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. The Oldest Negro Journal Published Weekly in this part of the Country. FUBISHED WEEKLY at 1510 Norh 3rd Street KANSAS CITY KANSAS W. C. Martin Editor, Geo. A. Dudley, Publisher and Business Manager. Terms OF SubscriptioninAdvance. One Year,.....$1.00 ix Months,.....65 cents Three Months,.....40.c ne Month,.....15.c Advertiseing 25 cts. Per Inch First Insertion. A Standing Display 'Add' for 3 Months or longer 15c per inch, each insertion. Entered as second class matter December first, 1904 at the Post office at Kansas City, Kansas under the Act of congress of March rd. 1879." Grewsome Collection. A French professor is the owner of a collection of 920 human heads, representing every known race of people. When an unmarried woman dies in Brazil the coffin, hearse and livery of the coachman are all scarlet. Cost of London's Paupers. Every year $4,000,000 is spent on the food and clothing of indoor paupers in London. Here is the Place. J T. ROBERTS TONSORIAL PARLOR, All the Latest Style Hair Cuts, Clean Shave strictly Up-to-Date. 438 MINNESOTA AVENUE. Call and see H.S. Sykes and and A. Gooden maufactor of Pop corn in ball and brick at 316 Oakland ave. A Word To You. The lack of proper appreciation of the efforts of Negro newspapers make in an uphill business to maintain the standard of excellence desired by those in the business. Just why the race is so utterly slack, in giving to their own the proper patronage is one of the unsolved mysteries. Each day and week bring to us the warring of being a unit in behalf of our own salvation. It takes something beside wind to publish the most weakly of weeklies. If every Afro-American family would pledge themselves to stand by an organ buplished in their behalf, just one year, the results would be unbelieved we ask the colored brother to wake up look around and observe, see if you cannot discern that the signs of the times don't speak in thundering tones for a the public advocates of our interests han, why wait do your part by subscripting getting their neighbors to do the same und watch the good results. Notice of Final Settlement. State of Kansas. County of Wyndott 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 n the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified, that at the next regular term of the Probate Court in and forsaid County, to be beguiled and to be Proved Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyndotte 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 sale 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 Wyan-dotte,State of Kansas,have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 24th day of December, A. D. 1904. Winfield Freeman, Probate Judge. Res.420 Nebraska ave. Tel.383 White. 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 cremery one of the committee halted and said: "Sir, I wish to direct your attention to that grave. The man who lies buried there had to be provided with the largest coffin ever made in this city." The honored guest thanked his host not so much for the information as for relieving the strain—Pittsburg Dispatch. TRUTH PROVED BY EXAMFLE. Storekeeper Certainly Lacked the Gift of Energy. William C. Greene, the copper magate, was talking to a young man about success. "The secret of success is enterprise, energy," said Col. Greene. "To be lazy, to stick always in the same old rut, that is how to make a wretched failure of your life. "I went West when I was 17, and after a spell of contracting and prospecting about Prescott, I farmed a bit in the San Pedro Valley. There was a storekeeper I used to buy my supplies from at that time who was a failure of the first water. This man's lack of enterprise was so great that people used to bring their children from miles around to study him. He was valuable as a horrible example. "There,' they would say to the youngsters, 'take warning by Manners. He is a failure. He has no enterprise. Don't grow up like him. He resembles a tortoise, doesn't he?" "Poor Manners in his sluggishness did resemble a tortoise a good deal. I sent a boy in to him one day with a pack mule to get five gallons of molasses. The boy told me afterward that when he entered the store Manners was dozing. The boy coughed and the man awoke and got up. He opened his mouth wide, and stood on tiptoe and stretched out his arms in a vast yawn. Then he said to the boy: "Wotcha want?" "Five gallons of molasses, Mr. Manners," the boy spoke up, sharp and quick. "Wah-h-h-h,' yawned Manners again. Then as he took up the jug he grumbled: "Ain't there nobody what sells molasses in this here town but me?" PLEASURE OF EASTERN WOMEN. Their Main Occupation the Diversions of the Toilet. An eastern lady of high degree spends an amount of time over her toilet that would quite astonish the most fashionable society lady. First she has her hair dressed by her maid, who, after anointing the long, silky black locks with a little oil, made from aloe wood or cocoanut, arranges it simply in a long, smooth plait, low on the nape of the neck, and decorated either with gold or jewelled ornaments. Next the bath is prepared as hot as it can be borne, and in this the lady may stay as long as two or three hours. Soaps are not used, but, instead, there are multifarious unguents, secret preparations of the bathing women, which render the skin soft as velvet and delicately perfumed. Oftentimes the face is washed over with milk, into which has been squeezed lemon juice. The hair of the oriental woman is usually beautifully long, soft and glossy, and the way they arrange it is invariably becoming to their soft type of beauty. Perfumes are much indulged in. These are introduced in the bath and permeate the garments, but are rarely used on a handkerchief. The Foam on the top. Don't snuggle conceit to your bosom, my boy. Because you're on top of the wave. For here is a thought that might serve as alloy. To the gold of the credit you crave: The earth is not always at surface, my son. 