The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. NEEDLESS ALARM. Recently many eminent speakers and writers are manifesting needless alarm expecting the future of the Negro race in this country. The social, the industrial and the political interests of the race are not in as a plight as some are painting the conditions. It is very true that the social status of the Negro is not what it should be yet this phase of his life is being rapidly improved. Crude forms are giving place to those of more culture and settlement. Wherever the Negro is found statement can be easily verified. The greatest alarm is found among the politicians. This too is needless. The political side of the Negro is being developed by a high class of leaders who are laying a firm foundation upon which to build a glorious future. The new political leaders found in the race are bet prepared intellectually to grasp the situation than the old pioneers. The lettered and the unskilful leaders who changed the race into many disastrous difficulties are being relegated. The unmanned leaders during the period immediately following the civil war by indiscreet utterances and imprudent deeds in a great degree the internal political development of the race. But the new leadership represented in our road educators, thrifty business men, trained mechanics and eloquent Christ-ministers is rich in capacities. It can also be said of the great mass of the race in this country that they are much in a native capacity scarcely found among any other people. There is no room for despair. The Negro has long been the crown of the South and will be for many years to come. The new Negro is not on a man of brawn but also of brain. He is learning to apply brain to matters. While he has not learned thoroughly, the achievement accomplished is a conclusive sign of what the future may be. An ignorant, idle and vicious citizenship is being supplanted by one of culture, industry and refinement. The faithful minister, teachers and professional men of other callings have not laured in vain. The Negro press has seen a mighty power in developing things marvelous uplift of the race has been accomplished. The Negro is now a constructive element in the development of the country. The body politic is feeling the impulse this soul. In peace and in war in education and religion he is found in the best rank striving for the uplift of humanity. It was once thought by some that the Negro would not stand in the crisis. There is very little wavering on the part of the heroic leaders. In the men they are courageously but discreetly meeting the trying struggles of the war. There is a growing demand for called farm hands everywhere. The industrial schools for the Negro are turnaround by the score trained intelligent help. Wonderful possibilities are in these young men who come from those institutions designed for the training of the head, the heart and the hand. T. L. Jones in Am. Bapt. A Little Politics. The game of politics is now engaging education of the professional players as well as the little ones, who are not so adapt in the game. No speculation can at this time be indulged in either city or county politics—various combinations and very curious mixtupion of actions will be in evidence and mighty scramble will be on. The uncertain of the jointist in the stability of their institutions, the soreness now harbored against "The Ins" of both parties the future to live up to promises will be responsible for some surprises that will come early and late. building is now in order, on the point, but we want so say right here that there are some very thin boards being put on the fence rnd ten pennv nails will not hold them in position. Wyan- arde county, hopes to win and furnish the next congressman. Two well groam- ed speakers Hon.W.J. Buchan and Hon. Henry McGrew are being worked out on the track. Beth has exhilated much speed in very out" and real races—no odds can be put off. There is now and will be much cast- ing about for councilman in the different words of the city, although there is now Republican majority, with a democrat error strenuous efforts will be put forth the republicans to hold their own and democracy to gain more. Six months now will tell who are the best fence builders. THEY SAY Alas! how soon are we forgotten. Wonder what was the matter on lower Minnesota Thursday eve. Mr A. T. D. Kansas City's beau brunswell. That fascinating Mr. T. C. It is generally said that (Barber)—B. is "It". Wonder why some men say such naughty things about some people they know. What very dear friends women are to each other—when they are sleep though. It is a rather good idea to watch your friends for your enemies will take care of themselves. Wonder where the blue clothes was taking him Monday afternoon. There are some rumors of a wedding-real soom. There is a bachelor living in the Sea Fcam block. We are going to kill it at the Conference Sunday. All the fowls had a meeting this week owing to the fact that a good number of preachers would be in town. Williams & Walker lates hit 'Nobody' Can you see my heart beats for you. Have you been out to No. 5, lately No Captain, Ha! Ha! Hats! Hats! all the latest styles. Have you seen the Dressmakers on lower Minnesota Avenue. We believe he was whipping the devil around the stump when he went South on fourth street Monday. Its awful nice and what fun we have when wifey goes off on a vacation. He was seen on N. 3rd St. his business nobody knows, —Ha! Ha! She makes him believe that, she keeps a little corner in her heart for him—but from what we have seen—we say nit. He is very well pleased with married life. It's swell to wear brass button and a star—how popular with the —— Ha! Ha! Ha! Ain't it funny. Keep on strutting Mr. Chicken you don't know this is conference week. She said ne never told her that before they married. Wonder what makes South Main St., so popular with a good many upper crusts—18th, is popular too and 6th St. ain't bad—of corrse this is in K. C. Mo. PUBLICATION NOTICE. OF STANDOLE COUNTY KANASAS. Henry Jackson assignee Plaistiff. b. 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 after 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. 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 wonder- KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING, LOCALLY. Mr. Augustus Hinton of New Jersey ave. left for Nashville, Tenn., this week, to become an instructor in the scientific department of the Walden University. He will stop over for a few days at St. Louis, Mo. Mayor W. W. Rose made an address to the A. M. E. Conference, Wednesday night. It was a Methodist talk they say. Mr. Ed Stewart of Eureka Springs is among the guest of the West Side house for a few days. Emancipation celebration at Lark's Grove Today. The A. M. E. Conference will take in the Western University to day at Quindaro. Rev. R. J. Jackson, D.D. of the Metropolitan Baptist church of Memphis, Teenn., is in the city the guest of Rev. J. R. Wilson and other divines. He may doubtless locate in the West. Watch the Citizen every now and then drop a nickle in the slot—every little bit helps—See us grow.] Mr. E. S. Scott of 930 Oakland ave., after a serious illness of a short while died Monday of this week and was buried from the A. M. E. church, Thursday afternoon. Mr. Scott was a very industrious citizen and leaves a vacancy in the ranks of that class of citizens foremost in all that tends to make the race a people. Our deepest sympathy goes out to the little bereaved family. The colored schools all closed today that a celebration of the Emanclipation Proclamation at Larks Grove in Quindaro. The Adams—Carroll Minstrel aggregation at