The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. The Oldest Negro Paper devoted to the Race in this Section IBERAL COMMISSION PAID RELIABLE AGENTS FOR THIS PAPER CALL HERE industrial Training of the Many have thought that industrial training was meant to make the Negro work, much as he worked during the days of slavery. This is far from right. This trailing has any value for the Negro, as it has for the white man, it must insist in teaching the Negro how to make the forces of nature, air, water, three-power, steam and electric power, work for him, how to lift labor up out of detail and drudgery into that which is signified, and beautiful. The Negro in the South works, and he works hard, but his lack of skill; coupled with ignorance, causes him to do work in the most easily manner, and this has kept him near the bottom of the ladder in the business world. Industrial education teaches the Negro how not to drudge in his work. Let him who doubts this, contrast the Negro in the South toiling through a field of oats with an old-fashioned reamer, with the white man on a modern farm, sitting upon a modern behind with spirited horses, using a machine that cuts and binds the oats at the same time, doing four times as much work as the black man with one half the labor. Let us give the black man so much skill and brains that he can eat oats like the white man, then can compete with him. The Negro grows in cotton and has no trouble so as his labor is confined to the lower arms of work, the planting, the picking and the ginning. But when the Negro attempts to follow the bale of cotton up through the higher stages, through the full where it is made into the finer fabrics, where the larger profits appears, he told that he is not wanted. The Negro work in wood and iron; no one objects so long as he confines his work to the folling of trees, and sawing of boards the digging of ore and making of iron. But when the Negro attempts to follow his tree into the factory where it made into desks and chairs, or where it made to follow the pig-iron into the factory where it is made into knife-sides and watch springs the Negro's handle begins. And what is the objection? Simply put the Negro lacks the skill, coupled with brains necessary to compete with the white man, or that when white men must be work with colored men, enough skilled and educated colored men cannot found to superintend and man every part of one large industry, and hence separate constantly barred out. There would be a more vital and practical connection between the Negro's educated men and his opportunity to earn his own bread. -Searchlight, Seattle, W. From official reports there appears to about 19,000 farm owners in the state of South Carolina of both races and about 55 per cent of the farms are operated by Negroes. Paul Jones, a Negro resident of Mansfield Texas, because he dared speak in defamation of a recent burning of a Negro Waxahachie was given one hundred lashes on his bare back, the Texas German says: by the "best citizens" an order was ordered to haunt town. —Ex. PATTERSON & GAYDEN Dealers In- Hard and Soft Coal, Wood. Vault & Cesspool Cleaning Cisterns Filled Tel. 215 West. 527 STATE AVE. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE STATE OF KANSAS IN THE PROBAT COURT IN AND SEFOR SAID COUNTY matter of the Estate of { Bess Reed, Deceased. ▶ Justice is hereby given that Letters Testament have been granted to the undersigned in the Last Will and Testament of Bess, late, of said County, deceased the Honorable, the Probate Court of the state and state aforesaid, the 6th day of January A. D. 1955. Nop, all persons have against the said Estate, are hereby undersigned for allowance within one month that they must present the same to be precluded for allowance from the date of said Letters, or they be precluded from any beef of such meat, and that if three claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of Letters they shall be forever barred. L. E. Bess. L. F. BRADLEY Director of the Last Will and Testament of Jane Redd Deceased. First published Feb. 11th 1905, Wonder was it really an Association meeting of more than two. Who was it? Wonder whats the matter with the King of the Slums. If night only had eyes Ha! Ha! Ha! The wedding is still on docket. What about it anyhow. There is still one sly old fox. Those dreary eyes they haunt him yet He often lingers in the shade of the lone elm tree. She did not materialize at the Whist club on Garfield ave. After all-money is it. The chicanery of women is fearful. Happy Hooligan he was indeed. He wears the grey and is "it" strictly. Wednesday, there were heard a soft and mellow voice on the Boulevard-we will not say where-Ha! Ha! The latest in fall and winter millinery in the Sea Foam block. Boys whose the entertainer at No. 5. The Dressmaker on lower Minn. ave. is up to date. Lower Minnesota ave., has some new comers. The King of the slums is now master of the trucks. The Canine King has few followers. Barber has paid the slums one visit. She is gone so there'll be no fuss. The Barber under the old elm tree will presume duties this week. Ain't the barber and dressmaker no more. Not Social Equality But Simple Justice. Mandamus proceeding were brought in the Supreme Court of Kansas by Mr. Balic P. Wagener and Col. Jos. D. Waters two eminent lawyers of the West, for Miss Mamie Richardson a pupil of the High School backed by the Mens Sunday Forum of this city and the entire Negro population in general. On Nov. 7th the School board of this city and Superintendent of the high school are cited to appear before the Supreme Court and show reasons why the Negro pupils of the high school be forced to attend the Jim Crow high school. It was claimed that equal facilities would be accorded in the separation, but instead, at present the Negroes are given three rooms in the magnificent building from 1 till 5 o'clock in the evening—the rest of the building is locked up, including the library and labory, we are told The Negroes all over the country are watching the result of the fight in bleeding Kansas, the mecca of all liberty loving people. In an effort to mould public sentiment it is said the Negro seeks social equality, but not so, common decency and justice is all that the most loyal citizens of this country want. PUBLICATION NOTICE. oF WYANDOTTE COUNTY KANSAS. Henry Jrockson assignee Plaintiff. 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 $50,00, with interest thereon at the rate of 10 per cent per annum on 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. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING. LOCALLY. Kev. E. B. Jackson pastor of the Jerusalem Baptist church was among our callers this week and made us rejoice by paying his subscription. Mr. and Mrs. L. Wesley of Cleveland, Ohio, are in the city the guest of Mrs. Thomas Johnson, 322 Oakland ave. Miss Alice Anderson of 736 New Jersey who has been very ill for two weeks is improving. Mr. John Wilson of 1711 N. 8th street died the past week at the Soldiers home at Leavenworth, Kans. Mrs. Lizzie Davis formerly of this city, now of Minneapolis, Minn.. is in the city visiting her relatives. Mrs. Susan Bryant of 402 Freeman ave., is uery ill this week. Mrs. Cordia Dysart of Atchison, Kas. is in the c y the guest of Mrs. G. W. Gant of 443 Oakland ave. . . Mrs. Effie Massey and Miss Pearl Johnson of Springfield, Mo. spent a few days in the city last week the guest of Mrs. C. Tinnell of 1415 N. 4th St. The many friends of Mrs. Pearl Duvall who has been stopping in the city for sometime will be sorry to learn that she is sick at her old home in Quindaro. Mrs. Minnie Arnold of Freeman ave., is sojourneying in Butler, Mo. Mrs. Anna Hubbard of State ave., has returned from a trip "In old Missouri." Mr. Ambrose Dudley of N. 8th street who has been afflicted for sometime remains but very little unchanged. Mrs Taylor of 320 State ave., serves luncheen today in honor of Mrs. Sidney Taylor of Louisville, Ky. mother of Mrs. Lulu Johnson. Miss Virginia Gerren of 1151 Ann av., who has been visiting in Colo. Springs, has returned home quite ill and is still confined to her bed. Why not send us your news in or let us know and we will come after it. Miss Vinita Teavault and Jessie Porter entertained a few of their friends last Saturday afternoon in honor of her 12th birthday anniversary at her residence at 415 Oakland ave. Mr. S. B. Chase, of 1118 Freeman av. is on the sick list this week. Harry Brewer of Redland, I. T., who spent afew days with his sister Mrs. Mary Brewer, of Needler, Kansas, past through the city today on his way home. Mrs. Lena Downs of 422 Haskell ave., entertained the sewing circle Thursday. Mrs. Catherine Weeden of 1619 N. 6th street is quite ill this week. Mr. C. McAfee near 10th and Walker street is indisposed this week. Mrs. James Edmond of 432 Freeman ave. has returned from St. Paul, Minn., visiting her brother Mr. Wm. Taylor. The infant son of Dr. and Mrs. Thompson of 1321 N. 8th St. is quite ill. Rev. T. J. Moppius, left this week for Hopkinsville, Ky. where he will assume the C. M. E. church of that city. Rev. A. M. Ward and Wm. P.ice, left this week for Higginsville, Mo. and from there they will attend the Missouri A. M. E. Conference. Miss Lucy Davis of 622 Cottage Lane spent a few hours on this side of the Kaw this week. NOW IS the time to Subscribe For the Weekly American Citizen. 