednes day of this week by the breaking of a railing upon a back porch at her home she being thrown violently to the ground Mr. Auther Anderson our tragedian is looking after a siok brother in Chicago. The commencement week exercises of Westean University at Quindaro were responsible for a goed many visitors the past week. Mr. James Hubbard, of State avenue who has been with his uncle Mr. Geo. W. Hubbard and Wife since baby hood left this week for the Sunny South and the cotton blossoms of Mississippi to visit relative and old friends. Miss Jessie Mae E. Taylor and Miss Josephine McQuire of 627 Oakland ave. will spend Sunday in Leavenworth Kansas visiting their cousin Miss Georgia Taylor, Miss Barbra Gray of 342 Minnesota avenue who has been ill for several days her many friends will be pleased to learn that she is improving, Mrs. Fannie Miller of St. Louis Mo. is in the city the guest of Mrs. Anna Billips of 435 Oakladd avenue. Mhe Eureka Restaurant at 342 Minn. avenue, is the place where you will find every thing neat and clean, and kept in up to date style, where you can be served to good meals. Mrs. E. Brown the proprietor always keeps in her service the best of cooks, no better place for good meals can be found in either of the two cities. A CITY HOSPITAL. Charity 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 getting hold on some stands in poor grace in charitable inclined hospitals in this city. A great big city like ours interested in all that tends to make a city a fit place to live, ought beyond all reasonable doubts have a City Hospital for the benefit of charity in reality. Publication Notice In The District Court of Wyndotte, ransas Charlie Rochester, Plaintiff. Louise H. Rochester. Defendant. Louise H. Rochester, the above-named Defendant, will take notice that she has been sued by the plaintiff, Charlie Rochester, and that the Defendant, Louis A. Rochester, must, on or before the 31st day of July, 1905, answer the petition filed by the plaintiff in the above-entitled action in said Court or the matter and things set forth in said petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered divorcing the plaintiff from the defendant, and awarding the plaintiff the custody of their only child. Charlie Rochester. By Green and Henderson attorneys for plaintiff. 1st pub June 16th 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?" Otherwise, the "Big Head." The first time a man is nominated for a back township office he thinks it is up to him to save the country from ruin. 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 fury 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 melancholy in after life. Those who have lines raying outward from the eyes are, on the contrary, people who laugh a good deal, especially when the upper lip is framed by two deep furrows running down in the mouth. OLD LADY WAS PRACTICAL. Looked for Serviceable Quality in a Present. A very practical old lady from the country was visiting her daughter in the city not long ago, and her young granddaughter was taking her through one of the big department stores on a little shopping tour. "Now," said the old lady to the salesman, "show me some dishes; I want to buy a set." Up in the china department the clerks had shown a number of dainty, pretty designs, which the old lady had admired, but still seemed to be looking for something else. "This pale green and gold tinted one is pretty, grandma," suggested the young girl, "why not get it?" "Well, you see," answered the practical grandmother, "your Aunt Jinnie is a-goin' to be married in the fall, and I thought I would get her a good serviceable present while I was up here. A black and white flowered set of china is what I want, if I could find it. Black and white is such serviceable colors, you know, dear; it don't show dirt."—Lippincott's. The Porch. When father built the veranda, He kicked about the expense, But ma, she said: "Don't mind it, Ed-- Don't think of dollars and cents." That autumn Clara was married, It made pa glad as could be, And ma would smile Most all the while, "I'm proud of that porch," said she. Last summer both Belle and Amy Would race for the porch at night, And all the rest Of us thought best To stay indoors, out of sight. But Belle ran faster than Amy-- She got her man in July; A kid, commend That porch to send A bachelor's oath sky high. Last Sunday Amy informed us That she had told Jimmy "yes," And now married, Pa, ma, and me, Can get on that porch, I guess. -Cleveland Leader. Mage Wigs Fashionable. Many of the fashions inaugurated by sovereigns have had most unromantic origins. Thus, when Louis IX. of France developed a bald cranium his queen promptly provided him with a wig, saying, "Our bald kings have never been lucky, and it ill befits a sovereign that he should not be better provided with flowing locks than a mendicant at the gates' of Notre Dame." And forthwith every subject throughout France, whether he required it or not, donned a similar wig in loyal emulation of his king. Automatic Compass. M. Helt, a French inventor, has recently patented a compass which automatically registers minute by minute. The compass card is fixed on a steel pivot, which rests on a fixed agate, instead of having at its center an agate resting on a fixed steel point. The fixed agate is immersed in a drop of mercury, which serves as a conductor for the electric current that causes the movements of registering. Publication Notice In the District Court of Wyandotte County. Mary Darkis. Plaintiff. VS. William Darkis Defendant Notice The State of Kansas, to William Darkis Greeting, you are hereby notified that you have been sued on the grounds of gross neglect of duty, extreme cruelty; and adultery, in the above entitle cause in the above named Court, Wherein Mary Darkis is Plaintiff, and William darkis is 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 18th 1905. PUBLICATION NOTCIE IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY, STATE OF KANSAS, annie Johnson. Plaintiff. VS. ewis J. Johnson. Defendant. THE STATE OF KANSAS TO LEWIS J. KANSAS LEWIS 5. JOHNSON GREETING: You are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas by the above named Plaintiff. Fannie Johnson, whose petition is now on file in the office, and that you must as such 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 devegeting the title to certain house and lots owned by you in the town of Quildar Wyandotte County Kansas and investing the title in the plaintiff as alimony and dissolving the bonds of matrimony now subsisting between the plaintiff and defendant and such other and further relief as the honorable court may adjudge in the premises, as may appear just and equitable in behalf of the plaintiff. 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. Largest Building in the World. The Crystal palace accommodates more people than any other building in the world. It will hold 100,000. Trades in London. According to the late returns, there are 1,756 distinct trades being carried on in London and its suburbs. Berlin Land Values Double. The ground value of the city of Berlin is said to be worth twice what it was in 1887. Woman Mountain Climber. By far the most expert woman mountainaineer 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 28,194 feet up a mountain 24,479 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. --- JUNE 16. The kansas City Kansas Soap Company. is the name of a new Stock Company with a 2.000 capital stock recentley 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 money EXECUTORS NOTICE STATE OF ; KANSAS. WYANDOTTE COUNTY, IN THE PROBATE COURT OF SAID COUNTY In the matter of the Estate of Mary L. Gordon Deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters tenantament 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 in three years after the date of said letters, they shall be forever barred. CORVINE PATTerson Executor of the last will and testament of Mary L. Gordon deceased. NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In the District Court of Wyandotte county State of Kansas. Mary Atkinson. Plaintiff. vs. J. B. Atkinson, Defendant. The State of Kansas to J. B. Atkinson. Greeting:— You are hereby notified that the plaintiff in the above entitled cause did on the 22nd day of September, 1904, 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 youdurn, answer or otherwise ob- ject 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 pettition. JOHNSON and TOOLE. Attys. for Plaintiff. Wm. Needles, Clerk. By D. C. McCombs, Deputy. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE STATE OF KANSAS IN THE PROBAT COURT IN AND SS FOR SAID COUNY 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. 1906. Now, all persons having claims against the 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 beef of such Estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said Letters, they shall be forever barred. L. P. BRADLEY executor of the Last Will and Testament of Jane Redd Deceased. First print, 1906. Notice of Final Settlement State of Kansas County of Wyandotte In the Probate Court in and for said County. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLARA WILLIAMS.BLDEE DECEASED Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified that at the next regular team of the Probate Court in and for said County, to be began 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 dotte. State of Kansas, have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Probate Court this 20th Day of January A. D. 1905 Winfield Freeman Probate Judge 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. I LEISH HILL 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,.....40.5 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." 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 Cost or 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 manufactor 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 warning 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 subscribing getting your neighbors to do the same und watch the good results. Notice of Final Settlement. State of Kansas County of Wyattcott 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 for said County, to be begun and held at the Probate Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte and State aforesaid, on the first Monday in month of February, A. D. 1905. I shall apply to said Court for a full and final settlement of said estate. JAMES D. SMITH. Administrator of the Estate John R Smith. Deceased. In Witness Whereof, the undesigned Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte,State of Kansas, have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 24th day of December, A. D. 1904. Winfield Freeman, Probate Judge. SOUTH AMERICAN Office Houro: From 10 A. M., till 4 p. m. and from 6 till 9 P. M., C.H.C. JORDAN- M.M.M.D.. Reaching the crewery 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 magistrate, was talking to a young man about success. "The secret of success is enterprise, energy," said Col. Greene. "To be lazy, to stick always in the same old rut, that is how to make a wretched failure of your life. "I went West when I was 17, and after a spell of contracting and prospecting about Prescott, I farmed a bit in the San Pedro Valley. There was a storekeeper I used to buy my supplies from at that time who was a failure of the first water. This man's lack of enterprise was so great that people used to bring their children from miles around to study him. He was valuable as a horrible example. "There,' they would say to the youngsters,' take warning by Manners. He is a failure. He has no enterprise. Don't grow up like him. He resembles a tortoise, doesn't he?" "Poor Manners in his sluggishness lid resemble a tortoise a good deal. I sent a boy in to him one day with a pack mule to get five gallons of molasses. The boy told me afterward that when he entered the store Manners was dozing. The boy coughed and the man awoke and got up. He opened his mouth wide, and stood on tiptoe and stretched out his arms in a vast yawn. Then he said to the boy: "Wotcha want?" "Five gallons of molasses, Mr. Manners,' the boy spoke up, sharp and quick." "Wah-h-h-h,' yawned Manners again. Then as he took up the jug he grumbled: "Ain't there nobody what sells molases 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 Ton: Don't snuggle conceit to your bosom, my boy, Because you're on top of the wave. For here a thought that might serve To the gold of the credit you crave: The best is not always at surface, my ling. 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 alway. But this funny old world often labels as bad The thing that is good in its day. In fact, I may say that it classifies wrong Some theatres the great earthly crop. And I think you will note as you journey along That the foam often gets to the top. We will not mention names if you please, my dear youth. But look on the world as you go. See the them where we place at the summit, in truth. Then gaze on the mortals below. And I give you my word I will have nothough to teach And this brief little anthem will stop, If you do not agree with the thing that I preach. That the foam may be found on the top. -A. J. WATERHOUSE in Sunset Magazine. A Polite Discharge. James Rankin Young, the new superintendent of the Dead Letter office admires politeness. "It is possible," he said recently, "to be polite always. It is possible to be polite even when discharging a drunken coachman. I know that this is so, for I have seen the thing done. "A friend of mine found himself obliged last week to get rid of his coachman for drunkenness. He summoned the man into his presence, and discharged him with this polite speech: "I fear, Montgomery, that we must part. It has been impossible for me to avoid noticing that several times during the past month you have been—er—sober. Now, I don't believe that any man can attend properly to drinking if he has driving to do, and, therefore, at the month's end you will be free to devote yourself exclusively to your chosen occupation." All Christians In his article in the Woman's Home Companion, describing the International Sunday School Convention in Jerusalem, Doctor Devins relates the following significant incident: "An unexpected favor was received from the officers of the Russian church on the Mount of Olives. A meeting had been planned to be held near the place of the Ascension. As the leader of the meeting, the writer went to see if it could be held under the trees near the church. "Why not?" was the reply, accompanied by a smile on the saintly face of the speaker. 'Why not? Do we not worship the same Christ?' WIT IS NOT APPRECIATED. Glasgow, Scotland, Character Has Fun With Actors. A provincial theater in the east of Scotland is being tormented and amused at intervals by a wit among the gallery gods who insists on keeping up a running commentary on the play. He has enlivened many a dull piece by his droll interpolations, but he has also come pretty near ruining many an intensely dramatic or sentimental situation by the sudden and always apropos qualities of his interruptions. He has a high pitched, penetrating voice, and the town police, who have been on the verge of ejecting him a dozen times, say that he was a Glasgow cab driver who retired with a competence and now takes this way to give play to a wit that was once famous in the great city. On one occasion a dreary melodrama was being presented. The heroine of the play, pursued by the villain, had taken refuge in the house of her lover, who, as the hero of the play, was of course, at variance with his sweetheart's parents. The exigencies of the plot required that the irate father, sword in hand and at the head of his faithful retainers, should track the girl to the gates of the hero's treacherous and disgraceful elopement, enter the room where the scared heroine had been secreted under the table. "Wretcht!" cried the furious father, "your life shall answer for this. I demand my child. Where is she." Then, shrill and startling in the expectant silence, from the gallery came the answer: "Unner the table, ye dinged lout! Dinna ye see her slipper stickin' oot?" The house was in a tumult of merriment in a moment, but it was the "angry father" himself, who ruined the situation, for he burst into immoderate laughter and the curtain fell in the middle of the act, to rise again upon an audience that could not repress its risibles for the rest of the evening. HE WANTED A MORTGAGE. Swede's Experience With a Deed Had Taught Him Caution. Halvor Steenerson, Congressman from Minnesota, tells a story of a Swede who went to that state from one of the Dakotas for the purposes 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 cut 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. Getting Posted. "I would like to ask you a question if you don't mind," said the old man in the street car to the man on his right. "Go ahead, sir." "I should like to know the meaning of the term 'History repeats itself.' I come across it most every day. How does history repeat itself." "That's easily answered," said the other. "For instance, if you should ask me what I thought of the weather I should tell you to go and be hanged to you. If we should meet a month hence and you asked me the same question over again my reply would be the same." "I think I see—I think I do," mused the old man, as he leaned back and crossed his feet. "Yes, I guess I understand, and I want to tell you that you are a durned mean jackass of a man and that history is going to repeat itself every blamed time I run across you for the next ten years to come."—Chicago News. A Gentle Thrust. James Jeffrey Roche, the new Consul to Genoa, was talking about a magazine editor. "This man," he said, "rejected some of the best of my early verse. He rejected some of the best verse of my friends. Why he is an editor I can't imagine. He certainly has no critical sense. "I indicated this to him one day. He had announced to me that he was going to get married. He had praised the lady of his choice ardently, declaring her to be a poem. "'A poem?' said I. "'A poem,' he repeated. "'And still you do not reject her?' (exclaimed.) Winter. Soft as the plumes of sleep drifts down The pure white silence of the snow The bells make merry in the town, Where happy faces come and go. The brooding quiet of the trees, Is broken sweet, in yonder glen. By "day, day day," of checkades And keen, sweet song of winter wren. Of glowing days some magic word Is warbled when the grosbeaks sing; And in the moaning pines is heard The whisper of returning spring This is the birthday of the year. Now far off summer's battles start; And lo; the very cold grows dear, The storm wind warms the heart. 