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 One Day in New York. THEY SAY LOCALLY To The American Citizens Publication Notice. Publication Notice A woman who has been known as Frances Blind since her infancy 33 years ago, has been found after months of search by the British Consul in New York as the keeper of a boarding house at 74 Mulberry Street, Newark, and informed that her real name had been hidden from her all her life. Instead of being the child of medioere people, who named her from infancy, she is the only daughter of a wealthy lumber merchant of London. Her own mother is dead, as is her foster mother. Her foster father has disappeared. Her real father name is Boutwell, and the woman herself, in her middle age, discovers she is really May Boutwell of London. She was brought to this country as an infant by the governess in the family of Boutwell, Mrs. Catherine Blind. Mrs. Blind with her husband, settled in Newark, and was regularly supplied with money with which to rear the child. Mrs. Blind was bound by an injunction not to reveal to the child the fact that she was not her real mother and Blind her father, until the time should come when the wealthy lioners themselves should decide to knowledge her. The motive of the strange action of her parents is still a secret to Miss Blind, as she calls herself. Suffering from lack of food, Miss Elleanor Howard dropped fainting in the front of the Hotel Astor. She had walked five miles in vain search for friends of her childhood to invoke their aid. Two women in evening gowns rushed to her aid as she sank to the pavement. Their escorts helped Policemen O'Neill to carry the unconscious girl to the Long Acre Pharmacy, a Block away. There she was revived by Dr. Brown of Roosevelt Hospital, who came in response to a hurry call. Two months ago she had to go to Belvue Hospital, where an operation was performed for appendicitis. Her sickness took all of her small savings and since her discharge a few days ago she has not been able to obtain a new position. A vivid dream in which Mrs. William Garrity of 525 Humbot Street, Brooklyn saw her 15 year old son mangled by a car was proved true, when the mother lazed that he had been killed by a train in Pennsylvania on May 7. The boy, Wm. Garrity, Jr., ran away from home in May 4 to follow a circus. After her boy's disappearance Mrs. Garrity, had vivid dreams about him. She had a vision saturation that her boy had fallen under the wheels of a train. The vividness of the dream fastened itself upon her so that the next day she again called on the police and begged him to make inquiries regarding the boy. That evening she was visited by a stranger, who said he was a circus man, who gave her the news. Selects Wife's Toillets 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 jesie file seeds 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 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 sportsmen, used to take most of their game with goshawks and sparrow hawks. The only dogs they used were spaniels, which flushed the game. But now they are taking to dogs, and many good animals are being imported from England. Liquefies 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. THEY SAY We are living yet. Nobody but the Ice man. Every little bit help. Some people have funny ways. In the shade of the old elm tree. The wedding bells will soon be ringing. We are making hats today—call later. What were they doing on N. 7th St. He who laughs best, laughs last. The Sea Foam block is still in it. The milliner has returned, Hats! Hats! Hello Central, give me No, 5 whose off today—Alright, Ha! Ha! Ha! Wonder what somebody wanted out on South Main St., in Kansas City, Mo. lately. Something funny. Night has no eyes, but if some people could see, what we have seen—My, My, but wouldn't they screen these things. There are a good many people in this city, who are first class frauds working an second class principles. NOTELETS. The purchase of two new fire engines making a total of three in the city was one of the most commendable purchases this city has made in late years. The Senator Warner boom for Presidential timber is growing with real good grace throughout Missouri. Nobody will deny that the West is entitled to a recognition sometime. The death of W. H. Toothaker removes a unique chasacter and a grand old man. He had just zealously entered into his works as an appointee under the present city administration. We deplore the sudden taking off of our fellow towns man and highly respected citizen. The High School question in which the Negroes of Kansas City, Kans, have been jim crowed to a finish is still unsettled. It is said that the Negro pupils who attend the present high school under the slip shod any old kind of arrangements are huddled off into three rooms and have not free access to the building even after the 'lilly whites' have gone home. The Negroes of this city have let things slide along in school matters until the climax has been reached—That any old thing and any old way will do—so the lilly whites think, they run school and everything else. ONCE MORE. The gladdening tones of the old bell of the A. M. E. Church, Cor. 8th and Nebraska has been placed in the belfry and yesterday it pealed forth in musical melody. This bell is endeared to many a family in this city for over a quarter of a century in the dear old edifice at 7th and Ann it had rang out the old and in the new. Since the sale of this edifice the old bell has been silent, for something over two years. Through the energetic efforts of Rev. A. M. Ward the pastor of the church and the enterprising members it has been mounted and yesterday told its story. As it pealed forth in the same old way it had done for years, it brought back to many hoary haired members recollections of by gone days in the old meeting house where fervent prayers and quaint old melodies were offered up to Him, who has guided them on through many trials and tribulations Had the same zealous workers and the excellent ministerial ability been in evidence there would have been no necessity of losing the valuable property lost by the A. M. E. Church in this city. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Grant might know his business better than us, but the grandest mistake ever made, will be made in a failure to send the Rev. A.M. Ward back to Kansas City Kansas. He is the minister who has the manhood to put on overalls and a girgham jacket and put forth his muscular efforts as well as intellectual ones, that the grand old banner of Methodism might still float and the people of this city have a suitable place in which to worship God, All honor to Rev. A. M. Ward one of the greatest hustlers in the A. M. E. connection. 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. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING. LOCALLY. Mr. S. H. Randolph one of our ratling mail clerk has returned home from a months vacation in "Old Virginia". Hon. Corvine Paterson the well known Grand Army man has returned from the Encampment at Denver and reports of having had a glorious time with the old boys. Mrs. Ollie Henderson nee Douglass, leaves on the 27th for Sprinfield, Mo., where she will teach school. Mrs. Henderson is to be commended as a bright, petite and excellent lady, amiable disposition and of exceptional deportment. Mrs. Rebecca Saunders is quite seriously ill at the home of her mother 727 Freeman avenue. Emancipation Celebration Sept. 22nd at Larks Park, Quindaro, Kas. Some of the most noted speakers of the race will orate including Rev. H. B. Parke of the A. M. E. Church, Foreign Mission New York. Everybody should attend the last great outing of the season. Mrs. Stokes of 319 Freeman ave., is spending some time in St. Joseph Mo., on business in coonnection with her property in that City. Mrs. C. Evans of 317 Garfield who has been quite ill for over a months is improving. Mrs. Rosa Edwards and Mrs. Lucy Nelson of Kansas City was on this side of the Kaw this week and made our office a pleasant call this week. The funeral of Mrs. Rhoda Keyes of 345 Oakland ave who died last Sunday night was held last Tuesday at Rev. Addison church in Kansas City, Mo., She leavas a husband, one daugter, two sons and a host of friends to mourn their lost Adams and Carrollis Local Minstrel will perform as Metropolitan Hall in Argentine, Kens. on the 20th. Mrs. Annie Hubbard of State ave., has returned from a most pleasant sojourn in Colorado. The Pleasant Green Baptist church had communion services last Sunday Rev.J. R. Richardson preached a good sermon, we want to have a Rally on the 4th Sunday all members is ask to bring 50 cents if they will do that we will raise $250. Miss a star member of our church will soon start for her home in Felix Arizona to join her husband, we hope she will come again soon; may the Lord bless her and her husband. We have one sick member Sister Mary Johnson. Hon. W. L. Martin of Chicago, Ill., is in the city making preparations to remove his widow mother to Chicago, Mr. Martin it will be remembered is an old Kansas City Kansas boy who left here something over a dozen years ago, and graduated from Oberlin college, Oberlin Ohio, located in Chicago, Ill., where he has risen to a rather commendable height as a lawyer, he is Ex South Town Clerk, Ex-Commissioner and x-Emem of the legislature. The death of a popular young Man. Death has claimed another victim in our midst. One more has joined that innumerable band in the unknown realms of another world last Tuesday morning Sept. 5th the earthly career our young, highly esteemed and popular friend and letter carrier of this city, Mr. William Douglass died at his home on St. of Mr. Douglass was 32 years of age, was reared in this city and a graduate of the Kansas City High School he has been connected with the Local Postoffice Department as carrier for 18 months. He was in many respects a model young man with culture, dignity and manhood. His public deportment commanded the highest respect. His home-life was that of a dutiful son and a loving brother. A very prominent space is vacant in the home as well as in the community. He leaves a mother, two sisters, other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held from the A. M. E. Church, Sunday afternoon We extend our deepest sympathy to the bereaved. 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 itself. To The American Citizens The Kansas A. M. E. Conference will Convene in this city, on the 20th inst. at the first A. M. E. Chureh 8th and Nebraska avenue, with Bishop A. Grant presiding. this conference is look forward to with much interest among the people of this city, as many of the most distinguished and cultured members of our race will be in this city, during that week. In the Court of Common Pleas of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Allen Walker, Plaintiff, vs. Robert McCrie C. D. Shrader, Defendants Number 6973. You are hereby notified that the plaintiff above named has brought suit and filed his petition against you, in the abeited entitled court, and that you must answer the petition aforesaid 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 56 in Wyandotte city, or per record plat thereof such other relief as set out in Plaintiff's petition and for cost herein expedded. Allen Walker By Chas. W. Frye, Atty. for Plaintiff. SEAL By J. L. Beggs, Clerk. By F. L. Kenny, Deputy. First Pub. Sept. 8th. 1905. PUBLICATION NOTICE. THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY KANSAS. Henry Jrckson assignee Plaintiff, of O. W. White. No. 6900 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 $0.00, with interest thereon at the rate of 10 per cent per annum from the 28th day of December, 1905; said amount being for five 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 Plaintiff attest; J. L. Baggs Clerk. first pub. July 7th 1905. PUBLICATION NOTICE In The Dis尉 Court of Wyandotte Kansas Katie Gilmore Plaintiff. To the above named defendant. You will hereby take notice that you have been sued in the above named court. by the above named plaintiff, and unless you appear and answer the petition 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 malden name, Katie Fulcher, and for cost of suit 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 13th 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 solving 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. 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!" 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, f or cost, and for other relief such as the nature of Plaintiff case demands. Mary Darkis. Chas. w. Frye. attorney First Published April 28th 1905. PUBLICATION NOTCIE WYANDOTTE COUNTY, STATE OF KANSAS, annie Johnson. THE STAFE OF KANSAS TO LEWIS J. JOHNSON. GREETING: BELEETTING; You are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas by the above named Plaintiff. Fannie Johnson, whose petition is now on file in the office, and that you must as such defendant, answer the petition filed by the plaintiff on or before Thursday 22nd, day of June 1905, or the petition will be taken as true and judgment will be rendered accordingly against you, and adjudging you to pay the cost. of said suit and this suit is for the further purpose of devesting the title to certain house and lots owned by you in the town of Quidardo Wyandotte County Kansas and investing the title in the plaintiff as alimony and dissolving the bonds of matrimony now subsisting between the plaintiff and defendant and such other and further relief as the honorable court may adjudge in the premises, as may appear just and equitable in behalf of the plaintiff Fannie Johnson. Payne and Wassom, her attorneys. First Publication May 12th. 1905. Attest. Wm. Needles Clerk of the said Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. per D. C. McCambs Deputy. NOW IS the time to Subscribe For the Weekly American Citizen. PATTERSON & GAYDEN -Dealers In- Hard and Soft Coal, Wood. Vault & Cesspool Cleaning Cisterns Filled Tel. 215 West. 527 STATE AVE. Largest Building in the World. The Crystal palace accommodates more people than any other building in the world. It will hold 100,000. Trades in London. According to the late returns, there are 1,756 distinct trades being carried on in London and its suburbs. The ground value of the city of Ber- lin is said to be worth twice what it was in 1887. 