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. 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, for cost, and for other relief such as the nature of Plaintiff case demands. Mary Darkis. Chas. w. Frye. attorney First Published April 28th 1905. As You Go Along. Be helpful, be sociable, be unseifish, be generous, be a good listener, never worry or whine, study the art of pleasing, be frank, open and truthful, always be ready to lend a hand, be kind and polite to ove.ybody be self-confident, but not consented, never monopolize the conversation, take a genuine interest in other people, always look on the bright side of things, take pains to remember the names and faces, never criticise or say unkind things of others, look for the good in others, not for their faults, cultivate health and thua radiate strength and courage, forget and forgive injuries, out never forget benefits rejoice as genuinely in another success as in your own, always be considerate or he rights and feelings of other, have a good time, but never let fun degenerate inty license, learn to control yourself under the most trying circumstances, have a kind word and a obserp encouraging smile for everyone, be respectful to women and chivalrous in your attitude toward them, meet trouble like a man and cheerfully endure what you can't cure, believe in the brotherhood of man and recognize no class disinhibitions. LET SOMETHING G OD BE SAID. When over the fair frame of friends or foe The shadow of grace shall fall instead Of words of blame of proof thus and so Let something good be said. Forget not that no fellow being yet May fall so lew but love by lifts his head; Even the cheek of shame with tears is wet If something good be said. No generously heart may vainly turn aside. In ways of sympathy; no soul so dead But may awaken strong and glorified If something good be said. And so I change ye, by the thorny crown And by the cross on which the Savior bled And by your own souls hope of far renown Let something good be said. PUBLICATION NOTCIE. In the District Court of Wyandotte county Kansas. Sarah Hall. Plaintiff, vs. Henry Hall. Defendant. To the above named defendant: you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court, by the above plaintiff, and unless you appear and answer on or before the 25th day of November A. D. 1905, the petition will be taken as true, and a judgment rendered theon, the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and divorcing plaintiff and awarding to her, her maiden name, Sarah Everett, and for cost of this suit. I. F. BRADLEY, Atty. for Plaintiff. Attest: Wn. Needies, Clerk. 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, ninst, on or before the 31st day of July, 1905, answer the petition filed by the plain- tiff 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 plain- tiff the custody of their only child. Charlie Rochester. By Green and Henderson attorneys for plain... EXECUTORS NOTICE STATE OF KANSAS. WYANDOTTE COUNTY. IN THE PROBATE COURT OF SAID COUNTY In the matter of the Estate of Mary L. Gordon Deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters testamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the last will and testament of Mary L. Gordon late of said county, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid Dated the 21 day of March 1905. Now all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate: and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said letters, they shall be forever barred. CORVINE PATTerson Executor of the last will and testament of Mary L. Gordon deceased. NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In the District Court of Wyandotte county State of Kansas. 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 object on or before the 30th day of January 1905, the allegations therein will be taken as true and upon further proof thereof judge will be rendered as prayed for in said petition. JOHNSON and TOOLE. In the Court of Common Pleas of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Allen Walker, Plaintiff. vs Robert McCrie C. D. Shrader. Defendants Number 6073. To Robert McCrie and C. D. Shrader. You are hereby notified that the plaintiff above 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 rendered against you as follows: First- A personal judgement against you quieting your title to and in lot 46 in block 50 in Wyandotte city, or per record plat thereof such other relief as set out in Plaintiff's petition and for cost herein expended. Allen Walker. By Chas. W. Frye, Atty. for Plaintiff. SEAL. Attest: L. J. Beggs, Clerk. By F. L. Kenny, Deputy. First Pub. Sept. 8th. 1905. PUBLICATION NOTICE Jackson Gilmore Defeedant 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 somewill 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 Gilmore plaintiff. I. F. Bradley atty. attest Wm. Needles clerk. First Pub. Aug. 18th 1905. Reaching one of the committee hall and: "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. Notice of Final Settlement State of Kansas } In the Probate Court in and for County of Wyadotte said County. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLARA WILLIAMS SLEDGE DECEASED Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified that at the next regular meeting the Probate Court in and for said County, to be began and held at the Probate Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyadotte 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 Decessed. In Witness Whereof, the undersigned, Pro- bate Judge in and for the County of Wyom- dotte, State of Kansas, have set my hand, and fixed the seal of the Probate Court this 20th Day of January A. D. 1906 Winfield Freeman Probate Judge OCT. 13, 1:05 HIS IDEA OF A GENTLEMAN. Cardinal Newman's Estimate Is Well Worthy the Attention of All. Nortify the Attention of All. Cardinal Newman's definition of a gentleman has probably never been surpassed. Here it is: "It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say he is one who never inflicts pain. He has his eyes on all his company; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant and merciful toward the absurd; he can recollect to whom he is speaking; he guards against unseasonable allusions or topics which may irritate; he is seldom prominent in conversation and never wearisome. "He makes light of favors while he does them and seems to be receiving when he is conferring. He never speaks of himself except when compelled, never defends himself by mere retort; he has no care for slander or gossip, is scrupulous in imputing motives to those who interfere with him and interprets everything for the best. He is never mean or little in his disputes, never takes unfair advantage, never mistakes personalities or sharp sayings for arguments or insinulates evil which he dare not say out." HOW TO OPEN A BOOK. Right and Wrong Way in This as There Is in Everything. Many people, when they first come into possession of a new book, are apt to spoil the back by not knowing how to open the book properly. Here are a few hints as to the best way of opening a volume. It should be held with its back on a table, the front board cover should be let down, the leaves being held in one hand. Next, the other board cover should be let down. Following this operation, a few leaves should be opened at the back, then a few at the front, and soon, alternately opening back and front, gently pressing open the sections till the center of the volume is reached. The best results will be obtained if this is done two or three times. If the book is violently or carelessly opened in any one place, the back will very likely be broken.