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 Furished 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 convening to street car service. You will get best of treatment. MRS. E, L, SMITH PROPRIETRESS. KANSAS CITY SOAP CO. Are Manufactors of the Best Grades of Toilet & Washing Soaps. A Home Institution. One trial of their brand the Snowflake and Union will convince you of their merits. RESTAURANT 1s the best place in the city and will serve you from 5,30 a.m, to ii p. m, every thing is cooked to taste, MEALS 15 CENTS, Mrs. Thatcher the prop, is one of the best cooks in the city and will please you, give her a call. 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 Ladies suits, dressing sacques, aprons and in fact anything in the Dressmaking line and sold on weekly and monthly payments. Here is a few prices: Belt dresses $1.00 and up; dressing sacques 50cts and up. Call and see me. Mrs W. F. Williams. 1510 North Third St. The Indian rhinoceros is nearly extinct. There are two specimens in the London zoological gardens and two on the European continent. Very few are left in a wild state in India and Assam, and unless special measures be taken for their preservation they will soon disappear. Kansas City, Kansas. MME. L, F. JOHNSON, Shampooing, Manicuring, Massage and Scalp Treatment. Tel.733-W. A SPECIALT Duplex Telegraphy in Europe. The telegraph line from Vienna to Cernozwitt is the longest line in Europe which uses the duplex system being 630 miles long. The system was adopted a few months ago, as 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 paled down the side, and at one end w a hole in which was a ribbon bow and loop by which to suspend in Good Housekeeping. Moisture in Tobacco The presence of moisture in tobacco is, the Lancet believes, of some importance to public health, since the combustion of tobacco containing a large proportion of moisture is the peded, while as the g eration of vapor is increased, so ar e chances of the poisonous princii being cased into the mouth diminished. Early Japanese University Early Japanese University. It will surprise most readers to learn from a recent Japanese write that there was a university in Japan in the eighth century, with schools of ethics, mathematics and history, and that text books were employed deaing with such specialties as the deases of women, veterinary surgeon and materia 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 poor 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 dazzling revelation from God, and there are in the Orient, even to-day, sooth-ers, or fortune tellers, who interpret dreams, just as the soothsayers do in bible times, and from dreams the future of the dreamer. Cancer Victims Well to Do Cancer Victims Well to Do. Statistics show that cancer is more common among those who are accustomed to the refinements of life among the very poor, and to care for such patients the doctors say the good surroundings are a necessity. Snakes in India About 400,000 snakes are killed every year in British India. The first paid as rewards annually for the destruction of beasts of prey and venomous snakes by the government India amount to about $125,000. German Colony in Palestine. Thirty-four years ago a German colony settled at Haifa, Palestine. The day all of the ninety families in it 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 museum sizes, in Ireland, and the witness had to go on the bench to translate the terms for the judge. Gravity. An observing schoolboy wrote this short essay: "Gravity was discovered by Izaak Walton. It is chiefly noticeable when the apples are falling from the trees." Novices Leave Convent. Stealing the front door key from the pocket of the mother superior, three young novices escaped from the convent of Santa Clara in Lisbon and disappeared. Dogs May Ride in Berlin. Dogs are allowed to enter tramway cars in Berlin, but must be held by their master's laps and paid for as they were human passengers. Credit is a Necessity. As trade now stands, there is no enough gold out of the earth, if we 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 stock for sharpening cutlery. Denmark's Honey Experts. Denmark exports 2,500,000 pounds of honey a year. OUT OF THE ORDINARY The details were appalling, if we credit the report; But his innocence was proven, when they they bury him. By law they in good standing." A gentleman of pleasure weared of domestic strife. A law of public justice brushed the elbows of a trust, Who danced and devious its energies to bust— And the man who bribed and quibbled till the right was in the dust. Was a 'lawyer in good standing." A millionaire's promoter who was known to be a thief. Caught gory-handed in a steal, bid fair to come to grief. So he summoned his attorney, for he knew that the lawyer had in a lawyer of good standing." The lawyer brought the case to trial with all precaution due. The and smiled as if he knew The defiant must be innocent—you see Was a "lawyer in good standing" —New York Sun. Plants as Supply Stores. There are few plants that have not been utilized one way or another by mankind for food, paper, drugs or other purposes. Amongst many not so well known may be mentioned the Japanese wax tree, bearing bunches of fruit growing like grapes, which contain a species of wax used in making candles. Another tree, found in the Pacific islands, and known as the candle-nut, yields a large quantity of oil, while the kernels are strung together on a stick and lighted as a candle. The fruit of the candle tree is between three and four feet in length, about an inch in diameter, and of a yellowish color. As they are seen hanging from the tree, they present the appearance of a number of wax candles, and are in such abundance as to give the idea of a chandler's shop. Some of these are grown in the Isle of Wight. The telegraph plant, which grows in India, is a slender, erect shrub, so called because of some resemblance to signals in the motion of its trifoliate leaves—the two side ones rising and falling alternately for a time, and then resting for a period. Sometimes many of the leaves are in motion and sometimes only a few; the greatest activity being in the early morning, and not depending on the wind.—Montreal Herald. A Prehistoric Cave Dwelling. A prehistoric cave dwelling has recently been discovered near Winnauza, on Lake Lucein, in Switzerland. The entrance to this cavern has been blocked for ages by the accumulation of falling rocks and earth. Its existence being known, a party of antiquarians had the entrance passage into the cavern cleared of obstructions, and a grotto or series of caves, dating to the Stone period, was laid bare. A fine collection of stone implements, including kalves, ax-heads and spears, gigantic shells rudely ornamented, evidently drinking vessels, and dishes was discovered. In one chamber of the cavern the explorers found the remains of the bones of many extinct animals; while one section of the cave, which is believed to have been the dwelling of an important family in the Stone age, had evidently served as a workshop for the stonecutters, for here were found many stones in the process of being shaped into implements. Tree With Interesting History Tree With Interesting History. Secretary Hitchcock recently planted in the White House grounds an oak sapling grown from an acorn taken from a George Washington oak at St. Petersburg. The Russian oak was grown from an acorn taken from a tree planted by Washington. Some Russians who were visiting the United States gathered some acorns from the Washington oak at Mount Vernon, an immense tree near the general's house, planted them in St. Petersburg, and they are now among the most splendid trees on the avenues of the Russian capital. When Secretary Hitchcock was minister to Russia, he brought home some of the acorns from these trees and planted them at his home in Missouri. It is one of the resulting saplings that he brought to Washington. Trout That Need Ice Water Golden trout from an icy stream 7, 000 feet up the wild sides of Mt. Whitney were one of the attractions of a fish and same show in San Francisco, says Forest and Stream. The fish were caught in Whitney creek by R. W. Requa. With two assistants he started up the towering mountain. One of his companions turned back when a blinding snowstorm came on, but the other two proceeded. Requa got about three dozen of the trout, which were brought down in a bucket of water and ice. Plenty of ice was kept in the tank in which the fish were shipped, and a large chunk of it floated in the water in which they lived at the pavilion. Dwarf of the Ox Family One of the greatest curiosities among the domesticated animals of Dejon is a breed of cattle known to the googologist as the "sacred running horse." They are dwarfs of the whole of family, the largest specimens of the species never exceeding 30 inches in height—Lahore Tribune. GAS AND WATER IS ONE AS NECESSARY AS THE OTHER? Citizens of Large Cities Say It Is New York, June 13.