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 part of the great earthly crop. And I may 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 boy. But look on the world as you go. See the men whom we place at the summit, in truth. The gaze on the mortals below, And I give you word I'll have nothing 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. "Wretch!" cried the furious father, "your life shall answer for this. I demand my child. Where is she." Then, shrill and startling in the expectant silence, from the gallery came the answer: "Unner the table, ye dinged lout! Dinna ye see her slipper stickin' oot?" The house was in a tumult of merriment in a moment, but it was the "angry father" himself, who ruined the situation, for he burst into immoderate laughter and the curtain fell in the middle of the act, to rise again upon an audience that could not repress its risibles for the rest of the evening. HE WANTED A MORTGAGE. Swede's Experience With a Deed Had Taught Him Caution. Halvor Steenerson, Congressman from Minnesota, tells a story of a Swede who went to that state from one of the Dakotas for the purpose of buying a farm. A land agent acted as guide and informant to the Swede, who eventually found what he wanted. When the time came to make out the necessary papers, the agent asked the Swede what method he preferred to adopt in making payments. "Ay pay all. Ay haf da money," replied the Swede. "Very well, then. I'll make out the deed," said the agent. "No!" suddenly exclaimed the Swede. "Ay no want deed!" "Why, yes, you do!" rejoined the agent, astonished. "You pay the money and you take a deed for the farm." "No, no!" earnestly asseverated the Swede. "Ay no want deed! Ay had deed oop in Dakota. 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. 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 werbled when the grosebeaks sing; And in the moaning pines is heard The whisper of returning spring Telephone Bell W. 32. W. B, FUNERAL And, Embalmer The Very N ages For All Purpose. At The Best Equipa Ambulance For Sick On Short Notice. Chan 431 Minnesota. Ave Nice F ROOM AN At$3.25 e Corner of seco A rmourdale Kansas. And to street car service. You w MRS. E, L, SMIT KANSAS CITY 1510 N Are Manufactors of the Bec ing Soaps. A GIVE THEM YOU One trial of their brand th convince you RESTA 1012 N Is the best place in the city a.m, to'11 p.m, every thing i MEALS 1 Mrs. Thatcher the prop city and will please you, g NESS STRICTLY CONFIRMED. Money on Watches. Di CLOTHING AN Of Watches and Jewel AT CASH Unclaim Pledges FINE WATCHES AND J Union Lo 427 Minnesota av YOUR OPP B, Raym GENERAL DIRECTOR Palmer The Very Best of Service, H All Purpose. At All Hours. Best Equipment White Entrance For Sick and wounded Notice. Charges Reasonable C Minnesota. Ave. Kansas City, K Notice. Price Furrish BOOM AND BOARD At$3.25 per week e Corner of second and Deleware tale Kansas. And in a good location ar service. You will get best of treat S. E, L, SMITH PROPRIETRE KASAS CITY SOAP 1510 N. 4th St. factors of the Best Grades of Toileting Soaps. A Home Institution THEM YOUR PATRO of their brand the Snowflake and convince you of their merits. ESTAURANT 1012 N 3rd St. place in the city and will serve you. m, everything is cooked to taste. MEALS 15 CENTS, Thatcher the prop, is one of the best will please you, give her a call. DISTRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. J. H. CEEIN, PRO Money to Loan Watches. Diamonds Jewelry and Everything Of Value Watches and Jewelry Sold on Paym AT CASH PRICES. Claim Pledges For Sale C WATCHES AND JEWELRY REPAIRING Union Loan Office Minnesota ave. kansas city EUROPPORTUN W. B. Raymond FUNERAL DIRECTOR. And, Embalmer The Very Best of Service, Fine Carriages For All Purpose. At All Hours. The Best Equiped White Enameled Ambulance For Sick and wounded On Short Notice. Charges Reasonable Call At 431 Minnesota. [Ave.']Kansas City,'Kansas. Notice. Nice Furrished ROOM AND BOARD AT At $3.25 per week e Corner of second and Deleware streets in Armourdale Kansas. And in a good location convenin 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 11 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. NEESS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. J. H. CCHN, PROPRIETOR. Watches and Jewelry Sold on Payments AT CASH PRICES. Unclaim Pledges For Sale Cheap. FINE WATCHES AND JEWELRY REPAIRING. 427 Minnesota ave. kansas city. kans. YOUR OPPORTUNITY YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE MONEY. Ladies suits,'dressing sacques, aprons and in fact anything in the Dressmaking line MADE TO ORDER. and sold on weekly and me few prices: Belt dresses $1. 50cts and up. Call and see Mrs W. F. in weekly and monthly payments. Belt dresses $1.00 and up; dressing up. Call and see me. Mrs W. F. Williams Third St. Kansas C 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. --- Telephone Home W.32 Raymond DIRECTOR. Best of Service, Fine Carri- All Hours. White Enameled and wounded ages Reasonable Call At Kansas City, Kansas. Justice. Furished BOARD AT per week and Deleware streets in a good location convenin- ll get best of treatment. PROPRIETRESS, TY SOAP CO. 4th St. Grades of Toilet & Wash Home Institution. PATRONAGE Snowflake and Union will of their merits. URANT. 3rd St. and will serve you from 5,30 is cooked to taste, 5 CENTS, is one of the best cooks in the her a call. J. H. Cohen, Proprietor. to Loan Diamonds Jewelry. AND EVERYTHING Value 000000000 Jewelry Sold on Payments PRICES. For Sale Cheap. JEWELRY REPAIRING. Loan Office. e. kansas city. kans. ORTUNITY monthly payments. Here is a 00 and up; dressing sacques me. Williams, 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 Cernowitz is the longest line in Europe which uses the duplex system, being 680 miles long. The system was adopted a few months ago, as it was found necessary to increase the capacity of the line, which takes all the matter for Roumania, southeastern Russia and a part of Bulgaria. The system works well at present, although the line is constructed of iron wire instead of copper. Good Luck for Turtles at Least The Chinese have a peculiar custom with regard to turtles, which they consider as very good joss. Almost any day one can see these creatures, some of them of huge size, being carried on board the river steamers, not to be taken to Canton for culinary purposes, but to be dumped into the sea and restored to liberty and freedom. Good luck is thought to follow.—Hong Kong Press. Good to Lick Baby With Later On. I saw lately a dainty and original gift for a young mother. It was called "a measuring stick for baby," made of white wood thirty-six inches long, and marked off into inches as accurately as a tape measure. Forgetmenots were pai ted down the side, and at one end a hole in which was a ribbon bow and loop by which to suspend it.