—Pearson's Weekly. The Song of the Plains. No harp have I for the singing, nor finger dance desired for skill. Nor ever shall I sing, the song that is in my heart. A saga, swept from the distant horizon beyond the hill. Singing of life and endurance, and bidding me bear my part. For this is song, as I sing it, the song of the steady tramp in the furrow, the grind of the gleaming steel. An anthem sung to the noonday, a chant of the open West. Echoling deep in spirit to gladden and help and heal. And this is Life, as I read it, and life in its fairest form. To breathe the wind on the ranges, the scent of the upturned sod. To stride, and strive, and be thankful, to weather the dime and storm. Pendulous on the waivers, the destiny planned by God. And no reward do I ask for, save only to work and wait. To praise the God of my fathers, to labor beneath his sky. To dwell alone in his greatness, to strike the earth with the sword. Silent, and strong, and contented—the limitless plains and I. —H. H. Bashford in the Spectator. Whenever a new typewriter girl is employed in one of the departments she names the machine and it is purchased for her. AN ABSENT MINDED ARTIST. Remarkable Act of Aberration Credited to Edward L. Henry. Edward L. Henry, the Academician, is considerably over sixty years old, but his youthful smooth face, aside from his gray hair, has deceived many persons. He is an inverteate joker, and also exceedingly absent minded. This is an actual experience he had at the Century club not long ago. It was a reception, and Mr. Henry was very busy talking to a fellow artist, when something irritated his ankle. He stooped down, lifted the edge of the bottom of one of the other man's trouser legs, calmly scratched the other man's ankle just above the patent leather tie, and replacing the garment, went on talking, wholly oblivious of his action and apparently perfectly satisfied. Time of Stopping a Train. At a recent convention of airbrake men an interesting report was presented showing how the distance required for the stopping of trains had been reduced by the new high-speed brake. A train running eighty miles an hour was stopped in 2,240 feet by the high-speed brake at 110 pounds, where ordinary pressure of seventy pounds took exactly half a mile to bring it to a stand. Other train speeds and reductions in stopping distances were these: Fifty miles an hour, from 840 to 700 feet; fifty-five miles, 1,030 feet; sixty-five miles, 1,635 to 1,300 feet; seventy miles, 2,010 to 1,530 feet; seventy-five miles, 2,295 to 1,400 feet. The Oldest Negro Journal Published Weekly in this part of the Country. PUBLISHED WEEKLY at 1510 Norh 3rd Street KANSAS CITY KANSAS W. C. Martin Editor, Geo. A. Dudley, Publisher and Business Manager. Terms OF Subscription in Advance. One Year, $1.00 1x Months, 65 cents Three Months,' 40. c One Month, 15. c Advertisinging 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." Selects Wife's Toilets. It is a common thing in Paris for a man to accompany his wife to the dressmaker's. The young wife who has known no gayer attire than the coming-out gown of the jesie fille needs careful advice as to her toilets, and her husband, if he be a certain type of man of the world, knows how to give it. Japanese Swords Best. The sword makers of Toledo and Damascus have been reputed to be the world's most famous artisans in this industry, but in Japan the swordsmiths turn out weapons whose blades are fully as green and as hard and composed of metal of as fine quality as those of the old swordsmiths. Superstitious Criminals. All criminals are great believers in dreams. Some time ago, at Manchester, a daring thief awaiting trial told a warden he had dreamed that he had seen a rainbow. From this he deduced that he would be acquitted at his trial. To everyone's surprise he was. Hunting in Japan. The Japanese, always keen 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 gs*. 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. BEWARE THE EASY SHELTER. Refuge There an Important Step Toward Old Age. Years are but a fool's measure for youth, which is divine; they bring caution more often than wisdom, and a certain belief in the unreality of joy. A man is quickly disillusioned, which commonly means that he has set up his own idea of what things should be by the side of what things are, and sulks forever at the result. He then commits the folly of becoming old, and prefers existence to life. He clambers into one or other of the many shelters that line the way, curls up within and smiles pityingly at the young of all ages pressing on to some end, no matter what, alive to the beauty of the sky and the clouds and the birds and the trees, alive even to the beauty to be seen in one another, breathing deeply of the air of strength, living and loving and beloved, until at last they are made one with nature. But the heart, like the liver, grows torpid without exercise; a gradual decay comes to the man in the shelter, a decay from which he is released, much against his will, by death. There are too many shelters.—Hugh de Selin court. LITTLE POKER AT WASHINGTON. Stories of Big Games Must Be Taken With Allowances. It was formerly quite the thing to tell stories about big poker games among the members of Congress. Much was said about the "Senatorial game," "millionaires' game" and the "Congressional game," and always we heard about great bunches of money changing hands, bluffs as high as the banks of the Mississippi, and all sorts of stories. Frequently the senator, representative, diplomat or rich man was named and the winnings or losses told with as much gusto as if they had really hapened. There were some pleasant poker games in days gone by, and occasionally some wonderful plays, but one night, with a few interesting incidents, furnished material for a month of stories. Some of those who figured in the poker stories became annoyed at the notoriety they gained and abandoned poker entirely. For many years now there has not been enough poker in the capital to hang a story on. TRUTH PROVED BY EXAMPLE. Storekeeper Certainly Lacked the Gift of Energy. William C. Greene, the copper magistrate, was talking to a young man about success. "The secret of success is enterprise, energy," said Col. Greene. "To be lazy, to stick always in the same old rut, that is how to make a wretched failure of your life. "I went West when I was 17, and after a spell of contracting and prospecting about Prescott, I farmed a bit in the San Pedro Valley. There was a storekeeper I used to buy my supplies from at that time who was a failure of the first water. This man's lack of enterprise was so great that people used to bring their children from miles around to study him. He was valuable as a horrible example. "There,' they would say to the youngsters, 'take warning by Manners. He is a failure. He has no enterprise. Don't grow up like him. He resembles a tortoise, doesn't he?" "Poor Manners in his sluggishness did resemble a tortoise a good deal. I sent a boy in to him one day with a pack mule to get five gallons of molasses. The boy told me afterward that when he entered the store Manners was dozing. The boy coughed and the man awoke and got up. He opened his mouth wide, and stood on tiptoe and stretched out his arms in a vast yawn. Then he said to the boy: "Wotcha want?" "Five gallons of molasses. Mr. Manners,' the boy spoke up, sharp and quick. "Wah-h-h-h,' yawncd Manners again. Then as he took up the jug he grumbled: "Ain't there nobody what sells molasses in this here town but me?" PLEASURE OF EASTERN WOMEN. Their Main Occupation the Diversions of the Toilet. An eastern lady of high degree spends an amount of time over her toilet that would quite astonish the most fashionable society lady. First she has her hair dressed by her maid, who, after anointing the long, silky black locks with a little oil, made from aloe wood or cocoanut, arranges it simply in a long, smooth plait, low on the nape of the neck, and decorated either with gold or jewelled ornaments. Next the bath is prepared as hot as it can be borne, and in this the lady may stay as long as two or three hours. Soaps are not used, but, instead, there are multifarious unguents, secret preparations of the bathing women, which render the skin soft as velvet and delicately perfumed. Oftentimes the face is washed over with milk, into which has been squeezed lemon juice. The hair of the oriental woman is usually beautifully long, soft and glossy, and the way they arrange it is invariably becoming to their soft type of beauty. Perfumes are much indulged in. These are introduced in the bath and permeate the garments, but are rarely used on a handkerchief. The Foam on the Top. Don't snuggle conceit to your bosom, my boy, 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. That the foam often gets to the top. We will not mention names if you please, my dear youth. Put it back. But look on the world as you go. See that we place at the summit, in truth. Then gaze on the mortals below. And I think my word I'll have nothing to teach. And this brief little anthem will stop, if you agree with the thing that I mean. 