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. BEWARE THE EASY SHELTER. Refuge There an Important Step To- ward Old Age. The Wit of Woman. Women are the inheritors of the old- est, most universal human wisdom. Quite a few of the local arders of the International Order of Twelve will atte- ned the Anniversary services at Leaven- worth to dar. Size of Ancient Babylon. Ancient Babylon was not such a great city as some have supposed, ac- cording to H. Kelvin. Publication Notice. In the District Court The kansas City Ka- Soap Company. Years are but a fool's measure for youth, which is divine; they bring caution more often than wisdom, and a certain belief in the unreality of joy. A man is quickly disillusioned, which commonly means that he has set up his own idea of what things should be by the side of what things are, and sulks forever at the result. He then commits the folly of becoming old, and prefers existence to life. He clambers into one or other of the many shelters that line the way, curls up within and smiles pityingly at the young of all ages pressing on to some end, no matter what, alive to the beauty of the sky and the clouds and the birds and the trees, alive even to the beauty to be seen in one another, breathing deeply of the air of strength, living and loving and beloved, until at last they are made one with nature. But the heart, like the liver, grows torpid without exercise; a gradual decay comes to the man in the shelter, a decay from which he is released, much against his will, by death. There are too many shelters.—Hugh de Selin-court. LITTLE POKER AT WASHINGTON Stories of Big Games Must Be Taken With Allowances It was formerly quite the thing to tell stories about big poker games among the members of Congress. Much was said about the "Senatorial game," "millionaires' game" and the "Congressional game," and always we heard about great bunches of money changing hands, bluffs as high as the banks of the Mississippi, and all sorts of stories. Frequently the senator, representative, diplomat or rich man was named and the winnings or losses told with as much gusto as if they had really hapened. There were some pleasant poker games in days gone by, and occasionally some wonderful plays, but one night, with a few interesting incidents, furnished material for a month of stories. Some of those who figured in the poker stories became annoyed at the notoriety they gained and abandoned poker entirely. For many years now there has not been enough poker in the capital to hang a story on. Earthly Glory Earthly Glory Bolomon had glory! He is living now; There's wonder in his story— He isn't living now; Caesar mounted pretty high. Caerlemagne was proud and great; Charles of Aachen was joy! He moved at a rapid rate! There was French King Louis, too. Who had nothing much to do. Save be gay the seasons through— They're not living now! There is much regretting We men who live to day; They want to get getting, The men who live to day; They look across the past and mourn, They bend to labor and are sad; They wish that they might have beer To things such as some ancient beers But better far, it seems to me, That living immortality And being dust it is to be Up and round to day. -S.E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald Food for Japanese Soldiers Food for Japanese Soldiers. Rice and dried fish are the uniform food of the Japanese army in campaigning times. The rice is first boiled until it is thick and glutinous. Next it is placed on a china slab, rolled out and cut into squares. The squares are then placed in the sun to dry. They become as hard as a ship's biscuit, and are ready to be stored. A certain number of squares are allowed to each soldier a day. All he has to do is to break up a square in boiling water and add his dried fish. In a few minutes he has before him a thick soup, which to him is very good. If he cannot procure boiling water he eats his rice square as a biscuit. Holman Hunt's First Portrait. One day when Holman Hunt, in his office boy days, was alone in the office, a gentleman called and asked for the principal on business. On the principal's return poor Hunt could not remember the caller's name, but he said: "I can't remember the gentleman's name, sir, but this is what he was like." And he promptly drew a picture of the visitor which was so striking a likeness that the principal forgot his annoyance in his astonishment. A Sickly Joke Hereafter the preachers of Atchison will be required to diagram their jokes and give plans and specifications for their long range figures of speech, says the Kansas City Journal. One of them said of a woman recently that "she ought to go to hell." It raised a terrible commotion in the church. "Then the preacher explained. He said his idea was that if such a good woman went to hell there would be no hell. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING, The Wit of Woman. Women are the inheritors of the oldest, most universal human wisdom. They have more sense than men, for the simple reason that a man has to be a specialist, and a specialist has to be a fanatic. The normal man all over the world is a hunter or a fisher or a banker or a man of letters or some silly thing. If so, he has to be a wise hunter or a wise banker. But nobody with the smallest knowledge of professional life would ever expect him to be a wise man. But his wife has to be a wise woman. She has to have an eye on everything.—G. K. Chesterton in the London Daily News. Indian Remedy for Coughs A decoction of cherry bark and spruce bark, boiled and strained, is an old Indian remedy for coughs, which has been largely sold under various names for years by venders of patent medicines. The white trapper nowadays dissolves spruce gum in alcohol, adds a certain proportion of the spirits to the bark mixture and sweetens the whole with maple sugar. Perhaps the most experienced chemist could not prepare a better cough syrup than this makes. Shylock's Prized Turquoise. We all remember reading of poor Shylock's despair and indignation upon learning that his turquise ring had beer, exchanged by the gay young Jessica for a chattering monkey, when he tells us: "It was my turquise; I had it of Leah when I was a bachelor; I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys." Which passage shows the antiquity of the turquise as a love-pledge. Sleeper's Real Offense. An eccentric minister caused some surprise one Sunday by declaring that he did not in the least object to people sleeping while he was preaching. A few minutes later he and his hearers were disturbed by the loud snoring of a man just below the pulpit. "Give him a tap on the head," said the minister. This was done, ineffectually, "Give him another," came the order again. Still the man slumbered. But at length by dint of much tapping and shaking, he was recalled into abashed consciousness. "You are making a wretched noise," roared the minister, leaning over the pulpit edge. "I don't mind your sleeping, but you are preventing other people from sleeping!" Selects Wife's Toilets It is a common thing in Paris for a man to accompany his wife to the dressmaker's. The young wife who has known no gayer attire than the coming-out gown of the jesire fille needs careful advice as to her toilets, and her husband, if he be a certain type of man of the world, knows how to give it. Japanese Swords Best. The sword makers of Toledo and Damascus have been reputed to be the world's most famous artisans in this-industry, but in Japan the sword-smiths turn out weapons whose blades are fully as green and as hard and composed of metal of as fine quality as those of the old swordsmiths. Superstitious Criminals. All criminals are great believers in dreams. Some time ago, at Manchester, a daring thief awaiting trial told a warder he had dreamed that he had seen a rainbow. From this he deduced that he would be acquitted at his trial. To everyone's surprise he was. Hunting in Japan. The Japanese, always keen sports men, used to take most of their game with goshawks and sparrow hawks. The only dogs they used were spaniels, which flushed the game. But now they are taking to dogs, and many good animals are being imported from England. Liquefies Illuminating Gas. A German chemist named Blau has succeeded in liqueifying illuminating gas. In that form it gives a good light, which is useful in country houses, railway trains, etc. It costs more than ordinary coal gas, but less than electric light. Rich English Counties Lancashire, England, is the next richest county to London. It is rated at £24,000,000, against London's £43,500,000. Largest Deposits of Nickel The largest deposits of nickel are on the island of New Caledonia, a French possession in the South Pacific. Women Carry Mails Many of the rural letter carriers in the Tyrol are women. Quite a few of the local arders of the International Order of Twelve will attained the Anniversary services at Leavenworth to day Grand picnic at Larks Grove Saturday and Sunday. Missouri Saloonmen are rather Gleeful of the prospects of getting Kansas dry people patronage. Mrs. Rebecca Saunders of 722 Freeman ave. is in Atchison Kansas this week. Extremely hot weather still prevails. Quite a stir is being made with the proshects of a dry town. Mrs. Jennie Lane of Lawrence Kans was in the city this week soliciting for industrial school of Virginia. Mrs. Susan Gatewood and daughter Miss Mae is in Coffyville Kansas, where they are spending some time with friend Little Theodore Kountz of 312 State ave. is quite seriously ill. Mr. Nathan W, Tatcher and Miss Jennie Burton were quietly married Saturday evening of last week and are at home to their many friends No 2501 Hallock. These two young people are quite favorably known and have the best wishes of all for a long happy and prosperous life to gether. with but few cloud to mar their son shine. Mrs. Mattie Anderson of Omaha Neb. farmerly of this city, but at the time of her death a resident in the above named city, died Monday of this week and her remains was bounty to this city for burial. Mrs. Anderson was quite well known and the Mother of Mrs. Alice Baily of 411 Neb. ave. also one other daughter and five sons all well known, She was a lovable and devoted mother, and her children are splended specimen of man and womanhood industrious, intelligent and hard workers. It is seldom one meets with such an exceptionally bright family and the mother be blessed in living to see them all reach man and womanhood. Good board nice clean rooms at Mrs. Thompson 1107 North 5th street, only one and a half block to either of the three Car lines in this city, prices reasonable. Larks Grove at the end of Quindaro Boulevard is now under the control of some of our leading citizens and is open every Saturday and Sunday, there is no better place in the two Kansas cities for those who desirs to spend a few hours of enjoyment than at this beautiful Grove. Little Cornelioa the grand son of Mrs. F, Bush of 1001 north 3rd street is on the stck list this week. Mrs. Lizzie Chinn of Minneapolis Minn. but formerly of this city, is now quite ill at her mothers 740 New Jersy avenue this city. Mr. I. B. Blackburn the foreman of the Sewer department creisw demonstrat ing that he is the real thing wherever found Mr. Blackburn is one of the tried true Negro citizens of our community. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY KANSAS. The State of Kansas. To Elure Knight. Greeting; You are hereby notified that you have been sued by Ransom Knight in the above entitle court wherein you are the defendant, for a divorce on the grounds of abandonment, and unless you answer on or before the 15th day of September, the petition will be taken as ture and judgement will be rendered as prayed for. The plaintiff is seeking an absolute divorce, for ever desolving the bonds of matrimony now existing between the plaintiff and defendant and for cost. Ransom Knight. by Chas. W. Frye atty. First Published Aug. 11, 1903 Publication Notice In The District Court of Wyandotte, kansas Charlie Rochester, Plaintiff. VS. Louise H. H. Rochester, Defendant. Louise H. 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 first 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 First Use of Bayonet The bayonet was first used by the French in 1671. It was first made in Bayonne, France, and was considered a very deadly weapon. The British army quickly copied it, and other nations promptly followed suit. Size of Ancient Babylon. Ancient Babylon was not such a great city as some have supposed, according to H. Valentine Geere, the archaeologist. He says: "The idea of Babylon's vastness and magnificence, to which we have become accustomed, has been practically exploded. Dr. Kodewey told me that the site of the city was larger than that of any other ancient city; but even so, the idea that it could be compared with London and its suburbs, which has been very generally held, is entirely erroneous. In point of fact, it appears that its walls were not more than eight miles in circumference. Moreover, the great palaces are shown to have been poor affairs after all, with wretchedly cramped apartments, and next to no pretensions to architectural style; and the temples were exceedingly crude buildings." THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY KANSAS. Henry Jrockson assignee Plaintiff, of D. W. White. No. 6880 PUBLICATION NOTICE: Mary King, defendant, you will take notice that the said Henry Jackson, the plaintiff above name did, on the first day of July 1905, file his petition in the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County and State above named, against Mary King, the defendant above named, and that the said Mary King must answer said petition filed herein as aforesaid, on or before the 17th day of August, 1905, or said petition will be taken as true, and a judgment rendered in sald action against you, the said Mary King, for the sum of $00.00, with interest thereon at the rate of 10 per cent per annum from the 28th day of December, 1905; said amount being forive promissory Nots, made, executed and delivered to one D. W. White, for ten dollars each, payable in one, Two, Three. Four, and Five Months respectively offer date thereof with interest thereon at the rate of ten per cent per annum from date until paled. Said Notes was sold, transferred and indented to this plaintiff, for a valuable consideration And unless you answer as aforesaid, judgement will be rendered for said amount, and for costs. Dorsey Green atty. for Plaintiff. attest; J. L. Baggs Clerk. first pub. July 7th 1905. Sugar a Universal Need. "Sugar has modified the history of Europe and one of the world in more ways than one," says a writer. "Used four centuries ago, almost exclusively in the preparation of medicines, and long afterward an article of luxury only accessible to the rich, it has by enlarged production and cheapened manufacture been brought within the reach of all. The universal use of this practically pure carbohydrate, which is not only a freely burning fuel and proteld sparer, but a muscle food, increasing the power of doing work and lessening fatigue, must have had widespread and beneficial effects on the general health. Especially in the case of children, whose greed of sugar is the expression of a physiological want, has that food been valuable in conducting to growth, contentment and well-being." One of Life's Tragedies When a bachelor sees a widow he shakes his head knowingly. When a widow sees a bachelor she shakes her head knowingly. Watching them is a spinster, who also shakes her head knowingly. Feminine Solace. Sorrow finds a fertile field in femininity. Strange, too, are the remedies sought. Many women, overtaken by calamity and grief, find a deep solace in having their photographs taken. Husband of Little Importance Among some of the ancient Mexican tribes the husband left his people and dwell with his wife's family, where he seems to have been considered of minor importance. Homes in Various Countries Italy and Spain have fewer houses in proportion to their population than any other country in the world. The Argentine republic and Uruguay have the most. Log Cabin Philosophy. Spite of all de bright sunshine in dis 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. 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 28th 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. JOHNICK SETTING **DWEIUS 3. J. JOHNSON GREETING;** We are hereby notified that you have been seen 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 judging you to pay the cost, of sald suit and this suit is for the further purpose of devesting the title to certain house and lots owned by you n the town of Quidardo Wyandotte County Kansas and investing the title in the plaintiff as alimony and dissolving the bonds of matrimony now subsisting between the plaintiff and defendant and such other and further relief as the honorable court may adjudge in the premises, as may appear just and equitable in behalf of the plaintiff Payne and Wassom, her attorneys. First Publication May 12th. 1905. Attest. Wm. Needles Clerk of the said Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. Der 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 Cistères 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 mountainneer in the world is Mrs. Fanny Bullock Workman. In the Himalayas she has climbed to an altitude of 22,568 feet. On the same occasion her husband broke the world's record for men by 311 feet, by climbing 23,194 feet up a mountain 24,479 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 wonderl feats. AUG. 11, 1:05. is Section CALL HERE. The kansas City Kansa Soap Company. is the name of a new Stock Company with a 2.000 capitul 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 testamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the last will and testament of Mary L. Gordon late of said county, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid Dated the 21 day of March 1905. Now all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said letters, they shall be forever barred. CORVINE PATTerson Executor of the last will and testament of Mary L. Gordon deceased. NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In the District Court of Wyandotte county State of Kansas. Mary Atkinson. Plaintiff. vs. J. B. Atkinson, Defenda t. a. 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 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, unless youdem ur. answer or otherwise object on or before the 30th day of January 1905, the allegations therein will be taken as true and upon further proof thereof judge ment will be rendered as prayed for in said petition. JOHNSON and TOOLE. Attys for Plaintiff. Wm. Needles, Clerk. By D. C. McCombs, Deputy. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE STATE OF KANSAS IN THE PROBAT COURT IN AND SSFOR SAID 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, the dth day of February A. D. 1905. 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 befit of such Estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said Letters, they shall be forever barred. I. F. BRADLEY executor of the Last Will and Testament of Jane Redd Deceased. First published Feb. 11th, 1905 Notice of Final Settlement State of Kansas In the Probate Court in and for County of Wyaandotte said County. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLARA WILLIAMS SLEDGE DECEASED Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesidr estate, are hereby notified that at the next egular term of the Prabate Court in and for said County, to be begun and held at the Probate Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyaandotte and State aforesaid on the first Monday in the month of March A. D. 1905. I shall apply to said Court for a full and final settlement of said estate. Peter young Administrator of Clara Williams Sledge Deceased. In Witness Whereof, the undersigned, Pro bate Judge in and for the County of Wyon dotte. State of Kansas, have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Probate Court this 20th Day of January A. D. 1905 Winfield Freeman 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. American Citizen The Oldest Negro Journal Published ‘Weekly in this part of the County. FUBIISHE E WEEKLY at 1510 Norh 3rd Street KANSAS CITY == KANSAS W. C. Martin Editor, Geo. A. Dudley, Publisher and Bus:ness Manager. ee aoe eee Terms OF SubscriptioninAdvance. One Years... ceeeeeee cece v+eee 8100 ix Months,.......0+0+0-+ 65 cents Three Months,*........0....0206.4-4008 ie Momtye. 