—Good Housekeeping. Moisture in Tobacco The presence of moisture in tobacco is, the Lancet believes, of some importance to public health, since the combustion of tobacco containing a large proportion of moisture is impeded, while as the g eration of vapor is increased, so ar e chances of the polsonous principi being carried into the mouth diminished. Early Japanese University. It will surprise most readers to learn from a recent Japanese writer that there was a university in Japan in the eighth century, with schools of ethics, mathematics and history, and that text books were employed dealing with such specialties as the diseases of women, veterinary surgery, and 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 tenor solo, and he insisted on singing 'Tm Waiting for Thee.'"—New York Sun Consider Dreams Revelations Among the people of the east a dream is considered to be a direct revelation from God, and there are, in the Orient, even to-day, soothsayers, or fortune tellers, who interpret dreams, just as the soothsayers did in bible times, and from dreams tell the future of the dreamer. Cancer Victims Well to Do. Statistics show that cancer is more common among those who are accustomed to the refinements of life than among the very poor, and to care for such patients the doctors say that good surroundings are a necessity. Snakes in India. About 400,000 snakes are killed every year in British India. The fees paid as rewards annually for the destruction of beasts of prey and venomous snakes by the government of India amount to about $125,000. German Colony in Palestine German Colony in Palestine. Thirty-four years ago a German colony settled at Haifa, Palestine. Today all of the ninety families in are prosperous. They raise grapes 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 Roscomon Assizes, 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 in their master's laps and paid for as if they were human passengers. Credit is a Necessity. As trade now stands, there is so enough gold out of the earth, if it were all coined, to transact the business of a day. Nationalities Among Russians. The Russian population represents 110 nationalities, the three great stock being Finns, Tartars and Slavs. Aluminum for Sharpening Cutlery. Aluminum is superior to any stone for sharpening cutlery. Denmark's Honey Exports. Denmark exports 2,500,000 pounds of honey a year. Opening of the Great Vintah Indian Reservation WYOMING MAP OF THE UNTAH RESERVATION, UTAH Reached by the Denver & Rio Grand System Send postal for "Book of Presents" Do you know the secret of the Wave Circle? Wonderful! Don't delay another day! Send for K C right a- way. It's purer and more efficient than any Bak- ing Powder that costs three times as much. 25 oz. for 25c. All grocers Jaques Mfg. Co. Chicago Truths that Strike Home 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 originally came from. In each package of LION COFFEE you get one full pound of Pure Coffee. Insist upon getting the genuine. (Lion head on every package.) Red Cross Ball Blue is highly endorsed by housekeepers everywhere. It purifies, whitens, cleans and Preserves the Clothes Try it, and you will always want it. Your grocer will sell you a large 2-ounce package for only 5 cents. Remember the name. PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED DRS. THORNTON & MINOR 1007 OAM ST. KANSAS CITY, NO. (BRANCH OFFICE AT 31 LONDON) W. N. U., KANSAS CITY, NO. 32, 1905. THE DAISY FLY KILLER destroys all the flies and affords comfort to every home-in-dining-room, sleeping-room and places where they are trouble some. Clean, neat, will not soil or in- sight. Try them once, they will never be without them. If not kept by deal- ing, they will be for $80. Harold Seemin, 140 Delah Ave, Brooklyn, N. L. If afflicted with sore eyes, it may KIDDER'S PASTILLER STOWELL & CO., Mt.Ruiz. A Sore ralled for Asthma. Sold by all Inquests or by mail, at 850, Charlottown, Mt.Ruiz. PISO'S CURE FOR THE DAISY FLY KILLER Best Inquests Cure. Use is time. Sold by company. CONSUMPTION President Roosevelt on July 15 signed the proclamation providing for the opening to homesteaders and townsite entry of the unallotted lands in the great Uintah Reservation in Utah. The Reservation contains 2,445,000 acres, but the Military and Forestry Reserves and such Mineral lands as here to be withdrawn under existing MAP OF THE UINTAH RESERVATION UTAH Reached by the Denver & Rip George System laws will leave 1,069,000 acres available for entry. Registration for the land will commence August 1st and close August 12th. Registration may be made at Grand Junction, Colo., and Vernal, Price and Provo, Utah. Prospective settlers may register at any one of these places from 9:00 a. m., Tuesday, August 1st, until 6:00 p. m., Saturday, August 12th. To obtain registration, each applicant must appear at one of the registration places and show himself duly qualified to make homestead entry Send postal for "Book of Presents" Send for K C right a- way. It's purer and more efficient than any Bak- ing Powder that costs three times as much. 25 oz. for 25c. All grocers Truths that Your grocer is honest and you that he knows very litt- sells you. How can he know S In each package of LION pound of Pure Coffee. Ins (Lion head on every package.) (Save the Lion-heads SOLD BY GROCE Red Cross is highly endorsed by housekeepers ever (160 acres) by written application to be made only on a blank form provided 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 soldiers or sailors, who may present their applications and due proofs of their qualifications through an agent of their WYOMINGO own selection, having a duly executed power of attorney, on a blank for that purpose provided by the Commissioner. No person will be permitted to act as agent for more than one soldier or sailor, and no one will be allowed 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 detail in a pamphlet just issued by the Passenger Department Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Write to S. K. Hooper, Gen'l P. & T. A., Denver, Colo. Do you know the secret of the Wave Circle? Wonderful! Don't delay another day! Jaques Mfg. Co. Chicago at Strike Home and—if he cares to do so—can tell little about the bulk coffee he know, where it originally came from, how it was blended—or with what—or when roasted? If you buy your coffee loose by the pound, how can you expect purity and uniform