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 event 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 wi. 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 ta'le, ye dinged lout! Dinna ye see her slipper stickin' oot!" The house was in a tumult of merriment in a moment, but it was the "angry father" himself, who ruined the situation, for he burst into immoderate laughter and the curtain fell in the middle of the act, to rise again upon an audience that could not repress its risibles for the rest of the evening. HE WANTED A MORTGAGE. Swede's Experience With a Deed Had Taught Him Caution. Halvor Steenerson, Congressman from Minnesota, tells a story of a Swede who went to that state from one of the Dakotas for the purpose of buying a farm. A land agent acted as guide and informant to the Swede, who eventually found what he wanted. When the time came to make out the necessary papers, the agent asked the Swede what method he preferred to adopt in making payments. "Ay pay all. Ay haf da money," replied the Swede. "Very well, then. I'll make out the deed," said the agent. "No!" suddenly exclaimed the Swede. "Ay no want deed!" 'Why, yes, you do!" rejoined the agent, astonished. "You pay the money and you take a deed for the farm." "No, no!" earnestly asseverated the Swede. "Ay no want deed! Ay had deed oop in Dakoty. Ay pay man da money. He gif me deed. Ay gif heem mortgage. Ay tak land. By en by he get land, he get deed, he haf da money. Dees time Ay want no deed; Ay want mortgage. Ay pay da money; you gif me mortgage!"—The Sunday Magazine. Getting Posted. "I would like to ask you a question if you don't mind," said the old man in the street car to the man on his right. "Go ahead, sir." "I should like to know the meaning of the term 'History repeats itself.' 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. 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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 seldom 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 Turbine 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 kih give ye a leeat 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?" 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Stopped Car to Save a Dove The passengers in a crowded Twenty-third street car the other day felt the brakes applied with such suddenness that only a few of the straphangers withstood the jar. Then they sat the motorman jump from the platform and kneel in front of the car. Those who could make their way out did so, and were surprised to see the motorman stroking the feathers of a mother dove that sat near the trolley slot wit a little one under her wing. "I've never taken a life yet," he explained as he placed them on the curb, out of harm way, "and I don't propose to start with a tame dove." New York Sun. His Reason. When Willie jumped from his seat on the street car and gave it to the gentleman who had been hanging to the strap, it filled us with pride. "You are a perfect little gentleman, Wille," we said. "It was fine of you to give your seat to the gentleman." "Huh!" exclaimed Willie. "I ain't give it to him 'cause o' that. 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Write for Illustrated Catalog of Fall Shoes. W.L. DUGLAS, Rockaway, MN THE JOKER'S CORNER THE JOKER'S CORNER WITTY SALLIES TURNED OUT BY THE HUMORISTS. Mr. Jiggs Knew Worse Trials Than Stretching the Truth--Misfortune, Not Affliction--Another Peace Conference of Considerable Importance. Putting a Good Face On It. Young William Makepeace Thackeray had broken his nose by jamming it carelessly against another boy's fist. "Well," he said, as he looked at himself in the mirror. "I'd rather have a nose of that kind that one like J. Pierpont Morgan's." At a subsequent period, however, he avenged himself by making faces at the entire aggregation of English society. DAKER Higgs—There are times when a man has to lie to his wife. Jiggs—And worse than that, there are times when he has to tell the truth. "Wow!" growled the old man, returning to the bedroom, "I stubbed my toe." "Well," replied his wife, "that's what you get for going down stairs in your stocking feet." "That's so. 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Papa Made the Roof. Little Pauline, after questioning her aunt as to who had made their house and being informed that Jim Welch had done so, replied: "Why, auntle, God made our house. God made our front room and our hall and our kitchle, but papa made the roof." (Her father is a tinner).—Magazine of Fun. The Dealer Was Wise. HORSE MARKET? Purchaser—When you sold me this horse you said he was without faults. Now I find he's lame. Horse Dealer—Well, lameness ain't a fault—it's an affliction. Giffle—Jiggins must think a good bit of his wife. Spinks—Why So? Giffle—He' gives her an allowance of $20 a week. Spinks—Oh, he's foxy. He knows she could get at least $50 alimony. Wouldn't Stand for It. "Heerd there wuz a big split-up in Ebenezer church last Sunday." "Yep." "What wuz the trouble?" "Preacher said somepin' ag'in to backer an' Grandma Pankis, Betsy Haskett, Aunt Prudy Williams an' Granny Stubbs took their pipes an' went over to the other church."—Detroit Tribune. THE BUMPER WHEAT CROP OF CANADA. 100,000,000 Bushels of Wheat from 4,000,000 Acres of Land. In order to secure the attention of the reader to any special article that is brought before the public, it is often the custom to lead the reader on by the introduction of an interesting story until by one bold jump, he is introduced to the subject that it is desired shall be brought to his notice. This is not fair to the reader, and it is not the intention to do that in this article. It will discuss in the briefest way "Western Canada" and its possibilities for settlement. For the past six or seven years the Government of the Dominion of Canada has talked of the resources of Western Canada to the readers of this and thousands of other papers throughout the United States. The quality of the soil was spoken of, the large area of fertile lands was discussed the possibilities of the country as a grain-growing district were talked of, and the story of the success of farmers from the United States was told. The story is not yet an old one. The two hundred thousand from the United States, who have made Western Canada their home, who have taken advantage of the 160 acres of land that the Government gives free to actual settlers are telling the story to-day to their friends. They have proven the statements made through these columns and by the Government Agents. They have produced from their lands, twenty, thirty, forty and more bushels of wheat to the acre, and netted profits ranging from three to ten and more dollars on every acre tilled. They have found the climate fully as good as they were told it would be, schools were convenient and easily organized, railways were not far distant, and markets close at hand. The social conditions were such as they chose to make them, and law and order were observed. Many of them bought land, because it was low-priced and good, and hundreds of cases could be cited where the purchase price of the land was paid out of the first crop. The writer knows of