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. Publication Notice In The District Court of Wyandotte, kansas Charlie Rochester, Plaintiff. VS. Louise H. Rochester, Defendant. Louise H. Rochester, the above—named Defendant. will take notice that she has been sued by the plaintiff, Charlie Rochester, and that the Defendant, Louis A. Roche- ster, mnst, on or before the sdi day of July. 1905, answer the petition filed by the pla- ntiff 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 pla- ntiff the custody of their only child. Charlie Rochester. By Green and Henderson attorneys for plaintiff. 1st pub June 16th 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 Deeased. 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 alims 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. No. 18307. vs. J. B. Atkinson, Defendant. The State of Kansas to J. B. Atkinson. Greeting:— You are hereby notified that the plaintiff in the above entitled cause did on the 22nd day of September, 1904, file her petition in certain action against you in the District Court in Wyandotte County State of Kansas asking for an absolute divorce on the grounds of abandonment and desertion, and unless youdumur, answer or otherwise ob ject on or before the 30th day of January 1906, 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. MeCombs, Deputy. EXECUTOR'S IN LIE PROBAT COURT IN AND SSFOR SAID 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 of said County, deceased by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the county and State aforesaid, the 6th 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 beefit of such Estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said Letters, they shall be forever barred. L. P. BRADLEY executor of the Last Will and Testament of Jane Redd Deceased. Notice of Final Settlement State of Kansas In the Probate Court in and for said County. County of Wyaadotte IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLARA WILLIAMS SLEDGE DECEASED Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesid r 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 Wyaadotte 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, Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyon dotte. State of Kansas, have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Probate Court this 20th Day of January A. D. 1905 Winfield Freeman Cookery for Danes. A course of cooking lessons for men only has been begun in Copenhagen under the auspices of an influential committee. SUT ME Has to Wait. Nothing would please the small boy more than the privilege of assuming the role of father to the man occasionally. The Oldest Negro Journal Published Weekly in this part of the Country. FUBLIISHED 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,.....40.0 ne Month,.....15.0 Advertising 25 cts. Per Inch First Insertion. A Standing Display 'Add' for 3 Months or longer 150 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. Scarlet for Bachelor Maids. When an unmarried woman dies in Brazil the coffin, hearse and livery of the coachman are all scarlet. Cost of London's Paupers. Every year $4,000,000 is spent on the food and clothing of indoor 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 A. Gooden manufactor 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 builished in their behalf, just one year, the results would be unbelieved we ask the colorad 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 your neighbors to do the same und watch the good results. Notice of Final Settlement. State of Kansas County of Wysocki In the Probate Court in and forsaid County, In the Matter of the Estate of John R. Smith Deceased. Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified, that at the next regular term of the Probate Court in and forsaid County, to be begun and held at the Probate 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 said estate. JAMES D. SMITH. Administrator of the Estate John R. Smith. Deceased. In Witness Whereof, the undesigned Probate Judge in and for the County of 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 MEDICAL INSTITUTE 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 cemetery 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 EXAMPLE. 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, so 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 mlasses 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 him well. To the gold of the credit you crave: The best is not always at surface, my son. And 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 the 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 will note you will take you journey along. That the foam often gets to the We will not mention names if you please, my dear youth. But look on the world as you go. See the men whom we place at the sum- mer market. Then gaze on the mortals below. And I give you my word I'll have nothing to teach. And this brief anthem will stop, If you do not agree with the thing that I preach. 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 wifi 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. 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It is a curious list and throws a useful light on the sort of studies taken up by the readers in the museum.—London Globe. Progress in Steam Turbines That the actual displacement of the reciprocating steam engine by the steam turbine for many purposes is proceeding at a rapid pace in this country is indicated in the statement that a single company, manufacturing but one of the several types of steam turbines in the United States, took orders within the last half year for turbines for generating electricity having a capacity of $2,800 kilowatts, or nearly 110,000 horse power. Three of these engines are for a Brooklyn power station and will be the largest ever constructed. It is interesting to note in this connection that wonderful as is the transformation in power mechanism, there are engineers who predict a still more radical change in the not distant future in the development of power from gas engines. 