--In the recent agitation here about the price of gas, the demand for lower rates was supported by the argument that every resident is as dependent upon a supply of gas as upon a supply of good water. It has come to pass that the day laborer uses gas as his only fuel for cooking, because of economy, and the rich man uses gas on account of its convenience. Gas for lighting, with modern improvements in burners, is cheaper, better and more satisfactory than any other kind of light. Gas sells at $1.00 per thousand cubic feet in large cities and from that to as high as $3.00 in smaller towns. The consumer of gas in the country uses Acetylene (pronounced a-set-alene), and each user makes his own gas and is independent of Gas and Electric Companies. Acetylene is a more perfect illuminant than the gas sold by the big gas companies in the cities, and the cost to the smallest user is about the equivalent of city gas at 85 cents per thousand. Acetylene is the modern artificial light, the latest addition to the many inventions that have become daily necessities. The light from an acetylene flame is soft, steady and brilliant, and in quality is only rivaled by the sun's rays. If water and a solid material known as Calcium Carbide are brought into contact, the immediate result is the making of this wonderful gas. The ge-eration of acetylene is so simple that experience or even apparatus is not necessary to make it. If it is desired to make it for practical lighting, and to keep it for immediate use, then a small machine called an "Acetylene Generator" is employed. There are many responsible concerns making acetylene generators. In practice, this gas is distributed in small pipes throughout buildings, grounds, or entire cities and towns, in the same manner as ordinary city gas. Acetylene is the only satisfactory means of lighting isolated buildings located in the country or suburbs at a distance from city gas or electric plants. A good many girls fall to catch on because they do all the angling themselves. At the conference of the managers of the New York Central Lines, held in New York June 6th, all lines being represented by their General Managers and Passenger officials, it was decided, beginning with the regular summer change, Sunday, June 18th, to quicken the speed of the "Twentieth Century Limited" so as to make the time between New York and Chicago eighteen hours instead of twenty hours, the New York Central Lines having made the twenty hour time during the past three years, and having also made the run between New York and Chicago in twenty hours with their "Exposition Flyer" for the one hundred and eighty days of the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1833, twelve years ago. The New York Central Lines make the point that the New York Central has had in service the "Empire State Express," which has been the fastest train in the world for its distance, 440 miles for fourteen years, having held the world's record for that time, and for three years and 180 days having held the world's record for a thousand mile train in twenty hours. The proposed schedule of eighteen hours is simply the extension of the time of the "Empire State Express" through from Buffalo to Chicago, the time having been made for fourteen years between New York and Buffalo. On this new schedule, the train will leave Chicago at 2:30 p. m., arriving Grand Central Station, New York, at 9:30 next morning, and returning, will leave New York 3:30 p. m., reaching Chicago 8:30 a. m. following the At the same time, the "Lake Shore Limited" will be quickened up an hour, and will make the time from Chicago to New York in 23 hours instead of 24, leaving Chicago 5:30 p.m., by the Lake Shore and arriving New York 5:30 p.m., by the New York Central. The "Southwestern Limited" train, No. 11, which now leaves Grand Central station at 1 p.m., will, beginning June 18th, leave at 2:04 p.m., saving an hour to an hour and a half on the present journey to St. Louis and Cincinnati. Nell—"Do you think Miss Antique is in love with the pastor?" Belle—"I wouldn't put it past her." During the summer months The California Limited on the "Santa Fe road" will run semi-weekly only, between Chicago, Kansas City, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Westbound, it will leave Chicago Tuesdays and Saturdays, beginning June 3. Eastbound, it will leave San Francisco and Los Angeles Mondays and Thursdays, beginning June 5. Let every hostess so cultivate her tallents that she can graciously ask a poor musician to play the piano, and let her learn to so frame her request that he won't want to accept the invitation. The mea nman who treats his family worst may be counted upon to wear the widest band of crepe about his hat if he loses a member of his household. That man is great who can use the brains of others to carry on his work. Like a Grizzly. "So you have been married five years?" interrogated the old friend. "Well, you look so happy your husband must act very nicely?" "He acts like a bear when he comes home," replied the Michigan avenue lady. "Like a bear? Gracious! In what way?" "He—he hugs me." Sound Business Sense. Even the casual observer will readily see the sound business sense contained in the announcement of the Isthmian Canal Commission that it will purchase the equipment for the construction of the Panama canal in the markets of the world. Easy. "How in the world could you remember that your wife wanted dark brown silk?" asked the friend. "Oh, I just kept my mind on the taste lave in my mouth this morning," replied the man who had been to a banquet the night before. Quite Differant. "Wasn't the deceased somewhat fastidious?" asked the coroner. "No," answered the witness, "he was altogether slowtidious—otherwise he would not have been run over by a state street sar." If half the time spent by girls in learning to play the piano were given to learning how to write the English language, there might be more stenographers who could turn out a page of copy, correctly spelled and properly punctated. "If a cork comes hard, the easiest way to take it out is to push it in," remarked the Irishman who was thirsting somewhat for the contents. A newspaper man of Paris estimates that Europeans on their vacation spend about $150,000,000 per annum. The only mill in the world that gets its power direct from an artesian well is located at St. Augustine, Fla. Of course managers of musical comedies object to impartial dramatic criticism. Most any jackass doesn't like to be told that he is one. Many a man sets out for immortality and reaches oblivion; but he may find the road more pleasant and he may be just as happy when he reaches his destination. "Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy cures the Briggs Disease and Gravel. Abie physicians failed." Mrs. E. P. Mimer, Burgurl, O. 11.00 a bottle. If all men were wise the gold brick industry would cease to flourish. Defiance Starch should be in every household, none so good, besides 4 oz. more for 10 cents than any other brand of cold water starch. A woman soldom means the mean things she says. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure. J. W. O'BRIEN, 322 Third Ave. N. Minneapolis, Minn. Jan. 6, 1900. Sound judgement doesn't necessarily make the most noise. Injunction Is Issued: A stringent injunction has been issued against the malignant activity of dyspepsia, amongst all people, by Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin. Do not fail to invoke the powerful aid of this great enemy of all stomach and bowel disorder at the least sign of trouble in any of your digestive organs. It will promptly and surely set them right, and make you well. Try it. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails. You can judge a man's nature better by the looks of his wife than by his own looks. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there *at least one dreaded disease* that science now known to the medical fraternity. Catarch. Hall's Catarch Gure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarch. Hall's Catarch Gure is takenational treatment. Hall's Catarch Gure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous membranes of the eye. It is destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving strength to building up the constitution and assisting the immune system. Its proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that it falls to cure. Send for testimonial. One Hundred Dollars for any case that it falls to cure. Send for testimonial. GRENZ KO, Toledo, O. Sold by all Drugsists. 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. There are enough freight engines and cars engaged in the traffic of this country to make a string nine thousand miles long. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in 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. Why They Sacrificed Themselves. The bugle sounded. "What's that for?' the Russian colonel asked the orderly as he wiped the battle grime from his brow. The orderly arose in his stirrups. "Before you make this desperate sharge," he shouted to the veteran wants pou to give him time to pass down the line and kiss you all." With a mild howl of dismay the whole regiment rushed foward and flung itself like a catapult on the astonished enemy. HUMOUR of the DAY Billville Celebrities. "Any celebrities in your town?" asked the visitor. "Well, we've got a good snake liar, a dozen or more fish liars that are purty good in their line, and a man who never predicted the failure of the fruit crop." "That all?" "No; that's one chap in town who claims he never told a lie--the biggest liar of 'em all!"