cases this year where the farmer, as a result of the yield on his farm, was put in a position that would enable him to increase his holdings three extra acres for every acre cropped and pay cash for it. Is it any wonder that one grows enthusiastic when speaking about Western Canada. But what may be said of this year. We are now in a position to speak regarding it. The conditions throughout Manitoba and the new provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan have been remarkably favorable. Had conditions been no better than in past years there would have been every cause for congratulation. We find though all previous records broken, and that from a four million acre crop of wheat there will be one hundred million bushels of a yield—or 25 bushels to the acre. Could anything better be desired? Covering the entire country the same splendid reports are being received. The following dispatch was sent by Mr. F. W. Thompson, Vice President of the Ogilvie Milling Co., one of the most careful grain men in America: "Have just returned from covering several hundred miles of the crop district. I never saw anything like it in this country before. The average yield and quality far exceeds our earlier expectations. It is an immense crop. The weather is extremely favorable." Up to three weeks ago it was Mr. Thompson's opinion that the crop would not reach general expectations. "F. W. Thompson sends another telegram from Winnipeg to night, saying that his estimate of the wheat crop is now one hundred millions bushels. Before he went west he thought it would fall considerably short of that figure." The moral of this story is that there should be no hesitation in making a decision if you wish to better your condition; or, if you have a family of boys that you wish to become settled on farms, it is a safe proposition to call upon the nearest authorized Canadian Government Agent, and get particulars as to most suitable districts and railway rates. Scotch Thrift. Sir John Car, says Tit-Bits, was rather fond of telling the following story: While in Glasgow he was asked by the magistrates to give his advise concerning the inscription to be placed on the Nelson monument, then just completed. Sir John recommended as a brief and appropriate epigraph "Glasgow to Nelson." "Just so," said one of the ballies, "and as the toon o' Nelson's (Nelliston) close at hand, might we no' just say 'Glasgow to Nelson, six miles,' and so it might serve as a monument and milestone too." 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Try this Common Sense Breakfast Food and you will never change It is HEALTHFUL—SUBSTANTIAL—ECONOMICAL A 2-POUND PACKAGE MAKES 12 POUNDS COOKED—See the Economy PRICE 15 CENTS. Ask Your Grocer To-Day PILLSBURY-WASHBURN FLOUR MILL CO., Ld., Minneapolis, Minn. OF COURSE. And Still She Wanted to know Who He Was. "A friend of mine, Dr. Roberts, had a colored maid who was very popular among her friends. One day someone called her up at the doctor's phone, and the following conversation ensued: "Is this Miss White?" "Yes, suh." "Miss Lily White, what works at Dr. Roberts'?" "Yes, suh." "Weil, Miss White, I want to ask you a question, a very important question, what I ain't had courage to ask you before. I want to ask you if you'll marry me?" "Marry you? Cose I'll marry you! What makes you think I wouldn't marry you? Who is dis gen'man, anyway?"—New York Press. Willie Coins Another Word. "Now, Willie," said the teacher "you may give me a word that means shrewd and wise." "Judicious," remarked the kid. Judicious," remarked the kid. "Now, Willie, you may go to the blackboard and write a sentence containing the word properly used." Wille wrote: "A man lost his stock of clothing by fire and people said, "Oh, well, what can you expect when he was a Jewidious man." AGAINST THE PUBLIC INTEREST. Overzealous Reformers Work for Law Against Proprietary Medicines "Schemes to diminish or destroy the sale of proprietary medicines are constantly being devised by interested parties. Every now and then some zealous reformer comes to the front with the demand for a law to require every package of proprietary medicine to be labeled with a printed statement of the 'formula,' showing just how it is manufactured. The millions of people who use proprietary medicines seem to be satisfied; but the man with a mania for regulating the affairs of other people or who has some personal interest to serve is the one who agitates the proposition. To a person who has never taken time to consider it, such a proposition may seem reasonable enough; yet it is in fact nothing more nor less than a scheme to compel the manufacturers to put their trade throughout the entire country at the mercy of every commercial pirate who might choose to flood the market with imitations of their goods. "Under such conditions the incentive for the original manufacturer to advertise his goods would be practically destroyed, for the money spent on advertising would inure mainly to the benefit of the pirates and imitators. Without advertising, the public would receive little information in regard to the medicine, and all future sales would be greatly impaired if not wholly destroyed. It is mainly by judicious advertising that the knowledge of proprietary medicines is brought to the public. Nothing is more certain than that millions of people have found relief at a comparatively small expense by the use of some remedy first called to their notice through newspaper advertising. Why, then, should the manufacturer of a meritorious proprietary remedy be compelled by law to practically destroy his business as a condition of being allowed to carry it on? Yet that is exactly what these formula bills mean—Exchange. PHILADELPHIA LEDGER MAN "Here!" creed the hortified citizen, "why are you dragging that poor fellow along that way. He was just struck by that automobile!" "Av course he was," replied the new Park policeman, "but he's on the grass Shure, no wan is allowed on the grass. To Launder Colored Embroidered Linens To Launder Colored Embroidered Linens To launder colored, embroidered linens with good results, the work should be done quickly and carefully. Wash through warm, Ivory Soap suds, rubbing with the hands; rinse through a clear water, then through another which is slightly blue. Dry in-doors; to iron, have the piece very damp and place it, right side down, on a soft blanket. Press with a hot iron. Squirrel's Odd Diet. Squirrels do not entirely subsist on nuts, as most people suppose. They are large fruit eaters, and often work havoc in the orchards in the autumn. They are also not above stealing partridge eggs, and are therefore not much loved by sportsmen. There is no Rochelle Salte, Alum, Lime or Ammonia in food made with Calumet Baking Powder - NOT IN THE BAKING POWDER TRUST It makes pure food. HABIT IN APPETITE. Habit Said to be at Bottom of all the Trouble. The so-called cravings of appetite are purely the result of habit. A habit once acquired and persistently followed soon has us in its grasp, and then any deviation therefrom temporarily disturbs our physiological equilibrium. The system makes complaint and we experience a craving it may be, for that to which the body has become accustomed, even though this something be, in the long run, distinctly injurious to the welfare of the body. There has thus come about a sentiment that the cravings of the appetite for food are to be fully satisfied, that this is merely obedience to nature's laws. This idea, however, is fundamentally wrong. Any one with a little persistence can change his or her habits of life, change the whole order of cravings, thus demonstrating that the latter are purely artificial, and that they have no necessary connection with the welfare or needs of the body. In other words, dictic requirements are to be founded not upon so-called instinct and craving, but upon reason and intelligence —Russell H. Chittenden's "Economy in Fou" in the "Century." Advancing the Farmers' Interests Traveling agents and salesmen are now sent from the home offices of the Chicago packers into all South American and Asiatic countries. They are going into every land, no matter what language may be spoken or what money be used. They will exchange their goods for cowries or elephant tusks—anything to sell the product and get something in return convertible