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Pableta was eight years old, but instead of the thin and piping treble in which most children of that age sing, she had a voice. Pableta's mother, coming up the stairs with an elderly man, paused to tilt back the little pointed chin and kiss the child's singing lips to silence. Pableta went on up the stairs with her mother and the man. In the sitting room of the little flat she sang again, presently, and the man took her between his knees and pushed the hair back from her brow and kissed her. "She has the divine gift—the little one," he said. in the child's life think. He came to the laeta and the most with fear. Just the stage to sing first appearance, in room. "Pablea pleading, 'after y audience, if they know they will,' song for me? I just for me, my d feel that I have s umph." "Pableta," her "You really think that she will be a singer?" Pableta's mother asked tremulously. And the great master answered: "She has the divine gift. There is a song bird in the little throat." He laid his fingers softly on Pableta's throat as he spoke. He gave her mother many directions before he went away—how to care for Pableta's voice, when the training should begin, how she must take care of the child's health and keep her well and strong to stand the strain that falls upon a singer. Pableta and her mother lived alone in the little flat. Of her father Pableta seldom heard. Her father and mother had first known each other at a little lake resort in the north. Her mother, who was only a lonely girl, was "on the stage," a disgrace in the eyes of Pableta's father's people, but an added cause for infatuation on the part of the boy himself. He was the son of a southern planter and he married the little actress before the summer was over. But the marriage was not a happy one and before Pableta was born the two separated, each going their different ways. Pableta's mother and Dick Worley were divorced and the child was left with the mother. The father was not anxious to gain possession of the baby, the mother was, for Pableta had become the one tie that held Mary Worley to life and the mother loved the baby devotedly. So Pableta grew up hearing little of her father. Mary Worley liked to think that the child belonged wholly to her. And every penny of which she stinted herself in order to give to Pableta, every sacrifice that she made for the child's sake made the little daughter dearer to her. The day that Pableta sat on the stairs and sang, when the great master had praised her voice was years in the past and Pableta was grown. The song bird in the slender throat sang more sweetly than ever, for the years had strengthened it, and careful training under the best of teachers had developed it and had taught Pableta to use her gift wisely. And to-night Pableta was to make her debut. Her mother was far more excited over the event than was Pableta, for the girl had grown up strong and healthy, while the mother was old before her time. The papers had been full of the announcement of the young singer's debut, and far away in his southern A man and a woman sit in a room, the man holding a needle and thread, the woman holding a child. "There is a songbird in the little throat." "There is a songbird in the little throat." home fableta's father had read of his little daughter and the future predicted for her. Dick Worley had married again and he had other children. He had seldom thought of his oldest child whom he had never seen, but as he read of the girl whom already the critics praised, there came to him the thought that he would go to New York and would see her make her debut. Then he would bring her home with him. The years had been years of plenty for him and he was wealthy. He could give her whatever her heart desired. Of the mother and her share in the child's life he did not stop to think. He came to the little flat to see Pableta and the mother's heart was sick with fear. Just before she went upon the stage to sing on the night of her first appearance, he came to her dressing room. "Pableta," her mother was pleading, "after you have sung for the audience, if they call you back, as I know they will, will you sing a little song for me? I want you to sing it just for me, my darling, so that I may feel that I have some part in your triumph." "Pableta," her father said. "I am Eugene proud of you. After to-night you shall go home with me. I will give you everything that you want. You shall have as many years of study abroad as you choose. You shall have easy and luxury and the pretty things that girls love. I did not know that I had a remarkable daughter and a beautiful daughter as well, growing up through the years. And now I want to make up for neglect and for the time that I have lost. Come with me." "But I would have to give up my mother," the girl hesitated. "You can visit her often," her father said eagerly. "Of course you cannot live with her. It would not be pleasant for any of us. I know how much she has done for you, but it is my turn now." Pableta looked from one to the other. In the little mother's eyes the tears were swimming, but it was not for her to say the word that would influence her child's decision. Pableta must choose for herself. It was years of devotion set against the promise of a future and the choice lay with the child. Dick Worley and his divorced wife stood side by side in the wings when the girl went on the stage. Pableta had never sung more sweetly and the mother listened to the exquisite voice with every sense alert as though she feared to lose a sound. Richard Worley was proud of the girl, proud to think that she was his daughter. And as she sang, he planned the happiness that he would give her. Again and again they called Pableta back, and when she came upon the stage for the last time Mary Worley had gone in front, and her eyes were dim with tears, tears of happiness in Pableta's triumph, tears of sorrow for the child whom she might soon lose. For the last time Pableta advanced to the footlights. She lifted her young head and looked, not at the crowd in the house but straight toward the box where her mother sat. And the young voice began, sweet and clear and infinitely tender, a sweet old song that a past generation loved and sang—"My Mother, Dear." Mary Worley leaned forward, the crowd and the triumph of the night forgotten, for there upon the stage was a girl, a wonderful girl, who was singing to her. Pableta was singing the simple song for which her mother had asked. And, sweetest thought of all, she was singing more than the song. She was telling her mother that their lives were to lie together in the future as in the past; that wealth and ease and a beautiful home had been weighed in the scale with a mother's love and that Mary Worley's years of devotion had reaped their reward. There is, in Southern California, the beautiful home of a singer, a woman who is one of the idols of the public. And there a white-haired woman reigns supreme. And next to his gifted wife, Pableta's husband holds dearest the woman who made success possible for one of the greatest sopranos of the day. ABOUNDING LIFE ABSOLUTELY FREE BATTLE CREEK SANITARIUM CO., Ltd., Department A70, Battle Creek, Mich PE-RU-NA STRENGTHENS THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. F. S. Davidson, Ex-Lieut. U. S. Army, Washington, D. C., care U. S. Pension Office, writes: "To my mind there is no remedy for catarh comparable to Peruna. It not only strikes at the root of the malady, but it tones and strengthens the system in a truly wonderful way. 