quality? LION COFFEE, the LEADER OF ALL PACKAGE COFFEES, is of necessity uniform in quality, strength and flavor. For OVER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, LION COFFEE has been the standard coffee in millions of homes. LION COFFEE is carefully packed at our factories, and until opened in your home, has no chance of being adulterated, or of coming in contact with dust, dirt, germs, or unclean hands. MILLION COFFEE you get one full Insist upon getting the genuine. age.) heads for valuable premiums.) OCERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. ss Ball Blue ers everywhere. It purifies, whitens, cleans and s the Clothes OLD CHURCH FEASTS ENJOYMENTS IN THE DAYS OF "MERRIE ENGLAND." Bazars and Tea Partles 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 certain records kept in some of the churches in England. For instance, in the records of Yateley church, which date from 1543, are frequent references to "church ales," the object of which was to get money for church expenses. The feast was organized by the church wardens, "who provided a good spread at so much a head, and credited the profits to the church expenditure." It first appears as the "church ale," then as the "king's ale," then later as "our banquet at Whitsuntide." It was probably held in the church 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 popular, 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 "church 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, probably for the wool. Payments for incense and for an enormous Easter candle of wax were regular items. The parliamentary soldiers made earthworks in the churchyard and the puritans 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 farthings." From 1543 one parishioner seems to have acted as "dog whipper." "To Whelan, for beating dogs out of church, twopence," is the oldest entry, and as late as 1819 a dog whipper was appointed at a salary of $5.95 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 century. 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' sermons. 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 Episcopal church has need for such men as you." "Mr. Brooks," replied the retired tea merchant, "would the Protestant Episcopal church receive me on my acceptance of your preaching alone?" The massive, illumined countenance tightened in deepest thought; then a kindly, somewhat saddened, smile relaxed it as he answered: "Mr. Wilson, I am afraid the Episcopal body would not accept you on my preaching."—Boston Herald. Thoroughly Equipped. The late Thomas B. Reed sometimes 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 eccentricity, "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 election was a horse on him, and he has wheels in his head quite handy."—Judge Wasted Energy. 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'll 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, I'll not kneel at your feet, I am doing for you. I tremble when we meet. I will not kneel at your feet. Asking you to love me, sweet. For me, I gathered a mess, did. Nay, I'll not kneel at your feet. Praying for your love—not I I will never let you know By a look or by a sign; 'Tis for you I love, but, oh, oh, oh! Lest I win your love, and so Lose the longing that is mine! I will never let you know 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 jest a being dead. --Kansas City Drovers Telegram. Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is adapted to both sores and all ages. Cures Kidney and Liver complain, and purifies the blood, all draughts. Blobbs—I wonder why Wlgwag's clothes never fit him. Slobbs—He likes to give the impression that he gets them from London. $6.00 per M. Lewis' "Single Binder," straight 6 cigar, costs the dealer some more than other 6 cigars, the higher price enables this factory to use higher grade tobacco. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. 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. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Large 20x, package 5 seals. The Russ Company package 5 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 attached to its lower end, is supported in an exhausted glass vessel. The positive charge, left behind after the "beta" rays are carried away, is passed on to the leaves, which separate until one of them touches the inclosing glass, when the charge is conveyed to the earth and the leaf falls back again. This operation, repeated minute after minute, will continue so long as the machine lasts. By means of a coherer, such as is used in wireless 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 Telegram. Sound as a Dollar- Monticello, Minn., Aug. 7th.—Mr. J. W. Moore of this place stands as a living proof of the fact that Bright's Disease, 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 Bright's Disease inside of a year. My feet 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 die with it, but that he had been cured by a remedy called Dodd's Kidney Pills. "I commenced taking them at once and I am thankful to say that they saved my life. After a short treatment I was completely restored to good health and I am now as sound as a dollar." The first attempt to illustrate news was made in 1607. It depicted a flood in Monmouthshire, Eng. Warning to Housewives. The average consumer of baking powder does not know that a reaction occurs in the process of baking. Whenever a chemical reaction takes place, the nature of the original materials is entirely changed, so that the substances 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 contains alum or cream of tartar is worthless so far as informing the consumer as to what he eats. What the consumer wants to know is what goes into his stomach, not what is in the can. Food prepared with a cream of tartar baking powder does not contain any cream of tartar, just as food prepared with alum baking powder is free from alum. In the case of the high-priced trust baking powders, this bread residue consists of Rochelle Salts, the active ingredient of Seellditz Powders. That is, when food prepared with these trust baking powders is eaten, the consumer is taking a dose of Seellditz 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 declared in substance that "A loaf of bread made from a quart of flour leavened with cream of tartar baking powder contains 45 grains more of Rochelle Salts than is contained in one