—Atlanta Constitution. A woman holding a stick is petting a dog on the floor. Extract from letter sent by Mr. Wiggins to long-absent friend—You remember, dear old boy, the remark I used to make that if ever I got married it would be to a woman who knew her position—and kept it. Well, I've found that woman! Note—the above sketch was "not" sent with the epistle.—Half Holiday. Billings Was a Judge of Uncles. "Is Billings a good judge of a cigar?" "I don't think he is. That very rich uncle of his came along yesterday afternoon and stopped to speak to Billings—Billings is his favorite nephew—and Billings said he noticed that his uncle was smoking an excellent cigar—and 'pon my word, it was the worst smelling stogle that ever came out of the box!' All the World to Him. "Harry," said the wealthy wife, as she handed him a roll of the long green, "do you remember how you used to tell me that I was all the world to you?" "Yes," replied the husband, "and I meant it, too. Do you doubt it?" "Not a bit, not a bit! But, Harry, can't you get over the idea that the world owes you a living?" Where Friendship Ceased Mrs White—"What's the trouble between you and Mrs. Green?" Mrs. Black—"I let her have her own way too much." Mrs. White—"Why, that wouldn't make her angry!" Mrs. Black—"Indeed it did. She wanted to pay for the ice cream soda and I allowed here to do it."—Detroit! Tribune. Lucky Thaddeus. Smarticus—It's a good thing Thaddeus isn't there now. Sparticus—Thaddeus? Who and where? Smarticus—Why, Thaddeus of Warsaw. He was such a striking figure that if he were living to-day he'd be sure to be mixed up in those labor disturbances. None Left to Chloroform. "Shall we chloroform the old folks of the next generation?" asked the sage of Plunkville. "If cigarette an' tight lacin' keep their present holts on the respective sexes," retorted the Pohick philosopher, "there ain't goin' to be no old folks in the next generation." The Cheerful Idiot "Yes," said the tired citizen, "I may say I got my education along practical lines, such as it is, in hotels here and there over the country. Of course, I have paid a high price for it, but it is worth all I've paid for it." "Would you call the money paid for such an education inn-tuition?" asked the cheerful idiot, laughing heartily. Bug—My! Just see the fine diamond. What a great game we could have if we only had a bat and ball. Editorial Chatter "Ah!" began the pen on the reporter's desk, "I am mightier than the sword." "Oh, but look at me," retorted the editor's blue pencil. "Huh! Of what use are you, pray?" "Well, to make a long story about." Like a Grzzlx "So you have been married five years?" interrogated the old friend. "Well, you look so happy your husband must act very nicely?" "He acts like a bear when he comes home," replied the Michigan avenue lady. "Like a bear? Gracious! In what way?" "He—he hugs me." Sound Business Sense. Even the casual observer will readily see the sound business sense contained in the announcement of the Isthmian Canal Commission that it will purchase the equipment for the construction of the Panama canal in the markets of the world. Easy. "How in the world could you remember that your wife wanted dark brown silk?" asked the friend. "Oh, I just kept my mind on the taste have in my mouth this morning," replied the man who had been to a banquet the night before. Quite Differant "Wasn't the deceased somewhat fastidious?" asked the coroner. "No," answered the witness, "he was altogether slowidious—otherwise he would not have been run over by a state street sar." If half the time spent by girls in learning to play the piano were given to learning how to write the English language, there might be more stenographers who could turn out a page of copy, correctly spelled and properly punctuated. "If a cork comes hard, the easiest way to take it out is to push it in," remarked the Irishman who was thirsting somewhat for the contents. A newspaper man of Paris estimates that Europeans on their vacation spend about $150,000,000 per annum. The only mill in the world that gets its power direct from an artesian well is located at St. Augustine, Fla. Of course managers of musical comedies object to impartial dramatic criticism. Most any jackass doesn't like to be told that he is one. Many a man sets out for immortality and reaches oblivion; but he may find the road more pleasant and he may be just as happy when he reaches his destination. "Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy fred me of Bright Disease and Travel. Able physicians allied Mr. E. P. Mlner, Burguill, O. H. o. a bottle. If all men were wise the gold brick industry would cease to flourish. Defiance Starch should be in every household, none so good, besides 4 oz. more for 10 cents than any other brand of cold water starch. A woman seldom means the mean things she says. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure. J. W. O'BRIEN, 322 Third Ave. N. Minneapolis, Minn. Jan. 6, 1900. Sound judgement doesn't necessarily make the most noise. Injunction Is Issued A stringent injunction has been issued against the malignant activity of dyspepsia, amongst all people, by Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin. Do not fail to invoke the powerful aid of this great enemy of all stomach and bowel disorder at the least sign of trouble in any of your digestive organs. It will promptly and surely set them right, and make you well. Try it. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails. You can judge a man's nature better by the looks of his wife than by his own looks. $100 Reward. $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there at east one dreaded disease that science can cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarin Hall's Catarin Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarin Hall's Catarin Cure is taken national treatment. Hall's Catarin Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous tissue of the body, and destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving strength to building up the constitution and assisting strength to building up the constitution and assisting to much faith in its curative power. The proprietors have one Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure the condition. Address F.J. GRENEX & O., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 750. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. There are enough freight engines and cars engaged in the traffic of this country to make a string nine thousand miles long. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in $\frac{4}{3}$-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. Why They Sacrificed Themselves. The bugle sounded. "What's that for?' the Russian colonel asked the orderly as he wiped the battle grime from his brow. The orderly arose in his stirrups. "Before you make this desperate sharge," he shouted to the veteran wants pou to give him time to pass down the line and kiss you all." With a mild howl of dismay the whole regiment rushed forward and flung itself like a catapult on the as- onished enemy. THREE YEARS AFTER. Eugene E. Larlo, of 751 Twentleth avenue, ticket seller in the Union Station, Denver, Col., says: "You are at liberty to repeat what I first stated through our Denver papers about Doan's Kidney Pills in the summer of 1899, for I have had no reason in the interim to change my opinion of the remedy. I was subject to severe attacks of backache, always aggravated if I sat long at a desk. Doan's Kidney Pills absolutely stopped my backache. I have never had a pain or a twinge since." liberty to repeat what I first stated through our Denver papers about Doan's Kidney Pills in the summer of 1899, for I have had no reason in the interim to change my opinion of the remedy. I was subject to severe attacks of backache, always aggravated if I sat long at a desk. Doan's Kidney Pills absolutely stopped my backache. I have never had a pain or a twinge since." Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all druggists. Price 50 cents per box. When being photographed actresses don't grin, because the picture may serve for a tooth soap advertisement; they grin because they think it is pretty. RAILROAD RATE LEGISLATION. Testifying before the Senate Committee at Washington, Inter-State Commerce Commissioner Prouty said in discussing the proposition to give to that Commission the power to regulate railway rates: "I think the railways should make their own rates. I think they should be allowed to develop their own business. I have never advocated any law, and I am not now in favor of any law, which would put the rate making power into the hands of any commission or any court. While it may be necessary to do that some time, while that is done in some states at the present time, while it is done in some countries, I am opposed to it. * * * * The railway rate is property. It is all the property that the railway has got. The rest of its property is not good for anything unless it can charge a rate. Now it has always seemed to m) that when a rate was fixed, if that rate was an unreasonable rate, it deprives the railroad company of its property pro tanto. It is not necessary that you should confiscate the property of a railroad; it is not necessary that you should say that it shall not earn three per cent or four per cent. When you put in a rate that is inherently unreasonable, you have deprived that company of its rights, of its property, and the Circuit Court of the United States has jurisdiction under the fourteenth amendment to restrain that. * * * * I have looked at these cases a great many times, and I can only come to the conclusion that a railroad company is entitled to charge a fair and reasonable rate, and if any order of a commission, if any statute of a state legislature takes away that rate, the fourteenth amendment protects the railway company." Geese which are driven to the great Prague fair have their feet encased in tar boots to prevent injury. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of Charles H. Hatcher In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. The observatory at the summit of Mount Etna occupies the highest in- habited spot in Europe and is 9,076 feet above the level of the sea. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. It is the judicious man, who praises his wife's cooking when it's good and fails to mention anything when it's bad. Why It Is the Best is because made by an entirely different process. Defiance Starch is unlike any other, better and one-third more for 10 cents. Baring birthdays the society woman tries to appear up-to-date. Here is Relief for Women. Mother Gray, a nurse in New York, discovered a pleasant herb remedy for women's ills, called AUSTRALIAN-LEAF. Cures female weaknesses, Backache, Kidney, Bladder and Urinary troubles. At all Druggists or by mail 50c. Sample mailed FREE. Address, The Mother Gray Co., LeRoy, N. Y. One advantage Easter hasover Christmas is that neither your friends nor your enemies will present you with samples of their pyrographic skill. Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz. in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because Defiance contains 16 oz. for the same money. Do you want 16 oz. instead of 12 oz. for same money? Then buy Defiance Starch. Requires no cooking. An occasional domestic storm is necessary to clarify the matrimonial atmosphere. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, curbs wind colds. So a bottle "Are people any better off," asks a state exchange, "for all the labor saving machinery which has been invented? Certainly, brother; it does more than half the work in wearing out one's clothes. Just because they are in on the ground floor of the establishment some janitors are inclined to be quite autocratic about it. An orator will generally try to raise his voice for the occasion if the audience will raise the cash. TWO OPEN LETTERS IMPORTANT TO MARRIED WOMEN Mrs. Mary Dimmick of Washington tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Made Her Well. It is with great pleasure we publish the following letters, as they convincingly prove the claim we have so many times made in our columns that Mrs. Mrs. Mary Dimmick Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass., is fully qualified to give helpful advice to sick women. Read Mrs. Dimmick's letters. Her first letter: Dear Mrs. Pinkham "I have been a sufferer for the past eight years with a trouble which first originated from painful menstruation—the pains were excruciating, with inflammation and ulceration of the womb. The doctor says I must have an operation or I cannot live. I do not want to submit to an operation if I can possibly help me."—Mrs. Mary Dimmick, Washington, D.C. Her second letter; Dear Mrs. Pinkham: "You will remember my condition when I last wrote you, and that the doctor said I must have an operation or I could not live. I received your kind letter and followed your advice very carefully and am now entirely well. As my case was so serious it seems a miracle that I am cured. I know that I owe a lot to my life to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I advice. I can walk miles without an ache or a pain, and I wish every suffering woman would read this letter and realize what you can do for them."—Mrs. Mary Dimmick, 59th and East Capitol Streets, Washington, D.C. How easy it was for Mrs. Dimmick to write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., and how little it cost her—a two-cent stamp. Yet how valuable was the reply! As Mrs. Dimmick said—it saved her life. Mrs. Pinkham has on file thousands of just such letters as the above, and offers ailing women helpful advice. WE CAN IN TROUBLE? HELP YOU We give Legal Advice—Rights of Hus- bands, Wives, Heirs, Wills, Divorce, or adoption—With little effort once. One 2 stamp—No money. Lawyers Mutual Alliance, Beers Building, Bridg- port, Conn. WANTED Competent men in the competent trades. San Francisco pays the Competent men in the printed trades. San Francisco pays the highest wages, in the United States. Permanent jobs given to good nonunion men who can furnish satisfactory recommendations. This is not a strike-breaking proposition; the Pacific Coast Typotheae has decided to go to the OPEN SHOOT and that means jobs for competent men and absolute protection. W. E. ALEXANDER, Secretary Citizens' Alliance, 601 Crossley Building, San Francisco. Drink Peacock 5¢ IT MAKES YOU PROUD! ALL SODA FOUNTAINS DAILY FIXER HUILER some trouble, some cleanliness will not soil or injure anything. Try not to breathe it without by hand. It not kept by dealers, sent prepaid for two. 140 Delklyn Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. PAXTINE TOILET ANTISEPTIC FOR WOMEN troubled with ills peculiar to their sex, used as a douche is marvelously successful. thoroughly cleanses, kills disease germs, stops discharges, heals inflammation, local soreness, cures leucorrhea and nasal catarrh. Paxine is in powder form to be dissolved in pure water, and is far more cleaning, healing, germicidal and economical than liquid antiseptics for all TOILET AND WOMAN'S SPIRIT USES. For sale at druggists, 60 cents a box. Trial Box and Book of Instructions Free. THE R.PAXTON COMPANY BOSTON, MASS. If afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water DON'T HESITATE! If you contemplate a journey, save time money and trouble by using THE MKT AND MISSUURN KANSAS & TEXAS RAILWAY. We have lots of information about the Southwest, valuable alike to the investor and homeowner. What can we do to what you want, how much you have to invest and we will gladly furnish the information. The opportunity today is brighter and better in the Southwest than any where else. Write today for a copy of our book, "The Coming Country," and particulars about rates. Address GEORGE MORTON B.P. & T.A. M.K. & T.Y. ST. LUCKY, MO. W.N.U., KANSAS CITY, NO. 24, 1905. PISO'S CURE FOR GROSS WHENE ALL ELSE FAIR. Best Cough Syrup by M.D. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION Shaky Knowledge of Geography. English ignorance of American geography is an unfailing source of amusement, and it must be said that as the English grow more and more to admire us there is less excuse for it. Uder a design of President Roosevelt in hunting garb an illustrated English weekly has recently placed an explanation of the President's plans for the trip and this added information: "His secretytary alone will know of his whereabouts, and that official lives on a private railway train sidetracked somewhere near Colorado" "Somewhere near Colorado" is good. When Margaret Potter, the author of "The Fire of Spring," which is hearedaled as one of the chief spring books by D. Appleton & Co., was in London a few years ago, she wanted to make some notes from a valuable book in the library of the British Museum. She went to the official in attendance and stated her errand, and he began to fill out her permission card. Then he glanced up to see a most prepossessing young girl, and abruptly asked her age. "Nineteen," replied Miss Potter truthfully, vaguely wishing that she were older. "Minors are never allowed inside the gate," said the official severely. "I am 25," stated Miss Potter, "if you really insist upon knowing. I was deceiving you." "I had to tell him that," remarked Miss Potter later, "because I really needed the notes.—Denver Republican. "These burial associations have cut the prices of funerals of late, have they not?" "Yes," replied the undertaker; "our profits are not so large on a single funeral, but since the auto came to be the rage we have twice as many funerals." Occasionally a man earns a living without getting it, but more often he manages to get a living without earning it. Even in the society drama the conversation is a little better than that of an afternoon reception. A man who knows how to keep his mounth shut is less likely to get it in the neck. NAMES BEST DOCTOR MR. BAYSSON PUBLISHES RESULTS OF VALUABLE EXPERIENCE. A Former Pronounced Dyspepthe He Now Rejoices in Perfect Freedom from Miseries of Indigestion. Thousands of sufferers know that the reason why they are irritable and depressed and nervous and sleepless is because their food does not digest, but how to get rid of the difficulty is the puzzling question. Good digestion calls for strong digestive organs, and strength comes from a supply of good rich blood. For this reason Mr. Baysson took Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for the cure of indigestion. "They have been my best doctor," he says. "I was suffering from dyspepsia. The pains in my stomach after meals were almost unbearable. My sleep was very irregular and my complexion was sallow. As the result of using eight boxes of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, about the merits of which I learned from friends in France, I have escaped