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 VOL.16 NO.37 The Oldes LIBERAL COM BEWARE THE EASY SHELTER. Refuge There an Important Step To- ward Old Age. 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 happened. 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 Solomon had glory— He isn't living now; There wonder in his story— He isn't living now; Cesar mounted pretty high; Charlemagne was proud and great; Charles of England, my, O my; He moved great; 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 By men, men to-day; They want one more than they're getting, The men who live to-day; They look across the past and mourn, The tend to labor and are sad; They wish that they might have been born To things such as some ancients had; But far better, it seems to me, Than having 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 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. 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 been 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 Tolleta 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 swordsmiths turn out weapons whose blades are fully as green and as hard and composed of metal of as fine quality as those of the old swordsmiths. Superstitious Criminals. All criminals are great believers in dreams. Some time ago, at Manchester, a daring thief awaiting trial told a warden 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. Liguefies Illuminating Gas. A German chemist named Blau has succeeded in liquefying illuminating gas. In that form it gives a good light, which is useful in country houses, railway trains,' etc. It costs more than ordinary coal gas, but less than electric light. 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 Malls Many of the rural letter carriers in the Tyrol are women. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING, Mrs. L. Collier of M. 2nd St. returned this week from a pleasant stay in Topeka, Kans. The Grand Session of the Ancient Sons and Daughters of Jerusalem closes today with a grand parade and mammoth picnic at Larks Grove at Quindaro Kans. The session up-to-date has been a success. Miss E. M. Brown of Weavley, Mo. one of the teachers in the public schools of this city and a sister of Prof. P. K. Brown spent her vacation in this city among her relatives and many friends friends has returned home. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Davis, who have been residing in Fort Scott for sometime have returned to this city and are now located at their beautiful home 939 Spitlog avenue. Mrs. Ida Ward and Mrs. Maggie Author who has spent some time Pueblo, Colo., has returned home. The fight for the office of County Atwill be one to a finish from all appearance. The office of probate judge will not go wanting for the one who gets it will not have to let any grass grow under his feet. Mabel Dickson of St. Joseph Mo., is in the city the guest of Miss Lula Smith of 107 Lafayette ave. Mr. Anthony Johnson of Ottawa, Ks., is in the city and made our office a plea saint call. Quarterly Meeting at the A. M. E. Church next Sunday, Sept. 10th. Mrs. Mary Alexander our esteemed old friend who has been ill is now able to be around. In threshing through the Southern situation, the community life of the Negro in the cities of the North, has been too largely overlooked. But the noble of colored men and women from the small towns and country districts of the South makes it high time for the leaders of the race, as well those interesten in social conditions in general, to get at the fact. What sort of houses and street do the Negroes in the Northern cities live in? What sort of occupations are they shut out of? Do they have a square deal in the police courts? What part can they play in good government? What of the Negro strike breaker? What are the lodges, the churches, the schools and the other agencies carried on ty and for the Negro, accomplishing for the good of the community? Answers and half answer to these and a score of other questions will be found in special number of "Charities" to be published the first of October. "Charities" is a weekly journal of philanthropy and social advance. It has published within the year special numbers on "The Italian in America" and "The Slave in America," which have met with thorough endorsement of members of those races and by students of immigration. In the same spirit this special Negro number has been conceived and it is the work of a group of men and women especially fitted to speak on the situation. These include Mrs. Fannie Barrier Williams of the Frederick Douglass Center, Chicago, Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones of Hampton, Dr. DuBois of Atlanta, R. R. Wright of Brinity Mission Chicago, Principal William L. Bulkely of Public School No. 80, New York, Professor Carl Kelsey, author of "The NeFarmer," Miss Frances A. Kellor of the Intermunicipal Committee of Household Research, Miss Lillian Brandt, author of "The Negroes of St. Louis," Mrs. S. C. Fernandis of the Colored Social Settlement, Washington, Miss Maud K. Griffin of the Illustrated Associated Press, New York, and a dozen others. "Charities!" is published at 105 East 22nd St. New York. Single copies of this special number, 10 cts. Ten or more copies ordered by Sept. 20, will be sent at 8 cts. each. "Charities" is more or less of a co-operative untaking. Will you help get this numbes into the hands of the right people and of as many people as possible. Publication Notice In The District Court of Wyandotte, kansas Charlie Rochester, Plaintiff. Louise H. Rochester, the above—named Defendant, will take notice that she has been sued by the plaintiff, Charlie Rochester, and that the Defendant, Louis A. Rochester, mnst, on or before the 1st 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 plainland. 1st pub June 16th 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." Cookery for Danes A course of cooking lessons for men only has been begun in Copenhagen under the auspices of an influential committee. In the Court of Common Pleas of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Allen Walker, Plaintiff, vs Robert McCrie c. D. Shrader, Defendants Number 6073. To Robert McCrie and C. D. Shrader. You are hereby notified that the plaintiff anove manned has brought suit and filed his petition against you, in the above entitled court, and that you must answer the petition afsoresaid filed against you, on or before the 28 day of October 1905, or said petition will be taken as true and judgement accordingly rende red against you as follows: First—A personal judgement against you quieting your title to and in lot 46 in block 50 in Wyandotte city, or per record plat thereof such other relief as set out in Plaintiff's petition and for cost herein expended. By Chas W. Frye, Atty. for Plaintiff. SEAL. Attest: J. L. Beggs, Clerk. By F. L. Kenny, Deputy. First Pub. Sept. 8th. 1905. THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY KANSAS. Henry Jrckson 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 said action against you, the said Mary King, for the sum of $0.000, with interest thereon at the rate of 10 per cent per annum from the 28th day of December. 1905, said amount being forive promissory Notes, 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 paid. 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 Pa n attest; J. L. Baggs Clerk. 6rst pub. July 7th 1905. In The Discriet Court of Wyandotte Kansas Katie Gilmore Plaintiff. 70 to the above named defendant. You will hereby take notice that you have been sued in the above named court. by the above named defendant. and unless you appear and answer the bettion filed against you on or before the 30th day of September 1905, the some will be taken as true, and a Judgment rendered against you the nature of which will be a decree, desolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant, and divorcing her from said defendant, and awarding to her her maiden name. Katie Fulcher, and for cost of suit Katie Gilmora plaintiff. I. F. Bradley atty. attest Wm. Needles clerk. First Pub. Aug. 18th 1905. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF WYAN-DUTTE 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 ou the grounds of abandonment, and unless you answer on or before the 13th day of September, the petition will be taken as ture and judgement will be rendered as prayed for. The plaintiff isseeking 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 1905. 