0s 6fs. 2 2csosreassccealBe Advertiseing 25 cts, Ber Inch First Insertion. A Standing Display ‘Ada’ for 3 Months or longer 15e per inch, each insertion. Entered as second ¢lass matter December firat, 100 at the Post office at Kansas City. Kansas under the Act of congress of March age pg Grewsome Collection, A French professor is the owner of & collection of 920 human heads, rep- resenting every known race of people. Scarlet for Bachelor Maids. ‘When an unmarried woman dies in Brazil the coffin, hearse and livery of the coachman are all scarlet. Cost of London's Paupers. Every ‘year $4,000,000 is spent on he food and clothing of indoor pau- pers in Landon. Here is the Place. TONSORIAL PARLOR, All the Latest Style Hair Cuts, Clean Shave strictly JUp-to-Date. 438°MinnesotTa AVENUE. Call and see H.S. Sykes and and A. Gooden mauufactor of Pop corn in ball aud brick at 316 Oakland ave. A Word To You. ‘The lack of proper appreciation of the efforts of Negro newspavers make in an ‘uphill business to maintain the standard of excellence deeired by thosein the bus- ines. Just why the race is so utterly slack. in giving to their own the proper patronage is one of the unsolved myster. ies, Each day and week bring to us the waruing of being a unit in behalf of out ‘own salvation. It takes something besi- de wind to publish the most weakly of weelslies. If every [Afro-American fami- y would pledge themselves to stand by an organ buplished in their behalf. just ‘one year,the results would be unbeliev- ed we ask thecolorad brother to wake uy ook around and observe,see if you can- not discern that the signs of the time: don’t speak in thundering tones for the public advocates of our interests han, why wait do your part by subscrip. ng getting your neighbors to do the same end watch the good results. Notice of Final Settlement, ate of Kansas, Cig of Wastaot fs In the Probate Court in and forisald County In the Matter of the Estate of John R.Smith Deceased. Creditors and allother persons interested n the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified that at the next regular term of the Probat Court inand for said County, 10 be begur and held at the Probate Court room if Kansas City, County of Wyandotte and State aforesaid, on the first Monday in month ot February, A. D, 1905, I shall apply to sai¢ Court fora full and final settlement. o said estate. Janes D, Sura, Administrator of the Estate John R Smith. Deceased. ‘In Witness Whereof, the undesigned Pro. ate Judge In and for the County of Wyan dotte,State of Kansas,have here set my hand, and affixed -the seal of the sald Probate Court this 24 ay of December, A. D, 1904, Winfield Freeman, Probate Judge. Bes. 490 Nebraskaave, | TeL.383 White. SOUTH AMERICAN MEDICAL INSTITUTE Office Houro: From 10 a. x., till 4 p. m. and from 6 till 9 P.2., C-HC. JORDAN. M.M.M.D.. ——— Reaching the vi. uey one of the @ommittee 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 eve~ made in this city.” ‘The honored guest thanked his host ot so much for the information as for felleving the strain—Pittsburg Dis ‘TRUTH PROVED BY EXAMPLE. sorexceper Certainly Lacked the Gift of Energy. William C. Greene, the copper mag- aate, was talking to a young man about success. “The secret of success is enterprise, anergy,” said Col. Greene. “To be lazy, ‘o stick always in the same old rut, that Is how to make a wretched fai are of your life. “I went West when I was 17, and after a spell of contracting and pros- pecting about Prescott, I farmed a bit in the San Pedro Valley. There was 4 storekeeper I used to buy my supplies from at that time who was a failure of ‘he first water. This man’s lack of en- terprise was so great that people used to bring their children from miles around to study him. He was valu- able 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 3 tortoise, doesn’t he?” “Poor Manners in his sluggishnese did resemble a tortoise a good deal. | sent a boy in to him one day with a pack mule to get five gallons of mo- lasses. The boy told me afterward that when he entered the store Man- ners 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. Man- ners,’ the boy spoke up, sharp and quick. ““Wah-h-h-h,’ yawned Manners again. Then as he took up the jug he grum- bled: “‘Ain't there nobody what sells mo- lasses in this here town but me?’” PLEASURE OF EASTERN WOMEN. Their Main Occupation the Diver- sions of the Toilet. An eastern lady of high degree spends an amount of time over her toilet that would quite astonish the most fashionable society lady. First she has her hair dressed by her maid, who, after anointing the long, silky black locks with a little oil, made from aloe wood or cocoanut, arranges it simply in a long, smooth plait, low on the nape of the neck, and decorat- ed either with gold or jewelled orna- ments. Next the bath is prepared as hot as it can be borne, and in this the lady may stay as long as two or three hours. Soaps are not used, but, in- stead; there are multifarious unguents, secret preparations of the bathing women, which render the skin soft as velvet and delicately perfumed. Oftentimes the face is washed over with milk, into which has been squeezed lemon juice. The hair of the oriental woman Is usually beautifully long, soft and glos ‘sy, and the way they arrange it is in variably becoming to their soft type of beauty. Perfumes are much in: dulged in. These are introduced in the bath and permeate the garments but are rarely used on a handker- ehief. The: Seam on tha Tan. Don't smssle. conceit to your bosom, my 3 Because you're on top of the wave, t a eee your zeal, my It fs best to keep working alway. | That the foam often gets to the top. See the men whom we place at the sum- And I give you my word I'll have noth- a to teach, Ie you do not agree with the thing that A Polite Diecharne vames Rankin Young, the new su- perintendent of the Dead Letter office admires politeness, —“It is possible,” he said recently, “to be polite always. It is possible to be polite even when discharging a drunk- en coachman. I know that this is so, for I have seen the thing done. “A friend of mine found himself obliged last week to get rid of his coachman for drunkenness. He sum- moned the man into his presence, and discharged him with this polite speech: “‘I fear, Montgomery, that we must part. It has been impossible for me to avoid noticing that several times during the past month you have been —er—sober. Now, I don’t believe that any man can attend properly to drink. ing if he has driving to do, and, there fore, at the month's end you will be free to devote yourself exclusively to your chosen occupation,’” | All Christians, In his article in the Woman's Home Companion, describing the Inter aational Sunday School Convention in Jerusalem, Doctor Devins relates the following significant incident: _ “An unexpected favor was received from the officers of the Russian shurch on the Mount of Olives. A aestay had ‘een planned to be held ‘wear 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, aceom- panied by a smile on the saintly face at the speaker. ‘Why not? Do we tot worship the same Christ?’” WIT 18 NOT APPRECIATED. Slasgow, Scotland, Character Ha: Ban With Acteva. Rieter Rees Mane A provincial theater in the east of Scotland is being tormented ana amused at intervals by a wit among the gallery gods who insists on keep- Ing up a running commentary on the play. He has enlivened many a dull piece by his droll interpolations, but xe has also come pretty near ruining many an intensely dramatic or sentl- mental situation by the sudden and always apropos qualities of his inter- ruptions. He has a high pitched, pene trating voice, and the town police, who have been on the verge of ejecting ‘him a dozen times, say that he was a Glasgow cab driver who retired with ja competence and now takes this wy to give play to a wit that was once famous in the great city. On one occasion a dreary melo drama was being presented. The heroine of the play, pursued by the villain, had taken refuge in the house of her lover, who, as the hero of the play, was of course, at variance with luis sweetheart’s parents. The exigen- cies of the plot required that the irate father, sword in hand and at the head of his faithful retainers, should track the girl to the gates of the hero's treacherous and disgracefu\ elope- ment, enter the room where the seared heroine had been secreted under the table. “Wretch!” cried the furious father “your life shall answer for this. I de- mand my child. Where is she.” Then, shrill and startling in the ex pectant silence, from the gallery came the answer: “Unner the table, ye dinged tout! Dinna ye see her slipper stickin’ oot?” The house was in a tumult of mer riment in a moment, but it was the “angry father” himself, who ruined the situation, for he burst into immod- erate laughter and the curtain fell in the middle of the act, to rise again upon an audience that could not re Press its risibles for the rest of the evening. HE WANTED A MORTGAGE. Swede’s Experience With a Deed Had ‘Taught Him Caution. Halvor Steenerson, Congressman from Minnesota, tells a story of 2 Swede who went to that state from one of the Dakotas for the purpose of buying a farm. A land agent acted as guide and informant to the Swede, who eventu- ally found what he wanted. When the tim> came to make out the neces- sary papers, the agent asked the Swede what method he preferred to adopt in making payments, __ “Ay pay all. Ay haf da money,” re plied the Swede. “Very well, then. I'll make out the deed,” said the agent. “No!” suddenly exclaimed the Swede. “Ay no want deed!” ‘Why, yes, you do!” rejoined the agent, astonished. “You pay the money and you take a deed for the farm.” “No, no!” earnestly asseverated the Swede. “Ay no want deed! Ay had deed oop in Dakoty. Ay pay man da money. He gif me deed. Ay gif heem mortgage. Ay tak land. By en by he get land, he get deed, he haf da money. Dees time Ay want no deed; Ay want mortgage. Ay pay da money; you gif me mortgage!”