all these troubles, and am able again to take pleasure in eating." A very simple story, but if it had not been for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills it might have been a tragic one. When discomfort begins with eating, fills up the intervals between meals with pain, and prevents sleep at night, there certainly cannot be much pleasure in living. A final general breaking down must be merely a question of time. Mr. Joseph Baysson is a native of Aix-les-Bains, France, but now resides at No. 2439 Larkin street, San Francisco, Cal. He is one of a great number who can testify to the remarkable efficacy of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in the treatment of obstinate disorders of the stomach. If you would get rid of nausea, pain or burning in the stomach, vertigo, nervousness, insomnia, or any of the other miseries of a dyspeptic, get rid of the weakness of the digestive organs by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. They are sold by druggists everywhere. Proper diet is, of course, a great aid in forwarding recovery once begun, and a little book, "What to Eat and How to Eat," may be obtained by any one who makes a request for it by writing to the Dr. Williams Medical Co., Schenectady, N.Y. This valuable diet book contains an important chapter on the simplest means for the cure of constipation. A friend in need is a friend who usually wants to borrow money. Canada is able to furnish more than the 200,000,000 bushels of wheat which Britain has to import every year. That man is great who rises to the emergencies of the occasion and becomes master of the situation. San Francisco's Destiny. Statistics derived from the highest possible authorities are sufficient to establish the claim of San Francisco that it is the financial New York of the Pacific coast. They also point clearly to the observing person the fact that much greater things are in store financially for San Francisco. Many prominent persons in all parts of the world believe that San Francisco is destined to become eventually one of the great money centers of the world. There are sufficient facts to make interesting, and possibly instructive, a consideration of the possibilities of the future in this direction. David H. Walker in Sunset Magazine for June FOR THE COSY CORNER. How a Comfortable Nook May Be Made Artistically Beautiful. Who was the first possessor of a cosy corner? An ape, a gorilla, or a man? We have all read of the lion and his den, and other wild animals having their exclusive places of retreat, and now comes a man with his animal nature cropping out of him, and even passing his semi-barbarian days, he, too, wants a cosy corner, or a place of retreat, where he can go all by himself and spend an evening to read a book or to smoke a "two-fer." The cosy corner has become an artistic necessity in the modern home; so much so that hundreds of dollars are sometimes spent in their construction and the fixing up of such places. The accompanying design is built on a wood frame, using lx3 stuff. The frame is sup- A Cosy Corner. ported by copper wire running from the outer edges to a large screw eye in the corner. The background above the shelf is rich red burlap in solid color. The panel effect is made by sewing on a three-inch strip of green burnt leather. Suitable pictures and antique fixings are also hung on the wall above the shelf. The wall below the shelf is dark green burlap stitched tight. The couch is six feet three inches long. It is upholstered; but usually looks best with a "ka-zak" couch cover thrown over it. The grille effect at the top is red leather with gilt bells suspended between diamonds. This work of art is sold by the foot and comes in all colors. Monk cloth in solid green is used for the roof, the curtains being looped back. To the right and left are a pair of oriental portieres. The overdraperies are of solid color green velour fringed with red and green. The rest of the design sufficiently shows the method of treatment. Table Novelties. Novelties for use in the household or on the table are continually making their appearance, and most of them are of a practical character that appeals to the average house mistress. Among the recent additions to the list are the two here pictured. One is a white porcelain lemon squeezer in a metal frame and the other a pickle jar and fork. The distinctive point about the latter, which is simple in shape and easy to clean, is the handle, which is so arranged that it drops back and forms a holder for the cover. This is a convenient arrangement, as it is not always an easy matter to satisfactorily dispose of the pickle jar cover. Poultry Dressing. A delicious stuffing for chicken or turkey is made by taking two scant teacupfuls of stale bread crumbs, one-half pint of oysters, drained and cut in half. Season with a little salt and pepper, celery salt, one table-spoonful of butter, one-half teaspoonful of sweet cream to moisten the crumbs and one well beaten egg. It will take three cupfuls of stuffing to fill an ordinary sized fowl. Chestnut stuffing is also delicious. It is made by taking one pint of chestnuts that have been peeled, blanched and boiled till tender in slightly salted water. Drain them over the fire and mash fine; moisten with one tablespoonful of thick sweet cream, season with salt, white pepper and a little nut-mag. Then mix in two tablespoonfuls of melted butter and one cupful of bread crumbs. Garnish the dish with whole boiled chestnuts and a brown sauce. Sure of One Thing. "I see here that a Chicago judge has decided that a milliner is not an artist." "I can't say, my dear. But I'm quite certain about one thing." "And what's that?" "The person who makes out the milliner's bills is an artist all right, all right." "I can't understand why you're so much more clever than I." "Sure you can't. If you could I wouldn't be!" The Game of Kings. Lady Playmore (whispering sub rosa)—"His majesty seems slightly embarrassed over something." Lord Jester—"Ahl. A royal flush!" Feeling his end approaching, the aged monkey called his sons to his bedside. "My children," he said, "stick to the simple life, and you will be happy and prosperous. Avoid human beings. Their vices would be the ruin of you. I have spoken. Farewell!" Fortunate old simian! If he had lived a while longer he would have had the mortification of knowing that one of his descendants had been arrested and fined $100 for violating the laws of Indiana by smoking a coffin nail. "The walls seem to be rather thin," remarked Goodley, calling upon Marryat in his new house. "They are rather thin," Marryat admitted. "Yes, because I'm sure I just heard some fellow in the next house snoring." "Oh! that's a fellow four doors below here."—Philadelphia Press. It's a poor fool that can't make a rule that will fill his own requirements. There is this to be said in favor of the spring magazines: The advertisements are up to the usual standard. It Pays to Read Newspapers. Cox, Wis., June 12—Frank M. Russell of this place had Kidney Disease so bad that he could not walk. He tried doctors' treatment and many different remedies, but was getting worse. He was very low. He read in a newspaper how Dodd's Kidney Pills were curing cases of Kidney Trouble, Bright's Disease and Rheumatism, and thought he would try them. He took two boxes, and now he is quite well. He says: "I can now work all day, and not feel tired. Before using Dodd's Kidney Pills, I couldn't walk across the floor." Mr. Russell's is the most wonderful case ever known in Chippewa county. This new remedy—Dodd's Kidney Pills—is making some miraculous cures in Wisconsin. A natural bridge over a canyon in Arizona is formed by a petrified tree trunk. AN AWFUL SKIN HUMOR. Covered Head, Neck and Shoulders—Suffered Agony for Twenty-five Years Until Cured by Cuticura. "For twenty-five years I suffered agony from a terrible humor, completely covering my head, neck and shoulders, discharging matter of such offensiveness to sight and smell that I became an object of dread. I consulted the most able doctors far and near, to no avail. Then I got Cuticura, and in a surprisingly short time I was completely cured. For this I thank Cuticura, and advise all those suffering from skin humors to get it and end their misery at once. S. P. Keyes, 149 Congress Street, Boston, Mass." It takes only a second arrow from Cupid's bow to heal the wound caused by the first. The Leavening Power Always Remains the Same. You cannot experiment every time you make a cake or biscuits, or test the strength of your baking powder to find out how much of it you should use; yet with most baking powders you should do this, for they are put together so carelessly they are never uniform, the quality and strength varying with each can purchased. Therefore, at one time a baking powder will produce less leavening gas than at another. If you base your calculations on the strength and results of a previous can, you may use too much or not enough of the new; your cake or biscuits will not raise; they will remain heavy and your materials in time will be lost; or else you will have a harshly acid or strongly alkaline cake or biscuits. Avoid the cheap and "Big Can" baking powders. Cheap baking powders leave bread sometimes bleached and acid, sometimes yellow and alkaline, and always unpalatable, they are never of uniform strength and quality. Calumet Baking Powder is made of chemically pure ingredients of tested strength. Experienced chemists put it up. The proportions of the different materials remain always the same. Sealed in air tight cans, Calumet Baking Powder does not alter in strength and is not affected by atmospheric changes. Yet it is only one-half the price of the Trust baking powders. In using Calumet you are bound to have uniform cake or biscuits. Calumet contains no useless or adulterating ingredients. Food prepared from it is free from Rochelle Salts, Alum, Lime, Ammonia, and the cost is moderate. Near the town of Waldron, Ind., a large goldfish farm is being successfully conducted. The well earned reputation and increasing popularity of the Lewis' "Single Biter" weight 50 cigar, is due to the maintained high quality and appreciation of the smoker. Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill. Fear not the bold man who uses his tongue instead of a sword. Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease. A powder. It rests the feet. Cures Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. At all Drugsists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Accept no substitute. Sample mailed FREE Address, A S. O. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Let Common Sense Decide Do you honestly believe, that coffee sold loose (in bulk) to dust, germs and insects through many hands (or them not over-clean). If you don't know how or be is fit for your use! Of course don't. But LION COFFEE is another story. The berries, selected by judges at the plantation skillfully roasted at theories, where precautions would not dream of an to secure perfect clean flavor, strength and unfit. From the time the cop the factory no hand touches it is opened in your kitchen. This has made LION COFFEE Millions of American Home There is no stronger proof of m ing popularity. "Quality survi (Sold only in 1 lb. packages. (Save your Lion-heads SOLD BY GROCER Twice and One Third Every day is Wave Circle. quainted. H down the life doctor's bills you realize t and purest b KG at one-third d for anywhere ounce can cost Can you make it to-day. T price of can in A Send postal for the "Book of Pre FREE. KG 25 OUNCES FOR 25 MAKING POWDER MANIFACING DRY BY JAQUES MANFG CO. CHICAGO NEW YORK, KANSAS CITY WATER CAN GUARANTEE PILES NO MONEY TIME We send FREE and postpaid Rectum; also 128-page illus, tre our mild method, none paid a Drs. Thornton & H "STAR BRAND "OUR SH Will fit every foot in your family, and the price is best leather for long wear; have style and snake, line. If he does not handle it write to us direct ROBERTS JOHNSON Cheap Colonists LION COFFEE the LEADER OF American Homes welcome a larger proof of merit than "Quality survives all oppo- n in 1 lb. packages. Lion-head your Lion-heads for valuable BY GROCERS EVEN WOOLSON S Twice as Good, One Third the Co Every day is bargain day Wave Circle. Come in quainted. K C will he down the living expense doctor's bills a thing of you realize that you can and purest baking powe K C BAY at one-third what you'v for anywhere near K C ounce can costs 25c. Think Can you make money any it to-day. The grocer price of can if you are no All Grocer Send postal for the beautiful "Book of Presents." FREE. MONEY TILL CURRE and FREE and postpaid a 352-page treatise also 132-page illus, treatise on Diseases d method, none paid a cent till cured. Thornton & Minor, and L OUR BRAND SHOES "OUR FAMILY" SHOP our family, and the price will please you have style and a smell. Ask your dealer t write to us direct and we will JOHNSON & RAND onists One W This has made LION COFFEE the LEADER OF ALL PACKAGE COFFEES. Millions of American Homes welcome LION COFFEE daily. There is no stronger proof of merit than continued and increasing popularity. "Quality survives all opposition." (Sold only in 1 lb. packages. Lion-head on every package.) (Save your Lion-heads for valuable premiums.) SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio Twice as Good One Third the Cost Every day is bargain day in the Wave Circle. Come in and get ac- quainted. K C will help you cut down the living expenses and make doctor's bills a thing of the past. Do you realize that you can get the best and purest baking powder in the world K C BAKING POWDER at one-third what you've been paying for anywhere near K C quality. A 25 ounce can costs 25c. Think of the saving! Can you make money any easier? Get it to-day. The grocer returns the price of can if you are not satisfied. All Grocers Send postal for the beautiful "Book of Presents." FREE. JAQUES MFC. CO. Chicago. NO MONEY TILL CURED; 28 YEARS ESTABLISHED We send FREE and postpaid a 352-page treatise on Piles, Filtule and Diseases of the Rectum; also 132-page illus. treatise on Diseases of Women. Of the thousands correctly our mild method, none paid a cent till cured—we furnish their games on applications. Drs. Thornton & Minor, 3969 Olive Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. and 1030 Oak St., KANSAS CITY, MO. "STAR BRAND SHOES ARE BETTER" "OUR FAMILY" SHOES "OUR FAMILY" SHOES Will fit every foot in your family, and the price will please you as well. They are made of best leather for long wear; large style and snap. Ask your dealer to show you the "Family" line. If he does not handle it us, check and we will send it. Cheap Colonists One Way Tickets MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY $25.00 to California $25.00 to Portland Seattle Tacoma $20.00 to Salt Lake City, Utah. Ogden, Utah. Ticket on Sale Daily Until May 15th. F E. S. JEWETT, General Bell 'Phone 740 Hickory. Portland, Ore. 25.00 to Seattle, Wash. $ Tacoma, Wash. At Lake City, Utah. Den, Utah. Pulman- ing Cara. Chair Car Until May 15th. For all informa- tion, General Agent, 9011 CWETT, $25.00 to California $25.00 to Portland, Ore. Seattle, Wash. $22.50 to Spokane, Wash. Tacoma, Wash. Tickets on Sale Daily Until May 15th. For all Information Write or Call on E. S. JEWETT, General Agent, 901 Main St. Bell 'Phone 740 Hickory. KANSAS CITY, MO. A man cannot serve God and mammon any more than a woman can serve style and comfort. It is annoying to a woman if her husband is jealous of her, and it is humilating if he isn't. Write to S. G. Warner, G. P. and T. A., Kansas City Southern Ry., Kansas City, Mo., for information concerning Free Government Homesteads, New Colony Locations, Improved farms, Mineral lands, Rice lands, and Timber lands and for copy of "Current Events" Business Opportunities, Rice book, K. C. S. Fruit Book. Cheap round trip homeseekers tickets on sale first and third Tuésdays of each month. The short line to the "Land of Fulfillment" It whitens the clothes most beautifully and does not injure the finest fabrics. Your grocer sells it. A large 2-ounce package for only 5 cents. Remember me name and accept no otherz. --- USE coffee sold loose (in bulk), exposed to dust, germs and insects, passing through many hands (some of them not over-clean), "blended," you don't know how or by whom, is fit for your use! Of course you don't. But LION COFFEE is another story. The green berries, selected by keen judges at the plantation, are skillfully roasted at our factories, where precautions you would not dream of are taken to secure perfect cleanliness, flavor, strength and uniformity. From the time the coffee leaves the factory no hand touches it till it is opened in your kitchen. the LEADER OF ALL PACKAGE COFFEES. Names welcome LION COFFEE daily. Of merit than continued and increase- survives all opposition." Sales. Lion-head on every package.) Loads for valuable premiums.) CERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. As Good And the Cost y is bargain day in the cycle. Come in and get ac- K C will help you cut living expenses and make mills a thing of the past. Do that you can get the best baking powder in the world C BAKING POWDER And what you've been paying here near K C quality. A 25 costs 25c. Think of the saving! make money any easier? Get The grocer returns the on if you are not satisfied. All Grocers for the beautiful Presents." JAQUES MFC. CO. Chicago. TILL CURED, 28 YEARS ESTABLISHED aid a 352-page treatise on Piles, Flatulus and Diseases of the treatise on Diseases of Women. Of the thousands cared aid a cent till cared—we furnish their names on application & Minor, 3899 Olive Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. and 1030 Oak St., KANSAS CITY, MO. D SHOES ARE BETTER" OUR FAMILY" HOES FILLY" SHOES No one will please you as well. They are made of p. Ask your dealer to show you the "Family" rest and we will see that you are supplied. RAND ST. LOUIS One Way Tickets Portland, Ore. Bettie, Wash. $22.50 to Spokane, Wash. Omaha, Wash. Pullman and Tourist Sleeping Cars. Free Recording Chair Cars. For all Information Write or Call on Real Agent, 901 Main St. KANSAS CITY, MO. Gold can be beaten 1,200 times thinner than printing paper and one ounce will cover 146 square feet. DON'T FORGET A large 2-oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. Even a round steak will make a square meal. All Up to Date Housekeepers use Defiance Cold Water Starch, because it is better, and 4 oz. more of it for same money. An automobile is calculated to make any man crawl. KIDDER'S PASTILLES STOWELL & CO., Mfrs. A Sure relief for Asthma. Sold by mail. Dressable or by mail. 55 cents. Charlestown. Mass. RED CROSS BALL BLUE