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LOUIS, MO. ING LIFE the Battle Creek Idea BOOKLET ELY FREE cause of sickness and weakness. It shows the part that diet plays in making or mar- ring careers. Every word you can understand. And back of every word is authority. For this booklet is a condensed summary of the wonderful achievements in restoring and preserving health during thirty years of dietetic study at Battle Creek. And, remember, this booklet is not to exploit the Battle Creek Sanitarium. The message is a message for the home-for everyday life. You can follow its teachings without interference with business or home duties. There is absolutely no charge—no obligations on your part if you ask for the booklet—now, or in the future. So write today—now. Only those who act will know the value of this opportunity. If we could convey a clear conception of its purpose you would need no urging. Let the booklet speak for itself. Mention this publication and send your request either by letter or postal card addressed to the rd., Department A70, Battle Creek, Mich I CAN SELL Your Real Estate or Business Properties and business of all kinds said quickly. United States. Don't wait. Write to day describing your business, give cash price on mance. If You Want to Buru any kind, anywhere, soil, anywhere, and where you want. We fill your requirements, do your time and money, your time and money. Properties and business of all kinds sold quickly for cash in the United States. Don's wish. Write to-day describing what you have to save and give cash price on same. If You Want to Buy a house, any kind, anywhere, where us what you want and whether you want. Fill your requirements, do your time and money. A. P. TONE WILSON, Jr., Real Estate Specialist, 413 Kansas Avenue, Tonka, Kansas If your invention is good it will pay better than a gold mine but you may need help in perfecting it. We can help you. We make working models and also manufacture in quantities. Correspondence confidential. Booklet free. Write to-day. STAMPING & TOOL CO., La Crosse. WI. PISO'S CURE FOR SHOES THAT ARE LIKE FILMS Beer Cough bryp. Tastes good. Use in time. Sold by draggists. CONSUMPTION Calumet Baking Powder A wonderful powder of rare merit and unrivaled strength. In the Boston Suburbs In the Boston Suburbs. "Whither away, little boy?" inquired the well-meaning stranger. "I go to swim, sir," replied the spectacled infant. "And where do you swim?" persisted the stranger. "I swim, sir," the infant made answer, "in the shallower purleus of excessive dampness." Now He Is Thriving. "You are looking well, Harker?" "Yes, the doctor started to diet me. Told me to read a list of all the dishes I could eat." "And you read it?" "Yes, and then started eating every dish that was not on it." From Laughter to Tears What a difference the mere order of words makes! It used to be read: "Depew said"—the very signal of mirth. But now the attorney general puts into a summons, "the said Depew," and all is melancholy. It takes a wise man to look before the leaps out of the frying-pan into the fire. Cure to Stay Cured. Wapello, Iowa, Sept. 11th (Special) —One of the most remarkable cures ever recorded in Louisa County is that of Mrs. Minnie Hart of this place. Mrs. Hart was in bed for eight months and when she was able to sit up she was all drawn up on one side and could not walk across the room. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her. Speaking of her cure, Mrs. Hart says: "Yes, Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me after I was in bed for eight months and I know the cure was complete for that was three years ago and I have not been down since. In four weeks from the time I started taking them I was able to make my garden. Nobody can know how thankful I am to be cured or how much I feel I owe to Dodd's Kidney Pills." This case again points out how much the general health depends on the Kidneys. Cure the Kidneys with Dodd's Kidney Pills and nine-tenths of the suffering the human family is heir to, will disappear. A Bad Day for Euclid. Euclid fidgeted uneasily. "What's the use of your old geometry," sobbed Mrs. E., "if you can't solve the servant problem?" Sadly and silently he departed for the intelligence office. Awaiting a Reply It seems that Maude Gonne admits that marriage is a failure when the woman who marries is not "an ordinary, commonplace creature." But what wife is willing to admit that she is? One comfort to the average man is his steadfast belief that it is his honesty that keeps him poor. DON'T FORGET DUNT FORGET A large 2-oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. Many of a man who is too honest to steal borrows and forgets to pay back. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Love realizes its blindness shortly after the marriage ceremony. The Gate to the Orient. The American people are beginning to discover that the Golden Gate is the front door to the orient. While the nations officially are contending for political settlement in Asia, the flood of travel has started through San Francisco bay in pursuit of commercial opportunity in every region beyond the Pacific slope. Time was, not long ago, when the point to move from was on the other side of the continent. But that is changed now. The momentum is westward and the activity radiates from the metropolis of California. The people who think of going to the orient realize that when they pass the Golden Gate they enter at once into an extensive area of unexplored possibilities - Arthur I. Street in Sunset Magazine for September. The more a man preaches to his neighbors the less they practice. 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 ¼-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12 oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. INVENTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS Interesting Experiments. A European scientist, Raoul Bayeux, has been counting the red corpuscles in human blood during ascensions of Mount Blanc. M. Bayeux draws the following conclusions from his experiments: The blood undergoes a rapid and considerable increase in the number of red globules when one passes from one altitude to a higher level. If one remains in the latter place the first number of globules is found to diminish slightly, but not a great extent in a few hours. Descending to the starting point makes the number diminish to a greater degree, but it is still above what it was before the ascension. He finds that a second ascension, made before the number has fallen to the original value, causes a new increase which is greater than is remarked in the first ascension. Machine for Washing Dishes Several dishwashing machines have been patented within the last few years, but most of them have been too complicated in construction. Only the proprietors of