—The Sunday Magazine. 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.’ 1 come across it most every day. How does history repeat itself?” “That's easily answered,” said the other. “For instance, if you should ask me what I thought of the weather I should tell you to go and be hanged te you. If we should meet a montt hence and you asked me the same question over again my reply would be the same.” “I think I see—I think I do,” mused the old man, as he leaned back and crossed his feet. “Yes, I guess I ‘understand, and I want to tell you that you are a durned mean jackass of a man and that history is going to re Peat itself every blamed time I run across you for the next ten years to come.”—Chicago News. A Gentle Thrust. James Jeffrey Roche, the new Con eul to Genoa, was talking about s magazine editor. “This man,” he said, “rejected some of the best of my early verse. He re jected some of the best verse of my friends. Why he is an editor I can’t imagine. He certainly has no critical sense, “I indicated this to him one day. He had announced to me that he was going to get married. He had praised the lady of bis choice ardently, de- claring her to be a poem. “*A poem?’ said I. “‘A poem,’ he repeated. “*And still you do not reject her? { exclaimed.” winter Septet some ef Sep, rts down fee ie ue a en, eco The bells make merry in the town, ‘Where happy faces come and go. The brooding quiet of the trees, By “day, day day,” of chekadees ‘And keen, sweet song of winter wren. Ot seving cer = Scare neta eee te ft ene Tanabe ae ‘This is tne birthday of the year, Now far off summer's buttles start; And lo; the very cold grows dear, ‘The widest ‘storm wind warms the —R. 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RESTAURANT, eS 1012 N 8rd St. 1s the best place in tne city and will serve you from 5,30 a,m, to" 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, givether a call. =— Money to Loan—~ on Watches. Diamonds Jewelry. CLOTHING AND EVERYTHING cocerorrs Qf Value srrceres ; Watches and Jewelry Sold on Payments AT’ CASH PRICES. Pasian flecnes ow Sale sea: Union Loan Office. 427 Minnesota ave. kansas city. kans. TO SAVE MONEY. Ladies suits/dressing sacques, aprons and in fact anything in the Dressmaking line and sold:on weekly and monthly payments. Here is a few prices: Belt dresses $1.00 and up; dressing sacques 5O0cts and up. Call and see me. . 1. Mrs W. F. Williams, 1510 North Third St. Kansas City, Kansas. ——————————— ‘avoddesyp uoos [1a Lory MM a ue saz polka ig a ee — EB. L, F. JOHNSON, bp han das of SI, ang, Aas Pue suepsed [eo[Sojooz uopuoy em and Scalp Treatment, ere 10 eae or onesies Gen we" ‘Tel.733.W. 4 SP3EctautT. MME: L, F. JOHNSON, Shampooing, Manicuring, Massage and Scalp Treatment, Tel.730.W. 4 sPrzectanr, Duplex Telegraphy in Eu... the telegraph line from Vieuna tq Geernowitz is the longest tine in ye rope which uses tho duplex system, being 680 miles long. The systen was adopted a few months azo, as i was found necessary to increace tng capacity of the line, which takes ai, the matter for Roumania, southeastern Russia and a part of Bulgaria. the system works well at present, ap though the line ts constructed of ‘roy wire instead of copper. ee Good Luck for Turtles at Least, ‘The Chinese have a peculiar custom with regard to turtles, which they eon, sider as very good joss. Almost any day one can see these creatures, some of them of huge size, being carrieg on board the river steamers, not to be taken to Canton for culinary puposes, but to be dumped into the sea ang Testored to liberty and freedom. Goog luck is thought to follow—Hong Kong Press. Gad t5 Lick Raty With 1... T saw lately a dainty and origing) sift for a young mother. It was calley “a measuring stick for baby,” made ot white wood thirty-six inches long, ang marked off into inches as accurately as a tape measure. Forgetmenots were Pai ted down the side, and at one enj w a hole in which was a ribbon bow and loop by which to suspend it— Good Housekeeping. Moisture in Tobacco. ‘The presence of moisture in tobacco fs, the Lancet believes, of some im. portance to public health, since the combustion of tobacco containing large proportion of moisture is im. peded, while as the eration of vapor is increased, so ar ie chances of the poisonous princi} being can ried into the mouth diminised, Early Japanese University. It will surprise most readers to learn from a recent Japanese writer that there was a university in Japan in the eighth century, with schools of ethics, mathematics and history, and that text books were employed deab ing with euch specialties as the dis. eases of women, veterinary surgery, and materia medica. Ganbtenh -Gidin. “Yes, for local talent, it was a first: rate entertainment,” said the suburb an resident, “and we made several hundred dollars for the hospital fund, but there was one little hitch. The town undertaker was down for a tenor solo, and he insisted on singing ‘I'm Waiting for Thee.’”"—New York Sun Consider Dreams Revelations. Among the people of the east a ream 1s considered to be a direct revelation from God, and there are, in the Orlent, even to-day, soothsar ers, or fortune tellers, who interpret dreams, just as the soothsayers did im bible times, and from dreams tal the future of the dreamer. Cancer Victims Well to Do. Statistics show that cancer is more common among those who are accut tomed to the refinements of life than among the very poor, and to care for much patients the doctors say that food surroundings are a necessity. Snakes in India. About 400,000 snakes are killed every year in British India. The fees paid as rewards annually for the de struction of beasts of prey and ver omous snakes by the government of India amount to about $125,000. German Colony in Palestine. ‘Thirty-four years ago a German cok ony settled at Haifa, Palestine. To day all of the ninety families in are prosperous. They raise grapes and make wine free from alcoboh which is sold to the natives. Irish Ledger in Court A ledger kept in the Irish language was produced at the Roscommon At sizes, in Ireland, and the witness had to go on the bench to transiate the terms for the judge. Gravity. An observing schoolboy wrote this short essay: “Gravity was discor ered by Izaak Walton. It is chief noticeable when the apples are {alk ing from the trees.” tens) caine: Convent. Stealing the front door key from the pocket of the mother superior, thre Young novices escaped from the coh vent of Santa Clara in Lisbon and d+ ‘appeared. Dogs May Ride in Berlin. ‘Dogs are allowed to enter tramway cars in Berlin, but must be beld io their master’s laps and paid for as they were human passengers. Credit Is a Necessity. As trade now stands, there is * enough gold out of the earth, if % were all coined, to transact the bust ‘mess of a day. Nationalities Among Russians The Russian population represents 120 nationalities, the three great #tocl being Finns, Tarta~s and Siavs. Aluminum for Sharpening Cutlery: Aluminum is superior to any sto0# fer sharpening cutlery. Denmark's Honey Expos Denmark exports 2,500,100 pout? of honey a year. Fieve ernie enone yoraral yooaralyomnrafyoonea Opening of the Great | Vintah Indian Reservation Wwe. - WTO MN WIA i a4 d iY y = ‘Ad Fan t KI Aes SET TS NY PS RENE Cae Sega = ») << a CY 4 As meee at it? pea a i SAN ‘ i 7 “AAS UF J Y x Nis ace : Send postal for "Book of Presents” D ; lo Pr. she you know * Cee the secret of Send i" the Wave oan | Circle? right a- ye way. It's i) ma Wonderful! ye purer and Gx AWA Don't delay nore efficient WSU hi than any Bak- N \\) another ing Powder that WAN A day! costs three times oN as much. ho ¥ , ge 25 oz. for 25c, beens os Allgrocers Jaques Mfg. Co, Chicago corerimmmianicensnse ie se Your grocer is honest and—if he cares to do so—can tell you that he knows very little about the bulk coffee he sells you. How can he know, where it onginally came from, how it was blended—or with what —or when roasted? If you buy your > coffee loose by the pound, how can youexpect purity and uniform quality? Bre Gi i LION COFFEE, the LEADER OF a es ALL PACKAGE COFFEES, is of YES SS necessity uniform in quality, M'\\ SOS. ff strength and flavor. For OVER A Hy) aN QUARTER OF A CENTURY, LION COFFEE ‘PRED has been the standard coffee in ! LA millions of homes. 2 P Po CREE. | i LION COFFEE ts caretuny packea °F _SSo° at our factories, and until opened in your home, has no chance of being a@ul- @ ' terated, or of coming in contact with dust, ‘dirt, germs, or unclean hands. In each packagé~of LION COFFEE you get one full Pound ot Pure Coffe. Insist_uvon getting the genuine. ‘Lion head on every package.) ] (Save the Lion-heads for valuable premiums.) SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE ‘WOOLSON SPICE ©0., Toledo, Ohio, D) D) . 