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 WYANDOTT COUNTY, STATE OF KANSAS, annie Johnson THE STATE OF KANSAS TO LEWIS J. HOWSON GREETING.; You are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas by the above named Plaintiff. Fannie Johnson, whose petition is now on file in the office, and that you must as such defendant, answer the petition filed by the plaintiff on or before Thursday 22nd, day of June 1905, or the petition will be taken as true and judgment will be rendered accordingly against you, and adjudging you to pay the cost. of said suit and this suit is for the further purpose of devealing 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 Wm. Needles Clerk of the said Court of Wyandotte Connity Kansas. per D. C. McCambs. Deputy NOW IS the time to Subscribe For the Weekly American Citizen. PATTERSON & GAYDEN -Dealers In- Hard and Soft Coal, Wood. Vault & Cesspool Cleaning CisternsFilled 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. 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 mountaineer in the world is Mrs. Fanny Bullock Workman. In the Himalayas she has climbed to an altitude of 22,568 feet. On the same occasion her husband broke the world's record for men by 311 feet, by climbing 23.194 feet up a mountain 24,479 feet high. Mrs. Workman is of medium height, and there is nothing in her appearance to suggest the strength she has displayed in some of her wonderful feats. SEPT. 8, 1:05. is Section CALL HERE The kansas City Kansa Soap Company. is the name of a new Stock Company with a 2,000 capitui stock recentlyley 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. } SS WYANDOTTE COUNTY, } IN THE PROBATE COURT OF SAID COUNTY In the matter of the Estate of Mary L. Gordon Deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters tessamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the last will and testament of Mary L. Gordon lord 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 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, Defendant. The State of Kansas to J. B. Atkinson, Greeting:— You are hereby notified that the plaintiff in the above entitled cause did cause 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, and less youdur, answer or otherwise objet 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 STATE OF KANSAS } IN THE PROBAT COURT IN AND SSFORSAID COUNTY. 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, said County, deceased by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the county and State of aforesaid, date the 6th day of February A. D. 1903. 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. L. K. RR L. 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 County of Wyaodotte IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLARA WILLIAMS SLEDGE DECEASED Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid 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 Wyaodotte and 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 Diceeased. In Witness Whereof, the undersigned, Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyon dottle, 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 Mouse Made Nest of Currency. John Shanley of Milford, Conn., put a $5 bill in a pocket of one of his coats, to find that some small mouse had a nest in the pocket and had chewed up $5 of his hard-earned money to make a nice soft bed for it-self. American Citizen The Oldest Negro Journal Published Weekly in this part of the Country. FUBLISHEL WEEKLY at 1510 Norh 3rd Street KANBASOITY = | KANSAS W. C. Martin Editor, Geo. A. Dudley, Publisher and Bus:ness Manager. pea eee geen Terms OF SubscriptioninAdvance. MOE LORE: 3 s.a5 > cc n= as) 50-0 OLO: ix Months,........2......+ 65 cents Throe Months,*......2.2.....2..+1.40€ boa he eT: | Advertiseing 25 cts, Per Inch First Insertion. A Standing Display ‘Add’ for 3 Months or longer 15e yer inch, each insertion. Entered as second class matter December frst, 1904 at the Post office at. Kansas City, Kansas under the Act of congress of March a. 1670." Grewsome Collection. ‘A French professor is the owner of & collection of 920 human heads, rep- rerenting every known race of people. ‘Scarlet for Bachelor Maids. ‘When an unmarried woman dies in Brazil the coffin, hearse and livery of ths coachman are all scarlet. Cost of London's Paupers. Every year $4,000,000 is spent on the foof and clothing of indoor pau- pers in London. Here is the Place, TONSORIAL PARLOR, All the Latest Style Hair Cuts, Clean Shave strictly [Up-to-Date. 438;Minnesora AVENUE. Call and see H.S. Sykes and and A. Gooden mauufactor 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 newspaners make in an uphill business to maintain the standard of excellence desired by those in the bus- iness. Just why the race is so utterly slack. in giving to their own the proper patronage is one of the unsolved myster- jes. Each day and week bring to us the ‘waruing of being a unit in behalf of our own salvation. It takes something besi- de wind to publish the most weakly of weeklies. If every [Afro-American fami- y would pledge themselves to stand by an organ buplished in their behalf. just one year,the results would be unbeliev- ed we ask thecolored brother to wake up ook around and observe,see if you can— not discern that the signs of the times don’t speak in thundering tones for a the public advocates of our interests han, why wait do your part by subserip- ‘og getting your neighbors to do the same vnd watch tha good results, Notice of Final Settlement, State of Kem as. eg Camy ct Waareett Ff In the Probate Court in and forisaid County, ‘In the Matter of the Estateof John R.Smith Deceased. Creditors and all other persons interested n the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified, ‘that at the next regular term of the Probate Court inand for said County, to be begun and held at the Probate Court room. in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte and State aforesaid, on the first Monday in month of February, A. D, 1465, I shall apply to said Court for full and final settlement of said gptate. Jaues D, Swrmn. Administrator of the Estate John B, Smith, Deceased. In Witness Wnereot, the undesigned Pro- bate Judge in and for the County of Wyan- dotte,State of Kunsus.have hereto set my hand, und affixed -the seat of the sald Probate Court this 24th day of December, A. D, 1906. Winfield Freeman, Probate Judge. Res.420 Nebraskaave, | Tel.38 White. SOUTH AMERICAN MEDICAL. INSTITUTE Office Houro: From 10a. m., till 4 p.m, and from 6 till 9 P. at, CHC. JORDAN. M.M.M.D.. ——_—_____ Reaching » one of te eommittee halted wn.) said: “Sir, I wish to direct your attention to that grave. The man who lies buried there had to be provided with the largest coffin eve~ made in this city.” ‘The honored guest thanked his host not so much for the information as for Yelieving the strain—Pittsburg Dis TRUTH PROVED BY EXAMPLE. *orexeeper Certainly Lacked the Gift of Energy. William C. Greene, the copper mag- sate, was talking to a young man about success. “The secret of success is enterprise, snergy,” said Col. Greene. “To be lazy, to stick always in the same old rut, hat is how to make a wretched faik are of your life. “I went West when I was 17, and after a spell of contracting and pros- vecting about Prescott, I farmed a bit im the San Pedro Valley. There was a storekeeper I used to buy my supplies trom at that time who was a failure of che first water. This man’s lack of en- terprise was so great that people used to bring their children from miles around to study him. He was valu- able as a horrible example. “There, they would say to the youngsters, ‘take warning by Manners. He is a failure. He hag no enterprise. Don’t grow up like him. He resembles 2 tortoise, doesn’t he?” “Poor Manners in his sluggishness did resemble a tortoise a good deal. { sent a boy in to him one day with a pack mule to get five gallons of mo- lasses. The boy told me afterward that when he entered the store Man- aers was dozing. The boy coughed and the man awoke and got up. He opened his mouth wide, and stood on tiptoe and stretched out his arms in a vast yawn: Then he said to the boy: ““Wotcha want?" “ ‘Five gallons