hotels, restaurants, cafes, etc., know what a problem it is to wash so many dishes as they use in the course of a day, and a simple device of this kind saves them time and labor. This machine, the invention of two Ohio men, seems exceedingly practical of operation, no more than ordinary care being required to prevent breakage. The usual table is provided, underneath which are placed the tanks for the water. Rising above the tanks is a mast, upon which is a bracket, the receptacle for holding the dishes being made of a wire mesh large enough to allow the accumulations from the dishes to pass through, and is suspended upon this bracket. Mounted upon the mast is a hoist. Basket Holds the Dishes. ing cable, which is operated by a lever, secured to the end of the table, the lever automatically locking when the receptacle is a predetermined depression. After the receptacle has been filled with dishes the lever is released and the dishes lowered into the tank supplied with hot water and, after a thorough cleansing, the basket is raised and again lowered into the other tank, which is connected with the cold water, for a final rising. All refuse matter passes off through drain pipes connected with the tanks. Artificial Cotton From Wood Artificial Cotton From Wood. Good results have been attained in the production of artificial cotton extracted from fir and freed from bark and knots. The fibers are broken up by a special machine and then subjected to steam in a copper, lead lined cylinder for several hours. After being boiled for a day and a half in a solution of soda lye the material is washed, crushed more thoroughly, bleached, and dried by means of rollers. The cellulose thus obtained is heated and further manipulated to reduce the fiber, and then passed through a weak solution of carbonate of soda and between drying rollers. Finally, to give the necessary firmness to the thread, it is put into a bath of diluted ammonia, and then washed with cold water. Compared with the natural product it is difficult to distinguish the artificial, and it is said the cost of production will permit its becoming a competitor of the former. Smoke-Prevention Device. A new smoke-prevention device for boiler furnaces has been invented by a Glasgow engineer. The system consist of discharging a combination of steam, air and producer gas into the furnace. The three elements are combined and discharged onto the fuel in the front of the furnace. The resulting chemical action releases the hydrogen in the steam and combines the oxygen with the carbon in the fuel. The decomposition of the supplied gases is thus completed and creates great heating power, emitting heavy smoke. The latter, however, decreases in volume toward the fubes in which there are only flames, and is completely consumed before it reaches the chimney. Niagara's Power. Niagara river, in its course from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, falls a distance of 627 feet. A survey by the United States engineers, who measured the flow of the river below the falls, shows that it discharges 230,000 cubic feet of water a second from the one lake to the other. By a simple calculation it appears that in its descent of twenty-seven miles from lake to lake Niagara river develops the equivalent of about 9,000,000 theoretical horse power. FRUITFUL FURNACES INTENSE HEAT PRODUCES PRECIOUS STONES. Scientists Have Succeeded in Plucking Real Diamonds and Rubies from the Crucible of the Furnace. Recent advices from France state that Prof. Moissas, the eminent scientist and inventor, has actually succeeded in making genuine diamonds and rubies. He employs for this purpose the electric furnace, which has been so improved that a degree of heat can be produced, approaching the extreme temperatures, which were undoubtedly a factor in the formation of minerals and gems in the interior of the earth. The rubies obtained are of large size, weighing 10 or 15 carats, and in quality and color equal and even surpass those found in the earth. The natural forces attending the formation of diamonds seem to have been more complicated, and so far the diamonds resulting from the efforts of the scientists have been very small, but still they are positively identified as the carbon crystal—the diamond. They are remarkably clear and bright, and on a small scale as fine specimens as nature's own product. The electric furnace has enriched chemistry with a whole series of new compounds. Probably the one of most value to mankind at large is Calcium Carbide. The simple application of water to Calcium Carbide generates the gas Acetylene, which is now being commonly used for lighting. The peculiar merits of Acetylene light are its brilliance and high candle power, ease of installation, economy and its adaptability for lighting buildings of every description, regardless of their location. The Comparison Towne—Yes, my wife is able to dress on comparatively little money. Browne—Oh, come, now! Comparatively little? Towne—I mean on little compared with what she thinks she ought to have. She Looks It Those who saw Empress An's picture at the World's Fair last year will readily admit that she is capable of engineering the meanest sort of a boycott. The Read Meaning Gaddie—Crittick read your essay and he insists that you're beyond your depth. De Riter—Ah! I thought he would. Gaddie—You did? Then you know what he means. De Riter—Yes, he means simply that I'm beyond his depth. NOISES IN HER HEAD Mrs. Reagan was a Nervous Wreck, But Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Brought Sound Health. "Before I began to take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills," said Mrs. Mary Reagan, of No. 86 Kilburn street, Fall River, Mass., recently. "I was in and out of bed all the time, but now I stay up all day and do all my own work. "I was badly run down from overwork. One day noises began in my head and almost made me crazy. My head felt as if a tight band had been put around it, and the pressure and the sounds made me so uneasy that I often had to walk the floor all night. "My stomach was in bad shape, and I had smothering sensations. At such times my body seemed bloodless, my hands were like chalk and my face turned yellow. The doctor said I had dyspepsia in the worst form. Then my nerves gave way and I was completely prostrated. I frequently suffered from smothering sensations. "The first box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills that I used quietly my nerves so that I could get a good night's sleep, which was a new experience for me. Before I began to use them I was a nervous wreck and trembled at the slightest sound. I was so weak that I had to sit down and rest every few steps when I went up stairs. Now I can run up a whole flight at once. The smothering sensations have gone and the noises in my head have stopped entirely. My appearance has greatly improved, for friends who were alarmed on my account before, now say: 'How well you are looking!' My husband spent over a hundred dollars on treatment for me that was worthless, but a few boxes of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills brought me sound health." Sold by all druggists, or sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2 50 by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schonectach, N. Y. On to Him. "Yes," said the red-eyed clerk. I'm a little late this morning. The mid-night oil, you know—" "H'm!" interrupted his employer, "oil, eh? Well, the next time you paint the town I'd advise you to use water colors exclusively." USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. A Hasty Explanation. "I wonder why all those swimmers who try to swim the English Channel always start from the English side?" "Probably itt's the shortest way." Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces in a package, 10 cents. One-third more starch for the same money. Nearly a million dollars a day is paid by the United States to foreign ships for carrying its products. Do Your Clothes Look Yellow? Then use Defiance Starch, it will keep them white—16 oz. for 10 cents. We men would take is mighty hard if our wives applied the eight hour a day rule of working. A WOMAN'S SUFFERINGS. Weak, Irregular, Racked with Pains—Made Well and 36 Pounds Heavier. Mrs. E. W. Wright of 172 Main St., Haverhill, Mass., says: "In 1898 I was suffering so with sharp pains in the small of the back and had such frequent dizzy spells that I could scarcely get about the house. The urinary passages were also quite irregular. Monthly periods were so distressing I dreaded small of the back and had such frequent dizzy spells that I could scarcely get about the house. The urinary passages were also quite irregular. Monthly periods were so distressing I dreaded their approach. This was my condition for four years. Doan's Kidney Pills helped me right away when I began with them, and three boxes cured me permanently." 'oster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers. Price, 50 cents per box. Many a man who never saw a ship is capable of handling schoolers. DISFIGURED BY ECZEMA. Wonderful Change in a Night—In a Month Face Was Clear as Ever —Another Cure by Cuticura. "I had eczema on the face for five months, during which time I was in the care of physicians. My face was so disfigured I could not go out, and it was going from bad to worse. A friend recommended Cuticura. The first night after I washed my face with Cuticura Soap, and used Cuticura Ointment and Resolvent, it changed wonderfully. From that day I was able to go out, and in a month the treatment had removed all scales and scabs, and my face was as clear as ever. (Signed) T. J. Soth, 317 Stagg Street, Brooklyn, N. Y." Fully nine-tenths of the Wall street pointers prove to be disappointers. Try One Package. If "Defiance Starch" does not please you, return it to your dealer. If it is not, return it to more for the same money. It will gain the faction, and will not stick to the iron- Madison, Wis., Women Voted. Few women had ever voted at the elections at Madison, Wis., until this summer, when the ladies made up their minds that there must be a new high school and that bonds must be issued for the purpose. The men voted a majority of 137 against the bonds, but the women voted a majority of 421 in favor resulting in a total majority of 284 for the bonds. The opposition will contest, saying that women may not vote for bond issues, although they may vote for members of school boards. Possibly the Case. "They say that Snooks has been earning $100,000 a year, and yet he accepts a government job at $8,000." "Well?" "How do you account for it?" "I don't know. Perhaps the hundred thousand was mostly in stage money." In the Beginning: "Oh, Adam," cried his frightened spouse, "there was such a queer looking man came and insisted on kissing little Cain." With bitter tears they realized the office-seeker was abroad in the land. Doubtful Remark. Dolly—And when our auto was speeding like the wind, just to think of his proposing to me! Dorothy—I'm not surprised. They say running an automobile makes a man reckless. The Answer. Teacher—Now, Tommy, if your father had twenty dozen eggs in his store and found that eighteen of them were bad, how much would he lose? Tommy—Nothin'. I guess you don't know pa. A kiss and a smile have been the undoing of many a good man, while a kick and a cuff have been the making of many another. STRONGER THAN MEAT. A Judge's Opinion of Grape Nuts A gentleman who has acquired a judicial turn of mind from experience on the bench out in the Sunflower State, writes a carefully considered opinion as to the value of Grape-Nuts as food. He says: "For the past 5 years Grape-Nuts has been a prominent feature in our bill of fare. "The crisp food with the delicious, nutty flavor has become an indispensable necessity in my family's everyday life. "It has proved to be most healthful and beneficial, and has enabled us to practically abolish pastry and pies from our table, for the children prefer Grape-Nuts and do not crave rich and unwholesome food. "Grape-Nuts keeps us all in perfect physical condition—as a preventive of disease it is beyond value. I have been particularly impressed by the beneficial effects of Grape-Nuts when used by ladies who are troubled with face blemishes, skin eruptions, etc. It clears up the complexion wonderfully. "As to its nutritive qualities, my experience is that one small dish of Grape-Nuts is superior to a pound of meat for breakfast, which is an important consideration for anyone. It satisfies the appetite and strengthens the power of resisting fatigue, while its use involves none of the disagreeable consequences that sometimes follow a meat breakfast." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason Farm and Home House Cellar; Corn Crib; Barn. F. T.—1. What kind of walls and floor would prevent water coming into a cellar in low land? 2. What size should a corn crib be to hold 900 bushels of corn? How should it be built? 3. Please publish a plan of a barn to hold four horses, five cattle and thirty sheep. 4. How deep should water pipes be put down so that they win not freeze up? 1. Use cement mortar for building stone walls and point up both inside and outside of the walls with the cement mortar. 2. The corn crib would require to be 30 feet long, 6 feet wide and 8 feet high. It would be well to have the width 5 feet at the bottom and 7 feet at the top in order to keep out moisture. Have cross ties at the plate 5 or 6 feet apart to prevent the crib spreading. The crib should rest on posts two and a half or three feet above the A-Horse stall, 8 ft. wide, with 8 ft. passage behind. E-Box, stall or room, 10x12 ft. C-Cow stable, stalls 5 ft. long, gutter 19 in. wide. passage. 4 ft. 10 in. D-Sheep pen, 13x26 ft. E-Feed passage, 5 ft. wide. ground, with flanged tin collars on each post to prevent rats climbing up to the crib. An inverted tin pan laid on each post beneath the sill will answer well. A plank floor would answer all requirements. A concrete floor would hold water from snow that would drift in. 3. A plan of a suitable barn to accommodate the stock in question is shown in the accompanying illustration. 