Argentine, Kans. on the 20th was a flattering success. Their next appearance will be at M. and O. Hall, in the near future. Joseph Adams and Cloud Carroll two of the best Theatical performers in the West, has accepted a position with Will Smith manager of the Carnival Co. one of the most noted Minstrels now traveling. Messrs Adams and Carroll left last Thursday night with this company and are likely to be gone two or three months we hope them grand success. While looking over the field for a man who is in every way suitable to fill the position of District Clerk we fell safe in saying that there is no better man in the country than Mr. Bert Cable should he make up his mind to make the race. The Baptist: State Convention will convene in coffeyville on the 3rd of October and will hold until the 9th. Mr. Bernice Gross formerly of this city but now of South McAester, Ind. Ter., is quite ill in that bury. Miss Melisson Donald is very low at the home of her sister Mrs. Davis on State Ave. Mrs. —Turner of Edgerton who has been quite ill for sometime passed away. Mrs. Frank Bush of 1000 N. 3rd St., who has been quite ill for two weeks we are glad to learn she is improving. Mrs. Lizzie Chinn of 740 New Jersey ave. is very sick. Mr. Ralph Newboat of Hannibal, Mo. who has spent two weeks in the city the guest of R. E. Jones of 426 Freeman av. has returned home. Mrs. Hatie Bynum of 47 Garfield ave. has returned from Marion Kansas where she spent six weeks with her parents. VERY STRANGE A peculiar trait of the Negro, is with what good grace he will give to the cause of Christianity in the course of a year raise thousands of dollars—The same Christian Negro will not give one cent toward the building of a Negro busines. Hundreds of boys and girls are being graduated for what? How many Negro business establishments are there in the two Kansas Cities that can employ ten Negro girls at comfortable wages or the same number of young men. If we can see straight there is as much religion in building enterprises and maintaining them as in building churches with the expenditure of thousands. If the white man did not furnish work for the Negro, he could not get the money for this Christian cause. The white man builds churches and fine ones too, but he does not do that at the exclusion of everything else. He always has an eye single to the welfare of his coming generation whom he knows must ere long be the men and women of the hour. Good Mr. Johnson. It is said that Mr. O. B. Johnson one of our veteran letter carriers (in fact the oldest in point of service) is so well liked on the route he has trumped for 18 years that even the dogs and all animals pets take kindly to him. Only to blow his whistle and the procession starts which increases at every turn on his route until he returns to the office when all disperse. The appearance of Mr. Johnson on his second delivery brings a repetition. It is a familiar sight three time a day to meet "J. B." followed by a goodly number of his patrons dogs all sizes and colors. It is said Mr. Johnson is a very bumane man, hence comes the attachment of the canines. NOTELETS It is presumed the City Hall will be heated by natural gas this winter—fortunate for the Janitress. There has been quite a gathering of Revs. D. D's and A. B. in our city this week, attending the Kansas A. M. E. conference. It is under consideration for the erection of a new hall to take place of the present M. and O. hall at 8th and Wash. If built it will be the largest hall in the city. Garlick and Rose a rather queer combination-no wonder a disturbing feeling exists. Pure water and less soup is the cry. It is remakable how closely the Negro element watch the meeting out of justice to their race in Police court of this city. It is said Judge Jno.T. Simms has aspirations to be county attorney from the folds of the republican party. For the first time in the history of Kansas City Kansas a Negro is janitor of the county court house. There are two Negro Real Estate firms in this city. A woman is janitress of the City Hall the first in its history. There are more Negroes engaged in the barber business than anything else in the city. Seven Negro lawyers have their shingle flapping in the breeze in our metropolis. It certainly seems like out of twelve big robust city aldermen—one might be a colored gentleman. The Negro schools are crowded. It is said there has been practically nothing done in the classes at the Jim crow High school the past two weeks. In the Court of Common Pleas of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Allen Walker, Plaintiff, vs Robert McCrie c. D. Shrader, Defendants Number 8093. To Robert McCrie and C. D. Shrader. You are hereby notified that the plaintiff aove named has brought suit and filed his petition against you, in the above 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 quiring your title to and in lot 46 in block 56 In Wyandotte city, or per record plaat thereof such other relief as set out in Plaintiff's petition and for cost herein expended. Allen Walker. By Chas W. Frye, Atty, for Plaintiff. SEAL. Attest: J. L. Beggs, Clerk. By F. L. Kenny, Deputy. First Pub. Sept, 8th. 1905. PUBLICATION NOTICE. In The Disrict Court of Wyndotte Kansas Katie Gillie 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 maiden name. Katie Fulcher, and for cost of suit Katie Gilmera plaintiff. I. F. Bradley atty. attest Wm. Needles clerk. First Pub. Aug. 18th 1905. 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-gelf. 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 Deiendant, 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 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY, STATE OF KANSAS, annie Johnson. ewis J. Johnson LEWIS J. JOHNSON GREETING.: You are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas by the above named Plaintiff. Fannie Johnson, whose petition is now on file in the office, and that you must as such defendant, answer the petition filed by the plaintiff on or before Thursday 22nd, day of June 1905, or the petition will be taken as true and judgment will be rendered accordingly against you, and adjudging you to pay the cost, of said suit and this suit is for the further purpose of devealing 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 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. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF WYAN- DOTTE COUNTY KANASAS. NOTICE. 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 6th day of September, the petition will be taken as ture and judgement will be rendered as prayed for. The plaintiff is seeking an absolute divorce, for ever desolving the bonds of matrimony now existing between the plaintiff and defendant 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. SEPT. 22, 1905. This Section CALL HERE 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, must, on or before the 31st day of July, 1905, answer the petition filed by the plaintiff in the above-mentioned action in said Court or the matter and things set forth in said petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered divorcing the plaintiff from the defendant, and awarding the plaintiff the custody of their only child. Charlie Rochester. By Green and Henderson attorneys for plaintiff. [st pub June 15th] 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 late of said county, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid. Dated the 21 day of March 1905. Now all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said letters, they shall be forever barred. CORVINE PATTERSON Executor of the last will and testament of Mary L. Gordon deceased. ```markdown ``` NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In the District Court of Wyandotte county State of Kansas. Mary Atkinson. Plaintiff. vs. J. B. Atkinson, Defendant. No. 18297 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 Kansa asking for an absolute divorce on the grounds of abandonment and desertion, and unless youdurnt, answer or otherwise object on or before the 30th day of January 1905, the allegations therein will be taken as true and upon further proof thereof judge ment will be rendered as prayed for in said petition. JOHNSON and TOOLE. Attys, for Plaintiff. Wm. Needles, Clerk. By D. C. McCombs, Deputy EXECUTOR'S STATE OF KANSAS IN THE 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, date 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 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. L. F. BRADLEY P. BRADLEY executor of the Last Will and Testament of Jane Redd Deceased. First my Vishakam IN the Probate Court in and for said County. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLARA WILLIAMS SLEDGE DECEASED Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesid estate, are hereby notified that at the next regular term of the Probate Court in and for said County, to be begun and held at the Probate Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte and State aforesaid on the first month 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 Decaeased. In Witness Whereof, the undersigned. Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte. 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. But He 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. FUBISHED WEEKLY at 1510 Norh 3rd Street KANSAS CITY KANSAS W. C. Martin Editor, Geo. A. Dudley, Publisher and Business Manager. Terms OF SubscriptioninAdvance. One Year,.....$1.00 ix Months,.....65 cents Three Months,.....40. c ne Month,.....15. c Advertising 25 cts. Per Inch First Insertion. A Standing Display 'Add' for 3 Months or longer 15c per inch, each insertion. Entered as second class matter December first, 1904 at the Post office at Kansas City, Kansas under the Act of congress of March rd. 1879." Grewsome Collection A French professor is the owner of a collection of 920 human heads, representing every known race of people. 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 and A. Gooden maufactor of Pop corn in ball and brick at 316 Oakland ave A Word To You. The lack of proper appreciation of the efforts of Negro newspapers make in an uphill business to maintain the standard of excellence desired by those in the business. Just why the race is so utterly slack, in giving to their own the proper patronage is one of the unsolved mysteries. Each day and week bring to us the warring of a being in behalf of our own salvation. It takes something beside wind to publish the most weakly of weeklies. If every Afro-American family would pledge themselves to stand by an organ buplished in their behalf, just one year, the results would be unbelieved we ask the 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 get your neighbors to do the same und watch the good results. Notice of Final Settlement. State of Kansas. County of Wyandott In the Probate Court in and forsaid County. In the Matter of the Estate of John R.Smith Deceased. Creditors and all other persons interested n the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified, that at the next regular term of the Probate Court in and for said County, to be begun and held at the Probate Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte and State aforesaid, on the first Monday in month of February. A. D. 1905. I shall apply to said Court for a full and final settlement of said estate. 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. "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 Disatch. TRUTH PROVED BY EXAMFLE. Storekeeper Certainly Lacked the Gift of Energy. William C. Greene, the copper magate, was talking to a young man about success. "The secret of success is enterprise, energy," said Col. Greene. "To be lazy, 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 lid resemble a tortoise a good deal. I sent a boy in to him one day with a pack mule to get five gallons of molasses. The boy told me afterward that when he entered the store Manners was dozing. The boy coughed and the man awoke and got up. He opened his mouth wide, and stood on tiptoe and stretched out his arms in a vast yawn. Then he said to the boy: "Wotcha want?' "Five gallons of molasses, Mr. Manners,' the boy spoke up, sharp and quick." "Wah-h-h-h,' yawned Manners again. Then as he took up the jug he grumbled: "Ain't there nobody what sells mallasses 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. The Foam on the Top. Don't snuggle conceit to your bosom, my boy, because you're on top of the wave. For here is a thought that might serve as alloy To the gold of the credit you crave: The best is not always at surface, my boy. And I think, if to notice you'll stop, You'll observe that the good to the bottom may run. But the foam always lingers on top. I would not discourage your zeal, my dear lad; It is best to keep working alway. But this funny old world often labels as bad The thing that is good in its day. In fact, I may say that it classifies wrong Some part of the great earthly crop. And I think you will note as you journey along That the foam often gets to the top. We will not mention names if you please, my dear youth. But look on the world as you go. See the men whom we place at the sum- truth. Then gaze on the mortals below. And I give you my word I'll have not- thing to teach. And this brief little anthem will stop, if you agree with the thing that I preach. The foam may be found on the top. —A. J. Waterhouse in Sunset Magazine. A Polite Discharge. James Rankin Young, the new superintendent of the Dead Letter office admires politeness. "It is possible," he said recently, "to be polite always. It is possible to be polite even when discharging a drunken coachman. I know that this is so, for I have seen the thing done. "A friend of mine found himself obliged last week to get rid of his coachman for drunkenness. He summoned the man into his presence, and discharged him with this polite speech: "I fear, Montgomery, that we must part. It has been impossible for me to avoid noticing that several times during the past month you have been—er—sober. Now, I don't believe that any man can attend properly to drinking if he has driven 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 witt 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 wail to give play to a witt 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' out?" The house was in a tumult of merriment in a moment, but it was the "angry father" himself, who ruined the situation, for he burst into immoderate laughter and the curtain fell in the middle of the act, to rise again upon an audience that could not repress its risibles for the rest of the evening. HE WANTED A MORTGAGE. Swede's Experience With a Deed Had Taught Him Caution. Halvor Steenerson, Congressman from Minnesota, tells a story of a Swede who went to that state from one of the Dakotas for the purpose of buying a farm. A land agent acted as guide and informant to the Swede, who eventually found what he wanted. When the time came to make out the necessary papers, the agent asked the Swede what method he preferred to adopt in making payments. "Ay pay all. Ay haf da money," replied the Swede. "Very well, then. I'll make out the deed," said the agent. "No!" suddenly exclaimed the Swede. "Ay no want deed!" "Why, yes, you do!" rejoined the agent, astonished. "You pay the money and you take a deed for the farm." "No, no!" earnestly asseverated the Swede. "Ay no want deed! Ay had deed oop in Dakota. Ay pay man da money. He gif me deed. Ay gif heem mortgage. Ay tak land. By en by he get land, he get deed, he haf da money. Dees time Ay want no deed; Ay want mortgage. Ay pay da money; you gif me mortgage!"