Seellditz Powder. At a hearing before the Committee on Public Health of the Massachusetts Legislature, on a bill designed to prevent this wholesale dosing of the public, the following eminent Boston physicians testified against the healthfulness of Rochelle Salts, and strongly recommended the passage of a law which would prohibit the sale of powders which left this dangerous drug in food: Dr. Hartung, Dr. C. O. Kepler, Dr. F. B. Foster, Dr. G. M. Palmer. Why should the consumer pay forty-five or fifty cents per pound for baking powder when the best baking powder in the world can be made to retail at twenty-five cents per pound (the price asked for Calumet Baking Powder) and leave a fair manufacturer's profit? The manufacturers of Calumet Baking Powder have for years made a standing offer of $1,000.00 for any substance injurious to health found in food prepared from it. Bread made from Calumet is entirely free from Rochelle Salts, alum, lime or ammonia. A WOMAN'S ORDEAL DREADS DOCTOR'S QUESTIONS Thousands Write to Mrs.Pinkham,Lynn, Mass, and Receive Valuable Advice Absolutely Confidential and Free There can be no more terrible ordeal to a delicate, sensitive, refined woman than to be obliged to answer certain questions in regard to her private ills, even when those questions are asked by her family physician, and many continue to suffer rather than submit to examinations which so many physicians propose in order to intelligently treat the disease; and this is the reason why so many physicians fail to cure female disease. This is also the reason why thousands upon thousands of women are corresponding with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. 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They are THE SHELLS THE CHAMPIONS SHOOT STOMACH AND BOWEL TROUBLE BOTTLE COUPON name and address and your druggist's name, for a free bottle of milk, Constipation Cure and Blood Purifier, to MULL'S GEAPE K Island, Ill. Give full address and write plainly. The $1.00 is the 50c. size. At drug stores. The genuine has a date and make no other from your druggist. Send this coupon with your name and address and your druggist's name, for a free bottle of Mull's Grape Tonic, Stomach Tonic, Constipation Cure and Blood Purifier, to MULL'S GRAFE This coupon is free. Rock Island, Iowa. Give full address and write plainly. The $1.00 bottle contains three doses, also the. The genuine has a date and number stamped on the label—take no other from your druggist. Mrs T.C.Willadsen Read how Mrs. Pinkham helped Mrs. T. C. Willadens, of Manning, Ia. She writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— "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, I had doctored for over two years money in medicines besides, but if all failed it was good. had female trouble and would daily have spells, backache, bearing-down pains, and my monthly periods were very irregular and finally ceased. I wrote to you for your advice and received a letter full of instructions just what to do, and also commenced to take vegetable, Vegetable Compound, and I have been restored to perfect health. Had it not been for you I would have been in my grave to-day." Mountains of proof establish the fact that no medicine in the world equals Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring women's health. The name and address of your shoe dealer and 15c to cover cost of mailing, etc., will secure one of the handsome rolled gold pins illustrated above. Enameled in colors and will wear for years. These pins were secured by thousands of World's Fair visitors. Only a few hundred left. Write Quick. ROBERTS. JOHNSON & RAND SHOE CO. ST. LOUIS MANUFACTURERS OF "STAR BRAND SHOES" ```markdown ``` Grapes No one with regular bowels and healthy stomach can contract disease. A person with Constipation and Stomach Trouble is always the first to succumb to Sun Stroke, Heat Debility and Prostration Cholera, Colic and Diarrhea are more fatal in Hot Weather because vitality is lower—they are the direct result of Constipation. It is a mistake to suddenly diarrhea, the danger is Blood Poison. A physic is also dangerous as it weakens the patient and reduces vitality. Treat the cause with Mull's Grape Tonic. Constipation and its attending ills are caused by decaying or dying bowels and intestines—Mull's Grape Tonic revives and strengthens the Bowels so that they are enabled to act naturally and eject the poison from the system, everybody should take it during hot weather. It wards off disease, builds up the system and purifies the blood. Typhoid Fever and Appendicitis are unknown in families where Mull's PIMPLES BLACKHEADS Cuticura SOAP to treat Pimples and Blackheads, Red, Rough, Oily Complexions, gently smear the face with Cuticura Ointment, the great Skin Cure, but do not rub. Wash off the Ointment in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water, and bathe freely for some minutes. Repeat morning and evening. At other times use Cuticura Soap for bathing the face as often as agreeable. No other Skin Soap so pure, so sweet, so speedily effective. Cuticura Soap sometimes delivers medical and emollient properties derived from Cuticura Cure, with the purest of cleaning ingredients and the cure, with the purest of cleaning ingredients and the cure—namely, a Medical and Toilet Soap. Cuticura Soap, Soap Propa, Boston, and Free Press, "In the Real World," www.realworld.com. COLUMBIA BUSINESS COLLEGE. Seventh year under same principal. Located near the State University. Thorough and up-to-date courses and fags upon clinical, truth, power, bookkeeping, commercial law, banking, penship, dormitory for young women; reasonable beaten up tuition. Our 60-page catalogue free. Write 0-20day. GEO. H. BEASLEY, 1001 Cherry St., Columbia, Mo. Also owner of Columbia Normal Academy located in the same city. WHEN ANSWERING ADVERTISEMENTS PLEASE MENTION THIS PAPER. PAXTINE TOILET ANTISEPTIC FOR WOMEN troubled with ill peculiar to their sex, must be doubled and morbidly successful. Throughough conditions, kills disease and stops discharges, heals inflammation and local soreness. Paxine is in powder form to be dissolved in pure alcohol and economical than liquid antiseptics for all. TOILET AND WOMEN'S SPECIAL USES For sale at draggits, 60 cents a box. Trial Box and Book of Instructions Free. THE R. P. COMPANY BOSTON, MASS Grape Tonic is employed. As a Stomach Tonic it is unequalled. SUFFERED ALL HIS