5 e ross Ball Blue Pr, endorsed by housekeepers everywhere. It purifies, whitens, cleans and Try it, and you will always want it. Your grocer will sell yous ‘atge 2-ounce package for only 5 cents. Remember the nama IDI) NO MONEY TILL CURED Se=enee=iese ot 5 RED: Ee hase tee] PILES OE 1. iD aera CON Oh L———— W.N.U, KANSAS CITY, NO. 82, 1905. “av treet Thompson’s Eye Water THE DuIsy tertrereall the ficsand | TT A Sore po set MILER Senne | RES OTE same eee cE) fome‘Gesnneat | STOWELL Oy Mira, Schott sea Ga] 12, s07 tne 3s Wipe oS RR = B20, ® CURE OK | EDC ot kore oy dont | faut = O0Ue8 MANIC MT CLR Wis ae sieve ries oa ee ere | es Spienns aie president Roosevelt on July 15 ged the proclamation providing for fe opening to homesteaders and frosite entry of the umallotted lands fie great Uintah Reservation in cab Utne Reservation contains 2,445,000 gers, but the Military end Forestry feserves aid such Mineral lands as fare to be withdrawn under existing \.S | NN es (Qu et iy to ) WW Leo paced a 3 ae — i | ZEY } ALL 7 Yas IS Sabet LS Lee vA Ai re? : Xe wel aS erie ‘ eat i tata Ne ae at N ; . laws will leave 1,069,000 acres avail- able for entry. Registration for the land will com- mence August Ist and close August with. Registratian may be made at Grand Junction, Colo, and Vernal, Price and Provo, Utah. Prospective eettlers may register at any one of these places from 9:00 a. m., Tuesday, August Ist, until 6:00 p. m., Saturday, ‘August 12th. To obtain registration, each applt- tant must appear at one of the regis- tration places and show himself duly quilifed to make homestead entry Send postal for "Book of Presents” (260 acres) by written application to be made only on a blank form pro- vided by the Commissioner of the General Land Office. Registration cannot be effected through the mails or by an agent, except in the case of honorably discharged soldfers or Saliors, who may present their ‘appii- cations and due proofs of their quall- fications through an agent of their WvTO MIN awa y EGY >, el on i ‘aves! i TS ptt SET LS NY SSS Te eK psa 1 Ssealal Ny ’ ea ee : | adh ig LAK A 7 \ Sol 3 6 Ps / ee INS own selection, having a duly executed power of attorney, on a blank for that purpose provided by the Commis. sioner. No person will be permitted to act as agent for mdre than one @p!- dier or sailor, and no one will be alloved to register more than once or in any other than his true name. The procedure necessary to secure lands in this greatest of government reservations is outlined in detafl in @ pamphlet just issued by the Passen- ger Department Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Write to S. K. Hooper, Gen'l P. & T. A, Denver, Colo. Aes DEES iA DemrersiCale a: Do ¥ you know OLD CHURCH FEASTS ENJOYMENTS IN THE DAYS OF “MERRIE ENGLAND.” Bazars and Tea Parties of Modern Days Had Their Prototypes Long Ago—Records Show Much Money Raised by Harmless Festivities. A curious light is thrown on ancient church bazars and charity balls by cer- tain records kept in some of the churches in England. For instance, in the records of Yateley church, which date from 1543, are frequent refer- ences to “church ales,” the object of which was to get money for church expenses. The feast was organized by the church wardens, “who provided @ good spread at so much a head, and credited the profits to the church ex- penditure.” It first appears as the “church ale,” then as the “king’s ale,” then later as “our banquet at Whit- suntide.” It was probably held in the chureh and went on until 1643, the year after the civil war broke out, when, probably, the puritans put an end to such festivities. It was popu- lar, evidently. One enterprising church warden has left on record all the good things which were prepared for the Crondall “church ale” in the year 1587. ‘They had a band, brewed a quantity ‘of ale and made a profit of $42. As money was then worth nearly ten times as much as now the “ehureh ale” may be said to have brought in about $400, which was just 100 per cent on the outlay. The bard was hired for four days. ‘Until 1545 the church wardens kept a church cow and let it out at 33 cents a year. A sheep and a lamb (gifts) they let out for 8 cents a year, proba. bly for the wool. Payments for in- cense and for an enormous Easter candle of wax were regular items. The parliamentary soldiers made earth- works in the churchyard and the puri- tans later had a small marble font made. The puritan font is still there, though displaced in its turn. On All Saints’ day a little tax was levied of a farthing on each chimney. All Saints’ was the dedication day of the church. This tax was called “smoke « farth- ings.” From 1543 one parishioner seems to have acted as “dog whip- per.” “To Whelan, for beating dogs out of church, twopence,” is the oldest entry, and as late as 1819 a dog whip; ber was appointed at a salary of $5.25. At Yateley they got a new pair of stocks and a new whipping post in 1774 and in 1776 a parish umbrella to hold over the parson at funerals. ‘The parish aided the gamekeeper and farmer by paying head money for Sparrows’ heads, foxes, hedgehogs, Polecats and haws (both the latter chicken killers). Spelling was not very good in the early eighteenth cen. tury, Affidavit of legal burials is spelt “after david.” Phillips Brooks’ Preaching. James T. Wilson was a retired tea merchant. For years he had been a devout listener to Phillip Brooks’ ser. mons. One Easter, after the services, Mr. Wilson sought the great preacher. Mr. Brooks seemed to read the thought that was disturbing the mind of his old friend, and said: “Mr, Wilson, is it not about time you came in among us? The Protestant Epis copal church has need for such men as you.” “Mr. Brooks,” replied the retired tea merchant, “would the Protestant Epis. copal church receive me on my ac. ceptance of your preaching alone?” ‘The massive, illumined countenance tightened in deepest thought; then a kindly, somewhat saddened, smile re- laxed it as he answered: “Mr. Wilson, Iam afraid the Episcopal body would not accept you on my preaching.”— Boston Herald. ‘Thoroughly Equipped. *he late Thomas B. Reed some- times evolved complicated jokes, but this one of Gov. La Follette’s is as roundabout as any of his, “I saw him,” he said, referring to one of his political opponents who is noted for his occasional eccen: tricity, “sitting out in his back yard in a wagon box which rested on the ground, quite unattached to anything. But yet he was quite ready for a drive.” “How?” asked a friend. “If he had no animal and the wagon had no wheels, how——” “O,” said La Follette, “the last elec: tion was a horse on him, and he has wheels in his head quite handy.’— Judge. ‘Waeted fneray. Sometimes head and heels work well together, but it was not so in a case reported in a neighboring State. Sam, a colored man, was an hour late, and his employer asked him to explain. “Yes, sah, I'l explain, sah,” Sam replied. “Well, what excuse have you?" “I was kicked by a mule on the way here, sah.” “That ought not to have detained you an hour, Sam, if you were able to come at all.” “Well, it wouldn't have if he'd only kicked me in dis direction. You see, boss, he kicked me de other way.” The Selfish Lover. Nay, T'l not kneel at your feet, Praying for your love—not I! ‘Though f Gemble when we meet, Twill not kneel at your feet, Asking you to love me, sweet, Bor the gathered roses diet Nay, Til hot kneel at your feet, Praying for your love—not If “1 will never let you know By a look or by a sign: tris for yout live, but, oh, T'will never let you' know, ‘Lest I win your love, and so ‘Lose the longing that is mine? 1 ill never Jet Fou know or . By allook or by a sign. ‘The Speech the Feller Said. Lives of umpires oft remind us Of a speech a feller said, ‘That there's other things more awful Than in jjest a being dead. ~-Kansas City Drovers Telegram. Papert Ramey oars mgs RESUS Gee Blobbs—I wonder why Wigwas’s clothes never fit him, Slobbs—He likes to give the impression that he gets them from London. $36.00 per M. Lewis’ “Single Binder,” straight 5c cigar, costs the dealer some more than other Se cigars, but the higher price enables this factory to use higher Grade tobacco. Lewis’ Factory, Peoria, DL ‘The dread of the aged is that they shall soon be incapaciated for work; the dread of the young is that they shall soon have to work. ae USE THE FAMOUS Sonic he nue Soames BAS Wonderful Radium Clock. ‘The radium clock of the Hon. J. R. Strutt is the most mysterious and most efficient machine in existence, and the twelfth of a grain or radium that supplies the energy is estimated to be sufficient for a run of 10,000 years, The small glass containing- tube, having two aluminum leaves at- tached to its lower end, is supported fn an exhausted glass vessel. The positive cbharge, left behind after the “beta” rays are carried away, is Passed on to the leaves, which separ- ate until one of them touches the in- closing glass, when the charge is con- veyed to the earth and the leaf falls back again. This operation, repeated minute after minute, will contiuue so long as the machine lasts. By means of @ coherer, such as is used in wire- less telegraphy, the action can be made audible, and an electric bell made to sound at every discharge. Getting and Being. Some frivolous people throw away valuable years in the vain endeavor to get into good society, says Uncle Hiram. Sensible people just keep on being there—Kansas City Drovers ens ae a eee Monticello, Minn., Aug. 7th.—Mr. J. 