of molasses, Mr. Man- cers,’ the boy spoke up, sharp and quick, “Wah-b-t-h,’ yawned Manners again. Then as he took up the jug he grum- bled: “Ain't there nobody what sells mo- lasses in this here town but me?’” PLEASURE OF EASTERN WOMEN. Their Main Occupation the Diver- sions of the Toilet. An eastern lady of high degree spends an amount of time over her toilet that would quite astonish the most fashionable society lady. First ae has her hair dressed by her maid, who, after anointing the long, silky black locks with a little oll” made from aloe wood or cocoanut, artanges it simply in a long, smooth plait, low on the nape of the neck, and decorat- ed either with gold or jewelled orna- ments, Next the bath is prepared as hot as it can be borne, and in this the lady may stay as long as two or three hours. Soaps are not used, but, in- stead, there are multifarious unguents, secret preparations of the bathing women, which render the skin soft as velvet and delicately perfumed. Oftentimes the face is washed over with milk, into which has been squeezed lemon juice. ‘The hair of the oriental woman is usually beautifully long, soft and glos- sy, and the way they arrange it is in- variably becoming to their soft type of beauty. Perfumes are much in- dulged in, These are introduced in the bath and permeate the garments, but are rarely used on a handker- chief. ‘The Foam on the Top. Don't snuggle concelt to your bosom, my Becausé you're on top of the wave, For here. ia thougiit Wat ‘might serve ‘ss alloy ‘To the gold of the credit you crave: The best i not ‘always ae surface, ‘my =e Angi think, to notice you'll stop, oui doserve’ thatthe wood othe Bot- fom ‘may ‘Tan, But'the foam always lingers on top. I would not, discourage your zeal, dear lad; 1 seibeattG Keep working alway, peut thin funny ‘ld’ world often labels ag ‘rhe’ thing that is good in ite day. Infact, I'may say that it classifies wrong seme part of the great earthy cir And think Sou ‘will note as Sou Jere ney. along ‘That the form often gets to the top. We will not mention names if you please, Ty deat youth, But"Took on the world as you go. See the men whom we place at the sum- mite in truth, ‘Then gaze onthe mortals. below, And T'give you my word Tl have noth: ing to. teach And’ this brief little anthem will stop, te'You, do not agree with the: thing that Preach, ‘that the foam may be found on the oR. A. S7hvaterhouse in Sunset Magazine. | A Polite Discharae. erintGndeeh RES tes en perintendent of the Dead Letter office admires politeness. “It is possible,” he said recently, “to be polite always. It is possible to be polite even when discharging a drunk- en coachman. I know that this is so, for I have seen the thing done. “A friend of mine found himself obliged last week to get rid of his coachman for drunkenness. He sum- moned the man into his presence, and discharged him with this polite speech: “‘I fear, Montgomery, that we must part. It has been impossible for me to avoid noticing that several times during the past month you have been —er—sober. Now, I don't believe that any man can-attend properly to drink- ing if he has driving to do, and, there. fore, at the month’s end you will be free to devote yourself exclusively to your chosen occupation.’” [ All Christians. In bis article in the Woman’s Home Companion, describing the Inter aational Sunday School Convention in Ferusalem, Doctor Devins relates the ‘ollowing significant incident: “An unexpected favor was received from the officers of the Russian church on the Mount of Olives. A meeting had “een planned to be held aear the place of the Ascension. As che leader of the meeting, the writer went to see if it could be held under che trees near the church. “Why not? was the reply, accom- panied by a smile on the saintly face of the speaker. ‘Why not? Do we sot worship the same Christ?" WIT 18 NOT APPRECIATED. Siasgow, Scotland, Character Has Fun With Actare, A provincial theater in the east of Scotland is being tormented ana amused at intervals by a wit among the gallery gods who insists on keep- ing up a running commentary on the play. He has enlivened many a dull piece by his droll interpolations, but ‘e has also come pretty near ruining many an intensely dramatic or senti- mental ‘situation by the sudden and always apropos qualities of his inter tuptions. He has a high pitched, pene- trating voice, and the town police, who have been on the verge of ejecting him a dozen times, say that he was a Glasgow eab driver who retired with a competence and now takes this wy to give play to a wit that was once famous in the great city. On one occasion a dreary melo- drama was being presented. ‘The heroine of the play, pursued by the villain, had taken refuge in the house of her lover, who, as the hero of the play, was of course, at variance with his sweetheart’s parents. The exigen- cies of the plot required that the irate father, sword in hand and at the head of his faithful retainers, should track the girl to the gates of the hero's treacherous and d¥gracefu\ elope- ment, enter the room where the scared heroine had been secreted under the table. “Wretch!” cried the furious father, “your life shall answer for this. 1 de- mand my child. Where is she.” Then, shrill and startling in the ex- pectant silence, from the gallery came the answer: “Unner the table, ye dinged lout! Dinna ye see her slipper stickin’ oot?” The house was in a tumult of mer- riment in a moment, but it was the “angry father” himself, who ruined the situation, for he burst into immod- erate laughter and the curtain fell in the middle of the act, to rise again vpon an audience that could not re press its risibles for the rest of the evening. HE WANTED A MORTGAGE. Swede’s Experience With a Deed Had Taught Him Caution. Halvor Steenerson, Congressman from Minnesota, tells a story of 2 Swede who went to that state from one of the Dakotas for the purpose of buying a farm. A land agent acted as guide and informant to the Swede, who eventu- ally found what he wanted. When the tim> came to make out the neces- sary papers, the agent asked the Swede what method he preferred to adopt in making payments. “Ay pay all. Ay haf da money,” re- plied the Swede. “Very well, then. I'll make out the deed,” said the agent. “No!” suddenly exclaimed the Swede. “Ay no want deed!” “Why, yes, you do!” rejoined the agent, astonished. “You pay the money and you take a deed for the farm.” “No, no!” earnestly asseverated the Swede. “Ay no want deed! Ay had deed oop in Dakoty. Ay pay man da money. He gif me deed. Ay gif heem mortgage. Ay tak land. By en by he get land, he get deed, he haf da money. Dees time Ay want no deed; Ay want mortgage. Ay pay da money; you gif me mortgage!”—The Sunday Magazine. “Getting Posted. “I would like to ask you a question if you don’t mind,” said the old ran in the street car to the man on his right. “Go ahead, sir.” “I should like to know the meaning of the term ‘History repeats itself.’ 1] come across it most every day. How does history repeat itself?” “That's easily answered,” said the other. “For instance, if you should ask me what I thought of the weather I should tell you to go and be hanged te you. If we should meet a montk hence and you asked me the same question over again my reply would be the same.” “I think I see—I think I do,” mused the old man, as he leaned back and crossed his feet. “Yes, I guess I ‘understand, and I want to tell you that you are a durned mean jackass of a man and that history is going to re- Peat itself every blamed time I run across you for the next ten years to come.”—Chicago News. A Gentle Thrust. James Jeffrey Roche, the new Con- sul to Genoa, was talking about a magazine editor. “This man,” he said, “rejected some of the best of my early verse, He re- Jected some of the best verse of my friends. Why he is an editor I can’t imagine. He certainly has no critical sense. “I indicated this to him one day. He had announced to me that he was going to get married. He had praised the lady of his choice ardently, de- claring her to be a poem. “‘A poem? said I. “*& poem,’ he repeated. _ “‘And still you do not reject her?’ { exclaimed.” ; Seatena 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 chckadees ‘And Keen, sweet song of winter wren. Of glowing days some magic word Is warbled when the grosbeaks sing; nd in the moaning pines 18 heard ‘The waisper of returning spring, his fs tue birthday of the year, _, Now far off summer's butties ‘start; “And 10; the very cold grows dear, ‘The ‘wildest ‘storm’ wind warms the heart. —R. Brumbaugh, in Field aod Stream. Telephone Bell W. 32, Telephone Home W. 32 Ww. B, Raymond And, Embalmer The Very Best of Service, Fine Carri- ages For All Purpose. At All Hours. The Bast Equip3d White Enameled Ambulance For Sick and wounded On Short Notice. Charges Reasonable Call At ! - 431 Minnesota, fAve. |Kansas City,'{Kansas. Notice |\Nice Furrished ROOM AND BOARD AT AtS3.25per week e Corner of second and Deleware streets in Armourdale Kansas. And in a good location conyenin o street car sevice. You will get best of treatment. § MRS. E, L, SmivH PROPRIETRESS, KANSAS CITY SOAP CO. | 1510 N, 4th St. ‘Are Manufactors of the Best Grades of Toilet « Wash ing Soaps. A Home Institution. -GIVETHEMYOUR PATRONAGE One trial of their brand the Snowflake and Union will convince you of their merits. | rh i, Py RESTAURANT, 7 1012 N 3rd St. 1s the best place in tne city and will serve you from 5,30 a.m, to" p. m, every thing is cooked to taste, MEALS 15 CENTS, Mrs. Thatcher the prop, is one of the best cooks in the city and'will please you, give‘her a call. eee | =— Money to Loan— On Watches: Diamonds Jewelry, CLOTHING AND EVERYTHING ccocroerer (Pf Value zeccroore ~~ Watehes and Jewelry Sold on Payments AT CASH PRICES. Unclaim Pledges For Sale Cheap. —~=F INE ya Tons AND JEWELRY aE AEG: Union Loan Office. 427 Minnesota ave. kansas ‘city. kans. TO SAVE MONEY. 4 Ladies suits,dressing sacques, aprons} and? in'ffact anything in the Dressmaking line and sold‘on weekly and monthly payments. Here is a few prices: Belt dresses $1.00 and up; dressing'sacques 50cts and up. Call and see me. one Mrs W. F. Williams, 1510 North Third St, Kansas City, Kansas. "mate won tea soreisorsd som 29 eomeg an MME: L, Fy JOHNSON -svow [ojoods ssofun pue ‘WUssy Due * Ey Taupe iss aa PMOISG Maus, Mamg Pue suapies [Ro}Z0[00z UOpUOT eM and Scalp Treatment. ds oma ome Ox0qT, ’ roompods Oat OF OG WO |g, a eenocac a MME. L, F. JOHNSON, Shampooing, Manicuring, Massage and Scalp Treatment, mW. ASPESrEne, POtiiss.: BOOKS IN BRITISH MUseuy, Students Crowd Its Reading Room ang Investigate Various o.y 00" a ON ee ana the Feading room of the Brig museum the desks are crowded ity students all day tong, and in adit {o the books of reterence some sit in number, which fill the open shel of the room, trom 3,000 10 4c te umes are given out every day. ny ogy in a wide sense, incuding the B. ble, biblical titeraturo, church istory and works on the religious rite ang ceremonies of all races and creas easily at the head of the jist with about 300 volumes, ‘Topography comes next, with about twenty tere and of these books on London anne to @ quarter, books on English topog. Taphy ‘to another quarter, ine git halt being for the rest of the worn History and biography come we! English history being mostly ig ae mand, and books on France and (o French province ‘second. Essays, criticisms and miscelfaneogs literature take the fourth piace and are followed by fiction—not ese thap five years old—moral phitosophy. pee ty and the fine arts, the crama, in and philology, politcal economy ani on down to polities, mathematics ase chemistry, which have about tire Volumes apiece, and lastly works ¢ naval and military subjects. whith at dom have more than three or four sy umes each. It is a curious tist aap throws a useful light on the son ¢ studies taken up by the reader ¢ the museum.—London Globe Progress in Steam Turbines, That the actual displacement of ip reciprocating steam engine by ihe steam turbine for many purposes Proceeding at a rapid pace in thi country is indicated in the statemeat that a single company, manufacturing but one of the several types of steay turbines in the United States, too: orders within the last half year ‘op turbines for generating electricity hay, ing a capacity of 82,000 kilowaits, nearly 110,000 horse power. Thr of these engines are for a Brookisp power station and will be the large« ever constructed. It is interesting tp note in this connection that wonderful as is the transformation in poyer mechanism, there are engineers win predict a still more radical change ia the not distant future in the develop ment of power from gas ensines, This form of engine has been developed to a marked extent in Europe, eye cially in Germany, and American ard English engineers are just becinning to awake to the possibilities in thi: direction. According to one author ity, “we may yet see steam engines and turbines sent to the scrap hean” —Philadelphia Ledger. A Little Bit. _Any news down my way?" repeated the farmer as he stopped his team ani Dit a chew off his plug. “Wall, [hin give ye a leetle bit, I guess. It haitt earthquakes nor cyclones, but it des purty well for our place.” . “Well?” queried the tollgate man “Wall, the news is that Jim Wi lams' wife’s canary bird got out of the cage the-other day, and she had chase it more’n two hours to get it back.” “That isn’t much news.” “Nope, I ‘spose not; but I was sav) the best for the last.” “And what is it?” “Why, a tin peddler come along ant bet Joe Harkins that he could outjump him, and Joe:held his breath aul jumped seven feet and won the bet, and it's already settled that we are 10 Tun him for the Legislature next fall” Saiaiieat iene oF trai. President Hadley of Yale has lately declared that the old school colle? and university instructors who st great Store upon Greek as a means of mental discipline and develpoment were half right and half wrong. The? were right, he says, in holding that hard work and precision of thought ‘were more important by far than im mediate utility or the student's nt tural interest in the subject studied. But they were wrong, President Hal ley maintains, in ‘supposing that Greek was necessarily more effective than other subjects of study can be made, : Spirit Bridal. “ She Teens within a sheltered, martled ‘clone, Amid ‘her quiet kin of yesterday. And all the marvel of her beallt) $ rose Has vanished quite away Far ‘neath an allen sky his body les, ‘That was so filled with bio of youth ful pride, And all Unmarked, unheeded of mets eyes, Where last he fought and aie Yet who shall say their spirits held 2st tryst 3 In realms invisible of Love's delish, And that'thelr souls, earth (etd, clit not and. kissed Beneath the moon to-night? —Jessie ‘Storrs Ferris, in Evers? ‘Magazine. Sorrow OF It, “More ‘trouble,” sighed McNutt, putting on his coat, “If it ain't 0% thing it's another.” “What's the matter now?” ayeriet his good wife. “More labor troubles,” answered MeNutty. “Not another lockout, I hope,” sald the partner of his sorrows. “No, it’s worse than that,” answered the alleged head of the house. “TH? boss has yielded and I've got to £9? ‘Works again.”—Chicago News. The Egotistical Lecturer: “Your address upon beauties of Shinto religion did not seem to niet est the audience,” remarked ove “ the committee to the lecturer. “Yes, I was talking way above ‘he heads,” he said pompously. “There must have been some oie reason. I was way up in the ealle” and it went over my head, eve there.” shapes the Destiny of Men—The Influence of a Healthy Woman Cannot Be Overestimated. bile. ain Bor re Hilees fo" 2. areal fe e_ ee Be ey ™ a Ear it eg \\ iat BR oe’ 0 k me FF Rea a l) Bw ii a Mh aes al Ee ee OS aed Me: Fs y i) hi as ne oH "| BH EN A ae hl gee) | kl ane fe E Mss. Bessie Ainsley Way dousehold, and too often all the doc- tering does no good, If a woman finds her energies are fagying, and that everything tires her, dark shadows appear under her eyes. ter sleep is disturbed by horrible dreams; if she has backache, head- uhes, bearing-down pains, nervous: iness, whites, irregularities, or despon- dency, she should take means to build ber system up at once by a tonic with specifictpowers, such as Lydia E. Pink- han's Vegetable Compound, This great remedy for women has done more in the Way of restoring health to the women of America than allother medicines put together, It is the safezuard of woman's health, Follovjag we publish, by request, a letter from a young wife. Mrs, Tessie Ainsley of 611 South 10th Street, Tacoma, Wash., writes: Dear Mrs Pinkham:— “Byer since my child was born T have suf- tens. as Thope few women ever have, with Inflammation, female weakness, bearing-down Jains tackache and wretched headaches. 