LIFE. The endorsement of E. B. McCurdy of Troy, Ohio, proves that the severest forms of Constipation are promptly cured by Mull's Grape Tonic—He says: "I gave your Tonic a thorough trial. It is the most difficult constipation. I do not believe anyone suffers more than I, as I had been afflicted with all my life. For days my bowels would not act and then only by the use of strong cataracts that were fast deranged and I suffered with inward piles, the pains of which would at times raise me off my chair. I spent much money with various doctors, medicines to no avail. My Grape Tonic my bowels began to move regularly—the pain left me and my general health built up rapidly. "I heartily recommend it as an absolute cure." to which I am a living witness." Until Mull G's Grape Tonic was put on the American market there was no cure for Constipation. Let us send you a bottle free to-day to show you that it will do all we claim. Good for Alling Children and Nursing Mothers. FEAR FOR NIAGARA IMMENSE VOLUME OF 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 which will prevent the possibility 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, is now being taken from the river above the Falls, and further developments requiring 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 electric furnace brings lime and coke into unwilling union, thereby producing what is known as Calcium Carbide. Dry calcium carbide is lifeless as so 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 comparatively recent discovery, were soon seized by men with an eye to the commercial possibilities and to-day calcium carbide is being shipped everywhere and used for dispelling darkness 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 a large number of towns. Acetylene can be easily and cheaply installed, and the manufacture and sale of acetylene generators has become a business of recognized standing, has assumed large proportions and is steadily growing. National Wealth of Japan. The Austrian Monthly Magazine for the Orient has published a statement of the national wealth of Japan, based upon reports of Austrian business men of Tokyo, in which the total amount of money invested in 1904 by corporations engaged in commerce, industry, agriculture, banking, mining, navigation and railroads is placed at about $420,000,000. The banks had about $343,000,000 in deposits, and their to tal capital in 1902 amounted to about $557,000,000. The public debt in 1902 was about $272,000,000. Hundreds of dealers say the extra quantity and superior quality of Defiance Starch is fast taking place of all other brands. Others say they cannot sell any other starch. When you see a pretty girl eat corn from the cob, you look at the butter on her rosk face and wonder if she knows she has allowed the best part to get away. Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease Powder. it rests the feet, Cures Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. At all Druggists and 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 Defiance Starch besides being absolutely superior to any other, is put up 16 ounces in package 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 woman. And That Includes Tom. "Tom Lawson can't do much more of the exposing business without getting into trouble himself." "What do you mean?" "Well, if he keeps on digging up people's pasts he soon will have exposed Everybody's."—Kansas City Drovers Telegram. 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 grocery 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. John D. Rockefeller's resignation as trustee of Vassar college was due, he lets it be known, not to any differences 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 in Vassar has made it unpleasant for him, and the college authorities don't anticipate any withdrawal of his patronage. Mr. Rockefeller has given to Vassar over half a million dollars. The colleges, to vary by anthitesis ar ol diaying, will not bite the hand that blesses them. POILTRY Old Hens as Layers. 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. I attended a convention last winter at which one poultry raiser read a paper 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 record 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 foundation 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 necessary to push them forward in maturity. 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 into spring, when eggs are cheap. I have a neighbor who has put many hundreds of dollars into poultry equipment. Two years ago she sold off all the young chicks for broilers 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 lay this to the fact that she had no pullets in her flock. Until we have the matter more in hand it is better to not trust too much to the laying qualities of the old hens.-Phoebe Caldwell, Butler Co., Ohio. Double Poultry House With Sheds The illustration herewith presented shows a double poultry house with scratching sheds between the two ends. This is a particularly happy arrangement for the man that wishes to keep two varieties of fowls. The construction saves lumber and labor, as only two ends have to be built instead of four. In this day of high-priced lumber and high-priced labor this consideration is an important one. The arrangement has the added advantage of doubling the capacity of the scratching 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 different methods may be used. With cattle 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 production of each female is at least a hundred times greater than in the case of the mare or the cow. Therefore the best way is to secure a pen of purebred birds, four females and a male, and keep all the eggs for setting purposes. It is not difficult to get enough eggs even in the springtime to keep all the sitting hens busy hatching out broods. We do not advise the securing of a male to put at the head of the flock, for the slight expense of the other method gives a good return for itself. The breeding pen is the shortest way to get perfect results. Two 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. That the trust principle is spreading over the whole world is evidenced by reports from Europe, where all kinds of combinations are in process of being made. One of these is the movement to form an oleomargarine trust to include all the makers of oleomargarine in England, Holland and