'W. Moore of this place stands as a liv- ing proof of the fact that Bright's Dis- ease, even in the last stages, may be Perfectly and permanently cured by Dodd’s Kidney Pills, Mr. Moore says: “In 1898 three reputable physicians after a careful examination told me that I would die with Rright's Disease inside of a year. My fest and ankles and legs were badly swollen; I could hardly stand on my feet and had given up all hopes of getting cured when a traveling salesman told me that he himself had been cured of Bright's Disease two years before. “He said he had taken to his bed and expected to dle with it, but that he had been cured by a remedy called Dodd's Kidney Pills, “I commenced taking them at once and Iam thankful to say that they Saved my life. After a short treat- ment I was completely restored to good health and I am now as sound ag dollar.” The first attempt to tlustrate news was made in 1607. It depicted a flood in Monmouthshire, Eng. Warnthg to Housewives, ‘The average consumer of baking powder does not know that a reaction occurs in the process of baking. When- ever a chemical reaction takes place, the nature of the original materials is entirely changed, so that the sub- stances which remain in the food to be eaten are very different from those which composed the baking powder before baking. For this reason, the statement that a baking powder con- tains alum or cream of tartar is worth- Jess 60 far as informing the consumer as to what he eats. What the con- sumer wants to know ig what goes into his stomach, not what 1s in the can. Food prepared with a cream of tartar baking powder does not contain any cream of tartar, just as food pre pared with alum baking powder {s free from alum. In the case of the high-priced trust baking powders, this bread residue consists of Rochelle Salts, the active ingredient of Seldiitz Powders. That is, when food pre pared with these trust baking pow- ders is eaten, the consumer is taking a dose of Seldlitz Powders. Rochelle Salts is a medicine and not a food, and this constant dosing will seriously derange the digestive organs, Prof. Wiley, chemist of the United States Department of Agriculture, has de- clared in substance that “A loaf of bread made from a quart of flour leayened with cream of tartar baking powder contains 45 grains more of Rochelle Salts than is contained in one Seidlitz Powder. At a hearing before the Committee on Public Health of the Massachusetts Legisla- ture, on a bill designed to prevent this wholesale dosing of the public, the fol- lowing eminent Boston physicians tes- tified against the healthfulness of Rochelle Salts, and strongly recom- mended the passage of a law which ‘would prohibit the sale of powders which left this dangerous drug in food: Dr. Hartung, Dr, C. 0. Kepler, Dr. F. B. Foster, Dr. G. M. Palmer. ‘Why should the consumer pay forty- five or fifty cents per pound for bak- ing powder when the best baking pow- der in the world can be made to re tail at twenty-five cents per pound (the price asked for Calumet Baking Powder) and leava a fair manufac turer’s profit? The manufacturers of Calumet Baking Powder have for years made a standing offer of $1,000.00 for any substance injurious to health found in food prepared from it, Bread made from Calumet is en- tirely free from Rochelle Salts, alum, lime or ammcnia, WINCHESTER “LEADER” AND “REPEATER” SHOTGUN SHELLS Carefully inspected shells, the best of powder, shot and wadding, loaded by machines which give invariable results account for the superior- ity of Winchester ‘Leader’ and “Repeater” Factory Loaded Smokeless Powder Shells. Reliability, velocity, pattern and penetration are determined by scientific apparatus and practical experiments. 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Sho writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkbam:— : “I can truly say that you have saved my life, and I cannot express my gratitude in words. Before I wrote to you ‘telling you how I felt, Lhad doctored for over two years beatde, but el ated ace mn esis rat tall failed todo mo any good, had female trouble and would daily hee ‘faint. ing sally beckache, bearing down pain and my thon a were very irregalay’ an finally ceased.“ Twrote to for your a vice and received a letter full of instructions = what todo, and also commenced to take ala, E, Piiiam’s Vetta Compound, and T have been restored to perfect healthy Had it not been for you I would have been in ray grave today.” . fountains of proof establish the fact that no meaieme in the world equals Lydia E. 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De aes eae eae ee, Sores Fags eared rec Aare destarnonts ge Eogp dane chm cometo Pape tom OS COLUMBIA BUSINESS COLLEGE. Srgath earander ame picga, Lowated et aren Toucan nore, Som eee a ene te et SL ee aca piaar ie oes ‘Write to-day to = ies GEO. H. BEASLEY, 1001 Cherry St., Columbia, Mo, ee oe naa tereel WHEN ANSWERING ADVERTIS& MENTS PLEASE MENTION THIS PAPER. IY Taner SS LD WGee tails FOR WOMEN A troubled with ills peculiar to “2 a tenia ovo ceanet ils ots Stope discharges, Beals infammation ant local =e Be poe Grobe esi See gs tai tae eel Wiiciemaist dea Recsmmeiesars “TOILET AND WOMEN'S SPECIAL Taaucegen Senate | ‘Tlal Bow and Bok of nsiruetione Pree! FBR pa eee errmsg meee pe y FEAR FOR NIAGARA IMMENSE VOLUME CF WATER DIVERTED FROM FALLS. Commercial Enterprises are Making Heavy Drains on This Famous Show- Place—its Tremendous Electrical Power the Inducement. Niagara Falls, August 7:—The volume of water being diverted from the historic Niagara Falls is reaching such proportions that the people of the State are trying to pass laws whick will prevent the possibil- ity of a practical wiping out of this sublime natural spectacle. Water sufficient to develop nearly five hundred thousand horse-power continuously, twenty-four hours per day, for industrial purposes, 1s now being taken from the river above the Falls, and further developments re- quiring more water are contemplated. Probably the largest user of the electricity produced by the waters of the mighty river is the concern which by the five or six thousand degree heat,of the electrie furnace brings lime and coke into unwilling union, thereby producing what is known as Calcium Carbide. Dry calcium carbide ts lifeless as 60 much broken rock, but in contact with water it springs into activity and begets abundantly the gas Acetylene. The light resulting from the ignition of acetylene is the nearest approach to sunlight known. These facts, though of compara- tively recent discovery, were soon seized by men with an eye to the com: mercial possibflities and to-day cal cium carbide is being shipped every: Where and used for dispelling dark ness in buildings of all descriptions, from the ordinary barn of the farmer to the country villa of the wealthy, as well as for lighting the streets of s large number of towns. — Acetylene can be easily and cheaply installed and the manufacture and sale of acetylene generators has become & business of recognized standing, has assumed large proportions and 1s steadily growing. National Wealth of Japan, ‘The Austrian Monthly Magazine for the Orient has published a statement ‘of the national wealth of Japan, base¢ upon reports of Austrian business mer ‘of Tokyo, in which the total amount 0! money invested in 1904 by corpora tions engaged in commerce, industry agriculture, banking, mining, naviga tion and railroads is placed at about $420,000,000. ‘The banks had abow $343,000,000 In deposits, and their to tal capital in 1902 amounted to about $57,000,000. ‘The public debt in 190; ‘was about $272,000,000. Hundreds of dealers say the extra quantity and superior quality of De- flance Starch {s fast taking place of all other brands. Others say they can- not sell any other starch. When you see a pretty girl eat corr from the cob, you look at the butter on her rosk face and wonder if she knows she has allowed the best pari to get away. ‘Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease Anowder. Itrests the fect. Cures Swollt Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and fagrowing Nails. Atall Druggists aud Shoe stores, 25 cents. Accept no substitute. Sample mailed FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N.Y. Horse racing in Italy is dead since the introduction of automobile speed contests. | Don't you know that Deflance Starch Desides “being absolutely superior to any other, is put up 16 ounces in pack- age and sells at same price as 12- ounce packages of other kinds? People talk of having horse sense But did anybody ever catch. a horse getting drunk just because 129 years ago Britain lost a new-born child? Few men are ever so‘deeply In love that they won't sometimes wonder if, after all, she is really the right wo man. re And That Includes Tom. “Tom Lawson can't do much more of the exposing business withot get- ting into trouble himself.” “What do you mean?” “Well, if he keeps on digging up people's pasts he soon will have ex posed Everybody’s."—Kansas_ City Drovers Telegram. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance ‘Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will cave not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water ‘Starches are put up in %-pound pack- ages, and the price fs the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chem- feals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-02. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before be puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large let- ters and figures “16 ozs.” Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. TDefiance aever sticks. John D. Rovkefeller’s resignation as trustee of Vassar college was due, he lets it be known, not to any differ ences that have risen between him and his colleagues on the board, but simply to a desire to decrease his burdens ‘The public are reassured—nobody ir Vassar has made it unpleasant for him, and the college authorities don’t anticipate any withdrawal of his pat Tonage. Mr. Rockefeller has given tc Vassar over half a million dollars The colteges, to vary by anthitesis az ol dsaying, will not bite the hand tha Diesses them ‘ | per I do not know that old hens are good layers, but I think that some of them are, and if we could find the hens that are good layers when they get old and breed from them we might succeed in getting a strain of hens that would prove to be very profitable. Until we know more about individual old hens as to their laying qualities we had better stick to the pullets and two-year-old hens which we know will lay. T attended a convention last winter at which one poultry raiser read a pa- per on poultry raising. He said that he had one Brown Leghorn hen that he had kept for ten years and that was still laying well. He had no rec- ord of the exact number of eggs laid by her, which is a pity as such data would be very valuable. But if one hen will do that there must be others that are doing equally as well, and such need only to be discovered and brought together to give us the foun- dation for a strain of most excellent layers. In a cow it is the persistence of milk giving that counts. A cow that would give milk for a year would not be counted as of much importance and would be quickly disposed of. If hens stop laying before they have lost their vigor something is wrong. Other things being equal, hens should lay well till they are at least six years old. ‘The greatest trouble that I have found about old hens