—The Sunday Magazine. Getting Posted. "I would like to ask you a question if you don't mind," said the old man in the street car to the man on his right. "Go ahead, sir." "I should like to know the meaning of the term 'History repeats itself.' I come across it most every day. How does history repeat itself?" "That's easily answered," said the other. "For instance, if you should ask me what I thought of the weather I should tell you to go and be hanged to you. If we should meet a month hence and you asked me the same question over again my reply would be the same." "I think I see—I think I do," mused the old man, as he leaned back and crossed his feet. "Yes, I guess I understand, and I want to tell you that you are a durned mean jackass of a man and that history is going to repeat itself every blamed time I run across you for the next ten years to come."—Chicago News. A Gentle Thrust. James Jeffrey Roche, the new Consul to Genoa, was talking about a magazine editor. "This man," he said, "rejected some of the best of my early verse. He rejected some of the best verse of my friends. Why he is an editor I can't imagine. He certainly has no critical sense. "I indicated this to him one day. He had announced to me that he was going to get married. He had praised the lady of his choice ardently, declaring her to be a poem. "‘A poem,’ said I. "‘A poem,’ he repeated. "‘And still you do not reject her?’ I exclaimed." Winter. Soft as the plumes of sleep drifts down The white silence of the snow The bells that pierce 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 chickadees And keen, sweet song of winter wren. Of glowing days some magic word is warbled when the groebsebs sing; And in the moaning pipes is heard The whisper of returning spring W. B Raymond FUNERAL DIRECTOR. And, Embalmer The Very Best of Service, Fine Carriages For All Purpose. At All Hours. The Best Equiped White Enameled Ambulance For Sick and wounded On Short Notice. Charges. Reasonable Call At 431 Minnesota. Ave. Kansas City, Kansas. Notice. Nice Furrished ROOM AND BOARD AT At $3.25 per week e Corner of second and Delaware streets in Armourdale Kansas. And in a good location convenin o street car service. You will get best of treatment. MRS. E, L. SMITH PROPRIETRESS. KANSAS CITY SOAP CO. Are Manufactors of the Best Grades of Toilet & Wash ing Soaps. 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JOHNSON, Shampooing, Manicuring, Massage and Scalp Treatment. Students Crowd its Reading Room and Investigate Various Subjects. In the reading room of the British museum the desks are crowded with students all day long, and in addition to the books of reference some 20,000 in number, which fill the open shelves of the room, from 3,000 to 4,000 volumes are given out every day. Theology in a wide sense, including the Bible, biblical literature, church history, and works on the religious rites and ceremonies of all races and creeds, is easily at the head of the list, with about 300 volumes. Topography comes next, with about twenty fewer, and of these books on London amount to a quarter, books on English topography to another quarter, the other half being for the rest of the world. History and biography come next. English history being mostly in demand, and books on France and the French province second. Essays, criticisms and miscellaneous literature take the fourth place and are followed by fiction—not less than five years old—moral philosophy, poetry and the fine arts, the drama, law and philology, political economy and so on down to politics, mathematics and chemistry, which have about forty volumes apiece, and lastly works on naval and military subjects, which dom have more than three or four volumes each. 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 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 82,000 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. This form of engine has been developed to a marked extent in Europe, especially in Germany, and American and English engineers are just beginning to awake to the possibilities in this direction. According to one authority, "we may yet see steam engines and turbines sent to the scrap heap" —Philadelphia Ledger. A Little Bit. "Any news down my way?" repeated the farmer as he stopped his team and bit a chew off his plug. "Wall, I hit give ye a leeche bit, I guess. It haint earthquakes nor cyclones, but it does purty well for our place." "Well?" queried the tollgate man. "Wall, the news is that Jim Williams' wife's canary bird got out of the cage the other day, and she had to chase it more'n two hours to get it back." "That isn't much news." "Nope, I 'spose not; but I was savin' the best for the last." "And what is it?" "Why, a tin peddler come along and bet Joe Harkins that he could outump him, and Joe held his breath and jumped seven feet and won the bet and it's already settled that we are to run him for the Legislature next fall." Value of Study of Greek. President Hadley of Yale has lately declared that the old school college and university instructors who see great store upon Greek as a means of mental discipline and development were half right and half wrong. They were right, he says, in holding that hard work and precision of thought were more important by far than immediate utility or the student's natural interest in the subject studied. But they were wrong, President Hadley maintains, in supposing that Greek was necessarily more effective than other subjects of study can be made. Spirit Bridal. She sleeps within a sheltered, marbled close, Amid the quiet kin of yesterday. And all the murvel of her beauty's rose Has vanished quite away. "More trouble," sighed McNulty, putting on his coat. "If it ain't one thing it's another." "Not another lockout, I hope," said the partner of his sorrows. "No, it's worse than that," answered the alleged head of the house. "The boss has yielded and I've got to go to work again."—Chicago News. The Egotistical Lecturer. "Your address upon beauties of the Shinto religion did not seem to interest the audience," remarked one of the committee to the lecturer. the committee to the letter, "Yes, I was talking way above their heads," he said pompously. "There must have been some other reason. I was way up in the gallery and it went, over my head, even up there." More Converts Every Year Every day in every year that comes, more housewives are giving up their exhorbitant priced Baking Powders and turning to K C, the honest and reliable, which has stood so well the test of years. They are finding out that K C BAKING POWDER costs one-third the price of powder anywhere near K C quality, and makes better, purer, more healthful baking. 