4. Water pipes should put down below the frost line, whatever depth this may be in your district. Iron Frame for a Gate G. T.—In framing a gate with one-inch pipe, would it be satisfactory to use elbows in the corners instead of bending them? Are the tubes usually filled with sand? In making the frame of a gate with iron pipe, bend the pipe to shape desired, and use unions where pipes join. By filling pipe with sand there is less danger of kinking the pipe when bending it. If stay braces are used a band of iron clamp with rivets through the pipe is used. A Bag Holder. Think of the labor that would be saved by the use of the simple contrivance shown in the illustration. The upright plank is an inch thick, three inches and a half long, and fifteen inches wide. The bottom plank is of the same dimensions, except that it is a foot and a half shorter. The hopper is easily constructed, and the hooks secured at any hardware store, or possibly improvised at home from bent nails. The base of the hopper is wedged from the perpendicular plank so that the bags may wrap all the way around. Cement for Walls C. W. H.—I wish to build a room 16 feet wide by 24 feet long, 9 feet high and 6 inches thick; also a floor. How much Portland cement and how much gravel will it take, and in what proportion are they to be mixed? For the walls of the room 10 barrels of the cement, 13 yards of gravel and the labor of three men for five days would be required. For the floors, five barrels of cement, three yards of gravel and the labor of three men for one day would be required. In the "Good Old Times!" The nonagenarian shook his hoary head. "It is all very well," he quavered, "to condemn the railroads for their rebates and the telegraph companies for their high rates, but I remember the time—" He paused to light his pipe. "I remember the time when you rode on cars that had no roofs, cars built like stage wagons, and you paid a fare that would be about—well, about the rate of $10 from Philadelphia to York. "And telegrams!" he went on. "Well, gentlemen, the first telegram I sent cost me 50 cents a word, and the man that received it was so surprised he thought it was a hoax." Reminiscences. Marie (after the honeymoon)—Max, lear, here is the tree under which you tissed me for the first time. Max—You're always raking up old nemories. I'll have that tree cut down. Marie (after the tree has been cut down)—Do you remember, Max, dear, his is the very spot where the tree grew—? (Tableaux.) Princess Anne Karenga Esterhary, a connection by marriage of the Carrols, of Virginia, offers to adopt a bright young American or Englishman and be a real mother to him for $750,000, the interest on which is to be hers for life and the principal, at her death, to revert to the adopted one's family. The princess offers to do this in order to keep the wolf from her royal door. She is 56 years old. The young man will have the right to call himself Prince Esterhary. Iron Nerve "Ma," said the little boy, rushing in the kitchen, "Mrs. Prune next door wants to borrow your flatirons. Says she wants to throw them at a cat." "The nerve of it," replied his mother. "But that ain't the worst of it, ma." "What else?" "It is our cat that she wants to throw them at." Astors Back to the Farm. Miss Margaret Astor Chandler, a great-great-granddaughter of the first John Jacob Astor, has started a dairy near Tarrytown, the home of Helen Gould, and will conduct it in accord with the latest ideas of the board of health. As her income is already $30,000 a year. It is evident that it is occupation and not money that she seeks. In Kaiser's Wine Cellar In the German emperor's wine cellar there are brands from all parts of the globe. Each brand has its separate inclosure, shut in by iron railings, with a tablet affixed, giving name, age, price and number of bottles. No flasks or decanters are ever placed on the imperial table, the wine being served by the attendants from the original bottles. The Best Results in Starching can be obtained only by using Deflance Starch, besides getting 4 oz. more for same money—no cooking required. The North German Lloyd Steamship Company has ordered to be built at Stettin a duplicate of the Kaiser Wilhelm II. When You Buy Starch buy Defiance and get the best, 15 oz. for 10 cents. Once used, always used To make hens lay in winter—hit them on the head with an ax. FITS permanently saved. No hats or nervousness first day cause of Dr. Klime's new hosteller. Send for FREE $2.00 trial bottle DR. R. H. KLINE, Ltd., 931 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA. The ratio of officeseekers to office holders is about 1.600 to 1. A good place to pass away the time is at a pownbroker's. Agricultural and Horticultural Colonies on the Kansas City Southern Railway. Lockesburg Colony in Sevier county, Arkansas, containing about 30,000 acres, and Lering Colony in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, containing about 24,000 acres, are now open for settlement. Lands range in price from $7.00 to $15.00 per acre and are sold on easy terms to actual settlers. Lockesburg Colony is well suited for general farming, stock raising and commercial fruit growing. Loring Colony lies in a splendid fruit, truck and tobacco region and is good for corn and cotton also. Both are situated in a beautiful country, with a healthy climate and excellent water. Write for books concerning Lockesburg and Loring Colonies and "Current Events" Magazine to, F. E. ROESLER, Immigration Agt., K. C. S. Ry., Kansas City, Mo. S. G. WARNER, G. P. & T. A. K. C. S. Ry., Kansas City Mo. A barefaced lie seldom lives long enough to raise a crop of whiskers. Sensible Housekeepers Sensible Housekeepers will have Diffluence Starch, not alone because they get one-third more for the same money, but also because of superior quality. Beware of the man who depreciates himself and makes light of his abilities The World's Standard DE LAVAL CREAM SEPARATORS 600,000 In Use. Ten Times All Others Combined. Save $10.- per Cow Every Year of Use over all Gravity Setting Systems and $5.- per Cow over all Imitating Separators. Read for new Catalogue. THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO. Canal & Rendall Sts. CHICAGO OVER 400 BRACHES AND LOCAL AGENTS. Positive, Comparative, Superlative. "I have used one of your Fish Brand Slickers for five years, and now want a new one, also one for a friend. I would not be without one for two the coat. They are just an far ahead of a common coat an a common one is ahead of nothing." (Name on application.) HIGHEST AWARD WORLD'S FAIR, 1904. Be sure you don't get one of the common kind—this is the mark of excellence. A. J. TOWER CO., BOSTON, U.S.A. TOWER CANADIAN CO., LIMITED, TORONTO, CANADA. Makers of Wet Weather Clothing & Hats.