into money. It may seem odd to some folks, but traveling men, carrying cases with samples of American meat products, can be seen in the desert of Sahara, the sands of Zanzibar or in Brazil, "where the nuts come from." Great is the enterprise of the Yankee merchant. The greater the market, the greater the price and stability of the price of the product and all that goes to make it in its various stages. The eminent explorer stood at last at the north pole. Instead of indulging in sentimental rhadsodies he took a notebook and pencil from his pocket and began jotting down certain memoranda. "Noting the temperature, direction of the wind, and aspect of the landscape?" asked one of his shivering subordinates. "No," he said, coldly; "I an arranging dates for my lectures." —Chicago Tribune One on Kipling. Mr. Rudyard Kipling relates the following amusing story against himself. He had been presented to a rather young lady, who almost immediately began to show signs of distress, and whose eyes were so full of tears that the novelist asked if she were ill, or if anything were the matter. Between her sobs the disappointed malden broke out: "Oh. I thought you were tall and handsome!" PASTORAL. The farmers sows his crop And his good wife sews his clothes; The farmer darns the weather And his good wife darns his hose. The farmer pitches in the hay But should he cross her whin. His good wife lays aside her work And pitches into him. DALLAS NEWS MAN. Mrs. Blanks. I understand your husband has another of his economical fits. Mrs. Banks: Fits? I should say so. This one is a regular convulsion. CONGRESSMAN GOULDEN Finds Quick Relief from Bladder Troubles Through Doan's Donkey Pills. Hon. Joseph A. Goulden, Member of Congress representing the 18th Dis thing is New York, also trustee of the Soldiers' Home at Bath. N. Y. writes. PETER H. BURGESS Gentlemen: As many of my friends have used Doan's Kidney Pills and have been cured of kidney, and bladder troubles, I feel it my duty to recommend the medicine. From personal experience I know Doan's Kidney Pills will cure inflammation of the bladder, having experienced relief the second day of using the medicine. (Signed) J. A. GOULDEN. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. He May Repeat Mr. Bryan assumes a tremendous responsibility by leaving the country for a year to its fate, and he may be compelled to repent in sackcloth and ashes that he permitted his curiosity to behold strange lands and people to lure him from his place on the watchtower. It is noe recorded that either of the Grachell left Rome while the crisis was still on—New York Globe. Just a Little Hair - "A strange hair can make a lot of trouble in a household," observed the philosophical citizen. - "What's the answer?" inquired the facetious citizen. - "If it's found in the butter the husband raises a rumpus, and if it's found on his clothing the wife throws a fit." - Louisville Courier Journal. AWFUL NEURALGIA Mr. Porter Thought He Should Go Mad But Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Cured Him. "It seems like a miracle that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills should have cured my neuralgia," said Mr. Porter. "They are certainly a marvelous medicine and I am always glad to recommend them. "Fort two years," he continued, "I had suffered almost unendurable pains in my head. They would start over my eyes and shoot upward most frequently, but they often spread over my face, and at times every part of my head and face would be full of agony. Sometimes the pains were so intense that I actually feared they would drive me mad. "My eyes ached constantly and there was always a burning sensation over my forehead, but the other pains varied, sometimes they were acute, and again they were dull and lingering. I could not sleep. My temper was irritable and I got no pleasure out of life. "I tried remedy after remedy, but finding no help in any of them, I became a despairing man. Even when I began to take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills I had no great hope of a cure "That was in December of 1908. To my surprise, a change in my condition took place right away. The puins grew less intense and the acute attacks were further apart, as I kept on using Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. The improvement began with the first box, and when I had used six boxes I stopped. My cure was complete and has lasted ever since." Mr. Charles H. Porter lives at Raymond, N. H. He is one of many grateful people who have found that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills will cure diseases of the nerves that have stubbornly resisted every other remedy tried. Not only neuralgia, but sciatica, partial paralysis and locomotor ataxia yield to them. They are sold by all drugists, or may be obtained directly from the Dr Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. After Riley When the frost is on the punkin an' th' fodder's in the shock You can see us madly chasin' 'round an' 'round a city block, For the coal bin now is empty an' The air is gettin' chill An' we got to buy some fuel with no coin to pay th' bill. We have spent our summer's wages where the many pleasures flock An' th' frost that hits the punkin gives yours truly quite a shock. Will Be Cheaper Life insurance in some of the European companies costs just one-half as much as it does in this country. We shall get it much cheaper, however, when the leaks have been stopped and the graft knocked out of some of the big companies.-Philadelphia Press. You can always borrow trouble without collateral, but it is a cinch that you will have to pay compound interest at usurious rates. TRADE MARK. St. Jacobs Oil for many, many years has cured and continues to cure RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA LUMBAGO BACKACHE SCIATICA SPRAINS BRUISES SORENESS STIFFNESS FROST-BITES Price, 25c. and 50c. Seek to Keep Relic Residents of New York Would Preserve Building Dating from Old Colonial Days (Special Correspondence.) For more years than even the oldest inhabitant of the neighborhood can reckon back, there has stood at Broadway and One Hundred and Twenty-first street, New York, a little two-story house that is best known in recent years by its title of "Ye College Tavern." It stands in the center of a plot of ground that was purchased by the General Theological Seminary not long ago, and which in all probability before many more months have passed will be used as the site for a new seminary building. That would necessarily mean the final disappearance of the little relic of the Colonial days on the island of Manhattan. To prevent this there has sprung up among the residents of the neighborhood a movement to have the old house restored, or at least put into something like its original condition and preserved as a colonial museum. It is a well known development of a people's character that living in the neighborhood of historical relics of this kind produces a deep interest in the history of the time in which such a relic was erected. The region around the hill on which this old building stands is full of the Colonial and Revolutionary atmosphere on account of the battle of Harlem Heights having been fought there. And there is no one section of the city in which the residents are more interested in old times than are the dwellers on University Heights. It is among them that the movement has started to petition the new owners of this property to restore it to something like its original condition. Little Known of Early History. Little is known of the early history of the structure. There are no authentic records as to what it was built for nor when it was erected. Even its first owner is not known to the local antiquarian. It is known, however, that it formerly stood at the fork of the old Albany Post road and Braddish lane, where it had a commanding position on the crown of the hill, in full view of stage coach and ox team that struggled in the winding climb from the valleys at either side. Some of the elm trees that surrounded the little house then still remain but they are known only to old-timers MOSS FARM BAR COLLEGE TAVERN and to a few surveyors, who have used them as guides and monuments in parceling land. That the old building has been moved several times is certain. There are old men in the neighborhood who can