25 ounces for 25c. Send postal for "Book of Presents." JAQUES MFG. CO. Chicago, Ill. Bicycle Pad in England. In England there is a revival of the bicycle furor. Factories are working day and night and 2,000 machines are being turned out every twenty-four hours. With us, on the other hand, the craze for automobiles mounts higher and higher and has reached such a point that impecious persons are mortgaging their homes in order to procure them. The fact is that the average American doesn't enjoy physical exercise for its own sake, but he would prefer to do so by the strength or steam, or some other agency, rather than by the strength of his legs. Vigoritte. New Explosive. Vigorite, the new explosive of Professor Shulz and Engineer Gehre of Switzerland, is a nitrous compound which, united with saltpeter, has given results claimed to indicate a strength about ten times greater than that of any other explosive. In the open air it burns without exploding. It has the further advantages of being insensible to friction, shock of concussion, while it is not injured by wetting or by freezing. In Other Words. "Dough!" Uncle Jack—Didn't I send you money enough to get a complete skeleton? Valeton—No, sir; I'll have to have a few more bones before I can get a complete skeleton, sir. Could Get No Best Freeborn, Minn., Sept. 18th (Special)—Mr. R. E. Goward, a well-known man here is rejoicing in the relief from suffering he has obtained through using Dodd's Kidney Pills. His experience is well worth repeating, as it should point the road to health to many another in a similar condition. "I had an aggravating case of Kidney Trouble," says Mr. Goward, "that gave me no rest day or night but using a few boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills put new life in me and I feel like a new man. "I am happy to state I have received great and wonderful benefit from Dodd's Kidney Pills. I would heartily recommend all sufferers from Kidney Trouble to give Dodd's Kidney Pills a fair trial as I have every reason to believe it would never be regretted." Dodd's Kidney Pills make you feel like a new man or woman because they cure the Kidneys. Cured kidneys mean pure blood and pure blood means bounding health and energy in every part of the body. Estate of D. P. Morgan is robbed of $44,000 through forgeries committed by clerk of the estate at Morristown, N. J., who confesses he lost the money in playing the races. REMEDIES USED BY MILLIONS Truth About the Popular "Proprietary Medicines." The recent campaign against the use of proprietary medicines, conducted in the columns of The Ladies' Home Journal and Collier's Weekly, has evoked an answer from the Committee on Legislation of the Proprietary Association. The committee says: "In considering the question raised by recent attacks upon proprietary medicines, every reasonable man will admit that there is a wide and legitimate field for the manufacture and sale of medicines already prepared for general use and easily obtainable at all times and everywhere. tines and everywhere. As a matter of fact these medicines are not patented at all, and the popular use of the word 'patent' in connection with them is a misnomer. Any pharmacist will tell you that practically the only 'patent' medicines in use to-day are those which are manufactured either by foreign or domestic pharmaceutical houses, and which are now almost exclusively dispensed by physicians or designated by them in their prescriptions. "The medicines which are now the subject of wholesale attack by Mr. Bok and Editor Happgood are the old-fashioned family remedies properly described as 'proprietary medicines.' They are the favorite remedies among millions of people all over the country; and, notwithstanding the constant effort of some physicians to create prejudice against them, no one ever yet heard of any of the millions of users of such remedies asking for legislation or other action adverse to them." The wife of a man who parts his hair in the middle is reasonably sure to be the better two-thirds of the combine. Hitting the Other Colonels. "I see that Col. Watterson says that a first-class man cannot afford to go to Congress for $5,000 a year." "Pretty hard slap at the present Kentucky delegation, isn't it?" DISFIGURING HUMOR. Brushed Scales from Face Like Powder—Doctor Said Lady Would Be Disfigured for Life—Cuticura Works Wonders. "I suffered with eczema all over my body. My face was covered; my eyebrows came out. I had tried three doctors, but did not get any better. I then went to another doctor. He thought my face would be marked for life, but my brother-in-law told me to get Cuticura. I washed with Cuticura Soap, applied Cuticura Ointment, and took Cuticura Resolvent as directed. I could brush the scales off my face like powder. Now my face is just as clean as it ever was—Mrs. Emma White, 641 Cherrier Place, Camden, N. J., April 25, '05." Woman Suffrage Movement Victoria is the last of the Australian states to give full suffrage to women, New Zealand leading off in 1893. The municipal vote was given to women in England in 1869 and in 1881 it was extended to Scotland, and in 1898, with practically no opposition the women of Ireland were allowed to vote for all officers except those of parliament. Wyoming was the first state in America to give full suffrage to women, and her example led other states in proximity to offer it, but the right of franchise is confined to women in this part of the country. Father John. of Cronstadt. Father John of Cronstadt, who has such an extraordinary influence with the caar, is 86 years old. In personality he answers the description of the average Russian peasant, only in his case abstemiousness has wrought a refining effect on his features. He is short of stature, with a somewhat florid complexion, and his small, twinkling gray eyes have that furtive appearance characteristic of the Russian working class. In spite of his great age he is remarkably active and his long, brown hair is untouched with silver. Drawing the Line "I like to believe that all men are honest," said the moralizer. "Same here," rejoined the demoralizer; "still I always draw the line at taking the same patent medicine for liver complaint that I use for toothache no matter haw the label reads." HONEST PHYSICIAN. Works with Himself First. It is a mistake to assume that physicians are always skeptical as to the curative properties of anything else than drugs. Indeed, the best doctors are those who seek to heal with as little use of drugs as possible and by the use of correct food and drink. A physician writes from Calif. to tell how he made a well man of himself with Nature's remedy: "Before I came from Europe, where I was born," he says, "it was my custom to take coffee with milk (cafe au lait) with my morning meal, a small cup (cafe noir) after my dinner and two or three additional small, cups at my club during the evening. "In time nervous symptoms developed, with pains in the cardiac region, and accompanied by great depression of spirits, despondency—in brief, "the blues!" I at first tried medicines, but got no relief and at last realized that all my troubles were caused by coffee. I thereupon quit its use forthwith, substituting English Breakfast Tea. "The tea seemed to help me at first, but in time the old distressing symptoms returned, and I quit it also, and tried to use milk for my table beverage. This I was compelled however to abandon speedily, for, while it relieved the nervousness somewhat, it brought on constipation. Then by a happy inspiration I was led to try the Postum Food Coffee. This was some months ago and I still use it. I am no longer nervous, nor do I suffer from the pains about the heart, while my 'blues' have left me and life is bright to me once more. I know that leaving off coffee and using Postum healed me, and I make it a rule to advise my patients to use it." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. 