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Serres ee ey asta ee trite ct eectioa! esal enroute Rivott career ee aes Se bere Bicere os pec SnmaetaTs few’ pesecs Seaman rae ee eniaites 306 Ti Soldat yet ie rence between the oes made ta miy factory and those of other Pipjoe mela nosena ans Beate Y Shoes cast ‘more to eae why ey mt eer inner, teenage oe Emilia sy oe LL Deuoiae stracis Mace Shoes for Men, 92°80, Se00" ‘Bate oes foe Oress Shoes, $2.50, se $1.75, 81.50 CAUTION .—insist upon having W.L.Dovg- WL Douglas Shoes ‘are not sold. Full line of ‘uapies sent free for inspection upon request. ‘Fatt Color Eyeiets used; they will not wear brassy. _ @ W.L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mace. heres Thompson’s Eye Water eee Some men are so lucky that when Rey lose their purses there was never ‘ything in them, Mvrcultural_ and Horticultural Colo- nies on the Kansas City Southern Railway. Lockesburg Colony in Sevier county, iteexsas, containing about 30,000 fT ed Lering Colony tm Sabine Pucish, Louisiana, containing about ‘Atta acres, are now open for settle. pitt, Lands range in price from R00 to $15.00 per acre and ar 20kl fy terms to actual (ebpcis lockesturg Colony ts well sultea for fer farming, stock: raising and Sumercial frutt growing. Loring Col- #y.%es in a eplendid tratt, truck and teco region and fe good for corn ff cotton also. Both are situated in etttital country, with « healthy {ite tnd excellent water. Write P tects concerning Lockesburg and Wee Cotoales and “Current Events” Mitine to," FB, ROESLER, Taolgmation Agt, K.C. 8. 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Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made me a well woman, and I feel so grate- ful that T am glad to write and tell vou of my marvelous recovery. It brought ms health, new life and vitality.” What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did for Mrs. Ainsley it will do for every woman who is in poor health and ailing. Its benefits begin when its use begins. It gives strength and vigor from the start, and surely makes sick women well and robust. Remember Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound holds the record for the greatest number of actual cures of woman's ills. This fact is attested to by the thousands of letters from grate- ful women which are on file in the Pinkham laboratory. Merit alone can produce such results, Women should remember that a cure for all female diseases actually exists, and that cure is Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Talke no substi- tute. If you have symptoms you don’t understand write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., for special advice—it is | free and always helpful. pound Succeeds Where Others Fail. a ea ies a 7 “A Monae @ainonnee “Somebody says that the new sum- mer girl is all starchless, lacy, and clingy.” “Something like an ancient linen cok lar on an especially humid day.”— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mrs. Brown—I suppose your son Is taking a very thorough course in col- lege. Ms. Jones—Ah, yes, indeed! He is really too conscientious. This is his fourth year in the freshman class, and they tell me there is a great real there that he can learn yet.—Washington Life. In Adams Fall, Sunday School Teacher—Now, chil: dren was Adam very happy in the Gar den of Eden? Chorus of Pupils- -Yessum! ‘Teacher—And what great misfortune happened which eneded his happiness? Chorus—The Lord made ‘im a wife! —Cleveland Leader. ‘The lowa Idea. Said a very rich girl at Des Moines, “In wedlock no man L will oines Lest I marry for rank So a count, though a crank, Came along and annexed all her conies, ‘Sure Cure at Lact. Monticello, Miss., Sept. 4 (Special) —Lawrence County fs almost daily in receipt of fresh evidence that a sure cure for all Kidney Troubles has at last been found, and that cure is Dodd's Kidney Pills. Among those who have reason to bless the Great American Kidney Rem- edy is Mrs. L. E. Baggett of this place. Mrs. Baggett had dropsy. Dodd’s Kid- ney Pills cured her. “I was troubled with my kidneys,” Mrs. Baggett says in recommending Dodd's Kidney Pills to her friends, “my urine would hardly pass. The Doctors said I had Dropsy. I have taken Dodd's Kidzey Pills as directed and am now a well woman.” Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the kid- neys. ured Kidneys strain all ‘the impuy out of the blood. That “Means re blood and a sound, ener. getic body. Dodd’s Kidney pills are thé greatest tonic the world has ever known. Ifa woman refuses to go away fora week's visit ft isn't because she's afraid her husband will be lonesome —but because she is afraid he won't be. All Up-to-Date Housekeepers use Deflance Cold Water Starch, be cause It Is better, and 4 oz. more of it for same money. The Lord has more respect for an honest sinner than for the praying hypocrite. Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Fase A powder. It rests the feet. Cures Swolle Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating ‘Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Atall Druggiste and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Ac t no substitute, Sample mailed FREE. Address, Allon & Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. A Paris automobile bulding firm is Just about completing a 10-horsepower gasoline submarine boat for the French navy, WU MOES Fthe GA oe Pay Bor ft Se ye. yi Wes 7 IN| PEs ema r NS Fait Po Bal a SI Long Wait for Gladys. Just before Methuselah died he broke into laughter. “What is it?” they asked. “I was just thinking,” he explained, “of my dear departed Gladys. She married me when I was 98, thinking that I couldn't possibly live only a few years more and she would get my property.” Bidding them make the funeral no- tice read, “No flowers,” he turned over and passed away.—Detroit Trib- une, ae 2 = sy Pe Ba CS i) \ em ie (Ee 3 a Allee eS if! | By hee) td a Y sn B | 4 Si ae | Bx se aes) BEEZ the: | “Bai James, dear boy! you mus have been wild when you found the ether johnny cuddling your missis.” “Mai dear chap, I was furious! 1 took his umbrellah and I smashed it in two, and said, ‘Theab, I hope it rains.”—Judy. 6a eae “There's joy enough to keep the whole world dancing.” “Yes, but they'll turn you out the church for it.” “Well, you kin holier hallelujah on the highway.” : “Yes, but they'll arrest you for dis: turbin’ the peace!” “Don't seem to be any hope for you.” “Oh, yes. You kin be jest as miser- able as you please!” . * Simply Good-Natured. “Why is the audience cheering?” “The manager has just announced that owing to the fact that she missed the train Miss Shreek, the new s0- prano, will not appear.” “But why should they cheer?” “The manager uses such a delight. fully indistinct foreign accent that no- body understood what he was saying.” Possible Explanation. “Why, John,” exclaimed Mrs. New- kid as she came into the room, “what in the world makes the baby cry so!” “I don't know, my dear,” answered Newkid as he handed the infant over to its mother, “but I imagine he is thinking of what the governor of North Carolina once said to the gov: ernor of South Carolina.” Free Advice. “Doctor, I want a little advice,” sald the notorious dead beat.” “What's the matter with you?” asked the physician, curtly, for he scented no fee. “I have insomnia dreadfully. What shall I do?” “Sleep it off.” Had Changed His Mind. HP q Pe \ Sea on f ik : ms Wi | ‘e Mrs. Benham—You used to say that you would give your life for me. Benham—That was when I was sidt and expected to die, anyway. Thirsts. “Shure, ivery Irishman is born wid a thrist.” “Ye're wrong there. Faith, there’s lots of us that has no thirst for the liquor at all.” “Thrue for ye; brt they hoy a thirst for foightin’ or fur glory or somethin’ or other.” ‘Mile 6 Inacal Waw. “He is@ery. genial, isn’t he?” “Oh, yes! He colonels everybody.” Spa ee ° Physicians Recommend Castoria CC AStonta has met with pronounced favor on the part of physicians, pharma- ceutical societies aad medical authorities, It is used by physicians with results most gratifying, The extended use of Castoria is unquestionably the result of three facts: First—The indisputable evidence that it is Larmless: Secon¢—That it not only allays stomach pains and quiets the nerves, but assimi- lates the food: 7sir¢—It is an agreeable and perfect substitute for Castor Oil, It is absolutely safe. It does not contain any Opium, Morphine, or other narcotio and does not stupefy. It is unlike Soothing Syrups, Bateman’s Drops, Godfrey’s Cordial, etc. This is a good deal for a Medical Journal to say. Our duty, how- ever, is to expose danger and record the means of advancing health. The day for poisoning innocent children through greed or ignorance ought to end. To our knowledge, Castoria is a remedy which produces composure and health, by regulating the system—not by stupefying it—and our readers are entitled to the information.