Germany. The chief mover is sal' to be the English branch of the American 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 oleomargarine factories to work off to advantage in Europe some of the uncolored product that sells so slowly in this country, for in the foreign countries the white oleomargarine is not in the disrepute it is in the United States. Brahmin to Raise Tobacco R. B. Dee, a full-blooded Brahmil of high degree, is in New Haven, Conn., to study tobacco raising at the Connecticut agricultural experiment station and will make use of the knowledge 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 Scottish 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 together, 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 sedimentary rocks. He Ate the Evidence. While a recent forgery prosecution was in progress in a Washington (state) court the accused calmly reached over, took the forged document from the table and ate it before the astonished court officials recovered sufficiently to interfere. Thereupon the prisoner's counsel promptly moved for his discharge, on the ground that there was no evidence against him. It was certainly a most effective defense. Dealers say that as soon as a customer tries Defiance Starch it is impossible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. Must Always Be Clean. Little Princess Victoria Louise, the maiser'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 submit to the bother of making an entire change of apparel each morning, whereas little girls of her acquaintance 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 mother, but the empress was obdurate, and the little princess had to resign herself to the awful doom of being all ways spotlessly clean. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. SAMUEL, 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 externely reprehensible is the gossiping of women. Storekeepers report that the extra quantity, together with the superior quality of Defiance Starch makes it next to impossible to sell any other brand. It is appalling to think how many newspapers are already Devlin the life out of the Topeka banks. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it The Kind You Have Always Bought. There's this much to say of the man who eats with his knife. He doesn't smoke cigarettes. Every person thinking of visiting the Uintah Indian reservation in eastern Utah to be opened for settlement August 28th should have a Homesekers' Guide and stationed there for carrying Sent postage for 50c. Address W. H. Emmons, 700 17th St., Denver, Colorado. Abandon Bicycle Insurance The stealing of bicycles has become so prevalent in Birmingham, England, that the local offices of the leading insurance companies have abandoned cycle insurance. If you don't get the biggest and best it's your own fault. Defiance Starch is for sale everywhere and there is positively nothing to equal it in quality or quantity. Ether was first used in surgical operations 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, discovered a pleasant herb remedy for women'sills, called AUSTRALIAN-LEAF. It is the only certain monthly regulator. Cures female weaknesses, Backache, Kidney and Urinary troubles. At all Druggists or by mail 50 cts. Sample mailed FREE. Address. The Mother Gray Co., LeRoy, N. Y The doctors are fond of opening up an acquaintance. Promise your boy a half day's fishing and you will get three extra days' work out of him in the next two days. 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 Tuedays of each month. The short line to the "Land of Fulfillment" The "Widow Stowe." The house in which Harriet Beecher Stowe lived for a number of years in Hartford is now being torn down to make room for the advancing factories. It is recalled that Mrs. Stowe's husband, who was at the time professor in Andover, stopped over in Hartford 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 was right and that it was the house being built for "Wildow Stowe." TWENTY YEARS OF IT. Emaciated by Diabetes; Tortured with Gravel and Kidney Pains. Henry Soule, cobbler, of Hammondspart, N. Y., says: "Since Doan's Kidney Pills cured me eight years ago, I've reached 70 and hope to live many years longer. But twenty years ago I had kidney trouble so bad I could not work. Backache was persistent and it was agony to lift anything. Gravel, whirling headaches, dizziness and terrible many years longer. But twenty years ago I had kidney trouble so bad I could not work. Backache was persistent and it was agony to ift anything, Gravel, whirling headaches, dizziness 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. Manchuria Before the War. An English traveler writes: "Before the war began in Manchuria I came down the Liao river with a Russian expedition. We fought the chunchuses (Chinese robbers) every afternoon about tea time, but rarely inflicted any damage on them because they hid in the crops. One evening we got desperate and pursued them through the kaoling fields, with a complete lack of success, only to find on our return that the Chinese magistrate who accompanied us had collared twelve Chinamen supposed to be chunchuses and had them all tied to a pole by their pigs tails. It was the business of the Chinese authorities to deal with all captures, so these twelve men were practically condemned to die. In company with the missionary, who was interpreter for the expedition, I pressed for an inquiry. The result was that six of the victims were proved to belong to a theatrical company which was stranded in the neighboring village. They were instantly released. One of the others was subjected to a more rigid examination and died under the lash. Owing to this untoward incident the rest were set free. But it was pure luck that the whole twelve were not beheaded." Royal 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 eligible princesses, the charming daughters 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 Asturias was unpopular at the time the queen favored it knowing that her daughter preferred Prince Charles of Bourbon Caserta to any other suitor. Old English Inns The Ostrich inn at Colmbrook, Middlesex, England, has had an uninterrupted existence since the faraway days of King John. It was doing a thriving business before Magna Charta was signed, and had qualified as a veteran before Crecy was fought. The Seven Stars, in Manchester, was a licensed