'Ahere's a reason. Once he would gladly have put His lips to the glorious clay That had known the sweet touch of her foot. And once, on a halcyon day. She drank from a cup, and to him Came the thrill man has once and no more. When he pressed his glad lips to the rim Where her lips had touched it before. Once he was proud as he pressed His nose in the folds of her hair— But her love, in the end, she confessed She confided herself to his care! There once was a charm in her touch, But she seems to have lost it, some- how. And his language would frighten the Dutch When she uses his hairbrush now. —S. E. Kiser in Chicago Record-Herald. (Copyright, 1905, by Daily Story Pub, Co.) There was no doubt at all that Freda Williams owed everything to Dick Rogers. For seven years he had stood to her in the place of a parent, making a far more satisfactory one than her real happy-go-lucky father had ever done up to the time when he had shuffled off his life as easily as he had shuffled off most other obligations, leaving his only child to the care of his chum in misfortune. Dick at that time was twenty-three years old and Freda was twelve; Dick was poor as a church mouse, picking up a precarious living at space work on a New York newspaper, and Freda was absolutely penniless. It seemed a case the only solution of which was to put Freda in an orphan asylum or let her go to work. But Dick swore she should do neither. He had been fond of her father, chiefly because he had done so much for and received so little from him, and he made up his mind that Freda should have her chance in the world. It was easy to decide what this chance should be, as the child was a born actress, a mimic to her finger tips, and the possessor of many witching ways which Dick was sure would win her fame in due time if given proper chance for their display. But first she must be educated. Without this Dick felt sure she would be handicapped, so that even her native talent would not bring her to the fore. So off to school she went, while Dick turned himself into a galley slave to provide the wherewithal. At the end of the five years—hard years, when Dick was seldom certain of his dinner; years when his terror was that he might fall ill and be unable to keep up the payments that stood between Freda and utter want—he "struck it rich." First a novel and then a play of his made a great hit, bringing his copy into sudden demand. Book after book and play after play, written during past heart-breaking years only to be unanimously rejected by short-sighted managers and publishers, were dragged from the dust heap, brushed up and sold at increasingly profitable prices. In four years, from a poverty-stricken hack, Dick had become a famous author, comfortably fixed for life. Freda had reaped the benefit of this, of course. After one summer spent in California with a western schoolmate she had left school for good and was spending a year with a careful chaperone in a tour of Europe, designed to give a final breadth to her education before she took up the actual study of her profession in life. Meanwhile the years had had their influence on Dick no less than on the girl. As she had grown in grace, Dick had found it increasingly hard to maintain his brotherly pose. "Steady, old man!" he said to himself again and again. "This won't do. Freda is to be a great actress—and she will be one; there is no doubt of that—and you must not stand in her way. She likes you as an elder brother. Let her continue to do so until she has made her hit; then—then—" At this point Dick would J. W. H. A precarious living at space work on a New York newspaper. A precarious living at space work on a New York newspaper. lose himself in a reverie in which he meditated much on the question whether 21 and 32 could really be considered a disparity in years. He was wondering this one October afternoon when the postman brought him a letter with a Paris postmark. His heart leaped at the sight. Probably it would tell him on what steamer Freda would return, for the summer was over and the Americans abroad were preening themselves for their return to their native land. He broke the seal and road: "Dear brother Dick. I've got some wonder! news to tell you—you first of all—you who have been so good to the penniless little orphan thrown on your hands seven years ago. Dear Dick, I am to be married. Dear, darling Dick, I will be married before you get this letter. Dearest brother, I am to be married to-morrow. "Forgive me, Dick, for not waiting to hear from you, but there is no time. Tom—Tom Woodward, brother of my California friend Rita, you know—asked me last summer, and I refused him. But he came over here and asked me again, and—Dick, Dear Dick, I just couldn't refuse. Tom has Mason A mimic to her finger tips. only two weeks more to stay in Europe before we must both go back to California, and he wants so much to spend it in Switzerland with me, so that we may always have the memory to look back on. So, dear Dick, dear elder brother, we are to slip away to the American church here and be married to-morrow, and go to Geneva for a week; then come home. If you write at once, we will get your letter at the Embassy in London. "P. S.—Oh, yes, I had almost forgotten—my career! I regret it only because I'm sure you will. For myself—Tom will make up for everything." When Dick raised his eyes his face was very white. Without pausing to think he drew a sheet of paper before him and wrote: "You letter lies before me. It is exactly the sort of letter I might have expected from your father's daughter. Without faith, without gratitude, without even common decency, he never hesitated to sacrifice his best friends to his selfishness. You have followed worthily in his footsteps. For several years I have educated you, clothed you, fed you; many a day I have gone hungry that you might have money to throw away with your wealthy school companions; cold, wet, ragged, hungry, ill, day after day. I toiled that you might not suffer; that you might have your career. And this is my reward. For the sake of your two weeks with 'Tom' you forget everything—you can not do me even the poor courtesy of cabling your intentions before executing them. I hope I shall never see your face again." Dick stopped abruptly and stared into vacancy for a moment; then he laid aside what he had written and began anew: "Mrs. Thomas Howard: "Dear Madam—Your favor without date, telling me of your marriage, has been received. Permit me to extend my congratulations. I regret that I shall not have the honor of meeting your husband, on your return, as I am about leaving the city indefinitely." Again Dick paused and threw down his pen; then a softer expression came over his face and he again essayed: "Dear Freda—Your unexpected news started me, but, if the young man is worthy, it's all right. I shall immediately place ten thousand dollars to your account as a little wedding present. A wife is never the worse off for having a small income of her own. Brother. For the third time Dick paused and a malignant expression passed over his face. He laid the three letters before him and read them over again and again. At last with a sudden gesture he tore up two of them, signed his name to the one remaining, placed it in an envelope and without pausing to think, rushed out into the hall and slipped it into the mail chute. As it vanished from his sight he went slowly and despairingly back to his room. Which letter did he post? 900 DROPS CASTORIA A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS & CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SAMUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed Alc. Soyme Basil Salmon Anise Seed Peppermint Lilium Cordyline Mint Leaf Cinnamon Sugar Honeygreen Pearl A perfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. 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THE MKT MARKETING, LANDING & TRADE FURNITURE There ought to be a law whereby you could put some people under bond to keep away from you. 