—Hall’s Journal of Health. < PUTNAM FADELESS DYES Sosa ete iste ad Settee pastagns Went or eos bomiado toe to Ure Beadle RONECS SLES OO Bode ee SENATOR SULLIVAN Bays He Has Found Doan's Kidney Pills Invaluable in Treating Sick Kidneys. ~ Hon. Timothy D. 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PAXTON COMPANY BOSTON, Meaned With Uncle Sam's Regular Soldiers Some Facts About Army Life and the Treatment, Prospects and Facilities for Education of the Men. It must be borne in mind, says a writer, that one essential for leading a happy life in the United States army is good behavior, and if any voice from the ranks tells a tale of unnecessary hardships endured, or other grievances, it is certain to be merely the natural result of bad conduct, and of leading a lazy and dissolute life, and the same man would have fared equally bad in any other walk of life, or that he is inexperienced and does not know how to care for himself or fails to attend to the directions received. The army is necessarily governed by intelligent regulations, and strict obedience is required of all, for without this nothing could be done, and what is now viewed by the world as a magnificent fighting force would become of no more use than an armed mob. While the ordinary citizen may view with some contempt the proffer of $13 a month for his daily work, still how many to-day toiling eight, ten, and sometimes sixteen hours, are making qn an average of $60 a month, or an income of $720 a year? This is what the average soldier in the United States army is getting to-day, when all clothing, medical attention, medicines, baths, free gymnasium, libr- ies, with books of all sorts, magazines, periodicals, post exchanges exclusively for the soldier's use where he may purchase at cost such soft drinks and articles as may be deemed necessary for his comfort, and where may be found billiard and pool tables and a good supply of games, such as chess, checkers, dominoes and cards, can be taken into consideration. In addition to this, if the soldier be a good tradesman, carpenter, mason, teamster or any kind of workman or a man with a fair education, or it may be mentioned that even when a man enlist, if he is not up to his work, he Did He? I've been away. I took a trip Down by the ocean's side. I watched the waves and had a dip Into the swelling tide. The world of course kept speeding on. To halt it would not deign; But tell me this—since I've been gone. Did Chance Depew explain? I hope that I've missed nothing good. Since I closed up my flat; Or anything like that. A deal transpires when one's away One waited for in vain; But tell me this without delay— Did Chance Depew explain? FEVER'S AFTER EFFECTS Did Not Disappear Until the Blood Was Renewed by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Typhoid fever is sometimes called nervous fever. During the course of the fever the nerves are always profoundly disturbed, and when it is over they are left so sensitive that the patient has to be guarded against all excitement. In the tonic treatment then demanded, regard must be paid not only to building up flesh but also to strengthening the nerves. A remedy that will do both, make sound flesh to repair waste and give new vigor to feeble nerves, is the most convenient and economical. A remedy is Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. One proof of this is the experience of Mr. Charles Worth, of East Vassalboro, Maine. He says: "I had a severe attack of typhoid fever late in the fall which left me very weak and debilitated. My heart palpitated, my breathing became difficult after the least exertion and there was numbness in both hands. I suffered in that way for fully six months. As I did not grow out of it, did not in fact see the slightest improvement as time passed, I decided to use Dr. Williams' Pink Pills as I knew of some curses they had effected in cases like mine. "Almost as soon as I began taking them I could see decided improvement and after keeping on with them for several weeks I was completely well. I consider Dr. Williams' Pink Pills a most valuable remedy, and I am in the habit of recommending them to others afflicted as I was." When the nerves ache and tremble it means that they are starving. The only way to feed them is through the blood, and the best food is Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. They are absolutely guaranteed to be free from opiates or other harmful drugs. They are sold by all drugists, or may be obtained directly from the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. Frosted. "Gosh!" exclaimed Nordy. "I wish I knew of some good way to get cook for a few hours.' "Put on your old clothes," suggested Butts, "and attend services at some fashionable church. You'll get chiled off all right." 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. Many Men Do. "Jones says he never lets the sun go down upon his wrath." "No; he expends it all on his wife as soon as he gets home from the office." Experience is a great teacher, but some men are conceited enough to think they can give experience a few pointers. may, by little application, and by taking advantage of the chances to inform himself, soon become a good scholar or improve in his trade. As in the case first cited he will receive in addition to the regular soldier's pay, 35 or 50 cents a day by being detailed for duty in some of the places in which extra duty is paid at these rates. From this it may be seen that an industrious man can earn from $10 to $15 a month in addition to his pay. Any money saved can be deposited in the treasury in sums not less than $5 at 4 per cent interest and cannot be forfeited except by desertion, thus giving the enlisted man a bank and a surety for saving, such as no citizen in the United States can boast. A private soldier with a fair education, who proves himself, by his conduct, his duty well done, his efficiency, and aptitude, will always sooner or later get the first step upward—that of a corporal, from where, if he is ambitious and shows fitness, he can be sure that his work and talents will be noted and rewarded by further promotion. For it may be truly said that while we have no field marshal in our service and we cannot literally repeat Napoleon's assertion, that every soldier carries a marshal's baton in his knapsack, still the highest rank in our army to-day is held by a lieutenant general, who was at one time a recruit. He succeeded a man, Lieut-Gen. Young, who also started as a private, and when Gen. Young relinquished the highest rank in our army, he sent to his successor a pair of lieutenant-general's shoulder straps with the note: "From Private Young, 12th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, to Private Chaffee, Troop K, U. S. Cavalry." Of course these men enlisted during the civil war, when motives for enlisting were different, while those who enlist at present with commissions in view, mostly do so from love of a soldier's life. To say that a man loves the life is simply saying that he is a born soldier, and his success in the army is assured. Probably Not. I Wonder if the Russians, Those somewhat stolid folks, See anything of humor in These "vitch" and "offeky" tokens WHITE RIVER COUNTRY. "The future playground of the Southwest" is what the White River Country has been called. Very earnest and exhilarating play, much of this sport is to those who are jaded by familiar scenes of business life. Nature is all alive in this wonderful region—the rushing streams, woodland sounds of breezes in the forest, the whirr of wings where wild fowl flock to the waters, the splash of gamey fish tempting the angler, the very colors of mountain