laying is that they do not lay in the first half of the winter, and we have as yet found no way of making them do that. While they are pullets they lay well the first part of the winter, if they have been born in March or if they have been fed on such stimulating feed as is nec: essary to push them forward in ma. turity, A hen has to lay when she is mature whether she wants to or not. But the second winter she is likely to delay beginning till away along in. to spring, when eggs are cheap. | have a neighbor who has put many hundreds of dollars into poultry equipmenj. Two years ago she sold off all the young chicks for broiler: and depended on the hens that would be two years old the following spring She last winter -got no eggs during nearly the whole winter, and I 1a3 this to the fact that she had no pullet: in her flock. Until we have the mat ter more in hand it is better to no! trust too much to the laying qualitie: of the old hens—Phoebe Caldwell Butler Co.. Ohio. ,wounie Frourtry rouse With Sheds. The illustration herewith presented shows a double poultry house with seratching sheds between the two ends. This is a particularly happy ar- ‘rangement for the man that wishes to <r ere, eee keep two varieties of fowls. The con- struction saves lumber and labor, as ouly two ends have to be built instead of four. In this day of high-priced lumber and high-priced labor this con- sideration is an important one. The arrangement has the added advantage of doubling the capacity of the scratch- ing shed if the farmer takes it into his head to keep only one flock. The two scratching sheds have simply to be thrown together. Improving the Flock. It is not necessary to use the same methods in improving the flock of poultry that are used in improving the farmer's cattle or horses. The process of improving is so’ much simpler in the case of fowls that entirely difter ent methods may be used. With cat tle or with horses we find it advisable to get a male and place at the head of the herd or drove and gradually breed up. But with fowls the produc tion of each female is at least a hun dred times greater than in the case o! the mate or the cow. Therefore the best way is to secure a pen of pure bred birds, four females and a male and keep all the eggs for setting pur poses. It is not difficult to get enough eggs even in the springtime to key all the sitting hens busy hatching out broods. We do not advise the secur ing of a male to put at the head of the flock, for the slight expense of the other method gives a good return fo: itself. The breeding pen is the short est way to get perfect results. Tw years will give an entirely new flock of pure breds, but by the other method the way will be much longer, An Oleo Trust in Europe, lee ee arene, principle is sprend- ing over the whole world is: evi- denced by reports from Europe, where all kinds of combinations are in pfocess of being made. One of these is the movement to form an oleomargarine trust to in- clude all the makers of oleomargarine in England, Holland and Germany. The chief mover is sai” to be the Eng. lish branch of the Anerican Packers’ ‘Trust. It has already brought into touch with it some of the principal factories in the three countries named. A trust of that kind would make it easy for the American oleo- margarine factories to work off to ad- vantage in Europe some of the un- colored product that sells so slowly in this country, for in the foreign sountries the white oleomargarine is not in the disrepute it is in the ‘United States. Brahmin to Raise Tobacco. R. B. Dee, a full-blooded Brahmin of high degree, is in New Haven, Conn., to study tobacco raising at the Con- necticut agricultural experiment sta- tion and will make use of the knowl- edge acquired in growing the weed extensively on his estate at home. Her Specialty. Bleeker—Your wife is something of a wit, She tried to make game of me at the reception last night. Meeker—Huh! That's nothing. She often makes me quail. Landmaking Power of Sea. ‘The landmaking powers of the sea are strikingly illustrated in the recent estimate of a Scotish geographer, The amount of mineral matter in sea water is found to be sufficient to form a solid layer 125 feet deep over the whole earth, and to equal North America, Europe and Australia to- gether, or nearly one-fifth of all land above sea level. Even more mineral matter has been taken from the sea Most of the limestone, gypsum and salt has been derived from sea water, and so also has been much of the cementing material of the sedimen- tary rocks. ‘a. Aaa aha Mane.. While a recent forgery prosecution was in progress in a Washington (state) court the accused calmly seached over, took the forged docu- ment from the table and ate it before the astonished court officials recovered sufficiently to interfere. Thereupon the prisoner's counsel promptly moved tor his discharge, on the ground that there was no evidence against him. It was certainly a most effective defense. tomer tries Deflance Starch {t {s im- possible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. Si oet tiieeinie Wiki esi Little Princess Victoria Louise, the xaiser’s only daughter, hates starched, frilly things and, in her wilderness of snowy muslins, dreams vainly of a happy state in which she could grub in the dirt to her heart's content. She recently complained to her august papa—of whom she does not stand the least awe—that she was forced to sub- mit to the bother of making an entire change of apparel each morning, whereas little girls of her acquaint- ance frequently were permitted even by their cleanly German mammas to wear the same frocks two days in succession. His imperial majesty promised to intercede with her moth- er, but the empress was obdurate, and the little princess had to resign her- self to the awful doom of being al- ways spotlessly clean. Piso’s Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. SAMULEy Ocean Grove, N, J., Feb. 17, 1900, | Some women wear corsets to make men think they have. Others, to make men think they haven't, | It takes a male gossip to tell how exteremly reprehensible is the gossip- ioe of women, Storekeepers report that the extra quantity, toxether. with the: supe duality of Delance” Starch’ makes Wp ext to impossitie to sell’ any ‘sthet brand. It is appalling to think how many hewspapers are already Devlin the life out of the Topeka banks. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORTA, ‘stato and our remedy for infants and eben, tin eco that i Beare the signunre ot Laff ‘ 1a Uso For Over 30 Yeare ‘Tho Kind You Have Always Bought, There's this much to say of the man who eats with his knife. He doesn’t smoke cirgarettes, Every person thinking of visiting. the Cinean Indian reservRLION In eastern Etats to'be opened for settlement ‘Augurt 261 Botia’ have. a” oimescekete” Cuda postpaid for boc, ‘Address W, fi. Front 700 Vien Si, Reuven: Colérado, Abandon Bicycle Insurance. The stealing of bicycles has become $0 prevalent in Birmingham, England, that the local offices of the leading insurance companies have abandoned eyele insurance. If you don’t get the biggest and best {vs your own fault, Defiance Starch is for sale everywhere and there is positively nothing to equal it in qual- ity or quantity. Ether was first used in surgical op- erations in 1846. When it comes to getting on the good side of a shady stream, the cow stands in. Here is Relief for Women, . Mother Gray, a nurse in New York, dise Le ne ee ills, called AUSTRALIAN-LEAF. It is the only certain monthly regulator. Cures female weaknesses, Backache, Kidney and Urinary troubles,” At all Drdggiats or by mail 50 cts. Sample mailed FRI Address, ‘The Mother Gray Co., Leltoy, N. ¥ ‘The doctors are fond of opening up an acquaintance. Promise your boy a half day’s fish- ing and you will get three extra days’ work out of him in the next two days. OE Tee ne RL eke eRe eae SRN ee 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. ©. 8. Fruit Book. Cheap round trip homeseekers tickets on sale first and third Tuésdays of each month. The short line to the “Land of Fulfillment The “Widow Stowe.” The louse in which Harriet Beecher ‘Stowe lived for a number of years im ‘Hartford is now being torn down to ‘iake room for the advancing fac- tories. It Is recalled that Mrs. Stowe’s husband, who was at the time profes sor in Andover, stopped over in Hart- ford to inspect the house which his wife was having built, To make sure that he was before the right house he asked the workmen, and to his amusement he was told that he wat right and that it was the house being built for “Widow Stowe.” TWENTY YEARS OF IT. Emaciated by Diabetes; Torturea with Gravel and Kidney Pains. Henry Soule, cobbler, of Ham mondsport, N. Y., says: “Since Doan’s Kidney Pills cured me eight years ago, I’ve reached 70 and hope to live many years long- aS er. But twenty years ago I had S kidney trouble so We bad I could not oe eae work. Backache DN Pee. 4s persistent Zag Mi and it was agony vA a PASNGR to iift anything. PENGASE Gravel, whirling ORY GS headaches, dizzi- tai Ge: traci See ey ee eee m2, er. But twenty J years ago I had & kidney trouble so 2s bad I could not Praia 3 work, Backache iN Pee, 4s persistent Zag Mi and it was agony va a PAIR to ite anything, PEASE Gravel, whirling ORY GS headaches, dizzi- ness and terrible urinary disorders ran me down from 168 to 100 pounds. Doctors told me I had diabetes and could not live. I Was wretched and hopeless when I began using Doan’s Kidney Pills, but they cured me eight years ago and I've been well ever since.” Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers. Price, 50 cents per box. ikea Gilace tim aa: An English traveler writes :“Be fore the war began in Manchuria | came down the Liao river with a Rus. sian expedition. We fought the chun. chuses (Chinese robbers) every after noon about tea time, but rarely in flicted any damage on them because they hid in the crops. One evening we got desperate and pursued them through the kaoling fields, with a com plete lack of success, only to find oz our return that the Chinese magistrate who accompanied us had collared twelve Chinamen supposed to be chunchuses and had them all tied to @ pole by their pig tails. It was the business of the Chinese authorities te deal with all captures, so these twelve Men were practically condemned to die, In company with the missionary, who was interpreter for the expedi: tion, I pressed for an inquiry. The re sult was that six of the victims were Proved to belong to a theatrical com pany which was stranded in the neigh ‘boring village. They were instantly released. One of the others was sub jected to a more rigid examination and died under the lash. Owing to thi: untoward incident the rest were se’ free. But it was pure luck that th whole twelve were not beheaded.” Roval Matchmaker. Queen Marie Christina of Spain, who has sorrowed deeply over the loss of her eldest daughter, never allows grief to interfere with duties of the state, and in the interests of her son she has been entertaining parents of eligi ble princesses, the charming daugh ters being included in the party. Her majesty considers that young royal personages should be allowed to choose their own consorts—of course, within their own caste; and though the marriage of the Princess of Astu rias was unpopular at the time the queen fayored it knowing that her daughter preferred Prince Charles of Bourbon Caserta to any other suitor, Old English Inns. The Ostrich inn at Colmbrook, Mia dlesex, England, has had an uninter Tupted existence since the faraway days of King John. It was doing ¢ thriving business before Magna Charts was signed, and had qualified as ‘veteran before Crecy was fought. The Seyen Stars, in Manchester, was 2 licensed house in the year of Poictier: (1356), two-thirds of a century before the cathedral was founded, and i boasts today a staircase clock whicl began to tick ever so long befor Doctor Johnson was born—nearly twe centuries ago. Al De Mustard—Your wife's cos- tume to-night is charming. It simply beggars description. Justin de Bunch —And that reminds me of a conun- drum—why am I like description, BABY’S INSTINCT Shows He Knew What Food to Stick To. Forwarding a photo of a splendidly handsome and healthy young boy, a happy mother writes from an Ohia town: “The enclosed picture shows my 4 year-old Grape-Nuts boy. “Since he was 2 years old he has eaten rothing but GrapeNuts. He demands and gets this food three times a day. This may seem rather unusual, but he does not care for any: thing else after he has eaten his Grape-Nuts, which he uses with milk or cream, and then he is through with his meal. Even on Thanksgiving day he refused turkey and all the good things that make up that great din. ner, and ate his dish of Grape-Nuts and cream with the best results and none of the evils that the other fool- ish members of the family expert. enced. “He is never sick, has a beautiful complexion, and {s considered a very handsome boy. May the Postiim Com. any prosper and long continue to fur. nish their wholesome food!” Name given by Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason, Read the lttle book, “The Road to Wellville,” in er. ery vke FePeeR Etre kk ite. £ a NG 2 is > 5) Hike Fs ett eee VR Vigsn cre cee Py Cay hig ent EEE el eww GCE adQ\ Brother Dickey, Banker. In the afternoon of the day Brother Dickey deposited $6 in the bank, a friend met him and said: “You de bigges’ fool in de worl’— put yo’ $6 in de bank and now he ban’s done shut up!” Brether Dickey followed him to the building and the sign on the door— “Bank Closed”—was read to him. “Sarves me des right,” he sai’. “De loss comes heavy on me, but hit’s a just punishment fer puttin’ temptation fn dey way!”—Atlanta Constitution. KS cass) Io EGS Estas 618 s FY jes Sp Sho A Re Z P a) é aS fl Ss | INN | gf i NM Wiggs—I went to a memory school last year. ‘Waggs—You don’t say? What was the name of it? Wiggs—I can’t remember. — San Francisco Call. Import Branch of Study. “What are you studying now?” asked Mrs. Cumrox. “We have taken up the subject of molecules,” answered her son. “I hope you will be very attentive and practice constantly. I tried to get your father to wear one, but he couldn’t make it stay in his eye.”— Medical Standard. B ‘Oh, Joy! Father (after the wedding)—“My boy, take good care of her, for she’s a good girl. It almost breaks my heart to see her go.” Sonin-law (grasping his hand)— “Cheer up! We knew how the parting would affect you, so we talked it over and decided to stay right here in the old home!” Exceptions, Cholly—"Bronson’s the worst ass im town, but on me honah his wife is the clevahest woman I ever saw!” Molly—“Is that kind?” Cholly—"Oh! Present company ab ways excepted, y’ know.” Molly—Yes, in both cases.” So Would I. “Where are you going for your vaca- tion?” “I don’t know, but I'll tell you what.” “Well, what?” “If I knew of a place where the bath- ing costumes are like those we see in a comic opera, I'd go there.” Making a Nasty Insinuation. “Yes,” said young Mr. Cissey, “T met Jack Kandor at the smoker lawst evening and I think he's just horrid.” “Why so, deah boy?” asked Gussie. “Well, when he saw me he said: ‘Hello! You heah? I thought this Was a stag affaih!’” Lightning Washing. She—I see clothes wasning by elec- tricity, without soap is the idea of a sungarian. He—Oh, well, my clothes couldn't look any more as if they’d been struck by lightning than they do now when I get ‘em home from the laundry, What Was the Use? “But,” asked the dear girl’s mother, “eouldn’t you tell he was going to kisa you?” “Yes, mother,” replied the dear girl “put there wasn't anyone to tell. He was the only one present and he knew already.” There Were Others. : N | *te— xou Mace me very happy whem you said I was one in a million. She—Yes, Jack, but there are oth- ers. Real Troubles. “The baseball umpire nas his ‘roubles,” said the grandstand enthusi- ast. “Yes,” answered the friend, with a patient look. “He has troubles, but be never was chairman of a golf club. horee committee.” More Trouble, “One thing more "bout de rlch—dey zan't buy salvation.” “No; but de po’ man sits mighty ‘vangry hollerin’ halleinia” Pygmies’ Strange Dance, ‘The seven pygmies brought tro Central Africa made their tn zs Dearanee at the London Hippoizas, on June § and did a weird day’ which they stopped as soon 8S thy house applauded, clapping the handy meani gn“stop” in their country, They Were much surprised at all they set in London, but have no language with which to make any comments, “ge oot” greets allke rallway trains, tey Phones, electric lights-aud everythin else. oe NO SLEEP FOR MOTHER Baby Covered With Sores and scaly —Could Not Tell What she Looked Like—Marvelous Cure by Cuticura, “At four months old my baby’s tagg and body were so covered with sons and large scales you could not 121 what she looked like. No child ever had a worse case. Her face was being eaten away, and even her finger nai fell off. It itched so she could not sleep, and for many weary zights yp could get no rest. At last we mt Cuticura Soap and Ointment. thy sores began to heal at once, and she could sleep at night, and in one monty she had not one sore on her face op body.—Mrs. Mary Sanders, 709 sprigg St, Camden, N. J.” Woman's work is never done. Whi she washes up the supper dishes the man merely sits ia the front yard ip shirt sleeves, smokes a threefora, quarter and studies how in the dev “he is to pay off that $265 note tomop pe Over one million acres of Jand tn the Uintah “Indian “reservation "wilt thrown open for settlement August ste Registration begins August ist." Ga Junction, Colorado, continuing til Auge Wz. From Denver. Colorado: Springs st Pueblo, the Colorado Midland ts the short est route to Grand Junction or reser: tion points. Write ©. H. Speers @. 6 A. Denver, for booklet, giving inform: tin regarding land, raves, ete If a woman has common sense she will not be afraid to acknowledge the corn. If she has good sense she will never have the corn. Why nag your children? Remember that there will be plenty of hell let without hurrying anybody to get it. DON'T FORGET Scouts: Bhd? hawe Compass, Sous deed el Sayings of Disraeli, ‘The English papers print some good sayings from Disraeli: “One thing is clear, that a man may speak very well in the house of commons and fal very completely in the house of lords, There are two distinct styles dequisite, In the lower house ‘Don Juan’ may per haps be our model; in the upper house, ‘Paradise Lost.” “To be har assed about money is one af the most Aisagreeable incidents of life. It rut fles the temper, lowers the spirits disturbs the rest, and finally breals up the health.” “My idea of an agres able person ig a person who acres with me.” “Sympathy is the solace of the poor; but for the rich there 4s compensation.” “There is a gre deal of vice which really is sheer inadvertence.” OU ee ee Electric waves and sensitive rf ceivers offer a means of performing a variety of operations at a distance. Professor E, D. Branly has been tty ing to attain such results, and hit shown the Paris academy an apyar atus by whieh he can start an electri¢ motor, cause incandescent lamps !0 ‘glow, and cause an explosion. These ‘effects can be produced or discontin ued in any desired order, one after another. They were chosen arbitrarly for experiment, and it is possible t0 bring about at a distance other me chanical action or series of actions to work a complicated machine. Confession of an automobile: I have not committed an accident for some time, and feel lonesome to the bottom of my gasoline tank. comes to life when the body feels the delicious glow of health,vigot and energy. . That Certain Sense of vigor in the brain and eas! poise of the merves comes whe ‘the improper foods are cut ov and preigested Grape- take their place. If it has taken you years to 7 down don'texpestone mosthfalat this great food to bring you beet Gor ft is not a stimulant bst Rebuilder.) 10 days’ trial shows such big * ‘sults that one sticks to it “There's a Reason.” Get the little book, “The Bost # Wellville,” in each pia.