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. Love in a cottage is all right, but don't ask love to sit in a cozy corner if you expect him to stay. Hundreds of dealers say the extra quantity and superior quality of De flance Starch is fast taking place of all other brands. Others say they cannot sell any other starch. Our idea of a prominent citizen is one who does not want to be post- master. PISO'S CURE FOR CORES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS Best Condition Sugar. Must Use in time. Sold by druggist. CONSUMPTION Humour of the The Reckless Boy. Jerry Quigley, a west side newsboy, was in the habit of jumping on street cars and jumping off again while they were in rapid motion. It was in vain that he was warned against the practice. "Some day," the conductors used to tell him, "you'll do that once too often, and then you'll quit selling papers." The prediction, alas, came true! One morning he attracted the attention of a circus acrobat. 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Stutterton — Miss Bub-Bub-Brightley, will you bub-bub-bbe m-m my wuwhuher—that is, I lul-ul-love Miss Brightley—You must give me time to consider, Mr. Stutterton. In the meantime, perhaps, you will be able to say it. If you don't get the biggest and best it's your own fault. Defiance Starch is for sale everywhere and there is positively nothing to equal it in quality or quantity. Always Wanting More. It's possible for any one in this country to get enough to eat and to wear." "For any man, yes." "Yes, or for any woman." "Nonsense! No woman ever gets enough to wear." Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs. -W.M. O. ENDSLEY, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. Mrs. Whittier Lowell—in disobeying me, Emerson, you were doing wrong, and I am punishing you to impress it upon your mind. Emerson — Aren't you mistaken, mamma, in regard to the location of my mind? 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Write to Years From Constip w a well day—he had been constipated all his y 21, 1903, Mrs. Thompson asked us to suggest consulted—but he also failed to help the patient. Mull's C Mrs. Thompson first and sometimes thinks it Thompson has been treated Mr. Thompson promptly advises Tonic, because we know it and if your husband's case tising kind, promptly." A use mull's depilatory course sulted. He diagnosed the fully, but there was no pe Tonic and on September 3 "You will rem band's health. It is tipation, which he perfectly cured. He not thank you enou $12 cured him and good. It did all you Very respectful Mr. Thompson st PUTNAM FADELESS DYES Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any other dye. One 10c package colors silk, wool and cotton equally well and is guaranteed to give perfect results Ask dealer or we will send post paid at 10c a package. Write for free booklet—How to Dye, Elessach and Mix Colors. MONROE DRUG CO., Univille, Missouri Suffered 23 Years P Wilbert Thompson never knew a well day—he health failed rapidly and on January 21, 1903, Mr. recommended that a specialist be consulted—but Suffered 23 Years From Constipation and Stomach Trouble Wilbert Thompson never knew a well day—he had been constipated all his life—many doctors treated him, but all failed to even help him—his health failed rapidly and on January 21, 1903, Mrs. Thompson asked us to suggest a treatment for her husband. We thought the case too serious and recommended that a specialist be consulted—but he also failed to help the patient—NOW HE IS WELL. Mull's Grape Tonic Cured Him Mrs. Thompson first wrote us as follows: "My husband, aged 23, suffers from sharp pains in his stomach and sometimes thinks it is his heart. Let me know by return mail what causes the pain, if you can. Mr. Thompson has been treated by several doctors, but they have given him up." We promptly admitted that a first-class specialist be consulted. We quote: "We want to sell Mull's Grape Tonic, because we know it will cure constipation, you suggest a reliable specialist, not a stale, tiring kind, promptly." At the same time knowing that Mull's Grape Tonic could be harmful, we advised its use until a physician could be consulted. January 25th, Mrs. Thompson wrote that a physician had been合 fully, but there was no perceptible improvement in Mr. Thompson's health. Then he began taking Mull's Grape Tonic and on September 3, 1903, we received the following letter from Mrs. Thompson: "You will remember that I wrote to you last January in regard to my husband's health. It is four months since he quit taking Mull's Grape Tonic for constipation, which he suffered from since birth. He took just 24 bottles of it and is not thank you enough for Mull's Grape Tonic. 'It is worth its weight in gold.' Just good. It did all you claimed it would." Very respectfully youre, MRS. W. H. THOMPSON, 801 Main St., Peoria, Ill. MR. and MRS. WILBERT THOMPSON, 801 Main St., Peoria, Ill. MULL'S GRAPE TONIC CURED HIM. BULL'S GRAPE TONIC unless it has a The $1.00 bottle contains nearly three times CAUTION: Do not accept MULL'S GRAPE The $1.00 bottle contains nearly three times as much as the 50 cent size. U. S. SENATOR TOWNE Credits Doan's Kidney Pills with a Gratifying Cure. Hon. Charles A. Towne, ex-U. S. Senator from Minnesota, brilliant orator, clever business man, brainy lawyer, whose national prominence made him a formidable candidate for the presidential nomination in 1904, writes us the following: Gentlemen: I am glad to endorse Doan's Kidney Pills. The remedy was recommended to me a few months ago when I was feeling miserable; had severe pains in the back; was restless, and lan- Gentlemen: I am glad to endorse Doan's Kidney Pills. The remedy was recommended to me a few months ago when I was feeling miserable; had severe pains in the back; was restless and unguid; had a dull headache and neuralgic pains in the limbs and was otherwise distressed. A few boxes of the pills effectually routed my aliment and I am glad to acknowledge the benefit I derived. (Signed) CHARLES A. TOWNE. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers. Price, 50 cents per box. The Bright Side. "So you're a veteran of the rebellion?" said the young man, admiringly "The war clouds were thick about you when you were a youth, weren't they?" "Yes," replied the veteran, as he indorsed the pension voucher he wished to have cashed; but they all had their silver lining." The One Thing Citiman—Didn't you suburbanites grow anything in your gardens this year? Subbubs—Well, there was one thing that we all grew, but that was early in the season. Citiman—What was that? Subbubs—Tired. COOD BLOOD FOR BAD Rheumatism and Other Blood Diseases are Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. "In the lead miles I was at work on my knees with my elbows pressed against rock walls, in dampness and extremes of cold," said Mr. J. G. Meukel, of 2975 Jackson avenue, Dubuque, Iowa, in describing his experience to a reporter, "and it is not surprising that I contracted rheumatism. For three years I had attacks affecting the joints of my ankles, knees and elbows. My ankles and knees became so swollen I could scarcely walk on uneven ground and a little pressure from a stone under my feet would cause me so much pain that I would nearly sink down. I was often obliged to lie in bed for several days at a time. My friends who were similarly troubled were getting no relief from虏noble and did not feel encouraged to throw money away for nothing. By chance I read the story of Robert Yates, of the Klauer Manufacturing Company, who had a very bad case of rheumatism. I decided to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, the remedy he had used. In three or four weeks after beginning to use the pills, I was much better and in three months I was well. The swelling of the joints and the tenderness disappeared, I could work