and river, showing nothing of dead, arid waste of sand and stone. "Semi-Alpine," says an experienced traveler of the country, dotted with growing towns, nestled in the valleys of the James and White Rivers in Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas. One who has trudged through the forests or floated down the river from Galena to Branson and Cotter, will be sincere in calling the Ozarks "mountains," yet there is no danger to life or limb in such a pilgrimage. The ozone-laden air from oak, pine, cypress and cedar, the absence of mosquitoes in a land of cold, spring-fed streams, cool nights and temperate days, make it a delight to live, and move in this favored clime. There is always something to do, whether of sport or of discovery in the way of minerals on land or pearls in the stream. The casual opening of a mussel shell on the lower White River may bring to light a valuable gem. The children used to collect these pearls for playthings till their value became known. Few regions have charms of a utilitarian character, as well as unrivaled scenic beauty, and favorable climatic conditions. One going to the White River Country to make money, finds health and pleasure as well as wealth. The worn out unfortunate, who takes his small savings and here seeks to prolong his days is benefited in mind and body, and besides finds, with new life, means of securing a competence and enjoyable surroundings; the pleasure seeker, too often fagged out in the very pursuit of diversion, sees in this enchanted land serious possibilities for improving his pecuniary welfare, and his whole system receives new invigoration and tone. "A fairy tale," you say. No, it is that truth which is stranger than fiction, a truth which shows one who tries to tell it the poverty of all powers of description. When the spell of the beautiful White River scenery is on the beholder he is silent. There is such a thing as the pathos of the perfect. In the mind's eye there passes in review the succeeding inhabitants of these valleys, and many generations have left their traces—the mound-builder the early discoverers from Europe and the Indians. How many songs and legends have been chanted by primitive peoples, to whom these nature wonders spoke with mystic force. It is not chimical to believe that the whole valley, now newly opened up to travel between Carthage, Mo., and Newport, Ark., will in time become a succession of charming resident and resort communities, with great mineral and agricultural prosperity The Belgian Parliament has passed a bill ordering seats to be placed at the disposal of shop girls when they are disengaged during business hours. INVENTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS Skating Boat a New Invention. After submarines, supermarines. The French, and one of the French, a M. de Lambert, invented the innovation and call it a skating boat, because of its gliding along the surface of the water by means of five inclined planes fixed on its bottom at certain distances. When the boat is not moving these inclined planes are several centimeters below water, but as soon as the twelve horse power motor engine starts the inclined planes are raised and the boat soon glides on a mixture of air and water until, as the resistance is diminished, it is reported to attain rapidly a speed of from twenty-six to twenty-eight knots, a velocity which motor boats of fifty horse power cannot always compass. The new boat is said to be handled with much ease and pauses as soon as the engines pause, for the planes being immersed suddenly form a most powerful brake with almost instantaneous action. The largest boat in the world for times past or present is to come from England, an Atlantic liner measuring 780 feet in length, with four propellers and 60,000 horse power, developed by turbine machinery and requiring about thirty months to build. Swinging Cradle. Nobody receives more care and attention than the baby, everybody seeming to vie with one another in doing everything possible to make life for it comfortable. Still, at times the mother has other duties that need immediate attention, and unless she has somebody to help her to take care of the baby these duties are left undone. An Iowa man has devised a swinging cradle, which, he claims, will be a help to all mothers. The cradle is suspended by means of rods on a spiral spring, the latter being attached to a beam and brace fastened at any convenient place. A slight push of the cradle sets it in motion, the spring keeping it moving up and down for quite a long time. Oftentimes all the baby needs to keep him quiet is a slight rocking movement of this kind. A and, no doubt, this device would fully serve the purpose intended. This device can also be detached and removed from one room to another, separate permanent fastenings only being necessary. Cold Storage Sunlight. Cold storage sunlight in the form of coal versus the fresh article as sources of energy interest a man of Bombay, who says that "the various sources of energy in the earth may be divided into two kinds—viz.: income as arising from the daily receipt of thermal energy from the sun, which consists in the growth of vegetables of all kinds, of stored energy in elevated water, etc.; and of 'saving,' which consists of stores of vegetable products, such as coal and petroleum, etc. At present we are making a most inordinate use of the latter, while in the main ignoring the lavish annual donations from Hellos. After many years' study it has been found cheaper to plow and sow eucalyptus than to import coal, the dry timber being asserted to be far more efficient than imported coal and greater in thermal value, bulk for bulk. This is a speculation over which we have been exercising our minds for over twenty years and for which we believe there is still a solution to be found or value inescimable to humanity." Odd Form of Coal Discovered: One of Colorado's greatest discoveries in the form of innovation in coal is interesting experts and scientists in that state, where a deposit four and a half feet in thickness has been prospected for two miles in extent and has yielded coal in the strikingly peculiar form of little cubes and hexagon-shaped columns. It separates easily, the seams give off little dirt or dust, it burns with a blue flame, retains heat a long time, and makes little ash. It breaks to a small nut size and is considered suitable for hard coal burners and grates. Many regard the new coal as one of the most valuable find in this almost unknown empire of riches. Tunnel Badly Needed. London's latest transportation idea is a footway tunnel under the River Thames at Woolwich, where the council's free ferry is now the sole dependence of vehicles and pedestrians, and which suspends its operations entirely during fog and bad weather, being incapacitated for a part of each twenty-six days during last year. "Poor Smallpay's marriage has proved an utter failure." "What's the matter? Souldn't he support his wife in the style she had been accustomed to?" "Yes; but he couldn't support her in the style she had been accustomed to read about in trashy novels." A Useful College. If I had money I'd endow Some institute, by golly, To give the boys instructions how To operate a trolley. YELLOW CRUST ON BABY Would Crack Open and Scab Causing Terrible Itching—Cured by Cuticura. "Our baby had a yellow crust on his head which I could not keep away. When I thought I had succeeded in getting his head clear, it would start again by the crown of his head, crack and scale, and cause terrible itching. I then got Cuticura Soap and Ointment, washing the scalp with the soap and then applying the Ointment. A few treatments made a complete cure. I have advised a number of mothers to use Cuticura, when I have been asked about the same alliment of their babies. Mrs. John Boyce, Pine Bush, N. Y." There is a lot of difference being married in your honeymoon to the girl you love and all the rest of your life to her family. Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz. in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because Defiance contains 16 oz. for the same money. Do you want 16 oz. instead of 12 oz. for same money? Then buy Defiance Starch. Requires no cooking. It may be better to be an old man's darling than a young man's slave, but slavery seems to be the more popular of the two. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. If people could exchange troubles there would be just as much kicking as there is in a horse trade. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. THOS. ROBBINS, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. The New America. My country, 'tis of thee, Land of fecundity, Of thee I sing; Land where our fathers vied, Land of the patriarch's pride, From every cradle-side Let "Goo-goo" ring. Let "Da-da" swell the breeze From every pair of knees, All, all day long, Let infant tongues awake Throughout the night, and make This life, without mistake, One grand, sweet song. "Author" that is to be, Father of family, In thee we trust; Let every groom and bride Fling the brave slogan wide: "Ante-Race Suicide! Pike's Peak or bust!" Innuendo. Grayce—I know something about Mabel. Gladys—What is it? Grayce—I will never, never tell. Gladys—Oh, you know something good about her, eh? You Know the Kind. Now James B. Dhu, a man of vim, Will wield a judge's sickle, And any trust that's tried by him Will sure be in a pickle. OUST THE DEMON. A Tussle with Coffee. There is something fairly demoniac in the way coffee sometimes wreaks its flendish malice on those who use it. A lady writing from Calif. says:— "My husband and I, both lovers of coffee, suffered for some time from a very annoying form of nervousness, accompanied by most frightful headaches. In my own case there was eventually developed some sort of affection of the nerves leading from the spine to the head. "I was unable to hold my head up straight, the tension of the nerves drew it to one side, causing me the most intense pain. We got no relief from medicine, and were puzzled as to what caused the trouble, until a friend suggested that possibly the coffee we drank had something to do with it, and advised that we quit it and try Postum Coffee. "We followed his advice, and from the day that we began to use Postum we both began to improve, and in a very short time both of us were entirely relieved. The nerves became steady once more, the headaches ceased, the muscles in the back of my neck relaxed, my head straightened up and the dreadful pain that had so punished me while I used the old kind of coffee vanished. "We have never resumed the use of the old coffee, but relish our Postum every day as well as we did the former beverage. And we are delighted to find that we can give it freely to our children also, something we never dared to do with the old kind of coffee." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mish. Postum Coffee contains absolutely no drugs of any kind, but relieves the coffee drinker from the old drug poison. There's a reason. POWTRY Organizing For Egg Selling. It has often occurred to me that we farmers should take measures to dispose of our eggs in a systematic manner. I have been reading a great deal about what Denmark is doing in the way of egg associations, especially for those that are to be exported. Their plan is probably familiar to many readers of the Farmers' Review. I need only say that large syndicates of farmers are organized for the collection and sale of eggs by a central bureau. Every farmer that belongs to one of these syndicates has to conduct himself according to the rules laid down, and on the third violation of the rules is expelled from the syndicate. As membership in the syndicate is very valuable, the members are careful to conduct themselves according to the general plan. Every egg that is laid is stamped with the number of the farmer, the number of the syndicate, and the day on which the egg was laid. These eggs all go to the central agency and are sorted according to the dates of being laid. The consumer knows just how old the egg is when he gets it. If by chance a farmer puts in an egg that is past its prime he is fined heavily for it, and the third repetition of the mistake will cost him his membership. This prevents bad eggs getting into the consignments. The result is that the buyers know about their eggs, and the consumption of them is increased. I believe that it would be perfectly cates in this country. We Americans feasible for us to organize such syndicate not readily fall into the syndicate idea, because we have found it so easy to dispose of our eggs without making very much effort, but I am certain that the price we receive for eggs is very much less than it would be under a systematic collection and sale. I think the consumer pays enough for them, but there is too wide a difference between what the consumer pays and what the farmer receives. When the farmers dispose of their eggs, they are competing with one another, while many of the buyers are members of syndicates of produce dealers that have eliminated the competitive feature from the buying side of their business. They agree upon a price, above which they cannot go, but which may be reduced as much as possible. I believe that this is to the disadvantage of the farmers, and that if we had a large number of syndicates for the collection and distribution of eggs, we would be able to sell to a little better advantage. I believe that the producers of the eggs should receive a higher price than the man that simply handles them. Phoebe Caldwell. Butler Co. Ohio. Water Glass. From time to time we receive inquiries relative to the use of water glass as a means for preserving eggs. We can, without hesitancy, recommend this as probably the best preservative to be found, this being proved by tests made both in this country and in Europe. Water glass is really soluble glass. It has two forms in commerce, one known as silicate of sodium, and the other as silicate of potassium. This may be purchased in the form of powder, or in the form of a liquid which has the taste of syrup. It has long been used for rendering fabrics incombustible, and for hardening petrified woods. We believe that many of our readers should give this a trial. There should be about ten times as much water as water glass, and this water glass should be thoroughly mixed with the water. This may be placed in a jar and the eggs placed within it, but they should not come nearer to the top than two inches. As water evaporates very rapidly, and would soon leave the tops of the eggs uncovered and exposed to the air, the jar should be kept tightly covered.—Farmers' Review. New Colors in Poultry. We hear a great deal about new colors in poultry, nearly all of the standard breeds now having buff or some other color grafted onto them. These new colors are very fancy and very pretty, but the farmer should understand that they are not at all so enduring as the old colors, so far as their continuance in the flock is concerned. Thus the new colors do not re-appear in the young birds very largely, and it would take very many years to fix these colors so that they would re-appear as often as do the standard colors. The farmer, when he buys fowls, needs something useful. If he is to breed to a standard, he wants a standard that is not variable. These new colors make it very difficult for the farmer to breed his flocks true to color. Unless he wants to produce breeding birds for sale, or show birds, we see no reason why he should forsake the old colors. Changes in Plants For twenty years the scientists have been working on the problem of changing the chemical makeup of plants. Corn is being bred to give, in some strains more protein, in others more starch, and in others more oil. We have yet to learn whether the changes made will become permanent. About all of our economic plants have been so modified by cultivation that their original characteristics have in some cases entirely disappeared. "Oh father, please to tell me, When they suffer with the heat O sailors get a nip on Uncle Sam's Mosquito fleet?" "Oh, yes, my son they get it In the cabin, on the deck. And when they get it there they Also get it in the neck." "You see my son the sailor Likes his nip, and all the tars, Before they do without it, Patronzie mosquito bars." Houston Post: "Dobbs looks worried." "Yes, he lost a lot of money last night." "Gambling?" "No; by leaving it in his trousers pocket when he retired." DON'T MISS THIS A Cure for Stomach Trouble - A New Method by Absorption - No Deviance DO YOU BECHL? It means a disased stomach. 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