recall it once stood on what is now known as Claremont avenue. And there are other folk who have made a close study of the neighborhood's history who declare that by right of the evidence they can bring to bear on the question the bronze tablet affixed to the walls of Columbia university by the Sons of the Revolution to commemorate the battle of Harlem Heights should be put on the facade of this deserted Colonial structure. Its position on the only road connecting the battlefield of Harlem Heights with Fort George and Fort Washington would certainly seem to justify the claims of the local students of revolutionary history. As the structure stands now it is unsightly to the average passer-by, for it A Cozy Corner is not only falling into decay, but its front is almost completely hidden by bill boards. To the eyes of those interested in the early architecture of this country, however, it wears a, vastly different face. The man who designed it apparently was enough of an artist to lessen the severity of the purely Colonial facade with details that savor of the Queen Anne period, which are much more harmonious Rapidly Falling Into Decay. with so small a house. The upper porch and the peaked overhanging roo', with its one half-circular window, are purely Colonial. The windows in the second story and the wrought iron railings and posts are of the earlier period, and fit in with the severer style of architecture more happily than such combinations usually do. From the internal arrangements of the structure one might imagine it was originally designed for use as a public building of some kind, either court house or church. No one knows ```markdown ``` anything of its usage at this period of its career. But it is known that in the last century it served at various times as a smithy, church, studio and tavern. What blacksmith blew his forge fire and clanked his hammer is not known, nor is the style of worship practiced beneath its roof remembered. But it is known that when an artist used it as a studio home James A. Herne lived there with him for a time, and within its walls wrote his first successful play, "Hearts of Oak." Pcpopular as "College Tavern. It is in its last phase, however, that of being a "college tavern," that it is likely to be most widely remembered if the scheme of restoring it fails to come to pass. For years it was put to that use, and hundreds of Columbia undergraduates and professors used it as a place in which to foregather it between recitations and when the work of the scholastic day was done. The lamplight gleamed through its windows then, and when the broad caneled door was opened whiffs of COLLEGE TAVERN heated air swept out into Broadway carrying appetizing odors of rarebits and other good things to eat and drink. The light from the open fires within danced on, the mahogany paneling of the dining room and hall and lighted up the winding staircase that is such a characteristic of buildings of the period when this one was new. If the petition in preparation by the residents in the neighborhood carries their hopes to fruition this old building may be converted from its present state of shabby old age to a new and happy life as a Colonial museum. Law Will Trouble Frenchmen Startling is the news that comes from Paris to the effect that the law may seek to compel married Frenchmen to love their wives. Hitherto the French marriage code has limited itself to asserting that the contracting parties owe each other mutual esteem, fidelity and succor. Nothing is mentioned about love. Paul Hervieu, dramatist, who enjoys stirring up trouble, is causing much mental anguish among his countrymen, for he thinks married persons should be required by law to love one another. Recently he gave his views to a parliamentary committee, formed to consider certain reforms in the code. Imagine the despair of many to find a majority of the committee members were inclined to agree with Hervieu on the ground that it was for the interest of the community that there should be marital affection. Most unions among fashionable folk in France are marriages of convenience and the new idea shocks all the conventionalities. Mohammedan Mosque for Paris Paris will soon have a Mohammedan mosque. For some years past a French Mohammedan living in Cairo, M. Lambert, has been at work collecting subscriptions, and he has now received consent not only to build a mosque in Paris, but also one in Marseilles. The state will very likely grant two mosques free building sites. England and Germany have each one or more mosques. Thousands of Musulmans visit Paris every year. Marseilles has a very large floating Mohammedan population. Window in the Billiard Room. NO TONGUE CAN TELL How I Suffered with Itching and Bleeding Eczema Until Cured by Cuticura. 'No tongue can tell how I suffered for five years with a terribly painful, itching, and bleeding eczema, my body and face being covered with sores. Never in my life did I experience such awful suffering, and I longed for death, which I felt was near. I had tried doctors and medicines without success, but my mother insisted that I try Cuticura. I felt better after the first bath with Cuticura Soap and one application of Cuticura Ointment, and was soon entirely well. (Signed) Mrs. A. Etson, Bellevue, Mich." But Not Now. He sang this old-time song. His face was bright with gladness And his voice was clear and strong. "I want to be an angel." He sang—then held his breath, For a clear-cut crash of thunder Had scared him most to death. Kansas City Drovers Telegram. With Due Allowance Mr. James J Hill's characterization of the 1stmian canal as an expensive toy that appeals more to the imagination than to the reasoning faculties will have to be taken with due allowance for his transcontinental railroad interests. He's cut bias.—Boston Herald. Hennecked The Indiana man who had died and was called back to life by the screams of his wife was evidently afraid to die without her consent. Most any man could succeed in business if he could put up as good a front as the average woman can when a fashionable neighbor happens to call on wash day. A great many men scheme to get themselves in the nine-hole, and then complain about it when they get in. The best day of life lies between yesterday and tomorrow. Best in the World Cream, Ark., Oct. 9th.—(Special.)—After eighteen months suffering from Epilepsy, Backache and Kidney Complaint, Mr. W. H. Smith of this place is a well man again and those who have watched his return to health unhesitatingly give all the credit to Dodd's Kidney Pills. In an interview regarding his cure, Mr. Smith says: "I had been low for eighteen months with my back and kidneys and also Epilepsy. I had taken everything I knew of and nothing seemed to do me any good till a friend of mine got me to send for Dodd's Kidney Pills. I find that they are the greatest medicine in the world, for now I am able to work and am in fact as stout and strong as before I took sick." Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the Kidneys. Cured Kidneys cleanse the blood of all impurities. Pure blood means good health. A Dozen Don'ts. Don't get gay. Don't depend too much on friends. Don't forget that the best kind of advise is example. Don't do all your pushing against the breechestraps. Don't be a good fellow at the expense of your family. Don't forget that your wife earns half of the money—or more. Don't forget that time wasted today is a draft on tomorrow. Don't work so nard trying to find a way to live without working. Don't forget that there wolud be no tongue of gossip if there were not at least two ears. Don't keep all your good nature for use during business hours—take some of it home with you. Don't think that a brown stone front will keep the butcher boy from seeing the garbage barrel in the rear. —W. L. Maupin in Commoner. The Army Teanot A Pittsburg genius offers, as a solution to the army canteen problem, the suggestion that teapots with real tea in them be used in place of the whisky canteens. Now, let's see how long it will be before some old granny will rise up in her might and enter a protest on the ground that tea is injurious to all-except old people and old maids and things. "GOLD GOLD." "Good," He Says, "But Comfort Better." "Food that fits is better than a gold mine," says a grateful man. "Before I commenced to use Grape-Nuts food no man on earth ever had a worse infliction from catarrh of the stomach than I had for years. "I could eat nothing but the very lightest food and even that gave me great distress. "I went through the catalogue of prepared foods but found them all (except Grape-Nuts) more or less indigestible, generating gas in the stomach (which in turn produced headache and various other pains and aches) and otherwise unavailable for my use. "Grape-Nuts food I have found easily digested and assimilated, and it has renewed my health and vigor and made me a well man again. The catarrh of the stomach has disappeared entirely with all its attendant ills, thanks to Grape-Nuts, which now is my almost sole food. I want no other." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Ten day's trial tells the story. There's a reason She Was Bewitched. Thomas W. Lawson was once visited in his Boston office by a young woman who came laden with all sorts of college diplomas and gilt-edged references. It so happened that Mr. Lawson needed a temporary secretary, and engaged her on the spot. When, later in the day, the young woman handed Mr. Lawson a number of letter that he had dictated, they were chiefly remarkable for their hideous orthography. He called the girl's attention to her blunders, whereupon she replied with a giggle: "Really, now, I think I must have been bewitched." "Quite so," said Mr. Lawson; "some fairy has evidently cast a bad spell over you." This story affords a moral to the average stenographer and typewriter, for if there is anything which exasperates a business or professional it is the inability of his amanuensis to spell correctly. Noble Man. Mrs. Nuwed—Come right in, you poor man, and I will give you something to eat. I suppose you were not always in this unhappy condition. Selydm Wirk—Indeed I was not, mnm. Fifteen years ago I was rich and prosperous. Mrs. Nnwed—And what brought you to tais unfortunate condition? Selydm Wirk—In 1896, mnm, I saw dat de honor of dis great country was threatened by repudiators, an' I sacrificed me immense fortune 't save it from the unprincipaled wreckers what was seeking to ruin it. It was me patriotism, mum, dat brought me to dis unfortynit condition. Thanky, mum, 'fr dis fine spread. Cramp in the Legs. People who are subject to cramp in the legs should always be provided with a good strong piece of cord, especially in their bed rooms. When the cramp comes on take the cord, Wind it around the leg over the place where he is cramped, take an end in each hand and give it a sharp pull, one that will hurt a little, and the cramp will cease instantly. People much subject to cramp in bed have found great relief from wearing on each leg a garter of wide tape which has several thin slices of thin cork stitched on it. HOMESEEKERG RATES. Round Trip. Good for Twenty-one Days. To many points in Arkansas, Indian Territory, Kansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Southwest Missouri, Texas and Nebraska. Tickets on sale October 3d and 7th, November 7th and 21st, December 5th and 19th. Excursion rate for the above dates. Seventy-five per cent of the one way rate for the round trip, with a minimum of ten dollars. The Missouri Pacific runs North, South and West from Kansas City daily. Visit the White River country between Carthage, Mo., and Batesville, Ark. Excursion tickets on sale at Union Depot and City Ticket Office, 901 Main Street. E. S. JEWETT, Gen'l Agent, Kansas City, Mo. The Reason "Why do you call your servant girl 'Dove?' "Because she is such a peace maker Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch because they have a stock in hand of 12 oz. brands, which they know cannot be sold to a customer who has once used the 16 oz. pkg. Defiance Starch for same money. Some men are sorry for the poor only when their own pockets are empty. Opportunity. Don't depend on others. Be independent. Representatives wanted to develop a home occupation — either lady or gentleman. Pleasant, easy and profitable. Enclose stamp for particulars. Address R. J. SARASY CO., Madison, Wis. When a boy calls his father "the old man" it is a sign that it is time to hunt up a hickory tree. Those Who Have Tried It will use no other. Defiance Cold Water Starch has no equal in Quantity or Quality—16 oz. for 10 cents. Other brands contain only 12 oz. A good employee is worth something besides the wages paid him. More Flexible and Lasting, won't shake out or blow out; by using Defiance Starch you obtain better results than possible with any other brand and one-third more for same money. A tract may save a soul if the stomach is first attended to. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, stays pain, cures wind colds. So a bottle The man who makes nothing but money is poorly paid. 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 oz." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. Some men mistake their moral dyspepsia for religion. KIDNEY TROUBLE DUE TO CATARRH. KIDNEY N. I. HERTZ The Curative Power of PE-RU-NA in Kidney Disease the Talk of the Continent. Nicholas J. Hertz, Member of Ancient Order of Workmen, Capitol Lodge, No. 140, Pearl Street Hotel, Albany, N. Y., writes: "A few months ago I contracted a heavy cold which settled in my kidneys, and each time I was exposed to inclement weather the trouble was aggravated until finally I was unable to work. "After trying many of the advertised remedies for kidney trouble, I finally took Peruna. "In a week the intense pains in my back were much relieved and in four weeks I was able to take up my work again. "I still continued to use Peruna for another month and at the end of that time I was perfectly well. I now take a dose or two when that it has splendid to keep me well." Hundreds of Cures. Dr. Hartman is constantly in receipt of testimonials from people who have been cured of chronic and complicated heart disease by Peruna. For free medical advice, address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. I Must Have It Refuse Substitutes and Imitations You will know them, despite their fanciful names—they are usually mixed with hot water and do not have the cementing property of Alabastine THE SANITARY WALL COATING A HOCK SCHOOL and tins, Kills vermin and disease germs; does not rub or scale. No washing of walls after once applied. Other wall finishes must be washed off every year—expensive, filthy work. They rub and scale, and the glue or other animal matter in them rots and feeds disease germs. Buy Alabastine only in five pound packages, properly labeled. The card, pretty wall and ceiling design, "Hints on Decorating" and our artist's services in making color plans, free. ALABASTINE CO., Grand Rapids, Mich., or 105 Water St. N. W. HAVE YOU COWS? If you have cream to separate a good Cream Separator is the most profitable investment you can possibly make. Delay means daily waste of time, labor and product. DE LAVAL CREAM SEPARATORS save $10.- per cow per year every year of use over all gravity setting systems and $5.- per cow over all imitating separators. They received the Grand Prize or Highest Award time, labor and product DE LAVAL CREAM SEPARATORS save $10. per cow per year every year of use over all gravity setting systems and $5. per cow over all imitating separators. They received the Grand Prize or Highest Award at St. Louis. Buying trashy cash-in-adventure separators is penny wise, dollar foolish. Such machines quickly lose their cost instead of saving it. If you haven't the ready cash DE LAVAL machines may be bought on such liberal terms that they actually pay for themselves. Send today for new catalogue and name of nearest local agent. MIXED FARMING WHEAT RAISING RANCHING three great pursuits have again shown wonderful results on the FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA Magnificent climate—farmers plowing in their chisel pieces in the middle of November. shirt sleeves in the middle of November. "All are bound to be more than pleased with the final results of the past season's harvest."—Extract. Coal, wood, water, hay in abundance—schools, churches, markets convenient. This is the era of $1.00 wheat. Apply for information to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri PISO'S CURE FOR GORES WHERE ALL ELSE FAIR Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by drugstores. CONSUMPTION