steadily and for eight years I have had no return of the trouble. My whole family believe in Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Both my sous use them. We consider them a household remedy that we are sure about." What Dr. Williams' Pink Pills did for Mr. Muelk they are doing for hundreds of others. Every dose sends galloping through the veins, pure, strong, rich, red blood that strikes straight at the cause of all ill health. The new blood restores regularity, and braces all the organs for their special tasks. Get the genuine Dr. Williams' Pink Pills at your druggists' or direct from the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.Y. Knicker—Was he an enthusiastic golfer? Bocker—Yes, he had his tombstone inscribed. "Made his last hole." CONSTIPATION Stomach Troubles, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Blood Poison, Skin Diseases, Sores, Sudden Bowel Trouble, Diarrhea, Cholera, Etc. No one whose bowels are healthy and active contracts these diseases and check diarrhea and you are liable to fatal ably they are the result of Constipation makes you worse which means decayed. There is only one right Mull's Grape Tonic Cured Him Mrs. Thompson first wrote us as follows: "My husband, aged 23, suffers from sharp pain in his stomach and Thompson has been treated by several doctors, but they have given him up." You can read the full story at www.mrsthompson.com. Tonic, because we know it will cure comorbidity as specialist be consulted. We quote: "We want to sell Mull's Grape Tonic and if your husband's case is as serious as you state, we will use a bottle no is object to us when a human life is at stake, and if it is as serious as you state, we will use a bottle promptly. At the same time knowing that Mull's Grape Tonic could do no harm, we advised it used until a promptly known January 35th, Mrs. Thompson wrote that a physician had been consulted, but there was no perceptible improvement in Mr. Thompson and dyspepsia. His treatment was followed faithfully and on September 3, 1963, we received the following letter from Mrs. Thompson. "You will remember that I wrote to you last January in regard to my husband's health. It is four months since he quit taking Mull's Grape Tonic for concomitely cured, which he suffered from since birth. He took just 24 bottles of it and is not thank you enough for Mull's Grape Tonic. 'It is worth its weight in gold.' Just $12 cured him and he has spent hundreds of dollars with doctors who did him good. It did all you claimed it would." Very respectfully yours, MRS. W. H. THOMPSON, 801 Main St., Poorla, Ill. Mr. Thompson stopped taking Mull's Grape Tonic in June, 1963. He has been completely cured and has permanent medicine since that date. Over two years and no return of the disease, should prove a IT WILL CURE YOU—BEGIN TO-DAY Didn't Follow Instructions. UP Against the Horses. From Reports. Preparing for the Wedding. Helping Him. Always Wanting More. After the Spanking Here is Relief for Women ach and Bowel cleanses the Blood and makes the intestines feeds the starved condition and brings life, nothing else will. course and that is to treat the cause. We live and strengthen the bowels and intestines. We will prove that we feed the needed blood and grape Tonic cures Constipation and all these terrible Stomach WRITE FOR THIS FREE BOTTLE TO-DAY Good for alling children and nursing mothers. Tumors Conquered Without Operations Unqualified Success of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in Cases of Mrs. Fox and Miss Adams. Fannie Fox Miss Luella Adams PILES: NO MONEY TILL CURED·SEND FOR FREE ILLUSTRATION·TREATMENT OR RETAIL DR. THORNSTON & MIMOR·100 ST. OAK ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. (212) 555-2222 AT LOUGHSIDE AVE. *a coupon to Mull's Grape Tonic Co. 148 3rd Ave, Rock Island, Il. and receive a Mull's Grapeurgist for a free bottle of Mull's Grape Tonic, Blood and Constipation Cream.* One of the greatest triumphs of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the conquering of woman's dread enemy, Tumor. So-called "wandering palms" may come from its early stages, or the presence of danger may be made manifest by excessive menstruation accompanied by unusual pain extending from the ovaries down the groin and thighs. If you have mysterious palms, if there are indications of inflammation ulceration or displacement, don't wait for time to confirm your fears and go through the horrors of a hospital operation; secure Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound right away and begin its use and write Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn, Mass., for advice. Read these strong letters from grateful women who have been cured: I am in charge of (rs. Doctor). "In looking at your book I know you medicine cures Tumor of the Uterus. I have been to a doctor and he tells me I have a tumor. I will be more than grateful if you help me, as I do so dread an operation." —Fannie D. Fox, C 7 Chestnut St, Bradford, Pa. Dear Mrs. Pinkham: (Second Letter.) "I take the liberty to congratulate you on the success I have had with your wonderful man." "I eighteen months ago my monthlies stopped. Shortly after I felt so badly I submitted to a thorough examination by a physician, and was told that I had a tumor on the uterus and would have to undergo an operation. I soon read after one of your advertisement decided to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. After taking five bottles as directed, the tumor is entirely gone. I have again been examined Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound The 1,2,3 of it. This is A-VERY Good Wagon. In Material, Finish and Work- manship, is unequalled. Farmers Want Mainly Three Things. 1. A well finished and an honestly built wagon. 2. To be strong for its weight and well proportioned. 3. To run easily and run a long while. The Wagons Our Fathers Used were not full of "new things" but How They Did Lead. Our Wagons are after this order, in appro- priate models, one and two horses and of all sizes. Ask for Free Catalogue. Full line of Planters, Culti- tators, Engineers, Threshers, etc. Avery Manufacturing Co., 862 Iowa St., Peoria, Ill. W. N. U., KANSAS CITY, NO. 38, 1905, by the physician and he says I have no signs of a tumor now. It has also brought my months around once more; and I am entirely well. I shall never without a bottle of Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in the house."—Fannie D. Fox, Bradford, Pa. Another Case of Tumor Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— "About three years ago I had intense pain in my stomach cramps and raging headaches. The doctor declared for me, but finding that I did not get any better to examined me and, to my surprise, declared I had a tumor in the uterus. "I felt sure that it meant my death warrants, and was very disheartened. I spent hundreds of dollars in doctoring, but the tumor kept growing, till the doctor said that nothing but an operation would save me. Fortunately an operation would help with my routine in the New England, and States, who advised me to try Pinkham's Vegetable Compound before submitting to an operation, and I at once started taking a regular treatment, finding to my great relief that my general health began to improve, and after three months I noticed that the tumor had reduced in size. I kept it on the compound, and in ten months it had entirely disappeared. I operated, and using no medicine but Lyne E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and words fail to express how grateful I am for the good it has done me."—Miss Luella Adams, Colonade hotel, Seattle, Wash. 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