house in the year of Poletiers (1356), two-thirds of a century before the cathedral was founded, and it boasts today a staircase clock which began to tick ever so long before Doctor Johnson was born—nearly two centuries ago. A1 De Mustard—Your wife's costume to-night is charming. It simply beggars description. Justin de Bunch—And that reminds me of a conundrum—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 Ohio town: "The enclosed picture shows my 4-year-old Grape-Nuts boy. "Since he was 2 years old he has eaten nothing but Grape-Nuts. He demands and gets this food three times a day. This may seem rather unusual, but he does not care for anything 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 dinner, and ate his dish of Grape-Nuts and cream with the best results and none of the evils that the other foolish members of the family experienced. "He is never sick, has a beautiful complexion, and is considered a very handsome boy. May the Postum Company prosper and long continue to furnish their wholesome food!" Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in every pkg. HUMOUR of the 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!" Brother 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 in dey way!"—Atlanta Constitution. Naturally. 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. 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." Son-in-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 in town, but on me honah his wife is the cleavest woman I ever saw!" Molly—"Is that kind?" Cholly—"Oh! Present company always excepted, y' know." So Would I. "Where are you going for your vacation?" "I don't know, but I'll tell you what." "Well, what?" "If I knew of a place where the bathing costumes are like those we see in a comic opera, I'd go there." Making a Nasty Insinuation. "Yes," said young Mr. Cissey, "I 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 heeh? I thought this was a stag affaiah!'" Lightning Washing. She—I see clothes wasting by electricity, without soap is the idea of a hungarian. 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, "couldn't you tell he was going to kiss you?" "Yes, mother," replied the dear girl, "but there wasn't anyone to tell. He was the only one present and he knew already." There Were Others. She-Yes, Jack, but there are others. Real Troubles "The baseball umpire nas his troubles," said the grandstand enthusiast. "Yes," answered the friend, with a patient look. "He has troubles, but he never was chairman of a golf club- house committee." More Trouble. "One thing more 'bout de rich—day can't buy salvation." "No; but de po' man gits mighty ungry hollerin' halleluja." Pygmies' Strange Dance The seven pygmies brought from Central Africa made their first appearance at the London Hippodrome on June 5 and did a weird dance, which they stopped as soon as the house applauded, clapping the hands meani gn"stop" in their country. They were much surprised at all they saw in London, but have no language with which to make any comments, "Oo coo!" greets allike railway trains, telephone, electric lights and everything else. NO SLEEP FOR MOTHER Baby Covered With Sores and Scales —Could Not Tell What She Looked Like—Marvelous Cure by Cuticura. "At four months old my baby's face and body were so covered with sores and large scales you could not tell what she looked like. No child ever had a worse case. Her face was being eaten away, and even her finger nails fell off. It itched so she could not sleep, and for many weary rights we could get no rest. At last we got Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The sores began to heal at once, and she could sleep at night, and in one month she had not one sore on her face or Mrs. Mary Sanders, 709 Spring St., Camden, N. J." Woman's work is never done. While she washes up the supper dishes the man merely sits in the front yard in shirt sleeves, smokes a three-for-a-quarter and studies how in the devil he is to pay off that $265 note tomorrow. Over one million acres of land in the Untah Indian reservation will be thrown open for settlement August 28th. Registration begins August 1st. at Grand Junction, Colorado, continuing till August 1st from Denver, Colorado or Pueblo, the Colorado Midland is the shortest route to Grand Junction or reservation points. Write C. H. Speers, G. P. A., Denver for booklet, giving information regarding land, rates, etc. 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 left without hurrying anybody to get it. DON'T FORGET a large 2-oz. package Red Cross Bail Blue 6 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. 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 fall very completely in the house of lords. There are two distinct styles dequisite. In the lower house 'Don Juan' may perhap be our model; in the upper house, 'Paradise Lost.'" "To be hawed assayed about money is one of the most disagreeable incidents of life. It ruffles the temper, lowers the spirits, disturbs the rest, and finally breaks up the health." "My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me." "Sympathy is the solace of the poor; but for the rich there is compensation." "There is a great deal of vice which really is sheet inadvertence." Wonders of Electric Waves Wonders or Electric Waves. Electric waves and sensitive receivers offer a means of performing a variety of operations at a distance. Professor E. D. Branley has been trying to attain such results, and has shown the Paris academy an apparatus by which he can start an electric motor, cause incandescent lamps to glow, and cause an explosion. These effects can be produced or discontinued in any desired order, one after another. They were chosen arbitrarily for experiment, and it is possible to bring about at a distance other mechanical action or series of actions on 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. Compound Interest comes to life when the body feels the delicious glow of health, vigor and energy. That Certain Sense of vigor in the brain and easy poise of the nerves comes when the improper foods are cut out and predigested Grape Nuts take their place. If it has taken you years to run down don't expect one mouthful of this great food to bring you back (for it is not a stimulant but a Rebuilder.) 10 days' trial shows such big res- ults that one sticks to it. "There's a Reason." Get the little book, "The Road to Wellyle" in each pkg.